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i : ES Eg T = : i 2 2 | | El THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE y PS SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1947 CPORT NAPSHOTS By eo. H. Campbell Oshawa's Lacrosse Club met with the 16 other Inter. teams in the Province, at New Toronto last night and now they're all Senior "8", Not that it matters much which they call it--since there's only the one other group below Senior "A" rating. Oshawa is in with Weston, Scarboro and Peterboro, right in the centre of a nice com- pact 4-team loop, in which they'll play a triple schedule (each team visits each three times) and theyll also play a home-and-home schedule of the inter-locking variety with the teams of the Hespler, Fergus, etc. grouping. Peterboro opens the season here on Tuesday, May 27, and that means the local lacrosse boys are going to have to step on the gas for the next ten days if they hope to have a team in shape for the opening game. Biggest problem facing the club officials right now is the securing of proper lacrosse pads and other equipment. . » * LJ 6 Oshawa GM-Colts know how the" Toronto Leafs feel. In "one of those games" at Kew Gardens last night, Bowles Lunch made a big meal out of the Oshawa crew, chalked up a 17-2 decision. The .winners couldn't do a thing wrong. Every ball they hit seemed to be between the fielders or take a dirty hop. Costly errors also added to the rout and to make matters worse, Murray Dowey was again in tip-top form. He hurled superb ball throughout, was tops in the pinches. He gave up four hits and Ronnie Nelson's, mammoth homer with one mate aboard in the 8th, saved the Colts from a shutout. The score doesn't indicate the play of course--actually, it was even worse! Neither Meulemeester or Whiteley had it last night and the Bowlers "teed off" on the centre pitches and hit 'em far and hard--and often too. Colts missed Johnny Kitchen who wants to stick to baseball for a couple of weeks, to see what's what and loss of Sammy Stark didn't help matters either. We've seen worse games than last night's affair--but it was years ago! Things couldn't get worse, 80 we look for improvement next week. LJ +> * L 4 The Oshawa City & District Softball Association is ready to. launch their Inter. "A" and Inter. "AA" schedules. At last night's closing meeting, they closed entries n both loops. There are four teams in the Inter. "A" circuit, as expected. Whitby Legionnaires, U.A.W.A. and Polish White Eagles are the teams to face the barrier and the schedule will open on Monday, May 26th, with the first game * at Alexandra Park, Legionnaires vs. White Eagles. On Wednesday night, Legionnaire will visit Whitby and White Eagles will play U.AW.A. at Alex. Park. The Inter. "AA" teams will also open their schedule on Monday, May 26th. There are five teams entered, Tannery, North Oshawa, Bolahoods, Legion and Skinners. Tannery get a bye on May 26th, with Legion playing at North Oshawa and Skinners visiting Bolahoods at Bathe Park, * . * SPORT SHORTS;--Oshawa GM-Colts LJ are playing an exhibition game down in Peterboro this afternoon, with the strong Liftlock City team sponsored by De Laval . . . . Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs played a 9-9 tie until darkness stopped the game at 19 innings, 8 years ago today. It was the longest game in the National League since Aug. 17, 1943 when Cubs nosed out Boston in 19 innings . . . . Long Branch Track directors haven't yet agreed to that $1,350 purses demand by the HBPA. .... They deadlocked at their discussion yesterday and Tuesday is the deadline for their decision . . . . Johnny Greco didn't take long and he did it up in clean-cut fashion last night, stopping Danny Webb in the second round of their scheduled 10-round title bout for the Cana- dian welterweight title which Greco was defending . . . . US. and Britain broke even in their Walker Cup foursome matches yesterday so the singles games today will decide the winner of the historic piece of silverware . . . . Ray Robinson won a split decision over Georgie Abrams last night and the crowd booed Sugar Ray's victory in lusty fashion. They say Abrams won everything eise but the decision . . . . Palica hurled a 2-hitter last night as Royals blanked Leafs and their Negro catcher, Roy Campanella hit a homer over the 350-foot distant fence, with the bases loaded. Yipe! .... Ted Williams hit a bases-loaded homer yesterday also to feature Boston's 12-7 win over the Browns . . . . Johnny Mize hit his 10th homer for Giants yesterday fo pace the N.Y. Nationals %0 a 5-3 win over Chicago Cubs. The way those Giants are going with Mize leading the way, they'll be tough to stop. L 4 + +> L J SCISSORED SPORT--(By The Canadian Press)--Ontario's Racing season opens today at Woodbine Park Toronto with an eight-race card. Featured races are The Plate Trial for horses contesting The King's Plate, © May 24, and the Highlanders' Handicap for three-year-olds and upwards + + « « Directors of the Long Branch Racing Association met yesterday in Toronto to discuss demands of The Horsemen's Benevolent Protective Association for minimum purses of $1,350 at the Long Branch Track and 'the meeting ended in a deadlock. Deadline for the Track men to notify the Horsemen's Association of their decision is next Tuesday .... J. D. (Doug) Gray of Sarnia, Captain of the 1946 Champion Ridley College, St. Catharines, football team, won the senior track and field champion- ship of the College's 52nd annual Field Day, Friday. Doug piled up 26 points from wins in the high jump, 100-yard dash, and 120-yard hurdles « + + » A letter from J. 8. Edstrom, Swedish President of the International Olympic Committee, to Sidney Dawes, President of the Canadian Olympic Association, states that Barbara Ann Scott's action in returning to her Native City the automobile presented after her winning of the World Figure-Skating Championship makes her "a true amateur." . . + + The struggle to return the Romanian tennis star, Magda Rurak, to her Native Country is 'still going on. "Political implications" were seen by some observers in the warning she received from the Romanian Tennis Assoc- {ation not to play in England--a warning she disregarded. Now in Eng- | land, Magda has been again warned to go back to Romania within 10 | days or face one year's suspension. Old Satchelfoot Finds Grappling Nets The Moolah Montreal, May 17--(CP) -- It took former heavyweight box- ing champion Primo Carnera to set a wrestling crowd record in Montreal---one of the hottest grunt and groan towns on the continent, Montreal's grappling exponents usually flock 10,000 to 13,000 strong to see wrestling notables such sa Lou Thesz, Bobby Mana- goff, Yvon Robert, Felix Miquet and a host of other husky maul- | ers show their wares. But when Da Preem, now touring North America as wrestler and referee, entered the Forum ring to meet Emil Dusek, 14,500 rabid fans-- all ages--crammed the arena. That match alone brought down $:,666 for old Satchelfoot who had a reputation of never making money while a boxer. Carnera doesn't believe in be- ing too explicit about anything (Continued on Page 2) SuHnnmnnnnnnununnnm. VIGOR OIL CO. We Deliver to Farmers RULUUTITTT] = COAL OIL -- FUEL a GRADE NO. 2 CASOLINE AT REASONABLE PRICES also 100 PER CENT PENNSYLVANIA OILS AND OTHER MOTOR OILS We Also Sell PHONE 3198 FOR QUICK DELIVERY LT TT CCT TG THEOL TTI OIL -- STOVE OIL LT CELE ECCLES i. Montreal, May 17- -(CP)--El- mer Ferguson in his Herald sports column today quoted Frank Sel- ke, general manager of the Mon- treal Forum, as saying that Mon- treal Royals, winners of the Al- lan Cup, will only accept an in- vitation to represent Canada at the 1948 Olympics games on the condition that Barbara Ann Scott's motorcar is returned to her. Ferguson quoted Selke as fol- lows: "Royals can go to the Olympic games only if Barbara Ann Scott gets Lack her car, but not other- wise. I'm sick and tired of all this amateur hypocrisy and twaddle, Barbara Ann 18 a true amateur if there ever was one. Royals are mot amateurs; don't pretend to be. "Royals form a part of the Ca- nadiens professional hockey or- ganization, Every player on the Royals gets paid a salary, be- cause they deserve to get paid , . " It is ridiculous that there can FRANK SELKE SAYS NO FOR ROYALS UNLESS BARBARA GETS CAR BACK be such an action against a real amateur, like Barbara Ann, while a team that is in reality profes- sional, even if it did win the Al- lan Cup, is invited to take part in the same tournament, and we want none of such a hypocrisy." Oshawa's Senior PETERBORO OPENS O.L.A. SEASON HERE "B"" Team Opens Lacrosse Schedule ~ At Home, Tuesday, May 27 h 4 Oshawa Team Grouped With Peterboro, West- on and Scarboro--Will Play Triple Schedule In Own Group and In- ter-locking Schedule With Central Group Local Firm Is Given Credit for Fine Job The Senior "B" general session meeting at New Toronto last night was greeted with many verbal dis- agreements, which is the usual ex- pectancy at any of these sessions, which lends itself quite easily to a three-ring circus. "Bob" Johnson, "Lud" Thrasher and "Kelly" DeGray were the dele- vital points and "I'm agin' it" Kelly beating gums to get a little break for Ochawa in their first year in ac- tion since the war finally it was de- cided to play a triple schedule in a four-team grouping comprised of Oshawa, Peterborough, Weston and Scarboro. Besiaes the regular sche- dule, @ home and home schedule to interlock with Fergus, Brampton, Caledon Bast and Hespeler will also be played. As the schedule exists now in the Oshawa's group of Peterborough, Weston and Scarboro, Oshawa _ is centrally situated with some long trip being the sixty mile jaunt to Pe- terborough. The trips of 110 to 120 mile to Fergus and Hespler will be made only once to complete the in- terlocking schedule. A western Ontario group of Sarnia, Windsor, Goodrich and Lon- don and a northern Ontario group of Orillia Huntsville, Owen Sound and Midlana are two other strong groups entered making in all, six- teen Senior B entries with the pos- sibility of two more teams being entered before the June first dead- line which will be the absolute dead- line for entries. First Game Here May 27 The strong Peterborough Senior B entry visit the Arena Tuesday, May 27 to open Oshawa's first Lacrosse in over six years. The city of Peter- borough has erected an outdoor box for the Lacrosse Club and the light- ing will not be ready until the mid- dle of June so Peterborough will piobably camp on the oppositions doorstep and all other clubs boxes before trying their own. On June 4th, Oshawa journeys to Weston to participate in the open- ing ceremonies of that club. Oshawa is very pleased with the general outcome, the club is a hard- working self-supporting group but with another ten days to obtain the equipment, which is almost im- possible to obtain the padded la- crosse shoulder pads and good bas- ketball shoes, the team will be rounded in shape and with their natty green sweaters trimmed witht white and red and blood red silk pants will be the most colorful team in the league. At That, Maybe Avery Brundage Did Babs Favor By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer New York, May 17--(CP)-- When Barbara Ann Scott won the World's Figure-Skating Champ- ionship at Stockholm last Febru- ary, most United States newspa- pers were caught with their headlines down . . , A few duti- fully reported that Boston's Gre- tchen Merrill, The American Hope, had finished third to the Canadian girl, and some printed a misleading report that Miss Merrill might have won but for an unfortunate fall at a crucial stage , , So Mir; Scott didn't get much publicity here when she ar- rived on the Queen Elizabeth . . But two other passengers on the Eiizabeth, Boxer Marcel Cer- dan and Actor Maurice Chevalier, snared all the space , , . "Boost" From Brundage There was nothing deliberate in the way the local press shun- ned Barbara Ann--they just didn't realize her story possibili- ties, . . Anyway, there are signs now that things are changing . Gotham Gossips finally are alive to the fact that in Barbara Ann, Canada has as competent and glamorous a champion as figure skating has ever had , , . And it took an American, Avery Brundage, to stir up the favorable footage for Miss Scott. Distinction Drawn Joe Williams, widely-quoted columnist of the World-Telegram, said Brundage"s action over her, gift automobile, "Just doesn't make sense and it isn't fair" , . Joe noted that Barbara Ann fis as "cute as a litls red wagon" and summed up: "This gift (au- tomobile) repres:nts a Commun- ity"s admiration and love for one of its own . . . It has nothing to do with The Amateur Ideal . . . we it has a lot to do with The uman Ideal." 0 Try a Times-Gazette classified ad -- you will be satistied, l / Greco Jolts Danny Webb In 2nd Round By SYD THOMAS Canadian Press Staff Writer Montreal, May 17--(CP) -- The dynamite in Johnny Greco's lethal fists exploded last night and little Danny Webb, the "per- petual motion man," was stopped dead in his tracks before he started. Ii took joltin' Johnny.just one round and 19 seconds of a sche- duled 12-rounder to cool the wiry little negro and keep his Canadian welterweight crown securely on | his head with scarcely a hair ruf- fled. Less than a dozen real blows--all by Greco -- were struck, and the Canadian light- weight king didn't have a chance in his bid for a dual title. Only the bell saved him in the first round, Webb, who scaled 138%, gave away more than seven pounds as |¢ Greco weighed in at 145 3/4. A disappointing crowd of 6,- 940 contributed a gate of $24,- 712. Greco exploded half way through the first round. He rip- ped a murderous left into Danny's face and then caught him with a right that spun him around and dropped him to the canvas for a count of nine. . i Webb got up and in a flurry of punches, Greco suddenly let go with both fists at short range. Webb toppled to the canvas, out cold, The bell saved him at the count of six, it was all over in the next round after a few sec- onds as Greco caught thds groggy negro again and felled him. Webb got to his hands and knees at the count of four, but was still kneel- ing at the final count, Inter-County Baseball Race Opens Today ! By the Canaiian Press A baseball series that rates big- ger and blacker headlines than the spring floods opened in Western Ontario today with the eight teams of the senior inter-county league sandlotting at four cities where fans go all out to color the game with boisterous bleacher-bla. A Canadian Press. survey made before today's opening, drew from sportswriters, team managers and coaches the opinion that the inter- county 1947 campaign will provide "bang-on ball" until the schedule ends Aug. 6. Names of National Hockey Lea- gue stalwarts, diamond veterans of the past decade and promising fry appear on the rosters of each club. Today's opening saw Brantford en- tertaining Waterloo, Hamilton at Kitchener, London at Stratford, and Galt at Guelph, Twin Cities Strong The Twin City teams look strong- er this year. Waterloo, to be coach- ed by the former Stratford star Buzz Given, will have Milt Schmidt and Bobby Bauer of hockey fame in the outfield and four outstand- ing imports, Al Dumouchelle of Windsor, Jack Giffin of Kingston and Bill Petryna of Coniston, all hurlers, and Nick Brailean, a cat- cher from Walkerville (Windsor). Kitchener, boasts the acquisition of the Slota brothers, Frank and Johnnie of St. Thomas, And, apart from that pair and Howie (Hockey Leafs) Meeker, they'll have another new face in Bobby Schnurr, lead- ing scorer last year for the Boston (Hockey) Olympics. Champs Almost Intact The defending champions, Strat- ford Nationals who were also O.B.A. linalists last year, will enter the 1947 campaign with the team in- tact except for pitchers Harry Fish- er and Ken Arnott who turned pro- fessional. Bob McWilliams of Drummondville, Que., is the new playing manager and newcomers in- clude Maurice Vaillancourt, right- hand piyher of Flood Mines, Nor- man Hann, third baseman of Hol- linger, and George Blake, Coniston outtielder. But the Nats will have to show class to retain the | e title, says coach Joe Kaine, 0 has high hopes that the 1947 Guelph Maple Leafs will be the strongest club to represent that city since Oscar (Lefty) Judd hurled the Leafs to the title in 1932. He boasts a club of veterans Butter Smith, Alf King and Len . Wilton strengthened by youngsters and imports. Galt Terriers look says Bush McWhirler, optimistig" of the fact he has the maip cogs of last year's team available and also eight of the key men of the Galt veterans, intermediate inter coun- | ty finalists last year. Russ- Evon, 1as. year's league leading batter, is again in the line- up of the 1946 runners-up the Lon- don Majors. They have added hit- ting power, they say, in tne im- ports Red Kane, first baseman from the professional Kingston ) Ponies, and Johnny Lockington, Spicy Bits From Other Sport Cols. By WILLIAM H. DUMSDAY Canadian Press Staff Writer Toronto, May 17--(CP)--Maybe it's just lack of love for anything that comes out of Montreal, but yway at least a couple of On- rio sports scribes suggest the Royals might have been able to hasten their Allan Cup series with Calgary Stampedrs. N. D. (St. Thomas Times-Jour- nal) Whirmore thinks although it may have taken the new senior hockey champions seven games to down the Westerners "You can't make many puck devotees believe it." He adds that "perhaps the ap- pointment of a 'Royal Commission' to investigate might not be out of order." Another writer whose comments won't make the aging Stampeders feel any better about their losing struggle is Alan (Brantford Exposi- tor) Rose who said it appeared to many "That the Royals did not have anything to'do but to stretch the series to seven games--the dif- ference in the scores were so marked." What Price Glory. For youngsters considering turn- ing pro in hockey, Britt (North Bay Nugget) Jessup, issues a warning note in championing the cause of Ab Demarco, recently sold by New York Rangers to Cleveland Barons. Says Britt in an open letter to the Rangers: "So you finally com- pleted administering the gears to Ab Demarco. You did it in a nice way of course. You kept him out of 50 many games last season no NHL. club would buy him, so it's "down the river" now to the AHL. Well, Abner has been giving the matter thought and may retire from hockey. In the 1944-45 and 45-46 seasons if it hadn't been for Demarco, nobody would have known the Rangers were in the League." Headed For Big Chop Hopes that Bay View Athletics would land Joe Klukay for Soo softball activities this season flew out the window when the left winger advised Emil (Sault Star) Rajnovich that he'd received orders from Manager Conn Smythe of the Maple Leafs to report to Toronto this week to undergo an appendec- tomy. Joe told Emil his side bother- ed him during the latter part of the last hockey season as the Leafs fought successfully for The Stanley Cup. Brantford outfielder. If coach Jimmy Simpson can de- velop his pitchers Harrison Fisher and Terry Holk, he thinks the Hamilton Thurstons will make a respectable showing. Johnny Olej- nik, who toiled as a pro with Hamilton Cardinals last year, will do the catching while Eno Giava- doni, another Cardinal castoff will hold down first base. Brantford Red Sox, absent from Senior ball for a few years, will rely mostly on last year's inter- mediate line-up with imports May- nard Knarra, pitcher from Kit- chener, and Norm Herbets, catcher from Windsor. YESTERDAY'S BATTING AND PITCHING STARS Batting, Johnny Mize, Glants--Set National League record by scoring in 16th consecutive game as he hammer- ed two-run homer and single in 5-3 victory over Chicago. Pitching. Walt Masterson, Senators-- Shut out Cleveland with four singles for 2-0 win. Have You Heard "The DAVIES" COMING WED. MAY 21 Brantford Roofing and Builders' Supplies McLAUGHLIN COAL & SUPPLIES, LIMITED Phone 1246 STAFFORD BROS. Monumental Works PHONE WHITBY 552 318 Dundas St. EB. 'Whitby Bowles Lunch Boys Make It A Full Course Meal In Wierd Tussle Last ight At Beach bh 4 Neither Oshawa Hurler Has it and Bowles Tee- Off at Merry Pace -- Ron. Nelson's Homer Saves Colts From Shutout -- Apps Gets 4 Hits for Winners as Dowey Hurls 7-Hitter Behind Murray Dowey's effective Seven-hit pitching, dh Lunch romped to a 17-2 rout over the Oshawa GM-Colts at the Kew Beach diamond last fight under the floodlights, in a scheduled Beaches Major Fastball League fix- e. Only bright spot for the Colts in last night's trip to Toronto was the successful bid at the pre-game meeting, to secure additional "home games" for this season. GM-Colts will have 12 games on their home diamond this season, with at least one playoff game assured. First home game is scheduled for May 23, when Peoples Credit Jewellers visit Oshawa for a 6:30 o'clock twilight tilt. All One Way It was all one way in last night's tilt. Keeler opened the game with a sharp single and Nelson then beat out a bunt for another hit. A passed ball moved them to second and third bases with nobody out but Dowey tightened up and shut off the next three batters, two via strikeouts. After that, Dowey had the Colts eating out of his hand for the entire distance, with one exception. In the eighth inning, Keeler beat out a scratchy infield hit by fast springting and then Ronnie Nelson conked one right out of the park for a lovely home-run effort, that gave Oshawa their two runs. Keeler and Nelson, with two hits apiece, were best at the plate for Colts. Little, Barker and Rospond got one safety apiece. Pitchers Hit Hard Both of Oshawa's hurlers were clouted solidly as Bowles displayed potent power - with the pump- handles. An error and a couple of hits gave the winners two runs in the first frame, Apps homered to open the third and it was the start of a four-run rally. After that, base-hits, some solid and many of them freakish, rattled off the Bowles' bats with monotonous regularity. Meulemeester gave way fo White- ley in the fifth inning and the barrage was slowed down for one inning, then resumed again. Costly errors in the infield and outfield plus the hitting power of the Lunch club made it an easy breeze. Apps, with four hits in six trips, one of them a homer, paced the winners at the plate with Burch getting three and Paterson a couple. R.H.E. GM COLTS . 000 000 020-- 2 7 6 BOWLES ... 204 413 01x--17 15 2 GM-COLTS: Keeler, 2b; Nelson, ¢; McLaughlin, rf; Little, lf; Ma- gee, ss; Hall, 3b; Rospond, 1b; Young, cf! Meulemeester, p; White- ley, p, and Barker, 3b. BOWLES: McDowell, ¢; Apps, 3b; Evans, ss; Spring, 1b; Krol, cf; Burch, rf; Baker, If; Paterson, 2b; Dowey, p; Emery, ss; Lapely, 1b. Umpires, Chriss and Dobie, both of Toronto. 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