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Commercial Names : Dropped By C.A.HA./Hockey Executive Makes Ruling—Abbott Cup Matter SettledOFFICIAIj Inclusion of Thunder Bay In the Abbott cup Junior hockey series and the elimination of any reference by name or representation of any commercial house featured the first i days session of the executive committee of the Canadian AmateurHockey Association held here Monday. Practically the whole time of the afternoon and evening was spent in going over the last revision of the constitution. Changes were discuss-! ed and a new book will he Issued ' containing constitution. by-laws, rules of p’ay for the season and Cupplaydowns.At the last annua! meeting a com - i mlttoe was appointed to or a? with the Abbott cup matter. In making ‘he report st the executive meeting Claude Robinson stated that It was*ha desire of tho committee to havethe Abbott cup, which Is for thejunior championship of WesternCanada only, officially taken care of and eliminate any possibility of the trophv being sidetracked or discard-j ed. It was desired to have It de- t fined just who the legitimate holders' of tM Abbott CUP were.There was a long discussion t»o this point. A. E. H. Coo stated that the committee desired to place the matter of deriding the time and nlace for the playing for this cup In the hands of the president of the» Cnnad‘*n Amateur Hockey a«sne|s- 1 tlon. Outside of a’l sentimental reasons attached to this trophy he stated there Is absolutely no question but that the Abbott tronhy has made Junior hockey in the west.! It was finally moved by Mr. Coo i and seconded hv Pr King. Saskatchewan, that Thunder Bay be |n-eluded In the \bbott cun plnvoff providing they had not been eliminated in any previous series.Pr. King made a stout defence of the use of a commerc’a! name. His case in point was the Canndlnn National Athletic Association in Princelt;*, _ 'Albert. It was contended by a num- • her of others that It was not in riio Interests of hockey to place It within the power of certain firms to hand ! out Jobs to hockey players in order I that they might play with their team.Bert Andrews, western Intercollegiate and W. R. Fry, O. IT A., hadthe following motion carried: No I club reoresenting ary commercial or- -I ganlzntlon or bearing the name nfjany commercial organization can he,i an active memher of any branch of tho r a H. A.”W. A. Powtt registrar, brought up the matter of the weight of a hockey i buck. This had never been specified | in tho rule hooks. He stated that bo I bad been mot by a delegation of rub-her manufacturers asking for proper specifications so that it would bei Possible to put out a standard puck Eleven different makes were tested nnd found to weigh between five and six ounces. It was flnatlv decided tospecify that the weight of puck should be not less than five and a half ounces And not more thin six ounces The width of goal pad? was adopted as fourteen Inches.A letter will be sent the UnitedStates Amateur Hockey Association iskirg that It send delegates to the j next annual meeting of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to be* held in the east next. March. This will enable the two bodies to settle a number of difficult points that have cronped up from time to time, especially that of tourist players.BYWATER VS. GEORGEA billiard match of considerableImnortance will be played at the Stag billier parlors tonight at 7 4.*, o'clock I W. Bywater, amateur champion, will i play AI. George an exhibition matchof 6^0 points. ,32 ROUNDS BOXBOARD OF TR;FRIDAY,MORRIE 8CHLEAFER 10 rds OmahaJACK REDDICK * rds. Can. Middleweight Champion
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Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Dec 04, 1923
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