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‘ The well known Maritime train- ,I Billy Hood ha: accepted a posi- tion with Chris O'Donnell, whose bone and farm-which has a race kink on it-ia situated about four from Foriboro track. Mr. 0'- Donnell has ten horses 1n his mtdsle. two of them colts and four If them ‘race horsui that hie conun- pqfl-ned. astyear. n securng e services of Billy Hood he has one ‘d the best fitters and trainers in the business. ‘Ilhose wibo have Matched horses under Billy's care such as Watchirn 210694 will rc- Inensber that they were always sound, ready for the word and Improved each season. Ohrls O'- viDonnell is a great friend o! Dr. J. E. Corrlgan of this city, so we will no doubt hear‘a lot of Billy .|.n his new environment.

Steamboat 2:15:14, sold recently ‘by Fred Lahey, Dartmouth, to Bob Ryan, Houlton._ Maine, did not itako long showing the potato- staters that he could pace with the best they had. Last Saturdly lhe lowered the colors of one of their top pacers, Honan Crowley 2:07 in a match race for $200, stepping one of his quarter miles .fn 29 seconds. Mir. Ryan called mad Lainey up to give him the glad tidings after the race and asked, “l-Iow fast can this horse really step?" Fred thought around l8 seconds. Saturday Steamboat carries the Ryan colors in amatch 1s“ for $1.000. By the way. Hon- wan crowley is a chestnut gelding by Calumet Adam. ‘He i! a 2:16 class pacer, having won $5,282.67, no was no small potato!

Rollie Wood, noted speed pur- veyor, combines business with pleasure. 0n his recent trip to the

. Inter-Provincial ice races at Hali- dsx he sold the good trottpr Guy Harvester 2:25. by Simcoe Harves- ter 2:004. This horse has breed- 1118 800d enough for a two-minute brother or pacer and we hope he will take a low mark. Rollie also bought the pacer Royal Tell 2:15 (from Roddie Ford, Hunter River, Ind sold him together wtlh Guy Harvester to Don MacAulay, Pug- wash, NS. Well MicNeill was also tin a buying mood and came back the owner of Grattan Aicworthy p. 2:0l1,&, eligible to the 2:13 class. » 'Wel1 tried to buy this pacer 1n ‘his four-year-old form, in fact had him bought for $800. b“! lomehow the deal miscarried and Grattan Awworthy went on to be- come one of the Lop pacers in Ontario and the U. 5.. inking l! lest record and showing extreme speed. He should be a useful horse (ca: the night races here this lying. Another reported purchase is Pearl Bumpaa 221015. 91181111" to the 2:10 pace. Pearl W85 fafld h," ‘gvgg-fl years ago by H. M. Sweeney and Dr. Bishop 11m“! bought her then, although a lot ‘of people did not like her. How- ever, Pearl went on to be a freq- uent winner, taking a record of mlol/f and winning almost $2,100. Now it is reported that she is or will be an occupant of Dr. Bish- op’: stable.

wb are glad to see our friend Tfoiraca Willis back in the game and this time he has the seed “pom Starlight Direct, which ar-

J-ived a few evenings 58o from

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Gagetown, MB. Starlight Direct was purchased by H. W. S. Ailing- ham, Gagetown, last winter. He is a brown gelding by James R. Braden. Starting without a record ha won three races, a heat in another race and placed in three other events, winning ’o1,004,ma.k- ing him eligible to the 2:24 pace.

We have just received a letter from Thane Belyea with summar- ies of races held March 1st. at G getown and you will note that Sttrllght Direct paced a quarter in 2a seconds. Class A: Starlight Direct (Allingham) l-l; Prince Direct Jr. (Bridges) 2-2; time, 29. 30. Class B: Colonel Sherbrooke (McKinney) 1-l; (Scovii) '24; time, 29%, . Class C: Golden Starlklht (Queén) l-l: Texas Dawn (Bridges) 2-2: time. 30, 30. Class D: Star l-‘ingo (Coghill) 2-1-1: Omar Lee (Aker-

ley) 1-2-2, Miss High Admiral (Cameron) 3-3-dr. Time, 32, 311/2. (11%. l

The many friends of Jim Pend- ergast, Kensington. learned with regret of a severe accident he suf- fered last week when he fell, breaking his hip. Jiim is now con- fined to hospital in Moncton. It is something new for Prince Edward Island's outstanding athlete-box- er, wrestler and all-round per- former who mushed to the Yukon in the bonanza days of the gold rush. to be laid up for repairs. If one could get Jim to write a. story of his life it would be a best seller.

Our friend Dick Begin, New York. sends us an item that will be pleasing to Maritimers. It is taken from a New York paiperz- The Universal Driver rating sys- tem used with such success at Roosevelt Raceway and Saratoga in 1948, might become the official system of the Grand Circuit, El- liot Emerson informs us. Taking into consideration only men who raced at flve or more Grand Cir- ouit meetings an unofficial tabu- lation shows Joe O'Brien. the Canadian wlhiz, was the best of them all by a good margin with a percentage of .561. Tom Berry was next with .458. Joe raced in 126 heats. Tom 83, and Ralph Bald- win, who was third with .313. 6001K part in 134 dashes’.

'Ilh.o latest issue of ‘Ilhe Harness Horse has a good write-ll!) 0f Lusty Frisco a, roll/l. now owned by Robert J. Ryan, Houlton, Men and predicts that Lusty, 1f Ell/Ell opportunity, will sire some real speed. Bob has a two-year-old by Lusty that is showing well on the trot. The dam is Ima. See by Kalmuck 235%. second dam 11m"- Guy by Guy Ail-worthy, and third dam the noted race mare lma Jay raw/i. Dusty Frisco wee one of the greatest Trotters that ever stepped on a Maritime track and also one of the hardieat. as he raced for many seasons in RIP foim. In addition to being a good race horse he was a very hand- some one and always a 81'9" 3"‘ orito with former owner Charles H. Chandler of this city.

President Henry J. Khalil! O! 1119 United States Trotting Association has appointed a committee of five directors who will conduct conifer- ences with race secretaries. 818W racing commdssioners. drivers and track owners on Saturday. Much 12th, 194.9, at the Hotel Stevens, Chicago. This will give an 0111901‘- tunity for interested partied l0 mgkg suggestions as to what should or should not be done 01‘ what is being done at the Drew" time that. may be workin8 I 113"!" shlip on those involved. ‘The regu- lar annual meeting of the Associ- iation will be held on the three following days.

Tine dispersal sale of the horses of the late W. J. Hyatt took place at Pinehurst stable, London, On- tario, and resulted in sensational prices being paid. Top of the list was Sam Hy. a four-year-old by Bob Lee. dam. Voile Lee by Lee Harvester. Sam Hy took a record of 2:0’! as a. three-year-old over a half-mile track and won lfi heats last season and is elklble to the 2:18 class. There was kee bid- ding buthe was finally k ed down for $10,500 to Wesley Lltt of Brantford. Ont. Next highest price was paid for Sam l-ly’s dam, Voile IAe-MMO by l-T. B. Birmingham. Houlton. Maine. , Miss Billy Direct sold for $1.850 and was the third highest priced. A three-year-old. Margaret Hy by Bob Lee. dam, Margaret Graitsn 4th. aold for $1,575. Curiously enough the 13- year-old stallion Dob Lee M0246 that has demonstrated hiaabillty as a sire in no uncertain manner and whose get. sold freely over the time mark, went for only $1.1M. The purchaser was Leo Glories- woirth, Semis. Ont. who also pur- chased the dam of Sun Hy and mam others in the consignment. m. Giarleeworth will beremem- bered as the owner of the stallion Peter Henley fztflii. that aired manynotable race horses while standing at his farm. The three- year-old Friday Hy 2, 2:14 2/5, by Bob Lee. smeared to be a barn"! at 01M!)- I-Io went to the bid of .1‘. C. Nealey. Detroit. Mich. Glln- cing over the 8U oflerims we note many that would appear candidat- ll for fut niarhl in the fuhre. Bevel-cl of these lold at compara- tively low prices.

This has been a most unfavor- able neuron for the inter-Maritime ho races, but despite the very stormy weathei-‘two meets were carried. though at Halifax with the Milk: andpartmwth stables

Curling will hold the

spotlight for the next week with the Demin- ion championship getting under- way at Hamilton Monday and the Maritime Junior championship be- ing played at Moncton on Wednes- day and Thursday.

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Island rinks will be participating 1n both events. At Hamilton W. R. Cruikshank will lead his Island champions against the pick of Dominion curlers, and mark the third time Skip Cruikshank has performed lll this annual classic. He has lll all skipped five pirovtnc- ial championship rinks, but during the latter war years the Dominion event was cancelled. _, s I - t

Frank Acorn and Dr. Wen Mac- Donald will skip junior rinks in a battle for the Maritime crown which is to be held at the Moncton City Club next week. The Acoill rink are reigning Island champions with the MacDonald quartet being runners-up. and if they can come through with performances that marked their recent genres both should be in the thick of the fight for top honors. At stake is the Atlantic Wholesalers’ Trophy.

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The event is limited to curlers with not more than efiht years ex- perlence. It was inaugurated last year with tihe title 801K114 l0 NOW Scotia when totals of Halifax and Lunenburg rinks proved to be bei- ter than the two entries from each of the other Provinces. IIOWQVEI‘. in the imnttcr of victories the Acorn rink stood just as high as 811$’ other single ‘entl-y.‘ -

Members of the Acorn rink are, Roy McCcbc lead. W. H. MacNeill, 2nd atone, J. Squarebriggs, mate. F. Acorn skip. The meiribers of the MacDonald rink are. L. Jay. lead, C. MacDonald. 2nd stone. J.A. Likely, mate and Dr. Wen Mac- Donald, skip.

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Baz (Montreal Dally star» 0‘- Mera opines that Joe Louis has formed a powerful alliance Ln his promotional venture. Jilin Norris and Art Wlriz are big men in sport. They have more money than Mike Jacobs for instadnce.

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"The latter oouldnt assure Louis anything that he couldn't earn with his fists. N-orris and Wlrtz can. They can use his name, can make him a matchmaker. a TJTHYYIOl-Ol‘. can look after lPEJNTETlJTBSS details.

"Geared that way. Louis can hlt into" heavy profits for a long time provided he shows anything at all in a. promotional way. I-le is a de- cidied asset as undefeated champ- ion. Had he gone on to meet up with inevitable defeat. he wlflldrft have been worth much either to himself or anybody; else.

"He would never have been u! pqpular as Dempsey. He hasn t tihe knack for popularity of that type. l-lo couldn't altogether rely 1m 1115 prestige among colored people. Amt way a defeated colored ohamplc could" have little attraction W’ for people of his own race. S0 it 1 much better ‘this wry.‘

"After all Louis deserves a break. l-lie ‘hellpod boidJ18. he aimed 1t clean, he played it straight. He met all ocmera. He lost once. revenged himself. rose t0 KNEW‘ “limit” than any champion who preceded him. ' . . '

i “He enlisted. did 11119 111W?“ duty. He helped considerably in the war effort. When he fought again-fit Walcott he was so ashamed of hiim- self that he made sure therg would be no repetition of that sorry allow- ing. » - I I I I

"In his own way he elevated box- Lng, surely a sport that can stand plenty of elevation. He ran out of opponents, but he never ran away from one lilce so many who fought hfvn. 11c will get fine guidance 1n his-new post. Norris and lVlrtz are names to conjure with. They will protect him from parasites, from pgnflfy too, from making mistakes that would be inevitable were he cn his own."

Nurses Hoop Team Wins FrciiVLitS.

The Prince Edward Island Hospi-

defeated l WKS. girls team 35-1’!

4 at luff time but West Kent did not give up hope and come roar- lng back. With C. Creclmlp lead- l g the attack with l1 pohita, they cit-scored ilie nurses l8 to l1 in the last half.

l-I. Gay. playing a brilliant game. fed the scoring for the nurses with a points. with R. Mlllar running second with 6 points. V

Lineups and points scored:

0, hank l, Gunn 2. Douglas 0. Llnkletter 0. Total 35. ~

W33. - Mackenzie f, Camer- in 0. J. Macliay 0, O. MecKay 4. Giddfflgs o, craclman s, Mclfachern, 4, McMillan 0. Dix 0. Total‘ l7.

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Scorer -— Elizlbcin ‘Lewis.

tal~ nurses basketball team last. nilllt

at thefOundall Home. Showing £00 much power, the nurse: lead l4 to

Nurses - Henry 5, Gay B, Miller,

Saint Dunstanb University batt- led their way into the final round 01 City Hockey Leazue playoff competition by downing the P. W. C. Weishmeii by a score of 7-5 in the second and final game of their semi-final, I.iome and home, total goal series at the Forum last night to take the round by 12-8 count. The Saints took the first game over the Welshmen last Tuesday night by a 5-2 victory.

It was a really rousing battle all The way itirough, with the Welshmen turning on the pregurg in the first period to outaoore their opponents in the early part o: u"; frame and regain two of their three-goal deficit which they 1mg to make up. But Delghan‘s tally iii the last 55 seconds of the period 0n a passing attack with Mahar and Ledwell still left the Saints with a two-goal advantage at the end of ilie period. The P. W. C. boys really had the edge on the P811041 D181’ and missed some lovely scoring opportunities which could have easily put them on an even 100ml: with saints by. the end of the period. Blanchard got me first P. W. C. tally on a passing attack with Beer and MacRae. while Beer got the second with MacR-ae again in on the assist.

Houde tied up the score on the game at 2-2 early in the second canto on a nice passing pig w“), Rodgers. but P. W. C. retiliated WW1 1W9 goals in a row to go one up at the 7.56 mark. Blanchard getting Ills second goal of the “lgm °n B Pass from Douglas and R6114)’ 8611118 the other on a nice solo effort. They only held the lead for a short while, how. ever, when Bernard of Saints broke out on a scoring spree at 16.35 to 173118 in two goals in a little over a minute of play and reverse the standing, Mahar assisting on me first and M. McQuaid on the sec- ond. Leclwell followed it up two minutes later to further increase the Saints lead when iia banged one in unassisted.

S. Carver out the Saints lead down again at 1.1a of the final ganio on a. smart solo breakaway,

ut the Saints came back strong Ilka-in to shoot two in a row before the 11-minute mark had been fefltllted. Cart McDonald goi b0", coun ers on and Houde. assists 1mm Rodge“

The Zeme contln terrific pace for fllfgegfifrgnggr is: 11110 Esme. with the Welshmen real. y_ba.ttling hard to cut down the Saints lead but only succeed ’ in gem“ m“ 111°" 1811i’ when P Jardlne banged one in on a from Howatt. to lose out by one 80a on the ame an raggd‘ 8 d four on the

e winner of side semi-final 3514;283:3123; llvlilgfifwfly here on Tuesday night. meet the Saints in the final round in the best of three game ilezliees for the City Hockey League

The following are the lineups:

S.D.U. -- Goal, Strain: defence, Hennessey, Mahar, McAdam; for- wards. Halide. Rodgers. McDonald, Mdwell. Farmer. Deigfhen, M. Ms. Quaid. Bernard,

P.W.C. -— Goal. Oudmoirq; u- m1“- MMRM. D. Jsrinno, l)“. 1111. Reade. MacLeod; rot-ward,’ B881‘. Blanchard, Douglgg, ‘mm-Wu D°wm~ 5~ cam". BTW/n. "Howatt P- Jardlne. Richard. ’ cmfem“ T 141ml JIY and Allie . arver.

Flt-at Period 1_‘f,éw-c-iD‘BllTl0|lB-T'd e81‘. acRae) :

2-P.W.C., Boer m 12

(MaoRae) .. 18:17 3—-S.D.U.. Del8he

(M51101, Ledwell) ............. .. 1

Penalties -— Ready, Mahar.

Seofmd Period 4—S.D.U.. Houde

(Rodgers) 5—P.W.C.. Blanchard

(Douglas) . s-r.w.c., Ready .

2:43

7—-S.D.U.. Bernard (Mahar) 16:35 3—-S.D.Il.. Bemcrd - (M. McQusid) ....

9-5-1111" Ledwell .. Penalties - Hennessey.

Third Period io-liawc. s. Curl/of‘ ms 11~S.D.U.. McDonald -

(Rodgers) _. 1m 12-8.D.U.. McDonald

(Houde) 11100 Iii-P.W.C.. P. Jarditie

tniiwatt) 15.55

Penalties - camel.“ "

Change. liaie For lunlor Game To Mmdaijiiihi

President C mpbell o! the Marl- tlme Amateur Hockey Association notified local hockey officials here

the Saint John Maroon: and the P. W C. Juniors In the first, lame of a ihome and home, foul goal alp. les for the N. B.-P. E. T. junior boo key championship will have to be played here on Mon ay night» lii- ‘atud of Tuesday, and that the second game will in piaygd. the following night at sum Jo n. The change weaning: In order‘ ht

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I1HE GUARlAN-r u‘ S. D. U. Battles Way To ‘Finals In City League g By 7-6 Win Over P.W.C.

last-night that the game ‘between l

Big Ice Sports Program at \

, Victoria Tonighi

iA lmr8e program of speed-skating ahd hockey entertainment is sched- uled for tho Victoria Rink tonight when the annual ice sports for Vic- toria and surrounding districts will be staged there.

1n addition to s full program of speed-skating events, which prqm. lses to provide some very keen 0cm.- petition and expert skating, a spec-

ial hockey feature will pea thg Victoria. School puckstera cross sticks with the Charlottetown

Bantam Abegweits in an exhibition encounter. wthile Mr. W. E. Scantle- bury and his figure-skating troupe will put on a special skating not which should round oiif a very exi- cellent evening of entertainment.

The event is. one that has been looked forward to eagerly by fans in the Victoria district for some time and now that it is ready to takepiace a large crowd is expect- ed to be on hand. Judging by the fine program which will be pro- sented. they won't be dlsappoln‘ ‘ and are slated for a thoroughly en- loyable time.

For the benefit of Charlottetown fans who are planning on attend.- ing this special ice event, officials stated yesterday that the .main highway between Charlottetown and Victprla is open and in good condition for motor traffic.

Saints liefeai “Y" ilcLpsiers

In an exihlbltiofi juvenile bask- etball encounter at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium last night. the Saint Dunstanu University hoop squad swamped the Y. M.C.A. Juveniles by a score of 65-40.

The game was definitely in tlie Saints’ favour all the way, with the winners allies up a 29-l5liead in the first half and outshootlng the Y by a 36-25 count in the re- maining half.

Reardon of Sainm was the lead- iilg'point-getter with a total of 22.wh11e his teammate lvnurpthy came second with 1i points, B. McAndrew of the Y running a close third with 13.

The following are the lineups and points:-

Salnil: Rearclon 22, Mullally l,

McDonald 3. Mslcaao 8. Murphy 14. lVllcKinnon 1, Drlsooll 2, nun- Pliy 11. ‘Ibtal, 05. B. lVboAndrew is, Com 11. MacMlllan 1. J. Moan- drew 8. Burgess 1, Hing z, cam. "m! °~ H11"! 0, MacPhersol-i B. Total 4-0.

Officials: Referee, E. Nicholson; scorer. Reg Doucette; timer, c. Young.

British Soccer Players Threaten To Go o_i_i_Sirille

By James H. Chamber:

LONDON. March 4 —(AP) _ Players of Britain's 88 major sooclr league clubs today threatened to go on strike.

Delegates to a meeting of meg- union in Manchester Monday will be asked_ to vote on whether to walk out insupport o! g pmggon irclélceéne and a new form of com