tu- f JUNE 29, 1949 Victoria Junior Baseball Team Pictured above are the newly or- ganised Victoria Junior Baseball Team who are in second piaoe in the City Junior League. Ibllowing are the personnel of the team: Kneelim, 1st. Bob Burke lf., Wallie Shepherd d. Ar- nold McCallum c. George Howgtt ~ soums Tut-urns Thursday, June 30th UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL Intent! WILLIAM ANN “POWELL-BLYTN ALSO SHORT SUBJECTS LONDON-(Cl-‘D-Four hundred inner: at the Royal Hospital, clsea, received a double ration of beer-a quart-on the 275th anniversary ’of Founder's Day. uuor l»... lNll Ylllfll llNllil Will Bucldnqltam FINE tin ilms BEllEll cltiltms Pfllller HALJll-‘AX, June 28 —- (OP) __ TennLs followers in the Eastern United States have long been "IN-bills for e player who calls home anywhere east of the Mississ- ippi to take the centre court at famed llbrest Hills. N. Y. They think they've found such a person in 20-year-old Rhoda Joan Hopkins. who may be a starter in this year's Canadian lawn tennis cha-aiplonships here Aug. 1-6. Rhoda is a pupil of the tennis coach Mercer Beasley, who tutor- ed Frankie Parker of Los Angeles, i0 loll ranking in international tennis. In‘ 26 years of coaching, Bcazley has seen his pupils carry of! 89 American and international termis titles and he hopes Miss HODkins will be in there alter the Canadian women's title, won lest year in Toronto by Pat Macken oi Montreal. strategists plotting the Cana- dian net classic, part of the city's blcentenary sport program, have received a. request from Miss Hop- kins of Woodhaven, N- Y., for 1n. formation on the tournament. In 1946. Miss Hopkins ranked 15th in the U. _S. and has been |gently nudging her stock higher [since that time. Several other American net stylists are expected at this year's citampionehi .. Tournament chair- man H. L. (Harry) Roper- of Hall- fur has written liviJ-s. l-lezei Wight- man, wife of the domr of the Wightman Cup, in an effort to have at least eight of the first 30 leading American women players compete in Halifax. Notices of the tournament have been mailed to all clubs in Canada en-d to several leading U. S. clubs to promote a large competitive list. The championships will be play- ed on the oourta of the Cathedral, - End and Weegwoltic Tennis v _ Entries close July 21. It is not known yet whether Bill Tully of Bronxville, N.Y., who won the 194B men's singles title. will defend his charnpionliip. He defeated Montreal's Henri Rochon in the finals lest July at ‘Toronto. Miss Macken, in winning the wo- men's singles, became the first flnadinn winncr since 1940. 1t is hoped by tunnsment officials that she'll be in Halifax to put he: crown on the line. Another likely starter is last year's Junior champ, urns Main. the ambidextrous star from Van- couver. He is headed into senior. company this year. . This year the Canadian iunior titles will be played apart from the other events. ‘rhea: are men's and ladies’ singles and doubles andihe veteran's singles and doubles cham- pionships. Ray Robinson lniends To Be Fighting Champ (By Murray Bole) NEW YORK. June 28- (AP)- Welterweight king Ray (Sugar) Robinson said today he intends to be a fighting champion from now on. That depends, of course, en his defeating Kid Gsvlian of Cuba in their 15-round title bout in Phil- fielphla’: Municipal Stadium July The Harlem flash, through man- ager George Gainsford. laid he doesn't have trouble making the Iii-pound waiter limit and. besides. the middleweight: won't have any part of him. "There have been rumors that Ray will turn in the welter- crown after the Gavilan tight because of weight troubles," Gainaford con- tinued. "I want to any now that he has no such In entions. He's able to make the 14 pounds and will continue es a fighting champion. "If he's successful against Gavi- Ian," Gainsford said, "we will be ready to defend the title within rf. Bonny Btull 3b, Billy flannel- "Had" s-s, M. Mu,- Fadyen rf, Des Trainer if, Ken sey 2b. Standing, Coach Melnhls, Art Hugh Top U. S. Tennis Star May Play In Halifax Tourney Pele Gray Given Release By Dallas (By The Associated Press) DALLAS, June 2B—Peie Gray, one-armed outfielder with the Dallas Club of the Texas League, today was given his outright re- lease. R. W. Burnett, owner of the Dallas Club, said the release was made in order to make room on the roster for Jim Kirby, recently obtained from the Southern Asso- ciation through Chicago Cubs. Gray, who figured in an incid- ent Saturday which led to his ar-_ rest and subsequent release when it was found he was not intoxic- ated. said he willgo to his home in Nanticoke, Pa., where he owns a business. A former blg-leaguer, he said he is uncertain about his baseball future. ROTHERHAM, England-WP)- Two churches here are recruiting unpaid baby-sitters to encourage parents to go to church. l ’ . Its/brain * s fl monmzcul ilfaoDonsld cf, Allan Heel-cod. p. Cliff Ready p. m Beagan p, ‘mm MacFarlane, Pitching Coach. Bat- boy, Alan Gillis. Quebec Tennis Toumameni MONTREAL. June 28--(CP)— Jim Macken. member of Canada‘: Davis Cup team last year. wal carried to the three-set limit to- day before disposing of Toronto's Dave Dyment in a third-round singles match of the Quebec Lawn Tennis Association championships. Macken finished strongly after a slow start to take the match 2-6. 6-2, 6-2. Dyment was one of the tournament's top-seeded players among the invaders from outside Quebec. Jim McGregor, another Toronto player, fell before the double- fistcd drives of Lorne Main, three-times Canadian junior cham- pion. The Vancouver 19-year-old had a good workout in the second set which went 1B games, 10-8. Main won the first set easily, 6-1. Top-ranking Henri Rochon breez- ed to an easy 6-1, 6-4 victory over Percy Bennett in an all-Montreal match. . In women's singles. defending champion Elaine Fildes and last year's runner-up for the crown, Patricia Macken, both came through their matches handily. Third-seeded Mrs; Louise Brown of Toronto ousted Mrs. Dell Pat- erson, also of Toronto, 8-8, 6-2. l A H540 872,37 w» \ Qaotdrdruct {AGE SEVEN The bank across the osfrieef . . . Dml you an muss‘ s.»- atm" 1:12;...» I right across the street from their competitors? 0f course ' it happens because of competition . . . because each bank tries to get into the busiest locations in town. / {H11}! certainly deem‘! make things very easy ra- in]? {There are 10 chartered banks in Canada, all aperitif‘; under government regulation, and with roughly the, some services to sell. So the only way we can stay in busi- nees il to be on our toes at all times. 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