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First
Place
March
of
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
Halted
Last
Night
By
Canadiens
in
Hectic
Battle
,f
,
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MONTREAL,
Feb.
4:
The
Canadiens
halted
Toronto's
attempt
to
get
closer
to
first
place
in
the
Canadian
section
,
of
tjie
National
Hockey
League
by
defeating
the
Maple
j
Leafs
two
to
one
in
a
hectic
struggle
last
night.
Tempers
'
flared
throughout
the
puck
battle
but
no
serious
outbreaks
i
occurred.
At
Ottawa,
the
New
York
Amer
icans
climbed
to
within
one
point
of
the
third-place
Montreal
Maroons
by
defeating
tbp
Senators
four
to
two.
Ottawa
secured
an
early
lead
of
two
goals
but
the
Americans
finished
strong.
The
Maroons
lost
a
three
to
nil
decision
to
the
Rangers
at
New
York
while,
In
the
American
division,
Boston
Bruins
trounced
Detroit
'falcons,
seven
to
two.
Len
Harvey,
British
middleweight
champion,
loaded
down
with
firewood
at
Orangeburg,
N.Y.,
as
fighter
trains
for
his
first
boat
In
America,
meeting
Vincent
Dundee
GROTTO
LEADS
IN
BILLIARDS
Won
Only
Two
Games
Played
Last
Night
in
Fixture
With
Canadian
Legion
Only
two
of
the
five
games
In
last
night's
Billiard
League
fixture
between
the
Canadian
Legion
and
Orotto
were
played,
the
tobacconists
winning
both
as
a
result
of
which
they
have
a
lead
of
500
to
362.
The
scores
of
the
games
played
were
as
follows:
Marcus
Andrews
(Canadian
Legion,)
148,
Don
Brown
(Orotto)
250.
Frank
ieman
214,
Oeorge
Howe
250.
Games
remaining
to
be
played
ar
A.
Murray
(Legion)
vs.
Oeorge
Waugh
(Orotto),
O.
P.
Tinker
vs.
James
Andrewsr
Charlie
Baptle
V.
M.
M.
McLachlan.
NEW
YORK,
February
4Heavy
slugging
performances
in
the
Na
tional
League
will
be
cut
down
ithls
season
by
the
decision
of
the
league
management
that
a
thicker
covered
ball
Is
to
be
used.
Thl
will
give
the
hurlers
a
better
grip
and
allow
them
to
put
more
stuff
on
the
ball.
The
American
League
will
make
a
similar
change.
It
Is
expected'.
jSpring
Training
Games
Arranged
Plenty
of
Activity
for
Big
League
Clubs
is
Palnned
Ere
Season
Opens
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
4
National
and
American
League
baseball
clubs
will
play
seventy
games
among
themselves
during
the
course
of
spring
training
this
year
and
134
matches
with
lesser
clubs.
LADIES'
GOLF
IS
STARTED
Miss
Julia
Walters
Low
Scorer
Among
Fourteen
Fair
Contestants
Last
Evening
The
ladles'
goir
tournament
was
started
at
the
Sunken
Gardens
last
night
and
will
be
held
each
Tues-
triav
fvfnlnir
tnr
thm
hPrf
flftepn
weeks,
grand
prizes
to
be
awarded
in
the
competition.
Fourteen
ladles
played
last
evening
and
Miss
Julia
Walters
had
low
score
47
and
41
for
the
18
holes.
i
4
I
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t
HELENE
MADISON
SETS
j
SWIMMING
RECORDS
SEATTLE.
Feb.
4:
Helene
Madison,
Seattle's
girl
swim-
mlng
star,
smashed
the
world's
records
for
the
440-yard
and
400-metre
swim
sprints
at
the
Washington
Athletic
Club
last
night
Her
time
for
the
two
distances
was
five
minutes,
31
seconds.
SLUGGERS
HAMPERED
New
Style
of
Ball
in
National'
League
Expected
to
Cut
Hitting
Performances
I
i
Walter
Laufer.
all-round
amateur
swimming
champion,
holder
of
three
world's
records,
finds
l.unting
decided
help
in
keeping
fit.
He
Is
seen
here
at
Antioch.
LI.'
after
a
fine
day
with
the
bunnies
BIG
SPEED
iBABE
RUTH
S
CLAIMED
IN
FLORIDA
Capt.
Malcolm
Campbell
Says
That
Left
New
York
Tor
Spring
Train-Ills
Car
Went
260
Miles
an
Inc
Camn
With
Retinue
of
Hour
Clocked
194
Relatlrea
DAYTONA
BEACH.
Fla
Feb.
4:
!
In
an
exhibition
run
yesterday,
Capt.
Ma"lcolm
Campbell
clocked
at
104
miles
per
hour
buth$
claimed
that,
Just
before
entering
the
course
he
had
attained
a
speed
of
260
miles
per
hour.
At
that
point,
I
he
said,
the
car
slipped
out
of
gear
and
he
was
forced
to
coast
over
the
i
measured
mile
in
neutral.
Capt.
Campbell
plans
to
make
an
!
official
attempt
today
to
break
the
'.
existing
record
of
231
miles
per
hour
which
was
established
by
the
late
Sir
Henry
Segrave
on
Daytona
Beach
course.
High
wind
today
prevented
Capt.
Campbell
from
attempting
to
lower
the
world's
automobile
speed
Old
Country
Soccer
Scottish
Cup
Second
Round
Boness
4,
Alloa
2.
Dundee
United
2,
Otitic
3.
Kings
Patk
1,
St.
Bernards
1.
Cowdenbeath
1,
St.
Johnstone
1.
Hibernians
5.
Hamilton
Academicals
2.
English
League
First
Division
Sunderland
8,
Blackburn
Rovers
2.
Bolton
Wanderers
1,
Chelsea
1.
EnalNh
Lcatue
Second
DivUIon
Bradrord
City
2
Cardiff
City
1.
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
4-Babe
Ruth
left
yesterday
for
Miami,
Florida,
to
go
into
spring
training
with
the
New
York
Yankee.
The
King
of
Swat
was
accompanied
by
Mr.
Ruth,
their
daughter,
Julia,
and
Mrs.
Ruth's
sister.
CAR
SHOPS
LEADING
IN
C.
N.
R.
CRIB
Canadian
National
Recreation
Arsociatlon
Cribbage
League
results
last
night
were
as
follows:
Drydock
Machinists,
14;
Roundhouse,
13.
Locomotive
Shops,
12;
Freight
Sheds,
15.
Drydock
8
toel
workers,
12;
Car
8hops,
15.
Station,
12;
Oeneral
Office,
15.
League
Table
Won
Lost
Pts.
"3ar
Shops
48
33
49
Drydock
Steelworkers.
44
37
44
Drydock
Mathlptsts
....
44
37
44
Roundhouse
43
38
43
'tatlon
,
38
43
38
Locomotive
Shops
37
44
31'
General
Office
38
45
33
Freight
Sheds
33
48
33
Tense
moment
in
annual
pusn
ball
battle
between
frc
;hmen
and
sophomorca
of
Umver;lty
of
Ciuomia
a--
L03
Angcle
Sophs
won,
BASEBALL
J
SCHEDULE
Big
League
Season
Will
Open
This
Year
on
April
14
and
Close
on
,
September
27
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
4
The
National
and
American
Leagues
will
start
the
season
on
April
14
and
close
ori
September
27
which
Is
the
earliest
date
for
winding
up
Ithe
year's
activities
since
1908.
This
will
allow
for
an
early
start
of
the
World
Series.
The
Big
League
schedule
for
1031
issued
today,
shows
that,
in
the
American
League,
Detroit
will
open
the
season
at
St.
Louis,
Chicago
at
Cleveland.
Philadelphia
at
Wash-
j
ington
and
Boston
at
New
York.
In
the
National
League,
Brooklyn
will
be
at
Boston
for
the
first
game.
New
York
at
Philadelphia.
St.
Louis
at
ClnclnnaU
and
Pltts-
iburg
at
Chicago.
I
The
season's
schedule
was
approved
by
the
moguls
of
the
two
leagues
meeting
here
yesterday.
NEEL
IS
IN
!
LIMELIGHT
Former
luteal
Boxer
MaHin;
Great
Showing
In
South
Frankle
Neel.
formerly
of
this
city,
is
getting
into
the
forefront
of
featherweight
honor
contenders
on
the
Pacific
Coast
and
is
winning
a
lot
of
pub'klty
'n
the
spo-t-mg
pages
of
southern
newspapers.
Neel's
stock
went
up
a
lot
a
few
days
ago
as
a
result
of
his
victor
by
decision
at
Port
Angeles
ove
Ray
Woods,
flashy
Seattle
feather
weight,
in
a
special
event
on
a
Charlie
Risko-Don
Fraser
heavyweight
card.
Neel
has
now
been
offered
a
main
event
with
Joe
Colder,
hading
featherweight
of
Seattle,
and
a
semi-windup
event
pn
a
Yoinv,'
Firpo-Joe
Lohman
fight
in
Victoria.
Billy
Davies,
father
of
the
famous
Jumbo
Davies.
is
looking
after
Frankie's
southern
campaign
through
the
Empress
Social
i.'lub
of
Prince
Rupert.
SPORT
CHAT
Accompanied
by
an
entourage
of
10
men
headed
by
Dr.
W.
A.
Crawford,
trainer.
Sun
Beau,
crack
racer,
has
arrived
at
the
Agua
Caliente
track,
in
Mexico,
to
go
into
training
for
the
$100,000
Agua
Caliente
handicap
of
March
22.
Victory
in
the
race
would
make
Sun
Beau
champion
money
winner
of
the
world's
racers
with
a
total
of
about
$363,000
to
his
credit.
The
football
associations
of
Eng
land.
Scotland
and
Wales
and
the
Football
League
haf
unanimously
decided
to
accept
the
solution
of
the'mahagerhent
committee
of
the
Football
League
on
the
International
question.
By
it
all
International
matches
other
than
those
of
England
and
Scotland
must
be
played
before
December
14.
Irish,
Welsh
and
Scottish
professionals,
members
of
English
league
clubs,
will
now
be
allowed
to
play
for
their
respective
countries.
This
season
this
was
not
allowed
through
the
ruling
of
the
English
league,
and
International
matches
became
a
farce.
Mrs.
Renalian
to
Go
to
Ireland
Wife
of
Mlsslnp
Aviator
I'lsns
on
1
Going
to
Old
Country
to
Live
'
Mrs.
Robin
Renahan,
who
returned
to
Vancouver
last
week
after
spending
two
weeks
here
and
af
Ketrhlkan
in
connection
with
the
search
for
her
aviator-husband,
who
has
been
missing
since
October
28
last,
will
remain
in
Vancouver
for
the
next
few
months
in
the
hope
that
the
body
of
her
husband
may
be
found.
She
will
then
proceed
with
her
three
children
to
Ireland
to
take
up
future
residence,
i
Mrs.
Renahan
visited
Victoria
at
the
first
of
this
week
to
receive
Pilot
Anscel
Eckmann's
account
of,
his
unsuccessful
aerial
search
for
her
hush;
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HUNDREDS
ARE
DEAD
(continued
from
page
1)
three
building
remaining
standing.
It
was
a
good
steed
town.
Panic
conditions
continue.
Terrified
people
huddle
n
the
beaches
of
nawkea
Bay.
In
some
case,
food
has
been
brought
to
them
by
boats
Roads
and
bridges
were
torn
up
by
the
terrific
temblors
yesterday.
700
Mcy
Be
Dead
AUCKLAND.
Feb.
4:-ReporU
reaching
here
today
estimated
that,
by
the
time
the
final
count
Is
made,
it
may
be
found
that
there
was
a
death
toll
of
seven
hundred
in
Napier
alone
as
a
result
of
the
eirth-
I
quake
and
tidal
wave
yesterday.
veseew-
iymg
m
ine
harbor
at
I
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.
rapier
were
nuried
hither
and
thither
as
the
surface
of
the
water
became
convlused
as
shock
followed
shock.
When
the
first
huge
wave
receded,
bouts
were
left
high
and
dry
on
the
shore.
When
the
wave
;came
oack,
they
were
refloated.
Other
reports
reaching
here
stated
that
the
Napier
harbor
had
Deen
seriously
disturbed
by
the
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