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By NICK FILLMORE

Senior Hockey For Us?

THERE is talk of Charlottetown

Nova Scouts lor Hockey League

We don't want to hand down any kind of judgme-

propcvsition at this time. we do want to mention some very rtant facts concerning an Island and queaion the

a? senior hockey might have on the rest of the Island's ey

attempting to enter the I at. on the

Next season the mainland senior league will likely con-

. list of Halifax, Moncton, Windsor and ew Glasgow. The scene for 1964-65 is complicated however. because Dart- mouth and Truro (building a new 3.000 seat stadium) are looking for a league to play in.

unrlotte , we think. would have to put forth a pretty pod guarantee if they would hope to be accepted by the main- 1and league.

The Nova Scotia Senior League last season w” m satisfactory. Windsor was too strong. Clubs often failed to ice full teams when they played away from borne. Games began . But for Windsor. the brand of play Was poor. Crowds were poor.

llf Chartsttetown enters the league they should demand guaranteed unprovements. Islanders will not watch the kind of hockey Nova Scotla had lam season. We don't want players in that kind of league.

Good Hockey Will Draw

PROPERLY OPERATED, and with a playoff c ' team. Charlottetown. we drink. would an average of 1.-

our

750 persons game. errem v that must

be organized to perfection to compete with television, dancing,

and other public ‘ wogfld have to be tin [or

s . . best show, for money, that hockey can I . Transportation for the Island team is not the problem it first appears to be. ey could play series’ of games on the mainland and til ave e series. main] conception of ood transportation however. and the landers conception of transportation often have a certain de- gree of contrast. Th are hunderds of players available. In recent years however, so called "amateur players" have so high that they are actually hitting the hand that

teak They seem to try and aim every possible penny anofatown amdthenas wh keyisn't

too well in the Maritimes. Most towns want good hockey. but the players. not management. have upper hand.

A successful Island entry in a mainland senior league would have to have better than 65 per cent d p o ers. What affect would this. have on the remainder of Prince Edward Island’s hockey players? Would they play in second rate Intermediate leagues? With the emphasis on Senior hockey who would organire the Intermediate?

If a senior team is formed to play in a mainland league it would have to be suppo . by all areas of the Island. Wt: invite your comments on the situation.

Off The Cuff

IT’S GREAT to hear ABBY HOFFMAN and Nancy Misc- Cready. two of the nations best female athletes, will be in P.E.I. for Simunerside's Eastern Canadian Age Class track and field meet. If Island sport fans want to see some of world's potentially best. they don‘t want to miss the Summa- meet. July 25 . . , . . . . . ,.The municipality of Burnaby. adjaoamt to Vancouver. says it will lease .STA'FFORD SMY'I‘IIE a tract of land for 99 years if he’ll build ins pro- pose ,000.000 coiiseum there. The Leaf presrdent .last. week offered to build a mom-seat coiiseum in Vancouver 1f the city would give the land free. Vancouver .council has expr great interest and Smylhe has been invrted to go in the coast

e lain his lan. However? '1e has turne own the Burnaby we? ...... .. 10.. We predict‘VERN HANDRAHAN will stick with Kansas City Athletics until the mid-season break. at l . . . . . . . . . . .. ROBIN ROBERTS. one of the American

League's top pitchers at fill-years old. can‘t find the winning ' se his Baltimore Orioles aren't givirg his any runs

erts worked 251 innings. recording a 3.

"red faced" Chicago Black Hawk is PIERRE the NHL's most valuable defenceman yesterday. Tan H was secon . . . . . . . . . ,. The a .400 hitters in the major gues were TED WILLIAMS of the Boston Red Sox and Tony of oh New York Giants. Williams batted .406. in 1941 and Terry achieved a .401 average in 1930.

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TORONTO (CP) — The On- tario Golf Association an- nounced Tuesday it as ex- empted 85 professionals and amateurs from the qualifying: round of the Ontario Open If Championship at suburban Is- lington June 25-27.

There is $5.000 in prize money to be won. including top prize of $1,200 and the top three pro- fessionals in the tournament will win starting places in the first world tournament at De- troit's Oakland Hills course Aug. 27-37.

e remainin 65 in a starting field of 150 an lit-hole qualifying round at Islington June .

Categories for professional qualification: The first 15 in 1963 Canadian Professional Golf Association ratings, top 10 from

1963 Ontario Open. top 1 Ontario Professional Golf Asso- ciation rankings and top 10 in 1 Quebec. in the Hunt Trophy rankings and the top 15 in the Mcnaughton-(Brooks Bur- sary tournament.

Categories for amateur quali- fication: All players ranked in 1962-03. low 15 in the 1963 On- tario Open and low four in the 1963 Canadian Open.

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By JOE REICHLER NEW YORK (Ayn—The

I ' . oddsl against Willie Mays hitting

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(edgeable baseball people think San Francisco Giants’ superb centre fielder may accomplish the seemingly impossible.

Ted Williams. the last major leaguer to reach that magic pinnacle. has always maintained the 3400 figure will be reached again. In a recent interview he picked Mays. Henry Aaron. Al Kaline and Mickey Mantle as those capable of doing it.

“The fellow who hits .400 must ‘get off to a blazing start." said Williams. who batted .406 with Boston Red Sox in 1941. “Then e must avoid a long battingl

slump.

“He must get the breaks and l he must have speed afoot. You’ve got to get your share of infield hits to keep that average u

p. I “The year [batted .388. (1957) l I didn’t get a single leg hit. If I had been able to beat out six infield hits, I would have hit .400 again.” NONE STARTED AS WELL Not even Williams in his .406 season got off to such a flying start as Mays this season. After his first 20 games in 1941. W11 liamt was hitting .375. Willie.

this year are about 400 to 1 but 1 .' it Is surprising how many knowl- ‘ t

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for the same period. was more than 100 points higher.

Stan Musia‘l. p e rh the greatest of all National League hitters. thinks Mays has a chance.

“Common sense tells you that nobody. no matter how great a hitter he is, will hit .400 in this day and age." said Musial, whose highest average was .376 in 1948. “But if anybody can do it. Mays is the man.

Willie is an extraordinary streak hitter and. who knows.

l ORK (AP) -— Wilbert (Skeeter) McClure. an Olympic boxing champion with Cassius Clay in 1960.has a few words of advice for the candidates for 1964 competition: “Polish every facet of your skill. the jab, the cross, the movements. “Even more important adopt a gentlemanly attitude and hearing. The officials will be observing you even when you- don't think they are watching. Cassius and I picked all. the champions last time before the Olympics and we on] missed one_ just by watching how the boys handled themselves." McClure and Clay must have picked themselves because each won a title — McClure in the light middleweight division and Clay in the light heavyweight. McClure is rank . as a pro in the middleweight class. Clay, of course. is the heavy-) weight champ. ( “An international referee willl

work with the team a month he- i

OlympicBoxingChamp (gives Tips To Yanks

“When I fought the Russian in the semi-finals, there were five judges. Four were from the Iron urtain countries and there was one Scot. They called it a draw although I had him bleeding from the nose and blackened his eye. The Scot put a dot after my name on his card. That meant I was more aggressive. That’s how I won the bout.

"In the finals I fought an Ital- ian. He ran and I was afraid I

wouldn't get the decision. Don’t .

forget this was in Rome. But I

almost knocked him out. They

had to give it to me." McClure has adopted some of

Clay’s tactics as a gag to at. tract more attention to his cause. His new cree ‘

-‘All you have to do is say 'I’m the greatest. I’m the or tiest. I’m the wonderfullest’ and keep repeating it in front of a

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mirror for three weeks. If it doesn't work I’ll go on an Afri- can tour."

[Baseball's Best Players See Willie Hitting .400

l he might just streak right

through the season.’

One of the least surprised by Mays’ remarkable early season hitting is Jackie Robinson, a National League batting champ with .342 in 1949.

“A fellow asked me last win- ter abo‘ut Mays and I told him that, in opinion. Willie hadn't yet reached his peak," said the f o r m e r Brooklyn Dodger star. “I've always felt that Mays had the qualifications to be the next .400 hitter."

HITS SCORCHING .481

Mays’ bat literally has been aflame sin c e opening day Through the first month of the campaign. Wondrous Willie hit a scorching .481. He has hit safely in all but one of his 21 games and through last Monday’s game. he had connected safely at least once in 18 consecutive games.

Mays has had good starts be- '

fore but never like this. Two years ago. he had four home runs in his first seven games. But this year, 11 of his first 40 hits were home runs.

en Roger Maris of New York Yankees hit his record (31 home runs in 1961, he did not

get No. 11 until his club's 40th ' game. Babe Ruth hit his 11th '

homer in his 34th game when he set the record of 60 in a 154- game season in 1927.

BALL MEETINGS

SUMMERSIDE — The Prince County Softball League will hold a meeting at the CJ'RW radio studios. tonight, 8.30 p.m.

All persons interested in the

future of the league are asked?

to attend,

MORELL — An organization- al meeting of the Kings Coun- ty Baseball League will be held at More)! Regional High School. (Ma 1 , p.m.

It is suggested that all teams be represented at the meetin

CITY — A meeting of the Charlottetown Senior Ba ba League will be held at the City Armouries. tonight. .3) p.m.

All of last season’s coaches and managers are asked to at- te . A nominating committee formed at the last meeting will bring in a new slate of offl—

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rs. MONTAGUE - A meeting of the Montague House Baseball league will be held at the Mon- tague Curling Club, Thursday. 8 p.m. Reg-ulations for the com-

ing season’s play will be drawn . n

We Guardian,

? SECOND SECTION

Charlottetown, Wed. May 13, 1964.

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PITCHIERS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS l Probable pitcher-s for today’s )major league games, won andl llost records in parentheses: .

merican ague [ New York, Ford (3-1) at De-l .troit, Aguirre (0-0). (N). 1'

Boston. Morehead (1-2) at Cleveland, Ramos (1-2). (N).

Baltimore, Roberts ( 1-1) t Washington. Narum (2-1) or Cheney (0-2). (N).

Chicago, Horlen (1-1) or Pl- zarro (20) at Minnesota, Stig- man (0—2). (N),

Kansas City. Pena (3-2) and Monteagudo, (0-2) at geles, Belinsky (1-1) and Lat- man wi-N . National Le

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burgh.Law (1-2), ( . (Milwaukee. Cloninger "(2-1) at; New York. Fisher (0-1). Los Angeles. Koufax (2-3) at. Chicago, Ellsworth (243).

S. 11 Philadelphia. Bunning (3 - 1).(

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Dancer May Be ; Second Choice

BALTIMORE (AP) — Hill Rise, who lost the Kentucky

rby by a neck in the role of the favorite, probably will be the public's choice again Satur- day when he hooks up with Derby winner Northern Dancer

and four other three-yea'r-oids - e

in the running of Preakness at Pimlico.

orseman expressed opinion on the probable favorite Tues-

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Souris Seeks Title Tonight

SOURIS — The Kings County senior basketball playoffs re- sume at Souris Regional High School tonight with Morell the visiting team.

Souris leads the round robin

series and a victory tonight would assure them e championship.

In recent games. Montague defeated Morell 56-52 in Mon— tague and More]! defeated Mon- tague 43-28 in Morell.

PLAYOFF STANDINGS

W L Pts. Souris 2 0 4 Montague 1 2 2 Moreil I 2 2

SOURIS BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN ED CLINTON

While baseball is dragging it's feet in getting underway. Track and field got the jump and we’re getting ready for a big season. At least four meets are scheduled for Souris this year, with three of them being held this month.

This sport was never a very popular one. but. has been growing rapidly the past few years. and should have its big- gest year in the King’s County area. At least three centers will be having local meets within the next two weeks in prepara- tion for County meet

day after watching Hill Rise put

in his final prep with a 1:40 1-5 coking for a mile. He gal-

loped out the 1% miles in -54 1-5

The workout compared with the relatively slow 1:42 3-5 per- formance of Northern Dancer in his final workout Monday and the brisk 1:38 1-5 by The Scoun- drel Sunday.

Hill Rise’s workout completed the serious preparations for the Preakness field. Roman Brother and Quadrangle will be theldother Derby starters in the

ie .

The probable field was in- creased by one when trainer Bernie Bond announced Tues- day that Haul-riot N. Ball's Big Pete would be entered in the 1 3-16-mile Preakness.

th six starters. the second

also includes the and

lmont Stakes. will be worth $176,700 with 3124.200 going to the winner.

Manager Owen Siill‘ Critical

ON'EILDA. N.Y, (Am—Steve Owen. who coached New York Giants to eight Eastern Division titles and two National Football

eague champions . re- in critical condition Tuesday in a hospital oxygen

at.

Owens. 66, was admitted to Oneida City Hospital Saturday. The nature of his 1 as was not disclosed. He has made his home here since he retired as Giants coach in 1953.

Owen later coached in the Ca- nadian Football ague for Tor- onto. Calgary and Saskat- chewan. He was an dian Coach of the Year in 1962 while at Saskatchewan.

Last year Owen coached the nowdefunct Syracuse Stormers of the United Football league.

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mg’s County Interscho-

lastic meets will be held in

Souris this year. And the meet

has been made into a two day

affair. The Elementary schools

will hold their meet on y

29th. while the seniors will have their meet the following day.

RECORDS NOW KEPT

Last year. the first official records for King's County were established. so that all times and distances recorded at last year‘s meet are records. Some new records will be set this year. as new events have or added in the elementary divr

n. We may have some new teams in the King's County Baseball League this season. Most of last year's teams will be back. Those teams we know for sure are Morell. Mt. Stew- art. Souris. St. Peters and Georgetown. Two others. Peak-

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) ( ( gine a league without Peakes.‘ while Cardigan has been one of the up and coming teams in the league.

Two teams may be seekl admission at the annual me ing. One team is from Monta- gue, and the other uses Soul‘ls as a home base. The Monta 1 gue team is an unknown quan- tity and still has to get enough players. '

SOURIS BALL ENTRY The Souris entry is a team- that has been playing for three 5 y ars as a t m. The players are former Nova Scotians. em- ployed at the filieting plants in» Souris and who have now estan lished residences in King's ‘County. They have played ex 1 hibition games against KC) ( teams and ave given a l fairly good account of them selves. { For the past two years thc' league has kept stactlcs. withl this writer acting as league sta- tician. These should be contin- ued. and the teams urged to co-operate more fully. Only a few of the teams kept up the co-operation last seaon.

As one of the oldest, and the ' best attended leagues in tne’ Maritimes, records are a must. Complete figures on the past two seasons will be sent to an coaches within the next ten

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ays. Minor baseball in Souris for the coming season has yet to be decided. The Town League (for boys eighteen and under) will definitely operate but the

different age groups have no plans. Last year. the Recreation

Commission hired a coach. and purchased equipment. and the investment paid off to the tune of three Island titles. for Sour- thliliggesf year in minor base a .

COMMIsSION CUTS-BACK This year. the Commission has decided to cut down a

spending. Both in regards to

Equipment is not a luxury. but a necessity. but some e

towards hockey rather than to- wards both sports. .

The Commission may alsol the new

a coach under

A badminton tournament w l l I be held in Souris at the Re- glonal High School the part

are now

open . names in to John Hughes at the h sch

Let's make this first tourna- meat a big success.

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[curs wmn Don Macintosh. supervisor of Regina. thinks an athlete's per-l

Commission still lean hesvxlyln'mmm g Washin

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v of set-up. Definitely. they will not ( Baton be able to get a full-time coach. I Cleveland

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of the month. Elimination emadiy ( rounds in the high school class Ban—Helmet (I) being played. Any- Jones (3): Clo—Held (6). one. wishing to take part in the New York 20000 even should of their

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