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I don't know what the it's in before your goalie can
figures are, but I am inclined get an eye on it. When the
to think the Warriors are Grand Forks coach pulled
doing better at the gate this his goalie to try for a tie,
season. The improvement in Rossland's forwards hit two
the lineup is bringing the goal-posts and a cross-bar
fans out in larger numbers while just missing tht:
than in recent years.
empty net on a couple of
When the season started, I others by inches.
listened to a lot of arguments
I mentioned the power- pro and con - regarding play lHSt week and I have
the large number of come to a conclusion that
promising young players not getting over-anxious in the
being included in the lineup, man-advantage situation is
but this has died down. The one of the prime causes of its
boys who left here to go to lack of success.
the Trail Minor Hockey
e factor contributing to
Association have found what •--:th~::a.
ve-goal performance of
they were looking for and the Brian Zollen. This young
the win over the Bruin&.wu feller has what it takes to
boys brought in by the make a good hockey player,
Warrior brass are doing skating, a good eye for the
well.
opening, a wicked shot and
The very vigorous cam- the size to put himself in the
pajgn conducted by the position.
administration has done a
good job of selling Junior
Anyway, to look ahead to
"B" hockey. Our town is this weekend, the Warriors,
rivalled by few others again, have a chance to do
supporting KIJHL teams.
themselves a lot of good.
Though this time they will be
Another reason at- going against two of the
tendance is up is that many
people in our town go out on ,
a Friday or Saturday night
to -have a couple of drinks
with friends, usually at one
of the local bars. In Rossland
you can watch a live hockey
game and have a drink of
your choice at the same
time.
Last Friday night, the ~7
score flattered the Bruins.
At least one of their goals
was of the dubious variety.
Another was one of those
things that go up high, come
down, take a bad bounce and

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Harry
Pepper

toughest teams in the West,
Castlegar tonight in
Rossland followed by their
first venture across the line
to take on the Flames in
Spokane Saturday. With all
the goals now starting to
come in bunches, anything
can happen. This weekend
could be the portent of things
to come since they are
favored by the home-away
schedule (1~7) in games to
play.
There are three items of
interest on the Legion
calendar. This weekend you
can dance up a storm to the
music of Billy Nolan. I was
given the job of advertising
this but fouled it up. It went
up in the Town and District
two weeks ago and the ad I
was supposed to put in then,
will be in that section this
weekend. It concerns New
Year's Eve tickets. They are
now on sale at the branch.
The other item concerns
our branch election. We
would like to see if we can

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top last year's record turnout of 90. You'll have 25
candidates to choose from,
so come on out and cast your
ballot.

Till next week, then!