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“SPORTING NEWS

With tho Collegians-Navy strug- gle still fresh in their minds City Hockey League farts are in for an-

other great battle tonight when

Peto Kelly's No. 2 A.N.5. team.

leaders oi’ the league. clash with

their bitter rivals. Flying Officer Cotle's powerful. team from N0. 2 G.R.S., nierside.

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Once again it wlll_be a matter of fo

tile-breaks deciding the issue, for there is very little to choose bc- tivcen the two Air Force teams. Summer-side were slight favorites entering tiie first tussle but the ChRl'!0ttelo‘.‘1n squad, mainly on _tlie strength of a brilliant perfor- mance by the Kelly, Dew, Labei-ge trio. upset the applecart by shad- lllg their opponents by the slim margin 3-2.‘ ‘ o

Sumnicrsiie didn't take sny too \\'£‘ll to that setback and ever since h.:~; return meeting. They will get that chalice tonight but whether or not they can obtain the revenge they gre no doubt seeking, remains to

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Summcrside announced two min- or changes in their lineup for to- night's tussle. while the local team will likely ice the same lineup that llflyt) yet to taste defeat, so once again the restilt seems to hinge on lLiC ill-lPsllUn of whether or not the offensive "uwer of the locals first linc ciui overcome the undoubted beitcr balance oi’ the Summerside team.

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Fans haven't forgotten the last fll"(.‘.lllt{ between this pair of liuc- ksy clubs. On that occasion they were treated to everything that goes to make up a hockey game. Now with the rivals at the peak of their form an even better setto is looked forward to. but at that, they will have to be good to sur- pass their previous ‘performance.

But whatever way it goes it is bound to be a. thrilling struggle from whistle to whistle. Neither tfifivm is predicting as to what the ultimate outcome will be but cam club is ilstermlned to be returned the victors.

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3H1 ‘ ltie has a two-fold pur- pose m winning tonight's encoun- tcr. That setback they suffered before crime rather unexpectedly to them. for it was really felt they snculd win; they want to atone for that and at the same time ad- Vance in the standings. while in No. 2 A.Ns.'s case a victory would mean that they would be ablo to consolidate their present leading

position. o a c

And should the Summerside train come through with l. win tonight it will mean that they will Jump into a deadlock with N0. I A. N. S. for the league leadership. At present they are tied with the Coileginns for the second spot. so w'i_‘th that brief glance it can be seen how important the game is to each squad.‘

Jfithllny sqlla-Nbfllil’ COllcIl-lns were a happy band of youngsters l8 they skated ofl tho ice ‘rilesdoy night with. that 4-3 victory over the strong Navy team. And they had a perfect right gs be, for they came through one of the toughest battles of the season wit-h colors flying and from hero on they arc going to bo tougher than evor to

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Again it was a matter of sheer fighting spirit that carried the youngsters to their victory. At times. as anyone will readily ad- mit, it appeared as if the Navy would break throu h the stout cle- fonce they were t owing up. but they held on to tho bitter end to earn their Laurels.

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And a game 0f tho gort that Tuesday night's was is bound to bring up arguments. Main topic of the game yesterday surrounded the goal that the Navy shot toe third period that was called back for an oifsides. Fans seem Bbfilll- Equally divided over the matter and as far as this writer's opinion is concerned ~he was too far away to judge. ‘

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However. the Navy team quickly nbidcd by the referee's decision and were just as quick to admit aitci‘ the smoke of battle had cleared away that the better team had won.

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ntn the vthick of Ltnriue battles.

the City

can hang onto their rein- mc: s they are going tomakc lugs plenty hot.

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l-‘or the four players in question iv. Wfis their first time out and they csiultl hardly be expected to be in tip shape. At that they turned in .1 rlrlving "we of game that had Csileglaiis plenty worried and once thry not ll. few practice sessions LilldCl‘ their belts lt would be weil tn watch this Navy outfit when

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Bert Steele is the same mercury fuoivil llil’ ist as he was in his Tuesday night Bert relight i; _ from the crowd as ixicctl gcnlwiird and that he v.'.is kept off itie scoring sheet is a lI'll)ii‘t(' lo ille defence of the Col- l us ratlicr than any lack oi liity on his ‘pant. o

Bu. wont be with the Navy tiz-x; time out. as his leave expires but in ‘Fiirky nnd Buck Whitiock, Piitl Ranch anti young Jackson Nflyy llfl'.'c a riuiirtetie that will no lots ‘l)i“til'l‘ Mien they skate out for lilCll‘ IIPXL. scheduled game.

Jnhnnv Squarcbriggs. and he has watched plenty of players in ac- tion. was enthused over his team's win mid he made no bones about

well-balanced

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Tuesday night have in n‘ l‘ jumped very-

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" Offing lVhen Teams Clash

"The battle of the Air Force. not in the sky. but over the frozen ice surface of the Forum" isschedulcd for tonight when No.2 ANS. team from hero. holders of first place in the City Hockey League. meot the challenge of the powerful No. 2 G. 5.8. team from Summersido in a

ame that will decide whether the ocal team can either increase their present two point lead or be rced to see Sumrnerslde draw up on even footing with them.

It should be a bristling encoun- ter all the way through. Evenly- baianced and powerful in all posi- tions Summersidc, although enter- ing the game as favorites. ivere forced to see No. 2 A.N.S. take their measure the only other time the clubs met this season. On that occasion the game was a thriller right up to the flnal minute. To- night's promises to be even more so

Itching for revenge and with a win already under their belt-Balm‘! the league~rcsumed after the new year. Summersid are 901M111! f9!‘ tonight's game as if a title were at ‘stake. But the local Air Force lads are in the same mood. so watch out for fireworks.

Action-Packed Battle In .

It won't be any pink tea affair

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CHICAGO. Jan. l7 -— (AP) The Montreal Canitdiens, with a three-goal scoring burst in the sec- ond period, stopped a rejuvenated band of Chicago Black Hawks 4-2. in a. national hockey league game before 11,906 fans here tonight. The Black Hawks. taii-enders in the league. battled Montreal almost to a standstill after the Cimadiens had scored early in tho first per- iod. But after the first intermis- sion. whatever spark the Black Hawks had apparently wassqueich- ed. and until the closing minutes of the game. the Mic treat goal was hardly threatened.

SUMMARY First Period

i-Mont-real. Mosdell 7:45 zl-Chlcago, Harms (McDonald)

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Penalties —- Ccopcr. Second Period

S-blfontrcsl, O'Connor

.04 5—Mont.real. Getliffe 17:03 Penalties — None.

Third Porloll P0110600. Mitchell (Hcrock. Dahlst om) 19109 Penaltxios — Mitchell. Eddolls.

Bornwallis Awarded Game

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(B1 Tho Candis-n Prom) DEEP BROOK. N.S., Jan. 17~. Goalie Red Gilbert of H.M.C.S. Cornwallis shot the puck into an empty net tofllfllt to give H.lVLC.S. Cornwallis 9.7-6 wirrover H. M. 0.5. stadiwona. of Halifax site: tho visitors had refused so appear for an overtime period in c, Hali- fax Senior Hockey League game. The regulation time had ended with the score 6-6. and theI-Inlifax outfit refused to tako the loo for the overtime on tho ground the 31183"!!! hcd to catch s train for

eir base. The Arena was empty of spectators. who had gone home in the belief the ame hid ended eep B ook tars took the ice again to score the winning goal. In thovhard-fought third period. stadacona had scored throo fast goals to tio th The line of Chipmsn-Msnn - fy accounted for all three of the late goals. Chipmon getting two and Mann one. The line also split up the Stadacona scoring between them, each getting two tallies. Stars of the stadacona aggregat- ion wero Gaye Stewart. Hamilton and Shill. all former NH L. play- ers.

Maroon: Defeat St. Avarils 5-0

The Maroons defeated St. Av- ards 5-0 last night in a hockey game played at the Upper Queers Street, rink. It was the second en- counter for the two- squads. the first game resulting in a 3-3 ti- The lfnroons announced last night that they expected to play the Navy first team bfcnday night.

Remember When

By Tho Canadian Press

Any hope of reinstatement in or- ganized baseball for "Shoeless Joe" Jackson. who joined Chicago Red Sox teammates in "throwing" t world series to Cincinnati in 1a was dismissed when Baseball Com- missioner Landls refused him per- mission to play in ‘the Class D League ll years ago todo . Shoo- lass Joe had been ono of t o game's great hitters.

die. And that coming from "Snag" can mean plenty’. _

However. the Navy's showinglias lent a. lot of added impetus to City League activities and from hero n umper crowds can be expect-

lt. when he stated that if the Navy

crliilci retain their recent additions gressive tl-‘cv ar- going to be tough to b\ir-‘ and s

‘Canacks Stop Chicago

Scoring Burst In 3

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Haewfs competition is cxtiecied w be furnished by Jim Rafferty of New York. who has done 4:11; and Rudv Simms. ineligible University athlete

to keep Dor. Burnham. former Dart-

Hulse. holder of the American out- dcOr mcrk at 4:06. is o naval on-

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Former Athlete Home On Visit

Renewing acquaintances in the city at present is Dennis Ryan who arrived home from Vancouver about s. week ago. Dennis came home to visit his mother Mrs.

seriously ill at her home.

A former well known athlete. Mr ' Ryan has had a rich and varied experience since he left the Island for the West some fifteen years

ago.

He went. to Winnipeg in i930 and worked with the Hudson's Boy Company. Later he was trans- ferred to Calg and he moved to Vancouver in i9 .

At present ha is workinc 1n I Vancouver shipyard which is turn- ing out ships on wai- orders He was in t-he Army for g, time early in the war.

He hasn't been running for a number of years now but ‘he did win s. half-mile race in a Caledonia Club track meet shortiv after no went; out Wat. The half mile was his specialty though he‘ also ran the mile occasionally.

of French German, Spanish and Chinese, in addition to English. '

Before leaving this province for the west he was a well known seed mtato inapeif-i and made many P"tlll8.lnblll’lC‘-?S throughout the pro-

llaegg ‘Ready To Visit ll. S. But Builds Retires

NEW YORK, Jan. 1'1 — (AP) - Word was received from Stockholm today that Gunner Haoss. Swedish track star. had owl-plated plans 10K his winter triip to the United States just a few hours after Gi_l Dodds. expected to bc his major Til/Ba‘, Bald he would be unable to eotnpelfi

tary of tho Swedish Amateur Athletic Grout» bold the Associated Press in Stock- holm that all the plans had been completed for Haegg and hurdlci‘ Hakim Lidman to reach the U-S- by Feb. 2.

Neither Haeag nor Lidman has competed on an indoor board trlwlf nlfihough the rum-lei- presently is reported training in the Ma moe Tennis Hall

Dodds, who lowered the indoor mile time to 4:06 4 at Chicago last spring, annetfiiced 11's Ntlremfint lli a letter to Dan Ferris, secretary- treasurer of the A.A U.. in which he said that he expected to leave Boston Sunday for Los Anaelas to take up minlsteial duties with I gospel group.

The native Nebraskan cocnpleies his studies at the Gordon Theolofl- ical 501100 this week. ‘He ma wmpste in a two-mils race ct Boston Saturday-

Wirth Dodols cut of the indoor track picture ths winter. much of

‘ltrrk the

New Mic al 1.500 mere I18- msclllool sfudle< are emaciated

mouth ace now taking a medical course. and Michigan's Hume Brothers out of the limelight. Bill

Mlntue Ryan, 89 Gerald St. “mo is]

. servos today as the number of big

Y Malloy of tho Reds.

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It was the second straight loss for the Loafs team. having been beaten by the Rang- ers 4-0 in tho league opener.

The garnc was bitterly fought, in each and every period. The open- ing session ended in a l-all dead- lock with the winners going on to chalk up single counters the succeeding sessions to assure them- selves of their victory.

The lineups:

Canadians: Goal. M. Flynn: dc- fence. Burke. McNeeley. Lund. ,Dunn; forwards Fields. Hennessey, s-Shepherd, F. Shepherd, J. Nichol- son. J. Burke. W. Gillis.

Leafs: Goal, McDonald: defence. Hughes. Coyle. D. Hughes; for- wards, Biso. Ready, Dalziel. Mon- agl-ian, Kays, Doiron, Molyneaux,

Guinan M. Larter.

of the league.

Referee:

New Slice From Major - Baseball Manpower Reserve

NEW YORK: Jan. l6 -—(AP) — Manpower demands continued to bito deeper into major league re-

time baseball players entering the service stnco the close the i944 season rose to at least 24 as com- pared to six discharged veterans who may return to the game.

Although the number cf’ play- ers who left their clubs was loss than fivo per cent of the total on the l6 reserve l . many more en- tered essential industry and jobs helping the war effort. giving no hint of their i945 plans.

Joe Cronirrs Boston Red Sox. nicked heavily last summer when Tex Hughson, Bobby Doerr and Hal Wagner were called up in tho

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YIn Upset "Wctoiy Over lllllllllillllin: All Stars; Combines “(in 9f Trill"! fillilrtll In 2nd. Camel

9 Aif POfPQ Sci-mains one ofltho bi t to i u ' h th wind I’ ' " "l! vi the moon Y-ltcijrbsm: cirtgm $.23“ or a 001:2 Q otblli- team inst ht defeated R binos sad Doug McDonald of the I H I ~ G-A-F. All Star 233cm the open- College found the boobs for l0 . in! o of dou or City points each with A. McDonaliL-iil- t is loam bukvtb-ll bi p od at 5D of r.w.o trailing with RIM. m: All: (Mr-Celia thsblsooon sine Jerry Williams. hlch scoring for- by ‘my mew" 3°“ mm‘ u“ "' fflllr-Way deadlocknnfoir-‘unrrtmplac: $55‘ .353‘ balls-TL“ 5.3135- their bodies every chance they get 1n the “and mum o: m h. and sometimes with telling effect. . when they cam mm“ ° m!“ 1"“ mum"- Rivalry that is on a par with oid- “my o, but w‘ l n"; an]; time Surnmerside - Charlottetown minutes of pu§°'..."$.i.l§°.”,"" u‘ duels will be very much in evi- 7 ' LNJLA. IGII PIPE. aciicc from whistle to wiiisuc. so LAUREL and filly. ‘$3,? ""1"" °' *1" Maxim-ion o o 1 o that fans can expect a game filled HARDY Bu] 5mm m“. O'Brien I 0 l 4 with action every moment tho basket for basket ihi g w" ‘ ll. Smith ' 7 O 0 l4 teams are out there battling one , l‘ l‘ llflilllfillly yo g Q 1 4 anounen They dont know a sall- mfnegllglifwl ohm Airmen all?‘ I o ‘ 4 I The game will get underway at or’s horn l from hi‘ - - " Duh“ up — -— - - ms 'li..“‘.‘§?..i‘.’ will»... '.’ '3'. t... m; all it“: more? a M =- ~ - ~ » crowd oi the season. is expected to open a dancing school ha" ended “'10 ‘or m‘ A“ Bu“ 5" 5"" PG Fl Pl‘ Pli- Cliekin in all d sit in on the encounter with a anyway _ _ _ and wan: y team ‘with m, 'p'él"zlmls 95¢ Pflce 0 0 0 0 large crowd expected down from . . had on i .' m “H to x0 niicdcnim i o o a‘ summerskm “gm "no was E ted nto ho leadM-lfwhich schsem- 3 1 o 5 Summerside announced two c105“? drlvgnoltghtht‘) “h” u" Mil 4 0 1 I minor changes’ both m the my the h" 0m 6 Airmoq; who wean“- 1 0 o 3 ward lines. from last ame. while SOUIIIS. THUR 8 P. M. . through with t w will‘! Cline Fields 2 1 0 b t“ M- m... .2: stirs: s: sis“ i. i. a i. card tis expecte lat e ea- “TT In gue leaders will use the same line- MONTAGUE. SAl‘. 8 P. M. final whistle’ — — - '- ukp that alreliatdyllgsl brought them AND 0:46 P. M. ‘F-WD. Give Combluoc Bill M“ Totals ll 8 l 25 tfiicswriligz its Vlfi? ‘llficup of ihe- — “m” o! “ma! “howl” m slcoim out: suongfrsfilxcilfimdcrence. McPhcr- -' “mmg “'°“¢“'- V"? "ml? was 9°" F" Fl" Pil- son McDivitt' LeComPl-e. Miller; through Wm‘ m’ "mm "P!" 0' w“"°n 3 3 1 a forwards. Cussion. Bower Evans. - the evening qnly w h“ "Mm" 7” “n” 3 o o 5 Midghan’ Kerr. Wm“, Chouimm‘ the Combines closing surse. Traii- Armor ‘I 0 I 6 Lesebvre. Cormier. Crichton. mg at ‘me “m9 In u" m" hi“ K 4 3 1 1° | 16-6 Prince of Wales staged an Gallo: 4 O 8 I Win Bantam at“... 1*..- m" * * ° ' - on _ _ _ _ ... 31;; t threlc “gunners of tho anal sum is | 1 4i Encouirer it. --~=- ~ r- -- ~- ‘ nail. There were but six minutes a o 1 ‘ Th l left w play wit-ii tho sooro tiod °°"“"‘ ' ° 1 ° ree- -—— when the winners came through m‘ 1 ° . ' with, 10m- Qu-“Iht but,“ in ‘NV D. DOM“ G 3 O 1° “stun! their first M" hi ti“ in» led to nice victory with the °°“" 1 ' l ' r league. Canadiens of the Holy m0 tum‘ 51mm“! . p“. m m. A. 4 1 8 I ° Rifllfteme; lkélvgntam logistic ‘ital flnul minute of play. "m!" ' ° 1 ' Jig C H 8 - VCOI’ -— "- —' “'- ='~-—~~— '="—7' over hhe Leafs illpthe second gamg In the m" same mt] 8mm‘ M Totals ll l I I

the Y. led the snipers with four-

. Detroit, Am

One rink from Detroit. tin-gs from Amherst and several tho Charlottetown curling club alien s two day series of friendly matches at tho Curling Club this evonin at B o'clock providing lco conditons warrant. local curling ofllcials announced last night.

The Detroit rink will arrivo in

the Cit by l m]; emu g ‘ ck. Wolff. Amilli-n 15a;-

'5 o'elo comin on tho only evening u“ , Muc interest is attached to ti;

visit of both visiting clubs. It is the first time that a United States curlin rinkihas made itsappcar- 8M0 EN. while it has boon s good many years since Amherst representatives n o friendly games iii Giulomoown.

A large crowd of followers of the broom and stone game no ox- pected to watch the matches and it is to be hoped that the weather-

man will favor them with good ice conditions. Followin is the result. o! tho draw for e various mstohos: THURSDAY. 8.00 P.l\l. loo l

Frank Acorn

Roy Bevan

G. A. Hawkins

F. R. MoL-oinefiskir; vs. mum

co P. M. Dakln

Frank Hansen Norman Anderson R.,»R._ Bell. skip. vs. Amherst.

ceived his reclassification and is on call. H Brooklyn's "booby sox briBBdB lost three members. infielders Ed- die Miksls and Jack Bolling find pitcher Frank (Rube) Melton. and the St. Louis Browns. gave up out- fielder Al Zariliit and pitchers Paul Dean and Bill Seinsoth. HQwever_ only Zarilla was a mem- ber of the club that brought the first Brownie pennant.