“The Chew for l’oz1” HICKEYAND NICHOLSONS BLACK TWIST A Home Product — Popular Everywhere Sydney Line Points In. 41 SYDNEY, N, S, Dec :1 -- (CF) ' —- Coach Sweeney S come up with the h" line in Cape Breton . since Jobnnv Mei Kowcinak a:.'.i Jud ll carried, the mail for Sytintflv Nlzllionair Q in i941. i The new Big "fhree. with North Sydney Victoria: of ti; Cap." Bre- l :on Senior ffockrv League. are Brant Hall. Doii ‘.\l(*'l.Ii(‘S urri K.“ Storey. Me and from Winn .\‘lCC1‘“ .p . Kowciiiak were from great hockey centre. Forontou n. An eff . Siorcv i 'll workman who 1e‘; results without beiic" "hi". Storey ‘I35 moved into a f st place tie ivith Glace Bay Miners‘ Conny Brown in the scoring race and. i-long with Hall and Menzies. has pulled Vics to within three points sf the league-leading M lionaires. They have done more than iha‘. loo. Their all-round clay has been an inspiration to a team which a few weeks ago was on the verge of folding. ‘ Last. night more than 2.750 fans paid to sec North Syd-no squeeze, out a 4-3 triumph. their thirdi, straight over Glace Bay. l’: was; the top ermvd of the campaign and: a sure sign that. Vics are hack in‘ the title-chasing business. ‘ Vics triple-threat line has notch- ed- 6t goals and 6B assists--l29 points in 4i games-which puts them far ahead of any other unit in the league. The? clicked for l0 point; last night. with Menzies sinking his 25th goal. while Hall added two to run his total to 23. Vics Bob Verrier. the pro base- ball star from Cambridge, Mass. i4 third highest goal-getter with 19. ‘VhllQ Miners Jack Thaler has l7. Menzies has 2i goals and 18 as- Iiats for 46 points while Hall has l5 asista to go with his 23 goals, for a total of 3B. Storey, the top play-maker with 35 assists. also has High-Scoring North _ Sidney ~' ‘, night i watched by 2.534 Capo Breton Sen- ' 5 ior Hockey I.t‘.’l;.',tie fans. Gets 129 Games , .2 ; Millionaires iln 8-3 Victory Over Miners SYDNEY, N, S», Dec, Qp-ICPV- hiiillionaires (lunged the hutch S-Il on Glace Bay hliners to- in a high-spirited pains Bob (lrcenlaw took fire in the ‘first and last tieriods to rnttls- in four goals. Three of them “ere set up by linemute (‘liff Roach while Greenliiw got the fourth on a solo effort. Miners fourth loss in n row temporarily halted their bid to get hack into second place. They get another chance tomorrow night when they take on North Sydney Vietorias at home. Blillionaires stretched their lead to five points above Vics, who have a one-point edge on Glace Ba). ’l'oni;:ht'_= zamr- apparently was hard on Iho nerves nnrl tempers flared. Sydney Coach Murph Chamberlain loopped off proceed- ings by being ejected from the some with four minutes left to a_\'. After Glace Bay's last goal. Chamberlain hopped out of the Sydney box and stormed across the ice to protest the goal tn the referees. He claimed the puck hit the post and didn't szo in. Two (‘Ops had to haul him from the lea and eject him from the tilt. He may draw a fine for the action. Sydney outsknted Miners by a wide margin but alipshod defen- sive work cost. Glace Bay four goals on breakaways. Millionaires defence was also weak at times and Nick Pidsozlny performed well in the Sydney net. Millionaires outshot Miners 30-24. First Period l8 goals. Menzlee and Hail were without 1.__3..dney_ Green“... hockey jobs when Letlybr-idge ‘(Rpacht 1°43 Maple Leah of the Western Can- p513“ 3am whit, ndl lame moended operation: (Anderson. c. Brown) 19.30 at the end of last season. Both penggy _ Mcme, had hiked of retiring to stick with their jobs when Sehrlner talked 594mm pert“ them into coming east. Storey played with George-town, Ont, last 3._s_vdngy_ Btrukryw season. (Gallagher, Hildebrandi 10.56 in 194i Hall joined Millionaires 4_5ydney, Roach (whnlem 19.12 for his first renter hockey fllna. Penalties ._ Ross (major), Tha- He turned up with Steve Latnski 1a; white, and Jack Atchlson on a line that oaught. fire during mid-season and Third Period was one of the best in amateur hockey. ‘Latoski and Hall played 5-Sydney. Hildebrand together with Lethbi-idige for sev- (Blrukow. Ross) HT Aral years after leaving thi- army. d-Sydnoy, Greenlaw _ The combination. which had a poor (Roach. Nlylretiwa) ...... .. 6.3- year last season. was broken up ‘hfiydner. Gfefifllflw when Latoski was pickr-d up by (Rmch. Gray! ---------- -~ H‘? Edmonton m‘ the Vllcstern League CHICAGO, Dec. 27 --- (AP) -— A record total of $6Z50fl0 in prize money ‘will be offered in the i950 professional golf campaign, it was disclosed today by the Profes- rlonal Golfers‘ Association. George Schneiter. P. G. A. Tournament Bureau bfariager. re- vealed that bundle of swag will he ‘hr target nf the v. r-for-piay vhoofers in approximately 40 “nests. Richest meet " "T lw- r;.~.»:e 5 May's $50000 “world“ dhampion- nhip M Tam OShanier hero and the next most bountiful is the H0000 l". G. A. championship at Columbus. Ohio. next summer. ll-Glace Bay. Wade (Platz. Jodoin) Q—Bydney, Groenlaw 10—Glace Bar. Dennlwn - ll-fiydney, Gray . . .- Penalties Bolan. Mstttheus. Dclvccchio (major), Ros (major and misconduct), MCRM (MEN?)- OnL, Dee. 2i -- rep» - Canada will again chal- lenge for the Harmswcrth Tro- phy, blue-ribbon speed-boat clas- sic. in 1950 but. only if it in held Aug. l or later. it was announced tonight. E. A. (Ernest) Wilson. lngersoll industrialist - sportsman and ourner of the $100,000 Mls! Canada IV boat, will fnnnally challenge for the trophy at De- troit tomorrow. INGERSOLL. dditlflil*rd°tilt.'l'il‘.‘inita i my hlt. pound! of Al H lg and I‘: gabby Q . Smocked by a 10f: one’ rlghgudil oounan ltarh it! long trip to mm a a CaIlL, Audllorlum. n» Bomber‘; one- uaunperrfol wa! lrnoma rm on no m: and counted out ’ ' :1; Ml: of a scheduled IO-gcupd Ighlblttou, Local basketball officials re- ported yesterday that there is a possibility that an exhibziion hoop match will be held here on oi‘ about the illtil of January b.- tiveen an airforee iCflilll from the United States ill" base at HEHUOH Field, Nevvfouiic and a local all star squad p. under the Army colors from .. city. e . - ‘nu The Harmon Field bojrs. who have played agzii foams fruin THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN I Warm Weather Brings i Heavy Loss To Ski Resorts AIONTREAL. Doc: 21 _ (c?) ~ Rain and warm “ieather in Que- bec's famed Laiirentlan ski para- (Ilse north of here has put a crimp ill the iloiiday season for hundreds of small hotel owners and estim- ates of lost; business today ranged from $500,000 to $1,000,000. For the first. time in merriory there was scarcely any snow in the hills, normally whim-clad at this time of year, and the small hotels, ski lodges, ski-tow operat- ors and restaurants were reported feeling thr- pinch. At Christmas last. year they did a rushing bus- iness. A rainy Christmas week-end uiishcil out all but the six inches of snow on the north slope of Mont. Tremblant. 100 miles north of Montreal. Many skiers, who Summerside a nunlbrr of times in both basketball and baseball. have.- iiever been seen in acrori 11281115‘- a Charlottetown tea despite the fact that local officials have, tried to make arrangements for such a meeting on a number oft occasions during last ye r's bas- ketball season, but never have been able to make their plans co- incide ivith one another n o o This year. however. the Near-i fuundland team has shown an earl)’ interest in a meeting. and opened: negotiations with local Offlllifllii some time ago and the final. ZIP-i rangements for the match are just, awaiting verification from the Newfoundland aggregation. '.\ ho l informed local officials thn‘ :ii would have an open date on or‘ about January 5th, which Ms with the approval 0i i officials here. o if should be a match well "Parth- while looking forward to. as the U. S. boys are noted for heir: able to floor strong. fast teams fiyn a country where the)’ really knoiv their basketball which is one of their top national sports. ill fact. according to stall. . holds th: greatest attendance iecords of any sport in the United Slates. includ- ing their leading national sport u!‘ baseball. While on the subject of basket- ball. the six-team Island League. which has been experiencing a lull during the festive season, is ex- pected to get rolling again with the second hal-f of their schedule early in the new year. and al- though the teams who \\'lli open up competition in the i950 secw lion of the schedule have not been designated yet, u is hoped that action will be resumed within the first two or three days of next week. o one Although plans are being draft- ed by the Charlottetown Play- ground Commission in eo-opera- tion with the Department of Phy- 31931 Fitness. to gel the minor hoc- key groups such as midgets. ban- Ian“, ebc.. rolling for the season. they are comm: ur> azainst an obstacle that not even such ll well organized body as they can <10 Hnfvthing about. and that i! 01.1 man weather. O With the mild. almost Spring- like weather persisting, it, ha; been a hopeless task for them 1n build up and develop the various open air rinks under their charge 5° that the? are fit for play. and have been forced to give up gny thought of getting their secs-mi rolling until Cflid’ .- ifbflfhrf 5N5 ,_.. I O U Those who have taken on the Ffi-‘iponsibility of looking alter the Program for the youngsters have not been idle. however. and while ivalfing for better weather oondt. tziona haw been busy drafting up their various teams and leagues. so that every-tilting will be ready to start off with a bang just. as soon as the weatherman gives lndigg. tion of his willingness to oo-op". ate. ‘ - In addftilon to the extensive skating and hockey program be- ing planned for the City young- sters. plans are also being Laid for the hdlding of Provincial corn- pelfion among these some age groups. similar to the mocessful program held last year. when tihe Department cvf Physical Fitness donated suitable trophies for the winning teams in the respective groups, and both officials and kids alike are looking forward to an equally suoc ‘ul program again this your. OHRISTMA! SEAL RECORD GI‘. JOHN'S. Nfld.-(OP)- The lltle mercy ship Christmas Goal ar- rived for the winter here after mak- ing a record-breaking cruise along Newfoundland! east; coast. The ship chalked up 16,000 x-rarys dur- ing her vfaite to every navigable port along the coast. The ship’! workl! financed by the !!l! d aniusoti with cocktail parties and fiiances. .ite, thought the loss for the 60- flock to the Laurentlans by the thousands during the holiday sea- son. stayed home. Lnrgei- resorts at Mont Tremb- taut. St. Jovite, Ste. Marguerite. Ste. ruzathe and Ste. Adele. many or whose clients come from the United States for the rest and b01- iday atmosphere, reported capacifl’ bookings and few cancellations. They “ere able to keep patrons Chief losers were smaller resorts catering strictly to skiers. Charles Postill of Ste. AS5319- president. 0f U18 Lflllrentmn Re‘ sorts Association. estimated 105i» hnljtlny business for the recton at $509 009. Tom Wheeler. operator of an inn and an airline at St. Jov- inue region from Shawbvidzr w Mont Tremhlant might. go as hlflll as $1,000,000. He figured those who stayed home were "mostly 31111118" b1°°d uho come up just for skiing." Mr. Wheeler said many lakes weft twi- _vet frown and with frost. comiflK out. of the ground planes were un- S'side Curling Summerslde Curling Club sched- ule, Wednesday, December 28th, 615-1‘. E, Hickey vs. L_ E, Jen- kins; F/O Thurmeler vs, E. P. Foley; R. E, Ellis vs. F‘_ Cameron. 7.45—Holmans vs. Insurance: H. M, Sllllphant: vs. E. Estey; Kensingtori vs. Left Overs 9:15—-L, H. lilac-Fortune vs. F/O Cameron; Bank Managers vs. Navigators; Ostercrats vs, Legals. Team personnel: D. Birch, W/C Gross, E. Mac- Kay, ‘T. E_ Hickey, skip. S. Dawson, B. Elderkin. Mountain, W. E. Jenkins, skip I, Cotton, S. MacFarlane, F/L Fee, F/O Thurmeicr, skip. P. Noonan, E. Smallman, Salter, E, P. Foley, skip, W. R. E. Ellis, skip. IQ Robinson. G. Mains, G. F, Cameron, skip. W, Bradshaw, F/L Cooke, C. Crockett, H. Silllphant, skip E. Moore, R. MacFarlone. Sheen. E. Estey, skip, T, Williams, N. Thorp, K. Call- beck, L. H, MacFurlanc. L. Gorrill, W/C Willis, G. Guer- gls, F/O Cameron, aklp.-—S. Lost Hunters Safe Bul Nol Too Happy I{.'\LIFAX. Dec, 27 --'OP\ Three hunters from suburban-Port Wallis who spent last night in dense forest ' near Middle Mus- quodobolt. 15 miles east of Halifax, aren't too happy about searchers‘ efforts to find tihem. A would-be rescuer shot. the hunters‘ beagle —-mistaiking it. for a. wildcat. G. able to land at his trey milks alr- port. 1B. Laing of Ste. Mill-m‘- 9Y5‘ ident of the Northern Resorts A5- soclation, said the l0 resorts _ln his group were booked b9 Cflpflfilly- But; with no skiers he figured ‘he loss to ski-ton! Olleramrs W85 heavy and there are at least; 10C) in the Laurentians. Though the Weather Bureau forecast more rain for the Laure"- tians, Canadian Pacific Railway announced that it will start Jail- 3 operating i9 scheduled ski trains to the area. each week-end. Sporl Snapshots By ARCH MacKENZIE VANCOUVER. Dec- Z7 — ‘Cm — A change has come over bails- Plball as played o" the P" ‘° coast, - the referee-s have when the show away from the Player?- Andy (Vancouver Sun) Lyle didn't take kindly to the sly drama of whistle handlers who took the audience - interest away _l$ he watched the Seattle Huskies and U. B. C. Thunderbirds at Exhibi- iiOTl Gardens. V “What. it all added up to is that the drama of basketball. tihe skill- ed passing, the fast. dribble. the quick pass and run in. ia still there but it Ls all over-shadowed by the omniprcsence of the officials. "I do not see how basloeoball an be popular with audiences that. pay to see an athletic conifut and find their pleasure continually marred by officials calling infraction) ivhiqh few of the onlookers. i! any. are able to nee being commit- ted.” Creating Mountain! A claim that the pres! ahona in deftly creating a mountain of a moleliill has been laid by Lyhlo in connection with recent blasts in- side the Dominion Football Amoc- lotion. Canadian loom-r vnoofi ads-ml. a piofeflonal tinge. lay! I/ytle, be- came "it must. bear the outmrd semblance of puriity in ease an Old Country player escape! to this land." He was referring to recent D.- F.A. charges from Toronto that two wwsst-coast players accepted signing bonuses and guarantee: in switching clubs. This charge will never amoun‘. to anything. Lylle says, But just for the mum-d he recalls that the ada realized in the late Ill l4. couldn't control eooeer and ruled it was not. a sport. Vanoouvari comely your; "len- mer. Irene Strong, mule her mark in spec-u circle! four you: ago m- nlght by brozklrg three Canadian meant-stroke records and equalling a fourth at the an of 10. After that she improved so well that she oom- pefed for Canada in thl! you‘! Oly- mule! and ha; been chooan for the Canadian team travelling to New Zaaluid for next your‘! Brfllll: Im- Chrlatmu seals, pin Gama CRYSTALS - V8 - HIGHLIGHTS u! FORUM SKATING WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS — 8 to 10 UCLOOK SKATING - AFTERNOO FRIDAY — CHILDREN . . . . SATURDAY 8 to 5 HOCKEY THURSDAY — 8:30 N: 4 to 5:80 P. W. Illlllli Amafnur Athletic Union of Gen- ' Missing since early yesterday, Tcm Weeks. 22. Bud Fisher and Kenneth Faulkner walked from the wood-s late today. An R.C.A.1=‘. helicopter from Greenwood, N. 5.. scheduled to take part in the search, was grounded by foggy weather. Scott Weeks. father of one of the lost hunters and a well-known race horse owner. shot the hound when he saw its eyes glaring in the dark last night. The dog had left the hunters soon after they Ellie!‘ ed the wocds yesterday. The men spent. the night in an empty cab- in and early today made their way to a lumber camrp, where they oib- talned food. BOSTON, Dec. 27 — (AP) - First-baseman Earl Torgeson, who missed most of last season after suffering a shoulder separation. visited Braves Field today and signed a contract to play for the local National League baseball club next season. COAL HELPS IMNFIGRAN TS MAGLEIJLANS BROOK. N. S. (CPt-Newly-arrlved Estonian fam- ilies at nearby lvtarslidale will be warmer this winter. The Women's Institute here decided to donate funds to a coal fund for tlie famil- ies. a, i ;had raked Auger along the- fence. r. Bell, N. s, Beaten, M. inn.“ Meikle, sgci DECEMBER 28, 1949 Si. Mary's Edge Monclon__6-5 N, 13., Dec. 27- St. Mary‘! weath- luat-period rally to Hawks 6-5 tonight Senior Hockey Lea- MONCTON, (CPI-Halifax cred a game nip Moncton in o. Maritime gue contest, The wln advanced Halifax six points ahead of the second-place Saint, John Beavers, Moncton runs third, 13 points behind Saint John. A free-swinging battle between rearguard Bill LeBlanc of Mone- ton and defence-man Frank Grab- owski of St. lliarys highlighted {he game, The first-period out- break came when Grabowski went m the aid of Pat Powers, who was seuffllng with LeBlanc along the boards. The 103919 hadmfl" and Grabowski ended up with ma- JOPS. Vic Auger of Hawks and Rocky Sullivan also dueled after Sullivan Sullivan drew a misconduct. The game was played on w?! ten, making puck-carrying herd going. I-lawks blueline forces were as weak as reeds. permitting St. lliarvs to sift through for moat of their goals and to snatch up loose puck: near the goulmflllih- The game was held up 10 min- utcs near the end when Ernie Ynndnn, playing his second grime for St. Marys this season. was clipped on the head by B Sllrk and 1m the came to be ratslmi- Hawks outshot the visitors 24-22 and Yeadon was hot, considering pnrtivtllllri)’ "t!" he had not clar- ed for about a month. Lou Milanl of Moncton soured to tho top of thr- leaffllf‘ fiffirlfll! column b)’ SIVJOHYIZ 1W0 5306i! and lwlpini: on another. ‘This $1M"! him 66 points. one more than Buck Whitloek of Saint 50h"- SUMMARY l-‘lrsl Period I~Moncton. McKenzie (Mllani. Fitzpatrick) (R00- 2—Halifax. lilac-Gregor (Power-i- Hannon) 5:00. ii-Moncton. Milani. 7:51- 4-—Halifax, Ford (MacGrogor, Mc- Laughllnl 15:35. Penalties: Auger. LeBlanc (major. 2 minors). POWETS- Grabowski (major), Sullivan (misconduct). Second Period 5——Halifax. Wilkes (Powers, Hol- lettl 7:49. 6—Halifax. Hollett (Brennan) 9:16. ' 'i—Halifax. Brennan (Sullivan, Wilkes) 17:44. 8-—Morwton. Maclniyre (Barkwell. Auger) 19:52. Penalty: Leckie. Third Perlod 9—Halifax, Gaudet (Schmidt) 2:10. lO-Moncton, Milanl (Fitzpatrick) 15:42. 1l—Moncton, McKenzie. 17:00. Penalties: Auger (major). Sul- livan. SERVICE RECORD LEYTON. Essex. England — --i'CPl-_ 1t. vras Alfred Reynoldfis golden Jubilee recently. He had BIG JABK YEU THEATRE MONTAGUE — FRIDAY and SATURDAY WALLACE BEIIRY served the local St. John Ambu- lance brigade for 50 years. By Ken Kelly EDMONTON. Dec. 21 -- (GP) .._ Last-minute tangles were being straightened out tonight u Ed- monton Mercury! prepared for the 10118 trek to Europa they hope will lead to the world hockey chun- pionship. Sixteen players. coach Jimmy Graham and the club's trainer will board a plane tomorrow for Saint John, N. B. After a final ex- hibition game against Saint John Beavers of the Maritime Senior Hockey League they will aqua the Empress of Canada for Green- ough. Scotland. Dec. 30. Morcs, Western Canada int". mediate hockey ehynpioyu 1”‘ season, will face a tough exhilbi- tion grind before winding up at the world tournament in London next March as Canada's official representative. The International Ice Hockey Federation is arranging a series of exhibition matches for Mew; against. teams in Scotland. En-g- land. France. Holland, Czecho- slovakia and Swede-n. T0 fiery coach Graham. who piloted the club to the western in- termediate title last season. the trip will bring back memories ovf one he made almost two decade! ago. He was an outstanding per. former with Edmonton Superior: who toured Europe in the early 19301:. v The ivorried frown that has re- placed Graham's usual smile these days is the result of the hundreds of problems attached to getting his band of enthusiastic young men ready for the big test. Besides marsballlng an array of equipment that includes plenty of spares. coach Graham has worries about. how he is going to feed his players the right amount of vita- mins and calorie! while in Europe. Arrangements are being made to rush steaks. vegetables and other foods the club will need while on the road and at the tournament. Graham expects the toughest op- position from the English teams at the tournament and during Mercs exhibition tour. Many Can- adians are playing with the Eng- lish clubs and they will probably catch on to Mercs‘ style of play quicker than the continental clubs. N. S. Boy Victim Of Hunting Accident NEW wATEllFORIk N.S.. Dec. 27 --tCiP) -—Henry Polrier. l5. died from a. bullet wound while huntln! today in the Llngan district woods six miles from this Capo Breton mining town. With him were three compan- ions. Kenneth Belevich. Charles MacAsklll and Alex Bennett. While they were engaged in tA-r- get practice Poitier was fatally shot. A IZ-gauge gun carried by Bennett. discharged and the con- tents stnick Poirier in the chest, severing the main artery ‘to the heart. He died within l. few min- utes. and inter Overcoalis 25% DISCOUNT KELLY s. illclNNlS Edmonton Hockey T631; Prepares For European Trek In Quest Of Title Sporl Snapshd; B! E68!!- Simon Canadian Praia Staflf Writer ‘TORONTO. Dec. 2'1 -(0p)__ There's a perennial argument, sports-and in almost all 0th" Spheres of human activity)”. tween the advocate! of prfigfe. and the apostles of things as the; were Ln grandfather's day. Ozwo in s. while the modernqq enthusiasts get thrown for a. loss At the moment, the fiercm arguments between Lhe partisan: of the old and the new concern the best way to play hockey. A111 the die-hard reactionules aren't doing too badly. For instance. Clarence amp. bell. president of the National Heekw Mme. recent-iv olaippel down critics o! the halter-incite; style generally used by N411“ clubs today. He claimed it w“ the only wary to win hockey gamg Campbell was promptly given the lie when the last-place Chloggq Black Hawks visited Toronto and swamped Toronto Maple Leads m with u ‘pretty n. display of pa». teen-passing as the local {am had 504m in years. What About Manpower’! Burt it was lelt to a. Junior team to explode the povpula: myth t modern hockey requires king-sir rosters to withstand the rigors I, heavy schedule. Not. long ago_ Guelph Biltmore! were the doormats of the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior A loop. Then Coach Alfie Pike moi a long, hard look at hi! lineup He decided to quit using his third- string lino and concentrate on two top-notch attacking unit! whenever the going got. tough. Rex (Guelph M ) Moo- Lood noted Biltimorea’ result“! cllmlb to second place Ln the nine- feam league. He wondered if it might be a betttr idea to use two dependable trios all the time. rat-her than give the opposition a brook by icing a few second-rater! for f/wo minutes of eveny alx. It's a. great idea-so good the: some of the greatest team! in the game's history used it constantly until the advent of "modern" hoo- key. BIHIZIIAI Doug (Niagara Folk Review! Austin. taking cognizance of thl girl who beat out the w“ Johnny Longden in a horse race recently, is moved to pay tribute 10 the ladies in the sports world. both on the field and in the atanfil. “We read of female zraonlvra I lady weight-lifter in western Con- g“, [op-flight fastball being plur- od by tihe ladies both in till! country and the United sum. marvels Doug. "As a spectator, ‘the fair-sex (a! takes her sport, seriously. Alonl the actual playing front. this in- terest is manifested to l. i110"? extreme and as oornnetltors the girl! go all out. Men's Suiis i