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BEAU JACK WINS NEW YORK VERSION OF LIGHTWEIGHT CROWN in i m. a 1 1 ti iriiq 3 a a. i a i Puts Larkin To Sleep In Third SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, XMAS PUCK DUELS A rift" rf-x jxs y4 at LEAFS, BRUINS CLASH a a a a N.H.L. Leaders Face Tough Schedule This being the season of sweetness and light, it is wholly appropriate that the National Santa Claus by presenting the tive Christmas week packages. Naturally, all three contests involve the rollicking Boston Bruins, who have worked said customers into a state a tfsrvr i i 4 ,5 -J I' 1 -T)i1tf-tt-' 1nmn in iiihiim i ii i BROWN JO RETIRE? BOB HAS "SCOUTING" IDEA Your old friend and neighbor, Bob Brown, one of the bulwarks of baseball in the Northwest for more than three decades, is slipping.

He has lost his urge for umpire baiting, running a ball club and worrying about financing spring training trips and meeting the payroll on the "fifteenth" when the lights are turned on at Athletic Park 1942 Page Twenty-nine By Alan Harvey Hockey League should play customers with three attrac 11 of their last 14 starts to place. STAFF STUFF By THE GANG "Spud" Nelson, of the Port-: land Oregonian, who signed Kenny Lindsay for his title fight with Manuel Ortiz, brought news of some old sport friends in the Rose uty. He said that Bobby Rowe, the hockey tycoon, is currently running a successful senior amateur puck league there, and recently; cleaned up on an ice extrava ganza. Rowe's league Is sprinkled with quite a few old pros Including, hold your hats, that dour Scot, Andy Altkenhead. Andy, the former New York Ranger and Coast pro goal-tender, Is still as noisy aa ever, Nelson reveals.

Ronnie Martin, late of New York Americans and Portland Buckaroos, 1 on one of the clubs, too. BILLY WOO DHOUSE Billy Woodhouse, the Vancouver lad whose batting average riding winning horses surpassed that of any other Jockey on the Vancouver and Victoria circuit last season, is coming, home Sunday to spend the festive season with his family. Young "Hawkins," under contract to George Irvine, hat been riding at Bay Meadows. A lot of shrewd ring critics here are shaking their heads and mumbling "Lindsay hasn't got a chance to beat Ortiz, he'll get knocked out." Perhaps they are right but you won't sell Kenny any too short if you start talking with him concerning his chances of winning. There is a set determined look on the Vancouver lad's countenance when you mention Ortiz and the knockout he registered over Ken in their California bout that failed to register when he was training for any of his important fights here.

In other words, Lindsay Is going into the ring at Portland January 1, not with his back to the wall but to throw every punch he knows at the Mexican. He knows this is his one big chance as a boxer to prove ldnisclf and it won't be his fault if he muffs It. Judge Earle Lewis of the Racing Association will be forced to get himself a new fishing buddy when he goes chasing the wily trout next summer. Jockey Augie Sylvester, partner In a vast majority of Earle's jaunts to lakes and streams on the lower mainland and Island, has signed up for the duration with Uncle Sam. He Is on patrol duty "Somewhere on the Pacific," according to a letter received by Lcs (Bridegroom) Gould.

a Mrs. Fred Jordan rates 100 per cent, with her staff at the Pender Alleys. She has definitely decided to close the lanes to the public at Christmas and New Year's and give the lads and lassies em- ployed there a chance to celebrate and relax. IF VOU WANT A SUIT THAT WILL MAKE-UP WELL-WEAR WELL ANO KEEP ITS SHAPE "3D. The tonic effect in tcearit I Ike Suitings create fL I tng of confident.

I 1 a1 I By SID FEDEB NEW YORK. Beau Jack, a busy young negro who skyrock eted out of the Augusta, National Golf Club less than two years ago, won the New York version of the world lightweight championship last night by flattening Tippy Larkln of Garfield, N.J., in three rounds in Madison Square Garden. Jack weighed 132: Larkin 134 After being floored in the first few seconds of the fight for a one-count, the slim Garfield Italian, who learned his fighting in Civilian Conservation Corps camps, came back to fight Jack to a standstill for the next few minutes in one of the fastest and "punching-est" fights put on in the Garden In But Jack, whose real name 1st Sidney Walker, came charging in at Larkin every minute, despite short right Jolts which hurt, and he finally caught Tippy with a short right-hand half upper cut near a neutral corner early In the third round. Larkln came, down like a felled tree and Referee Otto Suss-kind counted the full 10 over him. The official time was one minute, 19 seconds of the third round.

Thus, just about a year after he belted his way into the big-time and less than three months since the time he was generally regarded as just a pretty good club fighter without too much class Jack holds the world lightweight crown, even if it is a crown without too many jewels. These are the jewels eliminated through the row which has developed since Sammy Angott retired from the ring and gave up the lightweight championship because of injured hands a few weeks ago. The New York State Athletic Commission, after first agreeing to a plan to hold a nation-wide tournament before naming a titleholder, switched and decided to recognize last night's winner as the head man of the 135-pounders. Afterward the New York Solons of sock will sponsor a tournament, the survivor of which will be given first shot at Jack's "title." New Jersey's fistic father, John Hall, agreed to this plan. However, the National Boxing Association, despite the fact it had recognized last night's Rattlers, as top contenders for the crown, refused to go along with this plan on the ground that recognition of last night's winner constituted a bad case of "hand-picking" a champion.

As a result, the N. B. A. will recognize no boss man of the division until a nation-wide tournament is completed. R.C.A.F, Protest Of Nanaimo Game Is Thrown Out NANAIMO.

H. B. Forward, secretary of the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association, which supervises operations of the lower mainland and Vancouver Island senior puck leagues, said today the parent body had unanimously "thrown out" a protest by the R. C. A.

F. team in the Island. League regarding their game with Nanaimo Clippers last December 5. R. C.

A. F. was beaten 3-1 after a wild game to which police were summoned to restore order and asked that it be wiped off the record because of "terrible refereelng." Forward said executives of the P. C. A.

H. A. had conducted a vote by mail and had voted to back up Referee Bill Phillips' rulings on the protested game with the. result the game would stand. Redwings Recall Rookie Simon DETROIT.

Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League announced today the recall of Defenseman Cully Simon from Indianapolis of the American League in exchange for Hubert (Bill) Quackenbush, 20-year-old rookie, less than a year removed from amateur Simon played on loan to the Red Wings Thursday in a victory over Chicago Black Hawks and his work moved Manager Jack Adams to make the change official. Dick Behling and Bill Jennings, other reserves who scored a goal each against the Hawks, have been returned to Indianapolis. Bud Harris, former hockey star with the Edmonton Maple Leafs, is a petty officer in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. Corn Relieved in 2 Minutes! Juit a drop or two of Putnam' Corn Extract? and the pain goea away. Relief la almoit Inatantaneoui.

Removing corn with Patnam'a Car Extractor I easy, ao aura, to palnlesa thousand uao thl remedy with entire aucceai and aay It la the beat. In ona bottle of Pntnam'a Corn Extractor you can- find aolld comfort tor your toe. Sold by all drugaUU. (Advt) of high excitement by winning take a choking hold on first Watching Boston play Is like) watching Jack Benny's Max well lumber across the stage yon don't know what keeps It going but you're pretty sure something drastic Is going to happen, like a fender collapsing or an engine exploding. JAM PACKED RINKS.

Nobody knows what keeps the Bruins going, either, and a capacity attendance likely will jam Maple Leaf Gardens tonight to see if the leaders will come apart at the seams against their closest rivals, Toronto Maple Leafs. Jam-packed grandstands should also be the order for the return engagement at Boston Tuesday and for the tilt between Bruins and the third-place Chicago Black Hawks in Chicago tomorrow. The quirk of the schedule that brings Leafs and Bruins together three times In eight days they meet again In Toronto December 26 couldn't have been better tinted. Both clubs have been firecracker-hot, and less than the width of a bluellne has separated them In two meetings to date, Toronto winning 81 at home November 12 and dropping a 7-6 verdict In Boston November 22. REINFORCEMENTS.

Apparently In anticipation for this triple-barrelled program, both clubs have strengthened. Leafs recalled George Boothman from Providence Reds on Monday and last night Manager Art Ross announced Bruins had signed Irwin (Yank) Boydx 34-year-old right wing who has been playing with Research Colonels of the Ontario Hockey Association senior A group. Detroit Red Wings, who snapped a five-game slump Thursday to move into a third-place tie with Chicago, recalled Defenseman Cully Simon from Indianapolis Capitols of the American League in exchange for Hubert (Bill) Quackenbush, 20-year-old rookie who played last season with Brantford Lions of the Junior O. H. A.

Wings meet the fifth-place Montreal Canadiens in Detroit Sunday. The only other Sunday game matches Toronto and the cellar-dwelling New York Rangers. The Blueshirts also play Canadiens in Montreal Saturday. Bruins Sign "Yank" Boyd BOSTON. Manager Art Ross last night informed Boston Bruins' office from Toronto that he had signed Irwin (Yank) Boyd, a 34-year-old right wisger, to fill In for Herb Cain, Who suffered a twisted knee in Thursday night's game in New York.

Cain is expected to be idle for at least 10 days. Boyd, born in Philadelphia, turned professional for Boston Tigers of the then Canadian-American League in 1927. He also played with Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League before going to the St. Paul club of the American Hockey Association. When the A.

H. A. disbanded this season, Boyd regained his amteur standing and played for the Research Club in the Senior Ontario Hockey Association at Toronto. Ontario Spends Money for Troops TORONTO. The Ontario Athletic Commission has sent $16,892 for purchase of sports equipment for troops in training since the outbreak of war, it was revealed today in a statement issued by Fred Steel, commission secretary.

The commission's annual revenue, derived from a share of the proceeds of professional sport events, is about $20,000. Back on the high road to regain a world boxing title he never lost, Peter Kane took only six rounds to clear the final hurdle before a bout for the British and Empire flyweight crowns. Representatives: TOM BROOKS F.P.MacGREGOR R.H.JENNER ClilfTini'll 3r a-S- By Johnny Park teens and Robert Brown knows it. He confided the other night when I chided him ahout running a ball club, that he was ready to step down and let some other fellow operate the team. "You don't mean to tell me you're ready to quit, fold up?" I asked.

"What! Me quit baseball? Not while I'm able to stand on two feet. I want the Cubs to win another pennant and a world series. (Bob would like to scout for Wrlgley and the Chicago Nationals.) And I'm the man to locate and recommend the playing material to make that possible." I know Wrigley couldn't hire a better scout than the Vancouver, veteran and while I also know we would miss Brown more than most fans realize 1 hope he tours the country scout-ng material for the Cubs. Baseball, not only in Vancouver, but throughout the continent has some obligations to pay old "Sorrell-top." He's not asking much, a job scouting for his favorite team. Let's hope he gets it.

Bout and a Half In Mike Jacobs' Elimination Tourney NEW YORK. Promoter Mike Jacobs last, night announced three-quarters of a pair of 15-round lightweight matches as part of the tournament sponsored by the New York State Athletic Commission to decide on a challenger for the portion of the lightweight crown Beau Jack won last night by knocking out Tippy Larkin. One of the matches, which will be co-headliner on a January 8 card in Madison Square Garden, will send Bob Montgomery of Philadelphia against Chester Rico, slim New YorkPT. The party of the first part in the second match will be Joey Pe-ralta of Tamaque, Pr. Promoter Mike couldn't announce the other half of this bout.

Both fights will be over the 15-round derby route. Parker-Potvin Tonight Cliff Parker and Tarzan Pot-vln have been re-matched for one of the headline bouts of the weekly wrestling show at Orange Hall tonight in a six-round bout. Billy Kohnke and Gunnar West-lund are paired in the co-head-liner, while Pat McArdie will meet Gene Markey In the opener. Pete Kelly, who performed with Detroit Red Wings In the National Hockey League and with the champion Syracuse team in the American Hockey League, now is a supervisor with the Air Force now" lM iiltiiitMtliitlWliinteM Bisons Need Win to Protect Lead Seven games will keep the teams of the American Hockey League busy this week-end, but any changes in the standings will be confined to the western division, where' only five points separate the top and bottom clubs. Buffalo Bisons, western leaders, tangle with the Barons at Cleveland in one of three contests on tonight's card.

The others send Hershey Bears, eastern pace-setters, to Pittsburgh to meet the Hornets, and New Haven Eagle to Washington for a tussle with the Lions. Tomorrow night's full schedule will find Hershey at Indianapolis, Washington at Buffalo, Pittsburgh at New Haven and Cleveland at Providence. With Indianapolis Capitals, runners up in the western division, idle tonight along with the second-placeProvidence Reds of the eastern sector, Buffalo needs only to win one of Its two games to protect its two-point margin. Pittsburgh, however, is only four points off the pace and could advance a notch or two by winning both its games if the top clubs lose. In the eastern division, Hershey enjoys a six-point lead over Providence, which is 10 points ahead of third-place Washington.

There were no league games last night. taMii TONIGHT BASKETBAIX Henlor Men' Dlvlalon. 7:45 H. C. A.

F. v. Shore, V.A.C. cymnaslum. 9:00 Stacy vs.

Laurie. V.A.C. gymnailum. ICE HOCKEY. Cnait Amateur Leacue.

Island Division. Nanaimo v. Navy, at National Ranger at Canadiens. Boston at Toronto. SUNDAY ICE HOTKEY.

National League. Toronto at Raneers. Canadipn at Detroit. Boston at Chicago. MONDAY ICE HOCKEY Coast Amateur I.rarue.

Mainland Division. 8:00 St. Regis vs. Air Force, Queen Park Arena. 9:30 Westminster Spitfire v.

Army, Queen's Park Arena. Island Division. 8:30 Machinery Depot v. Navy, at Victoria. Pro-Recs, Christmas Hoop Tourney Card Following is the schedule for the Pro-Rec Christmas basketball tour: nament at Normal gymnasium: Monday 6:30, Shaughnessy v.

St. Pauls 7:30, Oaks vs. Angelus; Shnughnpssy A vs. Varsity; 9:30, 8.H. 1 Army and Navy v.

Calriers. Wednesday 6:30, Arrows vs. Dunbar; 7:30, Wallaces War Worker vs. Hlgbles 8:30. Hlgbie A vs.

Leaches Unknowns; 9:30, Boyle vs. Sparlings. PORTLAND, Ore. Turkey Thompson, 202,. Los Angeles, knocked out Ernie Nordman, 104, Coodland, Kbi (2), SKI HEIL! How would you like to spend your holidays here? This striking picture was taken in the Canadian Rockies, not too far from Banff.

It depicts the unparak leled beauty of Mount the "Matterhorn of the Rockies." Prof. Lectures In Latin -As Promised LOS ANGELES. Being a man of his word, Dr. Frederick P. Woellner today carried out (with reservations, a promise made 11 years ago that If ever beat a University of Southern California football team he would appear in class drunk and lecture his students in Latin.

Thousands tried unsuccess; fully to crowd Into Prof. Woelf. ncr's U.C.L.A. class in education. He lectured in Latin, all right, but an interpreter was on hand to tell everybody what he was talking about.

As he warmed up, he drank from a quart bottle containing a colorless liquid, It was labelled gin. Everybody agreed that it was a good show, but the students know him too well to take any stock in the bottle label. The good professor teaches Sunday school in Pasadena. New Gasoline Order Big "Headache" For Tropical MIAMI. An unsuspected hurdle curtailment of gasoline sales sprang up yesterday in the path of track operators preparing for the opening Monday of Florida's winter horse-racing season.

Although all hands agreed the sport could not survive in Miami under restrictions put Into effect Friday, Tropical Park went ahead with plans for the inaugural of its meetings. "I feel that this is a temporary measure, and that adjustments will be made," said Tropical President Henry L. Straus, referring to the Office of Price Administration order limiting drivers to three or four gallons of gasoline for an indefinite period. Minor Hoop Games Cancelled Till January Commissioner Joe Hall of the minor divisions of the Vancouver and District Basketball Association, announces that all scheduled games until January 5 have been cancelled, due to lack of heating facilities in the King Edward gymnasium. The School Board has decided, as a measure of economy, not to heat the gymnasium during the school holidays.

Former Lethbridge Leaf Former hockey players with the Lethbridge Maple Leafs in the armed forces now are Cam Burke, Ernie Camyre, Doug Lane, Whitey Rimstad, Don Cuiley and Riley Mullen, who are in the army. Dick Gray, Garth Busch, Pete Slobodlan, Alex Prlngle and Nick Negrello are in the Air Force. during the summer months. Bob wants to quit the spotlight in Vancouver's baseball. But until he finds someone to handle the reins out Fifth avenue way there is no chance of him "retiring" as the active mentor of the Capilanos.

One can't visualize professional baseball in Vancouver without "sorrell-top" as we used to rll him. His batting average a player when he turned out with the old Beavers was something like .069. In the hot-stove league at Athletic park when Johnny Dunsmulr, Chuck Charles, Lee Smith, Harry Clayton, Stu Lindsay, Charlie Arnold and others cut up "old touches" Bob Is hitting .960. Brown has made and expended several small fortunes in baseball here. He has developed and sent quite a few stars to the major leagues.

He makes no secret of the fact that he has made money selling players and Robert will confess frankly that nine seasons in "10 he couldn't have operated and paid expenses without these sales. Of couse there was the time about 30 years back When the customers flocked in droves through the turnstiles and he sent several of his athletes on outright cash deals to the majors. He could have retired from baseball comfortably fixed for life then. But he simply couldn't quit. His career was wrapped up in the sport and when the lean seasons came along with the first world war he had to start from scratch again.

Then he mortgaged the family jewels in Athletic park. How he managed to survive the battle of financing this venture Brown alone knows. A few loyal friends lined up behind him. But there was a limit to their purse strings and it cost considerable money to operate a ball team. Brown, however, paid off all his debts.

The struggle during the 20-year span from 1914 to 1934 is now beginning to take its toll, With the passing of the years Helen Callaghan Carried Off Floor Boeings fairly glided past Col-lingwood in an intermediate A encounter last night at John Oliver gym. Helen Callaghan scored 11 points for the aircraft girls before being carried off the floor in the third frame when she suffered a nasty crack on the head. Team mate Ella Bentley placed second on the scoring list with eight marks. G. Beech and E.

Mather led the losers with six and five respectively. Robert Louis Stephenson, 20, a hockey player with the Winnipeg Falcons Junior team two years ago, and Morris Sims, 19, prominent Winnipeg tennis player, have both enlisted in the Air Force for air crew duties. that old fiery spark which gleamed from his eyes when a close decision on the bases or at the plate went against his team is missing. He is enjoying good health but when one passes the three score mark in life he can't chase flies or pick up hard-hit ground balls as sprightly as lads in their RUBY ROBERT getting old? Glenn Wright Is Now A Seaman FARRAGUT, Apprentice Seaman Glenn Wright. The man who for 10 years was a major league and twice world series star has enlisted In the navy, and is quartered at this station.

Wright was with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1924 to 1929, playing in an infield spotted with such famous names as Pie Traynor, Honus Wagner and George Grantham. In major league ball, Wright set a record for assists which still stands today. He was with the Pirates when making 601 assists in one season, a mark never topped or equalled In either league In the past 15 years. He played for Chicago White Sox in 1934 and then started a career of player-manager Jobs with and A A clubs. He was with the Seattle Rainiers in 1936, managed the Wenatchee, team for three years and then Joined the Hollywood All-Stars' coaching staff.

One of major league baseball's big names then traded his baseball togs for a bluejacket's uniform, and Glenn Wright, now 41, master-at-arms of recruit company 109, is getting ready-to "go to bat" for Uncle Sam in the, biggest contest of "Cap's" competitive career..