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THE DAILY -TI MES-GAZETTE THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1950 PAGE FOURTEEN Yr \ > RT SNAPSHOTS, = SPO The Allan Cup and Memorial Cup final stages have almost been reached. Marlboros need one more win over Sherbrooke for the Eastern Canada senior honors and Montreal Canadiens are in the same position with Guelph Biltmores. Last night, out in Calgary, the Stampeders again walloped Fort Frances and they. lead that series now 2-1 while in the Western Canada Junior finals, Regina Pats defeated Port Arthur Bruins last night and they need only one more victory, to earn the trip to the East for the Memorial Cup finals. Meanwhile, there's still nothing definite on either the Montreal protest 'or Guelph's defense. Latest is Coach Sammy Pollock of Montreal Canadiens admitting that perhaps Guelph Biltmores did get the worst of a couple of 'penalties in Tuesday night's game. One Toronto scribe wrote on the lines of "four-to-one" and this, like most of this referee criticism, is so much hokum. There were 17 penalties meted out on Tuesday night, with Guelph drawing 9 and Mont- real 8. Of Guelph's 9 penalties, three went to Howell) a young, inexperi- enced player who is perhaps using more energy and reckless determina- tion than finesse, in his defensive play. But that practically even-Stephen division of penalties certainly leaves no cause for loud cries of favoritism, * * * On the subject of baseball, just another reminder of the important meeting being held tonight, at 22 Albert Street. All baseball players who have any intention of turning out with the Oshawa Baseball Club's senior team, entered in the Toronto Viaduct Major League, this summer, are urged to be on hand. It is hoped that all members of last year's C.0.B.L. champion "Merchants" will be on hand tonight, along with Barnes, Murphy, McGrath, eic, members of the Junior "Hunt Club" team who are now too old for Junior ranks. In addition, any ne rs with baseball experience will be welcomed, and this welcome is extended to not only ball players who have recently moved into Oshawa but also to any residing in neighboring towns, who think they have the ability to catch a place on a senior ball team. Tonight's meeting is called for 7:30 o'clock. Incidentally, the new coach of the Oshawa Baseball Club will be on hand tonight to meet the prospective players. One of the keenest competitors that ever played sport in Oshawa, he has starred in many forms of sport activity and has won championships in most branches, including an Ontario Senior Base- ball championship. He knows his baseball, has starred at the game and has also had previous experience handling a team. His choice is certain to prove popular with Oshawa baseball fans and the 1950 Oshawa senior ball team should be in good hands, with the peppery, energetic "Peg" Hurst at the helm. * * * t the following from the sport columns of The Galt Reporter, ation should be of keen interest to B.L. action of the early 20's. We go written 'by Laurie Brain, The inform local baseball fans who remember the C.O. Here it is:- "During one bull session at the around to reminiscing about star association down through the years OBA conclave some of the boys got players who showed in the Ontario from 1918 to 1950. Galt players faired well in the discussion and the group, which comprised Joe Spring of Toronto, Bill Smith, Toronto, and a past president of the OBA; W. Steele, Ontario Athletic Commissioner; Hugh McLean of Hamilton. Bobby Bauer, Waterloo. and Gus Murray, decided to select an all-star team of players who stood out over the years in OBA warfare. The matcher was "Peeney . Mills of Belleville. For pitchers the boys chose Wilbur Kress of Galt, Jack Williams of Belleville, and Ivan Miller of Hamilton. First base was given to Harry Mills of Belleville; second pase, Pat Sullivan of Hamilton; shortstop, Joe Breen, Toronto Oslers; third base, Alex Scott, Toronto Bell Telephone tedin; left field, Alex (Moose) Watts of Galt; centre field. Cecil (Babe) Dye, Toronto Hillcrests. The all-star coach is none other than Robert (Bush) McWhirter of Galt. Old time fans in partiuclar, will vouch for the fact that the above-named players would be a powerhouse in current amateur baseball circles." * * L 2 : Oshawa City & District Softball Association will hold an im- portant meeting on Sunday afternoon, at two-thirty o'clock, in the Blue Room at the Hotel Genosha. President Alf. Wilson has sent out an earnest plea for every team that intends to operate under the local City & District Association this summer, to have representatives on hand. Brooklin, Whitby, Ajax, North Oshawa, Westmount and Harmony softball teams in particular, are reminded of this meeting. The local Inter. "AA" teams will, of course, be on hand with full representation. Several Juvenile and Junior softball teams are also expected to put in an appearance. Fire-Fighters Juveniles will again be contesting for local honors while Nailers, last year's Midget cham- pions, are also reported to be considering entering a Juvenile entry this summer. Lucky Strike Grill, Oshawa Junior champions, are expected to be on hand while Brooklin and Whitby are both expecting to have Junior teams this season. Sunday afternoon's meeting should prove a very important one and all teams interested are urged to have one or iwo representatives on hand. Indications now are that the various leagues will be formed at this meeting and after that --it'll be tough for late entries to get in, unless they are coming into a group that is not already filled up. * * * Don't know whether they've got around to holding outdoor workouts yet or not (their "publicity dept." needs a prod) and we haven't heard any more as to who they'll have on their roster when they take the field for their opening game, but Oshawa City Football Club is scheduled to open their season with an exhibition game here this Saturday afternoon. Present plans call for the game to be at Kinsmen Civic Memorial Stadium, with the strong C.G.E. team of Toronto as the visiting opposition. Pro- viding the weatherman doesn't interfere too much today or tomorrow, the groundskeeper should have the Stadium field ready for play by Saturday. If not, the game will most likely be transferred to Alexandra Park, which is, of course, in better shape now. The recent flood did considerable damage at'the Stadium butza few dozen loads of gravel and clay plus labor will repair the damage, # * + apat® Milosh is all 'of a dither these days! Canada's' youngest wrestling promoter, who made quite a success of his business here last year and put on some fine shows with top-ranking performers in action, is ready to go again. His first 1950 show will be presented at the Oshawa Arena on Tuesday night of next week and the headliners are two of the best in the grunt-and-groan game, namely Yukon Eric and "Wee Willie" Davis. Bobby Nelson and Lord (By Jove) Albert Mills will clash in another bout and the preliminary brings the old Oshawa favorite, "Pat" Flanagan, up against Joe "Killer" Christie. Looks like a very promising card and no doubt the local rassle fans will turn out in large numbers for this first mat show of the season. re in 0» * SPICY BITS--Aside to "A Hockey and Baseball Fan" who wrote us a welcome note the other day--sorry you didn't give us the info earlier, but you no doubt noted "Bob" Rife had it in his "Checklets" in Tuesday's issue . , . Kee"Yong Ham, one of the three Koreans who ran in the an- nual Boston Marathon yesterday, came home in front of the field, but seven minutes behind the record set by Yun Bok Suh, another Korean runner, in 1947, The Koreans had things almost all their own way in the Boston classic yesterday . . . Smelt fishing is in full bloom these nights, along the Lake Ontario shore, We had our first meal of smelt this week and in naval parlance, can say "enjoyed same". We note that smeit tishérmen: are-flocking from various inland cities in the province down to the shores of Lake Ontario these nights and up Burlington way, one enterprising chappie even donned a "frog suit" so that he could get out in the water up to his waist, and so avoid the crowd of fishermen along the shore, who were operating in hip-waders . . . Galt Terriers still haven't got a manager for their 1950 ball team. Seems Wesley Ferrell, former Big League pitching star, wanted just a little too much dough, having upped the price of his services since negotiations first opered. - ] - TROUT FISHING OPENS APRIL 29th GET EQUIPPED NOW! See our complete assortment of Fly. Rods, Reels, Flies, Lines, Spinners, etc. Gloire PORT 353 KING W. -- "Open Evenings" -- PHONE 472 EC -- Montreal, April 20--(CP)--Mon- treal Royals open the new Inter- national League baseball season in Jersey City today with a flock of new hired hands on the field and a new manager in command. Wally Alston has replaced Clay Hopper, whose four-year term, duced two league pennants, /three victories in the Governors\ Cup series and two Little World Series Championships. Alston was moved to the Royals from St. Paul' in the Brooklyn Dodgers' chain and Hopper was shifted to the Minnesota capital. At the getaway, the Royals ap- pear to be a weaker team than that which won the Governors' Cup in 1949 and then 'lost the junior World Series to Indianapolis. Miss Swift Sam Swift Sam Jethroe, who stole a record 89 bases and batted 826; has gone to the Boston Braves. Shortstop Bob Morgan has moved up to the Dodgers and third base- man Kermit Wahl was sold to the Philadelphia Athletics. They will take a lot of replacing. Only one of the team's consis- tent pitching winners is still with the club. He is bespectacled Clyde King, who ran up a 17-7 record last season. Missing Men Pat McGlothin, Dan Bankhead, Clarence Podbielah and Johnny Van Onyx won 52 games among them last season, when spotty pitching dropped the club to third place after a grand slam the year before. Their replacements are Bob Mil- liken, with a 12-5 record and a 2.65 earned-run average with Fort Worth last season; Al Epperly, from Milwaukee; Turk Lown, back for another try after a good year at Fort Worth, and Bill McCahan, who once pitched a no-hitter for the Athletics. Connors Is Back Chuck Connors, a long ball hitter, is back for a third term at first base. Stocky Rocky Bridges, an- other holdover, has shifted from second base to shortstop to replace Morgan. Walter Fiala, with a .303 batting record at Fort Worth, is a highly ROYALS OPEN AGAINST LITTLE GIANTS WITH HOST OF NEW FACES regarded keystoner. Damon Phil- lips, an experienced infielder from Milwaukee, is at third base. The only newcomer so far to the outfield is Don Thompson, who hit 240 with Rochester last season. Al Gionfriddo, George Schmees, who belted 22 homers, and rookie Gino Cimoli are holdovers. Catching Well Fortified At present, only in catching does the club appear as well fortified as last season. Toby Atwell is the first-string gman again, with Steve WESTER Regina Pats Take Big Lead In Jr. Series Regina, April 20 (CP)--Coach Murray Armstrong of Regina Pats doffed his customary glum expres- sion and chortled: "We're going to win it now. They | won't be able to stop us." | Armstrong's gleeful statement fol- lowed Pats' 5-3 win Wednesday night over Port Arthur Bruins, giv- ing them a 3-to-1 lead in the best- of-seven final for the western berth in the Memorial Cup final. Pats, who last won the western classic in 1933, will be probably the youngest team ever to reach the final if they pull the trick. | Counting Ted Yarnton, who re- | placed injured right-winger Lorne Davis in Wednesday night's game, | the club iced seven juveniles. Oth- | ers were goalie Bob Tyler, Joe | Sauve, Gordon Cowan, Eddie Litz- | enberger, Brian McDonald and Doug Little. Pats, incidentally, are the team | that just made the Western Canada | | Hockey League playoffs. | | They won their first game against Port Arthur, highly-rated after | | their surprise victory over Brandon | | Wheat Kings, with an 8-5 overtime | | score. Dropping the second, they went on to blank Bruins 4-0 in the | third. | Wednesday night's game was the | first on home ice for- Pats. They | play here again Friday, and, if ne- | cessary, Saturday. | Bruins threatened seriously in the | | third period when they swarmed all | over the Reginans. Maurice Le- | vesque and Dave Whalen cut Pats' | lead, but it wasn't enough. Bill Matthew scored the other Lakehead | goal in the first period. | Regina took a 3-1 lead in the first on tallies by Gord Cowan, Jim | McGowan and Merv Bregg. Bob Hall and Yar Ton extended it to | 5-1 in the second. Kee Yong Ham | | Wins Boston's A.A. Marathon Boston, April 20 (AP)--Two tiny Korean schoolboys and a chunkier and more experienced countryman today ranked among the world's top long distance runners after finish- ing one-two-three in the Boston A.A. Marathon. Winner Kee Yong Ham, runner- up Kil Yoon Song and Yun Chil Choi, who made an exceptional ! showing in the 1948 Olympic mara- thon, completely outclassed 131 riv- als Wednesday during the punish- ing 26-mile, 385-yards hill course that stretches from Little Hopkin- ton fo Boston. day. 96: Lawrence Park Collegiate, To- Canadiens Whipped Bilts 4-2 in Memorial Cup Series # i Seen in ski PR Gini AR irmish are left, Plumb of Bilts,; Moore of Montreal; Bilts' Ashley, Bathgate. With the help of their little goaiie, Roger Morrissette, who played a one-man game, the Montreal junior | Canadiens outscored Guelph Biltmores, 4-2, to take a 3-1 game | Memorial Cup series. To the 8,973 fans, at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, it was a question of Montreal's team | lead in the best-four-in-seven semi-final outrushing and outfighting the Belts, who floundered in disorganized style for almost the entire 60 minutes. The fifth and perhaps final game will be played in Montreal on Thursday night. --~Central Press Canadian. HAMILTON CENT WIN DEPT. OF ED 0.C.V.1. ENTRY HAS GOOD SCORE Toronto, April 20--(CP)--A team of 10 young riflemen from Hamil- | ton's Central Collegiate won out over 63 other high school teams in | the province of Ontario's challenge | trophy shoot, it was announced Yo The team scored 98.4 per cent oO RAL MARKSMEN UCATION SHOOT; R. Fortune, P, Griff, W. Grover Hollingshead, J. Hunt, C. James, Lauderdale, and G. Oakes. One member of its team, Gordo Oakes, is mooted as. a possible mem- ber of the Canadian Bisley team going to England this summer. He f | finished 26th out of 600 competitors | thril the possible score in the rifle-shoot- | at the Bisley aggregate shoot at| | ing competition conducted between | Ottawa last summer with a score of | Peterborough Friday BRANTFORD LEADS SR. B PUCK FINAL April 20--(CP) ionals tock a 3-2 lead even s s for the y Association Senior title when they edged Peter- ugh Legionnaires" 4-3 in a ng contest Wednesday night. The sixth game will be played in ght, and the Brantford, | Brantford N ing the best-of tario, Hoc | bor Christmas and Easter among Ont- | 747 out of a possible 762. He will |seventh if necessary at Brantford ario high schools by the physical |likely make the Canadian Bisley | Monday education branch of the Provincial Education department. Others placing among the top 10 and their percentage scores were: Sault Ste. Marie Technical-Com- mercial High School 97.5; Port Arthur Technical School 97.5; Wal- kerville Collegiate, Windsor, 97.2; Westdale Secondary School, Hamil- ton, 97.2; Avonmore High School, ronto, 959; Danforth Technical | School, Toronto, 95.8; North Bay | Collegiate 95.6 and W. D. Lowe Vo- | cational School, Windsor, 95.5. team if any of its 18 members can- not get away for the overseas trip. Other Team Scores Teams from other Ontario cities and their scores included: Brockville Collegiate 95.3; Owen Sound Callegiate 94.9; Peterborough Collegiate 94.6; Central Collegiate, 94.1; Kingston Collegiate 93.5; Ken- nedy Collegiate, Windsor, 934; Cornwall Collegiate 92.8; Stamforth Collegiate, Niagara Falls, 91.5; Niagara Falls Collegiate 91.4; Wood- | stock: Collegiate 89.6; Oshawa Col- | legiate 88.9; St. Catharines Coi- Ham, a 19-year-old youngster | 3 | : 2 who attends Yung Chung high | The winning Hamilton team | legiate 88.5; F. R. Close Technical school in Seoul, was the first to |which also placed first in the same | School, Hamilton, 88.1; St. Thomas cross the finish line in two hours, | department's Ontario Rifle Associa- | Collegiate 84.5; Timmins High and 32 minutes, 39 seconds. For a time | record of 2:25.39, set by his famed | countryman; Yun Bok Sur, three | years ago. i But little Ham lacked the stamina | to negotiate the hills as Suh did in 1947 and he was forced to slow down to a walk so many tires dur- | ing the last five miles that he| crossed the finish line only three minutes 19, seconds ahead of the 20-year-old Song, who ruined his chances by staying too far back | during the early stages. | Choi, who started as co-favorite with last year's winner, Karl Gosta Leanderson of Sweden, 'finished in| 2:39.47, beating fourth-place John | | P. Lafferty, of Boston, a United | States Navy aviation machinist mate | stationed at . Jacksonville, Fla.,, by | only fiye seconds. | Paul, Collins of Wolfville, N.S., led | the 10-man Canadian contingent, | finishing eighth in 2:50.13. Francis | P. D. Mulvihill of the Gladstone | Athletic Club, Toronto, was 18th in PORT COLBORNE BLANK CHEVWOODS | FIRST OF FINALS | 1 | Port Colborne, April 20 (CP)-- | Port Colborne Merchants, defending | Ontario Hockey Association and | Dominion Intermediate "A" Cham- | pions, blasted Tillsonburg Chev- | woods 5-0 Wednesday. night in the | first game of their best-of-five final | series. | | George Clarke led the winning | scorers with' a two-goal effort with | singles going to Jerry Leitch, Pinker Pine and Roy Reeves. With Merchant goalkeeper Cecil | Gruhl turning in a top notch per- formance in the riets and the home- | sters rapped in two goals in each of | pastern Canada senior final, are!St. Lou | the first and second periods and | followed up with a single in the | final frame. | The third period produced some | $400. as its share of the $14,000! Earl Rose of the which remained from the gates of | | hectic arguing. | Chevwoods got a misconduct and then drew a match misconduct for | protesting too eloquently. Then | Tillsonburg defenceman Bill Cooper | drew a. misconduct for protesting a minor. In. all, the game saw 12 penalties handed out. tion trophy shoot last fall, was | Vocational School 84.1; High School he threatened to break the course | composed of: R. Bourke, H. Elms, of Commerce, Ottawa, 69.8. British Soccer Team's Route Still Unsettled London, April 20--(CP)--The itinery of the British Soccer team which is to tour Capada in May and June, still has not been settled but today's issue of the football Association Bulletin outlined main plans for the trip. The team will sail from Liverpool, May 8, and the tour "will follow the general route of previous ones with matches at Montreal and Toronto, then via Winnipeg and Calgary or Sas- katoon te Vancouver and Victoria," the publication said. "The return journey will probably be via Edmonton to Winnipeg with a series of matches in or near Toronto and Montreal . . . and a match in New York before returning to Montreal" for the trip home. Conny Smythe Says Senior Marlboro Team Now $28,000 in Hole (CP)--Conn | Smythe announced Wednesday he Toronto, April 20 has asked the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association what guarantee | against financial losses will be given Toronto Marlboros, if they go West for Allan Cup play. The Managing Director of Maple Leaf Gardens said he wired Al Picard, C.A.H.A. president, advising him that Marlboros have a $28,000 deficit so far this season. -' Marlboros, who lead Sherbrooke Saints 3-0 -in the bestfof-seven part of veafs hockey c mn. Smythe said, he inted out to Picard that the received only brooke after Gardens rental was deducted, He didn't think this a fair share for a competing club. Smythe has said he will not al- low Marlboros to go West and suf= fer heavy financial losses, | COMIN INITIATE TH BASEBALL STANDINGS Boss mn INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Today's Games Toronto at Syracuse; Montreal at Jersey City; Buffalo at Springfield; Rochester at Baltimore. NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 L500 L000 .000 .000 Boston Chicago St. Louis Brooklyn Philadelphi Pittsburgh Cincinnati New York vee 2 Wednesday's Results 7 Philadelphia .. 10 New York .... 6 Pittsburgh at St. Louis -- Night game, Only games scheduled. Tuesday's Night Result St. Louis 4' Pittsburgh .... 2 Today's Games & Probable Pitchers Boston (Antonelli 3-7) at New York | (Koslo 11-4 or Kennedy 12-14). | Brooklyn (Bankhead 0-0) at Phila- | delphia (Heintzelman 17-10). Pittsburgh (Dickson 12-14) at St. Louis (Pollett (20-9). Chicago (Minner 3-1) at Cincinnati (Wehmeier 11-12). 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Won. Lost Pet. 1.000 1.000 667 .500 .500 .333 .000 .000 | St. Louis Detroit New York . Philadelphia ,. Washington Boston ! Cleveland . Chicago | Wednesday's Results ! Boston . New York ..: 6 Chicago Philadelphia .... 6 Washington . | Detroit -at Cleveland--Postponed. | Today's Games & Prqbable Pitchers | New York (Byrne 15-7) at Boston (McDermott 5-4). St. Louis (Fannin 8-14) at Chicago 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 | the last two games here with Sher- | (pierce 7-15). | Detroit (GPay 10-10) at Cleveland |: { (Wynn 11-7). | 'Only games scheduled. | ----- | Forward pass was introduced to 1 U.S. football Ma 1906. | Last year's champs, the Petes | started out with a rush but the locals matched the pace and led |2-1 at the end of the first period. | Each side scored a goal in each 'of the second and third frames. | 'Brantford's goals were split | among Linn, Hnatiuk, Leconte and | Messmer, The Petes' fast wingman, | Vitarelli, accounted for two. The | other was scored by Crowley. Officials Udvari an Liscombe gave only three penalties in the | first two periods. The last stanza was rougher, with six being handed lout including a misconduct to D. | Mortimer of Peterborough. FINAL SEASON RECORD ------ | New York--Count Fleet sped to one of 'the finest single season re- cords in racing history in 1943 when | he won all of his six starts, includ- ing the Kentucky Derby, Preakness | and Belmont Stakes, Wood Memor- | ial and Withers stakes, i ere | * Fifteen players constituted a foot- ball team in 1877. HIGH GRADE SHOES AT POPULAR PRICES | V ens Welts 5) GHILLIE TIE OXFORD E Rich burgundy uppers of selected smooth leather. Fine leather lin- ings. Storm welting. Full double leather soles, or triple crystal clear crepe soles. Comfortable medium last. All sizes, 6-12. | 15 SIMCOE NORTH PHONE 4748M N HOCKEY FINALS NEARLY OVER Mitch Pechet Paces Stamps In Second Win Calgary, April 20--(CP)--Calgary Stampeders are acquiring a repu- tation as an in-and-out hockey club and Wednesday night was one of their "in" nights, Led by Mitch Pechet they drub- bed Fort Frances Canadiens 9-1 in the third game of the Western Canada Allan Cup final. The victory gives Calgary a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Last Saturday Stamps took the | first game by a whopping 11-0 count and there was talk that the | veries would be cut to a best-of- + five set. But President Al Pickard of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Asso- | ciation said he would wait for the | result of another game, Stamps | dropped it 3-2. Pickard ruled the | | series. would be finished scheduled. off as | Then Stamps came through with | | another top-notch performance | Wednesday night and rinksiders | now expect Pickard 'may reconsider | if Calgary comes up with another | lopsided win in the fourth game | Saturday, | o Pechet has been the big gun in he Stampeders victories to date. In the first game he pumped home | four goals. Wednesday night he clicked for five counters and ase sisted on two others. Other Calgary scorers Wednes- Devico with one each. Willie Toninato scored Fort Fran- ces' lone goal in the second period AVATEDR "RESULTS O.HA. Intermediate "A" |" Port (First game of finals). O.H.A. Junior "C" Collingwood, 5; Aurora, 4. (First game of best-of-seven final). O.H.A. Senior "B" Finals Peterborough Legionnaires, 3: Brantford Nationals, 4. (Brantford leads best-of-seven series 3-2). ALLAN cup Western Canada Final Fort Frances, 1 Calgary, 9. (Cal- gary leads best-of-seven series 2-1). MEMORIAL CUP Western -Canada Final Port Arthur, 3 Regina, 5. (Regina leads best-of-seven series 3-1). Lembo y.: his understudy. | day night were Archie Scott with | | two and Johnny Milliard and Stan | Colborne, 5: Tillsonburg, 0. | ALLAN CUP SURVIVORS There are four teams left in the hunt for the Allan Cup and Cana- da's senior hockey championship, two in the East and two in the West. The survivors: East Sherbrooke Saints, Toronto Marl boros. : West Calgary Stampeders, Fort Frane ces Canadians. GAMES TONIGHT J East None, West None. MEMORIAL CUP SURVIVORS Thére are four teams left in the hunt for the Memorial Cup and Canada's junior hockey champion- ship, two in the East and two ip the West. ; The survivors: East Montreal Canadiens, Guelph Bilt. mores. ! West | Regina Pats, Port Arthur Bruins GAMES TONIGHT East Eastern Canada final: Guelph Biltmores at Montreal Canadiens, Yonires) leads best-of-seven series SPOKANE FLYERS CLAIM SR. TITLE , A.H.A. SQUABBLE Spokane, Wash., April 20 (AP)-- The Spokane Flyers hockey team said Wednesday it is disbanding, confident that its claim on the United States senior amateur title is justified. " The Amateur Hockey Association has said the defending champion Flyers must still defeat Chatham, Ont., Maroons, winners of a mid- western playoff, before they car claim the crown a second time. Spokane contends its victory over the Eastern League chrmpions, New York Rovers, was enough. That best-of-seven series ended here Monday and had been billed as the "Championship finals." The AHA. called it the semi- finals, Charles Carroll, president of the Spokane team, said he was not aware until a few days before the New York series opened that any more games would be necessary. The Flyers now consider the series with Chatham as merely a challenge -- a challenge they can- not accept because it is too late in the year. "I told Tom Lockhart, president of the AH.A, that we were br - {ing up," Carroll said today.. J pointed out that we just couldn'd hold the players any longer." Just what that will-do to Spo- kane's claim on the crown was up for debate Wednesday night. 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