Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 23, 1945, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fourteen Winnipeg , monday april 23, 1945 Leafs win Ike s near title babe Pratt scores winning goal in deciding contest 23. A spectacular fashion Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley cup and the world s professional hockey championship sunday night by defeating Detroit wings 2-1 in the seventh game of the eight Point final series before fans who constituted the largest hockey crowd in Detroit history. Walter babe Pratt broke up a tensely waged struggle at of the third period by sliding a rebound past goalie Harry Lumley from Point Blank Range. Stanley cup winners the tally came fewer than four minutes after wings battling grimly to annul a 1-0 Lead which Leafs erected Early in the first Jeriod on Mel Hill s goal tied the count 1-1 Murray Armstrong blasted Flash Hollett s rebound into the to Ronto net. The hysterical crowd was still celebrating the goal when Pratt scored 19 seconds after Veteran Syd Howe of red wings went to the penalty Box for High sticking Gus Bodnar. Leafs dominated play in the first two periods just As they did Satur Day night in Toronto when Detroit won the sixth game of the series 1-0 on Eddie Bruneteau s goal at 14.15 of the first sudden death Over tire period. The saturday win gave wings three straight victories two of them shutouts compared with the successive shutouts goalie Frank Mccool recorded As Leafs won the first three games of the series. Victory it was the sixth Victory for a to Ronto team in the Stanley cup final since lord Stanley Preston then governor general of Canada donated the cup in 1893, and their second straight Triumph in the Fin als Over Detroit since 1942. In that season Leafs lost the first three games and then surged Back to win four straight for the cup. Detroit eliminated Toronto in a Semi final playoff in 1942-43 and injury list Detroit april 23. The injury list among the to Ronto Maple Leafs who won the Stanley cup sunday night by defeating Detroit red wines 2-1 lome Groin. Ted Kennedy injured and shoulder. Nick knee. Gus knee. Reg Groin. Sweeney Schriner injured thumb and Charley horse. Have six other players who play regularly won the fourth and fifth on third period goals and won the sixth in overtime. After Armstrong s goal in the third period sunday night the fans looked for a repetition but fewer than six minutes the opening period. Hill hammering in a rebound from eight feet after Ted Kennedy s shot. Armstrong scored on a 12-footer into an empty net after Mccool had been drawn out of position on Hollett s shot. The Victory climaxed a stubborn third place in the regular standings Well behind Detroit and Montreal canadians the Short staffed Leafs Defeated canadians in six games to qualify for the finals against to the Stanley cup and its compan Ion piece for the runner up the o Brien cup were presented at Centre ice in Post game ceremonies Square series Toronto april 23. Red wings almost overplayed a Pat hand saturday. They won the vital sixth game of the Stanley cup finals 1-0 before fans in Maple Leaf gardens but they waited until of the first sudden death overtime period before Blond Eddie Bruneteau fired the shot which felled Toronto Maple Leafs and sent the eight Point series into a seventh game at Detroit Sun the end came with startling Sud Denness. Leafs seemed about to develop a drive from deep in their own zone after an apparently harm less Detroit thrust when the puck skittered off the backboards to the right of the net. There want a Toronto player near goal of the Stan at the Ley aces. .2.20 for Mccool Morris. Pratt. Ken Nert i ill Aii Flynn. . D. Metz. A. Turkson. Is a Nwaki. N. Metz. Schriner Seibert. H. Jackson. Brunc Tau. Mcatic. J Jug a or Nis club Tarsi ii vim . E. Bruneteau. Lindsay. Ith Ralph Neves up finished m Carveth. Howe. Purpur. Liscombe. Hoi q Nufi of a second Bill Chadwick Linesman to Loans at Neil reduced rates Are now prof Este with life insurance at Campbell finance. You can get and make 12 payments of Only with life insurance Protection at no extra Cost. More lenient terms allow 20 months on or More and 24 months Over on any of Campbell s babe Pratt the pay off Man summary first Toronto. Hill Ken 5.38. Second none. Penal Purpur. Third Detroit. Armstrong Hollett 8.ib 3. Toronto. Pratt n saturday game Seibert. H. Jackson ate Quackenbush Purpur. Pratt Morris Ken Schriner. Bodnar. N. Metz Stanowsky a Jackson d. Metz. Kingl Clancy ref Eree Leo Gravelle. Montreal. And Sammy Babcock. New York linesmen. Sum Mary none. Pratt. M. Bruneteau. Second period scoring none. Pen third period scoring none. Penal overtime first 20-minute Detroit e. . 14.15. None. An t an easy shot says babe Detroit april 23. Mighty Happy i guess that s All i can said Clarence Hap Day holders of the Stanley cup since it was donated in 1b93 by Stanley of Preston the of Canada follow . . Victorias. Victorias. Victorias. Victorias. Victorias. Shamrocks. Victorias. . Silver seven. Silver seven. Silver Sevan. Thistles. Wanderers. Wanderers. Senators. Wanderers. Senators. Bulldogs. Bulldogs. Millionaires i canadians. Metropolitan. Arenas. Winner. Senators. Senators. St. Patricks. Senators. Cougars. Maroons. Senators. York hangers. Brutes. Canadians. Canadians. Maple Leafs. York rangers. Black Hawks. Maroons. Red wings. Red wings. Black Hawks. Bruins. York rangers. Bruins. Mayle Leafs. Red wings. Canadians. Maple Leafs. Final series Between Montreal canadians and Seattle was halted by epidemic of influenza. Sass a hardest games i Ever declared defence Man Elwyn Morris of the Leafs who had the game from on me to draw that Morris moaned but it did t Hurt us. It gave us a Chance to Clear the puck Down the ice and protect that Morris served his penalty for hooking Syd Howe Veteran Detroit e was e Bruneteau. For third was the chilean horse from a slight Anglene Loose . In after two were out m Mai. I 12-Foofdrive which caught the a record crowd officially an the Yankees scored 1hree far Corner As goalie Frank Mccool bounced As unearned runs off dutch Leonard moved too St. Louls. April 23. Gff9 winning the same race the track was Good. The other eight in this order sickle toy Argentine bred Samb Rombon nip sickle Uei ence Emu Aca. Recognize was scratched. Calgary wins title Edmonton april 23. Cal holds the Junior mens the Southern Alberta club 32-17 in the first game in the two game total Points series at Calgary couple of weeks ago came Back _ our ugly saturday might to whip de Frank Turik he scored three Joe sees Victory tonight by Alan Harvey Canadian. Press staff writer Toronto april 23. Joe Pri Rheau makes no Bones about confident Toronto of. Michael s College majors will take their Junior hockey championship series against Moose jaw canucks in five games. Well wrap it up monday he said saturday As majors celebrated a 4-3 Victory which gave them a 3-1 Lead in the Best of seven series for the memorial cup last won by St. Mike s in 1933-34. There was no rejoicing in the Moose jaw dressing room. Coach Roy Bentley bemoaned the misfortune which has Cost canucks the services of Doug Toole and left Frank Ashworth and Dick Butler members of the starting Forward line in anything but Good Toole and Ashworth Are recover ing from Charley horses while Butler has strained Back ligaments. " you can Tell Dick and Frank Aren t right out said Bent Ley but we could have and should have he said just Plain hard Luck prevented canucks from scoring in the feverish third period drive. It was the old scored and we could t. It s pretty hard to National league saturday games Brooklyn 2. New York 3. Chicago 4. Pittsburgh 3. Cincinnati 2. St. Louis 3. Boston it Philadelphia postponed. Sunday games Brooklyn 3. New York 1. Boston 3. G Philadelphia 2. 7. American league saturday games Philadelphia 8, Boston 2. New York 1. Washington 2. Cleveland 2. Detroit. 3. St. Louis at Chicago postponed. Sunday games new York 5. Washington 2. Philadelphia 6. Boston 1. Cleveland 3. Detroit 6. St. Louis 3. 4 Chicago 4. 5. American association saturday games Louisville i. Columbus 7. Kansas City 2. Minneapolis 4. Milwaukee at St. Paul postponed. Indianapolis at Toledo postponed. Sunday games Louisville 6, 3 Columbus 1. 0. Indianapolis 6. 1 Toledo 4. 0. Milwaukee at St. Paul postponed. Kansas City at Minneapolis postponed International league saturday games All carries postponed. Sunday games Montreal 9, 4 Syracuse 4, 2. Buffalo 4. 8 Baltimore 5. 11. Toronto 8. 5 Jersey City 9, 7. Rochester 10. 6 Newark 2, 4. Pacific coast league saturday games san die Flo 3. Los Angeles 5. Sacramento 6. San Francisco 3. Oakland 2. Seattle 6. Hollywood 1. Portland 2. Sunday games Oakland 3, 3 Seattle 1. 2. Hollywood 1, 10 Portland 16. 2. San Diego 12. 9 los Angeles 1. Sacramento 5 5 san botox have yet to gain Victory Boston april 23. Red sox were Able to fashion Only five hits and one run off Russ Christopher sunday and lost their sixth straight game of the american league season 6-1, to the athletics. The sox have yet to win a game. The single tally was the first off the a s hurler this year As he shut out the senators last week in a 12-inning contest. Christopher probable would have had a shutout except that he hit Catcher Holm in the sixth inning with two out. Rex Cecil sox starter singled to Centre Field pushing Holm along and then the latter scored on Skeeter Newsome s Texas leaguer. Cleared to was t an even though he was just three feet from the goal crease. I had to get it under him Detroit goalie Harry but it got in the Detroit dressing room the red wings were obviously Dis appointed but hardly morose Over their defeat. Detroit manager Jack Adams was t Hunting an Alibi when he said. We lost mud Bruneteau. It Hurt Bruneteau missed the last two periods because of an Arm injury but it was not believed serious. Gay Dalton again , tipi ii j Mexico City april 23. Three unearned runs. In the first heavily favored Gay Dalton Breez inning enabled new York Yankees de past famous Victory near the to defeat Washington senators 5-2, finish to win the added giving amen can .1 to _ t a i of he Al Chicago april 23. White sox won their fourth Ana fifth straight games sunday As they Defeated Champion St. Louis Browns-4-3 and 5-3 before american league pitched eight hit Ball to win the. Opener and Arval Grove allowed a like number in besting Sig Jakucki in the Nightcap. Detroit april 23. A in i loosely played game involving four Cleveland errors Detroit tigers Defeated indians 6-3 sunday As Pitcher Paul Trout recorded his second Vic tory of the american league season. Three of the Cleveland blows were bunched in the sixth after two were out for two runs. The tigers counted twice in the first inning on a walk two hits and an error and twice in the eight on two passes Don Ross s single and a. Wild throw Washington april 23. A american league w Chicago 5 new York 5 Detroit 4 Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 1 St. Louis 1 Boston finish to win the a ecu giving the Xan sees uie Handicap de Las americas by a league series two games to one. Length sunday. Six lengths behind Hank Borowy limited the Sena tors to three hits. After two were out in the first Louis april 23. Frankie Dasso gained two decisions of for Cincinnati reds sunday As the s2.2u. And reds split a National league double. Across the Board header with the world Champion fat. Victory former Greentree Louis cardinals Dasso was the horse paid for place losing Pitcher in the first game horse Pakit win 2_q and was packing-130 pounds the Winner in the Nightcap which closest rival and the reds won. 9-7 in 10 innings. In Dasso hurled Only one inning the Irish Rel Rel a Nevis up in ii Luicel Jujj 2 06 2-5 or four fifths of a second ninth when he went to the Relief slower than the record he set in of Veteran Hod Lisenbee but the the same race last year. Reds won the game in the 10th and he track was Good. The former Pacific coast league the other eight horses finished strikeout King got the nod. C. April 23. A a three run rally in the sixth inning Ore _ three run Rany 0-11 me Ozawa soldiers Cap Broad Grin Kaopua Chicago cubs a 5-2 win Over defence and chilean bred Jasten pirates sunday and a wac _ 11 4. Clean sweep of the first National league doubleheader of the season _. _ took the con. Speil i Rune with Dinges raced Home with to the. Pinales i dog Marker. Man aboard put the l. 0 1 2 3 new boric Chicago 5t. Ixia is Cincinnati Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Nat Jenaii league w l dlr 5 2 pet. 1.000 .883 .667 .607 .200 .167 00. Put. .714 .607 .600 .500 .500 .429 .333 .280 Turik sets Pace when Irish win Toronto april 23. Powerhouse drive that reached a Climax in the second period saturday gave Toronto St. Michael s College majors a 4-3 Victory Over Moose jaw canucks in the important fourth game of the Best of seven final series for the memorial cup and Dominion Junior hockey Champion ship. Majors Lead the series 3-1. Springing to life late in the first period after canucks had slammed Home two Early goals coach Joe Primeau s Eastern Canada Cham pions chopped the Lead to half be fore the rest period then moved to within a. Game of their third National title since 1934 with a three goal onslaught in the Middle session. Victory in tonight s fifth meeting would give them the cup. Canucks electrified the paid customers with a determined third period attack that reached its height in a torrid two minute stretch while Tod Sloan served a holding penalty for St. Mike s and petered out after canucks missed at least five shots from Point Blank Range. Centre Frank Turik Veteran of last year s Trail smoke eaters who sparked the St. Mike s offensive with three goals set the Irish Mach Ine in motion when he Sank a pass from Bob Gray after Jackie Wilder and Ralph Nattrass had scored for canucks. Majors struck swiftly in the second. Big Jim Thomson broke through the Moose jaw defence after a rink length dash fired at goalie Bev Bentley As he crossed in front of the goal and Slid his own rebound into the net while lying on the ice. Turik added the others from close Range one on a pass from Joe Sadler and the other on a Solo Effort. Outplayed in the period the Western Canada representatives summoned sufficient strength to score once a brilliantly executed manoeuvre completed by Lou Bauck after metro Prystal and Paddy Ryan Drew the Toronto defence out of position. Six of the game s penalties two of which were majors to Nattrass and Sadler for fighting were drawn by St. Mike s. Five in the second period. 9. 12 lineups Moose jaw Bentley Nattrass Belbin Pryslak Miller Hauck r. Hughes Heads Heather curlers Ray Hughes was unanimously elected president of the Heather Curling club at the annual meeting which was held Friday night at the rink with the largest attendance of recent years. Harvey Axford was elected first vice president and Bill Thorogood second vice president. Sid Hender son was again named Secretary of the club for his eighth consecutive year. Jimmy Allan was appointed treasurer. Or. R. L. Howden is honorary president. The executive consists of Ossie Graham. J. Okerholm e. R. Kroehs Ujj -1 Ler. Jimmy Gibson. R. Fibiger. Jock Ruul Hutchison. K. Mathieson. Bee car-1 son m. Reyes. H. Ridley v. Kirk past presidents will banquet on wednesday the 18th annual meeting and banquet of the past presidents association of the Manitoba Curling clubs will be held at the Marl Borough hotel at 6.15 p.m., on wednesday. All members and their friends Are invited. Tickets can be obtained from Secretary a. E. Gods Mark or at the hotel. Presiden m. Mills is expecting a Larse Atten dance sees Bola comeback Hamilton ont., april 23 ;