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Dricos In
Polar Swim

To Hold New Year
Exhibition

George Dricos, 40-year-old Van-
eouver long distance swim star,
announced his intention ‘today of
getting all members of the year-
round swim club to hold an ex
hibition at English Bay on New
Year's Day.

Dricos, who makes ita point to
enter the waters of English Bay
every year and has done so now
for over 14 years, is well known
in local sport circles and is the
trainer of Annabelle Mundgel, who
is prepping for another shot at
the Wrigley Swim in ‘Toronto this
summer. Annabelle has been an
entrant in this big annual event at
Toronto for the last five year, fin-
ishing 4th on one attempt which
placed her in a good position for
a= win this year. :

By GADABOUT
PEN LETTER to Stuffy (Clarion) Ricnards and Izzy (also
Clarion) Katz... . Dear Sirs: Say, will you guys kindly
keep those cockeyed ‘“nuscle-bound” arguments in your own
bailiwick? Not that I mind, but several of our beef trust from
the wrestling club came in this week with a very convincing
arguments that weight lifters can’t -

become muscle-bound, fo which this = =
department, in a very weak voice Ernie Swartz Wins
At Britannia

replied, ‘Yes, yes, and yes.’ So
will you guys please keep your DTs

to home and let a respectable :
column go back to sleep? BRITANNIA BEACH. — Ernie
< < i Swartz, northwest featherweight

top-notcher pounded out an easy
win over Jackie Pascoe, VYVancou-
ver, in a six-round special event
at Miners hall last Saturday.
Schwartz had it all over Pascoe
by reason of superior ring general-
ship and harder punching ability,
getting a three-way decision.
Bobby Carrington scored a sec-
ond round EKO in the main event,

Just for fun let’s analyze last
Mondays farce between Nazi-
Maxie (chief sheepherder for Herr
Hitler) Schmeling and one stumble-
bum Harry Thomas who probably
needed the six grand.

This comic opera was nothing
more nor less than sheer publicity

Victoria
Centre Opens

VRC, YCL Cooperate
On Card

VICTORIA. The Reereation
Centre opened its doors officially
last week with an all-star wrest-

ling and boxing card under the
joint auspices of the VRC and the
YCL.

Al Ford and Aussie Hogan gave
an exhibition of boxing, donating
their services to assist in the
building of the new club.

Clyde Cantrell decisioned Bill
Smith in the opener.

Bud De Silva lost to Henry
Olkovick by one fall in the last
round ofa 4round match.

In the main wrestling bout Ed-
die Bolton, VSC favorite, won
over the Wild Joker with a series
of back breakers in second round
of a scheduled 6-round match that
received tremendous applause.

for the proposed Schmeling-Louis

which had the crowd on its feet

Trundle League
For Union Hashers

Iocal 28 of the Hotel and Res-
taurant Employees Union

nounced the inauguration of a
bowling league consisting of union
members only. Some 14 teams are
in competition at present and
judging by the tremendous inter-
est displayed by team members
there is every indication of hay-
ing another 14 teams on the roster
shortly. j

Bill Stewart, popular secretary
of Local 28 says, “Come out pliz,
and we'll show you bowling what

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December 17, 1837

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TAILORS.

George has distinguished him-
self in swimming circles by win-
ning the Victoria Ghristmas day
marathon swim for the past 3
years and intends to enter again
this year.

A novel race is on the club’s pro-
gram for June, 1938, when Dricos

go next June. Watch the daily press
for the next six months or so and
you'll see Max Schmeling getting
stronger and younger every time he
fights and you'll also see Joe Louis
setting a good build-up, until a
week or so before the big show,

when the scribbling boys will begin

almost every second of the match.
Kid Hogan suffered defeat at
the hands of Bill Ferguson, both

of the VSC.

Paddy O’Brien and Wally Gib-
curtain-raiser

son drew
which pleased.

in the

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to insinuate that Joe isn’t living
right and is slowing up-

The result will speak for itself.
... A hysterical world crying for the
blood of the champ and those in the
near vicinity of the scrap preaking
ranks of the Wrigley contestants | their necks to put the ante on the
in Toronto where he was the only | line.
contestant from Canada to finish A * x
fhe gruelling distancs eS James J. Braddock, although a

George asks that all members of good fella n’ all that, strikes me
the Polar Bear club, and all those} 35> peing twenty kinds of a chump
that are interested in joining the | {6 take on Tommy Farr this Janu-
New Wear’s day exhibition get in ary. If Joe Louis coulan’t hurt
touch with him as soon as possible | Tommy, it’s a cinch that Braddock
and leave their names. He can be | can only expect a terrific lacing and
contacted any time during the day | it’s our opinion that he should re-
at the Kings cafe on Carral street. | tj;e before John Public forgets his
heroism last June and comes to re-
gard him as just another slap-happy
mug.

and those who are hardy enough to
accompany him will take to the
water at Bowen Island and head |
across the gulf for Kitsilano
Beach. This will serve as a prep
swim for his entrance into the

MEXICO CITY — (FP) — Ten
thousand model homes for workers
are to be constructed by the fed-
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and other centres.

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Glad to see Norm Dawson win the
welter champeenship in the ama-

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Best Sport item of the week: “But
then, the lacrosse players aren’t pro- |
fessional, are they?—or are they?”

— Bill Forst’s “Im This Corner,”
Proyince, Dec. i4.

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fore interest in the pro boxing
fades altogether.

Admitted, the amateur fights are

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entertaining, but they can never be
called good boxing exhibitions, and
that is something that professional
eards have. So let’s have some sug-
gestions in regard to building it

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The week’s greatest disappoint
ment:

Bobby. Hooper’s failure to beat
the Eastern lad in the swim trial
here.

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The most uncomfortable feeling:
Sharing a street car seat with a
heavyweight who has 90-10 com-
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WA Beats
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Good Team Work
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for WA. |

The Collingwood aggregation
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throughout the entire game while

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at one time ruled an offside on a
corner kick.

Goach Jack Kressy, WA mentor,
is confident that his boys will
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despite conditions such as these,
and on the basis of their splendid
play. this last couple of games it
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