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Former World Champion

Heavyweight Burns Held Ti

VANCOUVER t(TP) - Tttlllfflyl Burns. world heavyweight boxing. champion from 1906 to 1908. died In hospital hero Tuesday. He was 74

The colorful oldtinier came here I few days ago from his hooiel at Coallngl. Calif.. to enter it religious nrder. He collapsed dur-l Ing the morning. apparently from

I heart condition, and died a fewlchanipionsltip after 11 fights. some

hours later in the Vancouver Gen- eral Hospital He is survived by his widow at

Clamps 90-D-ay Ban On ;

Boxing In Pannsylvania

IIARIIISIII HG. Pa tAPt-- (IIIi'-

Tlio Guardian Wedntodn.3'. May 11. 1955

Boxer Dies;

tle I906-O8

Coalinga. Burns won the championship in- l906 from Marvin Root in a 20- round bout at Los Angles. Feb. 23, 1906. He lost it to big Jack .lohn- son at Sydney. Australia. police halting the fierce battle in the 14th round. Canadian stormy career.

born Burns had a and dropped the

of them lasting only one routid.l He had lived in California lorlt many years. 1

was obtained from hospital olfi-i

eriior George, M. Leader 'l'iicsilayli-icials He said the finding did not,

suspended boxing in Pennsylvatiia for 00 days as an aftermath of the

sudden collapse of light heavy-l The police source said author-l

during a natioiially ielciiscd bout with .liilio hledcros in Philadelphia last Friday

The govcrnoi-'x atti-r I 90 - iiiciiibers of the state athletic coin-

vicight Harold Johnson in the ringltiics are inclined to discount John-i I

hair annoiiiii-cd

nussmn 7 does not attcct lightsl

already F('I'l('tIllIPtI and advertised.

Alfred M. KICIH. the athletic coniinixsion. sat complete report on .lohiison's con-I dition after he was carried fronil

the ring on a stretcher showed IlCll(-lllvagu 000 000 laokg 7 1 "iinrtouhtedly had drugs in his 805"," lm lllll lloogz ll 0 l'tNl.1'- l I, Kecgaii. Dorish t6). Forniclcs C01-LAPSHI IN ”m5P'R till and Lollar: Brewer. Kinder

F.arlicr in Philadelphia. a police Inurce disclosed that an iii'iiie analysis performed on Johnson reiealed the presence of barbit- uatc

.Iohiisoii. No. I contender for the 173-pound crown and a 4-to-1 favor- ite in the scheduled 10 rounder. collapsed in his corner and was iinahle to answer the hell for the third round hlederos was awarded I technical knockout victory.

The police source. which de- rlincd to he identified. said

Charlottetown Rifle 9 Club

Two young ladies. Edna 'ilac-

niulit. lby a swarthy stranger and which

niiniiie niccting .iiih'mmplained tasted bitter and made

a mem--ll -aw Baseball Results

nit-an Johnson was under the in- lliicnce of the drug. I

sonis post-fight tale of an orangeil giicn him the day of the fight

the lighter is supposed to have

liiiii sick in the dressing room.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS American League

tilt and White. W-Dorish. L-Breivcr. HR: Chi;Rivera. Carrasquel. Kcll. Detroit 000 200 200e- 4 ti 2 Washington 040 002 10xe- 7 ll 0

Mass. Aher t2). Cristante tilt. Fletcher (7) and House: Porter- field. Pascual '8) and Fitzgerald. W-Porterfield. L-Maas. l Kansas City 010 000 00tL- I ll ll Baltimore 000 208 01); --ll 12 0

Sleater. Gorman 16) Burtschy (6), Gray (7) and Astroth. W. Shaiitz '7t: Byrd. Moore -.6) and

, , lllelsniiih. weisyrd. LmSleater. HR: information on the urine analysis

Bal--Titiandos. l Cleveland (I03 140 Ollie 9 14 11 New York 010 200 l20e- 6 9 2

Lemon. hlossi '8! and Naragun. Hogan idi; Larsen. Ford (4). Sill?-l tlivanl tot. Konstanty (at Morgan' '9! and Berra. W-Lemon. L-Lar-I sen HRs: Cle-Pope. Avila. NY-l hlcl')ougald. Collins. ' t

F;-ten and Joyce Lioiislable. iiiark- MI up I score of 96 each to take top honors at the Charlottetown Ritlc (iluh shoot rcccntly, Vet- eran marksman G. G. Macl.en- nan was the only male contestant in equal their scores.

National League. Philadelphia 000 100 l(ll ()--3 5 (Pt Sl. Louis 010 001 I00 2-5 7 1 110 innings)

Zlsinimons. Meyer tilt and Lapata: Arroyo and Sarni. L-Meyer. Hlis: Pliila-Ennis. St. L-Musial. Sarni.

Virdon.

other scores were: . l R 5 -'""Ft'3-s iiii'i-Elli: 313 iiSiiii'i3 ii i F5" I'a".(h”:”" iI"l Surkout. Fricud tilt and Atwcll: K F' ("lrmiey gtinlohnson. .lolly tilt. Vargas 48).

Rohert Pitcairn

94lCrone I8) and White. W-Surkont. 94 1,

Pcter Macbiutt lohnson. lifts: Pgh-E. i-treese. Milt Carver 94 til" Aaron. Logan

Fred Yoiinlter I-I4i.Vfl1t York 020 004 1104- I B 0 P. J. liandriunr . 94 Cincinnati 101 000 200- 4 7 0 Mel Horne. ..... ..... .. 92' Anti-netli and Kauav: KlipP- Allislm Mulvl, 93 stein. Fowler (6) Minarcin fit) and Elaine Miitch . ., , . , , . , H 92 Buiwzess. L--;VI1(Iippst;i'n. cl-lRs:PNyk wmdall M,.ll(,an H3” gl fhoiiipson. A ays t . in- iisl. ml"? Walsh .'B'rnoklyn 000 (K11 101-3 ll Bud Cunslahl. 8sl(.hi&ago' i .MkldtW0C(KXk0 H l Rm, Colo; l Ml .011-(flll1)P lan ' ampgne El. Torry Kmldm. - - l l H Hat-km and Chit. HR. Bkn-.nidei.

International League

"D” "" " it E T '" ;Toronto 111:) all 030-: '57 1

' Buffalo 4. 1 00x- 0

Probable Pnchea i Sltiffel. Hartley (ll. Hoover I4 l.”4.lA Hulk WU.” Pmhahlc and Berberet; iinning. Erickso;

pitcher: for today's i'ii;i,lnr league games 'urin-lost rernrdg ll; pal-en. theses):

National League

New Yorli ht Cinciiiiiati tNi litlonelli t2-Iii or l.iddle 11-1) vs Nuxhall tit-It.

Philadelphia at St. Louis Roberts '3-Ill or Mro7.inski vii .Iark-son '10-.

Brooklyn at (.IlIl'fIEti---IVIQVPT (2-0t vs Andre IO-Ill.

Pittsburgh at IVIIIMHIIKPE-vKlnE (Lot vl Nichols t2-tit M aul-dem- (2-2).

American Luigue

("Imago at Boston -Trucks (2.2. v: Sullivan t2-4-.

Detroit at Washington-Gamer t2-4i vs Stone it-3).

Kansas City at Baltimore--Kelt oer '2-It vii Rogovin it-3t.

Cleveland It New York--Wynn t24tt VI Ford 13-It. Garry McNeil May Attempt Comeback

MONTREAL t('Pt--Gerry Mr- Neil. star goalie with Montreal Canndlens of the National Hockey League from 1950 until last season. IiIy try I comeback this fall.

He disclosed Tuesday the mim- Igement of the Csnadtenii hns Ip- pronched him Ibout returning.

"The Fonim called me and mIdc no an offer." the 20-year-old serv- ice station operltor said. "They gave, me I month to make up my mind. Right now I can't say who! I'll do."

Cincinnati

.N.cl I0-ll hander Arnold Portocarrern was;

ll?-. Schultz till, and Streuli. HR . Bfl-Demeter.

Pontocarroiromon

I A Disabled List

I-'lAI.'l'lhlORE. Md. (AF t--Right

placed on the disabled list by manager Lou Boudreau Tuesday after I medical examination re- vealed the Kansas City Athletic's pitcher has I sore and inflamed tendon in his shoulder.

Dr. George Bennett of Johns Hopkins Hospital emphasized that Portocnrrero's injury was not sev- ere and rcst of 15 to 18 day: he should be able to throw as well Iii ever.

The white pelican is the slate emblem of Loulslanne-”the pelican state."

NOTICE

The annual meeting of the Charlottetown Curling Club. will be held in the Club Room. on May 17th It 8 olclock. The by-law. will be changed.

J. O. GALLANT.

Secretary.

Options Catcher I "

CINCINNATI (Art- Clot-lnnIti'

Redlegs Tuesdsy optioned catcher Ed Bailey to an Diego of the

league. Bailey canglllt In 1! game: I Ind

Iusoil . Illhttathltoououlnbltlmes It Int llcllxo I double. triple Ind IIII

.".T””' 7 -Thou

.-M...

said that with proper'

Newcombe Returns From Doghouse To

(By the Canadian Press)

Big Don Newcombe hauled himself from the Brook- lyn doghouse in the grand manner Tuesday as he pitched atone-hititer to give Dodgers a 3-0 decision over Chicago Cubs. l '

The tempermental Negro right-hander who was suspended for a day last week for refusing to pitch bat- ting practice faced a minimum 27 batters. single by second baseman Gene Baker in the fourth inning was the Cub's only hit and Baker was out trying to steal second. N81VCOm'b9 needed only 96 pitches, striking out SIX and walking none. I

It was the Dodgers llth straiglitm.rland;gTsth0fl;.lng slgns of being victory and their 22nd win liERIl'lSllIhe Slugger: he was expected to be Wm 105595 . iihen obtained in last winter's big

The 9"” ”'I'” "”””r I"g".e deal with the New York Yankees. afternoon action was in the Arneri-lals" smiled and norm on M 93" Leaizl” Wile” H” .Ch"5?g” Baltimore's first two runs in the White Sox handed Boston its fifth lnurll,

5"'3l8Ill deleah 4'1 i Hoot Eiers. off to I great start

Th”! "ISM 3311195 were Schedilon a comeback. also drove in two Uled in "'8 531101131 L939"? 3"d runs with I double in Baltimore's three in the American League. lslxlh mnlngy

The White Sox relied. OIIVIIOIIIE Hal-l-y Byrd. gun anglhgr px. ""15 by Gettrtte K811. Jim RIVETPB Yankee, gave up the Oriole pitch- and Chico Carrasquel for all runs ml; job in the sixth to Ray Moore 39.111115! 505100 Kelli lVt'0'Fllnlw'ho stopped the Athletics with two homer in the eighth broke a tie hits and no runs. Byrd was cl-ed. and gave lIaI'l'.t' DOFISIL Scvltnd 01' tied with his second victory against, three White Sox hurlers. his first one defeat. f i'u'tui'.v of the year. ST LOUIS IAP)-Bill Virdon's

Hafdluck Tom BTPWET 9' We two-run homer In the 10th inning Red Sox was charged with his -l-uesllay nlghl bmk, . seven, fifth loss without a victory. game losing sunk lm. llle Sl.

”"k9 S"ld9'"'5 "lmh h0'"” "I Louis Cardinals and handed the the gears st-ai-ted? Dodgers off in Phlladclphla Phlllls 5 mm con. the sixth inning. Newcombe coiili't-ISe(,ulll.e defeat, 53- buted to his fourth victory of thel l.lrd0n.s homer was lm lounh season with a single in the seventh lo, the war ' that moved Don Hoak to third. Benefltllng (mm the homervl "M" We” he SW9d ”" A ””'l' Stan Musial and Bill Sarni .hit me nvl l , H . otticrsewas rookie Puertu Rican

CIN(-W5-ML Mpt" T"”'k3'- ”” southpaw Luis Arroyo. who scor- liable Johnny Antonelli. assisted hy -ml his second blg lgagm, Victory Willie Mays' homers and I four-lllol Ennls ml 3 lourlh lnnlng rim sixth inning. Tuesday night lcd l lmmer for Phlllles the New York Giants to an 8-4 vlrdon-S game Twinning lmme win over the Cincinnati Rcdlegs. lnm came on lack Mel,” who

The game was split wide open , - '- ' I . l in the sixth inning when the Giants uiziimmer In relief '0' Cu" Sim scored four runs. routing .lohnny wAfgHmGT0N

Klippstein. The sixth Inning spree , .lAP'rsB0b. PM" shallered J 272 llel licrlielrl posted his fourth victory.

with an assist by Camilo Pascual

M l. (1 h. f”. I . overabiiie 2eai:tli'ee fielili feirliciie iiimtiliei "I 'i”I'ef' T”e5lIay "ill" I" wash blxlnnlmzl ington defeated Detroit 7-4. The Kllppsleln Wm l.(,pla(.Nl lw An Tigers loss was their third i A 'straight.

Fowler. who stopped the scoringi

for me inning. The Senators splurged for four

The rem ovmwd ll" q.m.l;mii'iins off loser Duke Mass in the ,- l . second inning. mm a home run "1 the msl by Detroit retaliated with two runs

third baseman Chuck Harmon. ltl. . . . . . , in the fourth but the Senators' lead ii as his third this season. This was mourned M 64 in the six"! against

matched in the second when Hanklen Crmame Thompson smashed one over the H . ' , , right field screw ii.T'1?..TlfSt2...'i1”'”i.Ii”w2;l.i..2lSf. Tlhe Reds Imnked "ll: I" " 5"'lhou -d back with I run in the en 1 inning ra y wit two runs. sameilnnlngl . including a homer by Wally Post. NEW YORK (AP)LTil. free. The ""31 Gm" SW9 came, 0" swinging Cleveland Indians bat- another Mays home run. his sixth lewd llw New York Yankees with of the season. l l I4 hits Tuesday night-including I Antonellis win gavo him it .'i-3;sl,,gl9. d.ml,l9 and home run by ”'C0"d I01" lite Se350"- lDai'e Pope - while Bob Lemon BALTIMORE IAPI -- Big Guslclaimcd his sixth Victory 9-6 with Trlandos started an eight run rally the help of Don Mossi. in the sixth innig. Baltimoics The defeat dumped the Yanks to biggest in its two modern Ahmeri- third place. three games behind can eague seasons. with a omer the pace-setting Tribe and a length -.and cllmaxed it with I double behind the Chicago White Sox, who

lHurl One-Hitter For R

ampaging Brooks

NEW YORK (AP)-Carl Erskine of Brooklyn Ind Johnny A t "i of New York Giants were locked in I close battle for the National League earned run lead Tuesday with the Dodgcrs' pitcher having

the edge. Erskine, undefeated In five decisions. has given up eight

earned runs in 50 Innings for In earned run mark of 1.44, figures compiled by The Associated Press disclose.

Antonelli. the ERA leader in 1954 with 2.29. has permitted nine earned runs in 48 frames for 1.69 average. The young Iefthander has won two games Ind dropped three. '

In the American League, Dick Donovan of Chicago White Sox is the pace-setter with 1.24 on only four untainted tallies in 29 innings.

Donovan. who saw limited ser- vice with Boston of the National League in 1950. 1951 Ind 1952 and with Detroit in 1954. won his first major league game last April 29.

only defeat by New York last week, kept the Yanks in check until the eighth and after they had scored twice In that inning Mossi came on to end the rally.

The young southpaw did it dra- matically. striking out pinch hit- ters Elgton Howard and Bob Cerv. Until he weakened. Lemon had toyed with the Yankees. giving up six hits. His only other bad mo- ment was in the fourth. when four singles gave the Yankees two runs that cut his lead to 4-3.

The Indians opened up against starter and loser Don Larsen in the third for three runs.

That had Larsen on the ropes and Pope finished him off with I home run to open the fourth. It was Pope": fifth homer in seven games.

Whitey Ford came on then for the Yanks and was tagged for four runs in the fifth.

Joe Collins' hit I homer in the seventh. Gil McDougald had hum-' cred for a 1-0 lead in the second.

Avila ended Cleveland's scoring in the eighth with I home run off Jim Konstanty. fourth of five Yank pitchers.

Basketball Film Showing Tonight

There's I treat in store for basketball players and all those interested in spots tonight It the Holy Name all.

The basketball film "The Har- lem Globetrotters" will be shown at eight o'clock. The film shows the Globetrotters in action and features such outstanding play- ers an Marcus Haynes and Goose

lTuesday night in an 11-1 romp over heat Boston 4-2. lKansas City.

Lemon. who was tagged with his

Tatum.

x

AT OUR

Butler.

Erskine, Antoneflli In Race For Earned Runs

He has three victories - two of them shutouts-:-d one loss. Sandy Consuegra. Ilso of the White Sox. in second with I LN average. He has yielded five earned runs in 35 frames whlle winning two games and losing IIOIIE. .

Eaton Interested In Mclntyre Porcupine Mines

TORONTO (CF) -- Shareholders of Mclntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. Tuesday dropped their move to add Cyrus Eaton. Canadian-born multi- millionaire United States indus- trialist. to the board of directors.

At the annual meeting. they voted unanimously for re-election of last year”: .c.Ien-member board of directors.

Barnard E. Smith. New York director. had suggested thIt Mr. Eaton and I representative from Ncwmont Mining Corp. be placed on the McIntyre board.

Mr. Smith said Mr. Eaton holds 25.000 shares of Mclntyre and that Newmont Mining had expressed interest in the IffIirI of the com- pany.

Opposition to any addition to the board at this time was expressed hy " ' N 'lly. pi '” t, who

Baseball In Brief By THE CANADIAN PRESS American League

W 1. Pet. GBL Cleveland 10 I 7 .711 - Chicago 15 I .652 I New York 14 9 .600 3 Detroit 14 11 .560 4 Washington 10 14 .411 W: Kansas City 9 14 .391 I Boston I 17 .346 W: Baltimore 8 17 .311 10

Tuesday's Results Cleveland 9 New York ' Chicago 4 Boston 1 Detroit 4 Washington 1 Kansas City 1 Baltimore 11

WedneIdIy'I Games Detroit It Wnliiiigton Kansas City at Baltimore Cleveland It New York Chicago at Boston

TburIdIy'I Gamu Cleveland It. Washington (N) Chicago at Baltimore tN) Kansas City It Boston

Internntlonal League

W L Pct. GBL 739 -

Montreal 17 8 . Toronto 1! B .619 3 Rochester 11 1 .611 31,2 Columbus 10 11 .476 it Havana 10 11 .476 I Buffalo I 0 .471 6 Richmond 6 14 .300 95: Syracuse 3 11 200 10

TuesdIy'I Results Toronto 7 Buffalo 8 WcdneIdIy'I Games Columbus at Richmond IN) Montreal It " heater 13: N) Toronto It Buffalo (N) Syracuse It Havana 1N) ThursdIy'I GImes Toronto at Buffalo Montreal at Rocheiiter C' but It R' ' T

said proxies re urned by sharehold- ers authorized I vote for the seven 1954 members of the directorate. These proxies. therefore. could not be voted for other than those named.

MAKE PURCHASE OFFER

It wns disclosed It the McIn- tyre meeting that Mr. Eaton had made In offer last January to purchase 35,005 shares of McIn- tyre'ii stock held In Castle Truth- eweyts treasury at 376 I share. Castle-Trcthewey II I Mclntyre subsidiary.

At the Castle-Trethewcy meet- ing Monday. shareholders were told that the offer made for Me- Intyre shares held by Castle-Treth- ewey was rejected by I majority of the board. The directors said they felt that the investment in McIntyre wu worth more than the offer made.

A majority of shareholder: pru- ent then approved I motion re- questing directors furthwlth to seek an offer Ind negotiate and make I sale of that company: holdings of McIntyre stock and distribute the proceeds Imong shareholders.

R. S. McLaughlin was elected to the board to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Kelly

EVERYTHING MUST GO SELLING OUT SALE

OF QUALITY MEN'S WEAR

WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING OUT OF IUSINESS JUST AS QUICKLY AS WI 1 CAN CLEAN OUT OUR PRESENT STOCK OF QUALITY MERCHANDISE. OUR BIG SALE CONTINUES UNTIL EVERYTHING IS SOLD.

Syracuse at Havana. NItlonIl I4aguo W Pct. GBL

Brooklyn 917 --

L 22 I

New York 12 11 .522 IIVI Milwaukee 11 11 .500 10 Chicago 13 I4 .462 11 Pittsburgh 11 13 .453 11 St. Louis I 12 .429 11V:

lncinnatl : 375 13

PhiladeIDhiI .333 14 TueIdny'I ReIuIt.I New York 8 Cincinnati 4 Brooklyn 8 Chicago 0 Pittsburgh 9 Milwaukee 6 Philadelphia 1 St. Loull I Wed.neulsy'I Games New York at Cincinnati (N) Brooklyn It Chicago Pittsburgh at Milwaukee Philadelphia at St. Louis (N) Thursday's Games Brooklyn It milwaukec tN) New York It St. Louis (N) Philadelphia at Cincinnati tN) Pittsburgh It Chicago

SPEAKER UPIIELD

CANBERRA tlleutersl - The House of Representstlves Tuesday rejected by 57 votes to 36 I Labor opposition motion of "no con- fidence" in the Spuker. A. G. Cameron. The motion alleged that Cameron had shown bias Igslnlt

the Opposition Ind given Ii-bltrsry

unjust decisions.

Everything has been priced to sell It

i

values that will mean tremendous savings

. to those who sppreointo good dotihing nit

ROCK BOTTOM PRICES

MALLORY HATS

KW. 38.50 - S1150

DALI

35.95

Itook up for Iumimor. Fall Ind Winter. In our off-season merchandise will be clear-

ed from our shelves It-

V: THE ORIGINAL PRICE OR IITTER

MEN'S WEAR

COME EARLY AS SEI.ECTION IS LIMITED

HATS -- SUITS -- TIES -- SHIRTS - SOCKS - ETC

GOING AT REAL SACRIFICE PRICES AT OUR GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE

JACK CAMERON

taoj.

KENT in.

A party for the players of the Queen Square School Basketball League was held in the Holy Name Hall last-I night during which trophies were presented to the winning team and players.

In addition to the presentation of trophies the boys were shown the basketball film "The Harlem Globetrotters." They were also served I buffet lunch Ind given treats at regular Intervals through- out the show. -

The get-together was presided over by Father Clarence Roche who acted as organizer. coach and referee of the basketball league throughout the winter months. The lovely P. R. MIcCormac Trophy for the winning team was presented'by Mr. MacCormIc to Billy Mulligan. captain of the win- ning club.

In his presentation of the trophy Mr. MacCormac advised the boys to be always falr. honest and true lnlathletlcs and the game of life. He congratulated the winners and losers.

- Trophies for the members of the championship team were present.- by Monsignor Patrick Mc- Mahon. Father McMahon spoke briefly II did Leo Callaghan of Queen Square School.

A reply of thanks on behalf of the players to Father Roache. Mr. MacCormIc and Dalvay ' Coylc was made by Harry Callaghan. FOWIWIHR the presentation of trophies lunch was served by Mrs, Frank Mccarron. Mrs. Vernon Macliachern. Mrs. John Mulligan. Mrs. Amby Doyle and Mrs. Dal. vsy Coyle.