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SPORTING N EWS {Predicts Close Pennant Race In American League

its army and navy tangling in tonight's softball tussle at the Park diamond and with rivalr very keen between the two bran es of the arnied forces fans can expect to witness a hotly contested. clbse struggle all the way through,

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This army team Ls l.-:i;:_.; looked on bv many of the fans as the team to top in the league. Reports have it_thst their pitcher is very fast while the rest of the team is s. smooth-fielding, fast unit that are on their toes everv minute of me game.

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The navy however are n0! slow by any means. They have been throwing the ball around at every opportunity anc; are confident that they can take their brothers-in- arms into cacnp in tonight's tussle.

NEW YORK. June 1 (AP)—BQ- cause of the loss of such sooper- doopor stars as Ted Williams and Joe Dlmagglo. lather than 1n spite of it. President Will Harridge of the American League expects the close pennant race in his circuit to last right throu h the season.

Only about a ha f-dosen games separate the first and last-place clubs today and, as Hsrrldge sees it, the rinclpsl reason is that the top-ran. g stars of nearly everv club joined the armed forces. As a result there was a general leveling- off with the teams forced to de- pend upon tho ordinary run of "300

NEW YORK, Jung i - (AP) —- St. Innis Cardinals and Ilroaak-‘n Dodgers grafiiied for 12 innings bo- day in a Wl baseball battle at Si. Louis which the world champions won finally 11,9 on a two-run hom- er by Harry Walker.

The victory put the Redbirds

The grime will get under wav at 7 o'clock sharp and players

on hand in plenty of time. - - Although the Air Fbrce team

RIB asked to make everv effort to colleague lead w half a some. reveal-

ahead in the four game series 2 to 1 and withered Brooklyn's National

ed only faintly in the percentage standings of .691 to .639. The rivals used nine pitchers and

took quite a shellacking at tile hands of the Y team last night it won't be long before this same, outfit will be s. much tougher nut. to crack. They showed lack of practice last night and were far from top form. In addition they were short two of their better play- ers that left gaps that could not he filler. on short notice, However. they will be heard from plenty be- fore the league is over, make no mistake about that.

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Where do shortstops and second] basomen go when the speed startsf to slin our. of their legs? Whv. oven! m third base. the supposed ‘oft JOb of the inflelc. where it is figur- y ed that onlv three and one half chances arrive during a game.

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And those opportunities never have to be chased. There's no time to rus‘. into position and iudge the hop. Either you do or don't; it's a stab at. a rifle shot or a rush in for a bunt. l . .

But those are two quined- at the hot and brains. ft takes guts to iump in iron of those shots that scorch the foul line and quick thinking to do the right thing on bunts.

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Well, if all that is so, then the Giants have s. really good third sad: " - Richard Btartell, Rowdy Dick. For 14 vears he played short- stop and then in 1941 he took up the double role of performing at third base and the busy spot- be-

things re- corner-moxie

tween second and third bases. O I

All know of his fighting spirit on the field, but only his friends know how he fought to stay in baseball. Back in 1938 the Giants gave up on him when he was traded w the Cubs in a deal that brought Bill Jurges to the Terryrnen, From the Cubs he went to the Tigers and after helping them win a nnant he put in fve games of t e 1941 campaign only to be released out- right.

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Bill Terry grabbed up his con- tract as insurance for his infield. but Bortell wound up playing 104 games and then in 1942, when Billy Wet-bet‘ was brought on to take over, Dick chalked up action in 90 contests.

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All though/t that the 36- r-olcl‘ veteran would surely spen most of 1943 riding the bench. There was a newcomer, Sid Gordon from Brooklyn. to plsv third base for the Giants. But. Babe Barns failed to hit, Gordon was moved out. to left field and‘ Baa-tell took over at the hot corner, his 17th season m the majors. . .

Bartell isn't the infielder he was back in i934 and '35. but he's still in there trying. everv second of the game. There's no relaxing for even a moment. _ _ _

The left side of the Yankee in- field still has to untrack itself. Man- agei‘ Joe McCarthy has George Stlrnweiss. a second baseman. ploy- ing shortstop and Little Bill John- slon. a shortstop. at thud. This causes some confusion on occasion

made a totcl of 35 hits, 20 of them by the Cardinals.

In Pittsburvh. a thrilling steal of home in the 14th inning by short- stop Huck Geary. after the bases had been loaded with one man out, gave the surging Pirates s. 5-4 vic- tory over Boston Braves. It was the seventh. victory in nine games for the Bucs.

Jack Hallett. rookie pitcher from Toronto. held the Braves in check

“Poor Risk” llas Laugh 0n Clubs

NEW YORK. Junel - (AP) - That. kicked-around arises trav- eller. Balbe Dahlgren, today had reason to lau/gh heartily at the numerous clubs which kept passing him down the line as a poor risk. The Babe is now playing first base for the Philadelphia Phils. leading the National League in hitting with a snappy .368.

As the Phil: went down the past week. Babe went up. He boostul his average 2'7 Points in jumping from fourth place to first.

lf Dahlgren can maintain his present pace for a short while long- er he will enter the Armed Service as the leagues leading batsman. He he has been notified he had passed his preliminary physical test and would be eligible for induction in the held. quota. 0d’ his Philadelphia drfat. board, probsibly in July

Cards IVin Wild Baseball Battle 11-9 From Dodgers

ilatest Montreal

or ynder hitters." mum

" was afraid we run into s lot of games with fivs or sf: errors when there were so tnsny yo players in the line-ups," age said today. But that hasn't hap- pened. The kids are laying pretty

ood baseball and wth the close tersstlng games you don't. notice the difference in quality.

"I expect that this condition will continue right throulh to the end. In many years. even this early in the season. one club would be way out in front, but there doesn't seem to be much difference between the clubs now."

without a nit until the ssvdlfl when he weakened to allow one run. In the eighth, three hits and an error enabled Boston to tie the score.

Philadelphia Phllllos beat Ohio- ago Cubs the sixth time in seven games this season when they wall- oped out of 12 hits to win, 7-2. in Chicago.

Si Johnson, 85-year-old righthsn- der, won his fourth game of season with a seven-hit performan- ce.

Cincinnati Reds bunched four of their five hits in the fifth and sixth innings to walk off with a 3-1 vic- torv over the New York Giants in a twilight, game at Cincinnati.

The contest wtu featured by tight pitching nn the part. of New York's Jchnnv Wlttig and Cincinnati's vet- eran ‘Ray Starr Both fllirwgd b-nt five hits and each was credited with three strikeouts.

Livestock Sales

The following is the re rt cf

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HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

-wm|- WALTER. PIDGEON MAUREEN ounna

MONTAGUE- IIIDAY AND sartlngff

HOUR-IS — MONDAY

and eo the vice-chief of the mnerll staff st. Ottawa, Mal-Gen. J. 0- mil-elite.

Y.M.0.A. Team Wins Opener From Airmen

A hsav hitting Y.M.CA. team clouting e ball to all comers of the field and adding four homo runs in the bargain to their Lts-hit attack last. night started of! in conspicuous defence of their city title when they sent the Air Force team down to a 34-8 defeat as the Cit Softball League swun into ac on at the Victoria Par dia- monci.

Taking advantage of their 0D" ponents loose playing in the first

s. 24-4 lead and were never threaten- ed afterwards. Air Force tightened up their defence in the last four frames to give a much better dis- play and were battling their op- ponents on even terms in the last three innings of the game. Tonight the army and navy tan- gle in the postponed opener of the league and judging by the com- ments heard from fans who have watched both tennis in action. a much closer battle is cXlJected. 1 Bill Whltlock, left. fielder of the Y. teain connected for two circuit blows during the game. with Car- michael and Walsh also of the Y. team getting one apiece. Lineups: Y.M.C.A.~Gatttiiier. Power, Whit- lock. Whalen, Carmichael Train- or, Poulton, Hcnnessey, Walsh. AIR. FORCE-Mitchell Morgan. Chlcolne, Budd, Carr, Tessier, Da- vies Talbot, Chevrier. Umpire-Hes McQuarrie.

the latest Montreal live stoc sales, supplied by Mr. H. W. Clay, Domin- ion Department of Agriculture:

Cattle and hogs strong; calves and sheep steady. Steers l0 to l2 3-4, some top steers i3; heifers 8 to 12; cows, 7 t-z to l0. Canners and cutters 5 to 7 1-4; bulls 8 1-2 to ll. Veal calves, 12 to 15. drink- rer calves. 9 to ll grass calves, 8 1-2 O 9.

Hogs 18.90 to 17.00, dressed liot weight. Sows ll 1-2 to l2 live

weight.

Lambs $6.00 to $11.00 each; sheepa 61-2 to 10; bulk 9 to 10.

Hog producers should exercise special care to prevent hogs which weigh under 190 lbs. live weigh" c the farm from reaching packing gleants. Such hogs if shipped, may

picked out at the plants and sold as feeders with a resulting loss

American League

CHICAGO, June 1,-(AP)- Anotln er reigning American Insane batting leader 1B on the verse of abdicating, and a midsummer free-for-ali am- ong the crown princes is in store.

"m! ll-‘s Vern Stephens. the Si. Louis Brown's shortstop-out- ielmwglll hash‘ m m for; the “my e PM G 0 e!‘ eagtie hitters by a solid 4.6 Points. t

Last time Ted Wil isms of the Boston Red Sox finished as the American League champion with a .356 average and promptly went in- to the service. Young steppe“ cut short the rivalry for William's title this sprint; w sailing ahead of the lather swingers into a substantial

911d. and when he left the club yes. terday his average was 3,75

Remember When (By The Canadian Press) Seven years ago today the Babe Ruth-Boston Braves feud- came m a head and the "King of 9mg" was given. his unconditional release ""15 terminating a spectacular base- ball career of 22 veers. He put in 15 years with the New York Yank-

eesbefor abitb gm] with theeBraveseT u "d period

in the scoior of dirt they Datrol for the Bronx Bombers. . -

"Lei. me do the worrying‘ was Joe's constant. admonition to the inquiring scribes at Asbury Park un- til it became a bvword around the camp. And he isn't worrying now ovr-r his Ncvsark rookies not being able to adjust themselves gradu- ally to their new and somewhat strange battle stations.

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Joe doesn't ploy‘ ~i~0ttntl with a misfit infield. At. Chicago he saw at once that Riggs Stephenson wouldn't do as his second sucker and converted him into a hard- hitting Cub outfielder. the Yankees presently. - . took Ben Chapman off third and sent him out to left field where he selonged. l-fe experimented only briefly with Joe Gordon on first base a year ago. And he switched Red Rolfe from short to thr- hot corner before you could say Jump- ing Jne Dngnn. ' . .

Girl Guide News

GUIDE COMPETITION

The competition for the otm don- ated by the Guiders‘ Club, will be held Saturday, June 5th. taking me form of an outdoor quiz on the following subjects;

l-Knols, 2—What is It? 3--First Aic, 4—Trees, fr-Wood-craft Signs. 6-—li‘lowers, 7-The Eight Points of The Compass, s-—Company Drill, 9 —Rations. ill-Morse.

Each Guide must have one rope for knots and one bandage, score

card. Guides d: Guiders will meet at

Morse JOe would have preferred to keep Stirnweiss and Johnson on the bench bcsldc him until they were lliorrnchlv friilec and able

2 PM. at Miss Suzanne Mclfinnons’ North River Road. Saturday. June 5th. 1943.

to find their way around the left side alone. _ .

But Phil Rizzuto was in the navy, Rolfe gone up to Yale coach basketball and baseball and Frisco Prank Orosetti under ,_ nsion by Judge Lsndis for being a, bad oov in the World Series. last Fall.

At Newark last year they were the star keystone kids of the min- ors, functioning as smoothly to- gether as Lou Boudreau and Ely

Olivier Maurault of the University J of Montreal. and Canon H. J. Cody

to the producer. Hogs which dress under 130 lbs. are not wanted.

BASEBALL LINESCOIE8 ..

Brooklyn 9; St. Imus l1. Boston 4: Pittsbudgh 5. Philadelphia 7; Chicago 2. New York l: Cincinnati I.

ARMED SERVICES '_; ‘°.°“_“"“9d .“2"‘_-_1_’-_".°;92_°l-

nine senior officers and compan- ionship in the Order of St. Michael and St. George sranted to l5 civil- EH5.

The honor roll of the civilians recalls the unfolding of many phases of the war effort. Men dis- tinguished in munitions production. in scientific research. diplomacy and other activities are honored.

Col. 0. M. Big ar, chairman of the Canadian sec ion of the joint Canada-United States defence bond, received the C.M.G. So clid Hhrry J. Carmichael, co-ordinator of production, department of muni- tions, who has done considerable

CANADIAN NAVY (Continued Page One)

MacNell, Robert. A- B- Neill-- Comdr. R..C.N.R. Halifax, NS.

Bough, G. O. flout-Commander, R.O.N.V.R. Halifax, N.S.

Herman, Ronald James. Lieuten- ant. R.O.N.V.R.. Halifax, NB.

Kenziey, Re lnald R. Lieutenant. R..C.N.R. Hsll ax. N5.

The kltlsb Empire Medal (MIL)