+ ti Kt i ) i} '| te EL in ge ER OT PNR SS a SAAS LE TFs "cal RR OEE AS THE STRATFORD MIRROR i ii | In The Realm of Sport Saturday night will not be "my night with baby' 'next week, that is,| not unless baby wants to don her red} flarinels and journey. down to Frank Peter's ice palace to see Dave Pink- ney's charges perform in the group play-offs. For that matter, there will be a great many who will follow the team to either Kitchener or, Galt: on Tuesday night.. The following.will un- doubtedly be larger if-the game hap- pens to be in Kitchener. While about 90 per cent.. of the Stratford fans probably feel that Galt would be an easier team to "take' than Kitchen- er, they also have a feeling deep down in their hearts htat if Kitchen- er comes through by eliminating Galt, the finals will be a better series from the spectator's. standpoint, It looks like a tough battle between Kitchener and Galt, but most of the local dough, if any, would likely be on the Kit- chies, Stratford boys are doing a lion's share of the work for University of Western Ontario Mustangs who are leading both their O.H.A. senior "B" group and the Intercollegiate inter- mediate parade. There are three Stratfordites on the team--Jim Ran- kin, Pete Pigeon, and Hank Clark. When Western trimmed McMaster 8-1 the other night, the goal summary showed that Pigeon scored three goals and had two assists. Jim Rankin scored one goal and had two assists to his credit. 2 The leather pushers will be busy over at the armouries tonight when boxers of the Perth Regiment Ama- teur Athletic Association entertain the sluggers of the Highland Light Infan- try from Galt. Make no mistake about it, there are some shifty boys in the card lined up to represent the local militia men, and unless' the Light Infantry can show some class, their men may be fighting from a horizontal position in some of the bouts. Here are the Stratford boys who will show their wares: Skelcy, Wickie, Thorne, Tilbury, Smith, Brod- hagen, Cotey, and Grainger. Vic Bagnato, the little patent leath- er haired kid who works in the shoe- shine parlor over at the Senate won recognition as a gamecock with plenty of ability in the squared circle by beating one of the prides of To- ronto on Monday night. Before a crowd that set a new attendance re- cord for amateur boxing in Canada, the local lad won a clear-cut decision over Kid Yack, the sensational Jew- ish kid who had run*up a string of 18 consecutive victories. Young Bagnato loves the game, keeps in good shape, and has plenty of courage. If he gets a break at all, you're liable to hear more about him in the future. The announcement that Roy Broth- ers is considering senior "A" hockey for Stratford next year was not receiv- ed with any loud cheering down in Hamilton. The 'Tiger Town sports writers were quick to lean on the old typewriters and pound out words to the effect that there were many ob- stacles in the path of a senior "A" franchise for Stratford. Why all the howl from Hamilton is not quite clear. Should the Tigers be included in a group with Stratford, they would have least réason to holler, as they are the' closest to Stratford of any team now playing senior "A" hockey. Can it be that Hamilton's mighty machine ws nervous of a newcomer piloted by the redoubtable Roy Brothers? east-west competition eee. BIG SUM LOPPED ~ OFF SALARY LISTS Baseball Moguls Consider Players' Wages Are Still Too High (By HERBERT W. BARKER) (Associated Press Sports Writer) NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (AP)--Sal- ary cuts for 1932 and the coming 1933. season represent an aggregate saving of $1,250,000 to harassed. ma- | jor league club owners and the end is not yet in sight, Even though they lopped about $400,000 off piayer saiaries last year and virtually double that amount for 1933, the magnates declare that baseball wages generally speaking, still are higher than in other lines of business. One club owner, attending the mid-winter meetings here, said he had slashed his salaries 25 per cent. in the last two years as compared with the 1931 level, but that the to- tal still was twice what it. was when his team won a pennant right after the war. Barring a decisive upturn in re- ceipts and attendance this year, club owners are virtually committed to further retrenchment next sea- son. : National League owners, gather- ing here in midwinter session yes- terday, discussed their most press- ing problems for nearly five hours, but actually decided definitely upon only two questions. _ First, they tightened the regula- tions against the granting of play- er bonuses by adopting a rule for- bidding any club to deal with its players contingent on where the club finishes in the pennant race: Second, they laid plans to start earlier in the season. The anti-bonus rule, heretofore, simply forbade clubs to grant ex- tra money for playing achievements such as healthy batting averages, number of home runs, or number of pitching victories. Revised schedule plans provide that National League clubs in the west shall invade the east on May 2, eight days earlier than usual, and that eastern clubs shall make their first western trip May 16, two rer earlier than the usual cus- om, MAROONS ANXIOUS TO TROUNCE BRUINS "Black Hawks Hope to Chase De- troit Jinx TORONTO, Feb. 9 (CP)--On a victory run that has carried them into second place in the Canadian division of the National Hockey League and threatens Detroit's 13- game point-making streak, Mon- treal Maroons bump into a serious obstacle tonight at Boston. The League's heaviest scoring team, unbeaten since Dave Kerr replaced Flat Walsh in goal and Reg Noble teamed up on defence with Lionel Conacher, plans to mark up its seventh win in eight starts at the expense of the Bruins. Maroons were held to one tie dur- ing their run. A win tonight would place them just four points behind the group-leading Toronto Leafs. Chicago Black Hawks, home again after a long road trip, hope to do something about the pesky Detroit Red Wings. In four games this season with the wings, Chi- cago has failed to get a point and been shut out twice by John Ross Roach. At New York the Rangers face Ottawa Senators. ' } a" "4 CANADIAN DEPARTMENT STORES saws Erie and Downie Streets, Stratford. Every sit is new ! men and young men. lot. Broadcast Sale of Men's 2 Pant Suits Men ! +Here is an opportunity of which you will want to take advantage on Saturday? And the styles are for Sizes 35 to 46 in the Suit with 2 pairs of trousers.. ............ --C. D. S.. Main Floor @ CANADIAN DEPARTMENT STORES snone 190 ule by finishing with thirteen wins to theri credit. It is rumored that Leo Dandurand has no copyright on those little talks that are handed out to a team before or after a game. Dave Pinkney has his own particular brand of pep talk which he delivers before a game. He unleashed one between the sec- ond and third periods in Galt the oth- er night, and the team went out and scored four goals. Get one all ready for the group fin- als, Dave. : It used to be that when a man bought a cake of soap, the grocer just figured he was going to plug. a hole in the radiator of the flivver. Now he's likely to suspect the purchaser as a safe blower. A teacher in Northern Ontario has been having the children punished by washing their faces in snow. Up until this week, they'd have had to go un- punished in Stratford. "Sense and Nonsense" The Midgets had to climax their run| A Port Hope man is suing an editor of hard luck during the group sched-; for libel. / It takes an optimistic- man to sue an editor these days. The idea of a license fee for bicycles has not been dropped yet. As the Kitchener Record remarked when the same proposition was brought forward there "it looks like the end of free wheeling." The mortgagees of "the terrace" on Douglas street claim that the pave- ment is encroaching on their property. If that's found to be so, why not offer to give them their share of the pave- mént provided they accept it within a given period? M. W. Lavery Chairman of Listowel School Board LISTOWEL, Feb. 9.--At the inau- gural meeting of the Listowel Board of Education last night four, new members took office: M. W. Lavery was unanimously elected chairman for 1933, and A. M. Smith was re-appointed secretary-treasur- er. The standing committees were named as follows: Finance, Dr. Wes G. Spence, E. S. Hudson, G. Ad- ams. Property, G. Fisher, N. Bus- ehart, A. W. Zurbrigg. Purchasing, D. L.: Chapman, V.:C. Bamford, J. Donaldson. For Master Baker's Products Phone 349 You may never know how good a he althy vitamin-packed bread can taste until you watch your youngsters devour the nut-like goodness sealed in The Very Best Bread Loaf. N. 35; Bread Co. "Just Over The River" Phone 2345