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..Play This
Game Starts At' 4.30
wet grounds last night forced wsiponement of the opening semi- (lnsl game of the City Baseball Lhague playoffs between Anchors and Legion and leaftug president 53m Doyle last night stated the gauic would be played this after- .li')~l\ at the Park diamond corn-
mcrrinz at 4.30 sharp.
Holding of the game today will Jflffill the two squads will be able w.» “lay a full nine innings and
|hguid prove s real test of stren:“i 00f lhP pair of evenly-matched ciuis And with a half holldau in efirt ur-c of the lamest crou-is or ~~c reason should be on hand to vsvntss the opcninq tilt of whit c a red-hot series. . s and fans alike are av:- 91 m nkP notc of the stirtlng t1me-450 p.m. sharp.
Feller To Pitch
Bob l-‘cilcrs pitching form and his post- cason barnstorminiz plans. the Cicvcland Indians‘ president.
scc fircballcr "will pitch some
The ailing Tribe president was in a philosophical mood ss ho auailcri 4i confcrcncc today with Pc whose recently-announced
Winter League was vetoed by Rlschilii Commissioner A. B. CJiandlcr.
"if Rob had talked ivith me ailoul thc Cuban angle." said
Vccrk. "all the unpleasant. pub-s ii1i'\' would have hccn avoiccil.‘
l‘d iiavc sugzzcstcd that he clear it with the Commissioner before announcing his plans."
The ficr_v Tribe boss, recovertng from a second opcration on his rlchi lee. chanllfll his vocal tone n: he declared: "I'm pretty sure that hoh will pitch some great boll from here in.
"You know, when you've been
ileld At Forum
Afternoon
Wrestling Show To Be
Still certain. that hig time, “Tut-Ila: can draw crowds hm m" 5 Dar with those that witness "l! "grunt and groaners" in action in other Maritime points’ c. F. Archer, manager of the Forum announced last night that a wrestling card featuring Len Cow- boy Hughes and the sensational Herr Von Schacht pitted against Bull Montana and Sal Balbo in a tug match would take place at the Forum in the near future with the exact. date being announced in the matter of a few days.
These tug matches which hive been producing blood and thunder encounters in Halifax sees the; wrestlers at their roughest and‘ toughest best. A card of this type‘ spells "action plus" and once fans] have witnessed it they will rc--.‘l-. ii_v clamor for more of swift. phi-l
f CLEVELAND. Auz. 49- tAPl_| satlng action matches of this type . - Despite recent public (xritlclwi of‘
produce. l
A strong supporting card will also be lined up with final iletailsl appearinz in this paper at the earliest possible moment. l
The last time the wrestlers ap-l peared here the fans went away‘ from the Forum well satisle-ll with the sho\v put on by the mi- l liners in the game and with this‘ “tug" match now coming up the. number attending should be lri-. creased greatly.
Four matc‘ie~ WPle rur. off last night {n the Ts‘anr1 Opon horsc- “(we tcrimam-nt being play-rd at the Brlzhton Porsclhoc Club w.th Jack McCourt defeating F. Friz-
goinq aionq succcssfuiiy for ycvs. and a fcw thiiics start lo on wronz. you don't lct tiicm bothur _\Il'.l much." Bill continued. "But \Vilt"l'l someone brings a punch up from the floor and really jolts vou ~as the Commissioner jolted Fei- iev vou‘re ready to start all cvcr npain
“l have no comment on Bob's outside activities. I don't know urhctber they've hurt him 0r not.
.. But I do know this. The qrmt uviloritv of the people of (Torc- ianri thin’: thci-‘vc hurt him.
"You can walk into any build- inc m town and ask the first 2n manic you moot: ‘What's Wang wiili Feller?‘ Every one of them will sav, ‘he's worried about mak- in: money in October when he sho-iici he conccrnccl about uln- ntu". can-ics right now.
"Nmv. that dlawnosis may ‘e. v-ron-z." Bill admitted. "It may i-e unfair. Hut it's what the people think. And what the people taiak. ii you vvaut. mv opinion. is what has lccn holhcrina Fcllcr.
‘l don‘t care who you are.‘ the Tribe "TPNV concluded "you can't iakathat booing without it s['c:t~ in; you."
REMEMBER WHEN
By The Canadian Press
Jack Dempsey dethroned as vnlrlris hcavywelgiit boxing champ- ion by Gone Tunncy in 1926 and "Kain beaten in 1927, started n comeback 1o years ago tonight. His blllflstorming ended August 15. ism. when King Levinsky of Chicano. iii-clued a ill-round decision ovcir
im.
Coho: lino Cram ls lint and It's right.
vhlslim up so your rum an shun 'c|n cl don "and dun.
II osmotic. Macaw!’ pt Ibo GIANT‘ also lolly.
‘fiyCOLGATI SHAVE (till
' 1s=-so*-4s< w“ . l I
R. Vcsscv 50-4" in a close encfllin- .ier. J. Buote outshcoiiuz R Lar- iler 50-19 in an evin rls-"r match [and Eur. (loss winning from A. ‘ltfartin 50-27.
'I‘-hlr.-l draw marches will be played tonight stalling at 7.30.
Bearcats Take Lead
TRURO‘. N‘. 5.. Aug. l9—fCPl- Truro Bcarcats took the second game of their best of seven series in the Nova Scotia baseball quar- ter finals from Yarmouth Gate ways today by a 5-1 score. The game was a re-play of yesterdays lie affair.
with l2 off Johnny Haefenscker. The Yarmouth team committed five costly errors. '
base on an error, he was scired on Doucette's double.
Truro scored two in the sixth. one in the seventh and two in the eighth.
MAPLE LEAFS SELL PITCHER
TORONTO. Aug. lll-tOPl-Pct- er Campbell. president of the last-place Toronto Maple Leafs of the Interruiional League. M1- rounced today pitcher Bob Katz hm bee“ gyd to Atlanta of’ the American Association. Katz was purchased from Syracuse Chiefs in June and. his departure leans the lucklcss Leafs with seven hur- lers to complete their remaining
19 BHTYTES.
. . Clhih shale your
Four Matches Played? In Horseshoe Tourney 1
l1’. Archer Whflil are now tinder-
zeil 50-.'.'>. E. \lcCou.*t “Tuning from‘
Hilton Boss limited Gateways to’. six hits and his mates kicked in‘
Yarmouth scorcd their-lone tally; in the fourth after Berry got to‘
THE CHARLOTTETOWN
GUARDIAN PAGE SEVEN
Held up last night by wet grounds. Anchors and Legion will go after eacn other this after- noon in the opening game o! the semi-final baseball series and fans should witness one of the hard- cst-fougbt pixie-inning tussles of ‘the season Whcn the two evenly matched clubs get underway.
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The move by league officials headed by president Sam Doyle l!‘ having the came played at no ibis afternoon was certainly a move in the rlnht direction for ‘n addition ‘o a great many fans being able ta attend owing to the ‘loll-holiday the teams will get a “cal test of strength when they will be able to play nine full in- "IRAS. Sllmfillllrlt! that would have been lmposslblc if the game had gotten undcrlvav at 5.30.
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With the next one slated for Sunday afternoon another regu- lation xsme is assured and in ‘these two games at. least the los- ill" <'lli11 \\'\il have no alibis to fall back on regarding the lcngth of the ramps {t is well known that full gamcs cannot be played at this lime of the ycar starting aftcr fivc o'clock and it. is to be hoped that some way mav be l]L‘lCl‘lT\l‘l"K1 ‘JDOll whereby all the playoff games. City and Island, will have a hire-inning limit pro- viso before a winner can be de- clared. .
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Ever since ilic night that. Bunny '"Ace" McCfoskcy was on the wronz 0nd of a draw decision fkalnst llozci" Whynott, Canadian middleweight champion, in a non- title‘ bout. at the Forum local fans and manv cilicrs who wiinc=sed lVIcCloskdVs crcat cfTori. have been anxionsi" ;‘\\'\1ill"i'Z announcement of a return biut. bchvccn ihc pair and one with the titlc at stake.
+ + + Wcli. ‘i’ cffaus of promoter C.
"- WW" :n""c.=sfu!. fans will have thv-ir utsiics lzralificd. Ar- \h"i' stiricd iieflatiations last night wnh the Mahon" Bay fight- er and it. l". now enlirciy up to Whvnntt ‘whwlzcr or not the scrap hccomcs a reality. l- + + +
Tf and “"1011 the scrap does come off it is gtoiirr to takc a lot of the ion: grccii to persuade Wiiynolt to risk his crown aflainst
Old Home Week program.-
For All on Wednesday's card.
the slashing fists of McCioskcv. Ilut. promotc: Archcr is wiiiinz to,
voice that "harcc and last nirzht‘ he d"tinitciy stated ilnt if ar-l
‘Canadians Seeking New Hockey Bio d
ranzcmmzis could nossiblv bacon- rind"! saflsfactorili’ the show would go on win. lose or draw. _+ 4 -|- 4- Whcirthc hcixinv cards were first drawn up for the Forum carly th.s summer it. was the pro-
‘molcris intcittion to try to put
the boxing "time on a sound draw- lnz basis hcrc. In line with his first. announcement the bcst that could be obtained were contact- ccl. and is a rcsuit. fans saw somc szrcnt bouts during the past months. . t 1|- 0 ‘I
A couplo of them it is true. fall- cd to find favor with some of the fans. Tliat wasn't. anv fault of tlic Forum or thc promoter. The boys were all contacted in good faizh and if they failed to live up to their nlzreemcnt then the entire onus was on them and them alone alzhouizh the promot- cr took the rap. Even promoter Mikc Jacobs. and ‘h!- ls consider- cd the lacst in the rzamc. was let down in the Billy Conn-Joe Louis fiasco
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Howcvcr. ue are izlad to say lhc flchis of that nature were in the minorilv and it is the inten- tion to continue ihc cards of flahts until the hockev season sets in. The best in the game will aqain be contacted but first and fort-most -wlll be promoter Archer's cnrlcavor to finalize a mgctinll between Whfhflfll find McCioskcy with the farmer's title at stake and that is a scrap that should make the sides of the. Forum bulge with the number of fans that. will be are-sent-
iialifax Arrows Go One lip 0n Middleton
(By Tho Cnnsdlsn Press)
HALIFAX, Aug. l9 - Halifax Arrows were one up on Middleton Cardinals lonilzht in their best. of seven series in Halifax and Dis- trict Baseball Lcazue semi-finals when they sliui. out Cards 2-0 in the fifth game of the round.
If Arrows win the fifth lame e1 the round at ‘Middleton tomor- row lt vrill push them into the flnals airalnst the survivor of the Liverpool Larrupers-Halifax Ship- yards series.
In today's same Nell Staples. Halifax southpaw. scattered eight Middleton hits over nine innings. Playing coach Jim Dumuh of Cards allowed onlv five bionic"- but one was a circuit clout by
Billy lfsnnon. h“
Local Lady In Running For ~ Doubles Title
HALTFAX. Aug. F-WOTV-Es advanced into the semi- finals o’ the Nova Scotja c-day as Mrs. FV. Wood. bury, Halifax. and Mrs. CH. Mit
snapped (no Home Week‘
Arn Stliinzie" sac
M153. C Robmson N.S.. and partner by default.
chcll ar- proifincial women's doub/
of Faiifax in straight
Plcturd abo is part o the lg crowd tliat jammed the race
track for Wednesday afternoon's horse racing pfugfitm at the recent "aux" one "f the‘
favor tc: in the inevs sinfzle: l dfleai on B. ivLliet o!
cs cii-cinplon. did not pay.
ta.- mixcci doubles.
-. and Nliss Kiv Anlovhl lkinrlor. i\'S.. flftfPfitcfi J, Palmer and iVliss B Deftlola both of Charlottetown 7-5. 6-4.
. Rae Ciaizenbucg of Hal-l
A. Walsh of Hail-. ‘ and 8-2. Harm’ Walker hit safely
f-lat‘ over I‘. Sutcliffc
Gay Law. with driver Angle Alien up, winner of the Junior l-‘re
Harness Racing Suspensions Lifted
-' R"tis iv. al hoard of York Giants The loss was
(AP! - A rli='.i".ci. appc ‘ lC-‘Giants elzhth in a row is-
lhe Uivicd ‘St-its Trrieii:
lifry in i‘.'.(‘l Cf\'C‘S—~
ipfrlfllilflS _ fo‘ five harncs: rat“.-
c. llzli, cirivcr for lllfclilnu sus tcr» o 1n lifted. aiid 5590 m“! d5‘
. _ ~ _\ _a-,,,., . I e One of the surprise ‘winners. Purple Valicy tii driver Andrew, '
snapped previous to his upset victory in the
cxonciatcri and two- ’ ~1
i (By The Canadian Press) l
MONTREAL. Aug. l0-—The first move to inject new blood into Montreal Canadians for the 1947- 48 hockcy season came today with the announcement by general manager Frank Selke of astraight exchange with New York Rangers znvolvinl; five players.
Canadians released to Rangers Herbert. lBnddy) O'Connor, six- ycar ccnire veteran with Mont- real's entry in the National Hoc- key Lcaguc, and Frankie Eddolls. vicfcnccman. who played most of last season with Buffalo of the American Hockey League.
In return Canadlens get Joe Bell, a winger. and defenceman Harold Laycoe. both of whom saw picnty of service with Rvansfli last season, and GeorZQ Robtri‘ son, a Winnipeg YOURS!!!" Wm has vct to break into professional hockey.
Seiko said Robertson is slated for a trvout with Montreal Royals of the Quebec Senior League. He has played with New York Rov- - and Qtrstford. Ont. Juniors.
0lConnoi- saw considerable ser- vlc» 11st year as centre for Can- sdlens‘ famous "Punch Line". — ter Eimcr lacli went. out for the season in February with a fract- ured skull. Earlier Lach was laid up with a broken cheek bone and O'Connor himself suffered u sim- ilar lnltirv.
Even with the recently an- T‘.'l‘lfl"‘<1 transfer of [no Lamour-
adlens arm have n strum defence quartet in Butch Bouchard. Ken- ny Rea-roan. Glen Harmon and Roger Loser. Just where Lavwe Wm m, m or whether any more deals are ca fire was not indi-
eated. Lsvcoe. six feet. one inch. and
Senior Golf Tourney At Digiiy Sept. 1-3
(By The Canadian Prcss) HALirulX. Aus- aniiual tournamcn Senior Golf Assoc-
Maritime Baseball
—‘.\'l‘ii1t‘-vri evenc-i her bcst of‘ lhe M
tbc prawncicl in- Digby_ N. s., were announced to- whrn 1hr" d fcated the day a; $epL
ATcAdari CPR. roam 6-4 tc-iay.
gihle are members in
have ’
reached the. azc of 50. st two dayswith tch the thirdl
m o, 5a,... .,,.,.,_l BING CROSBY-BETTY nurrou
N.B., is dcfcntiing champion.
today on each of the fir hoir best of a friendly team ma quartcr finals day. of the Nova Scolia baseballplf-Y-
defcatcd Wesiv.ll~ Brfi in the first some of t
eux, defcnceman. f0 Bumllil- can‘ .
“urchin; 1'15 pounds. was born in Sutherland, Sssk. He played with New York Rovers. nancer hm "avlnq from there in Janu- cry. 194B, to the parent club. JM Bell played amateur hockey with
-\~~‘ where he was born Nov. n~ -coo
Ranzers took him up in the l'l‘2-l.'l season and h! lllivfid l" 15 games. .i'\.utnS the Rm" 1°‘- ces until i945. In the 1"i-'\-’“ recson. plavdnfl in B" "'"tl'< ""“ New fl-Iaven rnd llerebc" P AnW-w». raw-w ha h-a 1-: -- ~- Pnd 31 assis": '"‘ "‘"“ " Ran...“ m,l‘.k P: w- \»-- u- scored six um‘: and had five c‘ slats in 4'1 games.
the Junior Terriers of Portsst Li]
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HICKEY no NICHOLSONS
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AHome Product —- Popular Everywhere
Dodgers Halted By
Hurling 0i Brazle: Cardinals Win 1 1-3
(By The Canadian Press!
Lefty Al Brazle, a “sleeper" whose tantalizing curve ball was blcakln; 553F011’. teamed with battery mate. Del Rice, to halt. temporarily at ‘least. Brooklyn's pennant march by leading St. Louis Cardinals to an easy 11-3 victory over the Dodgers yester. (ay. . Victory reduced the Dodgers‘ first-place National League lead ti 5‘: games and snapped a Brooklyn mastery over the Cards which ‘nad endured through five comccutive games.
Manazcr Eadie Dyer of St. Louis nad to pick Brazie. who bad not started a game since July ll The slenfier southpaw reward-
ed his pilot hv stopping the Dod\
lzcrs with eight safeties and one run until the RO-dcgree heat and a belated Dwdger rally forced his rctircmcrit in the ninth. The Cards accumulated l1 hits. one less than the Dodgers made off Brazie and Hearn. but took ad- vantage of nine walks. a hit bats- man. a balk and a ivlld pitch to
deadlock the season's series with
Brooklyn at nine-all.
Philadelphia Pbillies turned on
Chicago Cubs and behind splendid liurlinc by Ken l-Ieintzclman and Schoolboy Rowe defeated them in both ends of a doubleheader. 8-1
in both izamcs to run his consec- utive hitting streak to l’! games.
Bob Lilliottls 17th homer with
iBasehall Results
_._.. We" . NATIONAL “‘ I st. Louis . 122 21o 21o 11 ii t i Brooklyn . 100 00o 0oz a if z
! Brazic. Hearn and Rice; Hatten, Bchrman, Docklns, Barney and Edwards, Brogan. l First game‘.- [ (hicago . 001000 000 1 6 1 ‘ Philadelphia 103 030 01x 8 10 l Borovvy and Scbeffing; Helntzei- man and Scheffing. ~ Second game:- (‘hicago 000001010 2 B l Philadelphia 003 000 41x 8 11 0 Lacie, Meers and McCullough; Rowe and Seminlck. Cincinnati . 000 006 020 8 9 I Now York 100 000 000 1 X I Vanclermeer and Lamanno; Kosio, Bcggs. Iott and Cooper. Pittsburgh 030 000 002 5 8 1 Boston 300 000 103 j 12 ll Bonham, Roe. Lyons and Howell; Barrett, Lanfranconl and Masi. >
AMERICAN
' New vol-u 010 ooo n00 1 7 l Detroit . . . 100 001 00x 2 8 1
Reynolds and Houii; Overmirs and Swift.
First game:- Washington 002 000 000 2 9 X Cleveland . 000 212 08x 13 l7 I
two on rod ‘W0 Oi" l" ‘he “mm-i. Masterson. candlnl and Ferrell;
gave Briton Braves a 'i-5 victory
Qvor Pttsburgr Pirates.
Harder, Stephens. Klieman and Hegan.
. . . i Pirair-s rurrcd tic-Md l" ‘Wllfwasiungtou 01o 00o ooo 1 1 o half o‘ the last frame when Billy. Cleveland 00g 095 g9‘ 914 | COX 51mm“! a twmflln “any Wm Scarborough and Evans; Em-
a triple
Edd-lo Mjnfll‘ drove in six runs, Boston
bree and Lopez. 010 050 300 911 1
with a two-run single and a bases-i 5L Lou“ ‘ _ om 3M 1M 5 l2 1 1011095 hcmel’ 1° m“ Cmcmnatll Dobson and Par-tee; Moulder,
Boston Boxer Wins
.. a. lorlllecision At Halifax
4 HALIFAX. Aug. I9—iCPl—-DOC -\‘5°”""-"" (“i Blanchard of Boston won a un-
‘m a" "ifltnry W“ 3% Kinder. Potter and Early. t.
Philadelphia . 000 000 000 0 9 I Chicago .000 202 00X 4 9 1 "fllores. Save. Christopher and Rosar; Haynes and Tvesh.
i 1 INTERNATIONAL
Buffalo . 401 021 014 13 16 l
Pierce. Kerr. Applcton and Rich- ards; Yount: Bycriy; Green, Kristi
I l Rochester 100 010 204 a 10 1 i V and Marshall.
animous ill-round decision over Firs; ¢am|;;_ Dizl; Howard of Halifax. Maritime l flyflqugg nos 40o 2 1o 11 | lizhtwcizlit champion. in one of . galrlmm-e goo n11 1 51o z
two featured bouts 011 11 bOXEP-El Fox and Bosiak: Podrzajnv. Flan- card here tonight. Blancharil lgan; 555g, geuser and Lei-m,
wcigbcd 127 l-Ii; Howard 128.
Hoxvard slipped twice in the fight but came up again bo‘n times. Blanchard went down once
when he tripped.
In another 10-rounder. Georze (Rockabye) Ross i5l 1-4. of New Waterford. N.S.. scored s fourth round technical knockout over Eddie York 14.3 1-2. of Boston. York went down twice in the fourth round. the first. time for the count of eight. The second
time he stayed do\vn.
Second game:- Syracuse 040 007 100 12 15 l Baltimore 000 200 000 2 5 8
Howell and West: Hooks; Fiani- can, Heuser and Robinson. Toronto 000 010 000 1 3 l. ltlontresi 003 000 01x 4 10 0 l Brown. Carter and Butts; Bantu and Campanella. Newark 100 021 101 6 11 Z Jz-‘scv (jitv 100 001 200 4 10 1
Maldovan. Cuccuruilo and Loi- lar: Cain. Piconc. Thompson and i Grasso.
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