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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1947 + PAGE TWELVE PORT NAPSHOTS It's passed by almost without comment from the sport scribes, who are too busy with the racing business, Barbara Ann and her car, the finals and of course, the baseball games--but did you know Memorial Cup and Allan Cup games will be alternated. Despite Pres. George Panter to get the Memorial Cup finals for all that talk about money, etc, the Western it, even turned down a motion to put a 2-for-1 basis, two years at the Gardens and out to the Panter's final blast that Ontario was getting they dominate Junior hockey in the Dom- Memorial Cup champions show that times and they've got to count in By Geo. H. Campbell West of the Mani- We could also point out Mr. Panter that his with the help of Oshawa Gen- (Friday) night at the Hotel Genosha, 7:30 o'clock, when certificates will be handed out to the various team managers. All Juvenile "A" teams, Junior "A" teams, Inter. "A" teams, and Inter. "AA" teams, should have at least one representative (no more than two) on hand at this meeting, ready to pay their entry fee, if possible. Whitby's Junior "B" team fis also expected to send a delegate to this meeting™ With a Men's Church League in Oshawa this summer, the Minor Softball Association to operate Midget, Bantam and Pee-Wee teams and several "House Leagues" already organizing, not to mention the possibility of zaveral girls' teams in the city this summer, softball is headed for a banner After tomorrow night's meeting, should be able to announce in each of their four nounce opening dates for these leagues. + » * While Bruce Lidster won The Globe and Mail Trophy in the Lions Club boxing show, annual amateur mitt tournament in Toronto, other Oshawa boys also thade a very creditable showing. Billy Goulding got himself picked to take part in the Canadian championships at Port Arthur, which get under way tomorrow night and the popular Oshawa scrapper, who won the Amalgamated Electric Trophy with a 3-round decision over Mike Zaduck of Guelph, is expected to make a good showing in the bid for Dominion honors. Jackie Duggan of Peterborough won the Ontario Athletic Commission Trophy with his win over Walter Mor- rison of Montreal and he too earned himself a bid to the Canadian championships. Dale Northcott of Oshawa lost out in the final of the 126-1b. class, to Wes Hodgins of Toronto, who thus took the G. H. 'Wood Trophy. 4 +» 4 + *» The Toronto Beaches Major Fastball League opening has been twin-bill and Tip Tops eppoesing Peoples in the opening affair. Johnny Kitchen will be presented with the Batting Championship Trophy, as 1946 winner and Bob McCowan will receive the "Most Valuable Player Award" ((Moose Ecclestone Trophy"). although they realize they are up against stronger teams this season, the Colts are confident that theyll make a good showing. i * LJ L 2 J TEAM NOTICES:--The Legion A team will hold a practice at . Alexandra Park on Thursday evening, 630 o'clock and the Legion "A" team may be practising on Friday night, same time and place. Players are urged to contact the team manager. The Legion "A" team will also hold a workout on Saturday afternoon, 1:30 o'clock at the Alexandra Park. > » we L 4 SPORT SHORTS: --It's 13 years ago today since Frank Patrick was appointed bench manager of the N.H.L. Boston Bruins and he lasted one season, to be replaced by Art Ross who had piloted the Bruins before Patrick took over . . .. Ken McConnell, Vancouver Province sports editor, is vexed that the Allan Cup finals were not broadcasted out to the West this year, He points out they've been played since 1872 and that OBC has been lax. Western fans can hear the Grey Cup finals, Stanley Cup finals | and even the King's Plate race, they expect . . . . The North Oshawa Softball Association plans on operating at least one Inter. team and perhaps a Midget or Bantam team this season and in order to raise funds for this sponsorship, they are holding a dance to morrow (Friday) night at the Russwin Pavilion, North Oshawa . . . . The dance-loving members of the softball fraternity are urged to attend and give the N.O. | dock, boys their support . . . . Western Ontario senior ball teams are importing plenty of players these days. Stratford has catcher Bob McWilliams, batted 327 with Sherbrooke last year; Maurice Vaillancourt, 312 with Frood Tigers; George Blake (a brother of Toe's) who had 364 wita Coniston Buzzers last year and played hockey with Indianapolis and Normie Henn from Hollinger, who batted .310 last season. "Pat" Boeh- mer, former St. Mike's goalie who helped Kitchener win a Junior title last year, is slated to pitch baseball either in Kitchener, Waterloo or Kingston. They all claim him, so far . . . . Leo Herbert, 212-1b. hurler who came from the US. Navy to help Windsor Woodbines last year, is now located in Galt, * , * MORE SHORT STUFF:--Up in Brantford, at their Brant Curling Club closing banquet the other night, the C.O.F., headquartered in that city, offered a trophy for competition among High School students and already the Ontario Curling Association is behind the move to make the "roarin' game" a Dominion-wide sport for High School boys . . .. Oshawa Curling Club got a nice start with their "Junior Curlers" com- petition last year . . . . We almost forgot to mention that an Oshawa man named Bob Gray, Park Road South, copped a 4-lb. 5-0z. "Brown Trout" last week-end, in a stream only a mile-or-so east of Oshawa . ... tell a story of a High School pitcher at Surrattsville, Md., who out six batters in the first inning of a game and the opposition scored six runs. How? Well, the catcher missed the third strike times, there was one scratchy infield hit, another batter walked there were five errors. Yipe!!! $* PA * SORED SPORT--(By The Canadian Press) Bill Ezinicki, To- to Maple Leafs' speedy winger, has another sporting fleld--golf. Be- or the ice season opens this fall, he intends to compete in The Canadian Ontario Amateur, the Canadian Amateur, The Ontario Open, the United States Open, the United States Amateur and the Philadelphia . If he has a spare moment between Tournaments he says he will look around for any other events--just to keep in practice « «+. A precedent for Barbara Ann Scott's acceptance of a car from her native city of Ottawa on winning the World's Figure Skating Champion- ship was provided in Vancouver in 1928 when grateful citizens donated Penal Riopelle. SPORT SCRIBES PUT THE BLAST ON OFFICIALS OVER BARBARA ANN"S CAR By The Canadian Press Sports editors across Canada in a collective 'outburst yesterday condemned the fuss over Barbara Ann Scott's gift car--but they tossed the biggest bundle of ver- bal dynamite at Avery Brund- ag~ president of the United Sta- tes Olympi¢ committee, who stire red up: the row over the pretty world skating champion's accep- tance of the gift from her native Ottawa. At London, home town of chairman Nelson Hart of the Ca- nadian Olympic committee, Jack Park of The London Free Press accused the committee of "scur- rying to appease their American cousins , , , and would have gain- ed much morc prestige by making their own decisions." He added that "Brundage has tr 'hing to do with amateur policy in Cana- Britt Jessup of the North Bay Nugget, suggesting that Brund- age check up on U.S. competitors first, added: "The car should be traded in on a 1948 model which cart be presented to Barbara Ann after she wins the Olympic title." Ivan Miller summed up things ' => for Ontario in the Hamilton Spectator with "all Canada, it aprears, is up in arms over the controversy involving Ottawa's Barbara Ann Seott, and rightly 80." Some typical Ontario comment: Rex McLeod, Guelph Mercury: "If there is any suspicion of guilt it should be directed toward Can- afian amateurism." Laurie Brain, Galt Reporter: "The whole thing smacks of nothing but jealousy on the part-of the U.S, committee president." George Carver, Belle- ville Ontario Intelligencer: "Bad- ger Brundage appears to be seeking an easy .way for a U.S. figure skating championship." Chick Appel, {.ratfo'd Beacon- Herald: The incident is "a glar- ing indication of hew officious some authorities can become . . . sport could well prosper without their meddling." Bill Dane, Owen Sornd Sun-Times: "If only spot- lessly clean amateurs cam compete in the Olympics there might be a terrific number of second-raters in Britain next year." Matt Den. nis, Chatham News: "Beware, Barbara! Don't accept a smile from anyone or you'll he declared a professional by Mr. Brundage." George Campbell in the Osh- awa Times-Gazette: "It's about time the sports writers of the North American Continent, at least of Canada, got together and put the blast on these 'badgers' wLo every fou= years want a trip to the Olympics (with all expen- ses paid) but at the same time want to set themselves up as authorities as to what consti- tutes an 'amateur.' "Let's have a complete new 'Olympic committee' every four years too, so that those gravy jobs can be passed around." MONTREAL R Calgary Stampeders Score Only Goal of Game to Force Series Into A Sixth Game Rival Goalies Sensational In Close Struggle -- Brownbridge Scores Only Goal of Contest Late in 2nd Period -- Few Penalties and None Important By GERALD W. LOUGHEED - Canadian Press Staff Writer "Toronto, May 8--(CP)--The fina) curtain on Canadian senior hockey last season dropped on April 27 but fans today had at least one more game of this year's Allan Cup final to look forward on Saturday night. And the way Calgary Stampeders defeated Montreal Royals 1-0 here last night showed that it's still too early to count out the Westerners, defending the Dominion champion- Shp they won on that same April 'The best-of-seven series stands 3-2 in games in Montreal's favor but if Stampeders can put up another last ditch stand like last night's, it's by no means certain this season's play won't extend into next week. The Alberta squad displayed fine form as they outplayed the younger and scored near the end of Both goalies--Russ Dertell for the winners and Gerry McNeill in the Montreal cage--played fine games as they made save after save with the opposition camped on their Bob, Brownbridge settled the issue late in the second period when he beat young MoNeill on a screened shot from 18 feet out after checker- from Dunc t board Rossing \ Grant and 'There were five minor penalties in the game, four of them to Mon- treal, but the winning counter came with the teams at full strength, It was a bad 'game out of their systems in the opinions of the Mon- en! usta contest "poorer than erage poor game," one of them said--but there was no deny- ing Sugary was the better team most of the and deserved to win, % minwes Dertell; defence, centre, Hunter; , Grant; subs--Crad- The crane" maCiouoe, wings, 'Riopelle, Curry; subs,, z Locas, Staavant, Morin, La Poa al on Official --Dinty Moore, Port Ont.; Lorne Lydon, Winn Jolnorne, um, mary First No ; Period No penalties. Second Period 1--Oalgary, Brownr Hunter) idge (Grant, Penalties--Desmarais, Laforce. ! Third Period. ties -- Curry, Dame, Galbraith, Lou Welaj Hits Five-for-Five in Montreal Victory By The Associated Press - Lou Welaj, who as Brooklyn property came to Montreal from Fort Worth in the Texas League, today boasted the distinction of being the first International League batter to enjoy a perfect five-for- five at the plate. The five-foot, 10-inch shortstop connected for two 'doubles and three singles to support pitcher Jack Banta in his initial victory of the season, an 8-4 triumph over Baltimore Orioles in the only game played in the circuit. Banta went the distance and gave up eight hits. Johnny Podgajny, first of four Baltimore flingers, was charged with the loss. This Business | Has Been Going On Long Time By JOHN D. HAMILTON New York, May 8 (CP).--For years, Amateur Athletic Officials have been likened to the weather-- everybody critical of them but no- body doing anything about it . . . The criticism centres around the conservatism of the Amateur bosses --from Local Chapters to Olympic Committees . . . Latest athletic stars to run into the jovian anger of the simon-pure bosses are Paul- ine Bet» and Sarah Palfrey Cooke, the tennis stars, and Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa's pride in the figure skating world . . . Polly and Sarah were suspended for criticizing the way '""amateur" expense money was awarded by the United States Lawn Tennis Association . . . Barbara Ann is threatened with suspension from next year's Olympic Games for accepting an automobile from her worshipping home town, after she had won the European, world and North American titles. Old, Old Story The feud of sports writers with "amateur stuffiness" goes back a long way . . . Most famous case was Jim Thorpe, the Carlyle Indian who won the Pentathlon and the De- cathlon in Stockholm before the first World War--only to be tossed out of amateur competition when it was learned he had taken a few dollars for playing a baseball game years before . . .Other cases were Eleanor Holm, the back-stroke swimming champion who was toss- ed off the 1036 United States Olympic team for drinking cham- pagne, the Olympic Committee's criticism of Gunder Hagg, the Swedish runner, for working in a sporting goods store, and the feud between the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace Internationale de Hockey Sur Glace . . . The C.AH.A. only last February got straightened out with the LI.H.G. on what constitutes an It's noted that the considerable con- amateur . . . LIH.G. made cessions, Toronto Marksmen Cop Third Honors Montreal, Que., May 8--Defen- ding champions of the Canadian Small. Bore. Association. In- ter-Cities rifle match title, a Toronto team placed third this year among 10 competing teams from eight cities with a score of 1,474 of a possible 1,500 points, C.8.B.A, headquarters here an- nounced. today. s ~-Montreal took top honors with 1,481 followed by Edmonton with 1,476. By virtue of their win Montreal marksmen claim the P. J, Niemi trophy from Toronto. Both Montreal and Winnipeg en- tered two teams in the shoot to give competitive experience to the largest possible number, In winning the 1946 honors, Toron- to established a still unbroken high score of 1,489 points, Other team standings and scores: Winnipeg 'blue" team, 1,- 469; Calgary, 1,469; Vancouver, 1,468; Montreal No. 2 team, 1,- 468; Winnipeg "red" team, 1,- 464; Ottawa, 1,454; Lennoxville, 1,450, : Toronto team members and scores: G, S. Boa, J. Parker, and N. J. N. Watson, all 100; J. Boa, J, P. McD, Costigan, J. C, Boa, E, G, Sinclair, W. Sinclair and L. N. Walker, all 99; J. Dy.tt, 98; Mrs, E. G, Sinclair, W. Sturman, #, B, Young anl E. W, Durnace, 97; T. L, Brown, 94. Eastern Ontario Branch of A.A.U. Is Very Annoyed + Ottawa, May 8--(CP) -- Allan M. Hern, President of the Eastern On- tario branch of the Amateur Athle- tic Union, today strongly criticized the Canadian Olympic committee. for failure to consult the A.AU. be- | fore opening the question of the amateur status of Barbara Ann Scott because the figure skater accepted the gift of an automobile from the City of Ottawa. "When the Canadian Olympic committee was asked if the presen- tation of the car to Barbara Ann was all right the so-called big shots in Montreal turned right around and dumped the problem on our doorstep," he said. "Now, when the tion has been revived, we have- Set New Hurdles Record Penn's Jeffrey Kirk, who set a new record in winning the 400-metre hurdles at the 53rd annual Pennsylvania relay carnival, is shown top- ping timber at the finish of the second heat of the hurdles event. He snapped the tape in 53.1, sl hi t tenths of a d from the 15- year record established by Michigan Normal's Eugene Beatty in 1932. OSHAWA SKEET & GUN CLUB RESUMES OUTDOOR ACTIVITY LJ After a long spell of inactivity caused by war-time restrictions and shortages of supplies, the Oshawa Skeet and Gun Club are again holding weekly shoots at their club grounds, and judging from the sound of things around there, the boys are trying to catch up for lost time. Last night for example, a crowd of members and visitors were on hand at 6:00 p.m. and shooting was -continuous-till- nearly dark. Visiting shooters from the York Skeet Club came down and really showed us what classy skeet-shoot- ing looks like. Their scores were: Dr. Secord, 26; Dr. Beier], 25; Mr. A. Palmer and Mr, A. Pember, 24; Jim Boa, 24; Fred Lister, 23, and Jim Peacock, 19. These are some of the best scatter gun artists in Ontario and their scores prove it. Their main purpose in coming down was to get a chance to practice over the Oshawa Club's layout be- fore competing in the Oatario Open Skeet Championship Tournament which is being held here on May 10. Even in the face of such opposi- tion, some of the Oshawa club members also did some very good shooting, just to give some com=- parison: Neil Felt and Fred Smith each scored perfect 25's, and right along with them were Cliff Mills 21; Grant Morrison, 20; Harry Kerr, and Len Knowles, 24; Harry Palmer, 20; Art Brock and Roy Whitting- ton, 18; Ed Robson, 18, and the rest of the crowd from there on down. A real highlight of last night's sport was the swell performance of little Dutch Morrison, he is hardly as tall as a short shotgun, and we doubt if he is a day over 14 years of age, and he smashed 18 out of Everyone's Going to The « « o North Oshawa Intermediate Softball DANCE © TOMORROW NIGHT o at the RUSSWIN PAVILION 25; really something for a young- ster, If he keeps on like that we have the makings of a real skeet shooter in this boy. As was mentioned before, the most important skeet tournament to be held in Ontario is being held here on May 10 and we cheerfully stick our neck away out and say that when the day is over some of the Oshawa club members will be right up there with the best shooters from all over the province. OYALS LOSE 5TH GAME, 1-0 Indianapolis Drivers Fail Get Increase Indianapolis, May 8--(AP)--The 28 race drivers who withheld their entries in the 500-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway race when their demands for a $150,000 purse instead of $75,000 were rejected probably will not compete in the May 30 classic. The American Automobile Asso- ciation's contest board has refused to reopen the Speedway race entry list and also has refused to approve a 200-mile national championship race in Milwaukee May 30, However, there was a possibility that scme of thie holdout drivers, in- cluding scme of the country's top- ranking racers, might enter the apeedway race on Speedway terms as pilots of cars already entered be- joe the qualifying trials begin May n't even been consulted." He explained that Sidney Dawes president of the Canadian Olympic | committee had said his organizations was not concerned about the matéer 214 Wound accept the ruling of the A. U., Prof, Nelson Hart of London, Ont.. National A. A, U. secretary, decided the matter was under local jurisdic- tion and "after studying our rule book we decided it would be all right for the city to give Barbara Ann the car, "Now without consulting us at all the Olympic committee has appar- ently decided to take the question into its own hands. We're not going to change our decision now--we're standing pat. If this affair was not under our jurisdiction, the Canadian Olympic committee should have over-ruled our decision at the time --not two months later." "But tis a gr-reat game, a gr-rand, jolly, hail-fellow-well-met spoort. With th' exciption maybe iv th' theery iv infant damnation, Scotland has given nawthin' more cheerful to th' wurruld thin th' game iv goluf." --Mr. Dooley. "EX" - THAT SPOT X marks the danger-spot, in your weakened Tires. 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A touring South African Cricket Team, in its first day's play of a match against Cambridge University, yesterday restricted Cambridge to 116 runs in more than three hous batting and at the close of play, led by six runs with six wickets in hand . . . . Norman Von Nida, Australian Champion, and Norman Sutton, former English Soccer Professional, are leading a field of 95 through the first round 'of the $8,000 Dunlop-Southport Professional Golf Tournament at Southport, England. Each shot 70, Wednesday . . . . Skippers and crews from The Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, Montreal, yesterday defeated American and Bermudian crafts to win a series of races in the first International Dinghy Races in Bermuda waters. The Montrealers piled up 25% points; the Bermudians 20%; and the Essex Yacht Club of Greenwich, Conn, trailed with 17% . . . . Bob Paul, 19-year old member of The Memorial Cup-winning St. Michael's Juniors, of Toronto, has been signed by Toronto Maple Leafs. He will join two former St. Mike's team mates of 1944-45, Jimmy Thompson and Gus Mortson , . . . Marion Watson, Chatham ahtlete, has returned home from Havana, Cuba, with 8 fractured ankle suffered in an exhibition game between two 'American girls' softball teams. She was slated to play the season with a profes- sional ball team of Muskegon, Mich. . . . . Ottawa All-Stars, currently touring the United Kingdom on a series of hockey matches with British teams, were beaten 4-3 Wednesday by Wembley in the first game of their tour. Oddly enough, two of the Wembley goal-scorers--George Steele and Les Anning--are Ottawa boys. The other one, Fred Sutherland, is from Winnipeg. i Admission 50c Each KING AND MARY STS COME ONE, COME ALL ROLLER SKATING ® FRIDAY NIGHT OZARK IKE ® SAT. AFT. ¢ SAT. NIGHT AN HiTeeo