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Another year has drifted by a few more pages have been added te the history of both on the Island and tternationally. Prince Edward . who generally are not considered as being top athletic material, came up with another banner year and the same Prince Edward Island is heard a lot more frequently now in sporting circles than in the

Alberton’s most famous native, Joe O’Brien hitched on to a real gem in the form of Armbro Flight and has won acclaim from ei corvere of the racing tretersity ‘Artbro Filght wos assorted honors on the basis of hen thriHing perform and

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and Saucer classic. Don MacNeill headed all local drivers but was followed closely by Joe Hennessey, Clark Smith and Emmett Bernard. All in all it was a great horse racing season and Islanders can truly be proud of the title that is accorded ‘their province ‘the Kentucky of Canada’.

HOCKEY THRIVES

Saint Dunstan’s University and Billy MacMillan let the rest of Canada know for the first time in recent years that hockey hae not completely died out on the Island. Led by the as George MacNeill, Vince Mulligan, Rex MacCarvell, Mike Kelly and George Whitlock, the’ big SDU machine scrapped its

Gold Cup

way -out of the Maritimes, past such-powers as St. FX and

““UNB’ to-ativance to the Canadian Intercollegiate finals. There they made their way into the finals ly to drop the champion- chip game to a superb University of itoba club.

Billy MacMillan, star of the team.\Joined the Canadian club |

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this fall and although his progréss was rather slow et the first

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‘ I rugged: competition as they sire ton newly formed Halifax Junior Canadiens. Who knows? We\might even get.to ste an- other Islander alongside Forbes Kennedy in NHL competition.

BASEBALL CONTINUES STRONG

While on the subject “of. Legionnaires we might as well ewitch the tople to baseball. The Prince Edward Ieland entry at the Canadian Baseball Championships led by the great hurling of Mike Kelly might have lost two games but they en-

deared themselves. to the hearts of Winnipeg baseball fans with their game performance. With basically the same team that has yon the Maritime title with elarming regularity for the mar Sg A pp eal weg serge nggling Beg ggg

but this time the weather caught up with them. The

as you all well know was not completed in time and for = time im five years the team is not wearing a legiti- mate ¢ a ‘ '

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Track and field also‘had a great year and the Islander by the burly Bob s,. Andy

*- pions and Island rinks gave a good account of themselves in

fasts to start the game. Bowling saw several titles come to the Isle while PEI shooters distinguished-themselves at various competitions. All in all % was a great year anit with the continu-

class material in all sports.

. MAN OF THE YEAR

In closing. this New Year summary I would like to give one man credit for I felt that he has done fnuch to spread the image of: the Island throughout Canada..Many, many more in- dividuals have contributed to the Island sport scene but the individual who has to be given the big bouquet is Jack Kane. Kane (1) coached the St. Dunstan's championship club; (2) made a return trip to Winnipeg three ths later with the Island entry in the junior baseball championship, (3) is. the president of the Prince Edward Island Interscholastic Athletic Association, ( as the' coach of the Islander track and field elub, (5) coa Birchwood High School, island interscholastie hockey and basketball champions and in the meanwhile man-

__ aged to carry out his duties as physical education director at_

Birchwood High School. This is a record of which any .man could be proud. ~~ *j b ee May I-take this opportunity to wish every one a Happy New Year and hope that it brings many many ‘happy “moments.

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turing the year’s six top teams.

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Spartans from: ¢4he Big Ten, | loaded talent in every de- | partment, .are heavily favored

to trim UCLA's Bruins again (a |

their Rose Bow! gncounter. Arkansas also is a solid choice

to rack up its 23rd straight vic-

tory, over LSU in #ffe Cotton | Bowl. Tbe fough Razorbacks |

should be primed to go all out,

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be decided in the new year’s action, could be theirs if Michi- gan State falters.

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ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

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Stakes aboard Tom _ Rolfe,

\Ont-, outduelled Gilles Lachance

».|won more 200 races but ».” liFeagan reached the figure two 4) \days before Lachance. They were the fifth and sixth to sur-

- \Olivier of Calgary, became the first horse from outside Ontario

title |America’s Cup title over ._Mex- » ico and the U.S.

won the Golfers “Association Champion-

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loslovakia and Sweden.

golfer. George Knudson of Tor-

Turcotte capped a fine year with a win in the Preakness

Knudson earned $35,000° on the U.S. pro four. Ron Feagan, 23, of Goderich, |

of Montreal to become Canada’s | top harness r g driver. Both

200 for a season. Whistling Sea, owned by; Paul

to win the Queen's Plate in its | 106-year history. 2 | i Anfericang continued to run away: with the Canadian open golf title, Gene Littler of Las Vegas, Nev., winning .at Tor- onté) But Canada won its first

WESTERNER WINS GOLF Wilf Homenuik of Winnipeg

ship, George Henry of. Valdosta, | Ga., took Can ~~ama="|

play and Ontario took the wom- Harvey of

anadian women’s @iose title and Jocé- lyne Bourassa of Trois-Rivieres,

Que., an 16-year-old high school gt, won the women’s open.

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“ Niagara Falls Flyers won the Memorial Cup and junior hockey championship by defeat-

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