Abegwei BOWLING HOCKEY WRESTLING ts l Wolves To. Play Five Game Series Perplexing Si-t-uztion Squarely Met By Officials. Winner WiH Play Off With Quebec Senior League Cha-lligions, The hockey ofificisls and follow- ers of the Abbiss have had rnsny anxioll! moments the psst couple of months and much criticism has been. passed on them. whim if the 1m, be known would prove to he undeserved. Deserted by Moncton when the Mercantile League was formed, which by the way was first suggested by Halifax wlu adopted the name of British Con- sols and finding opposition - from Halifax 9WD!!! i410 8301118 ("WW4 but, ‘Ilhe Ahhiu were forced ic drop their ineligiblee and play Allan Cup. After s complete round of the “Big Three" Mansion ag- niii dropped out and formed e Mercantile League with Saint John, ignoriiq C-‘w-rlottetown. m the meantime the Abbie officials had arranged for all their inelig- ible Dis?!" t0 8° t0 Saint John mu play in the House League be- ing assured that they would be allowed to come bask and no pres- sure would be put on them to re- main there alter the season was over. ‘That promise has men thrown into the discard and not only that, but attemws are being made to further weaken the local team by taking two of its out- standing members- Thcee t/wo men have returned a decided "no" to the tempting bait. saying they will play hockey here in preference to any place. ‘I'll PLAYOFFS ‘lire hockey ernecutive hero faced with the question whether tc fold irporcar-ryoninfheplay-crilfsln Allan Cup send-finals have de- sided to 90 ahead. At their request John Com, manager of Wolvwincs was got in touch with also R. M. Rue, Sony. of Maritime Hockey League Ibliowlng were the replies ieceived: Halifax, I. 8., Jen. M, 1085 liaison, Each team to ieok after own expenses- LI. CONN. Amherst, I. l., Ian II. IOU. Col. D. A. Mnclinnon, Charlottetown. Conn insisis on first gems in ilslifu Friday night. will only plsy three five series as regu- isted Prowle sstlsf -‘ for hisnd game, Dooley in Hali- in. ROSS. Conn's propeller: was felt to be "l"! unfsi-r as it was based on tl.e Island Yoarnwire received, very one sided snd,based on sllmpiion TONIGHT H O C K E Y RANGER MIDGETS i _ Vs. Q HIGHFIELD At 7 P. M. 1|‘ hears skating after game. nsoosn srusro FRIDAY i NIGHT At sao ’ surmrsasmr: Ys. mums (Intermedisic) Admission, 26a; child- ren, 10c ‘II! ‘III f m Tlllyer I-llll f Wlrsnssxryosceedghde- immatures-nous wssisprsisusi a ffslnsrlsmiisgs. ’ E. W. IAYLOR" J. S. TAYLOR 11f!“- omsisn: Daignesult end Clog- horn. hol pldv properly. Wire reply quickly. COLONEL D. A MACKINNON For Abegwei: Hockey Com- rni tee Up to going to press no word had been nceived. but Secretary Ross had been communicated with and said he thought the propos- ition given by the local team “s very fair onez" as a matter of fact NAT. LEAGUE SUMMARIES CHICAGO AT AMERICANS Lineups. Chicago: Goal. Gzabot; defence, Levinsky, M. Burke; centre, Cook; willie. Kendall, 'i‘rudel; subs, ' monrpeon, Couture, Locking, Coul- tli‘, Morena, March, Wiebe, Gott- sol-lg. , Goal, Worters; de- fame. th. Bryon: centre. Hlmes: wings, Oliver, Emms: subs, Klein, E. Burke, Chapman, Conn, Carr, Schriner, Dutton, First Period 1. Chicago, Thompson (Couture) 50L Penalties: couture, Smith. Second Period No score. Penalties: None. . Third Period 2. Gricago, March lilcrens) 15,47. Penalty: Wiebe.‘ (Gottseiig, TORONTO AT l1‘. IAYUII Linews: Toronto: Goal, , de- fence, Day. Hollett; centre, ‘ihcms; wings, Boll.’ Kllrea; subs, H. Jack- Comechu, Blair, Cotton, A. Jackson, Pep Kelly, fence, Ayers. Frew; centre, Lamb, Win86. Iinnigan, Cowley; subs, Carrillo. Purpur, Pete Kelly, Voes, Brydson. First Period 1.11.0 ‘formic, Kelly (Cotton, Blair) Penalties: Hornsr, Hollett. Second Prciod 2. St. Louis, Voes (Brydson) 5.06- 3- A hi0, B011, 11.18. Penalties: Bryibon, Lamb, Horns. Third Period No score. Penalties: Ioillit, Li, i, I I O MAIOONS AT BOSTON uneups: g Baden: Goa ‘lhcmpson; Clancy. NEW ’ RANGERS BEAT OANADflS 7-0 ' apart before the spirited attack Of cursor an n u ER s smsryuui (A. P. By Glllrdlnrfs Special Wire) NEW YORK, Jan. m. - Chicago Black Hawks scored an early goal tonight, then clung grimly to their ~ lead to defect New York Am- ericans 2-0 he- forc a crowd of 8,000 and hold National Hoc- key ' League's while the Am- - , ericans, though c beaten, s t i l 1 w e r e out in HABOT front oi Mon- treal l" adlsns in the duel for third place in the international group. Paul Thompson's good batting eye and an sir-tight defence gave the Hawks the decision. Five minutes after the game started Paul Thomp- son swung cn a. high pass from Lois Couture and drove it into the net. The other goal came less than five minutes from the finish when Mush March tallied on a double pass from Johnny Gottselig and Howie Mor- enz, after a long session of "ragging" the puck. TORONTO, l; II‘. IDUIB, 1 ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 32.—-TOIOZ1- to's mighty Maple Leafs shattered thg St, Louis Eagles‘ come-back at- tempt tonight with a 2-1 victory be- fore a slim crowd at the Arena. - - The crip- pled Eagles, . e c a u s e of imess s n d liury. fought gamely b u t w e r a unable to overcome the L e s f s ’ slight margin, T h e Leafs . yon in an ac- tion - cram - r me d second zrlod. Buzz v5‘ - ‘" -oll rang up the wtisnin shot af r e1- » N even minutes of fast charging by both teams. He sent the shot hcms without sssistan , lifting it into s high cor- ner past the napping Bill Beveridge, 8t. Louis’ goaler. It was an expensive triumph for OF ihree men shy - 3 wrist the players lacked in hockey Tl-IE Crystals ‘lhe first game of the Island In- termediate League played‘ in - the Crystal Rink Summsrside last night sew the Borden Nstionsls bowtctheCrydzalsd-iiinsfset. wide open tilt. Crystals showed’ much better form than they displayed in last week's game and the O'Brien, Dickie, Steele forward line worked iihcir combination plays s 800d deal more smoothly. Chick Gallant turned in an exceptional game, figuring in five of his team's goals. Montgomery opened the scoring when he took a nest pass from Gallant two minutes after the face of! in the opening period. Two minutes later Phillips scored on another pass from Gallant. Clint Howatt beat Bohuxman at the l4 minute mark with a tricky shot in the sidg of the net for Borden's Opening Of Intel‘. League rut; (2ilARLi)'l"l‘I€'l‘0WN gungpmc SPORT WORED Capture Game In the final stanza Gallant got his second goal on a brilliant solo run. two minutes after the start andsminutelaterpsssedtolihii- lips for the final Sumrneraide goal. l‘ " ' ‘ rcepted s. Crystal plsy at the blue line and fooled Schurman for the third Borden den put on a five man attack with O'Brien of Sumrnersidc serving s penalty but failed to best Schur- man who was pushing out rubber right and left. A number of Borden fans took advantage of the special train to attend the game and gave the boys enthuiiastio ‘t opening score. Gallant scored on Ph ' r e s * ism. Following a change of front lines, Steele scored on Dickids pass after a net combination play making the score 4-1 st the end of tihe period. ' Borden speeded up in the second sisnaa and held the at bay Howatt getting the only counierofthesesiononssmsrt bit of combination- ‘att; forwards, C. Mcwillisms, Campbell, Dawson. Crystals: Goal, Referee: Douglas Bell—S. Holmans Holmans and L. P. U. were we winners of tho City League games played at the Arena last night in tilts that produced plenty of sc- tion from start to finish. Par- ticularly was this true of the L. P. UZ-Quskers game, a fist fight breaking out in the second period that nearly developed into a frec- for-all as the oonmbatants attempted three times to renew the warfare before being finally squelched. The largest crowd of the season was on hand to witness the games and finesse they more than msde up for in their efforts to garner vic- tories for their clubs. Holmsns 3. Dhroons I. Led by Jim Lawlor and Borden Cox, the latter player figuring in the Leafs, themselves without Joe Primesu whose shoulder was sprain- ed in a game last Saturday. Har- vey Jackson Joined Primesu on the injured list, suffering two cracked ribs in the first period during s col- lision with Vernon Ayers, St. Louis defenoeman. _ Jan. Z—(C.P.)-- Montreal Canadiens defence fiell New York Rangers at the I'm-um here tonight and tho Rangers swept throng‘; to a. 7-0 victory over the (lanucks to move up to within s point of third place in the United States section of the National Hoo- key League. It was the second time in three nights the Rangers hsd scored seven goals on the luckless Canadians. They won 7-1 in New York Sunday night. Rangers got going in the first period to score s lone goal, added another in the second, snd then swept through in the final session to rap in five counters. Ott Heller opened the scoring sif- ter nine minutes of play when hs split the Canadian defence on s lone rush. In the second Frankie Boucher got his first of three goals on s lone effort. A penalty to George Msnths with but three minutes tc go, paved the way for three Ranger goals. Just after Mantha had been waved off Cecil Dillon raced down to pick up "Iron Man" Murray Murdoch's pass and drive it home. A minute later Charlie Mason tcok s relay from Peri Connolly to make it six and half a, minu-le late; Connolly tallied himself on Art-Barriers‘ pen. IIOLY NAME CLUB BOWLING Commercial League Davis a Fraser's 8628 Island Cold Storage . . . . S820 High single, W. Whitlock, I19. High three, J. Chandler, 7T1. Big Pour Old Timers . . . . . . . . . ........ Holy Name All Stars . . nigh single. o. may. W- The game nearly developed into a minutcs before order was restored. ed msjors to help cool off their pugilistic tendencies. 8000 bell. D. Gillie went through un- Ber-rigvn to Smith play send t2 BRINGING UP FATHER three of his team's four goals, Hoi- msdys after trailing the Max-eons 1-0 in the qsenlng period out- played the Mt. Herbert crew for the balance of the game, accounting for the equaliser in the middle ses- sion snd then as their attack reached its highest point added two additional goals in the last 30 mirmtcs to give them a 3-1 eqe at the final whistle. Sticky ice due to the mild weath- er made puck carrying difficult but nevertheleu the teams put on a fast. clean diqalsy that found fslvor with the fans at all stages. L. P. U. i, QUAKIBS 2 Twenty-five penalties, three of them majors, tells s whole lot of the story of the second game, won by the L. P. U. beam over the Quakers 4-2. From the outset the players seemed to be carrying a chip on their shoulders and for nearly the whole game the teams were forced to play shorthanded as Referee Mel Diamond continu- ally waved them of: for offences. riot toward the close of the second session as a fist fight broke out between McDonald of the Quakers and Lswlor of the L P. U-. rival deifmioerncn. After being separated, Berrigan, captain of the Quakers. starfcd it all over again when he started swinging at the L. P. U. player and this time it was five the B17366 combatants being hand- IBut to get back tn the game. The winners although having an edge over their opponents had no battle mightily to chalk m) their second win m es many nights. An un- assisted goal by McDonald half way through the opening session gave the Quakers-s 1-0 lead at the existed st tho start of the second to nicks it i-all any to have a of Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Chicago will have the oppor- tunity to crack the first peanut on April l6 in the National Baseball League race this year. senior major circuit, announced to- day those cities had been awarded the opening dates for 1936. ‘The world champion St. Louis Cardinals will collaborate with the Cubs in- suguratlng the season in Chicago, Pittsburgh will open in Cincinnati, New York Giants in Boston and Brooklyn in Philadelphia. Tuesday, leaving Monday, the 15th. free for the American League open its season in Washington with President And L.P. . Victors Of Fast, Ragge City Hockey League Games ultimate losers into the lead agnin.. And again they left the ice with their lead intact. BUtiLW85l1lInP.U.lSil1£ third period got underway. Lund, imsssisfed, made it 2-2 shortly af- ter the start: Gilltis from Hughes gave the winners the lend for the first time and then Lund came through with another solo effort to put the verdict on ice as the defence thrown up by the L. P. U. team proved too stout for the hard- 1181191118 Quakers to crack. Injury tally. At the half way mark Bcr-i - along . with a large crowd uf Summerside C. Hcrwatt, W. McWillisms, C. Paquet. Bdhurmsn; de- fence, D- Gallant, Gauthier, Wood- side: forwards. ntgomery, C. Gallant, Phillipe, O'Brien, Steele. Dickie. EURMER ABBIES T0 ACCEPT PRO RFEERS? Desilets, Getliffe and Brennem-ah M a y ileielgssilit-Tilhn- Saint John papers have hsd the , Abegweits down and out and the management of the Beaver foam has been wiring offers to some of the personnel; s rather ungrateful reward for assisting than with players h: form their loop. The locals were ignored in the form- ation of the new Mercantile League, llmncton and two Saint John teams It looked like s hard- i imitation of the original , Miller, Gill. Bur-rage night by a. score of 6-2, so the still further weakened team will not prove an asset to any league. FOR. P110 TEAMS? Word was received in this city yesterday that transportation has by the Syracuse Stars to the two former Abbiee. Desilets and Getliffe and that they are ordered to report to Syracuse at once. A long distance call came from ‘Toronto lest evening for Brennemsn from s. hockey snag- nats there and his services are wanted by the professionals LATER (C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) SAINT JOHlN, N. 3., Jim. fl- "Nig" Brenneman announced t0- night that he, together WW1! “Diny” Desllets and Ray Get-liflfe. had declined offers to play profes- slcnal hockey with Syracuse Stars or London Tlecumsehs in the In- temational League. They preferred to remain in the Mnritlmca, said Bmnneman, and their main arri- bition was to play for the Allan Now engaged in s. commercial league schedule with fiint John All-Stars, lure trfio played for Ohsr- lotte ll Abegweits in the Mari- To Ward Not Alarming (C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) BOGFOIT. Jen. 22~The condition of Jimmy Ward, Montreal Maroon hockey player injured in s collision with Eddie Shore during tonight's game with Boston Bruins, wss des- cribed es "serious but not alarm- ing"byDr.Ms.rtinOr-ottysifters thorough examination st the Audubon Hospital. D. Grotty, who firm treated Irvin "Ace" Bailey when the former Tor- onto plsyecs slnril was fractured after crashing into Shore hero Dec. 12, 1933, accompanied Wsrd to the Hospital from Boston Garden. Wand was conscious, his pulse and reflexes were normal and his blood pressure good when he was admitted to the hospital. I-fehedslumpthesise of an egg on the let! side of his head- MAKES KNRWN RPENINR SITES (A. P. By Guardian's Sipeciei Wire) NEW YORK. Jim. Zip-The fans Ford O. Prick, President of the The opening dstc of April id is s in Roosevelt throwing out the first ball. Johnson and Steed were lisnt. Wallis Rodd. star of other reargusrd were effective while on. layoff of two years and this same player showed he hasn't lost any, of his old scoring punch. Knights 0i’ Pythies . . . . . . .. 2910 time Hockey League earlier this season. Previously they were with Strstfoad Midgets, in the Ontario Hockey Association Mid halve played together for five yous Moncton Hawks halve 1m two players to the Syracuse Starc- farm team of Toronto Maple Leafs. "Dud" James left. today for Sym- cuse, Bill Gill having joined the Stairs a week ago. R R A N I T E S ARE WINNERS (IVER RUAKERS Clicking in all departments Highfield Grsnffcs dialked UP their first City League victory when they hasidod the Quaker-s s 9-1 defeat at the I-fighfield rink. Although beat/on nine times, Barrett, the visiting goalie, was in good form, handling a rm of close in drives during the encounter, and together with Phillips, Quaker centre ice man, were fire most ef- fective for the losers. For Highfield, Hurley, Con, bril- years, owing to an injury, was used sparingly but together with Carson who did relief work on the Fans were pleased to see Elmer Duffett back in harness after a UI AIIIIS S515 I. Diamond high SIDE“. 314, I Dilinofid hkh Q1180. 841. ship st the time for Charlottetown but now that Mansion Harwks have BOXING BASKETBALL OTHER SPORT Crack iSchoone§ f Likely To Stage 3,000 Mile "Duel Bluenose And Th-ebaud Skipper‘ Both Willing To Race Boats i Across Atlantic If Backing? , Is F orthcogiilig. her first freshwatcr . exours ‘i through the Great 1.189s. And, taln Walters, who has steered‘: to victory in every race for ' national speed supremacy s is itching to get her back to whether to, race or to fish. - He'd prefer to race. It's his» that Bluencse and 'i'hebaud carr- out on the long race just as ' LUNENBURG, N. 5., Jan. 2.2—A sailing duel across 3,000 miles oi sea between the fleetest of Canadian and United States fishing schooners drew closer to reality tonight as skippers of the racing champions expressed themselves ready for the match. The challenge had come from now remains of the great Moncton Hawks machine will be a. very poor With and James they were defeated here last Friday right taken to hos- _. pita-l with a '1' severe concus- sion suffered in a collision with E d cl i e Shore, Boston defericeman. fights broke out times during the which Boston look an early lead of three BOaLs and Mn- roons‘ closing rush, netting two goals in the last two minutes, bare- ly failed to force a deadlock and overtime. in the fim period. big Lionel Con- acher drew a. major penalty for knocking down Nels Stewart, Bos- ton centre, with a swing t0 the treal defence ace, after taking a hard riding from spectators, turned on one of them, drawing s msitch penalty for the incident. supporters. 1 t Gm .1 B, Captain Angus Walters, who said he ‘Ilhs game was exceptionally‘ m!” bfigewiélld pfmme? 1,1315: was willing to pit Luncnburgs Blue- they can-by the middle of Apglei: cjean Wm, only two pgnglflgg. Imme; w Maroons and the’ latter nose, holder of the international what he looks forwards to mmupa;_ Wk w Syracuse Sh“ with whom Fisher-men's ‘rrophy, against Ger- spend the time racing and_ Borden Nationals: Goal. Peters; Bu, Gm ,5 ,,,,,, mgflmk,‘ 1, L, grail; i-l-wilhfmudra—cehircrogsmtgd “$3118 lilzictilllew tgwmber-f ., =- gP“ mWmteLI-I - ' —ns e en ome, arsce_ M e 0w " mrewm’ wmlusmn m” wh“ Atlantic from America to England this spring. Once an the other side, they would spend five months harnstorm- lng through the British ports, and stage a real official battle for the cup Bluenose has held for more than 13 years. "We'll he gId to tackle her," said Ben Pine of Gloucester when he heard of the offer. So far as unp- taln Ben was concerned, he was willing to stack Thebaud up against Bluenoso over anything from 40 miles to 3,000. ‘Now that's the real spirit," said captain Angus here tonight when he was told of Captain Pines ans- wer. With both skippers and ships ready for the fray, it all depends now on financial cons“ tions. Captain Angus and Ben both agree on that. "Financing such a contest," captain Pine said today, “is the only thing L can think of that might stand in the way." And Captain Walters acquiesced with the declar- ation that the "main thing is the financial end." Already, Captain Walters and the other men behind the Bluenose have been trying to raise the financial hacking necessary for the venture. They have been in touch with sov- eral English sportsmen, though nothing definite has been settled yet ‘That's why there's still consider- able of doubt as to whether the race will go through. Things are just in the preliminary stage, It's been in the wind for some time now, accord- ing to Angus, Bluenose may or may not go fishing this summer. It hinges on how the Britlshers take to the ides of watching a couple of real salt bankers in action off their coast. Right now, Bluenose is laid up in Lunenburg. She has been here ever since she cams bsck last year from perhaps race back to America to cup. For, according to Capt ' ,, ters, "there's no doubt there . trophy race next; fall!“ slcleration, he held tonight]? influence the managers of; craft to send them racing back England to Gloucester, where next series for the cup must be “Oh, we'll be ready to race as as ever we hit Gloucester," Ca Angus declared. Bluenoses tr Atlantic rig would be used for prospective contest, and there w big Nova. Bootia banker. .. If there is s. race this fall, it wfl be the first time in more than tlfld years that Bluenose and Thebslid against each other. In thcfnibof 1931, off Halifax, Bluanoee tooirilfi straight from tire United contender to avenge the ear feat she had suffered at Theba hands in an exhibition series Gloucester. ‘That's how the record stands But Angus is making no boas Bluenose‘: superiority in a tr oceanic encounter. "It'll be a race," he said tonight: "It sh be fine. But you never can about that Thebaud." 3W, MAIL, Jan. 2‘ Captain Ben Pine, who has .n been able to decline s challenge, simply “We'll be glad to tackle l ," when informed today of plans f 1 trans -Atlsntic race between schooner, Gertrude L. Thebaud. Captain Angus Walter's Cana champion Bluenoso. '“‘ As fu- u, he is concerned, fi e O taln Ben said, it docnft rnatt the race is over a. do-mile (‘O1 such has been sailed in prev International Fisherman's cunt or if a ZLOOO-miie sailing duel i be fought from here to Ikiglan "Flinancirig such s. contest is only thing Icon think of \ might stand in the way," said Montreal BOSTON, Jim. 22—-1'ri one of the Wildest, National Hockey League game the Boston Garden has housed in several seasons, Boston Bruins tonight defeated Mont/real Msrocns 4-3. Jimmy Ward, 5t winger -...-_ . Mon- w“a.s of the trealers. Vicious fist several game in L. CONACH ER Before ward suffered his injury. gttsck for the equalizer was Gloucester skipper. 4i; iWild Scenes In Boston Garden As Bruins Defed Maroons Just after the final. bell - __ Trottlnr, Peggy O'Neil and Gracie put on a. lively battle as the; mot. while heading for their. dress- ing rooms. The crowd swarmed on the ice, separating them. Conacher took his major penalty after “Red" Beaitttf: opened ilk Bruins’ scoring early in thffirli! period. While the “Big TlnainwWfl in the box Beattie ‘ sgui. Baldy Northcott joined qinoicher with the timeizeepeis and who Maroons vpisypd two men sh Babe siebert counted the Boston tally. Maroons put on pressure as its end of the period neared and Hérfl Cain scored an s. pass from Gius Marker. marl Robinson netted one from the right wing but a, pass from Conaicker had been offsilfe’. The second period was scoreless and after half time in the-third Max Kaminsky ran up Bruins‘ lead to 4-1. with Marty Barry and D10 Clapper assisting. L222 During the last two minutes d Dlaybwhen Bruins were shortiilnd- cd due to a. penalty to O'Neill, Ma- roons threw on four forwards and I bewildering attack gave theniifim goals in 29 seconds, the resuI-of solo rushes by Trot-tier shd Rois- inson. But in the last minute Mervin Wentwprih was peruiipcd for boarding O'Neil and M —BY GEORGE MCMANUS AND fig REAL OClA WANT H§ YRS-l M Gomfl TO ‘rams. nv-sisriR can-us As/suue V! HER ATASTE OF i. uri -| 1o E NOW awe RIAUIE 1515-‘ ; HELLO- MA ' E GGIEJ NYOIJ INY Am‘? i’ EARS - s be no need of an overhauling for ' have matched their sailing qualiilifl , , r3"- {f u . 4-?