Week-end Games In 8.1-1.1’... Leave Team StandingsUnchanged

this ebb. and basketball games will not be resumed until

Local sport activity during holiday season is at a l0\V Both hockey

the New Year when the regular imguc schedules will get under- way. The hciiuv fall of snow. however, should give all those in- terested in skliilg’ or snow shoeing an opportunity to enjoy an out- mg. 4- -l- + -l-

(jiiiiilooi: rink; throughout the wiiiiili-y- iillicli il>u1illy got unity; about this time are liuvliiz their warn difficulties iii conlbatting the Nutrients. Reports from many mantras, however. silate that en- thusiasm runs lli2ll riiid lint. vnl- imtr-cr \\‘().llI(‘i'S all: fur-i. clrnrlllf: snowed ill arenas iii cliablc the rarryinz on of skating programs and inter-mural hockey games.

4- Il- d- + Roy Conacher, (rho wouldn't play hocizey for tho New York

lraligcrs when they had liiiil. told his story of a change of heart in

an interview recently. He said his brother, Lionel. talked him out of retirement. so that when

the Chicago Black Hawks made a hid for him. lie \\':i<: prompt t0 some to terms, Cdllacllers talc is simple enough to gain the cred- rility of anybody lvho wishes to

bellow it. but, the Ranger front office is openly skeptical. 'l'he story is too pat. The RfiflQQrs

feel they never had a chalice of

netting Conacher. 1- -l- + d-

Oomober amid he had "no com. Bent" with a. French accent on the second syllable. He said he rcolrldrrt talk about it "until it blows over." Then. on being prod- ded, he gave forth with this yarn.

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"Ldonel was out shooting in Cal- lary. 1h read this story that I was golrkg to quit hockey and he name rilshing home to ‘Foronin. He was indignant. lie told me lf was too young to give up hockey.

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"Iisilwasthedayafter Boucher. ‘Oumager Frank Bouclier of the Iaw York Rangers) last. visited me. I like Frank. 1' like New York. But when Bout-her saw me set against conning

"Hdawnext day 1' got an offer 92pm Billjmhln of the Hawks and 1 accepted: Not only was I per- luaded by Lionel. but my other older brother. Charlie. Charlie was out hunting in Ontario and he also talked me out of retiring."

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Huwavar. the Rangers look a littig mu they were victliiu of col- Iunioa. They feel they got a raw deal, not only injurious to New 1m: hockey. but personally to Beecher. who never tried harder h his life tn satisfy a player.

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1hr fact as they know them 3 Ian: About the time 0on- aober agreed to terms with Jack Adams of Detroit for a reported M600 Boucher called the Red Wings and consummated the deal lot Conachi-r. Adams told Honch- or that Conacher was heading for his home in Toronto. l-le aslted Boucher to reach the player there and make a final settlement. when Bouchcr saw Conachcr in ‘Foronto. Roy apparently had de- cided to quit.

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Something. it seems. made Con. lieher change his mind between the time of his departure from Detroit and his arrival ill Toronto. What that was the Ranners do not know. But they don't like it.

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Hocksy, as everyone in the sport knows. is a svndicate busi- ness. There is a financial tie-up l"‘|.\\‘CCll the Hawks and the Rod Wings. Jim Norris, 13in. lll‘t‘.‘~l- dent of the Wings. also controls the Chicago Stltdllllﬂ‘

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Johnny Gottsellg. coach of illi- Black l-laivks. was uiinhlc to Shed much light oii the dcal. All he knows about. it is tli.-it 'i‘r»h‘ii fold him the day the ‘Hawks arrived in Toronto. t.hat Conachcr was on his team.

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"One other thin: T know." Gott- ar-llg said. Conachcrls first coil- lracl: with us. was not. acceptable to Clarence Campbell, President of the National League, so that be- fore Roy played his first game

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DETROIT l. BOSTON O

DBPROYI‘. Dee. QB-(AW-With goalie Harry Luimley marking‘ up his second shutout of the season. Detroit Red Wings tonight defeat- ed Boston Bruins‘ for the fifth straight time this season, 3-0. be- fore 13,256 fans in a National l-foc- key League contest here.

Luniley made 16 saves, l0 of them iii the second period. to ra-

onto on Detroit ice early 1n the season.

Detroit remained in second place ‘despite the triumph. while Boston failed to gain on idle Montreal in their tivo-ivay deadlock for fourth place.

Summary

First Period

Scoring-None.

Penalties: Gallinger. McCalg, Egan 3, Stem-art (major), Sund- ford. -

Lpeat a blanking he handed Tor-

Second Period 1~Detroit_ Pavelich (Conacller)

13.17. Penalties: McCaig, Lindsay, Gli- linger. < Third Period

?.—Deil'oit, Horeck (McFadden. Ciuidolilll 8:30.

3—Detroit. Conacher (D. Mor- rison) 19:10.

Penalties: None. 'l'0ll0.\"l‘0 l. NEW 10KB 1

NEW YORK. Dec. 28 —(CPl — Toronto Maple Leaf; and New York Rangers battled to a 1-1 deadlock at Madison Square Ga!- rieii tonight in a National Hockey lmaglle game marked by l5 penal- ties.

A sell-out crowd of 15.9% watch- ed the League leading Leafs gain the tie at 6:04 of the second Per- iod when llowie Meek/er. firing with his back in the cage. drove a lﬁ-iootri- past Eilgai- Jim llrnry iii the New. York nets.

That goal annulled ii 1-0 lend which the Rangers liaa taken at 12:12 of the first period when Phll \Vai50i\ pulled Turk Brodi- out 0f position and slant-cit a short. blwl iiitn all opcti not on passes ‘from Grant Warwick and Buddy OLon- noir. The result left the standincﬁ uiiananesa. Toronto holding "m place five points ahead of the runner-lip Detroit Red Wings who defeatrd the Boston Bruins 3-0 111 the only other Sunday night 8w"- The Rangers lﬂllllfled nve vol-lie behind Detroit and two ahead of Boston and Montreal Canadians. deadlocked for fourth place.

SUDIMARY - First. Period

i-Ncw York. Watson (Warwick. O'Connor) 12:12.

Penalties-Jiarllko. Justin. Esln- idgi, Lgﬂrkk 2, Kluka)‘. Gardner.

Second Period z-Toronto. Meeker (Thomson, Kennedy) 6:04. , _

Penalties -_ ThDKIlBOUi Lfiwmhi Meeker. Juzda.

Third Period

Scoring -Nona.

Penalties - smith. war-wick. 1f- Metz; Watson. .

MONTREAL S. CHICAGO 1

M0 Dec. 28 — (OP) - Chlcago Black Hawks tried their best to make coach Johnny Gott- sellgis swan song a Iwinnini 0M hem Saturday iiigl-it. but they rail ' into goalie Hill mman on one. o! his not nights and dropped a hard- gouglvt, 3-1 decision to Montreal Canadians before 11-144 fans. thl season‘: largest Forum crowd.

Fresh from a. pair of one-sided victories over New York and Bos- ton last; week. U10 Hawk‘ luck ran out when they 18¢"! Dunn" who turned in some remarkable saves, especially in the first 9"" iod when Chicago held a wide mar- gin iii territorial play. ‘

The triumph boosted the Hab- itants into a temPOIW-Yy ffluml‘ place tie with Boston Bruins who dropped g close one at Toronto. The game marked the end of Gottselig’: term as bench pilot of the tail-end Hawks. Charlie Con- acner will replace him this week when Johnny moved into the front office as managef.

SULDWAB!

First Period.

l-Moiitreal, Camipeau (Duuault, Boucliard) ' 15:50

2-C.lli(‘flgO. Mosienko ens) 10:04

Penaltics—Nctlraal. L9!"- Sccorid Period 3—.\'ionireal, Leger (Laycoe. Reay)

8:06 +~Moiitrcul, Blake (Lsocos. Lxivli)

(GCO. DlCk-

19.58

Penalty __ goucliarii. Third Period. Scoring - NonQ.

Penalty-Layne.

TORONTO 2, BOSTON 1

TORONTO. Dec. 28 _ (OP) » The world champion Toronto Maple Leafs completed the 1M7 portion of their National Hockey league season Saturday and had reason to feel modestly proud of

with us. he had to slgn a new coli- tract calling for the terllis lie liad agreed with Detroit, less $100 for

Wank By Weak Hundreds Swing _ . Alongtln Flashing Stool Blades

each of the six games ho missed with the Wings. ‘

SKATING,

The ilappy Brand?

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DECEMBER 29. ‘1941

Bliuck Worthy, Purple Valley In Money lit Toronto

‘TORONTO, Dec. 28 -- (C-P) - Chuck Worthy and Purple Valley. the two Maritime horses entered in Saturday afternoon's Duffel-in Park trots were both in the winn- ing money. There was a good crowd and a fast track.

Chuck Worthy driven by Roy Campbell ran third in the $250 two-heat sixth event vrltla two seconds.

Purple Valley, also driven by Campbell came fourth in the $200 taro-heat second race with a. lmls and a second.

'l'ile Coiliit 8.. owned by J. W Brown of New Uskeard. dill“, and driven by Chum!!! Chapman won the free.for-all $300 fourth event with a second and a first, setting a season record of 2:18 in the second heat.

their title-defence record, for they led the parade in at least four departments.

A crowd of 14.15‘! fans saw the Leafs increase their League lead to five points as they downed the fourth-place Boston Brui-ns 2-1. But. it. was a. costly victory as de. fonceman Garth Boesch suffered a twisted left lmee and will be out of action for a week.

Goalie Turk Broda was less than seven minutes from his fourth shutout of the season but. even the puck that slipped by him left him with the best. goals-against record in the circuit and rail posi- tion in the race for the Vezina Trophy.

Captain Syi Apps added an as- sist to continua to head that de- partment with 1B and the effort gave him a total of 3i to lead the point-scoring race.

SUMMARY

First Period Soorini: None. Ftenalties: Piamui,

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1~Toronto, S. Smith (Hutch. Apps) 9:54. Penalties: Henderson, lzinicki, Gailinger. D. Metz. Third Period 3—-'1‘oronto. Lynn (Kennedy, Meek- er) 5:48. 3—BOSl/Jl‘l, Babarldo (Hendereon) 13141

Penalties: Klukay 2, Egan 2..

Meeker. Gallirlger.

THE GUARDTAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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Crescents Edge Saint John Beavers 3-2

SAINT JOHN, N. 15.. Dec. 28- (CP) — Enlivened by fighting bl- tween Joe Lay and Tommy O'Neil, with subsequent major and mis- conduct penalties to both. a Mari- tiime Senior Ifockcy League fix- turc here Saturday night ended in n 3-2 edge for Halifax Grescents over Saint, John Beavers and bunched the first three tennis in the Big Four standing.

Two points now separate Cres- cenis from the second place Mone- ton Hawks who in turn are two below the leading Tkuro Bearcats while Beavers remain last, eight behind Crcscents.

'l‘ihe Hullgonians rammed home a. goal a pciriod. ivith Beavers npcii- lug the scoring in i-iic first and ending it in the third session of the close-checking game. Saint John had more shots on goal but Gtrmimie Gilfoy. in the Halifax cage. was hard to beat.

Fast-skating George ftfacGregoiy. in on most of the Halifax plays. was considered the outstanding Diayer of the night.

3110111)’ before (he first period's and fireworks started when Lay, husky Saint John defence-nan. checked the smaller O'Neill into the boards. They tangled. :e- ceiving major penalties and’ then suffered misconduets for resuming the brawl in the penalty box. They had to sit out the first i4 min- utes of the next period.

y Summlry First Period ii-Saint John, Wade (Jackson) .29. 2—Hallfax, Charlton (MacGregor) 12.02. ' Penalties -—Lay (major and mis- wnduet). O'Neil (major and mil- conduct.) Second Period 3—Haiifa.\', MarGregor (Uaudct) 11.57

Penalty-Aim;-

Third Period ‘L-Haiifax, Sullivan (Gray) 10.26 fi-Saiiit John, Price (Butler)

Garey) 17.57. Penalties-Metallic, Wade, Red- mond.

Pick Lesnevich As Fighter 0i The Year

NEW YORK, Dec. 28 ~(A.P) — Despite the furore created by Jer- sey Joe Walcott‘s iii-round stand against champion Joe Louis Dec. 5. editor Nat. Fleischer oPRing imag- azine today named Gus Lesncvlcih the light heavyweight, champion, "fighter of the year" iii his 23rd. annual review of tile world's box-

In a. copyrighted article appear- ing in the current. issue o1 his magazine. Fleischer gives 'Walcott credit. for having been a "one-night sensation." but contends that Les- nev-lch. in coming back from a long hitch iiri the United States Coast Guard and winning four im- portant fights during 1947. did more than any @Ll'i0i' man ‘to ilm- prove the standing oi’ the sport."

However, as balm to WalcotUs myriad supporters, Fleischer gives the Camden, N. J. veteran a act of “special awards." ﬁrst. he has awarded Jersey Joe a. medal for "am outstanding performance." and second. he has bracketed Walcott with Louis in group 1 among hhe world's heavyweights. All the oth-

ers are in group 2.

Fleischer has created a new a- ward for the "rookie" boxer of the year. to be given to the fighter who makes the greatest strides out of the unknown class this year. First to win the honor is Laverne Roach, a. middleweight.

‘llwo Canadians were mentioned in the ring rankings. Johnny Greco, Canadian welterweight champion frcm Montreal. was ranked No. 5 in group 2 of the 147-po1lind class and Fernand Gagrion of Quebec City, No. 9 in the bantamiveiglit division.

N. ll. L. Standings

MONTREAL. Dec 2B - (C?) - National Hockey League stand- ings:

r w Ln r a m- DECEMBER 29 at McuurT-s . Totéonto m 1s 1 v e0 s1 at wanznouan. ' Wanted a iium- Emmi," 29’ 1947-‘ PM’ shmp Do rcit 2'! 14 l B U ‘l1 83 bar of borne: 5'1 inches and under. f New Y”! n, u u ‘ M 91 28 bu“ bum; u” Wm ‘M rm“ To elect Skips and Mules and to approve execution o Montreal 2'7 l1 13 4 66 68 26 ing horsel. Appl to Oliver Camp- Boston as l0 12 s ao 7'7 as bell. y mortgages a" "mm" Chicago as '1 1s 2 92124 l6 WELLINGTON lthcNElhL o~o>co<asc

PAGE SEVEN _ _ MONTREAL. Dec. u - (CPL.

Charlie Conaciier has bowed in as

a. big league coach with Chicago Black Hawks. but whether the old bullet-shot artist of ‘Toronto's fam- ed Kid-llne will be able to lift the Hawks into contention will be in- teresting to watch. Although the National Hockey League doormats have been show- 1118 liens of making it tough for the other clubs lately, Dink (Mont- real Gillette) Carroll said his first reaction on learning that Con- iicher would succeed Johnny Gott- selig. was the thought that “big Charlie can't tend goal."

"But lie may know where to lay hands on a goeler." laid Dink, "and if hc does it will help the Hawks a lot."

It's easy to see that Dink is on the rlglit track, for s glance at the standings before the week-end games showed Chicago were the highest scoring team in the alr- cliit, but hat-e had i2! goal] mg. ed against them, 31 more than any other team.

Dink thinks that the other N. if. Li. ‘teams have a too high per- sonal regard for any goalkeepers ivithiri their organizations to deal them to the Hawks and have them try to operate behind that shaky Chicago d”.'6nc€, and gives out with this appropriate little jingle:

“That ain't jun, it must bu

Jelly.

’Cause jam don't shake like."

Tlie Gazette scribe feels the Hawks will play a little better for Conachei- for a time, just as they did for Gottseiig when he took over, but if they don't get some defensive aid they will settle back to the old level.

Coach Dick Irvin of Cariadlens thinks Conacher will help the Hawks, Dink reports.

“He's the driving, forceful type _on or of! the ice", was the Mont- real mentoi-‘s comment.

llama Top Men In Major Ball Leagues

8T. LOUIS. Dec. 2B — (AP) — Branch Rickey. Brooklyn Dodger president, manager Bucky Harris of New York Yankees and Ted Williams. B0slon Red Sex outfield- er, were named Saturday as No, ll men of the year in the major: leagues by Sporting News, base-l ball weekly.

It was the third such awward for Williams. who was selected No. l player by tlic viewspapoi- in i941 and 1942. Rickey also was cited; previously, in i938, when he was- vice-preslderit and general mana- ger of St. Louis Cardinals.

Trainer 0f Horses Dies At Age 0f 85

CLEVELAND. Der. :3 _ (Aw- Mike McDevitt. 85. developer of trotting and pacing champions owned by the lute Capt. David Shaw of Pittsburgh, died lfriday night.

I-le and Shaw raved silvli (rot- ters as Prince Lorcc, Peter Mac Grace, Kentucky futurity fwlflliefv Joan, Peter s.

REMEMBER WHEN

Gilbert Dodds (‘file Flying Pan'- son) c! Boston was named wnirier of tile James E. Sullivan MﬁmOrlBl Trophy. four years ago today. Tile award is made annually to thc amateur athlete in the United State; judged to have clone most to advance the cause or aportainmieihlp during the yen-r. At the time he was holder of the national indoor mile record and. the outdoor 1,500-imetre crown.

Horses Wanted

Form Chart Elmer (Montreal Harald) Ila:-

Will be at Kensington MONDAY.

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lThink Conacher Will ei-lave Difficult Task With Black Hawks

guson uka how s guy 1| supposed to rate the NJ-LL. clubs on that!’ past performances so far this aes- son. 1t can't be done, says Fergic citing these games which upset Ill calculations:

“Leafs, who hadn't scored a goal on Montreal ice previously this season, came to Montreal and. blanked Canadians. . Rangers, beaten in New York by Canadienl last out. went to Detroit and sea down the second-place Wing» without a goal. . . Chicago with the weakest goallng in the League, hitherto, bebook themselves lnto Boston and deluged one of the

CURLING HDTICE

MEMBERS CHAILOTTETOWN CURLING CLUI Supper Meeting-Winchester Banquet Hail

League's greatest netmlnders, Frankie Brimsek with rubber... Before that. Rangers had invaded ‘lbronte, beat the Leafs, then Can- adians went to New York, urhip- ped Rangers, but couldn't score l goal on Leafs last Thursday."

It appears theves no such thing as form lri hockey. says Fergie, but at the end of a season. oddly eli- ough, the beat team ia generally on (Q.

Sporttliiiris From Britain

LANDON. Dec. I —(O?) -Of- ficlals of lotion Wanderer-l foot- blll club have a beau-hing smile for the feminine falls. Tliey find the gals -a.bout 4.000 attend honic games -re.struin the wilder ele- merits.

"Tho more the merrier." any: Manager Walter Rowiey. ‘They (the women) lend a tone and grace to football crowds."

But not all the feminine suppor- ters go to the games to "tone down" the more vociferous male fans who can use some choice expres- siorls. Tris club is tipped about up- and-wmirig youngsters and the women sign their names to the ‘this is a coming international player" report.

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