Rangeir-sf Defeat Bruins 5-0 For First Victory In. Last Nine Starts

NEW YORK. Dec. 17 -(AP)-m New York Rangers scored their first victory in nine starts tonight and prevented Boston from taking over second place in the tight Na- tional Hockey League race, by heating the Bruins 5-0 before the smallest Madison Square Garden, crowd of the season, 4.551. I

The tail-end Rangers turned ini IllP.l' finest performance of the scason. Only a. terrific goal-tend- inc iob by Sugar Jim Henry pre- lf'lli.Ed Rangers from running that score into box-score figures. Henry. rame,up with 45 saves. i

Goalie Chuck Rayner, minor- loa-nie bound a few weeks ago.I made only 18 saves, few of them! Illillcult, in chalking up his first siiutout of the season. 1

Rangers jumped off to f-1 2-0 lead, in the first period on E0315 bil pain Ronty and Ed Slowinski SlOulnSkl'S marker was his first of the season.

Following a lirui.-ing but score-L

, lo-s second peiiocl Rangers locked. ii. up with a three-goal third-, period barrage. Wally Hergeshci-1,

nicr, Rangers' top goal-getter, as-' sstcd on all three goals. Rookie. Ntil Slmln started and ended the ii:-iiii-up drive. Edgar LaPrade,- ylnyillg his last game for Raiigeis, lllli.Cf.I the other marker. Le-, Prridc plans to return to his Port.

.lrlliiii'. 0nt., home this week-end, (if business reasons. . D:-fenccman

0' Bruins suffered a neinve injury: l-i his right shoulder in the seconrfi period following a check into the i-oards by Allan Stanley. He may; lic nut for one game. 5

Rookie fan MKICIRIOSII. brouglitl im from Vancouver, made his de-I and played in:

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1--Ncw York. Ronty iStra.in. Raise)

2 -New York, Slowinski lBuller. Kullman) 12:28i Penalties: Buller. 15:47; Howell.l

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Ht:fll'lll',:I Nonc. Penalties: Maokell, 18:13

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3 Non York. Strain If-lcrgeslieilner, Kraftchccki 4:18 I

it -New York, Laprade. , if-fergesheimer, Kullmanl 101421

&New' York. Strain ' I1-lergesheimer. Ronty) 182031 Penalties: None.

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Rangers at Canadians Toronto at Detroit Boston at Chicago

Maritime Major

Halifax at Glace Bay .

Robinson Refers To llegro Question

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NEW YORK. Dec. 17 Jackie Robinson said today he talked with Commissioner Frirk about 3. television interview in which the Brooklyn infieldcrl had accused the New York Yan-. kees of discriminating against? Negro players. i

Robinson added. however. he had not been ”sileiics-rl" hy the Commissioner but simply -liud been asked to avoid such issues in' the futurc. ;

”FTlCk called me" explained lhet Dodger second baseman. asked for a transcription

had taken place at the studio. The quesion was b:-ought to me 'WhyI the Yankees did not have any. Negro ball playcrs' and 1 merely, answered what I honestly felt..E Whether it's true I do not know,; but that's the way I fell. 3 ttftrick asked me to avoid the issue in the future if I could do so and I said 'Certainly.' But I also: told hlni while I was not looking' for ally arguments with the Yank- ecs or amhody else. I would give the same answer if I were ever, asked the same question again."

Nalol Defence Programwflul

PARIS. Dec. 17 ---tAP)- In the. face of warnings from their mil-i itary commzindcrs North diplomatic and political leaders; today cut to ribbons the proposedj S&'8,000.00() Western defence 1 building-program for 1953. i

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Murpli Chamberlain and his Is- landers arrived back from Sydney about one o'clock this morning following a tough battle with the, inainland roads. The players were on the road from nine yesterdayl niorning and they encountcredl their biggest trouble between the, Strait of Canso and Tormentinc; as the icy roads made drivingl difficult. Tuesdays hockey game, which the Islanders won 3-0 was quite a good contest, statedMurph 1 His defense and goalie Al Millai, were very good. This evening l.Ilf'l

"3”d,boys will go for an hour at tht-iH9 5-Aid ECHO" may 0f U19 Forum to tune-up for iomori-oi-; inn next spring. Bill Quackenbusliiintervicw. I told him exactly Whall nig-ht's big match with the leagiic-;

lcading Halifax Atlantics. , o u - ,

Left winger Don Be-llrinrzcr lcfti yesterday cicning for Rlinousl.-i,l Quebec by car. ”'lihc Dingcr" felt quite content. over his prospcris' of playing for l-limouski as thci finzincial returns are quite goodi and lie has been assured liot-key. until the middle of next April.i Rimouski is in a four loam lea-I

rule. with Mont-Joli, Matane and! llivierc-Du-Loop. Following their. lr-agile play-offs ihc iioys arc

throuigh hot-kcy for Ilie season. 1 . . o

Halifax Atlaniirs are inlcrestedl in acquiring the services of Con-l nie Bonhomme. The Allnntics of-1 fcrcd to make a trade with that Miners ycstcrday for Bonhomnie' but the Miners turned down the bid. Playing coach "Hub" Macey of the Glace Bay entry plans to play between Bonhomme and Jim MacKen7.ic. Bonhomme. himself.

to no to Halifax. The Miners are hoping that Mackenzie and Bon-i homme will fly into the Bay lo-i day in time for their gamcl against Nalifax tonight. . o 0

Infoi.-mants reported the requestH A'”l.i" Mm” Md '" mm "l M NATO.S suprpme Commandmallnng Ilflllfi for his chance to winll den uauhw. B. Ridgwm, for .a worlds hoxing championship, pwmhootogo M mend on bmmmg but the .'I6-ycar-nld fighter made; air bases and ground defence hadimoll f;n lilsMfirst chance h.l' whim: he-re” slashed W s210'0C0'0m' Thel'l.:'nr7:ro:fi lSSl:eMn10fw:f;D0:lfg?JI8lZE1YEi

added it: might be cut still further,Zinc., Moore was ponmyed as me,

DEC. 16 - 20

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nunav .- HOCKEY - moo HALIFAX vs. ISLANDERS SATIFRDAY .

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at tomorrows closing meeting oft the NATO Council.

The 14 NATO nations c.oncluded.l a spokesman said. that ”ihe risk of: aggression had to he balanced a-1 gainsr. the danger of internal col- slapsc." I

COWBOY COPPER

WALLACEBURG, Ont. -- tCP)- Constable. Douglas Babcock had to ; act as cowboy when police were not.- ificd a cow had escaped from the livestock yards. The cow was found land cornered behind some houses 'and returned to the yards.

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lioxcr whom no champion wanted to fight. Moore. has been side- tracked by the champions for .1 long time and only last night won the crown that probably could have liccn his ten years ago had he born given a chance. . . .

The biggest crowd of the sea- son is expected to be on hand at the Forum tomorrow night

when the Islanders meet the Hali-

fax Allantics. in ion starts nzainst the Ailanlics this season the Islanders have scored only one victory and-the boys feel

up. In addition ilie memories of last Saturday's game in Halifax in still fresh in the players and coach's mind. Last night Forum manager Bill Brown stated lhat he had received phone calls from nll.:icross the Province requesting ticket orders. Bill wished to make it clear flint tickets would be available for all who wanted to see the gain:-. O I

Jack "Spy" Ready, former Char- lottetown baseball and hockey player, dropped a. line from Med- ford, Ontario the other day. Jack is taking an Army 0fficers' Course at Medford. In his letter Ready stated that he had been talking w-ith Mac Beaton and "Skippy" Frezeli, both of whom played some hockey with the Islanders. Beaton

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Promoting East-West Bowlind Championship

TORCINTO, Dec. 17 -(CP)- The Canadian Bowling Association is promoting an annual east-west five-pin howling championship in which every one of Canada's thousands of bowlers could com- pete.

President Charles Hill of Toron- to. just returned from a Western Canada tour, said in an interview today that bowling associations everywhere are favorable to the idea.

The bit: obstacle in an East- West. competition is the different scoring systems in use in the East and West. Before the all-Canada championship can become a real- ity the two factions must agree on a uniform scoring system.

Mr. Hill said league officials in Western Canada were receptive a revised S)Si0nl incorporatin,r; the best points of the current ones. be forthcom-

The chief variation is the scor- int; value placed on the pins. In Central Canada. the lieadpin or centre pin is worth one point; in the west it's five. The kingpin or

worth one point in the West and four here.

If the Canadian championship comes into being, Mir. Hill sug- gested Winnipeg as the site of the first match. with succeeding con- esis alternating, between East and West. The two competing teams would l)C decided by elimination tournaments starting in city leag- ties and working through provin- cial aiid zone playoffs.

Sherhrooke Saints Defeat Aces 5-3

QUEBEC. Dec. 17;(CP)--Gilles

Ailanticlwould probably be quite content Dubc scored two goals tonight to

lead Sherbrooke Saints to R 5-3 victory over Quebec Aces in :1 Quebec senior Hockey League game before some 7,500 fans here. Giuy Labrie, Rene Pepin and Jacques Locas also scored for Sherbrooke while Quebec goal- getters were Jean Beliveau. Murdo MacKay and Ludger Tremblay.

llalleyfleld -llowuns Shawinigan Falls ,

VALLEYFIELD, Que., Dec. (OP) - Andre Corriveau tonlghtl scored three goals as Valleyfieldl Braves downed last-place Showin- igan Falls Cataracts 6-4 before ii, capacity Quebec Senior Hockey League crowd. Jacques Deslaurieis. Gordie ; Haworth and Tom Smelle got thel others. Larry Regan, Bert Giesc-l

brecht. Ted Jodgson and Frank, Bathgate scored for Cats. l Goalie Dave Gatherum of Shaw-i

lnigan Falls was tested 32 times while Paul Leclerc turned away 18t shots.

.anniF&i5i"ii3;;iZ-. Tied For Top Spot

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OTTAWA. Dec. Montreal Royals

leading Chicoutimi sagueneens by defeating. Ottawa senators 4-2 in 1!. Quebec senior Hockey League game before about 4,000 fans.

Gerry Plamondon was the big gun for the Montrealers with a pair of goals, while Kenny Biggs and Roger Leger scored singles. The Ottawa goals, both in the first period, were scored by Emile Dagenals and Al Kuntz.

played some touch rugby. He writes that he is working pretty

their friends in Charlottetown. O O 0

Ready also met Joe MacArt.liur. who last year played with Halifax Saint Mary's. The little centre- man owns a tire shop in Owen Sound and is playing hockey with the Owen Sound Mercurys. Jack, himself is playing some. Army hockey and is registered in Inter- mediate ranks. He has had some outside offers from centres sur- rounding Medford.

. . . Ready! athletic activities dur- ing the summer months were con- fined to softball. He states that he never even had a baseball in his hand. During the fall he

hard on Tactics in Medium and will finish his course shortly. His future plans are uncertain as he has not made up his mind about staying or leaving the Army. At the conclusion of the letter he sends along his best. wishes to all. I O O

Billy Purcell, 17-year-old hockey player from Charlottetown, has joined the Trenton Sootians in the A-P-C League. In a recent letter to Ev Cutcliffe, Bill writes that he is playing on 9. line with Carl; MacDonald and Jimmy Mac- Nelll. Cart. it will be remembered, st2a.rred,with Saint Dunstan! Unl- varalty hockey teams for several years. Bill states that he plays four or five games a. week and that the crowds are good in New Glasgow and stellar-taon.

ART I3 BWEEPING

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Turpin Abdicate: European Title .

LONDON, Dec. 1'1 O (A?) -- Randy Turpin abdicated as Eur- opean lightheavywelght b o x i n g champion today. apparently in hopes of clcaring the way for :1 world middleweight bout with reluctant Sugar Ray Robinson.

Robinson, the New York dandy who holds the world title, now is engaged in a night club act and may not fight again. The two have broken even in two previous title nicetings.

Tiirpiu, howevcr, still is a triple tiitlPh0lCiPl', wearing the British, lBritisli Empire and the European tmiddlewelght crowns.

,Yunkees' Player ?Loses Court Case

1 OAKLAND. Calif. Dec. 17 - if.-XP)-A 52.658 judgment ' was against Billy Mar- ,iin. 24. New York Yankee second lbascman. and a companion for in- ljurics suffered by Fl motorist in an

iApril. 1951, traffic accident. I Superior Judge Chris B. Fox ,awardecl the judgment, after it

'short trial. to Sterling Darden, 27, la salesman of Alameda, Calif., who ,had sourzht 312.000 damages in I lcivil suit.

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ANTIGONSH. N. S.. Dec. 1'! .- (CPl- Plctou Maripacs wiped out it four-goal deficit tonight to de. feat Antigonish Bulldogs 6-5 in an Overtime. bruisiniz Antlszonish- lPiclou-Ciolcliester Senior Hockey League game

SEA-GOING SKUNK VANCOUVER - (CPI .. "Hu- ibcrt" is a dcotlorizcd skunk but

still presents problems for his mas- 'ter. Slim Williams, commodore of the Burrarrl Yacht Club here. True to the traditions of the sea Hubert insists on his daily rum ration and usually totters overboard. The skunk swims fairly well but tires quickly and Williams has often gone to the rescue.

into a first-place tie with league-1

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Top Golfers for 1952 Selected

CHICAGO, Dec. 17 -- (AP) - Julius Bows, golfts Cinderella man, today officially was crowned 195?. money - winning champion and sharp-shooting Jack Burke, Jr., cer- tified as Vardon Trophy winner for the best scoring average.

Final Professional Golfers Assoc- iation, tabulation credited Boros with s37,032,'against a paltry SL697 in 1951 whenizhe finished 34th mon- ey-winner in-his first full year of pro tourney play.

Boros finished some 36,100 ahead of runner-up Cary Middlecoff.

Burke. whose 70.54-stroke average for 78 rounds won the coveted Var- don award. was third in money- winning with 321,003. The hand- some pro from Houston, Tex., also leads in Ryder Cup points as of Dec. is with 519 7ll2. about 17 ahead of Sammy Sneadks 502 213.

Snead was, fourth in earnings with 319,908.

In all. 14 players won 310,000 or more. including Ted Kroll, s17.500; Jim Farrier, 315,811; Dave Douglas. 015,173: Doug Ford, 014,566; Lloyd Mangrum. the 1951 money-winning champion with s26,088, who earned sill,-122 this year; Ed Oliver, 313,- 359; Jim Turnesa, sl3.35l5; Tommy Bolt, 511.914; Johnny Palmer, 311,- 095; and AI Besselink. 510.004.

Although Bdros reached his art- istic helzht.of the year with his United States open triumph, he struck his real pot of gold in George S. May's ”wbrld championship of golf" at Chicago by winning a playoff from Middlecoff for the 325,000 first prize.

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ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1'1 -(AP)- Grim-faced: determined Archie Moore made up for years of bitter frustration tonight by battering light-heavyweight champion Joey Maxim into I bleeding hulk to win

decision. ,

Ignored by one another for over ”uncrowned champion" made it official tonight by blasting the steel-ehinnecl, 30-year-old Cleve- lander with a blistering barrage of punches from beginning to end.

A roaring crowd of 12.010 in the St. Louis Arena. and millions more on the country-wide television beam. watched the powerful, 36- year-old Negro score his one-sided triumph. ,

Moore became the oldest light- heavywelght. king since Ru-by Bob Fltzslmmons grabbed ithe crown at the age of 41. Maxim's defeat came in his third defence of the crown he won nearly three years 58

champion after Iive yeyrs the

o. The challenger. fired up for his

big moment, rocked the champ- ion in the very first round, staggered him often afterwards but couldn't bring the game Maxim down.

At the finish, Maxim was bleed- ing from cuts under both eyes, from a gash on his left cheek bone and from the nose. There was no doubt as to what the de- cision was going to be.

Judge Howard lless scored it 82-68; Judge Fred Council had it 87-63 while re-fcrcc lfnrry Kressicr

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Hauriaxf Dec. 17 -(op)-I The Mayflower Curling Club today made its second successful de- fence of the MtcLcllan Challenge Trophy, defeating three Kentvlllc

rinks by 18 points. Mayflowers meet two Wolfvllle rinks next Wednesday. '

SYDNEY. Dec. 1'? -(CP)- Frank Dorrington of New Glasgow crashed into a goalpost during a workout today and officials of the Franklin Sports Club said the high-scoring winger will be out of action for a month.

Dorrlngton has been leading scorer in the Cape Breton Junior Hoclrey League for three weeks.

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the 175-pound title by unanimous -

A11-chic Moon-ye, A-Wins Light-Heavyweight Decision 1

who kept up a running flu or chatter throughout the fight, had it surprisingly close, '16-'14.

The Assoc ated Pres: had Moore

the winner, 87-63, giving Moore 12trounds, Maxim two and calling one even. One of the rounds, the fourth, wenteto Joey because of a low blow. , Moore, who was out-weighed 174 1l2 to 172 1l2, was the 8-to. 5 favorite when the bout got un. der wiw.

The challenger. who has last only one fight in nearly 316 years, pom- ed on the pace in a relentless fash- ion. Fighting out of a. .crouch, he whaled Maxim's body with devast. ating body punches that took the spring out of Maxim's legs, cut; his face to ribbons, and rocked him in almost every round after the sev. enth.

When Maxim held on for dear life, Moore snarled at him: ”Fight.” Maxini just held.

All that Maxim could offer were his occasional left jabs and short. left hooks plus B. few rights that just brought; a smile to Moore's face. ,

The crowd which contributed in a record St. Louis gate of 589.-h".'.'. at times roared for Moore to "Put. him away” and Maxim to "Hold

A seowl on his face, Archie gave an indication of what was to 601114” in the very first round when hc smashed 9. terrific right to Max- im's jaw. The champion shook nil over and then held.

Despite his beati g. Maxim saiil he wanted a re urn bout with Archie. Under their contract, Moore must; give him a return bout within

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