i r.c i-fHicc Kur-ci DciW Moru'a.v, March i. -i"C"- B. C. Has Good Chance To Win Curling Title TO? tWO SHUTTLE u Watts & Nickerson Win First Game of Season Watts & Nickerson 1(5, Frascr & l'ayne IS. Nelson ISrothcrs 31, General Motors 28. KCIMIW VANCOUVfcR ( - Two Tom,it .... '"U VANCOUVEh (CP) If ex- 1 perience means much, skip El-wyn C. (Bung! Cartmell of a I Vancouver rink stands a good I chance of winning the Canadian j curling championship at Ed-1 monfon which got i.nderway to-! ' day. f Cartmell. uom West Vaiu:.m-ver, is making me champion-1 ships for the third time in '6 years. He threw third rock in 1938 when the Ab Gowanlo ;i rink from Glenboro, Man., w,ci the Canadian title and cani uj the hoX's 5f the province In lyio Dominion tournament. Tlie n V. I Kmythe, retained their crowns as OauVrP " at the Canadian chaireilon.shiiis ir" ,'W four of the five open titles. l,lr,i Men's and women's single, titlist t,,.Vrl, men's and women's doubles titles with j'J Purcell, also of Toronto, while the Van" Bardsley and Duryl Thomson took tlie"!B Jean Waring of Calgary and Harold m " a pair of 15-year-olds, won the jnior ,T'! i vJ;tM Columbia Cellulose 5(i, Cordon & Anderson 11. Basketball fans were treated to three fast-mov-j inr games at the Civic Centre Saturday night amlj saw Watts & Nickerson score their first win of the! Calgary Horse Fails to Place ARCADIA, Calif, itf T"hc King Ranch's favored Rejected, a four-year-old bay with a uither drab history for winnintj races, brightened the picture tremendously Saturday with u lurious .stretch run to capture the $143,000 Santa Anita Handicap. Jockey Willie Shoemaker brought the brown Kentucky coll up from a . dead last position to win the $105,900 top prize by 1';, lengths over the pace setting Inibros, and Cyclotron, a longshot, ran third, a length behind. Indian Hemp, the second choice. owned by Alberta Ranches of Calgary, finished a disappointing fifth and was never in contention, bulkim; Johnny Longden's attempt to winlhe rich fixture for th" fourth time. Indian Hemp' 1 stablemate, Thirteen of Diamonds, was a late scratch. r In the first game of the eve-nine. Nelson Brothers, led by ' 1 R. Morven, who got 10 points. I won their first game of the I semi-finals. They took an early , lead and held it throughout. T. i Shenlon was best man for the rink finished fifth that year. ' Bung, who picked up his nickname years ago by his robust style of knocking opixising rocks out of the house, skipped tjir.ir-' let through the provincial play- oils without a loss at Trail, B C early in February. He h.is been considered Vancouver's finest skip since he arrived here five; years ago. - j 1 KOM MANITOIt Cartmell. who has been curling 30 years, has a well-balanced rink. All four, originally from Manitoba, came to the coast within the last five years. The lead. Keg Fry. throws witli a feather touch. From Hartney, Man., ho started curling us a youth but pressure of business took a 20-yeur-bite out of his career. He made his comeback last year. Jimmy Dickson, second, can also draw in where Bung wants the rock and will guard or take out wilh equal ease. He also curled with Gowanloek in Manitoba and has been skipping his own rink here. Les Kit sen, third, a native of Portage la Prairie has been curling for 28 years. He played with Bung in Glenboro and is" a veteran of the annual Winnipeg bonspiel. i 4 I $ MIVW. tfcr... Alan Sheppard ... ... . ha a ' "'"a i "1 ! l uiur llarnioiiy Kenncratnr Value-lull season. , In three semi-final matches: Watts & Nickerson defeated Fraser & Payne 48-43 in an Inter "A" contest: Nelson Broth-i is downed General Motors 34-L'ti in an Inter "B" fixture, and I CC won 56-44 over Gordon fc Ander.-on in a senior "A" playoff. The Watts &, Nickcrsun ciew played steady ball from the start unci .staved off a last quarter rally by Frascr & Payne. It was I he first game oi a best-of-three s-erii's. Second ,Rame will bo played next Saturday. Winner of th" series plays North Stars for the title. Hob Mar-furkme led point-p.ettirs with 13. followed by Sedswick with 12. Fred Krist-manson led Fraser and Payne with 11 points and T rry Sh n-ton f;ot eij'.hl. It; Motors, with 11. The pulpmill crew evened the bost-of-three semi-final in the senior "B" race' by downing G & A. Led by Sid Scherk, who got 21 points. CCC staged a terrific last quarter drive outplaying the opposition 24-8 for their victory. Coach Pop Pay came into the name for I he final quarter and bugged five points to aid in his team's cause. F. Christensen got 15 points and B. Sundbere scored It. R. Holkestad was best man for G & A with 21 points and Joe Davis was next best witli 11. 3.5p- TAIL RONTY of New York Rangers is making his move to the top ranks of the National Hockey League's point-getters. One of the main factors in Rangers' bid for a possible playoff berth, the 25-year-old centre has moved into a fifth-place tie with Ber-nie Geoffrion of Montreal. Each player has 46 points. In 59 games Konty piled up 13 goals and 33 assists. Ronty. a native of Toronto, broke into the NHL with Boston in 1947. Ties Ten-Pin Singles Mark Alan Sheppard set a hot pare in the mixed 10-pin bowl in; league Sunday to roll a 24il-game ' ami tie BobKudderham for higli single. His three-game total was 594. . Dot Marshall headed the wo-; men with a 190-game and be a three of 514. i Tinymites .set a new hiah three , lor the season with 1900 and als-o had best game of 680. Neil Stromdah! also hit t!i'.' 200-circle, when he rolled a 231-' game.. j Results: Tinymites 4, Dominoes j 0; Four Aces 1, Luckies 3; M & M s 4. Timbcrticks 0. 1 ki1 m. The Red Cross canvasser is a volunteer. He is happy and proud to call on you. You can do your share bycontrlbut ing to the Canadian Red Crass. Tni dveitisement is not published or displayed by tiitr Liquot Conttol Hoard or bv the Government ol Phod The Scrapbook (Past and present in the Sports World) British Columbu I By JACK CLUET-JESSOME When was ice hockey started Montreal Canadiens. "Howie' Hockey Scores Hill. Silt lllllily Cah:ary C. Saskatoon 2 Fihrnml-on 6. New Westminster 3 Vancouver 1. Scuttle 5. Snnthiv SriiHli' R. Fclln'-nlon 'J. t'M'niV tl. .S;iKl::lli,nH a. Mil miI unliiy Mnnlwal B. Ne.v York 0. Turollio 4. Chic:l!;i 2. Miililay N. w 'York 2. Montreal II. ' 'luionto I. Chicago 'I. ii ANu-ri.rc ki:i Cashmere wool, from the 1111-derileeoe t f Asia n o a I s, is plucked or combed by hand. . , . i I n n . . ! 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 in Canada, or anywhere else? This has been a question ' dis- j cussed lor some years. Some say much later than 1879. An old clipping which we hap- : pen to have may have the right I answer. Frederic Hague, who. died in Montreal in 193 1 was a .student of McGill University' and was a member of its team,1 wrote long a;;o the following: ! "Ice hockey originated at Mc- , 'Gill during the winter of 1870- f 80. There was no ice hockey in 1 Canada or anywhere in North : America until then. As regards th" claims that hockey was: first played in Ottawa in 1B8J). tlv.t is entirely wrong. Hockey was introduced Into Ottawa rn the middle 80's by A. P. Low we will recall, turned proies- simial with the Canadiens in j l')'J3. the same season the Hart' Trophy was put up. j Afler a great career in hockey i playing the famous athlete sus- tained a broken leg in February, j 1J37, and on March 8 of the same year the hockey world was shocked 10 learn of his death. In '. memory of the great horkeyisl officials of the league staged an All-Star NHL memorial game in Montreal on November 2, 1937. "Howie" as he was heller known to his team-mates and tans is said to have played his first hockey with the Strut fnrd jteam in 1921 and in ths follow-I ing season joined the inle::ivi- ivte division. In th-j profession d i division "Howie" saw aeti.m TAlK ABOUT CARPET .miww . ait w i l t i i t i ii . -. .f - - . anrl sfinio other hnvs wlin were m our class at McGill. and who . with the Chicago BI.uk Hawks, went to Ottawa to take Jvtw 0" 'ngeis ana ine posi- posi - depart - in th.' survey Hons nient.' Montreal canadiens anci Had led NHL in scoring in 192,'i and r Htll Un nric hnrn ,,n 01 Th it s that, and it anvone has ' ,.,,, ,,, ,-,,,.,, ..... , . , -. .. 1U0J, Mitchell, Ontario. v diflertnt answer, lets have it. , " lfe.3-i' ":1 III v.. ...... aa.ui.i u sniiiL j c; lied Baggataway and the; DLFIKI) THK I OE Skiing is extremely popul.T in Canada; but it is outstandiiu and very exciting to the Norwegian sportsmen, .so muh they loved the grand sport they defied the foe. To London via the under- French-Cf nadians called it la-iTos.-i'hul iocrcsse had nothing to do with hockey, history j re a tiers say. To claim the In- i tiiaiis originated a game played j on i'-e with skates is obviously j wronv. becausn the sewre Cana- I THESE S3 WILL SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES l"";;g ciian winters made the Natives i Ei'ound channels about 100 Nor- U UNKA ( ItKST Produced by popular demand to give the think more of gelling food than of playing games, .the late Mc-Ciill undent had added in his report. most lor the least S8.95 sq. yd WI N DA WLVi: The carpet wegian ski jumpers made lli-'ir way in ones and twos to a hill near Oslo to hold their national championship. This occurred during a period in tin I. it? world war. All was '4uit bptvtue this great meet,::.g was untie." the ban of the Nazis. The jumpers were bravj ant treat lovers of their nation 1 sport. The first competitor rme ! isis jump. The second and third ! ltad- gone Kxe(niig dpwv rJv- liiil ; wfteii'iUie -ifiuf'-totin:; Oestaiio 1 men appt ared. The Norwegian .sportsmen : stood defiant. The Gestapo, to make, a show of authority, a--' rested 25 of the leading ski jumpers of Norway. .Anion ; j them were the" three Rend j brothers, Sugmond, Birgen ni.d ! Asbjoern, all former Olympic that created a new fashion in In. mo decoration S10.!)r sq. yd. U IM) PU SH Woven exclusively for those cjisfrim-r inula ;r people whrerioyvldxt ufii'ifi l.li.or iVnii-V VV- .:';, :WS 'Si-: ' 9 x 12 Wunda Weve only $139.00 See Them Today at !(( ki:y carnivals i McGill University staged the fr. t- i'e hockey carnivals in 1RH2-B3-84. In 1886 the Montreal A. A. was formed. It is said Lh it q team of good players was :Tni"e-j in. the season of 18"if)-P.T' rifif' .'?1tt-li,,b!'cam8 ih ,mi-Gi'l University Ilm kcy Cliilj! '.'et to be confused With the I'bove. ' field" hockey dates back lr, the dimmest, of dim ages. In y crude form it Was played in .'ancient Rome and Greece and "Ifiter in Asia. " - THK IIAKT TROPHY Several trophies, besides the McRAE BROS. 11 r i FIGHTER CO"' and world's chauipioas, and LIMITED "The Kioto That, Service Built" v Phone li or 3(1 inauipiouMiip cups are awarcteai jhan Hannes. Norway's be in the big hockey league and i;iWn tennis player. And You? WM one oi mem is prooamy tnemosl popular, the Dr. David A. Hart Trophy for most, valuable playerand its popularity may be cue to the list of winners made-up of a number of outstanding players. The cup came into being in the season of 1923-24. The late Howarth "Howie" Morenz, one of the most colorful players hockey has even known, was a three-time winner "oT the trophy, in 1927-28, 1930-31 and 1931-32 and in these seasons was a member of the. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! wszi if : to 'kzif ' " i : v- V! 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