'2 Air Force All Stars rocp closing l mo ga on Navy ilr the second sec- i lion o the City Basketball leaillfl . y. ‘m, Wednesday night moved lo within a scant two points of creat- ‘ in; the deadlock that will force a J jgyofl to decide the winners oi l e second section by their convin- ~ flng victory over the Y.M.C.A , squad. ' _ . 111st the Airmen should make u» grade is undoubted among fol- lowers of the league for it is con- . Mai-ed that they have a little too, much abilit ior the young, inex- ‘ perlenced aint Dunstans team whom they meet in the final game of the schedule on Saturday after- Mom a a S _ - d ranting that th will take " thsnsafnts into camp”; red hot “yjQ-ol‘ perhaps -two series- looms u cl the basketball horizon ‘ fore t e league titlists are decid- ed for All Stars, practically at the‘. a: oi their game at present, are given at least an even chance of wp ling the Navy team from the paging berth they have just about meld a monopoly on ever since the hoop game swung into action last isll. O O U m. didn't look any too good as moyzok it on the chin from the combines h an exhibition game Wednesday night, a game in which ‘ uley had the scol'e doubled on they failed also to display the suns ed attack and tight defense that have marked their games all season ‘long. 0f course the Combines, hadn't they run into a couple of unexpect- ed reverses, would be very much in the lcturecuslsoastheysrefini nuts on s. ar teal‘: in the le ,pand the "W 5E“. view over the "Tare" couldn't be 4- consi ered in the nature of an up- .“ e e a or“ "cursor-o... ueon r c have to regadn their best form, and their seasons great efforts by hang- lng onto the title that up to the present had seemed to be so sec- urely in their hands. t of Isa Iastern Air command Pllrdown semi-finals stwflummerside tonight and Satur- day night brings the Prince County capital definitely back into the hockey plilcture and hockey follow- ers up t ed over the coming games. x.‘ nTiilt are. tats". Easter lllonllov the encounters, as -the representa- tlvcs of No. i R. as N. B. School are very po uiar performers and even elr Cty League encounters here lnChsrltteto al- fll dkeen- ' '1‘ l.“ Si. nu.§';.;o?..?;i5§§ we“ .°.".°.'ll..‘£"i.'l.?.l€‘i.’§°§§;la.‘i‘.§€ ° °' °°m ' 9'“ -°' ‘h’ “filrorlrslilre. the Jockey Club an-‘A a e o nounced today. ‘Furor of tlitlQt gaksslcs 031611 are mrun u, ar e e . u eas n? .'.‘.°°S§§"Klr“%$§3 iliiilk ‘f.’ iii-r 5m- r-oo comm my beyond qugggjm, 35¢, (u; and ‘tyne O:ks sndtéaerby June s and une reepec y “opt . h“ mum" Racing again will ba on s re- times without number-we are gional basis. Southern races will ..apeaking of City Lengueencounior, be-at-Ascottrsallsbury and Wind- . in which we saw them perfonn_ sor and those in the north at catch their opponents flatfooted Ponieiroct- Stockton and leads to sum: quick scoring. terlck BridIQ- ' I ooiinters. That the Summerslde team have hissed. tho! fast breaking style of play that And there seems no reason why concerning the running of they should change their style Leger, the fifth classic race. REMEMBER WIIE By The Canadian Press A tidy foil-tune oi $108 hockey fans and the districts sur- won by Azucar, Irlshmred "llllldlng should be in for two great chaser, 10 Yea-ls 118 “Wiley encounters tonight and Sat- San-ta All-lil- blfldl - urday. that date the greatest by a horse in a one slot. record of in the Belmont Fuhre- a hockey sense. In Sum- 1W °l 1m- cxcitement with the annual hockey .V Vlctgyy whiz“ "ggg/ waflkhstrégk: game between West Kent and Sum- g, m; by veterans Jack scrum mersido Hishfichool, the relay race between the same two schools, providing the Miss the evening's pro- when pitted against the team from Goose Bay. Labrador. Oi course, and the visitors are an unknown Quint-Ry to us, Summersi’ may rliri into a lot oi roubla from the Labrador team that may force them to change their style, but whatever way it goes Sulnmcrside e e ,0 Hllvidontly the Charlottetown bfilliriiblreakers have plenty on the mcrslde Wednesday night the man and Chick Gallant into camp rlsht in the westerners‘ own balll- hmhnah“ . , , gramme. wick. mcfystals have been defeating good l l-ormediate teams in Prince Coun- Y _Ril season long, so Heartbreak- llgs victory carries sonle weight to and marks them on a par with ‘lily intermediate team on the Is- land. We don't know whether the" :1‘? registered for the playdownr "w 11f. would be interesting to see ‘own iziagley would go on the play- O I I 0011681155 tackle Moull i! m‘? Fellini game of a two-game M hlzitlon series at Sackvllle to- Mg and reports have it that the luounties are ready to give the vis_ "s student players a warm re- tlelltlon in an effort to atone for he defeat they suffered here re- lenily, - I Q O a some should produce a glllllt, fast brand of hockey all the ‘lvYl- Both squads are anxious for “raw”? and although it will be a h fought affair throughout, both ‘pm: will dis lay the best of manship ‘a ‘all’ times, With the exce tion oi Robertson, alga will make t e trip but will not “ P “lllfflfm. greierrlng _to refill. w ffimcilvolly at full strength. s. h-lndctAdam will again be back be- m“ he bluellne and this is cheer. nwnews to Collegiens followers, I. manly as for as ton ht's game m“ "Corned. but especia ly will his u m be welcomed with the City wig“: llllvofls just around the l IOU n “$11,131 d n at the Forum to- adgleasure-fillgd, awn mo" m “horse thatshoulduprove ‘ mfifr - Ill the way. one "m, to are being looked ior- Hugogss ‘scorers’ as ‘ -0 classes down to m"- llvm provide nmfipil. West Kent School hold their an- GHT BINDIN’ if EBRUA§Y.;33-,19f5 srollllli; Nl‘ "TS Big Ice Race Meet Fol" Charlottetown Saturday 1i l" "so is lthsduled Clluib tflilltlflillllllCed loo», 5B Y ct d rent thaw abplfldereggl‘ m,” “d m" probably “d; ' of the season would p, "W, Virginia Kalmuek, Miss Brew- l Mr. Tille C. ‘slirotl-Addie Budiong, t ti}. Tex Worthy, Lucky e races are 2 o'clock and C that horsemen not r be left out. Classes would Class I pm. ‘elf-hi’? lflto-vprors in order Scottie Budlong, Miss ° l’ "mm 01th in a grins“ Blkldlolll, Byrne an, uc . BOWLING ZION LADIES’ BOWLING LEAGUE Dominion Life Anll Keefe Trophy Play ’I‘wo Dominion Life trophy mat- ches and, two for the Keefe trophy to be p Curling Club tonight. p . Li 1 W. Hyndman vs. R._ e . > Chief Justice Campbell vs_. W. W. Lord. H. Bohakar vs. J. Squarebrlggs. H. Callback vs. Ralph Jenkins Following are the results oi las competitions: w. w. Lord, o; t... 'a. w. Byndlnsn, ll; o. u. slack. pliJlllliell Justice Campbell, 1o; n. 1. R. G. Splllett, B; J. F, McLeod, 'l. single, A Sentner, 2B. three. A. Sentner, ‘I00. Keefe Tupi}? "- ““"°""'"- 1°‘ - °‘ “m” nsnluan novvnmo masons fast, ii they are going to climax "ml 5- H. Callback, l; Dr. W. MacDon- aid, l. British Racing twayaraplentyenthus- sgggpn '|'|| 0||g|| Feb. I8 — (Reuters) “'7 He kept the boxing and wrest 1°? rackets going strong when" many 143 others would have given _up in "rotsl-asoif ' "" " three, I. Bryanton, 595. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BOWLING LEAGUE 1g Monctonb ee, Mrs. Stewart, t B.‘ ll. Spokesman Favors cancelling RAY nouns" Allan Cup Series m: LMMITTA 1O Inllls fl- Catslvvslghls BFBY - new. M. NIIW Pelafl-(CH-Dougd New Westminster, B. 0., umbla's representative for the Canadian Amateur Hockey Anociation. said today he has vot- ed to cancel all Allan Cup play- offs for i045 unless the eastern the best team in that section. Grinlston is one oi l0. C.A.I.A. district rellresentafges voting to- . offs in view of the announcement that only two of t Quebec are willing to contest the inal. - The 8.0. representative said he had also voted to cancel the C. A A. annual meeting, slated Vancouver May 5-‘1. unless the rl Cup fin l ll . ..*£~......."" “"3" l» _ arm: - cuaacorrsroww LGUARDIAN {Rangers Defeat .Detroit Red Wings 5-3 4-New York. Mann . . . . . . . . ...... 17:27 Wires llovvll To liensingtoll m: as loa mm, s severe If‘: 13o Clsarlotteto?! communications in Prince County and as a result at the not who won the juvenile hockey match at lien- Telophons communication bo- tween Charlottetown and the Considerable ilrlliferest is be shown in the Juvenile playo series as the Guardian had quite a number of’ inquiries last night as to the result of the game. Summer-side could be reach- ed via Canadian National Tel- egraph but there is no night thelegraph service to llenslng- n. West Kent School lot a“ Sports Tonight 22 event; are on this program for the annual West Kent Schgl e been. drawn oslpaci tendanoe . For liinmollack At Nloncton super boxing cards. True, All rests in rhe fact prompted the return to the scene oi Pete for keeps for a number of despair. Then suddenly he for many mbnths when Alla 155 granted his licence to promote and that h first card 191 would feature his fighter, Jimmy Mooney, against one Joe Savoie,ali 94' old Moncton favorite. It was just about this time that uormier came- roaring out of his den with the announcement that he also had a fight card lined up. announced against Halifards Kid McN $788M. eran Kid Lants of Halifax TAKI.‘ N0 CIIANCIS nated with a bitter tlmooffolssgfopselsitooild. be earned until this morn . - n ‘ mil-no’ 2;‘ I ‘.25’ o“ pa J ‘i ble er) Mann.‘ roared tory ' alivfiufhe RIa-rllgers’ nonil of ational Hockey League playoffs. SUMMARY Firlt Period l-New York, Atanas ll/fann) i200 3- York, Lebrie (Mann) 7:51 {i-New York. Lebrie (Warwick, DeMarco) 12:00 l2 matches are scheduled for the regular week-end bonspiel at the Curling Club which gets underway at the Club this evening and winds up on Saturday afternoon. U3. As usual, the annual hockey game between West Kent and Queen uam will take place and tonight's game promises loads of action all the way. The relay be- tween Surnmerside and West Kerri is atnother feature event of the v A onlnibie llet of officials will conduct the meeting and judging advance sale of tickets a crowd should be in at- Boxing lleailell MONCPON, N.!B., Feb. fl-"rhs W appearance on Monctono boxing beat of Sam Allain, erstwhile taxi roe oi a tggmoter, has sent the h of city's fight faithful by storm with the promotion oi has announced that he will stage a bout March 15, but the real news at Allaln's ap- pearance in his promotion togs has Cormier. 9} Connie!‘ has been this city's top gamromoter of the bOYB who fight ling out of the picture. Monctorr ‘lino “i” m“ i‘ “"5 “h” °' “K,Q',§§ M. R. McGuigan G. M. Avard T However, .Allain shouldn't be too bitter as Cormier plans to use Jimmy Mooney, the Aliain-nlan- aged slugger, in one of the main bouts. Mooney will strut hills! stuff e . " In the top bout of the evening a tom???’ "Li. ‘l’ Sol square c e, nny voe 159 exchange greetings with Murray 133 Langford. who is currently cem- paigning with great success under the banner of the "Halifax Tar Baby." Langford is s. rlngman of no ittle experience but his real claim to fame comes in his state- ment that he is related to the famous Boston Tar Baby oi yes- teryear__9sm Langford, who first ventured into the squared circle many years ago in Waymouth, NS. ~ and later rose to international fame as one oi the rings all-time Although l‘ ord will oorne to T9 Moncton boasting a fine record, much of the wise money will be on Lavoie, whose stock went soaring last fall when he split a couple oi rip-roaring battles with the vet- Heat tablets. which look like peppermint candy, areL ‘im-pgpg- year Mr. W. W. Lord, representat- ive of the Regal Flour Mills do- nates a seven- ound bag of this sp endid flour members oi the w sng rinks and competitioi is always of the keenest as curlers m‘ vie for one of the much sought for and on the lengthy program and a; a Jill!" of their efforts one of the best programmes in years has rises. This is indeed a fine ges- ure on Mr. Lord's part and ‘one that is much appreciated by the curlers and their wives as well. “Sa it with flour" is the week- end s ogan. Following is the result of the draw. FRIDAY, FEB. ll H. W. Ives vs. Willard MacDonald Cleaver MacLean H. F. MacPhee J. J. Morris R. D. Qlllgley Skip kip he No. l:- eill J. Williams Frank Cox ' Walter Wilson A. L. MacPherson Frank Carter Skip Skip SATURDAY, FEB. 21th 2J0 EM. loo Ne. 1:- I. Murphy E. Platts E. K. MacNutt vs. G. R. Hooper l... Turner S. R. Benton C. H. Black A. G. Putnam Skip _ Skip lee No. 2:- A. Aylward J. F. Connolly Dr. MacDonald vs. W. Nicholson J. H. Howatt J. E. Burden A. W. Hyndman J. F. McLeod Skip Skip Ioo No. S:- Sgt. McGuire A. H. Roper Ralph Jenkins vs. W. A. Gaudet W. R. Cruikshank W. R. Adams Skip Skip Ice No. 4:- Bus Jones R. H. Manning P. M. Dakin vs. Arnett Howatt H. L. Sear Sterling MacDonald R. S. P. Jardine W. W. Lord Skip Skip Ailain was to present his first pro- . m“ PM- gran-l on Marc l5, so it was no loo No. 1:- gugpflgg whm r announced Victor Shaw Ali. MacNelll that his card would come off on 0- L. Jay vs. Dr. Sinclair the evening of February m-a arper MncNeill Ivan Horne date which would ut him in the P-S. Cobb N. J. Anderson 144 public eye before lain and at the Skip Skip same time give him time to sci l“ yo, g;_ z out the house. ' R. J. McGrath H. J. Show J. H. Cerry R.ev. T. E. McL-ennan Judge Duffy P. W. Turner skip Sk Ice No. 3:- \vsldo Hoyt A.O. F. Gill Alex Matheson vs. Frank Hobbs Mac MacKinnon G. R. Keefe J. A. Fraser Dr. McIntyre Skip Skip Ice No. f:- J. H. Helloifs M. J. Redmond H. Callbeck vs. Major Knox H. R. Carl-uthers Frank Hansen Stggart Moore L. B. MacMlllan Ski Spares-H. I. Splllett, J.C. Magi- gomery, G. W. MacLeod, R0. Spil- lett, H. R. Bell, A. V. Spilleth. I. Diamond, 0. H. Johnson, H. Buell, H. McInnls, W. Cudmore, P. Mac- Cormack, Walter Carver, J. Doug- an, J. Squarebriggs. Challenge Accepted We. the Winsloe Huskies. do hereby accept the challenge oi the East Royslt Royals to a game of hockey to played at Milton Rink. Kindly got in touch with for n. - - to gevlelrlzttfidiers from eating them the of game. .__ ______i@I¢-> Parks. Feller... HOCKEY MATCHES llrystal lllnll, Sullllllsrsille Fri. flight, 8 PAL-Sat. light 9 P. If. ac.s.'r.no.lll.onilu.s. a. c. s. s. ooosicknsv, LABRADOF Selltl-Flllall Eastern Air Command ADMISSION so carers SKATING AFTERIGAMEQ - None. es - Hollett. Thunisr l-Detroit. Armstrong rseibcrti . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. it, McAlee . . . . . . . olt, Lisconl 8—-New York, DeMnrcO . Penalty — Lisoombe. Regal Flour Bonspiel Gets Underway At The Curling Club Tonight llrillon Helps Set Pace For Lives Gordon Drilion and Bernie Vinet set the pace for Valieyfleld Braves , each collecting three goals Hockey League game K. OF. C. BOWLING 9.00 EM. lee Ne. 1:- Horace Cutclifle E. McInnis H. Atkinson vs. Wes Whitlock L. H. Coffin J. J. Larrabee E Col. Pull G. G. Hughes P Skip Skip Ice No. 2:- Reg. Brittain Hib Saunders A. Bagnall vs. F. R. Seaman W. T. Weir N. A. McLellan T. W. L. Prowse . E. D. Nicholson , Skip Skip Ice No. 8:- L. J. Stacey P. McTague single: E. Doucette 35B. . R. MMN Walter Pickard. vs. Neil Macheod c M. R. MacGuigan High single‘: F. Shanahan, 222. h three: C. Campbell, 5'78. Points: Clerks ‘A; Tyros 4%. High three: T. McA am, 0'38- Points: Sky Chiefs 3%; Red In- EA. Driscoll vs. H. C. Bohaker E e J. Reg. MacDonald ltll High sillgle—V. Gallant, 244. High three-V. Gallant, 5B3. Points: Zulus 2; Derbies 3. rlmental Farm News) the in- Vlflety» a a a i FOB? A. Glrahantll oid(N32 Rio:- localltiee gt least, this variety was $50331“: geganafilshergt a grxgcg airfield just after D-Day but now he can match, a physical training littl: suglérior to ‘tile goafrllgtitgegll; a hi! 87° Y1 Lego Yule Dominion nwrorlm W Sbsltlon at Charlottetown obtained plants of the Lloyd Georza var- i; raspberry had origins- rlee. ldely MAYO)’, Providence llslls Loss To Buffalo tonight lost 6-5 to the Buffalo Bis- ten points. Manpower ls Unsolved Problem _ n; JA-Cl amp (Associated Press Sport Writer) problemtoday as President Ford Prick of the National League re- turned froln s series oi Washing- ton conferences to await final action on ‘work-or-ilght" legisla- tion and put into effect the new travel-saving plans. Contrary to ‘ opinion. it was learned most baseball men favor passage of some sort of a trol in one Government agency. Players have been unusually VALIEYFIELD’ Que" Feb‘ n“ slow in returning their i945 con- tracts and club owners have a’.- trl-‘igutted bthl: treluctgnce hto doubt as the Braves outscored Shawini- “ u ° ‘“ u‘ ° c ‘m3’ °' mm Fans Cantu“ 104 m ‘m m_ _the better can be expected until Congress taku a iinal vote on the the pending legislation. An important Braves. mars,“ o“ top o‘ the law glove by baseball itself can then ints e expected. Other than to repeat that “we had a most pleasant and helpful talk" with war mohllizer James Byrnes. Mr. Prick confined his comments to a discussion of the conference with Col. J. Monroe Johnson. chief of the office of de- fence transportation. "I think it should be brought 1:; out that the O.D.'I‘. didn't ask us any 25 per cent mileage to make 20g reduction." Ml‘. Prick stated. ‘That 114 was an arbitrary figlue agreed upon by Hal-ridge (President Will 210 Harridge oi the American League) and me before our press confer- ence. Coy. Johnson mentioned no 153 figure and was very pleased at 25s what we already had done." _.,_. ILCAJ‘. OVERSEAS the Japanese. Others included Flt. kins PO. Bruce Reed of Barrie. Ont. from a Ceylon base. RC.A.F. Lynx Squadron now 13a credited with nine kills and two n1 damaged. ’ LAC. John Paul Huneault of (636 Guizot St.) Montreal, a 22-year-old French-Canadian fitter, is credited ‘wlthnsavéng liver and averting mush . ‘ope y amoge wlen e jumpe Nizw “Abfimnny into a loaded gasoline truck and drove it away from a fire on the one Lynx Squadron's airfield. clear. expert in "jerks." in- OLD GUILDIIALL DAMAGED WINDSOR, England -— (CP) - Enperts are to eloamine the found- ations of Windsors ancient guild- hall slnoe part of the ceiling of teat at Charlottetown. They in- th Corn Exchange below as lean, Indian f en. The hall was built in 1700 and it is believed heavy traffic ylor gassing on the High street outside O an ---j-_ Marcy are outstanding. All 01 the READY FOR NAZIS last named varieties are very pro- ductive, healthy and have fruit of commercial size and quality. as shaken its base. , tiou. (I6 The Auoeiated Press) PRO INCH, B. I., Feb. 22- After nine consecutive holne games without defeat, the Providence Reds Young Sritisbarmy sergeant the expression of s oboirboy, : lggyrlolds illllntb ellht d0‘ I H0114! au mo .' . ons before 3,200 fans. The victory London in timeyi enabled the American League champions to increase their pres- ent lead in the ‘ division to NEW YORK, Feb. 22 —- (AP) - Manpower remained baseball's big manpower bill, centralizing con- hitting power. Mess lloom Shatter ' lluellec Soon Malia llor Feel At Home WITH THE , Feb. zl-Canadla pilots with R.A. F. Harri-bomber squadrons now are flying from the first air-strip 105 built in reoccupied Burma. Oth- 159 ers, in Spitfires and Hurricanes, 17g were estab ished just before Christ- 14g mas on air-fields which less than a month before had been held by 1., w“ just a, y“, as‘, u,“ | young Scotswoman stepped out o! No. 'l. Admiral-terrace, Bruntes- ' field, Edinburgh. took a last iing- f ering look. and said: "Good-bye _ Scotland." ' Now living in Quebec. Bettinl used to French Canadian customs ' her story is that of hundreds oi h, other English girls who married" Canadian soldiers and were whisk- ed away to a strange land. ., The woman is Mrs. Gerald Dion ' , formerly Miss Alice Starr's. ot '_ Edinburgh. ‘ y, After interminable bus, trahl. and ship journeys. she arrived in Quebec City where nine out. oi every 10 people speak French. When she reached the home ol _‘ her mother-in-law she found that they could not speak English. She could not speak French. So the y business oi’ settling clown coulc 1 not have been more difficult fol - her. the Japanese were driven l“ back, engineers with bulldozers moved to selected locations. Land- ing strips were ieveiled, RAF. ad- mq vanoe arties arrived by road, and l“ then .. Dakotas began 1324-orin8lng in supplies. PO. E. A. Robinson oi’ Dryden, Ont. and W0. George Colwiil of St. 'l‘homas, Ont., were among the first to land their Hurricanes on the first of these newly-built fields. Lt. J. D. 110p- of Orangeville, Ont; F0. Frank Forsyth of Russell, Ont.. and Spitfire pilots now flying from the rnost advanced of the new fields-taken ready-made from the Japanese —include FO. Melville (Red) Watson of (260 Pacific Ave.) Toronto; F0. Don Rathwell oi’ (4.8 Cunnington Ave.) St. Vital, Man; and F0. Bill Fell of Norwood, Man. One of the oldest Cntailnas in the RAF. ls "T for Tommy", skip- pered by Flt. Lt. C. Atkinson of (301 Pendosie St.) Kelowns, B.C., "T for Tommy" has a flying time exceeding 2,400 hours and has op- erated in almost every zone of coastal warfare-the Atlantic, the Mediterranean. and the Indian Oc- 139 can. Operating from the United 93 Kingdom the aircraft helped track m9 down the Bismarck.’ 7 Wing Cmdr. Russ Bannock. D. 15.1 RC. and Ear, of Edmonton and Toronto added to his list of Ger- man aircraft recently b shooting "5 down a Heinkel III an damaging a Junkers as during an intruder 139 patrol from Britain. The commanding officer of the The fire followed a crash in raspheflyls glioxljihlf; dense fog and the blazing ward Island. Until production ol cultivated berries 118d 511°"?! a 51mm dccune and me test gasoline through part oi the prospects for lncfflwl Yields "9' wrecked fortress to get it into the peareduVfify trer/llrotexnlgiig the a n troduc on o __ m k planting‘ but it soon appeared that ln some was only a few feet away from the truck when it stopped. Huneault had to drive 600 gallons of high- Doctors cut a large piece of bone out of his leg and used it to make splints around the shattered verte- es and in reboot“! m" brae of his back. His complete re- here. appeared adapt-able w w"- cover-y took six months. ditions in Prince Edward Island. Russian medical experts who Many growers have been enthu- siastic about this vlariel/v but the e is admittedly sol-t for com- I showed them.“ t breeders in Canada and the United States have lately some of which are being w acclaimed in different parts of the of the ties are now under visited his hospital "wouldn't be- lieve my story," Graham said, "but coupons to marry Canadians there ls om point ior consolation. Iurrlltlue deer here too -—— tie. Mrs. Dion still treasures Before the invasion of France. the underground was supplied with Gardeners and farmers would thousands oi weapons capable of be well advised to ive these var- firing captured German slnlnunl ietlea a thosvusll - . .. Sport Shorti r From Britain’ h dscamelnasaiate u stitute for All Phillips. London lies Ender and chief contender for f. British and Eimplre featllerwelgb‘ crowns, who strained a groin short ly after weighing-in. Reynol out from Bristol — 120 miles -but there were several holdu because of traffic and fog and arrived at the London Queensber Club just l0 minutes before ht bout was scheduled to start. . Cold and weary. he was weighee. examined by a doctor and, - shorts borrowed from another box er, appeared in the rinz on time t , a tlie acclaim of a packed houe= which hildbeen kept informed o developments. Reynolds. a Wolverhampton pIO duct, io"~ht well but the tougl: veteran Dundee bsttler shower surprising stamina to finish ill stronger. Brady's punches ha. . ‘ littl: effect on Reynolds but h scored more frequently. = edThgh-firoin injury which prevent- ‘ 7' lips from fighting dldn’ stop him from signing for a llttli bout with aging Nel Tarleton, Brli sh and Empire featherweight klni for many years. The fight is scher duled for Manchester "sometime ii February" and it will »mark thi first time Tarlemn has defendeo his titles during the war. Tarleton, 39 next month and Bri- tain's oldest ring champion, ha belied on his amazln rlngcraft t: combat his slowly-fad ng speed an: ~ ’ Phillipe. Just 24, l: u‘ a hard-punching speedster and or paper at least. should win handily y Tarleton first won a British tit l. back in 1931. He lost it the Iol- l’ lowing year and won it two yearl '. later. He lost it again in i936 anc ' recovered it shortly after war’: .- outbreak. He has fought several times since then but only once we: _ the title at stake. Then. he beai - Sgt. Torn Smith over l5 rounds ir _ his home town of Liverpool. V y There are at least two morn , "- title fights hanging fire. Vlnci ; Hawkins, young Southern Englanc ' railway fireman. has qualified u , meet Emie Roderick. Tarleton‘: ; . bmther-in-law, for the vacant mid- " dlewelght championship. Roderic) ,_ and Lefty Flynn, Jamaica's rlergt , champion. are ready to battle [or , the Empire welterweight crown. l: I. \ ,1... (Errvpire New!) Everybody Happy Now come back and look at Mrs Dion and her two children after s year fn Canada, She has been taking French lessons and car. speak it nicely, but it would nni take a Scotsman long to detect her accent. . ' Apart from learning Franck herself she taught her mother-in- law to speak English. Now evervr bodv is happy. .. Her daughter. Yvonne. now three years old. can speak just as wel’ in either language. that is the same in French or English. Lots oi other English girls an . -. doing the same thing as Mrs. Dion , In Quebec City they have formez" ‘ ‘ 1S their own club and they meet t4 discuss life in Canada. Settling Down Fine Mrs. Dion at least thinks it if grand. “I'm settling down iil1e.' she said. "Everything will be gran: when Gerald gcis homo. Mother is coming over to visit us soor after the war." Quebec City certainly goes out oi it t m k these girls a Pk” 1.5m?” n‘; lgcael soldier's fsrnfl! bureau will handle all their prob- lems. They may have free rnedi~ cal and dental treatment. I! any people from Mrs. Dion‘: l hometown read this story sh ' would like to tell them all abmr v central heating. In Canada nearly everybody ha» central heating. But Mrs. Dior says: "This central heating is al . y right but give me a good old fire f place. Oh how I miss that. Bacl home we used to sit and chat look 7i ing into the fire. But in Carladl you sit and look at each other, - llivery house I go into I look for I fireplace." q But 0h! the Weather Her onlv other complaint ts It I weather: "It is too hot in amine and too cold in winter." Other observations the Eng But to one girls who do not plal Homesick? "they may be a ill. h. and d fl l ll’. is geonbéopeg smwsssuttmi" £53 l’? MIC!‘ I “AB- ‘ ill