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Beareats Outplay Beavers To lwin 3-1

(By The Canadian Press) SAINT JOHN. N. 13-. Dec. Ill-A short-handed but fighting pack of Truro Bearcats outplayed Saint John Beavers tonight for a 3-1 win in the Maritime Senior Hoc- key Mflllle~ Gaining compensation for their w“ to Moncton Hawks last night the Caia lengthened their lead to mm points over the Birds while - Beavers retained their familiar cellar place four points below gallfax in the Big Four standin! The best Saint John could do tonight was a quick goal by Jack Wade shortly after the opening lncc-ofT. Truro scored twice be- fore the frame ended and added mother in the third. Truro dress~ n1 only 10 men against l5 Beav- rrs. Among the missing from the Cat lineup were Frank Grubow ski, Kink MacDonald and Ab Mc-

Kinnon.

Lineups:-

Truro: Goal, MacDonald: de- fence. Steele, Kearns; 09111-1‘?

Mosh; wings, Medynski. McIn- tyre: subs, Barirwell, Wilson, Rob- ertson. Beaulieu. saint John: Cloal. Donachey: defence, Allan. Crollcher; centre wade; n-ings, Jackson, Nicolle: subs. Butler, Garey. Fecleronick Lynch, Szabo, Price. WHEN. G91‘- nsnn, fay. Summary:

First Period

l-Saint John, Wade (Jackson l-Jrrure, Roach (Steele) s-Truro, Barkwell . Penalty: Kesrns (2).

.11 .36

Second Period

scoring: None.

Perlalties: Writ h! 11118101) Kcarns. Third Period i-Truro, McIntyre (Medynski) ..2.05

Penalties: Wright.

Sports improvement Plan Approved For llcntvillc

KENTVILL-E. N.S.. Dec. l5 — (c?) - A $85,000 mart improve- Ilent plan for Kentvilie was ap- proved tonight as a meeting of citizens voted to enter n team in the Halifax and District Senior Baseball League next season.

The expenditure would include installation of lights for night baseball, a new grandstand and other ground improvements.

BR. Wade. president. of Kentville Baseball Club, sold 'l‘rul~o. Halifax Arrows. Halifax Shipyards, Liverpool. Yarmouth, Middleton, Kentviiie and possibly Wlnrlsdr would combine to form a new league as a farm club for Brooklyn Dodgerl.

Such s loop. he said. would not be connected in any way with the Nova Scotia Amateur Baseball As- sociation and therewuuld be no Maritime play-offs. Provincial play- offa would also bl eliminated.

Only the Halifax teams, Liver- pool larrupers and Truro Bear- cats operated in tho Halifax sen- ior loop last season with Arrows "Piling the Maritime crown in a play-off series with Marysvllle, up. Royals.

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LONDON - (OP) - About 1.50 (ices eXliorted to Clnada and the United States this year earned Britain nearly 81,000,000."

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lanai WARNING

Don't Miss The

Navy Hockey llance

TUESDAY, DEC. 23 Whelon Memorial Holi

Den Messar and the islanders

Buy your tickets from mam- lms of the Navy hockey ream.

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N0 IIOIIRS PACKED HILL

ll.0.A.F. Flycrs May (let Four New Players

OTTAWA, Dec. 18 -—(CP)—'I'e R.C.A.F. Flyers, still tlhe nucleus for a team which will represent

Canada in the Olympic hockey galmcs in February. may be bolster- ed by four forwards from Ottawa New Edinburgha in the City Senior League. an Air Force spokesman said today. .

The new players will be . given their first playing trial when Fly- ers go to Beilevilie, Ont.. tumor- row night to meet an all-star senior "B" team in an exhibition match.

The new Edinburgh players are the foryllard line‘of Ted l-libberd. Reg Schroeder and Ab Renaud, and another centre. Pete Leiohnipz.

Wants Games With . Canada's Olympic Team

CALGARY. Dcc. 18 —(CP)—Art Rica-Jones, manager of Calgary Junior Buffaloes of the Southern Alberta Junior League. said today he had wired A1 Pickard. president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, asking that a three- game series be arranged between his team and the R.C.A.F. Olympic team. the winner to proceed to the Olyvmpic games. ~

llown The Alleys

Cl-PTOWN ALLEY

Pyrlhlln League

lmperials:_ G. Toombs .. E. Sutherland M. Young H. Warren K. Boyce __ Total-2279. Knockouts:- H. McLeanK. H. Ferguson C. Brown .... B. Walton 202 228 10w Score 119 104 'I‘0tal—219l. Rite Way Cleaners Aces:- G. Lidstone 145 142 95 B. Mabey .. .. 114 121 112 low score .100 100 100 Joe Rush .118 1B9 144i E. Kneebonc ‘l0 162 ldi L. Weather-bis . 100 100 L. Bagnall . 243 176 904 1067 374

Barney's Plcln- V

G. Ross l... Stewart I. Coffin . .. C. Campbell . M. Knecbone J. Coles _. J. Maybe Spitfires:- A. Burke 188 181 E. Stevenson 159 119 '1‘. Robertson 106 ‘.50 J. Campbell 91 120 P. Livingstone 126 96 K. MacCabe .. 137 12d l-l. Campbell 180 17d 986 97a

Bruins To Play Exhibition llamas

BOSTON. Dec. l! - (AP) — Boston Bruins o! the National Hockey league have scheduled ex- hibition games with Ottavwa sena- tors in Ottawa, Jan. 6 and with Toronto Marlboro: in Kingston. Ont., Jan. 7.

Proceeds of the Kingston game will be turned over to the Inter- national Hockey Hall of Dame's

SKATING

building fund.

_ssss|o|| THE

FORUM

Just what the future holds in store for junior hockey this season

will likely be made known at a meeting to be held at the Travel Bureau office this evening and it is hoped that all junior players interested in the fol-znation d a league will make it a point U M- tend. U I I O

For tile pas; severahweeks now many inquiries have been received from eligible juniors and fans who follow the junior leagues closely as to the possible formation of a league. Tonight they will have a chance to express their views on the matter and their attendance is compulsory if anything of a concrete nature is to be forthcom- ing.

I l I O

Director of Physical Fitness Bill Reid, always keenly interested in the development of the youngsters is calling tonight's meeting and despite several obstacles that have to be overcome such as the secur- ing of practice hours. the latter due to the heavy ‘- * la- on Forum ice, is confident that if enough interest is shown a junior league will be underway here ‘shortly after the turn of the New

Year. I O I O

l lMork continues to progress fav- orably on the installation of the artificial ice plant at the Char- lottetown Curling Club and al- though no definite word 1s forth- cbming as to when the curlers will get their first crack at the some. workmen are hurrying matters with all possible speed so as to give the curlers the earliest start possible. O I O Daily keen interest li being shown by the curlers in the bis task that the men are tackling. Engine room work is now near completion and yesterday the workmen were soldering and lay- ing in place part of the five miles of pipe that will be spread over the four rinks. I O O O Determined to turn the tables on the Saints when they clash in their first league tussle, Navy hockey squad, practicing twice a week are rapidly rounding into top shape and Coach Whiter Lawlor will have a different looking squad the next time they step out in front of the cash ‘customers. I

»A.s we said before there is a lot of hockey talent contained in the ranks of the Navy team and in recent practice sessions the boys have been performing in a. smooth manner. so smooth in fact that close followers of the team are highly enthused over the sqllldl chances once the league gets un- derway. I O I The boys themselves are show- ing lots of pep and hustle and next ‘Tuesday night will deviate from hockey somewhat when they will stage a dance at Whalers Memorial Hall. Players are now out selling tickets for the event and the affair promises to 80 Wfl‘ in a big way. Proceeds will go to defraying some of the heavy cost entailed in owltincfhe sawi- I O O

No matter what exchange one picks up it. is certain that some reference will be found relating to the New York Rangers. at present the hottest team in the National ruinous. Jim (Globe and M4“) Coleman has the folluwlnfl i0 "Y after Rangers had dump“ ti" Maple Leafs ‘4-1 last Saturday night at thefltrdfni‘!

"The curtain of time was P1111"? back briefly on Saturday nlsh and a Toronto audience was ovar- come by nostalgia. as it watched some first-class hockey. Appropri- ately enough. 1-119 W!“ which 51°15 the spotlight was the new Y0?!‘

Rangers. . _ .

‘There were times during the evening when near-sIBhi-fld 5170B- tators could have been ioraivfli i! they imagined-that the forwards who were wearing the hlfllli" Ranger uniform were Billy Cool. Frank Boucher ahd Buncoolt. Not that the hockey was ‘Tl-LAT good. mind you. but Saturday nisht! hockey bore the unmistakable Ranger trademark.‘

“It was a delightful BUM-B "9' flashing contrast to the halter; skelter, slam-bans 11°07"? tilwhlc-‘f we have become accustomed it. the past five or six years. Th; Leafs entered illtO use spirit o

wide open. althoulli they W" gmggngeq by the goal-tending oi Sugar Jim Henry. W119 “m?” m’, perbiy. (It's just as well that Bil Tobin wasn't in the crowd or he would have succumbed to INP- lexy. l-fe turned down a chance to obtain. Henry in a trade a month ago.) I I O I

"The Rangers are the hottest tum in the National Hockey Lu- gue. it's impossible to guess how far they'd ouidlstance the field if

t-hnvhada emails of raalia nt-

the thing site pulled the throttle»

LONDON, Dec. 18 — (C?) -~ Czechoslovakia, vEqropej sum“. est hockey-playing country, tn- night concluded a six-game tour of England with a well-earned 4-3 victory over a picked club of England-born players. The Czech club came out on the credit sfdc ‘with four victories against two defeats and showed enough powe to stamp it as a serious Olympic threat.

The team. coached by Cana- dian-born Mike Buckna, a former 'I‘rai.l, B. 0., Smoke Eaters player performed against some of the strongest all-Canadian clubs in England during the series and made two o7 them-Harringay Greyhounds and Streatham—look like novices. They are fapt and excel in a short-passing game.

Interviewed after tonight‘; match, Bukna. refused to comment on chances for the Olympics.

"We have another l5 or l0 Olympic , ibles at home and wc don't know our team yet," he

1.... GUARDIAN.’ CHARLOTTETOWN

Consider Czech Hockey o, Jllllilll‘ "liilkfil Team Olympic Threat

said. “But on our showing here

lav Drobny, one of the classiest wingers in Czeohoslowakia who is a. cinch to go to 8t. Moritz- has

ers in Britain."

dangerous around the nets. Their passing is very good and their position play is smart."

The Czechs opened their tour with a convincing 8-1 victory over Harringay and followed up with an easy 9-3 decision over an Eng- land outfit which included four oi five of Britain's Olympic players»

They made it three SUBlBJt. against Sreathanr an all-Carn- dian club, by a 9-2 score and tllen bumped into two defeats against Brighton Tigers, last year's Eng iish league champions, and Noo- tingham Panthers, one of the strongest teams in the country.

Close Race In N.ll.L. Scoring _

(By The Canadian Press) . Ted Lindsay, Detroit, racked up two goals and an assist in Chicago Wednesday night to move into a. second-place tie with Montreal's Elmer Lach in the National Hoc- key League scoring race. Lach, who was idle, and Lindsay are only one point back of leader Syl Apps of Toronto with 27. New York's Buddy O'Connor and De- troll/l Jim McFadden moved tnto a lnvo-way split for fourth place

with 24 points.

The leaders G A ' Pts. Apps, Tor. .. 13 14 27 Lach_ Montreal l3 13 26 Lindsay, Detroit .. 1d 10 26 McFadden, Detroit 11 13 2| O'Connor, N. York 11 13 24 Richard. Montreal 12 11 28 Gee. Chicago 10 11 21 D. Bentley, Chicago 9 12 21 Kaleta, Chicago . . 9- 12 21

Granby eagles Quit League

MONTREAL, Dec. 15 - Granby Eagles, whose players went on strike for back pay and refused to take the ice for two weekend gam- es, have decided to withdraw from the Quebec Provincial Hockey League. REL. president Ernest Comte Said here tonight.

The Granby team started the season as the Verdun Eagles, but the franchise was transferred to Granby when the club's executive ran into financial difficulties with the management of the Verdun Auditorium.

The players went on strike Sat- urday and refused to take the ice against 5t. Hyacinthe until they received three weeks back pay they claimed was owed them.

By The Canadian rreaa

Johan Henry Lewis. light. heavy- weight champion of the world, knocked out Ceieunan Johns in the second round of a non-title bout 12 years ago wright. Lewis defeated Dutch Weiner the following night in a non-title tussle.

standing defensemen. Their rear- guards are merely competent- among their number, they lack a man who can direct the traffic at all times. I I I I

"Boucher could be forgiven for smiling indulgently as he watched his pupils pass the puck calmly and efficiently. His lesson to the Leafs and to the public demon- strated clesrly that stick-handling still can dominate hockey-even

'Harry Walker Crowned, Batting Champion Of The National League

.. Ilnil-hed sixth with a .312

REMEMBER WNEN -

the present team-minus Ylf0S'l

opened the eyes of Canadian play- .

Alex Archer of Winnipeg, new-. ly-appointed coach of Britain's team. said: "They're fast and

PAGE SEVEN

League Meeting ZThis Evening '

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, All interested in tile formation of a junior hockey league ml; season are asked to attends meet- 1118 at. the Travel Bureau office this evening at 8.15 to discuss the matter thoroughly.

All eligible players are asked to ibo on hand and in addition all fans interested in getting such' a league underway.

Find Hockey Isn't What It llscd To Be

(By Mo] Sufi-in)

WINDSOR. Ont.. Dec. ‘Hockey isn't the used to be.

It has chanced physically but lt also has undergone a psyclmlg- gical face-lifting.

For one thing, the days when a blood-and-thunder coach would “were viacrcusly before the game that "We're £01115 1-0 beat the pant; Off ‘Gulf’ and leave it at that hav:

18-—(CPl same as it

NEW YORK. Dec. la —(CPJ - Harry (Little Dixie) Walker of Rililadelphia Phililes today was of- ficially crowned the National Lea. gue's 1947 batting champion.

Younger brother of Dixie Walker, who was recently traded from ‘Brooklyn to Pittsburgh, Harry fin- lshied the season with a .363 mark, official averages showed.

Bob Elliott of Boston Bravos, the Circuit's most valuable player. trailed Walker by more than 40 points with a .317 average.

Phil Cavarretta. of Chicago Cubs and Augie Gfllfllll of Cincinnati were tied for third at .314 and Pitts- burgh's Ralph Kiner, formerly of Tjoronto Maple Leafs, was fifth at .3 3.

The 29-year-old Philly outfielder. who started the season with St. Louis Cardinals, collected 186 hits m 513 W98 to the plate including 29 doubles. 16 triple; and one horn- cr in 140 genres. His 16 three-bag- gers topped the League.

Walker is the first Pihilly to win the crown since Chuck Klein won it with a .368 mark in 1933.

Four players who made the top l0 ‘hi! your are fonmer batting kings.

Stan Mualal of the Cards. who mark, won the title in 1946 with a .365 average and also was tops in 1943 The other former champions: Ca- varretta. 1945, Pete Raiser, Brook- lyn .1941, and Dixie Walker. 1944. Kine: and New York's Mize dom- inated the sluggers.

Klner tied Mize for the home run championship with 51; hits for

the most total bases, 361: set a major league record by slamming eight homers in four consecutive

games; tied seven major league rec- ords by hitting a total o: five hom- ers in two consecutive games twice, six in three consecutive games three times, four in four consec- utive times at bat. and four round- ilrippers in a doubleheader; equalled the National League mlrrk by twice hitting three consecutive homers in

one game: and by winning the homer title in 1946, became the first player in the major league

history to lead his league or tie for the leadership tn home runs in each of his first two seasons in the

zone. Nowadays they use guarded dip.

the opposition of confidence that will leave thcm in the right psychological (mull: of mind to be caught off guard with three quick goals in the first l0 minutes.

“We're pretty weak," you'll hea; the coach of 1947 say. ‘We've got a couple of regulars out with tn- , jllrics and 1 don't know how we'll clo tomorrow night. Maybe with a ' bit of luck we'll get a tie.”

Example

One of these coaches with the wily, plotting mind is Frank Bouciler. He's well known for making pro-season predictions on where every team in the league will wind up. In several seasons past he's relegated his New York Rangers to a lowly position. That's exactly where they've woulld up.

Then this year he suggested them for the fourth spot. Natur- ally, everyone who haa been con ditioned to the idea of New York being down around the bottomr jaughed. y

Doug (Windsor Star) Vaughan,. comments: “The wise men aren't laughing any longer. It's Bouchers turn to chuckle now."

His team is currently the hottest in the League, presently. sitltlng in the fourth place spot.

And, Vaughan adds, "if thfiy continue to click for the rest oi the season the way they have for the past month, there are going to be plenty of red races around the hockey wheel."

It's clear what Boucher was trying to do. In past year's he pre- dicted the Rangers would wind up around last place, all the time fig-

uring they could cop the fourtr place spot. ‘Ilhis year's place prediction

means he expects them to wind up among the leader. by taking aci- vantage of that sense of false security instilled into the five other N.ll.L. coaches. ' Bobby-Sax Trade

Another example of the change in hockey is the publicity depart ment. Back a few years the best advertising for a player was that he could throw a body check

‘majors.

Mize batted in and scored the most rune, 138 and 137 respectively; established a National League rec- olrd by scoring in 16 straight galmcs; hit 51 homers for the most ever clouted by a left-handed batter; and hit three consecutive homers in one game.

Two other giants, catcher Walker Cooper and manager Mel Ott, tied major league marks. Cooper hit seven round-trlppers in six straight games and Ott, by playing in a. iew games. extended his own National League record f0; longest service with one club to 22 years and tied the major mark.

The remaining individual honors were gained by Tommy Holmes of Boston, Eddie Miller of Cincinnati. Jackie Robinson of Brooklyn and Red Schoendiernst of St. Louis. Holmes collected the most hits, 191 and the most singles. 146. Mll- ler hit the mcst dou-bles. 38,- Robin- son accounted for the most sacri- llCi-‘S. 28, and the (most stolen bases, 29; Srfinendienst went to bait the

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gallery fans. Chandler tells _ Red Wings are trying to publicize Gordon (Hardtlu-k) Howe as Gor- die (Jive) Howe.

bobby-sax Olympia is CilBl1dl€1"5 quote from the biographicln maliunl Red Wings which says:

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Allan iiup Champs In Third Placc

Montreal Royals came from be-

which would Jar the teeth of thc

(Detroit News) how the Detroit

Now. Paul

Apparently meant to attract the trade to the Detroit

of the "Away from the ice he ll I HIP

swing music and malted milks. H" is shy and afraid of the opposite

MONTREAL. Dec. l8 — (C?) —

hind a 2-0 deficit here tonight to whip the sixth-place Vaiieyiieid lrllvcs 9-4 in a Quebec Senior Yockcy League fixture before a_ "larse crowd of about 3-000. The