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Maple Leafs Again Are In Familiar Role Of Underdog
By RON ANDREWS Canadian Press Staff Writer TORONTO (CP) Toronto
.Maple Leafs are in a familiar role for tonight's third game of the Stanley Cup final against Montreal Canadiens. They're the
While Toronto bookies made Canadiens 8-to-5 favorites to win the third game, Leaf coach Punch Imlach was busy telling anybody within hearing range that the Leafs were by no means dead.
“We're down two games in this series but that’s all Montreal has won so far,” Imlach said. REGAN TO PLAY
Imlach announced he would have centre Larry Regan playing in his regular spot between left winger Dick Duff and George Armstronz for the next game.
Regan, picked up from Boston on waivers midway through the 1958-59 season, was a key player
Leafs, who crossed the odds- makers by edging into the Na- tional Hockey League Playoffs three weeks ago and did it again last week by eliminating Boston Bruins in the semi-final round, aren't given much chance of halt- ing the precedent-seeking Cana- diens, runaway league cham-
SPORTS FRONT
By PIUS CALLAGHAN _|
\ TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS have the biggest engagement of
the 1958-59 season on their hands tonight when they play host
to the Mocrireal C2nadiens in the third game of the Stanley Cup finals. - ;
Leafs, traijing in games 2-0 in this best-of-seven classic, —
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third game of the semi-finals with Schmidt’s Boston Bruins. The Imlach boys iropped the first two battles of that Boston series in Bean‘own and came back to the Gardens in Toronto still seek- ing ther first victory.
THAT SATURDAY NIGHT they did manage to halt the Bruins’ march but it was topped by the narrowest of margins. Leafs trailed 2-1 with less than three minutes of regulation time remain- ing and-seemed_headed for their third straight los. But Gerry Ehman finally beat the great Harry Lumley to knot matters at
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Bruins were again deadlocked at 2-2 after sixty had been played. Again Leafs had the necessary time and big Frank Mahovlich sank the marker
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TORONTO never worked harder for two wins than they did for those two. They had home-ice advantage, yet it took overtime ém each case to give them the verdict. Hope of doing much in Boston in the fifth game was dim indeed.
YET, THOSE LEAFS went back to the Bruins’ home rink and soundly w2lloped the Bostonians 4-1 before a stunned Boston Gar- dens crowd. Yes, the same Leafs that needed overtime in both Toronto games, were the real masters in that crucial fifth game in the Bruins’ own backyard.
Just to keep supplying the surprises, Leafs came home for
back to Boston for the seventh and of know the outcome of that affair. Leafs stormed
course you well period to qust the home‘owners from
from behind in the third further Cup play.
N’T START counting those Leafs out until the last Seana cise has faded. They have been battling all season with the percentages against them and despite this here they are r. Cup finals. ° ‘eescun rere fans are goinz to Maple Leaf Gardens to see one ching only. That thing is the beating of Montreal Cana- diens by their ‘darlings’. Ttiis talk of four s‘raight may be al- lowed around Mortrcz! and other cities throughout Canada and United States, but in Toronto no one dare utter such ‘nonsense’. The Cinderella boys know- the faith Leaf ‘supporters have in them. They have no no‘ion of letting them down at this stage of the proceedings. They intend to break into that win column tonight and it’s goirg to take a mighty determined crew of Montrealers to stop.them- . ;
TORONTO is missing something they had counted on heavily.
‘Frank Mahovlich who starred in the Boston series has yet to
hit his peak. And Frank may not reach that peak at all in this classic.
The big fellow went to hospital on his return from Montreal and is beinz treated fcr his injuries in the hope it will make him 100 per cent for the rest of the finals. If Frank gets untangled, he could do an awful lot to get Toronto rolling. He has a severe thigh bruise which, of course, doesn’t help a guy one little bit.
Larry Regan, the Bos‘on castoff who came back to haunt Milt Schmidt in the semi-finals, will be a starter tonight accord- ing to ‘Punch’ Imlach Larry broke his right hand early in the Boston series but ‘Pusch’ is bound he'll play with the aid of a cast tonight.
Jean Reliveau, out since the early stages of the Chicago set. is also likely to see action tonight. Big Jean could be a tremend- ous help to the Habs if he’s fit for the performance. Of course, Tce Blake will be s2tisfied he is, if he sends Beliveau over the beards. Toe has a two-game lead and he won't risk the husky Jean unless he thinks he’s' 100 per cent.
BLAKE ISN’T DOING any advance crowing about the out- come of the scries. He knows the record of those Leafs and he'll shout with joy only when Canadiens have oaptured*four games. Until_then, the cagey Blake is keeping his fingers crossed.
A FOKMER SPORTS EDITOR of the Guardian, Des Burge, is-making out fine as a public relations officer with the RCAF. Allison. MacKinnon of the Guardian-Patriot staff was in Ottawa last week and spent some time with Pilot Officer Burge. ‘Des’ has Toronto leanings in this series and we compliment him on his choice. .
Allisor tells us that Des is very happy at His post and look ing in the pink of condition. \
While with the Guardian Des took a very active part in sports here, not only as 2 writer but as a player and official. He played with the Gyardian Angels in the City League a few years k and later served on the executive of both hockey and softball
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in the Boston - Toronto series. He suffered a broken right hand during that set and missed the first two games at Montreal last week, won by Canadiens 5-3 and 3-1.
Regan’s right hand will be in a plaster cast, small enough so he'll be able to hold a® stick.
“I didn’t want to play him dur- ing those two skirmishes in Mon- treal,” .Imlach said. “I wanted to save him for the big game.” SHOOTING FOR RECORD
A Toronto victory would dash the hopes Montreal:coach Toe Blake has of winning the cup in four straight games. Canadiens have won the cup the last three season and a triumph this year would be a record.
“We want to get this thing over with as soon as possible,’’ Blake said after Saturday's game. “I'm not saying we'll take it in four games but I’d sure like to.”
Imlach has different ideas.
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‘We'll win the next two games phere. And when that happens. j those Canadiens better watch out. | This Leaf club isn’t going to quit. | They haven't so far so why should they now?”
Left winger Frank Mahovlich, who suffered a thigh bruise Sat- urday spent Sunday night in hos- | Pital. He was released early Mom |day and didn’t appear to be both- ered too much during a team workout Monday morniniz.
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NEW YORK (AP) — There's little doubt that young John Calli- son and veteran Stan Musial wish the big league baseball season were opening Monday. :
It would have, too, had not the schedule maker been asked to make provisions for an earlier start.
Now, the campaign is four days old and Callison and Musial, plus more thanra dozen others, will
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Horse Awards | Are Announced
' TORONTO (CP) — Champion- ship awards for 1958 were an- nounced Monday by the Canadian Horse Shcws. Association Inc. for its five zones.
Winners of championship and reserve awards for the Nova Sco- tia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island zone, listed by horse, owner and hometown, are:
Hunter Delmona, Gladys Reagh, Middleton, N.S.
Jumper — Foxy Devil, Donald
Keddy, Halifax.
Road Hack—Delmona, Gladys Reagh.
Pleasure’ Horse — Delmona, Gladys Reagh. e
Harness Horse -- Patricia Nel- son, Bert Brenton, Brentwood, N.S.
Roadster — Seven Up Direct— Bért Brenton.
Saddle Horse—Gay Eve, Mrs. Katherine Ramsay, St. John, N.B.
Fine Harness ,Horse Mr. Wonderful, A. E. Johnson, Hali- fax.
Saddle Pony—Ka larama Buga- boo, Dr. A. M. Marshall, Halifax.
Harness Pony Coronation Princess, Pat Sheehy, Shubena- cadie, N.S.
Equitation award: Miss Eliza- beth Egan, Halifax.
Pirates Obtain Moundsman
PITTSBURGH .(AP) — Pitts- burgh Pirates Monday obtained righthanded pitcher “Paul Giel from San Franciso Gignts on waivers.
At the same time, the Pirates optioned pitcher Curt Raydon to their Columbus farm club in the International League subject to \24-hour recall,
By W. R. ATLEY Canadian Press ‘ Writer MONTREAL (CP) —.The tip-
joi on new line arrangements,
which may jell into fixed com- binations for the next two games of the Stanley Cup final, came as Montreal Canadiens whirled through a 40 - minute workout Monday. “..
In preparation for games to-
‘Inight and Thursday it Toronto _jagainst the Maple Leafs, conch
Toe Blake not “Richard line’ as a unit, but had a brand new combination.
It was the “‘B line’ — Boom Boom, Bonin and Backstrom. Not since the training-camp ‘days of last fall has. the: burly Boomer— Bernard Geoffrion — found him- self teamed up with little Marcel
Bonin, the scoring sensation of the playoffs, and rookie Rakth Backstrom.
WANT FOUR STRAIGHT
Canadiens hold a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven final and, on, the coach's word, will go all out in an effort to wrap up their fourth straight cham- pionship on Toronto ice.
Canadiens took the first two games at home by 5-3 and 31 scores. In the second game the Richard tine was reunited —for brief ‘spells for the first. time since veteran Maurice (Rocket) Richard was sidelined by an n- jury in mid-January.
Henri, the Pocket Rocket, was at centre, with his big brother end Dickie Moore on the wings. Little Henri did double duty last
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Saturday by taking turns also on another line.
“He likes to work, but I think it was a mistake using him on two lines,’’. said Blake, “It was too tiring for him.”
Asked about the changes and particularly the formation of a new lite, Blake said: ,
“There's really nothing defi- nite, but I'll say I wouldn't hesi- tate to use them that. way. In- juries can force all kinds of changes in an effort to find the right combination.”
THE SICK LIST
Blake wasn’t kidding about in- juries, First, the Rocket was-lost because of the fracture of a foot bone. Then Geoffrion came down with strained stomach muscles. Beliveau was the next, suffering a spinal injury in the midst of
.|the semifinals and breaking up
the high-scoring Beliveau-Moore- Bonin line.
Beliveau is recovering slowly but is still handicapped by sore- ness and pain and is not in con- dition to play. :
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He ig accompanying to Toronto, where he treated by the club's physiotherapist. :
“T’'m still hopeful we can spring a surprise on the Leafs by ting Big Jean back,” said Blake. “There's only a slight possibility he can play Tuesday; a bet chance for Thursday’s game.’ NOT SO GOOD
Beliveau showed up for the workout Monday but didn’t take part in it. He looked a bit drawn | —and worried. ‘‘Not very good,” | was his reply to questions about his condition.
Defenceman Bob Turner skated | but took no part in the scrim- maging. He came out of Satur- day’s game with a bruised wrist, | the result of being hit by a puck.
Blake sent the squad throuzh | a brisk, 25.- minute scrimmage, | then had’ line combinations work- | ing in rushes for 15. qinutes. |
“T’m still not making any pfe- dictions about this series,” said Blake. ‘“‘We know we've got two tough games ahead for us.”
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First of all, congratulations to that great little midget team from Charlottetown which downed the Nova Scotia champions, the Hal- ifax Midgets, by the lop-sided score of 11-3. Not very often fs a Maritime final won so decisive- ly. We recall that in .1949 (we think), a Summerside midget team trounced Truro midgets at Stellarton in a sudden death game for the Maritime cham- pionsip by the score of 13-5, which was also pretty. decisive.
Also, congrratulations to the R.C:A.F. Sultans who, like the- aces, underdogs im expert opin- ion, beat last year’s Island bas- ketball champs, the Trotters of Charlottetown, three games to one. These boys started the sea- son looking. like anything but champions. They improved rapid- ly as the season progressed, but their humbling of the proud Trotters was quite unexpected.
We were astounded to read a sports despatch which kaid that Jacques Plante got the toe of his stick on Barry Cullen's drive for the net im the third period cf the—seeand. game—between To- ronto and Monutreal. If he did, | then Cullen's drive .must have been wider of the net than most viewers reckoned. If Barry had shot straight for the cage, Plante, from where he was, would need seven. League- boots and a vaulting pole-to touch that disk. Plante is being built up as_ the
tending by his meanderings out- side the cage area. In our opin- ion, if Cullen had shown coolness during this golden opportunity, he would have put quite a blot on Plante’s escutcheon, and may- be .made himsstay closer to home base in future games. ;
Fans are saying that only for Bower, the Maple Leafs would
have been soundly trouced in
have to build their batting aver- ages to respectable levels. °
Callison, the highly-touted Chi- cago White Sox rookie outfielder, went hitless in 11 trips in the three-game series with the De- troit Tigers. Musial collected only one hit in 11 tries as his St. Louis Cards dropped three straight to San Francisco. OTHER “BUSTS”
Hal Smith of Kansas City and Woody Held of Cleveland also had trouble finding the range. Smith, failed to hit in 10 attempts and Held was 0-for-9. Hitless in seven times at bat were Bobby Thomson and Dale Long of Chi- cago Cubs and Johnny Logga of Milwaukee. :
Bill White of the Cardinals and Bill Virdon of Pittsburgh man- aged only one safety ia 12 times at bat for .083 marks while 3ob Skinner of the Pirates was, 1-for- 13 for an .077 percentage.
Andre Rodgers of the Giants had difficulty in the field. He had five errors at shortstop in. three games. :
These poor starters hope to get back into the swing of things to- day in the ‘‘second openers.” The American League slate lists New York“%at Baltimore, Kansas City at Chicago, Detroit at Cleveland and Washington at Boston. bi) the National League, Philadelphia will be at Milwaukee, Chicago at San Francisco, Pittsburgh at Cin-
Thinks Braves Are N.L“s Best
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwau- kee manager Fred Haney confi- dently reiterated the thinks his Braves are the National League’s best on the eve of their 1959 homecoming against Philadelphia Phillies.
“If we hit, we'll win every- thing,’ Haney said after direct-’ ing the Braves through a light workout. “‘That’s all there is to it. We just have to hit.”
Hamilton Ticats Sign Imports
HAMILTON (CP) — Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Big Four Foot- ball Union Monday signed an- other import, Jim Fraser, a 230- pound¢r from Wisconsin.
Eraser was voted the outstand- ing lineman in the 1958 Blue-Gray
game at Monigomery, Ala,
fellow who revolutionized goal- |;
that second game, a pretty close affair which ended 3-1. Perhaps, but on the other hand, it looked to us if the Toronto team would have won both games from the Canadians only for that big fel- low behind the blueline called Doug Harvey. Put Chadwick in the nets instead of Bower, and replace Harvey with another de- fenceman, and We'll still back the Leafs for the champion- ship.
This Saturday {s “Badminton Day” in Summerside. Dr. Alan Stewart, Earl Smith, Charles Ballom and other local support- ers of this game which is strict- ly for the birds—no insult intend- ed — have had a very successful season, and they ‘are planning for a grand round-up of activities on Saturday with this final tournament to declare Island championships.
Elliott Begins Science Course
MELBOURNE (AP) — iHerb Fittintt today—began—# science course at Melbourne University in preparation for studies due to start at Cambridge University in October next year. “All t have—time—for—between now and the exams next Novem- ber is work,” said Efiiott. “Certainly I have no time for sport and only hopé I will not be
Reme Olympics.
Elliott is scholarship which pays 600 Aus- tralian pounds ($1,344) this year and increases to 750 pounds sterling ($2,100) in England.
The only time off he will take will be for his wedding to Anne Dudley in Perth May 2.
Callison, Stan Musial Are | Among The Slow Starters
cinnati and St. Louis at Los Angeles. The Cincinnati and Los Angeles games are at night.
Heading ‘the list of those who have surprised the fans with their batting proficiency in the first few games are shortstops George Strickland of Cleveland and Alex Grammas of St. Louis. Neither is regarded as a consis- tent hitter.
Strickland had five hits in eight tries for a .625 average. He had two doubles and two runs batted in. Grrammas had 5-for-9 and a 006 Mark.
Others who got off winging were Sherm Lollar of the White Sox with sight safe blows in 15 at bats; Nellie Fox of the White Sox, 7-for-16; Jim Davenport of San Francisco; 5-for-11; Récky Bridges of Detroit, 6-forl2,
RIFLE SCORES
The following are the results of the last shoot of the civilian small bore,rifle club held at the RCMP Barracks.
Prizes are awarded*to the winners\in each of the'five class- es.
CLASS I Roy Coles es ‘Garth MacLennan George MacLennan Irwin Buell Roy Vessey A. K. Mutch P. J. Landigan D. O. Clark Carl McDonald Bob Barwise : CLASS II Keith Stickings Len McDonald Had Ings Ray MacInnis
CLASS III Allison Gillis Perley Taylor Lorne Doiron Dave Johnston
CLASS IV ‘ W. A. Horne - Beverly Dickieson Clifford Birt Ted Carter S., MacLean Cecil Taylor
CLASS V (Special Target)
Nelson Stevenson Don MacInnis Robert Stevenson
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