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15, 1948 JHE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE. "PAGE SEVENTEEN pt | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. By ARCH MACKENZIE Regina, Dec. 14--(CP)--Even the chaps connected with hockey some- times can't agree on where--if any where--its chief faults lie. But a man who should know, Tom (Regina Leader-Post) Melville has put on record the theory the game is "over-organized." Quoting Art Somers, coach of the league-leading Regina Capitals of the Western Canada Senior loop, Melviile says natural talent is killed. "You catch the kids when they're knee-high to a grasshopper and organize 'em into teams," Melville quotes Somers, "You kill indivi- duality, kill natural talent. Sure you've got rinks all over the place, in big towns and small. But in- stead of having 30 or 40 kids on the rink at one time, the organiz- ers send on 12." . "That's the only way to find born hockey players. Time enough to smooth off the rough edges when the youngsters are in their late teens." ; Talent killed at the source by weeding kids out too quickly and boosting comers too fast is the main fault, Somers said. There's a shortage of good hoc- key players with leagues "crying for them all over the continent." And changes in rules, even though the code might be improved, won't change that situation, Somers said. Melville adds on his own that the National Hockey League ban on fraternization cuts "the last strand ,which connected puck chasing with the good old days." It's big business now in every way and with "the gambling el it BOWLING ALBERT ST. UNITED CHURCH Monday night saw some grand scores bowled, both by the ladies and gents. Howard Norton bowled a lovely single game, 313 (478) without handicap and Muriel Parks with high double of 513 (281-232) with handicap. They were the stars for the Bumble Bees, and Jack Bent bowled two grand games of (283, 268) 551, high ble wi t and he was the star for the Head Pins, Blanche Norton was the ster Jw tne Helicopters with (284, 220) 2.4 nga double without handicap. Regardiess Ot this score, the team was blackec out. Oh! well, you can see why. -It was tho son's score that did it. The Head Pins had the high team score for the night of 2124, and the Bumble Bees next with 2098, The team points race is very close each week and causes a lot of excitement for those four top teams. Buf watch that No. 1 team. As you know every year in the pést that No. 1 team has been the "champs" and that No. 1 team is ahead again this week. At this time, the club extends deep- est sympathy to Marion Fisher in tne sudden loss of her mother. The following teams took points: Head Pins, Bumble Bees, Zippers took 3 points from Caterpillars, Helicopters and Jets, and the Hurricanes, Spids 2 points from Apaches and Ants. Ladies' high singles: --Blanche Nor- ton 284-220; Muriel Parks 281-232; Ann Lee 258; Beth Bint 244; Barb. Cooper 231; Pearl Pike 228; Bea Holland 212; Violet Pike 200-208; Muriel Bent 205; Bea Simmons 202-301. Ladies' high doubles: --Muriel Parks, 513; Blanche Norton 504; Ann Lee 422; Beth Bint 418; Violet Pike 417. en's high singles: --Howard Norton 313; Jack Bent 283-268; Art Allman 270; Ken Bent 237; Howard Bell 233-201; Rod Wiltshire 231-201; Harry Norton 230; Ross Clark 230; Jim Gordon 230- 203; Eric Taylor 225; Earl Edmondson 210; Clayton Lee 208; Ab Walker 208; Geo. Ford 208; Bob Bent 204. Men's high doubles: --Jack Bent 551; Howard Norton 478; Gord Hornby 453; H. Bell 434; J. Gordon 433; Rod Wilt- shire 432; A. Allman 431; E. Taylor 417, Lemon League: --Maude Rorabeck 88; Gladys Clark 82, 80; Bea Holland 70; L. Allman 24. Ann Lee bowled herself out of the lemon league by bowling 422 this week. Team Standing Hurricanes Head Pins .. Bumble Bees Apaches "hovering on the fringe, ready and willing to step in. No doubt Clar- ence Campbell's edict is the 'good sense' he says it is." Times have changed though, Mel- ville says wistfully. "To a lot of us, the sight of a player on one team skating to meet another on a rival crew before the game started was a fine thing. No one thought the worse of them." Jets Fights Last Night | FIGHTS TUESDAY NIGHT Buffalo--Phil Muscato, 19115, Buffalo, knocked out Bob Sikes, 189, Little Rock, Ark. (2). Philadelphia--Harold Johnson, 17313, Philadelphia, knocked out Willie Brown, 182, New York (7), (top regular bout on Joe Louis-Arturo Godoy exhibition «card). Los Angel Maxie Di outpointed Manuel Ortiz, 12614, Camden, N.J.--Joe Tate, 160, Phila- delphia, outpo:nted Don Ellis, 159, At- lantic City (10), (top regular bout on Jersey Joe Walcott-Earl Griffin exhibi- tion card). Buffalo--Rickey Miller, 154%, Buffalo, ofitpointed .Jackie Duggan, 16135, To- ronto (6). Salem, Mass.--Frankie Jayne, 125, Watertown, Mass., T.K.O. Curly Drouin, 134, Montreal (10). 129%, El Cen- | tro, Calif. (10)). (non-title). There are bargains galore -- on The Times-Gazette classified page. Johnny Longden To Ride Horses .For Aga Khan Calgary, Dec. 15--(CP)--The Cal- gary Albertan in a sport page story yesterday, said that Jockey Johnny Longden will ride on the Continent and in England next season, for the Aga Khan, The Albertan said that Longden nad signed a contract to ride in the fanious silks of the world's richest racing stable owner. Details of the contract were not given. Sports Roundup By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. New York, Dec. 15--(AP)--Mid- December musings: . . Wonder if Eddie Robinson, just Sports of the Past (From the Scrapbook of J. J. CLUET-JESSOME, former Maritime spdits promoter and physical instructor). » THE "DURABLE" DANE Whenever fight fans in days gone by discussed gameness and durabil- ity in a boxer the name of Nelson was always brought up as being the yardstick by which all fighters were measured. Old-timers, especial- ly those in close connection in the fighting game, have often said that as a fighter Nelson was not much to look at. He more than made this up by continually charging in on his opponent and wearing him down until he was softened up suffi- ciently for the krfockout punch. traded to Washington Senators in a | punch baseball deal, will keep his off- season job selling season tickets for the Indians? . . . And Joe Haynes, who went with him, was at last re- port preparing.to vacate his Wash- ington apartment for a new home in Winter Park, Fla. . . . Dick Har- ris of Texas, labelled the "crippled threat' of southwest conference football, picks Oklahoma over North Carolina in the Sugar Bowl. He played against both this season and considers the tar heels the "most fired up" team he ever faced . . . President James Donn. of Gulf- stream Park maintains: "There's pothing wrong with Florida racing that a northern blizzard won't cure." There's nothing wrong with a northern blizzard that Florida won't cure, either, Today's Guest Star Ralph Warner, Bradenton, Fla. Herald, "Every time a heavyweight wins a bout, he emerges from the ring hollering for a shot af champ Joe Louis. If all the heavies clam- oring for a Louls go were laid end to end, it would be a natural posi- tion for most of them." Quick Turnover Paul Kelley, Chicago horseman, bought the plater Lucky Reward while he was being walked through the paddock after winning a race at Tropical Park. He paid $3,500 . . . Kelley had so much trouble cooling out the gelding that five days later Paul tossed him into a $2,500 claim- ing race. Lucky Reward won the $1400 purse and was claimed by Mrs. O. Garrigues . . . net profit to Kelley--$400 and one headache. | PUCKMEN PLAN TRIP TO NEWFOUNDLAND Kirkland Lake, Dec. 14 -- Five Kirkland Lake hockey players will visit Newfoundland during Christ- mas week in an attempt to improve the, island's brand of hockey, it was announced. The five are Frank Bowman, Red Croteau and Scotty MacPhail, of Kirkland Lake Prospectors, and Humbug Kennedy and Bun Smith, of Queens. Oscar Battling Nelson, better known in his boxing days as "The, Durable Dane", was born on June 5, 1882, at Copenhagen, Denmark. Stood 5 feet 7 1-2 inches and weighed ih the vicinity of 133 pounds. : i Nelson, after winning the light- weight title from Joe Gans in 1908, scored a knockout over Dick Hy- land in 23 rounds, and fought a 10- round no-decision contest with the lad who was later destined to re- lieve -him of his crown, Ad Wolgast. The fights took place in 1909. history has it that on Feb. 22, 1910, Nelson and Wolgast were brought together at Port Richmond, Col, in which was "0 be a 45-round match, and mind you, in straight rules, to protect themselves at all times and no fouls were to be call- ed unless a man was actually in- capacitated by a foul blow. There was intense bitterness be- tween these two boxers as was shown in their memorable scrap. It was give-and-take, no quarter being asked and none given. However, Nelson made a courageous effort to retain his title against the younger Wolgast. By the 35th round Wol- gast was forging to the front and battered Nelson unmercifully up to an cluding the 40th round. en Nelson went to his corner in that round referee E die Smith humane- ly prevented any further fighting and declared Wolgast the winner and new champion. What courage, what action and waat fights in those days . . . the fans certainly got their money's worth. MUSCLES--TERRIFIC PUNCHER +Some years back a lad from Sioux City, Ia. was swinging his gloves left and right with great re- sults. He was Tuffy Griffith (Ger- ald Ambrose), born in 1907; 5 feet 11 inches, and threw his punches from 185 pounds of solid fiesh and real muscles, Tuffy was extremely popular and knockouts were a habit of the husky boxer. Like other good fighters he took trimmings but his opponents had to work hard and fast to give them. Here are a few whom he mad3 kiss the canvas: Jack Swee-, ney, Johnny Farr, Harry Roberts, T>mmy O'Brien, Mike M'Tigue, Jim Mahoney, Jack Murphy, and Big Boy Peterson. Tuffy had also won over such brilliant boxers as Char- les Belanger, Paolino Uzcudun, Longford and others. DEFIED THE FOE | Skiing is one of winter's finest sports to Canadians; but it is ex- tremely more popular and exciting to the Norwegian sportsmen. Your writer can prove that by the fol- lowing from his scrapbook: To London via undergr chan- nels about 100 Norwegian ski jump- ers made their way in ones and twos to a hill near Olso to hold their nationgl championship. This occurred during a period in the late war. All was quiet because this great meeting was under the ban of the Nazis. 'The jumpers were extremely brave and great lovers of their na- tional sport. The first competitor made his jump. The second and third had gone speeding down the hill when the gun-toting Gestapo men appeared. The Norwegian sportsmen stood defiant. The Gestapo, to make a show of authority, arrested 25 of the leading ski jumpers of Nor- way. Among them were the three Ruud brothers, Sugmond, Birgen and Asbjoern, all former Olympic and world's champions, and Johan Hannes, Norway's best lawn tennis player. Y/INKLER TO JOIN RAMS College Station, Tex. Dec. 14-- Jim Winkler, Texas A & M's stand- out tackle for the past two seasons, revealed yesterday he had signed to play professional football with the Los Angeles Rams, PROFITABLE ING Tobermory, Ont.--(CP) -- A local hunter has been meeting with more than average success on his trap- | ping expeditions. Alfred Carver, re- cently trapped four wolves near (here, bringing him $180 net in | bounties. WRONG LANDLORD Vancouver--(CP)--A tenant here {has been paying rent to the wrong landlord for 23 years. The B. C. Electric Company received $2,760 rental money that should have gone to the city. The error occurred in connection with a mater lot used as a tie-up for logs and barges. Johnny Risko, Leo Lomski, Wolcott | Barbara Ann Is Winning New Yorkers By FRED KERNER - New York, Dec. 15.--(CP)--News- paper interviews, radio interviews, television appearances and lots of photogri._hs--but no cheesecake! That, in a terse 13 words, is the instruction given to the group of Public Relatibns. men and women who are handling the publicity build-up for Barbara Ann Scott. Since the pretty Ottawa skater arrived here moge than a week ago, her life story has appeared in var- fous versions in the newspapers. Her vgice has been heard by radio audi< ences and her face has been seen by thousands of television viewers as well as millions of newspaper readers. 4 The 8,000,000-plus New Yorkers are getting to know more and more abbut the world champion skater every day. But the half-dozen pub- licity writers who collaborate to get the blonde 20-year-old Ottawa girl into the public eye claim, however, that they have little work to do. "Barbara Ann really does the job all by herself," said one publicity man, a veteran of several decades in the business of "making" stars. "Her natural sweetness and charm are some'hing we can't get into print or pictures. It's something she has and it goes over with a bang". . The publicity men--representing Music Corporation of America, her agents; The Roxy Theatre, where she makes her professional debut next week; and Twentieth Century Fox, film producers who own the Roxy Theatre--are happiest about the "no cheesecake" rule. Cheesecake in picture slang for the Hollywood type of photograph you see of Jane Russell, et al; legs, scanty dress and plenty, of oomph. Of course, there's no getting away from leg shots, not with a skater. But the leg art has all been sedate and dignified--Barbara Ann sitting on a bench tying a skate lace or putting on her skates, or a graceful action shot in short skat- ing outfit. Photographers are barred from the costume fitting room. And the only bathing suit shots that have appeared were in a recent jssue of a picture periodical showing Bar- bara Ann as she romped during a recent vacation. BRITAIN TO ENTER SOCCER TOURNAMENT London, Dec. 14 -- The football association yesterday decided to enter a soccer team for world cup competition in Brazil in 1949. No further details were revealed but it was understood that such a team would be composed of players nominated by English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish football associa- tions. Sport Shorts From Britain By SHAUN 'MCQUILLAN Canadian Staft Writer London, Dec. 14--(CP)--The most expensive 'tour ever planned for a soccer team is on offer to English First Division clubs. Sponsored by the Chilean Football Association, the scheme is for a tour next summer of Brazil, the Ar- gentine, Chile, Uruguay and Peru. Expenses, including 16,000 miles air travel for a party of 20 are guar- anteed, plus a fixed sum to cover players' wages, insurance and an al- lowance for each membey of the party during the tour. Total cost will be £20,000 ($80,000) made up of £11,000 fares, £3,000 sal- aries, £6,000 hotel expenses and £650 insurance. . An idea of the cost for such a tour comes from the Southampton club's experience last summer. Its one- month, eight-game Brazilian tour involved, says secretary R. J. Sar- jantson, a bill of £10,000. Resources of the leading clubs in South erica will be pcoled to back gle new venture, scheduled to last six weeks. As for insurance, whenever Arsen. al tours abroad each player is cov- ered for £15,000. On this. basis, cov- erage for the South American party would be more than £300,000. Sharing a 21st anniversary in greyhound racing with Wembley track Dec. 11 was Col. E. Middleton- Pefry, official vet at the stadium. Since racing began there in 1927 he has not missed a meeting. He has examined 250,000 grey- hounds before they were put in the racing kennels. Yet the angular six- | foot, three-inch colonel is not a familiar figure with racegoers. He works behind the scenes and has carried out some outstanding surg- ery on greyhounds. One operation was on Dallas, owned by Lady Elvin, wife of Wem- bley chief Sir Arthur Elvin. The dog had a severely-fractured hock and the colenel inserted a silver splint between the tissues. A few months later the greyhound was winning again, . Sussex folk are proud of Duch- | ess, a 35-year-old chestnut mare | owned by Kathleen Varndell of | Newchapel and they hope she may | set up an equine long-life record. But she has a long way to go. Old Billy, who worked at the plow near | Warrington before being bought by | "ANGORA" BERETS Pearls "Oshawa's Leading Sportswear Shoppe" 33 Simcoe St. N. Phone 3518 the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company, lived to be 62. His skull is in Manchester University. Parramatta, an Australan horse, reached 53, and Tommy, a Welsh roan pony owned by a fruit hawker, was still 'working when he died at 62. Anything over 20 is a good age for a horse. It reaches the adult stage at six, and for two years afterwards is in its prime. Decline starts at nine or 10. 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