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DOWN TH BACK STRETCH

Last ur-ck ue iiiciitionrtl that- Joe O'Bricn had arrived at Roose- velt Raccuay and that his stable of R2 hut-cs was ftillowitii.'. ll'c have learned sIlH'P that this is incorrerl Joe ier) wisely ttiok

the precaution of sending one of.Rousevelt

his reliable men to things and tn arrange for stalls. He found that only half enough stalls would be available and. that the ueatlicr was very cold and a lot of horscs were stiffer-

If the cold. so the trip was -can- eelled and stable from Santa Anita to Bay Xlcariows track where

tinned for about three weeks. Joel

look overlmaking I

change to the cold affected them. . . . Stanley-Daiicer. tog from coughs and the effec-ts.who was top driver at Rtioseveltlwith his Iliird hoincr of the season I few years ago. then had toland Ford drove in Billy Hunter Joe has moved his practically retire for a While. is.with a single for the foal Yankee better ftirm rtiii

racing than eicr. in the first eight nights f LI?-Al)(WI' H0-VIER starts May lst and will he cnn- of racing in which he made 38

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The Guaniiiin Saturday, April 23. 1955

(By The Canadian Pi'essl

Whitey Ford pitched his second straight shutout and third victory of the American League season Friday. holding Boston Red Sox to seven hits as New York You- kees defeated Frank Sullivan 3-0 with the help of homers lby Yogi Berra and Hank Bauer. g . ' The game was one of two day matches in the maior .lcagues Friday. In the other, Chicago Cubs clubbed Cin- -cinnati Redlegs 6-3 for their fifth National League vic- 'tory in 10 starts.

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race his stable there and the latter part of May will move

East to Ilooseielt Raseway.

, ., ut in thev last of the ninth and "la". GE”-V C””"”'" 'e”'”” ” had shutout the Phils 44). He was '"""lPl,9 ll'"””9 of the 69”” all set to go the route for the first i:'(ifnl1esli:IilsTOPh8x:Opl'?ifend in the lime in his major league career

. h th I) ll I' d t. iilmd .i"":"g' ill; llsgelitf M" of at wAefltIer Bobliyy 0i1nllJF(Zla(I,lp'STrll('(l(u out. 10" 51X (1 9 X1 - -

I i l t " ht f' Id I-'ord has allowed only one runimel Ualk douh ed 0 HE "3

We notice uhc-re Billr I-Iatii;li- :1" three glans this year and now pond then scored on Granny Ham. Inn's stable. which wasrtaps allhag a gluing of -,1 (.0nsecum.e "CT-S ITfPl9- Smol-C.Y BUFKCSS last year with Billy sL.(l”.elesS' innings. Sullivan also walked. Lari Torgeson singled and

trained in the

back this year in

sensational series wins. is not doing so well this year probably bccatise his horses were

Smllh and "Mia pitch into the rigiitflcld seats in climate has

t'ouIiiiiied on Page 7

of had a perfect 2-0 record going into

Del Ennis put the game on ice with his three-run homer.

lWhitey Ford Pitc 'esiS'econ'd Straight Shutout As Yanks Defeat Red Sox 3-0

With Boucher Res

By AL COLLE'l"I'I CInndlII Preu Staff Writer MONEY WON'T SERVE NEW YORK tCP)-An era in "Money just wonlt serve the pur- hockey came to In end Friday pose. It won't buy players. when Frank " ' resigned as "I have no proof they (other manager of the Rangers. The clubsl were working against me. genial French-Canadian, cheered I just don't know. It was I big and respected by New York fans disappointment in not being able forvnlmost 30 years, was replaced to build up I team and it's only by his predecessor's son. Murray fair to let somebody else try for (Muzz) Patrick. I change." g The momentous change hap- The former hock:-y.great said he pened shortly after I p. in. when has no plans for the immediate fu- the Ranger organization made ture. He is going home to his farm public I brief statement from the in Mountain. 0nt.. in I couple of 53-year-old Boucher saying that he days Just as he has done in past

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the game, witnessed by 7.241. He didnit allow a hit until Berra lined to

It was the seventh straight loss r the ltpless Pirates. who liavel yet to win I game.

the third for his second homer of the year. Bauer led off the sixth

Ex-Ciiiciiiiiatl outfielder Lloydl ,!llerriinan belted a leadoff homer

Second Saints Win City Basketball Championship

The intermediate Saint Duii-I Ilan's University basketball teaml won the (lity Basketball League

it, Arnold 11. Mt-Guigan 12. Mt-- hitter in the seventh.

Goiinell 1. Kelly 1. Total 45.

'rmiier;-ii1a.-1,.-an 12,, Grins zhtiio-run clout which hit the flag-

in the first and I bases-loaded double in the seventh for four runs in the ('uh victory at Chicago. The winner was lefty Paul Min- iicr. his second triumph without defeat. The tall (tub southpaw yielded all three Cincinnati runs on two homers and left for I pinch

l The first was Chuck Harmon's one I the most mmous gags

championship last night bv defeat-I l1It'KiIlnt)n 9 Biirge 4 Howatt 4 D019 at the T001 M the 18" flfldiamund baseball smmg naming

ing the Sport Lodge Trotters 45- 36 to win the best of three series in two gamcs.

By winning the series the Saints wrested the title from the defend- ing Trotters who won the first game of the series but lost on a technicality after using an inelig- ible player. Yesterday the Trot-L ters entered I protest to the lee- gue regarding the eligibility of I Saint Dunstan": player who earlier in the season had played with In- other club.

The Saints led all the way last night. and vino the game by virtue of their superior shooting. They raced into I big ta-2 lead during the first ten minutes as they hit consistently no long shots by Mor- YISOD. Arnold and George Mac- Gulgan. The score at half time was 22-18 for S.l).U.

The Saints roared out strong in the second half and again their eccurate shooting paid handsome dividends. They led 42-26 with nine minutes left in the game. -The Trotters clipped seven points off the margin but time ran out be- fore they could catch their young- er opponents.

George Mac-Guigan was high scorer for the Saints II be con- nected for I dozen points. Dave Arnold and Bob Fearon were run- ners tip with eleven points fol- lowed by Chick Morrison with eight. Billy Kelly had two points and Peter McGem1ell one.

For the Trotters Donnie cMac- Lean came through with eleven points and Irving MacKinnon with nine. Barry Macitlillan scor- ed five. Harold Howatt and Des Burge four and Wendell Gillis two.

The new champions won their

Macltlillan 5, Ready. Total 36.

Baseball Results

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

foul line in the third and cattsedica'"p5 IE ""5 c""""'ll"g S mom” gm, ,m,,nag(,.,- Stan Hack in play who once opened a letter with the game under protest from that the Words ”I'll be home soon mom point. Ted Kluszewski hammered the pitchers are starting to throw

curves." The spring training

the fourth. camps for baseball rookies are

had quit because of his failure to years at the end of the hockey produce I winning club in nine season. g ' yearstas coach and manage. Boucher said he definitely was But in an interview later Bou- not retiring fi-om hockey. ”After cber left the impression there was all. its the only thing I really more than met the eye in the res- know." he said. I ignation. although he was reluc- I 3PlS-'G9"- 4011" Reed Kllliatfick tant to come right out and say so President Of It"! Garden Vfhlch directly. owns Rangers. accepted Boucher's There had been strong clrcum- resignation ”Willl deep 15211!-" staotial evidence that all was not STM-INCH SUPPORT wan in ii. . Ngtlongl Hockey He had been one of the staunch- Leggug inner circle; u fgr .5 est supporters of Boucher and once

Era In Hockey ComeTo End

I to in back to ma. At the same time K pstrick Innounced Patrick's Ip- pointnient. THIRD MEMBER

Muzz is 39 and the third mem- ber of the Patrick clan to coach or manage Rangers. Father Les- ter brought Rangers to New York in 193 and Boucher served under him Is player and coach until 1946 when he took over as man- ager Ifter the old Silver Fox re- tired. Lester's older son was brought II as coach Ind piloted Rangers to the layoffs In 1949-50 but he quit It 2 end of the sea- son and went to Bruins. .

Muzz. I former Ranger defence- man. took over as coach from Bill Cook in the middle of the 1953-54 season.

Kilpatrick said Muzz "will have comple'e authority in player ad-

ministration. development of the

farm. system, the scouting force and in the appointment of I coach to replace him."

There was no immediate indica- tion who would replace Muzz. The

- reasonable price.

Rangers were concerned. when before had turned down the man- the club needed players must it was unable to negotiate with other clubs despite willingness to pay I

TWO-PART LEAGUE

In mid-season. Ned Irish. vioe- president of Madison Square Gar- den. bitterly told I hockey writers' luncheon that the NHL bad de- veloped into a two-part league. the top three teams and the bottom three. and that if the situation kept up there wouldn't be any league in I few years.

Chicago and Boston got player

ager's resignation.

Three years ago Boucher said lie would quit it Rangers finished out of the playoffs. When Boston Bruins edged out Rangers for the fourth and final playoff spot in the 1951-52 season, Boucher turned in his resignation the next day.

But Kilpatrick refused to accept it and gave his longtiirie friend I solid vote of confidence. the general vannoiniced he finally had accepted Boucber's resignation. ending an association as player, coach and manager dat-

Cincinnati Chicago

Minner. Pollet Ill! and Chiti. Mc- Cullough (Bl. W-Minner; L-Staley. Hits: Cin - Harmon, Kluszewski; Chi-Merrimaa.

Ibis No. 5 homer of the season in

N3"""al Lug"? Howie pollet pitched hitless ball 902 100 OW-5! 5 1 . the final two innings to cap Min- , 190 mo 31X'4" .9 1 I iiei”s five-hit effort. Stnley, Minarcin (7) and Bailey; CLEVELAND tAPl... Cleveland Indians scored five runs on three hits. two walks and an error in the third inning Friday night and beat Detroit Tigers 8-5. It was the third straight pitching victory for Bob Lemon who was relieved by Ray Narleski during a two-run Dctroit outburst in the eighth.

There were three home during the game. one by Cleve- land's Larry Doby and the others by Fred Hatfield and Ray Boone of Detroit.

A dotible by George Strickland. singles by Al Smith and Joe Alto- bellt and an error by Boone helped the Tribe to I five-run lead in the third.

Steve Groiuek, who was taken out for I pinch-hitter in the fifth. was charged with the loss. his first of the season against two wins.

PHILADELPHIA (AP)-Del En- nis poled I home run with two aboard info the leftfleld stands in the last of the ninth Friday night to give Philadelphia Pbillies I 5-4 victory over the last-place Pitts- burgh Pirates.

The last-minute victory, which ended I four-game losing streak for the Phils. sent the crowd of , 5.821 into I frenzy and made ll9l'H3”I91d. 300710: , Pittsburgh hurler Bob Purkcy the

'picture of dejection. , ml 319 001-5-5 9 0 The 26-year-old rigbthander had Kansas City 100 011 000.4 11 il Trucks. Consuegrs I7l.

Pittsburgh Philadelphia

012 001 000-4 7 0 000 000 1105-5 0 2 Purkey. Bowman 49? and At- well: Wehmeier. Miller tsi nd Burgess. W-Miller; L-Bowman. I-IRs: Pliila-Ennis.

St. Louis 101 000 000-1 ll 2 Milwaukee 000 000 001-1 5 0 Lawrence Ind Rice; Spahii, Johnson in and Crsndall. Ir Spaho. New York Brooklyn

000000 050-5 9 2 020 000 110-4 10 1 Hearn. Wilhelm 17);" Grissom I7) and Westrum. Grasso (71; Pndres. Hughes I81. Roebuck tm and Campnnella. W-Grissom; L-l Podres. HR: Brkn-Campanella. American League Boston 000 000 000-0 7 New York 000101 10x-3 5 0 Sullivan. Susce (7) and White; Ford and Berra. L-Sullivan. HRs: NY-Berra, Batter. Detroit 002 001 020-5 7 1 Cleveland 205 100 00x-I I 0 Gromek. Cristante t5I, Fronts (7l and House: Lemon, Narleski Ill and Hegan. W-Lemon; L-Gro- melt. HRs: Clev-lloby. (lhicaizo

way to the finals by eliminating Prince of Wales College while the. Trotters eliminated the Nomads.l The Saints won the first s es game on Thursday night by I 36-, SI score.

The game was t-apably handl” by George Scsntlebury T I'nd' Farmer. I

Lineups: .

S. D. U.- Fr-aron ll. Illorriizon

Iudge Puffy In

C e I ' Paris Tennis Finals" PARIS. AAPI---Budge Patty of Los Angeles easily sailed into that finals of the Paris internat.i'oiial

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M t' (0! and Lollar: Porto:-arero.ali)iltr3lBOb FOEOY GO" mar W and W. Shantz, Astroth Pro A, New Glasgow

tilt. W-Trucks: I.-Polgtocarrero.

HRs. Chi-Carrasqiiel: C-Zernial. CEW GLASGOW pcmgnnb Fag Washington 012 000 000--3 4 2. icy of Dartmouth has been named Baltimore 000 000 200-4 tl llprotessional at the Abercrombie

McDerrpott. Pnscual (7). Aber- Golf Club here.

MULV 17!. Stobbs t7I. Schmitz till Officials of the club announced and Fitzgerald. Edwards t9I; wil-lFriday that Foley, son of Sam Fo- snn, Johnson tilt and Smith. .'lItissil('.V- PFOICSSIOINII 31 Briklttwlmd tat, w.ii1pr)pi-mutt: Loviison, HR; Golf Club in Dartmouth, had been utI,qh.Bushy, picked for the post.

International League F"'”-V- 75- ll” be" memb"

. .' ' . 1' 'llingdon Cup 'roiimin no mo iao-.7 l0 ,"' V” g”"” T w' , Syi'actise 020 210 30x---Ii ii I lean ,. n":1b;ir'"-I lyea” land.

Jtihnsuii. Iltiover (Tl. Lantlcck IS a I an an S rm mun em I

g p . g .. cliaiiip. This will be his first ven- ttli and Bcibeict. I'.ll(l(.sDI1. Vtil-flu” mm pm mum. liams W. Mason (8). Casagrande

runs ,

over" for this year and no doubt ltliere were numerous disappoint- ed boys. This year. as every year. however there will be one or two ”finds" who entered the camps as dark horses but wound up with I bench warming job for some major league club to await their chance of breaking into the regular line-up. U 0

Some. such as Wally Moon -with the St. Louis Cardinals, break into the lineup as I regular on opening day and become immed- iale stars. Last spring the old "War-House". Enos Slaughter felt pretty secure about his job. Along came Moon who caught the fancy of boss Eddy Stankey and re- mained in become the National League Rookie-of-tlie-year. To make way for Moon the Cardin- als sold Slaughter to the New York Yankees. I deal which caus- ed Slaughter to break down and unashamedly shed tears.

O O I

Dizzy Dean started off in an altogether different manner from Moon although both belonged to the same parent organizations (It different times of course). Dean began his career as I bench- warmer. Evidently his manager ,didn't have too much faith in the italkative Dizzy. One day II the Cards were taking I beating Dean kept talking loudly Ibout his abil- ity on the mound. The manager decided to give him I chance and Dizzy responded by striking out the side. He was on his way fol an illustrious bascball career.

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Ted Williams, although not quite ,as egotistical as Dean. was ap- lolher player who knew he could lhit and loved to talk about it. One day in the Red Sox spring training camp I team-mate told Williams to go over to the bat- ting cage and watch .limmy Foxx hit. Williams replied by telling his tram-mate "Ftixx should watch me hit." As can be imagined

with his left hand than others

tennis tournament pi-may, '1-gy dg. till. Lipclri -9- and tirratl. W-Wil-I fcating Herbert Flam ofrlieverlylliams: I--Johnson. HR: Tor-Ber Hills. Calif. 6-3. 5.3, 0-1. Ebert'-

Patty's final foe will be Mervyn Flr-t

Ted wasn't too popular with his mates and when he wu sent down to the minors for further

will Soiiction

help from the stronger clubs. Ran- gers got none. Then reports began circulating that the NHL gov' ernors wanted Boucher out en- tirely before they would negotiate with Rangers.

Boucher said he had heard about reports he wasnlt wanted in the NHL. bu. lie ll i ,3 01 ..now- ing whether they were true or

of

Flyers and Shawinigan Falls Cat- aracts open the Duke of Edin- burgh Trophy series Saturday night in Shawinigan Falls. The second game will be played in

ii . ”I know that I found it was very- noon. difficult ti-' nrke tiers tluri i' i The best-of-nine series brings season." Boucher ldd0d- "H Wllld together the winners of the West- have been because the good cluos em Hockey League and the Que. dldl” "km W M WW pl”'"5 30' bec Hockey League playoffs for 'n might M" been V” ”t.ItE7.r"' the minor league pro champion- ship of Canada.

Other dates so far announced: Third game. April 20 It Mont- real; fourth game, April 20 It Shawtnigsn Falls; fifth gsme, May 1 at Montreal.- Following Shawinigan Falls' vic- tory over Montreal Royals. four games to two in the QHL final, coach Pete Morin of Royals an- nounced his retirement. A former .....L,LLL..........L

It spring training he hit I home run and then tapered off to I double. single Ind walk for the rest of the Ifternoon. On his first eleven trips he collected eight hits and three walks. He finally was put out on his twelfth trip when In outfielder caught his prodigious clout. The first year Pete played in the majors he led the league in batting and in inst about every other department ex- cept pitching. The next year in m;d.seIson he was sIiiing Ilong with I .300 batting Iversge when one Ifternoan be crashed into I fence It St. Louis while chasing I fly ball. That started his down- fall. He enlisted in 1941 Ind was playing an army game when he raced through I bush and fell into I deep cutting in pursuit of I baseball. He injured his right shoulder severely but It didn't. prevent him from playing ball. 0 I

' Soccer Results

LONDON. (Reutersl --St. Mir- ren Ind Hearts played I 1-1 draw Friday in I Scottish League Div- ision A soccer game.

Allan McFuI'er Going After Welter Title

TORONTO (CF)-Allan McFa- ter of Toronto. I former light- weight who hasn't fought in nearly two years. goes after the Cana- several more crashes into C0II- dian welterweight title next Tues- crete walls and resulting concus- day when he meets champion sions deprived Pete of the star- Tony Percy OI Dl'llmm0ndVi"e. dom that was naturally his. We Que- saw Pete ploy towards the end of his career Ind he could take I harder out It I ball than any other man we ever saw. Pete Reiser. had he remained free from accidents, might have been the best baseball player who ever wore I uniform.

When he returned to the majors he could throw as well or better

could with their right. However

McFnter, once known as the "million - dollar - kid” when he fought under matchmaker Deacon Allan Is I lightweight. makes his comeback after taking time out to go back to school and get married. The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds and both boxers hIve'been showing well in training here.

seasoning before the campaign

I apply-

Rose of Australia. who came from, behind in down Paul Ilcmy of France S-7. I-6. 6-2. 8-6. 6-3.

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S coRNER 5

The gravel roads have dried up euprisingly wcll this past week

and most of them are in god con-1 -

dillori for car traffic. The odd 'pot hole is cncountered on some but for the most part. particular- ly in Kings and Queens counties.l they are ouite pa:-sable. Its I grand frcling to get off the nave. ment for R charter and rc-view (lonliniied on Page 7

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'mai'e is sound and has been jogged all would like to sell mare with

winter. Owncr

harness. jog cart and racing. interested in

bike. Anyone

Montreal too 000 23-45 a l lDure"e'cha5e '- '1 ,, Tced:mPli(:cinle(l iioizeiii-IBOUT III Mdy

tilt and St. Claire. L-Voiselle. Hr:

Rich-Wood. SAINT JOHN. N.B. (CPI---The Second iCaiiadian Boxing Ind Wrestling Montreal 000 200 2100- -5 H 0 Federation will sanction I light Richmond Ml 0.'l.'l lllx--8 ii I heavyweight title bout between

Forizs. lfarris I61. Mickens '7i.l(-.hanipion Yvon Durelle of Bale Browning '8' and Toni: Ctlnllftll,V,i,Sf9. Anne. N.B.. and middle- Nlne tot. Vtiisclle l7i and WatIing- weight champion Charlie Chase of

ion. W-(itinnclly; L-Fnrtzs. HR: Montreal, federation president Ge- Rich-Wood. large K. Gsrnett announced Fri- Rochesler 000 000 100-1 5 3 day night.

Columbus 00.”! I00 03x--7 tl ll Mr. Garneit said the match Msrkell. Palniieri t7i and Raiitii I probably will be staged next month Duser. Hang I7i and Rourke. W- at tibatham. N.B.. by promoter