10 The Guardian. Charlottetown, m m. 9. 1963.’

SPORTS FRONT

By PllTS (‘ALLAGH~\N

Hit Their Stride

AFTER floundering around for quite a spell in this season's National Hockey League race, Montreal (‘aiiadiens appear to have hit their stride. _ I H

Today they are. a mere point behind the first place loronto

Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks. 'l‘hcy liav bi hand on Toronto and two big one: in hand on the

e one game Black

HaWRs After tonight's Chicago-'l‘oronto battle it will jump to No: and three games in hand.

We heartin agree with Frank ‘King‘ (‘lancy'whcn he states that the Canadicns are still the team to watch In this Rational

Hockey League race. ' ' repeat as Stanley Cup champions but hes expecting

‘King' thinks his own Leafs will again

loads of

trouble from Frank Selke’s boys in Montreal. ‘ The loser of tonight's battle in Toronto will surely feel (arr «Idlens breathing down their backs and by the fll'Sl of next

place By that time the Habs

tonight's loser should be

comfortably resting in third

may have taken over as league

leaders. If they haven't they shouldn‘t be too far away.

night bu Detroit

THE R-Iakemcu pick a

Black Hawks.

The way the Red Wing-s ai

:ame i the Black Hawks keep Red Wings are the visitors while

up on Toronto Thursday on playin: In Montreal the Boston hosts the

~e goinc. it would appear as

though the Habs shouldn't have any trouble picking up two

have. the habit of picking on the big guys.

. Last time the Abelmen cnished 5~1

were in Montreal. they were

Howeveer‘hic-ago’s task might not hc as easy. The Bruins

Leafs know that

after that recent Il-fi blanking In Boston. That comeback in Detroit ourer must have given the Beantowuers a big lift and they may begin Thursday where they left oft Sunday.

At any rate. the Montrealcrs appear to have the caSicr encasement.

are almost a certain bet to win the Saturday til; with

Games Co

ming Up

THIS coming weekend (‘alia‘dicnis have games against Bos- ton and Chicago. The Boston engagement is in Montreal and the struggle, with Chicago is set for the Windy City. Canadiens

the

Bruins but the Sunday night affair in Chicago poses a greater problem. ~ . Toronto has had huge success in the Windy City but by

this time the Hawks must have

winning before the faithful home fans. (‘anadicns

realized that they must start should find i

the, Black Hawks as tough Sunday nicht as at any time t 9 Ram and the entire tussle. is most likely to be It hitter one.

Toronto faces Boston and Detroit

on the coming weekend. The

Red Wings are at the Gardens Saturday night and Leafs visit

Boston on Sunday.

We'd have to figure two triumph: for Toronto on these two. The clash with Detroit Saturday should conclude with a Maple Leafs‘ decision. We aren't expecting Boston to do a repeat act on the Toronto boys in Boston. That humiliation suffered New

Year's night must. still bother th

e Leafs and they‘ll surely try

to change the time in this encounter.

A Sizzling Race

RIGHT the race looks like the g-reatcsl In years with three

teams. Leafs. Black Hawks and place. That, fight should contini

Canadicnzs all fl‘l‘l'lllil: for first ie for quiie a spell yet. The

tfllree clubs are well balanced units and each has the license

to beat. the, other fellow at any given time

The remaining fight will be for that

fourth and final plavoff spot.

between Rangers and Detroit Right now the

Wings have a wide margin but it's still too early to start con- ceding the berth to the Detroiters.

.lAth Kane has Miran-god a practice name for his St. Dini- :lan's Varsity hockey team this afternoon at 4.30. Opponents

will be, Prince of Walt-s College in the

mood for their big inter

Welslimcn. Saints are getting collegiate strucclc against the,

University of New Biunswick Red Devils this coming Saturday.

Our Sympathy

SPORTS Front extends sincerest sympathy to Joe llf‘llllt‘N-

rev. popular harness racing driv Mrs. Walter Hennessey. Joe's racing carch with great” Wm...“

mother.

No one followed than did Mrs. Hennessey. In her backer.

('2‘. on the recent death of his

death Joe has lost his greatest

Volleyball loop Opens YMCA Next Week

For the first time. in history on island Senior A Volleyball League will operate on Prince Edward Island. Iii direct at- filiation with the newly formed

Island Volleyball Association. and under league coordinator Ron Atkinson, the teams will start action at the Charlotte- town Y.M.C.A. on January 15th.

The league will consist of four teams. two from Char-

lottetown and two from Sum- memside and will operate with three of the four teams play- ing in each centre on opposite weeks.

sud. Mi...“ Hockey Schedule

SIIMMERSIDE » » Here is lhc :

Summerside minor hockey sche-

dule for today:

PAPERWEIGHTS .1130 H ‘

no. Sparrow! vs. Raiders. BANTAMS 4:30 -— 5:30. Chicago vs. Lurks. "MDT!

5:30- — 6:30. Bombers vs. Blad-

0!. 6:30 7:30. Barons vs.

Charlottetown will be repre- sented by last. year's Island champion. Y..VI.C.A. .l/l'icmacs and lhe All Slars. The All Stars will be guided by Ali Coady who guided B.\'.C. teams to many championships a few years ago. From the western centre Mac-Konxies House of Fashions and the Y Triangles will complete the four team loo .

The leacue schedule will run until mid-March when playoffs will be held featuring the top thl'cc finishers. Placinlzs in the league will be determined by percentages. lessening the chan- .ccs of ties considerably.

l The island Volleyball Assoc- iation. iii sanctioning this Sen- ior A League, is attempting to provide and maintain a top brand of volleyball on Prince ‘Edward Island equal to Senior Volleyball in other Canadian Provinces. Senior A Volleyball is not the only proiect of the .new association. Volleyball ot ‘the senior level is also being promoted on a “social league" basis in both Charlottetown and Summerside. and other Island centres have signified their in-

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ln-Jcntion to promote, volleyball

dianfl lwith an eye on the Prince Ed-

»aid island Championships

p.170" coach which will be held In Summer- . side later this spring.

w'" Succeed Also being organized is vol-

leyball on the Elementary and

wub Ewbank {High School level and 'it is

EAL M “u” N Bani. oped wuiiliin a very few years

your - old defauive backfield coach of Detroit Liam. to suc- ceed Weeb Ewhmk as he:

much it the National Football

4: Bolt. Jr. a spoke-rm

we: no moi-iced ammo! Ewbouk. Cami Wu and

"rep on P.E.I

m ecs mid instructors.

this great game well be part of the life of all school child-

; It is hoped later this monthJIhe judge and counsel.

lto hold a volleyball mm. in (‘onnsel for the Bombers bod

iCharlottetow-n ‘ ‘ m ‘ no com on Mr. Nutter-'3 an-

lail intereted personnel with “0‘1"”

llhe idea of my...“ ‘ Chief e Tritschler od-

iquafity and «mam of ref“. Journed lring of the claim by Ack for $5.000 damages

MUCH UNDEVELOPED

Much of South Americaa' deit- ert. jungle or malaria-ridden lei-ens could be made food pro- ductive. says the nod and A;- ttculturc Ornamth

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St. I‘tiiiislau‘s Varsin hoc- key team entertains the pow- erful University of New Bruns- wick I‘tcd Devils in an inter-

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rice County Combines. Lw goal efforts

paced by of Alger Cutciiffe. Greg Delga- an and Ev White. lumped to

Old Spain Junior Penguins at the Sports Arena last night. The visitors dominated th play thrmighlout the ' game and wane on the score- shect before twenty seconds of play had elapsed. Ala-n And- rews scming at the 18 second mark of the opening frame. They added two more counters in this frame getting an answer the Juniors. They outscored their oppon- ents 5-2 in the sandwich ses- sion and 2-1 in the. final frame. Greg Deigban's two goals and an assist puts him In a two-i way tie for second place in film scoring race with Stan Pea-1%; don of the Penguins wiho Wit-sf unable to play last night. Both.

Ron MacArthur fls Suspended For One Game

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collegiate. tussle Saturday. Saints own a 1-1 record so far this s e a s o n. beating St. Mary's University and losing

sAiuis' BIG THREE

ii tight battle to St. Vrancls Xavier Varsity. Here are three big reasons why Saints are in the thick of things this

night that Prince County bine playing coach Ron Mac- Arthur has been suspended for one game following an incid- ent which occumed in a game a week ago Sunday against IlCAF Eagles at the station

season. Left to right they are Vince Mulligan. Billy Mulli- gan and Jimmy Cullen.

NFL Uncovered Nothing n Scandal Rumor Probe

‘ By MURRA YRISE

' NEW YORK tAPl—The. pros- perous National Football League. disturbed‘by whispered ‘rumors of a scandal. s‘aid Tues— day that investigations in Chi-E cago and Detroit have uncov-j ered "nothing more than ques- tionable associations." ‘

But this has been enough toj 'arouse NFL officials. Playersi 'have been told in the past fol watch the company they keep. _Now there is every indication. that the league is going to get real tough about it.

The statement on the investi- gations in Chicago and Detroit was made by NFL commis- sioncr Pete Rozelle. '

Meanwhile. in Houston. sports

i CURLING DRAW

The following is the curling draw for Wednesday at

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Charlottetown Club. (S p a r es needed). I (Vi’cdnbsday Competition)

Ice 1 — .I nes. B. Lynch.‘

l lG, Newman. H. Simpson vs. B. Super. N. Kelly. J. Zakem. J. . Ice 2 —— M. Jenkins. Dr. Drys- dale. .I.S. Taylor. D. Reid vs. E. Machcnd. 1“. Miles. S. Bryen- . ton. I. Webster. 3 —— D. It son. Dr. .Ielks. Ceo. McLaren vs. G. Bennett. D. Jardine. B. Moore. P. Rorys. Ice 4 ——-E. Taylor. W. Far- rell. C. Costello. I. MacKinnon is. I urner. D. Ward. D. Es- . K. Dalziel. ' . Anderson. K. Jen-i kins. H Goudic. (‘. Downe vs. G. Henry. A. MacDonald, H. mith. D. Wood.

S 8.30 P..M 1 Ice 1 —— A. Burke vs. 1). 0'3 Rourke. . Ice 2 —- Sheepherders (S‘- Sidei. 1 Ice 3 —— Sheeplierders tMon-. taguel. Ice 4 —~—— Sheepherdem (Char- [ lottetownl. ‘ Ice 5 — Lions Club. ., l 0 Player Wins i I Fig ht To Go} OH 0. Protected list

WINNNIPEG tCPl—A 22-year- old Winnipeg football player has 1apparently won his fight to get off the "protected" list of Win- nipeg Blue Bombers. the. Cana- dian professional champions.

Al Ackland. a 210-pound end

investigation

editor Dick Pecbles of the Hours! ton Chronicle. said the. Ameri-‘ can Football League also is be-i ling investigated. He said this was ‘ done. by the Sen- ate investigations subcommittee“ which refused to discuss the matter other than to say that football and basketbtl are be- ing investigated.

In Washington. a subcommit- tee spokesman said the. general is a continuing matter and has been going on for some months. _

The rumors. and reports of the associations of several star players. including Paul Hornung of champion Green Bay Pack- ers and Alex Karras of Detroit Lions with persons known gamble. have kept NFL offi-‘ cials checking in every direction.

There have been no actual. charges of wrong doing by any player. The player 3. them- selves. have expresed anger} and bitterness over aspersions cast on them.

Rozelle‘s statement said:

“There have been conflicting reports regarding the sources which instigated the NFL's cur-i rent investigation of rumors in-= volving player personnel.

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Probe Finds Some Players ’Like To Have Good Time

By CHARLES MOREY

NEW YORK (APl —— In the Ions. long ago a pro footballl star was investigated by pri-‘ vate detectives on the suspicion that he was fixing games.

The almost mournful reportl on him was: “The only thing we‘’ can discover is that he likes to have fun." I

That seems to be all that has:

n uncovered in the current; investigation. kicked off lastl k by George Halos. owner-l

Minor Hockey Results Tues. .

Following are the results of1 the 3 regular Bantam games played yesta‘day at Sports Arena.

Eagles 3 vs. Crows 1. Eagle goals by Phil Mill-lolly tzt. Cardy . Donovan; Cranes goal by Harryi Larier. i

Owls 2 vs. Bluem‘ngs 0. Owl! goan by John Anderson and

b Youn-

and corner linebacker now in Bo

the intermediate c a t e g o r y. brought suit against the Bomb gers for restraining him. through their list. from the possibility of gaining employment with an- o t h e r Canadian professional

Condor: 1 vs. Gulls I. Condorl goals by Kenny O'Brien. Dannyl Mclsaac; Gulls cool by Roger. Folzzeli. I Officials: Doug Minimalism: Jack McEachu-n, Ken Show.

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He said he was put on the. list without his consent or knowl-

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ledge. Phil Nutter. counsel for ihel player. said Tuesday Acklandl

- had succeeded in his fight to get off the list. This was agreed lupon during a two-hour confer- lence Monday in the office of ‘ Chief Justice G. E. Tritschler 0

Manitoba Court of Queen‘s 7

Bench.

‘ The case was adjourned for the sixth time until Jan. fl after ' private conference between

T e protective list each Canadian Fmtblll League club to protect a limited number i of players on affiliated inform ‘ diate club rosters for up to two

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Curling Draw For Montague.

Following is the Mmmguel mixed curling meme for to-'

a. 3;

more. Dan Herring. D. 0‘Con-. nors vs. G. Worth. K. Hoylee.‘ f‘ I" Hoflon

'Ice l—Ai

A. MacGregor. 1". Mia. Annie Beers vs. A. Robertson. . Nit-balm. Lorne Ste-wort. C. Goethe. 0 EM. Ice l-—-.I. S. DesRochco. C.

Stewart. J. MecNeIil. Betty Gallant vs. 1': . . Mac Keilzie. 8 Mealtime». Enid Mum.

Ice l—Ken . . Clay. Bat hand. H. Clair vs. if Moor. P. Johnston. Doug

RM. “h Ice l«-I". Vuozm. E. Cod-5

“None Slemtfl from federal agencies. “An investigation of rumors

in Detroit was Initiated recently. It “'33 disaosed 1h?" Bearl

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made available through the co-i

operation of D of r at t Police Commissioner George Edwards.

“ he Detroit police. while. conducting surveillance of indi- viduals they described as known

ball players publicly in t company of various individuals under surveillance.

STARTED BY LEAGUE

“The investigation of rumors ‘during "‘0 DaSt 5985011-

in Chicago was initiated mm. The betting was so heavy lni jurisdiction over the team. representatives at the

nally more than a year ago onlsome. cases that bookmakers! MacArthur will sit out theiand RCAF‘ S'side representa- the basis of information lie-lsaid they had to take steps tolname against Eagles Friday. 'lives are invited lo aimd. vclopcd from NFL sources. k9 Sure they weren't Over“

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.nothing more than questionable

associations has or in these two unrelated in-

;vcstigations of rumors "

Rozelle said that it has been league policy to check down even the flimsiest rumor. Up until now these league probes have been kept quiet.

But this time the secrecy was lifted by owner George Halas of Chicago Bears. Halas said he had urged Rozelle to conduct an

coach of Chicago Bears. who asked the National Football League to do some snooping.

So far. al the investigators have found is that certain star players like to go out and have a good time. And in the course of this they sometimes rub el- bows with pcople who are not— and never will be—in the Social Register.

Only an incredibly naive per- son would say that a pro foot- ball scandal is an impossibility. And only one a shade less naive would say that in the long his- tory of the game no player ever got away with shaving points.

ONE SCANDAL

There. has been only one ma-

jor scandal . . . the. business In

. I946 involving a couple of New

York Giant players. The. thing broke on the eve of the title game with Chicago Bears.

It did not ruin pro football by a long shot. It was only a few years later that the. game. en- tered its current .

It Is common knowledge that the weekly betting on pro foot- ball games In fantastic. The. point spreads are circulated freely and a goodly number of the people attending each game have a rooting interest of some kind on it.

The chances are that most of them back the home team but a few less-emotional one: will bet on the visitors.

PLAINTIVE CRY

There is no cry more plaintive than the one from a better w backed a teé‘tn that is winning the game. but still needs a con- ple of points for him to win on e spread with a few minutes to plyn. The winning team iin- niiy tries to run out the clock. The bettor wants another score. often just a field goal.

t a couple of Giant games this fall. the. New Yorkers were In front with a minute to go and were within field - goal range. A three - pointer w have meant the Giants had made the spread but coach Al- lie. Sherman ordered his team to play ball control 'and kill the clock.

From some moors of the Yankee Stadium you could bear the cries: "Allie. a field coll. please. just once for the bet‘ In: "

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Casares said. I can‘t hoodlums. observed Lion foot-lany play" has Shaw“ Win” he ias they say or worked with any.

igamblcrs.” .

would like to stress that iloaded with one-sided betting on- "o

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rink.

The referees who worked that game had given MacArthur a game misconduct in the third

ouniy Combines Baby Birds 10-41

players have 37 plants. Deig- D and

avis 3:15: G. Kane 6:46. llan's made up of 12 goals

I Second Period: 5.—Comblne. 15 assists and Peal-don 10 goals [6. Deighan (G. Harris. R. Mac: and 17 assists. Royals' play-:Artlhurl 2:28; 6.—-Penguins. l) imz coach is leading the ieague ILaonc (L. Gaiiani. G. Whit: with 29 points. lock) 5:07; 7.—Oombines. a, The Penguins were unable to Cutcllffe (unamlsbedt 7:56: ti... cope with the hard working Combines. G. Belg-ban (G, Har. Combines and as a result Oom- ris) 9:13; fly—Combines bine goalie Thane Mann had in .White (V. Harris. comparatively easy night. i10:24; 10. es, 'Dnainor's jobl‘White (A. A, the more dif- rewsl 11:47: ll.—Penguin5 G ficult when he lost the services Whitiock (L. Gallant.» D. ‘ w: of one of his top defencemen for) 18:16. Penalty—R. Gallant Louis Smith in the opening per- 18:27. iod. The Penguin rearguard Third Period: 12. suffered what ' ted G. Whitlock to be a- concussion. The Old Gallant) Spain coach also ha ' R. .' “Toy Toy' Gallant working both 11:05; V. Bar; on defence and up fol-ward, He iris (A. Andrewsl 12:08. Penal- played in Peardon's position, ties~R. MacArthur 2:30; G ~ centring the line of Gord Whit,- Kane 19:58

Com Gulcllffc.

“Pendulum

lock and Dave Lawlor. which ' STANDINGS

accounted for iihree of the four PWLT I“ A Pts goals by the losers. Royals 141121 so no 23 .Other Cmnbine. goals were Combines 14 860 78 58 15 fined by Alan Andrews. Garth Eagles 14 491 56 89 9 Harris. Ron MacArthur and Juniors 14 392 66 m 8 Vance Harris "_ ‘

For the Penguins It was Gordie WhitlIock with a pair and singles by Willie Gallant and Dave Lawloir. ' Ref

Dam For Playoffs

The Provincial Interscholas- tic Athletic Association. with a highly successful fell term he- hind it. is planning even great-

erces Doui Whaleo and

Joe Coer handed out only five

penalties. four of them going

to th unlors. “ SUMMARY

First Period: I.—Combines. A.

ndmws (unassisted, .18; 2.__ er athletic activity during the Combines. A. Cutoliffe (E. “mm mm“-

Wihllel 5_ Welsh) 4.13; 3._ Already 24 hockey teams and Combines, G Ham“ (u mm 20 basketball squads have reg: lam. GI Dei ) 10:34; ‘I__ istered and this number is ext Penguins. w. Gallant (P. Mc- m“? t“ 3”“ 33‘3"" hem-"i Come”) 11:51. Penam I. the final registration date. Jan-