“"1181 from out Western

ooms strolls h y teams

mm me junior and senior divi-

q, times the Western tit-

been conceded little or of defeating

the “crepe " to do an about

m [wood flm- _ 11,1; in both Junior and

ior playoffs now nearing com- plgtian much the saml; case exists. Wm, m, Winnipeg Junior Rangers

Victoria Army putting u bat- u“ mat. may yet see both tiles g0 wt this ieﬂr- _

a s

commandos with s star- of former N.H.L. stars. lei e two Colvilles and Shlblcky, New York Rangers stars, after ‘weeping aside all opposition in lhe i seemed ln a fair way 0f W1‘- mming tho same tiling in their gries with Victoria as they chalk- Qd up victories in the two opening "mes, but Saturday night they muck l» snag as the Victoria team ‘o; ms tying goal late in the third “mo; to go on and win in over- “mm a o s

rig westerners looked impressive Ii their win as they displayed their best form of the series mid the ex- wm, not at any time doubting tile gﬂﬂigﬂl of the Western squad, wuldnotbe sbitsurprised if the “m; go the limit with the

mould outcome very ‘dovsbtiul.

rray s n th

s Junior Rangers sur-

Winn! pisad all and sundry when they e fint lime with the

gwugt th mig ty Oshsws. Generals: then ov- monfident the western kids lost next two to the Eastern team and in losing looked as if they had Ilot their bolt. Writers were visu- gluing s. walk-over for the Gener- sls but again the Rangers surpris- qd sll and sundry as they tied up In series st two games apiece to my very much ‘in ‘the running.

And this hes always been ms use with those Western Canada. champions. Always a good team oomss from out of the prairies‘,

the Ell-sterner: are s. iifle better but then the fight and dstonnination of the West comes lathe tore. ‘ _ _

Thh osn b4 well vouched for when tho osse of the Sydney Mill- ionoirvs is taken into consideration. Beck in 1M1 Bill Gill's Maritime champions to all intents and pur- poses had the Allan Cup all sewed up u they won lop-sided victories h the opening two games to get within reach ‘oaths "mug."

Ileir opponents the youthful ‘Rs-TH!!! eked out a tie in

third. cams through with wins the next two to square matters md then in the most complete re- vsnsl o! form of the season the slimmed their corrlebnck|

I, lot more sting to not Its the title but in so doing the bzfar-‘itimo champions.

lame om at o press conference asked Branch Rickey what he thought of his ball club. Mr. Rickey bu been in print frequently since

rry Macphail as head of the klyn

Dodgers, ‘but it

mostly had to do with his player tr aoti and other Omrational details.

one

0n he ewe of the opener, some one had thought to ask him lust how good he thought his team was, and the question took him by sur- prise. He blinked rapidly. then pon- dered in silence for a minute. Then drsmatizirlg hi: words he said:

"Goon-lemon. At five minutes to eight. this morning four men walk- ed through that door. They were loo Durocher, John Corrldcn, Clydo Sukeforth and Fred Fitz- simmons. We sat here an hour and a half trying to answer that question: What. do we think of our bull club‘!

"Well. we think we have s great team hem. 1 think it is s. better club than it was last fall. I think I have made one mistake from a publicity standpoint. That is. I. have been too quick to give crédit mg praise to the st. Louis Cardi- ns .

- - - “I brought out Just one point at the meeting. That is the danger | that we might put oul-sclvcs to‘ sleep. You know, then-e is nothing, Worse than what we call an unacs-| thetio ball player; the one who| dulistlwteamintotheserlsethat there is withing wrong here, and who has to wait until October to find out when somr-illing is wrong.

. - t

"I lPDTBClMQ nur shortcomings. There is Johnny Cooney, for ex- smple. Johnny steps as fast as he W91‘ did and he looks as though M! suing as rm. But 1 imagine it takes him five or six more steps W Rt to first base. His stride has shortened. Some players. such as‘ 5W 131548-8810. give the impression of not moving fast when they are because of their stride. The Gardi- Ml ball club has. that speed.

"The second point I'd like to call attention to is-ihe ball. A team that can hit hard has the advan- inse with a lively ball. A speedy helm has the advantage with a_ slow bail. What is this new ball? The Cardinals wmlld have the ad- vmtsee if the‘b8£l i: slow.

"Point three. Coonev. (lnmilli, glgﬁr. Waner. Durochcr, certain- “0 “WWI. Herman and maybe w or three others. are not men med urged to gamble with their

I I O ‘hgfos, I think it is u better club ‘n?’ ‘was last fall. But I think m“ Whit to predict the mltoome f year is a scramble in thl- field gndpfwﬁiecv. Chicago has power and“ PXDerienc-ed nitchim staff. fzsnserlnntl has pitching and de- I O I

"T? our bﬂvs have 1m tho mu;- °' m" I think they have. r mun:

Pictured above are the West Kent School Cadets who competed in the D. O. P. A. gmall-borg r1115 competition recently. This competition, which is Do- minion wide. consists of three different matches. wonderful silooilug throughout the Winter, and now are eagerly nlvait- ing D. C R. A. metlnls from Otizlwa for having had averages of well over 90 per ccnt in the thrgg mam-nos,

N0 coubt these boys who have shown such mark-

These bill's have done

Canada's lea/din!

Sllerrcll. BACK ROW-

' Winnipeg Rangers Take

Lead In Memorial Cup Race; Defeat Oshawa 7-3

TORONTO April Z6—iCP)—Til£‘ Winnipeg Rangers hurtled to a 7-3 victory over (Jshzlwd Generals here tonight to load the best-oi- seven final series for the O.H.A. Memorial Cup and the Canadian junior hockey championship, three games to two.

The plucky westerners were cheered to the echo by the 12,420 fans as they clinched the game lthd u three-goal attack in the "n

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m.» 1.. _ fou t desperately icl tAAC l,...~, gca .

The Rangers took a one-goal lead in the first period with Gardner firing the puck home and thcn wenytﬂfalihgnlgut in front in illc

Home Run Gives Montreal 2-0 Win Over Orioles

MONTREAL, April 26—(AP)—A home rurl by Jnck Graham follow- illg a triple by Olmo enabled Mont- rcal to eke out a 2-0 victory over Orioles in an international buse- bull league gnmrftotlaly at iimorc.

Bob Chapman snutllpawed Orioles into submission with four-hit pitching job.

Johnny Pure scored half the Bril- tlmore hits with a pair of doubles. The victory gave ltiontrczli a 2-2 cdgc in H10 scrics. which is schedu- lccl to closc tomorrow.

the

Al. Syrncusc, Nick Strinccvich rurlcd lllrcc-lwit lmll to mud Chiefs a 3-0 defeat no Toronto s

period fmd then udder! two:

Bul- .

n lguill._l' of t

in icicntiilcutirln

second on McDonald's counter be- fore Rleigle tallied for Oshawa on i a Stirring lone rush. | Ezlzllcki tied it up for Oshawa ieariy m the third period into ‘ Whit?! the 4 uvo teams packed enough action for any full length hockey game. Just past the half Wily mark Gardner scored and five minutes irltcr Russell got the first i of luﬁ P111‘ which came less than ,n. nllxlute apart. 'l‘ll".rul's rnrll ‘lPPT Poor-man was . " 1i “l

Gorullcr [At-‘lvtl m u. L. . , counters seven seconds spurt ill . the last half minute of play to sew I up the garlic.

Maple Leafs bunched three hits and a pass for all their runs in the third inning.

Strillccvlcn didn't issue a pass, got crrorlcss support, and was in collllnami llll the w0y, Rookie Ar- lmld Cartel‘. was touched for eight hits, and walked six, but kept the l_.e.lfs nt bay except for that thud illnlllg, A walk to Zak, Iotchaﬁs single, Rubcling’: triple and Rip- ples slllgie accounted for etlc three LﬂillCS.

In Jersey City, the little Giants mode it three in a row over Roch- cstor in n loosely pluyed game, win-

ning 10-8

Tile little Giants and Rod Wings each collected i0 hits but Roches- .Lcr lllndc six errors and some pro- IllihCllCS,

Bill Burn s zulsl ‘Pom Koval both hit. home runs for Rochester. the latter driving his with two mates ubonrd in the ninth.

____._______.. PASTEURIS THEORY Prusiclll-‘s gcrnn iiICOFfy’ of case established n} o

dis-

tlle causes of lnlany major ills.

mpg" a chance ‘to win the pen-

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Easter Eggs for the lpxi

American airmen will help the Easter bunny ally the noses of axis-bound bombs lined up

Tcggjombar __ .

deliver these big

FRONT ROW-—(from left 50X], Allison Jewell, GeOPSW Bmwn-

(from left to riilhil~Mlol M"? Mw‘

D8115,“ (conchl. Irving

don Wellncr, Bill Jenkins,

MacKinnon, Blair DQ118511- i

ed ability in Rifle Shooting, will som! d" b¢°°m°

marksmen. to right) :—-Bill P" Bob Jar e. Bill

Saunders, Richard Hurst. Gm‘- Grant Compton, Ernest

Wis Pep, Wins Decision

..._._ PHTSBURG April M—-(A.P)— Willie Pep. t e featherweight champion, tossed his mitts as if he were a concentrated vitamin P6P pill tonight, in easily und out a decision m 12 roun s over burgh Jackie Wilson. former N

A. hampion. The bout was an overweight sf- lt 1Z8 Pﬂundl

fair, Pep coming in and Wilson at 127. 66th triumph in 6'7

It was the ro bouts for the Hartford. COM-- v, who several times seemed to

have Wilson on the verge of l knockout, although there were no knockdowns.

‘vcd costly. The Jcrscys also were.

.'I‘ony Costa of woonsockez, n. 1..

the 1870's, 10d ,

The bout drew s. capacity crowd - -~ with a Eros: n! w‘.-

Aces Gain 2240 Victory Over Sharks

‘mo Aces gained n. 23-10 victory over the Sharks last night in an- other exhibition softball played at the Exhibition Grounds It was the third straight win for the Aces. The score was tied at the end of the fourth inning but the pitching of “Muss" l-Iaughey and the batting of the Aces turned the scales,

The Braves and the Sharks meet Wcdncsciay afternoon.

Tony Oosta In Fistic Upset

,...__ PROVIDENCE, l1 ADI! ﬂ-

almost an unknown among o ranks of the feathewelghts, an upset victory over Jackie Call- ura of Hamilton, Ont... National Boxing Association featherweight champion, in a IO-rouml non-title boxing bout here tonight. Costa, who weighed 128 1-4, gained sn un- animous decision over Callura, who scaled 127 1-2.

Remember When

(By The Csnsdhn Iron)

In those days of peace in the old land when soccer W33 King of Sport --flvo yours ag0 today East Fife trounced Kllnlarnock 4-2 at Hamp- den Park, Glasgow, and became the first second division team ever to win the Scottish Cup. It was the second of two games, scorn in the first being l-l. _

John L. Lewis Snuhs W.L.B. Second Time

WASHINGTON, April S6—(AP) -A second snub of the United States War Labor Board by John

stoppage in the mines brought tile soft coal wage dispute close to a crisis and s climactic tut overnmenvs wartime lab. or polic es.

Although spokesmen for the Unlced Minc Workers said no work stoppages had been authorized. 10,000 miners laid down their tools and there were reports of "slow- downs" in some pits continuing to produce flzci.

Lewis, who had paid no attontlon to the war Labor Boards sum- mons to a hearing Saturday, also ignored its request that he submit today s list of names fronl which the Board might pick a labor rep- resentative on n. three-man panel to investigate the wsgo ﬂspqtg,

0.A.ll.A. lie-Elects I ‘ Slate Of Officers

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PORT ARTHUR.

~ -—Montreal was venue for the next annual meeting of tho Canadian Amateur Hockey ﬂan m4 the officers of tbs ms-ss season were re-eleciod u

tho two-day

Dowell, Middleton, as second

snnusl convention '

wound up la businens tonight. Th’ “mm” mu: Sargent. Port Arthur, willl continue as president. with Hanson‘,

vice-president, and A. W. Plcknnti

baseball season making their bows to their home fans. The schedule calls for:- National League-Chicago at 5t.

C.A.H.A. Increases Grants ToMinorHockeyBy$ I, 500

8-06) p05“- seectedu tho AR’

King llaakon _i l.

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4M! V! “WNW I-Y-lﬂldlnl the ml- wards the oppositions line ev if rvtiglumﬁeotgilkuofthecpnsdimm- therllyiroarryirlgtlupucknificu I t’! Assooimion tiers. w is blown u | "pivot 91”," allotted 81,1130 Play should not b, s um. ench to the Maritimes. Quebec, Oi» much” u, omcm whﬂ, h‘,

tawa and district, Ontario HockeyI between the penalty mo; lines, (o, 0mm 5;

UJHDON, Apr! _.Kirlg I-lakon of Norway tog‘

Association. Thunder Bay mu Bri- Earlier in the d n o n . was 2m rm filfl’ i~ l. 1 N.S., as first ; tis-h Columbia branches, and $1.500 5 decided to lecomrngld r12 ulgyqgl {Ootball YfQ-ljljs- ‘ammo i135 on: - to each of the Manitoba, Saskatdl- l tlonal Hockey Mag“. ‘ whim‘, qLl't..l11.i in 1m m, 1;"

As Britain enjoyed t)" l“;

vice-president. of ins l. isle: llnhunys the King w

swan and Alberta branches. Grants to minor hockey ialt NH‘

line" of s different oolor running‘ “mil u" “Mrs of the ice u e

and registrar-treasurer W. A. Hew- 9°, “ed an u “led 1, g itt, Toronto, werg re-appointed. {he 11:9}; “m” m, m“, n,“ wnolkmt$ wgﬁirgmgllnéﬁ°r° "n" iﬁtler-‘dllﬁdmrggﬁislfest i0! and unior clubs-four players Th. proposed mange pap ions folluwizlg s. amo between up; l, “ " tszis. club-was waived for the duI- mit s defending team to pas; sm- amm‘ ‘Um? If! R. A. 1". find» " ' l. 0h. 1d ,1 hat... "rim '. Ll e iii 1i i . $000M Uplill0r8 The cans approved rule ’q°q.l’p,.‘_g,,i,‘g,,gf,"*g,=sgl*g,;pmved ‘incurs-tel; “in Files? lingo: m. @3118" which required no stolv- recommendation that clubs next Could do W6! sllzlkc hands with w I M ' L PM!!! in play if s player closes his year carry l3 men including a m’ Ph-"Yﬂ- N0 overruns was p . } l n hﬂlld Oll the DUCK. but not 1'01‘ spurs ggnlig, 1n plug; of (his 12 .391“ ed and 3° Pwliylon WM maddxﬁ l / thlgebwcﬂndsdlwd drops it at his mltted during the losz-sskeubu a“_.,°‘““ *’-°‘“‘°- ‘ i fee, ut whi calls for a whistle Tn QAH ‘ ' ‘ ', " Waving crowd u! 81.000 Scheduled Today if thgl slam throws the puck in ltﬂnigter Hawelktvﬁzvncsmgilllixllrgoa? §i”?‘.f°’§ Brides Inter’. m» srly H30 On. open u“ f0 n, v1 to . I ‘ ‘ '_ 3-1 l ‘ £0381 er 50mg i.:‘"='='.:‘l°.i:‘k.."s." cm“ We = M" J2 .12. "has," a so n 1 no NEW YORK Mm, M_(M_,)__ mum 0&1" mm pmymgythe m‘ egiufot tromthesiﬁrrérnent. and! half-tune and tho umy. deie m?! wgéjgdndﬁalggeelielggpwtogorrow with ‘fuck 5° “l m gal“ $5595‘ 0V0! t0 A. O. Polmsfordl for the zrlmnsihflivguiicilezgnrei‘ d?‘ ma?“ . . ncuamnr n d ~ < ng own L 21131-512? §l‘§£’§l“l'.‘;‘°.‘£‘.§‘."2‘€ c2222. 1°“ ’ ° "‘i'-“~—’~‘~§‘" "“’°""° °’ “m” “m” on“ .. l“ ‘ ‘ ‘ " by CPI. Syd Fenn W, 1.5,, in, . "°"P°° " = - ~ - wgues north Ohllho ‘

Fenn will operate at left wing with tile former New York Rang. ors National Lee e stars, Cpl. Mao and Neil Colvile completing the

Syd Fenn Replaces

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Th; delay in starting this yea?! _ military dutiu for at least two Swansea whipped Innll‘ A schedule, duo to northern training, CALGARY. épril sci-Asa»? mlérgglzlﬁ U!“ B‘ n‘ letics, 4-1 in m, 0pm,‘, of.‘ ,3- and the fact that Good Friday and ti" 60mm" ﬁnmué ° f,“ ‘l’ View, club ‘Mdkh d‘: “W zﬂrne total-goal series for the lea_ Easter came on the first week-end poviert ilr/li tits?! :31 ugns on uleﬂstb- llaflﬂll tllviguti veplmg gm“ m“ Cup’ of the season, anccouni: fnr the aga ns c L: m 1y _ g r saturdav- b- twp ‘h; arunpiteh __ W v__ l‘ l”; .-5econd openers being later than broken up w e njluc .. p. hi“ ma“ tllywey nﬁxu-ltplgﬁnfllso lymd irfilnﬁvpgii; iyllqqpgp m; why?" “H”

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‘PRECISION-BUILT

Alex Sllibicky being replaced for

the fourth game tomorrow night the

won in ovoriimn m pmlnflq

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