“Rocket Richa rd ls Named

...anadian Athlete Of '57 A

By JACK SULLIVAN ' -an Press Staff Writer 'l‘.t .'i\'l‘U - ‘ ' Maurice llicliard. the most prolific scorer :.. y has ltnoivn. is Canada's outstanding athlete of 1957. Tlie Rocket. who thrilled sports fans by scoring the 500th Na- tional Hockey League goal of his bombastic career with the color- ful l\lontrcal (‘aiiadieiis in Octo- ber. was chosen o\'er golfer Al Balding of Toronto by the coun- try's sports editors and sporty casters in the '.13rd annual Cana- dian Press year-end sports poll. it was a battle all the way. Richard. now in his 37th year,'. suffered a badlv~ achilles tendon on ‘\'ov. 13 and has been sidelined since. but the selectors didn't (oi-'._.'et him in the (‘P poll. TOP THRF. Based on a scale of for first choice. and one for third. Balding got Gerry James. of Wiiiiiipeg Blue Bombers. the out- standing t‘aiiadian player in pro- lcssional football this year. was third with ' The \nters were a in order the

three

sked to name

We had a talk over the tele with over $30000 to her credit phone with Earl Semple of Ken- and after her racing days sington last evening. and receiv- over. if mated to

ns.l . this past season. At

Gorlian he

with Gem McElwyn. and at Ban- said that it

three outstanding

21 w hockey. footbal golf tennis. and boxing

As. returns came in. it desel- opui intii a fight between Rich- and Balding for the No. I spot with James and Y\on l)ur- cite. the bull ~ sliouldcretl battler

suggested. rcprc~euting 1. track and field. paddling. curling

or 1

from Baic Ste. Anne. N. B.. at

a raiikiii: contender for the world lI:.lll~llt‘a\_\\\(‘ll.’.lll title held by i\l't‘lll(‘ .\loorc. hattliiig for third

t'l|t)l('(‘. .\ late surge of votes for James settled the issue. 75 to 44. NOT IN l'l(‘Tl7RF.

The other caiididatcs. int-luding Jean Bi-lixcaii. C a 11 a d a slJlll(llll!.2 athlete Ill l't.'>ti. were ill the pictuic. Belivcau. lii'illi.int \lontii-al ('anadicns cen- tre who drew more than half the lll'.sl-(‘llt>i(‘(‘ votes a _\cai ago for a 10:1 — point total.usluniped to a lll(‘£tsl\ sl\ points this time one first-clioicc ballot and three third clioices

The voters paid llit-hard a big triliutc still a seiisation lll his ltith Nlll. caiiipaign. the season with Caiiadiens need- ing only seven goals to reach Sit!) and with inst about every hockey

DOWN THE r

BACK STRETCH .

are Dean Gallon.‘

We asked l-'.arl how he liked,

stake race the Vernon l)owns track. and he‘

is probably the fin-

gor won with Wilbur M.. by Jol- est in the world. The track. and

my. and also with Smoky Tass. all ‘.11 4-5 And at Skowhegan. Wil- irraiidstand. and everything con- 5- ' nected with modern in style and all those who'

bur M. was also a winner.

its appointments

stab es,

it are the most

,.

's out- no-v er ‘,3

magic num i He made it on Oct. 19 was sailing along like a sophomore the top of the scoring list when he was accidentally cut down by dcfenceman R e a u in e‘: 1skate in a game at Toronto on Nov. 13. It was a tough blow fa the fiercely competitive Richard

ndand fans openly wondered

whether the greatest scorer of all time had reached the end of the min.

That question woii‘t be ans- wered until near the end of Jan- uary when the casts come off. But don't bet that he won't illttlllltl tor the finish of the 1957- .\|ll. season. Since he hit the bl; lllilt' he has suffered frac- tions of both legs and one arm plus other assorted injuries and has gone on to become one of the :;»t;tlt.‘sl players the game has seen. More than 30 of his goals have bccii came ~ winners. lie cou still have a few clutch goals in

.Canadian athletes and a total ti lati pulling for him to hit tln.the thing: he wanted it to do ll ' bcr.

H956 and this year his game be- came as hot as a pistol. He won

money in 23 events in Canada. [the United States and Cuba

Jis winding up the year with prize |money of more than the 10th leading money - winner of .1957 and the most a Canadian ‘has ever earned in competition with the top American pros.

WALLOPING HALF BACK

‘ James. 23 - year - old halfback with the Blue Bombers. hit Wes-

be ern Canada football with a big

‘wallop this year after deserting the sport for a two - tviith ibnros and Tor ‘of the NHL He won the Western liiterpro- vincial Football Union scoring title with a record l.'ll points. in- cluding 19 touc hdow n s. was named to (‘P's WIFU all - star team. was vowd the best native-

opto Maple Leafs

the 5 The Charlottetown Gun-dl:n.—8atnrh.y, Dec. 21. Ed?

CURLING DRAW

The following is theit-urn,‘ draw‘ for Saturday afternoon. bl_(lPb are reminded that en. tries for the Rendevvous Trophy

28th

close December 2 P.M.

: e I-11 S Macl)onald. W. R. MacNei|l. G. Hawkins. lG'dllfllll Iliotntci cs gr}; Ice ‘.2 —llal Spillett,

llan. H . . 3—l)r Maclioiiald. .\'qiiai‘elii'i;:i;s. 1''. Han ‘Walker. I). ('aiiieron. (S

VJ. Canicron. A. Llewc _vn. I lie 4 llr Cox. R. (' Parent. |T. l\litton.. R. W. Manning. Dr. llooper ' it Burnett. J

( Maclili ice

his s_\stem before he calls Wt bornplityei‘ in Canada and was a Burdcii. W R. Jenkins.

quits. Jl'ST BEGINNING While the Rocket is heading for

cog in innipeg's march to the Grey Cup final. James was a disappointment in

3.30 l'.\l. i It-es l-ll-i Open to cui'lc~ who

have not completed their 3

the home stretch of his career, the cup final against llamilton r,,.,,,d, ,,r palm,-g

Balding at 34 is coming into bix?Tigcr - Cats by fumbling four‘ I”, gmiipen pm S(.|«au.h own Ill a sport where timing. ac- times but it was revealed after mum, curacy and self-control are prime.the game--which Tiger-(tats won: FVHMN“

l'“'l5‘l\ll(‘\. it took liiiu a while but the painstaking path to perfection now is paying off. The Toronto golfer. who hit the tough and rough American proe circuit three years ago and was inst another s t a r t e r. now is ‘anke in t e top 10 on the list of professional golfers in North

Dean Gallon was 2-5 and 2. sixteenth miles.

As a result of his campaign, offers poured parties in the United States and Canada. and in March. 1955. Earl sold him to R..l. Logue of .ydney. N.S. who placed him in the hands of Sanders Russell. He made his first 1955 start in I

in on Earl from 0'

little 327 '-that he suffered two broken'

‘knuckles on his right hand in the first quarter.

N0. 2 BOXER ‘ Durelle hit the sports - page, headlines by f l g h t i n g highly-

rated Tony Anthony to a draw‘ last June. That performance

(America. The ball statted to do earned him the No. 2 spot in the

National B 0 x in g Association'si

H_ mm 2_m_iratings of world contenders. Diur-I 5‘ la ‘.5 for (me and om mg the year he added the Brlilslli ‘-‘-

l-Impire title to his

championship when he

out Gordon Wallace of Brantlord. n

Canadian 1

Fifth place in the (‘P poll went to Jackie Par er. triple - threat backfield star with l-Idtnonton Eskimos who earlier this year was named the outstanding pla_ver in the country. The Mis-

From there the stable moved to race there consider it unexcelled $2000 ‘mt at Roosevelt Ra(_(,way sissippi speedster was No. 4 \ernon Downs. where his stableyanywliere. on Am" ”_ and won in 108 3_5_.choi_ce in the 195d (‘P poll after made an excellent showing. Jew- ’ " Apr” 2.3‘ he won the A Tm‘ ‘leading the Eskimos to three cl‘: Hiram won his first_ racei (if couise we asked him about pm.“ 53 OM [mm mm‘, of mg straight Grey Cup victories over there in 2.05 2 and his lastillcan Gallon. ‘.107 3-3 and l'Iarl,fd\“,q “.'mm.s l Roosevelt ;Moutreal Alouettes. race in 204 As a three year-nld,‘said that they had at last found mm; .307 3”.’ and a ‘wok ‘mm? Parkcr‘s point - total this year the previous _\_ear. took aithe cause of his laiiieiiess. it was M, “.0” an A Tm“ nurse $_.mm_ was 36. r in front of the re- mark of 2.11 -l-.). Gem McElwyn, a clot that had formed in one of Ann. {ML 1“, showed sums ' maining candidates.

2.09 1-3. liked that track and inithe blood vessels siipplying the lnmonomx and finally his racing ' ’

one of his winning races

took a record n 06. He is an Pas):-gall(‘d trotter and should improve.

Another wiiiiici' for Earl was

.lan B. that took a record of 2.04-i The Bachelor. that had

2-3.

l'llt'Pl_V in 208 1-5:

there blood in the veins in his leg. and

treatment showing the most pro niising results is now being used. Earl has strong hopes that he

will be able to caiiipaiizii Dean Hams Tmmng

the most gra- has is a.

nest year. (inc o tifvin: puss-i-ssioiis Earl

a‘colt by Dean Gallon out of Mary?“ four-year-old record of 2.13. won Merk. 2.08 2-5. we would feel the ‘N57 Th . he is a trotter same way if we imiicrl that colt, ,,‘.,l '.(»;_._,y.,_;;,-_i_,_.,

was discontinued.

15.212 RACE!)

release from ill? United Association shows that troiicrs and pacers

V\

13.21? ere iip

out total- -h s an

e purses pai .l

d it

that will be campaigned againgas his sire and dam were two of m(_",aw of ahom :2“ minim ov_

nc\t s(‘aS0n. The final member‘ of the stable is the four-year-old pacer. Volostone that had a re-; cord of 2.13 3-5 last year as

ttirce-year-old and this year re- riiiced it to 2.08 at the above race-

l\r‘l_\.

ADDED TO STRING

On the way home. a new pur- chase was added to Earl‘s string.‘ Madame Chiang. 2.07 1-5. by Long

to Mary Merk. 2.08 2-5. Madame a record of ‘.‘.0.'t '3». That record pl.m.“".M of panadag Then,

Chiang is probably the biggest money-winning trotter in Maine.

HUNTER'S CORNER

the best lrollers that ever step ped over a Maritinic track. and both are superbly bred.

10 STARTS t0 WIVS

Di-aii Gallon '\ ii horse that al\i.;<ns inirtziieri ll’. anti hnrzp. men here will remember the at’- ternoon in 1931 that he trotted a mile in a workout in 2.04 35.

That season he had made 10

Key. She is a half sister starts and had 10 wins and took,"", [.nm,d Na,“ mm Mari“

was made on September ii in the free-tor-all trot at Windsor. Me.

We Need Support For Game Laws; Not Relaxed Rules

I understand. from an item in the local Press. that a year ‘round open season on trout will

come up for discussion at the s

next meeting of the Fish and Game Association. In short this would mean that trout may be legally taken by angling on their ' in late October. arly December or through holes cut in the ice over sea springs where the big salt water beauties gather dur- ing January. February an \1arch. Here in this province we have no inaccessible spawning ‘oeds. Many of them are within it few hundred yards of farm buildings. Spawning trout could be wiped out in ii matter of a week or ten days while next sea- uin‘s potential breeding stock are being decimated on their win- tering grounds. This is not a new idea. Four vears ago while attending a Wildlife Conference I listened to iologi

Iigiiaii ‘rglgi

E ii

J’ H

more or less static and ‘they do not have to fight the incoming or outgoing tides. Sea trout love

Other types of food dcar to a troiit's heart are to be had for the taking arniind Caiiscways. Smells Capelin and Silver-sides have to pass the narrow spillway funnel on their way in or out ahd have

of voracious trout. SEATROCT People have

angling for smelts at the Caiiseways. The spillwiiys is the answer. All smaller species of fish making the Causeway Run are liable to swim square into the maw of a big trout. Big trout are opportunists—they pro for to lie in wait rather then chase and catch their dinners. it's common knowledge that b.

it was nothing unusual to see a smelt fisherman sprinting for his car with a big trout under his arm ——some in the three an four pound class. A three pound- er was reported caught at Ver- non a wee a o.

The cry in this present age is for the removal of restrictions. Many of the present crop of hun- ters and anglers recent paving their style cramped. Not content with a record goose kill this fall there are some who argue we should have spring goose iiboot

The purse money U.S.T.A. tracks has increased almost on- bellevably in ten years: in 1947, purse: totalled 57.338.876.98. and

horses raced were ll.5tv.'l

The Dl‘lllt'lDal reason for this bi" iiif'i'r‘zise in public iiilc-'-" :\\'l1l(‘ll. of course. is back of the success attained. is due to the opening: of night racing tracks in

is s'tln‘l(="lllll‘lil about night racing that gives a glamor to the sport, and there IS also the fact that

\ the adoption of the starting gate W

has done away with which was considered as a tire some detriment when it was pro- longed.

E7\'l'F.RTS (ll-‘l-‘ The performances of the trot-

er “Ring Eyed Pete" this sea- . .- - . ~ w H id.ll0n<’ “as trdmlm‘ mm" hen '9 E? a lit-_ile oiil of position to slam the

son at Saratoga Raceway. whicli we commented earlier this

-week. IS an instance of the fact

that even the experts cannot al- mm maybe it “as Murphy and pl

wiays judge the capacity of a trot- iier or pacer. This was shown lgard to game law violations but also with respect to Criminal of-

fenses. Holdups have occurred in

raced on tracks in member- 8.00 . . with [he UAS'T_A_ during‘! East Ice. D. Ma(.Lal.cn vb‘ L I between players and spectators.

scoring, ga

01! -

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- Curling Draw For Montague

Montague

i Curling at to-day. P

G. Phillips

West ice: llr. .lol1n<ton. E. Cud- ,more. Dr. W. S. Maclntyrc. Nicholson. vs. A. Wiglitmaii. H.

‘Inman. Dr. lngs. D. Wightman. perhaps most obviously wh Dick McMahon. rated as one of

the finest _|iidEPs of harness hor- ses the sport has produced. made a real faux pas and this is how

occurred: Dick was training and driving a number of horses for millionaire Warren Wright Sr. in ' in the El‘t1llD

9 was the gelding Peter Manning.

‘When Tommy l\lul‘Dll_\' nifered 521.000 for the trotter. Wright ap- pealed to Dick McMahon for an iopinion. and Dick told Wright he as getting the best of the bar-

'1‘hereiipon. Wriglit sold the gel- ding to Murphy. who was acting as agent for lrving Wright eontined to keep tabs on Peter Manning. while Murphy

trotted three-quarters of in the world's record time Wright told McMahon

‘ ins: , mile of l.28"4.

Gleason who got the better part of the bargain. ‘No." said Me- Mahon. “That horse is a sprin- ‘.ter. 1 know. I've got him a lot. 11 also drove his sirc. Azoff. in ‘the only race of his career -

to run the gauntlctt of Schools this city where the victim waslhe broke down during that ,.M..,_

lb-Cl. The lioiiiic

Gleason. .

lIll\(‘tl curling wliich will be played at the t'liarlottetown Curliiig Club this evening:

7:00 l‘.M. _

‘c l— ll LeCl_aii‘ tskipt. I‘. ilonnacott, A Trainor. M. BII9". \'s George iskipt, E. Ander-

S Prowse.

l\l.'it.l.can

. Coady. A. McKee. ipt.

scii. M Toole.

‘i -(I rt. J C

cw:-i P Prowse.

lce 3—A. lluniphrey tskip). G.

S'side Aces In Surprise 6-3 Victory Over Royals

Thc s'iiiunicrside Aces defeated l penalty bench. While Reeves was all

tlic t‘liarlottetow‘ii Royals at Civic Stadiuiii last night in a regular l,(‘(-«i_jll(‘ lixturc by the score of team was front 31 at the end of the first l|'illI1(‘. the it-ants spill a pair of goals in the middle session. an the Aces s‘t'ored two to Royals one Ill the titial period. The game was fast and excit- Ill‘.’. but marred by altercations At the 11 minute mark in ‘-(‘t‘tIll(l period just after the Aces . had gone in front by the score of Hi some of the Royitls he- came embroiled with spectators sitting behind their beucli. Whit- ‘lock. :i\en a iiiiscoiiditct for his part in tlic :ill.'tii‘. threw his gloves at releice Gord Kelly and made eiioris to attack the .'ii'liiter but was held back b_v his team- iiiatr~~.. wlutlock was en a match misconduct. The Royals l\l(:':ll(‘(‘l off the ice to their dress- ‘lit’! room. were given two miiuitcs to rcsunie play. and azrced on condition that they re- ccii ed police prntc tiou The <(‘:ii\ hcliind the Royal bench were cleared and the gzinie. con- tinued. \'car the 19 minute mark a high shot put out a light. and the period w;i-. declared o the |‘l‘ll’1.'I|lllll;.' iii it added to third fraiiic llonnic llow wit opened the scor- ‘ in: for the Aces at the 5 minute mark finessing his way past a dcfenccinan and ticking

N. the

walcr home. Josey got a miscon- d"t't shortly after this for squab- ilin: with a spectator behind the

.Errors Made In

i Hockey Sc" adule

t l..'l.sl meiiing ll. r Hockey

100' 0“l.V F0hlN’d hill 59819" “P 1 agree that Peter Manning can League officials announced that ill ill!‘ l>l‘0(‘¢‘SS- Bl'¢‘8l(lll8 llld Ell‘ jmove mighty fast for half a mile i two slight errors were made

ital (‘ity—-mizht breaks in Alber- ton in a wee .

Unfair criticism has been dir- ected against our Police Force. lf lhis criticism was directed in- to other channels it would liieve a useful purpose. There is a deep underlying cause for pre- sent conditions-—they didn't de- velnp over night. The best Police Force in the world will deterior- ate into a mediocre y u supplied with the proper mach- inery to work with and are back- ed iiolidly by public opinion. There is nothing wrong with our Police Organizations either Civic or Provincial. In the words

immortal Churchill: "Give us the tools finish the job". Give our Police the proper backing'and moral support and see how quickly this nurry of lawlessness will brought under control. With this comforting thought in mind I take the opportunity to wish all readers of this Column a Merry Christmas.

and we will 15

be 1.56 8-4. and

“'iINl(‘rt‘fl how terms: is not confined to our Catr land up to three-qiiarters. but I

{don't think he can carry that is farther." ‘rwo MINUTES

"1 am inclined to disagree

with you." said Wright. "1 think that he is certain to crack two

"rine." replied Dick. and the bet was made. on October i. iiizi. Murphy

trotting record for the mile to later he set up a new world’a record for two milea.

In 1938. Greyhound. driven by Sen Palin, lowered the world’: trotting record at Lexington. Ken tncky. to 1.56 1-4.

F or A Differen Appreciated

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SPORTS ARENA. CHTOWN

Fobi-Ia-y11tb9o 218.1950 'l‘lchtaflorthefu1lweek

O|i|tII'In—1.tl)

‘on-.iui——noiion' on Spain. an I slinpaan

lwhen to-day's scliednle was re-

llensed in the press, Both errors ‘or rutln-r omissions involve West Kr-rib School teams. Pziperwetglit Wolves -Wee Foxes I in

the Paperweight bracket {where it ’

was originally shown

minutes for the mile." ever. P S. S Tigers were in play never." shot back McMahon. “l»Q. S S Redwingii ai,1'."..00 noon. would bet on that. Surely‘P. S. S. Tigers will now play would. " W K S Wolves at the s me

“Allrlght.“ agreed Wrlfllll.“llll1('. in the evening fixture “How would a $500.00 wager suit scheduled for 6:10 p.m. W. '. 5. you'' ‘Foxes will play Royalty Spring-

l

l "Paperweight Redwings and I Pee Wee Sparrows are reminded

THE ARMOREIJ CORPS llEEllS MEN

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Followiiig is the draw for the U

I skipl.

otit l

9 carom off l)o_v|e's skate

M.acKay. Doyle, E. Su

Bob bod. D. vs E. Macbeod tskipi, therland. L. Doyle. V Wood

Ice 4—Games curlers arrive.

arranged as

:3 Ice l—W. McLaine (skip). P.

Burden. G. lvea. S. Carr. vs. L. Blakney. tsklpt, K. obn- ston. R. Manning. 8 McLaine.