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f The Directors o! the Charlotte- ~town track have closed it down ' for the season but plan to put on ' even better programs in 1949. This year they have set up a new Maritime record for the amount ' of money raced for—-over $27,000 iii purses and prizes. By their eu- couragement of the slow class trotters and pacers a lot of new speed has been developed that has mad-e possible the good racing

seen at meets throughout this Province and elsewhere. The in- trodmtion of “The Gate" has pleased. many, particularly the

horsemen who have got used to ll. The night racing programs were enjoyed by many thousands including visitors to our shores who were delighted to have the opportunity of motoring in from suimnering places and seeing such exciting finishes under glamorous conditions. Our heartiest congrat- ulations are extended to President F! J. Kennedy and fellow Direct- n"; for a big job well done.

Rcg. Younker. scn of William Younker of Kingston, is being welcomed home by his family and friends. Reg is with the Lawson Motors. Ltd., Saint John, and acts HS secretary of the Sussex race truck. He says that interest in racing is growing in Saint John and Sussex and that next year it is expected that both tracks will greatly increase theh attendance. We mentioned to Reg the good showing Frankie Carr has made with May Todd, Bright Spot and other horses he has driven, and he stated that Frankie was very pleased and so were all his friends, with the mention we made of him.

Rilla Bars 2:16 1-5 by Baron Luilwater. that won second posit- ion in the third heat of the No. 1 Classified Pace at Covehead Thursday afternoon. has been sold to Dr. George G. Sheppard, Mount Stewart.

George B. Gay, Manager of Moncton Speedway, announces races for Wednesday. Sept. 22nd. Three classified events with purs- es of $350 each, and a Free For All with a $650 purse. Entrance tee 3%, no deduction.

David Nelma. secretary of Blue Acres Race Track, New Glasgow. N. S.. the man who is responsible for organizing the Maritime Horse- men‘s Protective Association. which ‘has been of such benefit to in- jurcd drivers, sends particulars of the stake races to ‘be held over Blue Acres track next Wednesday afternoon September 22nd. These stakes Will bring together good fields with many of the best trot- ters and pacers in the Maritimes taking part. In the No. 1 Stake for 2:30 class horses entries in- elude Brewer's Gallon. Brighton. Donna Clegg. Mary's Delight, Babe Britten. Laurie Grafton, Azalea, Volo Fingo nnd others. In the No. 2 Stake for 2:26 class trooters i

.and paccrs there are Bowden- Square, Billy P. C. Parker. Pro- Dixie Bclle B., Gold- ‘fe Duds. Starlight, Eclipse. Valley Long, Lu. Cill, etc. 1n the No. 3 ‘Stake for thrce-year-olds entries include Gingerbread Man, Ken- lucky Dale. Rosie Dale. Rosalie Hooper. Wcstphal Girl, Reta‘s ‘Trinket. etc. 1n the No. 4 Stake for four-year-olds is Jess O‘Hal. Billy Mcvay, Dorothy Won't Tell.

Maxine Duds. Ola Budlong, John- ny Knlm-uck, Val Flngo, etc. We. trust. Messrs. Stewart and Neima \\'lII have a. record-breaking crowd which they certainly deserve for their encouragement to harncss horse owners.

A: usual Charlie Willis had two ‘ hung-up race cards for Wcdnes-I day and ‘Thursday afternoons at his Covehead track. All details. were attended to and both meet»: ings went. over splendidly. and althouch razn interfered several ‘times Thursday afternoon the ex-i cited spectators shook off the? moisture and went. right brick to, sec the next cvcnt. As a miatteri of fact the attendance on Thurs-i iiiy \\'fiS oven larger than oni Wednesday. iviiich was marvelied 1'. by those who arrived at the track around one o'clock when it. uemed almost deserted. A brief

resume is given for our Saturday readers...

Wednesday afternoon: No. l Classified Trot and Pace-Rosalie Hooper, owned and driven by Col- onel Hooper, 1'-l-1; Lela Budiong (Lowery) 3-6-2; Romeo (Arbing) 8-2-9; eight other starters includ- ing Mary's Delight (C. O'Brien) that was 2-4, but had his sulky smashed and diid not finish the third heat. No. 2 Classified- Baldritz 2:101»; (Burke), owned by L I-I. Morneault, Edmiundston, N.

B.. 1-1-1; Eleanor G. (McNeill) 5-3-2; Togo Bars (Lewis) 2-4-6: Quick Lick (C. O'Brien) 7-2-7;

five other starters; best time 2.13 1-5. Free For All Trot-This virus another great contest bet-ween Nell Kaimiu-ck and Fast 'I‘rain. Similar to the one at Old Home Week. The first heat. after a great trot- ting duel Fast Train finished slightly in the lead, a photo-finish being called for, time 2:00 4-5—l new trotting record for Covehead track, upsetting the 2:10 mark set by Christie Budlong in 1946. In the second heat Neil trailed Fast Train most of the mile, outbrush- ing hlm in the stretch to win by a short head in 2:10 2-5. Neil also won the third heat in 2.14 1-5. Kelly's Nightmare (Show) was 3-3-3. Nell Kalmiuck is own- ed and was driven by Willard Kelly. Fast Train is owned by Vernon H. Irving, Shediac. N.B. Fergie Baxter, driver of Fast Train was presented with $35 by the Victoria Driving Club for driv- lng the fastest heat trotted at Covehead, and caretaker Hannah received $10.00. No. 3 Classified P-ace was won by Buster C. (L. O‘Brien) with 1-3-1; Just Flicka (H. Oudimore) 3-1-4; 01a Budlong

(MacDonald) 2-2-2; Dick Bud- long (Allen) 4-4-3; eight other starters; time, 2.14; 2.14 3-5 (a

new record for Just Flicka), 2.14 1-5.

Thursday's program—No. 1 Clas- sified Pace: Valley Long (Lowery) owned by Jack Annear, Montague.

1-1-1; Nature Boy (Downe and Stead) 6-2-3; Riila Bars (Lewis) 4-6-2; Abegweit Milady 2-5-6;

four other starters; best time 2.17. No. 2 Classified Pace: This was a humdinger of a race as was ex- pected. and notwithstanding the raw cold day and the high wind. a better than 2:10 mile was paced the first heat which was one of the best seen th'is season. At the sevcn-eighths the horses were bunched together with Billy Mc- Vay out in front and Colonel Dan apparently In a pocket. When they started into the stretch he got out and driver MacDonald shot him right after Billy McVay. It was a sizzling dtuel of speed down the stretch with Colonel Dan winning in 2:09 3-5. thus adding another to his string of 2:10 miles (his record is 2:09 2-5 mad-e at Woodstock, N.B., some weeks ago). Credit must be given to Billy IVIlcVay and Walter Craig for set- ting the pace almost to the end of the fast mile. Colonel Dan won the second and third heats frcm behind with Billy McVay 2-3-2; Money Maker (L. O'Brien) 3-2-3:

Miss Knox (Arbing) 4-5-4; Jerry Lee Volo (Lewis) 5-4-5; time. 2:09 3-5: 2:11; 2:12. Colonel Dan

is owned by Stevenson d: Mac- Klnnon, Glace Bay.

Junie! Free For All:—This look- ed easy for Gay Law (Allen) the first and second heats. but in the third heat. cyclonic (MacDonald) thnt had been 4-4 in the first two heats, uncorked a terrific burst of speed, gaining a big lead on his opponents and finishing the mile in (lie fastest time of the meet— 2109 2-5: Wiikin (Lewis) 3-2-2: Lee's Nightmare (C. O'Brien) 2- 3-3. Driver Joe MacDonald. also the driver of Colonel Dan was presented iivlth S35 by the Victoria Driving Club for the fastest heat 115C911 during the meeting and caretaker Vickers received $10 from the same Chi-b. Gay Law is owned by W. B. Moriarty, Halifax. N. S. The Classified T‘rot;_'1'.lfis was quite an upset, being pr”. tlofiliy conceded to Billy Arubrey, that had been taking most of the starters into camip during the anion. However. Gear‘; Mac.

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SEPT. 22nd

Although the baseball season is on its last legs iccai fans should witness one of the best double- heaclers of the season tomorrow afternoon when Charlie ‘Ryan's Reece Juniors tangle with Sum- merside Kinsmen in the ‘hird game of the junior playdowiis arid Freddie McCabe's All Stars go against Summerside Au Starr. in search of their second s‘ ' lit victory in the intermediate filo)‘- downs.

‘II + 1' 0' lt is quite possible that tiie dtuble bill will mark the end of week-end encounters for this sea- son. In the case of ihe int.in.cd- fates the 1011115 already are one genie up on the defending (‘hamp- ions and another victory will Practically put them In the 31mi- time playdowois: and judyng by their victory in Summerslde on Wednesday last when they per- formed minus a. couple of payers they should he able to take the measure of the visitors disfiiie the fact that fireball “Joe' Str- nard will be doing the flinging for them. -I~ 4' 9 i-

In the junior game Reece got a rude awakening yesterday in Sun:- merslde when the defending J1m-

lor tit-lists rose up and came through with a 6-1 victory to deadlock the 581165. The defeat

was not only surprising to a large number of fans but to this ivrltcr as well. Summcrside didn't appear to have the necessary ammuriticn to cope with the locals Ill the opening tilt and also in ‘he pCFl- poned one but as it has turned out so many times lll the pnsi the western capital squad 85.1.11 trov- ed their ability to stuke back when the odds appeared definite- ly against them. + + + -l-

Recce also didn't help matters by committing eight errors afield. "Spy" Ready gave uip but two hits all afternoon but. tlizit. wasn't good enough to win. Whether

home run. said to be the longest hit on the Summcrside diamond this year, was the one bright spot in the Reece loss. Mntheson ll.’ another" long blow in the next tiiiie at the plate but tiie hall was

outer gardeners played him vcry deep. It is not known whether klatheson will be back fur the future games but if he is his pic- setice will add much to the Reel! tiltiing, and that was auoihvr thing that was missing ycstcltiayi. a - - However, blannger Ryan confident. of his (‘Ililfgéb showing better tomorrow. Robbed of a ix):- sible second straight victory wncu rain halted the Friday gantc- Charlottetown was leading 5-!-

way now and their foiiouvers should be out in record uumbcrs to help them regain tiie read i: the best of five series for the ls-

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The Maritime professional tournament got away to a f-Jillg start yesterday with some (rel-y fine golf being displayed by inc professional stars. Games on the whole went pretty much as ex- pected but in scveral instances tiic matches were nip and ‘uck affairs going to the full eighteen holes and in one case to the twentieth before the winners were

decided.

O O I O The Skinner-Sinclair match stood out like a beacon light

among the nine matches that were played. It was a close. telme struggle all the way with the pre- tournnment favorite, cool as ice in the clutch, coming through with a sub-par performance to put down the challenge of Don Sinclair of Saint John. O O O O There were many fine dbpiays cf golf by both men throughout the match. But Skinner's approach on the fourteenth and his eagle on the long sixteenth were out- standing. None of the gallery sen- sed that his iron pitch on the fourteenth would lead to a birdie and none sensed either that he would come through WILII an eagle on the sixteenth. Both oer- formances were gol-f of tiie high- est order and both ..layed l major share in helping him to win the tense struggle. O

Semi-finals and final both scheduled for today should pro- duce an even better brand of golf. Skinner in expected to get into the final over Jamieson, although anything can happen. while Jim- my Walker, the loco-l pro, while not at his best form yesterday.

particularly in the morning round is given an even chance 1f bent-

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETUWN

‘Pwo Island baseball playoffs are scheduled for tomorrow after- noon at Memorial Field _wit2\ Reece Juniors. tied at one game apiece with Summerside Kinsmen. meeting the Prince County champ- ions in the first game, starting at one o'clock and Freddie McCabeb All Stars taking on the Summer- side intermediates in the second encounter. The local intermediates uad their series by one game as ~. result of capturing the opener at Summerside last Wednesday.

The first game will be halted at 3 o'clock sharp no matter what 111 .ing is being played in order to allow the intermediates to get in a complete nine inning encourt- ei.

The local juniors, big favorite.» to take their series in stralgnt games. now have a fignt. on thei.

“Jinx" Jenkins, Island heavy iveight champion will meet former champion “Big Boy" Peterson in a ten-round title fight at the Forum on Friday night. October 1st. promoter C, F‘ .Archer stated last night.

The fight will be a natural. In three meetings so far the twp leather pushers have staged scraps that have stood the fans on their collective ears. In all three the battling was of a torrid nature with the meeting being climaxed the third time by Jet.- kins lifting the crown from tiie brow of Peterson.

Ever since that time Peterson has been clamoring for a reluru match and now he will have that wish granted. The outcome iimuld be one of the most rugged, wide open scraps ever witnessed ln an island ring.

The semi-final and preliminary fighters will be matched with a view to giving the fans close. even scraps. The complete card

it ' was overcoiifidence or not we c\n-.

not say. but if it was the dclcat will certainly help to put Lhc team back on their toes for the remainder of the series. il- -l- + -l- i Although still not a well boyi Glen Mathicson returned to tiie lineup yesterday and his 1on3

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Baseball Results

AMERICAN

Washington 1; Cleveland 4 New York 13; Detroit 5. Boston 9: St. Louis 3. Pliiladephia 9; Chicago A

NATIONAL Boston 6; Pittsburgh 7_ St. Louis 4; Brooklyn 2.

Philadelphia 6; Chicago 3. Cincinnati 5; Ngav York 3.

Baseball Standings

NATIONAL _ -w i. mi Boston 82 58 .505 t Pittsburgh 7'5 62 .547 St. Louis .- 76 63 .547 Brooklyn 76 64 .545 New York . 73 66 .519 Philadelphia 59 Bl .451 Clncinnati 58 80 .420 Chicago 57 82 .410 AMERICAN Boston 88 52 .829 New York . B7 53 .622 Cleveland 88 55 .610 Philadelphia 82 6i .573 Detroit 68 70 .493 St. Louis 55 83 .331: Washington 49 94 .343 Chicago 40 ll 3|

Tony Pellone Wins Decision

NEW YORK. Sept. 11 -<AP) — Tony Pellone. fighting like a 2-1-2- to 1 favorite should. cut both ayes and the nose of inexperienced Paddy Young, a neighborhood riv- al from his own Greenwich village section of New York, euily to win a. iii-round un ' decision to-

night at Madison Square Garden. Each weighed 147 1-2.

match should be n natural and If both are on to their game. par should receive quite n shaking.

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Two Baseball Playoff Tflts Scheduled For

Here Tomorrow

Peterson And Jenkins In Title Fight Oct. 1 '

hands after Summersldea vlc°ory last night. a victory that dead- locked the games at a win apiece. However, should they maiiasi! i"! come through with a victory t rev will be in a position to wind matters up in four games with

the fourth game slated for here on Monday. 1n the intermediate tussle All

Stars can take a big margin with a win. However. Suimmerside will have Joe Bernard doing their flinging in an effort to get back into the thick of the fight and that can spell plenty of trouble for the locals.

McCabe is expected to nominate BLmer Larter for mound duty. The big right hander is always tough u. beat and with Bernard oppos- ing him the game will likely de-

velop into a pitcher's battle all the way.

Joe Louis Says lie Might Return To Ring

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NEW YORK. Sept. l7 - (AP) _ Joe Louis said today he might return to the ring to def d his

heavyweight boxing title r the 26th time. I-Ie made his announcement

through the 20th Century Sporting Club of Mike Jacobs. for whom he has fought throughout his title career. _ Hardly had that news been Bh- nounced than the Tournament of Champions, Inc.. first giroup ever to challenge Jacobs’ promotional dcminance, said its Gus Lcsnevich-

Jersey Joe Vilalcott bn-ut had been cancelled. Lesiievich, it said. suffered a

broken bone in his little toe on his right foot in a fail down the steps of the prst officedn his

hometown at Cllffside. N. J., yesterday.

The veteran, one-time light- iieavyweiglit champion and Wal-

cott were to have gone 15 rounds’

as the co-feature of a card that also included the middleweight title bout bctiween Marcel Cerdan of France and champion Tony Znle of Gary, Incl,

The riiig doubleheader is scheduled for Jersey City N, J.. next Tuesday night. Andy Nied- erreiter, promoter for the T. of C-. said the show would be held and that he is seeking a replacement foi- Lesnevich,

"If Joe Baksi and Ezzard Charles put up a good fight and the winner comes through good, I'll fight him." said the 34-year- nld Louis today. He announced his retirement after knocking out Walcc-tt in l1 rounds at Yankee Stadium last June,

Baksi and Charles have been matched by Jacobs for a Nov. l2 appearance in Madison Square Garden.

Louis said he would take on the winner In Yankee Stadium next June.

His return to the ring robbed the Lesnevich-walcc-tt bout on the rival promotional concerns card of all its lustre, It was billed as the "world‘s No. i heavyweight

bout" on the assumptio-n that Louis was through, DETROIT. Sept. 17 -(AP) —

Mrs. Lillie Brooks Barrow, mother of heavyweight champion Joe Louis. said today she was "shock- ed" to learn of her son's plans to defend his title again._

"I feel awful about that nova." she said. "1' didn't think he'd we! fight again.“

Maritime Baseball

UPRJINGHILL, N. 5.. Sept. 17- (CPL-Rfghthnnde: Hilton Boa. cum through with a seven-hi:

mound effort to pace Bpringnid Fencebusters to a 6-2 vlcwi": over Halifax Capitals in the second game of the best-of-seven Nova Scotie senior baseball semi-finals.

Bpringhill now leads the series 2-0. SYDNEY, N. 5., Sept. if! _

(GP) - Whitney Pier Pirates another-ed Gllcc Bay Miners 10-4 tonight and waltaed into a 4-0 lend in the belt-of-nlne series for the Colliery uague aenfor base- ball cromn. Winners will play victors of the Springhfll-Haltfax neriea for the Nova Booth title.‘

BACK AI"!!! EIGHT YEARS

MONTREAL, Sept. l5 —fCP)— The Montreal freighter Keynoir, fut of the largo fleet ‘of Lake freighter-l to be returned from war nervlce, steamed buck into the Lnchine Canal today almost eight

SEPTEMBER 18. 1948

The trout season is closed for 104B and has left a host of dis- appointed anglers to mourn its passing. The late runs of sea trout did not materialize, they are still loitering somewhere a- lc-ng their sea journey, and thus the trout symphony for 1948 ended on a very flat note.

Old timers are predicting l ifwvy run of spawning trout ll late September or early October. There are lots of (rout, or were

lots of trout in late July and early August, hanging around many of our seaward sandbars and wharves. I was standing on

a wa-rf in eastern King's County as July was drawing to a close. The tide was on the turn nnd the water quite clear. Gazing down into its Slln filtered depths I was amazed to see a school of about 75 or 100 trout swimming slowly past and following tiie piiin: quite closely, a

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They appeared to be about tiie size of mackerel. at least the hi; . of the school were in that (lass fllihvllgh some smaller fry were either following the larger trout or flanking them. I watched for Over a half hour and there were lots of trout in evidence 311 {he tine. They had a tendency to follow the edge of the piling and whether it was the some school that kept milling around, nr new arrivals that took their pi.“ 1 lied no Way or finding out,