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AS Es masco iiv Li - THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1948 PAGE TWELVE PORT NAPSHOTS ---- The "Sport Snapshots $5.00 Club" topped the $250.00 mark at Thurs- om BY Geo. H. Campbell day noon and present indications are that by Saturday,we'll be able to announce that this column's fund, built up by the readers of "Sport Snapshots" to show their desire to help Oshawa have a m.ca-needed sports stadium, will have reached the $300.00 mark in the rst week. "This is a nice start but frankly we think "the boys" are only getting t . We would like to think that we can hit at least the prop px with 200 members in the "Sport ral il $5.00. Club." "Incidentally, we have arranged for every member to receive an official "membership card." Besides acting as a form of receipt, this will enable our club members to carry tangible evidence that they are really a "sport booster" in Oshawa. So far, we've had only two members of the "fair -sex" move in to join the clul membership. Knowing the vast number of 'lady sport fans who take in the games when Generals are in action, or seldom miss a good ball game, lacrosse game, rugby match, etc., we are 'a wee bit disappointed. There must be a lot of the local gals who enjoy 'sports as spectators, not to mention the tennis players, five-pin bowlers, skiing enthusiasts, golfers, etc, who.are readers of their hometown sports column and are in a position to join our $5.00 club and thus help get a fine sports stadium for 2 en * 4 Today's list of new members in the "sport Snapshots $5.00 Club" brings forth still more men weli-known as real sport boosters in this city. We've got Jack McLeod, one of those chaps who is behind anything worthwhile for the city. He spends his winter monibs at the curling rink, tossing an out-turn whammy or putting on "a bold stand." Frank Taylor, a former active softball player and now in- terested chiefly in all sporis as a spectator but an active curler in the winter months, is another who joined up. Don Storie, who golis in the summer and divides his leisure hours in the winter between the bowling alley and the "side blues" at the Oshawa Arena, is an- ; other welcome member. So is E. A. Carswell, who when not running his fecti y busi in softball and fishing for his recreation. All these anen want to see a sports stadium in Oshawa and are behind the project. Then we have Fred Harris, another keen curler himself but an enthusiastic fan at most summer sports. "Pete" Bakbgeorge, former co-manager of Mayfair Lanes and a young local businessman with a world of energy, is another to Join the club. "Manny" Swartz, who hit the sport headiines with his sensational bowling performance at the CBA the other night, also joined yesterday, sndul * LJ "Dave" Bennet, one of those local Sein who was active with Oshawa Cricket Club'and local soccer teams in recent yearsideclared himself "in" as one "in their pitching" where clean sport is concerned. "Sammy" Johnson, perhaps the best-known sports figure in this city, as far as the competing athletes of the past 20 years are concerned, sent "atong his "fin" to swell the Sport Snapshols Club, too. Sammy was mending cuts, brujses and torn ligaments in local team dressing rooms away back in 1928 and before, and he's still doing it. Connected with Oshawa's championship teams such as the Man Cup lacrossers, Blue Devils ORFU champs, Dodgers' softball champs, not to mention the Oshawa Generals ever since they were organized, here's a man who knows the real value of a sports stadium to fulfill the needs of Oshawa Ss sport teams, athletes and the spectators. Thanks to all you men. Who 1 be next to join our club. Remember--total proceeds to the Kinsmen Civic Memorial Stadium Fund. . 4 LJ 4 * The wind-up of the Oshawa "City League" 1947-48 hockey season, last night at Masonic Temple, was another grand event as staged annually by the men behind the Oshawa Minor Hockey Association. The Ontario Minor Hockey Association has always regarded the Oshawa "City League" as the model hockey set-up for youngsters and. other cities and towns in Ontario starting out to run minor leagues for boys are usually told to get their information from Oshawa. Five OMHA officials were on hand last night at the banquet and presentation of prizes. The Edward Crawley Memorial Trophy, for "sportsmanship" is the new addition to the Oshawa Minor Hockey Association's list of trophies and first winner is Ted DeGray, son of Kelly, of lacrosse fame. Seven trophies, three sets of -ham- pionship crests, a fine banquet and good entertainment, all whipped up in snappy fashion made it a very successful event. President Walter Branch and his hard-working executive officers can take plenty of credit for such a splendidly run banquet. The youngsters of Oshawa are fortunate too that there is such a large group of fine youth-minded citizens willing to give their time and energy as coaches, managers and league officials to provide organized hockey for this city's hockey-minded boys, from 12 to 18 years of age. Ld Ld oe . This has been a great week for ducks and the fish but a little tough on the fishermen and the ball players. Bruce Milne and his Motor City Cab baseball team have an exhibition game lined up for Alexandra Park tomorrow afternoon, with the Federal Fuel, junior team of To- Tonto, Of course, a little more of this heavy dew that we've been get- ting and there'll be no ball game played here in Oshawa tomorrow afternoon. However, if the sun does shine, don't forget to take in the first game of the season. It should be worth seeing for this local baseball club, eligible for OBA juvenile playdowns, is going to be tough Ld * 2 The pr t of the Osh Minor Softball Association took a look at us this morning (in the mirror) and told us to advise all "midget softball team managers or coaches who plan on entering a - team in the Oshawa Minor Softball Association's Midget League this summer, to be on the watch for tomorrow's issue of The Times- Gazette as there will be news of interest for them, ? N * -* SPORTS SHORTS--Conny Mack figures now that his Athletics are capable of anything, and most of the other managers of the American League figure exactly the same way. The Mackmen have won 10 straight " games, not bad. They have completed 22 double plays so far this year, and also one triple play. Also not bad. They have made only seven éfrors in this strong infield, and look by far the best of the junior loop .. . OCVI Athletic Meet will be held at Alexandra Park following the collegiate cadet parade on May 20. Lots of entries so far and the number of events, enough to accommodate any athlete . . . Calgary Stamps have decided to sign another Yank gridder. He was a tackle on last season's USC squad that made such a punk showing. Wonder if the Calgary boys know what they are doing? ... . Motor City Cab will have fun trying to get that opening ball game in Saturday if the weather stays as it is. The field is a little damp, shall we say? . .. Yea, let's ,.. Clem Loughlin, famous star of Canadian pro hockey, ended a 20-year-old career when he resigned as manager of the Chicago Black Hawks, after piloting them to the Stanley Cup, to give full time to his wheat farm and hotel at Viking, Alta. " 13 » & * SCISSORED SPORT--(By The Canadian Press)--Governor Kim Sigler of Michigan hinted at Lansing, Mich, Thursday that facts sur- rounding the hockey scandal of last March which resulted in the expulsion of Billy Taylor of New York Rangers and indefinite suspension of Don Gallinger of the Boston Bruins by the National Hockey League might soon be divulged. President Clarence Campbell of the NHL said Thursday at Kitchener, Ont. that permission must be obtained from Sigler before details of the player ban can be released. Sigler said that a secrecy pledge he placed on the NHL president might be removed if Campbell were to ask his permission to tell the whole story . Roller Skating e FRIDAY NIGHT e SAT. AFTERNOON ® SATURDAY NIGHT ' . : Children Under 16 Years Not Admitted at Night! @ By HAROLD GLASSEN Philadelphia, May 14 -- (AP) -- Bill Ezinicki, a winger on Toronto's Stanley Cup championship hockey team, makes his debut as a pro golfer in the Philadelphia Inquirer invitational tournament today, but he isn't' cutting all his ties with the ice sport. In making the change, Ezinicki becomes the third athlete in recent years to enter professional golf after establishing a reputation in a different sport. Others Before Him Before him were Sammy Byrd, one-time New York baseball Yanh- kee outfielder, and Ellsworth Vines, king-pin of amateur tennis. Byrd and Vines, however, made a complete break from their previ- ous gports. Ezinicki, only 24, hopes to combine the two for a period of years before settling down as a teaching golf pro. The slight, five-foot-10 athlete would have his first professional round in the record books by now except for an early-morning rain that washed 'out Thursday's first round. The revised schedule called for 18 holes today after which the 116-man field will be cut to the low 60 and ties. Eighteen more holes will be played Saturday and 36 Sunday. First Pro Try Although this will, be Ezinicki's first pro tournament he has been palying golf since he was nine. He was rated as one of the dominion's top amateurs. BILL EZINICKI FORCED TO BECOME PRO GOLFER BY IMMIGRATION LAW The. young Canadian figures his wood shots are the best part of his game. His lone formal lesson was on putting. He figures he learned more in a gingle round with Ky Laffoon .of Chicago last year than in all his prevjous links: visits. Not, eligible -for: next week's Pro- fessional Golfers Association four- nament at St. Louis, Ezinickl will compete in the $5000 open in Decatur, Ill, instead. Although he had been considering turning pro for some time, it actu- SPORTS CALENDAR ATURDAY Junior Ex. Baseball Oshawa Motor City Cab vs. Tore onto Federal Fuels at Alexandra Park, 2.30 p.m. Golf ! Oshawa Golf Club Official Open ally was the Canadian immigration laws that forced him to a decision. Troubles as Amateur He wanted to make the United States summer golf circuit as an amateur and then try once more for the Canadian title in that divi- sion. Canadian officials' termed that a plespure trip and restricted the amount of money he could take south of the border. By turning pro, his trip became a business venture and the money restrictions were lifted. Individual "CITY LEAGUE" P ® L 4 Bantam, Midget and Juvenile Title Winners Receive Awards: Players Honored UCK CHAMPS FETED AT BANQUET Kiwanis Club Bantams, Canada Bread Midgets and Oshawa Dairy Ju- veniles Get Champion- ship Crests -- Ted De- Gray, Tom O'Connor Gord. Myles and Bill Peters Win Individual Honors--Many Guests Attend Event With a glittering array of fine trophies, championship crests and | victory smiles to add to the atmos- | phere, the Oshawa Minor Hockey | Association closed its 1947.48 "City League" season in grand style, at Masonic Temple last night, when the Oshawa Kiwanis Club Bantams, Canada Bread Midgets and Osha- | wa Dairy Juveniles were feted at a banquet which featured the pre- | sertation of the championship trophies and other awards. Thanks All Supporters Walter Branch, President of the Oshawa Minor Hockey Association, | chairman for the pleasant event, | in his remarks expressed deep ap- | preciation of the co-operation re. ceived from all his Executivg offi- cers and the team coaches and managers. He also voiced thanks to | the Oshawa Arena, all the spon- | sors, members of the press and | radio, each of whom contributed to the success of the "City League." The coaches and managers came in for a huge amount of well-earn. ed praise for the fine work they are doing to provide youngsters with the ideals of sportsmanship and good citizenship and provide them also with the opportunity to play organized hockey. The gratis use of the Oshawa Arena every Thursday night in the winter season, the generous finan- cial support of' the twelve good sponsors of the Association and the help given by the league officers and the others as boosters, was all outlined and mentioned by Presi- dent Branch as reasons for the con- tinued success of the Oshawa "City League" hockey organization. Boston Bruin Star Present "Wally" Wilsen, an Oshawa homebrew, product of the Oshawa Minor Hockey Association and now a star member of the Boston Bru. ins N.-H.L. Club, was present as an honored guest and spoke briefly to | the boys. He urged them to "play | the game" with their coaches, and league officers and stressed the va- lue of the opportunity which is ex- tended to Oshawa youngsters to a lot of communities. "Ken" Waters, President of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association, Jack Christie, Secretary; Dr. H. Hipwell, Treasurer: all of Toron- to; Harold Luke, of Oshawa, past- president of the Ontario body and Vie. Burr, an Executive member, were all present as honored guests and each spoke briefly. Other head-table guests, who par- ticipated in the program in one capacity or another, included: Wm. Campbell, Oshawa M.H.A., treas- urer; Leo. Glover, Rotary Club re- presentative; Lloyd Smith, CR.A. rep.; Joe Victor, sponsor of Victors; Frank Crawley and Allan Craw. ley; Dan. McTavish of Toronto; "Bill" Brownlee, Kiwanis Cluh rep.; J. P. Holloway, sponsor of Canada Bread team; Wm. Tribble, manager of Oshawa Generals and Oshawa Hockey Club rep.; Stan Lawrence, O.ML.H.A. Secty., and Geo. H. Camp- bell, Oshawa *1.H A. Further details of banguet will morrow's issu Weather Against Proposed Opening Baseball Season The weatherman seems to be really against any moves this early in the season for an opening of the baseball season. Motor City Cab, last year's Sun- nyside Combines under Bruce Milnes are itching for this opening in more than one way. You see it was this same team, Toronto Federal Fuels that put out the Combines last year in the Ontario midget playofis, Manager Milne has not yet established his regular lineup, but things stack up something like this: 'Mike" McArthur, behind the plate; "Ab" Gilbert, "Nick" Mroczek and Bill McTavish on the mound; "Bunny Maeson at first; Ted O'Connor at second; "Grabby" Joz- koski at third; "Junior" Milne at | short; "Porky" Brabin in right; | Wile" Morrison in centre, and "Hank" Sarnovsky in left. Others trying out are: "Ziggy" Bienkow- ski, "Hank" Jozkoski, "Wild Willie" Swindells, Bob Lean and Henry Tutak, . 'Game time is 2:30 on Saturday at Alexandra Park, and is should be a great battle with the Toronto last night's be published in to- e. ® L 4 Betting stakes at Pimlico will be "on the horse affair. and nomination fees, second, and $4000 which goes to nomina- tors of the first three colts. J squad supposedly stronger than ever, \ PORT NAPSHOTS $5.00 CLUB The "Sport Snapshots $5.00 Club" yesterday passed the 30-mark in the membership drive and is now headed for the first hundred mem- bers. It is expected that the total mem- bership will bring the Club's fund over the $300.00 mark in its first week. Total amount edged Jack McLeod Don Storie Frank Taylor E. A. Carswell ... previously acknowl. | Fred Harris Pete Bakogeorge Dave Bennet Manning Swartz Sammy Johnson Total, at Thursday. noon .. $255.00 Preakness Field Reduced Again; Salmagundi Quits 14 -- (AP) -- Preakness Baltimore, May in tomorrow's nose' only. The classic shapes up as a four- Citation; the Ken- tucky Derby winner, will go to the post a prohibitive favorite. If win, place and show betfing were allowed, a minus pool would be sure to result if Citation won. The track would have to pay off at the rate of at least 10 cents on $1. The $2 bettor can't look for much of a return because of Citations overwhelming dominance, but thé owners of 'starters can eye more than $90,000. The winning purse worth $94,745 to either would be Vulcan's Forge or Better Self if four start. Bovard and Citation $91,745, can make The difference is because the owners of Bovard and Citation had to pony up $3,000 each to make them eligible. They were made sup- plementary starters April 15. The other owners got their colts eligible by paying only $135 in three annual instalments. If the expected four are named play hockey, that is not present in Pthe gross value of the purse will be over $134,000. The net to the winner is deter- mined by subtracting his starting $35,000 for third and fourth money Louis Celebrates Another Birthday Getting in Trim Bloomingdale, Mich, May 14 -- (AP)--Heavyweight champion Joe Louis has another birthday -- his 34th -- behind him, and although the years are piling up on the brown bomber the pounds are drop- ping off as he prepares for his June 23 rematch with Jersey Joe Walcott in Yankee Stadium. Trainer Mannie Seamon took the occasion of Louis' birthday yester- day to report that a month of light training at the farm of a De. troit friend here had Joe's condi- tioning program running "two pounds ahead of schedule." When Louis arrived here in ear- ly April following his European appearance he was bulging at 225 pounds with the accumulated "ov- erweight" of nearly four months of virtual inaction. 'Seamon's time-table, aiming at 215 for the second Walcott battle, called for Joe to shed three pounds here on a diet of: "rest," tapering off into light roadwork, sawing and wood-chopping. Thus the champ would have seven more pounds to lose after he gets into the heavy part of his training routine next week at Pompton Lakes, N.J. But Seamon sald the bomber al- ready was down to 220, a fact that simplifies the reducing. schedule. Joe leaves here for his Pompton Lakes base next Monday morning and won't start sparring until af- ter his arrival in the East, PRUDEN BOUT POSTPONED New York, May 13 -- (UP)--To- night's boxing program at Fort Hamilton, featuring a 10-round match between Fitzie Pruden, of St. Catharines, Ont., and 'Al Guido oZ New York, was postponed today because of rain. The matches wera rescheduled for next Thursday night. When the Oshawa Minor Hockey Association held its banquet and pre- sentation of trophies, crests and other awards, last night at Masonic ful 1947-48 i "aha " the Temple, to wind up their shown above were the proudest in the large group. They are, shown hold- ing their trophies, front row--Bill Peters, winner of The Harry Dove Trophy, "most valuable player" award in the Juvenile League; Ted De- Gray, winner of the newest "City League" award, "The Edward Crawley Memorial Trophy," for best sportsmanship in the entire Association; Gordie Myles, winner of The Joe Flynn Trophy, "most raigeti player" Oshawa Minor Hockey Association Champions Proudly Display Trophies # award in the Midget League; Tom O'Connor, winner of The Harold Hambly Trophy, "mos{ vzlvable player" award in the Bantam League. Left to right, back row--Wn:. J. Brownlee, Sports Committee Chairman of Oshawa Kiwanis Club, winners of 1948 Bantam championship; Frank Black, coach of Oshawa Dairy, Juvenile champions and winners of C. E. McTavish Trophy; Elgin Munday, coach of Canada Bread, Midget champs and winners of The Jack Worrall Memorial Trophy; Arnold Jobb, coach of Kiwanis Bantams, wirners of The W. Campbell Trophy; and J. P. Holloway, sponsor of Canada Bread, Midget champions. [2 Release Sande On Drug Count New York, May 14--(AP)---Earl 8ande, horse owner, trainer and one-time famaqus jockey, was re- leased = Thursday from federal charges of illegal possession of nar- cotics when a grand jury which investigated the case returned no true bill, The Jockey Club said the grand jury's action would have no effect on its 60-day suspension of Sande, imposed May 4, the day after he was arrested, The government charged Sande had a 'drug which he failed to register and on which he failed to pay a tax. Conviction would have meant a two- to five-year prison term. United States Attorney J. Vin- cent Keogh said he acted against Sande when a routine saliva test showed one of Sande's hqrses, Big Stage, was drugged when it wan a race at Jamaica April 21, Keogh said Sande told him he had ordered the horse treated with a caffein extract for a 'workodt 0.L.A. Season Opens May 18 Toronto, May 14 -- (CP) --Open- ing games of the 1948 season of hte Ontario Lacrosse Association Senior A series were announced here Thursday night following a meet- ing of the senior clubs committee. The season gets under way at Owen Sound May 18, with Mimico Mountaineers meeting Owen Sound Crescents. Fergus entertains Bramp- ton Excelsiors May 24, while Weston meets Mimico the same day. Opening day at nearby Mimico is May 26 with the Mounties meet- nig St. Catharines Athletics, while Hamilton goes to St. Catharines May 28 and Fergus to Brampton, May 29. Mimico take part in their third opener May 31 at Hamilton. 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