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} OCAL 0.} od » £ : - i 5 » » ; Sh A Nr ee I : k , EIGE T Soni A Nek yA - A te Opposition to 4 N. \L. Changes J Montreal, Dec. 12-The Montreal | Gazette in its sporting i columns to- ia ition to some of the changed the National Hockey League growing steadily. It is un- * tood that representatives of some 4 of the clubs are prepared to bring up : subject of low scoril s of the N.H.L. meet here to- At the week-end it b in the ma- 3 | scoring 1d 1s defending % a sive area. : Whiner the question will actu- 4 ally be introduced or mot was not stated. definitely in word reaching m here, but the inferenee in the com- munications was plain enough: that there is an opposition to the new id code which is ready to start an ac- p tive campaign in favor of a return to 1 & more simple form of hockey. Whe- or place is problematical, "Duke Keats, Detroit player, sus- nded by President Calder of the | fo " KHL. for striking an usher in a re- ©] heads of the California League, who t operate." R t] ber of last year, and it is hoped to t] slear off the cent game at Chicago, will likely have his case settled definitely by the gov. | | ernors at their session today, The t fornia, in which C, C, Pyle, as rink fume and claimant of the players' i franchise, is in a deadlock with the ti hold the franchises and players, but ti have not a suitable rink in which to SOUTH PORCUPINE IS PREPARING FOR BIG HOCKEY SEASON Timmins, Dee, 12,--South Por- cupine is making preparations for the coming hockey season, and in- termediates and juniors are prac- teing for all they are worth, This , Is the second year of the new rink ¢ Which was completed in Septem- remaining $4,000 § which is still owing on the huild- Ing. The total cost was $14,000 so It can be seen that much headway was made last year, The rink is of » 800d size and there is sufficient y becommeodation for a large number ' of spectators. The President of the y jommittee is M, G. Clark, and his -- Ly TEAMS HOLD " ther today's meeting will be the time | meeting will also investigate the mud- | dled affairs of pro, hockey in Cali- | Fo pple Cie A Sougville Lindsay an a four team-circui in another column, atula to D. B. H nd others wi : the next pry sini of the prtenotal seh le Oh | : and Canada to this city, und tedly Hg Jor Bd December, and here's h that A id by unt ts in the International XN un rd events 0 * Toronto Mail EN Rnire : ; Uxbridge, deciding to drop ts ermediate team 4 Usbriiae ] \ schedule has been revised and Be found 1 Lack of sufficient material, the Uxbridgians are taking this action, It mig they are dropping out now for if they presente SPOR1 SNAPSHOTS at 2% of * cB dg age ¢ the Toronto wi Ae ubt, the reason t be just as well that a flim flop team, com- petition would be very poor and interest would dwindle instead of eing aroused, Today's meeting of the National Hockey League governors in Mon-~ real will see a determined attempt by some of the clubs to have a change made in the rules that are now in vogue and which are being criticized by clubs, players and tho general public 'wherever. hockey is thoroughly understood. In some quarters. it has been suggested that the amateur rules be adopted complete with no frills, but even. this is opposed by same of those who want to see plenty of scoring, In all sports the object of rule makers and those in charge of the sport is to reduce the defensive and increase the offensive. Baseball went through this phase and football, on both sides of the border, has had the same trouble. In the United States the torward pass was adopted to open up the game and in Canada there is a demand for the same step. Hockey, particularly in the pro leagues, is a sport where the de- fensive has a great edge over the offensive and a team that has the lead can generally hold it. the same as a margin of thr Nowadays a one-goal lead is practically | ee or four several years ago. week, of nine pro games played on one satisfactory ending to all concerned, S | Only last night six ended in ties, an un- The amateur rules rarely prevent two evenly matched teams from holding each other in. cheek, Several things are called teams, prospective or otherwise to the attention of city hockey league . First and most important is that teams wanting to get into the schedules should not fail to he represented at tanight's meeting, be left cutside, in to the secretary hy but ene game in that circuit. barred from City league gam for if they are not, there is a possibility they will ! Secondly teams are limited to certificates, which will he available within a day December 29. Also O.H.A. players are allowed 12 players and thirdly or 80, must be turned After playing two O.H.A, games, he is es, Hockey Records N. H, L. STANDING INTERNATIONAL SECTION Pts, Won Lost Tied 1 ¢ sssistants are Bylvester Kennedy snd Ronald Mgnstield, : MINOR LEAGUES TO FIGHT DRAFT RULE p..; New York, Dec. 12.--Amid the mumbling of minor league objee- lions to the draft rule, owners snd managers awaited only the ppening of the annual joint meet: 8 of the major circuits here esday to loose the usual flood baseball chattels into the trad- 'Bg mart, For the first time in 27 years B. B. Johnson, retired President of , the American League, will not take part in the deliberations, and the , Ipectre of trouble between the fiery " lounder of that circuit and Kene- Bw M. Landis, High Commission- ir of baseball, will not hang over he session. Landis will preside at the meet- bes through Tuesday and Wednes- lay, and this year will haye the tire support of E. S. Barnard, 3 od bead of the American, and ohn A. Heydler, National League President, - fellow-member of the Advisory Council pow functioning ~ B harmony for the first time. FIVE PLAYER DEAL Rochester, N.Y. Dee. 12--Mana- John Gaszel of the Rochester of the International League an- sounced here yesterday on his returns rom Dallas, Texas, and the meeting [4 onl Association of Pro. es aseball Clubs, that he tompleted a trade with rill go the same circuit, involving five play- . #rs and cash. Ganzel swapped out- Gilhooley and Murphy and Thormablen for outfielder , first baseman Monahan, pork of whom played with Jersay last) season, and cash. 2 2 2 0 3 4 2 UNITED STATES 5 2 3 4 6 ' 6 Baturdoy's Results =Ottawa .),,.0 Toronio Americans ,,2 Pittsburg ,,... Detroit Montreal ,,.,,. 2 Chiecazo Sunday's Results xBoston ,,.. Canadiens ,..2 CANADIENS BLANK RANGERS 2 TO 0 Madison Souare Garden, New York, Dec. 12.--The battle of group leaders of the National Hoc- key League here lest might ter- mipated in a 2-0 victory for Cana- diens of Montreal over the New York Rangers. The game, played before a capacity crowd of 17,500 people, was one of the fastest wit- messed here for some time. Rangers by their defeat relin- quished the leadership of the Am- erican group, being replaczd by the Boston Bruins, who won 2 brace of week-end games. Cana- diens advanced themselves to a two-game lead in the international group. BOXER'S FUNERAL HELD New York, Dec. 12.--The funeral of Albert Griffiths, known to the box. ing world as "Young Griffo," was held here yesterday with many fing notables among the mourners. A brief service was conducted by Rey. George Caleb Moor at the Madison Avenue Bgptist church, after which burial took place in Woodlawn Ceme- BOSTON PLAYERS MISS GAME, HELD UP BY IMMIGRATION LA Boston," Mass., Dee, 12 --Th new immigration regulations on members of the Boston Tigers. a professional hockey taam, to miss teking pert in a Canadian-Ameri- can Hockey Leasue game here Sat- urday nisht. A wild taxicab ride of 300 miles from Newport, Vt., to Boston landed them at the arena fusg 10 minutes after the New Haven Eagles had finished beat- Ing the Tigers, 4 to 8. Returning on Friday from a 'eague game at Quebec, Manager Eddie Powers of the Tigers and two of his players, Bddie Burke and "Whitey" Field, were taken trom their train by an immigra- tion officer because they could mot prove that they held guots visas required of Capcd'ans eptering this country, It was Saturday noon before mew papers could be coms pleted, and then besap a race by taxicab to reach Boston for the Saturday night game. The damaged highways of flood- stricken Northern Vermont proved 2 heavy handicap. On two peca- clops they left the rosd and once the taxi was overturned fn a po- tato field. In Northern Massa- chusetts the going was better, but time won the contest fn the end. The taxicab drew up at the arena at 10.20; the game ended at 10.10. HOUSE SITS JAN. 26 Ottawa, Dec. 9--Following a leng- thy Cabinet sitting this Hemoon he Prime Minister announced the date of the opening of the session of Padiament. It is to be on Jan: 26. ere are many things to suggest that the gathering will be The Budget will be the big thi of the session, every of action in respect to the tari taxation. igration and railway policies, the St. Lawrence question, and subjects arising out of the Dom- nion-Provincial Conference will, with a variety of more focal things, provide plenty of matesial for dsicus- som. the Canadian border caused three | . J re & CE o [7eams Show The subscriber's plan for the Oshawa Shamrocks, junior entry Jn the O.H.A, series, will t Ratz's Smoke Shop, 30 Sim- coe Street, om ; fans will 'be able to have their season seats marked. Selection of seats can be 'made and fans ave urge dto get thelr mames bs.) the list as soon 'as possi the junior games. The juniors pricés are sep for the season and are as follows. Group games, ad- |, mission, 36 cents; reserved ' 35 cents additional, tax ed charges, § cents, Play-offs (out of group) §0 cents, reserved seats 25 cents ad- ditional, making total chavged for '| reserved seats 76 cents, Subserih- ers cannot reserve more than four seats, The usual fee of $1 is charged for the privilege and ties kets must be paid for by 1 o'clock on the day of the. game. [Spore Briefs ~ YANKS BEAT PITTS, Pittsburg, Dec. 11.--The New York Americans Saturday night defeated the Pittsburg Pirates in a National League hockey game here 2 to 0. Playing their eighth game of the league season, the locals were unable to score their first league victory a- gainst the strong defense and' attack of Conacher, formerly of Pittsburg, and his American 'mates, In' their- eight games the Pittshurg icemen have been defeated six times and tied twice, They have scored only four goals, JUNIOR FINAL TONIGHT Toronto, Dec. 12--Tonight at Ar- ena Gardens those two outstanding junior teams, Newmarket and Toron- to Marlhoros, will fenew their hoe- key feud in an effort to decide the 8.P.A, championship, and indications oint to a capacity crowd. The thril- ing overtime struggle that the reams put on last Friday won them a host of admirers, and the demand for tick- ets will he heavy, but everybody wish'nt tn sce a real hockey game will lie accommodated, BOSTON WON GAME Chicago, Dee. 12.--Boston's Bruins handed th: Chicago Black Hawks their third shutout of the Naticnal Hockey league season last pight in # rough but spectacular 2 10 0 vic ra dusp reir Scored figst for the ats an the opening period, with Gainor shoving the final tally over just 30 seconds before the game end- ed. The referecs inflicted 13 penal. ties. Only 5000 persons saw the game, RETURNS TO RING Kingston, Dec, 12. Howard, captain of Queen's football seam this year, has returned fo the ring, and will likely i fuean's ERrEasAtine as heavyweight boxer e intercol- legipte asspult-at-arms. Howard is showing better form than ever, and Coach Jack Jarvis expressed confi- dence that the Ygridder" would make 3 ® showing in his class, Howard will Jikely meet Don Car- rick, present champion, in the college finals, PINNED UNDER CAR WOMAN 1 KILLED 'ednesday. where | Initial nd Intermed: h -- Hockey will get under-way local- iy. this week if the weather man assists at all. Shamrock Juniors' management has made arrange- ment with a Toronto team for an exhibition game at Bradley's Rink Friday or Monday night. It all de- rends on whether or not Jack Frost géts down to business, Hockey Club 1s making arrange- ments to play a series of games with the Peterboro of the Ontario Hockey Association's senior series. Just 'when these games will take has not been announced. It is planned to have two games, one here and one in Peterborp, Goals will count on the round, These games should create a lot of inter- est in hockey, as it will go a long way towards showing the strength of the local entry, Both the Shamrock Juniors and the Intermediates got down to hard work at Bradley's Rink Saturday afternoon, both teams enjoying an hour's workout each. The Imter- mediates had about ten men on the fee, while several were on the side- lines watching proceedings. Most notable in this last column were no other personages than Dock Smith, stalwart goalie of the Inter- emdiates for the past few seasons and "Kip" Rowden, also a regu- lar. Among those who were out were Chartrand, Garrison, Johns- tone, Hauch Avery Stevens, Atkin. son, Brennan, Joyce and Hender- son, They all went pretty good and are in fine shape, considering the backwardness of the season. Tom- my Johnson could not get awav from his hair-cutting duties and therefore was an absentee. He will, along with Rowden and Smith, be out at the next practice. DENY INSPECTER * ORVERED CHANGE Regulation 17 Abolition Not Affected in Windsor is Report AMAZING STORY School Official £a'd to Have Bic 2d Teaching .3 English Toronto, Dec. 1J.---Cuestioned 8s to the \eracity of tie report that the abolition of Regulation 17 has been put into oper:tion in Windsor, Premrier Ferguson sald that while be bad only seen the headlines in the paper, "it would appear from newspaper reports that the ipspector had efitirely misunderstood or exceeded his in- structions and I bave him." The man referred to is Inspec- tor Lapensee. of bilingual schoo! in the Windsor district. Eo wa reported to have instructed the the orders of St. Ursuline 2nd St. instruction,~was to be discontinu- ed Premier's cfiice, Windsor district declare that the 1. | abolition of English would be the last thing they would desire, and they are sure there must be some mistake in regard to the alleged "p0 English" order. Hon. Dr. Raymond. former Fed- eral member for Essex East, said such an order would be resented by the Freme hthemselves. He sald "what the French want is bi- linguslism. which makes them at Ky Kiet Constable, amounted to e he Cit Invest ting SAE witness fees. Then the Oshawa Intermediate | be The inspector is to report mt the French-Canadian leaders in the Up Well In orkout Here U.S. TO CHALLENGE FOR DAVIS CUP IN AMERICAN ZONE New York, Dec. 12.~~The United States will issue its 1928 challenge 's tennis supremacy, in n agitation by William Bill) Tilden, ranking Am- hi - player, for a Shab | European sone, foun: no ofticla ition in the busi- ness of the Executive Committee of the United States Lawn Tennis Association at its regular Decem- r : here yesterday, and the 15 members present voted un- animously to adept the Davis Cup Committee's recommendation to challenge in the American zone, ie n E Arsenal.....,.4 Newcastle United 1 Aston Villa, ., 2 ¢ 3 Burnley. ......0 on fie go Tn, 1 Bury. N Derby County.6 Leicester City.3 Liverpool 2 Birmingham .... Portsmouth, .,.0 The Wednesday Sheffield Utd. 2 Manchester Utd. Sunderland. .,.0 Cardiff City .... West Ham ou 4 Bolton Widerer dl +2 Notts County ..,, 1 Bristol City .... Leeds United..§5 Chelsea Manchester C.3 W. Bromwich Al Nottingham F.4 Clapton Orient ,. 3 Port Vale 3 Reading 0 2 Stoke Cit South Shields, 2 Blackpool Swansea Town2 Southampton .. Wolverhampton 0 Grimsby Town . SCOTTIS4 LEAGUE Fivet Division Airdrieonians..2 Hearts 0 Pat..c': Thistle Ham "ton Acads. Aberden ....000 2 R-it'y Rovers .., Dun'e m ne iddlesbrough . Hibernians.,.. Kilmarnock .,. Dly'+'on Clydehank Mo-ten Allon Rovers .. Arironth Ay: Upited ,... Le'th Athlete . A-mzdale Oueen of South Kina's Park ... Third Lapark .. Bathaate...... Dum! | Dun ris Fast Fife Fast Stirling. . 4 Forfar Ath... 4 St. Bernard ...2 Stenhousemuir 1 0 MANAGE STARS St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 12--Billy Scuthworth, St. Lou's Cardinal out- fielder, will manage the Syracuse club of the International League, it was announced Saturday might. He suc- ceeds Burt Shotton, recently appoint- ed manager of the Pillies. Syracuse is owned by the Cardinals, sent for teachers in the common schools of Joseph's that the use of the Eng- lish language as the language of 14, REVISED SCHEDULE PORT PERRY GROU: Owing to the fact thay Uxbridge has withdrawn from competition the intermediate series of Group 4, the schedule has been re- vised as follows: Dec. 28--Port Perry at Lindsay Jan. 3--Port Perry at Whitby 6--Whitby ay Stouffville 10--Stouffville at Port Perry 13--Whitby at Lindsay 17--Stouffville af Whitby 17--Lindsay at Port Perry 20--Lindsay at Stouffville 24--Lindsay at Whitby 27--Stouffville ay Lindsay 27--Whitby at Port Perry 81--Port Perry at Stouffville Referee---Rert 8mith of Whithy MOUNTAIN CLIMBING : WEARIES MONTREAL Montreal, Que, Dec. 11--The Montreal City Council has decided to build a tram-line, an incline rafl- way, to the top of Mount Rayal. one of Montreal's greatest natural parks. A sum of $387,000 will be appropriated for this purpose, GOVERNMENT OF FINLAND RESIGNS ON CUSTOMS ISSUE Helsingfors, Finland, Dec. 9--The Cabinet headed by Premier V. A Tanned resigned today owing to its defeat on the question of customs duties for 1928. CTICE AT RINK HERE SATURDAY Deltas Win Rugby Honors Hamilten, Dec. 12--1u tne scholastic final for the C football title, Delta Collegiate # umphed over the Kingston ©. team by 25 to & here on Sat afternoon before a crowd of 1,200 fans who braved the elementy to see the locals in action ay the services of "Huck" Welch, Can 2da's outstanding punter, whe is. the General Hospital. Delta ned into the lead early with touchdown. ' But the Yingston gridders much better than the score indicate, and had the back caught {aultlessly there mighs been a different story to tell, Delta secured 16 of their 25 eg ters on backfield fumbles. \ Kingston wing line was every big good as that of Delta, and at rum ning the ends the Limestone Cif] team had a decided advantage, as previously stated, they cau badly, and used mighty poor ment in not taking full advantsg of the wind in the second fourth quarters when they had strong gale behind them, Buck, Day and Elliott larze gains on extended end wii while the ° first-mentioned Lye 1 ran back more than one pumt where it had been kicked ViLsoN's Salicliley «the hand 3 k Fo periimap Made perfectly under JESN IN Uepeclelyacts @ 5610 - bara keen-edged blade, fortls hockey. pot by inner str, Co ockered cy. Blecirically woods ect] rivetted. Rigi CCM Extra $500 NS CO, Oshawa Ltd. Phone 248 . C; M. Sporting Goods Are Sold By DINGMAN & MA ON "KigSLW. Gos Service, Bicycles, Repairs, Etc. 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