i E

t

On I windy afternoon a little over two weeks ago on Memorial Field. George Walters swept top honors in the discus. javelin and hammer throws at the Maritime invitation Track and Field Meet to wind up an outstanding track and field career that extended over I period of almost twenty years.

Behind him lay more than two dozen Maritime championships and records. set on all the major tracks of the Seaside Provinces and against the toughest opposition that the Maritinies could offer. '

For twenty years from the time he first stepped into athletic pro- minence as a member of the Lun- enburg track team by setting a Maritime record for the javelin throw until he picked up 21 points for the Abbies in the Labor Day meet here two weeks ago George Walters has been one of the Mari. iimcs' most outstanding athletes in the field events.

He holds and has held for sev- mitecn years the Maritime scnicr ie-c:-d for the jaieliii throw. Three times he has bettcred his own record in this event. the last time i)6'.ll'z in 1948 when he threw the ,i: v liii a distance of 167 feet, sev- r:i ::;hcs.

Pic has been a nienvber of num- ) .)LiS Maritime championship teams wth Luiicnburg High School and he has been both a member and r::zcli of Charlottetown champion- iiiip Abegwcit squads.

But now time. faintly responsi- nilities and pressure of business ii:-c dictating him to call it quits as an active member. From here on us he will put his ability to no:-k as a coach alone and try to liuiid Abegweit track teams for the future.

Like all champions lie is reluct- ant to give up the game he loves. However he feels that he needs a int. of training in order to com- yirtn against the other Maritime nrhictcs and he hasn't the time to put. in that training.

Playing From Memory

Hr says himself that he has been playihg from memory during the past two seasons. He figures that his success in recent meets has been due to the experience he gained over the years.

It will be 20 years next Thurs-

i

I Veteran Athlete Hangs Up Spikes

day since George set his first jav- elin record. He was competing in an interscholastic meet and he threw the Javelin 154 feet to break the interscholastic record estab-

lished the year before by another

Lunenburg boy. At the time he was a member

of the Lunenburg Academy track squad. One year later this same

team made a. clean sweep of track

meets by winning the Maritime junior, the

interscholastic. Hfaritime Maritime senior and also Maritime Firemenls Tournament.

Two years later George had an- sesson with the Lunenburg Foundry Athletic Club. In the Olympic Trials at Saint John. N. B.. he set a new Maritime senior javelin record of I57 feet.

other standout

52- inches. breaking the old rec- ord of 147 feet held by G. Stirling of Cambridge. Mass.

The Javelin was Again in that year at the High- land Games in Antigonish he iii- creased the Maritiine javelin record to 162 feet. ll inches.

his

Climax Of Great Season

He cliniaxed his 1936 p:-i'foi'ni- a:ic:s by winning individual point her. at the Maritime Sznior Clisnipionships in Saint John. In that meet he won the pole vault, javeiin and hammer throw in ad- dition to placing third in the shot put and discus.

From 1937 until 19-17 George paid little attention to athletics He was working with a Haiifox news,- paper and with a theatre com- pany and had little time for net- ive participation.

During that time he was trans- ferred to Charlottetown. In 1947 he was asked to assist in the re- organization of the Abegweit track squad and before long had been appointed coach.

Although he was out of action during 10 of his peak years George returned to the game and racked up some of his greatest successes.

In 1948 as coach of one of the Abegweits nnest track teams George led the wearers of the red and black to the Maritime cham- ploriship in a meet at Fredericton. Th.s was one of his greatest per- sonal triumphs and also one of the finest showings he ever made

(Continued on page 7)

N. B. - P. E. I.

JUN

BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

2:30 p.m. (Today) Wednesday

CURRAN a

nd BRIGGS

versui LEWISVILLE CUBS '

Queen Elizabeth Park. Summerside

ADMISSION 75 cents

specialty.

,........Mm'.......:,;:. . .:k ,u ..

. DRESSING L poem 5

' By Rousont

V Whcn Bob Fougere hurled a no-

iliit. no-run game against the Cu;'- 4 -

ran and Briggs Juniors from Suni- i meiside last Saturday in the open- ing game of the N.B.-P.E.l. Junior baseball play-offs it was the second such game he had plt:hcd for the; Lcwisville Cubs since the play-crisp commenced a few weeks ago 1 Fougerc. who is a 19 ycor old leit- . hnnder from Shediac tcsed a no-l hitter at the Bnthurst Cubs in the opening game of the New Bruns- nick, quarter finals. According to. reports this boy has been scouledp by five major league clubs and his: pitching in the play-offs this sum-I mer certainly makes him look like-. a pretty good prospect. l . . .

Fougere is not the only Le-wisvillc player who has received Major Lea- giie attention. Eugene "Farnicr" White. the Cubs third baseman has already been signed with the Milwaukee Braves and there have been reports that catcher Mc- Clenaghan is also under Big Lea- izue c-'.:serva-tion. White ccmes from Springhill where he learned the elements of the game and then moved to Lewlsville. Judging from the home towns of some of these boys it would look as though Lew- isviilc are represented by scmc sort of an All Star team from the top of Nova Scotia and the bottom of New Brunswick. .

. - o

Despite their high rating they had a tough time defeating Curran and Briggs in the opening gain: of the series which leads to the ooh- clusion that the Junior Abbies might have beaten them. The Cur- ranites get another chance to take the measure of the Lewisville boys today in a game at summerside and providing the weather is anyways favorable this should be quite a game. Fougere might get the nod to start again while coach Johnny Carroll will probably go with Jackic Kearn.s.-

. o .

Kearns. (vim had left for his Bos-i ion home last week. was flown in over the week-end to pitch the Sunday game at Lewisviile. He re- sponded in great fashion by tossing a three hitter and he was the sub- loci. of considerable praise in th-: Moncton and Saint John papers. Both the runs scored against him were of the unearned variety. I-le gave up only three hits and struck out 13 batters.

0 C 0

According to a Summcrsidc sportswriter that week-end trip to Lewisville cost .1. K. Curran. spon- sor of the Curran and Briggs team. more than 51.000. ,1. K. flew the boys to Moncton on a chartered

GUNNERS

y MECHANICS

.

28 LAA Regt. R.C.A.

RECRUITING AND riii TRAINING

WILL COMMENCI

FRIDAY.,25 SEPT. '53 AT 1930 HRS.

OPENINGS FOR

. v , c.......l....; . IF YOIIARI INTERESTED, IN coop TRAINING Combined win. .SPORTS. ENTERTAINMENT and COMRADESHIP I A JOIN THE R. c. A. -Now ,

f splendid Opportunities For Advancement

I

l

)

I Maritime play-offs

lis a well organized

lroticr Silver l.agy, owned by O.

in a pacing rzicc at Lonzlonis Queen's Park.

iim-k to win the second lit-nt.-(('.l'

Dr or llorry List of Chatham, Ont.,

is A .

is thrown clear when his Loomis of Parkhill. Ont. stumbles Uninjured, the horse came Photo).

City All S-ta

In S-oftbiall Game Tonight

A team of ba player's from iii.- City Snftbiill Ls giic will meet the Suinmerside Air Force this "even- ing in an exhibition softball game under the lights at Memorial Field. The ganie will commence at 6.30.

The Air Force. winners of the N.B.-P.E.I. Intermadiate Softball Championship, are currentlv en- caccd in a series with the Halifax Reliabies for the Maritme Cham- nnship. The Airmen lead the series one came. to mthlng.

Wally siicpiiani will coach the City team this evcniiig. Following is the lineup of the team: Gene Ward. Alf Coady, Art Ballem. Wiif shephard. Henry I-Iartinger Sonny Stull. Phil Covleg Rec Hughes. Billy Wright. Verne Blanchard. Len Arscnniilt. Gerard Biirizc. Paddy Shephard and Ray Mc- Claskey.

Admisson to the game is 25 cents.

' in addition

M.C.A. plane. he

-brought in Kearns from Boston and

flew over Brian Lcwis from Chai- lottciown. Lewis. who hit .524 for M.C.A. in the series against Hol- maii's Intermediates. reportedly played a very strong game at Lew- isville. - . - .

The showing of the Summerslde Air Force in the Maritime Inter- mediate softball play-offs should raise. the stock of the City Softball League considerably. The a"ii-men. although they were superior to the City League team. have shown the same superiority over the best of the Intermediates in the rest of the Maritimes which would iii- dicate that the calibre of ooifitball being played here .is fairly good.

0 O O . The airmen will wind up their this Saturday in Halifax and need only one more win to annex the Maritime Championship to the laurels they have already won this season. They will be slightly handicapped on Saturday because two of their pitchers Andy Andrews and Charlie Ballem suffered broken fingers in recent: games and will be unable to

work on the mound.

I 0 0

Hnweveiz they sjill have floss Armstrong and Army proved how good he is in the series against Fredericton. In the third and de- ciding game of the playoffs he was called in to relieve with the bus a loaded and none out. He struck on the next three batters while throw-

3 ing only ten piiclies. All the pitches

were strikes and he needed the

lcxtrw pitch only because one batter

had a foul tip. 0 O I

Softball, which is making an amazing comeback throughout the Maritime: in the past two seasons. "sport. It has an effective governingvbody for the Maritlrnes and in this remect is far ahead of the baseball organiz- ation. This can"-be easily. ascertain-

STOREMEN

aims

o. J. MocCORMACI(. -c.i).. Li.-cot. Officer Commanding zs nan. llegt. lt.C.A.

ed by a glance 'at' the play-off plctuie."I'he (softball play-offa have been conducted iri.a.unool.h and orderly fuhion'but:(he same thing can't be sub! for liaieball. The rea- son-Baiseiball people haven't :yet learned the meaning ofithe word

rs, Airmen

Baseball Results

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Plttsliurghr 000 002 020-4 '0 4 Brooklyn 102 000 llx-5 7 2 Hague and Janowicz: Erskine. Podras (4). Labinc (9) and Cam- pancila. W: Podres. HI-ts: Pitts- liuigzli. Thomas. Ward; Brooklyn. Shuba. New York 100 200 000-3 7 1 Philadelphia 420 001 021-9 13 I Jansen. Kcslo (l). Wilhelm (3). Maglie (6) and Kati: Simmons

and Burgess. L: Jansen.

First: h (,'.iicago 000 000 000-0 0 0 l Cincinnati 001 000 00x-1 .'i 0 i

Church. Klippstcin (8) and Mp. Cullough; Baczewski and Seminick. I.: Church.

Second: Chicago 001 030 000-4 9 0i Cncinnatl 000 000 100-1 . 8 1

Miiiner an-d Garaglola: Perkow- ski. Kelly ((5). King :8) and Semi.

nick. L: Perkowski. HR: Chicago, Serena.

First: Milwaukee . ., 001 020 010-4 10 I St. Louis 000 120 000-3 I l

Burd-ette mid Crandail: Miller. Brazle (9) and Rand. Rice (9). L:

Miller. H35: Milwaukee. Adcock. -Mathews.

Milwaukee . 010 101 400- 'l 14 4 St. Louis .. oil) 005 six-lo 11 0

Liddle. Jolly (8) and St. Claire; Prcsko. Chambers (6), White (7). Brazle (7). Erautt (7), Haddix (8) and Rand. W; E1-autt, L: Liddle.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Philadelphia 000 000 011-2 5 0 New York .. 150 010 001-7 15 1 Byrd, Bishop (2). J. Coleman (6) and Murray: Reynolds. Kuzava (ii) and Berra. W: Reynolds: L: Byrd; HR: Philadelphia. Zernlal. . St. Louis 100 130 002-7 9 0 Detroit 100 000 020-3 5 2 Paige. Ixirsen (ii) and Moss; Mil- ler. Marlowe (5) Aber ('1) Weik (9) Scarborough (9) and Swift. Batta (9). W-Paige, L-(Miller; I-Iii-Is: St. Louis-Groth, Detroit-I-lallfield. Cleveland 20! 020 IOMII I0 0

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN l SEPTEMBER 23, 1953

I Airbome I i

Call Emergency . Meeting- Of MMHI Clubs

SYDNEY. (CP)-Halifax. Char- lottetown and Glace Bay, remain- ing clubs in the Maritime Major Hockey League, will hold an emer- gency meetlng in New Glasgow next week-end to decide the fate of Canada's only major ockey series. However, it appeared oubt- ful the circuit would operate with only three teams.

C. Roy MacDonald. league presi- dent, said in a statement that if the three remaining clubs were not able to find a fourth team or if Sydney Millionaires did not re- consider their decision to drop out. the major league would likely fold.

At present the clubs are hopeful

i another Sydney group will take up

the franchise or a New Glasgow entry will seek the open berth.

Horseshoe Gaines This Evening

The semi-final and finals of the Island Open Horseshoe Tournament at the Brighton Horseshoe Club will be played this evening com- mencing at seven o'clock.

Keith Dalziel and Len Phillips will finish their semi-finals and the winner will meet Allan Shep- hard in a four out of seven game final.

R. Vessey and A. Doyle will play an exhibition game while the semi- finals are being completed. Friday night the doubles tournament is, ex- pected to get underway.

Start New Drive For Funds For Millionaires

(('P)-Two mem- bers of the Sydney hockey Hull, (Jeff Llbbua and John Mulvilhlll, have started a drive for funds to get Syd- ucy Millionaires bilck Into the Maritime Major Hockey Lea-

SYDNEY.

I AIIHFAST

IF vou- ORDEII” Tour?

COAL -- FURNACE OIL - STOVE OIL .. PROPANE GAS '

we nuravun ronav '. WE ARE IN rim FUEL BUSINESS oivmt

coiii. coimiiv

DIAL 6553 '

NEW YORK. (AP)- A major league baseball executiv predic- ted Tuesday that the Et. Louis Browns' franchiscwould be trans- ferred to either Toronto or Mont- real withln the next few weeks.

The baseball official, who ask- ed not to be identified, told The Associated Press he "understood" the American League owners fav- ored thc Brownsl shift to'eithcr of the two Canadian cities over Baltimore. All three cities are cur-

rently members of the Inter- national League.

A meeting to discuss the Brownie situation is scheduled

for Sept. 27 in New York. A four- man committee met in Chicago recently with American League president Wiii Harridge and Bill Vceck. president of the Browns. and announced it would recom- mend that thc Browns' franchise be moved out of St. Louis.

While it did not name a future Vliome for the Broiuis. it general- ly was believed Vceck was head- ed for Baltimore.

"There are at least three clubs who definitely 'will vote against moving the Browns to Balti- more." the informant said. "Clark Griffith of Washington and the Macks of Philadelphia don't want Veeck in between them. under any circumstances. Don't expect the Yankccsylo vote for Balti- more. either. They've been try- ing to peddle the Kansas City franchise off to Veeck. who wants no part of if.

"The way I understand it. the Philadelphia Athletics arcs eyeing Baltimore themselves for a pos- sible move there In the future.

"It's my guess the Browns will he in Toronto next year. Iid say it is a 6040 proposition right now between Torontb and Montreal, with the odds favoring Toronto. I understand Vceck and Jack Cooke of Toronto have some kind of an agreement between them."

At. Toronto, Jack Cooke. owner of the Maple Leaf baseball team said he had "no comment." on the story.

At Chicago. Veeck. said story was "news to me.” .

In Brooklyn, Walter F. 0'Mal- ley, prltsldent of Brooklyn Dodg- ers who also owns the Monircnl franchise, said he would not stand in the way of Montreal ob- taining a major league franchise.

the

: theatre-TV with

.Predicts Browns Will Go To Montreal Or Toronto

Marciano 4-l Favorite To Retain Title

(By Jack Hana)

NEW YORK. (AP)-Cllalllplon Roolry Marciano and challenge.- Roland Lastarza breezed through final training sessions Tuesdav with the Brockton blockbuster it -i to 1 favorite to retain iii. heavyweight boxing title Tllllis. day night nt the Polo Grounds.

Few of the experts gave 1;... 26-year-old New Yorker much chance to escape the heavy pun. ches of the swarthy champion.

International Boxing Club of. flees buzzed with action and the halls were Jummcd with news. paper men fight managers and handlers. Few of the managers thought. Lastarza would win al- though some of them predicted it

tougher fight than generally ex- pected. Jim Norris. IBC president, rc-

ported .an advance sale of 522.5,. 000. The sales should reach 3000,. 000 before the'oIfice is moved to the ball park Thursday. The IBC still talks of a 5400.000 gate and about 35,000 fans. The long-rang-. weather forecast is fair and WBPITI.

The 15-round match will not he carried on radio or home televis- ion. Audiences in 45 theatres in 35 cities will see the scrap on prlcps running about 53.60 a head. Ring time is 10:30 pm. EDT, a half hour later than usual.

Norris said the theatre-TV car- ried )! guarantee of 3100.000 with a privilege of 31 per admission If more than 1000.000 turn out.

Both fighters will share in the theatre-TV receipts and the gate.'Marciano gets 42 U2 per cent and Lastarza 11 U2.

being transferred to Montreal.

"Major league ball is bound to come to Montreal sooner or later: why not right" away." More-all said.

John Paul Jones. the first great. hero of the American Navy who

gun. Guy Moreau. general manager y Miillonulresl executive am of Montreal club.. said he is in died in 1792, was bo in Kirkcu(l- nounceil the-. withdrawal when favor of the Browns' franchise bright. Scotland. . ll funtl-raising ' n 1'6 ' sulted in only 85,000 of )1 312.000 objective being col- I lecticd. The xtufiiiu of the Sydney

club will be discussed at a league meeting at New Gina- gow Saturday.

Yoiikersgliacegway ; ls. Suspended

ALBANY. N.Y.. (AP)-The state harness racing commission Tues- day suspended the license of the Yonkers Raceway. effective im- mcdiatcly. The track's fall season was to have started on Sept. 28.

The suspension will remain in force until all 1.200 of the harness racing trackls employees sign af- fidavits that will include state- ments reierring to their back- grounds.

Governor Thomas E. Dewey called on the AFL Internatonal Building service Employees Union to take away the chai-ter of local

Chicago . 002 000 001-: 9 0 Feller and Hagan; Pierce, Con- auegra (5). Fornieles (8) and Lol-E lu. L:.Pierce. I-ms: Cleveland, Doby, R.oeen;' Chicago, Minoso. I

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Ilaltinioro .. 001 000 000-1 0 1 Rochester ......4io ooo soxl-s s o Greenwood, I-ieintzelman (1),

Starr (1), Rozinski (7) and Taba- check: Jordan, Wooirldge (3) and Kahn. ' I

Rochester wins best - of - seven semi-Anal playoff I-3.

ssoznaiiyyiihiiiie

TORD.N'I)o. (CP)-The daily double of Richmond Hill in the first racewind Covey in the second paid teams at .Woodbine Park Tuesday. Richmond Hill paid 868.10

cooperate. 9 .

in the: first and" Covey 31.90 in the second. . '. .. ' .

sioiis

P;.E:.l..P.iI;0WIHG MATIIH 7weii'iie'spAv. SEPTEMlER-23rd '. " i2:30jSo,nIpr,.Spom ' I I, ,. l 3:00 0dn'clng ' ' i ' muitsinv; smeuim mi

2:30 Junior . ' .

3:09 snnibt-mans.) . I it

f its leadership and

32-!) and "only grant it new min when all the racketeers and all of those who have had any part in evil practices have been eliminated."

About 800 members of the local are employed by Yonkers. Race- way. Dewey said the local had forced a violation of-the law on the Yonkers track by ordering the 800 workers not to sign affidavits required by law.

ilsha-wa Generals To Suspend Operations

'r)onioN'r0, (C?)-The Ontario Hockey Association Tuesday night gave Oshawa Generals of the u- gociguqnu junior A circuit permis- sion to auxpend operations for the coming season.

Fire destroyed the team's home arena last week.

iviioytiiiiiii.

Charlottetown

(20 laps)

sioci(,cAii iuciiia.

THIIIISIIAY. SEPTEMBER 24.

If weather conditions favorable

25' CABS ' 3 Preliminary Events (10 laps each). I 2 Semi-Final emits) no laps each) Powder Puff Race. lady drivers (8 laps)

t Feature Event-all curs participating-

PARADE nus mob -

Driving Park

(

FIRST RACE 8:15