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TODAY AT LAKEHEADBy SCOTTY HARPERPORT ARTHUR lt;Slaif» — When t£*e old codgers 55 years and over s lart shooting today . at the Port Arthur Golf and Country Club for the. Canadian Seniors' ■ Curling championship and the Seagram Stone they'llbe gunning for the finest sports trophy we've ever seen.The Birks people of Montreal, we were told, say it's the finest trophy they’ve ever produced. It is solid silver and weighs about 40 pounds mounted lt;» ah ivory base. It cost around *10,000.At the Dominion Curling Association luncheon Sunday in the Prince Arthur Hotel, vice-president J. j. Baker of the House of Seagram, sponsors, of the National Seniors' Championship, formally. presented the. hantf-some trophy, to: Art Skinner, ;the B.C. A. immediate past president.• ‘‘Words fail me’ said ML Skinner of; Edmonton, to express- our appreciation' of' the magnificent gesture by the Sea-' gram people on sponsoring a championship for the senior curlers, many' of whom have;i curled in the -Canadian ehamp-l.ionship.i And theae were the sentiment* we heard expressed from many veterans of the ice. Janes, the J1 proylacia! cbsmpton risks lN« Nrir-fn midland to British Columbia,! iii .' '•*1Second vice-president Bill. Lumsden ' of the D.C,A„. and Sam Rothschild of Sudbury presented fine souvenir medais to the 44 old beys playing in thechampionship, , And of course ourown Bill, Lumsden. was at his best as he made numerous humottHis allusions to the veterans as their skips came up to receive their - medals.Frank Sargent of Port Arthur, president elect of the Dominion Curling Assoc., is among those enthused about the new event. Frank, who takes over as D.C.A. president in May had this to say:eIt:-stf:Playoff Fever •T THINK this event will' fill a real gap. The interest in the event is tremendous. I’ve just returned ' from the National. Mixed championships, fa Toronto and both there and at the Brier in , Saskatchewan there was a lot of talk about the event.tFhGrips DetroitDETROIT (AP) — Thousands of hockey fans became unruly at the Detroit Red Wings’ Olympia Stadium Sunday after an at! - night wait for National Hockey League playoff tickets.. ‘T believe it will really catch on. There’s s. lot of interest among .former Brier curlers who hope % • compete. I know thecalibre of competition will be extremely high with so many former Brier players taking part. There will be a. lot of good curlers taking pari in . this event every year,7d7tisfi■2O!Itft71d;7it!
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Mon, Mar 22, 1965
Page 24
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