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f Team C's goal getters were

(By Lee Under) v PHILADELPHIA. Dec. zd-(AP) -Connie Mack. B6 tomorrow, says T his Phliadfltlhil Athletics would gbe a ms American League “a. ;nant contender "l! I had new ;seoond and third basemen who t could hit and run." , Connie. erect as always. said in . an interview he wants to win an- .. other world plonshlp “before . r retire and I think I have the makingsin this current team of mine." . Bothered slightly by e. cold. ‘ Connie heads for St. Petersburgh, . 51s., Friday for a two-month stay .7 before heading for Philadelphia's twest Palm Beach, 17s., training .. site. Baseball's grand old man—he‘s ' been in organized ball since 1684. . 53 years as a manager, the last 4T .1 at the helm of the A's-shrugged ‘off birthday wishes with a “let's I talk about baseball instead." - "When you get as old as I am J you want to forget about ages and idates," the octogenarlan said. He Tadmits to being born Comeilus LMcGiIIicuddy in East Brookfield, ‘Mass. 'I‘here's some doubt about ‘I the day-Dec. 22 or 25-h“ fie ‘Iyear was i862. T But about baseball? "Nobody wants to sell me a Igood second or third baseman. figure they want to trade-but they fiofier you nothing and want your stars. I'm not going to break up 'this team of mine now. It's going to be Brest ln a few years when ‘we start getting the needed help from our farm clubs. ‘The way things shape up w. _day the Athletics will field the ‘same team that finished fifth last season-Ferris Fain at first; Pete _suder at second; Eddie Joost at gshort, Hank Majeski at third, Buddy Rosar catching and Sam Chapman, Elmer Valo and Barney McCoskey in the outfield. Our pitching staff is the best in . the league. __ "But if I could get two_ more infielders, besides Joost and Pam - who were fast and could hit". in the pinches we'd be almost in." Why almost? “Boston is the team to beat ln (the American League. The plavers the Red Box bought from S‘. - Louis are exactly the scoring punch they needed. '

gleam B Wins "School League

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Led by centremau "Gump" Gil- lis who performed the hat trick. Team B. coasted to a 6-2 win over Team C. in a Queen Square School hockey league game played yes- terday afternoon.

“flied” Cheverie and A. MacDon- "sld, while M. Doyle. J. Coyle and A. McCallum scoredwthemothers for Team B. " Team c were handicapped in that they were playing without the services oi L. Hennessey and J. Nicholson, who are two of their front line men.

The game was well played with .'I'aam B failing to capitalize on many occasions in which they would have added to their total. .. The game also marked thecom- ing to life of the "V" line‘of Gil- lis. Leonard and Burke.

Summary: l-‘lrst Period l-Toam B, Gillis (Leonard, Larter) 2—Tear_n C, Cheverie. 3—Team B, Doyle (McTague, L. MacDonald) 6.23 4—Team B, Coyle

(Dunn, Hughes) -- 13.40 Second Period 6—Team B. Gillls (Leonard. C‘. Burke) .624 Third Period -s-Team C. A. MacDcnol ' (c. Ready) , ‘b-Team B, Gillie (Fields. c. Bu.rke)............._... as’: 6—'l‘eo.m B. McCallum (Dunn, Purcell) 14.63 STANDING Team w P“- Team B 3 9 4 Team O 1- 1 3 Team A 0 3 9 G APta .3 2 5 ..i 4 6 ..3 1 4 I l 4 I 0 I l. I I l 2 3 ..l 2 I l 2 3

llpps Retains Top Spot In llaticnal League

(Dy The Canadian Pram)

Byl Apps, veteran playmakol’. picked up a pair of alliltl l" lags’ two wmk-enzl ‘gang’ t:

his top a e National League scorins list with t9 points. Ted Lindsay of Detroit also garnered t/wo P0111" "m1 ‘ seal and an aseist to remain in the second spot. two lhlhind u"

Jioronto centre. Detr L's Jimmy lloledden moved " a ‘$11181 P1500 he with‘ Illmer Lech of

ltmtreal. heh has ilyoints. ‘he leaders: 5 l "l- II I ll I‘! II S ll ll II I ll 34 11. i.

_ Ii. L Hume .... .. _.....l84

Connie Mack Sees A's " Pennant Contenders

Halifax llotoe To un Broadcasting Ban

rlaamax. Dec. 2'2 Joel-m a

session that laeted 1 1-2 minutes

the Halifax Forum committee to- dev voted torlift a ' - on the broadcasting of hockey games im- llfiinfifidfi“ 5i?" "’ Ilnles. ' “t” The action set off a hornatk lgliuofloritioinn freon veterans at I axs Camp Kill Hospital, aims. "5 ‘n41 9119 Mimic in general and MBYOP J. E. (Gee) Ahern and tho £470.!‘ aldenmen who rgqnpm, the orum Conunission already had in- l-imated that the ban would be ifted. “The Nova Scott-a hub town of h "r0. which followed suit in the Ovkey radio silence.‘ has not, as yet rescinded the ruling and 1t; w“ estimated that 1.500 fans thronged the’ hockey citadel there for Satur- dflys Bis Fbulr League fixture,

Buck Whitlock Continues To Head League

(By The Canadian Preps)

Buck wnlllook of Moncton'

Hawks continued to head the high-scoring pack of the Maritime B18 F0111‘ Hockey League u ‘he season swung into its eighth week and two teammates, George Bog and Mike Demchuk. were tied m; 39cm"! P1800. fllures compiled by ‘til; Canadian Press showed Mon-

Whitlock, who has consistently 19d 1110 1068110 all year, came up l0 points to 50 during the 15s; week with 32 goals and 2B assists while Demchuk and. Bell each garnered 36 points with identical scores of l2 goals and 21 assists.

Alan. (Rock) Sullivan of the Halifax Crescents moved up from fourth position to a close third on 36 points, made up by 15 goals and 21 assists.

'I'ruro Bearcsts’ Lou Medynski now occupies fourth spot with 32 points on 13 goals added to 10 assists, placing him one rung above another Bearcat, John “Kink” MacDonald, who dropped back to fifth place, adding nothing to his total last week.

'I‘ruro's Eddie Wilson has claim- ed the title of most penalized among the top 20. He has served .63 minutes. 20 of them on the strength of misconduct sentences.

Top 20 scorers:

Pena. In G A P Mlns whltlock, Monctcn 32 1B 50- 17 Demchuk. Monctcn l2 26 38 12 Bell. Monctcn .. 26 36 16 'Sl.i'i1lVlIIlT Halifax’ arr-seas- Medynski, Truro . l9 32 6 MacDonald, Truro 19 12 31 0 Wade, St. John 16 14 30 13 Jackson, St. John l7 i2 29 0 Gray, Halifax .. 17 l2 29 10 Steele, Truro ll 16 27 29x Barkwell. Truro 1'7 9 26 23 Federonick. S. John 8 l5 23 0 McGregor, Halifax 10 12 22 0- Beaulieu. Truro 6 13 21 16 Hannon. Halifax l’! 11 l2 12x Ramsay, Monctcn .. '1 18 20 15 Charlton. Halifax .14 5 19 6 Jodoin. Monctcn 9 l0 19 24 Wilson, Truro ...... .. 9 9 1B 63x Butler, 8t. John .. ‘l l1 l6 0 x-Miaconduct. llown The Alleys HOLY NAM! ALLEY! D. V. A. Bowling Hl-Jinxz- W. L. Jenkins 100 98 Neil Macbeod 121 126 Miss Grant 1B2 153 R. E. ‘Trainer .. 194 164 L. I’. Macdonald . ....l1li 126 160 Total—2223. 120 206 15f 1M 126 I ‘lbtal-JZBO. . nigh single L A. lfacbeod roe. High three L A. MocLeod B22. Points: Ill-Jinx 1; Kllroys 4.

1C. Lewis ..... Miss Jenkins .._.. .....i60 P. D. Crosby w... .....146

was Coady .. so l. L Dolmen ..... Mg High aimie I. 0. Inwis all.

High thNO I. J. Harper I83. Points: Him!!! l 1-2; Kid! 8 1-].

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Four Standings

in 19 games. O O O O Members of Gordon _Drillon‘s Charlottetown "intermediate. club

DECEMBER 23, 1947

‘Barbara Ann Scott Resumes Training For

Candidates for the proposed Junior hockey league had their first workout at the Forum yes- terday and although the attend. ance wasn't a large one the boys that were on hand displayed plgn- ly ofhockey ability. and rsilhirds were of the opinion that a smart teem could be banded together.

O O I Q

Upwards of fifteen players Wen: on hand and it is expected that, this number will be swelled con- siderably when the Christmas holidays are over. Lack of prgg. tlce hours still presents something of a problem but this is expected w 11° BY-rllshtened out shortly with the direct possibility of the Players holding sessions at st. Dunstarfs University rink in ad.- dltlon to the hours that will be available at the Forum.

O O O O

Despite the fact the . mains mired in the cellaiqugfd the Cape Breton Hockey Leggug’ w“; lie Shepherd, Allie Carver and 09°11 13017111118. three Charlottetown boys playing With the team con- igllle 10.9181’ important parts in the clubs work and a Halifax ex- 6 B1180 had the following lrlbutg to their work in a recent lssuo;

T11 all‘. 1’ ‘I

9i? 0 the -- . .. but there are n‘: ltiltolfsonfinnfi. three honest workmen from Char- ltgfiiww‘; W1l° Ply their hockey o wth North Sydney Victor. ias of the Cape Breton League, ‘ e e e -l-

DIEM-Weights Cecil Dowling. 1B. A1118 Carver. 2o. and Walter Shep- ard. 19, are the only three of Prg. mler Jones’ boys in the cclliery 100D. and although they came to 11°F"! Sydney unheralded they have outlasted a large collection oi imports from western Canada.

1' l‘ ‘I -' ‘From a player angle the scene l" 110F111 Sydney has been a shift- ing one. but game in and game out the three kids from the Gar- den of the Gulf have climbed over the fence for the luckless Vics who have collected only flve points

last season. they came over for a tryout and made the grade when many felt they would not. O O O O

Of course. most members o! Vics are newcomers, but even at that it should be noted that Cecil Dowling is the club's top point getter with eight goals and three assists for ll points in 18 games Carver has four goals and five as- slsts for nine points and has tak- en part in 19 contests. The be- spectacled Sheppard. another 19- game player, has three goals and seven assists. Dowling and Car- ver are strangers to the penalty box, but Sheppard has served sev- en minutes. a major and a minor.

O O O O

The hard-working trio has ac- counted for 19 goals. tn average of one a game. which is hardly par for the course. but at least it's consistent pitching for the rookies. At that the line's total is exactly one-third of the tallies registered by vies who have count- ed only B7 times while 106 goals were poured behind goalie Bun riicholson of Winnipoll. an out- standing cage cop.

O O O

On the other hand, BydneyMil- lionalres, beaten only twice in 22 games. have rattled in 103 goals. while only ill were scored against them. The second-place Glace Bay Miners have scored B0 goals in 23 contests. ‘ *

O O O O

The Dowllng-Oarver-Sheppard string has not been, outstanding but they have a habit of playing for all their worth every time cut. 'I‘lle goal-a-game gait bears that out. It's a long way up the ladder where the Lawlora. Train- ors. Squarebriggl. Gallants, Whit- locks, Wllliamsea and Dowllrlga. too. used to roost on the top of the Maritime hockey ladder, but at least the Charlottetown chicks have gained a firm footing on the first rung. '

, O O O O

Prank Pouch may yet be re- garded as the oracle of the hockey year. If you'll recall. the popular Frankie predicted long before the N31. campaign got underway that Montreal Canadians would do no better than finish fifth this sea- son. with his own Ranger-a taking the fourth and anal play-ed spot

O O O O

Few people paid a great deal of attention to Boucher's remarks at the time. Moat of the sports scrib- II figured Ii-ankie was lust twins to get space in the newspapers. Int if you have looked ’at the N. 5.1.. standings recently you'll have seen that Mr. Boucher apparently wasn't talking through his chap-

eau. O O O O Ifthiogewiodupthewaykou- cber predicted, he should glveop coaching and take up tea cop . Aaalwamihdd lake's

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARDOTTETOWN

Skating Competitions

Secs Barbara llnn Canada's Sports Triumph This Year

By W. R. WHEATLEY

MONTREAL. Dec. 21—(CP)— Along about this time of year sport columnists begin recalling outstanding performances of the last 12 months and here. bright ""1 "Ply. We have Baa (Montreal Star) O’Meara with pithy and pointed comment on the 1947 par-

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Baz singles out "our greatest triumph", with its world-wide ac- claim, that of Barbara Ann Scott in winning the world figure-ska’.- lng championship. 'l'he famous car incident caused her victory to be “smirched officially by the lu- trusive busybodles of Olympians-.. but it did not in any way dim the lustre of her achievements."

Toronto Leafs won the Stanley Clip and Montreal Canadians won the National Hockey League title. yet Baa finds the big news of the waning year in hockey “the man-

ly NORMAN CRIBBENS

DAVOS. Switzerland. Dec. 2L. (CPJ-When Barbara Ann Bcot' was a seven-year-old towhead she asked Santa Claus for "a pair of one-runner skates fastened on boots and a horse."

5119 80f» the skates-first of many Dslrs that took her last winter‘ to 111° E11Y°Pean figure-skating cham- P10951119 he". to the world's vhamnlonship at Stockholm and 1., h-igh athletic honors in her own Canada. But she did not get the horse.

This Christmas, the first she's ever spent away from home, Bar. bars Ann will flnd in her stocking the odds that she'll win three more championships within the next few weeks.

But to help Santa, she started 1131111112 here three days ago for the European championships at Fri-Kile Jan. 13-15. the winter Olympics skating at st. Moritz Feb. 2-6 and the World cham- pionship at Davos Platz Feb. ll- l5

She rises at eight o'clo(\, rats a continental breakfast of butter- ed croissants with jam chocolate and ls at the Stadium 45 minutes later. The Stadium ls but a few minutes walk from the fashionable hotel where Barbara

ner in which Rangers are forging-Ann, he, momm he, “weapon

rapidly to the front, while the dis- tresslng news is the manner in which the Olympic hockey team has been made a football. placing Canada- in a very unfavorable light because of the sudden desire of the Olympic overlords to take control away from the hockey governing bodies."

Montreal Royals won the Allan cup and let no one forget it for a long while, “at. least till five of their players assayed the task of making the Cnnadiens. in which they have as yet not been notably successful."

Toronto_St. Mike's in winning the Memorial Cup "may have pro- duced the greatest junior team of all time; in any event. none won in such decisive style."

Toronto Argos again won the Grey Cup in football. but it was Winnipeg Blue Bombers and neith- er Argos nor the great University of Western Ontario team that was talked about as the season wound up. "Despite errors of omission. blundering strategy and fatal mis- cues (Bombers) almost pulled the greatest upset slnceythe old Ham- llton Alerts defeated Argos away back in 1912."

The Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club won honors at Bermuda; Canada lost at tennis to the Aus- tralians. but "thcre was some 1m- proverment noted in the quality of the game put up by the Canadian Davis Cup team.”

In skiing. the “Wurtele twins were outstanding so for as Canada is concerned." The United States appears to dominate in track and field, but Canada's “Bob and Don McFal-lane. along with Jack Parry. loom as possible point winners in the Olympic games."

After reviewing the internation- al sport fleld. Ban picks N 51mm! the greatest Canadian individual accomplishments the playink o! Maurice Richard and Max Bentley in hockey and "the exceptional ability of Joe Krol to rise to grent occasions" in football.

Carnera To Live In Tho United States

WASHlNGTON. Dec. 22 —-(AP)— Prilno Camera. former heavyweight boxing champion who now is a wrestler, ha; been given ,. lmission to live in the U-nited States poi‘- manently.

The Italian athlete has applied for penmisslon to bring his wlfel and two children to the United

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trainer. Sheldon Galbraith and Miss Margaret McGuinness, young Toronto sportswoman. are staying.

She skates until 12:30 p.m.. has luncheon at the hotel and ls back on the ice for two o'clock. She practises until dark, has dinner at seven o'clock and is in bed by 8.30.

She is training ill a special area of 45 by 60 metres, classic dimen- sions for figure skating. With Gal- braith close behind her on the ice. Barbara Ann, in bright red jacket. and brief, black-pleated skirt and white angora cap. goes over and over the school figures.

“We practise them all." Gal- braith said. "until she ls as strong in one as in the others. We stop at a weak figure and work on it over and over until it is up to standard."

Her "Uncle Joe." a native Carl- adlan who migrated to San Fran- cisco. will not comment on his

"nieces" chances in the three championships. Beginning Tuesday, she will

skate mornings at the neighboring village oi_ Davos Dorf and after- noons at Davos Platz. This is be- cause the sun shines earlier at Davos Dorf while at Davos Plats. a mountain obstructs the lightun- tll the afternoon.

A petite nvc-foot-three. weigh- ing ll0 pounds, Barbara Ann eats man-size meals. She is on no s00- cial diet but takes one vitamin tablet daily to please her doctor.

"I don't sec how it Would b" possible for me to feel any bet- ter," she said. dublously referring to the vitamins.

Ever since Galbraith showed up one day in a high fur cap. he has been called "Uncle Joe." They dis- agree on only one point. Barbara Ann would like to work even hard- er than Uncle Joe requires.

"This air makes ‘Me want tocov- er the whole rink in a second." shfi says. her clear blue eyes sparklinl; and her checks crimson with the cold.

"Her morale is good because she is not over-confident." said Gal- braith. "She ls skating well now and will do 110i‘ best when the time comes."

Local villagers who saw her skate her way to the European championship last. February. refer to her as “Baerbel." which in Swiss-German is the affectionate diminutive of Barbara. Barbara's first half hour on the ice is spent going round and round - with a little six-year-old Swiss girl, her friend of last year.

Then. big. brotherly. bantering Galbraith begins putting his charge through her paces.

Her first chance to sire up her competition probably will come at Prague. Many skaters practising for the international competition are dark horses representing coun- trim that have not competed since the war-Austria. Hungary. Italy.

The Canadians stiffest compet- itor probably will be the United States champion, Gretchen Merrill of Boston. who came second in the European event here last year and third in the world competit- ion at Stockholm. -

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Sport Echoes ‘ from Prince County

- The raca for individual honors in the Bummerslcle .Colnlnunity 3011/1111! Leaslle No.1 has so tight- ened up that only three points iellarate the first six. Allie liar- ris holds on grimly to his small lerl but another leader may dis- place him at any time. The "Big Ten": Allie Harris. ‘Trinity Unit- ed, 224; Pete Mickus. Gremlins. 222; George Guergis. Tb-inity Un- ited. 222; Earl Smith, Lucky Strik- es, 221; W. Davy, Gremlins. 221; Tanton McNeill. St. Paul's. 221; Lorne Harris. Lucky Strikes. 217; Ernest Gaudet, Heartbreakers 213; Frank Savldant. Hcartbreukcrs. 208; Vince Savidant, Heartbreak- ers‘, 206.

“Willdy" Clow dropped iuur points from last week's average. but is still a country mile alto-ad of hls nearest competitor in Com- munity Bowling League No. 2. 'l'lle “Big Five": Windy Clow. Smallmzufs. 215; Leonard Gallant, Crystals, 209; Jerry Guuriet, Small- man's, 207; Roy Durant, Small- nlurrs. 206; D. St. Pierre, Alriorc’; No._ 3, 206.

Good news for Bunlmcrsidc 110c- key fans: The Crystal Rink man- agement and the Sumnlerslde lioc- key League have ironed out their differences and it looks now as if the league games will be played in Summerside after all. The rink manager. Mr. Art Clow. offered u block of twelve practices for forty dollars, which comes to about.