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Barney Ross, Chicago (left), Ceferino Garcia, and blocks out welterweight boxing; title in their ONE MAN'S OPINION Burnin' Vernon Private Woes Spur to New Achievements IT THEN trouble troubles Lefty Gomez, It often rlcochetes right off and smacks some innocent bystander right between the eyes. That is why Burnin' Vernon Is baseball's top pitcher right now, ana why he is almost as certain to draw a spot In the New York Yankees' starting lineup for the first World Dickey. Burnin' Vernon, the goofy grandee, had a rather lame season in 1936. He tried to take over Babe Ruth's position last spring on the Ruth to Ruppert holdout team, generally conceded to be the most colorful of all time, but Col. Ruppert wouldn't play.

Col. Ruppert al lowed it to become known, in fact, that if he couldn't have Babe Ruth for his holdout he didn't want any holdout at all. He finally relented a little as aspecial concession to his favorite ball player, Gehrig, but Gomez he Ignored completely. Burnin' Vernon shTgged bravely and took the cut which his previous year's record called for. HE quickly set out to rehabilitate himself as one of the ranking stars of the great Yankee machine.

Through the early and mid season stretches he was far more effective than he had been in 1936, but oddly enough it was only under the Impetus of a fresh batch of woe that he altamaa nis all time level. On September 4 his mother died. At the same time as the announcement was ade to him, he was told he was booked to pitch that day against the Senators. The Yankees weren't out of the woods then, and Gomez decided to accept the assignment, lie imew a six nil snuioui, new Francisco for his molher'a funeral and returned to beat Washington again, 2 1, allowing five hits. MORE grief followed in nis private life when reports were circulated that his beauteous wife, the former June O'Dee.

was con templating a divorce. The rumor was false, dui iiurnin vrmuii seethed with resentment and the lofty resolve to make himself the Great Gomez again, not only In the eyes of the public but in the eyes of the little woman. He blanked the Indians. 8 0. Lar Monday he whitewashed Detroit, 5 0, with four hits.

A HASTY check will s' ow you that in these last four games, Burnin' Vernon gave up exactly one run. He struck out 29 and yielded 18 hits. He leads the majors with six shutouts, the same total the entire Yankee pitching staff achieved during 1936. He also tops both circuits in strikeouts, with 183. He beat Carl Hubbell to the 20 victory post by a couple of hours.

I have never seen a pitrner so hot as Gomez is at tnis pnase oi a pennant campaign," Manager Joe McCarthy enthused the other Continued on Page 23, No. 12 Bowling' 2 SWEEPS In A.C.S. Pin League Close scoring featured bowling In the Amalgamated Civil Servants league. Only two sweeps were chalked up, Registration taking three from Dynamiters, and Bombers, a trio from Amazons. rrfrr VtltJ JC Rays shot 2,855 for the high team count of the evening.

Individual honor went to W. Kelly, of the Destroyers, with 684. He was closely followed by R. Mcintosh, Pops, 663; F. P.

Haines, Rays, 659, and J. Mdvor, Pirates, 638. L. Long, "Dynamiters" took the Individual high single game with 316 and was closely followed by Mcintosh and F. P.

Haines, with 308 and 305 respectively. At th present time Postal teams head the divisions, Registration topping division with 7 win and Station hearting division with 8 wins. deflects a right handed blow bv the Filipino' bid for the worlds Carnival of Champions' meeting. BY RALPH ALLEN Winnipeg To Join Golf Trail? Well, It's Not a Bad Idea Series game as Lou Gehrig and Bill Co COAST Golfer Cards 29 for Nine VICTORIA. Sept.

25 Don Sutherland, professionpal from Bur quitlam Golf and Country Club, near New Westminster, B.C.. Friday, claimed he had equalled the recognized world record for nine holes of tournament plav. Sutherland slapped par to pieces on the outgoing nine of his second round in the British Columbia golf championship over the Oak Bay course here Thursday to card a four under perfect figures. It was the first time a player had shot a nine hole score of 29 over the same route since Byron Nelson. United States pro, played in the $3,000 Victoria open tournament last summer.

A week before Nelson's performance, Lawson Little, of San Fram isro. tacked up a 29 at Shaughnessy Go club in the $5,000 Gold Trail open at Vancouver. Little's mark was generally recognized as a world beater. Newark Gains Junior Series BALTIMORE. Sept.

25 New wark's Bears, "Wonder Team" of the minor leagues, completed a record smashing sweep of the International baseball league playoffs Friday night by whipping Baltimore Orioles 10 7 to win the championship and qualify for the "Little World Series" against the American Association titlist. The victory climaxed one of the most astonishing records the International league has ever seen In its 54 years of history. The Bears broke all loop marks by winning ihe regular season pennant with a 25'it gnme margin. Skyrocketing into the playoffs, the Bears, a collection made up mostly of youngsters, with just enougn veteran strengtn to give the outfit balance, swept past Syracuse Chiefs in four straight in the semi final playoffs, and Friday night completed the runaway with their fourth In a row over Balti more. Ihe eight straight record posted by Newark has never been duplicated since the playoffs started back in 1933.

Permanent Post? Don Heffner, New York Yankees' uti'ity In fielder, has done a fine job afield while filling In at second base for the injured Tony Lazzerl. Heffner may get the job for keeps because Tony is talking about retiring at the end of this season. i 1 Longden Rides 3 Winners NEW YORK Sept. 25. Johnny Longden, veteran rider from Calgary, gave both the favorite and long shot players something to shout' about Friday when he rode three successive winners at Bel mont Park.

Starting in the third with Mazurka from the Canadian owned Medway stable, Longden came back to take the featured mile test for two year olds with Quick Devil from the Wheatley stable and then completed his triple with Paul Codd's Page Boy In the fifth. Mazurka was the 11 to 5 choice In the large field of maiden three Three in Row JOHNNY LONGDEN year olds. Quick Devil also was heavily supported at 11 to 10 but Page Boy returned 6 for 1. Quick Devil, a son of Diavolo and winner of only one of his 10 sprint races, gave evidence of developing into a router as he ran the mile in 1.38 3 5 under 116 pounds. After following the pace set by William Dupont Bonnie Sea, Longden shot Quick Devil to the front a furlong from home.

The Wheatley colt easily pulled away, winning by three lengths. Bonnie Sea was another five in front of E. R. Bradley's Birdlea, JAPAN TO Stage 1940 Winter Games BANFF, Sept. 25.

Any hope Canada had of entertaining the winter sports of the 1940 Olympic games were dimmed Friday by Werner Klingebcrg, technical adviser of the International Olympic committee. But, he added, Canada may get a peek at the European athletes as they pass through this country on their way to Japan. Japan, which already has been awarded the track and field and other events, has made extensive preparations for the winter sports, Klingeberg snid. "The have already obtained the services of Seisrinsky, the man who designed the Lake Placid anil Garmiscli bobsleigh runs, to build one in Japan," he said. "Of course they will not be sure until after the Cairo meeting ot the International committee next year, but as they have the first choice, I think you Canadians had better give tip any designs you have on the winter games.

They will undoubtedly be in Japan." ir TJ Champion Chasing The Champ To Title Blocks Road To Crown WINNIPEG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1937 PACE 21 Orillia Team Evens Series With Cornwall CORNWALL, Sept 25 Orillia Terriers, Mann cup holders and champions of the Ontario amateur lacrosse association, defeated Cornwall Indians 17 6 Friday night in the second game of the All Ontario championship series, Cornwall wo'n'the first game at Orillia Wednesday. Third game of the best of three series will be played at Toronto, Masonic Five Pin League Gets Underway The Five Pin league bowling got away to a good start Wednesday evening at the Saratoga alleys. Eight teams reported but a few more members are expected next week. High scores for the evening were II. Genaske 660, H.

Kaplan 645, G. Shragge 638, H. Oughtred and C. H. Baker 601.

Al Bennett and Sid Martin failed to reach the high figure. The King Dethroned fflwmmm mrnvm wnmxm Ross Rates McLarnin Tougher Than Garcia But Lardner Does Not Believe Champion BY JOHN LARDNER By Wirt ts Th Trlbunil VTEW YORK, Sept. 25 Post mnr i tern on the Carnival of Champions: The best light of the four title fights at the Polo grounds Thurs day night was the one for the welterweight championship, between Barney Ross and Ceferino Garcia. It was really a pip. The champion talked about it later, atid talked through his hat.

"It wasn't my toughest fight," said Barnabus. "McLarnin was tougher. He feinted me and fooled me. Garcia couldn't do that. I always knew my way with Garcia." Those remarks on the part of Mr.

P.C25 ft let i frcn age. I saw all his three fight with James McLarnin, and while angel face James was undoubtedly a smarter performer than Garcia, he never handed Barney half the trouble, or half the misery, that the Filipino dealt from the top of the deck. Garcia Is a savage, tireless puncher. He is younger and stronger than McLarnin or Ross. Given a little of the cuteness and generalship of those two masters, he could hav knocked Ross cold at any one of half a dojen times.

He was outsmarted, though, by a fine boxer and I'm afraid will pax 1 1 i A I A I A 't, V. i fi.i 4 Referee Arthur Donovan steps In to slop the Thil Apostoll flgbt In the tenth pound, above. Thll, middleweight champion of Framie, was compelled to concede victory In his fight with Fred Aoostqll when Apostoll opened a deep gash over the Frenchman's eve. The cut can be seen as Thil, left, cowers away from his foe. who stands poised for the kill in their Carnival of Champions engagement.

AN EARFUL By JOHNNY BUSS THAT price hockey players? No answered by many. Nevertheless it remains to be threshed out publicly. Many players sell their playing' ability for a position. No one can deny the boys the privilege. They want a job and if they ran rash In on their hockey ability, there is nothing anybody can do about it.

But when players obtain positions, promising to play for certain teams in the spring, work all summer, then suddenly leave for greener pastures, this department certainly does not think, much of the idea. When a lad lias had a job throughout the summer and possibilities of continuing in tfi winter, there Is something radically wrong when he packs up and leaves at the last minute. Offers for good amateur hockey players are plentiful. When a lad obtains a position locally and chances of advancement, he should think twice before leaving. Of course, if he has the ability to make the pro.

ranks, all the more power to him, But, on the other hand, seeking fortunes in greater fields for the winter Is quite a gamble. These few lines are not written In crepe hanging fashion to the hockey players. It's just a little advice, which may stand them In good stead some of these days. IUST meeting with fair success In selections this fall, the "World's Worst Picker" gives base hall fans a cinch winner in the New York Giants. Even on paper this department can't see how the Terrymen ran lose the decision In the National league.

Any team In a ball league up 3H games with only anolher dozen to play, no matter how tough the opposition, they can have my cou pie of coppers anytime. Today the Giants only have a dozen games to play as compared with nine by the Cubs. Probably the Terrymen have the toughest assignment, but they have 'em, while the Grimmen have 'em to get. That means a lot In any game, even in a poker fray. Here are the remaining games of the clubs, with the the penalty.

No more Ross fights for Ceferino. No Us for the Bolo Punch "Three times is out," says Barney coldly. He hasn't any use for the bolo punch. Add Rossiana: Another Rnss Me Larnin fight (the fourth) is In the offing. Strauss should play the accompaniment.

Rude awakening note: A card of four championship fights In one ring Is just like an ordinary fight card, only more dismal. There was one good bout this time, the Ross Garcia thing, and the rest of the champions and challengers fought preliminary fights In preliminary Apologies to Baltimore department: Sixto Escobar, the ejc) bantamweight champion, was soundly licked for the third time by Harry Jeffra, of Baltimore yet Escobar 1 a better and sounder fighting machine. The explanation is this. Size body proportion makes a tremendous difference among little men. The reach of the arm Is a negligible factor In a heavyweight fight, but Escobar, at 118 pounds, will never in his life get close enough to Jeffra, also at 118 pounds, to fight him He can't reach the fpllnw.

It will alwajs be Uit aamt, If they meet again. jr ST Giants being billed to play double headers against the Boston Bees and Brooklyn Dodgers: GIANTS At home Brooklyn, Sept. 25 and 26. Boston, Sept. 27 and 28.

Away Philadelphia, Sept, 29 and 30. Brooklyn, Oct. 1, 2 and 3. CUBS At home St. Louis, Oct.

1, 2 and 3. Away Pittsburgh, 8ept. 25 and 26. Cincinnati, Sept. 27, 28, 29 and 30.

HERE nor there Billy Ayr ton, who made a name for himself In local amateur boxing circles and later In the pro ranks. Is vislling his folks Jn the city for a few weeks For the first time In the sports history of the province, a contest for the four man team Manitoba I liftins championship, open to any team or Individual residing within Manitoba, will be held this winter Canada is unknown at the Olympics in this branch of sport that builds a man's body to its highest slate of physical efficiency, and Manitoba had never sent a lifter to compete In the Dominion event All enquiries in this nature should he sent to J. O'Sulllvan, 1.484 Main st. Manager Bill Webber has attached the signatures of Raj' ard Muriel to a 1937 38 junior hockey certificate. "They also serve Last year on by name of Johnny Bus was a member of th Brewery Product team In th Senior Bowling league.

Ha rolled very little but received th lime share as the rest of th members. The same thing happens to Jack Saltzgaver, Yankee utility man. He has gone to bat only twice for the New Yorkers, but he'll get th same world series melon as Jo DiMsggio or Lou Gehrig. Assiniboine Ladies To Hold Wind up Today The Assiniboine Golf club, Ladies' section, will hold their final wind up today. There will be a 9 hole competition followed by the presentation of prizes.

All members are cordially invited to attend. Al Brown is a good example. Brown is a lanky bantamweight who can reach from Dover to Calais. In his best days, he licked everybody In the world. Pedro Spurned the Title Problem in Puerto Kiran psychology; Pedro Montanez, meeting Lou Ambers, fought the silliest fight ever made by a challenger seeking lightweight title.

Jle behaved as though it would revolt his finer feelings to have the thing. Staleness may account for this, or overtraining, for Pedro is a natural welterweight. But he certainly didn't seem to want that title. He didn't fight a lick for it. Social obligations department: For better or worse, we have two new champions ot the world.

They deserve an introduction Fred Apostoll, world' middleweight champion (European and Asiatic division) and Harry Jeffra, the bantamweight king. Both are Italians by ancestry. Jeffra Is Italian Irish, his proper name being Ignaclo Pasquale Guif fia. He is a tail, slender, grinning, effervescent fellow who likes to talk and play golf. He play golf heller.

A former caddy, he shnnts consistently In the low 70's. and has been in th. 60 1 from Urn to Urn. Riders Study Plays REGINA, Sept. 25 A squad of 24 Regina Roughrider players was en route to Winnipeg B'riday night, grimly determined to change the luck that has kept them on the losing side in the three league gumes they've played this fall.

KoughiiUers carried the same team that went to Calgary with the exception of Freddy Hay, who is replacing Lindsay Holt in today's game. Ray will start in the backfleld although he is still complaining of a groin Injury that refuses to respond to treatment. That will leave Lloyd Connolly free to take up his regular position at" outside wing. The balance of the team Is unchanged. Unless there's a letdown.

"I've given Ritchie orders to yank any man who falls down on the job at any time In the game," said drifting. "That Includes me, too." On the train Friday night Grif fing and Al Ritchie spent two hours drilling plays into the Regina Sold To Bruins NEW YORK, Sept. 25 Manager Art Ross of Boston Bruins, an nounced after the National Hockey league governors meeting, Friday night, that he had purchased Art Jackson, young centre, from Toronto Maple Leafs. squad. Roughrider plays were set out in detail on the board, as well as an outline of many of those used by Winnipegs.

Roughrider officials have given much thought to methods of blocking the Winnipeg aerial attack that spelled disaster for them in the game here last Saturday. They believe they have solved the problem, despite what Ritchie calls the "perfectly eAicutcd" Winnipeg Pl Todd Annexes B.C. Open Golf VICTORIA, Sept. 25 Portside swinging Jimmy Todd, of Victoria, Friday captured the British Columbia Open championship with a 72 hole score of 273, three strokes under perfect figures for the four rounds over Oak Bay club's tricky course with Its 18 hole par of 69. Todd, who fought Into the semifinals of the recent Canadian ania tnur titlfhunt only to bow out to Rnss (Sandy) Sotnerville, Londm, tacked a bright 6fi in his final roun.l to previous scores of S8 6970 for the total which topped the hest the coast province's crack amateurs and professionals could mark up.

Gene Saraen was his boyhood idol, it being one of the Marquess of (Jueensherry rules that every champion fighter must have some kind of hohood idol or get off the road. Hairy wants to in the ring long enough to get himself a stake as a pro golfer. "I've got no money," he savs. "and a pro needs travelling dougli to gel him started on the tourna ment circuit. That's what I'm after." Fred Apostoll grew up with Joe Di Maggiu in San Francisco.

He's been almost everything, from bellhop lo fi uit picker, in his short life. He would like some day to own a cattle ranch hut first he would like to beat Freddie Steele, the other world's middleweight champion, for the universal middleweight championship. Steele knocked him out once, but that was quite a spell hack, and it doesn't worry Apostoll. "Get me Steele," is his slogan. It may turn out to be his life work.

Dogged determination note: Mike Jacobs says there will be an other Carnival of Champions next year. His profit on the last one ran he described as follows it has heads on one sido and tails on the 0)nr par Amtnit, im.j 11 Lou Ambers, world's lightweight champion, backs away from a left hand thrown by Pedro Montanez (right), but Amber retaintd his rrown in the Mike Jacobs' Carnival of Champions. Between the Lines By HERBERT MANNING unior hockey circles currently concerns the fate of St. Boniface Seals, Manitoba finalists last season and practically conceded the Canadian title this year by experts who hoped but didn't think they would stick together. The Seals haven't.

Still laying behind the off the record deadline, Seals are being scattered along the Manitoba hockey lanes and off them until the experts who were prepared to hand them the Canadian crown on a plush platter arc beginning to doubt they wilt reach the record at all this season, as winner or loser. Pro and con, th argument relegating the Seal to the limbo of forgotten teams at convincing but hardly definite In their complete content. The Seal are certain to lost a number of their playtrs official of th club, let alone outsid observers, haven't been able to tabulate th exact percentage which will seek transfer. Against the transfer problem Is stacked the declaration of St. Boniface executives the Seals will continue.

That should be all that is necessary to assure the main tenance of the Seal dynasty, but is 117 CONSIDER these points: Terry Reardon, centreman of last season and potentially one of the brightest forwards developed In Winnipeg in recent years, is slated for Brandon. Hal Cathcart, ad lib, Is billed for Portage la Prairie and the Terriers as regular nelminder. Walter Stanowski. If he doesn't catch a place with New York Bowling STAVELY'S Tire Team Is Undefeated Completing the second week's schedule in the Winnipeg Senior Five Pin Bowling league, only one club of the sixteen boasts a record of no losses. This team is Stavely's Tire In division.

Its opponents Friday flight were the Champs. Scoring Friday night was not up lo league standard. A stor John Mone, who topped scoring last week, could only muster 587. Ray Gibson, last year'a average winner, was five pins better. It fell to the lot of division trundlers to top scoring.

Tom Scott, Stavely's, led the way with 873. His games were 269, 353 and 241. His middle count was high for the night. Sherman Black also totalled above the 800 mark wllh two 300 scores and 225. Les Gib son had 816 to ton division i i scorers.

Del's Electric topped the three i game mark In division, while had high single tussle. I The ntaiority of games In both I were won by the shutout! i route. and Story Service Clothes 3, Meyers Studio Dayton's 3, Ray sins 0. division Aspirins 3. Deer I.ndge Winnipeg Electric 2, Rial tos Dels 3, Christies Stavely's 3, Champs 0.

Pin President $1 1 A Hart Green, who was elected president of the Winnipeg Lodge 10' "ownng ica lne "nnul recently wl" ro" I "llp" commencing VV ednesday a 7 m' I treasurer. The vice preidenl and ch0 th next fw day. Americans with whom he will train next month, will go to Portage oc Brandon; strictest authority can not see him returning to Seals. Thar three of them, and others. of less repute, may lav also.

Three of the biggest and most im portant guys on the team that was supposed to win th Canadian junior title this year. Let the. Seals carry on without them and you can take away that Canadian tine part. Will th Seal content with les than a winning team? They'll have to be If they Intend to continue without th aforementioned thre. Around Reardon was built th offensive; around 8tnowskl functioned th defense; Cathcart had the final aay.

Tak them away and you have a part of this year' team, that part which St. Bonifac official claim will contend for th Junior crown In either south or north division. It' not hockey season yet, though, and until hockey season roll around you can gamble on th Seal, whether they will (tart without the Big Thr or whether they will decide it's not worth whll after all. MEANWHILE, look at Portag Terriers. First, fellow, this 1 off th record also, merely a glimpse of the Terriers who ar facing the barrier.

Remember the barrier Isn't sprung and they may not all be In there at th start, From left to right, a new coach, "Tiger" Mitchell; a new goal ten. der, Hal Cathcart; a new defense, "Butch" Marchant and Paul Mund rick atid maybe Walter Stanowski: forwards, well, there's several rumored, but you can bet there will be three or four Winnipeg bred men up front to supplement the forces the Terriers carried over from last year. Alex Smart, and he played that way, too, won't be there; neither will "Smiley" Meronek, at last over age. But If Terriers can squeeze all those import up to the barrier, look for a fast pare and a breeze to the finish. U'HAT about Mnnarchs? Well, the Kingly Kids never could he counted out of a local junior race, which In Itself Is enough to earn them rating in the impending campaign.

Expressly, however, they'll have Zeke Fcrley back in goal It isn't likely he'll be permitted to turn senior, Alchison Bnd Martel also from last season's junior title team and a flock of high class juvenll graduates to fill in the empty spaces, That's St. Boniface Seals, Por. lage Terriers and Monarchs th Big Three of last year dealt with. Among the others (watch Varsity and Brandon) there is sure to be a top notch contender in each divU sion. You have probably gathered by now that hotkey is in the air 1 ou were right.

We were wrong. The lineup shuffles so fast on these pre season readings the above synopsis will read like a fairv story when the curtain actually goes up. 5 HIGH SCHOOL Soccer Will 1 Open Tuesday 1 High school teams wt usher In the season next Tuesday evening. In the division Kelvin will meet Daniel and Isaa'1 Newton meets St. John's, Gordon Bell, Ihe other tram in the circuit, will action on Sept.

30. The schedule of the divi i slon follows: 1 Sept. 28 Kelvin at Daniel Me Int if. Isaac Newton al St. John's.

Se t. 30 Gordon Bell at Isaac Newton. St. John's at Kelvin. Oct.

5 Daniel Mclntyre at St. John's. Isnai Newton at Kelvin. Oct. 7 hniuel Mrintyre at Isnn Newton.

Gordon Belt at Kelvin. Oct. 12 Daniel Mrintyre at Gordon Bell. Kelvin at St. John's Oct.

1 1 St. Johns st Gordon Bell. Daniel Mclntyre at Kelvin. Oct. 19 Isnac Newton at Daniel MctnHre, Gordon Bell at St.

I John's. uct. i jsaav Newton at Gor don Bell. St. Mclnty re.

John's at Daniel Oct. 25 Isaac Newton at Ke. vin. Gordon Bell al Daniel Me Inlvre. Oct.

38 St. John at Utta Newton, Ktlvin at Gordon B4..