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navy basketball team last night advanced into undisputed leader- ship of the City Basketball Ina- Kun when they defeated B. D. U. qulnteitd 70-88 in the first game cf a double bill played at the Prince of Wales Auditorium. 1n the second game Army advanced to third place by taking a 36-28 overtime victory over Prince of Wales Bqllld- .

Tied for leadership beferrgune time. fans were all set to see grunts and Navy wage s close- rhecking duel but t-he Navy team. iisplaying their finest marksman- Lhjp of the year. rolled into an mrly lead and were never seri- nusiy threatened. For the first rlevmi minutes of the game they held the Saints without a field goal while building up a substan- tial lead, and atrhalf time had a 23-10 advantage.

Saints started oi! fast in the gecond half in an attempt to whittla down the big lead. For the first ten minutes the two quads shot basket for basket but in the fins! minutes of the sums Navy again took over to wind up with a 37-point advantage.

Earl Smith and Joe Cullen were pn- bie guns in the Navy attack. m» former accounting for 26 point! with the latter getting an evcn twenty. Burge led the Saints offensive with eleven.

Win In Overtime

Prince of Wales and Army put on a close-knit struggle be- gm Anny, diooting three points in the overtime finally clinched a 26-23 verdict. Tied 10-10 at the hall flarl Nicholson. given two foul shots just as the final whistle went and with his team trailing sunk both of them to

by two. scncl the game into overtime but his efforts were wasted as

Army scored three points in the overtime while holdin!‘ P. W. C. scoreless to chalk up their firs! vlrttlrv of the season.

Nicholson of Prince of Wales m: high scorer of the encounter wlill .1 total of fourteen points. with the remainder of the scor- ing being pretty evenly divided betwnen the other players.

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trot-rs: FIRST GAME Navy I“. F8. PI. Pil- Mcliinnon ...l 1 3 i Johnson ._. .... ....0 1 1 l Smith .... .... 11 4 I I6 Cullen .... “.8 4 2 I) LcPage .,. ..7 0 1 14 Henncssey ._. ...l 0 1 4 Totals .. .30 10 9 ‘l0 S. D. U. FG. F5. PF. Pt!- McDonald .... ...l 3 '4 5 Viullln .0 1 4 1 Bradley . .3 0 2 6 Bulge ".5 1 3 ll Roach ".2 0 3 4 Gltfilllfly . ...0 0 0 0 Murphy ._,. ..1 0 1 i O'Connor ".3 0 1 4 14 5 l8 $3 SICO GAME FG. F8. PI‘. Its. ".2 0 3 4 ".2 0 0 4 ".3 1 2 5 .. ...0 0 4 0 .... ....2 1 o ,_ s .... “.8 0 0 6 .... ..1 0 0 I .... ....0 0 ‘0 0 .... 1i I l I IG. IS. PI‘. Pt!- ..... ....0 0 1 0 _. ...l 1 0 I ...._ ....8 2 I 14 _... ...2 2 3 5 . .... ...0 0 0 0 .... _... ...0 0 1 1 .. .... ....0 0 0 0 .. I l’ v I I

Expect Art Parry Will JoinSydnoy Millionaires Today

svnivsv. us, n». '11 .40!) ——0filcials of flu flying, M1]- lionalres 9f the Cope Breton Son- ior Hockey U!!!” llld "t" ArbPerry of Choilottotown :0" slanted to Join tho teem

"F". raising tho number of him- to . . ililroady the billionaires have "quires left wtngcr Harry Poul- fvn. Montreal; Urban Morrison, summer-side, REL, and defores- ml"! B"! Sled}. llslifu. ‘

Four i_s the lhnlt of import allowed any icon by 6.8.81.1). "i" but rumors continued list "l"! slascra were being sought lo the Sydney club.

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Practice Times For Legion

Legion hockey players gg-g N. minded that from now until the cud of the Season practice sessions are at d o'clock Mondays and s o'clock Wednesdays only.

Good Scores In, Weekly 17th Rocco Shoot

Last evening at the Armouries a very interesting and closely- contested shoot was held when such well-known shots as Capt. Earl Burke and Major ‘Brick’ Gormley were pushed all the way by some of the new members of the units rifle club. Following are the night's scores:-

Capt. E. Burke Bdm. L. Doiron .. 58M. B. MacMlllan Maj. A. I". Gormley Opl. J. Stanley Lt. J. McNevin SBM. B. Peters Sgt. P. Campbell Sgt. W. L. Conra Bdm. M. Ooker ODi. H. Ryan Opl. J. Gallant Sgt. Warren Farrar Sgt. Ralph Small . SSM. H. MacLeod . Cpl. J. J. Cannon . Opl. B. Callaghan Sgt. n. Proud .

Sgt. Clifford Orfcr

Syd lloive. Back In Amateur Ranks

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OTTAWA. Dec. l!—-(CP) -—S.Yd Howe. former star forward of De- troit Red Wings and Ottawa, Bon- ators of the National Hockey Lea- gue, and of St. Louis Flyeri of the U. S. H. L, war back in amateur town tonight.

Howe was notlficd todav that his reinstatement had been ap- proved by NJ-IJ... president O1» r- cnce Campbell. He will play for Ottawa Senators of the Tipper Ottawa Valley Hockey League, a senior "B" league.

Baseball Fans Saddened By t Johnson's Death

WASHINGTON. Dec, 11-(AP)~ Two generations of baseball 1cm were saddened today by the pass- ing of Walter Johnson, the fire- ball thrower who virtually re- wrote pitching's record book dur- ing his 21 years with Washington Senators. He was 50

"The Big Train", a member of baseball's official hall of demo, died in hospital lest night from a brain tumor which doctors dared not try to relieve by surgery.

Clark Griffith, ‘ldyear-old pre- sident of the Senators. summed it up toa- the lanky Johnson's admir- ers with:-

"Hc was the greatest pitcher of ail time." '

Johnson earns to the Senators in 1907. Playing with a team which wags labelled "first in peace. first in war and last in the American Magus," the QOO-pounder with the buggy-whip right arm won 41S games and lost 280.

He struck out 3.40’! batters. pitched 803 games, chalked up 11S rhutouts. turned in one stretch of so scoreless innings. fanned six hitters in a row. struck out more than I00 men in seven conaecutivc lessons.

On July 1, i900. he pitched a no-hitter against Boston.

The beat season he ever lied was llll. That year he won S6 hilt losing onLv seven and cornpll an ‘squaring {ed-run evwrsgq of . 4.

Johnson wea Washington pitcher opening day in I90! season when William Howard Taft began the prsctlea of having the Pmildent of the United States throw out the first ball. He continued to hurl the , ' g gum for the next 1B lessons. thus appearing- before

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more P] " - than any other ball player.

Johnson left the Senator-o after the 10M season to pilot Newark in the International League. Re re- turned to the capital as manager of the lnsetora in 1029-1032 and ended his baseball duyl as manner of the dieviland Indians ‘n lili- ill.

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Surprise winners over Legion in their exhibition encounter, Wal- ter Lawlor's Navy hockey squad tonight tackle the P.W.C. Welsh- men in the second game oi the Olty Hockey League and once again the outcome has the dope- sters puziled, so much so that it is likely the two squads will enter the game on even terms the betting fraternity. i 'l- 0- f

Unimpressive in their victory over the Legion in tihe pro-season encounter‘ the Lavllor-coached squad nevertheless are expected to be a highly improved team when they skate out. tonight for their first league tussle. Patient work on the part of their coed) has brought about flne results in the practice sessions they have held since their first appearance. and Johnny Squarebriggs’ Welsh- men will have to be on their toes all the time if they are to come out of the fray with a victory.

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Tonight's game should be a fast skating, hard-hitting affair all the way through. Both teams have speed galore throughout their lineups and both can hit plenty hard when the occasion arises. so

with this combination playing against each other. inns should witness an action-fillgd encoun-

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One very noticeable thing about this year's hockey games is the fine manner in which fans are obeying the non-mucking rule. Of course there are still a few offen- ders but it is a distinct improve- ment over other years and the players certainly appreciate it.

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Fans st Tuesday night's game certainly saw n vastly improved band of Lcgionalres. It was sur- prising to say the least and the Legion certainly did not bear any rrscmblancc to the squad that wiis beaten by the Navy. They skated faster, passed better and gave such a gr-ncrai all-round dis- play that they came very, very closo in causing nn upset over the favored S. D. U. tram.

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ln fact for s good part of the game they looked as if t-hey were going to plaster a heavy defeat on tho Saints. That they didn't is no fault of their playing albil- ity but rather a credit to the comeback efforts of the Univer- sity crew who on Tuesday night for the second time in as many games proved they are far more dangerous when trailing than when they are in the driver's

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Unenpectc‘ strength of the Legion will certainly tighten the league no end. Officials feared at first that the two Colleges would prove just a little too strong for the other entrants but if Navy can come up with a like performance against welshmen and Sumimerslde show the sssne power. then it appears as if the race for loairuo honors will devel- op into a battle right under the

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And while on hockey. plenty credit has to be given to Gordie Drillon for the improvement be has made in the Legion hoclmy- ists under his charge. The for- mer National Leagiicr has been working painstakingly and care- fully ever since the team has started practice sessions and now he is beginning to get results.

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Tuesday night he was out there in uniform himself and on a couple of occasions when not set- ting up plays for his two young linemates and throwing in a lot of effective backchecldng. he gave the fans a glimpse of his deadly goal-sniping ability. blasting inch- high drives into the cords that the S. D. U. goalie had no chance on. Drillon once he gets into playing condition will be the main cog in the Legionu hockey mach- ine and his presence on the line- up will cause a lot of respect to be mt for me Legion squad-

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When Teeter ‘Kennedy came into big time hockey this corner. says ‘Bas O’Mearn in the Mont- real Star. was almost monotonous (but not too much so. we hob!)

in insistence that he was destin-

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

City League

It will be Navy and Prince of Wales Welshman in tonight's City Hockey League encounter at ‘he Forum and according to pro-game Dredictlons from the "rail bl 11s" (ans arc going to roe another r-x- citing, close-knit struggle.

Welshmen, defending champions havq been installed favorites to come through with a victory but Walter Lawlor-‘s Navy squad are not to be sold short by any means. “will? l!!! s. lllbli of having his loam come through when ‘he odds seemed stacked against them- ‘heirrecent victory over the beg- fon was one example-and it would not be a blt surprklng if such would be the case {ifilght

Nlvy. a youthful hand of pink- r-hascrs. have been working hnrd

Prince Of Wales Team Tangles With Navy In

Tilt Tonight

at recent practice sessions and are bound to ice o much irrprnved team for tonight's struggle They. have a bend of fast-skating for- wlms Ind I quartette of defence- men who will bodycheck at Ivory Oiwortuhlty and on 10p or that are possessed with a great will to Win. They, should make it mighty interesting for the Welshman to- night; before the final whistle sounds.

The 88mg will get underway ab 830 sharp.

Following is the Ngvy '1" fllflizhfa game:

Goal. Davis; defence. Henncssey, JOSE.“ Cannlch-ael. Stewart; for- wards, Kelly, Blamhard H Jay, BradlBY. Rlgson, Cudmore. Mac-

lineup

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SAINT JOHN, N5. Doc. 11 - (OP) -- Mormon Hawks added an- other tzwo points to their top pos- ition in the Maritime Senior Hoc- key League with s. 4-2 win over the third-place saint John Beav- ers tonight.

‘Illa teams battled on fairly even terms until Beavers fell down and allowed Hawlu to score the win- nlng tallies in the last period.

The score stood tied 1-3 at the and of the first and 2-2 when the second session ended. Then Chari- tmu and Dowlizig, both unlssisted. had an easy time with the Beaver defence.

l-Iralf-way through the first per- iod, veteran Sammy McManus of Momton opened the scoring with a solo dash. He went right through the Beaver squad and made it ap- pear they were allowing him to do what he liked.

Kyle and Whalen helped Nicolle. Saint John impflrtf from Charlotte- town. to equalize six minutes later.

The Saint John scoring ended in the second. with Federonlck and Lynch helping Whalen- to make it 2-1. Charlton the-n did the tieing. assisted by Demchuk.

Pcirier and Nicolle received major penalties for fighting. Two other penalties in the second period rep-

Moncton Increases Lead By 4-2 Win Over Beavers

resented the cab infractions of the night.

The third frame was three min- utes old when Charlton shot the "mill-ll! tally. To Make sure of s MOMMA Win. Mouse Dowling did another successful solo loss than at: minutes before play ended. The Beaver defence was wide 0pm on

l—-M0llCb0ll, McMamis 10.29 2 ~ Saint John. Nicolle Whalen) 10.1’! No penalties.

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Second Period.

Zi-Saint John. Whalen lck, Lynch) 6.03

Charlton (Demichilr)

Penalties - Dowllng. Myketyn. Polrler (major). Nicolle (major).

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Third Period. s-Mooictnn. Oh-arlton 3.01 6—Mbncton. Dowling 14.38

No penalties.

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b°ih °°°B!|°"5- wick. The T981111’. 18ft. Hawks still tied gum for first place with Truro Bcsiroata scoflnbqqwad “H” in the Big Four circuit. which was Hn-hy. Méwe, ( .4 the m; rive until Halifax United Km, ‘ ‘ ‘m’ "Y 5QW1°H TBWDM out last Simdey. ' Th" PM“ SUMMARY L-Ncw York (Leswlck (Dem- First. Period. “C” 7~°1~

Interested In Jacobs’ Job

Dempsey. former

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Rod Wings And N. Y. Rangers Play i-all Draw

NEW YORK, Dec. l—fCP)._I;@. irolt Red Wings and New yum hangers remained deadlockcd in '.oiirth place in the National Hi-c- rey League standings tonight aper- they played to a l-l draw Lefore a Madison Square Garden crowd of H.933.

A fluke s“! by Tony Leswicx st 7:01 in the third period gave the Ranker; a tie. Detroit's only goal ""16 68(1)’ "m the first rlerloi with Syd Abel doing the honors and Ted Lindsay assisting

The tic snapped the Hanger-s‘ winning streak at thres gtraight, 30th tho New Yorkers and the Wlnxs have 19 points n-nv, two points behind Boston Bruins. who downed Chicago 4-1 tonight to (‘J-Imp the Hawks deeper into ihe

NW’ YWK‘! 0R1)’ coal came when Ab Demarco uncorked a hot shot B! Ioalis Johnny Mowers and it deflected off Leswick's stick into "'9 Open comer of the net.

Hftwellfl‘. lhcre was a u-rtsin amount of justice in the goal u Grant. Warwick had but the puck into the not just as the second period closed. only to have ihc counter disallowed on a ruling that it went in after the end 5t the

session. SUMMARY I'll-st Period b-Detrolit. Abel’ (Lindsay) 4.06.

Penalties: Juzda, McCsig, Les-

Penslty: McCaig.

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Canadians Take Qvcr

Canadians Lose Services 0f Loch

iBy The Canadian Press)

DIONTBEAL, Doc. 10—Mont. m! Csmdionl. in the thick of a ilglit for first place in the Notional Hockey League, suffered a severe blow today when it: boooine known Elmer Lech. centre of the famous punch line. is suffering from a broken cheek bone and will be out of notion for two and a half to three weeks.

Manager Frank Seiko Canadians was advised o! the illiury by Coach Dick Irvin, who telephoned from Toronto where the club is preparing for a clash with the league- leedlng Maple beefs tomorrow nlebt.

Irvin told lolks that Lao]; was struck by Johnny Mari- uoci's stick In the game in Chicago Sunday night.

Seiko said he had no in- formation aa to who would replace Inch on the lino ho- tween Maurice Richard and Toe Blake.

champion, said here tonight he

Bruins Snap Out i OfSIump To Whip Black Hawks 4-1

key League slump by

Smith) 4:23 2—-Bosto.n, Schmidt 13:18

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Keep Pace

Dec. 11 --(AP)—Bos-

out-scoring‘ the victory-starved Chicago Black» Hittite 4-1 tonight before a [Xwkéfi

3—-Chil:l¢0, Hamill (M. Bentley)

In foot we insisted he was an- other Milt Schmidt in the mak- ihl. although lacking the speed and smoothness-of the Bolton star. as he was before be went

Last year Connie lmythe took

Truro Defeats Halifax To

With Hawks

(By The Canadian Press)

TRURO. N. S.. Dec. u-srurn Bearcats kept first-place with Moncton Hawks tonight in the Maritime Big Four hockey league by downing Halifax Cres- oents 4-1. ‘Ihe loss left the capital city squad in the cellar of

BOSTON, the loop. ‘W- ammo u 1.1 . pe o o e atoatai 0c‘ "m Perk.‘

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13.900 crowd at the Boston Garden. F.‘,.'fu°:f°'§$°ni§§*1') ------- ~- "'1 mu!“ (Grabowski) . . 9.13 a Y h-Crescents, O'Neil (Gaudct) . 11.00 5mm‘: _?;:.EV._PCHM Penalties: Roach. Kearns, ‘Red- Penalties —Ega.n, Nattrals. Jaok- mm‘- son. Mariucci. an,“ rem‘ Second Period 4--'T‘ruro. Medynski b-Boston. Cowley (Rcardon) K. (Grabowski) SSO

Penalties: Gaudet, O'Neill.’ aco- ertson. majors; MncEuchern. min- or and misconduct; Borkiwell.

18:81 renum- --I"owler. Gilidolin. Third PM" “hi? | I fr-Truro. Steele . ..7.20 Penalties: Copus. Moriarity O'- Neill, Roach. Sullivan. ' baa-Boston. Dumas-t (Schmidt) 18.- Pmellea -None. , .. .. .. . great n... llot Happy liver o o o s

Rowing Prospects

LONDON. Doc l1 -(AP)-3tit- sin. looking ahead to the 1948 olympics Nsatta. lsnit happy about her rowing prospects.

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first , . announced that Kentvilie would

is not interested in taking over the Madison Square Garden pro- motordsip from the ailing Mike Jacobs.

Instead. Dempsey told newspap- errnen, he is interested in form- ing another boxing syndicate and erecting another stadium in New York because starting such com- petition would insure better fight cards.

"The New York monopoly on the top fighters must be broken," Dempsey declared. adding that the great nccd of the boxing game today wns more and smaller clulbs scattered over wide areas.

licntvllls Plans Strong Hockey Team

(By Tho Canadian Prcll) | N. S.. Dec. 9- Cough Hugh Burns and manager Fred Leopold of Kentville Wild- cats looked over the 24 hockey players who turned out for the

" session today and

enter a strong team in the Valley Senior League.

Five newcomers were among those turning out ln the hope of obtaining a berth. Now Brunswick players Pete Dresdelle of Mono- ton. and Al Gsudet of st. JosWWl were in uniform along. with "Scotty" Atkins of Now ciinszcw. N.S.. Arthur Ughtfoot of Halifax and Art Byers of Luncribilrg. N-

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Last season players min“ don- ning the blades includfd Shin- ner" Mannins- Harry (Buncy) Spencer and Don lilcDollillll- on“. w”); spot on the pros- pective line-up is the net minder. 5o 1n;- oniy one applicant. Hollis Bsrkhouse. formerly 0! will?" vfl]g_ intermediates. has applied for the lob.

Dresdelle. who nlnvs centre and inn wing, was a Moncton junior

a dim view of Kennedy's ability as s centre. had him shifted to right wing. ‘The shift didn't work very well. then Kennedy got hurt. This year he went back to cen- trc and now he is tied with Maurice Richard as goal getting