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By NICK FILLMORE

Olva Hits Everything

. BASEBALL MEN are starting to call Minnmnia's Tony Otiva a left-handed Hank Aaron and. based on the Cuban rankie‘s suspicious debut in the American League. the assess- ment ccurate.

Oliva made a ‘beiievcr out of Los Angelea manager. Bill Rigney by flailing Angels pitchers for Six hits in nine times at bat in a awn-game series earlier this month. a heck of a bitter." Rigney said after Olivs \ collected four hits, Including a grand-slam home run and no in a 9-1 win by the

Twins. ' . It looks _llke we'll have to throw him spitters and hope to drown him "

Oliva. 6- foot - 1 and 17". pounds. hits with remarkable power. like Aaron. Milwaukee's great outfielder. He's one of" those spray hitters who hits the ball where. it's pitched.

g into the wee end series against Baltimore. Oliva is leading the league In hitting with a .387 mark. He as In hits. 55. and is tied for the triples with t. .429 in only seven games with the Twins. For 146 games he hit .304 with Dal.-Fl. Worth.

The Minnesota belter has been described as an uncomplicated 22-year-old to. whom flame hits the bail. He doesn't care who the pitcher ' in fact he seldom even knows the name guy on the mound who is trying to throw past him.

i. Alberdeen’s Basketball Camp

H WE'VE HEARD It said time and time again that Acadia ‘ University's Stu Aberdeen rates highly among the best basket- ;

ball coaches in na 8. We didn't have the opportunity to attend any of his has-

,kethall camps when we IIVNI in nearby Kentville but we do

Last season he hit a remarkable

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ATHLETE OF THE

Bill Crothers. 23. top Can- in 1963'). He is the 25th winner sdian half-miter w a it named of the award named for a or- last week as winner of the. Lou mer Toronto Star sports edi- Marsh Memorial trophy as for. Crothers. who runs for Canada's outstanding athlete Toronto‘s East York Track

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Club. is shown after winning a place on the Canadian team for the 1962 British Empire Games. (CP Wirephoto)

recall that 10 or 12 boys from our town. always the cream of the high school basketball crop, took advantage of his two ‘ w .7 ..'ons. Many of the boys went to the camp with the idea that they knew just about all there was to know about t the game. They changed after Aberdeen had them for a few i days * Aberdeen Is a perfectionist. who insists on having his play- ers in as good physical condition as possible. The qualities and determination of Ab een have made Acadia one of the na- ticn‘s best basketball colleges. akes sure that. his play- of2 develop as much as is physically possible. it has paid off. Acadia's fourth annual Basketball Camp will be held from August 1-15. with Aberdeen in lull charge. If a youngster wants to learn basketball. he shouldn't miss this opportunity. Information on the camp can be obtained from Aberdeen. III care of Acadia University. or from myself.

Off The Cuff ‘

SANDY KOI'FAX struck out 11 and ran his career record I against New York Mets to 3-0 Thursday night as the Dodgers " tripped the Mets 6-1 in a late game at LA_ The Win left, the Dogers in seventh place. 5‘2 games behind the league leading Giants . . n osteopathic plinican has said a new type football helmet designed to prevent head and neck . injuries was used safely by .100 players in the Us last season. “Besides better head and neck protection." said DR. CHESTER ROWKA. "the triple suspension head gear eliminates headaches . and loss of equilibrium from headon contact." . . . . . . . . . . . . .. comeback attempt by veteran tennis pro PANCHO GONZALEZ was thwarted by ROD LAVER Thursday at the stx day Um- vorsitv of Maryland tiourney. Lever. the grand-slam amateur winner in 1962. never trailed and was too ouick and resourceful for the 36-year-old Gonzlaez, who was defeated 6-2 and 10-8 . The string of talented performers who have lined up for ‘ the softball season in Summerside. indicate that the PCL wall E likelv have its best season in history. A four team loop this , vcar: most of last season's stars are back as .well as plenty of I new ton notch players . . . . . . . . . .. A little bit of strategy by . Al. DARK has done wonders for WILLIE MAYS Dark named ) th'e Gia-nt center-fielder team captain Thurway afternoon, The sane night Willie belted two homers to lead SF in a 9-4 wm over Philadelphia. He hadn't had a hit In 10 trips to the plate. 3 His average is

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'Maxweli (Maxie) Taylor.

Former Canadian Has High Hopes

By ALAN HARVEY I

LONDON iCPi—The betting.over the Derby distance of 11/2 odds are only 25 to 1 against a miles.

horse named Showdown com-.- “We are a lit-tie worried about

pieting a transatlantic turf dou- his stamina. but it would be a ‘

le Wth a Canadian angle. Wildly im p l a u at hie as it has lived in Britain since the sounds. Showdown by winning Second World War. the. June 3 Epsom Derby would: -—Roun off a "maple leaf to visit her mother and sister double" by adding the English‘ at Heart Lake. Ont. Mrs. Prenn classic to the Kentucky Derby} moves more. in British than Ca- already won by Northern an- inadian circles. A reporter dug cer. ;out the background after spot- —Give the whole thing a Tay—i ting her Canadian accent dur- lor-made look. since Northern ing a television appearance. Dancer is owned by E. P. Tayfi tor of Toronto and Showdown P'SKED 9N , . runs for Mrs. David Prenn. bet-3 “’5‘ 1V9 Isml, 30' the SW" nown around Brampton' away .accent.‘ said Mrs. Prenn. Ont. bv her maiden name of 1 Who m“ game to Britain With ' ‘ ; ' e air force show and l liked it so much she decided to stay. Her husband. of White Russian origin. lived in Ger- many whene he played tennis his Derby chances. Showdown-82.3"“! FT“! Pm and (film has to qualify for Epsom by a med V9" 0mm?“ “9 POW '3 3 WM De Norman“. in the naturalmad British citizen. .

oo-good-to-be-tirue. great thrill to run him in the .i r

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two are not related.

Theiie. are snags, of course. Thou.th the bookies are wary of laying more than 25 to 1 against

Harness Racing Season Is Getting Underway

' lug-day handle at the track. .

By THE CANADIAN PRESS ‘ At Toronto's Greean Race-'

To a harness racing fan. for- ture is a nine-day delay in the way 0 ning of the season. Easter holiday Weekend—$391..-

When Blue Bonnets kicked off 308 was wagered for an Ontario. the Montreal operations for the one-day record. I vearwnine days late because of This sort of thing Is sympto- a skirmish between promoters matic of a fever that year by

and horsemen over the split in year is infecting more victims ' away.

prize m o n e y 15.070 fans across Canada. And they seem showed up with pent-up frustra- determined to break last years LIOI’K and pent-in resources. ' l:‘ecord of “zttll‘mil‘ts

. . - . bet on te trots. a ' oug .is ..I“;;.J’?“;;3,“tittygfimmg‘; will be difficult in view of the even the losers had the dubious satisfaction of knowing they h contributed to the biggest open-

lost time at Montreal.

Harness racing officials. ques- tioned in a Cross-Canada Sur- vey by The Canadian Press. are ‘mostly optimistic that attend- lance and betting will continue to rise. But there are some soft spots. '

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2 among Charlottetown track .authorities that harness racing .‘there has almost reached the saturation point. with little‘ . make room for expansion. rt‘ first start of the year “"6 Wagering tn the Prince Eel-- "0911 “'th they take ‘0 the ward Island capital last year

__ the Old Diamond. Action will 333’ ‘ “mm M “3"

Kingfishers

programs

' Thc Angels are fresh more than 135, yea...

09 race 3 about 15

1 year. I

this year. t

Two years ago businessman Prenn bought four hourses and asked his wife to pick one. for herself. Going strictly on looks. she selected Showdown. which became the top British two-i year-old o 1063. ‘

his two starts this year,- Showdown has run third and fourth. somewhat dimming his bright reputation. His sire 1n- . ‘fatuatimi was at a mile

Quebec pmva “main! "‘9. and his dam Zanzara had wagering heart of the sDOW-spritiigting blood. laying some

two-thirds of the national total;cm_i0m_ ’13“ yea" But “‘9” "9 pmb' Seventeen horses are expected 1 .

ems. to go to the post intriai 3959i h." POM weamM' Virus at Lingfield racecourse

epidemics among horses and road repairs that kept fans‘surrey' the operators of Blue Bonnets and Richelieu Raceway . . Irela d . in Montreal reported a mutuel Clam h the handle of $62,097,545 in 200 days ‘ ‘ . it of racmg. a drop of about 000

dium and Con Brio among the top fancies.

fearsome Santa 2-to-l Derby favor- e. The main English Derby " i hopes rest with Lionhearted and Balustrade. neither of which has

Last winter Richelieu was hit . a," won a “(It

by a $150,000 fire and wasn't. ready for the usual spring meet. ‘ it was shifted to Blue Bonnets but the delayed opening there probably means another drop in Montreal betting volume this;

league Sponsors Are Announced

One of the biggest problems

facing the Summerstde Town

Quebec‘s two other major Baseball League that d finding tracks. Jacques Cartier Race-' sponsors for the three t ebec City and Con- loop was solved yesterday.

naught Park near Hull. had ex- Wilfred McNetll. leaizue pre-

cellent sea sons last yeah: sident last night announced the

QUEBEC HIGHER

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Jacques Cartier was up 3493.000; sponsors for the newly formed 3“ planned ‘0 grace “1“ “181‘- "c' underway at

to $12,793,000. Connaug'ht‘s han-y league. They are: Curran and

die was $5,735,118 in 75 meetings' Briggs. - A.E. McLennen Motors

and will _likely go up with 100 and the Summerslde branch of ICnniinued on page 14) ‘the Royal Canadian Legion.

Lingfieid Derby trial stakes. run?

says Mrs, Prenn. who ;

Though she often goes home '

LOOKS l

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BILL MachLLAN

Minors

Holding Banquet

The details for the minor hoc- ke banquet to be held at the Charlottetown Recreation Cen- tre. tonight, which were slight- ly misleading in yesterday‘s edition of this paper. are as O 0W8

All Charlottetown minor hoc-3

ltcy teams who the

competed in Paperweight. Peech.

March ail—Saturday of the handling 591.5599“ ~‘ “early doubt as to his stamina qualifi-‘Bantam and Midget divisions

:arc requested to be in attend- ance. All members of teams which

. ' in competed in provincial playdown i with Lionhearted. Onct- in the above named brackets

and all volunteer coaches of the various divisions will be guests at the banquet.

Guests of the minor hockey executive will Brig. Bill

Reid. honorary president; Davu‘icomrmms Friday that work is

Losweli, provincial phys. ed. .‘director; Gordon Bennet. chair- iman of the recreation council: ‘Jim Fox. city recreation direc-

guest for the affair be Bill MacMillan who ‘siarted with St. Dunstan's in the Maritime intercollegiate hockey loop last year and prev- ion to that had spent four year! in the junior farm system of the :Toronto Maple Leafs. Forbie Kennedy of the Boston Bruins

I president of the Canadian Ama-

; ered by the golden jubilee meet

1 By STUART LAKE .‘ OTTAWA (GP) — Lionel ; Fleury. 52. a Quebec City civu T servant. Friday was elected teur Hockey Association.

His election was quickly fol- lowed by an Ontario delegate] plea to the CAI-[A's annual meeting here for “full co-opcra- tion for our French . Canada

president." George Panther of Graven- burst. 0nt., said Mr.

Fleury would need the goodwill of all CAHA branches in his new post. There would be pressure put on]. him to favor Quebec in all dlsw putes "and we in turn expecti him to be fair to all.’

Election of officers was the final piece of business constd

ing which began last Monday.

The selection of Mr. Fleury to head the governing body of. amateur hockey in Canada was‘ not unexpected. been CAHA policy to automatically elevate its first vice - president to the president's chair.

OFFICERS NAMED Other officer's named were Fred Page of Fort William.

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I Red Sox lead. enabled the As

Kansas City Tops Boston

LIONEL FLEURY l Ont, first vice-president. andl Lloyd Pollock of Windsor. Ont..i second vice - president. .

Retiring president Art Potter; of Edmonton got a big ovation! when he stepped down. i

W. A. (Bill) Hewitt of Tor-1 onto. longtime CAHA official,‘ sa‘ the association had pro:-' pered under Potter's leadership.

Delegates gave the CAHA ex ecutive authority to prepare a brief to the International Ice. Hockey Federation asking thati the 1967 world hockey chain-z pionships be held in Canada.

BOSTON tAPi—Rocky Cola vito's 12th home run—a tower- ing drive over the left field‘ screen with two men on—lifted Kansas City to a 4-3 victory. over Boston Friday night. .

The drive. which erased a 2-1

to snap a six-game losing streak. It was also only the second loss in the last seven starts for Boston.

Winning pitcher Orlando Pena; needed a 2 1-3 innings of relief‘ from John Wyatt, making his, 16th appearance. I

Colavito greeted Earl Wil- son's first pitch in the sixth in-l ning after two singles and iii force

‘ Four try-out

Boxing Tourney Set For Today

SAINT JOHN. ND. (C?) berths available at the Vancouver eliminations1 n c xt weekend for Canada'sl Olympic Boxing Team will be the goal of 40 amateurs enter- ed in the Maritime Golden Gloves tournament here today (Saturday).

A draw this afternoon short- 1 before the matches com- mence will the the first indica- tion of the lineup of opponents; Contending the 20 titles to be: awarded are at least two 1964‘ Maritime divisional kings and] two of last year‘s regional champions. }

Gerry Foley of Saint Job in and Boston. holder of the New; England Golden Gloves Light." we i g ht Championship. the‘ greater Boston title. the New England AA'U title and the Triple State Crown, Will be on‘.

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Practise Called ‘

league President. thf Mc- ‘Neill has called a practice for

members of the Summer-side Town Baseball league. The practice is to be held at Queen 1 Elizabeth Park this afternoon. at 2:11) .m.

CULTURAL EXCHANGE

OTTAWA (CIR—External Af-A fairs Minister Martin told the

progressmg on a new program of cultural exchanges between Canada and France and details may be announced

Martin said the government is

, system to allow the pros to pick

NHL Sponsorship I Is Sought After

OTTAWA (OP) — The Na' tional Hockey League will be! aske to spread its money

more evenly in amateur hockey in Canada starting next season

Officers of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided Friday to rcncw then suggestion to the NHL that it discontinue sponsoring teams and instead invcst the same; amount of money in leaguesi and CAHA branc'ncs.

Secretary - Manager Gordon .luckes said the (‘AHA believed more players would be c- veloped for the same amount of m ney.

To compensate the NHL for loss of its sponsored players. the CAHA is suggesting a draft

up as many as six over-age ju- niors each season.

STANDINGS

I face comparable to those over-

‘ stage in Ottawa.

- heads-up ball with both pitchers

Potter said the CAHA would airforthe games sttbemeeting in Finland next year providing that the A and 3 sections of the tourney were split up and played in different countries.

He expected this would be done but otherwise he said the CAHA shouldn't take the finan- cial risk of having the weak sisters of international hockey play here.

“They wouldn't draw flies." said Potter.

other centennial projects planned are a national minor hoclney tournament and possibly a natioal ice sta ium

Secretary . Manager Gordon Juckes said suc an arena which would include an ice sur-

seas now was in the talking

The CAHA also approved a recommendation that its branches govern the tourna- ments featuring boys below 10 years of age.

Minor Action At Montague

Little league baseball got underway at Montague Thurs- day night when the Jamleson Drug team defeated the Yea Theatre team 10-1.

Although the weather was crisp the young lads played

doing a fine job for the first game of the season.

This league sponsored by Ja- mieson Drug. Wightman‘s Sup- er Market and Yeo Theatre will be for the John Mullaliy Tro- phy.

This house league was form- ed recently at a meeting held

“CAHA Elects New Pres;

otter Receives Ovation

Delegates said the branch now were being criticich 1:: the way such tourney: we

the branches in charge would enable the CAHA to Wipe t sue abuses as forcing young boys to travel long distances and to play too many games in a short period, delegates said.

Delegates also picked out sites for their annual meetings for the next three years. They'll

gather in Victoria in 1965. in Quebec province. probably Montreal. in 1966 in Sas-

1967.

W Gets Beaned

BALTIMORE (AW-Consecu- tive ninth inning homers by Sam Bowen: and Johnny 0:. sino with two out gave the Bat- timore Orioles a 6-5 victory over Minnesota Friday night.

Gerry Arrigo. Twins‘ reliever struck out the first two men n. the ninth, proteeting Minne- sota's 5-4 lead. Then. Bowen:

‘ second homer of the

katoon in

Minnesota not only lost to. ball game but rookie sensation Tony Oliva as well. Oliva wu beaned in the third inning by Steve Barber. who was fined

$50 by Umpire Al Salerno.

PROBABLE PITCHERS

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Probable pitchers for today‘s

at the curling rink when Rob- ert Ferguson was elected pres-l ident and the managers of each. team were appointed to act on

Dave Clarkson will act; for Jamiesons. Rollie Diamond and‘ for Yeo's Roger Clair will be? the representative.

In Thursdays game the Ja-y mieson squad's runs were scor-i ed by George lnman 2. Clar-j ence MacDonald 2. John Sullt-I van 2. Spencer MacDonald. Paul Graham. Jackie Mac-Phoe- and Wayne Boehner one each.‘ For Yen‘s the lone run wasi scored by Wayne MacDougall.

The game was officially un- dcrway when John Hughes prin-. cipal of the Regional High School tossed the first pitch. I

Games will be played 'on Thursday and Saturday even-l lngs at 6.45 sharp. The game was umpired by Glen Hughes.

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. . ' . ( . l the. executive. For Wightmans.| (I;:?snn_ (3—4) and owens' 13'

major league games. won and

11051 records in parentheses:

ew York. Cisco (0-1) at

(2-3) and Houston.

Chicago. EllsWnrth (34) at Cincinnati. Mahoney (3-4).

Pittsburgh. Blass (1-0) at San Francisco. Perry 12-0).

St. Louis. Washburn (2-1) at Milwaukee. Fischer (4-2).

Philadelphia. Bennett I441) at mos Angeies. Drysdale (5-2), IN).

American League

Washington. Duckwortih (0-0) at Chicago. Pizarro (4-0). Detroit. Lolich (4-1) at Cleve-

land. John (22). Minnesota. Stange (0-2) at Baltimore. McNally (3-1). Kansas City. Monteagiido t0-3) at Boston. Monbouquetto tl-5). Los Angeles. Newman 12-2) at New York. Downing (l-O).

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American League

W L Pct. GBL Chicago 17 9 .654 [/5 Baltimore 21 12 .634 - New York 17 12 .586 2 Cleveland 17 12 .586 2 Minnesota 18 15 .545 3 Detroit. 15 iii .455 6 Boston 15 18 .455 6 Washington 16 2.2 .421 7‘: Los Angeles 13 22 .371 9 Kansas City 12 21 .364 9

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worlu'ng to create a new at- mosphere" in relations with France. This was of interest to all Canadians. not those? who speak French. 1

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