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PAGE TWELVE THE DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1948 Stratford's George Armstrong Noses Out "Pete" Piquette Voting for "Tilson Memorial" faz, George Armstrong, 17-year-old rightwinger with Stratford Kroeh. lers, has been awarded the Albert (Red) Tilson Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the On- tario Hockey Association's Junior Detroit, March 10 -- (AP) -- President Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League held a 20-minute conference yesterday with Harry 8S. Toy, Detroit Police Commissioner, a short time after he shook the hockey world with an- nouncement that Billy Taylor of New York Rangers had ex- pelled from the league and Don Gallinger of Boston Bruins indefi- nitely suspended. Announced in Lansing, Campbell, who is due back in nouncement in Lansing, Michigan's state capital, to Governor Kim Sigler after a prose of reports of gambling on N.H.L. games. He emphasized that no other N.H.L. players are involved and that no "fix" of a game was attempted by any player, Gallinger Appeals League officials said the 28- year-old Taylor is "out of 'organ- ized hockey with no right of ap- peal." Gallinger is suspended ing his innocence, immediately mailed an appeal to Campbell New Information? Why Campbell stopped yesterda for a 20-minute confereence wit Toy, who first furnished informa- tion connecting gambler James Tamer, convicted bank robber, with the two players was a matter of speculation, Campbell parried ques- tions on whether he had received new information, Campbell declared yesterday that Taylor "authorized Tamer to game between Boston and Chicago Black Hawks. The bet was on Chi- cago, Campbell said, but Boston won the contest 4-2. Less Specific Charges against Gallinger were less specific, and the official said he was suspended "pending fur- ther investigation of his associ- ations with James Tamer." Weston W. Adams, President of the Bruins, expressed hope the club's third ranking scorer would be exonerated, and said an appeal A group, league officials announced last night. x The trophy lis presented by the Toronto Globe and Mall to perpetu. ate the memory of the late Red Tilson, formerly an outstanding ju- nior player with Oshawa Generals, who lost his life on active service during the invasion of France. The player, chosen by OHA writers, is picked for outstanding hockey per. formance and general all-round ab. flity during the regulation junior season. Previous winners were Doug. Mc. Cury of St. Catharines Falcons in 1945; Tod Sloan of St. Michael's College Majors in 1946 and Ed. Sandford of St. Michael's in 1947. The 190-pound Stratford winger, who previously won the league scor. ing crown with an overall total of 73 points, moved to Stratford this season from Falconbridge, Ont. where he was born. He played ju. venile and junior hockey for Copper Cliff last winter when he was a team-mate of Tim Horton, Yacker Flynn and Tatter McClellan. The former is a defenseman with St. Michael's College and the latter two are wings with Guelph Biltmores. Armstrong's work in regulation schedule games aroused the inter. ests of the National Hockey League "PETE" PIQUETTE + Toronto Leafs and he was signed as their property by Scout Squib Walk. er. Voting for the honor was close in keeping with the tightness of the junior scoring race. Armstrong nudged out Pete Piquette of Osha. wa by taking 15 credits to Piquette's 14, Fourteen other junior players also received mention in the voting. smn fasts Y Geo. H. Campbell --._--_ TAYLOR SAID TO HAVE "NO RIGHT OF APPEAL" ABOUT EXPULSION "But we want the facts either way," he added. "The case is not closed." Taylor admitted he knew some persis in gambling but insisted "I ave never been asked to bet on the outcome of a game." Gallinger declared he had "never bet on a hockey game." Might Take Months The N.H.L. President said his continued investigation "might take months." Taylor's home is Oshawa and pending further inquiries and the Montreal today, made the an. | 23-year-old Boston player, protest- place for him a bet of $500" on a | would be filed 'i'f Gally wants it." Gallinger is from Port Colborne. OHA SENIOR "A" SCORING TITLE SHARED = SHILLINGTON AND M'CORMACK FINISH IN TIE Toronto, March 10 (CP)--After a careful re-check or referees' re- ports and credited Canadian Press summaries as supplied by the teams' official scorers, the Ontario Hoc- key Association Senior "A" scoring championship has been jointly awarded to Johnny McCormack of Toronto Marlboros and Clarence Shillington of Hamilton Tigers. Earlier, unofficial reports had Mc- Cormack winning the title by one point. The check credited Shilling- ton with another assist to bring his official total up to McCormack's at TTpoints. This is the first time in history the crown has been held jointly and both players have joint possession of the Robert (Moose) Ecclestone trophy for the next 12 months. unner-up in the scoring race is 4 Records Brok p 4 PORT. / NAPSHOTS The voting for the "Red Tilson Memorial Trophy" was the closest this season in history and Oshawa's "Pete" Piquette was barely nosed out by George Armstrong, the Stratford right-winger who nosed out Gil St. Pierre by one point for the Junior scoring trophy also. Armstrong poled 15 points and Piquette drew 14 votes in the bid for the Tilson Memorial Trophy--awarded to the most valuable player. Not because we voted for "Pete" nor that he is an Oshawa player, but we still think the Generals' goalie deserved the reward, for it's no secret that until Coach Tommy Anderson got some semblance of a defence performing on the Oshawa blue-line, which wasn't until about January--it was Pete Piquette that held the Generals together and kept them in the running all season, for first and second place. Stratford finished in fourth place and Oshawa in second. Take Armstrong off the Kroehlers and they should have still caught a playoff berth--but without Piquette, the Generals wouldn't likely have even been in the playoffs. .Stiis, the majority rules in this demo- cratic sport setup and while we are disappointed a little that Piquette didn't win the award, we still send hearty congratulations to Stratford's George Armstrong. L 2 * 0% In the only N.H.L. game played last night, Doug. Bentley chalked up two assists and a goal in Chicago's 4-1 win over Red Wings, and that vaults him a lot higher in the scoring race. "Bud" Poile got a goal and that puts him up within one point of the league-leading "Buddy" O'Connor. Don't be surprised if Poile cops the N.H.L. scor. ing crown--as well as earning the right-wing berth on the All-Star team. With Gaye Stewart also very high in the standing, it be. comes obvious that while Leafs got quite a hockey player in Max Bentley, they also gave away some worthwhile {alent for the Chicago air and Chuck Conacher's drive has done a lot for the ex-Leafs now wearing Black Hawk livery. J LJ * While we here in Oshawa are watching, not with too much interest .erhaps, the outcome of the Barrie-Windsor series, it might be interesting to know how, they feel about it up in Galt. Up there, according to Laurie Brain, Galt sports scribe, they're hoping that Spitfires will give it to Barrie Flyers--"but good." It seems Barrie played it a bit rough with the Rockets and Laurie waxes wrath in his writings, as he sums up the final game of the series. We pass along his remarks--as interesting reading; -- "The series has ended, but the memory lingers on! The memory probably will linger long for at least four Galt players, who still will be nursing hurts when most of the hockey fans have turned their attention to some other sporting interest. Yes, the Flyers won it. They won it by scoring the most goals in three of the five games. They won it by crippling the driving force behind Rockets' most prolific scoring threat. They won it because they meant to win it by fair or foul means, and in the latter they succeeded, aided by some of the weirdest refereeing this pitifully arbitrated hockey season has produced! . Ld > LJ . "Flyers didn't win the series Saturday night. They won it right in the Galt arena Friday night. They won it when Ray Gariepy hurled little Wiggie Wylie into the end boards with one of the crudest checks ever witnessed on Galt ice. When Wyllie was carried off the ice, his left leg hanging limp, Rockets' chance of winning the series went with him. Sure he came back later. Came back because his heart was bigger than his hurt. The same type of big heart that made Big Bob Robertson don skates for four of the five games with a knee thrice its normal size, and shooting pain with every stride, a» td LJ "Sour grapes, you say? Okay, chums, call it what you will. Tt wasn't everyones privilege to enter. the Galt dressing room and see Trainer (Toots) Last ministering to the needs of "my boys." Robertson and Wylte hobbling around, each with one good leg. The former without benefit of needle and the latter with a "freeze" injection to ease the pain. Or little Art Gualazzi, with possible:injury to his spinal column, being aided into his clothes; needing help with every garment. Or Lyal Gibson, stretched out on the rubbing table, grimacing with pain as the doctor completed a hemstitching job on his torn nose! [SEA ) a . "Yes, Flyers won it. They won it with the offensive and defensive sparkplugs of the Galt team only mere shadows of their former selves: with some of the so-called lesser lights of the team bruised and battered, The conquering '"'1eroes" now advance to the final series, taking on Wind- sor Spitfires tonight in the Border City in the first game of a best-in- seven series for the junior A crown. As the stage is set for the final series we join with a host of other Galts fans in the hope that Emms PLAYOFF HOCKEY TONIGHT KINGSTON BYERS MOTORS Adults 50¢ Children 25¢ little Ike "Hildebrand of Toronto Marlboros with 66 points, and six points behind him in thir spot is teammate Leo Curik with 60 points. Johnny Blute of Kitchener- Waterloo Flying Dutchmen led the lemgue with the most goals at 39, and McCormack earned the most assists at 49, Harry Psutka of Marl- boros was the "bad man" with 13 minutes spent in the penalty box, and Howie Harvey led the goalies with four shutouts. Official 12 leaders are: Player G. J. McCormack, Marl, 28 C. Shillington, Tigers 38 1. Hildebrand, Marl. 29 L. Curik, Marl. 35 . | the Chica George Lynch, 16-year-old Toronto miler, clipped ten seconds from the | Canadian junior indoor mile time | at the Eastern Canada meet in | Montreal. Lynch covered the mile in 4.39.1, lapping his field. [ | Hockey's Big Seven By The Canadian Press Doug Bentley. jumped up three notches in the National 'Hockey League individual scoring race last night as | league-leading Bentley is now tied for third place with team-mate Gaye Stewart who picked up an assist last night. Bud Polle scored his 25th goal to remain in sec- ond place, one point behind Buddy petition though running far out of | tance was 6.7 seconds. Going over the hurdles is Toronto's Kim Kimbark, at 17 the finest hurdler in Canada. Running in the open invitation 50-yard hurdles at the East- ern Canada indoor track meet in Montreal, Kimbark whipped all com- his age group. His time for the dis- en at Canadian Legion Sports Parade Track Meet ? Im hx Long-striding Gordon Haight, Ham. ilton, Ont., added the 500-yard junior indoor title to his records at the Eastern Canada track meet in Montreal, taking three seconds off the official indoor record. Can- ada's best junior athlete in 1947, HOCKEY - RESULTS - ~H.A, JUNIOR "A" 'our~Out-of-Seven) WL T ris 0 2 Barrie, Future Games Tonight--Windsor at Barrie. O.H.A. SENIOR "A" (Four-out-of-Seven) wi. T. 7» 0 0 2 Monday's Result Hamilton ....... .. 4 Kitch.-Wat... Future Games Tonight -- Hamilton at Kitchenere Waterlco. A Pts 2 2 4 0 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE G WL T P APs 13 163 133 69 11 174 131 13 158 174 crraes 12 144 154 Chicago .. 6 183 200 Montreal ,... 55 11 125 155 Tuesday's Result 4 De Toronto ..... Detroit .... New York 53 Boston 50 Future Games Tonight--New York at Boston; Chie Thursday--Toronto at Montreal. Spring Training Basehall Notes New York, March 10 (AP)--Cleve- land Indians will hold their last workout at Tucson, Ariz, today before embarking on an 18-day tour of thc west coast. Some players will remain. Three of them -- Pat See~ rey, Walt Judnich and Jim Hegan will be left in care of Hank Green= berg, who is giving them hitting hints. Washington Senators, weakest { hitting club in the American League in 1947, are pinning their hopes this year on a few rookies with fat mi- nor league batting records. The Nats are hoping that Southern As- sociation graduates Al Kozar and Gil Coan can maintain their .339 and .338 pace in the big time. Johnny Pesky, Boston Red Sox infielder, says he will be a better third baseman than he ever was a Haight recently won the 1000-yard | shortstop -- no easy task for a play- high school event against the best | | American collegiate middle distance 3 League Head Receives Evidence 1 D. Gillespie, OS. 27 T. Smelle, Tigers 30 J. Blute, Kitchener 39 M. Comfort, Pats 30 J. 'Conick, Tigers 21 Don Bauer, K-W 18 R. Hannigan, Marl, 27 P. McCreavy, OS. 20 Q'Connor who heads the league with 55 points. The Leaders : O'Connor, New York .... Polle, Chicago and his crew get it in this final set-to with Spitfires--get, it, but good! LJ * * "For obvious reasons we have confined most of our comment on poorly handled games this season to those which Rockets won. It beats anything this writer can think of how a referee could stand by and watch a player deliberately thrown backwards over an opponent's stick, and then casually turn his back and skate away. "Pigeon" Patterson did just that. He was standing at the side of the goal as Gariepy and Gualazzi skated around behind the net. As they tangled for the puck Gariepy put his stick behind the Galt player and lifted him up and over. Gualazzi landed on the ice on the flat of his back, and while he lay writhing in pain, Patterson turned around and skated to the circle to the right of the Barrie goal. Patterson's failure to mete out a penalty to Gariepy was typical of some of his other incompetent refereeing displays. LJ KA LJ "With Trainer Last busily engaged in the dressing room looking after the requirements of Lyle Gibson, injured earlier in the game, Goach Moore went onto the ice to assist Gualazzi. He was greeted by a knuckle- headed Barrie fan, who, from behind the safety of the screen, hollered something about being "yellow," and a "put up job." Moore, infuriated by the uncalled for remarks, picked up a stick and tried to push it through the screen, After the game, while making his way to the Galt dressing room, Moore was molested by fans, but carried a stick and invited the hostile crowd to "come and get it." They didn't which proved where the color point came in." Ld LJ » FUTURE GAMES--In the Junior "A" playoffs tonight, Barrie and Windsor will continue their feud in the Border City .... Hamil. ton Tigers and Kitchener-Waterloo also play the second game of their series. It is scheduled for Hamilton's Barton Street Arena , ... Tonight at the Oshawa Arena, Byers Motors, the local group winners of the Junior "B", will meet Kingston Vics in the first game of their series. The Kingston team is rated quite highly by the experts, so the game should be the best staged by the Junior "B" teams in quite awhile . , . . Tomorrow night the City League playcffs continue in all sections, Bantam play puts Rotary against Kiwanis; Midget play put Victors on Canada Bread's neck, and Juvenile action sees Eve- leigh's and Oshawa Dairy settling accounts. LJ > * SPORT SHORTS--Jersey Joe Walcott is using the scientific ap- proach in training for his re-match with' heavywtight champion Joe Louis, June 23. Walcott, arrived at Chicago yesterday for a four-round exhibition tonight, and said he has studied movies of his near-upset of Louis "11 or 12 times." "The way it looks to me, I have the style to beat Louis," the 34-year-old Camden, N.J., Negro said. Since his fight with the champ, Walcott has purchased and furnished three houses, added a Oadillac to his garage and put $3,000 in the bank "for my six kids' education" , ... A $2 bet brought a daily double payoff of $2,129 yesterday when two neglected outsiders galloped to victories in the first and second races at Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs, Ark. Eight persons cashed in winning double tickets on Trots Pride in the first and Magic Chief in the second , . . . Jim Ferrier and Gary Middlecoff yesterday Ellsworth Vines and Ed. Furgol, one up in the 36-hole finale . . . . Thousands of sport fans filed past the body of Howie Morenz as it lay in state in the Montreal Forum, scene of his greatest triumphs, 11 years ago tonight. Making a comeback at the age of 35, Howie was playing some of the best hockey of his 14-year N.H.L. career when he broke a leg in a game against Chicago and later died of a heart attack. * > ™ SCISSORED SPORT--(By The Canadian Press)--Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis and Britain's Tommy Farr refought their world title bout of 11 years ago yesterday--ovet 'a' late breakfast. The two fighters discussed all 15 rounds of their last ring meeting in New York, Aug. 30, 1937. Farr, now a paunchy,. prosperous Brighton hotel man, kept his date in the house in Kensington's Brompton Square where Louis and his entourage are staying during their visit to London. After breakfast, Marr accompanied Louis to the Earlscourt Exhibition where Louis gives sparring exhibitions three times 'a day . ... Leo Barbini, ooach of Fort Willlam Columbus Club junior hockey team, has been suspended for the balance of this season and for the season 1948-49, it was announced yesterday by the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Associa- tion. The announcement followed a playoff game in which Barbini re- fused to continue to play with Port Arthur West End Bruins. The in. terruption, resulting froma penalty handed out'to a Fort Willlam de- Odtumbus Club were given two minutes to return to the ice. They fail- ed to return and the game 'was awarded to Port Arthur, giving them-a 2-0 edge in games, with one tied, in their best-of-seven series. . . . Henry Cotton, captain of Britain's Ryder Cup team, will leave for the United States March 20 to compete in the Masters Golf Tournament: at Augusta, Ga., April 11. Cotton and Bobby Locke, the South African star, may team up for a series of exhibition matches in the United States | Oshawa Arena after the Masters Tourney , « won the $10,000 Miami international four ball golf tournament, defeating |8 fenceman, occurred in the third period with the teams deadlocked 5-5. |' hs ! | pm SD | men in New York. [ Resuits Games At Curling Club ames played at the Osh- lub week of March 6th. Reg Aker, G. Henderson, L. Edwards, Results of awa Curling A, F. Radway, . Mowat, > Dr. Murphy, R. McConnell, . Fal 1 pepe Crom >z RI, WF 2 Powell, . McGrath, Moss, wg Hz> =. 0g Kw . Wirshing, 00k Police Commissioner Harry S. Troy of Detroit is shown leaning firmly on his brief case which holds the : "-important records of the National Hockey league betting investigation, as he prepares to lay the evidence before Clarence S. Campbell, president of the league (centre) and Gov- ernor Kim Sigler of Michigan (right). The governor gave Campbell access to the records behind locked doors, and Campbell stated he would in- | vestigate further but that the evidence of gambling was so complete as to warrant "expulsions without a doubt." Drew's and Ontario Steel 'A' To Meet Volleyball Finals Playing in the semi.final series for the right to meet Ontario Steel "A" teami in the Ontario County Flying Club's Business Men's Volley- ball League, Ross Drew's team rang up three straight wins, 21-7, 21.1, and 21.10. The opposition was the Oshawa Dairy squad, and they had a tough time with the spiking ability of Drew's team. Ontario Steel "A" won their way to the final by taking their semi.fi. nal series with Ontario Steel "B" by scores of 21-13, 21.4, and 21.9. Play-offs between these two top teams, Drew's and Ontario Steel "A" will take place in the Flying Club gym on the evening of the 22nd of March. Last Night's Stars Doug Bentley, Chicago, who paced the Black Hawks to .a 4-1 victory over the first-place Detroit Red Wings by scor- ing once and assisting in two other markersg; Emile © (The Cat) Francis, Chicago oalle, who turned in a stellar net- minding performance in keeping the heavy-scoring Red Wings to one goal. Fights Last Night | By The Associated Press Los Angeles -- Jimmy Bivins, 185, Cleveland, outpointed Turkey Thomp- son, 222, Los Angeles (10). Honolulu--Chung Bok Soo, 138, Kor- ea, knocked out Kid Vicentes, 139, Man- la (2). N Salt Lake City--Ernie Hunick, 139, West Jordan, Utah, stopped Chalky Wright, 135, New. York (3). Seattle--Bobby Yeager, 147, Los Ang- eles, outpoin Phil Palmer, 145 Van- couver (10). yracuse, N.Y.--Joe Dejohn, 157, Sy- racuse, outpointed Mickey Savage, 147, Detroit (10). Buffalo--Allan Faulkner, 156!4, Buf- falo, outpointed Eddie O'Neill, 153, De- troit (10). N.H.L. Leaders By The Canadian Press Standing -- Detroit, won 29, lost 15, tied 11, Toronto, won 28, lost 14, tied 13, points, 69. Points--O'Connor, New York, 53, Goals--Lindsay, Detroit, 31. Assjsts--Bentley, Chicago, 34 Penalties--Barllko, Toronto, utes, Shutouts--Lumley, Detroit, six. '14 min- DUSSAULT LEAVES CHI Montreal, March 9--(CP)-~Gen- eral manager Frank Selke of Mont- real Canadiens announc®l that Normie Dussault, rookie winger who suffered a mild concussion in a game in Chicago Sunday night, has recovered and will leave Chi- cago for Montreal tomorrow. AGAR CONTINUES TOP Minneapolis--George Agar of Houston, with 90 points, continue to top the United States Hockey League scoring leaders last wee CHASE LONG-SHOT WINS London--"First Of the Dandies," hte horse with the longest name in the Grand National Steeple- chase March 20, won the three- Semi-Finals, McAdie Troph: W. Wirsching, = = E. B. Henry, J. C, Cox, 8. Everson, 8. J. Storle, C. Sproule, Don Holden, Chas. Pe SKIP vvver... 9; Finals, Colts Competitio) J. McGrath, P, Hoy , . Ken Fletcher, Ray loran, M. McGrath, Nell MacDonald, H. Whittaker, H. Beard, Skip .. 11; SKID sees..ee 10. er named to the American League all-star team in two of his three major league seasons. Vern Ste- phens will play shortstop. Ken Trinkle, star New York Giant relief pitcher, is the lone un- signed member of the team, He be- came the last Giant holdout when shortstop Buddy Kerr agreed to terms yesterday. Johnny Lindell, who became the New York Yankees' regular left fielder when Charley Keller was in- jured last year, is not resting on his laurels. The hero of the Yanks world series triumph collected three "| 'hits and drove home four runs as the Yanks won their first exhibi- tion game 8-6 from Detroit yes terday. Philadelphia Athletics claim they have installed a set of fool-proof battery signals. Even if the opposi- tion understands the system, they can't be stolen, the A's say. The system was used yesterday as the Sosond string whipped the varsity WALLACE SCORES K.O. Brantford, Ont., March 10--(CP) --GCord Wallace, Brantford's hope for the Olympics, last night knock- '|'ed out' Hook McComb of Kitchener in the first round of the scheduled five.round feature bout of the box. ing card here. Both weighed in at 175 pounds. In the semi.finals, Rudy Gaal of . | the Brantford Boxing Club scored a technical knockout over Chuck Jones of Toronto, opening up a cut over his left eye. The referee stop- ped the bout at the end of the third round. OSHAWA MINOR PLAYOFF Thurs., March 11 HOCKEY ASSOC. VICTOR'S » CANADA BREAD ROTARY « KIWANIS JUVENILE Eveleigh's Cleaners Oshawa Dairy -- 9 P.M. ADMISSION . . . ADULTS 25¢ » CHILDREN 15¢ mile Staffordshire Handicap. for the 14th consecutive week. OSHAWA AREN 4 . By Ray Gotte OZARK IKE BASEBALLS. ...!| WOULDN'T BE THE NINTH INNING io Won AND | HAVEN'T FOUND ow CA ITH OZARK NCH AND THE THERE LIKE TUES? DOC SITTING A STA «80: JUST RELAX AND WATCH OL' MOW 'EM CA NO CHANCES ON TH' NEWS OF THAT BAD FLIPPER LEAKIN' OUT...