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PAGE FOURTEEN THE DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE By QPORT ... | NAPSHOTS Compe Sault Ste. Marie "Esquires" arrived early 'yesterday evening, appears that we were misinformed that they were making the trip by train. They came down by car and made excellent time, less than 11 hours for the first car. They've got 18 in the party, including Manager Tony Disano, a disarming little guy with a big grin who probably has a memory like an elephant but when convenient, he can forget anything anybody said if it hurts his argument. He looks and acts like a Christmas-time "Santa-Claus" enjoying the off-season but he's sharp as a tack and as alert as Mr. Reynard (the fox, that is) himself, * * * Their line-up reads like the waiting list of an Italian ration book office and they all have that infectious grin that reminds you they're good solid Canadians, no matter how you spell the name. Coach and second-baseman of the team, a veteran star, is Mario Deluca and along with Tony Dizano, they are a pair of aces in any softball deck. Joe Bumbacco is the "noisy Joe" of the team, fixes everything and anything besides being trainer of the team, fulfills' a host of other duties. They've got a lot of good sport fans in the "S00," It cost the team several hundred dollars to play an expensive series with North Bay but the "Soo" fans rallied around and passed , 'the pot, to raise the money. For the trip south to Oshawa, the fans again kicked in generously and that's why the "Esquires" are here. They've held the all-Ontario championship for three years and they're not going to share it with anyone, They'll either lose it to Oshawa Pedlars or take it back home again, but they believe in playing, + * + @ome of the loyal "Soo" fans supplied the transportation 'for 'the team and they're on hand as the chief rooters for the Esquires, for this afternoon's game and tomorrow. They are Bart Ciferri, Elvino Taglia« bracci, Ezio Frugoli and Bill Muscatello . . . and he's no "grape" either. They refer to themselves as "just one of the boys." Oh yes--we almost forgot, "The Raj" himself is here, along with his wife. "The Raj" is none other than Emil Ragnovich, sports editor of the Sault Ste. Marie "Daily Star," but nobody calls him Emil--he's "Raj" to all. The "Soo" line-up includes Steve Kosteniuk, catcher; Art and Tony Berga- min, both hurlers of outstanding ability. Johnny Marasco plays first base and Tom Kozak doubles at first and catching. Terry Amadio is a high grade shortstop and Walter Maich looks after "the hot corner." Terry and Tullio Biocchi are outfielders with the team, along with Tom Butkovich and Mike Visinski. L 2 * * Saulte Ste, Marie "Esquires" have held the all-Ontario champion- ship for three years. They tell us (on the quiet) that they're not as strong this year as they were last season or the year before but any team that can win the OASA Intermediate "A" crown for three years must have plenty on the ball. They are a team of veterans, spiced by two or three youngsters with plenty of speed and ginger. Oshawa softball fans ean look forward to a topnotch series. The first game is this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and the second game is tomorrow (Saturday) morning at eleven o'clock. Should the series go the full limit--and we think it will--the third and deciding game will be played at Alexandra Park tomorrow afternoon at 3:15, with the Red Raider Football Club in charge of the admission gates and sharing the tike with the softball group. There isn't much more that can be said but we strongly urge all softball fans and all sport fang in general to take in this all-Ontario championship series this after- noon and tomorrow morning. Oshawa Pedlars are a very strong softball team, perhaps the best Intermediate "A" team jn Ontario today and they're going out this aftermoon to try and prove that point. It should be a sizzling series and every game a real treat. We only hope the weatherman co-operates, * * +* A banner crowd of sport fans will take in the attraction tomorrow afternoon at Alexandra Park. "Red Raiders" are playing Oakville, the new entry in the group. The Oshawa Intermediate gridders simply have to win this game tomorrow afternoon to be sure of a playoff berth, in fact even that will not assure them of a playoff spot--but if they lose, they're "out" for sure. It seems Peterboro Panthers are tied with Oshawa Red Raiders for second place, in fact the Petes have about six more scoring points than Oshawa. Orillia Bombers, undefeated league- leaders, play in Peterboro tomorrow and the way it stands, Red Raiders have to beat Oakville by more than Peterboro defeats Orillia, to decide second place. Of course, they don't expect Panthers to even win the game over Orillia--but we think they will. It's a great mix-up but at any rate, a lot hinges on the rugby game here tomorrow afternoon and local grid fans will be on hand to see the Red Raiders do battle with Oakville. cei: -- * * +* Meanwhile, the Generals are getting ready for their big test tomorrow night. They take on Stratford Kroehlers here tormorow night at the Oshawa Arena and they're out to wipe out the sting of that 6-0 whitewash treatment, suffered Wednesday in Stratford. "Chick" Appel will be chortling for. anether week at least, unless the Generals can knock off Kroehlers here Saturday might. Coach Tommy Anderson whipped the boys through a rugged workout last night, for almost two solid hours. It seems that the boys had trouble with their sights on Wednesday night--did well to even hit the end of the Stratford rink--and got off on the wrong foot right at the start by clicking two hot shots off the goal-post, either of which could have "given Oshawa the first goal of the game and perhaps changed the entire picture. Coach Tommy .isn't doing any serious worrying about the loss. Like a lot of us, he thinks all the teams will get good lickings before Christmas and he sees no point in starting to worry so early in the season. By the way, we note "Baldy" Mackay popped a goal for Indianapolis Caps the other night. * * * SPORTS SHORTS--The game between Oshawa Red Raider Juniors and the winner of the Westdale-Notre Dame 'series will definitely be played on Monday night of next week, and the Iocal elub is getting all keyed up over the idea of some different competition , . . Both senior and junior OCVI grid teams are also tuning up for a coming "go" of © a Ete dy Id (33 JUNIOR O.H.A. SATURDAY NIGHT Stratford -- VS, -- Oshawa GENERALS Tickets Now On Sale at Mike's Place Tonight NIH: * CHILDREN'S NIGHT % OSHAWA By The Canadian Press Seven senior, football games face Canadian fans this week-end, But most- eyes will turn to Toronto's Varsity Stadium where Toronto Ar- gonauts will seek to prove there's still life in the once-mighty machine that rolled to three consecutive Dominfon championships, Argos meet Montreal Alouettes in a. crucial battle for Big Four play- off positions. Rough Riders On Top Ottawa Rough Riders, with a plafoff spot practically in their pockets, go to Hamilton to tangle with the trailing Wildcats. Out West, Calgary Stampeders-- riding a record of 11 consecutive victories in the Western Conference this year--meet the last-place Sas- katchewan Roughriders in Calgary. In the Senior Ontario Rugby Foot- ball Union, the playoff-hungry To- ronto Beaches Indians tackle Wind- sor Rockets at Windsor and Hamil- ton Tigers, witty first place cinchel, play the Imperials at Sarnia. In the Intercollegiate loop, . the winless University of Toronto Blues take on Vic Obeck's revamped Mc- Gill Redmen at Montreal and the perennial champions, University of V'estern Ontario - Mustangs, are hosts to Queen's University Gaels. Joe Krol Returns After a week of arduous drilling in the wake of the disastrous 41-6 beating they took from Oftawa last Saturday, Argos figure they ¢an beat Lou Hayman's Alouettes, Joe Krol will be in harness for Argos, still clinging tenaciously to second place one point ahead of Montreal, 'Wildcats have no chances of mak- ing the Big Four play-offs, but Playing«<Coach Frank Gap is one of the few, people who fhink they can beat Ottawa. He tdd the Can- adian Press: "Don't be surprised if we také this one. We're really on the ball now." ; Bombers Are Ahead Although it would take a land- slide to shove Calgary out of the Western Conference playoffs, Sas- katchewan needs a win to beat out Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the se- cond spot. Winnipeg now are a point ahead, but Roughriders a game in ALOUETTE-ARGO CONTEST WILL - DECIDE BIG FOUR PLAY-OFF SPOTS hand, ahead of Beaches "Indians, must win | against the undefeated Hamilton | Tigers to make sure of staying in | front of the Toronto Club. Undefeated Western Westérn, undefeated in 24 games, battle Queens's, fresh from their upset victory over Varsity last Sat- urday, Western lead the leop with Queen's and McGill tied for second place, The Blues will be out for their first victory when they take on the Redmen, LEAFS LOSE TO CANUCKS IN MONTREAL Fail To S Snap Season Long Forum 'Jinx' By The "Canadian Press As holders of the Stanley Cup, Toronto Maple Leafs are hockey champions of the world. . The world, it appears, include the Montreal Forum, Leafs won only one game -- on Christmas night -- there last year. They ran into the same problem Thursday night and fell 5-0 before Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League's only scheduled game. The two points shot the Habitants into first place, one point ahead of Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins, tied in second spot. © Second Defeat It was the second defeat in the Leafs two games this year. Bill Durnan blocked only 13 shots for his first shut-out of the season. Dick Irvin's second line ran away with the scoring honors. Each of them -- Norm Dussault, Billy Reay and Joe Carveth -- scored orice while Reay picked up two as- | sists and moved into second with | Elmer Lach in the scoring race. Lach and Reay each have five | points. Bruins' Ed Sandford leads f with six. | Dussault assisted on one of Reay's | goals. Lach and Glenn Harmon | each scored once. | | Leafs appeared to miss retired | centre Syl Apps. Their attack was | hazy and at times floundered- inside | | doesn't their own blue line. Bashin' Bills Major Bill Barilko and Murph Cham- | berlain each drew majors for their | third-period fight. For Chamberlain | --seven of them to Leafs. | track to win the 440 yard run; whipping in rookie George Robert- | Christmas. son's rebound. Dussault, Carveth | and Reay each scored in the second | period and Harmon broké away | KNIGHTS TRIUMPH alone in the third. Omaha Knights opened a Sevens Ted Kennedy and Max Bentley | goal scoring attack to win at For had hard luck as they tried to| Worth 7-1. The victory was 4d rally the flagging Leafs. They both | Knights' first this year. Keith Bur- middle period. { and getting credit for two assists. more or less importance. the St. Michael's College club of the same age groups in their annual | game. St. Mike's have won the past three years in a row. The first game was close, the seniors losing by an 18-15 count. The second and third were rather one-sided for the double blue. Scores of somewhere near 39-0 and 40-0 were the rule , . . This will be the first year that the junfor team will make 'the trip and play. That club is hoping to make an even better showing than the seniors , . . Even though the Gens lost that one up in Stratford, don't expect the locals to bow again here Saturday. It is amazing what a little home support can do . . . Jack Dunn, owner and manager of the Baltimore Orioles of the International League, died in Baltimore 22 years ago tnday following a heart attack. Dunn's club won the pennant seven times in succession, from 1919 to 1925--a record that still stands. * + SCISSORED SPORT--(By The Canadian Press)--Both Stratford Kroehlers of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior "A" League and Conn Smythe, managing director of Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League, have offered Fort Willlam Columbus Club approximately $2,000 for the release of left winger Danny Lewicki, it was learned Thursday at Port Arthur. "We're still negotiating," said Ed Romano, president of Columbus Club, in confirming a report that both the Stratford and Toronto clubs were bidding for the services of Lewicki, who was born in Fort William. Lewicki, for whom Smythe paid Providence Reds of the American Hockey League more than $10,000 now is at Stratford. Loaned by Columbus Club to Port Arthur Bruins last year, he played a leading role in the Port Arthur's club march to the Memorial Cup championship . . . George Latimer, 71, of Toronto died at the end of the third quarter 'during Wednesday night's Dominion senior lacrosse final at Maple Leaf Gardens where Hamilton Tigers won the fifth and deciding game against New Westminster Adanacs 12-8 for the Mann Cup . .. Henry.Rochon and Brendan Macken, Canada's top tennis stars, advanced to the third round of the men's doubles in the Pan-American tournament at Mexico City Thursday by gaining a hard- earned victory over Rafael Ortega and Albdrt Damel of Mexico. The Montrealers triumphed in four sets, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3, 10-8 ., , J Lach got his first-period goal by | his way to provincial and Dominion recognition for his racing. hit the goal posts with shots in the |gess was the big gun, scoring twice | They are to travel to Millen Stadium to meet | | BIG FALL RACES RAN IN ENGLAND OVER 50 YEARS f By MICHAEL HAEL O'MARA Newmarket, England -- (CP) -- For stay-at-home bettors trying to turn sixpences into £5 notes, there | are two enormous opportunities in the British turf year -- the "Spring and Autumn Doubles." All you have to do to get odds | ranging from 1000-1 up against | your money is to pick two winners. The Spring Double combines the Grand National Steeplechase and the Lincolnshire Handicap. The Autumn Doubles couples the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire Handicaps. But it's tough. G. H. Freer, offi- cial handicapper to the Jockey Club, who frames the weights fdr the big events, knows his horses and so cunningly shuffles the im- posts that there can be no degree of probability about the outcceme. Public Usually Wrong The puplic nearly always guesses wrong. nly four favorites have won in the last 21 Lincolnshires; two favorites have won the Cesare- witch in the same period and one has captured the Cambridgeshire. . The Cesarewitch and Cambridge- shire are run at Newmarket, in October. Both were started in 1839. Fields of about 40 contest these races; weights vary by 30 or 40 pounds. It's a gambling man's sport from flag to finish-post. miles two furlongs, commemorates last century's fleeting Anglo-Rus- ARENA RED RAIDERS SAT., SEPT. 23 Includes admission io Softball playoff game--if 3rd game necessary. OSHAWA 2:30 P.M. ADMISSION 50c Final The Cesarewitch, run over two Former O.C.V.I Star Nipped at the Wire it was the fourth penalty in the | Eric Kofmel (left) of Varsity, a former O.C.V.I. track star, was nipped at the wire in the Intercollegiate rugged game that had 13 sentences | Track ani Field Meet at Varsity Stadium the other day, when Jeff Taylor of McGill fell flat on the cinder It was the closest of several tight finishes and proves that Kofmel is well on He has only been at the game since last --Photo by Globe and Mall sian amity. It was founded on a gift of £300 from the Grand Duke | Cesarewitch, heir of. the reigning [oa The nine-furlong Cambridgeshire, run a fortnight later, was started | by English sportsmen. History of | the 'Cesarewitch is relatively void of unusual incidents -- but the | Cambridgeshire story is packed with them. ~ No Race in 1882 |. Strangest sight racegoers ever | saw in connection with it came one stormy afternoon in 1882 when rain | forced the race to be cllled off. A near riot followed. In 1920 the race was abandoned owing to a coal strike -- and one of Britain's most noted gamblers probably lost a fortune. He was Jimmy White, who backed the great jockey, Steve Donoghue, to win the Autumn Double. Steve duly won the Cesarewitch on Bracket at 8-1 and his mount, Square Meas- ure, was figured a lead pipe cinch for the second leg. But the coal-miners stayed out, the trains didn't run, the stewards called off the race and bookmakers all over Britain -- Jimmy had plunged with everything he had -- offered up hosannas. They con- sidered themselves lucky to have to pay him a mere 8-1. Biggest Autumn Double pay-off came in 1926 when Myra Grey won the Cesarewitch and Insight II the Cambridgeshire, both at 50-1. Weather Means a Lot One of the difficulties in picking the winner of the Lincolnshire -- run at Lincoln over a straight mile in the first week of the season -- is that March weather is unpredict- able in England. Since its inception in 1853, the race has been won by average ani- mals. Little has been heard since of Jockey Treble, 100-1 winner of the National the same week, to make a 10,000-1 double. U. 8. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Clemson, 13; South Carolina, 7. x RACE CLOCKER PASSES A familiar figure around Ontario race tracks for a great number of years, Jack McLeish dropped dead Yearly after the workout period at Long Branch Park. Noted as a clocker for the past '40 years, he was one-time exercise boy. for the Seagram and Hendrie racing estab- lishments. TCS DEFEAT PICKERING Port Hope Trinity College School defeated Pickering firsts, 6-1, in an inter-school soccer game. Leading 2-0 at the half, the Maroon and Black were never in trouble. Cooper bagged four goals for the most outstanding performance. Chitty scored the other 'two: TCS tallies. CONNECT FOR UTS Newmarket -- University of To- ronto Schools defeated Pickering College, 12-3, in an exhibition grid contest here. Alex Ponton, UTS quarterback, opened the scoring in 'the second quarter, when he plunged 12 yards for a major. HICKEY SCORES WINNER Houston Huskies Thursday night took sole possession of first place in the southern division of the United States Hockey League. The Huskies took a 443 victory from Dallas Texans fo break a three-way tie for the top spot. Les Hickey scored the winning goal. K.C. TIE FOR TOP Kansas' City went into a tie for first place in the Northern Division of the USHL, by winning from St. Paul, 6-3. Hank Blade, Kansas City, Butch Del Monte, 8t. Paul, and each | scored two goals. Player's Name ......... Address ..... Date of Birth . ... School Attended Now School Attended Last Position Played If so, what year? 1948-49 season. . (Parent's or Guardian's Lawrence, 545 Grierson Avenue. ALL FORMS MUST BE IN Oshawa Minor Hockey Association "CITY LEAGUE" Registration Form Year .... (goal, right def., centre, left wing, etc.) Have you played 'City League' in Oshawa before? ha | consent to my boy playing 'City League' hockey in, INSTRUCTIONS: All "Registration Forms" should be PRINTED" clearly in ink, EXCEPT "signature" of parent or guardian.. Forms may be left at Victor's Sports & Cycle, 34 King St. W.; Henderson's Book Store, 18 King St. E., or fo Secretary, Stan.' . Phone No. .... Age on Nov. 11,1948. . ,., vee Signature) ON OR BEFORE OCT. 26 "GLING-TOP" For Fall and Winter Wear You can take off your Penmans Coolies now and enjoy equal satisfaction from Penmans "CLING-TOP", this fall and winter. "CLING- TOP", an absolutely new sock by Penmans, are so designed that you can wear these socks with or without garter--with or without long underwear. You'll agree that "CLING-TOP" have many advantages over conventional- top socks. Ask for Penmans "CLING-TOP" by name. PROMINENT IN THE NEWS 35.548