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. i>{AEOTL" r‘lu.. Dec. l3-(AP» Burro A tinnal League veterans nit their he s toflcthei‘ today and lime up with an unanimous opin- ‘lon i the Cubs‘ slugginil out- fielder. Bill Nicholson. is the best player now active in baseball. - “He's [Oils for either league." said iuil Derrincer who pltc. s for Chicnuo.

"1‘ll take him." chimed in Brook- lyn uiitlicliiei‘ Paul Waner.

"That goes for nic. too“ agreed

_ Johnny Coolie-y. also zi Dodger cut- ficltler.

The three men Willlfflnll in Flo- ridi inur have s rtcd an iniqu- ment uiih :h-~ verdict. but each so c from loin: experience. Foi-

13 rears Darringzr hug looked over NJllOlllll Leugiii‘ stars from Lilllliﬂc llllllli oi‘ the incund. The ~fl-i'czir-old Chaney has seen them front bcth the pitcher's hill and the outfield. while Wancr has bebn an liCllVé pluver since the 1920's. Alihouuh Nicholson placed 39V- th "among the learue hitters last n with iui average of .310. he the izay lIl L115 batted in ;'. dllfl in home runs, with

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run; anal hits nlenty nf H: lust 1s out thrrc and . e-nnd never yet. ' to an umpire." Prl ' tolri a story

CH5" Siciicol. Boston manna“. tn show how icholscn is feared by

‘zfis his basehits. knocks in‘

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other National League teams.

“Casey came out of the dugout before we played Boston one day and fvelled to Jimmy Wilson our manager." Derringer related.

" ‘Take that iruy out of there.’ and he pointed to Nicholson right field.

" ‘Take him out ‘and I'll let you jplov two men in his place, and I'll agree to use only eiizht men against your ten. Just take him

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o "Casey had reason w veil, Nich- ;olson's hits beat the Braves sever- lal times during the season."

lZivic Scrap [Postponed

PITTSBURGH. Der‘. dIl--(AP)—- ‘ The finht i-efiveezw Pritzle Zivic r-nri lOssiH (Biilldom Harris, scheduled fw- tcnizht and then postponed un- fti‘ Thur. .\' i\"'ht has been rc- 1s'.‘.l"‘(l"'E‘fl n second time Jan. 3. l Par-is is sufferinv from an in- ‘fertwl P"" nnrl while he was dis- clrn"rcd from the hospital. the nrn- w-ntcvw and Zivic ntrrecd to tzive hi2“ rrwrn time in recover.

l Remember When

Bill Cook played for Saskatoon [in the old Western Canada Hockey lLeaque. It “'11s just l!) years ago 1 ionizht that Bill, who later became lfamous with the New York Rang- ers in the National Hockey League. ..<.cored three goals to help Saska- zltﬁn rrluin an unbeaten reoorll ‘and down ‘lictoria 4-l._____

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SOUBIS THURSDAY M.

Nova. Booth call

Year's Day,

Officers elected were John d. 3PM. Meaty: Gordon Mitchell. ivuwiuao us P. a}; "m. L» “M "m!" K"- Monranggd gag,- 1-3" A" mra."ﬁoa'§i1§'y“mm°“m”“"in "ca"

- ' new club. Tl"! .INYQ‘ William (Billy) cumminga. and city al- _ ,:i dermen Frank Adams and J. H

Breen- The clubbehag up

roster of 30 mem rs. otnmi YEO THEATRES p _ A Sporty-Shorts

—Entertainment pulsating drama and rich in human valueﬁ Warner Bros. picture. "Casablanca, he film. taking its title from the Moroccan city that diluted 80 largely in the recent war news. has to do with refugees from wcr~ town Eurpbpeiand that}: aﬁlleigiéuw secure ex vsaa t0 e r -‘ ' Although the story deal: K9119!" ' B, All.“ Nmdm“ v.18”, tthe dIOVIe story ggrlmngah‘. ~ﬂln Pres; Staff WI“ gar an ngric g .1 ures prominently and is responsib ~~IQNDON. Dec. i8 - (C P) - for much of the swift pace of he s: undreanlfdgftloiilﬁlllfy gin thaegtvr ure. ysosmtr ngco - Opening in Vlchy-mntrulled out when clothing coupons do“. Casablanca. the picture noes back. aged by suppm-tﬂ-s enabled med. iii retrCeDcct, to Paris iust prior t0 were southpaw‘ o! me Footblu the Nazi occupation ilviheig League Norm w equip the "m", $266” 82331251 all’? 1g? gnteifﬁhey team with new sweaters. ohmic ____ were provided. \ It happened after cuiinou; signs of wear began to appear in the Al playing kit. The coffers were ' empty. as far as clothing coupons , were concerned With mission s of the Board of 'I‘rode club 0a appealed for a sift of 200 coupons The l was reached and _ passed. One man sent the club SYDNEX Nvsu Dec‘ 13_(cp)_ "I can wait but the team can't." Officials of the Sydney army entry"l‘hats‘ a Diem’ hi8 8955111‘! 51M! in the Cape Breton Senior Hockey a years allotment la only 4B- A League made own a few of the 'sult of clothes, for instance takes candidates for the club today as] 26. Gifts in kind came too. Qng the team rounded into shone M‘. athletic club sent complete sets of its scheduled fixture against Syd-mew shorts and swckmgs, ney Navy in the second league so southpm-L by no means the best team in Britain, can at leaat Bglhafgsg fliimlfndb%gvf;“ wgllaf): claim to be the best dressed. played at Glace Bay t/vmorrow nlizht. Besides a t of player: who played with armv last season sev- eral newcomers have been working out and some more new talent is expected within a few weeks. Al Weeks of Charlottetown has been aisigned to goal position.

with l From a Britain div with the illicit trade in exit meet again in Casablanca. u“! “Wkmgs- EN“ 1”" W791‘ nine coupons with the explanation game here Thursday night, The soccer ’ clothing positlo

n became a0 acute that the FbotbalL Association of England, Sootllnd, Northern-Ireland and Wales app-‘ ealed to the Board of Trade for a supplementary coupon issue. f

Now the club will receive 40,000.' coupons among them. When that's: divided among the scores of clubs. however it won't amount to much. Only limited_-_.i~eplacementa will he lffﬁllftd.

An ardent supporter who sent coupons to Arsenal Gunners, in answer too public appeal by. them. said he had two small sons - christened David Jack and Alex

James - a tribute to the Gunn- R‘:Fl’°£db?%:§g.,%2§€°&£€dtlé§ ers‘ stars of a decade ago-

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Charlottetown. orl inall “eduled‘ Manager Gmrgc Allison‘ thin“? on a boxing card gto bey put on at m3_ hm‘ 1°’ m‘ 5m- wm“ ‘YW the Sporting Club on Wednesdayﬂlale 5°" "-5 and W!‘ °1d 915W" night has been wncellad. ic was a great honor. Maybe the boya will announced last night. At, the same one day wear the Arsenal Jersey." time it was said likely that an cx- ——-—

hibition bout would be arranged to Gunner Petty Officer Charles Llgfchthe Pllce of the conceited White. one of the bcst- known

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> . ' ‘ footballers in the Royal Navy, has ﬂgﬁgff: lgigflelwfilcrzraraelen Lillian been rﬂwrted killed in action. He lfax but it was imt known whether

was one of the bearers It the that caused the cancellation of the mum“ o‘ m“! Gem-g” V‘ bout or not. '

White, who played centre half

___ for England against Wales in or.

COUNTER DRIVE amateur International in 1933-34. ' __(gontlr_iued fromupagejq)

died at his post while returning

the fire of enemy aircraft which man counter-offensive, which al- rady had gained 30 miles from

attacked his ship. Sammy Reynolds, Wolverhamp- Komsten and curled w the region ton, took a derglon from Jolting below Malin, about 55 miles west of Kiev. with the Gennans throwiny

Joe Curran of Liverpool and im-

medlately challenged Jackie Pat- into action nearly 2,000 tanks and in reserves u the red army

BRINGING UP FATHER iigfs tho machines

un . Greatly aiding Gen. Vatirtiifs forces were several erilla de- om ining their captured two a sudden attack th Zhitomir. 40 miles to the southwest o1 the main action. At oneof these stations the guer- rillas destroyed four German train- lo troops with military airp- plles which presumably were being rush to the f t

The Ruerillas have hold than two stations aver since despite rrrpeated attempts of the Germans to win them back, the communique said.

In a second main drive expanding the Kremenchug ralient the Rus- sians continued to advance toward the industrial city of Kirovograd. beating off several tank counter- . capturing (OVCTII populated

a and killing 600 Nazi officers and men.

The Gennans, acknowledging the Russian thrusts toward Chenciisy and frontally upon Kirovograd. told of yet another which the Russians did not, mention-a drive south- enstword from this area toward the lmig-menaced Lron Ora City of Krivoi Rog.

Despite the importance of the Rusinn gains in the Kremenchug area, the battle of the Kiev bulge e chief interest of observers both here and in Moscow, not only because of the threat to the Rus- slana in this all-out Nazi attempt to retake Kiev, but also because of the great blow to German hopes and prestige which would accom- pany its collapse.

AWARD FOR BRAVERY Suffolk. England Spur-goon, 83-year

old lifeboat coxawaln. has been awarded the Royal Nation Lifeboat

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Curran, fighting in his home town was disqualified for a low blow in the seventh round and many of the crowd of 7.000 dash- ed to the ringside to dispute the referee's action. It took several

minutes to clear the mob.

This War-Four.

Years Ago

Bo The Canadian Press) DEC. 14, 1939 -—Russia exptled from League of Nations for inva- aion of Finland. Mn]. Gen. A C Ashton named inspector-general of military forces in Canada-

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‘Ralston Brushes disidc Questions lilo Chief Justice

LONDON, Dec. l8—(CP)—Can- adian correspondents aouirht un- successfully today to quﬂstivn (J01- J. L. Ralstcn. Canada's defence minister. on rumors of the possi- ble retirement of fat-Gen. A-G-L. McNaughton. commander of the ‘Canadian Army overseas. and that Cnl. Raiston miitht moored 511‘ Lyman Poore Duff as Chief Justice of the Dominion. - l on. Ralsfon, who_ has retunw - -.

N A V Y C U T to London from vialting Canadian forces in Italy and North Africa. and will rotwri to Canada in c week. declined comment on the McNaughton report and brushed the other oaldo.

“I have not hand anything of- ficial about this report; I might succeed Sir Lyman." he told the Canadians who questioned him af- ter he told a few details of v Mediterranean trip at the daily ministry of information confor- enoc. "You know, the came rum- or came up a year ago, I said than that oven if I were liCiibrcd with the offer, I felt I could not ac- cept so long u there was a war lo to be done."

Reviewing his tour, Col. Rlloion said he found some things wrong~ and hoped to put them right. He.

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Before returnlugohune, Col. Ral- oton addl ml conference: nan. eliidlru talk; with Gent/ic- llaillhlon.

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