Charlottetown Trotters won the Maritime “C” Senior Basketball

Crown Saturday at Queen Char- lotte, downing two teams to get

MARITIME CHAMPIONS

this honor. In the first contest they took the Cape Breton All

Stars 53-42 and In the final en- counter they edged the Centre-

above are members of the win- 3’

ning team: FRONT ROW:-Mark) Ladner, Red Howatt, Walter Le- '

SPORTS FRONT

_ By PIUS CALLAGHAN

Hats off to Walter LePage and his Charlottetown Trotters who today are the reigning Maritime ‘C’ basketball champions.

Maritime championships have not been coming too frequently of late to this province and the Tirotters' victory should certainly be appreciated by all Island sport fans.

Trotters won the crown with a whirlwind finish, just when practically everyone present thought the three-province title was on its way to New Brunswick. They showed thaniselves true

champions by coming from behind in the dying moments to grab‘

the championship.

The Trotters did all this with very little fan support. They didn’t go begging but offered the cash customers -three top notch hoop games for the large sum of fifty cents. About 100 took ad- vantage of the bargain offer.

But the Trotters weren't going to disappoint the 100 that did back -thein. They come back from a very unimpressive showing against Cape Breton to show the way to the classy Centreville squad. 1 .

Trotters did all the spade work in the organization of this tourney. They had no financial assistance whatsoever, yet they saw the affair through to a successful conclusion.

._..It’s a fine spirit and one that was certainly deserving of the success that it achieved. . . Heartiest congratulations.

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Has Bobby Bragan, manager of Cleveland Indians really reformed? Time and time alone will answer that question. But Bobby insists that he has. a

This is the same Bragan that shouted from the hotsetops while directing Pittsburgh Pirates and because of too much shout- ing got the ‘gate’ from general-manager Joe Brown.

Bragan had earned a reputation for himself as a trouble m;i‘:er, but he claims he tried to live that downwhile managing the Bucs. If he tyied he was never given credit for the attempt.

Bobby got in wrong with the umpi-res and things went from I ‘:l to worse. He even asked Warren Giles, National League ;‘.;si(Icnt, to break up the umpiring quartet of Dascoli, Landes, ,;‘;:o:_v and Baker. Of course Giles told him in a very few words In mind his own business, something that Bobby seemed to have gi-ca-I difficulty in doing. «

One day Bobby got tossed out of a game but before he left he vralkedup to the umpires with a bottle of soda pop. He says

‘he didn’t want to be stingy so he offered the men in black a

sip before he started ‘in himself.

That did it. Fans roared with laughter as the umpires fumed. The Pirates’ G.M. saw eye to eye with the umps and" Bragan was told to pack.

On one occasion when the Pirates were playing the Braves, Grqat, Virdon and Clements asked for a glimpse at the ball that Lew Burdette was throwing. Dascoli was umpiring and according to Bragan was getting plenty annoyed. Bobby insists that Dascoli said no one else was going to get a look at the "ball. That sent Bragan flying to the plate. “Let’s get going” Dascoli roared. “The weather doesn’t look good”. —

Biragan’s replywas a honey, good enough to get tossed out.

It went like this: "The moisture up there doesn’t interest me. -

Pm only interested in the moisture on that spitball."; Quite a talkative guy, this Bragan. . e 1- e e 0 ,

New Hampshire racing commission. have ordered eye glasses

for nine drivers if they want their hcences validated. Another «dI‘lVe1‘ was flatly turned down because his vision “was beyond

corrective measures". -» The commission chairman said the e e testin r . ' taken in the interests of greater safety fog dfiV€fsg1l? ltI~O:T It seems like a most sensible procedure. -After all it helps in I race if the drivers know where they are going. i Q C I t

_'Iinade minors were flying thi t ‘ .t ' Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Iihiilaizs, ‘¥,‘.‘}.°2.§Z§§i°'£i§fia§’§; Roy Hamey of the Phillies claims the clubs are farther apart than ever. ‘

Hamey was in conference wrlth‘ Cardinals’ GM. Bing Devine

. last week but no progiress was reported.

The rumors had Phillies’ outfielders Richie Ashburn and Wally Post and infielder Granny Hamper going to St. Louis for outfielder-infielder Ken -Boyer, catcher Hobie Landirith and first baseman Joe Cunningham. '

Hamey figures Ashbuirn is more valuable now that he was last winter. He claims: “I don't see anything with St. Louis at all involving Ash=bui'n."

Hamey says he offered Harvey I-lad-dit and Ashburn for Ken Boyer last November but was turned down. He adds he wouldn't offer the same deal again, even if he could.

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Bullet Bob Tuirley has started the 1958 season with a bang.

The New York Yankee speed ball artist is off -to a terrific start and his three mound appearances have been a delig-ht to manager ‘Casey Stengel. Tuerley has beaten his old teammates, Baltimore Orioles on two occasions. One was a four-hit job, the

‘other a one-hit masterpiece. In those two games the Birds col-

lected the handsome total of no runs. Bob’s other time out he four-hit the hard-slugging Kansas City Athletics and held them to a single tally.

This may be Turley’s,year for real greatness. When acquired from Baltimore, Bob was supposed to become 1 really great moundsman. ~

He may live up to ‘all I3l0S€*1‘aVB‘ notices in this 1958 season.

Frank Lane, now general manager of the Cleveland Indians, has IllS.OWl'l ideas why the Yankees are so successful. Frank claims it s because the Bombers are not afraid to trade. hm I.::eal'(1‘:I1lI“a“I%y has great respect for the Yankee farm system had“ Gag; git that great farm system wasn't cushioned by Y The Cle\"elanc£l!n1£iz<:s“sqé)1‘ilI1sdPbaeul“Ri:Ili)i:'tII:.practically handed the L::1:3€;‘eSf0t}lie“i;er1i:,i€in(t{ \I(’Il(:l;1-Ile traded them Bob Turley and Don

mm M30 ms players. He goes on and cites 3' . 1/.e, Enos Slaughter, Bobby Shantz and Art

Ditmar. None (:0 . helped Wm Snmgrg e3xi1i;1c;<i1i.;:tsiu<;ft tth]: 1S7:rr:‘l<eee farm chain but they

And speaking ft d: — to trade better thgn LI:E1r;§III‘:rnI\1’IrIfISI4l;Tle??f one thing‘ who likes). e t g , A ‘

Johnny Ant 111 .-‘ ,. . I “mean ‘me “In haldly qualify as a public relations

The Giants‘ hurl ' - - . pm“ in the West C02;1:igpggalrfntlxlnhlzvnggugiisnti-oubles with the After the Giants whipped the Cubs 3-1 reciliirtrisvl \\'l‘II°l‘ went into the San Francisco dressing room to 30.0118. Stpfimts Johnny on his six hiter. He got anything but 3 mend] gm ‘:.ate _ Antonelli told the reporter that i-I" he worked for aySagIIIef"mg. cm-o paper he didn't want to have anything to do with liiant Just then Johnny noticed a photographer approaching and 'withdIIt a word having been saiti. threatened to break his camera and ordered him out of the dressin avoid a scene. AntonelIi’s actions are still unexplained.

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BASEBALL ROUNDUP

SUNDAY American League

Chicago at New York 2 ppd, rain.

First Cleveland 000 000 011- 2 9 0 Boston 000 100 000-— 1 6 0

Kelley, Garcia (7) Ridzik (9) Ferrarese (9) and Nixon; Brewer and White. W—Garcia.

Second Cleveland ; 000 010 000 000- 1 8 0 Boston .

0()0 100 000 00l——- 2 12 1

Wilh_el m, Ridzik (12) and Brown; Baumann and Berberet; L—Ridziik.. HR: Cle—Ward (1).

First . Kansas Cy 11100 000- 3 7 1 Wash ‘ 000 034 00x— 7 8 2

Kellner, Dickson (5) Trucks (6) Craddoc-k (7) and House: Ramos, Hyde (4) and Courtney. W-—Hyde. L—Dickson. HRs: KCy - Lopez (2); Was-Bridges (1).

Second Kansas Cy 000200000—2 6 0 Wash 001 010 000- 2 6 0

Urban, Gonman (5) Trucks (7) and Smith; Kemmerer and Court-

ney.

First . _ Detroit 010 000 011- 3 9 0 Baltimore. 300 0()0 0lx— 4 :9 1

Foytack. Aguirre (1) Valen- tinetti (7) and Hogan, Lau (7) Thompson (7); Pappas, Lehman (8) Zuverin-k (8) Presko (8) and Ginsberg. W—Pappas. HRs: Det —Zernial (1); Blt—Woodling (1),

Second

Pilarcik (1). > Second (Detroit 000000000—051 Baltiinore 120 000 10x-— 4 10 2

Hoeft, Spencer (7) and Wilson, Hegan (7); Harshman and Tri- andos. L—H0e-ft. HR: Bit-Busby (1). .

_ National League‘

First Milwaukee 000 240 010- 7 13 0 St. Louis 001 001 000-— 2 5 1

Spahn and Crandall; Mizell,

Jackson (6) Paine (8) and H. Smith. L——Mizell.

First Cincinnati 000 000 121—- 4 8 2 Chicago 020 002 001-— 5 13 0

Prui-key, Rabe (7) Jeffcoat (9) and Bailey, Burgess (7); Bros- nan, Elston (8) and S. Taylor. W—Elstoii. L-—Jerf)fco‘ait.

Second Cincinnati

200 000 000 000 01- 3 10 0 Chicago 000 002 000 00 —-2 8 0

Hadd-ix, Schmidt (13) and Bur- gess, Bailey (14); Fodge, Mayer (1), Drott (7), Nichols (8) and Tappe. W—Sch-midt. L-Nichols.

»~First _- Pittsburgh 100102 002- 6 7 0 SanFr.— 001000001——2 7 3

"Kline, Face (9) and Foiles; An- tonelli, Worthington (6) Grissom (8) and Schmidt. W—K1ine_ L._ A-ntonelli. }lERs: Pgh—«Méjias 3 (3). Thomas (7); SF-Sauer (8). Second Pittsburgh 100 110 000 0—3 10 0 San Fnan 110 010 000 1-4 11 0

R. G. Smith, Blackburn (7), Face (9) and Peterson, Foiles (8) Crone, Miller (6), Worthing.

W - Worthing L - Face. HRS: Pgh-Groat (2). SIF-Cepeda 2 (5), First Phila 205 000 000- 7 13 2 Los Angeles 401 001 20x— 8 8 2 Roberts, Farrell (8) and Lop- flta; Erskine, Craig (3) Bessent (7)‘ Roebuck (9) and Roseboro, Walker (9). W—Bessent. L——Rob- erts., HRs: Pha—Lopata (1); LA —-Neal (3). '

Second Phila 000 001 100-2 10 0 L.A. 002 372 10x——15 18 0

Hacker, Miller (4), Hearn (5), Myer (5), Li Petri (6), More- head (7) and Lonnett; McDevitt and Walker, Pignatano (8. L-

ion (8) and Thomas, Schmidt (8).

ville Legionnaires 54-52. shown ii‘-tags (playing coach), Wendell

Gillis, Dave Arnold. BACK ROW:—Donn.ie MacLean, Father Clarence Roche. Irving Mac- Kinnon. Wayne MacDonald.

Hacker. HRs: LA-(Neal (4),, Zim- mer (2).

International League

First Miami 002 001 010 0—- 4 8 1 Toronto 000 001 003 l—- 5 13 2

Cardwell, Paige (9) and Bucha; Scantlebury and Thompson. L—- Paige.. HRs—-Mia—Bucha; Tor—- Jok, Thompson.

Second ‘ Miami 100 120- 4 7 0 Toronto 000 300- 3 4 0

(Called because of curfew, to be continued) -

Mason, Mossor (5), McCall (6) and Bucha; Pearce, Tiefenauer (5) and St. Claire.

First , Havana 000 000 000- 0 6 3 Montreal 315 003 02x—-14 17 1

Amor, Consuegra (3) Cade-(3) Cueche (8) and Acosta: Lasorda and Teed. L—-Amor. HRS: Mtl—- Lasorda, Lennox.

Second Havana 000 0()0 0- 0 4 0 Montreal 022 042 x——10 15 0

Cuellar. Sanchez (3), Arais (5). and Izquierdo and Acosta; Birrer and Teed..L—-Cuellar. HR: Mtl—- Lennon, Parris.

Rochester at Columbus 2 ppd, rain. ‘

Buffalo 000 010 0()0- 1 6 1 Richmond’ 000110 00x— 2 5 0

Coleman, Ku.me (5), Navy (8) and Noble; Brontad and Oldis. L—Co1eman.

Saturday

National League Milwaukee 003 00000l—4 9 1 Chicago 000 201 000-3 9 1

Rush, Trowbridge (6) Burdette (7) and Rice, Sawatski (9) Phil- lips, Drabowsky (8) and 'S. Tay- lor. W:.Burdette ;L: Drabowsky. HRS: Mil - Mathews (.7); Chi- Mathews (7); Chi-Banks (6). Pittsburgh 000 200100-3 9 2 Los Angeles

Friend, Face (7) and Foiles; Kipp. Bessent. (7) Drysdale (9), and Walker. W: Friend; L: Kipp. HRS: Pgh-Great (1), Stevens (3) Thomas (6) LA-Jackson ‘(1). Phila 020 020 000-4 11 0 S Francisco 000 001001——2 8 1

Simmons, Farrell (9) and .Lop- ata; Mon-zant, Barclay (5) and Schmidt. W: Simmons; L: Monz- ant.

Cincinnati at St. Louis ppd, rain. _._,

American League Cleveland 020000 000 000-2 7 0 Baltimore 200 000 000 00-3 7 1

McLish, Ferrarese (6) Mossi (8) and Brown; O'Del1 and .Gins- berg, Triandos (7). L: Mossi. I-LR: Cle-Brown (3).

Detroit at Boston ppd, rain.

Chicago at Washington ppd, rain.

Kansas City at New Yord ppd, rain.

American League

W L Pct. GBL

New York 10 4 .714 - Washington 9 5 .643 1 Kansas City 8 7 .533 2% Cleveland 1 10 9 .526 21/: Baltimore 8 3 .500 3 Detroit 8 10 .444 4 Bo ton 7 11 .389 5 Ch ago 4 10 .286 6 National League

W L Pct. GBL

Chicago I 11 7 .611 '

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‘Maritime ‘C’ Basketball Cham- pioiis.

The Walter LePage coached crew grabbed the three-DI‘0VmCe title here Saturday in a tourna- ment with Cape Breton All Stars and Cen-treville N. B. Leginnaires staged -at the gymnasium of Queen Charlotte High School.

The Charlottetown h00PSl_91'S won both their games downinig the All Stars 53-42 in the curtain raiser and climaxing the tourna- ment with a thrillin-$_ 54-52 triumph over the Legiopalres 111 the day’s finale. -

The Trotters had to do it the hard way and it took a driving finish to bring the Maritime crown to the Island capital. The locals were trailing by seven points with four minutes to go in the crucial contest with Cen-

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Washington S e ii a t o r 5, who

sion of the American L e a g ue since 1946, Sunday were one game back of first place New York Yankees on the strength of

‘Charlottetown Trotters are the treville but they just. refused to

haven't ended in the first ciivi-‘

be beaten. They struck with a suddenness that changed defeat into victory. long end of a 54-52 score. _

Both Trotters and Legionaires had previously downed Cape Breton All Stars in afternoon battles «and this was the one for all the marbles.

M-ark Ladner led the winners’ attack with a total of 20 points but he was four short of Cen- treville’s top man, Chapman, who garnered 24. Ladner also led the Trotters in the opening game collecting 18 points. .

Bud Green's 26 points against the All Stars was the greatest

Best Mark Ladner‘s 38.

Arnold who played the "M€1‘“' emerging on theiwell‘ roles. Gillis inserted in the game with came up with Arnold sank the winning basket.

only five men _ games. A like number missed the ferry and were unable to make Charlottetown tournamenit.

watched the three teams compete for the Maritime c‘hamI110nS'h1D~

was extended by Councillor Bill Boyles who was representing His

Charlottetown Trotters in Maritime Hoop TII‘Ie

total in two games “'35

It was “Gump“ Gillis and Dave four minutes left six points and

had

The Cape Breton outfit . their

for both

in time for the

A fair-sized crowd of spectators

A welcome to Charlottetown

Worship Mayor Johnstone. Coun- cillor Boyles also tossed out the first ball.

point getting in any one game. Teamats DeLong had 23 in_ the same contest and Legion-aires

Cape Breton All Stars-MacLean .-4, Monaglian--7, Pezzarelo--19,’ Cluett--6, Carrigan--6; total---42. Tmtters--— Roche--7, Ladner--18. Don MacLean--16. MacKinnon--0, Howatt--2, MacDonald--2, Arnold ..4, Grillis--4; total--53.

SECOND GAME

Centerville Legionaires-~'l‘i'oy~ 5. DeLong--23, Bud Green--26, Chapman--8, Smith--8; total-V-70. Cape Breton All Stars--MacLeaii --1, Monaghan--8. Pezzarelo--26. Cluett--8, Carrigan--6; total--49. THIRD GAME

Centerville Legionaires--Troy 7, DeLong--10, Bud Green--8, Chap- man--24, Smith--1, Green--2-—tot-. al--52.

Trotters---Roche 4, Ladner--20,

Gillis--6; total--54. Referees -- Hepburn

Chapman ran his total to 24 in LINEUPS

the final battle with the Trotters.

Yankees. whose double header with Chicago was rained out. Meanwhile. at San Francisco. Roman Mejias blasted three home runs to lead Pittsburgh Pi- rates to a 6-2, first-game victory over the Giants. San Francisco

a 7-2 win in the first game of aiwon the 10 - inning Second Same double header with Kansas City‘ 4-3. . _ Athletics. The National League standings The teams were tied 2-2 in the‘ have Chicago Cubs on top with ninth when the second game was Pittsburgh, Mvilw a nil: e e, and

FIRST GAME»-

Senators Close To Yanks; 3‘Teams Tied In National

Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox split a double with iden- tical scores of 2-1 at Boston and Jack Harshman _p i t c h ed his fourth straight Victory 85 B‘31't}' more Orioles shutout Detroit Tigers 4-0 in the nightcap after winning the first game 4-3. 4th STRAIGHT

in the National Milwaukee's Warren Spahn pitched his fourth straight victory. 7 - 2 over the

'cause F-0 Don Hepburn, who is

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CENTERVTLLE. N.B.

ing the Maritime Senior “C” Basketball Championship, it was announced Sunday night by manager Gladwin Bassett of the n'",‘" B"U.llSW1Ck champions.

Mr. Bassett said the Legion- aires are ‘claiming the crown be-

president of the Prince Edward Island Amateur Basketball Associ- a-tion, refereed the final game of a one-day round robin ‘tourna- ment in Charlottetown Saturday.

ville and Charlottetown took part in the meet. -

The Prince Edward Island Hoopster-s won‘ the title when they defeated Centerville 54-52 in the disputed fixture.

On being questioned about this

called on account of rain. Kansas» Giants each‘ 1/; a game back. City is 21/2 games back of the!

Legionaires CIciim Title But Officials Sciy‘"No"

. (CP)-{claim made by the manager Cienterville Legionaires are C.Iial'I1'l-IG1a'd.wyn gassebt of the Legion-

"Cape Breton All-Stars, Center-'

Cardinals at St. Louis. _

Chicago Cubs won the first game of a double with Cincinnati Redlegs 5-4 then lost the 14-in- ning nightcap 3-2.

Los Angeles Dodgers roused from a hitting slump to sweep a double from philadelphia 8-7 and 15-2.

At Washington Dick Hyde gave Senators brilliant relief pitching in the opener,‘ allowing only one hit in six innings as the Sena- tors overcame a 3-0 deficit. Hec- tor Lopez had a homer in the second inning. In the second game Albie Pearson accounted for four of the Senators six hits. with Norm Zauchin getting the other two.

Hoyt Wilhelm, a relief pitcher throughout his big league career. started the second game for Cleveland and had Boston moan- ing through the 11 innings he pitched in the 12-inning second game. Frank .Malzone slammed a clutch single that delivered the winning run for Boston in t e 12th. in the first game Clevela (I scored its winning run with two out in the ninth and Garry Gei- ger dashing home from first on a double by Bobby Avila. ,

Other AL Sunday scores:

aires. F-0 Don Hepburn, issued the following statement.

Officials of t h e Basketball Association refute N.B.‘s claim to the Maritime Senior “C” Championships. The Char- lottetown Trotters are‘ the offic- ial winnens of the tournament as a result of their 54-52 win over the Legionaires in the final game of the tournament. No official protest was lodged with tourna- ment officials at the time of the game. The refereeing througout the tournament was ' considered inpartial. The president of the P.E.I. Basketball Association, Flying officer Don Hepburn, will issue a further statement if an official protest is registered with him’ by the Leg-ionaires.

FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP)- Tommy Bolt won the $25,000 Col- onial Invitational golf tournament

Pittsburgh 10 7 .588 1/5 Milwaukee 10 7 .588 1)t » S. Frisco ll 8 .579 ‘)5 Cincinnati 8 6 ' .571 1 . Los Angeles 8 11 .421 31/; Philadelphia 7 10 .412. 3% St. Louis 3 12 .200 6% International League W L Pct. GBL .M.0nt.1‘ea~l 14 , 5 .737 — Rochester 12 4 .750 1/2 Columbus ‘8 8 .500 4%’: Toronto 7 7 .500 41/2 1 Richmond 7 9 ,Havana 7 10 .412 6 §Miami 7 ll 5 13 .278 8%

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Tommy Bolt Wins Tourney

.433 51/: the $40,000 Tournament of Cham- lpions at Las Vegas, Nev., last .389 6% »week, had 68-72-72-75-287 in earn- ling-$950.

.Ven~turi to take the $5,000 first‘ prize. .» Ventuni finished second. one EITIPIOY ' ' ‘ C

POWERED ORIOLES

Home runs by Gene Woodling and Al Pilarcik powered the Ori- oles to victory in the first game ‘ at Baltimore. Loser Paul Fotak gave up three runs before being lifted in the first inning of the opener. Milt Pappas, Baltimore’s 18-year-old pitcher gave up only

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Sunday with 282 for 72 holes. The colorful pro from Florida—w~h0 who 68-70-70-74-had to fight both famed Ben Hogan and young Ken

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stroke behind Bolt. for $3,000. Ted Kroll and Gardner Dickson tied for third place with 284 and won $1,500 apiece. .

Stan Leonard of Vancouver was in second place after two rounds but missed too many greens with his fairway shots, fell to third after 'Saturday’s round and fin- ished eighth. Leonard, winner of

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