Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 1, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free. Press Friday july 1, 1955 Page 13 i Grant Warwick playing coach first race paid 5 to 1, and Gread of the world Champion hockey neck paid 50 to 1 in the second team Penticton v a has changed i his mind about retiring and will the out door fight to decide Lead the team again next year. Brother Bill Warwick has received an offer to coach in Swit Zerland but has not indicated whether he will accept. He was leading scorer with Winter. The v s last Pat Roach of Toronto announced thursday he will Fly to Tran Couver today to coach mrs. Ann Mcra a 35, of Vancouver for an the Pacific Northwest lightweight title postponed twice because of has moved indoors. George Dunn of Edmonton will Battle Champion Bobby Woods of Spokane wash., Over a 10-round route in exhibition gardens Fri Day night. Rev. John Donelon says shift ing tides changing temperatures and loneliness were his greatest enemies in his unsuccessful at attempt to swim the 18-mile to t this week on thl tempera. Juan de Fuca Strait july 6. Juan de Fuca Channe be her chances at 50-50. Tween British Columbia and state of Washington. The another italian motorcycle sir Norman Brookes resigned thursday As president of the australian Lawn Tennis association racer was killed wednesday night he is 77. And two others Hurt on a Speed fifty years ago Brookes won. Circuit at Recanati Italy. The singles championships at the Accident raised the toil in Wimbledon for the first of three times. Since then he has Domin ated australian Tennis first As a player and then As an administrator. Samuel Reshevsky of new York considered the Foremost chess player in the United states Drew with Prussia s world Cham Pion Mikhail Botvinnik thurs Day in the second game of their four game series in the United states soviet match. Wednesday s first round game. Italian motorcycle races to four dead and six injured in weeks. New York Yankees signed thursday Ted Gray Veteran left hander who his pitched for de troit Chicago and Cleveland in the american league and placed Pitcher Bob grim on the inactive list for 30 Days because of a sore j right Elbow. I the Duke of Edinburgh Accep-1 Ted thursday the position of president of the British Empire downpour fails to Stop horses but Mutu Els camera bothered local hockey 4angep s adjourned with the new Commonwealth games fed grand master apparently in the j Lead will be completed sunday. Ling body of the British Empire Chicago White sox announced and Commonwealth games the thursday they Are recalling right j sixth edition of which places in Bander Connie Johnson from Cardiff in 1958. Victories and two defeats Wilh Toronto. His record last year was 17-8. F i the leading yacht in the first King of Sweden trans Atlan tic yacht race for 20 years was tacking up the West coast of Sweden thursday night towards its goal at Marstrand. The yacht the daily double at River Downs race track paid the 48-foot West German or Tat thursday to 12 Lucky ticket hold left Newport r.i., with six other ers. Be yourself Winner of the crack Ocean going yachts june 11 for their journey. Still shocked at Lumsden death Sherman s thoughts not on replacement still weary from an exhausting said Sherman plane trip from his new York Sherman brought his wife Joan Home the plane went through last night s storm Blue bomber coach Al Sherman had Little to say about his football team thursday night. Sherman s biggest concern at the moment is to obtain a re placement for the late Tommy Lumsden one of the finest defensive ends in Canada. Luis Den died a week ago after an emergency operation. I Haven t even thought about said Al. Death is something no one anticipates. It took me quite a while to face the fact that Tommy won t be around. I Haven t taken five minutes out to think about filling the Gap left by his Dea la. I be just been thinking about him. He was a great kid a terrific person. It la be a few Days before i can get rid of the personal Way i Felt toward Tom enough to Settle Down and consider any Joe Conrad seeks British open title St. Andrews Scotland Joe Conrad of san Antonio Texas Winner of the British Amateur championship at Lytham last month put in a Surprise appear Ance at St. Andrew s thursday in a bid to equal Bobby Jones 25 year old record of winning both the British Amateur and open Golf titles the same year. The British open starts monday. Conrad s name was not among original entries but the authorities let him in when he managed to get time off from the . Air Force in which he serves As a lieutenant. And Young son Randy with him. Next week his assistant Larry Cabrelli will arrive. Training opens july 15. I Joyce Sebastian leads golfers at St. Boniface Joyce Sebastian is showing the Way in the ladies Section of the St. Boniface Golf club so far this i season. In the two monthly medal com petitions completed to Date miss Sebastian has topped the a class to become the Only double Winner in the club. The a class Snedal winners were miss a. Mattes for May and miss m. Gibbs for june. In the a class miss a. Boyd took the medal in May and miss o. Anderson was the june Winner. The Tombstone Competition Hon ors went to mrs. Irene Swail in r Olao 5 to help 0 z y hockey three from Toronto eleven three year Olds include j ing three shipped from Toronto especially for the classic Are scheduled to go postcards at Polo Park this afternoon in the richest race in the history of the turf sport on the Prairies top three year Olds poised for Derby today ele Dot ranch s sky Lynn Kennedy Veale s t a b 1 e s great West All from Winni Peg and by Mac Ester from the Baldur Creek stable at positions. Great West Willie Marsh or 126 by Macesker Don Richards 121 miss j. Mckay in and 26th running of the miss b. Truss Dale in in added Canadian Derby at Ivi the Canada life event mrs. W. I Miles. Of an original nomination list of 177 on january 1, 1953, the names of the 11 were placed in the entry Box thursday upon payment of 560 for each. Starters will pay s100 additional. If All Start the Winner s share will be three Eastern invaders Are Stafford farm s Senar Jim the probable favorite mrs. R. E. Cook s Fleet countess and w. A. Moffatt s loyalist. Manitoba entries Are Andy Adams Silver spat Cir Garrison was the Winner with Jean Allen As runner up. Steffie Belarus won the Consolation with miss m. Gibbs runner up. Beats wind Wichita Kan. A Fay Crocker a game Anil rugged competitor from Montevideo Uruguay bluffed a 45 Miles an hour southerly wind thursday for a two Over Par 74 and the first round Lead in the United states women s open Golf tournament. By Maurice Smith it takes More than a Little old cloudburst to Stop while a lot of the races. A lot of Winni Eggers were Busy pumping out base ments and repairing other dam age caused by the storm which hit the City Early thursday night the horses were calmly galloping around the track at Polo Park. True conditions weren t plea Sant but nevertheless the pro Gram was run off almost without incident. Three Mutual machines had to be shut Down when the driving leaked through the roof of the grandstand while the Eye in the sky camera could not be used to record the finish of the third race because the pitch Black sky made visibility so poor. The track which started out As Good became Sloppy within the Short interval Between the third and fourth races. In order to make things easier on the jockeys operating manager Lou Davias ordered elimination of Post parades from the fourth race on. I on the subject of a Sloppy track its bound to be that Way this afternoon for the 26th running of the Canadian Derby Over a mile and a Quarter. There was no Surprise Friday when of the 177 original Nomi nees a total of eleven were named to Battle for the richest purse Ever offered in racing West of the great lakes. It will be Worth to the Winner. That la buy a lot of Hay. It is doubtful if the heavy of yesterday will result in Many of the eleven horses named to contest the race scratching out. Most of them can go Well on the kind of track they la have to contend with today. The Eastern bred senator Jim will undoubtedly go to the Post favorite. He won t mind the track As he won a plate trial at Wood Bine in much the same Type of going hell find this afternoon. Other Eastern owned horses in the classic Are Fleet countess and loyalist the latter bred by r. J. Speers. Thoroughbreds which will Endeavor to win the Derby for the West Are great West from the Kennedy Veale stables. Andy Adams Silver spat Circle Dot ranch s sky Lynn who won the Derby trial Here Lee Williams Suerte and a. A. Bateluk s Fly Long on. Stanley Harrison has also named his Keewaydino while Lary faso will carry the colors of Albert Busch of Calgary and by. Mac Ester will go for the Baldur Creek stable. All Colts in the race carry 126 pounds with fillies getting in at 121. There Are two of the latter by Mac Ester and Fleet countess. Friday the Meadowbrook speedster eleven men made it two in a Row As he captured the featured sixth race. Eleven men with Ron Archer in the Saddle had Little trouble winning. The Over right swell the favorite. The outsider Angel Isle upset the dope when taking the second from the co favourites lady Locke and fairy Flash. As a result the racing eight race program Polo Park. Post time . Baseball Northern league Aberdeen Pheas ants is Winnipeg Gold eyes Winnipeg stadium and 8 . Scottish a roots Polo Park . Stock cars eight race card Broo Klarius Speedway time trials . Races 2.30 . Soccer senior Europe is. Britain 7.30 ., Alexander Park. Polo Park won t have to worry new York Aillo 28, is a hard loser. So she struck a determined blow thursday for that Saddest of All Breeds the hopeless horse player. On her first visit to a race track last the Brunette dress buyer dropped a to be the ponies at Aque duct. I lost every she mourned. So thursday her lawyer filed a state supreme court suit against the track operators to recover the Money. Lawyer Lee Bosco or. Contends that since 1874 new York has had a Law Section 994, that provides who loses a bet May sue and recover in 1940, when the present pan Mutual Law was enacted Bosco maintains nothing was done about erasing Section 994. So he argues it still is in Force and takes Prece Dence Over the 1940 statute. Daily double on Angel Isle and Debelle paid the Nice Price of Good sister showed a Tot of run in the stretch to take the third justifying her role 0s favorite. Brass Ball got the place Money with min Nie Marsh third. It was Thrifty miss by a nose in the fourth As she just managed to beat out the fast closing mild Justice while Beacon found the Sloppy going very much to his liking As he won the fifth by three lengths from forever after. In the finale Kenora Pride gained her first win of the meet ing As she scored an impressive six length Victory Over Haza Chance making his first Start of the season. The Quinella on this pair paid bunkers it s a Long Tine since we be seen a thoroughbred swirl her Tail around the Way Debelle did in the first race those who know say that s a sign the filly wanted to quit Ron Archer was top jockey with two winners Chart caller Denny Layzell had difficulty see ing the horses during the running of the third race it was raining so heavily h. J. Percy of Innisfail alta., claimed Giddy Romance out of the fourth race from the Koltes investment co. For betting was 241 compared to a year ago the Quinella Pool was with 238 winning tickets winning double tickets were sold. Big soccer match the boys who Learned the soccer on the continent of eur Ope take on the lads who picked up the football code in Britain tonight at Alexander Park. It s Europe against Britain and the proceeds of the big International soccer match go to Alexander Park. The kick off is set for 7.30. Baseball today 10.30 . 8 . Holiday double header Winnipeg is. Fargo Moorhead saturday 2 . Winnipeg is. Fargo Moorhead 8 . Special event House of David is. Winnipeg Gold eyes Scaiano tickets and Pauli impeded this event. Regular admission prices big test today canadians draw russians in Henley Challenge event Henley on thames England Empire games champions to Hen up an underdog University Ley june 10 for training named a of British Columbia rowing Crew will try today to present Canada with a Dominion Day present. But experts at this old thames Side regatta town agreed thurs Day night the British columbian could have picked an easier Way of doing it. They match oars with a big sturdy russian eight Over the a Row straight course in the Semi final heats of the Royal Henley regatta s grand Challenge cup. Strategy probably will be simple in the one mile 500-Yard race. Those russians push that Shell through the water awfully said Canadian manager Nelles Stacey thursday after the ubic Crew had watched club Krasne narnia easily oust Jesus College of Cambridge in a borrowed boat our Only Hope is to push it a Little coach Frank read who took his shuffled lineup thursday night dropping regulars Ken Drummond and Bob Wilson. Uni our. Alberta is represented by Lee Williams Suerte and Albert Basch s Larry faso and Saskatchewan by a. A. Bateluk s flying on and capt. Stanley Harrison s Keewaydino. The Derby is to be run As the fifth race Friday with the first race at 2.30 . Following Are the horses and jockeys listed according to spat Nick Cizik 126 loyalist Dick Griffiths 126 Suerte Don Ross 126 Fleet. Countess George god Ley 121 flying on Fred Dodge 126 sky Lynn John Garroutte 126 Keewaydino Roberto Diaz 126 senator Jim Avelino Gomez 126 Larry faso Ron Archer went to the front at the Start and never looked Back. At the finish he was on top by seven lengths Over fixation with Hal rack a Distant third. Making her first Start at Polo Park Debelle won the opener under Jimmy Mason even though she looked As if she wanted to Call it a Day at the top of the stretch. Mason going to the whip made the filly hang on to win by three quarters of a length association out is needs str actively As a Means of helping Tennis in Canada. Bob and Don said that expenses on a six month trip such As theirs Cost each to this can be trimmed by expenses allowed for invitation tournaments even if it helps Only for travelling or is merely pocket Money. Asked How he thought the Canadian Public could be attracted More to Tennis helping the Asso Bedard on can Montreal Bob Bedard of Sherbrooke Canada s no. 2 ranked Tennis player came Back from Europe thursday a bit perturbed at All the fuss his Wimbledon interview raised but still calling his shots on what he thinks could help Canadian Tennis. Don Fontana of Toronto just As surprised Over All the Hurrah Adia Tenn once was allowed expenses by the Cleta for the 10-Day Canadian Junior championship in Ottawa. As a senior he once got As expenses travelling and All for the one week National championships in Toronto. Both Bedard and Fontana said they thought concentration of financing to develop juniors can t do much unless we have established just think 20% off on All made to measure suits or extra pants starting saturday july 2nd both Crews have been mixing freely. They regretfully exchanged fraternity pins and badges thurs Day when the russians left Henley after withdrawing because their i in agreement with Bob All position was this Down open All Day saturday his Crew barring last minute shells were still tied up by changes Cox Carl Ogawa strike. Glen Smith no. 7 Mike there s a lot of language Trou no. 6 Laurie West no. 5 but we be been very Zloklikovits no. 4 Tom Stacey. No. 3 Doug Mcdonald no. 2 Bill if the canadians beat Russia to Hughes Bow Phil Kueber. Read supervised one last evening paddle and then packed the boys off to bed at the usual dead line. The Canada Russia heat has been set for . . Despite the Odds the canadians were in Good spirits bucked up by Good Luck messages from Home. Day they probably will rocket into the favorite s position to take either the thames rowing club or the two Back from a six month swing around the european circuit could t have been More surprised j order to reach that them juniors can keep on beating them selves ragged but still won t keep on with their development unless established players in Over the official Eye brow lilting Here than were officials and the selves. Established players and those with International recognition Luca Lujic 411cu11co Ivy Fiill i. I a j i i the University of Pennsylvania earned that the two Cana the final int Tho Diane weren t backed financially by the final saturday. But the general feeling is that the russians believed to do Little else than Row will be too powerful with their stiff High cared style and Superb conditioning. We can win if we just get that the ubic Crew entered As the spirit of last said one re Ferring to the Empire games Vic tory in Vancouver. They Are tickled about drawing the russians who won the event Here last year. Travelling troupe in Europe just set that Way without playing on International circuits and in International tournaments. Bob and Don said they thought both juniors and established play weren t backed financially by the Canadian Lawn Tennis association. First they could t understand Why we were the Only ones and that others did t come especially lome said 23-year-old bed Ard. They could t understand Macdonald s Fine Cut i i makes a better cigarette Ujj 1 Vancouver rowing club can make history by being the first Canadian i ally we were on our own without Shell Ever to win the grand main a Captain. They could t believe it event in the regatta which started j when we said we weren t supported in 1839. I financially by the Bob said Bis financial support came from i be province of que Bec Lawn Tennis association and from the people of his native City of Sherbrooke. Don said that in addition to some of his own Money earned last fall he was privately financed by Toronto sports enthusiasts and business men. All the players who travelled with us on the european Tennis Cir Cuit were financed by their National said Bob. Following Bob s statement in a Canadian press interview in Wimbledon that he did t have financial support of the Cleta president Harry Marpole of that body said in Montreal the Cleta policy is not to spend its funds on established players for overseas trips but rather on Junior development through our provincial associations. Bedard As a Junior and later has received plenty of help through this Bedard said that As a Junior he ers should be their criticism helped. They was offered said time Bob said there should be development not Only of Junior and established players but an Effort made to get top players Here. Sherbrooke itself is an example. Four years ago the City had about 10 Public courts and 100 to 150 players. Then Bob began to hit the headlines and More interest was created now Sherbrooke has close to 30 courts and 500 play ers and has also turned out the no. 1 Junior player in Canada Guy Durocher. Wear 261 Portage cd. Hook Avenue a Polo Park weekdays until july 6th of Canadian Derby admission includes tax parking 25c children under 16 not admitted except on july 1 t. James Speers general manager Lou Davies operating manager ;