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Charlottetown lays hint to the summers" be on team tonight at the Forum when the western "Vets" clash: with the local Lie!!- jimalfeg in a return game. The teams battled to a five-all draw at Summers“ in the first game.

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The visitors to be, according to word from Summers e. have been pressing herd in workouts lr. an endeavour to- have their team in 411a bestTgossiwle she e for the contest, cy ll fee the loss of “Pinkie”. Peters", starry goal-tend- er. who, on j the advice of his fphystcian, as been forced to the sidelnes. o team, however, will have an able substitute in Cameron who will-guard the twines.

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, _ o e v- . -' Sumrnerside ls_ hopeful of qirengthening its line-up still fur- fther with the addition of Clarence ~ Windy) Steele who has been turn- g out with the Hogan-coached Zsquad. lteele will be well remem- Jared in these arts having played {on the junior A egwelt team which .won the Maritime-Quebec title in P114136 and~ later lost out to Saint Mikes of Toronto. Since then he has pastlmed with Baltimore Ori- oles Hershey Ears and the Pro- vidence Reds. '

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Th, Summersi’ Kinsmen Kids are ‘hot" after the Maritime Juven- ilc hockey championship. Hopeful of beating out the local Canadians they see little to stop them unless 8t. Mary's Juveniles of Halifax or the Truro Juveniles come up with unexpected opposition. Plans are underway to have these teams play in Bummerside. The Charlie Hogan- Eimer Offer managed squad, how-

wil first test their ' against in a flying visit there -planned for Friday.

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department is in receipt nf

from His Worship Mayor

I ton of the City of Sud-

, Ontario, announcing that the need ating Championship: un- ty of the Amateur Skat- Abodetlon of Canada. will "be

I\ that city Monday and "fivesdimv. Februarv llth and 12th. would like to sec en- trisa hem is municipality h the events to be staged. He suggests that if there is not a Skating Club to help financially that perhaps the municipality itself might assist any promising skater to attend the Canadian Championships. I-lis Wor- ship points out that “any laurels won by e skater naturally reflects

them the game.

In the o ntng period Lesion drew first b ood butthe score was tied two minutes vlater by rter- rlfio Navy onslaught led by Greg- ory. Blanchard and LeCleir, and‘ the teams skated of! the ice at a one-all deadlock. i

In the second stanza. the lieg- ionnaires.took»the lead for the second time when they opened the scoring at the seven minute mark. but the score was again tied four, minutes later after a great noun- ter-ettack by the Navy. The Navy, seemlnglydnjected with a scoring splurge, went into the lead for the first time when Gregory scored on. a pass from LeCiair. but the lcad' was short-lived as the Kid Line of the Prowse squad turned on the heat when a Navy penalty was handed out in the dying seconds] of play. Carver drove the disc- home. on the end of e two-way; effort by Dowling and Shepherd| with only 32 seconds of play left. In the third period the same trio.‘ with th, same advantage. 'ac-, counted or the winning goal.

Wide Open

The first period opened with a brand-of wide. open hockey, both teams missing chances to score in the -0p€l'iil'iK minutes. Gregory, Blanchard and LeClalr. hard-fight- ing first liners for the Navy broke, away fast. catching the lon~. nalres in their own zone, but hey were turned back by Cudmore. For the next few minutes the playi see-sawed back and forth with neither team endangering their‘ opponents. "Buffer" Worth open- ed the scoring about the middle of the canto. climaxinit a smart

lay with Perry. The Legionnalres were really turning it on and the play was well up in the Navy zone-J,

Lineups For ‘ Tonighfs Game

Tentative 111;; for the Sum- merside - Charlottetown h o c k e y lgame at the Forum tonight fol-

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can-own sauna.

credit as,well as publicizes their respective municipalities as assist- ing in clean wholesome recreation \vhich means so much to the Youth and I Citizens of Canada.” i O l- fi

Commenting on the two most frequently asked questions in the N. ll’. L. campaign-What ls keep-

“ lng those Hawks up there at the What‘

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wron with the Marie Leafs? Doug Veug an of the Wndsor Star has th to say.

,0 0 d» 0 “As for the Leafs, their failure ‘to do the things e cted of them v ven a puzze that even Bap Day doesn't seem to

oac ‘; able to solve.

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thi ou can be sure of conce ng tulfeylieafs of his year is that there will be a umber of changes made in the laying cast before another season o s around. Fellows like Swcene

Dchrlner Lorne Carr. Bob Davi -

‘son, a some of the others. are

‘due to be given'the heave-ho. They

definitely seem to have their usefulness.

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"Against the Wings, for instance, lest Sunday Schriner and Carr wer; "in uniform but did not get into action. when asked after the same why he didn't use the two veterans Coach Day neatly side- Elelllled by saying that he couldn't fllure out a forward line combin- ation into which to fit them. That. of course, was ust a lot of eyswash. The blunt trut was that he didn't

think they would help the. club.

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It was re orted earlicr in the season that he Leafs had offered io let the last lace Rangers have either Carr, Sc riner or Davidson.’ But the Rangers politely refused Wmnlbblo xfilarwaliéyflgr all three of n‘ thelllfiqb management

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ronto olub expressed an. interest in their fine rookie centre,"

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Defence J. MacDonald (4) I". Pound (3) .. L. McDonald (d) Andrew (2)

. . Grady . Gaudet

. Mc ‘ (B) Davidson (l0) .. Geislcr (ll) Jay (B) Monteith

Remember When

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Joe Louis 1n J1me. provided the

German with unexpectedly stilt op- tion. oo his preoed koutvictories over Louis

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frankl , were a sorry looking hoc- key cub. They had but one ond forward line—the Bentley brot ers 'snd Mosienko-end little else.

| c e o e- "Bowever slnc, that time, the Chicago club has appeared im rov- ed with each egpearence. Po this ‘improvement t ls observer feels that a good slice of the credit la due to their new coach of this year. Johnnaflotgelig.

“inheriting a band of puckchasers who were blessed with plenty of speed, if little else. Gottsellg hns done a masLerfuYJob of using speed to make the best possible iusle of the neI forward passing ' ru es.

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,"As hockey ls eyed ted , me best possible deyence is “lease. And that is th way the Hawks ‘play the game. y swarm down | he. ice in droves nd keep buzzing so persistently that it is virtually lm ible to employ an organized at cl: aganlst..them." _

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Take. City l League Lead ‘Alisa lngionnllru, stormed into first ptnltton in the Senior City lloekey League last night as flsey defeated tbs Navy 4 to B in one nf

the fastest and most esolflng games of the season. costly tn the hard-fighting [Avior-coached squad and eventually cost

Penalties proved

Loss of the geese leaves the Navy only s mathematical chance of getting a berth intbe played schedule. ‘he hockey was fast and wide opus with the Tara striving diasporafaly to sfava of! defeat.

t Three times in a row Blaoquiere was outguessed by the smart work of Davis, who who really working overtime. The ,Navy once again turned to ower tactics with Greg- ory. LeC r and Blanchard work-. ing hard and their efforts were re worded when Blanchard evened the score on a pass from Gregory. At the last quarter of the period. Navy staved off a Legion spear- head attack when Moore wen‘. to the "cooler" for tripping. Once again they were called upon for outstanding defensive play when Maclieod was benched for interfer- ence and tripping. The period ended with the Navy a man short.

Navy Takes the Lead

Determined to take advantage of the Navy penalty the "Kid Line", Dowling. Carver end Shep- herd lcd the attack, but the Navy held them ofl until they were at full strength. Perry mlssr-d a beautiful chance on one of the nicest plays of the evenlng.Worih skating in on the defense, fcinting a pass and then slipping the disc to Perry who was uncovered, but Perry left it too late and Davis saved the day.

The Navy came back working hard and were rewarded when Hlgson got the tying counter, scor- ina on a pass from Cudmorc.

Following closely on this attack, Gregory slapped the rubber into the net on a pass from LeClair and the Navy were in the lead for the first time, and it looked as if they might hold it, but McDonnell took a penalty for tripping and the Legion evened the score when Carver. Dowiing and Shepherd combined. Carver nettinl the disc at the 19.98 mark.

Penalty Costly

The third period opened with the Navy still short a man and the Leglonnelrea opened with five men up but were turned back by clever defensive play on the part of the Navy. Once again at full strength thc Navy lore in fast and hard in an' effort to take the lead, but a

enaity to Flanagan proved cost-

. The Legion went wide open with five forwards on the ice The Browse strategy paid a fewAsec- onds later when Carver scored on a pass from Dowiinx at the 7.45 mark. The Navy's chance came a few minutes later when L. Mup- Donald was penalized for holding but the Prowse coached squad were ready for such an emergency and staved ofl’ attack after attack. with Cudmormwho up to this time had played an outstanding ilame between the uprights, excelling himself with miraculous saves. Once-again at full strength the Legionnaires went on the offens- ive. The Navy tried desperately to even the score but for the remain- der of the game were held in check by the fast skating, back-checking Legionnaires.

The summary:

1st Period 1—Legionneires, Worth (Perry) 2—Navy, Blanchard (Gregory) Penalties: Moore, MacLeod.

2nd Period

s-Leglonnaires. Blacquicre (J. MacDonald) . 4~Navy, l-llgson (Cudmore) 5-Nav.v. Gregory 02C lr) s-Legionnaires, Carver (Dowling, Shewherd) .. .. Penalties: Weir, ,acDougall.

3rd Period 'l—l..ccionnuircs, Carver _ (Dowlingl . .. 7.4a Pfinaities: Flanagan. L. MacDon- a .

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Imgionsialrea: Goal, Cudmorc; defence, J. MacDonald, Pound. L. MacDonald, A. Andrew; forwards. Stra n, Perry, Worth; Dowlinxz. shepherd, Carver, Monteith, L. Blecquiere, Weir.

Navy: Goal, Davis; defence. McAdam. MacDougail. MecLeod. Moore; forwards, Gregory. Blun- chard. IeClair, Cudmore, Junop, Hlgaon, Flanagan, Gallant, Judson.

Referees: Eerie Browse. Hail Mc- Inns.

' British football

LONDON, Jan. 29—(Beutcrs)-- Bury was eliminated from the fourth round of the Enslis ball Association cup competition toda , despite a 5-4 victory 0W1‘ S eriand in the second same of their total-points series.

Sunderlend won the first game of the round 3-1 thus tskin; "l! aggregate score ‘l-d.

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IDNDON. Jen. 26—(0P)—'I'ilk may be an austerity for sports in Britain. but go have had this bsstnews sine s of

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Weather Balms Postponement ‘ 0f Game it Skids

_ Charlottetown Juvenile cadmium. hedulad to play Bum- merside Juvenile Kinmen last night at Summersid . were unable to make t-he trip because of wee- ther conditiona. It was learned that the team started for the Western Capital by bus but turned back when weather conditions became bad. Snow, driven by I "W118 wind, was blocking the highway.

iianseh Anti Jariiine Rinks Lead ’Spiel

An extra end play in which the Acorn-skipped rink eliminated the Cruikshank rink from further play in the British Consuls Trophy club elimination competition’ highlight- ed the matches played at the Char- lottetown Curling Club yesterday. The match score was 16-13.

A big five end in the eighth fol- lowed by a two-ender all but saw the Acorn foursome coasting home. but the Cruikshank crew in an effort to stave off defeat came fighting back and at the end of regulation play had four rocks in the house es counters to tie ihc score at iii-all. The extra enil saw Acorn raise his own stone to gain a two point margin,

The “hot" Hansen quartette con- tinued to burn up the ice last night by scoring an impressive 17-8 win over the MacIntyre entry.

In another match which was of an upset variety the MacLeod rink fgigiinated the Carruthers rink

The Jardine rink piled up a steady lead in their match with the Anderson rink to withstand n strong finish and eke out a 9-8 win.

Line scores follow:

McLeod 000 100 001 0- 2 Anderson 222 082 110 4-17

020 101 052 O20 2-45 302 010 100 204 0-13

300 100 100 030- 5i 031 061. 041 101—1'7

>010 141 010 040-12 101 000 104 i0!— 9

301 110 011 100-—9 010 001 100 032--—8

Schedule For Today

4 P.M.:— E. Tanton v... 1°‘. dnllsen. I}. Anderson vs. H. McIntyre.

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J F. McLeod vs. F. Acorn. 9 P.M.:- .

Winner of Anderson-Macintyre match vs. loser of Tanton-Hunsen match.

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Acorn Cruikshank

Maclntyre Hansen

MacLeod Carruthcrs

Jardinc Anderson

How They Stand

Hansen Jardine Tnnton . . McLeod Anderson Acorn . . McIntyre Carruthers Cruikshank

“Babe”, Przitt is Expelled From ii. ii. L.

(By The Canadian Presal

MONTREAL. Jan. Zii-Waltar (Babe) Pratt. defence player with tho Toronto Maple Lcnf‘ Hockey Club. “has been expell- ed from the National Hockey LCIKIIB and the. Toronto Maple Loaf Hockey chin. Wt. for conduct prejudicial to the wel- fare hockey,” it was an- nounced hv Marvyn (Red) Dut- ton, N. ILL. president.

r. Dutton made the Iii-lei announcement tnday at thc h. H. L. offices here. and gave no further details regarding thc

pulsion of thc 30-year-old player.

Pratt, a native of Stoney Mountain. Mann joined the Leafs during the 1941-42 season after n seven-year record with New York Ran era.

ills record r the present season shown that he played

during which he wand three goals and 11 ns- slate for a total of 14 points. llo received a penalty total of 28 minutes.

Two years a Pratt had the higfsest nlsm r of points reached by any defenceman in any one season-Bl points. made up of 17 goals and 40 assists. Lest year his record showed 1B goals and 23 assists for a total of l‘! points-

TOIIONTO, Jan. Bit-ml‘)- Tlsa Toronto Mala Leaf llnc- lray Club of the ational lloc-

ne today announced the expulsion of defencemnn Walter (label Pratt from the N L. nt Mervyn

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GUARDlAN

ST. LOUIS. Mo., Although the American League Tigers won the World's Series, the National Lea- gue qualified with seven out of thc ll players on the 1045 All- Star team of The Sporting News, chosen by 216 members of the Baseball Writers‘ Association of America. Thc Cubs, who bowed to the Tigers in the fall classic. placed three to two by the Detroit club. The Cardinals also landed two and the Braves, Dodgers, Yard kees and Red Sox one each. Members of the twenty-first an- nual All-Star team of The Sport- ing News, announced today, are: Ouifielders Tommy Holmes. Braves; Andy Pafko, Cubs, and Goodwin Rosen, Dodgers; first base-Phil Cavaretta, Cubs; second base-George Stlrnwelss, Yankees; Shorstop—Marty Marion, Cardin- als; third basc- George Kurow- ski, Cardinals; catcher, Paul Rich- ards, Tigers; pltchefs - Hal New- houser, Tigers; Dave Ferriss, Red

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Local iioop Doubleheader For Tonight

Competiton in the Citv Basket- ball League will be renewed w- nighi; with another doubleheader on the bill of fa-re.

rince of Wales College. with- out a win to date will meet the Navy at a p.m. in the first game, while the Arabs and the Y will play a-t 9. All three teams, Navy. Arabs and Y are tied for second place in the standing each with two points. The Saints are out in front wtll four. having won both men- games to date.

Tonight's games coulcl result in one of thi.» second place teams Wk- Lng over undisputed possession of thc second place. or two teams can emerge tied for the second 191MB

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Boxing World saddened By Phelan’s Death

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -(CP) — Death of MillvGfll. John J. Pheian. former chairman of the New York State Athletic Commis- sion, saddened the boxing vircrld today almost a year to the day af- ter he had been honored for “long and meritorious service." to the

sport.

Phelan had been in poor health since last April, Although he was 73 years old ltc had continued to serve as a member of the Ccirnmis- sion and had b:en active until shortly befcre his death.

Although qften criticized durin his ill-year career as head man o boxing in New York State. Phelan had earned ihe genuine respect of the promoters. managers. fighters and other m: bars of the fistic clan by his honesty.

Always a foe of the gambler and opposed to misconduct in the ring. Phelan personally supervised al the clubs in the State large and small. goirg so far as to inspect the degree of tightness of the ring

c es.

hen the late Al IBummy) Davis roughed up the referee and Fritzie Zivic in a pier 9 brawl. Phelan had the fighter suspended "for llfe" and fined $2.500. the toughest penalty ever handed out- lay the Commesion at that time. although Davis was reinstated in a er

In B33 he succeeded James A. Farley as chairman of the Com- mission and remained at that post until Governor Thomas E. Dewe

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named Eddie Eagan to the job. The Governor retained Phelan. a Demccrat to fill out the unexpired tel-m of Commissioner D aLker Wear who resigned.

Phclan joined the United States National Guard as a. private in the 69th Regirgnt in 1005 and re- tired as a mayor General in 1936. During the First Great War he was commander of the 69th, New

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Sport Briefs

WlNNiPl-JG, Jan. 29--iCP>—-Tl1c '1946 Dominion track and field ohampionihips, revival of mo com. Dfititlmt or the first time since 1939, will be held in Hamilton. Ont, ncxt summer, it was en- "Owwvd today by G. s. Halter. resident of the Amateur Athletic nion of Canada.

BROOKLYN, Jan, 29-(AP) l-lyman Barshay, counsel for Leo Durocher. said today that a con- templated oivil action against iihe manager of thc Brooklyn Base fllublb £11? (Zhristllan, a Dodger an nur n an aiaged f ht at lobbets Field last summer, he's been settled out of court.

MONTREAL, Jan, ZW-(CP) —By lacing orders early, National

ockey League clubs have had a sufficient number of hockey sticks to carry on this aellon wliihmii. too sreat difficulty, it was stated ad iihs League headquarters hers

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BASKETBALL

‘ TONIGHT 8 p. m.- r. w. o. aunrroatuts NAVY vs P, W. C. AiiABS vs “Y”

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Newhouser led in thc voting, with I16 out of a possible 21B. Cavarctr ta was next in favor, with 201 votes, and Holmes was third, with 188. The closest balloting center ed around third base, for which Kurowski nosed out Stan Hack of the Cubs by two votes, 105 to 1B3. The widest difference of opinion was registered for the catchers. ten being named, with Richards winning the nomination tron-i 81 writers, followed by Mike Tresh of the White Sox with 38, Frank Hayes of the Indians with 3'1.

Marion and Newhouser were the only repeaters from the 1944 All- Star beam, four-Stan Musial, Dick W afield, Bobby Doerr and Walk- e Cooper being in the service. Of t e five 1944 members not peeting. Dixie Walker of the Dodg- ers came the closest to qualifying again, finishing only two votes be- hnd Rosen for the third outfield position.