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RE i - 5 0 A le I eo mo C--O ~ 'president, with Bill Leveridge, Pat Patterson and Earl Dengate as the. batting average as another highlight. . * THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE - LUESDAY, FFEBRUARY 4, 1947 _ 1 EGAN BURLEY BOSTON DEFENCEMAN Em---- WAS RECENTLY FINED FOR UP- SETTING M<CABE BAPORT : NAPSHOTS comes Oshawa Legionnaires gave their fans an eye-full of pleasing hoc- key last night at the local arena, as they trimmed Brantford Red- men 6-3, in one of the best-played hockey games seen here this nn On the brand of hockey displayed last night, the local Legion boys can look for banner crowds when the group playoffs roll around, in a couple of weeks. 'Their passing was pretty to see, short, snappy p that p us thrusts on goal. Brantford also excelled in this combination business and the fans saw a real display of hockey. The players stuck to their positions and session was played at a daszling clip. Plenty of stuff and ecking but no deliberate "dirty stuff" and the game was as clean as it was skillful. Legionnaires were the better team it, but their margin was not as grest as "double-the- t indicate. Barker, Furey, Dafoe and Tisdall were all on the attack, the former getting three goals and Furey couple. Oshawa's defense, headed by "Ab" Barnes, who Saft a8 «ver, Wis fron; and Wedaou sacra. So did the t was that kind of a tussle. Oshawa has lost only 4 x Brantford, while the Redmen have bowed to Oshawa each to London and Kitchenér. Legionnaires could ' with Brantford for top spot, but 40 do it they have to win Kichener and once over London--all away from home, *» * » * The Beaches Major Fastball League held its organization annual the 1947 season on Sunday and five teams are ready to face Tip Tops, with the great Russ. Johnston of Hamilton as t S plithing ace, along with several of the 30th Battery in- ih goking the title with their old rivals. Peoples. also te" Glenn, last year's coach of Rooneys, is going to at the helm of Peoples for Irv. Koffman's club and Wright, the diminutive speedball artist from Bell- and rumor has it they may also have Bob Mc- Bowles AC. and GM-Colts are also entered again with Toronto , Senior "B" champions of last year, as the 5th team, re- placing 30th Battery. Bill Grove, a former Beaches player, is the new {| : pm all twice and once finish tied wi over i il RES il E vice-presidents. Harry Thornton was unanimously returned as Secretary with Roy Dorsey again named Treasurer. These two efficient and hard- working officers have "carried the mail" for the Beaches Major, loop for many seasons now. A review of the games showed that 27 shutouts were chalked up in the Beaches League last year, with Jonny Kitchen's 423 Ld * +. = Canadiens have replaced Leafs at the head of the NHL race, during the past week-end and Boston Bruins got. only 'one poin$ in two games, to slip a little as Rangers broke even with the Canucks. There's news of injuries, shake-ups, player ¢hanges, point-sooring, etc, but most interesting mews of the moment, to Osliawa hockey fans, is the announcement that Syd. Smith is being brought up from Pittsburgh to play with Leafs. Syd, who came to Oshawa Generals after starring with De La Salle in Jr. "B" ranks, never quite hit the stride expected of him in Junior "A" company but performed bril- lantly with Staffords in senior company, last year. This season he went to Quebec Aces and promptly started to go like a house afire. His scoring feats attracted attention and Johnny Mitchell signed him fo a pro contract. He kept right on starring in Pittsburgh and now he's getting his big chance in the N.H.L, His friends in Oshawa will be pulling for him to make good. L 4 + $e + As was expected, Stratford Krosiuers disposed of Hamilton Sales t in Hamilton 11-2 and that gives Kroehlers 42 points, putting 4th place, alone two points ahead of Marlboros. Barrie Flyers Galt tonight and tomorrow evening, St. Michael's College Ma- to Oshawa tosangle with the Generals. The present stand- e O.H.A. Junior "A" race finds them in this order: .8t. Mike's, Oshawa, Stratford, Marlboros and Barrie. Besides the game in t, Barrie has a game with Marlboros-and a couple of games Some ad Vag, 354 oie in Straltord yb 10 pla, while E § 1988%% : i ; : f : § i : | f 3 ig : 2 g . KEEP ON SCHEDULE! Truck . owners have found our Mud-and-Snow Re-Treads solve winter driving troubles. Thick, sturdy, dig-and-pull Re-Treads, instead of slip- and-skid, smooth-worn tires. Throw away your chains. Maintain winter schedules, hold costs down, with eur Mud-and-Snow Re-Treads! DUNLOP TIRES "THE WORLD'S FINEST" Expert Vulcanizing and Recapping Agents for IRWIN AUTO PARTS Largest Tire 25 ALEXANDER BLVD. PHONE 1094 THERE'S LITTLE TO RUMOR MANY N.H.L. BOSSES QUITTING New York, Feb, 4 -- (CP) -- Roll out the rockin' chair, grandmaw-- you may have a few customers, come next winter. The decrepit gents who may be heading for the front porch shade are members of the National Hoc- key League's coaching fraternity. But if they do retire, it won't be because of old age. Some of them are headed for more responsibilities in the front office. Recent straws in the wind have indicated that three coaches may give up active bench management at the end of the season and take up quieter activities. Mentioned in this connection are Jack Adams of Detroit Red Wings, Art Ross of Bos- ton 'Bruins and --- crochet. my booties -- Frank Boucher of New York Rangers. Ross, an old-timer, for all prac- tical purposes already has retired from bench management. For the last couple of years Aubrey (Dit) Clapper, one-time great Boston de- feniceman, has been handling the club on the road. The old maestro sits in only on important games and in play-offs, Ross still is the official manager, however, and Boston sources said today that no change in the set-up is contemplated. First of the old timers among the N.H.L. managers to quit was Lester Patrick, who at 63 retired from the management of the Rangers last place - was taken by Bouchersts, who seemed good for at least 20 years at the helm. But times change and the Ran- gers are building a farm system. Prank says that it's a possibility that 'he may take a front office job running the various properties of the N.H.L. club. "As_I see:it, ultimately I might step into the 'Job of running the chain 'with somebody else the Rangers themselves. Fm idea would be to have an assist- aat coach for awhile -- somebody I' could break in." "No, I haven't anybody in mind right now," he added. (Other sources said that one of the Patrick brothers, Lynn or Muzz, would be in line for the job.) As for Jack Adams, now 51, he has: been coaching the Red Wings for 18 years. A few days ago it was reported that Adams might step down in favor of Tommy Ivan. But today the Wings public relations man, Fred Huber, said: "There's nothing to it. There is no reason to believe at this time that Adams will step down." Another story had Johnny Gott- selig stepping down as Chicago boss. Gottselig, now only 40, took over coaching chores from Paul Thomp- son'at the end of the 1944-45 season. today Gottselig said he But would stick out his job this season | hand, despite the fact that his Hawks are in last place. That leaves Montreal Canadiens, where Dick Irvin holds the reins, and Toronto Maple Leafs, where Hap Day is coach. Irvin has been coach of the Habitants since 1940 and there has been no hint that he will retire, He is rated as one of the top men in the business and built the Canadiens up into a three- time Stanley Cup winner. Day, 45, played with Toronto and started coaching the Leafs in the 1940-41 scason. With Conn Smythe extremely active as general mana- ger of the Leafs, it seems unlikely Stratford Jrs. Move Up Into Fourth Place By The Canadian Press Stratford Kroehlers took over undisputed possession of fourth place in the O.H.A, Junior 'A" standings last night with a 'clear- cut 11-2 victory ovee Hamilton Szabos. The win, at Hamilton, gave Kroehlers 40 points in the standings and enabled them to that Day will step up into the top- slot for some time. LEGIONNAIRES DEFEAT BRANTFORD 6-3 Paced Legionnaires In Last Night's Victory Oshawa Legion Flashes Fine Passing Skill to Win Over League Leaders In Fast Tilt Brantford Redmen and Legionnaires Give Fans Great Display of Fast, Clean Hockey -- Pass- ing Plays are Feature of Game -- Barker Scores 3 and Furey 2 for Homesters -- Hew- son Stars for Visitors Oshawa Legionnaires thrilled one of their biggest crowds of the sea- son at Oshawa Arena last night as they defeated the league-leading Brantford Redmen 6-3 in convine- ing fashion, in one of the fastest, cleanest and best-played games witnessed here this season. The victory, Oshawa's second over the group top-dogs, put Legion within reaching distance of a two- way tie for first place, in that the Oshawa squad and Brantford have each lost four games. Brantford, who lost ,two to Oshawa and one each to. London and Kitchener, have completed their schedule but the Legionnaires, who bowed four times in six meetings, to the Red- men, still have three games to play, two with Kitchener (in Waterloo) and one in London. Combination Plays Feature The highlight of the game from an entertainment viewpoint was the pretty passing plays displayed by both teams, especially the Leg- ionnaires. Both teams favor a wide- open, fast-passing - attack of the short-pass variety and played at top-notch speed with rugged 'but clean checking, it made for one of the most pleasing games seen at the local ice palace, this term. Six penalties only were meted out in the spirited action, two in each period. There was little if any deliberate meanness shown and both clubs played it hard but ac- cording to the book. Brantford took a 1-goal lead twice in the first period and each time the Dafoe-Tisdall-Barker line roared back to tie it up, with "Wart" Barker scoring in both in- stances, and his two mates each getting assists both times. Wiacek potted Hewson's pass to open the scoring, almost from the face-off and four minutes later, Barker equalized on a 3-way play. Just 25 seconds later the Redmen were leading again, with Hewson scoring on Waddell, hon a play setup by Wiacek and Sm A penalty to Sh. late in the period gave Oshawa their chance and the pattern-play passing that preceded Barker's second goal for Oshawa was a masterpiece of gang- ing-act technique. Homesters Take Charge Doug. Furey's first goal that put Oshawa in front was another pretty piece of hockey skill. It came from passes by Sawyer and White and Jasees finished it off from about 15 feet out, with a snap shot to the gap. Fairly late in the period, Furey got his second one, a flukey tally, scored when he passed the puck to the goal mouth, from the corner. "Gar". Peters was at the edge of the crease, trying to bat the puck in and he was closely checked but the puck didn't get that far--it bounced back into the net off a Brantford defender's leg. Oshawa gradually asserted their superiority as the game pi progtessed and enjoyed a definite margin in territorial action. "Doc" Dafoe's . | goal was a screaming ankle-high shot that glanced off goalie Ham- mer's stick and into the net. Dafoe took the puck on a nice pass by Mutphy, who had rushed from his own im ten minutes later, Barker got his third goal of the night from a scramble, started by Murphy and Tisdall. Actually, it looked as if at least one Oshawa player was tangled with the goalie, inside the crease, when the puck was potted, but despite Brantford protests, it was ruled a goal. Hammer, the Brantford net-minder, received a nasty facial cut in the melee but after getting patched up, returned to his citadel. Barisky scored Brantford's final counter, slapping a goal-mouth pass by Robin Hewson, past Wad- dell i My waiting to stop the puck. All Played Well While Barker with his. three goals and Furey with his two tallies in the second period, along with Da- foe and Tisdall, were all to the fore in Oshawa's scoring success, actu- ally they all shone. White's stick- handling and checking was invalu- able while the defensemen were brilliant. Hinton and Murphy were going great guns but despite their brilliance, they were outshone by "Ab" Barnes, who turned in a ter- rific two-way display. Robin Hewson, with two goals and an assist, for three points on three goals, was Brantford's best 1 The Summary BRANTFORD REDMEN;- goal, Hammer; defense, Smith and Mar- inoff; centre, Hewson; wings, Wil- son and Wiacek. alts; Pigeon, Linn, Campbell, Barisky, Caddy, Plumley, Easto and Cockburn, sub-goal. OSHAWA LEGIONNAIRES; - goal, Waddell; defense, Barnes and McNaught; centre, White; wings, Furey and Peters. alts; Tisdall, Barker, Dafoe, A, McMullen, Saw- yer, Hinton, Murphy and Barriage, sub-goal. Referee, "Pat" Patterson, of To- ronto; Linesman, Ted McComb, of Oshawa. First Period 1. Brantford, Wiacek (Hewson) 2. Oshawa, Barker (Dafoe, all) 3. Brantford, Hewson (Wiacek, 4 40 Smith) . Oshawa, Barker (Dafoe, Tisdall) Furey 14 Penalties; Marinoff and 'Caddy. Third Period 7. Oshawa, Dafoe (Murphy) .. 6.00 8. Tha Barker (Murphy, ) tien: Wilson and Barker. but Wiacek, Wilson, Pigeon, Linn, Campbell and defenseman Smith were all to the fore. Goalie Ham- mer and "Rube" Waddell vied for honors and both made some sen- sational stops when rival puck- carriers were in all alone. Ontario Cities Plan New Rinks Want Protection Toronto, Feb, 4--(CP)--Onta- rio plans 14 artificia] ice palaces next winter and sponsoring cities don't want to see this $7,000,000 joint enterprise crash on financial rocks while their hockey teams are exposed to indiscriminate "raiding" by the United States, Hockey-wise fans will demand top-flight teams before the shell- out to help pay off rink mort- gages at the turnstiles, and clubs in these 14 centres will be capa- ble of absorbing the cream of On. tario's crop along with establish- ed teams. But they're fearful of Uncle Sam's money-filled palm as it stretches further and furth- er across the border, George Panter of Gravenhurst, president of the Ontario Hockey Association, knows the situation isn't peculiar to his province and currently is championing a cause to place all Canadian amateur clubs. on more secure plane, On behalf of the Canadian Am- ateur Hockey Association, Panter visited New York recently to seek assurances from the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States that players would not be taken from Canadan teams with. out legal transfers being obtain- ed, There was supposed to have been an understanding reached but players continue to jump across the border while nothing is done about it, Canadian teams find them- selves in a sorry plight when star players pack up without notice and head across the border to greener (folding-money) past- ures. With Ontario anticipating its biggest season in 1947-48, Panter is determined that 'raid- ing" must cease, There's also a small matter of the U.S. organization refusing to pay a $100 fee for each player transferred from Canada, bu: an international hockey is in such a "state of flux," Panter doesn't want to create further discord by discussing that subject publicly now, "I'll have plenty to say on the transfer issue at the right time and it will be interesting," said Panter, who fought gamely but unsuccessfully at the semi-annual meeting here in December to learn whether the C.A.H.A, would demand the transfer money (es- timated at $8,000 to $10,000). There may not be anything re- leased officially on the transfer issue till the C.A.H.A. holds its annual meeting in May but Pan. ter says there are ways and means of straightening out the situation to Canada's satisfaction, The men backing prospective new hockey clubs, hope he's right, Bee-keeping was in practice among the ancients thousands of years ago. : On the other Day is young, successful and well-liked. Like Irvin, no possible | successor has loomed on the horizon. "WART" BARKER DOUG. FUREY "DOC" DAFOE These three classy puck-chasers played prominent roles in the victory chalked up by Oshawa Legionnaires last night as they turned back the league-leading Brantford Redmen 6-3 before an enthused crowd. Doug Furey popped in two goals in the second period; "Wart" Barker collected half of the half-dozen, with two in the first period to tie the score each time and another {other g "Doc" Dafoe, besides getting theth "Re, n the third period. I, Jn the third period, earned assists, along wi " Tisdall, on both of Barker's 1st-period tallies. Despite the reversed starice shown above, both 'Dafoe and Furey are right-wingers while Barker patrols the left-boards, ""B'* Boys Triumph Over ""A" Team In Westmount Tilt A game. that was crammed full of friendly but very keen rivalry was played last night at Westmount Public School rink when the West- mount "A" and Westmount "B" teams, entries in the South On- tario Public School Hockey League, tangled in a scheduled fixture. The "B" team proved something or other too, by chalking up a con- vincing 6-2 victory over the "A" boys. It was a close-checking affair and hard-fought throughout, with neither team scoring in the first period. Paced by Alan Lawrence, the A's tried hard all the way but the "B" squad, better balanced and having Joe Guest to star in goal, made their superiority evident WESTMOUNT "A";- goal, 8. Lakin; defense, Gangemi and Myles; centre, A. Lawrence; wings, Northcott and Ross. alts; Hepburn, Plowright, Brooks and R. Lakin. WESTMOUNT "B";- goal, Guest; defense, Cooper and Lewis; centre, W. Layton; wings, Cole and D. Lay- ton. alts; Kirkpatrick, Pratt, Gilli- land, Whitsitt. Referees, Mr. McKee of North Oshawa and Mr. Howard of West- mount. First Period No scoring. % Penalty, Lewis. } Second Period "B"; Cooper (W. Layton) .... "B"; Layton (Cole) Penalty, W. Layton. Third Period "pn: "B"; W. Layton (Cole) ...... "B"; D, Layton (W. Layton) '"B""; Lewis w Layton) . "B"; Coo " wp: _ Penalties; Cole' Harmony Students Drop Decision in Opening Puck Tilt Harmony opened their South On- tario Public:School Hockey League schedule on' their home ice Friday evening and although they were nosed out 4-3 in a spirited tussle by the Westmount "B" team, they gave the rooters 'some lively' enter- tainment, 'The Westmount boys flashed a dazzling "combination attack that fedtured speed and deadly accuracy with their passes, to completely dis- organize the homesters in the early stages of the game, with Frank Adey, right-wing ace of the visitors, breezing in on the Harmony goal many times and three times with the desired success. Terwillegar- scored Harmony's bh 5.10 only goal of the first period and from then .on it was a keen tussle with Westmount hard-pressed to retain their early. lead. Terwillegar scored lone tallies in the : second and third periods for the Harmony team to make it 4-3 with still a few minutes left but the Harmony | Bosto; boys ould' quite pot that meeded equalizer, Beach starred in the nets for Harmony in the third period, when the homesters had two quick penal- ties, These penalties spoiled Harm- ony's last-minute bid for a tie and tired the remaining players so much that Westmount was able to hang on to their 1-goal lead. WESTMOUNT "B";- goal, Guest; defense, Cooper end Lewis; centre, W. Layton; wings, Adey and D. Layton. alts; - Kirkpatrick, Cole, Littleproud, Whitsitt, . Guilliland and Pratt. HARMONY ;- goal, Beach; de- fense, Terwillegar and Hoskin; cen- tre, Wilson; wings, Winacott. alts; Lavender, Whattam and Gordy. First Period 1. Westmount, Adey ..... 2. Westmount, Adey . 3. Westmount, Adey . 4. Westmount, Whitsit 5. Harmony, Terwillegar ..... 1735 Second Period 6. Harmony, Terwillegar .... 10.10 Third Period 7. Harmony, Terwillegar eco. 7.50 STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE WILT F APts wv 422512 5133 9155 . 422412 6139 105 54 «4216 17 9 115 119 41 42 17 20 5 117 118 39 « 42 12 22 8 122 144 32 40 13 24 3 118 167 29 Future Games 1 at York at Chicago. O.HA. suiton mw Owen pets « Hamilton Pata a Stratford .... Future Wednesday -- "Hamilton ers Stratford. Te at i is ¥ 9 4 a break a 38-point tie with Toronto Marlboros, All other teams in the league were idle, Stratford showed too much speed for the youthful Hamilton team and only the work of How- son in goal saved Szabos from a greater defeat. Kroehlers' for- wards swarmed about the Hamil- ton net in the first period but were robbed of goals repeatedly by the smooth-working Szabos netminder. N Stratford opened the scoring early in the first period when Kullman scored unassisted and then added another a few minutes later, Flick scoring on assists from Ross and Robertson, They added one more in the second and counted eight times in a fi- nal period splurge, KROEHLERS GRAB 11-2 WIN IN HAMILTON Hamilton, Feb. 4--(OP)--Strat- ford Kroehlers turned in a neat effort last night at they defeated Hamilton Szabos, 11-2, in an OHA, junior "A" fixture. Stratford had a little too much speed for Hamilton. Only the great work of Howson in the Hamilton nets kept the score from being more than it was. Howson was sensational, especially in the first period when George Robertson, Sanyy Air and Wayne Service were in through the Hamilton defence repeatedly only to have Howson turn aside their hard. drives. Stratford opened the scoring in the.early minutes of the first period when Arnie Kullman went in un- assisted to drive one home and then add another a few moments later when Billy Flick took a pass from Mickey Roth and Robertson and made no mistake on his shot, Strat- ford got one in the second and went on to add eight more in the final period. . Hamilton got their counters, one in the first period by Ben Hogan, and one from Carl Reynolds in the second. Hamilton's best period was the second, where they held their own with fast-breaking Stratford, but fell apart in the final period. Stratford had no trouble at any stage of their period. 5 centre, . Service; alternates, STRA' Mitohiell, Daniels; Fick Kullman, * Mesich, ~Casonato, Drysdale. . HAMILTON--goal Hogan, Strome; Ka! Reynolds, Cadleux; te Sela -- Rateres, on. Holmshaw, A , Hamilton. Eriday---Bamilion Pats at Hi turday--Stratford at Toronto Staf- fords (at Galt). O.H.A, JUNIOR "A" Worsley and | gai¢ n Young Rangers . 32 4 28 Monda 's_Result Stratford 1H Hamilton seeeee 2 "Future Games Tonight--Barrie a at Galt, Wednesday--S8t. Michael's at Oshawa. Friday--Marlboros at Barrie (2 pts). gata) y-Sirstiond at St. ignaers; amilton a ou Rangers ts Gait at Oshawa. © Y" vu) ini reid --8tratford, Ki ieessasss 3:20 2--Stratford, Phiok Roth, ly Robertson) Penalties--None, Second Period 4--Hamthon, Reynolds (Karten huk) 5-- Stratford, Flick (Roth) Penalties--Robertson, Mackie. A) ord 12--Stratf i3_Straitond Sinn es--Robertson, 3 HOCK 'THE GAME OF THE SEASON" K EY Wednesday Night St. Michael's 8.30 P.ML vs. Oshawa Generals OSHAWA Standing Room now on Sale at Mike's Place, also at Arena 7 pm, Wed. Nite, 50¢c -- 150 BRENA NOTE! 2 Tickels Only Per Person! ONLY HIS ELBOW Sh CONDITIO +480 WHY DON'T-CHA ON WADE TO COVER YOUR BET? LAY ENOUGH LETTUCE $0 Je WORKED Sur A PLAN THATLL PUT WADE oN hod CANVAS FOR TH SECOND | ROUND