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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1947, : PORT :. NAPSHOTS conn: Oshawa Legionnaires have just about "had it"! Brantford Redmen came here again last night and handed the locals a 4-1 defeat and any team that can lick the other twice on their own ice, deserve to be called champions. The Redmen should be able to wind this series up in the fifth game, at Brantford on Monday night. Legion opened the 4-out-of- 7 affair with a spectacular win right in Brantford but the battling 'Redmen have roared back to take three-straight games, two of them in Oshawa and now they need only one more win to finish it off. Brantford was the better team again last night. The Oshawa boys had a big margin of play in the first period but this gent Hammer in the nets for the visitors performed puck-stopping miracles to keep Legion at bay. Osh- awa's Doc Dafoe did score the first goal of the game with a burning shot but it proved an orphan tally for the homesters. Brantford tied it up about two minutes later. In the second period, despite Oshawa's continued pressing, Brantford made it 2-1. In the third frame, the Oshawa squad tired and Brantford finished in sound control of the game. x x ¥ in which some of the Legion players tired towards support to the argument that they (some of had much hockey to be.at their best for playoffs. boys, of course were forced by the fact that Brantford lead midway in the game, to do most of the real pressing pen attacking and this is tougher than sitting back and other fellow carry the puck. However, they lacked zip d polish around the Brantford net and you need plenty to beat classy goalie the Redmen have between the pipes. Having won e game in Brantford, the Legionnaires feel that they are not out it yet and they intend to go all-out for a win in Brantford on Monday night and thus bring the 6th game of the series back here to Oshawa. x % x Back around 1935, a team of young Oshawa curlers (under 20) brought the Ontario Junior Tankard championship to Oshawa (The Rennie Trophy) and despite some fine bids by other young Oshawa curlers in succeeding years, it's never been back since, until today. Four young Oshawa curlers, three of them with only about two year's experi- ence, captured the Junior Tankard Trophy at the Granite Club yester- day, winning all their games to sweep the championship. Bill Wir- sching, Bill Toms, "Bud" Moore and Al. Morrison, skip, are the four boys who brought the honors to Oshawa Curling Club. Needless to say, the Oshawa Curling Club executive will see that the boys get some official recognition for the honors they have won. We extend the hearty con- gratulations of all Oshawa sport fans to these young. curlers. Mayor Frank McCallum, Fred Garrard, Bert White and Frank Michael came close to winning the Whig-Standard Trophy in the Kingston bonspiel this week, but lost out in the semi-finals to a Chatham rink. The Osha- wa men insist they were "off their game" else they would have copped the laurels. * * * There's the Juvenile "A" hockey game at the Oshawa Arena this afternoon, with Barrie Lions and Beaton's Dairy boys tangling in the second game of their home-and-home series. Beaton's Dairy won a 9-2 decision in Barrie the other night so they should be able to hold and likely increase that 7-goal lead this afternnon. If they g manner would e ; f€ v too of ; 3 8 ; E = RSE afternoon at 5.30 o'clock, the Oshawa Coca Colas are playing an OM.H.A. sudden-death Bantam "A" game up in Barrie, against Owen Sound's good Hitle Bantam team, which won the honors up in that neck of the woods. Tonight, at the Oshawa Arena, there's a promis- Inter. "B" tussle, with Newmarket opposing Markham in the game of their second-round O.H.A. playoff drive. Markham a mighty good team and this game tonight will give the hockey something to watch. x x * SPORT SHORTS;--It's just 8 years ago today since Lou "Iron Man" Gehrig missed his first ball game with the New York Yankees, from 1928 to 1038, when he sat one out to watch his team make a 14-4 triumph over Kansas City in a pre-season exhibition game. Later in the - season, Lou withdrew permanently and the form of paralysis he had, took his life on June 6th, 1941 . . , . Fort Worth downed Tulsa 5-2 last night with Roy Sawyer getting two goals in the valuable playoff victory « « + «» Omaha plays Dallas tonight in another series of the USL ... . Cobourg's Juvenile basketball team didn't get to Kitchener for their + game last night and Kingston has withdrawn their entry . . .. Toronto Broadview Y. won over Hamilton 77-24 . . . . Today's the day St. Mike's play that Junior-Juvenile-Midget "Combines" team from Northern On- tario , . . . Gordie Wright will be pitching for Peoples this year and "Abner" Grant, long with this club, is expected to sign with either Bowles A.C. of the Beaches League or with Standards in the Bellwoods League . . . . Pete Glenn, former coach of Rooneys in the Bellwoods, has brought "Junior" Wright along with him to the Peoples club, which Pete is master-minding this year, replacing the veteran Jim Murchie, who was with Peoples for many years . . .. Bob McCowan, who was married recently, was with Tip Tops last year but rumor has it that he'll make a move this season also. * * * CONGRATULATIONS; --Proof that "Bill" Morrison and "Peg" Hurst of Oshawa are regarded as two of the best referees in Ontario this season, is given in the fact that they got the call from the C.AHA. to referee that third game between Halifax St. Marys and Montreal Jr. Canadiens. Canadiens won it 8-4 last night in Montreal, to sweep the series in three-straight, x x ¥ SCISSORED SPORT: --(By The Canadian Press)--The Canadian Lightweight title and a possible clash with a leading Australian fighter will be at stake in Montreal, March 31 when Lightweights Danny Webb and Dave Castilloux of Montreal tangle. The winner may meet Vic Patrick of Australia for the British Empire title. Webb, the Negro boy who lifted the title from veteran Dave last summer, has received an offer from Matchmaker Jack Donohoe of Sydney, Australia, offering Webb $12,000 for a right with Patrick. The offer was conditional on Webb still holding the Canadian Crown and Jack Allen, manager of Castilloux, figures the Australians will be interested in which ever man is champ... The British Rugby League has announced that League games will be played during the week to test the Government's ban on mid-week sport « + « The Ulster Branch of the Irish Amateur Swimming Association want to swim in the 1948 Olympics under the flag of Ireland -- not Britain and will ask the Association to call for a change in Olympic rules to make possible an All-Ireland entry . . . The three-day Lincoln Race meeting, which opens the English flat racing program, may not be held because ® part of the track is under water, Officials have cancelled Monday's Opening Day session . . . Chicago Stags defeated Toronto Huskies 99-83 at Toronto in the only scheduled contest in The Basketball Association of erica last night. The Huskies, playing before 4,000-largest home in weeks, gave the Stags a scare before folding up in the second last night. Toronto led 43-42 at intermission, but, the Stags put on a ~period spurt and held a 72-63 edge going into the final stanza. . ing first has fans - dnno Annual Semi-Formal SKI CLUB DANCE Friday, March 28th MUSIC BY BOYD VALLEAU and His Orchestra BILEE PAVILION BRANTFORD REDMEN TAKE ANOTHER ONE &- A 4 Oshawa Legionnaires Drop Third Decision of Series In Fourth Game, On Own Ice Locals Score First Goal But Fail to Hold Visit- ors After That -- Two Tallies in Final Frame Clinches Decision For Brantford -- Hammer Again Stars in Goal -- Legion Miss Numerous " Chances Brantford Redmen took a 4-1 victory from the Oshawa Legion- naires here last night and by so doing, took a stranglehold on the Inter. "A" group championship series, It was the third-straight win for Brantford after losing the first of the 4-out-of-7 series right on their home ice. The fifth game will be played in Brantford on Monday night, when a win for the Redmen will wind it up. Oshawa Scored First Opening with a blistering pace, the Legionnaires bombarded the Brantford net right from the start and kept it up for about fifteen minutes with a wide margin of the play, before "Doc" Dafoe's sizzling shot finally burned its way through Hammer's gloved hand, for the first goal of the game, Linn took Campbell's pass during some sloppy clearing in the Oshawa end, about two minutes later, to tie it up and the first period end- ed that way. { Oshawa continued to enjoy a margin of territorial play in the second stanza but couldn't make it register in the score-sheet. A pen- alty to Cheetham early in the peri- od gave the Legionnaires a chance to open up a ganging act but Ham- mer and his hard-checking mates held the homesters out. Then McNaught was chased and it was Oshawa's turn to hang on and about two minutes after the team was back at full strength, Woods scored for Brantford on a three-way play with Cheetham starting the rush from his own end and relaying the puck to Hewson, who set up Woods for the shot that beat Waddell. That made it 2-1. The second period ended at that, despite Osh- awa's best efforts, Tired Near Finish Brantford put in a clinching tally in the second minute of play in the third period, Wilson scoring with the help of Linn and Camp- bell. That made it 3-1 and from there in, the visiting Redmen play- ed a canny and cautious defensive game, never leaving themselves wide-open and always packing their own blue-line. The Legionnaires tried gamely. to get back in the running but several of their players seemed to be suf- fering from "too much hockey" and were obviously tiring fast as the game progressed. They seemed to have sufficient zip to work the puck in'o position but not enough energy to put polish and finish on their plays around the Brantford. When they did make good bids, this starry goalie, Ham- mer, came up with sparkling saves to protect his team's lead. The final blow came in the last half-minute of play, when Oshawa's defense dept. made another of those careless boners in their own end and Pigeon and Hewson combined to ma'e it 4-1, with Waddell being the only player who made a try to stop Hewson, right on the door-step. Hewson was a standout in the Brantford victory, along with Pig- eon and defenseman Stu. Cheet- ham. Hammer, in goal, was the best of all for the Redmen, but the entire team, especially Linn, Campbell, Woods, Wilson, Wiacek and Smith turned in strong per- formances. For the Legionnaires, the trio of Tisdall-Dafoe-Barker tried mighty hard but were well-checked in the last two periods and they faded under the pressure. Furey, Peters and White made some great bi but as a team, the Legion squ lacked punch and finish inside the Brantford blue-line. Waddell played well in goal but he got very poor protection at times, lack of "covering up" and poor clearing being the big faults of the Oshawa rearguard division. SEAWEED BOARD Melbourne, Australia -- (CP) -- Charles Wells, Vienna-born Mel- bourne architect, offered this solu- tion for building material shortage: board made of cement, ashes and seaweed. Durable, and excellent for sawing and nailing, he said. | The Summary BRANTFORD - goal, Hammer; defense, Smith and Cheetham; centre, Hewson; wings, Wiacek and Pigeon; alts, Wood, Wilson, Caddy, Campbell, Plumley, Linn and Marinoff, OSHAWA LEGIONN. oal, Waddell; defense, Barnes and Mc- Naught; centre, Tisdall; wings, Da- foe and Barker; alts, White, Peters, Furey, Jackson, McMullan, Hinton and Murphy. Referees -- Ken. Holmeshaw and Al. Woods, both of Toronto, First Period 1--Oshawa, Dafoe (Barker, Tisdall) .es0.4s.. 15.10 2--Rrantford, Linn (Campbell) ......co00000.0 1745 Penalties -- McNaught and Smith. Second Period 3--Brantford, Woods (Cheetham, Hewson) ..... 12.45 Penalties -- Cheetham, McNaught and McMullas., Third Period 4--Brantford, Wilson (Linn, Campbell) ....o000. 1.30 5--Brantford, Hewson (Pigeon) : senesse 19.35 Penalties--Cheetham and Peters. AMATEUR RESULTS AMATEUR HOCKEY SCORES > The Canadian Press MEMORIAL CUP PLAYDOWNS Montreal 8, Halifax 4, . 3 SMontisel wins best-of-five series O.H.A, INTERMEDIATE "A" Braguiond 7% Oshawa 3. JHA, TERMEDIATE "B* Grimsby 4 Acton 1. (Grimsby wins round, 6-4), O.H.A, JUNIOR New Hamburg 8, Simcoe 3. O.M.H.A. JUVENILE "A" SEMI-FINALS Oshawa 10, Barrie Lions 2, O.MLH.A, JUVENILE "C" FINAL Powssean 9, Port | Dover 1. rst game al series). O.M.HA. MIDGET AP SEMIFINAL St. Catharines 5, Stratford 2. O.M.HA. MIDG "C" SEMI-FINAL ampto L.MLH.A, NTAM St. Catharines 10, Kitchener 3. O.M.H.A, BANTAM "C" SEMI-FINAL Fergus 6, Lucknow §. (Fergus wins round, 15-7) Sudbury 0, South Porcupine 18. (First of best-of-three series). ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOLS SEMI-FINALS (AT KINGSTON) Copper Cliff 21, Belleville 2. (Copper Cliff wins sudden-death series). OTTAWA CITY JUNIOR FINAL St. Patricks 10, Montagnards 2. (St. Pats win best-of-five series), Grand National Stories Are Many, Historic Classic By AL COLLETTI Canadian Press Staff Writer New York, March 22--(OP)--Each year the running of the World's most trying weight-for-age race-- the traditional Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, England-- a spate of reminiscence about the Grand Nationals of the past... .For example there is the story about Voluptuary, which had never run a steeplechase before win- ning The National in 1884 and spent most of his days thereafter on the stage of The Drury Lane Theatre in London in a play called "The Prodi- gal's Daughter." Many other stories, some dating back to 1839 when Lottery won Aintree's first steeplechase, will be told with added vigor by Britons before this year's race next Satur day. . .An oldtimer or two may add the story about Rubio, first Ameri- can-bred winner of the race--a horse which trained by pull the Pomfret Arms Otel Bus and f| - ed ahead in 1908 at least 10 lengths to the good, going away. Parson as Jockey 'Then there was the race of 1860-- the only time a Clergyman has rid- den in the Grand National. . The Reverend Gentleman Rider was a Yorkshire Parson who hid is iden- tity = spelling his name backwards name appeared as "Mr. Ekard". . Both horse and rider finished the course and a Sports Writer of the day went so far as to say that Bridegroom was unlucky not to win . . Another tale they tell is about Sunloch, winner in 1914, sold for $50 to a fellow named Tommy Tyler who sat in the Press Box telegraph- ing news of his victory before the horse was a mile from home. YOUR TIRE STOCK! 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Pogue led Oshawa Generals with seven scoring points and Mousseau of Barrie had the same total, while best scorers for Toronto Marlboros and Stratford Kroehlers were Ray Timgren and G. Robertson with four each. : The Play-off Record Player Team Gms G APtsPn Sandford, , St. Mike's . 9121224 21 Mackell, St. Mikes 9 10 10 20 33 Harrison, St. Mikes 16 13 Wylle, Galt . Unlac, Galt Mousseau, Barri Kelly, St. Mikes ... Bruce Giesebrecht, awa Hey! Have You Got A Horse? By MICHAEL ROONEY Canadian Press Correspondent Dublin, March 22 -- (CP) -- Got a ticket on the Irish Sweeps? At this moment a giant mixing machine may be jurgling it into a spot where it will be drawn -- or burying it irretrievably under hun- dreds of thousands of other coun- ter-folls. The actual draw for the Sweep- stakes will be on March 24 and 25. The Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree -- the race which has al- ways formed the backdrop for the Sweep -- is to be run March 29. It is expected there will be more than = £1,000,000 ($4,000,000) in prizes. Tickets are grouped in units, each of which carries a first prize of $25,000, a second prize of £10,000 and a third of £5,000. The last year the Sweeps were held there were 21 units but this year there are expected to be 25 or 30. The first day's draw is for "horse" prizes, each ticket being concerned with one of the 74 entries in the Grand National, many of which will be scratched before the race is run. . The second day's draw is for con- solation prizes. Only Irish ticket holders are an- nounced by mame. The announce- Wanted! Some Spicy Names In N.H.L. Ranks Toronto, March 22 -- (CP) Even if they couldn't play hockey, The Cat and Marvellous would be a welcome addilion to a National Hockey League roster. Since reliable reports indicate that The Cat and Marvellous are pretty fair hockey players, the Chicago Black Hawk management hes double cause for rejoicing. They boast two of the finest nicknames to come into the league in years. In case you haven't been intro- duced, The Cat i5 goalie Emile Francis who came to the Hawks from Regina Capitals late this sea- son. Marvellous is Metro Prystai, the one-man team from Moose Jaw whom the Hawks have tabbed for a centre-ice spot next fall, Good nicknames are rare in the N.HL. today. With a few excep- tions, the men who bring the titans with spine tingling sobriquets like Albert (Battleship) Leduc or Howle Morenz, the Stratford Streak, but mere mortals called Bill, Joe and Sylvanus. The exceptions, of course, include the redoubtable Rocket Richard, his young Montreal teammate Leo (Gazelle) Gravelle and Toronto's rookie defenceman Gus (Nugget) Mortson, but most of the boys with the aliases are veterans with two years or less of big-time hockey left. A number have departed in the last year or two. Babe Pratt, Mud Bruneteau, Don (Count) Grosso and Mel (Sudden Death) Hill are play- irg out the string in the minors and Bucko McDonald thumps a Parlia- mentary desk top instead of incom- ing forwards. Time was when every N.HL. ros- ter was studded with honest, rabble- rousing characters bearing names their mothers never thought of. | News and Views IN THE Industrial Loop By SIDELINER At a meeting of directors of the league last night attended by nine of 13 managers it was decided that the decision of the executive hand- ed down in the case of Bowers vs G.M. Parts would not be altered following a review of the case and a presentation by a Parts' repre- sentative of their views on the mat- ter . . . The appeal against the ex- ecutive's decision was heard .at Parts' request and, after ascertain- ing the facts, a motion as to wheth- er the decision should be altered was voted on by secret ballot . . . The two principals were excluded while the vote was taken, leaving crowds to their feet today are no A Oshawa Boys} Capture Cup || Jr. Tankard {| 1 Toronto, Mar, 22 -- A youthful li quartet of curlers from Oshawa made short work of the opposition in the Ontario Curling Association's annual junior tankard at the Gran- ite Club yesterday. The Motor City! four, skipped by A. Morrison, de- feated a Lindsay rink skipped by, G. Gleeson, 16-2 in the final game.) Lindsay conceded victory after seve en ends. > The Oshawa champions are Wirsching, Bill Toms, "Bud" Moo! and Al, Morrison, skip. The winning rink received trophy from Thomas Rennie, fathe: of junior curling in Ontario, Mr, Rennie started interesting h youngsters in curling at Agincouft in 1937. Since then enthusiasm has spread throughout the province. Twenty is the age limit in the junior tankard. First Round FENELON .8, G. Palmer AGINCOURT nn . 12, . Phi Semi-Final MOITISON assess 10, ! MOITISON ssesee 16, G1OOSOD ssessess 3 MEMORIAL CUP | SURVIVORS . 4. Only nine hockey teams acrosg| Canada were left today in thg race for the Memorial Cup and the Canadian junior champion ship--six in the East and three in the West. The Survivors: East: Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Si Pats, Inkerman Rockets, Ottaw! St. Jean Baptiste, Toronto St. Mikes, Porcupine Combines, 1 West: 4 Brendon Elks, Fort William! Columbus, Moose Jaw Canucks, Pre-Season . . . MEMBERSHIPS Ulcw GOLF DOWNSVIEW Sos Men or Ladies ., $15.00 Comb., man, wife $25.00 Juniors ........ $12.00 Save money and foin NOW as NEW rates will apply after March 31st. Enjoy This Healthful And Popular Sport! Make All Cheques Payable To DOWNSVIEW GOLF CLUB and to Wm. J, Pipher, 142 Patricia Ave. or Geo, Wilson, 145 Ritson Rd. S. $25 | than a good | held tonight. ment of ticket holders abroad dis- closes. only nom-de-plumes because of the currency and betting laws in some countries concerned. But the lucky ones are notified personally by cable. NADK roo Nor nDooP00 Timgren, Tor, Mariboros G. Robertson, Stratford.. Headed for Title HFHNUNALOANNWMNLE AND OD CENUPRARWARNORNA SMI sravaccacIlaneess » RECEIPT MAILED PROMPTLY PLENTY OF GOLF BALLS WILL BE AVAILABLE! seven managers with a ballot . . . | A scrutiny of votes revealed that | managers were in favor of uphold- ing the decision by a count of five | to two . .. No games were scheduled | Ontario Secondary School Puck Tests Kingston, Ont.,, March 22--(CP) -One of the smartest young hockey teams seen here in years, Copper Cliff High School's senior squad last night swept aside the Belle- ville High School team 21-2 in the Ontario secondary school semi-fin- al. The northern team now meets Cornwall Collegiate Institute for the Ontario senior schoo] title, Strat- ford having dropped out of the play- offs. Copper Cliff rammed in 14 goals before Belleville scored last night. Martel had six goals and seven as- sists for the winners, while Flynn and McClellan each counted four goals and five assists, 'The northerners had nothing more workout and showed their power by counting three times in the last 46 seconds after Belle- ville had got their second and last goal in the final period. Advancing in Montreal 'Spiel Montreal, March 22--(CP)--Two Montreal rinks, one from the To- ronto Granite Olub and one from Aubrey, Que., last night earned the right to enter the semi-finals today in the Elgin Trophy Bonsplel after out-distancing a field of 54 rinks from eastern Canada and the Unit- ed States. At the conclusion of preliminary matches, J. S, Moffatt of the Mon- , Intermediate "B" Playoff TONICHT . . . 8.30 p.m. NEWMARKET HOFFMAN'S « MARKHAM PLAY-OFF of \{ for today. MONDAY NIGHT -- 8.30 P.M. Junior "C" Playoff STOUFFVILLE GANANOQUE . treal Canadian branch rink topped the field with a plus 27 count while J. McKee's Montreal Heather Rink was in second position wittx plus.26. E. H. Pooler's Toronto Granite crew and R. Reddick of Aubrey, Que, were tiled with 20 plus. These four rinks will meet this morning in the ADMISSION: CHILDREN semi-finals with the final to be - OZARK IKE By Ray Gott NOW WHERE | THAT wr Ry TRAINER? LETS GET GF f HIM INTO TH' CLUBHOUSE. y S% A > AND MOMENTARILY OZARN IS LEFT UNATTENDED... ' Lee § pEouND A PAS GONE, TH' KID'S IN HERE, DOC.