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The Leader-Post from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada • 21

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The Leader-Posti
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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21
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PACE TWEN Rugby Rivals Ready For Championship Game oday THE HEADER, REG IX SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1922 Drove Auto 24 Hours Without Single Stop WINNERS AND ROWERS TO PLAY AT CAMPION CAMPUS, ONE OCLOCK SASKATCHEWAN SENIOR GRID TITLE AT STARE III GAME TODAY BETWEEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CHAMPS FINE JOUSTS IN AMERICAN RUGBY PROMISED TODAY Tff BRJ TJ.Stf Q0LJULM I A WhcreThousands of Residents front AlV Parts of the Northwest are Gathering for the Winter Hotels, Boarding Houses, Apartment and 'Housekeeping Suites offer ample accommodation at reasonable rates (list of rooms available at Publicity Bureau Office). The Winners Juniors ami the youthful Scullers hook up in their important league combat at Campion College campus this afternoon at 1 oclock. Those attending the game will have plenty of time to attend the senior contest at Park Hughes which Etarts an hour and a half later. Stan Milne and Walter Dawson will be In charge of the Juvenile contest and players, managers, handlers 'and supporters of the team are warned to be on hand promptly. The argument will start on the dot, at 1 oclock.

Harvard and Dartmouth to Renew Grid Relations After Lapse of Ten Years P.UG BY CONFLICT AT PARK HUGHES COMMENCES AT 2.30 WITH FAMOUS FOOTBALL REFEREE, EDDIE CHOWN, WINNIPEG, IN CHARGE (fc Hm Join this Winter Colony Gia Your Family a Vacation Trip FALCONS CHANCES RECEIVE A BOOST Victoria Team, Winnipeg, Disbanded Players Absorbed by tbe Falcons p-t. NEW YORK, Oct. 27. The peak of the astern pigskin season, will be reached tomorrow. The games of outstanding interest in this section will be staged this side of the Alleghenies, while two eastern teams journey west for inter-sectional Jousts, The two United States service elevens ore billed in the stellar roles with the Army battling Yale at New Haven and the Navy tackling Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.

The third big eastern clash occurs in Boston, when Harvard and Dartmoutn renew football relations after a lapse of ten years, Princeton and Amherst are the astern teams that go a wandering. Princeton faces Chicago on the lat- Itera home g-round and Amherst Invade Ohio for a clash with Oberlin. While there may be individual contests later in the season In which there will be greater interest, it is doubtful if any Saturday will show a greater spread of feature football. All tomorrow's games promise to be closely fought out. GRANTS PASS PLEASED OVER WILLIAMS WORK WITH ST.

LOUIS CARDS 0. Youll enjoy every day. Our Winter climate enables you to takfr outdoor trips, motor runs, tramps, prac tically every day. Your wife and women folk will appreciate shop ping at our big stores our theatres our concerts visiting old friends CapL J. E.

Duff, who, -at Brook -lands track, England, covered 2.0S3 miles, 1.726 yards, in 24 hours of continuous motor driving, averaging 86.79 miles an hour. A ms i it Golf- till ft Pi I 1 i 'M I 9 THOROUGHBREDS IN $25,000 HANDICAP Clear Weather and Fast Track Predicted for Rich Classic at Laurel, Md. WINNIPEG, Oct. 27. The aspirations of the Falcon hockey club, 1920 Olympic champions, for this years championship of the Manitoba hockey league, ascended tonight with the announcement that the members of the Victorias, last years Winnipeg league champions, had been released and will go to the Falcons.

Playing as the Falcons of 1921. the Victoria team of youngsters won the Canadian Junior championship and last season were elevated to senior rank, winning the league championship. They are now going back to their mother club, which should round the Falcons into one of the classiest aggregations In the M.H.L. It 1 expected the Winnipeg senior league will be weak In playing strength next winter, as, in addition to the Victoria secession, other M.H.L. teams are angling for the best players of Varsity and the Tigers.

Outdoor life all Winter ing Hunting Hockey Football Big city advanta Courses In Business snd Technical Schools, Dancing and Arts Special Courses In Agriculture etc. Low Round Trip Fares. See your Local AgenL inter Fi-hmg intagea 3 sentation of the Quaker Rugby Club, left at noon today for Regina where they will stack up against the Regina City Club In the final match for the championship of the S.R.F.U. Coach Joe named his team last night, immediately after the practice at Cairns field. The team, went down today in order that the players might enjoy a good nights sleep before this crucial match, which the coach figures will be the hardest on the schedule for the Western Canada title.

The players were confident of their ability to humble the Southerners and as everyone has recovered from injuries received In previous matches, the squad will be in the best of physical condition when they trot on the field Saturday afternoon. Roeneya Selection. In the back field. Roonev has named his men as follows: Harry Rooney, quarter; Bill Rooney, center half, and Bill Dunbar, flying wing The other positions will be filled by Norman Watt. Bob Walsh.

Joe Rooney and Wyn Griffiths. Rooney said that he would not make a selection for the other positions until the time came for the team to go on the field. At center will be Holdsworth, admittedly without a peer at this position In Western Canada. He is the real strength of a strong line. Supporting him will probably be Mc-Cleneghan and Dickenson, while aj middle wing.

Blair Art is likely with Joe Kraker a sure starter on the other side. Outside wings will be selected from Andy McGregor, Gene Reinhardt, Reg. Francis and Jack Art. This will leave Louis Anderson. Dan Coleman and Alf.

West-man in reserve for the line. Tutored In Saskatoon. Of this bunch, Blair and Jack Art, Francis, Wyn Griffiths. Louis Anderson and Bill Dunbar learned their football la Saskatoon. They all have good rugby brains and have been ably coached.

The three Roonev brothers. Bob Walsh and Joe Kraker. are products of Minnesota football. All have played in the Canadian game previous to this year and are well versed in the rules. These five the backbone of the team and they are all stars at their particular style of play, Joe and Harry are line plungers of the first order, while Harry is also fast on his feet.

Bill stands out as a broken field runner, being speedy on bis feet and a good line plunger. He is the best all-round player on the team. Watt is a former Park dale Canoe Club player, while West man also hails from Toronto, having played one season with the Argonauts. Barring acts and occurrence be- ond the control of mere mas, there wfil be a rugby game of considerable Importance this afternoon at Park Hughes Btadium. Regina Rugby Club, champions of the south half of Saskatchewan, Joust with the Quakers, the best the northern portion of the province has to offer.

The game decides the senior gridiron title of Saskatchewan, and the winner of today's game meets the Edmonton Eskimos, Alberta champions, for the right to play oft with Winnipeg for the supremacy of the prairies. The Quakers arrived from the north at 7 oclock last night, went to bed early and were fit and ready for the supreme test. The members of the Regina Rugby Club, after a short chalk talk" at the early In the evening, also retired the coachs orderdt Joe 'Rooney, coach of the Saskatoon dub, interviewed before he (ought slumber last night, assumed the quiet confidence which all athletes don on the eve of any crucial sporting event. We think we will win, said Joe. "Of course, we may find out we were wrong," he added with a broad grin.

Quakers Well Trained Rooney emphasized the fact that men were in the beet of condition and capable of playing tbe game of their careers. The squad had no cripples. Coach Jack Eadle. of the Regina Rugby Club, uttered similar sentiments. 1 consider we have an excellent chance," he said when pressed for an opinion as to the outcome.

The Quakers will have to be an exceptional team, or have exceptional breaks, to better the Regina aggregation. The homebrews. If they play the game they are capable of, will win; I am certain of that." Todays senior contest starts promptly at 2.20 oclock, with one of Western Canadas greatest rugby officials in charge Eddie Chown, of Winnipeg. Prof. E.

A. Hardy, Saskatoon, president of the Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union, Is the other official. Seating accommodation is provided for at least 2,500 people, but many more may find good opportunity to see the game In comfort within the barriers. Timmis Confident. Bryan Timmis, the Illustrious halfback, captain of the Regina Rugby Club, was choke full of confidence-last night as to tbe result of today's game.

Tbe sensational line plunger is In prime condition for the crucial game. When this great half is fit 9 Lyrj IIluEtxated Folder Free on Reonest ST. LOUIS, OcL 28. Home town pals of Ken Williams went to ace him continue to clout home rune for the SL Lou la Browns and take the lead among the four base hitters of the major leagues. Everyone in Grants Pass, Ore.

knows Ken Williams as "Dinky Williams, for' It was there that he attended school and later played on the city hall team, where he made a record as a home run hitter. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A.

Williams, live there, and it is to Grants Pass thatlKen goes In the winter to spend his Idle months fishing. Old timers say that during one close game, when Ken played on the Grants Pass team, his father became so excited that he fainted when young Williams put the hall over the fence for a home run. RUGBY PLAYERS WAKEN HIBERNATING BEAR TO WORK AS THEIR MASCOT 2 It tells you in picture and text how thousands of prairie folk have a good time here. Aedress Vancouver Publicity Bureau (J. R.

Davison, Suite 140, 436 Pender Vancouver, B.C. I TY of BEAUTY AN COM LAUREL, Mi, Oct. 27. Nine thoroughbreds are scheduled to face the starter In the $25,000 Washington handicap tomorrow. The race will be over a course of a mile and a quarter.

Clear weather and a fast track are predicted. The horses named in the order of their positions, the owners and jockeys are as follows: Nedna, 10a Greentree Stable; Penman. Oceanic, 104, Glenrlddle Farm; Marinelli. Paragon XT, Ml, iSanford 3todk Farm; But well. Polly Ann, 103, Spalding L.

Jenkins; Callahan. Slippery Elm, Stable: C. Taylor. Captain Alcock, Stable; C. Ponce.

Lucky Hour 120J ble Schuttlnger. Paul Jones, 106. J. S. Cosden; C.

Lang. Exterminator, 132. Willis S. Kilmer; Johnson. Pliny eays that the Romans, more than 2.000 years ago, imported Roquefort cheese from France to add flavor to their banquets.

There are approximately 47,000 motion picture theaters In the world, of which America has 20,460, or nearly one-half. 1 Leader Want Ads. For Quick Returns KINGSTON, OcL 27. There was a great stir around Queens University this morning when it became known that "Boo Hoo, the cub bear mascot of Queens football team, had disappeared from his quarters at the college arena. Boo Hoo had a nice warm room but evidently last night's snowstorm was a gentle warning for him to get into his hole for the winter.

After a search that lasted nearly all forenoon, Boo Hoo was found under the weighing room where he was endeavoring to burrow his way into a hole. He was put in a box and taken by tbe football team to Toronto for the match with Varsity Saturday afternoon. hut did not perform on a senior team until coming to Saskatoon. He has developed rapidly In the west and is a real star at bis position. a FI Wim 11 The "Finest' Lapels 1 ver Saw, red -gvkL for being XCUSE Fre cant BUt iO -V -vf.

r-. new suit. It fits rbf personal. help admiring yQ1 crinkle any- They're and in brilliant mood, he Is a team comes from the east also la himself. Timmis has volumes of praise for every man on the team and consider this yearia twelve the strongest aggregation that has carried the colors of the red and black in years, paying a great tribute to Coach Jack Eadle.

Captain Timmis says the team, while young, possess a world of rugby knowledge, and will look like experienced campaigners In todays battje. The Line-up Regina Saskatoon L.E. Crapper or Wood Reinhart L.M.W. Arnott or Urquhart Kraker LIW. Morrow, Kopplin Dickenson Center Creighton, TVaub Holdsworth R.I.W.

van McClenaghan R.M.W. Reimebohn Francis R.E. Leigh, Preston J. Art F.W. Milne, Hackney Watt Quarter ftandstrom.

Harry Rooney Left Half Brown, Rowand Dunbar Center Half Lindsay Bill Rooney Right Half Timmis Walsh Saskatoon subs: B. Art, Peasley, Griffiths, Coleman, J. Rooney (coach). (Special to The Leader.) SASKATOON, OcL 27. Eighteen players accompanied by the executive, composing the official repre ROUND ONE IN LIBEL SUIT IS CONNACHERS 13 Awarded Costa by Judge Sport Publishers Ordered to Appear for Examination TORONTO, OcL 27.

A bitter attack has been made on the amateur standing of the plaintiff in style regarded by some papers effective, remarked Mr. Justice Logie at Osgoode Hall today, dismissing the appeal of the Sport Publishing Company and E. J. Livingstone from the order of afterin -Chambers Cameron, who directed an officer of the company to attend for an examination in the $10,000 libel action brought against it Lionel Connacher, well-known athlete. Mr.

Justice Logie added that faint attempt to Justify the attack was made in the defence, but not In a clear and open manner. Either the plaintiff is an amateur or a camouflaged professional," commented His Lordship. The appeal was dismissed with costs in the case awarded to the plaintiff In any evenL I as-k I a as by a tehaudfuUy. n'm glad bdteve I toldJiUwtthi their shape Its out? Ive another Lx Upels are three years old. An as smart as, Anri he says tHe ship, you by men whoo 1 guess hes rs.

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