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FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE® PAGE NINE | Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. By HARRY ECCLES Canadian Press Staff Writer Toronto, Jan. 9--(CP)--Old-time hockey fans are probably chuckling" over. Doug. Bentley's remark the other day that present-day hockey is not nearly so rough as it was when Doug. entered the National Hockey League. Doug, senior member of the famed prother forward pair with Max, en- tered the NHL. way back in 1939 ter seven years in Amateur pckey in Saskatchewan. He had o thought of getting into the never-ending discussion' about -The Old Greats--about the stars of the NHL's first season in 1917, or the old National Hockey Association that started in 1909, or the circuits that were operating years before that. But even in 1939, says Doug, 'a little guy didn't have much chance." He weighed 132 pounds when he started in the Major Loop. Now he runs to 150. All today's N.H.L. teams are dotted withh 200-pounders; Ed. Slowinski of Rangers is tops at 207. Boston Bruins have the heaviest average, 180. Toronto Leafs average 176, Montreal Canadiens 175, New York Rangers 171, Detroit 167 and Chicago 164. Boxing Problem BOWLING MAYFAIR "LADIES LEAGUE Here we are again, the first bowling night of the New Year, and it seems the holiday season didn't help us anuch, only two over the 600 mark. We just can't seem to keep that litle kitten away. The Hopefuls and Die Hards took all points from Happy Gang and Has Been, Busy Becs, The _D: Lucky_ Strikes, Hi- Jinks and Roamers took ints from Jesters, Jonah's, & Fo Low Jinks, Hubba Hubba and Blitzers, There were only nine teams with every players present. Some teams had two players away, and you can't win with a dummy score. Triples--Ethel Freeman 644 (151, 232, 261), Lou Borrow 605 (196, 142, 267) Daisy Malcolm 580, Toots Ferguson 589, Rose Pearn 589, Vimy Newman 584, Cleta yernan Dot Jones 568. rick 233, Mary Lockwood, 227, 223, Daisy Malcolm 224, 202, Team Standing 2nd So: Sea'n Die Hards ......eec000000000 37 Hopefuls .... Playfairs .... The Dreamers . bow Jinks Roamers Jesters Hi-Jinks Hubba Hubba Blitzers Greenhorns . Lucky Strikes Busy Bees Jonah's Has Been's Happy Gang Competition For Barbara Ann In Olympics MARION DAVIES JILL HOOD-LINZEE Britain's amateur skating championships are being held this week, the | pics. Left, Marion Davies of London, runner-up in British a winners to be sent to the Olympics. Barbara Ann Scott, Canada's figure gompeifijons last year, is favored to win the British title this year, Jill skating queen and holder of the world's amateur crown, will likely find ; feman ne BRIDGET SHIRLEY-ADAMS 1 »ridget Shirley-Adams are two other names that rate 4 By JACK WELCH Central Press Canadian You may have asked yourself why people who have plenty of snow traipse way out to Sun Valley, Idaho, or to Quebec's Laurentians, to do their skiing. It isn't purely accidental; it's because the. quality of snow in the Hanover and Sun Valley regions happens to be par- ticularly well suited for the sport. To an innocent bystander or an untutored beginner snow. is snow and that's all there is to it, but to the accomplished skiier there are as many kinds of snow as there are in their own back yards' THE RUDIMENTS OF SKIING of the hand when the latter fis stretched overhead; for women to the base of the hand. If your skis are longer than this you may be able to make more speed, ke 2p a cource more steadily in rough going and hold direction kaotter, bl you'll find them much more difficult to turn, and that's among the biggest problems con- fronting the beginner. I know a trapper, and have heard of others, who used unusually long, heavy skis for following trap lines in deep snow, preferring them to snowshoes, but for general use the lengihs indicated above are those d by experts. ski waxes, and each p cer tain qualities that influences pro- gress on the laminated hardwoods. To the run-of-the-mill enthusi- ast, however, snow is still snow wherever you find it and you can have just as much fun skiing about our own countryside as you can in the Swiss Alps, minus the dan- er, . Your skis should be of seasoned, straight-grained hardwood, pos- sibly of laminated hickory. For men they should reach to the palm ; First thing to do after you've purchased a pair of skis is to find a competent instructor -- a friend who knows his stuff or a profes- sional who may be operating a ski tow in your vicinity. You can't learn skiing out of a book, though you may pick up a lot of valuable tips and theories there. It requires practise and a lot of good advice to become proficient. Half the secret is not to attempt mastering all the details on your first trial. JOE PAGE SIGNS New York--Joe Page, New York Yankees' southpaw relief pitching star, won 14 games and lost eight last season and made four world series mound appearances, signed his contract for the 1948 season, WING HEADS CHASE New York--The National Steple- GALT BASEBALL PLANS Galt,--The Galt baseball execu tive is losing no time in making plans for next season. It has named a ccmmittee of prominent business men, including Ald. Allan Holmes, George Hancock, Ald. Arthur White, J. C. Scalon and Harold Gardiner, to consider ways and means of strengthening the club and bringing highly with experts, chase and Hunt Association elected S. Bryce Wing of Maryland to re- it up to the class of other senior in- one of these three graceful artists among her competitors at the Olym- tercounty clubs. A meeting of the Harry (London Free Press) Eisen comes up with a kind word for that genial Toronto boxing figure--Jack (Deacon) Allen. His remarks were inspired by the recent wedding-- with Athletic Commissioner Syl Apps holding the shotgun--of the Ontario Branch of the Amateur Athletic Union and Allen's Ontario Amateur Boxing Association. When the Ontario Amateur or- ganization revived a year or so ago, possibly with an eye on the ap- proaching Olympic games, they would have nothing to do with Al- len, chief promoter of the fight game in Toronto and a number of Ontario cities. But that has changed now and the Deacon's group has been whitewashed and declared fit for Amateur competition. Eisen relates that Allen built the amateur boking game in several Ontario cities into a fairly healthy state. And he tells a story to show how the promoter looked after the boys on his fight cards. When a lad on the Allen-pro- moied show suffered a concussion, tle Association paid him $10 weekly for the six weeks the boy was off work. That came in handy for the youth's family, none too flush. Moreover, Allen footed the medical bills too. A lad from Belleville got help in a similar situation. Silly: Question Muses Eisen: "Now the question is, if a boy suffered an injury on a bout under the sponsorship of the A.A.U.--who would absorb the financial punishment? The A.A.U.? [fe hardly think so." Most amateur _®xers fight for two reasons, be- "wause they like it and because they want to pick up a few dollars on the side. "We think the AAU, if it is sincere in its desire to help Amateur boxing, sheuld take cog- nizance of this fact." Canadian Press Poll ~ Name Barbara Ann Outstanding Athlete By FRASER MacDOUGALL Canadian Press Staff Writer Toronto, Jan. 9--(CP)-- Smiling Barbara Ann Scott's figure skating tiilumphs of 1947 ranked teday as| the athievement of the year in Canadian sport. 'The winsome Ottawa Miss became the first of her sex to gain this re- cognition from Canadian Sports editors in the Canadian Press year- end poll. It gave her a clean sweep of poll honors. Previously, Tele graph editors selected her as the Canadian news personality of the year and Sports editors named her the outstanding wcman athlete. The 19-year-old Ottawa girl was a solid choice for the achievement honors. She received 44 of a possible 75 points. Tied for second place, with nine points 'apiece, were the achievements of footballers Joe Krol and Bob Sandberg and that hockeyist-golfer, Bill Ezinicki of To- ronto Maple Leafs. Voters named first,' second and third choifes and points were awarded on a 3-2-1 ba- sis, 'The selectors mentioned three of Barbara Ann's 1947 achievements-- with the emphasis on her triumph 'the World Skating championships Swekhop, She .also won the Buropean title and successfully de- fended her North American crown. Her next main goal is the Olym- pic title, for which she has been training in Switzerland, Next week she will perform in the European championships at Prague, After the Olympic games--Jan. 30 to Feb. B--she will defend her world title. A year ago, Sports editors pick- ed Krol's play with the Dominion Football Championship Argonauts as the achievement of the year. The way - the triple-threat opportunist performed for the Argos again last fall brought him the second place tie in the 1947 poll Sandberg, powerful back of the nnipeg Blue Bombers, won recog- don largely for his amazing iron- wuan performance against the Argos in the Dominion championship. The University of Minnesota product gave as great a individual show as a 'Canadian gridiron hey seen in years. - The selectors who mentioned Ezinicki put his golfing prowess ahead of his hockey skill. He was one of the Dominion's outstanding amateur golfers last year and took a' long stride toward Ais aim of be- coming a competent pro. But his tough, unruffled hockey play help- ed attract attention too. FL CARDS VETO CAGE PLAY Ril 8t. Louis -- Willlam Walsingham Ty istant to ident Robert nnegan of St. Louis Cardinals, said that outfielders Dick Sisler ind Erv Dusak will not be permit- 'ed to play semi-pro basketball in w' future, By BRUCE D. MacFARLANE Snow Queen Election Jan. 9-16 Misses Ila MacLachlan, Leona Palmer, and Gloria Attersly were successfully nominated to stand at the Snow Queen Election, Jan. 9- 16. The three "Skiing Shees" were chosen by the membership, last week, on the basis of skiing ability, beauty, personality, etc. The Lady Skier most successful in the forthcoming election, will be crowned 1948 Snow Queen at the "Ski Doo," which will be held in the CR.A. Hall, 100 Gibb St., Sat- urday night, Dec 24. Racing Committee Chairman Resi gns "Derm" Conway resigned his po- sition as head of the racing section at the Club's executive meeting last Wednesday night. "Derm" said, "due to home and business responsibili- ties, he would not be able to travel with the Club's competitors in the busy racing season that is about to begin." "Stoney" Fisher was suggested by "Derm" and appointed by the exe- cutive to head the racing Commit- tee for the remainder of the 1948 skiing season. "Stoney" was Chair- man of the instruction Committee last year and has won many Club Championships during the past ten years. "Derm" will continue his good work on the committee by helping to build up a strong rac- ing section in the Club. With "Stoney's" competitive abil- ity and "Derm's" Eastern racing ex- perience, the team should make a good showing at the many Zone meets this season. Club Property To Be Policed Jan. 11th Commencing this Sunday and continuing for the remainder fo the season. membership badges must be worn at all times while skiing on The Oshawa Ski Club's property at Raglan. The entire ski terrain will be po- liced by the Club's gestapo who will be wearing red arm bands. To avoid embarassment all mem- bers are urged' to purchase their memberships at Walmsley & Ma- gill's, Victor's, and Smith's Sport- ing Stores, if they have not already done so. y Free Instruction 2 p.m. At Raglan Dean Patte, Instruction Commit- tee Chairman asks that all skiers take advantage of the free instruc- tion classes that will be held every Sunday at two o'clock sharp. There will be eight classes of in- struction in--Walking on skis, climbing, downhill running, trav- erSing, snow plow, stem, and stem christie turns, and parallel skiing. The 1948 Ski Instructors are "Marg." Armstrong, Dean Patte, "Stoney" Fisher, "Derm" Conway, "Ben" Fallman and "Ive" Rich- ards. Skiing At Raglan Last Sunday, over four hundred of Oshawa's skiing fraternity took advantage of the beautiful day and excellent snow conditions by enjoy- ing the ever increasing facilities of our Winter Wonderland of Sport. Whitby's thirty members turned out in full force for the first time this season. They have a great little club over-there and are struggling hard to increase their membership. The only blight on the day's ac- tivities was that some members brought their dogs along to enjoy the outing. Dogs do frighten novices and cause accidents to happen to skiers who are trying hard to ac- quire some of that superb balance and control that we hear so much about. In the future the executive hope that the members will not bring their canine friends out to the club so as the accident rate can be kept as low as possible this year. With another excéllent week- end coming up we hope to see ev- eryone on the hills and through the trails, with their badges, but without their dogs, enjoying the World's most popular winter Sport. STIRNWEISS SIGNS New York--The New York Yank. ees announced that they have sign- ed second baseman George (Snuffy) Stirnweiss, one of the sparkplugs of the World Series victory over Brooklyn, to a 1948 contract. Stirnweiss hit only .256 last sea- son, the lowest of any Yankee re- gular. However, most of his batting trouble came in the early. part of the campaign. * OSMANSKI COACH Worcester, Mass--William (Bul- let Bill) Osmanski, a balding --31- year-old dentist who played on four championship Chicago Bears' teams, was appointed as head football coach at Holy Cross where he gain- ed fame a= the college's greatest fullback, A.H.L. HOCKEY CHIPS By The Canadian Press Two months ago, American Hoc- key League fans thought that Pitts- burg Hornets were in an unreach- able position atop the loop's western section. But today, Buffalo's charg- ing and revamped Bisons are in the leading rung held by the Wasps since opening night. Last night in New Haven, Bisons moved two full points. ahead of Pittsburgh with a 5-3 victory over Ramblers, Tommy Cooper, Len Haldeson, Jerry Brown, Leo Gra- velle and Murdo McKay divided the Buffalo scoring while Jean Paul Denis, Jack Lancien.and Bing Juc- kes scored for New Haven. Chuck Rayner--sent down by New York Rangers--was in the New Haven net. In the only other fixture last night, Indianapolis Capitals rammed home four goals in the last period to dump Philadelphia Rockets 5-1. Pat Lundy led the Caps attack with a brace of tallies while Barry Sulli- van, Enio Sclisizzi and Baldy Mac- Kay picked up one each. Johnny Mahaffy counted for Rockets. Providence Reds journey to Was- hington tonight for the only fixture scheduled. HOCKEY"S BIG SEVEN By The Canadian Press Elmer Lach of Canadiens scored a goal last night to bring his season's total to 14 in the National Hockey League scoring race. Other Detroit leaders were held scoreless in the only league game scheduled. The Leaders O'Connor, New York .. McFadden, Detroit Apps, Toronto M. Bentley, Toronto Lindsay. Detroit .. Lach, Montreal ... D. Bentley, Chicago, Maxim Favored Over Tandberg New York, Jan. 9--(AP)--How good is Olle Andberg? That's the subject up for discus- sion tonight at Madison Square Garden when the tall, blonde Swede from Stockholm, who upset Joe Baksi last July, meets the Cleve- land "Cutie", Joe Maxim in his American pro debut. The 10-round heavyweight scrap has been lost in the shuffle while the 20th-Century Sporting Club has been busy signing Joe Louis on the' dotted line for a defence of his heavyweight title next June. But there has been enough talk about the Swedish swatter to lure about 12,000 customers and an ex- pected gate of $60,000 to the arena. If Olle can prove that his deci- sion over Baksi was no fluke he can win himself a piece of change. For the heavyweight situation is wide open, ever since the night Jersey Joe Walcott twice dumped Joe Louis on the seat of his pants. Although it's a sure-fire thing that Levis and Walcott will do an encore next. June, there is nothing certain about the rest of the pic- ture. If Louis wins and retires, there will be a wild scramble for the job, in which tonight's winner might cut an important figure. If Louis wins, the boys will be jump- ing over one another to get in the ring with Jersey Joe. The wise boys have installed Maxim as a pre-fight favorite, quoting 9 to 5 against the Swede, who will have a 25-pound pull in the weights. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT 2 By The Associated Press Philadeiphia.--Otls Graham, 149, Phil- adelphia, Sutpointed Phil Burton -14213, Bt. Louis (8). 'Minneapolis -- Jackie Burke, 1621; Grand Rapids, Minn, outpointed Mel Brown, 161, St. Paul (10). EE OL IR TE ona) IT'S ALL YOURS! ; TODAY BIG TRIPLE PROGRAM A Couple of Guys Who Think They Know The Trouble With Women... Moet A Gal Whe Shows Them Wheat Trouble Really Is! MILLAND WRIGHT DONLEVY "The Trouble With Women ALL WEEK! | Stratford H G Windsor .... 23 . 21 Stratford . Marlboros ... St. Catharines Guelph St. Michael's Y. Rangers . 2 20 Thursday's Result co~ooNwOSS St.Michael's..... Stratford . St. Catharines . 3 Windsor .. Guelph 'Future Games Saturday -- Stratford at Marlboros; Galt at Young Rangers; St. Michael's | at Oshawa; Guelph at St, Catharines. O.H.A. SENIOR "A" Marlboros ... 22 5 Ham. Tigers 6 9 9 11 14 tara 20 . Witty s Results Owen Sound .... 9 Hamilton Fars. Stratford 2 Kitch.-Wat....., Overtime, Owen Sound Kitch.-Wat. . Ham. Pats .. Brantford Future Games Tonight--Hamilton Pats as Marlboros; Brantford at Hamilton Tigers; BStrat- ford at Kitchener-Waterloo. Saturday--Hamilton Tigers at Owen Sound; Kitchener-Waterloo at Brant- ford, NATIONAL LEAGUE Detroit Toronto ... New York .. Boston Montreal .... Chicago ..... 31 8 Thursday's 2 ut Montreal. Wednostns, s Result Detroit ......... 6 New YOrK....ees 0 Future Games Saturday--Chicago at Toronto; New York at Montreal; Boston at Detroit. Sunday--Toronto at Detroit; Mont- real at New York; Boston at Chicago. sees. 32 . 31 32 31 31 LAST NIGHT'S STARS ¥ " By The Canadian Press blocked 33 shots in a brilliant net- minding display as the Red Wings bat- tled Montreal to a 1-1 draw. THIATKES | TODAY Regent--"The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer" -- 1.55, 3.45, 5.35, 7.30, 9.25. Last com- Bist "Show, 9 pm. Marks -- "Something in the Wind" at 1:35, 3:45, 5:50, 8:00, 10:05. Last complete 'show at 9:30. Biltmore -- "The Trouble With Women" at 1.38, 4.36, 7.34 and 10.32. "Home in Oklahoma" at 2.58, 5.56 and 8.54. Louis-Wal- cott Fight Picture at 1.18, 4.16, 7.14 and 10.12, Last complete show at 8.54 pm. Queen's Looking + For Grid Coach Kingston, Jan. 9--(CP)--Out to strengthen its senior football team, Queen's University Athletic Board of Control is on the hunt for a full-time coach to direct the team which has given a dismal perform- ance in the last seasons in the In- tercollegiate Football Union. | 'Bob Elliott, who stepped into the | evaching breach at the last minute [ last season, has rejected a five-year contract, preferring to devote his time to his industrial job. Frank | product of New York's: Manhattan 33 | University, will handle the Wild- | Harry Beil Detroit goalie who | Tindall, who was slated to handle | the 1947 job and decided to remain at Syracuse, N.Y. is another pros- t. The board also is reported to have made overtures to Frank Gnup, who jipas turned in a competent job for two seasons as mentor of Hamilton { Wildcats in the Ontario Rugby Football Union. But latest word from Hamilton was that Gnup, cats for another five years. & GIRLS! 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