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Centre Bobby Hull of Chicago|treal Canadiens
By RON ANDREWS weeks ago, are out in front for Canadian Press Staff Writer | the first time. Now they have to TORONTO (CP) Toronto| prove they can stay there. Maple Leafs, on the short end of] Leafs, riding a three-game win- the odds since they started their/ning streak, go into Stanley Cup playoff drive three'sixth game of their
semi
SPORT ECHOES
BY NORMAN MACDONALD
THE OLD CRYSTAL BALL is behaving nobly end our pre-
The Punch Imlach-coached yet. They know that full well off at the mouth.
However, Leafs had to win one at Boston. They did that Thursday and now must be c favourites to advance to the final.round. Their big chance comes tonight when they entertain Bruins ir Maple Leafs Gardens before a jam-packed audience.
: We are confident this is it\tonight. We ealled it in six for the Toronto crew and despite those\first two losses, we held on to that prediction. We know it’s e big order winning four straight from the bruising Bruins but that’semactly what those Leafs are planning on doing. It’s really an outlandish thing for this Toronto team to do but who's big enough ‘to stop them. We don't
HOWEVER, Milt Schmidt's boys will likely made their bid strong tonight. They don’t have to what’s going on. Lose this one tonight skates for the season. This is their last other if they falter before this howling
Perhaps, Thursday they didn’t pudent right in Boston. Before they Toronto had the game pretty well get going. Perhaps they were saving it
ONE THING is certain. The Bruins will their command to square this best-of-seven
im this light. They want no more trips to Beantown and they'd have to make one if they failed Oa an is Oe There'll be no cockiness about these T y ; Queen City this_evening. They see those Stanley Cup finals with- in their grasp and over confidence won't be a cause if they fail
to iand the finals berth tonight. -
ist in the Evening Patriot. Tuesday adiens as winnérs and neither one got y his neck went out again for the Bruins our friend was off the beam. Friday he moaned loud and long concerning
te town, terming the affair “‘one of hockey that we ever watched on a professional or semi-profes- sional level.” :
That’s a fairly large. statement and one that’s mighty hard to digest. We feel the outcome of the contest had a lot to do with our friend’s opinion. When Toronto lost that 5-1 decision in Boston 4n. the opener, there wasn’t too much talk about how horrible the game was. But that 41 decision Thursday sent the Evening- ‘Patriot sperts columnist rushing to his typewriter to pound out his condemnation of the entire game.
HOWEVER, Maple Leafs aren't a bit worried whether the game pleased the television audience or not. They’ll gladly settle for another victory of the same calibre tonight. The author of Sports Views and Reviews won't have to look at this one because the game Canadian fans will see tonight will feature the Can- adiens and the Black Hawks.
- In this one, he calls for a Chicago victory and with that pre- diction we can’t find too much fault. This series seems destined to go the full seven games with the Blakemen emerging as top
dogs.
THE CANADIENS got a terrific first period jump on Ruby Pilous’ gang but from there on the Chicago ‘club outscored the Homesters 2-0.
On Chicago ice and with thousands of home fans howling .for them, the Hawks should knot the series at three games each and force the clincher for Tuesday at Montreal.
Regardless of: the outcome the Black Hawks did a really fine job in this series. They were not expected to cause the Ganadiens too much trouble but they have worried the Mon- trealers continually since that second game.
_ You can’t count them out yet, but they have a really tough assignment on théir- hands if they want to be the Stanley finalis's against the Toronto-Boston survivor.
Cup _- NOW, some are crying to get Harry Lumley out of Bos- ton. nets. The veteran who starréd in the first four games of the series had just a fair night on Thursday and the wise ones are howling for his scalp. Up to Thursday, Old. Lum was just ee ernie cee gece eae ae We OOS Se,
Toronto netminder.
Yet, the cries are going wp te get him out of there and throw Don Simmons.
’ We think the Leafs would wekume such a change.
- INTO THE BOARDS
during first per- Black Hawks slams into forward|iod action in the National Hoc- Bernie Geoffrion (right) of Mon-jkey League semi-final game at
Boston Is No Soft Touch’ Warns Leaf Pilot Imlach
tonight’s | set
| MacKay, Elmer MacKay and
Chicago March 31. In the net is| Montreal goalie Jacques Plante.
fsenies against Boston Bruins with: a 3-2 lead. If they win the game they'll again ruin the odds-ma- kers by taking the best-of-seven
The team, however, doesn’t consider the series a cinch.
“None of us will be happy until we've won the series for sure,” said eoach Punch Imlach Friday before putting his team through an hour-long practice. ‘The play- ers are confident they can win but they’re not taking those Bruins for granted.
NO SOFT TOUCH
“Boston is no soft touch. Those guys have a reputation for bounc- ing back when the outlook is darkest. But then, we haven't done too badly in that depart- mem ourselves.”
Three weeks ago Leafs were considered also-rans for the 1958- 1959 National Hockey League sea- son. They were in fifth place, seven points out of the fourth and last playoff spot.
Chicago went on to win the game
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DOWN THE
BACK STRETCH
Rockingham Park, Salem, Hampshire, opened their season’s racing yesterday with a good at- tendance, considering the condi- tions. Horses are continually mo- ving in, and expectations are that, given good weather, it will be the most successful season of all time.
According to the Moncton pap- ers, Moncton Raceway may not operate this season, Frank Ryd- er, who has been mainly respon- sible for keeping harness
to the front in the Hub City, sta- ted in an interview that the pos- sibility of racing at the Dieppe ~4| oval this season is still indefinite »*| Walter B. Cluff, the president, _-|and Les Stiles, the vice-presi- end dem, of the Moncton track, both *|of Woodstock, N.B., are out of the province at the present time, and decisions will be \indefinite until] they return.
We sincerely hope that harness racing enthusiasts in Moncton will get together and have the Dieppe oval in operation this year, and in the future..
FOUND - DEAD
Edwin Myer, of Ridgeville Del- awere, was found dead last Monday in a field off Burming- tham Parkway in Brighton, Mass. The medical examiners aid he had died of lobar pneumonia. His body was discovered by two 12- year-old boys strolling near the Charles River.
Edwin Myer took up harness racing at an early age, follow- ing the footsteps of his father, and was one of nine sons who had driven in harness racing on, tracks throughout the United Sta- tes. He was born July 17, 1909 at Ridgeville, Del.,: which was his residence. 2
Last year he made 196 starts, was 48 times first, 46 times sec- ond and 44 times third for an excellent percentage of 450. His stable earnings were $25,208. A brother, Allan Myer, was one of the most prominent drivers in the East last season, winning 71 first, 84 senconds and 79 thirds. :
And-here is sbmething that will
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drive—combined with the sudden collapse of New York Rangers— landed Leafs a spot in the play- offs. The odds-makers figured the Bruins, who finished in the No. 2 spot, would knock off the Tor- onto club.
Meanwhile Bruins arrived here late Friday afternoon by plane and almost immertiately held a practice. The confidence they had after winning the series-Opening two games at Boston was missing but they weren’t giving an inch.
“Maybe the Leafs will find out they're not the only ones who can fight back,”’ said coach Milt Schmidt. ‘‘We had a bit of a let-;make Johnny Mulligan of Kin- down in the last couple of days| kora, owner of Jollity, feel proud. but we know we have to win the! In the April issue of ‘‘Hoofbeats” next one. I think\I can get the| appears a list of leading si team up for that game.”’ in 1958, and under the headi
Schmidt is contemplating|—‘‘Leading Sires of New a changes in his lineup for the| Reduced Standard Record P er- sixth game.~He said probably | formers in 1958’'—(with thirty or wouldn't decide who would be in-; more), we find Jollity the sire volved until this afternoon. of two trotters and thirty-three
If Bruins win the sixth game,|pacerx for a total of 35.
They won their last five games of the regular schedule and that
The Curran and Briggs trophy was won by a Summerside rink skipped by Eric Johnston at the Maritime Mixed Bonspiel at the Summerside Curling Club last evening. Other members of the rink were Rita Silliphant, Lioyd Lawless and Mill Carver.
Windsor, Nova Scotia, provid- ed the runners-up with Dr. Mike Smith, skip, and Dora Chaplain, Dave Miller and Eleanor Smith assisting.
The first consolation prizes were won by an Alberton four- some, Fred Millman skip, Vera Ruth Millman completing the rink personnel.
Second consolation prizes went to a Charlottetown rink skipped by Earle MacLeod. Joyce Cody, Larry Campbell and Velma Campbell completed the four- some \
Arnold Maclernan of Sum- merside and his rink won third consolation prize s. Beth Mac- Leod, Ralph Somers and Marion MacLennan were the other mem- bers of the team.
CANNON IS M.C.
Earl Cannon, president of the local club, acted as master of ceremonies and E.P. Foley, M. L.A,, presented the C and B Tho- phy to the winning rink. The rinks that won trophies qn the four. days of competition; will play for the Mapco Trophy to- day, and the week’s activities will end up with a banquet and dance.
Results of yesterday's play: 9 A. M.
Maynard MacMillan (C) 2, EF;
MIXED CURLING
7 P. M.
Ice 2 — Don Wonnacott, Millie Blakney, G. Vessey, T. Rossiter, vs. Mel Jenkins, Joyce Coady, A. Humphrey, K. Douglas.
Ice 3 — Lyall Steeves, Doris
Summerside Curling Four Wins Curran Bruggs Trophy
a seventh and deciding contest} The top of the list, of course, will be at Boston Tuesday night.|is taken by Adios, with six trot- ters and seventy-six pacers for a total of &. Next comes Rod- ney, with sixty trotters and eight pacers for atotal of 3%.
Below Jollity on the list are such prominent United States sires as Algiers,. with’ thirty- four; De Sota Hanover, thirty-
Johnston, (S) 9; C. Ives, ‘S) 11 three; Jimmy Chief, thirty-two;
A. Humphrey (‘C) 4; A. Mac- Hal. thirt : s Alpha j y-one; Colby Han- ee 8, E. Tanton (@) 5. over, thirty; Good time, thirty;
Earle MacLeod ‘C) 11. George Wiknington, dirty.
Schraeder (New Glasgow, N.S.)
- Here is the U.S.T.A. definition
of a “standard record’’—"‘A stan- dard record is a record of 2.20 or faster, for two-year-old, and
Fred Millman (A) --, L. LeBlanc (Moncton) 12; Earl Cannon 1,
Dr. Smith (W) 8. 4 |2.16 or faster for ali dther ages. 1 P. M. However, any race-winning re-
E. Tanton ‘C) 11, George|cord in a purse race, acquired Schraeder ‘NG) 5; M.. Mac-| at a mile distance in 2.20 or fas-
Millan (C) 11, A. Humphrey (C) 10 E. Johnston (S) 13 Claude
ter, shall be considered a stand- ard record, and’ credit shall be
Ives (C) 4 given to the sire and dam for 3:00 P. M. an additional performer.” F. Millman (A) 7, E. Cannon,
The harness horsemen of On- tario are considerably perturbed by the fact that Premier Frost will not permit night racing. The reason he gives is that the big American racing rings, which, he charges are: ‘shot through with igiali and corruption’, will move in and take over.
Mr. Frost, when the matter was brought up in the House, thundered: “I am not going to allow those American operators to send horses into this prov- ince to make suckers of our lit- tle people’.
As a matter of fact, the num- ber of American horses that would race in Toronto at a night racing plant would be few, as nearby tracks in Michigan- offer ‘!much bigger purses than Ontatio could provide, and plenty of op- portunities to race for the hores owned in that state.
The opinion is that the thor-
(S) 5, E. Johnston 11, A. Mac- Lennan (S) 6 E. MacLeod (C) 6, L. LeBlane (M) 14.
5:00 P. M.
L. LeBlanc (M) 8, Dr. Smith (W) 10; M. MacMillan, ‘C) Fd Tanton (C) 11 C. Ives ‘S) 8. A Humphrey 1. é 7.00 P.M.
A E. MacLennan (S) 6, E. Can’ non 5; G. Schraeder (NG) 2, E. MacLeod (C) 7 E. Tanton (C) 3, F. Millman (A) 7.
9. P.M.
A. E. MacLennan (S) 5, L. Le Blane (M) 4; F. Johnston (8) 7, Dr. Smith (W) 3; C. Ives (S) 6, E. MacLeod (C) 7. .
Easy Spur .. Heads Field
MIAMI, Fla. (AP)—James D. Norris’ Easy Spur headed a field of nine three-year-olds entered to- day for tine $100,000-added Florida Derby to be run over a mile and a furlong at Gulfstream Park to- day.
Easy Spur, with Bilt Hartack making up most of his 122 pounds, drew the No. 1 post position and was a 9 - to - § favorite to ship Brookmeade’s Sword Dancer, Bayard Shanp’s Troilus, Ada L, Rice’s Rare Rice and five others.
largest and most expensive track in Canada, are adverse to giving harness racing a chance to in- crease in popularity through night racing. But bitter ‘frost’ is al- ways succeeded by spring, and then summertime, so gon’t give up hope, you Ontario owners of harness horses.
Upwards of one hundred owners and drivers of harness hor-
Doyle, I. Dowling, .M. Vessey, vs. Leslie Doyle, Ann Steeves, M. Pursey, J. Ives.
Iee 4 — J. Gorill, Pat Wynne. D. Douglas, M. MacDonald vs. L. Blakney, Alice Trainor, I. Duffy, K. Douglas.
Iee 5 — A. Saunders, Grace! MacKay, L. Jenkins, M. Buell, | vs. L. Turner, Dorothea Stewart, B. Humphrey, M. Doyle. — sub Cris Phillips.
8:30 P. M.
Ice 2 — Open.
Ice 3 — Art Love, M. Ives, A. Garrett, B. Monaghan, vs. H. Peters, V._Andrew,) J. Higgins, M. Garrett. 4
Ice 4 — L.. MacPhail, M."Eng- land, N. MacLeod, J. Higgins,
With nine starters, the winning owner will net $75,300, with $20.- 000 to second and $10,000 to third.
ses in this province attended a meeting in the Clover Club, Char- lottetown, last Tuesday night,
SPRING SHOE SALE!
BROKEN LINES CLEARING:
OXFORDS, LOAFERS, BALLERINAS _s‘|
ALSO MEN’S, BOYS’ AND ° CHILDREN’S SHOES
vs. B. Acorn, M. Jardine, E. Thigson, A. Maclean. lee § — Cam MacLean, M Toole, H. MacDonald, Hilda Fraser, vs) Doug Fraser, I. Mac- Donald, L. Campbell, M. Mac- Leod. — sub, J. Ginley, ~
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Last year Sackville Downs led with $138,912 paid out in purses; Saint John was second with $105,- 400; Charlottetown was third with
"| Car ‘iens left for Chicago Fri- day, guardedly optimistic about their chances of ending their Stanley Cup semi - final series against the Black Hawks with a
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changes,”’ said coach Toe Blake of. Canadiens. make more Kenny sMosdell in place of rookie Ralph Backstrom.”
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tonight a.
nadiens led th-. best-of-seven 32 following their 42 vic- over Hawks here Thursday -~One—more win for-Cana- would clinch the series and in the Stanley Cup final eitt -- Toronto ot Boston. “I don’t plan any lineup
“But I plan to e of veteran centre
Chicago Black Hawks Face Elimination By C
Beliveau was sidelined sibly for the season — with two fractured vertebrae. Veteran Maurice Richard, recovering from a fractured ankle, is not to see a .on in the Chicago series.
record Canadiens should be heavy favorites to end the series quickly. In 14 games against the Hawks this season, Canadiens won eight, lost one and tied five. They didn’t lose a game during the regular season in Chicago.
gone by the boards in the play-
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On the basis of the’ season's
Pilous. ‘“‘The Canadians are not always going to have things their own way.”
Canadiens, who fired all their goals in the first period Thurs-
But the season’s records have
May, and to continue until the
more money, With recent and additions, Charlottetown
track will show some of the fast- est free-for-all pacers in training
basketball squad carry an eight point lead into tonight’s battle with Saint Dunstan’s.
collegiate champions Maritimes, downed the local Red and White at the S.D.U. gym 60- 52 in the first of a two-game total Point series for the Nova Scotia — Prince Edward Island Senior ‘B’ crown.
ans, heavy favourites to trounce the. Father Walter MacGuigan coached outfit, ran into a deter- mined bunch of local hoopsters
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The Antigonish scholars, inter- of the
However the visiting collegi-
ersthat will fill in the slower Ka ; bd = the X-men all the) goscit With spring arriving, the track] Saint Dunstan's jumped into| Earl Nicholson and _Donnie
should be in condition next week
some of the horses being stepped in lively fashion along the back- stretch these days. It is in good shape, but they have to ease up coming into the homestretch.
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mare, June Morning 2.04 3-5, and her progeny. It was written by a talented young lady who is a schoolteacher, and looks after the publicity for the Northern Maine Fair at Presque Isle. The clip- ping goes as follows:
‘Simonson Bros. are large pro- ducers of potatoes in Arostook County. Both in their sixties now, they have farmed and raised their children and grandchildren in this county for generations. They are also producers of the finest. potatoes.
‘In the harness racing field they have a well-earned reputation for raising excellent performers, and among-the fast horses that they have owned are - Tab Hanover 2.02; Private George 2.02; Cadet
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Chris Gallant, Fred MacMillan,
L. Doyle, B. Partridge.
3: derson, Dr. O’Hanley, B. Philips vs. Allison MacDonald, Bob Le- Clair, C. Praught, J.W. Carr.
Mellish, S. Carson, N.
Don Wannacott, O.K.Presby, K. Myers, P. Whitlock.
Iee 4 — R. A. Meleod, R. Boyne, L. MacPhail, B. Daley,-
vs. W. R. Burnett, R. Chambers, W. Scantlebury, Dr. Drysdale.
son, H. Howatt, N. MeLeod, vs.
offs. It has been strictly a homer
an early lead but the hustling
and led 31-27 at the half. The Nova Scotians again enjoyed a four-point margin in the closing session, outscoring their oppon- ents 29-25,
ly classy performer, was pointgetter With 26; Saint Dun- stan’s Gerry Tingley and Gil Col- lins were next in line with 18 and 18 respectively.
es tonight at 8 o'clock with the Red and White determined to do something about the eight point
day night, were not particularly gleeful over their night’s work. . = Defenceman Doug Harvey, who. assisted on three of Canadiens’, goals, heaved with exiaustion at the end of the game.
“We're getting closer,” he said, “that’s what counts.”’
Bill Skowron Is Bothered —
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Bil Skowron, injured New York Yankees first baseman, vill be flown home Sunday for further treatment of a strained back musc’>.
It is stilt doubtful Skowron will be ready to open the season’ April 10.
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ntigonishers soon got it back
Davenport of St. F. X., a real- top
The teams resume their seri-
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Yes, all things point to a very 5: Davenport, 26 Fosh 12; vs. J. S. MacDonald, M. R. Mc- | ?: 2 oe a lively race season: _}Guigan, Russ Spilleti, H. Spillet cm * pees 4; Sanborn We are delighted to have a let-| lee 3~— H.C. Atkinson, F. Can- | — , - ter from our good friend, Cecil| 20”: J. Gorrill, H. Harford vs. H. McGinley, Houlton, Maine. He Qr. Giddings, Wm. Haywood, W. writes: “I enclose a clipping| Willis. L. Johnston. — most inexpensive from the Bangor Daily News,| ie ¢— Wf Jeowine. | Chas. : a. e}/ o Ge . ° wiing, telling about that grand old rac<| Vs” Ken MacDonald, Geo. Dillon.|| salesman you can
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