MONTREAL,

Page I The Guardian Saturday, April 9, 1955

DOWN THE 4 BACK STRETCH

l Assigned to the Detroit

land Monday linesman Sammy Babcock was luridly upbraided publicly by coach Dick Irvin of Canadiens. With Babcock were linesman Doug Davies and ref- eree Red Storey. They had left their hotel. the Statler. to see V055 and president Clarence Campbell

Two Islanders have been very of 201 125 in the Orange County much in the limelight at the Santa Pace on Saturday. March 26. for I Amt: race meet in sunny Cali- purse of 34,000. In the circle with fornis. which has been going on him are Mr. L, W. Craig of Cimg. for several weeks. On the cover n-on Ranch, Driver Hansomac. If the lllesl number of the Horst tress Reta Moreno. radio star

(By W. R. Wheatley, Canadian Press Staff Writer) (CP)-The Lobby-Lounging Lines- men, I one-act sideshow to the Stanley Cup series that had its premiere in Detroit last Monday. performance in Montreal Friday. The dramatis personae yWHS different; the dialogue more genteel.

idiens cup final, linesmen George Hayes and Bill Morrison were ordered out of the lobby of the Mount Royal hotel by referee-in-chief Carl Voss. to the Laurentien hotel where they were supposed to be

staying. The Red Wings are at the Mount Royal. In the lobby of the Detroit Le-”

man and Fair World, published bi Indianapolis. Indiana. is I pic- ture of Hawkins I-Ioaa with driv- er Clarence Hanson. that had just eompleted I season's record mile

Louise Martinson. and o w n e r

Walter 8. Found of Merced. In the background are the ten thousand. spectators and Walter is looking.

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Unlikely Any Be Played A

Kl'l'('l-IENFZR (('Pi - Cbaiil-as

Games Will I Moncton

Hail ks

dubbed Munclun 8-4 on

of the National Hockey League at .the Leland.

Hayes and Morrison. who worked in Thursday night's game won 4-2 by Canadiens. checked in Thursday at the Mount Royal. They were told they shouldn't be there but to check out Friday mor- ning and go to the Laurentien. ORDERED OUT

When Voss walked through the Mount Royal lobby Friday. there were his linesmen. sitting back comfortably. Detroit players were

that any of the playoff games be-1Thiirsday night before 3.940 fans ;(.,.m,red here and the" about me

tween Kitchener-Waterloo Dutch- men and Moncton Hawks. meeting In the best-of-seven Eastern Can-l

will' be was con-(

ada Allan Cup set. switched to Monclon side-red unlikely Friday. i

Hawks, trailing 2-0 in the series. are scheduled tn play all their games on Kitchener ice. They. have applied to the Canadian Ama- teur Hockey Association to havel some of the games played iny Mnncton. i

George liiidley. Iger of the CAHA, said Thursday night he wasn't in favor of havingl any of the games changed. How- ever. he said he would confer withl CAHA president Baldy George of Kemptville. Ont.. to whom the Monrton request was made.

A couple of weeks ago the CAHAy refused to grant I request by Ot- tawa Fl,V('fl7.fI move some of their semi - final games against the Hawks in Ottawa. I DEFEATED 8-4 I

KITCHENER. om. (CPI -. rhel Kitchener - Waterloo Dutchmen

ne aeci'el.'-iry-nian-l

to take I 1-0 lead in the best-of- seven Eastern Canada Allen Clip finals, Third game of the series

day night.

First Period: 1. Kilchcncr. Scholes (Marlin) 2.40. 2. Kitchen- er. Theberge lKelllpl 14:15; Kitchener. Martin (Bauer) 16:03: 4. Moncton. Walters (Bowness. Thompson) 18:10. Penalty: Bow-

Second Peritil: 5 Thompson iBowncss.

.Vl iin clo Il.i Walters).

lobby. ”What are you fellows doing here?" called Voss to the lines-

yis scheduled for Kitchener Satur- men. "You know you should be It

lthe Laurentien."

Hayes arose and offered the ex- planation. Morrison had arranged to meet a friend in the Mount

3- Royal lobby and the two were

waiting for the friend to show up. ”Leave him I note or some- thing." said Voss. "You shouldn't

gs. .lie here.”

"It has been policy to keep offi- .i-ials out of a hotel during the se- ries if a team is staying there.”

2:25; 6. Kitchener. Martin (Brook-fsaid V055 amrwuds. ..They knew

eri 14.00; 7. (McKenzie. M a r t i ni Monctnn. Hotile (Sinnett)

Kitchener. White 16:51; 8, 17:03.

lPenallies: Walters. Logan. Kemp.

Third Period: 9. Kitchener. Hamilton. 4.41 (penalty shot); 10

gani 6:44; 11. Moncton. Weaver. 8.23: (2. Kitchener, Scholes. (Laufman. Thebergei 11:47. Pen- alty: Weaver.

they shouldn't have been there." MOVIE DAY

, For the players of both teams the off-day in the final was movie .day. Canadiens reported to the Montreal Forum early in the af-

lxmhener whne lmufman Lwllenonn for the official movies that

are taken of the games and other inspects of the cup final. The Red Wings appeared before the cam- eras three hours later.

' -Coach Jimmy Skinner of the Red

Roberts And Garvler Slated

For 6th Opening Assignment

By JACK HAND NEW YORK (AP!-Robin Rob-

Richards. Another Monday g:-line (till he in

The Yankecs' bid to regain lost glory will start at Yankee Sta-

erts of Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati where the Rcdlegs will dium where Washington will be the

Ned Garver of Detroit Tigers. each facing his sixth opening day as- signment. add the old familiar tnlich lo the 10-game. program that launches the new baseball season Monday and Tuesday.

The two pitchers will he tripping over their beards. however. before they approached Walter Johnson's record of 14 openers nr even Grover Alexander's mark of 12.

Bobby Feller of Cleveland tops the,

modern: with seven opening day jobs. including a no-hitter.

Unless the managers shift their plans during the weekend. Art Fnwli-r of Cincinnati. Lou Kretlow of Baltimore. .Inhnny Antnnelli of New York Giants and Brooks Law- route of St. Louis will draw open- ing-day honors for the first time.

A sprinkling of rookies will dot the box scores as the clubs start the 1954-games chase with the 1954 pennant winners-New York Giants and Cleveland Indians-favored to rcpt t The giants are 6-to-5 bets with Brooklyn rates 7 to 5 and llllllAillll(P9 III: to I in the National. ('lcveland is even money and the Iww York Yankees 6 to I in the American BIG ('Rf)WI)S

With I hrcdk from the weather- man. who promises to be nice. the two Monday games will draw 64.- 00!) and the eight Tuesday openers In extra 263 000. This two-day total of .'l27.()()fI will be boosted close to 4r'ifl.()(ll1 when the remaining teams have their home openers Thurs- day.

In the pi'i-sidcntial opener at Wasltiiiutoii lilondny. where Pres- ldcnt I'Ii.scii)ioivcr will throw mil the first hall. Bob Porterfield (13-15) is slated to work for manager Chuck l)rcsscn's Senators against Krellow (fl-lli. the somewhat sur- prising choice of manager Paul

Mel Parnell Hus Injured Knee

BOSTON (AP:---Boston led Iox pitcher Mel Parnell was ordered to hospital Friday for "hot soaks" for an injured right knee.

Dr. Timothy F. Crane. report- ing he found ”I very minor” I- moiint of fluid on the knee. said If Parnell stays off the leg I couple of days he probably can pitch Sunday in an exhibition game against the New York Giants.

play host to Chicago Cubs.

When the ftlll schedule starts Tiieisday. t h e world champion Giants will he at Philadelphia with Antonelli (21-7i. are of the '54

Roberts I23-15'. won his first two opening jobs but lost the next three. two of them to New York. He was beaten by Pittsburgh last year.

Milwaukee. given a good chance Inf winning its first pennant, will ripen at home before 4(l.t)0(i with Warren Spahii I21-12i against ('in- cinnati's Gerry Staley -7-131. The Braves have no new faces in the starting lineup.

LEMON FOR INDIANS

It will be Max Surknnt ll)-llli for Pittsburgh against Carl Erskine (ill-I51 when Brooklyn opens at Eh- bets Fir-Id.

Bob Lemon (23-7). getting his fourth opening day job. will try to start Cleveland on the way to an- other lll-victnry season against Chicago's Virgil Trucks 119-12).

Halifax Team 'Back In League

I HALIFAX ((TPiMHalifax Cardi- inals will be back in the Halifax and District. Baseball League this season. I Clem Hnllett. backer of the club llast season. said the defending champions would receive addi' linilal backing from four other Halifax biisiness men. Ariiold Web iher, Ilcrt Ilcrnctl. Albert Arron land Charles 7.latin.

I-I left so id the club had reached an agreemcnl with the Wanderers club. owners of the ball park. and that the hackers would not spare any expense in bringing in I strong team for the coming season.

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Kid Howard 9 Regeciis Bout

HALIFAX (CPi-Rit-haul (Kid) Howard. Canadian lightweight. box- ing champion. has turned down a May is title bout with British Empire champ Johnny van Rena- burg in Johannesburg, South Af- rica.

Clary Harris. Howard's manager said he had to turn down I "very good offer" from Julius Martin. secretary of the Transval National Boxing Club in Johannesburg. be cause I-Iowprd has I fight here May .1. Howard's opponent in the

fight hasn't been named. Harris suggested to Martin that

fights be lined up in London for the Empire champloln and that he come here during the summer for I title bout. Howard would agree to I return match in either Ion- don or Johannesburg in the fell.

islafl. drawing the opening plum.l

QUEBEC

ivislting cluh. Maury McDermott (7-15v. the ranlly W:-ishinton lefty. is due to pitch against Whitey Ford

lilfi-Hi. The best New York rookie. k,

lcatcher Elston Howard. probably will be on the bench. 1 Kansas City expects I sellout throng of 34.000 at its Municipal .Stndillni to welcome big league ball with Alex Kellner (5-l7J the ilPIllallVE choice to oppose De- ytroitls Garver (14-11).

In other Tuesday games. St. Louis Cardinals will be at Chicago and Boston Red Sox will be in Baltimore.

(Set Dates Fdr 5N. H. L. Games

Canadians Get Back In Running With 4-2 Win Over Wings; ,New Linesmen Incident

played I repeat

Red Wings-Montreal Cana-

They were told to get along

Wings said he didnlt think his players were as sharp in the Thursday game as when they won the first two games in Detroit. The fourth game will be played here tonight and the fifth Sunday in Detroit.

It was reported that Canadians will summon Dick Gamble from Buffalo of the American Hockey League if Buffalo loses to Pitts- burgh in the AHL final playoff. Gamble, I winger. formerly played for Canadiens and was named on their list of eligible: for Stanley Cup play.

Coach Dick Irvin. still concerned over his manpower shortage. was pleased with the game Jean Be- liveau turned in Thursday. The big centre was far from well In the first two games. suffering from an infection but played more up to form in the third game.

CANADIENS WIN

Lopez Calls

CLEVELAND (AP) - Al Lopez described the 1955 Cleveland In- dians Friday as "the best team I ever managed" and predicted they would repeat as American League pennant winners with less than the 111 victories they earned last sea- 5011.

Friday in the Cleveland News. In it, he credited the addition of rookie southpaw Herb Score and veteran outfielder Ralph Klner for much of his optimism. '

Lopez said that he doesn't ex- pect the tribe to win 111 this sea- son.

sary to win the pennant.” 24 CARAT ADDITION

greatest pitching staff in the game. And now we have added an out- standing pitcher in Herb Score. In my mind. this boy is I solid. 24- carat gold addition. not I tempor- ary flash or I springtime pheno- menon.

-”l've decided he's ready. He has

MONTREAL M Bernie (Boom-I Boom) Geoffrion scored three; times Thursday night to pace the Montreal Canadiens to I 4-2 vic- tory over the Detroit Red Wings and their first Stanley Cup win

screaming Forum fans.

First Period: 1. Montreal, Geof- frion (Beliveau. Olmsteadi 8:30; 2. Montreal, Geoffrion. 8:42; 3. Detroit. Kelly (Stasiuk) l8:l3. Penalties: Pavelich. St. Laurent. Howe. Sawchuk (served by Wil- son), Olmslead conduct). Moore, Howe (minor and misconduct), Geoffrion. Curry.

Second Period: 4. Montreal. Geoffrion (Beliveau) I4:23; 5. De-

trlot. Stasiuk (Pavelich. Delvec-l cliloi, 16:16. Penalties: Beliveau.i Bonin. Moore.

Third Period: 6. Montreal. Le- clair (Moore) 7:50. Penalties: Mosdell, Beliveau.

Exhibition Baseball

Boston (Al 0.10 01) 020-7 9 21 New York (N) 100 010 60x-811 0

Brewer. Kemmerer (ill and White; Antoneili Grissom (7) and Westrum. W - Grissom L-I(em- erer. lllts-Bos: Mele. Picrsall. Jensen. White Lepcio. NY: Tay-

r. Baltimore (A) 100 I00 032--7 15 4 Pittsburgh (N) 011 332 00x-10 I2 3 Palica. Brecheen (7i and Moss; Surkont. Kline (4). Wade (Bi and Shepard. W-Surkont. L - Palica. lhrs - Bait; Waitkus. Leppert. Pgh Saffell. Ward. Gordon. Washltn (A) 003 511001-ll 13 1 Cincinnati (N) 040 000 010-5 6 3 Pascual. McDermott (7: anti Korcheck; Nuxhall, Fisher (Si and Bailey. W Pascual. L-Nuxhall. HRs-Was; Sievers. Yost. Kor- c)l(rcck. Cincinnati. Nuxhall. Horow- s i. New York (A) 100 001 0441-6 II 5 Phila (N) 200 030 Ollx-ll 15 1'

MONTREAL (CP) -- The Na- tional Hockey League Friday night announced dates for the last three games of the. Stanley Cup final se- lries between Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens.

The fifth game of the best-of- seven series will be played in Det- roit Sunday. with the sixth. if nec-

essary. in Montreal Tuesday. It I-

seventh game is needed. it will be played in Detroit Thursday.

Detroit leads the series two games to one. with the fourth game scheduled for Montreal to- night.

Memorial ?Gcime Sunday

. (CF)-Quebec Front- icnacs and Toronto Mnrlboroii will play the fourth game of their Me- morial Cup semi-final series here Siindayf

The Ontario and Quebec junior ihnckey champions each have one yvictory and I lie in the besl-of- seven series. A win counts two points and I lie one. with the first team to get eight points first win- ning.

The winner takes on the Regina Pats or Winnipeg Monarchs. now playing off for the western Canada championship.

Pro Hockey Scout Dies

HAMILTON (CF) -- Carson (Shovel Shot) Cooper. 50, profes- sional hockey scout Ind former National Hockey League star. died Thursday after I heart attack

An lice right-wing star with Boston Bruins and later Detroit Red Wings. Cooper finished Illa playing career in 193! Ifl!!l"leVl'II NHL seasons. -

Later, as I scout with Detroit. he signed many of the top play- ers with this year's Red Wings. Among his finds were Red Kelly, Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe.

ATTENTION

Workmen's Compensation

April 15th It 8 O'clock.

The annual meeting It the Prince Edward Is- land, Rifle Association will be.ln the office of the

IIIFLEMEIII

Board on Friday evening,

Ford. Grim (5), Sain (7! and 1Berra. Howard (6). Meyer. Spring (7). Lovenguth (it) and Burgess.

(minor and mis-

Tiger Jones Wins By TKO

ST. LOUIS (AP)--Ralph (Tigcrl Jones stunned George Johnson with a left and right to the head and left him helpless against the

in three games befor. 13572 ropes with a flurry of blows for a

technical knockout Friday night after two minutes and one second

of the fifth round of their sched-

uled lfl-round bout. Jones weighed 158'q. Johnson 155.

A story by Lopez was published i

"The league has better balance this year. so 111 won't be neces-

Last year. he said. "we had the

Indians The

Best Team He's Managed

come up with I big league curve the history of this colorful tourn- and he has the pulse of I pitcher amen!-only one stroke over the

Henderson & Cudmore ( FEATIIIIE All .

who has been around for year!- He'll pitch in rotation against any and all clubs."

With Score among the starters. the Indians crew of moundsmen which already ' 4 Bob Lemon. Mike Garcia. and Early Wynn. In addition. Lo- pez can call on veteran Bob Feller. who won 13 and lost three last season; another veteran, I-III New- houser; and two younger pitchers. Don Mossi and Ray Narleski. W110 made creditable relief appear- ances.

WILL HIT 40 IIOMERS

Of Ralph Kiner. one-time Na-

tional League home run leader who came to the Indians via the Pitts- burgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs. Lopez said. ”I said at the start of spring training that if he played every day for us. he would hit 40 home runs. I wasn't sure at the timej: that he'd be good enough defensi-. vcly to play regularly. I ”From what I've seen of Ralph. these past few days, I now am) certain he'll play regularly for us' -and hit those 40 home runs."

Middlecoff Takes Lead In Masters Tourney .

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Gary Middlecoff, the 1949 U. S. open golf champion who has tried vain- ly to take the measure of the

Augusta National course. finllly

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187 Gt. George St.

W-Spring. L Sain. HRS-NY: Carey. Mantle. Howard.

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