| W. RD 1 (SASK): University of Saskatchewan d’d Bedford Grads 41-27; 24-23; 30-26 (3g-0) W. RD 2 (SASK): University of Saskatchewan 40 Prince Albert C.N.R. 22 (sudden death) W. RD 3 (SASK): Conquest d’d University of Saskatchewan 30-21; 27-28 (Total: 57-49) W. RD 3 (SASK): Moose Jaw Y tied Regina Aces in sudden death (Moose Jaw declared victor) W. RD 4 (SASK): Moose Jaw Davidson Business College 31 Conquest 14 (sudden death) W. SEMI (Alta): Edmonton Grads d’d Calgary Central Grads 43-13; 46-10 (Total: 89-23) W. SEMI (B.C.): Vancouver Meralomas d’d Nanaimo 44-18; 44-20 (Total: 88-38) W. FINAL (Alta/BC): Vancouver Meralomas d’d Calgary Central Grads 31-23; 27-16 (Total: 58-39) EXHIBITION CANADIAN TITLE: Edmonton Grads d’d Toronto Parkdales 23-17. Edmonton Grads d’d Toronto All-Stars 41-15 DECLARED CHAMPS: EAST: Toronto Parkdales WEST: Vancouver Meralomas |
In the Alberta finals, the Edmonton Grads defeated the Calgary Central Grads 43-13; 46-10 (Total: 89-23). With the win, the Grads won their eighth consecutive provincial crown and 14th in 15 years. …………………………………………………… In game one, the Grads prevailed 43-13. Gladys Fry paced the Grads with 10. Mildred MacCormack added 10, Margaret McBurney 10, Kate Macrae 10 and May Brown 3, while Bennie and Johnston were scoreless. P Edmandson led the Central Grads with 6. Hayes and Thom each added 2, while Piette, Cooper, Mahaffy, Thompson and Bell were scoreless. The Grads led 9-6 after one quarter and 17-9 at the half. …………………………………………………… In game two, the Grads swamped the Central Grads 46-10 as K MacRae scored 14, M McCormack 13, Gladys Fry 9, M McBurney 6 and M Brown 3, while E Bennie and J Johnston were scoreless. P Edmanson led Calgary with 4. T Thompson added 3, M Cooper 2 and N Bell 1, while M Thom, M Piette, E Edmanson, H Mahaffy and E Hayes were scoreless.
In the Saskatchewan opening round and Saskatoon city finals, the University of Saskatchewan defeated the Bedford Grads 41-27; 24-23 (Total: 65-50). …………………………………………………… In game one, the University of Saskatchewan clipped the Bedford Grads 41-27 as Ena Rogers scored 21, Eleanor Martin 5 and Winona Wood 4, while B McCartney, M Potter, J Martin, Dorothy McKenzie, M Wright and W Rowles were scoreless. Hilda Johnson led the Grad with 13. Bertha McCarl added 6, Ruby Irwin 4 and A Butte 4, while Ella Aitchison, Gwen Catherwood, W Moore, G Gunning and J Graham were scoreless.
In the Saskatchewan semis and south finals, Moose Jaw Y and the Regina Aces played to a draw. Moose Jaw Y was declared the champ because the referee “did not order overtime,” according to the Regina Leader-Post.
In the Saskatchewan semis and north finals, Conquest defeated the University of Saskatchewan 30-21; 27-28 (Total: 57-49). …………………………………………………… In game one, Conquest clipped the University of Saskatchewan 30-21 as K Kennedy scored 12, E Sibbald 12 and J Kennedy 4, while E Brown, M Lorimer, E Moran, Edna Moran, C Seay and A Mannen were scoreless. E Rogers led Varsity with 9. E Martin added 8 and W Wood 4, while N Rowles, M Wright, D McKenzie, J Martin, P Potter and B McCartney were scoreless.
In the sudden-death Saskatchewan final, Moose Jaw Davidson Business College spanked Conquest 31-14 as Gladys Haight scored 24 and Dorothy Law 7, while Pat MacAfee, Dora Dewar, Fay Robertson, Annie Cree, Ethel Lindskog, Lotta Wallace and P Hemmel were scoreless. Eileen Sibbald led Conquest with 9, Kay Kennedy added 5, while Ethel Brown, Jean Kennedy, Edna Moran, Emily Moran, Marian Larimer, Carmel Seay and Alice Mannen were scoreless.
In the British Columbia finals, the Vancouver Meralomas defeated Nanaimo 44-18; 44-20 (Total: 88-38). …………………………………………………… In game two, the Meralomas clocked Nanaimo 44-20 as Betty Passerini scored 20, Kay Slavin 14, Dot Blackburn 7 and Gert Lewis 2, while Gladys Britton, Pete Malcolm and Red McLeod were scoreless. Pat Aikenhead paced Nanaimo with 11. Laura Robinson added 6 and Aggie Richardson 3, while Lil Piper, Annie Jackson and Myrtle Bell were scoreless.
A controversy erupted over the Western final, when Edmonton Grads were told by CABA that they must play in a specific week, although they’d notified the association at the start of the year that the second week of April was out because players had examinations. CABA ordered the Grads to withdraw. “We were amazed,” said coach J. Percy Page “to receive a wire from president Aldritt to the effect that we must play during the very period we had out as being entirely unsuitable by reason of two of the girls writing examinations. Under the circumstances, we did the only thing possible and withdrew from competition.” CABA announced that the Vancouver Meralomas would play the Calgary Central Grads, losers of the Alberta final, for the Western title.
As the controversy flared, the Toronto Lakesides claiming they were being hard done by because of the Grads withdrawal from the playoffs, resulting in the Lakesides having to host either Vancouver or Calgary in the national final, which would have compromised the gate and wouldn’t have been the draw that the Grads were. The Grads announced that they were venturing East to play a team in Chicago and would play the Lakesides. But the Lakesides refused, so exhibition matches were arranged with a Toronto All-Star team.
CABA president W.A. Aldritt declared there would be no Canadian champ because the Meralomas, who’d beaten Calgary, had been whipped 59-20 by the Edmonton Grads, so the Eastern champ Toronto Lakesides could not be expected to pay for Vancouver to travel East. Alldritt had warned the Meralomas not to play the Grads but they’d ignored his admonition and were essentially being punished for ignoring the CABA ruling. Aldritt said the East and West basketball organizations would name their respective titles, meaning the Lakesides would be the Eastern champs and the Meralomas the Western winners, with no national champ declared. In the “exhibition” match with the Meralomas, Millie McCormick notched 12, Gladys Fry 14, Mae MacBurney 12, Elsie Bennie 6, Kate McRae 3 and Mae Brown 2. Kay Slavin led Vancouver with 11. Gladys Britten added 6 and Dot Blackburn 3, while Betty Passerini, Gert Lewis, Nettie Pronuiuk, Ella Hunter and Pete Malcolm were scoreless.
During their exhibition matches on their Eastern swing, the Edmonton Grads defeated the Toronto Parkdales 23-17. The Grads weren’t clad in their traditional orange and Black but in red and white uniforms with a maple lead and the word Canada emblazed on the front of their jerseys, while Edmonton and the players number were on the back. The score was knotted at four after a quarter and the Grads led 8-6 at the half on buckets by Gladys Fry and Millie McCormack. Grace Conacher rallied Toronto to a lead in the second half but the Grads responded with five unanswered points on two buckets by Fry and a free throw by Elsie Bennie and moved ahead 19-13 after three quarters. They maintained a slim margin to the final buzzer. Gladys Fry led the Grads with 10. Margaret McBurney added 6, Millie McCormick 6, Elsie Bennie 1, Kate Macrae 0, May Brown 0 and Babe Belanger 0. Grace Conacher led Toronto with 9. Dot Greer added 2, Pitkethly 0, Jean MacKay 2, Helen Hendry 3, Donaldson 0, Sarah McGuigan 1, Phyllis Griffiths 0, Davies 0 and McMurray 0.
In their second exhibition match, the Grads defeated the Toronto All-Stars 41-15.
In the Western final, the Vancouver Meralomas defeated the Calgary Central Grads 31-23; 27-16 (Total: 58-39). …………………………………………………… Vancouver took the opener 31-23 after leading 18-17 at the half. Passerini led the Meralomas with 11. Baldwin added 3, Kay Slavin 3 and Ella Hunter 1, while Pete Malcolm, Gert Lewis and Gladys Britten were scoreless. Pearl Edmanson led Calgary with 10. Thom added 4, Piette 2, Marg Cooper 1 and Ruby Thompson 1, while E Edmanson, Hays, Bell and Mahaffey were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, the Meralomas prevailed 27-16 to take the total-point series 58-39. Kay Slavin paced the Meralomas (coached by Lefty Woods, also reported as “Leftie Moffat”) with 13. Betty Passerini added 5, Dot Blackburn 3, Etta Hunter 2, Gert Lewis 2 and Gladys Britton 2. The Meralomas (coached by Lefty Woods, also reported as ‘Leftie Moffat’) also included Pete Malcolm, Lyla Stewart and Nettie Proniuk. E Edmanson led Calgary with 8. Platte added 4, P Edmanson 3 and Thom 1, while Cooper, Thomson, Mahaffey, Bell and Hays were scoreless.
The champion Edmonton Grads: Babe Belanger; Elsie Bennie; Mae Brown; Gladys Fry; Margaret Kinney; Margaret McBurney; Mildred McCormick; Doris Neale; Kate McRae; coach J. Percy Page