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LEIIHBRIDGE. Alta... tCPi Frank Boucher bluted the Canad- ian Amateur Hockey Association Thuraiay for declaring Calgary all- atar ddenceman Mid Houghton in- eligible as a medical replacement; for Lathbridge Native Sons in thel Me ml Cup playoffs.

Boudier. general manager of t-hel National Hockey League": New York Rangers, who are the Native, sons' parent clulb. said the decision; could only have been made by "at body as lacking in integrity andl common sense as the CAHA," t

Calling the CAI-IA ”incompetent,", Boucher said it 1.5 ”abcut time that public tested these pecple out and. replaced them with a commission-t ei or with men who know whati they are talking about and whoi rave the couragc of their coiivic-l lions"

The Native Sons inst tlirec regu-. lar dfencemen tlirouzh brnic frac-i

Sjside Athletic Ass'n

Frank Boucher Levels At C.A.H.A.

lures for the l'HnIIlldQl' of the au- son nhile winning the Western Canada Junior Hockey League championship. They applied to the CAHA for three medical replace- ments and were granted Houghton, regarded by Lethbridge manager Ed Btuchet as "the best junior dctenceman in .Western Canada.”

Houghtoti saw action oilly in the third game of the western junior semi-final series between the Sas- katchewan champion Flirt Flon Bombers and Letrbridge. The Na- tive Stms won in four straight; games.

In it second vote of its branches, the CAHA refused Lethbridge per- mission to use Honghton but ruled the Native Sons had won their ser- ies hllli Flin Finn,

Boucher said the C.A.H.A. had been "coerced" into Liking the sec- ond vote by clubs which opposed Leth-',iridge's use of Hongliton.

Annual Meeting Held

Huh Wlark was F-lcrtwt prr-strlontl of the SllhlIllPl'Sl(lP Atlilctic As-T srwlation to succvd W. (Ihcstcr SJ MacDonald at tho annual meet-ll in: of thc organization held atl tho Town Hall last evening. Other; officcrs hero clertcil as follows: l-lonornry president, .I. K. Curran;i itre-prcsitlent. Norman .VIacDon- ald: secretary-treasitrer, James Hogan. .lr.: r-liairmen of commit- tees: Baseball, Gerard Bcrnar , softball. Elmer Math:-son; tennis, Earl Smith: track and field, Bani Clark: quoits. Dr. H. E. Clark:: volleyball, Tanton filcNs-ill; pill)-1 licily, John MacNt-.ill: field man- agers, James Hogan, Johnny Car- t'oll, Henry ltanrlry. Post. prost- ticnt, VV, ('hcslcr Macllonaldi od- itttional cxccutivc mcmhers, l). (H Stewart, Charles Hogan, Hcnry Dickie. Bob Scurman.

Reports were heard from last, year's chairmen of baseball, Nur-

man Macdonald; of track and field, Bob Clark: of softball, '1-lenry Landry: and of Little

League, James Hogan. Other coni- mittee chairmen were not pre- sent.

I4-vicwa Activities

The retiring prr-sitienl, W. Chester 5. MacDonald. reviewed the activities of the association during the past year. He stressed the fact. that. intermediate and junior baseball paid for itself dur- ing the 1952 season. showing a profit of approximately 522.00. He deplored the fact that il'lFl'f! was a dearth of baseball players. par-

ticularly pitchers. of junior agP, and recommended that a three- leam house league be organized

this year for juniors. with an all- star team from this laguc to, represent Sumnierside in the provincial playoffs. This, he said. would give. all boys of junior age an opportunity to participate in junior baseball.

1-1e. advocated the organization of :1 little bigger lcaguc tliis, year, so that the work so sur-

cesafully carried on by the littlc league executive last year be continued as the boys grew otit ot the little lrague age groups. He expressr-d his appreciation, on

behalf of the association, of tho work of the Sunintrrside sr-rvicc clubs, Rotary, Yix Men, Kinsmen

and Legion, for il1NF active sup- port. and participation in the little league project.

He corpnientcd also on the suc-, cnsstul year which softball Ellllli track and field enjoyed last year.. and stated that tennis will be in; full swing in the near future, asl the courts have been paved. and the lights will lhortly be install- ed. 1-ls thanked lhr: RCAF sports authorities for przrmlttinft boys and girls to play baseball on their courts. and mentioned that hor- key. considering the handicap thr sport is under in Summerside at the present time, had a fairly sttccessful your. The Kinsmen Club, he said. was to bn con- gratulated on making hockey available, to the younger group: last winter. He rm-ommcndcd that James Hogan, .lr., wliost-l fine, work during the past ycarl u'-is commended by various srwrtlt-;' ours during the meeting, ho votmll an honorarium this your for the work he was doing for the as- sociation in his capacity as sec- notary-trcasttrer.

After the. retiring 1-rnridr-nib: address, the meeting yntnd Mr. Hogan an honorarium of 5200 for the roming season.

The spring drive for funds was taken up, and it. was decided to start the special names drive to- morrow, Aprll 10th. and the

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"With iBuck' Whltlock ottt there tin good health last night we iwould have come. out of Halifax

in the ser-

with an even break

ics", stated islanders coach Murph Chamberlain yesterday as the sat in the passenger car of

g :lllF C.N.R. train on the way from

St; LdiiiBrBwhis” Sell Park

ST. l.t)UlS, IAPt--St. Louis Browns sold one of their biggest zissrts. Sportsmanis Park. to their National League rivals? St. Louis

Cardinals. Thursday.

Purchase price of the 30.808-seat ball park was s800.000.

lt is the first big-money deal made by the Cardinals since they were bought by the wealthy An-

heuser-Busch brewery interest last February. Previously. tho Browns had lea-

sod the ball park to the Cardinals. The present lease was to have ex- pired in 1960.

August A. Busch. new president of the Cardinals, said in announc- ing the deal that the Browns have signed a five-year lease for use of the park under Cardinal ownership at an annual rental price of S175,- 000.

llobeils Appears Headed For Good Season

my The Canadian Press)

Robin Roberts gave his meters 1 good indication that has headed for another fine season Thursday as he pitched five-hit ball and struck out seven for Philadelphia Phi-llles, who blanked Philadelphia Athletic: 4-0.

A cheering note for the Athletics in the exhibition tilt, was the fine losing effort. of Bobby Shantz, who gave up one run and two hits. also

fanning seven in his five-inning trick. Another opening-day nominee.

Paul Rogtyvin of Chicago White in white- washing Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Amoclatlon 7-0.

Pittsburgh Pirates the peoples choice to finish last: in "the National League schedule, jolted the world champion New York Yankees with a 10-5 victory as Ralph Kiner, Cal Abrams and rookie Danny O'Con- nell pounded home runs.

Gus Bcll hit. UWO homers and Ted KlllSZe'WSl(l drove in six tallies with a homer and two doubles as Cincinnati Reds pounded Ned Gar- vcr of Detroit Tigers for a 13-3 rout.

Cleveland Indians produced three four-baggers. but two costly errors by rooktc secoiid-baseman Doug Hansen cost them a 7-6 verdict to New York G'.nnt.s,

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Jockey Tony DeSpirilo Hurt

LINCOLN DOWNS. R.i,. (AP)- Anlhony Despirito, leading jockey in the U. S. last year, was injured in a three-horse spill at this track Thursday.

He was taken to hospital semi-conscious condition.

Dcsplrlto. whose 390 winners last. year set a world's record was riding A horse named Ten Per Ccnt, when it, and two others went down as they neared the first turn in the fourth race. tRaymond Desmrirais. riding Fighting Tony. complained of an injured left shoulder. Richard Rtisliwortli.

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his opinion that thc mr-eting was- the best conducted of any hr hadi attended, and thought It was en- couraging to sue lunch a large turnout.

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l-lalitax lo Charlottetown. The train was conveying the Island- ers players and officials home

from the two game series opener in Halifax and Chamberlain was ldiscussing the contest of the yprevious night which the Island- ers lost. 5-3 and which Whltlock missed on account of illness. "We skatcd with them all the way and with Whltlock in action to lead our power attacks we would led the 1-lardrock.

. . - u Chamberlain w ll 3 thinking about the belief made popular by Conny Smythc of the Toronto Maple Leafs that you must have strength down the centre to win games. He was thinking and talk- ing about whit a little addcd strength in his own centre-ire lineup might have done on Wed- nesday night. The Islanders had one seasoned pivotman in the per- son of I-lub Beaudry in action. To fill the gap they called up Steve Brklaclch from his defense post and shifted Gary Gordon into centre ice for short terms of duty.

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There was no taking it away from any of his centremcn but that they did well under the conditions. However it is a pretty tall order to fire a guy between two strange wingmen and expect him to lead pattern-play attacks into the enemies zone especially when the opposing team is play- ing A man short. Cagey Whit- lorlt.'s ability to organize and lead these attacks as well as to fire the puck in the not could easily have made the difference between victory and defeat.

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But that's in the realm of

conjecture now. The fact is that

"Buck" was sick in his hotel room and the rest of the boys gave it the works to down the

Allantics. For two periods and it half they were on their way to a win but the string run out be- fore the game ended. The Island- ers had three chances to score easily in the third period but missed on'r-och occasion. Had they counted on any one of those chances the game would probably have been theirs. t O 0

Tonight. Whltlock will be bark in uniform. He came home with the team yesterday and says he feels fit to play. However there is another ray of bad news in the Islanders camp. Chuck Hold- away, the improving young left winger from Prince Albert, Sask- atchewan. came down with the 'flu yesterday. Chuck was ii sick boy on the train trip home anti W35 Kivcn medical attention last night. He hopes to be. able in play tonight. On the Halifax trip he roamed with Whitlock.

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Big Steve Brklacich will watch the next t.wn games from the sidelines as the result of his wrestling art with referee Kelly on Wednesday night. The big fellow's loss will be a blow to the Islanders club but under the

clrcumslanct-s it is difficult to imagine that he could escape without a suspension. On the

lather hand Hughle Campbell of the Atlantlm hit an official with his glove during the same game and got away with only a mis- conduct. penalty. An oft-timer ol- fender when it comes to show- ing disrespect towards officials Campbell should have been given A much stiffer sentence. In most courts the habilual- offender is the one most severely reprimand-

! C O In addition to the absence of Brklaclcli from their lineup the-.

Islanders will go Into the gum" tonight with question marks in the persons of Whltlock and Holdaway. It isn't an easy sit- uation for coach Murph Cham- berlain but If Whltlock and Hold- away are able to play In' their usual form the Islanders will be able to win their first game of the series and if they win one they will be tough to beat. the rest. of the way. Once they get the winning fever there. will be no stopping the club. They know they have in win tonight and when their backs are against the wall watch out.

The Atlantic! have come tip with a new plan to break up the

landera. They borrowed it

puck carrier.

used several times during

have ialten their ins.-asu'rc," claim-i

penalty killing tactics of the Is- tea! from American football and have a man akale Interference for the This scheme was the

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MONTREAL. tCPl -- Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins 4-2 Thursday night in the open- ing game of their best-of-seven Stanley Cup final. A crowd of 14,348 saw the ironic.

The Canadians out.ska'tcd and outhustled the Bruins as they spot- ted them a goal early in the first period. tied the score before the session ended and went ahead for keeps in the second period with two goals. Dickie Moore. Ken Mos- dell, Floyd Curry and Maurice Richard scored for the Canadlens and Bob Armstrong and Johnny Peirson for the Bruins.

It. was wide open for about half the game, then closer checking set in and finally, in the last period. both teams cut loose with terrific body checking. In this respect, the Canadlens had the better of the argument.

Bruins Lack Shlrpnou

I The Bruins lacked sharpness, perhaps from their layoff since Sunday, while the Canadiens kept right on from where they left off after knocking off Chicago Black Hawks in the cup semi-final Tues- day.

There were frequent changes in

Captain Milt Schmidt of the Bruins had to ml.ss,ihe game because of an injury but it is expected he will be back when the teams meet here again Saturday.

Real Chevrcflls was shifted from wing to take Schmidt's place, and in the second and third periods other moves from wing to centre were frequent.

Rear: Ankle Injured

Billy may of the Canadians had to leave the game during the first period because ll damaged ankle was injured again. Dickie Moore took over. Ber": Olmstead was used as utility wingman on two differ- ent lines.

Durtng the second period, when the Canadians scored two goals,.the Bruins were outplayed by such it wide margin they had only two shots on goal, both easy ones by Dave Creighton.

Rookie goalie Jacques Flame of Montreal was injured in the first period, when struck in the groin by a puck fired by Hal Laycoe, and re- tired to the dressing room for a rest,

Plante played a steady game, pulling off several sensational saves in the third period when the Bruins went all out in an attempt to tie the score, '

.Goalle Jim Henry of the Bruins, with far more shots to handle - 37 to Plante's 20-was a particular nemesis to Boom Boom Geoffrlon who blasted at least 10 shots at the goalie.

Lineups: .

Boston-Goal. Godfrey, Laycoe, Martin; fils, Dumart. Klukay. Sandford. Pelrson. Creighton, Mc- Intyre, Toppazzlni, Lablne. Sulli- van. Montreal-Goal,

Henry:

Plante: de- St. Laurent; forwards, Lach. nich- gd. Mazur, Reay. Geoffrlon. Moorc,

IBeliveau Sets iscoring Pace

MONTREAL. (CF)-Jean (GIGS Bllll Beliveau, top scorer in the Quebec Senior Hockey League dur. lng the regular season. is setting

the scoring pace in the league's playoffs. Bellveau. Canada's top-ranking

Pro Prospect has piled up 17 points for Quebec Aces in the semi-final and final playoffs

one point behind Bellveau on the official scoring list. was his line- mate Gaye Stewart. a former Nat. lonal Hockey League player who W” 5"” "3 Quebec by Montreal Canadlens.

Hockey Scores

By the Canadian Press ' Quebec senior

Chicoutimi 4 Quebec 8. Best-of-nine finals tied 1-1.

Marlllma Iuuruudlala

llalifax 2 oampbellton 0. Cnmpbelllon . leads best-of-five finals 2-0.

Canadians Defeat Boston Bruins 4-2 In Playoff Opener

line make-ups by both coaches.

defence, Quacken bush, Armstrong. f orwards, Chevre- Mackell,

fence. Boucliard. Johnson, Harvey,

;ScvorFl Two

Winger Gary Gordon (above) scored two goals for the Islanders Wednesday night in the second game of the I-Ialifax-Charlottetown series which the Atlantlcs won 5-3.

Mosdell. Davis, Cui'ry, Mccormack. Olmstead. Mackay.

Referee: Bill Chadwick. Lines- men: Doug Davies. Sam Babcock First Period 1-Boston, Armstrong (Mackell, Yaycoe) 2:03 2-Montreal, Moore .. l3:42l Penalties -- Mosdell 1:52. Bouchard 8:57. Second Period 3-Montreal. Moadell (Mazur) ... 2:37 4-Montreal. Curry , tMackay, St. Laurent! 16:05 Penalties - Olmsteacl and Chevrefils :32, Martin 2:48, La- blne 8:02. Third Period 5-Boston, Pelrson (Mackell. Saridford) 10:11: 6-Montreal, Richard tMosdell) 11:12

Penalties - Mackell and Mazur 2200. Harvey 8:56.

Stops: Henry 10 12 11-33 Plante 6 210-18

Brkiacich May Play Tonight

Pouch -' turpii Chamberlain mt night. threatened to use Steve Brk. lacich in the game tonight if the Halifax Atlantlcs play forward Hughle Campbell

Brklacich was suspended for two 8311195 Yesterday for Wrestling with referee Jim Kelly in Halifax on Wednesday, In the same game C”-mpbell struck referee George 0'- Donaghue in the middle of the back with his glove and had to be restrained by his team-mates from further assaulting 't-he omcial, Hg received only amlsoonduct penalty.

'I:f Chamberlain uses Brklaclch he will do so to bring the officiating problem to R head. The Islanders coach has been displeased with the work of referee Kelly and (gym-5 3 return to the one referee and two linesmen system.

Chamberlain also dislikes the manner in which League President .1, Elliott Hudson has selected me officials. He believes that the best Officials possible should have been obtained for the League finals and that such men are available now that the hockey season is nearing a close.

The Islanders coach had earlier 5”88e5ted to Judge Hudson that Stan Pratt, a former National Hoc- key I-eacuer. be brought in to him. die the series. He maintains that this is Major Series hockey and l5 '00 touch a proposition for men who have been working in Junior B Leagues.

Ohuniberhin was in a bitter mood over the rulings of the line. key bodies this season. "They threw Gmsse out, stole Tod Power from us and now they're going to throw Brklacich out," said an .1:-ate Murph,

Exhibition Baseball

St. Louis N 12, Memphis 5 Cleveland 6, New York N 1 Cincinnati 13, Detroit 3

New York A 5, Pittsburgh 10 Chicago A 7. Atlanta 0 Alzhlladelphla N 4. Philadelphia

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Hockey favor reached a new high liarfyaatanlay as fans from acrou the province pourcdi their orders into the Cbarlotkttwn Forum for auto to wilaau to- night's play-off gum between the Islanders and the Halifax At- lanllca. .

All seats wera sold out early yesterday "... Only standing room tickets are left and they will go on sale shortly before game time tonight. A record crowd is expected to witness the encounter.

And a rousing -game it should be. If the Islanders are to get

Two Games

HALIFAX,

(CF)-Steve Bl'l(ltl- cich, (above) fiery Charlottetown Islanders defenceman, was fined .7960 and suspended for two games Thursday for wrcstllng a referee to the ice in a game against Halifax Atlantics Wednesday. Brklaclch will not play in Fri- day and Saturday night games of the best-of-nine Maritime. Major Hockey League finals, which Hali- fax leads 2-0. Both games are--in Charlottetown.

President. J..E. Hudson said thc suspenslon would be indefinite if

the fine was ' not paid before , 5 pm. Monday. ' Brklaclch, after receiving at

misconduct penalty. argued with the referee and a few minutes later grabbed him about the neck. wrestling him to the ice. He was then tagged with a match pen- alty. Hallfax won the Zflmt? 54-

l-lugh Campbell of Halifax and Gus Gavesion and Al Mlllilr or Charlottetown were fined 510 each for misconduct penalties im- posed during the game.

Expect To Save Life of Catcher .

OAKLAND, Ca1if.. (APt-DOV tors said Thursday night they think they have won a fight to save the life of Ernie Lombardi, former major league catcher who at- tempted suicide Wednesday night;

The big. good-natured ”Schnoz' lay near death earlier Thursday after slashing his throat with It razor blade.

But. hospital spokesmen said the husky, 45-year-old ex-star was now "off the critical list and doing as well as could be expected."

Lombardi was given two trans- fusions to replace large quantities of blood lost when he cut his throat from ear to ear at the home of a sister. His wife, Bernice, said he pleaded ”let me die” when she found him on a blood-soaked bed.