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I 'AUK THE VANCOUVER SUN Vancouver's Home Newspaper TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1039 AD AM ACS WALLOP REDSKINS, 27 to 8 Youngsters Stage Wild Rodeo and Mardido Tallies MEN BEHIND Races Tonight At Jones Park THE MIDGETS Braves Woefully Weak: Phelan in Brilliant Display UAL STRAIGHT 3vs Bob Equals Assist Mark; Burrards Meet Fish- DAILY SALUTE To Fred H'ood, aii'fc Frasrr 50 procasienaf, wfco la Icaiiti? Mo IV'as'i it(on iftc rtght on their home grounds. Bromwlch, the number one tennis playor from down under, is Just a bit ot that right now, 1 should say from a quick glance from where I sit. That Is, he's a bit "down" because he'a "under" obligation. The kid from Kangarootlle gives the Impression he doesn't want to be bound to such duties as playing In a third rate tournament. Sure, the weather Is to his taste, the grass courts are fine and Just what he wanted to keep lilm In trim for Davis Cup men Tonight ftTANIHMili VV A Pt Flowing Boll Took the Worst of it to Finish Second Behind Betty's Choice; Sporri Gets Sunny Colleen Disqualified; Vade Retra Scores i By JACK PATTERSON The two-year-olds had thomsclvos a time yesterday afternoon at the pint-sized Hastings Tark bullring.

Six. ot them went to the post In the Seattle Handicap, one of tlv features of the day, and kept the race fans on their toes Adnnacn 13 fi liui'i'itl'tll l'J 3 'JMN 17K 74 siiimnntviiies fi im 20 Ituhmoml 9 10 an? 14 llHllMMPt 1 15 2Mi 375 2 NEW WESTMINSTER. One all the way. Cuba ns to Plat I 111 Montreal HAVANA. The Cuban Davis cup team has accepted an Invitation to go to Montreal for Its playoff against Australia, the sports commission announced today.

The matches will probably take place at the Mount Royal Club In mid-August. The Cuban tennis men are expected to leave next week. It has not been decided yet whether Gustavo Volmer, ailing Havana ace, will play. Canada's Davis cup tennis team, defeated by Cuba in the series which ended Sunday, embarked on plane for Miami, en route home. The tournament Is not play.

No class of horses puts on such way for cither Adanacs or Burrards to reach the top of the In- too difficult and tiring for a thrilling rodeo as the youngsters. And they MM AfWOfATlP tor-City Lacrosse League these CH FOURTH M' I at WCIIl 1IIBI yesterday. nights is to play Indians. Sometimes the Braves give the leaders a merry old battle before they lose, but last night they weren't In a competitive mood. As a result, they were trounced 27-8, the win sending Adanacs Into a two- ground, starting tmorrow.

lie will only be permitted to ride stake engagements during that time. Mardido ran a powerful race to capture the feature filth for the Sumas Stable. She's a game mare who really can run In the stretch. Five lengths the worst of it during the early part, she came around the entire field to beat Bowery Su and Telepathy. Lady Gold, Mm.

L. H. Rob- ertson's Betty'a 1 Choice, a full sis- ter of that good I Canadian-bred, Euripides, event- him, enough to keep him fit. The local popull please him. Everything Is cream In the coffee or lemon In the tea.

But still I think Jack's a dull boy right now. "All work and no play," as they used to warn me against (or have I got It I think King Bromwlch would like to throw aside his gutted mace, heave his royal flannel robes Into the point lead over Burrards, who play Salmonbcllles at the Forum tonight. As far as games go it was def heat but not until the highly- the favorite, tired badly and left Emll Sporri Pack Cole with a great handful initely a floperoo. About the only real Interesting feature was favored Flowing of no good mutuel ducats. the failure of Bobby Phelan to Note from an old race card break the League's assist record.

He passed himself silly in the last BOBBY ROWE On the promotional end of mid Elmer O'Connell has a boy work Ontario Golf Continued from Page 8 In winning the cup for the seventh time and the second successive year, Ontario turned up the first and second low men, Sandy with his 140 and Farley with 141. Then came Ken Black of Vancouver, a veteran tournament star, who rolled British ing around his barn named Isobel Montana, no kidding. Doe get auto racing, which gets under way tonight at 7:30 o'clock at Con two minutes, trying In the worst way for Just one assist which would make him current king of the playmakcrs. Ho finished up with eight, tying the present mark. Ball had taken the worst of about everything that happened in the race.

Out of the gate Flowing Ball decided to Jump sideways and sloughed Into a pair of starters. Then chasing rapidly around the field and trying to get to the front she was whammed again, forcing her to take back. MARDIDO AGAIN Then trying to get through on Appleby didn't think his Vade iu-ir as quae reaay 10 win yes terday so he only wagered a pair of deuces. And the filly paid It was a cakewalk for Adanacs. Columbia into second place with They quit for the night at the GUY PATRICK ll-lllTl" NOEL JONES end of the third period, leading skullery and roll the barrel away, as that goofy song by Horace Hcidt goes his little barrel of money out to the lace track.

Either that or play golf. Yesterday I stood at the window In the locker room while he for anything comparable to a warehouse to store his umpteen racquets. We bounced around a lot of small talk. He cuffed me with a verbal backhand for Insulting his putting touch in Monday's opus and Insisted he could meet most of at ten paces with his goose-necked steel. He remarked that the players on the courts at the time looked tired, pepless, maybe not In shape.

Complained that he had missed his golf in the morning, whereupon I started to leave, saying I was off to the horse races. Immediately King Bromwlch came out of his lethargy and his thin, clean-cut face lit up like money from home. a second-round 70. Quebec salvaged third plac2, three strokes behind British Co Jones park, are three prominent sportsmen. Bobby Rowe, top left, Is the Portland Ice hockey mogul, who owns the midget racing concession In the northwest; Guy Patrick, top right, the Vancouver Lion hockey boss, local sponsor of the midget cars; and Noel Jones, lower right, proprietor of Con Jones park, where the races will take place.

It should be lots of fun when the putt-putts start their merry-go roun tonight even If the merry-go-round breaks down. the ball game 23-3. They pulled out regular goalie Johnson and sent In young Lloyd Cameron. the rail she was shut off. Finally she got In the clear at the head of the stretch and ran a powerful drive down to the wire but could not catch Betty's Choice, who had lumbia's 598, on the 146's turned Indians sent "Chubby" Smith In In by Jack Archer and Ted Feu wick of Montreal.

little or no trouble all the way. goal for Hi Baker in the last period and he outshone young Cameron. FOUR STARS OFF Alberta made a surprising stand to take fourth place with better than $22. The good thing In the Jump race was Bond-alln, and Just when he was making his move on the backstretch he hit a jump, sprawling himself and his rider, F. Hammond, all over the race track.

Hammond was shaken up but not seriously hurt. Plenty of folks picked and played the daily double, Stand-in to Mopeek. It was worth less than $13. Acle Smith ar-rived with his sprint star, Simony's Boy, but racing officials can't figure why he didn't enter the horse in today's Canadian Championship. What are you waiting for, Mr.

Smith a four and a half furlong handicap? C. L. Jacques' Blue Yank did a fair amount of running for the 605, featuring a 145 from Henry Indians were minus their star, Martell of Edmonton, whil tnira slot. i Manitoba had 623, Saskatchewan, C28; Nova Scotia, 647, and Prince Meet Del Holmes A bit of a rodeo took place In "Shine" George. The big boy left for his eastern home Saturday night.

Bert Ettershank and the seventh race, too, and the Edward Island-New Brunswick, fair-size off-day crowd held its Stu Bomberry were also absent, 674. collective breath as three horses Plays Football, almost piled up going around the as was reliable old Chief Moses Joseph. This quartette of regulars undoubtedly would have helped to pull the score down. turn for home. The three were The junior championsnip also was decided.

Lanky 17-year-old Howie Bennett of Winnipeg Knocks Over Birds Paravant, the ultimate winner; Sunny Colleen and Mitigator. came home with 154 from 79-75 The game wasn't so bad durine Sporri on Sunny Colleen, In the the first quarter. Indians were opinion of the officials, was re. outscored 5-2, but they did a beau- sponsible for the jam which forced Mitigator to take out of "I sye have you got something good? Wouldn't mind mykeing a little wager, you know. Can you put us on to something? We'll send out a dollar or two if you can give us somethln' good," he said.

Which didn't surprise this writer. I have met Australians before Walter Lindrum, the billiard ace the touring cricketers. They love horse racing, and they know horse racing. Australia is probably the greatest racing country In the world. In fact, they can't get enough of It in the day time, so have it under lights.

When they punish misbehaving kids over there they take away their racing form, or the equivalent In fact, I wouldn't be surprised If the schools put handicapping on the report card. Of course I mentioned that to His Tennis Majesty. yes, we love rlclng; everybody does down home," he sparkled. To prove his point he mentioned the Melbourne cup which puHs 100,000 people a two-mile race for fifty thousand smackeroos. the mess.

Sunny Colleen, after placing second, was disqualified mui lade out in the second and third frames. Adanacs blanked them 5 0 In the second and 13-1 In the third. The latter period gave Adanac sharpshooters a glorious opportunity to climb in the Individual scoring list. and placed fourth, allowing Mitt Caledonian Games at Hastings August 5 Fifty-third annual Caledonian Games will be held August 5 at Hastings Park. Star athletes from several centres in British Columbia and collegian slickers on their holidays will enter this one day sports attraction.

Several athletes from the San Francisco Olympic Club will compete. ONTARIO LACROSSE St. Catherines 12, Hamilton 11, Capilano Right-Hander Heading for Alt a Owned by Oakland This is another in a series which presents the Capllanos' ball team, a peek at the players off the field. EDITOR. gator, who finished fourth, to be placed third.

Leeward sneaked through the trouble to get third. Phelan with his eight assists and one goal topped the point get rne stewards tins morning called Sporri onto the carpet and gave him three days on the to overhaul Bill McColl of Victoria, the half way leader, and succeed Jimmy Hogan of Jaspar, Atta. McColl was a stroke up after 18 holes, but he blew himself to an 84 in the afternoon for a 160 total, four strokes behind Don-aid Doe of Granby, and Micky Pyke of North Battleioid, tied In second place two strokes off the leader's score. Final scores In the Wllllngdon cup lnter-provlnclal team matches and the Canadian Junior championship r.t Mount Bruno golf course today: Ontario, 583; Rosa Somervllle, 140; Jack Nash, London, 77-7915fi; Gord Taylor, Toronto, 7fl.70i4K; Phil Farley, Toronto, 72-69141. British Columbia (598); Ken Black, Vancouver.

73-70143; Jack Fraser, Victoria, 76-71 147: Ken Lawson, Vancouver. 77-81158; Ted Colgate, Victoria, Quebec (B011; Gordon B. Taylor, Montreal, 75-78153; Jack Archer, Montreal, 72-7414(5; Ted Fenwk-k, Montreal, 73-73146; Roland Brault, Cowansvllle, 78-78156. Alberta (6041; Duane Barr, Cat-Rary, 75-75 149; Jimmy Hogan, Jas-ner. 72-82154: Bobbv Proctor.

Ed ters, dui jimmy Douglas was right behind with five goals and three assists. "Garney" Carter had five goals and an assist to his credit. Harry Newman, with two goals In the final period and another in the third, led the Braves. 3 if w--. mi -1 A brief fight between Carter and Dominick Baker, which never soi neyond the wrestling stage, helped to pep up a very dead Don't look now but Bob Brown Is carrying an American football player in disguise on his Capi-lanos pro baseball club.

Del Holmes Is the fellow we mean. Yes sir, football's the game that caught Del's athletic fancy in high-school days. And he still rates it as his favorite sport, not overlooking the fact that basebaall is THE meal-ticket. The Caps classy right-hander lias lots of what it takes for football, too. He's a 21-year-old brown-eyed blonde, 6 feet 2 Inches tall, weighs 205 pounds.

ADANACS DAILY SLAP To Ed Amark, visiting tennis umbay, who illustrate! that travelling is broadening to the head viho apparently thinks he is the only flayer in the tournament when he walks right over on another court and stops a rally. a "A rice I would like to sc.i, you know, Jack, would be! between Kayak II and Ajax. (Aijax as he calls It). You know, Aljax is a wonder-fut horse. It can set its own pace and do a mile In 1:35, and that's on turf.

We only have one race track with dint there. All of them are turf. "Melbourne Cup day might as well be a national holiday. People who don't bet all year will have a little bit; down that day. Sidney has a big race, too.

0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0 Johnson 0 MaoDonald Carter 7 Lee fi Thompson 4 Matheson Phalen 3 Saunders 3 Kennedy L. Steele 2 K. MatthlBon 2 Douglas Bradbury 4 Cameron 0 Plenty of football flesh in that makeup. monton, 78-78 15R: Henry Martell, Edmonton, 75-71146. Manitoba (6131; Herb Plcard, Winnipeg.

79-72151; Howie Bennett. Winnipeg, 79-75 154; Allan Boes, Winnipeg, 78-73151; Ernie Palmer, Winnipeg. 78-79 137. Saskatchewan (6281; Don Ross, Re-glna 79-83 162; BUI Turnbull, Saskatoon 82-75160: Doug Lemery, Saskatoon, 75-73150: Mickey Pyke, North Bnttleford. 77-79156.

Nnu Scotia (6471: Jack Harris. Holmes lives with his folks at Fresno, wnich is In California valley between San Francisco and DEL HOLMES As soon as the ball season is Los Angeles. The girl he left be. 44 27 17 18 INDIANS over Del hits for home and goes hind him, a pretty brunette, Is "To show you how we pie attention to ricelng, one time a. horse called Carbide won the cup with 10 stone six on his back (146 pounds).

It was such a wonderful performance that when you pllgh poker and have tens and sixes you just say 'I have a Carbide'." i waiting there. "We've been go Halifax. 82-78160; B. Babroek. Hnli-fax.

86-81267: A. Foshay, Dlgby, Frank Mellke, Halifax. on a two-week deer hunting trip, A neighbor of his in Fresno, lives just a block away, is MonU In? together five years," he says H. Baker 0 C. Smith 0 Thomas 4 R.

Baker 2 Johnson 3 Newman a H. Smith 7 Band 2 S. Baker 0 S. Joseph 4 Pearson of the Yankees. In fact with a knowing smile, "and this winter wc hope to get married." Del has only been pitching in 80-77157.

Prince Edward Island, New Bruns-wick, (6741; Pete Kelly, Charlotte-town, 80-77157; Maurice Dowllng, Saint John. 88-78166: Bill Crawford, Westfiold, 88-91179: David Caughey, Saint John, 90-82172. Junior Howies Bennett. Winnipeg. 79-75 imsmsm they belong to the same gun club, For off-season employment.

pro ball for two years. He broke Holmes is an apprentice linesman in at. 19, being picked up by Oafr land after pitching a no-hit, no. Bilker 0 0 10 Of course Bromwlch never even thought of our local races before he came here. Yet, in two days, he knows all about' them.

In fact, yesterday morning he bought a form and did some handicapping. I "I saw something pretty good, too," he said, "I think I should have backed it." uuerrin 10 0 0 with a big power company. He 154: Donald Doe. Granby. 77-79 run game in a semi-pro winter league game.

Last year he was with Spokane in the WIL. He is 15R; Mickey Pvke. North Bnttleford, 77-7915fj; Bill McColl, Victoria, 76-84160: Bill Dolg. Halifax. may forget about pole-climbing, however, 'f teammate Ed Stewarl 81-85 166; Bill Fisher, Toronto, 80-86 just with Vancouver on option to can land him a job with an oil 166; Doug.

Sanders, sntnt jonn, You'll enjoy this mijd cigarette blended from the. finest Virginia and imported tobaccos. company in the States. That iron the Oaks and reports to the Coast league outfit for spring is currently in the fire. unt mm 86-81167; Glen Gray, Edmonton, 86-90176.

Montreal Blanks Wilbees In "Maybe Class Now n-if You get the impression that training next season, if not re. called before then. In addition to baseball and foot. Holmes has a head that Is mon 38 8 4 19 Snots stopped By Baker 4 4 4 12 By Johnson 5 4 8 17 By Cameron 8 8 By C. Smith 55 Score by periods Adanacs 5 5 13 427 Indians 2 0 1 58 Referees Freeman and Stiles.

Lefty" Is Tony ft for Anyelus Lefty Gervais, doing the pitching chores for a booming Dieth- Calonbridge Squad than a hat-rack. He won't be left with just a memory when his curve ball loses its handle or his ball, Holmes starred In basketball and track during his years at 10 for 10c 20 for 20c 50 for 50c MONTREAL. Montreal Car- After a somewhat belated start "Wilbees" are now reaching the Roosevelt High School. He also high hard one Its steam. "maybe" class, and If they can likes his skeet shooting, in fact steel blanked Calonbridge, Falcons 1-0 here In the first game of a best of three series, defeat Canadian Legion on Menv is a crackerjack with a gun.

orial Park tomorrow they will eastern final of the Dominion become serious contenders for the 1939 championship of the soccer championship. They will meet the northerners here again To Sun Subscribers between the a 16 to 65: sport mrrs ers club at Athletic Park last midweek cricket league. Wednesday night. If a third uame is necessary it will be night, defeated Angelus 7-2 when mm Both teams are bang-in form and, whoever wins, spectators are assured of an exciting game. helped by fourteen hits and bucked by four errors.

Diether's had the game well tucked away by the third inning with five A $1000.00 TRAVEL ACCIDENT POLICY played in Montreal Friday. O. C. Cricket Spencers appear to be slipping, but Lewis have not yet started to slide; they have been, clear funs from six blngles and three Try Today' Gillette Blue Blade At Our Expense! Today's Blue Gillette Blade has edges of an entirely new kind, developed more than a year ago but not formally announced. If you haven't shaved with this blade recently you're missing something.

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Hlden, Keith and Trasollnl; Ger shire chalked up Us first points in the English county cricket championship today. The losers have created Keefer Loft took the young bird race from Everett, Wash, for the North Road Racing Pigeon Club. Sun vais ana Henry. Ron Sidaway Tackles Al'TO RACING -Midget cars at Con Jones APPLICATION BLANK TO INSURANCE THE VANCOUVER SUN, SUN FENDER AT BEATTI, VANCOUVER, B.C. Winnipeg Racqueter WINNIPEG.

Ron Sidaway of day. The results (finished time) follow: Keefer Loft, R. Shannon, J. Tsherwood, D. Peardln, A.

Doughty, R. Alker, H. Heath, C. Ramsav, A. Duncan, Rto Loft, .1.

Ken-nedv, D. Dougan, 10.27:14; W. Jones. 10:29:55: T. Thomns.

M.31: 42: n. Smith, A. Teesrtale, 2:30:33. Five lofts did not report. Alk tor Special Package With Vancouver, will meet George Fel I HEREBY apply for the $1000 Travel Accident Tollcy issued by the HOME ASSURANCE CO.

OF CANADA. $1.00 registration fee included. tf Trial Blade Attached stead of Winnipeg this afternoon In the third round match of the Western Canada Hard Court fteW 71 -J A FULL NAME something of a record, today's defeat being their seventh after leading on the first Innings. Glamorgan defeated Warwickshire by three wickets In a sporting fight In which the teams each declared their first innings with 48 runs on the board. The loser takes two points for tying at the halfway mark.

Worcestershire also oamu from behind to emrege victorious by one wicket over Northamptonshire. Tn other matches took first Innlnps points rrom Kent and similar advantage were obtained by Derbyshire over Somerset and Sussex over Gloucestershire. In the Nottinghamshire-Yorkshire and Mlddlesex-Lan-rashlre matches the teams failed to complete an innings each and the games do not count In the championship table. SPOKANE The Sp a Cricket Club defeated the Ross-land, B. club 83 to 58 here yesterday In a match featured by fine bowling.

(PLEASE PRINT) ADDRESS WEDNESDAY HORSE RACING 2:30 Seven races at Hastings Park. BA8EBAIX Western International 8:30 Wenntehee vs. Vancouver, Athletic Park. Hurrard Lrntne 6:00 Asahls vs. Merrll Gordon.

Powell Grounds. SOFTBALL Centml League 9:00 Ski Sport vs. Forsts, Centre Park. CRICKET Wednesday Leatue Wilbees vs. Canadian Legion, Memorial Park; E.

G. Ray and C. F. Stewart. Spencer's vs.

Lewis. Upper Brockton; R. D. Redgrnve snd Klnnan. Both matches at 3:30 p.m.

mm to continue until expiration of poller. Are you now a subscriber to The Vancouver Sun? Pleas start delivery of Th Vancouver Sun at my address (above) on championship. Sidaway had advanced by a comparatively easy first round victory. INTERNATIONAL Montreal 8, Baltimore 15. Toronto 3, Jersey City 5.

Rochester 1, Syracuse 2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville 1, Milwaukee 10. Toledo 1, St. Paul 4. Columbus 1, Minneapolis S.

Indianapolis 3, Kansas City The Vancouver Homing Pigeon Society held their third young bird rare from Everett, Sunday, July 23. The results of this 90-mlle race follow: H. Rurige, W. Wllklns, A. Duncan, VV.

Reed, A. Leplev, D. Hnlla-day, C. Marsland, C. Rohlnson, O.

Lanenby, A. Moore. R. Keen, 11:11:38. Four lofts did not report.

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