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The Hai'ry Hirsch horses are continuing their winning campaign at Saratoga. N.Y. A short time ago we mentioned where Super Hal 2.01 25 had won a Junior Freee For All there in 2.06. He repeated again less than I. week later winning the 2.17 pace. purse 32,000. in 2.06. Deep Day. one of the most. highly regarded pacers at Saratoga. was econd. This makes four in a row for the Hal horse, and Globe Trotter was sec- ond in the 2.23 pace, purse 32,250. time, 207 N5. While Harry no doubt paid a big price for Super Hal he won't. take long to get it back if he keeps on winning large purses such as he has been com- peting for. Super Hal and Globe Trotter are expected to arrive in Sydney today or tomorrow at latest, fresh from their victorious campaign at Saratogo. and previ-

ously at Foxboro. They will be ntarters in the races at Sydney next week.

In the October 1st. issue of The Harness Horse appears a picture of Beck Hanover, WlllllPl' of mi: Arden Homstead Trophy at Lex- ington. In the photo is Joe O- Brien. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Camp. Harry Pownail and Mrs. Joe O'- Brien with the explanation. "Har- ry Pownall. accompanied by Mrs. Joe O'Brien. presents the Arden Homestead Trophy to Mr. and Mrs. Sol Camp after Joe O'Brien rcined Beck Hanover to victory." Joe pulled off a very unexpected victory when he won the Phellis Challenge Cup during the second day's racing at Lexington. It was for three-year-old trotters and it produced a. great. contest and the fastest time of the season for age, with Scotch Victor by Scotland 1.59l.i. dam, Victory Miss, owned by sol Camp, Shaffer, Cal., win- ning the necessary two trips in driving finishes. At the finish Scotch Victor had a small advant- age over Diplomat. Hanover ,Duke nfLu1lwatei',Hit Song and the others, in 2.00 U5, both halves alike. Scotch Victor also won the second heat with Hit Song second. Diplomat Hanover third and Duke of Lullwater fourth. These four are the fastest three-year-old irotters in the world this season. Scotch Victor has been a very fast colt; but an unfortunate one, suf- fering more or less from lameness through all his training career this season. If he should get sound this winter he will no doubt be one of the fastest trotters in the world in 1953. Joe had an- other wln at. Lexington with the two-year-old p'acer Hillsota. that set. up a world's pacing record for two-year-olds over it half mile track at. Roosevelt of 2.03 3.5. with Jimmie Wingfield driving, and with Joe driving at Lexington won in 2.00 3x5. Jimmie Wingfield was absent. attending the funeral of Sep Palin.

Sol Camp. Joe's patron, is active in the market buying colts at Lex- ington. At last report he was high bidder on Diamond Hal. I yearling by Hal Dale, paying 325.- 000 for him A full brother to Jimmie Creed 1.59 4X5 was sold to Harry Fitzpatrick for 520,000 and the Chief Abbcdale yearling Ex- cellent Chief, was purchased by E. J. Baker for 515,000. Tommy Murphy. for the Allwood Stable, Far Hills. N.J., paid 535,000 foi Sparkle Way. a yearling colt from Galnesway F.-irm. Lexington. He is sired by Wilmington and his dam is Erla (dam of Dick Erla. 2.0-fill. sinashaway. a. yearling from the same farm. by Volomitc. dam. Natalie Grey, was purchased hy Saunders Mills. Inc.. Toledo. Ohio. for 546.000. and Torrmiy Murphy again came into the fray buying the yearling Battle Way, by Algiers, for his patron, paying

di-r on Leading Way. a yearling by l(iiiz's Counsel. dam. Alcyone 2.085. by Scotland. which was priced at 32.000. Alcyone was for- merly owned by P. R. Mccormac of this city. : The death of Sep Palin at Lex- lnaloii cast a gloom over drivers, owners and race followers as he was one of the most popular men ronnectcri with the sport. His first start and one that brought him to the attention of the ham- css racing world. was with the

stallion Possibility. with whom he won 12 races (36 heats) without a defeat. giving him a record of 2.02I.',. His successa ttracted weal-. th.V patrons who bought. good horses for him and Sepgwon with them. Looking over the world's lF'Cfll'dS we find that he holds the two-year-old trotting record for 1

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gelding with Thunderation--2.04: the three-year-old trotting record with Greyhound-2.00; the four- year-old trotting record with Grey- hound-1.5714, and the fastest sec- ond heat ever raced with Grey- hound- -1.5'l'.4: the fastest two heat. race with Greyhound-2.02. 1.5714: the fastest three heat race trotting with Greyhound, total 6.01',; (record shared with Rosa- lind. driven by Ben White.) The fastest one and one-half miles with Greyhound-3.02y,: fastest horse without B. record beginning of year, the trotter Victory Song -l.5i3l,A. Fastest second heat by a pacer. Her Ladyship (shared with two other horses)-1.58'.l: fastest three heat race pacing, Her Ladyship-1.5884, i.5ay,, 1.59'.4; fastest mile ever trotted, Grey- hound -1.55!-1; trotted on a half mile track. Gi'eyhound-1.598.; fastest mile ever paced by a mare on a mile track. Her Lad,)'ship-1.56311. At the end of 1951 Palin shared hon- ors with Dr. I-I.M. Parshall as the leadlnng driver of 2.00 trotters and pacers, each with a total of thir- teen.

It was Mr. Palin that gave Joe O'Brien his big opportunity some years ago, handing over his pacers including Indian Land to him to drive, with the result that; a few months afterwards Joe won a 850,- 000 pace in California with Indian Land and went on to become one of the great drivers of America. Sep was a man without any "side", always willing to talk to anyone on anything connected with horses. The writer met him first at the ice races at Mt. Clem- ents, Michigan. in 1923 and form- ed a friendship which continued ever since. We deeply regret his passing as it has removed one of the finest figures from the har- ness world. This season he has been sharing responsibility for a racing stable with Jimmie Wing- field. who had served an apprent- iceship with Sep and was a great help to him. They were having splendid success with the two- year-old pacer Hlllsoia, winning at Roosevelt in world's record time- 2.03l;-and again at Lexington.

Last Saturday was an unusually disagreeable day all over the Mar- ltlmes. In Truro it rained steadily until four o'clock in the afternoon. then it cleared up and the man- agement asked the horsemen if they would race providing the track could be put in order and they said Yes,so automobiles were requisitioned and after several hours of steady driving the track was flattened out and made fit for racing. Over 52,000 in purses had been put up and one of the fdature events on the program was the two mile trot which was raced in two divisions. This of course created interest. all over the Mari- times and fortunately the races were broadcast and therefore it great many people listened in and enjoyed the sport. The first div- ision of the two mile race was won by Billy Aubrey, owned and driven by Cyril Smith, Hunter River. Lustyls Queen (L. Walker) 2, Baron (C. MacLeod) 3, Winnle's Last (0'Meara) 4, Sunny B. 5, two other starters; time, 4.47 U5. The second and fastest division was won by Pet Hanover. owned by Roy Bevan. Charlottetown, and driven by James MacGregor; Mack Fihgo iF.Morcside) 2, Rajah Han- over (E. Moreslde) 3. three other starters; time, 4.42 345. The Marl- time record for a two mile trot is held by Question V. and was made at Truro. Aug. 29, 1951. Bud Kal- muck was 2, Prairie Pete 3, Tracey Direct 4, Annie Scott 5: four other starters, time, 4.40 W5. Question V. was owned by Arthur Lipton, Sydney, and driven by Pinky Guam. A two mile trot held over the same track in 1950 was won by Jennie Kalmuck 210 M5, time. 4.44, with Quakcr's Boy second.

Race. No. 1 last. Saturday night was won by Bob Canuck, owned by George Gregory, Charlottetown. and driven by Len O'Meara; Nor- man Frisco (Conroy) 2. Lahey'n Dream iMacKenzle) 3, time. 2.17 W5. Race No. 2 was won by Rock- ford iconroyl. Eddie Hoosier 1S. Walker) 2, Todd McKay iGouldv 3, Phil Vltale 4. time. 2.17 4x5. Rockford is owned by Well Mc- Neill, Southport. and his breeding is interesting. He is a four-year- old trotter by Pagliacci 2.0915. whose sire was Lord Jim 2.0032. and his dam Astra 2.0'l',4. by San Francisco 2.0793. Astra is also the dam of Peter Astra 2.01'.l. one of the greatest colt trotters that ever lived. The dam of Roclford is Ethel Aubrey by Captain Aubrey 2.0'ly,, dam Daisy Todd by Mayor Todd 2.14!-'1. second dam, Belle. Baring by Baring 2.l2'.3. He was bred by Stanley Murray, North River. and according to reports he is a very promlsing' trotter.

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Big Wimpy Stevenson. the fellow

who did not attend the Buffalo Bisons training camp in order to finish his harvest, may reap quite a harvest on opposing forwards this winter. Stevenson. of course has not made the grade with the Is- landers yet and its still too early to judge his hockey ability but showed last night that he has plenty of crowd appeal and we have Murph Chamberlain's word that he can make opposing forwards respect him. . 0 Wimpy is a broad. stocky fellow standing about five foot. ten inches. He appears at first sight to be one of the friendliest fellows in the world and one who would rather skate out of a man's way than hit him. We spill thought so after watching him in fl couple of pract- leses for Wimpy appeared to go pretty easy on incoming forwards. We said something along those lines to Murpii who told us, "The boy hasn't got his legs yet, He has driven 700 miles by car and has only had it couple of practises. Wait until he gets into condition."

Despltes the'fa5t he has not had too much skating Wimpy does show quite fl. burst of speed on a rush into an opposing end. Indeed for it fellow his size be can break unusually quick. We'll miss our guess if fans won-. enjoy watching this boy streak down the ice with the black biscuit on the end of his stick. Those present for last night's practise liked it and it was easy to sense that the ranblrds were going for the Rosetown red-head.

However. there a're many more things to playing defense than belnz able to rush. How well he can do those other things will be determ- ined within the next week or two. Chamberlain has seen quite a bit of Wimpy as he had him at Van- couver for a. time last season. "We had him on the llneun when we played two games with Seattle," re- called Murnh. 'S-eattle was a good team at that part of the season while we had six amateurs on our squad.

"Wp plavedA the .first gaine in Seattle and we beat them l-0, Then we played the return game in Van- couver and we won that game too Those were tough, rugged games with hodies flyinr: everywhere but this Stevenson had those Ironmen steerino: far wide of his defense potl. There were ll lot. of things he couldn't do right but. body checking wasn't one of them. He was lust. coming along well when Buffalo called him up and after a time in Buffalo he was sent to Springfield."

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Chamberlain has been really working the boys in those practise sessions but most of, them are so eager to play they remain after- wards to skate and carry the puck and this someone remarked is ll little different from last year. The boys will hold two practises again today and they will be back Mon- day with the Marltimers-Imports game at eight o'clock in the even- mg.

0 O 0 Local rugby fans will be pull- lng for A. J. MacAdom and his

Saint Dunsian's University foot- ball team.to come through this afternoon in their game with St. F. X. at Antigonish. This is the first meeting of the two teams in Aniigonlsh for eleven years and their second meeting since 1941. Both times ilie Xovcrians were victorious but this time the local colleglans are more than hoping that they can turn the tables on the Nova Scniia athletes. o . . .

Supporters of the Saints would probably prefer to see the local scholars defeat the Xaverlans rather than any other group of college athletes. The Xaveriii-is have long been powerhouses in the Maritime athletic world par- ticularly in football. hockey and basketball. This is their centenary year and no doubt they have a strong team to retain the Mari- time championship and McCurtly Cup which they won a year ago. The Saints have a good team also nnd if they can take the measure of the Nova Scotlans it will be quite I feather in their cap.

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ial Field Monday afternoon with the Abbies playing Truro Bear-

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The Charlottetown Abbies will play Truro Bearcats here Monday afternoon in their first game of the 1952 season it was announced last night by the Abbies Football chairman, Elmer Blanchard.

The game. which will be played on Memorial Field. will get under- way at 3:15.

The Abbies have been holding daily practises for this past. month and are in good condition. They will hold a final tune-up this afternoon at three o'clock.

Several new playens will lie

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turning out with the local team on Monday. These include forwards Charlie I-Ieustis. and Claude Fields along with backfielders Cliff Gilli: and John MacAuley.

Following is the probable line of the Abbies: fullback: Frank strain; backfield, Red Howatt. Bennett MacDonald. Cliff Gillis. Jim Fan- igan. 'John MscAuley: flying quarter. Elmer Blanchard; picking quarter. George scantlebury; fo- wards, Noel Wilson. Charlie Ready Bill Ledwell, Red Murphy. Claude Fields. Charlie I-leustis, Jack Hen- nessey.

TORONTO, Oct. l0-(CP)-This was give-away day at Maple Leaf Gardens. home of Toronto teams in the National Hockey League for 25 years. And the donor was General Manager Conn Smythe who has master-minded the blue- and-white palace since it opened. The little guy was in muniflcent mood.

He "gave" Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens. Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins play-off spots when the 70-game N.H. L. schedule winds up next March. What about his Leafs and Bill Cook's New York Rangers.

Well, Smythe told a gathering of sports writers and sports broadcasters in his annual early- season press conference, "their future is in doubt."

The Leafs, who made the play- offs last season and then went out four straight in the Stanley Cup semi-finals to the Red Wings. have is chance of making the post.-sea- son series "if" they can get re.- placements for the four men trad- ed to the Hawks this autumn for goalkeeper Harry Lumley. And "if" they get hve the Leafs are "in". Toronto opens the season hero against Chicago Saturday night and Smythe said the club will be without. eight or nine men who were on his 1951-52 team. Discussing Canadians, who also dropped four in a. row to the Red Wings in last year's playoffs. Smythe said they are the only ones in the league who are stand- ing pat on last year's team. "They must have something we haven't observed. If they are that con- tented they will have to be first or second."

He called the Hawks for a playoff spot for two reasons: They are "slightly loaded with playoff material" and Jim Norris, Jr.. the club's new owner. is "the smartest dealer in the league and he won't be content with a poor club." Hawks started in the right di- rection Thursday night when they edged Canadiens 3-2 at Montreal.

While Hope Toumameni Al. Toroniomluesday

TORONTO, Oct. lO-(CP)-- Twenty-seven Canadian amateur heavyweights with stars in their eyes and-they hope-dynamite in their mitts, will slug it out here Tuesday in Jack Dempsey's third white hope boxing tournament. The former heavy champion will be around to view the mauling. The winner, after the three- round elimination bouts. will re- ceive 8300 cash. If he shows prom- ise, he will be groomed for bigger things in the flstic world. "This is the only way to inject new blood into the heavyweight divis- ion." Dempsey said today. "Out of these tournaments will come some young fellows whom we can develop into a real title contender. Look what we have in the heavyweight division now- just Rocky Marciano (he's 28 and in two or three years he'll be ready to be taken and some of your young fellows by that time might be ready to turn the trick. "A million dollars to the man who makes good" is the slogan of Dempsey and co-promoter Frank

cats. We have little

information on the Benrcatii, but we know that the Abbies have a good team. this game will serve as a tune- up for the Mccurdy Cup competi- tion later on and it should pro- vide rugby fans with a lot of good football. The Abbies back- field can move at in good clip and its 11 good backfield that makes football pleasing to watch.

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Valleyfield Braves Sign Two Players

VALLEYFIELD, Que.. Oct. 10- (CP)-Vullcyfleld Bravos of the Quebec Senior Hockey League to- day signed centre Gordie Haworili and winger Bruce Cline, both with the Junior Quebec Citad-.-is last year. They came to Valley- field from a tryout with New York Rangers of ilie National Hockey League.

Intermediate

"8" Ball Tiile Al Stake Sunday

The Island intermediate "B" Baseball title will be decided Sun- day afternoon between Peakes Bombers and the Tignlsh-l"irriine- gash Royal-Aces in a grime or games on the Peakes diamond.

The Royal-Aces lead the best of

three series one game to none as the result of their 15-0 victory over the Peakes team last Sunday at St Roch. , Peakes players. however. claim that the 15-0 score of last week is not nearly a true indication of the relative strength of the two squads. As defending titlists they feel that, they can reverse the tables and re- tain their Island crown.

The first game is scheduled to start at one o'clock and the second game if necessary will get. under- way immediately afterwards. It is expected that the Royal-Aces will go with their ace pitcher Rodney Maclnnis in the first game.

Tunney of Toronto. They've re- ceived entries from Fredericton, N. B.. to Toronto-guys who 'have never fought for money before Eng who probably wouldn't know a ight. cross from a left Jab.

The Fredericton entry is Bob 0'Ree, 21-year-old inside with To- ronto Balmy Beach of the Senior Ontario Rugby Football Union. Bob is six feet, one inch tall and weighs 205 pounds.

Others are from Montreal. Ot- tawa, Niagara Falls, Quebec. Ham- ilton, Sarnia, 0nt., London and Toronto.

Montreal hopes are Mark Winter- fleld and Andre Sauve. On hand from Ottawa will be Bob Marau- ger and Jack Lamourx and 19- year-old Real Choulnard repre- sents Quebec City.

Other entries include: Tex Mc- Ewan, Frank Dezio, and John Kelly. Niagara Falls; John Hruska, Hamilton: Phil Simpson, Sarnla; and Bobby Hesson. London.

Only one entry - Eddie Zastre of Winnipeg'- has made good in the three previous tournaments. Zastre won in 1049 and now is Canadian light-heavyweight title- holdcr. The last tournament was held in December. 1951. and was won by Al Hogan of Toronto who, according to the promoters, has made 33,000 by his fists since then.

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