William Eckert Named Commissioner Of Baseball

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CHICAGO (AP)—William D.| Gen) Eckert and MacPhail|reer with Cincinnati Reds, Eckert, a retired lieutenant-gen- | were named at a meeting of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New eral of the U.S. Air Force, was|20 club owners and were the York Yankees. CHRIS ANNETT ‘aamed commmiasiense of baseball junasimens recommendsten of Me ineame Relinese gnenm By Ww : major league screening com- | manager E ired Ford muemnating he se (Some |NICKNAMED SPIKE and District Junior Hockey League swung The gumers slop The committee was composed, Throughout his career Eckert into action Tuesday evening and when the smoke of battle had the appointment of Lee Mac-|of John E. Fetzer of Detroit Ti- when he was Weles Welshmen had triumphed 125. Des- Phail, president and general John Galbraith of Pitts-|a plebe at the the lopsided nature of the victory league officials were far manager of Pirates, Walter O'Malley |—was peteased to by cclleagans from discouraged and neither was Rogers.coach Norman ‘Hawk’ administrator in the commis-|of Los Angeles Dodgers, Robert |as one most : ae office. “ Reynolds of California Angels, |minded officers in the ‘orum was in excellent condition for the This is a new post created as |Phil Wrigley of Chicago Cubs |establishment. ales took full advantage of its condition a result of a reorganization|and Tom Yawkey of Boston Red| Since retirement Eckert has hardware crew right into the ice. It must be re- voted by the leagues in Chicago |Sox. served as one of the directors collegiates had two games under their belts be- several weeks ago. of the Logistics Rogers were appearing for the first time PRAISES MACPHAIL Institute which advises de- Eckert, whose selection ended |partment of defence in areas of extremely sloppily played but was an ex- a six - month search by the |national policy and manage- minutes for at the end of this time the screening group, praised the se-|ment, and as a director or offi- However PWC began to put the pres- a eet Sb Mipprmae an his sight ee covet aeeipanies Ge on and it payed off as Rogers began to tire in the second. 3 real estate i Weilshmen unanswered before the “T have had an opportunity to| Eckert is the fourth commis- ar gg = —_—— meet him and know his record |sioner of baseball and the third searching for a rough and tough blueline as one of the best informed men |chosen from outside the ranks no less than six defensemen on the points 4] ee ” eee eas the late Judge The Rangers | goes ie Goold fact i was hit with the fact Eckert signed a seven-year |Kenesaw Mountain Landis, ap- and when this team works itself into top a contract at $65,000 annually. | pointed in 1921, who served until nobodys patsy, MacPhail signed for three years jhis death in 1944. He was suc- the other hand showed that it to had a | at $40,000 a year. ceeded the following year by that are not adverse to a bit of body . MacPhail, 48, is a son of |Senator Albert B. (Happy) by former North River star, Lincoln MacKen- * |Larry MacPhail, the stormy fi-|Chandler of Kentucky. Frick will prove to be a formidable force before the sea- LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP)—|gure responsible for many base- |was elected for the first of two However they did not have that much work on their Former heavyweight boxing ball innovations during his ca-'terms in 195). the second last two stanzas. Despite two strong per- champion Floyd Patterson oui | the SDU Varsity squad Barry Ellis in the Wednesday that he has only one ' rather weak at times Tuesday evening and get objective—to regain the e been able to put together a more consistant world title from Cassius Clay the game could easily have been a different So a Bombers VWVin e/ “I am not thinking past this Bobby Doherty have played big roles ee oe cor pce | e e ; the Welshmens games so far this season and they . deserve the success that they have been enjoying. as he and Clay continued their | Thrilling Game and combine this with the natural talent training program. you have two fine little hockey players. Patterson said that if he won | are very few if any weak skaters on the the championship back for an| WINNIPEG (CP) — Winnipeg each before 16,100 fans Wednes- not unconceivable that they could end up

unprecedented third time, he Blue Bombers got hot in 18- day night.

might well defend it two oridegree temperatures in the The third and deciding game three times, very likely in Eu-|fourth quarter, erased a four- will be played im Calgary Sat- rope. point deficit and defeated Cal- | urday. “But it wouldn't neessarily | gary a 15-11 __ = ‘Traling 117 ater 45 Lovage | RAMBLINGS eee be a European fighter. It might |best-of-three Western Football | 8 possession ; be an American,” he said. Conference final at one game |the ball in the opening seconds NEW COMMISSIONER big the discovery that only Charlottetowa paperweights cl, nit i stl S| Cayet ING DRAW [inane me et seam wie nua X com cago, W. eran ‘ tee werd a Asso Pod LING p Ww = rg rot - ae D. , USAF., new with the in Chicago. . orca co et = regan du sail be Midis cnt Gy moet menial Wostine : as its champion: ary ey grab 2! aseball. commissioner, is missioner, Fork Frick, right, at Freeport, Ill, is a graduate : ‘e come up “If possible, yes,” Patterson| ‘The following is today’s draw |wobbly pass from quarterback pie- a4 is 56. (AP Wirephoto) /Rural Minor Hockey League. replied, but did not elaborate, | for the Charlottetown Curling |Kenny Ploen and prance into : ; . a recent meeting of all interested, parents voted in the ~, pe the end — for a 48 - yard e e “ oer e; ae Hennessey, Vice-President- Ice 1 — A. Ballem, K. Ready,| The Winnipeg defence then a ! aa ig van, Directors—Ron McInnis, Bob Hurry, and Heary Murnag- D. Red, T. Winter vs H. Peters, |took over, holding the Stam- han, Statiscian Joe Coyle. H. Thomsen, K. Cantwell, A. |pers—27-9 victors in ‘the first . , American League baseball club Ww. wie 1 —- Di: Walther, De. Kelly, |"40 0 yards resling anu’ Ope ‘de contract of Joe Cronin as president of the American League N. Kelly. S. Gi ek ace cise : © : for another seven years at an increase in salary. Terms of the i 7 gy el dig |S completions. contract were not but ved 50,000 a Glair, G. Henry, D. Ward, F.| Bomber linebacker Phil Min- ac W S in on when he was named to head the league Feb, 1, 1959, as ene. Coady. ‘mick killed the last Calgary cessor to Wil Harridge, : Ice 3 — D. Stanhope. L. Blak- \threat when he charged in to : i ney, H. Love, Dr. D. MacDonald | |, . rback Eagle Day NEW YORK (AP)--Stan Mi- Wharram’s 25-footer,.,..but..Ml- |4,Bobby. Nev.in scored the |,._-Nova Scota, with 39 teams, has the largest representation - vs D. George, J: reser arte *|kita and Bobby Hull scored two kita swept the rebound . home. Renae eee goal, in the | the sixth annual Monctonian Bonspiel_opening this morning. D. Hutchinson, F.- Miles. |The-ball-squirted-loose-and-Win--| soars apiece aiid Mikita added Bobby Hull scored his 13th |first minute of the final period, |S€cmd om the list of the , 72team event is New- . Ice 4— H. Dobson, E. MacCal- |nipeg’s Mario Mariani recov- ltwo assists as Chicago Black 4 goal of the season less than four jbut Hull scored again at 2:19. |Brunswick with 18, followed by Quebec with five. Prince Ed- jum, Dr. C. Willis, B. Steven- |ered on the Calgary %-yard line [Hawks moved into a first-place | minutes later with Mikita and |Rod Seiling notched the game’s |W2%d Island, Newfoundland and Labrador have two each, son-vs Dr. T. Hooper, H. How-|with two minutes and 96 sec- |Wational Hockey League tie | 2 :}defenceman Pierre Pilote —as-|final goal for New York with |While Ontario, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut have att, B. artridge, I. MacMillan. |onds to play: with idle Montreal Canadiens :|sisting. The goal was one of |just over five minutes remain. |°¢ each. x hme hee es, 5 ee oe Pas oe Sect acta AE ean Fee ,Cormanchrman of Sve th. Cn . » D. vs. B. | 5-3 Wednesday night. Z m ic a . Acorn. "B Crockett. 8 Haper,| Ottawa Riders Hull, who took over the league eoft wrist ehot from just inside| piest period: 1) New York, peeve ee rns Sane’s 1 tiaiet prion thet De... MacLellan. Pla To Wi scoring lead with his 13th and the blue line which seemed to|Githert 5 (Ratelle, Seiling) 1:21; |Stevens ee oa sede rpesaom arrien 730 p.m. n °o n 14th goals of the season, was catch Giacomin off guard. It 2. Chicago, Mikita 5 3:17; 3. |to z the y’s athletic director, students : Ice 1 — G. Dition, K. Jenkins, overshadowed by Mikita’s out- came just five seconds after Ghicago, Mikita 6 (Wharram, boycott game, ee Saturday, because “‘the | F. Dillon, D. Mosher vs D. OTTAWA (CP) — Ottawa standing performance. Jim Neilson was whistled off | pijcte) 9:23; 4. Chicago, R. Hull ca ae a oe not realize students can’t afford to ae s| O'Rourke, B. MacGregor, G. |Rough Riders aré<down five} The centre,” the ice for boarding. ; 13 (Pilote, Mikita) 13:21. Penal- cc ee an statement, Mr. Gorman said “The bow! 21; Gallant, J. Macinnis. jPoints in their Eastern Football |who has won the NHL scoring Mikita picked up his fourth |¢i., Vasko -:06, Hillman 2:25 a te ks ae slogan ‘partmers with a purpose.’ The : , * afte Ice 2— A. Llewellyn, W. Rodd, | Con“erer-* two.-~~~. t-ta’’” ** |title in each of the last two sea- point of the night, setting UP /Nesterenko 5:45, Hadfield 8:50, | ond sta p intercollegiate football on a national scale a) M. White, B. Dickson vs. J. |playoff with Hamilton Tiger- |sons, sparked a three-goal Chi- Wharram's neat backhander at|rsoosito 10:27, Neilson 13:16, late that Uneven ere, in the world. “It is unfortun- Gquarebriggs, M. Pursey, J. 'Cats, but coach Frank Clair and |cago rally in the first period 6:07 of the second period. Nesterenko 14:16, Ravlich 17:04. at ths versity of Toronto students were not made aware Keith, K. Doucette. ‘his players say the eeries ie far |which erased an early Ranger Second period: -S. Chicago, |tion of the nahn he Cie that eee ee eee pie, P. Perry, H. Crockett vs| “It’s crazy to dismiss us as| Mikita’s four points gave him! alties — Ravlich 1:57, Jarrett | will feed month and $4, the price of our ticket, A. Smith, L. Johnston, D. Rog- |though it were all over,” says|17 for the season, three behind acai a Go ae a Korean family of four for one month.” The bowl ers, J. Pierce. jdefensive guard Sam. Scoceia, |Hull- and one back of Montreal's | RACING :01,-Howell -16:09. qypemetre between- Toronto V; Blues; Ontario-Quebec Athletic awe Ice 4 — Dr. W. MacDonaid, C. |34, a veteran of 15 seasons in|Bobby Rousseau. Third period: 6. New York, | Association football champions, and University of Alberta CO panes Campbell, F. Burke, K. Dow- |professional football, 12 of them yixita scored his first goal |. BOBBY HULL HALIFAX (CP) — Quaker Bon-|Nevin 6 (Goyette, Marshall) —— Bears, winner of the Western Intercollegiate Football r FILTER TIP = vs. a F. Cox, occ eek BZ after Rod Gilbert had-given the »)met and Basil’s ee double|9:32; 7. Chicago, B. Hull 14 =: ’ ia Burke, F. Callaghan. nothing . . . i Mikita’s sixth of-the sea- | winners on a harness pi ‘ eet CIGARETTES Ice 5 — Dr, C. Galant, J. |a touchdown means little when |Rangers a short-lived 1-0 lead.| 7) sont the eee aiaaa od racing program here Wednes-| ‘Maki, Esposito) 2:19; 8. New ‘eid: han en eae Glasgow and Birmingham, Eng- MacKinnon, H. Edwords, M. |you remember some of the| The flashy Chicago centre |at 9:23 of the first period with | day. _..-..|York, Seiling 3 (Ingarfield, An-|FiO4 Patterson hed 00 seats for Monday night’s Cassius Clay MacFadyen vs. M. Bell, K. /Scoring splurges this chub bas|clicked on a 2%-foot slap shot Ranger forward Vic Hadfield| Quaker Bonnett had times of gotti) 14:57. Penalties—Ratelle | tne Atlantic” by a oun title fight to be beamed across Dalziel, G. Trainor, D. Kilpat- /had. just 52 seconds after New York ‘sitting out a two-minute slash- | 51:2 for three-eighths of a mile/g:37 Mohns 16:33. time. Roy Garcia idea caseens sides erg ing esd gn a ser rick. | The Riders started last Sun- |defenceman Wayne Hillman had jing penalty. New York wale |S, ule deals bee cae ie Shots on geal by clreuit: ton fem the ia vada, ne ee epped Ketiy ire ei Chleaee 146 12~$2 |Nev., announced the sellouts of three of the eight theatres to le winners were Armbro|New York 12 6 19—$7 | carry the bout in Britain.

Singl Aileen (49), Indian Colleen (1:43.4),-Glen Allen (1:45), Ken-

sie ee Club Football Causing Stir;.. Non-Powers Take Interest

SPORT ECHOES

JUNIOR HOCKEY Thursday, November 18—8:30 p.m. Prince of Wales Coleg “Provincial Vocational Institute

Amish Land paid $218.80.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP) — An eight dash harness racing card at Exhibition Park Raceway here was cancelled Wednesday

Legion Team Looks Strong

By KEN PRITCHARD , who receives. $1,200 for the

WINTER TIRES

Halifax Junior Canadiens. This seems like a lot of ‘talent to lose

in two years,’ but the kids are

whizzing along this year as_ if they had kept all their stars in

the line-up.

What’s the answer? Well. Part of the answer seems to | | be im a group of youngsters | just coming up to the junior

The latest news from the S FORUM

P.C.P.L. is that the R.C.A.F. Eagles are definitely out of contention this year. Accord- ing to reports, Tony Licari couldn’t ice .a_ satisfactory

| team this year. There is a ru- |

mor going the rounds that some of the Eagles will be lin- ing up with the Pope Motors Aces this year. We think that’s

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\U.S. aid.

level, who are showing a lot a good idea, just so long as more get-up-and-go than any- | the Ace — R.C.A.F. combina- one gave them credit for. Fo- | tion doesn’t prove too strong ley is a 16-year old who plays for the other two teams, in the his best hockey across a | league. We did excellent = enemy blue-line. He has two lance last year and close WE GUARANTEE goals and two assists In the _trouncing ‘the Juniors handed | twe games he played, | the Aces ight make one won- : DEPENDABLE DELIVERIES OF came mighty close ave der if the Pope Motors crew 5 ESS : al other occasions. ave _§ were not too weak this year, is agree | ikeeweneeen |S iees, oo le cers ~ an’ a OTHER SIZES AT SIMILAR SAVINGS ~~ Warmth without worry all wintertong! |. like a coming star. Eugene, MacLeod were missing from | : Deliveries right on schedule so you | last year a juvenile, has also | that game. To say nothing of : can never run short. Fuel Chief is the scored two goals and is an- the chances that the Harris GUARANTEED 12 MONTHS finestofits kind —economical.cleaner | other surprise package for the brothers and Ron MacArthur ] Mane sment. Call aw for Texace | other teams, Sammy Wedge micht still join the team. Add | Fuel Chiet today! has done a Tot to bolster the | four or five Eagles to th at Al LS TTERIES : bin-fre cor>. Net °* ‘ *v | mixture, and you might have TATE BA seven ge 10.45 Dial wanted so very much bolster. | a fine team to play Sandy’s ALLS FREEZE De scakts pelietens obs | rains, "chem plemtlo the team’s ; John champ TATE ANTI theecnee 2A 4.7312 Beer, another rugged boy who (Sandy tells us he’s going in- doesn’t run for help when the termediate), but it mizht 156 rhubarb looks » A a t make a shambles of aol s develop into a -fest, a P.C.H.L- We saw a sottba SIMPSONS-SEARS KENT Ch'town Petroleum Bill Dickie, no shrinking vio- league seatlied by belhg pow. Products Ltd. let either, and a sreatiy im- ergacking last summer. We'd ' 203 Gt. George SI. proved player since joined rather not see the same thing se Cotes! 2a, Juniors last year. | happen im hockey.

director who spent a decade in Montreal asa coach and ex- ecutive.

NYU is unlikely ever to play varsity football again, says Obeck. ‘“‘We will continue on a club basis with three or four games a year.”

Club, or non-conference, foot- jball is carried on at several schools here as a student activ- ity, organized the same way as the chess club or debating so-

SCHEDULE

¥: 7.00 - 8.00 — QOCHS. 11.00 - 12.00 — Parkdale Ele- mentry. 12.45 - 1.45 — PWC. 400 - 6.30 — Charlottetown Figure Skating Club.

6.30 - 7.30 — Minor hockey: 8.30 — unior hockey (PWC vs. PVD.

ciety. It has been taken to the hearts of students at colleges unable or unwilling to field

jteams for play in such highly-

* |might because of inclement wea- |

Stud: Se Adut - By NORMAN MacDONALD | ther. NEW YORK (CP)—Club foot- season, § ents—3 ults—60c jie tant Wak oe in on ball is causing a stir on the Be At Fordham, club football a ~ og ont oar because | part of the answer. But we must ee) ee ee | ae _|was a major campaign issue : See" ace cvertge would, tale not forget George McNeill who STAN DINGS See nl aise Clone Se ee ee onetime St whiz out of the |tended goal for Saint Dunstan's versity ‘and Mashattan College) ; last year, its chief proponent NOTICE a “tide Pi lay under the |varsity team last year, is be-| ee Fe eee taivcnniy me winning. by a landslide. Jim 10 Discoum Masse ak Car Seeumaesiay Sobict twee te ipes for the juniors {Chicago «7 9 1 40 1S Oe ine a Way for cach wraitl | dancing, who played oa the f : . A ’ ‘ Montreal | s 0 m Rams team that : % to al! students. Legionnaires. They lost ees season. oe a New York 4 4 3 37 33 11| Schools as Iona College to par- i | went to the Sugar Bow! and was Dow's terete fee was IE eta era masc yO sltennl “eg (fore $$ 2 8 iteiate im mtercolediate play a

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: ae ry, and Dave Gaudet in 1965. [tributed more in our humble | Betton 332 17M 6| One of the big boosters of | Y aaniing apparently has am- Gt. George St. Paul MacWilliams, one of their opinion than anything else to the club football in this area is Vic ‘|bitions that go beyond club ton stars, ‘eft them > joir *‘e |Legionnaire victory. Obeck, NYU coach’ and athletic football. He talks of a 1966

schedule in which the Rams =|would play University of Chi- +|eago, University of San Fran- :|cisco and Georgetown.

But Obeck is satisfied that club football is best for NYU, Of—the—university’s~ 40,000- stu- dents, only 5,000 are male un- dergraduates from whom he could pick players for big-time football. But in club football any student, undergrad or post: grad, is eligible.

In this respect,. Obeck saye, club football is like Canadian university football. For in the big-time U.S. college game only

was a football clamor at Ford- ham, so they were included and

we played both colleges.” This fall seven colleges are

|organized groupings as the Mid- west’s Pig Ten conference.

“There is no recruiting, no training table and no pre-season exhibition schedule,” says Obeck.

A Philadelphia-area native, Obeck became football coach at |McGill University in 1947, was

REMEMBER WHEN .

By THE C‘NADIAN PRESS Winnipeg Blue Bombers

smashed through Calgary

Bronks 26 years ago today

senior football title, being beaten 13-7 in the first game. Bombers went on to defeat Ottawa 87 for the |

Grey Cup. jing

“COLONIES MAY SIGN UP

WASHINGTON (AP)—An un- identified United States govern- ment source said Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago would be welcomed into the Organization of American State. The source said membership would qualify the former British colonies for |

levated to diretor of athletics switched in 1956-57 to the

“I formed a club at+ NYU open to anyone interested in

jlearning to block and _ tackle.

Georgetown (a Washington |, uni- versity) was running an intra- mural football progtam at the time. Two years ago Jack Hag- gerty, the Georgetown athletic director, and I decided we should have our colleges play.

Bronx.

is call (Club, supported by $5 contribu-|vincial Vocational — Institute,

tions from 1,800 students and |mek'ng their junior league de

Just about that time, too, there

year - old insurance salesman time is 8.30.

Wet cro neato RAB. athen tame

playing club football in this

area: NYU, F tan, Iona, St. Peter's, Hall and Marist. Marist in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is playing | the heaviest schedule, meeting | all six others. Manhattan and; aa play only three games. each.

year.

PWC Meet PVI In Junior Tilt

Manhattan, fielding its first leur ae "= ae "aad . as

team in 23 years, defeated NYU |prince “of Wales College fans

20-14 in its opening game this from talking about the first jun- fall, played before 6,500 fans in Galeic Park, a sports field in|

ior championship that could pos- isibly go their way. Especially

jafter the 12-5 thumping they area of the gave Rogers Rangers, defending jleague champions, Tuesday night It was the same Manhattan |in the league opener. :

the . Riverdale

that in 1933 sent a team to the’ The Welshmen will be looking

wl. But now the team |for their second victory tonight

Orange the Jasper Football when they tangle with the Pro

coached by Larry Kelly, 29- but, tonight at the Forum. Game

, Manhat- aindergraduates are eligible and Seton [then only after their freshman