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4 (Outplsying ‘their opponents all the way Millionaires of the City Baseball League kept their hopes of a playoff spot alive last night

_ by solidly thumping the second

_ place Rovers squad 8-0 in a slx-

- inning tussle.

The winners broke a scoreless

j deadlock in the last half of tho

3 third when they pushed across

; fpur unearned runs on two singles,

1 two sacrifice hits and three dam-

_- aging errors and from that point

3 on were never seriously threaten- ed. They added three moreralls in the next inning with their flllal tally coming in the fifth after tlley had put down the only relil Rover threat in the top half oi the same frame. Again in the sixth they looked to be on their way to another scoring splurge as the first two hitters hit safe.y but the" Rovers defence tightened

‘ill get the next three men in s row.

The game was loosely played throughout with the Rovers hav- ing eight errors chalked up against them compared to the three charged against the winners Garth Crockett, a recruit from tile junior ranks. was in great form on the Millionaires’ mound the youngster baffling the northern.

' hitters with an assortment of stuff

' that only yielded four safe blows. while five batsmen went down on strikes.

Dan iVicCormac on the mound

‘for the losers was deserving oi a tettcr fate but was in hot water

il every inning due to the errasic support of his mates. He was touched for six safe hits while striking out iive and of the mght runs charged against him, bat three were of the earned run var-

‘icty.

lionaires 3. Battcd in: MacKinnuu l. Lewis: two base hit: Ward. Lund. Strain: sacrifice hit: Mao- Kinncn 2. M. Kennessey. Stolen base: William, MacKinnon. Dou- ble play: E. Ward w Higson. lnfl on base: Millionaires 6; Rovers S. First base on error: Strain. Mac- Kinnon, Goodwin. Lund, Connors. Trainor. Base on balls: by Croc- kett 2; by McCol-mack ii. Struck out: by Crockett 5; by McCormsck S. Wild pitch: McCormack 1: Crockett 1. Passed bail: Lorter. Winning pitcher: Crockett.

Umpires: At the plate. Monk- ley: on the bases. Kane and Francis. . __

By Innings:

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‘ilfillilfilll IIJGK ‘H1181’ Millionaires Stay In *Running' With" 8-0

Victory Over Rovers l

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SPORTSMAN DIES n: cams

Teacher at Liaaar collegiate. Ottawa, Ernest F. Icgon. 46. died in Toronto after he collapsed while playing in Canadian ten- nis championship match. Death was attributed to coronary throm- bolls. Born in England, he was prominent for years in hockey, baseball sndrugby in Reterborv. Ont.

All Stars Edge Out Bombers 11-10

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There's a full sport schedule on tap for today with baseball, ten- nis. horse racing and the annual Caledonian sports taking place. the latter being held at Eldon. the horse racing at Montague and the other two events set for the City. All four should provide in- teresting competition and likely will draw their quota of fans.

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Baseball features the appear- ance here of the strong Sprlngihill Juniors in a double-header bill against the Reece and Kinsmen teams of the local junior league, and judging by tho large advance sale of tickets a. big crowd is go- ing to be on hand to watch the youngsters perform.

1' 1' II O Both games should prodluce smart baseball. The Springihiii

outfit managed by Edgar Cormier. himself quite a hurler irl his play- ing days for the famed Fence Busters, are said to be one of the best outfits in Nova scotia. They are s. well-balanced team and like all Springhill baseball clubs are said to be mighty handy with the willow. 0 O l» O Both Reece and Kinsmen will be facing tough assignments but providing they play the ball they are really capable of should give the visitors plenty of argument before the final hitter is retired. In the Reece squad that takes the field against the invaders first

__ BOX SCORE Ilovcrs AB R l! P0 A I.‘ .11. l-iennessey, cf. 2 0 0 0 0 0 Higson. 2b. . 8 0 0 1 l 1 QWhaIen. rf. 2 0 1 0 0 1 Whltloclcss. . 8 0 0 3 1 3 Williams, 8b. S 0 1 1 1 0 ‘lrsinor. lb. 8 0 0 4 0 1 It’ Ward, if. 2 0 2 1 0 0 iLsl-ter. c. 2 O 0 7 3 1 McCormack. p. 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 18 0 8 R. H PO A E M Hennessey 3b‘ 2 0 0 0 i) 1 Strain, rf. 3 3 1 0 1 0 ‘Maclflnnon. 2b. 2 2 2 1 3 0 Goodwin. lf. 4 1 0 2 0 l) Lund 1b._... 3 I I ‘I 0 1 Connors, as. 4 0 0 1 4 l Flynn, c. 8 0 0 5 1 0 Lewis. cf. 2 1 0 1 1 0 Crockett, p. 2 1 2 1 .l 0 ~-Totals 25 8 d ill 11 S Summary: Earned runs: M11-

For First Defeat _

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Yesterday

by a score of 11-10.

way. The winners, their earlier

ilhem s well deserved win.

llama, Weatherbie, B. Connors. ~

c. Hughes, Martin, Rossiter.

morning the Knights cf Columblis diamond the All stars won a. ien-innlills softball gains from the Bomlbers

This was the first defeat the Bombers suffered and the)’ W91"- down fighting every inch of the

smarting under defeats by the Bombers. were not to be denied. After taking the lead in the ninth and then ha-WIIK l?’ 919d ll-P. ll"? went in work in the extra frame and shoved in the tally that gave

They lined up as follows:- _

All stars: MacDonald. nushu- McLure, ‘Ihacker, B. Hughes, Wil- Williams,

Bossabore: Wright. Monaghan. C. Martin, Hughes. Ready. 3W1“.

.111 Monday's game the All Stars defeated the Tigers by a score of 15 to S. The All Stars lined WP as above and the Tigers as foi- lows: J. Brown. it. Rossiter. W.

in the Maritime piaydowns.

the Springhiil youngsters will nnd themselves up against a power- hitting club whose batting has been the big factor in their suc- cess so far this season. If they can solve the hurling thrown at them by their opponents ‘it will not be surprising if they emerge with s. victory. Ill d» 0 '0 Springhlll will be faced with a smart defensive club in the per- sons of the Kinsmen. A little light st the plate, Kinsmen! defence

performances ill several import- ant victories they have chalked up this season and if they get off on the right foot Spl-inghiil will find them. too, tough to defeat. 0 ll- + '0

The games, which. mark the first appearance here this season of an outside the province junior club. should furnish ‘fans with an inkling of how the local brand oi Junior baseball compares with that played in the sister province, and should also furnish the fans with some idea of what faces the Island winners when they engage

o d- ll- ~0- There is a lot of expense eu- tailed in bringing the Sprlnghill

have come through with smart-

Shepherd. A. and Ih-ic Brown.

Tho next game will be

Bombers and Tigers.

For Additional

Sport See Page 12

BRUNNER MONO

l SMES

biiiji

Shqahsrd, Crabbe, Ill. Brovm. F. Shepherd, Martin

morning at 10:30 between the

team here and it is hoped that a large crowd will be on hand. As we stated before, the advance sale of tickets has been good but more money is needed if the junior league is to break even on the trip. Given fine weather there seems no reason why fans who have nothing planned for outside the City shouldn't attend. They will witness smart baseball and also furnish encouragement to the juniors in their efforts to weld together s future team of senion. O Q '0 O

George McIntyre has an ideal looking race card slated foa- his racing oval~st Montague. The largo list olf entries, included in which are a number who will be seen in action Old Home Week. promises some of the closest com- petition of the season and the

sill: GIIJARDIANfChARLOTTETOWN

Track (And Swimming Records Tumble At Olympics Yesterday

foo-metre men's swimming ro- lay - a four-man American team became Olympic champions in eiglht minutes, 4B seconds. smash. ing the world and Olympic ecord set by Japan in 19M. ‘

10,000-metre walk — a Swede. two Britons, a. Frenchman and an Italian lopped time from the Olympic record of 46 minutes. 28.1 seconds set in 1912 at Stockholm by George Coulding of Toronto.

BO-clsetsc women's hurdles - Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands. already winner of the loo-metre dash, equalled her o world.record time and clipped? loths second f rom Italian Trebisonda Valla’s 1936 Olympic mark. Mrs. Blankers-Koen. mother

By Jack Sullivan OLYMPIC STADIUM. Wembiey, Aug. 3 — (CP)— Mel Patton's flying feet broke the 16-year hold of American Negroes on sprint events at the 14th Olympic Games today as one world and fiverOlylrn- pic marks-tumbled. ‘

One record Pattonwouid have liked to match was quiio beyond his grasp.

Percy Williams of Vancouver won both the sprints at Amsterdam in IQZB-last white to have a look- in. Patton won the 200 metres to- day from his American Negro team-mate, Barney Ewell. But a. Negro, HarrisolrDlllard, was win- ner of the 100 metres Saturday.

Cliff Bourland of Les Calif, fifth, and Negro Laing of Jamaica sixth. None of the six came close tothe Olympic snark of 20.7 set by Jesse Owens as he completed his double- spr-int win at Berlin 12 years ago. It was a bad day for Canada's entrants. Eric Coy of Winnipeg and Joyce Court of Montreal fail- ed to qualify in shot put and 100- metre women's backstroke. Ifencers Georges Puollot, Roland Asselin and Alf Horn of Montreal were eliminated in individual foils. Can- adian yaciitsmen at Torquay plec. ed well back in their first races, but continued in the competition.

Angeles.

1501mm; mark. -

These broken records brought two Olympic championships and Patton's was a third. Four others were decided.

Beautiful ma. Victoria Manaio Draves, Pasadena, Calif.. brunette, won the women's springboard div- ing cmtest in a three-way Ameri- can sweep. Second was American champion Zoe Ann Olsen. 17-year. old from Oakland. Calif. Patricia .Arln Elsener of San Francisco was third. Sweden's A. Alhman became hop. step and jump champion, covering 50 feet. 6 1-4 inches. Second place went in Gordon Avery of Australia. Nel Van Vliet of the Nether-

the United States became Olympic champion and record-holder. toss- ing the 16-pound shot 56 feet. W10 inches. The former mark of 53 feet. 2 3-4 inches was set by Ger. many's Hans Woelike in 1936.

Lund And Steele To Meet In, Semi-Final

Bunny “Ace" McCloskoy will ar- rive in the City next Tuesday night for his ten round bout at the Forum on Wednesday night with Ruby Morgolian of Montreal. promoter CI". Archer announced

in 2:573.

SO-rnetre small-bore rifle title.

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and Tiger lSteele, two mittslingers St. Louis .... .. 00S 000 1.40- 8 1| 3

who in previous scraps came Kramer. Johnson (4) and Teh- vthrotlgh with sensational, close betts; Sanford, Swill"!!! Q)- struggles and their coming clash widmar (4). Biscan (7). Ken- is likely to even excel their pre- nedy (B). Ostrowaki (B). If"! vious performances “din to both Mossmm m 0100004 1 Q boys being ht a e peak of W shill fihol!‘ form. m Clzveland .... .. ooom m-B l1 ° Island fighters will make up the Wynn. Thompson (5). Master-

balance of the card, full particu- son ('1), and Early; P6189. K119‘

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ollloalnsu sosoeoolo-I I 1

Boston ........ .. 100100 010-1 I U Wehmeier. 011M119" (5) ""5 u‘ manno: Sain. Potter (i). ill/l Salkeld. ' Chicago-Brooklyn. rlln- Si. Innis-New York. Illls. Phllndelphln-Plttsbllfllls Illl.

In Games With Locals Today

Charlie Ryan's Reece juniors tangle with md Colmierb Spring- hiil juniors in the first game of

upsets which have been marking

the Island circuit all summer

long are very liable to play s. pro-

minent part again this afternoon. O O Iv 0

Semi-final matches in doubles play will feature the tennis pro- gram st the Charlottetown Club with the recently-started Knights of Columbus tournament also add- ing to the schedule. Both tour- naments are attracting good sized. crowds of fans and with a holi- holidny in vogue today attend- ances st the matches should in- crease correspondingly.

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Officials cormoctod with we on- nual Colodonisn Club gathering st Kinross have no worries over s large attendance. It is on event that yearly draws

drown up a program that looks to b0 about the best. The long list M athletic events are always s. highlight cl this gathering; they lnvtiabiy Induce

§§i?:§§;a

the doubleheader baseball bill at INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

the Memorial Field diamond tlfl!

arm-noon. With Bpringhlll elpcot- Newark too olo oso-s a 1

ed in the City at noon the game Montreal ..... .. 0S0 000 10 1

will get underway at 1.80 with Ev Portsrfieid and Silvestri, Ncti .

McNoilPs Kinsmen taking on the Schallock (S). Podbielsls (I.

visitors iln the second, tilt bogin- and Sandlock.

nh-yruound 3 o'clock. Baltimore 000 012000-3 I ll The doubleheader bill has “ Toronto loo 100 000-4 8 0

Groth and Robinson: Konstsnty,

the fancy olf the fans and a very Porto (t) and Plumbo.‘

large crowd is expected to be on

hand to see how the local young- Ill-st Game: o awl-s fagg of; against the Inert Jersey City . . l” O10 1-7 9 Bptinlhill 011W. Buffalo 100 N1 0-! 3_ 3 Bailey and Yvars; Pm’! h"! well in the snatch play. Tlbuhwk, '9 Q T '7 Second Game: bovine. who is n brother d Jelly City eoeeec 010-4 1| 1 O60. Hill E. Island-NW Dfllfih Iulfllo O1. 0O! 012-8 ll 0

wick champion, is always at his bestin match play and his fur- ther progress will be watched with interest.‘ Reports from Amherst heditasOeobeinlinthooom- petition but the youngster, just beckfromakbiothe Canadian championships. did not enter this tournament. Should older brother "llousey" come through, idle now- ling family would have made Maritime golf titles pretty much of s family affair. '

YEO

" TI E |_ 0 l Q | |1' i " -HENIY ronoa.

Webb. Csllonn (d). and Prom- esa; Hauslnann and Tabscheck.

$.32?’ m fir e-s ll l

Syracuse essleea-s I 0 Blake. Gardner (2). Tllflmif (s), and Mal-snail. suoils m. Imgbes and West»

local! G s

ill OHIO-I l I

lyrscnss 108 010 ill-l l0 0 mull. mm (s). Oltkll m.

and Buchs: Howell and

‘rams: MONTAGUE _

IIIDAI all IATUIDAI

with Patton a disappointing fifth. c’! “W children and Prilblbk Wm- w y, 1' p few years in this section of the It was a close thing, even in the ‘m 5:151‘ °1 "if Kim"- "W l! 11‘- Lggign 6 5 1 13, Big Show is at its greatest zenith 200. for the 23-year-old University the "d1" lnal- I Red 50x 5 g 9 13 and with improved judging rings of California student. At the tape l°°m°u° "°“‘°'"~ "w" "1"" R.C.A.F‘. s e a la together with improved accommo- the Negro Ewell was so close that mmg-Kule“ Bu“? °t D°“m"m Kinsmen b 6 l ll 111M011 1'0!‘ obectltors. large crowds each was clocked at 21.1. “V?” t“ diswm“ m 1:155 u’ The first four in that close race are expected to follow the judging Panamanian Lloyd“ 3am}, w“ break the 12.year old record of in m, American ma“ m Mt M"! just Lloth geh1nd_ Negro Herb Dina. SITE“. the Netherlands. any closer than that McKenley of Jamaica was fourth, Australia! J- Davi! W“ '- mfle ' 36W"! Elli-P! U!‘ slower but also bested the old

night. The other members are: Russ Phaneuf, Ila-ankle Oabway, Bob Schurrrlan,‘ Don Carson, Gor- die MacKay. and Garth Gay. No-

l-Iow about somebody offering s. prise to the batter who first hits the second heme run. Even the

win if they start leaning on the ball a little harder.

strength to his team in their tie game with the Ingonairos. Pete hit a double and two singles in

0th Records " ‘ 1 to e’ lands won the ZOO-metre breast four trips. drivins 1n time rlms- ,f{,,,b,,w°o, “Iiffnfiwm m, T119154; 9g wok“; mm-dg; stroke swimming event in 2257.2, "it"; O11 ‘all 590$ Wllllfi Wm comp." u.‘ we“; m the“, shot out - Wilbur ‘Ibomvwn of Pres" =11 i1" w" bl’ "WY ' ' l” °' “m "°“ quarters at ills track. Nova Scotis

Lyons of Australia who was timed

‘Arthur Edwin Cook, 20.year-oid American marksman. scored 599 points of a possible 600 to win the

Baseball Results

last night. Margollan is to arrive in AMBRIOANILIAGUI

the City on Monday night and

will put the finishing touches on Philadelphia .. 000 000 100 0-1 6 0

his training sessions on Tuesday. Chicago 000 000 0011-2 4 1 In the meantime the promoter Fowler and Rosar; 011mm"

also announced that the semi- and Robinson-

final will bring together Bud lillnd. Bolton ........ .. 401 001 450-15 18 i

sack.

ed o lot of punch to the R.C.A.F. attack. Since Anderson and he

to

Ban-lo asked us if the runner on 11m always stoma for second at the very first opportunity. We had to toll the truth or change the Slllbiect so we asked him

liars of wlhich will be announced man (8) and Hogan. shortly. New York 12S 013 393-15 n 1 Detroit ...... .. 010 110 000— l l 3 Shes and Berra: Trucks. Pierce s ' ' m. Overmire (e), Houttoman

prlnghlll .......

To Begin Today

Records are enacted to go by the boards in the forthcoming program of Old Home Week hsr- ness racing which gets underway here next ‘Tuesday afternoon and already the air of excitement which always pervades the Pro- vince 1a quite noticeable among the rank and filo of the people as the dste nears for its opening.

Visitors which make their visit here coincide with the celebrat- ion, together with many newcom- ers sre already flocking into the City and suburbs and the big exhibition plant gleaming in new coats of paint, will produce s col-

PAGE SEVEN.

Sport Echoes From Prince Bounty

Tho "Bl; Five" banal-s, sunl- merside Baseball League:

Pow“. RM s“ A; n‘ {Io at; orful scene once the big gates 1 swing open to allow the opening

MaoMmdo. begun N 11 14 .404 "was to co l“

Grant, Red Box N 6 11 AM M"! ' “MK”. Klnnm 39 u ,5 a5 mAlthougi-luthe horse racing pro- ev-v. Kim e ll v -=~= :..":..:::...'.::.:"..:l'.:::“§::.' “MOM... “ma. who h m mises to surpass anything that “tun: dump u m u In“: has gone before. Entries already

received give promise of the pm. minent judges of horses. cattle, and poultry being faced with the stiffest task of their career in selecti-n! the winners. with the cream of the Island breeders be- ing on display. Interest which has been on the increase in the past

games are concerned, but who hit a streak against Harmon rield, is out of the "Big Five" for the first time this year. His average has dropped to .351.

Standing 01' risgils at the end of the second section:

Bill Brawleyfhgs added his name to the Home Rlm Club by poling out en extra long one Monday

In the horse racing scheme of things records have already gone by the boards. Never in the his- tory of the Maritimes has such an entry list been received for the racing program. Over 250 entries will take part in the four- teen classes that are scheduled and already it 1s quite evident that’ some of the classes will have to be raced in divisions. with the 2:27 class requiring at least three divisions owing to the 32 entries that have been received. The purses, totalling over $10,000 is also s record and this amount wiilbefsreaceeded due to the classes having to be broken p

A latte

5°53’ as yet has hit two l‘

boys who haven't hit one yet can

PeteMickusweos fmverof

go under. He delivered both times. The first time was in the fifth inning. There were two out and

is well represented with the Cod- BBMI. Walker. Baxter and Cruick-

High“

Pitch As Old Home Week Opening Nears