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Hawks And

Islanders

Meet At Forum Tonight In Semi - Finals Opener

The big event that fans have been "Waiting for, the Maritime Major Hockey League playoffs, will get underway here tonight at the Forum at 8:30 when the league winning Islanders team will clash with the Moncton Hawks in what will be the opening feature to a best five out of nine game semi- final series.

Yes, the chips will really be down tonight when both clubs skate out on the ice to get. the initial jump. 0. factor that so often determines the whole destiny of such a. series.

This is the chance that the two clubs have been playing for all sea- son, the opportunity to win their way into the finals. and it is going to be a stiff battle here tonight.

What has gone before in earlier games won't mean a thing tonight. as both -will have the same oppor- tunities to come through with fly- ing colors, and anything is liable to happen.

The boys have something import- ant to play for and neither team will be pulling any punches when they come out to do battle with only one thought in mind, winning the semi-finals for a crack at the Big Four championship.

There should be action galore to- night, and with the second game scheduled for here tomorrow night at 9:30, hockey fans from all over the Province should see some real hockey before the scene of action shifts to Moncion ice on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

iWest Kent Wins City

Paperweight

The West Kent School hockey- ists captured the City Paperweight hockey title here yesterday when they blanked out the Queen Square School Paperweight: 4-0 in a sud- den death game for the champion- ship.

Putting on a powerful demons- tration in games this week the West Kemers walked through the playoffs in straight games. hav- ing won the semi-final bracket earlier this week by scoring a 5-0 shutout over Prince Street School.

Buntsin and Ke-nvned-y were the big goal-getters for West Kent, Buniain garnering three and Ken- nedy one. They held a 1-0 ad- vantage at the end of the first pe- Tlud, fired home three more in the second and played scoreless hock- ey in the closing session.

The City title gives them the i right to continue on into the Pro- l vmcial Paperweight playoffs. lg, Art Perry was the official ref- 1

: exec. 3. SUMMARY First Period 9 : Tl--W. K. S.. Buntain if (Cakes, MoAusland) Penalties: None. Second Period 2-w.K.S.. Kennedy tMcAusland. Matheson) .. 3--W.K.S.. Buntain (Oakes) 4-W.K.S.. Buniain , (Kennedy. McAusland) .. . . Penalties: None. l Third Period i Scoring: None. 1 Penalties: Mallheson

Results of S'side , Rifle Shoot

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Canadians Defeat Maple leafs 3 lo 1

MONTREAL. March 1 -- (OP)- Montreal Canadians turned on their season-long National Hockey League tormentors tonight and defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 before a crowd of 14,438.

It was the only the second time this season Canadiens have been able to overcome the Leafs in 13 games. along with two ties.

First Period

l-Montreal. Meger (Reay. Harvey) .............. ..

2-Montreal, Richard tolmstead, Harvey) 18:14 Penalties: Geoffrion (major). Sloan (major). Bentley, Har- vey, Flaman.

13:19

Second Perioo

3-Montreal, Lech (Harvey)

4-Toronto. Klu-key (Bentley, Mackell) 7:50 Penalties: Harvey, Gardner (2). Richard.

5:06

Third Period

Scoring: None. Penalties: Thomson. Dussault. Boucharrd. Sloan. Mosdell.

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By the time this column is read. the regular schedule of the Mari- time Major Hockey League will be over and the Islanders will bethc

schedule winners by a healthy margin of at least 16 points (whether they won or lost against saint John last night in the final league clash) over last year's champions Halifax saint Mary's. who capped off the second place

spot. All four teams played 7'1 games each out of the total 73- game schedule, the romaining game for each team being un-

played postponements. O O 0

But as far as Big Four hockey is concerned. the supreme test for all four clubs is still ahead of them. regardless of the showings made during .the regular schedule. when they launch into semi-final playoff competition commenciml here tonight and both here and at Halifax on Saturday. Those are the games that will really count and all will have an equal chance of making the (made into the finals for the M. M. H. L. champ- ionship.

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AA in all playoff competitions, anything can happen. with the chips really down. all four cliubs can be expected to come up with their best performances in a "do or die" effort to belt their way into the finals and upsets could well be the order of the day. Is- landers are a high favorite to take their series against the last place Moncton Hawks, and if previous performance means any- thing. shouldn't go much beyond the five-game minimu-m. Bin then again. one shouldn't try to cross hridges before they get to them. Hawks made two impressive show- igs in their final league clashes when they forced Islanders to came from behind for a '1-2 ver- dict: on Tuesday night and took Halifax into camp on Wednesday by a 6-3 count. Such faCls2'ircn't to be discounted. even if the games didn't have anything al stake.

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Although Halifax are probably the slight favourite to down Saint John in their semi-final bracket. most fans here feel that ll. is go- ing to be a close race right down to the wire. Many believe that Beavers will take the Salnls. but of course that is only it matter of individual opinion. But there is little dou-bt that it is going to be a. tight series and the liali;:on- ians will really have to Work for it if they exlpevt In turn back the Saint John crow.

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In any event. the playoffs are what! ardent hockey fans have hcen walling all season to see, and no doubt that they are going to see plenty of smart. closely played hockey in all quarters before the

two finalists have been decided. Interest and speculation will be running high in these opening

contests that will probably set the stage for the ensuing games next week. and turnstiles are expected to be clicking at an increased rate when fans come. crowding in from all points to he an eye-witness to the results. 0 I 0

other playoffs in local minor league and intermediate competit- ion are already in full swing. in fact the city paperweight title was decided here yesterday when a smooth skating band of West K e n t paperweight hockeylsts downed Queen Square School in a sudden death final by a 4-0 shut- out. Two days ago they walloped through the Prince street paper- welghts in the semi-finals by" a 5-0 verdict. The youngsters have made a fine showing and are lo be congratulated. They will now continue on into Provincial play. and are expected to make an equally strong siiovzing.

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In Queens county Intermediate A playdowns. the East Royalty Royals and Charlottetown Abbles will clash in their second and de-

ciding two-game. total goal series

Iusss will Soul-is or usual time.

Officers of the arms.

Large turnout is requested.

.

Lieut.-Governor '1'. W. L. Prowse dropped a nice check in the lap of Mayor B. Earle MscDonal yes- terday to further augmen the growing fund of the Islanders Hockey Club. Although active can- vassing for the club drive will not get underway until today. the Mayor knows already tha-t the people of this city and province are going to see the boys through the playoffs. and into another year.

As though to give the lie to the mainland sports writer, who pre- dicted that Charlottetown would not be able to finance the island- ers further. the Mayor has re- ceived many telephone calls as well as personal calls at his of- lice, and several let-ters promising strong support for the financial drive.

Several of the out-of-town let- ters contained a xlone dollar bill. olhers a two or a five spot, and all were welcome, not alone be- cause of the money enclosed. but because of the spirit. behind the donations. Letters of a similar kind should be addressed simply to the Mayor. Charlottetown. All will be acknowledged.

"The big donations are grand.” said the Mayor yeslerdlya "buit those little ones come from a smaller pocket. and they show that not only our biggest public men are behind us, but also the smaller men who are the backbone

Siside Crystals Capture

Series From

Summerside crystals last night defeated Borden Nationals 5-1. to win the Intermediate A Hockey

semi-final series and the right to advance to the next section.

Lineups:

Borden - Goal Richard; de- fence, E. Darrach. Dalziel. pMut- tart; forwards. Campbell. I-Tovwatt. J. Darrach. MacLean. oatwsy. P- Darrach. Pickering.

Summerslde - Goal. Jordan:

defence. MacDonald. Shields. Cut- cliffe, Woodslde; forwards. Bern-

ard. Ramsay. Kelly. Farmer. Doucette. Landry.

Referees, Art Perry and Jack kane.

First Period

1-S'side, Landry

(Farmer) . . 9:35 2-Borden. Camrpbell .. -12:10 3-Borden. P. Darrach

(Pickering) . 13:10 4-S'side. Bernard -

(MacDonald) . .1921!)

Penalties .. Plckeri'ng.”Dalzlel. Second Perlod 5-Borden, J. Darrach

(Campbell, MacLean 7:19 6-S'side, Kelly 1 (Bernard. MacDonald) .. 13:20 7-Bordon. Dalziel (P. Darrach. Oatway) ..14:20 . 8-Siside. Kelly (Cutcliffe) . 19:12 Penalties - Outcliffe, Mac- Donald, Pickering.

Third Period 9-S'side, Doucetle (Farther. Landry) .. (:27 Penalties - Muttart. Cutcllffe.

Freetown Royals Down .0'leary Maroons 6-1,

The Freetown Royals downed the 0'Lesry Maroone 6-4 in the opening game of the Prince County intermediate B series in the O'Leary rink last night. A very large crowd witnessed the game which was very well haml- lcd by refereg Jim Hogan of Summerslde. It was an exception- ally fast game and all indications are that the final game will be one that should not be missed.

at North River rink tonight. The Royal: capped off the first con- test at North River night 7-3 and will carry a four-

goal lead into tonight's final game.

lltt0ntl0n'- All Ranks - P.E.l. Regiment

The final dress rehearsal for Guard

of Honour will lie held at tlIs' ARMOUR- IES. SUNDAY. MARCH 4th. 2 PM.

leave Suinmsrslde and

Guard will carry

rue GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTJETOWN

Club Campaign Continues To Make Fine Progress

of the country."

At the enlarged meeting held last evening canvassing territory was allotted. :

The Mayor and Doctor Dougan will team up to interview the special names group; Doctor Roy Kennedy and Doctor Lemuel Prowse will cover part of the -business section. Mr. Art Clark of Maritime Central Airways has a selected list to interview, as has Councillor Wendell Beaton.

Lem Rush. President of the L. P. U., will handle the lower part of the town and the waterfront in general.

Jimmie Power will call on the merchants on Queen Street. in the immediate vicinity of his store.

Great George Street north to Euston Street, will be looked after by Edison Wood of Edison Elec- tric, and Walter Cox of the Pure Milk Company.

Scattered calls wi-ll also be made by Larry Trainor. recently retired from the Dominion Weights and Measures Office, and John B. Murley, National Employment Ol- fice.

The canvassere will have the assistance of a flying detail com- posed of J. A. Fullerton. city man- agar, and his assistant at City Hall, Mr. Butler. Mr. Fullerton is loa-nin-g his car to make out-of- the-way calls in Parkdale, and

Wednesday

other spots outside the city limits.

Borden

Hockey scores

...MarltIme Major Charlottetown 3 Saint John 5 Cape Breton Major

Sydney 1 North Sydney I National League Toronto 1 Montreal 3 New York 4 Chicago 1 Maritime Major (Final Standing)

GP W L T GF GA Pts

Ch'fown .. 77 49 23 5 340 218 103

Halifax 77 42 32 3 329 294 87

St. John .. 77 35 39 3 293 310 73

Monclon .. 77 20 52 5 250 392 45

Cape Breton Major

GP W L T GP GA Pts

Sydney 74 41 18 15 295 195 97

G. Bay 75 28 36 11 250 275 87

N. Sydney 75 21 36 18 228 303 60

National League

W L T F A Pts.

Detroit .. 34 12 13 .190 IN 81

Toronto .. 32 13 13 180 119 "7

Boston .. 19 24 16 147 160 54

New York 18 23 18 142 IN 51

Montreal .. Z) 27 12 131 166 62

Chicago .. 13 3'7 10 151 217 36

Rangers In Third-Place Tie Vlilh Bruins

CHICAGO. March 1 - (AP) - New York Rangers moved into a third-place tie with Boston in the National Hockey League tonight by defeating Chicago Black Hawks 4-) before a 5.918 crowd.

. . First Period 1--New York, Toppszzini (Sinclair) .......................... ,. Penalties: Guldolln. Egan. Second Period 2-New York. Toppazzini (Sinclair. O'Connor) Penalties: Guidoll Third Perl 3-New York, Slowinsld (Mic-koski) ....................... .. 4-Chicago. Guldolin (Dickens, Morrison) 5-New York. Stanley Penalties: None.

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ANTIGONISH. N. S.. Mam. 1... fCP)-St. Francis Xavier Varsity doubled Antlgonlsh Bulldogs 8-4 tonight to cop their Antlgonlsh- Plctou-Colchsstcp Senior Hockey League but-of-seven semi-finals

Stsllsrton Royals dumped New Glasgow Bombers for their fourth straight victory last night the two squads may open finals Saturday night.

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Final Game In Queen's County Series Tonight

The Queen's County Intermed- iate A hockey chalmipionshlip will be at stake tonight at North Riv- er Rink when the East Royalty Royals and the Charlottetown Ab- hies clash there at 8:30 in the final game of their two-game, total- goal series.

Coming up with a smart brand of hockey on Wednesday nidit, the Royals took the opening con- test by a 7-3 count and will hold a four-goal margin going into tonight's fray.

But the Abbies. who have a fast. young gang of pucksters, are de- termined to make it a real battle, and although they have a tough job on their hands in making up the large deficit, they are going all-out tonight to do it if it can be done.

At any rate. it should be an in- ieresting con-test and both teams can be sure of coming up with a crowd pleasing performance.

Vics Thump Millionaires 3-T

NORTH SYDNEY. N. S.. March I 7- (CP) - North Sydney Vic- torias, showing end-season drive they lacked most of the season. thumped league-leading Sydney Millionaires 3-1 in the Cape Bre- (on Major Hockey League tonight.

SUMMARY First Period

1-Sydney, Whalen 12:51 Penalties: McBride (two minor and two majors). Glover (2). Marineau (2).

Second Period 2--North Sydney, Knox

(Marineau, Petersen) U Penalties: None.

9:43

Third Period

3-North Sydney, Olsen (Storey. Marineau) ........ ..

4-North Sydney. Knox (Robertson) 16:31 Penalties: Pidsodny (served by Denning).

Hillsboro Bantams In 4-0 Shuloul

In second round eliminations for the City Bantam hockey championship, the Hlllsboro Bant- ams T3-Cited UP a 4-0 shutout over the Prince Street School Bantams at the Forum yesterday afternoon.

The l-lilllsboro squad chalked up a 2-0 lead in the first frame, and added one more in each of the second and third for their victory.

Nicholson was the leading marksman with a brace, while E. Praught and J. Longaphie racked up the other two counters.

2:28

SUMMARY First Period

l-l-lillsboro, E. Pra-ughf. .... .. 2:02 2-Hi-llsboro. J. Longaphis (A. Maccabe) .................... .. Penalties: Longaphle. Second Period 3-Hillsboro, Nicholson ........ Pensl-ties: None. Third Period 4-1-lillsboro. Nicholson (Ms.cCabe) ..................... .. Penalties: Lonuphlg. Referee: Atrt Perry

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PARTS, Feb. 27- (Reuters) - The "Companions of the Ring", French boxing critics association. today awarded their "best boxer of- the month" cup to Sugar Ray Robinson, world middleweight champion. for his title victory over Jake LaMotta. Robinson will receive his cup when he comes to Paris next May.

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SAINT JOHN, N.B., March 1 - (op) L The regular schedule of the Maritime Major Hockey - League ended tonight with saint John Beavers still holding the indian sign over Charlottetown Islanders on Saint John ice. Beavers won 5-3.

Paul Plats shot g for Saint John. Nick Nicolle, ls Carnegie and Roger Jodoin were the other scoring homesters. The Charlotte- town goals came from the sticks of Marcel Clements, Frank Bathgate and Walter Pawlynhyn.

The game left the final point standing in regular league play as follows: Charlottetown 103. Hall- fax st. Mary's 87. Saint John '15 and Moncton Hawks 45.

The best-of-nine semi-final play- offs open with Hawks at Charlotte- town tomorrow night and Beavers at Halifax Saturday.

Saint John's Buck Whitlock. who has led the league scorers for three of the last four seasons, picked up another point tonight by assisting Nicolle. This advanced his total to 126-5'1 goals and N assists. His nearest rival. Billy Watson of Hal- ifax, finished with 114.

Charlottetown dressed only 11 men tonight while Beavers were back to their strength of 14.

Line-u-ps:

Charlottetown: Goal, Gordon: defence, Vitale, Dulohak; centre. Trainor: wings, Monrow, Pnwly- shyn; subs. Ready, Bathgate, D. l-foreck, Clements, Dowling.

Saint John: Goal, Brodeur; de- fence, Black-burn. Hcon; centre, Jodoin; wings. Thaler. Platz; subs, Bolan, Carnegie, Whitlock, Jack- son, Watson. Mclntyre, Nicolle, Ramsay.

Officials: Stan Swain.

SUMMARY First Period 1-Charlottetown, Clements 9:10 Penalties: None. second Period

Casey Bradshaw and

1-Saint John, Platz .............. .. 2:50 3-Saint John. Nicolle . (Watson, Whitlock) ...... .. 0:39

4-Saint John, Carnegie .... .. 10:29 5-Charlottetown, Bathgale (Clements) . Penalties: Heon. Ready. Third. Period 6-Saint John, Plats

(Thaler. Jodoin) :49 7-Saint John. Jodoin

(Thaler, Platz) .............. .. 1:19 8-Charlottetown. Pawlyshyn

(Morrow, Vitale) ............ .. 6.52

Penalties: Bolan. H o r e c k,

Morrow (2), Dutchak, Jodoin.

LONDON, Feb. 27-(Reuters)- Randolph Turpin of Britain won the European middleweight box- ing crown here tonight with a first-round knockout over Lm: Van Dam. the Dutch champion. The scheduled 15-rounder for the vacant title was over in 38 sec- onds. Turpin weighed 159 1-4 and Van Dam 157 1-2.

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Outscore League-Leaders 5-3; Whitlock Advances Point Total To 126

s curling Schedule

No games are scheduled ma week end at the charlousm.” Curling Club on account of an hockey semi-finals here rna..,. ,,'; Saturday. Games will be ........,,',, hlowever, for anyone Wishing 1, DEV-

jC S'side Bantam Win Opener

The swnmerside Bantams d.. fgstsd the Kensington Bang,” M Surnpiersfds yesterday in the first gamer of s home-and-home series The score was 8 to 1. For sum: mex-side Alan Warren got (hm John Whalen and Grant Grad;

two each. Ind Claude c: at Cooke scored for Kensir2iglloen,.og,t

Albany St. Fats Defeat Bedeque; Will Meet Freetown

Albany St. Pats defeated Bed:-. qua Beavers by a score of 6-4 :n a South Shore League game at Bedeque Rink last night and will now meet Freetown Royals in I sudden death fixture for 151 placg in the league standing. The thm teams ended regular competition In a lie for first place. l-in-olnl... drew a bye and Bcdequc as n (inn- sequence of last nlghl'z li('i!.li. accepts third place.

Bulldogs Ilefeal. Cornwall 11-6

At the North River rink last night. the Nine Mile Creek Bull- dogs defeated the Cornwall Mete- ors ll-6.

For the Bulldogs Les Taylor scored four goals and bad one as- sist, while his teammate equalled his point-getting effort with two goals and three Assists.

On the Cornwall tcnm, Roach MacGregor scored three goals to lead their point-getters. only two penalties were handed out during the game.

LONDON, March 1-(Rclllc-'sl-- Vic Towcel of South Africa. world bnntqmwelght champion, yesterday was signed for a title bout with Ituis Rom-ero of Spain. Romero. European ban-tam king. signed the contract here for the fight in Ap- ril at Johannesburg. South Africa.

8th.- BATTERY REUNION

All former members of 8 Med. Bty. and 8 HAA. Bty., who are interested in holding a Reunion during the coming summer are urged to attend a meeting to be held in CHARLO'1'I'ETOWN ARMOURIES on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7th at 7:00 P.M.

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