Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 30, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba Pack 20 Winnipeg free press saturday August 30, 1952 when the first news item of Pat Fletcher s snub in the East was read what putting is 2ike. The Green it did not sound Good but the Sec this year is the Best putting sur Ond one that it had been patched face i have Ever seen and on in brought a sigh of Relief Quiring what he had done to be Western golfers. But Why should it in such splendid condition free be contemplated replied i left it alone this year an the first place. Which might speak volumes. Pat is our pea Champion and the spoils Are his alone. He has re is one Cei Ved for the current series of their Stock in Trade phrases. The matches and from Tarn Strain of Bent is the same As Pine if Pat had Sal still and Ridge Washington creeping Bent. Taken his Deal no doubt at All in my mind the boys in the East would have let i ride it was Pat s outburst the brought them to time without any question of doubt. Golf contestants spend tens of thousands of dollars go to tournaments to decide who 5s Champ and for a Champion to be placed in such a position by an association does not ring True we surmise the lads in the East this Plum for themselves and never did figure Fletcher was capable of winning at Niak a last month. Paste that in your golfing Straw hat. Just to remind you again these matches Are sponsored by Canad air Ltd. Or. Jay Hopkins president and each selected golfer gets or. Hopkins chose this sort of Golf Deal to Foster Good will and Friendly relations Between Usa and Canada on the profession Al golfing level and his actions Don t neglect to see this Golf Green if the Opportunity Ever presents itself congratulations to our willing Don cup team on their Superb Dis play at Capulano. To be All in the to s on every round is some thing new. The boys accomplished their Mission and were a credit to the province that sent them. The winning of the cup but it would be is incidental and secondary to the behaviour our Goodwill ambassadors set As a Standard for others who follow to copy. The Mega should try and do something Early in the season to get the Rural clubs in line with their after they set their own. Our Short season cannot afford the clashing of dates and a letter to All. The Rural clubs in should coast. Be lauded from coast to sports need men like or. Hop Kins and or. Geo. May of Tarn o Shanter who sponsored Over 20 foreign professionals this month to come to his course and each a r. James Speers general manager and Lou dories operating manager Are optimistic that the 14 Days of racing at Polo Park beginning this afternoon will be one of the most successful turf sessions in local history. Arrival of so new campaigners from the West coast assures ample top Quality per formers for the Malar races of the session. Final Cycle event labor Day Bike riders prep for monday grind local aspirants for track honors have been reeling off the Miles around the Steep banking of the Talbot re. Velo drome of late in an Effort to reach the required state of fit Ness to carry off the provincial laurels on labor Day. Racing will commence at 2.30 . And will be the last major cycling event of the year. Long hours of training on the recently completed bowl have resulted in a High Standard of Bike handling around the. Banks and Spectator interest has increased with each meet. To the uninitiated certain phases of the wheel sport May at first seem puzzling but sex Star rider Maurice Pothier will Stellar card goes monday As a , the cres cent boxing club will present a air of five round bouts plus a free Rounder and two wrestling matches on their weekly monday night fight card at the North main drive in. A grudge Battle Between Paul Chyzy and Ray Haddad a pair of lard hitting middleweight will be he top bout while a scrap Between he Manitoba welterweight King Andrews shows Way against Minot. Carman cards grab 12-inning 9-8 win Carman Man., special Carman cardinals hopped Back in Contention in the Mandak base a eague final series with Minot a Ards Friday night at Carman an they won the hard Way. The team Wiiri apr Tiff the in Lloyd Dutton and Joe Malone will battled 12 innings before Carmar inn Al also be of five rounds duration. A kicked through with a 9-8 most it should be a very simple matter and our repeated suggestion of hold no some them in june seems o be still Good. The Light is longer than it is now and if a tie Cepter pro got to defray sex has to be played darkness is upon lenses let us be kind to these Vou Are far Home Golf conscious gentlemen who foot such Bills and not Rock the boat As happened at Beaconsfield Mon Treal this week. When at Tarn this month i the Grapevine said that or. I May had advised Locke and i Hogan to come and compete on their own or else never show up at Tain neither of i these golfers played. Hogan Sot last year which included for saying that he would be Back in 1952, and Locke won a few years ago though not quite As big a sum As that. Locke had a guarantee then and Hogan had last year. Locke wanted a guarantee immediately after he won the British open. Attr. May offered i same As the rest of the foreign i pros. When these gaiters got such sums from or. May you would think would owe something to him and the game. The least they could your Mega representative can look after this just like he does other things so very Well in the inter ests of golfers. Locke will play a round of Golf this full or next Spring in Britain similar to the Ben Hogan Day in North America this year. A Bright idea never stays Down Long and this one could carry on. The Usa mexican Canadian mat Ches that Al Boes was left resulted in some funny games. Clogg of Vancouver was defeat led 10 and 9 and Kelly of new Brunswick 11 and -10. Kelly lost his mexican singles by 10 and s he was the player no one in the West thought was capable of Tak ing the p Ace of Doesey. But my Elroy Defeated Stranahan 4 and 3, Kesselring downed Ward one up on Fps 38th Hole and West lock Defeated Coe 3 and 2, which Are unbelievable Canadian Amateur victories. Our three boys Defeated the three Best amateurs in Minot leads the Best of seven serie two Gar is to one. A free hitting game a the Way Carman collecting 15 i Minot s 14. Willie Mutch inso went the distance for the card striking out 11 and walking seven Mel Murray started for Minot by have done was to play if Only world today and in an inter receipts to help the Spon National match. We Are growing Sor but they chose to stay away i up in Golf stature which is their business but some1 people across the line Are questioning these things which is their right. With Locke coming this week All the Way from South Africa Lor the initial Usa Canada Empire matches the Canad air people Are to be congratulated. Their show was top flight and their Mission accomplished. It is always a pleasure Anc a privilege to play on Fred trigg1 fish Pond Green with its Lovely three holes. Three time s arum Vancouver results Vancouver up exhibition Park race results first rare claiming s950, three year Olds six Furones. Stepping fast 21.60 6.40 3.40, French Tower s.50 2.6i Wynzola Ham kit Thi Imti y Eureka pin boys Poison a Good example showing How big As Well As Small concerns Are taking up free Lance inventions of is the robot pin setter Lor Bowling alleys that May soon displace most of America s pin boys. The automatic pins Potter manufactured by american car foundry co. Is a privately invented device that hangs Over the Alley like a to mtg Bay ready to drop a Load of pins on the target immediately the set below is scattered. The patented pins Potter Springs into action immediately a Ball hits the pity Cushion. A bar descends and off the Deadwood which is returned via a Pinwheel to the device. Meanwhile a fresh set is lowered leaving off spot pins in exactly same place As before. Fetherston Hugh co. Patents trademarks Etc. Since Gay line Coppernoll 3.50 time 4-5. Also Van May b later sir Bright on. Chick re Chick. Have no fear. Rent coi actor guarantee. Or n Oddie. Second allowance s950. Three year Olds foaled in Canada six or loops sir flee Tway Coppernol 4.50 3.60 3.00 porters Pebble Anderson 7.50 4.0c Harvester Oliver time 3-5. Also ran Agnes May Derry soy. Etta Worth. Capulano. Thyril race claiming s950. Three year Olds and up. Mile and 70 Yards. Glory Roll Oliver 9.00 4.30 3.00 Prince Harry Anderson 3.90 3.00 Ladner Sim Dye 3.50 time also ran Golden Don Topper Kenty. Ansel cake. Fourth hate claiming s950. Three year Olds and up. Mile and 70 Yards. Adonne Anderson 13.70 7.40 4.10 interned cells 11.60 4.so White Fleet Lavoie 2.90 time 3-5. Also ran fighting Trout. Black Cloud scar Duro May deliver mad Apple. Mayme s. Sweet aggie. Vol la race claiming s950. Three year Olds and up Renlie and 70 Yards. Happyland or. Dye 7.90 4.20 3.00 War Crest Coppernoll 5.90 3.90 Sherrord. Val Anderson 5.00 time 1-5. Also Yuba Mike. Cedar Queen acid Anne Methyl , foxy baby Sweet Marenc. Sixth race claiming three Vear Olds and up mile and 70 Yards. Buster Bargello 5.00 4.00 2.70 Blue Mist Dye 6.40 4.00 Happy Bob Burgin 2.so time 4-5. Also ran big Vita Minaki. Al Ricardo Nebo chief. Ariel Wing Royal Black Admiral Fleet. Seventh claiming three year Olds and up. Six furlongs. Man of spirit Fresier 31.00 9.50 3.90 Ynez Anderson 4.20 2.90 pascan Coppernol 2.90 time also ran kid boots Mabel eighth. Ataee claiming s950. For free year Olds and up mile and seventy t Ards. Tony grand Anderson 6.70 4.00 3.10 vanity code Coppernoll 3.20 2.60 War Peggy Rizzo 8.10 time also ran Goldstone curly a Lou Ballator. Count gallic Zeuzem Tommy s Hope car Jammer. Eighth claiming 5950 three year Olds Yards. Three round fight is still Bill Klump and George Eakin will tangle in one grappling match while Wilf Boily and Dave Burnett meet in the other. Fight time is . Hitting habit was treated rudely by the card Cobbs batted .300 who shelled him from the Hill the second Frame. He gave up High was the Reading audience will draw its own conclusions. Here is sportswriter and philanthropist Al Finks latin s testimony they left me holding the trophy. I la be Happy to see it presented to the Winner at the 46th annual scottish Amateur athletic association sports Day at Polo Park monday. That is the trophy i am guarding. S help that s Fink s Story who boasts dimpled Knees by Al one month ago to the night i Daly and Malcol Murray trooped into the sports o fice and announced 1 monday s 46th annual scottish Amateur athletic association spor Day at Polo Park will have a u ique trophy on its award scroll. 2 the prize is known As the at Lanta trophy and will be present o the athlete or dancer who knee nearest resembles Atalanta 3 a unanimous and Annony Mou committee of judges will select the Winner during the Day s doings. Atalanta no goes the gab was a Fleet Huntress who said she would marry some Guy could catch her in a race. So along comes this 440 Man by name of Hippo Menes. Atalanta mistakes him for Santa and snatches up the three Golden apples which Hipo dropped in order to win the Chase. And then dear readers if to can stomach some More Here i what followed an archaeologist recently re turned from called on the Oxford Street of Daly Mclennan up foaled in Canada mile and 70 and Murray and handed the Trio a hobble s buy Coppernoll 6.2 c 3.90 3.20. Hindu eclipse eur Gin 13.40 7.40. Fifteen Williams 5.00. Time 4-5. Also lady Doval Pardina lady flee Tway Sun of York. Ulster cup Ards 2. Len fled 2. Tie. Derry City 3, crusaders 1. Portadown 1, Bagnor 1, tie. Kanjer s son nose dive racing Colt is the son of tailspin sex racer. Canadian soccer championship final monday september 1st at 8.30 . Wednesday september 3rd at 8 30 . Third game if necessary Friday sept. 5th. Osborne stadium Central Arf Miniti run red is. 25 of to Orff int stadium i leg Skeleton. Murray took one look at the Gam and gushed this was Atalanta leg. I could t mistake it anywhere that s All. You know the Story from there. Daly interested that fun faring firm of philanthropists Murray Finkelstein Mclennan in donating a nasturtium Walnut base on which the leg was mounted after being preserved in mummified alcohol and coated with Silver. Three Gol Den apples have also been Sculp tured on the base. Winnipeg display Man Dennis Daly Jim s brother completed Al the trophy work. The trophy is 25 inches 13 inches wide 1h inches deep and weighs 8 the win Ner s name will be engraved on a Gold plaque on which is Prin Ted also for annual dimpled knee the trophy has the Sanction of Frank Munro Secretary treasurer of the Sara and will rest on the win Ner s mantelpiece for one year. the . Up to got win new. Until his 1952 Julius never a major professional Golf Joti the sports office Friday night for its official baptism. Murray said Mclennan would be flying in from Saskatoon Over the week end and Daly will make his appearance sometime monday. At present he is shaping his leg at the grand Beach hot Daly has repeatedly boasted that he can beat former British Empire games discus Champ Eric Coy in a leg contest any hour of the Murray munched bul won t he be disappointed to find that the trophy is. Open Only to be what this is. Revolting development hits and six runs in the one and two innings he worked. De Albosta finished the game whiffing seven and passing two while allowing seven blows. It took some Nea base run Ning by Sonny Andrews and some erratic play by Joe Massaro of Minot for Carman to gain the verdict. Andrews led off the 12th by banging a single to Centre Field. He took second on a passed Ball and then had the audacity to steal third. He came Home when mar Saro attempted to pick him off third and fired the Ball into left Field. Minot opened with a burst. Johnny Kennedy walked to Start the game and Duke Bowman was Safe on an error to Butch Conley. After Jako struck out Yogi Giam Marco cleared the sacks with a Home run Down the left Field line. Carman got two Back in the first when with two out Chick Long est singled and scored on Sostock s double. Aimer Mckerlie followed with a single scoring bos Tock. After Minot added a single run n the second Carman came Back or five. Ernie Bouchy opened with a single and after Gentry Jessup lied out All hands were Safe on Hutchinson s fielder s Choice. Con by doubled scoring Boushy and Sam Hill followed with a double to ush across Hutchinson and Conley. After longest flied out Bostock and Mckerlie walked to Load the Acks and Andrews drove in a Lair with a single. Quincy barbed rang up a 360-foot Home run in the seventh and loonie Mclean Fol Lowed with another to almost the same place in the ninth to tie the Ricamo at 8-8. Then an Drews won it in the Andrews led the Carman attack Vith a double and three singles while Conley Hill and Bostock Ach had a double and single. Bou Liy had two singles. Giammarco and Mclean each with a Home run and. Single were Best for Minot. Sarpee also homered while Bow had a triple and single and Lassaro had three singles. Long Sam Hill and loping Gentry Jessup both pulled off Stellar plays n the Outfield for Carman. The fourth game will be played tonight at Carman at 8.30 the fifth game is slated or Minot sunday. Minot 310 Oil 14 4 Carman 250 00.1 000 15 4 Murray Albosta 2 and Mas Aro Hutchinson and Mckerlie. Paddling Patter a pair of novices from Crew 1 demonstrated Fine paddling style to win the Junior tandem race held recently at the Winnipeg Canoe club in the Points regatta Competition. Lois Dakins and Barbara Warre. Just managed to Edge out the second place Crew of Pat Mclaughlin and Lee Damin in one of the closest races the season. Joan Barton and Gerrie Mclean placet third. Crew 1, coxed by Don gallic and stroked by Pixie Cox emerged triumphant on saturday when the championship War Canoe race win held at the Winnipeg Canoe club this race was for the trophy that is u for Competition each year following the i tradition that applies to winning coxes at the end of the race the Crew rallied around and with due ceremony threw Don into the River. This is the second time in the last eight Days that Don has so been treated As his Crew was successful in winning the 9-Man War boat race at the . Regatta the week before. The girls Long distance inn Dern race los Cun Tieres is now in the offing with the Date set for september 7. This race is sponsored by the Winnipeg Canoe club and a trophy is presented to the winning Crew each year. Competitors from All clubs affiliated with the Manitoba part doing association Lake part in this race and entry lists Are up on the bulletin Board. Those wishing to paddle in this event must put their names on the entry list and signify whether they need a boat or if they already have one. This race is from the Winnipeg Canoe club to the campsite at the University and Back a distance of 13 Miles. The teams leave at 2 minute intervals and upon arriving at the campsite Are allowed a 20-Mimite rest before beginning the paddle Back Home. The first Crew is scheduled to leave at 9.30 . The men s Long distance race Les voyageurs has been set for september 13 and 14. This is an overnight Marathon camping at lock Ort. The first Crew leaves the Winnipeg Canoe club at 2.30 . On the 13th. The contestants must paddle two in a boat and carry Duffel weigh ing 50 pounds Over and above their food. At the completion of the race they ust still have the same weight in Duffel or be Dis qualified. This is an open race and any class of paddler May participate. Any Crew that finishes within be handling the Loudspeaker sys tem to explain the finer Points of the Day s doings. The sprint races in particular Call for the use of the Lead As much As the legs and the Early stages of a metre race Are spent in trying to gain the coveted rear most position from which it is pos sible to watch every move of the rider choose one s moment to Spring a Surprise jump or take an chair ride behind the other Man if he decides to make his Effort first. To gain advantageous Posi Tion at the rear in the Early stages sprint event riders will even bring their machines to a com plete standstill and balance motion Ess in an Effort to Force the other rider to Lead out the race. A Fine afternoon of racing is anticipated monday and local Iron Nen such As Bullman Brown Reid Ichardson and a few others will be pushing each other to the it i most. The events to be contested for he championship Are the Nelre sprints and time trial and i Pursuit race with Points to be awarded on a 7, 3, basis for positions first to fourth respectively in each race. Therell vill also be a half mile sprint vent for a special cup to add Orest to the Day s racing. Jean Allan top golfer Jean Allan won the Champion ship of the ladies Section of St. Boniface Golf club when sin Defeated Ollre Hyndiuk in the final mrs. Win Garrison was the com solution Winner mrs. E. A Ross the runner up. Rollie Gingras captured the first flight while mrs. S. Gee was runner up. Mrs. J. Matthew won the Tomb Stone event in a class and mar Jorie Gibb was the a class win. Export Canada s finest cigarette jackets parkas crests Bowling shirts to your personal specifications Bowling shirts Complete with embroidery jackets for awards clubs and schools the latest styles crests of Chenille or Felt any description i 524 Sargent ave. Phone 72-9089 Pigott s Pontiac special three hours of the winning team will get a Les voyageurs pin. Entry lists Are up on the bulletins Board Here s Mon vew Westminster reaches final Edmonton West inter royals Friday night de ated Edmonton legion 2-1 to qualify for the Canadian soccer Nal against Montreal Ste co. Winners 6-2 in the first game of e series the coast champions struggled to a 1-0 Lead t half time and then matched Edmonton s second half goal. The Best of three Dominion final Ries opens in Winnipeg monday. Elco advanced to the final by defeating Winnipeg United Weston two straight. wins service title wednesday night at fort of Bornt Barracks the army and . . Met in the fourth game in their Best of seven series for the inter service softball Champion ship and the air Force won the series in five straight with a 14-11 Triumph. The army facing eliminatior., put Forth their Best Effort of the series and had the .a.f. At then mercy. Playing flawless Ball be Aind the pitching of Ake Stream they led at the end of four innings s a 1950 Light Blue Pontiac Sedan that s ready to give you Many his of trouble free driving. Complete with radio and Heater it s a wonderful buy for Only see this Pontiac Beauty on display Picott motors limited at Church and and look for More Picott used car and truck specials in the classified Section. Uniforms ii Len Meltzer arrived with Trun Ful of Talent by Gerald Appelle the crowd s applause indicated that recognition had finally Conn o Len Meltzer. The reaction of people caught in the flush of Victory usually is not a reliable meter of a player s popularity. Yet when he stadium crowd Rose to its feet Friday and acclaimed the Young Blue bomber halfback one could sense the genuine sincerity in it be. In that moment All arose All reached with their arms up Flun o their fullest height and with their greatest voices All were with him All were As one. In that moment the crowd was one will o achievement one shared Triumph. There was for moment a gush if a sweeping sense of Unity. A i that voice could not be mistaken. Slowly the wild shaken spirits subsided. They saw what they crime to see. Nothing can Stop a Man. Meltzer like other stars of the Gridiron is an Eye Catcher in is movements. A break in the rhythm a half skip a sidestep Anc he runner slips wide of the Tacker. Meltzer is like that. A Circle dance a turn and he is through for the gain. He is the fellow who tucks the Ball in close shakes the dust off his hoofs skirts own the Field streaks along the sidelines veers in and plants the for a touchdown. To we May be criticized for saying that recognition has Fin ally come to Meltier. It must be admitted that the. 21-year-old North end youth has always caught the Public s fancy on the Gridiron. Since the mid-40 s when he began his career on the half gravel pitch of St. John s High school he was the crowd please. He continued his popular ways in High school where he was Hosen City All Star. At that Point he was rated one of the Best High school products and his name was linked with Frank a theirs Percy Lavitt Andy Beiber Jeff Nicklin and Johnny Kolomic. Then the. Decline set in. Injuries followed. Injuries and he spent he last few seasons knocking about in Junior company denied a spot Ith the senior club. V this year was. A decisive one for the Young halfback. He set him if to work with a set he wanted to make the bombers rest follows. The pattern ii set. Friday he scored two touch knows t so. In the Bottom half the eighth inning the air Force nine found themselves on the Short end of an 11-4 score. Then the roof caved in As the airmen she lacked Aker Stream from the Mound and brought their coach Hosegood in to try and silence the big . . Bats. But is was to no Avail As the airmen put together eight hits and an assortment of errors on behalf of the army team for 10 runs giving the .a.f. The Lead for the first time 14-11. They never relinquished this Ead and went on to win the game and the inter service Champion ship in four straight games. Kerlik started on the Mound for he airmen Only to give Way in he fourth inning to Speirs who credit for the Victory. Negro National baseball league i has been operating since 1920. A incl by our local agents . . Co. Limited t29 Phoenix bldc., 388 Donald St., Winnipeg phone 92-s04i direct service ;