Page 6 The Guardian, Tuesday, June 7, 1955

Abbies, Dairy And BYC Win City Softball Games

The Sunshine Island Dairy and the Abbies continued to roll along; Inbeaten in the City Softball Lea-i (tie and the B.Y.C. got back on thei winning path in City Softball Lea- sue games yesterday evening. i

The Abbies crushed Barry'sl Lions 26-7 while the Dairy whip-

ed Keefe Drug 16-3 and the B.Y.

. downed the Navy 14-6. .

Father Clarence Roche won his.

Sc-hlcyer pitched and gave up 3) out four.

First baseman George Bradley lashed out two home runs for the Dairy. Len Arsenault hit one to run his season's total to three and Pete Maclntyre hit his first round tripper of the campaign.

Mike Connolly had five hits in five trips while John Haiighey

for the hits while striking.

second straight game for the B. had the longest hit for Keefe Drug

Y. C. Is he held the Navy to four a triple. Mike Connolly and

scattered hits Dicks went all the George Scaiitlebury were the de-

vtay for the Tars and gave up 13. fensive stars.

hits. 1 The Ahbies took adviiiitiigc of: The hits urre wcll divided numerous ei'rtirs to tame Bari-y'si

among the 13.1 C. players. .lunior MacI.eod led the Sailors with two hits. All Coady of the B.Y.C. made the best defensive play the game a fine rimniiig grab oft Wil- liams. 1

Charlie Ball:-iii hurled a fine fhsjee. hitter in setting down the; luckless Keefers and winning his. first league game He struck outi seven and walked four. Gr-orgei

'Picl(s Dodge

Lions in their own (ten Will Shep-. hard won his second game as ai pitcher for the Abbies. Dempsl Gregory started for Barry's andl was lifted in the fifth after giving: tip 21 runs on only six hits. lie was i relieved by Spud Chandler.

played a fine defensive the outfield.

game in .

rs For First,

Giants For Third Place

I ,vP-ard Liridt-man i

Blit)(lKLYN. lA PI - Smiling Sandy Amoi-ns Monday picked his. Brooklyn Dodgers for first. the

Giants for third. 1

Sandy thus qualified as the firsli baseball man in 1955 to recdgnize the Giants for dead and he did it; in both English and Spanish. for emphasis. i

It was Amnros' prerogative. for! he has played a major role in put- ting the Dodgers atop the heapi

and 12 games up on the heavy-

footcd Giants. Sandy's early-sea-

son figures speak for themselves. The I-ePage. Lions defeated the Batting-.330: 17 runs batted lniMacCormaek Darts 19 to 4 last

with six homers. 11 doubles and EVMIDB 511 I Mmmll Hm? W

Q1119 Qriples, an nmong the lap Hillsborough Square. For the

M hitters and his 00 hits is also winners home runs were scored

Jn the past five seasons Brook- lyn has had 15 different men playi among the league's best. His. doubles output is second highest. the left. field position. Not since Andy Pafko in 1952 have the Dod- gers had one man regularly,in; the spot. Now. with young Amoros. , the club feels secure in left i Sandy. a keen d wrist-hitiingi

smaii?iei.i In View For Belmont Stakes

NEW YORK (AP)-Dedicate was withdrawn from the. 3100.000 Bel- mont Stakes Monday and favored Nashua went through a distance workout that was enough to scare off a few more challengers. As a result the field for Saturday's 07th running for three-year-olds may draw one of the smallest fields in years.

Mrs. Jan Rurkeis Dedicate, win- ner of the Delaware Valley and Jersey Stakes. was declared out: because of a hriiised foot. Trainer Carey Winfrey said the injury was not. serious.

-Previously. Summer Tan. Nash- ise' I early-season. rival. was with- drawn bccause of bad legs. Swaps. Kentucky Derby winner, went right back to California and apparently

lefthander. complements I line-upi of power hitters. 1

Born in Mantanzas, Cuba. he one of six children but. ';the only ball player in the fam- H...

Sandy is not surprised at his! early showing. He said he intends to keep it up.

”Like all ball players," he said, "1 rink I'm real good."

Softball Game

by A. MacDonald. L. Gauthier and P. Murphy. Winning pitcher, Joseph Cummiskey. losing pitcher Ralph Benton.

Racing Begins Here Saturday

The first harness race of thel season in this Province will bei held at the Charlottetown Driving Park on Saturday night and rac- ing fans will have their first chance to see some highly talked about racers perform.

Among the newcomers to the local track are the well liked Sir Joseph, Impact. Prudence Hy. Roman Council and Muriel Woody. The number of starters will be known before noon tomorrow.

interest in the racing game is Still 88 great. as ever as was

DETROIT. (AP)-Eddie Robinson hammered a

pair of two-run homers and his tape-measure blasts to

Mickey Mantle hit another of power New York Yankees to

a 7-5 victory over Detroit Tigers Monday.

Mantle opened the

Yankee ninth by driving the ball

over the screen in dead .centrefield just to the right of the 440-foot sign. Lefty Bob Miller was the victim. 1 Veteran press box observers couldn't recall the last 1

field.

All Yankee runs resulted from and Gil McDougald hitting solo shots.

The victory pushed the Yankees 4'-it games ahead of idle Cleve-

homers-with Billy Hunter

land and five games up on third place Chicago. Robinson. given a play full Skowron and Joe Collins forced out the lineup due to in jury or illness. hit and eighth homers to

Johnny Kucks to his foul-thlihc Philadelphia Phillics. Before straight win. the regularly scheduled contest. the Kutrks was touched for ll hits Phillies wound up I suspended

before being

sing ciouteil a two-run double.

Al Katine. sensational young Ti-

. . i ill Will Shephard hit the only home . . - .m,n

run tthile brother Paddy Shephard ilgnliil :il1i:lc1ou;i:nh':ti;:e gfteeglig run homer in the sixth.

ger outfielder. hit his

to 14 games.

I" gmbbmg "'9 "pm?" 9' ' charged with the loss. making his . . 59,'i”'5- "'9 record 0-2. Murry Dickson and Ron touring Yankees dealt Billy Hoeft Mi-ozinski finished up for the 105. his third defeat against five vic- inn-

tour-day. four-game

tories. Hoeft hurled seven

ings.

It was the only afternoon game in the majors. Night action saw St. Louis at Brooklyn and Mil-

waukee at Philadelphia in the fa

isltional League. Washington and he says. Kansas City were rained out in

the American. BROOKLYN

Dodgers his first defeat of the season.

walk to open the final frame.

Author of Chain Gang Story Dies

Sunday night.

holdup in Atlanta, Ga. he accompanied I flop”

robbery. After two months

he was I S20,000-a-year "- editor in Chicago.

evidenced last night by the large crowd which attended the racing

town Driving Park.

15 Starters I Queen's Plate

TORONTO (CF)--A canvass horsemen under the Woodbine

will stay there unless I match race is cooked up later in the year. Nashua. with Eddie Arcaro in the saddle. .Vlnnday morning did a mile and three-eighths under full steam in 2-19 3-5. then eased up

in 2:11 3-5. That's less than three

horses are regarded as certain starters in next Saturday": 96th running of the Queen's Plate, North America's oldest annual stakes race.

Outstanding favorites at the mo-'

fin Bay from Montreal, .1. H. Staf-

and finished the mile and one-half iment are Russell Grant's filly Baf-

seconds slower than High Gun's winning time last year.

Controversy In Soccer Settled

LONDON. (Rt-iitersl-One of the l

most controversial issues in Eng- lish soccer was settled Monday night when the Football Associa- tinn. controlling body of the sport in England. ended its ban on the. recognition of players who take part in Sunday matches.

Before this move. anyone who played soccer on Sunday. even if only for his factory or office team. was barred from playing on Satur- days or other week-days in match- es under the jurisdiction of the FA.

The alteration of the rules. made It the annual general meeting of the association here. will affect more than 100.000 players in or- gsnlud Sunday soccer.

It also will apply to referees. who previously were banned from offtcisti g It week-dly soccer games Iiey refereed Sunday

amen.

Although the association relaxed Rs ruled on individuals who play Sunday soccer. it still refuses to take any part in mgsntzlng or pro- moting Sunday soccer competi- tions among affiliated clubs.

Probdbfe Pitchers

NEW YORK MT” -- Probable pitchers for today's major league

mes (won-loot tn Daren- Nottsnnl lpsgno Cincinnati It Brook yn--Podble

hn (1-1) vs Podres (5-3). Mtlvi It New York (slat) l vs Altoncllt t ). Philadelphia (I )

fordiii Senator Jim from Toronto. Larkin Maloney's Ace Marine from Toronto and Andrew Adam's Sil- ver Spat from Winnipeg. Veteran horsemen insist, however. that this will be one of the most wide-open contests in the long history of the race.

If. as expected. 16 horses go to the post Saturday. the race will have I gross value of 3.12.395.

Girls soiibaii iThis Evening

! There will be another girls soft- lball practice on the Hospital Field diamond this evening at six o'- clock. There was I good turnout last night and with a good at- tendance tonight plans avill be made for the formation of s three team girls league.

Women's Javelin Mark Shattered

Dominion women's javelln throw

MOOSE JAW. Sask.. tCP)-The

In 1929 he was Georgia after his first

prison. The following year

again walked off the chain gang and went to New York where he. wrote the book which was later-by

made into a motion picture.

Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia. of who eliminated chain gangs in his as counsel for sihedrows Monday showed that 16 Burns in 1945 when he went before

the Georgia parole board volun- ttarily and had his prison sentence and his civil rights re-

state. appeared

lwiped out 1 stored.

SINGAPORE tAPl--Malaya won Thomas Cup. symbol of worldi

L the iiadmington

Sunday.

VICTORIA (CP) -Beefy Bert with , chggted by wind and iexpects to begin tslks with five

. Thomas. l tide in

the Strait of Juan dc Fuca. snidi night he'll try againi

Saturday next month.

GREAT NECK. N. Y. -dale

46 points.

'lrun came home on Duke Snider's

chance to 0 time when both Bill were - two-run homers Monday night as his seventh the Milwaukee Braves took the fi- help rookie l nale of

iaken mii in ihcisunday twin hill nighicap with a ninth. Jim Konstanty came on lci4'2 VlC""Y- put out the fire after Jim I)el-

f 1 ml d (AP)-After twice .a”"3 . W . 0”?" " ”"'l.'''"9 l""” at 6.15. The Abbies wil meet the in the ninth inning. Jackie Robln- Dairy in 3 lug” game son swung away and slammed a home run into the left field seats Monday night to give the Brooklyn s 5-4 victory over St. Louis and hand little Luis Arroyo

It was the fifth home run of the year for Robinson and only the fifth hit given up by the Latin lefty in the game. But it came after Gil Hodges had drawn Arruyo's sixth

The Cardinal rookie. has won six decisions. St. Louis had given the southpaw I 4-1 lead within five innings and it looked like that

EAST ORANGE. N. J.. (AP) - Robert Elliott Burns. 65. author Canadian a Fugitive Greenwood. N.S. Beechcrsft from From I Georgia Chain Gang.” died Maritime

Burns was sentenced to prison month, N,s,, F35 sni-"9, for six to 10 years in 1922 for a ;5 near Station Chatham. N.B. and HG 5810 Sea Furies. Becchcraft. Harvard: he was hungry and jobless when mid Avenger, from the . 30' Canadian Naval Air Station Shear- quaintance on In grocery store

on s chain gang he escaped Seven years laier

returned toi . . wife in- mms .1 ll" Ckw" C1"b' whwh formed authorities. Despite pleas

were sponsored by the Charlotte for , pardon he was returned ioimm mo" plotted by "'9 "mm i mmrac" no work...

his second effort to swim Ollie? bi!

(AP) C ySam Snead shattered the Deep- y course record with I tive-- IINIPT-Par 65 Sllndny 10 capture wage increase in negotiation with his fourth round-robin golf cham-t pionship with a runaway score of

Kecfel-5 time anyone had cleared that 12-foot screen in centre-

-.j would be just enough after he sur- vived n two-run Dodger sixth. Pee- tvee Reese. who had two of the Brooklyn hits. opened that frame with ,.his third homer. The other

double. a fly out and an infield

ut. j PHILADELPHIA tAPl - Ed Mathews and George Crowe hit

I five-game series 5-2 from

i 1liatlicws' honter - his third in two days anti his llth of the season :-came in the first inning of the. lregular game after Bill Bruton ledl toff with a walk. Crowe hit his two-

Dave Cole went the first six linnings for the Phillies and was

ers. Bobby Buhl stayed all nine -innings for the Braves to get his lsecond win. He has lost four.

gsoiibaii Game iThis Evening

l Keefe Drug will play the Navy in I City Softball League game the Old Diamond

this evening on

on the Parkdale Diamond at 6.10 on Wed- nesday evening.

'l5.000 Civilians To Participate In Exercise

HALIFAX -- Over 15,000 civ- ilians will participate in the Ground Observer Corps exercise "Junebug". on Wednesday June llth from 10 a.m. to l p.m. ADST. The exercise will activate 750 ob- servation posts in 54 regional areas throughout Nova Scotia. New Brunswick. Prince Edward Island and the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec.

Lancaster aircraft from Royal Air Force Station.

101 Dart- from

Air 'Command's

Communications Flight,

Royal

water at Eastern Passage. N.S. will participate in the exercise. The Lancasters will fly more than 9.000 nautical miles of de- .signated tracks to give observers practice in reporting. G0bC Fil- ter Centres It Truro. N.S., and Moncton. N.B., will plot the tracks reported Ind check them

the largest exercise ' Number 7 Ground Observer

before next fall.

U. S. Steel Wage Talks To Open

and a ”peaceful settlement." open wage talks today with the steel industry.

The union starts negotiations U. S. Steel Corporation and

steel-producing firms im- mediately afterward.

The union's negotiating commit- tee held a "final strategy" meet- ing Monday and president David J. McDonald issued this statement:

"The negotiating committee of the United Steelworkers of Amer- ica . . . . voiced unanimous deter- mination to achieve a substantial

the steel companies before the wage agreement expires June 30." The committee minted in resolu-

My Darling, Muriel

GLASSIFISATION FOR SATURDAY, JIINE 11, 1955

N0. 1 CIASSIFIEI)-2 DASIIIB

Corps to date. It will be similar . . . to exercise "Jack Frost" which '"g'cm.l.onb”:a vgllii. it lmuldwlcogl took place last November and ii al;ig:"se5mgm::nl lg”. -"es 603,000 will be the last major exercise members empioyed

PITTSBURGH. iAPl- The Unil- cenis, , 5"P,"m-"Y- '0' the ed Steelworkers tcioi. "Md maliihl W"? by deiulmll ously determined to achieve a sub- Denmark eight matches to one sumiai wage inc,-ens,"

"unanlm- .

weekend when inches. Miss Couzen

in I track and Moose Jaw an

While compe Empire with I toss of

feet one inch.

Former

Jbph (Mikel

hurled the shaft

Games at Vancouver last year. she broke the games record

The mark gave her third place in the competition. Dominion jsvelin record was 127

Player Dies

MINNEAPOLIS. (AP)- Mlclisel el former bu bssssssn at

record was shattered during the

Shirley Couzenii 131 feet 11V:

9: made the throw field meet between it Saskatoon incli-

ers colleges. She was part of the Moose Jaw team.

ting h the British

127 feet. 10 inches.

The previous

K

bert. N0.

ata

8th.

4--CLASSIFIM)-2 D

Eva Budlong. Silk Hal, St Jean Porteus, Miss Commando, scott. Wait For Mac, Sandra P..

In Clam No. 1, Ive to start; Nos. 1. 3 and 4-ix to

rt. . Declarations to start mint be signaid with Declar-

ation closing 10 em.

Council. Sir Joseph, Impact, Prudence Hy.

N0. 2-OLASSIFIIH)-2 DASIIIS

Rajah Hanover, Pet Hanover, Muriel E.. Guy Harvester. Lustlcia, Bonnie Dale. April Volo, Ted Gennessee.

N0. 3-0l.As8lFlE.l)-2 DABHM Freddie Scott, Dale 3, Keppoch Miss Donna Mae, Billy Mcvey. Money

Bud. Royal

Me. Ruuell Clogg, Miss Hazel Grove, Professor

Standard Time,

CHTOWN DRIVING PARK

8000.00

Woody, Gnhagan, Roman 3550.00

Mitldale, Rest Fingo.

Peggy Ellis, Royal Scott. Jr., Train, Sukte

3850.00 Playgirl, Manon E, Royal. Little Del-

8800.00

Asllll star Verna, Lou Budlong. Kitty McKay. Mr. Joll- Stanley Boy. Glenda Rock

, June

Practice Game

. . Americsn League MA plrscet:lce.bas;lball game Wllll w 1, pct. G31, , pay oni t at Memoria N Y k as 15 .7oti- L d I A L Fizldrbeilvlveen Tom Macliiarianels Cleelirelaliird 30 18 .625 415 n an id er M D aldl t . Ch' 29 18 .617 5 Starting time is-C5232. S cams nei53ii" 27 22 .551 s NEW YORK (AP)-Young Al from sixth to fourth. Rookie Bill m...'1m..L. Washington 20 27 .426 14 Ksl1netofmr:.)etroltm;lggers,t was Ill: thrust. faint?! S;-dlnals B t 21 30 .41215 seems o veon ngsre os cg po an up from Busebu" RQSIIIES Kgsiiggs City 13 an 375 mi. is hot on the heels of tesmniate fourth to fifth with .331. Baltimore 15 36 .294 21 Harvey Kuenn in the American TIE!) TOR HOMERS

. National league Milwaukee 000 000 020-2 10 1 Philadelphia 004 000 00x-4 6 0

(Completion of suspended gahe of June 5)

Conley, Crone (51 Jay (7) Bur- dette tilt and Crandall: Wehmeier. Meyer tilt and Lopata. W-Weh- meier. L-Conley. HR: Pha-Lopata.

Milwaukee 201 002 000-5 5 1 Bahiniore at Chicago Philadelphia 200 oooooo..2 4 1 Washington at Kansas City iNi in the Tlgei-s' first 14 games and ment with 56. Buhl and crnndaii; cote, nick. New York at Detroit IND after being stopped, he picked Cleveland's Early Wynn and son tat Mrozinski tilt and Semiir Boston at Cleveland (Ni right up again to compile an 11- Whitey Ford of the Yanks have ink. L.cote. i-ms; Mi1.Maghen-5. National League game streak. Then came I six- the best won-lost records among Crowe. W L Pet. GBL game skcin and on May 24 he cm- the American League pitchers. St. Louis 011 020 000.4 in 1 Brooklyn 30 I2 .760 - barked on his current run. Each has a 7-1 mark. Brooklyn's Brooklyn 001002 002'-5 5 ti Ciucaizu 30 30 -500 ll Klline Kained ground on Kuenn, Don Newcombe ranks as the Na- Arroyo and Sarni. Loos. La- New lurk Zti 25 510 12.; who saw limited service last week tional League pace-setter with 9-0. Sorda 15) Meyer (5) Labine (8) Milwaukee 7.5 25 .50015L because of a pulled thigh muscle. Herb score of the Indians has and Campanella. W-Lahine. HRs: Cincinnati 21 26 .447 lo-.5 With 13 hits in 29 at bats. Katine struck out the most American Bkn-Reese. Robinson. St. Louis 20 27 .426 16175 increased his average 13 points, League batsmen, 92. while Sam American League Philadelphia 21 29 .420 17 while Kuenn added one point on Jones of the Chicago Cubs is the New York 030001201-7 ii z,Pittsburgli 16 33 .1127 zivi 2-for-5. National League strikeout leader Detroit 001010 10?,-V5 11 2 Monday's Results Kansas City's Vic Power re- with 78,

Kucks. Konsianty 19! and Berra: Hoeft. Birrer till Miller tilt and Wilson. W-Kucks; L-Hoefl. HRs: NY-Rl'obinson 2. Hunter. McDou- gald. Mantle: Del-Katine.

International League

Baseball In Brief

Monday's Results

New Ytmt 7 Detroit 5 Washington at Kansas City. ppd Tuesday's Games Baltimore at Chicago (Ni Washington at Kansas City 12) New York at Detroit

Boston at Cleveland IN) Wednesday's Games

St Louis 4 Brooklyn 5 Milziaukce 2-5 Philadelphia 4-2 , a Tuesday's Games CiI'i('iIlnail at Brooklyn Milwaukee at New York lNl St. Louis at Philadelphia IN)

Eddie Robinson, Mickey Mantle Power

lN.Y. Yankees To 7-5 Victory OverTigers

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Hot Race For Batting

Gus Zernial of the Athletics and Mantle are tied for home run su- premacy in the American Leaglus with 13 each, while Yogi Berra of the Yanks is tops in runs batted in with 30. Duke Snider and Campa- nella. both of the Dodgers. share the National League home run derby lead with 17 apiece and Sni- der also heads the RBI depart-