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Predicting the outcome of a the way .of believing he's got
sports series is somewhat it · right. Anyway, the way
akin to bringing a child into things are going right now it
the world, some will come up looks very much as though
winners while others are the team which wound up the
destined to be . losers. Again season on top will probably be
alike, it depends on the making an appearance in the
predictor arid his or her finals and that of course
ability to guess correctly makes John's little maxim
what is in the future.
carry a lot of weight, it that's
There are many things the way things work out.
which can affect the outcome
Of course those scrappy
of either; the way a youngster kids from Minnesota may still
will develop and turn out to be upset the apple cart. Not
a success or failure, the same many people gave them much
forces have a lot to do with chance of overturning the
the way things turn out in the Canadiens but they went out
sportsfields and arenas of the there · and did it and the
world.
Flyers have not proven that
I can just hear some of my they are invincible yet.
more vociferous critics, "See,
It . would seem that the
he's trying to cop a plea! ". Islanders have pretty much of
Oh, well we can't be right all a stranglehold on their
the time, just thought I'd try matchup with the Sabres but
to offer an explanation. But . tonight the Sabres could get it
y'know, the more I think together and extend that
about it the more difficult I series. I don't.think the odds
find it to understand what has would favor it but it has
gone wrong with the Buffalo happened before and where
·hockey team.
there's life there's hope,.
Didn't Scotty Bowman we're told.
scream before the last series
ended that he wanted a
Since our minor soccer
chance to play Montr:eal? season got under way there
How would he have handled have been discussions as to
the Canadiens when his team whether Rossland should
finds their hands more than continue to put so many teams
full with the New York into the Trail district league
Islanders.
or whether we should run a
I have a friend who has a house league as we do in
favorite saying which goes hockey and take the best in
something like this: "The each division to represent us
cream will always come to in the league.
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the top." I'm getting more in
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probably be kicked around at
meetings when we get around
to having them and it is a
point which will probably
draw a number of adherents
as the summer progresses.
I guess it will depend on
how the teams make out in
their various divisions. Should
they prove competitive as is,
it will kill the idea before it
gets really started but should
the opposition prove too
strong for them, then those
who want to see a rep team
and a house league worked
into our program will have
some pretty strong backing.
No one wants to lose continually, it's a fact of life.
However, it is a move which
would have to be given quite a
bit of consideration. Our
present program gives -all the
kids who pay their money to
·play the game equal rights
and thosjl picked for tqe rep
teams would automatically
receive special status. This
might not sit too well with the
parents who foot the bill and
it would be understandable.
There are several ways of
looking at it. One is, if the
house league were run in such
a way that kids taking part in
the program were given as
much playing time as they get
in the ordinary way, then the
rep idea. might become acceptable. It would, in fact, be
better for everyone if our
teams could go into the Trail
league on an even basis.
- It is something which will
take a lot of consideration and
will definitely not be possible
d_uring the on-going season.
From my position as
president of our Rossland
organization, I would like to
see it thrashed out very
thoroughly before another
season rolls around and if it is
favorably received then
perhaps it could be implemented in a coming
season. .
In last Saturday's games
played in Rossland, Blaise
Szekely's Royals came out on
the long end of a 4-1 score
over Joe Hughes' Celts, the
Peewee II team played some
good soccer and some not so
good. Some really loose
goaltending allowed the
Royals to score two early
goals and they managed to
hang on as the Celtic team

improved radically in the
second hall and had a good
share of the play.
Carl Martin, Terry
Ferguson and Dallas Drake
got first-period goals and a 3-0
Royal lead, Tim Mayer added
to that total in the second hall
while Derek Mayer got the
Celtics on the scoreboard.
In the Bantam game between the City and Fruitvale
Phantoms clashing colors
forced the local boys to divest
themselves of theil:,shirts and
play bareback.
The Phantoms struck first
in the opening hall to go up 1-0
on Scott Mitchell's goal; in
the second half Pierre
Habicht carried down his
right wing, worked his way
into the middle and in the
ensuing goalmouth scramble
scored what proved to be ·
Rossland's only goal, to tie
the score.
Rusty Nelson's shot from
well outside the penalty ar:ea
late in the second hall, which
eluded Dan Ferguson's
fingertips and just got under
the crossbar, proved to be the
winner in a very well-played
game. These two teams are
very well matched but I
thought the City defence
showed some indecision
which was definitely not the
case with the Fruitvale
backline boys. No doubt Jack
McDonald's boys will be
brushing up on their defensive
tactics in practice in the near
future.
Among the n~merous
projects the local Lions club
has in the works at the
moment is the annual Old
Glory Nite. This popular
event will be held this year
May 30. There will be
something there for everyone,
the usual Boston baked beans
and sourdough bread for
supper, games of chance, a ·
choice of refreshments and
dancing to the music of the
"Critters".
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Be sure you get your ticket
before the 30th, because we
have been informed by the
RCMP that we may not sell
. them at the door. It'§ against
the law. Lysters Clothing in
Rossland and any member of
the Golden City Lions have
the ducats for sale, so pick
them up in time, hey.