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Features IceRacing Card

learn of the illness of Joe“ hitey" Gillis w o for many years before the war was active in sport circles, especial‘; baseball. "Whit- ey" returned from overseas only a ‘short time ago and took suddenly ill. He is a patient in the Provin- cial Sanatorium and his ma friends will look for his complete recovery. + + Ili

It is just a case of you pays your iiioiicy uiitl takes your choice so far as the sporting menu to be iliched out this week is concerned. Hockeylollowers face another full week ijvitlrgames scheduled at the local ice igloo Tuesday. Wednos. (lay. Thursday and Friday nights. League basketball games will be glaycd at the Prince of Wales ollegc Auditorium Wednesday night and Saturday afternoon. The Victoria Driving Club will stage another one of its ice racing cards at the Victory Speedway Wednes- day afternoon. Elimination play- iloivias between nine rinks com- ~mences Tuesday at the Charlotte- town Curling Club to determine two dnks to represent the Club in the Provincial Bonsplel with Sunimerside, Montague and Alber- ton for the British Consuls Tro- ghy find 8 trip to Saskatoon for omtnlon Tankard play. ~‘" ‘I (l- o-

The popularity of ice racing hereabouts was well in evidence Saturday when a large crowd thronged the Victory Speedway to view one of the best cards of the season. The weather was at its besf_for an event of this kind and despite the odd "pulled shoe” and broken liopple the racing produced top-notch entertainment. Several other tune-up meets will recede the big inter-provincial mee sched- uled for Lake Micmac, Dartmouth. arid North Commons, Halifax, h mid-February. Climax to the ice. racing season will be the Maritime classic here the latter part of next month.

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Saiat Dunstan’: University bask- etball team jumped into the lead of the City League Saturday defeating the Navy

rather slippery floor Combined tot rob players of both teams of al- most sure baskets. The play was rugged in spots with a total of l7 fouls handed out by the referees. -Nflvy. playing with no relief, held the Collegians to lit-all the first half and were trailing by one

‘$201M. 96-15. with but a minute io- zo. A basket by the Saints cemenb‘

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lowipheii. as. roiey c. Come)’

ed the victory. Il-

6 Tuesde night a the roruni the I-esionna res and Navy teams meet in the first game of the second round of the City Hockey League,

A win for the Legion -wlll boost’

them into a crowded first position with S. D. U. and P. Elie lorvvly t eep t. em . th l playoff berth? 012i mm‘ n8 for

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the league leadership at stake, uli i O Q

Oir Wednesday night the Bum- rnerslde Legion-halter will “return lame with the local .naires.

frym reports. proved s thriller _,witl1 the local puckmen fighting jheir way back from a four-goo .dellcit a little before the end of the second period to take a 5-4 fflead part way through the third ‘canto. Summerslde secured the -tylng counter when ‘trainer and Delghan combined in the dying ;mome.nts of play to beat Curlmore. The set-up for Wednesday has all the earmarks of n "natural." Sum- wlfléfflide supporters are 1o aceom any the team in specially charters busses.

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.. The shortage of hockey sticks is not confined to the west and these is cVidEHCEd by the com- mentary of Jim Coleman of the Iroronto Globe and Mall on‘ the subject.

O O O 0 “One of the latest sports equip- involves hockey sticks. Government agencies which have investigated say that there are two’ contributing factors: (l) a pronounced shortage of prepared woods for. sticks, (2) stlc manu- . facturers haven't yet. reached pre-

war production levels.

4i 0 il- + The chief sufferers, of course, -wiil be kid teams. A spokesman foi- one of these agencies ls ap- pealing to professional teams and organized amateur teams in the upper brackets to save their brok- en stlcks so that the can be re- ired for the use o kid players. . n addition. there should be tlious- ands of discarded sticks lying a- round the cupboards and base- ments of Toronto homes which could b, used by the youngstese. And don't throw away those brok- en handles, mother, you can use

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r P" _ team 28- .| Over-anxiousness together with a. guweggful rink.

Navy need a ivln-to’ h Thursday th:_ "two college squads will clash with,

“a”; tion.

_ At Summerslde the teams‘. .hattled to a five-all tie. The game.‘

expected Che-r

Bunny's 30;,‘ driven by C. Wil- lls, won the ee-for-All Saturday in one of the finest ice racing cards staged by the Victoria Driv- ing Club this season on the Vic- tory Speedway.

Placlng third in the first heat, which was won byMart Harkawny,

I1)’ Bunny's Boy came back strong to

win the next two heats and also record the best time of the tiny. 30% seconds. Mart Harkaway act- ed badly in the second heat and didn't get away in the third. Peter McKinney won the Class A Trot ln two_ stnaighb heats. Drawn in the third so’ oecause of a pulled shoe, the heat went to Noontime. _ Lusticio and Judge battled it out in the Class B Trot. With flus- ticia taking the first and final l th race. hege- ‘$133: Pace provided the

McLaine Rink is Elateii With tluebec Victory

RR. wllaine and his Char- lottetown rink came back from tine big bonspiel at Quebec last night.‘ slated at their success in Winn 11s the Price Shield. thus brinillfl! WI the Province Probe/bl! the m“ silverware as a remit o! Cllflillt!

ti“ . °° pi ‘m the fifth year the mists

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wasted f Th firat rink was compo or. e

hold it was the nrookline Boston Country Club of Boston. Mw- I11 successive years if. was held by the l Victoria Curling Club 0! Q0854!- thc Sigma Mines Club, a goldl mining team from northern QUEBEC and last year by the Quebec Curl-

ing Club.

The shield is‘ competed for w- nuali, but medals which accom- y it become the 961E159?" possession of the members v1 the

Other members of the tam skip- ped by Ml‘. Mcbalne were 680189 Hawkins and RR. Bell. They pick

[Qdupggpfltq at Quebectomaka

thg f member. Returning int night with Mr. we“ i“ “use

t of a.r n. Beam riuifg K-regched thexpsenti-fln- all for the Chateau Twfihy only to be disqualified, Lou Poole

Montague, Chief Justice Thane A.

n“ Bdfllibogy train moi . em c

$5? made the i-eznolnder

of tlbe trip by‘ - Dr. McIntyre‘; rink was disqua- lified because he did 810$ hi‘? members of his 0118111411 rink sylng when he reached the sls. Except for that. he Hi3- peared to be headed for victory as he lqgd sldpped his rink to victory over some of the mffest: comm“-

Play in Weekend ‘Spiel Postponed-

I-leavy ice, caused by tdhe mild spell, caused postponement of , scheduled curling matches in than

cek at that;

low: A. Matheson 0. . ck s. w.w. Lord 4. 14.x. Bplllett '1, use. Jevdinc ‘i-Lr MecPhee a. an. Cosiirad

OUBLING TONIGHT WRIGHT TROPHY

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1 PM‘. Ice No. 2 _ ; W.R. Oruiksnank vs. A.W.

madman.

Ice No. 3.

(LG. Hughes vs. G. Award

Welterweight Drown At stake.‘ Friday Night

BY SID FEDER

IORRJ .71—( flieqlel-Oibovll-“BB

'4 championships —tbe welterwelsht-

Victory In Saturday

thrill of the afternoon with Ales- tra ca turlng the honors on win- ning t e fourth heat after losing a neck and neck duel with Romeo in the third. Just Flicka was drawn ihn the third heat with a broken op e

p .

Peggy Witt won the Class C. Pace in two straight heats, with Mitzle Bars the only other entry.

The Class C Trot and Pace went to Buddy Budlong after loslns out

to Peter Wolf in the opening heat. by Lucky Number was drawn in the

second heat after oiling a shoe. The summary fo lows:

Free For All Benny's Boy (C. Willis) . .3 1 1 Mart Harkaway (W. Kelly 1 4 4 Calumet Mary (L. Kelly) 2 3 2 H. R. D. (L. O'Meara) .. .4 2 3

Time: 31: 30%; 31%. Winning horse owned by Char- les Willis, Covehead.

Clue A Trot

Peter McKinney (Moreslde) 1 1 dr Noontime (Arbing) . . . . . . .. 2 2 1 Miss Brewer (R/eddin) . . . . ..3 3 2

Time: 31: wit» 32

Winnln horse. owned by Grant Willis, gstoh. Clans B Trot

Lustlcia (L. Kelly) Judge (A. Cutcllil’ .4;

Time: ; 31 a. Winning horse owned by Charles Chandler, Charlottetown.

Class I Paco

Alestra (B. Younker) Romeo (McNelll) Just Flicka (H. C Time: 32%; 32, Winning horse Younker, Winsloe.

ClllIBPlce

udmore) .3

. 83. owned by B.

THE CHARLO IE TOWN

Willi: leafs Defeat llawks

Voters

two

main in 33 seconds the third W! sllllid-IY Illkht for Toronto

ggplelseuf to tn thosoiir ‘oiuofiifi 15

c 0's Ale

s am with lust over

tel‘ tihi-eo min tea left to i over-ahadolwed by a brim were goal scoring

Deflorman bt "d? ca x K518i! y |

aleta scored dne goal in

first period to second. pgryioclaolre In the once unasslste art and Billy Taylor scored Toronto. Howev

counter

def from first

ace tie

the match a Toronto

s w. for

ee time d. while Gays Ste . in the third

eat the l-lswks place back into a second with Montreal Canodlens

Boston

whom a play-

position.

UMMABY

1st Period l-Toronto. Davidson Meta) .1030

2—C.hioago, Kale Penal ies—Bodna

o, Taylor (Stewart, Bod- l 26

nar) . (Fr-Chicago, Kaleta 'I—Chicago, Kaleta

to (l-Ioi-eck) 16.49 r. Gee (2)

2nd Period Kaleta (Horeck. M. 243

sow... (Bodnar) 1.10

13.33 (Horeck) 18.30

Penalties-None.

Ill-Toronto, Metzi Goldham) 11

8rd Period ee 1.26 ta (J, Hamilton.

(J. Hamilton.

32. 11-,-Toronto. Goldham (Metz, Stan- owskl) 1 .47.

Penalt

lee-Nome.

Harness Racing

Peggy Witt (Claw) ..l Mitzie Bars (H. Stead) . . . . ..2 2 Time: ; . Winning horse owned by larl

Clow, Cornwall. Class C. Trot and Psee

Buddy Budlong (H. Stead) .2 i 1 Peter Wolf (Cutclifle) ....1 2 2 Lucky Number (W. Kelly) 3 dr Maudlne Budlong (Agnew) 4 3 dr

Time: 33%; i 83.

Winning horse owned by Harold stead.

Officials

Starter: Russell Abbott.

Timers: H. Murphy, Dr. Bisho .

Judges: B. Noye. Ira Carr, A. Bryenton.

Announcer: W. H. Beaten.

Air Force, Crescents In Halifax Semi-Finals

HALIFAX, Jan. Tl-(CP)—1-lali- fax Navy defeated Halifax Crest rents Saturday night, 7-1, in the final game of the City Senior Hoc- key League. Dartmouth Air Force will meet the Crescent: next Tues- day in the first game of the semi- finals playoff series.

British ‘Football

By NORMAN CBIBBENS

LONDON, Jan. 27 -— (CP Cable) -—_Oharlton Athletic defeated Wol- verhampton Wanderers 5-2 yester- day in the first of s two-game, to- tal point

series for the round of the English Football As- sociation's cup competition. The teams will meet in their second game next week,

A cheering crowd of 50,000 saw tine Wanderers’ stolid defence broken by the speed and glib. of the Gna/i-lton wing men. harton on

League Soutih and h picked as probable Association troghy. B Wan erers showed in the

er of the

‘lid

h DQ088111‘ , beat 1 tn a confeatewflatiflsed hi’ 30,000, ~

boss novice! 40f u: hm mags ouitfhln

Amber's. of a few Years mates 1V!!!’

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from J Club, 0.0. Ind 0.1.‘. O

refill}

At llalifax i

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A

Jan. 27-—(CP)--'I‘helr

ALIFAX, driversblackened with flying mud, three heat-winners in ono race came close to stepping five heai.s to determine a winner in Class A,

one of th

e four races on the card

at the North Commoifs quarter- mile track Saturday afternoonhbut the judges gave the decision fol- lowing the fourth encounter and

a misund

erstanding at the start.

Summary:

' Martindel Sully (Ernie Gray)

Walter B

Moonglow (S. Walker, Jr.) Royal Hanover

Manchester's Apollo (Lavers)

Prevlou s Shanghai

Doris Mercury (L. Walker) _

Victor Lee ((Baker) Flo Direct (H. Boutilier) Whitty Guy (Kaiser) 0.0. McGregor (C.

Blanche Harvester (Gardner) Din-key Tell (Morrison)

Betty Bu

Class A (Smith Kidney) 4 rown (S. Weeks)" (Kidney) Class B |

(Don Turner) .. (C. Dauphlnee)

1 2 4 3 ClassC

cow-op

Bur-gees‘). Class l)

i1 “.22 .33

dlong (Baker)

Remember When

B!

The Canadian Press

Defenceman Eddie Shore return-

ed to the years ago suspe ‘l

Boston‘ Bruin lineup 12 tonlglht after o. 16- .e

I from (the Nat onal

Hockey League following his ac-

cident with Ace

s forward.

ed skull oswn

B AftqrB

M. Toronto c clasped hands

U, N. 5.. Jan. 2'7—(CP\— thv third. Royals defeated Acadia in

PICPO Plctou Uiilversit

hockey flame Dilly“ 0n 810V! if‘! race had too much iibee here Saturday night. team came from 1

in co and has not played slnoei ailey'a recovery 14.000 fans three

Bali , Toronto B suffers o. fractur- aton with Shore at

heel-ed as the two tin friendship.

y an exhibition The Plctou in

behind the

, urday as long as the ice is fit.

GUARDIAN

Chicago Ba

Place In. N.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2'l—(AP)—Chl- cage Block Hawks dumped Boston Bruins out of first place in the National Hockey League with a surprise 4-1 victory before 18434 fans ln Chicago Stadium tonight.

The Hawks thus regained top perch on the loop’: iacider—o place ivilnich they had lost only 24 hours earlier.

summanv i‘ First Period l-Ghlcago. Hamill ........... ..l4:40 b-chlcago, Cooper (Mariucci, Bentley) ~............l5:46 Penalty — McGlll. Soobnd Period Il-Boston, Sshmldt (Galllngelz Egan) 4-0hioago. Gee (Cooper) Penalves — Horock, liken.

Third Period

H. L. After

ronrongoékaofiaug-idgp; _ Defeating Bruins, 4-1

ll. ii. L. Standings ‘I

(Including weekend guncs) i P W L D I‘ A PM. 3 1

ohiosiio a2 1a ll 14o oi as Boston 32 1B 106.109 96$‘ Ciin- i animation izaios 008i. Detroit so i3 1: 5 as a0 at Toronto a0 12 ia a oa 121 21' Rangersifi .8 214.436 12'! 2t)

BEAVER-S DEFEAT HALIFAX

SAINT JOHN. N. 8., Jan. 2'!- (CP)-Saint John Beavers out- layed the Halifax naval base team g3 in an exhibition hockey game Saturday night.

Beavers outshot the Tara 2-1 in both the first and second periods,

:31

ti-Chicago, Hamill (Gee) .... .. Penalties - None.

Injury To Kelly Takes Overseas Army Team Out Of Allan Cup Play-Offs

Keen Interest In Ice Racing At Summersiile

Three interesting classes were witnessed by harness racing fans on the Summerside harbour ice on Saturday afternoon. Not for many years has there been so much act- ivity ln winter racing and it ls planned to have races every Sat-

There was a fair crowd in at- tendance but it is regrettable that more people do not turn out. The weather was particularly suitable on Saturday for this type of sport.

Paddy Aubrey. owned by Tlmmlc Arsennult, took the free for all in straight heats, the best time being 83 seconds.

The other classes were won by Shlrle Kalmuck, driven by\ R. Camo ell, and Eva Scott, driven by Edgar Reeves. This last class went to four heats.

The following is the summary:

Free For All

Paddy Aubrey (T. Arsenault)

Jenny Kalmuck (R. Phillips)

Professor Clem! (lHarkncss) Time: 33%; 34; 33.

Class A.

ll 23 32

1

Shirley Kalm 2

uck (Campbell) Harry G. ( . Glover) . . . . . .. Time: 35: 36; 35%. t

Class B.

Eva Scott (E. Reeves) Thomas Sr. (T. Campbell)

“wt-l

and then clinched matters by s 4-1 margin in the third.

LONDON, Jan. 27 -— (CP Cable) ~A Canadian Army overseas hoc- key team will not compete in tihe Canadian Amateur H Associa- tion play-offs this spring due to an‘ bolus-y suffered by aiporvlsor Pete

.l 2 4 2 l 2 Billy Wltte (A. Corr) ....3 3 1 Dan G. Jr. (D. Arsenault) 4 4. 3

Time: 3'1; 38; 39; 31%.

Starter Dr. Austin Delaney; judges, Reginald Morrison, Pres- ton Toombs, T. L. Linkletter: tim- ers, Hurry Sllllphant, Willard Mc- Donald. i B

Ice Racing

Featured by a matched race the Oyster Bed Bridge Driving Cluh held their fourth meet of the sea- son on January 23rd. With ideal racing weather a large crowd of spectators witnessed the race.

The first race called was the matched race between Lucky Guy and Cindy Worthy, lob); saw Lucky Guy come throug ‘ii two -straight heats to cop the race. The Class A Trot and Par-e had entrles-Texworthy, Nellie Worthy and Bedford Grattan this was won by ‘Bedford Grattan. Nel- lie Worthy second and Tex Wor-

The Class B Pace had three en- tries, Janet Bud improvlrill every d for the other entries. Just Mike and Helen K, Helen K won the last. heat to

hlrd period to score the winnins plat: second and Just Mike third.

goals.

(McLaine Rink Wins Price. Shield At Quebec ’Spiel .

,,. anthem-nus - nuisance

- i

e Colt Race had four start- ers this nrovlded the fans w‘ "h the best raclno of the afternoon. and new Lem- Gnmester with liw volt C. Albert Budlonw rapture the v-"c- nnl" after a dead heat with Mickey Rooney. In the second hoot it was the B-idlonw colt \il - the way Mlckev Rooney second. San- dv ‘Bodlonr third and Connie Clogs ‘mirth ‘rt the third heat It

, was Mickey Rooney who showed

em to beat the rugs. . ‘cmnifmléatitit of the ice box f‘. a ‘f emisolatiotn‘ events. Mm no" m u” mm‘ an“ m"

, m. me ‘hm u,“ mo, h, won qwm W, m, “,,n“" ”m°mu,w"qqlfinw, a hard battle with o. Albert nus-

coco Am the tith- from Priizle Zivio nearly ternsflomi wins ls i l°*"~ "lli" "1"" (""4 "til °°"-

'0 -—— five oars o Freddie Ooolmine a clouded six-d following sre the winners and "l! c1!!! lmmh- T" ‘h’ '°'"‘"\ f-The a“ M‘ an“ 19"‘. i. w f‘ t on a u," 5am” the day y“); my ‘ qn “wt...” in m ; and deciding heat it was C. Albert bowie it ‘ absorb in ‘Kiln-on of baby-faced may sin. Montreal l. mam-om» musicianship, @5110"; “ally; at" only”, g5"

- .'~ i _ ’ n , ' 9 ' ) won HI DTEQ l 8 "I! Ge ll W‘ °‘ ‘h’ m“ 3.3.." p’.'-i‘-.i’°.""“°“ . “Wfi-‘QAZRZT-ihl le. m money who u» w - i» a-

‘ .,,_ , ' ' l comm o‘ L“ 3gp 1p, M“ w‘; tum 3Q ygggmgu, bout a hundred yar s from the

wire. Following is the summaryi ‘ MATCH!!! I-AOI Lucky Guy (B. Youiiker) Cindy Worthy (J. Gallant) Winning horse owned by Ford. Oyster Bod Bridle.

chunk-roos- arses

fl

Smith. Hunter River. ‘ ‘ OLAII l! PAOI

Janet Bud (f... Younker) l l a Ifolen K. (O. Andrews) S I l - Just llfke (.1. Gallant) - 2 IE nnlltl horns awn I Oovnhea . I -

I 2 dk.

Detroit Jinx

DETROIT, Yo? ' WAS‘ on Bmlns HOCKEY Detroit- dey n

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5%?

3ft!

35

n I was sensational m away shot a protected 0'

SUMMARY let Period

.1--Del=roit, Cuveth (Brown, Roo- ny

slgnol) 4 09

2-—Bosbon, Schmidt (Egan) 10.02

Penalties-Lindsay

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