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’ Oxo Captures _ Grand National

@ year ago, came in fourth. Al the others either fell or pulled up in the spectacular but dangerous Scramble over the 30 fences on sthe four-mile,»@56-yard course. A LONER *¥%+.°%

“He doesn't | ‘other “horses,” explained Mike amore, Irish jockey who rode Oxo.

of the record of 9:20 set in 1934 by Golden Miller.

Mr. What, owned by David Jones Coughlan, may have had @m excuse. He won by 30 lengths a@ year ago under only 140 pounds but packed 163 this time. That was the second high weight. Ker- stin, who carried 168 pounds, fell. Oxo carried 153 pounds.

For Tiberetta and Wyndburgh.

was a case of coming close,

finishing second last year, etta had come home thini when Sundew won the 1957 nati nal. Wyndburgh started at odds of W-to-l and carried 152 pounds. Tiberetta carried 149: pounds. There-were_two late withdraw- als from the race, which at- tracted a crowd estimated at

-| 120,000 to this great race course

near Liverpool. The horses scratched were Pippykin and Ar- morial. :

Millions ‘wager on the national, a race on which the first Irisn Hospital sweepstakes of the year is based.

Kerstin went down at the no torious Becher’s Brook, whica also ctaimed 11 others on either the first or second circuits of the course. Becher’s-is a four-foot, 10- inch jump, with a water hazard on the far side.

After the race about.a dozen

>| jockeys were treated for minor jinjuries and one horse, Henry

Purced, had to be destroyed. Jockey Paul Major, who landed heavily when Eternal fell, suf- fered a concussion. Peter Booth- man, who was thrown. when Double Sébtch fell, had a broken

nose. %y

Oxo lost much of his lead: as the; Scottish horse, Wyndburgh, closed with a rush that excited the crowd. But Oxo, whose odds had dropped from 25-to-1 to 8-to-1 in recent weeks, managed to

not enough. In addition to

hang on. ,

Saturday's Minor

Hockey

Following are the results of} another day of Minor Hockey League playoffs at Sports Arena, Saturday. BANTAMS Crows 3 vs. Gulls 1. . Crows

s by* Damien Flood (3); S$ goals by Alf Wakelin.

Tigers vs. Lions 5. Tiger goals by Rex MacCarville, Biayne! Richard; Lions goals by Arnold MacLeod (4), Grant Crocket:. PEEWEES

Cubs 3 vs. Rams 1. Cubs goals by Joey Brown, Jamey Kennedy a Rams goal by Bill Weather-

Jays 5 vs. Red Wings 0. Jay go2ls by L. Blanchard (3), R McInnis, P. Pineau. Jays win round 13-0 and advance into next! round.

Ducks 2 vs. Owls 9. Duck goals | by Donnie MacDonald, Brian! McAskill. Ducks win round by | score of 20 and advance in‘o!| Rext round. } _ Sparrows 1 vs. Springers 0.) Sparrow goals hy Andrew! Arsenault. Sparrows win game) 10 but are disqua!'fied for using| an over-age player.

Robins 2 vs. Wrens 1. Robins! goals by John Howatt, Roy) Genge; Wrens goal by Gary! Clow. Robins capture series by

score of 43. Snipes-Cranes

_ Spitfires 0 .vs. ®. Spitfires win round 1-0. PAPERWEIGHTS

Tigers 1 vs. Colts 1. Nger goal! by Blair Mayne; Colt goa) by

Results

Bob Irwin. Tigers win round by a score of 3-2.

. Bluebirds 2 vs. Setters 0 Biue- bird goals by Bobby Whitlock, Timmy Cullen. Bluebirds win

iround by total score of 7-0.

Hawks 1 vs. Ravens 0. Hawks goals by Nyall Burnett. MIDGETS

Royals 2 vs. Arrows ‘1. Royals |‘

goals by Fred Neilsen, Roy Big- gar; Arrow goal by Mike Mac- Donald. PEEWEES

Cubs 4 vs. Rams 3.C uh goals by Joey Brown (3), Ted Rich- ard; Rams goals by Bill Wea- therby, Harvey Cormier, Ralph Kelly. Cubs win round by total score of 7-4 BANTAMS

Crows 3 vs. Gulls 1. goals by Damien Flood (2), Don Ling; Gull goal by Carl Living- stone. Crows win round &-2 and capture City Bontam “B” ‘title for 1959. PAPERWEIGHTS

Canaries 1 vs. Faleons 0. Can- ary goal by Danny Maclsaac. MIDGETS

Abbies 1 vs. Rambless 0. Ab- bies goal by Gerald O'Meara. Abbies take series by total score of 52

Royals 2 vs. Arrows 0: Royals goals by Roy Biggar,’Dave Lee. Royals win round #1.

Officials — Bob Crockett, Alan

Saturday's NHL Results

New York 3 vs Detroit 2

First period: 1. New York, Henry (Howell, Bathgate) 1:03: 2. New York, Hebenton (Gadsby) 16:14; 3. Detroit, Howe (Prono- Yost, Ullman) 16:33. Penalties— Howell 14:27, Burns 14:27, Shack 14:52, Goegan major 18:17

Second period: 4 New York, Henry (Hebenton) 0:24; 5. New York, Hebenton (Sullivan, Bath- Bate) 1:05; 6. New York, Popein ‘fBathgate) 8:30. Penalty—Gad- ty 10:30. | Third period: 7. Detroit. Prono- Yost (Goegan). 7:47. Penalty—

MacKinnon, Don Frizzell, John Davis, Jr., Bill Boyles, Gord Wellner, Vince Mulligan, John Davis, Sr.

Brewer 17:00

Second period: 2. Toronto, Mahovlica (Olmstead, Regan) 4:51; 3. Chicago, Litzenberger

(Sloan, Lindsay) 16:11. Penalties: McKenzie two minors, Pilote, Duff two minors 3:22, Lindsay 5:07, 18:53, Brewer 6:40, 10:06, Duff 19:20.

Third period: 4. Toronto, Stew- art (Brewer, Pulford) 4:14: 5.

lich) 5:26; 6. Toronto, Mahovlich (Ehman, Brewer) 19:05 Penal- ties: St. Olmstead 13:58.

Ciesla 12:21. _ Boston 4 vs Montreal 3 | First period: 1. Boston, Stasiuk (Flaman, Bucyk) 8:38; 2. Mont- Teal, Provost (Marshall) 18:01. pees: Leach 15:14, Geoffrion |

07. oes . Second period: 3. Montreal, H. | Richard (Johnson) 13:28; 4. Mont-| real, Moore . (Bonin, Beliveau) 18:11. Penalties: Toppazzini 3:12. Turner 5:32, Flaman 11:40, Har- vey 12:38

Third period: 5. Boston, Hor- Wath (McKenmey) 12:44; 6. Bos- fon, Stasiuk (Horvath, Boivin) 18:16; 7. Boston, Stasiuk (Hor- vath, Boivin) 18:55. Penalties: Labine 5:10, Harvey 8:50, Hor. vath 10:35, Bonin 10:54.

Toronto 5 vs Chicago 1 First period: 1. Toronto, Pul-

Skating Season Nearing End

The skating season its fast coming to.a close for Charictte- town ice skating enthusiasts as the Sports Arena today enters its final full week of the year.

The Arena will present a num- ber of skating sessions this week highlighted by the Firemen’s Ice Sports scheduled for Wednes- day night. The city ice palace will close its doors on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.

Skates will be held tonight, Thursday and of this week and Monday and likely Tuesday and Wednesday next week. The Arena will closed this coming Friday which is

ford (Stewart, Reaume) 18:55. Penalties: Horton 7:41, Slcan 8:55, Ferguson, Horton 12:55,

Good Friday.

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Toronto, Ehman (Harris, Mahov-|

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RECORDS SEEM TO INDICATE

up a $1,000,000 gate for a light- heavyweight title fight between Archie Moore and Sugar Ray Robinson. The figure is said to be only.slightly larger than the combined ages of the principals.

Ted Williams, 40, and Stan Mu- are getting ready to try r league batting champ- s again. Gene Sarazen, 57, for the Masters golf ip next month and he oldest man in the

age depends a lot on he feels when he tells you. record. books put it at 42; other sources put it as high as

Curling Draw

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Ice 5—Dr. Giddings vs. Dr. Gallant 8:30 P.M.

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Ice 2—L. Windsor vs. B. Mac- Leod

Ice 4—G. Vessey vs. B. Acorn

Ice 5.G. Wilsonvs. J. Square- briggs Jr.

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boxers and baseball players, have

a pair of ancients in the sport of boxing. :

The record books, incidentally, arent’t too accurate on this point, A.good many athletés, notably

been known to alter their pub- lished ages for one reason or an- show a

large number of athletes of com- still

paratively advanced age are active. ;

Major league baseball rosters, for instance, show that Enos (Country) Slaughter will be 43 next month, Murray Dickson 1s 42 and Sal Maglie will reach that age in a few weeks. Hank Sauer has just reached the 4 mark, joining Williams, Jim Vernon

Today Ancient Athletes

lore Promine

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diens. Behind him are Ted Lind- say “ind goalie Johnny Bower. listed at 33.

Golf pros reach a ripe old com- petitive age. Grandpa Jimmy Demaret, 48, Sam Snead and Ben Hogan, both 46, and Lloyd Man- grum, 44, still_are players-to -be feared in any tournament. Tommy Bolt, the open champion, will be 40 March 31. Stan Leon- ‘ard, of Vancouver, is among the over-40 players who stili manage to get their share of prize money

“Pro footed has turned up

ork | to the eastern championship of the National @st season. Hockey's oldest big leaguer -is Maurice Richard, who at 37 is a broken ankle will heal for him to get into the Cup playoffs. This is his season with Montreal Cana-

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FISH & GAME MEETING

_A meeting of the Queens County Branch of the P.E.I.

and Marv Grissom. _.

Then there’s the classic ex- ample of Satchel Paige, whose age was variously estimated at from 45 to 53 when he signed a big league contract in 1952. He continued pitching in the minors some years longer.

In boxing, Jersey Joe Walcott won the heavyweight champion- ship when he was 37, lost # at 38 and finally retired after one more title bout at the age of 39. Before him, the oldest champions were Fred Fitzsimmons, Jack Johnson and Jess Willard, all of whom.lost the heavyweight title

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