i s in. em Charlottetown. Tues. Mani: 5,1903.

FIRST TO RECEIVE BYNG TROPHY

SPORTS FRONT

By PIUS CALLAGHAN

By BEN WARD PEMBROKE. Ont. (CPI —-

Sizzling Race Continues

TORONTO Maple Leafs. all b

first place a week ago. are bac triumphs that have brought league-leading

ut counted out of the race k in there after three in within four points of

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Chicago Black Hawks. At that the Leafs have an have the Hawks and a triumph

aw players until this coming Saturday night. Thedmlachmen are entertaining the Detroit Red Wings that evening while Rudy

Pilou

Toronto evenin Hawks visit Madison with the troublesome Rangers.

his boys are taking a night’s rest. Before that hosts Boston Bruins on Wednesday night and the same

Square Gardens for a tussle

A Toronto victory and a Chicago

loss would really set the stage for Saturday when Maple Leafs

get their chance to even up the

games played.

SHOULD Toronto conquer in both home games this week

and Chicago lose at New York.

the first place would definitely

be up for grabs Sunday night when the Hawks put out the f

welcome mat

or the Queen (my crew. This should be the

game of the year and you can expect body checking to be

heavy on this ass

occ on. After Sunday the Toronto schedule looks like this: At home

mes—Chicago. Saturday March 16, Montreal March March 23. Away games—Montreal March 14. New York 24

ga Detroit March 17 and Detroit March

March

20, and

Chica o lays at home after Sunday next against Detroit. i 19g anxd that's it. They are away at Boston Mai-£114:

Toronto March 16, Detroit March 17. Montreal March

Boston March 24. Canadians’ situation is like

this: At home against Boston

March 7. New York March 9. Toronto March 14. Detroit March

16. and Chicago March 5. New ork March 20 and New York Ma

March 23. The Habs are away March 10. Boston March 17. Toronto

at Detrm

So there you have the complete picture. You try to figure

it out.

Howe Away In Front

DETROIT‘S Gordie Howe to crown in a runawa . Howe

threatening to win the scoring

to )get greater with the years and his pace at the present time is a really torrid one. His outstanding work and the return of Terry Sawchuk have made these Red Wings 3 team to be feared. Right now it looks like a rough series

for the team pitted against the semi-finals.

Abelmen in the Stanley Cup

Canadiens will be a long time flndingegut what happened

to them last Saturday night when _ ipped them 7-1. This was the most

Montreal Forum and wh

he Wings went into

humiliating defeat suffered by the Habs in many a moon and

the Canadiens’ supporters were decisive upset.

shocked and saddened by this

Wings Could Go Higher

'IT could well be that Red Wings finish higher than their

present fourth place standing. They now

ira Canadiens by

only two points and could deadlock things with a triumph over

the Blakemen tonight at the Olympia. On the

basis of their

showing against Montreal Saturday night. they should garner

those two points. B t the Habs undoubtedly

will be a different outfit to-

night. They are still licking their wounds and are fired up for

this clash with the Detroiters.

It won be a most crushing

blow for Montreal to wind up fourh and that's where they in-

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deed might end if they blow this one tonight. Of course they have a game coming up Thursday at home against the cellar

dwelling Bruins and you can he

sure the Habs are figuring on

two points in this one. But the last time Bruins were in Mon real they escaped with a verdict and then went on to Toronto

to blast the Maple Leafs.

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now. no position in the first four seems settled.

5 It‘s a great battle and should continue for a few weeks yet. Indeed first place especially could be undecided as the teams start their final regular games on Sunday March 24. That could also he the case for second. third and fourth.

What a honey of a race.

One of the most unusual trophy presentations in hockey history occurred in Ottawa on a warm spring night in 1925.

Lady Byng. wife of the Gov- ernor-General. sent a message to Frank Nighbor. star extra- ordinary of the famed Ottawa Senators. Would Nighbor drop into Rideau Hall at his convenience

When Nighbor arrived. Lady Byng took him into a drawing room where a huge trophy was displayed on the table. She held it up and asked him whether the National Hockey League would be will- ing to accept it for annual award to its most sportsman.

*3 .w s.“ , to we? . I like player. - .. of ii , . I , . ~ Nighbor said the NHL prob- ' M " ' " ' ' ably would be digghteg. I . “Then” said y yng. “‘ COLAVITO SWI es AWAY AFTER Homour W... m, .0 Nighbor as the most sportsman- Detroit Tigers' slugging out- Lakeland yesterday after a after the regular workout to lowing his third marathon ne- like player for 1925;,

brief holdout. Pitching to C01- avito is pitcher Jim Bunning. Regular Tiger coaches stayed

Nighbor. today living in com- fortable retirement in this 0t- tawa Valley town. recalls that s one of the most memorable events in the 1915-30 hockey era when his name and exploits were as familiar‘to sports fans as those of Gordie Howe or Rocket Ric-hard are today. JUDGMENT UPHELD

Th ere no complaints about the rather arbitrary man- ner in which Lady Byng. an ar- dent hockey fan. handled the in- augural award the

fielder Rocky Colavito enjoy- ed a special practice after he signed his 1963 contract in

Three Rinks Win Twice; Alberta Ecl es P.E.I. 1.0-9

BRANDON. Man. (CP) — De-lDoug Gathercole of Copper Cliff day left no doubt he was ready.ern Ontario with a 13-5 victory Byng trophy. A vote of sports fending Canadian curling cham-iin Northern Ontario. In the to make a try for an unprece-‘over Don ix of Monoton. writers in the league cities a plan Ernie Richardson of Re-‘opening draw. Mann defeatedldented. fourth Canadian curlingl Glen Harper's British Colum- year later upheld her judgment gina Monday night won his sec-:Bill Kent of Montreal 11-6. chaininonshii;I a; lie battereg f. t d f Nighbor a repeat and mm of the annual com- , innipeg’s ers erner rm irs roun o y. wmner. petitign, defeating John Pike of: ERAADON' Mam (Cm—18W 16—4 in the opening round. Richardson. showing the form “They hand out a 51.000 Grand Falls, Nfld.‘ 11.4 10 lead‘Ba‘rd 0? Kentvme' gave Richardson. tied with two oth-fthat has won him three Cana- cheque with the Byng award to- the undefeated rinks into 10;“? a Single-0n the_f”"-1.,e“d{ers at three championships.;dian and three world curling day." says Nighbor, “but I day's second day of action. FMOF‘day “'ght bl“ 5"" “(lined gave Lerner six ends beforelchampionships. played his own wouldn't trade this for $10.-

53 me .9“ the 11‘“ end ‘0 t'lef‘5‘?t,unloading with scores in the fi- ' running game most of the way, 000 e was holding up the

BRANDON. Man- (Cpl—Jim .Don Mlx 9f Monet” .11'6 for hls‘ 1181 six. land almost at a running pace. miniature Lady Byng trophy Shields of Calgary became the : second “'1? 0" 1h? llI‘St day Oil Lerner scored a single in the governor - general’s wife second skip in the Canadian 1th? Canadian Curling Champion-l sixth end to square the match PACE TELL3 _ , , gave him that night 38 years curling championships to grablsmps- Infhe afternoon OPEHinglli-s‘, but it was the last time Lerner kept With h‘m- tak‘Pg a .

a second victory Monday night ldrawi Baird defeated JOhn Pike’he got on the board as Rich-Ithe lead 0" the “with end Wllh Nighbor, hair thinning and and the second to hammer Win- 0‘ Grand Fallsv Nfld-. 14- ardson kept clearing thleS house ghetw‘gié’grélslgnfurl;oluz Pace 0f step slowing to he 8361:9831:- nipeg’s Hersh Lerner. Shields RANDON _ ' of all but his own too . ‘ 3' 50°“ cently marked is t ir - handed Lerner an 18-7 defeat in “1.3.3.8.... gamLCSf) ml: 62:33.25; Joining Richardson in first i started to tell as the front end

"shag" for Colavito. He sign- gotiatlons.

ed tlor a token pay raise fol- (AP Wirephotoi

lbia rink drew the bye in the by naming

er Port Arthur club and had two

Lady i aires. The Pacific Coast League

won its first and only Stanley: . Cu ‘

ycouver," day. But he still is only five V W

pounds above his 100 - pound playing weight and has I photo- clear memory of those bygone years when hockey was front- page news across the country. wh 's .000 salary was con- sidered fabulous and when only Toronto had artificial ice. Born in Pembroke. he began skating at four on old-fashioned blades strap on to over~ shoes, At 15 he starred with a district senior team..that lost only one game in two years. In 1909 Nighbor went to a

seasons there before a scout signed him for Toronto in the old National Hockey Associa- ' five-team forerunner of

Faded newspaper clippings of the day make only secondary mention of the 23 goals Nigh- bor produced in his m-game rookie season. The sensation was his introduction of the "sweep check.“ in which Nigh- bor held the length of his stick flat on he ice swe t it across the path of opposing for- wards. It collected the puck al- most every time.

Time has even dulled the memory of his sweep-checking skill. however. and t ay old- tlmers remember him for his effectiveness with the “poke check."

Toronto fans howled at the ‘elld of the season when he was :drafted by Vancouver Million-

had made a deal with the east-

;ern circuit, after threatening a whfl

(player raid. under which that Western clubs were allowed to select two players from the east. Frank Patrick, then fcoaching Vancouver. took Did. lier Pitre from Montreal and ‘the new wonder boy left-winger from the Toronbos.

His selection paid off 12 Lmonths later when Vancouver

Nighbor's checking was

‘given much of the credit, ‘11 re luv it in Nighbor told an inter» . “But my mother was sick back east and I jumped the

the night draw after defending cum-n Cham mush _ M n place after the first round werei“, tile MaPilOba entry began champion Ernie RiCllal‘dSOIl.lnjght'gG]cn Him” 12:- lenédaiy B:b Mann of Hanover. Ont..jm15§";g the" ShOtS lso a double winner. defeated inc” drew cold to the Shot I.ock'lwith an 11-6 victory over Bill T 91‘ game was over just two

3 ~ c y lthe Manitoba entry 16-4 in fhelof Montreal-s B.“ Ken. for alxent of Montreal: Ian Baird ofihw” and 4° “"3"” 3"“ .the Omets a gopening draw. 1104; vino.“ his first of .h E Kentville. N.S.. with a 14-6 win 1 5‘8” 0f the Opening ceremonies

l .. el p~ lat which Manitoba Lieutenant:.c h d

BRANDON, Man, (Cpl—Bob comPeutmns' Hfin‘per drew 3i gilllgsaqfllaflmfirslgfiielz; Governor E-i‘riick F. Willis threw‘ Mann of Hanover. 0nt.. Monday.bye m the opening round Mon'lgary’ who defeated Doug Cam- .1 the fir“ TOCk- While "‘05! 0f thej (night won his second game of .day afterm‘m' ieron' of Charlottetown 10-9 in “he” games. 'had an End and 8 ithe Canadian curling champion-3 BRANDON. Man, (CPl—Er-‘thc finsl end: and Doug Gath-.half remammg ‘0 110-

Dunstaffnagc Comets play Covehead tonight at SDU rink

‘C' hockey

Saints, Youth Club arner Hoop Wins

Junior Saints and BYC notch-

ed City Basketball League vic- e

tories at Saint Dunstan’s last night. The Saints crushed Phal« anx 88-45 and the Youth Clubbers edged PWC Welshman 64-62.

Saints jumped into the lead early in their contest and by halftime were leading by a 27- 16 score. They really opened up rim the final however. sinking 61 points to 29 by Phalanx

Playing coach Len Sirois once again was the big triggerman for the Malpeque Road collegi- ans with 25 points. Corcoran picked up 17. Grant 16 and Maddock 12.

o s for Phalanx were Scanllebury with 15 points and Roy Doiron 11.

The BYC-PWC game was a close affair and the biggest lead the winners could garner was 9 points. Halftime score was 29-25 in favor of the Youth Club-

rs. Playing coach Wayne MacDon- ald paced the BYC team with 25 points while teammates Earl Murphy and Emmett Ellsworth each racked up 16. For the Earl Nicholson-coached Welshmen it was Ron Diamond ' points. Mike Dagg with 11.

'Officials for the game were George McGuigan and Fred Ripley.

Here are the lineu Saints: Buotte 0.

Mt. Royal, O’Leary Make Loop Finals

and Mt, Royal en- ' the O‘Leary ty League finals last night as a

result of their Victories hi a twin bill feature at O'Icary

ps : - Sidois 25.

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Mullally 7. Maddock 12. Chin- ry 6. Grant 16. Corcoran 17, McCaffery. Total 88.

Phalanx: R. Scantlebury 15.

R. Doiron 11. J. Ives 2. R Be ton 6. K. Johnston, G. Wa ‘F.C. Burns 3. Ladner 2. 345. l BYC: W. MacDonald 25. E. Murphy 16. E. Ellsworth 16. T. King 7, R. MacDougaIl. .1. Ba- sha. L. Baglole. Total .

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PWC. Ladner 8. Smith 9, Dagg ll. MacPhcrson 10, Stan- nislh 4. Weale 9. ll. Diamond 12.

lships with an 8-4 Victory ovcr'nie Richardson of Regina Mon-‘ercole of Copper Cliff in North- .

lCombines Make Finals; Trounce RCAF Eagles 12-4

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SUMMERSI‘DE —— The Prince County Combines. getting bet- ter as the game progressed. won the clinching game of the semi- final series “B” at Civic Stadium last night by the score of 12-4. They won the series four games to one. and it is expected the first game between the Combines and Royals in the final series will be played in Charlottetown on Thursday evening.

Gord Cutcliffe and Ev Jay each got the “hat trick". Vance Harris, Alger Cutcliffe. and Greg Deighan scoring two apiece. Bill Smith fired a brace for the airforce.

The first period was close and ended 2-31]. The Combines start- ed to roll in the second period. scoring four goals to the Eagles' one. and really ran rough-shot over the alrforce team in the final frame. notching six goals to the Eagles' single tally.

Bill Smith opened the scoring lat 11.32. breaking away from the

at the red line to beat

'was the trigger

Mann with a hard shot. Two minutes later Walsh got a piece of Vance Harris’s slap shot but the puck caromed off his pad into the cage. Smith made it 2-1 at 19.04 and 4 seconds later Combines again knotted the count. Alger Cutcliffe taking a relay from Deighan from the -e-off. TAKE LEAD AGAIN

The Eagles took the lead again early in the second per- iod. Mann whiffing on Kenny MacDonald's left wing shot. Gord Cutcliffe was in the way of Benny Grady‘s screened shot. (but he picked up the rubber and scored himself. Ev White de- flected B. Gi'ady’s pass into the cage at 6.45 and Greg Deighan man on a fine combination play with Alger Cutcliffe at 8.20. Good Cutcliffe made it 6-3 to finish the second period scoring. taking a lateral

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rebound off Walsh's pad and 11.,

slamming it back into the net. Buffet‘s pass put Steve Phil-

B. Diamond. Total 62.

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Alberta skip Jimmy Riields (centre) and than Ron Nordicott take plenty of time as the: look over a amiss

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LOOKING IT OVER

cccmied by two Prince Ed- 'rd Island

“M emitter . 5. skip Doug Cameron‘s crew Ina. Moo die

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Albertans iii the first round of the 1900 Brier playdowns by {1.0-9 verdict.

(CP Wirepheto)

lips in the clear ear]; in the third frame to make the score 6-4. but the Combines came back with six straight goals to round out the lopsided score.

V. Harris got a soft one when his pass in front of the net was knocked in by Sleigh trying to clear. Ev White snared a loose disk at the red line for the sec- ond. Gord Cutcliffe potted the third on a pass from behind the net. and Alger Cutcliffe finish- ed off a beautiful pattern play for the fourth.

Greg Deighan and Ev White got the final two. bot-h result- ing from well-timed passes.

Referee Don Whelan handed out only five penalties, the RCAF getting three. Joe Coyle and LeRoy Barnett were the

esmen.

SUMMARY First Period: — 1. E

E! B

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(G. Cutcliffe) 13.49; 3. . B. Smith (H. Spicer) 19,04; 4. Combines - A. Cutcliffe (G.

19118, Penalti —-G. Deig an ‘ .

Second Period: — 5 Eagles K. MacDonald (D. Tucker) 1.43: 6. Combines — G, Cutcliffe (B. Grady. E. White) 5.54; 7. Com- bines -— E. ‘ (B, Grady, G, Cutcliffe) 6.45; 0 Combines G. Deighan (A. Cutcliffe. V. Harris) 8.20; 9, Combines —G. Cutcliffe (J. Norman) 11.23. Pen- alties — R 11 . — 10 S. Phillips (H, 5.17; 11.

0,29; 12. Combines — E. White (A. Walsh) 10.47; 13. Cambium

G, Cutcliffe (J Nowcan. B. Grady) 13,57; 14. Canbines— A. Cutcliffe (V. Han-is. G.

Dogfish: ) 14.47: 15. Carmine.-

G, Deighan (A. Cutcliffe) 16.56:

16. Canbmes' —- E. White (J.

Noonian. A, Walsh) 17.42,

alties — B. Sleigh. A. WM. STOPS

Mann 1: 7 3—21 Well-s: 14 18 11—43

tain is,sz (H,Spicer,R.Hughes) “h 2 ' v nom-

Richardson poured on a three‘ in the seventh end to indicate his intentions, slowed to a sin-. gle n the eighth when Lerner‘ nipped off a budding Saskatche- wan four. then threw two more threes in succession.

He wasn‘t the only rink to back up threes as Gathercolei used the same device.

pull ahead of Mix 8-4. The turning point in the Nova‘

Scotia

was held off until the 10th end

when Baird piled up a six-ender

to swarm into a 14-4 lead over 'ke.

There were more than 4.000 fans crammed into the wheat city arena at the start of play with scores more turned away‘ for want of room.

The lieutenant-governor. be- fore throwing the ceremonial rock at a broom held by two- time Canadian champion Ho- ward Wood of Winnipeg. said he believed it was the first sellout for an opening draw of a Cana- dian curling championship.

But. as the outcome of the match on the centre sheet of ice became more and

he no arena and by the time the final rock of the round had thrown. there were only a hand- ful left to watch. ‘ The second round of the championship was to begin to-V night at it p.m. ’

Curling Draw For Montague

Here is the curling draw for Montague tonight (Tuesday).

7 pin. — Lillian MacDonald vs. Margaret Sullivan.

‘ 9 pm. Butte—t. Milli) [Nicholson

- Evelyn vs. Mary

Newfoundland game i .

in an intermediate tussle. Game time is set for 8:15.

Entries Released For wed. Card

The Victonia Driving Club

in they have immune.” the emriies for int them in the four years from seventh and eighth ends. to‘ Wednesday’s ice racing program 1 1919 to 1923. On the night of the

which gets underway at 2,30 shanp on North River cause- may

Entries are as follows:— First Racez—Rowdy Dow, Joy-

lond_ Tom Collins Miss Real Money, Farmer's Pride. Miss Iliusell, Flying Billy. Dnillo

a. Second Race:-—Roger Parlay. Nellie Bangs. Noble Argot. Per- fect Hal. ‘ C. Christi Best. Napsack. Bob Budilong. Third Race—Billy C, Dudds. uy. Dayton Hal. Audrey's Cbesterway Thomas. Jolflitiy Pride, Wing Victory, Franide Budlong. .lol-lity's Pride. ourtih Racez—Silent Ensign. Doctor Alec. Wm, Rob Baker, Jerry Baker. Mitchell. Lucky Smart. Abner Belinda. Lucky LIFH.

Buestis and MacNetll of Sum- msensiida. owners of Jollity'e Pride have announced that their

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entry will be racing free-vi w v

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Fans Witness Exciting Action At Kensington Over 500 fans darned out for Junior North Shore Hioc

League action at Reining rink last night and tiny were

lMar. Electric Takes Contest.

SDU High Tops Loop

Saint Dunstan's High captur- ed first place in the P.E.I.Seii- for ‘A' Interscholastic Basket- ball League when they defeated PWC Welshman 55.37 in the final game of the season yester- day at PWC.