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Be ies oy é 4 ; . ie ser eS eS pe ee ea ee ee ee ee ae ey tees e se FOSS CSS Pidwerbecki again led the way THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, October 11, 1962 | ae with 298 followed by Oily Jor- dan 267, Don Henning 246 and| ters 6301 for Trott three games won| This coming Saturday Poo Rear sl sean For|and for People's Clothing 6118|pie's Clothing travel to O'Con- People's Credit Jewellers Bill|'°% 'W° 8ames won. nor Bowl to take on Knob cus SEE-SAW BATTLE People's Clothing Drop 'FRENCHY' BELANGER 7,000 Golf Balls Come To Surface LONDON, Ont. (CP) -- At Brawler Was To Be Featherweight King By JACK SULLIVAN Press Sports Editor TORONTO (CP)--In one way wr another, Albert (Frenchy) Be- langer has spent all of his 56 years in Cabbagetown, a de- pressed square-mile area bor- dering Toronto on the east. It was there he rocketed to fame as a fighter and, with his -- gone, returned to sling His story is one that has been the trademark of men who come from the wrong side of the railway tracks, use their fists to make a fortune, blow it and then fade into obscurity, In Belanger's case, he returned to the area of his birthplace to make a living. Frenchy developed the tech- nique of alley fighting, a style that eventually brought him the world flyweight title. It was fight to survive around his neighborhood in his youth and after cleaning up on the tough kids, he decided to put his fists to work for him. Years later he reminisced about. his early street-fighting days and told a reporter: "I found out you could do the same thing in a different place and get paid for it." WON BIG ONES Frenchy had an uninspiring apprenticeship of about 60 ama- teur fights. He lost more than half of them, but won the big ones, He was a crowd pleaser. He knew little about the art of box- ing. He was a flat-footed fighter who was willing to take two or three belts while looking for an opening to unload his own dy- namite. In the mid-1920s the young French-Canadian caught the eye of Davey Garrity, operator of what was known then as the Union Jack Athletic Club in Cabbagetown. It was a big break for Frenchy. Garrity, who had money of his own, took over as manager. And in their five-year partner- ship that ended in 1930 when Belanger quit as a fighter, he rolled up more than $90,000 in purses. Garrity never took a least a dozen Londoners won't have to worry about buying golf balls for a long while yet. The resourceful golfers were right on time Wednesday for the opening of the Springhok Dam floodgates which exposed an estimated 7,000 golf balls on the muddy bottom of the Thames River. They were driven into the river during season's play at the nearby Thames Valley Golf Club. REMEMBER WHEN... ? By THE CANADIAN PRESS Ted Phelps of England captured the world's pro- fessional sculling champion- ship 32 years ago today. Phelps defeated Bert Parry in their race on the Thames River in England. Phelps lost to Australian Bobby Pearce three years late: in Toronto, when Pearce won the three-mile race by 200 'hotel, at the south end of Cab- 'FRENCHY' BELANGER AT PEAK OF CARREER ognize anybody. yards. night in the week after beer- parlor closing hours. AVOIDED BRAWLS | "In all the years he worked for me, Frenchy never got into a scrap," Wilson said. "He never looked for trouble; he never went around as Belanger the fighter. As a matter of fact, he walked away from argu- ments." Except for a brief wartime job on the Toronto docks, Frenchy worked for Wilson from 1934 until a couple of years ago. In 1960 he left to become a waiter in another bagetown. Nearly two months ago, Frenchy suffered a stroke. "'It was coming on him for about 10 years," Wilson said. 'He blacked out lots of times while working for me." Ten days ago his wife visited him in hospital, collapsed and) died at his bedside. He was elected to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1956 and last month officials thought it would be a good idea if they presented Frenchy with a crest} in his hospital room. The cer- emony was postponed, French Belanger doesn't rec- 3-2 Set To Jewellers Saturday at Bayview Bowl, People's Clothing of Oshawa dropped a hard-fought 3-2 deci- sion to the powerful league- leading People's Credit Jewel- lers team. Although People's Credit Jewellers took the first game fairly handily, despite a_ bril- liant game by Harold Ballam, from then on every game went right down to the wire and often right down to the last bowler on each team, before a decision was reached, In the first game People's Credit Jewellers won handily with a score of 1363 compared to 1177 for People's Clothing. For People's Credit Jeweller Phil Gunn, who had a terrific day in the anchor spot, paced them with a 335 game followed by Red McQuaker 279 and Hugh Connelly 262. For Peo- ple's Clothing Harold Ballem came through with a tremend- ous 351 game followed by Ron Swartz 239 and Earl (Oily) |Jordan 235. In the second game, People's Clothing bounced back to take a close 1247 to 1204 decision from People's Credit Jewellers. Harold Ballem again led the way for Clothing with a nice 309 game. Orest Pidwerbecki had 128 for 5 frames of fine relief bowling. For the Credit Jewel- lers, Phil Gunn again'had 305 followed by Red McQuaker 260 and Jim Holt 267. In the third game, -- which went right down to the wire, Jewellers emerged victorious with a score of 1242 compared to 1210 for Clothing. Phil Gunn again paced Jewellers with his third consecutive 300 game, this time with 303, followed by Hugh Connelly 276. For People's Clothing Orest Pidwerbecki came through with a big 321 ue followed by Oily Jordan In the fourth game, due TCA FLIGHTS | During 1961, Trans - ca |Air Lines aircraft flew 52,724,- 000 miles and carried 3,700, 000) revenue passengers over its 39,- 000 air route miles. nickel. The highlight of Belanger's career came on the night of Dec. 19, 1927, at the Coliseum on the Canadian National Ex- hibition grounds in Toronto. In the pro ranks only three years, he decisioned Ernie Jarvis of England to win the world title in the 112-pound class, REIGN WAS BRIEF The bout drew a crowd of nearly 10,000, a gate of close to $25,000 and each fighter re- ceived $5,000. On Feb. 6., 1928, Frankie Genaro of New York lifted the title on a 12-round de- cision, again at the Coliseum. In those pre - slump days, when the dollar was worth 100 cents, Frenchy was a compar- atively rich man. He bought a home for his parents and an- other for himself and his wife, Ivy--both outside of Cabbage- town--but soon found himself short of cash. When beer parlors were in- troduced in Ontario hotels in 1934, Frenchy got a job as a waiter in a Cabbagetown hotel owned by Mickey Wilson, an- other product of the area. "He stayed with me for more than 20 years," Wilson said in an interview the other day. A well - scrambled left ear and the marks of ring battles around his eyes were remind- ers to patrons that it wouldn't be wise to start any rough stuff, even in Cabbagetown where brawls are common any GUERNSEYS at AUCTION BIG FOUR GUERNSEY CLUB SALE Friday, October 12 1:00 p.m. James Batty Farm Brooklin, Ontario (On Hwy. 12, One Mile Nerth) 52 REGISTERED GUERNSEYS 21 Cows ip BLACK"S, A DISTINGUISHED COLOUR THEME IN FINE SUITS 4 Garnett Venetian confirms its reputation as Canada's best known suit in the quality field. style leaders, Present.. Rich .. . elegant... distinctive. Once again GAR | | NETTS to some tremendous pressure bowling by Don Henning in the anchor spot, People's Clothing defeated People's Jewellers with a score of 1238 to 1223. In this game, bowling against Phil Gunn in the anchor spot, Don Henning came through with the first two big strikes in the tenth frame and when Phil Gunn failed to even get a spare, the victory went to People's Clothing. Hoult was high with 285. The final game was a heart- breaker for People's Clothing to lose as they led in this game all the way, only to lose in the final frame, to a determined team. Jewellers won this game by the small margin of 23 pins, bowling 1269 to 1246, Jim Hoult was the big gun for People's Credit Jewellers with a fine 342 game followed by Red McQuak- er 255 and Bert Garside 144 for five frames of relief bowling. Don Henning was high with 310 followed by Orest Pidwerbecki 292 and Ron Swartz 249. The team totals on the day The individual scores on the day showed that Orest Pidwer- becki paced People's vgs with 1231 for 45 frames of bowl- ing (321, 298, 292), followed by Oily Jordan 1216 for 50 frames (235, 246, 254, 267). For People's Credit Jewel- lers Phil Gunn was high with 1427 for 50 frames (335, 305, 303, 268) followed by Red McQuaker 1226 for 50 frames (255, 269, 279). This was a tough set for Peo- ple's Clothing and coach Scot- ty Robson to lose and it was done without the help of cap- tain Sel Himes, who was out of For People's Clothing Orest were for People's Credit Jewel- town for the weekend. Bowl. SHORGAS HEATING & APPLIANCES Industrial and 'Commercial | The estoblished, relicble Gas Dealer in your area. a Ls > 31 CELINA ST. (Corner of Athol) FORECAST... WINTER Time To Prepare For Biting Cold Weather! 'AND WHAT BETTER TIME THAN NOW To Swing To Modern Gas Heating! OF THIS SENSATIONAL OFFER! 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