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PAGE SIXTEEN THE DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1951 Mrs. Winnifred Roach Leuzler, comely 25-year-old Toronto housewife, yesterday battled the cold waters of the English Channel in a race from Winnje's time, clocked at 13 hours contestants and seventh in the entire field. Winner of the race was an Egyptian, Hassan Hamad, whose time was 12 hours and 12 minutes. Brenda Fisher, a 23-year-old English girl, first woman to finish, set a new women's record of 12 hours and 43 minutes. : Dover England (CP) -- A Tor- onto housewife's gamble on a one: way plane ticket to Britain has brought her the honor of being the first Canadian woman to swim the English channel. Winnie Roach Leuszler, 25 - year- old mother of three small girls, made the treacherous channel cros- sing in her first attempt last night and came in second among the women to win a prize of $1500. . Twenty of the.world's top long- distance swimmers -- 13 men and Sein women -- plunged into the chilly but unusually - calm waters off Cape Gris Nez, France, yester- Gilmour Boa Wins Qualify DCRA Round Connaught Rifle Rangers, South March, Ont. (CP) -- A 27 - year- old 48th Highlanders officer from Toronto, who this year brought the King's Prize from Bisley to Can- ada after an absence of 22 years, yesterday won the qualifying round of the Governor - General's Prize at the 83rd annual minion of Canada Rifle Association meet. Lieut. Gilmour S. Boa won the competition in a shoot - off with CSM. Norm L. Beckett, 42 - year- old Royal Hamilton Light Infantry expert from Hamilton, Ont. In the match proper, the pair finished with a tied score of 149-- one off the possible 150. Cap Griz Nez to Dover in which 13 men and seven women participated and 45 minutes was good enough to place her second among the women 50,000 Watch Soccer Opener In Tynecastle By M. McINTYRE HOOD Edinburgh, Scotland, August 14 (By Airmail) -- On Saturday 50,000 avid soccer football fans jammed their way "into Tynecastle' Park, Edinburgh, to see the Hearts of | Midlothian win a 1 to 0 victory over | the Raith Rovers of Kirkcaldy in | the opening game of the 1951-1952 | season. The incidents of play in this closely-fought game between! two teams of fine footballers will not be of much interest to Oshawa folk. But the thrill and color of the spectacle, the sight of the great sea of faces on the terraces on three sides of the field and the packed grandstand on the fourth, impress- ed us tremendously. Everyone knows that the inasses of Scottish people take their foot- ball very seriously. In Edinburgh, the leading team is the brilliant Hibernians, but today they were playing away from home, so the faithful fans found their way to Tynecastle to see the Hearts in action. We paid the equivalent of sixty cents for a seat in the best section of the covered stand, the top price of the day. There were other grandstand sats at 30 and 40 cents but, over 40,000 of the mass of spec- tators stood on the terraces, inter- sected by crash barriers, and paid their humble shilling, or 15 cents, for the privilege. MAKE USE OF SPACE It was interesting to watch the crowd of men and women assemble, the early comers grabbed the choice places leaning on the crash bar- riers, Those who came after filled in the spaces betwen them, form- ing tier after tier of humanity standing on terraces made of con- crete, until within the ground, ring- ed around closely by factories and tenement blocks, was a solidly pack- ed mass of humanity. The ground, hemmed in as it was by tall build- ings, seemed small when we en- tered the stand balf an hour be- for kick-off time, but that impres- sion faded as.the thousands made their way to places along the ter- races. Scottish football fans are not slow in handing out advice and ad- montions to the players on the field. All through the piece, shrill and of encouragement, or criticism hoarse voices joined in the shouts which came from the packed ter- races. The cheers and applause were pleasingly impartial and sportsman- like. A fine bit of play by the visit- ing Rovers brought just as much recognition as that of the home town Hearts. But when the Hearts scored what turned out to be the winning goal, the deafening roar must have shaken the castle on its ancient foundations. We have never heard anything like it, even when the Maple Leafs scored the win- ning goal in a Stanley Cup final NOBODY GOES ON FIELD Recalling how the fans at Varsity Stadium in Toronto flock onto the field for playfyl 'exercise at half« time in football'and rugby matches there, we made special note of how not one spectator dared step on the field during the ten-minute rest period. As the teams came back on the field to resume play, two ven- turésome small boys dashed out to secure autographs from the nearest players. A consteble promptly chas- ed them back to their places in the crowd. St. John Ambulance stretch- er and first-aid teams were at posts of duty around the field. We noted only one spectator casualty, With the game ten minutes old, a young woman was carried out of the grounds on a stretcher. The game was a delight to watch; especially to one who has seen little of first-class soccer football in a period of forty years away from Scotland. Being the opening game of the season, it could ngt be classed as top-notch football, but the skill, speed and accuracy of the players were thrilling to watch. Then, when it was over, there was the further spectacle of the crowd of 50,000 seeking transporta- tion back to their homes. Queues more than a block long formed up on the narrow streets to wait for the street cars and buses. It looked as if they would have a long wait, but in surprisingly short time, a suc- cession of street cars, two-deckers, gobbled up the waiting people and whisked them away from Tyne- castle. But with typical Canadian impa- tience, we persuaded our brother- in-law that it was a pretty good day for a long walk, and so we tramped across Edinburgh home rather than wait in the long line The first 150 in the qualifying stage of the Governor - General's Prize advance into Saturday's final stage. Maj. Tommy Hall of New West- minster, B.C., posted the only pos- sible to win the City of Ottawa match, scoring 20 consecutive bulls- eyes for a possible 100 from 200 and 900 yards. The win in the match won him the City of Ottawa gold watch. Cadet Gerald Quellette of Wind- sor, Ont.; won the Wakefield cup and souvenir in the Viscount Wakefield cadet aggregate for the highest cambined score in Tyro, Tilton, Connaught and MacDougall [siren and appreciated. The Gold Cup | i. | 1. S. Houghten, Dentonia, vs. A. W. Menzies, Victoria. 2. W. B. Cameron, Rupneymede, | |at 9 am. Your co-operation is de- | ! vs. C. Kellow, St. Cuthberts. Greens Draw o 3. N. Jones, Victoria, GREENS DRAW | Paynter, Moore Park. 9:00 a.m. ; 5. Claire Trelford, RCYC, vs. H. 1. N. Robinson, W. Toronto, vs. O. Harshman, H. Park. G. Blain, Wells Hill. | "6. W. Livingstone, Cannington, vs, 2. E. Jackson, Oshawa, vs. Matt. | W. H. Ford, B. Beach. Telfer, OLBA. 7. R. Bain, Morningside, vs. J. 3. C. Horton, High Park, vs. N.|Henderson, St. Cuthberts. McKibbin, Canada. | 8 A. S. Hustwitt, Granite, vs, E. OSHAWA Vs. competitions. His winning score 4. Geo. Baldock, Simcoe, vs. s.| Percy Moore, Peterboro. was 244 of a possible 250. Poag, Kitchener. 9. Carson Jeffries, Orangeville, vs. day in a 21 - mile race to the shores of this seaside town. The cross -channel meet, an an- nual affair, was sponsored by the London Daily Mail which offered $21,000 in prizes. BEST IN MASS An Egyptian Army officer and a British ballroom dancing queen took the top honors in the mass swim, Hassan Hamad, 34 - year- old army officer from Cairo, won the race in a photo finish over Frenchman Roger le Morvan, 27. Hamad's winning time was 12 hours and 12 minutes. The men's record of 10 hours and 12 minutes was set by fellow - Egyptian Hassan Abd el Rehim in winning the race last year. Brenda Fisher, 23 - year - old English dancing champion, was the first to touch the Dover shore, and apparently set a women's record of » hours, 43 minutes for the cros- sing. 2 This tops-the record established last year by Florence Chadwick of San Diego, Calif., who made it in 13 hours, 23 minutes. Miss Fisher's time, however, is subject to re- check by the judges today. Hamad and Miss Fisher both re- ceived first prizes of $3000 each. Of the 20 who started the Daily Mail contest, 18 finished. Like Mrs. Leuszler, le Morvan won $1500. The Frenchman crawled ashore only one minute behind Hamad at a point five miles away. The other 14 swimmers who fin- ished received consolation prizes of $750 each. OVER-ALL FINISH In the over - all finish, Miss Fisher was sixth and Mrs. Leusz- ler seventh. The Canadian woman plunged confidently into the waters off the French coast at 7:30 a.m. yester- day morning and began her long crawl with beautiful, long steady strokes. Clad in a black silk swim- ming suit, white cap and heavily coated with grease, she surged into the lead among the seven women. For 4% hours she held the lead. Then, with the chalky white cliffs of Dover in sight, she tired and be- gan to drop back. Miss Fisher came on strongly and soon over- took her. \ But the Canadian mother re- SCISSORED ...HITS HOCKEY 'SAVAGERY' The 'brainless bruiser" has re- placed the, intelligent player in modern - day hockey in the opinion of one of the stick handling "greats'" of another era, two de- cades ago. Frank Frederickson of Van- couver, 56, former top centre with Lester Patrick's Victoria club and with the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins, said in an inter- view yesterday that body-contact sports of today, with special re- ference to hockey, are developing "savagery." He was on three Stanley Cup teams, with Victoria in 1925 and 1926 and with Boston in 1927. '""Now you see much more illegal tactics, such as smashing into the boards and into the corners, some coaches, even in the minor ama- teur leagues, send players out to 'give it' to players on other clubs. Today, hockey players are puppets, willing slaves of managers and the public." .WESLOCK FAVORED olfers will shoot for the Inter- national Nickel trophy in the fourth annual invitation tournament at Idlywylde Club, Sudbury, this weekend. Nick Weslock of Windsor is a high regarded favorite but heavy competition is expected from the western Canada contingent. Cliff SPORT Sobery, champion of Saskatche- wan, and Alberta Willingdon Cup players, Doug Silverberg and Bob Wylie, will tee-off in the tourna- ment. . CALGARY WANTS PRATT Walter (Babe) Pratt will leave Vancouver for Calgary shortly to discuss his hotkey future with of- ficials of the prairie club. Pratt, a free agent since he ob- tained release from New West- minster Royals as playing coach, said today he has been invited to Calgary to consider coaching the Stampeders' entry in the Pacific Coast Hockey League. PCHL CHAMPS FOR SALE At Victoria, Lester Patrick, own- er of the Victoria Cougars, an- nounced Thursday that this fran- chise and the 1951 Pacific Coast Hockey League champions were up for sale. The announcement came when Patrick received the final draft of the contract between himself and the arena commission Thursday. "I am definitely open for offers," Patrick said.. BABE RUTH'S VOICE Babe Ruth's voice is now part oi the home run king's shrine in baseball's Hall of Fame at Cooper- stown, N.Y. 4 A golden record of Ruth's "thank you" to the fans, a broken-voiced, earnest expression of gratitude to By Canadian Press those honoring him on his day, April 27, 1947, at Yankee Stadium, was presented to the Hall of Fame Thursday by President Frank White of the Mutual Broadcasting System. NO BAN ON BROADCASTS George Slater, president of the Quebec Senior Hockey League, said Thursday neither he nor the lagu has recommended that broadcasts of games be stopped. ! He was commenting on a dis- patch from Ottawa Wednesday night in which Tommy Gorman, owner of Ottawa Senators of the OSHL, was quoted as saying the league likely will drop broadcast- ing of home games and that the Senators' games will not be broad- cast this coming season. BASEBALL .MOST .DANGEROUS Baseball -- not boxing or foot- ball -- has been the most danger- ous sport in New York City for the last 32 years. Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales of the New York chief medical examin- er's office said baseball injuries brought death to 43 players from 1918 through 1950 -- as many as football (22) and boxing (21) deaths combined. Writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, he presented a review of 104 fatal in- juries resulting from sports acti- vities during the period. TORONTO HOUSEWIFE SECOND AMONG FEMALE CHANNEL SWIMMERS fused to call 3 quits and although nearly exhaus plowed through the rest of the' way. She pulled herself out of the water on to the Dover shore one hour and two minutes behind Miss Fisher. The Canadian's time of 13 hours and 45 minute still was the fourth fastest by a woman ir channel swimming history. Phil Marchese Under Arrest, 'Peg Girl Hela Toronto (CP) -- Police arrested a jockey and held a Winnipeg girl as a material witness yesterday as law - enforcement officers followed up the Ontario Racing Commis- sion's investigation into "fixed" horse - races on Ontario tracks. Phil Marchese of Pawtucket, R., I., under lifetime suspension from Ontario tracks since he was named as the rider who bribed jockey Al- fred Nash to pull his horse in a race at Fort Erie, Ont., was held in Welland county jail on a charge of defrauding the public. He was unable to raise bail of $5000 cash or $10,000 property. Blonde Betty Spencer, 20, was held in the case against jockey Robert Wankmueller of Newark, N.J., described by investigators as the master - mind of race - fixing for a Toronto ring. She was held on $1000 bail. Besides Marchese and Wank- mueller, jockey George Thompson of Hamilton is under arrest for per- jury. He 1s free on $10,000 bail. Jockey Nash claimed he accepted a $300 bribe from Marchese but turned the money over to the com- mission and did not pull his mount, Another jockey, Robert Kane, of Toronto, who rode the beaten favorite in the Fort Erie race, is under lifetime suspension. DRINK SHOP REFRESHED : W. Duncan, Oshawa 5. L. Kenny, » v8. J. Morrison, 5 "ri Oras y, TTC, vs OrTiSon. | © IMPORTANT: All rinks for the 11 am, draw are requested to re- 6. Paul Neilson, Buffalo, vs. Dr. Johnston, Runneymede. port to the greens not later than 10:45 so that immediately greens Dotnet. Oshiaws, vs. Jas. | are vacant from the 9 a.m. draw y . lay in this draw can commence. 8. G. Jackson, Oshawa, vs. Alex |" i 5 Dow, High Park. | 9. J. W. McDonald, Windsor, 1 P. Skitch, Lindsay, *] Cntario Senior 10. E. Goodman, Clar t, vs. | ; "| Baseball Games | H. Burwash, Agincourt. 11. W. J. Hutchinson, Withrow, vs. Geo. Inkester, Paris. ; 12. R. Payne, Peterboro, vs. Wm. A hard hitter from Kitchener has McMitian, Boulevard, | grabbed off the intercounty base- 15. H Mort, St. Johns, vs. Geo ball batting title which almost ors. Rix od » *|everyone thought would probably Rodgers, unneymede. . g0 to Wilmer (The Great) Fields 14. J. M. Heggie, Montreal, vs. W. of Brantford Red Sox. 8S. McCauley, Carleton Place. Unrevised figures covering all 15. F. Scott, Runneymede, scheduled games for the Kitchener John McRoberts, Hamilton. and Brantford clubs show Freddie 16. C. Reid, Runneymede, vs. Ron | Thomas of Kitchener hit .380 and Snowden, Oshawa. headed Fields, leader most of the 17. M. Gault, Kingston, vs. R. F.|season by six points, .374. Official Downey, Peterboro. Jharistics for the season still are to 8. Dr. E. ; ; e compiled. 18. Dr. E. Paul, Granite, vs. W. C. However, Fields led in two other departments. He hit 10 home runs, Terry, Victoria. IMPORTANT: All rinks are re- equalling the season's record of 10 circuit blows set by Vern Kaiser of quested o be present not later than 845 am. so that attendance may | Galt in 1949. He also brou ) , ght his be checked and all preliminary ar- | runs - batted - in total to 47, pass- rangements complete in brder that ing team - mate Luther Clifford, the Official Opening and Tourna- | leader almost since the start of the season, who finished with 45. ment may get underway promptly at 9 am. Your co-operation is de- | Johnny Moore of Brantford, with sired and appreciated. 8-0, led the pitchers in percentage. Bill Slack of London had the most strike - outs, 95, and Joe Yosurak of Waterloo the most wins, 12. .| Big six hitters in addition to Thomas and Fields, compiled on .|the basis of Tuesday night games, were: Lipka, Brantford, .351; Wil- VS. 11:00 a.m. 1. Dr. Wheeler, B. Beach, vs. Cox, Port Perry. 2. F. Rancy, H, Park, vs. A. G -- Hovey, Law. Park. 3. E. Bradley, Oshawa, vs. A. Eden, Richmond Hill. 4. J. B. Minns, High Park, W. N. Black, W. Toronto. 5. F. Cole, Bowmanville, vs. Campbell, Oshawa. : 6. W. F. Marsh, Humberside, W. Dilworth, Granite. 7. L. Pratt, St. Catharines, J. C. Ward, Oshawa. 8. G. Yerex, Richmond Hill, F. Templeton, W. Toronto. 9. A" B, Gray, Runneymede, W. Ausman, W. Toronto. 10. W. L. Anderson, Wells Hill, vs. L. E. Ross, Agincourt. 11. C. E. Shanty, Kitchener, vs. E. Cornish, Oshawa. 12. W. Wilson, Cosburn, vs. W. F. Goforth, Boulevard. 13. W. A. Hoskins, Cobourg, vs. Lloyd Wilson, Thorold. 14. L. Harrington, High Park, vs. E. P. Roy, Ottawa. 15. Neil Felker, W. Toronto, vs. E. Carswell, Oshawa. ' 16. Geo. Coleman, Peterboro; vs. M. Pridham, Ottawa. 17. N. Colemaa, St. Catharines, vs. R. C. Wright, Oshawa. 18. J. Addison, Cosburn, vs. E. Young, Dentonia. IMPORTANT: All rinks for the 11 a.m. draw are requested to report to the greens not later than 10:45 So that immediately greens are vacant from the 9 a.m, draw play in this draw can commence. son, Brantford, .345; Burgess, Lon- "|don, .315; Clifford, Brantférd, .314. Last night's only scheduled *|game, a sudden - death tilt be- tween Waterloo Tigers and Kitch- - ener Legionnaires to decide the {fourth playoff position, was post- . | poned due to rain. It will be played tonight in Waterloo and the winner will advance to the semi-finals against first -place Brantford Red Sox in the opening game of a best- of-seven series at Brantford Satur- day night. Copper Cliff Redmen have be- come favorites to win fourth play- off position in the Nickel Belt Se- nior Baseball League by downing Creighton Indians 7-1. In the Viaduct League last night, Peterboro Petes held onto their slim first - place lead over Oshawa by beating Toronto Staffords 17-14. 4 Yanks Enter Doubles Final Parker Trophy Toronto (CP) -- Four U.S. en- tries enter the finals for doubles events today at the Ontario prov- incial lawn bowling tournament. S. Tullock and J. Hovell of De- troit, Mich., will play P.C. Briar- ley and J. Hamilton of New York, N.Y., for the Parker Pen tro- phy, while Toronto Balmy Beach's J. Taylor and C. Norris will meet W. C. Terry and C. D. Hall of ; | Toronto Victoria in the final match for the Town-send-Clark trophy. In the Birks - Ellis - Ryrie event Toronto Withrow's A. Mayo and R. H. Stewart are matched with G. Calton and Rennie of the Buf- falo, N.Y., club. All doubles finals will. be played BELOW | Vs. SU Vs. Vs. fect WHITBY GREENS DRAW 9:00 a.m. 1 J. Thompsdh, Oshawa, vs, Dick Adams, Whitby. 2. Lloyd Davis, Lindsay, vs. W. Cooke, Whitby. ian 5 A STORY REP RISE WILL ORT WARNS COAL PPL ofl Ottawa -- 0 face a Cr . ter, and th will be heighte s of the Ira Canad At the mome dustry a slightly a concern |ES SH AWA nt itical coal shortage a and Us, of in ania. each i nd commerce, bove normal, here too that RODUCED FROM ario 'and Q possibility 1 indirect ef- . il . t, the coming . + dwindling shi thraci m the Oe hipments 0 Ss used by An are running but there 1S the loss of world wil A RECENT ISSUE are ju now, and uebec this win- plies an ation on pments te coal lran- sum | lead precedented field as well. 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