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Porcupine Advance, 14 May 1936, 1, p. 7

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softtba‘l, Unvr‘ccantness in the Northâ€" ern Ontar‘s body, springing mainly from Sudbury and Kirkland Lake, has given a wrong impression of the sport. Too much hagaling over petty details anq a gencerally unsvortsmanlike atâ€" tit:de on the part of the clubs in some northern towns has done its damage. Evin in Timmins the girls have not been given the chance they deserve to play the game as it should be. Specâ€" tators at last year‘s gamss were altoâ€" gether unfair in their attituds. They expected the girls to stand up at the plate or on the pitcher‘s mound and take the kind of stuff rabidly partisan The Jsreakin: Northern Onta mean a bette the North., It that it will in need for a big Eo far as the ] cerned, the mak ahead just the but even here j bright. A spons former Empires the W.S.A. is a s is in much the weekâ€"urdegided heard from Sout that a few yâ€"ar: much <nthuz‘zsn town in the Nor been in the piccdu like Now that the men‘s softball crganiâ€" zation is straightened away and the yearly erthusiiasm will carry the league through to a succesful b:rginning at least, thoughts of the fans are turning a little more toward girls‘ softball. Th attempt to hold an annual meeting 6f the Northern Ontario Women‘s Boftball Association was unsuccessful, so the game is now actually without a governing body. The latest proposal to hold an annual at some cther point than North Bay and not affiliate with the Provincial Women‘s Softsall Union will not do all for th> game the old crganizatior did. getting a; be petiali The di Tuxis Gr:g which tea tled in ar Grads en standing ar both names fore the exe won out an entered. S3 hgzain. Entrl n 1 should be last viar Schedule Now Being Prepared by League President will Include Three Games a Week, with No Doubleâ€"Headers. Grads Entry is Accepted Unconditionally, Softball fans this scason will see tinghouse, Palace Theatre, Friedmans, only one weekâ€"end game, it was deâ€" ; Grads and MceIntyre. cided at a long executive held Plavers Getting in Shape on Monday night this week when| In the mean:ime, eams have not league activities for the ycear were furâ€"‘ betn losing any tims getting into shape. ther clarified. Plenty of the lads are smortingz sore Softball Executive Makes Final Decision on Entries THURSDAY. MAY 14TH, 1936 Tony Staggered by McLarnin‘s Firstâ€"Round Attack grimaced with agony as the blow ian M:oLarninâ€"Canzonert scrap in Madig literally out on his feet. McLarnin fa the courageous TItalian battler came hammer Vancouve‘s pride from pil decision. Jimmy‘s one terrife C s . We ocm c win: en n es mc oc se n heve: on m ish to the point handed out by aced with agony irnin~Canzoneri illy out on his fee Ttaliga From All Levels Aking up for a year of the Ontaric body may in the end )etter revival of softbail in . It is to be hoped at least ill impress upon most the . big change for the better. Weleome, Abitibi! ry of Abitibi into the Temisâ€" pros 4A ITLE team and so far ire entry. Schum same btsition a: Or e in helping giris‘ gss in the Northâ€" springing â€" mainly something like fans learn their ‘t expect dscent v adopt a decent of Tony Canzoner Jimmy McLarnin as the blow lande in octher ; do no I€ manner 1@r on will sc , it was de mesting hel week â€"â€" whe ire off ipp few people Te the leagu? | "“:;’ nning at‘! e turning | th9! thall. Tha | meeting | 4 8 Women‘s 127 Ne tS rk up more b may go r years, t seem for the ar only m cher b: >n | tsown | ads illy 1} id eccntrol Ontario as far as Sudbury last week when it was announced from Ottawa that the annual regaita of the Canadian Cans> Association would be held on the home waters of the Sudbury Canoe Clubâ€" Lake Ramsay. It is expected that 500 wisld of the blade from all over the country will congregate there when the ster United, it‘s said. This spring, afâ€" ter having told Sudbury that the finals would be played, the league intimated that it wolug se better to forget about the ‘35 championship and get on with the 36. The Nickel Belt league stuck by its guns and Toronto has given in. The first final is to be played in Toâ€" ronto on May 25th, with a return game in Sudbury the following we;k. The Northerners are to be complimented on their determination. Once again Toâ€" ronto has been told that it doées not ecntrol all sport in the provincs ~ of made by New Time Table to _ yo in Effect Sunday that it wo. the ‘35 ch. the. 36. ‘Tl by its gun Few Changes in Times or Trains in the New Scheâ€" dule Announced. the t10 We large on last year‘s Abitibi entr backeq by the five players who are ar riving this week from the South, th Abitibi teaim may surprise both Porkie and Macs this year. Frocod Wins Argument Sudbury from the week whe withncut they â€"met Falls te: tyre and d4dull. Th in, pilayings though they kn season bezan thre ed tC back LF LC ide AIMM gettin With : A M il Lt WOlUugd /38 35 champions 36. The Nick s guns and 1 At no W taae rivile is held . :I when post and w Canoeists Come North °r sporting honour cam> north is Sudbury last week when it ounced from Ottawa that the ‘egaitta of the Canadian Cans> crashed th ho lightwe d recently ime tajle I‘( 1€ N C Oof Cchalt e â€" champic sd last fall he dates, a 16 Sudbury 1, the leag > better to nship and 111 ePE Cp didn‘t playoff m2n s smoking left ight champion t round of the ind Tony was idvantage, and ine rounds to n thke T. N. O. Sunday, May 17th. ige°s and none of A] 10U 1A it wAD? ligations complimented on Once again Toâ€" that it dots not T nple‘e schedâ€" of Carlo Catâ€" ague, who will soon for conâ€" date, Friedâ€" on May 25th, on a vIictory ~Lzague last to â€" withdraw was granted e at the Naâ€" ship. Finals owing to the ondition that <ngagements atenders, Ulâ€" who â€"bulked tDBitibi entry who are arâ€" )€ Telcomed in h> Iroquois ‘eeéen MciInâ€" e decidedly â€"the Falls. last year hat‘s more s to other hedule, alâ€" after the ave 4 hop? Advance minary xXr Oof feeling e. They )thet M re 1 "Present at the meeting, besides Mrs. Larden and Miss Gigg, were Miss Tereâ€" sa Demarco, Miss Clara Ceresia and Jerry Palangio, of the Italian girls‘ team in North Bay, Dom Cangiano and The Nugget." | :"So the meeting was postponcd until | Saturday afternoon, June 6, starting at 12.30 c‘clock. Nominations for executive ‘pcsit.ions must be in the hands of the secretary by Saturday, May 23. l "Both Mrs. Larden and Miss Gigg, the only two officials present, were loathe to have the association disband, though at one time Saturday they saw no way of getting around it. But when Mrs. Larden suggested that clubs be |given ancoth®r month to make up their {'minds, the others at the confab readily I fell in lire. \ "Sum and suwoastance of the decison ‘decreed that the meeting be postponed until Saturday, June 6, and if at that time disinterest is still apparent as was manifesteq here Saturday, the N.O.W.â€" S.A. will throw up its hands and disâ€" .' band. Notices of this ‘last chance‘ msetâ€" ing were mailed to the various clubs in the North Saturday night. "With the president absent and no new officers to take over the reins beâ€" cause nominations had not been made for any of the executive positions, Satâ€" urday‘s soâ€"called meeting was a grand !flox). It was impossible to transact any business, and what is more not a single |cutside delegate put in an appearance. ‘ Life Member Speaks "The half a dozen North Bayites preâ€" 'sem were just on the verge of allowâ€" \ ing the association to pass cout of exisâ€" ‘tence whin Mrs. W. Larden, a past president and life member, who presidâ€" ‘ed in the absence of Mamie Borland, Timmins, suggested that clubs be given iancther month‘s time to show some concrete enthusiasm. She said that now that the softballers are taking to the Idiamcnd again they may become more interested in the destiny of the associaâ€" ltion in the next few weeks. "Miss Gladys Gigg, secretaryâ€"treasâ€", urer, who had previously anncvunced iher resignation, consented to carry on \for ancther month and do her utmost ‘to stir up a little enthusiasm among ‘the clu3s which were affiliated last |\ â€" While Timmins did ncot send a repâ€" reéesentative to the annual meeting of ‘the NO.W.S.A. at Nomth Bay last Satâ€" urday, and while Miss Maimie Borland lresigned as president of the associaâ€" tion and refused to consider acceptâ€" |ance of the place again, and while in ‘general the young ladies in town forâ€" |mcx'ly interested in softball have cerâ€" tainly lost all active interest in the ‘Northern Ontario Women‘s Softball |\ Association, still common curiosity | would imake some interest in the fate ‘of the annual meeting of the associaâ€" tion at North Bay. Because of this The Advance gives below the only report !ssen of the meeting last Saturday at \North Bay. It is from The North Bay Nugget and reads as follows:â€" i Clubs Given One Mcnth to Support N.O.W.S.A. l "The burial of the Northern Ontario | Women‘s Softball Association was postâ€" poned temporarily at least Saturday afâ€"~ !temoon when a handful of North Bay enthusiasts, attending an alleged anâ€" n‘ual meeting in the city hall here, deâ€" icided to give Northern clubs one more |chance to rally around its banners. considerable praise from Mrs. Larden. All in All last year Miss Gigg received and answered some 400 letters and sont out 44 telegrams,. She announced a deâ€" ficit of 71 cents, due mainly to the fact that gate receipts were extrems:ly poor last season. "Miss Gigg also read a written resigâ€" nation from Miss Borland who served as president in 1934 and 1935. "In giving notice of an am°endment which will be introduced at the June 6 gathering, Dom Cangiano, North Bay, said he felt the association should not renew its affiliation with the Provinâ€" cial Women‘s Softball Union and that the Northern champions into the Onâ€" tario playoffs should be abolished. Letters Galore "Thcugh it was impossible to deal with it officially, Miss Gigg read hor secretaryâ€"treasurer‘s report which drew Under the new time table trains leave Timmins as follows:~â€"No. 2, passeng*r, daily except Surday, at 7 a.m.; No. 4, |Sunday only, 8.30 am.; No. 106, Tuesâ€" | day, Thursday, Saturday, 9.35 am. No. 46, daily, 1.30 p.m. Trains arrive Rere as follows:â€"No. 1 [ passenger, daily, 10 pm.; No. 47. daily, 5 pm.; No. 105, Tuesday, Thursday, Paturdav, 9.05 a.m. advantage of the NO W.S.A whole. particular moment so far as this section is concerned. There are no trains added and none withdrawn. There are a few minor changes of time of trains, buit neither 46 nor 47 (the Toronto trains) is changed in time. Annual Meeting of _ N.O.W.S.A. Deferred Meeting Last Week A d â€" journed to June 6th, as the Last Chance for Norâ€" thern Clubs. "The reason mamericans aren‘t sucâ€" cessful abroad is because they particiâ€" pate in the Olympics under unfavourâ€" able conditions. They must submit to strenuous eliminaticn tests sven before they get over here. Then they must undergo long ocean voyages as well as overcome the handicap of competing in different climate. Is there any wonder why Americarsy haven‘t won all three Olymp‘c sprint series in Europe since 1912?2" CANADA MAY ESTABLISH FREE PORTS, TRADE AREAS Asked whom he considereq likely winners, Meéeredith replied: "That‘s difficult to say. Eulacs Peaâ€" cock had a hard time when he was over here last year beating the young Swiss sprinter Haenni, who is improving every day. Others who‘ll give the Amâ€" ericans trouble are the Dutchman, Os:ndarp, and Germany‘s Leichum." Mcredith receives 10,000 Czech crowns a monthâ€"the highest salary ever paid sprintsâ€"only once during that period. That was in 1932 when Eddic Tolan won the 109 and 200 titles and Bill Carr captured the 400 at Los Angeles. "That‘s worth thinking about." Meredith stood on the edge of the track in Slavia Stadium, punctuating his remarks with shots from a starting pistol as he sent Czech Olympic canâ€" didates through time trials. The forâ€" mer Mercersbhurg Academy flash has been coaching at Prague, Czechosloâ€" vakia, over a year. He still is the short stocky figurs he was years ago, alâ€" though his hair is graying. Leaves Post at Penn Meredith, who went into the 400â€" metre race as a substitute in 1912 and set an Olympic record in beating out the favourites, came over here at the request of the Czechoslovakian Athleâ€" tic Federation. He had been freshman coach at the University of Pennsylvanâ€" la, but left that post to come to Europe wh<n the federation selected him from: la, but left that post to come to Europe when the federation selected him from several candidates submitted by thse Amateur Athletic Union of America. "Frank Wyckoff was considered inâ€" vincible in 1928," he cortinued, ul6 Frank was in the 100 and 200 mt6ire events by Percy Williaams of Canâ€" ada. stars met similar fates when they came to Eurors. (By HANS THOMA®) Ted Meredith, one of America‘s foreâ€" most Olympic champions, doubts wheâ€" ther the United States will be able to retain its sprint titles in the Berlin games this summer. who, as a Mercersburg Academy schoolboy, scored one of the most startling Olymâ€" pic upsets in winning the 800â€"metres title in 1912, expressed that opinicn toâ€" day as he supervised a workout of the Czechcslovakian track and field team. ‘"We Americans had many good sprinters during the last 20 yeats," Meredith, coach of Czechoslovakia‘s Olympic hopefuls, said. But we swept all three titlesâ€"100, 200 and 400â€"metre The field is dry now and work on cleaning it up in preparation for the omrening game has been begun. Proâ€" ceeds will go to support of the St. John Ambulance Brigads who have been proâ€" viding a free first aid service to Timâ€" mins athletes for some time. The cpening game of the soccer seaâ€" in the Porcgupine will be played on Saturday evening at the local park when McIntyre‘s team will play the rest of the camp. Saccer Season to be Opened on Saturday Haenni, of Switzerland May Win Olympic Sprint Mcintyre Plays the "Rest of The Camp" Here on Saturâ€" day Evening. ANDY â€" BLAIR "Handy Andy" Blair, veteran Toâ€" ronto Maple Leaf hockey star, was scld to Chicago Black Hawks at the recent. NH L. gathsring for a reâ€" ported price of $7,500. Blair started s a ctntre, graduating to major league Fockey from University of Manitoba. Last year he starreq as a Toronto dofenceman. Chicago will probably put him back at contre. Sold To Chicago It would be absurd to attribute all th high characitsr of Englishmen to th game of cricket, but looking back ove the past years and realizing what th game of cricket instils in a boy, on ‘heln feeling that at least a par structicn, yet one ste: fields as well as the p( members ithat these 4: places in their day on t of England. ship, in diplomacy, in military in art, in litsrature and in indu contemplaticn, one isegins ito that while their success in thes> rearlms was due primarily to th tural ability ard to their acade play well. If a boy is to become even moderat:ly proficient, he should be inâ€" structed in all its rudiments.. That meéans competent coarching. At once, the question suggests itself : Why is it that cricketers in Canada have no such professional instruction, of which the game is sorely in need? It would ssem to be a very easy matter to engage English professicnals and bring them to Canada to tcach young Canadians the fine points of the game. There must be thousands of competent professionals in Ergland, whose services would be of insstimable value to Canaâ€" dian youth. Why do they nos come? Priefly, for two reasons: First,. they find full employment at home, and second, even if they were available, Canadian cricket is not financially able to induce them to come. The growth of cricket in Canada is worth while. Those who have had the good fortune to visit schools and colâ€" leges in England, have locked with adâ€" miration on the pictures hanging in the great halls. They have seen th:re the portraits of nctable men who spent their boyhood in these colleges, and afâ€" terwards won approbation and fame in service to their ccuntryâ€"in statesmanâ€" In this respect, one gams stands out in clear relief: "Casting a call at thres straight sticks and defending tlre same with a fourth"â€"the old and ghorious game of cricket. In Canada critcket has remained a purely amateur»sport. Cricket games are vlayed as games. Inâ€" deed, it would be almost trus to say that in this country we have: not even prcfessicnal instrzuction. This, of course, is not as it should be. Cricket is one Of the movw; difficult of all games to spors, but, above al by young boys, who as good sporismen manly gamss. We that some gamses ar as games. They are ness, We do not wel many of our bright mising Canadl.an bo ed im:o the ranks o at home and in c are we enthusiastic tion of boys from take the places of playing Canadian g purpose of this artic demnation of these what was one amat point cut the tender egret. Calls Cricket Old and Glorious Game thess da; sionalism wing ove Former Minister of Nationa Revenue Writes on hi Favourite Recreation. Anyone ess dav 1 Spruce St. N. NASH â€" LaFAYETTE Campefs / tBy Any Nashâ€"LaFayette dealer will show you how you can‘easily arrange a fullâ€"size double bed inside a Nash or LaFayette sedan in less than ten minutes. This just gives you a hint of all the extra room and of ail the extra value that you get in the Nash "400" and LaFayette! Wider seats than in cars costing over $3,000! More headâ€" room than in cars costing two and three times as much! The largest doubleâ€"acting hydraulic brakes in relation to car weight ever put on any car at any price! The world‘s Deluxe Nash 400 EF easily arranged inside Nash "400" or LaFayette Sedans! e A bâ€"Foot Double Bec Hon. R amate mdent( over the importa other countriss t Canadian boys i imes. It is not th le to speak in con developm®nts i her , ngé sShnoul( rudiments iching. po U 1W men 1 and exp ‘Al 11 il C )ecome eve be in 1€ 11 L0 â€"reallZ Variouy their na rdemic in 11 13 /CO ~Ssay not even of course, aet is one kC ind DP 11 00‘ Fourâ€"Door Sedan with trunk In As time passes and we see deveiopâ€" ments in various activities of life, we Bbegin to appriciate more deeply soms of the fundamentas that have been overlookeq in this age of hurry. No matter how fond one may be of all cther sport, cricket has a hold on men‘s minds. They may not be able to exâ€" press it, but it is there. I know this With Abitibi, McIntyre and Dome definitely entered in the northern group of the Temiskaming Baseball Leagu®, officials will get down to busiâ€" ness next wsek to draw up a schedule for the threeâ€"town loop. A‘sitibi promises to be a team of ascut the same calibre as the other two tsams entsred. George Charron of Ircquois Falls has been in tcuch during league on the panber town‘s t:tam. One . has already arriveqg in the Fall from Three Team Baseball Group to Operate in This District Abitibi, McIntyre and Dome to Play T. B. L. Northern Schedule. Hope Definitely Abandoned of Operating Timmins or Hollinger Team. vAErever | hroughou ©@) sowie‘s annuaL |€ | GREEN TAG . SALE e past few days with S. C. t] igue president, and has intimat‘ it he will have at least five new m the paper town‘s tsam. 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In thes gamos are hone four cthers are expected toâ€"day. All hope of havirg a Timmins eniry has now been abandoned. A frantic lastâ€"minute effort has been made by a Timmins business man to make arâ€" rangements to sponsor a team, but in the end it was decided that it is now too late to get the players necessary to make an entry strong enough toâ€"make a showing against McIntyre and Dome. In the southsrn group it is reported that the Noranda entry is definite and the league there will begin on Jun> 3rd with Wright Hargreayes, Toburn, Lake pass¢s that someone doe me about cricket. Men it have been interested for they walnt their boys to grow up and "play the game" throughout itheir lives. Other men have written letters, thinkâ€" ing me for having interested their boys in cricket. From many quarters throughâ€" out Canada have come expressions of approval. In these days when so many gamos are honeycombed with. profesâ€" sionalism, thousands of fathers in this country will welcome a revival of cricket so that their boys can particiâ€" pate. Men are outspoken in saying that they know of no tribute they would rather have paid to their sons than that. somesne competent to judge, should say: "Your son is a fine crickâ€" Shore and Noranda in th loop. uld bovs to Phone 1100 grouwp it is reported ntry is definite and 11 begin on Jun> srd eaves, T‘obutn, Laike a in the fourâ€"team es not. speak to in Toronto, who ‘r years in proâ€" n> to me asking Lerest their sons . Why? Bscause o grow up and

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