The Province from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 12

THE VANCOUVER DAILY PROVINCE On Te1 T. Rink Faces Real Test Today 12 Wedi'riasf, Marrh 8, 1950 Thursday's Draw 9:30 a.m. A Ontario vs. Quebec Northern Ontario vs. British Columbia Results Fourth Round P.E.I.

110 100 300 200 8 N. Ont 003 012 032 01214 B.C. Curlers Break Even For Second Day in Row By KEN McCOXXELL Giants of the curling game felt the sting of smashing reverses yesterday. With the completion of the Brier's fourth round, Ontario was the only undefeated rink, with four straight victories. Their colleagues, from Kirkland Lake and representing Northern Ontario, have suffered only a single loss in four P.E.I.

vs Saskatchewan New Brunswick vs. Nova Scotia Manitoba vs Alberta 2:36 p.m. A New Brunswick vs Saskatchewan P.E.I, vs. Manitoba Quebec vs British Columbia Alberta vs Ontario Northern Ontario vs Nova Scotia 7 :30 p.m. A Manitoba vs Northern Ontario Nova Scotia vs Alberta Ontario vs New Brunswick Saskatchewan vs Quebec P.E.I, vs British Columbia ik )j I ui( iMwiw nnii mrif nwwuiiwfir r' hi nt'tt -innr mi "Tirrir-n'-Ti rrTT -jf- -f rr ir nil i nit rwimtir nrimi mi iiiifiriiiriwii iimfmni outings.

There are five rinks with two wins and two losses, including; the surprising, but terrifically popular Quebec squad; Nova Scotia, who will host the Brier in 1951; British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba. As each rink must play against the other by Thursday, the cur rently torrid Ontario rinks could I get their bumps in today's they exploded against ERIC WHITEHEADS GOING UP! Clover Leafs' Bobby Burtwell took a free ride to nowhere at Varsity gym in this basketball picture taken by Daily Province Photographer Bill Olson. Alberni's Jack Forrester (8) has his arm outstretched, to block the shot. Burtwell missed, but Leafs went on Jo win the overtime thriller 51-47 for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five provincial senior title. Victory Leaves Leafs Glum Face Island Games i Know what? If you drink, smoke, or chew tobaccy, you are not only a perfectly normal and average sinner, but also part-promoter in some of our major sports.

If yon perchance combine the sins of (perish the thought) both smoking and, ahem, drinking, you sir or madam are indirectly but definitely responsible for the promotion of such as the Macdonald's Brier, the Canadian Open, plus a chunk of WIL baseball. Swear off smoking and Macdonald's would never stage their brier. Go on the wagon and Seagrams would mortgage their famed Gold Cup; Sicks would switch from beer to brier and close up their ballparks. No Foil Like An Old Foil Big business has really moved in on sport and sportsmen. 'It has been estimated that Macdonald's spend as much as $100,000 per year on their provincial and Dominion curling tournaments.

Seagrams, with the expenses of the Canadian Open not near that figure, are comparative pikers. Undoubtedly' the shrewdest and most hard-headed hucksters of the lot are the many brewery, companies who make big business out of professional baseball. Most of them also make big money out of professional baseball. The sports fan is the foil, and a willing if unwitting one, in one of the smartest and most productive advertising rackets of modern times. He is the sitting-duck target for an annual nickel-hustling campaign into which millions of dollars are poured by shrewd merchants who only sow where they figure they shall also reap.

And We Scrape Through Banking on the tremendous appeal of sport and the suscep- tibility of the fan to the noble art of mass-suggestion and super irritation, the U.S. Gillette people, for instance, spend an esti-Z mated $3,000,000 per year on advertising that cleverly resembles a public service to the people. With a practical monopoly on every major U.S. fight broadcast, the World Series, plus the inside track on nearly every other major sports event, the razor blade company has cornered a-billion dollar market possibly the lushest, most concentrated advertising target of all time. Now all we have to do to put that company out of business Is grow beards.

But what would become of poor Bill Coram? Something For Nothing The third game will be played Friday night in Alberni with the fourth if necessary, Saturday, Should the senes the ful1 five games, the fifth and final draws, 3 and 8 p.m. B.C. BREAKS EVEN Stocky, competent Bung Cart-mell, skip of the B.C. rink, broke even again yesterday, dropping a thriller to Ontario, 11-7 and then decisively defeating New Brunswick in the afternoon draw, 14-8. i Cartmell and his boys, Ty Cobb, Charlie Cook and Dave Garnham, have been the victims of some queer, breaks as this color- splashed curling epic unfolds.

They have built high-scoring houses, Cartmell's performances being for the most part magnifi cent in the clutch. Not too highly rated on the go-in, the B.C. standard-bearers could be exceedingly tough be fore the curtain rings down. Highlights of Tuesday's engagements saw Saskatchewan, who favor a running game, resorting to the draw and they handed Edmonton's Cliff Mana-han his first defeat by a decisive 12-5 count. IT WAS A SHOCKER It was a shocker.

Saskatchewan, seeking their first victory of the 21st Brier, scored two on the fourth, one on the fifth, two on the sixth and one on the seventh without a reply. The climax came when Skip Ernie Whitter, calling the shots for this Prince Albert gang, hung a four-ender on Manahan on the 10th. Then the slim, hard-working, hungry-looking citizens from old Quebec tore into the Albertans in the afternoon game. This tussle was only one of the extra end games of the day. Manahan scored singletons on the first, second, third and fourth ends; gave up a deuce on the fifth, came back with a three on the sixth, a single on the seventh and then Quebec, the never-say-die guys of this Brier, fashioned a five-ender in the eighth, a couple more in the ninth and were in front! CURLING DRAMA This was curling drama.

The 2000 fans sensed the possibility of another kill. Manahan scored singletons in the 10th and the 11th, missed a shot to give Saskatchewan bne in the 12th and thus the game was forced into the 13th end. Seeking a raise and having to be dead right, Manahan missed by the width of a stout whisker on 13th end. And Quebec, with Skip Bob Cream playing second rock, and getting great support from Tom "Beats" Beat-tie, Herb Simons and Andy "Little Beats" Beattie, had achieved Quebec's second most important Brier victory in history. Probably the most satisfied customers yesterday were the many hundreds from Manitoba.

When young Billy McTavish suffered two drubbings on Monday, Winnipeggers and notably those from the Elmwood district, were: stunned. But yesterday McTavish edged! Nova Scotia on the 13th end and' then, their curling steadily im oasxaicnewan ior a n-i mumpn. Nobody is counting out Manitoba yet. Halifax To Have '51 Brier By BILL GOOD The Dominion curling championships will be held in Halifax, next March. This announcement was made, by Chief Justice Thane Campbell of Prince Edward Island, a trustee of the Tankard, at the annual dinner last night in the Hotel Vancouver.

The idea behind it is to spread the gospel of curling. In 1940, the Brier was moved west for the first time, to Manitoba. From that time on, the classic has been held alternately in east and west. Brier officials figure that wherever a national championship is playechit will attract interest and promote the game. This has been proved in British Columbia.

The game has been played here for a number-. of years, but it wasn't until this past fall that a new $100,000 rink was built, and Brier officials felt that a national final on the West Coast would give the game in the province a real boost. It could do the same job in Halifax. Based on Pacific Standard Time. A.M.

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Today 8:45 1:55 9:15 :20 Thursday 9:40 3:59 10:10 4:15 PROFESSIONAL OJiiitiOjb NEW WESTMINSTER Arena Tonighl 8:30 Taeoma vs. New Westminster Reserved $1.50 and H.ti Rnsh $1. Children Sfle Tickets at Hicks. Vancouver. PA Mil Swanaon A Aries.

New Westminster 19 Also at door YOUR trasts. Leafs, using a fast break, looked much too classy for the A's, who played a style all their own. Only the ball handler! moves, and then very little. Alberni's offence whirled; around centre Gordie es. This same Sykes made Ron Pickel look foolish in the first quarter, pivoting in the key for eight points.

Pickel came back, however, and finished up with 17 points. Elks Come, to Coast For M-0 Puck Finals Kamloops 7, Vernon 6 KAMLOOPS A goal by Buzz Mellor with three seconds left to play wrapped up the interior playoffs of the Main-line-Okanagan Hockey League for Kamloops Elks as they edged Vernon Canadians 7-6 here last night. N.S. Ont 100 020 100 100 5 021 203 012 02013 BC. N.B.

Sask. Man. 012 030 112 04014 200 101 000 301 8 000 100 030 003 7 121 012 100 31012 Alta. 111 103 100 110 010 Quebec 000 020 052 001 111 (extra end) Standings After lour Round Ontario 4 0 N. Ontario 3 1 Alberta .22 BC 2 2 Manitoba 2 2 Nova Scotia 2 2 Quebec 2 2 Saskatchewan 1 3 P.E.I 1 3 Sport Menu TONIGHT STRUNG 8:00 Macdonald Brier Dominion championships, Kerrisdale Arena.

ICE HOCKEY Count Lragti Northern Division 8:30 Westminster Royals vs. Taco- ma, Queens Park Arena. Portland at Seattle. Southern Division San Francisco at Lns Angeles. National Leajrne New York at Chicago.

Detroit at Boston. Employee Commercial Leagae 7:45 Firemen vs. White Hawks, Forum. 9:00 PSL Flven va. Burnahy Beavers, Forum.

WRESTUNG 8:30 Four bouts at Exhibition Gardens, Hastings Park. ROWUNG 7:00 B.C. flvepin tournament, Commodore Recreations. 9:00 Women's Commercial Tenpln League, Sevmour Recreations. 9:00 De Luxe Classic Flvepin League, De Luxe Bowling Centre.

THURSDAY CIRL1NG 9:30 a.m.. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., Mac-donald Brier Dominion championships. Kerrisdale Arena. ENGLISH RI'GBV World Cup Series UBC Thunderbirds vs. California Golden Bears, first game, at Berkeley.

ICE HOCKEY National League Toronto at Montreal. Detroit at New York. BOWLING 7:00 B.C. fivepin tournament, Commodore Recreations. Dutch Evers To Be Star -Regardless Regardless of how he plays tonight, Dutch Evers will be a star.

The New Westminster-Ta-eoma game at -Queens Park has been named "Dutch Evers" night in tribute to the Flying Dutchman. Presentations will be made between periods. This is Dutch's nineteenth year in hockey and Royals' fans are determined he won't forget it. EXHIBITION GARDENS Tonight 8:30 BIG TOURNAMENT Winner to meet THE GREAT ATLAS! Also Rig Cash PHre! Entrants: Ame Skaaland. Rod Fenton, Faavo Katnnen, Ted Rell, Jack O'Reillv, Danno McDonald and 1'ierro j.a nen Tickets at Lox Cafa.

1 Rohson. MA 7984 and at the door Tonight OPERATOR 1300 BLOCX 7. BROADWAY CE 4111 As They By HUGH WATSON Clover Leafs 51, Alberni 47 It was a sad looking Clover Leaf team that trooped into their dressing room last night after taking a 2-0 lead in the provincial basketball series. Granted, they had grabbed a stranglehold on the five-game series, but next comes a shift of venue to. Alberni, the Vancouver Island centre that is anything but partial to visiting cage teams.

Leafs win last night was of the shaky variety. It came after an explosive five-minute overtime period that brought eight quick points. Alberni Athletics went into the last quarter nine points down, and looked as though they were going deeper. George "Porky Andrews managed to instil some of the old Vancouver pro-Hornet fire in his hirelings and the re sults were devastating. A'S PERK UP In little over five minutes the A's were back in the game.

A lanky guard with an awkward lone shot dropped two or the longest in quick succession. Andrews then yanked Twitter Hill in a great move of strategy. In his place went Roy Durante. While the packed house booed the switch, Durante calmly pil fered a rebound and looped in a push shot from short range to tie the score at 42-42. LEAD ON FOUL It was Durante, too, that gave the Athletics the lead.

Hon Weber fouled the 17-year-old newcomer to set up a foul shot. Durante swished the basket with unerring accuracy. That left the stage up to Mr. Weber. With nine seconds left, he had his turn, sinking a foul to send the game into It was a neat battle of con- Stamps Hoist First Win In Finals SmUatoon Calgary 4 CALGARY (CP) Calgary Stampeders took a one-game lead in the best-of-seven western Canada senior hockey league cami.

finals with a 4-3 virtnrv Tuesday night over Saskatoon katoon net at 16 37 of the third Inorind and hark-hanried the rub ber past Quaker netminder Cliff Dobson. The puck went in off Dobson'a leg when he attempted to kick the shot out. Nnnkxtiion C'algarjr 4 1 Flint oerlnd: 1 rl(tary, Cairn 3 Heximer (Perhft. jS)lwrhuk, p0naltlr Mylet. istaiey.

rnfim. imi. 1 Mhnr suiry, Hunter) Penal i ilea none. Third perlo erloil: ft Sankaloon. MrCul- much (Burlington) Calgary, bo what, sez the man.

Sowhat if cigarets, whisky, razor blades and wild, wild women control our thrills? So nothing. It's wonderful, even if these canny huck- sters do beam like blooming philanthropists. I'm all for Briers, Opens, pro baseball, fights, no matter who is responsible. As one who smokes with moderation, drinks with my friends, shaves too often, I am a petty shareholder in the whole blooming business. On with their shrewd pluggery (so I coin another word)! Just so long as they don't imagine they're fooling anybody.

F.S. Bob Brown will quite likely once again commence his annual dickering with Sandy Robertson, basketball-baseball star who has helped Ruby Robert's Capilano pitching staff during home-stands the past couple of seasons But handsome Sandy, who takes his engineering profession seriously, plans to pass up baseball this year Come to think of it, he did likewise last year And spent quite a few busy evenings in Cap livery there- after The I'BC Memorial Gym is behind building schedule, will perhaps be ready for next basketball season A sad figure of a man crossing Pender John Whelan, once czar of local wrestling Now the business is, of course, cut up between Guy Patrick of the Auditorium and Cliff Parker of the Gardens Ruth Wilson's high-flying Filers are rated a top chance to regain the Dominion Sr. A women's basketball crown for Vancouver Practically an All-Star outfit, this club could become one of the best ever out of the coast. A Good Man to know contest will be played in the Island city. Cover Leafs: Rohertnon 13, Burtwell 2.

Pkkel 17. Weber 6. Haaa 6, Pomfret 4, Bakken 3. Totai 51. Alberni: Andrews 9, ForreRt 7, Durante 11, Hill 2, Kermode 7, Sykes 11.

Total 47. The win gave Kamloops the series in three straight games. They now meet the winner of Kerrisdale and Nanaimo for the league title. Jack Kirk, who had been languishing in the penalty box when Vernon scored the two game-tying goals, set-up the winning play. Mellor also scored another goal during the game.

Billy Hryciuk and Steve Witiuk had two and Don Johnston got the other. Bud Kobussen, Don Jakes, Len Wallington, Al Senior, Dave McKay and George Hayes were the Vernon marksmen. First period 1, Kamloops, Hryoulk (Campbell) 2, Vernon, Kobus-aen (Loudon) 19:27. Penalties: Second period 3, Kamloops, Johnston (Ursakl) 4, Vernon, Jakes (Hayes) 5, Kamloops, Hryciuk (Mellor) 6, Vernon, Wallington 7, Kamloops, Wlfluk (Hryrluk, Johnston) 18:10. Penalty: Loudon.

Third period 8, Kamloops. Mellor 9, Vernon, Senior (McKay (Stecyk) lO, Kamloops, Wltluk (Ursakl) 11, Vernon, McKay (Stecyk) 12. Vernon, Haves (Stecyk) 13, Kamloops. Mellor (Kirk) 19:57. Penalties: Stecvk, Kobussen.

Kirk, Campbell, Hayes. Local Welters Headline Card On March 16 Two local welterweights who have never fought together here before have been signed by promoter Al Principe to headline his March 16 card at the Auditorium. Bill Brenner will meet Phil Palmer over the 10 round route. Both boys were schooled in New York by the Elkins brothers. Brenner had 14 fights In 1949, losing one by a decision and another hy a K.O.

Palmer fought only five times in 1948, his only win being over Terry Gibson of Seattle. miMiiiiiG) iTi hit odvertisement not pub lished or deployed by the Liquor Control Boord or by the Government of British Columbia. J) 17 Soccer Cup Games Saturday Thirteen Provincial Cup Games, and four Mainland Cup matches are scheduled for Juvenile soccer teams on Saturday. Here is the complete card: FIRST DIVISIOV P.M. Provincial Cup Second Ron nil St.

Andrews vs. Western Sports, North Templeton Gurney. Capllanod vs. south Actives, Nor-quay. Blundell.

SRTOND DIVISION 1 P.M. Provincial Cup Seml-Klnal H. Price vs. Hastings Bluebirds, North Templeton, Walker. THIRD DIVISION 11:00 A.M.

Provincial Cup Third Round Hastings Bluebirds vs. Hale Calllster or North Templeton, I.nean. Marpole vs. Duecks, Oak, Ourney. Mainland Cup First Rnnnd South Burnabv vs.

Elite Taxi, Mc-Pheraon, Coombes. FOI RTH DIVISION 1 1 A.M. I'rnvlnrlal Cup Second Round Burrard Lions vs. Western Sports, McBrlde Park, Jarnell. Third Round I Capitol HH1 vs.

Burrard Redwings, WllllnKdon, Black. Mainland Cup First Round Snheni vs. St. Marys, Clarlc Park, Smith. FIFTH DIVISION Provincial Cup Flral Round Junior Native sns va.

Colllngwood. Colllngwood. Welsbrod. West Point Cirey vs. Van Horn PTA, Trimble, King.

Kecond Round Eagle-Time vs. Hastings North Templeton, C- Lee. Mainland Cup First Round South Vancouver I.lons vs. Kerrls-dale, Prince Kdwarri, Coleman. Burrard l.tona vs.

Wesl Van Tigers, MiUrlde. Jarnell. SIXTH DIVISION 10:00 A.M. Provincial Cup Flrl Round A.A.'s vs. HastlnKS Optimists, South Templeton, Newbold.

Second Round Riirrard I.lons vs. Memorial. Penny. Haywood Hornets vs. Waldorf Holel, Mahnn.

Rohinson. The providence Reds of the American Hockey League registered 44 victories during the 1948-49 season, which is the record for the circuit INDEPENDENT GARAGE Stanford Drubs Birds First Time Since War TALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) The Stanford team 8-3 Tuesday, avenjring: two Quakers before 5.200 fans, It was the Indians' first win1 Defenceman Jack Taggart iscored the winning goal for the war. iaA Day in and day out, he is on the job for YOUR motoring He does his work well. In fact, your neighbourhood Independent Garage Operator is responsible for the maintenance of over 75 of Motor Vehicles on the road today! We, at Dueck Chevrolet Oldsmobile recognize our responsibility to supply him quickly and efficiently with genuine G.M.

Parts at the lowest possible price. As Western Canada's largest G.M. Wholesale Parts Distributors, we also make available all types of the latest technical service helps supplied regularly to us by the General Motors factory. Mercs Avenge 5-3 Defeat STOCKHOLM (CP) Ah Ncwsnme clicked for four enala iNcwsome cucKen inr iour goals Tuesday as the touring Edmon ton Mercury, walloped 'he Swed National hockey team 7-0 to gain jevenge ior a previous set- back. The Swedish Nationals defeated the University of earlier defeats this season.

(t. over the Thunderbirds since Boyd Benson, Stanford wing-back, ran 65 yards through i broken field to sew up the game. His run was late in the first half after Stanford had moved in front 3-0 on a dropkick by John Banks from 25 yards out Early in the second half, Puss Latham, British Columbia wing, kicked a 35-yard penalty boot for the visitors only points. Stanford kept the ball ThunHerbird territory most me game, wun me ain oi a set, or iloet backs. Hull BUI bainas, UnC fullback, did a great job of kicking, shoving Stanford back from the line on many occasions.

The Thundrrbirds meet Calif-rrnia at Berkeley Thursday and S.iturday In the World Cup senc. Funny bur what romist to do wo promt docin't bring ui holt tho butincn thot what wo DID do doei (try it ogoin lower). A B.C. the ft i hnrf dnfratpd the Canadian team (llexlmen XJH 7 Calory. anaaian wm.nr,, ltt.37.

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