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(By The Canadian Press)

Dick Irvin of the Saskatchewan Senior Amateur League turned pro- fessional with Regina Capitals 18 years ago today. On his sixth anni- veraary o! pro hockey, Irvin suf- fered a fractured skull while play- ing as captain o! the Chicago Black Hawks l2 years ago tonight. Irvin was appointed coach of the Ibronto Maple Leafs in the 193l-

Two Battery Teams Play In Exhibition

In a close gailie of hockey played

at tho Fi-ruln last nngtlt ilie lelt section 0t the 8th Bu. ry R. C, A zieteated ilie rlgllt s ii Ql llie

‘ith Buttery‘ Ir: a_scorc oi 4-3.

This éXillliitlﬂll encounter was keenly’ contested throughout and the score is a fair lltfllCLlilﬂn oi the piay_ The soldier boys of both sec- tions grimly battled for victory, and tlle spectators were provided with plenty cl thrills dilriiig the match. Tile lelt section, however, had the edge on the game and emerged the winners by" the narrow margin of oile goal.

Alter the game the build oi the ‘

8th Buttery supplied the music for i 2-hour skate that was well patron- iiied and thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Wartime Needs Deplete Many Hockey Clubs

IBy Jack Brayieyl (Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON, Dec, TI-tCP) —One

of Percy Nickiinls ideas for atlding l

trophies to his Harringay club- ‘ rooms was signing up sharp- I silootcrs like Roy McBride, 19- year-old Ivinnipegger

But xivarlilne Eziqltsh hockey wasn't in the shrelvd Canadians mind when he went talent touring in the Dominion last summer.

His husky band of recruits-Mc- Bride among them —zig-zagged to Etigland past the U-boat menace just as war was declared. And when the fate of the hockey sea- son was in the balance. Nicklin. possessor of the most substantial supplies of rnzilcricl. coilsentcd to his camp being raided.

And Streatham, banned from playing the latter part of last sea- son for rough tactics, got Roy Mc- Bride. This accurate left-winger re- warded Nlcklinls judgment if not the ‘coaclrs scoringr columns b_v_ topping the four team London cup tournament launching the season here

McBride figured in the scoring in all his club's six game schedule and shared the distinction of scor- ing the most goals in one game-

four-witll another Nicklin ac- quisition. Rene Trudel. Ilzlrringay racer irom Portage La Prairie, Mah.

McBride! ll ‘points. showing in scoring statistics just. released for this November opener. were made un of seven gozfs and foiir assists. Rhht behind him wifh l0 points each were veterans nl thc Enﬂlsh hockey wars: Duke Campbell, Harrinqay Greyhound from Winni- peg. eight goals and two assists: Alec Archer. Wembley Lion from Winnipeg with six gun's and four nssls-ts, and Joe Bratnn. l-larriﬂuns‘ Greyhound frcnl New GlIi\“,G\\. N S.. fivc goals and flvc assists.

Ilarrinftavt’ lost a couple oi first class goalirs this season when Jimmy Foster. Winnipeg and Andy Goldie, Toronto, decided to so back to Canada. But the rlill: stil! dom- inates the net-nllnriin" division There we're no shut-outs ill the London cup tourncv hut the north I London pair Maurice Simon. one of I Racers statutory quota of four E-sg- 1 lish players, and Lcn Kenncﬂv. Greyhound rookie from Portage Ln l Prairie, restricted tlic cna‘. invas- ion nf ther nets to 2O each and hzltl I the best averages. j

STANDING:

- PWLDFAPtml Wembley Lions 6 3 2 l 29 28 7x i Hal-rlngay .

Racers 6 3 2 119 Y!) '72; stregthum 6 1 2 328 30 5 Harringay

Greyhounds ii 2 a 122 2o s]

Won by Harringiay Racws in i two-game, total goals playoff. 124W

Lester Patrick Makes

Move To Blowing In

NEW YORK Dec. 27—(CP) — cw York hockey writers covered a tabie-cloth with pencllled dia- grams tonight afte; Lester Pal-rick produced all idea to cut down on ,Natioilal Hotrkev Lctluue wlihtle-

‘ blowi". ', The Ranger“ minister voiced lll.\ pun at a dinner civen . Ille \vi"l~'=rs bV Icniile n"e.w‘ent

;Frank Cfder. Brieilv it isthrlt the nllck-clrfer is alwavs onside. l To illilstrzvc. Patrick uniﬁed out

that if zl ilwikhl: fD"\\'.. ri. is as illuch a» - inrlics over the dc- fen<lvo bll -line when the puck- cdrricl‘ r ~~>s the whlsFe blows ‘for all txm/‘e Llrdcr hi= scheme jibe il‘.l'.:\-l“.1i'!‘l£‘l' could carry on. ‘though the offending lll‘€liifl'l'l

'_"\ll'(l take no nsrt in tlle nlny I'll- til he llFl rccrnl-"sed the line and mild" n lea"! (‘l‘.'.!\' lil‘0 t“c the d?- iew’ n4 V"???

I The lill""-c:lrrlcr and his liilc- {lfllll",\‘ \\‘1"l"" have to be slnrlrt cil- oiizll In l‘f"lll75‘ that an cfiﬁtie llari been committed and not slln any paves to the player concerned lin- u- l... hi1] \'.~.-.<.~.l bq/‘lr M»: pv/‘Lx-Qrl li)"l‘.ll‘tl till‘ nllck "til tl"'l rill m‘ ‘r"‘"r~ of Ill" -l".o'tlti'"t i 11m w- ci-yt I'll‘ lllllll with the puck would bc oil-file.

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Nine Circus Animals liie In Amherst Fire

AMHERST. N. S“. Dec, ‘27—-

I luruest

Cut I/Vhistle Hockey

ICapitols And IEagles Better League Standing

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 2'1- lndianapolis Capitals and New Haven Eagles, respectively leaders of the western and eastern div- isicns oi the International-Ameri- can Hockey League, each improv- ed their standings tonight by play- ing a 2-2 tie before 3,600. the mid-week crowd 0i the season here. Ron Hudson led the Indianapolis attatl; with a goal and an assist

NOTED SURGEON DIES

MONTREAL. Dec. 26-— (CPI — Colonel Kenneth Cameron, noted .-lil'fl,l‘0ll and former medical super- ihteildlilt oi‘ the military Iiospitul m llPﬂFIJy sic, Aline de Bellevue. died in ilospital here yesterday in his 77th year.

Eiftilt mrfrikiﬂvs and Li chimpuilzce D91 ‘e today ill a lire hero, where Captain Jail Schultz. vet- eran animal trainer, has winter quarters

Captain Schultz just death in an c1101". to rescue chinllzozlzrc. llc Come by smoke. . . ir was burned frc-m hi. h .<l. The build- ing iiselt W35 destroyed by the fire, attributed to a defective flue.

Quick work by the Amherst fire department prevented the blaze from spreading lo a barn housing nil elephant. live lions, ponies, lllll'*(“S and nlilles.

ivooiizrv CONDUCTORS tCP)—- molly

(ltd skirts. gait- ilIlilC§ are

escaped i the '

BIRMINGHAM girls drcssed in di ers. and

taklir; . irlrniilg in safety. courlc._l and civility before boarding busscs a» conductors here.

PEANUTS APLEIVPY

HOUSTON Tcx ~10?» -—P\"fi— iiiils in Ataslosn Cffllllly vrero pm. dilccrl to Ill” tunc sf 35.000 acres ill i939. ivlill the gnclrl tllaprtlxinintcly 15 bu=hcls to thc acre. The market value was about $500,000.

‘HOPPERS’ AT'l‘-.-\(IK

CARWARP. Australia -lCP| _ A F.l.lllll'if‘l‘ ollellsve against Alis- tralials crogx- is zlppaiwiltlv lanned by Qféliﬁilmlptflb‘ lOllllfl bl‘€€( ll! Ill Srent nnnlbciw near Ilere. Agricul- ture Dcparllncnt otiiclnls have op- encd dcic: Ill‘.

sioitk REFUGEE-S

NEYJFCHATEL. SWlLZEflEllid-AC- ' l’: —Eliib_lciii c-f_ the provzilce of Al- SZIIC Ill PITIIEWK Ill? Aisflljlll sinfks have bccn lrightcnetl dual‘ by gun- iire _£1ll(l rre making nqw homes m Nciil_clizllcl._

LSALE

of rcill fitting

OIIERCIJIITS

, while they liist. Also stock and made to_mca ure Suits that ﬁt hi. a right price.

J. P. MacPllerson & Son

Charlottetown

Whale" Lead$ Americans Win Over ‘League In _

hockey league i5

two games. The race for th

Following is th

Whalen ‘Prainor McLeod

E. Jay

E. DtLITBEIi Steele

Hogan

J. Darragh L. Blacquiere A. Blacquiere Lawlor Worth

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De him B. alhitlock

IT'S WOMAN lviio rat's "gggﬂfjlé i“ rm t LONDON-IO?» -Because ‘fit is gang“, always the woman who suffers‘ an cudmore onlooker offered to pay the costs puvkponald for a 24-year-old girl who was 311mm.- brouzlit before a mﬂglﬁtrﬂtﬂ 119R P McDonald for abandoning her fortnight-old Klanchard “or §‘“.%‘.i%.’2§“ . - __ _A J. Roach birSdYLPlIiIt-Eglnglgélilyrgdlaon rigged fet- gharidlor cl to Robert wr-giit. 1i. when he l M Reach grasped a 15.000 -volt wire. He °TT15°H

climbrlf

t in a scaffolding. OUR OUR WAY

sni r to date unofficial shop; with six goals and two assLlts to his credit in the tour games hzs team have played. _

However. his position ls none too secure as three other players notched six points, one of them George McLeod having played but

sented to the leading scorer mises to be a merry one. In ac- tual goals scored Whalen and Buc- k0 ‘rminor are tied with‘ six apiece while leading in the asset parade is George Mclleod with four

Scoring Race

Wiif Whalen of the Navy hockey in the Commercial-Service

th l ’ leading e eagues ﬁgures

have

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Black Hawks Overtime Play

In

NEW YORK. Dee. 27-(0?) — New York Americans scored two goals in overtime tonight to de- feat Chlcago Black Hawks 4-2 in a National Hockey League game. The victory placed the New York- ers in a last place tie with Detroit Red Wings.

Charley Ooriacher sen-t the game Into overtime by batting the puck home from a goal mouth ac ie then Armstrong and ‘Tomlin And- erson shot the winning goes past Paul Goodman in the extra l0 minutes play. Goodman, brought up from Providence Reds of the Inter- national-American League, replac- ed Mike Karakas iri the Hawk nets arid made a shaky debut.

Holding an edge in the lay for almost all the three reg-u ar per- lods. and at the same time throw- ing up blanket protection in from of the nervous Goodman, the Hawks appeared to be on their way to victory on the goals scor- ed bv Bill Carse and Art Wiebe. the lotions while the Hawks were a mun short because of a penallv.

Johnny Sorrell hnd given the

Americans a first-goal lead that Curse wiped out on a nice passing plnv with George Allen and Des ‘Slnltli earlv in the second period. "Filo first of the overtime goals bv Armstrong was fired on a 20-foot angle shot that whipped past lGoodmtiiYs lcft leg.

Summary: First Period:

b-Amerlcans. Sorrell (Arm- strong. Boll» 12:22. Penalties—None. Secnmi Period: fifQlicazo. Ciirse (Allen, D.

4-2 "Smit-h) 5 :33 .

Penal-ty-Coruicher . ' Third Period:

3—Chlcago, Wiebe (Gottsellg.

March) 6:20. 4—Americarls,

man) 17:37

Penalty-Cooper . Overtime Period:

Conacher (Wise-

5—Amerioans, Armstrong (Sor-

rell, Murray) 4:30 tL-Americans, Anderson 1:8. Penalty-Anderson.

Tennis Champ T0 Face Big Battle

NEW ORLEANS Dec.’ ‘37~(APl —Bobby Riggs, ranked nl tllc top

[Ranger Net Guardian Aids Team Greatly

NEW YORK Dec. 27 -—(GP) - The 12-game undefeated streak New York Rangers are riding at present in the National Hockey League is due in no small to Davey Kerr, their poker-face net guardian.

It's ilVe seasons now since Davey came to the Rangers from the old Montreal Maroons. At present he's the league's lead goaler. well on the wa-y to wt g the Vezina trophy for the least number of scored against him over the w ole

season. __His style hasn't changed in these live ycnrs and Kerr credits a strong docincc and 501116 luck for his rec-

ord of havln been beaten only 26 times in i games. Only one team. ChicoBO Black Hawks, has tired three goals by one game. In the last 12 games me Rangers have won seven and tied

live.

1n the sea-sin oi 1934-35. the first one Ulvey tvas with Rangers, he compiled a record of l3 undefeated games. The Rangers‘ ultra-city riv- als, the Americans siggiied the run. 'I‘_llcre's a chance a 5 liar situation will develop ngan tilts season.

If the Rangers can tie or beat BirstolrBruiils hcre FTiduy nlifht tilcy \\'lli lace the Americans ew Years’ Eve with n lit-game unde-

of United States amateur tennis

players in 1939. will have to over-I

come tradition and some strong opposition when he begins tonior- row his effort to stay on top in 1940.

The young Chicagoan won the Sugar Bowl Tennis tltle two years ago. Nobody has yet taken the singles title twice in this meet.

Draw for positions in the classy tennis fleld deveoped as two of the nations outstanding '

Green Wava-engaged In preparatory to their New Year's Day Sugar Bowl clash. the fea- ture of the sports festt which

By J. R. Williams

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LISTEMIWORRY WARE] MUCH MORE OF- THIS KINDA

STUFF AN’ YOU'RE. GOHNATUHU UP

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THE TURNING POINT

’i‘IPI’IE AND “CAP” STUBBS

I'VE TRIED IT, BUT I CAN'T KEEP ‘EM

COPI. IFIIIY N“ lElVICL INC. Y. M. IE6. U. l. PAT. O"

OUR BOARDING HOUSE

leatctl record. Kerr says they won't brelik the string this time -ii its still running.

TWO HUNTERS SLAIN

BROWNSVILLE. Tex., Dec. 2B — (AP) —A search by a Lanes and bloodhounds for two m i hunt- ers ended today with the d very

lot the men, apparently slain by n single charge or buckshol, in dense bru=h on a. ranch near Cornbes,

Sheriff Goolsby sought a hunter in connection wi h the slayings

was Opened tonight with the Ohio Stole-Kentucky basketball game.

DECEMBER. 2B. 1939 _-: _ _.s T1

-—-m.rr..—- Regular Skate

relliillir

O. K. PBESBTB BQND

“in

Mople Leafs Ardent Fan

Is Centenarian

_ SYDNEY, N. 8.. Dec. fl-(Gm National Hockey league teams and Toronto Marple Leafs in pnauUl-UII without a daubt have one of thl largest sport-fair following during their season-now they can bout of having what is believed to be the oldest and one of the most enthus- iastic fans on the North American continent in ltiﬂ-year-old Mrs. Annie Oliver oi Sydney. Celebrating her birthday thin month the centenarlan. in an m- terview. said her greatest winter pastime is listening to the regular Saturday night hockey broadcasts from the Queen City-she hasn't ‘missed one since the season opened this year. She also delights in dis- when visiting

lcussiii: the games neighbors. - Her sympathies clearly with the leafs’ squad, she nevertheless gives Boston's bruising Bruins and Mont- real's speedy Canadlens a chance of winning the circuit race this winter,

She knows the majority of play- ers on each of the N. H. L. teams by natme "but my favorite stars are Gordon Drillon, Syl A-Dllﬁ. Red Hor- ner, Nick Metz and Turk Broda o4’ Toronto. Ray Getllffe and Johnny Gegnon of Canaoieils and Eddie shore oi’ the Bruins." dhe related.

One o1! her ambitions has been to attend one of the big-league (ix- tures "but I guess I'm getting too old now to think of that and 1n- stead will root for ‘my boys’ from hem."

BEIRUT. Syria, Dec. 26 - (C? Haves) -- An assassin today shot and killed Mohamed El Karma, for- mer premier of ‘Pransjordan and important fl re in the anti-terror- ist Arab v led by Fakrhi B61 Nashashlbi. mayor of Bethlehem-

‘T. LL ¢—_-.___-.-- with

Major Hoopla

F I n Q

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av JOVE, THAT VILLAINOUS 1, MUST HAVE I-IAWKED van DYKE HOLLOW

‘EM IN CAGE

THE HORSE AND BUGEV

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By Ed

AN’ I SAY

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l. BRING UP FATHER

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IT'S THQEE WEEKS SINCE

NQ -— FOR TH' LAST TIME.

IF ISABELLENY/ANTS TO MAKE FUDGE LET HER MAKE tr oxen AT HER HOUSE-- sos HER MOTHER CAN CLEAN up TH’ KITCHEN AFTERWARDS—-INSTEAD or ME.

PENNEYLVANIA ?

TO DO NOW-

{o 0'.

THEY SHOULD CLEAN UP TH' KITCHEN. THEMSELVES! WHEN I WM A I‘. PUT EVERYTHING AWAY AF l

I ALWAYS L I “VAS

THROUGH WITH IT, VERY CAREFULLY" '-

l DON'T SEE WHY- - ALL THE FOOTBALL

GAMES AIZE OVEIZ- HE CEQTAINLY HASNT ANYTHING

A TELEGRAM - COLLECT- MUM -

IT SO

WHY, Hi’. NEVER EVLN OFFERLD TO ' GIVE US A NICKELTO BUY ANY.

l5 FROM N

THAT

HOPE NOTHING HAS

HAPPENED I TO HIM -

THE DARLING “H55 ALWAYS THINKING? OF U5 - HE WAN

DOLLARS"

By George McManug

WHENEVEIZ HE

THINKS OI: U5‘ IT" AMOUNTS

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