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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, Spicy Bits : From Other Sports Cols. | By BILL GRAHAM . Canadian Press Staff Writer Montreal, Dec. 21 -- (CP) -- Coming from sports writers in a city where Maurice (Rocket) Rich- ard, Montreal Canadien right-wing- er usually gets all the raves, it's really something when Ted Lind- say, brilliant Detroit Red Wing left-winger gets a pat on the back from the boys. Today's Best Wings Lindsay and Richard are the two best ii in hockey today says Elmer (Montreal Herald) Ferguson. "Lindsay hasn't the spectacular qualities which Richard can uncork, at times, but he's fast and a bull- dog fighter. He says Richard is the hardest of all wingers play against, and Richard obably thinks the same of Lindsay) who's the real sparkplug of the Birds." "They went into a slump When Lindsay was out with a damaged foot," says Fergie, "and Canadiens haven't hit their best pace since Richard's scoring fell off, which in- dicates what each, of these stars, mean to their club." Lindsay Makes Difference Dink (Montreal Gazette) Carroll' also credits Lindsay, the son of a former great goaler, as the best left-wing in the game, Commenting on a statement by Coach Dick Irvin, silver-haired mentor of Canadiens, who said that Detroit was so well-packed with re- serves that injuries didn't bother them much, Dink points to the re- turn of Lindsay to the Red Wing line-up: "That may be true in the main but we noticed they floundered-no little when Ted Lindsay was-out of action with injuries." "Lindsay is no-run-of-the-mill player, Dink adds, "he has estab- lished - himself as the best left- winger in hockey today. Any club would miss him» him." BOWLING C.O.F. )F. LEAGUE This week saw only one team a blanked and that was the Quakers, when the Blitzers took them .or ue full count. Boomerangs took two from Typhoons took two from the Rangers; Commandoes two from the Jesters and Doodlebugs two from the Skippers. Leaving corner pins was the order of the night as the poor scores will indi- cate. Please Cliff give us back the old pins. Only one lady managed to get the 400 and that being Rose Rodman with 428 without her handicap nar that gives her the high double with handicap also high single, so come on girls and give her a race for her money. Joan Wall had 204, Molly Hart- orn 201 and Janet Stark 201. The men fared little better but they were having tough breaks as well as the women s0 I guess speed on the ball doesn't mean too much at times. Jack Bentley was high with 450 and a very consistent bowler he is with 225 in each game. Al Teno was tied with Bob Ferguson both havi 420. In the 200's were Fred 1948 pes THE DAILY TIMES. GAZETTE Pictorial Review of Presentation Highlights As Ontario Inter. "A "Softball Clamps Honored PAGE FIFTEEN Sport Shorts From Britain By SHAUN McQUILLAN London, Dec. 20-- (CP)-- In the little Welsh town of Marthyr Tyd- vil, homefown of welterweight box- er Eddie Thomas who has flatten- ned most of Britain's best at that weight, is a pretty, brunette named Mwynwen. ; She is Thomas' girl} yet they neve er meet. She Shai all his lo- cal fights, sends him a telegram every time he battles in London, but a target keeps them- apart. When Thomas turned profes- sional two years ago he had to make a tough decision. He was courting Mwynwen. - But he also was working down the coal pits from seven in the morning to four in the afternoon. Then, straight from work he was off on a bus to Cardiff to train every night. So one day he iold Mwynwen: AI'm not going to take you out or see you anymore until I've won the welterweight championship of Brit- ain." Since then Thomas has kept his word. Ideas of marriage or court- ship are "out" until he has won he crown now worn by Henry all, whom he has beaten in a non-title bout. The other day Thomas took time off from his underground job to lambast Scotland's clever Willie Whyte with a short right, the sweetest, wickedest head-beater Wales had seen for a long time. He perfected in training with heavy- weights. * re Mysterious "monsters" in a weir- poll on the "upper Thames are thought by local anglers to be de- scendants of the huchen, Danub- ian salmon turned into the river years ago. The huchen disappeared, but sometimes an angler hooks a fish which behaves like an underwater train, smashes the strongest tuckle, and escapes leaving no clue to its identity. The way the bait is taken is dif- ferent from the method of the big pike or trout--as well it may be if the monsters are huchen, which Stow to 100 pounds in the Dan- ube. * No' all salmon need access to the sea, barred to up-river Thames fish by the polluted lower reaches. Certain varieties: have become accustomed to _land-locked waters. They go up to the sources.of tribe unal streamg§ and spawn and re turn to the deep water to feed, just as river salmon migrate to the sea. La J 2 For years the hat worn by vet eran jockey "Midge"" Richardson has been used as a football by other jockeys in their dressing~ room on the last day of flat racing. The custom was followed at Manchester recently--but for the last ti "Midge", now 53, has ridden his last race. He hid his hat in the dressing room, as trad- ition demanded. It was found just UPPER RIGHT--Alderman Cliff Harman, left, and Mayor Frank Mec- Callum, right, are shown presenting team captain Herbie Cooper with his travelling kit, one of which was given to each player by the City of Oshawa. looks on as do the other head table guests, left, J. A. "Pat" Morphy, Plant Manager of Pedlar People Ltd.; His Worship Mayor Frank N. McCallum; Geo. H. Campbell, 1st Vice-President of the O.A.8.A, and Frank R. Feav-}|.--___== = = = ~ er, 0.A.8.A. Secretary. a mecca for tourists and others" "Bill" Yourkevitch is shown receiving congratulations from Wm. M. [said the professor. "They have con- Trewin, a past president of the local association, as he presents his | verged on it leaving in their wake a "Trewin Trophy" to "Yorky," the 1948 batting champion of Oshawa's| variety of scorpions, white ants, svl- major softball loop. pugids, horned toads, kangaroo rats, Frank Foley, Mgr.; Dick Smith, executive; J. A. Morphy, executive, John G. Geikie, president, Phil Brownson, executive, Jack George, treasurer, and Tomily Li e,. business manager. Front row, "Wick" Northey, ex- ecutive, "Lefty" er, Herbie Cooper, Captain; Don Richards, bat boy; Frank Young, Coagh, Lyle McIntyre and Wes Keeler. UPPER LEFT--Pedlar's Scftball Club, 1948 O.A.S.A, Intermediate | [a on belialt &f thé'1948 Ontario Champion "Pedlars" and he is Champions, are shown dressed up in victory smiles and their new green- and-white jackets. Back row, left to right: Bob Tyson, Jack Logeman, "Hootch" Meulemeester, Jack McConkey, Johnny Weatherup, Normie Magee, Sammy Stark, Ted Rospond and Bill Yourkevitch. Middle row, CENTRE--Highlight of the evening's banquet and presentations is shown here, the presentation of The Brantford Expositor Trophy, emblematic of the Intermediate "A" Championship of the Ontario Amateur Softball Association, Club president, John Geikie (right) is shown accepting the BOTTOM ROW---Frank Foley, team manager, receives The D. M. Tod Trophy, City & District Intermediate Championship award from President | "Tommy" Lodge, business manager of the Pedlar club, accepts congratu- John Brady. lations and The Miller-Libby Trophy (City Championship) from George Frank Young, team coach, receives the 0.A.S.A. Championship crests from | Campbell, OA.S.A. 1st Vice-President. ng Smith 233, Charlie Ferguson 224, Frank Ashby 211, Earl Lockwood 206, Cliff Stark 203, 'Fred Crome 203, Ken Reeson 202 and Wes Richards 203. The Exe- cutive would like to wish all Foresters and their families a Very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous and Happy New Year and we will see you on Jan. uary 7th, 1949 a the same old stand. ..25 before the final race of the day-- and his fellow jockeys did not leave even the brim intact. But "Midge" only flat-race jockey to wear a bowler off duty, outsmart- ed them. He has brought a spare receiving the congratulations of Ernie Simpson of Kingston, 0.A.S.A. and wore it as he left the court. President, wi bh «gd the bfficial presentation. Johnny Brady, president of the Oshawa Ci t softball body and chairman of the evening, 0.A.S.A. Secretary, Frank R. Feaver. UAWA MOTOR CITY LEAGUE Ripley's Smoke Shop once agalp bene- fitted from short-handed opposition and snatched another 4 easy this team of Smokers are reall fact Archie Black is "Red" Palm Cigars had trouble with Andy Negy's and were only able to get 1 point; Victor's Sports keep moving along and gained another 3 points from Warner Williams; Mutual Benefit, with- out Johnny Brady, were handed a goose 5 from Rotish Men's Wear while ent's servicemen climbed all over the Jubilee lads for another 4 points. Wilson Batteries are now in the cel- .. position in this section but that 1 only be temporary as the battery- hot, in after the New Year holl Bill Pisher made a welcome re-appear- ance last Friday after a ae absence due to an injured foot. 1 took part in the Christmas roll-off and won him- self a basket of frult. Welcome back, Bill, Hope you enjoy the fruits of your This is one bowler we will have men oy decided to go ) Jisto high gear |' ays. to. d a spot for after New Year's. Bkinners still hold the lead in Group 2 after trimming Oshawa Rly. and Pri- mers still stay in the running by vir- tue of a victory over the lowly Tire- men. Dublate slip) back a little when the Doorbusters blasted them for the maximum points. It could be that Chris. mn and Co. consumed too much dinher at the Duplate banquet. The King family must have been in the Christmas mood when Inspection and the Shippt pring teams tangled. Each gave the other 2 points. Robson Lea- ther finally made the score sheet when they split with the Trimmers. Doug. yn was the driver for the Tannery unch. ght Reject came out on top against the Drivers with Herby Bathe setting the pace and Picking up a little loose change. Len was not so good and all he was able to pick up was a few morc pins on his handicap. He | Tin now has ibe maximum of 40. c Truck once again were wie washed and this makes of Rott nights in succession. wrong, Bevins, It is oe to Bot | Sicse fellows mov- ing up instead of Lead Slingers Hy Bucks continue to move ashen] and to be about equal in ability. We won- der how Bill Platt e out after his Fridey night lessons. We didn't see any Big socres from Bill. port continue to show improve- ment and Jimmy Williams looks quite Rapby these days. To take 3 points rom the Boxers is no mean feat. Tray Hill once again played a big these two teams seem § + part in keeping Maintenance on top in Group 4 when the Dewsers were de- feated by the Maintenance squad. The Dewsers just can't get going at all. Tin Shop are staying right with the leaders and "Red" MclIsaac is going along nicely for the Tinners. The funs Ds also hanging on to third spot. Hughie McDonald is beginning to hit his stride again. Machine Shop did very well to topple the PFlle Pushers and it might be the turning point for the machinists. Har- 14 Nesbitt was headman for Machine op. e following bowlers were succéss- ful in winning 'the fruit baskets in the Or- vins, (B. Ireland, A. Nell, R. Joyce | Hedy, and B. Crowells and A. Neil both ints but | tied Group 4: Harry Robertson 743 triple flat; "Red" Mclsaac 789 triple handi- cap; E. Biggar 305 single - flat; Stan Weyrich 305 single handicap; Mystery scores: Hughie McDonald, Dittmar, (C. McDonald and Davis tiled). Please Note--The ties will be broken | on Wednesday night when the bowlers affected will make a draw to decide the winners. Group Standings Team . Sec. Pt Riplers y Nagy's Kent's Untd. Serv. Mutual Benefit Jubilee Pavilion Rotish™ Men's Wea Warner Willlams ... Wilson Batteries ... 8 Stn. 7 Wheel & Tire Light Reject . Chev. Bombers Export Lead Slingers 'The Bucks . Drivers ... Oshawa Rly. 'Boxers ... Bun Wagon: Domestic Truck Maintenance 5, Sh --- NAVARRO IINE CWWLURNEOS Wana op . File Pushers Orfuns ... Seat Line Heavy Reje Machine Stop Dewse! Wildcats Chevies U.S. Hockey League - Has Too Many Ties By The Associated Press Dallas Texans of the United States Hockey League are Seg in a rut--of ties. Their 3-3 score with Houston Sunday night was their fourth deadlock in a row and their ninth in 32 games this season. They tied Fort Worth Saturday 4-4. Fort Worth is settling into the same groove. The Rangers' 4-4 game with Tulsa Sunday night was their third successive tte. Kansas City's Bert Olmstead scored twice in the first period to pace his teammates to a 5-2 vic- "| tory over St. Paul Sunday night. Group 2: BI Baldwin 835 triple flat; J. McCaffery 750 triple handicap; Vince single 11 Doug Hamlyn single handicap; Mystery scores: BD ansY- Rel Ogden, Brown. FT. Towns Hi 'triple flat: walt Lang 733 triple handicap; George single flat; Bill Joyce 311 gs handicap; Mystery scores: Be- The Pla-Mors now are five points ahead of the second-place Saints in the northern division. In other Saturday games Kansas City defeated Omaha 6-3, trimmed Houston by the same score, 2 Minneapolis downed St; Paul | Sports Roundup | By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. Philadelphia, Dec. 21. -- (AP) -- Philadelphia Phillies, aiming for a first division spot in the national baseball league next summer and a shot at the pennant within a coup- le of years, are happy about their assorted trades with Chicago Cubs. . "We got about 12 years edge in age among the players traded, if nothing else," one Phylis official commented . . . They are also ex- pecting to get a lot of service out of Russ Meyer, who didn't do much pitching for Chicago after mid- season. when the deal that even- tually sent him here actually was made . . . They figure he will fit right into a young pitching staff with such lads as Robin Roberts and Kurt Simmons... . And their catching likely will look better with Dutch Leonard gone. Dutch's flut- terball was so eratic, they claim, that he couldn't cut loose with his best pitch in a clutch. There was too big a chance. that it would get away from the catcher. Training Exercises : When the Detroit football Lions staged an end-of-season party the other night (and were they glad to get it over) they had a drawing among those present for a new au- tomobile . . . tackle Paul Briggs held the lucky ticket and bounded up with a whoop when it was drawn . Assistant coach Timmy Te- metario watched the performance and commented dryly: "If Paul would get off the bench as fast as he got out of t..at chair, he'd be the |' best tackle in the league. Sudbury Wolves Lose to 'Yanks Boston, Dec. 21 (CP)--A Can- adian amateur -star hockey team, en route to a world tourna- ment at Stockholm, bowed 6-3 to their American counterparts in a game at Boston Garden Monday night. The Canadians," mostly from €udbury, Ont, took a one-goal lead in the first period from Dim- ock's stick but faded in the sec- ond. The United States All-Stars, mostly from the Boston area, jumped into a 3-1 lead in the sec- | ond and were seriously threatened. The other .Canadian scorers were Tergesen and Dibastiani. The teams hope to meet in New York befors leaving for Sweden. never There are bargains galore -- on The Times-Gazette classified page. HIT OR MISS by Sixta "It's no use! She'll never be a skater -- her ankles are weak and they always WILL ba..." KETCHEL WAS BEST MAN Stanley Ketchel and Billy Papke, middle-weights, back in 1908 tan- gled in three fights in five months. Ketchel won the first scrap in a 10-round go; in the second Papke knocked him out in the 12th round. In the third fight Ketchel came back strong to*lay out a haymaker on Papke in. the llth heat. It will be recalled that James J. Jeffries, famous world's heavy-weight title- holder, refereed the second bout. Papke did not like his knockout defeat very much and made it known loudly he wanted a return bout with Ketchel. Match-makers, the promoters and the fans saw to it. and at once preparations made for both fighters to meet on July 5, , 1909, at Jim Coffroth's Arena, Col- ma, Cal. The day came and it was under a scorching sun that both boxers fought like demons and at the end of the 20th round records show that Ketchel gave his opponent a tre- mendous drubbing. THE FIRST CHAMPS Back -in- 1869 'two. great .cueists were matched to show how good they were in a national champion- ship play. They were John Seereit- er of Detroit and Michael Phelan of New York. The contest came off on April 12, although it was not a tournament but a match for a side bet and a purse, the money totalling $15,000--the result, Phalen won, 2000 for 1904. . Phalen held the title from. 1860 to 1862, The next champ was Dud- ley Kavanagh from 1863 to 1865. In 1879 Jake H. Schaefer became cham- pion and he was called "The Wiz- | ture. ard". He was unbeatable. As years: went by the rules of the games changed but Schaefer was still champ 30 years after his first bil- liard crown. Many countries have put in a claim as the originator of billiards and it is believed the Greeks had a sport. like that about 400 B.C. King Lou- is XIV introduced it in France. The Spaniards introduced jt to the New World in 1565. However, billiards re- mains a mystery as to its origin. "GROAN AND GRUNT" When Frank Gotch, famed wrest- ler, went into retirement in 1913 after 160 matches to his credit, there was a mad scramble among many rugged wrestlers for the dis- carded title. Finally, it was split in- to rival sections--each had its own champion. Jim Londos and Ed. "Strangler" Lewis were headliners and had wrestled from 150 to 200 times a year. It was nothing for these husky athletes to wrestle every night and when business was good they would perform 2 to 3 times in one evening in different parts of the country. It is said these fellows were making from $500 to $2,500 per bout. Since the days of Gotch's per- formances holds and rules of wrest- ling have changed. Promoters reap- ed a harvest during the boom days as great mat artists in large num- bers were performing. all over .the country in both fall and winter sea- son. WORKED IN A SHUT-OUT Hockey games twenty years ago on both Canadian and American ice, especially in' organized league com- petition, were somewhat exciting. The scrapbook has a few: items" of suéh games tucked away; - one of them is the contest between the Toronto Millionaires - and the De- troit Olympics. This game was played at | the Olympia Arena, Detroit, where .the Millionaires came out on top witha well- .2 to' 1 decision, It was an exciting Canadian Professional Hockey League game, played on Sunday night, Dec. 24, 1928. 3 Alex Gray and Gerald Green es- tablished a two-goal lead in the first period for the Toronto team. Gor- don Fraser scored for Detroit. Gray was a former Maple Leaf forward player. On. the following night (Christ- mas Day) the same Detroit Olym- pics were in London, Ont, and there defeated their opponents to the tune of 3 to 0, at the London Arena. It was also a Canadian Pro- fessional 'League game,' and was witnessed by about 3,500 spectators, a special' Christmas holiday 'fea- The. losers , were the popular London' senior aggregation. "HERE AND THERE From the, scrapbook: In' 1940 Joe Benoit scored 30 goals in the NHL. first Montreal Canadiens player to reach that level since Howie Mor- enz shot 40 in the 1929-30 season . «+ Gordie Bell, 18, Portage la Prai- rie, Man., youngster who was a goal- keeping sensational with Buffalo Bi- sons in: the AHL, 1943, was being sought by Chicago's NHL. Black Hawks. ... Callura was N.B.A. cham- pion boxer while Pep was recogniz- ed by N.Y. State Athletic Commis- sion, 1940. ---- Tropical Animals Thrive Healthily In Medicine Hat Edmonton,--(CP) -- It isn't that Professor E. H. Strickland of the University of Alberta doesn't like the people of Medicine Hat, Alta.but he thinks the strangest creatures on this continent live in that vi- cinity. The professor has taken several trips to the southern Alberta me- tropolis just to look at some of the oddities that live in the area. Here is what he found: "In 1942, scurpions were found along the banks of the Seven Per- sons Creek, even where it passes through the city of Medicine Hat. This is very far removed from any place one would expect to find such scorpions, In Texas or Arizona, cer- tainly, but not in Medicine Hat." He told of a trip he made to the city "poking around for wireworms in 'the soil." He unearthed a' mo- ther.and young of'a tropical spider known as solpugids. These" spiders are essentially tro- .|pical and are abundant in Africa. They are just able to exist in south- ern Sicily and have been found in southwestern Montana and' Nevada west of -the Rockies. * On another visit, Prof. Strickland captured, a number of wasps which he sent to a world authority. The expert returned them saying they must have been mislabelled because they never have been found so far north. After Prof. Strickland assured the wasp expert they were found at Me- dicine Hat, the amazed man decid- ed to visi himself. ' "I really admit the charm of Me- dicine. Hat but I don't feel hanpy in believing that it has proved such STOMACH PAINS QUICKLY RELIEVED WITH WILDER'S An excellent remedy for h disordits--agidtly hognosed vipers and the seeds of the yucca plant. "Whatever may be the true ex- planation, all these typically south- crm forms do inhabit the vicinity of the Cypress Hills (near the city;, while very few have been seen east or west, One certainly cannot feel satisfied in attributing this phen- omenon to a surprisingly hazardous inspection of freight cars and auto- mobiles at the ports of entry. "The only explanation I have {o offer is that they may have been native to Alberta for millions of years." AND YOU CAN GET TERMS CASH PRICES.. Be comfortable this winter with a B. F. Goodrich Car Heater. Use our Thrifty Budget Plan. No mark-up 'over regular prices «+ - small carry- ing charge on unpaid balance only. B 3 Good rich RST IN RUBBER KING at RITSON ROAD PHONE 247