Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 20, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba F Fage 12 Winnipeg free press Friday August 20, 194s see action saturday Elton Hobson Harry Fitzgibbons Ron Vanchek Ernie Ahoff a sport Fame is not fleeting to gentleman Jim a widow by Jack Cuddy British United press sports writer new York Bux mrs Vera Corbett widow of gentle Man wanted to go to babe Ruth s funeral thursday but her physician forbade it because of a recent touch of High blood pres sure. .1 slender White haired Vera wanted to go because she Felt a close Bond of sympathy for widow Claire Ruth. At her Home in suburban Bay Side mrs. Corbett commented upon the tragic coincidence that cancer had claimed the lives of both great leaders James j. Corbett whose technique and Charm had boxing and George Herman Ruth whose Power and personality had revolutionize baseball. Corbett conqueror of John l Sullivan died 15 years ago by the Public has shown no sign o forgetting him she said. Many people believe that the Fame of a sports figure is she continued. But that s not True. I am amazed nearly every Day to find that the memory of my Jim is Al most As fresh in the minds of the Public As it was when he retired from boxing Way Back in 1903 45 years ago. M i m particularly surprised when i go shopping in downtown depart ment stores. When i give Rny name to girl clerks almost invariably ask me if i m related to the Dales capture South Ball title avenging the defeat Hung on them wednesday Rose Dales wasted sout henders out the the Junior baseball league playoffs defeating them 5-1 in the fifth Gams of the Lour out of seven South Nasion final thursday night. The win gave Dales the round four games to one. Former heavyweight Champion. And they re delighted when i Tell them just his widow now who would expect girls of today to know about a Man who boxed half a Century Vera said she could assure mrs. Ruth of one Consolation at least that the memory of the babe would live on forever. Except for the loss of gentle Man life has been Good to mrs. Corbett. She owns a Choice residential Block on Corbett Road in Bayside. The Street which was named after her husband Over looks Little neck Bay on Lon Island sound. Her Home is an attractive col onial 13-room House finished in stucco and Green trimmings. Luxuriant elms and Maples guard it against Sun and wind. Vera s widowed sister mrs. Ada Park Hurst lives with her. As mrs. Corbett talked thurs Day she sat in her parlor where the furniture has been unchanged since feb. 18, 1933 when Jim died. Had the sex Champ lived until sept. 1, he would have been 2. The brisk White haired woman n the dark Tea gown and Diamond earrings appeared far younger than hat As she sat in a straight backed bombers set for Regina Roughieh by Maurice Smith Winnipeg Blue bombers and Regina rough riders tangle in the opening game of the Western inter provincial football schedule sat urday afternoon at Osborne stadium. Usually an inaugural match does not have to be taken too seriously. But the situation is different this year a year which promises to produce the toughest Competition seen on Prairie Gridiron in Many a Day. A win for either Regina or Winnipeg sat urday is going to have a tremendous Psychol Regina Ferguson will be referee of the opening game of the Western football conference Between Retina rough riders and Blue bombers at Winnipeg Satur Day afternoon. The announcement was made by president Clair Warner in Regina thursday. Umpires will be Cliff Roseborough and Paul do acc with Andy Currie the head lines Man. In accordance with the conference arrange ment this season the president has sole author Ity Over officials and teams must accept his selections. Elmwood giants dumped Morse place monarchs 10-1 to take three game Lead in the North division final in another tilt a triple by Fred Dunsmore Pitcher with one on i the eighth followed by another three Bagger by juvenile replace ment Don Lucyk gave Dales the margin of Victory. Dunsmore also paced his team by striking out 1-1 South end batters while spreading five hits. Tw0 singles by Johnny Sand Berg and a hit each by Stu Dun can Tom Johnson and die tougher were the Only South in safeties. In the Elmwood Morse place snatch. Glen Ryan on the giant Mound handcuffed the Monarch tatters striking out 12 while is icing no free passes. Meanwhile two Morse place a curlers lome Benson and Jim Fowler were being blasted for 12 hits by the giant Crew. Neufield topped the Elm batting Parade smashing out free safeties. Ralph Mattson and Zebb each banged out two the Only extra base hit in the place lineup went to Pitcher Enson. Steve Witiuk of Elmwood and Ken vicars of Morse place both to Centre fielders were the Fielding Kotars of the match. J three juvenile catchers were used in the two playoff tilts Ralph in the Elmwood lineup. Bill Kurceba for Morse place and Lucyk. Sout henders it Bose Dales r h e 000 000 10 1 5 2 000 002 3x 5 7 3 Crego Acinas 6 and Sandberg Duns More and Lucyk. Elm oort 202 wl-10 12 0 i Morse place too 000 000 1 5 7 Ryan and Mattson Benson. Fowler s Kurceba. 4 scores Bullseye in Archery counts 9 Points. More honors new York Cap the big fellow with the booming Bat Anc vibrant personality never will be forgotten As Long As baseball is played but already ideas Are being offered to keep baseball fans con tartly aware of what babe Ruth meant to the game. The Paterson . Evening stews proposes that the babe Ruth foundation become America s Mon Ament to the babe and has sent Cheque for i Uoo to j. Paul Carey foundation treasurer to Start the Campaign. The babe Ruth foundation is an organization to Foster and sponsor baseball " among the kids of am Melvin Lowenstein Ruth s Awyer said babe originated the Dea and made the first contrib Ion. The foundation provides funds for Junior baseball and opes to award College scholarships o outstanding players. De Knebel president of the aus a tex., baseball club said he Tould ask minor league president 3eorge Trautman s permission to Onate the proceeds of one Home ame to help Start a babe Ruth Ancer foundation. Ruth died of Ancer last monday. Baltimore which gave Ruth to baseball plans to name its new owl babe Ruth the vast Structure was planned s a memorial to Maryland s dead f two world wars and that plan ill be fulfilled but Ruth s name ill be inscribed at the Entrance. L 48 -17 50 50 53 is 65 67 .550 .528 .50d .473 .520 .300 Boston Brooklyn ust. Louis a e a York 55 Philadelphia 52 in Cincinnati Chicago 4-1 thursday s results Cincinnati 000 000 a 0 w St. Louis 000 330 s 0 Rahns Berrr Burkhalt s and Lam Brecheen and a acc. Pittsburgh 100 001 s 2 Chicago 100 000 s 3 i Scwell and Kluttz Borowy Chambers and of Hurtine Walker 9 Boston at. New York Ppd. Rain Only games scheduled Fri any s tunics Philadelphia at new York Boston at Brooklyn i Pittsburgh at St. Louts Cincinnati at Calcaro american a league .1 or part. Cleveland. 69 42 Philadelphia 6s 4s .596 v Boston 66 46. .589 new York -16 .552 Detroit s3 55 .491 33 66 .394 Washington 44 is .393 _ Chicago 36 74 .337 thursday s results Philadelphia 020 000 440-10 34 1 a Boston 100 010 31 0 Fowler Brissie i St. Louis at Detroit american association w l pet. Indianapolis s7 43 .669 Milwaukee 75 54 5s1 Columbus. 63 61 .527 Oak. The chair matched the table and stiff looking settee across the room from a grand piano. Vera admitted i was younger than but she declined to give her age. There was no How Ever in her recollections of the heavy Romance with Pompadour Tim started in Kansas City in 1s93 when the then heavyweight Champion was appearing at the opera House in. A play called gentleman Vera daughter of a master me chanic in Omaha neb., was visit ing a girl Friend in Kansas City at the time. They went to see a matinee of gentleman in those Days Vera Taylor was r tical effect on the teams and it May Well be the two Points the successful club will pick up will be an important Factor in putting them in the play offs. There is nothing like getting away to a winning Start. It gives a. Team Confidence in itself and makes it that much tougher to beat the next time out. Both Jack West Blue bomber Mentor and general Fred Grant of the Regina club realize this Only too Well with the result it is a foregone conclusion they will be prepared to shoot the works come 2.30 . Saturday. At the moment there is no definite basis on which the two teams bombers and riders can be compared. Therefore one has to turn to their exhibition games against Toronto beaches indians to build up any sort of a Case for either club. If the comparative scores of those two games Are any foundation for passing judg ment it would seem the bombers Are slightly stronger offensively than the roughriders. The Saskatchewan club was unable to score against beaches whereas bombers earned nine Points against likeable Teddy Reeve s outfit. On the other hand beaches scored 12 Points against Winnipeg As against Only one against Regina which would indicate the Regina de Fence is tougher than that of the bombers. This of course is a advantage Only if the Winnipeg defence has not improved since last saturday s game. Talking to Jack West the bomber Mentor believes that his club s defence will be a Little More consistent and smarter than it was a week ago. During the past few Days West has been working strenuously with the defensive guards and tackles Ahoff Irving Evanoff Ceretti and has made a serious Effort to get the individual linemen to play a team defence. West freely admits the bombers Are definitely weaker at one tackle position this year because at the moment there is no one quite capable of filling big Bob Smith s shoes. However he believes it is quite possible that Frederickson nor Vaif Bilski and Mctavish will develop to the Point where the bomber line will be just As Good As it was last year perhaps even slightly better. He is quite Happy about the Backfield. There he figures he has breadth with such capable performers As Don Smith Don Hiney Bob Sandberg Marvin Bergson Norm Geller and Joey Turner. In this connection it is quite Likely that saturday s game will decide whether it is Harold Millon or Frankie Zajac who will be the fifth import to stay with the team. Millon of course is a flee foot but Zajac can play either guard or end and West faces the task of deciding which Man will be most valuable to the team As a whole. Incidentally West announced thursday that Veteran Bill red dog Ceretti would be his assistant line coach for the remainder of the season. Bill has had a wealth of said West. He knows the score completely and he has spirit and fire. He is a Good Here is the bomber line up for saturday ends Zajac Fitzgibbons Veacher Westrum. Middles Lucid Norvack Bilski Frederickson Mctavish. Insides Ahoff Evanoff Irving Ceretti. Centres Daniels Perry. Quarter backs Sandberg Hobson. Flying Wing Foubister Gregory. Halves Hiney m. Berg son Smith Williams Geller Millon. Spare Gardner. If ugly Beautiful blonde As her coloured portraits still disclose. Cor Jett smitten by the blonde in the of during his performance had friends int Nodura them after the matinee at a nearby Tea room. I knew nothing about boxers or foxing but i thought Jim was he or Mest and Man a Ever she explained. And never changed my mind that Day o this. I fell completely in love Vith him. We were married at As Park ., where he she never saw Jim fight Al Hough she watched him in a few exhibitions. She knew he was sex remely Clever and Able because be never was marked up when he Carne Home after fights. I never saw him with even a Black she was with the Corbett family in a san Francisco hotel on the afternoon of March 17, 1s97, when Jim lost the title to Bob Fitzsimmons at Carson City Nev. When they in the 14th round she wept unrestrained Day a a when Jim returned on a Spe Ial train from Carson he came p to the room where we he concluded i Felt very sad Dukes rods go again tonight Windsor Dukes will be out to make it two straight Over radio Oil tonight when the clubs resume their Best of seven game Battle for the senior men s soft Ball league championship. The Dukes salvaged a 2-1 decision in the opener last saturday night. This evening s game starts at 8.00 . The third match will be played saturday also at 8.00 . Manitoba swim races postponed the Manitoba Long distance championship swimming races scheduled for saturday have been postponed to August 28, s. C. Lloyd announced thursday. The races sponsored by the Manitoba Section of the c.a.s.a., will be held in the . The races were postponed to enable Vivian King who has not yet returned from the olympics to participate. Miss King is the Holder of both the Manitoba and West Ern Canada one mile woman s and asked if we could do or him. He grinned and said yes four championships will make give me a smile and a kiss and it me a dish of ice Cream no latter what happened he was ways the same charming Jim. Up the postponed meet. There will be mile races for senior men and women and half mile races for both Junior men and women. Strike threat Clouds soccer London up the men i Short pants and created boots we draw spectators annual for an average wage of a week open the English foot a league s 1948-49 season saturday against a background of growing player discontent. The Campaign Start with a full complement of 4 games involving 22 teams in each of the football league s four divisions. The scottish league started play last saturday. The clubs come to grips substantially unchanged from last season when mighty Arsenal headed thirst division Birmingham topped the second division and the first lace teams in the third division to regional groupings Northern and were Lincoln City and Queens Park rangers respect ively. F v sharing honors with As team of the year was Manchester United which won the football association cup final Over Blackpool. Arsenal was eliminated in the first round of cup play a knockout Competition conducted concurrently with league matches. Saturday s key matches in the first division pit Arsenal against Huddersfield town and Manches thursday s results Columbus 1. St. Paul 6 to Letlo 4. Minneapolis 5 Indianapolis 7. City s Louisville 2, Milwaukee 13 Montreal Newark Toronto Rochester. 63 Syracuse 55 Jersey City 54 Baltimore 43 Newark 3, Baltimore 3 Toronto 2-5. Rochester 1-4 Montreal. 1-3. Buffalo 2-3 Syracuse 1, Jersey City s l 42 46 62 i 63 63 6fi 73 w san Franscisco s3 Oakland los Arif Reles Seattle san Diego Oast a 3d 64 66 73 75 74 is s3 s2. 7s 70 71 Portland. 69 Hollywood 64 Sacramento 5s thursday s i exults Seattle 6. San Diego 5 Oakland 1, los Angeles 3 Hollywood 2. San 6 Sacramento 1, Portland 4 babe Bah s big six g a r h till Lams red 94 342 s6 131 pet. .650 .4fl2 .479 ,43fi .371 pet. .486 .483 .441 pet. .383 Musial. Cards 312 44b 101 170 .3s.1 a indians 107 -.396 s2 144 .36- Mitchell indians 96 406 Plefko cubs dark. Braves runs batted 3 185 .333 100 -3s2 .s7 127 95 363 63 120 .331 n american do a Ngaio Yankees 105 National Leati Musial. Cards 93. Home runs Yankees 26 pirates 31, Philadelphia thumps red sox Mounds men Boston a the torrid pitching new York Yankees to a league game Boston at new York major league races continued their mad Pace thursday with second and third place clubs holding the spotlight As the front runner stood Idle. In the american league Phila Delphia s athletics romped to a 10-3 Victory Over Boston red sox re gaining second place ahead the bostonian. The Triumph put the athletics three games behind Cleveland indians. In the National Loop Harry Brecheen hurled the onrushing St cardinals to a 4-0 shutout Vic tory Over Cincinnati reds with the aging Terry Moore providing most of the batting punch. The Victory Brecheen s sixth in a Row and his 15th of the year against four defeats left the redbirds just two games behind Boston braves and one behind Brooklyn. In the Only other two games played Pittsburgh pirates won 2-1 Over Chicago cubs and right hander Allie Reynolds posted his 12th american league Victory of the season five hits a Triumph Over Washington senators. A third National Terbot Moore was rained out. The red sox used five pitchers in the last three innings in a vain Effort to halt the athletics who drove starter and loser Joe Dobson to cover with a four run burst in the seventh inning. Pete Suder hit his fifth Homer of the season for the a s for two tallies in the second. Terry Moore broke a scoreless deadlock in the fourth inning of the game at St. Louis with his fourth Homer of the year. Then he drove in Erv Dusak and Marty Marion with a single to left in the sixth. Tru Ett Crep Sewell Long a Thorn in the Side of tie cubs scattered eight hits to give the pirates their Victory and sweep of the two game series. It was his eighth of the season and fifth against the cubs. Besides hurling a winning game for the Yankees Reynolds also ignited a six run fourth inning rally that sparked the win. He singled Ter United is. Derby county. Arsenal called the new wine in of bottles club because of its re vitalized veterans again will Rel on seasoned stars like Lauri Scott Ronnie Rooke and Cricket idol Dennis Compton. Manchester United featuring the switch act of Jack Rowle and Jimmy Delaney will find Der by county Tough last year Derby county finished just two Point behind second place Manchester. Buoyed partly by the saturday Holiday or half Day at Tendance boomed in 1947-48" to a record aggregate of More than an increase of More than Over the previous top for league matches. The turn Itile take totalled but behind this glittering facade s the threat of a player strike players Are re ported determined to break what they term the shackles of the football employ ment system. Even a Star Blackpool s Stanley Mortensen is limited to a maximum of weekly. Smith while we Are somewhat Jat we cannot Jet the Opportunity pass to congratulate Friend Scotty Kennedy on the Success of that great Little filly of gift in winning the s10 000 Lon acres Derby at Seattle last sunday. That Triumph brought the earnings of this surprising Mani Toba bred up to for the season to Date. Which is a pretty Omar s Nice pick up when you Slop to that her d gift Cost or. Kennedy a Purchase Price of 37 cents. Victory gift has proved conclusively that she has the stuff w is h Roc race become one of the most successful campaigners Ever bred in this province providing of course she does not run into ill racing Luck. Two of the biggest pols in Cana Dian racing the added Canadian Derby and the invitational Canadian championship Are awaiting her. And it is quite conceivable that she could take hem both. Probably no other sport provides he interesting stories that racing Oes. The Saga of Victory gift from he time she was foaled until to a makes interesting Reading whether you Are a Lover of horse Lesh or not. The Little filly was foaled on the morning of . Day at r. J. Speers Whittier Park Stock farm in St. Boniface. Immediately she was born or. Speers who had sold Victory gift s dam to Kennedy for 37 cents immediately despatched a Cable to him informing Ken Nedy of the arrival of the foal. It reached him in England being delivered just after he came out of the effect s of an operation he had undergone that very Day for a wound in his leg. To say Kennedy was Over oyed at the news is putting it wildly. Immediately an application As forwarded to the new York Ockey club for permission to name filly . Day. That. Name however had been reserved for n Reeder in United states. But second Choice. Victory gift was cd cited. Actually it. Was a More suitable name As Victory gift s rth coincided with the Victory the United nations sealed on the Day of or arrival on this earthly scene Hile combining to take in the half of her dam s name Ift. While s owner Kennedy i Over a mile. Provided Ith i thrill when fhe won the a in Nippy futurity n few years Aco. Ken Cdv says i was Noi Whir compared to the kick he Sot when Victory Girt went to the Post for he first after he when we talked to him this week sri was bred by to out of my is Alt win Ning Marc Omar s gift and 1 watched her develop from the time i came Back from overseas. As nil breeders can Tell you there is no thing like the Clay when one of your own babies finally to the Post and proves to be a run Victory gift for which Kennedy refused an offer of before she Ever went to the races is by the imported fair Monral. Now stand nor at r. J. Speers Carberry ranch while her Dame Omar s is out of blow Torch also at the Speers establishment. Omar s gift by the Way. Is now in foal to gala hour the stud which r. J. Speers bought from the Amous jockey Johnny Logsden. La hour is a full brother to loops or. N Winner of the Ken Derby. O a 11 Sideli wins for aussies Brookline mass. Little Billy new member of the australian Davis cup Tennis team. Thursday practically knocked Czechoslovakia out of the inter zone finals by defeating its Ace performer. Joroslav Drobny g-3 6-2, fl-11, 14-12. Previously Adrian quist Tho australian Captain won the open singles match from Vladimir during the time that elapsed Cernik. S-2, 13-11 6-0 Hile Kennedy was convalescing in club sunday the final round of the Winnie Canoe club Golf championship Competition will be played Sun May. The draw follows s-30 d. Bank. E. Ohn Brown. 8.42 e. Rumbelow. S1s d. Okay. With the bases loaded and two out to Send Home the first two runs of the Frame. S.54 Colin Babcock. 9.00 Joe has. Macrae. B.06 Gerry Frank Erh Richards. Fl.12 Bill Ihn Mcwilliams. 9.is Don Instone. Dick Russ my 8.36 Ken ice tar. Orrile Baker Harry 9.4s h. Gannon. 9.54 Jack Boa. Croft. 30.00 los Evans. 10.06 John Rutherford. 10.12 Fred Jim Walker. England until he returned to can Ada r. J. Speers kept him in formed As to the Progress of the foal. In i he Spring of 19 Jug Kennedy who won the military medal for bravery in action arrived Back in Winnipeg. Or. Speers who at thai time was taking things easy due to heart trouble met. Scoty an hour after is had been Back in the City. Immediately he drove him out to see Victory gift now a yearling and running around the infield at Whittier Park under the watchful eyes of the Veteran Trainer Andy Robinson. It of fall Victory gift was a turned Over to another War it was he who broke her. The filly showed that she had Promise but never displayed the blazing Speed of her Mother Over Short distance. In the Spring of Ler 2-year-old year. Victory gift showed up very Good in training but finished up the track in her Lirosi starts. On being shipped a Vancouver she found her racing Drobny rated tie Europe s top player was unable to control his left handed Nir Okes and his wild Ness was costly against the steady youngster from Down two matches Down the czechs will be eliminated if they fail in Friday s doubles match. Quist said the australian tandem will be Geoff Brown and Colin Long who has been nursing a this cd Unkle against. Drobny and Cernik. Cali aliens give details of tour Montreal Montreal Jana Diens of the National hockey e i r u a announced thursday a schedule of 11 exhibition games hat will include a trip to Western Canada Early in october. The squad will Start training it St. Hyacinthe sept. 15 for 10-Day period. Exhibit inn Latr a include oct. Canadians is. Unm Nier opponents probably St. Paul at. Winnipeg. Oct. To. 1 is. In in. 2 Ai Region. I 5-canadiens to. 1 is. Ca Odiens to. 2 at Moose jaw. I of. Regina Penis at or girl. Oct. Winnipeg All stars Ai Winnipeg. Oct. Is. Unnamed opponents at. Port Arthur ont. Legs. And finished second . Futurity at. That time she was having trouble with one of her Knees. This trouble continued to bother her and after being second in the Winnipeg futurity to mar Bend she was retired for the season. Last november the filly had an operation on her bad knee which proved successful while during the Idle Winter months she grew and gained in weight so that now she is As Fine a 3-year-old As you would care to look at. Victor. Imes this it of the Money. She was return Carlson nine for Karl d s Winner five times and and gave up three hits. Tree times. She has shown Jones played outstanding ability to get Over a distance of Bill in the Battle ends in tie Karl Grey and fort Garry to a lie in a Bantam baseball league game wednesday. St Ley on the Mound for fort gift has started Eire Legarry limited his rival to Only one is year and has never while striking out 17. J. 10 is John Mobberley Richardson. 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