Ofldibecl‘ IPlayer ' I ,GivesHornet; Win PYPPBBURIGH, J . 7- ._. Q" "A" b! 11m ‘kick. $3.53.... "a Maple Loaf: o: u» DION» w"? Maine, Dh ht . “Amer “lg! ualélueanngcngnntione- 2V0 Rinks Are Eliminated I Saturday As 160 Curlers “Iglening Round Play I 911111118. a game that started in this Province ln i887, with an 01-. lglnal membership of ten mum. bars, ls well on llS Way to by furl its most successful season in I.- lalld history. With one of the most conunctiicus Club Homes in Edstern Canada and n nulaniiI-I cent rink, tcdayg curling Cfub ,5‘. l i111‘ 9Y3‘ from the one that cameI into eXibwrlce 52 years ago withi the idea in mind "to promote me grime of curling." How successful that idea n35 vIOvrked out is readily seen u-ml. WHEY instead of l0 nrrrnbers illr Club boasts a membersinp o; 17;) made up of 161 curlers and 9 .1»- scclale nlonlbers. The cwlll ;.~ illIi to capacity’ and it is llll)IL'~.qlI,‘It‘ to gain membership. , Obtaining of the new quarters’ has gone a. long way lh bringing. thls about and the interest the members are showing insures theI 2mm being kept lip to this Bligh standard ill years to come. ‘Fodagv there is rlo waiting tor l‘ll’lk5 to appear for their matches; they are all ready at the appointed time eager to get started and as a result the two big bcnsplels that have been staged this season have 1 been run of: smoothly and effi- ciently. And it is not only in the City that popularity of the game has boomed. Sunlmerslde, Montague and Alberton have all taken Q11 a new lease of life and are locking‘ fcnvllrd to the mosi. successful 5005011 in years, Montague and Summerside have already gotten underway with several matches being played and the other centre will swing into action beginning this week. An extensive season's program has been lined up and Wednes- day, providing the roads are open to travel an Island Bonspiel is to be staged between Montague. AI- berton, Sumlnerside and Char- lottetown. Those inter-county ‘I matches never fall to produce: anything but the most stirring I competition and it Is to be honed» that the cnndltlon_ of the roaclsl will allow the various rinks to getI to the City for the matches. And then also slated for this. week is the start of the Macdon-l aid-Brier competition to deter-I mine the rink that will represent, the City in play for the Island‘ title and the British Consols Trophy, and also the right to lep- resent thc Province in the Do- minion ‘Ihankard that is staged at. Toronto every year. ‘Local rinks have their teams pretty well lined up already and are just. awaiting the start on either Wednesday or Thursminy of this week-if the Island Bonspiel does not take place on Wednes- clay then the above competition wl‘l get underway. But should the Island Bcnsplcl be held as amorti- lng to present plans then the Macd-onald-Brlcr competition will be set ahead until Thursday, According to a club official. it Ls expected that l0 or ll teams will take part in this year's com- petition. Lust year there were seven teams competing. Rankin McLaines Big Four Rink, unde- feated in last year's play are ag- ain intact and ready to defend their title. Moguls with their members intact but. with a sight.‘ change tn position, are also ready while, the other teams entries are expected tn be In by Tuesday. En- tries will be open until Tuesday Jan. 9th at 8 p. m. Bo all in all it looks like a big: week in curling circles. But it will be only one of mlluy that. wl‘l take place during the season-a season that will mark the high spot of curling ln this island provincc. The hard-riding Rangers stretch- ed their non-losing streak to lfi games when they knocked olf theu~ fellow towmmcn. the Amer- leans, gnd they should equal the N. H. L. mark of unbeaten games without any serious difficulty. Tne Ranger!‘ next two games are against Detroit R/ed Wings and the Black Hawks. and mince they will have the cdvantnfl o!‘ pll - lug on their own ice it WLl IA e better hockey than most people thlnk these second division teams are capable of to ntop them. Cllil‘ alemmmoloccuorooordirllm when Hanna Joli» an I I I I i THE CHABPOTTILOWN JANUARY s. 1940‘ Remember When (By Tho Canadian Pull)‘ Frank Chance ‘signed a $25,000 three-year contract tn manage New York Americans, now the Yankees ‘If yearn ago today. Member of the still-famous ‘Tlnker-to-Evers - to- Chum; Chicago Cubs combina- tion. Chance pilot/ed the Yankees f. in 1918-14. and was succeeded by, Bill COMPETITIN FORE WRIGT TR OIPHY OPENS Donovan. .2° Rim-l were pushed m the sidelines Saturday as play go; ltllnd-erway at the Curling Club fur -le G. D. Wright Trophy, with 160 curlers taking port, mama‘ up 40 ‘rinks the curling displgygd PYOWCI to be exceptionally good and in most cases outcome of the 11189611435 was only decided On the 1&5! 9nd. Three of the matches We" W" by the slimmest of margins. one point. the J, _;_ Mm. ris rink defeating the W. 1,, Bren. W“ Tl-nlt 7-6. J. A. Simmonds hav- 1X18 a like margin over G. W. Mo- 14995331111 i116 R. R. Bell forgeg 5111mm: the J. a. McLeod rink 8-7. These were‘ the e Qsest match- es 0f the clays HCIIVlIiCS. The Trophy, donated by Mr. Q, D. Wright hzls been up for Cllllll)?ll—' lion for‘ several years. The method of elimination is used to delel- mine the willnel‘ and as play narrows down to tile lust l'€lll:llil~, lug l€illllS_€XClIi’Ill€lll reaches 1L5 11131195! Dolllz. ll'.‘-sve1', there Wits I10 Walli- for excitement on sat- urdaly afternoon. From 2 o'clock inf the afternoon until shortly zlftell {En Bl night, the Club resounded‘ to the shouts of curbrs a5 5; ._ (l: _. S. lwtiuon tho lulu w; ifllllil." its ll (Iltl til. v...l>‘l\ \\.I liil‘ \.\Il mitt-hes ill will take place this competition in the near future day's 20 winning rinks engaging ill I a. further elimination bfltlinhfl. All ewjcyu-bis supper lvn held! in the Club House from 5:30 un-I ill 7 o'clock at which Mr. I G.Dl ‘ Wright, donor of the trophy was? heard in a short address. The results follow: I I R. E. Splllett C. H, Blaolzl SkiD-"a Skip-Al G. G_ Hughes F. R. McLaiue Skip-IO Skip—2 I E. S. Coffin W swindeii, &L'.ip—5 Sklp—7 I W. I... Brenton J J. Morris, skip_s Skip- i H. L. Scar Col. G. E. FllI. skip-rs Sklp—8 l Dr. P. A. Crcelman Alex Scott Skip-i! Sklp—~6 Dr. S. Glddlngs Dr. Tldinarsh Skip—8 Sklp-l0 W. W. Lord H. Winchestcl-I Skip-W Skip-Z I A. W. Hylldlnzln W H. TClVlliClKli Skip-iii Skim-Z I L. B, MacMlllan J. A. runs/er skip-ll s.kip-s I Hon. T. A. Campbell W. R- Cruickshauks Sklp~6 Skip-ll A, Belchel" P. S. Cobb Skip-ii Ship-w W R. Adams H I Slpiliett skip-m skip-s J P. l-Iillion J W. Bvulter Ski 4 Sk.p~8 J. A. Bentley A V. Spillet‘ Skip-IO SkIr-il J. A. Simmonds G W. McLeod skip-n Ski R R Bell J F. McLeod Skip-B Skip—7 Dr. McIntyre E S. Miles Skip-ll Skip-B W. C. Duvics R W Jffflklna Skip-A Skip—7 R. Ellison Judge Duff] Skip-IO Skip~4 with Satur-l ‘ Leafs Lose Drillon In 3-I Victory’ TORONTO, Jan. 7-11’ Toronto Maple Leafs can keep up with New York Rangers and Boston ln the National Hockey League standings for the next two weeks, the stamp of greatness may well be placed on them. The Maple Leafs siflltfid back into a first-place tie with the Rangers Saturday night by dc- featlrlg Montreal Canadlens 3-1 but lost before 9.678 customers their scoring slur. Gordon Drillon, for two weeks with a foot injury. on the shelf Drillon joined Syl- vanus Apps, who was pressing Dril- lon IQl‘ the league scoring lead when he suffered a broken collar- bcne two weeks agO- Drillon suffered a deep cut in the right foot in a first-period collision wilh Captain Walter BLIS\\"SII 0i the Canadians. Appar- ently Buszvellls right skate slash- ed thro ill 0i [up ungl sponge protector and al- mo>l lln artery, though onlyI twp stitches were needed to re-l, pair the cut. Tile Leafs were highly critical of the work of referee Bill stew- M-t u. flit‘ fuaz. period. Captain W11 llcrncr, who did not play, lhal a series of wlrtfls part should to the league's II')l'l‘I’.‘l' saltl. "l! railed half lilo ol- Il'd\'O "allecl. or lnighl. never SUMMARY First Period None. : None. Qecnnd Period Scoring: None. Penalties: Gcupllle 2. Mancuso. Chamberlain. Third Period i. Toronto. Hamilton 2. Toronto. Helcn Marker) 14:23. 3. Couadiells. 4 :25. lMcDonald. Blake (Trudel) : 2. 4 Toronto, N. Mvi-Z (TQYWY) ,- 4 :46. PCRJIUDSZ None. Riot Threatens As Hershey Wins 3-1 HERSHEY, Pa , Jan 7 —(CP) —_— .. list light ‘llll'_.ll» 1i to emaroll, speclliicrs in a riot as l-lersheyl mars t- nrd lkousencc Bled:- 3-1 here Saturday night in an lnternullolrll - American League ilockry game. In the third period Cflilifiln ,- Wally l§lil'l'.\ of Hershey was b3 lshed and the llllo hllltctl the game by silolvcrlng the ice with debris Later a free-lor-zlll sent Shlll and Starr ct Providence and Bruce and Roulsioll of the Bears. l0 m9 P311‘ alty box Minlnds kills pain. Ill-TING UIT-FATHER burning up the ice lanes for the Flying Frenchmen. It was Cann- diens who handed Rangers their last 105s on November 19. Three nights later, in Montreal, Rangers set out on the drive that has seen thcm gu tilrcugh l8 struggles without a reverse charged against them. If Rangers tie the Cana- dien mark. and it appears that they will, passing lt is another matter. On January l3 they meet Maple Leafs at Toronto. and the Leafs will tilrow everything at them to ha't their streak, It should mean the largest crowd of the year In the Maple Leaf Gar- dens. Johnny Gagnon, who in his day provided many a laugh, mucll color and some spectacular mo- menls, has gone to the happy hunting ground of veteran hockey players. Johnny has been sold, we are told. to the jolly Americans. Thus they add another quaint character to their list. Under Red Dlltton the Black Cat may purr again, but even if he doesn't he ahould provide many bright mo- ments for New York hockey writ~ era. We can imagine what Harold Burr, ye sage obsewcr of the New York Post. will do with such fruity material. Hc pllt Phil Watson. llot half so colorful, over with a. great bang. Many o time Johnny amused uh with his quaint sayings. They were given in broken Enqiish with the Chlcoutiml twist But while they were rich in hum- or they wouIa have to be retailer! Ln dialect. and we for one do not like to use dialect been-use. while it may sound funny to some. it seldom sounds funny lo the one who IA quctrd. "or to his com- patriots either. S0 much of his color Wan lost because Johnny, when he new descriptive, was vavmuvmaoea. . I IJl'ill0ll's laces, b0 w. HOW-YOU LISTEH- I'M GOING IN THAT ANTIQUE SHOP TO GET MY AUNT SUSIE A GIFT FIZOM PHILADELPHIA‘ DON'T YOLI MOVE FQOM THAT ' UNTIL I COME OUT *' Canadiens Break Losing Streak By Spectacular 2-1 Victory "Over Hawks CHICAGO, Jan. L-Montreal ‘cage up cven when he scored 1n Canadians snapped their losing the 15th minute of the second streak at nine straight tonight Iperlod. He was assisted by Juffro with a spectacular 2-1 victory over iDesllcts and Ab. Demarco. the Chicago Black Hawks before The third period was pl-cqqmln. 12802?) spechtlawg. I m hllliiyd latgengvck until Canadian; rge an la, scorer o ' e so ve e aw defence f0 th first Canadien goal, hit the net winning shot. Toe Blake not gredlg with the game-winning shot in the for an assist on Mantha’: second final minute of the game to give goal the fifth place Montreal team the decision. SUMMARY Before his decisive goal the game had been tied since late in 1:11-51 pu-hd the second period when the Hawks pulled up even. l-Canadiens, Mantha (Sands. It was Montreal's second vlc- Goupme) 11:43 lorv In their last l3 rzalnes and Pena]w__w1ebe_ left them only one point behind the fourth place Hawks. Montlerll took a one-goal lead Seumd Perl“ midway of the opening period - _ when Mantha shot the puck past Dfl-Ifilgéiggiikqlzahlstrom (Debnem Paul Goodman, after taking passes P ‘n, g N; n from Charley Sands and Red m“ “T “n:- 'll. Tlls l "st .‘ giiztupWitebe gumgokznutciiiiietillihpeli? y Tlmd Pfli“! alty box. where he had blC-Qll sent 3'C*11"-‘<i1°"5» Mmmm (Blake) for trlppiltg. 19543 Penaliy—-Goupllle. Cully Dahlstrorn brought __ ChI-_ Rinks Tied. Rangers Near For Lead In New Mark Competition B)? Victory Contlnung play in the Tip TopI Trophy Curing Competition the Montague Curling Club was the. NEW YORK. Jan. 7—<CPi - Neu: York Rnnzers came within a game of equalling the National scene of two more matches cn~ a" . , Thursday night last with Dr. .I ‘IFQIkY sk.r§'c°getrg?beillaiig Mclntyres rink loslrl: 9-7 to the S‘i.:“_ 3-‘ 3'; I“ _ . ;Wlnus l-O lOi. ht fal their 17th gigisesfiiPfitdGélgrgrMgfngw“I533:i game in a row without a loss. elymyflnk t6 n 1=_2'\,,c.5.., over; Unbeaten since laid-November, E H Poole‘ fink" ‘i _ ‘ the RflllTFlS hllve put together a Results of the ulatchss SflW both. §I§ll;l(lg_gnlill_ ‘ilgihiylfi-i) ol2bgacti°clailsfi ch30 l3 gtioen Grillkligcillxltlsii: liilimihlgixr. I Hawk“ m” Thursday victories since the series got under-I i" mml “i? i‘ 141m“. mam S“ by ‘ hfcntrvltl CIIIlBCIlPIIS ln the season of 1917-28 citange for a new mark will come l i'.‘l Toronto against the Maple Leafs way The results: 7 p‘ l next Saturday. B. MacLean _ First Period Dr. L. A. Johnston > Skip-ii Skip-J.’ . SccrIng-None. A Fr 9 I'- M q I Penalty-Heller. . aser l K‘ Clark Fecwnd Perird a" g Papal?‘ l-Ranerra MaDsnald ll... Pairlck. 5MP"; “ Pratll 5:12 l Penalty-Motter. I Bruins Rolli To Easy Win Over Amerks nosroN, Jlln. 7—(CP)—Boston Bruins‘ powerhou-Ee rolled to 5n "B? 6-2 victory over New York Americans tonight in u National Hockey League Game. The New Yorkers scored first, bit Once the Boston attack started cudilng near the end of the first Period there was never any doubt over the outcome. Jlhe Bruins youthful Kitchener Line grabbed three of the six Boston counters, Bobby Bauer tallied twice and Milt Schmidt once while Woody Dumart assisted on each of the line's three goals. Wendell Muttart Ralph Bishop 11101131195 V5631“ 11111955 m? NEW!“ Ari Jackson, centering the Bruin 3- w~ Rllblhwn G, Kenna tltleholders defend their crownl third wave, picked ulp two more. His D- c- Stewart w- E- Da-TW wimm 30 days. an“ recewm‘ right wlngl may], Home“ Realm“ R. S. P. Jar-dine . L, R, Allen notification. President Frrmk Hogan . _ ' -Skip 2 __5k1 3 of Montreal said notifications would ed for the final Boston tally on an p be Se,“ w we ‘wee I-Phwrs 1mm He“ pickup °I 9' rem-mm! "It" Wm Morrison Prank Cameron B few dflyfi- b V‘ He“? Cain's "S? Shot against Goalie T- D‘ Merriam F- G, Mun,“ ‘The titles involved are: welter- Earl Roberston bounced off the post Corp. Lines G. Ennis Smith weight, Sammy LlliEililllfl of To- of the New York nets. s. G. Merriam R. E. Ellis routo; bantamwelght, fty Gwynne Aside from the frequent scoring. -—~3I<1D 6 Skip l0 0! TOTOIWO MRI ll.\'\l'ei‘='lll. Allwllen the game was drab’ Total-N. Luririothéeegf (Qtklebeci Led m“ 1e era 0n aso vo SUMMARY £2.51“lifSIJfIIE.§"i'$iiiil?.“i.omi'§§~.°?.i First Period Ifickhdfl; w_ mo‘, winning tilliemn The pfiltlonmufl ex Orne A w, p el- presen c amplons n e o er i-Amerks, Murray (Armstrong) Hazen Phillips C. E. Corney divisions will be .dlscussed at c 9:26 E. P. Foley Morley M. Bell meeting to be held ln about six 2-Boslon. Bauer (Dumart. skip-ls $kil>—1° Weeks,- ° Schmidt) 18.31 A list of current champions re- rbpmton schmmt (Dumam ".51 ‘B. Dickie A. B. Carney cognizcd by the Federation follows: Pom‘ ‘es-‘Shevrehuck H Jackson Ivan Vaughan Edwin 13w? Heavyweight mid l n“ heavy“ ‘ "' " ‘ ' ‘ ' Dr. H. E. Clark R. L Molllson llfelghl. T1891‘ WET“ slfln. Liver- Percy Weeks W. A. Currie pool, N. 5.; Middleweight, Len. SPWWI PPYIMI Sklp—9 Skip_9 Wadsworth, Hamilton, Ont; Total-M welterweight, Sllmnly Luftsprlng, ,l 4-Bostcn, A_ Jack=on (Hollett) 13:15 S-Amerks, Andersen (Wlseman) 13:50 G-Boston. Bauer (Dumart, Craw- I frrdl 16:13 I 7-Bo1lon. A, Jackson tC.\in, Port- land» 19 a5 Penalties- on“ Third Period B-Boston, Hoilett (Cain, Jacksoni 13:33 Penalties-Nona Hockey Challenges ff they do that. their We the hereby challenge Maroons to a best W! 01 series for elilninatloil. Answer through this paper. by challenge East Chariot te town 5181's Sonny Gillcspics three I‘ We the Heartbreakers do IWWH Royalty to l of hockey i» be Summerside Official nlnl of the Sum- merside Curing Club took. place on Friday night last with a rc- preecntative gathering of curlers being present. Opening games of the President's and Vice-Presl- dentb matches were ayed with the following results. n this com- petition total scores are counted. Following are the results with the personnel o! the rinks as foi- lows with 1st stone. 2nd stone, Mlate and skip mentioned in that or er: PRESIDENT'S Prichard, 1. a. McFarlane, r. Willett, C E. Corney. S. St. F. X. Win Over Pictou PICTOU. N. S., Jan. 7-—(CP)-—St_ Franci; Xavier University of An- tlgonish made their 1940 debut to the Alltigonhh-Pictou-Colchestcr Hockey League Saturday night by beating Pictou Regalia 6-4 in over- time. Doug lmacltveatcr and Burag- lift scored the overtime goals for the collcgians. i Official Open ing" or Carling Club Friday Night Last Will Declare Three Boxing Titles Vacant TORONTO. Jan. 7-—(CP) —Tl1e Canadian Boxing Federation de- cided at a meeting here yesterday to declare three Dominion cham- Toronto; Lightweight. and Feat-her- welght, Dave Castllloux, Montreal: Bantamwelght. Lolly Gwynne, To- ronto; Flyweight, Aurelleh Lamothnt Montreal. , , Baseball Authority Dies In Saint John SAINT JOHN. N. B., Jan. 1» (C?) —Gc0rge A, (Jerry) Stubby, 56. a well known athlete in hi! younger days. an authority on bascball and for many years promp lnent in curling. died at his homo today. He had been ill alnoo Non ember. His entire business life WU associated wit-h the wholoadl grocery trade. MIflIPfl'5_ll€_IiC-_V_§s__l§hQl. l friendly game . Third Period wed >d n1 h; 1n East Flue-goal Spree I z-Rangcrs. Pratt (Smthgiatlrfiltcifi) igggzgy rméieglxggep‘ gmmugh {his i . . I c» S W‘ 17:14. _ papa- (Sad) I HITS U! Pcnulties~Walson, Onarltlo. nus; Kelly. CRDI- l‘ m Il-Rwngcrs. Hexiall I I CAPITALS INCREASE LEAD SPRINGFIELD MASS, Jan. 'I-—- » .‘ I CLEVELAND. Jan. 14cm - FORUM ‘C?’ _A “Vt-hum 5px“ i“ n“ ‘lltdlannpolis Capitals increased flllal period gave Syracuse Stars an 8-4 triumph cvtr Sprlngfield In- dians Saturday night in all Inter- national-Anierlcglt fl-lsockey gallant‘ . game. Job am o llssex, . .. , scored “vice for‘ the losers. while ifaPurdPi Jackie Keatillg of Sail ‘ John, N. “mm B., scored cucc for Syracuse. erierlu {league Hcckay game her night. goals. Ilheir Iclld in the western division lby defeating Cleveancl Barons 3-2 \ “u an overtime International-Am- Ronnle Hudson. Halifax Wolverine, drew tlFSWiS on two of the IIIGlHHHIPOH-si Regular Skate = T 0 N I G II T 0. K. PRESDYS BAND vou contour ANTIQUE wouto /' err ANYTHING l_ool< MODERN I_ SPOT THAT'S MORE s; SIDE ' APPQOPQIATE MAGGIES AUNT- THAN AH IT'S BEGINNING ANTIQUE , TO SNOW - FOQ I-IEIZ- /- / '1.’ l I G r (\\ ,7 / p ‘ - I \ s. Q Q . I ‘I a) //V I) o l; ’ _ H / I / / I WISH MAGGIE WOULD I-ILIIZQY- I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE PHILADELPHIA BEFORE SPQING‘ Lea Hooper, Manager. ‘ 711412 an)?» fgaafidfe I , I I MOISTURE-PROOF PAPER SIX WHIRTV- WE DINE AT ‘QIX WHEN THE otorowlans l HAD A CHART or Vuow ABOUT iruelsoovqig’ I ‘I “EVERYTHING I5 THE DEFENsEsfluT SAY. ruesopv N‘ SIX so QUIET Asaone- _ nus I6 NOT IT MAKE r, I HOPE POPEYE - I5 EJAFE. OKAY I WILL DUMP IT IN THE DRINK Wmll up“ lmml “'8 Cm WI“. It." ml..." §yI1(II(III_III_