Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 29, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page fourteen. Winnipeg free press. 29, 1934 port Dalhousie ont., july 29. Up rowing club s first in Vasion of Henley Waters was a stunning Success thursday As oars men from the Saskatchewan capital came Down in front in their first two races. A Junior 150-Pound four stroked by Jack Peart romped Down the mile and 550-Yard Welland canal course to outclass completely Buffalo s West sides. Toronto Argo nauts had withdrawn. Interest in the race was High be cause no Regina Crew Ever had appeared before at Henley and be cause West sides annually turn out the Best fours and eights in either Canada or United states. But it was hardly a contest after the first 100 Yards or so. The re Gina Crew moved quickly ahead. At 200 Yards open water showed Between the two boats and As they swept Down to the finish in front of the grandstand eight lengths ahead the Hegina boys got a great hand. Hardly had the cheering died Down when Bud Gladwell Regina s Only singles sculler sent East won the first heat of the Junior 140-Pound singles. He came through with a rare sprint in the last 10 strokes to take the Lead from George Green away of Hamilton Leanders. Glad Well won by two feet. Even a Brilliant sprint perform j Ance by Frank Silvio of new York j failed to take opening Day honors from Western oarsmen. Not for years has the West been so Promin ent on Welland canal Waters. Silvio won the featured open Quarter mile dash for scullers final event of the Day s programme main Taining his unquestioned supremacy St. Boniface meets Norwood tonight at Wesley Park tonight at Wesley Park the Battle of the senior baseball league greats will nor Wood leading the league since Early season will meet St. Boni face native sons third place team. In four games previously this season the sons have beaten Norwood twice no Wool won one and the other was a draw. Tonight sons Outfield he coach Aime Pageot will Likely Start Andy Lambert on the Mound. Lambert pitched a no hit no run game against nor Wood earlier in the reason. The other feature game of the evening will be at Morse place with Harvey s bees the opposition in a Morse place Booster night programme. . Will travel to Selkirk and St. James will be at Home to Transcona second place team. Next week s schedule will feature Gam is Between the three leading teams. At the distance but a great Deal of Henley excitement was created by huskies from Regina Winnipeg and fort William. Western Crews were entered in Only two them both. Fort William s Navy blues won the Junior fours in the remarkable time of six minutes. 59 seconds second fastest time made Here since 1903 by Crews of the same classification no Western Crew or sculler failed to qualify. Fort William s Junior eight com Peting in one of. The most hotly contested events of any Henley came through gallantly to qualify for Friday s final behind Buffalo West sides. The difference was just a matter of a length with Lachine third. The other Western sculler Theo Dubois of second in his heat in the. Junior singles he beaten a length by Harvey of St. Catharines recent Winner of the United states school boy singles title and one of the Best Young prospects in the East. Win1peg second port Dalhousie ont., july 28. The sensational time of six minutes 59 seconds. Fort Wil Liam rowing club s Junior tour to Day won the opening final event on the three Day Royal Canadian Henley regatta programme. Winnipeg was second University of Toronto third and Lachine que., fourth. The Regina boat club won the Junior 150-Pound fours defeating Buffalo West sides. Time 7.15. Beaten by the Lachine Crew in an even faster heat this morning fort William captured a Brilliant final As the afternoon programme got under Way on the old Welland Iris hers Whitewash scottish 5-0 Irish the team that capture1 every championship but the High one hurdles the scottish Prett easy wednesday night when the shut the scottish out 5-0 at car Ruthers Park. It was in the open ing round of the British Consol series the provincial Champion ship. The scottish never quit trying but their forwards jacked the punch to drive the Ball Home Brook the Mclennan and Duck Worth All making a regular has of Golden and eve Craig missed a penalty in the Las kick of the game. The score at half time was 2-0 Harry Beckwith started the Scot Tish rout and Bobby Hampton finished it. Bob scored three goal and Buzz Home got another on with a great drive. Two of Hamp ton s goals came from Alec Schultz who was centring the Ball with deadly accuracy. Kelch one of the scottish subs collapsed with a badly twisted knee. The lineups Low and Scholes Jennings Johnson and Playfoot Schultz Home Hampton Brolly and Beckwith. Beaman and Dick Enson Fidler Craig and Johnson d Mclennan Duckworth Boyd. G. Me King. Canal. Lachine s time in the heat was 6.55, fastest time Ever made by a Junior four Here. The record of was established in 1903 by an Ottawa rowing club Crew. Memories of two decades ago were revived when con Riley jr., with his younger brother a in the Bow swept Down to impressive Victory in the Junior four heat. Con Riley sr., was a famous Henley competitor in Early Post War years. The Winnipeg Crew showed smooth action and loads of Power that sent them Over the line four lengths ahead of the u. Of t. Boat. Outclassed Lachine was outclassed in the final leaving the fight to the Navy hues from the Lakehead Winnipeg and u. Of t. Stroked by m. Teeple fort William opened an Early Lead Over Winnipeg and gradually in creased it to four lengths at the finish of the mile and 550 Yards Henley distance. Buffalo West sides edged into the picture in the 140 Pound Junior fours winning the final handily Over Detroit bowing club with Toronto dons third. The time was 7.28. Four lengths. West sides won by Jack Flavelle and Ken Thorburn Toronto Argonaut club mates staged a bitter struggle in the Quarter mile dash for Junior 140-Pound scullers. Flavelle won by about six feet in 1.17.4, with or. Wes Durnan also of Argos Only two lengths Back. Babe Ruth s Home run Mark is threatened Detroit july 28. It begins to look like another one of babe Ruth s Home run records will fall to one of the Detroit tigers. The. Man with waiting arms today was Long Hank Greenberg the Tiger first Sacker. In the past two Days he has pulverized the offerings of Washington pitchers for four Home runs. The two yesterday raised his total to 33 tying the Pace to Date of the Bam Bino in 1927, when he hit 60 to set his record. On july 27 of that year Kuth played in his 95th game however Greenberg s 33 homers were made in 88 games. Only 27 More to said Green Berg after the game which the tigers won 9 to 4. If Hank continues As he is going he May break the Ruth record. Ii so he would be the second Tiger in two years to crack one of babe s records. During the month o August last year Catcher Rudy York hit four base blows one More than Ruth Ever made in a sin Gle month. Big Hank is having his Best year at the plate since 1935, when he tied Jimmy Foxx for the american league Home run championship. Both had 36, for the season. Lou get Irig won the Crown in 1936, with 49 homers and Joe Dimaggio annexed it last year with 46. The Best Home run record by an american leaguer since Ruth s Brilliant one of 60 was the 53 polled by Jimmy Foxx in 1932. Every instrument guaranteed take a new Zeiss camera with you on the Holiday models from up Strain s Ltd. 31.8 Smith Street phone 24 552 Happy warriors Regina oarsmen give magnificent performance at their first score two wins fort William Junior four triumphs in splendid time by Kasimir Zabowski who made such a Good showing in the St. Paul open a year ago is Down there again for the event opening Friday Kas will not Lack for Competition As in the Parade of champions Are five for Mer British or United states title holders including Tony Manero 193 United states open Champion Gen National open Cham Pion and once British open title Holder Lawson Little who Domin ated the British and United state Amateur Competition during 193 and Tommy Armour who a held both British and american open and Walter the great Haig Hagen twice National open Crown wearer and four time Holder of the British open title others include Sammy Snead the sensation of the. Year Harry Cooper who has won the St. Paul title on three occasions Johnny Revolta Jim Soulis and Mortori Smith Don Mackay Moose. Jaw swimming coach believes he has another Phyllis Dewar in making in 14-year-old june Emerson who won the girls 100-Yard free style event at Regina saturday. R. It players out at the first prac Tice of the Calgary Bronks included rink Bond the Seattle quarterback who is taking the place of Pete Higgins. He was used in the tossing and receiving department. Along with de Rorvig Johnny Rossano and another new Comer Hal Harrison. According to the albertan writer both Harrison and Johnny Sullivan Seattle half Back Are husky boys with plenty of Speed and Ball carrying ability. Harold Buzzar and Bob Mitchell the mystery men who Hail from Miami College Oklahoma looked Ood in the initial workout Anc appear to be real prospects Anc judging from his showing first out Tom Haire sex Cornell University Centre will be Well equal to. The Job of filling that position for the Bronks taking the place vacated by Jerry Searight who is now in Montreal. Dave Dryburgh in the Leader Post says some of the Rugby critics Are wondering if the roughriders will be Strong enough in the line it will be surprising if they turn out to be weak in that department roughriders have always been famous for their Stalwart lines they certainly have the Hackfield Power this fall if the line comes through and the end men play average football Regina will have a Champion ship threat. B baseball writers of Detroit say there will be Many new faces in the tigers lineup in due to the sorry showing of he bengals this season. The scribes aver that Mickey Cochrane has soured on Many of his athletes who persist in violating training rules and refuse to Hustle on the Diamond. Cochrane loves to win too much to operate such actions on the part of he athletes. Fortunately for Mickey he has in Walter Briggs president if the Detroit club a Boss who raves a Winner As eagerly As his manager. Briggs also happens to 3e one of the wealthiest men in baseball and Ever has been willing o go the limit to Purchase players Cochrane needs to produce win Ling teams. 4 it the word is going the rounds in Detroit that Briggs has told Cochrane to take any deals he deems necessary for the Mould ing of a Pennant contender i 1939. And Cochrane after exhausting his patience with coaxing and scolding his play ers without the desired effects will clean House next Winter. Lin flon backers of senior hockey Are not taking their expulsion from the sask at Hewan league lying Down. Bruce Weese and Jack Mcdonald have Een in touch with every club in he league and spent the week end outlining the situation to the Regina Lubs. The setup As they explain to is that North Battleford will have o team because of crop conditions p that Way and flin flon will go Long Way to get Back in the run ing and Complete an eight team top. The bombers would make we Complete swings around the circuit. In return they ask each earn to make the flin flon trip Only playing a double header n saturday and sunday nights. They d toss in a sizeable chunk of Ash to make the proposition Nanci ally sound for the Southern Lubs. Curlers will regret to learn that Andy Lawson. Who was president of the Elmwood club two years ago died thursday morning. Another for care Hubbell Pitcher to in the. With. Armstrong r. Fred Jackson sports editor no less of the Tor onto Star no. Less recently blossomed Forth with the better part of his column devoted coming schedule of it appear to the Blue that or. Emerson golfers. Were quite pleased with themselves and the world in general when they won the free press trophy in the District Golf finals at Assiniboine course wednesday. At the top William lord business manager of the free press is seen presenting the free press Golf trophy to t. A. Spear president of Emerson Golf club. Or. Spear is Well known in Curling circles. Bottom Emerson Golf team winners free press trophy left to right r. H. Murphy t. A. Spear Ken Mackenzie and Ian Mackenzie. Tennis draw and results thursday s results Junior men s Strubel de. Oxenham. 6-0. 6-2 g. Weatherhead de j. Hickey g-2 d. Napier def. Johnson 6-1. 6-1 Forsythe def. Wolf 3-c. 6-2. 6-2 Forsythe def. J. Ferruso 6-3, 6-3. Junior men s doubles Hicke Strub def. Williams Grant 6-4, 10-8 Bieh in Canari def. Oxenham Horsfield. C 6-3 Napier Ferguson def. Mcclellan Morison 6-1, 6-0 Jahnson Michelson de Glass Mcfadden 6-1. 4-6, 7-5. Men s open Lewis de 1. Stafford 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 Gord. Robin Ron def. M. Fincher 6-3, 6-2 Georg 3ryor-def. Jack Adams 6-3, 6-1 m. Reuh def. E. Mckrush 6-4. 6-0. Ladies open Bowdler m. Fisher default mrs. J. Adams def Fisher 9-7. 6-1 a. Bratvold def. A Farnett. 6-0, 6-3 j. Rossini def. V. Gil More. 6-4, 6-4. Ladies open doubles a. Garnet Bowdler def. Hamm ends Herner 6-2. 6-1 dams Garnett def. Kinniburgh Skelton -1, 6-2 Fisher Fisher def. Rossini Cook -4, 7-5. Junior ladies Camsell def 3. M Arter. 6-4, 6-3 s. Stem Bart def. Bell 6-4, 2-6. 8-6 h. Dundee def. G Gauthier 6-3, 3-6. 6-" t i. Mclntosh 6-2. 6-4. Men s def. Hoey Kava Naff 6-3, 14-12 Lewis Pryo of. Jones Richards 6-1. 6-2 Robinson Tafford def. Mckrush Mckrush. 6-4, 6-0 Euhl Fincher def. Giles Adams 4-6 5-1. 7-5. Mixed doubles n. Fisher Grant def in. And mrs. Lewis 6-8, g-4, 9-7 e. Gar Ett Rice def. Bowdler Mccance 7-5. 6-4 is. Adams a. O. Jones def. Miss a Hovey. 6-3, -6-2. Friday s draw . Junior men s singles on. Napier St. Paul is. George we ath Rhead. Winnipeg. Junior women s singles miss Janet Rossini is. Miss Sylvia Stein Bart miss m. Dundee. Camsell is. Miss Helen 1.30 . Junior men s doubles Semi finals Hickey Strubel Minneapolis is. Biehl Morden. And Buchanan Winnipeg Napier Ferguson St. Paul. Is. Michelson Minneapolis and Johnson Kamsack. 3.30 . Men s open singles bes of five Reuhl Milwaukee is. George Pryor Alabama. Court 3.30 . Men s open singles bes of live Lewis Texarkana is Gordon Robinson. Stamford. Ont court 2 4 . Women s open singles Semi finals miss Aase Bratvold is. Mrs. Jack Adams miss Lucy Bowdler is. Miss Janet Ros Sini. I . Junior men s singles Semi finals Kennie Forsythe Winnipeg is. De Strubel Minneapolis. Mixed open doubles Quarter finals Kavanagh and miss Bratvold is. Gyles and miss Skelton. Men s open doubles Semi finals George Pryor and. Morey Lewis is. Cush Hopper and Marshall Smith Gord. Rob Inson and Ned Stafford is. Ike Beuhl and Maurice i Huber. _ mixed of in doubles Semi finals 6 . Doubles Kavanagh miss Bratvold or Gyles miss Skelton is. A. O. Jones mrs. Jack Adams Rice miss e. Garnett is. D. Grant miss Fisher. Women s open doubles Semi finals misses Marjorie and Norah Fisher is. Misses Bratvold Gilmore mrs. Jack Adams miss e. Garnett is. Misses Bowd Ler miss a. Garnett. Tasy week end or motorcyclists members of both the Winnipeg motorcycle clubs will participate in he Gypsy tour and rally to be held grand Forks on sunday. Entries for the Northwestern Une rican Canadian championship ave been received from Scotty Obertson Manitoba tourist trophy Lampion Ernie Buchanan Una rated Star Alex Stewart a and other local riders. Heats ill be run off with the three top Ders competing with three top Merican riders. St James wins two in juvenile St. James canadians won two successive juvenile baseball games. Tuesday night they Defeated East Kildonan bosons 4-0 and wednes Day night nosed out Sherburn maroons 2-1. Tuesday St. And Oakes and Tchir. Wednesday St. And Oakes and Blakeman. Earl Grey tourney another seven games were played in the Earl Grey Horseshoe tournament wednesday evening. Jack Brown was in great form to defeat l. Nelson. Upset of the evening came when g. Moth Defeated w. E. Falardeau. Results j. Hunter Defeated n. Mitchell 2-1 b. Gillis Defeated f. Gilmore 2-0 g. Harris Defeated , 2-0 g. Nelson riders will return to Winnipeg Defeated e. J. Argue 2-0 g. Moth unday to compete in the meet aged by the Winnipeg rough Defeated w. E. Falardeau 2-1 j. Brown Defeated l. Nelson 2-0 w. Riders club at fair Hills monday a Mcnichol Defeated j. Howitt 2-0 stars Advance Adams and Mckrush beaten in singles Quarter finals n by Scott Young a Short Saga entitled the last of the Winni Eggers or Manitoba s last stand would be in order Here because yesterday in the men s singles Competition at the Mani Toba Lawn Tennis championships at the Winnipeg club the pick of local male Tennis Dom made its unsuccessful last stand. Although local players Are doing quite Well thank you in All other events Jack Adams and Eddie my Kush carried the last shreds o Manitoba s tattered colors into the singles Quarter finals yesterday both lost. They made battling exits but exits nevertheless and nov four top notch visiting Morey Lewis Gordon you All Robinson George Pryor and Iki left to decide titleholder. Lewis is defending Champion. Robinson of Stamford ont is Thi Only Canadian of the four. Vej eliminated Morey Fincher 6-3, 6-2 playing away from Fincher s marvellous backhand the Best in the . Lewis Texarkana eliminated Ned Stafford Syracuse varsity Tennis Captain 6-1. 3-6 6-0. After having second set trouble with Stafford s spectacularly Effen live Cross court forehand shots. George Pryor favored in some quarters to reach the finals with Defeated Jack Adams 6-3 i-1, and Ike Zeuhl s steady base Ine driving game was too Good for Iddie Mckrush 6-4, 6-0. Walter Gyles and Jack Adams it up a Gallant fight to Ike Reuhl Storey Fincher in the men s doubles finally losing 4-6, 6-1, 7-5. Another Good doubles match advanced mar shall Smith and Cuth Hopper to the Semi finals of that event to match Point Many times before the smooth working Smith Hopper combination. Triumphed. George Weatherhead created mily when he Defeated in Hickey Minneapolis 6-4, 6-2, in Unior singles. Robinson s underhand service famous in North Western tournaments has been in effective since Early singles play at least it looks ineffective from deck chair maybe it s different rom the retrieving end of a rec get. Jack Adams Pat Ball game Vas broken up Pryor s Long Cross ourt drive and placement game and his Beautiful finishing shots this department looks Forward Vith Ereat interest to today s play at 2.30 Ike Reuhl and George Ryor meet in a Best of love set match and at 3.30, Morey and you All Robinson will do like Janet Rossini still a Junior continues to. Come along in the women s open singles As Well As the Unior she meets Lucy Bowdler Oday at 4. Department of prognostication Jon Napier to meet de Strubel in Unior singles final Janet Rossini i meet Helen Dundee in Junior Omen s singles final and miss Rossini to meet Aase Bratvold in open singles final Morey Jewis and George Pryor for the men s singles final Pryor Lewis id Robinson Stafford for the men s doubles final Hickey Strubel and Apier Fergus n for Junior Singler Inai. Gyles Skelton and d. Rant a. Fisher for mixed doubles Nal if this new department is Venly mildly successful we will Ive you champions tomorrow. Young Foster Brown Pine Falls golfer who turned in the lowest score at the District finals 75. Kennel Bench and Field. Docs by Doc Lover there passed away suddenly in new York on Friday one of the Best known Bird dog men on the continent in . Al As he was commonly addressed by the res a Iris of had been a Manitoba Field trial follow visitor to the Pra or almost two score years in the interests of his paper the Ameri can Field in covering of Field rials. He knew every dog by his first name its Pedigree from a of owner Etc. He was a congenial Good natured Ellow with a Host of friends and when a. Criticism stake was decided his was one that carried weight he had seen Many scores of trials All Over the continent Dur no his lifetime. These included the a standing Bird dogs of the last 0 years. Al Howalt for Many years was special correspondent of the trials or the Winnipeg free press he wrote several books of handling training Breeding the j setter and Pointer which will be valuable documents to All who continue to Ollow the Bird dog. A de. Smith Secretary of the Mani Oba Field trial club who has been holidaying in the United states for in past three weeks returned to he City wednesday. While in the Outh he visited l. Wildner Secre Ary. And manager of the Solan Springs Superior club who officiated As a judge for the Mani Oba trials in 1936 along with Immy Jones. R. J. Armstrong who is 3 officiate As Orjie of the judges of be Manitoba Field Melita starting labor Day is now at Holmfield Man. I. Jackson has a so called local Cor respondent who was not Only Able to furnish the Toronto Star s Star columnist with a Complete Winni Peg schedule four months but was also Able to divulge to cur Eastern confreres the mischievous plans of the Winnipeg club to entice the Cash customers to Piu Chase season tickets for. An alleged unannounced schedule five sevenths of which is to be played by the Light of the Silvery Moon Accord ing to or. Jackson. In other words a big Gyp was being perpetrated. The citizens of Winnipeg Are certainly Deply indebted to the Toronto Star for unveiling this sinister plot before it bad reached its fruition and if the identity of the correspondent can be identified at either Sel Kirk or Brandon no doubt a suitable award will be bestowed by the Winnipeg football protective association not to speak of a rousing recommendation of. Or. Jackson for the pulitzer prize for the out standing journalistic contribution of the year. F of wishing to be placed in the embarrassing position of having even by neglect or and abetted this dastardly plot we ii immediately delved into things prayerfully hoping that in the interim the Boss had not perchance got wind affair and much to. Our Relief Dis covered that the Western inter provincial schedule five night games and All was published in the columns of both local papers when brother Jackson was probably de voting most of Sis efforts we Hope More accurately to were you when the Maple Leafs came Home from scrounging around a bit further we discovered that for some stupid reason or other the Winnipeg Rugby club had during the month of april flooded the City with blotters and business cards of a local firm carrying a Complete local schedule. No doubt mgr. Ryan has been taken to task for the Blunder but on calling at his office wednesday we found that somehow or other.7he had been Able to live it Down in fact was a bit amazed when we confronted him with the evidence of his skullduggery arid he held Forth at length As follows night football is no innovation to Winnipeg. For the past few years we have been playing All of our Early season games at night for a variety of reasons. Take a walk Down Portage Avenue and you will find All of the stores open of saturday after Noons in september including Eaton s and Hudson s Bay All of whom have thousands of employees great Many of whom Are ardent football fans and Many More who might be but were never Given a Chance to see a game until we introduced night football. Having increased attendance at football games in the past six years from a yearly attend Ance of less than three thou Sand to Over thirty thousand we May be said or. For possibly having our Finger on the local football pulse Reading the picture just a Little More accurately than. Or. Jackson s. Correspond ent. we completely sold out a free Pren Charity game out of which we benefited not one Nickel and played it at night because we knew a night game would draw. The largest possible crowd. C hundreds of fans Tell us that for some reason or. Other night games i take on the spectacle feature that is Only found in american intercollegiate and which is missing from an afternoon fixture regardless of the of the. Crowd. Another reason that makes us by Steve Canadian Prem stall where the other failed the King stepped to Saver or at least delay collapse of gasping giants. Carl Hubbell was Juntas ii Ever As he pitched the to-a.-2-l Victory Over St finals and the dec Paw had at missourians outhit it was not until the the cards dented the however. The snapped losing Streak at de to gain on the Lea pirates. The Al Hollingsworth of one seventh Wicz seven runs and walk off of Cecii decision. Hubbell was the lint Ler to go the route Widm Jig and his win today wit Hii us the season. After suffering a double i the previous Day Cincinnat edged out Boston beet 4-1, to a split of the series. J double in the fourth with loaded was the Money Over in the Junior Louis Browns turned of i mentors new York beat them 4-3, despite to three Horne runs. Aside from the delivered Bjo Selkirk and Lou Yankee sluggers got Only. From Oral Hildebrand. The for ers in the four game them Only one game in Stoa Tift Idle Cleveland indians Boston red sox advanced i n two games of the indians by drubbing Chick Ftp sox 8-5, w " tigers won their fifth eating , to series. Senior girls the following scheduled for july 28 in Winnipeg girls senior soit Btij August sir i rovers at Montrose Highway. August 4rrc.u.a.c. At Church and our tailor1 rape Ter in Erory clothes ext menu. We ate ii it Lac to och Feulner to Lei Inlet Tom out. Cutman etl j. If Orris Ken but Tallin. Grrr St. Real c5 n e Day oct civic hoi hon., aug. La. Winnipeg la. Ingolf _ la. Laulu la. A Matin la. Kenora la. La. Laulu la. Ingolf a. Winnipeg a Liurma. Inf 1 in Kim Fml visit Milt is Snatic Many of Early september games if played in the afternoon would find us playing in heat that is not conducive to Good football the Only Lepson however that we happen to have five right games this year is the fact that in. Order to work Cut a schedule that would let on a basis favourable to an entry just introducing big time football in their City we had to play five of our games in septem Ber and four of them in Early september and for the foregoing reasons they had be night games incidentally a and when our Eastern Brethren get Wise to themselves and concluded. Joe there will be no need for Canadian championship games at a time of the year when weather conditions Are much More suitable for an ice carnival for City ticket o depot tic Tot that advertisement is not government liquor control the commission is not made Ai to advertised ;