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jt the big question of their right te abs SUGHT 0 THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928 INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE MEETS; NEW BOXING CLUB FORMED LOCALLY : s BDO O~Np < iif l 7 : : cANADIAN-A) Philadelphia 9 Boston 6 Sprinetield > » Sh SD amd 6 New Haven 6 Newark 6 Providence § Last Night's Results Philadelphia... 2 Springfield... PACIFIO COAST YRAGUR £0 dn bb D3 B P, Vancouver .. Victoria ] 8 4 Portland 3 0 Minneanolis ... 4 St, Louis .. 0 Junior 8S. PA, Semi-Final Marlboros ..10 Young Rangers 1 Hamilton Senior City Jollevs ....... § Farvesters:.. 1 Craftons ...... 6 Knitters ..... 1 Went, Radios & Westinghouse 2 Mercantile Tease GQ OM. cansne 4 Goodyears ... 8 Stock Yards . 2 CNR. cen Calder's Rulin Upheld by N.H.L overning Board New York, N.Y, Dee, 5.--~The inner circles of the National Hoe- key League were stirred today by a "fight for a principle," It lasted more than three hours and ended with President Frank Calder of Montreal sweepingly victorious over the New York Americans on the goal keeping services of Roy Worters, In fact, so thoroughly was the president's hand upheld, in a special session which paid him the unexpected tribute of extend- ing his term of office from one wv five years, that he appared dispos- ed to be generous toward the los. ers, "The principle that players un- der suspension are not to he trad- ed has now been upheld! sald President Calder. 'fand T dn not expect to be too hard on anybody," He would not say definitely whether Worters, the star Pitts. burg goalie, who drew a suspension for holding out for a big salary boost and while under the ban was purchased by the Americans, would be permitted to play for the New York Club. "I do not want to make a snap judgment on this," President Cal- der said as he left the meeting, "I will probably make an announce- ment when I get hack to Montreal." He left for his home tonight, Meanwhile, Worters is still with the New York team which is sche. duled to play the Maroons at Mont. real tomorrow, The upshot of the meeting was that the president was sustained, the Americans' appeal dismissed: and the future of the player left entirely in Calder's hands. So much for the principle, t Is now in order for the special eireum- stances surrounding the Worters' case to be considered by the lea- gue head with it practically certain that Worters will he allowed to con- tinue with the Americans who gave Bennv Leonard's Pittsburg club $20.000 and Joe Miller for him. Calder's ruling all along has heen that Worters could play only for the Pirates as it would he a dan- gerous precedent for a wealthy club to dicker for the services of a sus- pended holdout, » ~ HOCKEY GOSSIP Mic Macs of Windsor have been grouped with Chatham, Wal- laceburg and Blenheim in the Wes- tern Ontaro Hockey Association for the 1928-29 season, and indica- tions are that these four sextets will comprise one of the strongest sections in the O,H.A, Mic Macs engaged in their first workout ov- er the week-end and will be out again this week, Jimmy Herberts, popular forward of the Detroit Qougars, is showing the boys "how." a London 12th Battery held fits first workout of the season at the London Arena last evening, eral of 'ast year's players were in attendance, while a number of new recruits are trying out for places on the Gunners' Jing. up. The Lon- don East Athletic Club is includes in the same group with the Bat. ry. ! Hugh McCormick, goal tender for the London Panthers last sea- son, bas been given his release by that club. In the event of MeCor- mick joining a big league club London must be given the first cal) on the first player farmed out, ac- cording to a clause inserted in the 1 Bev- ! Industrial League, The will be affiliated with the Onta Amateur ssociation and will enter the cham- Cp decided 1 t t that t was ast n if the he Jo Amateur bw Associdtion expands its scope next year to embrace the Juvenile boys within its jurisdiction, that the local winners of the 1929 Juvenile league the OASA, offs, If unaffi- S.A, LA Again next year, all Juvenile players will be al- lowed to play in the Yonior ranks of the local league if they care to and are able, of course, to catch a place. The league, financially, was a sue- cess last year, Secretary-treasurer Dave Stretton's report which was given last night was one of the bright spots of the evening. Des- pite the many inroads caused through various expenditures into the treasury, the league was ghle this year to show a balance on hdnd, which should give the league officials some encouragement when they be- gin activities for next season, Although only about 'six clubs were represented at the meeting last night when the past-president, Bill Moncur, took the chair, it is almost a certainty that all the teams which took part in the Intermediate and Juvenile series iri the past season will again figure in the schedule next year, It is even hoped that another team will enter the Inter. mediate ranks to fill out a six team league instead of having a five team grouping such as operated last sum- mer, At least four teams are expe: ted to enter the Junior series which is going to be operated next year, . Already a trophy has been prom- ised to the league in the event of there being TU series in oper- ation next summer, The trophy has been promised by D, A, J, Swanson, but unusual as it may seem, the trophy will be up for competition in the uvenile league, The Gordon Lefebvre Trophy, which is up for competition in the Juvenile league was originally presented as a trophy for junior competition in Oshawa but when this became impossible and the Juvenile series took the place of the junior, the Gordon Lefebvre Trophy was changed accordingly, In 1929, if a junior league operates, the Gordon Lefebvre Trophy will be moved back to its rightful place and the D, A J, Swanson Trophy will take its place in the juvenile section of the Jeague, The following is the report which was turned in by Dave Stretton [seCretary-treasurer, @t "Tait Right's] meeting : ur. President, Officers and Mem- ers, City and Industrial Softball Lea- gue: In presenting to you my annual report for the year 1928, I first de- sire to thank all who have in any way contributed towards making the past season a successful one, Dur- ing the season there were played in the Intermediate series a total of 24 games including the playoffs while in the Juvenile series 29, the leagues finished up with the AY MC. and Eagles as champions in their respective series, AY MC, went into the OD.A, play offs and although they lost they were by no means a discredit to the league Financially I consider we have been better off this year than last due first to the campaign put on by the Juveniles which realized the sum of $158.70 and also to the collections taken at the games, We have to thank Mr, R. S, McLaughlin, Mr, Siberry and J, 8, Kyle for their kind donations, In concluding like to put before you the sugges: tion of a Junior series for mext year, If such is decided upon I have pro- mised to use a trophy for competi- tion. Thanking you all for your co- operation during the year and looking forward to a er year for , [am Yours re vel; "STRETTON, frm, BOADS DITCHES, DITCHES RO, SAYS IRATE SOAR! TAXPA Birch Cliff, Dee, 6.~""Roads sre ditches, and ditches are roads in Scarboro," Such was the way an irate taxpayer described the con- dition of roads in the township Then Mdresing the ownship une ay, e com of paying $40 for local Improvements on property at Laurel avenue, with Felease. 74 frontage, gentlemen, I would | Chai oh ri iz 2 4 i = 2 £53 t 1 of i Toronto Canoe Cl onto semi-final which tomorrow night. : After last night there' i pl the final SEHR I rtment. The fast and were too 00 "i inside hockey for knew too much the Rangers, but the newcomers to t ranks stuck to their task stopped trying to' beat st them. Marl red their best game of the ey Jackson running n never boros series wi id Dong the Ronger hop a stubborn fight but suit. The Prudhomme and Alexander Go to Detroit Tigers Toronto, Dec, 6--Just as expected it Jou be, the sale of Dale Alexs ander, first baseman and home run king of the International League and ohnny Prudhomme, the Shreveport armer, who pitches with his right hand, by the Toronto Club to the troit Tigers took place yesterday, e Leafs are to receive $100,000 in cash, first baseman Jim Sweeney, former Texas League star, and two pitchers in exchange for Alexander and Prudhomme, and it is presume that the pitchers to come here 'will be selected from George Gibson, Lil Stoner, George Smith, and Ken Holloway, all right-handers, though President Navin, of the Tigers, would make no announcement in this respect, Gibson and Smith were with the Leafs in 1925, President Navin and Bucky Harris arrived from Detroit yesterday and with President Solman and Vice. President Dunn, of the Leafs, the lost little time in putting throug the biggest deal of the week. In fact the transaction was put over so fast that it lent color to the prevailing belief that everything was cut an dried some time ago, and that the parties interested decided to wait until convention week to make the announcement that the Toronto stars, who were greatly in the pub- lic eye during the 1928 campaign of the International League, would re- ceive a chance to continue their good work in the big show. Tigers Got a Star In Alexander, the Tigers get a Player who, without a doubt, is the ardest hitter the International has known in many moons, He led the all batsmen this past season with an average of 382, making hits, of which 46 were doubles, 11 of them triples, and 31 for the circuit, It is claimed that in Rochester and New- ark he hit the longest home runs eyer made in the parks of those two cities, And so far as the Maple Leaf Stadium is concerned he ac- complished that feat on several ac- casions, : "Big Boy," as he is called, has heen in professional baseball only ve years, two of which were spent with the Leafs, He was born at Greeneville, Tenn, April 26, 1903, and therefore is 25 years of age, He weighs 205 pounds and stands 6 feet, 2 inches, and is a graduate of Milligan College, Tenn, where he starred in baseball, football and bas- kethall, : Alex received his first profession. al baseball experience with the Greeneville Club of the Appalachian League in 1924, and 1925 found him with Charlotte of the Sally loop, He spent two years with Charlotte, bat. ting 331 and 323, and at the same time making a name for himself as 8 hitter of long home runs, Tried Out Howle In the Spring p 1926, Te was taken to the Augusta, Georgia train- ing camp of the Leafs by Dan How- ley and appeared to be on the way to oust Mickey Heath out of the first base job, but just when he was going at his best, he contracted the mumps, and on his recovery, was in such a weakened condition that he failed to fing himself again during the training jaunt ,and was left at rlotte on the way north, But in 1927, Alex was given an- other trial by the Leafs and so im- pressed Manager Lee Fohl that he duced t president, Solman apd e president, Jim Dunn, to wire the big fellow, The Charlotte Chub was paid $5000 for the slugger, though the year before, Felix Hay- man of rid Leaguers asked $10,- 000 and Mickey th for him, There wasn't any doubt about Alex making good after he became a regular. In his first league game at Jersey City in 1927, he made the hit the Leafs secured off Lefty onl YER Williams and in the fourth, and final game of the series he pounded out three es and two doubles in five times at bat. From that on he was sensation of the International though late in 1927 when he went into a slump, the Toronto owners offered to trade him to Baltimore for Clayton Sheedy, but the fate ea dorg Rts CR ion. Dunn later y to Leafs for $10,000, eft rail and the rest: Shall that is the best that can be said of them, \ Once again the International Baseball League is all agog, The former prospects of a peaceable an- nual meeting have gone blooey, The presentation of the pennant to Ro- chester will, to be sure, take place. But this polite ceremony will he quickly booted out of the limelight to bare the boards for a real row d|over a festering issue which is all ripe to prick, The question is, shall the Inter. national League, a class AA or- ganization, vote as a unit for or against the new draft proposal which the major leagues are putt. ing up for adoption this year. It has been intimated quite plainly by the majors that the class AA lea- gues, as well as the other minors, must fall in line, and write the new draft provisions into the na- tional baseball agreement, The penalty for failure to acquiesce, it has been hinted quite broadly, will be a termination of trading and | Baseball War Looms--a, sme Tumse | 334 PRESIOENT OF THE (NTERNATIONAL LEAGUL AND WHO APPARENTLY WAS SOME TROUBLED FAUNG AHEAD buying relations with the big min. ors, Apparently the Internation Lea- gue is itself divided on the question which just now is being discussed with great earnestness. Assuredly since September the boys have brought wrinkles to the usually serene brow of Prexy Toole president of the league, who had nothing to say on this issue at the time of going to press, It may be safely predieted, however, that sen- timent in the International loop is against accepting the major lea- gue's proposals. The class AA lea- gues feel that they are now big enough to be exempt entirely from the draft, Col. Jacob C. Rupert, owner of the New York Yankees, world maj- or league champions; also Edward G. Barrow, Business manaver of the New York Americans, are in Tor. onto for this meeting, which will' take place from Dec, 5 to 8 inclus- ive. Parkwood Boxing Club To Make Headquarters In Engel Building--Intend to Stage Show Here in Jan. ary A new hoxing club has been form- ed in Oshawa to be known as the Parkwood Boxing Club, formed with the intention of 'promoting boxing in Oshawa in the near future, Backed by a8 committee iof men who under- stand the game,; every conviction is expressed that The newly organized club will meet with success, It is the present intention of the club to stage 'a boxing show locally sometime in January and it is stat- ed by those closely connected with the club that Jimmy McKenzie, light- weight champion of the Thunder Bay district, Scotty Adair, runner-up fly. weight champion of Ontario, Dave Currie of Scotland and Harry Bayes, the hard hitting bantam will be among those wearing the colors of the new club, The president of the new club is H, R, Stark, formerly of Ottawa Sen- ators, who is a keen follower of the boxing game and is behind the club with all his services, Joe Gallagher, who represented Canada in the ban- tamweight class at the 1920 Olympic games and who is Ohio and Middle- west State champion in his class, will manage and instruct the local boys, George Easton, ex-amateur champion East-of-Scotland, does not have to be introduced to the fight fans who know him for his famous double shuffle, will train and also instruct the local leather pushers, A group of first class professionals are said to be interested in the new club among these being Tommy Mit- chell, Jackie Johnson and Bobby Booth, whom Mr, Gallagher trained in Toronto while they were amateurs | po and when Steve Rocco also was 2 member of bis club, The boys in the Wednesday and Friday nights in their club rooms in the Engel Building, Simcoe street north, and any new 'boys wishing to join are welcomed to do so 'at any time by merely go- ing to the club rooms and making himself acquainted. local club will train every Monday, |the New Boxing Club Formed Locall to Promote and Train Fighters Club To Be Known AS Gymnasium Work to Start Monday Ontario Regiment Under the guidance of Mr. A. F. Pocock a regular sports and gymna- sium class will be conducted every Monday evening at the armories, commencing Monday, December 10, it was announced yesterday, Mr, Pocock comes to Oshawa with a wealth of experience in directing gym. classes, coaching in basketball and other games, For a number of years he has been handling the ma- jor basketball league games in To- ronto as a referee. It is Mr, Pocock's intention to or ganize a series of groups, each with a group captain and carry on am in- tensive sports program each Mon- day. About ten men will be in each group and a permanent record of the standing in all games will he kept and posted on the blackboard each week. ' Monday, December 10 will be do- nated to the organization of these groups and all ranks are requested to be on hand to take part in these activities, With Mr, Pocock's ex- perience and enthusiasm the Regi- ment is in for the best sporting year it has ever known, Lieut. Murray Johnson is chairman of the Sports' Committee and it is through the good work of this cont- mittee that was instrumental in se- curing the services of such an out- standing coach. New recruits will be welcome and on completion of the asstestation papers will be able to take part in these events, All ranks are urged to be on hand for Mon- day, December 10. Herb Gardiner, former defence star of Montreal Canadiens in the Nationa] Hockey League, will be seen on the ice for the Chicago Black Hawks shortly, according to Leo Dandurand, managing director of the Canadiens, When Canadiens released Gardiper to the Hawks, it was on the understanding that Gar- diner would be a bench manager only. However, Canadiens have agreed to disregard that stipula- tion, and the tall Westerner will seen as 8 defence player. A regular business meeting of directors of the Canadian- American Hockey League was beld at New Haven, Coun. Sunday in accordance wrth the newly-institut- ed system of holding ngs in each league city, The principal' business was raising of the waiver Price from $1,600 to $2,606 and ifting the price of a leagns fran- chise from 5,000 L) $10,000, Leather . Pushes] (Boxing News) The announcement that an addd- tional boxing club is being organ- fzed in Oshawa is welcome news to the Oshawa fans. 4 = The Oatario Regiment's club can- not handle anything like the num- ger of boys who are anxious to get into the game. - * ¥ Another thing--the Omtario Re- giment's club is open only to mem- bers of the Regiment. 2% = This unfortunately bars a num. ber of boys. * * 3% The Boxing commission of the Ontario Regiment will support any new club that is in the game to promote the sport locally and will endeavor to use all the local boys they can in their Show, Entry form will be out in a few days for the Oshawa and District Boxing championship, open to all boys within a 15-mile radius of Oshawa. * * * This will include Bowmanville, Port Perry, Whitby and Oshawa and there are a number of good boys in these towns, All they need is encouragement. LB J The date for the championships is January 10. * % 9 December 13 is the Ontario Regt. the card, . » These bouts will include such outstanding men as Leonard, Me Kenzie, Adair and Storks, * * * Gatenby who has heen under the weather has been training hard and is again fit. His many friends will welcome him back on December 18, * % % This Gatenby lad is a game cus tomper and always gives the fans plenty, * + 0» Bill Adams will not ve on the card for the December show, He had the misfortune some time ago of sustaining a disastrous punch on the nose during a workout which fractured several hones and makes an operation necessary. A Toronto specialist is looking after the injur. ed organ and Bill hopes to be hack in time for the January Champlon- ship tournament, nr -------- The Leafs have had a great run of prosperity so far in their home games, and on Saturday it is like- ly that another practically capagity house will witness the Senators in action at the Arena Gardens for the first time. The win in Montreal over the Habitants was a great cffort for the Leafs, who were un. der strength, with Carson missing and Duncan not in the best of shape. The Leafs are out for a victory to ofiset the 4-to-1 reverse they sus- tained in the Capital a couple of weeks ago SPORT SNAPSHOTS We've got ranks. around in his rompers. remember him? ponds and backyards or into professional ranks w! where! never played afterwards. to share the honors with Harry Lott, were real home brew artists. tthe game for the game's sake. cague, we right? Time will tell, may work out all right in Oshawa. Wilson, 'tis said, came to an unusual end. laying season, he came down-to Oshawa to see Is visit just enough to miss train connections and nuss an important ¢ in Montreal. As a result of this he was fined two or three hundred Now that we've unearthed a truly home brew The formation of a new boxing fraternity, the Parkwood Boxin, N to swallow our words after all about Harry Lott being Oshawa's only contribution to professional hockey. A local man whose knowledge of sport and sporting history cannot be questioned, went to the trouble this morning of phoning us .v and tell us of another player who was a hom: brew and who made the prof It was so long ago, however, that the writer was still probably kicking The player's name was Claude Wilson--any more of the older fans _ Claude Wilson, we are told, learned his hockey on the rhaps brickyards of Oshawa and made his jump en he was still playing junior hockey. . He was a goal tender, and a mighty good one at that we are told. He ed and played with Toronto in the days when, not to give away our age, hockey in the United States was unheard of and whea 'H still a flourishing centre of the big money game. . amilton was During the midst of the his wife and overstayed rs he immediately decided pro hockey was no place for him. Hs professional hockey player h perhaps some other readers can come forward with the names of some others who have wade the grade and who The news that there will be a Junior Soituall League in Oshawa mext year should be music in the ears of especially the local youths who have just graduated from Juvenile ranks and have found or were expecting to find the Intermediate game a trifle too fast for them. The Junior league, where the age limit is under 20 by May 1, shouid prove an acceptable stepping stone for promising young players who play . -------------- The hope was expressed at last night's meeting of the Industrial Seft« ball League that another team would make an entry into the Intermediate series in order to make a six team loop. This should be not at all impossible and even three more teams could ments neat show with 10 bouts oa he reasonably expected to come forward, thereby making an pight team The junior hockey schedule for group 2 of which Oshawa Shamrocks is a member, was rightly, perhaps, divided into two sections and run in the form of a double schedule in each section. The Shamrocks play four home games, two with Bowmanville and twa with Peterboro Hockey Club, while they play a like number of games away from home, If the Peterboro clan has any class whatever, it should be a merry old race in Section B, and right here we voice our opinion that the winners of the "B" section will be the ultimate winners of the group, Are 1 p Club, The Ontario Regiment already has more boys than it can handle despite the fact that everyone has to join the Regiment before he can join the boxing club and as a result, the Parkwood club should prove a valuable asset to the local mitt slingers. London Panthers in Third Place, Beat Niagara 3.0 London, Dec, 6,--The Panthers are perching all alone on the third rung of the Canpro ladder follow- ing their 3 to 0 defeat of Newsy Lalonde's Big Roar crew here gt the Arena tonight, The two clubs, fighting it out for the right to stay in the first division, provided a smaller crowd than was antici. pated with the cleverest and high- est geared display yet put on this season on local ice and starting with the second period, when the first scoring made its appearance, play went up and down the ice at a breath-taking gait, only stopping for rare interruptions as subs were tossed over and the still rarer toots that came from Jerry Laflamme's little tin clarinet, The action was interspersed with some high and lofty eheeks, swishing elbows and penetyating butt-ends but the penalty bench was vacant until the third period when Laflamme hecame severe and sentenced three to brief minors, London--Goal, Ironstone; des fence, Voss and Moore; centre, Primeau; wings, Filmore and Con» nacher; subs, Jackson, King, Levs er, Foxworthy, Redding, White, Niagara Falls--Goal, Farrell; defence, Cain and Duggan; cen» tre, Quesnel; wings, Godin and Kelterborn; subs, Prestis, Herring. ton, Steele, McLeod, Madden and Williams, : CIGARETTES Twenty for 25%