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Horton Smith, Young Pro

‘From Joplin, Mis., May \ ‘ be Member.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6,—(O.P.)— In the make-up of the 1929 British Ryder cup team will be found only four o; the professionals from the other side who lost to the American pun 91-2 to 21-2 at Worcester, Mars, m i027.

George Duncan, who will captain the home team when the interna-

tional pros clash at feeds in Apru.

Aubrey Boomer, Archie Compston and Charles Whitcombe are the sur-

vivom.

Duncan won the only singles match the British captured at Worcester, Joe Turn-sea being his victim and Charles Whitcombe got a draw with Gme Sarazen. Boomer played great golf to lose to Johnny Farrell. Comps- ton leads the British professionals

for the time being at least.

In addition to the British pros re- elected, the 1927 team included Ted Bay, who succeeded to the captaincy when sickness forced AbeMitchell to remain at home; Arthur Havel-s, no longer available; Fred Robson, Her-

bert Jolly and George Gadd.

The 1927 team for the United States

consisted of Walter Hagen, captain;

Johnny Farrell, Leo Diegel, Geno Saracen, Al Watrous, Joe Turnsea, Bill Mehlhom and John Golden. Al Espinoea was on the team, but did

not get into the play.

Hagen will captain the team again,

Dulce .McIsaac A Named on A.P. C. Hockey Selection

NEW GLASGOW, Rb. 6- The selection of an all star A. P. C. lea- gue team for 1929 is one of the most interesting matters being discussed by Eastern Nova Sootia hockey follow- ers at the present time. This mat. ter is especially of interest in Pic- tou County where many selections have been made within the past few days. The Halifax Chronicle cor- respondent from. this town makes the following selection: ‘

Goal-"Duke" Mclsaac, Sydney; “I2addy" Bubar" New olssgow, m. fellce-—Paddy'Noian, New Glasgow; Kenzie McNeil, Antigonish; Bricky Dunn, Sydney. Centre-Georg, Mo- Kay, New Glasaow; Joe Benton, Stal- larton; Right Wing-Joe Nail-n, Stei- larton: Gordon Waite, New Glasgow; left Wing-Archie Nicholson, New

Glfllsow; Alex n. McDonald, Anti- gcnish.

In regards to the above selection, there is little to pick between Mclsasc and Bubar. Both have competed in only a few games this season but il

tween the posts, there is little doubt that they outshine the other goalies in the league. Nolan and Kcnzie Mc- Neil as a regular defence are the pick of the whole league. Bricky Dunn is the‘ selecton of a great many for a substitute backline man.

punch and with a second string line of Joe Beaten, Gordon Waite and

theopinionu that the six are as strong as any which could be selected. '

physically fit and ready to go be-

‘ A regular front line of George Mc-f Kay. Joe Nairn and Archie Nichol-I son carries a very strong scoring-

Alcx R. McDonald, the writer is oi.

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thanks to a graceful gesture by Leo Diegel, the P. G. A. champion, and a majority of the team of two years ago will again be ‘enlisted for the golf _wars with a possible addition or two. A good guess is that one of the

Walker Getting Ready For

members will. be Horton Smith, the young Joplin pro. who has been mak-

ing the going rough for his fellow

pros across the continent during the winter season.

As was the case in 1927, the team from the United States will be re- stricted to home-breds, golf profes- sionals born outside the United States not being eligible.

Willis Bout

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6- Mickey Walker, middleweight champion, started training today for a ten-. round bout here February 22 with Jack Willis of San Francisco. Willis will come in over weight. The pair met last year, with Walker winning the decision after a‘ tough battle.

BY QUIN HALL.

1TH the advent of such famous foreigners as Paavo Nurmi, the “Phantom Finn," and Edvin Wide. the Swedish schoolmaster, interestin indoor track meets is sure to be stir- red to a while heat and the turnstil- es at the arenas where these fel- lowsperform are bound to click mer-

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rlly during-the present season. Nur- mi’s entry alone at any of these ev- ents is going to clogthe galleries and the runways, and when races are

BY "TEC" ABEGWEITS VS. CRYSTALS

Abegweim will leave by special train tomorrow evening at 5.80 for Summe ‘ ‘ where they play Crystals in the opening home fixture of the second section of the Island Hockey League. It is expected that nearly twohundred hockey fans will ac- company the team to the Western Capital. ' ,

Mr. Byron Brown, manager of the Revere Hotel and one of the live wires on the Abegweit hockeycom- mittee has kindly ---- ‘ ‘ to 011611 the Revere dining room at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, thereby ensur- ing an early supper for any B1198“

‘who ccntemplat making the trio and at the same time affording an opportunity for any other fans so in- clined who would like a full mural! meal before entraining for the hoc- key scene cf battle. C 0 l I

Elmer Ferguson, the well known hockey writer of the Montreal Her- ald, has again mounted the rostrum on behalf of Canadians, whom he is dub the modern “Little Men 0f Iron!“ In one of his inimitable eulo- gies he daringly proclaim Qanucka of. 102d the greatest hockey team of all time, and decides ‘oubtedly the slgnlnoanvtapping of the head that will accompany such a sweepln as- sertion.

.' as; proof positive of this he out- llnes-hls contention by declaring that theirfeat of defeating Ottawas, Van- ccuvn- and Calgary in a series at the

1nd pf the season was one ofthc

emu-t performances ofall time in boom. n in quite a contribution to tho-history oi the same. and the" is no ’ this Canadian team was a smooth ontnt,‘ but, it is the writer‘! opinion that lewd several pummel vhreraclancy n-om the Can-

togm s; m; yogi‘, which won

no championships. That ma! be only all opinion, but those who want w scan thfreocrd or both teams. man

flcient machines. If memory serves rightly, and it usually does, Ottawes defeated Vancouver and Edmonton in Vancouver in 1923, with a team re- duced to six players eventually. Still why bring that up and disturb libr- gy’s fascinating ument. '

On that occasion Ottawas f. a tremendous gamcness and resource and their exploits are Written indel- ibly in the annals of the lamp. The writer, who has gazed a lot on hoc- key, rcaily believes that this feat ac- complished by a team reduced by in- juries to a mere shadow of its for- ner greatness, was one of the out- hockey “hi. ' ‘ of all times. Certainly no more superb 6X- hibition of courage has ever been presented. '

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Then there was that Ottawa team of 1021, which had such flkures as Benedict; Cleghorn. at his peak; Gel‘- ard, at his starry best; Bouoher, then one of the greatest players‘ in the game, even as he was in 1023: Nighbor, “roadbent and Denneny. with Jack Darragh as main relief. and Dn-mgh w" n master-hockey mechanic ‘

If it were possible _to arrange rt series between that "$11195? 5|!" ll i‘ was known, and any 01 the 47mm" mm, {giggled to, we think that I great manywiseacresof hockey would be forced to Put 1'10 "W" “mm” on that 1021 outfit, which, in the opinion of many. will the create" hockey aggregation ever asaembfl‘ together. ma: Patrick. who knew; hockey from all anrleamnca devil!“ w the writer thlt when fluvjdrffii" ed his Vancouver KL '3!!! .491 tested one of the finest hockey ofalltimes. As rcrriliviflilwt Canadisns have a matrvawfi» W‘ ottawas have not 'oqly-a,lfl6t,"°' ordpthcy also have a amt w Q Q ' I U. . . ‘I Prank Nlghbol‘. the ma! dd i10- mn 0g some, lial some my inm-

sxponantof defensive _ .19.?!"

‘ ’ ‘ ‘ Nurmi and Wide or our own star-spangled crack distance runner, Leo Lermond, even standing

ment is Ernie Hjertberg, veteran of

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to watch him gallop about.

Despite the fact that the Finn is rather studlously inclined and doesn't mingle with the boys like an active bootlegger who is looking for new business, he's as colorful as a painters palette and has a. way of attracting interest in a quiet and orderly manner. His name on the menu is sufficient.

Duringthe Olympic ‘games at Am- sterdam Leo Lermond ran the best 5,000-meter race any boy from this ‘country has run in sixteen years or more. The authority for this state-

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room is going to be at a big prem-

Nurmi has been in the country for some time and has been training dil- igently- to make an assault on every existing record from one to ten miles. And when; Nurmi says that he is go- ing to start an assault in this respect it isn't just silly grabbing or an idle gesture by any stretch of the imag- ination. The Finn is one of the hardest workers on the track and while he may not be as good as he was when he‘ first invaded these shores several years ago. he is still capable of furnishing any of the

many international track campaigns and former trainer of the Swedish ' and Dutch Olympic teams. Leo has been keeping in the pink of condi- tion for the indoor meets and his ambition is to lower the sails of Paavo Nurmi in one or two of the events. It is something to shoot at and not beyond the realm of possi- bility. .

The arrival of Wilde helped build up interest in the indoor runs. Wide, another colorful personality in a quiet way, is determined to win from Nurmi at any cost and he wentright into the business of training upon his arrival here. In his first inter- view he had not worn a track shoe

‘competition and his name is still a

‘like and players, who would meet in

‘there would be a conflict of opinion,

hm; by he my imitators. m hy-

“m, ‘ulfflflpll ma. moat of the present my rules hm amflflyymq-qqqgqahsrd aadjast simply strengthened thisstyle of

maintains-e cahJrank.

present-day runners with plenty oi’

magnet which drags the fans inside

since August 22, when he won the 1,500-meter Swedish national cham-

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pionship. However. he allotted him- self plenty of time for conditioning and is pointing himself especially for the national indoor champion- ships to be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Feb- ruary 23. -

Just what the competition can do against the steady and heady pacing of .Nurm1 remainsto beseen. And in mentioning competition it is also well to remember Willie Rltola, who will be racing to keep Nurmi from entirely altering the record books.

The piling on of the years has slowed Nurmi down over distances up to a mile but the Finn was brainy enough to realize this and has been specializing over the long- er distances where his amazing en- durance and aggressiveness will more than offset the bursts of speed essen- tial in sprints. He never seems to care about the pace set by rivals. Before every race he knows the max- imum capacity of his ofbonehts and he is always prepared to run the race in less time than they could possibly do it. His pace is largely governed by force of habit rather than design, as he has run over every distance so many times.

With such runners on deck the‘ indoor season is sure to be an inter-

Y. BOWLING cniv nnaoua Last night the Oddfellows defeat- ed the Telephone Co. in a close and interestingmstch ‘by the narrow mar gin of 2B pins. This match wu the third playoff game in the champion-

executive deliberation a number of times during the summer. Probably the first meeting would show" little in a tangible way, as

but gradually by the interchange of ideas, the contact of ideas, and the constant deliberation on the pressing problems of the game, there would ‘be evolved ‘a qatlsfactory code which would help to open up the game. The _wri _ has always contended that Nig bor has been the greatest factor In hockeyforvycare, as no code has y» evolved which can overcome the defensive homey style introduced bylhlln, and carried on so success-

h1g1 reveal-come defensive hockey

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ship series.

Company rolled both the high single and three of 276 and 724 pins. Fol- lowing is the line-up:

ODDFELLOWS

H. Rodd ... .-- ... ll227 143 202 A. McEaohern - e a a e . . 153 199 183 C. Mach-can .... ""311 148 300 A. Mathieson e a a a . . . .181 190 266 P, MacInnis n. t“ "334 211 214 Total 2993. l TELEPHONE C0. _ L. MacNally .... .... .217 199 214

T. Moore . F. Brady

H. S. MacLcod ave ".169 E. M. MacNevin ... ".251

large Crowd a

Square Garden provides New Yon: fans with plenty of sport, and the attendance ngures show our the Gotham citisans like it; Seven nights at "The Garden" provided total at- tendance of ninety-seven thousand. On Jen. I’! the Rangers and Bruins, orthe Natlonelflockey league play- edbefore elxteenwbouand-people. m am night entertained Canadians, and m ammo» was eight ' The‘ Americans- Oaaadisn game on Jan. ndrew ten

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1 32 1 25 228 276

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Total 2080.

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Geo ’Town Red Wings “Defeat ..Murray River

The first game of hockey in George town this winter, was played Mon- day night, Feb. 4th, between, the Georgetown Red Wings and Murray River. One of the unique things a- bout this event was that, despite the lateness of the season, the Murray River fellows came uphere by auto- mobile and the Bed Wings expect to return by the same way. It is always a great pleasure, to have Murray River come up to play hockey, '"they are great sports." _

The game was everything that could be expected, resulting in a tie 7-7.‘ .- Clean playing was the rule. Mr. J. A. a. McConnell was referee. The Murray River team had lunch at the Yorston House, and after the gamevreturned and spent a pleasant eveningv-A

thomalldv fans, while the intercity amatiiir boxing tournament was at- tended by sixteen thousand. the same

number as saw the Americans and Ranger-slut Thursday. army there were twenty thousand boxing enthus- iasts at the Schniellmg-Niako boaind

match, and lest night ‘nu-onto Maple um ‘and Ann-loans battled while

lull KIRBY m an Tlllllill IN UTH_E__N.H, l,

F‘ o r m e r New Glasgow Goalie Will be Given Chance in New York.

NEW GLASGOW. Feb. 6—Word has been received here that Alfie Kirby, former Steliarton and New Glasgow goal tender,‘ will receive a. try-out

the National Hockey League. This in- formation will be received with a great deal of interest by Pictou Coun- ty hockey fans and in fact through- out the whole of the Maritlmes where Kirby's ability is well known.

The question as to who waslthe greatest goalie to play in Maritime hockey has caused a. great deal of discussi-n on many occasions. On each, however, the name of Alfie Kir- by has stood out prominently in the selections made. He has been rated as on a par with Jack Cross, Stone- wall Morrison and other goalies of years gone by. He was easily the best net-tender in the Independent League and his work with Stellar- ton attracted wide attention.

Members of the touring Toronto St. Pats who invaded the Maritimes during the regime of the Independ- ent League, were highly pleased with the work of Kirby. In fact runny of them stated that he was the best prospect they had seen east of Mont- real. He could have secured a berth with one of the junior pro teams at that time, it was stated, but the Steilarton boy was not anxious v0 leave Pictou County.

Kirby broke into the limelight ivlih the famed Stellarton amateur team which included Paddy Nolan, Doddlc Brooks, Del Sullivan, Chester Greg- ory and others. The next season ue Jumped to the Independent League and for several seasons was the out- standing goal-tender of the circuit. When this league disbanded, Kirby hung up his skates, making little ef- fort to get back to the amateur ranks. Some years ago he departed for the United States and has not, to the knowledge of local hockey followers. taken a great deal of interest in the game. He is employed with the Wes- tinghouse Electric Company at New- ark at the present time.

Just what New York team Kirby will try out with cannot be determin- ed, but from letters received by Ches- ter Gregory and Ed Johnson, of New Glasgow, the former Stellarton boy has received an ofler to work be- tween the nets, and if showing the necessary form will no doubt be giv- en a berth, either with the Ameri- cans or Rangers, or with one of the Canadian pro league squads.

Should he show the necessary promise his work in senior hockey circles will be followed with a, great deal of interest in Pictou County. NOTE-Kirby is well known in Charlottetown and has a host 01 friends here.

Amateur Speed Skaters Ready

(Canadian Press)

SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., Feb. 6- One Olympic skating champion and a number of former national and in- tcrnational stars are included in the list of entries for the North Ameri- can amateur outdoor speed skating titles here on Feb, 7, 8 and 9. The

. entry list includes such well-known

Canadian stars as Ross Robinson, Toronto; Willie Logan, St. John, N. 3.; Chester Cole, Sackville, N, 13.; Lucien Fowler and a number of oth- ere. Competing against the Cana- dians will be Percy Johnston, former Torontonlan, now representing De- troit; Lloyd Gunther, also of the motor city; Melvin Johnson, Minne- apolis; Francis Allen, Herbert Knu- den, Wallace Mitchell and Cornelius Warts, Chicago; Irving Jaflee, Allen Potts, Bd Searle and Eddie Casey of New York; Valentine Bialis, Utlca, N. Y.; Jack Shea. and Bunny Shef- field. Lake Placid.

szozloooio mo: Ruth Expects

(Special to The Guardan) NIW,YORK. Feb. 0—Bab_e Ruth, somewhat round himself, admitted that "in round numbers" $100,000 is what he expects to get as a wage from the New York Yankees baseball club come next October. Ruth, who getat 70,000 now, points to the Yan- keecashreceipts andtothomom

‘than mom collected m one eve- eleven’ thousand‘ fans choarodthnn nlng collected by J. J. Tunney for on.

fulfillingansticwllltment.

with one of the New York teams in‘

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. 5—Wltn the arrival here today of Jack Shar- key's trainer, Tony Polozmlo, an- nouncement was made by Jack Demp- sey that W. L. "Young" Stribling and his party would arrive today to pre- pare for his fight with the Boston sailor February 27. Sharkey and his party will arrive in Miami Beach Frrday night. Dempsey announced.

"Pa" Strlbling gave Dempsey his information on-the arrival here of the Georgia youngster. The latter, the elder Stribling said, has acceded to Dempseys requests that he re- frain from flying unti1- after the fight. Young Stribling with his wife and children. “Pa” and "Ma", and his younger brother, will arrive by train tomorrow.

Stribling will be the guest of hon-

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Sharkeyk Trainer Also on Miami Battleground. ‘

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or at a dinner given by Dempae 1' night at "Social Headquarters" ,th Madison Square Garden Co -» '1 and will appear at the Miami -| Kennel Club later. ' fl,‘ ~ rolozzolo selected the Kennel Q1 i‘ arena. as the site for Sharkey's tflin mg. This leaves a casino around; - , corner ‘from the Kennel for Sig-l H ' ling's workouts. g 1 L clement weather was resporlabil for another postponement of Dyp sey’s plans to work out Tuesday lb he is hoping to get into the in ing business today. He sufle ., discomforts from’ the slight of road work he did Monday an ~ eager to get started on the sc , of training that will determinef f , him whether he will re-enterf,‘ ring.