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THE CIIILLIWACK PROGRESS, May 11, 1949 New Box Now Ready Would-Be 'Outlaws' Converted 4 SkV" Chilliwack Softball League Joins Lower Mainland Assn. Elk Project Awakes Boxla Enthusiasts If box lacrosse doesn't make a post-war comeback in Chilliwack this year, it won't be the fault of the Elks Lodge or of Albert Frey, who is one of the biggest single pushes Horse Breeders Offer Prizes, Trophies To Gymkhana Winners May 24 Chilliwack Light Horse Breeders' Association have big plans ready their annual Gymkhana May 24. 'v Mammoth affair gets underway with a parade from Central school grounds to Fair grounds beginning at noon. Prizes will be awarded to children wearing best costumes in the parade. Day's events at the Fair grounds begin at 1:15 p.m., arid include chariot racing, Roman riding, jumping, horseracing, an open jumping event for juniors, bareback riding, bronco-busting and steer-riding.

Horseshows will include both English and Western categories. More than $800 in prizes, as well as a number of trophies donated by Chilliwack business firms, are offered to winning horsemen. Fifty per cent of proceeds from the Gymkhana will go to aid the Civic Centre fund. Dancing from 9 till 2 in the Agricultural Hall will wind up the gala event. Chilliwack Softball Association voted unanimously Moto- monds) uay nignt in javor oi re-entering Lower Mainland Softball Association, a move which automatically places them in the TOMORROW behind their plan to re-organize the old Indian sport in these parts.

vs. Pickards jj.vj. us wen. Persuasive arguments of thrpp Yarrow Rosedale vs. Highway Cons.

resentatives from the lower main Valley Ramblers vs C.H.S. Hope bye RCSME vs. L. M. land body finely silenced minority mutterings about breaking all connections with outside softball Leavens Top Among Crow Shooters.

Highway Construction, entering late, will be required to fill the gaps left by Yarrow's second team. Local softball officials have now released their schedules for the first half of the coming season. With league games getting underway tomorrow night, the contests will be as follows: (Teams listed first played on their home dia- TUESDAY Completion Monday night of Chilliwack's new lacrosse box has stirred local athletes of all ages to participate in a sport that has been dormant if not completely dead in Chilliwack for the past decade. The swish of a boxla stick hasn't been heard around Chilliwack since early in the war, when the old box was demolished. organizations.

Among the advantages thp. tpn Yarrow Pickards Hope RCSME vs. L. M. vs.

Highway Cons, vs. Rosedale vs. Valley Ramblers local team representatives saw in rejoining the LMSA were: 1. A new SVStptn nf 7nnn nlau. Suits and Coats rffi Now all that remains of Frey's offs to be scheduled entirely apart from local league play, by which individual team Dartidnatinn is pn.

Tailored and fashioned tirely voluntary. 2. A lower affiliation iff than in If anybody asks you for the name of one of the top crow shooters among members of the Chilliwack Fish and Game Protective association and Rifle club, the answer is Danny Leavens. Danny, whose name most crows will mention only in hoarse, whispered caws, went out around Cul-tus Lake Sunday, bagged ten of the black crop-destroyers, returned with four of their eggs as well. Previous vears.

with iuvini cot ana nis tenow eiks- trouDies are about 101 organizational problems. But they're overcoming them in the same way they overcame construction difficulties. If their plans for a local string of boxla leagues should flop and Frey, for one, is certain they won't it will scarcely be for lack of stick-swinging recruits. at a flat rate of $25 for each local association entered, rather than at so much per team. NEW ZONE PLAY Sid Ives came second in the 3.

Opportunitv for tennis sn Hp. siring to play good exhibition ball with others within their (BCSA has divided thP nrndnw is by Gordon's of Montreal Beautiful high grade suits and coats not available elsewhere in Chilliwack. 55.00 to 69.50 Quality Without High Prices FINDLAY'S a nice pface shop Furnell Block 125 Yale West CFGPARC crow shoot, bringing in six of the 36 birds killed Sunday, and looting five eggs. Hatching prospects for nearly a score of crows became gloomier than ever, with members bringing in a total of 19 eggs, raising the year's total into eight zones, the winners in Washer Repairs Minor repairs or a complete overhaul We Pick Up and Deliver Phone 4691 and ask for "Slim" Walker Appliance Repair Department McALPINE ELECTRIC Ltd. like fathers, etc.

This ferocious young gentleman, 12-year-old Kenny Jimmy, gives the photographer a small but grim idea of what it's like to be on the receiving end of one of his boxla passes. Kenny is but one of five dozen lacrosse enthusiasts who could hardly wait to give the new Elks-built box a workout. Staff Photo. eacn zone eventually to play off Currently, Frey is attempting to sort out the 60-odd potential players, organize them into a number of practice teams. But by the middle of August, he hopes to have registered league teams on the books, and thus qualify for a chance in B.C.

playdowns. First, he, committee head Harry "Buck" Berry, and their three fellow members, Eric Erickson, iur piovinciai lop 4. Increased allotments in mutual to 28. aid for injured players, the BCSA For putting the fear of the marksman into local crowry, Leavens received a box of shotgun shells, standing competition prize offer to club members, as well as Dan Leavens and Bob Fogg, must decide what age groups show the guaranteeing medical expenses up to $85 for any one player, as compared to $45 last year. 5.

Guarantee of expenses for zone winners engaged in inter-zone playoffs. With such juicy plums as these dangling before them, rpnrawnta. most promise, then work from there to form their teams accord 15 cents per pair of crow's feet, ingly. a price Fish and Gamers offer to all crow-croakers. Enthusiasm so far has amazed With this year's total standing at even the enthusiastic Frey tives from Chilliwack and surround 147 Yale Road East One of our biggest problems," ing areas were more than leery about the snap decisions some of them had made about breaking off all outside connections.

108 crows killed, club members are now planning another massacre Army Wins 2 Frey grinningly recalls, "was to keep the boys out until we got the box finished and ready for use." GOING OUTLAW RISKY But he is still on the prowl for players, particularly of senior age, Not only would they have to forfeit the advantages mentioned but also by making such a break, they would be running the risk nf hoinn In Softball Army's Softball club outhit and and also on the lookout for spon Kel-Tones Top Finals In Mixed A's Kel-Tone Ones climaxed their phenomenal rise to the top of the mixed A division last week by bowling their way to first money in the Chilliwack 5-pin league. Falling a scant 39 points behind Kel-Tones' aggregate total of 3331, "Toots" Phillips' team had to be content with a place position in the playoffs. Kel-Tone's second team, with 3073, took third spot. In the division, the three top places went to Hotshots, 2758; Quality Meat, 2672, and Bank of Commerce, 2664. Pickards left little doubt as to their claim for top honors in the Men's A league, finishing with 5981.

almost 400 markers ahpnrl Always Insist On GENUINE FORD PARTS sors for the individual outfits soon outlawed by both the Lower Main to form. As far as an official go-ahead is outplayed the Sumas, Washington, Legionaires in both parts of a double-header at RCSME camp concerned, the Mustangs, officially listed as one team, are now "in Sunday. the process" of being accepted by In the warmup, the Engineers land and jb.u. bodies, a 6tigma which has, in- some cases, been difficult to remove. Earlier in the meeting, representatives voted in favor of admitting Highway Construction into the local loop, despite the fact that the roadbuilders were almost three weeks late in annlvinu Their nn the B.C.

Lacrosse association. squeezed out the Americans by a Such affiliation, if not a "must." score of 9-8, then clinched their victory in the windup with a 10-7 is at least an adviseable move for the Chilliwack boxla beginners. count. Membership in the association Army had a little more- trouble Exchange Motors for all 1936 to 1948 V-8's means free lacrosse balls and goalie sticks, plus a greatly reduc condition is that the new team arrange for a home diamond at Hope. Yale is out of thp nnpstinn fnr ed rate on most other items.

at the plate in the second game than, in the first, getting only seven hits, as compared to the twelve they slammed out in the opening contest. Boxla Banter: Six thousand feet of Mutual Life, who managed an of two-inch planking and 60 split But they managed to tighten up their field play, paring their first telephone poles for side posts went to make Chilliwack's new box one of the finest in B.C., outside of the professional ones in Vancouver Al Frey is currently game tally of seven errors down to Highway Construction's home diamond, representatives decreed. NEW TEAM ENTERS Pickards and a new softball nine calling themselves staged I a warmup contest earlier the same evening, in which Pickards managed a 4-1 victory. two in the second. i Last A complete stock available for engine repairs for your Ford, Monarch, Meteor, Mercury.

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Top individual bowlers in each division were: Mixed A Ladies' single F. Kasdorf, 289. j-Ladies' three F. Kasdorf, 749. Men's single S.

Tournier, 331. Men's three D. Hartley, 810. Mixed Ladies' single V. Mogg, 266.

Ladies' three A. Bjur, 611. Men's single J. Edwards, 263. Men's three J.

Edwards, 693. Men's A Single game M. Ganton, 371. High total D. Hartley, 1320.

viamond Dust: Big news for local softball, and especially for Yarrow, is that Al Thiesen will be back in the Yarrow lineup again this vear Acoordine to Al him. signed with Richmond, but is out First game: R. H. E. Army 9 12 7 Sumas 8 9 5 Second game: R.

H. E. Army 10 7 2 Sumas 7 6 6 Local Riflemen in Canadian Shoot Chilliwack's Ted Hayes, Roy Scott and Jim Calhoun, having showed great skill in provincial self, John Adrien may also re-' turn Yarrow has been forced i to abandon its original intention of fielding two outfits this year I "Too busy" was the chief i reason Yarrow's Juniors gave for dropping out of the schedules People have found a spot in town where they can make their clothing dollar go farther. You actually pay less for top quality merchandise, because you don't pay for overhead expenses. Save Money by Shopping Upstairs Varsity and Sterling Brand -Clothes Stetson Shirts and Pyjamas Bill's Made-to-Measure "The Shop with a Thousand Samples" Barber Block 9 Yale East Phone 7186 SPECIAL Gabardine Seat Covers for 1941 to 1947 Ford or Mercury coaches.

prelims, are slated to shoot for Dominion honors here tomorrow of their lineup this year because he can't get to town often enough to practise and play Al is hoping Richmond will- waive all protests about Herb playing a little amateur lacrosse, chiefly because, for Herb this year, it'll have to be that or none at all. Thompson 3rd In Brockton 440-Yarder CHERRY MOTORS Chilliwack high school's Roy Thompson stood 1 up among the best of the Big City boys last night under the watchful eye of Murray Laidlaw, CIL representative in B.C., and official supervisor for Dominion competition within this province. Last Sunday, club members here shot off their entries in the intercity Dominion match of the Montreal Sporting Rifle Association, but results will not be known for some time yet. Targets must be sent in for comparison in official judging headquarters. Army Too Gracious Host To Langley Baseball Club Army's at Vedder Crossing somewhat overplayed their roles as obliging hosts to Langley AAA baseball club Sunday, bowing out to their guests by a count of 16-2 during the first game of the Fras-er Valley Baseball League.

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