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SPORTS FRONT

By NICK Ii'ILLMORE

Ageless Spahn

THE GREATEST leltlianded hurler of all time. lifilw IBM... pride and Joy. Warren Spahrn. is 43 years old initialse

it an age when most former major league pitchers am

thinking about collecting their baseball pension. Spnhn still delights in winning ball games. "Why should I quit? There's nothing wrong with my arm. I don't see any reason win I shouldn't have a good season." '

Spalm won't be satisfied if this is his last, season, He h... .nme busmess to fiinish that began 18 years ago when be for pot on the Braves' unifotm.

lid-tie Plank pitched of shutouts in his career to top all ill" lefties. Eppa Rixeiv appeared in the most ames for s Mmaiider. 69?. Spahn totach 62 and 676 in these departments unit the opening of the season. They should both be his before strii l'l‘lhf’l‘.

Twenty-three wins will make him the National League's “inningest pitcher. and if he lasts three more years he will

likcly top the 400-win mark and may surpass Walter John- son‘s 416 mark to put him second to Cy Young’s 511.

Lost season Spahn was the Braves tn-p chucker. appearing in .l‘i games and toiling 260 innings. He won 23. lost seven. mz'l po5lcd an earned run average of 2.60. He may not match iligll kind of performance this season. but we‘ll bet he won't be far off it.

Quotes From The Series

THIS SEASON’S National League final series is rated one of the best ever. ere is a ow by blow coach-player analysis on what has happened and how they called the shots.

Sid bel, after Detroit beat in a seven game sl‘tiil-Illl'al series: “Remember, we've got old guys like Howe.

Silil'CIIlIk. Bill Gadsby. Pronovost and Delvecohio. Then there‘s our kids who just keep right on skating."

Stafford Smythe. Leafs‘ president. after Toronto ousted Montreal In the seventh ame: "Don’t let anyone tell you this wasn't a tough series. We’ve had a much tougher series than Chicago and Detroit."

lmloch. after the Leafs won the series opener. 3-2: "That gov tt'dvarii is the worst referee in the lea-Que and I'll prob- ably say it again before the series is over." '

Stafford Smythc: “I don't think a man can be a-t his best utwn he works every other game in a series. Also. you get the p‘oyers playing against the referee. not the other team We‘ve got four men capable of working the playoffs. so why not use them all?"

Abel. after the opening loss: "1 may try my lines differ- chi Tuesday. l didn't like. the way they were working out there tonight."

lmlach: “What the heck. Any of my lines can handle Howe. it just depends on who's out there."

Ullmon Plays Best Game

DETROIT winis 4-3 in overtime to tie series 1-1. Uliman. who set up the tying goal: “It was one of the best games I've rier played."

bel: “I've never seen a team with as much guts as this one. They don't know what it is to hit."

lmlach: "There were too many spectators at this game-

my forewards. They just stood around and watched the play._ waiting for something to happen. Our forewards lost the. game for us.”

Howe: "The plavers would do anything for Sid. He just tells us to give 100 per cent effort and assures us there Will be no complaints no matter what happens. ’

lmlach. before the third game: “My guys are more‘tlien capable of taking the Wings if they are willing to hustle. I I

Detroit wins. 4-3 Im the last minute of play on Delvecchiios goal to take a 2-1 lead in flames.

cw : “Nerves. nerves. Tho pressure in these playoffs keeps building and building and I don't know how long I can take i'."

Delveccliio: <~iik that one."

Abel: “And I tell them they can play better. I think they

know they didn’t play a particular}: good game. with the

"I didn't belong to this club If I couldn't

s. Toronto wins 4-2. to tie the series at two games; “This isn‘t exactly what I had in mind. '

They’re All Big - lmIach

IMLACH: “They're. all key games. I've. always said home we is worth a goal and a couple of penalties. but it's not an end in itisel." H

Abel: “You only have to win four. Airy four will do.

Wings beat. Leafs 2-1 for a 3-2 lead in games.

Abel: "For perhaps the first time in the series I feel really confident." - lmlach: "I think the (‘anadlens are a lot beth hockey club than the Wings. We just have to prove again that we

can win two big ones In a row."

Leafs tie the series at three games each with a 4-3 over- time victory.

Gadsby: "We should have won. We had the edge and the chances. now we start over again. llf we play the way we con we should win Saturday ttsnigbtl in Toronto."

Pulferd: “Home ice doesn't mean much of an advantage."

Abel: "We deserved it on the play. but In these game

the breaks. and the bounces. can mean as much as play-

Minncsofa Twins first base- man Vic Power tletti futiiv waves his arm as umpire Hank Soar waves his a fte . calling Bill Freehan s a is at first base in seventh inning

ImIach Deep In Thought ;

TORONTO tCPt—I‘unch Im- i lach wasn‘t behaving like a Will- iner. His thoughts. iibdoubtedly. were centred on reports that lstill were to come from Sickl. l t

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.\. l ‘ "Just give us an even break ‘for what I hope is our last .30‘ minutes of hockey this season) and we could be alright." the; Toronto Maple Leaf coach said; .Frlday in the friendly confines of his own arena. He had just . arrived from Detroit wherel l Leafs had clipped the Red; i Wings 4-3 in overtime to square the best-of-seven Stanley Cupl final at three games apiece. 5 He didn‘t amplify he meant by an "even break." buti the implication was there that. give him 17 or 18 fairly healthy I bodies for Saturday‘s seventh. l contest and Leafs could extend)

I BASEBALL scones

lBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS; Amer

ican League Detroit 100 013 000— 5 8 1 1 Minnesota 000 000 000—- 0 3 2 I olich 12-01 and Freelian: .

lStigman (0.1) Siebler «of. Ar rigo i6). Bailey 17). Pleis (91 f and Battey. McCabe 17). l“’as ooiooooons—siin lKc. 0010000000—1 11 l Osteen (1-2) and Bruinley. Pena. (1-2) Bowsflcld 1101. Wy- ‘ aft (10). O‘Donoghue (101 andr Edwards. HR: Wash. Zimmer. Boston 000100000—1 3|) 1. Chicago 003 102 00x— 6 13 0 : MONBOUQUETTE (1-1). Hot-If fner t5) and Tillman: Pizznro; 1-0) and Martin. HRs: Boston.-y

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' National League Chicago 000000000—0 tit)i Phlla. 150 112 00x—10 16 I . Bub) 11-1). Hobbie (2). Scburr.I (51. Gregory 1'36) and Berbc- ‘ Ranew (5): Running 12-0) anal

ing good hockey." l ch: “There's

ma my side. everybody is against me. but we'll win It If

nothing on we have to

beat everybody in the house." i

Dalrym-ple. HR: Philadelphia. !

Callison. l 270 103 101—15 1810'

PROBABLE PITCHERS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , _

Probable pitchers for todaysi 3‘ Cincmn‘a“ (Pufkey 0-"- mflior league baseball ga-mesl New “Wk lFiShe" 0"” (won and lost records in par-l Pittsburgh tVeale 0-1). enthesesi: . Los

(Twilight). Cleveland (Grant 1-0) at Lo.» Angeies tChance 1-0) (N). National League

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American League Baltimore tPappas 0-1) at New York (Bouton 0-1). I Detroit (Wickersham 1-1) in Minnesota tiPnscual 1-0). Boston (Conolly 02) at

Chicago on -1) a Philadelphia (Bennett 1-0) (N). Houston tFarrell 1-0) at St. N).

Louis (Craig 0-0) 1

M Clii-lYugoslav village of Petrinie. has collected more than 30.000 0. specimens of insects.

cago (Bushardt 1-0). Washington

t Osteen 0-2)

SET FAST PACE 0040, take a fast turn at the Mospon racing track so miles from Tm'onfo. All rally 0!" were haan mm It five-1w

lino the am car ended up at Montred act night. rally loaders John Bird and mm Ross of Tor-

Kansas City (Drawbowsky (0-01.

i San Francisco (Sanford 2-wi. m;

Angeles tPodres 0-0) in,

flan Dabac. a teacher in they

. San Fran. Cincinnati 001002101— 513 4; Marichal t2-0) and Hallow}

‘ Tsitouris 10-1) Ellis «2). Worth-t up

i ington «61. MoCool i7). NicholsE f (9) and Edwards. HRS-SF Mc-i

Covieyp‘l-‘t. 3:123)” '7‘- C‘“‘~““'l piloted Real Good Deal to vic-' nat , inson - E cry in the 159.000 California ‘ ew York 002100010- ‘ “1 Derby and won $7.400 for fuel Pittsburgh 02103201x"‘ 9 [5.2‘ owners. The customary 10 per

i Jackson. ‘1-2‘ 33"“! ‘5“ ,D‘I't cent for the jockey earned Longr ~ pm if!) and Gonder: Friend; den $3.740. I ~ I 12-0I and Palllm‘onl- HRS: He doesn't need the

l Pitts Stargell <2). Virdon. i Houston 10100000— 2 fl 0 | St. Louis 110 00000001— 3110 l Nottebart. Woodeshick 10-1) t9) and Groie: Gibson. Taylor_ . t9). Burdette (1-0) (11) and.i McCarver. HRs: H o u s to n. l l Bond. '

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speed test at the race track. Bird and Ross held a five- point lead going into the final stages. (op Wirephoto l

and arises by «:30 by habit. l

FUTILE HANDS

when power dropped the ball in a rundown against the De- trolt Tigers in the Ameri- can League game today .n Twin Cities. had singled to centre field sending

their Cup-winning string to threcl

i. 1....-

- make it big in the NHL. He . lost to the wings in the series)

Dick McAuliffe to third and was then caught in a I'll-1' down between second and

first. Twins manager Sam :Mele also got into the argu- ment. The Tigers won. 5-0 t

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3With 3 Doubtful Starters

about seven minutes remaining

straight. lIII regulation time was But medical reports could carted off on a stretcher. The swing the odds towards word had just got around tnat;

Rodi Wings winning their first Cup, since 1955.

Three Leaf regulars are "Ill the casualty list and there‘s chance — i no one is sayingl so —- that they will not staud' up and coun l eree John Ashley drops inc; puck a-t approximately 8 p.m.i EST Saturday before a packed Gardens crowd of about 15.000. OUT WITH LEG INJURIES

Centre Don McKenney. in- jured in Tuesday's fifth game,l definitely is out w’th um knee. The other two with leg, miseries are centre Red Kelly‘ and defenceman Bobby Baun. al couple of old pros in this play. off business.

They got theirs ThursdayI night but Baun. a tremendous competitor. made a dramatic return to Score the winning; goal. 1 Kelly went out in the third period with an injured left kneel

t after being sandwiched between.

Detroit's Gordie Howe and BI"; Gadsby. I, Baun slumped to the ice Willi

longden Wins Again.

Gets Easier

By JACK STEVENSON ALBANY. Calif. (Apt—John Longden. wealthy and a grand- father. slips on his bifocals to

i read the paper. yet the world‘s

winningest jockey isn't even thinking of retiring. He also finds a definite riding advantage in being 57. “For some reasons I'm not-

having any trouble making} weight " he explains. "for 253 . years Ihad to go into the sweatl _

room just about every day. No

more I guess 1m getting dried

proved his mettle again as hel

Already a millionaire. Johnny owns a lovely home in Arcadia in southern California. He goes there each weekend. the re- turns to Golden Gate Fieldsl near San Franciso where thel current California meeting is being held. He goes to bed earlyl

Hockey Clinic At Dthousie

HALIFAX (CPi — The cond annual Canadian Amateur

ockey Association leadership institute for the Atlantic Pro- vinces will be held at Dalhousie University here Aug. 16-23. it‘ was announced Friday. 5

Institute director Vance Ton-l er. athletic director at St. Tho- . mas University In Chntham. .‘ N.B.. said three instructors for: the. hockey institute had beein appointed and at least one more. 1

full-time staff member would)

be named before the end 0 April. R .l. 'Rnly) McLenahan

sports coordinator for the New Brunswick department of youth. 1

‘ will instruct in defensive hockey t

and coaching of defencemen '

Howie Meeker. former slarl Toronto Maple Leafs forward} and now radio and ‘ sports director for CJON in St, John‘s. Nfld.. will teach hockey I fundamentals. 1

Coaching philosophy and thel development of offenseivo syn-I term will be taught by Rev. . George J. Kehoe. varsity hoc-. key coach at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigomsh. NS. 1

i Last Saturday Longdenl"

money. i «-

televniiou -

he had suffered either a broken;

or a sprained ankle when; the 28-year-old rearguard stc ped onto the ice and scored the winner.

Kelly and Baun were the now table absenetes at a Leaf work- out Friday morning. Baun was at home. Kelly was in hOSplIdI for x- ys.

BAUN HOPEFUL

After the. game, when report- ers crowded around Baun and s:.neone mentioned the possib- ility of him not playing Satur day. be sad

“You don't think a little thing like this is going to make ms- miss the last. chapter. [ lust ope the finish will he as won derful as the windup of this

me .. "

Following Maple Leaf policy of not disclosing extent of in juries to players. it is fairly certain that no decision about Kelly and Baun dressing for the big game. will be announced un- til the players report to the ressing room a couple of hours before the faccoff.

With Age”!

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JOHN LONGDEN

He defers to his age in ac-' cepting only three or four mounts a day instead of the six or seven when he was younger.

TOPS IN WINNERS The English-horn jockey. who grew up in Taber. .\lia.. has

ridden 3.310 winners. more than any other rider on thoroughbred tracks. and the mark may never be equalled.

He started riding in 1.027. He won leading jot-kcv honors for mcrican trac's in .3, .

Count Fleet when he captured racing‘s triple cronn ilie Ken. ckv Derby, Prcnkncss and Belrimnt Sinkcs Only two three- year-olds since then have diipli- catcd tlic lcat "I would say the it iple crown

was the high point of my ca- reer." Longden rcllt‘cls ' Johnny wanted sun- \ance

and Eric to attend college, but they wanted to uni-k ii iii) horses and now are trainers. both being too large in follmt lllf‘ll' father as a jockey.

Frequently he i'll’It“ Illr‘ horse“ trained by a son. but the off-

spring give no pr‘t'nl instruc. lions. ' H

"Hall the II :ixnors don t, says Longden with a grin, "if

don't know what to do now, it's a little late." NAVY "1"th? t UNEMPLOY‘IFVT FU LS IDN'DON AP) The labor Ministry said 'r‘iuudu unem ployment in Britain fell hy'lii, 038 this month " l‘i ‘vll est since .Illl_\’. lmw.‘ A year ago there, were 503.1)00 jobless I

check-hone

j lrctivc play i a member of the Imarri. present

By JACK SULLIVAN

Canadian Press Sports Editor It seems only yesterday to some old-timers but it was 14 years ago that Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs engaged in one of Iiockcys most blood-thirsty. hatred-filled feuds. It was in a Stanley Cup semi-final series. won by the Wings in the full seven games. There are only three active National Hockey League play- ers still around from that blood- bath and. oddly enough. they're: in the present Detroit-Toronto

‘ (3in final. They are the Wings

Gordie Howe and Marcel Pro- noynst and Red Kelly. then of the Wings. who joined Leafs. four years ago. I All the other players have called it quits in the big time.

‘ although Sid Abel of the once-1 ‘ famous Detroit production line ‘ with Howe and Ted Lindsay is.

manager-coach of the W1 HOWE INJURED . It was in 1950. when Howe ‘

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Ithc big slopcshouldered right-

to l was

winner. was Just starting

opener with a concussion. al broken nose. a fractured rightl and a scratched eye- ball when he slammed into thel boards at Detroit Olympia. I

This incident lit the fuse for the gang warfare.

The. Wings vowed revenge for man they had accused of sending the, Floral. Sask. nifiyl to hospital. Ted Kennedy of the

3- 1

.e .. The incident. happened so fast‘ close observers were un- able to say exactly how it oc- curred. Howe was going full tilt in check Kennedy when the Toronto player pulled up short and Howe plunged face first into. the boards. ‘

Detroit players accused Ken-l body of butt ending Howe. Lcagiie President C l a r e n c 9 Campbell reviewed the films of1

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the incident before the next game and exonerated Kennedy of all blame. But the Wings

didn't take that as official. i Near the end of the second)

- period of the next game Lind-

say 1 r l p p ed Kennedy who Jumped up ready for a lino.

He was smarily rapped on me head with a stick. That “as the cue for a merry free-for-all.

o r 0 nt 0 Defencemau (ins Mortson took off after Lindsay, Kennedy picked Abel Iol‘ Sparrin: partner. Jim Tlinmsni)

it:

Geoffery Dyson Gives Address .

Geoffrey Dyson. director of the Royal Canadian Legion sports training program. gave his open- mg address to about forty couch- es and young athletes at Athena High School last evening.

Discussing Canada's clmticcs in this summer's onlynipic games at Tokyo. he reminded Il1'< listen- ers that (‘anada would be com- peting against countries. possess- ing tremendous knowledge track and field. better facilities and better coaching. Some 0 countries compeiin are much- more populous. but finlaud with only 6.000.000 can produce track

iarnd field team: superior to (‘an-‘

ada's and Poland‘s, 26.000.000.- B a very or country.

in . Great Britain 2 times in the last

35 years.

It's possible for a bronrd jumper to jump 26 feet and get

Records Set In

offi

beat h

of the Leafs was crowned hf.‘ the stick of Wing defenccman .eo Reise and skated around in a log for a while missing most of the fun. ' Several other encounters were going on but at the finish. those

who were interested in in hockey aspetl of " "itrti up a

3-) score {01' the Wings.

lIt‘ medal. for a high jumper to an as high as 7 ft. ‘4 inches and get no modal.

('ana a. however. can be sm-ccssrl‘ul in the olympics. in spitc of large distances and a small population. but it will take time. For successful endeavour. first shop window of stars. then build up a

A and inspiration the

"101‘?

get

from the achievements of

9 leading athletes.

Training should be casual for youngsters of 9 and 10 years. and not become intensive until the last years of high school. Boys and girls of 16 years should ave a smattering of eneral principles. many different events. and should not be chan- nelled into a particular oven! until later. Rushing them will re- sult in putting round pegs into

lsqiiare holes. Coaches should get

now many different types of d

events in track and f'el .

' The best athletes are go d i openlng Games more than one departman Pctct ‘ Snell. world‘s miler. ca

Til? Nalmnal L939“? 5“ a,“ run the marathon In good time. 3110003110? I‘N‘m'd and g‘“ rm and can also give a creditable four of its teams in opening d8." performance in 2 yard games this Wat'- dasli This fantastic combinat-

The league drew 330,000 fans In 10 home openers. .in increase of 00.000 and 22 per cent 0 yo 1' last season. The San F‘l‘illlCle‘O‘ Giants. New York cts. St. ‘ Louis Cardinals and Houston Colts set club records for a home opener.

English Track Star

lhinking Of Canada I

By ALAN HARVEY LONDON ICP) — Peter Rad- ord. a member of Britain's Flying Squad the cinder

paths. may emigrate to Canada. .

The slim. dark. 24-year-old sprinter. former holder of the world record for the 220 yards around a full turn. said Friday he is going to Guelph. Ont. in mid-August, and may decide to stay.

“l'm going to have a good look round and soe what the prospects are." he told a