The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 16

VUL. CLXA. No. 90 THE GAZETTE. MONTREAL: TUESDAY, APRIL 15; 1941.

Sydney, Routs Royals 8-3 to Win Eastern Title and Reach Allan Cup Final if WE ARE CHAMPIONS, WE ARE CHAMPIONS QUEBEC OVER RULED ON JUNIOR PLAYOFF NOTCHES 5 THIRD FOR BRILLIANT WIN BEFORE 9,000 FANS Marksman Captures First Title After "Trying" for Fifty Years George W. Gentleman, 70 Years Old, Gains Provincial Doables Crown In Trap Shooting Com Dawe's Request for Fifth Game Here Thursday Voted Down by C.A.H.A. petition, Proving He "Was Good' Walton, McCreedy, Snell Score Two Apiece, Dickie Shines in Nets By OWEN GRIFFITH. SAYS BUDGET TOO HIGH RALLY FALLS SHORT Alphonse Therien Goes on Record as Opposing Administration Costs -War Rules Are Altered Hamilton for a short time Mr. Gentleman came to Montreal in 19C7.

It was not until 1912 that he took up the sport seriously in this city. After many years of steady competition including breaking various records in meets throughout Eastern Canada and in the United States he "slowed down" in his participation in the sport. In fact in the past few years he-has had comparatively little competition. He had only been out to practise trap shooting in the past He went Into the competition because some one hinted that "the entrance of George W. Gentleman would not be any serious opposition." But 70-year-old George W.

made considerable difference he wound up in a four-way tie and then went on to win the event, the Province of Quebec doubles trap shooting championship The victory, which was scored oe Good Friday at the Grand Trunk-Rivjrside Gun Club, marked the Behind 3-0, Royals Get Two in Second, Then Fade O'Connor Misses Game Calgary. April 14. Wartime first major triumph by the veteran marksman in 50 years of firing at regulations providing that hockey clubs which lose players through enlistments must make replace targets, both live and clay. The oides. active memoer oi tne ments within certain time limits Point St.

Charles club doesn't figure the recently-won silver medal, emblematic of the provincial title is were passed here today by tne annual convention of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. Pre anything to shout about aiuiougn By nAROLD McNAMARA. Another mighty Maritime hockey tesm. perhaps greater than the famous Mencton Hawks of a few year back, roared on into the Allan Cup laft night. Operating with the precision of cock-work.

never allowing themselves to be upset by the desperate hiei if the Rovals. Svdnev Mll- he is quite pleased with his efforts viously such replacements could re obtained at any time. He dismissed his success with I only went into the competition when The delegates also passed resolu heard someone say I wouidn tions authorizing bonuses for clubs oarticiDating in tne senior ana make much difference. That made me mad and determined I was go junior playdowns and grants for ing to win So I did. that's all.

Lona-rey stampeded the Montrealers i war purposes or war cnanues, ana "It seems kind of late to start providing for intermediate play-downs in eastern Canada next winning mecals but that fellow Juat galled me with his remark. year on two or three occasions. But his hand was still steady and eyes still keen as evidenced as won the shoot-off to capture hs biggest award in nearly half a century of participation in the sport. His average over a period of ten years. Is the highest in the record of the Grand Trunk-Riverside Club.

Mr. Gentleman shoots r.ght-handed with a rifle, when he goes hunting. In wild deer and ouele hunting Mr. Gentleman can also of quite a bag of "prizes." When the "old timer" won tha provincial honors last week his efforts were widely acclaimed by President Dan Rvan and members of the Point St. Charles Club.

Mr. Gentleman is one of the most popular members of the organization, oldest trap shooting group in this province. A 18-year-old gun was used by the newly crowned doubles cham plon. The double barreled. sing! trigger shot-gun was bought in 1925 and since then the owner figures it has "fired between 50.0o0 and 60,000 shots Mrs.

Gentleman is also quit an expert as evidenced by the records of target shooting and one bird killed on the wing, which is mounted and now cm display in their Park Extension home. at tne orum, o-j. neiore a wucuy-ere, ted crowd of 9,000 customers. Th Millionaires snatched a three-goal iead in the first few minute of the opening period, with-ctnrwl a Rnvsl KPonnri-neriod rallv "It reminds me or tne time i At the morning session the meet was after a ten-aouar go.d piec ing adopted resolutions limiting the total of life members to six. chang tr.st mtght have borne fruit but for the bnUiar.ee of Bill Dickie, their in a meet some years ago across in ChamDlaiu.

N.Y. The record was 11 in 15 shots 1 marked up 12 and went back to the clubhouse feelinc oretty sure everything would be all right. ing the by-laws to allow lite members to act only as honorary offi Isr.kv goaltencer, ana ciosea witn a rash in the third to win off by themselves. It was a brilliant finish to a series First thine I knew I was told two others had tied my score and everyone was getting ready for a shoot-off. I said there wouldn't be any cers of the organization and declaring expenses of life members would be paid only to annual meetings.

Despite a protest by Norman Dawe. president of the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association, the parent association ruled that Oshawa Generals and Royals juniors phoot-off. I went back and shot J. 8 T-in in in. i Ti inni mi i mill Tiii 't -r "fn-f f- y-f i ini1" iwttwtiwi iMfl 13 to win The veteran marksman has a play the fifth and deciding game of cabinet filled with various kinds of prizes won since he first took up the sport when he was 15 years of age in Toronto.

After moving to their series in loronto tomorrow night as scheduled. Dawe sought to have the game played in Montreal Thursday night. In areuine the junior case Dawe McCreedy and Jud Snell side-by-side kneeling and Mel Snowdon and Bobby Walton just above them. Missing are Coach Bill Gill, too busy talking to supporters, and Jack Fritz, who was having a cut in his foot stitched. amit i-hxo (Copmttu nMi.

Singing lustily, Sydney Millionaires, eastern Canadian hockey titlifits, are shown following their 8-3 victory over Royals last night at the Forum. That's Bill Dickie, a great goaler, on the right in front. The game's other stars are right in the centre, Johnny charged that Montreal should have been allowed at least one game of Police Guard Is Given Referees; the Eastern final. The brief afternoon session passed numerous resolutions quickly after JUNIOR ROYALS CHARTER PLANE FOR TRIP Three Penalty Shots Are' Called the delegates had met in committee for several hours discussing the police guard when he saw the humor the fans were in. resolutions, mainly recommenda tions of the finance committee.

NEW RULES LISTED. thai tne Millionaires had never headed until last night. First game of the best-of-five round ended in a draw and Royals twice took the lead, only to have it tied in the fifth game Saturday night. 8-5. Last night the Millionaires showed their stuff early.

Held together in the opening two minutes by sensational work as the cut loose with an all-or-nothing effort, the Sydneys bagged a goal in the fifth minute of play, took advantage of a Royal penalty for two more four minutes later and then closed with five in the third after Rovals had come within an ace of tying it up. The Montrealers cracked wide-open in the late stages and their defeat, already decreed fcv the Millionaires, was sealed when their goaler Bill Durnan was knocked out when struck on the head by a shot and taken to hospital. And so the Royals have been shunted out of the Allan Cup far the third straight season. Tao vears ago they reached the f-nals and bowed to Port Arthur; list year they were whipped in three straight by Kirkland Lake in the eastern finals. Rnyals' mntt ftunnlng blow was suffered before the came when it was announced that Buddy O'Connor, brilliant star, could not play.

came down with a fever attack of 'flu, was ordered to bed yesterday -afternoon and his place was taken by Jean Armand. DURNAN IN HOSPITAL WITH INJURY TO HEAD Will Fly to Toronto for Game Tonight With Oshawa The new wartime regulations provide that: 1. Players who belonged to a club in the previous season and are lost to the club prior to September 15 I CASUAL CLOSE-UPS I By ji Extra policemen had to be called last night at the Forum to protect Jack Duggan and" Ken Draper from an irate crowd after Sydney Mil lionaires bested Royals, 8-3, in the deciding game of the eastern senior ice finals. Jostled and threatened by a few fans in between the second and third periods, the two referees passed through a cordon of policemen from the ice to their room after the game. Dr.

A. W. Mitchell, vice-president of the Q.A.H.A.. called the extn must be replaced before xnov. i.

2. Plavers who belonged to Pete Morin and Johnny Mahaffy were the only members of the Royals to show their temper at the way the game was being handled and both drew misconduct penalties in the third period. Mahaffy called Duggan a few names following Durnan injury and Morin took a wild swing with his stick at Draper later in the game. The penalty to Morin was called a match misconduct at first but wss changed when Frank Carlin and Andy Anton leaned over the boards to argue with Draper. An over-enthusiastic mstomcr joined in, but was quickly shooed away.

This afternoon a special Douglas plane will taxi out of St. Hubert airport and turn towards Toronto. It will be heading for the fifth and deciding game of the Memorial Cup semi-finals and inside will be the complete lineup of the junior Roy- club in the previous season and are lost to the club between September 15 anC November 1 must be replaced within 10 days after the club plays its first league game organized hockey. als the team which wiu piay me 3. Players lost to the club after it enters competition must be re THE FLYING PRESIDENT Frank Calder.

the N.H.L.'j president, would be well on the w-ay to qualifying for his "Wings," if flying hours were the only requirement necessary to earn them. For Frank has done a lot of concentrated flying in the last three weeks or so for the duration of the Maple Leaf Oshawa Genernls in Gardens tonight. phrr-d within 10 days. The new regulations declare re-olacements may be obtained from players who are engaged in military service and are movea into tne ais trict; or players of the same or Bill Durnan, Royals' goal-tender, was "resting comfortably" in the Western Division of the General Hospital early this morning after suffering a head injury midway through the third period of last night's Royal-Sydney playoff game at the Forum. Durnan waa struck over the eye by a blazing penalty Miot by Bud McEacbem.

lie fell to the ice unconscious and was carried off and rushed to the hospital, where it was at first feared he was suffering from a fractured skull. Early this morning Dr. A. A. Mackay stated Durnan was much improved.

It could not be definite until X-ray plates were developed but Dr. Mackay aaid it was unlikely he was suffering from a fractured skull or even a brain concussion. The puck struck Durnan a glancing blow just above the right eye and failed to cut him. The distinction of being the first Canadian amateur hockey club ever to make the jump between playoff games completely by air was thrust on the Royals after various difficulties developed along the usual route yesterday. Originally the majority of the squad was supposed to leave for the Queen City by train last night, immediately after the senior Roy LAST NIGHT'S GAMES.

ALLAN CUP PLAYOFFS. (Eastern Final.) Three penalty shots were awarded in the game, which is unuual. Sydney got one in the second when Acheson pulled down Latoki on a breakaway, McCreedy's drive being pulled in by Durnan: then McEach-ern got one when Pcrowne held the puck in the crease, his shot hittir.g Durnan on the head; later Ha zcarty took one for Royals but Dickie saved. lower category from any other club in Canada or elsewhere provided such club is willing to grant a release. In committee the delegates de als-Sydney tussle.

Under the same plan those four players who have Stanley Cup playoffs. From the time the post-schedule series opened on March 20 "until the final was decided on Saturday night at Detroit, the N.H.L. head figured out that there were only three days during that time that he was not in a plane. On March 20, Frank flew to Boston to see Toronto and Bruins commence their long duel. He came back here by plane the next day and saw Canadiens and Chicago in action here on March 22.

On March 23, he flew to New York; returned here the following day, flew to Toronto on March 25, to Detroit on March 26, to New York on March 27 and so it went on. For more than three weeks, Calder shuttled by air between Montreal, Boston, Detroit, Toronto and New York. Only once did he use the train, and that was after last Saturday night's game at Detroit, when he travelled by rail to Toronto where he got the plane home on Sunday morning. An inveterate golfer, Calder played his first game of the season a full 18 holes at Windsor on Saturday, and he is sniffing the summer-like air here, and pawing the ground with his putter in ill-concealed eagerness to get out on his home course, Marlborough. But he'll have to defer that pleasure a few days longer.

Although he has practically lived the air for the past three weeks, Frank isn't done with his cloud-riding yet: he flies out to Boston today to attend the Bruins' formal celebration of their Stanley Cup triumph tonight. Svdney-8. Royals 3. (Sixth of best-of-five series. Sydney wins title 3-2, one game tied).

MEMORIAL CUP PLAYOFF. (Western Final.) Winnipeg 4, Saskatoon 3. (Winnipeg leads besl-of-seven series. 3-2.) TONIGHT'S CAME. MEMORIAL CUP PLAYOFFS.

(Eastern Final.) Rovals vs. Oshswa. (Fifth of best-of-five series, teams tied, 2-2). The Millionaires trooped tr.to their dressing-room led by Dick Kowcinak and McCreedy, both singing "we are champions, we are rhampions once again." It's a habit with these two, who have already played on two Allan Cup teams and won the Memorial Cup with Winnipeg Monarchs a few years back. Frank Carlin was high in his praise of the Millionaires ARM AND IN ACTION Armand performed well enough, but he was no O'Connor and the Royals missed the fine play-making of their clever little centre.

Still, they looked at the start, as if they were going to over-ride that difficulty and advance. In those first few minutes they did everything but score on Dickie as the Millionaires were caught completely by sur-pr-ie. Then the Sydney forwards found themselves and bang-bang-bang, tney wre ahead by three goals. Bobby Walton opened it up in the fifth minute. Johnny McCreedy and Jack Atchison added markers within 15 seconds of each other a few minutes later with Bert Janke off.

That was the hockey game right there, but it mightn't have been if big Dickie, cool as a block of ice in the nets, hadn't turned in another sensational effort in the sec-end period, when the Royals shot thir bolt. It could have been different in that second period, far different Royals got one goal with two min-ute! gone, added another at the 2115 mark, might have had many rhore but for Dickie. The Millionaires rode out that storm, however, and because they (Continued on Page 18.) leted a clause that no replacement will be permitted after the club enters its branch playdowns. thus allowing replacements even in the finals of playoffs in all divisions. Other wartime regulations which had been in effect previously were retained except for minor amendments.

One of the latter was an amplification of a clause providing that a goalkeeper must be replaced only by a goalkeeper, thus preventing a forward replacing a goalkeeper. The delegates approved the resolution authorizing the finance committee to split up the receipts from this season's playoffs exceeding the $30,000 budget so that 75 per cent, would go as bonuses to teams participating in the junior and senior playdowns and 25 per cent, would be donated to war charities or for war purposes. The bonuses to playoff clubs will (Continued on Page 19.) arrangements can be made by and of the goaltending of Dickie, as who wouldn't be? Fredericton Hi-Y juniors, Maritime hampions. to bring the winner of the Montreal-Toronto Series to STANDINGS. ALLAN CUP PLAYOFFS.

(Best-of-Five Series.) P. W. L. T. F.

Sydney 6 3 2 1 25 Royals 6 2 3 1 19 MEMORIAL CUP PLAYOFFS. (Best-of-Flvs Series.) P. W. L. Oshawa 4 2 2 25 Roysls 4 2 2 17 been kept hopping back and forth from Toronto to Montreal ever since the series began Bud Farmer, Grant Morrison, Bruce Ward and Ross Ritchie were to take the plane today, after writing exams at McGill.

in order to arrive in Toronto for tne game. This scheme, however, developed one bad flaw-accommodation for the four players could not be secured from the airways and a special plane thus had to be charted for the whole team. Gus Ogilvie. the manager of the Royals, figures that the expense involved in the new method will oe "about the same and not much more than it is by train." The spe-cial plane which will arrive this morning from New York will carry 15 Royals, Coach Lorne White, tha team trainer and Ogiivie. who is just going along to see that the club does all right.

Coach White wasn't informed of the alteration until late yesterday afternoon at which time it was t-o late for him to call a practice. The Royals are in fine shape and two of the Morrison and Farmer, had skating drill? in the Forum in the morning. The rest of the team was idle, resting tredcricton. Darrel Munro, secretary of the Morin drew a major in the first period when he was charged by Snowdon. who fell from the impact and struck his head on the ice.

While he lay there, the fiery Morin piled onto him with fists swinging before he realized Snowdon was out cold. New Brunswick Amateur Basketball said tonight the iead of the Canadian Amaieur Bas A. 17 23 ketball Association has wired ap proval of Fiich a series here. MAINLY ABOUT THE OLD STANLEY CUP Tonight's affair in Boston will be the Bruins' second celebration of their victory in four days. They held a brief one in Detroit Saturday night immediately after they had beaten the Red Wings for the fourth straight time.

But informal though the proceedings were, they were observed in traditional style. The venerable Stanley Cup had been presented to the team on the ice as soon as the game ended. The trophy was taken back to the Bruins' hotel and filled to the brim with champagne, which was duly demolished by the happy warriors. Incidentally, the Stanley Cup which has been In competition for nearly half a century. 49 years to be exact, now stands about four feet high, growing through the years because of the multiple bases inter 1 I- ft up for the crucial conflict tonight OSHAWA IS FAVORED KtMvV Except for Goalers Generals $20 GOODBYE Held Stronger Team Toronto.

April 14. KP) Oshawa Generals and Montreal Royals were in a position today to write hockey history no matter which team wins tomorrow night when they meet here in the fifth and deciding game A True Experience) I like the Schick Injector so well that I discarded a $20 imported razor I had been using. Shaving with a Schick Injector Razor is as easy as washing one's face." or tneir best-oi-iive series fot the Eastern Canadian junior title. Generals, with a victory, would i' move into the Memorial Cup final for the fourth straight year and thereby top their own record set last season when they won the "wj! tun si nun fi Trophy for the second vear in row. Should Royals win and step vl.

1. into the final they would be the first Quebec team in the 23-year history of the trophy to get into the 1 ianadian junior final. As things stand now Coach Traev which have been added to accommodate the names of its winners. Boston's name, going on the trophy for the thirdJime, will' be the 48th team to be inscribed on the trophy (no winner was declared in 1919 because influenza halted the series between Canadiens and Seattle). Last year, still another new "collar" was added to the cup's base, and there is presently room on it for names of champions for about another five years.

After that, it is believed some new arrangement will have to be evolved to allow for further winners' inscriptions, because it is felt that "collars" cannot be added indefinitely, without making the trophy appear too tall, unsightly and unwieldy. THE YANKEES GET AWAY ON THE RIGHT FOOT Joseph Paul DiMaggio, starting his sixth year with the New York Yankees, finally overcame the injury jinx that dogged him during the previous five years and got into a season's opener for the first time as the 1941 major-league campaign was inaugurated yesterday at JVashington. DiMag, one of the great all-around ball players of all time who can do every tiling to perfection hit. run, field and throw made his presence felt from the word go and shared the spotlight in the Yankee victory with Southpaw Marius Russo, formerly of Newark Bears, on whom Marse Joe McCarthy is counting heavily this season to pitch the Yanks to a flock of wins. DiMaggio got two-for-four.

including a triple, batted in one of the New Yorkers three runs, and stole a base, while Russo was shutting out the Senators with three It was a sweet start for the Yanks and may be an augury of another steam-roller season for them, Cleveland and Detroit to the contrary. True, the Senators do not rate very highly as a ball club indeed, no higher than cellar-finishers in the estimation of numerous "experts" this season but the Nats threw one of their crack pitchers at the Yanks yesterday, Dutch Leonard, the eminent knuckle-ball artist, and it appears to have been a pretty swell sort of bail game in every respect. Leonard uncorked a six-hit game, which is good twirling; only Russo hurled better. Marius also came up with a two-bagger to drive in a run in his own behalf. In addition, Russo was fielding sharply, for he initiated two of the Yankees' three double plays.

And the Yanks sped away to that good start while Gerry Priddy sat on the side-lines with an ankle injury, which caused Joe Gordon, converted to a first-sacker, to move back to his old stand at second and placed Johnny Sturm, the Kansas City grad, on first. Priddy and Phil Rizzuto, the tiny shortstop, are expected to take all the play away from Lou Boudreau and Ray Mack, of the Indians, as the best double-play combination in the American League this season, but even with Priddy missing yesterday, the Yanks didn't do so poorly in the matter of twin killings, executing three. The Yanks, after a bumbling beginning last year, barely failed to nip Detroit at the wire with a late rush launched 'in August. Breaking fast this season, as they may well do, the Yankees will probably take an awful lot of stopping to prevent them from regaining the supremacy they enjoyed for four straight years prior to last season. Shaw's Generals are favored to take the deciding game.

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