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's THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesday, January 4, 1955 OSHAWA FISH AND GAME ASSOC. WINNLES RECEIVE AWARDS youngest person to win a or in the history of the Osh- awa Fish and Game Protective Association's history is 15-year- old Sally Earle. With a brown the prize, the Smith's Sports Trophy. She is shown in the above photo receiving her re- ward from Bob Mills, who was the speaker at the club's meet- ing held in the CRA last night. trout, weighing five. pounds and 13 ounces, she was able to claim --Times-Gazette Staff Photo | SPORTS MENU "Everything from Soup to Nuts" by Geo. H. Campbell SPORTS EDITOR ° | | | PORT PERRY Flyers, the good little Junior "B" team operating out of the Scugog sports centre, stepped into Peterborough on Wed- nesday night of last week and chalked up a 4-0 shutout to move up within a half-game of leadership 'in that OHA Junior "B"" group race. However, Coach "Red" Creighton's Young Petes went back to Port Perry on Thursday night and eked out a 7-6 decision over Jack Tisdale's boys, to re-establish their margin as loop-leaders. This pair of Junior 'B"" teams appears headed for a hectic playoff series, when the group schedule ends. Word comes out of Galt, via Laurie Brain their sports hpi that pr ts for an InterCounty baseball team in Galt this summer, sre far { mn right. Ther a fran- chise but it is becoming daily morc obvious tha. uo group Is particularly interested in operating the ball club, the necessary bankroll isn't in sight, They're having their club's annual meeting next Monday night, when the air will be cleared. If they operate, the Galt interests are all for a shorter schedule, say 40 games in about 15 weeks, BRIGHT RITS: Montreal's Boom Boom Geoffrion, Jean Beliv-| eau and Rocket Richard, with Kennie Mosdell up there close also, | continue to set a dazzling pace in the NHL scoring race and now that Gordie Howe of the Red Wings has started to click again, the results will be watched with more inerest , . . N.Y, GIANTS named as the outstanding sports team in US in 1954 haVe replaced the Yankees on this throne and already the Giants are finding Wes Westrum ready to play, He has signed his contract at an increase of $15,000 . . . BOSTON BRUINS got three points from Chicago over the New Year's weekend and by so doing, took over 4th place in the NHL standing. . . . MARLBORO JRS. picked up four points in the same two days to take over 4th spet in the OHA Junior "A" race. . . . LOCAL SPIN enthusiasts are waiting to hear the final stand- ings of the local regional play in the annual Molson Classic event, , . . THE DEATH of Canadian wrestler, 43-year-old Jack Rush (the Canadian Angel) in Florida on Saturday night, marks one of the few deaths black-marked against this popular professional ex- hibition sport. SPORTS ROUNDUP | Sugar Ray And Willie Mays Are Both In The News Again By JACK HAND NEW YORK (AP)--If Sugar Ray Robinson really has all that sugar stacked away in the bank, why is he making his comeback? If Rob- inson topped Joe Rindone in six rounds in 1950 when he was the welter thamp, why shouldn't he better his course record over Joe Wednesday night at the Detroit Olympia? It will be interesting to read what Sugar Ray has to say after the fight in view of his re. tirement comments in 1952 about quitting because "the co-ordination isn't there any more." Willie Mays, who flew up from Puerto Rico to attend a testimon- jal dinner for Leo Durocher in Cali. fornia, is ready to return Thurs- | Billy Marti, the Yankee second | settled on the matter here this day to the Santurce team in the | baseman-shortstop, are two whose | week. winter league. Frank Forbes, the New York Giants scout who is Willie's constant companion, says it "ain't so" Willie is all tired out from too much baseball. Forbes says Willie plays with the same devil-may-care flourish in Puerto | Rico as he did in the Polo Grounds last summer, Forbes had good re- ports on the Yankees' Bob Cerv and Elston Howard. of the San Juan club and Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh draft. Washington stories that the Un- ited States army may be discharg- | ing draftees a month or two ahead | of time revive hope among ts2.ball | clubs that they may get back key | men during the '55 season. Vine- | gar Bend Mizell, the St. Lous | Cards' hard-throwing and | lefty, 1 | | release may be important factors next season , ., . BOWLING NEWS UAW-CI0O MOTOR CITY LEAGUE The members of the UAW league are reminded that scheduled bowl- ing will resume on Friday for Groups 2 and 3, at the usual times,, 7 pm, for group 3 and 9 p.m. for group 2. The Major group will get back to their league bowling on Satur. day at 2 p.m, and all major bowl: ers are requested to be in attend- ance at the time mentioned, MOLSON CLASSIC RESULTS The scores of all contestants in the . Molson Classic Qualifying Round will be checked in the Pe. terborough regional office this week-end and the final results will be posted next week. It is expected that several of the Oshawa and Whitby contest: ants will be competing in the Re- gional finals at Peterborough on Saturday, Jan, 22nd Chuck Heath, the 1954 Regional Champion, is given a bye into the finals and the support and best wishes of the Oshawa bowlers goes with him Bea Ross, the 1954 Ladies' Re- gional Champion, has also been given a bye. She will compete a- gainst the rest of the Regional re- | presentatives at Cobourg on Sat: urday, - Jan. 15th Both Chuck Heath and Bea Ross placed high in the Molson Classic at the Sportsmen's Show last ar and the local bowling coin. munity looks forward with confi dence to their participation in this 1955 Molson Classic PARTS OFFICE LEAGUE With the second section half over, the Spark Plugs have again taken over the lead by virtne of a four point win over the short handed Shocke Jan Greenway had 671 in a losing cause Hoods and Slingers hooked up |in a battle of low scores plus short | | handed teams with the Hoods fin. | {ally giving in and accepting a | three point win, King Pins with Ray Branton showing the way with a good 725 took three points from the Bump. ers, to finally slow the latter down. | All the games were very close, but | here again being short handed | was the deciding factor. This week there were only two | teams who had all of their men (out, and in every case the ab: sence of team members was the | difference between winning 'and { losing. | Lemon League -- L. Webster 84, W. Gummow 90, E. Whiting 92, 12 (39) 11 @28 | . | Spark Plugs | Bumbers Slingers Hoods King Pins Shockers | Nipawin Bonspiel 'Short Of Curlers NIPAWIN, Sask. (CP) The Nipawin car bonspiel is suffering from lack of entries. Only a handful of paid-up entries had been received by noon Mon. | day but officials had promises of | up to 30 entries. George Furneaux. | | bonspiel secretary, said the 'spiel! | would go ahead if assured of be- | tween 60 to 65 entries, Entries for the event for Jan scheduled 10-15, must be filed by Jan. 5 when'a decision will be made whether or not to hold the bonspicl A new rule this year barred former car winners from com | peting. ze b |isn't adopted, But a source close Happy prize winners in the Oshawa Fish and Game Protec- tive Association are shown as they display their trophies, which were presented to them at x 7 | Smith, Ajax; Above are shown Mrs, William Rosnak, who won the Neil Felt trophy last year and Alf Bran- ton, winnér of The Felt trophy, this year. -Times-Gazette Staff Photo the club meeting last night. The regular monthly meeting of | the Oshawa Fish and Game Pro-| tective Association was held in the | auditorium of the CRA last night, featuring movies, Robert G. Mills, as guest speaker, and the present- | | ations of trophies to the winners | in the fish derbies Robert G. Mills, the only life member of the club, addressed | the members on the topic *'I Re-| member' and told of his many | | experiences as a young man while | | journeying throughout the country | with his friends on hunting and fishing expeditions, Mr. Mills was | | Marshes," Fish-Came Protective Association 'Hears Life Member's Address president of the club for over 20 years, Three colored movies were shown to the people attending. They were: "Life on the Western "Survival Perilous," and "Small Mouth Bass." Mr. Mills then presented the trophies to the winners who were Alf Branton winning the Neil Felt trophy for a 35 1b. lunge, and Sally Earle, who won the Smith Snorts prize for a five pound Brown Trout Mrs. Wm. Rosnak was given a miniature of the Felt Trophy for having won it last year with an eight and one-half pickerel. Rule Third Marsh Part Lake Ontario "Third Marsh is hereby constru- ed to be a part of Lake Ontario and therefore not subject to the provisions of Section 61 of the Spe- cial Fisheries Regulations for On tario. This means that winter fish. ing will be permissible in the waters of Third Marsh for fish in respect of which there is an open season." Many discussions pertaining to this subject have been conducted by the Oshawa Fish and Game Protective - Association and the people of this city, and this was clarified last night in an open: let- ter to. "Bill" Owens of the club, This letter was referring to a let- ter to the Department' of Lands and Forest, Lindsay, which was written to them by Mr. Owens on the 10th of December, 1954, (The above ruling was made at the To- ronto Headquarters, when the let- ter was referred to them through the Lindsay Office). Third Marsh is on the north shore of Lake Ontario, adjacent to the Township of Darlington. No Big Disputes Despite Rumors NEW YORK (AP)---In. spite of rumors and thinly-veiled hints of a wild sgrap over football tele- vigion, some 1,400 representatives of more than 400 colleges and uni- versities opened their week-long series of meetings today with every indication of a quiet session. If there's any warfare during tre five days when the National Col- legiate Athletic Association and five allied bodies are scheduled to meet, it likely will be under a placid surface. | Television is still a torrid sub-| ject on which there is a wide divergence of opinion, but the indi- cations are that nothing will be| The Big Ten conference, leading the opposition to the national game-a-week program in effect during the last few seasons, has dropped a few dire threats as to what may happen if its plan of national-regional control of TV to the conference leaders indicated | today that the Big Ten won't make an open fight at the convention, "The showown, if any, will come when the new committee shows its hand," the source said, Five proposals will be discussed at a round-table meeting Thursday. These range from a re-adoption of the 1954 plan to unrestricted foot- ball television, HOCKEY RESULTS STANDINGS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Ontario Junior A LT F 0 116 0 138 2 103 3113 2 109 0 106 A Pts, 7% 100 94 87 88 64 126 136 St. Michael's : St. Kitts Guelph Marlboros Hamilton Barrie Galt 916 3 110 Kitchener 4 207 Monday's Results Michael's 3 Hamilton 6 Tonight's Games Guelph at Kitchener Hamilton at St, Catharines By THE CANADIAN PRESS Atlantic Coast Senior Fredericton 1 Charlottetown 8 Moncton 4 Amherst 4 Ontario Junior A Toronto St. Michael's 3 Hamilton 6 Manitoba Junior Boniface 4 Wpg. Barons 3 Western Junior Regina 8 Moose Jaw 3 Lethbridge 3 Edmonton 2 Western League | 5 Calgary 6 | Senior 1 32 St. St We | Okanagan Kamloops 5. Vernon Penticton 3 Kelowna 5 _. X 110 Say Alex Webster To Join N.Y. Giants MONTREAL (CP)--The Herald says Alex Webster, former all-star halfback' with Montreal Alouettes and leading ground-gainer in 1954 in the Big Four Football League, has signed a contract to try out next season with New York Giants of the National Football League. The newspaper says that in a long-distance telephone call to Webster at his home in Kearney, N.J., the halfback said he had al- ways wanted to play for the Giants, The Herald quotes Webster ag saying he received more attractive offers from other NFL clubs, but that he accepted the New York bid because he would be closer to his home and wants to play for Giants. Burlington Writer Gives Tip On Riders' Choice For Coach BURLINGTON, Vt. (CP) -- The Burlington Free Press says Ed. Donnelly of the University of Ver- mont has been approached con- cerning a coaching job with Otta- wa Rough Riders of the Big Four Football Union, The story says Donnelly has also been approached by Dartmouth college and that he and Red Rolfe, Dartmouth athletic director, had already discussed the coaching job open at Hanover, Donnelly is quoted as saying: "I have not committed myself to anyone or anything." Donelly took over the coaching reins at Vermont in 1952 following a winless season in 1951. His team lost only one game in seven this season, Combines Win Garbage Bowl MONTREAL (CP)--More than 3, 000 cheering Montrealers saw the Northern Combines turn back the southern Bombers 11-6 in the Garbage Bowl, one of Canada's few New Year's Day football games, The Combines, clad in long red underwear, were behind 6-5 at half time, but a converted touchdown by Stu Colt--his second of the day--put them ahead of their rivals, Proceeds of the game, estimated at $1,000 by officials, go to the Montreal School for Crippled Chil dren, A foot of snow covered the Montreal West ground when the two teams arrived in a motor ca- valcade escorted by police. The Bombers, dressed in green pyjamas went ahead on a com- pleted 30-yard pass late in the opening half, but couldn't meet the competition towards the tail- end. Colt made Garbage Bow! history touchdown for the Combines early in the game, the longest Garbage Bow! run since the contest started in 50 All players are from Montreal West high schools, but what started originally as a merely l»- cal event ha: since caught the imagination of the public. Coal dust was used to mark out the goal lines and pretty Dixie Shields, chosen Miss Garbage Bowl of 1955 at a pre-game rally Tues- day, kicked off the ball, FIGHTS LAST . NIGHT By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York--Gil Turner, 154, Phil- adelphia, outpointed Italo Scorti- chini, 154%, Italy 10 Brooklyn Joey Klein New York, stopped Gerry Dreyer, 150'% South Africa, 7 Los Angeles- Frankie Cockrell 146'5, Symington, Tex., outpointed Pay Hernandez 153, Juarez Mex, 3 13 oz. | 150%, | |Oshawa-District Badminton Assoc. Announces Schedule For Season The Oshawa and District Bad- | minton Association has r the schedule for their league this year. Play gets underwa week of January 9th, with t | 4 he Ajax | resent the "Y"" This Thursday a preliminary men's singles tourn t will be held at the Oshawa "Y" Club, to help determ those men to rep- club in the Osh- Badminton Club visiting the Osh-| awa and District matches awa *'Y" Club. The following week the Uxbridge Badminton Club, de- fending ch i of the I { will be guests of the Oshawa Fly- ng Shib i team, a tour ill throughout the months of Janu- ary, February and March and will | consist of first second and third Men's Doubles, first, second and third Ladies' Doub and six i matches of Mixed Doubles. { Following the league matches the first and second teams will | playoff for the District Title and | the trophy which is awarded, an- nually. Early in April i is planned | to have a general tournament open {to all who Jartiipaien in the league schedule. e Executive directing the | league affairs this year consists of: | President Ralph Harlowe, Osh- | awa; Vice President, James Secretary, Donna ! Peters, Oshawa; Treasurer, Gar- net Gray, Uxbridge. The last playing night of 1954 the preliminary tournament was held for the ladies with Donna Peters winning over Eleanor Gay in the finals by scores of 11-2 and 11-1. Miss Gay had previously scored an upset over Anne Christie in the semi-finals, Miss Peters had elim- inated Beverly Bull in the other semi-final match, The Oshawa "Y" will be run- ning ladder tournaments going so that all players by means of chal- lenge matches will have a chance to represent their club in the Dis- trict Tournaments if their playing ability warrants it. The Oshawa "Y" is this year planning its most active season of play and there is still room for about ten members. Anyone wish- ing to join this club please con- tact Miss Grace Richer at the YWCA, or the President of the Club, Ralph Harlowe, Duplate Can- ada Ltd. : Hank Ciesla Still Leads TORONTO (CP) -- Hank Ciesla, captain of St, Catharines TeePees, still leads the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A scoring race, a position he's held since just af- ter the season began, He's two points up on Danny Poliziani of Barrie Flyers, statis- tics released today show, Ciesla has scored 30 goals and has 25 assists for 55 point, Poli- ziani has 53 points on 17 goals and 36 assists, Hec Lalande of Galt Black Hawks is seven points off with 22 goals and 26 assists, Gerry McNamara of Toronto St. Michael's continues to lead the goalkeepers' records, He has al- lowed 68 goals in 25 games for a 12,72 average. Johnny Albani of Marlboros is next in line among | the regular netminders with a 3.1 average. In the Senior A league Ken Lauf- man of Kitchener-Waterloo Dutch- men leads the race with 41 points, picked up on 12 goals and 29 as- sists. Jerry Reid of Owen Sound Mer- curys is in second place with 39 points, Reid has scored 13 times and assisted on 26 others. Mer- cury"s Jack Taylor is in third spot 'with 35 points, 12 goals and 23 assists. Bill Harrington of Windsor Bull- dogs is in front in the goalkeepers' race, He has been beaten 67 times in 33 games for a 2.91 average. The Leaders: Junior A AP 25 36 58 26 19 43 19 23 21 38 27 Ciesla, St. Catharines Poliziani, Barrie Lalande, Galt Barlow, Barrie. Cullen, St, Catharines Hoekstra, St, Kitts Colvin, St. Michael's Les Duff, St. Michael's Harris, Marlboros Senior A Laufman, Kitchener J. Reid, Owen Sound Taylor, Owen Sound Robertson, N, Fally Roth, Stratford Sov, Owen Sound Abbott, Windsor Forslund, Owen Sound Haidy, Windsor McKenzie, Kitchener Send Out Contracts To . Kansas City Players . KANSAS CITY (AP)--Contracts were on the way today to 37 base- ball players expected to make u Kansas City Athletics' 1955 squad. Ray Kennedy, Athletics' director of personnel, indicated only two of the players--third baseman, Jim Finigan and pitcher Arnold Portocarrero--are likely to re- ceive substantial raises. Portocarrero won nine games and lost 18 last season for the old Philadelphia Athletics and Finigan batted .302 for the last-place club Among the outstanding rookies mailed contracts Monday were in- fielder Hector Lopez, outfielder Joe Taylor and pitcher Walter Cradock. Lopez and Taylor, playing for Ottawa in the International League last season. batted better than .300. Taylor finished out the year with the Athletics. Craddock had a 12-9 record with' Savannah, Ga,, in the Sally League--his first full season in pro ball. Wins U.S. Title In Squash Racquets NEW YORK (CP)--Keeping con- trol of the court most of the way, G. Diehl Mateer Jr., of Philadel phia easily won the United States open squash racquets champion- ship Monday night with a 159, 15-5, 15-10 victory over Azzam Khan of Pakistan. Mateer, holder of the American national amateur singles title, needed only 38 minutes to defeat the game Pakistani. Mateer forced his opponent, a tennis and squash coach from Peshawar, into early errors, but ran into a brief spell of errors himself in the third game after taking an 11-4 led, and won only three of the next nine points. With the score 14-10, however, Mateer counted with a slick V-shot and wrapped up the championship with a change-of-pace ball. G 30 17 22 24 21 16 17 17 James Parker Ill, Postpone Walls Bout TORONTO (CP)~The Canadian i heavweight title fight between James J. Parker and Earl Walls was postponed for a third time Monday when promoter Deacon Allen announced illness would pre- vent Parker from boxing. the last time a date was set, Nov. 9, it was put off when Walls | from Toronto, suffered a back in- Jury in training, | Allen said an attempt is being | ade to get 'a name heavy- | | m weight" such as Americans Dan | sity of Bucceroni or Charlie Norkus meet Walls next Tuesday He said Bill Daly, manager, telephoned from New York that the 210-pounder from e was suffering from a virus infection. He became ill late last | week while he was in a training camp near Chatham, NJ. _ Parker's | aer Cleveland Veterans Pace Scoring Race NEW YORK (AP) -- Veterans Freddy Glover and Eddie Olson of the Cleveland Barons are hay- ing quite a battle for scoring lead- ership in the American Hockey League, Glover, a 27-year-old rightwing. er leads the loop with 53 pts. on 23 goals and 30 assists while team- mate Olson, the 33-year-old left winger, has 51 points on 25 goals and 26 assists and is the top goal- getter in the circuit. Zellio Toppazzini of the Provi- dence Reds wrested both third place and the league assist lead from Jackie Gordon of Cleveland Four Minor Games Basketball League Saturday Moming (Standing of Simcoe Hall Minor League Basketball up to Jan, 4, 1955.) A Firefighters Jaycee Blues 2 3 CKLB St. John's Cadets Police Assoc. Mundingers Jaycee Whites In order to play the games tat were cancelled, a total of four games will be played this Satur- y morning, January 8, and con- tinuing till January 29. It can readily be seen that in order to have four games played in one morning that every player must be on time and ready to start the next game immediately, It is up to the team captains to stress the importance of these games as they may have a defi- nite bearing on the playoffs, Here is a list of minor league games for following week: Wednesday, January 5, at 7.00 p.m., Jaycee Blues vs, St. Joha's Cadets. ; Saturday, January 8, 9 am, Firefighters vs, Bolahood's. 10 a.m.--Mundingers vs. CKLB, 11 am---Police Association vs St. John's Cadets. 12 a.m,--CKLB vs. Bolahood's. PLAYER CHANGES The following are the 'player changes" which have been made in the Simcoe Hall Minor Basket- ball League: Dave Brady to Mun- dingers; Bill Miklas to St John; Vincent Guirey to CKLB: Dan Humphries to Police Association; Don Grey to Jaycee Whites; Mark Mally to Jaycee Whites; Gil Dal- gleish to Jaycee Blues; Jack Guin- don to St. John Cadets; Roy Clarke to Firefighters; Ken Clarke to Mundingers; Bob Breen to CKLB and Tom Gzewski to CKLB, [RTT Pe BRE WLS gRE8NEsR - =» as the Baron centre missed last four games with Toppazzini had 42 points on goals .and 31 assists, Pat" Egan, player-coach of the Reds, continued as penalty leader with 78 minutes, Gil Mayer of the Piltabudh Hornets took over the lead as the top goaltender with an average of 2.91 on 93 goals allowed in games. Rookie Don Simmons of Springfield Indians dropped to gecond place with an average of 3.13. injuries. 11 Find Wrestler Died {Result Heart Attack DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP)-- A corner's jury ruled Monday that William Charles Rush, 43- ear-old professional wrestler also nown as the Canadian Angel, died of a heart attack, Rush collapsed in a dressing room Saturday night shortly after taking part in a tag team match 5 | with three other wrestlers at the Beach Arena, He was dead on ar- rival at a hospital. Dr. W. W, Schildecker, patholo- gist, said after an autopsy that Rush also had a heart attack a year or more ago. 32 | Engilsh League to chalk up a win . | Sunderland. But on goal average OLD COUNTRY SOCCER LONDON (Reuters) -- Chelsea was the only one of the top six teams in the first division of the in Saturday's soccer fixtures, The London squad's 5-2 triumph over Bolton Wanderers put it just one point behind section-leading it still remained way down in foueth place in the division table. Sunderland only managed a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspurs in a closely fought game at home. The next three top - ranking teams - Wolverhampton Wander- ers, Charlton and Port th-- Three Other Canadien Stars Crowding "Boom Boom" . MONTREAL (CP) Bernie Gordie Howe came a ground i point total is 38. Four points back | now loin points GY nd r reals Ken Soadell, Whe diens with a game in hand , pace with Geoffrion on point Toronto Leaf: L- bagging four assists, five, behind Detroit Boston : The leading Montreal foursome |not only have a one-point margin almost became a fivesome, Bert over the ogy 30 five assists and moved from a 12th-place tie into sixth place with 30 points, New York Rangers, have Played five fewer James n ew Yorkers. icago Black Hawks trail in the standing with 22 points. to 29, but thai Sports Experts Pick Marilyn TORONTO (CP)~Pert Marilyn Bell got another package for her bulging bag of year-end awards Monday, e Ontario Sports Wri- ters and Sportscasters Associatio chose her as the province's ath- lete of the year for 1954. The 36 association members who participated in the poll made the 17-year-old swimmer such an em- phatic choice in 1 preliminary nom- inations that icials dispensed Clarence Campbell Still Investigating Richard Incident MONTREAL (CP) --~ The "Richard incident" of last: Wed- nesday night in Toronto is still under investigation, president Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League said Monday. Campbéll indicated full reports have not yet been received use of the travelling schedule of the with a led vote among top nominees. On a 31 point basis, Maril collected 96 of a ibl 108 fficials who worked the Jame in which Maurice (Rocket) Richard of Montreal Canadiens was given a major penalty and two 10-minute ints. Her nearest rival was Rich erguson of Toronto, whose spec- tacular showing in the miracle mile in the British Empire Games brought him 32 points. Presentation of a plaque com- memorating the award will be !made in Toronto Feb, 17, at the association's annual $25 - a - plate sports celebrities dinner for crip- pled children. Moon Wdotton, lacrosse goaltend- ing ace from Peterborough, golfers Moe Norman of Kitchener Marlene Stewart of 'Fonthill and arry also were held to ties. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I Arsenal 2 West Bromwich Albion 2 AZ Villa 0 Sheffield Wednesday Bolton Wanderers 2 Chelsea § Burnley 2 Manchester City 0 Hudderafiel Town 0 Charlton Ath- etic Leicester Cy 2 Cardiff City 1 Rn prkiaas nited Floodlight # Soccer Gains Supporters By JEFF RYAN Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON (CP)--Floodlit soccer in Britain is a brighter financial proposition every year. Despite what the critics said three years ago when Arsenal pioneered the after-dark game, more teams are Jlanuiog to in- stall systems which range in cost from £350 to £10,000. About 30 have lights, reports the Football Association. Their worth was generally proved in 1954 with lucrative night exhibition contests, topped by the drawing power of crack teams from Russia, Hungary Italy and Switzerland. The English Professional Foot- ball League- may be some time away from league contests under the lights--possible when all the 92 teams have installed floodlights. But the FA is encouraging installa- tion slowly, partly to aid soccer training. The detractors said the country's 1,000,000 soccer fans would not venture out on the cold, clammy winter nights to watch soccer; that night play would prove dangerous. Neither has proved true. PUBLIC CRITICAL The only unwelcome feature has been that some clubs have had difficulty lining up opposition. But the grip that floodlighting has on public soccer demand was illustrated by the criticism the FA drew on itself by banning a flood- lit replay between Walthamstow Avenue and Queen's Park Ran. gers, The replay--the second between the two teams--had to be Jlayed 'in the afternoon, before a slimmer crowd. The FA explained that it had to keep in mind the league as a whole. Clubs with floodlights would hold an advantage over their lightless opponents, it argued, and the gov- ernment would want to see safety precautions in force in the event of light failure, and possible panic. MRS. CONACHER DIES TORONTO (CP) Elizabeth Black Conacher, 84, mother of the famed Conacher athletes, died in hospital Sunday after a brief ill- | ness. Mrs. Conacher, mother of hockey players Charlie and Roy and the late Lionel (Big Train) Conacher named Canada's greatest athlete of the half century, was born in Ireland and came to Canada when Conacher she lived in Peterbor- | ough, U. OF T. WINS TROY, N.Y. (CP)--The Univer- Toronto Saturday night to | clinched the fourth annual Renssel- Polytechnic Institute hockey tournament with a 3-2 win over Yale. St. Francis Xavier of Anti- gonish, N.S, grabbed second place with a 3-3 tie with RPI. Toronto | went through the three-day tourney | undefeated with previous 3-1 wins | ~ lover RPI and St. Francis Xavier. ' a girl. Before her marriage to Ben | 4 Blackpool 1 Preston North End 0 Everton 0 Sheffield Uni ted 6 Newcastle United 2 Sunderland 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22M Portsmouth 2 Division II Bristol Rovers 1 Doncaster Rovers Fulham 0 Buly 0 Hull City 2 Nottingham Forest 3 Lincoln City 2 Leeds United 0 Liverpool 2 Derby County 0 Luton Town 3 Ipswich Town 2 Notts County 5 West Ham United 1 Plymouth Argyle 0 Port Vale 0 Rotherham United 0 Birmingham City 2 Stoke City 1 Middlesbrough 2 Swansea Town. 2 Blackburn Rov- ers Division III (southern) Culehester United 2 Crystal Palace Coventry City 1 Brentford 0 Exeter City 3 Northampton Town 1 Gillingham 3 Walsall 2 Leyton Orient 4 Bristol City 1 Millwall 4 Torquay United Newport County 0 Watford 2 Norwich City 2 Swindon Town 1 Queen's Park Rangers 1 Bourne- mouth 1 Reading 1 Shrewsbury Town 2 Southampton 3 Brighton and Hove Albion 2 Southend United 0 Aldershot 1 Division III (Northern) Accrington Stanley 6 Barrow 3 Barnsley 3 Halifax Town 0 Bradford City 0 Oldham Athletic 1 Darlington 0 Chesterfield 2 Gateshead 1 Crewe Alexandra 0 Hartlepools United 1 Carlisle United 0 Mansfield Town 2 Workington 0 Rochdale 3 Bradford 2 Scunthorpe United 1 York City 2 Stockport County 2 Chester 0 Tranmere Rovers 2 Grimsby Town 0 Wrexham 2 Southport 2 SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division A Aberdeen 1 Dundee 0 Clyde 2 Partck Thistle 2 Falkirk 3 Stirling Albion 1 Hearts 5 Hibernian 1 Kilmarnock 1 St. Mirren 1 Queen of the South 1 Motherwell 0 Raith Rovers 4 East Fife 1 Rangers 4 Celtic 1 Division B Albion Rovers 2 Airdrieonians 2 Alloa 1 Stenhousemuir 1 Dundee United 1 St, Johnstone 5 | Dunfermline Athletic 3 Cowden- ath 1 Forfar Athletic 1 Arbroath 1 Hamilton Academicals § Ayr United 1 Morton 1 Brechin City 8 Queen's Park 8 Third Lanark 1 IRISH LEAGUE Ballymena United 0 Gentoran 4 Bangor 2 Linfield 2 Cliftonville 1 Coleraine 2 Perry City 0 Crusaders 2 Distillery '3 Portadown 1 Glenavon 4 Ards 0 Jack Blakney Resigns As Inter-County Secty BRANTFORD (CP)--Jack Blak- ney, secretary of the Senior Inter- county Baseball League for the last four years, sald Monday he will resign his post for the 1955 season because of municipal duties. ! Blakney was elected an alder. | man in ward six at the Brantford J tt, Kingston yac! ace, were others mentioned in this year's nominations. CAHA Meeting Called For Jan. 8c sent PORT ARTHUR members of the Canadian to teur Hoc Jsgociation ther here Jus 1, § 7 Pp als by mem branches adoption of a proposed $70,000 budget. meetings, which Ama two-da; will draw delegates from across Canada, mark the first time in nearly 20 years that the CAHA has held its semi-annual meeting in this city, On the agenda are pro- by the Alberta and i- ba branches of the CAHA. Alberta wants a ch oCP)_Some 45 son t penalties. Red Storey was the referee and George Hayes and Bill Morrison the linesmen, Maple i Richard, being check: A tling with the Leafs' Bol Bangs. hen they were separated linesmen Richard used his b lap Hayes across Se alley was given a ma and one misconduct nine | Kitchener Player Refuses To Report KITCHENER (CP) -- Charlie Brooker, er with Kitchener- tangle In the Ontario Hockey Am ciation Senior A League. playing his senior hockey i Brooker, in 3k i i LH : i Brooker, together man Art Hurst of Kitchener, a princi in a deal Jackie | White of the a reported been playing with th: of okey is iu the Pilichmigd el e ers, a re for "him has been' deposited the OHA. Stratford has been able to sign him, fix jges HH sfx in the rule which allows shooting the puck into the attacking zone and then scrambling in after it, It PRESCRIPTIONS - tl this common hockey OE Atice tracts from the game by encour- aging high-sticking, holding and roughing. Other proposals deal with con- traventions of the east-west rue on transfer of players and schol arship awards. Quickly and Acourarely Filled MITCHELL'S £ STOR! Dial 3-3431 rie Calvert sports cotumn by Elmer Ferguson Even one of an optimistic nature can- not look forward with any great degree of enthusiasm for what this new year of 1955 may bring us in the broad realm of sport, in the matter of shattered records, sheer drama, and glittering color. 1954 was packed to the brim with thrills, up- sets and mighty accomplishments. What can possibly remain for 1955? How ean it strike such g peaks as ch terized in 19547 Can the Grey Oup final produce greater drama than tha$ of last autumn when the 'courageous Edmonton Eskimos dipped" desperately into the last hidden springs of their vanishing re« golttess. to overthrow the powerful easterh champion Alouettes? Will there be a mile faster than John Landy's 3:58:0? And if 50, will it produce anything like the t that ted Roger Bannister's first smash through the 4-minute barrier? Will there be another such swimming feat as that of Marilyn Bell in conquering 40 miles of the chill, eel-fested waters of Lake Ontario? Or another Bd Furgol, handicapped by a crippled left hand, winning the United States golf open? Or another Canadian winning the rich Seagram Gold Cup that goes with the Canadian open golf title? Will there be another 4-straight winner in the world's baseball series? Will another Stanley Cup game be won in bitterly-fought overtime with a deflected puck settling the issue? All unlikely, But 1955 may yet fool everybody. There are records still to conquer, feats to be performed, new horizons to be reached, They were saying, when 1954 was born, that 1953 was the year to be remembered. It was the year Yankees won their fifth straight world's series; the year Native Dancer, the dashing grey, won everything but the Kentucky Derby. It was the year Ben Hogan won the Triple Crown in Golf; the year in which a single second packed the most gripping drama of Canada's sports cavalcade when Indian Jack Jacobs hurled to Tom Casey a long forward pass that, if caught, would have tied Winnipeg Bombers with the eastern champion Hamilton Tigers for the Grey Cup. 1953 had all of that, and more. It was written down as "The Year to Remember", But 1954 fairly smothered it for the roaring drama of the gridiron, the golf links, the baseball diamond, the cinder-path, the racetrack, mountain ascents, where death urgently b and the climb live on borrowed time, the glittering ice surfaces of hockey, and all the other avenues of sport. So what is left of 1955? What can it produce to make it another Year to Remember? i os ao ea Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMNERSTBURG, ONTARIO ml for this column will be welcomed House, 431 Yonge $t., Toronto. civic elections last month,