January 6, 1939

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Great Moments

of Sport

2s By LESTER RODNEY

Give me a night in June beneath the moon at the Yankee
tadium with Joe Louis slipping off his bathrobe, stepping to
the middle of the ring and blasting Max Schmeling to the canvas
in two minutes and four seconds of the first round as the

spontaneous ery of “Back to Hi

tler, Bum!” spreads like wildfire

through the 90,000 fans, and I'll sive you the big moment of the

1938 sports season.

Lime Co.
Scabs On
Trial

2i Facing
Uniawtuil
Assembly

Preliminary hearings are pro-
ceeding before Magistrate R.A.
Sargent in District Police Court
of 25 Pacific Lime Company em-
ployees On charges of unlawful
assembly arising out of a disturb-
ance on the government dock at
Blubber Bay on September 17 last.

The charges against the scabs
‘were Sworn out by the Interna-
tional Woodworkers of America
and are being prosecuted by Alex
Henderson, KC. Defending the
accused is H. I. Bird of the firm
of Bird and MecSlorg, barristers
and solicitors for the lime com-—
pany.

Charges against William Pugh
were withdrawn on the grounds
that he was acting in the course
of his duty that nights as post-
miaster, and charges against Al-
lan Gage were dismissed by Mas-
istrate Sargent when he upheld
testimony of defense witnesses
that Gage was not present al-
though prosecution witnesses all
corroborated that he was there
and had struck at pickets.

The case of Jack Dlot was re
served by Magistrate Sargent for
decision earlier in the hearings.
All witnesses for and against the
accused are now being heard in-
Stead of taking each case sep-
arately, this being agreed to Wed-
nesday by both counsels.

Should prima facie evidence be
established by the trial judge that
the accused or any of them were
members of an unlawiul assembly
then they will be committed to
trial. They have the right to be
tried before a judge or jury.

NO CHANGES
[N COMMITTEES

Contrary to pre-election pro-
nouncements of G G McGeer,
Miller and Spencer that the ‘“chaos”
would reign at the City Hall if
Telford was elected, only minor
changes were made in standing
committees by Mayor Telford in
his inaugural address Wednesday
noon to the 1939 couneil.

Chairmen of committees remain
as under the Miller admiinstration
and are: T WH. Kirk, board of
works; J. W. Cornett, finance;
John Bennett, properties, licenses
and claims; H. L: Corey, social ser-
vices; Fred Crone fire, police and
itraffic; HB. D. Wilson, harbor, util-
ities and airport; Helena Gut-
tenidge, building, civic planning and
parks; and H. J. De Graves. mar-

kets, exhibition, industries and
tourist development.
Mayor ‘Telford replaces Ald.

Crone on the Vancouver General
Hospital board and Ald. Bennett
replaces ex-Mayor Miller on St.
Paul's Hospital board.

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® That magnificent and contemptu-

ous battering of the Nazi “aryan”’
| Tace supremacy myth with the eyes
of millions all over the world on it,
highlighted a season that produced
great performances as Glenn Cun-
ningham’s 4.04 mile record, Henry
Armstrone’s winning of three
world’s boxin=s titles, Johnny
Vander Meer pitching two succes-
sive no-hit games, Hank Laisetti
Scoring 50 points in a Single basket-
ball game, Don iBudge sweeping
the board of major net titles as a
last grand gesture before turning
pro and the great team triumph of
the New York Yankees, who
smashed ‘baseball precedent to
smithereens with their third suc-
cessive runaway pennant triumph
in the American League and third
Straight World Series victory.

Phe knowing fury of Louis’ fists
in knocking over the accredited
athletic representative of humanity's
worst enemies, the Nazis, for the
fastest championship kayo of
heavyweight history set the tone
fer a series of events that put Am-
erica sports life and sportsmen on
the side of democracy and peace
and went a long way to blast the
old “Athletes Know Nothing” chesi-
nut.

There was the all embracing pro-
test that swept the sports world
against the idea of holding Olympics
ll war-making Japan, resulting in
the transferring of the games to
Finland ... there was the glorious
football game for the refugees from
Nazism, put on iby the stars of all
the New York colleges and the pro-
fessional Brooklyn Dodgers ...
there were the games for Demo-
cratic Spain played by the country’s

greatest professional basketball
Stars ... the first Negro-white col-
lege basketball game in ‘history,

which combined with the Duke
University lifting of the old un-
written Southern college ban
against Sidat-Singh of Syracuse in
putting Jim Crow on the run more
and more in American sports life.

The Yankees runaway for the
third straight time stamped this
€reat collection of ball players and
swell guys as the greatest team in
history, but focused attention on
the unhealthy monopoly which they
are clamping down on the game...
a monopoly that can be broken
enly by breaking up their farm
control over 80 per cent of the coun-
try Ss best prospects and smashing
the ban against Negro stars as a
source of new strength for the
other teams.

Vander Meer’s nio hitters, the vic—
tory of the National League over
the American in the All-Star game
and the late surge of the Cubs to
overtake the faltering Pirates in
the older loop were other features.

Louis and Armstrong were the
story in boxing. These two Negro
champions put the word fight back
into prize fighting, taking on all
comers successfully to end the era
of winning a title and coasting two
years on breakfast food endorse-
ment. Armstrong’s winning of the
light and welter crowns to go with
Lis feather title was unprecedented
in ring history, and his stirring de-
fense of the latter crown against
the 14 pounds heavier Garcia was
a sports epic that has not yet been
done full justice to.

On the other boxing fronts the
message of the New York State
Boxing Commission, more or less
a stooge outfit for the 20th Century
stranglehold on the game, succeed-—
ead in muddling the middleweight
Situation between Krieger and
Apostoli and getting itself success-
fully sued by John Henry Lewis,
Wesro light heavyweight champ
whose title it attempts to vacate
for its own ends.

BERLIN, Germany.—Shortage of
coffee and coal are the latest evi-
dences of German economic stress.
Grocers would sell no more than a
quarter pound of coffee to cus-
tomers.

Coal dealers are hanging out
signs stating they would not open
until supplies arrived.

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News Of
The City
[In Brief

“Living Probiems—international,
national, civic and personal” will
be the topic of Mr. Frank Skipper’s
address at the Adult Education
Committee's forum of the Vancou-
ver Public Library at First Unitar-
jan Chureh, 1550 West Tenth ave-
nue, Sunday, January 9 at 3 pm.

Professor Charles Hill-Tout.
ER.GS., FRAT, will preside. A
half hour is reserved for questions
in the third free public forum of
the season.

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Phone Sey. 5614

Dr. Robert Norton, editor-in-chief
of China Today and executive sec-
retary of the Boycott Committee
Against Japanese Aggression, will
speak in the Aztec Room of the
Hotel Georgia on Saturday, Janu-
ary 7 at 8 pm. Tickets for this
Ineeting can be purchased at Rocim
17-615 West Hastings at 35 cents.

W. Ravenor, BC Clarion manager,
will speak on Jewish refugees at
Prince of Wales Hall, Seventh and
Pine, Sunday, January 8 at 2 pm.

Professor ©. H. Soward will use
@s his subject “The British CGom-_
monwealth Conference,’ when he
speaks at Victoria Drive Open
Forum, 5391 Wictoria Drive, Sun-
day, January 8 at 8 pm.

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Donations to the Mackenzie
Papineau Battalion rehabilitation
fund this week were: Anon, $1;
Camp 17, Duncan, $6; Hastings
East CP, $4; Rev. G HF Heustis,
$5; Mr. P., $1; Mrs. Erickson, $1-
Mr. MeDonald, $2; IB Yas Allan
Peebles, $5; District Council Fin-
nish Organization, $25- Miss Dun-—
lop, $1.25; Friend, $1; A. Kuskinen,
Sale of pledges, $11.

Offices:

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A display of Ukrainian handi-
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crait needlework is open to the
public at the Labor Temple, 805
East Pender, on Friday and Sat
furday from 2 until 5:30 pm each
day.

Coordinating Gommittee to Aid
China, an organization formed as
a clearing house for all appeals for
Chinese aid, will meet in St.
Andrews-Wesley Church, 1012 Nel
Son street, Thursday, January 19,
at 8 pm.

Annual general membership meet-
ing of the -Mx-Seryicemen’s League
in Canada will be held at their
hall 47 West Broadway, Monday,
January 9, at 8 pm. Business of
the meeting will include: (1) Report
of auditors; (2) Future plans of the
League; and (3) Election of officers
for 1939.

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sports card of the Vancouver Citizens whose homes went 12283
Sports Club last Saturday night deri. 5 a
noisily demonstrated their plea-|UNGer the auctioneer’s hammer |

sure when “Billy” Spendlove met |in 1936 and reverted back to

the club’s veteran Frank Hall in : =

a cleanly contested five round the city eel 1937 Eee have eo
wrestling bout. Hach grappler won |Opportunity of retrieving their
a fall. property if present plans of the
Alaska, stopped off here long city fathers go throuch.

enough for club manager Harry —— aoe = Sahl
Miller to sign him with Hall. A| Every consideration and possible
former Vancouver amateur wrest-, 2/4 will be given the original own-
ler, Spendloyve left here five years | PS tO repurchase their property, ac-

ago and has wrestled extensively | COvding to Ald. John Bennett.
In reply to Ald. T. H. Kirk, who

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VANCOUVER
SPORTS CLUB

in amateur bouts in the USA and
Honolulu. had raised some objection to the
Cliff Parker heaved the hefty | plan but was straightened out by

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Corporation Counsel Taggart, Ald.
John Bennett stated, “I cannot see
round of their bout. for the life of me any impropriety

“Scotty” ackson floored the “Wild | in allowing these people to regain
Joker” for the only fall of their|their own homes.”
wrestling set to. He pointed out that other citizens
had had every opportunity to pur-
chase the properties ait the tax sales 7
and for six months thereafter.

The provincial government is to
be approached for sanction to ap-
ply relief rent allowamces towards
the redemption of homes.

It was understood that a fund
of $5,000 had accrued from such ~#
allowances, which if itaken individ-
ually was too small to keep the
homes from the tax sale. The gov-
ernment contributes 80 percent to-
wards this money and its permis-
sion is being sought in order to
work out a redeeming plan.

George Bunska out of the ring and
cut of the match during the fifth

Ferty Transients
Leave For East

Transient men are moving east-
ward to their original homes under
an agreement of the provincial pov-—

Carrail at Hastings
Sey. 31 S. Dabovich, Prop.

ernment with other provinces.

Wednesday night a party of fonty-
one accepted the government's of
fer and left for the east, where the
provinces accepted the responsi-
bility of caring for them.

By the same token, BC is obliged
to accept men from the other proy- |

inces whose homes are here. | Establish Pro-Rec

it is stated there are fewer to | in Cloverdale
come west than will go east.

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CLOVERDALE, BC, Jan. 5—As
surance of a Provincial Recrea-
tional Center here has been re-

EDMONTON, Alta., Jan. 5: —
Premier Pattullo made a new bid
for the Alaska Highway by stating | ceived from Thomas Reubens of
his government was willing to|the Abbotsford Pro-Ree center
forego any finance assistance from | this week.
federal authorities if allowed to in- A meeting has been arranged this
corporate Yukon with BC. week in Athietic Hall where plans
for such a center will be formu-

NADMAO, Alta, Jan. 5.—Refusal | lated, every organization in the dis-
of 18 strikesr to leave the Boomer-| trict has been invited to send rep-
ame mine today until their griey- | resentatives.
ances had been rectified, caused A troupe of Pro-Recs from Ab-
mine officials to appeal for police | botsford including Thomas Reubens
aid. Two RCMP officers were de-| will stage a demonstration here on

tailed to fuard. Monday, January 9-

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