Looking as fit as a fiddle after a great season of hockey, first with Saint Paul Saints and for the iat- ter part of the season with New York Rangers Natioiial Hockey Lea-

gue club “Bucko" Trainor arrived

nome last night. O O O U "Bucko" will remain here behl! rejoining the "fining camp of the Rangers next ~nd according to New York sour-t. .ias a splendid chance of catching n regular berth with the Men of Manhattan. O O I I

He played a total of 17 games with the New York club and although his scoring was limited neverthe- less he was coming along in fine style at the close of the season and beginning to fit in neatly with the play of the New Yorkers.

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An injured knee which has been more or less a jinx to the popular hockeyist again cropped up towards the close of the schedule and kept him out of the lineup the last three games but since then the injury has been responding well to treat- ment and it is hoped that with the long rest it will be in A-l condition when next season rolls around.

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Rangers have many promising youngsters on their club, Bucko stated and when asked directly what he thought of his own chan- ces replied, "it will be plenty tough.” However those who know Trainer can figure that he himself will be hard to dislodge from a berth. I I O O

Bucko had high words of praise for the treatment accorded him by the Rangers’ officials and team- mates. They were all helpful, he sald, and passed along many time- ly tips to him.

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Bucko was also quick to pass along much credit to Smith, coach of the Saint Paul Saints, the team he started the season with. He, (Smith) was responsible for the improvement in my play, he said and his coaching gave him his chance of performing under the "big top."

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Doug (Windsor Daily Star) Vaughn says: "It is no secret that the management of the Detroit Club, as well as many of the De- troit players, were worried about Lumley before the start of the playoffs. Lumley was a mighty wor- ried young man himself. He knew he wasn't going well and it both- ered him all the more when people kept telling him about it.

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“One difference between the way Lumley looked at himself and other people looked at him, was that the Red Wings goalie knew it wasn"t a case of the Jitters. He knew that if he could just get back in stride he would be all right. He was like a baseball player who had lost his sense of timing at the plate.

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"Fortunately, for the Red Wings Lumley snapped out of his slump at just the right time. If Durnan has been at his brilliant best in this series, and he was, Lumley has been equally so with the result that we've been treated to magni-

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By The Canadian Press

Jockey Johnny Adams rode six consecutive winners at the Bay Meadow track, San Mateo, Cal, 11 years ago today. He finished third in the first race and cleaned up the rest. of the card. His winners, paid u total of $82.20 on $2.00 tickets.

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BURB, April 8 —- (AP) — New York Yankees will attempt an experiment to-

outfieldcr Johnny Lindcll into s. pitcher.

The 82-year-old Lindeli has been named by manager Casey Stengei to pitch in an intro-squad game here. His fuburc as e. hurler undoubtedly will depend upon his showing.

He started as a hurler in i936 and won l’! games in his first sea- son. Six years later he advanced to the Yankees on the strength of e. brilliant 23-4 season with Newark.

In his first season with the Yanioees, the giant from Dimte. Calif. encountered arm trouble and was forced to abandon a promising mound future. Always a powerful batter, John took ad- vantage of the manpower snort- age during the war and develop- ed into one of best wartime out- fielders in the American Leafle-

With the return from service o1 Joe DiMaggio, Charley Keller and Tommy Henrich, Lindell slip- ped into the background.

Charlottetown Baseball Assoc. Organized

At an enthusiastic baseball meet- ing held at the P. W. C. auditorium last night, attended by officials and persons interested in the pro- moting of better baseball in the City, formed a new body known as the Charlottetown Baseball As- sociation.

His Honor Lieutenant Governor J. A. Bernard was elected Honor- ary President, while Councillor W. H. Beaton was elected as its Presi- dent. Other officers elected were: Vice-president Mr. Hawley Crockett; secretary — Mr. James McCallum; treasurer — Mr. W. E. Scantlebury; executive committee Messrs. Ev MacNeili, Fred Whelan, Fred McCabe, Charles Ryan and George Francis.

The purpose of the new associ- ation is to act as a governing body to supervise all baseball in the City of Charlottetown and to work in full co-operation with all the various clubs and leagues to pro- mote better baseball hera as well ds to act as an official body to decide playing dates,- ~settie dis- putes, arrange schedules, etc.

Many other baseball matters for the forthcoming season were brought up and discussed, includ- ing the entry of a. Central Senior "B" team to represent the City in an organized league with such centres as Amherst. Sackville, Springhlll, etc, which was voted on unanimously. The team will he under the sponsorship of the Char- lottetown Abegwelt Club.

Plans were also laid for the de- velopment of Midget, Juvenile, Junior and Intermediate leagues, and it was felt by all present that every effort should be made to give as many youngsters in the City as possible a chance to play bail in organized leagues.

The first executive meeting of the newly organized association to select its various committees, etc.. will be held next Wednesday.

Bowling

YMCA Wednesday Afternoon Bowling

Team No. 1-0 points

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Team Ne. 3-5 poin Mrs. Stewart . 111

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TORONTO, April (F-(CP) -—A three-goal outburst by Johnny Mc-

paced Toronto Marlboros to a 4-2 victory over . Sydney Millionaires, leaving the Maple Leaf farmhands needing only a tie to enter the Eastern Canada senior hockey fin- als.

Marlboros lead the eastern semi- final series 2-1 in games with the first game a 1-1 tie. Under Allan Cup rules, the first team getting six points wins the series, so Marl- boros need only a tie in the next game, here Friday night. to do it.

A Sydney victory, however, would force the best-of-five series into a sixth game, set tor Toronto Mon- day night.

The Millionaires, who won the

title of comeback kids for their 5-4 victory in overtime Monday night. nearly did it again. The spotted the Marlboros a 4-1 lead in the open- ing period and only sensational goallng by Howie Harvey, coupled with veteran Flash Hollett's great defensive play, kept them from knotting it up. The Millionaires, cutshot 11-3 in the first period, started forcing the play early in the second frame. They kept the Maple Leaf Gardens crowd of 12,704 on edge for minutes on end, finally cutting the" margin to 4-2 when Paul Platz took a re- lay from Don Whalen and Gal- lagher and beat Harvey with a backhander.

The goal, coming at 11:43 of the second frame, ended the scoring.

From then on. the Millionaires camped in the all-Ontario champ- ions’ territory almost constantly. testing Harvey with a score of shots and keeping the Montreal- born goalie doing acrobatics.

Once Cliff Roach was in all alonc only to see Harvey cut of fhis hard shot. Another time, Ron Nelson

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made a snap shot on a pass right in front of the net but Harvey fell at just the right time to smother

Gibson, although duped out of position three times by McLellan, was sensational on occasions. Sev- eral times Marlboros broke from the constant Sydney ganglng at- tacks. Once centre George Arm- strong carried in all alone only to have Gibson make a falling save.

Holiett, the veteran former pro who was born at North Sydney, N. S., was also a big barrier to the hopes of his old hometown. Be- sides starting the play for Buch- anan's opening goal, the 36-year-old Hollett time and time again broke up Sydney attacks and lifted the puck down the ice.

The Millionaires helped beat themselves with the same goal-shy- ness that was evident in their opening game tie and their 5-3 loss Saturday night. Several times they worked into scoring position, only to lose the chance by too much passing when a quick shot might have paid off.

Summary:-

Flrst Period '1—Sydney, Gallagher,

(Whalen Myketyn) 3.07 ll-Toronto, Buchanan,

(Hollett, McCormack) 9.45 .¥—Toronto, McLellan,

(Robertson) ..................... .. 11.32 4—'1‘oronto, McLellan,

(Robertson) 11.59

5—Torontc, McLellan, (McCormack, Davidson) .1930 Penalties: Fritz, Hannigan, Mc- Rae, Hollett Medynski. Second Period 6¢Sydney, Platz, (Gallagher, Arundel) ....... .. 11.4.3 Penalties: l-lollett, McRae, Simp- son, Bolton, Davidson, Blair. Third Period Scoring-None. . Penalties: Armstrong, Myketyn.

Maple Leafs

ST. CATHARINES. Ont, April 6 — (C?) -— Toronto Maple Leafs have to shake off a season-long jinx if they hope to win ‘their third straight Stanley Cup over Detroit Red Wings.

The high-powered Wings, who the National Hockey League championship be- fore knocking off Montreal Can- sdiens in the cup semi-final. were too much for the Leafs all season. They won seven games to Tor- onto's three with the other two tied. And they outscored the Leafs 35-22.

But the Leafs have some jinxes on their side too. Since Clarence (Hap) Day took over as coach in the 19410-41 season they haven't lost o. Stanley Cup playoff to the Wings. They beat the Detroiters in the final in 1942, 1945 and 1948

and in the semi-final in 1946.

The Leafs leave forDetroit to- morrow for the opening game oi the best-of-seven final Friday

Sainls Capture Opening Game ~ Hoop Finals

The Saints Dunstan's University basketball team took the opening game of the playoffs for the Island Physical Fitness basketball champ- ionship by handing the Charlotte- town Reece hoopsters their first defeat of the season when they drubbed them by a score of 70-46

at the Prince of Wales College Auditorium last night before a large following of fans.

It was a really well played, close- ly contested encounter, especially in the first half with Saints only holding a 25-22 margin at the end of that time, which saw both teams battling it out basket for basket. But the Saints proved too strons for the Recce squad in the final round, and playing their man tb keep them in check practically all the time, broke into a series of smart scoring sprees that netted them 45 points to their opponents 24 before the game ended to hold s definite 24 point margin on the game. -

Bick Backless of Saints was the leading scorer of the night with a total of 23 points. while Glen Michelson of Recce followed him a very close second with 20,- Roche and Reardon, both of Saints, came next in the scoring limelight with 17 and 15 pointgrespectively.

The second game of the best two out of three game series will get

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Sid Abel, centre for Detroit's big line, was the top goal scorer in clashes between the two teams, picking up eight.‘ left-winger Ted Lindsay got five and right- winger Gord Howe tallied four. Jim McFadden got six.

Harry Watson, the big left- winger who formerly played with Detroit, topped Toronto goal scor- ers against Detroit during the season with four. Right wing Bill Ezinicki and centre Max Bentley each had three.

If the Leafs win (the series. they will become the first teem to win the Stanley Cup three times in successio . Their wins in the last two seasons matchedtdouble victories by the Ottawa. Senators in 1920 and 192i, Montreal Can‘- adiens in i980 and i931 and the Red Wings in i936 and 1937.

Day's coaching record in Stan- ley Cup play is unsurpassed. His team has never been beaten in s final, beating Detroit three time: and the Canadiens once.

Bonspiel Results

The results of matches played at the Charlottetown Curling Club last night follow:

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E. Tanton 9. RR. Bell 4

HR. Csrruthers 13, Dr. dings 10

W. Swindell ii, CM. lirasee i0

N. Anderson lb, J3. MacDon- ald 9

FIB. Conrad 4. A.W. Hynduisn

l6. J.S. Moore 9. Dr. W. MacDon- sld l5 W» Worth 10, 'I‘.W.L. Proves 11. EXHIBITION BASEBALI. At Dallas, Tex.

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vision of leading operations tether points. The name '1‘. A. Bu . fe- miliarly known as "Andy" will long be inscpersbiy connected with the Potato Growers‘ Association sad many farmers will cherish the . of this character whose kindly interest in the farmers and their problems was always evi- denced, . j

Since early January‘ this year we have been further hmdiccpped astilr. 1". D. Webster. another stal- wart of the Association staff, a faithful member for over 30 years, has been forced to tske a rest under doctor's instructions. We had another problem that of being moved to new quarters due to fire in the ‘rwcel Buildinc. lor- tunateiy we were able, through courtesy of Canada Packers, to oh- tain temporary accommodations in their building andour work was continued with no great lou. In spite of these adversities we have continued to serve you, and just last week we had one of the busiest weeks on record.

Production P Iblems

‘ifle year, in contrast to 10H, presented a different picture to the seller of Island potatoes. We were faced with an unprecedented production in Canada of 92 mil- lion bushels. At, the some time United States had the‘ second greatest crop in history-HO mil- lion bushels, and to add to the problems South American markets were restricted due to currency problems. Realizing this situation in early Jembcr, your Associa- tion was represented’ at a confer- ence called in Ottawa, September 20th, to co ‘ the disposition of this year's crop and also to take steps to maintain market ‘in the United States _which country threatened to place an embargo on Seed potatoes from Canada. As a result of this conference the mar- ket in the United States was kept open. At the same time a plan for the support of potato prices in Canada was prepared. Later, on October 20th, this plan was sub- mitted to the Dominion Cabinet. Due to the high level of prices in United States because oi their high support level this Province was able to market large quanti- ties of Seed. At the same time heavy shipments took place from other parts of Canada with the re- sult that the full quota was filled on December 6th, and just prior to this date the Canadian Govern- ment worked out. an arrangement with the United States for a con- tinued supply of seed potatoes to that country beyond this date. The details of this plan are well known to all but it is desired to im- press on all that this arrangement was the result of intensive con.- ferences and effort on the part of the Department of Trade and Commerce officials at Ottawa and also Department cf Agriculture of- ficials from Ottawa and our own provincial Department, particular- ly, Mr. W. R. Shaw, who, as chair- man ‘of the All CahadilmPotubo Committee of the Canadian Bor- ticultural Council, attended con- ferences in Washington in the formstlop of thus/agreements.

Delicate Situation

There are few people among the potato growers in Prince Bd- ward Island who did not realize how important it was to maintain our seed potato markets in the United States and that everything should be done to avoid iii-feeling that could so easily develop in such s. crisis. Many of the farmers have the ‘view that the United States could not under the Geneva Agree- ment bar the import of Canadian Seed even before the quota was

' filled but the facts of the matter

are there are two conditions under which the import of Canadian seed may be barred. They are: (s) when acreage is controlled. (b) When surplus potatoes are being purchased by the Government and sold below cost.

Both these conditions were ob- tained in the States during the fail of 1948 and our Canadian author- ities agreed thabwc would supply seed to legitimate Seed users and for Seed purposes only.

Since December ist. we have been operating under these sr- rangemcntsQYou all have noted from press reports in the States that there have been some serious violations of these agreements. Some shippers wittingly or unwit- tingly have sold to unscrupulous dealers in the States who have dis- posed of these potatoes in Tobie- stock channels. Now this action may have some immediate bene- ficial effect in alleviating the sur- plus here, but you growers are working on potato growing as a permanent ‘ndustry sad must think of the long range effect of such action on your markets. It is our considered opinion that respect for the rights of growers in other counties is always desirable, and we believe with proper- co-opcrl ation with United emu we shall

Ooupiod with the above arrange- ment for marketing of sue pote- ton the Dominion Government

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In the matter of transportation, locally the problem of supply of refrigerator car-i was somewhat ltuadicr and more adequate than during the past few years. Only during a few short periods was there any scarcity. - Freight Rates-We think this an, opportune time for the growers to express themselves and take act- ion on tho freight rates problem. Your management desires tb com- mend to you the action the Pro- vincial Governmcat is taking in spending monies to provide the material to present against the railwlyl in the current review of freight rates by the Board of Rail- WIJI- - .

VOn April 8th. last year the flat freight rate increase in Canada of 2i per cent was announced. Now this affected- you very considerab- ly.~ On a car, of potatoes to Iror. onto it meant $40, to Winnipeg it meant 885.00 increase. Today the railway is asking for another in- crease of 20 per cent. Now it may be proven by the inquiry that the railway needs some increase in revenue but never again do we want a horizontal, across the board rate ‘of increase as this method places the great bulk of the bur- den on the long haul victims as we are. Possibly few farmers ‘real- ize that during the past four years there have been several freight increases in United States rail- roads-for example, rate to ‘Nor- folk 1046 was 74c, now is $1.11. Another matter we arc fighting is that of one sone for freight rates in this Province. For ship- ments outside the Maritimcs the rate of freight from inner zone Charlottetown to Borden, may be l to 50 less than that of the outer zone, which means a difference up to $8.00 s. car. We believe that this Island is small enough for one zone.