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DECEMBER s. 1944

Hockey fans should attend to- night's City League opener in large ryumbers if interest that has been siown the past several days means anything. ans have been more than mildly interested ever since t-he resumption of the league was spoken cf and with the pddition of Summcrslde to the local hockey picture this same interest has in- creased by at least fifty percent.

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Although somewhat pressed for practice time due to unfavorable weather conditions the teams nevi-t erihciess ltaio rounded into condl-l tion in a fast inannt-i" and ca: .-, dutes for the ttirce City teams, linve 119m travelling at a fast clip,‘ lll their last two practice sessions.‘

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Vllhen thc lcagtie was first spok- Q o1 the local Air For" tlictiglit to lioll u'ir the tithcr cii lint; but now min nip start o1 operations lit-rt an tibout-iace has been made iJI-‘A, the bcttors. Coilegitins. n com- Dllltfi 1211111 from Prince 0i Wflles and St Diinstairs, have becnshoiv- in‘; up wilioi late and rrtthcrthan llellii; the untiertifigs in toniglllia‘ opening battle are rated as cyvii, bets to cop bhe tilt. .‘

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In fact. and this comes from an official very closely connected with Ill: Colleuizins team. in the camp}

John y Sqiiarcbriggs‘ squad there is lllclll)’ of COllfiliCllCD vina- Ihlllllg from the players and their followers sayiliat the College s " be returned the victors (l

"ame official went. so far as

.. to that should the Air Force, team win out. he for one will be,‘ kcciily disappointed.‘ ‘

The official in question is tisual- ly very conservative in making statements on the outcome o_f ath- lctic games, so we tultc it for granted that the Collcgc team‘ must really have something when‘ he comes out. with a statement oi that kind.

I I ' However, glancing over the Col-i logians’ lineup. youth, stamina and speed are certainly on their side.‘ 'I'h-:.v do not boast of the cxper-y ieizcc contained in the ranks of‘ tltc- Air Force but their fighting lpiri". can easily make up in large measure for this ‘deficit. . .

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But whatever comes or goes. to- night's game should be a dandy 1mm rt to finish. Both squads; arc \ l. to cop ttie opcning| tilt oi he on and intend go- ing all out n Wlll"‘l8 to whistle to do so. As stated b fore they are in surprising physical condition.

We cxpcc; to liai c_ a look at the Summcrside entry in a. practice session a: the Forum this morn- ing. according to word received last evening. All keyed up over their admittance to the league. the Airmen from _Sum_iners_ide are expccicrl tn Eil'l‘l\'9 lll ttlc City this‘ morning far a 12-hour workout ut the Forum,and likely a large num- ber of rail birds \‘.'l.l be on hand to watch them go through their pac-

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The Stimniersldc tcnm were con- sidcrctl a vcry strong, wolf-balanc- ed outfit when they played several exhibition games hcrcgtowards the close of last season, and with ten of the last year's squad still avail- able for duty we cannot but see tngm o5 anything but a dangerous throat tu the title now held by the Army team, a team which (THC to unavoidable circumstances ircrc forced to the sidelines this year without getting a chance to de- fend their championship.

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And Summerside too must have plenty of ideas in their heads a- bout being able to cop the honors. They not only were anxious to not into the thick of the league fight but also waived any right l0 Cllllm" in; home games on Summcrside ice, being quite content to play all their games at the Forum, a fact which incidentally helped pave the way for n smoother operation of the league, doing away with trill-S to Summerside that under exist- ing conditions would have been very difficult to make.

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SummersideKs entry is bound so add impetus both from the play- ers’ and spectators‘ point of view. Teams from the western Island capital have lnvariabl drawnlarge crowds here no matte what play- ers comprised their lineup. 811d such fliflllid be the case in this year's hockey schedule.

And fans are again rcmliidi-d that the games will get away shit"? on time, namely 7.30. This is a latter that has always bren a TJOlTl‘ of contention with the fans when games would get unticrtvrty a half hour and sometimes cven longer than the set time. 'I'hl.sl year. however. it is going to be

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THE (IHARLKXITETOWN Guanoim 4

SPORTING NEWS

Collegians Oppose Air

Force Team

CityHockeyLeague Opener ~

After weeks of preparation the City Hockey League swings into action at the Forum tonight with Johnny Squarebriggs’ Colleglans clashing with Pete Kelly's Air Force team from No. 2 A.N.S. here.

Both squads completed their weeding-out process and last night had decided on their startingliiie- u for tonight's game. Manager Ft. Lt. George Kuslar, winner of the DEC. named lfteen players for the R. C.A.F. lineup tonight, included tn which are seven from last year's outfit.

Well known to local hockey fol- lowers is the iast tricky line of Labergc, Kelly and Dew. the trio which boasts of loads of hockey experience. Bobby Dew. patrolling llle left; lane, tins performed, in addition to top-ranking amateur clubs, with Springfield Indians in the Canadian-American Hockey Lsagiic. just a short step from the National League.

Laberge. pivot nian for the line, has had no professional experience but was an outstanding junior u- round Montreal before enlisting. Sliurt and stocky, Isabcrge 1s i" t and tricky, i1 smart tilaymaker, and uses a sweeping poke check to break up opposing plays.

Pete Kelly, the red-thatched right winger needs no introduc- tion. Fans still remember his pct‘- formance as an Abcgwcit in the

tdays of t e Big Four, before turn-

ing pro with the now defunct St. uis team. then of the National League. From here lic ivent to Detroit, where lie scored the goal

that gave the Red Wings a Stan-

ley Cup series over Toronto Maple fs. Pete was sold later to New

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Nelson Wins-r: San Francisco Golf tlpen

SAN FRANCJSCO, D33. 4 — (AP) Byron Nelson of Toledo, 0., io-

da._v won the San Francisco open golf tournament for the second year in a row when he shot a final-round

He beat out ogt. Jim Farrier. Camp Roberts, Colif., by a single stroke, the lat- ter carding 282,

Lineups For Tonight's Game

Following are the llnuups for tonight's opening hockey game of the season between ffhe Colleglans and the Air Force which begins at sharp 7.30 n.m. AIR. FORCE

COLLEGIANS W - - Goal Walker

Mc-Klnnon

McAdam Ilennessey

McDonald L. Marin

Defence Swant Ross Enrico Jacobi

Laberge Dew Kelly Trcziso Ashley Pfaff lljlotrtséburgh a rson Quigley Belangcr Cameron Alternate Gnalies Cantwell

Rangers, which the New Yorkers won by a. 7-2 count. says Baz 0’- Meara. in the Montreal Star. Some of the lame brains who set upthat "We want Blbeault" clamor will no doubtfeel quite elated and Jus- tified over the fact that Bill didn't do so well. o

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Blanchard

Robertson

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Mahar

Dowling

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His defence didn't play very good hockey in front of him. Dur- nan had a bad elbow going into action. Now it might have been 000d judgment taken on a second guessing basis to put Bibeault into the net. but. if Durnan fclt fit. was able to play there was no sensible reason for making the change. The loss of sight in one eye after being hit by the puck didn't help him either.

Those who yell and roar. give vent to outcrles of this nature, must be singularly unaware that Bill Durnan is the real reason why

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In Tonzghtb ' I Americans. then going to! gfielcl before Joining Y.l\/I.C. A. War Services. n position which lie now holds at the local airport. Pete is just as hard-working and tricky as ever and rounds out a ‘line that packs plenty of scoring power.

The Collegians also named fif- teen men for tonight's tussle. and have been showing to great. ad- vantage iii their workouts, good enough in fact to Put them on evcn looting with the airmen.

Any combination they will throw. on the ice tonight will have speed to burn, and ttiey intend to go all out from the opening whistle. They Li-ve a capable goalie in ‘Shorty MacKinnon, cool as ice under fire: McAdam, Henncssey. McDonald, and L. Marin will prove a tougti defence barricade. while up front

iwill be three sets oi forwards. Blanchard. Nicolle. and Robertson. n high-scoring trio from lust year's Maritime juvenile champions, will bear plenty of watching from any players opposing tlicni. Mahar, §Dowl Mclsaac, is another trio lthat are potentially strong, both ‘offensively and defensively, while Irvine, Quigley and Cameron round

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C RI M I N A l.

C A S E i LIONEL BARRYMORE VAN JOHNSTON ' DONNA REED

The thrilling secret of a Soldier's Sweetheart. ......._.._y_._-_.__. SOURIS, THURSDAY a mu. MONTAGUE SATURDAY‘ 7:45 and 9:45

Na “SCCZT Win From “Y”

fout the attacking forces.

,- The game will get underway at 7.30 sharp, officials stated last night, and wanted this impressed ‘on the fans.

' ltiayor J ‘E. Blanchard will per- form the opening ceremony, drop- ping the puck for the face off at mitt-ice.

The ice has been all marked with the different lines and every- thing is in readiness for the open- g-up Hockey Season.

HALIFAX, Dec. 4 — (CP) — Prmspects for the most successful minor hockey season iii the history of the Maritiines ivcre reported to- day at ll. niccting oi the lvizintimc Ainateui- Hockey Assccitiiicii.

Forecasts mane by the officers iii- dicated an enrolment of at least 1,700 players in the juvenile, mid- get and bantam classes, against 7'70 last season.

The M. A. H A. decided that minor teams- will b; pcrntittcd to register 18 players instead cf the cusizmary 15. to fill gaps mused by dropping of players for schol- ustic reasons.

A ruling aimed at eliminating "packed" teams was that no com- munity with a population of more than 12,003 will lac allowed to re. pistcr independent teams in the ju- venile. midget or bantrim classes but must operate leagues composed of at least three teams.

Vice-President Bryce Love of Am- herst reported to the meeting that Amherst Ramblcrs. Maritime junior champions of 1944. have not Yct received the Monoton Transcript Trophy. The officers decided to lake stops to obtain the trophy, believe to be in Sydney.

Officers attending the meeting [included tiast president Frank Gallagher of Moiictoii. rte-ore- iclcnt; Charles Campbell of Sydney and vice-musiciant Walter Lawlor of Charlottetow .

Dowley Still Two Points lip 0n Blake

(By The Canadian Press) Bill Cowley. Boston. and Toe Blake. Canadians. though score- less in week-end N.H.L. games. still held the first two scoring spots. Gus Bodnar, Toronto, and Elmer Loch, Canadlens. each gath- ered one point to tie Clint Chicago. for third place. Tandems:-

Cotvley, Boston Blakc. Canatiiens Smith. Chicago .. Bodnnr. Toronto Lach. Canadiens Mosicnkn. Chicago l-lovre, Detroit .

REMEMERMTITNEN

By The Canadian Press

The Toronto Maple Leaf; hugi ball club announced the signing of Burleigh Grimes us manager three years ago todayfirlmes more \f- fcctlonately known as Stubble- buard. who managed tho Brooklyn Dodgers in i938, led the Leafs to

A Navy basketball

basketball league. Williams for the Nzv poliits. Lineups and scores: Navy: liiims 14, O‘Shea 2, MacDonald Jubinvlllc, Massen 2.

M C. A: Rice 4, Cullen

Donald, A. MacDonald.

Leaders In National League

(By The Canadian Press) Standing-Canadians, won lost 4, tied i, points 2i.

Polnts-Cowle 16 assists. 25 fltJllllS.

Assists —.Cov.'icy, Boston:

ute . Shutouts—McCool, Toronto. 1.

Quebec Aces filiaik lip 31 Scoring Points

gct practice and fcwcr than 31 scoring points they ivalloped Hull ey League fixture here. Don Penniston “home" team

first. time this season. ric Tondrcau and the trio had

four assists, Tondreau one and six assists for and Trcmblay thrce of each.

told shareholders that ‘if u‘; gavcrrinircnt do everything

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There were today somethinB

vy No-opstersi By 27-7 Score t

team last night defeated a YMCA. team 2.7-7 in a regular game of the city

l1 was top ' for scorer for the game, co lectlng l4

Reid, MacLeod 6, Wil-

Gay,‘ hltrcKinnon. Shams, D. Mac-

10, y_. Boston, 9 goals,

Goals-Jtichard. Cantitiiens, 14. Bod- nar, Toronto: Lzicli. Canadiens, l6. Penalties-Egan, Boston. 30 min- s

OTTAWA, Dcc. 3-—(CP)—Quebec Aces enjoyed sessions of solid tar- accumulatetl no

Volants 12-3 Saturday iii a Quebec Senior Hoe-l k Coaclrand good results were introduced hisl for this road en- gagement, with Norm LarsemDoug 000 draftees Baldwin and Bill Reay showingt their wares on Ottawa ice for the‘ the pot" for reiniorccm

Larsen worked at right wing on a line with Nils Tremblay and U1-

ficld day, with Larsen picking up nine points through five goals find goaljnot: the seven p0llltS,l\V3Ilt€d for

Discusses Post WarFossihilities 3- At Bank Meeting

MONTREAL. Dec. 4 _ toro- GCOrge w. Spinney in his presid- ential address at the annual meet- lng of the Bank of Montreal today‘

uftetrl the war. “we are going along the roan Germany followed to lotalltur-

fighting abroad. Let us fight also against it

SIZZLING CONTEST

ADMISSION TO GAME 40c

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JQHWMM rn=i=_m-.1.>..--_ untary effort. "It merely coercei men into volunteering." he sai “Nor have we any assurance will meet the needs for future re- inforcements. - '

Mr. MacNicol nid that all of the 68,000 Home Defence troops should have been made available for overseas service.

Col. Brooks, has com- manded a military transit cam-p during this war, said that because‘ the Government had provided for the sending of 10,000 men did not mean that many would - reach overseas. Some of the men would ‘be reiected after medical examin- atlons, others would take ill and others would go absent without leave. He believed thousands ni’ the men would not land at the embarkation port in time.

Applies To All

Mr. lvlaybank, who said he would support .ie government on the con ideiice vote said the order- in-councll “indubitably does ap- ply to all N.R.M.A. personnel l0 far as liability is concerned, with an immediate movement of 16,000 ivliich is the admitted number that now are required."

"I would point out that since the order obviously does apply to all. unquestionably more than 16.- 000 will be dispatched to

oints of embarkatlon to allow

all forms of wastage which have been mentioned."

Mr. Maybank expressed the hope that French-Canadians would try laud understand the situation which developed because French-Canad- ian and English-speaking overseas needed and hel .

Mr. Tremblay said at the start of the war, Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King, the late Justice Min- ister LaPointe and the late Dr. R. J. Manion, former Conserva- tive party leader, had pledged themselves against conscription.

There had been ev" that the voluntary enlistment system had not been given o. fair chance.

The "all-time" appointments of the Government had made an organized i effort to obtain the enforcement of conscription.

Home Defence troops hacl been coerced and insulted by those who sought. to have them enlist for general service.

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Col. Brooks said he had com- manded two falrly large army camps and never knew of any trouble between French and Eug- llsh-speaking troops nor of any

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t FIRST GAME

HOCKEY LEAGUE SERIES

TO-NIGHT

N. B. A. F. vs GOLLEGIANS

GAME AT 7:30 SHARP-SKATING AFTER GAME AFTERNOON SKATING 3-5

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raiding party that endeavored to penetrate the Canadian lines north- east of Nijmegen in Holland eurly Monday. strength of t/he raiding party was estimated at from 2W to

~ (Another dispatch frcm Amaroii Hlfllwfllfitlis Olhthgr Nicer mitlnge oournz iroug eac es t Dlkes south oi Anrnem, € lfllB-ltfllleu to cnguii tne

between the Nedcr

llhlnes. The Dikes Wei breached Saturday night. presumably y German suppers tryinir to force withdrawal of Canadian rces holding the flat country betwean éxréihem and Nltmegcn. Amaron ad-

e . (The German radio Siuidav night claimed n. German commando force had blown up the lows:- kthine oaiii southwest. of Arnhem). An uneasy lull hung over the 9m army front, where the Germans entrenched across the Ftoer wercl Wflmllk for an American attempt, to_drive across. _ . Tne enemy sent numerous recon- naissance planes over to try ‘to learn Allied plana as the 9th fought with the defenders 1n the sports field across the Roer from the main part of Jullch.

Wes Gallagher. Associated Press

Correspondent, predicted that the coming battle of the Roer would be marked by "the bloodiest fight- yet seen on the western front" ——a head-on clash into which the enemy will throw all available strength to protect the Ruhrk war factories. Liz-Gen. Dempscyls British 2nd "my Wlped opt the Venio bridge- head with a smash of nearly a e across minefields and tank barriers under heavy artillery fire. Only scattered pockets remained anywhere west of the Maas, a front dispatch reported.

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Flt. Lt. Sinclair said he won- dered if the army had used its man- power as efficiently as the air-force which was discharging men with only two years service.

Some wondered why the 3.0 A.F. had more recruits than it needed. The answer lay in the fact that those in the R.C.A.F. receiv- ed better pay better blvouacing.

uicker promotion than those iii

e army. The RC A.F. organization was due to Hon. C.G. Power. former

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discriniination against French- speaking soldiers. ship in this country nines the war started that we should have had." said Col. Brooks.

_"ln Britain Mr. Churchill has given leadership not only to his own country but to the world. The United States has had the leader- ship of a great President. Russia. has had the incomparable leader- ship of Marshall Stalin. In Can- ada we have just, drifted along.

In the two Maritime Province military districts sincere efforts were made to get N. R. M. A. men to volunteer for general service obtained.

The Government was not even sending the small number of l0.- overseas soon enough.

had been "scraping ents for . Scraping the pot meant ng up older less fit men from sheltered jobs. such es the order- ly room or the cook house, and sending ‘them overseas as in- fantry reinforcements. They were

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w. The 11.0 AF. had enough men to allow those who suffered from operational fatigue to rest. This could not be clone in the army be- cause of the shortage of reinfor- cements.

If the supreme commander in Europe. Gen. Eisenhower, wished to hammer, hammer and hammer the enemy, it was not for any

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Dttawa Mayor ls~ lie-Elected

OTTAWA, Dec. 4—-(CP)—Mayor Btanley Lewis was i-e-elected Chief Magistrate of this capital city for his eighth term today 1n civic elec- tions which also saw the return of the four-man board of control and only a few changes in the 22-inch

City Council.

Late tonight, with reports 'ln from zso of the city’: 283 P0115- Mayor Lewis was far ahead of hi: two f with 14,192 votes- more than double the vote total of the other two candidates tflilelhef- ‘hailing the popular Ottawa Mayor were Cheater E. Pickering. manufacturing executive who 011w before was defeated in a mayor- alty contest, with 6,374 votes, and V. C. Phelan, president of the Civil