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SPORTS _ . FRONT

By PIUS CALLAGHAN

it’s No Secret has Whom

the open, this dissension in the Lou . Angeles Dod era 1 cam

Apparent! the younger players are solidly behind manag- er Walter Alston. while some of the veteran performers insist he's a nice enou h _ y but not a good b so '

Just what the result of this mixun will be is hard to deter- mine at the moment. Some think that Alston will get his walk- ; mg papers while others are convinced that coach Leo Durocher .. may be released. Apparently some of the older players are - insisting that Durochcr would a e a better manager but

waiter O'Malley owns the club. not the players. ' This feuding didn't start yesterday. It was going on last season and many blame it for the pennant loss by the Dodgers in that stretch drive. Of course. there wasn't much drive as far as the Dodgers were concerned. They just rolled over and died md allowed the San Francisco to walk into the world series.

Slow Start

.45 of Sunday night. the Dodgers had played 13. games this _ season and were just a notch over the 500 mark. They won men while losing six. However they were only one and one. half lengths behind the pace setting Giants who were sporting

m k. Hard luck b Miller got the decision in the first game of a twin bill with Houston Colts Sunday and reliefer Ed oebuck grabbed the verdict in the nightcap. These events could , singnify that the Dodgers have decided to play bail and stop , the cry-baby stuff. They have plenty of talent and certainly ' hould be winning more ball games than they are 0 ng.

f However. their long ball hitters are not hitting for the cir- .. cllli. The Alstonltes scored a total of 17 runs Sunday but Fairly’s : homer was the only Dodger four baser.

Right now they are in a series with Milwaukee Braves and this should be a big one. Alston was expect sen Don Drye- dale to the mound late last night in an effort to extend the

n 1963.

at the top of the heap

atten that first place sple

.. The ~ in a 9-2 triumph Before this

THE course. the Y ees are Slip

here's a once at least

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. years. And

They’ll be tough.

slaughter in New York. the Braves were beaten in seven starts and the blow dealt by the Mets must . considered one of the greatest upsets in baseball for many a war. One triumph over any team is quite a feat for the New Yorkers but four in a row over a ' _ most considered out of the question.

It's Early Yet

1963 season is a mere infant but there are indications . at least that the pennant races in both leagues could be hot. 0f pused to draw away from the pack » alter a while and coast to another flag . I rode it to them until they've won it. We think Chicago Balti- more and Detroit have the license to worry the Houkmen and

- \’9 figure Detroit is the club to wat h

Over in the National, we figure

are several teams with excellent chances of chopping n-

:mt. We would forget about Chicago. New York, Philadelphia e.

v Brave's losing streak. Don owns two decisions in three starts We hadn’t any word of the goings-on in this battle when ‘ we ended this column last night

Others Have Trouble

BUT the Dodgers are not the only club with troubles. Just look at Milwaukee Braves. The and in they went to New Ion-k for a ser- es with the horrible Mets. It looked like an excellent time to

y were breezing along

‘ a . But what happens? These Mets. winless in thier first eight games. suddenly come to life and murder the Braves. Friday _, night and Saturday afternoon saw Casey . up victories and then came the big doubleheader Sunday after- u

Stengel's boys rack

00!].

Down 5-3 entering the bottom of the eighth. the Mets sudden- y came to life and scored five big runs to second game was never in doubt as Casey’s boys coasted

grab that one 8-5.

un- be

Saint Dunstan's High School

basketball team. winners of the island Senior ‘A' Intersch- olastic basketball champion- ship. were presented with th e

trophy. emblematic of provin- cial supremacy. by Dave Bos- well. executive secretary of the RE]. Interscholastic Ath- letic Association. at SDU Fri-

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day. Receiving the trophy in team c a p t a in Alan ‘Poaly' Connolly (right) and looking on is team coach Jim Pelrine.

By ALAN HARVEY

LONDON (CP) - When it comes to horses, names take a free and fancy range in Britain.

With the 1963 flat-racing sea- son undcr way a new crop of two-year-olds comes to the turf wars hearing such gay names as When Life was New, Never Die Dancing and Bouncing in Bavaria.

Other names that catch the eye among those registered for two-year-old races include Mid-

Names Of Horses Take Fancy Range In Britain

night in Munich, Cradle of the Deep. Come Blow Your Horn and Count Down Basie.

British owners can indulge a taste of free-wheeling christen- ing because they are allowed to exceed the 14 letters and spaces permitted in North America.

Some sportsmen like to relate the names they choose to sire and dam. An example is octo- genarian Lord Rosebery. This year he has a bay colt by Sing Sing out of Donna called Ca-

Milwaukee is al-

but we‘ll never con-

of the trio will do just that.

c . it's anybodys race. There the pc

battl

Three Of 4

In Rally Drop Out

REGINA (CP) — Three of 47 cars which started in Vancouver had dropped out and one con- tinued on with its transmission wrapped in bandages Monday as the 4.000 mile cross- Canada rally moved toward completion of its second lap.

The cars began in Vancouver Saturday and reach Montreal

- orget those Pirates. Reds and Cardina s.

Friday

7 Cars

Still leading the 44 survivors as the cars neared Regina was the team of Dick Doyen and Clay Gibbs, Wisconsin drivers in a TorOnto- sponsored Chevy 11 with only one penalty point lost.

Second was the Ford Falcon of Paul MacLennan and Art Demp- sy (of Toronto. with three points. Third was the Peugeot 404 of Frank Curran and Ron Carney —-also of Toronto— the leading

By STUART LAKE OTTAWA (CH—Football fans .. of the 19305 remember when - Canadian players in the Eastern Big Four performed for the $2 .expense money they received . for out-of-town games plus their meals and all the beer they could drink.

They remember. too. that -most players were on the field ,for the full 60 minutes of the .game unless they were rested v in the dying minutes of each 1 quarter. This resulted partly from the rule then in force that players coming off the field in one quarter couldn't return un- til the next.' They also remember big Dave Sprague when the was one of the .. terrors of the Big Four. Weigh- ng ' pounds and standing six- foot-five. he was noted for burst- ing through the line as 'a flying wing (roughly equivalent to full- . back today) on offence. When his club lost possession, , Sprague moved into his tackle .position (middle wing as they crlled it then) and helped break up enemy plays. Sprague says the game today i is better to watch because the . Players are specialists and Work

Sum-Hi Cops Volleyball Title

SUMMER-SEE — The Sum- m‘m Sdiool b 1team won the first and only game Pliyed at Civic Auditor- lllln last evening. defeating the Saint Dinetan's team by (as.-

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i llmmadc'ugdlu. and scan Dunstan

‘ establishing

. full time. at football. Players of

volleyall‘

his day didn't practise as much (because they held steady jobs.

OLD STARS GOOD

He's sure of one thing. though. "Any outstanding player of the 19305 would have been a star in today’s game."

Sprague began his career with Hamilton ’l‘igcrs 1930, the year before Warren Stevens joined Montreal Winged Wheel- ers and threw the league‘s first forwar pass.

“I think the Tigers of 1931 were a better club but Montreal won the Grey Cup because we couldn't cope with the pass." 5 ue, who. as the

ow Ottawa. travels through Ontario shopping centres and supermarkets

Eligible receivers that year could easily be ldentifitd by the white bands they wore on their ers

eys. ut the pass was new and because we didn’t want to get nailed for interference. we'd run around in cinles waiting for the receiver to catch the ball. Then we‘d tackle him." . .

TWO years after joining Tigers. Spreguc became one of mail band of players get- ting paid for their services. PAID ‘AMA E "

UK

The clubs found jobs for all of the players and Sprague was a first-class constable with the Hamilton police force. That paid im every two wee ‘

In addition he received weekly payments of $25 from the club and another $25 for coaching a high school football team. But because the league was, strictly

a o u

:Form-er Football Great Recalls Performing For $2

lan amateur one. the $25 pay- lmcnts were made under it ble. '

“To collect my coaching pay,

I'd every Friday. take down a cer- tain book from a shelf. turn to a certain page and there was the recalls Sprague with a laugh. After helping Tigers to 3 Grey Cup victory in 932. he moved to Ottawa where he ended his career in 1940 as a member of a Grey Cup team.

Sprague took part in an 0t- tawa player revolt in 1935. It resulted from resentment among Canadian players that while they received little or nothing for playing. American imports were paid up to $100

weekly. SHARED PROFITS

The Canadians took this offer to the Rough Rider manage- ment: Sign only two Americans at $100 a week and at the end

brews equal shares of 50 per cent of the profits.

“The offer was turned down at first but later accepted and

I played under dist arrange- ment .until I quit," says Sprague

Under this deal. Canadian players on the Ottawa club re- ceived slightly more than 200 apiece for a regular season. Playoffs could earn the players another

Sprague was never a prolific scorer during his career—"13 or 14 touchdowns. I guess”—-but he

enough to be remembered as one of the greats of his era.

private entry with only four oinis

p .

Disqualified. after pulling into Calgary with an unrecoverable 12-hour time loss were: Funnar Neglin of Englewood Cliffs. NJ, and Robin Edwards of Fabrevil- le. Que. driving a team Volvo; Don Haddow and John Bird. both of Toronto, in a team

ruso. and a filly by Sica Boy out. of Freedom registered as Tom- 1)

oy.

Other Rosebery juveniles whose names show a touc imagination are Sarong. by Tro- pique out of Prude; Alcohol. by Alcide out of Temptress. and Geisha. by Shantung out of Hone Bun. KELLY'S CROP

Outside the Rosebery stable, other catchy names are E

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ill Be Held

SAOIPAULO. Brazil (CP-AP);ambassador to Brazil and the —Wmntpeg was chosen Monday‘head of the Pan - American as the site for the fifth Pan-lGames Committee in Canada. American Games, scheduled in the Canadian case was put so 1967. .well by five speakers that three

Selection of the Manitoba city. others scheduled to appear gave announced by the Pan - Ameri-lup their turns to speak. can Sports Organization whilejMAKE LOWEST OFFER

‘67 Pan-American Games

In Winnipeg

from all competition centres. [which it said the estimated They also stressed that the $1,380,000 cost of putting on the

,Games would fall during Can-(Games Would be underwritten ada's 1907 centennial cclebra-lby the federal. provincial and tions and would coincide withtmunicipal governments.

the world’s fair in Montreal.: The brief said Winnipeg al- They said the Games would be :ready has facilities to handle

staged in August when the wea-itrack and field. boxing. wrest-

athletes from 21 countries were

The Canadians mad.a the low-

for Mayor Stephen Juba of Win- -. inipeg

Pan-American Games, set Winnipeg delegation liter-‘athletes in the Games village ally jumping for joy. 'and promised that the villa

We re very. very happy to.would be no more than 10 min- get the Games." said Alderman utes from downtown Winnipeg Mark Danzker. spokesman here ‘and no more than :1) minutes

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Danzker and other members of the Winnipeg delegation had) kept in suspense during the weekend when the PASO post-‘ poned its decision last Friday to give further study to bids from‘ Winnipeg. Caracas, Venezuela and Santiago. Chile. ‘

The also an- nounced ‘.hat it has decided to‘

add hockey to 3" DENNIS ORCHARD

its Sport Program‘ VANCOUVFR (or) n' 21-) ’ for the 1967 Games. ; - ‘ ". s l TEAM FARES POORLY 982:3? smce the 1960 Grey Cup

The PASO selection of thi-l played '° 3" “"‘imely

‘game ending. setting off a 3:5 ‘2’": )3?“ 8°“ d‘i‘ews of the clamor that Vancouver should . y 9 l e a" a“ group“! never again be host to the foot- including 134 athletes. 1n theiba“ classic awful“ gnmpemions' Canada" The arc-users never did 3 rec entries dld not fare as well. ion a scapegoat to answergfor onwrlhlf‘ggmggrfléag Tor-l the deluge of fans who swept Fontana of Toronto to the side- i the playing field with 41 sec' lines in men's tennis singles, onds 19“ and mer the game

. I to be called score: Ottawa 1 sin econd- 0 nd t ht ' o x 1m 5 r “ ma c lRough Riders 16. Edmonton

6-4. 6-1. 6-2 Monday to Iyo Pi-

competing here in the fourth est offer -— $2.80 a day —- in abl the 1 charges for food and lodging for)

mentel of Venezuela. Fauquierl had won his opening match Sun- day while Fontana. 32-year-old playing captain of Canada’s Da-| ' Cup team. was knocked out.

Clint Dahlstrom. 38-year-old Calgary geologist. finished fifth: in the carbine prone division shooting while Gerry Ouellette, 29 year old former Olympic gold 0nt..

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medallist from Windsor. placed 15th.

Enrico Forcella of Venezuela won the gold medal in the com. petition with a score of 590. six points better than Dahlstrom's 584 and 16 better than Ouelette's 574

In the committee room, where Winnipeg's s t r o n g delegation drew support from the Canadian

Fight. by Combat out of Must Eat. and Pass Word. by We Don't Know out of Setback.

Kelly. one of the top two-year- olds in his day. has his first crop of juveniles coming to the races this year. and inevitably one of them is called Emerald

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Also inevitably. there is one tagged Anybody Here. Mrs. Rex Cohen. owner of a colt by Kelly out of Chaffer. originally regis- tered Common arket as the name but later changed it to conform wi the song they were all singing be- fore the First World War—Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?

In recent years. one of the

Playful Nun. Meanwhile the most talked-

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Giles Loder. This Ballymoss colt ls regarded as a bright hope for the 1963 classics.

0 much so that trainer Noel Murless wound up his greeting cards with the message:

“All the best for 1963. and I hope we Follow Suit."

music-hall- best names has been Ambassa- liven, the dor's Lapse. by Diplomat out of ‘1;

name among three-year-v olds is Follow Suit. owned by 03511

Two Marksman Tie For Top Spot In Weekly Shoot

With scores of so out of a ssible 100 two marksman led the field at the recent weekly shoot conducted by the Chair- Rit‘le Club at

lottetown Civilian the RCMP ranges

Tom VeSey of York. and Wen- dell MacLean of Ohamlottetown. both regimied this W. but examination of (the the judge- Vesey was nod over MacLean.

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allowing targets by

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go to the school library}

of the season give the home- i

played well enough and tough=

; Studebaker Lark. Both cars became lost in th e .Douglas Lake. BC. area and 1 were mired for hours.

Out with mechan'cal difficul- ties is a Skoba piloted by Czech Ace Vaclav Bobek

Luis Aparico Out To Prove

Mazuch of Ville Jacques Car- tier. Que.

Turcotte Rides Four Winners

FORT ERIE. Ont. (CPl—Ron Turcofte. who cancelled all his mounts Saturday because of a mild case of influenza. didn’t show signs of feeling an pain as he won the first. fourth, sixth and eighth races Monday.

He became the first Canadian rider this season to record four winners in an afternoon. Last week. the 23 - year - old from Grand Falls. N.B.. was the first to record a triple at the meet- n .

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He now leads his nearest ri- val, Jim Fitzsimmons. by s winners and appears to be headed on his way to his sec- ond successive leading-rider ti- tle. Last season. after riding his first winner ever on April 9. Turcotte went on to win a total of 180 races and became the first Canadian-born appprentice to win the leading rider honors.

Probable Pitchers

5’ York Yankees at .400 and is the ' til 13

Chisox Erred

NEW YORK (AP) Luis Aparicio is off -and running in a bid to prove to Chicago White Sox that they made a mistake

in trading him to Baltimore;

Orioles.

The fleet shortstop is tied for the American League batting lead with Tom Tresh of New

sole pace-setter in bits wt and stolen bases with six. Aparlclo. who |hit only .241 in 1962. was sent to the Orioles along with outfielder Al Smith Jan. 14 for pitcher Hoyt Wil- helm. outfielder Dave Nicholson and third baseman Peter Ward. Smith is sixth in the Amer- ican League batting race with a 3.75 mark. Ward is hitting .250 for the White Sox. Nicholson is

. Cudmone MacNevin B. Norrie

B. O'Rourke O. MacDonald.

STANDINGS

‘11” run assocurnn rnass: American League

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Pct. GBL :Baltimore 7 4 .636 —— Chicago 4 .600 1A New York 6 4 .600 V1 Kansas Oity 'I s .583 1A Boston 6 5 .545 -1 Detroit 6 6 .500 1‘5 Los Angela 5 7 .455 2% Cleveland 4 6 .400 215 Washington 4 6.400 21/: Minnesota 4 a .333 31/; l

CAUSED MANY WRECKS | North Carolina's Cape Hub. terns region, often called thel “graveyard of the Atlantic," has i claimed more than 2.200 ships.

at .176 while Wilhelm has pitched 11 scoreless innings in relief and saved three games.

Johnny Edwards of Cincin- nati Reds. a .254 batter last year. tops the National League . en come Don De- meter. Philadelphia. .432 and Willie McCovey. San Francisco. .410. The averages include Sun- day's games.

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Probable pitchers in today's .‘major league games. won and (lost records in parentheses:

l American League

new roan (AP) —. New

” Giants Give Sherman New Five-Year Pact

wdhaasubatitulcdihenew screened. '

a form: left- handed qua-barbed: at Brook-

Basa T es

lyn College. worked his way up; Cincinnati. Owens (00) at p ' Sullivan. through the pro radios to anc- ‘San Francisco, Marichal (1-1).1 MM d$lik§fm

coed Jim Lee Bowea in 1961 Only games scheduled. mew York 210000003. 3 as The Mada New Yorker. :Phila. no ossiix- 0114 was limited coach 4! the year COLUMBUS FOUND 11' 5 time, Stallard (0-2) (5). Jack- I the NFL two years b) a row. rto Rico. which means son (6). Beatth (8) and lc-t The Giants had 0 3-5-1 record. "rich port” in Spanish. wt (2-1) (3).

“mummm‘b featume Bay.

Detroit. Regan (1-1) at Kan- sas City. Rakow (1-1).

Los Angcles. Belinsky (0-2) at Washington. Rudolph (0-2).

Minnesota, Stigman (1-1) at Baltimore. Poppa: (1-0) (N).

Boston. Wilson (1-1) at New York. Williams (1-0).

Only games scheduled. National Leagu Chicago. Jackson 41-!) at .Pittsburgh. Cardwell (1-1). | 1. St. Louis. Broglio (1-0) at‘l ‘Houston. Farrell (1-2) or Drott‘

7 (0-0). |‘ Milwaukee. Shaw (0-1) new“ ;Angelel. Koufax (2-1) (N).

s db- .covered by Christopher Colum- lime in 1493. *