SPORTS FRONT

By JIM CULLEN

(Jim Tri ‘As Als

By JOE DUPUIS

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Curling Is Underway

Curling got its earliest start in the history of Prince Edward has the first poe ie thrown at the Charlottetown : Surli oe on Saturda

ae fever is ring extremely high on the Island this year and Walter who is draw master for the Charlotte- town club, bier us they. have a terrifie membership this year and ks expects more to come. The increased interest is largely due

to the fact that Charlottetown was scene of the Dominion Mac- Donald Tankard Brier, last year, and local enthusiasts got a

ce to witness the curling game at its best

The Art Burke rink represented Prince Manacd Island in last year’s Dominion competition aoe we felt they turned in a very tg performance. The Burke foursome was in con- tention for top honors righi down to the wire. ‘Stu’ Lavers was the lead roe the Bur ai foursome, Bob Dillon was second stone, and Allan Smith wa r

e big news a yh ‘Island curling scene this year is the breaking up of the Art Burke and Doug Cameron rinks. Allan Smith and Bob Dillon who performed for Burke last year will line up with Doug Cameron for the coming season. Cameron has dropped Joe Saunders and Lock Llewellyn in order to make room for Dillon and Smit

ameron rin s been invited to attend the Tourna-

ent of Champions which will be held in Toronto later this

seer Eight skips, from across the Dominion, are selected each

year to compete in this tournament and ii is quite an honor to be considered one of the top eight skips in Canada.

Burke hasn't made it known, yet. who will replace Dillon and Smith in his foursome, but it has been rumored that Llewellyn and Saunders will line up with Burke along with ‘Stu’ Lavers

The Provincial Brier Ag pe held at the Charlottetown club this season and is e 0 be held around the 8th of Feb- ruary. This will aoe he Dinanie championship and teams from: Summerside, Montague, Alberton and Charlottetown’s Belvedere club will be competing for top honors

The Silver D which is the women’s equivaient of the Pro- vincial Brier will be staged at the Charlottetown cup and is expected to get underway the first week in Februa

The provincial senior competition has been put on. a » national basis this year. This competition is for competitors who are over 55 years of ago. Previous to this season the age was 50 years.

Wen MacDonald is the defending champion in this section, but

Dr. MacDonald will lose one of his top performers due to the

raisi the age minimum. John ‘Snag’ Squarebriggs will not

be able to play for MacDonald, but Jimmy Cameron and Wally

odd will be back for another year. It is shaping up like a great season for curlers on Prince Edward Island

Tid Bits From Here And There

Nancy Knowles ae is a qualified basketball official, licensed under Nova Sco rd of Women’s sports officials i conduct a basketball velinie at Summerside High School for

Il persons in and around the Prince County area this Saturday. Bach school having girls basketball teams on P E.1, should have at least three from their tea mattend. There will be a clinic at Queen Charlotte High School on Saturday Nov. 14 and one at Summerside High School on Saturday, Nov. 21. These clinics are open to all interested persons.

The age limit for bantams, midgets, puveniiee and juniors has been moved from July 31st to May 3ist.

The Chicago Black Hawks had quite a time squeezing out a 2-1 decision over the New York Rangers on W night. ‘i Esposito, a second year man who “didn’t look too impressive

in his rookie year fired the winner for the Hawks. The victory ited the Hawks into a fourth place tie with the Rangers in the National HOehey League, one game out of a three way tie for first p!

Promoters of the Cassius Clay—Sonny Liston fight at the

Boston Garden Nov. 16 are happily predicting a xecrre oe

up r-

r of the World Boxing Association.

ternational, Inc. said neretey that their projections al-

ready show a gross of close to $5 Te but admitted that the $6 million figure vic : etoptimisti

d Hutchison the former manager of the Cincinnati Reds fs seetiahond ig Bradenton, Florida where he is suffering chest cancer. Hospital officials said he had picked up slightly on ee but his condition was still described as serious.

m Trimble, coach of the Monreal Alouettes, is predicting that. Ae has the horses to go ai! the y to the Grey Cup. The Alouettes have a big job ahead of thant if they are to live up

perceive de-

mble Is Optimistic Near Playoff Game

| Garland a John’ Baker ‘promptly put new life into a uch Seen eee | Oe utty-like Alouette offence.

and he he/so than fie figures show, canes of those moves,"

|from the pro U.S. leagues, such |Portland farm tea farm team, 3

Trimble

/|eoach who can't feat.

Most times, Trimble’s step-| by-step reasoning can convert) | the staunchest non-believer. |

Coleman And Shatto =:

we're ready to pas Saad well show it Saturday in Ottawa. Remember we beat the ra ee ite os in ay ,coun-

alien

Gaudet May Go

4 fact Als have 19 new faces, and| | two a in the vital quarter- | | back

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TAKING AIM

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\kids, but they’re tough, hard- of the Calga Stampeders ment — Kenny Wharren, Eric

| ; eS : Tulsa quarterback Jerry Rhome connected on 35 of his of the week two weeks ago noe kids. I was really sur- | were Gomitntes’ in thee East puter, Obl jStermie | Nesterenko, Chico Maki and | Rhome, named the Assoctat 43 passes in the game and after throwing seven touch- | Benen fe “ak how well we stood | and West respectively, as Cana- | aeaie ackev.’ has announced John McKenzie, and I don't | ed Press Back of the week now needs only three toucn- down passes — an NCAA re. lthat ‘game last 2 day in’ dian Player of the ¥ \his retirement from the game | think Nesterenko will be there | for his passing performance down passes and com- cord—against Louisville. Tul- Tritoele or ek Ay In the Lineman of re Year | after a 28-year career. © in two years and some of the

| in the 61-14 romp over Okla pletions to set two NCAA re. sa’s next game is against Wie conducted in } Alou- | voting, it will be Tom Brown, White, born in Cape Tormen others may not be also." | homa State last Saturday cords, He was selected Back Memphis state on Saturday | uc’ emselves a8| Linebacker with the B. pe Gaudet, a native of St. Josepn

he had visualized prior to the| Lions, against Tackle John|'8e- N.B., May 12, 1923, started |B’ who scored’ 72 goals and Y ‘ } : season, ie Pes ught we woud Barrow of the Hamilton Tiger- a rae i with Amherst |1.4°110 assists while finishing y a 1 ‘OK Given On ae Meret: Sh A ay Aa cae Seth fare previous, Cana & junior hoon one season % | one point back of Nova Scotia s id Stables would be a decline when the Brown last yea nee “Barrow | He played four National Hov- Sealer Hole onete. a ioe side other teams caught up with in 196 ey League games with the New | Champion tig mee Boo nd ole ‘q uarterback Vernon Rati of the other four nom- |York Rangers, collecting two Sen ine nt Ray Cullen hyde a ot a the construction of oe i has ever won finalist | assists He played five years in Jack Tar Tanfield. Dea cerneut block: stables atthe Trimble said when the team honors in the Ties? Awards | the American Hockey League See nonce eR Sk ; th started skidding, he went ajead! program, | with New Haven and St. Cons oe Summerside Raceway together with his chopping job, cutting} Voting to narrow down the} and wound up_ his pro. career | CLUB FOR BLIND

OTTAWA (CP) Barry O’Brien of the Ottawa Rough Riders hinted Wednes- day that there's a fat new con- tract waiting for head coach Frank Clair “We may put an end to these fantastic stories sooner than you expect,” he said, referring to reports tiat Clair might be let out by Riders to return to the Toronto Argonau Clair has a five-year contract with the Eastern Football Con-

‘ference club and it runs through 965.

O'Brien said: “While Frank has another year to go, we may sit down immediately after the football season and discuss plans for giving him a new con-

tract. We're happy with Clair Saturday at Souris at 2 p.m. in| served will be moved to this ar |Knowles, wio is licensed under second and third at Civic Audi-| herst) makes it too hard to get

His record speaks for itself.” the first of a two game total | | ea and the present paddock area |the Nova Scotia Board of Wom- torium in Summerside. All clin-| and stay in shape.”

DECLINES DISCUSSION point encounter. will be seeded and generaily | {en's Sports officials, will devote ics will begin at 10 a.m. This is | Last season, In a _part-time Clair himself declined to dis- Eric White of Souris led the cleaned up. Some of it will be three Saturdays, November 14, an excellent chance ioe refer-|role with Hawks, White scored

cuss the matter winners with two touchdowns rking are. 28, and December 5 to the in- ees, coaches, and playe to nine goals and assisted on 15.

“Them playoffs is the only thing worrying me right now,” said.

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Riders meet Montreal Alou- ettes here Saturday at 1 p.m,

— President tackle.

} With a general renovation aud itification program for the Defensive ends will Plant. Health Minister Hubert likely be Billy Joe Booth and) MacNeill, MD, member for 5th Bill Quinter. | Prince, ‘announced Wednesday With George Dixon back in|morning that the project has the Montreal lineup, Clair will i icxon’s |

Works scheme and that he met

outside. running as well as Nat! recently with the town council

Souris Regional High Schon | Road and that the new stabla advanced to Interscholastic Sen- | will be built on the north of the

| Tiger | Football } | playoff that makes even

. | don’t "| stronger this year,”

|HAVE BALANCE

B 22>: Fighting For Award

meets Hamilton

for tie Eastern | Conference title, a the |

The. ee

|rough Ottawans cringe. "T tell you this,” Trimble said

| Wednesday. ‘We're consider-| 4\ ards | Russ Jackson, Ottawa Rough-| Watson ae Wednesday

ably stronger than the team!" Results of the second ballot | rider quarterback, who took) “Oscar stands a — good jjthat lost to Ottawa in last | j in Awards voting, released to-| both Most Outstanding and} chance,” Watson said in a teie- jyear’s playoff (17-5). And I) gay in Montreal, showed Cole- penndian of io Year awards | phone interview. ‘‘All he needs

think Ottawa is any

“IT believe we are consider- |

‘ably stronger because we have

more balance. We do moye

| things. Look, we've got a lot of |

To Chicago

MONCTON (CP) Oscar Gaudet, the 22-year-old rigit winger with Buffalo Bisons of

in did gain recognit- ion in vr first ‘ballot this year.

Shermie White _ Hangs Up Blades | F

;man as the Most Outstanding | Player in the West and Shatto ‘as the Most Outstanding Player | in the East. |

Halfback Tom Grant, of the | Hamilton Tiger-Cats and kick-| | ing specialist Larry Robinson |

is experience. le s Chicago's property, and it’s o them what they do an Gaudet but I like his play- d J like his chances. "Look at it this way Chicago as four rightwingers at the mo-

with Chicoutimi Saganeens of} A Minn., U.S., outdoors club’s

ior “‘B’’ football finals yesterday | raceway property near the Wil- |

by trouncing Kinkora Regiona’ | low Avenue extension. The en- 20-0 to take a total point two | trance to the track for horsemen game series 51-7 will be in this area The w

ood Souris will meet Tignish alee | en stables that are to be pre |basketball season, and

_ used as a pa j and Eugene MacDonald carried Dr. MacNeill said that the la the ball to one touchdown, aad_ bor costs on this project will be kicked a convert and a rouge. | $23,000 and the total expenditure

S. Smith of Kinkora carried | will be in the vicinity of $40,000

the ball for 117 yards, the best | The Summerside Raceway is op-

By Norman

Summerside Bureau of The Guardian

SPORT ECHOES

the 0 Quebec Senior Hockey | plind members learn to identfy League. - trees Bhi feeling the bark and Du ara the 1952-53 season he jleave

missed the QSHL scoring crown, trailing league leader Jean Bel- | liveau of the Quebec Aces by six

After returning to Mar times, he played with Pacchan Ramblers, Campbellton Tigers Glace Bay Miners and Moncton

He had been membe

of Macdonald Hawks since Ramblers folded n

Licensed Official

e are on the threshold of the Vaney

struction of prospective basket- ball officials. The first clinic will

Deighan Takes

EST (2 p.m. AST) in the ae in the game. Souris outclassed | erated by the Prince County Greg Deighan, and not Dave Four sudden - death Kinkora with a net rushing dis- | Horsemen’s Club. He said he | MacLeod as was first report- final. The game will be thicehat

ed, will take over the coach-

to Trimble’s prediction. The Riders and the powerful Hamilto’

Don MacNeill who drove lottetown Driving and suspend fi track, Arthur Kelly made the

numerous winners ark during th ! a year from the Brunswick Downs race

to eo Ottawa Rough

need m Tiger-Cats

at the Char- e past season was fined $100

Se vonrneer Tuesday night. October 22 card in which

tance of 338 to 109 for Kinkora | hopes saalalaige can be star? The game was played under ed immediate cold windy conditions keeping

the ball on the ground for the CURLING DRAW

most part. The following

on the CTV network with Ot- tawa blacked out.

Clair said there’s good spirit in his team and that “I think the boys are ready to come up with one of their top efforts.”

Guard Merv Collins and de-

ng duties of last year’s Com- | bines (we believe they will be called Enman Drug this sea- son). As most of you’ know, Greg is a brother of Charlie Deighan, who made quite a

RABIES INCREASES __

SUDBURY, Ont. (CP) — The the curling

is

“Tt is getting too hard to yet in shape,’’ White said Wednes- Ready To Teach ay night. ‘The hockey is

ough these days, and my be at the Queen Charlotte High | (shit work at the interprovin- School in Charlottetown, and the} cial school for the deaf at Am-

pick up some useful invormatidn | He served only two minutes on the hoop game. | penalties.

left no doors open for a Over As Coach

White comeback when he said ‘‘from to wonder if he cou

| now on I'll be watching." began fill the seven-league boots oe his brother in that pastime, but the younger Deighan came toms collectors began a_ two- along fast in the last two or | disrupting three years and is one of the shipment of freight in and | Summerside’s top stars. In a /out of Italy. Finance police, who | > list of scoring “top tens” you |normally patrol borders and) will find Greg’s name either jeoastlines, took over the han- |

in

CUSTOMS MEN STRIKE ROME (AP)

Italian cus-

PLAIN

Kelly said the penalties arose from an MacNeill was charged with using profane language and refused to appear before the judges for a hearing.

Hanson T. Dowell of Middleton, N.S. secretary of the MAHA Wednesday questioned Quebec interpretation of a i ieee in at constitution of the Canadian Amateur Hoc-

on the qu of nine players suspended

frets er MAHA. om rariier Wednesday president Clyde Mc-

Carthy o! Amateur Hockey Association said the

Weae canstiution gh mo that a league must be register- ed befor ist. or its players are free.

Mr. McCarthy said the Maritime Senior Hockey League has failed to do this so the nine players from the Windsor Maple Leafs hockey club could sign with any club. Mr. Dowell said it was his understanding that the players were free only within their own branch, ‘There is also the matter of branch- to-branch transfer and until players get such a transfer, I can't see how they can play in a branch outside the one they played in last year.

Suspended Leafs Allowed To Play

TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. (CP) ‘is requested by the CAHA con- Clyde McCarthy, president of stitution.’ the Quebec Amateur Hockey The players now have the Association, said Wednesday right to apply to CAHA for their fa nine players suspended release, Mr. McCarthy said. the Maritime Amateur’ ‘Of course, we'll respect the Hockey Association can play in ruling of the CAHA," Mr. Me-

Quebec, Provincial Senior Carthy said, “but as far as I} Hockey Association. can see tie boys are only sus-| The players, Georges Roy, | pended from playing in the Serge Aubry, Jean Levesque, MAHA.’

HALIFAX CP)—Hanson a Rod Gaudreault, Yves Cossette, Dowell of Middleton, N.S., Bob Brooks and LeBlanc, retary-registrar of the Maritime were rae indefinitely by Amateur Hockey cee the MAHA for leaving their Wednesday questioned Quebe team without being officially re-| interpretation of a technicality | ‘le ‘in the’ constitution of the

They all played with Windsor dian Amateur Hockey Keates Maple Leafs of the denier eee. League last sea-| players suspended from the en tie team Swept | MAHA. through the senior fp aey oh play- | offs and advanced to the east-| ern semi - finals of the Allan! 4

Earlier Wednesday, President ie McCarthy of the ateur Hockey Anetclition |

Maritime |tion on the question of nine |”

nebo

fensive halfback Tommy Neck are unlikely to play because of injuries but the rest of the club

jappears in good siape.

Kaye Vaughan and Don Estes will be the offensive guards and Bill Sierkierski will replace John Kennerson af defensive!

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incidence of rabies has creased considerably in area during the first eight 7 P.M months of the year. The health | department says the disease is | approaciing the high point of a han vs. H. Peters, S. Car cycle which occurs about every | Turner, G. Arsenault. seven years. Ice — ¢C. a ee stewart, 8B. Acorn, S. | F. MacMillan, I. “MacLennan, A MacEwen, J. Douglas.

in- | Charlottetown Club. ue . (mixed)

lan, H. Shama, W. Robinson vs, H. tat ane Liz. MacDonald B. ea Acorn.

_ ne Love, M. Jones. K Cantwell S. Shama vs. W. Mac Laine, M. Jardine, Cam Mac Lean, P. Dalziel.

Ice 5 — Dr MacDonald, F Rossitter, K. Ready, K. Duffy vs. B. Dillon, S. ee L Blakeney, C. "Bolge 8.30 p.m.

Ice 1 — A. Burke, H. MacDon ald, W Farrell, vs B. LeClair, M. Farrell, McGill, E. Jenkins.

R.

K. Jenkins, J. MacDonald vs Dr. Giddings, G. Carruthers, Dr Higgins, J. hag phic

Ice 3 — D, O'Rourke, E. Goss § MacKinnon, J Hall vs J. Burden, M. Toole, Fred Corcu-

ran, J. Albert.

Tee 4 — E. MacDonald, iv. Stewart, K. Dalziel, D. LeClair vs. H Douglas, J. Grant, D

Bell, L. Vessey. Ice 5 — D. George, A. Mac Lean, M. White, C. Sentner vy P. O'Rourke, F. Whitlock, Ward, E. MacInnes,

~— Anyone unable to

Arson Suspected In Raceway Fire

LAUREL, Md. 37 horses valued at more than

draw for Thursday night at the |

Ice 1 — R. Jones, M Docken- |

ff, Bee ae eager ee | this year with the town cham.

Mar} | S Finley vs. |

Ice 3 — R. Ketch, S. MacMil | |Drug softball team to a

| drug hockey team also.

OTE curl, please get a substitute,

L. Hennessey |

Ice 2 — D. Cameron, J. Coady, |

name for himself in both jun- jor and senior hockey circles some years ago, and was still | cavorting around rst bas

like a spring colt in baseball

pions. Greg started out in hoc-

key a bit slowly, and fans

Gallant Could Manage Two

Ulric Gallant, who in the managerial role led an Enman i- time Championship this fall, 1s slated to manage the Enman Now if he could carry them to a __ tri- province crown he would join the ranks, in a different capacity of the three Summerside boys | who won a Junior Maritime hoc- key and baseball aa eee Wik in one year Paul Wil- inal Gerry Smith, and "Alin

New Athletic endeavours are | being added to the old tried and true sports played on Prince Edward Island. School-

| girls are taking to field hock-

ey, and boys to soccer, both games long popular in Eng- land, and cross-country run- ning has become popular this autumn, Of course, the trouble

or FILTER TIP CIGARETTES

at the top or very close to dling of passenger traffic. The that hockey scoring pinnacle. Sirti collectors are asking a Dave MacLeod will concen- review of the regulations trate on playing skills and |their welfare fund and should be a very valuable ad- | proved bonuses.

dition to the Enman Dru THE ALL CANADIAN

° PENGUIN IS HERE ON P.E.L.

tor |

with this sport, as in all mar- athon races or swims, y can’t see any more than 10 per cent of the action; the start (sometimes) and the all-important finish. But there is something quite interesting about this cross-country gal- lop. Each team has the same number of runners, they're not sure how many, but say five, ed runner who finishes first res one point, the fellow | directly behind wo etc. So a te runners finishing 1, 2, 3, yet lose the race. they had 1,

A other team might have 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11 for a total of 39, And the best golf score wins. So you can’t afford to have a lame duck in that sport.

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(AP) — About |

(INTEREST ON SAVINGS | INCREASED TO

sate the CAHA constitution stin

ou. $250,000 were destroyed Tuesda LeBlanc signed with Ste. Hy-| wistes that a league must be | t :

night as fire swept through a

acinthe and ear ite acon before Aug. 1 of its | barn at Laurel race course, |Players are free. Mr McCarthy | where the Washington, DiC, | @ Chequin Y eae the. sritine Senic: + gg will be run next “The CAHA constitution states 1 .y League had failed to do Account this so nine players from tne yeh Chandler, rela- |

before At

Aaa. to your players ee’ te.’ MeCarthy said in

with | ate

Windsor with any Mr. Dowell said it was his ua derstanding that the technical

ided that the players

free only within their

Mr, Dowell said the practice in former years has always been, that Canadian amateur

loa others

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a Leafs could sign

public tions director at the track, said Wednesday that a search fs still sean oi for s hich escaped from the | foruine "paPhe. He said it was

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DEMONSTRATIONS HERE

Souris, Thursday, Nov. 5—2 p.m.

Can be seen on Main St., Souris, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 North River Causeway, Friday, Nov. 6—2 p.m. Can be seen at Murphy’s Service Station li a.m. to 1:30

Summerside, Saturday, Nov, 7—2 p.m.

Mining, s, Expeditions,

B feapsrnes, — Works, Farming, Civil De-

impossibl “ Sener re ste EASTERN & CHARTERED Can be seen on Main 94, Semmérside 11 auth, to 1:3 Shown above is scored 20 touchdowns. He is “Chand andler said all of the en- | TRUST COMPANY Coleman, in his fifth year as now fighting it out with Dick tries for the 150,00 Interna. | . P. E. I. DEALER feders: at the Shatto F were 54 Richmond Street, year he had au average rush. standing Footeall ‘Plover "i | iar'tresetcats were investigat- | \ Charlottetown | te ARL A. PROFIT ing yardage of 6.9 and had cause of aM Phone Tignish 16-6 PEL