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By NICK MORE

All-Stars ‘Cflosh .

BASEBALLS TWO (beam teams take to the field in the etaghg of e l l '

The Nationals will probably

1060 the Americans have won

one tie. Both-the Am

basal] liar sliwa I one more .

have a 17-104 series record.

bethe farvoni two and the Nationals six. with

clad. 141% If.

erased won’t

tee Tuesday. Since

Ford and Sandy Koufax

Indications are that Alston will go with 'perfect game' Jim Dunning of Philadelphia Phillies and Lopez may start Manesota Twine’ Camillii P

o ascusl.

loseectinghlsteamfor'l'uesday,lopezseemstobe favoring the high average hitter over the power bitter. Four

homer-hitters who were not seie Wagner. Dick Stuart. John Powell and

y Lopes are on Rocky Colsvito. In the

past it has often been the power bitter who ham: won tbbe All-

star game. We think Lopes picking more power.

is making a

stake y

. Kidd Inconsistent

CANADA‘S TEEN-AGED sensation bermne the track and

Bruce Kidd could

of a few years back. tield ‘flop' of the '00’s.

-—At least thatls the impression one gets When you consider the

performances he hm-tin'ned in lately.

Day he won the

5.000 metre run at Toronto's

Dominion invitational meet with comparative case over Dublin's Tom O'Rlordan. Ills time was 14:07.8 — 25 seconds slower than his best time and 1_8 seconds off the Canadian record. Just

week ago however. Kidd was ordan in Montreal's st..Jean meet. lie

This

O’RI till

1dr

s some persons w: d blowing up the reputation of Canada's

Kidd has admitted that his

Billie Jean Moffitt of Long Beach, Calif., the last Amer- ican vor, races across court during her semifinal match with defending cham-

.ELIMI'NATED AT WIMBDON;

pica Margaret Smith of Aus- trails in Wimbledon tennis championships at Wimble- ton. England, today. Miss

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lCardinals Shade Braves;

I! m CANADIAN panes iPinch hits by Charlie James and Carl Warwick finished wir- rsn Spahn in the seventh in-l sins Thursday and sparked a tIm-run rally which gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 4-3 victory

Twins Defeat Boston 15-9

Rookie Tony Oliva fused Min-Hive failure to finish and nesota's fireWorks with a three? the 43-year-old left-handcr- with run homer and tightened the. a 5-8 record. American League baiting race.l James and WarWick landed} in the Twins’ 15-9 victory over their one-two punch with Julian Boston. '

The defeat in Milwailkeeisingle out. James

and one

o dawn on first base with a plan to take part in Saturday's

Registration Goes Tonight

Athletes from the Charlotte- town snea teres in com- peting in the island Age Class track and field championships

kn are asked to report to Memorial 4 Field. 6:15 i

.m. this evening. or call John Kane. Dept. of Ed- ucation, Charlottetown.

Trasporiation for those wh

t will be available at the

mee marked Spahn's ninth consecu- doubled Javier home with the City YMCA Building. 8.30 an.

Ger the Milwaukee Braves. *

Orlanda

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) .. Orlando Cepeda's two - run homer launched the San Fran- cisco Giants to a five-run sixth inning. 0-5 victory over Pitts- burgh and the National Leag- uers' 12th triumph in their last 14 games Thursday. Cepda’s smash over the right field fence scored Willie Mc- (‘ovey who had singled. Before the inning was over the Giants collected singles from Jim Hart,

Moffitt lost to Miss Smith,‘ 6-3. 15-4.

(AP Wirephoto via cable from London) l

a beaten badly by the same shed a poor

1 has been the history of Kidd's track performances in recent montmilver since he has been 11 zed as " e of

on ho seem to get a kick out athletes. reputation as one of the best

in the world has affected his performances. He

young runners said he has had a ‘mental block' responsible for his poor per something that will probably only

es. Consislen

cy is come to Kidd if he can regain self-confidence. . Kidd’s coach Fred Foote, East‘York Track and Field Club. has been criticized for making Kidd work too

w en he was you

ever. insisted that

the future for Kidd? There are a lot of meets

nger. Poole and many other critics how- Kidd thrived on the stiff work. it war for a while because he won everything in sight. but what's in

before Tokyo this fall. but that still

won't be the proving grounds for Kidd. I-Iis big test should come 5.

Off The Cuff

A GUY WHO has to be considered one of the Maritimes’ most competitive and determined athletes. ALF GROOM, failed

in the 1968 Olympic

to give a creditable account of

himself in Toronto Wednesda

in the End York invitational track and field meet. Alf failed ti;

clear 14 feet in his ‘pride and joy t 9 out of com

rtobe

lack of competition. His trip to Toronto was an ‘on the moment thing', and his first meet of the year. Alf trained all winter in hopes of a crack at the Tokyo Olympics fa _ . . Congratulations to officials in KINGS COUNTY tar organizing a. juvenile baseball league. This a one

“iii

' event. the pole vault. He was

the spur has

ppears in a series of moves to develop athletic talents in Kings

County to a higher level than in the province 5 other steps will be taken this fall to County's minor hockey system. The best you’re starting in the proper direction . . . TIMERS'

We understand

baseball team rn

by ed Mt. Stewart 5-4 in the Western capital. Wb'll with their ‘OId-Timers’ kick, but guys like GRANT 3° Pete Green and Paul Schuman

years of good baseball leit

Kierstea-d, New Brunswick lads employed by the Centennial for the summer. put on their first eorhi

Committee

wo counties. build Kings luck boys—We think Summerslde's ‘OLD-

Day.

is

a few

should still have quite DICK FREEMAN a Dave

of

skydiving at the Charlottertmvn Driving Park this alter-noon

part

of the Sherwood-Parkdale Centennial celebrations, '

-- day and will meet Maria Bueno

U.S. Elim

By ROBERT JONES WIMBLEDON (APi—Austra- lia’s Margaret Smith knocked out the last American hope for a Wimbledon singles title Thurs-

of Brazil in her bid for a world- wide sweep of major women’s tennis titles.

Miss Smith. the defending champion, easily disposed of Billie Jean Moffitt of the Uni- ted States 6—3, H in a replay of last year's Wimbledon final. Miss Bueno. the 1959 and 1960 champion. played some of her oat Lesley Turner of Austra- a 3-6. 6-4, .

The defeat of Miss Moffitt left the US. without a Wimble- don finalist in either men's or women’s singles for only the second time since the Second World War. The first time was in 1960. Chuck McKinley of the U.S.. the 1963 men‘s champion. was eliminated by Fred Stolle of Australia in men's semi- finals Wednesday.

Stolle and Roy Emerson meet

Harness

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HUNTER’S CORNER

Robins Becoming Plentiful; Mr. Hylclnd’s Island Visit

The month of July. with its myriad of black flies and mos- quitoes, is with us once again. Travel in the woods and swamps is not a pleasant chore unless one has the latest in insect re- pellant in possession. . . . an lots of it. Our bird life is com- ing back. 0 ur robins are favour- ing the deep woods and swamps. although a good quota are home- steading in our hedges and ten- ce rows. The Bronzed Grackles are back in numbers where they were non-existent a few years ago and the old bitter feuds be- tween them and the robins are once again the order of the day.

‘Jim’ Crow must have a cast iron stomach for he never show- ed any effects from the pesticide insecticides. and what have you.

at kil off our so birds. andoifier species of bird life' in wholesale lots. I once heard a man state that we‘ll have the crow with us when all other spe- cies of feathered life have van- ished

from the face of the com- .

tryside. Our local'black dudrs are still the ‘o own quan- tity’ and what the fall holds for the scatter gnu enthusiasts is more guess work at the moment. It‘s surprising the numbers of plies-ants that have showed up since early. spring. Farm- ers have reported seeing phe- sants this spring. during spring seeding operations. where none were thought to exist hitherto. Ibsvebefoleme,asltype this column, land, Meiosis

the report of J.D.‘ Hey adi-i Wildlife Service

my long experience

connection with their intro- duction. all based n". ‘rac' 1 knowledge gleaned first hand. I never saw. or spoke to im. terwa . om whim be recs ed the information mentioned hlsreportidonot ,.Imight

well my breath. instance: Under 9. Intrndne- k he wrote die follow-

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ring-necked pheasant populations may have reached introductory peak population levels in the early 1950's and were beginning to decrease in numbers to achieve stable population levels during the latter part of that de- cade. It is possible that unex- plained intrinsic factors, charac- teristic of that phenomenon. con- tributed to reductions in tie populations of these species” unquote.

Ringnecked pheasants were first introduced into Prince Ed- ward Island in 1917. Thty 11-:72 shipped here 'from the Okansgan Valley. 3.0. by Max Jenkins 1:1 released at Seal River. near Ver- non River. in southern Qu-sens County. An open season was declared in 1946 . . 28 years later. . .of three cock birds per day. They increased in num- bers and spread to such an ex- tent that one hen pheasant was allowed in the daily bag which was increased to tive birds per day. They still climbed in pop- ulation numbers. in 1054 file dal- ly bang limit was changed to five birds per day. . . either hens or cocks. Instead of a slowing up in population the taking of hens only speeded up their in- crease and spread. . . . in 1956 both Buns and pheasants had reached a peak in numbers un- dreamed of by the most enthus- iastic mortsmsn. They wintcred wellandiothespringof-1937the

of Cock birds sounded

like a Heavenly Chorus

Followiiu the release of thou- sands of young pheasants. . incubator hatched and 11 rear- ed . .. . in midsummer of the year 1037 our pheasant popula- tion faded from the landscape

like mist before the morning 1"“

sun. Our peak Hun population also took a 90 per cent decimat- ion. Disease was the cause. In 1008 all pheasants held in cap- tivity were ordered destroyed. on. batch of close to one thou- sand birds beld in Charlottetown were gassed on Departmental orders. Incidentally this colum-

, nist blight this introduction tooth

and nail. It's .on record where i wrote in the column new conldst improveonour s- sant hunting. If the proposed re was made I contended itwould water downthe blood lines and weeks our

A’r Local

The Charlottetown Driving Park presented an eight dash card for the patrons of the lo- cal raceway last night.

cky V teamed by MacNelil and owned by too Taylor. Nine Mile Creek. was the lone double dash win- ner on last nights card. The black gelding paced the oval in 214.3 and 2.15.1 in dashes three and seven respectively. Other winners at the local raceway were: Driilo Hal. Windy June. Princess Mark. Miss Coo Eyes. Reta Bold and Fair Sail.

The exactor feature which was held on the third heat paid $25 on the combination of

inaied

From Tourney /

in the all-Aussie men's singles

final today and Miss Smith and ‘

Miss Bueno meet- Saturday. it is the first time the two top seeded players have re ched

s the women's final at Wimble- ail - American clash in 1953 between Maureen

don since the

onnolly and Doris

The big, determined Austra- lian girl had too much strength Moffitt, who upset her in the second round here two years ago. The match lasted Just 40 minutes and was » over - shadowed by the other finest tennis in sports and elim- semi-fins .

Miss Smith already has won the Australian. Italian and' championships thisl ped did it in s

and power for Miss

year, She hasn’t been stop since Miss Bueno classic match at Forest Hills

New York, last year.

Doubles play Thursday pro- one real upset when Bob and Stella of Australia fending men's Rafael Genoa and Antonio Palafox of Mexico, 6-2.

a- c

ced Hewitt eliminated the champions.

Racing Track

Tennessee Rilc . R. Craig 5 Pay: 4.30. 2.60, 2.20;

6.60

.0. Times 214-3 and 2.15:1.

DASIIES 4 AND 8 Reta Bold. W. Downe McGee Voio. J. Arsenauit Fair Sail. J. Pound Callie Hal. J. Hennessey Ids Budlong. R. MacDonald 5 Scotish Light, L. a s: 4

l 2 3 4

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Time! 2.15 and 2.13

Lucky V and Lucky Lark. Dril- 10 He] and Princess Mark re- turned $9.l0 to the holder of a winning ticket in the first daily double feature. The second dai- ly dou-ble was won by Miss le 'Eyes in the sixth and Lucky V

Army

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U turned

ice. .

7.60.

Hennesseyedr. 30. 3.00, 2.90. 4.70. ' i

00, 3.00. Pays: 11.30.430.110; 4.00, 2.10, We

EP CABS In Manila. thousands of sur- s were

.s. into cabs at the end of lea and a.trfple‘f the war. Many are still in serv-

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Clair..- Loccll ;Coclch" To Montreal

Charlie Ryan. who last sea- son coached the Charlottetown Legion Juveniles to the Mari- time champlonship. leaves the City for Montreal today. where he will take part in Physical Fitness-Dept. of Education sp- onsored Coaches Baseball Clin-

Mr. Ryan will be one of 35 coaches frhm across Canada. to take part in the three day clinic. which will be held at. St. Lawrence College, Mont- real. 1 .

Main Brace Wallops BIS

Main BraceMai-ineii- whipped BIS Shamrocks. lO-l'in a City Softball League contest played 3| at. Queen Elizabeth Park last 4 evening. 1 'Wiff‘ Shepherd went the dis- 2 tance for 'the Mariners lie al- 5 lowed only chi-cents. including a homer in misshniylor. while

RYAN

striking out five astid walking

John Thistle, took he loss for BIS. He wfentjliyle‘ nnings and gave up of minus 1: seven hits. Sterling iivm'ms‘ fl ished the game, on o‘ runpl mi two hits.

Dick Carrol] rgppi kl iwo doub- 1119 Mario- ers. Mike O’Brien

and Wiff Shepherd" im.-4.

in the seventh. A ticket on the twosome was worth $101 The largest single pay evening was a place ticket on Bettie's Boy with Chester But no on the bike and owned by C. M. Birt. Peakes Station. The ticket was worth $36.00. Action resumes at the Chir- lottetown Driving Park on Sat urday night with the first dash leaving the wire at 7.45. DASHES 1 AND I

Drills Hal. L. Kelly

O-‘ewfiim—OQM

70. 4.60. 2.20: 96.80, .20; 2. . Pays: 3.90. 2.20. 2.30. 2.20. 2.40.

'rimes 2.13 and 2.14:4 ' oAsnns 2 AND s

dy Lou. R. Annear 5 5 3.50. 9.50, 9.00: 5.50.

Lucky V. D. MscNeil Lucky Lark. J. Arsenauit Lani Kai. L. Henneesey Dot's Boy. .1.

pie-en: hardy min and disease could wipe them out over night. Ducks were alleged to have been

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NTHEBIGMONEY

the carriers of the virus that

finally sued our ml" moffthemapofthe Island simostovssnidlt-

I Mover

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. B Gene Alley hit a solo homer.

closer with two runs in the ieiglith. Roberto Clemente walked scored on an

Jose Pagan. Jesus Alou and Hal Lanier. a walk and a wild pitch. The uprising came primarily at the expense of starter Steve Blass, who lost his fifth game against three victories. Southpaw Bob Bendiey won the game. putting his record at 8-4, despite needing relief from ob Shaw in the seventh after

Alley's hit made the score 6-3. and the Pirates came even

Clendenon's fourth hit. a double. Clendenon went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Willie Stargell’s sacrifice fly. McCovey doubled Willie Mays

Belts Home Run

‘single on which James stop _at third. Hank Fischer then re- ‘placed Spahn and Lou Brock‘ broke the tie with a sacrifice' ‘ fly.

Javier hit a home run earlier. his fourth of the year against.

Cepeda

the Braves. more than any ‘ j other player in the. National 9 l

I Leaim . _ Ray Sadecki received credit;

. 7 for his ninth victory against silti ’ defeats. i

Oliva rocketed loser Jack La-; be's H) pitch info the right.l centre field bullpen. launching a five-run first inning in Bos- ion He also singled twice and made a leaping backhand grab of Carl Yastrzemski‘s smash. preventing a Red Sox home run.

Minnesota. following its 14-3 rout of Boston Wednesday night hunched another six runs in the sixth inning. e ns now have won three straight and

five out of six.

Practice Called

A practice has been called for the Charlottetown city league in- termediates at Memorial Field for tonight at 6:00.

PROBABLE , . PITCHERS ays became ill after scoring

in the first inning and left the Today‘s major league base- game. The Giants said he sat» ball games with probable pitch- fered an upset stomach. ers (won-lost records in brack-

3 a:

ORLANDO CEPEDA

denon and Stargeli around a walk to Bob Bailey

home with-a San Francisco run

. in the first. Pittsburgh tied the 11

count in fonrth on Cle-I mente‘s double and a single byl Clendenon and went ahead in‘ the sixth on singles by Clea-

Minor Action

At S’side

The Summerside little league officially opened last night in convincing style. The Y's men blanked the Legion 11-0, as Garry Raynor turned in the white washing. Paul Perry was

bantam. midget league the Yankees downed the Cardinals 9-5 with Bobby Gal- lant getting win. Garry Perry was the loser. Perry hit the game's only home run.

BASEBALL SCORES

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS American League Minnesota 500 106 030—15 17 0 oston 200000304— 9 13 0 Kaat (9-3) and Bailey. Zim- merman (8i. Lamabe (6-7) Heffner (l), Earley (6). Gray (8) and Tillmann. HRs: 'n—- Oliva (17), Rollins '8). Mincher Bos—Mantilla (9). W11-

liams (4). Cleveland 010 000 000— i 5 2 150 200 0111— 9 14 1 , Stange '2). Sie- . Bell (8) and Romano; Lolich (50) and Freehan. HRs: Dot—Brown (7). Thomas (5). Kansas City 021 000 000 000 000 —-.3 10 New York 000 020 010 000 001 .. 4 l4 3 Bow field

was 2-for-3 St Louis

Segui. s (0). Stock (9). Pflster (1-5) (11‘) Bryan: Sheldon. (01. Stafford

Daley

(6), Mikkelsen (it),

Hamilton (64)) (14) and ow- Iard. HR: N.Y.—Richardson (2). Los Angeies 000202 204—10 123 Baltimore 020200020— 6122 Meyer. ,. , (3). Osinski (1-2) (5). Dulibs (9) and Rod- gers: Pappas. Ball (6). Had- . Miller (4-2) (9) and

Brown, Lau (9. Hits. L.A.—— Smith (4). Bait—Brandt 2 (8). National League

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Milwaukee 020001000— 3 72 Sadecki (94!). Humphreys (8)

o route for the Pontiacs gained

American League Kansas City. Pena (7-7) or Drabowsky (3-8! at Baltimore. Bunker ‘7-2) N

tying run. then Warwick hit a Saturday.

Any persons interested in sup- plying transportstion should con- tact Mr. Kane. at the Dept: of education. -

Track Practice Set For Tonight

The Island Track and Field Clu Charlottetown division will hold a practice at Memorial Field. 6.15 pm. today as a final warmup for Saturday's Prince Edward Island AAU of C Class Track and Field champ- ionships at Summerslde.

All athletes in the area B- terested in competing this suin- mer are asked to attend prac- tice. John Kane, on the summe. staff of the dept. of physical fit- ness. will dLrsct tonight‘s prac tice. It is hoped that at least one special coach will b. avail- able for the sessmn. »