Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 20, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday May 20, 1950 Page 19 they re off and running de luxe service to hurry up Ball games the Cleve land indians inaugurated jeep service for Relief pitchers. Here s Marino Pieretti climbing out of the jeep after that Long ride from the Bull pea to the infield. He relieved Bob Feller on the Mound at the Start of the seventh inning against Philadelphia athletics and was the first to use the service. A great Guy boosts fund by Scotty Harper take a Bow there or. Karl Darr of Fergus Falls Minnesota. And hats off citizens of greater Winnipeg to a regular fellow a Guy. Or. Darr like millions of his fellow americans has been read ing and hearing about the victims of. The flood and their untold suf Fering. It has touched him deeply. And Friday he sent us an Ameri can ten Dollar Bill with the request that we hand it Over to the Mani Toba flood Relief fund. Or. Darr. The owner of the Highway greenhouses in Fergus Falls knows Winnipeg. An ardent in car fan Karl motors up about twice a month to take in the important games it s a standing or Der with Scotty that he wire the moving -23 331 Calgary Western Canada s 1950 racing season begins Here sat urday afternoon with a Fine seven race programme ushering in the Prairie turf year. Indicative of the Large number of horses on hand was the Rush o the entry wicket Friday when 142 were named for the initial Ard. Full Fields of eight Jire As Asur red for All races As the horse men Start their quest of the More than halt a million dollars in nurses to be offered on the Prairies his season. Saturday s opening feature the j Furlong premiere Handicap attracted a Fine array of nine noted performers headed by the Alberta bred Ace. Pagan Star. Presiding Stewart nil racing Secretary George w. Schilling allotted lop impost of i its. To he Winner of More thin in purses hut weight i not expected to Stop him. A year ago he wan first Tinie. Out at the same distance under 128 ibs. When he conceded 16 to the Classy Franks mistake. In his 1950 debut Pagan Star is being called upon to concede from 11 to 17 ibs. To those named to oppose him. Closest at the weights s e. Johansen s Well regarded Broad Bend who had Minnesota gentleman what matches to come and see. Owing to the flood or. Dan Vas wondering if the big football. Game Between Hie great English team and the Winnipeg All stars on june 30 had been cancelled. Hence his letter i feel truly sorry for All the poor people who have to suffer from All the water. I am enclosing i Fiill. Scotty. This is for flood relict or if if you Are one of the victims keep it. Otherwise turn it Over to the gladly we have turned the Dona lion Over to the he winds up would you gel. Me four tickets for the game and i la pay you when i get yes Karl Well get you these four tickets. And they la be the Best seats in Osborne stadium. Umpires wanted applications to officiate As Uris Pire in the Winnipeg and District senior girls softball league will be accepted by the president Ernie Arnst 734 Mccalman Avenue phone 504 033. Gnup sues for Hamilton Gnup former playing coach of Hamilton wildcats of the inter provincial Rugby football Union announced Friday night that he has issued a writ suing the Hamilton football club for he said the amount is made up from owing him from last season and from a contract which was signed Jan. 2, 1948, for five years at a year. The writ names sex presi Dent Charles Lawson and 13 other directors of the now disbanded wildcats. Wild cats and Hamilton tigers of the Ontario Rugby football Union have since Amalga mated into the . As the Tiger cats. Gnup lost the coaching Job when the learns amalgamated. Season last year and who has been assigned 116 ibs. Two newcomers to Prairie racing Are included in the Handicap Field. They arc . Lamberts la fare Vith 110 ibs. And Westmount Stock farm s Long Green Wii ii 111. Law fare is the Only English raised horse running on the Prairies. Long Green was shipped Here from California where he was a Winner during the Winter racing season. Stabling accommodation at the local course is being taxed to Capa City As More than 500 horses ate on the meeting during which purses of will be offered. Calgary officials announced Friday that the Richig Colony is the largest in Many years with licences granted to 32 jockeys and apprentices. On the three saturdays and May 24tli Holiday Post time for the first race will be 2.30 . On All other weekdays the first race will go 1.6 the Post at 5 . Postponed indefinitely the opening of the greater Winnipeg Junior baseball league Hai been postponed indefinitely it announced Friday by publicity director Smokey Harrison. The league had made plans to Start monday but were forced to delay the opening due to the flood. A meeting will be held in the near future with the team managers to set a new Date. Little sport by roman Middle ground Hill Prince and or. Trouble Preakness looms As 3-horse race 42 811 in is until to f4r out ten 271 Portage ave. By red Smith copyright j950, new York Herald Tribune inc. Baltimore up up from the Meadows Rich with Rye an army of embattled horse players advanced upon Baltimore Friday and discovered evidence that this Metropolis of the Green grass country is the most enlightened of cities. Although Baltimore has a .117-year-old ordinance w h i c h makes the game of Bowling a sin Fui Misdemeanour and a scandal of the Jaybird gambling is not Only Legal Here it is practically an article of Faith. Kentucky has its Derby its Blue grass and its Bour Bon but no such sense proportion. The ancient pastime of trying to pick a Winner a i and starting fees but As far As Teie that if i wanted him he would in is concerned this is a three ride Middle Gro Public horse ground. Of course he race confined strictly to Rode Hill Prince for Chris Chenery Midel Legrond Hill Prince and or. Trouble which ran one two Lorec in the Kentucky Derby. It is further regarded As an other mulch Between Eddie Arcaro America s most famous jockey and Willie Bolund the Rookie just out of apprentice ranks. Arcaro who had his Choice he Tecu Middle ground and Hill Prince picked the latter Ami has steered him Home ahead of Middle ground twice this year. Kilt Boland won the big one with Middle ground. Ever since Middle ground heal him in the Derby Arcaro has been Reading gibes about his judgment. Besides the seasoned Arcaro and the Callow there Are three veterans and two youngsters As signed to ride. Sieve Brooks who has replaced the injured Doug Dort son on or. Trouble irn Hanford Ion whose brother buddy was killed in a spill at Pamlico and Jimmy Lynch have he said my Boss says you got to been around. Bobby Martin Kins decide Bob Kleberg. My owner Man and Willie Downs car Cave was there with us listening. Baltimore kids. All Spring in the two experimental and lie Wood memorial. Well after he boat me in i to Wood. 1 saw him and said Eddie you be got to make your decision that occupied George Washington lie never has been allowed to for car coat sound proofs car coat is Cork filled when ordering undercoating for your new car specify l Insul Mastic car coat the original Canadian underbody coating manufactured in Winnipeg since 1939 by Insul Mastic corporation Ltd. 1400 Spruce Street Winnipeg Cricket results London Reuters the Warwickshire eleven is setting a hot Pace in the country Cricket championship this summer. In four matches they have won three outright and drawn the other for 36 Points and an eight Point Lead in the standing Over Northamptonshire and Surrey lied for second. A fighting innings by fast howl Ler Trevor Bailey who batted two hours and 40 minutes for 63, not out failed to give Essex a win against Warwickshire at birding Ham. Warwickshire declared this morning leaving Essex make 361 in five hours. at in Mem it co of Imbrici to River site ill Civ a Ith West for tour declared West in pics 730 for three. At Northampton Norl Lvan Plo Shire Defeated Kent by 187 runs Northampton Shire rt-i7 and 137 Tor four declared Kent 214 and 133. At Birmingham Warwickshire Defeated Essex by 11r runs Warwickshire in Maryland will be encouraged and fostered today when the 74th Preakness stakes is contested by the Kentucky Derby s big three and four other steeds of lesser distinction. The Hope that Springs eternal in All horse barns has prompted six to invest nomination get 1942, when he was Greentree stable s contract rider and elected to take Devil diver in Hie Derby instead of the winning half of the entry shut out. This year How Ever he had excuses for guessing wrong. Eddie agreed months says Max Hirsch Middle ground s train Dic n t say anything and 1 said. It s up to you Eddie 1 knew that if 1 said the word he d Lake horse because he promised and he s that kind of a boy. He said. Til do whatever you say or. And i said you really want to ride Hill Prince Don t he said look or. Hirsch. If i Lake myself off this Colt now and he wins the Derby 1 won t hear live. The end of it As Long As 1 i la have to sell my tack 213 and Tor Firlit Essex 155 and 1-m3. At Oxford Lancashire Defeated Oxford University by .10 wickets Lancashire 341 and in for none Oxford University 114 and 240. At Wells Surrey Defes ital Somerset by nine Wick is Somerset. -1-1 and 109 sols arc commonplace. Tee topics he was just about right too. T know a Jot of people thought 1 was making a mistake Riding a kid like Boland by i Don t think ice s More than two or three boys in the country can outside the although he says he does not consider Middle ground a mud horse Max can t quite conceal his belief that tonight the Woodlawn will stand on the Kleberg mantel alongside the Derby cold cup. The Pamlico track looks like used Bubble gum Friday and is expected to be Wetter today. The general opinion is that mud would improve the chances of both Hill Prince and or. Trouble. These when Flie Laio Krygar Horn was publisher of the turf and sport i Here he used to bring Downs out to Pamlico dress him allowance up in Silks and use him As a Holograph or s because he was Small enough to impersonate jockey.1 the kid posed for so main cover pictures weighing in and weighing out and changing Silks and so on thai he decided he might As Well be a jockey. Just got to like the Foel of silk against Dis skin. Otto a pkg Trade in 859 main St. 37-331 May go to the Post As and our 19-17 and ims Canadian Champion Frank Stranahan has had another set to bringing with it a threat from the . Of a ban unless he apologized to the Host club holding inc Western Amateur championship Dallas Texas. You May recall that Slana Han when he was Defeated by Tommy Riddel of Montrea. In out last year s National Amateur belittled our Canadian golfer with derogatory remarks which were very much resented in the East then. A golfer who has a Fine game and the wherewithal to spend on to should be Ultra careful about his remarks when he gets shunted to the showers As he makes the headlines All Over the continent and the game suffers. In you can t take defeats with Good Grace in this game you should never take it up in the first place cause Vou u be in the dust along the Golf Trail at times by they would t make bold Ven far inferior in playing ability. It. Happens continually and will never Stop either at Home or abroad. Every season in every country second choices in spite of Middle ground s Victory at Churchill Downs. Strange in t a Guy said to Hirsch that the Public wont believe in your horses. When you won the Derby in 1936 with bold venture everybody said Brevity and Granville were belter horses. Surrey to and 74 Loc Ono. At Bristol Gloucestershire Drew a ill Yorkshire Yorkshire 40-1 ind u.1 fur rive there s a great moral lesson to our Manitoba boys in the present Stranahan incident and that is to cultivate a modest and Humble 269 ind 22dfor Outlook to Golf. If you do you la enjoy it much better As the years Cis lit. On. Heart breaking defeats in your youth May prove stepping tic Sirc and stones to great victories in the future. 3-13i of four i Bill Ezinicki s appointment As professional to Pine ridges workouts cos practice Winnipeg ecos of the senior b girls softball league will bold a workout sunday at 2 . Al Sargent Park. Any new players wishing to try out will be made Welcome. Rovers practice rovers Junior juvenile and mid get soccer teams practice at 30 . Sunday Al Margaret Scott school Corner of Arlington and Alfred. All interested Are invited. Juniors Elmwood Junior giants will workout on the giants Field Sun Day at 2 . Memorial workout there will be a practice of hip West end memorial Junior Lacrosse team sunday at 12 . Koft night pipe cwt the night Toboco women like a Man who smokes a pipe. Particularly when he smokes Pico Bac. For Pico Bac is As fragrant to others As it is mild and Cool for you. When you be picked the pipe to suit your Type make it popular pipe with Pico Bac. Pico Bac 10 Good rolling your own pc Mac it , of oboe Ches Mccance Montreal Mccance flying Vring Star of three Grey cup winning foot Ball teams has retired As a full time player to become general assistant to Lew Hay Man coach of the Dominion Champion Montreal aloud ties. Hayman announced Friday that Mccance will serve in a Liaison capacity Between the a is and Junior and inter mediate school players. He will also help Couch the ends of the als 1950 lineup. Mccance who played with Winnipeg Grey cup winners in 1939 and 1941 May still be pressed into Active service and Hayman said he will be registered As player with the Canadian Rugby Union for the co Miof. Big four Campaign. Drive from an elevated tee to the Fairway below. Bill is a True Blue golfing gentleman and we congratulate Pine Ridge for luring such an outstanding athlete from the Easl Back to his native province. Good Luck Bill see you Al Hie Ridge it s not tin Low stores which Szmul Oul to records by the who make them. It s tin1 importance of the occasion which often is indelibly on he minds of the players. Ben Holm s in Julic Oakland open in 193s was his u greatest Effort is it mount the needed finances to continue on the Tolt Lumi Trail at that time. Hud lie missed showing in this event he intended to head for Home to save enough for a third iry at tournament Golf. To won the next three events if my memory serves i Trot. Bob Jones says his 7.3 in an invitation Louir Namel in 192-1 was his round and that is surprising. Gary Miri Lecoff . Open Champion picks a defeat he suffered in the Southern collegiate championship in 1mo As his greatest round because it proved to him the necessity of concentrating until the last put drops. All of. Which. Is interesting As we View local Golf Here and the outstanding rounds in past provincial events. That Sterling american Amateur. Chick Evans is playing once again in the British Amateur. Chick has really Given this great inter National event a magnificent gesture in the last 30-10 years by his attendance and he i isl have been on hand ten times in hat length of time. Few britishers have played As often As or. Evans and Chick is close to 60 now. Veteran Francis Ouimet. Has also entered and there Are .28 american entries Al told which must he near a record. St. Andrew s is the scene of the encounter this year and the Grey Aulric Toon must have an Appeal in. Far away countries As much today As in the last half Century. If you can get a Complete list just count the different countries the golfers come from and you la be amazed. Think present Day golfers Are big hitters and they Are but. Listen to this in 1899 a driving Competition was held and the Winner smacked the Ball 270 Yards and the Best average of three drives the year previous was 256 Yards. In 1ss3 Freddy Tail twice British Amateur Champion carried a drive 245 Yards on the Fly and it came to rest at 342 Yards on hard ground but with no wind. The distance Vas measured by a civil Engineer at St. Andrew s. These drives were made with the old Gutty Ball and old fashioned wooden shafted clubs. You should have a plan when you practice. The aimless hitting of balls serves no particular purpose. If you have no plan in mind consult your professional. He has one that will suit you if you arc serious about practising. If you Are playing poorly it is Best to Stop playing for a while and relax. Don t Groove a bad swing by practice in it. It was a terrific masters tournament this year with Bob Jones sitting under the Shade of a Pine tree watching the Parade. Every professional received s100 Welcome it was estimated the Gate was which must be a record and the final Day was a sunday which brought some remarks from the Augusta ministerial association. King Defeated finalist in the . Amateur list year withdrew. King is a Baptist Deacon and a sunday school teacher and does not play Golf on sundays. He and his dad flew Back Home to Oklahoma in the family plane. There s lots of color in this tournament which is rated by those who should know As one of the plums of the United states. Of Yon read the. Rules of Golf shout four times before the season starts. We cannot emphasize too strongly the import Ance of do Iii this every Spring. Any of the porting stores should be Able to Supply them. As we go to press the season seems As far removed from opening As Ever and the flood conditions in our Valley Are hitting the head lines of the entire world. But the season will open Golf will be played this year. Once the Sun shines for a two week period it will be Good to live in Manitoba again Ture inc favorite in the Freak Ness but he won it. You won the Derby with assault in j94k he paid almost 10 to 1 and they made lord Boswell the favorite for the Preakness. And even after assault won that they still stuck with lord Boswell for Thi be Limont and lost. And now you be rot another in Ruhy Winner and they still won t Heli Evo Max nodded grinning. He s Satis fied to have it this Way. Evacuee bachelors a special fast service laundry dry cleaning picked up before 8 . Anytime after. 5 . Phone now phone 37222 Don t let it accumulate Clark takes Lead from Sinead los Angeles Jimmy Clark of Huntington Beach calif., edged out Sam Snead for the Lead Friday in the s15.000 Western open. Clark put a two under Par 69 with his 70 of thursday to finish the first 36 holes with a sparkling 139. The Best Snead could do was an even Par 71, which with his first round 69 gave him 143 for the half Way Mark of the tourney be ing played Over the Brentwood country club course. Relax in Daks. No trousers give Yoa Buoh a. Sense of a feeling of smartness. International sportsmen Wear them and so do the Best dressed men in All five continents. Daks Are self supporting. Need no Belt and cause no pressure round the Waist. Rubber pads inside the Waistband prevent your shirt from riding1 up. In English worsted Gaberdine pin Points corduroys and Palm Beach fabrics. To j25.00 at leading stores. Ilk in Mill my Canadian distributors for data j. Godber sales co. 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