FRANK NIGHBOR First Winner, He Still Has Original Lady Byng Trophy By BEN WARD PEMBROKE, Ont. (CP -- One of the most unusual trophy presentations in hockey history occurred in re red on a warm epring ni in F Lady wal wife of the Gov- ernor-General, sent a message to Frank Nighbor, star extra- ordinary of the famed Ottawa Senators. Would Mr, Nighbor drop into Rideau Hall at his convenience? When Nighbor arrived, Lady Byng took him into a drawing room where a_ huge silver trophy was displayed on the table. She held it up and asked him whether the National Hockey League would be will- ing to accept ii for annual award to its most sportsman- like player. t Nighbot said the NHL prob- ably would be delighted. "Then," said Lady Byng, "I present this trophy to Frank Nighbor as the most sportsman- like player for 1925." Nighbor, today living in com- fortable retirement in this Ot- tawa Valley town, recalls that as one of the most memorable events in the 1915-30 hockey era when his name and exploits were as familiar to sports fans as those of Gordie Howe or Rocket Richard are today. JUDGMENT UPHELD There were no complaints about the rather arbitrary man- ner in which Lady Byng, an ar- dent hockey fan, handled the in- augural award of the Lady Byng trophy. A vote of sports writers in the league cities a year later upheld her judgment by naming Nighbor a repeat winner "They hand out a_ $1,000 cheque with the Byng award. to- day," says Nighbor, "but I wouldn't trade this for $10,- 000." He was holding up the miniature Lady Byng trophy the governor - general's wife gave him that night 38 years ago. ' Nighbor, hair thinning and atep slowing to a shuffle, re- cently marked his 70th birth- day. But. he still is only five pounds above his 160 - pound hailed as the outstanding two- way forward in the league. In the 1916-17 season -he and "THE PEMBROKE PEACH" IN HOCKEY HALL OF FAME cartilage. From there the Pem- broke Peach went downhill. "I knew I was just about over the hill," he recalls. 'Then Conn Smythe offered Ottawa $50,000 for my contract, I couldn't believe it." Nighbor moved to Smythe's Toronto Maple Leafs for the 1929-30 season but he had a tough time keeping pace with younger players. At the end of the season Smythe revealed the real rea- son for his purchase. He asked Nighbor to coach Toronto, "It was a great chance," he) says, "but I had to turn it} down, My wife was back in Ot- tawa dying of TB and I decided to get out of hockey and stay (Top Five Teams In Old Country Soccer Leagues LONDON (AP)--Standings of top teams in Old Country soccer (including Saturday's games): ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I APt Tottenham 15 5 75 3435 Everton Leicester 13:7 52 32 33 Burnley 13 5 48 33 31 Liverpool Division 1 Chelsea 5 36 2137 Bury q 22 32 Sunderland 4 51 3431) Plymouth 39 30 Stoke City 40 25 29) Division 1 Peterboro 14.68 Swindon Town 12 8 6 47 34 31 32 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, February 19,1963 7] Ukrainian Horseman To Make Winnipeg WINNIPEG (CP)--A_ Ukrain- 14 6 53 29 34 ian-born horseman who once} was chief instructor of the Pol- ish cavalry has been given the 13 4 48 3130 job of turning Winnipeg into a centre of equestrian training in Canada, Maj. Severyn Roman Kuleza, who has trained horses for, everything from Princess Elizad beths wedding to the Olympic Games was brought here by a group headed by George Andi- son. Efforts to build Winnipeg's reputation for equestrin skills are centred on Andisons farmn OSHAWA BOWLING NEWS Northampton 12 1 6 Watford 14 210 Bournem'th 1010 5 Division IV 177.3 63 15 45 13.5 5 54 37 31 44 30) 26 30 Oldham Brentford Mansfield with her." Mrs. Nighbor died in May, 1931. "I didn't know what to do with myself for the next couple) of months. Then a couple of| Buffalo executives came and) told me to get off the seat of| my pants and back into! hockey." GAVE UP HOCKEY Nighbor ran Buffalo Bisons of the International League for three seasons, winning the title in the first two. It was the first hockey title ever won by Buf- falo. Later he coached London Tecumsehs, in the same league, for a season "but my heart just wasn't in it any more." He returned to Pembroke and the general insurance business he had kept: up in partnership with Dave Behan ail through his hockey career. Nighbor retired from the in- surance business 18 months ago, buying out Behan and turning the firm over to Frank Jr. Then he took a five-month win- ter vacation in Florida before settling back amid his memor- ies and mementos. He remains a keen hockey fan, watching televised games Gillingham Torquay 13 4 8 43 3630) 10 9 6 46 3529] | Bs Jones 238, T. PARTS AD SERVICE LEAGUE High Singles -- E. Bryant 266. J. Deli 264, A. Villa 256, A. lireock 254, B: Eliott 238,.F. Brent 236, H. Kane 225, E. Rundle 223, P. Jarvis 218, J. Gow 214, J. Brady 214, K. Sanders 202. High Triples -- D. Simpson 746, H. McLeod 696, D. Crandall 692, J. Van | Dyk 662, M. Dragomatz 652, H. Brown SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division 1 14 3 1 54 1631 142 2 3% 1730 11 5 5 58 2827) 11 4 5 45 2426) 9 6 1 42 1924 Division U 147 5 54 35-35 12 4 1 51 2028 11 2 7 44 3024 East Stirling 10 3 4 43 Cowdenbeath 10 3 6 38 2723 IRISH LEAGUE Glentoran 5 Linfield 5 6 Distillery 6 3 38 46 Rangers Partick Kilmarnock Aberdeen Hearts Hamilton St. Johnstone Stranraer 1 22 1216 3 28 1915, 2 23 2614 2 24 1214 Ballymena Portadown Pee Wee Puck Loop, Results of games played at| The Oshawa' Children's Arena, | on Saturday, in the Neighbor- hood Assoc. Pee Wee Boys Hockey League schedule, are as! follows: Radio Park 3, Brookside 1 (Ex) Storie Park 2, Harman Park 2, Woodview 6, Valleyview 1. | Rundle Park 2, Fernhill 1 | |646, V. Smith 622, C. Taylor 614, R. McRoberts 609, G. Freeman 608 and E. Cornish 602, Wednesday's Results -- Maple Leafs) 1, Oldsmobiles 3; Pontiacs 2, Buicks 2; Cadillacs 3, GMC's 1; Corvairs 3, Chev- rolets 1 3rd Section Standings, Total Pts, -- Buicks 21-47, Maple Leafs 14-37, Chev- rolets 15-44, Corvairs 15-43, Oldsmobiles 15-44, Pontiacs 12-41, GMC's 10-42, Cadillacs 10-38. EIGHBORHOOD LADIES Valentine's Day produced some very sweet bowling! Leading off 215), followed by Chris Collins 714 (225, 210, 279) and Dolly Swanger 701 (221, 217, 263), 600 Triples were rolled by -- Mary (236, 218, 235), Kay Manilla 688 (227, 264), Mary Gallagher 657 (306), Flo Bracey 638 (253, 205), Laura McKinlay 636 (291), Maria Cummings 616 (210, 207), Isabell Hubbell 616 (226), Vivian Fudge 606 (235) and Ede Reading 605 -- ( | (292). Glad Knight's 324 was the high single Neighborhood Boys foxx: ste tate"wart'm, Sty 253, Marg. Daniel 238, Myrtl Stephens 238, Helen Fetchison 233, Wilma McQuade 231, Winnie Tennier 228, Betty Pearse 226, 222, Eleanor Henney Helen Anderson 226, Wilma Fairbrother 223, 222, 202, 1 Bames Phy |220, Phyl O'Connor 216, 215, Laura Col- lins 215, Doreen Keleman 210, Myrtle Waite 209, Edna Hall 206, Bea Manning 206, 203, Eve Clark 205, Phoebe Mullen 204, 200, Emma Malo 204, Wanda Re- kush 203 amd Jean Ogden 203. Team Standings--DuGuay's 13, Read- ing's 11 (their team triple this week was 3,137), Burrus' 10%, Collin's 10, Manila's and DePratto's 8, Tom Col- lin's 64, Campbell's 5, Ward's and Pearse's 4. Mare Mar, in rural Ste. Agathe. Andison found Maj. Kuleza at the Olympic training centre near Newmarket, Ont., last summer when his daughter took classes there. "My daughter learned more in six weeks there than in three years in Winnipeg' Andison says. "This man was too good a man to lose, so I invited him io come to Winnipeg when the .|Olympic centre closed in Sep- |tember,"" | In Maj. Kuleza, the Winnipeg group has a man of vast expe- rience with strong views on how \te impart the equestrian arts and a tendency to frankness that occasionally borders on sar- \casm, |LIKE COWBOYS 'and| He's outspoken in his com- |ments on Western Canadian rid- jers. | "They're too much like cow- 3 | sweet vowing! Lending ot won 'as, |boys now. It-is the specialty of |the house, but it is useless for international competition, The jsame thing for horses. They 3 27 1917) Hobbs 690 (258, 259), Julie Roesch 689) also are too Western and not good for international competi- tion." Discussing conventional dres- sage, where the rider dictates every move the horse makes by deft but almost invisible move- ments of hand, foot and body, he has this to say: "The main thing is not to try to teach the horse any trick movement, but to let him de- 'Equestrian Centre velop naturally. What to de is the rider's business and this I' can teach, How to do it is the 'horses business," Having been a cavairy in- structor, Maj. Kuleza was waite ing, mounted and sword in hand, when the German panzers swept into Poland in the Second World War, He says the horsemen were able to keep the German tanks from advancing from noon un- til nightfall. Then they ran. He was captured later in Warsaw and spent five years in concen- ag camps in Germany and taly. ; CALLED TO BRITAIN After the war the British Household Guards called on him to train 40-black horses, rider- less for five years, for the pro- cession at Elizabeth's wedding. "We had to teach them to walk in traffic and to canter to the right and left," Maj. Ku- leza says, adding that it took 20 months. | The International Olympic |Committee then asked him to train horses for the pentathlon event in the 1948 Olympics, where entrants are supplied with mounts. He explained that after they were trained, the top 50 horses were excluded. from competi- tion. The middle horses were used in order to assure that no rider had an advantage. After that he spent some time training the Irish jumping team, taking time out to train the Ca- nadians for the 1952 Olympics, then became head instructor at the Royal Etrier Belge in Brus- sels. When Maj. Anatole Piere- gorodzki died, he succeeded him at the Olympic Centre near Toronto. SHORGAS HEATING & APPLIANCES Industrial and Commercial his only son was born, He wasjreal sports writer, wrote after : named Frank Stanley in honor!one of Nighbor's performances regularly and sometimes visit- of the victory against Montreal: "Frankjing the school rink up the street Bathe Park 1, Eastview "B" 0, Kingside 4, Lake Vista 1. Southmead 3, Connaught 2, @ Commercial and Industrie! Sites @ Leaseback The estoblished, reliable Ges | Dealer in your ares. | 1963 JOHNSON | OUTBOARD | MOTORS NOW ON DISPLAY ing weight and has a photo- : : ie : a ene wmery of those bygone|Joe Malone of Quebec City| In 1924 the Hart Trophy was|Nighbor picks the puck off the|from his home. Sunnyside 13, Nipigon 0 é . ; ok d with all the} But a check of the young-/N. Oshawa 2, Eastview "A" 2 ' hockey was front-|staged one of the greatest scor-jestablished, to be awarded to/stick of a forwar Uh | : : a 2, Eastview pase ae accom the country,|ing duels of all time, ending up|the most valuable player in the|arace and deadly accuracy of/sters playing on the rink one| Note to League Secretary --| when his $7,000 salary was con-|tied at 41 goals in 20 games, |NHL. Nighbor was the first tola master fencer. jafternoon recently showed that|We have no schedule Usting for! sidered fabulous and when only, Nighbor was with Ottawa on|win it, although he was 12th in 1928-29 season,|none of them had ever heard|Saturday, Feb. 23. a in |] CELINA 52% Simcoe N. 728-9474 728-9441 353 MITH PH. KING S S 723. Ww. PORTD 311 OPEN EVENINGS During the Toronto had artificial ice. Born in Pembroke, he began skating at four on old-fashioned blades strapped on to over- shoes. At 15 he starred with a four Stanley Cup teams--three of them in the four years from 1919 to 1923. On the night of the final Stanley Cup game in 1927, the last cup year for Ottawa, the scoring list that season with| when he was in the $7,000 sal-)Of Frank Nighbor, the "'grey) | __ of New York sports 10 goals. But Ottawa's 1923-24) league title was largely. due to} his defensive work, } ary range, he was injured dur- jing a game and underwent an Elmer Ferguson, the Mont-'operation that removed a leg ghost" pages in the 1920s and the 12th player admitted to the Interna- tional Hockey Hall of Fame. district senior team..that lost| only one game in two years. In 1009 Nighbor went to a Port Arthur club and had two/ seasons there before a scout) signed him for Toronto in the} old National hockey Associa-| tion, five-team forerunner of! NHL, Salary: $750, | DEFENSIVE WIZARD Faded newspaper clippings of | the day make only secondary mention of the 23 goals Nigh- bor produced in his 2-game rookie season, The sensation was his introduction of the "sweep check," in which Nigh- bor held the length of his stick flat on the ice and swept it across the path of opposing for- wards. It collected the puck al- most every time. Time has even dulled the 'memory of his sweep-checking "skill, however, and today old- timers remember him for his effectiveness with the 'poke check." | Toronto fans howled at the; ern circuit, after threatening a player raid, under which the Western clubs were allowed to select two players from the east. Frank Patrick, then coaching Vancouver, took Did-| ier Pitre from Montreal and the new wonder boy left-winger from the Torontos, His selection paid off 12 months later when Vancouver! won its first and only Stanley) Cup. Nighbor's checking was) given much of the credit. "I really loved it in Van-/ couver," Nighbor told an inter-| viewer, "But my mother was| sick back east and I jumped the club after the first season. Pat-' oe to sue my ears! BEFORE and AFTER SCORED 4) GOALS Thus in 1915 he hit the ice with Ottawa. 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