14 The Guardian. Charlottetown. Thurs. May 14. 1964.

SPORTS FRONT

By NICK FILLMORE

5' By JACK SULLIVAN ,' Canadian Press Sports Editor l Canadian amateur hockey of-

Islander Makes His Mark

A FORMER ISLANDUI, Dr. Russ Pul'lless. Remington and Vernon River. employed in Milton, Ontario, with a Quebec drug and mistmment firm for the past three years. is making his presence known atmund Greenwood Raceway with a horse by the tag of Battle Kinney C.

be four-year-old recently captured its fifth straight win at Greenwood. coming from I? lengths behind the leader on the far side of the back stretch. It was an impressive

was the toughest min." recalled the pleasant voiced “wear-old veterinarian in a recent ‘ ally Racing Form“ story. by Gordon Pepper. "I really didn't think he was made of such stout stuff."

DruFurnes. credits his two sons, Don and David. for much of the horse's success. David, in his early teens. is still In public school. Don has already made application for ac- ceptance to Guelph‘s veterinary college.

Dr. Flu-ness. his boys. his wife and daughter. Sheila. are all a little. sumpr' that Battle Kinney C. '5 even racing this season let alone winning as much as he has.

Kinney C. Had Serious Injury

"WE WERE SHIPPING up in a small plywood horse trailer frvn'n Milton late. last September.“ Furness said. “when Battle Kinney C. put his left hind foo.‘ right through a springy part of . tlhe trailer and the wood snapped back and caught his foot in there. He tore at it for several minutes despite our efforts to calm him and cut around the wood. a

“I was sure. he'd never race. again. We had him on Bu- tazoladln for four days and It greatly eased a painful foot. Never filled at all. Now It looks as if he's going for a con- sistency championship." Dr. Furness sai .

Bruce Fulmevr ntf Windsor. brought the horse for the Fur. peas family. He hadn't raced a‘ two. was about a $1.600 winner at three with a host mile of around 2:05. Last season he won five of an and

Ln seven starts this spring the had five firsts. a second and a thirdl he. won Dr. Furness paid $1.750 for the horse. after Fulmer got him at an Ohio sale.

“Parked out l2 lengths behind. then winning through all that mud," Dr. Furness said. shaking his head. “And I was sure last September the horse wouldn’t race again."

local race fans will remember Dr. Furness as owner and driver of Iml'y M;er and Highland Rogue. among other top

'Say Hey Kid’ Talks Ball

» WE RECENTLY came NPI'W an old sports clipping In which Wilhe Marv: was telling a writer his sentiments on being l called baseball‘s greatest 1 around rm ..

Says "I think it's a tribute but. you knm tank I have to be best all the tune. Ln baseball you got to fail in bat mo times. and I'm not going ‘10 or 190 hits. good year. llf I'm In the first 10 to everything

for me to feel the best because I'm such a streak hitter." says Mays. “When I‘m in a slump. I sometimes wish I was somebody else. because they think ‘Thls guy is getting 5100.000; he should get a hit every time. But boy. when I'm going good, then I'm glad who I am all right."

Right now. Willie is going good. Ill be can keep away from Guise two-week tail spins e can become the first guy to Int .400 since Ted Williams .406 mark in 1941.

Off The Cuff

THE WORLD OF (‘URLING has lost a truly great person-

ality. R. G. L. HARSTONE. Hamilton. 0nt.. associated .W'lflh

curling for more than 35 iyeat‘!“ has died. When she mtg: '7 Associa‘ too held ts naugural meeting

cum“ 1 vicepresident. In 1939 he

. s also a vice-president of.

Caledonian Club of Scotland from l939 to'1943 and m 1952. w a

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last March’s Drier, held at the '

firiend of many an islandeIr atA . I Dad. g are ‘nsmg some rlottetown Forum . . . tor nge es ger. i magh ball games. Tuesday night it was .IOE MOELLER drop- ping a game in the ninth inning to Chicago Cubs. -. ' Dodgers‘ one-run losses could mean the difference between first d second place in the Nb 3; the end of the season . . . 'Illus fall‘s Atlantic Bowl game. Nov. 21. will featurethe AFC‘wm- amp of ‘ i In . qualified to play. . . . _ MacGREGOR has been racing a inurlmrse stable at Rocking- ham'e half-mile oval. He's been winning and placing well With JuneAByrd and Avalon Worthy . . . The Charlottetown Recrea- tion Department's playground leadershlp course opens at the Basilica Recreation Centre, Friday night for a two day session under JIM FOX. All persons

with the. recreation dopartme r _ . physical education field should attend. Some interestlng lecture!

will be on the program.

Pro Baseball Clubs Announce Final Cuts *

24-hour recall basis.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on a ‘ Louis — Optioned plIt'hL’l‘

Veterans and rookies felt the SI-

axe as major league baseball Paul Speckenbach to Rock Hill.;

clubs cut their rosters to thel 5.0, of the Western Carolina mandatory 25-player limit by' League on 24-hour recall. midnight Wednesday. 1 Philadelphia — Sold pitcher . Several clubs made the neccs- . Ryne Duren to Cincinnati and bury cuts several ms nzn, H k

' on those lo pod of’ Wedw Don oa . I boggy gwere Harry Brisltt. a' Pittsburgh — Optioned pllch- versatile utility man for the ers Frank Bork and Tom Slsk New York Yankees who has1 and outfielder Rex Johnston to spent the, better part of 15 of Columbus of the International his in baseball years In thei League on 24-hour recall.

minor leagues. ‘

afflfh‘ualt lia’l‘fél all??? Eddie Bush To Attend Hockey Clinic

played in 60 games and hit .236 He struck out twice as a much hitter against the Dodgers in the

series. - The lists of cuts Wednesday

lg clubs: .

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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Vance Toner. chief instructor

1"" Y“ a.” first h".- for the second annual Atlantic “mum?! £?:t::?t?zn;? Provinces Regional hockey mew leadership institute has an-

mm on 34-hour recall option.

WM — Sold pitcher M “lit: to Toronto of the International league ' op-

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pounced that Eddie Bush. form- er outstanding Detroit Red Wings defenceman. will be as- sisting with the Hockey Clinic when it gets underway at Dal- housie University on August

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A native of Collingwnod. 0n- tario. Bush gan hia hockey. career in his hometown and then moved to Guelph. Ontario as a Junior. In 1938 he turned rofesaional with the Detroit Red Wings. and in 1942 estab- lished an NHL record for the most points scored by a de- fenceman in one Stanley Cup play-off game. At the and the 1942 season. he loined the RCA!‘ and played with service team in both Toronto and Hall- fax.

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sports followers. Baseball would soon put in an appearance , i . . .

.gel all overwhelming majority A world series game or an i 1.1"; WONT; “is 22132:]?

mer soccer. You might. hnw- N.H.I.. Stanley Cup Final "IT 0"} :‘Ld‘re‘re m .n lud

ever present a quite reason- is. we think most fans will 'Zglnglfanrle‘ gfianmfgikerlfpin' 1 ar nt tha "soc- . . '. ‘ ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘

abe gume tthe agree tops in telmisinn Pam Pat Shane". COL D‘ J’

be“ l secured a the Ray? lEleanors team — and they will

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asked waivers on third baseman

: ficsials should watch out. Bunny lAhearne is heading this way. He‘ll step off an ocean liner

‘They feel that Canada's Olym- “robbed” of a

i Ahearne did us wrong. He'll be e ed to answer that charge at the golden jubilee meeting of

CNIB PRIZES AWARDED

mittee of CNIB home stands ' by waiting to present Henry ‘illrancis A‘hearne. llntlcctte witn the clllb cribb-_ ‘ 0‘" 3” r‘gI‘t-_ ' V a“, m, hy‘ whn 3'50 won the ‘ _No one inumldates this Dub‘ M 1. p “’b ha .0!“ .hn-born man who has been Eu- 'f‘"' ""9 m" a" c m'" ‘ropean representative of the ship. CAHA for 35 years or so. Now,

I ‘ E t. l jsk'irmishes without a mark on Sport Fans Tastes Analysed . Em . .. “I‘ll fry h-im" warned Art W t ‘ ' . .‘ .' . .fi‘?.£"§l..i.i?"’3l f‘u‘éhl’li 23:”:2: um: nnounce or ‘ a 4’“ ~ “ l-president. following the Austria . P e and A .

banquet was held last night at the Canadian Nation a1 Institute for the Blind Home in Charlottetown for the members of the bowling and Cribbage leagues for the ‘ blind. At the right. Lion Phil

SPORT ECHOES

By Norman Macdonald Summerside Bureau of The Guardian

Bower presents the challenge bowling trophy to Henry Doucette. center who was the best improved player over last year and Edgar Dou- celte right. chairman of the. friendship entertainment com-

IIe‘ll come

Ice Hockey Federation. he the most powerful amateur hockey official in the Wm‘ld and Canadians know it. EMERGED UNSCATHED 'Ihe effervescent, 63-year-old

n up to his double chin in trouble with the CAHA before. . d s come out of the

that soccer game on television ins.r to win out of a soccer game Olympics on” wag ther

becomes a sort of outdoor he made

last weekend was a poor sub- ' meeting was held at the

stltule for ther‘basebalh game l):lllt‘ll and after we watch bal- Charlmmm‘.“ Armmujes ya“ would be thrashed m” at me of the week. Illele lsut all) let for Inc or ten minutes. lie "mm m mmw’cnun with thrusodanonil 8mm.” meeting doubt, of coulsc, that if a vote get fldgety and hope that Alan forming of a “my team Chain. ..l.l be there,“ chuckled

I l i this weekend and into the midst ‘ lof some indignant hockey men“

1 pic team was third - place bronze medal in Austria last February and that Bunny put the finger on our young guys. _ Canada finished fourth. the . lowest placing in Olympic his- ! ltory. and the rap is that

‘tlhe Canadian Amateur Hockey; Association in Ottawa starting . ‘M da

on y. But don't worry about John}

as president of the Internationall

who has lived in Eng-. land almost all of his life has‘

' ‘ POTTER IS WAITING

Ahearne Is On His Way ' + To CAHA Aul Meet

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BUNNY Ahearne (left) and Art Potter are expected to provide some fireworks at the golden jubilee meeting of the (‘anadian Amateur Hockey Association starting ». Monday in ‘Ottawa. CAHA president Potter s a y s he‘ll “fry” Allearne. who as president of

Ahearne. “I'm not worried.

Why should I be"

The controversyis a little ill-‘3 volved and boils down to inter“; pretation of IIIIIF rules pertain-§ DIFFER 0N MEANING in that 1a three-way paint tie. placing! tournament. A‘hearne saw it one i would be decided on the basis

ing to final placings

eight . country round - robin

l medal-winning Russia.

The Swedes. with a Ill-goal spread. won the second .3“ allver. The Czechs. with a spread of 19. won the bronze and Canada's spread of 15 put the team into fourth place. This waltletsaken on the basis of seven

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Had the four - team s at been. used. Canada wouldyhaell: received the bronze medal

Of course. there

a motion b “He 0‘ usecahis system. y PM” to

‘ wa wppmyted I by 1108813 and Czechoslova‘klllay, the International Ice Hockey omn ANGRY Federation was responsible for a controversial Interpreta- tion of the rules that plac Canada‘s Olympic team fourth in Austria laat ebruary. Ahearne is attending the meet as European represent- ative of the CAHA.

these out for reporters after the meeting. which was attended by Potter. a member of the Illlfl" executive council.

The meeting ended 10 utes before Sweden won 8-3 and too late to inform Father Bauer and his players. They had left :hedzvy: hotfi‘li party to go to

no a t ‘ medals. ge their bronze

They left in a huff before the centre~lce medal presentations

Potter blew his top. It wasn‘t the first time a CAHA president bad vowed to get Bunny.

In 1952. immediately after the Winter Games in Oslo when Ed- monton won the hockey gold medal. Doug Grimston of New Westminster. BC. tr a d e d

Aheame said that in event of

way. Potter. coach Rev. Davidlof goal spread—the difference WWI)“ With Bunny We" the ms

Bauer of the and his players. another way. Here's the background:

Three days before the tourna- ment ended. the IIHF met in d drew up rulesl of games involving only the top1he would have

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that Would apply if two or more. four tied in points at y 0 he seven-game‘ lovakia ended in a three-way lie 'cllluupiousllips. Allcarne spelledlfor second place behind gold

teams were conclusion

Canadian teamibetween goals scored and llowed — involving the seven lgames. It turned out later that

e - Games exhibition tour of Europe. It involved the financial setup. The brawl be. Potter calculated the tie-breakyCU‘TNd 1“ downtown hmt’l mg mathematics on the bamglobby and Grimston declared Bunny tossed

team .

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CAHA annual meeting was held three months later at M-inakl, Ont. G r l m s t u n and

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were taken among Lanadluu lung or Murg Osbourne n lI llulmmm my baseball league':

y' ~' _ I . \ V 3:23:93? '33:”? 22%;: MarCormack, Donnie MacLean i please. those who would and Jnhn. kane' want to see either of those 1 Th“ mmme; I: “R: "is." m": "I d . up - . ~ I I ‘ n1 were 1'93 .V I‘. OX an

P 8" a r u “3‘ pade .he then asked Mr. Ryan. who

Thank you — both of you. . And we recogniu- you fel- ‘ had been appomted at the pre-

cer" minority should be able to watch their favorite sport once m a while. We agree. But the point that wasn't brought up at all is that the soccer game was a delayed broadcast

with the result of the m atch BALTIMORE (AP) — There

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known before the game start- lows too. You're the guy, jvmus meeting to head a comg f . I ' ' ~- v lttee which included “Buck”‘ was a threat 0 ram n the air

ed w doum If men sou” that. before Mu read "mm 'm Kane m.Wednesday but there was no.

Whitlock and John ‘ , y _ select a league executive. to give . talk of Withdrawals at lellco.

um 0f his endeavors. where the six three - year-old ; M... Ryan rammed that the com. horses scheduled to start in Sat; mittee had chosen Col. D.J. . u-rday s Preakness went through is worth watching. but not for MaCCOrmat‘k as league DPESI‘l 910w.w°rk°m,5- dent. Dr. John Theriault. vlce-’ Ralarfir 1Slime.1.1?‘(tt‘tlcl’zrn Id)an resident: and Jim Fox as sec- .3 09'. l '59- 9 01m rel- IS On The Way 3 :clarv treasurer. Rom a n Brother. Quadranglej ‘ and 3' Pete will be entered smoothies on his negotiation WORKOUTS BEGIN 3'I'hursdlifzy morning at the cost1 list. such as Clarence Gillis. League President. 0’" Mac" of $1,000 each and. barring the last year's second sacker for Cormack announced that work- ‘ unemted‘ win he in the Sta", sponsor for his St. Mat-Kenzies. They say Eric out-UM new?“ Interested ling gate Saturday for the sec Johnston is gathering a group parllt‘ipalmg I“ The '19le form' f and leg of the triple (.mwm of stars around him, but we Ed league are asked to ttlrn‘out, haven‘t heard any names as at Memorial Fie'd- “Ida-V MI". in the 1 3-16-mile classic max. yet. and Gumps Gay is also op- between the hours 0‘ 5:30 a" 3 ing the gross value of the Batu. “mi-WC 3501“ the line-"ll 7: 9"" and "" Saturday be' running for the Preakness 51701-3 this year's Enma“ drug “am-l met: Ir: 700. The winner's share will be . s ' ‘. $124,200 with $30,000 for second. inalfgieizr air: Sggldngfiwiionan $15,000 for third and $7.500 [or hand as the teams will be cansen 13:9 ?:l¥hg\;;),2?‘rses before the end of next wee. an ' those not registered will be left The weatherman sees a few showers between now and pm- °"" time. but fair and warm is the general prediction. With limited seating. a none~too-Iarge lawn in front of the stands and the infield closed to spectators. tlle ancient but refunbished track ls

than ten pages o a book. look at the last few pages to see who really did put arsenic in the old dowager'l coffee.

fans would be enthusiastic about that kind of warmed ov- er sports fare.

The skillful manipulation of a soccer ball by a player‘s feet

' an 8000

Things are starting to hop in the senior softball circuit in Summerside. Jim Jenkins has

be known as lnman's plllnlh< ing. Jim thinks he has a chance of getting .Iohn McLaren, RCA

slugging tlhirdbaseman of last year. and he has some other

Island Entry In NSSHL?

greatly excited. We saw Ty Cobb play one exhibition :ame in Toron o. and he ' s slow and fat at tile time. but it was ., one of our biggest spoils thrills. The NSSIII. teams could get an ex-NJLL. star. say one apiece. and If the clubs were evenly matched. and if the caliber of play could he jacked up. and if the cost maintaining team would not break the promoters. and if we, didn't have an old- i fashioned winter scene with snow as the feature distrac-

A call has gone out for Is- land fana to give their opin- ion of the idea of an Island team. based In Charlotte- town. entering the NSSIIL. We‘re an Island fan, an we‘ve decided to give our opinion. It is an excellent idea — it. Now that “it” Is a big one. almost as big as Klpling's and it covers a lot of ground. We’d just as soon i a flea circus as the NSSHL which operated last year. Windsor was all over the other teams like a mo-

allele... . Will Hold ; Shoot Sat.

The P.E.I. Rifle Association will swing into action this year with the firt shoot scheduled

acity of 30.000. The race has a

5:45 SDT post time and will be

televised in the United States

by CBS and in Canada by the C.

CB All six horses were on the

ther hen. and lopsided tion. and If— we're run out {or this Saturday 3. 1:00 p.m. track Wednesday morning for scores were the rule with of “ifs” for now. a! Squaw point.

allops.

The jockeys are not expeclen to arrive unti Friday, with Willie Shoemaker coming from

If any more. occur to us. we'll let you know. Well. guest we're no relation to Pollyanna,

very few exceptions. Even the other teams. which were perhaps fairly evenly match-

Thc association will be oper- ating under the following ex~ t-cutive for the. coming shoot-

ed. seemed to have an ov- but you‘ll have lots of op- . _ . .f . h (H Hm R. ‘ mg season: RE. Jenkins. pre- Callorma to an _e mi. gum :fldlopénded 533:? “my” “in” M them cock' sldent: Eldon MacLean. vice- Bill' Hartack again bel Then the caliber of hocke' 9‘" ' Kw n“ "I oflfilgmn'" president P. J. Landragan. ecc- astrlde Northern Dancer as he i must have h be}: {"03 950W unfuami’ "g: letary treasurer and Ken Jay.l wahs Ill 3: Iéentrglky Dirgy u .. ' " chairman of council. lw on an an - r I lostimlhtehlelm: Ihalldethe HIRE", "mm. "l "0’" Competitions have been slab; colt. owned by Toronto luau; . . ' a “09' ed to be held on May 18. 23. 30 trialist E. P. Taylor. beat Hill

1 Monoton Hawks and the ‘ Halifax Wolverines won the i Allan Cup. Granted that I Windsor put up a stiff fight against Ottawa. but Wood- stock slaughtered the Mour-

Rise by a neck. The Scoundrel was third in the Derby. Roman Brother fourth and Quadrangle fifth after being bumped at for

l—_— » b I and June hill. The top eight ’ Island marksmen in these res- . Base a P dyer pcctive meets will represent the l ' ‘ Island in the inter-maritime Flles Law so” rifle shoot which will be stare. at Squaw Point here in

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