Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 20, 1951, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 20 Winnipeg free press thursday december 20, 1931 5-3 Ion and colourful chapter in Winnipeg s hockey history came to an end wednesday night Wilh the death it w. J. Holmes kor ii years from 1901 when he assumed control of Iho. Old mrs it re rink which was located behind the old Jerry Robinson Isioro on Maia Street until 11m4, when lie sold the Winnipeg . Holmes was associated with hockey in this City. Dirini Hun period he contributed much to promoting Ana popular info the sport which today flourishes All across Canada. While he operated and managed a number of rinks in win Holmes was Best known As owner of the Winnipeg amphitheatre which rink he purchased in 1919.-originally a horse show . Holmes remodelled it Lor hockey and skating and two years i92l--installed the first Aruti Cial ice Plant Winnipeg and Vancouver. Holmes took great Pride in the amphitheatre. Bin he took nit oven realer Pride in the number of outstanding hockey players that were developed within us Walls and the list is in the hundreds. N May not be generally known but Little kids in ragged Hock cd sweaters always found the warmest of Many warm places in Wys heart while he always preferred to remain in the Back ground and let others take the bows . Holmes for years footed the Bills for the midget hockey league s annual banquet. His name incidentally Wil always be associated with midget hockey Here As the w. J. Holmes trophy is Embi Mcatic of the league championship. Thinking Back to our own association with . Holmes it some Twenty years ago. When we first Starlet 10 write sport. We were told at that time we would find the Boss of the amphitheatre Stern and unyielding. But such was far from the Case. When we got to know him we found him warm hearted and join div. A Man we Are proud to have known. Joe played major league baseball for 13 years but no one was Ever Able 10 induce the Yankee Clipper to select an ill Star Tram. There arc some things you Musi and must not do when you re a prominent major league bail player and convention demands that you do not pick ail Star teams. I however when announced he was winding up his career As a player. Jimmy i Xci York Post Cannon asked Joe to name his All Star club and it appeared in Cannon s column the Clay Joe retired. It was not unexpected that Delmag named five Yankees among his preferences. His i l am follows Gehrig first base Gehringer second base a Vuto shortstop Rolfe. Third base Ted Williams left Field Musial Centre Field Tommy Kenrich right Field Dickey Catcher. His pitchers Are dizzy Dean. Carl Hubbell. Red ruffing. Letty Gomez Utility infielders Joe Cronin and Joe Gordon. Outfielders. Ale Oit and Dom . He picked his team from slavers he had seen who had been Active in his own Era. He said this is the first club to would pick to win a Pennant and off criticism that it had Loo Many Yankees. He Yankees won so Many pennants you could t ignore his he thought Gehrig had a winning Way that Gehringer had every thin Rae skill and ability to hit the Long Ball As Well. He said to cd i go from first to third on a in to he bunted to first and third. He hit and ran. He took Chance puny a Lime i d Start to play a Ball hit at Phil for a hit. But somehow he got his hands on in. He was t a tremendous hit Ter but who could go Back better do so about Dickey to exclaimed. When he started after a pop foul with two out i started in to the Bench. When did he Ever drop for him Rolfe got in front everything was solid hitter with a .295 .300 rating. In his Book Ted Williams is the Best natural hitter he has Ever seen. What else do you have to he asks. A of course Sinisi of at Centre Field in favor of Mii Sial. Ii. Plays All in the Outfield a pretty Good first ii. Hits .3-.0 every year. They say he has t Strong Arm. I la take of her Rich s bailing average did t Lei the Story of his excellence. Joe found him Clever very smart. He hold men on bases. He moped bails he was always thinking making the unusual he hit Vou the Long Ball when you needed h. Relied on timing. He won a game on a play Seldom no. Iced by which often slopped a Saliv. He kept a big inning going if he had to get a his pitchers he liked Dean for he Way he a Hall. Hubbell was a master. Both knew where to pitch Fitch and where Hie Ball was going. If did t have his stuff he lost unless Murphy rescued him As he did so Puffin paced himself. What a Man he was to have in the lineup there were times when he was hitting better than me us at Hool Elk Fri Lay a the is that knit Itlen will i tronti ils the str year i Siuri of Junior top spot by Dost if a Nso ii arid St. In let u Hilt to Lite with u is Iliili 5-3 Victory at tin nit nut Siml than 11 i lilt . Pm Chr habitats Are 11ai. Halkirk lied for second Pluck. Willi the Kii iks ii Lul it 1 i ii Iii for Bill to strip Kytle Willi Klu irk a lurks for Thuc third playoff spot most of the Hoe i a ii be. St. has improved Thi Iti n other ratio to their position in Ilii i their Lii Bini Wiiks h a v i Licon lost in Rise to form for while the Stion Mihly Lin i tin ability Only ii Yir a in ii position to Kvil the j rom in. Tin s 11 Iris o n is Rome Arn unil urn selfish Type Ivhon won t in Mit is Icil with san Natl place who air Liis Bill six Points Dis snit Nunilon is no whirr out of the Pil Turo Iho Uili j i s n i i y Ullh Lam in i Vii ski ral Kili Ilif slump. Hut first could t of Lirly Loi ii conflict St. Konii Fidoe Anil winning if not it. Irir Hist last Iii rat. La Lis Hail i uni Iirth to can Hlor Guilry million s Uncertain Whf it Kiniris re Ilmer easily. The Iran icons Appiar to he losing on i ii Ciu a somewhat with repented Iii Jurii a to players of till inf to High lion the Gem nil picture. Loim a was still Wilh his Iii shoulder and chips pin Olinc in treatment Nnoli vipa Teil Iho Iloth Del Topoll Lin tile difference Canter Iris the firm line of a slunk Mill Okrusko. Mitocky Hal talkie inns responsible for Bra Niton s determination. The times lie a Ruck their Hel urls ill the first two periods a Ere to idol to will a tame when Topoll tallied from his Jine mates in the Insl simile of the Mii Lilly session it was of titty his Hul Hail slipped Dpi l of Kriisk s paint Hank thrust. Multi Lair Hillist of nut of position. And vols Collins mini Bill last Liko in the final came m Ith St. Honi face to o men Liuha. Tin Wheir Kines were try ing and manifested numerous opportunities Lull talkie Lealen easily %1 Hen at All. Breakaways were dark Solip As Tel. Stefen Leinan i Lirl Ili Loti has Loneil away front two defenders at the Brandon Iii Elinor in the third i Riihl and Hail Only to heat the is. Boniface net minder something he would t ilium St. meanwhile Dill Noti Iii to injure heir l in Ion As the Hest in latin de lab Ali ont. A Ereal natural hockey player. Bill Short on defence was a particular Styli k tit and one i anal most himself up front Wilh a Tami the like of which he is expected to Montri Lille regularly even did he ret i rec Pei allies. Smoothie Barry Thornill Craft is form. 7ary Blaine s Itri Vinn tame Irot him two Neally exec Leit f n a i s. Ii Hyrsl. A ii Thomson and of Vorrier were Ophir a Cor ers. Most for Ariu fifi Iri in in the Wmk Ken Lih in and Harry thou Lyra nil milk Iii canal zeus were sound. U Hile. Holliday i u truth much. He called for Alon sire Chizik the afield Robinson Marshall tops Hayman. Who up pair son . And eth ii a i j foot ball1 with the i Liivi Rosity of Syracuse. Rho fuse his a i Field Boss soon. Bin he Lei Ibe known the Man will be an Ameri can either a n col lege coach thu will he Lough aggressive and experienced and Wilh multiple conned ions below the York. A i Jackie Guys a no hitting fourth fifth. Of his own brother Dom of Rubinson of Brooklyn and we Laird Reat Fieldor he Liko nerl him to Rizulo. Full of tricks said he was a and Irviv Ott was a wonder at hitting the Ion bail. So Tii Kiik is the modern All Star baseball Leair picked by a Marshall of Boston fielded their was into Iho record books Vilh Brilliant 1951 performances Al Sec inti base and in the no Tor. H would be a powerful against any team from by Era. How would you like to Sec that team stacked up against Mathewson. Bonder. Grove. Kims. Sisler. Lajoie. Traynor. Cob. To official figures release Edn Florin soil n n a Ionel Mark for second a. I he Losli d u .9912 speaker and Ruth. That would be a series to remember. Percentage while i ayin 150 ignored some real modern greats. Players like the to year old defensive considering All the handicaps he had to overcome Flash committed a of word Low of become a great Star. Enos Slaughter he considered could in include in his lineup. Rob Feller an authentic Mound orca his estimate of Ted Williams is that of one great Ball player in appreciation of the talents of. Another one. A think Bill Cook new coach of the new York hit the Nail on the head when he observed thai the Xali onal hockey league today lacks the outrun dip name players there were alien he Cook played hockey. As Cook Points Oul the average fan could probably same you Only a few a Lavers who make the headlines ill the . Today. Of course one of the reasons Lor this is the style of modern Day hockey and its three Forward lines. As Cook admits there we re times when he played As much As 40 minutes per game. Today Tho Topnotch players Don t see half that much action. A line is no sooner on the ice than it s of again. In the old clays a Cie Henceman like chins Johnson used to play nearly the whole pain. There were individual rushes then by Blu liners like Johnson. Shore and Lii Chinan. Today a Cie Henceman spends nearly As much Lime behind his opponents Bolti Erinc As he does be Hind his own. U Hile hockey is basically a team sport individuality Lias been taken out of. It and the Frame As played these Days does t lend itself to the development of great stars. The ions schedules too can be blamed for this because few players can live their Best game Attar game Lor 70 games. Of the sympathy of. The sports world particularly Itie golfing fraternal to to ill go out today to Mike and Bill Widlaski. death of their father tuesday. Quakers Down flyers 4-2 of up Saska Pacific coast hockey Lead Saska Toon quakers wednesday night Defeated Edmonton flyers 4-2 to Odd to limes Madison allot Wisconsin s Points in a 16-7 win Over Penn this Vear were scored by the defensive on a Fumble recovery and pass interception and one safety. Pacific coast hockey league. Flyers and quakers battled through a scoreless first period i then to a 2-2 draw at the end of ithe second. Quakers scorers were Alex Kal cat Frank Eddolls Neil Strain and by Rouse. Gels Podolsky and Captain Doug Mccaig scored for Edmonton. The loss left flyers in sixth the eight team Loop. " chances. The Sia lard of.187 v. As set. By Al red i Schoen Dick so of is. Louis. Oddly enc ugh. Chr Cardinal second sticker Las sea son also bettered thai figure with a .9do Mark. Brut a Soa son in right Firkel accepting 2st chances without an error. This lied the major league record yield by Danny it Whitlor of the Phillies who went 151 without an . Mar shall played i m games last season. Robinson and first baseman Gil Hodges of the dodgers also broke their own double play re cords. Robby look part in "1.37 twin killings besting his own Mark by four. Hodges participated in 171 double plays n More than he look part in Hodges yielded first base Fieldings. However to Cincinnati so accepted 560 chances including Kluszewski. Who posted o . 35 assists and seven Mai k for 15-1 game.-. Billy rows. To ions. Ted 097 Johnson of the cards topped ii third basemen with and Vir Gil Seal Ruji of Cine Pinali won Shonski of honors fur i Sec j1 Anil i sir i i Chr fit Willi and new York giant Hilli by male. Sill Iii Kali in ii Rban cars by i Pill try with Neil an Orrum Richie Ashburn. Fly Chaser of the Phillies a Hie bus the cardinals led in club i Clef vile a Mark of so. Had Ost left on base s. 1.174. Com Otiltia Clor in the league. He Herb Schiller leads Parade up flin Klon i bombers wednesday Are Back in that Ai Kakko to inriic.in1 he Inion its to go right on with his i programme of. Landing he an As i heavily As lie can with american i Talent. In announcing his re firemen As Conneh. Hayman declared football in Montreal has ror Cheri proportions where one per latin had succeeded in building a club thai went All i in Way to the Grey cup. In fact Hay Man has never been beaten once he master minded a team into the cup final. Ley ton Orient Lone Winner London. A uni so lesion orig tit a Only vie in ill Bine in i Riichi is i and round f1 Lily in in English i Nuich ill As sri Iii a cup wednesday. In rating Ham Ain a Xlyn time Lon Doirs Wil. Meet and division Overton Al i Liiri Ian. A her i Iid round replay Alvih 1 Tran Mere Rov ,.r 1 Hie Ahmando Ineil after min of Exira time of Torquay Nii a 1 Swindon town tie Afler air i to invade . In pc Briary Paris. Of Kin Opean Cham Pion Charles said u Rene Day from a would do Road 10 Woi id Champion h. For la title in new uric j Ison cannot the whole Ishow. I a lion we can provide effective production by the coaching and in Avion Gavilan a cuban has said he a for Hayman. Veli Rebeill a title defence first place in the Saskatchewan Jackie Robinson Maks Halb Junior hockey league and their High scoring Centre. Herb Schiller. Has resumed to the top spot in the individual scoring race. Official league statistics including games of tuesday night. Show Schiller with 3s Points three More than previous Leader Dave Wall of Humboldt indians whom bom Bers beat 4-3 tuesday night. Schiller s 26 goals Are High in tie sniping department while Wall leads Pic play makers with 24 assists. Two other flin flon players Gerry Ehman and Hugh Mckay for third with 31 Points apiece. Leads soils to win Lethbridge. Alia., d Caier which learns to ii 1.-w b i Sion for the in Voi k Inte Nui Iltha Ifni 7. Selkirk 0. 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A new York county grand jury Dav found no Law violation in the death of Boxer George Flores after a bout last August. Flores died sept. Of ring in juries received aug. 2fl in Madi Square Garden. The Rand jury recommended hint ringside doctors be rotated Don t miss the new dream can coming soon Dodge Desoto Are new for 52 breasts your dependable Dodge mater 50 years reputation in sales for service 245 main Street Woik 923 314-5 ;