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a Pe a war 5 ..night with all six contenders see- Lr La ais a 1 #2 Cleveland. ¥ .. downs are best-of-five affairs. {= Springfield, third-place finisher in "the "to determine the opponent of the » 'winner of series "A" in the final » 'round. # 31d centre for Buffalo Bisons, was ws % champion for the 1950-51 season. += In winning the first scoring crown % of his 13-year professional career, # he wound up with 113 points on :.- 87 goals and 76 assists. *~ previous mark of 72 set by Wally , Btefaniw in the 1947-48 campaign. y* Grant # marco's linemate, 2 in the scoring race with 99 points. | Fred Glover of Indianapolis top- | - * games for a 2.45 average. G "rtsburgh Hornets 2 played. » ' Maurice Podoloff said he was in- yestigating the protest. va "> gr in the west, clashes with Her- PAGE TEN THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETTE A.H.L. ICE CHIPS Pittsburgh, March 20--(CP)--Pit- received - notice yesterday that St. Louis Flyers had protested all games since Feb. 15 in which Centre John McCormack The Flyers, fourth-place finishers in the western division of the Ameri- can Hockey League, claimed Mc- Cormack was sent down by Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hock- 4 League after the trading dead- e. The Hornets, who finished third, contend McCormack was in Canada for medical treatment and not on recall by the Leafs. In New York, League President -McCormack was sent to the Hornets shortly before the Feb. 15 deadline. "Observers said" at the time he was shipped down by the Leafs as a punishment for getting married without permission. At Toronto Conn. Smythe said last night there is no basis for the pro- test of St. Louis Flyers of the Ameri- san Hockey League against Pitts- burgh Hornets' use of Centre Johnny McCormack, The managing ' director of To- ronto Maple Leafs said "McCormack wasn't on our list at any time after he was sent down to Pittsburghs There shouldn't be anything to the St. Louis protest as everything was cleared through the central regis- try." By. The Associated Press The opening round of the American Hockey League's Calder Cup playoffs gets under way to- ing action. Series A, a best-of-seven match between Buffalo and Cleveland, winners of the eastern and west- ern divisions respectively, opens in Series B and C will get under way in Hershey and Pittsburgh re- spectively, Both of these show- Indianapolis, second-place finish- in the east. shey, runner-up east, takes on Pittsburgh, third-place winner in the west. The winners of series B and C will clash in a best-of-five "series Meanwhile, Ab Demarco, 34-year- aamed the individual scoring Demarco's 76 assists broke the Warwick, De- finished second (Nobby) ped the field in goals with 48. Gil Mayer, little netminder of the Pittsburgh Hornets, turned in|, the best record among the goal- tenders, allowing 174 goals in 71 A Pts 76 113 65 99 69 9% 63 95 36 84 48 84 56 84 41 83 The Leaders Demarco, Buffalo Warwick, Buffalo .. McGill, Providence Thurier, Cleveland Glover, Indianapolis McNab, Indianapolis Sullivan, Hershey . 28 Hergesheimer, Cleveland 42 Hamilton, Providence-St. Louis .. 33 444 Simpson, St. Louis Burnett, Springfield 7 74 4 Dartford, Kent, England--(CP)-- Citizens like to keep up with the news, Most popular book in a lib- rary here is a volume called "Teach Yourself Russian." S U.S.H.L. Play-offs Open Tomorrow By The Associated Press The United States Hockey League playoffs open at Tulsa and Omaha tomorrow night following St. Paul's 5-3 victory over Tulsa last night in the regular season finale. With the loss, Tulsa missed a chance to unseat Denver from third place and remained at the bottom of the playoff list. The Saints were runners-up in the loop. Last night's contest was post- poned from Sunday, when the Tul- sa team was snowbound aboard a train. The game was played at Minneapolis because the St. Paul ice was not available. For the same reason, the Saints will keep all playoff dates away from home. Denver meets Omaha in Omaha also tomorrow night in start of the best-of-five series. The final playoff, over the same route, will come immediately after the semi- finals are concluded. Final Standing LT F APs 17 4 306 211 90 5208 183 71 2 233 232 64 3 245 232 63 6 231 287 50 6 202 280 46 Kansas City bi Milwaukee .... Sport Writers Recommend NHL Revise 'Vezina' Detroit, March 20--(AP)--Sports writers covering the Detroit hockey beat today recommended that the National Hockey League revise its method of awarding the Vezina trophy goaltenders. The proposed changes, earmark- ed for next season, came from the Detroit Hockey Writers' Associa- tion. At present, the writers pointed out, the Vezina trophy is given to the goalie who has played the most games for the team with the best defensive record. In effect, it is a team trophy. The writers proposed four changes in a resolution to N.H.L. President Clarence Campbell: 1--That the trophy go to the goalie with the best goals-against average. 2--That to be eligible .goalies must have played at least 55 games in the current 70-game schedule. 3--That all goals which go into a net vacated upon orders from the coach be excluded from the total charged against the goalie. 4 That portions of games play- ed by goalies be calculated on a fractional basis in minutes for pur- poses of computing the goals against average. The association commented that system is unfair to the goalies and misleading to the public. No logi- cal reason can be seen for making a goalie responsible for the play of his substitute." Test Cricket Match On Way to Draw Christchurch, N.Z., March 20-- (Reuters)--The first England-New Zealand cricket test match was well on the road to a draw tonight, with England 100 runs behind the New Zealand total for the loss of four first-innings wickets. Only one day remains in the four-day encounter, England start- ed out this morning with 63 runs for one wicket, but accurate New Zealand bowling kept down the scoring rate and the batsmen only got 317 for four. Feature of the day's play was a third-wicket partnership of 129 be- tween Reg Simpson and Denis Compton. Compton was. eventually out for 79. TRAINING CAMP BRIEFS ' By JACK HAND St. Petersburg, Fla, March 20 -- (AP) -- Eddie Stanky relishes the role of National League "brat." By worrying the pitchers, annoying the hitters and outsmarting the enemy, he earns his $30,000 salary with New York Giants. "Sure I'm a base-on-balls hitter," he said. "It's no insult. I've been in baseball 17 years and led most every league in walks, I'm not a powerful man or fast, so I get by on what I have." "Every pennant winner has to have a good lead-off man and a good relief pitcher. I'm the guy who has to be on base for the good hitters to drive home." Eddie, of course, is more than just "the guy who has to be on base." An aggressive, brainy vet- eran with the knack of being in the right spot at the right time, Stanky at 33 is the key to the Giants' infield. He Can't Do Much He can't hit, but he averaged .300. He can't run, but he hit into only eight double plays. He can't throw, but he handled the ball in 128 double plays. That's why there was deep con- cern in the Giant camp when Stapky suffered a "hairline frac- ture" of the left wrist in his first exhibition game. Now they say he'll be back at work in a week. Stanky drove the league crazy last summer with his annoying windmill calisthenics around second base. They had to write a new rule into the book to cover his antics. He saw pull-hitter Bob Elliott of Boston ask an umpire to move out of his line of vision behind the pitcher, So Stanky moved into the same spot. He waved his hands to add to the confusion. Elliott struck out. Tossed Out Of Game When Eddie tried it against an- other pull hitter, the other team objected. When he refused to stop he was tossed out of the ball game. Recently the rules committee de- cided that its regulations banning farcical play or making a travesty of the game covered the situation. Stanky resented the implication. "I never made a farce of any game in 17 years," he said. "My main effort is only to get my team more runs than the other at the end of nine innings." Pat B. Captures Two-Heat Win Toronto, March 20--(CP) -- Pat B. owned by Wells and Hess of Morrisburg, Ont., splashed his way to a double victory when he defeat- ed a field of pacers in both heats of the fifth and featured event on yesterday's harness program at Dufferin Park. He was under restraint by Driver Percy Robillard early in the first heat, then drew out in the home stretch to win easily. Tony St. Charles was second. Pat B placed within striking dis- tance of the early pace in the sec- ond heat won going away. Ainsile finished second and Tony St. Charles was third. WOODCOCK NOW MANAGER London, March 20--(AP)--Bruce Woodcock, former British and Eur- opean heavyweight champion, was granted a mangger's licence yes- terday by the British Board of Box- ing Control. Woodcock retired as a fighter after being stopped by Lee Savold of New Jersey in four rounds last June. AIT OR MISS by Sixta 3-20 Cope. 1951, Fie Enterprises. Ine. = All rights reserved "I tol' ya' ya'd go places in the mob, Louie--you're our contact man fer th' basketball teams . ., !" FIGHTS LAST NIGHT FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By The Associated Press Miami, Fla.--Rocky Graziano, 16415 New York, knocked out Rueben Jones, 167%, Norfolk, Va. (3). Washington--Jimmy» Cooper, 12713, Washington, knocked out Pat Thom- as, 128, Washington (3). Newark, N.J.--Bill Bossio, 125, Pittsburgh, stopped Johnny Arudini, 1241, Washington (3). Leicester, England--Randy Turpin, 163, Britain, stopped Jean Stock, 163, France (5). Manchester, England Ronnie Clayton, 128, Britain, knocked out Luis De Santiago, 128, Spain (2). Holyoke, Mass.--Sammy Walker, 157, Springfield, Mass. outpointed Otis Graham, 160, Philadelphia (10). Providence, R.I.--Cesar Brion, 184, Argentina, outpointed Tiger Ted Lowry, 18413, New Haven, Conn. (10). Quebec--Charlie McGarrity, 121, Chicago, outpointed Fernando Gagnon, 120, Montreal (10). No Night Races Ont. Trot Tracks Toronto, March 20--(CP)--There will be no night harness racing in Ontario this yean The Ontario Racing Commission announced yesterday that no trot- ting or pacing race or heat shall start after 7 pm. (DST) on any of the following tracks: Thorncliffe, Dufferin, Woodbine, Long Branch, Fort Erie, Hamilton and Stamford. Thorncliffe has been assigned 42 day, July 2 to Labor Day, but will not operate from Monday to Fri- day during the second week of the Hamilton thoroughbred meet, Police Arrest Wayne Students Detroit, March 20--(AP)--Three Wayne University students, includ- ing co-captains of the 1950 and 195] football teams, were arrested by police yesterday for questioning about a $15,000 jewel robbery. Detectives said all three admitted robbing a jewelry store this after- noon shortly before their arrest. Jailed were: Ciro Minella, 22, co~ captain-elect of the Wayne team and a former employee of a private protection services, Charles Milo, 21, a 1950 co-captain, and Leslie Flippo, 21, who attended Wayne and work- ed in a men's clothing store, Sports Roundup By HUGH FULLERTON New York, March 20--(AP)--One thing which this dept. can't under- stand is why college athletic lead- ers, who shudder visibly at the dangers of uncontrolled post-season football, are so calm about the same dangers in basketball , . . What's the real difference between a foot- ball bowl and a basketball tourna- ment? . .. You have to have a win- ning, colorful team to getrinto eith- er and. the sponsors, even though they're collegiate, are in hot com- petition for the good omnes . .. One Minute Sports Page Los Angeles is starting a heavy campaign to build a sports arena large enough to handle big-time basketball. A $25,000,000 bond issue to cover the project is on the bal- lot . . . Branch Rickey loses about five overcoats a year. Or does he trade them for left-handed pitch- ers? . .. North Carolina University track coaches are experimenting with music as an aid in training their runners, claiming it improves their cadence . . . Probably could create some spring records by hav- ing a juke box playing "The Thing" at the starting line . ., The Otta- wa Giants have signed a shortstop named Amado Ibanez Y Ibanez. A one-man double-play combination Tom Young, track superintendent at Churchill Downs, has planted all but one of the trees on the grounds and he has moved that one three times. Now tell us who plants all those hot tips on Derby Day. Call MELLIN for FIRESTONE TIRES @® Passenger © Truck = ® Tractor ® Factory Retreading EASY TERMS Fighters Hear Ringside Yelps During Battle By MURRAY ROSE New York, March 20--(AP)--Does a boxer, in the heat of a fight, know what's going on around him? "Sure," said Irish Bobby Murphy, the sensational San Diego slugger. "f hear everything. I notice every- thing. Maybe the others aren't like me. I don't know, . "But when I'm in the ring, I can hear the fans yelling. You can judge how they think a fight is going, too. "When I move towards the corner where the radio guys are working I can even hear the announcing. "It's funny, sometimes. You know the announcer is a couple of punch- es behind. He has to be to describe the fight. So often J hear this announcer saying I'm landing a left and right to the head, Well, that just happened before. Now I'm connecting wich a left to the body. and the announcer has me throwing a right to the head. "Yeah, you hear a lot of things. There was one guy in San Diego who could holler pretty loud. "I had about 30 fights in San Diego and this guy is always there He's a big fat guy and every time I start into the ring, he wraps his arms around me and gives me a hug. When the fight is over and I climb down, there he is again, ready for another hug. Then he comes into the dressing room with me, "One night I'm fighting a rough guy, and I hear one voice yelling 'kill that Murphy! kil'that Murphy!' "The voice sounds\familiar, I get my opponent into a clinch and turn around to see who's yelling. "Who do you think it is? My fat friend! "Well, I knock this fighter out and climb down from the ring and who do you think is waiting for me and wraps his arms around me? My fat friend. "Boy, what I told him. He hasn't been around since." Ethiopia has just two seasons in the year, a dry winter from October t, May and a rainy summer, RED ROLF? 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