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PAGE SIX a ---- (CERNE NNER A ENE EN NEN NAR, TODAY'S SPORTING FEATURES Royal Yorks of Toronto Play Here This Evening St. Thomas Won Second Straight Dominion Title Americans Gained Draw With Toronto Maple Leafs | un =n nu =, Bd TODAY'S SPORTING FEATURES Varsity Juniors Bring Third Rugby Title to Ontario General Motors 11, Brampton 13, in Badminton Match ® Reg. Noble Is Given Release by Detroit Red Wings Oshawa Team Will Face Real Opposition To-night| Royal Yorks Will Bring Fast, Well Balanced Team Visitors Lineup Includes Many Players With Senior O.H.A. Experi- ence--Local Team Will Give Their Best to Chalk Up First Win of the Year Tle Intermediate Hockey Clud will continue their ambitious plan of bringing first class teams Fy v ed that the schedule will drawn in the near future and the group games for the season will get under way within the next two weeks. Other groups have made a start by getting their schedules fixed up so that it will not be long before the local club will know just when their home games will be play- ed, It is anticipated that a double schedule will be played even if thera are only three clubs in the group. to 'the city, when they hook up with the Royal York Club of the Toronto Commercial League at | the Arena this evening. played two games without get- Having | ting better than a tie, the local | team are out to show the fans that they can win even against the best clubs. To be sure they have run into some stiff opposi- tion both from the Cities Service Seniors of Toronto and Belle- ville; but on both occasions Coach Spring was attempting to find a scoring punch from among the large number of candidates on hand, so that the knowledge gained in the other games should be used to advantage tonight. Royal York Are Strong Royal York made a showing last year in good oyt of the play-offs, which was no mean undertaking in a league made up of teams which call on a large number of play- ers of senior ranking in the Queen City. In their first start this season they lead Stockyards by one goal almost all the way through the game and only lost out in overtime. In goal Roya! York have Holmeshaw, a goalie with long experience in commer- cial hockey. In front of him are Ted Moore and McKay, a hard-hitting defence pair botu of whom are splendid rushers and close checkers. The centre ice . position is patrolled by Beal with Freddie Heintzman and Chisholm on the wings. Heintzman is no stranger to Oshawa fans as he played with Doherty A.C. last season and in other years has played with A. R, Clarkes, cham- pions of the Commercial League and also with several of the cluhs in the Senior O.H.A. Chisholm also has had plenty of experience and has teamed up with Heintz- man on a number of teams. The relief players are Bradshaw, Croft, Morton, Coutts and House, all of whom are consistent play- ers of ability with Bradshaw and Morton being the pick of the lot. Little need be =aid of the abil- ity of the Oshawa players as with | only one or two exceptions they all learned their hockey in junior ranks here. Burr is back for another year ag the goalie of the club and from the manner which he has heen playing, ap- pears to be in for the best sea- son of hig career. Don Morton, last year with the junior clu' has been filling in as relief goalie and showing up particularly well and will not weaken the club one | bit when he takes his place ne- tween the posts. The candidates for the defence positions have not been weeded out as yet and Walton, Conlin, Young, Bradd and Elliot. are all being given every opportunity to make good. Expect Much of Forwards The forward line appears to be as strong if not stronger than last year with Leachman at cen- tre and Rowden and Black the wings. Leachman has shown up well in the two games played and should improve as the play- maker as the season advances. Taking the place filled by Bond, he has adapted himself to tho style of play of his wings with wonderful facility and but for the toughest of breaks against Belleville, which fell to the lot of Rowd.u, would have had at least three assists. This line will be one of the big features of the play of the local team this sea- son, and give the crowds their share of thrills, Oshawa is al- so well off in regard to their al- ternates with Houck, Authors, Drinzle, Little and Morrison ready to fill in at any momen®. Authors and Drinkle are filling he places left vacant hy Peter- son and Kelly; and so far Auth- ors has been ghowing up far bet- er than at any time in the last wo years and should be one of he standouts of the season. The bther members of the relief bquad will round into form and all help along once the season pets under way, As the executive of the O.H.A. re the convenors of the Senicr B. group-in which Oshawa will bperate this. season, it is expect- NEW MARTIN "Scarlet Dawn" with DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. NANCY CARROLL, LILYAN TASHMAN TILLIE'S NIGHTMARE NEWS Tues. Today : "BIG STAMPEDE" ha the Com- | mercial loop and were just nosed | have | in | on | {AT THE MOTOR CITY ALLEYS | "If at first you don't succeed-- {etc." The old axiom was fulfilled last week when Lloyd Magill, after several ed that clusive goal which is every bowler's dream, a perfect game, Hc maple mauling his record of sixteen bowler to shoot at. Twelve of the "Hits" came in one game him a 450 score, Nat satisfied with this, Lloyd followed his perfect game with a 298 score, which to- gether with his previous 281 made a total of 1029. threc consecutive games. without doubt one of the best bowlers in the city and his success was very popular: although not getting a perfect game, managed to assemble the im- pressive total of 1010 for three games, the same week. Exit former high scores. eo Parts and Service league is still out in front with nine cly followed by Olds. and both have witn La Salles points, cl Marquettes Cadillacs | Chevs. | Buicks {lands in the rear w ta. Coates has the hig | for the second section with C. Davis with 689 has High | Triple. S. Barker, W, Kilburn, ( Davis, H. K. T. Elliott, C. Luke, E.: Clemence, { W. Gummow; J. Toppings, H. Gour- {ter and N. McDougall have some of the leading high averages. seven Pontiacs and cach and Oak- three points next five, fou r arc with 141 with 279 {while C. | * * % The Motor City Major League, a new 5-Pin league 'which has iust been formed, will swing into action this week. This league in- cludes most of the city's leading trundlers and should be fast com- pany. Swortz, Magill, Rowden, Price, Morris, and Clarke are just a few will enter the fray. LJ * who being arranged and if they are as successful -as hoped, Oshawa might have a team entered in the World's Championship Bowl- ing tournament, this year heing held in Columbus, Ohio, in April. L * Ld General Motors Mixed League held their session last week. Miss Dot. Williams and Harry Rom- bough teaming up to annex 'the High total for three games, with 1220. a respectable score. Harry Winstanley with 320 led the men with Rombough and Black H. Rombough's 681 was high in the men's triple section Mrs. K. Schnell had High Triple | score in the ladies with 574. Sinele ladies' scores were: Miss Dot. Williams, 239; Mrs. Schnell. 224, and Miss Ina Gould, 207. # » % The City League will hold a monster Turkey Roll next week and as this should produce some lively competition (Xmas Dinners being scarce) our readers are ad- vised to watch next week's issue of this column. #® n The "Geemsee'" League did not monster convention held hy Gen- eral Motors but they will he back ter than ever. % The City Ten Pin League had a big session last Monday excelling over the Dukes for a three-point zain while Classics and Service Cleaners split the points, two each. This tightens up the race and leaves Dukes only tied with the fast-travelling Classics. Cliff Palmer's 580 was High triple for the night, a smart 10 pin total. Milt Morris rolled 226 to take high single. Here are a few who broke the 200 mark and also the standing to-date. Cliff Palmer, 224; Morris, wears of preparation, achiev- | to give "Peg" Mackie, | A series of Ten Pin games are | | | | | | | be | | week Kaiser, 207; Les Gorrie, 200; Ed: Higgins, 207, and Bert Peacock, 202. Dukes Classics Ixcelsiors Ser. Clnrs. LJ] The General Motors Office Lea-*|® gue did not change much oyer the past.,week but th¢' bowling was still up to the usual high form. Mackie stepped into the High Triple leadership with his total of 874. The remaining lead- ers held their laurels and the in- | dividual averages remained much the same. We will repeat these next week but there was not enough change from the previous to make it worth-while.] The following is the standing te | date, all teams having played 24 | games. V y TRIKg/ | | | certainly put on a great display of | straight strikes is a mark for any | | | ing. carrying with their habitual success | but the Oaklands are not sharing it. | cight, single score | | Brown, G. Campbell, | Mackie, | Kaiser | next | in line, 259 and 257 respectively. | | Norris, | ~d by A, Standards Big Shots 21 Standards Colonels. 19 Purchasing COBE oasis sams swine General Ledger .... 11 Parts & Service ... 14 Payroll 3 Stationery Pa. Boys 13 Pe Finishing off an eventful week, the Motor (ity tertained Karry's of Toronto on Saturday night, two teams repre- | idies' heat senting each Club. In the games, Oshawa were badly en by the visiting female trund- lers (trundlettec) but the ladies have only barely got way with theiy bowling and they have a reasonable cuge Lotns Hawkes with 213, 234 and 237 total of 6x4 was best on the night's play but second place went to Mrs. "Vi" Norris who rolled 2 Marge Munn's game of 283 the best single effort. The total for sames were Karry 1022 and 1193 for 3226 while Oshawa had 336, 739, and 865 for 2440. The pe rsongel of the two teams was as follows: Kar- ry's--O0live Garde, Lotus Hawkes, Doris Povey, Lil Me Mu y Marge Munn and Mabel [I : Oshawa-- Dot. Hainer, Mrs, "Vi" Celia Siblock, Ann rell, Mrs. V. Harding and Wheeler. der for a x * The Men's games produced Some bowling for | some rare bowling and the issu Magill is | was in doubt until the last frame The Motor City | . the first | of the last game team won only one gam one but their margin of victory carried them through the even- They only lost the second game by a matter of three point and the anchor man left the five pins standing on his last ball The visitors won the last gam by 81 but lost out on total by 52 pins, Here are the Kavry's SCOres: Oshawa 1216 1221 1217 3664 shuwa team was compos Mackie, Ed. Higgins Harry Price, Lloyd Magill and Jack Purdie aud they were oppos- Miller, W. Barnes, W. W. Armstrong and E. Hawkes. The showiug of the lo- cals speaks wells for Oshawa' standard of howling. - McDowell, Don't Pick Me "Head Pin." Varsity Jrs. Won Dominion Title from Moose Jaw Toronto, Dee. 12. -- Canada's | football season ended on Satur. | day when the University of Tor- | onto Thirds defeated Moose Jaw for the Dominion Junior Crown, on the frozen grid at Varsity Sta- dium before a few hundred fans who defied the near-zero weath- er. The climax to a great rug- by campaign was a good one, with two smart kid teams stag- Ing a thrilling struggle that was only decided in the closing period of play when the Blues added two single pointy to break a six-all deadlock and win ont § to 6. The Westerners can return to their Prairie home defeated, hut | consoled by the fact that they | put up a real scrap for the title | 'hile | and were closer to a win than the wile | score | champions of the West, shows, The Maroons, | scored the first try and had a five-point lead to work on, only to have the students tie the score in the last play of the first half. Var- sity made the most of 1 gain at the start of the third period to kick to 2 point for a lead. A | function last week owing to the ! again next week, bigger and het- night | which resulted in the Excelsiors | 226; Pard Canning, Tom TODAY AND TUESDAY JOAN CRAWFORD m "RAIN" United Artists Picture sre to see this picture A Deluge of Passion ADDED BETTY BOOP TOM HOWARD In Pro and Con TTNEWS REEL * tig Blue Bowling Club en | local | "* activities | 1011. }. | field | | Doherty A.C. last season. naut seniors, Sport Snapshots | SR IBN tN I lS A letter received by the executive of the Oshawa Hockey Club this morning, shows that the Royal York Club which will play here to-night are a combination of players from all senior clubs in Toronto, both past and present. Holmeshaw who plays in the net played goal for the Na- tional Sea Fleas ou the memorable occasion when they played here to cpen the Arena; House, the other netminder with the team, played with Parkdale Canpe Club juniors last Year, while Teddy Moore played with | City Hall. Freddic Heintzman nceds no introduction as he played with Gordic Beal is another member of the team who played with Varsity both in fugby and hockey and later with Argo- Then there is Jimmy Croft who or may not be the Jim- { my Croft that played for Invietns A.C, rugby tcam this scason against » Devils, | ¢ * % ¥ &* li The Geferal Motors Badminton Club on Saturday afternoon played | hosts to the Badminton Club from Brampton at the G.M. Auditorium A week ago the local Club played in Brampton and lost out but expected to win at home, ' #* #» tip-toe all the way. rked on the Varsity half linc Chie Junior deuble-header t Canadiens and the league-leading Amerks @ tanding can ea ly dule. it the first game of the better than the have ved Canadiens imp their first deca tiiough they have only been nosed out by each team. "MOrTOW Amerks to- and the Shamroeks and the Maple Leafs in the second. ire leading after each team has met every team once still the considerably 'I'he Maple Leafs have failed to register a However, Brampton showed their class and won thir- tcen matches while Oshawa won eleven # % Viursity Juniors won the Dominion Junior Rugby championship on | | Saturday. defeating Moose Jaw in a closely fought game' that saw two | very evenly matched teams battle through a game that had the fans on | Oshawa fans took particular intercst in the gam Wes, Hicks, a product of the O.C.V.I. was one of the regulars who | i evening ag 6.30 wil bring gether inthe first Although th gam change before the end of the first halt of the sche- | The Amerks were able to nose out the Canadiens when they met | tied season while the Shamrocks Maple Leafs during the same gyening. were one goal Since then the hand. the Amerks and should It wouldn't be any surprise to sce them come through this time. % * A' despatch in the To | Stollery, one of the players on the I ture hip and will be frac The Jay night suffered a mainder of the season, he collided with Graboski as hrarrived at the the ice. At the time he was carricd off the ice but it was not known ur til later ¥ Ld It was stated in this column last week that the Bellevillelarena woul but a definite statement as to holy this eam an article bearing the heading, ""Walker- | lead in tl the Kingston Whig- | William Hume or the Border ( ities has assumed} pened this scason, ut has just come in, Over Man Saves Hockey in Day andard explains that obit ha a | look ait i mterests ation apy remitted ' ¥ ¥ Ig a later despatch it is announced that Herman "Jake" Jacobi, of | . Toronto has Mr. Hume. rection of | endeavored | | accident o of Quinte City', been named manager of the Jacobi is well known in Oshawa and.all Oshawa #* # nto Star Weekly on Saturday states that U.T.S. team which played here om out of hockey for the curred 'in the game here when Oshawa defence and fell what the extent of his injuries were, i" % # ia and will place a manager in charge who will tgy during the season in an effort to place the arena | 2% rt . Hume will be in sole possession of the arena for onc peared, before the City Council last week "and | all gerap, have taxes and water arrears amounting to. $1,122.31] ¥ * * Belleville rink under the di- sportsmen with 'whom he has been associated will join in wishing the est of luck in his newest work. The Belleville Intelligencer in regard | jy Bill Cook, in the overtime per- | to his appointment comments as follows :-- "Jacobi is well known to local hockey fans as a referce, hav- ing officiated here a number of times during thc past three sca- ng sons of hockey, He is originally an Oshawa boy, we understand. Jake played his last hockey during the early war days when he lined up with th hockey and running arenas, we imagine. 18nd Battalion team of Oshawa. plaved senior O.H.A. hockey with the fast Toronto Rowing Club. He has been officiating for the past 15 years and knows a little about Previous to that he He was one of the ap- pointed referees to officiate in the old American Hockey League, other American cities. war. public skating. down to the rink now. to bottom in fs. arc green and white, too" Mr. Jacobi did not hesitate once he landed in town was almost immediately started and a battery of experienced work- men herve been working night and day since Wednesday afternoon and the new manager will apen the Arena on Saturday cvening for The. fans will be quite surprised when they journey It has been painted and decorated from top green and white blended colors, This paint scheme will combine well with Doherty Athletic Club's uniforms, including Pittsburg, Cleveland, Evcleth, St. Paul and a number of This loop was in gperation just after the Work Their's goal that missed its mark resulted in the Maroons tying the gcore and they seemed on the road to regaining a lead when a kick was blocked and the locals went on to victory. The game wag as interesting as any played this season, with the final result always in doubt, and a lot of good football for junior teams. Varsity went through to the title with an out- standing record for the season and captured the first junior Canadian championship for the University. The Students were at their best all year when the | odds were the greatest, display: { ing exceptional defensive power with their goal line in danger, while they had the scoring punch when needed, 'Amerks Checked Leafs to a Stop Toronto, Dec. 12.--~The Maple Leafs lengthened their undefeat- ed record on home ice on Satur- day night when they shared the points in a National League en- counter with the New York Am- ericans, cach team scoring two goals, but the stalemate was not reached until the fans, the small- esl turnout of the season, had experienced mixed emotions, At the commencement of the game supporters of the locals Were overflowing with confidence, so much so that the price in the bullpen was 4 to 1 on the Leafs, but that was far more than flat- tering and at the end there was a decided feeling of relief that the Leafs had managed to pull a tie out of the engagement and that the single point had en- abled them to tie the Montreal Maroons for the group leader- ship, temporarily at least. The game will by no means rank as one of the best of the season, the Leafs were not as good as in recent home games and the Americans were much better than had been anticipated, 80 rauch 3o 'that their descriptive title of Amazin' was thoroughly ! deserved. Contrary to other sea- isons the Americans did not rely on a strong defensive formation, although in the latter minutes {of the third period, when they were protecting a one-goal lead, they showed a tendency to revert to their style of past campaigns by lifting the puck down the ice. Americans More Aggressive Joe Simpson has made his team an Spaugied uniform since the first sea-aggressive hustling force, the most pleasing that has worn the Star-Spangled uniform since the first season that the club was in the league. The for- wards, with the exception of Patterson and Wasnie, are on the ik p Rangers defeated Doston Bruins small side but they are fast skat- ers and Lave developed a smart passing game, They did not per- mit the locals to ease up at any stage of the game, and defensive- ly they pestered the life out of the local puck-carriers. The visit- ors' forwards skated miles at top speed but their most danger ous trio was that which had Nor- mie Himes flanked by Ronnie Martin and Rabbit McVeigh. They scored both the goals, with McVeigh heating Chabot on plays made by Himes. This trio was by far the most dangerous of the American's Attackers although the others forced Chabot to kick mt danrerous shots on a number of occasions. Maroons Tied | Black Hawks Chicago, Dec. 12.--The Mont- real Maroons fought the Chicago Black Hawks to a 2 to 2 tie last night in 70 minutes of highly in- teresting hockey in their Nation- al League match. Hooley Smith got the Maroons away to lead shorsly after the :middle of the 'irst period, taking a pass from Baldy Northeott, but Teddy Gra- ham evened it up for the Hawks during the final minute of the sessions, while Smith was serving 'a penalty, H The Black Hawks took the lead | at 15.15 of the second period | when Vie Ripley converted on { vasses fn which Romnes and Taf- | fy' Abel had sticks, and held it | until shortly affer the third per- | fod opened. Glen Brydson was the instrument in the goal that it up, with Hugh Plaxton and Dave Trottier getting assists. The match was fast and wide | open from start to finish, and in tthe overtime neither team had | the boards in the third period and | had to. be helped from the fice, | but came bagi to take care of his | share of the work. The mateh | was watched by almost 11,000 | sbectators, 'Rangers Defeat Boston Bruins | Ne# York, De¢. 12.---New York i-1 in a fariougfovertime ice bat- tle last night to increase their American division of the Natiofal Hockey League. After a show first period, when woth teams? played cautiously, warmed up to a frenzied | overtime session which brough two goals, seven penalties soa stopped just short of a free-for-' Just before the final bell, Eddie Shore of the Bruins, and Earl Seibert, of the Rangers, | began swinging sticks and fists, | and both teams showed signs of | joining in before they were calm- ¥ A long session of Boston pen- alties, including a major for hav- | ing seven men on the ice, paved the way for the tie-breaking goal | iod." Later, when the Rangers { were two men short, Doug. Bren- | nan broke away for the final goal. . Bill Cook utilized the game to TONIGHT! SENIOR HOCKEY Tor. Royal Yorks vs. Oshawa GEN. ADMISSION--25¢, swell hig already nice batch of goal points. It was also from his stick 'that the first Ranger goal | streaked, after a neat individual | rush the full length of the ice in | the second period. The goal that | sent the game into the exciting extra period was scored for Bos- ton in the third period by Marty Barry. Noble Released by Detroit Team Montreal, Dec. 12.--Veteran of veterans, Reg Noble, whose un- conditional release is announced by the Detroit Redwings, can boast of more years in the Na- tional Hockey League than any other player now Vieling a stick, | | Three times sinte he broke into | professional hockey crafty Reg { has been a member, and a very important member, of Stanley Cup teams. Jn 1917-18 he aided Toronto Arenas to that title; in 1921-22 he led the Toronto St. Pats to the last title that squad held, and in 1925-26 he was a main cog in Montreal Maroons' drive to the heights, Noble was starting his seven- teenth season, having broken in during the Fall of 19i¢ with the old Toronto Arenas. He was trad- ed to Montreal Canadiens for a short time but was repurchased by the Arenas and subsequently joined St. Pats, that club was formed in 1924 and had an indifferent season on the front line. Many experts believed | that Reg as *'washed-up", but { Eddie Gerard, manager of Mar- oons saw tremendous posshilities for the hefty hockeyist and trans- formed Him into a defenceman where Rer was completely rejuv- enated, The following year he with Nels Stewart was the driv- ing force as Maroons captured the Stanley Cup. In the fellowing year Noble sustained a fractured skull which greatly impaired his usefulness as illustrated by the fact that he scored but three goals and three agsists as compared with nine of In those days Reg was a left | wing, He came to Maroons when TUESDAY, 6.30 P.M. Junior Hockey League (2 Games) GENERAL ADMISSION 25¢ WEDNESDAY, BAND FOR SKATING St. Thomas Had Close Call Winning Second Title Montreal, Dec. 12.--Dominion intermediate champions for the second year in succesgion, St. Thomas Yellow Jackets can af- ford to laugh at the close call they had here on Saturday after- noon, when they just managed to ~dge out a 7 to 6 victory over Montreal's Westward Maroons. Sadly lacking in their usual sweeping power and precision, the Ontario and Dominion inter- mediate champions almost drop- ped their crown into the lap of an eager bunch of young players rusty from a month's inactivity, but quick to capitalize on Yelldw Jackets' errors. The game was over on Satur- day and Ontario had retained her third major Canadian title, but grandstand quarterbacks were still arguing hotly over the cru- cial play of the final. Trailing by a single point af- ter Harry Metcalf had kicked a pair of points to bring St. Thom- as out from under, Westward had win al- | much left. Trottier plunged into | the ball on the St. Thomas 26- vard line. It wae third down, and Harry Medcalf and Peewee Chantler were standing anxiously on the St. Thomas goalline wait- ing for the expected punt. West- ward fans were on their feet wild with excitement. Miss Fine Chance They knew Jack Cloghesy would have little trouble in kick- ing the ball 30 yards and that the Westward ends would be down there to tackle Medcalf or Chantler for the tying rouge point. The ball was snapped and Clog- hesy suddenly faded back for a forward pass. Earl Whittal was through the line like a flash rea- dy to receive the toss, but Chant- ler was quicker. The St. Thomas quarter leaped into the air and batted down the pass. St, Thom- as had the ball and came safely through the two minutes left to play. The crowd sat down in a stunned silence. After the game, Westward strategians explained they had decided on the gamble for the major score and had lost. Arm- chair quarterbacks argued, heat- edly 'that an attempt at a field goal from placement might have gained the winning points or at least offered an opportunity for a rouge point, as the ball was al- most dead in line with the St. Thomas goal posts, Others up- held the Westward decision to | gamble all on the forward pass. The Yellow Jackets were far from at home on a knobby field frozen as hard as concrete and lightly dusted with dry snow. They just could not get a foot- | ing, while the fleet Westward | backs raced around in rubber- | soled basketball shoes. An English tourist recently made a trip to the Niagara Falls and his guide tried to impress him with their magnitude. "Grand! isn't it," he suggest- ed. "Grand!" acquiesed the tour- ist, calmly. J "Millions of gallons a min- ute!" exclaimed the guide. 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