BACK. STRETCH
Our congratulations to editor third in 103'; -. the season) re- V
J. C. McKnight and his staff for card the Christmas Canadian Sportsman which is pith- .ii"-hed in Tillsonburg, Ont. ,..teen pages are filled with in- terrstiiig articles on harness horses. and harness horse racing with an. exutellrnt ac--ount of the Horse of
in that respect. He took With these
ibe the horse to beat in Canad and he bought him. Eligible to th
the Year contest. which was put the capable trainer-driver. Fran-
rn by The Sport.-,mzin. There is a cots Le Boeuf, was given the horse.
good picture of Star Volo. select-'and successfully dmve him all.
rd as Caiiadian Harness Horse of suninier. l By JACK SULLIVAN mile was 4:114.
ma year, unit the proud owner,, Durmg the year he started Siii Canadian Press staff Writer Rich astounded the Canadian J. P. Lat-hapclle of Joliette. Que..ltimes, winning 21 times with 5 , . sports world by chasing Dr. Roger on the left and trainer Francoislseconds. 4 thirds and one fourth. TORONTO (CWCOM b”5""m3land Landy to the tape. There were
1.9 Boouf (ii the right. and above is .1 photo of star Volo winning one of his top races.
making his total
trips in :!.04”.s in Star Volo is described as one of pacing derby. He finished the sea the inosy, remarkable sidewheelers in America. The "Steam Engine" us he was affectionately dubbed by fans, is a 5-year-old bay geld- lit: bv High Vnlo and his dam is Amurxila Dzrcct by Billy Dll'l?t'L 0 I
155. In the. contest he drew votes from Wc.-tern Canada, Ontario and o Quebec readers. The "Steam En-ion N, Y, g'ne" is a horse of strong con-I ill”ll1lll0ll and biz heart. good man-
or his being a star next year. Continued on page 1
MONTREAL (CPI
ch.-pcllc. quite an appetitr. Top opposition for the honors this year
11-iockcy League today canfirme
Galvin, Jimmieis Chief. Eddie Rims in the West, who stood Canon. second best in the overall poll and The
H B. Ch-cf in Qucbcc. affair
Leafs. The sudden death of Dr. 1-". c.I
shock to his thousands of friends M16 had been mmnged. uhri heard the m-ws. The Doctor Campm,” said it is
becaine interested in h arnesswhemcl. 3. goalie is acting as peace. ""7595 ""9" 3 "WY Y0""K "'-"' inaker or trouble-maker The pur- and after graduating in I Denblstlposg of the rule is to See that that from Tuft's College in Boston and mane doesm get mm. and mu, being established in business. hemandicap M5 team. For the mime
rar-ed horses on his own accouiit.',-M50" no time Among them was that good pncerlfor this particular Margo Dirt-t-t 2.13. later the trotter goam.
Basil Hanover 2.(M',a and the well- known sire Real Monay 2.093;,
action of
Sonata .1, 2.05, now a broad mare rumpus. at Gaincswav Farm. K3" "id "" '3” h""5" W" """""iilie would be fined. her his owning was Josedale Clip- per 2.03"). Almost twenty yen-5 Ago he was in request as 1 starter at Maritime tracks and familiariz-
Gavilan Wanls ed himself with the rules of the4"'0 Break snort. His cxrcllent voice And- powers of description added to the.
interest taken by spectators and in 1945 he took over the duties of starter and announcer at Old Home Week. As A presiding Judge his: knmvlc-dze of the rules made him: in demand and he exercised those OCL 21' duties at Charlottetown and Solnt John for the past several yeers. His death has left I void that wllll he very difficult. indeed to fill as men of his capacity and know- ledge of harness racing are few.
On behalf of ourselves and horse-, mon friends throughout the Marl-1”-.
times we fcndcr our deepest lym-i .'h pathy to his wife and relatives in. their vt-ry sad losiu. I
When
Cuba's
Lopez. The
want release from Lopez,
lsald Gavilan. who has been per- with hisj imambn outfit. "I have big disap-E
;frH'H1iniz As a 2-year-old in 1951 Star Vnlo set a world's record at In- dianapolis of 2.04. 2.0491. In 20 starts he was 8 times first, 3 times it second and twice third. Al 1 3-'3 yrar-old he raced against the best. (0 t d Lopez H" I Ii H b lK"R 7 timcs first. once second and T 9 - K1 may e Lwlcp gm,-,1. in 195,; as 5 4-year-id.on't lose. For a young fighter h old he won 7 trips on a hftlf-mjlglhghf. like man old as me-and track in 2.05 or better and receiv-inn bny. ed special motion from a harness "The Way he talks it don't soun horse magazine the onlv pacer
in theatres
pointmcnt with him. He don
on in Philadelphia and he don et me return no place."
to win n three- from Cuba tell him say this,
heat rate on :1 h-llf-mile oval withithink somebody who wants to be
all hca'- licitcr than 2.05. thelhix manager."
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More than any other time our thoughts turn to valued friends whose loyalty and confidence is the very foundation of our success.
In the Spirit of Good-will that marks this joyous season it is a pleasure to wish you "A Christmas of Abundant Happiness . . . A New Year of Peace and Prosperity!"
W. R. JENKINS
GREAT GEORGE S&ET
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number of The,new half-mile track mark of 2.02 reaomemndations its J. P. Lucliapellef figured he would
2.17 class Star Volo was staked in lall the most important events and
and his earnings were over 520,000, earnings 528, i 000. Among his triumphs were two. . thg Ri,.me1;el,lson into the role of Canadas olit- in 4.05.
son in the best physical conditlonlmok W3 U031 DONE HEQDUFII Off .-and his proud owner is confident
.the fine of 550 imposed upon goalie mine from Argyle Griittaii, Mr. home worsley of New Yolk Rang. . . , C13.” ers for uamicriiig out of his net l'”'Vb9”' mid Em” D93” m OM31”-iaiid becoming involved in an alter-
. . hallpemd Sll"da-Vfinished in the ruriner-up position night in New York iii a flame be- mm 129 poims Thi”y-e.gm am- tLW"” Ra"3”5 mid Towmc M39” letes were nominated by the voters
, The fine is automatic on decision .. Dnurzan .vvstei'da.v came as 0. xrentbv the referee that the pertinent Fergum" and Hepbui”
immatcriall
pmmny is assesscdlwith Winnipeg Blue Bombers
. The report of referee Frank Ud- vnrl said Worsiey had been warned then that extremely well bred mare by the referee to get out 0, the the goalie didn't Lcxmlm"-lheed the warning Udvari told him
NEW YORK (AP)-Still smould- ering over the loss of his welter- iweight title to Johnny Saxton last Kid Gavilan raid iThursday he wants to break his .partnershlp with manager Angel 28 - year -old ex-champion asked Lopez to release him from his contract but the manager rc- plied he had no intention of doing
eir contract runs until June,
make protection for me with Sax-S
'l "He lost to Johnny Saxton." re '
for having been like Kid Gavilan. Some bad friend
Page 6 The Guardian Friday, December 24, 1954
Rich Ferguson Tops In Canada
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Canadian has ever i'uii the dis-in.-em pergusbn and Northern Ire. Lancev Sm” T0m"m'5 Rich Fergufilaiids Vic Milllgan who was fourth
ustanding male athlete of 1954. He
Bigger Golf Prize
ST. ANDREWS. Scotland (AP)- The British open golf CllamtplL"l-
lvancouver, 1953 winner and self-l lstyled strongest man in the world. The countrys sports editors and is ortst-asters ick d the 2 -- r- . ol)d runner torpTh: Canadian, l”Ci:ssi5hm "ext 3'9” will be WWW 52-r .11 its 20th annual year-cncl sportsjaoo "3 the wmmrv 3" ""6935? 01 poll announced Thursday. Asked tor5790- the ROW” Midi Ancient G011 name the three outstanding atii-,C1Ub announced Thursday. letes, in orde:. they selected Ferg-
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I - famed St. Andrew; course dlchoice, two for second and one for',.Juf.y 4-3.
third. l i Weightlifter Hepburn. who broke)
0 four British Empire Games hmy..FOfmeT weight records while winning the a title at Vancouver last siiiiime:-,ichamPIOn
l O Foreman Dies
but it was a two-man race between MONTREAL (op)nA1 1:-mreman. 49, former British Empire light- weight boxing champion, died in OTRF-R5 TR-UL hospital Thursday, 16 days after
i . . he suffered a second major heart Maurice Richard. Montreal Can- attack. 3.1113115 llleat flghlhllllger and -'j1l1- A native .of England, Foreman time National Hockey League lllgllzfirsl fought under the name of 5”-W": W35 third with 6? no1nts-!Ha.--l-is. In all. he had 327 fights iGerry James. hard-p1un.:mz back in rings of the world - Chicago,l E . . - and Vancoiirer, Washington, L0lZd0l1,l liunmr hockey player with To:'nntnlMmure-ai, Pains and Australia. 'Mar1b0r0!. was close behind with. I-lo lost only 10 lights and drew 65- in in others. or his 307 victories. Gordie Howe of Detroit Rcdlat least 70 per cent were by knock- Wings. third in the 1953 poll, drop-.0lllS. He won the Canadian light- ped to fifth piano with 43, just four wciglit. crown from Lco tKi(lt Roy up on Sam EiChet'El'l'.Y, Montreal in Montreal. Blurring vision fin- Alouettes quarter who earlier liati.-'l”.l' 1015” Fofeman W GU10 HEM- won the Jeff Russel Trophy as theimflh most valuable player to his team Foreman had always been at in the Interprovincial Rugby Foot-photography: fan and turned tn it ball Union. las a profession. He Joined the selector, recalled that hm. bu. Montreal Standard and did roto-. mid Aug". 7 Hue.-noon at Vamougtgi-aivui-e features until the outbretlki V51"; Empj,-5. stadium when they of the Second World War Whcn he chose Ferguson for the No. 1 malcl-milled the ROAR H0 W” 0" 37 aching in the cp pop. operations as an air gunner.
FAMOIJS RACE
Bantam Boxing
It was a memorable day in worldl - mack bind lfleldllhistorhy-the day of e m race mie w an England's RtIJJgerdBagrliistei; and Australia's MILWAUKEE (APS -The Na- - o n an y, e on y men to CT.'lf'klfl0l'lPll Boxinz Association Thursday. lg?” ff.0u;"Yt7.lmUiC :3rYlel'i( met for declared the world's bantamwcigiit e irs ime an crac ed it to-lchampionship vacant. - Sahel” . Fred .Saddy, chairman of tho Ferfluson was just anothcr man,NBA's championship committee,
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Snort Echoes Front , Prince county l Justfwhen it began it look As if
no program would be furnished for on" ha”-av - wk-vlng Summersicle
4204.6 mile effort. the fastest Bja wuple Or yard of sunlight be. youth R. T. Holman, Ltdw some
.1 .. . tutu use announce- ment that, as a special Christmas eitr to our boys and girll, they will give us Jimmie Hogan on lend- case VU ueao the organization of the youth movement. which he. with the able assistance of Bob
Clark and e. lot.of coaches and so well last winter. .1
referees. did I-folman's have also started I con- tribution drive with a 5100 dona- tion which we feel sure will snow- ball lnto the budgeted 31.000 with
P. .d m 1 I TIP”: .'.":me3' mwumms 510-500 the ready co-operation of the other - 3r C llS0 wit ' t t t I ' 1'8 'ie ri 5 " b - v . - - 1l"” Md "CC01'd”” to uwmr ml C131”HW-"E Campl-V911 0f U19 Nallonlmthenbasisl of ?l'Ll,ll'xt:B pooiintso fora fllilfviille 1 Open M e plawd on public spmted summerslde arms
and organizations.
January 3 was the tentative date for the opening of the new Prince County Hockey League. A good steady cold snap could still make this possible. but we'd say the chances for a beginning so soon after the new year is rather slim. Cold snaps of the past three or four winters have been almost in- varialbly of short duration. and the pattern doesn't seem to have changed -. Let's hope that we can get things going, at least, by the
second week of January. . . .
By now everyone with the At- lantic Coast Hockey League must konw that president Parlee is not a man of idle threats. We thought and still think the first of his stringent penalties was is bit over- drawn because it came without my warning. From now on, however, there is little excuse for any play- or to dare him to do his worst. Apparently he is resolved that his officials are to be protected from assault and battery, and for this resoultion we can but commend him. It might be it good idea if all those brawny athletes who ere so filled with atomic energy would join the "atoms for peace" league. . . .
The Islanders have a seven point lead and should be able to weather the storm while two of their top
(Robert) Cohen violated terms of his contract to meet (Raton) Ma- Clns."
The bantamweight title was left open when Australian Jimmy Cai- ruihers retired last summer.
S.-iddy said the winner of the bout between Cohen. of French Algiers, and Chamrcrn Songkitrat of Thai- land had agreed to meet Nacias. the American champion. for the
--.1" 5Dik9d shoes on the sun-boilcdlsaid the action was approved tin- .track. Before the games his hcst aniniously by his group "because
title-'within 90 days. Cohen de- feated Songkitrat last September.
Jiim. Hogan Will Organize Hockey
The firm of E. T. Holman Lim- managers teamed together with ited, announced yesterday that Mr. him to make another succeuful Jim Hogan, their personnel man- program.
The firm of R. T. Holman Lim- ited for years have been the back- bone of sport in the town and have always donated generously to any worthy cause. They feel that the present unsatisfactory situation cannot remain indefinitely. Poor boys and girls need recreation and physical training and it is up to the citizens of the community to see that they get it.
The management committee of R. T. Holman Ltd, realizes that it is going to take fund: to pay
agar and former director of phy- alcal fltaness would be made avail- able to the Summerslde Amateur ,Athletic Association to organize and direct minor hockey in the town of Summersfde for the cam- lng season. They also stated that even though they feel they can't afford to have Mr. Hogan spare the time to organize and direct this program, that existing cond- itions warrant something being
one. This is. without doubt, the big-
gest hockey news that has hit for ice time. etc., and have gener- Summoralde for the pant few ottsly decided to start I. 31000 months. and the firm of R. T. fund for minor hockey in Somme -
Holman Ltd., are to be highly coni- mended for their generosity. The management committee stated that Mr. Hogan would act. in this cap- acity only until such time as a successor Ls appointed by the De- partment of Physical Fitness or the town of Summeraide; ond screwed the point, that Jim Hogan could do at job equally good as last year only if the coaches and
side with a donation of 3100. This donation will goitowarda the pay- ing of ice time for the progranf. and the committee expremea the hope that other business firms and organizations will come forward with equally generous donations. Mr. Hogan will be giving his time with no remuneration.
Prizes Presented For Bonspiel
General Motois' prizes for the Centennial Bonspell were donated to the Prince Edward Island curl- lng Association through the secre- tary of the Bonsplel J. Finlay Mac- Leod.
A joint effort, the Bonsplel for the past several years has been
players are sitting out their pen- alties, but the showing might be pretty rugged. The main thing, of course, is to have all in good shape for the blue-ribbon games that will come in the spring. and will place some aggregation on the Allan Cup trail. In the meantime, to make it possible for the Islanders to realize this dream. the hockey fans will have to keep turning those turn- stiles. because that is the only way to insure that the team will still be around come next-March. . . .
A Joyous Yuletide. and bright and promising prospects for the New Year to all 0 '
ronuu DATES .
IIEO. 21 to 25
FRIDAY- Children's Skating 3 to sf
No Skating at night. i l SATURDAY-CHRISTMAS DAY
Two happy Skating Sessions-;
Afternoon .. .................. .... 3 to 51 Night .. ....................... .. S to 10
JOYOIIS CHRISTMAS SKATING
2 - SESSIONS SATURDAY - 2
ERNOON - 3 TO 5 IFIFOREVERYCI-IILD
NIGHT - 8 TO 10
Everyone seems to be wishing for a White Xmas and this also includes the rnbblts if they are capable of winning. on Sunday last I strolled along it two mile stretch of wood road that meandered through soggy swales, dense spruce swamps and over hardwood ridges. Its in an area favoured by Sunday a h o o ten but on this particular afternoon they were conspicuous by their absence. I prefer to do my walking when the ground in frozen and preferably covered by a light snowfall. when the foot- ing in wet and spongy the footing in IIQ good and one cannot swing along with a. free stride. When
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made possible by the co-operation
"of all Island clubs: The executive
is pleased with the interest shown and look forward to one of tie biggest curling events in the an- nals of the game itself.
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TODAY - 3 - 5 - CHILDREN'S SKATING
ROUND OUT A HAPPY DAY WITH IIEALTHFUL EXERCISE
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fondeet dreams have come true In
be gifted with health, happiness
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And, may the wondrous peace and blessed spirit of -this lloly Dny find that all your
bounty of your Christmas gifts . . . That you all
Ind much Yuletlme Joy!
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. To our many friends:
: . Merry Chrlstlnasgflreetlnge
we send to you ;- And, our warmest. wishes, loo .'.. . Rhythm no special joy: in store -
,4: me wondrou things, i
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