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icago For

Second Week-end Win

CHICAGO, Dec. 15 -(CP)-Tor- solo Maple Lclls with a I001 in the last period tonight defeated Chicago HIM! Hill! 4-8 for Q1511 second victory of the week-end semi-day, they beet New York Rgnger; 3-2 at Toronto.

Leafs clung to the league lesdgt- ship by rallying before e. copooi crowd of 17.680.

i-lswks gained e 2-0 lead 1n the first period. Toronto mode it 3-3 in the second and Don Met: fired the only goal of the third frame m; n pas; from his Leaf litre-mote. ud Kennedy. -

The victory kept Lents one point hhesd of Montreal Canadians.

Red Hamill and Adam Brown, newly acquired from the Detroit ywl Wings. poked in goals which gave the l-Lawke their 2-0 first per- iod lead. It was Bud Poile and Ted Kennedy who fired the tying goals m the second. Then Max Bentley produced a gosl which save the Hawks the leed for the lut time, ,5 Gus ’ ‘a counter made it l-i st the close of the second frame.

lviete’ goel et 2m of the ilnel pgrlod was the only other score.

The game was milgh end fast with players on both teams sent to the penalty box in- every period for board-checking or high sticking. In an opening period melee, the Hawks’ Eddie Wares suffered s pend gash when he was skated into (he boards by Kermedv. but he re- turned after treatment.

setback the Coll battle of it all the why. Through- out e stubbornly fought; fll-gg ha“ the best Saints could do was gar- ner s lead oi nine points. It was muffin enough but the losers con- tinued to i'ight back strongly all through the windup session de- spite the fact Saints doubled the score on them in the iest twenty mlmiiw 0! 018v. outscoring them 25-12 to earn their big margin.

Saints Whip P.W.0. Team In iioop Encounter

°m9°°flii8 their opponents in

"(l1 11-111. Saint musician's 0,11- varsity basketball $513110 Event into a

i e New Bill-lad in the city Biiskiiiblii Lvlkue race by scoring e 45-23 victory over the still win- less Prince of Wales team.

team Ssturdsy first-place tie

But despite ther iourthstreight . boys made s

B u r s e. reciting up thirteen

points on five baskets and three foul shots. led the storing parade with Nicholson be- ing high for Prince oi Wales with nine. .

individual

I-ineups and scores:

"ma" P. W. C. l-‘G. F8. PF. Ptl. ‘Y McLeen l 1 3 marines "imiiiim" 1i 0 9 Stearns 0 3 0 1—Chi6l¢°- Hamill (Brown) 9:11 Redd-in ’“" 1 3 ,7 z-chtcogo, Brown (n. Bentley, Hodston 0- a 2 M, Bentley) 16;39 Olnrk .. 0 l 0 Penalties -—Kcrmodv. Quill" -~-- --- 0 0 3 h leomdPer-iud Totsls W ...o o l3 2s i-Toronto, Polls (Boerch. Stew- s-D-U- FG- Fs- PF- P"- art) 5:45 0 2 a t-Toronto, Kennedy (N.Metz) 9: 2 3 4 17 $—0hicogo, M. Bentley (Moei- g g 1g enko) 10:04 o 0 2 i- Toronto, Bodnsr (Stewart. o o o Pclle) 18:10 o I o Penalties —Fowler. a 2 15 Thhdrerlod . 1o ‘I s 4s

‘I-Torontc, Don Meta (Kennedy) ‘Z27

Penalties —~Boesch. Kaletl. Sten- awslri ondNettrass.

Racing Results lit Halifax

Cullen and Geo.

ilockey Practices

‘rhe Navy hockey team will hold regular practice session tonight

st. 5 o'clock sharp at the Forum and a full turnout of all players

(B! The Canadian Press) lg requested, All membe o of the Legion HALIFAX. Dec. lit-Sully. vet- hockey squad are reminded oi

ersn pacer owned by Ernie Gray, Ysrmoutti, N.S., won the tree- for-all feature event of the over- coat circuit of the Halifax Her- ness Horse Club here Saturday in straight heats.

Only two heats of the free-for- sli were raced to end its card before darkness.

Summary:

Fkee-For-All Bully (R. Baxter) Previous (D. Turner) Sandy i". (F. Baxter) Doris Mercury (L. Walker) “(Winning owner: Ernie Grs i Cine B. Flo Direct (H. Boutiiier) .... .1 i1 Jacob Withrow (F. Baxter) .3 22' Herold Wilson (L. Walker) 2 88 lwinnlng owner: Homer Boutil- er.

Clue C. Nellie Worthy (F. Baxter)

....1 i ships at Prague, Czechoslovakia in Colleen Adam (L. O'Brien) .2 2 February. Dviiv Direct (L. Walker) 8 8 The Canadians will sail from New Winning owner: Cecil Drake. YorLb-lsn. 18. sbosni thv ‘Q1103: n. Elise eth. Fourteen pal’!!! I Tom Volo (C. Gay and P, thrte officisis will mlke the m9- l-ttvors) .. . .. . 3 i f Th0 mime! i“ the pun" Wm be iiwiiy McKnne tr. Craig) .1 22 snnoun *- in the next few days.‘ Miss: mm 3,1, (L Rey", The invitation wss extended bee: La nlds) .. . .. . . .. .2 s s cwrgilgngzlg;f“g;dfg,i,fiif,, M. <1" Ghici ( . sills) .444 _ Winning owYenKAlgLyGey. 1:‘: 3112mm’ lctaggxieiiynam 9"" ‘i’- ’ . declined (he's!- :II'(;Wi'T:e)BOInbEY (R. McAl- I is tllffztyhree-enonth 21p‘ mot Bars Th) s :1 “Wlxfeédifllitltinnnfifictgie titlg- i-ild" Allen Peters (R. wmntpeg Mongfchg, m _ mum .. as: n‘: “lump, Tom“, 5t. Mikee Winning owner: Robt. r. M - m‘, rum,‘ p, “m, m- simiil!‘ res- Alpine. ‘on . Chis I‘. The Canadians are the second Misty Morn (c. Daunhinee) 1 i 154mm,,“ hockey club to represent Merit- Direct tw. Walker) s cgnndq at the "woi-iseioeirey Berk-y rm (s. GBY~IAVQYD s a fl-‘ugslpin- Edmonton swer- Prmy Direct (White) -4 4 m. carried the torch m cumb- lt-ttv s. Direct (Bob Inner) .s s thrown o 311cm» witttiiflt hi“

Edmonton Canadians To Play In Prague

Dr. W. G. Hardy of Edmonton. P"- sident oi the Hockey Association, announced i0- nlght that officials of Edrnontmi Canadians hadacoepte the fine-HO- ial offer o! the British Ice Hockey Association, to send the club. W987- ern junior finalists last. season. to (the European hockey

in 1932-83. wtnntne 86 new w‘! losing one.

their practice tonight at 6 o'clock and all teem members are asked to be present.

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DECEMBER 16, 1946

Summerside - Charlottetown riv- alry will be renewed st (he Forum TUEBdBY night when this year's

edition of Bummerside Crystals iflflkic with Saint Dunstarfs in a City Hockey League encounter that should provide fans with plenty of thrills before the two squads are through battling such

other. '0 ‘It 4' 1- An unknown quantity as for as local fans go. the Burnme “lg team nevertheless are reported as having s strong backing in Sum- merslde and their followers are t-‘Xllecting them to make it plenty hot for the four local teams that are in the league. "‘ O O 0' 1' ' Tuesday night they will be tak- ing on a team that are still fig- ured by many as the teem to beat for possession of the Dr. F. C. Dougan Trophy. How they will fare out against the squad coach- ed by Jhckie Kline is still proble- mstical but however the coming game goes. ions will hove a far better idea of the strengnhici the Summerside squad. ‘ 1- + ‘I’ 4- Bunny McCloskey, fresh from a victory over Buddy Brown‘ st Halifax. is at present spending s iew days in the city witlh rein- tives. Still looking to be in the pink of condition McCloskey told us recently that he is‘ to meet Roger Whynott. Maritime welter- weight champion, around the first of the New Year, and this should prove quite a test for the former Charlottetown miif-slinger. 4' + O

Whynqtt, said to be e ‘hard- hitting fighter. has trh enviable string of victories to his credit. including n win ‘over Jon Pyle. McCioskeyk conqueror. and ii Bunny can get by “Thynott he will prove to s. certainty that he

is definitely heeded for higher rating in iistic circles. ll 4 1' Il-

Hnlifax snoris writers weren't

very enthusiastic over Mcclnskeyh victory over Brown. Not having Soon the flmht this writer has no- thing at all to say about it, but at the some time we can't over- look tho fact ihnt Brown wns the some fighter vtho hold Wtivnott in n drnw in a previous engage- ment. Brown must be plenty smart to do this end no matter how the McCloskey-Brown setto nnpmrr-d. Bunny's victory cannot be discounted. -I~ + '0' ll’

While on the subject of bolting, promoter Joev lifcDnnuid has drown up a good cord for the night of December 23rd. Taking part in the all-championship bouts will be well known Island miti-slingers and each and every bout on the card should hfovidr boxing‘ fans with a ‘nivht oi sock’ long to be remembered.

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ma Pntllion will meet l. touch pugiqmpy in (he person of YOUR‘? Beau Jmgk In (he main event. A (AILIPRQQOIIS fitihter, the Beau can hit plPnfv hard with bot-h handy he will new?‘ nuit trying W! it might turn out that Poulton. s 51110049, player boxer with an edu- mflgd 1m hood will inre one n! 1th,- tmnzhnst fights oi his career when he stops into the squared circle against his younger oppon- ent the nltrht ‘vi the 23rd.

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As n gas. Jock Dempsey told the fight managers at their bcef-

he had had ?5 managers in his time. Even allowing for fun. the rhnnces are he wasn't cxskgfirlli- inn much. ssvs Prank Graham in the Ottawa Joni-nil. ‘There is no telling. even by him. how many he had in the time when he was hnneing ilroilfld the ileht clubs of ‘ntsh and Montana. iitzhtin! the likes oi ‘Pwo Round Villain whom y.» knocked out in one round. in- oideniiiv- Re lied at least two around New York when he first came Best-end went West 028i" without bovine rnsde mudi of In imnressien. still broke and hungry y.» when tivhts. still wondering wh (her he'd ever make enowrh monev {lighting to out regularly and ride on passenger (rains fn- mlgg o; the was n4 the ireighte. l» O O 0

1t wet in Ben Francisco in the Spring of i917 that he found e reel manager-a fellow by the noose of Leo McKernsn. Whfl coiled himself Jock Kenrnl. Years later. after Dempsey and Keene

come champion. 1-

THE OHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Art Dowiing To Join Millionaires

(By The Canadian Prell)

SYDNEY. N. s. Dec. 15~—Presi- dent Kenzie MacNeii oi Sydney Millionaires oi the Cape Breton Senior Hockey League announced tonight that Art (Bubs) Dowling of Charlottetown would join the teem tomorrow.

His status was in doubt, how- ever, because the club already has more than the top limit four imports, including Urban Morri- son. oi Summer-side.

Betting At ii. Y. Tracks Declines

ALBANY. N. Y, Dec. l5—(AP)— Although more people saw more races than ever before. betting de- clined $12,000,000 and New York State's revenue from all types of horse racing this year‘ was $1.000,- 000 less than in 1945 because of lighter wagering at the flat tracks.

Stale race revenue-from (lat and harness tracks-amounted to 331331-272 in 1946 compared with a record $32,467,795 for the shorter season last year. Of the total. $27.- 3783113 came from the fiat nftclvig and $4,052,559 from the sulky race fans.

Tracy Hanover (ices To Amherst

AMHERST. N.S., Dec. 15—-Tracy Hanover and Delaware, two har- ness racing veterans of the Marl- time circuit, have been purchased by R. O. Hunter and L. F. Blok- erton oi Amherst, it was announ- ced today.

Tracy Hanover, formerly owned bl.‘ John Scott oi Halifax. was shifted from pace to trot several seasons ago and the new owners have not yet decided whether he will revert to his old form.

King Penguin o, $i00 horse own- ed by three former prisoners-ol- wer, trained by one of them and ridden by a fourth, won the Sut- ion Handicap Hurdle race at Bir- mingham, It was King Penguhvs second victory this year.

managers but for the most part they were no good to him and simply were in there cutting of! slices oi his earnings, as he rock- ed along toward the end cf the trsii.

4- 0- 0 1|» But in the days when he was climbing to his peak-end through the years he held lt-he and Kears formed one of the great fighter-manager combinations of all time. Domtpsey was. in many wsys, completely the creature of Kearns. He didn't have to think for himself. Kearns, in days, did all the thinking. It was es simple as that to Jack. " 4 Q 0- It "He' does the thinking, l do the lighting." he once said. O

Q 0 Q Kesrns didn't always think soundly.‘ There were times when he cost Dempsey money. and times when he cost him pop- ular favor. which is ss important to e heavyweight champion ss it is to any other performer. But that was efter Dempsey had be- t O Q ‘ 0n the way up, Keerns mode no mietokee. He took s rough kid who hadn't got anywhere in three years oi fighting across the country and back and. in two years. piloted him to the title. Keerns knew ell the hnzords and all the short cuts and all the tricks. He knew that many e promising young heavyweight had got lost along the wsy and he was determined this one wasn't going to let loot. I O O O

11111 w“ the fighter he had been dreaming of...end noiihing woe going to happen to him. He must have wondered. frequently. how the other managers who had hnd gi-obs st Dempsey. hadn't seen in him the thing! he low.

‘Charges 0f Attempted “Bird” Feature U. S. Pro Football Classic

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NEW YORK, Dec. l5 ——(AP)\ Chicago Bears won the Notional Fwtbflll league championship to- dliy by bushing over 10 points in the fourth quarter to whip New York Giants 24-14 before a crowd of 58.348 in thePolo Grounds.

The game WI! played after disclosure earlier in thé day by

Police and Notional League of-

flclnls of an attempt to "fix"

it. Mayor William O'Dwyeer took an active. persons! role in the investigation.

The Bears roiled to the ieague championship just as expected. but only after the Giants fought their hearts out in a gallant effur: to wills out the cloud of the attempt- ed bribery scandal.

For three periods, the genie but out-weighed New Yorkers battled the Bears to s standstill. Then m the final quarter. the pressure of numbers told end the Bears per- sdetl to their fifth championship in the l4 years of this annual east- west classic.

The first result of the probe was suspension from the champion- ship ptame of Merle Hopes, Gila-his’ star fullback, by league hemp-is- sioner Bert Bell after a seven- hc-ur conference with the Mayor, police officials and officers of te Giants club.

After all-night police question- ing. Alvin P. Paris. 28. officer of s novelty manufacturing firm and n self-styled “heavy better” on football and basketballgames. ‘\f1- mitted that he attempted in “f’ " the gtTme by trying to bribe Hopes and Foe-nit Fllchok, halfback and no. 1 passer of the Giants. said

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of a participant in s professional game, s, felony punishable by one to fi-ve years‘ imprisonment, and bookmoking.

Monoghen said both players re- fused to accept the bribes offered by Paris—$2,500 in cash for each. plus $1.000 bet for each of them on the Beers to win.

Paris yesterday was arraigned before Magistrate Joseph B.’ Gle- bocki on g charge of bribing a professional athlete and be’! was set at $25000. A hearing is sched- uled for Dec. 23. ,

Toronto ilands ll. Y. Rangers 3-2 Defeat

TORONTO, Dec, 15 —(CP)—Ths.t "secret weapon" which gained newspaper headlines for New York Rangers if flDlhlflg else. remained s. secret in these parts because they failed to launch the mystery mis- sile Saturday night as Toronto Maple Leafs downed them 3-2 to take undisputed leadership cf the National Hockey League.

‘llhe "Rove-r Boys"—Chumh Rus- sell, Cal Gardner and Rene Trudell —who prefer to use their “secret weapon” when the opposition is sthorthsnded, had a cquple of chan- ces as the Leafs sat out for seven minutes, but nothing happened. While the "Rover Boys" did s lot oi fancy passing but little shooting when they had manpower edges, The Leafs fired one goal while a New Yorker watched from the cooler.

Smallest crowd of the season hero. 13,029 fans. watched the Leafs score their third victory over the fourth-place Rangers in as many starts.

Rangers moved in front on a disputed goal hail way through the first period as Ab Demsrco kcPi whacking at the puck in from of the Toronto net. Gosiie Turk Brods ended up with his head against. the mesh and although the red 118M didn't flash referee King Clancy ruled it a goal.

Before the period ended. G“! Manson, scored his first goal of the season on s blueilne screen shot, While Bill Jusda oi RonCErs was serving time in the second period Gus mode the pisy for s goal ‘by Bill Ezinieki. Carrying along t-he sequence Emnicki started e play which Harry Watson converteddnto a counter lute in the same period.

Only 14 seconds of piey remained in the final period when Russell scored Hi9 Rangers’ second goal from o scramble, the puck hopping crasily into the beers cage.

SUMMARY

First rertoe , 17:” York. Demerco (Cooper) 10

aéroronto, Morison (Lyell) 11:-

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T0 i NIGHT

Penalties —Lynn, Leowiok.

night. first period the Saint John team dtliinated the play most of the way and paced by the brilliant four-goal scoring performance Mike Fitzgerald were danger.

beavers Defeat Moncton 7-2

(By The Canadian Preel) MDNCTON, N. 15., Dec. 1b—-

Ssint John Beavers moved within- striking distance o! the Maritime Big Four senior leadership last night by defwfiing Moncton Hawks 7-2. Beavers wln placed them second-pl. e Moncton Hawks.

hockey league

one game behind

Beavers earned their win lest After a closely contested

of

Two of the Beavers’ goals were cored while the Hawks were

short-handed due to penalties, but neither goal had any great eflect

n the final outcome. Hawks went to pieces in the econd period after playing bril-

liant first period hockey.

Summ or y : First Period

l—Moncion, Leadbetter

(Whitlock) ....... .. 16.55

Penalties: Second Period

None.

2-—-Saint John, Fitzgerald

(Kyle) .02 {k-Saint John, Fitzgerald

(Butler, O'Toole) 9.30 4—3nint John, Fitzgerald

(Butler) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14.35 5—Sa.int John, Caldwell

(Whalen) .. .. ...... .. M1628, (l-Ssint John, Price

(Federonick, Lynch) .. 19.38

Penalties: Myketyn, Fraser, Mc-

Manus, Nicolle.

Third Period

7-—Saint Jchn, Fitzgerald

George Monoghan, assistant dis- (Kyle) -- l-w h trick sttomey. F"?Ii:1nth'7)°h“' whale“ 61’, P .1 h “h b 'b . - ync .. . e m S was c “zed w n e“ i)—Moncton, Whitlock 13.04

Penalties: Bell, iiltzgersld.

Midget Lcgionaires Practice Today

A special practice for the Leg-

ionaire Midgets will be held at the Forum at 11.30 this morning. All members of asked to be on hand.

Truro Defeats Dresccnts 7-5

this squad are

HALIFAX. D60. 15 — (OP) —

‘Drum Bcarcatg pulled the rink hat trick lost. night as they set back Halifax Crescents 7-5 to take un- disputed lead of the newly-orgsn-t ized lvisritime Big Four senior hoc- key loop end handed the capital city squad their third successive defeat, in four days. sending the Orescents sliding deeper into the league cellar.

Orescents had a good share oi

the pie/y but seemed to weaken once they took the puck inside the '1"ruro blueline. strong showing in the final period, Crescents were outshot 44-19.

Making only one

SUMMARY

first Period.

1-—'I‘ril.ro. Barkweli (McIntyre) 10.29 2—Orescehts, Larabie 18.36

PmsltieeP-McEaci-tern.

Second Period. s-Jrruro. Medyriski 6.16

l-—Tl‘ill'O, K. McDonald (McEach- em) 15.03 Penalties -- Bsrkvwell (major),

Stsnhope (major), Sullivan. Third Period.

ik-Crescents, Powell 3.15

G-Jrrtsro, Robertson (Hepburn) 5.17 ‘l-Ttum, Steele (K. McDonald) 8.62 S-Jlrtlro. K. McDonald 1x O-Truro, hfclotyre (Barkwell) 8.42 lo-(xtesouits, Stanhope (Wade)