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,..... Whitiook 0ontinues Long Lead in Scoring

Iy the Canadian Irena

l The undiznlnished scoring fury ed Moncton Hawks’ Buck whys- 10th week of play ahead of all other . scorers in the Big Four Maritime lenlor Hockey League, while teammates Mike Demchuck and George Bell found three other players sharing the second and third place berths on the scoring .tra.ln. figures compiled by the Canadian Press showed Monday. Si: players were huddled into the three prime positions as Hali- fax Orcescents Allan (Rock) Sul- livan continued to push l-lawks’ Mlke Demchuk in second place, matching Bell's 43 points with an equal tally, and the phenomenal Vic Jackson of Saint John has stepped in to complete the sec- ond-rplace triangle after scoring six goals in n single match last week. Y Another Beaver, Jake Wade. moved into third place beside Moncton‘: George Bell, to give Saint John their highest rep- resentative this season. Both Bell and Wade have accrued a total of 40 points. Hcfty John

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, of Truro Bezircats moved away

‘mm Crcscruis Jimmy Gray last wcck. and grasped an undisputed title lo fourth spot with a tally of IiO,

The tcip scorers:

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Whltlock. Moncton 3D. 20 59 Sullivan. Halifax 18 25 43 ' Demchuck. Moncton l4 29 43 Jackson, St. John 25 l8 43 Bell. Moncton 13 27 40 Wade. Saint John 19 21 40 J. MacDonald, Truro 24 15 30 Medynski. Truro l6 22 3B Gray. Halifax 19 l6 35 Steele. 'I‘ruro i2 l8 30 Barkwell, Truro 21 9 30 MacGregor, Halifax 12 15 17

Rangers Turn iiown iiiaok Hawks Offer

NEW YORK. Jan. 6 - (CP) — Season-long efforts by Chicago Black Hawks to obtain u goalten- der from New York Rangers ap- parently were no nearer comple- tion today following Chicago's lat- art swap offer.

The Black Hawks. in last place in the National Hockey league and plagued by a netminding weakness, made their latest prop- osition Sunday -. left winger Alex Koleta and goalie Emile (The Cat) Francis for Claude (Chuck) Roy- ner of the Rangers.

Nothing doing, said manager- coach Frank Boucher of the New York club. -

"We told the llatwks that we'll trade one of our goalies i; we get I suitable player in return,” Bouchcr said. “In the case of Chi- cago, Doug Bentley ls the only player we'd consider."

0"0onnor Leads H.H.L. Scoring

By The Canadian Press Buddy O'Connor garnered two goals in New York's two week-end games while Syl Apps of Toronto notched a single marker in Leafs’ only game and us a result amootlh- passing Buddy increased his Nat- ional Hockey League scoring lea-d- orship to two points over the Tor- onto veteran. O'Connor had 34. Apps 32. Toronto's Max Bentley made the biggest gain of all with two goals and one assist to cdge in- to bhird spot with 31 points. Jilin McFadden of Detroit scored one -.goa1 and helped on another to take ‘fever fourth place with 30. 'Ilhe lcadcrs:

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O'Connor. New York 15 19 34

‘ APPS. Toronto 13 10 32 ' ‘M. Bentley, Toronto 16 15 3i McFadden, Detroit 14 16 30 Lindsay. Detroit 17 12 29 Lscih, Montreal 13 14 27 12 15 27

D. Bentley, Chicago

Reece Workout‘

Gordie Drillon, coach oi Reece Juveniles expects to put his charg- es through a good worhout today at the llbrum at 3.00 pm. This is the first of three workouts which will be hcid prior to their exhibi- tion tilt in Summerslde, Friday evening. against the Juvenile

- Kinsmen.

HALIFAX. Jan. l —(CP)—Stan Pion, former goaltender with Glace Bay Miners of the Cape Breton

' ‘Senior Hockey League. worked out

with Halifax Crescents d-uring the wreck-end. He said he was anxious to join the Halifax squad.

With the five miles of pipe be- ing covered with sand and with the machinery ready to send the brine flowing through them. ice making is expected to begin at the Char- ‘loftetovwn Curling club tomorrow and if everything works out as expected members of the local Club are expected to get away on their greatest curling season Sat- urday afternoon with a bonspicl expected to be held.

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Tcsts held recently proved ev- erything to he in A-1 ordcr and ihc curlers themselves are "up on their toes" awaiting their chancc to get onto the four rinks and test out the surfaces.

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So now what was once but a dream has become a reality. Open- ing of the artificial plant will mark the start of a new era in Island curling circles.

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'l‘iie benefits that will accrue from the installation of the plant should he far-reaching. For years now, in fact cver since Island rinks start- ed participating in the Dominion Tankard. it has been realized that if Island teams were ever to get anywhere they would require much longer seasons in order to get in much-needed practice and compe- tltlon.

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Now the obstacles encountered due to short seasons have been overcome by the completion of the fine up-to-date plant. It has en- tailed considerable expense and perhaps proved quite a gamble hut it should pay dividends in the fut- ure in curling improvement in ad- dition to giving the City a mod- ern Club on a par with others to be found throughout the Marl- times,

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Come next month benefit of the artificial plant will be felt when the 2nd annual Confederation Bonspiel is held. The committee in ‘charge of this big curling event will have no worries over soft ice to contend with as was the case last year, and with the Forum be- ing utilized in conjunction with the event. the bonsplel that this year is attracting an even larger entry list than last year -- at that time the success attending it ex-

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‘IBUBIO. N.S., Jan. 5 — (OP) _.. Truro Bearcats squeezed back into the leadership of the Maritime Senior Hockey League tonight by getting past Halifax Crescents 6-5. They got a healthy assist from Saint John Beavers, who whipped Moncton Hawks 5-2.

An offensive by Cats in the last six minutes of~the middle period that netted two goals was the

point Crescent: had been leading

3-2.

it was the first showi II Crescents 1n Truro since I‘. ber.

SUMMARY First Period. l—Truro. Robertson (MacDonald) 6.30 2~—l~lalilux. Sullivan (O'Neill) 8.32 3~Truro, MucDonaitl (Grabowski) 14.08

4—l-iuli.fux. Powell (Sullivan, O’-

' Neill) 18.30

Penalties — Stshon (2). Bork. well. Second Period. 5—Hallfax, MacGregor 10.47 6—'l‘ruro, Robertson (Grabowski, MacDonald) 19.18 ‘1-—'l‘ruro.‘ Roach (Grabowskl, Med. ynski) 19.58 Penalties —- Young. Medynskl. Third Period

highlight of the game. Up to that -

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Truro Squeezes Back Into League Leadership

Over Halifax

BARBARA ANN 1S NEWSIEST PERSONALITY

Canada's Barbara Ann Scott, world figure skating queen, was chosen as the newsiest person in Canadian news during 1947 by Canadian telegraph editors.

MELBOURNE, Jan. 4 __(Reuters) —Sd.r Norman Brookes, president of the Australian Lawn Tennis As- sociation said Saturday that he was confident penmisslon will be given for the release of dollars for Australia to challenge for the Davis Cup, now held by the United

iliTi-uro. Stceie (Barkweli) 2.31 ll-l-lzilifax, MCGFGQOP (Charlton) 9.42 l0-—'I‘ruro, Maclntyre (Robertson) - 9.44 l1—HHIlf&X. Larabie (Hannon, Powell) 14.06 Penalties - Gaudet, O'Neill, (minor and misconduct). Gray. Beaulieu.

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Li’l Arthur King Wins Easy lliotoiy

TORONTO, Jan. 5 — (C?) —- Ll'l Arthur'King. 134-pol1nd Tor- onto lightweight tonight won on casy eight-round decision over Phil Terranova, 132% pounds, the Bronx, N.Y., former world feather- weight champion.

The crowd of 6-500 at Maple Leaf

ceeded s11 expectations - is ex- pected to be placed on a sound an- nual basis. J- il- i- O The engrossing question of how Howie Morenz, late great star of the Canadiens of the National Hoc- key League and Rocket Richard. the flaming star of the present day. would compare offtlmes. comes up for discussion. Never having the privilege of seeing either play. we cannot say. but Baz O’Meara of the Montreal Star who has been watching stars come and go for a good many years in a recent issue of the Maple Leafs Garden program delves into the performances of each and states "i1 both met at their peak today‘ the resulting decision would be something of a standoff". Even 0"Meara himself is baffled and winds lip his article by stating that perhaps ln another five years he might he able to give a more complete answer. Q 4' 6 Il- Speaking of Richard. the Mont- real columnist says Richard's ef- fect. on the Canadian Club and fortunes was similar to that of the late Howie. He was a shot of adrenalin, a time bomb, in fact a Rocket setting the frantic French following aflame again with" that wild enthusiasm that used to mark the march of the clrmlne clan hi the dominant days when Howie was the spearhead of their attack. ~0- 0 0 Il-

Oonadiens were coming up slowly through a rebuilding process when Richard suddenly started to strike sparks from his skates and when he started his scoring splurge! - he tossed in five goals one night against a Leafs goalie ~ they gave him the grand salute. Richard is a rink filler. He has the same elect- rical effect on fans that Howie had years ago. He pulls them in by the magic of his name and the hope of seeing something extra sensational on top when he Is in action. Richard in his way has

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Gardens alternately cheered and booed. The boos marked the sev- era], occasions referee Billy Burke admonished Terranova, for lack o! aggression.

King looked his best as he threw everything he had at the little Italo-Americon who seemed con- tent to bore in without actually throwing punches.

Yankees Sign Tommy Henrioh

NEW YORK. Jan. 5 — (AP) — New you; Yankees today announ- ced the signing of Tommy Hen- rich, regular right fielder. to I 1048 contract. No mention of sal- nry terms was made but. many be- lieved the dependable outfielder received a pay b0051-

Henricli was a key figure in the Yankees’ success last season, driv- ing in 9B runs as the N0. 2 Man In the batting order.

The 31-year-old veteran batted I287, his best since 1940. 142 American League games. He scor- ed 109 runs, second to Boston's Ted Williams in the 1.988110. col- lected 150 hits of which 36 were doubles. l3 triples and 16 homers. i-le led the loop in triples.

the greatest attractions In hockey. There is no doubt of his hi]!

quality. '0 O III O

Morenz, above all. sold profes- sional hockey to Montreal. The fabric of Canadians’ game in those days was speed. as it is now with Howie the corner stone of the ed- ifice. His endurance was terrific when he came up in 1923. He didn't spare himself and his reckless ab- nndon led to the frequent predic- tion that he would burn himself out in a few years. But he lasted through fourteen until an accid- ent terminated his career and life.

0 II 0 0 Morena became a symbol for speed, for reckless disrespect of consequences. 1-1e ‘lighted ail the old beacon fires of enthusiasm

Saint John Beavers Defeat Moncton 5-2

"peai of Morenz.

among French-speaking fans. They adore speed and here was one they could worship - and how they did. There had been others before him but none had the tremendous ap--

O O O i» ln comparing the two players. O'Hara continues, we would like to stress that we think that in the present game there would have been years when Howie would have scored fifty goals. (Richard has already achieved that.) He tallied forty in 1029-30 when they allowed players to so in ahead of the puck carrier - for six weeks

SADIT JOHN, N. 3., Jan. 5- (CPi-Saint John Beavers and a newly dominant punch line con- tinued their recently inaugurated wlnnlng ways with a s-a f-flilmpn over Moncton Hawks in s. rough, hard-checking Maritime Senior Hockey League fixture tonight.

Looking forward to ascension from the cellar. Beavers came within sight of Halifax Cresccnts, four points farther up the Big Four ladder, while the Hawks flew two below the leading Trurn Bearcats.

Alfter a lone tally in the first. the dungeon dwellers increased their lead to S-l during the sec- ond period and then shot two moiI-e, holding Hawks to another

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go .

Saint John's first line of Vic Jackson. Jake Wade and Nick Nicolle again showed their heels to the nest, although scoring was less spectacular than when Beav- ers surprised the Maritime hockey world last Friday by trouncing Truro 12-1.

Jackson had a brace and one assist tonight. Wade had two and three a...» "tcolle helped three tallies. l‘ v13 usually high- scoring sf Buck Whitlock. George 13:1 and Mike Desnchui: was held impotent.

Joe Lay. husky defenceman who shot the other Beaver goal, Wail adjudged the outstanding player of the game. Hard working, he was in on most. plays and cleared the puck at opportune times.

Despite the roughness of play, only four penalties were imposed. 14y suffering the only one against Saint John.

Summary

First Period l-Saint John, Jackson (Nicolle, Wade) 17:04. Penalty: Leger. Second Period z-Soint John, Wade 0:80. Ii-Moncton, 12:59. 4-501!“ John. (Nicolle, Wade) 15:47. Penalties: Jodoln, Lay, Bessette. ‘Phlrd Period 5—Saint John. Jackson Croucher) 3:00. 6—-Moncton, Gresko Agnew) 0:06. 7-Saint John, Wade 10:43. No penalties.

H.H.i.. Standings

NIIW YORK, Jan. 5 -(AP)— National Hockey League standing:

(Nicolle) Imonti (Ramsay)

Lay

(Wade. (Gagnon, (Jackson)

W L l‘ GI‘ 0A Pta Toronto 18 7 a 99 72 40 Detroit 17 8 6 100 74 39 New York 13 18 5 as 106 31 Boston 11 15 _ ‘f < O I1 S Montreal 1d 14 I T1 7O 21 Chicago 8 21 —- If 138 18

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Whynott Loses Fight in Maine

LEWISTON. l\ie., Jan. 5 —(AP) — Dove Andrews, 144%. Lowell, Mass, tonight scored a technical knockout over R029!‘ Whynvit. 147. Halifax, N.S.. when referee ICharlie Blckford called the IO-mund bout off at the end of round six.

Whynott had a badly cut right eye and had been completely on the defensive during the bout. Andrews knocked him down for an eight count in the second.

Teams Tied-For Lead in O. S. S. Hockey League

In a Queen Square School Hoc- key League encounter yesterda, afternoon, \\'IlICIl turned out to be one of the hardest fought games thus far, team A defeated team B 4-3 to advance into a tie posi~ tion for league leadership with the latter team.

With feelings rising high in the

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first two periods. a near rioi broke out in the third canto when Art Hughes tangled with Georg‘

the goalie in an attempt to scorr Players from both teams stream- ed over the boards to enter the fray. Howatt and Hughes bot: received penalties for their niis conduct.

Team B, playing without their first line goalie. Lorne Burke presented Thane Doyle in the nets for the first time. Piling up a two- goal lead early in the game they held it throughout the first per- iod, and although allowing team A to tally two against them in the second, added one to their own string to emerge from the pcriou still a one goal favorite.

In the third, however, team o,‘ put on the pressure, and £18513!‘- the efforts of team A to stem ti; tide, they slammed in two goals to win out over B by one goal.

Summary. first Period

1—-Team B. McCallum (Leo- nard. Giliis). 2-Team B—Dunn (Coyle).

Penalties: None.

Second Period Ii-Team A. Stull (MacCormack) 4—Team B, Fields. 5—Tea.m A. Cheverie (Cannon). Penalties: None.

Third Period 0-Team A. MacLeod (Stull). ‘i-Team A. (311115. Penalties: Hughes (major), How- att (major).

Halifax Juniors Defeat Ottawa 5-4

HALIFAX. Jan. 5 — (GP) — A third-period rally that netted two goals carried Halifax St. Mary's to a 5-4 victory over Ottawa Si. Pat- rick's College here tonight in the second edition of a two-game jun- ior exhibition hOckey series. Hal- ifax won the first game 7-1 Sat-

urday. A house of 4.765 looked on. Si. Pat's will meet Stellarton,

N.S., Royals of the Central Senior League tomorrow in the third ex- hlbltlon game of their Maritime tour. From there they move on to Moncton, N.B., to meet an all-star junior squad.

Willie Pep Seeks $600,000 Damages

WILMINGTON. Del.. Jan. 5 - fAPl- Willie Pep, world's feath- erweight champlon, today filed a $600,000 damage suit against Na- tionwide Alr Transport Service. Inc, for injuries he received in a plane crash near Millvilie, N. J. a v91!‘ ago.

Pep charged the airline with "negligence" in the crash. The featherweight tltllst. contended 1n his suit that. the spine injury he received in the crash injured him permanently.

Toronto Races

TOBONTO. Jon. b — (OP)- Brownie Grattan, owned by George Oland of Coxheath, NS, was fourth in the second race of today's harness card at Dufferin Race Track. Winner of the event was Bean Jack, the entry of W J. Harvey of Ancaster, Ont.

The feature race. the fifth. was won by Sir Peter NL. owned by C. B. Lawrence oi Slnghampton

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Ont.. who led the He'd in botl. heats. Parsons, the New l-inm burg, Ont, entry of i". Milton, we

Howatt in front of B's net aftci " Hughes went piling in on top o. .

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NEW YORK. Jan. 5 —-(AP) — Joe Louis will defeat Jersey Joe walrott next June, probably by a knockout, in the opinion of more than 80 per cent of United States sports editors who participated in the annual year-end poll conducted by The Associated Press. Although the bout has not been signed by the ‘twentieth Century Sporting Club or any other pro- moter. most of the writers assum- ed that the veteran Jersey batt- ler who come so close to dethron- ing the champ would get the call to fight touts. currently Walcott is holding out for a larger share of the gate for the outdoor fight. He has been offered 15 per cent of the re- ceipts. demands 20 per cent. Only five writers named other heavyweights. Three thowht Gus Lesnevich. the light heavyweight king, would be the foe. One tab- bed Joey Maxim n! an rv-~----' and another said he thought Joe would fight "somebod, he ca“ beat" No names were mentioned A l=ttle over s month no (tic--

second. The second hiaritime entry.

“mic Valley. of the Hlrsc“ Stai- r- at Saint“. N._S., was last in the third I'M‘!-

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Think Joe Louis Will Win Next Bout With Joe Walcott

for concern about. the result of a Louis bout for so long. that the name of the opposition had not mattered.

The Wnlcoit bout. in Madison Square Garden. early in Decem- ber, changed all that. Although Louis retained his crown by a split decision. with referee Rubi: Goldstein voting for the challen- ger. there was considerable r"~~- greement with the verdict. Now the date and name of opponent are awaited with ini~----

Most editors o...» YJHII: w w- word that the June riefew- wm-‘d be his last before retirement al- though a few said they thowb‘ Joe ‘would win and than decide’ to take on at ltast one more battle.

Approximately half of the edi- tors answering the mow-- '~-l‘~~-~-‘ Louis would knock nut ‘v-W- " ' their next meeting. The stresses ran all the way from four rounds to "inside 10." The siYPh ed most popular.

Only one of the eight whc ca"! Wslcott. would win thought he would be able to atop the l’

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