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up to their reputation for two things at Allison Gardens in Sackville Wednesday evening: (1) For being a terrific third period club, and (2) for winning playoff games by the one goal. The Aces ring around the Combines about five minutes of the. ing period, and then |

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two teams will be strengthened about the same degree. This should insure another spine tingling contest and a large crowd is expected at Civic Stadium to view it.

-HUNTER’S CORNER

‘Coon, Skunk,

Raven Termed

Worse Menaces Than Foxes

Brer Fox made the headlines

are. On the oth- fox is a natural one is good over 1,000 field mice a year. observed to and eat over 30° mice from

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This laststwo years the orice of red fox pelts have been on the up and on recent fur sales fetch- ed as.higa as $5-per pelt.. The average price was better than $2. For years it was impossible to give them away. Furriers did not want them at any price even

at 2% and 50 cents. A fox hunter}

he takes, the trouble to skin and flesh the pelts he takes will average at Jeast $5 for every fox he shoots traps. Some do not bother but after skinning off the mask and ears often leave worth of pelt lying on the rot. The majority of

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per told me this winter that last spring a vixen reared a litter of five pups under an old haystack _ en their farm. The stack was on the border of an abandoned farm and the half-grown pups would sit and watch the tractor work as interested as young children.

cash from their pelts and bounty but some hunters set hounds on them when they were young and green. They made the first trip during the last week of Sep- tember and several more later. He found the carcasses of three they shot and figured they gc more for they were scarce after that as he only managed to trap one all winter. AT LOW POINT 0

tt is this columnists opinion that foxes are at their lowest point in numbers this winter go- ing back for 20 or 25 years. I am speaking specifically of my old: stamping ground in Queens County across the river and of

of foxes in the old days. In swamps they made traiis in snow like so many sheep. From personal observation and conver- sation with farmers I am of the opinion we haven't trapped or shot for they were present in their usual numbers last spring and appeared to be plentiful until early fall.

Some have expressed the inion they wave migrated else where temporarily at least.

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and that the distemper so pre valent\ this winter dogs has spread to our foxes. A lot

of top dogs died this winter in Charlottetown alone and the toll was heavy in outlying districts as well.

Something has definitely “ hit the foxes in the areas I know so well. During my woodland jaunts I faven’t seen one fox track for every three or four I'd run across in other winters. Now don’t get me wrong: There are still a good number of foxes on the rounds and the hunters with picking up quite a few. from the bounty office indic the number presented for, is approximately the same ae last year. This does not mean so much~as a hound will only chase \one fox at a time and

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college stars that placed fourth in the world championships at Prague last week. The Russian juniors won 6-1 Wednesday night.

The Americans leave today for games in West Germany.

broiler. It's a wonder our farm- er’s do not lose more poultry from fox predation for I have seen flocks of full grown poul- try roaming the fields a quarter- mile from the farm buildings and in close proximity to a swamp frequented by foxes.

In sharp contrast to a fox the coon, skunk, crow and raven are haveing an insatiable appetite for eggs. Brer Fox is not interest- ed in eggs. Either one of the four, skunk, coon, crow or raven destroy a potential 20 odd Huns, 15 pheasants or a dozen bdiack ks in one meal. Our red fox a native and not an import coon and skunk. Nature include the imports in for tais province so to the fox as a men- single him out for Lar-

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a Saturday afternoon this I sat in a farmer's kitch- Mount Albion. He has a and is an old time fox er. It ‘was sunny but a bit- winter’ day nevertheless. A- cross a swamp valley to the south lay a large field from which a crop of winter rye ‘nad been harvested late in the fall. It was surrounded by woods on three sides. He toki me that a pair of foxes had been mousing there for weeks. On this after- noon only the male was out. Sometimes he'd jump high in the air and come down with his feet bunched trying to scare mice out of the field like a big red dog. Suddenly my companion uttered an exclamation: ‘The darling” then a few minutes later remark- ed: “When I feel a little spryer I’m going to tack his hide on a That may sound terribly con- tradictory to many but being an old fox hunter myself I can un derstand, The red fox-is a fix. ture here and it would be a sorry day indeed if their tracks ever vanished from a snowy country- side.

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Andy Bathgate has proved to be a handy guy to have around as far as the New York Ran- gers are concerned. His inspired

scoring has kept the faltering Blueshirts~in- contention for a viayoff spot. Coach Phil Wat

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{son will be banking his hopes on Bathgate when the Rangers face Detroit Saturday night in a game that could decide the fourth and. final playoff position. Bathgate is third in tlie scorin- trace with 40 goals and 45 as. sists for an 85 point total.

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SUMMERSIDE — Hockey fans are advised to take advantage of the advance sale of tickets for the Sackville-Summerside match at Civic Stadium tonight.

Another very large crowd is expected and getting the tickets ahead of time will insure quick entry on arrival at the rink.

These two teams play a rug- ged brand of exciting hockey and

Sackville, S'side

St di geem very evenly matched. Seeing this boy Roger Leger in action is one attractive fea: ture, and Dick Vansnick is an- other very colorful performer The Aces are determined to make it two straight tonight. but the combines will surely not go down to defeat without a bitter struggle.

MONTREAL ‘CP) — Toronto Maple Leafs made a big stride toward a National Hockey Leaigue playoff spot Thursday night, win- ning 6-3 over Montreal Canadiens who tossed in two rookie net- minders in the absence of ailing Jacques Plante.

The Leafs’ win put them only one point behind the fourth-place New York Rangers in the strug- gles to displace the Rangers and grab a playoff berth. Each team has two games left.

Dick Duff scored two goals in spearheading the Leafs’ attack which sent five goals behind jit- tery Claude Pronovost before he was yanked after the second pe- riod and a 20-year-old junior took over.

minding for the Hull - Ottawa Junior Canadiens, was hustled into the ‘Montreal nets. The youngster was a big improve- ment over Pronovost. He had no chance on the one goal that beat him.

Meanwhile the Leafs threw up

such a stubborn defence in the

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“SECOND GAME

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INTERSCHOLASTIC HOCKEY TONIGHT

QUEEN CHARLOTTE HIGH BIRCHWOOD HIGH

GAME TIME 7.45

Children ... Adults . .

OF PLAYOFFS”

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Leafs Whip Canadiens 6-3, Trail Rangers By One Point

final period they stopped the Na- tional Hockey League champions cold froma: scoring standpoint, with help from goalie Johnny

Bower.

Phil Goyette, Ab McDonald and Marcel Bonin scored for Montreal. Dickie Moore, setting the NHL scoring pace, picked up one assist, running his total points to 93, six more than team- mate Jean Beliveau and seven more than Andy Bathgate of New York Rangers.

Regular goalie Plante was side- lined because of a severe boil infection under his chin. _Prono- vost was called up from Montreal

MONTREAL Canadiens innocently enough an- nounced Thursday they want to be fair, and immediately quite a

flap blew up in the National Hockey League.

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(OP) — Montreal Canadiens announced that

Uproar In League

rookie goalie Claude Pronovost would take over for Jacques Plante in Thursday night’s game against Toronte Maple Leafs be- cause of a severe boil infection

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Saskatchewan, defending cham- pions, into final play tied with Manitoba with an unbeaten record, but lost to British Colum- bia and ended up in third place.

B.C. was second for the second straight year, downing Quehec 128 in their final game.

New Brunswick scored a single

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in the 12th end to defeat Nova- Scotia 10-9 and take fourth piace. while Ontario neetled an extra 2nd before beating Prince Ed- ward Island 8-7 to win fifth posi- tion.

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In earlier play Thursday, Brit- ish Columbia beat Saskatchewan 96, Alberta beat Quebec 10-7, Manitoba thumped Prince Ed- ward Is 6 ant Oatarte test

New STANDINGS

LOYDMINSTER, Sask. (CP) —Final. standings in the Cana- _ Legion curling champion-

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PwC Students |

Celebrate Annual College Event

A full days of sports events that will be climaxed by a dance

College today as the..students celebrate their annual. College Day. te |

Hockey games, curling and basketball games for both boys and girls have been scheduled with Kings College of Halifax |furnishing the opposition in each case.

The sporting activities will commence at 3 p.m. with the | Welshmen ice sextet facing Kings College at the Sports a in an exhibition title. At five o'clock

Royals of the Quebec Hockey | League , First period: 1. Montreal,|

Goyette (Turner) 12:04; 2. Tor-} lonto, Duff ‘Baun, Armstrong) | 13:50; 3. Toronto, Olmstead 17:30. |Penalties: Beliveau 1:33, :04, Horton 8:04, Brewer 8:45.

Second period: 4. Toronto, Pul- ford ‘Stewart, Horton). 3:25; s.| Toronto, Eaman ‘Harris, Baun) | 5:07; 6. Montreal, McDonald (H. Richard, Backstrom) 7:21; 7. Montreal, Bonin ‘Moore, John- son! 8:56: 8. Toronto, Duff (Re gan, Brewer) 13:27. Penalty: Baun 2:47

Third peried: 9 Toronto, Arm- strong ‘Baun, Regan) 9:15. Pen-

alties: Olmstead, Bonin 0:50, Joanson 9:25.

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5:00—CURLING.

9:30—DANCE.

P. W. C. Annual College Day

i FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1959 P.W.C. vs. KING'S COLLEGE

3:00—BOYS’ HOCKEY GAME,

6:30—GIRLS’ BASKETBALL, 7:45—BOYS’ BASKETBALL.

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the scene will shift to the Char- | lottetown Curling Club where! Prince of Wales curlers will en- | gage the visitors in a match. Basketball will hold the spot-

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the girls team, recently crowned

Island interscholastic champions, taking on Kings College girls at | 6.30 and the boys will follow at! 7.45. Both hoop games are slated | for P.W.C. Auditorium. |

A dance at which the visiting | athletes will be guests will com-| mence in the auditorium at 9/ o'clock. i

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