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DOWN THE BACK STRETCH

Another fast pacer has come to the Province - Mannister Direct, p. 2.05, brown eight-year-old geld- ing by Gene Van Direct. This pac- er has been owned by McGee dz Show of Augusta. Maine, and at the end of 1949 had winnings of s20.079.l3 and was eligible to the 2.10 class. A comparatively young horse, he should be a splendid ad- dition to the speed brigade in the Maritimes and we wish his new owners. Ruben, Dewar, Summer- slde and Dr. L. G. Dewar, O'Leacy the best of luck with him.

Glen Jenkins. well-known horse- man of Chatham. N.B., has scld his trotter sea Forth 2.13 M5 to Raymond Ti-achey of Gaspe, P. Q. Mr. Trachey only had him a few days when he started him in a race and he was second in 2.18. He had been let up for quite a while so that was I very creditable perform- ance. Sen Forth is an eight-year-old gelding by Simcce Harvester 2.0-W1 and is eligible to the 2.22 trot. Glen did not lose much time in getting another. This time it is the well- known trotter Gentleman Jim 2.02, a bay stallion thirteen years old by by Lord Jim 2.00!-.-. Up to 1949 he had winnings of 516,288.50 but with allowances -was eligible to the 2.1-1 class. Gentleman Jim has been raced for several years in the province of Quebec and has been one of the contending trotters in the fast events there.

The Woodstock Driving club has been successful in leasing the Is-I land Park Raceway from the Wood-; stock City Council and it is the intention of the Club to make many improvements to the plant so that it will be one of the most attract- ive and modern of its kind any- where. Engineers have been engag- ed to complete details for lighting and because of its strategic posi- tion close to the Maine border it should prove a big success.

The famous brood mare Char- lotte B. 2.0914 by Cold Cash 1.58. together with her weanling colt Robert Lea by Pagliacci 2.09M. has been sold by J.P. sigsworth. Card- igan, to Mrs, Jamm Poulton of Charlottetown. Charlotte B's colts have been much sought after and cne of them is in the stable of JH. Dewitt. Woodstock. N. B. Another purchase by Mrs. Poulton was the eight-year-old gelding Junior Mac -'by Orola, a son of Dlngola. 2.05. out cf Nora Witte by Premier witte. bought from John Hagen. Bradal- bane. This is a nice smooth going pacer with a lot of brush and should be a good addition to the ice rac- lng brigade this seascn.

Our grateful thanks to Dori Mc- Neill. proprietor of MacNeil1ls Turf Goods store in Summerside for a 1951 calendar with an excellent pho- to of Beaverdale 2.13 to sulky. with Dcn in driver's suit holding the ribbons. Beaverdale is said to be in tip top condition and is expect- ed to face the starter again next season. Donls ability as a trainer

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excellent campaign of 1.11 Frisco. that won several heats and took a record of 2.17, which was really no measure of her speed as the night was cold and the track heavy, but the best part was the last quar- ter when she came from seventh horse place to win in a sparkling finish.

Lusty Song. season's top winning three-year-old trctter with s77.142.- 59, added to the 947.999.2l) won as a. two-year-old. has been retired to the stallion rank at Walnut 1-fall stud, Lexington, Kentucky. His combined total of s124.041.88 makes him the greatest money winning two-year-cld and three-year-old in history, regardless of gait. He is also the fifth largest money winning trotter in history. being headed only by Proximity. Goldsmith Maid, Chris Spencer and Demon I-Ian; over. Lusty song set up a wcrlds record as 9. two-year-old at Sed- alia, Mo. in 1949. when he won the second heat of the trotting club's stake in 202 2y5. which broke the previous record cf com set by Nib- ble Hanover in 1938. It also broke the 19-year-old track recor for the Missouri oval. Two weeks ater he won a heat in the horsemerfs stake at Indianapolis in 2.02 us. which

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This year he had 19 wins in 32 starts including a straight beat vic- tory in the 1-lambletonian which he won in the season's record time of 2.02. Earlier in the season he Mn :1 race at Roosevelt half-mile track in 2.04 2y5. Sherman Jenney. who is the master mind handling the affairs of Walnut Hall Stud in Lexington, has proved himself a good picker of stallions, last sea- son adding Trynx and Rodney 1.57 2y5. wcrld's champion trotter. to his stallion ranks there. As we mentioned before. the stallions at Walnut Hall Fann and Walnut Hall Stud. Volomite. Scotland. Guy Abbe, Protector and Guy Day are well along in years and new young blocd has to be taken in to replace them.

Stewards of the Grand Circuit were the frst to inaugurate the registration of drivers uniforms and there are new registered 1255 colors and in addition to this there are 408 applications that have been passed on by the registration of- (ice. We understand that the stew- ards are anxious to have the United States Trotting Association take over this registration of colors and it will be brought up at the next meeting of Directors of that body.

Foxborq, Mass race track, which closed down on Octobeo 31st.. re- port that the last night was one of the biggest in their history and the three last nights were the biggest in a row the track has ever had. The meeting is considered among the most successful ever given any- where in New England. Closing honors went to the six-ear-old Can- adian gelding Macnlngen. owned by Thomas E. Mccool of Pembrcke, Ont. He was smartly driven by Eric Connolly, crossing the line in 2.05 2y5 for a new record. other winners that night were Dr. J.E. Corrlgan's friend. J. OlDonneli. with Annabelle Seniah in 2.09. lVlannis- ter Direct (now owned by Bob Dewar of Summerside) won in 2.12, Clive Hanover, driven by Dannie S le, in 2.14. and New Hope, also dr ven by Dannie Steele. in 2.12, the French driver P. Dussalt won with the Quebec owned trooters Projectile in 2.10 U5 and Dot dilap- pcl in 2.11.

A rather remarkable performance took place at Waverley, Va. half- mile track October 25th.. when W. E, Miller of Washington, D.C.. drove his pacing stallion Henry Volo to a record of 2.01 against time. The performance sliced one- fifth of a second off Henry's best time and was the best record for aged pacing stallions this season over a half mile track. W. E. Mu- ler. the man who drove Henry Volo was tcp driver in the U.S. A. in 1949. among those making 200 starts. His folal was 226 starts and he was first 105 times. sec- ond 55 times nnd third 20 times for the remarkable average of

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Myron MacArthur has two new ones in his stable at K3!!- singion. one the nine-ycar-old

trotting stallion Russel Hanover 2.08 1-2. owned by Dr. H. B. Kcirstead of Presque Isle. Maine. He is a handsome bay and was sired by Mr. Mc-Elwyn 1.59 1-4. dam, Isonta by Dillon Axworthy 2.10 1-4. grandam Isotta by Peter the Great 2.07 1-4. The other one is a four-year-old troitcr Abner Hanover by Dean Hanover 4. 1.58 1-4. dam. Leading Lady by Guy Day, grandam. Eva's Girl by Dil- lon Axworthy. Abner Hanover took a three-ycar-old record of 2.12 in 1949, won ten heats and was charged with winnings of S2.- 387. At Topsham. Maine. Nov. 7th he was 4-1 in the classified trot. time. 2.14 3-5. 2.15 3-5 and on No- vember 11th he won the classified trot in 2.14 1-5.

At the recent Harrisburg sale in addition to the horses that came to the Murltlmes the follow- ing were purchased by Ontario and Quebec parties-the trotter Uncle Bob 2.08. by Hess and Wells. Morrisburg. 0nt.; the five-year-old pacer Mighty King.

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ALITTLE SPORT

Following close in the wake of recent talks between Halifax Saint Mary's and teams of the Cape Bre- ton Senior Hockey League. the pos- sibility of a link-up between the two Maritime senior hockey league circuits is still hot in the air. Ac- cording to a press report from Syd- ney on Thursday night, the execu- tive bodies of the respective leagues have taken up the issue. and furth- er developments are expected over the week-end.

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It was only in this column yes- terday that reference was made concerning the proposed set-up. and had pointed out that if any- thing was to be done about it. it should be done before the present season progresses too far. Appar- ently while those words were being written, the C. B. S. H. L. execu- tive were voting in favor of inter- locking with the Big Four. and it really looks like this situation as coming to a head.

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Just exactly what is meant by an "infer-locking” -schedule is "not quite clear at the moment. The Syd- ney report did not elaborate on the term used, but seems to convey the idea that the two schedules will carry on as before but will dove- tail with one another so that all existing seven teams will meet one another in an equal number of games under a single league head- ing. Just how that will be worked out will be up to the league execu- tives to thrash out.

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The proposed system seems to be laid out with a view to eliminate any unnecessary team travel and expense brought about by an in- creased circuit of seven terns in- stead of four and three as it is now independently. It would probably mean that the teams of the Big Four would periodically make playing tours to Cape Breton home ice in a series of games with the three teams of that circuit, and vice- vcrsa. to eliminate too much shuf- fling buck and forth between the two "Islands" and the Mainland.

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But there is much more to it than that. Although the Cape Breton circuit have voted in favor of such an inter-locking schedule, the in- dividual team views of the four teams in the Big Four must be considered. Halifax is apparently the only team that has taken any active part in talks to date.

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The present reaction of the is- landers Hockey Club is not in fa- vor of the idea. Referring to the recent Sydney report. Major T. 8. Rogers. president of the league leading Island Club slated yester- day that he "didn't like the idea" but added that "one cannot pass snap judgment on su-ch a plan with- out knowing all the angles."

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Bill Brown. vice president of the local Club and also manager of the Charlottetown Forum. was also op- posed to the idea of an "inter- locking" schedule. He said he didn't think the idea was ”fcaslble".”':Phy- scially. financially and every other-' way. it just doesn't make sense," he stated.

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There has been little or nothing heard as yet from the other two Clubs of the Big Four. Saint John Beavers and Moncton Hawks. Just what their reaction will. be may have a considerable bearing as to what will be the final outcome of the proposed plan. But as stated earlier in this column. there is ex- -pected to be further developments over the week-end. when probably all heads will be brought together under the one roof to discuss the movement. Which ever way it turns out. may it be for the better- ment of Maritime hockey.

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Drillon To Work Ouf With Halifax

HALIFAX, Nov. 24-(GP)-Gob die Drillon, former coach of Monc- ton Hawks, will work out with Halifax Bt. MIry'l of the Mlrltlmi Senior Hockey league next week. it was announced tonight.

club officials said. however. that the former N. H. L. scorla star had not been aimed.

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Rex Layne Scores Upset In 10-Round Decision Over Veteran Fighter Walcott

NEW vonx. Nov. 24-(AP) - Young Fvex Layne, a. blook-splotch- ed farm boy from Lewislon, Utah, scored the fight upset of the year tonight with a unanimous 10- round decision over cagy old Jer- sey Joe Walcott, Camden N. J. veteran. Layne. a 5-1 underdog, weighed 192. Walcott .200.

Fans surged to ringside to cheer the 22-year-old kid. who only started fighting pro 18 months ago. He whipped 37-year-old Jersey Joe all the way.

His left eye a red circle of blood from the fourth round on. Layne carried a relentless body attack to the tired veteran. Jersey Joe never showed anything like the form he displayed in his two fights with Joe Louis in 1947 and 1948.

The Judges, Frank Forbes and Bert Grant, scored the fight the same way with Layne a 6-3 winner with one even. Referee Ruby Gold- stein gave it to Layne 6-2 with two even. Walcott lost the eighth round for backhand punching af- ter two warnings.

I.ayne's New York debut, wil- nessed by only 5,995 fans who con- tributed 919676. boosted him am- ong the top ranks of the young heavyweights. It was only his 29th fight and he has lost but once.

The kid was obviously tight and nervous in the first round, a little awed by Walcottls reputation. But that was the only time. Fa bulled to the attack from the second round on. winging that straight right under the heart until Jer- sey Joe had to hold on.

Walcott opened a slice over Layne's left eye in the first and his seconds never stopped it bleeding completely. It was an old cut, first suffered in a battle with Andy

Walker at San Francisco.

By the time the arrived. the eye was a smudge of red. Dr. Vincent Nardiello, the

ed the cut between rounds but found Rex able to continue.

Boos For Walcott

There were frequent boos for Walwtt the nappy guy who many thought beat Louis in their 11;-gy, fight. Jersey Joe's jab was not as sharp as usual and he was not able to score with that booming right after his three-step dance. Maybe old age finally caught up with him.

A good looking. curly-haired lad who used to work on his dad's sugar beet farm in Utah. Layne easily weathered Walcott's periodic spurts. He bulled his man to the ropes. manhandled him in the clinches.

Hardly another Jack Dempsey. but still a mighty-promising young fighter, the kid made a fine impression.

The result sillled criticism of matchmaker Al Weill of the Inter- national Boxing Clubformaking a "mismatch." Nobody thought Layne

had much of a chance but he showed them. "I went out to bust his guts

from the start." said,Layne in his dressing room. "And I guess I did. He never hurt me."

Marv Jenson. his manager. shouted: "We're ready for anyone. Charles-anyone."

In a practically-empty dressing room. Walcott sat with his head in his hands.

"I hurt my right hand in the third round." he said. "When I hit him on top of the head. When I wanted to counter I just couldn't

do it."

Snow-Covered Field, Low Temperatures For Grey Cup Game Today

Rangers' Profesf ls Disallowed

MONTREAL. Nov. 24 -- (CP) - President Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League an- nounced today that the protest of New York Rangers over the tying goal scored by Montreal Canadiens Oct. 29 has been disallowed.

The game. in New York, ended in a 2-2 tie.

The Ranger protest was on two grounds:

1. A Canadien player was in the goal crease when the goal was scor- ed.

2. Referee George Gravel failed to stop the play when Rangers' goalie Chuck Rayner was injured on the play.

The decision said play stoppage for injury is a matter of discretion and judgment of the referee and cannot be ground of protest at any time. It said official reports show-s ed the Canadian player was partly in the crease as the result of collid- ing with Rayner. who was well out- side the crease area. and no foul was committed by either side.

TOKYO, Nov. 24 -(AP) -Joe DiMaggio of New York Yankees and Frank J. (Lefty) O'Doul of

San Francisco seals have been awarded medals of appreciation

work men in

for their morale-bolstering among U. S. fighting Korea and Japan.

Noorltu Ready To Sail This Morning

HALIFAX, Nov. 24-(CP)-Dock- yard employees worked under floodllghts tonight to finish last- minute jobs on the destroyer Nootka, ,scheduled to leave tomor- row mornlng on an 8.000-mile jour- ney to Korean waters.

Cmdr. A. B. Fraser-Harris, her Halifax captain. laid: "Though we're going halfway around the world. our job is still to protect the Maritime: and other Canadian chores."

The Nootka will relieve the de- stroyer Sioux which in opcratln with two other Canadian ship; I United Nation: naval forces in the Far East. She is Ilated to arrive in Pearl Harbor Dec. 24. going by

By JACK SULLIVAN

TORONTO. Nov. 24 -- (OP) - Nearly everything about Saturday's Grey Cup classic has a. familiar tune to it. The weather, the betting odds and even the teams - win- nipcgls powerful Blue Bombers and Toronto Argonauts - are rem- iniscent of many previous east-west football clashes.

The weather and condition of Varsity Stadium field was the main cxzncern of the clubs as they went through final training licks at the Bloor St. Bowl this afternoon and early tonight for the 23rd East- West final. And prospects are not rosy.

A day-long snowfall that dumped some seven inches on Toronto. by dusk Friday is expected to continue Saturday with an estimated eight inches or more covering the city at the 12:45 P. M. (E. S. T. kick-off.

Offlcllla Worried

The prospects of a night-long fall had officials worried. Stadium authorities said tcnight they have arranged with city officials to start cleaning the field at 6 A. M. satur- day with snow-plows. tractors and blowers. Varsity has no field cover.

"It's a man-sized problem. but I think the field will be okay at game time." Stadium manager Harry Griffiths fold the Canadian Press "I figured if we got snow through- out Frlday night we would be beat- en and my main worry now is whe- j1

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NOVEMBER 25, 1950

-The wildlife population of this Province has been augmented by a new species- white tailed deer. A few -weeks ago a pair - a gift to the province from the govern- ment of Ontario - were liber- ated on the farm of R..R. Bell at New Glasgow. Mr, Bell, leader of the Oppcsition in the Provincial Government, ounsented to act as host to the aliens to our shores.

The deer. a buck and a doe. ap- parently didn't like their environ- ment in the New Glasgow area and moved out for parts unknown . . . at least their present whereabouts is unknown. The last report indic- ated the buck ha-d swum the North River. A few voices have been heard raised in protest but on the whole their introduction has been well re- celved.

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Fears have been expressed in some quarters that the deer. once they have increased in numbers, will cause damage to farm crops. In New Brunswick. Nova Scotla and Cape Breton Island the loss to crops. Particularly garden produce, is quite heavy in some localities. Even if deer become numerous in this province any such damage if it does occur. will be more evenly distributed than in the sister Mar- itime Provinces where the land in many sections is rocky and mount- alnous and unsuited for garden crops. In places on cape Breton Is- land a. garden is a rarety and deer will come for miles to enjoy a juicy tid-bit.

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Here in this Garden Prcvince they'll be stumbling over garden patches. clover meadows and such like wherever they turn and the very abundance of this type of food will tend to make lcsses from deer practically negligible . . . . we hope. 1 don't think anyone need lose any sleep on that score .. .. not for years at least and maybe never un. less additional pairs are imported. Deer frequently become separated and fail to re-unifc when they are transplanted to areas when there are none of their kind within a ra- dius of one hundred miles or more.