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By CARMAN SMITH

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7Nicklaus Proves Himself

JACK NICKLAUS proved to everyone that he deserves a' epot amonst big time golfers Sunday w .n betame the to capture the Masters classic at the tender age

The zoo-pound. (live-foot. 11-inch youngster, who ranks with be little South African. .Gary Pia-yer, 1n

doesn't wilt under pressure

Palmer. generally rated the favorite and going for an un- receden 4th Masters title. was unable to get rolling and

Finished well off the pace with a four-round total of 291 and a tie for ninth place with Don January.

The person who probably suffered most in seeing Palmer finish that far down the list was his longtime caddy in the classic. Nathaniel (Iron Man) Avery.

Avery started carrying clubs for Palmer in 1955 when the latter came to the Augusta National as a freshman and it’s been his job ever since. ,

Impressed With Palmer

IRON MAN. a good golfer himself, was impressed immed- iately with the young Palmer. "Most people playing here for the first time are happy to make the cut". he said. “Mr. Arnie Eves; not satisfied with nothing but winning. That’s the way e 5."

iron Man is a slouchy stoop-shoulder stringbean in green and white overalls. 5 feet 11% inzihes tall with only 158 pounds on his bones.

He quit school while. still a tyke and picked up a reput- ation among his pals as a prankster and street fighter_ That's how he got the name "Iron Man". I was a pretty ornery char- acter when I was a kid," he says with a touch pride.

Palmer wouldn’t have anybody else. Iron Man probably would quit the profession if the assignment ever were passed on to somebody ese. “We wet as a team out there". Avery said. “We don't argue. Sometimes we may disagree. But we just go into discussions and decide what is best.

ron Man “clubs” Palmer - that is - suggests the stick' to be used on each shot. and frequently helps read the break of the green. “I don't say I‘m always right. Mr. Arnie has the final say of course". the caddie said_ “1‘ I make a mistake, he don’t get red-necked with me. If either of us gets upset. It don't help him and it don’t help

A Lucrative Job

AVERY SAID he spent most of his time now in New York. doing nothing particularly. but always returns to Augusta to pick up Palmer's bags. It's one of the most lucrative jobs in caddying ranla. ’

Last year. after Palmer had won the championship and

. “They (Arnold and his wife Winnie) just got excited. It was meant to be $1.500. But it was nice while it last .‘

said he can always tell when Palmer is getting ready for one of his miraculous come-from-behind finishers. "He tugs at his glove. jerks on his trousers and starts walk- ing fast." he added. “Then he says. ‘The game is on’ ".

An Island Native

DOUG HOWATT. who has been receiving so much praise for his fine play as a Mancton Hawk player this year and who scored the winning goal in the opening game the best of Allin-Cup semi-final series against Windsor Bulldogs Sunday, is a former Charlottetown boy.

Th f Do Howatt and his brother Kier

irst time we when they were playing with Bathurst Papermak-

e was in 1958 Papermta’akve s captured the Maritime Senior Hockey

lers. Monette playing coach. and in 1959-60 Howatt led the league in scoring with 18 goals and 18 assists over a 24-game sch ule. Sub-goalie for the Ramblers that year was strip- tease artist Charlie Mc'l'avlsh.

‘ WORD HAS reached us that veteran Indian runner John Paul of Scotchfort is getting in shape for the gruelling Boston Marathon. rated by many athletes as one of the stiffest endur- ance tests in the realm of spo .

This isn't the first attempt for Paul, who competed in the marathon for the irst time in 1936 and finished 13th out of a large field of runners from all over the world in a time hours. 45 minutes. Exactly ten years la he tried again and finished 20th. He also ran the following year.

John’s son Isaac. who has turned out once for the Mair- athon and who is now married and living in Manchester, New Hampshire. will also be competing this year and John insists he will finish ahead of his son in the competition.

Snyder Had Hoped In Play With Yanks

By JOE REICHLER NEW YORK (AP) Duke Snider has known since last winter he would be wearing a New York uniform this season but he was hoping it would carry the letters Yankees on the shlr front rather than

spring. But I know I'll help this club if they'll bear with me. All I ask for is a little patience. The Dodgers had to get waiv- ers from all National League clubs before Snider could be sold to the Yankees.

Weiss. who had left the Yan- kees with some bitterness. be- fore accepting the president's

Meta. "It was all set for me to come

Bulldogs Whip Hawks 8-3

WINDSOR. Ont. (CPL—Wind- sor Bulldogs slammed home four goals without a reply in the first period and went on to defeat Monoton Hawks 8-3 Wed- nesday night. taking a 2-1 lead in their best-o‘-seven eastern Allan Cup final series.

game be played here Saturday night and the fifth next Monday night. also in Windsor.

Tommy Walker set the scor- ing pace with three goals for

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the Bulldogs. lrwin Gross nettcd a pair with Jacques Begin, Lou Bendo and Bob Brown adding singles, Gross also had five assists while Walker claimed a pair.

Simon Nolet. Georges Roy

and Oscar Gaudet scored for Moneton. Gaudet's goal came) on a penalty shot in the second period a w a r d ed by referee Norm Warner when Doug Ho- watt was dragged down from behind on a breakaway. It was Ga-udct's Slat goal of the season,

Jean Guy Morissette turned in another outstanding game in the Moncton nets despite the eight goals. He kicked out 34 shots to 19 for Wayne Rutledge of Windsor.

A crowd of 3239 saw Warner levy l2 minor penalties. seven to the visitors.

U RY First period: 1. Windsor. Be- gin (Gross. Walker) 3:10; 2. Windsor, Walkef (Gross. Brown) 7:50: 3. Windsor. Gross (Brown, I

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By BILL MacDOUGALL (when he was checked by De- TORONTO (CP) —- The two trait defenceman Bill Gadsby in big stars from the antagonists in‘ the first period Tuesday night, the Stanley Cup final are ailing, was diagnosed as a sprain and but it apparently won't last for, a bruise on his left knee. long. } THIRD GAME SUNDAY Frank Mahovlich. Toronto Ma- A Leaf spokesman said he will pie Leafs‘ high - scoring left be out tonight but “It looks very winger. suffered a knee injury good for Sunday." That's when in the first game of the final the third game will be played, Tuesday night and will prob" in Detroit. The fourth is also ably be out no longer than one scheduled for Detroit. on Tues- game. ay. Gordie Howe, the Detroit Red; "I guess he'll be all right," Wing right winger whose nameI manager-coach Sid Abel said of gets in big print after almost. Howa. But. he added. right now every game he plays. has thc‘ “he’s not too well." flu but chances appear good that The right winger was feeling

Mahovlich, Howe Ailing; May See Action Tonight

afterwards he and some othersl man Carl Brewer taking Mahov-

were not pulling their weight. I

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'5 place, a move he put into

Speaking to reporters after a“ effect a few times late in the

Leaf practice Wednesday, Tor- onto manager - lmlach said “there's a chance"-

when asked whether

season coach Punch other wingers were injured.

when Mahovllch and

Douglas, who led the mid-sea-

defence-l son voting for rookie of the year man Kent Douglas would take and has a Mahovlich's place on the line perience

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with Springfield In:

with centre Red Kelly and right dians of the AHL. practised on

winger Ron Stewart.

“You never know what I'm wari Wednesday.

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left side with Kelly and Sie- During t h 0

going to do." he said. “I don't playoffs. he has been used maln-

know either." POSSIBLE MOVES With Larry Hillman up from Rec-heater Americans of the American League.

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Third period: 8. Wind sor, ‘ Walker (Brown, Gross) 4:01: 9. I Moncton, Roy (Estabrooks. Ho- watt) 5:27; 10. Windsor. Brownl (Gross, Begin) 16:03; 11. Mone- tcn, Nolet (Allard) 18:37. Pen-, allies — Josephson and Ford} 1:00, Micallef 19:27.‘

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SPORT ECHOE

By Norman Macdonaid Snmmerside Bureau of The Guardian

Should Make Correction

Guess we should correct something from last column right of the bat. We were say- ing that Island teams were not good enough for mainland senior teams and too good for mainland Intermediate .gregations. We said should be classed as ‘ mediate AA" or “Senior C".

chariot to a star. not rolling over and playing dead at the command of the big boys west of the Ottawa Valley. If there‘s something wrong with our Jun- ior organizing which makes it unlikely that we can compete successfully with most of On- tario an-d the West. let‘s find out what it is and correct it. rather than accept meekly the tag of second raters. There‘s cenainly nothing wrong with the boys from Quebec. They've been graduating into the ranks

the Montreal Canadiens for years now,

out. making the point point- less. Guess. at that, We don’t have “Double A” or “Triple A" hockey as We do in pro- fessional baseball.

Bully tor the Ottawa Montag- nards for protesting the CAHA decision to oust Eastern Can- ada from Memorial Cup com- petition. They'ure hitching their

make a crash landing recently, have a pnoud record of achieve- ment down through the years.

Effort Half Hearted

One trouble with the Mari- times is that our effort to promote Junior hockey has al- ways been spasmodic and half- hearted. Imagine a city the size of Halifax turning out Junior players such as 'we’ saw at Sports Arena this spring. It is bordering on the hockey is on the island to stay. miraculous that Prince Ed- Anti by all means let's have ward Island can ice a Junior (.hat Memorial Cup to shoot at. team home brews like the Have a trophy for the winner Penguins considering the fact 0 that Junior hockey on the is- land has always been an “on-

again, off-again" proposition. ’lhvey emerge for a year. gen- erally do pretty well. then go back into their cocoons for two or three seasons. With a coach

Eastern Conference you wish, but let our Eastern

Go With Red Wings

ly climbed aboard the Detroit bandwagon. mostly because of that super-star. Gordie Howe, and maybe a little too he-

Both our favorites 1- a m e through in the Stanley Cup sem-ifinals. and we had some trouble taking sides. but final-

er paste to restore cracked and broken

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like Bucks.) Trainor and a pub- , “my man of Ivan Doherty-s: convmced us that the Red caliber, let's hope that Junior-

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teams go for the big one too. .

he will be in the lineup for to: night's second game of the best- of-seven final

Mahovlich‘s' injury. suffered

Douglas to the offensive crew would still leave Imlach with five rearguards. He also men- tioned the possibility of defence-

jthe effects of the flu in Tues-, ‘day night's game. but it w. ‘ anything but noticeable although i Howe said in the dressing room

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To Fredericton

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l Charlottetown Bantam and Midget Abbie teams head for Fredericton. NB. Friday mor- ning where they will compete in Maritime playoffs in their r - tspeciive brackets. The ma lwill leave the Sports Arena for the NB. capital at 8.15 am.

. The Bantams will play in a round robin series with the NB.

and Nova Scotia winners for

the three province crown and their first game is slated for Fri- ’. day evening at 7 pm. against at Dartmouth team.

The Midgets may play for just the N.B.-P.E.l. title with a (Fredericton team. the ew lBr-Jnswick representative, the Nova Scotlans are still in the midst of provincial play-

owns,

Coaching the Bantams is Dr. Jehn Theriault and M i d g e t 'coach is Dr. Mack Beck.

Here is the Bantam lineup:— Jelley. W i l s o n Hume; defence—~ Philip O‘Neill. David Jenkins, Ronnie Stead- man, Teddy Kiison; forwards~ Bobby Whitlock. Bobby Doherty. , Jimmy MacDougall. Hank Plag- Igenhoeff. Owen O'Brien, Billy i LeCIair: Brian Foley. .1 a c k ie Arsenault, Dougie S i e v enson: manager- trainor— Ronnie Car- michacl.

cause we are partial to under- dogs. That first game

Wings will make it an heroic . tussle before they go under 5 (if they do). They held the ,‘ Leafs even for 59 minutes ‘ (58 lnin. and 52 seconds. to be

bloods can’t expect to score two goals in the first minute every game. Duff rifled two before the Wings settled down. but the Detroit boys should have their ice legs from now on In. We're behind the Red Wings 100 percent. and we

i drink to their success. Well. here‘s Howe.

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iions. blanked Charlottetown ‘rock (Hamilton) :10; 2. Ottawa, ling game of their besi-of- , Gordon 2:45. Cullen 4:04, R. gfive interprovinciai playoff ser- Gallant10:16.Groulx 12:25. 'ies. 1 Set : No scoring.

The Maritime champions. who ; Penalties—Larkln (double mi- siepped off a train just eightinor) 5:13, Lawlor 6:25. McLeod hours before game time. had a,15:55. shaky first period when they fell. Third period: behind 20 They showed con-lGroulx (Fitzpatrick, ,siderable improvement in the 2:17; 4. Ottawa. Stitt arock, :scoreless second period but Mon- Bonner) 3:10; 5_ Ottawa. GM. 1 ties had too much skate for them don (Chiarellil 8:57; 6. Ottawa, in the final session. 'Byrnes (Fitzpatrick) 19:39. Pen-

Winger Al Sim paced the 0i- . allies: Zaine, minor. 10-minute itawa attack with two IOther scorers were Larry alr- , lock. .I.P. Groulx. Greg Gordon McQuaid and Bob Byrnes. Ferguson Moniagnards say they) will: ‘————————— (challenge the Ontario ranc ( (Junior champions if they get by ‘the Maritime rlwb. Canadianl iAmateur Hockey Associationv The following is the curling said last week that my are try‘ 1 draw for Thursday at the Char- inE if‘ m the Ottawa Challenge llotieiown Club. Please get your “: into Memorial Cup play, :own subs,

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only for a new trophy establish- Jdcseqdél-EBI‘SESTEE- fawll‘or. vs. .90 fill; 59350“ by the CAB!" It . Saunders. l. MacDonald. D. will be awarded to the wmner Jardine' C. Edge“.

of a competition WW?“ “‘9' 1 , z: 'r Wilitlock. 1. Duffy, Mal'lllme- Ottawa D'smm and I F. Cox, M: Acorn, vs. Dr. Gid- Quebec branches. {dings' V. Ross. M. Ken,nedy_ K_ The scond game of the series MacLeod. will be played Friday and ‘hel Ice 3: A, Humphrey. M- Doyle. third on Saturday. A“ Eamehn. Ball. L. Jardine. vs. B. Mac- will be Played in Ol‘a‘” IG e or. I. Gallant, B. Acorn,

A crowd estimated at well be- i‘ B_ Squarebriggs. low 1.000 watched Monties 9"“: Ice 4: a LcCIair. J. Giddings.

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play the Penguins by a ‘l'lde'c. Campbell. M. MacNeili vs. margin. The Ottawa team fired R Ketch. M MacNem, B. 33 shots on Charlottetown goalie Sopen 5. Flemming.

Carl McQuaid while the visiting Ice 5; Geo_ Dino“ vs. H. pet.

team managed only 15 shots at erg. Ottawa's Paul Ferguson. 1 It was a c' \ ily-fought game. ‘.

EOBIS- .misconduct 4:34. Bonner 14:44.}

in the lobby of the hotel where they are staying was of the , chances they missed onto‘s 4-2 victory Tuesday night. _Shois by Parker Mac-Donald. ‘ Sydney, .‘S., native and Norm Ullman both went astray with Toronto g o a l t e n der Johnny Bower beaten In the second pe- riod a Leaf netminder made good stops on several other Doiroit scoring attempts. But Abel didn‘t forget that the Leafs also missed some good chances.