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a TODAY'S - SPORTING FEATURES Toronto Leafs Held First Ice Practice at 5.C.V.1 Seniors Play in Lindsay Fort Erie Yesterday Afterno Tomorrow A. Is Threatened With Disruption DPORT PAGE] 'DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1931 TODAY'S SPORTING FEATURES Oshawa City vs. Queen's City in Toronto on Saturda: O.CV.L Juniors Play in Port Hope Tomorrow y Mike's Place Jrs. Issue Challenges to Two Teams resident Refuses to Attend; War Threatens nce May Have To Be : ed Into Zones to "Assure Success of As- - sociation "London, Ont., Oct. 30.--R. A. Elliott of Deloro, president of the Ontario Amateur Baseball Asso- jon, hus refused to attend the 'Western Ontario baseball conven- held here on the af Remembrance Day, 11 In a short and terse communica- tion, addressed to officials of the London Baseball Association, con- 'wentfon hosts, the head of the On- tarid body side-steps the issue, in that he will not be here to reply 'to charges that are being levied 'against the governing organiza- tion by the baseball clubs of the insula. IP Thine a situation has developed 'which may result in real war against the O.B.A.A. by Western 'Ontario Baseball Association. "It as hoped thai the O.B.A.A. ould take the convention seri- usly, and would send representa- tives to talk the matter of base- pall-organization over with clubs in the section of the province which gives the Ontario body the imost support. But apparently the [president has no intention of ap- pearing before the convention 'delegates. | Hopes for Peace * Baseball organizations in the peninsula have been hopeful of a peaceful settlement of all dis- putes. They have felt that the on- way to accomplish this would Ibe through a heart-to-heart talk with O.B.A.A. officials, 'and chief- lly the head of that organization. But, the president will not attend, It practically meang that a new, plan of campaign will have to be Jaunched hy the convention. There is still no desire to break away from the O.B.A.A., but it is 'now realized that there will have ito be a change in tactics since the L0.B.A.A. has refused to co-oper- e, . In baseball minds of the penin- sala the idea has arisen that base. 11 to be made absolutely success- throughout the province V5 Today and Saturday 4 Marx : Brothers in "MONKEY USINESS"" 3 Shows Daily 2.307 TODAY Last Showing "CHILDREN OF DREAMS" Comedy Operelta SATURDAY Beach's Mighty Drama "THE SILVER HORDE" he ' with ' Evelyn Brent i bo: Louis Wolheim . go ory should be zoned. They are in fav- | or of three zones, Eastern, West- ern and Central, This would mean that Western and Eastern teams would not be going into Toronto until the absolute finals had been reached. It would cut down ex- penses and in these days of slim baseball attendance, this is an all- important matter. However, the president of the 0.B.A.A. cannot spoil the conven- tion. From as far north as Barrie and as far east as Milton, base- ball organizations, 90 in number, have decided to send delegates to this city on Nov, 11. This repre- sents the real power of amateur baseball in Ontario. The govern- ing body seeks to ignore it. The outcome is going to be interesting, and, it is hoped, in the best inter- ests of amateur baseball in On- tario, Committee Fails to Please The O.B.A.A., through its cen- tral power committee, which con- trols the playdowns, and is com- posed of A. Hillmer of Oakville; C. K. Jutten, of Hamilton; W. J. Smith, of Toronto; W, J. Snyder, of Hamilton; A. J. Walsh, of Toronto; R. A. Elloitt, of De- loro, and W. A. Smith, of Galt, has done many things to arouse the ire of baseball clubs through- out' the province and chiefly in Western Ontario. Yet the president, a member of this. committee, refuses to help iron out the difficulties. His communication is as fol- lows: . "Thomas A. Apsey, treasurer, London Amateur Baseball League, London, Ont.: ¥ "Dear Sir: Replying to your let- ter of Oct. 22, kindly be advised that I find it impossible to accept your invitation, Yours truly, R. A. ELLIOTT. President O.B.A.A., O.C. to W. J. Snyder, Secretary, O.BA.A., Ham- ilton, Ont." Collegiate Sport Shorts With both teams away, the Juniors at Port Hope, and the Senjors at Lindsay, the rugby season for the two teams ends Saturday. Even though no championships depend on these games, regular practices were continued this week. Right now, judging from their appearances in practices, both the seniors and juniors could whip any team of their respective leagues, any- where, at any time! But that fact doesn't help to win games already lost. Away back in September, in fact six weeks ago, the future for the teams looked exceedingly bright. But now, as the season draws to a close, it becomes apparent that no championship will fall to either team, Ir the case of the Juniors, it wus hardly expected that they would snatch the gonfalon, beg pardon; cup .this year, as their championship of last year was broken up with the promotion of some of their players to the Sen- for team. Notwithstanding this fact, the "kids" have played ""bang-up" rugby this year and have made a better showing than their standing in the league would indicate. The Seniors, on the other hand, were expected to give Pet- erborough a close run for the league title. But Lady Luck thought otherwise. Right from the beginning of the season, in- juries have taken a huge toll of players. As the season advanced the situation became worse un- til finally, two weeks ago, wuen Peterborough came here for the crucial game of the year, it came to a climax when Bob Schell, Max Stroud, Louie Gifford, Car. Cro- thers and How. Law were forced to watch the game from the side- lines. And, moreover, before many minutes of the game had ¢ 12different |i styles. Every pair | elapsed, Jack Henley and Hooey Weldon were forced to retire! And the seven players we have mentioned were regulars, too. Hard luck? Well we should say so! But even then, the Sen- iors might have won that day, had not Doug, Conant's field goal beer carried out of its course by the wind and hit the upright of the goal post. Such is the fortune of the game. By the way, while we are on the subject of' rugby, we would 1ik€ to advise you to wander over to the Park any afternoon af- ter four and see future 'stars' of the gridiron in action, On Wednesday afternoon the Mighty Ions bounced the Up-'n-Atoms to the tune of 11-1. These two teams, composed of kids weighing 110 lbs. or less play smart rug- by. On the very first play, an Ion pass, Jack Germond to Sam- my Dime, went for 25 yards! And the calibre of other plays was equally as good. Sport Timer Ready Soon Montreai, Oct, 30.--The first big electric time keeping clock to be installed in any of the major league hockey rinks will arrive this week in the Forum from Port Arthur, and it will be set up in one end of the rink in time for service in the opening games of the season, Tha Sport Timer as it is call- ed is the product of several years work and is declared to be not only complete in its service but altogether fool proof, The instrument built for Mont- real has an across the front width of twenty-five feet, There are five dials. The centre dial is ten feet in diameter and marked for sixty minutes with three per- ods. Two hands operate, one mak- ing two circles every minute and the other marking off the minute spacés as a bell rings automatic- ally to stop play at the end of each twenty minutes. The hands move only when play goes on. On either side of the main dial are two smaller ones, to record penalties for the playing teams. Above each of the penalty dials a number will identify the penalized player and a green light will flash to show him when his time in the penalty box is up. The whole is operated by an elec- tric switch and the time keeper cannot add to or subtract from the playing time by dela¥®ing or quickening movement without every one in the rink seeing it and he cannot run the instru- ment faster or slower than sixty seconds per minute, if attached to the city power system. The instrument for the Forum has but one face and is to be set at the end of the rink. Another for the Maple Leaf (Gardens at Toronto, construction of which is under way, will have four faces and hang in the centre of the rink. Niagara Has Gone Amateur Niagara Falls, Oct. 30.--After giving way to professional hockey as the major ice attraction here for the past six seasons, the ama- teur senfor brand will make a lo- cal comeback this winter, Though the local pro team (Pittsburg farm) made a good showing in winning the Ontario Hockey Lea- gue championship last season there is little enthusiasm being shown by Falls fang these days for salaried hockey and, even if the Ontario League should pull it- self together for a second season, there is no likelihood of a Niag- ara Falls entry. So it's back to O. H.A. senior hockey for the Power City, and indications are that in- terest will run at fever heat, as it did here in the palmy days of the "Big Six," when Gene Fra- ser's men copped the honors and went to the Allan Cup semi-finals against University of Toronto, The Falls seniors will take the tee for practice next week and much speculation is rampant as to who will fit among the many candidates who will try out with the squad. Gene Fraser, who pilot- ed the Falls juniors to the Domin- 'ion semi-finals last season, will be at the helm of the senior entry, and it is expected that at least four of his junior proteges--Max Kaminsky, Wilbur Smith, "Scot ty" Bowman and Walter Kalb- fleish--will make the grade. Lou Gallardi, who was denied a card to play junior here last season, is picked by the wise ones to fit in the higher series. Ot the new material available, Gordie Peterkin, a left-winger, jast season with Ottawa Rideau seniors, appears to be the stand- out, and the dopesters are plac- ing him on a starting front line with Kaminsky and Smith. The Sault junior front line of Lauzon, Makie and Hunter, who all show- ed class against the Fallsers last season, are residents here and will be in the hunt for positions with Fraser's senior squad. Oth- ers who will try for places on the vanguard are: "Buck" Bowman, Art Weir, "Dutch" Heximer, Johnnie Sills and Ronnie Smith. "On defense, "Scotty" Bowman and 'Walt Kalbfleish seem to | ; season' ; pal position ap- 1 ed, with | "Strut" Fischer, : a hot "Essel. Hoes and Walter Di 1 avail al | Sport Snapshots | ther ambitions. a series, * * noon against the Queen City Club. . . afternoon. Port Hope. for a victory in both Instances. * * cight or ten teams taking part. » * Kids" and the regulafs. * * sult as follows: Hamilton to beat to turn back the U. of T. "Orfuns." last week but due to the weather was postponed, a fine exhibition of the sport and in all probability the local team will win out as they are taking their strongest team. Maple Leafs May Be It is rumoured in the city that the Toronto Maple Leafs may be here for an exhibition game next week, it is altogether probable that it would be a tilt between the "Marlboro Of course nothing of a definite been learned of the game as yet, but if the game were t there would be a capacity crowd on hand. Seek Inter-Provincial Title Mike's Place, junior champions of the province evidently have fur- Yesterday several enthusiasts visited the sanctum of the writer and requested the name of the manager of the Port Col- borne Intermediates, better known as Cements, in order that a challenge for a series might be issued. It is, of course, not known as yet whether the challenge will be taken up, but if the weather is still fine there would seem to be no reason why the games should not take place. Cements are the Intermediate Champions of the province while Mike's are just about the best junior team to: hold the title in some years. We would not like to say what the outcome would be but we would venture to say that it would be close. Oshawa's champions also have ambitions for an interprovincial title and to that end have written to "Baz" O'Mera, sports editor of the Montreal Star, in an cffort to line up the Quebec Junior Champions for The only inconvenience to that series would be the distance, but this might be overcome to the liking of both teams, while a sudden death game at some intermediate point might be a feasible undertaking. * * The Oshawa City vs. Queen City The Oshawa City Soccer club will play in Toronto to-morrow after- This game was to have been played The game should be Interscholastic Rugby Games on Saturday Both the O.C.V.l. teams will be playing out of the city tomorr:y The seniors will be playing in Lindsay and the Juniors in The games as a matter of fact have no bearing on the group titles as Peterborough in the senior and Bowmanville in the junior seem to have had matters pretty much their own way. though tomorrow's games have all the indications of a holiday jaunt as far as the results are concerned, neither of the teams are taking the games lightly and are out to make the best of their opportunities Even » »- Volleyball League Organising Last year the Firemen were supreme in the Volleyball League at the Armories, but this year they may find contenticn much more spirited as according to report a league will be operated this year with at least At the present time the various pros- pective entrants are lining up their teams and it is expected that a final decision will be given on their future within the next few days Here Next Week If such were actually a fact nature has » take place Probabilities? Tomorrow's senior games in three Eastern unions are likely to re- Montreal, and Argonauts to whip Ottawa; McGill victorious over Queen's, and Western at the expense of University of Toronto; Sarnia to defeat "Tiger Cubs, and Balmy Beach Jimmy Johnston Favors Heavies New York, Oct. 30.--That Jim- my Johnston, like his predecessor the late Tex Rickard, counts upon heavyweights to make boxing a paying proposition at Madison Square Garden was indicated yes- terday when "James Joy" an- nounced the program for his open- ing show at the Garden, Nov. 13. Johnston has arranged one of the best all-heavyweight cards staged in New York in recent vears and has high hopes of start- ing his Garden career with a sell- out house, The wind-up bout of Johns- ton"s first card will be New York's first '"'dreadnaught heavyweight" contest, with Primo Carnera meet- ing Jose Santa, 200-pound Portu- guese boxer, over the 10-round route. Charley Retzlaff, youthful Wes- tern knockout sensation, will ap- pear in the semi-wind-up spot against Giacomo Bergomas, over- sized Italian, who boxed a 10- round draw with Tom Heeney Monday. Steve Hamas, Penn State youngster, who is touted ag a sec- ond Jack Dempsey, will meet Ma- teo Osa of Spain in a third bout, and Walter Cobh, a charter meém- ber of Commissioner Muldoon's "dreadnaught" class, will meet an. unselected opponent in a fourth 10-round number. The Carnera-Santa bout will not interfere with the proposed Carnera-Victorio Campolo 15- round fight for the world's cham- pionship of the 'dreadnaught' class unless Santa turns in an up- set victory--an entirely unlikely supposition, The Carnera-Campo- lo bout is definitely scheduled for Nov. 27, and unless one of the participants is defeated prior to that time the New York Comthis- sion has promised to recognize it as a championship bout. With the Nov. 13 all-heavy- weight carnical and the Nov, yi Carnera-Campolo feature counted upon to attract capacity crowds, Johnston believes that he will prove his contention that boxing knows no depression if good shows are offered, by promoting three "sellout" shows in as many weeks. He already has signed Light- weight Champion Tony Cangzon- eri to defend his title against Kid Chocolate on Nov, 20, and with these three shows hopes to set a new all-time record for receipts at the Garden during a single month, Leafs Held First Ice Practice St, Catharines, Oct. 30--Toronto Maple Leafs held their first ice plactice yesterday afternoon at Fort ie Arena, and the players made the best use of the hour allowed for the initial try on loosening up, and no ing wap permitted, It was a case Coach Duncan ordered a.general -check- of "chasing the puck" but the prac- tice served the purpose of streng- thening the players' legs for the ser- fous grind to come. The squad was divided into "Blues" and "Whites," with Chabot, Horner, Levinsky, Primeau, Conach- er. Jackson, Finnigan and Gracie lining: up for the "Blues." Grant was in goal for the "Whites," with Day and Clancy on the defense, Cotton, Bailey, Blair, Howe. and Darragh sharing the rushes on the attack. The Leafs will hold another work- out at Fort Erie on Friday morning, but start their daily grind at the Niagara Falls rink on Saturday morning. The squad showed plenty of speed and excellent conditioning as a result of their ten-day stretch of outdoor work under Jack Cusack. It was a hard day for the athletes. Not expecting the sudden treat of ice in the afternoon, the entire Leaf squad went through a stiff three hour drill during the morn- ing, ending up with a "biff-bang" lacrosse 'game, Frank Nighbor of the Buffalo club completed arrange- ments for the Leafs at Fort Eric during the noon hour, and the Tor- onto players evere rushed to the scene of action two hours later. They celebrated the occasion with a parade down the main street of St. Catharines in the early evening on their way to a local movie theatre for a special screening of a football picture. REVIVAL IN IRISH LINEN TRADE SEEN Conditions Never So Pro- mising in Last Five Years Belfast, Ireland.--In the Belfast linen industry conditions have not been so promising for the past five years as they are today, due to the altered situation caused by the gold standard decision. The renewed de- mand for all classes of linen goods has already been reflected in the unemployment figures, which show a decrease of nearly 1,500 on the previous week. Several spinning mills, which have been closed for a lengthened period, are about to re- open, and many others which were on short time have enough work to keep them fully employed for some months ahead. The possibility of large lots of foreign yarns or cloth coming into the British market disappears as they could not compete with the prices now offered by the Belfast and Scotch spinners and manufact- urers. Consequently, there was a good demand for yarns, and large stocks which have been in store for some months have now been dis- posed of, and are being turned into cloth to meet the renewed demand from the Usited States and other overseas markets, Retailers of linen goods every- where throughout Great Britain, and in some export markets, are ex- hibiting great anxiety fo replenish their depleted stocks, and with the advantage of the exchange in their favor. Belfast manufacturers have virtually cut out the foreign com- petition. Some Belfast manufactur- ers arc receivin inquiries from wholesale drapery houses in Great Britain from whom they have not received orders for some years. This apparently, is due to the fact that foreign manufacturers, who pre- viously supplied them with linen goods, have declined to deliver the goods ordered unless the British buyers are prepared to meet the dicerence in the exchange. Both the Asscoiated Chambers ot Commerce and the Belfast Chamber of Commerce have advised British buyers to decline to pay such dif= ferences, which they regard as or- dinary business risks which sellers must meet. A number of foreign orders have been cancelled for this reason, and British wholesale houses are turning to Belfast to meet their requirements, Of course, the great cr advantage in regard to price ews with foreign buvers, particularly mm the United States, which is the larg- est export market for Irish linen, rather than with home trade buyers. Nearly all classes of goods are in great request by export markets, ex- cept damasks, which are not so much affected by the present situa- tion. During the slump the damask trade maintained a steady export business. Foreign buyers, notably the United. States, are turning to Belfast for the coarse quality of goods which were formerly supplied mn large quantities by the Continent al' manufacturers, such as ducks, canvas and coarse housckeeping goods, including rollerings, kitchen cloths and similar articles. REVISE EDUCATION IN SOVIET RUSSIA Bitter Struggle Among Communist Rulers Over Methods Moscow.--An indictment by the Central Committee of the Commun- ist Party of Soviet schools that in the rush to educate Soviet youth in the methods and needs of industry under the Five Year Plan, ordinary teaching had been neglected, is made here, * Educational authorities have fail- people" and the committee has pass- ed a resolution ordering the immed- iate revision of the present system of general education. There has long been a bitter struggle within the Communist Party over educational methods. One group, known as 'Left Pervert- ers," whose leading member is Na- deshda Krupskays, widow Lenin, urged that youths should be thrown into immediate contact with life and machinery and that education in the old sense was useless. The Central Committee insists that a sound basis should be taught in schools of such subjects as chemistry, physics and mathematics, _ There has been too much special- ization with a view to industrial workmanship. It is not rare to meet graduates who are well up in the special industrial subjects but who do not know how to write correctly. An important part of the party' resolution deals with improvements in the conditions of teachers. The Soviet Government is ordered to raise wages of teachers immediately and to improve food and housing conditions, "Gospian" -- the State Planning Commission -- is instructed to pre pare immediately a 'Five Year Plan' for building schools on educational lines proposed in the resolution. IRISH SOCIETIES PLAGED UNDER BAN An- in President Cosgrave nounces Names Radio Speech Dublin.--Twelve organizations are prohibited under the new public safety law published here recently. In a broadcast, President Cos- grave also officially announced the names of members of the military tribunal to which the act gives authority to impose capital punishment or flogging for allegiance to such organiza- tions. Chief among the bodies offici- ally banned is Saor Eires, other- wise known as the Irish Repub- lican Army. The LR.A., founded during the World War, was the chief instrument in guerilla fight- ing which ended the withdrawal ot the British and establishment 0 e Irish Free Stat ; fledged dominion, ® 4 a In According to President Cos- grave's statement, the Saor Eire has latterly become infected with Communist doctrines and aims at establishing a workers' repub- lic on the lines of Soviet Russia. The Saor Eire is reputed to have arms and ammunition dumps all over the country. It is held re- sponsible for the widespread campaign of terrorism. One of its favorite slogans is that the Free State Government is the agent of "British imperialism," and should therefore be overthrown by force. Another of the prescribed as- sociations is "Fianna Eireann," a sort of young Communist league. Then there is the Cuman- Na-Mban, a women's branch of the I.LR.A., which bas joined forces with the Saor Eire in a terrorist campaign and in intimi- dation of judges und juries, With it is the affiliated Women Pris- oners' Defense League, which is also prohibited. The exact function of other organizations is not known, but in many cases their names are fairly indicative of their charac- ter. The full list is: Saor Eire, Oglach Na Eireann, Cuman-Ma- Mban, Friends of Soviet Russia, Irish Labor Defence League, Workers' Defence Corps, Women Prisoners' Defence League, Workers' Revolutionarly Party, (Ireland), Irish Tribute League, Irish Workers and Farmers' Committee, Workers' Research Bureau, A medical report shows insan- ity is decreasing. This may be due to the fact that many persons who were considered crazy several years ago are now able to gmile and say, "I told you so."'--Life. "Ho, Rastus, now?" '"Nuthin'." 'Say, how do you know when yo finished doin' that," what yo doin' ed to produce a "completely literate What's in a Battle Song . ..? To-morrow over every rugby field in Canada will resound stirring battle songs of differ- ent teams (adding im- petus to tired legs and to battered bodies). In Hamilton it will be the Tigertown Hymn of Hate -- Whiskey-Wee« Wee, etc. in staccato rhythm. Queen's will be barking out their war cry at McGill, and it all stands for somes thing. Johnston's Battle Song is . . . "No One Ever Regretted . Buying Quality" AND QUALITY MEANS SOMETHING AT JOHNSTON'S POCKET PACKOF FIVE CELUOPHANE WRAPPED 25" ARS '