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Beavers Lengthen Big Four League Lead By . Whipping Hawks 4-0

SAINT JOHN, N. 13., Jan. 17- tCPl-Salnt John Beavers length- ened their leadership of the Mari- time Senior Hockey League by Jvhitewashing the slipping Moncton Hawks 4-0 tonight in the third shutout since the league schedule opened last October.

Hawks, who lost to Dartmouth Arrows by the some score Dcc. l. remained in a second plaice tic

with Arrows three points ticlow , sum, Johm ' represent the club 1n Provincial

Beavers ended with a brace lifter. playdow"s' Th’, Dr‘ E's" Giddmgs lhooting one in the first and flIl-iflud ‘he s“p°r‘me"de“i NJ- And’ argon rink..- each suffered the sec-

other in the sccond. ’i‘iicy czirrivii _ _ ' most of the offensive in the cliisc- "X111 5191"“ l" 1355 nights "latches Pivllotvillg arc yesterday's re-

checking contest. Dick Wray shot a pair and rc- suits:

gained the loop's scoring tcader- Dr. ES. Giddlngs '7, J.S.. Mac-

shlp. Ralph Crnturher and Mike Donald l4

Demchuk netted the otlicr tallics. Col GE. Full l2. F. Hansen 11 Dud James, who hclpcll Ilawk AM" Hyndnmn g’ Dr‘ Macpon.

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Curling Results And Schedule

1w.) more rinks were eliminat- ed at the Charlottetown Curling Club yesterday as competition coxitinncd to pick t-wu rinks to

_ _ NJ. An- flrst gainc as r-nzicli with tlic rur- rent squad of Hawks, ills prcilcccs- 30!‘, Les Rnnts.'i_\'. stopped out alter a slump lost hloiicton liR league leadership.

l i 'l'oday‘s Schedule i, (Elimination play continued)

SUMMARY

I-‘irst Period l-Salnt John, Clvuchcr t (Vigncati, Pliillipsi 6131i Hnnso“

Penalties Fitzpatrick, Nzciwlizn; I“ 2 " Jod°in_ i Saunders.

3.230 p,m. Ice i - A.W. Hyndiman vs. P‘.

E1‘. Acorn Vs. 11,.

Second Period 7_ "m" , Lsamt John‘ Wm‘. , Ice l - VtR. Cruikshank rs

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PAGE SIX

City League Standing, Latest Scoring Statistics

City Hockey League standings up to and including Saturday. Jan. 15th:

P, W. O. Navy s. D. U. 3 S'Side 2

City Lcngtics 10 ers:

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Navy And Saints In City League Tilt Tonight

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Maritime Big Four

In tonight's City Hockey league

encounter at the Forum the Char- lottetorwn Navy will tangle with Saint Dunstairs University in what

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Following are the scoring statistics in the Maritime Senior Hockey League liicludlng games up to the end of last week:

The Leaders Fitzpatrick, Moncton Wray. Saint John Nicolle, Saint John Inionti. Moncton Gray, Halifax Barkwcll. Moncton McGregor, Halifax 1.. Gaudet. Halifax McDonald, Vfoncton Brennan. Halifax \Vhitlock, Moncton links. Dartmouth Sullivari. Halifax

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ed. with the opportunity of regaining their league leadership which they have held all season until recently. when the P. W. C. Weislinien forg- ‘ ed into the ‘front. by one point. On the other hand a win for the Saints will bring them up to a tie

place and distance for the league lead.

competition so far this year.

With both. teams having suffer-

ed setbacks in their last. few Ain't-t. neither side will be taking any chances on losing tonight’! WNIQ and will be taking every opportunity and break that comes their way to make victory theirs.

As far as the Navy are concern- tl-ie game will provide them

position wltih Navy fur second within easy striking

With 5.D.U. having only four more

Penalties -_ Phillips, Jodoin.‘ Nicolle. Third Period B-Suint John, Wray (Nicolle) l—Salnl John, Demciiuk it (Kearns) . . ...... .. 17:36‘

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Bcwling Results

CITTOWN ALLEY!

Penalties - Szabo, Sastarache. , Maritime Electric Dengue

1st Linsemen—2S42. ‘Jntl Lincsmen~2029 lligli single L. SCillCYQI‘ 306 High three G. Schleycr 740 Points: 1st Llnsemen 5; 2nd Lines- mcn O.

IIOLY NAME ALLEYS

Billiards

Last night at the Charlottetown Alleys in the opening gnnic of thc P. E. I. billiard championship. Harry Poulton dcfcalcd the veteran Stanley Ryan by a score of 200- 182. The judges were Earl Stanlcy referee-inf; and Earl Ciarkin scorer.

Tonight at 7 pm. last year's champion Earl Stanley meets James Bradley.

K. of C. Bowling

Sling Shots-BIQS Canadians~3646 High single S. Trainor 236 liigh thrce P. Jay 656. Points: Sling Shots 1'3; dians 3%. Wizards-29E4 ‘ Zombles-QIZB High single F. Coyle 257 High three W. Murray 668 Points: Wizards 1%; Zombies 3%. Shakos~—2814 Has Beens-SISO High single G. Murphy 256 High three G. Murphy 623' Points: Shakos 0: Has Beens 5. Underdogs-NS? Hot Shots~30fl1 High single E. Blanchard 302 High three E. Blanchard 721

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Wiiilms‘ihiic_ ill-round Decision

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17 -- (AM-Lightwclght champion Ike Williams came back to tlie ring, wars tonight. after a two-month layoff to win a smashing IO-round non-title decision over clever Johnny Bratton of Chicago at the

‘French Fighter twins At Montreal

l l lilONTREAL, Jilll. 17 »- (CP)—- ‘ Lzitircnt Dnutliuillc. French middle- weight milking his third start in n North Amcricnn ring. gave tough Ralph (The Ripper) Znnclli a mas- terful hoxing lesson tonight us he look every round while winning a lO-rounil decision over the Prov- idence, R. I. vcternn.

Sonic 6.828 Forum fans contri- buted to a gross gate of $18,010.

Zanelli, fighting at 146 3-4 pounds. was no match for the handsome Paris battlcr who tipped the scales at 155 1-4.

A-P-C Results

PICTOU, N. S.. Jan. 17 -— (GP) Pi-stou Marlpacs blew a 5-0 lead tonight and had to settle for a 5-5 draw with Antigcnlsh Bull- dogs in a regular Antizonlsh- Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League game.

STELLARTON. N. 8., Jan. l7 — (OP) _ Truro Bearcats and the league-leading Stcllarton Royals played to a 5-5 draw tonight in an AntigonishJdctou-Colchcsicr Senior Hockey League gainc. Ael0-rninute

Demchuk. Saint John Jsckson, Saint John Kelly. Moiicton Steele. Moncton Milani,_ Dartmouth Gagnon, Moncton Hannon, Halifax MacGlllivray. Halifax

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Moslenko, Dartmouth Newton, Saint John McKenzie, Dartmouth Phillips. Saint John Leger, Moncton Szabo. Saint John Vigneau, Saint John

Farris To Fight At Boston Jan. 24

BOSTON, ‘Jain. lT--—i.-\l")— Four ten-round bouts. topped by a featherweight mulch between Percy Parris of New Glasgow. N. S., and Edgar Gallant of Gardner. Mass, have been arranged for Bos- ton Arenu Jan. 24, the Andy Cal- laghan A. C. announced tonight.

Piirrts has “on eight sturts in the Linitccl States and (iiillzint has won 3t of 36 professional engage- ments. '

Other matches include a bout be- tween liglitwciglits Iggy Vaccarl of Boston and Tony Ducharme 0f

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Gallant, Perry. Josey; Jay. A. Carver. Dowilng, LeOlcir. MacGregor. R. Sheppard, Kelly. i

Halifax St. the League, clubbed Dartmouth Ar-

games to play and Navy three in the regular schedule after to- night's game. the situation is fairly critical and neither team can really afford to have any more setbacks if they are going to stay in the running, which i: all the more reason wthy tonight’: battle should be really worth sec-

iz. The following are the lineups: Navy -— Goal, Davis: defence, O. P. MacDonald. forwards, Higson, strain,

S.D.U. -- Goal. Strain; defence,

Hennessey. Francis. Bolvin, O. MacDonald; Halide, Deighen, .7. McQuald, M. McQuaid. Ledwell. Mclsaiic.

Halifax St. Mary's Club Arrows 4-0

forwards, MB-hB-l‘. Rodgers. Murphy. S.

HALIFAX, Jan, l7 » (UP) — Mary's, tail-curlers in

Maritime Senior Hockey

Arena. Both fighters weighed 138.

Points: Hot Shots 4; Underdogs 1

overtime failed tn produce a score.

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row: 11-1 tonight in an unspect- acular game.

Dartmouth and Moncton Hawks failed to break a second-place tle as Hawks were blanked 4-0 by the front-running Saint John Beav- There wasn't much that could be said about tonight's game ex- cept that Arrows defence fell like a house of cards. St. Mary's whip- ped through the ddbris to lcore almost at; will.

Halifax flicked goal: in from alirnost every angle and every dil- tance. They batted them in from the goalmouth, from the sides and from the blueiine.

The game wit: of litter-est, to Halfgonians only because the two club: put a radio broadcast ban into effect. Three sportlcalters were about. to air the game when (‘hey were ordered W leave by po- lce. '

The club: hold solo broadcast rtghts on the Forum and decided they should not be used. The teams said glme broadcuts hurt gate receipts.

SUMMARY Flrlt Period

l-I-falifax, Brennan (Gray. R. Guudet) B-Halifax. Sullivan (Mt-Gregor. O'Neill)... 14:02 Penalties Hannoti (minor and misconduct), Larlee. Lllley. Second Period IF-Hlllfllf. Prentice (Brennan) It-Hallfax, MacGllllvray (P. Gaudet. O'Neill) 5—Haiifnx. MncGillivruy (McGregor. Haniion) 13:33 P!n&1t-le!—P. Gmdet, Heliett. Iillloy, Sorcl. Third Period B-Kallfax. Brennan. ((8.. Ci-audct, Gray) #1 'I—I-lalil‘ax, MacGtlllvray (l-limnon) ____ ,, 3m a-Hnllfax, Gray (Brennan) ,_ ‘m5 B—I-fl.lifax, Sullivan (P. Gaudet. I-Iollett) .. 9:51 IO-J-hltfax. Brennan ’Power|) , lf-Hallfnx, Brennan (Prentice) .. 13—DlrtlIMlbh, Petite (Myke) Penalties -~ Smith.

Miners Defeat lllctorias 6-2

NORTH SYDNEY, N.S., Jun. 1'!- (CH-Gllcc Bay Miner: fortified thcnuelvu in lecond place in the Cape Brown Senior Hockey League tonight by flntunlng North Sydney Victoril: 6-2 at the Northulde Forum.

Minus four of their key operator: andjolng l 12-inch lineup. Miner: continued to ride rougiuhcd over thdfalhrlng Victoria whom they defeated Saturday 13-6.

Glace Boy wu without tho ur- vlcu o! control 80b Donnilon and Bill Calhoun, loft winger Norman Kuntz and dcfcncemm- Joe Dol-

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JANUARY 18. 1949 -

It was announc§ esterday that the Prince Street: Sc ool ice sports will be held at the Charlottetown Forum this Friday night when n large program of speed skating and noveltyi events will be held as well as an exhibition match between the Prince Street boys tgiim and the Midget Abbies.

O O O O

These events, which arc held un- nually by all the City schools, zil- wayu provide a full evening of first class entertainment and are widely patronized by the local sporting- public and are looked for- ward to with much interest by young and old alike. The Prlncc Street School sports, the first to be held thl: year, promises to be no exception and local patrons are assured of a bang-up evening of entertainment.

O O O O

Playing their third game in the leries, the Amherst Ramblers mov- ed out in front in the Central Sec- tion Hockey League standing as the result of their 5-5 tie with the St. Joseph Blue Eagles at the University town on Sunday. The tie gives the Ramblers n total oi‘ three points in three games play- ed, while the Charlottetown Abeg- Welt: are following a close second with two points in one game played. St. Joseph are in third place with one point in one game played, with Springhill trailing in the cellar position with no points in one game played.

O O O O These are the unofficial statistics at time of writing, and there 1g g possibility (lint (hcy may have to be revised due to the fact that Am- herst has filed a protest to the league president. Ralph Fullerton of Sackville. The protest wns lodged after St. Joseph rcfused to play into overtime to hrczik the tic in Sunday's game, and the results will depend entirely on the judg- ment handed down by president Fullerton. . O O O O The Island Physical Fitness Bas- ketball League will scc ncfion again at the Summersidc Airport tomorrow night when the Saint Dunstan’s University quintettc tangle with the R. C. A. F. hoop- sters at 7:30 in the first half of .1 doubleheader. The second game will take place on hour lnlcr when the league leading (Tharlottettnvn Reece squad oppose the Summer- slde Schurmnn’: cagemcn. O O O O

The six-team league, which has produced some really top-notch cn- counters so far this season, is at present being lead by lilf‘ Reece squad who have gone undefeated in three start: for a total of six polntl. while Ray’: Millionaires are in second place with four points in three games played. The Summer- side R. C. A. F. team and S. D. U. are tied for third position with two points apiece. the former hav- ing played three games tn the lut- ter’: one. Schurman‘: and Prince of Wales are. sharing the cellar position with no points, the West- ern Capital boys having played three games and the Collcgluns one.

O I O O

In recent comment Doug (Wind. nor Daily Star) Vaughan states that: "With the red-hot N. H. L. race already past the halfway mark, the field is already being scanned for candidate: for the various in- dividual nwardu such as the Calder Cup. which goes to the outstanding rookie of the year. the, Vezinn T101911)’. awarded to the goalie with the lowest goals-against average. "W I-Bdy Bynz Trophy for the "W" Benliemanly player and the H"! TmPhY which goes to the nth- lfle Hdludged the most. valuable mun to his team.

O O O I

"Lynn Patrick, new coach of the Rangers, was talking about the varlou: awards the other day and specifically about the Cflillfl‘ Cup which he figures the Rangers have wrapped up. Lalt year's winner of this trophy wa: Jim McFadden of the Detroit Red Wings.

" O O O O

“There can be no denying of the fact that. the Ranger: appear to have an outstanding crop of rookie candidates. Topping the list is the New York club's high-priced de- fenceman, Allan (The Iceberg) Stanley. who has probably meant

m more to the team than any of the

nix other freshmen with the club. They include fellows like Penttl Lund, Freddy Shero. Dunc Fisher, Clint Alla-lain irmunifit Mlckoski.

"In addition to the Calder Cup the tookie-of-year. of course. ulsn lets a $1.000 bonu: from the league and. in molt clues, another 31,000 from the club for which he playl. It i: a prize worth fighting for. 1n- cldentally, in the event that Stan- ley wins it. he'll be the first de- fenceman ever to gain nuch an hon- or in 17 your: of balloting."

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Saint John Beavers

Play Abbies

Hockey fem throughout the Province will be in for a. big night at. the Charlottetown Forum on Wednesday, January 20th., when the Saint. John Beavers. present leaders in the Maritime Big Four Hockey League, meet the Charlotte- town Aibegweits. Island entry in the Central Section League, in an exhibition encounter, sponsored by the Charlottetown Y Grads Oluo at their annual hockey night.

In addition to the fact that fans will be able to witness the power- ful Beavers in action against a strong local teen-n, they will also see a former local hockey star in the person of "Nick" Nicolle strut his stuff on the Mainland lineup. Nicolle, who has been going green. guns with the Beavers this year. is at present Ln third position in the Big Four scoring race and has been receiving plenty of bouquets frcitri Maritime sport scribes for his fine performances this year.

The Y Grads. who have been io- ing a fine job during the past few years in promoting these annual hockey nights, have spared no et- fort this year in securing the veiy best to be had in Maritime hockey circles to present to the Rollin! public for their entertainment. Grad officials announced inst. night that all arrangements have been completed for the big event. The total proceeds of the night will go to charitable purposes and all they ask ln return for their efforts is the generous patronage of t-ho goneml sporting pupllc.

Tickets will be on sale commenc- lng January 20th and. 511F111"! 1"") tho sell-out crowds they have had in past years. fans are advised to get their tickets enrly and avoid missing a top-notch evening of hoc- key entertainment.

Cleveland Indians Plan Busy Spring

By Jerry Link;

CHICAGO, Jan. 17 — (AP) - qize world champion Cleveland Indians will be the busiest base- ball club - and most presistent National League rival in tne American League's 241-gamc spring exhibition season.

The "grapefruit" circuit Dfflsram. including 132 games with Nation- al loop clubs, was announced to- day by American League head- quarters.

It begins March 12. twelve days after spring toll starts in the Florida, California and Arizona training bases.

Cleveland's champion Tribe plfllls more spring games than any other junior circuit club, 37. and has t.he most dates with National League ‘contenders, 24. sixteen. however. are with New York Giants. also operating in Arizona.

The American League also ha: 28 intro-league contests and Tl tests against top minor league teams. Philadelphia Athletics make the only foreign Junket. playing three games at Havana.

The White Sox and 8t. Louis Browns each have 36 Sprint! Barnes booked. followed by New Yorg Yankees nnd Athletics with 34 apiece. Detroit Tigers with 32, and Boston Red Sox and Washind- ton Senators. 30 each.

Along with their lB-guue show- down wlth the Giants which winds up at the Polo Grounds in New York. April 17, the Indians also tangle with Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates o! the Nation- al League, the Whlto Box and Drowns from their own leaBW- and have six Joust! with minor league teaml.

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Victoria Rink Hockey Tonight

Crnpoud Heurrbicolrers Vs. Augustine Cove Skating After

Jan. 26

Junior Abbies To Workout Today

Today at two p.m., last yflgf" P. E. L-N. B. Junior Chflmpiong, Junior Abbies take to the ice a; the Forum for their first work. out as they start out on the gum for a Junior Maritime title. It. i: understood several of last year‘; team will be on hand a: well at; a lot of newcomers to battle t; out for the coveted spots on the junior edition of the Red anti Black.

Cape Breton Scoring Statistics

Following are scoring statistics up to the end of lut week in the Cape Breton Senior Hockey Lea- gue:

The Leaders G A 1'1: Runlons, North Sydney 23 29 a: Birukow. Sydney . . . . H2023 43 Dennison, Glace Bay . . 27 12 Wlittc, Glace Buy . Platz, Sydney Wihalen, Sydney Nelson, Sydney . MacDonaJd/Sydn y MacRae. Sydney Wade, Glace Bny Cheyne, Glace flay . Denny, Glace Bay .. .. Verrler, North Sydney . Bangny, North Syxlney Miller. North Sydney Gibson, North Sydney Dowllnrr. Sydney .. 16 12 Arundel. Sydney . 7 20 - Sergenese. North Sydney 11 14 7 Kornek, North Sydney 1410 Myketyn. Sydncy . Mosienko. Glace Buy . . . Delmonte, Glace Bay 9 13 _ t

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