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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. By JOHN D. HAMILTON Canadian Press Staff Writer Montreal, March 9 -- (CP) -- Remember when people used to |4sg, argue about Maurice Richard's place among hockey's immortals ? . .. Some said he was the great- est forward ever to flash down the jee . . . Others said: "Sure he's good--but there's a war on; he's strictly a war star" .. . Part of the latter was true, of course . . When the stars came back, Richard wasn't as spectacular--but he was | good enough to make everybody | agree he was at least among the top half dozen right wings. Greatest This year "The Rocket" hasn't been doing too well . . . But Andy (Montreal Standard) O'Brien says "Maurice . . . is still the greatest hockey player in the world for my money." . . . He adds: "He's been having a stinko season, he's been out of action for seven games and hobbled" around for at least seven more on an uncertain knee. Yet where does he now stand in league scoring? Tied for 10th spot, my hearties, with 20 goals and 20 as- sists." . . . Attack! While on the subject of statistics, guess what team has scored most goals in the National Hockey Lea- gue to date . .. Give up? Well, it's Chicago Black hawks--still in last place . . . As of Monday, the Hawks had 179 goals--six more than De- troit at the head of the parade... Toronto, tied for first with De- troit, has only 163 . . . But the gimmick is that Chicago also leads | the teams in goals scored against | --with 199 . .. New York has been | next porous, letting in 174 while Detroit, naturally, has permitted least opposition markers--127, + | Blitzers | 233, Chuck Heath 233, Alex. Donaldson | 233, Lloyd Hall 232, Bus James 230, Bert 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE " oe NINE BOWLING C.0.F, BOWLING NEWS ein eek saw some great el 'This wi 8 8! ES oints J: from the Rangers, Quakers three from the Boomerangs and Blitzers two Doodlebugs one. The women sort of fell by the wayside and only one wasj over 400 and that was Lucy Crome who had 406. The only other 200 score was Wyn Rigler with 206. The men were going to town tho' and a new high double was established, that [+ Carl Creamer with a score of 255, 332), Jack Ross was next with 515, Arn Green 480, Ward Bick 474, Len Wall , Ed. Henderson 445, Frank Bl 437, Charlie Ferguson 432, Howard Law 415, and Bill Skinner 412, In the 200's were Earl Lockwood 252, Jack 2 3 Baridy Svark 310; Cacti Jack Bentley 235, Sandy A Lockwood be, Wilf Manning 204, Cliff Stark 203. The Stan Doodlebugs . Boomerangs Skippers ... Go-Gettors ...... Commandoes Typhoons .. Jesters Quakers .. Rangers .. BRILL 2N U.AW.A, MOTOR CITY MOWLING LEAGUE McCrohan's Jubilee club and by doing this retained: the over the Wilson Batteries who nicked the Belmont Motors for 3 ts, Warner Willlams and tish Men's Wear battled to an even split and the radiomen still hold down cellar po- sition while Andy Nagy's continue to improve and gained another 3 points at the expense of Palm Cigars Hill-Cornish received a set-back when Esquire Grill turned out a full team and nipped the electricians for 3 points. Gord Garrison was the neweomer for the Crill team and he looks as if he will fill the bill O.K. Don McNaughton turned in s lovely effort for the Esqurie Club with a nice triple of 832 which included a 368 single. Denny Linton of Jublilees, Bus James of Andy Nagy's and Scotty Rob- gon of Mutual Benefits were also 3p in the 800 brackets and Harvey Scott of Belmont Motors was only 3 pins short of 800. Nice rolling boys. We notice that there is a terrific struggle eling on in the individual average race in the Ma- jor group and the standing is now as follows :--Doug. Japding 243, Myrle Ree- son 243, Gord Baxter 235, Archle Black Rogers 230, Carl Creamer 228 and Stan. Brooks 228, all of the above mentioned bowlers look like good C.B.A. material and will most likely represent our league in that tournament. Well, well, the Ontario Steel boys finally came through with a godd night Bewildered Dink (Montreal Gazette) Carroll | recently interviewed Don Gallinger | of Boston Bruins . .. "Dink" says | he wanted to see the 22-year-old | centre about his stand on the al- leged hockey scandal . . . "I don't | know anything about it," Gallinger | said, according to "Dink" . . surprised that he thought "Dink" | was interviewing him about wheth- | er he would take a Major Baseball | League contract. Port Arthur Having Trouble In Playoffs | Winnipeg, March 9--(CP»--The | hockéy Houdinis are finding the | going a bit rough in the Manitoba ' and Thunder Bay senior and junior | playoff series. The games aren't | turning out quite as expected. H Particularly is this true in the Thunder Bay senior finals, where | Fort Frances Canadiens, almost un- heard of until last week, have taken a 2-0 lead in their series with Fort William Legion, Winnipeg Flyers are having al- most as difficult a time as Fort Willlam in the Manitoba senior hockey finals. Highly favored to sweep the set in four straight games, the best they've been able to do so far is break even in their two games with Winnipeg Plowmen, Third game in the best-of-seven series is scheduled for tonight. Port Arthur West Eend Bruins, considered the team most likely to capture the western junior crown held by Moose Jaw Canucks for the last two years, appear to be living up to expectations. They lead Fort William Columbus Club 2-0 in their best-of-seven' Thunder Bay junior finals. : : But it took them an overtime ses- sion to win one game and the other was awarded to them William skated off the ice in pro- test against officiating. Third game in the series ended in an overtime | Boxers .. 7-7 draw. The Winnipeg Monarchs-Winni- peg Canadiens ly-contested of them all. Each club has won one game in the best- of-seven series, with hoth games ex. | Skinners tended to overtime. Detroit Tigers Have Great 3rd Baseman By JOE REICHLER Lakeland, Fla, March 9--(AP)-- Th one breath experts tell you that the bigges 1948 headache of De. troit Tigers will be their sub.par infield. In the next, they agree that in George Kell, the Bengals possess the best third baseman in the ma. Jor leagues. Tigers Chiefs, Steve O'Neill goes even further on the capabilities of his 25.year-old hot corner guardian. "Kell is the best third baseman T have ever seen," stout Steve in. | sisted, "and mind you, I have seen some real good ones in my 38 years in baseball." O'Neill thinks Kell has a chance to cop the American Leacue batting champioship this season. 'The 170-pound youngster, now in hig fifth big league season. batted 320 last year, fourth highest in the circuit. He swatter 322 in 1946, his first year with the Tigers. "As a hitter, Re hasn't the power of Ted Williams or Joe DiMaggio," O'Neill said. "But he gets his share of solid hits. Every time you look up he's on base." Kell was not always a good hit. ter. He led all miner league players in batting in 1943 with a mark of 396 with Lancaster (Pa.) of the In. terstate League. On the Strength! of that figure, he was purchased by Phiadelphia Athletics. After two poor seasons at bat,with the A's, he was traded to the Tigers for out. fielder Barnev McCosv_It wes with | the Tigers that he blossomed out | into a major leagueshitter l 'Din . The | of the Exports by taking 3 reporter adds that Gallinger was so | Jimmy Williams' boys while the Buicks. best-of-seven | last night, | with the score tied 5-5, when Fort | i Manitoba Junior | Robson Leather final promises to be the most close- | Maintenance and the Aces were thelr victims when the steelmen picked up the maximum points in group 2, We hope they can keep it up. The Tannery club had to fight hard against the Bus Drivers to get an even split of the points but the Wheel & Tire gang once again fell down when the Primers nipped them for 3 points. Tannery now lead the 'loop with 5 points more than the Tiremen. Domestic Truck stopped the march points from also came out on top against the Ship- pers, Jimmy had a good night but got very little support from his mates. In group 3 the Chev. Assy Line outfit had to fight for the 3 points t got from the Bucks while the Doorbusters just had to go through the motions to get 4 points when their opponents fail- ed to show up, this is very bad. Main- tenance got 4 points in the same man- ner. Jimmy Freeman's Boxers came out on top against the rallwaymen for 3 points while the No. 2 Robson Leather team continue to show improvement by edging the Tin Shop. Bill Cooper had a good night for Tin Shop. Skinners led by Doug Vann picked up 3 valuable points from the Fire Fighters. Duplate also notched 3 points from the other Fire Fighter club but the Inspection squad spoiled their chances of Satening the leaders when they dropped 3 points to the Orfuns. It looks as if the Skinners boys will coast in from now on. GROUP STANDINGS Major Group Jubilee Pavilion ........... . Wilson Batteries . | Hill-Cornish Electr 0 | High Scores for Week :--De! 847-334, 316; Don McNa | 368; Bus. James 828--324; tty Rob- son 815--343; Harvey Scott 797--314; Bill Pipher 777, Stan. Brooks 775, Mic- key McMaster 767, Chuck Heath 754, Bert Hardy 747, Joe Brow: Dobbins 738, Bert. Pennington 721, | Carl Creamer 710, Walter | Gord. Baxter 703--Gord 'Brown 335. Group 2 Robson Leather . Wheel & Tir Export . Oshawa Shipping Primers ... Ontario Steel ......c.v000ee40 Domestic Truck .......... Buicks . . Aces . 33 | Frank Jones 780--340; "Shorty" Davies 49, Jimmy Willlams 726, Ab, Walker 696, George Herd 682. G Chev. Assy Line | Doorbusters . | Trim Lin. The Buck Oshawa Railway | Stock Tossers ... | Tin Shop Duplate Inspection . Fire Fighters No. 1 ..... Lead Slingers ........ Fire Fighters No. Light ject File Pushers Orfuns aghine Shop Sob ug Vann 769, W. McLean 737, Calvin 703, E. Biggar 700--310; J. A 692, J. Smith 676, Vince McCabe 675, T. Thompson 668--333, F. Waite 662--310, Cubs Leading Grapefruiters Pre-Season Ball New York, March 9--(AP)--Chi- cago Cubs, who finished next to last in the National League home Fun derby in 1947, are leading the major baseball leagues in this spe- cialty in the grapefruit league, In three games, all against Chi- cago White Sox, the Cubs have slapped six homers. Washington Senators have a rookie second base candidate who was a manager last year. He's Calvin Coolidge Ermer, who was named boss of the Class B. Charlotte Club-A Washington farm team--in the middle of the 1047 season, Ermer, who was 21 at the time, batted .297, and led the Tri- State League in doubles with 27. Emil (Dutch) Leonard, Philadel- phia Phillies' veteran knuckle ball expert, will pitch the opening game of the National League sesaon against Boston Braves at Philadel- phia April 20, Manager Ben Chap- man announced. Leonard won - 17 and lost 12 last year. 3 Connie Mack, Philadelphia Ath- letic Manager, is eyeing rookie shortstop William. Demars for a berth with the A's when they leave Florida April 2. George Mc- triples in 17 days. " Atkinson Won 35 Race in 21 Days Jockey Ted Atkinson, his torrid pace up to 35 winners in 21 days, salutes as he brought Fugit to the winners' circle at Hialeah track, Miami, Fla. Fugit was 29 in Atkinson's parade of winners; number 30 came later in the day. It was Relic which he booted home in front i n the $10,000 Bahamas handicap. He also had two Walcott Confident After Sign i he CA = ing for Louis Bout ----t Jersey Joe Walcott is shown displaying a picture of his surprise jolting of heavyweight champion Joe Louis in their first fight last December, and expressing confidence that he will do even more to the champ when he meets him in Yankee Stadium at New York June 25. Walcott had just signed for the return go with Louis under the auspices of the 20th Century Sporting Club when this picture was snapped. Ex-Leafs Gain In Scoring Race Montreal, March 9--(CP)--With the National Hockey League's four playoff spots all but setiled, the hottest race in years for the scor- ing title has taken over the spot- light. - Lightweight Buddy O'Connor, New York Rangers playmaker De Luxe, still heads the list with 55 poinst but gunning for the lead two points back is Norman (Bud) Polle of Chicago, and three points back of the pace-setter are Elmer Lach of Montreal and Chicago's Gaye Stewart. Official statistics released today show O'Connor with 23 goals and 32 assists, while Poile has 2¢ anu 29. Lach and Stewart have identi- cal records of 26 counters and 26 assists. Not out of the battle for the scor- ing crown and the $1,000 bonus that goes wiih it are the Bentley bro- thens, Max of Leafs and Doug of the Black Hawks, who boast 50 points apiece. . O'Connor, Poile and Stewart each have six games left to play in the run to the wire, while L.ach has omly five contests. But, in any case, picking the eventual winner looks like a tossup. Sharpshooting Ted Lindsay of Detroit has a wide edge of the cir- cuit's goal-getters with 31 counters to his credit, while O'Connor and Doug Bentley share the assists leadership with 32 apiece. Young Harry Lumley of the Wings appears a solid bet to walk off with the Vezina Trophy which goes to the netminder who has played the most games for the team hav- ing thet fewest goals scored against it. In the Vezina race, Lumley holds a six-goal edge on veteran Turk Broda of Toronto, and also has the best goals-against Bferage Having allowed 126 goals in 54 games for a 2.33 per game average. Bouncing Bill Barilko of Leafs still tops the penalty list with 141 minutes spent in the cooler. Rush- ing Kenny Reardon of Canaxliens is next with 125 minutes. Fights Last Night Little Rock, Ark. -- Tony Zale, 160, Gary, Ind., stopped young Bobby Claus, 157, Buffalo (4). New York--Buster Tyler, 144, Newark, outpointed Tommy .Bell, 148, Youngs- town, O. (10). Lewiston, Me.--Couture, 146, Lewiston, knocked out Roland Johns, 143, Al- bany (8). Providence -- Boddy Holderfleld, 143, Flittell Rock, Ark. outpointed Dave Andrews, 144, Lowell, Mass. (10). Holyoke, Mass.--Sandy Sadler, 129, New York, stopped Thompson Harmon, 134, New York (8). Chicago -- Jimmy Sherrer, 147, Mil- waukee, knocked out Ted Bussey, 147, Detroit (2). 2 BEEHIVE BUILDINGS Beehive houses--primitive dwell- ings in Scotland and Ireland--were conical and constructed of stones without mortar, | . : Longest Fingernails 2 ortest Shorts I Sports Roundup Tampa, Fla, March 9 -- (AP)-- finny Neun, Cincinnati Reds' pilot, winks that Pittsburgh will be an nrroved ball club this year... And in the next breath he adds: "Y may be the only cne who things 50". . Scme other members of the Reds oficial family believe Dixie Walker® won't be as effective in Pittsburgh as he was in Ebbets ield, whera the fans were all on his side. . . Word from Clearwater 's that Jim Tabor is hcllering for 2is 'unconditional release fre the 2hillles so he can join a secmi-pro 'lub. . . And on the first bounce rom Hollywcod comes the word that Jimmy Dykes has been told he'll have to produce in the Pacific Coast League this season or take himself and his big cigar elsewhere, One thing the Reds miss since the departure of Bill McKechnie is Bill's polished way of insulting um. pires, something Jchnny Neun hasn't yet been able to match. . . A few years ago, for instance, four umpires turned up for one game, All went well until there was a de, we | cision at third 'which Bill didn't Po elglan girls playing in the all- | England women's amateur squash ' championship in London, are bring- | | | ing glamour as well as action to | the courts. |ing to London sports writers, the longest fingernails with the briefest { shorts. Here is Madam Lulu Boon, | one of the Belgian contestants, "0ldat40,50,607" -- Man, You're Crazy Forget your age! Thousands are peppy at 70. Try " pepping up" with O: . Contains tonic for weak, rundown feeling due solely 4 which many men and women call "old." Try Ostrex Tonle Tablets for pcp, younger feeling, this very day, New 'get acquainted" size only 50c. For sale at all drug stores everywhere. iy to body's lack of iron They combine, accord- | like. . . McKechnie merely wander. ed down to the coaching box, stu. dicusly ignored the arbiter, and re. marked to the opposing third-base. man. .. "The tipoff on you guys is that you have to have four um. pires to get a aginst Rec Barrett, the Bra¥es' pitcher, is complaining of a sore arm, the result, he says, of the winds that whistle through thie clubhouse at Bradenton. . , Daytona Beach, Fla, is cornering the ear-stopper market in anticipation of the national championship 200-mile motorcycle race next week-end. About 300 ri. ders are expected for this and the 100.mile amateur race, and last " year the attendance exceeded the town's population. . . The National (semi-pro) Baseball Congress al. ready has shipped 200,000 rule books * to radio stations to be given away, mostly to kids, GOLF FINAL TODAY Miami, Fla.,, March 9--(AP)--The $10,000 Miami international four- ball golf tournament hits the finish line today, with Jim Ferrier of San Francisco, the P.G.A. champion, and Cary Middlecoff of Memphis, Tentn., facing Ellsworth Vines of ! Los Angeles and Ed Furgol of Pont | iac, Mich,, in the 36-hole finals, Both teams were surprise finalists. r« COLDS BUSTIN'S CoLb CAPs ASK YOUR DRUGGIST "% a nil. ; 5 Avis Mary Lloyd, who comes from Cambridge, England, arrived in the 50 | U.S, recently with these five dachshunds, who won over 100 prizes in England, She will show them in North American dag shows. The dogs, shown with the English visitor, are, left to right, Cleopatra, Anthony, 3 Fairy Dream, Rolfi and Mimi. Incidentally, Arithony and Cleopatra have never been beaten in England. Five of England's Best CIGARETTES Colt's Bonspiel Begins Friday ' At Granite Club Toronto, March 9--(CP) -- Eight rinks, winners of their district rounds in Ontario, will compete for Harvey Sims Trophy in the annual Colts Bonspiel at the Granite Club here Friday. The "spiel is open to curlers of less than eight years ex- perience. Skips and rinks competing in the three games to be played in the morning, afternoon and night- are: W. S. Tomenson, Toronto; A. L. Mc. Fle, Kingston; Jack Nash, London; M. Butcher, Orillia; C. T. Palmer, Guelph, Dr. C. T. Mason, Hamilton; and George L, Hunt, Kitchener. The eighth rink will be decided in a playoff at Oshawa between J. Willey, Peterborough and Rev. J. C. Pereyme, Oshawa. ARAB SUPERSTITION A nomad tribe of Arabs in an- cient times had a superstition that evil would overtake a family if a girl, after marriage, set eyes on her mother again. Charley Wensloff remains on New York Yankees' holdout list. Mc- Quinn came to terms yesterday. Eddie Stanky, newly-purchased Boston Braves' second baseman who has been confined to a hospital in the Dominican Republic, will be discharged today and join his new club Saturday. With first sacker Quinn in the fold, only pitcher sacker suffered a virus infection. The fiery second | ONTARIO HOLIDAY HERE'S romance and character in the country north of Lake Superior. Fort illiam and Port Arthur on Thunder Bay, in the shadows of Mount McKay and Nana- ijou . .. Kakabeka Falls... i Ouimet Canyon. Every kind of sport can be found at the Lakehead. Asforaccommodation, there's everything from a hotel suite to a cabin in the pines. For complete details write to Ontarie Holiday, Room 1004, Victory Building, Toronto. LET'S MAKE THEM WANT TO COME BACK Let's see they get the best we have to offer. Everyone bene- fits from the income tourist business brings to Ontario. So it's in your interest to en- courage your friends from other. parts to share our Ontario Holidays. TOURIST BUSINESS IS GOOD BUSINESS AT THE LAKENEAD July 19-Aug 4. 1947