® THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1948 A in AS THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE SEVENTEEN BOWLING NEWS M BUSH LEAGUE Wildcats Hell Divers Strikers .. Hurricanes . Bushwacker erens 705, L. Ding- y' Aces High Triples: N. Olenick man 701, 8. Stone 670. h Singles: D. Reading 289, L. outer 274, N. Olenick and L. Ding- Sigh Triple to Date: 8. Bowers 826; h Single to Date; M, Dresszr 402. Average to Date! Bruce Nugent Well, men, I think the Christmas spirit is creeping up on the lo. of us by the look of the scores. Fellas like B. Nugent, M. Dresser and Sid Bowers lobked as if they had some "spirits" of some: kind as not one of them hit over 600 and only one hit over 500, and get this: they are our high average men. The rest of us were in the Christmas mood alright as points weren't worth a dime a dozen. Pearce Daniels and his dsciples went home happy as they (the Hell Divers) Hacked Lhe Bread e (Str! ) for five points. Nick Olenick saw the light with a Sumprising 705 with Pearce and 8. Keénan helping the cause with 604. The so-called once again were i of the ing of the word "strike" as not one man hit over 600, and consequently that leaves the Hel Divers on top of this t C man Stroud 245; G. McCutcheon 245; M. armscrong 240; H. Anderson 233. SERGEANTS' MESS LEAGUE What nappened to the star bowiers of the past 1ew weeks? Only one lady and une geut to. go over Gul. The singles were not there either. M:pel Bbutle 659 (223, 285, '151)--that wipes out your hanuicap again, Mabel, 80 heep senainy. Reg. Bwr vdd (23s, 217, 183). That al- most wiped yours out too. 'fhe Ciomwells took 4 points from the Churchills. Seems the Churchills nave had six zeroes in the past seven weeks. Won't someone please adopt that score for a change? Crusaders, voven- anters and Shermans took 3 points irom Rams, Valentines ana Grizzies. Other singies--Wm. Severs 200, 247; Cec. Pearn 238; Eileen Corson 235; Jack Barker 226; Bill Borrowdale 218; Gladys Cory 21s; George Hood 210; Mel Whyte 204 and Ede Burr 223. 'I'eam »dianuing 2nd Sec, Total Covenanters .... ve Shermans .. Cromwells .. 21 Rams T 22 4. 24 19 17 Churchilis .. 8 TIMES-GOODFELLOW LEAGUE Battling Bums and Esme's Aces with eight, points in two games are away to a flying start in this series. At pres- ent there are tive teams within three points of top position and the teams the teams that are still eligible. Please remember THE WILDCATS WON THE FIRST S8ECTION and as any One team can only win one section we don't have to worry about them much, a' least I don't, we have already played them this section. Mel Dresser's song this week is Old Rockie' Chair got me". Note this triple and you will know what 1 mean 483! Wow, what a drop. G. Rob- tried hard for the Aces but to no Dingman had other ideas he, J. Willlams and Pete Lofthouse had some lovely scores to gain five ints for the Lumberjacks. Lyle was igh Hith 701. Oh yes, he bowled three games The WILDCATS WHO ARE LEADING [ON (| going, Pete) thor- oughly trounced Lloyd Crossley and his Hurricanes as they bit off seven points. E. Biggar, D. Reading and Reg. Thursby were hungry for those points for the Cats while the Hurricanes were crawlin' on all fours as not one man hit over 600 and only two over 500. Bruce Nu- gent hit a SNADIficent 467 (our high average man) opping his average 6 ints. Better pull up your socks fella. Ballantine, J, Smith and Jimmy y were lousy also, but of course, there is a reason for them, .they all have handicaps. Ouch. 'Hooray! the Bushwackers took five points with Sid Stone and Russ Healey leading the way with well over 600 scores. The Woodpeckers were just nibblin' at the wood. The best dressed man in the League (M:. Clarke) had better get his plate adjusted, as well as V. Black- ler. and Man 'Mountain Page, as they were the low men. L. Ambrose hit the all-time low with 68 to take over the questionable honour of the Lemon League. That's twice in a row. One more time and he keeps it, and get this: Bruce Nugent jus' got out of it by the 'smallest of margins and he hit 103. Bruce -- shame on you! avail as Lyle as wi in toe aivision of the standing had better get going before the leaders get away too far.. Battling Bums took Doris' Shmoos for the 1our points and who should be high man but "Frivolous Freddy" with 664. Bob Salmers rolled 629 for the Shmoos. Led by Jack Shielas with 650 Esme's Aces trounced L.C.'s Shmoos four to nothing. 'fhe best the Shmoos had to offer was 616 by E. Brown. Baxter's Beaucles were knocked out of top spot by Verda's Victors who 100k three poinis. Don Dean was tops for the Victors with 690 while Les Coles rolled high for the Beauties with 645. Ollie's Or first cannoi get going this section and 1ell three points vo one to Bylines. G. Hardy rolled 689 for the winners and Bruce Hudson 725 for. the losers. Red Cats dropped their first point in 'the series waen they let the Pace Setters sneak in with one game. The cats go into" second position on the night's play. Nelson Perry with the high triple of 735 1or the night was leading man for the winners. Harald Forshee rolled 720 tor Pace Setters. Verda Jackson with a lovely game of | 288 from scratch vook 'high ladles' single. Bruce Huason was tops for men witn 200, In tne triples Gloria Rorabeck was best for the ladles with 678 while Nel- son Perry led the men with 735. 'Topping the 210 mark this week with- out nanaicaps were--ladies, Ferne Ball, 242, Gloria Rorabeck 239, 222, 217 (wow!), Verda Jackson 288, Esme Wil- liams 232, Elsie Brown 227, Pat Salmers 232, Phyl. Adey 213, 227; gents, N. Ferry 435, 232, H. wager 220, 210, H. Forshee 252, 224, 244, D. williams 23v, R. Samet | 215, 214, 217, 233, R. Jeyes 250, F. Smitn J. Shields 285, G. Wilson 235, G. Camp- bell 251, L, Coles 215, 242, D. Dean 2335, 422, A. Mackay 221, 268, 217, B. Hudson 2069, P. Perry 221. Standing Team ' Points is according to the betting used. betting yearly to the exchequer. ing the £24 rate is taxed £2,406 and the £12 fee involves a yearly outlay of £1,248. Sport Shorts Froni-Britain By SHAUN McQUILLAN Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Dec. 7--(CP)--Horse- racing bookmakers are not the only members of the betting fra- ternity taking a turn for the worse with the current [earth of punters. They've been joi from Britain's dog-racing tracks. ed by colleagues There are* 40 per cent fewer bookies on dog tracks since the betting tax was August. And the Bookmakers Pro- tection Association says they were forced out of business by the stiff fees it carried--they varied be- tween £6 ($24)*and £48 a meeting, imposed last "ring" Greyhound attendances and the betting turnover both slumped last year as money became "tighter." Pari-mutuel takings fell one-third, the reduction in the London area alone ($413,507,372) to £67,405,748. from = £103,376,843 like that being This year there is nothing volume of betting and with the ad- dition of the tax bookies claim they see the writing on the wall. -A bookmaker using the best ring and paying £48 a night for his tributes £4,962 | Can licence One pay- Bookmakers say this is twice as much as they earn. They also say it is impossible to pass the tax on to the public, as was the govern- ment's intention. In theory it should be possible, they say, to adjust betting odds to recover the tax, but in practice it doesn't work out because the public cannot be induced to back all the dogs in the proportion needed to ensure a profit. It needs imagination to believe that the Grand National winner and the rhinoceros come from the same family and, in fact, are both descended from a small, hairless 2pimal about the size of a fox-ter- rier. The * development is traced by Mrs, Victor Hurst in a book "Ponies and Their Riders." cestors of the horse and rhino, she says, ran on the tips of five toes. The outer two eventually 'withered away, emerged, one with two toes and the other with one. - Prehistoric an- and later 'two families From the two-toed family de- Quebec Hockey Teams Enjoying Successful Year Senior and junior amateur teams are enjoying their bigggsi: spason in history at the box ice. Despite the lack of high calibre players, eight senior teams and 10 junior teams have reported record attend- ance to date this season. The Quebec Senior Hockey Lea- gue which embraces five Quebec cities and towns, two American and one Ontario city, is currently led by the Montreal Royals, who cap- tured the Allan Cup in the 1946-47 season. Other teams in the loop are Ot- tawa, Sherbrooke, Valleyfield, Que- iec, Shawinigan Falls, Boston and New York. : Statistics as of Dec. 7 showed the Royals captured 18 of 23 games, ex- cluding two stalemates. They have a total of 33 points, six ahead of the Oitawa Senators and 'Sher- brooke St. Francis, who are tied for second-place. : Valleyiield Braves and Quebec Aces are tied for third with 22 points while Shawinigan Falls Cataracts follow four points behind in fourth position. The two Ameri- teams, Boston and New York are tied for the cellar spot with 13. The Junior Amateur Hockey As- sociation, which recently was spot- lighted when the league leading Quelkec Citadels were ordered to forfeit 13 games after one of their players was discovered using a false birth certificate, is made up of a northern and southern divi- sion. Each section has five teams. Montreal district has a total of five teams playing in the circuit, three in the northern section and two in the southern. Until last week the Quebec team led the southern section, but an order by the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association to forfeiture 13 games in which they had partici- pated with an over-age player dropped the (Quebecers into last lace. Montreal Nationale lead the south section' with 30 points while St. Hyacinthe follow in the runner up spot with 23 points. Ancther Montreal team, Royals lead the northern section with 33 points. Eight points behind in sec- ond place follows Three Rivers. Accident Mars A. H.L. HOCKEY CHIPS Springfield Indians Wednesday night equaled an American Hockey League record for the most three- or-more gcal performances in a game when they overwhelmed Phil- adelphia Rockets 14-3. Winger Bill Gocden, recently re- called from E£pringfield's Fort Worth, Tex., farm team in the Uni- ted Slates League, scored four goals and three assists. His linemate, Hub Macey, accounted fcr three goals as did winger Vern Kaiser. The trio tied the record set last Dec. 28 when Cliff Simpsca, Pt Lundy and Eddie Brune.eau each tallied three times while Indian- apolis de'eated Washington. Gooden's seven points were the mot scored by a player in a single game this year. . =n Curly-haired Scotty. Mair, an old timer of the ice lanes, came up with ar outstanding scoring performance last night that will be hard to beat this season. 3 The former pro batted in five goals as he led Toronto Marlboros to a 7-3 win over the league-leading Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutch- men in a Senior Ontario Hockey As- sociation game. Mair fell a goal short of Tommy Burlinton's six- counter display last year with Owen Souna Mercurys, Mair, who smiles when age fis 'Mair Counts Five Goals For Sr. Dukes By The Canadian Press +1 Aa is the d veteran Rene Trudell also stood out for the Indians, - assisting om five counters. Paul Courteau, Doug McMurdy, Bingo Allen and Bill Summerhill the for the Philadelphia markers. Buffalo Bisons suffered their first defeat cn home ice this sea- fon at the hands of Cleveland Bar- ons. . The Barons downed them 4-2 with Johnny Black, Pete Leswick, Roy Kelly and Fred Thurier get- ting a goal apiece. Biscns snipers were Doug Lewis and Gecrge Agar, who tallied on a penalty shot. : Pittsburgh Hornets fought off a determined last-period rally and downed Hershey Bears 6-5. The Hornets led 4-0 going into the final frame on a pair of tallies by Fleming Mackell and singles by Syd Smith and Les Costello. Norm Larson, Phil Maloney, Sil- vio Bettio and Stan Kemp account- ed for the Bears' five-goal rampage in the "third session, while Frank Mario got a pair of markers for the Hornets. N.HL. LEADERS Standings--Boston, 'won 12, lost five, | tied three, points 27. Points--D. Bentley, Chicago, 24. Goals--Warwick, Boston, 13. Assists--D. Bentley and R. Conacher, Chicago, 14. » Sonalijes--Esinien), Toronto, 67 min- for ing his u sey added to the Toronto club recently. Veteran Flash Hollett was signed earlier. } Toronto led Kitchener 2-1 in the first period, 2-1 at the end of the second and counted three, goals in were Alex Davidson and Ray Hanni- gan. Doug Verity with two and Bobby Bauer with one each were Kitchener scorers. No games are scheduled for to- night, but five squads go into ac- tion tomorrow. In the junior divi- sion, Oshawa meets Guelph, Marl- boros clash with Teepees and Galt plays Stratford. with Owen Sound and Hamilton meets Kitchener in the senior loop. Louis-Conn Fight Chicago, Dec. 9 -- (AP) --Both heavyweight champion Joe Louis, and Billy Conn, Irishman, have finished training International Amphitheatre. Louis said he'll weigh about 220 when the fighters scales in the Illinois Athletic Com- mission offices tomorrow. That's just five pounds over his weight for third. Other Toronto marksmen Toronto tangles Brings Back Memories the Pittsburgh their six-round exhibition box- kout tomorrow night in the step on the last title defence, against Jer- Joe Walcott, whom he kayoed. Sports of the Past (From the Scrapbook of J. J. CLUET-JESSOME, former. Maritime sports promoter and physical instruotor). . "THE ANGEL FACE" Harry Dublinsky was known as the ™Angel Face" along the Chica- 80 main stem--but inside the ropes his opponents called him other names, none of which sounded like the moniker he had sported with his iron fists sheated in red leather. Harry was born in Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 3, 1908; height 5 feet 7 in- ches; weight 135 pounds. We are told that Scotty Montith, the astute matchmaker of the Olym- pia Arena, had seen Dublinsky in Chicago." He rubbed his eyes sev» eral times to make sure he was not | ing people looked upon him not only as a fancy stepper, but as an an- gelic looking boy who could punch like dynamite. : ; FIRST COLORED WELTER Young Jack Thompson was the first 'colored welter-weight to ag- cend the throne since the days of the original Joe Walcott. " Jack had stopped into the spot- light by holding Jimmy. McLarnin close in a 10-rounder. in New York City. Fighter Fields had signed up to tackle the colored speed artist at the Detroit Olypmia, May 9, 1930. After the finish of 15 fast rounds suffering from optical illusi then he rushed to the dressing room --then got Harry under contract to fight. Soon after that they pick- ed a soft spot for him in his first appearance at the big Arena. The "soft spot" name was Dick Landig, and Dublinsky, unawed by Dick's record of consecutive victor- ies, tore after him at the first bell, and when the final gong rang end- ing a hectic bout, Dublinskl had made himself a home with local fans. Following this, he made it a bad night for Henry Perlick, and following this up with similar vic- tories. Earl Mastro, the outstanding feather-weight "west of the Appa- lachians, Proke even with Dublin sky in two engagements. Iw the first, in 1926, a 4-round affair, Mas- tro edged out a close decision. Two years later at the Chicago Mills Stadium, Dublinsky got Mastro in the ring again and gave him an ar- tistic lacing, copping the duke at the end of six heats. In fact, dur- ing Mastro's entire boxing career he had lost only two bouts by decision, the one to Dublinsky, and the other to Fidel La Barba. This all went to make Dublinsky look rather good on paper, and un- like most "paper boxers" Harry made good in the ring when turned loose. He had fought many other good fighters, too numerous to mention. He had had his losing moments, ut a far greater majority of times had had his hand raised. The box- on was declared the win- ner, ' - *¥ Young Jack Thompson was born at San Francisco, Col, 1904, stood 5 feet 8 inches and weighed arountl 145 pounds. FOUR IN EIGHT MINUTES Battling Battalino, whose re name is Christopher Battalino, was once the world's feather-weight title-holder; born on Feb. 16, 1908, at Hagtford, Conn. ! He started his boxing career' as an amateur in 1925. Had won the Connecticut State Amateur feather- weight championship in 1926; - alsb for 1927. Had also won the' Nas tional Amateur feather-weight title in 1927 by knocking out four men in less than eight minutes. Battler had turned professional in 1927. - . THE "CANNONBALL" The ex-world's 'bantam-weight champion of 1924 was Eddie Vittoria Martino, To the boxing .world he was named as Eddie Cannonball Martin, ' Cannonball started off on his career in the squared ring in 1922; engaged in 88 bouts, v winning 49, knockouts 27, draw 2, no-decision -8, no contest 1, lost 6. Italian-Ameri- can, born at Brooklyn," N.Y. March 3, 1903. IS POPULAR GAME Badminton is a game with a his- tory and the date of its origin is not available; however, it is a game e | named after the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire. SNA NR A SAN SN TRIAD ANANSI IAR ARAN por Ee NS AAL fo w Dufferin Trot LY Toronto, Dec. 9--(CP)--An acci- dent marred the racing of the sec- ond event, a classified trot at Duf- 72% 7 | scended the cloven-hoofed animals such as deer, pigs, cows and sheep. The one-toed branch produced the horse, rhino and the tapir, a pig- like beast with a small trunk for a EE ds hs FT RAINBOW LEAGUE Standing 26 Blue ... 22 Mauve . 21 White . 16 Silver .. 15 Maroon Battling Bums .. 8 Esme's Aces .... a . 15 Yellow 15 Brown Black 3, Blue 0; Purple 3, Brown 0; Orange 3, Gold 0; Maroon 3, Mauve 0; Green 3, White 0; Tan 3, Yellow 0; Grey 2, Red 1; Silver 2, Pink 1. High Double: G. Robinson 482; M. Armstrong 473; E.Butler 467; M. Lawr- ence 424; G. Luke 417; K. Bawks 414; JP. Fordham 411; G. McCutcheon 409; E. Wilson 409, ao page, E. Butler 302; A. Robin-, Bawks 255; H. Hart 253; G.~ Luke 247; P. Fordham 245; R. R. L.C.'s S8hmoos .. . And apart irom bowling--we nouiced the executive in a huddle on Tuesday night--get the dressing ready, the chicken must be coming up . . . next important business -- 'beat Algers" . + « has Kilroy posted his Christmas list, eh girls? . overheard on Tues- day -- Ken Miners, "If you don't \quit hollerin® I'll your head ou'! Frivolous Fred, "If you do, you'll have more brains in your tummy than you | have in your head'. [ Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. By ROBERT CLARKE Canadian Press Staff "Writer Winnipeg, Dec. 9--(CP)--Out of the post-season comment about Winnipeg Blue Bombers' poor foot- ball season comes the proposal of Tony (Winnipeg Tribune) Allan for a better public relations job on the part of the men in executive posi- tions with the club. Tony 'admits that the executive members often work hard, that they sometimes are forced to dig down into their own pockets to . keep finances on an even keel. But Argo Rowing Club Completing Plans New Clubhouse \ Toronto, Dec. 9--(CP)--Plans for a new clubhouse for the Argonaut Rowing Club to replace the one which was gutted by fire last March were announced here Tues- day night, at the Club's annual meeting. The Scullers hope con- struction will start in spring. Qarsmen trained on rowing ma- chines in the Canadian National Exhibition "Fire Hall" last winter. In a brief resume of the football season in which the Argos lost their Canadian title, President T. H. C. Allison said the Club would stick to its policy of using Cana- dian players only and shunning imports. o tearing at leaves. Next time you give a horse a car- rot or a lump of sugar through a gate or the bars of a stable door notice how he will stretch .his up- per lip between the managing to take the gift with the lip alone. survival of the 'days wh Surnval of y. en horses bars, even Mrs. Hurst says it is a A committee is to be set up to inquire into the futlre g cricket. It is a en Club proposal, Advisory County Cricket Commit- means by which better facilities can be given to British youths, Boys between the primary school- leaving age and the date of their call-up for National their special concern. Marylebone Cricket agreed upon by the The committee will explore Service will be Sports Roundup By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. New York, Dec. 9.--(AP)-- This report comes without guarantees of veracity from Gib Holgate, = Hills- dale (Mich.) college coach, , who likes to tell yarns about one of his players who bears the impossible name of Shaheen Shaheen Shaheen when the season ended, Hol- gate said he had definite proof that his team had improved during the campaign . . . before the first game, Nn had come to him saying: "Coach I ain't got no shoes." . . ferin Park Wednesday. , William H., owned by J. H. Dun- lop of Tillsonburg and driven by Gordon Kitchen, was leading the field in the first turm of the 6% furlongs dash when the horse broke stride suddenly, causing Anne Spencer, driven by Elmer Moore ol Springville, N.Y., to pile into the rear of Kitchen's sulky, throwing the Tillsonburg reinsman into the path of the oncoming field. Kitchen escaped serious injury by rolling and scrambling to the inner fence but he was taken to hospital for observation. Willldm H., gulde- less veered directly through the heavy inner rail, windifig up in the infield. Veterinarian * inspection showed the animal to be injured beyond help and it was necessary to destroy him. While all of the above was going on Storm Hanover, driven by George Giguere, in an attempt to avoid the accident unseated his driver and ran away. He went two miles before being caught by the outrider. Drivers Giguere and Moore were found to have escaped injury, al- though Giguere cancelled the re- mainder of his drives for the af- ternoon. The race was won by Pine Ridge Bill( first heat) and Deacon Han- over (Jack Chapman), ®ith Bea- con Hanover standing best in the summaries, being 2-1 to Bill's 1-5. The first race, a pace, was won by Redstone, a three-year-old colt owned by H. Elmhurst of Peler- borough. Bohemian King, owned by J. H. 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Sports Before Your Eyes Since Utah was frozen out of the Delta Bowl gootball game (which is no reflection on Memphis wea- ther), coach Ike Armstrong has been chosen to assist his friend Jeff Cravath coach the west team for the Fan Francisco Shrine game. He's" the first coach from the Rocky Mountain area to receive he feels that they still have a re- sponsibility to the football faithful, the people he calls the "Plain Joes." What's Cooking, Doc? "Some members (and possibly a majority) of the Blue Bomber ex- ecutive feel they don't have to an- swer to the public for the way the club is run, how the money is raised orghow it is spent, on the grounds that 'It is none of their darn business,' " says Allan, "If that is not so, why doesn't the club pub- won the first heat, Redstone plac- ing, but the young horse was not to be denied in the race-off, win- ning handily for Lutman with the King winding up fourth. Hank Blade of K.C. Sparks Club's Victory Popular Henry Gordon (Hank) Blade is back on the ice again and PF. GOODRICH WAGON 36" x 18" Sturdy, durable wagon -- rub- ber. tives -- 11 a5 - . Promotion Battle Still Waxes Hot In New York City By WILL GRIMSLEY New York, Dec. 9--(AP) -- The 20th Century Sporting Club bas chalked up a mark in its running BICYCLES 6.25 Down New features . . . New de- signs. Flashing chrome trim, Sturdily built for longer serv- ice. Presto Cookers Toasters Swing-A-Way Can Openers FOR MOTHER to Handle .. MUD lish .a financial statement?' Tony feels that possibly part of the trouble stems from the fact that * the Bomber executive is "Loaded with high-powered busines men." Fan Club Allan doesn't simply take the (Bomber executive to task without offering a possible answer for the "The solution, as we see it, is a Bomber Booster club or quarter- back club functioning separately from the football club but repre- sented on the executive," he says. "Under such a setup the Blue Bombers executive would do the Job it does best, handling the money. The booster club, with a much wider membership drawn from all classes and from all over the city, would be responsible for drumming up enthusiasm and keeping 'alive public interest in football." Sugar Ray Hurt While 'Training, Call Off Bout New York, Dec. 9--(AP)--The 10-round fight between Ray Robin- son, world welterweight champion, and middleweight Steve Belloise, scheduled in Jersey City, N.J., to- night, was postponed indefinitely because of an injury received by Robinson in training. Officials fo the Tournament of Champions, Inc. promoters of the bout, said Robinson was hurt at his Greenwood Lake training camp on Monday when struck in the left side by Tiger Wade, a sparring partner, . $10,000. The ticket Sale yesterday promotional war with thé brash young Tournament of Champions. The T-of-C's big middleweight boxing afttraction--Sugar Ray Rob- inson against Steve Belloise--won't go on to night at the Jersey City ory as scheduled. -Robinson turned up Wednesday with a rib injury suffered in train- ing and his clash with Belloise, which was supposed to produce a challenger for middleweight cham- pion Marcel Cerdan, had to be postponed. The welterweight king will be out of commission for at least a month, physicians said. Promcter Andy Niederreiter announced he still planned to stage the fight but he didn't know when. This left 20th Century Club hol- ding' the only week-end lure for the Metropolitan fight fan's eager cash -- 'a 15-round bout in Madi- son Square Garden tomorrow night between, Ezzard Charles and Joe Baksi, two challengers for Joe Louis's heavyweight crown. Robinson said he was hurt Mon- such an honor . . ball man is discounting Branch Rickey's no-trade statements be- cause he maintains: "Brooklyn can't win wit: . ++. Lee Sala, unbeaten Donora, Pt, middleweight, has offers from promotors in Miami, Pittsburgh and St. Louis to fight Champ Marcel Cerdan. Young Lee may decide to wait anothe: year before taking on such a tough opposition. Black's Condition pital officials Black's condition was fair after a major brain operation to remove a weak spot in an artery. . One smart base- the line-up they have." Reported "Fair": Cleveland, Dec. 9 -- (AP) -- Hos- said today Don The Cleveland Indian baseball pitcher, who suffered a brain haem- orrhage in a baseball game last fall, was operated on yesterday be- cause of recurrent severe head- aches, Kansas City Pla-Mors are set to win some United States Hockey League games. » Blade, out with an injury for al- most a month, played his first game Wednesday night and the Pla-Mors clicked for a 5-2 victory over Omaha. It interrupted a Pla-Mor string of three ties and a loss. Blade led the league in goals scored until his injury and was the offensive key as the Pla-Mors swept the season without a loss. Kansas City got off to a 4-0 lead last night before Blade drove In a goal in the final period. Gordie Heale and George Homenuk ac- counted for Omaha's two scores. While the Pla-Mors were treating their home tans to a, victory, Min- neapolis also won at home, beating Dallas 6-4. Stan Smith gave the Minneapolis club a 2-0 lead with scores in the first period and again in the sec- ond and the Millers never dropped day when a big sparmate named Ti- ger Wade landed a solid lick on his left side. An ugly lump appeared. Physi< cians said it was a" separation be- tween the sixth and seventh ribs and enough to keep the fighter strapped up for a month. At that, the incident nay have been a blessing in disguise for the T-of-C, which stood to lose a nice wad on the bout. 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