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The Royals-Rangers series which has been idle since last saturday will finally get rolling tonight with the third game of this current series starting at 7:30 at the Sports Arena.
In the opening encounter of this series the Royals had it all over the New Glasgow squad, giving them an 8-3 trouncing. The Ran- gers, rusty from a three week: layoff, quickly recovered and in the next contest turned the tables; on the Royals and took a 6-5 vic-| to1‘y- I
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The Rangers’ proved themselves to be worthy opponents for the Royals, having knocked off the
Amherst Ramblers in the Allan
cup playoffs, and putting on a V€1'Y good show against Hull Le-
.gionnaires. The Rangers will be
seeking another feather in their hat when they clash in the next two encounters tonight and Fri- day.
The Royals on the other hand have a few things to be proud of, having overpowered Sumrnerside Aces for the Island Crown. They
Recall Marathon Feats As The’Big Day Nears
Sir: The Boston Marathonwas in the news in 1907. just as it is
today.
The race that year was pro- bably the most unusual and dis- puted Boston Marathon ever run. Tom Longboat wasn‘t given much chance to win by the ex- perts.
At Framingham Longboat was pacing the field with a lead of perhaps 20 yards. Bob Fowler of Cambridge, Mass, was second. Below Farmingham, railroad tracks crossed the main road on which the Marathoners were run- ning. While the runners were still 100 yards from the tracks, a shrill whistle of a freight engine started shrilling, warning all, it was pulling a load of cars and to clear the main road. Longboat heard it and started to sprint. He arrived at the track just a split second before the engine and with one mighty surge just crossed the tracks as a bewild- ered engineer pulled on the rope that led loud toots out of the whistle. The Indian was still a- head of Fowler, but now he was on the other side of the tracks and a freight tra-in was between them.
Perhaps if that freight train hadn’t upset the 1907 Marathon it would have been a close duel between Longboat and Fowler. As it was, the Indian went on to win it in 2.23:24, five minutes fas- ter than the course had ever been covered before. Fowler fin- ished gamely several minutes la- ter and Marathon fans of that" day had something to talk over for many a month to come. They are still talking about it today.
‘The first Maritime barn 1-un- ner ever to win the Boston Mara- thon was the late Dr. Ronald J. MacDonald of Antigonish, NS. That was back in 1898 and his time was clocked at 2 hours, 42
breath asking the runners “How come you’re doing this”? One runner told him “I’m r-unni-ng be- cause my mother - in - law asked me”. Another replied “I’m run- ning because I'm a darn fool.” One thing is certain the run- ners don’t compete for money. There’s no money involved. All the winner gets is a gold medal, at big wreath and bowl of stew. But year after year Mara-t'hon'ers keep coming back to run.
The name of Johnny Kelly has appeared on the race roster for 23 years and “Mr. Marathon” a-s he is known to long distance run- ners, has won the event twice and placed second seven times Why does he run? Last year the 49 year old Kelly ‘said he was running because it was a nice day. There were 140 in the race and Johnnyiplaced 13th.
One of the greatest stories that ever came from the Marathon concerned a man who didn’t run for any of those reasons. Stylianos Kyria Ki-des was born in Greece where the ‘Marathon started. He trained by running from house to house as he check- ed light meters in Athens. The company that employed Styl-ianos sent him to America in 1946 just after the war. He won for Greece.
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minutes. The course was then 24.- 8 miles long. In 1910 Freddie L. Cameron of Amherst, N.S., took top honors. His was 2 hours 7.8 minutes., 55 2-5 seconds. ~
‘Johnny Miles took top honors in 1926 and again in 1929, al- though the record books list Miles» as a resident of Cape Breton, he is a Canadian by adoption only. He was actually born in Bali- fax,‘ England.
Easily ‘the two best long dis- tance runners that Prince Ed - ward Island ever produced were the late Michael Thom-as and John Paul. The records show that Thomas was the only run-
_ ner ever to win the Halifax Mod-
ified Marathon three times in a row. The years were 1910, 1911,_ 1912. He competed twice in the Boston Marathon, the first time "in 1909 he placed 19th and the fol-. lowing year he was 26th.
Mr. Paul won the Halifax Her- ald Marathon in 1940 and 1945. He competed three times in the Boston Marathon. The first time out in 1936 he placed thirteenth. In 1940 he ran almost an hour a-nd was forced out by blistered feet. In his third and last try in 1946‘?
John finished 23th. ‘
Road racers are among the hardiest of athletes, because they run for fun. They’1l run in any sortof weather come rain or shine. Tl1ey’ll plod when it’s too hot for mad dogs and they’ll run when snow flakes give others the
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Can you recall of a road race.
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also took the Northside Com- bines to the ‘cleaners’ in the ‘Mar- itime quarter-finials. Thé Royals will_ be seeking to polish off the New Glasgow squad and take the final step in their attempt to take home the Maritime Title. Should they win the next two games, they will then clash with the Bath- urst Papermakers, winner of the New Brunswick Crown.
This should be a very exciting game and hockey fans should at- tend these next two games and back their team to the hilt. A cheering crowd boosts a team’s morale and seems to give them extra energy to play harder than ever even though. on the losing end of a contest. It’s been a long time since an ‘Island team has held the Maritime title. and those who would like to see the title come to this fair Island should line up for their tickets to this important game.
Once again. the game starts at 7:30 and let all hockey fans make
an appearance at the Sports Arena tonight: ,.
All Games In Full On TV
TORONTO (CP) —— The CBC said Wednesday that today’s and Sundays N atio n al Hockey League Stanley Cup final games will be telecast in full.
The Thursday game, at Mont- real starts at 9:30 p.m. AST with Sunday’s, sixth game of the se- ries in Boston, starting at 9 p.m. AST.
The best-of-seven series is tied 2-2. ‘
Bold’ Venture Run Saturday
FORT ERIE, Ont. (CP) —The $5,000 Bold Vertture_handicap, the first stakes event of the Canadian thoroughbred racing season is scheduled for the Fort Erie Jockey Club Saturday. The Bold
Venture will be a sprint of five furlongs.
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BY NORMAN MACDONALD
Once in a blue moon we be- come endowed with the gift of
l71‘0Dllecy. Not often enough to‘
rent a crystal ball and put up our shingle. Just to remind sports -fans, we picked the Bums to win the World Series In seven games in 1955. and verily it was even so. Tuesday we. were asked to venture a prognostication of the winner of the Stanley Cup game, with
the score. The Bruins, 3-1 we-
said just like that. You mem- bers ot the gambling frater- nity. don’t call us. We‘ll call you.
As a matter of fact, we think we were mistaken in that 3-1 prophecy, and so was the goal judge and Red Storey. If Top- pazini didn’t score a four goal for the Bruins, we’d better turn in our television set. Of course, no one can be absolutely sure about a thing that happens so quickly, but we saw, or thought we saw, the net sag. A lot of people looking at_ television agreed with me, some .people sitting behind the not, who could have been all Bean- towners, also agreed, and Dan- ny Gallivan and Frank Selke, Jr. also felt sure the puck had gone in. Storey was lucky the goal didn’t really matter‘. Okay, we admit Storey and the goal judge were nearer the play than we were, about 800 miles nearer if you want to get technical._
.We’ve decided to invent a new game -- for minor hockey players. There will no he goal- tender, the net will be, say 8 inches wide, and players in or- der to score must shoot from at least fifteen feet out. After seeing the Rocket iln those stanley cup games, were con- vinced that low accurate shoot- ing is a very important asset to any hocloey player. Baseball pitchers spend hour after hour getting their pitches in the strike zone and finally some of them can pitch t o a particu- lar (spot seven times out of eight. Our hockey players would do well to ptractise precision shooting a lot more than they do. It pays off in the case of Mauzrilce Ridhard who at
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is certainly a lethal dose of} hockey player when he getsf within range. ‘
We don't keep the Rocket's picture in the back of our watch. We’ve always been on the Howie side of the famous controversy. But we’re building up a lot of respect for the Canadien star by watching him on television. He ‘stays in the “big time” at
his age because he is letting his head take some of the burden off his legs. Billed
through the years as a blood and thunder battler who scored goals through sheer dominance of energy and hustle, the Roc- ket is also cool and claculating when he has to be.
Probable Pitchers
NEW YORK (AP) — Probable pitchers for today’s major league games (last year’s won-lost rec- ords in brackets): ’ American League Detroit at Chicago—Lary (ll- 16) or Foytack (14-11) vs Wynn (14-17) Kansas City at Cleveland —- Maas (10-14) vs Grant (0-0) Washington at Baltimore (nfgltt)-S-tobbs (8-20) vs Pappas (Obi New York at Boston-—Kucks (8-10) vs Brewer (16-13) ‘ National League Pittsburgh at Milwaukee-Law
Division III Southern
Crystal P 2 Queens P R 3 Exeter 2 Shrewsbury 1 Gillingham 1 Bournemouth 1 Norwich 5 Newoprt 2 Southend 2 Plymouth 1 Torquay 1 Northampton 0 Aldershot 2 Colchester 1
Division III Northern
Chester 2 Rochdale 0 Chesterfield 0 Southport 0 Wrexham 2 York City 2
Scottish League Division I
Motherwell 4 Queens PK 1 East Fife 2 Falkirk 1 Hibernian 1 Dundee 1 Rangers 4 Raith R 1
Clyde 3 Kilmarnock 2 _ Queen of S 4 Celtic 3
Thd Lanark 3 Airdrieondians 1 Aberdeen 0 Hearts 4 _
Division II
E Stirling 3 Hamilton 1 Forfar 0 Dunfer-miline 1 Dundee 1 Alloa 7 Stirling 2 Stra-nreer 1 Ayr 0 Berwick 0 ' Cowdenbeath 3 Arbroath 2 Montrose 1 Morton 2
(10-8) vs Bundetzte (17-8) _ Chicago attst. Louis (night)- Hobbie (15-9) Los Angeles at San Francisco ' -—Newcombe (11-12) vs Antonelli- (12-18) ' '
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MONTREAL (CP) —- Defence- man Dollard St. Laurent of Mont- real Canadiens suffered a frac- ture of the left cheek bone in Tuesday night's Stanley C up game in Boston, x-ray examina- tion show-ed Wednesday. I-Ie’s out of the finals.
It is the second cheek - bone fracture for the defenceman in a month. The right cheek-bone was
fractured in a game in Montreal March 15 against Chicago Black Hawks.
St. Laurent was injured Tues- day when he was checked by Leo Labine of Boston Bruins. Cana- diens spokesmen said Labine‘s elbow caught St. Laurent. The Montreal player fell to the ice. He also suffered a slight concus- sion.
He accompanied his teammates
Trout Fishing Contest Is Helcl
The Evening Patriot's annual trout fishing contest once again proved’ highly successful, with some really fine trout brought to the newspaper’s offices for judg- ing yesterday at noon.
Eddie Michael of Charlottetown had by far the greatest display and chances are he would have copped more than one prize if the contest rules had allowed. As
and cleanest fish. ,
Top award for the largest went to Steve Thorns also of Charlotte- town, His entry weighed an even two pounds.
Herb Poole and Clarence Reid both of the City were first and second respectively in the best- catch of three competition and “Tuddy" MacKinnon, Charlotte- town and E. Walker, Charlotte- town, R.R. 6 were 1-2 in the class- ification, the best catch of ten or more trout. ,
Contest judges were Ralph Jen- kins, Bruce Wonnacott and Frank
is was Eddie got first for the best
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being cancelled because of “in-E ’ clement elements” as the meteor-l ologists say? The answer is No! The Boston Marathon has been held under all conditions, under conditions that would scare a sled dog or frighten a sphinx.
The gruelling 26-mile 385 yard road race is considered the Ken- tucky Derby of long distance run- ning. Some 150 runners from as far away as Korea and Sweden, will jam up the starting line in rural Hopkinton, Massachusettes at noon Saturday. About two-and- one half hours and many sore legs later about half of them will end up at the finish line in Bos- ton.
The Marathon celebrates two things. One is Paul Revere's fam- ous ride in the revolutionary war that warned the Colonials th at the British were coming. The race is held on the Anniversary of the ride, Patriots Day in Mas- sachusetts. The Marathon also celebrates a gent named Phei- dippides. a legendary Greek Hero. According to tradition Pheidip-
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Ded dead. ‘For 62 years now, the Boston Marathon has been run to cele- brate the two events and most of the runners say th€.V'd Tail“-‘1‘ win the Boston Marathon than any Olympic race ever held. What do they run fo1'3s The half million persons who annually watch the spectacle have been asking that question for morel than half a century. Nobody real-I ly knows the answer. I
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