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WINS SNOWSIIOE ‘MARATHON

BIDDEFORD, Me. Feb. l6—- (Ap>~Gerard Capistant,_ ' ciicsttr N11,. wan the five~mile niarath: which featured the c103- ing tt: y cf the Internatinal SllflllhllCe convention. His time W85 44 tnniites.

NiilC-hulldred members Maine, New Hampshire and Ver- incnt paraded through Biddefords S'.l'€‘(‘l- t) Alumni F.eld for the SllT\\'>li.g inert.

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rClose Finishes Feature Six Class Racing Card On Saturday Afternoon

Six classes, featuring close, excit- ing iiirsiic-s over a wet track were wnnes-ed on Saturday afternoon as the Victoria Driving Club staged their thud race of the season with

an Axwortliy, Silent Mac, Vir- l:iiu;k, Lottie Peter, Samp-

qal and June Hal being rc-

ihe winners. Times made

st considering conditions with

Peter iuinliig m the fastest

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of the Cla~s A. Pace

(ls iii a se-a aitional

clrive Ilditlllsl Rcse Worthy. I

Another feature of the meeting occurred in the third heat of the ll‘rei>-l'or-.l\ll pace when three hor- s Dircct L, Leland and Albert E. an tinkiietl in a dead heat for .d pinve as Silent Mac won the er. Fll\l.\i‘l05 however all tillfllig ezzerncon were close _witli a

e (‘l‘l)\\(l of :])(‘Cl{l.iOX'5 seeing some o. lllQ best racing in years.

The FlYlé-IOF-Aii Trot was the fiisi race culled with Juanita AX- wirliy and llculierbelle coining to tie li-Tf‘ Due to his showing on Wetlnexiai‘ the old campaigner was favored to win but Saturday wasn't Heather's clay. I-fls speed was lack-

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'ot Rosebud by a whisker. Little Pct- er was thirrl with Leland fourth.

In the second heat lalttle Peter went away very fast followed by Rose Worthy and Rosebud and Leland. All the way down the stretch the horses battled it out but Btylilf.’ fin- ish Little Peter showed in front follmved by Rose Worthy, Rosebud and Leland.

Little Peter was half a length to the good finishing the third and de- ciding; heat with Rosebud beating out Rose Worthy for second place and Inland a-gsiln fourth.

In Class B. Pace Sampson Royal owned by Louis McPhee. New Ha- ven made it a straight heat. affair over a field of five horses with Bes- le Kalenuck and Lady Frisco flszht- ing it out for second place, Gale Aubrey fourth and Babe Lcngset fifth.

In the lllféf-‘VQBY-Old class June Hill, smooth-looking pacer owned by Richard McPhee had too much lick for Miss Brewer and Raymond Budlong winnlnw handily in (l8 1-2 and 3'7 seccnds. Miss Brewer, seaciy going young trottcr was 2 3 with Raymond Burllong, 3, 2.

N.H.L.

TORONTO. Feb. 16—-(CP)—'Il1e Nat.cnal Hockey League's Beard oif (icveriiors decided at litre Saturday on tentative from all sections Cup playoffs and heard President Frank Calder report a l0 per cent incmise in gate receipts this to date for the league ccmpared to the 1939-40 scasm. announced meeting that the playoffs will open --li three fronts possibly on March 20. That was time dat-c s.-t lentatvtly for the opening games between the teams that first and iexind, third and fourth, and fifth and sixth.

_As was the case last season, the first two clubs _\vlll play a best-of- SGVPii flame series other two groups the £81265 will be bcst-of-thrce. Undo" the tentative set-up the icinis which survive and go int; the fmil Stanley‘ Cup w:ll star-t their best- of-sevcn round cii Apitl 3 and if the series goes the limit the last game wculcl b9 played on April 1'1 Calder revealed that the N.H.L. has had its l,0l]0.00l)th customer this season H2 said the league hi1 that mark li"ssibly' last l0 clays. Last season, he said, the league had its i.000.000th spec-

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NEW YORK. Feb.

I-Iockcy league game.

A crowd of 12.918 Square Garden Cup-holding Rangers secrid loss from the

in take

leading Boston v Bruins Leafs invade Boston Tuexiay nigh

goals this season-was scored on

Bingo Kampman, ‘Iior- ntc's

leaning on a shot from the

Beat Rangers Twice Over Weekend By 4-1‘ And 4-3 Scores

l6—-(OP)— The Toronto Maple leafs. with Dave Sohriner scoring two goals to imrease his total to 20, best in the league, torught defeated New York Rangers 4-1 in a fast National

Madison saw the Stanley their Leafs in two nights, and their fourth defeat, in a rclw. The victory put the Leafs Just half a game behind the league and first place wll be at stake when the

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While Schririers first goal was tainted in that it hopped into the net off the back of a Rang» play- er. his seclnd-t-Yie one that made him the first player to reach 2i)

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pretty play. He circled the Ranger defence and bested the puck into the short, side as Goalie Kerr jump- ed to block lt.

m- bust detfenceman, got his fiist goal of the season in the first period. bl

line that sped straight to the coll? ner whila Ker, his view blcked,

11:48 Penalties-Apps, N. Colville. HATURDATS GAME

TOR/ONTO, Feb. l6—(AP)--An- other broken cog has been mended and Toronto fans are hopeful that the latest repair job to the Maple Leaf machine will add sufficient spark to retum their favorites to the National Hockey League's top spot recently taken over by the great Bruins (f Boston.

Drlllon Sparks Drive

Injured players have been return- ing to the lineup all winter but none sparked the Leafs‘ power so

cast aside taipes from a damaged shoulder to supply the payoff goal Bs the T-ronito team downed New York Rangers 4-3 here Saturday night.

The big right winger, on the sidelines for about three weeks due to a shoulder-bone separation, gave the Bame a stow-book fnish. He streaked down the right boards, using Nick Metz as I. decry, and blazed a she-t past goalie Dave

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much as did Gordie Drillon who _

Of Wales Beat S. D.U. In Q

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Play opens Here today

Following is the draw in play for the Keefe Trophy which opens day Stillé Charlottetown Curling Club. Eight teams are entered and all eight see action today.

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Dr. J. McMillan

O. Dr. i

Ice No. 2

Reg Nichols A. J. Heart: L. Turner

H. C, Boliakcr -Skip V

Ice No. 3

A. Murlcy W. M. Bears —Ski'p

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Ice No. 2

H. McInnls W. Munroe M. A. I-Ioivatl: J. H. McNcill (Skip

Ice N0. 4 A. Ward W. A. McPliee A. McNeill A.

E. McDonald W. Daley S. McDonald F. Hansen klp

D. E. Mayne Chas. Yorke B. Bagnall

the Intercollegiate hockey lerlcl.

ter to cup the match and go in the

beautiful piece nf combine“ three minutes of playing time left.

Outcome of the game puts the University boys on the spot and fans can well look for a real bristling encounter when the second game takes place. Saturday night's was bristling enough but with the Saints now trailing action will reach its nigh poiznt the night the two squads resume their battle for the much coveted title.

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City College Team Spring Big Upset By Capturing Intercollegiate Opener

i Out played for two periods Prince of Wales hockey squad stqql l whirlwind finish at the Forum on Saturday night to defeat a fast-mg. lug, rugged St. Dunstufs University squad 2-1 in the opening “m, o,

Failing 1-0 from halfway through the middle session and luau“; as If they were to drop the opening game, the winners came tlimun, with two goals In the final six minutes cl the .

"MY lflllzht encnun. driver's seat for this year's tlile. l:

was a surprising and sensational finish by a team that were considered to have little chance against Father Oswald Murphy's charges, Bu; ‘h, Prince of Wales squad, returning blow for blow all through the match

and backed up by the sensational goal-tending of hlacAi-tliur between nt the pipes fought back stubbornly and then were quick to take advantage of a. break that saw them tie the score and then come through with s work to pol the iwlnncr ivllh less than

as three B. D. Ul players raced foi- the disc. There was a gimme and 19 seconds of play reiuaiiiiiig Whig“ P.W.C. pepped up by 13mg the 500,1 pulled off the nicest pa sing play of the game m shoot the winner Backed up in their (ml from} broke fast down the right boards, reaching the Saints line he passed over to McLean and the latter; m,

made no efflrt to stop i-t. The fourth beat Counter went to Wally Stan- Towskl on a break-away play with Red Heron.

Rangers who reccnstructtd their p tent line of other year£—th9 col- vllles and Alex Shbicky-in an ef- fort to St/Zrp the run of losses, got their only goal through that line. Mar Colvllie scored ‘l \\'lll1 the two (tlicrs drawing assists,

tat l‘ about two weelu later. , The N.H.L. President also dis-

cltrccl he had received a letter from B. C. Butler. Canadian Trade Ccmin ssionei‘ at. Lfs Angeles w th regard i0 a proposal that, Mmtreal Canndiens and Toronto Maple Leafs stage a psi-season exhibition serzts in Ca '

cf the Br rCC alien of So .

lfe said l1‘) dec sion ha/l been reached yet with iegard to the pro- pcsal. but that it is beng studied.

C mplete txntative date; set for the Stanley Cup playoffs:

SOT-Ts "PW-March 20, March 22 or 23, March 25, March 27, March,

Kerr with only 76 seccnds oif reg- ulation play remaining, iJ. H. Cerry

A crowd of 13,934 fans saw Gordie —Sk _ figure in two other cmntci-s a5 spares: A. McMillan, James O. the serond-place Leafs came fr m lifchean. Guy Kennedy.

bthind twice to earn their points. '“"‘“"'““’ 0. R. F. U. has New President

First Pcfod 16~(CiP)—

l—N/r\v Ym-it, M. Colvllle, L Pat- rick, Coulter) 9:38

2—Ne-w York, L. Patrick, M col. of the ,, Union laud the i941 srascci tonight with

Over 600 fans in attendance had hardly settled in their seats when the Saints made their first. scoring bid Pius Murnaghaxi, clever pivot of the flat line going in close only to be stopped cold by MacArthur. Chris Gallant, rangy Saints de- fenceman on a spectacular rink- leiigth rush missed the second goal as he slid a shot past the open cor- ner. P. W. C. appeared to find it difficult to get going as the Saints bore in time after time only to have MacArthur stand in their way or else miss their chance by erratic shooting. Half way through the ses- slon P. W. C. began to look better and Lessard was tested hard as the

SUMMARY

lay was good for ti." winner, Vic- kerson going right. ill ‘ose helm firing a waist-high ciao inlo the cage. Saints had one more all-am; w even matters up bPlule the: mm ended as Leightlmr go: the gale for tripping but. the siiihiwn P. wg, defence held firm the . going as Saints eann- .. ~ the ca with a four-ugh power at. tack.

lng and the Axworthy mare made it a lffllglli heat affair winning each lira. handily.

‘as a battle royal in the Free- fo: All Pace with Silent Mac being Nturtied the winner as Nell Walk- er's horse driven by: Teddy; Weir won the final zwo heats after being sec- ond the first trip. The horses went- nwav in a line the first heat with ail four finislilnr: closely packed. Di- rect l... had a nose to the front as they paced over the finl h line with silent Mac getting second by a whisker from Albert E. Grattan with Gippy K. fourth.

Direct L. went away in front at

H. R. Bevan Free For All Trot —Sklp Juanita Axworthy (Turner) ll 1 Heatherbelie (N. Walker) .. 2 2 2 Time: 3'1; 32 1-4. The ‘Nllllllllll horse i". owned by Fred Turner, Winsloe. FPUQ For .\ll Pace SUMMARY

First Period

Scoring-None. Penal ty-Hamiltcn

Silent Mac (Weir) Direct L. (McNelil) Albert E. Grattan (McKen- na) . . . . . . . . . . . » . . . . . . . .. 3 3 Glppy K (Kelly) . . . . . . . . .. 4 2 dh Time: 32 1-4, 32 1-2. 32 3-4.

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Ii-Toronlo. N. Metz (Apps, tiwski) 13:31

Pcnally—Kampman.

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Scoring-Nonc.

the start of the second heat follow- ed closely by Silent Mac. Grattan and Gippy K. Just as they got the wcrd Albert E. Grattan made a. break that sent him fa: back and out of the running. It was a battle halfway clown bet-ween Direct l... and Silent Mac but here Direct L. uiade a break that set him back. Silent Mac won by a length over (lippy K. with Albert E. Grattan who finished very fast third and Di- feet L. fourth.

Silent Mac went to the front at the start of the third and final lzeal to retain his p0 ltion right to the wire. Direct L. and Albert E. Griittzin again made breaks that (spttiifiii their chances but came on the last. end of the trip to finish in a dead heat with the fest step- ping Gippy K.

In Class A 'I‘1'ot Virginia Kalmuck hurl too much speed for Alliset mak- ing his first itart- of the season. The ‘ nuck more won in straight heats

Alliset making a great drive in second heat on‘; to losc by ln<il05 with the quarter in 34 sec- cnrlq ' e Peter took the Class A. Pice the final two heats after third in the fir t that: was xi-ori by Rose Worthy driven by the re orrm Tom Holmes. All four hor- Sins entered in the (ace staged a. blanket finish in every heat. In the first quarter Rose Worthy and Rose- bud both finished sensationally to v "rmikc Little Peter with the Rose '\V(7"llly hare finishing in front

I Veteran Crystals Squad

Primed For

'Abegweits Tuesday Night

Tllllf! marches on and with it several of the old Crystals team who will be seen iii ac-

at the. Forum Tuesday night. .<- nlil rivals Crystals and Auc- ~. mo. their lntcrmedime play- for tlic I land title. "d by Charlie Caliill, Jack n, Dickie, Chick Gallant- weral others, all names syn- cnotntius with Island hockey wars this your’; Summerside team after a slow start are now playing the lrizizi of hockey that they :htiw<-d in the old days. Well in the veter- i..i class they are now sparking the youngsters on their lineup and the imiirtitement in their play can well he noted by their recent two victor- ies over the strong B.C.A.F. (elm stationed in the western end of the Island. The Airmen walloped the (layiighis out. of the Crystals in their flrt two meetings of the season but the Summcrside team Just stuck it out until the time came to tum the tables: this they have now done and Tuesday night they will be seeking to increase their uintiln/g streak at the expense of the. local team.

Abbles. with veteran Waller Law- 101' at, the helm-Lawlor is (he only one of the present crop who has had experience in the old league- have a young fast skating squad that when right can make life mis- eiable for opposing goal minders. They proved that conclusively when they came through with a. startling victory over the strong PEI. Hlzh- Ianders team from Halifax tn their first start of the reason. Thu night they looked of championship calibre and on Tuesday with a month's hard work under their belts should be even butter.

Hard hitting defencemen and fast skating forwards there are on both squats. Rivalry ls of the keonest and thl all goes to make a direct plkSibllily of flieworks occurrliu; as the two teams take to the ice. Stim- mersldc - Charlottetown encounters may start out in a tame. easy fash- ion. but it is dollar to cousin-mu

The Wlfinlilg horse is owned by 'Nell Walker, Charlottetown.

Class A Trot

Virginia Kalmuck (McDonald) l l l Alliset (Cudmore) 2 2 2 Time: 35. 34, 35 1-2. The winning horse is owned by

George McDonald, Mermaid. Class A Pace

Little Peter (Younker) Rose Worthy (Holmes) Rosebud (Murphy) Licland (Kelly)

Time: 32 1-4, 31 1-2, 3 .

The winning hor e is owned by Bert Younker, Winsloe.

Class B Pace

Sampson Royal (McPhee) Bessie Kclmticl: (Burt) Lady Frisco (Jay) Gale Aubrey (Duffy) Babe Lonrrset (Carragher)

Time: 36. 35 3-4.

The winning horse is ovrned by Louis McPliee, New Haven.

Thrcc-Year-Olds

June Hal (McPhee) Miss Brewer (W1 nor) . Raymond Buellonz (McNeil)

Tirre: 38 1-2. 3'7.

The win';iiii.f.z horse is. owned by Richard McPhee, New Haven.

Clash With

(that before the encounter is over the iur will be flying. If it does on Tuesday night it will not be siir- prising. In fact if this didn't hap- pen tlicn it would be stirprlsing Both teams literally hate being beat- cii by the other and bcicrc they will let this happen they will call

overtake any lead Liie other may have piled up. Leads, big or <mall. don't mean a thing. Many A time either one or the other have come through with surprislnq comebacks when all hope for victory ha; ap- parently been lost and that is one reason why this coming game is so unpredictable.

Anything is liable to happen. Crystals have shown they are at the peak of their game. Abbie; are young. fast and ambitious to travel fat along the pla off trail; it is youth against clds rs; there ls the old rivalry between the two towns. all things that will hinge on the outcome of the game. a game that should prorlucc all the excitement and thrills so closely‘ as ocla Cli wit»: games that look place in the days of the old Island League.

The series is a total-goal affair. Abbles with the advantage of open- ing on home ice will go out in S€8.!'Ci‘l of a substantial lead to carry inlo the second gume which takes place at Summersidc on Friday night and by all indications. a hockey populace that has been starved for games I-hlS winter will be on hand at the Forum to help the lccal team along by murii vocal support. Summerslde will not be lacking in this iespect eith- er. It is strongly rumored that close to 400 fnn will come down by spec- ial train to take ln the game lllilii-

5-4 overtime

upon every resource they possess 10,, .1_N.~.w yo.k_ Afmstrmg (Jackson

29 0r_30, April 1 and April 3.

Series "B" anrl "C"—March 20. March 22 or 23, March 25.

Series “D"—March 2'7, March 29 or 30. April l.

Serb-i ‘E"—_Ar>fl1 8. Aorli ll OT a. April l0, April 12 or 13, April l5, and April l7.

Chihawks win

From Ainerks

CHICAGO. Feb. l6—(CP)— Doug and Mix Bentley. bictht-r team ivith Clizcago Black Hawks, pro- duced the overtime goal tonight that defeated the stubborn New Y i-k Americans 5-4 bcfore 13.146 spectators,

The gm]. conning in (he final two minutes of pltiy_ enabled the in. Jiujv-itddicl Hawk. to climb back into a fourth-place tie with New élofk Rangers who lost to Tmonttz

The Americans not only sank» (lesper into the c liar but i"st the servlzcs of Wllf Field, stat de- ferc nan who suffered a broken leg lu-_t above tlrc ankle in the first. minute <f play whm n9 up cidentally‘ collided with teammate Murray Armstrong.

SUMMARY ‘First. Period 1—Chicago. Hergeshelmer Scibert) 9:14 2——NP\\' Yolk, Corrigan Boll) 11:08 Penalty-Councilor. Second Pcrlod

g, Witbe (Dahlstrom, Al-

(Allen. (Wycherly.

Ii-Chicag lrni 3:1 PCllilii}'-—~H(‘Z'<§C hc-Imcr.

Thiid Pcrind Lars n) 4:29

5~Ciiicago M. Bentley (D, Bcgflq pnpkerozzi ' Smith.)

(l-Nvw’ York, Boll 17 8

Pr“: S—Sl(‘.i)"(‘liflll 2, Allen Coo-per.

(Carr,

and

Overtime

‘h-Cliieazo. Chad (Thoms) :11

8—New York, Carr (Kelly, 3011i 6:46

9—Chi<'.auo, D. Bentley (M. Bent- lriv, Papike 8:20

Penalties-Egan, D. Bentley,

3 matches Played 0n Saturday

Mild ireafher curtailed the activi- ties cf the Curling Rink Saturday afternoon and as a result only three of the sciiciukd fifteen matches wrrc run off. But the three games that rlicl trike place furnished mir- rlnz competition with cach one of

trig the match all the more rc- sembling rcal, old-time Charlotte- lown- Somme-rattle clashes. I Tuesday" night is hockey night in g Charlottetown. Be sure and p1,.“ u, be ln attendance and see the ymiih- f lul Abbie squad pit their speed a- gainst, the cunning and craftlness

at u» vpterm DIIIIIIIISMI squad. i

the matches being decided by the narrmv marizln of one point. \ Mac MfzfKihllbll took a 0-8 vic- lnry uv (is-urge W. Mt-L-eodis rink; C. ll. Uluck scored a 0-5 win over a rink skippztl by RSP. Jard-ne while in the other match of the day A. W. Hyndruain edged out S.

é—Toron to, Sciiriner,

13. 49 Peiiait-y—Pi' a tr.

Zi-New York

4-—'I‘"ront0, 10:51

5—Tor.nto Stanowski

ulcd at the Charlottetown Curllnc Club today hi addition to the Keefe Trophy play:

nals, R. Carruthcrs vs. E. M. Bug- unll. ice 3 at '7 p. m.

Shank vs. Dr. H. McIntyre, ice 2,

Lalne vs. W. R. Adams. ice 3. 9 p. m.

C. MOOIVI rink U] RUM/HG!‘ 6-5 IOGI.

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Scccnd Period

13:17 —Tf“m1w- Kamoman (Taslr)

Third Perloii M. (‘Flville (N C31.

ville. Sliiblckv) :20

Schrlner (Hamlton)

(Heron)

5—Ncw I-txlall) 6:30 G~—T.‘.l'(!lll Ln) 9:51 7—T"IOlll/. Drillon (Apps) Penalty-Pratt.

Second Period

Third Period York Heller

‘i-Zjzgonto, Apps (Drlizn. Metz) Penalty-Hamilton.

(C. Smith, _ McDonald (Apps, Dril- 18:44

Curling matches For today