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SAINT JOHN. N. llcc. 39- CPP-On the eve of Frlillflfi for ‘urope, Edmonton llrrtsttrys tiLiy-

Id an t-xiiihitinti tuuiuiit \\'lll1 Saint John Ilt-rnvrs wt t _\l:tr|- Lime Senior linrktgv l.~.~:t:ttt~ :tuti' merged on tlit- .~|l()'l ctttl of at 4 score. I Mercs, who won the Western Catiutla ititcrmcrlbttt bovkcj: titlo last seitsuti, lv-ft lzt-uiruitun lij. pIanc 111st ittjgiit uuti urtlvvtl l1(‘!\' early this ititvrttnon. \\'ill tour Ettropb bcftnw 1P1» uitiu:

Canada in lllt‘ unrivl filllllPlll‘ lion'-

kQy\'llZ\fll[)|Oll>l\lt\ ttuttrbtutwnt .\l London iwxt Riort-h. Tho i('.'\l1l.\ took (blues: mkti)

tonight ztntl ltittl off tlu- lll"\_' stuff. Only out» nvnztlt) rtirunsl Pete “fright of l-Irliuontou. Was 1m- posed.

Beavers, holding svtvuiti plun- in lhg Mziritintc fottr-vlub lot-p. ad a 3-1 lr-nrl ill the first . but, the scoring uus rt-vczwvti tlttr-l lng the rmfidlt; Iilllllt‘. \\l‘ll(‘l1 cnrl-I ‘d 4_4_ Then Rmnvis wwtcricri themselves fllfil?‘ anti l'illl"(l thrtc" without a repli-

Mercury svurcrs “Orv (cum "all" Rain Marsh Darling. lloug .\I.tt‘- Auley. Bill Dawn 11nd Bolt \\'z\tt.. Thcir assist, column comprised- Jack Davies, (tn-oi, Harry‘ Alton. Ab Newsome, lvlacALtlEy and Darn

ling.

Buck \Vhitlock ind thr- Saint Iohn scorers by ShOOflllEZ three 5nd assisting one. Mottsr- Dowltns: had two and onc. Dick Wrny and 771?: Jackson also made the red pgm blink.

Si. Mary's Anti Moncion Baiile tTo 4-Ali Tie ,, _._

HALIFAX, DIG. 29- t CPl-l-Iall-

x St. Mary's, with loss than ' ve. minutes left. cut down a Hues-goal lead to ti». Moncton

‘lwks 4-4 in a ltiaritima Senior ‘ cdkey League game tonight. Ron ludet shot the tying goal just lee seconds from the end. The drsw moved Halifax seven eints ahead of scrcmdmlrtco Saint o n~Beavers and loft Xlonctnn 12 J M: behind Saint John. _'!‘he tying goal came with Hali- rt goalie Ernie Ye-adon on the inch and six men playing up the kc,’ Hawks beefed for a minute Hut the time-keeper was holding ‘£1119 clock but were vehement- lover-ruled. i It was fast. if. A renewal of the feud that. ted in Moncton cropped up in Ee second period and the fans

rough and alum

ha came out expecting fireworks _ ere not disappointed. Eric Fleet Ed Frank Grabmvski were the‘

rincipals in the frucss and when o referees finally restored order. th were tagged with majors and iscoitducts whilc Pat Powers’, d Dali, Barkweii coch had nl inor. Barkwcll had nn addition- 10 minutes tacked on for talk- l back to the rcfcrcv. k SUMMARY

First Period i l-i-ialifax, Sullivan (Stccl) Mo‘ i Penalty: Auger Second Pcriod i

I——Moncton. Mtlani. 6:15. Penalties —- G-rdboivski (major and misccndttcti. Fleet Imujor and misconduct). Barlow-ll tminor and miscsnrittcti, llnottli. Powers t2).

THIRD PERIOD 1

B~-Mcuc totr Ryan, (Rzblnson) i 8.65. l-Atlo tczcu. hfo1niyr= tLcB':i:i.~. Bsrktrsll) 10.42 5—Mc=.1cttui, Fitzpatrick (Kilian!) . . .. 11% Ov-Hzilifsx Fcrd ' (Harmon. Szeel) 10.1‘) Lrralim. Sullivan l (Brennan. Powers) 16.11‘, I-Halifax. Gaudct ‘ (Armstrong. Steel) 19.571

Whitlock Tops Beavers Scoring In 7 -4 V1ct0ry Over Edmonton Mercurys

§'_S'side Curling

, train

dikcxxise with four

The folituviiig is the personnel of the trams competing tonight at 1hr- Stimmerside Curling Rink:

l‘. Arscnnult. Jnr. Morrison, N. lLtLWvlllliiiflS, E. Offer, skip.

I. tHttnn. S. I\l:tcI<'arlanc, 1b.. l‘ (1 Thurmncr, skip.

l’ Nourish, \V. E. Smallmati, l1. Slllct‘, E. P Foley. skip.

. S. Bcaton. M. Mill, R.

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(l. Nfciklc. Sgt. Moms. f F. Farticron. skip. l.) B . W t‘ Gross. E.l\’1acl<a,v. ‘ 1-). lizckry Skll’)

Dawson. B Eldcrktn. B. ‘run. W. E Jenkins, skip. tiumons. N. 'I‘horp, K. Call-

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‘orvk. H. Kiacfirlrtnc, skip. 1.. G . . \V C Willis. G. Gucr- its. F O amcron, skip.

iiHL Chief Comments 0n Anti-Knock Blast

MONTREAL. Dec. 29 -»— (CP) —~ Piscstclcnt Clarence Campbell of ihc National Hockey League said today his statement that hockey lTiPTl should quit knocking their oavn zamc was aimed “at no one in particular" but if thc cap fit-I auvonc lfl tho leagttc-Naitotial or any tuber-they're welcome to went‘ it.”

"1 merely suggest that in the interest of selling hockey to the public as a thrilling. high-speed some. those interestcd should rc- from criticizing the rules under which the game is played and from declarations that play- ers are not giving their best eith- er tbrmtgh indiffcrcncc or lack of rondiiion.

"I never heard of a good iner- cliaut advising his customers that his wares were below par. but that's what some of our club lead- ers seem intent on doing."

In his original statement. made 1o the Hockey Nctvs, a weekly yiuhlicafion. Campbell said he is "twc-rturbcd at the way some peo- ple actively engaged in and making their llvln-g out of the game have izrozvn thoughtless and careless in their duties of selling and promot- ing hockey."

The statement touched off com- ment. and speculation by sports writers in N. 1-1. L. cities. Some hinted at gag rule.

"There is no hint of gag rule and no thought of regimenttstion,” laid Campibcll flatly.

But the speculation was rife and Dink Carroll. Montreal Gazette sports editor. todsy had a partial who's who of the N. H. L. 1n fig-

l tiring out who and what prompt-

ed Campbell's statement. "Evciqvbody wanted to lmotw mnrc specifically the identity of those being criticized," wrote Cur- roll. “Frank Boucher (New York Rangers manager who resigned from the N. H. L. rules committee in protest at what he had to say

l, publicly about rule changes he fav-

tired) was the fellow they guemed

1 first.

"But the list is longer than that. Jack Adams and Tomrrny lvan (of Detroit Red Wings) inspired blasts at the rcfcrecs in a series that ran in a llctrnit news-paper. and Frank Sclke (Montreal Canadiens) took a (cw potshQLs st them 1n the forum program.

"Conn Smythc (Toronto Leafs) h: rhcrl Turk Brods for '.'c vcighi and threatened 1o do more for the Lynn Patrick stut-

SéiillP T635011.

"ed three of his Rangers were in

danger of being shipped to New Haven for not hustling, which sis-o makes Lynn culpable. "It's a family row but every- body wants to got in on it.“

ANNUAL

pry 11, 1950, at 2:30 p.m.

in; to a later date.

in. l, nzmvnnv, President.

Tho annual meeting of the slulreholders of the Charlotte- town Driving Park and Provincial Exhibition will be held ll us; office of the Association, 1B1 Great George Street, on innu-

Ie is the intention of the directors to postpone this meet-

MEETING

(l. H. BUNTAIN, Secretary.

DECEMBER 30. 1949

Last night's lslzintl Intermediate Hockey League clash between Sumnicrsido Crystals and Prince of- Walcs College added considerable‘ i0 s better outlook on the future‘ of the league picture, tirlicu both, [cams turned in a ctxxi brund of‘ hockey to battle one zmothct‘ with‘ everything they had in but on a crowd-pleasing tierformaticc. a - -

Tho Western Capital l\"\L‘li€_\'lSl.F,“ despite the fact that tiwy liavetftf bud 100 many practices under! their belts with no home ice to. workout over as yet, buructl in Al performance that is typirfll ofi tcsms from that quarter, tu battlci mery inch of iii!‘ way and tnkc] a close 2-1 decision over s hard! fighting band of Collegians.

. a . v The game gave with plcuty int the way of hard. fast skating .uicl Opcll breaks. as well as hard bod)‘ checking. that. gave the crowd plenty 0|‘ r-xcitement. It. was t-lnse- ‘ iy contested. with just mic uoal being notched up in each period, which war a pretty good cross sNf-l tiou of the play. The visitors 201-1 one. in the first anti third lilllll tile locals snaritig theirs in (ii-i, sandwich session. uitli both iCfllilx: really having to work hard for (but goals they got.

a - - . , Ii. was really the breaks of tltc! game that decided the final reslt‘ more than anything else, as till‘. play was close at. all times, wi-| though both 11nd their turn Ji- carrying the offensive and both. haying 5 C Q r i n g opportunities. l which in some cases “'11s shut oft by some good net, tentiinfl by m‘? two goalies, while on others 1L m“ a case of fast hawk-checking (“it the part of the defcnders and zit‘ times erratic hurried shots on thc part of the offensive. t - - a - ,

But’, it. was a ltOhQll Pam?‘- - _- , .\\ .15 seaso , best. “Q lmc se l ma‘, the

gives good ‘indication on’ league, ‘s 1mm; m sprttto tit) C?» Smerflbiy as ihc scbooulc 0102b»

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O ' ' I Althgugh the powerful Detroi. Red Wings are well to the i011 National HockeY League standing‘ sieve“ points bcttg than their nearest rtvuls. the for the other positions in the Em guc is probably the closest. it.“ a? been this season. With Mon QB and New York deadlocked in l‘ second place tie each Willi’ a total] of as points. Boston and PQYUN“: are likewise stalemated f0)‘ lhlrd position just three points behind them while the cellar-dwclhni Chicago Black Hawksare only 3°“? points sway from third D1599 "id only seven from the second W136! teams.

I I O O

With none of the other five teams in the league being in m! way a threat. to the Detroit lead- crship at the present time with I five and one-half Game ‘mad °“ their closest rivals, the Rangers are probably in the best P051110!’ for taking over the sole posses- sion of second place and t0 wi- down the gap between the fir-Q! and second place Tmilllim-h Al‘ though tied with Canadtcns, they have two games to makc up Q" the Montreal club. which. if they are lucky. could put them foul points up on the Montrealers in the same nulrtibir of games played-

The some could be said. too. of the lowly Chicago Black Hawks. who. despite the fact that they are in the cellar, have two games t0 makc up on Marple Leafs and Bruins xvhich could give them the necessary four points to bring about a three-cornered tic for third place if they can “in our next two starts. ‘

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But of course, taking into con- sideration the difference in the number of games played by the in- dividuul clubs, such supposition: could go on to almost any length with varying results. as for tn- stance. the league-leading Detroit- ors are two games down on Bos- ton and Toronto. while Montreal and New York have one and threc games respectively to make up on the some two third place teams. So suftfice it to sly that we think it. is a closely contested race. if you can manage to overlook the team at the top. and will predict that ii will be even closer before the season is out.

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Fogoiin Out

HIGHLIGHTS "ii FORUM

SKATING WEDNILSDAY. FRIDAY AND . SATURDAY NIGHTS — 8 to 10 (YCLOGK SKATING — AFTERNOON:

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P-e H» GUI-LEE!

With lnitiries

. Jake La lifoitatoday was given un- . iii Feb. 1 to sign for a March do.

t the Bronx fighters

l Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano

, turc in

'i§("t=s or their Newark, N. .1., farm

NEW YORK. Dec. 2o - (AP)-

fence of his middleweight title.

If iic doesn't he will be stripped of his championship in New York State. Chairman Eddie Eagan of the New York State Athletic Com- mission said he set. the deadline after Jake told a Commission tneeting he planned to defend in June and not before.

La Moiia, recently beaten b!’ Robert Villemain of France in a non-title bout. asked more time to condition himself.

Jakc and his brother. Joey. ap- peared bcforc the Commission bu‘, position \v\i stated formally in a letter “mitten by his lawyer, J. Jordan Lee. to Abe Greene, commissioner of the National Boxing Association.

After hearing the Commission's rulintz. La Motta did not al\~r his stand.

“l can“. fight for the iitlc until June." said Jake. "if they iakc the title away, l won't take it lying down. l'll fight. if."

La Iilotia will have no alterna- tivc other than to accept the rul- ing if the Commission goes through

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onds Jan. 23, 1944,

The Rangers’ scoring parade was started by Dunc Fisher at. 15:48 of the period. Then Don Raleigh lul-l bod at 16:08 and Edgar Lam-ado» :t 1 : < ' l l 8 00 and ‘HA5’ n“ f°“r'g°"-" team was announced last night by _ 5-2, tho club manager Mr. \tcto1‘.\' over Chicago Black Hawks. ‘ tjarnhum. The

N.H.L. officials at the head of. fice in Montreal confirmed that l pmying‘ Mdnms was appointed so Rangers’ feat record.

rally gave the

Rangers Sei N.H.|.. Rec_ord

NEW YORK, Dec, 29- New York Rangers last night sot '11 National Hockey League record ‘by scoring four goals in two min. utes and 57 seconds. four-goal held by Detroit Red Wings whoscored four against the- Rang. ers in three minutes and 52 sew. them 15-0

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iLa Motta Is Ordered To {Defend Title In March

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tSiellarion In 11-4 Victory iOver Truro

l TRURO, N. 5., Dec. 29~-(CP)~ Siciiarton Royals increased their icnd in the Antigonish-Plctou-Col- ‘, chester Senior Hockey League here (tonight, trouncing Truro Bearcsts ,11-4. The win gives Royals a 12- ‘point lead over . Antigonish Bulldogs, The win brings Stellarton‘; vic- ‘tnry record to 16 of 20 games uiiuycd. Roy Weatherbee in the , ‘Fr-urn nets was called on to handle ;2T shots, while Hughie MacDon- auld, Benrcats goalie, blocked 25.

New Coach For ,[Vics Appointed

and-position

The appointment of Had Mc-

Innis n5 coach of the Vics hockey

Edward coaching duties out by Cecil

lhml been carried

I“Bubby" Dowilng who was also

aummlm‘ that. Dowiing could be given more

lof a chance to play hockey,

“filh its present plans. However. hr probably feels he will be able to see action in N. B. A. states which arc not bound by any New York ruling.

As a result, it is possible that another dual championship in the middlcwcizht division may come about, one recognized by New York and another by the N. B. A.

Eazan said the commission will conduct s tournament among the four leading contenders if La 11min is shorn of his tiLle. He ‘would nd'i name the contenders. Htuvcver most lists ranking the top middlcs include Sieve Belloise,

of Now York. Davc Sands Iif Aus- tralia. Latirent Dauthttille of France and Villemain.

lieiroii Tiger; Sign Keller

IPETRHIT, Dec. Qfi-JAIH-‘Out- fielder (‘iutrlic (King Kong) Kel- lcr, who bztri hccumv almost a fix- tho New York Yankees‘ brischail picture. was signed today by Dctroit 'I‘i1zcrs.

Kellcrfis entire pro baseball career up to now has been spent cither in a uniform of the Yan-

ciuh of the lntcrnutional League. “King Kong's" slugging ability won him recognition as one of the top distance hitters in the Ameri- Cdn League, but he has been he- low par physically since he under- went a back operation in 1947, Ho played in only G1 games for the Yankees last season. This win- ter he was offered s 10h manag- ing one of the Yankee farm cluhs. The 33-year-old Keller turned that offer down. saying he still: m: he had "quite a bit of good‘ baseball left."

Tho Yankees then reluctantly granted him hi: unconditional re- lease and Keller negotiated with a couple of ball clubs before signing with the Tigers today.

Big Attendance A1 Cape Breton Hockey Games

SYDNEY. N. 3., Dec. I - (GP) — Cape Breton Senior Hockey League attendance records are [et- ting kicked around.

In the first 20 games of the lea- sorv-up to Dec. 22—Sydrney Mil- lionaires played at home to 52.- 285 cash customers. an average of 2,614 a game for a rink with l seating capacity of only slightly more than 2.250. Average for the first 20 games last season was 3,476, or a total of 49,538.

Glace Bay Forum call has stepped up its plcg, u», 20-game ‘total was 49.176. an aver- Bse of 2.459 a game. This is I healthy hike from the 2,262 mark of last. season. l

The North Sydney Forum 1| 1". ging a bit. but their report doesn't. include its record gate o! flop; u; 2.800 Monday night at the height (If I "ll-WP? run. Total attendance .' for the first 30 games was 41,015. an average of 2.051. The average last season over the arnelltretbch was 2.082.

In Sydney iorum only recon. and rush seats are available. All of the box lesia-sllfmly mo" ihln HBO-are sold on a yearly basis. That's why no box out; st $1.25 are advertised. There are none. Reserved rents bring $1 ma rush 75 emu.

to make fledged big league next- spring are Luke Cleveland Jethroe of Boston Bruvrs.

As it happens, both rtrt- Negroes. approximately 2130 DOUIIdS, will be one cf the biggest men in the itiajors. Jethroe prob- ably the fastest.

Easter was with the Imiiutis as n part time man late last season, af- tcr having left San Ilietzo club to undergo a knee operation. lie will t-he '50 Campaign base. declares the Cleveland num- agemcrrt. supplantitig such rt wtlu- able player as Miokcy Vernon.

Jetliroe. who burned up the In- icrnational was purchased by tho Bra.ve~ Il'('tl11 Brooklyn for s sum cstimutod up to $200,000. Presumably. help round out a flue new Boston outfield.

A controversy begins when a rc- porter, anxious to get a liuc c-u the i-wo men who mizht prove k

Easter,

start

DETROIT. Dec. 29 -— (AP) — Detroit Red Wings. leaders Ui ll)! National Hockey League race, to- day lost the services of defence- man Lee Fogoiin for at toast. two gamut.

A medical examination show-ed Fogolin suffered a slight separa- titm of the left shoulder during inst night's 2-2 tie with Boston Bruins here.

Club spokesmen laid he will

B! The Canadian Pron

Bil B111 ‘rikien. who cleaned up (‘WW tennis event In the world “"1118 hi! Brett career, announc- rd his rctirelncnt an on smut”; 19 Wars I10 today. 1-114 profusion-i debut. vtu at Nsw Yomk, Fdirtnry 18. 1931. Ho headed the United States ranking amateur 11st. for 10 years.

SHIPBUILDING IICOID

miss both games against Toronto this week-end. but they expect him to be ready for action against ‘Now Vnrlr Jam A '

The Netherlands built W lhlpl with e total dOl-d weight of 1Q,- ll will. in 18l-

By Gayle 'l‘alboi.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29 -—(APi ~ Two most controversial figures due debuts as full- ball

players

Easter of

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at first

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Controversial Figures To MakeMldasebztll Debut

figures in the next pennant race, “$118 1 Coll-Die of International Lemur Yniilllzers how they think Jethroe will fare in the big time.

“We-l-i-i." replies the first. one. giving it thought. "I don't think he'll do so soon. All he's got is speed-no power. He never hurt. us."

"Didn't hurt you?" grunts hi; companion. "You‘re Qither lyin‘ or luvkir The any fan us nuts. May- be he can't; hit too hard, but he'll show those National League catch- 01's something "

Trike your choice. rind it's no secret that, the Brave-s’ manage- ment is “caving night sweats. worr- derlug which of the foregoing con- vcrsationctiists has the expensive spcedbuy tabbed correctly. The fart that Branch Rickey let Jcthroe go_ even for money, isn‘t. conducive to peace of mind.

About the huge man Easter. a lsomotvhat similar poll of rival (0.151 league pilots produces an equally mixed reaction and makes one wonder if the Cleveland bosses are sure enough levelling about starting Luke on first; base and putting Vernon utp for grabs.