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TE SR RE a TE A SRO TAN AN OR 5 Tengu asE. THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1947 LIDMAN, SWEDISH HURDLER, COMPETING IN THIS WINTER'S INDOOR. TRACK MEETS MIDOLE LIPMAN Adp RuNE- GUSTAFFSON, SWEDISA DISTANCE RUNNE! R, Ve od ARE TUE ONLY FOREINER: CoMPBTING ON VS. S TRACKS THiS WINTER, PORT NAPSHOTS Oshawa's Junior "B" hockey important league game at the Osha "Corner House" boys visiting here, By Geo. H. .Campbell team, "Mills Motor Sales," have an wa Arena tonight, with the Toronto for the last time this season, we expect. The "Corner" boys are leading this Junior "B" group race and Toronto Chapmans are in second place. seven games and tonight's tilt will conclude their double schedule. They "Mills Motors" have played won their first game and have lost six since, three to the Corner House ' team and three to Chapmans. The local Junior "B" club hasn't been so hot this year they are out to give the league-leading Corner House team a licking tonight and their attempt should be worth seeing. "Chuck" Davey, is the manager of the "Corner" club. He's well-known as a sports enthusiast and "Davey's Indians" was a familiar name a few years back in Toronto sport. The "Corner" team has a lot of future Toronto Marl- boro material and some of them are tabbed as Maple Leaf prospects. This game here tonight should be a good one. * Legionnaires are not * * playing Kitchener Legionnaires in expected, which means that the local still have one more away game to be played. On Redmen visit Oshawa for what should be . The Bran local Legion team is out to hand ord team a setback and after that last e staged in Brantford, this game here Monday Osh and Brantford are t a \sizzler. group honors, when playoffs start, so Monday preview and worth viewing. * There was no Junior * "A" gotion last night and there's only one * for tonight, with St. Mike's visiting the Barrie y ternoon, Barrie plays with the "Irish" right back , in Toronto this time in the first game of a twin-bill at Maple Leaf t of Oshawa hockey fans will be on hand to see this going up actually, of course, to watch Oshawa and Marl- the second half of the doubleheader. This 4-point game "A" race. Marlies want these four tie that exists at present, for 3rd points also, to break the three-way place,' with Marlies, Generals and Kroehlers all tied up with 38 points each. * * * Kingston hockey fans jammed the old Jock Harty Arena to see Hamilton Tigers play N.Y. Rangers in a game to provide more funds for the "Hockey Hall of Fame." C.AHA, and NHL. dignitaries back again, to take on Boston Bruins in another one of these ex. * * * There'll be some fun at the big meeting next month in Prague, when hockey (amateur brand, various varieties) officials will convene to discuss their Canada, home of hockey players, wants their interpretation of amateur accepted "an athlete not now engaged in pro- fessional hockey" but others may buck this. Course if they do--they may have their world's hockey championships without Canadian entries, and that would make it a very hollow triumph for the winners. * Ushawa's curlers didn't do foo * * badly yesterday. The local Tank- ard rinks won their first game "the hard way" (by default) yester- day morning in Toronto when Agincourt boys failed to show up due to the snowstorm, no doubt. Waiting around for five or six hours took the Oshawa 'curlers off edge and when they met Percy Skitch (Continued on Page 11) | Events TON IGHT--J UNIOR "B" HOCKEY Cornerhouse vs. Oshawa Jr. "Bees' SAT. AFTERNOON--SKATING SAT. EVENING--SKATING r Eldon Kerr, Kingston Curlers Best Here In District Cup Eliminations Local Rinks In Consolation Limestone City Rinks Whip Agincourt in Di- vision Final -- Oshawa Curlers Oust Peterboro In Globe & Mail Tro: phy Event -- Winners Play in Provincial Playoffs Today. at To- ronto Kingston Curling Club represent- atives copped the honors at the Oshawa Curling Club yesterday, as Division winners from 'Eastern and Central Ontario met in a knockout playoff session for the right to com- pete in the quarter-finals, on To- ronto ice today, for the coveted Governor-General's Trophy : (Dis- trict Cup) while the two. Oshawa rinks, eliminated in the District Cup event, came back in the consola- tion competition, The Globe and Mail Trophy event, to defeat Peter- boro. Agincourt Upsets Petes Agincourt eliminated the highly- rated Liftlock City rinks in the District Cup play yesterday after- noon, with Fred Thomson's rink nosing out N. H. Hamley's men and H. Burwash winning a close game from Fred Green's Peterboro four. The Agincourt curlers. won by & total of 28 to 25. z In the other bracket, Perc. Eve- leigh's rink took an 18-10 trouncing from H. M. Reid's Kingston rink ahd the 8-shot loss was too great for the other half of the Oshawa entry to overcome. Don. Holden's rink defeated their Kingston oppon- ent, skipped by J. G. Hooper by a score of 16 to 11 but this wasn't snough to offset Eveleigh"s down- fall, In the evening's finals, H M Reid's rink defeated Thomson's Agincourt four 18 to 8 while J. G. Hooper's rink whipped the other Agincourt rink by 19 to 10 for a 37 to 18 total triumph. Losers in the afternoon games, Peterboro and Oshawa hooked up in the consolation series, for The Globe and Mail Trophy Don. Hol- den's rink defeated Fred Green's rink 16 to 11 while Perc. Eveleight won his game by the same margin, 15 to 10, over N. H. Hamley. The Kingston and Oshawa rinks will compete in Toronto today for the Provincial honors, against other section winners in the two compe- titions. Tankard Playoffs On Wednesday afternoon here, the Agincourt Ontario Tankard en- try triumphed over their district oppositions. Agincourt whipped Stouffville in the first draw while Unionville defeated Locust Hill Richmond "Hill had a bye in the first and in the second draw, they defeated and ousted Unionville 27 to 20. In the finals, Agincourt whip- ped the Richmond Hill rinks in handy fashion. The Agincourt fours were skipped by R. Fitsgerald. and L. E. Ross. Following are the results of yes- terday's District Cup games here;- DISTRICT CUP (First Round) KINGSTON . Slater, OSHAWA Chas. McGibbon, Paul Michael, Dos di Bill Bales, H. Rutherford, R. G. KINGSTON F. Thomson,.. 8; LA Reid, .. H, Burwash, .. 10; J. G. Hooper, TOTALS, Agin. 18; Kingston, Globe & Mail Trophy Event: PETERBORO OSHAWA F. J. Green, .. 11; Don. Holden, 16. N. H. Hamley 10; Perc. Eveleigh, 15. TOTALS, Peter. 21; Oshawa, 31 Ottawa Rinks Enter Their District Final Ottawa, Jan. 31 -- (CP) -- Rinks from the Metcalfe Curling Club moved into the grand final for the Governor-General"s Trophy last night when they eliminated répre- sentatives of the Smiths Falls Curl- ing Club in a two-rink match by an aggregate score of 32-23. The winners will oppose Royal Montreal for the trophy' here Sat- urday. ' : | THE BIG SEVEN By The Canadian Press Maurice Richard of Montreal Cana- diens a goal in last ht's sole National Hockey League en ter to increase his scoring race leadership to 48 points, made up of 30 goals and 18 assists. Ted (Teeter) Kennedy of To- ronto, in a second place tle with Chi- cago's Max Bentley was held pointless. Both have 39 points. Other scoring leaders were idle. g The Leaders Baue ; Boston .... D. 'entley, Chicago | "Mills Motors" ~ Accept Whitby Team's Challenge 27 Park Rd. 8, Oshawa, Ont., Jan. 30, 1947. Mr. Geo. Campbell, Sports Editor, Times-Gazette, Oshawa, Ont. Dear Sir: We note in your issue of Jan. 28 of The Times-Gazette, manager Dick Adams of the Whitby Jr. "C" Hockey Club is once again blowing his club's horn, and throw- ing- out challenges to anybody and everybody, anywhere and anytime, particularly to our Mills' Oshawa Jr. "B" club. Brother, they have had it, because we. are only too delighted to have a smack at some club we know we can honestly beat, and it gives us great pleasure to turn it on for the Whitby Junior "C" club right in their own back yard and show their hometown fans they have been playing against nothing but a bunch of setups all season. We are prepared to play them Saturday afternoon, Feb. 1st, at 3 o'clock if they can possibly "squeeze the ice" in that cow barn of their's at Whitby and get a playing sheet of. ice. "So open the door, Richard", here comes Mills' Oshawa Jr. "B" team. Yours truly, LEN BARKER. Mills' Oshawa Jr. "B" Ilockey Club. Discussing "Racquets" Or Should We? By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer New York, Jan. 31--(CP)--Pos- sibly fewer than 10,000 Canadians know there is a sport called "Racquets" and not even that many ever heard of Kenneth Chantler, but a man by that name stands a fair chance of bestowing a World's Championship on the Dominion . . . In his Montreal hometown, Chant- ler feels all the frustration of a practised pickpocket in a nudist camp--there isn't anybody around to give his talents a fair test--so he was delighted in New York yes- terday to find the kind of competi- tion he's been waiting for ever since he got out of the Canadian Army late February . . . His opponent was blue-blooded Robert Grant III, the hardest-hitting player in the game today, and the prize was the North American Open Racquets Cham- pionship, at stake for the first time since pre-war days. Goal To Go The 36-year-old Chantler, who took his first racquet in hand 20 years ago, entered the fray with a minority following, and when Grant went ahead 10-4 in the seventh and deciding game the handful of spec- tators at the Park Avenue Racquet and Tennis Club. started for the exits . . . They sat down swiftly, though, as the tall, dark-haired Canadian ran nine straight points to make it 13-10, then went on to | win 18-15 in the Racquets equiva~ lent of "overtime" . . . By right of conquest, Chantler now will meet an old adversary, Britain's James 8. | Dear, for the World Title . . . The first half of the match will be play- ed at Montreal, Feb, 10 or 11 and the second at the Queen's Club in London, Eng., where Chantler gain- ed a split with Dear, in two non- title matches nearly 20 years ago. It Chantler wins he will be the first Canadian to reach the top in a sport that is supposed to have ated in a British Debtor's . | Prison in the 18th century . .. But even if he loses his name will go down in the books beside those of such distinguished Canadian rac- quet-wielders, as Sir John Child of Ottawa, and the one-time Montreal 5: stars, W. R. Miller, F. F. Rolland, R. E. MacDougal, E. Greenshields, H. M. Smith and A. 8. Cassis. Millionaire's Game Racquets is a strangely unpopular sport from which even natural=born kibitzers seem to shy, perhaps be cause it has a reputation as a Mil- llonaire's Game and packs a set of rules as complicated as Mah-Jong . . . Played with long-handled bats and small, sheepskin-covered ba that would leave a horrifying hole in your head, racquets is a game to send shivers down your spine . . . Allison Danzig of the New York Times, who filled us in on the fundamentals, set just the right note by telling about the time a British Army Officer's eyeball pop- ped from its socket during a par- ticularly strenuous match in Mon- treal . . . Mr. Danzig says the of- ficer turned to the gallery, smiled and said; "Now the ladies won't look at me any more." Square Peg? Despite its unpopularity, Rac- quets has a special dignity . . . At the exclusive Park Avenue Club, the ushers wear tuxedoes and the doorman knows every one of the 2,000 members by sight . . . He keeps tab on their comings and goings through an ingenious punch- board, into which he plunges 2 white peg to indicate that thé member is inside, or a red one to show that he has just left . . . We didn't look like Vanderbilt or Whit- ney or Wanamaker, but we finally got 'in thanks to Mr. Danzig, and you can consider this a full- throated plug for Racquets, door- man or no doorman , .. As Mr. Danzig says, "It's a sport to knock your eye out." They Failed to Match Curling Skill of Oshawa Men Champions of their district in the "Governor-General's District Cup" competition Fred Green's Peterboro rink, shown above, competed here in Oshawa yesterday and fell by the wayside. Having being going great guns all season, they were favored in the Liftlock City curling circles to go far in quest of the Governor-General's Trophy this season, but in the Eastern and Central Ontario playoffs here yesterday, the two Peter- boro rinks were eliminated in the District Cup event by two Agineourt rinks. In the consolation event, "The Globe and Mail Trophy" competi- tion, the Peterboro rink suffered another defeat at the hands of the Oshawa rinks, skipped by Don. Holden and Perc. Eveleigh. Holden's rink defeated Green's quartet 16-11 in their game. Above is shown the OSHAWA CURLERS IN RUNNING FOR G&M TROPHY Peterboro rink of Jim Wood, Fred Green (skip), Ross Williamson and § Ward Smith, O.H.A. TEAMS ENTERING HOME STRETCH IN SCHEDULES Toronto, Jan. 31 -- (CP) -- This being the last day of January, Sen- for and Junior "A" clubs of the On- tario Hockey Association suddenly realized*that the play-offs are rapid- ly approaching. All winter the redoubtable Hamil- ton Tigers have led the five-team Senior league. They have lost just one out of 18 games played. All winter the power-packed Toronto St. Michael's Majors have paced the Junior "A" circuit, a 10-team group. St. Mike's record is two losses out of 30, but this is the point standing, which gives four points, or two games, in occasional encounters. No one doubts that it will be Hamilton Tigers and Toronto St. Mike's who will represent the O.H.A. in the arduous struggles towards the Allan and Memorial Cup finals. But they still have to wind up the schedule and then go through the play-offs. And in play-off series anything can happen. Four of the five senior teams will start play-offs at the end of Feb- ruary. .Details haven't been ar- ranged yet, but there will be semi- finals between the first and third teams and between the second and fourth. At the moment Tigers are first with 34 points. Owen Sound Mohawks and Hamilton Patricias are tied for second with 16, Toronto Staffords are fourth with 14. But the tail-end Stratford Indians are only four points behind Staffords with 10. Six of the 10 Junior "A" clubs get into the play-offs. The top two play a best-of-seven .series. The third and fourth teams play & best- of-three, and so do the fifth and sixth place clubs. Winner of the top series then waits while the win- ners of the two lower brackets play off a semi-final. Whatever the standing might be then, the play- offs for Junior clubs will start Feb. 22. Right mow the standing shows St. Mike's with 56 points, Galt Red Wings 44, Oshawa Generals, Strat- ford Kroehlers and Torontd Marl- boros all with 38, and Barrie Flyers in sixth place with 36. Those six clubs would appear to be the play- off contenders, for there's a gap of 18 points facing the seventh-place Windsor Spitfires at 18 points. St. Catharines Falcons have 14, Hamil- ton Szabos 12 and Toronto Young Rangers 8. Hall of Fame Carl Hubbell Frank Frisch - For the first time since 1942, four former major league stars have been named to the Hall of Fame. To be named to the baseball shrine of immortals the player must re- ceive 75 per cent. of the votes. The four named are Frank Frisch, form- er manager of the Pirates and one of the great stars of the Giants and Cards; Carl Hubbell, the star left- hander of the Giants for many years; Lefty Grove, former ace hpaw of the Athletics and Bos- ton Red Sox, and Mickey Cochrane, former star catcher and later man- ager of Tigers. . -Sports Fallacies Kentucky is accepted in the pub- lic mind as the state where most of the good horses are foaled. Ac- tually no state or pair of states has a monopoly in the foaling of thor- oughbreds. Only half of the racing blue bloods foaled each year first sniff blue grass in Kentucky. Excellent horses have been foaled in Cali- fornia, such as The Dude, which won the Arlington classic last year, and Stepfather. Assault and Stymie, which made exciting racing mews in 1946, both were foaled in Texas, at the King Ranch. . Pipette, a filly, and Peace Harbor were foaled in New Jersey. And Virginia, where breeding thrived early in American history, is not out of the picture. A good active thoroughbred, Brabancon, was foal- ed there. A separate set of rules exists for girl basketball players, providing for Mackell Has Mighty Lead In Junior Loop Toronto, Jan. 31 --(CP)-- Fleming Mackell, smooth-skating right winger of St. Michael's College Majors, con- tinues lead scorers in the Junior and 28 assists, Leaders Mackell, St. Michael's .. Sandford, St. Michaels Costello, St, Michaels Harrison, St. Michaels Cerisino, Oshawa .. Glover, Galt ... Jim Unise, Galt Roth, Stratford Wiseman, Galt . Curik, Oshawa . . Cadleux, Hamilton seeecess 22 Barlow Still Leads Scorers In Senior OHA Toronto, Jan. 31--(CP)--Hugh Barlow of Hamilton Patriclas continues to lead the scorers in O.H.A. Senior A with 30 points, seven ahead of three stalwarts of the league-leading Ham- ilton Tigers. Statistics released today by the O.HA. follow: Player Club G H. Barlow, Ham. Pats 8 B. Peer, Ham, Tigers 11 J. Conick, Ham, Tigers 16 D. Runions, Ham, Tgs 11 Shillington, Ham, 10 Smelle, Ham. Pats 12 T, B. D. Brady, Ham D. B 18 N.H.L. LEADERS By The Canadian Press Standing--Toronto, won 24, tied 8, lost 11, points. i Points--Richard, Montreal, 30 goals, 18 assists, 48. Goals--Richard, Montreal 30. Assists--Taylor, Detroit, M, Bentley, Chicago 25. Penalties--Mortson, Toronto 84, Shutouts--Rayner, New York 4. six, instead of five, players on a side and stipulating that there shall be no dribbling, as in the men's game. Because these rules have been drawn up, many people assume that all girl players adhere to them. The assumption is false. Some of the top players in the world are girls who play only men's teams according to men's rules. The All-America Red Heads, how in their eighth season, travel through- out the country taking on all com- ers--provided that they are men. What is more, the Red Heads, an attractive aggregation, usually win, Where is woman's place? 4 Aid For Swimmers Q thi g new in swimming trunks, called "Float-ees," is displayed by the well-known swimmer, Adolph Keifer, above. The trunks have built-in pockets of tough vinyl- plastic pontoons which can be in- flated at will with a quick puff of air, The trunks are designed to aid all swimmers. Sarnia Imperials Name Stan Reeve New Grid Coach Sarnia, Jan. 31 -- (CP) -- Stan Reeve, former Imperial grid star, will coach the 1947 edition of the Sarnia Imperials the Imperial Ath- letic and Social Association an- nounced today. Reeve, assistant coach of last year's squad, will be assisted by Clff "Cuffy" Parsons, 1946 mentor, The coaches have not announced spring training plans yet. It is ex- pected that most of last year's team will be available again this season. Jack Baker, Manager of the team last year, was elected football chair- man. Roy Brush, a former president, wi direct the association's activi- es. Jack (Bungle) Garvin was elected first vice-president; Isabelle Den- nis, secretary; and Joe Woodcock, treasurer. . Those elected to head the various sports committees include -- Lee (Scrap) Perry, Lacrosse Chairman; Len Rutter, Softball, Chairman, and Ralph Burr, Gun Club Chairman. RESULTS By The Canadian Press QUEBEC SENIOR Shawinigan Falls 5, Ottawa 15. WILLS TROPHY SERIES Valleyfield 8, Boston Olympics 6. MARITIME BIG FOUR Halifax 5, Moncton 4. INTERNATIONAL SENIOR Port Arthur Bearcats 8, Fort William Legion 5. EXHIBITION JUNIOR Moose Jaw Canucks 4, Swift Current Indians 2. RIDEAU LEAGUE Perth 8, Smith Falls § (tie). News «nd Views IN THE Industrial Loop By SIDELINER Week-end games: Monarchs and Robson at the Arena here from 10 to 11 am. . .. G.M. Parts and Du- plate at Whitby from 11 to 12:30 p.m. . .. Alger Press ahd Bolahood's at the Arena here from 1 to 2 p.m. : . . Ray's Grille and Maintenance at the Arena here from '11 to noon . . . Courtice and Fittings at Whitby from 12:30 to 2 p.m. . . . Bowers will practive at Whitby from 10 to 11 AM... > re Although we are not familiar with the details it is understood that Fittings and Weston played a 1-1 tie at the Arena last night « + « The addition of two players to Fittings has made a world of difference and although the team is not in the win column yet, it appears it is on the way. * +» A meeting of the league was held last night . . . A protest entered by Duplate regarding a game recently played with G.M. Parts was disal- lowed and the game and score will stand . . . Parts was the winner by a 3-2 count . , . Also upheld unani- mously was a decision of the execu- tive that player Dennis Noonan of Monarchs be suspended for the next Monarch game for conduct not in the best interest of the league . . . Managers were officially informed that referee Ted McComb tendered his resignation and that it was accepted . « Last Night's Stars | By The Canadian Press Montreal's "punch" line of Elmer Lach, Toe Blake and Maurice Richard, and goalie Bill Durnan. Blake and Richard each scored a goal and Lach assisted in both as Bill rnan scored his second shutout of the season by blanking Toronto Maple Leafs, 2 i $10,000 310900, ABPNO Re TWO DAYS LATER IN THE BASEBALL OFFICES OF THE BIG CITY BUGS... ALL OF OUR PLAYERS HAVE SIGNED THEIR CONTRACTS, SKIP... | _ ALL EXCEPT Prodi by Su phen Slevinger, Copyright 1947 by King Huatures World nights marred \