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HOCKEY INJURY FATAL

Vcrnon Lougheed, 19-year-old oockcy player. oxen 1n ‘IOIGIIIII General hospital, Deo. I2, from on Injury in a practice ga-me. l-lo was believed to be ‘ a successful recovery after a brain operation. (‘nronr-r W. ll. Avery said cause nf rlenih was a slow hemorrhage of me llrnlrl. He said an autopsy will be performed. The boy was the Ion of n United Church minister ct

Newlngton. near Ottawa. and had cl

recently come to Toronto and had started work.

Bill Cowley

Leading scorer

MONTREAL, Dec. 16—(CP)-— ‘No assists that Boston's Bill CW- 19y picked up during the last week. kept him perched at the top 01 the National Hockey League swrlui race. according to official league figures released‘ tonight.

Cowley. with five goals and 12 assists. retained his one-point lead at the top of the heap. but this time ll. was Bryan l-lextall of Rani;- ers who wns in ssconcl slot. with l6 pfillliS. Hextail mwed up 9°?“ third dnrmg the week.

Tor-chip's Syl Apps was in third place. another point. behind. Rift? moving up from sixth POSiiZiOII. while m fourth spot were GJCliE Drlllon of Toronto. Syd Howe 0i no at. \\“.lo had arcmwi "H" second. and Phil Watson of R2118-

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Louis Scores Technical K.O. lVhen McCoyFails To Come Out For Sixth‘

(By SID FEDER Associated Press Sports Writer)

BOSTON, Dec. l6—(AP)-Jos Louis mode the 13th successful

defence of his World Heavyweight Championship tonight by stop- ping Al McCoy of Boston offer five completed rounds before o crowd of obouf 15,000 in the Boston Garden.

After taking o pummelling for five rounds, during which he

wus floored once and his left eve

was closed to o split, McCoy was

unable to answer the bell for the sixth round and Louis was awarded

o technical knockout victory.

A "boo" rolled down from the fans as the announcer stated

through the public address system

that McCoy refused to continue.

McCoy was on the floor from three rights to the ribs in the

ROUND BY ROUND Round One:

McCoy went into a half crouch as Louh felnted with his left and shuffled forward. Both were short with. straight iefts. McCoy flicked Loulsf cheek and was wide with his right. McCoy bounced a left. off Joe's nose and repeated the process. Joe clubbed a left to the body. McCoy flicked two more lefts to Joe's nose and it wasted. Louis bounced a left off McCoy's fore- head. Joe banged a right hand off the jaw and McCoy staggered. Louis hit McCoy with three rights to the body and McCoy sank to one knee. He was illp wit out a count. Louls nailed Al with s hard left to the cheek.

Tliey were in mldrin in a half clinch at the bell. Lou ' round.

Bound Two:

McCoy flicked Joe's fsco with his left. Louis bounced two short left hooks off Al's jaw. ‘They trad- ed short lofts and McCoy fell into a clinch. Louis clubbed McCoy with a hard right to the ear. Louis straightened McCoy ofi a crouch with o. short right. u percut then ubbcd his right sga t Al's ribs as McCoy tossed his straight left to the face. McCoy tifu-ew an over- hand right. that grazed Louls' fore- head. They stood near Joe's corner and traded a left and right BPZQOG. Joe again clubbed his right to the ribs. McCoy bounced another left off Joe's nose. They traded some more short lefts then Louis backed -McCo_ into a neutral corner and land a short left and right. IﬁUlS pummelled McCoy with half a doz- en punches at the bell. Louis‘ round.

Round Three:

Mscoy stuck his left into Joe's lace. Louis flicked with 11's 19ft t0 to the nose. McCoy came back with the same thing. McCoy back- ed Louis against the ropes and landed three left hooks to the head and body. Louis shuffled forward jabbing with his left and trying to

Maritimers led

By Bill Cowley

MONTREAL. Dec. l6-(CP)—Blll Cowley, former Halifax Wolverine who now makes the plays for Bos- ton Bruins. retained hm leader- ship among former Maritimers in the National Hockey leaalle dill”- ing the lat. week. b

Cowleyprodded two asszsls to his total during the week. to run his points to l7. while Monctons Gord- ie Drillon lcked up s eoal and two 8553-45 w ring his count to 14.

George Allen of Bayficid, N.B-, and Eddie Wseman _of Newcastle. N.B.. were tied for third spot, with

- first round. He tried‘to cur Joe down with straight lefts ond o few swinging rights, but |ust didn't hove enough to do if.

brook McCoy's defence. Louis banged a left to the chin and cross- ed a right high on the cheek. Louis hopped in again with his left to the face. Another left drew blood from Al's nose. A right hand bounc- ed off McCoy's ear and another left drew more blood from Al's nose. A short right raised a mouse under Al‘; left eye at the bell. Inufs’ round. _

Round Four:

Louis connected twice with. his left but was short with a follow- up riBht cross each time. They traded lefts near s. neutral corner. Louis straightened McCoy up with a short left uppercut and bounced a left bff McCoy's jaw. McCoy's right landed on Louis‘ forehead. In close Louis ripped a right to bod and a long left to the nose. M oy bounced n. hard left off Joe's cheek. McCoy's left eye was nearly closed now and he was throwing desperate right hands. Louis smashed a right against the ear. Joe's left twcle ripped into Al's race. In close Joe snapped Al’s head back with a short left uppercut. The Bomber landed left and right w the face at the bell. Iouis’ round.

Round Five:

Fbr half afmlnute there wasn't a punch thrown as McCoy shuffled away and Louis shuffled in. McCoy flicked out again with his left but, lock two hard lefts in the face in return. ‘The action was slow as they spurred in mid-ring. They traded straight iefts to the face, Louis dug a left into the body. McCoy bounced a left off the cheek. but Louis connected with a smash to the left jaw. He banged Al three times with hard rights. McCoy nailed Louis with a smashing Lght to the jaw. A1 was barely able to see out of his left eye now. Louis ripped left and right to the body. In clcse M:C'|/ bounced a short. left Ewok off Joe's chin. Touts threw short léllg and rights to the head and a left to the mid-section at the bell. fouls’ round.

Sydney in First-place tie With Miners

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fCPh-Sydmy Millonaiws squeez-

ed cut a Z-l win tonight over Glace

Bay Miners in a Cape Breton Hoc- key League game.

e game went at a goal-a-per- ind clip. Jack Atchlnson and Bud McEachem getting One in each of the first two periods for Sydney. and Boots Baird notching Glace Bay's lone goal in the final ses-

ll ‘l ecLh. fcur more than 510m Flaspilnrl-Ihllett, formerly OI NOIEh Lingupg; ' . N.S. slgllcsyscoring; - Sydney: Goal. Dickie; defence. G A Pis- snowdon. Van Dacle; forwards. Cowley. Boston 5 12 l7 Kowcinak. McCrcedy. Alchiilsou: Drillon. Toronto a 6 l4 Subs. Lalmul. Fritz. Snell. Mc- Ailcn, Chicago 6 5 11- Eachern. Powell. 585141116116. Price- WlSSIIIEIILBCSiOII 6 5 11 m; m, Boston 2 5 '7 Glace Bay: Goal. Foster; defence. h. Boston Z 3 5 Gallagher. Grabcskl: frrvyards. G: c. Cnnadicns l 3 3 Baird. Ncwbolt. Hannebury; subs. Grabo-rkl. Cruadiens 0 0 0 MOPSOH. Dewey. McG bbon. Phil- _- lips McBride. MacKie. SUMMARY I First Period l-qﬁoy. Atchinson II Pena. ties-Bastarache. 2 . ‘ Second Period I ‘tr-Sydney. McEeachern (Snow- dont 17:14 Penalties-None. Third Period

l fi-Glsce Bay. Baird (Gallagher) 2:00 Penalties-None.

REMEMBER when:

(By The Canadian Press)

New York Yankees went to the Pacific Coast League l5 years n50 today to pluck Tony Llazzeri for the second-base position. He was with the Yankees until l leased in Oc- tober i937 so that he could "flicker" for o managerial job. He spent the past two seasons mlﬂllinif the To- ronto Maple Mills.

SWEDISH-GERMAN TRADE AGREEMENT

SIOCKHOLM. Dec. lit-MP)- sweden has concluded an agree- ment-. with Germany for a trade overturn of about 2,000.000.000 crowns (approximately $480,000.- 000) in 1941. a substantial increase over this year's trade, it was m- nounccd tonight. ‘

Germany will get much wood pulp and paper and Sweden will get 6.700.000 tons of coal and coke, processed steel and synthetic cloth.

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Three Leafs to Report in Boston

TORONTO, Dec. l6—(CP)-Ma.n- ager Conny Smythe of Torontos Natzonal Hockey League Maple leafs announced today that Gus Marker. regular right-winger. and Norman Mann and Bucko McDon- ald of Providence Reds would ro- portl to the Leafs in Boston to- n t

gmythe said coach Happy Day would not use Mann. a wing or centre. or McDonald. a defenceman. unless "absolutely necessary." The Leafs were left with only one reg- ular rght-Iwlng when Marker and e were ured. and on injury to defencevman Bingo Kamp- marfs ‘foot during the week-end iiggravated the Leafs‘ player prob- em.

HOCKEY PRACTICE

S’side man Heads Curlers

Mr. B. W. Robinson of Summer- side. was elected DYESlCiEXIlA of the Prince Edward Island Curllru: Asso- ciation at the annual meeting here last night. Lieutenant Governor-B. W. lePaize ls honorary president.

Other officers include: Vice-bre- sidents. Earl Comey._ Summerslde. for Prince County: i-Ilbbert. Howatt. Charlottetown. for Queen's County; and A. G. Parks. Montague. for King's: secretary-treasurer. Mal- colm MacKlnnon. Charlottetown.

Other members of the include: L. H. Poole and George McIntyre. Montague: S. G. Merriam and W. A. Currie. Summerside; and J. A. Fraser and F. R. MucLainc, Charlottetown.

J. A. Fraser. the retiring nrcsl_ d€§ltL was chairman.

was announced the rfavoff t pick the team to represent the pro? vmee in the MacDonald Brlar play-

Intermediate Abbies hockcv prac- tice tonight ~ “ck. - e Walter Lvavglor. Coach.

downs Wmlld be held at Charlotte- townllle__fl§§t__wgck__in_ February.

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lAthletics, White Sox in deal

O. PHILADELPHIA. —Phlladelphia Athleflecsc- ‘Ed “day they traded infielder Dar. -0 lﬁdiulanr to Clllcflgo White $0,. fQT Jack Knott. big right-hand pncher- N‘? "WYWY was involved. l-ﬁdiltiani was with Toronto Maple Leafs of the International Baseball League last season.

The Athletics purchaser‘ Ind’. zlani from Oakland in the Pacific 0935i lﬁaflpe in 1937. but the little Sim Frﬂllcsco Italian never has ‘if; able t0 maintain major league

The Dominion olaydowns vyould be at Toronto this year. it was learned.

The meeting last nirrht was well attended and members were enthu. slastic over the prospects for tho coming curling season

A snOW storm last night prevent. 9d B iﬂrae number of members from

Kelly gains On Desilets

Joffre Desllets went. pointless dur- ing the week's American Hockey League sccrlng race, but remained; out. in front. nnu.\_ former Marl- tinlcrs now in the “Ill. i

Tire former Saint John Beaver‘ held a. two-point lead over Pete Kelly of Charlottetown, who picked up one assist during the week. Des- ilets had l5 points on five goals and 10 assists. uxhlle Kelly has scored 0110 goal and has l2 assists.

Harry Currie. formerly of Char- lottetcnvn. remained in third spot. but he was forced w share it with Crossely Sherwood who picked lop

the Summerside and Montague club from attendiniz._ho\yever. s

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