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Tuesday. August 31, 1954

Packers Defeat city In First Semi-Final Game

Canada Packers whip ed the City Slirkeri 1&7 yeste day eve-

ning in the first game of their City Softball League semi-final leries.

Another Softball League play” off between the Sunshine Dairy and the Basilica Youth Club was called in the seventh inning rm acnount of darkness and will he recorded as a "No Contest'. The Dairy were leading at the time.

Henry Hartinger again won for the Packers as he went the (till route against the hard llllllng Stickers. He gave up nine hits.

Dick Doyle started for the Cit and was touched for seven hits

He was relieved who gave

in five innings. by Merlin MacKenzie up four hits.

Reg Hughes and Mike Connolly hit home runs for Canada Pack- ers while George Scantlebury hit a home run for the City.

Len Arsenault led all batters

with four hits in five trips in- cluding two doubles and two singles. Reg Hughes played a good defensive game for the Packers.

l Charlie Biillem piti-lied for the 'Dairy and Joe Thistle for the

!B.Y.C. The Dainmen were lead- ling 11-2 when the game was call- 'ed.

Gurranites Defeat Ahhies

5-3 To Take

The Curran and Briggs Juniors stopped the Charlottetown Abbies 5-3 under the lights at Memorial Field last night to take a one game lead in the best of seven series for the Island Junior Base- ball title. The Curranites lead three names to two With the Slxlh game being scheduled for Summer- ll(lE on Wednesday afternoon.

Coke Grady was the winning pitcher but he needed help from Dee LeFurgey the work-horse of. Johnny Carroll"; mound staff.

Grady hurled for five and two thirds inning before LeFurgey was called in from right. field to put out a Charlottetown rally. The young righthander doused the fire and proceeded to hold the Abbles in check the rest of the way.

Lorna MscDoug-all. making his first start of the series, pitched for the Abbies and did a credit- able job. He kept ten Summer- side hits fairly well scattered and allowed the Curranites only four earned runs.

The Abbie: rallied strongly in the last of the ninth as they ob- tained two hits and 1 base on bgllg on LePu.rgey. Vern Handra- han, pinch-hitting for Willie Dunn. got a single and Ronnie Stanley. pinch-hitting for Macbougall, drew a walk.

Bobby Lund popped out to make it two away but Billy Purcell fol- lowed with a double scoring Han- drahan. LeFurgey howaver Zol- out of the difficulty by forcing Kennedy to ground out.

The Curranites went. into a 2-0 lead in the first frame as Coke Grady drew a base on balls LePurgey doubled him home. Le- Purgey later scored on an in- field play.

They made it 4-0 in the fourth on a walk, two singles by Gord

and Grant Grady and an error.

Dougie Arsenault. drove one run- ner home and Grant Grady the other.

The Abbiea scored in the fifth as Bobby Lund drew a base on balls, went to third on Purcellts single and soured on an error.

The Abbies got another run in the sixth when Malcolm MacFad-

yen drove Forbes Kennedy home with a long double into centre-

Iield..Kennedy opened the inning with a single. The Curranites scored their last

run in the seventh inning. Grant

Grady opened Wlfh a single and

hit through the box. A smart. play

Baseball standings

and

Series Lead

by Bobby Lund at second on Dee LeFurgey's drive ended the Sum- merside rally.

Billy Purcell led the Charlotte- town batters with three hits in four trips. He had a double and two singles.

Third baseman Grant Grady had three singles for Summerside and

catcher Peter Green two hits. BOX SCORE C. at 1!. AB R. H PO A F. G. Grady. 3b 5 1 3 1 0 0 C. Grady, p. s 4 1 0 1 2 1 M. Cannon lb 5 O 1 8 l 1 I). Lefurgey rf, p 4 1 1 0 O P Green, c 4 0 2 12 O 0 G. Grady. lf 4 l O O D. Cameron, Zb. rt 3 1 I 0 3 0 C. Gillis, sl 2b t 4 O l 1 5 1 Arsenault. cf 4 0 0 1 O 1 Phillips. lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 5 10 27 ll 4 Abbiee AB R H PO A E B. Lund. 2b 4 I (l 0 2 1 R. Purcell. as 1 0 Si 5 2 1 F. Kennedy. c b 1 1 8 Si O K. Ready. lb 4 0 0 10 0 0 K. MacDonald. cf 3 0 1 I O N Macl-iadyen. lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 J. Squarebriggs. rt 4 0 0 0 0 O W. Dunn. 3b 3 O O 2 . 0 L. MacDougall. p 3 0 0 0 I! 0 V. Handrahan. ph l 1 1 0 0 0 a. Stanley, ph 0 0 o o o 0 Totals 35 5 '7 27 12 2 Summargeliariied l'llIlS: C 4; B 4. Abbiea 2; RB 1.. Lefurgey. Arsenault. Grant Grady. MacFad- yen. Cannon, B. Purcell; two base hita. Lefurgey, Macloadyen and

Purcell; left on base, C at B 11. Abbies 10: double plays. Lund to Kennedy to Ready. Kennedy LO Ready, Purcell tn Ready: strike- outs. MacDnugall 4. C. Grady 2. Le- furgey 5; walks. MacDougall 2 Grady 2. Lefurgey 1; hit by pitch

Grand Riv? Advance To West Prince Finals

---The Grand River Cardinals won the right to advance into the

finals in the West Prince Base- Ame"":vl'1'3":, (BL hall League yesterday by defeat- 'll' ' mg the Lennox Island Mlcmncs Cleveland 04 36 .723 - bv 3 won, at 7 tn 6 New Yolk 89 4" '6” llh 'Bobhv .V1acl)ougall -was the win- Chlcagn , all 4' '6"? m ning pitcher, going five innings. Dam" 57 72 A” '16”: giving up 8 hits striking out 4 noun" 56 72 A3” 37 and walking 1 ll w”l"l"lll"" 52 76 S06 H -Butldv Morrison came on to Bammmp. S3 M 328 MU” pitch the remaining four innings Pllllad9lpl"' S2 M "325 5ll'l allowing only 4 hits and striking Today's Games out 2' Cleveland l'l' New Yflrk 'Nl Vernon hrl('ll'TlS0'!l received for Cll"””l" "ll B"5l"” lNl the (Tarriinals. The Grand River D"-"lll "ti Washlnlmn lNl nine never played better behind BIlll"WP "- Phllmlelphl” l”" their pitcher, catching and field- - w'd"”"l'V" Ohm" ing outstandingly. They also Dplmll at wa5llln5l-3" lN' showed well at bat. Peter Matt- B3ll'm0l'"v 31 Plllladelpllla lN' f.ellan led the batters getting 2 Cl9V9l3"Sl "l N9” Y"l'k hits in three trips. Joe MacLel- clllclllo ill BMW" lan had 2 for four. Bobby Mc- lnlernellon-ll-4'11” Dougnll and Buddy Gillis on.-ii Slllhdlni-S uncllanled had 2 for five, Vernon Morrison Tolllyll 05m” and Gerry MacLellan had 1 hit Toronto at Ottawa IN) ,pi,..,. Montreal at Bullalo lie"! Albert Bernard pitched for the

Rlchmnnd at Havana IN) Only games scheduled Wedneadsy'ii Games Montreal at Buffalo Toronto at Ottawa Richmond at Hat aria Only games scheduled

St. Stephen Man leads Seniors

DIGBY. N.S. (CP)--G. J. Camp- bell rif the St. Crolx Club of St. Stephen. N.B. fired an 18-hole 77 Monday to take a two-stroke lead going into the second round of the Maritime seniors golf tournament,

Campbell showed surprising strength in his wood and iron drives and polished putting. His in. hole first-round score was all off the par 71 for the plulh Digby Pines course. ,

P. P. White of the Arooatook valley club followed Campbell closely with a 87-42-70 for the first 16. Defending champion Percival ltreeter of Saint John Riverside was fourth with as.

J. C. Lain; of Dartmouth Bright-

”.0fI the back make up at an fC&0gII.ll suit... I. O. Garka of Riverside bad hbeohna"C" -

Micmacs giving up 10 hits and striking out 6 His mates. however weren't so Iteady behind him. committing 10 errors. Mosie Ber- nard was receiving for the Mic- macs. Joe Lahohe led the Mic- macs at bat getting three hits in trips. Charlie Sark had 3 for A. Bernard. A. Lnhnhe and Mosie Bernard each get singles. Grand River won the best of three game series two games to none. winning at Grand River last Sunday by the score of 10 to 4.

Tennis Results

Wanda Macbllllan defeated Beu- lah Jardine 0-1. 8-0 and Paul KAY! defeated B. Urquhart (l-2. 6-1 in singles matches It the Charlotte- town Tennis Courts Champlonahl yesterday.

0. Pituernld and P. Kay: will play W. Blanchard and P. McGonnell this evening at six o'clock.

N. S. Baseball

HALIFAX. (OP)-Liverpool Lar- llckld off I 10-hit. attack Gorrylavinson here Mon- day night to trounce Halifax cardi- nal 'I- and take a 1-0 lead in their -inns taut. and District

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MacDonald by C. Grady; passed balls. Kennedy. Umpireac. R381): bases. M.

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Taylor Stops

Danny Taylor heads back to New York City today seeking I bout. with highly rated Chico velar after knocking out Don "Duck" 'n1lxior of Charlottetown at. 2:45 of the first round in the main bout at the Forum last. night. Taylor weighed 153 and Ti-ainor 4.

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Tha aggressive Taylor. owner of an explosive right. hand. floored Trainer three times before referee Kid Nicholson signalled the end of the fight. ,-

Taylor swarmed to the attack as soon as the bell sounded and it was evident. he did not intend to wait long to collect his pay. He sent Trainor to the canvass the first time with a short. right that

caught the Charlottetown fighter on the Jaw. Before the fight Taylor had

stated he was looking for a "bout with Chico Vcjar. "I train with Vejar and I know I can beat. him," he stated. Vejar lost. a close decl- aion to Chuck Davey before Davey was stopped in the ninth round by Kid Gavilsn a year and a half ago. Gaston Roy. 146 lbs. of Quebec City and Charlottetown. won a split decision over-Tiger Steele, 14!) lbs of Charlottetown, in a six round bout that was billed as the semi-final.

Hamid MacGillivary. 141 lbs. of New Glasgow, won from Bud Ram- say, 140 of Summerslde. on a split decision while Bobby Quinn of Charlottetown won an unamimous decision over Young "Tiger" Steele in the opening bout.

Roy, the hard hitting Collegian who fought more cautiously last night. piled up points during the middle rounds and withstood a vicious onslaught in me last. round to win the fight.

Roy sent Steele to the canvas with a hard right. hand smash just before the end of the third round. He drew blood from Steele's nose in the fourth round and had the Charlottetown fighter reeling in the centre of the ring at. the bell.

Steele started to come back in the fifth and landed two good rights in the early part of the round. However. Roy started Steele's nose bleeding again with hard rights and carried the round.

Steele came back strong in the sixth. He downed Roy during the middle of the round and although the Quebec hnxer jumped to his

Harness Races

" At Fredericton

FREDERICTON. (CP) - Bol-ll dashes of the feature event on Monday night's harness racing pro- gram here went to Calais-owned Top Royal in 2:12 4-5 and 2:13.

The only other double winner was Flying Fingo. from lilaston. Mu. Remaining dashes were won by Federals Girl. 1-loulton. Nle.: King Hedgewood. Presque Isle; Pure Gold. Milltown, and Jo-Ann Castle. Fredericton.

Horse Shoe Tournament Here On Labor Day

The Prince Edward Island open hnrse shoe tournament will get underway at the Brighton Horse Shoe Club on Labor Day. Sep- tember 6 with the players pitch- ing for the Dr. F. C. Dougan Trophy.

Play will commence. at ten o'clock in the morning and will continue through the afternoon and evening. The tournament is open to all horse shoe pitchers in P. E. 1. Entries close on Sep- tember 5 and the draw will he made at the Court at nine o'clock on Sept. G.

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Probable Pitchers

NEW YORK (AP) H Probable pitchers for today's major league games (won - lost records in brackets):

National League

Brooklyn at Milwaukee - New- cnmbe (7-6) vs. Conley (13-7)

New York at St. Louis (night)-- Hearn ill-ti) vs Beard (0-1)

Philadelphia at Cincinnati-Wen meter (6-10) vs Pndbielan (7-7)

Pittsburgh at Chicago (2)-Thies (2-5 and Pepper (1-1) vs Pallet (7-7) and Rush (8-15)

American League

Cleveland at New York (night) --Wynn (18-9) vs Grim (17-5)

Chicago at Boston (night) - Pierce (7-at vs Kemmerer (-1-!)

Detroit at Washington (night)-

Ziiverink (7-10) vs McDermott (6-13) Baltimore at Philadelphia (I-

twl-nightteKretlow (8-10) and Lar- sen (3-17) vs Gray (2-8) and Dixon ((-7).

Indians Edge Red Sox 5-4

Cleveland Indians came up with I five-run seventh inning to edge their season-long "cousins". the Boston Red Sox. 5-4 Monday after- noon. In the only other day game in the major leagues. Baltimore downed Washington 3 - 1. In games were in the American League.

Utility infielder Heanla Maleaky banged a three-run homer off Ellis Kinder, and Cleveland manager Al Lopez used half his ID-man pitch- ing staff in downing Boston. Hal Newhouser was the winner.

The triumph completed an 11-0 series shutout for the Indians in the Boston park. and gave Cleve- land an 18-2 season's mark over the Sox.

At Washington. Bob 'l'ui-Iey sur- vived rperlluua ninth inning to give the Orlolell I sweep of flu three-game series. Turley fanned pinch-swinger Maury Mcbermott with the bases loaded. and picked

up his 11th win

Trainer in

1st; Buy And Ouinn Win

feel. he was forced to take a nine count.

steels scored with several good right: afterwards and carried the round by a wide margin.

Referee Wilf uaocloakey voted 00 points for Roy and 51 for Steele. Judge Earl smith had it 57-58 for Roy and Judge Danny Maccormack saw it 56-54 for Steele. Afterwards my stated he was hurt only once and that dur- lng the aecond round.

Harold MaoGilllvray had too much reach for game Bud Ram-

up points with his left and he caught the Summeraide boxer on the law repeatedly.

The boys fought through a vic- ioua filth round. Ramsay forced the attack from the bell and hurt Macciilllvary with a hard left In the lat.te.r's corner.

However, MacGllllvary rebounded to take control before the round was ended as he kept nailing Ramsay with straight lefts on the way in.

There were no knockdowns. Referee Wllf Mcclaskey scored it 57-49 for MacGilllvary and judge Danny Maccorrnack 60-49 for the Nova Scotian. Judge Earl Smith saw it 57-57.

Bobby Quinn piled up points during the last two round: all he declsioned Young Tiger Steele. The first two rounds were about even but. Quinn outboxed Steele during the third and fourth chapters. The boys put on a spirited show during the fourth round and were given quite a hand for their ef- forts. There were no knockdowns although Quinn landed some good rights.

Referee Wllf Mccloskey voted 30-27. judge Earl Smith 39-35 and ludgc Nicholson 42-32. all for Quinn.

The third man in the ring dur- ing the main bout was Kid Nich- olson. The timer was George Hooper and counting for the knockdowns at the bell. Bill Bevin.

The

Charlottetown

Bantams edged the Summerside Bantams 2-1 and the Summerside Ltt,t.le Leaguers blanked the Charlotte- town Little Leaguers 2-0 in first round Provincial play-off baseball games at Memorial Field yesterday morning.

Both games were very well play- ed. John Bethell pitched a two- hitter and struck out 14 batters for the Summerside Little Leaguers. John Araenault pitched for Char- lottetown and tossed a two hitter. He struck out. eight.

Jo Jo Gallant and D Arsenaull scored the Summei-aide runs.

Bobby Simmonds was the win- ning pitcher for Charlottetown .n the Bantam game. He whlffed sev- cn and gave up four hits. Ed Boazes of summerside hurled a two-hltte: and struck out 10. spike chevenc hit a triple for the losers.

The first round of the City Lit- lle League play-offs will be played this morning with the Central Creamcries Giants meeting the Rotary Phtllies at ten o'clock.

Baseball Results

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American League Cleveland 000 (lo0:son..5 g n Boston ioi 200 000-4 12 o Narleski. I-loskins (3) Hooper (4: Newhouser (Bi Garcia (B) and Narason. Hegan (ll); Nixon. Kinder (7) Brown (Bl and White. W-New- houser. L-Kinder. HR: Cle-Majeski. Baltimore 000 mil 000-.'i ti 1 Washington 000 000 001-1 .1 0 Turley and Moss: Stone. Psscual D) and Tipton. L-Stone. National League Philadelphia 000 001000-l I 1 Cincinnati O10 O04 Ooxes ll 1 Simmons Ridzlk (B) and Lopata; Callum ant! Semlnick. L-Simmons. HR: Cin-Greengrass. New York 000 100 102-4 IO 1 St. Louis 000100 000-1 4 2

Antonelli and Kati: Jones and Sarnl Brooklyn 101 M0 200-5 12 1 Milwaukee 010 300 .'i0x-7 I 3

Erskine. Labine (Bi and Walker. Campanella (Bl; Wilson. Johnson (4) Jolly (B) Spahn ill) and Cran- dall. W-Johnson. L-Erskine. HRI: Bkn-Snider; Mil-Dittmer. Thomson.

International League

Montreal at Buffalo ppd. rain Richmond at Havana ppd. visiting

team delayed. Rochester at Syneuu P190. rain. MOIIE

Yanlieeslnihaiis Series This Week Can Decide Flag

NEW YORK. (AP)-Member: of the New York Yankees in general, and catcher Yogi Berra in par- ticular. believe that the three- game series with Cleveland In- dians starting hll today can do- clda. the American League pennant race.

"If we tabs 'eni three siiraljut,"

Berra medic 1 "we'll beat am out. for the pennant? "If we take two. we'll still be

in pretty good pultton. If we take only one. we'll be in sad shape. If we don't take any...hay. whet am I laying?"

If manager Casey stengel the name why. he isn't talking out land. He named his starting pitch- ara for each game.

"It. will be Bob Grim in the opener. ladle Lopat. in the ascend game and Whitey Ford in the third." he said.

1110 -hdlanl. who lead the Yankaasbytl-lguriu. planto int thanosd um In-ly Wynn. Idle and Bob human. The Tribe trails the Yankees In the sea-

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say. The New Glasgow boxer piled ,

The following City Softball Lea- gue play-off games are scheduled. to be played this evening at 6.30: sunshlnepairy at B.Y.C. tParkdale

Diamond): C. Packers at (Old Diamond).

Trophy At Stake In Stock Car Races Tonight

The season point trophy will be at stake tonight when the three top competitors meet at the Covehead Stock Car Races. They will ap- pear against each other in three different races and fans are ex- pecting pleniy of thrills and spills.

In addition to the drivers who are well known there will be sev- eral new cars on the track. The top season's performers have 30, 32 and 37 points respectively in starting the final races tonight.

Mccldskey Wins a Over Simon

STELLARTON. N.S. (CF)-Cubic Mccluskey of Dartmouth. N.S.. punched out a split decision here Monday night over Gary Simon of New Glasgow in the main 10-round event. of a Stellarton Memorial Rink fight card. McCloskcy weighed 156. Simon 159.

The Dartmouth fighter hit con- sistently harder than his opponent and opened a cut over Simon's eye in the first round that had the New Glasgow lad in trouble.

City

i:g..a;i;i?.I.i” River To Meet in Baseball Finals

-As a result of the Tigiiish Roy- al Aces on their diamond last Still- day defeating the Wellington Dod- gers by a scam of 9 to 1. and the Grand River Cardinals beating the Lennox Island Mismacs at Leiinox Island by the close margin of 'l to 6. the winning Royal Aces and Cardinals will start next Sunday. Sept. 5th. to play two out of three games in the finals for the Prince County intermediate "B" Baseball League trophy. The winning team of this series will also have the chance to play the winning team of both Kings and Queen's Count- ies at I. later date for the Island trophy.

So far it has not been decided where the first game between Tig- nlsh and Grand River will be play- ed next Sunday but it has been learned from Mr. W. D. Sumner, manager of the Royal Aces that the

location of the game will be an- nounced later. On Sunday at Tigiiish. Aneus

Doucette was on the mound for the Aces and G. Goodwin and A. Cam- eron for the Dodgers. Max Cal- laghan Wu catcher for the Ttgnisli team and D. Goodwin served Wel- lington in that capacity. It. was noted that while the Dodgers were defeated, yet they made but three errors during the game compared" to live chalked up llltalnat the Roy-- al Acea. Two three-baggers were made by the Tignish playera and the only run made by the Dodgers was in the seventh inning. The nine runs scored by the Royal Aces were as follows: Three in the fourth in- iilng. two in the fifth. one in the sixth and three in the eighth. The first three innings of the game were scoreless.