e-Olympic

t

sent Ca 2 in Olympic trap
shooting ‘Earl Caldwell and
Frank Opsal tied for Se

2 500-target singles
scores of 495. That’s
hooting !

with
some sl

And at the BEG cycle bowl
on West Broadway last Satur-

day, Jim Davis Jr. won the
B.C. bike title by finishing
first in the one-half, five and
10-mile events, third in the

quarter-mile and fourth in
the mile.

* *« *
from Moscow.
Association

A message
The USSR Chess
has invited chess of
li the countries affiliated to
ne International Chess Feder-
ion to take part in the tourna-
1ent for the men’s world chess
tearm championship. This
tournament will be held in
Moscow from August 31 to Sep-
Already 30 coun-
tries have announced that they
will take part in the competi-
tion.

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tember 25.

According to the regulations,

each country ‘will send one
team of four players and two
reserves.

The tournament will be pre-
ceded by the 27th Congress of
the International Chess Feder-
ation,

FIGHTS |

o Tomm

a]
Cal

1y Burns.

name was

the only

hold the
He stood

weighed

175. pounds, but nad no
knocking out the

ons of England and

On. 2 sarnstorming

Following Burns every-
where was a big Negro fighter,
Jack Johnson. He knew he
could beat Tommy seven nights
a week, and was determined
to force the champ to give him
a crack at the title.

wanted to retain his
but he couldn't resist a
offer of $30,000 by Aus-
ralian promoter Hugh D. Mc-
ntosh, and ee! oe John-
2 tadium

Burns
crown,

purse

tr
ul
Tr
it

26, 2008.

a fight; it was a
ghter. Johnson didn’t
at to knock Burns out until
he had proven his superiority.
So he cut him up like hambur-
ger, closed the champ’s eyes
d battered him from pillar to

ost, all the while laughing and
taunting his victim.
“Hit me here, Tammy,” Jack

would grin, -xposing his chin.
Then he’d pick off the punch in
Sometimes he delib-
YS ts let Burns land a couple,
to show his contempt for the
champ’s punching power.

Police jumped into the ring
stopped the fight in the
14th round to save Burns from
further punishment, and John-
son bece the first Negro
heavy weight champion in
modern ring history.

mid air.

Summer soccer,

the daring new darling of
caught on with a vengeance at the once- inundated

the Vancouver. sports world, 7

Callister

Park _ playing

Plagued with Vancouver's usual winter y rain and a stubborn field that refused]
drain, winter soccer died a stubborn death. The venture

to move

to have been a SUCCESS.

Attendance, averaging
1,300 per game, has_ been
heartening. It promises to
grow larger, once the race
opens up, and the teams and
players become more familiar.

All five clubs, Hale-cos,
North Shore Aircos, New
Westminster, St. Andrews and
Victoria, have added new play-
ers. Their presence, plus the
familiar competent’ standbys,

Lokomotivs
here Aug. Il

Moscow Lokomotivs Bc
All-Stars at Empire Stadium
on Saturday, August 11 may

draw the biggest soccer crowd
Vancouver has ever seen.

Reserve seats (including tax)
are $3, $2.50 and $1.50 and are
now on sale at the follow-
ing places: ~

Hicks Ticket Bureau, 610
Dunsmuir St.; Ivor Williams
Sporting Goods, 2064 West 41st
Ave.; White Spot Service Sta-
tion, 8019 Granville St.; Holi-
day Style Shop, 1321 Kings-
way; Ken’s Men’s Wear, 3820
East Hastings St., North Burn-
@by; Royal Oak Drugs, 3370
Kingsway, South Burnaby; Fred
Kingsway, South Burnaby;

Fred Smith, 1318 Esplanade
St., North, aVncouver; Fred
and Ron’s Sporting Goods,
1576€*Marine Drive, West Van-

couver; and Swanson’s Sport-
ing Goods, 430 Columbia St.,
New

Westminster.

into the highly-competitive

over

have resulted in a strong five-
team league. As weaknesses
develop, and they usually do,
moves will be madesrto correct
them.

Surrounded on all sides by
baseball, football, horse racing,
softball and lacrosse, the jump
to a summer schedule was a
daring one by the coast League
executive.

Inability to complete a
regular schedule during the
winter months, soon sounded
the death knell of winter play.
Under the new scheme, plus the

fine playing surface .afforded.

by summer weather at Callis-
ter, the new-look Coast Loop,
has adopted a straight “rain-
or-shine” playing attitude, on
a twice a week basi§.

Blessed with continuity at
least, the league then began
the task of bringing new blood
into the setup. Some are hid-
den behind the rich. brogue
of Scotland, while others have
the clipped English accent. All
have one thing in common,
z.bility to play soccer.

Throw in a handful- of

youngsters, plus promising
rookies from the Mainland
Senior League, and it begins

to brew a potent soccer potion
for the game-starved fans in
the summer months ahead.

Another important factor in
the move to the summer
schedule, is the fact that Van-
couver now conforms with
every other senior league in
Canada.

This is an important feature
when you consider the
Dominion Cup playdowns. In

Soccer is the most universal of all sports, and the world
soccer ‘championships draw fans from scores of coun-
tries. Photo shows a tense moment in an international match

between England and Uruguay.

Opposing forwards trying

to boot the ball look like a pair of ballet dancers.
July 6, 1956 —PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAG

summer months to play,

by the c acific Coast Leag
se

ms at an early glam

the past, with a winter sch
ule, Vancouver sometimes @th

dured idleness before hittlth:
the playoff trail.

Now they will be at the
peak when they start WU

march along the route that he
ended so many times

another Wancouver team wé
ing the mantle of Dominll0v
champs. - We

It’s been a long haul
summer soccer. Behind ~
new faces, new uniforms
even the new attire for
erees, lies the tireless effi
of president Bob Paton, set!
tary-manager Jock Hendh!
and directors George Reid
Bill Findler. Each had a Vil tl

part, along with the o
clubs’ executives, in bringll 4
about the revolutionary mov f

1:

It promises to be a rich sul

mer for soccer. P
© This article by Al Best”

reprinted from the at

e

venir program issued
the recent Aberdeen-EV? W'
ton game at. EmpilP@
Stadium. ;

Punters sef..
new record:

Horse racing is proving Vs
couver’s most popular su
mer sport this year, outdra
ing baseball, lacrosse and fd
ball.

Last Saturday 8,000 1%
bet $212,869 and on Cam
Day a crowd of 12,500 shov
$264,004 through the mutul

Racing cards have been 89%
this year, with more than %

usual number of photo
ishes. 4
Here are~some_ horses @

watch in the coming week

Free Hand, a winner 4
Monday and now at his pe@
Scottie D., dangerous at a
thing over a mile; Dim
just waiting for the si
Whanee, long overdue; COW
tess Lindy, ready for brackt
Grey Gift, knocking at
door; Netherton, may nee
prep; Gabardine, when
rains come; Renmerb, in
sprints; Cotton Sampler,
some class; Ladie Sadie R., %& 5
for a win; Alder Kid, won .
can do again; Fair Lil,
speed, will last. some day; 4
Queen, fast out of gate, dy
easily. i

One of the best races
the holiday weekend was
urday’s speed handicap Wi)
saw Sugar Cube push his 1%
in front of Magic Note’s
Pacific Kay’s in the last st
Time for the six furlongs
1.10.3, just one-fifth of a
onde off the track record
lish Kin set in 1953.

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