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PAGE EIGHY R THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1928 » ONTARIO INTERMEDIATE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY OSHAWA THREE HAPPY MEN IN GENERAL MOTORS Greatest Sensation in Years S 'Blue Devils Beat Wan Z 7 7 . ; General Motors Bl dn the Intermediate Deyils, a fighting squad of players entered "UU, for the fixst time this year, cast all 'precedent, expectation amd adverse cireumstances to the winds here 'in Oshawa last Satuday and playing the most hectic game of rugby 'ever seen in these parts, defeated Sam winning the Intermediate rugby championship of 'score, theres {Ontario 1 : Exe points fo 15, {O.R.F.U, this year, General mia Wanderers by a 16 to 7 ing even the fondest hopes of those behind the team at whose instigation it: was that an en tors Blue Devils now rest upon a try was made in the Intermediate pinnacle of fame and glory in Oshawa, Two thousand people went wild with joy at Alexandra Park Saturday afternoon when the <blue-clad warriors of the General Motors pulled out with the sen. "sational vietory which brin, to Oshawa this city's second Ontario championship within a period of less than two months, . A more popular victory has veffy seldom been seen, and the fighting t qualities of the team ta come back sand make the best of adverse eireum- rstances makes the Blue Devils even more the cause of such city-wide »bopularity and acclaim, Never be- afore has a team entered in the In- "termediate O.R.F\U, been successful +10 such an extent as this and the «Whole credit must go to the team o Spirit, the coaching and the individu- .al effort of the every single member "of the team, * In Saturday's game, the most ex- "eiting and thrilling rughy ever seen "locally was provided from the very estart to the final whistle which brought the sixty minutes of terrific Syughy to a close, Both teams gave 'everything they had but the fighting # Blue Devils, playing as though in- : spived, outfought, outsmarted and soutplayed the Sarnia Wanderers and 3 when the smoke of battle had cleared zaway, they were found tp be leading by 4 16 to 7 scare, two points sufii- cient to give them the much cher- ished Intermediate rugby champion- ship of Ontario, Adverse Circumstances It was no easy task which con: fronted the Blue Devils and the ad- verse circumstances were sufficient to break the heart of a less endowed team, The seven point lead which Sarnia brought with them to Osh. away was sufficient under ordinary circumstances to shake the morale of any aggregation but on top of this, two of the team's star players, Scott Hubbell and Alex Park, after every indication that they were in the best of shape and prepared for the game, showed when once -in action that their injuries were still too much for them and almost lke a rudder «irom a ship, these two men had to be taken from the line-up, In their places, two comparatively unrecognized stars went into the game. To take Scott Hubbell's place, Doe Rowden trotted onto the field while to replace Alex Park, Stew Carver, himself nursing a rather stifi knee, undertook to direct the destiny of the rudderless Blue Devils, But immediately the subbtitutes found their stride, Stew Carver, calling signals and directing the play so hegan to upset the Sarnia aggre: gation by his veteran-like ability of handling the team that a new glim- mer of hope began to appear on the faces of the 2,000 fans who were pre- sent. And all this, by the way, came after Sarnia had scored an unexpect- ed touchdown, to put the Tunnel City aggregation at the time 11 points ahead on the round, . Fighting Blue Devils Could the Blue Devils do it? Crash! Doc Rowden hegan to ans: wer the question. He wasn't on the i three innie before Sehawe possession and he was given the ball. Bapg! He made eight yards, Sock! He made another five more as the men in the line made a beputiful hole for him. Apd then the Blue Devils, without Hubbell and Park, began to work, They tore the Sarnia line to They riddled the Sarpia backfield to bits with terrible tackles and they kept it up right through uptil the sixty mipute whistle brought the game to a close, And when the game was over, their perseverance, their never-ceasing work, had won them he game, No One Man Team But if anything else on Saturday, the Blue Devils demonstrated that they are not a one men team, It is granted thet the team has its ptars, but stars are necessary for pny team, It was the combined efforts of every single member of the squed which was responsible for the victory which brought the championship to Oshaws. A squad of some twenty players, every ope of thenr. fighting for the vg every minute they are on the field, constitute the reason for Oshawa's supremacy today in the Interpfedi- ate section of the O.R.F.U. ' It it wasn't Rowden on Satur- sy, it was someppe else on the Dshawa team who, for the minnte, was holding the limelight. A good- RUGBY RESULTS 150 wins championship 17 to Junior ORFU, Final xSt. Thomas. ...7 Argonauts AS, Thomas wins champin to 2. Quebec Intermediate Final Montreal C.N.R. 49 inte Vinal , 0 WOSS.A 17 Brastiord xWindsor wins championship. POTION {co 43 Ul of Te ai 2 ship 19 DOC ROWDEN Whose ground-gaining activities on Saturday was a great deciding factor in the victory of the Blue Devils. He 'replaced Hubbell on the half-line and besides gaining ground, turned in a nice kicking game, ly portion of the Kleig glare was held by Murray Johnston, whe through his Work in Sarnia ow. Wednesday, gained for himself a regular berth in this deciding bat tle, Johnston gained yards, tim and again when he was sent through for hucks, and on several oceasions he broke through for gains of fifteen and twenty yards. Johnston, and another hoy, Moore, never worked harder than they did on Saturday. Al Moore did almost as much damage on his side of the line as Johnston did on the left sector and hetween the pair, the Sarnia linesmen had no easy row to hoe, Wilson and King were no mean slouches in the line either, pnd besides being reliable on the line plunges, their defensive work was truly outstanding. Hard Tackling It was the hard hitting tacties of the outsides, Alex Gray at snap, and the flying wings, which was responsible for wearing the Sarna balf line down to a mere shadow by the end of the game. Hobart, Bond and Wiginton, were the boys at the outside wing position, who did the great damage on Saturday, With reckless abandon, it seemed, (Continued on Page 9) GORD COOK Besides Jarine a sterling game all way through, Cook broke away ip the third quarter 'for a 20-yard run around the short end which resulted in a toucidown, putting Oshawa at the t'mé on: point in the lead. een as : derers For Title How----By Whom--Time ; (Hubbell) (0).. 3.30 Try (McPhedran) (8 SECOND QUARTER Rouge (Rowden) (0).. Safety touch (0) 4.4.0 Try (Rowden) (0) ,... & Rouge (McPhedran) (8) ™ THIRD QUARTER Rouge (McPhedran) (8) FOURTH QUARTER uge (Carver) (0) .. Ro 5.35 Rouge (Rowden) (0).. 2.05 . H. W. Nicoll, Harry Lecky and Ross McKinnon, in order, diréctor of personell in General Motors, vice and pr r Saturday when Sarnia was beaten 1 t of the General Motors Blue Devils, who were 6-7 for the Ontario: championship. three of the happiest men in Oshawa. N.Y. Americans Defeat Flying Frenchmen 4-3 Montreal, Nov, 25.--The long- downtrodden New York Americans have evidently come into their own at last, Saturday night at the Forum they scored a 4-to-3 victory over the much-vaunted Canadiens and jumped into second place in the standing of the Canadian sec- tion of the National Hockey lea- gue. The victory also kept the Americans' record of not having been beaten this season intact. With Ottawa, they are the only un- It was a display of fight and de: termination that gave the visitors the win over the speedy Canucks, The Frenchmen were in front twice during the game, hut hoth times the Yanks came from behind by cour- ageous battling, They were ahead only once, and that was late in the third period, when "Bullett Joe" Simpson scored what proved to he the winning goal. With the score tied at two-all, and with Burke, Canuck defence man, in the pen- alty box, Simpson skated down the right lane alone. When he reach- ed the Canadian defence he shot a fast one at Hainsworth, The lat- ter partially hlocked the drive with his glove, but he made his move too late, and the puck was deflect- ed into the net, Conacher Stands Out Big Lionel Conacher, visiting de- fence man, appears headed for the hest season of his professional hockey career, if his performance in Saturday's game can he taken a8 a criterion, The hig fellow led the Yanks on the defensive and on the offensive, scoring two goals, both unassisted. His first scoring effort come In the second period. when the Canucks had a two-goal lead, bv virtue of counters earlier in the period by Lepine and Morenz. Hamilton Tigers Win 28-5 From Varsity Orphans Hamilton, Nov, 25.--VYesterday morning the Hamilton Tigers were merely the undefeated champions of the Interprovincial Union and contenders for the Dominion title, hut by nightfall they were still un- defeated 'and Eastern Canada title- holders and only one game remov- ed from their first Canadian erown since 1015, Unless the Regina Rough Riders show unexpected strength. in their clash with the Bengals here next Saturday, the Yellow apd Black will be monarchs of the entire Dominion. In their Eastern Canada final against the University of Toronto, O.R.F.U, champions, the locals were much the stronger team, not even the most hiased Varsity supporter will take exception to this statement, and they won by 28 to 5. But the bare statement of the score does not give any indication of the struggle that was staged be- fore the largest crowd that has wig |nessed a game in this city in years at the Hamilton A.A. A. field yes- terday afternoon. Tigers had 8 hig margin on the Blue and White squad in weight, and to the spee- tators appeared to have nearly 25 pounds per man advantage on the scales, and it was only when the superiority of the avoirdupois, us- ed continually in battering smashes at the line, wore down the lighter but game Toronto line and caus- ed the team to crack in several Spots that the Tigers steadily drew away and increased their lead un- til it was over the twenty points that their supporters had forecast. Up until the final quarter the Students staged a great game and it was only when the flesh gave way, their spirit never failed them, that the heavy Tiger machine erashed through to make their victorious score ope-sided. In de- feat the Students were almost as great as the Bengals. They did their best apd for '2 while held their own with ope of the greatest line plunging teams that has heen assembled in post war years. For three periods they held the Big Four chompions to 2 12 to 5 count, and at times bad the locals so dis- concerted that they gave perhaps their worst exhibition at home this season, a showing that drew taunts from their supporters amd caused the players to blame one ampother for the failure of their manoeuvres, but in the latier part of the third Quarter the Tigers became the team beaten team in the major league, IY . SPORT SNAPSHOTS | Well, well, well, who says now that Oshawa simply can't win an On- tario championship? Who says now that Oshawa can for a championship and then always only get to the semi-finals for finals lose out? Twice within two months Oshawa has won an Ontario championship and both of them have been of the most sensational nature, The most recent championship, of which we are now most particu- larly concerned, was seen at Alexandra Park last Saturday when the General Motors Blue Devils trounced the Sarnia Wanderers by a 16 to 7 count, sufficient to win the championship by two points. The previous Ontario championship was taken by General Motors senior lacrosse team who defeated Brampton Excelsiors 7 goals to 4 on the round Ya win the senior and afterwards the Association lacrosse cham- pionship of Ontario, This is most assuredly Oshawa's year in sport. An how the Blue Devils went after their slice of glory is something which will long remain as an ideal in Oshawa. Never has a team worked harder. The boys simply fought and fought all the time they were on the field and it was only this which won them the title. With Hubbell and Alex Park out put a source of urgument to rest on Saturday. of the line up, the Blue Devils also They settled. with an emphatic "no" the doubts which had arisen in some people's minds to the effect that the Blue Devils were a one man or a two man team, If one player has to drop out of the line up, another immediately seems to step in to take this place and carry on with no seeming difference in strength to the team, Note the cases of both Park and Hubbell, Park was injured and was out of the line up for the deciding game with London and the first game with Sarnia, for about five minutes and then had to be replaced by Carver, Although in uniform here Saturday he only played Before Carver appeared on the scene, the Blue Devils used George Loveless but at London Loveless had to be taken place, from the field and Carver took his Carver and Loveless shared the duties at London while Carver 'handled the complete details here on Saturday, and did it to perfection, Then Scott Hubbell, the erstwhile star of the team, upon whem the Blue Devils seemed to base all their hopes, was injured and had to be taken from the game in Sarnia last Wednesday, After two days in the Oshawa General Hospital he tried to play his old game on Saturday but his in- jured leg deemed otherwise and he had to be substituted, How Doc Rowden filled Scott Hubbell's shoes Rowden was the substitute, And Doc is still a matter of conversation ahout town, Wiginton, another member of the play in some of Saturday's game but only as a substiute, team injured in Sarnia, was able to His place was taken on the regular line up by Hobart and the boy from Ottawa lived up to the chance which was given him, And take a look at Murray Johnston. When Thornton Logan was under the weather a trifle on Saturday with a bad cold, the management of the team didn't think twice of sending Johnston in to take his place and if you didn't see what Johnston did, read the play by play account which appears elsewhere on this page, and you'll realize his value to the team, The Rotary Club announce today a banquet wnich is to be' held Thursday evening in honour of the Blue Devils. Any banquet no matter how many frills will be quite in order to do honour to the illustrious, fighting Blue Devils, The Mail and Empire this morning has the following to say: --""They must breed what is' known on the turf as 'stretch runners' in Oshawa, This Summer their senior lacrosse team just barely managed to squeeze into the play-off series by snatching their placing, Then in a sweeping drive they eliminated St. Simon's and Brampton to win the championship. The rughy team lost the first game London, but won the next two, and of their group-deciding series with after being 11 points down at one stage of the finals they came on to capture the title ina stirring rally. There must be many 'stout fellas' wearing Oshawa sports livery!' While The Globe says it this way:-- a "Oshawa intermediates showed real "gameness" as well as ability when they overcame Sarnia Wanderers' seven-point lead, and won the Ontario Union championship on Saturday, T Motor City "gridders" have played consistently good football all season, and are well entitled to the laurels. They had to eliminate two strong teams when they "banished" London and Sarnia from the A Alex. Park, former Argonaut and University of Toronto Schools star, is captain of the Oshawa team, and his friends in the Queen City were lieves that there busy congratulating him on Saturday. Park be- are several players on the intermediate cham- pions line-up who will make the grade in senior company without trouble, and foothall star. C.I.,. Queen's, regular outside wings, them is "Doc" Rowden, ing ig Wy Bond, who saw service with De La Salle Argonauts and Osgoode Hall, was one of Oshawa's and played the best football of his career, the youthful hockey of the Interprovincial period and from then on simply steam-roller- ed over the lighter and steadily tir- ing Orphans. Ottawa Senators Play Tie Game Against Detroit Detroit, Nov. 24.--/The Ottawa Senator, at the top of the interpa- tional division of the Natiopal Hockey League, remained unbeaten here tonight after an overtime bat- tie with the Detroit Cougars, which nded pn a 1-tol tie. The game put the Cougars in a tie for first place with the New York Rangers in the American division. To Alex. Connell, Ottawa goalie, went the credit for the tie game. Time and again when Lewis, Hay and Herberts, Detroit forwards, broke through the Senators' de- fence wall he saved sensationally. He was forced to work almost twice as bard as "Dollie" Dolson, Cougar goal tender, King Clancy, Sepators' star de- fence man, was outstand for his team. In the third -period he was given a major pepalty for tripping Connors in a mix-up near the Ot- tawa goal, The game alternated from a slow to a flashing, hard- checking affair. The ° ten-minute overtime period saw some fast skating by the forwards of bot teams, The teams: 4 Detroit--Goal, Dolson left de- fence, Noble; right defence, Traub; centre, Herberts; left wing, Aurie; right wing, Connors; spares, Lewis, Cooper, Hay and Fraser, Ottawa---Goal, Connell; left de- fence, Boucher; right defence, Clancy; centre, Nighbor; left wing, Touhey; right wing, Finnigan; spares, Smith, Kilrea, Grosvenor, Eliott and Halliday. Officials--George' Mallinson and L. Heffernan, Montres]. -- PUNTS and TACKLES By the Dopester Who will ever question the facet that the General Motors Blue De- vils aren't the fightingest outfit that ever stepped on a rugby field? * ¥ * To look back and consider the uphill fight the boys have made to keep going, despite injuries, and defeats, it makes you just tingle with pride, It was a gallant vie- tory and one quite worthy of Gen- eral Motors and Oshawa. 8 Some wisecracker called Julius Gray the production end of things, Alex Park and Stew Carver, head office; the fighting line, the Truck Division, the backfield the Cadil- lac-La Salle division; and the out- side and flying wings, the efficiency department, 'cause they keep things in check. Anyway they aren't far out, are they? Are We Happy,--Whoopee! ¥ * » The Montreal trip is still a mat- ter of conjecture, A meeting has been called at Mr. Nicholls' at 8 p.m. this evening of all teanr and executives, to discuss the project. Will let you know tomorrow, CR Did you see #Cliff Pound and Ross McKinnon crash Mr, Nicholls' new derby when Cooke scored the winning touch? * % » Our own "Doc" Rowden outshune any previous backfield perform- ance ever seem here before, He was positively scintillating and certainly made the Sarnia wings look sick. His touch in the second quarter was a combined dive, roll and back-flip over the line, which nearly set the Oshawa fans gooty with delight, 0 He was ably backed up by Gum- mow, Cooke and Tribble, These boys never slackened pace all day and kept slamming away at Sar- nia"s line continuously, Cooke was handicapped hy a bum knee, but when he got under way he was hard to stop. * * Scott Habbell made a gallant at- tempt at staying in the game, but due to his injured knee he was forced to retire, Everybody sym- pathized 'with him and knew that it was more painful almost to sit on the bench than it was to play, Never mind, Hubby, you'll be in there next year, ro» The same can be sald of Alex Park. His leg was mighty pain- ful and he couldn't use it at all and had to retire in fayor of Car- ver. However, the withdrawal of these two men seemed to have ap immediate effect on the balanc# of fought twice as hard, re Carver, the Collegiate recruit, handled the team like a veleran, getting the'ball away quickly and surely, He was cool and steady at all times, and sure used his bean when he called Cooke for that pever-to-be-forgotten short. end play, which resulted:in the touch that put us ope pomt up. Logan was tied up with ap. ex- tremely heavy gold and was replac- ed by Johnston » inside. d Julius Gray, W. 8. L. M., had» many an enemy advance. Right beside him was the big Finlander , Ed. Wilson. He was picking 'em up and' laying 'em down in: fine style and his presepce Was. cer- tainly feit. "a * » As for Alimony Moore and Ka) King, too much canpot be said. They worked themselves into a statd of utter exhaustion snd lier ally tore the Sarnia line to shreds. Hobart, Wiginton and Bond were great. They hit bard and hit of- ten. Their tackling had our friends buffaloed. ng was con- sistent and even spectacular at all times. As for our friend Kohen, at flying wing, he was wonderful. He was neyer caught napping and bad jit all his own way when it came to smearing ie . advances, Every man was 2 hero apd de- serves a world of praise. Did any he £ay that we badn't a fighting the team and they went in end | Tribb) good day at snap and broke up| McPhedran and Geary completely | Blue Devils' Great Victory Recounted Play by Play kick but McPhedran was drop | Sowa with the ball behind his line A. Tange, netting Oshawa ome Resuming play on their 25 yard on third down the next time were forced to kick. Park took the ball on Oshawa's 25 yard line. Oshawa veturned the kick om third down to offside on first down and kicked on next down to Hubbell on Oshawa's 5 yard line. Cook and Mogre made yards for Oshawa to carry the ball to Oshawa's 25 yard line but on the next two plays the Blue Devils were line, - Sarnia made yards once and | i + 5 : 25s iz td it the centre of the field, Sarnia was | offside and Oshawa for a safety touch, Oshawa 2 points, Resuming their 26 yard line, McPhedran on first down to Rowden who Al; MOORE Along with Murray Johuston, this boy made yards time and again for the Blue Devils on Saturday. Johnston made the gains to the lefy of line, while Moore plung- ed the right, thrown for a loss and Hubbell kick- ed, Thinking the ball had struck a Sarnia player when it was kicked, Tribble caught the ball to constitute an Oshawa offside for which Oshawa 'was penalized back to their 20 yard line, and Sarnia was given posses. sion, On Sarnia's first play, Me- Phedran ran around the.right end for a touchdown which was uncon- verted, putting Sarnia in the lead, § to 1 on the game, Rowden Replaces Hubbell Rowden, replacing Hubbell, kicked off for Oshawa and Geary was down- ed with the ball on Sarnia's 86 yard line, On their second down, Sarnia fumbled the ball and Oshawa gained possession. An end run netted Osh- awa a yard and on the next play, Oshawa was penalized 10 yards for a forward pass. Rowden kicked to McPhedran on Sarnia's 10 yard line, Oshawa was penalized 10 yards for not giving :McPhedran yards. Sarnia kicked to,Gummow on. first down and two successive plunges by Rowden gave Oshawa yards. Moore picked a hole and went for 8 yards while Gummow followed for 16 yard plunge; King carried the ball for another 5 yards but on the next play, Oshawa fumbled and lost possession, Sarnia kicked on first down to the tre of the fleld. Rowden bble gained yards for Oshawa while King Rlungad for b yards and ribble . took ball, for yards again," Moore 'gained 5 yards but Deadly tackling eo fi was y's fay- at Alexandra Park J . By the end of the game the sight of Jack Bond, with Kohen, made the Sar- de, P alrbacks knees knock to- d the ball to the centre of the field" Moore and Gummow yards on two attem while King and Tribble only failed inches, forcing a kick, Rowden's kick went over the Sarnia line to ran who'was downed for a rouge, giving Oshawa another point, Rowden Makes Yards Sarnia, resuming play on their 28 yard line, immediately gained 10 yards for an Oshawa offside. Mee Phedran after losing yards on an attempted kick, finally got away a kick to Rowden which gave Oshawa ssession on their 35 yard line, wden made 8 yards on an end (Continued on Page 9) Maple Leafs Beat Maroons 4 to 1 in Smooth Game Toronto, Nov, 26.--Another jinx was laid to rest, for the time 8 at least, on Saturday night when the Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Maroons, last year's Stan- ley cup finalists, scoring their first victory over the invaders om local ice snce the first year the Maroons were in the league, In the season of 1924-25 the locals won four out of six games from the Montreal entry, but since then, according to those who have followed the pro- gress of the Toronto team, their engagemenis with the Maroons have been devoid of success, The win on Saturday night was there fore long overdue and the score, 4 to 1, brought more than the average amount of satisfaction te both players and supporters, On the hour's play the Leafs de~ served the vic.ory as they uncover- ed af lagshy and effective brand of combinatiop in the third period that carried them tnrougn tne Maroons' defence for close-in shots on Benedict and the goaile had practically no chance to stop the four shots that beat him, In addi- tion to the four ' goals counted, Bailey picked up a loosg puck af= ter Blair had been tripped on a& sortie through the Maroon defence and scored but it was called back for some reason or other. In scors ing the four goals the Leafs were credtied with six assists and this flash of combination, most of it coming in the last. part of the final period, showed that the players are steadily becoming acquainted with each other's play. The Maroons were without the services of Hooley Smith, thelr centre player, who has a broken nose and a sprained thumb, and there is no doubt they missed him a lot, both on the attack and des fensively but despite this the visitors had an edge on the play for the first thirty mfinutes, The Leafs could pot get going as' they did against the Canadiens. Their attacks were usually one map af- fairs of when two went down their efforts at copibination were weak, HOCKEY RECORDS NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE P.W.L'T.F.A, 85203 ENT 1 hd -- -- SO oN aw SOa BWA NO -- de Ny aon Pittsburg , Chicago ,,,,4:,, § 0 Saturday's results :-- Maple Leafs,,., 4 Montreal Americans ,,,,, 4 Canadiens ,,,, Ottawa. ,,,ss,s, 1 Detroit ,,, sBoston.,,,,,,, 1 Chicago . ' sRangers .,,.,. 2 Pittsburg ,.... CANP E A Ww. Niagara Falls Detroit 4.0.1» London ,,,,,., Windsor ,,;,,, Kitchener ,... Toronto ... Hamilton 0 Buffalo 0 Saturday's results :-- -- g : w Yt yt WON» St L 4 5 2 £ 2 1 ----- A LN hahah detont odo SY ---- oN =A heat --2--2 23] i 7 Hamilton Niagara Falls... | Buffalo 4 London s--Played Sunday. ific Coast 5 Portland x--Played Friday. American Phi STW ~ 2 New Haven wd