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great season by wmmng the young men have not come far
well under way and there have playoffs.
from the rah-rah days of their
been surprises in the· outcome
We have heard various college careers.
already. The pairings in the 'stories out of the Bruin camp.
I think this is where the U.S.
Western division finals will One has it that some of the top . has that something extra as
really be nothing new, pitting Bruin players pulled out at the their colleges have a history of
as they will the new-look start of the playoffs because of_ fanaticism unrivalled
Junior Smoke Eaters against dissension which ended in anywhere in the world. When
the Castlegar Rebels. These brawls among the players at it comes to their athletic
two teams have battled in this practice and the Bruins suf- teams, Canadian colleges
final series before; last year .. fered the consequences. A haven't reached that peak yet.
the Smokies won out and went team with internal troubles is
I do think though that if
on, but that was last year and in no shape to contest a team these two countries could find
the team was really strong. which is building towards the a way to keep a nucleus of
these teams together and add
This year, everyone thought big game.
that with a practically new
The Smokies must have to them as the years go by this
team the Junior Smokies gained a lot of confidence is the best way to represent
would have their troubles, on from that series and will now our countries in world comthe other hand the Rebels are be ready for the Rebels. Just petition.
Canada still has a way to go
essentially the same team, but s_o they don't blow their
the Trail team has gradually chances with over-confidence to develop a winner but I do
improved all season to the they could pull out a West believe the road we are
point where they went into championship and lengthen travelling now is the right one.
I think our country should be
their round against the highly- their season.
willing to gpend a lot of money
touted Border Bruins with all
--The Olympics are over and in the development of this type
the cards stacked against
them after the Bruins' fine the results are all in with some of team since it might tend to
surprises on the way. I guess keep these young players from
season.
However, the Smokies won the one which caused the most succumbing to the lures of
that series in six games and go commotion was '. the sur- professionalism.
One annual event held in
on against the Rebels while prisingly strong showing by
the Bruins are left to assess the U.S. team in the hockey Rossland each winter is the
Orwell Derby Banquet and
what has happened to a season tournament.
in which they looked as though
At a time of political unrest, Dance which was held this
they were unbeatable, only to with the two most powerful year in the Rossland · High
have their dream house nations
on
earth
at School. Combined with the
collapse just when they were loggerheads, the game bet- other entertainment there is
on the threshold of capping a ween their representative the presentation of prizes for
teams on the ice was naturally the various fish and deer
a very emotioQal show and the categories of the year.
The evening starts off with a
young U.S. team was
very nice meal and the indefinitely up for that one.
troduction of the head table at
They did very little wrong as which sit all the people
they checked the vaunted responsible for the operating
Soviet powerhouse _in its of the annual derby held at
tracks and much to the delight. Sheep Creek and lining up the
of their fans, continued their rules that govern the awards
masterful play in their next for the biggest fish and best
game as they topped off their set of deer horns, etc.
tournament with a tough win
Graham Jones was this
over the pesky Finnish team year's president and his
to assure themselves of the helpers on the executive were
gold medal.
Ken Dixon, Bob Glover,
In this country a lot of us George Eastoctt, Dave Tweed
cannot help but compare the jr., Dan Tweed, Connie
U.S. effort with that of the Kruchen, Ken "Moose"
young Canadian team. Both Parisotto, Dave Mjtchell, Jim
teams are from the same Brown and Bernie Fourt.
mold, being composed of the There will be a meeting at the
young college players, these arena March 14 to decide on

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an executive for the coming
year and lay any new ground
rules for the compe_titions.
The list of winners is headed
by the biggest fish caught at
the Sheep Creek one-da
derby, caught by Paddy Orr.
The fish weighed 1 lb. 3 ozs.
and at the other end of the
scale was one caught by Joe
l.anussi which won the hidden
weight. This giant specimen,
which it took Joe some time to
land, weighed in at l ¼ ozs.
After thinking it over, Joe
decided it should be allowed to
grow some more so he
released it.
The big rainbow which won
for George Eastoctt weigh
21 lbs. 4 o7i!. and was taken on
Kootenay Lake above Riondel.
Caught on the Arrow Lake a
Sunshine Bay was a 13-lb.
Dolly which took a trophy foli
Len Scott. Marc Schiavon of
Revelstoke, a five-yeali
member of the club, came all
the way to Rossland to pick up
his trophy for the biggest
Kokanee, caught at the mouth
of C.Offee Creek. It weighed 8,
lbs. 8 ozs.
Former lake resident,
Henry Matthews, took three
trophies, a pretty good night's
work. One was for the biggest
Eastern Brook trout. Tipping
the sc~les at 4 lbs. 13 ozs., it
topped the fish of Alfie Albo
& . by 1 lb. 3 ozs. and the third
Jrize winner, Whiz Topliff by 1
lb. 4½ ozs. Henry also took
home the retirees' trophy and
the Campbell Shield, the latter
named for late sportsman
Arnie Campbell. George
Eastcott won the Fred Barry
trophy, another award for allround excellence in the outdoor sports.
In the deer category, Bob
Todd took the typical
Whitetail, Al Lavorato had the
Non-Typical, Rob Simm the
best Mule deer with John
Yuris the runner-up. All in all
it was a great evening's entertainment which is what it
always seems to be.