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WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE ----v---- ~~ PAGE THIRTEEN Three Keen Bouts Provide Local Mat Fans with Best Exhibition In Many Moons "Pat" Flanagan and Jan Gotch Steal Show In Highlight Semi-Final Bout That Goes Limit to Draw -- Lou Thesz and Hi Lee, Top Rank- ers in Mat World, Stage Rugged Final Bout -- Best Card Yet By BOB RIFE Tuesday night there was a show of mat work, the like of which has not been seen around here in many years and "Pat" Milosh, Oshawa's young promoter, can consider last night's show as his . real opening night for a wrestling comeback in this city. Four old favorites were featured in the preliminary and semi-final bouts, and in the main' event, were two newcomers, Lou Thesz and Hi Lee. The last mentioned grapplers fought it out tooth and elbow in a way that had lots of the fans turn- ing a little grey-green. It was rough and rugged. Rugged and Crude Lee is a big, crude, yet hand- some brute, who knows little of the fine points of the game. esz Was his Bi smdoth-working self, and it was in this way that he grabbed the first fall of their three-fall match. Lee wanted to literally break Thesz in two, but Lou bounced him around enough to get into position for a couple of drop kicks. These scored on the point of the Ozark Giant's chin, and Thesz leaped on his shoulders for the pin and fall. The second round of the bout was just an exhibition of what the re- feree, Bert Maxwell, could do with the 205 pound Lee. Answer, abso- jutely nothing. He saw Lee comit- ting foul after foul, but was unable to make the slightest impression on the massive cowboy. T'was just a case of too much beef to pull away from the belabored Thesz. Nose Dive Smash The gigantic Mr. Lee proceeded from bad to worse, and had our hero really stretched on the canvas after an elbow smash onslaught. These smashes started about nine feet in the air and ended on Lou's neck and chin, Fun! Then to top it, Hi pulled a cement-mixer throw on Thesz, and claimed the fall. He got it too, despite the booing from the fifth row. The final fall saw both fighters really hammer at one another. Thesz found again that he had to be cat-quick to be able to handle his tremendous opponent. But handle him he did with some neat head work. This head work being on Lee's head, not inside Thesz's. oBth fighters disliked the ring after that, and worked between the first and \ ;hird rows of the ringside. Lee received some hot elbow smashes, and these sent him back into a row of chairs. These chairs are now part of Pat Milosh's winter wood supply. Splinters! Why there were naught but chips left of two seats my friend. Meanwhile the re- feree was counting up to ten on both men. He reached nine, and Thesz jumped back into the ring. He won since he was the only man there when the man in white sign- aled number ten. Semi Steals Show The semi-final go between Pat Flanagan and Jan Gotch was the best battle on the card, and had the fans in an uproar all the way through, It was a bout punctuated with some of the wildest attacks and counter-attacks staged in the na. Bh in had lots of trouble with Gotch and his half-nelson (really a quarter-nelson) in the first few minutes, However he overcame this susceptibility and proceeded to pum- mel the bejabbers out of Gotch. Gotch found his arm had the at- tention of the flip or two, along with some nifty twists, These kept his faces in the required grimaces for many minutes while the fans, mostly females at this stage, shout- ed happily for the smiling Irish- man. Flanagan finally got Jan thor- oughly dizzy, and set him up on the ropes in the corner for a heavy barrage of smashes. Referee Max- well tried intruding, only to have Pat do a leap frog over him to con- tinue his mayhem. One time he downed Maxwell, to the delight of the male part of the audience, and soon wrestlers ang Yeleres were freely mixing it on the canvas. After that Flanagan drop-kicked his' way for a while and gained a good advantage on Gotch to roll him around in leg locks for the final fall, and victory. Bill Stack Wins The preliminary between Bill Stack of Bowmanville and Bulldog Drummond of Hamilton, saw the district boy really outfought in the early stages of the game, He showed little hope of even getting any- where with the "Gumshoe Rass- ler" Drummond found the bits of pa- per hurled at him by some ring- siders to be adequate ammunition for Stack's eyes. He used them to massage vigorously, with the result that Stack couldn't see which side was up. : "This condition lasted till the end of the match. Stack got so mixed up he clambered up on -Drummond's stomach to effect a monkey flip from which the Bulldog just didn't recover. Thus came the fall and & he win, y If Pat Milosh produces another show like that it will be a wonder if the Arena can hold the number of fans who will be there to catch it. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT Buffalo -- Henry (Snow) Flakes. 198, Buffalo, Juspointed Lee Oma, 19113, t v Da, N.Y.--Joe Dejohn, 15615, Syracuse, out AiR Oenne (Bulldog) arris, ri . Salem, Mass. -- Timothy (Buddy) Hayes, 130, Boston, stopped Tommy 137. Boston (1). Grob, Manchester, NH, -- Tommy (Red) knocked out Wes, i338, sManchester, Buddy Lessard, 138, Manchester (2). REDS RETURN HOLCOMBE Cincinnati, O~Oincinnati Reds returned pitcher Kenneth Hol tombe to Sacramento of the Paci- ic Coast League from which h vas drafted last {all ~~ : Spicy Bits From Other Sports ( Cols. By ADAIR STEWART Canadian Press Staff Wrifer Halifax, May 11--(CP)--Besides knocking the block off the pug who holds the title, what does a boxer have to do to be awarded a cham- pionship? Alex (Halifax Herald) Nickerson says his "old-fashioned" sense of values in the fight game has been knocked into a cocked hat. After the Canadian Boxing Fed- eration had refused to recognize George (Rockabye) Ross as Cana- dian Middleweight champion, al- though he had scored a decision over title-holder Len Wadsworth at Glace Bay, N.S., May 1, Nick poured some vitriol into his column. "Maybe this corner has some old- fashioned ideas about title fights," says the scribe, but "it has always been our belief that a man wins his title in the ring and loses it in the ring." " ...In Glace Bay George Ross outpointed Len Wadsworth of Ham- ilton over 12 rounds. Len Wads- worth is considered in Quebec and Ontario to be the Middleweight champion of Canada, despite the fact that Roger Whynott of Mahone Bay (N.S) outpointed him in 10 rounds two years ago at Halifax, and Pete Zadyck of Guelph took a 10-round decision from him . , . at 'Waterloo. "The cry of the self-appointed Canadian Boxing Federation, ema- nating from Montreal, was that no bout could be considered a cham- plonship affair unless it was sche- duled for 12 rounds. The claim of Whynott and later, Zaduck to the Canadian Middleweight crown held by the ancient, spindly-legged Len Wadsworth, was considered to have little merit. "But Nova Scotia promoters in Halifax and Glace Bay figured they had stopped up the loopholes before they arranged for the Wadsworth- Ross affair. Wadsworth signed to defend his title in a 12-round bout at Glace Bay against George Ross, May 1. ! "He considered his title was on | the line . . . in Glace Bay. He had signed a contract for a champion- ship fight and it was his belief that he was defending the Canadian Middleweight crown when he stepped through the ropes against George Ross. "When the fight was over, Wads- worth thought he had lost the title. 'I couldn't have lost it to a better guy,' he said. "Then the Canadian Boxing Fed- eration declared the fight didn't count because the Cape Breton As- sociation was not affiliated with the CBF. "The decision of the Canadian Boxing Federation is not calculated to win friends and influence people." Regina, May 12 -- (CP) -- They barely got the rinks defrosted be- fore people began talking football. All in one week, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stamped- ers announced new players for the fall feuding, and Western confer- 8 ence officials announced that To. ronto Beaches-Indians would be the only eastern team coming West for a pre-season exhibition tour. With four months to go before the season opens, Dave (Regina Leader-Post) Dryburgh commented that footballers were talking it up 50 much that "they may be so tuckered out that nobody will be able to toss the first forward pass. Never before has there been so much September-in-May ballyhoo." Dryburgh reported that Toronto Argonauts had asked an $18,000 guarantee for three exhibition games--three times the guarantee that Saskatchewan Roughriders got for their 1047 Eastern tour. Rough- riders, he added, made money on the deal. "Toronto's smug Argonauts per- haps did the Western conference a favor when they asked a first mortgage on the 1948 prairie wheat crop to come out and play three games," he said ". .,. So the poor relations will play an extreme round of games among themselves add one scuffle with the not-so- stuffy Toronto Beaches-Indians for seven home stands in all." Summing up Western confer- ence prospects, Dryburgh figured that Calgary ers would be formidable if they added offensive power to the defensive strength they showed last year; Roughrid- ers would be improved, while: Win- nipeg Blue Bombers were "lying low," merely pointing to Bob Sand- berg ag the backbone of the team." 'Bombers could be kidding them- selves," he said. "Sandberg play- ed a herculean game in the Domin- fon final, but if you check back ov- er the records he wasn't any awe- inspiring 'ball of fire over the rest of the route." Racehorse's Nips "Sense of Humor" London, May 12 -- (CP) -- A sense of humor was the excuse given | B for a racehorses "playful" tendency to eat humans. The horse, five-year-old Avignon, had taken a firm grip on a report- er's hand at an Epsom meeting re- cently, and was about to indulge in a chew when his trainer, Gerry Hardy, pulled him up with: : "Turn it up Avignon. You're eat- ing a reporter." Whereupon 'Avignon obediently let 80 and dug his teeth into the back of his trainer's neck. .(He had al- ready had a nibble at Gerry's chin.) EXTRA RATIONS London -- (CP) -- Overseas ath- letes coming 'to Britain for the Poston Olympic Games this summer will receive the highest scale of rations in the United Kingdom. Hooking A Free Ride On Cage Floor Is A Photographer's Opportunity Billy Bell of University of British Columbia Thunderbirds takes an un- | pictured here. The ball can be seen above captive" -I'hardest, he ever has seen . .. the head of the sfartled scheduled ride. an the shoulders of Bob Phibbs of University of Western | Thunderbird player. No. 21 for Western, at right, is George Wearing. Nao, Ontario during Monday night's Olympic basketball trials 'at Maple Leaf Gardens. Phibbs, a gridder for Western U., tfied to charge around Bell, 6 at left is Don Scott, Western's top scored. Thunderbirds offset this calamity by beating the Eastern champs, 48-40. Montreal YMHA 'Blues but the West Coast guard got part of him with the sensational results | won the first half of the doubleheader from Vancouver Clover Leafs 47-45, ' BOWLING | INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE League finished Fittings omee | Industrial Bowling for the season, with winning the most points in the section, 79. Duplate finished on "B" Sections with 67 Anglo-Canadian Drugs winning the honors. Six teams rolled off for the consolation prize which was won by the Fittings "B" teams. The league banquet will be held in the Queen's Hotel, Thursday May 13 | at 6:45 p.m. High single for the season was won by . Anthony' from Duplate. High iiple, Doug Keeler, 886, from Fittings Office, f Playoff Standings Anglo-Canadian ... . ' 6685 Fittings "B' Alger Press ...... Oshawa Wood Prod Kohen Boxes COF. Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE 3atting--Boudreau, Cleveland, .429. Runs batted in--Willlams, Boston 24. Runs--Willlams, Boston, 20. its--Williams, Boston, 28. Doubles--Boudreau, Cleveland, 7. Triples--Vico and Wertz, Detroit, 3. ome runs--Keltner, Cleveland, 10. Strikeouts--Trucks, trol Shy atng--Reynoids, New York, 5-0, Stolen bases--Tucker, Cleveland, and Coan, hadi 3. NATIONAL LEAGUE ~--Holmes, 462. Runs batted in--Ennis, Philadelphia, and Kiner, Plusturgh 18. Runs--Ashburn, Phfladelphia, 17. Hits--Gustine, Pittsburgh, 28. Doubles--Adams, Cincinnati 8. Triples--Waitkus, Chicago, 4. Home runs--Sauer, Cincinnati, and iner, Pittsburgh, 6. Stolen bases--Haas, Ehadelohia, 4, S8trikeouts--Jansen, New York, 25. 1 Blscning-- Four pitchers tied with 3-0, Sta S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GI -- hester Buffalo Balti! GBL 8t. Louis ... -- New York Pittsburgh 21, 2 2', NE 114 rooklyn ,.. Philadelphia . Chicago .. Cincinnati . ues 5 1 . Philadelphi Seki Cincinnat New York at Chicago--Postponed. ed. Boston at St. Louts-Postpon: Only games schedu eduled. Boston 'Mondyy PA i Philadelphiy. , Cleveland 4 New York .. Washington Detroit . Boston . 8t. Louls . . Chicago .... vad usday's Results New York . Cleveland . v Chicago ... 3. Bt. Louls . inning: : Detroit at oyashington -Night game. ; Monday Night Results Washingtdn +... 6 St. Louis ....... 2 - | He tamed his fo 2 of 22,565 saw § [their ninth straight. The winning 3 Ont., went the route for his third '|at bat, led Philadelphia's attack on Big League Baseball Yesterday By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer | If Cleveland Indians are to 'win their first pennant in 28 years, they | ~|had best learn to beat New York | Yankees. : One of the principal reasons the | Indians have heen pennantless | since 1920 has been their inability | to win their share of games from | the Bronx Bombers. | In the last 27 season series be- | tween the two clubs, the Tribe has | come out on the long end of only | four. One ended in an 11-11 tie, | During the 27-year span, Cleveland | finished in the runner-up spot | three times.- Always it was the | Yankees who kept them from win- ning the flag, This habit of long standing con- tinued to haunt the Indians yester- | day. Facing the Yankees for the | first time this season, the Tribe | U.B.C. CAGERS PROVEN BEST OLYMPIC TEST By FRANK KAPLAN Canadian Press Staff Writer Toronto, May 12--(CP)--Vancou- ver's Thunderbirds have proved: themselves the strongest contend- ers in anager bid for the Olympic basketball championship. The University of British Colum- bia team, only undefeated squad among the four that competed in the two-day Olympic trials here, demonstrated its superiority Tues- day night by trouncing Montreal Y.M.H.A. 48-34. Y.M.H.A. Strong Montreal, the other team {rom which Canada's Olympic represen« tatives will be picked, had conquer- ed the Canadian senior champion Vancouver Clover Leafs the previous night. Carefully 'watching last' night's two contests were Bob Osborne and J Moe Aaron, coaches. of . Thunder- birds and. YMH.A.,, who will each choose seven men .for the .Olympic squad. Lauri Irwin, President of the Can- adian Amateur. Basketball Associa tion, said Tuesday that the two coaches can choose some of 'their men from University of - Western :| Ontario Mustangs or Cloves Leafs. Jack Pomfret, high-scoring: Van. couver forward with 12 pdints in last nights preliminary ganfé that saw Mustangs edge out Leafs 43- 40, is a possible choice along -with his teammate, centre-ace Ole Bak- ken, j Fuki Mustang's Fade Mustangs, ' eastern . intercollegiate titleholders, moved ahead - in the. first half to lead 23-15 at the .rest and retain their edge until the final whistle to hant Clover Leafs their second straight less. : The game between Montreal and U.B.C. was a thriller to the 3,000 fans. Pat MeGeer came through with 19 points to pull Thunderbirds ahead from the short end of a 19-17 half-time score. I Ben Lands Jed the YM.H.A. scor- | Sports Roundup By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. New York, May 12 -- (AP) --You can give Ted Schroeder, still an amateur tennis player, an assist on Jack Kramer's amazing series of professional victories over Bobby Riggs . . . "Schroeder and I work- ed it out together," Kramer ex- plains, "We decided there's no use trying to outsteady a fellow with perfect ground strokes like Riggs : |or Frank Parker. The way to beat them is to have. ho rallies--just serve and go to the net." . .. Ap- parently it has .worked. Riggs now says Big Jake has the "most de- ce," though not the d they both agree that Kramer's slam-bang tactics put the pressure on Bobby so that Riggs' own serves and passing shots lost steam and confidence all . the time. - J While Kramer is confident. of his ability to take Riggs at tennis, he's not so sure 'about golf. They're both practising in what spare time they have for the coming celebrities tournament . . . "Ordinarily I shoot about 86 but I think under pres- sure I'll get down to 80," says Kramer... . . "But you should see he can hit them, I can understand how a little guy like Ben Hogan does it." aia Fai Taft Wright, who does some out- fielding for Chicago White Sox, came downstairs in his hotel the other day. moaning: -"I. fell asleep in my room and dreamed I was traded to the Cubs for Peanuts Lowrey . . . He's all right, but I don't want to play in that blank league . . . I'll never sleep during the day again." . . . From here we can't 'see much difference befween the cellar-dwelling Sox and the seventh-place Cubs. . International League Action By The Associated Press Chet Laabs, cleanup hitter of Buffalo Bisons, is making a strong bid for International League home run honors, % The hard-hitting former Ameri- can League star already has belt- ed seven round-trippers in the Bi- son's first 15 games. This is three off the pace set' by Baltimoré's Howie Moss last year when he club bed 53 homers to win the crown for the third time. Moss, . along . with seven other players, 1s tied for second place in thé current home run derby with four. Laabs paced the Bisons to 8-5 win over Newark Bears Tuesday night when he slammed his second 'homer of the year with the bases loaded to highlight a six-run, fourth inning rally. Don Johnson was the victim of Laab's base-clearing blast. Johnson also served up a two-run homer to Cy Block in the Yirst inning. Home runs by Ken Silvestri and Johnny .Lucadello 'accounteti for four of Newark's Tuns. ; t: .Meanwhile, Syracuse Chiefs in- creased their first place lead' over ,the idle Montreal Royals to a full game by trouncing Toronto Maple Leafs 102. i A grand slam homer by Frankie Drews featured the Chiefs' 13 hit attack on three Toronto hurlers. Jodie Beeler and Kermit Wahl also banged four-baggers for the Chiefs while Ed Sanicki cracked a two-run. circuit drive fo rthe Leafs, Rochester Red Wings vacated the cellar. as Bill Reeder turned back Jersey City Giants 4-0. YESTERDAY'S STARS By The Associated Press Battlug---Junior Stephens, Red Sox, nded out two home runs to lead he Red Sox to an 8-0 victory over Chicago White Sox. Pitching -- Jack Kramer, Red Sox, scattered six singles in pitching the Red 8ox to an 8-0 win, over the Chi- cago White Sox, snapping a five-game Boston losing streak. accuracy while Jake was gaining: Bobby drive. After seeing how far | Here's the 48 Golf Picture For Canadians By The Canadian Press Canadian golf fans, ever hope- ful that a native may win the country's premier 'event -- the Canadian Open --; will keep a close watch this summer on such hope- fuls as Rudy Horvath, Harold Eid- svig, Stan Leonard, Bob Gray, Jer- ty Kesselring, Bill Ezinicki and Joe Poulin. -~ Perhaps one of these shotmake ers will come through with the added "oomph" to annex Canada's top golf award. It has been a long time -- 34 years -- since Ottawa's Karl Keefe' er copped the trophy for Canada. Bobby * Locke, a South African, ) won it Jast year to break a long ! run of American triumphs. Tournament Dates As the 1948 tournament. season opens, 8 Canadian Press survey shows amateurs, professionals and juniors crowding the country's courses. As in past years, the | Canadian Open will be held toward | the end of the season. Vancouver's i Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club i will be host club for the $10,000 | classic, Sept. 22-25. The. Vancouver Golf Club is the scene of the first amateur tourney. British Columbia linksmen. vie for the provincial title there, May 21- 24. Pros and amateurs go after the B.C. Open title at Vancouver's Quilchena Course, July 11. Professional, amateur and junior olfers all get into the swim at rtmouth, June 28-30 when Nova Scotia provincial titles will be de- cided. Quebec's annual spring open is slated for Montreal's Laval.Sur- Le-Lac, June 4 and the amateur at St. Lambert's, July 25-27, The Open championship 'gets under way at Islemere, Aug. 13. Horvath, who won' both the On- tario end Quebec amateur titles last season, will be a favorite along with Frank Zak to win the West. erm amateur slated for Windsor, late in July. He will also command a strong following in the Ontarfo Amateur championships slated for Toronto's Rosedale Golf Olub, June 23.26. Ontario's Open, won last year by 'Toronto Scarboro's Bob Gray, will be played at his club, July 8-9 to be followed by the ladies' cham- pionships slated for Ottawa, Aug. 13 and 14. Canadian Junior Championship play is scheduled for the Hamiltoh Golf Club at . Ancaster, July 12 with the Canadian Amateur over the same course, July 13-17. Kes- selring copped the junior title last year with the Canadian Amateur going to Toledo's Frank Stranahan. Manitoba amateur espirants get a clean shot at the title, June 23 as last year's champion, Harold has since turned profes- sional. He also. won last year's Provincial Open which will be held this year on Aug. 20. The. Junior Snpicinp is slated for July 2 The golf setup for Saskatchewan is as yet unsettled. Stan Leonard, Vancouver pro, is expected to defend his Alberta Op- en title at Calgary this year, where the tourney will be held Labor Day week-end. Edmonton plays host to the amateur championship with the date to be set later. G "™ 1 Try a Lim ified ad today--<ou'll find it will pay. Asphalt Shingles Phone 127. {J ERNIE CAY LUMBER ers with 12 points. absorbed a 4-1 licking which not | only ended a five-game winning | streak but knocked the team out | of first place in the American Lea- | gue race, Philadelphia Athletics nipped St. | Louis Browns 3-2 in 11 innings to | push past Cleveland into top spot, | one game to the good. The Yankees remained in third place in the tight race, a game away from the top. x Boston Red Sox snapped a five- game losing streak by shellacking the tail-end Chicago White Sox 8-0 and Detroit whipped the Sen- ators in a night game at Washing- ton, 4-1, Only one National League game was played. Philadelphia Phillies came from behind to defeat the Reds. in Cincinnati 4-3, and make a sweep of the three-game set. Allie Reynolds pitched the Yankee victory over the Indians. er mates with nine hits to, ister his fifth straight -triughph in an unbeaten season, The Indians' lone run re- sulted from {Kenny Keltner's 10th home run in'the fourth inning. 'A night game Philadelphia crowd the Athletics win run' came in the bottom half of the 11th when St. Louis' pitcher Fred Sanford walked Pete Suder with the bases loaded and two out. Sam Chapman had sent the game nito overtime when he exploded a ninth inning home run with two out and two strikes on him. Phil Marchildon of Penetanguishene, victory against one defeat. Vern Stephens banged two home rung to lead the Red Sox attack. Bobby Doerr also homered. Jack Kramer scattered six singles to register- his second victory and his first shutout. Virgil Trucks shut out the Sen- ators until the ninth when Eddle Yost doubled to score Al Evans with Washington's only run. Del Ennis, with a homer, two doubles and a single in four times Bucky Walters. Ed Heusser, former Red, pitched two-hit shutout ball for 4 1-3 relief innings to receive credit for the victory. ~~ HELP CANADA'S REFORESTATION PROGRAM and prosperity stem from her natural This is tree-planting time in Canada! Thousands of farmers, school children and others who Iove the land are plant- ing young trees to restore the nation's forest wealth. It's a project in which everyone of us should take a personal interest, for Canada's industrial growth resources. Plant one tree . : . or a thou- sand . . . if you can. Help young trees ow, to maturit x E estruction: om harm and by protecting them Providin, for your country's futyre is a rea contribution to "Good Citizenship". You can help this public service effort. Make a note of some of the little things which, in your opinion, contribute to Good Citizenship. Spons ored by BRADING'S Capital Brewery Limifed, Ottawa This serics of adoertisements i planned to help make your communi the bes place to live fn