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sport Echoes" from Prince ODIIIITY

lBlg league ;BaII A-llendance 'Down ilfer Cenl

Sy JACK HAND

NEW YORK, June 4-(AP)- Big.-league baseball attendance is about eight per cent behind last year on a per game baa-Ismlthouglh the total draw is 97.585 ahead of the 1060 figures.

The difference comes from the games played. 297 this year lhfoukh Sunday as compared to 160 last year. Consequently. the American and National Leagues have drawn 4.315.034 tur 4,218,049 in 1050.

Despite the larger bull parks in the American. the National League is showing the way with 2.29'I.36'I. well distributed among Ill eight teams. Figuring an average home attendance. the National for 1951 is 14,822 to 15,338 last year-a de- crease of three per cent.

Philadelphia and St. Louis are the weak sisters of the American. both ruiin-ing behind last year's sorry figures. As a result, the American has drawn 2.018.267 paid or 14,213 per home date. The 1950 average at this time was 16.100-a drop of 12 per cent. I

The figures show considerable improvement since an early sam- pling. Sunday's tremendous turn- out of 76.100 atcleveland to watch the Indians take two from the New York Yankees set a season high.

No matter what way you twist the numbers. the Browns and A's still have a sorry showing. In sharp contrast to the Cleveland crowd. the Browns have drawn only 10,381 for 18 dates. As four of those dates were dowblehcaders at Sportsman's Park that actually accounts for Z2 of their 77 home games. Their 1960 low of 247.191 is in danger.

The A's aren't much better with 87.069 for 13 dates-away off their last year's total.

Cleveland and Chicago have bet- tered their 1960 records in the American and Brooklyn, Cincin- nati, New lgork and Philadelphia are doing better in the National. Pittsburgh. though. behind last year. probably will be ahead when they have evened up in games.

seen our first two games 91,311 for 1061. The first was

of base bemeen mg navy boys from Him tar and the local R. C. A. smmihe second between Harman Jud mi me summei-side airmen. Mdrant to see the games to size W” W. mus edition or the local lirichc -plnyCTS. They have enter- '" ?)1e siimrnerside Town League (1 we were anxious to see wheth- the ilvcrs were better or worse 9' 1.... year. We've seen them man .-all have to reserve Judgment. 22:: l m,r,e,,,- to be stronger at the Mi, but weaker on the pitching

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new bo's seem able to bag: ,tI;:Un,;p1e. Hdgan at short is driinilrlv R threat with the blud- mu rind he plays I steady gnmcl in short field. Green. 3 new m"-' mder, rive saw him play basket- ball last winter), got A solid smash on 11,, first day, and free tickets to Ill'.Si every other trip. He was 1... ciicctivc against Harmon mid, liunicr, u Charlottetonlan nho has been playing baseball 9. Food mmiy summers, also showed W9, ..;. the attack.

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.-m,.,.pr' Carson. a charter mem- 1.:-roi R. C. A. F. basketball and miseball tennis. is still one of the main cogs in the machine. If any-, mmg. Carson looks better than he has sin.-e the year he broke into baseball in summcrside. The same reliablo i'lPIdCi' as always, "Moose" is hlillll-,' the pill hard and often. Iieminris us of the first year when he won me batting championship of the summerside Town League. They tell us that old soldiers never one. hm. ll looks as if old airmen dairy rm: fade away.

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'11. :l:r game against Sliearwater me 111' A. F. used Morgan. a Field iiingcr for four or five inn- lllgs. in the grime against Harmon lack linrgvliy. who pitched for the niriorrc lust your and is down on Ir-ire, nus pressed into service. This iuciiis to indicate that the local simian hasnlt ii wealth of pnchinc material to draw upon

gins suninicr. Mcculloclr end But- inn nlm

game with the navy boys. The very wild heaves of Stan's allowed two shearwuter runners to score. He caught a Harmon Field boy steal- ing on smart peg to the key- stone sac in the second game. 0 O 0

now rho only two regulars pnviirri. Both pllclicd very our ii is doubtful if either : go the distance effectively Of 9, the big first baseman. ar- IITII be relied upon for mound

O I O The ::,l.r.u:wnicr boys tied the R. C. A. ll - 7. but chuckle-headed (il.!Chlll': '.iI third base prevented the mrs irom scoring the winning run ill rho inst inning. A Shear-

The Kcnsington team served notice that it will have to be considered before the Prince County champions are de- clared. They beat Llppy Gaudet's Curran and Briggs gals 26 - 22 in

girl's softball

Willi”! rniins-r was on third when I K931513810” .53lll1'd8Y- WC think 1;.-M... U... to Carson in mode,-- it's about time the Summerside iliEIl' iii-on left field. Instead of RIWPI5 were begmmlm '0 Show

signs of life. How about that. Mar- H5 made the runner led off and I9"? had to go back after the catch. The may at the plate would have been ur:.' rlmv even if Ca.rson's peg was rirnu mmrc. If his throw was r 5.: of tn:-cci. the runner would Ii” Efnml easily. As it happened ".lloo.sc” didn't have to throw to the plate at all. 0 O O I

Harmon Field beat the R. C. A. F 5 - 3 ill in very well-played game. Sim Ru-imrd. who caught this limb W35 Pegging to second more "f1"a19'-5' than he had pegged from second to the plate in the

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Sport Briefs

NEW YORK. June 5-(AP)- Infielder Artie Wilson. optioned to Ottawa of the International League a week ago. has been traiisferrcd to Minneapolis of the American Association, New York Giants announced today. Both club are forms of the Giants.

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Yankees Fade As Ballers

CHICAGO. June 4 -(AP) - New York Yankees. owners of I fearful reputation with the but. have faded out of the American League's list of hitting leaders.

Larry Doby of Cleveland put to- gether ga .317 average through games of Sunday and took over 10th place among the batting lead- ers from Gerry Coleman. who held down that position a week ago. It was the first time since April 29 that the Yankees were not represented.

Ferris Fain of Philadelphia con- tinued in the No. 1 spot with a .366 but was being pressed by Nelly Fox of the league-leading Chicago White Sox. Fox had .362 and was followed in third place by a teammate Orcstcs Mlnoso with .359. . others in the select circla were Vern Stephens. Boston. .357; Ed- die Robinson. Chicago. .345; Dom DiMaggio. Boston .344: Jim Busby. Chicago. .333; and Ray Coleman of St. Louis and Gil Coon of Washington. tied for ninth place with .331.

in the special departments. Minosa and Boston's Ted Williams each occupied two firsts. Mlnoso had the most runs. 39. and the most triples. 7. Williams had the

most homers, 11. and the most runs batted in, 42. Dom DiMaggio had the most

hits. 63; Pain the most doubles, 15. and Busby the most stolen bases, 10

Ed Lopat of the Yankees stayed in the pitching leadership, his eight victories and no defeats un- changed from a week ago. Maur- ice Mcllermott of Boston led in strikeouts with 50.

Proximity "ls! Retired From Aclive Racing

GOSHEN. N. Y.. June 4 - (API e Proximity. the great queen of the trottcrs. was retired today one "year after becoming the greatest money-winning harness horse Ill history.

Ralph Verhurst of Victory. N. Y, who with his son. Gordon, own the nine-year-old mare. announ- ced the retirement at Historic Trackiwherc they hoped Proximity would return to the races during the Grand Circuit meeting start- ing July 2.

Proximity, holder of nine world and 10 track records. went lame late last year, and hasn't trained as well as the Verhursts hoped.

"1 want everyone to remember her as a great champion," said the elder Verhurst in making the

announcement. "She has a long rest coming. and we don't want to disgrace her."

The world's money - winning

mark for is. harness horse stood for 73 years. until after the retire- ment of Goldsmith Maid in 1877 with a206,462.

Proximity was voted the "Harn- ess Horse of the Year” in 1950 iii :1 poll conducted by the Trotting Horse Club of America.

Proximity earned 887,175 last year. a record for any harness horse in 1950. and boosted her total to 3252.929 as she raced to four world's records.

Her 1950 world marks were 2:06 V5 for a mile and one six- teenth. 2:14 M5 for a mile and an eighth. and 2:31 25 for a mile and one quarter, all on a one-mile track. and 2:01 N5 for the mile on a hnlf-mile track.

Will Attend Adult Education conference

HALIFAX. June 2 -(CPl- All fields of adult education work will be reviewed at the first Maritime- Nowfoundlanci conference on adult education at Amherst, N. S, June 11-13. chairman Guy Henson of the planning committee said to- day.

are than '10 delegates are ex- peced to attend the conference. sponsored by the Canadian As- sociation for adult educutloii.

Representatives of government departments. home and school groups. farm. labor, film. radio

and other branches wili attend. One purpose of the conference is to enable education Workers in the four provinces to exchange kinds and study each OihEl"s pro-

nuns.

on the opening day eight branches of work-from folk schools to music-will be studied. Dr. F. E. MacDiarmid. deputy edu- cation minister of New Brunswick. will preside at the evening ses- sions. Agriculture Minister A. W. Mackenzie of Nova Scott: and Dr 1:. A. Corbett, recently retired director of the Canadian Associ-

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Former Baseball Player Dies Al 68

MOBERLY. Mo., (AP) - Brook Gordon. who wrote i ll courageous chapter In Texas League baseball history, died Wed- nesday at Callao. Mo.

Despite loss of part of his right foot in a railroad accident in his youth. Gordon played with and managed Texas League clubs It - Galveston. Austin. Houston and Waco. l

Gordon. who was 68. died of cancer.

During a career recognized as one catchers in the circuit. Gordon. played on four pennant winhera. catching n., total of 602 games.

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Libraries and adult education for Prince Edward Island. will preside over Tuesday sessions, devoted mainly to study groups on work methods. . Alex Laidlnw. assistant director of the extension department of St. Francis Xavier University, Antlgonish. N. 5.. will be chairman Wednesday when three more group study sessions will be held. Msgr. M. M. Coady or St. F. X. will give the closing address. Mr. llcnson said delegates still are

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registering for the conference. ex- pected to be repeated at inter-' vals in the future.

Creed in unison. Minutes of last.helped in any way to make meeting were read and approved.

SPRINGFIELD W. I. Bills amouriting to 87.49 were or-

ported the globe had been repair- ed and placed in school.

One pair socks was passed in to Red Cross committee. Treasurer reported S4573 proceeds from con- cert held in hall. A hearty vote of thanks was extended all who had:

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