Parkdale Defeats S'side 7-3 To Take League Lead

'llle Paritdalc Flyers, sporting . decided ease in play in the last tuu p:.lods. defeated the Summer- slde Aces before a record crowd of almus. LL00 fans at Civic Stadium in Summesslde last nlzlli bit '1" six... of 7-3.

The victory gives Parkdals a slight edge in the league standtns on a percentage basis.

Tile first period was the fastest of the game and fairly even in territorial play. Parkdale drew first blood when a forward pass to Allie Carver caught the Ace team flatfooted 'up ice and Allie made a neat job of deking Mann out of position.

Orin Carver scored his first of three goals to make it 2-0 when wallie Shepherd's pass intended for one of his mates landed on Or- in's stick and the fleet-rooted Car- ver outskatcd the Ace pack to fool Mann and park the disk behind him. Twenty seconds later the h me forces cut the lead in half lie. the Harris - oliennessey Grady line realized. Hennessey triggering the shot.

Half way through the second period 0. Carver made the Ace defence look feeble when he coast- ed around them on the left wing

gcalsr from lust outside the crease. He beat the Ace rearguards six minutes later on a similar play. going around the right side this time to make the score 4-1. Just before the period ended Lewis bangedonebornodnapass from Gallant.

in the third frame the Aces. particularly Reeves. who won the "most valuable player" Holman award. and Cutciiffe. started to bump Orin Carver hard as he came over their line. He was kept

off the score sheet. but not slow-'

ed down perceptibly. .

Aces made it 4-3 when Shep- herd tlppzd in Resves' terrific drive with about seven minutes to go. The Ace defensive work seem- ed to fall completely apart at this stage and Parkdale added three more. two by Skip Carver and one by Jun Macliaod. Skip's last score was another Ace gift, the puck being passed on his stick while he was parked in front of the cage.

The game was clean only five penalties being called by referees Emmett Trainer and Brian Mc- Callum- The Aces got only one and this are quite excusabl as Ul- ric Gallant draped himself around

and circled in to beat the Ace

Orin Carver as he was bearing

down on an unprotected goaler in the Ace cage.

Llneups:-

Parkdale- Goal. Roper; De- fense, Jsoey, Ready. Moore. A- MacLeod; forwards. 0. Carver. Hurry. J. MICLOOG. A. Carver. 5- Carver. Dunn. Cudmore, Cruyws.

Aces- Goal. Mann: Defence. G. Grady. R. MacArthur. Reeves. Steele; Forwards. Hcnnessey. C. Grady. V. Harris, Lewis. W. Shep- herd. Gallant, Cutcilffe. Chlow, G. Harris.

SUMMARY

First Perlod:- i. Parkdaic. A. Carver (S. Carver, A! MacLeod) 11.17; 2- Parkdale, 0. Carver 18.3); 3. Aces, Hennessey (V. Harris, C. Grady) 18.50.

Penalties:- Josey .3. Carver. V ..

Second Period:- 4. Parkdale. 0. Carver 12.53; 5. Parkdnie. 0. Car- ver (Moore) i8.32; 6. Aces, Lewis (Gallant) 19.42.

Pcnaitles:- Moore. S. Carver. .

Third Period:- 7- Aces. W. Shep- herd (Reeves. Lewis) 18.27: I. Parkdale. S. Carver (A. Carver. Dunn) 14.32; 9. Pnrkdalc. J. Mac- Leod (Hurry, 0. Carver) 17.25; 10. Parkdale. S. Carver 19.09.

Pennltics:- Gallant.

IN THIS CORNER

Teams And Athletes Of T956

With the brand spanking new year of 1957 approaching swiftly we were drifting back through the year in memory yesterday and had to come to the conclusion that it was certainly an interesting one on the sport scene. The Island came up with some dandy teams in '56 and because it has not been our habit in the past to nominate neither teams or individuals as the greatest of the year we will only mention a few of the highlights and fans and choose for them- selves.

As far as outstanding athletes go. the Inland had plenty. First and foremost in our minds is Forbes Kennedy. that ll-year-old native of Charlottetown who hop- ped from Junior competition right smack into the world's finest hoc- key league, the N.H.L.. and from all reports he has every intention of staying there for some time to come.

Fnrblels feat is even more re- markable when you conslde that he made it one hop from the Junior ('anndicns- Not many N.H.L. per- formers have done this trick and the names of those who have done it are the ones that have been twinkling the red light most oftdn and have ncen lauded by sports writers and N.H.L. observers. Names that come quickly to mind Lindsay. Howe. Kelly, etc. Thars are others but far more often than not you will find that those who have made the grade in a hurry have gone on to become great li.H. L. stars, so it indicates that more than just a little ability is needed to do the trick.

Charlottetown's Cscil (lobby) bowling. lclvedern golf profess- ional had a banner year in '5! win- ning more silverware than he can find time to polish. Bnbby won the island Opel. N.B.-P.l:.l- Open and set a new record In doing so: The Grass Gnblaa Open; finished soo- and In the Maritime Open and top- ped the professionals h the Nova Scotla Open. In addition to his un- questioned golf wisadry Dowling led Montague Prlmrsssa from ab- solutely nowhere to a contending

ition in the Island Hockey

ngue. and bcsldcs coaching the squad played terrific hockey for them and continue to do so.

Then there is Alfred Groom oi lummersids that track and field artist who sometimes runs 100-yard dashes but whose , ' "v is the pole vault. Groom climbed up that pole to a height of 11 feet ll inches into the atmosphere this summer to set a new Nova Scotlnn record at the Highland Games at Antigon- lah. Then there is Jack Burke who sparked the intermediate Abbles to the first Maritime intermediate baseball title held by a Charlotte- town team since the All-Stars won it in 1947.

Burke came back to the mound after an absence of a few years with a fast ball which wasn't so fast but a head that was full of tricks. after a few years absence: and Jackie was almost the whole show as tba.Abblea were inraill back llfemrnmcosk the title. In addition Burke was the tsp inlet of the city league. harl- lng n no-hitter against the Stars in the More semi-finals. During the year he had a won-lsat average of H.

There are others who might re- eelve mention: For example Al- lie Carver who runs 0!! Pnrkdale Flysrs to the island senior League and N.s.-P.E.l. lenior 3 titles. A few daily donbla better: would cast votes for New- port , surely not a human. but are all athletes human New- portChlef.ofceurne.iatberncm- bcr n we ml-sy set that set a new track mark at the Drlvlne Park this year. braakinl I "W" that had stood for N 100"-

great display. At that the Rcgals were .playing. a. leans that had. no. business. being elas- siflcd. in the Intermediate "B" ranks and possibly if they had

then the Island might have had another Maritime crown to crow

about... . i

-. l How about that little rugby team at Queen Square School this ysar.' This squad went through the entire year without being beaten once nor were they tied or scored upon. An enviable record. They won six straight games and a seventh by default.

How about this one: "The man who did the most for sport on the Island In 1006." We offer twp names: lrlg .W.W. Reid and Capt. Carl Burke-

5-Pin Inventor Sees Installation Of New Pinsetler

TORONTO (CP)-Tommy Ryan. who invented the game of five- pin g back in lilo. saw a

on Thursday of the latest piece of equipment to be applied to his game-the auto- matic pinsetter.

"I'm simply amascd," Ryan said. who ran bowling alleys in Tomato almost so years ago. "This is something we should have had back in my days."

In operating the machine. the bowler puahsa a button after he has finished his frame and the device sweeps the balls and pins off the alley into a rcceptabla. The heavier balls drop through a trap-door and roll back in the trough while the machine lifts the pins and slides them into a rack before dropping them into position on the alley.

Whoa pins are left lying on the allay after the first ball. the de- vice Ilfts the standing pins before sweeping the dead wood away and dropping them back into place. The device is quicker than a pin boy. doesn't get tired. and as one observc notad. dooanlt make sar- castic rsrnarks to novice bowlers.

President Slater Allows Protest

MONTREAL (CP) -- President george Slater of the Quebec Hockey League announc T Friday he had "no other alternative" and allowed a protest by the Trols Rlvleres Lions against Shawlnignn Fails Cataracts in the Cats' 4-! win Nov. 28. Accordingly. Slater awarded the two points to Trols-Rivieres.

The protest arose over the Cat- surcault as replacement for in

'3'.” lured goalie lob Perrsault ai-

tlwugh Dessaureault's name had been omitted from the official lineup as sub-goalie.

Presldet Slater said be had to make the nlling in favor of the Lions "since the Trois - Illvieres club insists on a ruling on this technical infraction."

lfeek0fllollday Poolllal in II. S

Talbert Claims U.S. Playing Time Is Too Short

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP)- American coach Bill Talbert said Saturday the United States "can't expect to win" the Davis Cup as long as its tennis players compete four months a year and the oppo sitlon plays the year round.

Talbert spoke to reporters after the ceremony of returning the cup to Australia's victorious team for another year.

Bob Feller ls Retiring

CLEVELAND (AP)-Bob Feller who came out of Iowa as a kid with a bashful grin and blinding fastball 20 years ago to become one of baseball's greatest pitchers hung up "No. 19" Friday.

The former righthnnd speedball artist announced at a press con- ference ihat he was retiring as an active player to devote more time to his insurance business here and other interests.

Feller will abandon his role as a player reprasentativn in the Am- erlcan League. but will continue to serve as president of the re- cently organized Major League Players Association and elil re- main as a member of the Major League pension committee.

in announcing his retirement. Feller also said he was declining an offer of a front office job with the Cleveland Indians.

Graziano Says Robinson Should lletain Ch'ship

GREENWOOD LAKE. N. Y. (AP) - Rocky Grazlano. former middleweight champion. watched Sugar Ray Robinson tune up for his Jan. 2 defence against Gene Fullmer at Madison Square Gar- den and picked the current champ to retain his middleweight title.

"Robinson looks great." said Rocky. "He should win this one. He has the style to win."

Ralph (Tiger) Jones of Yonkers N. Y.. a ranking contender, was another interested ringside spec- tator as Robinson boxed six rounds. Jones was the only man to beat Robinson since he came

out of retirement last year. win- st as

nlng a decision in 10 rounds at Chicago. last Jan. 19.

"He looks real good." said Jones. "I can't pick a winner be- cause I haven't seen Fullmer yet. I don't care who wins as long as I get the next crack at the title."

;Sf&azz:.s'

9 The Charlottetown Guardians, Saturday, Dec. 29, 1956

Canucks At Are

Charlottetown Juvenile! Abbles) tangle with Mouste Dowltng's Mon-i cton Canucks in an exhibition hockey game at the Sports Arena tonight. i

The Abbies have been getting in shape for the past week for this tussle and should be sharp when they take to the ice against. this potent Moncton reputed to be one of the best team's in the Hub- City.

However. Abbie coach Norman Larter. is high on his team and believes his squad will get the season off succcessfuily by taking the measure of the Canucks to- night-

Ths minor league officials are

Juvenile Abbies Face Moncton

no Tonight

hoping for agood crowd to turn out and a admission fee will be Clllfxed in the hopes that enough money will be raised to defray a W Of the Expenses of operating the team and send them to Monc- ton for a return game soon. Game time tonight is 7 p.m. sharp and the tussle will be fol. lowed by a general skate Probable lineup for the Abbies: Goal . Ward or J. Blatch, Defense - R. Bradley, G. Trainor, D. Murray, D. Arsenauit, K. Jones G. Landry. F0rwards:- B. Mulli- gun, D- Stewart, I). Maccormack, J. Arsenauit, G. Nuunan, E. Mac- Donald, G. Thompson, 1'). Mac- Williams. F. Bradley, G. Cudmore

TORONTO (CP) - The injury cloud dimming the Toronto Maple Leafs' playoff chances has its all- ver lining.

The loss of three regular right wingers. which has helped to drop the Leafs to fifth place in the Na- llonai Hockey League standings has forced the management to "discover" a new prospect-right winger Tim Horton.

Horton. a defenceman through most of his ice career which has included five full seasons with Leafs. was switched to right wing recently to take up some of the slack caused by injuries to George Armstrong, Gerry James and Barry Cullen.

In his brief tour of forward duty the 25-yearold Cochrane. 0nt.. native has shown potential greatness. says Leaf msnag di- rector Conn Smythe.

Maple Leafs Discover New Rightwinger In Tim Horton

But it was Smythe.

GOOD DEI-iEN(',EMAN T00

"I always felt Hnrton belonged on the wills!-" he explained "When I signed him. it was with the intention or converting him into a right winger."

Horton. however. opposed the idea. When he reported to Pitts- burgh Hornets ill the American Hockey League in 1949, then Leafs' top farm team, he stub bornly stuck to defence.

When he turned out to be the AHL's best rushing defence-man. there was little the Leaf brass could say.

The fast-skating Horton seems to have changed his mind now. Oi his new position, he said: "it's fun. You can whirl over the red line without worrying about being caught out of position."

no surprise to

SPORT ECHOES

I cast a backward glance along the year i That is now receding into history's haze. l l indulge in reminiscence. in my; eye a bright tear gllstens. ; And I haven't peeled an onion now for days. i

First of all came January's Silver its

Quickly tools our light. 'lectrlciiy: and heat. i

And because of it the Aces fell not their bllnkin' faocs.

And the comrades 'OIIldl.I help them to their feet. Sometime in March a ray oil shine struck us

When a band of schoolboy curlersl from sum-Hi

With Dave Sllliphant as skip hit a! pretty torrid clip.

Capturing the Island championship

thereby.

Then sprlng'a balmy breezes cams and hopes were high 'I'o"bring baseball back to popularu !- I Elmer Matheaon did well an' lief was backed up by MacLellan Who provided Pontiac uniforms for: free. p But the fans apparently had lost their rest For peanuts. crackerlacks and lem- onade. Home runs and stolen bases wers no longer social graces. "Kill the umpire" went right off the "hit parade."

Yet the Little Lenguers kept the game alive.

And attracted quite a falrish crowdl

Due to mom and pop. Aunt Helen watching Junior hit that melon

Maybe too because nobody passed a hat.

Barcl's-Eye View Of 1956

I doll my hat in those young boys of Slemon Park.

The Bcthels. Jimmy Christmas, and the rest.

They won the Little Leagucrl crown from teams in this Prince County Town.

To them and Coach lliacLeod I wish the very best.

Ladies Softball was the spotllghiy

sport last summer. And the Summerslde Desotos struck it rich.

l They had Tlg and Cahlll and Chap-

peli to lnmbaste that outlined apple.

And a gal named cousin Carmen Smith to pitch.

A husky blond who stullies mad

at Dal

Shed on his old home town reflect- ed glory

Don Nic olson'd his name. Can- adian football was the game.

All M.V.P. award the climax of the story.

As curtain calls come up for 1956.

I see the "new look" Aces. and I have to say

While at the helm is Hcnnessey, no aggregation can i see

That won't have lots of trouble salting them away.

The new Pre-Christmas League was quite an innovation.

And top dogs as the year goes out are Albany SI. Pals.

With Dawson, Cameron. Noonsn. their stock is sure balloonin' To scoring champion Dawson we

all take off our hats.

And now to all Prince County sport- ing fsndom. And others who

sometimes see. Accept this New Year greeting. it will always bear repeating. A Happy New Year-Norm Mac- donaid-(don't forget "small if")

"Sport Echoes"

SPORTS TRAIL

Basketball Tilt This Evening

An exhibition basketball game will be played this evening at the Y.M.C.A. Between the Y and the 7Ch”arlottetown Aces. Game time is

CURLING

A'I' MONTAGUE

Mined Curling at Montana Saturday.

1:! P.bf. East Ice: AI. Sullivan. A. Pub

The move late the picture on mom with the National root-

ball League championship clash at New York's Yankee stadium with New York Giants tlcklllll

1

lift. D. Murray. C.MGorhv:lon. vs. L . D. 'v'v' T . T ' A "natural" ' T ' 1 .

W". ""'l" a”"" T”; ":1 R'WTe:tnI.:sl:LD.lhllf.avc.(3(:lwan. I. '9'” 3"" " ”P''''''"''' "" gllglnglalr. 0.lm.J l I” 1 TWO all-dar I" E. "km". vs west at In Pr and II: vs Olv It . 'I:I PJI. AI-.-mt-v In I '0! of last ice: L.A. Johnston. If in holiday II III! 9053' man.H.A . C. Stewart. vs. States. 6.0. -lardlle. I. Smith. R. John-

ston. A. Mclsamas.

West Ice: A.A. Fraser. E Cud- more. R Martin. I Johnston u tr. C. Nlchol-'

Plan For Man

By WHITNEY MAI-TIN I NEW YORK (AP) Caught! short: Ray Dumnnt. founder and pro- prietor of the National Baseball Congress. has appropriated 315.00) to set up machinery to organize ' ' ' and industrial teams into ' He visions a return to the days when practically every village had its semi-pro club. and predicts his organisational cam- paign will result tn I) per cent of the towns of Lilli or more popula- tion having teams in league play.

The United states has taken its ed w in the

the Aussies has anything to do with it Tyler . Davis thinks he hn the snswer. Davis is presi- dent of a firm which has special- la hand-crafted racquets for rs, and which has come out a rncquet which matches

used by the Australians it comes to stiffness. am- hoo fsgn g secret source is used

pairs, which can be registered. as- sure uniformity. Davis maintains. We have golf clubs just like the pros use. but any similarity be- tween our game and that of the

if ”i

And lien liosewal

pros stent. tennis stars new trend and Ken NEW MACH Ronewell 18.& Australian (I7.- IdfDmelli.tbsbestsoccerm)eachtnfrcstosignatwo-

y New Leagues

a big pair of shoes we think he will do okay. It is an enviable job since all-winning seasons are not expected. as Lltlle's Tl-year tour of duty indicates. They weren't all golden years. but nobody ever criticised the coach.

Al Weill has returned from a trip to Europe and is ready to re sum ehis place in the fight picture he more or less vacated with the retirement of his prise attraction. Rocky Marciano. His latest acquis- ition ls Dave Rent. a former Brit. it amateur champion who has had only two pro flehu. He's a heavyweight. and Weill says he will start him in boots in Canada before booking him in the U.S. "He looks good." At says cauti- ously. "you never can tell . . , ."

Kramer Gives Big Offer To lew lload

ADELAIDE (AP) .. American or Jack Kramer announced Friday he has offered Australian

and beaver closes at year's end . . Dot-ember 3lst. .Droughl

malty hold anywhere from three to a dozen muskrat houses ill late October were almost l)0llt' dry in early Now-mber lhis season Musk- rais must have a certain depth of water to insure satisfactory win-

HUNTERS' CORNER

Fox Hunters Stick To Foxes

The season on mink, nluskrat,-IIABBIT lll'.V1'ER

condl-I film to be somewhat spotty as, many swales and ponds that nor- mention l'2llll)ll hunll-rs bring hard

Jacques Plants of Montreal Can- aoiens goes down to stop a shot front Toronto forward Rudy Migay in a National Hockey League

game at Toronto Wednesday nlhht.l

THE "HAPPY WANDERER" STOPS MIGAY

(Maple Lea's won 1-0. Fwlncinlz at

rlElll is Canadzolls fill) ml Henri Richard and l)('llll'l(i 1.. an l'll- identified Montreal player.

(CP Photo)

A I'8l)l)ll hunter stopped me a few days .320 and remarked: ”It makes my .'Iil'flll mad when you

on ruflml umllsc." and then con- ADE1---UDE 405113113 WP” mmed 1., m... me 3 1...-1.”-9 on Australia's tennis terrors stars how collst-ll-lllulls anti careful rab-j'0f fl” l0l'r"il'T!('"t ””5 llcck "1 bit hunll-rs uvre in obeying game Whlfll VAU5U"3l13 d9W"9d thy" laws. 1 ,-..,,1....;; --Lieu." Chump -or United States to retain the Darl- my muncy rabbit huntcrs are no CUP. ll3Ve be?” Offered 357-00"-