Thursday. Dec. 6. 1956 I

The Guardian

Named "Boxer

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Floyd pattersoli. "19 Y0llDl05l 5018? Mr to become heavyweight cham- Pwn, was named "boxer of the month" Tuesday by the National

xmg Aasodlf-lili.

11., 21 - year - old New Yorker "mod the award Friday night by knocking out Archie Moore in the min round of their scheduled 15- munder to determine Rocky Mar- usno'l successor.

The NBA also released its De- umber ratings and commlttae chairman Fred J. Saddy urged sc- ...., compeHtl0II among the heavy- ',ights to provide a conteilder for psttersom

Triple ."A" Leag

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. (AP) .. 1-he higher classification minor usebali leagues Wednesday spent tt72.750 for 36 players in the an- nual minor league draft. open classification teams paid 55,000 for five players; class AAA teams 348.500: for nine players; rlsss AA 865.750 for 12 players sad class A S21.500'for 10. classes 3 and C will complete up drzfurg at the an-iual minor pague convention today. ' V

in last year's draft. 58 players were selected for HMJ50.

The two triple A circuits-The American Association and the ln- ternational LellU0-Plld Wt 545-'

1: Heavyweight Champion

548,500 For Baseball Talent

of the Month"

Champions in two divisions. Moore in the light - heavyweight class. and Sandy Saddler. feather- weight titleholder. are under or- ders to defend their yrowns within a specified time.

Saddler: must sign for a title de- fence by Jan. 15: Moore by March in. Moore's loss to Patterson erased his name from the NBA's list of heavyweight contenders.

The only Cana an listed by the NBA is Gordon allace of Brant- ford. Oni.. who is ranked fifth among the contende - for the light- heevyweight title. Wallace fights ninth-ranking Tony Anthony Fri- gay night at Madison Square Gas-

en.

ues Shellaui

soil for nine players. the same

number they selected last year. Charleston. Minneapolis and

Omaha of the AA'scleci.ed two

plenty of Olympic record-breakers n Gerry Ouellette is the only one

msinlng in the book when his grandchildren learn to read.

posted a score in the proneposi- tion small-bore shooting that may be matched but will never be beaten when he posted a perfect 600 score to win the gold medal.

performance topped a pbnornenal competition in which Russia's Van- ' sill Borissov scored 599 to take second place and Ouellette's team captain. Gilmour Boa of Toronto. posted a 508 to give Canada gold and bronze medals in a single event for the first time in Olympic history.

record he set for the event in Venezuela two years ago-a ree- ord which he retained only be- cause ths Olympic range is 1Vs

WINS GOLD MEDAL FOR CANADA

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Canuck Posts Perfect Score in Shoot

ly sacs sunuvlm aaadiaa Press Staff Writer mznaounnz (cpl-ram are

bournei today. But Canada's

who can count on his name re-

Tbe Windsor. 0nt.. tool-design:

The zzyesr-old sharpshooter's

Boa's score equalled the world

who have taken turns each otber's times. will face each other for the first time Friday night.

metres short of the standard I0- metrs distance. Five other contest- ants matched the 81-year-old 'l'o- rontonian's total Wsdnuday but he won the hrnnss medal for so- perior grouptng of his shots. MARK: ALL

day as a mark fell in ever! ever! contested is the ltatartedin afiratlleatd the 1.500-metre trials as Austral- la's Murray Rose clipped nearly 16 seconds off the Olympic mark with a clocking of in minutes. 4-1 seconds. in a later heat. George Bree!

of Buffalo. N.Y., countered with a

winning time of 17:51.9, deprivln!

the Rose of the world record of 17:59.5

he set earlier this year. The Doll'- betterlna

Vancouver's I6 - year - old Bill

Slater improved on his best PN- vious time by more than It too-

players each.

Richmond's selection was Gerry Thomas. a 26-year-old outfielder from Houston who batted 296 at Allentown. Pa.. last year.

Rochester selected Charles Es- segian from Salem. 0re., oi the Northweste in League. A 8-year- old outfielder. Essegian had a .366 batting average including 28 hom- ers and 95 runs batted in.

Essegian. drawn from a class B club. cost 34.000. Thomas cost Richmond S6,000.

Outlines Federal-Provincial Eye Bank Program In Canada

Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP) -Many Cana- ians who thought they would meter see again are having their ugh: restored through a federal- rminclal welfare program that legan nine years ago as an ex- riment. Since 1947. the blindness control oi the federal health de-

k By JACK VAN DUSEN

alks of life. all oi whom thought hey were doomed to finish their was in darkness

simple operations. which in t eases kept them in hospital a few days. have enabled the nod to resume normal lives. Thi- perstlons didn't cost them a cent.

XPERIMENTAL BASIS .' The program began at the urgw ng of Dr. F. S. Burke. then head the blindness control division. 'hich at the time was mainly re- nsible for issuing pensions to he blind.

The government gave the divi-I Iflll 320.000 to conduct a program siih the provinces in dctermine uhether some of the blind receiv- ng pensions could be cured with rcatnicnt

Treatments began a year later. ixty-night persons had been rested. 41 regaining their sight.

Pacific S-a-lvage Tow Finished

VICTORIA Iiiilt -- Annihcr haplcr in the log book of the sal-: age tug Sudhury of Victoria wlll' be finished today when she stcnms kill) Seattle towing a 10000-ton lberiy ship she rescued from 'I.1rltlnit gales in mid-Pacific. The SS Thuntlerblrd was rolling utthout a propeller when the Island rug and Barge Co. workhorse lirrw a line aboard 12 days ago. The Sndbury's trip started about wo months ago when she towed barge of scrap metal to Japan. it her return trip she assisted in he attempted rcfloating oi a Jap- ncsc ship sunk during the kcond 'nrld War in thc 1' ' islands.

by the end of 1951. The division was put on a permanent footing in l952. with Dr. J. H. Grove in charge.

There are an estimated 30.01!) blind persons ill Canada and grey- hnired Dr. Grove. a 64-year-old native of Toronto, is convinced the sight of many of them can be restored.

The records of blind pensioners eanyone between the ages of 17 and 70 can apply for blindness allowances - are checked and those with even the slightest chance of recovery are sent to certified oculists for thorough ex- aminations. Those eligible for op- erations may choose their own oculist. g

The fcdcral government pays 75 per cent of the cost with the

taking part-paying 25 per cent.ll

COSTS BALANCED

The cost of the operations to the federal government so for has totalled about 883.000 but this is offset by the savings in blind al- lowanccs.

An operation usually costs about the some as a maximum yearly allowance of mo. There are about 8.500 Canadians receiving blind- ncss allowances.

More than 95 per cent of the operations are for the removal of senile cataracts. one of the more common causes of blindness in Canada.

The operation is not considered dangerous and the patient stays l in hosnital only about 14 days. The allowance is continued until

To Start Global Baseball Series

global baseball series. in which champions participate, will be staged for the third consecutive year in 1957. the National Baseball nnunced Tuesday.

waukee with champions from Eur- ope, Asia. South America. Canada. Puerio Rico. Hawaii. Mexico and the United States competing.

secretary. said the new site will be announced at a meeting of the board of directors in Chicago Feb.

Given Trophy

nung Tuesday became the fifth

the Heisman Trophy as the out- standing college football player of 1956.

terback was named the 22nd win- nor of the trophy, given annually by thei Downtown Athletic Club. provinces-all cxcept Alberta areJTll9 RWHN W33 99l3b”5h9d ln 1955

coach.

of Tennessee was runner-up and Tommy McDonald. speedy Okla- homa hack, ranked third.

freestyle mctre freestyle tfinalst; women's high diving

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. (AP)-A from four continents

Congress an-

The event has been held in Mll-

Charles Cookson, NBC executive

3-5.

Paul Hornung

NEW YORK MP5-Paul Hon

Notra Dame player to be awarded

The versatile Notre Dame quar-

n honor of John Heisman. famed

Backfield star Johnny Majors

mm I TODAY'S OLYMPIC PROGRAM ;

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Women's 400-metre men's 1.500-

swimming: vflnals I;

(finals): water polo finalsl.

Gymnastics--women. Also en-

the patient is accustomed to the hibitions and victory tuemonies high pnulcred glasgpg hc must with men and women participat- wear to aid his eyes after the op. lnll.

eratinn.

Corneal transplants are being attempted for returning sight to those blinded because of injury to! the comes of the eye. but the ap-

Cyctlng-Road race. SoccereThlrd place playoff. Austr " rules ' ” "

curiuue AT CHARLOTTETOWN

The third round of the chicken

Bonspiel will finish tonight and with only two rounds in go interest is so keen that all players are on their toes.

7 P.M. TONIGHT SECTION 3.

ice 1 -E. Maclnnis vs. Myron Bell.

ice 1. - E. Tanton vs. Ralph Jones.

ice 4 - J E. Burden vs. Mel Jenkins.

3:30 I'.M. SECTION I'-

Ice 1 A A. Likely vs. Had Mac- Innis.

Ice 2. - J. A, Simmonds vs. Dr.

C. Gallant

ice. 4 -W. MscLalne vs. D. O'Rourke.

Secuid round points competit- ion:

ice I - 0:45 and l:l5.

NORTHERN ISLE!

The Faroe islands. Danish pos- sesslnn in the far north Atlantic.

ends to finish third behind Rose In 1'15!-6 '-nd srnbbed the eighth and last qualifying berth in the

s

OUT OF RUNNING

Six slrla Joined in demolishin the old mark for the 400-metr: ll'09lllfle with Australia's Lorraine Crapp eventually nailing it down at 5:00.2. more than 12 seconds faster than the clocking of Valera Gyense of Hungary, who won the event in l052.

Miss Crspp's teammate. Dawn Fraser. was in at 502.5, followed by Marley Shriver of the US. in 5207.6 and Sandra Morgan of Aus- tralia in 507.3.

Miss Gyenge, who plans in join her fiance in Toronto after the Games. got one of the last qualify.

slower than their performances ln' the qualifying heats.

The old mark in the 100-metre backstroke. thoroughly demolished in Tuesday's heats. took another purnmelling in Wednesday night's semi-finals with Australiats John Monckton again leading the way in l;04.l, Five others finished un- der the old record of l:05.4.

A 67.71 points compared with the leader's &).24 left him in 15th place.

in women's gymnastics Hun- gary's Agnes Keleti was giving the Russians an argument. taking two gold medals and tying Russia's Larisa Latynina for a third while the Russian girl carried off the other two events completed during

the

including

The United States. its lead in the point standings dwindling to Russia scored heavily in gymnastics promised to add to Platform dvng as Dcls Vonnor oi.over-all points scored. followed by Pasadena. Calif. led 12 qualifiers, Miss Keleti and with Russian girls two more Americans. into today's final round.

vanishing point as

its total in

the day.

YATCHING TITLES

With one day's competition left. Miss Latynina led the field in

ranking third and sixth. Ernestine Russell nf Windsor,

Bill Patrick of Calgary was not; Ont., was far down the list. rank-

among the 12. His total score oiling 56th among the 84 competitors.

Sweden captured two of the five yachting titles with Denmark's

Paul Elvstrom capturing his third the

consecutive gold medal in the fin Olympic dinghy class. Canada's four entries were well back with Bruce Kirby of Montreal. eighth among the 1) dln'ghles. and the dragon-dasa yacht Tomahawk Ill. captained by Dave Howard of To- ronto. eighth among 16, making the best showings.

Stefan Petnscu of Romania up- set Evgenil Tcherkassov of Rus- sia ln the silhouette rapid-pistol competition with Cpl. Jim zaviis of Ottawa far back in Zstliiplace. The four leaders broke the Olym- pic record of 5U set in 1948 by Hungary's K. Takacs with Pe- trescu carding 587.

Bulgaria nearly knocked the in- van d Russian soccc team out of was t by scoring the first goal is extra time. but ran out of gas and allowed the Ruse sians to pull out a 2-1 vlctmy. Ii.usala'a final gameagalnst Yugo- slavia Saturday will be event of the games.

Unbeaten Hungary pulled into the lead in the water polo tourna- ment by blankng Germany 4-0 in a third straight victory. Russia handed the United States a 8-1 de- feat, its fourth loss in five starts.

Roland Asselin of Montreal failed to survive the prelim” y round for the third time in as many fencing competitions. drop- ping three of his five sabre matches.

ing spots in 5:142. Two Canadian swimmers finished fourth in their heats. hopelessly out of the run- ning. Beth Whittall of Montreal was timed in 5:21.7 and Gladys Priestley of Verdun. Que.. made it in 5227.5.

There were more disappoint- ments for Canada n the two races that ' " t. Sara Barber of lirantford. Ont, the 15-year-old workhorse of the team vthn has been in the pool five times in the last three days and makes her slxth appearance today. went for the bundle in two successive finals and couldn't quite make ll.

Sara. whose 1214.3 was fourth. best among Monday's qualifying times for the 100-metre backstroke final. matched it Wednesday night but had to settle for sexenth place as Britainls Judy Grinnam edged Carin Cone of the U.S. in the record-breaking time of 112.9. Britain's Julie Hoyle nudged the Brantfnrd girl out of sixth place by inches.

U.s. SWEEP

Twenty-five minules later she waa back, together with Miss Whit- tall. for the 100-metre butterfly final. This time Shelley Mann of Arlington. Va.. shaved a fifth of a second off the Olympic record to head an American sweep of the first three places in l:ll.

Nancy Jane Ramey and Mary Jane Sears finished second and third. Miss Whittall. up with the leaders at the halfway mark. faded to seventh place and Miss Barber was eighth in respective

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SUMMERSIDE ACES Vs. PARKDALE FLYERS

prooch to this field is cautious be! cause of the difficulty in obtain-; ing the corneas. f An eye bank is being set up int Toronto by the (Tanariltzn National institute for the Blind. Other agen- cies are also studying the possl-. blliiles of developing this field ln' Canada.

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Shc returned. under direction of apt. Harley Blagborne. to Japan nd rcstockcd. licr trip to Vic- ria was interrupted with orders it resume the Thunderbirri.

On the way, however. Capt. Iazbo nc um forced to make a ide trip of 1.000 miles to take a nrk crewman to Adak. in the leutlans.

Cross-Examine Liner Master

NEW YORK iAPb-The master: l the liner Stockholm insisted

urstlay it was safe for his ship

at full speed the night of

Lt collision with the Andrea Doria. khol

Atomic-Powered Aerial Tags Seen

MONTREAL (CF) - Atomic- powercd aerial "tugs" are a mag sibllitv for the future. says Gor-. don R. McGregor, president of Trans-Canada Air Lines. .

Such tugs would be capable of: rtaylnl airborne for weeks at a time. towing aircraft of more con- vr-nilnnal types. Mr. Mccregor. said Thursday night. 1

He told the young mcnis section of the Montreal Board of Trade the tugs would be "engaged" sndl "disengaged" in flight along fixed! routes.

it was understood the passenger aircraft would take off under their own power, then he hitched to the power units.

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