Friday, December 31, 1954 The Guardian

In This Corner ' 1 i Sporll Review 1954

HOCKEY

' C The Charlottetown Islanders. playing their last season in major ' hockey. Just didn't get the breaks under Island born coach ”Bucko" Trainer and ended up in the cellar of the four team circuit at the end of the 1953-54 hockey season. When they faced the Halifax Aiiantics in the semi-finals, they found themselves with three men missing in their regular line-up and were defeated in seven games of the. best of nfine series. The Atiantlcs went on to win the Alexander Cup by de- feating the. Sydney Millionaires in the finals. The Summerside Aces. under the capable guidance of coach Laysh schiirman won the Maritime Intermediate ”B” Hockey title by defeat- ing Antigonish Bulldogs in a sudden-death affair at the newly opened

the N.B. - P.E.I. title. They. however, in the biggest surprise of the, old season. were defeated by the Saint Dunstan's Varsity team in the City League finals. ..

The Albany Saint Pats won the Island Intermediate "C" title by beating the Lennox Island Micmacs. Prince of Wales Juveniles defeat- ed Summorsido to win the Island Juvenile Championships.

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BOXING

It was eieven o'clock at the Cha. iP,i.OWn Forum on the night of September 27 and 1.500 figbt.fans were screaming their heads off. The best light card of the season. featuring Cobey McCloskey and Johnny McDonough of Boston in the main bout. had just been Completed with McCloskey winning a ten round decision. It was the last fight of the year in Charlottetown and the roar of the crowd served as fine ap- proval of the job whlch'promoter Ivan Doherty had done during the summer months in bringing top-flight boxing bouts to the Province,

Doherty uncovered a number of promising youngsters during the summer. Gaston Roy. the free swinging St. Dunstan's student. was a popular favorite after his memorable bouts with Bud Ramsay and Tiger Steele. Don "Duck" Trainor improved rapidly and his six round fight with Gerry Fraser of Halifax s;ili ranks as one of the best seen hcre. "Bubbles" Quinn showed loads of ability and went undcfeated. In the flrst fight of the year Harry Poulton de,cisioned Tony Percy of Mont- real. Cobey McCloskey edged Gary Simon in a furious (en rounder that sent fans home debating the outcome. Hard hitting Danny Taylor knocked out Don Trainor in one round and in the final fight Mt-Closkcy cieclsioneri Mcbonough. Boxing had had its biggest year in the Prov- ince since pro-war days. Q .

BASEBALL

Hummerside bounced into the Island baseball picture with a hang in 1954. winning a total of five provincial championships. Coach John- nie Carroll of the Curran and Briggs Juniors led his team to the Island Junior title as they defeated the Junior Abbics from Charlottetown four games to two in the best of seven series. The Curraniies. however. had very little success in their bid for Maritime supremacy when they uere knocked out in three straight games by the Lewisville Cubs of New Brunswick. Randy Edwards was back in Charlotietoun in organ- ize and teach the game. for the Department of Physical Fitness and did a very commendable job with both the Juniors and the younger divis- ions.

Both Carroll and Edwards produced I fine pitcher in their junior stock. For Edwards. Donald "Duck" MacLeod was the mound-master and also a real Yankee Clipper when it came. to getting the big hit. It Summerslde. Dee Lefurgey. although not quite as at home with the hickory as MacLeod, knew how to fool the batter when it came to pitching.

The Island Intermediate title was captured by the Holman team from the westerncapltal as they beat the Intermediate Abhies in the finals. In their lnterprovincial play. they split games with the Anihcrst Blue-Jays before the, series was called off late in the season. The Mid- get, Little League and Bantam titles all went to Sunimerside.

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FOOTBALL

Rugby football in the Province in 1954 was played with top-notch results and the Saint Dunslan's Varsity team winning the coveted Mr- Curdy Cup, emblematic of Maritime Senior Rugby Football supremacy. The Saints participated in the Maritime Intercollegiate 1.1-agile and won the league title'with ease. .The newly organized Charlottetown Nomads under the, guidance of Dr. Frank Jelks were beat out of the Cup finals by the Saint. John Mariners in a two-game. home and home. total point series. The Saints played the Mariners at the local gridiron in s sudden-death affair for the Cup and won 10-0.

In Island .lunior Intercollegiate ball. the second Saints and tho Welshmen from -Prince of Wales College continued their, dead-lock play of last season with three straight. ties this fall. before the Welshman pulled the A. J. Zakem Trophy their way with a close 4-3 victory in the (fourth game. The interests of Island rugby-football were greatly in- creased late in the year when Dr. Bill Fallowfield. secretary of both the English Rugby League and the Rugby International Board visited the Province and studied the possibilities of the game in the Marl-

tlmes in futurp years.

BA SKETIIALL

Basketball in the Province also had a successful year or activity with the Saints reaching the Maritime Intercollegiate finals only to be defeated by three points in A two-game total point series against Saint. Francis Xavier of Antigonish. The Saints won all twelve games in the Ialand Basketball League and later went on to retain Island Senior Hoop supremacy by defeating the Atkinson Nomads. In the four team City Basketball League, the Sport Lodge Trotters won the. Leagiie championship. In juvenile play the Saint Dunstan'.s High School squad captured both the City and Island Juvenile championship by defeating the Welshman juvenile team. The, Abbie Sisters won the Provincial Girls Hoop championship. Both the boys and the girls teams Prince Street School were City intersch:i1asti.c winners.

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SOFTBALL

Softball (-nloycd another banner year throughout the. Province. Th R. C. A. F. Royals again won the Island Championship by deft-atl the City Champion Canada Packers. The Packers. after (indcrgoinga rebuilding job by Jimmy Dowling and coach Len Arsenniilt. won t e City Championship by eliminating the Llguorian Youth Club. City Slick:-rs and the Basilica Youth Club. The B. Y. C. eliminated the league leading Sunshine Island Dairy in the first round of the play- offs to advance to'the finals. The Summerslde Town League flounislied with teams from the Air Force. 1.4-.glon and Kinkora.

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GOLFING

Bill Beer wgs the. big man in 1954': Island gnlflns-. ivlnnlni iii: Provincial Championship. the Sport Lodge Trophy and the Feagram Trophy in the fall tournament. Only one hole-in-one was polled at the Belvedere Course this season "and that by Wendall Glilis on September 18. on the sixth hole of the rolling fairways. '

Frank Mclnnis was winner of the Charlottetown Club,Champloi'i- '7iiP- Willi! Roy Morrison of Monctqn won the Island Opm Tourna- ment. Allan Ogilvie was high pro the open classic. '

in the. 1-adlc.s' division. MFI.(j:Imu Holman of Summcrslrir was Provincial Champion while Mrs. orge Wood captured the Charlotte-3

town Club honors.

TRACK AND FIELD

Track and field competition in t a Province this par was limited: to one Maritime meet at Memorial eld on Labor Ar and several mliesintr. me!!! which provided lots of competition d the shattering of several records. . .

At the local Labor Day meet. the Navy team rom Halifax tank top honors with a total of,47 points. one moi-e.tha the total amassed by the Abbies. ,

David MacLeod. 19 year old athletic from PM e 'of Waits College. was high point man at the meet with 15. In th meet. Dave became

- one of the select group of athletes known as to second men. by run. ning the 100 yards. In in seconds flat, Both P re of Wales College Ind saint Dunatans University held individual rack meets with sun.- cossful results. 1 :

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curlers: had i successful year of

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W rd- dsllixsobo id Rink. - . am and Barry Mao Don "Mmrlh . winning Island Cliainplonslp and ' then ' A very -sh ( in the (salon curling Associa ' Ci! hm I ahni lat! s g. h " 5&1 , , r . topsrukr tti - mm P&IQ d .coltuo sueossstull;r:to:ffa.ed to toatptakepsrtinthcbb - to , chance in their ttao-up. M

Raceway Stadium. The Aces defeated the Fredericton Meifhanls for.

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As Canadiens

MONTREAL. (GP) - Maurice (Rocketi Richard fired three goals Thursday night. to lead Montreal Canadiens a 7-4 victory over chi. cago Black Hawks in a wide open game that left the Montrealers still comfortably on top of the Na- tional Hockey League standing.

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First period: 1. Chicago. McIn- tyre 1:03; 2. Montreal. Geoff:-ion tMosdell, Moore) 7:21; 3. Montreal Richard 16:02: 4. Montreal. Har- vey (Olmstead. Beliveaui 17:05: 5. Chicago. Creighton 17:22. Penalt- ies: BOUCh3I'd 1:11, Mickoskl 5:05. Martin 6:34, Geoffrion 7:45.

Second period: 6. Montreal. Ri- chard tBeliveau, Moore) 2:15; '1. Chicago. Litzenberger (Sullivan. Watson! 5:57. Penalties: McIntyre 0:42, Martin 15:32. Mazur 18.58

Third period: 8. Montreal, Re- liveau (olmstead. Geoffrion) 3:23; 9. Montreal, Richard (Olmstead. Beliveaui 5:21; 10. Montreal, Bo- liveau (Geoffrion. Harvey) 5:38;

A:-P-C League

TRURO, (CPi- Halifax Wolves uncorked their big guns here

Thursday night to defeat Truro Bearcats 9-4 in a bnilsing, wild- swinging battle marked by nine

penalties. including a match mis- conduct in an APC Hockey League game. .

Caps Break

FREDERICTON (CF) - The lowly Fredericton Capitalii, ex- ploding for four goals in the last. period, broke a. lung losing st:'eak and trimmed Amherst Ramblers 6-4 Thursday night. but made little change in the Atlantic Coast Seniofi Hockey League standings. '

Caps remained in the cellar the points behind the tied Ramblers and Moncton Hawks, who in turn were nine below the leading Chor- lottetown Islanders. ..

Pat Powers put. Fredericton in the lead with the lone first piriod tally and Doug McPhee mar! it 2-0 in the second. Goals by Em- mett Kennedy and Bob Reil tied the count before the sesslonended.

Bob Leger opened the thtd pe- riod scoring and a brace ly Doug Halve; was enough to wry. After Fern Bcrnaquez and Paufsamdon tallied for Amherst. McPlee filled fan insurance marker. no second of the night.” .

I.ineup:

Amherst -- Goal: fence: Blackburn. Part. Rogers: foi'ivard.s: White, Kilega SBiI1d0n. Leclcrc. Reid. Bernaqlez. Savard. Therrien. Kennedy. I

Fredericton - Goal! Craig; de- fence: Mosgrove. Ibwers. Heon. Macintosh: forward: M0D0n98h. Gilbert. Leger, Malhee. NICOUB. Howey, Smith. ails-I Sewell. Miles.

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First period:

1. Fredericton. Powers (McDon- agh. Gilber-ti : .-

Penalties: The ien 10129. M30- Intosh 14:22. hee 19:17, second period:" 2. Fi'ederict,ora McPhee (Leger. Powers) 1:33; 3; Amherst. Kennedy (Savard, Rogepl 13:50: 4- Ame heist. Reid (Kennedy, savardi 18:35. Pcna'lt.ies: Mosgrove 6:54. R08- PIS 9:17. Mics 1:55. Kiley 15:42. I-it-ivey 15:42 Third penod: 5. Fredericton. Leger (Gilberti 1:14; 6. Fmdericton. I-Iewey (Mc- Phee. Mac'.ht0sh- 3:08: 7. Frederic- ton, Hewei (Powers. Nlcolle- 12:48; 8. Amherst. Be;-naquez (Savard,

Howe Paces Detroit To 4-: Win Over Leafs

DITROIT. (GP)-Gordie Howe. the nonchalant. giant of the Detroit Ref Wings. became the club's gyeatest goal-scorer in history 1 ursday night, caging a pair of ?-footers to lead the way to it 4-1 lcmry over the leg-weary Toronto The goals were the

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summary

First period: 1. Detroit. Howe (Wilson. Reiheli 7:29; 2. Detroit, Howe (Wilson, Reibeli 16:18. Pen- alties: Dineen 4:01. Sloan 4:54. Boi- ton 6:51. Nesterenko major 9204. Kelly major 9:04, Bolton 9:51, Les- wick 9:51. Delvechio 13:26, Cohan 15:311. Bonin 18:52.

Second period 3. Detroit. Woit (Skov. Bonini 8:41. Penalties Hor- ton 10:44, Boninll3:5tl, Howe 17:42.. Third period: 4. Detroit. Bonin (Pronovost) 4:24; 5. Toronto, Mac- Donald Irlortors, Armstrong) 8:54. Penalties: Sloan 14:40.

Stops: Lumley 12 11 8-31 14 7 5-20

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Down Hawks

11- Chicago, Mclntqra (Creighton. Jankowskii 13:05. Penalties: Hol- lingworth 4:02. St Laurent 9:20.

Stops: Rollins ' 15 7 9-31 Plante 5 G 5-16

Eiclieveiry And Alouetfss Agree On Salary Terms

MONTREAL (CP) - The Star says Sam Etcheverry and the Montreal Alouettes' management have agreel on a 512.500 salary for the eiatern all-star quarter- back to pay with the Big Four football clib in the 1955 season.

The stay Quotes a source close to .imp0i" Etcheverry and Vic Oheclt. Abuettes' vice-president. as saying tie figure agreed on was S12,500-(possibly a 52.500 increase over last year's salary."

Oheck.said. however, he has an agreemeat with coach Doug Waik- er thatlno player will be signed nor salries agreed on until the two moet in New York next weeln

"Wei, one thing seems to be settled-Etcheverry isn't going to replac-. Otto Graham with the Clevehnd Browns or accept any other of the offers he is report- ed ti h 'e received from Nation- al I-both 11 League teams."

Losing Streak To Defeat Ramblers 6-4

Kennedy) 14:28; 9. Amherst. Sain- (bn (White, Parr) 17:30; 10. Fre- rericton. McPhee, Howey. Nicollei .8217. -Penalty: McDonagh 6:08,

Rangers Snap Out Of Slump To Down Bruins

NEW YORK lice scored three goals York Rangers snapped their 14- game winless streak with a 6-1. victory over Boston Bruins Thurs- gay night at Madison Square Gar-

en.

A crowd of 12.356 saw the Ran- gers win their first. National Lea- gue hockey game in more than a month and move into fourth place, ahead of Boston.

Summary

,Firsi. period: ,1. New York. Pren- tice (Irwin. Bathgate) 18:34. Pen- alties: Godfrey (1:02.

Second period: 2. New York, Chrystal (Evans. Laprade) 11:22; 3. New York. Lewicki (Murphy, Rontyl 13:22: 4. New York, Lew- icki (Irwin) 14:00. Penalties: None. -Third period: .5. New York, Pren. tice (Ronty, Gadsby) 1:50; 6. New York, Prentice IGadsby, Popein) 7:58: 7. Boston. Costello (Quackeii- bush) 9:45. Penalties: Gadsby 9:21 Costello 10:37, H. Howell 12:57.

(AP)--Dean Pren- as New

Stops: Henderson -- 11 it 10-29 Worsley 3 15 9-32

N. H. L. President Awaits Report,

MONTREAL (CPi - National Hockey League president Clarence Campbell will wait for a referee's report before commenting, on Wed- nesday night's fracas in Toronto involving Maurice Richard of Mont- real Canadians.

NHL headquarters here said Campbell had not yet received a report from referee Red Storey on a brawl in a 1-1 game between

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Two lri A Rovy For Jim

The Moncton Hawks landed in Charlottetown last. evening with sixteen men dressed compar- ed wlth 12 for the Islandersfand when the Hub City Birds pulled out. of the Island capital. they found themselves victims of 8. 5-0 white-washing which left the Is- landers nine points ahead of the pack in the ACSHL. The Islanders banged in three goals in the open- ing period and one in each of the next two. Only five minor pen- alties were handed out. by referees Jack Kane and Maurice Goodwin. three to the Islanders and two to the Hawks.

It. was the second shut-out in a row for Islander goalie Jim shir- ley as he turned aside 23 shots. Again, Jim leads the league with the best goals against average. that, of 3.12 as compared with 3.15 for Nick Pidsodny. Jim has four

Captain Of Aussie Cup Team Blasted

SYDNEY (APi The Sydney Daily Mirror, in a biting editorial. today called for the removal of Harry I-Iopman as captain and manager of the Australian Davis Cup tennis team and for an end to his "petty. tyrannical methods."

Discussing this week's defeat of Australia by the United States in the Davis Cup challenge round. the newspaper said Hopman had the best. material in the world in Keri Rosewall and Lew Head and "be ruined it."

"Australian tennis wants no more of him and his methods." the Daily Mirror added. ”Let. him stick to his tennis writing."

Meanwhile. the Melbourne Daily Argue printed an editorial praising I-Iopmah's ability and the London

i istar urged Australia to think twice

lb-.fore "putting their greatest pilot over the side."

Signs Five-Your Wrestling Contract

VANCOUVER. (GP)-Doug Hep- burn, the Vancouver strong boy. has signed a five-year wrestling contract.

He said Thursday in an inter- view he has signed with Toronto wrestling promoter Frank Tunney.

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the Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. during which the fiery Rich- ard allegedly struck linesman George Hayes with his empty glove.

The glove incident followed a fight between Richard and Leafs' Bob Bailey. Richard received a five-minute major for fighting and two 10-minute misconduct: for his part in the blowup.

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islanders Shut-Out Hawks 5-0 To Strengthen Lead

shut.-outs to Nick's three.

Lloyd Hinoliberger played a stand-out game of defence with his coach and line-mate, Steve Brk- lacich. was on the ice for 55 min- utes of the game. Steve played for 55 minutes, while dishing out by far the hardest checks of the game. Brklacioh bowled George Robuison over his back twice around the 14 minute mark of the opener and then thumped defenceman Paul Emile Michelin hard as he roared in over the Island at 7.45 of the finale.

Centerman. Ray Leduc and right- winger Bob Gray of the Islanders both picked up a brace of goals with team captain copper Leyte scoring the other singleton. The Islanders pored it on in all three sessions and gave Nick Pidsodny a real work-out in the Hawks' cage as they slammed 30. mostly hard shots in Nicka' direction.

All three Island linea worked ex- ceptionally well. with Ray Leduc. Jones and Lorne 1-Iennessey all get- ting several breaks in on Pidsodny. Ray scored his fourth straight goal in two games as he gave the Island- ers a 1-0 lead and the winning goal early in the first period. He picked

line from Lorne 1-Iennessey and Bob Gray as the locals changed

up a, short pass inside the Moncton ,

players on the fly. Ray split. the de- fence and beat Nick on the short side with a waist high shot.

in on the leg-weary Hawks. who were playing their third game in as many nights. and finally Bob Gray made the red light glow behind Nick again as he hit with Hlnchberger'.s rebound. Near the 14-minute mark. Gray hit, Cop- per Leyte's stick with a. pass from the corner. Copper found himself alone in front of Nick and bounced the puck in the cage of the far goal post to give the locals a 3-0 lead. The Islanders resumed the prea- sure play in the middle frame and

Buck Whltlock sent. Gray in the clear and Bob had his brace and

again at 2.05 and hit the goal-post. on a blazing drive. Minutes later. Wimpy Jones got in the clear in- side Hawka blueline. pulled Pid- aodny. but was too far in when he shot and the puck rolled across the crease behind Nick who lay flat. on his back in front. of the cage. Le- Duc was in alone near the middle of the period. but. collided with the Moncton cage cop before he got. his shot away.

In the. third period. the terrific

tempo of play witnessed in the first and second sessions. slowed down considerably. Ray Leduc

closed the scoring at 17.45 as be tipped Jone.s' 35-foot drive past Nick. The Islanders play their fin- al game of the week and first. game

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