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The colorful Moncton I-lawks who last night jumped into a sec- ond place tie with the Amherst Ramblers come to town tonight to

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3.iON('TO)l tCPi - Iii o n c t o n Iizmks sctvrctl a goal in ozich po-I riml hcrc lift-riticstiuy night tn tic-. font 1'-lf"lCf'iCl0l'l Capitals 3-2 anrli movc into 3 Spy-rid-plzicc tie withj Ainhr-is: Itamblcrs in the Alianiici Cruasi Senior Hockey Lcagtic. 1

ll HRS tho second it in in HS many nights Mr the hawks uvcr tho Cap-i rials. They won 6-3 in Fredericton '1liic.-'cir..v. I

The (Tap: led 2-1 after one pcrintl on goals by Neil llrwcll and NH? Nirollc. Downr Thomson shot the, i-rily Monclnn folly of the first. l

Playing coach Duggcr McNeil square-cl the count for the Hawksl after 7' srconds of the second on rccnt-ti shot.

Ray 1. .1 c r oi x, Moncion's fnpt fzicd inc winner after five hlll'llilCS of the liiiitl

Tho lliixit-' nnr! lizimlilcr-, with Clix" l1(llll'.S point. now nail the lead- ing Cll."illl'iliCi()'-Vfi lsl.'indci's by seven points. '

Nncups

Fredericton-Goal: Craig: ric- fcnrc. Poiitns, Mosgrove, llcnn. liiclntosh. forwards: McPhee, Ni- collc-. Gilbert. Lcgcr. McDonagh,l McDonald, Scivcll. Bliss. Miles. I.

MoncI.on-- Goal: Pidsndny; ric- fcrvrcz Mr-Neil. Lcpinc. McLaughlin Weaver Michelin: forwards: Boat- ncss Tlmnisnn Waiters Lacrmx Robinson Houle Cnmpenu Hirsch- fclil Sinnctt.

Sumary

First period: I. Ficclcr 'lnn Sc- wcll (B. liIcDonalcl, Bliss) 5:05? 3 Fredericton, Nicnllc (McPhecl 11:

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; fl, Mrmcton. Thomson (Lcpinc) Penalties: li'fcPhec, Mos- ginvc, Sinnctt 2:46, Heon, Lacroix

Rho Golf Meel Al Humillon

MONTREAL (CF) -- Tho Cana- rlirin pi-ofnssinnal golfers champion- ship; will he plnycrl over Hamil- tnnis Ancrntnr course Aug. 11-13. ll. was announced here Wednesday.

Bill Kc-rr. president of the Cana-

Hawks, Ramblers Tied For 2nd S-poi

play the league-leading Charlotte- town Islanders at the Forum. The Hawks who have won both games they played this week will be gunning for a win tonight which would take. them to within five points of the short-handed Brklac- ich gang. - Since their last uppearance here. coach Dugger McNeill has added another strong performer to the Hawks' line-up in the form of de- fenceman Paul Emile Michelin. Michelin, by the Hub City scribes, is tabbed as one of the best rear- guards in business in the ACSHL today and will have the chance of

Thursday, Dec. 30, 1954

6:37, McNeil, double minor, Miles 9'24. Lepinc 9:35, 16:15. Mosgrove 1918.

Second period: 4. Moncton, Mc- Ni-ll (Le-pine, Thomson) :25. Pan-

allics: Mclnlosh 5135. MOSKWVS a lifetime to prove it against the l3:'-ll. fast skating lslander smoothies. Third period: 5. Moncton, 1.3- The Hawks gm, have 3 mum, 01 cmix tMcNeii, Lepine) 5:02. Pcn- maye,-5 who like to put, on me” altie-52 MCDUHBEY! 17141 own private show besides their Sinps: usually fair display of the game Craig 7 17 9-41! itself. Tops among this group is Pidsndny 2 10 1-17 goalie Nick Pidsodny who almost

invariably has the crowd roaring with his antics. Another in this select group is defenceman Joe Le- pine.

The Islanders will.stlll be with- out iwo of their players in the flame tonight. vip Palladino and Danny O'Connor remain on the

Hockey Scores

By THE CANADIAN PRESS ; National League Montreal 1 Toronto 1

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trouble in increasing the first place lead. Goalie ' Jim Shirley.

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who last

week fell a. dozen goals and one - shut-out behind Pidsodny in the I-Iornefs 8-5 In race for top goal-tending honors.

Exhibition Till'

The newly orgnnlud Montague Prlmroses gave good sccount of themselves last evening as they ile- feated the Milton Hornets 8-6 in an exhibition game played at the Charlottetown Forum.

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has already closed the gap in the shut-out department and remains only four goals behind that of the Moncton blocker.

Won't Permit Beau Jack To Fight Again

NEW YORK (AP) - Manager Chick Wergeles. who claims he has a contract with Beau Jack. said Wednesday he will not permit the former lightweight champion in fight again.

"I read a report that Jack is go- ing to make a comeback in Colum- bia, S.C.. next month," said Wer- gelea. ”He won't fight if I can help it. I signed him to a five-year con- tract back in 1952 so he couldn't fight again. He'd get hurt."

The Primrose: were ps the hat-trick performances of both Jackie shepherd and Apps Arlen- ault, while Rhil Mccies counted the other brace of markers for the Montague men. For the Hornets. Bob Hurry had a trio of goals, while coles. Fi-iazell and Campbell each had singletons.

Seek Missing Club Manager

WINNIPEG (CF) - Police have sent out a missing persons notice on Mickey O'Neil, manager of the

said

Avfantlc Coast Seniot Mnncion fl Fredericton 2 American League Pittsburgh 1 Hershey 3 Springfield 5 Cleveland 4 Laurier Trophy Trnis-Riviers 2 Montreal 4 Ontario Senior A Stratforcl 3 Kitchener-Waterloo 5 Ontario Junior A Toronto Mariboros 4 Barrie 10 Northern Ontario Senior S.-iult Indians 1 Pembroke 5

Skiing Conditions Said Excellent

MONTREAL (CF)-Skiing condi- tions in the Quebec city area nnd the Laurenilan mountains north of Montreal were reported excellent tortny hy the provincial meteorolog- icnl bureau.

From six to 12 inches of snow foil Tuesday in those regions, over n packed to slightly packed base. Total snow clcpth averaged 30 inrhc: and lcmperntures ranged from 10 to 15 degrees above.

Roads loading to ski centres in-r-. reported in good condition and all tows are operating.

Conditions in the Eastern Town- ships varied from poor to very gnocl. Sevcral centres reported hard packed. crusty bases. Tem- pcraturrs were 20 above.

Gntineau stations reported gen- crally good cnrlditions with pow-

"His knees are still bad," Wergeles. "After by Gil Turner in 1951. I told him he'd have to quit for his own good.

side-lines, sitting out their almost endless suspensions. Even without those two strong performers, the

sure to get hurt real bad if he continued.” .

Jack was stopped in eight rounds by Turner on May 21, 1951. The New York state athletic commis- sion refused to give him a license in 1952.

Adios Boy. Scoli- Frosl Tie For Racing Honors

BALDWIN, N. Y. (AP) - Adios Boy, 1: three-year-od pacer owned by J. S. Turner of Nassawadox, Va., and Scott Frost, a two-year- od trotter owned by S. A. Camp of Shatter, Calif.. Wednesday tied for top honors by the US. Harness Writers' Association.

A poll of 61 members gave Adios

Boy and Scott Frost. each 110 points on a 5-3-1 basis. Adios Boy received 17 first to 16 for S:ott Frost. Katie Key. owned by Pat Tuccio of Riverhesd. N.Y.. was third with 103 points and 12 firsts. Katie Key was the top money winner of 195 with earnings of 384,887.50.

Scores On Long Basketball Sl'iO'l'

DOVER. N.l-1. (AP) - ln what state sports officials believe to be the longest high school basketball shot on record. Andre Bib Paqueite of Laconia Tuesday night sank a 72-foot. three-inch basket.

With Portsmouth leading La- conia 21-7 in the closing seconds of the first half of the southeas- tern N.l-1. tournament finals, left- ,forward Paquette picked off a re- Ibound. spun around and pushed illie hall in a high are toward the IPortsmouth basket. As it rose the lbuzzer sounded. ending the half.

The, ball slapped the backboard and dropped through the hoop.

Laconia took the title with a 52-48 victory.

Wanlslfdnew Tryi Al' Speed Record

LOS ANGELES (AP) --An air force doctor, "the fastest man on earth," says he wants to take an- other ride on his rocket sled and go faster than the speed of sound.

he was stopped

He couldn't back up and he was

Winnipeg Goldeyes of the class C Northern Baseball League last sea- son:

His wife appealed here Thursday for aid in locating her 57-year-old husband. She has not heard from him since he left one month ago for St. Louis, Mo.. and Houston, Texas.

O'Neil was last heard of two weeks ago when he visited a friend in St. Louis. Since that time he has dropped out of sight. '

2 Players Sign with Dodgers

BROOKLYN (AP - outfielder George Shuba and shortstop Chico Fernandez Monday returned their signed contracts to the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Shuba appeared in only 45 games last season with the Dodgers, hit- ting .154. Fernandez. boomed as a Dodger regular and possible re- placement for Pee Wee Reese af- ter his fine year at Montreal. is hitting about .324 with the Clon- fuegos of the Cuban winter league. He batted .282 at Montreal and won a place on the International League all-star team.

Rocket Scqres 4OIst Goal "Ask Canacliens-, Leafs Tie

TORONTO. (OP)-Rocket Rich- srd, Montreal's great sharp-shoot er, scored goal number 401 of his brilliant career and then ran amok during a third-period. battle Wed- nesday night as Canadians and Toronto Maple Leafs played to a 1-1 tie before 14,051 National-Hoc- key League fun. i

The Rocket received a standing ovation from the crowd in the closing minute of the first period when he streaked in on Toronto goalie Harry Lumley, fired the puck horns and than wa carried head first into the no behind Lumley by his tremendous mo- mentum.

Toronto deadlocked the score at 10:51 at the next period when Eric Nesterenko was the triggermsn on a pretty passing play with line- mates Sid Smith and Teeder Ken- nedy.

Leafs Bob Bailey, elevated from the farm club Pittsburgh Hornets of the American League for Wed- nesday night's contest, touched off the Richard blow-up with abtlut five minutes play left after he gave Richard is rough check near the boards in the Montreal and.

His temper flaming. Richard got up and took off after the solidly built Leaf forward. Fists flow and both players ended on the ice with Bailey on top holding the Rocket's legs.

The two linesmen finally sep- arated lhe combatants and Rich- ard tugged a stick away from a teammate and attempted to get at Bailey twice but was restrained. The fiery Canadians rlghtwinger finally broke away from linesman George Hayes and struck the off- icial across the face with on empty glove,

Refercs Red Storey gave the Rocket. a five-minute major pen- alty for fighting and two 10-min- ute misconducts. Each misconduct carries an automatic 525 fine. Bailey got off with a majon and one misconduct.

First. period: 1. Montresl. Rich- ard tMosdell. Harvey) 19:02. Pen- alties: Thomson 2:42. Johnson 6:37 Olmstead 9:06. Richard 10:46. Sol-

Praise Talbert In Davis

E'I'ClIIVOTI'y To Discuss Terms

MONTREAL (OP) -.- Sam (the Rifle) Etcheverry. star QUBTIEN back last year with Montreal A1. ouettes of the Big Four Football union, has arrived here to talk terms for next your with the Al. ouette management.

Etcheverry. voted the most vs). uablo, player to his team in Can. ads, said in an interview Wednes. day he would prefer to return 1. 1955 with Montreal although he 1. reported to have received at least

mug; 18:30. Nestei-enko and Marta- le: .

second period: 2. Toronto, Nest.- erenko (Kennedy, Smith) 10:51. Pcnslties: Bolton 1:34, Beliveau and Kennedy 3:20.

Third period: Scoring: None. Penalties: Horton and Oixnstend. majors 7:11: Richard. msior and two misconducts 15:18. Bailey ms- jor and misconduct 15:13.

stops:

Puma -,5 13,46 two offors from teams in tho

Lumley 10. 0g” Bolted State: National Footbau g eague.

Etcheverry lives in Albuquerque. N. Mex. He returns home today. picked up a point. Richard wen; pointless.

Gordie Howe, pace-setter st thin

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tlms last year with 10 goals mg 25 assists, is fifth this year with 11 goals and 10 assists. There's a three-way tie for ninth position smong Chicago's Georga Sullivan ,Toront0'u Ted Kennedy and New York's Don Raleigh, an st. 25 points. The saints leadership isJield by Montreal's Doug Harvey, who hag 22. LUMLEY IN LEAD Toronto still has s best net. minding sveragt, H rry Lumiey and Gil Mayer. who played a single game. have let in 57 goals in :4 games for a. 1.68 average. Tcrrg Sowchuk is next with 2.06. Fern Fiaman has spent the mos. time in the penalty box-'74 mirb. utes. Montreal is the most.-pensh iced team with a total of 442 min.

N.H.I.. Standings Similar To ' One Year Ago

MONTREAL, (GP) -- A simple switch of the first two teams in the National Hockey League today and the standings look Just about as they did at the cams time last year.

At Christmas in 1953. Detroit Red Wings were eating high off the hog, although only two points ahead of the second-place Montreal Cana- diens. - four-ply scoring punch in Bernie Geoffrion. Jean Belivsau. Maurice Richard and Ken Mosdell-hold down top spot while Detroit tags along in second.

Outside of these two. the other teams hold the some spots they oc- cupied at the half-way muk last year. Toronto Maple Louis no third, three points behind Detroit

in the individual scoring lineups last week. The sole hewcornar to the first ten is New Year's Danny Lewlcki. whose thres asists in as many games pushed him from 12th to a sixth-place tie with the Lsaf'.I Sid Smith and Alex Delvecchio of

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Best by Test

and six behind Montreal. and Boa- utes. ton Bruins are 20 point: back of The leaders: l the Bobs in fourth place. New York 6 A Pts. Pro. Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks Geoffrion. Mt. . la .38 31 are fifth and sixth. Beliveau, Mtl. 13 33 24 Detroit, playing three games in: Richard. Mtl. is 32 5'! week to Montreal's one, picked up Mosdell. Mtl. . 14 30 33 four points on a win and two ties. Howe. Detroit 16 27 3: Canadians were the only other Lewicki, New York 8 26 1 team to manage a victory. Toronto Smith. Toronto .. 16 10 26 1 and Boston had a tie each and Delvecchio. Det. .. .. 8 la :5 21' New York and Chicago had two Sullivan, Chicago 5 26 25 ll deadlocks apiece. Kennedy, Toronto .. 5 20 25 as There were only minor shuffles Raleigh, N. Y. 4 21 25 11

Cup Victory Over Aussies-

ilinn Prnfcssioitnl Golfcrs ASSOPIH-ipr on-r rt packed bass. Tempera-

Iinn aivx nnnmincori 35.000 prize lurr": varied from four to 25 above D9"'”"'- E”h I1” 23 Wl"l5-

Geoffrion and Beliveau

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lTlnnP)' will ho put tip again this year by n sponsoring distillery. l

Last year's tournament winncrl was Stan Lcnnarri of Vancouver. The clmmpionships wcro, plziynrl at; Firimnntnn. l

Edmonton Eskimos Team Of 1954 In Canadian Sport

By JACK Sl.'l.l.lVAN (fnnadian Press Staff Wrlcr

TORONTO (CP)---Any way you: care to figure it, Edmonton Eski-i mos are the tcam of 1054 in Cana-i rii.-in sports. 1

The country's sports editors and spnrtscasicrs took a good look at; Edmonton's 26-25 Grcy Cup Vic-y tnry over Montreal Aloucttes and;

voted the Eskimos the outstantl-1

prise and greatest thrill when Ed- EtcheVe,.,.y who computed 23 of

monion came from behind in the last 3': minutes to edge the highly- favnrcd Alouettes in the Nov. 27 classic.

CLOSE VOTING

Tho vniing was closc all the way cxccpt in the surprise category where the Eskimos polled 75 of the 113 vntcs. Far bchind with only 10 volts was the third-place fin- ish of Toronto's Rich Ferguson be- hind Dr. Roger Bannister and John Laridy in the miracle mile at the British Empire Ramos.

Marilyn Bcli's feat of finishing the gruelling Lake Ontario swim was the surprise of the year for nine voters.

Other surprise ballots went to the drawing power of British Coi- umbia Lions in the Wcstcrn Inter- provincial Football Union despite their record of one victory in 10 starts; Canada”: loss to Russia in the world hockey championships; Pi-nticton's Allan Cup triumph;i loss of the highly-regarded King Maple in the Queen's Piatsmnd Toronto Varsity winning the senior intercollegiate football title.

Aloutttes, second choice on the disappointment list to Canada's hockey loss. were also No. 2 out- standing tenm. Peniicfnn was No. 3 and Montreal Csnadicns of the National Hockey League No. 4. Votes in this section of the poll were computed on three for first choice, two for second and one for third. Edmonton's point-total was 186 against. 184 for the Alou- cttes. 76 for Pcnticton and 62 for the Canadians. . S

Toronto Maple Leafs of the in- ternational Sucbaii League fol- 'mentioncd rhnus from in for the lowed with points. other teams

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at British Columbia 46 uinslt points toi-

1 g... the nod to on . m min. mun - wudidwa

and total snow depth averaged 20 lnrllhi.

Saguenay area skiing was mainly excellent. but tows were operating only at Mont Mars. near Bogot- villc.

Alamagordo. N. M.. set a world:

land speed record of 632 miles on NEW GLASGOW (CF) - Len hour Dec. 10 at Hollaman air de- Fahey's goal lit. the 15-minutc velopment centre. N.M. That speed mark of the third pariod grivc

was about nine-tenths the 714 m.p.l1. speed of sound at Holloman that day.

New Glasgow Rangers a slim 6-5 victory over Pictnu Royal: in 11 regular APC senior hock:-y len-

l ORCHID

"I'd like now to make one more trip to reach a speed where the wind pressure would be 24 pounds

ggue game here Wedncsday.

per square inc " he told report- crs Tuesday. T pressure reached during his Dec. 10 run was 7.7: - , pounds. 413 M155 Bel” W"T'- 333 miracle Col. Strapp said his findings may "”1"- 23' , , lead to improvement in escape. The 400th goal by Maurice Rich- sea” for high nymgl high Speed and nf Caniiidians provilded the aircraft. greatest thrii to Marce Doucet -to e as CHEF or-r-by. ou-. and Ed- cost 238.22.; J3'i.fl5.ii”;..S'li..'l.?Ei5 ward Finn Jr. of the Corner Brook, gm open 5"” are Hound "000 Niid. Star. Peniici.on's Allan Cup to 35.000. BV improving me p'res. victory was the big thrill for Don em on" W?! could u" around Warner of CJIB. Vernon. B.C. 525000.. he explained. Vern DeGeer. sports director of ' ' the Montreal Gazette, voted for the

ing tcam in the country. And the Om. 15 Hamilton . Mont,” Big

m("-Vl-WT 1” WlilCh”l9 E-Sklmos ml" Fou game. The Als won 46-11. ranked them No. 2 hchind Pcntic-ithe highest mtal some in the 333 .

'-on V's as the comeback team of Four and wu-cu in 1954. DeGeer Sggns conffqcf

me Yeah recalled the spectacular 95-yard . BuAl4lh3l-'5 I'l”l' 311' The VmP"3- touchdown run by end Hs1Patter- MILWAUKEE (Ap),g.0utn,ldu. partmpalmg m the 20”) annualzsnll M "19 A15 I0 5”” "19 mild Bobby Thomson. whose ankle frac- Ca"'5di"'" .P”-is y”i"'”d 5l"”'”iquarter and his 110-yard touciv ture last spring was the tern of P0” ""C1"Cd ”""' E""""5l 5'”'lc1nxvn on a pass from quarter Sam a series of injuries to Milwaukee

Braves' players, signed his 1955 contract Wednesday.

The veteran outfielder. who saw only minor action last. summer. reached an agreement after a short conference with general manager John Quinn. Terms were not re- vealed. Guesses were he will re- ceive the same salary as In your aim, qstiniated between 330.000 and 533.000.

Thomson. the first Brave regular in sign his contract. appeared in 43 game: for Braves, mostly as It pinch-hittor. and compiled s .232 batting average.

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36 forward for a yardage gain of 536.

The "greatest disappointment" vote was close-51 for Canadals hockey loss to 44 for the Als' Grey Cup loss. Western Canada voters bailoted almost solidly for the hockey loss and only four from the West thought Montreal's de- feat was R disappointment.

GREATEST COMEBACK

It was a 33-25 Penlicfon-Edmon- ton vote for the comeback of the year. Ken Mosddll of Montreal Canadiens was next with tight voles. Danny Lewlcki of New York Rangers received three and Herb Trawick of the A13 received two.

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1952. Doctors said he would never ski competitively-if at all-again but he was back on skis in 1053 and again in 1954 and -won more than his share of races. '

Bannister Gels Top Ruling

NEW YORK (CP)-Roger Ban- nlsier of England. who ran the first four-minute mile and then do- feated Australia's John Landy in the, greht mils race at the Empire Games in Vancouver. has been chosen "sportsman of the year" by Sports Illustrated.