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1950 THE. DASLY TI MES-GAZETTE PAGE SEVENTEEN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, CHECKING WITH BOB RIFE Was it a black Wednesday or wis it a black Wednesday? The Generals improved a hit against the Marlboros, letting in eigl.t counters, but replying this ti e with two of their own, Another bump came down in Kingston where the Oshawa Grads ran into a terrific group of ~agers and absorbed the worst defeat in he club': history. 73-41 was the core One thiLg about the Generals is the fact that their game didn't mean a thing as far as play-offs were con- cerned. With the Grads it means an all -ou. effort will have to be forth couiing next Monday or they are O-U-T. From what we hear, the Gens game was a rugged affair. The game in I ton had its moments too 31 fouls weiz called and no few of them against the taller Limestone City crew. The Grads were without Wimp Crawford, Art Clemence, Bob Hess and bud Perry, but they'll be out next game which means a glimmer of hope for that team. The Sadsack Seven is what they'll be calling the group of Oshawa Grads who made the trip down to Kingston last night to play the first game of a total-point series for the East- ern "Intario basketball title. Our squad, a little short of men, ran into a club expertly coached and evidently with lots of playing experience. After hold"ng their oon for the first quarter, the Grads folded under the pressure of the sharp-pass- ing attack of the home team. H wever, just finishing a rather long trip, combined with the fact that four regulars were missing from the lineup, made quite a difference to the Osh- awa club. Tie difference is now in th- form of a 32-point lead in the series which the locals must make up in the game here next Monday. It's been done before, and right around these parts too. Let's h: pe it happens again. Hey 'y'all, this is it. The night of the Mercantile All- Star game. You can't afford to miss the goings on which promise one of the best games of the season. Peoples from Toronto are the opposition and the game takes the form of a benefit in that all receipts will head towards the bills (medical variety) which have been stacking up through the season. Curlers Reach Playoff Rounds In Ont. 'Spiel Toronto, Feb. Quebec, ON SPORT The local league is noted for its rough stuff and that of course leads to roller bandage ministra- tions, which if the memory serves us means a load of dough. The league doesn't want the players to have to bear the brunt of 'both the enemy sticks and the hospital bills, so they are staging this game to pull in a few sheckels. Sounds like a right smart move, wot? Sounds like a right smart game, too. Vv Comes Saturday night and the Oshawa Junior Bees will mush against Peterborough Triple Links here at the Arena. T'will be the first Saturday night game at home this year for our guys and they look forward to a big crowd to cheer on their efforts. Peterborough are a worthy opponent for this test consid- ering they hold down second place in the league standings and with a win could keep their little hot breaths right on the backs of the Bees. The Petes are a fast-moving crew who know more than a little about getting the puck out of their own end and down into enemy territory. Which means that our not-so-strong rearguard dept. will have its hands full. It also means that our high- scoring forwards will have to stick to their man a little closer in an effort to derail some of the attacks before they get started. Are you busy Saturday? Well c'mon down and see 'em. CHECKLETS--My, my, what a howl the boys in Detroit are set- ting up. The boys refers to the hockey writers and their beefs at the N.H.L., Charles Conach et Cie. The howls are at Clarence Camp- bell for his policies toward the boys. See where Jim Coleman of the Toronto morning newspaper has set himself up in an office as pub- licity man for a gee-gee society. Another Coleman, Gerry, signed the Giants to complete their train- ing roster for the coming spring sessions. Connie Mack Is already setting the wheels turning again. "I'd like to give the people of Philadelphia just one more pennant." Gad, what a thought that is. Haven't we heard this news before? Dave Koslo inked his form for for the Yankees ball club making the 25th man they have signed. The guy happens to be 25 years old, too. Dick Gamble Leads Quebec 'Victory March Fel. (CP) .--Quebec Wednesday night swamped Chicoutimi Saguenays 7-1 before 16 16--(CP)--Four | " ""'") 11s in a regular game of the rinks -- three from Toronto and | Quebec Senior Hockey League. the other from Utica, N.Y. -- will | attle it out today for The Royal rk Trophy, top award in the Oniario Curling Association's Open Bouspiel. . The 1949 Royal winners -- skipped by W. C. Allen of Toronto High Park -- lost their hold on the Tro- phv 11-8 in the Fifth Round, Wed- nesday to Tom Beattie from the Toronto Curling Club. T. S. Gra- ham skipped another quartet from t' same club to a semi-final berth with a 10-6 triumph over Andy Grant's Foyal Canadians from To- ronto. Barrie's foursome under 3. Mere- dith lost out in the Fifth Round 11-8 to give Toronto a third semi- fin-list -- G. R. Meech from High Park. The Utica, N.V., entry, piloted by Tcwnsend Foster, paved its way to the scmi-finals with an 8-56 win over A. R. Tarlton and the Hamil- ton 'histles, The first three consolation events of tr - 'Spiel also reach the finals today. Roy Chisholm clinched Sault Gte. Marie's pasition in the Birks-Ellis- Ryrie Trophy playoffs, with a 10-8 win over Brampton. The other out-of-town spot in the event went to Hamilton Victoria when S. F. S. Jones kept his three-stone lead to down R. E. Wilwn of London 11-8. The . two Toronto quartets to make the final grade were P. V. ' Coulton, who advanced at the cx- pense of Dr. B. R, Gardiner of Orillia, and K. A. Miles who skipped his High Park squad to a win 'rom R. F. Garrett of Barrie. Fourtl -round competition for The Seiberling and North American Lif Trophies still have eight teams Judge Cochrane from | Dick Gamble led the Aces attack with two goals and Paul Mundrick, Armand Gaudreault, Rofand Rossig- nol, Ludger Tremblay and Roger Gagne earned the other Quebec markers. Johnny Muretich scored for the Saguenays. Ottawa, Feb. 16 (CP).--Ottawa Senators Wednesday night strengthened their hold on third place in the Quebec Senior Hockey wea ue standings by whipping the fourth-place Montreal Royals 5-1. It was a costly game for Royals. Dollard St. Laurent suffered a shoulder separation in a hectic second period during a fight with Ottawa's Emile Dagenais. Bill Robinson paced the Ottawa snipers with two goals and as many assists, while Jackie Leclair, Bobby Copp and Alex Smart notched the others. Lulu Denis was the lone Montreal marksman. LAST NIGHT'S STARS Milt Schmidt, veteran Boston util- ity player, whose goal at the 19:51 mark of the third period gave Bruins a 2-2 tie with New York Rangers. Frankie Brimsek, Chicago goaler, who registered a 3-0 shutout as the Pl» Hawks blanked Detroit Red Wings. battling for each event. Wauwatosa, Wis, and Schenec- tady, N.Y. are the only United States teams left in the Fourth- round Seiberling competition, but Ontario has representatives from clubs in London, Galt, Lindsay, Wingham and two from Toronto. In The North American Life Con- solation contest, Guelph, Churchill, Peterborough, Gananoque, Sudbury, Unionville and two Toronto rinks will compete, SROUP 1 3.95 Values to 5.5C 31 SIMCOE ST. N. MEN'S WORK BOOTS BROKEN SIZES and DISCONTINUED STYLES GROUP 2 4.95 Values to 6.50 +AVIDSON SHOE STORE PHONE 227 i | Sports Roundup | By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. New York, Feb. 16--(AP)--Judg- ing from the sounds, the guys in the fight mob must be pretty cer- tain Joe Louis is going to stay re- tired. . .Jake Mintz, Ezzard Char- les's manager, has been hollering that Joe owes it to boxing, to the public, and to Ezzard to come out of retirement and give the new champion a chance to show how good he is. . .Now Joey Maxim is back from Britain with the light heavyweight title and (he says) a burning desire to fight Louis rather than Charles. . If those guys aren't careful, they may get Joe mad enough to go into serious training and belt their ears off ...And, speaking seriously, it doesn't make Charles and Maxim look any too good when they pro- claim loudly they can't attract a big enough crowd for a-real payday without Louis to help them. Quote, Unquote George Sauer, new Baylor foot- ball coach: "As soon as spring prac- tice is over, I'm going to have a picture of myself made and give it to my wife, Then I'm going to take off for 40 days and meet all the alumni I can find." One-Minute Sports Page Johnny Vander Meer finally broke down and bought a house in Tampa, Fla, Cincinnati's training base, this winter. So, of course, a short time later he was shipped to Chicago Cubs, who train in Califor nia. Communique from Bogota, Col- ombia, reports that only 5,000 cus- tomers turned out for a bullfight on a recent Sunday but 12,000 at- tended a wrestling show in the same building on Wed. . "Wrest- ling is the same as in the States" our informant adds, "except the wrestlers carry terrifying Spanish names and grunt and groan with an accent. , .and the advertise- ments read: 'Wrestling--The Cul- tural Sport Prefered by Ladies." OLD COUNTRY SOCCER Edinburgh, Feb. 16 -- (Reuters) -- Results of Second-Round play in Sous ou soccer yesterday:-- ion Rovers, 1; adie B 1; Dunfermline Third Lanark, 1; Celtic, 1. Second Round Replays Dumbarton, 1; Stirling Albion, 1. Morton, 0; Queen of The South, 3. St. Johnstone, 2; Stenhousemuir, Ski Tracks (Continued from Page 15) uary 8th in Huntsville had to be postponed because of poor snow con- ditions. T is second session started on Friday with Gloria Attersley and Owen Gifford from the Oshawa Ski Club present. On Friday the in- structors gave lessons on everything from snow plow to the parallel Christiania so on Saturday morning the examinations began. Jim Hare made the trip for this part of the course so Oshawa was well repre- sented. : Of the sixty-six who started the course there was a small percentage that were successful, none of the Osnawa students being in this bracket. The group was divided into two classes with two examiners for each class. In turn each student in- structed, demonstrated and cor- rected the skiing of every member of the class which was quite helpful for would-be instructors. The Osh- awa members felt a great deal of benefi* had been derived from the course and we feel certain that the calibre of instruction at the club will show great improvement, The Beaver Valley Ski Club is a newly-formed club which takes in parts of several townships in Gray County. The valley itself is about eight miles long with the river flowing its length. The one rope ow in operation at the present time is one of the longest rope tows in the country on a hi'! which compares favourably with those at St: Saveur in Quebec. This hill although quite bumpy with the amount dof snow present during the last week-end wii make a grand skiing slope when the expected improvements are made this summer. The exceutive of the club are ambitious people whu know what they want and how to get it. They are now attempting to have a highway built the length of the valley which will facilitate skiers getting to the hill. Oshawa skiers going away for a week-end next winter would be wise to con- sider a trip to the Beaver Valley Club because it will be one of On- tario's better skiing spots before long. I'll le skiing you. Want t« buy, sell or trade -- a Classified Ad and the deal is made. CANADA'S FINEST CIGARETTE HIT OR MISS by Sixta Persone mn ry 7) say 1, pur ung 'ose dry "THAT KID . .. THOSE FLAGS . .« NOW I BEGIN TO GET IT ...! Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. By KEN KELLY Canadian Press Staff Writer Edmonton, Feb. 16 --(CP)--Those who have looked on the Western Canada Senior Hockey League as just about the roughest Senior puck-chasing in the Dominion got a severe jolt from a visiting Mari- timer this week. He was Jim McDonald, Manager of the Halifax Forum. Jim thinks the Maritime Senior League is a much-tougher proposition than the Western loop. Don (Edmonton Journal) Fleming reports that while Jim was in town scouting a few players, he took in la W.C.S.HL. game between Regina | Caps and Edmonton Flyers. "After watching Caps and Flyers | in a less-rambunctious game than usual, McDonald commented that the W.C.S.H.L. presentations aren't nearly so rough as the Maritime brand." The object of McDonald's atten- tions was four Edmonton players -- Andy Clovechok, Bing Merluk, Eddie Cutts and Bill Pettinger, Eastern migration of Edmonton players would be nothing new, such products as Cy Thomas, Johnny Black, Bud MacPherson, Johnny Chad and Louis Trudell having made their mark in the Eastern Leagues in Canada and the United States. But if the Maritimers pull off a snatch such as Fleming foresees, it will be something a bit different. In recent years, only Dave (Swee- ney) Schriner has deserted the W.C.S.H.L. for Maritime hockey, in his case the Cape Breton Senior loop. Want to buy, sell or trade -- a Classified Ad and the deal is made. Schoolboys Seek Canadian Title In Big Bonspiel Quebec, Feb. 16--(CP)--H. E. Weyman is a busy man these days getting things organized for the third annual Canadian School Curl- ine Championship playdow™s, scheduled to start here Monday. Weyman is the Quebec represen- tative of the Dominion Curling Association's School Committee and is responsible for the four-day event. It is the first time that the play- downs have bee held in Eastern Canada. The previous two meets Ww. - in the West. The school Championship, an outgrowth of the famed Manitoba School Bonspiel, was first held in 1948 with a Franklin, Man. rink emerging victorious. Last year a|- quartet from Humboldt, Sask., cap- tured the title. Ten entries have entered this year with every Province -- excepting Newfoundland -- with at least one representative. Ontario has two. Western Lads Favored Weyman believes that the West will walk off with top honors once more, wit the hottest bet being the Saskatchewan Champions from Re- gina Scott Collegiate, skipped by Bill Clark. Weyman thinks the Western rinks this year may come in for some strong opposition from Ray Cook's Northern Ontario Dryden rink. A second Ontario representative is a Sault Ste. Marie foursome, skip- ped 'v Glen Sagle. Nova Scotia's Schoolboy Curling Champions are chips off the old granite. Fathers of four of the six- man Colchester Academy rink are active curlers with the Truro Club and the father of the skip is a for- mer curler. Had Stern Struggle Skipped by Bill McCarthy, Col- chester Saturday whipped Sydney Academy 12-9 in the final of the two-day, 110-end double knockout series at Truro, to win the right to represent the Province, Colchester los*. one of six matches, a 7-5 game to Sydney. The rink plays a combination of draw and knockout with Don Mac- Kenzie as lead, Don Chisholm as second stone and Ralph Stevens as mate. Stevens, 15, is two years the junior of the others. Spares arc Peter Johnstone, 15, and David Peel, 16. MacKenzie's father is the only one who has not been connected with curling. All but Stevens, Johnstone and MacKenzie are in grade 11. Stevens and Johnstone are grade 10 stu- dents and MacKenzie is finishing his last year. The boys have been curling or only two years. Canadian Curlers On Their Way Home Liverpool, England, Feb. 16 (CP)-- A group of Canadian cur- lers who have been visiting the con- tinent and Britain on a goodwill tour, sailed for home Wednesday aboard the Empress of Canada. Walter Cowan of Toronto said 26 of the 52 curlers from all provinces except Newfoundland, sailed for home on this ship. They are due at Halifax, Feb. 22, The rest are re- turning independently. In a ship-board interview, Cowan, a Dominion Curling Association member of the group, said the average age of the team, which won more than 50 of the 76 friendly matches, was 60 with ages ranging from 22 to 76. "We are not necessarily the best ONTARIO RINKS READY TO VIE FOR BIG PRIZE Toronto, Feb. 16 --(CP)-- Eight curling rinks will compete in Kit- chener, Feb. 23 for the Ontario Championship and the right to rep- resent the Province, at Canadian Championship matches in Vancou- ver. The rinks and skips are: Kingston, J. W. G. Sands; Oril- lia, W. M. Conkwright; Toronto Granites, Harry Howard; Brampton, Don Sutherland; Hamilton Ontario Hospital, J. Blackwood: Sarnia, J. Prout; Kitchener, C. Asmussen; and either the Peterborough rink, led by Don Best or the Oshawa rink skipped by W. J. Brownlee. The Peterborough and Oshawa rinks bave yet to play off. They are scheduled to settle their playoff on Lindsay ice, this Saturday evening. 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