USoU [LLOF G.R. Froster hon- | president of the City Sofft-' ball League, tosses the first ball'president Charles MacKenzie
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In First Game Of
The 1959 season of the City:ReHaway Aces defeating Junior,
in the season’s opener at the Old
Old Diamond. i
The first encounter saw The | hits, two for extra bases.
SPORTS FRONT
By PIUS CALLAGHAN
IT WOULD APPEAR that the men are being-separated from in the National - League.
Braves, picked by the majority of the experts to in front once again, have a three and one-half game buige this column was sent to press. The men of Fred Haney have looked mighty good in getting where they are, doing some things unable to accomplish in 1958.
a year ago that the Braves, showing more power ore, battered everybody around, everybody that Angeles Dodges. These Dodgers managed to take from the National league champs and this despite could beat nobody else in the circuit.
So far this young season the Braves and Dodgers have clashed | the Milwaukee outfit has emerged on top on four |
IT SEEMS that the Braves are headed for the world once again unless somebody takes action right smartly. They opened their greatest margin to date and there doesn’t ap- to be any great danger of losing it in the immediate future. are getting the right kind of pitching and their bats, par- ticularly the big one of Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron, are really booming.
Of course, they could fall into evit ways just the same, as
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Diamond last evening as league | IB.Y.C. 9-5.
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looks on. The opening game saw Rollaway Aces down Junior
Season
walked,four and his team gave
Softball League got underway in|B.Y.C. by a score of 9-5. Wilf| him solid backing, only one er- fine fashion last evening at the Shepherd, the winning pitcher,|ror being committed. H went the route, scattering seven| The losers had young
Mike
He O’Brien doing mound duty.
O’Brien gave up nine hits, walk- ed six and struck out two. Two miscues were committed by the Danny MacCormack coached
squad
Councillor G. R. Foster, hon- orary president of the league, was called upon to toss the first ball to get the league underway.
League president Charles Mac- Kenzie and his executive were in attendance for this opening fixture. A small crowd witnessed the game but the turnouts are expected to grow as the season gets older.
is | Tonight the Garrison team, new |
entry in the league, will do bat-
tle with the B.I.S. Shamrocks, with action slated to get under- way at 6 o'clock.
Solly Hemus Doesn‘t Think He’s On Hot Seat
ST. LOUIS ‘AP)—Solly Hemus
Dodgers, who a short time ago led the senior loop race. Right doesn’t think he’s on the hot seat | Se the Dodgers are going nowhere but down and their fortunes as manager of the seventh-place
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Senitors - Hal Dale 2.01; and bis dam is Peerless Princes, P, 2.0144, by Peter Volo 2.02. He is a full brother to Super Hal 2.01 25 Nephew Hal 2.01 25, Super- — ga several other st one's. is owned by George Gregory of Charlottetown.
| We are delighted to learn that |Moncton Raceway has been offi- cially leased to Ernest O’Brien of Moncton, and he has been as- sured of the cooperation of har- ness horsemen, not only in- Mone- ton, butyalso in other parts of New Brunswick.
Last weekend more than 50 hor- ses were stabled at the track receiving regular work.
William’ Rigley, chairman of jthe Chatham track, has inform- ‘ed Mr. O'Brien that July 1st would be the only date on which |the Miramichi horses will be un- | able to race at Moncton. On that date, they will be taking part in the regular big program on Do- minion Day.
that-will-come-down from Chath- am: Flagman 2.06; Abbeland 2.06; Josedale Courier 2.07; Har- vest Queen 2.12; Walter Federal 2.12; Bud DeSoto 2.08; Top Royal 2.07; Hedgewood Chief 2.06; and several others. NO VACANCIES... tw ahs With Moncton being a sure starter in the 1959 racing cam- paigns, it means there will be ne vacancies and the same number of tracks will be in operation in the Maritimes as in the previous year.
Maurice Michaud, president and largest shareholder of Mont- real’s Richelieu Raceway, was buried last week after a short illness. He was 40 years old.
As a young man he took an in- terest in harness racing, and |
Bengal Pitchers Give Up Most Homers In Majors
certainly are due for a change. The Braves may soon taste a bit St. Louis Cardinals in the Na-|
of a losing streak and should that streak occur while the other, top teams are winning. then we could still have a race in the
league yet.
HOWEVER. we see no good reason for those Braves to start falling apart. They appear to have what it takes to repeat as Na- league champions and ther doesn’t seem to be any club around capable of dethroning them. Of course strange things can | hhannen and sometimes do in baseball games. There’s very little difference sometimes between winning and losing ball games. The St.- Louis Cardinals can tell you all about that. They have lost twelve games this season by a mere run and their last eight re-
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one-run defeats into victories, they would be leading the oe cock. That shows you there sometimes isn’t a great deal of between a winner and a loser and in this case between
leader and a cellar dweller. . ore is one thing certain ahout this year’s race and that is the hardiuck guys are the hovs from St., Louis With any kind of a break they would have a much loftier- standing than they now
\ eas these Red Birds will have better luck the rest of the
dista-*
; g i i National lea- WHILE THE BRAVES are calloping in the gue. their ovponents in last year’s world series are in bad shape 2 lor circuit. - og Yanke@s have ceased to be the terror to other teams that thev once were. Thev have been getting very snottv pitching. their hitting has left a lof to he desired and their fielding hasn’t
the league on fire exactly set the le tine mane--d pane win in three sames an? thev
were to escape that‘lichtly. They needed a three run rally in the ae the ninth to nip the Kansas City Athletics 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Sundav. However right after that ric- tory, an old Yankee castoff. Bob Grim. tossed a two-hitter at the Bombers as the Athletics won handily 10-.
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DAY the New Yorkers appeared to have the winning gry Chicagn White Sox broken They led 3-2 with two out in the ton of the ninth and no Chicago vlayérs on base. Nellie Fox, lifted a long fly to Mickey Mantle for what was supposed to be the out. Mantle made a. three-base error * oy bogie as @
sesuit the Pale Hose went on to win the game in eleven innings. act goings-on don’t appear like Yankee doings. But they are and as a result of such mediocre play the Stengelites are deep. in se second division. - Ne matter whet hapnens now. thie American League race an- pears certain to be a real humdinger. Yankees may yet pull up their socks and make a battle of it but they have a hard, tough road
ahead of them.
CHICAGO, CLEVELAND and even Baltimore Orioles are ing definite sions of behaving like nennant-conscious outfits. The White Sox and fhe Indians seem hound to stick right to the bit- ter end and the Orioles might just be around at the finish as well. ‘If the Yankees are to repeat as American league champions this season, they are going to have a real reversak of form. Their case is not like the St. Louis Cardinals who looked rather good in Yosing. On the contrary, these Yankees, looked bad ‘in just about abot every battle they lost and in some they won they didn’t shine < og ee to take a great transformation in Casey Stengel’s erew to put them on the victory path once again.
WHILE FOLKS around these parts are indeed big league con- scious, we know that down King’s County way the most important item on the agenda is the starting of the baseball league next Sun-
tional league.
“I think that Mr. Busch (club
owner August A. Busch Jr.) understands our problems and
will build for the future with
young players.
NEW YORK ‘AP) — A few years ago a not-too-bright ball- jplayer was asked: “Who's the | best pitcher you ever faced?”
“I don’t remember the pitcher’s name,’ was the reply. “but I hit a homer off him almost every
“Of course, he wants tb win,” | time up. He was the best pitcher
Hemus. added hastily. building toward a pennant.”
There are indications galore,
“We are'| ever faced.”
That's the way it is with De- troit Tigers.
younger players, that Busch has|of Ray Narleski of Detroit and
program. \
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day -fte-nonn. : we wrote this column we were not certain where play will take place but we do know that three fronts will see action, meaning that all six teams will swalg into action.
As we said before in our sport jottings, these good folks of King’s are dead serious about their league. They back their teams
of fun between now and playoff time and. there'll be plenty at those baseball! diamonds. ,
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hilt and stay with them right to the bitter end. They'll have |:
Here's wishing the good folks of King’s the best year ever,
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Bay State Pat, p, 2.01 4-5, now in his tenth year, is still going strong. A few nights ago he won a $5,000 feature event at Richelieu track in Montreal - time 2.04 3-5. Canditions were not the_ best, and it was considered a wonder- ful performance.
Among the horses he headed | was Prudence’s Boy 1.58 3-5, and; he also defeated Brave Scot 2.00, and other fast steppers.
When we read about the vic- tories of Bay State Pat, our me- mory goes .baak to some six year ago when our friend Andrew Perry of Summerside returned from Woodstock, New Brunswick, with the reported- four-year-old pacer. Under And- rew’s ownership, apd with James MacGregor training and driving he showed his heels to some of the best pacers in Quebec City, and was sold for what was then considered a long price.
Last year his winnings amount- jed to $44,344, and his all-time winnings to the end of the 1958 | Season totalled $122,748.
| RECORD SET
A season's track trotting re cord was set at the Charlottetown track Monday afternoon when Basil's Girl, owned by Reg Mac- Kenzie and driven by Ed Downe, trotted a mile in 2.19. This looks like another good prospect for the trotting classes here this season.
Great interest in taken in Eur- ope in the 50,000 International Trot, which will be raced at Roosevent Raceway on August 1 Several of the best trotters in Europe are expected to come over for this race.
France's J&min, European trot- | ting star; Ascara The Great, that
| will be Denmark's standard-bear- |
; er; and Sweden's entry ‘‘Adept,” ‘that has been unbeatable in his homeland and has been clocked a mile in a mile and a half race in 2.10, will all be starters. | Im Sweden, there is no starting | gate, and Adept_fias been trained to go from a standing start. To | set him accustomed to conditions that he will have to race under in the United States, i”
he will
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staff. Now they are in last place in the American League and the other seven clubs are padding their home run totals at Detroit's expense.
The National League gopher ball leader is Lew Burdette of | Milwaukee with 12. He is followed ‘by Brooks Lawrence of Cincin- inati, Von McDaniel of St.Louis and Vern Law of Pittsburgh, each
(last night’s results not included) were by that single run such as the club's trading for; The Tigers, with the addition! with nine.
: Chicago Cubs” pitchers have
The Cardinals are nine games back and had they changed those resigned himself to a building Don Mossi from Cleveland, were | given up 43 home runs to pace : figured to have a crack pitching| the National League clubs.
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in the ninth Tuesday to defeat Philadelphia and former team- mate Taylor Phillips 8-7. Wally Post’s two run pinch homer in the top half of the ninth had put
vanced on a wild pitch. The Cubs set the stage for their} Moose Moryn fanned for the ninth one run victory in 17/\first out before loser Phillips games when Al Dark singled to; walked Earl Averill. to fill the open the inning. Ernie Banks) bases. Humberto Robinson,. who
also singled, and both runners ad- reported Monday after his pur-
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American League
Detroit 400 200 000—6 8 0 New Yorke 020 001 000-3 12 1 Mossi (2-2) and Wilson; Ford (3-3 Ditmar (1), Sturdivant (7)
chase from Cleveland, replaced RESULTS
Phillips and watched Dark score as Willie Jones fumbled Bobby Cueche,Carrillo (5), Douglas(6) berg 8 grounder. and Izquierdo; Dick, James (6)
and Johfson. |
STANDINGS
Walls, then’ stroked a single en- j;abling Banks and Averill to score ithe tying and winning runs for
Chicago 000 001 223—8 12 Conley, Farrell (7), Phillips (0-3) | (8), Robinson (9) and Sawatski, |
Hegan (9); Hillman Morehead | Henry (8), Elston 3-1 (9) and) S. Taylor. HRs: Pha-Sawatski|
(1), Post (7) Chi-S. Taylor (3).!
International League Rochester 430 000 001—8 15 o Montreal 104 102 20X—10 16 2)
Greason, Merritt (3), Hiland |
(3) Browning (5) and Rand; Har-| ris, Gray (2) Lapalme (3) Valdes: (4) and Teed. Miami 220 020 000—6 10 1) Columbus 024 001 00x—7 9 0) McDermott, Stewart (4), Bryd} (8) Bucha; Lovenguth, Jackson | (2), O'Donnell (8) and Hall. | Havana 000 200 001—3 8
Richmond 100 060 11x—11 12 2|
Garrison Mess
To Enter Team
The Garrison Mess will. de- finitely enter a team in the City | Softball League it was decided) last night at a meeting held at) the Armouries. | The new league entry will play the B.I.S. Shamrocks in their sea-
| son's opener tonight. h
pair ff mang ae Phillies’ seventh straight coavetens * | Se Os F- 3 C Dy. TER CANAEUAN Prem | Colas Go Seualiit's. Gul Washington § 010 000 001-2 7 1) — American League |homer of the year and his second Grant, 3-0, Brodowski (8) and W L Pet. GBL double drove in the Phillies’ first Naragon; Griggs, 2-2, Clevenger! cleveland 20 11 .645— ‘four runs and gave them a 40 (2), Pascual (8) and Porter. HRs, Chicago 21 13 .618 % ead in the fourth Cle - Colavito (12) Piersall (2)) Raitimore 20 14 .588 1% | After the Cubs got to Gene Con- | Held (7). Wsh-Porter (1). |Washington 17 19 .472 5% |tey for their first run in the sixth Chicago 000 000 100-1 6 ©) Kansas Gity 14 16 .467 5'2 |and two more in the seventh, cat- Baltimore — 020 000 O0x--2 4 1! Boston 13 18 .4197 \cher Sammy Taylor smashed his Pierce, 5-3 Latman (7) andinew York 12 -18 .400 7% |<.cond homer of the year to top Lollar; O'Dell, 22, Walker (8)! Detroit 12 20 375 8% | off a two run eighth, giving Chi- and Triandox. HRs: Bit - O'Dell International League cago a 5-4 edge : (1) | : ; ° W L Pet. GBL| Post, hitless in his last 13 ___ Natlonal League 'Miamt 22° 15 .595— |timeseat bat, hit a pinch homer Pittsburgh 002 000 000-2 9 2 | Buffalo 20 15 .571 1 | behind George Anderson's Jeadoff St. Louis 002 220 11x—8 12 0! Montreal 20 17 541 2 J/walk in the ninth to capture a Kline 3-2, R. G. Smith (5),) Richmond 17 17 .500°3% |6-5 lead for the Phillies. Then Blackburn (7), and Burgess; | Rochester 17 18 486 4 |Richie Ashburn singled and Chico Jackson 2-5 and H. Smith. HR: | columbus 17 18 .486 4 | Fernandex:doubled for the losers” StL-Cimoli (1). ' Toronto 14 20 .412 6% | seventh run. Phila 020 200 003—7 10 2) Havana 15 22 7 | In other National League ac-
tion, all at night, Pittsburgh was
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American League still is negotiating to televise in Chicago at ei airy dian, Canada the Archie Moore - Yvon ovan (1-2) vs Harshman (0-5). Durelle championship fight in Cleveland at Washington (N)— Montreal July 15, CBC Vice-Pres- Score (3-2) vs Kemmerer (4-2). ident E. L. Bushnell said Tues-
Detroit at New York — Lary 44y. (3-3) vs Turley (3-4). v He told the Commons broad-
i casting committee “‘There’s going ape joule ao ore to be trouble” unless Montreal National League promoter Eddie Quinn lifts some Milwaukee at San. Francisco— f his stipulations, including TV Buhl (2-1) vs McCormick (1-2) | blackouts of places like Ottawa. Cincinnati at Los Angeles (two,-|_%ack McIntosh (PC Swift twi-N) — Newcombe (2-4) and | Current-Maple Creek) asked what Lawrence (3-3) vs McDevitt (2-2) the main stumbling block is in and Erskine (0-1) or Koufax (0-0) |the way of agreement to televise Pittsburgh at St. Louis (N)—|the lightheavyweight champion- Friend (0-6) vs Mizell (4-1) —_—ship_ fight in Canada.
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Jim Marshall, batting for teal
Two Run Homer In Oth 4 Gives Cubs 8-7 Victory
Chicago Cubs scored three runs the Phillies’ ahead 7-5.
to meet St. Louis, Cincinnati was at Los Angeles and Milwaukee was at San Francisco.
All fotr encounters in the American League were carded at night with Detroit at New York, Cleveland at Washington, Chicago at Baltimore and Kansas City at Boston. : :
Juniors Practice Tonight
Brian Lewis has called a prac- tice for his Junior i
directly west of the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital.
Coach Lewis has asked that any player wishing to try out with the team attend this workout. All positions are still open on the team and the fact that a boy didn’t perform with Legionaires {last season is no bar to his per- forming this year.
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