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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1950 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE ELEVEN Howie Morenz Voted Peer Hurtling Habitant A c- claimed As Greatest--Silver Seven and Varsity Grads Tie For Team Honors--In- Canada's Half-Century Stars "But Choices On Teams Vary | Frenchmen and bought Morenz | from Rangers for a song. | Canada's | He Made His Comeback | He whipped around like | He lost his balance, fell. The im- teresting Facts Recall-|pedded skate held fast and his ed by Ballots This story is one of a Canadian @: series on outstanding sport i i} gures, teams and events of the first half of the century. tions were made in a poll of Cana- dian Sports Editors and Sports- casters. By JACK SULLIVAN Canadian Press Sports Writer Toronto, Dec. 20--(CP)-- Howie Morenz, who had color in his every motion and whose brilliance stood out in an era of colorful and bril- liant players, has been chosen the greatest hockey player of the half century. The accolade went to the great Montreal Canadiens centre by Sports Editors and Sportcasters participating in a Canadian Press balf-century poll. They named 11 men, whose careers date from the even at the turn ofthe ctnury o the present day but The Hurt- ling Habitant who died March 8, 1937 when he was only 34, was placed' at the top by a wide mar- gin. | 2 of the storied Ottawa Silver | Two Teams Outstanding It' was a far different story in the search for the greatest hockey team of the last 50 years--a dead heat between The Silver Seven team which beat everything in sight 40-pdd years ago and To- ronto Varsity Grads of 1926-27, the club that won The Allan Cup that year and the Olympic Tisle at St. Moritz in 1928. Here again the balloting brought memories of famous clubs--ama- teur and professional--and of the greats who played for them. In 11, 15 teams were named, teams @. won the Stanley, Memorial Cups, representative of every decade from 1900 to present, but Morenz -- who learned to skate on the frozen River Thames near his Mitchell, Ont., birthplace and who carved a deep niche in the game's history--stole the poll. He won over such greats as Fred (Cyclone) Taylor of the Silver Seven; Frank Nighbor, Poke- checking artist with the old Ot- tawa Senators; rough and ram- bunctious Eddie Shore of Boston Bruins; Nels (Ole Poison) Stewart of great Montreal Maroon teams; Newsy Lalonde and Aure] Joliat of Canadiens; Syl Apps, Toronto; and the present-day Maurice Richard of Canadiens; Milt Schmide, ruins, and Toronto's Turk Broda. Morenz polled 27 votes, Richard | four, Tay or three, two and the others one. Morenz began his hockey career at wwauiora, Uni, signed his first pro contract for $1,600 with Cana- diens in the 1923-24 season and almost immediately became a mil- lion-dollar box-office attraction. Nighbor His great, reckless speed and head- | long rushes set turnstiles clicking wherever he played. He Played Only Hockey He was a big factor in Cana- diens' Stanley Cup triumph his first season, He became the Babe Ruth of Hockey -at various times was tabbed The Canadien Comet, The Hurtling Habitant, The Mit- chell Metor and The Stratford Streak. Hard-driving and gallant, | e hurtled through some of the ughest defence combinations in chell Meteor and The Stratford career had a fight on the ice, Howie's life-time pro record from 1923-24 to 1936-37 produced 270 goals and 197 assists for a Selec- | Allan and | the | | leg was broken, | A nervous breakdown complicat- {ed his illness but he was rallying { from this when complications se: lin and he died suddenly in hos- | pital on the night of March 8. But | Morenz. He was made a member | of the Hall of Fame shortly after {it was set up in 1943. Two of the Canadiens teams he | played with received votes in the ballot for the greatest hockey club | | of the half century--the 1924 and {1930 clubs, both Stanley Cup- | winning combinations. | Some voters didn't stipulate the | year for - the Silver Seven team | they selected--they would go for | any year it was in existence. And | the vote ended with the Varsity | Grads and Silver Seven tied with four votes each, The remainder of the ballot reads like a history of Canada's National Winter game, There were the Stanley Cup teams of Canadians in 1944 and | 1946; Toronto Leafs of 1931, 1942 and 1949; Boston Bruins of 1930 and 1941; Montreal Maroons of 1935; Ottawa Senators of 1909, | 1921-22-23 and New York Rangers i of 1928 and 1933, Many Also named were champion Winnipeg Vics, 1912; To- ronto Granites, 1923; Port Arthur Bearcats, 1926; Moncton Hawks, 1934; and the Memorial Cup | Champion Winnipeg Falcons of 11921 and Toronto St. Michael's | 1947, One vote went to the 1906-07 Kenora Thistles, a team with the | then Brandon bank clerk, Art | Ross, and the late Si Griffiths and | Tom Phillips on the lineup. Teams Named Hockey's Big Seven | Tuesday night's lone National Hockey League game produced little change in the individual scoring race which is headed by Toronto's Max Bentley with 32 points. Bentley's 21 assists top the league. | Gordie Howe of Detroit picked up a goal against Chicago to move with- in a single point of Sid Smith and Cal Gardner, both of Toronto, | are tied for) fourth place with 26 points. 3 Ted Kennedy, Toronto, occupies second place with 20 points follow- | {ed by the league's leading scorer, | Tod Sioan of Toronto, who has 16! | goals and 11 assists. Turk Broda, Toronto goal tender, tops his department with five shut- | outs while team-mate Gus Mortson and Lindsay of the Red Wings have | | Spent the most minutes in the pen- | alty box--58 each. The leaders M. Bentley, Toronto .... Kennedy, Toronto Sloan, Toronto | Smith, Toronto | Gardner, Toronto | Howe, Detroit Lindsay, Detroit | Richard, Montreal | Conacher, Chicago FIGHTS LAST NIGHT --r---- White Plains, N.Y.---Billy Graham, | | 146%4, New York, decisioned Tommy Ciarlo, 147, Waterbury, Conn. (8). Los Angeles--Clarence Henry, 185, | Los Angeles, decisioned Willie Bean, | 1.20913, Los Angeles (12) Pacific Coast | heavyweight championship). San Jose, Calif.--Eddie Chavez, 137, San Jose, decisioned Enrique | Bolanos, 137, Los Angeles (10). MRS. CHARLES ADAMS DIES Boston, Dec. 20--Mrs. Lillian Mae | been in evidence this | every team share in the points. Mc. the | Callum Transports are still in the | Morenz of old until the night of | lead again this section, taking two | Dec. 26, 1936, when the point of | | his skate penetrated the boards. | hockey hadn't . forgotten | MOTOR CITY LADIES' MAJORS "A" League The Christmas spirit must have week, for points on Monday from Black's La- dies' Wear. Franklin Simon's bested Fashion Village in two of the three games. Mae Duncan trimmed Vie- tor's Sports & Cycle in a 2-to-1 tilt. Coca Cola's collected a pair from Dobbie"s Jewellery and Oshawa Fur- in the 2-to-1 count. Grace Clancy was high bowler of the night with a lovely 804 (332). Dud. Mills was runner-up with 781 (322). Vera Sargeant rolled 759; Henrietta Liston 745 (335); Janet Peel 726; Madeline Reeson 704; Hel- en Wigging 690; Bea. Ross 670; Electa McLaughlin 668; Earline Keeler Keeler 665; Sophie McDon- ald 665; Nena Melch 659. and Chicken Roll in this league, with five birds being won. High tri- ple prize went, of course, to Grace Clancy's 804, Henrietta Liston won herself a free dinner with the high single of 355. Mystery triple was won by Helen Reynolds, while Isa Perry won the mystery single. the sponsor's competition, J. Carlson, draws were made, with small prizes going to the winners of these. McCallum Transports Fashion Village Oshawa Furriers Black's Ladies' Wear .... Dobbie's Jewellery Allan' Cup | Coca Cola's Veins Franklin Simon's . Victor's Sports && Cycle Hayden Macdonald . Mae Duncan ........ "B"" Le gue Every team received a present of at least one point from the Christ- mas tree in this league also. Val Mae's Beauty Salon and Martens Furs, who are now tied in top spot, each collected two. Val Mae's took theirs from Saywell's, while Mar- ten's left Oshawa Dairy with a sin- gleton. Dixon's Coal bested Burns' Shoes by 2 to 1. White's Insurance won two out of three from Hender- son's and Mitchell's trimmed Jack Biddulph's 2 to 1. Nelda Thompson had high triple this week, 686. Nora Patterson rolled 658; Edith Ryan 649; Jean Sawyer | 640; Mabel Clements 638 (317); Marg. Smith 636; Grace Wilson 629; Marion Normoyle 607. The "B'" League held their Christ- mas Roll this week, with cash prizes taking the place of chickens. High who | | triple without handicap was won by | Nelda Thompson with 686. Flo. | Donald came up with a single of 289 ! to cop that prize. Mabel Clements' 641 took the prize for high triple | with handicap. Lucky draws gave several other girls a little present to take home. 3 Val Mae's Beauty Salon Marten's Furs Oshawa Dairy Dixon's Coal * White's Insurance .....,.. Henderson's .............. Jack Biddulph's ..... Burns' Shoes Mitchell's . ling until January , gals, and in the meantime have | yourselves a good Christmas and a happy New Year! ST. GREGORY'S LEAGUE The last night of bowling this year brought out nearly all our members which is very good. Guess we will have to have chicken draw | night of bowling. The Murphys certainly did very | well walking off with two lovely | chickens. Congratulations! June | Murphy took the ladies' high single | without handicap with a lovely | score of 299. Ladles' high single with handicap was won by Alice Dear- Ln with a score of 250. Men's high single without handi- {| cap was won by Art Burrows who | bowled a nice score of 300. Men's | high single with handicap was won { by Cyril Dennis with a scare of 289, | Ladies' high triple without handi- | cap was given to Carrie Shaw with | a nice 613. Ladies' high triple with | handicap was won by Doreen Ven- | nor with 569. Men's high triple with- | out handicap was won by Bob Al- { len with 652. Men's high triple with riers won from Hayden Macdonald ! It was the annual Sponsors' Night | In| Mrs. | representing Franklin | Simon's, was the winner. It was a | real pleasure to see so many spon- | sors on hand to participate. In addi- | tion to the chickens, several lucky | | average. | Manager every | JT OR MISS by Sixt. Copr. 1958, Field Bheerprises. tne. All rights reserved 12-20 | fry, fingerling, yearling and adult | stages of growth, were distributed | | tt:roughout the Province from One | turio's hatcheries and rearing ponds | during the past Spring-to-Fall sea- | 891, the Department of Lands and | | Forests revealed today. ! As Fall spawn-taking operations | | are still in progress, figures on egg | i collections, from which next year's | | crop of fish will come, are not yet | av" lab e, officials explained. i { However, it had been estimated, | they said, that the Department will | | have on hand 216,550,000 "eyed" | eggs for culture to the fingerling | and yearling sizes. This figure re-| | ferred only to the Fall operations | it was pointed out, as many fish | such as the pickerel, maskinonge, | largemoutn ana smallmouth bass | and Kamloops trout do not spawn until Spring when additional mil-| | lions of eggs are obtained. | | Largest fish distributions, by spe- | | cies, were of the primary commer- |c:a' fish: whitefish, pickerel, lake | trout and herring, Of these 227,000,- | 000 were whitefish fry; 160,200,105 | pickerel of which 106 were adults; | | 0,860,000 lake trout fry, fingerlings | | aid yearlings and 4,350,000 herring. | Among the exclusively game isn! picnted, speckled trout topped the { list with 4,087,000, of which 12,000! were adults; followed by maskin- onge with 3,379,700; smallmouth bass! "Tonight we'd better not start any fights between ourselves . . . those | 184,100; largemouth bass, 600370; | fans look like they're going to take sides . , .! " Conservation Corner FOR OUTDOOR SPORTSMEN THE , DUCKOLOGICAL Taking the three provinces as a whole; the duck population appear- ed about the same as last year, The goose migration appeared to be up ! substantially. Winter snowfall so far is almost With good subsoil mois- ture conditions in all three provinc- es, the prospects of a good spring run-off are considerably enhanced over last year, particularly in drought stricken central and South- ern Alberta. Except for a few thousand Mal- lards remaining on open water in Lake Newell, near Brooks, Alberta, and on the Bow River, the final mass migration of ducks and geese took place from all three provinces on Nevember 8-10 with a small residual flight through Manitoba on November 14. Rennie Harley, D.U. Alberta Manager reports that heavy rains and wet snows prevalent through- out Alberta up to freeze-up Novem- ber 8 has saturated the ground and provided a frost seal which promis- es improved run-off next spring given normal winter snowfall. He reports also that the migra- tion from northern Alberta was heavy and passed over central Al- berta to concentrate briefly in southern Alberta which experienced the heaviest concentrations and migration of ducks and geese in | years. Angus Gavin, D.U. Saskatchewan reports that "moisture conditions throughout the province are fairly good with the northern areas appearing better than the south. Prospects of a good spring run-off appear favorable at the moment." The quick freeze-up November 6- 10 drove a majority out in one mass movement. Mi- gration through the eastern part of the province was extremely heavy. AL ~n SO ALUMINUM HAS GROWN TO BE A LARGE PART OF CANADIAN LIVING of the birds | | The western part experienced a lighter migration of ducks but | geese were reported to be extremely plentiful. Summing up, it appears | that this year's migration through | Saskatchewan was one of the | heaviest seen in some years." | Haden Wilks, D.U. Manitoba manager - reports "Water levels at | freeze-up were much higher than {average. Even with a poor run- |off next spring, water levels will | be satisfactory." Migration was gradual for two weeks before freeze-up on Novem- ber 8 when mass migration of {ducks and geese took place on that {and the following two days. residual flight of ducks and geese { of minor proportions took place on | November 14. The flight through { Manitoba was heavy but somewhat | less than last year. D.U. Kee-men Final reports on | Duck and Water conditions are still {coming in. A cut-off on Novem- {ber 30 enabled us to may 303 re- | ports which show that the sudden | onslaught of winter on November 7, sweeping in from the north-west, put the birds out of the north in a mass flight which passed over the central areas of all three provinces to concentrate briefly in {tne southern areas. As freeze-up spread over the southern areas on | November 8, the mass flight was {resumed and by November 10 very {few ducks and geese remained in the prairie provinces. The map- | ped returns show also that the di- | rection of the flght was mainly south-easterly which partly ac- counts for the heavy preponder- ance of decreases in the Alberta Kee-men reports. Most of these decreases are recorded in the cen- | tral part of Albrta. { A LOT OF FISH | brown trout 390,000 and Kamloops | trout 52,000. | From this Fall's spawning opera- | tions hatchery officials estimate that 200,000,000 whitefish eggs will be obtained that will survive to be- come fish, 10,000,000 herring; 6,000,~ | 000 lake trout; 5,000,000 speckled y | trout and 550,000 brown trout eges.| | In a great many instances mem- | bers of fish and game clubs, tour- | | ist outfitters associations, cottage! | owner groups and other conservation | | organizations assisted Department {men in the fish planting program. | Considerable use of Department air- | | crafl was made this season in trans-| {porting fish fry into remote lakes. Comparing Their Marks Fire district with the highest to- | tal area burned was Timiskaming | {with 11,488 acres while lowest was | Fort Frances with one acre. Larg- | est number of fires was in the Sud- bury District with 161 while Fort Frances had the least with seven | blazes, These figures might be al- | tered when analysis of reports is | complete, officials said. { | Continued improvement was | made during 1950 season to the whole system of fire detection and | suppression. Fifty new steel look- out towers were erected at various | | points throughout Ontario to in- | | crease considerably the intensity of | detection and the effectiveness of {the already vast tower system. {More and better aircraft were | | brought into operation to augment | | the Department's Division of Air | Service, already the largest of its |kind in the world. In addition a | | helicopter was used at one large | -- {fire. Water bombing of several | small fires from the air was carried | {out for the first time, and was | found effective in holding tires {down to a small size until ground crews could reach them. The Department's radio and tele- |} phone system was improved and expanded and included the open- {ing of a powerful station at To- {ronto. The latter enabled Head | | Office to be in direct communica- | | tion with the whole Province-wide | network. [ | The past season say approxi- imately 286 permanent or continu- | TORONTO -- Well over 407,000, ous temporary staff and 948 sea- 1000 young fish, of ten species and in |sonal men on the field staff RAPID ROBERTS REVIEW fury ON SPORT Vv Don't look now but there are only three more shopping days till Christmas. The rush is on in the parcel department, but has rather quietened down on the sport front. The Generals have post- poned their one game before the holiday season and thus the "local" boys who want to go home will be able to make the trip without too much rush. Junior Bee fans have an away game . . the Oshawa kids gallop to Port Hope on Friday eve for a match with the club of that town, In basketball, there are two games over in Whitby tonight when the Central Collegiate teams visit the County Town reps, and then on Friday eve at Central's new gym, there will be a tussle between the C.C.l'ers and some members of the Flying Irish juniors, A member of the Oshawa Grads will likely also take part in that action since the Irish will undoubtedly be short handed in the Christmas rush. Game time is to be 8.00 p.m. Vv There is an exhibition basket- ball game tonight at the O0.C.V.I. gym between the Grads and the Runnymede Old Boys. This tussle starts at 8.00 p.m. and should be a ding-dong af- fair considering the fact that Bud Perry, an ex-Runnymedian himself, is playing for the Grads. For the Grads it will be their last chance to have Al Red- doch, smooth-pivotman and Cliff McColm, hard-cutting for- ward in action, Both boys are leaving town within the next weck or so and won't be avail- able for play thereafter, : They'll leave a big gap in the Grads offensive, but the Inter- mediate club is already scund- ing out seme prospective candi- dates. "Foo" Fairhart is ampng the outstanding of these. The Runnymede Old Boys are a group of fellows rounded up by Perry from amcng his bas- ketball-playing chums at that - scheol and should comprise some of the top talent in that area of Toronto, Runnymede has always been known as an athletically mind- ed part of the Queen City and the Collegiate's grads are well represented in the big-time of sport. This rates a look-see yes? vr CHECKLETS -- Philadelphia Warriors of the National Bas- ketball Association regained first place in the Eastern Di- vision of that league over Boston Celtics. Joe Fulks and Paul Arizin are the leading lights in their win surge. Min neapolis Lakers, currenly hold- ing down third spot in the Wes- tern division, have a 11 won 8 lost record, compared to the 13 won 8 lost record of the front- running Rochester Royals, With George Mikan sparking them, they shouldn't be long out of first place. Hit-by-a-pitched-ball isn't one of the pleasanter experiences in baseball, and the man who ranks high in this department isn't envied too much. Luke Easter and Al Rosen, two large hunks of Cleveland Indian property, top the American League in getting beaned, Each was struck 10 times by opposi- tion hurlers. Fred Etcher, of the Oshawa Bees, will most likely still lead the local "B" hockey circuit in points after this week's activity. His four points on Monday night plus what he picks up this Friday in Port Hope should leave him well ahead of the op- position. Kentucky U. Wildcats, one of the top cage teams in the U.S. has a "sleeper" in freshman Cliff Hagen. He isn't cligible for play with the inter-collegiate club until late January, but his frosh coach rates him as slight- ly better than terrific. --by Bob Rife. LAST NIGHT'S STARS Ted Lindsay and Sid Abel, Detroit, who each sisted Wings Hawks scored one goal and as- on another when the Red smothered Chicago 6-1. GENERAL MOTORS "DELCO" FURNACES McCLARY SEAMLESS STEEL COAL e COKE .e WCOD e FUEL OIL BUDGET TERMS AVAILABLE TAE ROBERT DIXON "COAL Company Limited 272 Albert St. YEARS Telephone 262 Black Adams, widow of Charles F. Adams, | p . y y Boston sportsman, died Monday have ig ing hig Nad Bas) Murphy | night at the Massachusetts General | Deri Barrett was asked to pick Hospital. Her son, Weston W.,| the lucky numbers for the chicken Adams, is president of the Boston | draw and fortunately, drew his own | Bruins Hockéy Club. Mrs. Adams, | a native of Gananoque, Ont. was a harness racing enthusiast and had | her own string of horses. other horses Downs when 467 point total. He won The Hart Trophy (most valuable player to his team) in 1928, 1931 and 1932 and in 1931 and 1932 was named to the Canadian Press All-Star team, After 11 seasons with Canadiens he was traded in a three-cornered deal with Chicago Black Hawks and Montreal Maroons znd went to the Hawks. Then he was traded | that track. to New York Rangers midway | ee sm---- through the 1935-36 cainpaign and | GALT BEES POST FIRST WIN | settled into semi-obscurity. TO 0 The hidden score for women was icked as Fran Schoenau and the men's hidden score was won by Ger- She had rard Laundrie. Congratulations, you running at Suffolk lucky people. her husband owned| We hope you will all be back next year when we start again on Janu- | ary 8th. The president and his executive of the club wish you all a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. 5 The experts said' he was finished Galt, DeDc. 20--Galt Bees regis- | ut Cecil Hart, the man who tered their first OHA Junior "BY| ONE-RUN MARGINS ned him to his first pro con- victory of the season last night when | Baltimore -- Baltimore played in act, returned to Canadiens as | they shut out Stratford Kroehler eight one-run decisions in succes- Manager in 1935-36, waifted to re- | Bees, 5-0." A couple of weeks ago | sion in the International League in create the old spirit of the Flying |Siratford won at home 9-3. | 1950 Holiday Time. ... Halfway House between Aluminum Ingot and You . r) With an axe and a few other hand tools, otir ancestors could chop down trees and make houses, chairs, bowls, canoes -- lots of things. But all these were heavy and had many other disadvantages. It's different now that we have aluminum -- which is light, rustless, won't burn, doesn't rot . . . is practically everlasting. : It takes a whole series of unusual and complicated "tools" to make things of aluminum. To start with, it takes ships to import the ore, ports for unloading, powerhouses for electricity, smelters . . . all these to produce the aluminum itself, still only in ingot form. Means that your car will get a lot of heavy use. Avoid break-downs by letting us inspect and Next, it takes a plant like the Alcan one at Kingston to receive these ingots from the smelters and to shape the metal into tubes, sheets, extrusions, forgings and foil. Finally, it takes more than 1000 Canadian manufacturers to form all these into chairs, kitchen utensils, building materials, acroplanes, etc. -- things Canadians use every day. repair any faults now. Then you will be sure of satisfactory operation over the holiday season. BUY A ROTARY CLUB CHRISTMAS TREE Help @ Worthy Couse! 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