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ae di ic NR SST sR ai Ss wl Aii>pt . "Winky" at Omaha is our former Oshawa player and Smith at Pittsburgh * be the highest ever paid for a Stallion to stand at stud .... In 37 starts, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1946 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZEJTE PAGE THIRTEEN KEEN ACTIVITY AT OSHAWA CURLING CLUB T PLENTY OF P 0 R T Geo. H. NAPSHOTS compte The Christmas mail bag prodiiced a lot of pleasant reminders from sports figures well-known in Oshawa but one of the most enjoyed was one from Johnny Arundel, former Oshawa General, who is back in hls native Winnipeg this season. Johnny writes: "Oshawa 5; St. Mike's 3, Mmm! Oshawa 5; Galts, 4 Mmm! Oshawa 2; Hamilton 3. Phew!"-- Imagine Johnny getting the odor, away out in Manitoba . , . Ken Colling, former Belleville sports scribe and something of an umpire and referee, sends his remembrance from the Isolation Hospital, Kingston: Ken in- sists he's ready to leave but couldn't bear to leave the nurses. Arpad Kovacks (Sandor Kovacz now) sends greetings from his New York wrestling throne, where he is fast becoming the current mat king. Former Oshawa pucksters, now pursuing their hockey careers in U.S. and the Old Country, also add to the list. Christmas shopping makes one almost feel thal George Bernhard Shaw perhaps has something bus cheery cards from former sport acquaintances removes such doubts, IVs # great season! + * L J + Most of the Junior "A" teams gét a Christmas rest. St. Mike's piayed a heavy schedule during November and December to that end. There are no games scheduled now until Friday, when Oshawa Gen- erals visit the Falcons in St. Catharines and Galt Red Wings go to Stratford. Next Saturday night, St. Kitts come right back to Osh- awa; Hamilton visits Marlboros and Windsor visits Young Rangers at the Gardens and Stratford plays back in Galt. The Generals get their rest after Saturday's game, They do not play again until the following Saturday, when Stratford comes here. And so, for Christ mas, we find St. Mike's in first place; Oshawa Generals in 2nd and Marlboros in 3rd with 28 and 26 points respectively, but of course Marlies have played several more games than Oshawa; Galt Red Wings in 4th spot; Stratford in 5th and Barrie in 6th. There are the six teams that will be in the O.H.A, Junior "A" playoffs, when Saturday, Feb. 22nd rolls around. The standing will be changed, no doubt, but we doubt if St. Catharines, Hamilton, Young Rangers or Windsor can replace any of the other six, unless perhaps St. Kitts manages to nose out Barrie. The final standing?--well, it might be like this--St. Mike's, Galt, Oshawa, Marlboros, Stratford and Barrie --and then again, it might not! Marlboros are in 3rd, not tied for 2nd with Oshawa. It seems that by mutual agreement of the two teams, that game up in Barrie last Wednesday, which Marlies won 7-3, was only a 2-point game. Marlies are going up there again, on Feb. th, . + * * According to "Chick" Appel of Stratford and Laurie Brain, Galt sports scribe, who claims that several of the "responsible Galt team officials" vouch for the fact, the O.H.A, should "severely reprimand" Oshawa's hockey coach for his incident with the local Linesman, in a recent game here." We didn't see this game, being at an 0.A8.A. meeting in Hamilton that night, so we are in no position to pass an opinion and besides we heard from good authority here, that there wasn't much to it, Qeept an admitted display of temper caused by tension. Laurie Brain however comes up with something else that makes interesting reading. He says:--"However, we doubt very much whether anything will ever come of the incident. From the info we received from another Oshawa official who has worked the lines there, they have a tough enough job with the fans and club without sending in any unsavory reports and fur- ther incurring the displeasure of the "inner-workings", This chap, who was considered highly competent by outside teams, said the bickering was 80 bad he finally chucked it all." All of which proves still further, like a referee too, nobody loves a linesman and it's time the O.H.A. appointed both officials for Junior "A" games--and make them both referees, with equal power, too. * * * +» Stratford's Dunc. Daniels, former Winnipeg Ranger, finally came up with a game (against Oshawa last week) that drew the unstinted praise of "Chick" Appel, Stratford scribe, who hitherto has been very lukewarm towards Daniels and one or two other Kroehler imports. Appel states Daniels was the most improved player on the team and the best man on the ice against Generals. With Drysdale and Mit- chell going along nicely, Stratford's defense dept. worries are not as great now and Chick predicts that Kroehlers will be much better from here in. Their 10-4 win in St, Kitts on Saturday night would indicate that "Chick" wasn't far off in his experting either. * * * * : Oshawa Legionnaires took a firmer grip on second place in their O.H.A. Intermediate "A" "Big Four" group race last night here, when they defeated the visiting Kitchener Legion team 6-3. The locals bullt up a 3-0 lead in the first period, led 5-1 at the end of the 2nd and finished "well-in-hand", Bill Barker's goal late in the game clinched it when Kitchener was threatening but it was Jack "Regina" Tisdall who | hogged the limelight, He figured in five of Oshawa's half-dozen goals, scoring three and getting two well-earned assists, "Ab" Barnes also starred, especially after Bill Mortimer had to be taken to the Oshawa Hospital, where he received 4 stitches to close a cut sustained from a flying puck. The local Legionnaires fully earned their win and gave the fans plenty to.cheer about. It was "Young Canada" night at the Arena and all children accompanied by a parent, were admitted free. * 0» LJ + Perhaps the only local sporting activity over the Christmas holi- day, other than outdoor hockey and skiing, will be the annual "Boxing Day" curling bonspiel, at thegOshawa Curling Club, on Thursday. A full quota of 32 rinks are entered, with 16 of them coming from out- side points and 16 Oshawa entries. With such top-notch curlers as Nels Findlay, Bert Kennedy, R. A. Cowan, R, L. Walton, Ed. Young, Frank Raney, I. E. Ross, not to mention the local experts, there should be pleaty of competition in the 3-game event here Thursday. The first of the annual Lindsay-Oshawa home-and-home sessipns, here on Saturday evening, resulted in a 55-50 win for the homesters. Oshawa goes back to Lindsay later in the season, to settle the "Carew Cup" honors for the 1946-47 season. Instead of the usual silver spoonis, they curled for chickens in their regular Saturday afternoon "friendlies" and Don, Holdgn's rink copped the Christmas dinners, for the best win, a 17-8 triumph. On Monday night, they held an- other competition, for chickens, ana Jack Michael, who was runner up on Sat, won the honors, on a toss, over Ed. Goodman. Monday's . chickens were for the closest win and both Michael and Goodman had 1-shot wins in their keen games. * + + * SPORT SHORTS:--Joe "King" Krol, star of the Dominion cham- pion Toronto Argos, was almost unanimous choice as Canada's most outstanding athlete for 1046 . , . Cec, Purdue, Peterboro sports scribe, recalls that Geo. Wright, Barrie timekeeper recently suspended for life by the O.H.A,, for conduct during recent games, is the same timer who ang the bell 3 minutes too soon a few years ago when Peterboro boys were threatening to win the round from Barrie Colts and police had to rescue the official from 2,000 bowling fans . , . . Frank Buckland was coach of that Peterboro team a few years ago and three weeks ago, he was appointed to the O.H.A. Executive for the first time and he sat in on the meeting at which Mr, Wright was found "dead wrong". Yuk! Small world, §5n't it? ,... Wonder what will come of the interim injunction against Buffalo Bisons Hockey Club, entered by Ottawa Forum Company. It's been postponed until Jan. 8 and meanwhile, plus talk of forming a Minor Pro Hockey League for Canada, how T. P. Gorman has offered $10,000 as a protection 'bonus if the C.A HA. will make the N.H.L. teams do their raiding before Oct. 15 instead of Jan. 15, as is the -date now + +» « Jim Conacher scored twice for Indianapolis the other night and "Winky" Smith scored twice for Pittsburg Hornets, However, another "Wik Bimith scored one for Omaha (and 30 did Sullivan) while Nakina scored for St. Paul. Don't know for sure but we think the must be another "Winky" . , . . Chuck Scherza got 3 goals on Sunday night when Philadelphia Rockets finally won one, beating Providence Reds 7-4. Chuck, is with Providence, as is Ronnie Wilson, who got their other goal. * * * * SCISSORED SPORT-- (By The Canadian Press) --Bernborough, the *poowoomba Terror" greatest Australian race horse since Phar Lap, Ras n sold to Hollywood's Louis B. Mayer at a price said to be. in .the inity of $300,000, Mayer's racing adviser, Nell McCarthy, sald Sunday his employer had purchased Bernborough for an undisclosed sum. to stand at stud in Kentucky. Australian sources said yesterday: the actual purchase price was $207,600--and added that the figure was 10 times as high as the seven-year-old son of Emborough out of Bern Maid would have fetched on the Australian market. If the price is correct it will Bernborough won 26 races--I15 in a row within the space of 10 months. He was at the peak of his career when he broke a leg bone in Melbourne last Nov. 2 . . .. At Cincinnati, Eddie Miller, star shortstop of the Cine cinnat! Reds' for the past four seasons, announced yesterday he was Manitoba Will Make Real Bid Cop Puck Titles Winnipeg, Dec. 24-- (CP) ~-- Manitoba will make strong bids this: year for both senior and ju- nior Dominion 'hockey honors. -Always strong contenders in the junior division, Manitoba, for the first time in more than 10 years, is operating a classy senior lea- glue, Current leaders in the three- team loop from which local fans hope to draw an Allan Cup con- tender, Winnipeg Flyers are a collection fo former juniors and hardy veterans forming a well- balanced organization, Flyers' strongest opposition comes from Winnipeg Stylists, last season's Orioles who lost to Calgary Stampeders in the West- ern Canada senior final, Coached by Joe Krol, former New York Ranger, Stylists {impressed rail- birds in their latest appearance against Flyers, winning 5.3 after haviag dropped their first two starts to the leaders, Selkirk Fishermen, third team in the league have dropped all tive starts to date. Monarchs Still Lead In the junior league, Monarchs, starting out thig season as in last, dropped the mdjority of their ex- hibition games but to date top league standing with six wins and one loss. Brandon Elks, strong favorites to dethrone Monarchs, hold second spot, three points down on the leaders. Winnipeg Rangers are tied with Brandon, St, James Canadians with four points and the winless Portage La Prairie Terriers round out the league's other two spots. Manitoba's first opposition fol- lowing their own provincial play- downs will be against the Lake. head winners, Both senior and ju- nior hockey teams at the lake- head are just beginning their re- gular season's schedules, al- though squads of both leagues already have seen action in nu. merous - exhibition games with orial series, a regular pre-season competit'd>n involving all teams in the league, May Be Tough Here Four teams compries the lake- head junior eircuit--Port Arthur West-end Bruins, Port Arthur Juniors, Fort Willlam Hurricane angers and Fort William Colum bus Club, Bruins and Columbus clubs lead the cireit to date, With practically all members of last year's championship Port centres, the outlook is not bright for a strong Memorial Cup con- tender from the though a better-balanced league appears to be shaping up. Fort Willlam and Port Arthur senior teams have hooked up with Duluth in an international league and generally are expected to have stronger clubs than last year, U.S. CHANCES DAVIS CUP ARE MIGHTY SLIM By GAYLE TALBOT Melbourne, Dec, 24-- (AP) -- The United States' chances of winning the Davis Cup were not helped today by disclosure that the team's siege gun, Jack Kram- er, had injured a small bone on the bottom of one of his feet, Kramer insisted it would not handicap him, but nevertheless the trainer at Kooyong advised him to take it easy in final prac- tice sessions today and tomorrow, As a result, the American cham- pion did not play a regular set, but concentrated on hitting var- fous types of shots set up for him, and did little running. The Australian players already know of the mishap and have ex- pressed regret that Kramer might not be able to play his usual smashing game right to the hiit. Walter Pate, non.playing capt- ain of the American team, and the other members of the American squad appeared unperturbed. One of them said: "Jake never plays real well un- less he's got something wrong with him." Meanwhile, Australian tennis writers almost unanimously ag- reed today that the nomination of Ted -Schoroeder instead of Frank Parker for.the second singles post had enRanced Australia's chances of retaining the cup, Typlcal was the comment of R. E. Schlesinger, former Australian star player, who wrote in the Melbourne Sun: : "Before it was announced that Schroeder would be America's second singles representative I felt confident that Australia would defeat America by three rubbers to two. I still predict that we will win by the same margin, but there is now a decided possi- bility that the final tally will be four rubbers to one in favor of Australia." Parker is still very morose about 'it and Gardnar Mulloy is not exactly fmbued' with Christ. mas spirit, outside clubs. Juniors. too, have | just completed the Mcleod Mem- nt Arthur Flyers club gone to other |! Santa's little helper--Jane Harker, acting asjaide to old St. Nick, remem- "Pp, bers even the snow man on Christmas Day. She has a key role in ossessed." BOWLING NEWS | TIMES-MUNDY-GOODFELLOW "CHICKEN ROLL" second on Jace, and had they been able to de- if that wasn't enough, we he did a repeat in the Colts' league Friday night, On the other hand, you don't even have to "make it worth their while" and Printer's Devils will Jet you have it with both barrels. mer not only blasted Quoin Keyes 4-0, they copped the high men's single and the high men's triple, via George Campbell with his 317 and "old dead eye" Les Coles with a 727. And, all this cinched top spot of Bectlon Two. Not a bad eve- Hina work!" 'Course, Lino Pins in- tended to really clean up on them to keep in shape for (What am I saying!) n mind, the Pins lakehead al- special a sort of way, mind you--and Butch Dyas look- ed a wee bit better, In the "In ts 3-Galley Rats 1" affair, Hank 'abeck sizzled a couple of good games, Marion Furey found out what she was doing wrong in time to pull up her third game, and Lois Perry and Norm Arthurs weren't bad. and it stuck for the girls' high single--and a chicken, About one more ame and we think Herb Wagar would rea th pe_Lice only took the one Pol , Elsie Brown kept them in the imetight by landing a chicken with night's triple, Other luckies were Jack Taggart and nu Hancock for their "mystery" tal- les. BEST SCORES: (Gals)--Esme Wil. llams, 273, 234, Elsle Brown 231, 213, Marion Furey 230, Phyll Baxter 214 Ferne Ball 213, Verda Jackson 2 los Perry 205; (Guys)---Geol o s 0) e Camp- 90, Hank eorg Alex Mackay 237 214, 206, Norm Dyas 2 Ball 203, Standing Printer's Devils .... Quoin Key: Galley Rats . C.0.F.. BOWLING LEAGUE Blitzers 3, Rangers 0; Jesters 3, lebugs 0; Go-Gettors 2, Quakers 1; | a coat of whitewash eat tho Bears they would have been the winners of the series instead of the Bears. Arn Green's Camels applied to Mac Collis' Trappers taking them for all three games, and those Little Foxes also ap- lied a coat of whitewashing to the ns, 'Those within the charmed circle this week were: Hyman 673, Manning Swartz 692, Arn Greene 641 and Mar- es were: Manning Swartz wartz 248, Hyman 245, Ben 0) temeroft 224, Horwich 217, Marks 217, Marcus 215, Begal 214, Mac Collis 212, Maurice Collis 211, Brown 210, and Sam Swartz 3-Star Selection and his fighting apirit in a 3 Maurice Collis for his ing. Special Comments We felt sorry for the Lions, as une doubtedly had Sarett and Lavine been out there, the Lions would have easily won the three games and also won second series; the boys that did turn up worked very hard and two of them came up with two of their best dis- plays of the season. It is too bad in- deed that some of the boys (which are only a few now) do not take the mat. ter of turning out with their team very seriously. The result is that the re- maining members who do turn out are under a handicap, It is all right not it 1s not fair to the members of your team that turn out regularly week af- ter week, We were glad to welcome back Mac Collis, The mere fact of his resence with his team seemed to nstill new life in his players. We dia notice that Horwich was just short four pins maki! the headlines, which 1s a good healthy sign. Our hats off to Ben Black who is continuing to show improvement each week, We were gratified to see Paul Swartz come up with some very good consistent bowling, We are waiting for some of the others to' begin Tollihg, parsiculanly Harry Green, Marder and Brown, W. e | would like to point out that there will » | be no bowling this comin, » | this league, Monday for due to Christmas week, but the bowling will start up again Monday, December 30th, Be sure to be out, Arn Greene has just released the averages which to date are as follows: Hyman 220, Manning Swartz 227, Arn Greene 205, Fox 203, BEd. Wilson 201, Mac Collis 197, Sarett 196, Lavine 103 and Horwich 191. Skippers 2, Boomerangs 1; C does 2, Typhoons 1, A lot our bowlers must have been tired out from Christmas Shopping this week as there were only 12 players over the 400 mark, namely Bea om 457, rguson 427, Betty Bick 424, Lucille Allman 421, in the ladies' class, nice to see some of the other girls getting over 400, In the men's class were Jim Martin with top score of 465, Harold Babcock 461, Norm. DRellly 453, Jack Ross 450, Jim Hervid 434, WiIf Manning 431, Ward Blok 422, Len Wall 406, apologies to the Go-Gettors who fox 3 poin' d of 2, arlie Ferguson donated 'chicken this week and Harold Strathdee pulled the lucky number, 190. Tha 'Bird' was won by Jean Antili who had the closest score which was 101, Be sure and be out next week Jean, as there is your New Year's dinner for you, We wish to take this opportunity of yishing every person in our league a very Happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year. Don't eat too much turkey and not be able to bow! next Friday night, tho', League Standin, Jesters . Saeaane a Blitzers . Quakers .. Commandoes ers .. lebugs Typhoons . Go-Gettors Skippers ... Boomerangs ... B'NAI B'RITH BOWLING LEAGUE (Mayfair Lanes) 'This woek's bowling saw the windup of the second series, with Sid Topp's Bears emerging as the winners of the second series and thereby earning them- selves a playoff spot for the cup at the end of the howling season, The little Foxes finished the second series with the most number of points, but al ready having won the first series, the second place Bears were automatically ) sioner 'A. B. (Happy) Chandler said yesterday at Cincinnati he had d questioned Brooklyn Dodger Manager Leo Durocher a month ago in connection with reports there had been a dice game in Durocher's apart- ment, He refused to comment further . . .. After holding the top spot In the American Hockey League's individual scoring 'race for eight straight weeks, Norm Burns, flashy New Haven centre, was displaced by Phil Hergesheimer, Philadelphia winger, who: scored 10.points last week + « « « Pitcher Tommy Bridges, who once starred for Detroit Tigers, has signed a 1947 contract with Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast Base- retiring from baseball to enter private business . . . . Baseball Commis- ball League. ' Here's Some More ~ U.S. Democracy in Sport "Color Line" Mckeesport, Pa, Dec, 24--(AP)-- More than 2,600 fans were left waiting last night when the Ten- nessee basketball team refused to take the floor because Duquesne coach Chick Davies wouldn't prom- ise not to use a negro player. Davis and Coach John W, Mauer of the Tennessee Vols team held a two-hour conference before the game was finally cancelled and the disappointed fans sent home. Davies said he had agreed not to use freshman star Charley Cooper "unless he had to in a close game," but that this did not satisfy the Vols coach, Mauer sald: "When there was no assurance the negro player would not appear, my boys said they wouldn't play. They are all South- ern boys and you understand the situation which confronted me." Davies said he had put Tennes- see's ultimatum up to the squad in the dressing room. "Cooper told the team he wouldn't mind if they decided to play without him because 'He didn't yan to be the cause of any trou- er The Duquesne mentor said, "But the boys told him he was A member of the squad and as long as he con- tinued a member of the squad he would play in their games." WELSHMAN WINS HIS BOUT IN NEW YORK RING Brooklyn, N.Y, Dec. 24--(AP)-- Cyril Gallle, 143, Cardiff, Wales, outpointed Artie Dipietro, 142%, New York, in the eight-round main event at Broadway Arena last night. Dipietro was down for a nine-count in the first round. DON. HOLDEN'S RINK CAPTURES CHRISTMAS BIRD Following usual custom, thé Osh- awa Curling Club members held a fa] pre-Christmas friendly ses- poo on Saturddy afternoon, with chickens, instead of the usual silver spoons, as premier prizes, Don, Holden's rink, with a 17-8 triumph over Perc. Eveleigh's four some, was returned top winners, with the best plus score of the day's play. J, Michael's rink was second with a°12-6 win over Alf, Maynard's rink but this wasn't quite enough to cop the Christmas din- ners. \ Following are the complete re- sults: W. 8. Trainer, . 'Tonpkin, L. HESE DA 4 Annual Boxing Day Bonspiel Has Full Lis t Of 32 Entries 16 Outside Rinks Will Vie With as Many Oshawa Foursomes for Curling Honors'Here Thursday -- Annual Competition Gets Going at Nine 0'Clock It's been going on for years now, almost since the Oshawa Curling Club came into being, and on Thursday, another of the famous annual Oshawa "Boxing Day Bone spiels" will be staged at the local good | club, with a packed entry-list of 32 rinks competing for the day's hon- ors and six sets of handsome prizes. Perhaps the most popular of Oshawa's 1-day bonspiels, the an- nual Boxing Day 'Spiel never fails to attract top-notch curlers from the district and this year is no ex- 11. | ception, kip W. McBrien, F, Kirkland, E V. Evans, B, Alf. Ma, k 12; 8Bkip. ..... oes I. W, Parrott, Alex. Brodie, C. C,/ McGlibbon, W. Ross Strike, ) Bkip , Mitchells, Stacey Pp A. Cochrane, ompson, F. Baldwin, Hart, Patterson, cLeod, Nobbin, J. Goodman, Cc 8 F. M. P. J. 8) P. IL H. M, G. Skip Ww. L. D, I 8. J. Ed Kk Bkip M, C, W, Minett, C E, Alex Hall, A.M, P. D, Garrard, Wm, J. Brownlee, ap H B. Moss, Ww. E. wid, Miller, L. M, ' Paul Michael, Don Holden, Bkip .... BKID civseees Bi ACK MICHAEL'S FOUR GRAB OFF SPECIAL EVENTS Jack Michael's entry in the Sate urday afternoon chicken competi- tion at the Oshawa Curling Club, finished in runner-up position but on Monday night, he skipped his rink to a one.shot win and since this was the basis of this particu- lar competition, he emerged as winner of first prize, four chickens. BEd. Goodman's rink also had a one-shot win on Monday 'night but Michael won a toss for the Christ- mas dinners, Keen competition prevailed as the curlers took ad- vantage of the opportunity: to whip into shape for the Boxing Day Bonspiel, coming up on Thursday. Following are the results of last night's competition: J. Morrison, R, Balson, M, F, Kirkland, . Miller, Hany Butclifre, ip . 8, Trainer, Paul Michael, . D. Morrison, 'McLeod and all the other Sixteen local rinks will be oppos- ed by 16. visiting foursomes, There could have been a lot more of either 12, group but the Oshawa skips were limited to 16 entries, with the bal- ance of the openings reserved for visitors. Al. Parkhill, Ben Ward, Harry Sutcliffe, Ross Strike of Bowman- ville, Charlie Peacock, Bill Brown- lee, Bill Gifford, Bert White, Jack local "experts" entered in the event, will face stern opposition for the 16 , | visiting rinks include some of "the cream of the crop". Toronto's Royal Cangdian Club is making it almost an Inter-Club 14. | competition, with no fewer than six entries out of the 16 outside rinks. Ed, Young, Norm. Cummings, F, D. > R. Waugh, Nels Findley, Bert Ken- nedy and Bob Cowan are the Royal Canadian competitors and other high-ranking outside rinks include those skipped by Alex. Russell,' 7 ronto Victorias; Percy Skitch, jo say; L. E. Ross and Bob Walton of Agincourt; Frank Raney of High Park and Ray Best of Peterboro. Plays get under way at mine o'clock on Thursday morning, with each section playing three games settle the day's laurels, { Following is the complete draw: 9.00 O'clock Draw Chas, Peacock, Oshawa; vs P. D\ R. Waugh, Royal Canadians. Norval Willson, Oshawa; vs Frank Raney, Toronto High Park. Alex, Brodie, Oshawa; vs Norman Cummings, Royal Canadians, Wm. J. Brownlee, Oshawa; vs Ed, Young, Royal Canadians. Wm. Gifford, Oshawa; vs Harv Forsyth, Lindsay. . W. Bert White, Oshawa; vs L. B Ross, Agincourt. Sam Jackson, Oshawa; vs Ray Best, Peterboro. Jack McLeod, Oshawa; vs R. Mac- Donald, Locust Hill, ' 11.00 O'clock Draw M. G. Hart, Oshawa; vs Alex. Russell, Toronto Victorias. A. J. Parkhill, Oshawa; vs W. Lyle Willson, Cobourg. Harry Sutcliffe, Oshawa; vs Nels, Pindley, Royal Canadians, Ben Ward, Oshawa; vs Bert Ken- nedy, Royal Canadians. Doug. Waugh, Oshawa; vs Bert Tancock, Toronto High Park. Don, Holden, Oshawa; vs Percy H. Skitch, Lindsay. Dr, G. [L. Bird, Oshawa; v8 R. A. Cowan, Royal Canadians Ross Strike, Bowmanville; vs R. L. Walton, Agincourt. Oshawa Rinks Triumph At Home Over Lindsa Locals Win Honors In First Clash of Annual Home-and-Home Drew- Carew Cup Games -- Visitors Make it Close, Despite Lack of Prac- ice The annual Oshawa-Lindsay Ine ter-Club curling competition, for the Drew-Carew Cup, a friendly home-and-home series that never fails to attract a lot of interest and produce a lot of keen competition, got under way for the 1946-47 sea- son, on Saturday night, when six Lindsay rinks visited Oshawa Curl ing Club for the first game of the series, The Oshawa contingent will re- turn to Lindsay, later in the sea- son, The homesters managed to scrape uot a 5-shot advantage on total score but there wasn't a one-sided victory in the entire six games and the visiting Lindsay curlers put up an excellent battle, considering that for most of them, it was their first time on the end of a broom for this season, Keen competition prevailed throughout, with several of the 7. | games being decided by the rival P K. R, Fletcher, Stan Hales, A, W, Smit) Skip N. McDonald, W. Kitson, F. B. Moss, Chas. H, Peacock, KS siafiond, ' 11 , H. Staffor i . Roy McIntosh, Alf. Maynard, E. P. Eveleigh, Sam H. Jackson, Don, M, Tall, Frank Michael, SKIP sessvees 19; BKID ..eeenee Staffords Edge Hamilton Pats In Weird Tilt (Special)--Dec. 24---Toronto Staffords were imbued with the real spirit of Christmas at Maple Leaf Gardens last night. They gave their sponsor, Jack Stafford Sr, a present, They gave a pres- ent to Coach Flash Hollett, Then they tried to give the game to Hamilton Pats, However, smoebody yelled, '"Check" and they squeezed through with a 3-4 win in an OHA senior game to lift themselves over the Pats and into undisputed possession of second place in the league rec- ords, A scattered 600 customers applauded this manoeuvre, Pats Should Have Tied It Pats raided Staffords' goal zone with a real flourish in the final few minutes to bring them. selves from behind a 3-1 deficit to a point where they might, nay, should havé® tied the count in regulation time. But they blew three sparkling chances and Hol- lett 'was able to quit tearing out his hair, The pucksters poured on some real action in the last few min- utes, But prior to that there wasn't anything abroad except some elbows which were carried at a new high. Staffords had things pretty well under scontrol despite the fact they couldn't prove it until 21 seconds of the second period, when they got the first goal, Jimmy Casburn paying off on Ross Knipfel's pass, New Forward Line Staffords' remaining two goals came from a new source of power, a forward line consisting of big Jack Stafford at centre and his two midget wingers, Zip Thomp- son and Wally Corner. Corner passed to Thompson for Staffs' y In Annual Tilt skips on the last end, while in every single case, the final result was in doubt until the last end was play- ed The Lindsay contingent warned that they would be much tougher to beat on their own ice and warned the Oshawa curlers to be at their best when they pay the return visit to "'Scugog". Following are the complete ree sults: LINDSAY OSHAWA § KHD3 RUn& ) 2} Ford, McMullen kip . R. Reed, Dr. G, L. Bind, 8ki) , 10, Dr. Alex Ross, Archie Mulr, Ward p . Widlaws, . McGahey, , Griffin, . McMillan, 8k ip TOTALS: LINDSAY 50; OSHAWA compliment in the third period to raise the count to 3-0. Thug reinforced Hollett's buck- os decided to rest on their sticks. Hamilton accepted this challenge, Billy Gluck stickhandled in for a neat goal at 8.10 of the third per- fod. Dick Behling, former profes- sional, cashed Hamilton's second goal at 17:38, his carefully screened shot slipping past Bob- 7. | by Gillson waist high. while Bob- by pondered the whereabouts of the puck, Hugh Barlow, Hamilton's good playmaking centre and leading scorer, -blew 'a wonderful chance to help the cause in the last per- fod. Barlow skated from centre on a breakaway and was in close enough to hear Gillson's excited breathing. But his shot missed the net by two feet, HAMILTON PATS----goal, Bindernaget; defence, C. Smelle, Behling; centre, Barlow; wings, T. Smelle, Gluck; al- ternates, , Cooper, Tindall, Grasser, O'Hearn, Hollinger, BStweart, Hoyle, Desroches, TORONTO BSTAFFORDS---goal, Gill- son; defence, Reubell, Dixon; centre, Stafford; wings, Corner, Thompson; al- ternates, Knipfel, Willlams, McKeown, Ball, Willson, Imonti, Blute, Casburn. Offclals--Referee, Ken Holmeshaw; linesman, Red Wood, £ First Period No aco! ring, Penalties--Ball, Imonti, Second Period 1--Staffords, Cashbutn ( 2--Staffords, Thompson ( Blute) Thompson) 4--Hamllton, . 5--Hamllton, Behli: . Penalties--Dixon, T, Smelle. Marcel Cerdan Gets Great Welcome Home Paris, Dec. 24.--(Reuters)--Mar- cel Cerdan, French Middleweight Boxing Champion, today enjoyed a reception unrivalled since Georges Carpentier, French idol of 20 years ago, returned home after victories abroad. Photographs of Cerdan's arrival from New York last might made front page of every Paris evening paper, The Sports pages carried in- terviews giving the Frenchman's views on his victory over Georgle Abrams in New York, Dec, 8. § Cerdan told reporters he thought his legs would last only three rounds when he climbed into the Madison Square Garden Ring..'"I was suffering from a rib injury and was unable to train properly," 'he said. id 'NATIONAL BIRD The kiwi is the emblem bird of New Zealand. ' \ -- THERE IS NO FINER CARBONATED BEVERAG! Pepsi-Cola" is the registered *rade-mark in Canada of Pepsi-Cola Company ot Canada Lim second goal, Zip returning the