SPORT? FRONT

By JIM CULLEN

Cards Are World Champs

' The St. Innis Cardinals are the 1964 w rld championsf Johnny digs-11;"; tglances behind the sanded/lam!- ‘ o n as e New Y ' - adulthood.“ M an ark kilankees 75 in the

seventh game Sc

strum terday noon.ul m. .1 Bud! armequ emoundfortheYanksandhe

managed to bold the St. Louis batsmen under control until the

10 th exploded for three runs Ken Boyer

Carver around to third and Dal Maxvill came up with a base knock to bring Shannon across the plate and give the Card-

inals a 3-0 bulge.

The Yanks threated to bank lose h the bottom half of the fourth but Mike Shannon came u with a tremendous catch of the hat of Phil Linz to go a double lay and scuff the rally. If there was a turning point In c game we think that this was it

Al Downln came to the mound for the New York ohm in

the fifth frame and Keane's squad bombed him mound. Lou Brock belted a homer, White singled and Boyer doubled hetero Yogi called in Rollie Sheldon who retired the side. The Cardinals had scored three runs in the fifth but they Were all credited t ‘

0 Downing.

Mickey Mantle homered In the sixth with Richardson and Marts riding the bases to pull the Yanks Within three runs. There were none out at this point and the New Yorkers ap-

red to have something going: but Gibson bailed himself out as he retired three of the next four batters he faced. Tresh drew a walk. .

Yogi Berra lifted Sheldon in the seven-ti: for Steve I-Iami ton who in turn gave way to Mikkelson. The Yanks threaten- ed in their final stand when Cletus Boyer and Lin: belted homers with the bases empty. Gibson got Trash. John Blanchard and Richardson to retire the side and end the World Series.

Well when it was all over the Cardinals had out hit, on ran and out pitched the highly touted Yankees; and the Nat tonal Baseball League champ'ous were world baseball champ- ion

l

I-

s. We thought that two of the brightest spots in the losers line-up was the hitting of Bobby Richardson and the all round playing of utility man Phil Linz who substituted for Tony Kubek. Richardson set an all time series record for the most hits as he banged out 13 base knocks. '

W 1d called for the St. Louis team to emerge vict- orious after seven games but we didn't do any shouting until Richardson popped up to end the game; as anything can happen when that Yankee power starts. to explode and we were afraid that Gibson might be tiring slightly. but he pitched as hard in the final inning as he did at the start of the crucial battle.

Before the series got underway we asked for the pre-

' ew of Oharlotfctmvn's more enthusiastic fans

picked the itNafitlionirl Letzg‘ueei

diam ions. Charlie Ryan was also asked on no 1e 5 .v

on tn: fence and would not commit hirnself. for several sub-

tantial reasons.

The fou-r Cardinals boosters at that point were: JIM MC- CALLUM who called It just the way it happened, in seven games; JOHN KANE. picked the Cards in six; DAN MCCOR- MACK backed the Cardinals all season and JOHN SQUAR- BRI’GS called for the Johnny Kean outfit to dispose of Yogi urinates who the Yankees were:

Bob Hayes, center, of Jack- sonville. Fla. gold medal ‘ winner in Olympic loo-meter dash, watches Cuba’s Enri-

. .mnbh-WW'

CANADA’S JEROE WINS BRONZE MEDAL

que Figuerola, left. second place winner. shake hands with Canada’s Harry Jerome,

third place, on victory stand 0

in T . (AP Wirephoto via cable from Tokyo)

Leafs

night, whipping the Detrou Red ngs 5-3 before a record open- ing crowd'of 14,323 fans.

The afs broke it up on Ron Stewart's turn-in of Bob Pul- ford’s pass at the 44- econd mark of the second period and then sewed it up on Pulford’s 65-foot hard high one w‘iile kill- ing a penalty at the 2:01 mark of the third period.

Toronto grabbed a quick 20 lead in a wild first period on break-in goals by Andy Bath- gate and Red Kelly. just re- turned from an official role at the Olympic games in Tokyo.

E

and his crew. The FRED ‘FIDDLER’ MACDONALD and 'SPY’ READY, All in all it was great climax to a great series.

Tid Bits From .Here And There

Congratulations to the twelve Island Athletes".th acheived national standards during this year's track and field campaign. This is quite an improvement on the local track scene - sidering that there were only four of last year s Island athletes who were able to meet the stem-ands. The athletes were hon- ored Wednesday night at a banquet held at_t:he Island Motor Lodge by the provincial branch of the AA!» of C track and tleld committee.

The ew York loss and talked like winners rather (it ' ks and Bob Gibson.

I

Y-ankesa met the press after yesterday’s en losers as they spoke “Gibson surprised us

th ig righthaudcr in the closing . "That big lead helped him. " re as h on a stool half dressed, smiling t his disappointment. “I don’t think he would be it the game without it. If Richardson had got on in with Maris and Mantle coming up. I tinnk he would have

been taken . t e world famous Harlam Globe- Just a reminder tha til w “to” Forum

oming shdw is expected a or w -p from start to finish. The tall and torrid trotters will floor a crack ensembel headed by the internationally-celebrated

Al Langlois got one back on a rink-long solo dash for De- troit at 12:13 but Dave Keon scored on a deflection 28 sec-

onds later to give the Leafs a

3-1 lead.

Then Detroit, which lost to the Lefs in the cup finals last season. capitalized on the pen- alty parade for power play

[goals 68 seconds apart by Floyd

Smith and Ron Murphy late in the period.

Lindsay. who surprised the hockey world by ending a four- year retirement W e d' n e 5 day drew a standing ovation in the pre - game introductions and started out strong. testing Leaf goalie Johnny Bower twice in the first minute.

Lindsay did figure in the scor- ing though Bower a whack at him in the first period and was called for slashing and that resulted in Murphy's goal.

Toronto: Goal - Bower. De- fense -- Brewer, Baun. Horton. Douglas, Hillman. Forwards—

Shack. Pulford. Stewart. Bath- M

gate. Armstrong. Ellis, Keon.

Harris Kelly. McKenney, Pap- k

court jester. J.C. Gibson, funnier then ever wit

pin, Mahovlich.

Toronto DowhsWingsS-B; Spoiled Lindsay's Return

DETROIT (AP )—-The Stanley 1 Cup champion Toronto Maple spoiled Ted Lindsay's coming . out party Thursday

Detroit: Goal —— Crozler. De- fence — Pronovost, Barkley. Langlols, Bergman. Wall. For- wards — MacDonald, Joya]. MacGregor. Murphy, Delvec- chio, Howe, Lindsay, Ullman.

l

3 ISLAN’D'ERS HAVE CHANCE IN ’SWEEP’

Three and possibly four Prince Edward Island re- sldents are among eastern , Canadian holders of tickets .' . drawn in the Irish sweep- * stakes based on Saturday's

Cambridgeshire horse race.

Names of horses, ticket numbers. names or nom-dc- plume and hometowns of the three. are as follows:

Hollister J 99126. Lucky Try. Charlottetown; Charter — VJK 95704. Joey. Montague:

Owen Davis — WXJ 92115.

Smith. Henders Referee—Buffey. Hayes, Armstrong. SUMMARLY Period: 1. Toronto, Bath- 1 (McKenney, Douglas) 6:42; 2. Toronto, Kelly 1 (Doug- las) 9:54; 3. Detroit. Langlois l. 12:13: 4. Toronto. Keon 1 (McKenney. Armstrong) 12:41; 5. Detroit. Smith 1 (Howe. Del- vecchio) 16:48: 6. Detroit. Mur- phy 1 (Howe. Ullman) 17:56. Penalties: Bower (served by Harris) 0:34, 16:16. Dillabough, Langlois (major). Pappin (two majors) 5:04 Barkley (major) 7:29, Bathgate 15:20. Second period: 7. Toronto. 1 (Pulford) 0:44. Penalties —

Martin. Dillabough. on.

Linesmen--

First gat

ST. Louis Wins Series 4-3; Bob Gibson Proves Hero

By JACK HAND

ST. LOUIS (APl—lron man Bob Gibson. working with only two days rest. pitched scrappy St. Louis Cardinals their first world championship since 1946 with a 7-5 victory over the favored New Yorki Yankees in Thursday's crucial; seventh series e. .

The Tangy right - hander who. once played basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters broke all series strikeout records with a total of 31. including nine In the finale with big money on the line.

fans roared. trumpets blaredl

all baseball at the expense of -

the proud Yankees. . A tulumtous crowd poured out' of the bleachers and surrounded the happy knot of white - uniy formed Cardinals after Dal Maxvill snared Bobby Richard- son's pop for the final cut Maxvill was warmly embraced by Dick Groat and then the whole club converged on the mound. pounding the exhausted Gibson on the back. Gibson needed help from a burly cop and two special park attendants to escape from the well - wishers. finally scootlng under the rail in front of the dugout. FANS CHANTED

Hundreds of youthful fans stood in front of the Card dug- out for several minutes. chant- in : “We want the Birds. We want the Birds." Only a posse of police kept them from charg- ing down the steps toward the clubhouse.

Obviously tiring under the heavy burden of pitching in 10- inning game in New York Mon- day afternoon and another com- plete nine - inning job in this one for all e dough. Gibson staggered a bit in the ninth. Solo home runs by Clete Boyer and Phil Lin: narroWed his lead to two runs but Manager Johnny Keane never made a

move in a fine tribute to hinge“ Boyervs

big pitcher.

Gibson's strikeout feat erased Sandy Koufax's total of 23 piled up in last year‘s Los Angeles Dodgers four-game sweep over the Yanks. It even surpassed the musty old record of 28 set by ancient Bill Dinneen of the Boston Red Sox in 1903 in an eight-game series.

The victory was a sweep per-

Baun 6:40, Barkley, Shack 13:29, Lindsay (minor. major)

18.30.

Third period: 8. Toronto. Pul- ord 1 (Douglas. Armstrong)‘ 2:01. Penalties—Bathgam 0:49, Brewer 2:50. Delvecchio 4:22. Baun 19:53.

aves: Bower Crozier

I 15-11-13—39

Lucky. P.E.I. (no hometown l iven). i In addition to the above

ist received over Canadian

wires. 8 Charlotte- town ticket holder was re- l ported to have drawn the r horse Valzus_

92017. No nom-de-plume was given. 1

a E E S 3: E D- 8 a

)

lWorren Spahn Wants To Play

MILWAUKEE (APl—General anager John McHale an- nounced Thursday the Milwau- ee Braves‘ left-hander. War-‘ ren Stahn, rejected three non-

tricks added to his' airtady extensive repertoire.

Canada Has Best Day; old, Bronze Medals

By JACK SULLIVAN and its; firistein the Summer cs snc . cum“ M“ Sport. mum Olga-Inter Harry Jerome of

TOKYO (CPI-C‘n'd' had m Vancouver finished a strong best day at the Olympics TINIS- third in the 100 metres to take day in many years. clrowned lb); thelbronze 3122:; med to Win

. 0x 953 81' “ was 9 triumph in fie c p something this time." Jerome said.

In the women's high jump Diane Gerace of Trail. B.C.. her left foot frozen to denden the pain of an inIury. captured fifth place.

BEST SINCE WILLIAMS

Jerome's third - place finish 5 the best Canadian perform- ance in the 100 metres since Percy Williams won the gold

I in 1928. migry Moro of Trail. BC... qualified for the pole vault fi-

rowlng. ‘

University students, G e o rge Bungerford of Vancouver and Roger Jackson of Toronto. crossed the finish line first in the coxless pairs for Canadas first gold medal in the event

Olympic Sriqndings

i as

Bill Crothers of Toronto won his semi-final in the 800 metres Y (CP) -- Themedal and Irene Piotrowski of Van- staadings in the Olympics couver got through the womens Thursday after five days of lwmetre semi-finals. ' competition: My

Maritime Racing

SYDNEY (CP) — Effie May Clay was the lone dongle win- ner on the eight-dash harness racing program staged here Thursday night.

he veteran pacing mare swept races three and seven with times of 2:18 2-5 and 2:19.

Times Were slow due to heavy w

track conditions

Single winners were Lay Lou Br ves

Chief (2:25 1-5). Dry Scott (2:23 2-5), Might Con (2:19 3-5), Denny Lad (2:20), Worth-A- Try (2:21), and Grand Miss Volo (2:21 3-5). daily double combina- tion of Lady Lou Chi and Mighty Con paid $99.00 for the night‘s highest payoff.

playing jobs with the organiza- tion next season.

McHale quoted the 43-year- old Spahn as saying he feels he can still win as a starting pitcher in the major. leagues and eventually could be a ma- jor league manager.

The general manager said before the end e season Spahn was given his choice of one of three jobs for 1965. They ere commentator on radio and television. pitching coach of the

a ' minor league system and manager of one of the Braves Triple A farm clubs. He refused all t ee.

Spahn. who has had 13 1)-

me seasons. had a 6-13 rec- ord in 1964. His entire major league career has been wit-h the Braves. first in Boston and then in Milwaukee.

TRURO (CP) — Crazy Legs. owned and driven by Archie Ross of Amherst. was the lone double winner on an eight-dash harness racing card ere Thursday night

Crazy Legs won the third race in 2:16 3-5 and the seventh in 2:17 1-5. Best time of the night was recorded by Debbie Jester in 2:16 in the first race.

Cross Country Run Held Today

The Provincial Hig' School Country run will held today at Stella Maris High School Rustico beginning at sharp.

at

All high schools who wish to' participate are welcome and may enter a team of any num- ber but only the first seven run- ners from any school will score

pomts. Jamie Gallant. Physical Edu- cation Director at Stella Maris,

will be the meet director. i

Retired

Railway Men Elect Officers

R.W. Caldwell. Campbellton. N.B., was elected president of Maritime Retired Railway Em- ployees at the final day of their three-day convention in Charlottetown y.

Other officers elected were: 'U.W. Carpenter. Moncton. first vice-president; M. DesJardin. Edmundston. second vice-pre- sidnt; J.W. Lyon. Moncton. accretary; Uric GBJSkIII. ton, auditor; Mrs, Moncton. director. ladies' aux- iliary; Mrs. K. Durley. Hali- dax. assistant director.

Neilson.

NHil. Standings

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

L T 1" AN Montreal 1 0 o 3 0 2 Chicago 1 0 0 3 0 -2 Toronto 1 0 0 5 3 2 New York 1 1 0 0 5 2 Detroit 0 1 0 8 5 0 Boston 0 2 0 2 9 o

Other winners were Dan K. (2:20 2-5). Guy Texas (2:16 3-5), eramichl Bill (2:16 3-5). and Busy Frick ( - )

Homestretch Jan wan a two- mile trot in a time of 4:56.

ING POWER

jet airliner absorbs enough en- ergy to stop almost 975 automo-

biles travelling at 50 m.p.h.

Gold Silver Brenna I n... .. g .3 Ford Through A8 I HUNTER s CORNER Russia 7 - ’“"“ 3 3 ‘3‘ """'"9 cm“ BI k D k 0 Th Wan - “53:11; 2 2 3 sr. LOUIS (AP) a; Tainan“: ac "C 5 n e e, Bulllfll 2 2 1 Yogi Berra confirm u . . 2 0 it Ford. the New York

3mg, 3 , . m, M. _&.....;:;. Prachca y Nonexrstent

Poland 2 l 2 pitching coach. W011 "0 ' d

l t The big day In the duck hunt- tent in our fresh water pon s

Villlalands I l l (ml1 the comm“. me “ex er's calendar will be oyer whetn lake: 0n Wlednesday theI A: ' ' . a re-Tthls column appears a prin. . n e ear y morning. cm“. I (I) l v Aleglhergfdmehatslmgeennclilirsing respect to our local black pointed the nose of the Volks- Dan“ 1 o 0 :1! ailing left arm since the ducks It will be a black opening wagen toward Kings County. I Foam.“ 1 o 0 . "in; game of the World morning for the gt‘eat. majority had seen the Queen on 601

mm 1 3: of duck hunters. A fair flight of and felt h‘ee to go on a pro-sea- Romnu 1 03 1 11:: gm...“ developed in the northern red-leg blacks have son black duck check. I had Fan“ 0 1 fifth inning of the first name. arrived within the last few days talked to duck hunters from “a” 0 ' T 7 t the club kept thelmd good concentrations are re- Kings and. according to their cub. o 1 0 0c ' a secret until now/ported at both Pownal Bay and l outlook. (here were lots of blacks Km” 0 1 ll and Ford bad Savage Harbour area. These of in Kings. This was something I mm. o 1 1"“ In injured right heel aslcourse will benefit the salt wa. had to see to believe. _ , I". o 0 a bun up his failure to do ter duck hunters but our local Kings. has two top attraction . ml.“ : g i pitchlnl in the series. blacks are practically non-exia- (Continued on page is) l

STOP? Under full break, a modern ’

AN YONE FOR. 'TAKE'

'Tbe name "tennis" in be- lieved to have come from the I‘reach word for "~take"—tenez -the player serving the ball calling this to his opponent.

I958

STEWART

LIMI

Great George St.

m: of Class B and Class C respec-

YESII

_ . ~ We are open Friday evening

FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIAL

Mercury Sedan

Dial 4-5579

Races Held At Pinette

Due to heavy rain on Satur- day. October 10, the Pinetts races were postponed until Monday. Thanksgiving day. The very heavy wind slowed

dash winner. My Jeannie, own- ed and driven by Stanley Mac- Millan. emerged of Class A with times of 2.2121 and 2.25:4. Automatic owned by H. Fraser and Marlene Gal- lon owned and driven by Les- ter MacRae were the winners

five y. i It was announced by Mr. Mc- } Kenna on Saturday after a con- ’ sultation with executive that there would be one more race for points and then the final race will be held with the presentation of prizes.

The next race is scheduled to be run off Saturday. ober 17. at 2.30 p.111.

The presiding officials were: starter, J, mas c enna; judges, Neil MacKinnon, Wil- red MacLean, Alan Finlayson: timers. Donald MacKenzie. John Ross; clerk, F.F. Dreelan.

Resul '

h

CLAM A. PACE My Jeannie (S. MacMiilan) Pepsi lrst (C. MacPhee) eather Dawn (R. Stewart) Bold Debbie (E. Ross) Times: 2.21:1; 2.325%.

11 22 43 34

Automatic (H. Fraser) Ruby Chief (MaoKinnon Bros )

Pitts Boy (A: Morrison) Valley Boy (L. Young) Tim ' 2.24:3. 2.2424.

‘63» H hub. F"

ASS Marlene Gallon ( L. Mae-

' Rae) l 1 Titan Ward (H. Coulson) 2dnf Push Button (J. Rm) dad:

Times: 2.42, 2.44.

CHINESE LABOR The first Clflnese brought to North America as labor prob- ably worked as miners in Ken- tucky’s iron ore deposits.

«.9695 MOTORS

TED

A crowd of 30.346 boisterousl

., the winner leader with a .478 average on 11

Oct- ‘

BOB GIBSON

sonal triumph for Keane. who been reportedly on he brink of being fired in late sea- son before the Cards started their spurt. It was equally sweet to Bing Devine, the general manager who was let out by the Cards Aug. 17 and later hooked on with the New York Mets. The Cards nestled in fourth place in the National Le a gue. ug. 23 and still trailed the Philadelphia Phillie: by 7% lengths as te as Aug. 31. They won the Pennant. of course. on the last day of the season and followed It up by going the route in an exciting serie

TRIED TO COME BACK Gibson's opponent. rookie Mel} Stottlemyre, also was attemp- ing to come back with two days rest in his third starting job of the Series. The 22 - year - old right - hander left for a pinch hitter In the fifth after his Yan- kee defense let him down in the Cards‘ three-run fourth inning. St. Louis added three more in the fifth. starting off with Lou Brook‘s homer off Al Downing. and finished their scoring with h o m e r in the