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I Attempt To Revive Junior Hockey Worthy OI Support

Junior hockey will be getting back into the local sporting spot- light tonight when the Abbies ands P.W.C. meet at the Arena in an' exhibition game. It has been a

long time-too long-since Charlotte- a team

professionals. The players for teams like the Junior Canadiens and the rest are chosen from every part of Canada. They are always the best in the region they come from which makes the chances of recruited from home

town has had a junior league and town players who play for the fun

is W. Reid and his bring back the junior class of play shouldn't. go unsupported by Char- lottetown fans.

effort on the part of Brig. w- of it winning this cup just about ESSOCIBIGS 10 as close to zero as you can get.

However it is not with the idea of winning the Tllciiiorial Cup that this local junior lcasznc has

Not since the days of the great been formed. For the present the nior Royals has Charlottetown league is interested only ui giving

een able to ice a squad that could come anywhere near the competition served up from main- land teams. The best junior team lced locally since those days of plenty was the Colleglans who were in business about 1944 or V15. This was team made up of play- ers from P.W.C and S D U along with I few locals. Willie Robert- Ion, Nick Nicolle and Elmer Blan- chard made up one of lines and another was Allie Carver. Buddy Dowling and Wally Shepherd. Mike Hennesse,. Amgle MacDon- Ild, Bob Dalzlcl were part of the blueline corps and Frank tshortyi MacKinnon tcndcd the criuc.

This team journeyed to Halifax to take on the powerful St. 'ilary's crew which was sporting such stars as Dunner lfncxeil. Bert Hirschfield, lllct"-illvary and Hiiu.li- IQ Campbell and were beaten l0-5. In I return game at Charlotte- town St. Mary's again won. the Icore was something like i3-5.

There are probably many reas- ons why Charlottetown failed to tended in the ensuing years World come up with anything like a con- tended in the ensuing yeras World War 2 of course was a big one but in our conversations on the subject with ardent hockey follow- Irs in the community the villan molt pointed at has been the N.H. L. all professional hockey in galloral. Critics have said and are laying that the N.H.L. with its far Hung farm systems has just about scuttled Iny chance that a strictly amateur squad from I small town might have of getting I smell of the Memorial Cup.

This is so true it hurts. it is no great secret that teams sponsored by N.H.L. clubs are out and out

tas many playcrs as possible to continue playing luwkcy after they .hai'e izratliialcd from tl-c juvenile bracket At the prc-ciil ll is lllalllk led that 18 players frvini ill? ICBSUG iwili be registered as a team with lthe MAHA and will engage in illlaritime playdouiis at the end of Ithe season. Xo one really expects vthe local juniors to bring home lany Maritime titles competing lagainst the professional squads in 'Nova Scotia but possibly next year or the year alter if the players can be kept together and at home they might make things mighty interesting.

Not all of the first junior play- ers will be playing lll this league. Some of them have becn signed by the island Senior '1!” League clubs and cannot pIH.l' tumor. Out at S.D.U. practit-ally the entire team playing in the Island league fit into the junior age limit but of course are all signed up in the Senior B class.

AROUND AND ABOL"l' ...The City Volleyball LCiiE,llP executive is making plans now for the big tournament slated for Charlotte- town sometime In March Sixteen squads from the mainland will be coming over for the tourney which will decide a lilaritinie tthunipion .. Also in Volleyball circles the B.Y.C. No. 1 team was sent to its first defeat in 3 years of City leag- ue play when P.W.C. beat them 2 games to 1 in a serics recently. ...... ..ln the Atlantic Coast League tonight St. John is at Fredericton and Moncton is at Amherst ...... .. Rangers are at Chicago in the only N.H.L. fixture ...... ..Don't forget the Junior game at the Arena at 5 jun and at Mo Montague Primroses take on the Saints in an Island League tussle.

Sport Forum Harry Greb

Fought Until

Two Months Before Death

Sir.--When Harry Greb died 80 22 the

ars ago on October

lddleweight division practically died with him. Handsome Harry was the int of I line of fine fighter: to hold the 160 pound title and. all things considered. one of the two greatest and most colorful. Mickey Walker did I workmanlike lob but the other was I! course, Stanley Ketchel.

Greb dealt Gene Tunney the Ieldng of his life in acquiring the ljghtheavyweight leadership from the bookworm in one of the goriest battles in the history of old Mad- hon Square Gradenl. May 24th, 1022. He was the only one to win u official decision from the manly ' I. It was 15 months later

t Greb copped the middleweight gown by beating southpaw Johnny Wilson in the same battle pit.

Throughout his hectic 13-year period of fighting between 1913

d 1926 Harry fought so often

was little time for training. I: was always in condition. Greb uooitraged no training y often rt-inzirkim: on the eve of a fight, "All I need

II I shave and a haircut to beat

Na guy."

all directions at his opponents and

he drove automobiles at break-

neck speed. He knew all the tricks

and took every advantage. He was

dept It rough and tumble and

Incy-Dans as Gibbons, Louchran

I Iosenbloom, and Tunriy. He knock Gunlirint Imith. Greb was never one to

like

ed out sliiggers

bother about rules.

"Prize fights ain't the noblest d arts," he used to say, Iln't the noblest of artists." He-

ulllnz one of his bone-crushing heavyweight chain of the world ' battles Greb remarked. ”Chuck perform. Little reb had been Charlottetown. Wiggins was the best butter 1

Iver butted against"

Greb was born in Pltlshiirr: .l.iiir NI, 1894. He began lighting at the age of 19 and fought until two month: before his death He died bllowing an operation on his nose I In Atlantic City Hospital.

Right here this writer would like 5 explode the generally accepted an that Gi-eb's real name was

rg Ind be spelled it backwards. hat was the brain child of a llmble witted press agent. The t battlers name was Edward

ry Greb. He took the name after I brother who died.

father was Plus Greb. I Ger- Ian-Amerie

hllrlsli. -Grub war one of the busiest

I fight! I year and d in boxed 42 times. mostly in 15 round no-decision estimated he took part

Ill and his mother

e idea that he did

He was I speed maniac in and

out of the ring. He drove fists from

uging and yet he outboxed such

"And I

his

”We arrived at Lahiff's

best interests.

into this nightnpot. Then I

apnod. shouted right back.

home with your other hand.'

ing of! his cost.

just bounced off a taxi cab. leav- Intl an awful dent in the fender. I closed in but a big cop iiamcd Pat Casey. whom we both knew, tore us apart and sent us home in different cabs."

the time when Greb was middle- weight champ of the world and

Walker in never looked better in career. He handled Micki-y with eale and later that night the two met at Bill Lahiff's Tavern where the New York fight crowd used to hang out after a big bout. This is the way Walker tells it. with our party and found Greb there with MI. 1 plan had a date and of course Jack Kearns. my man- ager. was along to look after my it turned out that we were the beat of friends after all. Pretty soon it was just Harry and I there at Lahiff's. Everybody else had gone so we decided to head for I place called the Silver slipper. Neither of us had mention- ed the fight until we were going told Harry I could have licked him if he hadn't stuck his thumb in my eye, just kidding of course. But there the beautiful fdendship coli-

" '1 never thumbed you.' Greb

" 'What' I yelled. 'You stuck a thumb in my eye and pounded it

” '1 could beat you with no hands,' said Greb and began tak-

”I waited until his arms were trapped in the sleeves then belted him on the jaw that would have kayod Jack Dempsey. But Hurry

in flstiana they tell the story of

one day dropped into Jack Demp- sey's training camp to see the

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Page 6, The Guardian

Tuesday, Jan. 17, 19g5fi

Frank Oatwciy

Corporal Frank Oatway, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Oatway. of Summcrside. P. E. 1.. was one of the star players for the R. C. A. F. Flyers during a five-game tour of Swltzcrlziiid last week

The Flyers. all jet pilot: or ground tradesmen with Canada's NATO Air Division. played five games in five days. winning two. losing two and tie-ing another a- gainst some of the best teams in Switzerland.

Playing center. Cpl. Oatway spar- kled on offcnce for the Flyers. A- gainsi St. Moritz. he scored I key goal in a 645 tie. He also potted one in the Flyers 9-6 loss to Da- vos. the top team in Switzerland. In other games the Flyers heat Lenzerhcide 2i-7. Films 3H and were whipped by Aroaa 11-5, run- ning out of steam in the final few minutes of the game due to the 6,000 ft. altitude.

Purpose of the team is to pro- mote good relatlons for Canada and the R. C. A. F. among Europ- eana. Playing before packed houses. the Flyers stick to clean. fast hockey and have become very popular in many Continental cen- ters. according to European hockey promoters.

This year the Flyers have play- ed the Dutch National team. Dus- seldorf, Krefeld. Cologne. Ill3AllI' bein. Berne. Zurich and Milan Italy, winning the majority Of U19" games.

. Curling Draw Continuing the President's and Vice-President's Prizes. 7 P M

Ice 1 -- W. Whltlock, J. Ding- well. G. B. MacDou;:all. Pres Bry- dges vs A. H. Roper W. Rodd. Ed Brown. E. Matheson.

ice 2 - Ralph Jones, Hon. M. MacGulgan. M. Reeves. R. Mal-

Starring With

RCAF Flyers Team In Europe

A clerk typiat with the R. C. A F., Cpl. Oatway is in his second year with the Flyers and last year was second top scorer on the club. He formerly played for the R C. A. F. Sabres in Ottawa and the Thurso Lumber Kings in the Low- er Ottawa Valley League.

By .10! FALL! DETROIT (CP) - In I move aimed directly It overhauling the league-leading Montreal Canadians. the Detroit Red Wings gave up on two disappointing hockey plays:-:F Monday and traded them to ton Bruins. The Red Wings finally clicking after a sorry showing Qgr. llcr in the sason. sent Real Chev-

Get Fer And Costello S p Detroit Recl Wings Trade To-ppazzinig & Chevrefils

last-place Bruins for Borne Pun- MI and Mu:-rIy Costello.

All four are winners. 1110! will face each other Thursday night when Detroit and Boston tangle in Olympia Stadium.

"I still say we can catch the Canadians." said General Manner Jack Adams of the Red Wings. "and this might be just the boolt

erfils and Jerry Toppaxxini to the we' need.

Rtevamip-ed Pvriim.ros.es Play. Saints At Arena Tonight

The revamped Montague Prim- roses will be looking for tliclr first win in four tries when they take on St. Dunstan's in an island League game at the Sports Arena tonight.

Sporting a new coach and a number of new faces in the line- ups the Primroses appear to be a vastly improved squad over that which was blasted twice by the B. Y. C. and once by Parkdale Fly- ers within the past couple of weeks.

Cecil tBubbyi Dowling arrived in Charlottetown last week from Bri- dgewater Hanks. who found the financlall burden too heavy to con tlnue operations in the N. 5. Son- ior League. and has assumed lead- ership of the Montague team as playing-coach. .

Bubby will certainly add a lot of pep to the Primrose attack winch faltered badly when they lost Apps Arsenault and Phil McGee. Other new players to be seen with the Primroses toiiicht are Bill Ledwr-ll. Kenny Clciuouts, Cuddy Gregory and Roach Maccregor.

Roach is probably better known as the driver of the great harness horse Bay State Pat but is also a high grade hockey player with no

lory vs E. MacNutt. A. W "

J. T. Whltlock, Geo. Kays. .

ice 3 - Hon. T. W. L. Prowse. I-ion. A. W. Matheson, R. R. Bell J. D. Stewart vs J. Wilson. M Hogan. Geo. Henderson. M. Will do .

Ice 4 - Harper MIcNelll, Hui Spiilett (sub). G. Scantslbury. G. Bennett vs Ron Parker. Dr. H MacKenzie. L. M. Ronlnson. Dr 0'Hanley.

8:30 P. M.

Ice 1 - N. A. Nicholson. F. Cannon. - L. Campbell vs Ed Wood. W. Hayward. Henry Doug- las, M. Yeomans.

ice 2 -- H. B. Willis. J. Morris, H. Howatt. W. Douglas vs C. H. 'l'ralnoi'. H. MIcLean. G. Ballock. J. R. Williams.

Ice 3 - Earl MacLeod. E. Gil lespie. S. Crosby. D. A. Cox vs S. Willis. V. G. Howatt, Cl. MacLcan. R. Matheson.

ice I -- L. Wellener. V. Williams. K. Myers. H. Wooldrigevs A. A MacLeod. A. H. Anderson. V. Rodd. H. Swift.

Flyers Practice

Parkdale Flyers will hold a prae tice this evening from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Sports Arena.

B.Y.C. Practice

The B. Y. C. will hold a prac- tice tnight following the senior game at the Sports Arena. All players are requested to attend.

bothering Jack Kearns. Dcmpsey's nionagcr. for a crack at the heavy- weight title but had been laughed at for his presumption. lmagln ea middleweight taking on the mighty Mannssa Mauler. But on this oc- casion Kearns was in a playful mood and invited Greb to put on the gloves and do a little sparring with llcmpscy.

Greb jumped at the chance and he handed the surprised chump such a healing that the farce was stopped in the third round. That .was the end of Harry Grc-b's am- bition to get a crack at the heavy- weight illle. Dempsey would nov- ar again meet him in the ring after that day.

I am. Sir. etc.-..

WILFRED 0. !VlcCl.USKi-IY.

Today's Activity In Minot llocltey

ll:0l)il2:00 - Practice all Q.8. S. Paperweiglits and Fee Wees not having classes in mornit11-

2:0045:li0 Paperweights - Hawks vs Redwings.

4:00-5:90 - Midgets - Vics vs Royhls.

5:00-6:00 - Juniors - Prince of Wales vs Abbles.

Junior Clash Al Arena Tonight

Only activity in yesterday's Min- or Hockey Leagues was practice for Paperweight and Pee Wees at Queen Square School and a brisk workout for Junior Abbie of the newly formed City Junior League.

Coach Johnny Squarabriggs put his new charges through an hour's practice in preparation for the Junior League opener this evening at the Sports Arena at 5:00 pm. when the following Abbie players are asked to be on hand:- Bob Dillon. Jimmy Hagen. Jimmy Duf- fy. E. MacKay. B. Cudmore, L. Ashley, R. Cameron, D Campbell. J. Ferguson. V. Handrshau. A. Giilis. Ken Jenkins. Reg Newion. Mark MacGulgan, Jack MacDon- ald. B. Johnston. I). lVlacAusland. Sandy MIcDonIld. V. Beck. 3. Coyle.

liiiean ability as I sniper and Mon- itague fans will be looking to him to get those goals the Primrose: have been seeing very little of late-

5. This will be another of those 4- point contests. A win for Montag- ue will strengthen their hold on second place behind the Flyers and the B. Y. C. tied for first and put them 8 points up on the Saints and the Summerside Aces deadlocked in the cellar. An S. D. U. win will give the Saints sole asession of second 2 points up on Montague.

In their only appearance on local ice since ther return to oolllege from the holidays the Sainta took at 5-2 heating from the PIrlrdIlI Flyers. Previous to that game how- ever the Salnts hadn't played to- gether for almost 5 weeks and their teamwork suffered. After their weekend practice at the Arena the Saints will be I better team tonight.

This game will be the first meet- ing of the two team: in league play.

Game time is 8:30 sharp.

Prince Co. Sport Echoes

Bud Ramsay. popular Summer- side fighter. has received an in- vitation from Sgt. Joe Giilis. head of boxing promotion in Sydney. N. S. Gillls wanta hlrn to fight I main bout with Gordie Mac- Dougall. 156 lbs. in a go that will be either six three-minute rounds or eight two-minute rounds. Mac- Dougall is I promising youngster who has had only seven fights. but is being groomed for more important bouts with Maritime headliners. Hia promoters want to see how he will do against Bud. Ramsay tells us that he has ac- cepted terms for the fight, but that no definite date has been set ll yet.

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We'd like to express our ap preclation to Curran 5; Briggs. Ltd. for their very fine Maritime Sports calendar. It has some fine Maritime sport pictures. A good picture of Buck Whltlock, At- lantlc Coast Senior Hockey Lea- gue scoring champ for 1954-55 is on the January page. and also the teams pictures of the Mone- ton Hawks, League winners. and

Curling Drawl

Montague curling club schedule for Tuesday.

1 P. M.

East ice - J. A. MIcLean vs Dr. L. A. Johnston.

West ice - L. H. Poole VI J. 8.

3:30 P. M.

East ice - P. Sinclair V: B. Johnston.

West ice - Dr. P. McIntyre va A. Sullivan.

10 P. M.

East ice - At. MacDonald vs R. Beck.

West Ice - Geo. Mclntyre vs A.

S'side Aces Harcl-luck Team Of Island League

Charlottetown Islanders. runners- up. The St. Basil hockey team. Maritime Intermediate "B" champs last year. in on the Feb- ruary page, This WII the turn that beat our Summorsida Aces. The Charlottetown Juniors, P.E.I. baseball champs lPPoIr on the A oust-September sheet, and Charlottetown Nomads. football champs. and winners of Mccurdy Cup (in ahrential adorn the Oct- ober-November page. Our old friend. Bill Beatty. who was with the R.C.M,P. in Summerslde for some years. is shown with the New Brunswick rifle team which won the Maritime trophy last year. . . p

Hockey enthusiasts are hoping the Civic Stadium in summerslde will soon be open again. but there is no definite word of this as yet. The Aces are really the tough luck mm of the year to date. During the fall months they had to play all their games away from home. and were unable to get practice to condition them for those games. Al I result they landed in the league collar. Then they lost two heart-breaking games at home. both of which

st:-Iigtlidowntlie ll

lltimuandtiedtwicelntlielr lininee. WINGIWONIIWII

Last season Detroit was in I

Il,nowIre

I

for their seventh strIiglit National Hockey League title on the final night of the campaign.

TlIOk0YPlAyel'ilItlleti'JdEIl Chovreftll. I as-year-old forward whoeamatothelledwinga with Plenty of promise but leaves full of frustration t

The Wings got Chevrefila from the Bruins hot summer in I big. nine-player deal in which Detroit gave up goalie Terry Sewcliulr. In effect. it was I pawchuir-for-Ciiev- refill swap and now the Bruins have both players.

"Cbevvy never got to our style

Henri Richard Back Wednesday

MONTREAL (CF)--Centre Hen- ri Richard will return to action with Montreal C s" against the Maple Leafs in Toronto Wod- n T it was Innouncod yester-

dy.

Richard. younger brother of Maurice. has ruined Montreal's five last National Hockey League games with an ankle injury. CInI- clienI' spokesman said he is al-

most pletely recovered and probably will take his regulIr turn on the ice Wednesday.