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ior Xo > THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE ELEVEN _ . TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1948 LORD FAIRMOND AND ALL BRITISH FIRST IN KING'S PLATE TRIALS Toronto, May 17 (CP)--With only six days left before the 89th run- ning of the classic King's Plate at 'Woodbine Park here Monday, odds seem bound today to undergo a ra- dical shuffle after yesterday's Plate Trials. Run as usual in two divisions, The Trials were triumphs for Winnipeg- owned "Lord Fairmond" and Toron- to-owned "All British", both of which gained their honors over six furlongs of clinging mud and steady rain, They formed two parts of a three- horse favorite pool, the third specu- lation being Jim Fair's "Last Mark", which held off from both trials fut did a between-race workout before the 7,000 gallery immediately after the second division of the trials was "Lord Fairmond, covering a % mile in 1:20, lost a fair piece of its pre-race glory to "All British," which won its Division handily, cov- ering the same distance in 1:19:6. Moreover, where "Lord Fairmond" was pushed by Coleraine and Red Bottle, second and third respective- ly, and won by only a half-length, Charlie Turner's "All British" ook its time and breezed home to a Ye- over "Kid Rumble," second, and "Meal Time," third. The heavily-favored Sweerblu, from the Carr Hatch Stable, could do nothing better than fourth. But much of the excitement con- cerned "Last Mark" in its running of the six-furlong, distance. Easily, the horse could have dropped con- siderable time from that clocking, had it been under any pressure. But this was all done on the mud- dy track that has plagued Wood- bine Park since its opening. It's plausible that Weather clear-track fast will be the order of the day next. Monday, then it's anybody's guess. French Davis Cup Team Is Ousted London, May 18 -- (AP)-- Seven of eight quarter-final brackets were filled today in the European Zone Davis Cup eliminations and on the sidelines was France, a long-time power in the International .tennis series. The French team was eliminated Monday by a surprising Hungary, which prevailed, 4-1. Hungary's next foe is Sweden, which swept over Switzerland, 5-0. t Other quarter-final pairings send Holland against Britain, Czecho- slovakia against Belgium and Italy against the winner of the uncom- pleted Ireland-Denmark joust. Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. Montreal, May 18--(CP)--When middleweights George Ross and Len Wadsworth traded punches in what was billed as a title fight in Glace Bay, N.S, nearly three weeks ago, neither realized they had started eastern sports writers swinging over the Canadian Boxing Federation. First to throw one was Alex (Hali- fax Herald) Nickerson who wrote that Wadsworth thought he was defending his title in the 12-round bout at Glace Bay. When the fight was over, Nick recounted, Wads- worth thought he had lost the title but "then the Canadian Boxing Federation declared the fight didn't count because the Cape Breton As- sociation was not affiliated with the CBF." Then Dink (Montreal Gazette) Carroll took it up with the query: "Who is the C.B.F.?" and promptly answered: . "So far as we know the C.B.F, is only one man, Frank Hogan, who is nominally the chairman, though we have heard other names mentioned vaguely in connection with it at one time or another. Frank Hogan twice served as head of the Montreal Ath- letic Commission and he was a fair- minded. and conscientious official. But he has been placed in the ridi- culous position of being head of a practically nebulous body which has no office, no stationery, and which does not hold regular meetings." Andy (Montreal Standard O'- Brien retorted with the remark: "A lengthy but lame altempt to belit- tle the Federation without appar- ently attempting to get the facts." "Frankly," said Andy, "I regard the attack as undeserving -- the only really constructive steps to- ward putting Canadian boxing on a sound basis have been made un- der Hogan's leadership and through the Federation which includes Wil- fred Sanson, M.L.A., of Quebec and Fred Steele, secretary of the On- tario Athletic Commission, as vice- presidents, and Elmer Ferguson of the (Montreal) Herald as secre. "No regular office is maintained to save expenses," said Andy, "But Fergie gets the mail if 'Hogan doesn't and meetings are held in hotels." The Hungarians clinched the ne Bringing up at the rear of the series with France by taking the final two singles matches. Joseph | argument was Hgoan himself who Asboth defeated Robert Abvdesse- | said: "I don't mind constructive lam, 7-5, 6-1, 6-2, and Anton Adam | criticism but baseless raps hurt the outlasted Marcel Bernard, 1-6, 3-6, (game and discourage those who 6-0, 6-3, 6-4. work for its good." AR. Who Is This Hooded "King of Villains"? Can Flanagan Unmask Him? Dont Miss This Show Tonight! -- MAIN BOUT -- MASKED MARVEL vs. "PAT" FLANAGAN EARL McCREADY ~~ SEMI-FINAL -- | HI LEE = EARL McCREADY -- PRELIMINARY -- | JAN GOTCH ~ BILL STACK OSHAWA ARENA 8.45 TONIGHT BOWLING MAYFAIR LANES HANDICAP BOWLING TOURNAMENT Men's Teams 1st.--Midnighters, Oshawa 4009 2nd. --King Pins, Oshawa 3728 3rd.--Happy Gang, Oshawa 3621 en's Doubles 1.--N. Ferrell & J. Strank, Oshawa, ..... 2.--C. Rendell & Oshawa . 1619 3.--J. Tester & E. Johnson, Toronto 1486 4--W. James & A. Donaldson, Men's Singles 1.--"Jock" Robson, Oshaw; 2.--0. Hahey, Oshawa ....... 3.--B. Blake, Oshawa .> Mixed Atomics, Oshawa : ' Mixed Doubles 1--B. Ross & M. Swartz, Ladies' Teams "Eihe Rezzeiwood Bea Ross and e Hezzelwood, Oshawa 1431 $30. Corner Pins, Oshawa . 3421 $60. Ladies' Si Effie Hazzelwood, Oshawa .. 908 $20. Husband and Wife 8. James and J. James, Osh, 1452 $40. The "Midnighters", last team to roll in the tournament and assembled at 11:30 p.m., on Saturday, came up with a sensational 5-pin display for their brilliant 4,009 total. Their Sopres were i Alex Donaldson .. 55 275 253 288 3 204 281 Totals 1326 1379 1274 3979 Handicaps see..oe 10 10 10 30 1336 1389 1284 4009 Trophies Are Ready All winners of the various events are reminded that their championship tro- phies (to be held for one year only) are waiting now at the Mayfair Lanes Alleys, to be picked up. Sports Roundup By Hugh Fullerton, Jr. New York, May 18 -- (AP) --An- other big blowoff in the pro golf business may take place during the Professional 'Goifers Association tournament which starts tomorrow at St: Louis . . . Seems a lot of the boys now are peeved at George Schneiter because he continues tournament play while he's serving as chairman of the P. G. A. tourna- ment committee . . . One objection is that the money winners have to kick in a percentage of their purses to pay committee expenses, but Schneiter, travelling for free, won $950 at Philadelphia last week-end. . . . The solution to this series of squawks, of course, would be to pay a good man to take charge of tournaments and publicity and then co-operate with him, but that won't happen until the golf pros learn to act like professionals. What-a-Vote Art' (What-a-Man) Shires, a candidate for the Texas legisla- ture, says he will "fight the battles of the little man." . . . The guy must be slipping; when he was in the majors, Art always picked on the big guys to start fights! . . . At that, a position as legislator may improve the situation. If Shires tries to stage another fight like his celebrated ring battle with Al Spohrer, they can impeach him. Dots All, Brothers Walter (Boom Boom) Beck, now past the age where life begins and serving as manager of the Fort Wayne Generals of the Central League, expects to do a little pitch- ing as soon as the weather gets warmer . , . Buff Donelli, Boston University football coach, has six telephones on his desk , . . Presum- ably he can say "yes" to a promis- ing athlete on any one of them. Fernando Gagnon Retains Title In 12-Round Go Quebec, May 18 -- (CP) -- Fer- nando Gagnon, smooth-working Quebec City belter, had a full 12- round workout here last night in scoring a decision over Frankie Pucci, of Toronto to retain the Canadian bantamwegiht boxing crown. Each scaled 117. Outclassed from start to finish, Pucci displayed amazing pluckiness while absorbing a battering that spilled blood from his nose through several rounds. He declined to quit, however, even after Tex Pelte, his manager, counselled him to do so after eight rounds. His showing earned the plaudits of more than 2,000 pro-Gagnon fans who at the end were shouting en- couragement to the 21-year-old To- ronto fighter to stick it out to the last bell, The champion made a determined bid to knockout the challenger but the closest he came to it was the ninth when Pucci was felled by a right hook. He took a count of eight. In the 10th Gagnon had Pucci hanging onto the ropes as the bell sounded. Gagnon, who also holds the Can- adian featherweight crown, drew blood from Pucci near the end of the third round. From then on it seemed only a question of how fast the double crown-holder would de- liver the kayo punch. Through the sixth, seventh and eighth rounds Pucci's nose bled freely, and he looked thoroughly battered. Yet he managed, through fast and clever manoeuvring, to pull himself out of one tight spot after another, 21 PENALTIES now Quebec. -- Bitter rivals last year Cornwall Flyers and Quebec Monta. gards renewed their lacrosse feud here, but neither gained ground as the penalty-studded match ended in a 5-al stalemate. \ FRENCH CUP TEAM Paris. -- Hungary knocked France out of the European zone Davis Cup eliminations today, 4 matches to 1, and qualified to meet Sweden's powerful tennis team in third-round competition. Asphalt Shingles Phone 127 3 Yes, Sir, That's My Baby Spring time is baby time on a horse farm. The colt looking so earnestly at the camera here was sired by Rounders, the Irish runner who was brought to U.S. and won many stakes victories, Ri at stud on the New Jersey stock farm of William unders now is standing elis, the sportsman, Not As Bad As it Looks gi C of the onlook chase, He was the only horse to fall. ) rs was that Cavalcloud had broken his neck when he fell and landed like this in the steeplechase at Pimlico, Md., recently. But neither horse nor jockey Marzani was hurt. Both got up immediately and walked away. It was Calvacloud's first appearance in the steeple- New Fields to Conquer Citation, champion among the three-year-olds, arrives in Baltimore, Md., to run at Pimlico where he seeks the Preakness pot of gold Sat- urday, May 15. Trainer Jimmy Jones is with him. The field in the Preakness is expected to be very small. Citation, and the jockey, Eddie Arcaro, are out to win racing's triple crown. It's on to Belmont Park after the Preakness. . Big League Basehall Yesterday By JOE REICHLER The solid team in the National League is Boston Braves. Boston is not in first place. The St. Louis Cardinals hold that spot and the New York Giants are second. The Braves are third, but only because they got off to a miserable start. They dropped six of their first sev- en games. Boston Great Since then Boston has won 11 and lost four, the best record by far, in the circuit for the period. Billy Southworth's men haven't lost since May 9, : The Braves ended a successful road trip last night by crushing the Dodgers in Brooklyn, 12-3. It mark. ed their fourth straight over Brook- lyn without a setback ad gave them a record of eight victories in 11 road games. No team in the league -- and that includes the Cardinals --boasts three front line hurlers such as Boston's Johnny Sain, Warren Spahn and Bill Voiselle. This trio has given up only three runs in Boston's last four games. Dodgers Dood It The Dodgers finally snapped the Braves' runless streak at 25 conse- cutive innings last night when they wangled a run off Sain in the first inning. The Braves pummelled five Brooklyn pitchers for 18 hits. Bob Ellitt, the League's most valuable player last year, got three. So did Sain, a good hitting pitcher. Tom. my Holmes, the No. 2 batter in the league, zomed his average to .435 with two hits in three times at bat. Another hot club, Philadelphia Phils, defeated New York Giants 7- 1. The victory moved the Phils up to fourth place, only three percent- age points behind the Braves. Blix Donnelly hurled four-hit ball to register his third victory against two losses. In both of his defeats, his mates failed to score a run for im. Blatnik Paces Johnny Blatnik paced the Phils' 10-hit attack against Bobo New. som and three successors. The rook- ie outfielders, pitched up in the draft last fall, cracked three hits in four times up to wrest the Leas gue's batting leadership from Bos- ton's Tommy Holmes with .438 and 435. He has hit safely in nine con. secutive games. Those were the only games sche- duled in the majors. International League Action The pennant, chances of the Mon- treal Royals are brighter today, thanks to the parent Brooklyn Dod- gers. Currently in second place, a game behind the first place Syracuse Chiefs, the Royals received three players on option from the Dodgers yesterday that should help them a great deal. The Dodgers sent pitchers Paul Minner, Johnny Van Cuyk and out- fielder Duke Snider. to their Inter- national League affiliate. Both Minner and Van Cuyk are left-handers. Minner spent most of the 1947 season with Mobile of the Southern Association where he won 11 games and lost 11. Van Cuyk worked for the Royals last year, winning. 12 and losing 9. Snider, a left-handed power hit- ter, divided his time with the Dod- gers and St. Paul of the American Association in 1947. He banged As- sociation pitching at a .316 clip in 66 games and batted at a .241 pace for the Dodgers in 40 contests. Toronto's last-place Maple Leafs also obtained aid from their major league affiliate, Philadelphia Phil- lies, yesterday. The Phils sold Oscar Judd, veter- an lefthander to the Leafs. Judd, 38, is no newcomer to the loop. Judd worked for Rochester Red Wings in 1937 and 1938, winning a total of 17 games while losing 16, All four scheduled games were rained out Monday. JACK BOUT POSTPONED Washington. -- A 10-round bout scheduled between former light- weight champion Beau Jack and Tony Janiro of Youngstown, O., has been postponed. Pat Flanagan Meets 'Marvel' Arena Tonight Pat Flanagan, the most popular of the mat bumpers to appear here |g this season, has been signed for a return bout tonight, after his great showing "against Jan Gotch last week. This time his opponent will be none other than the Masked Mar- vel who has raised the hair of more than one paying customer with his . . shall we say, ungentlemanly tac- tics. The Marvel has appeared in main bouts at the Gardens in Toronto, and already has become one of the favorites, Favorite that is for the "good guys" to tear apart. Hi Lee, another main eventer hag been signed in the semi-final bout |B! tonight, and will display his gigan- tic wares against one Early Mc- Cready. McCready was in the first wrestling card of the season, three weeks ago and put on a creditable showing, but we fave our doubts as to whether he can overcome the Ozark Giant and his mighty frame. The other bout js still in the lap of the gods. That is the coniestants are as yet not signed. Pat Milosh the young local had Jan Gotch and Bill Stack lined up for that bout, but Stack is complaining of an in- jury and has begged off the bout. Who will appear is a question, but one thing is sure, and that is that with Flanagan in the main bout, the fans will have plenty to yelp about. Johnny Greco Defends Title Tonight's Bout Montreal, May 18--(CP)_--Joltin' Johnny Greco, Canadian Welter- weight champion, at 24 a veteran of the ring wars, lays his title on the line tonight when he steps into The Forum Ring, to exchange blows with his neighborhood rival from Montreal's west end, Harry Hurst. This is the second meeting be- tween the two fighters, Greco earning the nod in the first bout after Hurst had him on the canvas for a nine count. In the supporting card, Dave Castilloux, former Canadian wel- terweight, lightweight and feather- weight champ, will meet Juan Carerra, -- [ta INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE L. Pct. Ww. Syracuse Montreal Newark .... Baltimore uffalo ..., Jersey City Rochester Toronto .. 7 14 333 Monday's Results Toronto at Newark--Postponed. Rochester at Jersey City--Postponed. 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