8 The Guardian. Charlottetown. Sat. Mar. 21. 1964

SPORTS FRONT

By NICK FILIAIORE

Summerside Vs. Moncton

c- lilltlil we are at the Shediae Inn adium

“1TH the \illFill: ct this W: 3 30 pm F;"d;i_v Mr and \lr~ t lizirlic Hogan. ('ivic St

manager. .\li. and \lrs (.i'a'" (il'uflI‘, Summerslde .lunior Legionatrr‘s coach. Rt i‘hy i‘i‘l'l\, i,t‘_‘|tlll.‘l}[(‘§ \tia,‘p goal tender and myself hate itist llilllsilt'fl i ttllf’l‘ following a gruelung

snow-bound. .\(‘\F‘ll and 17 hours. H mile drive that brought us here from \loucion

o our kllll\\'ll‘(l.'(>‘. the oth-‘r six t‘.ti‘5 and 33 persons from the Island who were in tlic \‘cu Brunswick (‘ill\ for Summer- stde's 7-5 “in mer Moot-ton .Illlllti"s \t'cdnesday night. returned to Mont-ton early I-‘iirlni lllt‘l‘llilll .‘ll'tl' they were unable to make their way more than fiur in li-s ll“\.’ll't'i the Island bk

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cause of the hind Miners. ii; lii;htv;iys. Yours truly was

in one III the ff‘“. fortunate t-.. s that managed to get as far as Shediai- \la route tttiiii‘itr ll

The Stiiiitiict'.~hlc t't‘li'llllf‘lli hm p'.innrd on returning to fite Island Tillll‘~fl.‘t‘ li'l'l'tti“.' but were unable to leave the Hub (‘ity hr‘cziuse lV‘Ill the ‘\' R VI" l? l i'o:itl< were blocked by heavy mm. The fir-v to the H on t. in: on a regular St‘lle’llll" and I':(l\'t‘l‘il I“'ii\!!lt"tii: Airways were unable to sched-

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ule flights to tilt" l~ . (

'nahle to lmtc \ioi' it"l the .‘iiiiiior Lezionnli'cs recein a well earned rcsi Tliuixrlgiv Minot-i; their pr‘nialty-i‘idden tict- rm over \loitcton \\'mlu~n.iv night .tolui pf’ll’lf‘l" suffered I

harly bruised knee. Robin} Petr) was cut above the nose but re- quire'l no stilt-tics :inrl \l'nync Trniiior and \'it-k Fillmore re- ceived sprainvd thumb:

e opcnin: game of the but of three ,iiniiors setie! at the Mont-ton Stud'um was one o vim .‘iiuces'l. hard fought battles the Legionaires lime lizid for a loo: while Perhaps since obey last played the intermediate A Texaco Combines.

Summersidc had the edge in skating for most of the game. But \lon'ton's accurate. Inn: pawn: in the spacious stadium kept the Island defence and back checkers on their toes throuz‘h- out the contest. Roth trams plmctl rough. rather dirty hockey by times with the reforms lli’ltltlttt: out 24 penalties including ftve majors and too tunirr game miscondtu'ts.

The game reached a lii:h tension point with less than ten minutes remaining ill the third period as a \lft'lll‘lOll player was injured by a deliberate knee from a Summerside defen man. Three fights involving players broke out at once and mor than 75 persons came on to the icr‘. some to help the Monmon player. who ua< injured in the throat and some to try and get at the Stlmtmersitle team.

A police drinclinivu' was t-allcd no the arena to prevent further incidents but the Summerside team still required police escorts from the Siéltlllllll

Apparently tho \lont-ton team has had a reputation for rough play thi-nughout the Sf‘fisttll. Sportscastcr llzirl the Mont-ton radio station on three occasions Thursday. tiook ex- ception to the amino of the \Ioncton players anti fans during and after the grime llc repeatedly referred in them as "bums" and said that during the clinic action should have been taken against Pf‘l‘Sf‘ils iiiv.i'vc:l the incidents.

\fe e was t‘rri!‘-"‘tl :rom the some last in the third period. Stimmcrside dclcnt-rmeu Gruid Smith. wetit to the dress- i born and was threatened by a group o 15 to 21) fans who fought their way into ‘ilt‘ Suiiimerside room. Several Island players were "lll‘r‘ft't‘tlf‘fi ri. ' . and after the game and also were struck with :iumcr'uis Illf‘t‘l‘ thrown by fans.

c is a l‘lt»<‘ii'liit' iilnl at twist one player from each team will sit out this {Iflt‘t‘tt-‘rtits scheduled game at Civic Stadv tum because of "heir pa"! in a stick swinging duel late in Wed- nesdays :im

Rf‘l“l‘f‘F‘»lli-lr'li‘f“i r Grow-‘1» eatd he would clamp down on any monkev business in the second. an third. it! necessary‘ games in Suounerx’itlc lll the host of three series. He said he looked {N‘tk‘nl'fl to I‘m in: a good. clean and fast game at Civic Stadium this afternoon.

Piersall Nears The End

l‘s most talked lose

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THE major league cal-nor of one of hasehal ahrut and unii~ti:il ' ‘ to a c . .

" I\f‘l‘> _ ” .\.l\ - .liiii I‘iii‘aall, "I've went to spring train- ing telling myself I didn't hate u tub."

“I might hate one l‘ut I‘d pretend i had to fight to get it. I've

\(‘ill'

This year I don‘t hate to pretend, Now I either do it 01' ad it."

The 34~yeai'-old oittl’icldcr wont to spring training with the Angels as a free agent. It they think he help them. they'll sign him. If not. I'iersnli's 100th major league home run—the one he N'ichrntmi by running the buses backwards—may have been his lost.

Piersall strut-k tlin lintirii- blow last season while employ- ed by \‘ew York \lets. a \Jllltllllll League team that needed anything but a l'l‘llli" lino. 'l'lit- \mtrir-an League Angles picked up Piersall in Job after til" \ch< released him. When the sea- mn ended he \\('l\ made a lrcr 'I"F-ll'

Right noti iniiired when he ioiiirrl i jury tn 3 :atiic i;l~l \u::l~l

"The kncc dosen" twth run. But let's see \\'lléll hai in a hurry "

Atlantic Conference Football

AN unbalanced w‘nelnln. designed to bring teams of nearly equal calibre into t‘fimiiclllltm. has brien rawn up for the 1964 seasrn of the Atlantic Football t'mifercnce.

The big change uudor the new set will be that neitlher Del- housie nor Acarltu \lll' meet the dctcndiitiig Conference champ- ions. St. Francis Xaticr. of Antigi iiish.

H me and home scricg “ill be played by St. FX and St. Mary's )lount A and '.\'B. Studucnna and Shearwater, Acadia and Dalhousic. and St. Dunstmt‘s and Acadia.

ary's Huskies is the only tcaim meeting 51. FX twice. . Slirarnatcr. L’NH and St. Dunstan's meet the men once cot-h.

The .-\l"(‘ opens St‘pl. l0 and the St‘l‘lt‘t‘illle ends Nov. 21. with the renewal of the l‘urdy (no 2111110. Invitations have been (tent to the Senior Illlt‘l'f‘f‘llf‘.1l'lif‘ league and the Ontario Inte- collegiatc League t'i r ‘rs to the Atlantic Bowl game. Nov. 28.

.'(‘l‘ll is his lctt knee. It was \ii:e< am e agzravated the In- llc played little thereafter.

or me now," he said. “even when I ipeos when l have to stop and start

Mmani’rOba Leads Curling Ch'ship

ALLAN BAILEY

Shown above are the mem- i be" of the George Nicholson ' foursome which captured the Holman trophy in the confe-

CONFEDE

deration bonspiel competition yesterday Left to right

George Nicholson. skip: Duke MacDonald. mate: Ken Mac-

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RATION SPIE'l WINNERS

Donald. second: and Hughie Clarence Hebert. Ralph Carr.

Simpson. lead. The Jim Gray Frank ilclnnis. and Dan rink captured the runner up "Rourke. were: Dr. Wen Mac-Donald.

Wings Are G As How

.V DAVE BE S Canadian Press Staff Writer Quickly now. what's the hot-

test team in the National Hockey League and who's the most prolific scorer?

If you said Detroit Red Wings ‘and Gordie Howe. move to the head of the bench.

In the second half of the sea- son the Wings have fluttered their way into the heady at- mosphere of the NHL'S first di— vision. If they can claw their way this weekend through cloud cover spread by oronto Maple Leafs. rhey cntild wind up with the best second - half finish of any team in years.

A double win in a home-and- home series with Toronto would elevate the Wings to third place.

a plateau almost undireamed of a fe' ‘ ' when they were “allowing in a fifth-place fight with New York Rangers.

Detroit‘s 9-3 shellacking of the Rangers Thursday night was their fourth straight win

and 13th in their last 19 games. BEST RECORD

In 33 second-half games. the Wings have won 18. lost 10 and tied five for 41 of a possible 66 points. best record in the loa ue. Montreal Canadiens were closest with 38 points.

it 14 goals and 1'? assists.

Howe has boosted himself into front position to receive $500 bonus money as the N’HL'I top second-half scorer.

His 41 points—reached Thurs- day with a goal and two as—

iHUNTER’S CORNER

l Sporting Season Success . Depending 0n Weather

March in past the halfway mark with no sign that winter is on the wane. It could be that all records for depth of now will go by the board this winter of l. . Hun covey's are being reported from sections where none were thought to exist. The

opening of the trout season is less than a month away with Imany streams and dams still

buried under ice and snow. By ‘month's end trouting prospects on April 15th should be shaping ,up. The feeling at the moment is

3that there II no abnormal depth demic of field mice. is undergo-

of ice this winter and the spring {break-up could be early. A lot depends upon the type of wea- ther between now and April lst. , I had a long chat the other night with a reader of my col- umn. ' business. as cattle fbuyer, takes him all over south- iern Queens' and ing's coun- ‘ities and he keeps in touch with the number of black duck pairs sobserved in March and April. He told me that last spring he i figured we were going to have a fbumper crop of black ducks for the opening morning's shoot but it was very disappointing — the poorest ln y. was quite puzzled over the duck situ- ation last opening morning with respect to black: but admitted

llJunior Game

lls Delayed

i That duet of disaster. snow ' and blowing snow. cancelled last night's hockey between

Ry

inim’s mil-(L Mrs ma Ugh" the Junior Legionnaires and the

TORONTO lCPl . Manitoba “l' still have to get by On. 0mm" JUNIOI‘S. .thl M thf‘ Combined skill and a li:t':e luck tario. .\’ew Brunswick and Al- we‘ll)" “in” a 1”“9- and {n' to take an eighth-round 11-7 vic- horta.“ dlcationl are that it will. tne

tory over British Columbia and remaln on top in the national mixed curling championship here Friday.

The Ernie Roush) rink from Winnipeg scnrcd a three in the ninth end and one point !n the 10th to defeat the Trail four- lome skipped by Gil Lemuel

The loss dropped the Leilocl equad into a I\\'f\r\tnl\' tie for second place with the Bill Tracy rink from R(‘\I-‘ Stnt‘iitt Bagotville. Que. each having five wins and two low».

The Manitoba rink. with three draws remaining. has six uins and one setback. a 7n upset by

Mrs, niwyn Graham, 193d g"- game will take place at Civic Glenn Gray‘s Alberta quartet Stadium thin afternoon at 2.. from Edmonton. was called ioine Friday because of the death of her father. cal juniors. will be more anx-

Hcr taken by ious than ever. to take the ser- .\lrs. Glyn Evans of Toronto. 1 lies in two straight games. former Edmonton resident who avoid prolonging the series curled with members of Gray'x which the weather man has al- leI before moving to Toronto. ready prolonged. The Legion-

Friday night's draw: Mani- . naires who beat Moncton 7-5 in tuba mct Ontario. British Co- Moncton, will be skating fast lumbin met Northern Ontario, land checking hard to pull out N0”! SWIM Played Prince Ed“another victory. But it will not word I s l a n d. Saskatchewan ,b. . shim“, The Moncmn hnvs laced Alberta and Quebec met tar, tough battle" and won't New Brunswick. Newfoundland I my, up w t t it Out a stiff fight, had “‘9 h-"°~ ilt‘ans are bound to see a spine-

Saskatchewan in the seventh EIGHTH ROUND i” r h m round. .Viiti. 0002010020—3 "1"“! a °‘ Tracy scored his fifth win Ontario 0220301101—101 . with a 10.6 triumph over the ,Manitf‘b' OMIHMMT’ . . - - Ontario 101 0000101— 4 Dean Miller link Illtlll “car I" l'. I. 010 2200010-w 6 B C 2“ 012 "mo— 9 burn. Saslt. The was N. Ont. 3010011202—10 ' ' ' . i . Nor. Ont. 0001002021— 5 neyer in doubt afth the fifth . B N f ("M end when the Quebec foursome ac 020 2010200— 1, ‘w— 9:, mm [1.68 scored a foiirenricr ‘Nn Manitoba 2010301031—11 TORONTO lcp. _ Na'im’a] DOWN NEWFN'NWU 7 mixed curling championship Wiltf Biron's Vortbern Ontario Suckliea 2:10 “andm' an" “gm mum‘s: rink from Sudbury took over ‘3" 6‘ P w L lole possession of fifth place _ . Mam” , 7 5 1 with 3 ms win mm the am - 5- “'"mm't‘" ‘ British Colombia 7 .t 2 Allen crew frnm St. John‘s. ‘th”? 2002001003—8‘ me 7 3 2 Nfld. ; 3"" "‘9‘." .Br‘msmd“ i Saskatchewan I I a The other eighthrnund C’m‘: MN"? R U" l Northern Ontario 7 t 3 test saw Glenn Gray and his 9‘19"" 321molol‘m, Ontario 7 3 0 Edmonton rink score an 85 Vic. H; t 000 100 3010'" 4) lberta 7 3 4 tory over the Karl Stronach rink ina scout 003010 0110— I, New mummy 7 a 4 of Kinimon. us .PEI. 0t01022003— 9, an. 7 3 4 "We‘re not thinking of tho Sask- 002100001 M t, Newfoundland ii 2 it ' rot." and annulmen- 1000112103»— 9‘ Nova Scott: I I 7 .

championshm

Grant Grady. coach of the In?

and SWm

my last column threw a new light on the situation. He told me he was puzzled over the pairs of black ducks he oberved in June. and early July that were sitting around enjoying to when they should have been ta- king care of mods of young. He is an ardent hunter. trapper, fisherman and observant in the bargain. He is also a fur bu‘ and lice ps in touch with hunting and trapping fraternity

Our Fox. our last bul wark against the current ope-

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ing heavy punishment hunters. (rappers and snarers. Some of the hound men are still at it. or were on March 4th. A few days ago. a chap I k n o w quite well. told me he tended his snares on March 5th. He carried home two foxes. both females heavy with pup. He checked on one and found that she would have given birth to six pups In late March or early April.

took up his snares pronto. I was told of several females, shot aheadofhoundisasl at. at March 14-th. that were heavy with young. Late in February I talked to fox hunter who would rather run foxes than eat. I told him that the time limit for running hound-s shoul the end February. That would

give them over four months for

their sport as some started their

,houndo the. latter part of Octo-

ber. He had an answer for that: i“W h e n a female is run ’hnunds site always dens" Well. I know of three that didn't make their dens in March. T ‘

usiness is strictly “for t h I birds." A fox is not inclined to den unless as a case of ‘last re- ort'. They have two reasons for this. One a fox feels trapped In in den. 2nd. a fox doesn't want to . give the den site away and den: ‘only as a last resort. This columnist hal run foxe- wuh a bound v Old Dixie was all the hound I needed — before e of the present day fox hunting enthusiasts were born an never yet set a hound on the trail of a fox after in d Febru ary. I know the thrill of fox hun- ting and l have a wealth of me- mories on that score. One cember morning I: as fresh in memory as if it were yesterday. ‘A red fox. belly the crisp white snow. drifting down a snow covered wood road with Old ‘xie a scant fifty yards be I

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hind. l was quite generous gave him both barrells of

black powder 10 gauge Ollciil. The first shot caused his two hind feet to slip sideways on the snow covered patch of ice. The 2nd was a clean miss. My bro- ither. the late J.D. Jenkins. sta- tloned a quarter mile tn 2' t her down. didn't miss. I told Dan my first shot slowed him down. af ter he was skinned Dan called 'me over and showed me the 8.3 shot gauge at the top of the tail bone midway tween rump and tip. His shot pattern had caught the fox in neck and shoulder. There was not a mark in the pelt ln-between. Wu I ever do- flated'.’ A bounty on the Gentle- man with the red coat and e black stockinged leg; ll 1 crime agalnal Nature.

by

oing Strong

9 Leads The Way

By WILL GRIMLEY

‘ NEW YORK tAPI — Heavy- ,we'ight champion Cassius Clay. injected Friday

iwithin three months and then make a world tour l He

said he is agreeable to I ‘ y the army. return bout with Sonny Liston 1Coral Gables. Fla.. 3 week hp.

"Cassius Clay Reiecied; I ., 'i iWishes To Change Name

I never said I was the smart- ’est." the champion said. Clay took his first test

1said he hopes to fight again if the latter is ready, and will- ifore he stopped the heavily—la.

iHoop Tourney

lls Cancelled

The Provincial Interscholastic sad

“B” backetball tournament sch' ieduled to be held today at the Morell Regional High School has been postponed until March 18th ‘ because of road conditions.

Midget Team iPiays S’side

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The Bill Mulligan c o a c h Midget squad is hosting :Summcrside midgets here

0 inight in a two game total goal

series for the Island midget championship. Coach Mulligan ghas requested the presence of ;t.he following players: Goal. ‘John Reid, ; Defence: B. McIntyre. B. Boyle, 3F. MacDonald, A. Acorn and S. MacDonald. Forwards: erty. B.

A. Flood. B. Doh- MacKinnon. H. Mc- Quaid. J. Dowling. L. Blan chard. L Brown. J. MacDougalt an M. MacDonald.

The tentative date for the se-

I cond game of the series is Mon 5 reach here because of : day night in the western capital. ‘ clogged

sins—puts him in a three-way who has scored 17 times and SChOOI Game '39 points dur-

tie with Chicago Black Hawks' Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull. However, the irst - Hawks play only one more game—against Boston Bruins Sunday. Howe and two more cracks at the book

assisted on 22 for .

League president

record . Another Red Wing who could be helped by the schedule va- garies is centre Norm Ullman. league $1.100. m ‘MIKITA 1N LEAD

Local Firms hl‘ii,c;lii~mns

entire season.

go to Mikita

The following Charlottetown firms have done their part in at- ; tempting to give junior hockey- lln Charlottetown a shot in the Y arm by donating the following trophies to the (‘liarlottetowni and District junior hockey

closest Montreal—only 75. \ltltough Boston

to revive playoff hopes.

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ing the latter half. Andy Bath- Plat't‘ gate of Toronto is fifth in sec- ond-half scoring with 37 pointln Clarence 3 company Campbell said Friday that in, the event of a points tie for the‘ sccoud half the NHL will award $500 to each man involved. Con- i t-civubly. this could cost the

Is Postponed

The Interscholastic Senior “A” hockey game scheduled to be played at Montague la st night between St. Duiistaiis High

,School and Montague High was: _cancclled due to travelling cou

‘ ditions

, The Art Ross Memorial Tro- ‘phy and $1.000 practically bee longs in Chicago Stadium right

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st point man over now has 89 points. Hull 86 and their rival-Jean Beliveau of

and New ork must wait until next year they . still can play a big part in de-l l9?“ ciding the top four positions.

l U The pesky Bruins play in l For the Championship of me Montreal tonight and are at‘ 1932,“, the trophy “.as dona'ed home to the Hawks Sundayfi

y Cudmorcs Dry Cleaners. J.R. Williams donated the tro-

phy to be presented to the high

scorer in the Junior lrmp.

Burns Jewellers put tip the award to be presented to the player who garners the most as. sists in league competition.

The prize for the most gentlel manly player was donated by" Patterson Jewellers.

Ellis Bros. came good for

poitii.

‘Has Practise

Sunt'ay afternoon at 2.30 in

the ('harlottctowii forum

. oacn trophy to be awarded to thei “Buck” Wliitlock has requestedl

player judged to be the valuable to his team. portaiit practise.

Montreal trails Chicago by onei Legion Team l

t ce 4 — .

The Charlottetown .lllVFllllCiner H. .lnnes Legiouaires \\lil hold a practise" the

most a full turnout for this most im- _ Hughes vs. Br BONES L

Junior Action Set For Tonight