i -:EECEMBIQR 31' 1931 , » ‘ _ 1>AGE_*FlvE A #ij - Y "` J r' '- V ` f- -*_-_“_ pai _gf W L_ - _ __ _ , ' _ '~ l i r-1 ' 51,1931-THE GUARD] N SPORT' REV] -1931 LOOkiTl§' Fm 01281’ Some Champions in Sport Uf 1931 In Retrospection ” ,ally Forward Strides Made In .Local Sport Circles During _The Past Year And A 7 Great Future Antici atedw my T. E. oonaloliu. Guardian sports Editor; Th” |1084! llKllre~ of sport of the th le;"|;:“:°“ b'y‘:;d :rich he Wm d¢“|1li¢ly dlilllrllear and a day hence “und m l-11° |0111. deell furrow of endeavor the memory “Nl l'¢00ll¢°ll0I\ 01 his l10l>es and achievements his failures and disap , _ pointmente. /What he has accomplished will on January the first be a matter of history, a few facts commemorated only in the record 'books and recalled in the minds of atllletes of the day and their particularly -will Slllillorters. As tile Latin scholars have it "Sic transit gloria mun- lllr" Wlllell, l00Sely translated, means 'llarkness, applied to the heroes of the turf, oourt, glassy surface and gf'ldii~on. “you’re in the centre of _shadows of the‘wings tomorrow." . Nevertheless, for those who contribute by action or support, by thought or effort to the deeds of sport this waning year of 1931 holds momentous and pleasurable recollections of stirring deeds performed in _wild strivings in defeat or splendid accomplishments in victory. _' And here_ for their particular benefit even at the risk of being ac- med of having been at one time exposed to an education, we introduce . ther Latin tag--I had a. tough job looking it up, namely, “liaeo oiim melnlnisse juvabit," which interpreted in the vernacular reads, "that some day *se will look back and get a big kick out of these things.” I-‘or those gladlators of the diamond, football field and ice, those artists of the links, tennis and shooting range, those exponents of the hooped basket ho and the gutted stick and in short for all who fought their way in their V _ year 1931 is plowing his way ov” for those who have forgotten their the calcium glare today and the I 1 £1 .5 - 2 &..w. divergent arenas throughout the past four seasons, the pages of athletic achievement of 1931 will long linger rapidly they may dim in the minds _The memory oi' the battles in which they engaged, which they won in clear, large print no matter how of the multitude. or lost, on all athletic fronts; will remain for them a priceless recollec- tion. They will live again and again the dismal shades of defeat. The w in the flaring glory of triumph and hole gllmut of human passion, des- pair, love, anger and the rest which they experienced in the flash of com- bat is their priceless heritage. 1931 live forever. 3 f New Year's Greetings 'Ib all athletes, supporters of ath- letics and sportsmen of the Island Province we extend cordial wishes for a "Happy and Prosperous New Year.) To those of today who are holds memories for them that will "playing the game" We extend the wish that they may continue long to enjoy the thrill of other years in the strlvings of the youth of today, no matter in what Arena that youth may be engaged. To everybody, “Happy New Year." ., ‘wrt _ <` X g » HERE TIIBY ARE-1931 IDOLS 0F TIIE SPORTING WORLD . Me All phases of sport received ,zi decided impetus during the year almost now at an end. In all depart ments an abundance of culnplftition ing was witnessed and championships i were keenly contested. There were ipicnty of upsets toifsot tho predlctiions of the best critics, especially ln|;;a1 of money in mak. , 1 . . t . ' racing and in golf The above layout shows some of the stars ran king llfst in their respective spher cs, where today they are hailed as 1-ortable 1-0-: 5pCw,m,.S “ li" » ` 0 ith ir aculous playing and a score of 282. commmlimls gymlg-;[,,,_ "\\ ., 1 1,§¥* m of m is champions. (1) Walter Hagen, bril liant golfer, who 'came bac to cap ture tin. Canadian pen w m ,a (2) "°WlU MUNI", Dl'U\0lD1\l Pilllllf 1 §¢“»€l' f0l' LCS C=Ullll1l€l'lS. Wl!lh0FS of the \\'orl1l's hockey championslllpi and Stanley Cup twice in succes-|app0int,mcnt5 that go with “"1"” “°i==l>l° turf ln'|1°S- Un W I the Present Twenty Grand has arms sea a fortune of $259,925 for ills owners, tlro nrontroo stable. 14>|we -f ls ollo 1 nls' r rm ble nowln when no ue 'P ...Th sho sports. . a Pet ta all fill’ ThS dt e pee s ers Set Up Records Many V In 1931 Island Horses To The Fore On Home and Mainland Ovals- One of Most Succc-szful Sea- sons in History of Harness Racing . The season of 1931 was one of the ing 2,16 21”) Golden won the 2.28 O5 the interest and cnthusiclr Race meets were given at Sum- 'of t successful in the hiszfiry of m1: _“T days Was the Pfemlcl TWU track °f .WUKCS had lfiliell U10 ODUHEF ln 215- Island from the Mainland is laid Kent Schools battled through three I K the .P"°"i“°°' was T°'°pmcd and ‘L iL“°ky'5 135° heat W “ mi5hcm4'P` at the door of the Juniors. gruelling fixtures before a. decision ' 5” The Junior League was played in was reached, West Kent finally two sections, Queen Hot/el winning coming out on top by winning the ccessful meeting hold there, As a I.ucky's lost heat was in the some ich. Tile 2.16 trot was won by ‘ts-1' Dnwvs owllcd by Dr. H. Mc- having captured thc first. heat 2.l5"'l tllon Peter won the next 'o, best time 2,15‘»'_- The Incellsc ntry list of horses and the Sliced being; lnlrd. 'rho 2.27 trot and pace wcck and all through thc winter a say, but is nevertheless true. How- displayed brvilkillii all l>l`L‘VlOUS 1'C-‘was won by The Willys, Blngara large number took advantage of this‘cver, the Island's coming young co sid rifle shooting and are athletes may bring it back. rds. t To The Circuit opened at Summersiclc ,gin uly lst, and the class winners were by dcl taking tllc first heat. The best lc was nladc in the second heat The Willys in 2.191.-_ e jun r flag h most successmx seasons M th" hi” a supper in the Armourics and a letes and less by the fans. The meet It was a proud team of young oc- ' ' wry °f the °°ur5e' “mm by the bl tim was held. was run off before ahandful of peo keylsts that arrived in Charlotte- 1 id d *_ IVCYY GUJOYH 6 0 = Ori , follo 1 1hi; d th way 5 °°ns ere me cf -ne finest ~ | ple, and the times and distancesisummerslde. Won the l\vCIliy'0F\0lAugust 5111. The free-for-all wit- wnthe wngng ,an e had every reason to be jubilant ovei' igffiggdgouilgiygetgigxe F111: mcg; OUTDOOR SHOOTING made in the various events were'rnixed, trotting in 2.16 and Bing:1r1\;m eh. lash and most impwtant vic_ "King Winter" again spilclnil Ula” ` away below many previous mal-ks,Todd owned by A. W. Jay. Bordcn. _Lilidy for the season, Billy Cone. tory. The~clty welcomed them with white blanket over the I;qn{_‘_(_(De Tile first match oi any lmpor- set. won the 2.28 class, best time 2.23. open arms and were later royally this wen known course ha; 'fiance was The Iutcrmarltlme Rifle Credit, however, goes to the o s. , A . tt tth Quee Hotel. His ` " 8' Match between teams from Nova ‘younger athletes, who staged a with Lucky Lindy OWHUG bi’ WUI- the first of which hc lowered the anque ed a e n 1 Honor Lleut. Govemor Dalton, Pre- beehive of activity' ` _ Scotia, New B1'111lsw1ck and Prince mammoth track and field meet in lington McNeill, winning thc 2.13 U-acl; ,-(lcnyd 1,, g_1g_ The ;“~@,~,ty. mier Walter M. Len, I-iis Worship.t`hT0 gi into dit? “`gar_d to Edward Island, which was held at !the early summer. This meet was pace in straight heats and establish- V; th e var ous mu C es ` J lhmugh' llledford, NS, on June 18th This ‘open to the Province and drew i ‘ Mayor Pmwse and many D er out the summer would entail n\o of 4 I `~ - Prominent gentlemen were among time d S ' th ' ' Y 'match was won by Nova Scotia. hundreds of entries. There was a 2 t who in eulogistic an pace an we can an During U10 SUIYHHCI' m0l1fl\S SDOOH fairly large attendance and the boys o me presen’ ’ ‘ford at p“esent Howwcr b'1 f i th ` ‘ ` " ’ 5 Ie shoots were held almost every Sat- made a creditable showing. In fact w terms' commended the young a ' summary giving the champions and. lotos for their alround good sports- urday. Prince Edward Island misht well r manship and prowess on the blades. runnersqm in the different cup The P1'ovincinlMntcll was held on feel proud of its young field and b __.i__l; plays is in order' July 30th and 31st. The attendance track performers. it The Club champmnship M 1931 was only fair Owing to haymaking ' ‘heat in 2_161,9_ was won by that clover and versatile bein late, H }mmbe1 of the young, I Breaking eleven interscholastic re- ` aolfer, Vic Saunders, with Chai-lloi g A ‘cords in an afternoons field and Mmm n 0 W 1 htymen were unable to attend. Lt.,t ck tis t to b d b__ 3 _ non runnrup. omg _AL D ,ds id, ra mee no esneeze a imention in passing that this is the ‘me 3:; “gc Lg23;?_;s0reG‘Z;fJand this is just what a number of If | Senior isflygnth time Mr. Saunders has \vo1~l,em1.s Silva. Medal Wm] 8 score ofjthe boys accomplished in the an- L | . enviable title. g295 out or 305 with Sgt_ Percy Hodp_ lnual Provincial Meet held at the 2 | saint Dunsmws University tum_ Arnold Taylor, ln a field of thirty- :cn Milton' winning me Bmmc Mc_ Sllbegweit Grounds on Jlmc 19th.. d six, emerged as victor in the Pres- . d 1 m or I 294 | Upwards of two hundred and od out one of the finest squads lnt,d,.,,,,~s mum., by d,s,,,,s,,,g ,f W,,__ “TQ” I;“cs°R"_;_’ m in, C at 0t_ tfwonny-flvo well conditioned young b the history °f this splendid mmm" lo 'd f ht d cl. i D ' ' _ ` '_ a “I S. thoroughbreds. reDrescntinE a big Real Worthy ownccl by Ramsay Tho cvvr pcpulall' New .Amlan, I lo three hundred’ enjoyed 'me °' the The seasons wolk was closed with little interest was taken by the ath Bros., who set a new track record W 2.15 1-5 in thc fast D800- Flllflli J- ldrew it 1l11g;ll'.j.' cl'o\'»'d of oviel' 4.000 our classes on the program, which esultled in great competition. Lucky ; itll James P1‘nLl01'g::st at the llolm, clan owned by SHTUSUII Gl‘l\lJlIlB the mild owned by Warren and l\lcA1‘tllur, Kensington, in strnigllt heats, best me 2.20. Montague l':1c<~s \\‘c1'c slated to bt llclrl August. lllth, but owillg to rain 1 th wmnm. of the ton that day llnd to bc postponcfl un- mdy was “ga n e ‘111 the following lwlrlny Gr:-at roc- .15 pace in the fastest time of the ‘_ 4 ' ' ne y Frank J. ortolon who lrf: nl '~~ 'Y ‘ Pj-‘l _ ~ C c will tllc lice-fcl-all and cs- track trotting mark of 2.14 for ctll- ' Up L0 . lt:1bl`1f:ll.\ 3-5 ln urn first lim. The 2.15 I fSlll'l“Sfl0ll`l- tm . -°“ wp am" 9' hard struggle' istagc-Ally person who shot out of 'rlrrirrrll Noll slrrloll of vnrlous rlay- ; ' downs ` Pacific const League-Vancouver. American League-Tulsxl. . t _ Ontario League-Niagara Falls. Les Canadiens hung up a pcrfcc : Canadian Amateur chnmip0ns__ 193941 h°°k°y smson by winning Winnibeil Seniors. "‘°55°‘"‘l°Y C“l’~ “'°’1d S p‘°f°ssi°“` .4 British columbia--Trail. Bl mickey cmmrm' _ i Alberta-Edmonton Superiors. . fr9F.'!l5..f.’1°t‘l “.1-0. Dpmtmqn Com-` Saskatchewan-North Battlcford Dated in thrm leagues with s,quads llntorlllcdintcsl. froljgi United States. Cmlmins Sli- _ _ premlloy in thc popular winter 10° Monitobn~Wlun1pcg Seniors. slivii is shown in the fact that all Thunder Bay District-lfort Ar- thrdé of those international cham- ,;;“|r_ sid of the` ttawa and District-Rideaus pion hips rests on this c O - Aho,-J,-_ Nortllerll Ontario - Sudbury ` cumdlms' am" winning the twgllltirlo--l~iamiltoll Tigers. °“'édl““ gmup imc °f the Numan- Qllcbcc--McGill University, Mon- 1-hllckey League, defeated Boston Heal* Wmiiers °‘ th-c United States sec* Novn Scotia-'Truro Bearcats. “ml n B uve game series to dom*-I New Brunswick-Bathurst. ml" the Came’ l°°p m°"M°hs" Prince Edward Island-Summer- Th' then proceeded to down Chi- _S1 dc Crvstnm -- well balanced collection ol, Camamn Junior champlons .__ wes_ rn Canada stars for thc Stun- wmnipog E|mw0ods_ ley , u W CBI 11- _ l dsol- Bulldogs bronsht fur- Th” "““ °" tho: honors to connao by v/lnnlns J nm Hockey mmm c0m_ ,I The u ghleifntemstional lieasue crlxilgtpascd of three teams, namely, o 2 . Cl ' v oouvor Lions. only C“““°"“" mms 0 lo eo by mo boys war mm opera ns bl . m my vague. von loo clue. by defeauns really °°'“”‘°”°“ °' Dzil cessful, defoal-lnE.h0tl1..Slllnt Dun-‘tured by Miss Nora Lollg\ror`o`-. sims ond Abvswelts before rflnfn- 1 with Mlm Ethel Bnsnnll Second- I :could the atlrlotlo-minded desire. ing home. ‘ The Nine Holo C'11:ln1pf0nsl1ll>' , _ ‘ The two outstanding athletes of ' Match went to Mrs. Gcczgc Fililtcr. Pdhws nm in my “ar sin" the and ha-1 'blazcrl the any to future; Outoft-W1,-_y.5m,, ,.m,.;,_5/ ,n th., :mc Buns Eye more than twice at :cannot Wm’ the,.cf0re_ nothing but l"l“mPh5~ ' est f r th W. K. Ro ers Trophy, |_ _ _ tgood-natured and sportsmanlike m opiqu 0 e g .tacll match was vcly low in score. The seam" °pened W ‘ an 'only throc ~=u1~\'i\'cd namely Mnu- ‘rival isted from t tto fi ih |mbm°“ '='°“‘° bemccn Abmes and ,lrlce Weeks, Vic Ssulldcrs and W. T. Posslbles W-Crclmc order qfltljeftlilly' I T0ryW‘;t Kent Schsblililr, the vliciors Saints and was won by the formort _ _ ,_ In th S ml Clsd 9 Thc “Mninlanders," although win- ning the bulk of games, played on Mrs. E. McNutt was runner-up. the local gridiron, were given the The Ringer Score Pl-lzr_ _]n1_,.sm ,_m_h won u ,WHL Dom" Played to P °°“cI“_510“' thc Rf"°"5;l'lnl‘vr.=t1-1' lllullc the fzlstcst time by “gain W1“""_‘5f me mic- :winllillg the illirci llcnt in 2.18. M"""'"‘° Pl“3"|°““§ 1 The Plcvillcial Exhibition racel !DrG1';;;;J;li’€ glgjngzcsldtsywtigc sturtcd on Align-.t léltll, tllrce classes mst Marmmc nag especially Swcc bring mccd that dny. The 2,25 clasl this city was given -the by lngt swim' pace was \von by a scllsatlounl three mer that is thc privilege of playing ‘mar 01d~ purer' J' U Direct' Owned the ’ Nova Scotia-New Brunswick and drwm by W' H Keyes' st h i f ‘ } 1 j iStcpl1cn. The fastest heat wal ° amp ‘ms °" UC °“fml° Dllshll’-y 12.15% The Willys owned by Chor- nnssl-ls?sf~0P:I;ll\ |lcs Reardon won second money. The two straight games to col: me con- lay class not ms H “Fmt mu 5°' ‘Elon -- ltucrn Holl_v\\'oo