INTERIM REPORT

By PIUS CALLAGHAN

*Baseball Taking Over

DESPITE the with us. baseba

fact that the Stanley Cup playdowns are still lowers are In high gear as the National

end of a 162 but naturally those who follow their baseball fuldpleIID'g the clubs who will oppose each other in the 1964 m series. .

YOU will recall that last September St. Louis ' made a gallant bid to grab the National league pennacnatmdn'lm‘lfdys' 9105 a big gap on the front-runing Los Angeles Dodgers and mode that big three-game series at Busch Stadium almost a 'must‘ for the world champions.

ndgers were equal to the pressure and .resuonded on

that occasion by sweeping the entire three battles. Sandy

decisions In that-spectacle. The other Dodger winner; were .iohnny Podres and Don'Drysdale.

i Koufax looks Great

THE Cards and Dodgers began their feud all over again this week in Los Angeles and after two games they were all even. Mr. Koufax was Als'ton's choice for the opener and Sandy was his old amazing self, blanked the Red Birds on m; scattered hits. struck out five and didn't issue a single base on balls. It was bad news for other National League clubs who naturally were hoping that Sandy would be a long time warm- ng to his task. But the great southpaw got down to business In a real hurry and the Busch Park residents Were the first to get blistered. However. the Cards had better luck In the second contest. Don Drysdaie was facing them and doing a mighty fine job until Ken Boyer broke up a fine ball game with a bases- ioaded single In the eighth. The Cards went on to a 6-2 triumph and the series was deadlocked at 1-1 when we sent this column to bed.

Giants Open Strong

DODGERS' hated rivals. those San Francisco Giants, were off and running with two straight decisions over Bobby Bragan's ‘llilwaukee Braves. Willie Mays had socked three home runs in those finst two games just to remind the opposition that he's still around Giants have acquir one run 'ng of yester- year in the person of Duke Snider.

It's going to be hard for Dodgers’ fans to accept the idea of Snider wearing a Giants' uniform. We don't think it’s likely that the one-time idol of Flatbush fans will see much service with the talent-loaded Giants. However the Duke is a handy follow to have around. in a pinch hitting role. he could prrve

ball game

more Orioles an

Personally we can‘t

should prove a most interesting Saturday for 5 Once again the Yankees are heavy favorites to repeat as

champions of the junior circuit. They had little trouble last

season and the wise ones are predicting just as much success

for them under manager Yogi Berra.

see the Yankees that strong that they

hould be considered SliOO-II'IS for the sen s

most useful as his big bat can really get I club back In the

See Action Saturday

TOMORROW afternoon we understand we will see Bailli- d New York Yankees righ rooms. Then Saturday night the cameras will swit

Olympia for the fourth game of the Stanley Cup fifgalls

t In our own living to rot . It

ports as.

world We are

‘ trying to convince oure-ives that several clubs could cause a fair amount of trouble_ We look for Minnesota Twms. Detroit

Tigers fight for the flag.

and Chicago White Sox to be right In the thick of the

It’s Good Pastime

ONCE the Stanley Cup ends up in Detroit or Toronto. folks

‘n

will start tuning in to those night games which are to be found

several places on your radio dial. Th . aczcball find the broadcasts a great source of entertainment. The announcers give you plenty of color throughout and Iio make the game as interesting as they pOS'Slhly can. Frank here it shapes up like another fine yea

who like their

they base

r for

hall and we are figuring that both leagues will provide tough

pennant battles

which should extend well into September.

Both the Dodgers and the Yankees could easily lose their world series places this October. There are plenty of capable

pericnccd April weather at its best. Spring Is here at long last and with it has crept in sights and reminders of sprinz's Slilf’f‘ past. This week i have seen more robins and bronzed Erackles than i have for a num- ber of years. In the late fifties and early sixties the sight sound of either robin or crackle “as a rare occurrence. One mor- n n: this week I counted at least '20 pairs of robins in an uncut hny‘Icld at Winsloe and an op llroximate 75 bronzed grackies. Our robins made a marked comeback last summer but this season gives assurance that the saucy red—breast is with us once again in worthwhile numbers. Some. years ago the spraying of Dutch Elm tree in Michigan wiped out thousands of roblns along with the pest It was ill- tcnded to wipe out.

The. heaviest flight of wild- geese In years Is with us I hi I spring. They are finding food In abundance on stubble fields as the combines do not make such a clean job as the old fashioned binders. A few fields. due to weather conditions, were unhar- vcsted last fall. I was told about a [Sat-re field that wet weather Prevented harvesting... a com- bine bogged down... and over :400 Ieese are living the life of Ril b’. That was four or five dayn Ito and the number at the mom- tnt could be nearer the 1,000 mark

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MINK WIPED OUT Thu: week a trapper. who has "lbpcd for over 40 years in the "Pa covered by the headwaters "I 1lit Crosby Dam at. Bonshaw. (“Id me that spray material “590 tor potato top killer not only killed trout by the ion but practically wiped out the mink "'1 his trapping territory. On a "Unlbcr of streams. particularly during the month of March., Ira— \‘f‘llll'lfl mink would have traIls “pm in the snow In other years-- "1-5 SPring not a single track and on others just the odd one. He estimated an approximate 1' cent d the min M III

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applicants for those berth: in baseball's greatest spectacle.

HUNTER’S CORNER

Spring Breaks Through; Wild Geese Are Plentiful

This past week we have oxe . trapping territory \vcre wiped If.

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Al East Lake cranes and king fislhers that ate the trout killed by spray material died and the same fate would meet the mink.

brought to my attention ravens and raccoon died from eating such trout in the Tyronne area. It is now a matter of rec ord that millions of fish have died in the lower Mississippi River. and it has been determin— cd that the residues of the agri- cultural pesticides, aldrin and dieldrin. are the probable cause.

STAYS LONG TIME

In connection with the forego- ing the following comment _ worthy of note— "These resI dues. it seems. were not the re-

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suit of concentrated spraying;

they were simply the concentra- tlon that followed natural runoff from the soil. each tiny fraction adding up to a lethal amount as it was I

Now the question has been raIs~ ed whether human beings who eat the fish and shrimp caught in the Mississippi or the Gulf of Mexico are being subjected to slow poisoning? In this natural

potato growing province there. Is -

room for deep thought in this connection. A poison spray._wm. an arsenic base. never entirely

dissipates... the arsenic remains v

in the soil for all time.

This columnist didn't move out on the 15th... Ideclded to let the trout put on a little weight. and flavor. Initial reports indIcate the fishermen who patronized North River Causeway creelcd some nice trout. It was "through the ice" fishermen who had the best luck... if there was a n y

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i talked to several veteran trouters who fished the Morell. No trout worth the name were caught all day. One spotted a lad carrying four trout that were scarcely worth keeping... six In- chers at best. Another saw one nice trout taken from water well up river. There was no definite report on what "Billie Bess

carried downstream." v

GOALIE OPEN BUT NO scone '"

Floyd Smith '7! Iupper righti of the Detroit Red Wings, scored twice in the first per- iod last night against the ‘ Toronto Maple Leafs and al-

most had a third goal in the period when the puck rolled between the outstretched logs of Torontto goalie Johnny Power but did not enter the

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ucl. Maple Leafs defonsematn Allan Stanley 126. is at right.

()thcr Detroit player is Park

er MacDonald 120)

(AP 'WIrephoIo)

. TILLMAN BELTS T

RIPLE

By THE CANADIAN PRESS I Bob Tillman's llth-inning tri- ple and a wild pitch by Whitey Ford spoilcrl Yogi Bei'ra's man-

Yankees 4-3.

It was one of three afternoon I major league baseball games‘» Thursday in another American ' League contest Johnny Orsino‘ hit a two~rIIn home run

Orsino's two-run homer came

fifth inning. The Oriole burst

came after Don Buford. rookie and Simmons at second. .iulian‘ agerial debut Thursday as 805- second-baseman. bobbled Luis Javier singled hit-Carver home ton Red Sox dcfented New York ‘ Aparlt‘i0's one - OUI fimundel‘ ‘ 8" ifollowing Jackie Brandt‘s sin-‘ mons with a sacrifice fly. a.

glc. 00g Powell‘s single. 5 a c r i f i c e fly and Orsino's homer followed.

Starter Dave McNaliy had

as ‘ Chicago well checked until the gm, u

. that Hendley

threw over the Iduring a four - run Ballimore‘ head of .lim Davenport at first.

Mcf‘arver wound up at third

and .lim Hart in

second

‘Balfimot‘e Orioles defeated the . eighth when he was chased on I pagan Singlpd mm m." m" in

J White Sox 4-3 before 4.037 Chi-I .‘cagn ans.

l Veteran Curt Simmon gave.1 ‘. up only three hits at San Fran- ‘ ciscn as St. Louis Cardinals: {shut out the Giants 2-0 in the ,. afternoon‘s only N a t io n al

1 Le e. ‘

ague The Yankees. staging their 1984 opener core a sim crowd. of 12.709 after being

held up two days by ram. tied the score at 3-3 In the eighth.

But they could do nothing thereafter with the offerings of speedballcr Dick Radatz and Bob Hcffncr.

Radatz was liftcd for a pinch hitter in the llth and Heffncr proceeded to strike out Cletei .Boyer and Johnny Blanchardl lbetore Phil Linz grounded out’ i for the final out.

Ford. who yielded 13 hits. got '

rookie Tony (‘oniglinro on an in— . ‘field grounder to start the 11th ibut Tillman tripled off Mickey ‘Mantle's glove in dccp centre. 5 Roman Mejia; was sent In to ‘run for the Boston catcher.l :Ford then bounced a pitch in

on of the and over. ‘catclIcr Elston Howard's headi lwith Mejias scoring.

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iCURLING DRAW

i The following Is the curling" draw for Friday at the Char- lottetown Club. ' P

Ice 1 —~ E. Nicholson. 0 Phil- lips. .l. MacDonald. G. Duffy vs. 1‘. O‘Rourke. M. Farrell, L. i Turner. L. JaI-dine.

ice 2 — 'I‘. WlIitc. .\l. C‘. White. W. McGill vs. (’arrulhcrs. E. Woo . K. “Oll. )l. llm'd. .

Ice 3 .—- K. Ready. \i. Docken- ‘ dorff. Dr. Willis. M. Kane vs. B.

Wilson. HR. ‘ Cant- ‘

O'Rourke. F. Rossiter. N. Dool- ‘ Bogton

0y. L. Henncssey. ice — B. Mact‘rregor. M.= Doyle. J. Sheltoon. P. Johnston' vs D. Cox. J. Higgins. M. White. I J, Douglas. .

ice 3 7 E llaclc . . i .lones, S. Willis. D. Cormier vs.

mons laid down a sacrifice bunt. m—fl — Howard Waits

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singles by Gerry Mc‘lertney pinch - hitter Minnie Mi- noso.

Bob Hendley. formerly with Milwaukee Braves. made his first start for San Francisco. allowed only four Cardinal hits

; In eight innings but his own er- ror spelled his downfall. With one out In the third.

Tim McCarver singled. Sim-

Souris Downs Morell 43-31

SoIIri-s All—Stars defeated More.“ All Stars 43-31 in has- ketball action at the Sour/is Regional High School last night.

the following are the lineups: SOURIS — . Morrison 8. P. Murphy 12. G_ Clinton 4, J. Hughes . M_ Ma'clnrtyt‘e MORELI. — J. MacAulay 8. G. McCarten 3. A. Ryan 5.

P. McGuire 4, and J. McGuire t. The referees were Joe Pierce and David ant. SoIIri-s. Montague and Morel‘. will come together in the near future to hold an Intermediate p | a y o f f n this will mark the first time

that such a playoff has taken plac. The schedule for the tilts will be released within the

novt few days

BASEBALL STANDINGS

By THE CA. ADIAN PRESS an League

Americ

W L Pct. GBL Minnesota 2 0 1.000 Baltimore 2 0 1.000 —-

I 0 1.000 — Detroit I 0 1.000 ‘A Los Angeles I 1 .500 1 Washington 1 2 .333 115 Cleveland 0 1 .000 I“: Kansas City 0 1 .000 I‘I': New York 0 l .000 112 Chicago 0 2 .000 Z

2.»‘

' the fifth,

Rifle Shoot

Held At York

The foilouuig are the results

of the rifle shoot held at York Rifle (.‘lub yesterday:

Albert Court Lorna Vcssey Scott Mat-Donald .iack Andrews Ernest Prowse. Reg Moshcr William Crockett Gordon \lcsse.‘ I Robert MacPhee l Doug B ' Tom

‘ Cccil Watts

Frank Vesscy 'Laken Lewis l Raymond \iessey .‘ Blair Keilly Harry Wellon Robert Farauharson Harold Taylor Gary (‘oIIrI Alan Brown Don Pitcairn Lenore (‘rockctt Gerard Long .‘Norman Brown Lloyd Vossey ‘ Roland \‘esscy

, Bcry Vc. _

,3 Raymond (‘happell Lowell '

. Bud (Topper

Leigh Vcsesy Filmer Macintosh Blair Bryenton

. Jimmy Farquharson 1(‘arol Walls iJack llaytiew 3Carla Watts

Guy Ford

.lim Chandler Ralph lilacCallIIm ‘ Donnie (‘happcll

‘caplain Alex Delvecchio with aonly 17 seconds remaining in

:1 them one game ahead. after

Wscnd a I)(‘il‘Oll Olympia crowd .of [5.005 wild.

I

gain Ills positInn whcn Dclvec-. . chin flipped in his third goal of

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Boston Shades New York; Orioles Defeat Chicago

, Bruce Mat-Gregor.

‘ screened shot but the play still

Dick Groat knocked in Sim-

The 34-year-old Simmons was 1 touched for singles by Orlando a the

inning and then didn't p another hit until Jose

3 around ‘ with his linemate Gordie Howe, l

. Lents a skating and forechcck

Red Wings Edge Toronto;

B DAVE BETTS

.‘ DETROIT (CPI —A goal by

regulation time gave Detroitl Red Wings a 4-3 Stanley Cup. win over Toronto Maple Leafs. Thursday night and boosted: three comes in the series.

Lcss titan one minute earlier. Don \lI-Kcnney had tied it for ‘ the Leafs and seemed to set the stage for nvcrtime.

But Delvecchio. g a n g l n at goalie .iohnny Bower

a loo

The Red Wings gave the ing lcssrin for two periods and I dominated play part of the game. building up a . 3-1 lead by the end of the sec- ond period.

The Leafs staged one of their

ALEX DELVEt'f‘IIIO

riod and Kcim's goal came while the Leafs were suui'nun:

famous last-period drives on armind Detroit nctminrlcr ’l‘cI'ry goals by Dave Kcon and Mc‘ Sam-link. Kenncv. they seemed to let up McKenncy, who had been

in the last minute and allowed the Wings to take command. OI'T 0F POSITION

Bower had just made a save on Howe and was trying to re-

lrying tip-ins all night, connected at 18:47 Horton shot from the centre of the bluclinc. Sawcbuk did not appear to ace the puck \vhicn rebounded to McKcnney about 10 1ch in front,

FOLLOWS PATTERN

For the, third time in IIIP fi~ nal scries. the course of the game was decided in the last minute of regulation time.

In the first game In Toronto Saturday. Bob Puliord won ' for the Leafs at 19258 d in Tuesday‘s game. Gerry Eliman tied it for Toronto at 19:17 to scnd it into overtime when De. troll won 4-3. whpl Howe had his best game of the scries and the line of Norm lillman. Lorry Jcl'frcy and Smith kcpt control of the puck for most of the time the unIt was on the ire

the series.

The Wings raced into action early with the same fire they demonstrated in the first two games in Toronto. ’I‘hey scored three goals in the first period. two by right winger Floyd. Smith and the by right winger

,1;

second period Andy scored on a long

in the Bathgate

belonged to the Wings seemed to find reserves of en— ergy that Leafs were unable to

ap. Toronto finally seemed to start playing in the third pe—

‘ SPORT OF KINGS Elementary Hoop Tourney

Shots on goal wch even at 34 but many of the Toronto at- tcmpts were dumped in from the centre ice area or fired from the blue line.

L'llman assisted on Smith's Sl‘t'lil‘id goal to give him 16 play- off puInts. five short of the rec- ord 21 established by Stan Ml~

kua of Chicago in the 1962 set- ies against Montreal and Chl- f'IiLlfi

TALLS NINE PENALTIES

Referee. John Ashley called only nine minor penalties. fIvc against the Wings.

Both goalies played well. and most of the goals came on scrambles in front of the nets or on screened shots.

SaII'cIIut-k robbed George A rm- strong twice. Ehman Iuicc and IIII'Kenney once. Bower made cat-like saves on Ullman. Howe and MacGrcgor.

Dctroit started fast as Smith scored at 2:40 when a bouncing puck slithered out of a knot of playch and left him the open side of the net to shoot at.

Only 58 seconds later Mac Gregor dived on his face to slap the puck into the corner after Bower failed to control it on a point-drive by Doug Bark- le.\', a second-year defenceman who played his best game of me

lifted Detroit's third goal~hound puck toward Bower and Smith cruising in front was credited with a tip-in.

CHANGES STYLE Manager-coach Punch Imlach of Toronto. who used new line combinations and changed his players constantly during the first two periods. changed his style of play in the second pe- iriod. and the Leafs used dump-and-chase system. ing the puck into the corners and skating in for the rebounds. .IIISI after Ed Joyal of De- troit returned from a penalty, Bathgate broke the ice for 'l‘or- onto with a screened blueline .drive on a power-play setup. l Sawchuk had no chance. ‘ 'I‘he irrespressible Wings re- fused to let up after the two third-period

tend after the facenff following

elvecchio Pots Winner

"but up won :t. They gave it to us good twice in Toronto so now let's soc how :hcy like it."

i mamas MlSTAKI-IS

Managcrscoarh Punch Imlach of Toronto said mistakes cost the Leafs thP came after a good I rally. ‘ "We

pl;l)(‘(l \Icll flier a Isliaky start," 9. said in the ' cnrl‘ulnr after the game. The

Toronto coach lurked the dress-

In: room i laych could I ’suund off wuhnul fear of beIng quoir- ."

"Alxcr \Ic gm IlIe equalizer

we made a bad mistake when we railed to I-loar Ihe puck twice and that set up the ngs

for the bi: :nal “ said lmlach. “\s for tlIc rest of the scries. \m'll just have in win three out of tour rm and don‘t bet we can't do if."

Smith. who sI-oreri his IhIrd and fourth playoff goals,

chuckled ovcr a mixup in which the public ndtlross announcer L‘avc h‘m t'I‘f’fIlI for his second goal. thcn cimngori It to Ullman

and finally chnnzr‘rl It back to Smith.

“Norm harl a clear shot and I think the puck would have

gone in an_\'\\;I_\. but it just de- flt‘ctcri off my Slick and in she

out. I didn't move my stick an inch."

ImlFlf‘h aunoumnd the Leafs will practise hero todav in pre- pare for Saturday's fourth game. but -‘\bcl anirl his Wings will stay in Toledo. Ohio. and conunuc their habit of staying hockey between

Detroit, Niac- Barklcy. Martini 3:38; 3 Detroit Smith 4 «Ull- man. Dcivecchio" 1-1147. Penal- .ticsuA Prnnuvost 5‘37. Baun ‘14-40. 1744