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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE ~ MONDAY, MAY 1, 1950 = SPORT SNAPSHOTS £3) Coach "Peg" Hurst had his baseball charges out for their initial workout on Saturday afternoon and yesterday afternoon he reported to a Club executive meeting that the turnout was large and indications are good. Several of last year's "Hunters" were on hand, bidding for berths on the Senior club and it's no secret that such top-ranking mem- bers of the Hunt Club team of last year as Joskoski, McArthur and Mc- Tavish will all be welcomed with open arms if they elect to play a few games of Senior baseball, prior to July 15, or even after--for that matter. President John Harris made a plane trip to the U.S. on Saturday to watch' a couple of prospects In action and yesterday, the President reported to the meeting that several other applications have yet to be interviewed, so it would seem that the Oshawa Baseball Club will have two or three "imports" on hand this year, to fill the gaps that have to be filled to round out a balanced team. Meanwhile, two other club officers attended the Viaduct League meeting in Toronto yesterday and found out that one of the expected Toronto entries, the Stevenson's Bruins, has apparently withdrawn, so it will be a 6-team league after all, with each team playing each other 8 times--in other words a 40-game schedule for each club. This means 20 "home games" for Oshawa fans. In other words, the $10.00 membership card entitles the holder to a full $10.00 worth of baseball game admissions--plus a chance to win a new 1950 Chevrolet sar. Yesterday's check-up revealed that there are now less than 100 dckets available. Weather permitting the Senior club will hold work- ut every night this week, starting tonight. L 4 * * Don't know what happened but the Oshawa "Transporters", local O.B.A. Junior 'entry. for this season, have decided to drop their planned entry into the North Toronto Junior Baseball grouping. d, the Osh team will again compete in the Lake- shore Intermediate group, bidding to defend the title they won last season. Manager Albert Walker writes that "inability to secure suit- able home dates was one reason for the local club deciding to drop the Toronto idea and there were also a couple of other matters which arose in the past week, which were unsatisfactory to the logal man- £ t, secret tings and such like". Don't know what the O.B.A. Convener is hinting at, maybe it would make good reading and then again, maybe it's just so much ballyhoo. At any rate, Lindsay, 'Whitby, Bowmanville, Port Hope, Cobourg, Colborne and Peterboro will be the other seven Intermediate teams in the group with Oshawa "Transporters" Junior Club. They intend to play of 28-game schedule, each team having 14 "home games" and the "Transporters" expect to open their home schedule on May 20th but in the meantime are trying to arrange an exhibition game for Saturday, May 13th, i Pedlar's softball team, a definite Senior "B" entry in O.ASA. completion this year, are helding regular workouts and Manager Frank Foley has ambitious plans for his team. He hopes to have exhibition games this season with-the Tip Top Tailors, World's champions, and also with the N.HL. All-Stars. Naturally, the latter game can not come until late in the season when the hockey players start to think about getting in shape again--and so 'often, by that time all other teams are busy with their own playoffs. Tip Top Tailors have a terrific agenda of exhibition games lined up for this season but no doubt will be willing to come to Oshawa for a charity game--providing a rather stiff expenses figure is met, Perhaps there was something to the rumour that Normie Bagnell, former Beaches League player, wouldn't play Intermediate softball, It's no secret that Manager Foley wanted to stay in Intermediate ranks but now as soon as it is announced that Pedlars are going to Senior "B" ranks--word follows immediately that both Bagnell and "Hootch" Meulemeester have signed their certificates. This gives Pedlars one of the strongest pitching staffs of any team in Ontario, but they're in a tough league at Dentonia. "Cam" Ecclestone returns to the wars there this season, to pitch for the Legion entry while Toronto Fire fighters will likely have both Joe Buda and Alfie Dyett. * J] » Oshawa City soccer team opens its schedule tonight, at Dentonia Park. They meet the "Dentonia" team and the Oshawa forces are hoping that the "City" team will make an excellent showing and perhaps start off the league schedule with a victory. The bus leaves Memorial Park here this evening at 5.30 o'clock, with room avRilable for a few more spectators. Tonight's team will consist of Sutherland, Conner, Gow, Kelly, M. Nemish, Green, Haluschak, Harrison, Honey- man, Howell, Omego, Reserves:--McCrae, D. Nemish and Hubard. * L J » BRIGHT BITS:--No doubt several Oshawa fishermen came up with special "king-size" speckled trout on "opening day" but so far the best we've heard about is one hauled in by Bill Owens, fly-tying expert of the Oshawa Fish & Game Association . ,. . We'll be glad to have pictures of or hear about any other special catches .... In a 25-mile time trial held Sunday, Frank Ball, Oshawa bike-riding veteran, finished a bang-up third to Charlie Chinchen of Toronto and Eric Fellows. of Toronto, in the good time of 1:12 2/5 . , . . The Allan Cup finals get going tonight. Toronto, May 1 --' (CP) -- The Ontario Hockey Association Satur- day heard a hint of a possible eophole? in Ontario's new sport ax. The possibility arose out of an objection by Stafford Smythe of Toronto Marlboros to a suggested rule-change that would have meant an automatic $25 fine for any player given a match misconduct penalty, That would be tantamount to ad- mitting professionalism in the 'O.H.A., he argued at the associa- tion's 61st annual meeting. The fine proposal was dropped. "We'd be leaving ourselves wide open. If money is involved, we are considering ourselves not be to ama- teurs," Then Smythe offered his obser- vation about the Ontario Govern- ment's 15-per-cent tax on profes- sional sports for which admission of 50 cents or more is charged. May Get Around Tax "Loopholes in the regulations might make it possible for us to get around this tax." He didn't elaborate. (The government has indicated it may consider many an "Ama- teur" organization as professional for tax purposes.) George Panter, O.H.A. business manager, said a fine is the only way to control some players. "We have found nothing else works. If you hit the player in the pocketbook, it is the onl: that hurts, There is not a chance in 10,000,000 that the class A teams can escape the tax anyway." Retiring President J. J. McFay- den of Galt recommended that the Junior and Senior A teams be put in a division separate from the other O.H.A. clubs. "They should operate under spe- cial regulations. It would eliminate much of the confusion which now exists in movement of the players." No action was taken on this sug- gestion, 3 Record revenue 'from. playoffs-- $37,000--was 'reported by Panter. "Hockey is growihg in Ontario," he said. "There now are 52 artifi- cial ice arenas. Seven more are being built and a number of otters planned. We need a bigger reserve fund. We have to be prepared for a number of contingeficies such as possible diffculties with * the pro- fessional teams, player injuries, court' cases and 'the like." An annual honorarium of $1,000 to the president and $500 to each of the vice-presidents was voted. J. M. Roxburgh, Simcoe, was elected president; Stewart McTav- O.H.A. HEARS HINT OF LOOPHOLE IN ONTARIO'S NEW SPORT TAX ish, 'Oshawa, first vice-president; M. L. (Tory) Gregg, Wingham, sec- ond vice-president. . . ! ' The suspension pénalty 'for' fal- sifying birth' 'certificates was re- duced--the maximum from five years to three, the minmum 'from two years to one. Another rule change will remove a player from a game on receiving a second mis- conduct penalty. rie A request for reinstatement of the waiver clause in the rules was defeated, Treasurer George Dudley of Midland said it is teams seeking to obtain players--not those seek- ing to release players who want the waiver rule. It led to many abuses. Montreal Canadians Stage 4-Goal Rally In 3rd Period to Snatch 5-2 Decision In Second of Series--Regina Pats " Expected to Make Im- proved Showing On Toronto Ice -- Goold Stars for Winners Toronto, May 1--(CP)--Memor- jal Cup hockey will be making a return to Toronto Tuesday night when Montreal Canadiens tackle Regina Pats in the third game of the best-of-seven junior classic. The first two games were at Montreal. The two clubs arrived today. To- ronto fans, always red-hot on the fast and furious junior brand of hockey, will watch them battle in the first final series game here since Port Arthur Bruins polished off Barrie Flyers in the 1949 cham- pionship set. . They'll probably = see something too. Montreal, leading the series with a 2-0 edge, just squeezed by, 8-7, in the opening game and had to cash in four last-frame goals | before taking Saturday's tilt, 5-2. It won't, however, be the first look Toronto fans have had at the classy junior Habitants. The Mon- trealers played two games here in their semi-final series with Guelph Biltmores, Toronto fans were im- pressed by the speed and aggres- siveness shown by the lighter Can- adiens. Bob Tyler, playing superbly in Pthe nets for Regina, held off the Montreal marksmen for, a singie goal in the first two frames at Mon- treal Saturday while his mates' up .| front smacked in a pair. Ernie Roche opened the scoring for the Habs at 1.31 of the first but Gordie Cowan's marker at 10.12 and Capt. Morley MacNeill's goal early in the middle session made it 2-1 for the Pats. Then the roof fell in. A shifty piece of centre machinery named Billy Goold personally wrapped up the contest for the Canadiens, He whistled in the tying counter mid- way through the last period and followed Art Rose's winner with his second. Jaques Nadon added a sec- ond insurance tally 45 seconds be- fore the final bell. There won't be any change in the officiating. Al Pickard, president of the Canadian Amateur Hcokey Association, announced at Regina Sunday night that Vic Lindquist Meanwhile, the Memorial Cup finals resume at Maple | and Windy Lyndon, both of Win- nipeg, will continue to call the ser- Leafs Gardens tomorrow night, for the 3rd game . . . . Montreal Cana- | Te eginastioaY. Tyler; defence, Mac- diens won on Saturday 5-2 over Regina Pats but the Junior Habitants | Neill, McGowan; centre, McDonald; had to stage a sensational 4-goal rally in the 3rd period in order to | Wings, win the game , ... We find it hard to be talking about hockey with so much baseball, softball, soccer and other summer sports activity on the | up-swing but anyway, it will soon be all over for the 1949-50 season-- about four months before the fall training camps open for next season. Yipe! * L 4 » SCISSORED SPORT--(By (he Canadian Press)--Frank C. Lane, general manager of the Chicago White Sox, Sunday informed the New York Yankees that he is calling off .the trade of outfielder Johnny Os- trowski and cash in exchange for outfielder Dick Wakefield. Lane said he based his decision upon the refusal of Wakefield to join the Chicago American League ball club without a salary increase. The White Sox Friday sent Ostrowski and an unannounced sum of cash to New York to obtain the services of the one-time University of Michigan athlete. 'Wakefield refused to join the White Sox unless the Chicago club restored the pay cut he took when signing his first Yankee contract several weeks 6go. Wakefield, traded to New. York by Detroit last winter for first- baseman Dick Kryhoski, is said to have suffered a $5,500 pay cut from the $22,500 the Tigers paid him a year ago. In Ann Arbor, Mich, Wake- field said, "It's all up to Mr. Lane. It's strictly in his hands. He knows where I am." Wakefield said the knew of reports that the Yankees might ship him to their Kansas City farm club in place of Ostrowski, and commented: "That's a laugh. I wouldn't even consider that. I would quit baseball first. In fact I am close to it anyway." . . . . At Calgary, the Toronto Marlboros, Eastern Canada senior hockey champions, haven't been outfitted with Calgary's typical white cowboy hats yet but one of their members Sunday was treated to another western. rite. George Armstrong, the 19-year-old flashy first-string rightwinger, was made a chief of the Stoney tribe. The ceremony was performed on the Stoney reservation west of Calgary where the Marlies stopped off en route to Banff. Armstrong, whose mother is a full-blooded Ojibway Indian, was named "chief shoot-the-puck." . . , . Sarnia's St. Paul's Tuxis captured the Canadian midget church basketball title Saturday when they de- feated Montreal neighborhouse 49-30. The victory gave Sarria the championship on the round 81-65. Montreal won the first game of the two-game, total-point series Friday 35.32. * * 4 Ashton A. Morrison, veteran hockey worker of St. Catharines and past president of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association, Saturday at Toronto was awarded the Ontario Hockey Association gold stick at the annual meeting, The award is given for outstanding service to hockey other than-as a player for a period of at least 10 years . .. . Pittsburgh Hornets, Toronto Maple Leafs' farm club in the American hockey league, will do their 1950 pre-season training at Niagara Falls, Ont., it was an- nounced Sunday. Under the agreement, the Hornets will take over the recently completed $200,000 arena from Sept. 18 to Oct. 7 . . . . Al Lenard captain of Queen's University senior football team for the last two sea. sons and a member of the team for four, has signed to play baseball this ceason with Kingston Leafs of the Central Ontario Baseball League, it was announced Sunday . ... At Montreal, United States competitors took top honors in the two-day Canadian open table tennis tournament which concluded Saturday night. Sol Schiff of New York, considered one of the World's greatest table tennis players, copped the Canadian men's singles open title by defeating Wally Gundlacr, Chicago, 21-10, 34-22, 21-19 . . .. The women's open singles crown went to Lea Thall Neu- burger of New York, the U.S. No. 1 female player. She defeated Mil- dred Shahian, Boston, 16-21, 24-22, 23-21, 18-21, 21-18. | Little, H. Cowan. Subs.: King, Bregg, Davis, Masnick, Hall, G. Cowan, Litzenberger, Sauve. Montreal--Goal, Morrissette; de- fence, Dawson, Roche; centre, Goold; | | wings, Moore, Rose. Subs.: Holling- worth, McCready, Rochford, Con- way, Nadon, English, Marshall, Sin- nett. Referees--Vie Lindquist and Lorne Lyndon, both of Winnipeg, « SUMMARY First Period 1--Montreal, Roche (Moore, Goold) 2--Regina, G. Cowan (Masnick) 10:12 Penalties--MacNeill, Rose, Moore (2), Masnick, McGoman. Second Period 3--Regina, MacNeill (Litzen- berger, Masnick) Penalties--King, Moore (major and minor), H. Cowan, G. Cowan, Roche, Rochford. 3 Third Period 4--Montreal, Goold 5--Montreal, Rose . 6--Montreal, Goold ..... sera ne 7--Montreal, Nadon (Rose) ... Penalties -- McGowan (2), King (2), Moore, MacNeill. GRID SCHEDULE FOR BIG FOUR ANNOUNCED Ottawa, May 1--(CP)--A revised schedule of games to be played in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union this fall was announced to- night by D, W, Brown, secretary- treasurer. This is the new schedule: -- Aug. 27--Ottawa at Montreal, Sept. 2--Hamilton at Ottawa; Toronto at Montreal. Sept. 4--Toronto at Hamilton, Sept. 9--Montreal at Toronto; Ottawa at Hamilton. Sept. 16--Montreal Hamilton at Toronto. Sept. 23--Ottawa Montreal at Hamilton. Sept. 30--Toronto at Ottawa. Oct. 1--Hamilton at Montreal. Oct. 7--Montreal at Ottawa; Hamilton t Toronto. Oct. 8--Ottawa at Montreal. Oct. 9--Toronto at Hamilton. Oct. 14--Toronto at Montreal; Ottawa at Hamilton, Oct. 21--Toronto at Ottawa. Oct. 22--Hamilton at Montreal. Oct. 28--Ottawa at Toronto; Montreal at Hamilton. Nov. 4--Hamilton Montreal at Toronto, at Ottawa; at Toronto; at. Ottawa; Memorial Cup Title Series Finds 3rd Game in Toronto With Jr. Habs Leading 2-0 REGINA PATS ARE TWO DOWN IN CLASSIC & * bg Brantford Grads Trample Sudbury Cage Play-off Brantford, May 1--(CP) -- Brantford Y Grads romped over Sudbury Central Cab 65-43 Sat- urday night to win the Ontario Basketball Association Inter- mediate B title by a two-game total of 146-85. Brantford won the first game Friday night. Brantford's Johnny Locking- ton and his brother Ph'l were top scorers with 15 and 14 points respectively. Trainer of Sudbury was best for the visit- ors with 13 points. King's Plate No. 1 May Be Scratched Toronto, April 29 -- (CP) --E. P. Taylor's colt Bon Vivant is a doubtful starter in the King's Plate here May 27, and if the colt doesn't run trainer Bert Alexandra will re- tire from racing. Word from the Toronto Indus- trialist's training camp at Lexing- ton, K.Y., Friday was that Bon Vivant has gone wrong in training for the three-year-old classic. The colt was joint favorite at 3-1 wth McGill, owned by Vince Sheridan of Toronto. The developments brought about a shift in-the_ odds | Friday night with McGill installed | as favorite and Carr Hatch's | Unionville lukewarm second choice. Brother to Alice ? ko -- JIM "GOON" HENRY Otherwise known in wrestling dark corners as "The Oklahoma Assas- sin" who will make his first appear- ance in Oshawa in the main bout of Tuesday night's wrestling show at the Arena. Promoter "Pat" Mil- osh has brought in "Goon" Henry as the logical "toughie" to match the unorthodox tactics of Yukon Eric and local mat fans are bound to see some lively action in the 2- out-of-3 fall, one-hour limit bout. Bob "Strangler" Wagner meets Warren Bockwinkle in the semi- final bout with "Pat" Flanagan and Al "Krusher" Korman as rivals in the preliminary go. Port Colborne Club Still Trying for Further Playoffs Port Colborne, May 1 (CP).--The Port Colborne Merchants, Inter- mediate "A" champions of the On- | tario Hockey Association, were still , | surprised to learn Saturday that Unionville arrived Friday night | hopeful Sunday night of arranging at Hamilton to finish training and [an unofficial Eastern Intermediate McGill arrived at Toronto's Wood- | title series at nearby Fort Erie. bine Track, where the King's Plate An Eastern intermediate title is run, | series has already been arranged Alexandra, who trained Taylor's between Bagotville Allies and colt Epic for the Plate victory last | Rouyn Flashes, in the belief Port year, tendered his resignation some | Colborne was through for the sea- months ago but planned "to stay |son. . Port Colborne has declined in racing until after the Plate, If!to travel east in search of further Bon Vivant is definitely out of the [honors but Tommy Bates, secre- race Alexandra is expected to re- |tary-treasurer of the club, said tire shortly. The veteran trainer (Sunday night he has been in touch has handled many good horses in | With the Bagotville Club and the past years, notably carefree, a son [latter would probably be willing to of Colin, which had many turf | play another series at Fort Erie, if achievements on Canadian tracks. | they defeat Rouyn. Bates said that | Rouyn is not interested in another . series if they beat Bagotvilie, Sports Federation SCOTTIE WINS PRIZE | Montreal, May 1--(CP) -- Ben Re-Elects Prexy | sags What-A-Lad, owned by F. | W. Fraser of Montreal, won the | best-in-show for breed honors Sun- ; | day night at the Ladies Kennel J. Smith of Toronto was Te-| sin' of canada all-breed cham- elected President of the ontario | ionchip dog show. Sports Federation at its annual | "rpe 'seottie bested six other meeting during the week-end. | group winners to capture its third | Mrs, Kay Bibby, Toronto, Secretary- | straight championship in nine | Treasurer, F. R. Feaver, Hamilton. | 200% id The Federation decided to accept > SEE !! and recognize in all team sports | indefinite suspensions with a stipu-| fhe Strongest Man In Professional lated duration of at least one year. It also will seek Provincial Gov- Tomorrow Night ernment assistance for minor-age at the ethletes and for establishment of a OSHAWA ARENA Central Registration Bureau for Hamilton, Ont, May 1--(CP)-- W. younger players. Ken Mosdell, Elmer Lach Put Names On Petition Signing Autographs Montreal, May 1-- (CP) -- Two Montreal Canadiens hockey stars Ken Mosdel and Elmer Lach, were their "autographs" turned out to be signatures on a "Ban-The-Bomb" petition of The Leftist Youth As- sembly for Peace. Lach and Mosdell were approach- ed a few nights ago by two girls who placed a blank sheet of paper before them. Thinking the girls were admiring fans, they signed. Later they were told by news- paper men that they had really signed The Assembly petition which, was seized by the police Anti-Sub- versive squad in a raid on the As- sembly offices Thursday afternoon. 7s GETTING UP Getting you Down? If morning finds you only half rested, still weary--if your sleep is broken by fitful tossing and turing --your kidneys may be to blame. When your kidneys getout of order, your sleep : usually suffers. To help your kidneys regain a normal condition, use 's Kidney Pills. UKON ERIC "The Samson of the North" Vs. JIM "GOON" HENRY °° In The Main Bout! Dodd's help the kidneys get rid of poisons and excess acids in your system. Then your uneasiness disappears --you can enjoy restful unbroken sleep-- and awake refreshed and ready for work or play. Get Dodd's Kidney Pills today. 147 Dodds Kidnev Pills 3 BIG = BOUTS = Tickets Now On Sale At The Casino Restaurant Perfect Crib Hand For Taylor Family Luck was with Mrs. O. A. Taylor on Saturday when she and her hus- band were having a two-handed game of cribbage at their home at 11d Gibbon Street here in Oshawa: Mr. Taylor dealt his wife three fives and the Jack of Hearts. Mrs. Taylor took a deep cut and came up with the one remaining five, the five of hearts, for a 'per- fect 29-count hand. : Its the first such hand that Mrs. Taylor has held. King Ranch Aims Two Best Horses At Kentucky Derby Louisville, Ky. May 1--(AP)-- King Ranch has decided on a one- two punch for Saturday's Kentucky Derby. That was determined Sunday night, when Trainer Max Hirsch ar- rived from New York and said "Middleground" would go in The Derby Trial tomorrow, and "On The Mark" would wait for the derby. On The Mark, still a maiden, ran surprisingly well in the recent Blue Grass Stakes of Keeneland, finish- ing third to Mr. Trouble and Oil Capitol. Middleground's appearance in the one-mile' trial will give fans a chance . to compare the West's hopefuls with the East's. For Ben Jones, Calumet Farm trainer, is al- most sure' to send Theory out to meet Middleground in The Trial. There should be at least four other Derby eligibles in The Trial-- including the Brookmeade entry of Greek Ship and Sunglow, A. E. Reuben's Lot O' Luck and Wilbur- ton Farm's Trumpet King. Other possibilities, all Derby elig- ibles, are Calumet Farm's All Blue, Reverie Knoll Farm's French Ad- miral, William Veeneman's Black George and J. Graham Brown's Rayloper. The current Derby favorite--Your Host--breezed three-eights of a mile Sunday in the rain in 37 seconds. His chances in the mud are un- known, for the thoroughbred, own- Greco to Battle Giosa in Philly Philadelphia, May 1--(AP)-- Johnny Greco, Canadian wel- terweight champion, meets Phil- adelphia's Eddie Giosa tonight in a 10-round bout at the arena. Both recently pounded out easy -- and convincing -- vic- tories over former lightweight ' champion Bob Montgomery. The Montrealer decisioned Montgomery but Giosa knocked out the former champion, a feat that prompted the Phila-' delphian to change his - style from a hit-and-run fighter to an aggressive puncher, Lawn Tennis Assoc. Elects 1950 Officers Toronto, May 1 (CP)--E. C. Condon of Ottawa was elected president. of the Ontario Lawn Tennis Association at the associa- tion's - 30th annual convention Saturday. He succeeds J. C.. Little of Toronto. Earl K. Hanlon of Ottawa, Staff Beck of Toronto and W. L. Low of Woodstock 'were name vice-presi- dents. Secretary is Edgar Barrett, Ottawa. Delegates decided the 1950 On- tario Championships will be held at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, July 31 to Aug. 5. The Northern Ontario Tournament will be staged at Bigwinn Inn, July 3 to July 8. GREENSHIRTS WIN Collingwood, May 1--(CP) -- Col- lingwood Greenshirts captured the Ontario Hockey Association Junior "C" title" Saturday night, trounc- ing Auora Black Hawks 8-2 in the sixth. game of a best-of-seven se ries. One game was tied. i MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting--Musial, St. Louis, .448. Runs--Waitkus, Philadelphia, 12. - Runs Batted In--Jones, Philadel- phia, 14. Hits--Jones, Philadelphia, 19. Doubles--Robinson, Brooklyn, Wy- rostek, Cincinnati, Ennis, Philadel- phia, Murtaugh, Pittsburgh, and Mu- sial, St. Louis, 4. Triples--Kerr, Boston, and Ennis, Philadelphia, 2 . ed by Hollywood movi Bill Goetz, has never raced on an "off" track, . The $100,000-added Derby is: ex- pected to draw between 10 and 15 horses. ' MANCHESTER SAILS TUESDAY Manchester, England. -- Man- chester United, one of the ace teams of big-time soccer, leaves next Tuesday for a tour of Canada and the United States. The team will play 11 games, one of them against an English all-star team at Toron- to, June 14. Home Runs--Campanella, Brook- lyn, Jones, Philadelphia and West- lake, Pittsburgh, 4. Stolen Bases--Reese, Snider, Brooklyn, 2. AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting--Mitchell, Cleveland, .408. Runs--Pesky, Boston, 17. Runs Batted In--Stephens, Boston, Brooklyn, 8; 18. Hits--2Zarilla, Boston, 20. Doubl Zarilla, Bost 8. Triples--Henrich, New York, 3. Home Runs--Wood and Kokos, St. Louis, Fain, Philadelphia and Di- Maggio, New York, 3. Stolen Bases--Dillinger, Philadel- phia, 2. Toronto Dukes Are Favorites "For Allan Cup Calgary, May 1--(CP) -- Before a fight a ham-and-egger can look as good as the boxing champion; is in the battle that the better man shows his worth. ~That's the way Coach Joe Primeau feels about pre-game comparisons of his" Toronto Marlboros and Cal- gary' Stampeders. "I don't know anything about the Calgary Club," he said. "I saw them in a practice. They looked fast and like they could be tricky. . . but I can't compare them until I sep them play." 'Tonight he'll see them play as the Eastern and Western Cham- pions tangle in the first game of the best-of-seven series for the Canadian Senior Hockey title. Past history would indicate that Toronto has slightly the better chance of walking off with The Al- lan Cup. Since Sir H. Montague Allan donated the Trophy in 1908, Eastern Canada Clubs have won the mug 23 times to 18 for the West. Teams from Toronto turned the trick seven times but a Calgary squad has only won once. However, Calgary won The Allan Cup only four years ago while it was back in 1932 that a Toronto team, Toronto National Sea Fleas, last held the emblem of Senior hoc- key superiority. ' Betting circles are reported to have made the Dukes 8-5 favorites to win this series, the 50th compe- tition in Allan Cup history. An Al- lan Cup victory for Toronto would be a new experience for each Marl- ie player -- from 39-year-old Flash Hollet to 18-year-old Danny Lewic- ki -- but old stuff for six of the Stampeders. Goalie Russ Dertell, defencemen Jullan Sawchuk and Archie Wilder and forwards Bunny Dame, Dunc Frant and Doug Cairns all were with Calgary for its 1946 triumph. Dame furthermore was with Trail Smoke Eaters when The Smelter City licked them all in 1938. Joe Breen Declines Grid Official's Post London, Ont., April 20--(CP)--Joe Breen of Montreal, former Western football coach has declined an in- vitation to become the first Com missioner of the Senior Intercol- legiate Union. In a letter to Frank Little, Secretary of the Rules Com- mittee of the League, Breen stated that while he was highly honored at the offer, he couldn't spare the time he thought would be neces- sary to do the position justice. ° The League voted at its annua) meeting to appoint a Commissioner who would appoint officials for all games and generally supervise the League. Mr. Little said that the League did not plan any immediate action to fill the position. He said: that the matter would again be dis- cussed at a Rules Committee mee! ing scheduled for June. : Classified ads are sure to pay, Phone 35 with yours today. This Union Label appears in every Tip Top Tailors garme [ 5,000 Square Feet Wanted for STORAGE F NEWSPRINT IN ROLLS Must Be Clean and Dry On Railway Siding Preferred Will Lease or Purchase Suitable Building MES-GAZETTE Contact A. R. Alloway -- Phone 35 or 1264 -