Habs, Forget Hockey For Time

MONTREAL, April 2 -(OP) - Anythlrig to keep a hockey play- .-.r's mind off his job was the rule today. so there were such goings- on as ping pong and pool for the stalwarts of Montreal Cansdiens and Detroit Red Wings.

It was even hard to pry hockey dope from the coaches. Neither Dick Irvin of Canadians nor Tu.-nmy Ivan of the Wings went in for predictions about this Stanley Cup National Hockey League semi-final between their clubs.

Canadicns. with two overtime wins in Detroit. hold a 2-1 game margin in the best-of-seven series. The Wings score:i their first vict- nry here Saturday night, 2-0. and the teams meet again on Mont- renl ice tomorrow.

Both roaches said the breaks have played a bli: part so far and will likely keep right on doing it.

Caiiadieiis were at Val David in

the Laiireiitian Hills. Red Wings at Graiiby in Quebec's I-Iasterni

Townships.

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A few of canadlenr fai-mhands. called up for the series but with- out having seen action yet, came into Montreal for a light skating workout. Then they hustled back to Val David. Irvin arranged ping pong and shuffleboard tourna- ments for his squad. He sent room- mates against roommates.

It was much the same story at Granby. The Red Wings occupied themselves with pool. ping pong and bowling.

"That win Saturday night gave us a lift. all right." said Irvan. "but we're not over-conflclerit. We've still got R lot of work to do. and the pattern of this scrics so far shows it's going to be a close fight."

So far the scoring aces of the National llockey League have scored the telling goals. Maurice Richard drove in the overtime goals that gave Canndiens their victories. Gordon Howe. lciigiie leader. ended the goal IlIl'Illll(' for the Wings Saturday night and sit! Abcl fired the clincher.

Junior Abbies Hockey Club Tendered Banquet

I'll-iiiiers of the Junior Abe3.:- wcil Hockcy Club. lllaritiiiie Junior ”B" hockey champions this sea- son. were tendcrcd a delightful: banquet by the Charlottctonril Aiiittteur A'ihle:ic Club at Men: Wiiillock's Turf Itocm last even- int.

Prcsidiiig over the function. Brigadier W. W. Reid. Dircctor oil Dcpartmcnt of Pliysical Fitncs.-,

coiizratulated the boys for "a job well done" and prcsciited their with the J. R. Williams trophy.

eiiibleiiiatic of junior hockey sii-. iircmacy in this Frovincc. There is no existing trophy for a Mari-' time wlnncr in the junior "B" bracket.

Winning the Island title by de-' fciiting the Suiniiicrsidc juniors, the Abbie: made a strong show- ing when they contin-uecl along a successful playoff trial to down ilie Moncton Bcavcrs for the NB.- P.E.I. title and then dcfcaicd the i-falifox Saint Mary's junior club for the Maritime crown.

Other members seated at the head table. who congratulated the boys on their fine showing were

Gordon Bcnnctt. president of the A'ocgwci'. Club. Waller Lawloi: ricc-president of th: M.A.ii.A. and W. E. Scaiitlebiiry, member of the Abcgwcit hockey committee.

In reply to the many commenda- tury remarks made on their be- half. coach Art Perry, lcain cap- tain Don Burgess. alternate cap- tains Arnold McCallum and Keith Dalziel and dcfenceman Joe Coylc. rcplicd very fittingly to l'llC re- marks and paid tribute to the li .: work of coach Perry. the Abcgu wcit Club and the Department or ' .il Fitness, who inside it possible them to carry on their sea.-:on's activities to sucli a successful conclusion.

High praise was also forthconi- in; from the various speakers to Forum Manager Bill Brown. who co-operated so closely with the team in arranging practice ses- sions. ganies, etc. during the sea- son. Brigadier Reid cxprcsscd li;s regrets that Mr. Brown was iiii- a-bie to attend the gathering. but that an appropriate gift from the team, in appreciaion of his as- sistance and co-operation. would be forwarded on to him.

Inkerman Rockets Win Jr. Series From Halifax

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0'l"I'AVi'A. April 2 (CP)- Ink- wiiian Rockets tonight capturcd' .lieir best-of-seven Eastern Can- ula Memorial Cup playoff with Halifax four games to two by defeating St. Mary's 7-3 in the sixth game.

The victory earned the Rockets the right to advance into the Eastern C a n a d a semi-finals against Quebec Citadels. The opening game of that best-of-five series will he played in Quebec City Thursday night.

Maurice Saviird. Ron Trussell "Id Brian McFarlane each count- ed it pair for the winners while Louis Pclino tallied the other. Halifax goal-getter: were Ken Flynn. Doug McPhee and Court- 1ey Malcolm.

Halifax showed more drive' lhan in their previous rneetlngsl but the defence were unable to rope with Inkermaira fast for-

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The Saints' Wimpy Morrison failed on 1! penalty shot at 10211 of the final period. He wiis awarded the shot after he was hooked on a breakaway by Roc- kets Wally Swords.

Saints got into the scoring at 1:40 of the second period after Inkerman took a 4-0 lead in the opening period. Flynn counted first from a rebound and Mc- Phee made the lead 4-2 on o goal-mouth pass from Bob Rae.

Inkerman's Trussell and Mc- Farlane counted singles before Malcolm ended the Halifax scor- ing at 11:46 of the final period while Inkerman was short-hand-' ed. MCI-Iarlane added the other Inkerman goal at 16:30.

Sixteen minor penalties were issued during the game. seven to Halifax. Halifax's Rae also got a misconduct f o r intentlonnlly bumping the referee.

WINNIPEG. April 2 - (CP) - Winnipeg Stellar: ovierwhelmrd Calgary Freightways 65-32 tonight in the first game of the best-of- five Westcrn Canada junior men's basketibali final. before about 700 fans.

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of smoke to interfere.

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PAGE SIX

With the stage being set all Sidney in the opening games there on Friday and Saturday

nights. the big show that most 15- land fans have been waiting to see llll wliiter. will commence licie tonight. it is the Maritime Major hockey finals between Is- landers and Millionaires over Cliui-lottetownice. The term "most Isliiiid fans" is used here because a goodly number of fans from the Garden Province made it a point

Third Game

The stars of the two major hockey loops in the lllarltlmes. Sydney Mllllonarles and P. E. Is- landers will renew hostilities in quest of the All-Maritime Major Hockey crown when they cross- stlcks with one another here the Forum tonight at 8:340 in the third game of their best of seven

st ev

series. Giving Cape Breton and other Maritime liorkcy fans a glowing

preview of what can be expected in the way of top calibre hockey for the remainder of the series in the opening game there on Friday and Saturday nights of last week. the Millionaires tcpped out the first game by R narrow 2-1 cotint. with Islanders setting the pttce for

to sit in on the games at Sydney. . . .

What they saw of their Island-i hrs in action against the liighly. favored Millionaires. has not lbeeni a disappoiiit-ment. for than either. and will be taking them to the Foriim tonight with r0aS0nB-1110 confldeiice in seeing the Islanders turn back the invading moneymen. Leo Lamoiireux's boys turned in two terrific performances during those games. and despite the faci- thal they are trziiling Sydney three points to one in the s81'lf!SE with a loss and a tie. it has been siiificieiil. to make both coach and players .Sill.lSIICd that they can ”lnko Sydney" over their home ice and the series bark at the sydiieyl strongliold. I

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But Millionaires staged two now-I. rrful performances in those open-l ing games too under the guiding; hand of plaiiiig-co:ich Bill Din-' ning. and local hockey fans are going to see some rrowd-pleasing. hockey action before the battle ends here tonight. Wcclnesclay and 9”" day are decided. Aided by the fact that they were able to Sblin" an early one-goal lead in the open- ing game on Friday. Millionaires ))laycd it smart all the way. Lay- lug back with strong defensive counter-measures. they let Island- ers carry the attack to them for lhrec-qiinrtcrs of the game that made it tough going for the Is- land boy: over a not-too-glib ice surface. The whole Sydney club was behind their own blucline to break up Islanders offensivcs when they got in there. while they themselves waited for the breaks. which paid off for them b.V 8 3-1 margin in the end.

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It was .1 different story in lhcf game on Saturday, however. The Islanders drove in repeatedly to come up with the first marker at around the 14 minute mark that forced the Sydneyites to open up and play it aggressive. with the Islanders proving they were A match for them at every stagegof the game. Although Sydney tied it up at 1-1 in the second frame. with their driving style of play the Islanders forged ahead again that held up until the latter stages of the third period when a penalty cost them the victory and gave them a tie game instead. it was a tough break too. Changing their lines on the fly during a particularly hot moment. Islanders were penalized for having too many players on the ice. It was during that shorthandcd period that Sydney garnered the equaliz- er that held up under 10 minutes of overtime play.

. . . shorlhandedness that cost the Islanders three of the four goals scored against them. while they in turn garner- ed all three of their own while the opposition was at full strength. They were all three-man attacks the Islanders of the Sydney markers were tough ones on a stellar working Hal Gordon. Two of the one; that got past Hal were deflected shots into his cage. and another a long. screened shot. Islanders tallies were clean- ciit plays that had goalie Nick Pidsodney beaten all the why. with Bucko Trainor being the kingpin on all three. getting one himself and setting up Pawlyshyn and Vltale for the others. Pldsod- ney. however. was ii one-man team in himself during many oth-

In fact it. was

the second that ended in it 2-2g deadlock after ten minutes of or- crtlme hockey that kept Iall5'Cli the edge cf their seats :.'i evening.- Like the champions they are. both tearns will be carrying a calm confidence into the battle with them . but a grim determination in their hearts to pave the way to an ult-g imate series victory and a step fur- ther along the Alexander Tropliy playoff trail. . Taperlng off with a brisk work-i out at the Forum yesterday morn-l ing under the watchful eye of coach Leo Lamoiireux. the Islanders are right down to razor sharpness for their pending battle tonight, whll:

playing coach Bill Dinning led his-s

charges through a light skate over!

Forum ice last evening after their; arrival here by plane yesteday af- lcrnoon. and are reported in the pink of condition.

Complc to Sellout

Reports from Forum Manage Ellll Brown last night. indicated a com-j plete sellout by the early hours of this morning when the balance of the tickets for the rinks' maxlmuin seating capacity will go on sale to a clamoring hockey public. ”The Forum box office has been rushed off its feet all during yesterday". Bill quoted. "and there has been such a rush for holding seats that the remaining tickets to go on sale today will be greatly reduced sis compared to other ganfes through- out the season. Orders have been coming in for as many as it) hold- ing seats at one crack,"A Bill con- tinued, "and when you consider that these people are -willing to spend nri extra five bucks just to assure themselves of seats for the three games here this week. you can im- agine what the demand will be on the rush sale."

Although there was no immediate release forthcoming from the two opposing camps last night, the Is- landers are expected to ice their same lineup as in the opening two games. while Millionaires will pos- sibly have one or two changes come starting time. but will be within the player strength used in the first two games. Bill Cupolo. the Niagara Falls flash and former N. H. L. per- former with Boaton Bruins. is here with the Sydney club. but it was not known last night whether he would be a probably starter tonight or not. A leadln, scorer in the Cape Breton loop earlier this season. "Ouple" has been sidelined for some time with a torn ligament in one leg.

Making last minute predictions... coach Lamoueux spoke for the at-'; titude of his whole team last niahti with a view to the pending battle. Making it brlefand to the point. Lamoureux stated, "We'll take 'ClIl."

Boxer John L. Dovisg ls Quitting Ring

RICHMOND. Calif., April 2 - (AP)-Lightwelght 'boxer John L. Davis announced today he is quit- ting the ring for good to save the sight of his right eye. lle said he suffered a detached retina and further hammering of the eye might cost him his sight.

Davis is quitting at the height of his career. It means cancelling two money-making fights - with Paddy Demarco April 27 in New York and with Art Aragon in Los

, berth. awaiting

THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

Islanders, Millionaires Clash Here Tonight In

Of Series

Victoria Cougars Having Trouble In Semi-Finals

VANCOUVER, April 2 - (CP) -All season. Victoria Cougars have had their eye on a Pacific Coast Hockey League final with the defending c-ha-mipion New Westminster Royals.

But now they can't afford to take their eyes off the pesky Portland Ea-glcs, who just squeak- ed into fourth place when the regular schedule ended.

Portland won the first two games of ilie semi-final. Victoria bounced back to take the next three but last night in Portland the Eagles deadlocked the best-of-seven ser- ies at three games apiece with a; 2-1 overtime victory.

The dcciding game will be play- cd tomorrow night at Victoria.

Meanwhile. the Royals were safcly ensconsed in their finalist the outcome of the Victoria-Portland playoff.

With coach Babe Pratt sick with flu. the Royals dropped their first two semi-final games to Ta- coma Rockets. The Babe return- ed at that point and wasn't hav- ing any more of that nonsense. Royals won the best-of-seven series by taking the next four in I row.

The clincher came at Tacoma Saturday night, a 3-2 verdict with Gard Faslioway and Joe Pal-

erson firing the big ones in tin.- last period.

Ken MacKenzie. co-owiier of: Royals. says his club can take. Victoria comfortably if it's at full I strength. He didn't say anything. about Portland.

Sees Roughness Hurling Hickey

TORONTO. April 2 - (CP) - Hockey is due for a decline as Can- ada's national game unless present roughness is eliminated. Lionel Conacher said today after being presented with a plaque by the city of Toronto.

The plaque was presented in connection with Conacher'a being chosen in a CP poll as the country's outstanding athlete and football player of the half century.

"If that's hockey .. I wasn't play- ing hockey for 20 years." Conacher. one of the most-battered players in the game, said of the Toronto-B'i:- ton game here Saturday. Conache now is Liberal member of Parlia- ment for Toronto-Trinity.

He objected particularly to charging from behind which he said was being tolerated. "Eliminate that and you'll eliminate 90 per cent of the injuries."

Dodgers Get Two Players

MIAMI. April 2 - (AP) .. Brooklyn Dodgers today announc- ed the purchase of outfielder I-Ilnk Edwards and pitcher Clyde King from their Montreal International League farm club.

Edvwlrds. who batted .364 in 40 National League games with Chi-E cago last year. will be used main- ' iy as a pinch-hitter. The Cubs- sold Edwards to Montreal during the season.

King. signed by the Dodters out of the University of Nortli' Caro- lina in I944, returns as a relief pitcher. He won 17 for the Royals last season after developing a slider.

Wayne Belardi, first base-man.. and stove Lembo, rookie catcher.i

were both optioned to Mobile. MIAMI. April

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APRIL 3.

Sydney Fans Have Complaints

SYDNEY. N. 8.. April 2 - ((313)-- A hockey fan said today his arm was broken in two places Saturday night by a slash from Bucko Train- or's stick in the playoff game be- tween Charlottetown Islanders and Sydney Millionaires.

Frank Mccai-thy, wholesale dry goods operator, said he was among a group of heckllng fans in the first period when the Charlottetowii player slashed wildly, hitting him on the arm. In the second period. Ti-ainor skated over and apologized. McCarthy said.

McCarthy went to see a doctor

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during the week-end and an X-ray.

showed two breaks.

other fans also commented on the conduct of some of the Char- lottetown team and complaints have been filed with president Bryce Love of the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association. it was report- ed. The game ended in a 2-2 tie.

John Abbass, free lance photog- rapher. consulted a lawyer today about possible action against Char- lottetown's Wally Pawlyshyn. Ab- bass said the player struck him on the face and threatened to smash his camera.

The teams meet again in the Maritime major finals at Char- lottetown tomorrow night.

Coach Leo Lamoureux last nigh: said he was not aware of any ser- ious misconduct between Sydney fans and members of the I ' riders Hockey Club. Trainor. he said. had complained of fans at one end of the rink lnterferring by grabbing at his stick. but no untoward Ill- cidcnt had been reported. In an- other case a photographer. near the Islanders bench. was "hanging" away indiscriminately as players were leaving the ice for rest periods. The flash proved an inconvenience and the photographer was asked to move. He moved further slam: the boards.

New Protests

Late last night a second story came in from Sydney. but it was too late to get a'comment. from coach Lamourcux.

It follows:

SYDNEY. N. S.. April 2 ---((7E')

--The union president of 4.000 steelwoi-kers tonight formally protested "disgraceful and filthy

language and action on the part 9

of certain members of Charlotte- town Islanders" in a hockey final against Sydney Millionaires here Saturday.

Ed. Corbett, president of United Steel Workers of America (C.I.0.- C.C.L) and a director of Sydney Forum, made the protest in a let- ter to Bryce Love, president of the Maritime Amateur Hockey As- sociation. He said Charlottetawrfs Johnny Horeck should be barred from hockey for life. '

It was learned u officially that C. M. Anson. genera manager for steel operations for Dominion steel and Coal Corporation. and several other prominent citizens made similar protests.

Mr. Corbett's letter said:

"...As a representative of the steel workers of this city. and a member of the board of directors of the Sydney Fbruni. for no other reason than that I am their rep- resentative. I charge that it is the duty of the M.A.H.A. execut- ive to control the conduct of hoc- key-players in games played und- er the jurisdiction of the MAX. A

"It is my opinion that the char- acter wearing No. 11 uniform. Charlottetown Islander. John Hor- eck. according to the pi-ogi-urn, should be banned from organized hockey for the rest of his life. At one point in the whole night's disgraceful proceedings. this char- acter performed a disgraceful.

By JOE KELLEY

BOSTON. April 2 - (A?) - Because of numerous Boston in- juries, Toronto Maple Leafs to. night became strong favorites to defeat the Boston Bruins hen tomorrow night when the two National Hockey League club. regiune their Stanley Cup play. o s

- x The teams are deadlocked at one victory each in their semi- final series. The victor win on- pose the winner of the Detroit- Montreal semi-finals.

Bruins had an off day today but many reported for medical treat- ment. ,

Milt Schmidt. team cnptfln and centre. bad a puffed right knee. He expressed doulbt he'd be able to play tomorrow night and his loss would serigusly hamper the Bruins. '

Wing John Pelraon is in ii Toronto hospital and won't be available for Bruins until next Saturday. He suffered a fractured left cheek- bone Saturday night when the teams played a bloody 1-1 over- time tie.

Defencoman Murray Henderson is playing with a cracked ri-b tightly taped and his left eye stitched. He reported for treat- ment today u did Dunc Fisher. Vic Lynn and Pete I-Ioreck.