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Leafs Finally Subdue r Bruins Beating Boston

Team 5 - 1

(By The Canadian Prom)

1030mm, Dec 8-—The team m; gkapbiCB said was getting by on early-season condition alone- Toronto Maple Leafs-was doing ,1; rlgili by itself with nearly ong-ildird of the National Hockey gue race behind it, and had flnnlly defeated every other team 1n the loop.

Leafs drubbed Boston Bruins p-l here Saturday night after failing ln four previous starts. wry other club had bowed to (he team Conn Smythe rebuilt and until last night t.be Blue- liiris considered the Bruins as their 110K-

lt was an ex-serviceman, sailor Gaye Stewart, wtho sparked the leafs to victory with two gopls u they outdiot the more exper- ienced Bruins 36 to 23. Other 'l‘oronto markers went to Ted Kgnfledy, Syl Apps and Vic Lynn. porky Dumart scored for Bruins.

Leafs went in front on a play in which Brimsek suffered a cut mouth. Wally Stanowskl flipped g ghot from the blue line and as Brimsek realized the rebound was dnngerous, he moved out of his 71015.

Kennedy swiped aElP-the puck and as Don Grosso tried to (zheck the Leafs centre, his stick nicked his own goalie's kissenvrBriitnsek had his glove to his mouth as the puck trickled crazlly behind nlm into the net.

plnying five men to the Leafs’ four as three players watched from the penalty box, Bruins evened the count with 38 seconds nl (be initial session remaining. Dumart scoring.

Leafs added two goals in the second and another pair in the third. both scoring splurges com- ing within two minutes.

Summary: First Period

l-Toronto, Kennedy

(Stanowski) . . ......1l:S1 }—Boston, Durnart

(Henderson) ...... .. ...... .... ..19:fl

Penalties: Henderson. Eninicki.

Egan, Boesch, Schmidt (major). Morison. - ‘ n" _

second Period’

l-Toronto, Apps

Q-Toronto, Stewart (Thomson) ............... "H151 Penalties: Guidolln, Mortson.

Third Period

s-Toronto, Stewart (Polio) ....4:40 0—'l‘orontc, Lynn

(Slanowski) . Pcnnliics: None.

Navy Wallops Army In City League Game

Taking the lead in the first min- utel of play and holding a sustain- ed offensive, Navy basketball team Saturday night advanced into a tie for first place with the SDU. quad by downing Anny 47-34 in a Wide-open City Basketball League enootmter.

ridding the basket consistently with short and long range shots "m" Oilimeedlng the Army boys, the winners led 20 to 7 at the half- Vly mark and then outscored their Wsonents 27-17 in tho latter half iynscoount for their as point mor-

lePaee and smith were the big Ilins in the Navy attack. the for- IMr amounting for 30 points and the latter l0. McLeod was top man Mlhe Army with ten points. Ng-"Wllns and scores:

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flew-Schedule For Maritime Big Four League

(By 'l'_ho Canadian Press)

MOQNCFIDN, N. B., Dec, 3_ with the Bi! Five Maritime sen- ior hockey league now known as the Big Four as the result of Halifax United Services’ decision Saturday to withdraw, league of- ficials drew up a new schedule; Following ls the revised sched- ule: DEXJEMBEBA- ll-Moncton at Saint John. Halifax at. Truro. lit-Halifax at Truro. 14.—Saint John at Moncton. Truro at Halifax. iii-Saint John at Moncton. 'I‘ruro at Halifax. lll-Truro at Moncton. ID-Truro at Saint Jchn. 20—Moncton at Halifax. ill-Moncton at Truro. 38—M.onct0n at Saint Joh... Halifax at ‘Truro. 27~Halifax at Moncton. Z-Halifak at Saint John. 30—Saint John at Moncton. 'l‘ruro at Halifax. 1047: JANJ- l-Moncton at Truro. 2—Moncton at Halifax. 3—-'I‘ruro at Saint John. 4—Truro at. Moncton. 6—Moncton at Saint John 8—Ha.1lfax at Saint John. (i-l-ialifax at Moncton. l0-8aint John at ‘Ihuro. ll-Saint John at Halifax. lit-Saint John at Moncton. Truro at Halifax. l5-'I‘ruro st Moncton. lti-Truro at Saint John. 17—Moncton at Truro. lb-Moncton at Halifax. 20—Moncton at Saint John Halifax at 'I‘ruro. M-Salnt Jflhn at Hollis!» iii-Saint. John at THIPO» M-Halifax at Moncton. b-Halifax at Saint John. 77—.Saint John at Moncton. Truro at Halifax. 29—-Moncton at Truro. 30-——Moncton at Halifax. iii-Truro st Saint John. 1"BB.:— L-Truro at Moncton. 5-Moncton st Saint John. Halifax at Truro. 5~Halifax at Saint John- G-Jiaiifax at Moncton. 7—5slnt John at Truro. 8—-&int John at Halifax. 10-Saint John at Mont!!!)n- Truro at Halifax- 12—Moncton at Saint John. Halifax st Truro. lL-Saint John at Truro. lfr-Saint John at Halifax.

Beavers Defeat Crescents 6-2

grim-r JOHN. n. n, nee. a- (CEW-Saint John Peavers WON“ Halifax Crescents two 8°01! ‘m Saturday night and then proceed- ed to tie the rourtn-vllco will!" of the Maritime Big Five Hockey League into knots and rap in Ebola enough for a convincing 0-2 vic- tory.

It was the Fitzgerald-Butler- O'Too1e ll-na which put the pres- sure on and carried the plsv r18)" to the doorstep of "Dutchv" Mumford in the Orescents goal. All the time they were on the ice the three Beaver nl-tyers bo-ed In. Their efforts were rewarded in the second and third periods whIs they hammered home five gosh. Prom this line came the outstand- ng player of the night-Walter Butler. '

O'Toole, with three goals. and Fitzgerald. fart and smooth as of old, also were standouts but But- ler spearheaded the attacks. He laid perfect passes. wls llvesslve lhroufliout, broke »..p many Cres- cent plays between the bluellnes and led the Beavers to their vic- tory. ' Iddle Prise. who played up front and on defence, was also a stand- out. Bs scored the other Beaver goal early in the thfui session.

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served notice Saturday niQrt that they

will have to be reckoned with strongly before the City Basket- ball League title is decided. O O O O

Strong offensively and defens- ively, the "Tars" are a fast- breaklng aggregation that can find the basket consistently both from long and close range. At least that's the manner in which they performed Saturday night and if they retain their present fonm, are going to be tough to head.

O O O O

But before going any further, Army, despite the one-sided set- back they suffered Saturday night are a far better bunch of basket- ball tossers than the score would indicate.

O O O O

Minus a couple of regulars the squad with a changed lineup that necessitated various shifts, threw many threatening attacks at the Navy: but their shooting was a- way off and this in a large sense accounted for the big difference in the scores. .

O O O O

However, in this writer's opin- ion. with a few more practice sessions and able to get a com- plete turnout of Players in uni- form. they should be heard from plenty when the league swings into the New Year.

O O O O

They are writing the obituary of Uncle Mike Jacobs already but they may be premature. Uncle Mike has had a stroke, but men of his age have had strokes be- fore, survived for a very long time. 58W 3oz O'Mcara in the Montreal Star.

O O O O

"Still it is certain that he won't be the same old forceful factor in boxing. He will have to loosen his grip or give up the ghost. It isn't reasonable to suppose that a man ,so aflllctedas he is at pre- sent can continue in the worri- some role which he has carried for so long.

_ O O O O

"Most o! the notices about Mike have ranged from maudlin to realistic. His exit from the box- ing game would be regarded by some as nothing short of s cal- amity. By others it would be looked on as loosening the fet- ters that have ilcd so many box- ers, managers and camp follow- ers to the wheels of his conquer- ing dharlot.

O O O

“Jacobs used to come this way years ago in the days when he was not such a power in punch- land. His,most recent trip was when he came to see Johnny Greco right Terry Young.

O O O O

“Art White, then a major in the Army and in charge of the sport activities at M. D. 4, put the fight on with a fine touch of shuwmanship. He had Mike here as well as a number of NewYoi-k boxing wnlters, as well as Bill

Corum, the “Look Sharp, Be Shanp, And Feel Sharp" broad- caster and sport columnist.

O O O O

“Mike spoke briefly, didn't look anything like the master mitt monopolist, in fact attracted very little attention. He doesn't im- press you at first meeting, radi- ates hnrdness. has the hall marks of s shrewd trader, devoid‘ of sentiment and strictly on the make for Mike.

O O O O

“He came llp from (he curb and there is still a lot of asphalt in his system. Yet he was mart-s er than Rickard. Kearns or an! of those who projected the golden era of boxing, (in the twenties They got the credit, he got the cssh.

O O O O

owed his eminence to Damon Runyon, the late Bill llhrnlworth, and other boxing writers yet when the time was ripe he moved past lhfln 1M0 million dollar propositions which he handled with amazing dexter- ity.

O O O O

“He always maintained he was much maligned, observed that ho didn't mind criticism. Yet nobody was tougher on his critics if he had a chance to retaliate. Life dealt him a staggering blow some time ago when it mowed the ramifications of his flstlo empire. uncovered some of his affiliations which showed the seamy side of the botdng racket, as practiced In New York.

O O O O

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

BOSTON. Dec 8 -— (AW-Set sfire by Cal Gardm-r who scored three goals in less than sit min- utes, the surging New York Rang- ers defeated Boston Bruins 6-4 in a lively National Hockey ueague set-to tonight before a packed 13,- 900 crowd at Boston Garden

Gardner tuko ovu. in the sec- (mzl period, after ‘m: Bruins had pulled into a 2-1 lead. After he tied matters, he pulled out the game for the blue-shirts by rap- ping two puck: into goalie Frankie Brimsck‘; cage within 3D seconds while the Bruins were short- handed.

During the finale. slbie Gardner set ur. sell in such flawless fiishion that the latter was able to bat in his own rebound for the Rangers’ final counter,

The Rangers’ other two goals were registered by the veteran Bryan Hextall in the first and third sessions.

The Bruins spread their ncormg over the three periods, with Joe Carveth scoring twine after Woody Dumart turned on the red .ight 29 seconds after the opening face-

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N. Y. Rangers Defeat Boston Bruins 6-4

off. Milt Schmidt was the fourth Boston scorer, banging in from about six feet out while the Rang- ers played with defenceman Bill Moe in the ruenai-‘y box.

Summary First Period ' 1—Boston, Dumsrt (Bauer. Schmidt) 229. 2-New York, Hcxtall (Laprade) 15:14.

Penalties: Henderson. Cooper

Second Period

S-Boston, Csrvcth (Gallinger) 3:40.

4-—New York. Gardner (Russell) 8:28.

5—Ncw York. Gardner (Inycne) 13127.

6--New York, G-lrdner (Moe) 14:06.

Penalty: Guidol'n

Third Period

7—New York, Hextall (La- nrade) 1:07.

8—Boston. Cnrveth (Galiinzer) 1:48.

D-New York. Russell (Gardner) 4:10.

10-305mm, Schrmrit (Crawford,

Reardon) 11 :28. Penalty: Moe,

Canadians

Legion Practice

A practice session for the Legion team is scheduled for the Forum-at 5 o'clock this evening. All players are requested to at- tend.

Blue Acres To Hold Weekly Racing Card

STELLARTON, N.S., Dec. B .- (cW-Thv B1116 Aorta Horsemews Club had decided to hold a weekly resins card at llhe Blue Acres track Ilflrlillfl Jam. 1, it was announced today.

The events will continue through. out the winter season and will probably ru-n to three classss. Suikles Will be used regardleg of the track conditions. Heats will be half mile.

ll. ll. L. Standings

(By The Canadian Press)

Take 5-3

Decision From Hawks

031C500. Dec. 8 — (OP) -The fast-skating Montreal Catnadiens exploded for three goals within five minutes of the second period to clinch a 5-3 decision over the last- pleoe Ohlcoso Black Hawks in a Nammal 30111180’ Rogue match Wllnessed by a capacity crowd of 19.215 at Chicago Stadium tonight,

Elmer Lach, who paced flu, "c- end-place Cansdienn with a pair o! 8081s and an avast. shared the spflmght with a Birnk Hawk rookie 21-year-old Ralph Nat-trass, whu slapped two long coals and afislst- ed D0112 Bentley for the third Chicago hilly. -

Nattrass, up fl-om Hawks‘ Km. sas City farm club showed trem- endous stick power in his hig les- Eue debut, both of his goaln com- ing on 60-foot shntv.

smtuvssnr ' First Period.

Scoring-None. Penalties — Rcardoin. Moslenko. Lach.

Second Period.

l-Chicago. Nattrass (Gee) 3:19

2—Montreal, Lach (Blake) 8:28

3-Montmal, Richard (Loch, O’Con-

nor) 9:16

i-Montreal, Peters 13:21

ii-Ohicago, Nattrass (Smith) 17:13 Penalties-Gee, Lach, Jackson.

United Services TeamDropsFrom Big Five Loop

(By The Canadian Press)

MONUFON, N. B" Dec. 8-4-100- key moguls meeting here today buried the young Maritime Big Five League and resurrected the Maritime Big Four Hockey Lea- gue which produced three Allan Cup Winning teams in as many seasons.

The Big Five loop formed early last fall went into (the discard when Halifax United Services withdrew from the five team cir- cult leaving four clubs-Halifax Orescents. Truro Bearcats, Mone- ton Hawks and Saint John Beav- ers-to make up the new circuit.

Making n fresh siurt, league heads also scrapped the unpopu- lar Big Five schedule vrhich call- ed for an uneven division of games among the teams in the circuit and drcw up a new 57. came schedule on a home-and- home basis.

'I‘he league will continue until Feb. l5 after which a schedule of playoff games will be draxvn.

11f. Gmdr. Charles MacDonald represented the United Services team at the meeting. He explain- ed that the team had been faced with the loss of three oi’ its best men with no prospects of re- placement. In addition the RC. AR, counted on to provide clay- ers for the team, had failed to do so.

Services withdrawal from the circuit was accepted and league heads immediately set about the task of laying plans to carrv on with four clubs. Major decision reached was that the team stand- ings of the Big Five circuit would not be affected by the Services Withdrawal.

After Saturday nights some b6- tween Truro en’! Services, an" Saint John and He">fax. the =tand- lugs left Trurn anti Monctnn tied for first place, Safirrt John in sec- ond and Halifax Cwscents in third position,

It was decided that as Truro and Halifax have plays-d fewer games than Moncton and Saint John the two Nova Scotla clubs would play three games this week while Mone- ton and Saint John play only two» Crescents, with still one gave less than other clubs ufier this week's games have been rlayed. will be awarded two points for o game they were to have played against United services this week. there- by placlng the four teams on an equal footing in the number of games plnyed.

Jacobs’ Condition Still Critical

(By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 8——A nurse at st. Claire's Hospital reported today that boxing promoter Mike Jacobs “had a restful night" but

P w L - T"""' Pm“ u.- “still in critical condition."

. . T. J‘. A. Pts. m y h yak Jacobs has been at the hospital T°T°fli° l9 11 4 4 60 46 26 Fmfiiffla" Ch (Re Md’ B e) since he was stricken with a cer- cillildis" 3° 11 i 3 64 45 25 7—Montreal. O'Connor (Rear-don) ebral hemorrhase nve days m. Boston l9 6 6 7 56 62 19 112,57 After showing signs of recovery Rangers 20 8 l0 2 (H. 64 18 g_chyeago_ D Bentley (Nnltrass) from hemorrhage, the 66-year-old Detroit 22 7 11 4 66 83 18 16:34. fight imprcsario was seized with diicago 17 5 l0 2 52 ‘ll 12 Penalty -— Mariucci. a heart attack Saturday.

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Leafs Come From Behind Tn Win From Detroit 5-4

X11011‘, Dec. 0 —(Q)—.AIQ trailing for two periods Toronto Maple Leafs exploded for four goals wihhouta replyfrom Detroit Red Wings in the third period to- night, the Leafs defeating Detroit 5-4 to maintain their slim Nation- al Hockey League lead.

The Leafs were on the end of a 4-1 count as that last frame opened. A standing room only crowd of 14,262 cash custom.- ers sow the Leafs pull the game out of the fire wihen it appeared they were hopelessly beaten.

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SUMJWARY First Period. 1 - Detroit, Taylor Bruneteau) 10:02 2—.De~trolt, Conaicher (Taylor) 11:34 _3 — Toronto, Ezinicki 19:09 Penalties-Abel, Bcdilar,

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Second Period.

4-Detroit, Doran 12:31

5-Dct.noit, LiIldSBy (HOW!) 10:08 Penalties: Ezinicki, Lyrtn.

Third Period. (i-Toronto, Poile (G. Stewart) ‘L-Tloronito. Watson 15:09 8—Toronto, Kennedy (Boesch) 16:34 tl-Totonio. Metz (Morison) 18:42

Penalties - Morison, Dewsbury, Bnmeie-au.

Bow Dut With 12-6 Defeat

(By The Canadian Pres!)

TRURO. N. S.. Dec. B-Ill-fated Halifax United Services, who have foundered in last place since the beginning of the hockey season, bowed out of the Maritime Big Five senior league Saturday as they dropped a 12-6 decision to 'I‘ruro Bearcats.

Services put on a game strug- gle in the losing cause and play- ed the game with only eight men in uniform, the rmminder of the team having been called away for navy duties.

The victory placed Truro back in a tie for the league leadermip with Moncton Hawks who were idle after dropping a game t0 Halifax Crescents lyrldfly Hill-hi-

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Jim Cudmore A. Likley . E. Diamond B. Crockett G, Maclnnls .. . Tota1—2522.

High single W. Josey 262.

High three W. Jotey 891.

O. Manuel 141 1'15 30 J Simmonds . . 114 1'71 172 B. Giggey . . ...163 Z10 106 P. Simmonds . .253 1m 357 C. Acorn . . .. .176 277 145 Tuisi—2615. A Found. .190 15o 14o [h cudmgre. 1Z2 113 145 .' Bradshaw .186 1B7 164 G._McDougdii 169 181 154 L. Grant .. 15B Z13 1'16 TOiiil—Z383.

High single C. ANT" 2'77

High three P. Shnmonds. Tonight; at 7:00 City League- Tigers vs, Bombers", Alerts vs. W651 Enders.

Billiards-Jib rndnd- K. Mc- Donald won from A. Tulle.

Duick Changes At Madison Sq. Carrion

(Iy The A-oshtod Press)

NEW YORK. Dec. 6—Madison Square Garden's engineers and mechanics are accustomed to making quick changes but in the last M hours they were called on for a little extra hustle.

The Garden featured a colleg- iate basketbsll doubleheader last night and as soon as the final game was completed the wooden court was ripped w. seals We" moved and the freeing devices sot in motion for a Sunday after- noon hockey game.

No sooner had the last puck been fired when the men started the process in reverse for a pro basketball contest tonight.