MARCH, 9.. 1940

REMEMBER WHEN

(By The Canadian Press)

W-e-ycar contract with the

bull's sluggiflg records. the 1,, 1936.

M05; publicized of Babe Ruth's holdouis ended l0 years ago today when the Yankee hitter szgneg a

.-w YQYK American League club for “$0,000. Holder of most of base- P0111!’ puffzctder retired from the game

DOWN THE BACK STRETCH -

t.1"1s:111d fans crowded the ' “e George, New York, y to vufch the thous. match race between Vo_11l:111 2.01 -4 and "he l..10'l-2,d1'1vcn by Vic . Prmcfflss Vonlan won by 11 and :1 l1.1if_ in straight 111m- Lie lmlf-mte kite-shaped

n . licms varic-

mu . ' t "11 of the UnltcltiwStatzlsntiuxdfg. T‘ ' V C10_ v in the $100000

11-1171511 ll 1; luigfh 1he 1940 renew- al of Arn11".'c:1's richest stake, w“ n. 111:1 purse amounting to i .....0 Adccd to his previous wl11- n‘1~~= this makes his grand ‘ntai $437,730 The former all time r no d by Sun Bcuu in 19,31 was $376,.

ford has been a

. lwrc m.» inst week waiting for ivrwthcr cri*""iouns to bcc'"mre fa blc 011011111 to start his Fred v 317 1-4 nrrflificf H» ‘W1 Pr“ " c1‘ moors 1n tll ll 1 _ The P‘o'c.==:\r nrrdicis girgnivtchrilntgs 1o writ 1h;- coming sensom, ex- it". 1: o coss- it \"th ~ 012,10 or be u a lecord

Cgcrl lilrxnndcr, Saint John, N. 8.. m< 1~11 rshascd some new speed 111 (‘I ".Vr*=t“r Bars205 1-'l,,)-=qn .1 2.18 and Wirefcss Hal

111 the some cm- he own n big Percheron slal- Jung over two thousand ‘f1- a matched

" - - _. Vxqr Book hos not arrived t we rounot vive the per- ww o’ 1h" rwacedsicrs for In 103B Vestcr Burs. a bw v 1". 11v Grnttan Bars 1.59 1-4. s13 rri ‘n 23 races and won seven anti iv‘: n rcccrd of 205 1-2 over a m!“ track. H? was charged with Warw- rr $1.704. maklugihlm ell- , R-b‘/= tn thc 216 class.

---_._ Jmn llr11'i'y, bv Pr-ter Henley, 011111" 1'1"“ in 1938 but took rel" Y-"“"'1 P‘ 1'"! 11s n ilwet-kv-ear-old irstsc-rcfl.

fan Bars and her second If‘, "m"; flrcat pacing mare Kai-e

f‘ Fhulvn. N. 13.. Exhibition “"111 ""1 their best f11ir for wars

N‘ sW-"rn, :11‘? n'r1nn‘ng tn haw fbrro rlws‘ racing the week of 41'1"! 111111 to 23rd. with 1111 races

“" ‘"1 "fish system. S100 a dash. 7"" pllni was considerably im- Y'1~f vPnl‘ and the larger nt- M ‘C 511d gcatcr int-crest ex- - 111' 19cc inns is the reason for more ambitious plans.

""1 KP-YPS expects to bc back m c. l1n~ ~11 ibis season with Sun- buy‘ h . bv Peter Volo.

A-lnidtfl bv M. McElwyn. i for won five races 111 a fecolxl of 2.

ti.

- _hns a three-year- - Clnudm Ilrmcver by Guy 1.511 l-2 that is moving 1s l11gh1y' mcugflt of by w-i-llcu race fans.

pThcrc pnssrd away at Marshall- {Jm K1111. 1-1-1 wcrk a. former

' i’ 11111101 of the turf in

_ North and South. He l11s n1nc_t_v-sccond year. In de t" H rvvcntz-ss he 10118 an ar- brnd- tioiz-toc of the race horse and me 111111 owncd many which he H"crd_.=111-crr1sf11lly year after year. Q9") officiated as starting and ~°-“‘I"1‘Y 11111:; throujhout meet- s‘ (“i tho huddle west. A man oi hildif, and fcarless character he ‘ .00 hcsiialtcy in expressing his 0111111011.; Towards the end oi his fill-cm l~e not int-o an argument at ronilce track and this led to eerloul lhA-ililfillullflls through Grattanb 0.1.1 n1 his adversary. He was _d to a ierm in the peni- . fllifiough he pleaded jus- ‘ l1r1111icldc, clalfnln that he 1""‘~“!‘-111‘-8 his Bran son from 2.21 vinlcfice. After a short time

so... of his 11f».- at the s Home in Marshallfown.

5m? Amiiifll lifceting of the United ovc;_-14Tr; 111g Association. major f" 1'1""- bcrly of the harness rac- 5.,,',1,‘°'§_ 11110118110111. the United hidd» n rl the Mnrltimes, wi'1 be Méndat Indianapolis. Indiana next "MC-Y- ‘Ihe 33 Directors elector! mo. "11 "fillings will discuss the “m; the turf and robably m age acme oi them to ma e them Mocpciitlcns. The United States nmefllou resulted from the ,,,,,¥N' ,1,1~1t January of the United wh i1 final Trotting Associations. mm-nugrgy 11 year old it has ec- MH 1-11 many things for the mQrement-‘of names: racing and n! Inmbllcus puans are bein

m] “or the future. Uiimatcly i

Ind n at factor of immense good m“ 511i. in the improvement ni u 8 conditions throughout Amer-

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W35 Ehrsi l‘ w

Mr. on 1<1 '

mo“ by Gentile. of Millie. Mus, p0,," 191'"! were raced at the l leral Exhibition by Dannie )1. ma, 5° Milual has aold to h’ étProctor of Naples, Maine, m H allion Calumet O-imatic

Fifty e “T”- Mdaa? "5 i180 last week the "Ilmlvion thm-year-oid

She is out 0f Kate I-Ion- .

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vtrotter’ Axtcliwhcse mile in 2.12

placed him in that niche, was ad-

vertised for service at Tcrre Hautc, 1 Indiana, at. a fee of $1.000.

Fifty years ago slow classes were the vogue and the Washington Park track. Chicago. bad trotting strikes 1013-50. 2.32, 2.20 and 2.25 class troders each for a $2,000 purse, and a 2.29 class for a $5.000 iaursc. Good. low-set 1500 pound sire-st car horses were being sold at from $85, to $120.00 in Western United States markets.

Twenty years ago this ivcek Tom- my Murphy had acquired illf-‘Q stake CiilldldflbES for inc next son's racing. They were Brusii ff, Peter Manning afld D_r. Nick Bru- slloff ended up with a record of 2.04 1-4. Dr. Nick 2.03 1-4 and Peter li-fianning became the world's cham- pion trotter in 1922 hv rrct;1~~. n mile in 1.56 3-4 with Tommy Mur- phy holding the rein=.‘ ‘i111 ".1 vious season (1921) he had trot- ted to a world's :ecord of 1.57 3-4 and that still remains the world's r="r"d for a "vwvatwr-cld. It dis- placed the 1.58 1-4 made by Lce ffxwor-hy in i916. .

The Ohio speed and saddle horse sale is advertised for March l4'h in 16th at Columbus. Ohio. Over 103 horses are catalogued and some of them are mighty good per- formers. Here are a few Pct.- er Silk 2.01 1-4. Winn-er of nine out Marchmont, trial 2.04, last half in 1.00 1-2. Bob Ccchsto 2.01. Maxine 0f eeven starts. Saint Nick 2.07, 2.04 1-4, Bill McKlyo 2.04 1-2. Com- etfs Star 2.05. Included in ihc en- tries are 26 head from 1he Ford Farms, Deaborn. Michigan. '1‘l1:s: consist of trotting bred horses, sad- dle horses. and brood mares. Pos- sibly Mr. Fold is giving up this part of his activities as we note that a lot of English riding saddles, stock saddles and ‘oridlcs are to b2 sold along with the l1orscs.

L. G. Duffy has compiled an in- teresting table giving the ages of the sires of champions 11.111011 11p- rars in the Eebruarv 28th issue of The Harness Horse. we quote: "At what period 1n life: are stnlrous at t‘.*e'r best a5 sircsii-Whlle some highly trained minds may be ablc to present sc-me scientific rcnsors why stafllcns are more certain to transmit speed with marked uni- formity at certain ages. to our vany ' rkpg it is impossible to de- termine the most successful years c. .1 horse until 11c is dead, because one cannot. assemble all crxlits prior to that time.

Some individuals belevc in mating mares to a colt and they lmrc mlninillllil to back uu their beliefs bccause the first 2.10 performer. Johnston 2.06 1-4, for eight. years the undisputed champion, was sired by Joe Basseti, when a. two-year- old. Then Abbe Braden 2.07 3-4 when a, thre:-,vcar-old , sired his fastest representative and best rac- ing pvop ‘1111631 Braden Hclf‘ 1591-2 Red Ace 2.10 1-2 was only four when he sired Lone Aoe 1.59 l-4, a world's chamulon and winner of‘ 25 firsts aml 9 seconds in 37 starts. Grattafi B05121; 2.06 l-4 was also a iolfr-ycar- 31610 when he slred Louis Grnttan

Some object. to patronizing a stnl- lion the spring following the close of his racing activities. preferring the lapse oi a year or two to per- mlt nature to restore vitality ex-

nded in training and campaign- mz, but Just lock at Vclomlt-o 13> 2.03 1-4, raced hard in practically each and every one of his 17 starts as a two and three-ycar-old, yct despite such strenuous efforts he at the age of four sired the great champion trotier Tara 2.00. Then there is Dillon Axworfhy 2.10 1-4. one of the notable colt trotters of his time, which as a iour-ycar-old sired a word's champion in Mar- garet, Dillon 1.58 1-4. As a five- year old Calumet Budlofig 2.02 3-4 after elmipaignln u a two, three and four-"car-ol and in training for his fourth campaign, was brcd to three mares and one of the rc- sultant foals, Miss Budlmig 2.00. proved i0 be an unusualy fast and heady racin machine and in line for further onors.

Now as rde the prejudice against broom to stallions which have passed the meridian of useful life, claimed by some authorities as twenty years, we are willing to admit that we at one time did not favor the mati of a mare well along in years w th a stallion like- wise well advanced, yet the seven- teen-year-old Gay Forbes 2.07 3-4 bred to the tiwentv-four-year-old Napoleon Direct 1.59 3-4, provided us with out fastest. harness horse. Billy Direct 1.55. and the sixteen- year-old Palestrim 2.09 1-2 mated o the iwentv-ihwe-vcar-old Dillon Axworthy 2.10 l-4 gave us the mar- velous uean Hanover (3) 1.58 l-ii. holder of ten world's records. Twenty-one-year-old Little Gyp bred to the twenty-ilve-year-old Andenon Wilkes 2.22 1-4 produced the wonder horse Single Ci. 1.58 1-2 which appeared efore 1he pubUc fourteen consecutive years.

2.10 and better 134 miles in 205

and better. 1a in 2.00 and better.

he sired the i939 marvel Peter" As- tra (3) 2.01 l-4, undefeated and wlnner of over $47,000 in last. sea- lon’: campaign.

TEAM HE

Junior Ryals

CH AR LOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

AdvanceTo Mar.

I! Blank Mt. Stewart Royals [S D. U. Team 1 7-0 In Opening Game Of Winner-i 0f IntermediatePlayoffFinal F 1"‘? 9116M

An experienced crew of Surnmerside Crystals last night practically

clinched the island Intermediate

Hockey Championship when they

scnt. ihc Mi. Stewart Royals stumbling in a 7-0 defeat in the opening game 0i‘ the total-goal series. Crystals will carry their big lead into the

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game ' ‘ ‘ for " unless a miracle occurs will enter New Brunswick champions.

side nn Monday night next and the Maritime playdowns against the

Iiavlng far too much experience and class for the hard fighting,

. never say die Mt. Stewart squad. Crystals after being made a. present >97 "If 0119111115 goal added two more in the first session; shot another three on the middle canto and then wound up their evening's chores

by shooting the only counter o! the wide-open final canto.

Mt. Steam-t verv much in the pic- ture 111 the opcnnig live minutes or 01118115 iilry carried file play Lu Ollpolfcms were sot back on _ 1r llfuls as Crystals" first goal u- 1t 111 oii ouc of their own play- 1:1 katcs and fr0m_ then on fougm; siiulefy but fuulely against the smooth last passing game 1.11 truu Crystal team displayed. ‘in flushes the losers made peters m the _U:y- 011$ case reacn to goat-tending

». inmghfs to cum his shutout but the

1'goz\f1c always managed to get a leg,

slicker 11.11111 in the way or hard bust-mg shots,

Veterans Lead Way

| Led by Schurman, Gallant, Hogan y and Cahlll who accounted for six of .1111: scvcn goals Crystalsvaiter fail- : lug to get. a shot on goal m the first live minutes of the game as M1. ‘Sfcwurt carried the play to them ‘suddenly hit their real stride as they 1were presented with the first goal. ‘Forced behind the net Jack Schur- mun sllovclled a. pass out front only t0 sec the disc narcm off McIntyres skate 111to the cage behind the s11r- prised Mt. Stewart. goal e. The goal came after 9 minute; and a. hull‘ oi‘ nlay and le s than three minutes later Wedge centering the Crystals second line split the efeuce wide

open to beat Jay for the second counirr, BCwfliSg drew a nnlty shortly

after the scorc an Royals made it mighty hot, for the Crystals but Pet- ers refused to be beaten as he kicked out tl re drives from his doolitep. Only s fen rcouz’: of the ‘session trnnnlnvd when , J rtrlle Czlhill aftcr Ifli=5illg tho uct ircfn five feet out on n solo cfiort picked up the rebound ‘off the boards to slum the d sc into ‘the cage 1111' the third Crystal score 111

of e cssion.

.\\'£ll‘i ntiackin sircnglv at

[the . . t of the secou were ivlthin >lll(‘lll‘s of a score on two occasions in: Wclr and McAdam brokethroucb | but Pcfors saved sonsatlonn ly. Play iwas spccdiug up and bodies were being uscfi freely in evcrv zone as Jack Sfillilflllilll paraded through)!- lone for the first goal of the period idraiving the goaue before slippnrr I thc disc home. For the next twelve mnuics the teams hammered away [at each other without a score but "Chick" Gnhanf still the smooth worlc-nzin 111-curd the nct as m 1111’ d c‘ _ went in close on Jim HOF- 1m‘.- nn s f~r qcal number five, A minute nod 29 samnd: later "2"?" Ibroke into the scoring as he blasted

NaTiiond-ll To Have Busy Weekend; 6' TYlts

MONTREAL. March B—(GP)—— The National Hockey League will have its busiest weekend 1n months wli-h all teams seeing action, and several standing changes may be effected by the sx games.

Montreal Canadzens play a home-mld-nzme series WLth Detrcii Red Wings. A loss of a game w.ll remove the slim mathmatical chance Canadians have to get in the league playoffs. Canadeus will be hampzred by a weakezied de- fence n-a thcy attempt to acrre their Lrst home-town win atnce Dsc, l4

Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks will meet 1n whet. hockey considers the toughest of the N. H. L. assignments, at Thron- to Saturday night and Chicago me next night.

Two Chicago victories would put them in a thud-place tie with Tor- onto.

New York Americana face a tough task too. They play the league-leading Boston Bruins Sat- urday night at Boston and then mcct their fellow txmmsmen, the second place New York Rangers Suminy.

Should the America defeat Breton

-and thcn fall before the Rangers.

i-hc Ranger; would take over first place in the league standing,

CORNWALL. March 8 -(CP) — Carnival‘ Flvers remained in the running for the uebec senior hoc- key 198K114‘. title night beating Montreal Royals 6-4 to even the l-cst-cf-flve game.- semi-finai play- off series at two victories apiece.

SATIIBAY llT

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Continuous Music

a low drive into the twines on a pass 11pm Schurmnfl.

LVLL. DWnlMvLUFCCG desperately all through me 1mm twenty minute, but to no avau as the winners counted the only goal of the season Gallant taking Scnurmank. pass jn- side the line and wi%ta beautiful

effort drawing 1he . Stewart goalie far to one side before slipp- mg the disc into the unprotected

corner. Mt. Stewart in the zfnal half o1 the game had a big edge on the play as they swarmed 1n with un- ceaslng attacks but fast. cleanng plus great. goal-tending robbed thc losers of numerous chances of breaking into the scoring column. The larget crowd ever to witness an intermediate game ln the o- vlnce for a good many years—t ere was close lc 1200 fans pesent bol- stered by large crowds from Mt. Stewart and Sunlmerside-suw the two squads stage a. fast bruising batfe all the way with Dick Steele of the Crystals being the only ces- ualty suffering o._ shoulder injury that required mcdlcal attention.

Lineups: Crystals: Goal. Peters; Defence Bownes, Cahlll, Ellis; forwards.

Schurman Gallant, Hogan, Morris- on. Hickey. Dickey, Steele. J. Wedge

Royals: Goal, Jay;Defcnce, Mc- Adam, Mclfityre, MoClintick; for- wards R. McDonald Weir. C_. Mc- Donald. A. McDonald, F. KeL-y, H Peters. S. Kel . _

dReferee, Earl Arsenaux, Summer- cl e

SUMMARY

First Period l-Crystalq Schurman 9.31. 2-Cr '11s. Wedge 12.00. 3-Cr s Cahill. 19.53

PenalWL-Bowness Second Period

4-Crvstals. Schurman. 4.33 5-Crystals, Gallant (Hoganl 16-55- o-Crystals. Hog m 18.28 Penalties -None. Third Period ‘I-Crystals. Gallant (Schurmalfl

Penalties-weir- (me-forl-

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Upsets Feature Badminton In Quarter-finals

WINNIPEG. March B —(CP) — Upsets tumofeu an over the coil-HS of 1.111.- vvnunpcg wlilter 011115 today m tneicanauian baumington chum- p.onsn1l>s quarter-zmal 111111411195 111 niEllS 1111a women's sulglco.

Manorfe Delaney, defending Wom- e115 1.11.1151. from Quebec. lost. her crown in a thril-ulg duel with Ev- elyn Eunert. 0i Toronto. Scores were 6-11. 11-6. 12-11.

Last year's runner-up in the same event, Margaret Taylor 0i Kelowna, B. 0., was eliminated in startling fashion by RESimfs un- seeded Clare Elhman, 12-11, 11- .

In the mens slnBle-i Blu- Pmkerton was uniet by Edde Lemon of Wlnnl ll 1n quarter-final matc . Lemon stayed off p, determined second a-mc rally b the casterner. to win 1 -ll. 15-1-1- 111; meet; defending champion Dick Birch of Montreal tonight in I semi-final match.

Johnny Samfe oi Vancouver mov-

into the fours with a. 15-4. 15-7 victory over Frank Longrldge of Mom i1m¥l'l1o<ih§r s me mm-

e

(fmingflronio who, yalonil Wm! Bimb- earned his place last night.

Mrs. Dorothy Walton of Toronto advanced m the semi-finals wfl-h =11 u-o 11-1 win over Doria Grey <11 Guelph. and the fourth smi- w” filled when Jean Eckhart of Van- couver walloped Betty Snell oi Oi.- tawa. 11-1. 1 -5-

Keen Mlnardb in the home-

TllE Fillllll!

3-5 Regular Afternoon Skate 14-BANDS-—l4

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Special Skating Assembly 8-‘11, 3 Hours

Adults 22c; Children 11c

A magnificent shield made poss- ible by contributions from citizens and merchant: of Chat/ham. Fred- "ifiiflh anrl Sackvll", N. B., and Charlottetown, emblematic of me fuierconegale hockey champfon_ ship of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and won in its first year by Si. Damian's Univer- sity will soon be on display in one of the business establishments of this cztvqit was learned yesterday.

The shield. which the writer had the prlvuege of seeing yesterday is a beautiful Dlece of work. Of solid cak l1; weighs in the vicinity o’ thirty pounds and two feet long by a foot and a half wide; the mount. 111g is done in bronze, On t; 15 the coat of arms of the four college; "hi" 111KB Part 1n the competition, namely. St. Dunstans, Mt. Allison. U. N. B. and St. Thomas. While at the bottom ls the coat; of arms of the two prlvinces New Bruuuswzck and Prince Edward Island in act-1- ition to name plates on each side on which will be engraved the win- hers names ffcm year to yea;

In the centre is a bronze plate on which will appear the name:- 0i the various merchants and ct- izens who have made the shield DQ551014? by donations All lettering is done in raised bronze letters,

To the Saints go the honor of 1111111111118 it the first time and it w'll fi-‘fifiilily be a great addition m the trophies the university already possess

Jenkins Takes Quick Victory Over Larkin

NEW YORK, lifarch B-(AP) —

iSchurmam Th

Lew Jenkins, lrekout specialist from Swectwater._ Texas, climbed to a commanding spot for a chance at the lightweight boxing championship tonight by flattening Tlpby Lzirkln 0i Garfield, N. J., in the first. round of a scheduled l5-round fight in Madison Square Garden, JPHKIIIS weighed 134 1-4; Lzlrkin 135 l-4. Tearing out with the bell. Jen- kins took command immediately. He tirrew both fists without a stop. finally ccnnecting with a ser'es of solid lefis and rights and Lax-kin dropped to his r-n corner. HS WPPf sou"- >'"~;~ ~< >~~i‘.e-1-q Pete Hartley counted the full 10. e time was two minutes, 41 sec- onds. For his convincing display. Jen- kins was immediately promised a 718M with champion Lou Ambers for lightweight. title in this some Arena Mav 10. Promoter Mike Jacobs made the anmuncement as Larkin was assisted from the ring bv his handlers and the jubilant genklns headed for his dressing om.

Halifax Rink Wins N. S. Jr. Curling Title

TRURO. N. 5-. March B-(CP) ——Mayflower Curling cub or H511. fax defeated Halflax Curling Club l3-tl here today to win the Nova Scotla Junior Curling Champion- ship and the Johnson Cup. The Mayflower-s were behind, 0-8 at the end of the third end.