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By NICK FILLMORE

The Professional Touch N

to the hampiomhips in satisfaction from today’s Littl “l hink e t on their boys." Jay said, a boy for striking out who

And Bob Purkey takes up got a son in Little League and noseseto.etoattemptfo athlete out of a 10—year-old boy,

hows or well-intended .

“The proof to me that it Isn’t for the kids Is the fact that

the only time they use those fancy little parks ls when the adults are around," said Purkey.

Maybe We’re Lucky til

WELL! Says I, after rea

referred to in the Our Little Leagues are many areas of

get to the field to see them. In Charlottetown attendance

practices has changed little from the first of the

Youngsters play for the game Even though J est, I definitely don't

:2 some Perhaps the best time to see

nt_s_necial_ Minor Ball nights. This way there would be some- thing a little special for Little Le g

cut the season: Tonight there's a Minor Ball atrial Field. 7:30. Drop out youngsters.

Off The Cuff

THE SPORTING NEWS, the £1 editorial in its last edition that

RICK “review the circumstances" under which the New York ed" of TIM BARKNESS o n . a .282 hitter with

findings public. Harlmess hitter. toward Mets’ brass “g

‘fix' involved in the Harkness “Th

the details and then makin

and the man credited with throwing the first knuckle ball. re-

vealed recently that the it was passed on to him by days had pitched

TENGEL. veteran manager may exit before

HENS. Apparently he was to suit him. even tboughhe Montreal.

Montreal Coach Looking For Beef

. MONTREAL (CP) — Though their taste-buds retain the sweet sum of a 335 victory over Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Montreal

Ch‘town Minors , all Nigh

' The Charlottetown minor lea- gue ball system will hold 'Minor Ball Night. tonight Memorial Field. Play the respective leagues will be held throughout the day and there will be three, four inning playoff contests on tap for loc- usiasts. in the even-

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tng's program.

A special parade will get the program underway. The pa ade will leave City Hall at ap« proximately 7.00 pm. and w include: majorettes. the P.E.I. Regiment band and all players of the Charlottetown minor

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system. The parade will go up Queen Eus-

the Regiment band will play the Queen. There will be more then 800

.S. and that one of the biggest gram is parental Interest who led his Little 1948, said that parents got m e Lea

. o airing an error. even those don't interfere find it difficult to conceal their disappoints meat when their kid has a had me."

> ding e comm I’m-key: maybe we're lucky up here in Canada after all. Most of Canada. and certainly the Marltimes. doesn’t have the ‘professionalism’ atmosphere In minor baseball that is U.S.A.—-And we complain about it.. supervised but they play games In the country in the day time when parents can’t

an Purkey are critical of parental inter- think parents should be discouraged from games,

for shipping him to the minors. The News indicates there might have been a little bit of deal. The editorial concludes: e Commissioner could do baseball 3 service by asking for

' g them ub c." . . . OMMEL. who pitched 13 seasons for CONNIE MACK’S Philadelphia A‘s.

a plumber friend. who in his younger some semi-pro ball . . . Insiders say that de- mite denials from the Mets' front office. this will be the last year or CASEY S and there's a strong possibility the this season is over . . . out of Toronto say that it cost the Argos plenty to dump STEP smart enough to get a contract had

'tered practice sessions at

‘ tario city Saturday night.

. trouble getting around by the

wee . _ All-star Ed Nickle or rookie

’League team

it 9 am.

where Jay leaves off: “I've

I‘m fed up with it. It makes

make a professional calibre

no matter how much the in- he happens to be'

cuts of Jay and

at minor league games and season. re, not for thcir parents.

the youngsters play would be

r parents.

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monie. Houston Colt 455' third baseman who was SLill awaiting the descent of an in-

field fly ball by Eddie Mat- hews of the Milwaukee

While pitcher Ken Johnson appears lobe gloating over what he has in his glove. he was trying to get out of the path of teammate Bob Aspi'o-

E ACTION?

Braves. After his path clear-

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Johnny Callison's grand slam homer in the sixth and three double: by Frank Thomas pow- ered the National League-lead- ing Philadelphia Phillies to a 13-5 victory over the C’iicago Cubs Tuesday.

fourth homer and overcame a 54 Chicago

ked up run In the third on Joey Amalfltano's triple and a 11 Doug Clemens but Philadelphia made it 4-1 in he fourth on singles by Tony Taylor and Ruben Amaro and a wild pitch by Dick Ellsworth. .

Andre Rodgers hit his 10th homer in the fourth and Ernie Banks' 14th homer with men on base in the fifth kayoed starter Ray Culp and put the Cubs in front.

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SUFFERS 14TH LOSS Ellsworth. a 22-game winner last year. suffered his 14th ion against 12 victories. He gave up nine runs. departing after Cal- lison stroked his 19th homer of

e year. The Phils added three runs in the eighth, two scoring on Tony Taylor‘s bases - loaded single, and another in the ninth. In the American League. Pete Ward hit a mighty two - run

. Aspromonte made the catch in the first inning at County Stadium last night.

(AP Wirephoto)

Vernon River

night at Charlottetown's Mem- see what you think of the

bible of baseball. suggested in Baseball Commissioner FORD

Diego and make his the Mets. has been

epo SANDY

been a one-time loser for

not going to train place at Tokyo." says shotput-.long as six hours a day at the

it's not the last one by any eans"

stage in his recovery from case of the

Dave 'S’reen No’r Training For Olympic Track Mee’r

By DENNIS ORCHARD ra lonely sport. For the last VANCOUVER (CP) “I'm four years the young native of

for lorh‘Burnaby. B.C.. worked out as

P 11' ED ter star Dave Steen. lUnrversify of Oregon, usually "Tire Olympic Games would; by himself and always without

. . . . be a good meet to be in. butra coach. pitch wasnt his invention. He claims 1 The illness is a temporary.

Alouettes were displaying a con- tinuing appetite for heavy beef. Two hefty cast-offs from the National Football League e:- t e Eastern Football Conference club's camp Tuesday and coach Jim Trimhle has five days un- der Canadian Football league rules to size up their merits. ury newcomers are Charles (Chuck) Harris, a 260- pound two~way tackle dropped Monday by Pittsburgh Steelers. and Cody Blinkley. a 215pound linebacker and centre. let loose by New York Giants. Meantime. R e n Riopelle. Who was cut by Hamilton last. week. was signed by the Mont- real club after just one workout and will likely play against Toronto Argonauts in he On-

Riopelle Is a rock-hard native} of North B y at. w can> play flanker and safety and return kicks as well.

NEWLY ARRIVED Another new arrival at the camp is John Quinn. a two-way

That‘s Steen's thinking at this‘ spent, he estimates he could a ,iave his muscle tone back in nonucleosis. He can still have an But getting distance in put.- berth on the Canadian team ifr ting the shot is far from a sim- less he can 0 his 5 jmatfer of imperceptible irn- Steen. 22. has spent 11 years] provements over long P911041!- ;made up in a few weeks. L . D HE ME N T harbor secret motives and straiagems. He needs a year of r

SUMMERSIDEd— Don Schur-lhe'n take. man Pitched "18 Legion 0 3‘ T'ie mononucleosis was diag- Pontiacs last night in low“ 193' l the usual fatigue, anemia. liver gue baseball action in the open-{I and glandular disorders_ but series. is doctor allowed him to

Schurman pitched shut out continue isometrics. but but the Pontiacs finally scor- His appearance Is unaltered. ed their lone run on an infield1 He stands six-foot-four. with

l‘ c o ' In his route going perform-‘ “"9955”, forward-, ance Schurman fanned seveni “'5 “WEI” ’5 m‘SIEading-

a - ‘190 pounds" Steen savs "l‘ for the Pontiacs and picked u 1 ' “ . - - m two of the four hits off Schur- ‘pmbably the l‘ghteSt admit" man. ,

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Smith pitched even better i spills-s Im a lemme!“ in he

Ragegufngrfiflgwglg (1’3? [three back - strengthening exercises y 93m' [ than other. stronger men in the

Pontiacs committed bob-ithe U.S. His st le

les. 0 of the hits off Smith i been another Artiericggldel’alilg; Newson. . =PLANS'T0 TEACH

The two teams Play againl "As the body matures

ithing. Now that it is just about blood disease mo- three or four weeks he wants, but he wgg': go un- ple matter of strength. It's a of rigorous physical training in; And Steen‘s setback cannot be Expect‘him to stick with his 5 .l rhonest kind of guy who doesn't est and that's probably what 5-1 win over A. E. MacLennanynosed in Apn] e experienced ins game of a best of three‘rosr only five pounds to about ball for the first five innings" weightlifting. - cropped hair combed tters. Gerry Smith pitchedi “My natural “might i‘ “out i anywhere in the 81-62-foot class. Schurman. fanning Hillel Steen concentrates more on mates were the difference. Thersporr. such as D3113; Long of came off the hat of Darrel;o'pnen ‘ in

Thursday night. ‘strength you advance in style. LINE SCORE R H E l It's hard to explain—we have a Pontiacs 14 6 lianguaae of our own. I‘ve got Legion 530 rtoeet'rer with O‘Brien two or

decision. He's a transparently“

Tops Huskies

Vernon River Juniors defeat- ed Johnstons River Huskies 5-3 in a thrilling game at Vernon

iver on Sunday. Earl Red- mond went the distance for the winners allowing five hits striking out 17. J. MacDougall did the pitching for the losers.

sh led all batters with a 3 for 5 day at the plate, and scored the winning run. J. MacDougall was top batter for the losers with a 2 for 4 per- formance.

E, Shea tagged a double for the loo gest hit of the game. Vernon River plays host to Tracadie next Sunday.

three times and you wouldn‘t der-stand a thing we're say- gr!

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Working now at about 10 per cent of his normal training pace, Steen intends to settle down in suburban Burnaby and teach school in the Vancouver area next fall. His long-range ambition is to own an advertis- ing business. He and his wife Margaret. a free-lance writer. have no children.

The illness has not discour- aged Steen about his future. His best toss is 61 feet 11 inc‘ies and with normal improvement —_“I have added almost exactly three feet a year." he says—— the goal this year had been 64-6. The Olympic record is 6+7 and Dallas Long‘s world rec- ord is 65-11, with a toss of 66-3 awaiting recognition.

Steen says that despite his

Legion Team Meets Juniors

Charlottetown Legion Juven- iles. defending Maritime base- ball champs. play the first of a series of exhibition games at home this Sunday against Sum- merside Juniors, Memorial

Field. 2.15 pm. ummerside. Maritime Juno -1

White Sox

PETE WARD

homer in the right centre field bleachers in the seventh as the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 6—4 after 10 straight defeats this season.

The victory _ . . para 2—8

The victory moved the White Sox to within one game of the

Americ n League - leading Bal-

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timore Orioles and dropped the

BIS Topples Mariners 5-0

The BIS Shamrocks took a 1-0 lead in their best of three series by beating the Main Brace Mariners 54) last night at Victoria Park.

The Shamrocks took a two min lead in the third inning on a lead off triple by winning pitcher Monty Monteiflh, a walk and a double by George Brad- ley. off losing hurler Wrilf Shep- . In ' inning Wilf

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sixt Shepherd walked the first two men, then coach Billy Mulligan called on Teet Gre relief. Cuker Pineau. batter to face Gregory banged out a single to score George Bradley. Charley Weatherbie singled home e fifth and final run of the game.

Monty Montieth. who had a 1-4 record on the year. gave up seven hits and one walk to win the game nor tme Sham- rocks.

Wilf Shepherd the starting

' pitcher for the Mariners gave

up five hits including two doub- les and two triples. Shephard also allowed four walks.

Teet Gregory who dclieved

its and struc out two. Monleith In pitching his shut- out allowed only two men to reach third base. Umpires were- phy. plate: Frank Bell, base: Bud IAind. third base. The best of three series will resume this evening at 6.30 pm.

George Mur-

in the sixth inning gave up three ‘

first 3

Phillies Wallop Chicago;

own Yankees

The Yankees ahead 3-2 in the sixth when ex - Yankee Bill Skowron at first base made a low and w ow home on Tom Tresh’s squeese bunt. al. lowing Bobby Richardson to ore.

Richardson had singled and moved to third 0 Mickey Mantle's second straight single. Mantle had gone 0-for-l7 before be snapped 0

Yankees 21/: games back. The Orioles played the Boston Red Sox in a night game.

Ward’s homer came off Yankee starter Ralph Terry after two were out in the sev- shed Chicago into

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Ward drove in four runs in all, including what proved to be the clincher in the two - run ninth. when be singled home Tom McCraw. who had singled and was sacrificed to second. Jim Landis got the other run over on a suicide squeeze.

Armstrong Returns loll

y W KRAVENCIIUK will be trying to avoid last WINNTPEG (CPi—Nelll Arm- place. a fate awaiting eh. gam. strong returns tonight to con- loser. tinue s new career In I m- Honing to take Advantage of dium where he once starred as Esldmos' r°°kie crov to better a player, gauge the depth of his bench. He comes back as a coach, Grant plans to bring defensive leading Edmonton Eskimos into end Roger Locke and fullbatk .- Western Football Conference Roger Hasberg. who sat out match against Winnipeg Blue; Bombers' first two games. into Bombers. Kickoff time for the action. e. t be televised on the Jack Delveaux. who held the CTV western network, is 10 fullback slot in the opening

. DT. ‘ , Armstrong's current job has 38"?“ and w“ by f” Wm"!- lso r been muc'i less reward- Pegs best ground man. will ‘ing than hjs playing career‘ to In “Tudor linebacker

As an end for Bombers. IIDOSt" _ I iposjfion he gaVe "p 11 years! Sitting out the mate-i Will be r ago, he caught 122 of 161 passes: J83? J03“ 111d Garland War-

—a performance good for fifth 9

place among the ranks of all- PROBABLE PITCHERS

time Bomber ass receivers. In his league debut as Ed- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Probable pitchers for today's

lmonton coach. Armstrong

rwatched his rookie-laden squad major league baseball games. with won-lost records in paren-

lcrumble 52-15 before Calgary thesis

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Despite the trounclng admin- istered by Calgary. Armstrong still retains a degree of optim- ism as Eskimos search for their first victory.

National League

Philadelphia. Short (1043) at Chicago. Jackson (14-9).

ew York. Jackson (6-11! at "We have 33 good athletes, Pittsburgh, Law (9.91_N, 'I'IieY'l‘e green. bill thY'I‘C 80-! San Francisco. Perry (841' at ing to Winnipeg with the idea! St. Louis. Craig (5-5). N. thew} Win. and “163"” 30 Angeles. Koufax (17-5~

through t'ie season with thatlcjncmnati, O'Toole (12.4), N_

idea. What's more, they'll Win‘. Houston, Farrel] (11.7) at

a few too." ‘Milwaukee, Cloninger (lo-ll). Tentative plans call (or only. m

one change in the Eskimo line-i

up — insertion of import end-g tackle Duane Cook. obtainedr .two days ago from Calgary. York. Stottlemyre (0-0).

V Meanwhile. Winnipeg coach Cleeland, Donovan (75> at Bud Grant plans large - scale] Loa Angeles. Newman (9.5!. N. shifts in an attempt to chalk up; Washington. Narum (74h at victory number one this season. Kansas City. Bowsfield (3.5!. N. fr Bombers. Winnipeg has 3! Detroit. Lollch (11-7) at Min- 10-10 draw with B.C. Lions and‘ nesota. Grant (our. N.

37-29 loss to Saskatchewan Boston. Connolly (2-81 at Bal- Roughriders to its credit and timore, Pappas (10-5). N.

American League C'ricago. Herbert '(5-3) at New

lor finalists last season. are .. so on the exhibition trail. They hope to win the Junior title. lost last season to Dartmouth Juniors.

Legionaires' top three pitchers

illness and despite his size. he believe there no inherent physical handicap in his way. And he should be tossing a lot farther in 1968 than he would have this fall in Tokyo.

Canadian halfback who played with end Al. Irwin at McMaster University.

Trimhle wants all the beef he can get for the Alouettes’ regu-. tar-season home opener ug. mi against the Argonauts. And at. least two developments since the Saturday night victory over Hamilton serve to sharpen his appetite.

These are the trouble Jim Andreottl continues to have with s charleyhorse he suffered In the game and an unidentified illness that hit Bob Minlhane the day after and sent him to hospital.

There Is nothing seriously wrong with Minihane. doctors say. but he must stay in hospi- tal until late in the week for further study.

Andreotfi. an all - Canadian linebacker. played to the end of the Hamilton game despite his injury ay still have

end Larry Tomlinson. who sat out the Saturday night encoun- ter. might get a chance to play if Andreofti or Minlbane ls sidelined.

Today’s Sport

SUMMERSIDE - RCA! and Coastal Movers play the third [me «i the best of lies semi- finals hers tontuit.

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are back from Montreal where they took part in a training camp directed by New ork Mel‘s. The three Carl McQuald. Mike Kelly and Billy Weather- ble. will likely see action against Summerslde.

'I'ie Juniors will probably start Paul MacWilllams or Get- ry Smith on the mound.

PLAY ALL-STARS

Bankers Blast Angels 7-2

The Bankers defeated the Guardian Angels 7-2 in Ch lottetown commercial softball

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Ball Meeting Is Scheduled

Forbes Kennedy requests the presence of all the members of the Charlottetown Intermed- iate All-Stars to meet at th e Charlottetown branch of the Canadian Legion ome. The meeting is scheduled for 1.30 p. ay.

I ar route for the winners and Dick Murley was on the mound for the losers. W. Birch led the win- ners attack at the plate as he

rnered t ree hits in four trips to the plate. Two of Birch’s hits were two baggers. George Whitlock was the top man for the losing forces as he belted two doubles in three ap pearences.

The Dancer Is lniurecl

SARATOGA SPRINGS. N.Y. (CP) — N rn Dancer defin- iter will not start in the Trav- ers stakes here g. e trainer of the leading Canadian

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Skeet Shoot At Winsloe

playoff action at Queen Char- One 0 main exhibition . i e 0 10¢}; dismand. 1&8); night-b I d baseball attractions of the sum- e an ers in ea mer will Memorial