The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

ph -- A ----_ A 00 ~~ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE \ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1947 Ger HOVER To TIE FIRST BASEMAN gerore lg PATTER ets Tere YANKEE WFieLOER, AT Tie END OF this PLAYING DAYS, Now READY 10 Siow Tie Rookies How i 15 pone ~ASETERLINNS PEIN SRO MRR vu be sufficient 'time (games) left in the O.H.A. Junior catch St. Mike's before the games ends, bu even the "Irish" will have trouble reaching their journeyed to Galt last night and . Barrie is considered a pretty Red Wings handed them last the Red Wings are really hitting their stride th a couple more wins, Fy iE oH Sag» ] ik ¢ Fixes single-rink competition, with further playdowns for title and right to go into the Macdonald Brier Dominion championship event, later this month in Toronto. Harding's rink copped three games yesterday, all close and exciting. Their semi-final win was a 11-10 affair decided on the last end and in.the final match, it was 10-9, with the result hanging on the very last rock on the last end. Harding's brilliant dead-weight draw to tap one of his mate's rocks in two inches . It had to swept vigorously from the Frank Michael, usually reliable, lost the k stone scraped past on the rock, final stone of the match, missed by .- It was a hectic finish to a great deal of keen re with only L, E. Ross and and they were bumped §E3 (Continued on Page 11) 0 lb | ONLY - TONIGHT! 30: -- 75. + On Sale at 7.00 P.M, at the OSHAWA ARENA | | | ---- Dt rl hw » tail-end Stratford Indians. St. Mike's visit the third-place Oshawa Generals, Few Ontario hockey fans wlil dis- pute that Tigers and St. Mike's are Tigers have lost one game all winter, and St. . have lost but two. They're each far in the lead of their respective divisions. ; But the battle continues for play- Sound Mohawks tue of their 3-2 victory over Tor- onto Staffords. Mohawks took an early lead and hung on to it. At Owen Sound Doug Gillespel scored early in the first period for Mohawks, and Cec Shears made it 2-0 before the period ended. Johnny Blute of Staffords got, the only counter: of the middle session. Ir the last period Jimmy Boddy made it 3-1 or Owen Sous al- though Parks brough ords up to 8-2 with two minutes to go, Tor- onto couldn't get the tying goal. That game at Owen Sound was scheduled last week but 'postponed when Staffords .couldn't get there over storm highways. Last night they fought snowdrifts for six hours before taking the ice, nearly two hours late. Despite the late start, 2,300 fans were on hand, a sell-out crowd for the Owen Sound arena. It was a spotty junior exhibition at Galt, where the Red Wings were making their last home stand in schedule play. The Barrie Flyers had Coach Happy Emms back af the wheel following lifting of his suspension imposed by the O.H.A. for faflure to answer misconduct charges in a game at Windsor. GALT JUNIORS MAINTAINING THEIR WINNING STREAK IN O.H.A. RACE Galt led 2-0 after the first, 5-1 af- ter the second, and rammed in four goals to Barrie's two in the last period. Twelve penalties were hand- ed out, eight to Galt, including ma- jors to Bt. Pierre of Barrie and Pavelich of Galt in the last period. Galt's goal-getters were Freddie Glover, Bill Scott and Bruce Gies- |- brecht, each with two, and Trent Anderson, Marty Pavelich and Jim Uniac with singles. Gil St. Pierre, Pavero and Lafrance scored the Barrie goals. OSHAWA RIN Dr. Harding's Entry Captures British Consols Single Rink Final Match Decided On Last Stone as Hard- ing's Men Nose Out . Frank Michael's Rink 10-9 -- Only One Out- side Entry Survives 1st Round -- Keen Play and Close Scores Fea- ture Eliminations (By GH.C.) "An inch is as good as a mile", the old saying goes and when it comes to the last gtone for the deciding shot of a playoff curling match, then a half-inch miss is just as bad as two miles, That was proven last night, just before midnight as Dr. "Andy" Harding's rink nosed out the favor- ed Frank Michael quartette 10-9 in the deciding match of the District No. 5 eliminations, in the British Consols single-rink competition. Harding's foursome will represent Oshawa and district in the Provin- cial playdowns later this month in Toronto, when the Ontario cham- plons will be decided, for the right "0 compete in the Macdonald Brier Dominion championships, in the Maritimes, in March. Exceptionally Close Scores 'The district playoffs here yester- day produced some of the keenest competition and closest scores ever witnessed in single-rink competi- tion in Oshawa. Two of the "outside" entries of a total list of 14, failed to appear and 80 lost by default. Of the others, | Chas. Pe: only L. E. Ross, Agincourt skip, was able to get his foursome past the first draw. All other visiting rinks, /INS DISTRIC RIGHTS A 4 Honors, Oshawa and District failed to draw and it past the "shot" stone, on outside, with barely "daylight" between. It was a tough one to lose and a great game to win and the most tense match seen here this year. Members of the victorious rink are Ray Bemis, lead; Dr. Jack Brock, second; "Bill" Karn, vice and Dr. "Andy" Harding, skip. Sewing are the complete re- ts; COBOURG P. Macklin, y orth, ee Bki, pC, Wa rin 8 . and A, Germond drew byes in the first Finals OSHAWA ; Frank Michael, 1 AGINCOURT L. E, Ross OSHAWA 9 including entries from Cobourg, Osh Agincourt and Locust Hill, bowed to Oshawa opponents in the first games. Ross ousted Eviniss in the opener, defeated Charlie Peacock's rink in the second round but bowed out L himself in the semi-finals to Frank Michael's rink, in a see-saw struggle that produced a big score 14 to 11 and saw the Oshawa curl- ers, rallying brilliantly, twice wipe HAWA out a 4-shot lead. Michael's win Bont assured an all-Oshawa final, with Bill Gifford's rink meeting Hard- | Frank Michael 1g's men in the other bracket of the semi's and Harding took this one 11-10, when Gifford counted one on the last end but. couldn't get were aip-and-tuck struggles that were in doubt until the last shot and could have gone either way. Sensational Finish The final match was a ding-dong battle from start to finish with the lead changing hands only by slight margins. On the 11th end, Brownlee made a fine wick-shot to push Harding's "shot" to one side but Skip Michael failed with his out-turn attempt that would have given him a 3-end. As it was, they had to bring out the rule and measure the stones, with Harding's black-handle getting the fractional edge for shot, to make it 9-9, "Coming home" on the 12th, Bert White's two fine shots put Mich- ael's rink back on even terms and Brownlee raised out Harding's shot .| only to have Bill Karn do the same to his rock. Brownlee missed by a fraction on his second attempt and Harding's first stone was through the house. . Michael had 2nd and 3rd shots on the other side of the rings but both rinks were ignoring these in the quest for the victory shot. Michael's first rock slipped past the guard nicely and then drew in to skin past the "shot" stone, on the inside, by an inch. Harding's last stone, swept from the hog-line down, just got up in time to nudge their own rock into undisputed "shot" position, about two inches further over. With the large gallery and all contestants breathless, Skip Mich- ael fired his last rock, last stone of the game, an out-turn runner, to bump Harding's "shot" from the spot and so win the game with the two stones lying on' the other side of the rinks. Michael's shot. was a fraction wide and at the speed, it Canadian Pro Golf Tourney Not at Winnipeg Winnipeg, Feb. 5 -- (CP) -- Win- ni golfing circles reported last night, without confirmation, that the $10,000 Canadian Professional Golfers Association tournament scheduled for the St. Charles Coun- try Club here next Aug. 7-10 had been cancelled. Gerhard Kennedy, sponsor of the tournament, was en route to Win- nipeg from Toronto and St. Charles officials were unavailable for com- ment, Unavailability of the St. Charles course for those dates was given as the reason and it was reported that both Kennedy and Emile Collette of Montreal, C.P.G.A. president, had notified Fred Corcoran, P.GA., tournament manager, of the deci- sion mot to hold it. The tournament was won last year by Ben Hogan. Sarnia Rink Cops Ont. Ladies Tankard o --p-- Toronto, Feb. 5 -- (CP) -- Sarnia today held the premier women's curling prize of the province -- the Ontario Ladies' Tankard -- cap- tured against strong competition in the annual tournament here. The Sarnia four, skipped by Mrs. L. E. Woolley of Toronto Granite Club, won the trophy by defeating Mrs. Agar"s Granite four at the Toronto Curling Club yesterday 9-6. Mrs. Woolley played for the Sarnia team because it included her two sisters, Miss J. Clark and Mrs. J. D. "Bradley. - A new consolation pris: donated by Mrs, E. Northey of Lakefield, president of the Ladies' Ontario Curling Association, went to a Bob- caygeon rink skipped by Mrs, J. McIntosh, who defeated a Toronto High Park entry skipped by Mrs. R. H. Reeve, 6-4. Meanwhile, one district declared a winner and another neared a de- cision in the British Consols elimi- nations for the - right later this month to represent the province in the McDonald Brier ' Dominion series. Tarlton - Campbell Vie For Hamilton Curling Rights Hamilton, Feb. 5 -- Two Hamilton Tarlton, winner of this year's On- tario Tankard, and the other by P. D. Campbell, are meeting today for local honors in the British Consols Bonsplel. Monday, 16 rinks started out in questsof the crown. Tarlton advanced to the final by polishing off a Thistle four skip- ped by R. 8. Stone snd 3 Visions rtet in charge of veteran, or. A. E. Walkey of Victorias. Campbell reached the charmed circle with two close victories, one over J. ¥. Scanlan, also of Thistles, who was forced to go 12 ends with only three men, and W. G. L. Har- dle of Victorias. In the morning test. Campbell won by a single shot, and in the afternoon three times came from behind to overtake the Hardie four, Today's winner will go to Toronto later in the month to battle with other Ontario district winners for the, right to compete in the Mac- donald Brier as provincial repre- sentatives, RAY BEST'S RINK SCORES 14-6 WIN Peterborough, Feb. 5--A rink skipped by Ray Best of Peterbor= ough scored a 14-6 victory over a quartet led by Fred Green, also of Peterborough, in the final of the British Consols curling competition here. Five of the seven rinks en- tered came from Peterborough. Thistle rinks, one skippéd by Ross. ENTHUSIAST WHO NEVER STOPS IN HIS QUEST FOR IMPROVEMENTS (8 CURUNG TECHN AND METHODS ! \ CALGARY ITS FIRST CAN- ADIAN CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP WHEN HE CAPTURED THE MACDONALDS BRIER TANKARD IN 1941, This is one of a series by out- Canadian standing curlers re- lating what they ocnsider their "most moment" in Brier ankard, represen Chindisn single' sii' curling By Ken WATSON, Winnipeg, Man, Canadian Curling Champion, 1936 and 1942 For me, curling has provided "| many thrills but the one that top- ped them all took place one .night February, 1936 at the Amphi- theatre Rink, Winnipeg, when we were engaged in a titanic struggle with the - famous Gowanlock of Glenboro, for the right to represent Manitoba in the Dominion Brier Championships in Toronto the fol- lowing month. Previously, whenever the Gowan- lock and Watson rinks had met, a curling duel of sizable proportions had always resulted. The tide of fortune always hinged on the last rock in, the last end. Neither four- some ever had the satisfaction of two consecutive wins. The "heat" was on in every game from the first stone cast to.the last. A miss in the later stages of a game was ca- tastrophic and we all knew' it. Hence the 4,000 spectators who sat tense and expectant ' through three hours of play on this particu- lar evening had no notion of leav- ing for home 'when Gowanlock sco- red two to: knot the count in the regulation twelve ends, and sent the game into. overtime. It had been almost heartbreaking. On three separate ends it appeared that we had the necessary margin of safety, but a rub of a guard, a running shot by Bun Cartmell, Gowanlock's brilliant vice-skip, or a canny draw by the opposing skip- per himself had kept the score very even. A miss on the twelfth had enabled the Glenboro rink to pull even. Now the lifetime dreams of both rinks was to be'realized or shattered by the outcome 'of the 13th end. We had last rock. The front must be kept open at all costs. Tommy McKnight, the Glenboro lead, placed his first stone in front of the rings. Charlie Kerr prompt- ly knocked .it 'off. McKnight drew another to the same spot. This time Kerr missed. Bill McKnight then drew behind his brother's stone to the four foot ring. Marv. McIntyre, our second, went after the front rock again but missed. The Glen- boro second placed another guard on the shot stone. MacIntyre pinched. one of them off with his last rock. Oartmell replaced it. Grant Watson, my brother and clean-up man, came to bat. His running shot cleared the front on all guards. Cartmell again covered the counter, Grant removed it, the shot rock in so . nlock was now fighting to maintain a guard on that rock in the rings which loom- ed greater in importance with each shot. This time he assayed a close guard and executed the shot per- fectly, stopping in front with an out-turn on the 12 foot circle. There they were!--What should I do? Go for the guard, or try to draw to the shot? The four of us went into a huddle and talked it 0.H.A. Grants Award $50 to "Dit" Clapper Toronto, Feb. 5 -- (CP) -- A meeting of the Ontario Hockey As- sociation executive yesterday ap- proved the award of $50 to Aubrey (Dit) Clapper, playing coach of the Boston Bruins, to celebrate his 20th consecutive playing year in the Na- tional Hockey League. Clapper start- ed his playing career with the Parkdale junior club of the O.H.A. The money will be presented to the Bruins' coach at Boston Feb, 12 by past president of the OHA. Captain James Sutherland of King- ston, Ont, \ FORMER STRATFORD JUNIOR REFUSED TRANSFER TO WEST Toronto, Feb. 5 -- (CP) -- The executive of the Ontario Hockey Association yesterday refused a re- quest of a Manitoba junior club for the release and transfer of Len Wharton who was dropped by the Stratford junior "A" club after playing 15 games, over. This shot could mean the fin- ish. It had to be made. We decided a draw past the guard to the shot- rock was e logical play as the stone just back of the tee line. I have said prayers before but particular moment. The spectators were now standing. You could hear a pin drop. The blood was pound- ing in my veins, and my ears were ringing loudly, but somehow I got that shot away and somehow my prayers were answered. The stone derw beautifully in behind the guard and nestled up against the shot stone. Bedlam broke loose. The rest was anti-climax. I hardly remember what happened after. Ab tried to follow my stone but '"wrecked" on the guard. Thank Heavens I didn't have to play my last shot. I hardly think I would have been physically able to do so. never as enthusiastically as at that | w RESULTS y OHA CEES Eucana am CANADA 8 Calgary. 5 Saskatoon 1 o8 OHA wa 1, THUNDER BAY JUNI , William Columbus M1 Port Ase PCL Los "Angeles 3 Oakland Seattle 3 EA 1. ' Portland 10 Vancouver 32. -------- Galt Red Wings Out-Fly Those Barrie Flyers Galt, Feb. 5--Galt Red Wings tightened their grip on second place in the O.H.A. Junior "A" race, when they defeated the visiting Flyers from Barrie here last night by we of 9-3. Normie Himes' charges were again flying, proved faster than the Flyers and after taking & 2-0 lead in the first period and shaking off an early Barrie goal in the second stanza, unleashed a 3- goal rally to take a comfortable lead and finished the game almost playing "under wraps" in the final frame. Scott, Glover and Giesbrecht with two goals apiece, were the scoring stars for the homesters, Barrie--QGoal, Strachan; defense, Gar- lepy, Long; centre, Heale; wings, Fav- ero, Meger; alternates, St. Plerre, Alte 5 sb Fife, Lafrance, Lecour, Galt--Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Rob- ertson, McBride; y i hy Wiseman, Paveiich; aiiernates, hs . Anderson, - Droit. Beats. Hooton: Clover less Officials--Referee, Pat Patterson, To ronto, linesman Hogan, Galt, First Period 1--Galt, Anderson (Uniac) 2--Galt, Pavelich (Wylie) Penalties--Scott, McBride, iseman, Second Period 3--Barrie, 8t, Plerre vee 441 4--QGalt, Glover (Anderson) ..,.10:18 5--Galt, Glesebrecht (Hnatuck) . O--Ciall, GIOVer ........':cvssss Penalties--Hnatuck, Garlepy, Third Period T--Galt, Scott (Glesebrecht) oe... 8--Barrie, Favero (Meger) 1 9--Barrie, Lafrance 10--Galt, Unlac (Scott) 12--Galt, Scott (Giesebrecht) ...19:37 Penalties--Robertson, Tkachuk, Pave- lien, St. Plerre (majors), Uniac, Garie- London (CP). --John Hunter Har- ley, writer on European affairs and associate of Ramsay MacDonald and Philip Snowden in founding the Labor party, died aged 81, 28 58 seeeeel0: FOR QUICK RELIEF FROM SPRAINS AND STRAINS Muscular Aches and Pains « Stiff Joints * Bruises What you SLOAN"S LINIMENT NEED cz WHERE WOULD THE CAR BE WITH NO \ BATTERIES? If you've ever been stuck with a "dead" battery you know that's an inconvenience to avoid! . Replace outworn batteries with new from our ample stock of G.M. Motorco batteries. TUNE IN CEKDO -- 8:45 pm. "Sincerely Kenny Baker" MON. » TUES « WED - THURS, « FRIDAY OTORCO BATTERIES are % BUILT TO G.M. ENGINEERING STANDARDS % SPLIT-SECOND STARTING THE YEAR ROUND % RUGGED CONSTRUCTION FOR LONG LIFE % PLENTY OF RESERVE POWER % COMPLETE LINE FOR ALL CARS AND TRUCKS ONTARIO MOTOR SALES Limited OSHAWA PHONE 90v TOMORROW NIGHT WINDY WADE TAKES A DIVE IN TH' SECOND ROUND, BABYS [ wee, HELL STORE. HIS AS WINDY ARISES...