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I-I.M. Haswell and A.I-I. Mead. originators cf the Universal Drivers Rating System. have released the standings of the leading drivers per- forming over United 'States Trot- ting Association tracks season of 1950. In our Revicriv we stated that we believed several Maritime drivers would be well up on the list of those making 200 or more starts and those making 100 or more starts. Top driver of all is Del Mil- ler, who made 309 starts. was 108 times first. 66 times second and 30 times third for a percentage of .501. Del Miller won the greatest amount of money in 1950 ever won by a driver in the history of harri- ess racing. piloting the stable of Hayes Fair Acres, the Reynolds stable and other mounts. His prin- cipal winnings were in the futur- ities.

The second name on the list has created considerable surprise, it is Mel' Harmening of Des Moines, Iowa. who in his 226 starts had 67 firsts, 43 seconds and 35 thirds, for a percentage of .454. In sixth place is the Cape Breton driver. Worrell Lewis. who had charge of the P.J. Cadegan stable -and drove other horses. He made 240 starts. was 74 times first, 34 times second and 29 times third for a percentage of .427. Right after him is one of the top drivers of the Grand Circuit. Wayne (Curley) Smart, and another very prominent driver Joseph Hylan is C'ig'hLh, while the second leading driver on the Grand Circuit, John Simpson, is ninth.

In 13th place is Ievl I-Iarncr. who -was very high on the list last sea- son and in 14th place is our own Joe O'Brien. who made 417 starts.

' was 103 times first, 64 times secnnd and 52 times third for a percent- age of .374. In 15th place is Del :vlacTavish of Quebec, with a. per- centage of .359. In 38th place is Earle B. Avery. formerly of Wood- stock. N.B.. who made 238 starts. was 38 times first. 41 times second and 38 times third for a percentage of .309. The state of Maine driver. Harry Coleman. well known in this Province. is 30th on the list and Clint I-Iodgins, whose campaign with the trotter Proximity and other fast ones has placed him much in the public eye. is 40th. In 42nd place is Johnny Chapman of Tor- onto. who made 419 starts and has a percentage of .302.

The Universal Drivers racing sys- tem also showed Johnny Simpson won most races ..- 111. Del Miller was second with 108 and Jce O'- Brien third with 103.

In the list of drivers that made over 100 starts and less than 200. in third place we are proud to sal- ute Clayton MacLeod of Westvil-lc, N. 8., who made 144 starts, was 44 times first. 35 times second and 15 times third for a percentage of .475. In fifth place is William E. Miller, who was top driver on the list last season. llis percentage is .486. In twelfth place is Harley Harrison. who raced the Harry I-lirscn stable and had other mounts. Harley made 144 starts. was 37 times first. 29 times second and 27 times third for 9. percentage of .431. In 25th place is Roy Barnett of Woodstock. who made 108 starts. had 31 firsts. 16 seconds and 11 thirds for .411. In 27th place is Johnny Conroy. who made 121 starts. was 31 times first. 17 times seccnd and 27 times third for a percentage of .409. and in 29th place is Angie Allen. who made 167 starts, was 38 times first 35 times second and 30 times third for a percentage of .404. In 40th place is Willard Kelly, who made 191 starts. was as times first. 43 times second and 40 times third for a percentage of .394. The list of drivers in each category -whose per- centages are published numbers fifty.

A word of explanation may be in order regarding the drivers featur- ed in our Maritime Harness Racing Review. Because of the smaller nunber of events open to drivers in the Ma.i-itimes as compareu with the United States we based our percentages on 60 or more starts and the top driver was borne Let- cher. springhiil. N.8. who made '70 start; and had 9. percentage of .589. Second on our list was Clayton Macleod of Westville. N.B. Great credit is due Messrs. Harwell and

-Mead author: of the U.D.E.S.

for giving standing of drivers. A5 one looks over the list and sees our yiend Worrell Lewis. Clayton Maclieoci and other Maritlmers heading some of the great men cm the Grand Circuit. Roosevelt, sar- atoga and elsewhere. the conviction comes to us that given opportunity they would drive as brilliantly 39 Roosevelt. Yon-kers or the Grand CI-rcuit as they do here.

Friends cf Jack Sherren. well- known caretaker of this city, will be glad to learn that he is with one of the best stables at Du-fferin .track, ronto. Here is a letter from h . . . . I am now located at Dufferin track and getting along fine. I have charge of Breeze on. that took a record of 2.02 cn a mile track and 2.03,on a half-mile track for Wayne "Curly" Smart last year. He was bought by Mrs. W. H. Benett, Buffalo. N. Y. at the Har- risburg sale for 316,350. I am work- ing for John Chapman and he has eight besides Breeze On. including Easter Jester 2.06. spemer Mite. Nibble Mite. Zinna Song. Tony Horn, Billy Stout. Flying Eagle and Sir Peter G.

We are going dcuble headers ev- ery second day with them. mostly around 3.00. Mr. Chapman was tell- ing me about the time you were up here with The Yank and those horses. He is a great horseman and knows every angle of the game. In addition to the horses at Dulfcrin Mr. Chapman has Goodwill Dean, Laurel Spencer and about 16 cc-its at Thorncliffe Race Track. Two Mur- itime-drivers are here, Ronnie Ann- stronz. who Ls doing well with his .horscs, and Johnny. Campbell. who I is assistant trainer with Floyd Milton. They have some very good horses. We expect to leave fnr Yonkers Raceway in April if they open then. Remember me to all the boys at home and tell them I often think of them." -

we understand that the well known Maritime dlriver Angie Al- len, who was 29th in the list of drivers in the United states and Marltlmes making over 100 starts and less than 200. and whose cem- paigns in the Maritimes for many years have won him a reputation as a skillful trainer and high class reinsman, has left for Sh:-rbrooke, Que. where he is entering the em- pioy of Del MacTavish, who was leading driver at Saratoga Raceway last season. winning the cup and other honors. Mr. MacTavish's sta- ble ccmprises several trotters and pacers that can beat 2.10 regularly over half-mile tracks. Angie will act as assistant-trainer of the Mac- Tavlsh stable.

The veteran harness hcrseman. Peter Conroy. met with'a regrettable accident last Sunday. when he slip- ped and foil, breaking his hip. He is in hospital having the best med- ical care and at last reports was no- ing nicely. Peter was most active in the era of 1908-1925. but since then. has always trained o'le or more horses and devotes quite a lot of his time to making horse shoes. He is a master crf many crafts. can sail a vessel. build a boat or do any type of iron work. in addition to his harness horse activities. we wish him a speed and full recovery. Doug MacLeod, President of the Victcria Driving Driving Club. has received an invitation from Rnbie Kaiser, President: of the Halifax Harness Horse Club. to race the OZ-ub's parses in a two day meet at Halifax this winter. It will be spon- sored by the Halifax Harness Horse Club and following the second day's racing there will be a lame han- quet and presentation of trophies. Present plans call for are day's rac- ing at the dash track in Halifax and one day on the ice at Dart- mouth. Should there be no ice av- ailable both days racing will be at Halifax. At present they are rac- ing every week at Halifax and the track is kept in good shape. Owing to the peculiar conditions prevail- ing here this winter such as lack of ice and snow. it has been impose- ible so far for members of the vic- tcria Driving Club to condition their horses fc racing and unless the weather changes and ice is av- ailable in the near future, it would not be possible to take advantage of this invitation till I lain date.

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the Charlottetown Forum for a hockey contest this season, flied out of it again in a very happy

and satisfied frame of mind here on Thursday night following the exhibition tilt between Islanders nnd Sydney Millionaires. The rea- son? Why they saw their local pucksters take a winning verdict over the powerful Sydney team for the first time this season over home ice. and saw a bang-up con- test in the process than would satisfy the hockey appetite of any ardent fan. 0 O 0

But ihey were a tense. anxious bunch of fans during the closing period of than contest when the Cape Breton club turned on the steam after being held well in check for two periods by Len Lnmoureux and his Isianriers. Many thought they were going to witness a repetition of that third- period flurry by Sydney the last time they were here when they overtook a three-goal lead to send the battle in-Io. a.iie. game.

They came close to doing it 100. While the islanders out-;zcnerale:l them for two periods to slap home four goals to one, Sydney roared back in that final frame to notch up two more tallies by a little bet- ter than the halfway mark in the period, and were gunning hard for the equalizer in the remaining half. The situation became par- ticularly acute at the 17:42 mark when Viiaio drew a major for fighting, and just about every fan also drew in his .or her breath and held it. for the final two min- utes and 18 seconds of play.

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Roughing it up along the left boards with Eddie Marchant of Sydney. Vltaie dropped him to the ice with a solid right to the nose after Marohant had high-siioked him. It sent Islanders big defence- man to "sin bin" for five minutes and March-ant tn the dressing room for repairs. It was too bad it happened. because the contest was a particularly clean one up to that point. However. when a guy gets a stick across the -face. he doesn't stop to reason why and that was about the sum of the situation. Vltale, however. showed his sporting blood when he went over to the injured party and apologized; It takes a big man to do that. and the reference in not to Phil's stature. No doubt Marchanf. didn't figure that was much consolation, but at least he knows that it was an act of good sportsmanship. 0 O 0

But getting back to those last few minutes of play-the Islanders had to come up with some really close defensive action to hold on to that one-goal advantage while playing shorthnnded. Sydney piled into the Islanders fort time after time on scoring attempts but each time the locals threw fhem out again. Every man on the Island- ers club. from goalie Hal Gordon out. pulled his weight during those last hectic minutes--and the crowd breathed a deep sigh of re lief when the final gong sounded.

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Yes. It was a great game of hoc- key and the fans loved it. and will no doubt be clamoring for "more" before the season is out. There is no doubt about it, they are two great hockey clubs as far as the Maritime: are concerned. and who knows. maybe outside it as well- timo will tell when the playoff! roll around with the other big comparators in the race for the Governor Genei-a1'u Trophy.

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If you' took the trouble to walk around yesterday and listen in on the various "hot stove leagues" in progress about the city. one still finds a great deal of variation of opinion about the two clubs. Many fans are still on the fence as to "which in the best team," and for those who have picked a winner, there are A thousand and one rea- sons why. If they were all put to- gether there would be enough if':. bui'a. views and reviews to fill a book. Tnerirouble is that it still probably wouldn't give you the right answer. An answer to the big question that will not be known until these two lquads play in a regular playoff series. if and

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East Royalty Royals handed out a 10-3 drubbing to the l-I.M.C.S. Shearwaier pucksiers from Dart- mou-th. N.S., in an. exhibition hoc- key tilt here at the Forum last night in a rugged. fast moving cou- iest that provided plenty of action for a small crowd of fans.

Ohalking up three goals in each of the first two periods without a reply from the opposition to lead 6-0 a-i the end of that time. Royals banged in four more in the clos- ing session against three markers from Shear-water to wind up the free-scoring contest.

The Line of Norman Larier, Cliff Jackson and Cy Gregory supplied most of the fire-power for the le- cals by accounting for six of their team's total while Bu-bby Dowling picked up three and Des Burge one to account for the rest. Latter notched up three with two assists. Jackson one goal and four assists while Gregory potted two and picked up three assists.

S-hoiford load the Navy sharp- shootcrs witvh iwo goals while Ted Jarvis garnered the other goal and assisted on anoih-:r. A Charlotte- town boy. Bernard Hughes. per- formed wiih the Shearwa-ier team back on defence.

Making only their second appear- ance in competition this season.- rhe Shcarwaicr boys were definite- ly outclassed for two periods. but made a strong rally in the closing session to iu-rn in their best per- formancc of the night. Outstand- ing goaltending by Frank Roper in the Royals cage. and erratic shooting on the part of the visi- tors robbed them of many scor- ing opportunities.

Smart net work on the part of Rowland in the Navy cage also robbed the fast skating Royals on many occasions, and despite the 10 goals that got past him. was one of the solid features on the Shear- water lineup.

Rowland handled 34 shots on the night's penformancelwhile Roper kicked aside 24.

The following are the lineups and summary:-

Shsarwater - Goal. Rowland; defence. Hughes. Munroe. Sianoy. Miljius. Thompson; forwards. Saw- aizki. Monteith, Shotford. Wilson. McNa-bb. Ohamers, Gillis. Jarvis, Jcnes. Logan. Coach. Cole.

Royals - Goal, Roper; defence, Burge, Hillier. Connolly. IBlan- chard. Cole. MacDonald: forwards. Do-wiing. Jay, I-Iennesuey. Latter. Flanagan. Bradley. Burihoe, Gre- gory. Jackson.

First Period l-Royals. Larier (Gregory. Jackson) 2.33 2-Royals. Jackson (Larier, Gregory) 8.20 3-Royals, Larter (Gregory, Jacksoh) 8.40 Penalties-Jackson, Flanagan, Dowling. Second Period 4-Royals. Dowling (Blanchard) 9.35 5-Royals, Dowling (Burge, Flanagan) l3.5'l 8-Royals, Gregory (Jackson. Latter) l8.l0 Penal-ties-None. Third Period 7-Royals. Larier (Jackson. Blanchard) 1.01 B-Royals. Gregory (Blanchard) 1.35

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(Jarvis) 19.27 Penalties - Flanagan, Gregory, Wilson, McNabb. McDonald.

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8l'ELbAR'ION. N.S.. Jan. 19 -- (OP) - Btoliai-ton Royals walloped the hapless Tmro Benrcatl 10-2 to- night in a scheduled game of the Antigonish-Pictou-Oolchuter Son- in: "8" Hockey League.

who we'd pick come playoff time -but we'll keep it to om-Ielvu for the moment-long limbs are too brittle this season of the year and a guy might take a bad tumble if he tries climbing out on one too far. Like everybody else. how- ever. the feeling is that it will be a terrific series if than two clubs meet in Maritime championship playoffs-and are keeping an old incurs crolud that it will turn out thlt way. and will not mm Ieeinl wh-9: might won in the greatest playoff series in the his- tory of Maritime hockey.

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-Ray's lioopsiers Clash Wiih Welshmenlonighl

The Prihce of Wales College Welshman and Ray's Millionaires will clash at the P.W.C. auditorium at 7.30 in the only Island Physical Fitness Basketball League clash scheduled for here tonight.

It will be the first meeting of the season between the two en- tries in the six-team league and promises plenty of fast action for local hoop, fans.

Ray's will be making their sec- ond league start when they meet irhe Collegians who will be mak- ing their third appearance in I.P. F.B.L. competition. -

Welshmen will be gunning for their second win while Ray's. who lost their league opener against S.D.U. one week ago, will be hit- ting the floor strong to break into the win column for the first time.

Maritime lleferees To Swiicllobs

HALIFAX. ,Ja.n. ID - (C?) - Raferees of the Maritimes' two major hockey leagues will switch jcbs next week to allow each other a change of scenery. The move is a temporary one.

Casey Bradshaw and Stan Swain will go to the Cape Breton League from the Maritime senior loop and Frank Elliott and charlie Goode will come to the M.8.H. L. from Cape Breton.

Local Curlers See Interesting Film

Members of the Charlottetown Curling Club were treated last night to the showing of a film of the Macdonaid Briar Curling Chaim-pionsihips held at Vancouver. B.C., last year.

The film was made available through the courtesy of the Mac- donald Tobacco Co. through their

locai representative J. C. Mont- gomery. There was a large attendance

and the film was greatly enjoyed by all. The club members are greatly indebted to Mr. Moni- gomery for obtaining the film and making it possible to be shown at the local club.

Y's Men's Club Bowling Results

Followin are the highlights of the Y'S M n's Club bowling com- petition which followed the reg- uiar club meeting on Thursday night.

Hignh single for night. Ray Bar- reii, 262.

Runner up. R. LePagc. 254.

N High double for night, R. l..ePage, 501.

Runner up. Bay Barrett, 408.

Team standings:

Barre-it-8 points

Carson-7 points

Maccnnnell-7 poinia

Gillespie-6 points

Morelide-4 1-2 points

Mathuonr-3 1-2 points

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JANUARY 20, 1951

This afternoon as I type this "Corner" snow is whirling in ed- dying gusts past the window and

fast clothing roof tops in a beaut- iful coat of ermine. It's strange how a snowfall can quickly change unsightly landmarks into objects of beauty. English sparrows and star- llngs are working feverishly to fill their stomachs with rolled oats spread on a swept off patch in the back yard before the thickly fall- ing snow covers it beyond their reach.

Snow flakes drifting past a win- dow puts me in a reminiscent mood, particularly if the room is warm and cosy. I find my thoughts drift- ing back to a certain day this past summer-Sunday, August 6th to be exact. I left the city that morning long before day broke. Fortune bound. I dropped off two passen- gers, the Kid and a friend of his, Hartley Cunningham. a Bank Accountant, City, at Whitlock's as a greying dawn broke and a cold. Noreaster. swept down the pond.

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It was anything but a favourable day for trout fishing but the two hopefuls were anxious to try their luck. I told them I'd pick them up sometime well on in the after- noon . . . if all went well. This column has nothing to do with the events that transpired in the Fortune area. Suffice to say I pick- ed their up at 4.00 P. M. They were in a rather downcast mood. Des- pite the poor 'trouting weather they had caught six nice pan fish but this was not the cause of their low spirits.