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Oshawa Daily Times, 24 Oct 1930, p. 8

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0 - THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1930 CM. _"BLUETL "Blue De They Clash "Blue Devils" Face Sif Opposition in Game To- Tomorrow silernoan velock, in the city of Gait, less han one hundred miles trom Osh- swe, the General Motors ' Blue pevils" will clash with Geit's In- termediate O.R.F.U, entry in their frst scheduled meeting of the sea~ on, Galt hes been staging an impres- Hive march of victory since the lea- sue schedule got under way wud for 5 team which is celebrating its frst in this grouping, they have 4 or, a very suspicious beginning, When Galt took Niagara Falls in- to gamp in their own back yard, shout two weeks ago, the attention of the rugby fans who are interest- in this group, was drawn to the alt team, They had "whitewash- sd" the Cataracts" right in thelr own back yard, However, thal wis only mild, for Jest Saturday just as the Blue Devils were beginning to appreciate their victory over Bt. Catharines, they received the infor- mation that Galt had defeated Nia- gars Falls at home by a score of 60 10 0, To say the least, the news was disconcerting, Galt is Powerful (4 The Galt team presents a renl threat and the Blue Devils will: cer- tainly have their hands full tomor: row afternoon When they clash with their group rivals, on the mag- aificent playing field, at Diekeon's Park, in Galt, One needs only to look at the impressive figures com~ piled by the Galt Gridders to realize that they are more than a serious threat to apy team which has hopes 'of winning the group championship and entering in the Optario Play- offs and that's just what the Blue Devils have hopes of doing, Galt ean win the Croup Title, without even as playoff, by winning all of thelr remaining four games and it is a safe wager that that is just what they are out te do, .. The fact that they have not yet had » single point scored against them shows that they are a well. halanced team and that the balance is of » high standard, They have % sturdy line, which is wonderfully pfiectye, hoth offensively and defen sively, Their outsides, flying wing, and halyss are all very fast and are A team of deadly tacklers, have a great kigker, In all, they are a real rugby team ind it Is fMimoured that those followers of [Abe other Intermediate group, in Western Ontario, Who hava seen fialt in setion, pick them to repre- sent Group No, 2 in the playoffs, Blue fis Out to Win On the other hand, these same Dshawa Blue Devils form a preity nies intermediate rugby team, They are no better than the law allows, in fact, they are not quite as good, hut they are coming fast and under the capable guidance of Coach "Lis" Walker, they are rapidly de- veloping Into a snappy outfit, T.oeal sport fans seem to think that the Blue Devils did not show up against St, Kitts, as wall as they should, This St, Kitis, team js a bard-Aghting bunch of good rughy ers and it Is well to remember t, they also defeated Niagara Falls by a lange margin, Also bear in mind the fact that St, Kitts, and Galt have to meet and these same boys from "The Garden City" are. liable to put Galt away in r two games, . Devils have heen hard at It this week and they are a greats Iy improved team from the squad which battled St, Kitts, last Satur- day. "Lis" has driven the boys hard and he hans got results, They fully realize that the game tomor- row Medha everything to them and ¢ they will do a! in their power tn annex a viotory, Whether they will oF not remains to he seen, Weaken Team Devils will be weakens uries and they will not fr strongest line-up to- but they are none t orrow aftern leas det: 'anless fa out of the hospital now ho he is using crutches for loco- a yo ia Lg hy i hid ,. DINE AT THE WALDORF CAFE . 40c a E 4 ined for that, Bill|8 1s" Go Up Against Strong Aggregationi When | With Galt Sat. wotion, He # chipped bons in Ay A chat we will be ont of the three weeks, . bas heen out to ange be we be used for a little 18 tomorrow, Just who will take the of Wanless is not Jot known but it will 1ikely be either Gummow or , The remainder of the team is fit and "raring to 5 and no matter how good this Gait outfit is, they will know they have had by this time tomorrow, great struggle and the team which wins will have to play smart rugby, We hope that the Blue Devils can @ through with a v y Its n in an effort to get the decision, The trip is not & long one, just about three hours' run, and we ex- pect, and hope, Lg see a Jorge num- ber of Oshawa supporters At the game In Galt tomorrow, The more the merrier and the boys would sure appreciate having a large fol- lowing, at Townsend Loses Bout To King Tut | Detroit, Oct, 24-~King Tut, bard {hitting welterweight from Milwau- kee, won on a technieal knockout [from Billy Townsend, Vancouver, in the sixth of a scheduled ten-found bout here last night, Tut weighed 14254, Townsend 141%, Townsend put up a game hout but was on the losing end through. out the six rounds, His gameness is attested to by the fact that he was on the canvas In every round excepting the fourth, which he won hy virtue of a brisk rally which had the curly-haired fighter in a bad WAY, Although Tut was the master all the way he was hy no means in a safe position for Townsend's oe- easional rallies eonsisted of sting. Ing lefts and rights to the head, which repeatedly shook him up and foread him to hack away, Tut started out with a hang, sending a left to Billy's head 10 seconds after the hell opened the rat round, and Townsend went down fiat on his hack and took an eight count, Tut lost. no time In following up his advantage and soon had Billy with his hack to the ropes, hut the Iatter survived this attark. Just he. fore the hell Tut shonk Townsend ith another of his hard lefts to the In the second Townsend took a Sx count as. a result of a right punch on the chin, He rallied slightly, however, and fust hefore the hell he staggered Tut with a left and right, After toking » nine count In the third, Townsend started to rally with a stinging right to Tut's head In the latter's eorner. He followed up with the lefts and rights in a desperate attempt to recover lost points, The fourth was Townsend's hest round. Tn this stanza he eontinued hin rally and won the round with A horrage of lefts and vights which had Tut groggy several times, Mly tonk apother nine count on one knee in the Aifth and was down twios more in the sixth hefore Tut's highly effactive Joft caught him on the jaw again, It was this blow that ended the bout, for, after tak- Ing » count of seven, Townsend's seconds tossed In the towel, Pr --_ President Calder Calls Meeting of Referees to Discuss N. H, L. Rules Montreal, Oct, 34,~~A meeting of managers, coaches, referees and other officials connected with the National Hookey gue will be held here this week-end to. discuss nd rbach an understanding on the N.H.L, rujes, it wan announced by President Frank Calder here last night, Arguments over the rules, and pecially thelr {uterpretation, will be almost nullitied, according to Mr, Calder, if the plan is suos cessfully oarried out. The confer. enge in not to change any of the riles, it was Dolntad out, as the body which will meet has no pow: er to do this, hut to make clear to all concerned the meaning of the old rules and explain the meaning of the old and explain the changes made at last week's meeting of the governor in Toronto, All the referees as far an iy known and the mentors of the clubs with the exception of Tobin, of the lack Hawkes, will be on hand for the pro esting, Tobin 1a in Toweh n,, with his squad, and Ln km eS on the training period, \ Naroots and Canad two HLL, trants, ince of foe - the fa ted for br Ae 've KE bo lr et Bo before the first in amps (es i ' ILS" TRAVEL TO GALT TOMORROW FOR BIG GAME "DON" SWARTZ that they will give their best | Above we have "Don, Vice-Pre- sident of the Geperal Motors Rugby Football Club, the Blue Devils, "Don" has heen one of the Vices Presidents of the Blue Devils ever sinee thelr inception In 1928 and it is doubtful if there is a harder working man on the executive, An ardent supporter of the team snd a tiveloss worker, he is one of the most popular members of the Club, He Is known to all the boys and liked hy every ofe of them, "Don." has other sporting connections, chief among them being, the Osh awa Golf Club, He seldom misses a game and it has to be something very important before "Don's" ab" sence will be noted, r----y -- wm pore rr -- Agree To Do Away With Mechanical Yacht London, Eng, Oct, 24 (AP) British and United States yacht ries ing authorities have agreed to do AWAY with the "mechanical" yueht, which game into fame in the recent races for the America's cup, in fu ture international contests After a series of conferences in which Norman Clark Neill and B, Heckstall-Bmith, British : represen- tatives, mot first with New York Yacht Club representatives and then with the council of the British Yacht Racing Association, the council Wednesday voted to adopt with modifications the New York Yacht Club's rule eating racing yachts of above 14% meters In length, The modifiention provides that class J yachts which includes all America's. cup contenders, must carry a8 mast weighing at least 5,000 pounds bare, that sanding rigging shall not be wet up nor worked below the upper deck and that the yachts shall be fAtted with "reasonable" living accomodations, Al. Baffert Beats Myers Last 2 Falls Toronto, Oct, 34--A1 Baffert, the "fying Frenchman' of the wrest. ling game, took the return match trom the hard battling Chicago den. tist, Dr, Freddia Meyers, by winning the frst and third falls of a best two out of three hout at the Colise~ um. here last night, The third fall gave the fans thelr first view of the new rules, which gives un apponent who has heen thrown from the ring ten seconds fn which to re- sume hostilities, Tt also was the subject of quite a little after con. troversy, because & moment hefore Meyers pald a visit to the tanbark, the Frenchman was out there him- self, and the referee made no effort to start the count, Apart from this jarring note, the bout was p®due. tive of a lot of excellent wresthing hetween two men who know their business from stare to finish, al- though it lacked some of the thrills and excitement of the meeting be- tween the pair two weeks ago, This wan accountable te the fact that both men were inclined to wait for openings before swinging into the bounding rushing style that has heen features of all former matehes in which either appeared, Myers opened the cession in his characteristic style hy slapping at Paffert in an effort to get him off balance, in order to rams home a flying-tackle, but Baffert has » wonderful sense of balance and using his speed to advantage, held his own with the Jewish star, About fittean minutes had elapsed before the action which the hout promised made an appearance and was start. od by Myers taking a fiylng-tackle at the Frenchman, which was met with a new and effective counter hold, Baffert went with the tackle and on going back slapped on a reverse headlook and arm bar which spun Myers clean across the ring, ping to catoh the Frenchman off would entail too long guard, he immediately sailed at hm again, The same thing happen with Myers' flight being stopped ther foroibly by the ropes, Apart Teemaking activities are in full [from several flurries of this sort the swing at the Forum, helte of the [bout was of the hard, clever type of grappling which is, of course, minus several of the thrills, Rafters: Wins First Fall Myera lost the first fall in 40.08 and it was Baffert's new . tound 'of stopping the tackle that for him, oad of letting go th the head chancery and har, held on to come Hight aver on top, and as the toothpuller was LY [BIOKEY, he was able to pin . PORT SNAPSHOT task they have had to tackle since with the Intermediate entry of that if the impn for quite some time, and may be used tomorrow for a the contrary, it has made them all assured of some stiff opposition, » Another Player . near him, The trip to Galt is wot very far doubt many Oshawa rughy fans will very much apprecisted by the boys, sible will go up to see the game, ' . children of this ¢ity, for tomorrow I'he admission Is FREE taker, # sturdy pioneer of the Great the way until a ticket is presented, many children will take advantage . . the season, interest is quickening mn golf atirastion, can be reserved at any time, . » local lads can elingh the group title, By Gro, Caurmus, Blué Devils Fase Real Test Tomorrow The General Motors' Blue Devils face what is by far the hardest way, when they travel to Gall tomorrow to engage in a group fixture, erything (Niagara Falls to be more explicit) before them since they open- ed their campaign and the Ble Devils are in for a hectic afternoon, ve scores, which Galt has been turning in, sare to be taken as any representation of their calibre, Locals Weakened But Determined The Blue Devils will not be able to present their strongest line-up tomorrow afternoon, owing 10 injuries regeived in the, last session, held in St, Catharines, Bill Wanless is out of the Hospital but be is forced to traverse our fair city by means of a pair of crutches, efring from a chipped bone in his ankle and he will be unable to play Claire EMiott has been out to practices again are not at full strength is not bothering the remainder of the team, on Jack Henry, who is this year enjoying his first 'season with the Biue Devils, will not be able to play in Galt tomorrow, pended upon to help out in the line, as he is a yery capable line- plunger, He twisted his ankle badly last night in practice, with no one It is not yet known just how serious the injury is but he will be kept out of tomorrow's game, with the team tomorrow and watch the game from the bench, Oshawa Should Be Represented row promises to be perhaps the best game of the local grouping, no sce this game, A large representation of Oshawa supporters would be Free Skating For Children Iie manager of the Oshawa Arena is extending a real treat to the at the Oshawa Arena on Saturday siternoon for all children of Osh- awa, under the age of fourteen, from the hours of 2.30 p.m, till 4.30 p.m, Not even "Ab" Hambly's stalwart ticket Snooker Golf Becoming Popular Now that both the local miniature goll courses have closed up for The new indoor game of "Snooker Golf" is proving quite an These tables, situated at the corner of Division and Brock streets, are becommg popular and many local Tom Thumb enthusiasts have shifted the scene of their agtivities to this course, requires plenty of skill and satisfies the craving of a real golfer Collegiate Teams at Home Saturday Both the Junior and Senior rugby teams of the O.CV.L will play at home, Alexandra Park, tomorrow afternoon, Port Hope entry and by winning this game tomorrow afternoon, the and judging from the scores of the other group games, the Oshawa boys should hive no difficulty in disposing of the team from "Scugog, Town." Byports Editor the local rugby season got under city, Galt has been sweeping ev- Ld Ld Bil is suf- little while, The fact that they the more determined and Galt is Out of Game . * He was being de- Bilt Wanless will likely travel and seeing that the game tomor- tuke the short trip up to Galt and It is hoped that as many as pos LE J afternoon, There will be skating West, will be in attendance to bar There is no charge and no doubt of the upportunity, » » the indoor forms of the "pee-wee" The game Tables The Juniors meet the The Seniors meet Lindsay's team AMATEUR STATUS OF STAR HALF-BACK OF KANSAS U. 1S DOUBTED Kansas City, Oct, 24.--~A plung- ing half-back who carries the ball for the University of Kansas foot- tall eleven and himself is carried on the payroll of a Topeka insurance company, inadvertently threw into turnmof! last night the question of 'professionalism' among college football teams the Missouri Valley, When faculty representatives of the Big Six meet at Columbia, Mo, today, the University of Missoutd, ancient rival of Kansas, will pro- test the eligibility of Jim Bausch, K.U, half-back and star of the team, Bulgeh, whatever his ability as an insurance salesman, is one of the most effective half-hacks ever pro. duced at Kansas, Playing against the Kansas Aggies last Saturday, he ran 06 yards to a touchdown from the first kick-off and again darted through the fleld for a 60-yard run and another touchdown, Now, the fast running insurance salesman may even precipitate the suspension of Kansas from the Big Six should charges against his eligi. bility be supported, Toronto Leafs Win From Parry Sound In Softball Game Parry Sound, Oct, 24--The Toronto Maple Leafs hockey players upheld their reputation as softball players when Harold Cotton's nine defeated Parry Tate's crack Parry Sound club, 7-8 in the first of a twosghme exhibis tion series, The second game wi be played on the Victoria School grounds here on Saturday afternoon. Despite the wet weather and heavy ball, both teams turned in" a fine Jamo and only concentri tut hitting y the Leafs in the first, second and fourth innings decided the issue, "Happy" Day started for the Leafs and held the fort. on the pitching mound until Joe Primeau rot {rom the golf course, The former St, Francis' pitching star was in rare form and the Parry Sound lads, with eption of Mahaffy, could do little th Mie tie) slants, Jackson, Day, Pailey orner were the leading Aluggers for the Leafs who had cons of, siderable difficulty h » Jidetal 0 Hetty, olving the pitch U.of T. Jrs. Beat St. Mike's To Win Title Toronto, Oct, 24.~~The Univer- sity of Toronto clinched the Inter collegiate junior title of the West ern group by whipping Bt, Mich. ael's College 26 to 0 in the third game of the four-game series on the back campus of the University yesterday afterneon, The Blue and White twelve completely outs classed the Saints in all three fix- tures, winning by overwhelming scores to earn the right to play the winners of the Eastern group or the Nastern Canada junior champlonship, The Blues have piled up a total of 83 points against a single rish counter, From the start it was apparent that Conch Harry Balea's squad would win handily, The big fresh men team ripped through the St. Mike's line and within a minute of play Arnup gp in a position to boot the first point, McNulty being given no ohance to run the ball out, 8.t. Michael's on the other hand were unable to cope with the terrific line-plunging of the op: position or hold the clever Blue running halves, Leachman and Ar nup, The latter was priominent for the winning team aggressively, He terned in some beautiful! runs and kicked for four single points Leachman also occupied. the spot. light with his open field running. He made a pretty tield goal from a diffioult angle and contributed two converts, Patterson and Wat- fon were 'the chief Blue and White ground gainers through the line while Muatard's tackling was keen, Ryan was the moat useful per. former. on the St. Mike's line-up With his daring flying tackles, De- fonsively ha was the backbone of the Irish twelve, MoNulty at quar ter for the Raints was effective] until he was to réetive fram the fray with a dislocated shoulder nthe second auarter, Tt waa » hard hlaw to the Day Street ae uregation, Shook and. On Regan SAM JOUSHTON, THAINER "sammy" Johnston Is considered one of the quietest and yet perhaps the most valuable player on the Blue Devils' team, He vies with "Noisy" Hobart for the honor of being the silent player of the squad but he certainly knows what it's all about, "Sammy" is consis dered, by those who should know, one of the best trainers in Canada today, Always on hand snd sl ways willing and ready to be of as sistance, he never stops working, from the time rughy HEANOR Opens until it is over alain, The excel lent condition of the team and the wonderful Way in which he cures sll types of injuries and gets the players back into the gamg at the earliest. possible date, is the best proof there is of his ability, Gourley Returns To Queen's Drill Kingston, Oct, 24.-A light workout, with no scrimmage heing indulged in, featured the work of the Tricolor senior squad at the Richardson Stadium yesterday af ternoon, afd Coach Batstone an nounced that today the practice would be Just as light Conch Batstone was rather sil ent regarding the winding up of heavy practice rather abruptly, hut intimated that nimost every Thurs. day and Friday before games this season there have been injuries sustained and he did not care to take any chances this week, "We lost Gourlay gn the Thursday be- fore the Western game," sald Coach Batstone, "and "last Thurs any Walker, one of our insides, who was counted on for service in Montreal, received a wperious In jury, There will he none of that this week", As it was, the Tri- color worked out this afternoon without the services of "Red" Gi) more, sensational halfback, who showed up after yesierday's prac- tice with a badly swollen knee, the rosult of a heavy tackle, Glimore sald nothing about the injury in the practice, fearing that he might be kept out of Saturday's game, but he was forced to discloses the injury when Trainer Powell look. od over the hove 'The Ines vps being given medical treatment this afternoon, and IL was ane nounced that, while he would not practice today or be in uniform on Friday, he would be on the start- Ing line-up on Saturday, For Floodlight Bamly Beach 'Srs. Prepare With Oshawa "Blue Devils" Rugby Game Toronto, Oct, 24,~~Balmy Beach's clan of dleated hoot- bustiers have no game Faturday, but on Wednesday night the east enders will clash with Oshawa Bilge Devils of the O.RV.U, inter. mediate series in. ap exhibition tussle at Ulster Stadium, Toronto, starting at 8 o'clock, This win not be hide-and-seek affair, as floodlights have heen installed in the east end park, Balmy Peach will try out the lighting effects in their new siruggle studio in their practice on Monday night, It should be an interesting contest, as the bone-crusbers from Motor Ad are rated as being a strong string of Vine drivers, Practice Interference Conch Ponton hud his men of might in a strenuous hour and a half of scrimmage scuffling last night at'Broadview "Y" field, The mentor's main idea at present is Lo develop his knights of the night games in the art of wingline inter- ference, His instructions to the plungers to "duck thelr heads and hit the line" were taken In earn- est and, while the bouncing was boisterous and the bevy of buck- ors smacked into thelr opponents with gusto, there was no one hurt ~-much, Jimmy Keith says that he collected a hoot on the hack of his. head so hard that he could fee) the blow to the ends of his fingers. The extent of the damage to the foot could not be deters mined, Jack Taylor, who Pays with Malvern Grads, will be doing the mapping for the Beachers in their exhibition tussle, Reports from the drill are to the effect that he can come nearer holding and not com~ mit an offence. than anyones in the scuffle, It is to be hoped that the Oshawa players can draw as fine a line of distinetion as the Beachers did in the practice, While Hat Taylor's eye Is still In the dark from cleat contact, he was doing some effective tackling. Two Wingline Prospects Conch Ponton believes that in Ell Brown and Perey Cole he has two of the most promising wing» line players that he has seen for some UUme, Doth have plenty of speed, This is thelr first season In senior ranks, They will be in Wed- nesday night's game against the Blue Devils and will have thelr hest chance to date of showing their ability Ab Box's strained leg that was bothering him in Saturday's game with the Orfuns is rapidly hecome ing better, Doug May and Mart Jones, who came up from Malvern Grads this season, along with Ab Box, are also complaining of bruises, As "Red" Voster remark- ed, the veterans have a hard joh in keeping the "Suniors" out of troutle WESTERN CANADA GRID TITLE WILL BE DECIDED AT COAST etmrrm-- Vancouver Oct, 24 Dr, Shrum, president of the British Columbia Foothall Unfon, announced yester- day afternoon that following the receipt of a letter from President Rose of Calgary, of the Western Canada Union, the series for the Western Canada championship in Vancouver is now assured, Mr, Ross advises Dr. Shrum thet the winning Prairie team has been in- structed to. play in this eity. Vancouver is required to guaran- tee $708 In the event of Calgary winning: $1.000 to Regina, and $1,300 should the Winnipeg §t John's emerge vietorious, The dates are finally given as Saturday and Monday, Nov, 156 and 17. The fig- ures represent half the expenses of the travelling team, Ross's communication means thot (he Prairte champions wil have to fravel to Vancouver or lose by de- fault, Ingersoll to Enter wh Team in Junior O.H.A. Ingersoll, Oct. 24,~~Aunounce- ment was made yesterday was to the effect that a junior team will represent this town In the O.H.A' during the coming season. It also learned that the line-up of last sea- son, one of the strongést mustered here in years, will be almost intact, It should show Improved form over a year ago as a result of the experl. ence gained, An inquiry to Brasle, one #f the outstanding players, weakened the team last season when the most was expected of It, Dick. Daniels Wins From Risko on Foul Boston, Oct, 24 ~Dick Daniels hard-punching Minneapolis heavy. welght, won on a foul from Johnny Rigko, of Cleveland, In the seventh round of the Boston Garden's ten~ round feature bout here last night. The low punch, which appeared un~ Intentional, was struck while Risko was savagely battering Daniel's body with both hands, Risko weigh~ ed 198 and Danlels 185%. Daniels dropped under the low blow and had to be carried to his corner, The referee, Johnny Mar- tin, who had warned Risko but a round before, uphestitatingly dis qalified him, The battlers were on even terms when the contest was. stopped. Risko started savagely and gave Daniels a furious battering during most of the opener; The Cleveland "rubber man" grew careless near the end of that session, and came out of a clinch wide open, Daniels caught him with a right to the head and floored him, but for no count, Ye CAREW Lum R (0 4 ATH) Iw "HM vlayed well: for the losara

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