The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 14

THE GAZETTE. MONTREAL; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19. 1944. VOL. CLXXIII.

No. 16 Carr Grabs N.H.L. Scoring Lead as Toronto Troxmces Boston Bruins, 7-2 i ROYALS DEFEATED CANADIENS RESUME WORKOUTS TONIGHT Playing THE BOSS, THE GOALIE AND SMILEY 3-2 BY CANADIENS '-By DINK CARROLL: 14 LEAFS' RIGHT WING GETS THREE GOALS Hat Trick and Assist Put Veteran Above Idle Bill Cowley With 53 Points jMt a. White Team Loses Second Toe Blake and Murph Cham-berlain Suffer Injuries at Chicago The Statistical Side of Sport Dick Irvin is among those who think that hockey Is lagging a little in the matter of statistics. Merely to list the names of the players -in the National Hockey League, the number of goals and assiits they got plus the number of minutes they spent in the penalty coop, tells you very little about their performances on the ice over the course cl a season.

It's an old argument, of course, but what brought it up again was a piece written recently by Victor O. Jones, Boston sports-writer, who covers the hockey and baseball fronts. The piece was an attempt to analyze the hold that baseball has on the American people. He does not think that any other national 1 i a HOCKS COUlD use one THOSE GUS OGILVIE The team that everybody said they could beat Royals are out on top of the Quebec Senior Hockey League and Manager Gus Ogilvie has hopes of continuing to remain there after tonight's game against Quebec Aces. Aces have been the only team to offer any setbacks to the revitalized Carlln-coached Royals, having topped them twice in the new schedule.

Young Jerry McNeil, in the nets, will be facing a real test when he opposes Quebec's sharpshooters, while Smiley Meronek, who pivots the Joe Desroches-Alex Smart wing duo, has been a key scorer in the three-game win streak upon which the venerable Montreal team is riding. Both Toe Blake and Murph Chamberlain were on the injured list when Canadiens returned home yesterday morning from Chicago where they played th Blaclc To. Bilk. Morpb Cbamberuua Hawks on Sunday night In a gam that finished in a tie, one-alL To has a recurrence of his shoulder injury, suffered when he collided with Bucko McDonald five or six weeks ago, and Murph hs a sor and swollen ankle. Both players are now under th care of Trainer Bill O'Brien.

They will be spared from the practice this week and it is thought altogether likely that they will ba ready for the game with the Bruina at the Forum next Saturday night. Ray Getliffe, whose back has been bothering him. is also a customer at the Forum clinic these days, though he was rested last eek-end and is sure to start against th Bruins. The Habitants reported that th game at Chicago was a strenuou affair, featured by close and heavy checking. The injuries to Blak and Chamberlain bear this out.

"The Hawks only had 11 shots ca Bill Durnan and we didn't fcave many more on Karakas," said Dick Irvin. -We had 22. The Hawks and the crowd were watching the score-board and when they saw that Detroit was winning and Boston was getting beaten it sort of pepped; them up. They played good hockey against us. Canadiens resume practices tonight Everyone is expected oui except the injured pair, Blak and Chamberlain.

"I see by the records we've still lost only three games," said Irvin. "As long as we can suck to trial figure, we won't worry too Canadiens had a visitor at their hotel in Chicago in the person of Mort Cooper, St Louis Cardinals star pitcher, who led the National League in games won last summer. He was introduced to the Habitant by John CarmichaeL sports editor of the Chicago Daily News. Mullins, IVlunn Lead Holy Name Scorers Alf Mullins and Dick Munn hold down first place honors in the newly-released scoring list of the Holy Name Hockey League. Mullins the king-pin of St Michael's club, while Munn plays for St Augustine's.

Ernie Savard, also of St Mike's, occupies third place on the list, while his teammate Jack Morrow is in fourth. Despite a scoreless week. Ray MacLeod is tied with Erai McConomy for fifth place. Pat Mclver, of St Anthony's, in the loop's bad man with a total cf six minutes in the cooler. Pen.

G. A.Pti Mln. Mullins. St Michael Munn. St.

Augustine Savard, St. Michael Morrow. St Michael McConomy, St. Auguttin McLeod. St.

Anthony Leahy, St. Anthony English, St. Michael Morent, St. Michael Graham. St.

Augustine Ward, St. Willibrord A. Rennie, St. Gabriel 5 4 10 9 4 6 19 1 8 7 8 I sail 1 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 4 1 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 3 0 SENIOR GROUP BILL AT FORUM TONIGHT Doubleheader Starts at 7.45 -Commandos Meet Cara: bins, Royals Face Aces An early start is slated for the Quebec Senior Hockey League's doubleheader at the Forum tonight with the first game getting under way at 7.45 rj.m. The U.

of M. Cara- bins meet Ottawa in the opener and hope to score their first victory of the year. In the afterpiece Royals and Quebec Aces eo to battle with regard as to which team shall head the league. Captain Mantha of the Three Manthas signed Alphonse Lalonde, of the Fairchild team in the War Industries League, last night as re placement for Rod Lorrain. tiaionae win nil out tne ngnt wing as Dai-ance to the Hayes and Lafram-boise combination.

-The Captain also announces that Roger Bedard and Marcel Lajoie will remain on tne team as permanent "members Jimmy McCaffrey's Commandos are liable to show new faces tonight, especially since the Ottawa boss took six Q.A.H.A. cards back to the Capital with him on Sunday. McCaffrey main worry alter tne pair of trimmings his team took at the hands of Royals, is a solid defence Dair. The smooth-clicking Royal aggregation had little diffi culty-in getting around eitner 01 Jim defence duos. Determined not to use any more juniors on his senior team, Gus Ogilvie will still have a powerful squad on hand.

Royals have played two games more than Latter's Aces and hold a two-point margin in the standings. While Aces have won all three of their games in the new schedule, Royals dropped two of the five, and those were to the Aces. Frank Carlin will have Swede Paulsen and Freddie Gibbon on deck. The lads play with the Navy team in the National Defence League and have fitted in well with Royals senior puck aggregation. Both boys have been in on the scoring during Royals three-game win streak.

Carlin also has hopes of signing ex-Maple Leaf rookie star of last season, Gaye Stewart. Stewart is in the Navy as well and was posted to H.M.C.S. Donnacona yesterday. With Stewart added to his revitalized Royals, Carlin figures that he can give Billy Reay and his battling Aces a go for their money and still top the loop. Reay has made no changes in his solid Allan Cup seeking team.

He has a top-notch goalie in Lionel Bouvrette and four defencemen in whom he has plenty of confidence. as well as plenty of scoring punch out in front. nounced his retirement two years ago, but General Manager Herb Pennock of the Phillies said Rear-don talked him into resuming scout work He formerly managed clubs in Salt Lake City, San Antonio and Tucson. game possesses the universality and depth of appeal which baseball holds for almost every American, The reason for this he believes to be the box score. He writes: "The one thing which distinguishes baseball from all other sports and which has been the main reason for organized baseball's hold on the public is the development of a statistical side." The Public Likes It We believe what he has to say about the box score.

Some time ago when they started to ration newsprint and papers had to cut down on the number of pages, every department had to make sacrifices. This paper decided It would have to go without the box scores of all games except those in which the Royals participated, barring World Series and playoff games. The ensuing protests from interested readers rose to something resembling a din. Everyone interested in baseball studies the box scores Intently, and that goes for managers, players, scouts, writers and fans. Base-.

ball's two big statistical bureaus the Al Munro Eli as Bureau and the Howe Bureau compile their weekly averages from the box scores, and these averages are gobbled up by the fans. The customers like to be enough in the know to offer figures glibly while discussing the merits of players. It can be argued that hockey has the scoring summary to replace the box score, though it does leave a good deal out There is nothing in it outside of the final score to indicate the quality of defensive play. But the hockey fan is grateful for the statistics that come his way. You probably couldn't find one in a carload who isn't aware that Lome Carr is leading the N.H.L.

in scoring points, or that Mike McMahon has spent more time in the penalty coop than any other player. Or that Bill Durnan possesses the best record among the goaltenders. Where Figures Are Fallible Baseball averages do not hold the same importance for managers or scouts as they do for fans. These men know where the figures are apt to be fallible. Take the fielding averages.

Some years ago Zeke Bonura led all the first basemen in the American League. Yet it was admitted that Bonura was probably the worst fielder in the loop. He never went after a ball unless it was hit right at him, so he committed the minimum number of miscues. Errors of omission do not show in the box score. Take the batting averages.

Most fans think that a man who hits .300 or better must be a good ball player, but a manager or scout looks first to see how many runs the player batted in, because they are not so much impressed by the number of hits a player makes as when he makes them. Some .300 hitters get most of their base knocks with nobody on and two men out, which doesn't make him half as valuable as the fellow who hits .270 but gets most of his hits in the clutch. The average fan may be impressed by the 20-game winner among the pitchers while a manager may be more impressed by a 10-game winner. The 10-game winner may have been pitching for a poor ball club and yet shows a better-earned-run average than the fellow who managed to win 20 games with a good club. You had an example of that a couple of years ago when Al Smith, Chicago White Sox pitcher, was selected on the A.L.

team for the All-Star game, though he had only managed to win one game up to that time all summer. An Incomplete Picture In years gone by, Dick Irvin tried to improve hockey's statistics while he was at Chicago and in Toronto. Dick says they are still being kept in those two cities. 1 He thinks the fans would be interested to know the number of offsides in a game, the number of faceoffs, and which team secured the puck oftenest from the faceoff. He also thinks the fans would be interested to know what players were on the ice when the goals were scored.

You might not be able to publish such data in the summary of a game, but it could be printed from week to week and at the end of the season. Dick also agrees that many high-scoring players pile up their totals when nothing hangs in the balance. They might get the seventh, eighth and ninth goals for their team in a runaway game. There should be some way of recording the payoff goals those that result in a win or a tie. The player who nets the puck on those occasions is certainly more valuable to his team than the man whose name appears higher up in the scoring lists but whose points were scored when the beat was oft.

"That would be a player like Bill Hollett," said Dick. "The goals he scored against us last year always seemed to be the ones that beat us." Then there might be a bracket for those men whose superlative defensive qualities cause them to be injected into the game to kill off penalties. How many times were they scored upon and how many times were they successful in baffling the opposition. Only by some such record could you get a true picture of the performances of players like Phil Watson and Murph Chamberlain. How many times did a player make the wrong pass? How many such bad passes resulted in goals? Dick, firmly believes there is room for such statistics and that i they will come in time.

Straight to Habitants Concordia Wins 5-4 Art Therrien's Verdun Terriers are just about the most unlucky team in the J.A.H.A. last night in the opening game of a twin bill at the Forum they held a 4-1 lead only to lose out to Concordia by the count of 5-4. In the nightcap Canadiens made it two in a row over Royals by trimming the loop leaders 3-2. Lucien Baillargeon opened the scoring a few seconds after the game had started and it wasn't lone before Rene Viau made it 2-0 for Verdun. Rene Vallieres convert ed a pass from Viau to add another before Concordia counted their first goal by Jean Paul Denis.

Both teams were on equal terms in the second frame with Conrad Poitras counting for Verdun and Lajoie netting the Con cordia marker, in tne intra period Lajoie and Florent Larose each ac counted for a goal tying up the score, and a few seconds before the end of the came, Coupal drifted in on Lavigne and hit the top corner of tne net lor tne winner. Canadiens got off to a fast start with Howie Morenz tallying the opener, but the rest of the period was scoreless. Peirson made it 2-0 late in the middle stanza, and Gerry Plamondon netted the third Cana- dien goal early in the final frame. Two quick goals by Dick Todd saved Royals from a shutout. Royals still remain the top team in the league with Canadiens holding down second place, Concordia with eight points are ahead of Verdun who still remain the cellar dwellers.

The teams: Verdun: Goal. Lavigne: defence, Telkklnen, Belisle; centre, Vallieres; wings, Viau. Poitras. Gardner, Cabana, Senior, Baillargeon, Young. Deschamps.

Concordia Goal, Nadon: defence, St. Michel, Robidas; centre, Laplante; wings, Bourgie, uems. uiaau, Coupal. Bedard. Locas, Lajoie, Larose, Prefontaine.

Officials: Bennett and Connolly. First Period. 1 Verdun Baillargeon (Cabana. Senior .29 Viau (Poitras) 3.30 3 Verdun Vallieres (Viau. Telkklnen 8.52 4 Concordia.

Denis (Bougie) 14.32 jno penalties. Second Period. 5 Poitras (Vallieres. Viau) 8.10 6 Concordia. La-joie 12.05 enaiiy: caDana.

Third Period. 7 Concordia Lajoie (Coupal) 2.26 8 Concordia. Larose (Bedard) 8.45 9 Concordia Coupal (Lajoie) 13.05 Kobidas, Telkkinen. Second game: Royals: Goal. Raffertv: defence.

Cutts, Tamminen; centre, O'Connor; wings, Tddd, Demchuck. Subs: Harvey, Meyer, Planche, Munn, Belanger, Lan-gill. Andrews. canadiens: Goal. Daoust; defence, Hamel, Vaillancourt: centre, Burnett; wines.

Morrow. Plamondon. Suhs: Petit, Morenz, MacAuley, Lilley, Peir-son. First Period 1 Canadiens. 8.25 Second Period 2 Canadiens.

(Hamel. Morenz) 11.07 Penalties: Morrow. Harvey. Vaillan court. Third Period 3 Canadiens.

(Burnett) 7.22 4 Royals Todd 10.07 5 Royals (Meyer, O'Connor) 13.04 Penalties: Demchuck. Harvev (mis conduct). FEW CHANGES SEEN IN POST-WAR SETUP Frank Shaughnessy Predicts That Farm System Will Remain in Baseball New York, January 18. P) Frank Shaughnessy, International Baseball League president, is back from a vacation with his family in Montreal, reiterating his view tHat the minor leagues need help from bigger clubs and predicting that post-war planning will not much alter the present structure of or ganized baseball. "Eliminate the chains and you take the best brains out of the game," he said in an interview.

"The minor leagues had their backs to the wall, and were just about throueh. after the 1932 season! hut the chains started functioning in heavy form immediately thereafter and that saved the situation. Early next month Commissioner Kenesaw Landis will preside over post-war planning meetings. "The only possible way to curb the chains would be to limit the number of farms a major league team can control," Shaughnessy said. "The idea presented by Leo Bondy, Giant treasurer, that no club can be connected with more than one club in any class from 'A' to Double A has some real merit.

It would Drevent anv one team hav ing a monopoly by controlling too many players. "But the small leagues, the fellows in 'B. 4C and need major backing, or they can't survive. We all know that independent ownership is the ideal situation, but how many minor league towns can afford it? "There are mighty few independent operators and more, perhaps no more than eight successful ones in the minors." COLTRIN APPOINTED Ex-Yankee Scout in Phillies Farm System Philadelphia, January 18. (P) Appointment of Robert Alexander Coltrin.

former New York Yankees scout, as their West Coast representative, to work under Joe Rear-don in their new farm system, was announced by the Phillies today. Coltrin is credited with starting such stars as Lefty Gomez and Curt Davis on the careers that led them to the big time. Now 51, he an- Boston. January 18. IE Lome Carr, Toronto' veteran right winger, bagged three goals and an assist to become the National Hockey League's highest point scorer to- Lor a Carr Art Jackioa night while his Maple Leafs were overwhelming the Boston Bruins, 7-2, before a 13.500 capacity crowd at the Boston Garden.

Carr opened the one-sided contest with a total of 49 points, three less than Boston's veteran Bill Cowley, who was put out of action 10 days ago when he suffered a shoulder separation against the Maple Leafs in Toronto. Carr's total of 53 gave him a point lead on Cowley, who is expected to be sidelined for several weeks more- The Bruins had to use five of their farmhands of the Boston Olympic Club in the Eastern Amateur League including Goalie Maurice Courteau. who filled in for Bert Gardiner, detained in Philadelphia by his wife's illness. Courteau got off to a rocky start and four Toronto pucks, the first two or wnicn were urea ty carr, went through him during the open ing period. The other Toronto scorers in that frame were Babe Pxatt and Bob Davidson.

GETS HAT TRICK Carr completed his "hat trick' early in the second period and dur ing the final, Zlwyn Morris and Ted Kennedy provided the remain ing Toronto counters. Both of the Boston tallies were supplied by Art Jackson. His first goal was a rink- length solo effort in the second period and during the third session be batted in Herb Cain's rebound The victory increased the Maple Leafs' second place lead to two full games over the Bruins, who had to operate without the services of the versatile Busher Jackson most of the way. The veteran had to re tire during the opener, after he suf fered a wrenched knee and an el bow injury in a backboards crash. The fireworks that the game had been expected to produce ever since January 8 when Cowley was injured and Bruins went down to a humiliating 12-3 defeat in Tor onto, failed to materialize.

The Bruins left Toronto with Manager Art Ross threatening re- verge both lor the defeat and Cow ley's injury when the teams met In Boston. But only two penalties were handed out tonight, both min ors, and Jackson was the only casualty. He was injured trying to cross-cnecK uon weoster. The teams: Boston Toronto Courteau goal Bibeault Eaan Pratt Clapper Morris A. Bodnar Cain wing Carr Davidson Boston subs: Calladine.

H. Jackson. Boil. Labne, Kopak, BitUnger, Pal- xazari. Toronto subs: Kennedy, Boothman.

joansrone. n. wamiuon, mgoiasDy, Hamilton. Webster. Referee.

King Clancy; linesmen. Bill t-ieary ana as tomitn. First Period. 1 Toronto. (Davidson.

Bodnar) 2 Toronto. 3 Toronto. (Davidson) 4 Toronto Davidson i Pratt. Carrl 54 07 15 33 10.33 Penalties Calladire. H.

Jackson. Second Period. 5 Toronto. (Davidson) 6 Boston Jackson None. Third Period.

7 Toronto. (Webster) 3 08 13.17 320 a JacKson Cam. Labne) 9 Toronto. (Pratt) Penalties: None. 15.29 18.09 SKI RACE CANCELLED P.S.S.U.

Postpones Outre mont Downhill Meet ion downhill race, slated to be held on Outremont mountain yesterday ai.emoon. was cancelled due to poor snow conditions on the course. The race was cancelled early yesterday when P.S.S.U. officials decided that the downhill course, which showed exposed rocks and obstacles in several places, was too dangerous to race. Almost 250 schoolboy skiers from city high schools had registered for the meet.

It will be run at a later date. Vander Meer Is 1-A Newark. N.J, January 18. UP) Johnny Vander Meer of Wyckoff, star pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, saying he had been classified in the United States draft as 1-A, reported today to the Newark induction station. The double no-hit.

no run baseball twirler said further Army examinations would be necessary and that he would be sent to New York tomorrow for X-rays and 48-hour observation. FORUM Tonight at 8.00 SfNIOR LEAGUE Ottawa vs U. of M. Quebec vs Royals Children 25c Adults 60c Reserved 75c, $1, 1.25 RESERVATIONS WILBANK 6131 JERRY McNEIL Last Night's Games NATIONAL LEAGUE, Toronto 7, Boston 2. J.A.III.A.

Concordia 5, Verdun 4. Canadiens- 3, Royals 2. Tonight's Games AMERICAN LEAGUE Pittsburgh at Cleveland. Q.S.HX. Commandos vs.

U. of M. Quebec vs. Royals. Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE W.

D. A.Pts 62 45 Canadiens Toronto Boston Detroit Chicago Rangers 28 20 3 5 128 31 29 27 16 13 11 13 12 11 15 22 2 143 118 34 4 143 147 30 5 97 104 27 1 100 115 23 1 98 163 11 27 11 28 5 AMERICAN LEAGUE. P. W. L.

D. A.Pts. Eastern Section Hershey 30 19 6 5 98 66 Buffalo 31 12 11 8 87 89 Providence ..31 7 20 4 63 109 Western Section 43 32 18 P. W. L.

D. F. Cleveland 31 19 7 5 127 33 11 13 9 92 Pittsburgh ..32 8 19 5 77 A.Pts. 88 43 94 31 96 21 Q.S.HX. P.

W. 5 3 3 3 0 4- 2 2 4 0 4 D. 0 0 0 F. 30 A.Pts. Royals Quebec OonumaTKlos.

U. of M. 30 8 28 22 6 4 0 19 20 12 28 J.A.H.A. W. 13 10 12 8 12 4 13 1 L.

D. 2 1 3 1 2 12 0 F. 68 46 62 36 APIs 34 21 37 17 49 10 82 2 Royals Canadiens Concordia Verdun REMEMBER THE TIME FIFTEEN YEARS AGO; January 19. 1929. W.

G. McGerrigle skipped his Ormstown rink to victory in the Royal Victoria Jubilee trophy competition. He beat Dr. Sherrif's Glebe rink, of Ottawa, in the final. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO; January 19, 1919.

The Quebec Amateur Hockey Association was inaugurated at a meeting held at the Montreal Amateur Association Clubhouse. 'The first officers elected were: President. Hartland B. MacDougall; vice-president, W. R.

Granger; second vice- resident, John J. Carrick; secre-ary, Ross Laing; treasurer, W. J. Morrison; registration committee. James A.

Taylor, T. Yates Foster and Tim Slattery. THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO; January 19, 1909. Didier Pitre was signed to play for Shamrock Hockey Club. He was the first French-Canadian ever signed by the club.

KERNER The executive elected? that day was as follows: Maj. MacDougall, president; W. R. Granger, first vice-president: J. J.

Carrick, of the City Hockey League, second vice-presi dent; Ross Laing, president of the tary; and W. J. Morrison, treasur er. The registration committee was formed of Yates Foster, J. A.

Taylor and T. Slattery, while C. Fosbery and J. Holland, president of the J.A.H.A, formed the executive committee. The three Manthas Sylvlo, George and Capt.

Paul have fin ally decided to bring up Roger Bedard and Marcel Lajoie into sen ior ranks. The two youngsters have showed up very well with the Concordia team in the J. A. A. and have been considerable spark to Carabins when they played with them.

Alphonse Lalonde Is the replacement that the collegians got for Rod Lorrain, who is out with a fractured arm. Lalonde was a member of Fairchilds in the War Industries League. Roger Perron, young star on Brother Paul's Catholic High senior team this year, is a brother of Andv. who clays for the Carabins. Andy graduated from Catholic High several years back.

Plattsburgh and Catholic High cage teams will play a series of ex hibition games in the near future. Brother Xavier is laying plans for the annual series and will have more information later this week. SMILEY MERONEK WESTMOUNT HIGH, WEST HILL VICTORS Former Beats Verdun 6-2, While Latter Team Trounces Montreal 6-2 The Protestant School Hockey League featured another of its Tuesday doubleheaders at the Forum yesterday afternoon with Westmount High trouncing Verdun High. 6-2, in the opener, ana west hill defeating Montreal High by the same score in the aiterpiece. After playing a scoreless first period, Westmount shot into the lead on a goal by Reade.

Less than twenty seconds later Black evened matters up for Verdun. After that it was Westhill all the way, goals by Prescott, Reade, and Peirson made the count at the end of the second period read, 4-1 The third frame opened with Bar-rette of Verdun scoring on a solo rush to make the score 4-2 in favor of Westmount. Bob Lord took a pass from MacKinnon a few seconds later, and Don Beirson scored the final tally to give the Westmounters a 6-2 win. Westhill led by Don Smith, who performed the hat trick, and Harold Hay, who picked up a goal and two assists, held a 3-1 lead in the first stanza. In the second period they added two more, and in the final frame they tallied their sixth, counter with Jones of Montreal High netting the Blue and White squad's second counter.

The teams: Verdun: Goal. Norman: defence, McCarrell, Brock centre, Barette; wings. Black. Brandt; Clark, Diver, Donaldson, Ersklne, Walters, Wilcox. Westmount: Goal, Fraser; defence.

Reade, Swaine; centre, Pierson: wings, Harvie, DeLalanne; Lord. MacKinnon, First Period. No score. -Penalties: Reade, Prescott, Peirson. Second Period.

1 Westmount. 2.22 2 Verdun (Brockie) 2.53 3 Westmount. (Harvie, Peirson) 3.49 4 Westmount. 7.45 5 Westmount. (Lord) 7.59 Penalties: Lord, McOarrel, Brandt, Barrette.

Third Period. 6 Verdun Barette .07 7 Westmount. (MacKinnon) 81 8 Westmount. Peirson (Harvie). 4.00 Penalties: None.

Second Westhill: Goal. defence. Cutts, Mott; centre. Hay; wings. Wise, man.

Smith; Hewgill, Henderson, Brown, Kenney, Kencfrie. Mac-quiston. Patch. Clouston, Desclouds. Montreal: Goal, Sauve; defence, Jones, McGibbon; centre.

Derkack; wings, Zeidel. Champion; Gajzyl, Dykes, Hobson, Hosking. Manastersky, Salvatare. First Period. 1 Smith.

(Hay) .20 2 6.48 3 Montreal. 7.58 4 Westhill. 8 80 Penalty: Wiseman. Seond Period. 8 Wiseman 715 Smith Hay) S.SO Penalties: Cutts, Manastersky.

Third Period. 7 Montreal. 8.10 8 WesthiU. 7 JO None. Penalties: STANDINGS P.

W. L. D. F. APts.

2 4 3 4 10 3 13 1 17 0 West HiH Westmount Montreal 2 2 0 0 12 2 3 2 1 0 0 16 10 4 3 Strathcona 2 Verdun 3 RIFLE -TEAM STANDINGS CP. C. Teams Lead in Association Sections The City and District .22 Sporting Rifle Association, now in its third year, has completed the first half of its scheduled competition. No. 34 C.P.C.

rifle team leads the Red section, while Tramays C.P.C, tops the Blue section. This year seven new teams join ed the ranks of the association. among them an all-ladies team from the Tramway Company, and a mixed team from the Dorchester Club. Others are Police Traffic, Maison-neuve Ambulance. No.

1 Wireless, R.C.A.F.. Imperial Frontiersmen and Fry-Cadbury. Following is the standing at the end of the first half of the season: RED. High P. W.

L. Target Pts. 34 C.P.C. St. Law.

Sugar. Tramw. Ladies Police Traf Fry-Cadbury Mais. Ambulance 4 4 0 4 12 4 4 0 3 11 4 13 0 2 4 0 4 1 1 4 0 4 1 1 4 0 4 0 .0 BLUE. High P.

Tramw. C.P.C. 4 34 Police 4 26 C.P.C. 4 No. 1 4 Dorchester Club 4 Irn.

Frontiersmen 4 W. L. Target Pts 4 0 3 3 1 4 3 13 3 12 2 2 2 0 4 1 10 Sport writers in New York during one day attended a 12 noon baseball luncheon. 1.15 tennis luncheon and a 7.30 p.m. boxing dinner.

12 3 4 a 202 a 2 0 2 9 112 2 0 2 3 3 0 2 2 9 2 a 0 2 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 9 10 14 1 0 1 10 19 1 0 I 9 1 1 10 19 i a 9 10 19 10 19 10 19 0 1 Is 0 119 0 119 0 11 9 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 1 Quebec Amateur Hockey Body Reaches Quarter-century Mark Lewis. St. Dominic Kehoe. St. M'chael N.

Perron, St. Dominie Dumbrosky. St. Gabriel O'Brien. St.

Anthony O'Connor St. Gabriel Dwver. -St Gabriel St. Augustine McCrory, St. Gabriel Harkens, St.

Anthony McLean. St. Willibrord. Robinson. St.

Anthony MacQuillan. St. Auguitfn J. Lambert. St.

Augustin Murphy. St. Dominic Bridal. St. Michael George, St.

Michael Maloney, St. Auguatln Gray, St. Augustine Finn. St. Dominic Vranckx.

St. Augustin Lambert, St. Dominic Martin, St Dominic H. Perron, St. Dominic Norris, St.

Willibrord Fabe, St. Michael Hodgson. St. Augustine Mclver, St. Anthony Flynm St.

Anthony Dempscy, St. Dominie Hughes. St. Willibrord Aird, St. Augustine Toohy, St Augustine Ward, St.

Willibrond O'BelUy. St. Willibrord Forrester, St. Gabriel McEntee, St Gabriel McCrory, St Gabriel Contribute to Comforts for Armed Forces. FORUM Jan.

22nd At 8.30 p.m. National Hockey Leagui BOSTON vs. CANADIENS Seats Now On Sale At Jorum Bex Office Information WI. 6131 By FRED It was twenty-five years ago that a group of Montreal sportsmen made the decision that amateur hockey should be played on a sound and better basis. That decision led to a meeting of these prominent Montrealers at the M.A.A.A.

on January 19. 1919. and that meeting developed into the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association. In the hope ol coordinating tne plans of hockey's solons in the city, this little group asked W. A.

Hewitt, then secretary ol tne Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, lor affiliation. And thus was born the association tnat controls ana coordinates hockey league, teams and players throughout the province. It was an auspicious gathering at the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association's clubhouse on Peel street. Among those present were Major Hartland B. MacDougall, outstanding Montreal athlete; James A.

Taylor, president of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada; T. Yates Foster; W. R. Granger, president of the M.A.A.A.; T. Slattery, of the Shamrocks club; C.

S. Fosbery, principal of Lower Canada College; and William J. Morrison, sports editor of The Gazette and representing- the M.A. AA. The first three leagues to affil iate with the new association at its inception were the Junior Amateur Hockey Association, the world's oldest hockey league; the Montreal City Amateur Hockey League, which played at the Victoria rink; and the Interscholastic Hockey League.

Oilers and Georgians Win Senior Cage Tilts Oilers and Georgians are still atop the heap in the Montreal Basketball Senior League following wins last night at the Sir Arthur Currie Memorial Gymnasium. The Oilers topped McGill 36-26, while Sir George's cage squad edged out Wireless School, 29-28. It was the second straight scrape-through for the Georgians, having edged out McGill, 28-27, last week. Moe Brenhouse with nine points and Glenn Wood with eight led the college team, while Joey Richman with nine was high man for the Wireless quintet Georgians ran up a 14-0 score In the first 15 minutes of play and were leading 15-9 at the half mark. Oilers and McGill were tied 12-12 at the midway mark, but long shots gave the veteran team the advantage as they pulled away in the late frame.

Wally Kilrea Joins Army Hersey. Pa, January 18. (JP) Wally Kilrea, captain and centre of the Hershey American League hockey team, joins the United States Army January 2. His last appearance will be in a War Bond selling exhibition game with the Boston National League Bruins Wednesday, January 26, here. Appointments Made At Country Club Meet At a meeting of the directors of the Country Club of Montreal, executive and committees for the coming season were appointed.

J. R. H. Robertson will act in the capacity of president for the season, with F. Dorion filling the post as hon orary president.

R. Proctor was, named vice-president: W. U. Hughes, honorary sec retary; and H. V.

Knowles, honor ary treasurer. The executive committee is made up of the following: A. D. Worth. B.

S. Hastings, T. Ash-worth, P. Jerdan, CoL C. B- Mc-Ritohie, J.

Wheatly. Other committees appointed are Finance: H. V. Knowles, Chair-man; T. Ashworth.

B. S. Hastings. House: A. D.

Worth, Chairman; w. u. Hugnes, B. McKitchie, is. Hunt Greens: R.

Proctor. Chairman: S. Hastings, C. B. McRitchie, R.

P. Fleming. Match and Handicap: J. Wheatley, Chairman; F. E.

Dorion, P. A Whitelaw. Membership: P. Jerdan, W. U.

Hughes. T. Ashworth. Honorary Captain for the season will be J. wneatly and Captain.

P. a. wniteiaw. Wm. Nutt will be In charge of puDUcity..