06 May 1976
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Brandon Sun (Newspaper) - May 6, 1976, Brandon, Manitoba
Thursday May 6, 1976 pages 6-9 tvs tale of the tape i 80 minutes Worth the party is Over Toronto Torosy Trainer Larry Ashley sits dejectedly in the dressing room at Maple Leaf gardens after club owner Johnny f. Bassett announced the wha team would play in up wire photo another City next season because it is uneconomical to play in Toronto. Poor attendance records were cited As the main reason the team will seek a new Home. New Road show have team will Travelyn f entries open close Only 36 Days until the 1976 edition of the Grey owl Golf tournament. As always there s no tomorrow if you done to enter today. This is the Day for entries. It s also the Day entries close. The 16th annual Grey owl goes june 11-12-13 at Clear Lake with each golfer playing 36 holes on two of the three Days. compete for almost too prizes in to regular flights plus the special sports scribes Section As Well As the greyer owls for those 60 years and Over. Wally keep a former Over All tournament Winner prevailed in this new Section last year. Defending tournament Champion is Saskatoon a Jimmy Scissons while in the press Section ifs Bruce Penton of the Brandon Sun. Both Scissons and Penton have been there before. Details of entry this year Are As follows 1 Only mail entries will be accepted and Are to be addressed to Grey owl �?T76, Box 9550, Winnipeg 2 Only one entry May be included in each letter along with name and address. 3 entry fee is $25 per golfer and must be included with your entry. 4 each entrant should state a preference for the two Days he wishes to play or his availability for the opening Friday. 5 indicate club membership and Handicap for draw purposes. 6 indicate eligibility for greyer owl flight for those who have reached the magic age of 60. Toronto up a Toronto Toros having lost about $4 million during the last three years and facing further losses if they stay in Toronto have decided to leave town. A a there a no Way we have the capacity to lose again a said team president John f. Bassett. The world hockey association club moved to Toronto three years ago and has lost an average of almost $1.5 million a year. A group led by Bassett bought the club the former Ottawa nationals for $1.8 million. Bassett was paying $15,000-a-game rent at Maple Leaf gardens but this season had Only 3,600 season ticket subscribers in the 16,485-capacity Arena. After the club failed to make the playoffs the club launched a drive to sell More tickets. The drive failed despite the work of several of the teams stars such As Paul Henderson Frank Mahovlich and Jim Dorey who solicited sales by Telephone. A we were aiming at 7,500 tickets and we had sold less than half of that a said Bassett. Asked where the club plans to move Bassett said he has five Sites in mind a Ottawa St. Paul Birmingham Miami and Milwaukee a and has had preliminary negotiations with people in those cities. Is it possible the club might fold if it can to find another viable location a Well there a always that Chance a said Bassett. A i would suspect that that happen and i would Hope that that he said he was neither optimistic nor pessimistic about the clubs future. A we Are in negotiations with people in various cities and if their representations Are Correct then obviously the team will play in one of Bassett said the recent ticket drive revealed that Many people plan to buy season tickets for the new Toronto baseball franchise which is to Start operating in the american league next season. That was another reason for pulling out along with the threat of reduced fan interest which is expected to follow the International hockey tournament Here in september. Bassett predicted All pro hockey will suffer a lapse in fan interest after the expected High calibre of play in the tournament which will feature the world Champion czechoslovak the russian nationals Sweden and Finland and Canadian and . Teams stocked with players from the National hockey league and the wha. A nobody is going to be interested in the Leafs canadians or anybody else after the demise of the Toro represents another major setback for Bassett in the sports world. Toronto up a Ralph Mellanby executive producer of hockey night in Canada said wednesday police have asked his staff to find 180 minutes of videotaped footage of a National hockey league playoff game which Lead to charges against three members of Philadelphia flyers. He said investigators now a feel they be missed something so Are doing a Little the flyers Don Zaieski Joe Watson and Mel Bridgman were charged in connection with incidents during a Quarter final game Between Toronto Maple Leafs and the visiting flyers on april 15. They Are scheduled to appear june to in provincial court. An earlier published report said Roy Mcmurtry Ontario attorney general Robert Mcgee assistant Crown attorney for York county and two investigating officers viewed Only one third of the available film a the 90 minutes of the game shown on television. Some hockey night officials said wednesday they were not asked to hand Over the 180 minutes of tape showing action the producers decided not to screen. Earlier wednesday Bob Gordon Toronto producer for hockey night in Canada denied the published report that said 180 minutes of the recording were not turned Over to the attorney general a department and police who investigated the violence during the game. Or. Mcmurtry said wednesday police were led to believe that they had seen All the film. He added that All the police were offered was the film of the official broadcast. A the police Are relatively inexperienced when it comes to looking for television film to be used in looking for possible charges a the attorney general said in an interview. Flyers naturally win Allan cup title Spokane Wash. Apr Winger Steve Mcknight and Centre Derek Spring each scored two goals As Spokane flyers beat Barrie flyers 8-2 wednesday night to win their third Allan cup hockey title. The Victory completed Spokane a four game sweep of the Best of seven series for the Canadian senior championship. Spokane ended the game by scoring four times in less than three minutes in the final period. The game began with Bob Trembecki scoring for Spokane with an unassisted goal 57 seconds into the first period. Trembecki who had to Points on four goals and six assists for the series was named the series most valuable player. Barrie scored its Only goals of the game in the first period As Gary Lyte counted at 8 28, and Paul Reagan fired a 15-footer past goalie Frank Turnbull at 15 49 while Spokane had a one Man advantage. Mcknight and Jim Montgomery scored Spokane a other first period goals. Ken Gustafson of Spokane got the Only goal of the second period at 49 seconds. Spokane a scoring drive Derek Spring. Two goals in the third period started with Bob Stoykov a goal off a Montgomery pass at 11 52. Mcknight added his second goal on a play with Murray Kennett at 13 40. Less than 30 seconds later Spring scored from just inside the Blue line then scored again at 14 34 with another Long shot. Barrie goalie Grant Cole stopped 34 shots compared with 25 saves by Turnbull. Spokane previously won the Allan cup in 1970 and 1972. Brandon s no. I bist Shur 727-2451 Telephone Lundoy Fridey 1 30 a.m.-12 30 p.m., Houk f m my tet Rosy 1 20 �.m.-4 pm. Next Stop College it won t be Long and these Young men will be trading in their newspaper bags for an Arm full of books. Like Many Young men who started delivering newspapers at age 11 or 12, they be probably built up a pretty Good savings account to help pay for that education. And while building their College savings they be also built some other things a Good character a sense of responsibility a feel for sound business practices and an Independent approach to life. All of these things Are excellent qualities to take along to College. How about your son or daughter Why not inquire now about route opportunities in your neighbourhood just Contact the Carrier manager of this newspaper. The Brandon Sun is always Ilia to have a Choice. Double distilled Canadian whisky blended amp bottled in Manitoba a Canadian distillers limited Wes George. Bus goal Glen Hanlon. Go Bruins go Blades Force seventh game Sun up new Westminster a although he Likely had More friends on Saskatoon Blades during the regular season than new Westminster Bruins goalie Glen Hanlon of Brandon wheat Kings is probably wishing the Blades would Roll Over and die As soon As possible. The Blades staved off Western Canada hockey league elimination Here wednesday with a 3-3 tie with the Bruins in the sixth game of the eight Point league final. Bruins now hold a 7-5 Lead and need Only a tie tonight to win the league title and Advance to the memorial cup play Downs. And that a where the 18-year-old Hanlon comes into the picture. Bruin coach Ernie punch Mclean has publicly stated Hanlon will be his starting goalie if and when the Bruins get to the memorial cup round Robin. Achl champions Are allowed to pick up a goaltender from another team in the league and the Bruins made their Choice shortly after they eliminated Hanlon and the wheat Kings in the opening round of playoffs. Early in the series with the Blades Bruins no. I goalie. Blaine Peterson suffered a broken Collarbone and is out for the season. Mclean was forced to choose Between backup Carey Walker and Hanlon for memorial cup duty. He chose Hanlon. First though the Bruins must sideline the Blades. Wednesday it was Wes Georges goal at 18 11 of the third period a 40-foot wrist shot that salvaged the tie for Saskatoon. Mel Hewitt and Bernie fat Derko got the other Saskatoon goals. Steve Clippingdale Brad Maxwell and Richard Shinske got the goals for new Westminster which led 2-1 after the teams had fought to a 1-1 tie after one period. The Bruins took la of 18 minor penalties. Of Yew Slawi to get Pirim get Green Cross Lawn Green fertilizer the top Quality food to give your Lawn a proper stari this Spring a its balanced formula contains two types of nitrogen Quick release for fast growth and greening slow release for sustained Rich growth and Green Colour. 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