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Maior Trades Rook Baseball World As Meetings End

By JACK HAND

GHLCAGO. Dec. l-i-(APJ-Ma- tor trades by the world champion Cleveland lndians and Philadel- phia. Phllllcs rocked the baseball world today as the annual winter meetings closed.

The Phlls came "up with Eddie Waltkus, Chicago's Cubs’ (first baseman, who has been pursued by New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and St. Louis Cardinals. They hail to give up Dutch Leon- ard a veteran front-line pllCilCl‘ to swing tlle four-playcr swap

Cleveland struck a tnajor blow l): defence of 11s world title by acquiring ‘first baseman Ailckey Vernon and llllttjllCl‘ Early Wynn from Washington 111 exchatrge for first baseman Fiddle Robinson and pitchers Ed lilleman and Joe Haynes.

Front OfIlCCS of the four clubs involved said no casll passed hands in any of the transactions.

The Cubs had been dangling Waitkus, a capable 29-year-old regular. as trade bait for over a year. With a SClllClly of first basemen. the Bruins were sitting pretty. 'l“.cy" 111d l-‘hll Cavarrett: to play the bag and could insist on the "ii-g" pitcher they needed.

Leonard. tlile veteran 38-year-old kuucklcbali artist, was second in the National League last year with a 2.51 low earned-run average. Apparently m a n :1 g e r Charlie Grimm of the Cubs was willing to overlook a 12-17 record by Dutch last season. He copped 17 for them in 1947.

Hank Borowy. three years ago a $90,000 pLtcher when he was pur- chased from New York Yankees to help the Cubs 11in the 1945 pennant, went to the Phils in the ahufllo that brought pitcher tvalt Dublel to the Cubs...

Dubiel, a steady rightllaltder, won 8 and lost l0 for the Phils. who drafted hnrl from Seattle o.‘ the Pacific Coast League in 1947.

The Phil-Cub deal, announced it the close of the Joint session of the two majors, overshadowed the actual business of the meet- tngs.

Commissioner A. B. Chandler ruled that each league should be permitted to work out its own solution to the night ball situat- 10ft.

‘mat means that in 1940, all National League teams nlust play at least five night games n1 each city. They may play more if they desire. ln (the American the min- imum is four road night games by each club in each city.

The Pacific Coast League's pro- posal to boost the draft price from 010.000 to $25000 and make it six years, inst/cad of four, before a player is eligible, was defeated.

A wild bidding spree started among the American League clubs which think they have a chance to catoh the Indians.

Detroit's offer of some $150,000 to $200,000 and two players for 8t. Louis Browns‘ Gerry Prlddy was not accepted.

New York Yankees,who thought they blocked the other contenders by last rtighfis deal for pitcher Fred Sanford from the Browns, were disillusioned.

“We still are working on fourl more deals," said a New York‘ spokesman.

Grand Circuit Racing Program

(By '.l‘l1e Associated Press)

COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. l4--l~‘l1tt- urcd by the return of Old Orch- urd. l\'le., the addition of Scdulia, Mo., and the dropping of Mil- waukee, directors o! the Grand Ctrmiit today set up a coast-tu- coast progrml for 1940 extending for ‘.37 weeks.

The program opens six weeks later 15.1111 in i948, and closes tlvc weeks later, with total purses of $2,200,000 as compared with $2,- 096000 this year.

Greenville, 0., and Terre l-laute, 1nd, presented. applications for 1949 membership, but both were rejected m favor of Sedalia and Old Orchard.

The Nassau Trotting Associat- ion meeting at Roosevelt. Raceway on ‘L011; Island had been pct).- cilled in for July ‘IS-Aug. 6, but that association gave 11p the first week to permit Old Orchards rc- turn. Old (hcltard. until 1916. was a long-time member of the circuit.

Sedalia received the Aug. 22-27 dates previously held by Milwauk- ee, but the Wismnsin city was dropped when no application for dates was received.

The Grand Circuit petitioned the United states Trotting Assoc- iation to set up machinery for registration of colors of owners and public trainers, just as the thoroughbred game identifies par- ticipants.

Citation lniurcd. In Saturday's Race

SAN BRUNO. Calif. Dec. l4— fAPt-The Calumet. Farms Cit- ation injured his left foreleg in winning Saturdays $50,000 'l‘anfor- an Handicap and will be forced to skip the,Sar1la Anita races. trainer ll. A. (Jimmy) Jones disclosed to- day’.

The Calumet comet. will be taken out of training for two or three months, Jones said.

The trainer described the injury a: slight. i-fe said it could be de- scribed as a "hot spot". on the leg but by no means permanent.

Citation is expected to return to racing ir1 the spring.

In winning the Tanforan Handl- cap, Citation brought to $865,150 his lifetime earnings. He was ex- pected to pass the all-time high money-winner. Stymie, with victory in the $100,000 Maturityl.

Citation, which romped to easy victory ln the Tanforan in his sec- ond western outing, had been nonl- lnated for two Santa Anita $100,000 events-the Maturity and the Handicap. In addition there were four other stakes events carrying Dunes o! $541000 each for which the Calumet flier would have been eligible.

Fighter And lfanager Suspended For Life

MONTREAL, Dec. l4 -— (GP) -— Paul A. Labbc, Jr.. Lewiston. Me., fight manger, and Leo Mecucci, Portland. l\le., welterweight today were suspended for life by the Montreal Athletic Commission. The suspension arose from a fight here Dec. 1 when Mecucci was passed off as Jimmy Dlnardo of Boston.

The Montreal Commission is a member of the National Boxing Association and a spokesman said the N.B.A. will be notified of the suspensions.

Labbe. who manages fighters under the name of Paul Junior, brought Mecucci here to fight Eddie (Joe Beef) Leboeuf of Mont- real when he was unable to obtain Dlnardo.

Evidence placed before the Conl- mission was that Mecucci was passed off as Dlnardo at the medical and weighing-in proceedings the day of the fight and the sub- stitution remained undetected un- til Mecuccfs poor showing started an investigation.

Mecueci was knocked out by Leboeuf at 1:05 in the second round after taking a terrific hammering. He appeared in poor shape.

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Red Leger Given Release By Hawks

MONCTON. N. B., Dec. l4 -- (CP) — Germaine (Red) Leger. right winger of the Maritime Senior League champion Moncton l-la1vks. has been given his release, team manager G. D. (Monty) Mont- gomery said tonight. Red ls a younger brother of Hank defence- mm Raymond Leger and Roger Leger. rearguard with Montreal Canadians of the National Hockey League. His home is in L'- Annonclation, Que.

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1t was learned yesterday thatthe second big double header basket- ball fczlturc ill tllc Island Physical Fitness Basketball League will be held at the P.W.L‘. Auditorium) Sat- urdag: night when the Reece quin- tette will meet the Summerside Schurmans hoopsters in the first Section of the bill while ine Silli- rnersitlc l’..C..\.l-‘. team 1\1il battle it out with ltayls Iiflllloltaircs in the last half . ‘the salllc [our teams plliycd at the Western Capital airport last l"‘ri".la_v night ill the opening round of the League schedule when the lit-eve (which illlS been currently‘. rcfcrrcd to as Navy by (ulstakc) defeated the lttiAF squad by the! narrow margin of 46-42. while Ray's hlilliontiil"es swamped Schur-f mans by the count of 67-22. - . .

_ Although there are too other’ teams in the League, S.D.lJ. antll P.W.t‘., the two college teams will not pllrtlClplilC in any of the League encoultlvrs until alter the festive season clue to Christmas exams and ltolidays. but will be ready to swing right. llllO League ccmpetltton Just as soon as the college term settles clown to its regular routine.

. . Despite the fact that tnerside Schurinarfs took a bad drubbing lust week doesn't mean that their team ls of inferior qual- ity by any means, as it must be re- ntenlbercd that basketball activity has been at a low ebb at the West- ern Capital for some years due to lack of playing facilities. and it has been only recently that the game has come back to its own in that sector. It is naturally going to take a while for the boys to get roliin: in order to compete against such teams as ltays. last year's senior champs and ltecco (then Navy") runners up in the same league last year. Knowing the Sutttrnerside spirit as we do, it will be a funny thing if these boys don't give a real account of ill01llSElVPS later in thr- season when they gct a few good games undcr their belts.

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We scc by the latest statistics on the Big Seven scoring race in the Maritime Big Four l-luckev League that Nit-k Nicolle, (511 it John). former Island hockey star is still holding his own among the leaders and at present is holding down number three posltionnn a tie with Fitzpalriclt (Moncton) with 3'5 points apiece. while Gray (llalifnx) and lmonti (Moncton) arc in first and second place with f‘)? and 36 points respectively.

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A recent sports item frttn New York, states that, "flve-tnau“ hoc- key, instead of the current six-luau teams, is suggested by Madison Square Ga1"de.1i's Tom Lockhart, to make tlhe game faster, relieve con- gestion on the ice and open up the scoring. LockharUs idea comes from the fact that action picks up with a man in the penalty box.

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"llockey originally was played with seven men and then cut to six, so why not five?" lnckhart contended. “The puck is the small- est thing in the place. and with 12 men on the ice. sometimes you can't fi.r1d it. With five men, the action would pick up and you wouldxft have room for all the fans." Lockhart concluded his com- ment by saying "you Canadians may fire when ready.”

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If Mr. Lockhartb contentions are correct irl saying “lf six, why not five?" we might add, why have any at all and then we would have all that extra ice space to accomp- date the crotvtli‘

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According to Frank (Ottawa Journal) (lraham: "There is a div- ision of opinion among economists ns to whether inflation has hit this country as a whole, but there can be no doubt that it has hit the national pastime-and for extra bases. at that. Read again. if you please. these excerpts from Mike Gavenls story frcm the minor lea- gue meetings in Minneapolis:

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" ‘You cmtld have knocked George Weiss ovcr with l1 feather when Billy Dewitt told him the price on third baseman Bob Dillinger was $300,000. ..Askcd by the scribes how much he would give for Don Newcome, Montreal Negro, Leo Durocher said, without consulting Horace Stonehunn. $150,610. But the Drlce is still 3.500.000, according M.

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O I "Three hundred grand ls asked for a run-of-tlie-mill third baseman and five hundred for a busher who has vet to play a major league ball game. Maybe they're worth it, the price of steak being what lt is. But lt is not difficult lo remember when you could have bought Babe Ruth

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Millionaires Score 4-2 . Victory Over Glace Bay

Bouchard To Bc Cut Month

MONTREAL. Dec. l-i-(CP)

Montreal Canadlena’ defence- mau Butch Bouchard will bB lost to the club for at Ieeet a month because of a lei m‘ jury, it was announced today as the liabs set. out. for Bos- ton. Bouchard suflered a torn cartilage in mid-November. lie rcjoinctl lhc I-Qflm Sflhlld-‘Y night and turned in a. banl" up game but the following night n1. Chicago he aggravat- m] the old injury to such an extent that lie vvasvordcred to remain at home itistcad of go- ing to Boston.

Bout-bards injury-is a doulllc blow to Montreal because cen- tre lilmcr Lach, who suffered a broken jaw Saturday "15"!- will he out for at least three weeks.

‘Gordie Rowe

011 Sidelines

Lil-I 171011‘, 1-1 -- 1UP) --'l‘l1e battered Detroit Red Wings tonight. announced that Gordie Howe will be sidelined until at least February. llowe, rugged right Win00? 011 the National Hockey 1.7888119 9111b“ No. 1 line. has been ordered to 'l‘oronto for surgery on his iniuled right. knee

N.ll_.L. Scoring

Following ls the present standing 111 the National lluckcy League scoring rat-c:

The lenders:

l), Bentley. (Ihlcago Wtlrwick. _Boston

J. Conachcr. Chicago

R. Cottochcr, Chicago .. Kennedy, Toronto .. Sandford, Boston .. Babando. Boston .. G. Stewart. Chicago .. Watson. ’l'orcl1lo . Rcay. Montreal Caweth, Montreal Ezinicki, Toronto . .. .. . Bodnar. Chicago

Poile. Detroit . M. lJ-cntlcy. ’l‘oronto .. Abel, Detroit

Gee. Detroit . . . Lindsay‘, Detroit .. Smith, Boston Mosienko, Chicago. McFadden. Detroit Peters, Boston

Lach. Montreal Gardner. 'l‘o1"ontn . . Cottttuc. Detroit Ronty, Boston

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Bowling Results

City Candle-pin bcague

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Clippers . .. .

l-ligh single T. Strain 116 High three A. MacForlane 306 Points: Arabs 3: Clippers 2.

NEW YORK. Der". 10—- (CP)—— Arthur Lossard of Buffalo Blsons today was suspended for two weeks and fined $100 for punching referee Walt Russell in a hockey game at Buffalo Dec. B, Nelson Podoloff, president of the American Hockey League. announced today.

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"Another item, ltaving to do with nlollcy; to cane out of’ the Min- neapolis meeting is the mallet" of bonuses paid by major league clubs to high school player The Braves. for lllfitflllel‘. paid boy flamed Johnny Antonclli $75900 to sign with them-and had to go that high to snare him in the bidding.

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"Its nice to know the ball clubs have that kind of money to spend and that the boys are getting it. And. when you come right down to it, it probably is none of my busi-

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"Just out of curiosity. however. I'd like to know what a club owner who has given $75,000 to a high school kid says to c veteran on his club who is getting $10,000 a year and has been turned down in his attempt to get $12000. It is hard to imagine even n Perlnl. gifted as he is with words. convincing a player with a couple of years in the minors and five or six in the maj- ors behind him. that he should hustle every day for $10,000 when there ls a kid sitting on the bench with $75,000 of the Braves’ money in his kick."

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MONTAGI}! — I'll. — SAT.

“DARK PASSAGE" CHALLENGE

» MON. TUBE. NIX‘! WEIR Tom Conway June Vincent

‘gin on the play. Alex Blrukow fir-

L Louis’ Grown

SYDNEY. N. 5.. Dec. 14-—(CP)— Sydney Millionaires came through with a roaring finish to deposit two goals in the final minute of play and down Glace Bay Miners 4-2 ln a regular fixture of the Cape Bre- ton Senior Hockey League tonight before 1,774 spectators.

Victory boosted the blueshlrts‘ league-leading margin to four points over North Sydney Victories. Glace Bay Miners now are seven points off the pace.

A tripping penalty to Miner de- fcnceman Joe Delmonte at 17.28 in the third period opened the flood gates. Millionaires pressed hard and broke the deadlock at 19.18 when Ron Nelson went peeding down the right side. faked Miner goalkeeper Eddie Daoust and back- passed to Lou Medynskl parked two feet in front of the crease.

At full strength, Glace Bay or- ganized a five-man heave in an effort to grab the equalizer before time ran out. ‘The gamble back-fir- ed as Alex Birukow intercepted the play at the centre circle and dash- cd in to draw Daoust.

'l‘hcy played it fast and close-to- the vest in the first period with Millionaires holding a decided mar-

ctl the first period's only goal at 3.45 with John Myketyn and Mousle Dowlirtg assisting. Glace Bay left winger Jack Thaler was sitting out a holding penalty at the time.

Miners reversed the procedure ln the sandwich session molding the margin of pressure in a wide-open i\v1'r1l_\' minutes.

Bobbie Dennison tied it up at 4.18 when he broke through down the left side and ripped an ankle high shot into the rigging. Miner playing coach Moe White set it up.

Jack Thaler gave the Glace Bay squad their only advantage at nine minutes flat when he banged home a loose puck, spinning in the corn- er of the crease after a Sydney de- fender had batted down Joe Del- montc's long hard shot from the blueline.

Millionaires evened it 11102.47 when Ron Nelson weaved around the net on a slow-motion play and slipped (he disc past Daoust. Lou ltledynski drew the assist.

lifillicnaires outshot the visitors 29-21 on the night's play.

Summary-- First Period 1~Sydncy, Blrukow. (Mykctyn. Dowling) .. 3.45 Penalties: Thnler, Roach, Fritz. Delmonte, White. Dowling. Second Period ZZ-Glzlcc Bay, Dennison, (Willie) ..

. . .. . 4.18 S-Glncc Bay, Thaler, (Delmonto)

d-Sydncyq Nelson, (ltlcdynski) 1147 Penalties: Whalcn, Fritz, Wade, Yl/atts (major), Armstrong (major), Daoust (served by Wade), Third Period 5—S.vdney. Mydnski, . (Nelson, McRae) . . 19.13 6~ Sydney, Birukow 19,45 Penalties: Watts, Brunning, D91. montc.

Sec. No Suitable Contender For

(By Jack Tracy)

MONTREAL, Dec. 13- (CP)—A faint stirring was detected last week in (he lorpld heavyweight boxing scene and American sports‘ writers promptly went to work with smoking typewriters to drum up an opponent for champion Joe Louis.

Many names were bandied about —-sucl1 as Ezzard Charles. Lee Sa- vold. Bruce Woodcock and even Pittsburgh Billy Conn who went six rounds in a Chicago exhibition with Louis Friday night.

Tom (New York Star) Meany even suggested that virtually any- body who could box could beat the

DECEMBER ' 15. 1948

Gurocher ls Worried Man

CHICAGO, Dec. 14 - (AP) -»

Leo Durocher is a worried man todw- ‘ though he won't know his fate until some time next month, the troubled manager of New York Giants admitted his great com- cern to Commissioner AB. Chand- ler in an hour-and-io-ntlnute maxing on charges of “tamper- ing" with Freddy Fitzslmmuns while the coach was still tinder contract to Boston Braves.

Durocher told the Commissioner he was deeply worried over his latest entanglement and added that hls wife was also very much concerned.

He told Chandler he had brought his troubles to his wife. movie actress Laraine Day, and that his wife had advised him to (Eli the commissioner the truth exactly as Lco told it to hcr.

Durocher, who emerged from the hearing lOoklllg grim but thoughtful. said he l1ad"‘nothi.ng to say" about his joust with the commissioner.

Idtzsimmons, who reported that the entire proceeding was "like a nightmare." said nothing. t

it was believed that no suspen- sions would be meted out. al- though lt was almost a certainty that all concerned _ the Giants. Durocher and Fitzsinttnons-wvould suffer fines.

National League Attendance Figures

(By The Associated Press)

CHICAGO, Dec. 14 -— Official National League attendance fig- ures, announced today by presi- dent Ford Erick. show that 9,770,- 743 fans paid their way into league games in 1948.

As the league drew 101188.470 in 1947,.tbere was a decrease of 617. 727 last season.

Boston and Pittsburgh got new home record-s. The Braves packed in 1.455.439 for their first pennant winner since i914. The Pirate‘. drew 1,517,021. tops in the league

Amerlcart"'League figures an- nounced several weeks ago, total- led 11.150009, an increase of more than 1,800,000 over 1947. The 1948 total was an all-tflane major 1088M mark.

The two leagues played to 20,- 020,842 customers as compared f0 19,314,539 in 1947, an increase cf 1.046.303.

"roaonro. Dec. 10-1011) --Thc Ontario Golf Association today named Phil Farley of Toronto, On- tario amateur champion, as the Province‘: no. 1 ranking amateur golf player.

______._______-_--—-- dlsregard his defeat by Woodcock because it was via the foul route. you can't Ignore tho fact that Sa- vold has been hanging out on flit‘ wash line a couple of years."

Andy. who contends (ital the “suggested list of opponents for Louis represents an insult. (o fan- dom’: intelligence. says there is only one hope of a shot in (he arm for boxing. That would be if Louis falls victim lo an upset K.O. by an unknown or near-unknotvn.

"The fans would know it wasn't a phoney with Louis involved so a return bout would have. at least, bona flde and not ersalz appeal."

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Not so. says Andy (Montreal Standard) O'Brien. Andy weighs all lhc potential challengers in the balance and finds them woefully wanting.

Bruce \’Voodcock‘s win over Lee Snvold i11 London last week pro- vtvdes some reason for putting lioodcocl." forth as a challenger, cven though he did wln on a foul, Ami)’ says.