i‘ ' l

ltl i waiting ior definite wor

“is word was ‘not forthcoming.

1' (he MAHA. in uiring as to

game were staged here.

..their own horde r_in

‘panadien club have been force

was to Cape Breton-to capture ‘the Maritime title in a two-game {Leaner that was played in Sydney.

is not in any way attempting

gems v unie

ui iansflzake lenty of interest in the doings oi’ t e young teams an 1t semis about time that they-the fans we mean-had the privilege of seeing them in action. especially when theyoare proving ood enough to get in Maritinlf nayolrs.

Charlie Hogan's Midget Cookies -from Surnrnerslde have now defin- ‘itely proved themselves as a real threat for Maritime honors with their convincing 7-2 victory over the New m nswlck champions from Saint John at‘ Summer ‘ ‘luesday night.’ '

Practically unknown previous to the start of the playoffs, Hogan's team have proventheir worth in games against the Charlottetown representatives and the New Bruns- wickers and should be very tough to knock oi! when psitted against the Nova Scotlan titl ts which will be either Truro or Sydney. depend- ing on the outcome oi the .-series yhich opens nt Truro tonight with the second game scheduled for the

same ice surface on Saturday night.

Jiorden Nationals. intermediate eiienloions oi the Island got safely the New Brunswick champions

ltllll, the second oi their two-game fold-foal series. and now advance it (he Maritime ‘finals.

All oi which gives the Island representatives a chance of cop- ping three Maritime titles this season. True. none of them are of major importance but they defin- itely sllow, coming as they do in the lower brackets of Maritime plsydcwns. that the Island is still producing hockey players of high ranking.

coo

The City Basketball League fin- als get underway at the Y.M.C.A. fills evening at 8J5 with the R.C

ofls. Despite the space oi time n setting them underway. due to un- avoidable circumstances, interest ls still very keen among local hoop followers. I I Navy, top ranking team all sea- son long in the eyes oi fans have out shown the same brand oi bas- ketball that characterized their early season play. In fact just re- cently they dropped two exhibition limes in n. row, and the two losses. unimportant as they may have teen, have installed the Air Force born as favorltehto‘ cop the title.

liowcver, with the chips down as cy will be starting tonight, Navy arc fully expected to once again hit their real stride. and it was a stride that was good enough all season long to starnn them as the performers in the league. e a

rThelserlcs which has been eager- lv looked forward to, should orn- l

All Stars came r-loniz very fast in latter stages of the second section to finally cop the sectional title llld then go on to bent the Tara lo the playoff for fhc section. but vhether they can turn in a reoeat Eliormance orzninst the team from e Queen Charlotte yet remains it be seen. I

Bvd Howe of Detroit Red Wings recently equalled Nola sewn-vs point getting. record in the Nil-LI. The unobtrusive Howe. a ere-t

llYer in any nee. has been n nil- ll for Jack Ari-ms (o lea» nn end it fakes a (very lrhfillvlola olllar in- ‘M to hold up hisyeight.

4

Fowe is one m m, hart fulkflf- (‘l “Iflyplq ‘in is... ‘flaws/e 1-1:- is lllfl one of is... knit m m. pa». v I lllost dllrnhio éw-m-ma- "m! bide fair to nlltlngtl vim-u Mow-h who llitceded him (mo n" or}; h, 1w (l seasons. W- he- e-w-d "'1" Ieais. and as he in the tyne who "B" Well, has n Yew mnvn ransom a£l§'l(!'*ltl_hlm_ R114 hqyrlwv cool- . ': h ' hundred" rnayywind up with three

l: The (TI-h... Press “Bebe Ruth u»: his om mm aseball i3 years ago today

5' er

Juvenile. danediens with the rs- lmd t e safely in their gras are

us " fish they will o ahead with eir series against t o New Brunswick champions, but up to last night

speaking to officials ‘oi the Club iyasterday the stated that they had l’; yard from esident Hudson oi

. ju what terms the ocal Forum would have if the series, or sudden-death

At the time oi writing. outcome "‘ o; any conversation they had with ("mm officials was not available (‘but notwithstanding, the way mat- "iers have turned out it is high time fihat the Island juvenile champions 11nd a, chance oi ‘playing ofl in

I

j nlclusive of this year. this can;

~- lay sudden-death games in rnain-1 jihad centres. The flrst year they iialicd to come through, but last f! ear after winning at St. John they . ad to go still further-and that

i-We don't know the reason for {kills state of affairs and the writer

to . g o r ti , but it "“’° "" " “iii. iii if“... Lo- w»: m

uco n. great brnnd of br-sl-ctllali." ,

the Colleglarls.

in the sandwich session.

scored against

fill-e

E

away from the College team.

make the red light b Proude.

but at 8.90

=1’

Skating all out. Elmer Blanchard

Less than two minutes later ta

ard and berison

and Evans. For he

both squads missing scoring chan- ces galore in the wide-ogen play. Summerside started te middle

seeking to break the deadlock. Proude was again sensational on a close-in drive by Winn, but the

made it 3-3 ilve minutes and 18 seconds after the start on a play wl McCaig. the scorer going r ht in to dent the twines. Two mnutes and 46 seconds later-“the visitors nlade it 4-3, nn

the counter on s. l8! 1mm Elllll! from a scramble n front oi the

net. The Summerside steam roller

still in iull force just as the llslsfway mark of the period had

been passed. with Bower scoring on

f m Whyte. . §§§°oi§°hexe flve minutes Coile-

glans ganged repeatedly, but to no

avail. Then a penal v l0 Ml" Hennessey for boardlni: saw the visitors punch home t-lelr fourth

1 i tn iod. Wnn gettl-lll igtobn g. as: 135;‘! Ilvans at 15.01.

Summgreid . still holdinl "l6 ll

per hand were far from thro

however, 'and before the sesgigorl had cndcd had run their lead to 8-2. Walker accounted for goal

Gillette

brings you u fOp notch

BOXING

BROADCA T

101V

Melio Bettina

Venus

Jimmy Bivine

i0 Bounds Heavyweight

BFBY- ll P. M.

T BlNDlN

.92.. coals ‘In m! Periodl Plllles Way For, 10-5 Win- Over The Collegians

Atorridsecod rid; . _ goals without a 12th:: pbveld illzkwbgagobeétltlflnltemiildoa: C'A'F--F|Y°" t° (=01) "l? (llwlling game of the City Hockey “"3"” “"15 135i lllght as they swept to a 10-5 victory over

But the Collegians, affc l f behi - koal deficit to knot the counlt lhniilnegfilfgtmtweniydmlnllgs "f 1118?. came roaring back in the third and final session to outscore the visitors 3-2 but the damage had been (lone

olltlilde i’ th t

another calico“ ergififaliwififl

llllls. last movi battle all the

,1, way with Proude n the Collegians’ net turning in a great performance

des te the telnlm goals that were

number '1 on a Pass irorn McPher- son at 18.47 with Evans getting the final goal oi the session S9 seconds beiore the end on a. pretty piece of stickhandling that carried him right in to make way for his back- hand shot that beat Proude

Second game of the series is cleanly.

pi

final session the Colic ions, trying desperately to get bac into the léllgillllfl, could only outscore them

""9- "" llflflllflflse‘ coached squad are s ill being reckoned heavily beiore the final outcome i;

ute mark had been reached Nicolle,

crecdiltled.‘ m 0 e8 ans a h d th i: fight spiritqn the! 3Y5 sessibn

as. a 2-0. they came back in knot the count at Z-allbefore the period had ended. In the ilrst few‘ minutes oi lay the Surnlnerside team used t eir bodies with tell- effect to take the offensive

a row but as Summerside took over the offensive Proude ‘lid be good on three close-in crivcs.

battled it out with Coll ians miss- ing chances alore and hen Sum- merside, brea ng irorn a gong et- tack. shot their ninth oal, Walker slamming the rubber ome as he picked up Bower’s pass right in front of h

The game was less than three minutes old. and after Jack Proude had made a eat save, when Sum- merside struc ior their first goal. Colleglans were starting to ress back at the time when Wh ..e, a. newcomer to local fans, snared the disc and raced to the Coliegians’ ei e. Kiss pass landed on the stiokiof Miller and the Summer- d aide deiencelnan went right in to 1i behind

gainst Summersid saw A. J. Mo- Adam ick the top right hand cor- ner th a snag: drive with lees than three minu s

after Robertson had drawn a pen-

Collegians were close to a score

right after the Summerslde count

as the play raged from end to end “mum,” . ..

al

own defence line to go right in and score the losers‘ third goal of the period on a’ nice individual effort.

. to make a walkaway of it. ran the bell for goal number two, ans tak Wlnn's passout from the side oi the net to slap the disc

orne. Then the tide began to change.

however, 2r seconds before the end oi the garneirerr accepting Wlnn's pass for the final counte oi the game.

McPherson, McDivitt, Miller, Mc- Ca ; forwards, Evans. Kerr. Winn, Wa er, Bower, Whyte, Gauthier. Midghall. Lefebvre. Chouinard.

l6 seconds after the visitors scored made it 3-1 as he drove home mega“ paesout on a ganging at-

McAdam, Hennessey, McDonald; forwards. Blanchard, Nicolle, Rob- ertson. McDougali. Richard, Larue, Irvine. Qulgley. Murphy, Dowling.

College ‘team made it z-all as Nic- olle, smart, heady winger best Nix- on on a Ezseing play with Blanch-

Penalties to McPherson for high sticking and to Kerr for boarding, gave Colleglans a two man advant- age but they could not punch through for a goal, Proude being forced to a ood save on a Sum- merside brea away by McPherson

t balance oi the period with the teams at iull strength it (night in their game at Saint_.was a nlP and tuck “"1881! Wlths,

l—-S'Slde, Miller (Whyte) 2.31 2-8'Side Evans (Winn) ..... 5,80 B-Collegiene; Blanchard

k-Colleglans. Nicolle , (Blanchard, Robertson) H.100’? Penalties: McPherson. Kerr.

session with five-man attacks,

Summerside offensive finall paid dividends as they came trough with six Heals during the period to take an 8-2 lead and clearly out- play the Collegians all the way

h h. gdllgthier shot the counte that

l0—S'Side. Evans ............l92l Penalty: Hennessey.

ll-Collegians, Nicolle (Blanchard) . . . . . . . . . .

3 l2—S'Side, Walkir (Bower) ..l4.34 lS-Collegians, McAdam

i4—Col1eglans, 1i. .. l5-S'Side, Kerr (Winn) , . . . .1933 Penalties: Evans, Robertson.

Junior Hockey

HALIFAX,

Centrals and Westville Juniors meet tomorrow night at Truro, N. 8.. in a sudden -' th Nova Scotia junior hockey semi-final game. it was announced tonight by MAR. A. officials

Scotia championship, the first game ill Glace Bay March 20 and the second at either Halifax or ‘Nestville March 22. ‘

March 34 at Moncton, N. B., w en Bruins oi that cit meet the Nova

Scotia winners. oi the total-goal series wil be

Bruins, with a second and third gzriod su e that caught the Black

lest chance for a Stanley up

berth in the National Hockey Lea- rlod

l-Ohlca o, l-loreok . . . . . .. l.lB

2—Boaton, Jennings (lien) l-Boem Ooudreault . ; Penalties: Egan, Horeok. ' rau- Periel

r

(a

Des ite the fact that they out- ay the visitors all through the

1'4 seconds before the four min-

an, a 123m Banchard medal it . ee e ressur forced Nilplon 1gp two ggest eagles

Over the next ten minutes they

e cage. . A minor penalty shot called a-

to go, and just (y Nicolle broke from inside his

Summe got that one beck,

Lineups:- S'Slde.: Goal, Nixon: defence,

Collcglans: Goal, Proude: defence

Officials: Cameron and Lawlor. SUMMARY First Period

(Nicolle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.46

Second Period 5—S'Side, Gauthier (McCaig) 5.18 6—8'Side, ‘Winn (Evans) 7.58 'l~$'$lde. Bower (Wlwte) ...l0.l'l B—S'Side, Winn (Evans) 15.01

9—-S'Sidc. Walker (McPherson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.47

Thlrll Period

(penalty aho) . . . . . . .....l7.l0 olle . H1835

F?

Finals At Truro

(By The Canadian Press) March iii-Halifax

The winners of the semi-final

Tile Maritime junior finals o en e second arne

iayed March 26 on the llova Sco- ia champions’ ice.

Chicago Loses Last Chance At ll. ll. L. Playoff Berth

All? The Associated Prue) O AG . March io-Boston

wire iia footed, blasted Chica o's

1 ii ton ht‘ b h di :mp:y5_-.(! defeat‘? y an n‘ The summary:

P l:Jennln. enay ‘E

Babe lluth Becomes Wrestling Referee

Mlffllll-(AP) thshomarunkinl.

is referee. l Ruth, his wife said today, will ausunte his nut career April 4

at Boston and ii the venture proves

successful the former slugger may make l. national tour.

Ontario Finals To Begin 0n Saturday

maofvro, March. 1s - (or)- VJA. Hewitt, secretary of the 0n-

Association, nounced tonight that, start at

Cornwallis“ Hands

Halifax ilavy . 13,6 Trimming .Leo liurocher

W Hopes lie Can s." a W“ Escape Infield

All-IS, Nbi, Mlrchllli

Halifax Navy 18-6 here tonight in the Oiienel‘ o! a best-

Senior Hockey League title and the Maritime service champion“ lp. nlan Tara outska

Baseball Moguls- Colllplote 1845 Travel Plans

WASI-HNGTON March lb—(APl ig league officials today com- baseball's i945 travel-reduc-

ds

this effect will be made to their clubs to relieve the burden oi war- time ‘transportation. t ‘bueb W p er announcemen o a a ,

second voluntary .travel curtail- mimm‘ t" t“m “uh m” Mwue’ metgt came out of a conference

cl. J. Monroe Johnson, dir- m” o; Defence First-baseman Ed Smvens. Mon-

’ g1 M»); Gflfl“,h‘1hrea1 property. shortshop Tommy ‘(Washington Senators’ owner, also s attended the meeting. gling oi schedules will be

under this rearrangement oi games which may be olayed:

DETROIT. March l5 -—- (AP)- The Detroit Red Wings outplay- ing the Montreal squad tonight, beat the league-leading Canedierls to be at 2-1 for the first tlmr l" "w" ting acquainted with the board than two years. Eddie Brune- now. (cell's short seal early l" ll“ "It stands to reason that such a third period was the winning 31-95;, runner ought’, to l,

Brunctcau took Carl Liscombeh long phfleéfllim the rink corner.

Montreal net from three feet away.

Joe Carveth put Detroit in the ,ls~ld at 17:18 oi the first parlor‘, “l 0n the b09165- with a. blistering 35-foot drive after taking a blue-line pass fromjlarl

rt inns goal, coming after Canad- lens had held the advantage in he earlier play. seemed to give he Wings new life, and they pro- duced some close checking that mun ke up most of the Montreal

l. While Ted Lindsay was in the penalty box at the start oi the third period Maurice Richard, the leagues leading scorer. scored his 49th goal oi the season and his 16th against the Wings f0 tie the count. It elimexed a fast dash by Elmer Lech down right wing and behind the goelfor a perfect pess-

u .

Bruneteaus game-winning mer- ker came a minute and 45 seconds later. and the Red Wings, slgfhtlng a long-sought victory over the Canadiens. dug in and successfully repelled the rushes of inch and Richard. ‘ SUMMARY

First Period i-gectrolt. Carveth

ibert) Penalty — Beibert. Second Period

Third iontreel. Richard bacht .. Ietroit. Ii. Brunete)m

s-(Olsppef. M i ls Q-_Chi o

'(O.c§ll.l‘l,ith,ml$lenko) .....l5.S4 7-806 ll.

C 0|

aé‘d“-‘i"‘“i‘i'.'.r£i“‘iés.sa." ‘liii Penalties: None. ii

ID-

for the Halifax

ill Harridge, “L

(LiscunbmC 0th : f P!“ Pblilee-Brlzkgfilioe; ‘u

Spruce Up

‘GET YOUR SKATES AND TAKE TO THE ICE .

TCIIlBlIT-B-iil "we FORUM

‘Borden Wins IV.B.-P.E.I. Intermediate Ch’ship

SAINT JOHN. goal and McLeod followed with uni {Og-‘W-(Bgirdén hNladtlignalgmf. B}; unassisted tally.’ nermeae. o g a Jo °_H_A‘"_ “OQAMQT m All Stars to a 5-5 tie, Won thxes "and B Mnnoufin :1}: lgligffl Intermediate hockey title tonight best-of-seven series .fcr the On- by i‘ "wcwum “w”??? Mail's “ " tario senior title. _

scored without assistance, and McPhee, on a pass from Cutcllffe, made it 4-2. Near the end oi the period. both O'Keefe and Mc- Govern counted for Saint John af- ter solo rushes.

Brunswick-Prince Edward

result oi a 4 1 The g knotted in all three periods-id. 4-4. and 5-5. Votour and Hacket made it 2-0 for Saint John. Then Williams as- sisted McLcod in Borden's

head after the third period open- ed but l-lewey evened the count at the 14:08 mark and neither team could score in the last six minutes.

Sport Shorts

bed ' BEAR MOUaTOAIIIDi. Nil. Mlarch lb-(Al?) — uroc er 096B Cornwallis in the ilrst period, but 3; won't b, "can _, in

lM in wit W" the Brooklyn infield this film" ll "l8 b09195“?! 91195 "P the 38-year-old manager tool: over second base in today's skeleton in- field dirill.

His waistline slimmed from 36% and his weight trimmed to no. Haw Leo w“ 1n his best physical condition in years.

Durochefs name eluded amom the list oi signed player contracts handed out from Brooklyn he was not on the roster. no secret that Rickey would look upon a little infieldling by Leo interest. ‘

It would be wise not to leap a.

conclusions regarding Durocher be- arolwslns vflncslle- cause much of the enthusiasm may gore-season exhibitions we“ on by 5mm“, i e-trin tansportation. an“ a; second was easily exp m- k m There was nobody else around. However. that same situation could continue ii players show too much reluctance about reporting.

Second base probably 119101185 t0 Ed Stank)’. who

inches to

club while recovering from

Ala., pneumonia.

Brown. gene. and Durocher made up the ilrst infield as the club enioyed a two-hour initial outdoors work- out under the best weather con- Intra-camp games where two ditlons in its three-year stay at teams are training in thc same vic- ini h as New York Yarflrees and Boston Red Sox at Atlantic ‘They mav play as many as they li e. Games on the way home from

if such contests are played ints on a direct route home. Intra-city games once the teams reach home such as the Yankees 46 vs. Giants in New York. White Sox vs. Cuba in Chicago, Browns vs. Cardinals in St. Louie.

Detroit lied Wings Defeat Canadians» 2-1

championshl grounds.

"I haven't seen l-laegg run sincc he's been here, but I would say hc showed improvement in his latest meet over the showing he made ln his first st

Bear Mountain.

Don't Sell liaegg Short, is Advice

(By The Associated Press)

BOSTON, March l3—Don't sell Gundar Haegg short. That's the advice of another great runner, Gil Dodds, holder of the 4:064 indoor mile track record. at Haegg has done on the ill- door boards to date is what one should expect after 23 days on a boat." said the flying preachegslin an interview during a

v

make a good showing before lollg. Don't sell him short. Remember Long John Woodruii_ He had a the puck into (he nine-foot stride. somewhat similar to l-laeggs eight or Bit-foot stride, and he found it difficult to gct go-

"When Hoegg learns to control his stride on the boards. curves, and the art of leaning on the indoor track. ilnd him right out front. "Running on the timbers is en- tirely dlfferent from covering the indoor cinder paths. his legs to the wood. The hard surface ties up the muscles of an outdoor runner. Haegg gets used to the boards, he should provide a. few thrills."