Another Sensational Racing Card Seen _ At Covehead Track

Giving a repeat performance of the sensational racing card wit- nessed two weeks ago the harness racing card staged at Covehead race track yesterday afternoon a- gain provided a good sized crowd of fans with sensational racing throughout all four classes, with the usual upsets occurring. fast times being hung up over a light- ning-fast track. and two horses taking now records.

Nell Kalmuck, Willard Kelly's rreat trotter came through as ex- pected with a straight heat vic- Zorv in the Classified Trot over a 1..d of six starters; Dale B. :halked up a looked-for victory in zhe No. 3 Classified and in so do- ing took a new win race tab of 2:13 in winning the second heat after Quick Lick had taken a new nark in winning the first heat in 2.12 2J5. but that was as far as ihe favorites got.

Scotty Budlong. given a great drive by owner Sammy Kennedy hirnished the first upset of the afternoon as he came from he- hznci in all three heats of the No. 1 Classified Trot and Pace to chalk up a straight heat win. and Mollie Bars. owned by L. E. Delaney of Ynrmouth. N. 5., cli- maxed the afternoon's sport by being 1-1-1 in the N0. 4 Classi- fied Trot and Pace, final event. on the card. heading a field of eleven starters and going the sec- ond mile in 2:14 2/5.

Those were the highlights of a great: racing program and despite ihe prevalence of rain from the start of the fourth heat on. the fans stayed through to witness the duels of speed that were oc- curring in each and every heat raced.

No. l, Classified Trot and Pace

The battling started in the very first heat and with it the upsets as Sammy Kennedy took Scotty Budlong out at the 7-8th mark to pace to the front 20 yards from the wire to win the heat in if duel with ‘Eleanor G. and Jacob Withrow. Icrrainc Abbe (stole the rail from Eleanor G. at the first turn but lost it after they had reached the three-quarters. At the seven-elghths Scotty Budlong had paced into second place. It was a. triple stretch duel with rookie reinsman Kennedy taking his horse home in front. Eleanor second. Jerry Gralttan moving up to third, with the remainder close- ly bunched.

The second mile was practically a repetition of the first, driver Srmmy Kennedy waiting until the last quarter to take Scotty Bud-long out. and win the heat in the battle to the wire from Lor- raine Abbe who had led from the first turn on after taking the rail from Scotty. Joe Direct moved up fast to cop third with Eleanor G. fourth in the eight-horse field.

The final mile produced the most exciting finish of the day as five horses came racing to the wire abreast of each other. It required a photo finish but again it was Scotty Budlong. a nose to the good. as driver Kennedy took him from behind in the stretch to shade Joe Direct who had lbeen to a drive from the back stretch on.

No. 2, Classified Trot

Jolly Harvester, trotting a storm opened up rbig gap to lead by five lengths at the half. but Neil Kalmuck. the favorite started to move up from fourth place; be- fore they hit the three-quarters the Kelly-driven mare was sec- ond and in the stretch, never lift- ing her nose, trotted to the front to win by half a length over Jolly Harvester with the other four horses strung out.

Nell Kalmuck made every post a winning one in the second mile. Keilyis Nightmare raced on the outside almost all the way but couldnt get up to the leader as she drove to the wire as the field of six trotters finished close- ly packed with a photo finish necessary to decide third and fourth horses.

It was Nell all the way again with Kelly's Nightmare racing on the outside all the way challeng- lng. but was still a head behind a‘. the wire with Billy Kalmuck a neck ahead of Beaverdale and Jolly Harvester and George Mac in that order.

No. 3, Cludflfl RI

Repeating her performance of two weeks ago Quick Lick came from far back to nip Dale B. a’. the wire in a sensational finish with Just Flicks. just a head be- hind. Dale B. took the rail at the first turn to lead the closely pack- ed field around to the half. Hit- ting the backstretch Quick Lick made her move ic move up on even terms with Just Flicks at the three-quarters a shade behind Dale B. They tore down the stretch practically even but driv- er Len OMeara had Quick Lick in front at the wire: Dale B. sec- ond; Flicks third. and very little Inparatlng the other six perform-

an. Upsets continued ls Dale B.. baking the rail right after -t.he

word was never haded. staying d! the last half drives of Just Fllcka and Quick Lick to win by a length. with Flicka going a great mile. being a head in front of Quick Lick. It was l new mark for Dale B.

Billy P. C. Parker was fourth. moving up from ‘ninth in the first mile.

Dale B. threw back the chal- lenge of Billy P. C. Parker 1n the first half and Just Plicka in the latter part of the mile to win the heat and race. leading from wire to wire. Dale raced on even terms with Just Flicka from the three-quarters to the middle of the stretch before again going to the front to stay. Quick Lick made her bid at the three-quart- es but two successive breaks ruin- ed her chances as she finished fourth. half a length behind C. Albert Budlong.

No. 4. Classified Trot and Pace

In a heat that saw positions change frequently. Mollie Bars came on l1'1 the stretch lo win the opening mile from Lucky Number. Taking the lead at the second turn with Shy Ann 2nd in second position. Mollie Bars went to the front at the half; Lucky Number again took over on the backstretch but in the race to the wire Mol- lie had too much foot. beating Lucky Number by a length. Romeo moved up to third with Shy Ann 2nd. fourth to complete the leaders.

There was no catching Mollie Bars in the second mile as she led the field from wire to wire. Alt fhe half Mollie, Lucky Number and Shy Ann 2nd. were well bunched. 0n the backstretch Pro- fessor Clegg moved 11D to con- tending position but was still half a length back of the leader at the wire. Lucky Number was third with Mary's Delight closing fast to finish fourth.

They couldn't catch Mollie Bars in the final mile as she led from wire to wire. The field were bunched the most of the mile. stringing out slightly in the final seven-eighths with Professor Clegg capturing second place. Shy Ann 2nd. third. and Abeweit Milady winding up the money winners.

Summary:

No. 1. Classified hot b Paco

Scotty Budlong (Kennedy).-. Joe Direct (Baxter). Eleanor G. (McNeil). Lorraine Abbe (W. Kelly) Jerry Grattan (Hankinson). O. U. Volo (Stead).............. . Jacob Withrow (McAlduflyfl Wait N‘Sca (O’Meara and Gregory) Time: 2.12 2/5; 2.14; 2.16. Winning horse owned by Sam Kennedy. Charlottetown.

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No. l, Classified Trot

Nell Kalmuck (W. Kelly) .... ..1 l1 Kelly's Nightmare (Shaw) .5 2 2 Jolly Harvester (Baxter) .... ..2 5 5 Billy Kalmuck (McDonaidLAl 3 3 Beaverdale (McNeil) ..4 4 4 Geo. Mac (Stead) .. .5 6 6 Time: 2.13 3/5; 2.16; 2.16 1/5.

Winning horse owned by Wil- lard Kelly, Southport.

No. I, Clalalfled Paco Dale B. (C. O'Brien)... .. Quick Lick

Billy P. C. Parker inson) .. Billy Conn (Bownesa) Dlldy Budlong (Stead). Nellie Worthy (Buell) . Marjorie Budlong (Rankine) Time: 2.12 2-5; 2.13; 2.14 2-5. Winning horse owned by Geo. Hughes, Brackley. '

No. 4, Classified Trot .9 Pace Mollie Bars (Baxter) . ....1 1 Professor Clegg (flankin-

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son) . . 2 2 Lucky Number (W. Kelly) 2 3 8 Shy Ann 2nd. (Phillips) ...4 '1 3 Abcgwcit Milady (Smith) 5 5 4 Amy's Delight (Stead)10 -4 5 Donna Clear,’ (Sheehammsd 6 '1 Twilight Melody (sum.

man) .9 0 0 Geo. Guy (Jay). .8 9 9 Romeo (Arhing) .. 3 l1 . Rlio-Dola-D (Delaney) .1110 d

Time: 2.16 1/5; 2.14 2/5; 2.18.

Winning horse owned b L. E.

Delaney. Yarmouth. N. s.

Marjorie llanover Wins At Amherst

(By The Canadian Press)

AMHERST. N. a. July 2343a,. men Ooates’ Marjorie Hanover won the free-for-all feature of ,0 twilight harness racing meet here. Jennie Kalmuck took a straight- heAt win in the No. i classified. Other winners were Louise Pro- testor in ihe colt race and Pearl Direct in the No. 1 classified.

All event-s were on the two-heat plan. Best time was 2:15 turned in by Marjorie Hanover in the final heat of the free-for-ali.

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Work on the cinder quarter mile track at Memorial Field is now un- derway with big machines levelling off the oval in preparation for the rolling of the clnders. many of which are now in place and when completed the field will boast one of the finest athletic tracks in the Maritimes.

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Although at one time it was fear- ed that not enough clnders would be available to complete this stage of the work this season 300011111; to Director of Physical Fitness 3.1! Reid under whose initiative and supervision the field became pos- slble, this trouble has now been overcome and work will be bu:- rled to completion in order w a1- 1o\v the senior and school athletic performers to get in strenuous training sessions in preparation for the two big meetings slated for September.

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The above will be good news t» the many athletcs who have been Just awaiting completion of the track. It will give them the oppor- tunity of getting in daily training sessions and by the time the dates of the meets roll around the per. formers should be in top condition for their competitions against out- side athletes.

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Work is also progressing on tn! athletic field at Kensington. There is a. lot of interest among the youngsters in track and field work and although their \vork is natur- ally limited at the present time l). is quitc certain that when the In- terscholastic school meet takes place representatives from that. town. headed by Bobby Jay will have a strong contingent on hand.

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Appearance here of the Harmon Field baseball team in an exhioi- tion game against the Charlotte- town All Stars on Sunday afternoon next has created a new wave u? interest among baseball followers and it is fully expected that a re- cord crowd will be on hand to win- ness the United States ball tossers 1n action against the pick of Git] League talent.

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While no strangers to Summer. side ball fans it will mark the: first appearance here and will serve as a real test of strength for the locals who so far this season have had but one game against 3.11 out of the Province team and in that instance the Moncton team were not strong enough ic give them a real struggle.

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The visitors composed of players serving in the United States Air Force are said to be a capable crew of ball tossers. They have proved popular in every appearance if‘ the western capital and with the Summerside All Stars faring off actually better than expected a- galnst‘ them the game will ash serve to compare the brand of ball played by the locals with that dish- ed out in the Summerslde Lcaguc.

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Keen rivals over a good many years and at present the one. two teams in this year's City League Anchors and Rovers clash tonight at the Memorial Field diamond in a league fixture and while Anchors are the present leaders should the northenzl crew be able to come through with a victory tonight it. will place them right on the heels of the west enders.

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A much improved band of per- formers in recent games and spark- ed by Whitlock and Trainor in batting roles and Jackie Cairns in the pitching department the Wr-al- en-managed- crew are given an even chance of taking the leaders into camp in tonight's tussle. That would leave them but two games behind and with the rivalry lie- tween the two clubs keener than ever fans should witness one of the hardestdought games of the season this evening with both likely to throw their pitching ates into the fray.

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Covehead track was the scene of another great racing meet yester- day afternoon and despite continual light rain the majority of the fans stayed right through to the final heat. That in itself npeaks well for the brand of racing that was wit- nessed and with the usual upsets occurring the reputation of this fast piece of racing dirt was even more enhanced.

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That McCarthy man is making his Critirl eat double portlonl of crow today_ For there are the Red Box astride the pennant pole al- ready in the American League u: nearly so. The hottcst club in basa- ball didn't get there by pulh but- ton tactics. They got there by winning nineteen out of twenty- twa starts. making a clean sweep cf their series with Cleveland.

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N. Y. Giants Tie Cards For Third Place In N. L;

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(By The Canadian Press)

Leo Durocher's New York Giants tied the fading St. Louis Cardinals for third place 1n the National League pennant race yesterday as Clint Hartung pitched the Giants to a 5-0 victory over Cincinnati Reds while the Cards were troun- ced by Brooklyn, 12-4.

l-fartung pitched one of the best games of his career, limiting the Reds to three singles. After Frankie Baumholtz singled in the first and Hank Sauer in the second, l-fartung held the Reds hitless un- til Grady Hatton whacked a one- bagger 111 the eighth.

Young Helm wehmeier duelled on even terms with Hartung until the fourth when with two out the Giants scored twice. Walker Cooper walked, stole second and rode home on a double by Bobby Thomson. Thomson scored on a single by Buddy Kerr.

The Giants picked up another run in the sixth when Johnny Mize walked and raced home on Wil- lard Marshall's double to ce-ntre. Sid Gordon clouted his 19th homer with l-larturig aboard via a single in the seventh to complete the Giant scoring.

At Brooklyn, the Dodgers rout- ed St. Louis 12-4. to solidify their grip on second place.

Every Dodger regular hit safe- ly as the Brooks assaulted four Cardinal pitchers for 15 hits in- cluding Tommy Brown's second homer of the season.

The Dodgers jumped on Ken Johnson. recently recalled from Rochester of the International League, for two runs in the first inning and were never headed.

Philadelphia Rhillies cut loose with a barrage of extra base hits including three home runs, to de- feat Chicago Cubs 9-4. a

At Boston, right-hander Vern Bickford weathered two shaky innings and pitched Boston's league-leading Braves to an 11-2 triumph aver the PittsbufBh Pir- ates before a. night-game crowd of

25,446.

The victory was the seventh against two defeats for freshman Biclcford.

Three Island Fighters Lose 1 AtBhatham

(By The Canadian Press)

oiulri-iAM. us, July ilk-GOP- don Snodgrass. 173. Saint John. scored a fourth-round knockout over Jackie Armstrong. 1B3, l-faii- fax, in the main bout. of a boxing card here tonight.

Snodgrass, NewBrunawick light- heavyweight champion and a stu- dent at St. Thomas College here. displayed too much experience for Armstrong when he landed a hard right at the 1:24 mark to end the bout.

Three Ohatham boys made a clean sweep of bouts against Charlottetown fighters. In the six round semi-final, Arnold Flelgher. 160. Chatham. knocked out K. 0. Doyle, 164, Charlottetown. at the 24-soc0nd mark of the fourth round.

Billy Snowball 132. won a de- cision over Tiger Steele. 129. from the Island. David Cassidy. 168. scored with left hand punches to earn another four-round decision over Buddy Currie, 182. Charlotte- town.

In the curtainraiser, Yvon Du- reil, 148. Bale Ste. Anne. won by a knockout over Frank Ramsay. 145, Chatham, at the 1:24 minute mark of the second round.

TORONTO. July 20 — (C?) - The Board of Control today de- cided to cable London. seeking the British Empire games for Toronto in i949. Vancouver and Hamilton already have made bids for the meet.

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Brooklyn. or rather Burt Sholten are having somewhat the best of it in their duel with New Yuk Giants. The latter found Chicago Cubs hardei’ to handle than ex. pected- so Brooklynhas a two and a half game advantage over their great rivals. ,

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The flrlt ll on the Ottawa Aggregate should attend.

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Anchors And Rovers Play This Evening

First and second teams in the standing and the two clubs favor- ed to meet in the finals. Anchors and Rovers meet in a scheduled game of the City Baseball League this evening with the concensus of opinion among the fans being that the game should result in one of the best of the season.

Rovers making a determined bid for top spot can creep to within two games of the present leaders by a victory tonight and if they can dish up the same brand of ball as they have been doing many are 01.1118 opinion that they will be able to take the measure of the hard-hitting wostend crew.

However it turns out it should be a nip and tuck struggle, a struggle that will get underway at 5.45 at the Memorial Field diam- ond.

Baseball Results

National League W L Pct. GB Boston . 54 3'! .593 Brooklyn . 47 41 .534 5 l~2 ~St. Louis , 46 4-8 .517 '1 New York 43 .517 7 44 .500 B 1.2 4B .473 11 51 .446 13 i-I 53 .424 15 1-2 Pittsburgh 2 Boston B. St. Louis 4: Brooklyn 1L Cincinnati 0: New York 5. Chicago 4 Philadelphia B. American League W L Pct. GB Boston 11 .508 Phlla_ . 80 .594 Cleveland 37 .584 l-I New York 38 .582 1 l-i Detroit 46 .495 9 1-3 Washington ...30 52 .420 15 1-2 Si. Louis 54 .391 l9 l-Z Chicago 51 .330 24 1.2

Washington 1 Chicago i. New York 4 St. Louis 0. Boston 0 Detroit l3. Philadelphia 4 Cleveland 5

International League W L Pct. GB

Montreal 36 .518 Newark 50 43 .538 ‘l Rochester 4B 4'! .505 l0 Syracuse 48 40 .500 10 L2 Toronto 50 51 .405 11 Jersey City 46 50 .474 i3 Buffalo 45 50 .474 l3 Baltimore 37 55 .402 101-2

Montreal 1 Syracuse '1. Toronto 5 Newark 2. _ Rochester 8 Jersey City 4. ‘ Buffalo ‘I Baltimore 5.

Sport Briefs

MONTREAL, July 2'1 —(CP)_. Entries from Chicago, Denote, Boston and New York have been received for the Quebec-Montreal road cycle classic August 15, it was announced here today. It will be the 15th renewal of the annual event. The l70~mlle test will start at 6.30 A.M. in Quebec. with the first rider expected to cross the Montreal finish line about eight (hours later.

MONTRIWL. July 2'1 -(cp)_ Stan Horne. golf professional at the local Ilesmere Club, nnnounggd Willy that Babe Didrikson Zahar- las. the belting woman golfer from Denver. will play in an exhibition match Aug. 28 with Bobby Locke of south Africa. along with Home and Jules I-fuot of Montreal. The Babe is also expected to enter m; Lachute open tournament the fol- lowing day.