Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Pag918 Winnipeg free press wednesday. August 17, 1949 Greys Blank year in and year out no other province in the Dominion Senc quite As Many players into the ranks of professional hockey a i Manitoba. We Haven t looked through the record Book of lat but the list is definitely a Long an illustrious one. Undoubtedly one of the Best in the last 15 years was the husky French Canadian Modere mud Bruneteau who for 1 years patrolled right Wing for Detroit red wings a native of St. Boniface who played his last Amateur Hocke for the Falcons of the old senior league mud has been spending the summer months Here with his wife and three children. W ran into him yesterday in the company of Tom Casey. Bruneteau s glittering career As a player ended three year ago. Since that time he has been coaching Omaha of the unite states professional league a farm club of Detroit. And according to reports he is making just As big a name for himself As Mastermind As he did when he was potting More than his Shar of goals for the wings. As a matter of fact he could be coaching i Indianapolis had he so desired but he requested to remain in Omaha when the Detroit front office sounded him out on the move a year or so ago. A a Bruneteau tells us he gets almost As much enjoyment out of his present Job As he Slid playing hockey. You he said there s a lot of satisfaction to be had in developing a Young hockey player and that s my Job in a a of course. Mud probably does t get quite As much thrill i turning out puck machinery As he did that night when he score the Only goal in the longest hockey game on record 176 min utes 30 seconds. It was in the season of 1936 in the Stanley cup Semi finals against Montreal maroons. Bruneteau fired the win Ning counter into the net at 16.30 of the sixth overtime period after taking a pass from Hec Kilrea. The match ended at 2.25 . Detroit eventually beat maroons and went on to win the Stanley cup. In this connection Bruneteau recalls a humorous Little Story. The year 1936 was a great one for the City of Detroi in the world of sport. The tigers won the baseball championship of the world Joe Louis became heavyweight Champion of the world while Detroit Lions were the Best in the Field of football a Victory dinner was tendered to Detroit s champions Anc for some reason probably because he broke up that gruelling hockey match against maroons Bruneteau was chosen to speak at the banquet on behalf of the red wings hockey club. When coach and manager Jack Adams told Bruneteau h would have to say a few words mud almost threw a fit. But i Don t know what to mud protested. Besides if i have to get to my feet in front of a big crowd of people i la faint. I just won t do he told Adams. Answered Jolly Jack it la Cost you 5100 Bucks Fine if you Don Bruneteau knew Adams would make the Fine stick so he meekly consented to speak at the gathering. Came time for Bruneteau to address the crowd which had massed to pay homage to their champions. Mud was introduced to the Assembly. He Rose slowly to his feet gulped slightly and then in the fastest of French spoke for about three minutes. Few in the crowd knew what i was talking said mud. Most of them just sat there with a Blank look on their 1 faces. But Bruneteau recalled laughingly the next Day the i papers gave me the headlines for a speech that nobody under stood. In his years the wings Bruneteau saw a lot of Good hockey players come and go. For his Money the Best to Wear Detroit livery during his 13 seasons with the club were Thompson goal Ebbie Goodfellow and Jack Stewart de Fence Larry Aurie right Wing Marty Barry Centre Herb Lewis left Wing. A pretty nifty team Don t you think As coach of the Omaha club today Bruneteau is quite Happy. He has no regrets on having chosen hockey As a career. The game has been Good to he said and i would recommend it to any Young fellow. If a boy wants to save his Moycey he can build up quite a. Nest egg even if he never gets out of the minor by Ted Bowles Brandon Greys completed their ast Winnipeg stand of the Mani Oba senior baseball league sche Dule in the same fashion As they started the Campaign with s. Vic tory. Tuesday Elmwood giants were the victims when they bowed 3-0 before fans under the lights at Osborne stadium. A pair of coloured performers Dirk Gibbons of Brandon and Amos Watson of the giants hooked up in what turned out to be tight pitchers Duel. Both went the route on the Mound and both allowed six scattered hits the first Frame being the Only time that either team banged out. More than one hit each squad getting two. The Greys opened the scoring in the first inning with a Singleton made it 2-0 in the fourth and added the last run in the fifth. Gibbons was never steadier for Brandon. All six hits he gave up were singles most of them in the infield while he failed to Issue a free ticket to first Watson worked hard and pitched Nice Ball but three of the hits he gave up were for extra bases. He walked three and struck out seven. Apart from the hurlers Steve Clarke in the Grey s right Field pasture stole the show. In the seventh inning and again m the eighth he pulled off spectacular plays. In the seventh inning he run in to the amphitheatre Wall in. Pulling Down Eddie Leier s Long drive and then in the eighth was the key Man in the Only double he hauled in Dick Roche s bid for a base Knock on the run and fired the Ball to first base to catch Marshall Boney Flat footed hustling to the initial sack. Coney Williams Brilliant bran Don shortstop was credited with the big triple blow to of the fixture a when he attempted a shoe string catch and rolled All the Way to the Centre Field stands. Rafe Cabrera and Armando Vas Quez each poled out a double Cabrera s bouncing off the left Field while Vasquez went to deep Centre. Despite the five errors four to Elmwood and one to game was Well played and a crowd please from Flag to finish. The Heads up Ball of the defending team when runners were on base left Little to be desired. No less than seven men were nipped on the paths in one Way or another the Greys picked off four giants and the giants three Greys. The huge crowd a near sellout was the largest of the current senior season. Elmwood will play their next game Friday evening when they tackle vets in the first playoff starting line up Here is the Way Winnipeg Blue bombers first team will prob ably line up tonight when the Blue and Gold take on Hamil ton tigers in an exhibition game the first of two scheduled in Eastern Canada. They play Argos in Toronto saturday. Front Row left to right Elton Hobson Bill Clawson Al pass Man. Bud Irving Wally Edwards Mike Kissell Gerry Deleeuw Ron Vaccher quart Erback Johnny Gardiner. Back Field John Florence Bob Don Smith. Tettamanti e sprinters i Jim Tettamanti once again prov d a potent Force in Manitoba cycling circles sunday narrowly doing the sensational newcomer ill Bullman in the final of the 00 metre sprint races. Bill Sim and Ray Dowse came Hird and fourth. In the 1000 metre time trials a Dowse another1 promising pro finished in the excellent time f one minute 16.9 seconds. Tet Amanti and Erick Oland tied for second at fourth position ent to Ron Marat with Art bar or fifth. One of the Day s features was be upset of Veteran Erick Oland i the second heat of the sprint vents by Bill Bullman. Coming of behind in a final burst Bull an urged his wheel Over the Nish line inches ahead of Oland. Second in this series of races re scheduled for sunday 8.30 . T the same locale Mcgilvray Boulevard. Braves Mentor accepts leave of absence Side times bitty South Worth Boston Cap Billy South Worth manager of the defending league Champion Boston braves tuesday night accepted a leave of absence for the rest of the season because of poor health. Announcement of Southworth s temporary withdrawal As Leader of the braves was made by president Lou Perini just before the Start of tuesday night s game with the third place new York giants. Perini said the team will be handled for the rest of the season by coach Johnny Cooney 48-year old Veteran National leaguer and one time braves Pitcher. Southworth his wife and Daugh Ter left for their Sunbury Ohio Home before the Perini announce ment. W w the braves Perini said believe it will be better to have a healthy Billy South Worth managing tie braves in the Spring than to have him so tax his physique and nerves now that he might not Ever recover he said Southworth will meet with club officials and coaches after the season ends to plan for 1950. The braves announcement said Southworth has been unable to sleep Well and has been eating irregularly and has been worried that his poor health might endanger the club s chances. He accepted Perini s proposal of a leave of absence and took off from Boston two hours before the braves called a press Confer ence to announce the change. Perini and general manager John Quinn expressed opinion that in insisting on Southworth s leave of absence they Are stacking six weeks of the 1949 season against Many years in the future and that in the braves plans for coming seasons this is a worthwhile move. The braves owners and general manager said they made their decision not merely by the desire to help plan for the club s future but. Much More so. To pro vide for the health and Well being of the Man who has contributed so much to the Success enjoyed by the braves in recent Billy who last year guided the tribe into their first National Lea gue Pennant in 34 years is expected to son his tribal regalia again next March at Spring train ing Quinn said. Southworth s present contract signed in 1947, has Lohree years to run at a reported annual salary of the braves tuesday night were in fourth place games behind the league leaders and a game and a half behind the new York giants. The 1949 season thus far has been disappointing to braves fans As their favourites stumbled in their efforts to repeat the 194s championship. As the team continued to lose ground in the Pennant race rumours spread of Dissen Sion among the defending champions. At the Start of the season a Boston newspaper age All in 4-0 win in Colvin who packs a Load of int m either foot was sure on the beam at Wesley Park tuesday night. The husky Centre Forward of fort Rouge legion smacked Home four goals while his team was blanking St. James legion 4-0. The defeat for the saints who have not been going very Well this season just about eliminates them in the race for a play off berth in the senior soccer championship. Colvin smacked Home two goals Billy Southworth columnist charged the players resented what the writer claimed was Southworth s habit of taking full credit for Winn ing the Pennant in 1948. That storm died Down As the season progressed but new reports of jealousy grew As the braves slipped further of the leaders. Southworth came to the braves from the St. Louis cardinals in 1945. He was signed during the Winter after both the braves and Billy obtained permission from the cards to discuss terms. The second year Billy the kid managed the he drove them from the second division into a third place berth. Last year he brought them to the top with a team Many experts claimed was t Good enough to do in the first half and added More in the second stanza. Two by Bob Enro Ute to Tidence strikes a High note As the Blue bombers head for their was Ern exhibition games. Everyone is taking it for granted the Clu will not have much trouble wit tigers but As for argonauts a though they respect the club which has proven a hard Rock to from the path of Winnipeg team in the past definitely do not Fea them. The reason for the latter is most simple one. Few players o his year s outfit have met the double Blue and something to Don t know can t Hurt you. The rookies Are full of enthusiasm an imports Mike Kissell Wally Edwards Bill Clawson and Johnn Ardiner Are eager to get a punches in at such Argo notable As Joe Krol Royal Copeland fre 3oty, Etc. Coaches Frank and Cam Doherty have been Tak ing the team As separate units centres Aird guards tackles ends quarterbacks and backs and briefing them on of Fame strategy making sure All plays Are Well fixed in each player s mind. As always happens on these trips a few Fellows gather around Anc tart talking about the old Days the subject of a gab est Between Harry Fitz Biggins Paul Frederick Ion Jim Foubister Elton Hob on Ron Vaccher and Mike Cham Vas coaches. We found out a thin about some prominent coaches tha have appeared on the Winnipeg Gridiron scene. Colourful Greg a iat and the Way he handled is aul s College clubs in pre a ays were predominant in Harr ind Paul s memories like the Day St. Paul s walloped Paniel Mclntyre heavy favorite or the Manitoba High school title 4-10 and someone asked Kaba that he thought of the club there in t a Ball player in the he replied. Then the time that a tackle tumbled on a Sleeper play and Al Hough the crusaders won by margin Kabat was t satisfied baseball Coset sales at River Heights Inwood at Morse place 6.-4.1 . Or Rater Winnipeg senior St. Tames Boniface Selkirk at Transcona 6.4 m. Soi tall greater Winnipeg senior girls s St. Boniface. Osborne stadium at s commercial girls Dannies is Reddy s Seln Ibone school grounds 7.13 . Lacrosse juvenile West end memorials at Elm. Ood 7.30 . Bantam a Elmwood at orioles Deer Klee at Margoes 7.30 . Golf Manitoba Amateur opens at Lakwa. Seady to go Vancouver b.c., bup Warrior Dado Marino need training tuesday for his thursday night fight with Stan Almond of Vancouver. The 10-round Bantam bout Wil e Marino s second in Vancouver arriving in Canada three i weeks ago from Hawaii. J scores of Young Ball players with plenty of ability and thoughts of cavorting on big league diamonds Are expected to flock to Osborne stadium monday tuesday and wednesday next week to and try to catch the Eye of George Sislerjr. Sisler is in charge of the St. L Ouis cardinals baseball school which will operate the first three Days of the week. With Sisler will be two other men in the know when it comes to baseball. The school is being sponsored by the Winnipeg free press in an Effort to give the younger players a Chance to make a name for them sek is in sport. Joining the school has been made easier this year. Last year applications had to be filed. This time no such form is necessary. All a candidate has to do us put in an appear Ance at Osborne stadium. Naturally there must be restrictions and therefore Only lads from 17 to .23 years of age will be taken into the school. Out of players Are Welcome to attend. Game. Kabat i fori pretty Young lady walked past the immediately following players and into the i College. Naturally the boys being was loaded with Iricks in their teens fell victim to a i icel Uneita jell victim to a like the two mentioned above but natural instinct and let out with prob Abl the one that Sticks out the Wolf Call. Kabat did t say memory of Harry much at the time but he Kep Fitz Gibons was a time when it the team on the Field past the was raining cats and dogs and a usual time and drove them harder As the rain became heavier. Naturally the team which had no been Defeated wondered what was the score. As they dragged themselves of the Field Rabat growled that l teach you Guys not to whistle a every woman that the pretty Young lady was mrs. Greg Kabat. Pickin up num her of the Blue bomber executive past and present at the train to see the club u. Chipman past president Sam , Leo Simmonds Henry Borger Bert Oja George Goodrick. Johnny Myers were a few Mike Kissel jus wants to hit Joe Krol just Bob Sandberg s out to keep his supremacy Over Krol Bob out shone or. Football badly in the 1947 final or. Nose Mike Cham was a last minute addition to the Vaccher is a pretty Good teacher showed us How to play double solitaire and we wound up paying for the drinks Scotty Thompson is hav no a Holiday this trip nobody Las fallen while the train is lurch ing and therefore no injured ankle Cholakis says the club is oing to run Argos into the ground Well aussies meet yanks australian Tennis Star Billy Sid right gains another Point for his Homeland in intervene cup play new York s Westchester country club As he makes placement shot against Italy s Giovanni Cacelli during a ing r 3-0. The australians will meet the . In a five match series aug 26-28 Transcona railroaders moved ahead 4-0 in the first inning to cruise to 7-5 Victory Over . Blues in a seven inning greater Winnipeg senior baseball league game monday night St. James toppling Selkirk legion 7-5 n a second contest. Ray to Klel ripped into the Pill for a double and triple for the railroaders Paul Martin and Nick Ollowa picking up a pair of one baggers each. Gordon Macneil with a double and single Catcher Frank Yahiro Vith a three Sacker kept . N the game bolstering a four run rally in the fifth Frame that gave them a Short lived Lead. Pitcher Hank Larocque of trans Cona made a diving catch Joe line drive in. The fourth win inning viewing for honors with team mate Cal Gardner. Cal made a Gionfriddo shag to Rob Stan Shaley stretching Over the Fence to pull the Pellet. St. James was behind 4-0 when they made their five run bid in the sixth inning to usurp Sel Kirk s hard fought Lead Bruce Pell pitched the Jimmy win Terry Porteus backing it with a double and two. Singles. Stan Craig with a triple and single Joe Goodman with a double and single arid Bill Crocker with a double paced St. James. Transcona . Larocque. Guest Rizzuto Guly Yahiro. 400 001 7 10 2 010 040 and Selkirk St. James Blacquere Kanuga s and 003 001 582 000 005 7 11 2 Peterson and Sloan Pell and Crocker. Being said about Orest Yak Mischuk much Hamilton Rookie tackle thinks the a great time East Fot approached "yak1 the Day bombers boarded the train late though shows How much they need tackles said Stewart of the car has been helpful in obtaining de sired information about where we can Send wires Kissel turned in a 2s hand in four handed fair ing with Bob Sandberg Bill claw son and Wally Edwards at the time. Cricket scores London Reuters results of county Cricket matches at close of play tuesday follow at lords Middlesex Defeated Worcestershire by five wickets Worcestershire 160 and 284 Middlesex 2ss and 137 for Ive. At Southend Essex Defeated Sussex y seven wickets Sussex 384 and 3ss Essex 433 and 142 for three. At Cheltenham Gloucestershire Drew Vith Glamorgan Gloucestershire 340 and so for eight declared Glamorgan 170 and so for three. At Manchester Lancashire Defeated Surrey by 295 runs Lancashire 2so and for eight declared Surrey 128 Anil 100. At Northampton Northamptonshire de rated Nottinghamshire by an innings and 3 runs Northamptonshire 351 nothing a Shire 161 and 177. At Weston super Mare Somerset de rated Kent by 134 runs Somerset 400 or nine declared and 216 for eight de Lared Kent 274 and 20s. At Leicester Hampshire Defeated Leicestershire by 115 runs Hampshire 19 and for seven declared Leicester hire 145 and 317, at Bradford Yorkshire Defeated Derbyshire by six wickets Derbyshire 94 and -491 Yorkshire 401 for four declared and 1s5 for four. Game. 1 Brandon Greys Brandon Mckay if Cabrera 2b Williams is Vasquez. In Lowe 3b Rodriquez c Wilson of Clarke of Gibbons p totals Len Vood Roche it Spencer. 2b Warwick in Leier of Wells is Snead of Redd 3b Boney c Watson p totals Brandon Elmwood h to a 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 29 3 6 27 11 a r h to a 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 000 0 3 091 120 133 1 0 1 1 6 27 17 110 6 1 000 6 4 errors Williams Roche. Spencer Watson. Runs baited in Vasquez Rodriquez Cabrera. Three base hits Williams. Two base hits Cabrera Vasquez. Double play Clarke to Vasquez. Left on bases Brandon Elmwood out by Gibbons by Watson bases on balls off Watson attendance umpires j. Carrigan and m. Carrigan seeded team i suffers upset Brookline mass., a Only one of the 18 seeded teams in the men s and women s divisions of the National doubles Tennis tournament faltered during tues Day s second round matches at Longwood. Mine. Magda Rurac former romanian Champion and mrs. Baba Madden Lewis of Boston current Canadian titlist were the upset victims of Barbara Scofield of san Francisco and mrs. Marjorie of new York non playing Captain of the . Wightman cup team. The score was 7-5, 6-1 margins. Defending champions Gardnar Mulloy and Billy Talbert launched their bid for a fifth title by Breez ing past a pair of Boston campaigners Jim Farrin and de serves 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. Wimbledon winners pan Cho Gonzales and the Veteran Frankie Parker moved along by crushing maj. William Davis of Watertown mass., and Seymour Hunter of Melrose mass., 6-0, 6-0, 6-2. The australian Davis cup for Ces which gained the Challenge round against Italy at Rye n.y., monday turned in a pair of Sec Ond round triumphs. Jack Bromwich and Billy Sid Well got started by Topping Dixon Osburn of Dallas tex., and Steve Potts of Memphis tenn., 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, and Frank Sedgman and George Worthington eliminated californians Mel Gallagher and Johnny Sissons 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Ramblers tie bengals 44 More than persons saw Ramblers play St. Vital Tiger ettes to a 4-4 draw sunday night in the second half of an exhibition greater Winnipeg girls senior softball league doubleheader at Provencher Park. In the afternoon game tha Tiger ettes trounced Ramblers 6-0. Beryl tithe Ridge pitched one hit Ball for St. Vital in the second Jame her teammates committing ight errors to Aid Ramblers great y. Rollie Gingras took the Only rambler hit in the ninth to drive in the tying run. Lil Lozanski led the saints with to for four Jackie Stokes Wisny Johnson and Evelyn Halsall taking two for six. Louise Smith tossed four hit Ball at the Ramblers in the afternoon game Doris Grant getting two of hem. Stokes with two singles and Audrey Freeman with a triple de St. Vital. Proceeds from both games went o Aid the league s injured players. For St. Vital it was a tune up for he circuit final against the Winner if the .-St. Boniface Semi Inal which resumes at Osborne stadium wednesday night. Vets practice . Vets will hold a practice night immediately following the softball game. At Polo Park for 14 Days aug. 31 to sept. 15 ;