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SPORTS FRONT

By PIUS CALLAGHAN

Backs To The Wall

MONTREAL CANADIENS and New York Rangers have their backs solidly to the wall as they face Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs in weekend Stanley Cup action a Sanne sone Rangers trail in their best-of-seven sets three games to two and a loss in their next encounters means Gil cal at the val tr onch outfit. The fact that the Rangers are on the brink of elimination

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( EVEN THOUGH BENCH-WARMER

By BILL MacDOUGALL | TORONTO (CP)—Centre Billy) 8 | Harris of Toronto Maple Leafs has no qualms about picking up his cheque each pay day, even though he’s probably the high- est-paid bench-warmer in the anes of the National Hockey | Leagu fr don't feel guilty, that’s for | sure,” * he said in an intervi

“But it’s a lot nicer to be play- ‘ee I'll tell you that. I’ve fin- ished the last three seasons on

ew.| in the NHL wo

ae Duff and George Arm- stron, It’s # oubtful that if Harris was |

be sent to the minors. Rangers are known to be an- xious to get him and have made several unsuccessful attempts

wo! with Toronto. And it’s not likely any other club uld pass up a chance to get him

Toronto coach Punch Imlacn says he'd trade Harris if he got

Harris Has No Qualms | About Picking Up Pay

. bachelor of arts degree with

economics major, and @ SS away from Toronto might slow down his studies.

Harris makes no bones about admitting why Toronto coach Punch Imlach leaves him on the bench so often.

“Imlach has three centres who he thinks are playing bet- ter than I am,” he said, refer- ring to Red Kelly, Bob Pulford and Keon. “He's ‘told me that.

“And I respect Imlach be-

should not cause too many raised eyebrows. After all the Rang- |

ers just merant to squeeze into the playoffs and they are mak- |the bench, and it gets dis-|.a suitable bargain. “I'd trade/cause he makes the moves that

ing a pretty fair showing agains the second place Leafs, Indeed 4 | couraging.” any player if I got the right/he thinks are right for the

it took as a little better than 84 minutes to prove their The smooth - skating stick-| deal.” club.” .*

su + temper on home ice Thursday night. A bit of a break and handler has more talent, and| SERIOUS STUDENT Some hockey observers figure

Rangers could be leading this series as the teams get set for fore bench-splinters than any| Harris, a polite, serious-| Harris’ main problem is his lack NHL bench-warmer had had for| minded fellow who off the ice| of weight and his susceptibility

the sixth game tonight.

: meneeers despite the New York loss. Lorne ‘Gump’ Worsley must be a happy man. After a blasting from Muzz Patrick early in the series, the ‘Gump’ has answered with probably the great- est goaltending the Stanley Cup semi-finals or finals has ever

- It was this Mr. Worsley who kept the Rangers in the game i Had ‘Gump’ —

suéh heights that the ardent Manle Leafs’ fans were upon their feet applauding the little man. His work inspired the Rangers to fight from behind that - score and finally knot the matter at 12:31 of the third stanz:

After that equalizer, the Rangers sprung to the attack and tt awas veteran Johnny Bower who was forced to kick out some sizziers. Bower had a tough break on Rangers’ first goal when, oe stopping Gendron’s long blast, he allowed the rubber to slip. between his legs.

leafs Deserved Win

MIXED CURLI

Thursday night and made overtime necessary haying an ordinary night, the Leafs would have had the whole ak. Sees mnt i! ana | o-. hor ypiyy a The quartet mnt fe “igre B- affair packed away long before the close of the third period. Seat eee ee acs | ee Woolen aa canes a ie yaad Doyle, o! Eric Gillespie, Vilma And ular shift for only 18 games But Worsley was stingy as he possibly could be. He rose to curling championships | Laine lewellyn, Isobel MacDonald when other centres were in- at the Charlottetown Curling | finals. Members of the win- Allison Saunders. Mem- | Lois Shaw and skip ee jured. His average is nearly a

NG CHAMPS

ning team from left to right | bers of the McLaine rink are

Habs Have Back To Wall In Attempt To Take Cup

| many a year. Three-quarters of this season he got on the ice for little more

shift.

The record books say the 26- year-old centre dressed for 67 games. Actually, he had a re

goal a game—l5 counters and 10 assists.

than a faceoff or the occasional |

acts and looks more like a scholar than an athlete, has his reasons for not yearning for a trade. At 26, he is just a little more than a year away from

REPLACED KEON

Until Thursday night’s fifth game of Leafs’ best-of-seven Stanley Cup semi-final against New York Rangers, Harris saw no more action than in most of the season’s games. He took over for injured Dave Keon at the end of the second period and

stayed at that spot until the

Playing For

By BILL MacDOUGALL |

TORONTO (CP)—Goaltender Lorne (Gump) Worsley is happy with the new deal he is getting with New York Rangers, and the way he is playing lately

to getting knocked off stride too easily. His 157 pounds spread over six feet make him anything but burley.

Harvey

“it’s like the difference between night and day now that Doug’s here. It’s a pleasure to play

now.” MEANT HARVEY He was referring to coach

eo on the night’s play the Leafs richly deserved By LAURENT CHAISSON shes Actes p here Th a ey i Sap juween jries after losin er urs- | after winning the series’ two | victim bad bounce on the long - tim They payed 90 und hockey and refused to panic after that MONTREAL (CP) — Mont- day night and now face the dif- | opening games here. But the| Hawks’ first goal by Bobby 0 ' Bears apa siglo ~Sae be happier shan hon . Montreal Canadiens defenceman two-goal lead had evaporated. Rangers had the spirit after real Canadiens have their backs ficult task of winning in Chicago | Hawks fought back for two wins | Hull, the goat on the third by | he didn’t figure in any s . ‘ who this year took over the Ingarfield had knotted matters and it took some stout playing to the wall in an attempt to Sunday night to stay live. |at Chicago Stadium and gath- Ken Wharram and hampered by | |the six- sy centre didn coe ican on a ene coaching job at New York, still

by the Toronto club to hold the invaders in check.

wrest hockey’s coveted Stanley

“Yeah, it’s going to be rough,” |

ered

the necessary momentum | his own defencemen on the other |

out of place between wingers

a one-man fort often in Rang-

taking a regular shift as a rear-

And it was fitting that ‘Red’ Kelly should prove such 2 hero Cup away from the Chicago said coach Toe Blake Friday. to pull them through in the fifth | two by Bronco Horvath and Hill

for the Imlachmen. Kelly set up Stewart and Mahovlich for the Black Hawks. “But if we can’t win an away | game. | Hay ers’ Stanley Cup semi-final se- guard.

first two Leaf markers and then sank Mahovlich’s pass for the They trail the aggressive game we don’t deserve the cup.) The Canadiens plan to fly to tak the only thing Cana- ries against Toronto Maple Doug explains things to you. their The Canadiens appeared to be Chicago today for Sunday’s do- |diens could get excited a Yor Cc U Leafs and Thursday pulled out vue ta just blast you off

clincher 7 the second overtime. n should make the Leafs a solid choice to close out the Cee tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens. If they don’t, they’ Il have trouble galore reer a decision at Madison Square Gardens in a seventh gam One thing is sure and yer fs that Worsley can’t be any better tonight. Thursday nicht he broke the hearts of these

Hawks 3-2 in games in best-of-seven cup semi - final se-

in the driver’s seat a week ago

Birchwood Cops

ee contest. If they win, the |from the loss was the play series’

seventh and ‘deciding rookie Gordon (Red) Boece

| game will be played here Tues- | who only has been in nine pro- |

day night. If they lose the | fessional games after a brilliant

Hawks advance into the finals | college career at the Uiavarcies

ae Toronto Maple Leafs or of Michigan.

Has Shoot

| Following are the-results f | the shoot held at York on April 4th.

all the stops in a performance) that had everyone gasping.

It was in vain, as Rangers lost 3-2 in overtime to Leafs who hold a 3-2 lead in the best-of- seven series going into the sixth

aturday

This is Worsley’s fourth ap pearance in Stanley Cup play- offs and his goals-against aver- age has sharpened, In the playoff games he played before

| this series, he allowed 65 goals

Toronto sharpshooters with his superb netminding. In spite of New Yor anger: his performance Leafs managed et rh lg a that The Hawks, meanwhile, were te aad Gale a Ca | for an average of almost five made tonight’s episode a must for the visi ing back home Friday, content Lions Sta e pac dacacmay wi ump’s a ve happier now} a game. In the five games of ° 9 Ee r : ES e n e r they’ve got Montreal on the r 9g eer Conckey 96| sey in the bod days when he | this series he has allowed 18 What About Canadiens? ee vl not a fa Cintin 'S iel | | Dewar Swan 94 with Boston Sreine rr si | _ ancl heros cist wk coac u ’ | gam THE OTHER semi-final action is something to talk about. Jack Kane's Birchwood High! saw his North River Road play- | Pilous. “But we're playing w g p Cecil wat Two 100 | oo gg: often because Watson} Jp "the 60 games he played Canadiens had a 2-0 lead in the series and promptly dropped — School basketball team defeated | ers fall behind 11-1 early in the | more confidence. After all, we | SUMMERSIDE — A total of | Gordon Vessey 99 | ane t the goaltender was too | this season, he allowed’ 17 the next three games to these ambitious Hawks. Sunday night | Queen Charlotte High 77-47 in| game but in no time at all the |hold the Stanley Cup and we teams from St. Eleanors, | | Amen Charis 97| pudgy. | goals for a 2.90 average and had béfore those rabid Chicago fans, Rudy Pilous and his charges the first game of a best of five QCHS hoopsters were leading 19- | have the pride that goes with | Seiraatie Kensington, Char- | Lloyd vauar 96 | He didn’t mention Watson by| two shutouts, neither against could qualify for a berth in the Stanley Cup finals. series for the City Interscholas-| 17, This lead was _ shortlived | gi It might be hard to take it | ne and Parkdale are en- | Touis vy 7 =|name, but said in an interview! Leafs. The Hawks will be favorites to do just that and ft will take — tic baskerball title at Birch- however and the Birchwood team us.” * 7 tered in the Lions Club district | ae a Bact = a determined group of Blakemen to send the series back t0 = wood High last night. went ahead and never looked | Hawks are in the same | curling championship to \ Kien Be mt bei Montreal Forum. The Hawks broke the home ice jinx Thurs- 4 bumper crowd of over 400. back. ‘position as last spring when | staged today at the Summerside | “!@" Brown 7) ANNUAL MEETING AND BANQUET day when they overcame the Canucks in Montreal. Undoubtedly — +... mostly students, saw these| At halfti the winners were| ‘they outclassed Canadiens in a| curling rink. This is the firs CLASS THREE the Montrealers feel that they are equal to such a task in the | 1/101 Console disnlay some of the leading by twenty points with | Similar semi - final round and | event of its kind and is intended | Laken Lewis * —of— Windy City. haat toestathatt play 60 Ch ‘0. eading by twenty . ‘1 beat Detroit Red Wings in the | as an md bonspiel. | Raymond Chappell 87 What Blake is looking for 1s a stout game from his defence. detirn 4 COOL meee ae caeeenner | hay score reading 48-28. Kanel/¢inajs for their first cup win in| mpetition will be a | Leigh Vessey 84 P. E. Il. Harness Racin Cir it That vart of the Habs looked mighty slack on Thursday night, OO"! 7) some time, had his players pressing at all 99 years. dha tenance aie be the CLASS FOUR g cul esnecially on the first goal in the third period. With Hawks oach Jack ‘Spy moans! times and as a result they out- | A year ago, Hawks won the P.E.I. Concrete Products trophy | Ernest Prowse 91 aa ce ed yrs oer right in on Plante as Red | scored Queen Charlotte 29-19. | tte game here and wrapped | donated by Mayor J.E. Morrison | Freddy MacLaren 89 7 P.M. MONDAY, APRIL 9th ay nut his team in fr 1S SPARKPLUG p the aeties in the sixth game | who will officially open the | Frank Vessey 88 | _ The Canadiens will be desperate for a decision in this Sunday Creek Evens Guard Carl McQuaid was _ the on home ice. ‘spiel by throwing the first rock. | Nelson Vessey 80 AT HORSE AND SULKY CLUB night struggle and Chicago had better not take anything for sparkplug for the winners both | The Canasta have not been The first draw gets underwa CLASS FIVE Over Old S granted. After all, the Habs have taken wins out of Chicago Fi | S : ways. He played an outstanding playing to season form in this | . nine o'clock this morning with | Lynn Ernst 85 | ‘ (Over Old Spain) before this season and to a man they are determined to do it [PITY] eries game defensively and had a hand | series. ndup banquet, at which the | Barry Gallant 80 | Admissi ” We know the odds are with the Hawks to finish the series a ee ee | ec Pr Smye deg eer trophy vata for the | rua: | Garth Mactougas oo dmission $1.50 , s finis series | Nine Mile Creek Bulldogs are | wood scoring plays. vost-Dic oore forward | ners up will be awarded, at six | Teddy Huc 80 Sunday night but we are exnecting this series to continue (1./11\10 richt to the wire ing nar | Se cara a Lowi was to | nit has been clicking. When jo Yclock this evening, | walter Douglas a Tickets may be obtained at Old Spain

through until Tuesday. The Blakemen outnlayed the Hawks badly in that first period Thursday but they didn’t keep applying the pressure. Apparently you can’t let up on these world

best of seven final series for the W.R. Shaw trophy. The Creek team, which has been fighting a

with 34 points, followed w. hind by B. LeClair with 11 points

as raight National Hockay lacus en

they were flying to a

Solem three lines were

ordae diens ha ound that out long uphill battle, last night ee Se eet aa kale e Canadiens have f at out. Gowiied Hatoukine bl te arene ~~ were next with 10 ra The, tub ts suffering through Ch 1 A the series at 3-all. injuries, but they also had them a enge ccepted Over 600 fans watched the de-| Jim Webb paced the losers /during the season and still won. fending champs fail in their at- | With fifteen points, several They’re weaker down the mid- Tr to advert tempt to wrap their second these on sats fromm way out. / dle, though, since centre Henri RCAF Sultans proiery that out in a hurry when their basket- | straight title in one of the rough- | oe Diamond was next with | Richard was shelved about ball challenge to Charlotteown Pirates got a quick reply from | est games of the season. 2 points and Hal Ladner fol- month ago with a broken right manager Jack Ross, | The deciding game goes to- | jowed one point behind with 11. | wrist. a a nes a aebeae . that a best-of-five series | night at Saint Dunstan’s at 7:30| Referees for the —, were Ralph Backstrom, another pol oP yt ow ‘ ar the Roar’ - ir would open Mon- | sharp with a skate slated follow- | Dave Hyndman and Bert Mc-| centre, and right winger Bernie ree sek aoa - oa acy . ing the game. Players from the | Quaid. (Boom Boom) Geoffrion also are aed or bv Gaunt A a mD s aa Cornwall and Pownal clubs are| Here are the lineup ailing og lottetown on decided P ates | urged to be on hand as trophies | BHS:—B. LeClair i *. White|~ The Canadiens turned in their s shapes up like an interesting series and basketball | awards will be presented | K. Hugley 10, J. Bordage 2, B.| best performance of the series Geek tat Geme silty bell Guhed we. /eaewen the uitien af the | Weatherbie 10, A. Arsenault, C. | Thursday night, but lost on what Action starts Monday night at 7:45. gam McQuaid 6, E. Lawlor 34, D.| Blake called “‘four stupid mis- P. *emith paced the winners | | satiety, _ Connolly — Total 77| takes.” with two goals and singles went | QCHS:—J. Webb 15, R. Dia-| The mistakes were the four ’ e E, Sin a B. MacDonald and = 12, Lyall or 2, Hal , that got by Jacques adner 11, R. Boyles, 1, R. Gig- | Plan TownRiflemen wesw monn ieee pitch BE met te vr nroe 0 Tey Ce er MeR RGM eer eee Visit M SPORT OF KINGS ere isit Murray Hbr. | Da terse se he ext + a ° raw for Saturday at the Char- ednesday April 4th was a} Charlottetown “‘Hot-Shots” Bo ling Is T y ing To Fill ie Pa Senin big sight ot the Murrey Barber Al Mutch 99 Th U ° ere) Oe ot Rifle Range when the home | Tom V 96 Ga | Ball nan, Dr. club entertained the Charlotte- | Bruce Hillstrom 94 e p nti Starts ee a %.6 Baer dunes Hh elks, Dr. Beck, B. Cook vs steht ot theet aa return | Fm -gfter ond 99 | This is the in-between time |the semi-finals, which will be a A. MacDonald, D. Douglas, The City shots mustered two | Pere Landrigan a7 0 the sport front in the East-| best of three series, with the . AE. Pi . “a test oa, | Edna K gs ¢'0 King’s area. The hockey sea- | winner advancing against the Ice 2-H. Douglas, P, Connol- e ie oe 7 See | son is well over, and the base- | Federals. Our t prediction | for the | ly, J. C G. Bennett vs E. j T 1r sae a try to 4 the fist 473 ball season is not ite here. | semi-final Per-| MacDonald, B. O'Rourke, J. e em a e e Sa folk from Murray Harbour. | Charlottetown “Whiz-Bangs” | With the weather the way it fectionists, o omen ‘= win- | Brooks, D. Matheson. : : very he tue Well, they did just that but | Ralph Jenkins 98 been, and if ani ners. Ice 3 — F. MacMillan, H.R. ak stiff compet. | Kea Jay gg | Keeps drying at i Not only that, but, we pre-| Carruthers, 8. Beaton, R. Spil- an. na fy od t looked’ as | Wendell MacLean 8 it won't be too feng bole behere ‘tbe | | diet that they will also win in| lett vs. E. Matheson, Hal Spil- Sie com a more rest, | Lorna Vessey gg baseball season is here. | the finals to annex a fifth | lett, L. Wellner, E. Tanton. ings a bit a: on r Raymond Vesey 89 owling is trying to fill the successive champion r| Ice 4—Dr. Hooper, C. Camp- wm Gale AB ay groom Dave Schneten 99 28D until that an Men’s and present streak of a straight bell, Dr. Webster, Dr. Drysdale ae Toke ist end’ doi | Ekion MacLean gg Women’s League playoffs are | titles is, in itself, a league re-| vs P. O'Rourke, O.K. Presby, C. ping . aaa y " Geass, and cord, with the previous high | Downe, Dr. Craig. The Charlottetown “Hot | 0 | Ke the oa at te Soba ol “y Dena ‘en cs . ‘amily gathering by telephone? Happens day! only A | H « ” @ start of the playoffs we Right now, we have te - 6 itenect, F Simp- every Shots cms a etal of 473 —a«£ aT ae mate . beset ft en, rect a mi This son aC. tious Ww. a Cc. Z . = by , we points: the Charlottetown | 5. Gordon os and as each round continued, | writer is known to be anything | Fi K. Cantwell. ri Dengs ital GS. nine Reese thyme atic, ge ute Mowat fan tt | Sa fe aes Se ee ee P 1 to Mupray Harbour “Fishermen.” Wm. J. Harris 92 we are 100 | best Chieng there’s no more John “Gosbee 7 percent correct. Kind in six games. That 7 P.M. relative. Short of am actual visit, tima stipes ey Hc Che moat oa ee | at putea ee | fot Open Shite eek sore totaneteragtin: » » a , Sl | ert MacLeod at e finals are underwa | but, at the same time, ee Ld Inexpensive ‘prevented ye ee —— Snowflakes. leading the Pins | posite. And’ Forbie, if Cut ree. Rone » bata : i iz e | 49 Stowflakes leading the Pixies | posite. And Forbie, if Chicago cals a ‘ winning team the “Hot-Shots.” | ai i ivsdual s were. '7O games to | does manage ireal Flemming, M.. MacDonald, . 7” where you would like to call TONIGHT? nd to the runner-up , the scores called thi , ._W. Deacon. s round for the Pixies they’re definitely going te | ‘ % Betty Mellish 94 y lose 3-H Mae- s ‘Whiz-Bangs. eee $$ and 4 them. | out te Toronto . . Douglas, MM. " Lanch was then served by Jim Jordan * We still think they'll win the| Neill, 1. Duffy, D. Eagies, . D. the” ladies, who were cheered argon Gordon gi next tw the champion-| Did anyone ever notice the | Douglas, F. Rossiter, M. Gar. by the visiting marksmen. | Seow Seecoed . ship. It Oe TE Cink ten niet ee en eee Pion elk ©, mockery Mghest tedividenl scores | Derre who wins, ¢ time &)|when they advance along the : ata ames’ taal cote gx [Pore Bay Ss Sua | pupa a | nog tee? ume| | LONG DISTANCE RATES ARE CHEAPER AFTER a 99 out , Pt R ; e } ’ Tokay Oy Rat seming "Res | oTOy ATTEND PALL. one ear, bot were mony La |ob five series. the frst three | @ Melons, t. Heanetey, 6:00 PM. WEEK DAYS AND ALL DAY SUNDAY Jay, and Marty Lea, each with | ON ad mn read the | CKY Six players under another |games are close, maybe even | . Ice 5—Open. 4 later on : | mates The Racky Gk OG Seti eeee crertune: Sub: te Matt. gry ee A busy man for the night was at an a FIRS COMPLETED > eae mane. weal : : night was ee eee FIRST D then the fourth game.| Ice 3~A. MacDonald, G. 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