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A Prince Edward Islander-Joe YBrien-son of Mr. and Mrs. llarry O'Brien, Alberton. has now the largest stable of irottcrs and pacers in the world. Up until ii few days ago his charges num- bored 37 but an offer made by Sol Camp, millionaire horse breed- or and harness horse enthusiast of California. has resulted in Joe '1klng over the training and rat'- ing of that stable. it IIli(I been trained and raced by Wilbur Beat- tie the last two seasons. Joe's career with the harness horses since he went to the t'. S. A. has lieen nothing short of t'cin:ii'kiiblc. It was in September, l9-lT, that lit- .eft here after having been leading iiriver of the Maritinirs for sev- rr.-il years. He took his stable to the newly opened tr.'iri.' at Fox- iiorn. Mass. and very quickly made a name for iiimself as ii uiniiing driver, and when the season end- rri he held several l'EC0l".(IS.

Sep Palin. trainer and manager of tiie Castletoii Flll'lll.SltllIle iit Lexington. Kentucky, on the look- mil for an assistant trainer and driver, was told about Joe and negotiations were soon on which resulted in Joe taking over the training of the stable which was then on its way to California. He had them all in good shape when

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Sep arrived just. prior to t aces. Air. Palin's agreement was that he would drive the trottcrs and Joe would drive the pact-rs. In the early spring meeting at Santa Anita in'19-18. the greatly herald- -ii Golden IVcst Pace for H purse if 550,000 was the magnet that rlrew the largest attendance ever seen at a harness horse meeting in California. Twenty of the best paccrs in the world were entered in what was then the biggest purse ever offered for pact-rs in California. About 25 yards from the wire it looked as though Ind- i.-in -Land, driven by Jig would finish in third place. Forbes Chief 2.0l M2 was in the lead with Goose Bay at his pad. There was barely enough room to squeeze through liui Joe made it. and non by a neck. The grand stand went wilil and when Indian Land was hi-ought to the paddock for the presentation to owner. Mrs. Fran- cos Johnston of Castleton Farm. and the horse was decorated with the wreath of victory, they re- crivcd a tremendous ovation.

That season with Indian Land. Joe picked up winnings of over 343,000 and also had winnings with other pacers owned by the Farm.

in the fall he decided to sever his connection with Castleton and open a public stable. Sitggess came quickly as he had madotn reputa- :ion as a top l'GlI'lSI'lli'.III-hflflfl there was a great demand for his serv- ices as a catch driver. He took a mount. of that kind behind Prince .la,v. owned by Sol Camp in an important race in California and won with him. In 1950 he drove Mighty Sun, also owned by Camp in the Geers Three Year Old Pace at Goshen. N. Y.. and to the sur- prise of everyone he won from B field of 15 of the classiest young paccrs in America. The first heat was an elimination and he won it in 2.04 225 and then won the final heat in 2.01 V5. He met a sim- ilar field lll. Lexington. Ky., later on and Mighty Sun was second the first heat in 2.00 2-5 and won

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The first heat was won

pace. by Highland Ellen in 1.58 NS. Prince Jay won the second in

1.59 4'5. Royal Blackstone the third in 1.59 415 with Prince Jay second. Highland Ellen won the fourth and deciding heat in 2.06. These four heats ronstitifte ii world's record for ll fotir heat race.

A Los Angcles paper had the folloning . . . In the biggest own- cr-trainer deal of the meeting, Sol Camp, prominent harness horse owner (lf'ShlIIl.(ll', Cal., today sign- ed Joe O'Brien as head trainer and driver of his extensive stables. O'Brien took over immediately and this morning worked Prince Jay,

pacing star of the Camp string. over the Santa Anita strip. ()'- Brien will drive Prince .lay on Saturday in a free-for-all pace. "Little Joe" as he is familiarly known to his friends and fans.

replaces Wilbur Bcattie who has handled the Camp string for the past year. Camp's parting with Beattie was an amicable onc. O'Brien will continue to train his public string, in addition to the Camp horses, and that. will give him a string of some 60 horses to handle at the meeting. It was rumoured that O'Brien was to get

between 520.000 and 525,000 on- nually plus a 10 per cent com- mission on all money won. At

present O'Brien is second leading driver at Santa Anita. He won the title in 1950 and 1951 and in 1948 was the leading money win- ner with earnings -of l543,5l'i'.50."

Loyalty to patrons ltas been one of the reasons Joe has resisted offers from Mr. Camp on previous occasions, but no doubt some ar- rangement has been made for him to continue for this season at least, with the horses owned by A. L. Derby of Wichita, Kansas. and the Milky Way Stables of New York. These include some real good young irotters and pac- ers such as Great Colby, that Joe recently drove to a. three-year-old winning record of 2.06 at. Santa Anita-and it is the fastest by a three-year-old this season. He has also won three races with Dinner Date 2, 2.07 1:5 and she is looked on as a good prospect to win the Hambletonian stake. Then again there is Vonian Chief, with at.wo- 'car-old record of 2.06 1x5 over a half mile track and winnings of 523,000, and he is staked in the Little Brown Jug and other big events. These are just a. few of the horses we poi-ticuliarly noticed while in California. In addition there are several two-year-olds that showed ability to trot. or pace in 2.15 or better a couple of weeks ago.

Ifitlicrto the record was that of Johnny Simp- son and he, it will be remembered. had telephones and all kinds of paraphernalia so that he could keep in touch with the various parts of it. This year Simpson is training and driving exclusively for the Hanover Shoe Farms, Hanover, Pa., and will probably not. be racing more than fifteen or twenty horses. What Joe's plans are we have no idea. but it. is quite possible that when the stable moves cast. to Roosevelt Raceway at. the conclusion of the present Santa Anita meeting. quite a number of the lesser prospects will be needed but and it may cut down to approximately forty hor- ses. The bookkeeping of such a stable is tremendous and this has been carried on by Joe's very cap- able wife, Betty. daughter of James Flood of this city. Joe and Betty are very popular with own- ers and all help and that. makes things go quite smoothly. He has a splendid assistant. trainer and will no doubt now need another. Anyhow it must be admitted that it is a tremendous tribute to in young man like Joe. who left here a comparative stranger in the driving ranks of the U. S. A. a few years ago, to be placed in charge of one of the most expensive stables in the world.

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A visitor to Earle Semple's stable. Kensington.tells us that all his horses are in splendid shape and getting ready for a big racing campaign that has been mapped out for 1952. Mary Mark, the star of the stable. has been raced by

the next two and race in 2.0.'l. 2.02. The same afternoon he drove lilr.

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R,.The Neighbors

FM. donlt worry. Mrs. Willis, the boys are getting on fine.

their arms around each other."

By George Clark

LITTLE SPORT'

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It is scarcely any wonder that Frank Selke and Dick Irwin. own- er and coach of the Montreal Cali- 3dl9n5- respectively. have been anx- ious to sign tip Jean Belliveau. At- ter what. Belliveau did to the Saint John Beavers on Thursday night Johnny 0'Flaherty must be wish. in: that the heads of the Montreal team had been successful in their efforts to procure the services of the big centre ice man who is ill one of the most enviable positions in hockey today.

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Apparently the Aces iced two teams Thu sday night, one a dc- fcnsive sq .d of five players and the other the offensive team oz Belliveau. In addition to scoring three of the Aces four goals, Bell- lveau had ll of the i5 shots which the Quebec team took at the Sam: John net. Speaking of BEIIIVEEIHS drives. Saint. John goalie Hal Got- don stated he has a hard. taiiiasttr shot."

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The Accs operated with the mast peculiar type of play ever seen in Saint John, wrote Sports I-Jdtto: Doug Coscellor of the Saint John Telegraph-Journal. Possibly the Aces wanted to see Belliveau leave an indelible mark of his hockey piowcss on Maritime fans so they let him carry the mail while the rest of them played it defensively. We doubt that this was their lil- icntloh but their actions Thursday will lead to the Beavers placing two men on Beiliveau with the result. that the other forwards can swing into offensive action.

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It will be interesting to see if O'Flah(-rty can devise a way of sliackling Belliveau. Throughout the season the Beavers have been able :-.- camp on the league's highest scorer: and most effective players. Willie Marshall of the Islanders for example scored very few or his 96 points against the Beavers. In most. cases he was too closely watched by Johnny Arundel. Big Hughie Campbell of Halifax who was a ball of fire in the Semi-l.'ldI series against the Islanders picked up only one point against the Ben- vers ln the finals.

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From Thursday night's game it is still impossible to tell how good the Accs are in comparison to the Ben- vers although they look good en- ough to win the series in five games. throughout the winter when t'i1 Aces scored four. five or six goals when Belllvcau never even made the scoring column. With all the Quebec forwards going in an ot- fcnsive direction we fear that Hill Gordon would have a much busier tzme than he had Thursday night.

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The Aces are reportedly paying Belliveau 315,000 a year and there seems to be no doubt but that he has earned it. Last: year he played junior hockey with the Quebec Cit- adels and at the end of the season he had an opportunity of signing with the Canadiens. The 2l-year- clo youngster is on the negotiating l'st of the Canadiens and will have to sign with them before the 1953- 54 season opens. Otherwise he will be drafted by the last place N H. L club which will likely he the Chi- cago Black. Hawks. The Hawks would have'to pay 35,000 for sec- uring his services.

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Johnny O'Flahei-ty figured that the week-long lay-off hurt the Beavers. "The team was on form and a week's lay-off waiting for the Quebec wlnncr didnt help us any,' stated the Saint. John coach to a Saint John reporter after the game. This is 0'Flahert.y's second crack at. the Quebec League champions in the Alexander finals. Last. year his Toront.o Saint Mike's went: down to the Valleyfleld Braves. In that series goalie Phll Hughes of St. Mike's was outstanding and the Braves of last. year were not as strong as the present edition of the Aces.

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A sensational player in the Aces vrln Thursday night was goalie Joell Cielineiiu who kicked out 31 shots Attempts were made by the Island- ers last fall to secure the services of Oellneau. the ex-Boston Brulnr. netmlnder but he was more Inter- ested in playing some place where he could develop his insurance bus- iness. Another star was defense- man Herbie Carnegie e.younger brother of Ouie Carnegie who played with the Beavers a year Inc.

St. Ceiiiarines Vliiist lunior

Hoop 0Lner

HALIFAX, April I0-(GP)--Si. Oatlinrlhel Collegiate hit. their stride in the third quarter t ' ” and defestad St. Mary's of Hall- fax 48-32 in a feat. opening game of a total-point series for the Canadian Juvenile lnsketballchpim pionship

rlnal "gum will be played here tomorrow night. The Halifax squad

lrigalnst relievers Luis Aloma and

There were many games'

3 Teams Win Fourth Victory Without Loss In Maior Ball Leagues

(By the Associated Press)

Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleve- land Indians, favored to clash in the 1952 World Series, and the amazing St. Louis Browns scored their fourtii victories without it defeat Friday as the majors stag-

ed their secondary openers.

The games in eight cities at- tracted 223,432 fans compared to the 143,019 who witnessed the

six openers Tuesday. Poor wea- ther iuid the postponement of two games held Tuesday's crowds down.

Handy Andy Pufko blasted a home run in the 12th inning, his second of the day and third of the season, to give the Dodgers a 7-6 victory over their arch riv- nls, New York Giants. before 31,- 082 fans at Ebbcts Field.

The Giants smeared Clem La- bine, who blanked them 10-0 in the second playoff game last fall, for five runs in the first inning but Cari Erskine and bonus baby Billy Lacs kept the Giants in check the rest of the way.

Brooklyn pounced on Hcarn and Hoyt Wilhelm for four runs in the first two Inn- ings and tied the score in the eighth at 6-0 on Jackie Robin- son's first homer of the spring. Locs blanked the Giants on two hits and fanned five in the last five innings.

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Feller and Lcinoii Win

Bob Feller. with help in the ninth from Bob Lemon, pitched the Indians to a 5-0 six-hit vic- tory, ovcr Detrcit Tigers before 56.008 fans at Cleveland. The triumph was Fellcr's 231st of his CIIFOEI”.

Feller was lifted after he walk- edv thrcc batters with one out in the ninth. Lemon quickly dous- ed the fire by inducing pinch- Iiitter Steve Souchock to ground into a game-ending double play. Harry Simpson led the Indians' seven-hit attack against four Tiger pitchers by driving in three runs on a pair of singles.

The Browns rewarded a turn- out. of 12,573 fans at St. Louis by thrashing Chicago White Sox 7-l behind the five-hit pitching of Duane Pillette. Pillette is the fourth Brownie pitcher to travel the route in as many games. The defeat was the fourth straight for the "Go Go" Sox.

Pillette nursed a 2-0 lend un- til the cighth when the Browns sewed it up with a five-run blast

Bill Kennedy. Clint Courtney featured the rally with a loaded triple.

Yankees hose To Senators

Con Marrero. ageless Cuban righthander, spoiled opening-day for the Yankees by pitching Washington Senators to a 3-1 decision over the world champ- lons before -15,240 fans in New

base-

York. The Senators sewed it up against Allie (No-Hit) Reynolds

in the fourth when Reynolds hit Ed Yost with a pitch and walked- Gil Conn with the bases loaded to force home two runs.

Boston rallied for three runs in the ninth inning and shoved another home in the tenth to nose out Philadelphia Athletics 54 to the delight of 12,338 Red Sox fans. Clyde Vollmer singled home rookie Faye Throneberry with the winning run.

Chicago Cubs came up with four runs in the ninth to shade St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 before

20,396 meters at Wrigley Field. Pinchhittcr Bill Serena doubled home the tying and winning runs.

Sid Gordon and Willard Mar- shall sogked ninth-inning homers to give Boston Braves a 3-2 vic- tory over the Phils before 15,911 fans at Philadelphia.

Russ Meyer was two outs away' from a three-hit shutout when he walked Earl Torgeson. Gordon and Marshall followed with hom- ers to break up the game. Stan Lopata accounted for the Phlls' markers with a home run in the fifth.

Bob Friend pleased a crowd of 29,874 fans at Pittsburgh by pitching the Pirates to ii 3-0, five- hlt victory over Ewell Blackwell and Cincinnati Reds. Bob Del Greco, 10-year-old rookie centre fielder pounded out a triple and two singles.

llratton, Langiois . Figiit Scheduled

MONTREAL. April 10 -(G)- Welterweishta Johnny Button of Chicago and Plum: 1 ' I of

0.S.S. Wins Hoop

Game Al Souris

The Queen Square School bask- etball team defeated the Souris High School team 41-23 Wednes-

day night in an exhibition game

at Souris.

George Maccuigan paced the winners with 22 points followed by Ronnie Hughes with eight and Billy Kelly with seven. Reg Pet- ers and Lorne Mooney led the losers with eight points each.

Summary:

Q. S. 5.: G. Maccuigun, 22; B, Kelly, 1; J. McQua.rrie, 2: R. Hughes, 8; F. Smith, 3; K. Mc-

Donald, 5; total. 47.

Souris: M. Gallant. 0: M. Pa- quet,. 0: R. Peters, 8; S. Paquet, 0; H. Paquet. 4; L. McCormick. 0; L. Mooney, 8; R. Ellis, 0; J. McIn- tosh. 3; total, 23.

Referee-Wendell Gillis.

Dodgers Scout To Arrive Here Early Monday

Amiable Bill O'Connor. Brooklyn

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APRIL 19. 1952

I . The opening day of the trout sea. son is now past: history. It. was not. B P19353115 035' by any strewn of the imagination. A grey dawn was made greyer by mist and fog banks that. lay low amid the alder swales. It was not cold in the morning but as the day advanced the tempera. ture lowered steadily until by even- ing a deep chill penetrated layer upon layer of clothing. It takes a lot to discourage it died in the wool angler and Tuesday's weather was taken in stride. As the shades of night closed down along the banks of the Morell, long bamboo pales made eerie swishlng sounds in the dark, spruce bound coves. . - .

Anglers were out in force and in all ages. In the fog shrouded dawn- ing, pint sized kiddies, some barely able to furnish the muscle power to keep ll bicycle moving, headed countryward along pavement edge. some of ihein caught trout too. Shortly after daybreak I stopped at a narrow stream that ran deep and fast down an alder bordered valley. A number of adult. anglers, equipped with the latest in lashing rods and reels, were checked bu: all were troutless. As I moved up- stream l glimpsed a long silvery ob- ivct that appeared to leap from

-v v i h lywglilgllgilglf magfgsg life: Esme water like a mm in flight and, mree day stand -m we province alter describing ii complete arc,

during which time he will address

various schools and clubs in Char-

lottetown, Summersidc and Ken- slngtoli. At each of the meetings he at.-

tends Mr. O'Connor will be show- films and giving act-

ing baseball

dresses on baseball. Following is the liinery

has been lined

10:45 a. m.:

Gyro Club-6:15; (open for general public); Armour- ies-9:3tl (games room session with officials, managers and players). 'I'.Iesday-Parkdale School-9:30

n. m.; Prlncu street School-10:45 a m ; Spring Park-2:30 p. m.: S. Holy Redeemer

D.U.-4:15 pm ; Community Centre-'l:30 p. in.

Wednesday morning open; Ken-, Summerside I-Iigh-3:00 1:. m.: Supper and ses- sion with older players and offic-

slngton-I :45 p. m.:

ials in Summcrsidc at 6 p. m.

Enter Cup Finals

TORONTO. April 18--(CPl- Guclpli Biltmoros tonight won the right. to represent Eastern Canada in the 1952 Memorial Cup finals when they defeated Montreal Junior Canadlcns 5-2 at Maple Leaf Gardens.

The victory gave Guelph the best-of-seven Eastern Canada Memorial Cup finals, four games to two. '

In winning the series, the Bills will meet either Fort William Hurricanes or Regina Pats in the Dominion junior finals. All the games will be played in the east this year.

Siraiford I Vfiiis

S'I'RA'l'FOR.l). 0nt.. April in - (AP)-stratford Indians tonight moved into the Allan Cup finals by downing Pembroke Lumber Kings 6-4.

The victory gave stratford the best.-of-seven Eastern Canada fin- als four games to one and earner: the club the right to represent the

'east in the Dominion finlls.

In eliminating the Lumber Kings. Stratford earned the right. to meet either Fort. Frances Can- adians or Edmonton Pats in the Dominion senior finals.

All games will be played in the west.

which up for Mr. O'Con- nor: Monday-west Kent school-, Rotary-12:45 p m.:. Queen Square School-2:30 p m.;' Provincial sanltorlum--4:15 'p. in.; Armouries-'I:30'

for special coaches. ,

came to rest on A patch of sod at bankslde.

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Rounding a bend in the alders. I came upon a beaming laced kid- die wrestling with it pouno sea tr-out. On the gross nearby was A nice god of trout. eight. of them. strung on an alder branch. For r. rod he was using a three-toot length of dead alder that was fully an inch and a. halt in diameter. Attached to this club was 9. few feet of cheap fishtng,line. i said to him: "How old are you and do you live around here?" "I'm ten years old and I live in Pownal" and then as an after thought he added: "I'm Dick's boy" That ex- plained a lot of things. I watched him for a few moments. He check- ed his bait and then cast in. The line floated under a. submerged al- ,der overhang that rose and tell i with the swift current. In less than five minutes there was another heave no and a ti inch trout. left. that hole like it; was let. propelled. A few yards above him were two anglers who were plying the latest in telescope steel rods and the same distance below were two other hopefuls whose reels were as mute as "The harp that hung on Tara's walls.”