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etan Blower. reigning king of the Island heavyweights starts his pawn’! activities at the Forum

ursday night wihen he

mu Halifax in a ten round event of a praguaikislspsgooldm card.

Bigger. in training for the past month or so hopes to make his start a winning one. but in Smith 11¢ will meet a battler who doesn't rely on his boxing ability but rather on a ftwg-fisfltgeldt attack at wwyflMfl0 6 .

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smith is a. husky younsster who as stated above likes heavy milling and has fought such men as "Tiger" Joe Hartnett, Tommy Rob- inson of Maiden Mass. rated as one of the best fighters ever to cross the border; also Johnny Rob- erts. and in each instance has ai- wavs givn a good account of him-

self.

Smith's preference to a wide- open slugging affair should be to Diggers liking. The Island cham- pion wouldn't rate very highly as a boxer but when it comes down to power-laden fists Bigigar hasn't to take a back step from any of them hereabouts. The power con- tained in his right maulie brought him the crown he now wears and he is confident that it will once more bring him victory in this his first start in preparation for re- tention of his crown.

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Danny McCormac, former light- heevy titleholder appears in the oepTi-final stacked against a smart boxer in the person of Kid Nicker- con. McCor-mac. a greatly improved fighter since he made his first ap- pearance in the squared circle. should get plenty of argument from

who as a boxer is very nearly tops among Island fighters. Njqky. after several disappointing flaflitr last season came through at the end of the season with some elaairy illrformances that won him a lot of admirers.

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Practically all winter he has been in stewy training and is looking forward to having his best

. He is readiy to fight now it a moment's notice and fans can look forward to witnessing a real hot scrap when this pair tan- _e for what may or may not be n rounds.

, élé tié iii 5K Bruce Mccallurn, former local baseball hurler but now with the Amherst 8t. Pats. didn't do so well ln-hisflrst start the 24th when Bpringhlll Fencebusters shelled him from the mound but although many will look askance at that perfonlnaruae, nevertheless once Mc- Call gets into stride and receiv- boneflt oi some smart coach- Qiquld go along well in his

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Maggi‘ um. slightly built and tip- ing a scales at about only 125 as surprising speed on his high

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WRESTLING

BOWLING HOCKEY

Rain Forces Postponement Of Title Bout

(By ALAN ooum

Associated Press Sports Writer)

NEW YORK. May 26—iAP)\ The Weather man. as Predicted. scored the first punch of the out- door flstic season rods. His w... sorvative forecast of “sllowers" was fulfill“! by a deluge that washed out Yfllllghl/s iii-round welterweight title match between Champion Bflmey Ross and Henry Armstrong, the negro challenger,

Promoter Mike Jacobs, after hflldillg Out until three hours of Stefldy rain had drenched the scene of impending conflict in Madison square Garden's Long Island City Bowl. postponed the fight until to- morrow. It another delay l5 mm. tfiflllflicd by the weather. the show probalblv will be re-scheduled for Monday fight.

The postponement came after Fioss sclaaeadl rams-a and Arm- 3 "m8 _ - . ereiby fulfilling the t . .al weight agreements for this unprecedented match between

respective holders of the wel- terweight and feather crowns. It recipitated a confusing dispute, owevcr. as to what will happen when the fighters report to the State Athletic Commission at noon tomorrow for re-examlnation, a commission rule that fighter-u need not weigh in again unlws a bout is postponed for 48 hours or more, but Brig. Gen. John J. Phaleri- the chairman, pulled a rule-change out of his hat an. nourrcing the principals woud be Nqlllmd to step on the scales again. Ross, the betting favorite, pro- fessed no concern over the coup- ling of the postponement Jinx with the hoodoo that has pursued de- fending titleholders in the Garden Bowl. Armstrong v-nt through a six-round workout this afternoon but Rou took the advantage of an extra day's rest.

Italian Auto Speed King Back In US.

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By PAUL MICKELSON Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YOitK, lviay Zii-The "Mad Man from Modena." Italy's tinv man of iron who goes around jok- in; that he has a date with the Devil, is back in the United States alter more adventure on the death-dealing motor racing tracks -—thls time on the treacherous blacktop speedway of Indianapolis. Tazio Nuvolari is his name. Al- ready this little. hard man is al- most an awesome legend in Italy and. the rest of Europe. Stories oi his harrowing accidents and es-

hard orie. In addition he also is the 'eseor of a mighty nice curve ball and more should be heard from him in the future.

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Fiddler McDonald, a Peakes boy. is a teammate of McCaliums on the Amherst squad. Last season “Fiddle? who holds the Island ltrikeout title. brought praise for his fine showing. It was generally thought that he would lineup with

e lilencebilsters this year and Is-

nd fans will be waiting for news from the tangy‘ Island hurler. He relieved McC um Tuesday 8011112 into ti: fourth and did a fair of reli itchi .

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Defeated by Imperials in their first start last week Indians soft- ball team will be out for revenge tonight when they meet their re- cent conquerors for the second time in tonight's scheduled City League softball encounter at the Park dlamondi

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Indiana, last year's 8th Battery team. have only won one out of their first three starts and missing has been the terrific hitting for which they have been noted in other years. However last season this same squad had a disastrous start but once they started win- hing were hard to stoil- T004811‘- they claim they will start a parade to the top but Imperials with B chemo oritying Rovers for the league lead if ‘they can win. say they are going to make it two in a

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one mgjor upset was recorded in the British amateur at Troon Tues- day when Charlie Yates. of Atlan- ta. 0a., eliminated Johnny Fischer. a teammate on the United States Walker Cup team. Fischer was

capes from his "date with the Dev- il’ are incredible. 1n some l5 years o! racing. he has won 99 im- portant races in the United States and abroad. At least 105 times he has cracked up.

Nuvolari. s. man of- 44 who cap- tured the rich Vanderbilt Cup race in New xork two years ago. arrived yesterday and rushed off to Indian- apolis where he hopes to drive _in the rich 500-mile race Memorial Day. As usual. Nuvolari came here from Italy without a return ticket.

“Maybe 1 must keep my date with the Devil over here." he says. "No? Yes? So. why should money be wasted on a round trip ticket? No? Yes?" Mrs. Nuvolari accom- panied him. She bought a return ticket. She dosnt risk her life in mwmfeeraanunsapbusirles-j.

to take the title and his removal enhances British chances and those of Sandy Somerviile.

The London shotrnaker won his match in a. center. He dropped only one hole and that 36 he card- ed on his first nine is evidence of the steadiness of his 8011- HE'S "P against one of the lesser tourna- ment lights today and has strong backing to go as far as the semi- final If he reaches that stage Somerviile will be difficult to dis-

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Ted l-Iaas. Jr.. the southern golf- er who won the (Janadian amateur title two years ago. inlbrewid Hen" ry Cotton. the English professional ace, as the smoothest stroking player in the meet. Haas doe! Dos- sess close to perfect style. but he hasn't got the golfing reserves or the endurance under of the

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NEWS

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For British

‘IROON, Scotland, May 3_.(Qp) —Canad.a's fair-haired of golf. ch57!“ R4756 (Sandy) omervilie, and seven other champions of one Sort 0r another at some time or|‘ 51109161‘ Nmfl-[Md tonight in the hunt for the cherished British Am- ahisuilr? d n on, Ont, irp aste , wendied his way betweennthen cavfi emous bunkers and all gllllelxfilzxsatipe tgvgmlmtgreseivetlylctories l gain quar- ter-firuil round. Firing calnily and oblivious of a, wild, rain-laden wind. sandy sidetracked waits.- McLeod, bv one up in the morning. and beat R. C. MacGregor 1r. three and two

Tomorrow morning he faces H. W. I-Iatlersiey. who was Australia's Champion in 1930. The other quay. fer-final matches b er:_

Jock Stevenson. Scotland, vs. Cec. il Ewing, Ireland.

Charles Yates. United States vs.‘ Cyril Tolle England.

Hwwr vmnson. mama. vs.

It was a. day of disaster for the United States contingent, over here in full strength for the coining Walker Cup matches. While Ya , and swearing b lucky red fiannels sent hkn by fellow Atlanta, the illustrious Bobby Jones, survived the elements and accurate firin . Johnn Goodman, Charley Kocs s and die Haas were blown into the discard.

In the morning. bundled up to the eyes, Charlev came out and rifled around the first nine, full against the wind, in 34 two under par. That was practically enough to dis

of Andy McClure. who was sub ued four holes later, seven and five. Yates came in soaking wet, took off the Jones flannels and person- ally took them to the room. There he had waited until they had dried, put them on again and fin- ished his day's work with a six and five victory over W M. Robb, the Perthshlre doctor who yesterday el- iminated defending champion Bob Sweeny.

Down The Alleys

HOLY NAME BOWLING Mixed Doubles

E. Robin 19s 25o s11

.4. oaniobeu 121 100 146-1121

r. Campbell 151 201 1w

o. Keenan 22a 106 142-1014

v. eineeir 204 211a 142

P. Lawlor I35 14a 115-1021

w. Davey 104 2m 16a

a. Morai-iane 224 12s 195-1016

n. risrier 19s 201 21s

1-1. Costello 11a 1s 1oz- cs1

M. Dowling 151 res 15o

p. Coyle 166 I55 112-919

o. Nolan I55 1:44 201

a. Mitchell 124 I65 122-001

P‘. Tierney 164 178 198

n. ouioiiorsn 9a 10a 19- aao

n. Dolron iaa 144 21o

M. Brown so 104 10o- nae at '| O'clock

Tonight's Schedule Sharp

LADIES GENTS G. Coady L. Blanchard H. Coyle A. Kelly M. McI-ellan Dr. Corrigan M. McFarland H. Gaudet I. Dou an R. King V. 3m th Dr. L. Duffy P‘. Mallett L. Callaghan L. Arsenault R. Duncan G. Young B. Arsenault H. McQuaid F. Egan G. Doyle R. Ellison l... Ellison B. Calllkhan

CIPTOWN BOWLING ALLEY! Candis Pin Doubles

F. Joseph 6r J. McAleer—64'1.

C. W. Patterson d: A. Goat-MB. J. Liawior a M. Smith-SM.

Mrs. Burke 8r C. McDonald-Ml. A. Murley 82 P. McKinnon—53l.

C. McKenna 8a N. McKay-bit).

Baseball Results

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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000 001 000-l ‘l 1 Rufling and Dickey: Rowe. Pof-

fenberger and Tebbetfs.

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New York Detroit

Humphries. Hudlin and Hemsley. Philadelphia 102 001 000-4 B 2 ChiOBKO 000001 000-i 0 0 Caster and Brucker: Dietrich. Cain and Sewell. I01 008 022-12 l! 0 5t. Louis 000 041 500-10 i5 1 Deshong. Kelley. Chase. Kohl- man. W. Ferrell and R. Ferrell: Newson. Bonetti. Vanatta, Walkup and Sullivan. Heath.

INTERNATIONAL LIAGUI Rochester M0 070 0-0 I0 0

Montreal 010 500 0-6 l0 I Sharer. Judd. Raifendzergar and

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Golf Crown

Goodmln Dafclted

Goodman. favorite in the big starting field of 2&0. went down be- fore Koosis. Goodman won the first when Kocsis’ drive skidded into the heather, but from then on 1t wasn't the Goodman who won the United States Championsnlpin i937. and Johnny was beaten three and

o. In the afternoon, after Haas. I former Canadian amateur tltlehold. er from New Orleans, aimed - ed out at two up to Sam Mo lay, Glasgow golf writer, it was another and a sadder story. Kocsis came out against Johnny Stevenson. the local pride, and committed every error in the book. He was swamp- ed seven and five.

He pulled his approach into the sand at the second, missed a two- foot putt at the third. holes and never again got in the battle. By the 10th, Stevenson was fou.r up.

Tollew. shooting his cannon-like drives in quest of a title he won in i920 and again in '29, whipped Sam Roberts three and two to gain the select circle.

The only other former British titleholder left is Thomson. the i936 ruler. Thomson accounted foi- Mc- Kinlaiy this afternoon by one up after 30 ltard-fought holes. It was the fourth triumph ln a row the handsome Hector achieved by the slimmest of margins.

The burly and tenacious Ewing iépset a British Walker Cup can-

dfllé. Alex Kyle, by two and one.

‘Ilo gain tl-e doubtful honor of facing the determined Somerviile. Harttersley won by four and two over Dr. William Anderson of the British forces. In the morning the Australian had scalped Bob Beill by two and one. .

Harttersley has been impressive right through the week and prom- ises to give the toughest sort of ar- Ellmenli to Somerviile. But as one old Soot in the Canadians gallery said today, "it'll tak courage and inspiration to whup Bandy."

Four Team Juvenile Ball Loop Formed

At a meeting held last night in the i... P. U. nail a. four-team Juv- enile Baseball League was organ- ized. ’ihe President. Gus Longs- pnie. presided.

‘reams and managers follow: V-B‘s Bill Ityan; Ail-mars, “Whitey" Glllis; C. C.'s, Willie McTague.‘ HAWKS, Vernie Peters.

An iii-game schedule including two sections was drawn up with the first league tilt scheduled June 3. The piayoris for the champion- ship will be between the section winners. Snouimhowever. the same team finish in first place in both sections the sectional runners-up will meet in a series to play the league leaders.

Umpires appointed were Johnny Garnnum and Fred McCabe. .

Schedule follows:

First Section JUNE:

til-All Stare vs. C.C.'|. 8—V-8's vs. Hawks. l2—l-Iawks vs. All Stars. lZ-C.C.'s vs. V-8's. 16—V-B's vs. All Stars.

lid-Ali Stars vs. l-Iawks. Second Seotio 29—V-8’e vs. Cfs. JULY: l-Ail Stars vs. V-Ws. 1—Hawks vs. C.C.'s. 6-All Stars vs. 0.03s. l0-—V-B's vs. Hawks. l0—Hawks vs. All Stars. 18-0. 03s vs. V-B‘s. l'l—V-8's vs. All Stan. 17-0. C.'s vs. Hawks.

Bears Defeat Vi c t o r ias

In the second game of the new- formed North End League the game from the last night. Lou

1y Bears wonqab elects: $52128‘ and s riihie Pound. m r ht hanclers hooked 11D 1" P i hers battle that was the Milli" light throughout the zamv- MM- Leod in winning his twelve batters down via e strike- out route. Pound while hflldlu! the Bears in check fanned eifhl-

e 1- mglzll batteries Bears: Machod 6i Vlcs: Pound d: 8. 0511B!"-

onipii-ee: at the iii-w PM 1911-, ion, on the bases Lou OamPW- and Vince Sheb-

Celtic Captures

Narron: Polii. Chapman. Duke and AMIBICAN AISOCIAIIOI Replayed M atch llinnea lis i. Kansas City I. it. Pd 9. Milwaukee 8. ' , mans/moms. mason: (or. Cable, a pint-diam Swill- , w_ M M - Battlin Jaglfhéigmuiilioooi 010-0 o i has drivi rnlflyxfleltlc vim u“ magnum-g a 3 Bunderland -1 ionshttci‘!!! o‘ ‘lg; '°. "m" D‘ l" m“ Mm’ “W” nariiiiiiiwoii Tins-iii - w“ °' ‘M, M___.__..°°"'- river-it. Yesterday the team! P ed soon-r channel "n

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Austin Loses To Chinese Star

Kho Sin Kle. Chinese tennis star pictured iii action during his final match with ll. W. Bunny Austin for the B flgh 119,“; Con," tennis mie at Bournemouth. The scores were 6-4 6-4, 3-6 11-3,

"t. SPORT woiiio

Sandy Somerville Reaches Quarter - finals ' In Play

English Miler Plans Attempt O n R e c o r d

By ALAN RANDAL Canadian Press Staff Writer NEW YORK. May 26 - Sydney Wooderson. Britain's great miler. has a date with “Pacemaking Percy" to attempt a four-minute mile....Percy is a not-too-hand- some mechanical man who will be mounted on the rat/bit carriage of the White City dog track....With Percy pacemakipg. Wooderson hopes to better Glenn Cunning-

ham's 4:043 indoor mile.

Tazio Nuvolari. dare-devil racing driver. had a tough time getting an a ‘ “le license to drive from New York to Indianapolis. ears of race driving did not offset

is being none too good at English ...so someone who knows the lang- uage must ride with him.

Fight camp reports say Max Schmelings crackling left jab is now almost the equal of the right that blasted Joe Louis to sleep two years ag0....Walte Hoyt. the for- mer big leasuer. makes his semi- pro debut Sunday with Brooklyn Bushwicks against Pittsburgh.

Chicago Cubs are eyeing the third baseballing DiMaggio brother. Dominic, who is with San Fran- cisco Seals....Other clubs have shied ofl because the DiMaggio baby wears glassesunTom Meany in the World-Tely says Frankie Frlschs home phone is listed uri- der the name of “Charles Softy."

An extra press row has been in- stalled in Long Island Bowl to handle the rush of out-of-town sports writers here for the Arm- strong-Ross flght....the list reads like a sports writers’ whos-who embracing Canada, Cuba. South America and Mexico as well as the U.B.... The $100,000 match horse race that won't come of! had con- siderable to do with luring them here too.

Chick Evans. only man to win the United States Open. national amateur. Western U. S. Open and amateur golf titles, has said fare- well to major competitive golf.... Evans, 48 next month: plans to play only in tourneys in his home town Chicago area....Leo (Lippy) Dur- ocher. shortstop obtained from St. Louis. is the new Brooklyn Dodger field captain.

Baseball

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The Junior Canadiens and Saint Dunstan's University baseball team will meet tonight in a game at the Xictoria Park diamond at 6

o'cloc .

It will be the third game be- tween the two teams. The Cana- diens won the other two.

I m pd rials Ta kc Over Second Place fili- .

the Bees 1'1 to 5 encounter.

began to function they pushed and in every suoc the fifth kept count.

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four times in the in; home a lone t session.

Walter Goss st to retire with a da ed finger at

the end of the third fter yielding one run on three hi .

and four runs. Earl Goss went the the losers.

Box Score

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Umpires-At the plate. Bill w- lor; on the bases. Nels Whl k and H. Gauthier.

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(Canadian Press) Primo Camera totted to h corner and conceded a IO-roun heavyweight boxinp bout to Iiero Haynes. Philade phia negro, a Brooklyn two years ago tonight. The mammoth Italian suffered temporary paralysis in his right leg in the ninth round. was ahead on points.

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