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: MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1948 THE DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE® PAGE ELEVEN Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. Montreal, March 28--(CP)--Que. bec will send into Memorial Cup play a team that is unique in the annals of this province's junior clubs, an all French-Canadian squad who pack plenty of weight as well as showing speed on the blades. Lack of poundage has always been the downfall of most Quebec junior teams, who could usually skate with the Ontario champions but seldom had enough men big enough to throw their weight around to ad- vantage. This year Montzeal Nationales, a name famous 30 years ago for great lacrosse and hockey teams, came back into the limelight when the junior club won the Quebec Junior Amateur Association League title. . They won the championship last week by defeating Montreal Royals, a predominantly English-speaking team, in a hectic series that drew more than 40,000 fans in the five games. The series attracted tremendous interest among the city's fans, who . were hard put for hockey after Canadiens missed the Stanley Cup playoffs and Royals bowed out of the Quebec Senior Hockey League playoffs. Reporting on the junior series Elmer (Montreal Herald) Ferguson had this to say: "The seriés lifted junior hockey to the highest plane it ever has reached here, and the fashion in which these clubs fought it out . gamely. right down to the wire, took some of the sting from the absence ,..of Canadiens and Royals from their accustomed playoff spots. "Over the years this Frank Selke- sponsored development of junior hockey is going to prove a great background for the senior game here, and put Canadiens on a more equitable footing with Toronto Maple Leafs in the matter of a sup. ply reservoir for the future." Nationales also drew raves from Baz (Montreal Star) O'Meara "They fitted in like a glove in the Selke hockey youth program, which, | by the way, must be paying off too, | because nearly all these playoff games drew between 8,000 and | 10,000 people." And just to show the Habitants aren't fooling in their bid to climb back onto the National League's top perch again, General Manager Selke is currently touring the Western Provinces lining up new farm affiliates for the Flying Frenchmen, Hockey | Lady Puck Fans Sponsors Entire By GORD PEPER Canadian Press Staff Writer Winnipeg, March 29--(CP)--Mrs. Hilda Donati's bread and butter may lie in the sale of fruit in her little fruit and coffee stand in Port Arthur, Ont. but that isn't' where her main interest lies. "Hoc- key comes first," she says, "and my business runs a poor second." A native of Virden, Man., Mrs. Donati's name--"Hilda" --has ap- peared on the front of sweathers worn by teen-aged hockey players in the lakehead for the past five years, Then she first took a bunch of youngsters, who were being left at the rinkside to watch hockey, up to an, unusued rink in Port Arthur's west end. There she established Port Arthur's first pee wee hockey team and a year later she opened the lakehead's first pee wee hockey league, : Has Other Teams But her interest in young puck- chasers doesn't rest all in one basket. She operates teams in bantam, midget and juvenile loops and next winter plans. along with her pee wee league, to operate a complete bantam league. The attractive hockey booster, who could win "the most rabid hockey fan contest" in a walk, plans to enter a junior in the Thunder Bay league season, In all, she estimates that some appointed coaches who handle the many teams for her. Why does a woman with two] children and a fruit business do this? She answers simply "I love | hockey. And when you have lots of | teams, made up of boys of all ages, you can watch their hockey lives grow and when you see them as juniors, you get a real thrill com- paring them to the little fellows who couldn't skate a few years back." May Do It Again It can safely be said that Hilda Donati was and will be, the oly woman to ever | heave a corset on the ice at Tor- onto's Maple Leaf Gardens. "But," she says with a gleam in her eye, "if you see Port Arthur West End Bruins in the Memorial | Cup final this year, you might see | another corset out there." Mus. TOP MILLION MARK Melbourne, Australia -- (Reuters) | --Australian air lines carried 1,-| | 023 ,060 passengers in 1947, topping | the million mark for the first time. Pee-Wee League also | "B"" team | next | probably | Sports Roundup New York, March 29--(AP) -- Al though the Kentucky Derby is only for three.year.old horses, the Churchill Downs statistical depart- ment has figured out that 14 of the 109 entries won't actually. be three years old until after the Derby is run and that two others, Shy Guy and Looser Weeper, will be celebra. ting their birthday May 1... Most of the top.rated entries, however, were foaled in March or April, 1945. April 11, The favorite, Citation, was. born The American Bowling Congress reports that the busiest bowlers on record are Chester Smith of De. troit, who,rolls in 11 leagues week. ly, and Robert Rolli, Sr. of Louis. ville, who bowls in nine and is the only bowler on record to take part in league competition seven nights each week . .. Wonder if they take time out from their recreation and get a little rest? The current issue of Varsity Ma. gazine . contains 'an interesting roundup of what's wrong*with col. lege baseball . .. Various troubles are mentioned by various contribu. tors but only Red Rolfe offers real, constructive suggestions on what to do about it . . . The Cardinals seem bewildered about Marty (Slats) Ma. rion's trick knee . No wonder they depend on the Slats as much as a feather bed. A.H.L. HOCKEY CHIPS { Cleveland Barons did it again. | 'The red-hot Barons, undefeated in their last 30 outings, downed | Prov idence Reds 4.2 last night to score their third straight victory in series "A" of the American Hockey | League playoffs and now need only one more triumph to clinch the Lest.of seven semi-final. Fred Thurier and Gordie David- son were the marksmen. LaPlante | came back to score his second goal | of the night for Reds and narrow the gap but the Rhode Islanders were kept in check the rest of the way. A fourth game is scheduled for Tuesday. In the other Calder Cup semi.fi. nal, Buffalo Bisons edged New Hav- en Ramblers 2.1 in a second over- time period to take the opening | game of the best-of-three series. Les Hickey's breakaway goal at 4.35 {of the sudden death overtime gave | the Bisons their triumph. Wingy Johnston gave the visiting Ramblers an early lead when he sco. {red after only 55 seconds of play. Joe Bell tied the count at 12.18 of jine opening period. 372 aspiring hockeyists gather puck | savvy under her sponsorship from | | | Babe Pratt Has "Blind Pen Pal Hershey, Pa., Mar, 29. -- Walter "Babe" Pratt, outstanding hockey star, who played thirteen consecu- tive seasons with the Fhiladelphia Ramblers, New York Rangers, To- ronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League, and who won the David A, Hart Trophy in the season of 1943.44, for "the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team," has a Pittsburgh pal, a blind boy with whom he is in cor- respondence, The blind boy, George Rodney, Jr, of 1207 North Lang Avenue, Pittsburgh, remembers the plaudits of the crowd on the night of Sat. urday, April 12, 1947, when - the Hershey Bears, of which Pratt is a defenseman, . dropped the Pitts. burgh Hornets by a score of 2 to 1 in the Duquesne Gardens and tied the Calder Cup finals at three games apiece and to win the cham- pionship in the Hershey Sports Arena on the night of April 15, when Hershey shutout the Hornets by a score of 5-0. Yesterday Pratt sent to the blind boy an autographed puck contain. ing the signatures cf the Hershey WBears of 1947.48 a photograph of the present team and of the Cham. pionship club that the blind boy remembers. Here is the dence: "Dear Babe: Just a few lines to let you know you have at least one fan in the smoky city of Pitts. burgh. "I am a bind boy of 17 years, and I save autographs as a hobby. It may seem strange to have a hobby like this since I cannot see the autographs, but it is just as much a thrill to know you have them as it is to see them. "Besides everybody else can oy them. The autographs go into my | scrapbook and the pictures go on the wall. I have about 75 auto- graphs of hockey players including three complete teams--the Phila. delphia Rockets, New Haven Ea. gles and the Toronto Maple Leafs. "Also IT own an autographed hoc. key stick, which I received from Cliff Simpson of the Indianapolis Caps, who won second place in the American Hockey League scoring in the season of 1947.48 with 48 goals and 62 assists for 110 points. "My sister for me, She is in the grade. "Wish you /the best of Please don't let me down! "Your Pittsburgh Pal, "George Rodney, Jr." "Dear George, my Pittsburgh Pal: Certainly I will not let you down. Not only do I enclose a photograph of the Hershey Bears, recent correspon. ~cventh luck! is writing this letter | but I also send you another team picture of the club that won the American Hockey League cham. pionship last season. "I want to give you an additional pleasure--something that you can feel and hold. Here is the puck with which I made my first goal when I came back to the Hershey Bears this season. Also I have had the whole team autograph it. "The puck contains the names of Gordie Henry, Pete Slobodian, An. dy Branigan, Jack MeGill, Frank Mario, Lloyd Gronsdahl, Gordie Bruce, Jud McAtee, Mark Mar. quess, Norm Larson, Herb Cain, Joe Cooper, Joe Schertzl, Silvio Bet- tio, Roly McLenahan, Pentti Lund, Ammand Gaudreault, Harvey Teno, Scotty Alexander and Don Pennis. ton. "The pest of luck to you, too! "Babe Pratt® ALLAN CUP SURVIVORS By The Canadian Press Ten teams remained in the run. ning today for the Allan Cup and the Canadian Senior Hockey cham. plonship, six in the East and four in the West. The survivors: East: Renfrew Lions, Quebec Aces, Ot. tawa Senators, Sherbrocke St. Francis, Victoriaville Tigers, Hamil. ton Tigers. West: Trail Smoke Eaters, Edmonton Flyers, Winnipeg Flyers, Fort Fran. ces Canadians. | MEMORIAL CUP 3 CONTENDERS i By The Canadian Press | Nine teams remained in the run. ning today for the Memorial Cup and the Canadian Junior Hockey championshi+, five in the East and four in the West. The survivors: East: Halifax St. Mary's, Inkerman Rockets, Montreal Nationales, Por- cupine Combines, Barrie Flyers, West: Lethbridge Native Sons, Moose Jaw Canucks, Port Arthur West End Bruins, Winnipeg Monarchs. PENGUINS FOR PRETORIA Pretoria, South Africa --(CP) -- Eight king penguins of three dif- ag species have been brought from Marion Island to the Nati- {onal Zoological Gardens here. Sev- |eral birds were brought from the | island once before but arrived in | such poor condition that they had to be destroyed. | ($80,000) guarantee. | son, of the Sunday Dispatch, likes Sports Shorts From Britain London, March 26 -- (CP)-- France's longtime rugby jinx is broken -- the continental visitors won their first international victory in Wales by upsetting a Welsh team 11.3. Only once before in 21 games have they managed a victory, and that was in Paris in 1928. The game, stopped five times by unruly spectators, was played in an icy wind at Swansea. Once a num. ber of the 38,000 fans pored through a gap into the barriers onto the pitch. Bottles and oranges began to fly. Spectators were ejected by players; players were tackled by spectators; fists flew; a spectator got mixed up in a line-out; loudspeakers called for "fair play for the players," and thousands streamed across the pitch at half_time to seek better positions. However, everything ended ami. cably. Welsh fans put aside their disappointments to "chair" a French player, who,had scored one of the three tries after a great run, LN Meet Jack Salem--Britain's lead. ing football pools winner--the man who would be more surprised if he failed . to win a weekly dividend than if he did. Jack has won £15,000 ($160,000) in 12° years, including a prize every week this season. Jack's recipe. for forecasting accurately the football results: "I study form." Maurice Tate, former all.England cricketer, won't forget the Canadian who approached him during the war and said: "I hear you were a great bowler--one of the world's best. Will you come over tomorrow and look at one of our bowlers, the best in Canada?" " The next day, lunching in the Canadian mess, Tate heard the "bowler" referred to as the "terror of Winnipeg," six foot of "whip- cord." At the sports ground he turned with © interest toward a cricket wicket, but his host grabbed his arm, "This way," he said, pointing to the bowling green. "I'll just send down the jack and you can see his delivery." British sports writers generally are pretty impressed by Joe Louis, currently exhibiting his wares at Earlscourt stadium for a £20,000 But John Bat. to be different. He wrote: "Although he is only 33, he locks a fattish 40 .. . . That roll behind the back of his head is not all 'bull neck.' And there are indi. ®ations it won't be long before he has a fine head of skin... Forest and Fulham, The single point for the Rovers may | Blackpool and Manchester U. Show Top Form London, March 29 - 29 -- (Reuters)-- Manchester United and Blackpool, driving toward their cup-.final date at Wembley, April 24, each scored victories Saturday as Britain's crowded Easter week-end soccer | program passed the half-way mark. The Seasiders' triumph -- over league.leading Arsenal --- was the more outstanding with Stanley Mortenson scoring two goals, to lead his team to a clear-cut 3.0 decision. Manchester United visiled Hudders. field Town to win 2.0. Looks Like Title For Arsenal The loss at Blackpool coupled with Burnley's 1.1 draw at Wolver- hampton shaved the Gunners' mar. gin to 7 points but still left them | almost certain to win the cham. | pionship. Last year's champions, Liverpool, made it virtually certain that Grimsby Town would be relegated to the Second Division, by whipping the Fishermen 2.0. Nine other clubs are snarled at the bottom of the table in 'danger of sharing Grimsby's fate. There was no change in the Second Division promotion race. The three leading clubs--Birming. ham, Newcastle United and Cardiff City--all were held to scoreless ties by. Doncaster Rovers, Nottingham respectively. help them avoid relegation. Lincoln stayed a game ahead of | Rotherham in the Third Division Northern Town 2-0 while the second-placers won 3.0 over Halifax Town. In the Southern Section, Park Rangers remained a similar distance ahead of Bournemouth by beating Reading 2.0 while the sec- -place squad edged Torquay ed 1.0. Scottish Cup Finalists Named In Scotland the spotlight was on the Cup semi-finals. Both were tensely-fought strug- U gles in doubt to the final whistle | {FRE with Rangers squeaking past Hiber- nian 1.0 and Morton nudging Cel- tic.out of the competition in over! time, by the same score. They'll meet in the final April 17. Saturday's games did not affect leadership cf the Scottish League's | Divisier "A." In Division "B," Al bion Rovers took over first alone by trimming Cowdenbeath 3.1 while: East Fi» moved into second slot wit smashing triumph over Alloa Athletic. Hamilton Academicals tumbled to third place by dropping a 2.1 deci. sion at Dunfermline. With magnificent Easter weather by bealing Mansfield | Queens | | Old Country Soccer March 27 | { | London, ) (Reuters).-- Results of football matches played \ in the United Kingdom on Satur- day, were as follows: | ENGLISH LEAGUE | First Division | Aston Villg ooo. Portsmouth. . Blackb'n Rovers Charlton Ath. | Blackpool Arsenal Chelsea .... Preston N, End . 0 Sheffield United : 2 Dery Sout . 1 | Ev "0 Stoke OIY ..u:- i "Town . 0 Liverpool y Jluddersheld T. . 0 Manch. United . ° anchester City 2 Middlesbrough . Wolver: Wars, .. Burnley | Second Division Bradford Seine Coventry City Cardiff City : Fulham Chesterfield . Doncaster Rovers 0 | Millwall 0 {Nout has For. 0 | Newcastle Unit, . n ver {Snr slik res . Brom. Albion | Tott. Hotspur ... | West Ham United hird Division Southern Notts County ... Leyton Orlent .. Newport Coraty Swansea Tow Southend United Exeter City .... Bristol City Reading ..... Ipswich Town | Aldopelig B. and H. Albion 0 Bristol Rovers .. 2 Crystal Palace .. 4 Northampton T. 2 Norwich City ... 3 Port Vale 1 Q. Park Rangers 2 Swindon Town . 0 Torquay United 0 Bournemouth Watford ... alsall 'Third Division Northern {Ostlsle United . ® Rochdale ....... | Chester Southport Crewe Alexandra ! New Brighto Darlington ." Bradford Oity Gateshead ...... 0 Barrow .... Hartlepools Un. ., 0 Wrexham . Mansfield Town 0 Lincoln City Oldham Ath. . 0 Hull City | Rotherhain_ Un. 3 Halifax Town ... Tranmere Rovers 2 York City Stockport Cty. Accrington S. ... SC OTT ISH CUP Semi-Finals NRODONNN-DOOD O---=0DODDURDD =o~-- Hibernian Morton SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division "A" | Motherwell ..... 0 St. Mirren | Queen of South 3 Queen's Park ... | Division "B" Albion Rovers .. 3 Ayr United .. 5 | Dunfermline A's East Fife ... Cowdenbeath ... 1 Leith Athletic .. Ham. Academs. . Alloa Athletic .. Raith Rovers ... Arbroath Dudes United . 1 "IRISH LEAGU E .- Cliftonville .... Portadown . Ards 0 Distillery . res 2 Belfast Celtic' oe 2 ve O Stenhousemuir , 1 «0 0 7 Stirling Albion St. Johnstone . D | Bangor ve A Derry City . ol | Glenavon 1 | Glentoran | PRO ITABLE "MOVIE . JOB 7 | Singleton, Australia -- (OF) -- Here's one for the books: Tom | Doble, a real-life gold miner was acting the part of a gold miner [with a movie company on lota*j place | shooting scenes Mount Dangar. jan general over almost all y of the United Kingdom, Saturd: attendances again were over ti 1,000,000 mark. ee it's and A BETTER THAN EVER! 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