Daily Times-Gazette, 31 Dec 1947, p. 13

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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE THIRTEEN WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 31, '1947 "|| REVIEW OF OSHAWN'S SPORTING ACTIVITY IN 1947 REVEALS . | CITY WAS WELL REPRESENTED "Pets; Gutter Irs the Rockets 2 te. hig has ed to By BOB RIFE The past year in Oshawa sporting circles has as usual been one of the the | best due in the main to the great Sorry w week to mention that Jack to take Men's high thout yo Bey for this sea- , Jack is certainly turning in scores every night, He is have a grand high average will be a captain's meeting at 7:15, at the church. les: Bea. Holland 203. Bish < Qoubles: Bea. Holland 46, Vera Bint 44; Mens - hi Herry Lol Horabeck 217, 208, Joe Follest Barrett 216, Elmer Pixley Norton 210, Harry Crouter 's high 5 doubles: J. Bent 489, G. Rorabeck 425, C. Mor- 3 piiley 412, Howard Norton , Art, Walker 401. Team ats Standing MO YOR ory LADIES' MAJOR EAGUE The race OR to. be keen in the A". Fey with three teams tied in first place, three in second place and three in third spot. McCallum Trans- ab Hg into a bit of tqugh luck last night, when they were eased out of two of their games with Vic- tory Billiards, by five and seven pins, t0 come away with a zero mark, Coca Cola's also were unable to frisk a point arn's. Hayden Macdonald's took 's for a 2 to 1 count. ,Oshawa nd Pearl's treated Oshdwa Fur- Hers 4 tid ¥ Vistors Sports and Cycle in * eit Etonell's 731 was high triple of t, with Emma Lovelock rolling (320), end Mary Birchman' 701. Snowden just missed that 700 with her 699, Phyl Fordham 694, "Tutton 679, Nena Melch 674, Vi. Norris 666, Jean Bradley 666, Zena Men- ule 661, t. McTavish 653, § 'Tribble | 33nd Vera Sargeant t'650. wut aanE®n B" Leagu 'The le: e-leading Burns' Shoes sex- teste sensu held to a lone point last Monday night by Alger Press. Dixon's Coal jum; ped out of cellar position by 1 Saywell's, and Jeayin Dairy. Mazurk turned in the best Heer ncy was next with ty 819, Flo, Lott 616, son 610, Albers McPhee 610, LBAG Fie pie also "took 3 from ots, while 2 and left 1 for lor the ladies: were Met nder 100 Olub Nias N Robinson 93; Ma add Helen Nel >. re Bromine bt support given any worthy under- 'taking by the sportminded citizens of this community. Taking the different * sports in their own groupings alphabetically, we will review the happenings as extensively as space will permit. 208, Archery Though this sport has not the following of some of the others, the Oshawa Archery Club enjoyed one of its better years, climaxed with strong showing in the Ontario Archery Contests. Mrs. Meg Kofmel was runner-up to the champion in the "Expert" class, and two other Oshawa ladies finished in the win- ners' circle. Archery Golf was one of the final things on the Club's programme. This is a new idea in which the scores of one game are compared with that of the other and a winner decided. Automobile Racing The only instance of this kind of racing, outside of some on the new highway lately, was that at the Motorcycle races on July 1st this year. The scheme blew up in the faces of the onlookers though as the little racer that was the big thing in the race refused to func- tion, The jalopy races and midget auto races livened up the show though, as they came off in the way they were expected with all the thrills and spills of the game, Badminton Badminton was given a great boost this season through the ex- pansion of the present facilities of the G.M. Club and the Ontario Flying Club.. The Bowmanville shuttlecock group held the biggest show of the summer season, when they were visited. by Stan Cutts, the present world's champion. Cliff Pal- mer was elected president of the Central Ontario Badminton Asso- ciation in the early fall and this looks as though-the clubs in Oshawa and district will have a great season to look forward to. Baseball Baseball took some big strides in Oshawa last summer, with the B'Nai B'Rith and Hunt Club teams proving + the biggest attractions. Hunters won the Lakeshore League title, but were ousted in OB.A. Junior play by the B'Nai B'Rith; who went on to the South Ontario semi-final before being eliminated by Toronto Pete Woods. Oshawa Mayfairs were the Juvenile ball team this year and they lost out in the first round to a classy Peterbor- ough team. Cay Lumber were de- clared winners of the O.M.B.A. after a round-robin play-off. The Sunny- side Combine Midget ball entry that seemed to be such a powerhouse, and the only team likely to get along the winners trail, lost out to their exhibition game rivals, To- ronto Federal Coal, in the semi- final round of the South Opto « | championship. Basketball | & The OCI Senior aril TRIN cage teams did not fair too well last season and lost some tough ones to their big rivals from the Liftlock City 'of Peterborough. Spruce Villa .entered '# team-in;the Lake Ontario group of the Ontario "Basketball Association, 'and didn't do too badly against the more experiehced com- pany with which they had to play. Many O.C.V.I. grads played on the team, and had the boys had a gym in Oshawa in which they could 15 "have held their home games, they [on Sports ho Roundup Ri New York, Dec. Dec. 31 (AP)--Wilbur #ohns, prominent basketball coach, that half the rules -of the should be thrown out of the a long time, but it ee tion 5 00 « Every e a situa sport that isn't covered 'hy , & lot of guys get togetHer a new one . ... The result: few officials, fewer mthletes .uhderstand y would be better to toss. Be 2t mier causes for whis-. tle-tooting ol and then reduce the r of personal fouls permitted er . . . Somehow the, boys ul a lot less: when they're ge of being tossed out nu Art Lessard, hard-hitting de-' | of Buffalo Bisons, is:a er during the summer ranks and will devote ture time to scouting young left a pair of twin sisters . What, no cheer leaders? PLA r Johnson, Tulane's dis- tance-running star who has won thern AAU. cross-country Years in a row (and all fmportant "distance races "Ricclo, Floris > ley 14634, No oY, » New. Buxton, 14315 132, Me.--Jean Richard, knocked out Vie 3 1253, Yoon aco (10). Young, probably would have 'proved great 9 | drawing cards. Cadet bas- ketball also showed a marked im- Jioyement 'and plans are under way help it along with some prizes and trophies, Boxing The Oshawa boxing circle has definitely declined due to so many of the fighters leaving for other parts of the fistic world, and also through some turning professional in Torontd. Joey Oardinal joined his brother in the pro ranks, while Billy Goulding made many marks in tke ring with his punching ability. Bicycle Racing The Oshawa Cycle Club got back tier into action this year after a lay-off through the war, and they did very 'well for themselves, as one of their members, Bill Hamilton, came up with a very good show in the Ontario Championships. Bowling In Tawn Bowling, 'the Oshawa | clubicertainly made a name for it- self in the fine way they ran off the annual -GM. Gold Cup tourney. The event was one of the largest, if not the largest, ever held in the Oshawa Club's history. Other tourneys proved very successful and served to make known to other clubs in the province, that the Oshawa Lawn bowlérs are one of the more active groups in the game. Five-pin bowling continues to be the largest participant sport in the city, = Hwugh there is no Con- gress de a city champion. many bowlers no doubt can remem- ber one of their games that would put them in champion class, With both Mayfair Lanes and the Motor City Alleys. in action, mdre persons 'that ever are trying their hand at this increasinal, Jopulas game, With the ation of the Oshawa Chess Club, play got under way with great gusto, if a chess player 'ever does anything with gusto. They held elimination tour- neys and definitely made lots "of new friends. As a windup to their late fall activities, before the New Year, they held 4. ¢ with the Blind players from To- ronto. The Oshawa club: dame' out the winner in one of 'the . most interesting matches of the season. Community Activity : ha C.R:A. was the big booster in s grouping, suppor! minor ball teams, swimming ori "| craft instruction' and. other sport.: They deserve a lot of credit and all your support in the goming year if | Shey are to keep up this fine effort. Two of the CR.A. softball teams ad- vanced into the play-offs. to. fur- ther show the calibre of the work being done by the group. Cricket The Oshawa Cricket team came | up with a strengthened eleven and managed to really hold up Oshawa's reputation in the "Well hit" game. They entered a group with some Toronto teams and soon were up among the first place: squads. They played friendly matches with any and al. comers and again held up their tradition. = ,- Curling The roaring game was way to the fore in local circles this year, as the younger 'members of the' club. waltzed off with the Ontario Junior; Tankard in very neat style... Al Morrison did a nice skipping job: and pulled his rink. through to the' 'win. The lady members of the club held their bonspiel and proved to one ang all-that the men aren't, the, only ones who can handle a stone. The handling of the broom came very easily, Figure Skating | Barbara Ann Scott laid claim to the world's women's figure skating honours and as far as any are con- cerned in Canada, this was the best news to come from Europe since the declaration of peace, certainly it caused about as much rejoicing, es- pecially after the Brundage affair. Local blade enthusiasts were pleased to hear of the progress made by Dianne Hambly, who joined the Ice Follies after a two-year stint with the Ice Capades, The Oshawa Skat- ing Club Frolic was the usual very good show and Yvonne Sherman, the U.S. champion, was the hit of the programme. Fishing This ever-popular pastime, though: indulged in by more people than any other sport, hit the headlines very seldom the past year. Few anglers reported good catches local- ly, although those who did more extensive travelling after the finned ones said that they still were biting very well. Golf Teeing up for the Ontario Junior Championship, were Bob Fair and Gerry Kesselring. Kesselring, the Kitchener whizz, was favored to win, but hadn't counted on the ex- cellent work of Fait. Fair won in a beautiful upset match and captured the crown at the Oshawa Golf Club's links. Bruce Bradley and Innis Pipher won the mens and women's championship at the 0.G.C. after some very good play.. The Downsview Club will cease to exist soon, it was learned, as the city proposes to build public school on the property. Hockey The big news in the hockey world locally that the Generals went down to the St.' Michael's Majors, four games to one, in the "A" series of the play-offs. The boys tried hard and in the one win for the locals, 'Leo Curik, Al Reddoch end Bud MacPherson were the stars. The Legion Inter. "A" pucksters proved phat they could deal out some first class hockey and they went right to 'their group finals against the Brantford Redmen, who were later a . and' still later turned enior "A". The Junior "B" team 'won but one game all through the season, but when they hit 'the group play-offs, they played very good hockey and won themselves into the finals where they were elimi- nated 'by Corner Boys. The most successful of the Oshawa hockey squads was the Beaton's Dairy team which entered the Juvenile O.H.A. play-offs. They went as far as the' South Ontario final against St. Catharines and lost out. Ted '0'Connor, with this year's Generals, played on that team, and was drafted for further service by St. Kitts in the All-Ontario final. Horse Racing Both in harness and flat racing Oshawa did herself proud this year. Harness racing was the big item on, the Oshawa Fair's programme in September and the races were very to watch especially with the introduction of the mobile starting gate. Col. R. 8. McLaugh= | lin's Parkwood colours came home | first in the Ontario.Jockey Club's feature race at' Woodbine Track, The King's Plate. Mouldy, an out- side shot as far as the bookies la- belled him, won the race by a length. The rest of Parkwood stock made some fine showings south of the border in the early spring and unm er meets. un Deer and Pheasants were the big. items in the local huntsman's bag this year, as the wild duck simply wasn't. around for the shooting. Deer were plentiful enough, the re- ports from the said, but the warm weather interfered with get~ ting the venison home in good con- dition. Pheasants provided local in- terest on the weekend of Nov. 1st when the season was open for its short stay. Still lots of pouches were filled and the birds were heavy with grain, Foxes were also prevalent and a shoot was organized for Boxing Day. Lacrosse Senior "B" Lacrosse made a come- back in Oshawa this summer with the local team making a good: im- pression with the fans for its great spirit and willingness to mix it with any team. They did not win the group title, but managed to give ,Peterboro a good fight in the semi- .finals. The younger generation were also given their chance at the game when Junior and even younger teams were organized and played in parks all over the city under the 'tutelage. of some of the "oldies". . Motor Cycling The Ramblers Club put a aonb show July .and had the largest: crowd "ever to assemble at Alexan- dra Park to watch a sporting event. 'The thrilling 'spectacle of the races attratted' entrants' from all over Can#ida and thé U.S. The'rain held | off and this; time the races. were] held under ideal weather cofiditions. The Ramblers themselves did well in the events, and lately have' been doing some travelling" and 'winning in other parts of the Dominion, , Ri ugby The Oshawa Rugby teams didi) fare, too well this season, The best | report came from the O.C.V.I, Sen- iors, who finished third in their 'Look Out Men?! Leap Year! Leap year is just around the corner and. Helen Hatfield, aquamaid at Cypress Gardens, 'Florida, shows a leap that would snare most men. league. The Red Raider Inters. were playing - well in the early part of the season, but faded later on. The Junior Red Raiders went through their second straight season without a win although "they came close The Collegiate Juniors played well and seemed to have a well balanced team. They 'lost most of their early games and finally' managed to keep out of the léague cellar with a win on the last day of the season, Salling The Oshawa Yacht Club" held another of her better seasons and against Parkdale Lions in Toronto. all craft reported good weather for the 'majority of their voyages. The motor auxiliary craft are gradually taking top honours in the elub, but the old sail will never fall, and there are lots of the old salts who will see .to that. ! Skiing The Oshawa Ski Club held cham- pionships and beauty contests to really finish off 'a great year in early 1947. Bud Pipher won the Junior championship and Betty Metcalfe the. beauty contest, 'The ski tow at Raglan is probably even: now in operation and this will as- -| tario 'County Flying sure an even better, year. A Club is organized at the O.C.VI being to further interest among the Soaring "Thils'is an old sport, but has only recently reached Oshawa. 'The On- Club has a glider or two i they have started to give lessons in: the manipulation of the craft. These engineless planes can be seen on amy day in the summer when the wind dnd weather conditions are favourable, soaring through the air and execut- ing some very graceful manoeuvres. younger citizens of the city. Softball This, Oshawa's most active sum- mer sport, enjoyed son 'thus far. The G.M.-Colts fared -| little 'better in the Beaches Fast< 'ball league, and they were not strong enough "to more than threaten their rivals in Sen- jor Fastball. The Legionaires won the Inter "A" title and went on to the Eastern Ontario title be- fore losing out to Stratford in the South Ontario final. The White Eagles entered the Senior "B" play- offs and fell in the first round to the classy Peterborough DeLavals. Dunn's Tailors Junior softballers went as far as the South Ontario final against Hamilton and then they too lost out. Brooklin Dod- gers' also did well in their Junior "B" play-offs. The only two un- defeated, and as yet urcrowned softball teams in Oshawa are the Victory Aces Midgets and ® the Northminster Nailer Bantams. They both went all the way to the South Ontario final, won it and found that no All-Ontario play-off await- ed them. Kiwanis Juveniles won the East- ern Ontario title and lost to Tor- onto Juveniles in the South On- tario final. Target Shooting Under this heading come both rifle match work and trapshoot- ing. Both sports suffered because of the war, but the trapshooters were the first to recover and nmiade great strides last summer, until the ammunition shortage hit the sport a blow below the belt and postponed further activity. Rifle shooting the best sea- hasn't caught on as yet and the members are still looking for win- ter-fime housing somewhere inside the city limits. Both the Oshawa Skeet and Gun Club and the Osh. awa Rifle and Revolver Club expect \to make great strides in 1948. ' Tennis The Oshawa Ténnis Club and the St. Georges Club, the two most active clubs in the city, enjoyed hot and hearty seasons' with all play being "close to the net." Jack Langmaid defended his tennis sing- les crow at the O.T.C. against Ken Andison, and this was the feature of the play. The Central Ontario Tennis championships were won by a Toronto team on the Oshawa courts, and though the local club put up a good fight the Toronto players easily won the title in straight sets. Track and Field This group 'of sports enjoyed its 'best season in a long while, and under the hand of Ben Fallman of the Shamrock "A.C. has come a long way to being a very popular way for the younger members of the family to spend their off time in the summer. Ben Fallman was elected to the C.O.A.A.U. as an added hon- or and had. his say in the Olympic track questions raised at the Do- minion meetings. The Ontario Junior Track championships were held here this summer, and they, proved fo be very exciting. Western University's team was outstanding with Bob-and Don McFarlane lead- ing the parade of stars. Volleyball Another new sport to Oshawa, as a community effort, anyway, is vol- leyball. The Flying Club was in- strumental in its introduction since they have a floor made for the pur- pose. They have a league for "tired businessmen" and it is proving very popular. So many entries have been received that they have formed an "A" and "B" section. Wrestling Big-time wrestling returned to Oshawa this summer and the re- sults were gratifying to Matchmaker Pat Milosh, if not to the mat fans who found they could throw more punches than the grapplers. Spicy Bits' From Other Sports Cols. Regina, Dec. 31--(CP)--Add to the list of complications surround- ing Canadian participation in Olympic hockey competition the suggestion that Canada still hasn't | got a team whose players can take the Olympic oath. ! The suggestion -- made almost | simultaneously by Scotty (Regina Leader-Post) Melville and Tom (Calgary Albertan) Moore is that i players on the R.C.A.F. team named to represent Canada at the Olympic Winter Games are being paid by the Air Force to play hockey. That, say the Western writers, makes them professionals under Olympic regulations. "For several weeks now the boys have been in Ottawa, practising. daily and taking time out from practice to absorb a couple of neat lacings," says Melville. "While this A going on the players are relieved Air Force duties. Their Air Sora pay, however, Is coming through regularly. "In other words, the boys are get- ting paid to practice and play hockey. Are they not, therefore, in the same class as the Montreal Canadiens of the N.-HL. or Regina Caps of the Western Senior League? Can they, under those circum=, stances, take the Olympic oath?" Melville says that nobody--except a millionaire--can take the oath * and continue to play hockey. "If a fellow has a job and gets time off to take in the games, no. doubt his firm continues to pay his. . salary in order to keep his wife and children in butter, eggs and milk. No matter how you look at it, the fellow is getting paid to participate in the games and actually is a professional of sorts. I... ost pn Ll £)E rire rt nm ECTRICITY AVE The following Letter from The Hydro-Electric Power Commission 'to The Oshawa Public Utilities Commission Is Self-Explanatory: To All Municipalities In Southern Ontario: Re: POWER CONSERVATION Although there has been a substantial reduction in the demand for power, arising out of voluntary conservation and the application of restrictions, heavy cuts are still being made in the delivery of power to industry. Moreover, system power resources have recently been reduced owing to lack of rainfall causing poor water conditions. Winter has now set in and little improvement can be expected in the replenishment of water storages, with the result that system power resources may be expected to progressively deteriorate throughout the remainder of the winter. In these circumstances, it is evident that unless additional voluntary savings can be obtained the. Commission will be obliged to order municipalities to reduce their load from time to time by as much as 15% gr possibly more. The Commission's engineers are now drawing up such reduction schedules in order that any neces sary reductions may be equitably distributed amongst the municipalities. Your Commission should also draw up load reduction schedules for your consumers . go that you-will be in a position to put into effect, on short notice, any reductions to your total : load which may be ordered by the Commission. -$.3 BABE, chairman An active campaign should be undertaken immediately in your municipality to acquaint all industrial, commercial and domestic consumers with the situation, pointing out to them that unless they are prepared to increase their saving of electricity on a voluntary basis their power: may be'cut off entirely at intervals throughout the day. Yours truly, Osborne. Mitchell Secretary ~ Oshawa Public Utilities Commission GEORGE SHREVE, Manager -- A -------------------------------- RR TR, t

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