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wPJi W Calvert SPORTS COLUMN would Canadian football today if the forward pass hadnt been adopted in the face of very considerable opposition from diehards in We guess it would still be a minor game with few if any imported stars small crowds moderate enthusiasm Certainly nothing like the gigantic structure which football has become touay Origin of the exploitation of the forward pass as an of fensive measure carefully designed is a matter of conten tion not that this matters greatly to Canadians who by the hundreds of thousands get their thrills from football today It has been the custom to give to the late and all the credit lot developing the forward pass into the spectacular play which Canada later borrowed And 1912 was tabbed as the date But that isnt the way we hear the story Into the Legend of the Forward Pass comes another and less familiar name that of Edward B former coach of the St Louis Universitys football team of He is regarded by old timers as the No pioneer in the field of forward passing a of Wisconsin University and a mem ber of of its greatest teams around the turn of the century joined the St Louis University staff as bead coach in and the next year when the forward pass went into legal effect exploited the possibilities of the new offensive the fullest had brought two famous players with him from the Wisconsin squad Bradbury Robinson and Jack Schneider whose feats in passing and receiving are In the summer of toolc his squad to Lake where they put in their entire summer studying the new rules Before the season opened Robinson could throw the pro jectile pass as it was called unbelievable distances and Schneider racing for the goal line received the blimp as the early type of football was termed They also had a short pass over the line and other variations fa their early games they completely befuddled the by first hammering the line or running the ends to pull in the defense and then bewildering the foe with a shower of forward passes By the end of the season they had mopped up all opposition scoring victories In the of their successes they fired what fa regarded as one longest forward passes of all time a flip that travelled the length of the field f LIMITED ONTAJtIO -7- mil- Discover for yourteff why more people buy blue any other bard coal For the worlds fiiitft plus the towns best MUM J EVANS Timothy St Phone i v j 4-4- A M WA x sLWiWR s NEWSfor Swettcri that wont shrink But tint have kittensoft touch will bold their shape better and bring to swearer bring new modernliving feature dresses skirt that stay In through nun weiring quick A WviVfiJi W7r7c fibre w S I Spitfires Tied In Opener unit will be snapping in goals wholesale Bill Johnston another returnee set up the plays for Bill Armstrong and Bill Smith Arm strong it will be recalled played here with Navy against the local army team Bill Smith is an Aurora Bears graduate Red Gilbert a newcomer guar ded the Spits rigging did a starry job and pulled off some sensational saves especially in the wide open final period Coach showed five defense- men headed by holdovers Ross Ken and Grant Winters and newcomers John and Vic hails from Bradford and was with Aurora Indians in their Trolley League cham pionship drive threfe years ago Will Try to Form Aurora Minor Teams There must be any number of people who want to see Aurora keep in the North York minor hockey league swim with a couple of teams If there are Bill Mun- dell a tireless worker for minor hockey in Aurora wants to see them all tomorrow night at chimes at the Aurora arena Bill has high hopes of getting bantam and midget teams organ ized So prospective sponsors cushion a brick coaches managers and fathers of bungalow built forward irnme- j all the boys who want to play caught the fans fancy as hockey are extended an extra he toiled between Thorns special invitation to attend and Joe Szabo The latter al- If we can land a couple of ways a prime favorite at Varsity sponsors and can drum up enough proved a tireless disc toter with interest in minor hockey you can a flair for stickhandling magic count on Aurora for a couple of The Spits startoff combo Spi- North York teams If there isnt Gibson with flankers Don enough interest well just have Smith and Keith Collings didnt to stay out of the minor hockey need introductions played dandy picture this winter says Bill and given a week or two as a MundelL Call it intermediate call it sen ior call it what you like but under any heading that was fair hockey our Spits and Oakvilie dished up Thursday It was fine too for the Spits to start the sea son off with a tie with a strong wellfortified intermediate A crew The teams started business like they intended to put the score keeper on time and a half over time work They netted six goals in the first six minutes three and thats how round one ended They settled down to a steadierchecking game and the clock was heading into the final half of the second period they started the scoring wheels going again The second period ended The teams added a pair each in the final minutes Don Smith making like the Rocket No sank the equalizer with 50 sec onds remaining Keith and Don Smith sniped two each Bill Armstrong Joe Szabo and Thorns one each to ring up the Spits goals Graham No and Toy Richard No were Oakvilles hustlebustle boys with two goals each So much for the scoring How did the Spits look Fine Coach Larry dropped three speedy attacking trios onto the Bears lose To Weston In Big Nine Opener Aurora Bears suffered from a had case of startoff jitters and that was the main reason they absorbed a sethack at West- en Friday in the Big Nine OH A junior group season opener Before the Bears got their skat ing legs solidly planted Weston Dukes the defending jun- crownwearers put lour goals past The score isnt a true Indica tion of the play After we clear ed out the first period jitters the Bears were skating ami for stride with the highly touted Dukes re ports Andy Gloss Aurora trailed at the end of the first period Gil Ken Irani and Bob provided the goals to give the Dukes a gaudy start Andy split the Weston defense after six minutes of second period action to put Aurora on the score sheet West ons Ken collected his second goal late in the second period and Bob netted it third period score to complete the Dukes scoring Andy along with Grant Morton were the Bears outstand ing performers Morton turned in a strong defensive game and I a lot of zip into his rushing duties Dixons 22 Metal Workers Combines IS Newmarket Dairy 17 Rockets 14 Clover Kickers and Scoring leaders in the Thursday ladies league were Betty CIS Marie Olive GOO Helen Tom- Myrtle Dunn Hazel Ella Iiurna Frank shot a 230 to top the Davis Leath er howlers Other top notchers were Ned Ken Scott Bus Jordan Geo 000 roundup Burling 5 Thorns Cullen Scott League standing Thorns Scott Burling Three high scorers in the Office Specially office gals league were Vantten- 5G0 175 Florence 511 and Dorthy Dow League stand ing Bun STRIKES AND SPARES Two over par bowlers in the Office Specialty league this week were Lou and Bruce Andrews league standing Scott Top Town Industrial league marksmen were Barney Lyle Bond Tug- well John Doug Mount 074 Doug Beckett 072 Roy Kef for Bill Hind Sid Simmons 001 stand ing Hi Construc tion Electric legion Off too Specially Three shutouts recorded in the Monday night ladies league shut out Janjaps 4 Clip 4 Peasants Foments League standing reads Foments Clippers Peasants Top individual howl ers were Dean Muirhead Hester Clark Edna Jeanne Dean Ann Osborne Phil Claire Pollock Norn Alice Gibson 500 During 1952 hourly earnings in Canadian manufacturing rose by percent over 30 At Referees Forum Over 30 minor hockey coaches managers and OMHA referees attended the referees forum held in the Pickering College on Friday Nov Following registration that cov ered teams from Oshawa Bramp ton Cannington and North York minor hockey teams Jim Austin Stouffville explained the purpose of the forum and ex plained the duties team coach es Mr Jack Christie secretary defined the duties of a manager and outlined the plans for providing good clean sport for the youth of the province Mr Christie stated that rough play would not be tolerated in the OMHA and the offending player or players and coaches would be suspended Mr Christie also explained the way the players certificates should be signed and filled out and the birth certificates presented to the OMHA Pat Patterson was next introduced and conducted a referees forum going over the Various rules and their interpretation dwelling especial ly on the new rules of this sea son The evening closed with a question period on the rules- Present from Newmarket were Peter Gorman Mickey Smith Harvey Gibney Geo C Don Menard and Bruce McMillan Bill dell and Scotty repre sented Aurora minor Juveniles Entry Strong Twenty players are seeking berths with Newmarket Office Specialty juveniles Prospects of icing a strong team look bright report coach Ken Broughton and manager Eddie Pitt The trainee list includes two netminders five rearguards and front line skaters Goal keepers on trial are Paul by Dave in search of starting spots are Bob Broadbent Laurie Van Dave Pitt Stew Wilson and Walt Front line berth seekers are Creed Bales Glen Keffer Geo Davis Don Bob Wilson Paul Norm Smart Charlie McGuire Earl Lothian Jon and Warren Dave Waite Stew Wilson Walt and Jon Aurora boys The rest of the trainee list includes hold overs from last years team or midget graduates Office Specilly is again spon soring the team The team will enter the North York Juvenile hockey league and will be grouped with Noble- ton and and will carry the Newmarket banner into the Last season the team under the Office Specialty sponsorship won the North York League championship The league season is expected to start in two weeks Club of ficials are hoping to secure an exhibition game with Orange- ville for next Tuesday here ST MIKES AT AURORA Aurora Bears have date to spar with St Michaels Buzzers in an junior B Big Nine league contest the Aurora arena next Monday Game time is pm It will be the Bears second home appearance The Buzzers always ice a strong machine and this season appears to hove another contending team Big Nine group have them along with Weston Dukes and Brampton Regents tabbed as the strong teams in the circuit Bears Impressive In Opener m f r ifc a lt A I It ii ivs I- f t- Door rtyr JEFF SMITH PLUMBING A HEATING Only customers attended the Aurora Boars home opener Monday In the Big Nine junior circuit That was the feature about he Bears first home outing The Bears steamed out of their dressing renin to lambaste Flashers in an impress ive home start The Bears popp ed home three first and foui second period goals to make their convincing victory stick Their ability to got their goals in dusters was the main cog in hanging the Flashers on the hook The Bears got In their first lick at AH rerouted Bob blueline shot into the Flashers cage The Bears got two quickies at 1747 rind to conclude their first tally work White was the end man on the first with Nobby Ash and Don Lewis setting up the prelimin ary piny Ron Bears rearguard went in alone to score the effort Grant Morton took time out from his strong defensive play to drift a labelled shot from the to Mart the Beam going again in the second per iod They got back into the fast production line scoring schedule to rap In three goals In under two minutes to complete the hexing of the Flashers Bob was the fireman on the first Joe and Bob the two pats setup Andy Clou a per former on the Bean blueline stripe was the pass supplier on the Bears final two laying over a pass to Ron and Don in turn There were penalties handed out Norm working the club from the tench in the absence of Charlie Rowntrce handled the changes superbly The Bears bad It over the visit ing firemen like a tent out- shooting them Doug Lee protected his shutout with two great last period saves Defen sively the Bears were tops Andy Boh Grant Morton and Hon breaking the Flashers rushes the blueline The reunited Joe Bob Bob unit worked their passing play handsomely Nobby Ash the Pine Orchard contribution was a going con cern on the line with Goril White and Don Lewis Roy Mnn- Eddie Walker Alf Bears third attack unit impress ed everyone and are bound to be steady goal getters Dr Bounding club president Warden Cook and Toronto Maple Leaf Jim Morrison were in charge of the opening game ceremonies New Pollock Trophy Presented to Members of the Queensville ladies Softball club their par ents team executive and those closely associated with the team during the past summer gather ed at the home of Mr and Mrs J on Tuesday Nov 3 for a banquet to close the soft- ball season The banquet was held to honor the Queensville ladies team Lake junior ladies league champions and to present them with the leagues championship trophy The evening started with a turkey supper after which the girls enjoyed games Stan Sutton league presi dent introduced Reeve Roy Pollock who then presented the championship trophy to team coach Ida and Alma King team manager Ida on behalf of her team mates thanked Mr Pollock for the newly donated trophy Mr and Mrs Art Alexander for the gift of turkeys and Mr Beckett for his help with the team in the leagues final series A buffet lunch was served prior to the guests departure EARN WEEKLY Menwomen We have a sensa tional plan whereby you can make weekly and more in spare time by selling our com plete line of dry goods and yard goods No experience needed Samples furnished Free parti culars REX TRADING CO DepL Park Ave Montreal Que INVESTORS AMttfaMi iMitam to faro a DRIVEIN THEATRE to MM am write In Mtf mm iA mm Draperies Venetian blinds Slip covers Bedspreads Custom made i Free estimates Free A FIRST QUALITY 15 FIRST QUALITY GAUGE DENIER PR REG FOR I nd Im SAVING for them at THE BANKTO How you Why your Bank of Toronto Manager Savings 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