DECEMBER 1s. 1941

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CHARLOTTETOWN

GUARDIAN

PAGE SEVEN

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Hope held for Opening of Racing’ season

ANGELES. Dec. m-(ar-t- ope bloomed anew along Santa. m,“ famed horse row today. A d; officials expressed confidence m hilt-million dollar turf meet- “ rrxiould get under we!’ 50°11" 0T gray-possibly by Jim- 15- ‘Hlmdreri; [if horsemen might .0 bum indulging in wishful m“ but they went about their

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Dec. . ucst. Filly geaqn Francisco Lia-Gen. hi, L, DcWitt, ccmmander of ‘If ‘put-tn army, issued what the hlaeck. termed u "Ciilﬂiliilil" 5W“ mm Given in response to a query by General Manager Charles H. gnu» ct santa Anita, it read:- ‘an m. Jan. l5. or any other date. the hiillflllfiil is alleviated there will b, no objection to opening Santa. Anita Race Track.”

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CHTOWN ALLEYS

_____.... Commercial League

lmmctUs Bakery 3-

lllt-Krnzie 193 293 244 l)‘, LcClair 23B 292 19"! R Ready 213 21o 19a y Gnllgmt 236 Z57 180 r1 .\icLeod 1B0 iao ass To:al—3589.

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_ 1,3111]; 112 14s 211 kBrgu-n 193 133 186 L,L11\vson 221 268 185 .l. Hillan 296 221 177 a, Lcigh 225 25a 215 ToluL-KOIZ. lligli siuge J, McLeod 368.

High three J. McLeod 72B. Dnmetts Bky 5 pts; R..A.1='. o PM»

STANDING OF LEAGUES

City Loagueu- Points Corvettes 6i’: Piiﬂit‘; 7 Patriots 5% Five Ace; 1 Commercial League Points V. Cillb 21% Blitrs l9 Fnimrtrs Bakery l6 . . , 13% HOLY NAME BOWLING Big Four league Corvettes:- A. Burke 164 229 230 \l'_ i\icNeill 1B4 381 314 J_ Lnwlor 236 217 246 ii Lapthorn 147 233 268 ll Bradley 181 166 145 To.al—32iil Old Timers:- ll. Duncan 158 309 240 \'. Coyle 187 283 210 J. Hughes 167 169 220 J. A. Bentley 373 186 250 Rev Dr. McMahon 163 210 185 'l‘c'.ul-32i0.

lhgh single J. A. Bentley 3'73. liigli three J, A. Bentley 809. Corvettes 3 points; 0‘.d 'I‘imers i points.

_Ncxt game in this league Friday niuht at 9 o'clock: All Stars vs. Five Aces.

lllrlncsday Afieruoqu League

Louis, DiMaggio And Williams

Most prominent

NEW YORK. Dec. l7—(AP)— The three athletes m:st prcmin- ent in sports during 1941 were Joe Diiitlasxio, ‘Ileci Williams and Joe 191155- 32 SPOTS cirperts participat- ing in the annual Associated Press lmlpagree.

DiMaggio‘: name appeared first on 42 ballots and either second or third on 20 others as tribute to his record-smashing feat c-f hitting in 56 consecutive league games and leading New York Yankees to tho

of Pennant and world championshi.

His tremendous margin 0V€r Wi- limos. who won the league DOM-DI championship with a .406 average and the home run title as well, was due. perhaps. to Jolting Joe's 81,11. it to lift the entire Yankee team w th him to winning he his.

In the voting. DiMaggo polled a total of 157 points i0 74 for Wil. iiP-KIB. Who received only five first- place votes. Louis, who defended h_is world heavyweight title seven Lmes during the year, was so far ahead of the realm of boxing that there wasn't even s contest. still he received‘ only l0 first-place bal- lots and 64 points.

The United States Open Golf Cllﬁmliifih. Craig Wood, earned liuiih Plate on the list with 27 points. ' y

Billy Conn to Enlist Monday

By Al Collctii Canadian Press Staff Writer

NEW YORK. Dec. 17—(C'P)- Cuff Notes: Fourier light-heavy- weight champion Bill Conn is scheduled to enlist‘ iii the U5. Navy Mond‘ay...It- is believed he will be mare a chief petty officer at $96 a month and probably will be stationed at the na\ :11 training station at Norfolk, Va...A.fter en- listing Billy expects to get a months’ furlough to fulfill his present schedule that calls for him to en- gage k1 three "tune-up" bouts prior to meeting Tony Zale, middle- weight chamrpion, at the Garden Feb. l3... Pcmoter Mike Jacobs is awaiting Curt Horrmnnb okay to match Ray Robinson, unbeaten Harlem Negm. with Maxie Berger, Montreal welter, for the Garden's open date Jan. 2...Bcrger has al- ready signed for his end of the match.

Latest addition to Manhattan's flstic circle is Pat Muldoon. Irish light-heavyweight. who was a gun- ner in the RAF. until his dis- charge because of wounds some months ago...Ret/urning from his 19th raid over- Germany, Muldoon was severely wounded n the legs and abdomen when his bomber was attacked by a group of ME 109's and forced down in the North Sea"

‘Hockey Slmmers:

Dick Irvin picks his canadieris to ftnish fifth in the NJLL. this sen- son ahead of Detroit and the Am- ericarismNorm Bums is rounding out into good condition down at New Haven and will be beck with the Rangers SOOILURlChDPd Sch- mon, the 1942 captain of Prince- ton's fotiloall team and s former crack athlete at. Ridley College, St. catharlnes. Ont. has made Prince- ton's hcckey team and helped the Tigers whip Boston 3-0 lost Sat- urdaymA fan at last night's Ranger-Americans game picked up a $20 bet by running across the ice barefooted between periods.

Fo\r5ef-me-n0ls:— 48 | i ‘m 153 119 1 Mrs Clawson 154 as 1112 313335., n ﬁg; Mrs. Presley 11a 104 11w remit}? e 104 105 151 Mrs‘ wﬂk" a2 8G m r1 Longworih 119 m 9i M§1§'t§°b2§89 a‘ m 158

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Seven records Broken by

American League

CHICAGO. Dec. l7—-(AP)—Seven fielding records were broken or equalled in the 19 American moans baseball season, official averages disclosed today, and sc- oount ng for almost half of them was the veteran Bill Dickey, New York Yankee catcher.

Dickey, for the 13th year, caught 100 or more gamesaa major league record. The fact. his achievement came in successive years was an- other new mark. He tied tlic third record by executing u double play unassisted against St, Louis.

1:1 addition, Dickey led all catch- ers in fielding with .994 the same figure that won him a tie for first last season.

Meantime, he and his teammates established a double play record of 196 First basemen of the league combined to establish another mark when five c-f thrm finished with 100 or more assists apiece.

Tying modern major league rec- ords werc Pitcher Johnny Bablch of Philade ph-ia. ghletics, Plriky Higgins or Detroit and Luke Ap- nling of Chicago's White 30x. Ba- blch had five putcuts in one game. Higgins and Agopling shared a com- lc role-cacti had t/hree errors in one inning.

Dickey was one of three players repeating their top field perfor- mances 0f i940. Lnu Boudrrau. new Cleveland manager. again led the shortsiops with .966 and George McQulnn oi’ St. Louis Browns. the first basentcn, with .995.

Other No. 1 fielder-s for their re- spective positions were second beseman Charlie Gehringer of De- troit, .982: third baseman Ken Kcltner Cleveland. .971; outfielder Mike Kreevich, Chicago. .994 and pitcher Eldon Aukcr. St, Louis, Auker, one of 25 pitchers who play- ed errorless ball. was ranked first by virtute of handling the most chances-ET in 34 games.

Cleveland. tied with New York last year for teem fielding honors, was in first place alone this year

Bowling AtT S’side Alleys

CAPITOL BOWLING ALLEYS

Oddfcllows _ Oldham 140 114 142 Bouchard 175 2l~i 159 Halley 162 241 150 Lowe 209 199 268 Konez 190 252 235 Parks 197 187 144

Tctal—2982. Greasers Sullivan 180 236 124 Buck 199 1'78 159 Sudsbury 139 132 189 Gates 128 176 130 Sproulo 179 171 i65 Dewar 141 1'78 130 'I‘otal~2545. Pope: McHenry 162 188 130 Williams 181 141 208 Vesey 180 131 Muskie 127 157 Duncan 162 134 Hutcheon 176 201 Gyros

King 152

Dean 163 Belcher 171 239 Martin 199

Grant, 190 161 Britnell 225 183

Total--27’l0. R. C. A. F. LEAGUE Loafer:

Skinner 233

Mcuan 150 McDonnell 2ll Anderson 135

St. Germain 239

Ewing 176 213

Total—2935. Boos‘ s

Bgggcbt H3 Arbuthnot 221

Bfgtton 308 220 154 ﬂompson 193 189 25! Peg] 179 120 20! Roscbrugh 2401154 il

Total-NW. Da-dlts Wood 145 158 U6 Whitcry 189 152 2B5 Pgtgrggn 150 171 york 134 177 128 Schlifer iaa 154 a: Jones 173 299 Total~25l5.

Short Circuits McCnusland 146 193 Mgjntym 17B 185 Lariel 1M 214 2'19 mum; 15a 1:11 104 Monlc 154 2B7 100 wild, 106 i0]

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Victorias lose Fred Johnstone

NORTH SYDNEY, 115., Dee. l1 —<ClP1—Left-winger Fred John- stoue was lost to North Sydney Victories oi the Cape Breton Hoc- key League today when the Roy- al Canadian Air l-‘crce notified him he was being transferred u, Ottawa.

Johnstane, a native of Bran- don, Mm, is n Bergen t Air oun- ner in the R.C.A.F. e had been one of the main offensive cogs of the second-place Vics, with

eels and five assists to his cred-

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Dukes flooded With candidates

‘TORONTO, Dec. l7—(CP)— ‘loronto Marliboros o! the Ontario Hockey Association senior "A" series, sh:i-t on victories and play- ers all season, are getting a flood of candidates out 1o practice these nights, Coach Eddie Powers said today that he hasn't seen so many players all winter. Latest new- cmner is the veteran Casey Brad- shaw, expected to {it in on the second forward line.

Remember When

(By The Canadian Press)

ﬂaroid (Jug) McSpaden of Win- chester, Mass, wan the $10,000 open golf tournament at Miami three years ago. He had a 72-hole score of 275, five under par and one stroke ahead of Henry Plcard of Hershey, Po.

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Bruins recall Thompson

BOSTON. Dec. 17—(AP)-.Boston Bruins tonight recalled" Cliff

ompson, the fourth local layer they have signed in their history, from their Hershey farm in the American Hockey League.

Thompson, a product of nearby Stoneham, turned professional about two months ago after starr- ing for Boston Olympics of L110 Eastern United States Amateur Hickey League for several seasons. He is a left winger.

Miifiﬂger Art Ross of the Bruins said Thompson would occcmp-any his club to Montreal and would dress for Saturday night's game with the Ganadiens. His chances Playing. hcwcier, depend upon the condition of Roy Conacher, now cut with a groin injury. Thomp- son's recall followed the outright sale 01f Robert (Rodi Hamill, also a left. winger. to Chicago Black

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By. J. R. Wiliams

Curtailment of Intercollegiate Spa rt studied

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. 1'l— IAPI——FL\C€C1 vviht a war-impelled academic speed-up, athletic direc- tors of the "Big Three" wdoy studied the possibility of a cur- tailment of intercollegiate sports activities at Harvard. Yale and Princeton.

The llllﬂf-iivii was thrust sharply upon them by u report from Dart- mouth that it would abandon its spring athletic program. The Han- over Indians regularly have en- gaged the "Big Three" in baseball and track.

Q31)’ William J. Bingham. alli- lctlc director at Harvard. would say flatly that his university would "carry on as usual."

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Leaf defence Young Canada Improved most Night at Gardens

TORONTO, Dec. l7-—(CPl-- Turk Brcda. Tzronto Maple Leaf goaltender who leads the Niflull- ill Hockey League in shutouts, said today that in his opinion the most improved part of the team i; the defence.

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Stewart holds Scoring lead

his lead in the American Hockey AsscirriatLn scoring race. The form- er Lethbridge. Alta. star has nine goals and l4 assists with a total of 23 ptrtits.

Bert Peer of Port \\' three points and remain ciid place vcitli a total cf

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lien Stewart of Kansas City Amer- icans picked up two assists during the week ended Dec. l4 w hold

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