Season ’s

Beven trophies. a shield and individual prizes for members of championship s n d runner - up rinks have been donated for the first Confederation Bonspiei to be held in Charlottetown Febru- a 10 to 14, it was announced by local curling ofliciail yester- day.

By far the most ambitious pro-

ram ever planned ior these parts

Island curling enthulialh. the bonsplel has already attracted r-ntries fronfas for as Wisconsin, Minnesota. U. S. A.

Between 40 and B0 rinks have signified their intention oi com- noting and many more clubs, par- (lclliflfly in the Maritimes, have yet to be heard from. Entries to date reveal that the Provinces o! Ontario, Quebec. N!!! Brunswick. Nova Scotia and the Island itself will be well represented.

The five day event will be run on,’ at the Charlottetown Curling Club and the Forum. Charlotte- town's ice palace.

The trophies will be up for competition annually with the club whose rink wins the coveted piPCP of silverware retaining pos- session for that year and each individual caliber receiving a

suitable prize as a men-lento of OHM“

victory.

‘Ihe trophies. all handsome nieces oi silverware. suitably be- decked with curling figures. in- signia, etc.. have been generously donated by s number oi business houses.

A list of trophies and prices donated follows:

9.11.21. Provincial Championship British Consols Trophy. "

Trophy and eight individual prizes for winning and runner-up rinks, donated by MacDonald '1'o- bacco O0. Lttd.

Elimination Champicndtil). R. T. Holman Ltd. trophy.

Eight individual prizes for win- ning and runner-up rinks. donat- ed by M. 1". Schunnan 0o. Ltd.

Imperial Oil Trophy, trophy and eight individual prizes for winning and runner-up rinks. d0‘ noted by Imperial Oil Ltd. '

British-American Oil Trophy. trophy and eight individual prize! ior winning and runner-up rinks. donated by British-American Oil Company Ltd.

Prowse Brothers Trophy. trophy dl“'l1f‘d by Prowse Bros. Ltd.

Four individual prizes donated by A. Pickard dz Co. Ltd

Four individual prizes by H. M. Simpson.

wholesale Grocers‘ Trophy.

ilond Builders Shield. shield and individual prizes donated by Ts- lnnd Construction Company.

(‘oniedcratlon Championship- Maritime Central playdownm- Trophy presented by Maritime Crntral Airways Ltd.

Four individual prizes presented

' donated

and Best‘ Wishes To All

i Lawlor’s Auto Salvage Large Number 0f Clubs

To Take Part- In First Confederation Bonspiel

Greetings

Hockey Base ls Postponed

OTTAWA. Dec. 33 -- (OP) —- County 001111 JudSe John P. Mad- den today granted postponement to Jan. 8 of a hearing Qn an in. terim iHdlln°tLDI1.8IBiHSL the But. talc Bisons hodcey club of this American Hockey League and their scout Hap Emma.

Defer-merit was granted because notice of the injunction hm not reached Emma, believed to be nt Barrie, Ont. A second injunction, against the Houston. Texas Clip- PNI. Blooms‘ farm club. empires an; B and will be heard st that

me.

They wore obtained by the Ot- tawa Forum Company, operators of the auditorium, homeground oi the Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Senior Hockey League. The com- pany charges Emma with raiding and enticing two Ottawa players to break their contracts. The play- ers-Les Hickey and Jimmy Mc- iudden_— left for Buffalo a week I810. but were detained at Fort Eris by United Staten immigration

Bonnie Mack ls 84 Today

HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 23—(APi_ CornePus Mcdiillcuddy. dean oi baseball managers with B3 manag- ing seasons to his credit. was 84 yesterday-but he will celebrate his birthday today.

It was years after he won fnmo as leader of Philadelphia Athletics that Conny Mack discovered he was born on the 22nd. not the 23rd, of December. but habit was too strong for Connie Mack. and he stuck to iii-s accustomed ecle- bratlori date.

Newspaper sports departments became a trifle excited when it was announced Gordon Richards was to ride over the "sticks"-the no- vice tracks. When Britain's prem- ier jockey was questioned at New- market he said his onlv lumping would be over the Swiss Alps.

The other Gordon Richards is a 15-year-old boy who is no "elation to this season‘s ZOO-race winner.

by Curran In addition there will be n "Consok-ti-sn Event“. for which

That (he Confederation Bon. Spiel to be staged at the Char- lottetown Curling Club and Forum February 10-14 will prove to be hlohlv successful can now’ be tak- en for granted when it was nmdg known yesterday by local oflinlnls that already 50 rinks will be rep. sented. with many more yet to hear from.

Q O O O

It will be s gala five days event for not only active participants in the game but also followers of it. For the past number oi years com-petition has been limited mostly to Island players but come next February fans will have the opportunity oi witnessing some of the top-notch players in action. l- 4- Il- 1- And the different rinks will be fighting ior seven beautiful tro- phies that have been donated. Curling-minded concerns have gone solidly behind the program and donation oi the trophies has nddcd mightily to the coming competition. l- 0 O

Qtldifld oi such s program has placed a lot of burden on the shoulders oi Island curling offic- ials but they have gone about their tasks in s businfls-like manner and today with the act- ual competition still nearly two months away they find themselves in the enviable position of hav- ing all details looked after and that is something they should be highly commended ior. 0 0 O 1b Currently there is a movement afoot to bring about the elimin- ation oi tie games in the Nat- ional Hockey League bv the re- storation oi overtime play. 1- 0 -l- 1|»

It will be recalled that over- time play was eliminated as a wartime measure. Those favoring its return point. out that there have boon a total oi 12 tie games played in the N.1-l.T-. nlreadn this season. with the Boston Bruins figuring in no less than seven oi them. while the Detroit Red Wings have been stalemated on fivo occasions. + l- 1P There is no doubt that a tic 2am» Is inclined to leave one dis- satisfied. There used to be n timn when the teams plaved until a winner was decided. Prior to the war, however, only one ten-min- ute- ovnrtimr- period was played

Sinclair's Skids

Beading "Windy" Ciow; Caseley.

standing: Ralph

from left to right, seated. front:

THE CI-IARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN I

Bowling Team

Frank DesRoches, Edwards, Keith Champion, Ralph

llockey Practice

Knotty Nines‘! Midgets will practice this morning at 10.30 at the Forum.

All members o! P. J.'s Rovers juvenile hockey team are asked to be on hand for a practice ses- sion at the Forum Thursday morning at 10.30.

The regular workobt for Queen Square boys which was to have been lteld at 3 o'clock this after- noon will be held Thursday at 1.00 p. m.

stored. It is doubtful if any ac- tion will be taken this season. as it would be unfair to the teams who havefigured in several oi them to date. However, it is u certainty that some official action

will be taken before another season rolls around. - O 1|- 4 l-

Buz O'Meara oi the Montreal Star, always one to turn a. jibe

course. were plnycd to a finish. l- + Q i» =

President Clarence Campbell

hasn't ns vat voiced a public oo-

iour individual prizes arr- donated by Morrison dz McRae Ltd.

inion on whether or notahe is In favor oi seeing overtime play re-

no sits-nus

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CHRISTMAS EVE

mcnr a l. o.

except. in playoff games which. oi I

against Toronto's Leafs, tells of how the fast-moving Leo Graveilc got away from the Queen City. club. It seems that Toronto drop- ped Gravelle from t-he Leafs‘ list in order to take another planer. highly-recommended by a scout who did most of his hunting a- mong the bright lights.

4 i» ~0- Q

When Canadians heard Gravelie

was of! the Toronto list. they snared him in a hurry. -l~ -l- O +

The Leafs. continues O‘Mcara.

once had Elmer Loch in their

camp, but let him get away, but

then "Teeter" Kennedy got away

from Canadians. so that evens up. 4 '0' 0

However. it's not common know- ledge that the Leafs also had "Toe" Blake when the former Hamilton star first turned pro, but their crystal ball had a flaw in it at the time and the dynamic Hector was permitted to wind up in Montreal.

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Giristmas will be come and gone when this column next sp- nears and we take this opportun- ity ni cxicndinq to its readers Iicariicst of wishes for a VERY ‘VLUiRY CHRISTMAS.

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"SI-IE WENT TO THE RACES"

JAMES CRAIG FRANCES GILLFORD

It's s winner in Love. Lough: and Thrills.

l PAINT BOOK FBIE TO ALL CHILDREN

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Cresccnts Give Truro ‘Cats 9 - 6 Trimming

(By The Canadian Press)

TRURD. N. 3., Dec. N-I-Ialiisx Croscents, cellar-position team in the Maritime senior hockey leag- ue, tonight gave second-piece Truro Bear-cats a 0-6 trimming. Crescents‘ victory, coupled with the 8-4 lacing Moncton Hawks took from Saint John Beavers,

left the league standing un-

changed. SUMMARY First Paslod. 1 - Orescents. Wade (Ll-Tfl/biQ, stanhope) 1:15 3—Crescenis, Larabie (Wade.

Stanhope) 2:06 3—Crescents, Gray (O'Neill) 11:10 4—'I‘ruro, Grabowski (McIntyre) 12:07 5—Ctrescents, Sullivan (Gray) 17:10 6—Crescents, Gray (Sullivan) 18:36 Penaities-Mclilachcm. O"Neili. Second Period. ‘l-Truro. Mcdvnski 8-—'I‘ruro, McDonald 3:50 B-Truro. Medynskl (McIntyre) 4:56

(Kearns) 2:13 (McEachem)

io-Cirmconts, Stsnhope (Copus) 11:36 11—CrescenIs. Gaude-t (Stanhopc, Lrirabie) 12:36 l2—Crescents, O'Neill (Sullivan. Gray) 15:34 (McDonald)

lll-Truro, McIntyre 17:09 ' Penalty »- McEachem. Third Period. li-Truro. Gmbowski (Rcach) 11:50 15—1C'rescrnts, Sullivan (O‘Ncill)

15 : 55 Penaities-A-‘cweli, O'Neill.

llcrgesheimcr Tops Scoring In Americanieague

IWW YORK. Dec. 23 -- Alter eight straight weeks Norm Burns, the flashy New Haven centre. finally was displaced in the Am- erican Hockey League's individ- ual scoring race by the veteran Phil Hergeshelmer. Philadelphia winger, who scored 10 points last

week to take over the league scoring leadership. Hergesheimer notched t h r c o

goals and three assists Sunday night in a game against Provid- ence to boost his season total to 21 goals and 21 assists for 412 points-two better than Burns who was able to gain but one assist last week. official statistics released tonight disclosed.

Hergeaheimefs scoring sprcc moved him from fifth place last week to the top spot although his teem has won but three games in B0 starts this season.

Johnny Holota oi Cleveland. the league's leading goal-getter

with D. held down third place wit-h S’! points. Big Vic Lofvenda-Itl oi Phila-

delphia held his lend as the leag-

ue's leading bad man with 81 minutes in tho penalty box.

The top 10 point-gettcrs: l‘.

G. A. Its. Hsrgeshsimer. Phil. 30 21 21 4a Burns. NewHaven 30 19 21 40 Hoists. Cleveland 2'1 2Q 15 B’! Mats, Pittsburgh ".24 l9 1'7 S6 Simpson. Indbplis 22 1'1 10 36 Wilson. Pittsburgh ~29 16 20 B6 M00111, Hershey ..2'l 15 21 (if Chad. Providence .30 18 1B Bi Gaudresuit. Hersy. 29 17 1'! M Mario. Hershey .. 29 10 M 3t

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Gcnflrm Muslal Batting Champ In National League

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NEW YORK, Dec. 23—Stanley {sank M11518]. Whose general all- ound work in the outfield and t" first base for st. Louis was the b73395! 5111818 factor in the world's gliiaiilbpionship march by the Car- n s 1n 1946, today was om“ 181W recognized as the bani“ dlflmpion oi the National Leagu: "m1 a Pemnteze o! .305. I" 111111111112 his second batting crow" l" 1°11? full major league 5935M“ ‘he 25-year-old Donora Pan. ciouter also led the loopwitl; 124 runs, m hits. 366 total bases, ~ =1 That. together with his suc- 095511-11 mid-season transformation golrsvnn ‘outfielder 1o a fine de- .. Dasha n the 1 ‘b cl was found wanting nitial sack, was respons.

ible for his selection as the cir-

cult»; most valugble p1,”, by .

committee oi Baseball wmel-y Association of America. Muslhlks return to the No. 1

59°‘ "m"! the hitters was all the more remarkable as he w" (>111 of action all oi 194s while

Servlnr in the United States Navy. .l'oliiitiy Mize. zinoiiher former-

sziiior buck at first base for New York Giants. was runner-up to Musial with .837.

freshman out-

Rllllh Kiner. fielder of Pittsburgh Pirate; smashed 23 home runs to become

tho second National Leflgug m".

fielder since 1900 to lead the cIr-f

cuit in home runs in his first year in the majors,

Harold (Pete) Relser of Brook- ivn Dodgers stole the most bases. M. including seven successful thefts oi home in nine attempts. His teammate, Ed Btanky. laid down the most sacrifice hits. 20. M11581. who went to but the most times. (K24, and Enos slaughter were the only players to take part in all of their team's games. Mflnrvrcr Mcl Ott of the Giants. in the ttviiitzht of his career, In- creased n hail-down of his life- time league marks. Besides play- ing his 21st consecutive year with nne club he now has scored 1.859 runs. collected 5.041. total bases. 1.(Y7l 1on2 hits. 2.165 extra bases and swattcd 511 home runs.

To no one's surprise. the Red- birds. with three among the first ‘.0 hitters. lcd (Iv league in team ‘aniline with a .266. one nointbet- (er ihnn the Braves’ .291. The Cards also wont to bat the most times 5372; scnrcd the most runs, 71?: collected the most hits. 1,- 426: the most doubles, 265, and complied the most total bases, 2,- 016.

Brooklyn. defeated bv the Cards In their unnrecodented playoff for (he Notional League flag. cioutcd (ho most triples. 66: made the most sacrifice hits. 4-1. and paced bv Raiser, stole the most bases. 100.

771c- Giants led in home runs with 121. llliikill’! it the 21st time they have led the league in that department and (he 15th year in which they tilt-loo or more. both ior-qua rccords.

Brooklyn had the longest win- ning SirvnI-Loltzilii and the Giants suffered (ho longest losing streak. 10. ‘The Dodgers and Reds en- ggged in the longest scoreless game in major league history when (hcy niitvcd n lit-inning. 0- o tic Sept. 11 at Brooklyn-

Iireenherg Led American League In lluns-hattctl-in

CILICXiGO. Dec‘. ‘l2 - (AP) —Dc- iroits llniik Grccnbcri: ctrpiurotl the American Lcagzues runs-baited- in championship for the 101M111 time in his career last. season, oi- iicial statistics showed today.

Gcecniberg drove home 127 (allies. 1B more than Nick Etten did f0! New York Yankees in 1946 but 111s total was far 11°10" 11319 11811" he compiled in mar when no mark"! up 183 runs batted in. 61191156"? also led the league in this dew"- ment. in 1935 with i?!) and in 194° with 15o. The all-time Maior M1811‘ record oi 190 runs batted m was Se}; up by Hack WIIBOII. 0‘ Chicago Cubs in 1930.

Th, Tiger- veteran closely synchronized his ntns-bsttcd-ill titles with his home r1111 01W"- lie led the rescue 111 Ytlurdmflim with 44 last season duplicating similar feats in 1935. 1938 and

The championship Boston (:11

topped the league for team 1R1"- ~

tor-memo with a total of 136 in ti" R31 “gums, ‘wiviltilltewDgrtfit finish- ing third be n - _ American league c?!» ""1 Pm‘ f rgd I0 B 0 ggderocecrrds in the books oar-ins the ‘ll. 19335250110831‘. Plitlsdelilh-l‘ Md‘ ‘m- m "wmd Wm‘ 11$ rggotdl, with H1O M8119" i’ Denna‘, by a catcher durinl l Qeagom moot. consecutive chances without at; eirrorhlvvlagflutfl" m" " season an or e ~ Bob Feller. Cleveland iirebsller. chalked up 348 strikeouts ior U16 season and ran up his one-hit gam- es to date to eight ior records. He also marked up his second no-hlt

no-run garrne to tie two other records

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(SAINT JOHN, N. 3.. Dec. 2B- .M°11I-‘1011'l high-flying Hawks ab- sorbed an B4 lacing from Saint John Beavers tonight but the Hub birds remained perched on top of the Maritime senior hockey leag- ue Moile Beavers still held down third place in the Big Four loop. After a hustling first period C~aint John led 4-2. Beavers stint a brace each during the next two frames while holding Moncton scoreless in the second but let- ting lia/wks have the satisfaction of ending the count with two in the last session.

Speedy Nick Federcnick was (he Scoring star. He tallied it. each session after nice passing plays and made the rvd light blink three times in the first pcr- iod.

Nick shot five Saint John goals. Kyle, LeBlanc and Butler sc- counted for the others. all with help. BBSIKFBQIIB and Trainer did the scoring for Moncton in the first period, and Doug Lead- better scored the last two Hawk tallies.

Hawks felt the absence of vet- eran Sammy McManus, runner- up for highest scoring honors in the league.

Saint John Defeats Moncton Hawks 8-4

i

Summary : First Period

l-Saint John. Kyle (Butler) a”

Z—Moncton, Bsstarache 8M 3-—Saint John, Fcderonick (Lynch, Pricvi 10)" 1i—-Muncton. Truinor (Whitiock. Fraser» 14.67 5-—Suint John, Fcdr-ronick (Price, Whaicni 17M 6—-Suin'. John, Fodcronick (Lynch, Wimiciii 18.40 Penalties: Stecic, Fcdcronick. Second Period 7—Soint John, Federonick (Myketyn) . 7.0a 8—Sainl John, Butler (Fitzgerald, OToolc-l 8.411

Pvnaliios: Kyle, Trainer, O'Toole, Dowling. Third Period 9—Saint John, Fcderonizk (Kyle) . . 1H Hit-Saint John, LeBlanc (Price, Myketyn) DJ l1—Moncton, Leadbetter (Fraser) .. .. Jill l2—Mnncton, Loadbetier (Doinchuk, Agnewv 16B Penalties: BHSIIIYHCIIP 1L", Mylee-

iyn, Lyncfi. Trainer.

Joe Krol

‘TORONTO, Dec. I8—(CP)—'i‘i-ie passing Pole who developed the serial attack in Canadian football almost into an act. of magic-files (King; Krol—great bsckiielder of the champion Toronto Argonauts. was Canada's outstanding athlete of 1946.

Sports writers across Canada named “Mr. Football" over Ed- monton's golfing constable, Henry MurtelL recalling Krol’: brilliant season play and the way he pass- ed. ltiflted and ran Argos to vic- tory when they successfully de- fended (ha Dominion senior title last month against the western challenge of Winnipeg Blue Bomb- ers.

The 27-year-old former Univer- sity of Western Ontario star gain- Ml 59 ci n possible '75 votes I-nst by 25 scribes In a poll conducted hv The Canadian Press. with ‘Mart-ill well bark with 15. Total-v were tabulated c-n a basis of three minis for a first-place vote, two for a second and one ior third- ond B23 Jon was placed in the first bracket by 14 writers.

KroYs top-heavy election marl;- ed a rtnewal of a year-end poll discontinued in 1942 because cf the INST.

Tony Cvc-lah, Ottawa Rough Rid- ers’ backfield are, helrled the list in 194i before he flew to \\"1l’ \"'ih the Royal Canadian Air Force. This year. football's "Golden Boy" didn't receive a vote.

Lltth Frltzie Hanson of Winn!- nry Blue Bombers was the Domin- lon‘s no. 1 athlete In 1939 ‘u? ‘he followhng year football btnvcrl io marathon running when the vici- tors named Gerard Cote of Si. Hyacinthe, Que. The French-Cali- adisn runner was almost forgot-

ten this year. polling only ilve votes.

MartoYs triumph in the Cann- diuii nmatcilr golf championship

out him three points up on Bill Durnan. goalie oi Montreal Cana- dlens, world professional nor-key champions. Bill failed in qhiiin a single choice but, nim- wriicw gave liim a total of 12 points.

Twenty-four athletes were nam- ed and behind Durnan cantc two

fellow Canadians-Maurice (Roc- ketl Fri-hard end Hector (Tori Blnlre-vrith right points etch. MOIIITFIII also provided 1h" 1l“\i

contestant. Jackie Robinson. negro infielder with the Royals and leading hitter of the International Baseball League.

Rroli: starry running-mat:- Royal Copeland, received four votes n! did Gaye Stewart. for- ward with Tc-ronto Maple [rat's of the Notional Hockey League.