Page Six THE PEQGPLE’S ABVOCATE February 18, 1 By Art FTER the verbal roasting ing of Schwartz handed him by the papers, Ted qrecre would look swell smothered in“onions. And speal- ooking swell, what a sweet show the Wenstob-Nickason mateh will be when the present promotional difficulties are ironed out. * * + - Al Ford, undoubtedly one of the toughest lightweights ever raised on the Pacific Coast and claimant to the Canadian lightweight crown, is hot under the 1534 because the Canadian Boxing and Wrestling Hederation didn’t even mention his name in the recent ratings of Cana- dian battlers. When Al claims he can lick ’em he means it, and after looking over his KO record I’m inclined to agree with him. As usual, the Hastern boys have all the show in the ratings which, to any NW fite-fan, is laughable. For instance, there is no mention of Chuck WNickason’s name in the light-heavies, and who can honestly say he shouldn’t be? Also Frankie Genovese, although champ of the welters, is rated ~way above Sonny Jones... Pfooey. The bantam rat- ing; seems to be the only one of which there is no doubt, namely Baby Yack, and he will be on top for a long time yet. bot + * = it’s Getting te Be a Habit—Silver Bow, candidate for the Grand Na- tional collapsed and died last week after an arduous run in the Troy- town handicap steeplechase. Silver Bow is the second nag slated for the classic to die in the past month. Airgead, another entry, may be scratched because of heart trouble. ,-. Lough game, this steeplechas- ing. ... Bob Pirie nosed out Bobby Hooper in the 440 free-style splash for the third time at Sydney, Aus- tralia. . . . Vancouver Sports Club hung up another SRO sign Satur- day, making it the fifth straight sell-out. a * Lookin’ Around—The Wild Joker, WSC grappler, won his wrestling bout at the Orange Hall last Sat’dy nite, which isn’t unusual. The funny part is that after that body slam in the first round the Joker wres- = * = < Swarts KO’s Dud Miller Vancouver Boxer Wins. At Alberni ALBERNI—#Ernie Swartz, Van- couver featherweight, knocked out Dud Miller of Nanaimo, in one of the most exciting matches put on here in a brace of blue moons. Swartz entered the ring on the short end of the 8-2 odds and eaused considerable financial grief by chopping over a short right smack alongside Miller’s jaw in the dying moments of the fourth round. Miller started fast, trying for the ill from the first bell, and had a slight edge in the first round which he lost when a left hook to the stomach left him seeking his cor- ner at the bell. Russ Gatzke, erstwhile Pacific Coast “Bulldog,” took his maiden fiyer into the promoting field with this one and caught a natural first time out. Russ hails from Maple Leaf, Sask., and is a one-time Sas- katchewan middleweight amateur champ. All supporting bouts were of the best stand-up-and-slug variety. Bill Emike lost a close decision to Reid in the six-round semi-windup and Wing Hay, Alberni Chinese lad, held Roy Alwood from Calgary to a draw. sick and over-tennised, has let it become known that a good steak makes better eating than a gross of gold medals. . . . Seabiscuit did six furlongs in 1:12 while working out last week. Is that breezing? sy E * * * Russ Gatzke in his first promot- ing venture staged one of the best tied better than ever while com- pletely out—blotto. Twenty min- utes after the match a sheepish Joker had to ask, “Who won?” ... The “promised” land of all burp artists, England, has turned thumbs down on ail immigrant wrestlers by means of an all-Binglish wrestling union. There, little men, don’t ery, the wrestling trust'll take care of you. ... Max Baer, Tommy Farr and the Great Josephus Louis find other parts of the country much more interesting than the part that holds John Henry Lewis. |. . Menow, one of the twenty top two-year-olds who will start in the Kentucky Derby, leads the money-— makers with a total earning of $65,925. .. . Eleven challengers will be after the pocket-billiard title on May 8 when Ralph Greenleaf, pres- ent holder, puts the diadem on the block for $8000. ... “Damned if I know,” says Dizzy Dean, comment- ing on the current baseball-golf controversy. Donald Budge, = — Wancouver Sports Club — SATURDAY, 8:30 PM. SHARP @ BOXING ® WRESTLING ORANGE HALL Adm. 10¢ TENDER STEAKS! The BALTIMORE CAFE has IT! DELICIOUS COFFEE! drawing matches the Northwest could concoct when he matched Swartz and Miller at Alberni last Saturday, Russ pulled this one right from under Vancouver’s nose and has the re-match sewn up for March 12. What's more, he paid *em off. + * + From the three hats in the fight permit ring, the Sid Beech-Hec McDonald combination seems the most logical application to be awarded the much argued-over ducat. Both are sane, intelligent sports- men, well known, have a thorough knowledge of the manly art and, more important, each has a sep- arate and distinct reputation for square-shooting. A straight-forward system of fight promotion has been lacking in Vancouver for years, and if in- stalled immediately would soon have boxing back on the right side of the sport ledger. Vancouver is a good fight town and it only takes the right promotion to have the fans flocking out in thousands, > bs * The best advice a man can re- ceive is still “Be a good sport.” Boycott Japanese Goods. 5 ... need we say more? re Pease NEW SOVIET PICTURE AT THE ROYAL VSC Asks For AAU Charte1 Plans To Stage Amateur Contests Water is the most valuable thing in the desert and the wounded come first. Here is a scene from the dramatic Soviet film, ‘““The Thirteen,’ which opens with a midnight preview Sunday at the Royal Theatre for four days. Chinese Athletes Rap Tokyo Games Send Protest To London LONDON—The Chinese Athletic Federation will sponsor a move to persuade foreign countries to back the Japanese Olympiad boycott movement, according to word re- ceived by the League of Nations Union in London from the Ath- letic Association for Wational Sal- vation, affiliated to the National Federation. Keynote of the boycott campaign will be Japan’s aim to drive the en- tire white race from Asia at the same time as plans are made to entertain foreign athletes. Pointing out that a meeting of the Olympic committee is to be held at Gairo March 10, the letter in disclosing the boycott plan, stated: “Tf a country sends its athletes to Japan to participate in the Olym- pics that country will naturally be considered sympathetic and friend- ly to Japan, which has flagrantly violated the sanctity of interna- tional treaties and waged a barbar- ous war of aggression on defence- less Chinese men, women and chil- dren.” The communication thanks the League of Nations Union for a reso- lution it passed months ago recom- mending an Olympic boycott and urges that the proposal made by the union at that time be followed up by supporting such a boycott, in that way “denouncing Japan as a criminal violator of world peace and giving a lesson to Japanese war lords.” Orchestra VSC Concert Feature Conducted by Dr. Almond BF. Harper, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, winners of eight Pacific Coast championships, will be heard Sunday next, Hebruary 20, 8:15 pm, at Vancouver Soprts Club’s Orange Hall headquarters, when a concert in aid of the YVSC equipment fund will be held. Garfield White will be master of ceremonies and Harold Griffin, act- ing editor of the People’s Advocate, will give a brief address. Wot a single change has been made in major league baseball in the last 34 years. There are More swimming pools in Hungary than in any other country in the world. GONTENTS cf NUMBER 3 164 pages—more than 200 pictures, charts, montages. Covers: Cost of last world war; the peace that led back to war; America, new world master; sun- set of Britain’s empire; the peace game at Geneva; rise of the dictators; world be war for markets; Fascist international defense of democracy; preparations fol America and peace. new world war; e Short, pithy articles by Richard Storm Childs, Frank C. Hanighen, Hawkes. 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Become a regu- AEE: picture way. {Schoolboy Tournament Plan Enthuses Cumberland CUMBERLAND.—Never in the history of Cumberland has so much enthusiasm been aroused as over Tommy Burgess’ plan of a school- boy boxing tournament slated to take place tomorrow. Fighting for school honors, the boys are anticipating the keenest of competition and, inspired by the wholehearted cooperation of school teachers, it will be truly the Cum- berland “battle of the century.” The kids will be sure of straight ealls with Harry Jackson as third man in the ring assisted by Roy Cliff, Courtenay, and Sill Herd, Cumberland, acting as judges. A new boxing ring has been ac- quired and Burgess has arranged the 100-fight “fightdown” program so that every minute of time will be utilized in actual combat. A series of trophies to be won will be placed on display this weekend at Cumberland and will be moved to Gourtenay next week. Gold Diggers Take Championship BRALORNE.—With the Bridge River Valley hockey league cham- pionship safely tucked away under their belt Bralorne Gold Diggers are casting a covetous eye in the general direction of the Coy Cup, the acme of provincial intermediate hockey. The Gold Diggers, Bralorne’s hockey pride and a fast go-getting punch of huskies, swamped the Pioneer Hi-Graders 6-2 in a hard fought game, the last game of the local league, to win the Valley championship. Project Workers Win Hockey Clash WILLIAMS LAKE, BC. — A snappy crew of hockey players from Project Camp 22 went native in last Sunday’s game with the Soda Creek seniors to win the wildest game of the season with a 3-1 score. Chuck Haddon and Abie Watkins starred for the winners, scoring one and two goals respectively on brilliant solo rushes. Wilbert Phil- lips, local ace, scored the lone counter for the home squad. mie A CONCERT ORANGE HALL SUNDAY, FEB. 20, at 8:15 P.M. Vancouver Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Dr. Almond E. Harper Conductor GARFIELD WHITE - MC. Silver Collection Harold Griffin, Editor, People’s Advocate, Will Speak Subject: “Cultura; and Physical Education of Youth” ay o> NOTICE THE NEW AGE BOOK- SHOP will be moved to 50-A EAST HASTINGS STREET, next to Home Cafe, on Tuesday, Feb- ruary 22nd. Youth Club Shows Gain Now Has Seventy Members Springing up two months ago, a youth club in the Mount Pleasant district which started with a nuc- leus of a dozen members has by its organizational ability and stick-to- it-iveness reached a total member- ship of 70. YVaking the name of the Mani- toba Recreation and Sport Club, this endeavor has as its ultimate cbject the establishing of a com- munity centre, to follow along cul- tural and educational lines as well as body building and physical train- ing. Joe Bevin, ex-ballet dancer, is secretary and has also undertaken to take girls’ classes in tap and acrobatic dancing. Bevin is one of the province's foremost authorities in this line of artistic development and has given the youngsters an opportunity to study under tuition which would not otherwise be available without payment of prohibitive fees. The Provincial Recreational de- partment has’ supplied the group with volley balls and weights for body building work and will give further equipment aid if neces- sary. The Pro-Recs have also placed a competent instructor in charge of the physical jerks department in the person of young Johnny Tutt, one of the specially trained instruc- ters sent out by Ian Hisenhardt for this purpose. Included also in the activities of the Manitoba Recreation centre is the study of First Aid aptly taught by two instructors from the St. John’s Ambulance Corps. Merritt Takes Blakeburn 5-4 MERRITT—The BC Intermedi- ate hockey play-offs got away to a good start here Saturday night when the Merritt squad of hockey artists took the Blakeburn entry into camp with a 5-4 score. This was the first of a two-game, total- goal meet, and gives the Merritt crew a one-goal lead. Bob Bond played brilliant hockey in the Blakeburn net, being mainly responsible for keeping the Merritt- men, who had an “on” night and no foolin’ from swamping his team with loose rubber. “Tron Man” Scott of Merritt stayed with his team for the entire 60 minutes and turned in the eve- ning’s stellar performance. Scott's partner on the defense, Pettigrew, stayed for the whole three ses- sions also. Paquin scored two tallies on his own hook and Scott, Nesbitt and Pettigrew aided and abetted, count- ing for one each, Gilmour, Morris, Whitelaw and Rhodes did the dirt for Blakeburn. Tumblers Hit Of Concert Program An appreciative audience at the Orange Hall last Sunday saw Fritz Schmidt pace his group of six tumblers through various intricate manouevres at a concert sponsored by Vancouver Sports Club. Others among the entertainers were Edgar Turgeon, better known as the Boston Kid, who gave a weight-lifting exhibition; Maurice Wanna, tap-dance instructor at the White Rose Ballroom; and little Miss Lanphries, eleven-year-old sis- ter of the Wild Joker. Guest speaker was Bill Bennett, popular PA columnist. Red Shirts Win By Default The CCF eleven now stands third in the second division of Vancou- ver and District soccer league, one point behind Boxers and four be- hind the division leaders, Ham- monds. Pro-Recs with only seven points made a poor fourth. Last Saturdays game was won by default when Pro-Recs failed to keep their engagement with the Red Shirt team. A scrub team, in- cluding some Pro-Ree players, was defeated 2-0. This Saturday the CCE meet Hammonds at Wilson Park. Boycott Japanese Goods. —— BENEFIT TEA! Entertainment! Bazaar! Auspices Girls’ Brigade To Aid Spanish Orphans SPANISH DISPLAY FRIDAY, SAT’DAY, Feb. 25, 26 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. MOOSE TEMPLE 636 Burrard St. Tickets 25c ( J > WORKERS — COME IN AND MEET THE GANG ANY TIME! Reading Room — Rest Room Fruits — Lunehes — Coffee MADELON CONFECTIONERY Just across the street from the Fishermen’s H.@. — 169 EH. Hast. | was peaceful. Bunka Has Tough Bout With Kid Announcement was made by Harry Miller this week that Vancouver Sports Club will shortly be sponsoring amateur boxing and wrestling shows, provided sanction of the Ama- teur Athletic Association, to which application for a char- ter has been made, is obtained. The amateur club will be known as the International Amateur Sports Club. Mem- bers of the present committee, besides Miller, include George Bunka and Stan Snowden. George Bunka, Vancouver Sport Club grapple ace, grabbed himself a handful of double-trouble last Saturday in the person of a rock- like bean-bagger from Boston—you Suessed it, the Boston Kid. The former Saskatchewan and Alberta amateur champ was just as surprised as the somewhat biggish crowd when the Kid burst forth with an operatic soprano which would do credit to a choir boy. it seems that all the effort required to induce the busy Bostonian to do a Caruso is to tug the toupe slight- ly and immediately—presto-chango —there pours forth aria after aria in the best Metropolitan style. Despite the Tibbett-complex, how- ever, the Kid has plenty on the ball and had the hitherto self-satisfied Bunka so sompietely bewildered in the early rounds of the bout that he had constantly to seek the pro- tection of the ropes or be poured all over the canvas. The hold was a puzzler to Vancouver fans, a cross between a § figure- four and a Boston crab with a dash of this and that thrown in for good measure. Kid Takes First Fall. The first fall was awarded to the Kid on a foul after he had been forcibly booted through the south strands. Scotty Jackson, who ref- ereed the bout, had a tough time making Bunka swallow that one however, and, after a few lively mo- ments complete with gestures, all Bunka won the second fall before ,the final bell to make it a draw by doing a Brodie over the side, and before anyone knew what it was all about, popped up on the other side of the ring to pin the Kid with a deft body slam. Seventy-five per cent of the dimes that rang the admittance gong were put there for the express pur- pose of seeing Bunka flattened and such a solid wall of boos greeted his wonderously decorated bathrobe that Harry Miller was seen to be easting apprehensive glances in the general direction of the door hinges. It took the Wild Joker exactly three rounds to soften up the stiff but rather tricky kid whose name we couldn’t catch to take the bout with a body press in the third. Bill Wilds couldn’t “hold that tiger” nohow and lost to Tiger Robinson after a wild melee that roused the crowd into a fiery pitch of excitement. Don Tott won from Doe Wilkes in a bout that was clean, fast and packed plenty of action, but played to a cold crowd. Coming on after the Bunka-Boston Kid match it somehow failed to jell. Dumont Gets Decision. In the boxing half of the card Jimmy Dumont, VSC feather ace, showed classy form to win a close decision over Guy Cantrell, fiery thatched comer from Victoria Road Recreational Club. Dumont showed a sweet left and plenty of aggressiveness in winning, but was troubled often by solid belts to the teeth and pantry from the ever improving Cantrell, who throws a mean right hand for a novice. The Wilson-Glow three rounder jn the semi-windup. was rather a knock’em-down and drag-’em-out type of scrap, with both boys so obviously out of condition that cus- tomers suffered with them. Wilson took the nod, Al Ford giving it to him on his cleaner punching ability. ° Dave Collins, young negro battler in the bantamweight class, threw too many punches with each duke for Young Felix, and earned a draw with the flashy bantam from the VSC. Collins outweighed Felix by a goodly handful of pounds, but caught as many as he threw. In Memoriam Im memory of Comrade Andy Wilander, February who passed away 8, 1937. Gibson’s Archie Keenan ... is carrying forward th traditions of Cumberland where he formerly workei} as a miner, in the ranks ¢4 the Mackenzie - Papinear Battalion in Spam. Im 1934 he was active in the miners” strike at Cumberland. Sports Lag In Germany Decline Heavily Under Nazis LONDON.—Reams of newsprir have been deyoted by Nazi proper gandists to the subject of sport development in Germany under th Wazis. According to some, a branches of sport in Germany t day have been developed to point where ever-increasing nun bers of the working and middi classes are able to participate. The following figures howeve belie these glowing reports an show, on the contrary, a sharp de! cline in sports activities under Hii ler. Im 1932, physical training classe | eounted a total membership c- 1,600,000. Today, this figure ha fallen to 722,000. Football had 1,028 000 active participants in 193). With only 473,000 playing todai the number has fallen by nearl two-thirds. Light athletics likewis shows a big drop, with only 230 000 active as against 600,000 in 193: The drop in heavy athletics (box ing, wrestling and weight-lifting is equally great. Figures show 40 000 active in 19837 whereas fiv years ago there were 100,00 | Gycling, a favorite German sport activity, claimed 240,000 devotee in 1932. In 1937 it could coun only 73,000. Rowing and simila. sports show the least decline—92 000 for 1937 as against 100,000 i 1932. : Prize Offered The PA offers a substantis prize to the one who sells mos tickets for the St. Patrick’s Da dance, March 17. The dance com mittee asks that all monies b turmed in immediately, and a chec} on all ticket sales will be kept a the PA office. Hastings Auditorium — 828 East Mastings St. MODERN DANCES | EVERY Thursday and Saturday 9 to 12 Malmin’s Popular, Orchestra ADMISSION — Only 25c¢ also INDEPENDENT WHIST DRIVE Every Thursday with Free Admission to Dance Two first Prizes $5.00 each, etc., and Pool. Also two other prizes and a $5.00 monthly prize. Landing section, British Co- lumbia district of the Com- munist Party of Canada. 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