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plrnciple was wrong altogether, a view that was sufficiently well supported to defeat the resolution.The amateur baseball situation in the west, a situation which caused the officials a lot of trouble in the past, was dealt with in a resolution' recommending the* formation of eastern nd western governing bodies with' a view to working out some solutionof the problem. A committee was appointed to take the matter in hand and* to get In touch with the prtsent gov-*ernng baseball bodies.The meeting also went on record as regretting the action of the international Olympic committee in adopting, the principal of '‘broken time.”In view of the fact that applications for reinstatment from the same class “C professionals had been received two or. three times, the committee recommended that in future only one reinstatment would be given these trangressors and it was left tc the incoming executive to take action in this connection.The outstanding thing in connection with the meeting was the fact that there was anything but a relaxing of regulations looked for. “Hew to the line,' 'in effect was the warning issued by the Union to athletes flirting with the idea of turning professional.Votes of thanks to President Mc-Vicar. Secretary Lamb, the Alberta branch and others for their services wound up the business session and in the, evening the convention terminated with a banquet at the Macdonald hotel.Edmonton, Dec. 5.—The 40th annual convention of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada, one of the most •successful .gatherings of sporty rulers over held in the Dominion in the opinion of the officials, came to conclusion here, Saturday night.Coutrary to predictions made freely before the meeting that there would be a lot of contention among the dele-ates over -a nuihber of its knotty problems up for discusision, the meeting wa ttee from discord of any kind.?There were stubborn debates on several questions and sharp: enough divisions of opinion1 between eastern and ^western representatives, but a fine pgive-and-»take, spirit existed in evi-Jidence and it may Safely be said that Inhere was bitterness engendered.|As amattbr of fact, a bettor under-| standing should exist from now on.I1 The next meeting of the A. A. U. of C. will be held at Port Arthur and the officials' chosen to carry on the work for the coming year are, President, Dr. A. S. Lamb, Montreal; secretary, Sergt. John Leslie, Edmonton; treasurer, C. C. Robinson, Winnipeg.It will be seen that both east and west is represented* and, in the opinion of the delegates, well represented.Standing out prominently in the business transacted during the last day's session was the disposal of the resolutions, universal registration and intermingling of amateurs and professionals in baseball, both presented by the Alberta1 branch. The delegates unanimously -approved the universal registration resolution and it was evident that all present were decidedly of the opinion that it was a big step Chicago, Dec. 5.—Dennenay, a for-in the right direction. mer Western Canada leaguer, featuredAlberta’s resolution for the inter- in Chicago Black- Hawks 4-1 victory mingling of amateurs and profession- over New Ybrk Rangers. Dennenay als was perhaps more stubbornly de- scored two of the goals, Irving one bated than any other that came on and Fraser the other. Mttsdock, a sub, vihe floor of the opening meeting: saved the Rangers ffom a shutoutI; Prominent western delfcates, in- Linear of;Teams .* eluding B. W. Bellamy, of Wetaskiwin, Black Hawks.—Coal. Gardiner; de-Dr. Sandercock of Calgary, R. S. Stro- fence, Wentworth, Trapp; forwards, nach of Banff and President Chese. Mackay, Irwin, Fraser, subs, Denne-man of the Alberta branch, warmly nay, Robbin, Wasnie, Graham, Browne, supported the resolution, arguing that' McVeigh Taylor.in view of the conditions prevailing in Rangers—Goal, Chabot; defence,the west—Alberta and Saskatchewan Johnson, Bourgeault; forward. Frank, partlcula/y—the granting of this con- Boucher, W. Cook, F Cook, subs; cession would eveiitually work out Boyd, Murdock, Thompson, Gray, Scott well for amateurism. Webb Fraser, and Callahan.of the Maritimes was the only east- Referees—Ritchie and Berlinquette.erner to give the west support. Penalties—First period: Dennenay,W. A. Fry, of Dunnville, C. E. Hig- Bourgeault. Second period: None.£inbothaxn, J. A. Steele of Toronto, Third period: F. Cook.and Dr. A S. Lamb, of Montreal, spoke---.against the proposal, and all these Great Falls is claiming a popula-gentiemen were satisfied that the tion of 36,000.
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Mon, Dec 05, 1927
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