the same lnniniI- KPI'In.V Ml<‘D°"‘

'1-atch off Phil Murphy in

Legion Move

moved in- City Soft-

Tha Canadian Legion to fourth place in the hall League standings yesterday afternoon by defeating the Lig- unrian Youth Club 1.1-7 In it game played on the Old Diamond. the

The win moved Legion ahead of the L.Y.C. and the Cl!) Stickers who are tied for fifth

place \\'IIIl seven points each.

John Thistle. the work-horse of the Legion mound staff, went all 'he viay nn the mount for the uinnvrs. He gave up eight I’|lI< and half of them came in the last inning when the I..\'(‘. scored three of their riinx. Thistle struck ~ix and walked four.

out

\\'aIlr‘r (‘oiistnhle started foi the I..Y.C. but was I‘I1il\l"lI in IIt"I 5:-mind inning as the Legion srnr-I nil ~i\ tinins. Tic “HS rclicvcd h\

Place In Softball League

Into Fourth

\\-'tIf Sliepliard.

The Legion scored three IlIl‘\P< in the first inning. six in the second, two in the third and two more in the fifth.

Cuker Pineau and Vern Blan~ chard each hit doubles for the ivinners. .Ine_\' I.e(‘lair played a standout defensive game for the Legion.

I.ineup.~': --

Legion: Blanciiaid c, H. Hen-

nessev 2b, M Goodiiin If, .I. Mac-

I.F‘ilI'I lb. J. I.eCIair 3b. C. Sin- I'Ifl|I‘ cf. C. Pincaii ss, Gregory rf. .I. Thistle p. .\Iahnr rf.

I.Y.t‘.: P. Shephard cf. .I. Mac-

Donald If, \\'. Shcphard rf, p, .l. (‘rule ss, c. C. Peters .’Ih, A. Shep-

IldI‘(I lb. II. .VIiiriiaghan 2h, .I. .\'iniIli, \\'. Clillalillilf.‘ p, F. Dunn, if. .I. Pitt:-ati I‘, ss.

0. And B. Juniors Defeat

R.O.A.F. Flye

The C & B Juniors contlniied their lop-sided \'ictor_v march b_v ivallopitig the R. C A F Fliers at inc azzpr-rt baseball dlaniniid, _\F.'~II‘l'(i.I_\' afternoon in a rcgiiltii-‘ leacue t:.\'ure by the score of 16-~l Dee l.eFiir;;e_\ allmied only six hits dtiixiig the seven innings of play, striking out eleicn Leiesque. _i-(vim. R C A. F‘. flinger was betted for 12 singles, ‘out pitched a pl'£'ltj.‘ fair game after the first t\\o rugged innings. In vi'h'.ch he was touched for seven hits and nine runs. Joe Dalton led the C A: B. bausnten llllh 3 for 5 Gillzs had 2 for 3, and brothers Benny and Grant Grady each 2 for 4

Fell, atrforce centre fielder, was their only sticker to get two hits of.’ LeF‘iirgey. O'Rourke, in left

field for R. C. A. F_, and Donnie Purcell, young midget breaking In In right field for C. as B. each got IaIiL‘_\' catches to provide the field- ing gem: of the afternoon.

BOX SCORE CUIIRAN A BRIGGS

AB R H O A E Grant Grady, lb 4 3 2 2 1 0 Giilis. as I 2 2 2 l 1 Cannon. lb 4 2 1 3 I 0 Whalen. 3 3 2 1 10 2 0

rs 16 T04

Purcell. rf 3 0 0 2 0 l Dalton, cf 5 2 3 1 0 0 L.eFiii-gci 5 1 0 0 1 0 -t I 1 0 0 0

4 3 2 I 0 O

'l‘iit.il.< 35 I6 I2 21 6 2

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AB R H O A E

Stat:-b, 2b 3 l I 0 1 0 Roperson. lb 4 l 0 10 0 1 Jones, 3b . 2 1 0 3 3 ‘Z O‘R0ui'ke, If 2 I I I 0 0 Johnson, C 0 I 5 1 0 Ciccone, es 0 1 2 5 1 Fell, cf 0 2 o 0 o Levesque, p 0 0 0 1 2 Totals 26 4 6 21 ll 6 Summary — RBI‘s. Grant Grady, Gillis 2_ Whaleii. Dalton 2, B. Grady 3, O'Rourke. Johnson’

Doubles, Cannon. Stolen Bases, G Grady 3, (‘iillts 2. Whalen 4, B Grady 2, Jones, Fell. Walks, Leves- que 9. LeF‘urgey 4, Stirikeoiils Leveisqiie 4. LeF‘urgey 11. Left on bases, R. C. A. F. 5, C. 4!: B. 8 Wild Pitclies, Levesque 4, Passed Balls, Johnson 1, Whalen I. Hit by Pitcher, by Levesque, 2_

Umpires. Plate, Beaudry, Penn.

Bases.

Junior Abhies Win Four

Straight Exhi

The Junior Abbie: won their fnurth straight exhibition game of the lit":-1 baseball season ,\‘esierda_\ afternoon as they turned back the lntnrmeriiate: 4-t in a game play- ed at Memorial Field.

The Junior: used three hurlers \'crn Handrahan, Lorne Mac- Dniigall and Ronnie Stanley in uniting down the Intermediates for the second time this season. Belueen them they gave tip nix hits and one unearned run.

Tinnnin M:ir~I.e;in pitched for the Intermediates and gave up only five :inglcs over the nine innin: route. He Itruck out seven, in- cluding the last three batters in the ninth Inning. He. issued one \\‘aII( and hit one batter with a

pitch.

The .Tunim< biinched their hits for yiina. Thev got four of their five hits in the sixth and sev- pn[h innings to account. for three runs. In the second inning they got a hit and one run.

Vern Handrahan pitched the first five innings for the Jiininrs and was the winning pitcher. I-Iaridi-nlian gave up four sinRI'"5. fine In each of the first four

inmngq, Ha bnrc down with men on base and did not allow a run. The young hurler finished his pitching chores hy Slflklnl 0"‘ the last batter he faced.

Lox-no .\lacDr>ugall came on In His SIVIII and wanl three inninufi. rt» <iirr-=ndered one single and gymrk nut four bait-rs _wI1iI¢ holding the Intermediates score- less.

(‘na"h Ronni- game. Icv down

R:ii'irIv T-Tilwardl sent Stanley In to finish the In the ninth lnninz -‘IMP RIIr\\\l‘fI one slow bntinder the third base line that Phil Vcnoit beat. out for A Iiii. \'ennii lair-r scored on two in- field errors for the Intermediates lune riin.

Single: I'l_\' Rnhhy I.llllfT> and Forbes K:~nnP(I)‘ together with an infiplfl nrrnr allowed the Jiininrs their tun runs in the sixth in; .tnhnni' Sqiinrebriggs Ln,-nu ,\dRr‘I‘0llflFlII singled in the 5-Mvanih inning while Phil .\Iur- ph_\' nvcrthrcw third base to allow gnniher riin.

There were several brilliant de- fpngivp plays. Ralph Pinraii cut down Willie Dunn’! l|’0|If|I'I"l' I"? | fine play In the first lnninfl.

Dunn made It lovely one hand running catch of Gus Flynn in

inn- and

aid made I nice catch off Eddy Lund In the third while Malcolm Mgcfndyon made It great. runnlait t e fifth. Murphy lilmulf came up with the moat Ipectacular play of th- gavne In the eighth when he made a one-handed shoe-airing catch off Duck Manhood‘: linking liner Into centreflold. Boa

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lie. 1.:-tflalr. c ..._. l 0 1 1 I II D. .\lncl.ean, p - 4 ii 0 l 6 I M. Ticvino, c . 3 ti 1 5 l it Total: .-. SR 1 6 2'.‘ )3 R Siunmnry Earned runs. Jiiniors 2: RBI.

.\‘IacI..end: stolen bases, Pincau, t‘ Kennedy: left on hiises, Jiiniors 5, Il’lIF‘l'lllt"(II£lI1‘.< ll; -ztrikeniits. .\lm-- Lenn T. I-Iandrahan 2. Mnciiougall «I. Stanley 1: wallts, .\I;icl.r-an I. liandrahan T, Mar'Driiii:IilI I, Start- I".\' 1: passed bulls. Dcvine 2. Kennedy 2. hit by pitch. K. Wac- Donnld hy Mticlman; Fl_\nn bi Handrah.-in.

I’mplre, G. Mnihcsnn; Len Doyle, C. Ryan,

Soflbmlandings

has:-.<,

Following tire the standings in the City Softball Ifnngiie at the end of the first section: -

P W‘ I. T Pt: DélIl'_\‘ .. 8 7 1 0 I4 Wheelcrs 8 5 it i» in C‘. P8l'I<“l'! 8 5 .'I It in B. Y. C. ... 8 4 3 l 9 Imginn . 8 4 4 n it 1.. Y. C. 8 3 4 I 7 CH3’ 8 3 4 l 7 Lions . . . 8 2 6 O 4 Keefe D. .. 8 1 6 I If

Harness Racing

lA‘lNDSfifi. NS Seiiaini-, driven by Russ Mclvnr nf Mount Uniackc. landed fwn dashes on a night harness racing card here Saturday. The times were slow but the.-9 \va_s more than one close finish Keith Senator and Catherine Voio were close in the second dash but Keith Senator edged ahead at the lead and Soldii-c Budlong came in to finish second.

Howie Biicllung was 3 winner in

1('I"| Keith

the third race and Direct Ax- “'W'1h.\' \\'as first in the opening event Other winners are Kerwin H.-inrvvcr, Bobby D.. Signal Bill. and Wee Michael. KF.NTVlI.LPI, N. S. (C133

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Sincere symapthy is extended to Gus Gastaveson on the sudden death of his mother yesterday morning in Ontario. Gus and Mrs. Giistaveson left immediately for their home and will not be re- turning here this summer as Gus will remain in Ontario with IIIS father. a Thc second <i>('Il0I't of the (‘ii_i Softball l.r-acne gcts Iin(I(‘l'\\H_\ this etching and until the meet- ing on Thiirsda_\‘ night at least the games will commence at 6.4.’: Dailight Saving Time. The change in time has been l‘lP(‘t“SSII- med due to the fact that a num- her of players, particularly on the Sunshine Island Dairy team. are rcinaining on standard time and will not be through work until six o'clock in the evening. . 0 a

at the standards the end of the first section See: the Dairy hack in their usual position at the top of the league.

A glance at-

They have in good margin, four noints. over ‘the second place \\'hI-elers and Canada Packers. \\‘iih the exception of the Dait',\ and the lac. bottom teams, the first section finds the other six

teams bunched together with only three points separating them. This is about as close Ill teams can get in any league and is In- dicative of the competition that has been prevalent thrniighout the first aeciirin.

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Now that the Dairy have e.II!ib- lishnd themselves at the team to I1l‘FlI the competition in the sec- ond section may he even kecner. Finch club will be out in fake a fall out of the Dairy and thereby better their own position In the standings. The last three teams in the league miss fhe playoffs and b_\' the wav It Ionks now its zning in he a battle dnwn in the viirn fnr n:-;irl_v all teams in make certain they rira not among the llIlIllI'I()' last three. a o e

That pitching performance bi Roger MacI.eod last Thursday eve- ning in the junior game swells the Junior Ahbies pllchinz stuff in a "Big Five". Roger MacLend is a vniingcr brother of the .IUl1- ior's Don “Diir-k" .\IIacI.eod and he had Duck pi'ctLv well under his control all evening someiliin: .1-w uiiiei pitchers iiata been able to di'Ci)lllpIl§n. ‘In: young iellovi viiilkeu his big brothel the l|l’SL time up, niatie hint ii,» nut to the iiutficid and then enti- ctt matters by slrikiiig out IJUCA \\llI'l a runner at third base.

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But that was onI_\ pail of Mat- I.('t)(Ii5 \§(lI'k. A18 hIIl)\§£'(I OIII) Uni‘ nit in six innings and that count serve as a subject for some argu- ment. tlliif Ready obtained III\‘ nit. He belted one high anti mud into ct-ntreiield. \'ein Haml- iulian in left field ran hard It)! the ball, managed to get IlI.\ glove on it but couldn't hold onto II. Ready went all the way to third on the clout. A: we saw it the hall was hit too for anti hard for Hantlrahnn to field clean- ly and to our mind It had to go as a hit.

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Mitch mention has been about the Juniors pitching some should be made about thr- cntching. They claim its the catchers who make most plIf‘Il!I‘s

made and

by Anthur Cleveland of Kentville, won two dashes on a harness rac~ tug card here Saturday.

Ike Ripley drove the Halifax imtter Lustyls Queen in 2:18 to land the opening dash. He also drove Honor‘: High Jinx to VlC~ tory In the second event.

Honor‘: High .linx also won thi- sixth and Avalnn Gal was another double winner, taking the third and seventh events.

Gallant Bobby won the fourth.

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SUSSEX, N.B. (CP)-Prince Ed- ward Island overcame an early

Nova Scntia lead and held 0!! a .- strong win the annual inter-Maritime rifle

New Brunswick finish to

shoot by six points Saturday. The eight Islanders. including the sole woman competitor. com- piled 792 points out of a possible 840. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were tied with ‘I86 each in one of the closest of the 55 matches fired in the competition to date.

It was the 16th Island win in the series. Nova Scotia has had 25 and New Brunswick I4.

Nova Scotia led at 200 yards with 270. followed by P.E.I. with

268 and New Brunswick with 260. The Islanders scored 267 at 500 yards while their opponents each had 263. N w Brunswick repeated the 263 at 6 yards. P.E.I. scored 257 and Nova Scotla 253.

J. D. O'Connell of Fredericton and Lieut. Allison Mutch of the Island shared individual honors. each with lO3_ of I possible 105. Lieut. Mary MacLennan scored a 97 for the winners.

Following are the individual scores of the Prince Edward Is- land team members:

200 500 600 Tfl

Lt. A. K Mulch 35 35 33 I03 Sgt. G. G. M.'icLen- nan . 35 34 33 102

The opening stock car race of the 1954 season at the Charlotte- town Drlving Park was held here on Saturday night with a fair sized crovid of fan; in attendance. The drivers provided the fans with a top notch driving exhibi- tion complete with a variety of spills although the upset; at the meet were probably fewer titan were witnessed at most meet: I year ago.

for example Don Newcombe and Roy Campanella. The juniors in addition to their regular receiver

Forbes Kennedy hove two other promising looking prospects in hnn LeClair and Richard St. John. Neither boy I! _\'et in Ken- nedy‘: class but they are young and given time and experience \A'lII developed Into first rate re- ceivers. O 0 0 Once again Prince Edward Is-

land marksmen have shown they

are the but in the Mnrilimes. The Provincitll Rifle Association team which represented Prince

I-‘.dward Island In the Inter-Mari- time shoot at Sussex. .\'.R., on Sattirdajv named for themselves and the Province it lot of r‘r°fIil. They defeated the Nova Scolia and New Briinsivick teams to bring back the Maritime champ- ionship. To the team captain, Sgt. I\. .\‘I. .Irihn.slnn, coach. Ski. G. A. (Toles and team members we ev- ir-nd congratulations. . . .

A \\'. H. F.IIward the Clirirlntietnwn Thiirsdiiv night. known in Cape

prominent Svrinev ip0l’I<nlRn died suddcnl_\' at

Hotel last He was well Breton curling. hockey and golfing circles. Mr. Fldward nnce coached the North S_vdnc)' \'ictorias and W5!‘ mil"- ager of the S_vrIne_\' .\IillinnairI-s for one Rfmxnn. Prior to his con- nections with North -S.\'dn9." ’"""I S.vdne,v hockey teams he had coached the Reserve entry In the Cape Breton senior hockey len- giic and one of his prire pupils rit that time tins Tic \’i'illiams. In

tho sumninr he devoted much time to golf and four times he won the Liiigan Golf and (‘Iith

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Stock Car Racing Dpenetl Here On Saturday Night

I Met1‘iII Clark of Charlottetown won the feature race as he beat out a field of 14 starters to “III the top honors. Clarence Wool- rldge of Covehead won the semi- final race.

The opening race with eight starters was won by Frankie Acorn of Chariottetoiin. The sec- ond rai-e was won by Allen Mar.‘- Raa of Charlottetown while Don- nie Brehaut of Charlottetown won the first semi-final.

‘mg the meet. Reg Cart‘ of Char- lottetown turned his car and over end in the second race and fortu- nately escaped uninjured.

The next race will be at the Charlottetown Driving Park on Thursday night.

On Sal.iirday night the drivers will rare at Summersirie.

Following are the results:

FIRST RACE lat. Frankie Acorn. Ch'town 2nd, Fred Clarke, Mt. Stewart 3rd, Eric Johnstone, S‘sirie 4th, Donnie Brehaiit-, Ch'town 5th. Clarence Wnndridize, Cnvchcad SECOND RAVE

lst. Alien Macftne, Ch'toi\-n 2nd, Leltoy Creamer, Cli'tmvn 3rd. Brent Newsnme. Brackiey 4th, Reg Cart‘. Ch'tnvi'n 5th, Daniel Chmven, Ch‘toun

FIRST iiEl\vII-FINAL lst. Donnie Brchaui, Ch'lnwn 2nd, EIIC Johnslone. 5'Sl(‘Ie

3rd. Pi-ed Clarke. Mt. Stmiart Alli, Brent. Newsnnir. Brackley

Prince Edward Island Rifle Team Wins Inter-Mar. Shoot

Lt. G. .1. Rogers .. I4 84 II 101 Capt. A. J. Mac-

Cabe .. . . . . . .. 33 34 82 99 Lt. ,R. E. Jenkins 3! 32 I2 98 Lt. Mary MacLen-

nan . . . . . . . . . .. 32 33 91 Lt. P. '1‘. Hooper .. 33 33 31 07

Sgt. Eric Cole: .. 32 38

The Prince Edward Island team captain was Sgt. A. M. Johnston of the R. C. M. P. and the team coach was Sgt. G. A. Colu.

iBraves Defeat - ‘Bulldogs 9-8

The Charlottetown Brave: de- feated the Iona Bulldogs by the score of 9-8 in a ten inning game yesterday afternoon at Iona. Billy wright pitched five hit ball for the Braves and John Hurry hurled for the Bulldogs.

The Brave: trailed 8-! going in- to the eighth inning when they scored five runs to even the score. George Scantlebury scored in the last of the tenth inning with the winning run.

Peter MacNeiil of the Bulldog: .played outstanding defensive ball. Art 0'Shea made the outstanding Jielding play of the game making ;a difficult catch of a line drive ‘down the first base line.

There was one serious upset dur- ] senafors Pay I

For Bonus Player

BALTIMORE IAPI —— Washing- ton Senators of the American. League paid a reported $50,000 for Harmon Kiliebrew, 1'1-year-old lant- ting sensation of Idaho aemI~pro hast-ball. He is the first bonuii player ever signed by Washington and the Senators had In outbid 12 other major league team: for the six-font, 195-pound infielder.

SECOND SEMI-FINAL lsf., Clarence Wnndridge, Coveheld 2nd. Arthur Howard. Cornwall 3rd, Don Barlow. Brndiilbane tth, Daniel Chowen. Chtown FEATURE EVENT lst. Merrill Clrak, Ch‘town 2nd, Frank Acorn. Ch'town Zird. Clarence Woolrldge, Covehead tth. Art Howard. Cornwall 5th. Fred Clark Mt. Stewart 0

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National Park Softball league

Douglas Bros. and Jones defeat- ed the National Park 5-0 while Bedford downed Covehead 15-12 In the opening game: of the Dalvay National Park Softball League yea- terday afternoon.

Plus Curley pitched for Douglas Bros. and Jones and held the National Park scoreless. Frank "I"ireba1I' Bradley was the winning pitcher for Bedfonl.

Baseball Practice

The following Junior baseball playeu are requested to report to Memorial Field at six o'clock this evening for batting and outfield Practice and pitching instructions. Roger Macbeod. Ronnie Stanley, Donald MacDonald. John Square-

Monilay. Jane 21, 1954

First Race T

Frankie Acorn of Charlottetown and his winning car. He took the first event Saturday night at the stock car races. Mr. Keith Bryenton of Union Road is holding the

—-Photo by R. Taylor.

Softball Games

The first game: of the llacond section of the City Softball Luguo will be played this evening. Du. :4, the fact that a number of player. are working on Standard Time, the gamca this evening will com. mence at 0:46 Daylight saving Time.

Parkdale Lions at Sunshine Dllrv fParkdale Diamond) B.Y.C. at 1;, Y.C. (Knight's Diamond) Coma, Packers at. Bike Shop (Old Dia- mond).