Kinsmen Retain City

Halifax Cresiccnts In 4-1 Win Over Hawks

HALIFAX. Feb. 28 -' (C?) — Illihx Crescents, hanging over the brink of elhrnlnathli. Pulled thnnlei u erect toniiht with l Ihlltling 4-1 victory over Monc- ten Heywks.

Hawks still lead the series 2-1, however, and the oddr still an on them to face Saint John Beavers in the finals of the Maritime Sen- ior Hockey League. Fourth game will be played here tomorrow night.

After a scoreless first period in which the rival goalies, Gummy Oilfoy and Hughle MacDonald. performed feats that. srrnacked of rneglc and. Moncton successfully killed off the lone penalty to Ray Leger, Crescents opened the scor- ing at 2:57 of the second chapter.

Halifax charged up the ice flve feet deep and Ray Powell sank n 15-foot shot wit/h the assistance of MacGregor and Stanhope.

There was no scoring inter in the period when Sullivan and Leger went off together, Sullivan for lhlghsticklng and Leger for hold- ins.

Crescent: increased their lead ‘to 2'0 well on in the session when George MacGregor, using his wing- men as decoys, pulled MacDonald out of position and drove in a low lhot from 1O feet out.

Halifax shot the margin to three

goals one minute after the last oeriod opened ll Jirrmy Greg and Windy O'Neill put on a cubic polling attack. Gray scoring from the edge of the crease. Moncton averted a shutout when playing coach Les Ramsay sank his own rebound at 3:80 with Frank Imonti in on the play.

Final goal of the game went to MacGregor. who stole the puck nos-n the Moncton defence, ltickhendled in close and hit the top corner of the net behind MacDonald.

SUMMARY Flrlt Period , Scoring: None. Penalty: Leger. Second Period ' I. Halifax, Powell (stanhope. Macdrolor) 2:57.

2. Halifax, MaeGregor, 15:45. Penalties: Sullivan, Leger. Third Period 3. Halifax. Grs (O'Neill) 1:08. 4. Moncton, antsay (Imonti)

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. Halifax, MacGregor, 16:13.

Penalties: None.

Inter - Province Race Meeting Starts Today

Bowling

HOLY NAME ALLEY!

D. V. A. League

Brewers:- J. .7. ‘n-ainor ............:!c1 140 220 Miss Condy .... _.1~i3 132 101 K. E. Murray‘ ..107 153 147 MLs-l Moore . x129 132 126 I. R. Ross .. .. 133 168 rum-ease. Mighty Afoml:— Miss B. C. Conrad 119 112 Miss Strung .. 1.00 119 I. '1‘. Robiron . 89 112 W. l". Duffy 161 131 l. K. Kennedy 155 173 Tom-arm.

fiigh single J. J. ‘Ikalnor 361. I-‘dgh three J. J. Trainor 62f. Points: Brewers i; Atoms l.

Hypertension Kids:-

1 J. Harper 39 238 139 I. L. Bulman 68 157 181i His-l Herrell .. ".94 142 137 I. B. Jones .._ _. .193 131 105 W. W. Kitson .... ..117 200 192 IVteJ-ESM. Ilium:- I. l. Olnboneii .... -184 16f 300 I. J. Shanahan ... “Z00 151 157 ldise MacDonald 137 I. M. Johnston 83 I. J. Mshlr .... .. 19o Totsl-{BBT

Itch single It J. Malur 2M. Ifgh three R. J. itfshax 571 Points: Kids i; Kllroys 4.

i- olrrowu aunts Commercial League Block's Motel lteelaimerlt-

M. Cuiollffe

Total-mt. High single H. Pouiton 280. High three H. Poulton 712.

Points: Block's 3; Lcdgers 2. b‘ Strikers:- I. Diamond ....233 140 129 I. Andrew . .. .146 15'! 21G .1. MacDonald 112 18d 111 D. Peterson .. .228 236 134 W. Taylor 188 203 Total-wild.

332. High three E. Callaghan 812. Points: Michael Bros 4; strikers i

Cendlepln League

Old Timers:-

The inter-province ice race meet- ing gets underway here this after- noon at 2 o'clock sharp when the first four classes of the mile d5)’ program will be raced. Last night officials of the meet pronounced everything in readiness for the annual event wll-h horsemen from Nova Scotle polntr on tho scone and more expected by plane today.

The track is expected to be lightning fest and fast times should be chalked up in every heat with the finishes likely to be ex- ceptionally close.

About 12 horsel from Halifax and

during the threg often-noon: and in addition to the local entries from the Victoria Driving Club eight Summerside-owned horses will also be leen in action in whlt should be an outstanding meeting all the way.

Following are the classes for this afternoon.

Clue A Trot and Pace-Calu- met B. Long, Buddy Budlong. Walter D.. lazy Budiong, My Bill, Volo Abbe.

Class A PI¢0—~M1U Victoria, Connie Clegg, Lady Worthy 2nd, Just flicks, Johnnie Kalmuck.

Clue B Paco-Maxine Duds, Sampson Budlong, Lily Marlene. Simon Budlong, Rosalie 3., Pluck: Budlong, Billy Fay Lou, Mollydlle. Nellie Watson.

Clue C Trot and Pace-Billy Tipton, Bonnie Kllmuck, Little Millie, Miss Adele W., Soldier Budlong, Bessie Kaimuck, Birdie Budlong, Lady Richard.

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Aces:-

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Total-USS. High single J. MacDonald and Domette 130. High three J. MacDonald 3Z2. Points: Old Timers S; Aces I.

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Junior All Stern- Pineau .164 Roberts Harley . Livingston . . MacDonald Total-Wot’.

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Chuawn Pin Boys:- F. Walsh .1 F. Falls .. . J. Williams E. Brown L Dunn .

Total-is”. High single l. Plneeu m. High three J. Williams 660. Points: Ch’t0wn Pin Boys 2 1-2.

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SUTTON. Surrey, Enllllld —' (GP) — Stitching every day since 1901, Mrs. Maude Gesre h-sl fin- ished a cctrnpiete replica of the

230-foot 11th century Bayou: tap-

estry. .

Dartmouth will be taking plrt‘

Junior All Stirs 2 1-I.'

Tied witih one Navy amd Prince of Wales Welsh-

victory npiece mecn meet in their deciding struggle in the City League semi- finals at the Forum tonight anid with a. spot in tine finals beckoning the winner the encounter should be a hrinme: and tongs affair all the way through. 4- -I- + -i-

The matter of picking a wilt-tier has tile fans puzzled. Losing the first game in the final minutes. Welshmen proved to a nicety that their showing RAL- that. time wasn't a flash in the pain by any means by taking hhe strong Navy squad into camrp in the next tussle and prolonging the series. If they can perfor-m the some stunt toiligtirt hockey follow- ers are likely to witnessan S.D.U.- P.W.C. final.

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Followers of the Navy squad are still confident that the players will come Lhrouig-h tonight when the flchips are down." Not. taking any- thing away from the Prince of Wales victory these some followers are confident that the "Tars" can show to better advan-tago than has been the case in their last. couple of outings but that is something thlt must be unfolded on the Forums ice surface tonight. III O it f

One thing ls certain and that ls if the Welshmen come through with another close checking dis- play like they did in them-st game illte wey to their goal is going to be plenty rocky foo“ the Navy players. That same cheoklngwasone of the big reasons why the We-lshmen fumed the series to three games; they disorganized the Navy attack by their methods and e like per- formsnce may have like results.

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Out on the harbor foe this af- ternoon the annual inter-province ice race meeting gets underway with Island-owned horses pitting their speed and stamina. against Nova Scotia trotters and palcers in a meeting that is expected to out- dao the one; that have been theld in the past.

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Lust night s. dozen mainland horses were bedded down waiting for the starters bell that will send severed of them sway this after- noon in ouch of the fmr: classes that srte to be raced. Today's pro- gram should furnish battles right to tho wire. The horses have been olsssifled in such a manner as to ensure the fame racing of thehigih- est order and with s. lightning- fest track in the offing , times choked up are expected to cem- pare with any made this season.

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Feature events of the three ‘day meeting will be raced Wednesday when the trotting and pacing championships will be decided. Both Halifax and Dartmouth have well known performers entered against the piok of the Island crop and those two events alone are expected to give tine big crowd that Ll expected to attend plenty 0f reeling thrills every time they come pounding down the quarter- mile stretch.

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Tho stffalr concludes on Iiinrrs- doy which the holding of the annual Goodwill Banquet at The Char- lottetown following illu- afternoon's racing program. This event is al- ways e. truly enjoyable one and the executive of the Victoria Driv- ing Cl/wb. the hosts, have spared no effort to make this year's get- tpgothe: the best ever.

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The current race for National Hockey League lsurds is undoubt- edly the ntost interesting since the pro-war era-and promises to con- tinue so right down to the closing glames of the regular season Mart-h

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Island Curling Champs Leave . For. Calgary

It will be a fight to the finish at tho Forum tonight when Navy and Prince, of Wales clash in the third game of their best of three City League semi-final series to determine the team that will meet the winners of the Summerside- Saints series in the finals for the league title and Dr. F. C. Dougan trophy. Tied with one victory apiece the game shapes up as l natural with both earns expected to enter the fray even bets to come through with a victory.

The Welshmen fresh from their recent victory over the Tara are expected to again adopt the close 0115014118 Wile 0f game that paid off dividends for them in their 3-3 victory. The squad will be tn- tact for the struggle ‘and last

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night, according to club officials were confident. of being returned the wltfiers.

Navy were in a like frame of mind rotzordlns the outcome. Ai- though they expect a tough struggle all the way they feet they have the necessary hockey artil- lery to turn the tide in their fav- or nnd will be out to prove it to~ night between the hours of B and 10

The game will get underway at 8 o'clock sharp and fans are ask ed to again co-operate in enfor- cing the "no smoking" rule.

Following is the Navy lineup:

Goal, Davis; defence, Carmich- ael. Pound, Cameron, McDonald: forwards, l-Iigson. Perry, Joy, Kelly, LeOlair, McGregor, Hanni- gan.

course, is the bitter struggle being waged between Toronto Maple L-eofs and Detroit Red Wings for first place and the gold and glary which goes with the winning of the NJLL. championship. O O Q

Since the start of the season no more than five points or two and one-half games has separated these rivals at any time. At the present time they are deadlocked at the top of the heap with the Leafs having tho advantage o: having played one game less. The Wings have 13 games left of a tlig-game schedule and the Leafs

é It O 6 In the msn-to-man duels be- tween these clubs. the wearers of the Maple Leaf so for hold- the edge. In the fjve games played on Toronto ice. the Leafs have emerg. ed victorious three times and have been tied twice. Of tho flvo games in Detroit: the Wings have won two. two have been tied and Tor-

two meetings between now and the Wlnd-flb-one in Toronto and one in Detroit. The Detroit some, 1n- cidentally, will be on the last day of the lesson. And whet a battle that one could be with the out- come of the whole campaign nong- lng in tho balance. O o O

Red Wing Coach Tommy Ivan has no illusions about his Detroit Club or, for that maths", about the beats. "Frankly," he said recently ls the train clicked otf the miles between Boston and New York, "I didn't think at tho start oftho season that we'd ever be this close to Toronto st this stage of the race. I'm happy that we ere but

1’m still keeping my fingers cross- ed." '

' O Q O O "Al I lee it." continued the oft- spolton Detroit pilot, “l good dull depends on what we can do in the

’ two remaining genres. We've Juli

about got to win st lust one of those games to stand a chance."

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First Game (if Open Billiards Tournament

The first game of the open billiard tournament at the Charlottetown Alleys last night Earl Stanley eliminated Art Pet.- erson 300-273. The officials, I. MacKinnon referee, marker Dickie t(Ghieken) R/yen.

Tonight Allison Tulle vs. Herb

Island

NOONEY FANS

Special train leaving Sollris fol- Montague at 3:30 Wednesday. Feb- ruary 26,

second game, Sourll-

Georgetown series. Train will stop

at so! station for pllsngars.

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FEBRUARY 24, i 1948

Left to right: P‘. NIcRae, lead: N. A. Mciieilart. 2nd stone; T. A. Morrison, mate; J. G. Hayes, skip. I

navy-law. In Deciding Game At Forum Tonight

This is the first in a series on provincial rinks in the Dominion curling championship at Calgary. March 1-4. Today's story: Prince Edward Island. Next: Manitoba.

SUNIHVLEIRSIIDE. P. B. L, Feb. 34 - (OP) -- When the J. G. Hayes rink from Bummerslde, Prince Edward Island representatives in the Dominion. Tankard, steps onto the ice at Calgary March 1 fans will lee in action a skip who 1s GIIJOYMZ his first year st that position and who has been par- ticipating in the game only since 1941. _

A native of Newcastle, N.B., George Hayes, at 3d, ll superin- tendent of a business firm here. This season marked his first st- ternpt in provincial play and how well he succeeded is borne out by the fact that he went through the Island championships without a detest

.0. D. Morrison. the mate. il 4d and a partner in the firm of Mor- rison and McHse of Summersidei P‘. G. McRse, the other partner. is the lead.

Like the remainder of the rink, it will be Morrison's first appedr- ance in the Dominion classic. A mornber of the summorside Curl- ing Club for a number of years. he has been on several rinks that have been runners-up for the provincial title and in addition hls taken part in various Marl- time and other Island competi- tlons.

At 48. MloR-se has hld a lot of curling experience but the Domin- ion Tankard will be he first ma- jor evsntin which e will have participated. Ho has been on runner-up rinks for Provincial crowns several times.

Second stone N. A. McLellan. a constable in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a native of Cape Breton, hls the‘ distinctio of being the only member of the quartet to have been on an Island championship team. He was with the Charlottetown Anderson rink in 1045 when they captured Pro- vincial honors. Due toLthe war no

Dominion curling ‘onahip wsl held that year. Mclellan will be mbio to talk

shop at ~Calgary with Gen’! Giintz of Sydney, 11.8., another R. C. M. P. constable who is skip of the Nova Scotia. entry. _

This season is the first time that the summersido rink has played together as a unit lrtd Island curling enthusiasts are looking for them to make a stronl

ing.

The rink lesvel Summer-side this morning for Calgary. illayin! their first match there next Monday.

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A loll e minute and lye see- onds from tho end of the genre that glanced in off a defending player's skate last nightpaved the way for Charlottetownb juvenile Kinsmen to retain the City league title from. the challenge of Prince of Wales, the goal breaking an ii-lli round score and sending the winners into the Island piaydowns. Kinsmen were defeated 3-2 in last. night's tussle but the two goll load they carried into the glme from the first encounter gave them the round by a 9-8 margin.

‘It was a tough setback for the Prince of Wales teem who utter trolling by three goals early in the game clrne back to take l 3-1 lead lnd knot the round score. Al the final minutu ticked off it sp- pIQ es if file game would I into overtime but then come the "break" that allowed the winners to chalk up their third City crown is ll many seasons. '

Outplayed for the best part of the game by tho Prince of Wales squad who sent wove after wlve of attacks deep into their‘ terri- tory from the opening bell the Kinsmen fighting like champions and backed up by some great net.- minding by Roper, their not cul- todian threw the attacks back times without. number. In the first period they took advantage of one of their two scoring chln- ces to take a 1-0 lead. Throughout the second they again kept battling away ls the losers out- scored them 2-0 to make the game score 3-1 and then earned an even break in~the third canto after Prince of Wales had shot their third straight goal early in the session.

That wls the scoring story of tho game that again saw the los- ers fa-ii to payoff on their chances and the winners put up Just ls determined a stand as has been witnessed here all during thvser-

son. The pressure the losers brought to bear was terrific but the Kinsmen failed to creek li- though at times they seemed on the verso of doing so.

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Kinsmen now meet Sourir in s home and home, total goal series with the first game slated for on Wednesday. Second game takes place at. the Forum on Saturday night, with the winners meeting the Prince County chem- plons for the Island crown. Prince" of Willow got underway with their glnging attacks right from thmoutset but loft them- selves open to felt brelks that saw the Kinsmen miss a couple of beautiful chances in tho first few minutes. But the losers raced right back to hem their opponents in for minutes on end but it wll tho Kinsmen who opened the scoring Merlin McKenzie accepting Down Lester's pass at 12.30 for tho opening score and only score of the period.

More determined thln eves’ Prince of Wales again picked m) the offensive ls the middle session got. underway and three minutes sud I seconds after the start evened up the game score when Alton McKenzie banged the rub- ber in on Garth Crockettio pass. l! seconds later fire Prince of wglsg club were back with an- other counter to make it 2-1. -P. W. C. beckon were vilullizing s victory after tho two quick count- ers but the Kinsmen u fence stiffened and although they were on the defo ‘w for the-remaind- er of the ‘period the losers could not punch back with another counter.