Simmons Hurls Phillies . To 8-2 Win Over Chicago

Dy Canadian Irena

curt Simmons made a zomdnck to big leekilt . ruesdsy by pitching Philadelphia Phillies to an I-I National league victory over Chicago cubs. The former 0.8. army sergeant held the up-and-coming Cuba to seven hits.

The 1-year-old lelthander. who made his last previous start for the Phil! sept. o. 1950. showed much the same effectiveness that made hkn a 17-game winner in his shortened 1060 campaign.

Simmons .. t d at least a month's work would be needed in conditioning to shake off the effect of 10 months in service.

But Phil Manager Eddie Sawyer

apparently knew Curt was ready. - so did the Cubs after solving Simmons for only one extra-base blow, rookie catcher Harry Chiti's first major-league homer with none on in the seventh.

Simmons didn't seem as fast as

smooth baseball

before his army hitch. but his curve ball was masterful and his control was extremely steady. I-le issued only one walk.

The Phils backed him with a 13-bit attack against four cub pitchers. including starter Bob

Rush. who'was the loser.

Three sehedued American Lea- gue games-st. touts at New York. Detroit at Boston and Chicago at Washington-were postponed by rain, cold or wet grounds. a

Sal Maglle pitched a three-hit game and then singled home the winning run in the ninth inning Monday night as New York Giants hung the season's third consecutive defeat on Cincinnati's Ewell Blackwell. 2-1.

Blackwell had walked Alvin Dark in the final frame of the National League game. The short- stop advanced on Wes Westrum's grounder before scoring on Mag- lieis hit.

it was a tough one for Blackie to lose as he yielded only four hits. The game was Maglle's third consecutive victory.

Cleveland Indians went on a scoring rampage to whip Phil- adelphia Athletics 21-9 in an Am- erican League nighter that saw the two teams pound out 43 hits. Al Rosen blasted three out-of-the-' park home runs and batted in seven runs while rookie Jim Fridley had six hits in as many

trips 10 the plate.

Lefty Warren Spahn allowed Pittsburgh Pirates only five hits as he pitched Boston Braves to a 5-1 triumph over the National l.eague's cellar dwellers. It was Spahn's first victory of the sea- son. The defeat was the 10th in a row for the hapless Pirates.

Pittsburgh used three pitchers in try to halt the Boston 11-hit attack. The defeat was charged to righthander Bob Friend.

Spahn. who helped his own cause by getting two hits in four trips. struck out 11 Bucs.

Geolfrion chosen Season's Top Rookie

MONTREAL April N -(CP)-

Hockey writers and broadcaster! have chosen Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffi-ion of Montreal canadiens the top National Hockey League rookie of the 1951-52 season. Announcement of the voting, in Nhlch the high-scoringrlght-wlng-

er polled 58 votes. was made today

sy league headquarters here. With the award-the

Memorial Trophy-also goes

cheque of 31.000 from the league.

In second place with 42 points was Hy Bullet of New York Rang- ers and third was Dickie Moore of

Montreal with '36. . The award was decided by votes of lo hockey writers

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others receiving voterwere: Paul Meyer. Montreal. 1'! points: Wally hergesheimer. New York. 4'; Dick bl . Montreal. 2; Real chewe- Gun Q , poaure nnly so cents. Reprints

ills. Boston. Dollard st. Laurent

Montreal, Jetrolt, one point ach-

Chalder I

the and broadcasters-three from each N.

and Alex Delvecchio,

Attendance lip

ss.w1'ru:. April 20 -MP)

The Pacific coast Hockey Lea- gue played to more than 1.000- 000 customers this season for the first time in its four years as a professional circuit. The lcague office reported to- day attendance for the 1951- 52 schedule was 1.001.350 paid admissions.

Edmontonledal! eight cities by playing to 105.895 fans at home during the regular sea- son. For all home games. ln-- cluding the playoffs. Victoria took the lead with 182,064. while Edmonton's total was 1'18. 561.

other attendance figures for all games: Calgary 154.283; Saskatoon 146,400: New ww- mlnster 152.386: Vancouver 127 155: Seattle 89963: Tacoma

Game Association Meeting Al Pownal

Despite the unfavourable weath- er last evening. there was a large and enthusiastic meeting of mem- bers of the Fish and Game Associ- ation. Quecn's County branch, :5. Pownal Hall. This was one of a series oi meetings being held in the interest of fish and game eon- servatlon. similar meetings are scheduled for Prince and King's Counties. A resolution was passed sug gestlng that non resident fishing licences be issued on a basis of to for the season, or 51 per day for individuals over 18 years of age A further resolution suggested that a questionaire be published in the press. asking rural gunners to express their opinion for or against the payment of 01 per year for shooting license by such gunners. Mr. J. Frank Gaudet, chief for- estry officer. Department of In- dustry and Natural Resources. ad- dressed the meeting on water con servation. The speaker made it clear that water conservation depends in a large measure upon forest con- servation. Unless rain has foliage of trees or vegetation on which to fall. it simply dissipates into the earth. or even causes erosion to the detriment of the soil. Mr. Gaudet spoke briefly but very much to the point. He was particularly insistent on the need. and indicated t.he same as a duty of all concerned. to conserve and preserve the wood lots and the forest areas. in the interest of tho present as well as the future of Island farms and their surround- ings.

A vote of thanks to the speaker was extended by the meeting.

The date and place of the May meeting. will be announced latr.

cadets Preparing For Inspection

Training hard for their annual inspection next month are the cadets of Queen Square school un- der the tutelage of Mr. James Mc- Calium. former Flight Lieutenant of the R. C. A. P.

Heading the cadets this year is Cadet Major David Soper. son of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Soper. As- sociated with him will be Cadet Captain James Mcquarrie and Company sergeant Major Patrick Mcwade. The inspection will be held as usual at Victoria Park and this year will be staged on May 23

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Charlottetown.

Attention

, A special be held on board H.M.C.S

meeting of the Rifle

day evening, May 1, at 8 p.m. Rifles are now available

on gune conditions as last year.

ilillemen

Association will

. Queen Charlotte on Thurs-

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

APRIL 30, 1952

Saint Dunstants University's hopes

of winning the island basketball championship soared yesterday at- ternoon when Jack Reardon. step- ped out of the Charlottetown Hos- pital in a condition fit to plav bas- ketball. Eeardon. who was taken to hospital Monday afternoon with a slight attack of appendicltir. re- covered durlng the night ant. now has permission to play in to- night's championship daririiilg game against the Air Force. 0 O I

Actually the outlook on the out- come of this series keeps changing according to the states of Reardons and Pete Dunpny-'s health. Dunpny. who is the team captain and n line-mate of Reardon will also re-

long lay-off. Pete came down with pneumonia before Easter and has been unable to take part iii an) games since that time. . . . with Reardon. Dunpny nnd Clar- ence Macbmald back on the court. the Airmen are going to have quite a battle in trying to hold onto their )2 point lead. The Saints have been beaten in their own gymnasium only once this season and that was the first game of the year when they lost to the powerful St r.x. team by about twenty points. 0 O 0

Father waiter MacGulilim. fac- ulty advlser to the S. D. U. oasket- bali team had several kind words for the sportsmanship at the Air Force team last night. when the agjntg arrived in Summerside Mon- day night without Reardon and Dunpny. coach Smerdon and his team offered to postpone the play- offs until a later date when the Saints could put a full team or. the

floor.

Saints suffered a further set- back at Summerside when Clar- ence MacDonald a steady guard in- lured his ankle early in the game. For the rest of the way the S. D- U team was forced to play wlln only six men, one of whom was playlng his first game with the senior team. This was I-Tank slowey. an American boy and a first year student at the College. . . .

The airmen also were playing without two of th:ir men. Missing from their lineup was bit: D0" "Moose" Carson and Wlnohuck. a rugged pair of guards who cut down a lot of scoring attacks. Fly- ing duties sometimes prevent Coach Smercloii from flooring his whole team but when they are at full strength the airmen are a hard team to defeat. Should both tennis be at full strength tonight the game will be one of the best of the season. I 0

Paul Collins, formerly of Wolf- ville. but now at Harvard Uni- versity will enter the Olympic Game trials this spring but at the moment it is not known under whose bannzr he will run. Collins who is a native of Nova Scotia. has been nccepte at the trials as the result of ass stance from official: in this province. He is an expert in the 10.000 metres race and one of the most likely athletes to suc- ce:d in the trials.

Poile returned to Toronto from Glace Bay he was interviewed by Jim Vipond of the Toronto Globe and Mail. Polio, probably with an eye to next year and the possibil- ity that he might be looking for players again, played up Glace Bay as quite p hockey town. speaking of the fans he stated "they gave us great support and I have never heard fans respond to a good scoring play the way they did down there." 0 I 0

Polls also spoke of his troubles with. referee Prank Elliott of St. catherineI.."We dldntt see eye to

turn to the game tonight alter ii,

eye on several occasions. I'll never forget the night that somebody -poured a cup of hot soup over

Hoop Game

Jack Reardon, his appendix at- tack subsided and Pete Dunpny re- covered from a bout with pneu- monla. will be ready to play tonight when the Saint Dunstan's Univer- sity basketball team meet the R..- C. A.F. in the final game for the Island hoop title.

The Saints are expected to be at full strength for the important tilt as Clarence MacDonald. who in- jured his ankle in Summersldc Monday night will likely be able v.r. return to action.

Reardon was released from hos- pital yesterday afternoon and was given the green light to play to- night. Dunphy too. who was thought to be through for the sen-

Saints To Have Two Stars Back Tonight For With Airmen

son. will return to the game as the

in their bid to CIOWI1.

The Colieglans are l2 points down ac a result of their 51-30 loss to the airmen in Summerside on Monday night. Tonight's game is the second of the total point series.

It is expected that the alrmer. will be at full strength for this game and although ,they lead 12 points they will likely be forced to the limit to save any portion of their margin.

Tonight's game which will be played at the s.D.U. gymnasium will get underway at eight o'clock Probable referees are Earl Nichol-

son and Joe Cullen.

Saints prepare to shoot the works win the island

Annual Get Together Morell Bowling Giulio

..'A delightful

Bowling League was held in the Community Hall. Monday night. filling that (spacious Community Centre to its capacity. This was the culmination of a very suc- cessful bowllng season. Mr. Wen-

and the efficient master of cere- monies was Mr. James 3. Jay. Be- fore the ,resentati-n of trophies and special prizes, complimentary remarks were made by the fol- lowing gentlemen, who occupied seats on the platform: Rev. Fath- er Mcxenna, Hon. Thomas R. Cul- len, Mr. Harvey Douglas. M.L.A.. Mr. Ernest Rossiter. Mr. John A. MacNalr. Mr. Lawson Jenkins. Mr. James 8. Jay.

Mr. Gerald MacAdam accepted the trophy on behalf of the win- ning team. which was won after a struggle with Alban MacAda.m's

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one of the principal objections to boxing is that it is "brutal". The anaemic reformer who goes to it boxing match expecting to be scan- dalized. undoubtedly is. He sees two husky boys exchanging punches. any one of.whlch would kill him. and he considers it brutal. The fact that the two boys have trained carefully and with much mortifie- atlon and self denial, means noth- mg to him. Barring a broken bone or a dislocated shoulder, the well- trained boxer experiences very lit- tle physical pain from blows re- ceived in a contest. The knockout which appears brutal is only it momentary aberration caused by concussion. it is absolutely pain- less - Just a case of absolute ob- ilvlon for a few seconds. Naturally many cases of heavy concussion will have a "punch drunk" effect on the recipient. but I knockout is no harder to take than chloro- form or spinal anaesthetic. Joe Louis has been knocked down and knocked out several times and is still formidable at the fairly well advanced age (for a boxer). of thirty seven years. Jeffries was knocked out once at least - in his terrible hard fourteen rounds with Johnson. He is now seventy- flve years old. and his photograph is symbolic of good health. con- tentment and good living. Jim Braddock was knocked out several times, and what better looking physique could one visualize than Braddock? Dempsey was knocked out early in his career by some mediocre boxer. and was stmck very hard by tne Argentine Dempsey said it was the hardest blow he ever received. He was knocked through the ropes and en- tirely clear of the ring apron -- among the seated press represent- atives -- without whose help it is among the lmponderables whether or not he would have been able to get back in the ring inside the ten second limit. The "wild bull of the Pampas" was a heavy hitter Jim Corbett was K.O.'ed several times- also Fltulmmons (the agelessv. Corbett must be still alive. I can't remember of any press account of his death. "Gentleman Jimi was K.O.'ed several times and had more gruelling fights than any of the lntter day coterie of heavyweight champions.

Thousands of people have been K0.'ed by hard falls and contus- ions from all sorts of accidents. Their mental and physical faculties didn't appear to have been hurt. Boxing cailsifor more from its tied votees than any other sport The boy who would be a successfui box- er must learn self control: he must have courage and self reliance in a rare degree. The loneliest feeling in all the world sweeps over the man in the ring who hears the clang of the bell announcing the start of the bout. He knows that the eyes of the multitude are foc-

reports that Polls has an eye on the east coast but he wants to do in lot of thinking before he makes up his mind for next season. Incid- entally the Toronto sports writer suggests that Poile would be a

Ring Reminiscences - Fights and Fighters -

iBy James Pcndcrgssi)

used on him. He knows that he must stand or fall by his own un- aided efforts. In football, baseball, or any other of the "group" games. the individual has the support of the rest of his team. His teammates may be able to retrieve his mis- takes - he has their more: sup- port. The boxer has only his own power and skill to rely on.

Generally speaking, the contest- ants in a boxing bout have no hot- red or personal animus one against the other -- perhaps have never even seen one another before - they may be good friends. but that is another case "where friendship ceases" at least till the bout is over. Then they are quite liable t.) go out of the ring with the win- ner's arms over the laser's should- er. Two men who have a good fair fist fight have far more re- spect and regard for one another than they had before it csnle to blows. It it an unwritten law in sel- ecting referees for a boxing bout that if A and B have had a bout. A couldn't be taken as referee in a bout between B and another box- er or vice-verso. '1'nere ls presum- ed to be a psychological leaning. either one way or the other. for or against E. I had a bit of personal cxperience that way on a second trip to the Klondike in low. I had been competing in the big Caled- onlan games in Boston and other places along the New England coast and took advantage of a C.P.R. harvest excursion to Cal- gary - made connections at Saint John. N. 3. There was quite a live- ly group from E-ipringhill. N.8. aboard. They were big husky fel- lows with plenty "Oh be joyful" ardent spirits in their biu of fare. They sang practically all the first two nights and the intervening day. There were two brothers el- Decially good singers - can't re- member their names. Tnere was heavenly music and all was "sweet accord" while the liquor lasted. but on the second day discord crept in. Some green-eyed monster in their minds conjured up real or fancied lwrongsvand a general bare knuckle riot broke out. The husklest of the brothers had gotten somewhat "fresh" the night before and was gently but firmly admonished as to proper decorum. He came around early the next morning to have an- other talk. He said. "big fellow. you were pretty hard on me last night." That was taken as a friendly ap- proach and he was cendolsd and sympathiud with as nicely as pos- eible under the i... l was travelling as much incognito as possible - didn't see any sense in hollering name or native plane from the house-top - didn't try any disguise. other than donning an engine driver's cap. When the fight struck up. lo and behold! There were three or four nuskfes onto the his fellow who had been reprimanded. Very little time was lost in getting to his assistance and he was saved from being mobbed by his own compatriots.

miles In order to get a clear idea of

n-snk's heed." ltated Bud. Vipond

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good man for the Toronto organis- attest to pick up.

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the development of boxing since

"Fishermen". The Dingwcil ' " ” trophy is presented f r annual competition. Mr. Mac-

Adam's team also won the "spec- ial" trophy donated by Dingweli or Rosslter.

Smaller trophies were awarded to the following:'

High singles: Carl MacAdam. George Barry. Elmer MacEwen. Gordon Coffin. Keith Webster.

John A. Cobb. Vincent Coffin. Anna Robbins, Robert Rowell. Harvey Douglas. M.I..A., Robert.

Macliiwen. Sterling Webster, Har- old Coffin. Mrs. Freeman Web- stcr. Freeman Jay. waiter Ding- well, Charles Prowse. Osborne Anderson. Merlin Mccarthy. La- dies' second high: Mrs. William Ayiward. Miss Lorraine Coffin. The trophies were donated by a number of firms and individuals. During the evening refreshments were served. followed by a dance. and a most successful entertain- ment was brought to a close.

the earliest times to the present. It is necessary to give some lqa of the rules that have governed box- ing in the past and those which are in vogue today. Fighting with the fists, with or without gloves. is not a. gentle sport. It is distinctly a man's game.. Blood will be shed eyes will be blackened. and there may be accidents of a more ser- ious nature. but the rugged old game has a niche in our way of life. and helps to stave off the effemin- acy that is one of the dangers of nations which grow old and soft and unwilling to endure hardship. Witness the voluptuousness and innocuous desuetude of Rome be- fore the break-up of the vast em- pire. It is recorded that they be- came so weak morally and so an- dlcted to the gratification of the senses - particularly the sense of taste - that often after a feast of the richest viands they took ipecac in order to make them regurgitatc. to be able to repeat the perform- ance the sooner. . in the old bare knuckle days the ring had characteristics of revolt- ing cruelty. The rules which gov- erned the conduct of men in the ring were loose. and permitted sec- onds to send up men who were physically unable to continue fight- ing, in the remote hope of saving their bets. Revision of boxing rules through two 'centuries. have elim- inated most of the brutality. as may be seen by a brief comparison of the cardinal points of ring codes of past and present. y We have no record of the rules which governed .prize fighting in England in Flgg's time. It is known that the redoubtable ion was accustomed to set up booths at the various county fairs and Issue ii defy to all and sundry local as- pirants who wished to try their prowess against him. He offered a small price to anyone who could stand up to him for a certain number of rounds - a practice f by (heavy- weights) in the first years of this century. Sullivan, Corbett. Fli.r.slm- mons and Jeffries made long bam- stormlng tours taking on all com- en. Just what rules governed there early day bouts is not definitely known. but we may rut assured that they were crude and were constructed so as to rebound to the benefit of the champions. Any unfortunate yokel who had the temerity to face Figg in the ring was surely elected for a rough time. At this early period it is probable that any method of disposing of an opponent with the hands would be considered prefectiy legitimate. It is known that "falls" were al- lowsd and that the fighter making the throw was allowed to fell upon his prostrate antlsonlst with knees and elbows. trying to incapacitate hltnl John lrolllhtars riiicl. N10