Sport in Prince George .. .A Backward Look 4 Prince George Citizen , Mondoy, September 97 The Office Of Dr. D. E. WALLER wilf be closed until October 4 __Thirty years ago soccer footba]^ was a thriving sport . in Central B.C. and practically every town along the CNR line between Prince Rupert and McBride boast-jid-a-good round-ball team. The sport had a big following, rivalry was keen, and the game enjoyed us much popularity as present-day* baseball and Softball; Now the game has practieally died out although an Occasional game Is still played^at Prince Rupert. '¦' Above is a Prince George football team wearing the sweaters of the Great War'Veterans' Associated which in 1921 won the city championship and a cup donated by Harry G. Perry, who was Clippers, Lumbermen- Deadlocked Why Rent a fety Deposit Box? To protect your bonds, in-sunvnce policies, documents, important papers and jewellery itcms^gninst finj-jCnd theft. The cost is less than 2(f a day at The D\miriiori'-Bank. Only you may open your safety deposit box arjik^'ou can examine-its contents in complete privacy any irme dufcjng banking hours. For advice and assistance an- either business or personal financial matters, eonsplf the manager of vybur nearby Dominion Bank branpkTA friendly welcome awaita you. THE OMINION BAN K YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN PEOPLE-1 M.D^\Ph:D.r LM.C.C. Physician and Surgeon Wishes, to announce the opening of an office at' Si>i^e 207 PROFESSIONAL CENTRE \1705 Third Ave. OFFICE HOURS\DAILY EXCEPT ^tfNDAY AND THURSDAY: 2 to 5/PM. \ Telephone: Office 95;(.-t to an easy 14-7 win; Wilson Mulrhead. league president, who attended the games, im-modlately \or9erad the tuums to play the frftir and-deriding game next Sunday, starting at 1:30 p.m. Koppn and Frank Slack were locked in a tight pitching duel for. the first four innings of the'open-ing g;lme and neither .team was. able to get a runner past second base. Lumbermen,, took a 2-0 leaf*' in the bottom,of the fifth wjwn Otto Monk reached first as .Koppa dropped Stevenson's relajK Monk stole second, Roy Blirfr "singled and both romped home on Bill Noble's single, y/ Four hits,/Including Swain's triple, a'walk and an error yield-| ed- three runs for the flippers in .the sije-rh, and they'madbxjt .5-2 ! in ^he seventh as Don Caine Isirfgled and raced. home when /Koppa .slashed' a hit to left fielM and the ball bounced past Al Harris and rolleu out to the'gblf fair* koppa reached third "'anil on ti fielder's choice. ;>y Irv Follaek and Don -j Cafne,'"coupled with Billy Keen's error on ICoyama's roller gave the /winners a 7-2 advantage in the eighth. Koppa got .into trouble In the final frame as Harris doubled, I Monk walked^ Hare and Slack I singled and a wild throw combined to give the Lumbermen three ¦runs. With two out and a runnr-| on second, Koppa left the mnund and George Oliver came in/from | left field to strike out Bpl Punt. / R H E Clippers ..... uO0f/tf22O—7 8 4 Lumbermen nptf()20OO3—5 7 G Koppa, Oliver and Swain-; Slack turd Xoble>/'\ econd game was never __r the Lumbermen ^ilN^ur runs in the first inning. j SteyesMelanchuk'-failed to get a ' runnerViit before he\was relieved rby Oscar^FesterJihg. He lasted until the eighth when George Oliver took ovHr a hopeless task with the LumbtTnien enjoying a [ 1-1-0 lead. Don Cainv finished the game. ¦-- Albert Johnson was the winning pitcher. Clippers took a short-lived ono-run lead In the first inning, on Stevenson's single and a j»air of Lumbermen ,,funibles before the winners went to work on Melan-chuk. Punt led off with a single, pilfered second and scored on GtonskJ's hit torightfield. Keen's single ;ind a triple by Harris completed Ihe rout. » Melanchuk's triple in the spc-ond scored a run for Clippers before the Lumbermen staged a three-run drive in the fourtli as the result of GronskPs long triple. They added three more runs in both the fifth and seventh inn-ingB," while Johnson was keeping .out of too much trouble. CHppers ........ 110110210-— 7 LurriberrrrGn r- 40133030X—14 Melanchuk 1, Fosterling 7, Ollv- er 8, Caine and Swain\Johnson and Noble. then MLA for Fort George ,no\v resides.in Victoria. and Mah'y of. the city's longtime residents will remember (s^^ndhnj?, left to right): Pat Welch, matiac-er, Alex Ogston, Jock Fergukm\ Stanley George, Jim Norrihgtonj, Harry Melsbm, Raiph Walker, George Smith, Jimmy McPher-son. Seated, George Sutherland, Alex Xoung, "Ack" Ackerman and Bob"Anderson, the latter being the only member of the team Still residing here. They defeated the St. Andrew's in a game pkfyed .at Duchess Par Just Too Many Duels Say City Hunters Back From Alberta A .quartette of city scaitergun-ner.'vjy.ere forced to cut short their Torny~ after Northern Alberta's plump grain-fed ducks last week for an uncommon ' reuson-^=they had all thtr ducks after four days' which the law allowed'them. "Singing the pTaise'of the praiiv le fly.way birds, this week were J. D. CorlesH. F. W. Hewlett, (\ K. Rowe and Terry Hammond. "We never had it so good," was the comment of one of, tlie-four upon their return. He explained that the original plan was to hunt the Grande Prairle-Sexsmith area for a whole week. . -< '. "We had our possession limits at the end of four days and had ! to head back." He estimated the four hunter* ssaw close to 10,000. ducks in the where they were hunting. They had only one won* of cautiori for other Prince George^ huntersvfollowing---In their foot-' steps, ano\that was that hunting without a retriever is not conducive to a full g y would have faken only about a third of their birds if they iiad not been accompanied by fourM.,abrador.«. Most of the beat shooting is around the edge of -prairie potholes where marsh grass, and noli 1 i tomles's—muck—mftKe-iretrfevTng ducks almost impossible withou a dog. See Shields Motors for » reconditioned car.' WORRIES? \path up to our Door they're be ,.} TJifty've heard about Our water heating. Don-> jend for a plumber unit you?i» tur« ef him. Qu be«er work for less money, anyone who knows. tell you our service is PHONE 337-X-3 i ALL PLUMBING SUPPLIES • E PHILBROOK ' PRINCE GEORGE, B.C VANCOUVER (CP)— buzzing sound under/tlie hood caused A Inn Anijersw'n to stop his car and investigate. 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