CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Dec. 20, 1962

“Malt Baldwin's Curling Cues

In view of the

wards that await curlers on a na-
tional scale these days, it is easy’,
to'realize why \the game has be-'

become atra-| that they are violating. Obviously

o.! ined as curling becomes more and
) more competitive
e of the new rules is caus-
ited

come

‘There was a time when several
years would pass before a new
eure would chance it on the Brier
trail. By ‘then, he would be thor-

‘oughly Tndoctrinated into the com-

raderie and social aspects of the
game. He learned that sportsman-
ship and goodwill counted para-
mount.

-But nowadays: the schoolboys
are ‘quickly introduced to: the
champlonship phase of cur! thr-
ough their national playdowns, and
it would scem that perhaps we are
developing a different breed of
curler,

Don't get me wrong, now. 1am

not saying that the younger curlers | mov

are not courteous or friendly, but
there '-appears.'a tendency! to be
mote cold-blooded about the sport.
The social end of ‘the game must

i the one that has to do with r
gard to your sliding feet touching
the hog line,

Hear: ye: “Each player must
play from the hack, and in the de-
livery of the stone, no part of the
foot on which the player is sliding
shall ‘touch the nearest hog linc.”

Now. here is a; rumng that ‘fs
being sadly disregarded! The onus,
of course, is on the offending play-
er, who then should follow. the
time-honored tradition ‘of the gime
and remove the guilty stone from
play.

saw

they have never seen anyone else

fore have'the attitude, “Well, the

is]other fellow. didn't’ do it, so why
I

e-| should 1?”

Repeated warnings’ from the
officials at the 1962 Brier did not
stop the infraction, and I ask, what
wi

a firm stand is not taken,
it coud P easily prove to be the thin
edge of the wedge for a gencral
disregard for the finer etiquette

points of the ‘game.
_> Curfously | enough, this is a
fdult of some of our better curlers,

declare -his rock dead, and there-| *

Where “guests numbered ‘as

many’ motehra, over 70 Kinnaird

Brownies combined the First, Se.

cond and ‘Third Brownlie Packs en-

tuned during feativities prepared
wit!

Moms, Brownies |
‘Have Xmas. Party |

presenting the’ Guide and Brownie|
Association, were on’ hand to ex:
tend to the large gathering their
best wishes: for the Christmas sea-
eons ‘

u their Guiders,
. Carol singing, performances by:
the individual packs and a holiday

‘party
entrally the. Christmas tree, the
toad: ‘stool, and the annual: Christ-
mas hamper ret the form of’a well

moot the for
a apecial Christmas,party Thursday
in the Kinnaird Improvement Soc-
iety Hall,
Officials froin the district, re>

The
hamper is a young group's dons:
Hoe to a'needy family at Christmas

“Christmas treats. were passed,

out with each Brownie Pack also

and mest times it is sheer
ness.’ But carelessness in’ effect,
'

in
the Brier last March at Kitchener,
and Aeyer onse) yas the Tock re.

ved.

Possibly the offenders are in-
variably fromthe younger’ group,
of curlers who do not fully under-
stand the code ‘of curling conduct

‘When stones are fouled. throu-

at the’ Inst moment, decided ‘to
remove the front ‘one and keep it
clean. The rest is history, ‘Manitoba,

now that to put one out

removed at once by the offenders.
Why, then, the disregard for this
other rule?

1 would’ hate to see.a need
develop for closer policing of the
game, but is there any other | solu-

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tion?

“In the course of last year's
Brier at Kitchener, this

in’ front was asking for. trouble,
drew into: the rings. Eventually
Ontario scored one‘ and lost in-13.

Ym convinced that Second’s
chances would have been much bet-
ter if he had tried7to use the po-
tential cover Manitoba had offered

im. ©

“fe

situation developed in a very im-
“| portant. game between Ontario's
Bayne Second . and Manitoba’s
:|Norm Houck. Coming home, On-
tario was one down and had last
rock.
’ Exercising the prerogative of
every armchair skip, 1 was second-
guessing with the best of them. And
obviously I am going to have to do
some’ disagreeing, else there would

- | comment.
Manitoba. started the end by
putting a rock out in front. Houck
may. have called for it in the house,
| but anyway it stopped out there.
++ | Ontario's Second didn’t bat an eye,
just put hjs broom ‘down for it to
be-knocked off. The next two rocks
followed the same pattern... put
in front by Manitoba, removed by
Ontario.
I could see that Second prantéd
to keep::the front clean, but I
thought ‘that Houck -was ‘playing
with fire. If he kept doing this,
Second might bury ‘and go for two
and a win.
But no dice, The next six rocks
were the same... ., perfect. curling,
for the strategy that was being em-
ployed, Dump in front, and chip off.
So far, I had disagreed ‘with
both Houck: and Second; but there
were still the final rocks of the
thirds, then the skips to come,
Manitoba: again. put one in
front. Now for the ‘first time, On-
tario. looked ‘the situation ‘over ...
and for a Jnioment: I thought they
:-| would ‘draw’ behind.>To me,’ ‘this
“would make bis because if Se-
cond didn’t steal: an extra point|

ne
knockout game pravalls in all ser-
ious curling, and. the decision to
blank.ends ‘plays’ a major role in
winning strategy, |

‘When do you blank? well, that
question becomes catler and caster
to answer.

In ‘almost all cases, a smart
skip will blank an’ end when he
has a‘ chance, It: stands to reason
that the percentages will be with

be no- point in me offering any him.

When, you haye Iast rock, the
chances that you will be scored yp-
on in the next end are reasonably
small. On the other hand, the pros-
pects of counting more than’ one
are promising.

In'the end result, this is equi-
valent to taking one with your last
rock, and stealing one or more on
the next end .. . except that you
don’t have the law of averages on
your side.

Also, of great importance, you
have the last stone should the need
arise to bail: yourself out of an
impending catastrophe.

All of: these things add ‘up to
the emphatic answer: ‘Blank any-
time you have a chance.”

“That includes the even ends
which, ; with’ most skips would: not
think of doing at one time.. Take

last yeay at the, Brier. in HMitchener,
for example. *."*.

(Sas! katchewan was three ‘down
to Nova -Scotia- playing: the. 10th
end. When Ernie Richardson went
down thé jice to play the last stone
of the end, he was faced with two
alternatives. He could take one and
be two down with'two ends to. go
or_ blank: and. remain,

right now, he would. y lose
in 13 ends... $
He had to'steal a point some-
time, ‘so-why not now? With thie.
precision ,curling- ‘that was. going
on; it’was’too much to hope for
an open’ miss ‘to’ gét/ his two. He
| had to make it easier for his‘ ad-
+) versary to. miss, by. shaving: to cir-
cumvent a *
One point on 12, and it- was
apt to be slow death in 13, unless
a miracle happened « .; and again-
st a.rink like that wasn’t | a

stil in:
‘ Richardson elected:to blank. I
agree with him although many did

not ‘even’ count on thé: 11th. : Jim
Florian ‘stole ‘a point: for\ Nova
Scotia and went tour up. Saskatche-
wah responded ‘with three on the
iain a ant lost by. one, =...
nthough, it: didn't work
‘out foe “him, Richardson. was still

satistied ‘to’ let last rock:go for ‘a
outlook with his rinks

likely: to happen. aye)

Much © more” likely, however,
would be the chance of drawing be-
hind With ‘the man’s first to
set up two points for the win.
This is the moment of truth for
the skip. The easiest way out is to
Play it ;open and -haye ‘a routine
shot on 12, and: lose “gracefully”
on 13,

You must concede: though,
that you ‘are putting yourself ina
situation where .you. will “face a
really tough ‘nerve-tingling ‘shot
for your last one on 12. It'is worth
it, though, if you have a chance to
count two.

Anyway, | ‘Second: debated, and

single point in ‘that situation . eee
capabilities, SPEAR ‘

You see, he did pick up three
on the 12th, and just about got the

‘) equalizer, -Ié this had: happened ‘an

end sooner, he ‘would have had the
Pressure on the Nova. Scotia’ skip
coming home. The score tied, and
ae telling what would have happen-
ed, s a

» In’ that:kind ofa situation,
three down on the 10th, you ‘just
have to keep last rock jn.the hope
of putting together a big end. Any
este route is apt to be stow death

Neonrtien 1962. To: ito Star

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+ Sixers and Seconders of ‘each
pack were apt pupils in the serving
‘of tea, coffee and dainty. cakes. '

Guests introduced by‘ “Mrs,
Gregory were Mrs, H.'M. Hutchin-
son, divisional’ ot of
Rossland; Mrs, H. Hyson, area com-
missioner ‘of Robson; “Mrs,” A.: M.
Rizzuto, deputy area commissioner
of Castlegar}’ and ‘District’ Commis-
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‘Mrs. D. Heibert was presented
with the Brown Owl Badge by Mrs.
Dalziel.-Mrs. Helbert recently join-
ed tho 1st Kinnaird Pack having
had several-years of experience in
Brownie leadership. Mrs,: Heibert's
assistants. arg ‘Airs, J. Crawford,
Tawny Owl, ind Gail. Kennedy.

. Other Guiders introduced were
Second - Kinnaird: Pack, Mrs. W.
MeNee, brown owl; ‘Mrs. M, Brand-
son, tawny owl; and Lynn Roberts
as ‘helper; Third. Kinnaird Pack,
which "includes ‘members - from
Woodland ‘Park ‘and the Sherbiko
subalv sion, has as‘its leaders Mrs.

R. ‘Jeffery: as brown owl; Mrs. C,
¥V, Flanders, tawny. owl, and Mrs,
W. McFadzen, ‘grey owl.

On behalf of the Third-Kin-
naird. Pack which has only recently
been | formed,’ Mrs, R. Jeffery
thanked the Parents Committee for
its assistance.

_) Mrs., John Roberts | was» pre-
sented with a gift in ‘recognition
of her past association with the
Second Kinnaird 'Pack.. a

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