Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, January 22, 1940

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page fourteen Winnipeg free press monday january 22, 1940 Minneapolis Jan. Flying Blades of Canada s Frank stack and Kay Godfrey of Norwood St. Boniface club and the All around class of Winnipeg s intermediate Junior and inv Chile irl skaters wore the talk of this Speed skating hotbed today after their Stellar performances in the eighth annual ten thousand lakes championships at Powderhorn. Park. Hailed stack the 34-year-old sur Bury ont Marvel As the greatest Speed skater in America after his smashing Conquest of a senior men s Field that included Ken Bartholomew National Champion and Chuck Leighlon North am air an Champion and member the . Olympic team. Mill citizens invade the Manitoba ice Centre in february. it is Nior men to won by Frank stack. Slid Loury second. Don Johnson. Powder Horn third Kenneth Bartholomew Jill. 1-1 i to made saturday and a 90-Pomt that represented the finest individual stand any Winn the tourney. Tvs with Betty Knapp Brilliant skating coaches with her drive and St Paul speedster going into Stin Power in spite of her Una Amijia Rily final races. Miss Godfrey Witri six Lap track a laced third in the 220. Miss miss Godfrey of course can and then turned Loose a for Minneapolis Money any time. Stretch drive to win the 880 in sensational style. Miss Knapp took second a Shade ahead of Blanche Tivitt Dulc. Of Edmonton. Alberta however to take Premier intermediate honors by a Bare 10 Points margin. Audrey Naas. Minneapolis great defending National. The Junior title and Audrey Nelson of Minneapolis the juvenile but Only after a dogfight with Winnipeg rivals. Bernice close Daylight scarcely showed Between miss Naas and Bernice Mcguire in three races. Bernice finishing women end on each occasion and totalling. Dorothy Smith 60 Points to Audrey s 90. In third Junior and Queen. Won St Iii i men by Stock second churl la Hulhon. Maulo Hill third. Don Johnson. Powderhorn. Sci cd. R link Don Johnson stink. Sud but powder Horn. Into Ciliate 11 by Bob Powderhorn second Glen Lanphear. Maple Hill third John Vii Hof. Winnipeg. Milled i stays by Ira god Fry. Maple Hill second. To pcs Scanlon Maple Hill third. Bob Gray. Winnipeg. Harry Neil s rampant regals play Host to Portage. Terriers tonight at the amphitheatre rink in an important South division Junior game. At the same time . Thistles will be testing the new found Power of Brandon s Eifes in the wheat City. On the result of these two games will hang for the to riot int the leadership of the Strath division. At present is a result of their saturday Victory Over Portage tic thistles Are two Points out in front. A win for the monarchs and the elks will Send the locals into a tie 1 of first spot with the thistles. A reverse decision Hoth con tests will give Kenora a neat four Point advantage. With bill1 Sutherland his Ace s oa.1 tender out with a Frac tured Cheek Bone. Harry Neil will bring up Young Bill. Nico l from his juvenile squad to plug the. Gap. The terriers put up a g cat same against the thistles at Portage on saturday and coach Creighton promises a Eccl a. Husy evening As he makes his Junior debut. Place was Lillian Mcguire. Who made two Good thirds do for 20 Points. Lillian suffered a bad break in the 220 when tailing miss Naas on the turn she spilled out of the race. Bernice might have won the 220 but for a bad Start her final kick nearly senior women i by Heron. North commons second. Mary Donn. Third. Dorothy nipping in Tenner Date i by Welty hippodrome second. Kay god Winnipeg third Blanche Tivol Lale. Edmonton. Intermediate a by Godfrey Mccond Betty Knapp. Hippodrome third. Blanehe Rivio Daic. Edmonton. Track record Junior girls by Audrey Faas. Powderhorn second. Bernice my Juire. Winnipeg third. Lillian meet lire. Winnipeg. Juvenile girls by Phillis Nelson second Audrey Nelson Maple Hill third. Joyee Sebas Tian sunday results senior men by Frank stack so Bury. Ontario time .10. By stack. Time by Chuck Leith ton Emorey miss Naas at the finish line. Foyce Sebastian of Winnipeg tied Phyllis Nelson of Minneapolis for second juvenile honors at 30 Points but miss Nelson captured the skate off. Winner was Audrey Nelson Minneapolis with 50 Points. Miss Sebastian s Best showing was a close second in the 440. Dot Smith rounded out a Good Day for Winni Peg s fair sex by compiling 30 Points in the fast senior women s Field giving her fourth behind Louise Herou. Minneapolis new senior titleholder Mary Dolan and Geral Dine Bates. Dot accounted for thirds in the 220. Three Quarter mile and mile races with a Tumble costing her Points in the second in Star Dirik although Winnipeg failed to account for a division title the Eggers racked up 410 Points for second in team standings. Powder Bro void Loring 2, Gordon and icy. Win Horn led 550, Maple Hill had 380. Loring 320, Sudbury 160, North Maple Hill. Minneapolis Marjo Zikall. Winnipeg. By second third. Fabyan Winni a by Koscur Mosi Man. Maple Hill second Neunan Winnipeg. One by , Maple Hill Minneapolis third Bob Neu Man. Winnipeg. Juvenile boys by Tod. Cam Eron. It briny. third Tom . Winnipeg. Time midget Hoys by Honor Bro Vold Minneapolis second Gordon Atid Ley. Winnipeg third. Bob Gray Winni Peg. Mulset Hoys Iii London Jan. 22. Ftp Cable Wembley monarchs. Leaders in the English National hockey league Defeated the first Field regiment of the Royal Canadian horse Artil Tery 4-2. Saturday night in one of the hardest fought games seen Here this season. With two minutes to go and the score tied at 2-2, the monarchs put on Power plays that brought Victory. Scorers for monarchs were Chuck Turner Jimmy Kelly former Mon Trealer Frank Green sex Winnipeg juvenile and fan hex Ivner formerly of Niagara Falls ont. For the artillerymen. Bombadier Jack Stevens of Portland. And sergeant scored. Jacobs Winnipeg Winnipeg rifles Blue champions and Cameron he highlanders runners up in the same division fought their Way into the first series final at the amphitheatre on saturday after noon. The rifles turned Back the scrappy fort Garry red division winners by a score of 3 to 1. And Tho camerons took a 2 to 1 contest from the air Force. Pc up runners up. Played before the largest crowd of the season both games fee were very Well played and bitterly fought. The highly fancied so Rifle brigade nearly caught a tartar in the horsemen who played unexpected strength to Force the win cirs to uncover everything they had to come out on top. Rifles and camerons wiil meet on wednesday night at Uiese Silti f then Cour amphitheatre to decide the first series Garry and rifles uncovered their Best form of the season in the first half of the afternoon s double card. The Pace was fast and exciting throughout with end to end exchanges testing Bolli goal minders. Whatever Edge the rifles paced by Neil Wood Bertwhistle and Mac Donald wer Ham s puss at the two minute Mark. N the final Frame to tie the score. Mcgill gave the camerons the Ninfi goal on a Solo of fort with Bulj seven minutes left a play. The Rico hard to he it up but it Roar bar i ten will the Scotchman refilled to yield the to Roar. Work of Fraser Readic and Frank Alsip. Fort Garry horse served notice of a real dog fight is they counted the Only goal of the first period 3ill Borland scoring unassisted Serow Nittlo rapidly improving Rifle Winger slipped passes to Neil and Eadie to Sive their team a no Oal margin As the second session ended. The horsemen fought desperately to even the count in the final Frame and play became rough and rugged with tempers inclined to flare. With but two minutes left to go Frank Alsip put the affair on ice for tin victors As he rifled Neil s lateral past goalie Murray. Walt Whyte Ted Welbanks. Merv Mccorriston and Bill Borland bore the Brunt of the Garry offence. Murray As mentioned was just about tops. Came Rons beat fliers the second game Between the air Force and the camerons was also fast and rugged and productive of some f. Free Wheeling Cameron Forward gave his team a one goal Lead mid Way in the second session after a scoreless first period. Kit Ablewhite drove Home Gilling joined in but the officials with the Fishov Aid of major Gianelli quickly pit so ssh a Stop to Ibe Melee. The tack Man Joned athletes Drew major i for for their pugilistic Eeor got and no harm was done. Four penalties to Taylor and three to Gillins Waler both air Force defence men did the fliers cause no particular Finch. Joyce Mccoy i sur Parker. . Welb Aviks Borland Aid. Hanson Smith. Pc Ichson Birt r mag Ibex a e. U 1 Jiu Ine Lin key. Hooley Mcgill Sec ind to ecu Hyson. I 1, Garry Borland lib Wood. 2. I flab. Neil Bart White i 1 3. It iils. Kadlic Birt Whimley. Raditi. Third 4. Rifles. Alsip kudu 2. J in Lucs Anderson a Eackie. Arnold Kyn. Air Morrison. Tayjor wait to. Ii Nusham Kibble Mcmanus Johan Trekia Gray. Paiit Rons Hill. Conway Mcgilb on it Millar Morris Jull . Smith. First no scoring Carno isms in Taylor Force. Kitty of 3, cantons i Taylor Siw. Third period air v.-3iitc . Mccall. . . Arnolt ind k3yn. Milwaukee Jan. 22. Pete Bass manager of bantamweight i Johnny Gaudes. Of Winnipeg announced. Sunday Gaudes would commons 150, St. Thomas College 120. St. Paul hippodrome 100. Overshadowing the meet was the Speed and Power of stack who carried his 20 years of Speed skating As lightly As a Snowflake. Thirty Points ahead after Satur Day. Stack sewed up the senior trophy in sunday s first two finals. Taking both the 220 and 880. He spilled in the one Nile won by Chuck Leighton and wound up with a hairline second to Leighton in the five mile final. And Leighton had to crack a Powderhorn record 1o turn the trick. New records Winnipeg s Waldie Brothers. John and Francis set a killing Pace in the five mile distance affair to make the record possible. With four laps to go Leighlon sprinted with stack by Heron North commons Minn i polls third Dorothy Smith Winnipeg. J. Intaj met Lytic girls by Betty Knapp. Hippodrome St. Paul second. Madge Mcdonald. Winnipeg third. Kay Godfrey. Winnipeg. By Kay Godfrey Winnipeg third Blanche Edmonton Alta. Inn Naas. To girls a Fly Rhc won by Audrey i n second. Bernice Mcguire Winnipeg. Time by Audrey Naas . Berniee Mcguire Peg third. Lillian my attire juvenile girls by Audrey Nelson Lyl aple Hill second Joyce Sebastian Winnipeg ii Sci Dorothy Rose Winnipeg. Football mentors resign Manhattan kan., Jan. 22. Up Wes Fry and Stan Williamson head football coach and line coach respectively of Kansas state College have submitted their resignations it wits announced saturday. U Wpm Tolj vju.i.iv.--p-. A Pancho Vilta in Mexico City. Feal cd the air Force squad 2-1. 0it ii _ 11 i ii run i it Winnipeg rifles and Queen s own Cameron highlanders of. Canada hockey teams saturday readied the final of the Blue division of the military hockey league. The rifles turned Back Fon Garry horse 3-1, while the scotties de feb. 4. Vlf. Gauder gets past Villa e will fight Tony Olivera also in Mexico one month later. Winnipeg Row Fraser Eadie Johnston Vern Neil. Alan Macdonald Erie Kcal Edison. . 3. K. Bell. Centre major d. T Wright Bill Wood rues Eichison. George b it whistle Grant Sutherland. Back Row Bun Stephenson. Frank Alsip. Doug Grant Bob my Gibbon it. J. A. Mitchell. Row Alex. Gledhill Bill Hill. Bill Morris Alex. Smith. Centre Bill Moore. Geo. Elrick manager Andy Mackenzie coach. Back Ozzie Harrison. Fred Sutherland. Bill Conway Alex. Millar Scotty Lane. Harley Mcgill Bill Macdonald Maurice Ottawa Jan. 23. Chi a Grace them also he senior pairs title Ful fair of Toronto skaters captured j which they won the year before. The prize plums of the Canadian j figure skating championships at Tho Minto. Skating club during the week end. Norah Mccarthy a polished 16 old miss from Toronto skating year club dislodged Mary Rose Thacker of Winnipeg from the senior women s singles throne saturday night and Ralph Mccreath of the same club glided to an easy Victory in the men s singles championship event. Together their skill brought the senior Tours championship also went to the Toronto skating club but it was Only an exhibition for Elizabeth Chambers Ruth Hall William Calder and John Milsom proved to be the Only team entered. In Ottawa s Minto club earned two titles. Mrs. Donald Cruikshank and her husband retained their Waltzing pairs title and mrs. Emore Davis and Melville Rogers carried off the 10-step cd Ort. The struggle Between Norah on his heels and they finished nearly neck and neck. Fabyan Mousseau turned on the steam in final two laps and nudged into third. The time was 14 minutes and 59 seconds far below the old powder Horn Standard of set by Marvin Swanson in 1937. Miss Godfrey s record Effort was list As phenomenal. Her time represented probably the fastest three Quarter mile cd cry skated by an intermediate girl. The former Powderhorn Mark set year by Louise Herou was Bob Neuman. Of Winnipeg proved j the male Canadian hero when he j piled up 30 Points in the Junior class to tie for third place with Sullivan Minneapolis. Blanked the first Day Neuman came Back Sun Day with a Strong second in the 880 and third in the one mile. Again Winnipeg lost a skate off. Neuman and Sullivan both fell in the extra 220. And Sullivan was Able to get up first and win. Joe Mcdougall topped he fog Gers senior men with 20 garnered on a second in the one mile. Pc Rolf third John vorhoff was the Lone Winni Peg intermediate to figure in the finals his third in the three Quarter mile saturday giving him 10 Points. John Mahony of St. Thomas col lege took the title in a skate off with Bobby Fitzgerald Minneapolis. Tom Thompson Winnipeg collected 10 Points in the juvenile boys scramble with a third in the 220 Gordon a Cilcy. Of Winnipeg and Ira Godfrey and Ray Brovold skated off for midget honors but the Best Young a Cilcy could do was third. experts conceded the Winnipeg girls an excellent Chance to Mccarthy and Mary Rose Thacker for the women s singles Crown close. A fall marred the Brilliant performance of the purple Clad Champion from Winnipeg during a difficult leaping turn in the free skating i Inal event while miss me Carthy gave a versatile and Al most flawless exhibition of Grace. Eleanor o Meara Toronto pulled into third place with perhaps the most magnificent performance in the free skating though the other two edged her out in the compulsory school figures earlier. Mccreath showed an easy Mastery on the men s singles Field. The confident easy Grace with which he executed the most difficult leaps turns and spins brought him the championship left undefended by Toronto s Montgomery Wilson. Donald Gilchrist also of Toronto skating club placed second edging out Wingate Snaith of the Winter club Montreal who had to be con tent with third ranking. Miss Mccarthy and Mccreath won the senior pairs Crown without difficulty though the new women s singles Champion severely Cut in the leg1 by her partner s skate. The senior pairs proved an All Toronto event. Christine new Sori and Sandy Mckechnie o f Toronto skating club won second place and Eleanor o Meara. And Donald Gilchrist of the same club were third. Ottawa Tan. 22. Pions of the 1940 Canadian figure skating tournament held Here during the week end Fol Low senior women s singles Norah Mccarthy. Toronto. Senior men s singles Ralph Mccreath Toronto. Junior women s singles bar Bara Ann Scott Ottawa. Junior men s singles Denis Ross Ottawa. Junior pairs Shirley Ilal sted and Michael Kirby Toronto. Senior pairs Norah Mccarthy and Ralph Mccreath Toronto. Senior fours Elizabeth Cham Bers Ruth Hall William Calder John Bill san Toronto. Waltzing mrs. Donald Cruikshank and Donald Cruikshank. Ottawa. Ten step mrs. Elm re Davis and Melville Rogers Ottawa. R Kre Vancouver Jan. 22. Racing in British Columbia Wil open at Lansdowne Park Vancou ver june 29, according to the 1940 saturday South Junior Kenora 5. Pollaro North Junior Elmwood 3, . 2. St. James s. St. Boniface 2. Saturday National league americans 1. Toronto 5. International league. Hershey i Cleveland 2 overtime Syracuse 4, Philadelphia 3. Providence 1, Sprinzl ice Indianapolis 0. Phon Burgh 1. American Assoc Iarion Omaha u. Kansas cily 2. Wichita t Jota 11. International Yule 3. Mcgill Dartmouth 1. Toronto 13. Eastern . Amateur River Vale 2, Atlantic City 2 overtime . Alberta senior Edmonton 3. Drumheller 1. Calgary 1, Turner Valley 0. Olds a Coleman 4. Quebec senior Ottawa 4. Cornwall 3, Quebec provincial Verdun 12, Boston 2. Deer Lodge curlers beat civic Carey a in District games Winnipeg four out of six in District matches saturday Nagwak against the civic Caley Deer Lodge boys will play in . Ganong doubles event big Bonspiel opens Al the begin of next month. The Caley i will play in the free the Deer Lodge curlers won All three of the Ico. While they one Al Home won a game while the eff Bird encounter ended in a with Tho Deer Lodge rinks Quebec senior Mont real Poy us 11. Verdun Montreal Concordia 4, Quebec 2. Quebec provincial Valleyfield 2. Boston 2 Vici. Slut Brooke 5. Verdun 4. Luchine -1. Shaw inizian 3. Is hyal mho in. Quebec 4. National la Ugric i Boston 2. Toronto 2, Detroit Chicago 1. Americans 2. American association St. Louis it Kansas City 2 ;