were neem erm ea ' * ~ eee een THE STRATFORD MIRROR In The Realm of Sport Three defeats in a row at the hands of Dave Pinkney's Midgets should just about convince the Kitchener Kids that the Midgets are at least a fair hockey team. The Kitchener fans poohihooed the first victory of -the Midgets on Kitchener ice. They called it lucky, a break, and a big steal. They even protested it. Since the last two defeats we haven't heard much about the. protest. * * * However, the Kitchie Kids are bound to be in the play-offs, and they're never beaten as long as they are in there. The way the Terrier Pups are stepping along right now, they serve notice that they may be the team which will meet Stratford in the group finals. From the com- parison of the two teams on Galt's last visit here, it would be hard to be- lieve that the Pups are a better team, or even as good a team, but don't for- get that first game of the season here. % * * Although they lost out to Kitchener in the finals for the district honors in the ~Ontario Tankard competition, Stratford curlers were far from dis- graced. On the contrary they have won a heap of admiration by their performance under numerous handi- caps. First they eliminated Galt, last year's district winners, who have been playing on artificial ice for some months. In the finals, they suc- cumbed to Kitchener, another club with artificial ice, only after some of the finest curling seen in the Waterloo metropolis in many moons. This is the second time, out of many attempts; that the Kitchener club has been able to beat Stratford, and of course it had to come in this important contest. * * * Despite the fact that their outstand- ing players are barred because of the ban on O. H. A. players, Stratford Collegiate's senior Wossa team seems' to have plenty of scoring punch. In the first scheduled game against Mitchell High School on Monday, Whit Sprune's kids ran in nine counters, while holding the visitors to a single marker. While the locals cannot be rated as highly as they were last year when they copped the silverware, they appear nevertheless to have plenty of ability, as may be discovered by some highly touted teams before the season is over. * * bd Herbie Bruder's Indians will have Busy Season Ahead For Sandy Somerville NEW. YORK, Jan. 27 (CP).---A very busy season lies ahead of C. R. "San- dy'? Somerville, the all-round sports- man' of London, Ont. In New York to attend to some personal business Can- ada's leading athlete announced his desire to compete in the Canadian, British and United States amateur golf championships this spring and summer. | Sandy, the first Canadian ever to win the United States title, a feat he accomplished in a spectacular uDp- hill final round battle at Five Farms last fall, was loathe to discuss the game. He had no panaceas for golf, he was not advocating any cup changes, nor selecting any all-star teams. He did admit after close questioning he wanted to go over to England and play in the "amateur to see what it is like." He didn't think he would last more than a round or two "but it would be good fun anyhow" and even if=he were eliminated early in the ev- ent, he would 'appreciate the oppor- tunity of watching the 'good' play- rs. Asked if he had heard Johnny Good- man, the youth he defeated in the United States final last season Was "ounning" for him~this year, Sandy replied: "Nice -boy, Johnny. I was a bit lucky to beat him at Baltimore, espec- jally on that No. 11 hole where my Kea. 4 iron shot out from the rough, landed on the brow of the hill and happened to have overspin enough. on it to carry it up on the green, near the pin. Seldom get overspin from_ that kind of a lie and I'd three-putted that green almost every other time I play- ed the hole.'"' Sandy said he was finding time far a little practice at London where the weather had been mild so far. WATCH The Newspapers --The Windows For Further Broadcast Sale Announcements & CANADIAN DEPARTMENT STORES uneue Erie and Downie Streets, Stratford. LINDSTROM TELLS WHY HE PREFERS OUTFIELD CHICAGO, Jan. 27.--Its all right with Freddie Lindstrom if they keep him chasing baseballs in the outfield from now on. During a fanning bee in a loop gymnasium where Lindstrom is get- ting ready for 1933 and Pittsburgh, he was asked if he'd rather play third base as he once did for the Giants. or patrol the outfield. "Give me the outfield every tmie' Freddie replied with a wide grin. "It's better and cleaner work. You don't run down so soon. When you see a fellow walking along with stooped shoulders and a worried look, you can pick him out. He's an ex-third baseman who spent his baseball career chasing after bunts that weren't bunts. SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S RACING CAR ARRIVES NEW YORP, Jan. 27--The 2 boxed crates containing Sir Mak colm Campbell's racing car Blue- bird II., today were loaded aboard a freight train for Daytona Beach, Fla., where Sir Maleolm will at- tempt to shatter his 9wn speed re- cord fcr the mule early next month. Leo Villa the Briton's head me- chanic,'and his three aides, also left teday on 2 passenger Cxpress and will be on hand at Daytona Beach to unload the car and assemble it. Sir Malcolm, suffering from im- fluenza, is on the Aquitania en route to New York. He hopes to make his run some time around February 10, date of the full moon, and the best tide conditions. their backs to the wall when they meet the surprising Kitchener Em-} pires at the arena here tonight. As a! 93 result of dropping two close decisions | & to Brantford and Hamilton on their own ice, the Indians have to win in| Be order to stay in the running of a play-| off berth. Kitchener is transferring | a home game to Stratford, and the | Indians should be very suspicious, be- cause the Kitchener teams have a habit of shifting their games to other cities and then going out and winning them. If you don't believe it, ask the Hamilton Tigers of the Senior "A" group. x * * "The best game this year" is the way the fans are describing Wednesday night's game here with Hamilton Pats. The Indians came out on the short end by one goal again, but that was a vast improvement over the first time they entertained the Pats here. 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