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BACK STRETGII

Congratulations to Secretary A.i B.“ Cutchfle and the Vivtorlai Drivmg Club on 100’; second

payments of stakes No. 1. 2. 3. 4 and 5 to be rzii-i-rl at Sumini-rsidn ..Iul_v 1st. hfoiii-agiii- Julx 01b. Covehead July 16in. lLvvi-side. Jul!’ 28rd. Covchrad Julv 30th and Montague Srptcniber 1st. 1' + i‘ '1-

Charlcs \Villis. proprietor of Covshead Rlict- Till ‘uis purl chased the fiv.» _ old slow‘ class pacer B1113‘ l“(It‘-L\I\\' by Calumet Budlonc. (l.tlIl Elllt‘lBI"l“l

llni 2.14. bv Bcliliil Smll 2.09M». '|' ‘Ir ‘P 'I'

Sir Adliral 211v»

Gratizu. fin-iui-"li" on: lain I""'iuk l.. li-ilni has passed to :I:~

Cecil Pllllllifli’, ,\'l1dd.

who will X'1l(‘" llllll t is Ill great shapi- i nulii make things livrlv for yvicvis ill h.s ciass 1n that \'iCliliI\'. + -I- -

Blue Acres Race Tint-l; New Glasgow. N. S. No. 1 and No. 2 stakes have again drawn ruagnib‘ {rent entrv lists-did ‘mi-ms from all parts nf the No. 2 st-aki- i

18th and \i:'.1 - il gutirniitccd. purse of $"000. "Total cash on hand at clnslil! time for second payment was $1,100 Eulrlri in- ciudr- Mav Lei». Miss May lfal. Marlene C.. Lusticia. Rilla Bars. Shanghai, Guy Spencer \1ac Fin-. co. Tony Gui‘. ilucl. lrvufl. Frank Dmird Milton Budlonfz. Doctor Wilson, Bonnie Lees Nightmare, Duke of High- land. Marv A. Rcamore. Alpha Hal. Nelda A. Voln. C. Harri" Bud-

. Mar Edwin AICL..\

Spruce.

long. Prince Marine and Mitzi Bars ‘The premier event, lue Acrcs No. 1 Stake. will be raced

July 5th. Thirty-four horse own- ers have made second payments and the purse is guaranteed to be

82.500, but mav possibly reach 53.500 at the end of the fourth payment. Horses entered include

Hast A Long. liifiss li/Iav Hal. Cal- umet Bee Long. Azaclezi. Bowden Square. Ann Clc-gg. Buck P. C. Grattan. Dorothv llal. Shanghai, Iris Aibbe. Donald G.. George R.. C. Albert Budlong, Frank Dillard. Commodore Abbe. Blanche T. Hal. Dudv Budlone. Aubrw Budiong. Beryl Brooke. Milton Budlong. Dixie Belle. Edwin McLa Random Harvest, Hclcn Budlong. Shy Ann. Single Strcak. Rainbow Hanover.

Ullleen Abbe. Mav Harvester. Goldie Duds. Jnsedale Victory Miss. Midnight lvielody". Helen Signal. 1- + 4- + I Good friends In Oalifnrniruone- of them Dr. Davr- MacKenzii-l send us from time to time paw;

ers containing accounts of the racing at Hollvtvood Pork. which is now in fiili swing and will cul- minate with the $50.0fl0.00 Pace and 5.50.000!“ Trot in May. In one of the races the starting gate. which was advertised to be the finest of its kind in the world and absolutely dependable, fiiilod to open-at least one wing of it.- nnd the throe inside horses could not get tin-ouch. when they were Iubsequentlv released one of the trio won but. another pulled up and as he was back considerably there were quite a number oi’ oquawks. In another event. the $5,000.00 Westward Hn Trot. driv- er Ralph Reeves was thrown out of the sulky at the siari’. and his

horse. Sky Raider. finished first but. TIdGFiPSS. Ho raced his noar- est competitor all the ivav, Just

keeping him at his ivliovi. This reminds us of n similar event at the Giafloiivtnivii track in I939 whgn Captain Mac won the heat after throwing driver Johnny Conroy. ‘Ilie winner of the above event was Proximltv and her driver was Clint Hodgins. a Can- adian from Clandcboyc. Ont. Clint tihinks she has a good chance to win tho $50000 one and n quarter mile trot. In another lace seven of the horses camp. out of the Rate properly but onei of them. Preview. raced the other’ way, going the wrong way for all

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‘ ticularlv

'. the

‘green pacer with a lot.

he was worth. Tickcts on him,‘ were refunded to the speculators. II‘ 'l' i‘ '1'

We welcome the following notes from our great il'll‘ll(i Jun Prud- crgast. Kcnsingiou. which gives inr- horse news in his locum- “Harness horse owucrs oi Ken-

"sngton and vicinity touk advant-

age of the beautiful winter to give thcir horsi-s plenty of road work. Thcv dd not have suoiv- uriits to (‘UHIPIIKI with and so were able to 21H‘ carlv lessons to volts and cxuri-isr- oldcr Iiariicss ' " to sulky or light carts. is an unusual simiv in our, C" 1n mid-Winter. Suoh kiiiiivn Iiorsriucii as 'I‘\‘ndc‘.l‘ Scmiilo. EZlTlt‘ Somplc. bfyron .\Izu'A2'tllur. \Vill Profltt. GPOFQI‘ Fred Silva and others sccn diiily cxercisini: prospects and anion‘: some oi the finest. the Province. par- admircri when leading the iicld homo on thc race track as quite a iiumbcr of them hayr- done on several occasions. lt is expected that Kcnsuigton will us‘ usual Iiavc a goodly quota of i-iiirios for the various moms of racing season lll

this Prov-I ince and on the mainland. + + '1'

could be

tlii-ii- speed 111cm are specimens in

"MlYon MacArthur who raced

Lucky Spencer 2.10% for self andI

partner. Leslie Simmons. winninj: title to thcii- intercollegiate crown. promoter. _ ‘ Ottawa senators i" the playoffs. opening day. 1t was a 4 pound 2 oz, the championship for tllrcc-vrar- + + + TIIQYIIVO IIHIIlEIQ? last tough inI Tigers‘ My“ “qnniug mi; on. banuly taken from Ross's Mill, r-l(i pacing SIflAlIOllS in_tho l\'i.'il'l- Man‘. d(vspl>\lillz cU,n,,-,3,,,C,.‘5‘ New Xoi-k Sept. 2o when Zaii- ref 1am, Hk)(\k(\y Assm-iniicn 11,19, Vernon River.- The pool below ibc ffgfisiliiglaagzfrli‘? 1i|l.'2llii\l\.iiil‘jui,l;‘ilvlif 1i“ urn-- piid t» the team Tllllll‘.§fiil‘i;ll7ilil"il 1111*‘ liilrll “(iibr p‘ tlirilll-il; boat Hollingcr Greenshirts. Nortb- Ross Mill yielded some Inmuiiful ‘ i . i - - l- ' g-(p 17v it... Yflfiilil‘. snrivcrs. ni. sis-rotini iliilt"tlll (I iriizrnuu I" (‘I'll Ontario champions in four‘ sea run trout longing frim l0 inches 1"” lac“ May 24th" “l” m‘ ‘WW7 1"“ '1 "l ' ' "i‘ll\" (Ioscrvccin I ut II at "i" s-cd $34"U0(l. Sire‘ -. ' I - - M.‘ and 18m Du, to Myron‘ P“. éfflnwsiigpifldlxl‘goals in.‘ PVC“ my abut? “my dry/lam) W“; mmtnéilg pflllirfi. than Ilfilrailfld off Monrton. to a fool or more Iii length during

tensivc shipping busiiicss it has, not been possible for him to holdi

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Nlcmbcrs oi illc Alumni _Assoc atloii of Si. Duiisiairs [Inivorsityi fliiiiiglv rciii-~iii'.1o:'-'\ii this _\'car'sI hliUklnY lt‘fllll lllClllI‘)t‘1'~ with pro-I svntations at the diiiiiei‘ dance at- ihc Cllfll‘lOli(‘l0\\'|1 Hotcl TllIIFs-I driv cvviiiiig. the event drawing‘ ILit‘ curtain fl\'t‘1' what has been one of tho most sui-r-cssiiil Fem‘ sons over (‘ll_Itv_\'(‘(l bv a Univvrsitv I‘I(I(’I{l‘_\' squad.

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capturing oi Tifiiriiiinr- inirrcollceiate Iitlr- the highlight. a feat that not onlv was rcgzirdcfi as the out» standing upset of tilu season but one t-Eiat was hailvil by all the old grads of the institution. Sllllilfi‘ wore in the thick oi the C\i.\'i League title fight as they failed bv only a slim niii

t-he was

While their

poainmo that just had to be rock- oncd with. Several times thcy

by the New York Boxing Comm: sion for failure

'i‘I'IE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

lEasten-n C a n a d a Hockey Finals Open

At Mt’

ZaIe-Iiraziano Bout Approved By Illinois Body

CHICAGO. 11- l8 --tAP>—'i'Iic

Illinois Basing Commission today, (hp ciinn-‘lailoll rounds leading t1 HPIlYOYPfI fl 151111111" Iillf‘ “"111 I1’~I this final series from which will tween uiiilillvue. i-li-inipkiii (‘njpfgp the 4mm whim wj1| 15v T011)‘ Z311‘ mid R11 ‘-' vino-i to bring the Allan Cup Iiack to the

' i under suspcusnln iii_l\'<-\\' York- Ill_

Chicago some time liotiveen June 25 and July 15_ I

ShClcloii Clark. C0lllllil€SIC£1 UiIHlf-I man. said the ficlii would be Ilffifl‘ at citlicr Ciainlskcj- Park Ol‘ Vlrig- Ie_\' Frclii l1ll(l(‘I' tlu- _iuint Ilftllllu-i tiou of Arthur M. Wirtz, president} of the Chit-ago Stadium Corpora-i

1“Zlli to add that. lion. and Irvin: Si-Iivciuvalii. Wall first, ousting Quebec Aces and then

to report a $100.-

‘mllibmipd pim-‘w 3110113305 (“WWI 000 “I'ix" offer be said lie thought‘

races the past few years, but‘

nlam’ “in renmmbfl‘ m" “WM 11'nr~ss witli faminc courage that meets held over this track a few [done cmlblfla ma,“ to coifxp‘ V9575 3W- ihrougb with victories. and all‘

1- + 4- "I intended to send you a re- sume of speed prospects for some‘

time but had an attack of tho, virus manana and am only just.» recovering, the same probably‘

hastened hy rcadlng Marne Kcn- nedws racy letter In the Back Stretch last Saturday. Tn the fol- lowing I will endeavor to give you and your sports loving public? a list of the speed prospects in. and around my homo. Incident- ally. Marne wields the facile pen of an experienced turf writer. He‘ handles tlic subject with sincerity,

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through the season they were the toasts of the old grads. mnnv of

i was a jokc.

played on former s. D. U! I

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H . . I ‘.'.‘.€..?“‘.‘.?.‘.‘. first 2.‘; Former Boxing

Conch Jackie Kano is also worthy‘ cf more than juisslng note. Pack- ed with forward talciit. Kane hadI to shift back two of his ace for-i ivards to defence posts when lack became evident.

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To their more dubious follow- ers it appeared as if the Saints‘

1nd triltla. All observers recog- _ j . ,4 Li” m‘. sumpss of» ‘m. “qcqpmichanccs _\\ei-c dealt a bondi bio“. raci- horses. those of thr- 0‘Brlcn "11"" thl dlirlketvuas Ifoéncd‘. rut,

- ,Kaur~. siifving .1 ie. gvi ‘luv r. Stabies an J‘ w' OBrien’ Mr" foiinod his attacking units. ‘Thai

Kennedy i. well fitted to tako uni the harness racing torch which’ was handed down by such noted

converted forwards started to de-g livnr 1n back of the blueiincivlillcl the attacking ilnits. bcncfitiinfl‘

2:'5,'],,,b'1§§g°r§,,§,“,‘i iliirzllin,,gl,f,l_:_i iiom the oxporionccd teaching oi_ w. A. Brennan. Dr. .1. '1". Jcnkinsfl their filmml‘ ,~‘l_““'1)~" ‘W’ jffgl-‘j. Nn“'ton LN‘ the Dnckondnrflsfl \_\f‘l(If‘(‘I ruin,‘ units 'I_l.\..“Cf1If'l1-ii\l i WS. MrKic, James Sharpe. Ham-i "Wlmbll “_‘:_Hl;"§l_ "IF I" ‘mlzm . mond Kelly. H. C. Hooper. W. 13.‘. .

MacArthur. Bertram RamscixJvlini _'1'lfi"" fill"? m" sl- Fmmclf‘ ftfcCabe, ex-Mayor P. $_ B1‘fl“'|\_. kavlcr grime. a game that Saints,

Jack Rooney. Ronnie Steele. John

wore givr-n only an outside chance

Steele. James l-loughton. Clliarlos "f Willem;- Bubihil! "igjlltfhe, H_ Chandler PM". Cont“. “my men of Kane uric at their Jest. ‘ That was the night. thcv showed

dozens of others whose names are wcll worthv to be included In this list. The prcScnt. day crop of race promoters will have in wait till tin- "good fight" is over for posterity to sing their praises. a1- though a fow kind words .and helping deeds would do a far creator amount of good to our brethren in this life. 4- ‘l- Il- 1'

to a packed Forum the bPllPfiI they had derived from the sound‘ iczicliiugs of their coach and while the team desci-vcs all the credit. being showered upon them. theiri success can be attributed 1n not small degree to the ihockcv lore. instilled into thcm by the dimIn-I utive former Hamilton Tigers and; later Abcgwoit star. -l- + +

"Now getting back to a list of T’ I horses, we find in Tyndall Sem- The annual Boston Marathon- plefis stable the coming sire. takes place today with nnothor; Soulre Hanover 2.08: Marion L. record list of entries ready i-"I 2.16‘; and t-hree colts by Squire face the starterfls gun that wlllf

Hanover-one out of the mother of Guy Ann. full sister to Peter Poker, Gilvcndolyn Aubrey and Helen Aubrey. The other two are from good dams. Earle Som- pie has Edwin McL. bv Bill I... a of step. also a green trottcr by Watson Pater. owncd by Sanford Phillips. (TLc-ary‘. 1v 4- '0'

"Myron MacArthur has Lucky (Continued On Page 9)

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Monday,

Ciftown.

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RUNGSIDE $1.00

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SPORTING CLUB

FDR ISLAND MIDIILEWEIGIIT TITLE no - aounns - 1o .

j serious training of’his ring car-

LLOYD MARTIN Vs. K. O. McINTYRE T

BILLY PRYOR vs. BUD LUND !MMETT GALLANT vs. FRANK GORMLEY KID SMITH vs. CHARLIE LUND TIGER STEEL vs. KILLER McGREGOR ROY STEEL vs. IUD KING "ROCKY" MILLS vs. KID HOWATT

FIRST IIIIIT 0:45 SIIARP

(Tax - Included)

send them out on the long, tort-i‘ urous grind of ovcr 26 miles. Canadian interest in the cvcnt is always high and this year several well known distance ploddcrs from the Dominion are again seeking the fame and fortune that goes to t-he winner. '-l- 1' l-

Plans are being finalized for the big boxing card at the Sport- ing Club next Monday night and fight fans are showing plenty of interest In the card promoter .Toc_v McDonald has drawn up.

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April 2.1

Mt. Stewart

Bouts—-6 “is

RUSH 75c

‘ well in his conditioning campaign

trike the measure of the local . boy. I 1- + 4i 4- Martin. a lot better scrnppcr i than he is given credit for. has

send the lerlel buck to Montreal

7hr- main ovcnt for the Island {Litifilvvffilillli Iiilc between Lloyd Martin and K. O. McIntyre from i‘.'1t. Stewart 1s being eagerly look- cd forward tn by the fans. Ru- mors have McIntyre. who has jic-rformcd in local rings in the pm before tho war and who took part in several bouts while per- forming overseas. as a rugged. free swinging. hard hitting bat- iier who has hcen showing up

and mdiiv are cxprcting him tn

plenty of other ideas about the outcome. For tlic bout it is said he has gotten down to the most

oer and his handlers expect their fighter In enter the ring Monday night. razor-sharp for his encoun- Ler with McTntfvrc.

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The other six bouts on the card bv-tvrecn local mitisiinfltrs are also shaping up well. Most of the performers are well known to local fight. fans for their wli- lingness to forget all about. the scientific part of tho game and engage In “Pier Six" brawls. and all six of the fights are expected to produce fast, hard-hitting act-

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Montreal Canadlens. stfll with their backs to the wall but In- stillod with much more confidence as a result of their 3-1 victory in Montreal Thursday night. tackle the Leafs in their Toronto lair tonight in the sixth game of the Stanley Cup series and hockey- mad Toronto together with equal- Iv mad radio listeners are ex- pecting tonight's game to provide the most spectacular action of the series. as Oanadlens seek to

Champion Dies

NEW YORK. April 1R —-i1\['l—— Benny Leonard. 5|, firmer light.- \\‘(‘I‘:III Itoxliig champion. collupseil and dlcil tonight while riforeci-ng a fight at Si. Nicholas Arena.

Lennard died cf a IIHIIII hcmnrr- Inage.

Ue collapsed in the ring alter i officiating at the last 1:1‘ six box- ing Iroula and dicd .‘I\()l'lI_v affir- wards lin his dressing rorm.

I/Clllliifd won the fife in i917 and held It. until I'c retired un- ilcfcalcti in 1925. llc nntrle a rome- back as a welterweight and fought for the last time in 1932. ‘I lie was knocked out. by Jimmy lVlcLarnii\ of Vancouver. BL‘.

He entered the U5. maritime service in i942 as a licufcnimt and was assigncd Io serve as phys- ical welfare director. lIe was pro- moted to lieutenant-commander In 1944.

__--_ I Calgary Wins Western Allan Cup Series

WINNIPEG. April i8 — (OP) — Calgnw Stampcders, calling cu aili their power and experience, fiiiallyi conquered Winnipeg Fiyers 4-3‘ here tonight lnthe deciding game] of their best-of-fivc series for the western senior hockey champion-l sliip and a berth in the Allan Cupi fiuuls. I

ice for what would be the sev- i-nlli and deciding game of the

finals. + + + Il-

Back at IOp form after a couple u! mediocre performances follow- liiig liis one game suspension. Rocket Richard is expected to add a lot. of additional strength to the Caiiadicns‘ fight to stave off elimination and if he cnncomc through with another perform- unce like be turned In Thursday night hc. together with his mates of the famed punch line. Blake and O'Connor. are going to have plenty tn sa_ on the outcome.

IN EVERY CORNER 0F THE WORID

l Tonight

MONTREAL, Ap-r-il l8 —tCPl— _Champions iii their own province for the second _\'f‘lll‘ iu a row, Mon-

j-tresl Royals WIII move tomorrow night into t be Eastern Canada Allan Cup final Willi a score to cvcu zigainst the "shabby cats’ the same round of t he senior

Iiockcy playoffs a fear ago. The Royals and Tigers aside a variety of

turned

t‘ from llamiltoil who oustcil them in i opposition iii

l cast again. .

Royals quail-fled last night for tbc hcst-of-five round with a con- vincing 6-0 victory ovcr Slierbrookc Si. Francis in the fourth game of ll Iicst-of-iive series against the Pi-oi-iiicizil League, champions Previously they bad won their own Quebec Senior . League title by

Hawks. the Maritinies WlDllCfS, in the early morning hours, O I I

tlircc games. They have been lrtlc since ending the series with Mone- ion last Monday.

Royals. playing the first. two games at home-tomorrow and MOlldLl)'——llEiOl‘0 moving to Tor-

onto to finish the series. are con- fI-dcnt. they will make a better showing than a. year ago when the ‘Tigers ileflatcil their ego with aci upset. victory.

The MOIIIFCZIICTS finished second in their league this season. behind Ottawa, but have been powerful In

son oi Sergeant of the City Police Force was ad- judged 10p angler for the day and

feted by Th9 Charlottetown Pat- riot for the biggest trout taken on

Saws brook and the Ross pool con- tributed more 099015 on the opening morning than any other district. The three men- tioned fishing spots are located with- in a short distance of each other. Last opening day this area afford- ed only fair fishing but this sea- son practically stole Last year it wins Dlngwelis Mill at Fortune

APRIL 19, 1947

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the opening morning (Wed-i

Dawn on of the trout fishing season nescay. April 16th» found ziiigiersi

shivering: in a biting. frost laden. wind that iced the iiiics iu their guides and formed iclclcs cii the planking of thr- spiiinvays. Never- thcless the hardy ones stuck to their posts and. wonder c-f wonders considering the piclcmvncy cf the weather. many of them were r."- wardcd with Iuuvy catches of sil- very sea trout. i .

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Clarence Higgins, D.F C Watson Higgins.

Ml‘.

was awarded lhe prize of $5.00 of-

ln fact the Worth pool. Finne-

trout to anglers

the show.

that made the headlines

the clutches and are rated a strong-

er team than lust year.

‘ tinnal Hockey League stars in the

Y Memorial

Gerry McNeil. whose shut. out last night was Iii-s second in a row, is the backbone of a rugged ‘ dcfciice, while up front are a half i ilozen players who frequently i burst. out with tlircc and four-goal

individual performances. ‘I

Montreal hasn't Iiad an Allin Cup winner since 1930 when the Montreal Amateur Athletic Assoc- iation. with a number of later Na-

incup. copped the Canadian title.

& Allan Cup a Playdowns

Memorial Cup playoffs tonight. Dominion final — Toronto St. Michael's vs. Moose Jaw Canuoks

at Regina, tihird game of best-of- sevcn final series, Si. ifiohacl’: lead 2-0. ALLAN CUP

Allan Cup playoffs tonight (Sat.- urday).

East.

Eastern finab-Hamiilton Tigers at Montieal Royals, first. game of best-of-five ser‘ s.

Ottawa lioopsters Advance To Finals

MONCTOIN. N.B.. April 18 —- (CP) - Ottawa B'nr.i Brith ad- vanced to the Canadian intermed- iate basketball firnais against the Strands of New Waterford. N 5.. by defeating Monctou O.Y.O. 40-36 here tonight in the second game of a five-game, total-point series. Flrst game of the series ended in a 32-32 tie and Ottawa ovon the round 72%.

Baseball Briefs

NEW YORK. April 18- (AP)- Jackie Robinson, negro first basa- man of Brooklyn Dodgers, hit his first major league home run to- day, leading off the third inning with a four-bagger that snapped a 1-1 tie with New York Giants at the Polo Grounds.

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81‘. LOUIS. April l8~—(AP)-- JohnnyQeazlcy, 26-year-old pitcher with St. Louis Cardinals since the end of the 1941 season, was sold today to Boston Bravwfor on un- disclosed sum’

BOSTON. April 1B - (AP)- Benchfng of Earl Torgeson, .hQ $15,000 rookie Boston Brave)’ first baseman, was announced by Mab- ager Billy Bouthworth today.

Mike McCormick, normally a centre fielder. wu assigned to play the initial sack u g result of the disappointing showing afield and iii. bat of Torgeson in the first two games.