Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 11, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page is Winnipeg free press thursday May 11, 1950 Smith an interesting clipping Nas come into our Possession it is from that great British daily the London evening stand and concerns an interview which r. J. Speers Czar of the Park Stock farm gave while in England to Pur Chase a prominent and Well bred sire from the article it is apparent that Jar. Speers interviewer asked him if h. Had any interesting stories to Tell about Canadian racing r. Of course has thousands of them however he Sav fit to Tell the one about a. G. Scotty Kennedy and Omar s gift the Mare which Kennedy purchased from him for the total of 37 cents whether by Accident or purpose or. Speers in re lating How he sold the horse to Kennedy referred to the latter As a Young Winnipeg varnish Salesman a of which makes i realize Why our stomach in t As Good As it used to be and at four Bucks a bottle too wonder if w. R. Chubb knows about this. According to an Ottawa newspaper report the rough riders who were scheduled to play an exhibition game Here against Blue bombers in August will not make the trip the source says that bombers had offered a guarantee of but the Ottawa club figured it was t enough and that the risk of injuries was too great that Early in the season what with the big four opening on August 27 if Ottawa definitely decides not to come to Winnipeg it will be a by disappointment because the bombers counted on picking up Nice piece of change from that game last year when Winnipeg went East they got a guarantee of for games in Hamilton and Toronto now that Tookie Gilbert is with them new York giants have three youngsters whose fathers were Ball players Gilbert s dad Larry was with the 1914 Miracle team Don Mueller s father Walter played for Pittsburgh pirates in the 20 a and the late Gordon Maguire Jack s father played in the minors and later scouted for the giants All three were outfielders Gilbert s older brother Charlie another outfielder was with Brooklyn the cubs and the phils a few year ago Willie Turnesa who needs All he has expects to lose 20 pounds shooting for his second straight British Amateur Golf championship later this month at Scotland s famed St. Andrew u course the British tournaments Are wonder Ful said the . Star recently but they certainly take a lot out of you i will probably weigh around 160 pounds when i tee off May 22 and by the time it s All Over i la be Down to 140 it s always that Way Over wind rain and pressure i Turnesa or the British Amateur Are no exception All Golf tournaments arc Tough on the nerves and it takes a seasoned pro to stand up under the Strain of continuous tournament com petition that s Why the majority of outstanding amateurs Fellows who can match the pros stroke for stroke in Friendly Competition falter by the Wayside when the pressure is on trumpet King which raced in the Kentucky Derby mares Corral Allan cup Edmonton up after 18 years of fruitless Effort Toronto wednesday night corralled another Allan cup As their Marlboro whipped the leg weary and injury Ridden Calgary stampedes 9-5 be fore fans Here. Youth was the telling Factor when the chips were raked in. Stampedes an older aggregation wilted against the fast skating at of the Young Eastern Cham pions who took the final series four1 game to one. The last time Toronto won the Allan cup was in 1932 when the nationals Defeated fort William. Captain Flash Hollett the Bald Rig Lormer . Star who at 39 years was the oldest player in the series received the cup at the end of the game from Harold Brandreth president of the Alberta Amateur hockey association. The presentation ceremony at Centre ice was spoiled when the Public address system broke Down. All of the Slang Peers had departed to their dressing room before the cup was presented. The last Calgary player to leave the ice was Veteran Bunny Dame the old Trail smoke Ealer Smoothie who had been shooting for his third Allan cup. The Issue Marlboro holding of commanding 6-3 Lead before the first intermission. The Sandwich session went scoreless. The Marlies came Back in the third Frame to outscore the cowboys 3-2. Young George Armstrong com p eted a hat trick to Lead Toronto scorers. Al Buchanan. Red John Sor Scotty mar Johnny Mclellan Danny Lewicki and Chuck blah rounded out the total. Dune Grant with three goals. Stan Devicq and Herb Lovett scored for Calgary. Stampedes missed the ser vices of Burly defence Man Julian a Devastino first period settled Sawchuk once a Cleveland Baron. Marlies Happy gang Joe Primeau gives whole team credit Edmonton was Waltz Strong and Danny Lewicki Sharp me around Willy and Don t Minoll hooting forwards a Lucky escape no one was seriously injured in this midget Auto crash at it Der rapids despite All the action. Driver Steve Orme of Springfield. Ill is thrown from his car while a car driven by Don Branson of Champaign. 111., flies up into the sir. Another car not shown in picture piled into the Melee. To skates As Toronto Marlboro swung each other in mid ice at Edmonton gardens wednesday Light after winning the Allan cup. Victors Over Calgary Sla Peders -5 on the game and 4-1 on the final series Marlboro hugged each other and frolicked around a group of officials As supporters swept onto the ice to congratulate them. R they paused Long enough for Liu rold lir Nedreth president of the Alberta Brunch of the can hid Iii Amateur hockey jut Socia lion to present the glistening trophy to Frank flush hol Icett team Captain. To Back in the Marlboro dressing room coach Joe Primeau said All the less deserved great credit. He mentioned especially George Arm every Man on the team gave everything he said Primeau. At different times in the series every Man has risen to the of Calgary had the trickiest team we met All one of the first congratulate Primeau was coach Butch Mcdon Ald of stampedes. He found it hard to hide his disappointment. Mcdonald tool Over As ramrod of the Cowboy outfit in mid season guided them out of n slump and into the championship series. Back in his own dressing room Mcdonald said i figure they have a better club. Their men Are Young. Ours average about seven years first period tonight we just handed them three goals. We Hope to meet them again next year and Well have a better club older. Thuv wore getting pretty new executive to take Over Cincinnati a who was sidelined with torn knee ligaments. Dame left his Wing spot on the third line to fill in on the rear guard. Rookie Ross Tyrell. Also was forced out of action with a Charlie horse. Two rookies Lovett and Gunnar Carlson filled in on the third string. Grunt opened scoring at to of the period but Arm Strong evened the Core ice than a minute later. Then the Marlboro rattled in four Rozali within seven minutes Buchanan Armstrong John and Mair nor Lnor in rapid that was it. In the second period goalie Russ Durtell Rose to great Heights to keep i he easterners off the score Sheet. Over the whole game he made 41 saves compared with is by Young Pat Boehmer at the other end of the rink. The big Edmonton crowd cheered lustily for the Cal Marians but gave Marlboro a deserving ovation at the end of the game. Eleven penalties were handed out Stam criers getting the nod fix tires. Dertell was among penalized. He also required medi Cal attention during the second intermission for a face rut. Marlboro won the first came of the series lost the second 5-4 am took the next two 4-1 and 3-1, sail on Calgary ice. A 1 e i Sinclair of port Arthur out., he d Storey and Ernie Mun Esclay night was named general manager of the Cincinnati Garden in a wholesale shake up of Garden officials. The Garden corporation operates Cincinnati mohawks of i he Ameri an hockey league and the big Arena also is the scene of various skating swimming boxing and nevertheless he said he did basketball attractions. 4he could take Louis not think the margin should have been -1-1. We could have won i he other said Mcdonald and in that last saturday is a Well named horse he is out of a Leggy Mare by the name of Betty Grable and the real Belt Grable is married to Harry James who happens to be known the trumpet King Turk Broda the Toronto Maple Leaf goalie has Given up driving a Sand and gravel truck for Conny smythe to accept a position on the Public relations staff of a big Eastern brewing firm which in t going to help Turk s weight any if we know what hops and malt can do still he should be an excellent walking advertisement for his product and if you happen to be following the races at Toronto s Dufferin Park keep close Tab on these Hay unbound dubious Black Susan Imperator and bunty line All six Are said to be ready to win turf tax ires Orpen Toronto up Fred Orpen who runs Toronto s Vest pocket edition Dufferin race track is moaning the 12 a per cent. Government Cut blues. He says that with wagering Money scarce the Ontario govern ment s recent hike in parimutuel betting machine lax from 30 to 12 per cent has forced him to Lay off 15 or 20 betting clerks on quiet Days. In addition to that tax the track takes a Cut on a gliding scale ranging up to nine per cent so that the bettor May have to hand Over As much As 21 per cent of a Wager. Attendance for the first seven Days of the Duffer a meet is off about from last year and bets about Orpen said. With the lax cutting into the re turn the Lucky customer gets for his wagered most patrons Are passing up the show As hardly worthwhile. Orpen said bets one Day were 35 per cent less than the same Day last year. Owl Mendels mayhem mincemeat formula by Oscai Kalev new York up Brooks Mende-11 is a Short cherubic Man with a choir boy smile a gentle speech and a deep aversion to arc Sion. That last attribute is his Pride. He likes to have an aggressor around so he can prove it. For Mendell the Iii ii who devised of which combines hox inic. Wrest Ling judo Jii Jitsu and in Savate. If you be never heard of la Aav Nup it s n Purler Vous in Stine in which the Man with the Herd your Ernins Mendell has a Dandy system guaranteed to transform almost any mouse into a Man. Hit he coaxes go ahead take a swing at now anybody even i he world s bravest Coward Hales to pass up an invitation like that. Accepting it is your first mistake upon meet ing him. Von swing mid All Roth str. Old fearless lashed out with a Dandy. It was my sunday punch the one .1 use on saturday nig tils. But it. Did t land. And not he Fife baseball it Kjep ill Iasmi invincible mid streamline the Favourite Cigar for every occasion maybe it s because i m getting older and thinking about such things More. Maybe it s because i happen to Bat left handed. In any Case it seems to Nic that there Are More Good left handed etchers in base Dall now than Ever before. The Chicago White sox have about a half dozen. Every time you play a series with them you get two or three southpaws tossed at you like Bill Wight de Kuna a and Billy Pierce. Ted when playing Detroit you re Apt to see Hal Newhouser and Ted Gray. The athletics have Lou Brissie Alex Kellner and Bobby Schanz. The Yankees usually give used Lopat and Tommy Byrne when we play them. And course Joe Page. X it was the same during rain no season. Whenever the red sox played a National is eague team Ike the cardinals we d usually face somebody like Harry Bre Cheen Howie Pollet Al Brablc or Max Lanier. There just seemed to be no relict from southpaws. It did to seem to be thai Way when i broke into the major eagles. There were a few Good Eft. Handers around like lefty Pomex and Newhouser. But no earn seemed have More than one or two. You certainly did t get a steady diet of them the Way you do now. I Don t suppose i should be kick no. We have three southpaws our selves on the red sox staff in Mel Pamell Maurice Mcdermott and Chuck slobs. And they Are three i Don t have to face. But tvs been looking Al plenty of left handed pitching since last March. And if i said that i was Happy about it. I would t be speaking the truth. Of i know that old time Ball players will Tell you that a Good hitter will hit left handers As Well As right handers. I be heard that often. I be also heard that when a left handed Batter starts to think that he can t hit left handers As Well As right handers that it s All in his head. But just the same it would suit me just As Well it there weren t quite so Many southpaws around especially Good ones. Speaking of Good ones reminds me of. Max Lanier. I had t seen him in action since before the War until i faced him at is. Petersburg fla., once last Spring. I had heard about his pitching in the mexican league and. Then for a Canadian team and Lor some reason i got the impression that when he returned to the cardinals he had left some of his stuff behind. I discovered this not to he True. In 1he few innings Lanier worked against its in an exhibition game he seemed to have i plenty. In fact he showed me so much that Day that i want sur cause As usual i was running when i threw Mendell was Flat on the floor before Haymaker was Wel under Way his legs hooked mine and the next thing i knew they were hauling me Down out of the chandelier it s no wonder Tenn lilt1. What. That s the kind of stuff i ulem taught our in lilies. Sailors hid marines. His or Rob a students were commandos and . Since i he War Mendill a former psychology student at Syracuse and Yale has been trying to Seli his system in schools and clubs. His idea is that it builds Confidence and does away with the fear Complex instilled by1 such sports As boxing. One of the dangers of his sys tem is that even a Young lady can handle a 200-Pounder n real pro Blem for a. It s the kind of thing which could ruin co education. Joe Louis saw demonstrate his technique and he Champ thought Man Dell s Tor Ture treatment would lick Charles Bruce Wood cock Sunvold Joey Maxim n nil nil hit other world heavy eight boxing Ohn prised when i read he and pitched one night and without mussing a shutout in his firs 1050 x hair. Ted Williams next a icicle will App Eaic sat ui5dav. Tom Manastersky Montreal. Bup Tommy Manastersky. Mont ral aloud Les Backfield or wednesday signed his 1950 contract with the big four club and spiked reports he planned to head West. When Annis Stukus. Mentor of the Edmonton eskimos conferred with Manastersky recently it was freely predicted the 21 year old Star would head for Edmonton to see action with the eskimos football and hockey squads. Alou ettes skip per Lew Frayman said he believed Manastersky had terrific year ahead of him. Hay min said Manastersky was the first local player to sign tin this year. Sinclair succeeds Edward l. of Cincinnati whose Resig nation was announced by Garden president Louis Richler. Schott said his duties As president of the Coney Island amusement Park Here and general manager of the Garden were too great. If k to far out wat 1mciiteic announced that notices of dismissal have been ent to Charles Sawyer jr., assist ant general manager William in land publicity manager and Ivan Remley building manager. Sinclair has been superintendent of the Garden since its opening More than a year ago. He is a former hockey player both at the Lake Hoad and in Britain. Date set Portage la Prairie Man. Special Portage la Prairie Golf annual tournament ii he held on june 25, it was decided at. An pro Culive meeting Here recently. The tourney will to a one Day affair. Ciliary Dor Lull Wildi a. Roelln soot Ornul Hovirs. Subs do emf. Rvs lick. Milliard. 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