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of Fame has sl- ways been discussed at swatlenat-h

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p various sports writers in close cgntrict with the National and Alfi- q-mn Leagues and the followinfl 3y Gruntlsnd Rice. well-known :olumnlst should prove of 11ml“ here. _ _ .

Here's whet Rice has to sly in I recent article appelrin! in “l9 r-ismiltoii 5P¢<=fl"f_>l1_ ' it is amazing. in a Way. the e- rnount of general public intgrfist Iuture nominations for beach: i! Hall of Fame have brough. l “lid- Apparently there are tWO 50-0! 9 schools or divisions involved in fill! ride-open argument. One dlvlellm rtqmthc old-timers who ro- membfl‘ stars of 30 or 40 We" |go. The other division includes U105! of younger years who lmW little about such veterans es Fred Clarke. Frank Chance, Clark Grif- rirh. Jimmy Collins, Rube Weddell or even Roger Bresnahan. These are only names to many of was; who came into baseball after 1 or even i080. . .,

Th4 old-timers, now O0 years or over. have the feeling that their favourites are being overlooked by younger generations. se old- timers saw Fred Clarke manaEB the Pirates 40 years ago and give s greet out-field cxhlbi on at tho “me time. They saw him as l leader 011d a playing ster- Th?!‘ sow the Bresnahan of 1904 and 1905 catch. run and‘ hit.

mey saw the brilliant Jimmy Collins hitlldlr the Boston team of i903 while showing how third bass should be played up to the hill- They saw the erratic but never- tn-be-forgotten Rube Waddell turn in pitching performances that no one could forget; lhc plwllel’ C011‘ nis Mack will tell you had more natural ability than an one who ever threw a bell-inc l greatest combination 0f spec and curves. They sew Clark Griffith pltcll, manage. and later take his Knee as president of the Wash-

gton Senator's. '

Maybs they no over-rooting for Iieir favourites. It may be that time has added its usual sxtrs. lustre. Time has that happy habit- Too many of the stars t at were are still above the stars that are. no matter what the‘ Illne-

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but. in many the old- Hmars have more than s. more ma. m1 their side. rer the men they mention laid the strong 10“!!- (lllilull for modern baseball. They paved the way. In behalf of the old-timers it might be stated that the committee has its grip on the t. including Bid Mercer. who been close to baseball for some 4i) years and who knows his stuff better than most. - -

But baseball's "Hall of Fame shouldn't belong exclusively, al- though nearly so. to those who ruled the playing field slonc. 'I‘lie names of Ring Lardner, baseball! greatest gift to the writing side. nnd Bill Klcrn. baseball's greatest umpire, should‘ not ‘be overlooked.

These two go out if only olaylnl or managing stars are to be con- sidered. The time isn't so far sway when Mcl Oit. Bill Dickey and Joe luccrn-tiiy must find their frames plastered in this museum

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Co-Leaders Of League

Fall ' Victims

gation School here 1-4.

danger of having their lead

O‘Bhes in the nets for lie win- ners turned in a spectlouler per- formance throughout’- the some.

throug with s half down sensst onai saves u Air Force

Layers broke right in on top-of

im. Walter started between the pipes for the losers, being replaced b Szinner in the second period alter the Navy team had shot, six go% behind hirmmld x

s game was llll or over m; minutes in the second period when Cameron and Kane, the two officials in charge of the game dis-

mgleigg up with Kane, who was right in hi.s interpretation o1 the play in question. leaving the ice, and being replaced by Wind-Ill Cudmcrc.

In the first few seconds of play Laberge was within inches of l goal as he broke through the Navy defence only to shoot wide of the mark, but before the session was two minutes old Navy had struck for two BOIII WWW lllll B1310 I90‘ onds apart.

Ge McAdam, who turned in a stellar performance ell evening on the Navy defence. picked up Buck Whitlock's passout from behind the net s. minute and forty-six seconds after the start to sllmtl-ic wafer into the twines. and nine seconds later Tarky Whitlock, af- ter stickhandlingls weyflimgli

Results 0f Curling Competition AtS’sidc

Results of lest. nillitts plly in competition st the Bummerside Curl Rink:

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Allen, e; rprey, '4.

A rink representing

merside Curling Club. Chief Jus- tice Thane A. Campbell. skip. Cor- ney, male, Foley. second stone. Mc- Rae. first stone ie t on Monday to participate in the nspeil st Que-

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Four Matches Played For Scntner Trophy

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Four matches in Sentner Tro hy grey were played at the Curlln!

lub last night with competition being very K0911 lll “ch °“°' 01°“ est match of the evenins W" 5'1"!‘ ed between L. B. MacMllian and

set. apart for the‘ sultans of swat.

l doubt that many from our 1364100000 citizens know the (he emotional uplift, the relief from sordid and morbid dolly cares. that baseball has brought to this nation in the last 40 years. These ballplayers. lust, ordinary human hein s. nothing‘ more. have given mi ions upon millions the "escape" they needed from rather humdrum lives.

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the game itself.

above everything else. that has

taken care of th human need.

The game above the player. i s u u

The British have their cricket. their soccer, their rugby and their racing. plus tennis and golf. We have our baseball. foot-ball, racing,l count, golf, tennis, basketball and‘ howling.

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And theirs are so many old-tim- ers who have contributed so much to the UJYIIIS and happiness of so runny millions that the job of sort- lllg the few from the many is an almost, impossible job. But the ilIfl-IIXTIOTS. forgotten more and more, fade rather swiftly. These are the ones who should be given lllli’ break that miglrt turn their (my. They don't belong to obliv- ion. but oblivion can come with a rush.

a o n Sc/nre of Lester Patrick's rivek. along with a few of the writers WIIO have been indulging in a little vcrbul bouting with him, are cer- llllll to pounce gleefully 0n a story smug (he rounds about the Rang- ers‘ liockey head. - -

According to the yarn. Patrick had watched a group of his rookies working out one day and spotted on: lad wno seemed definitely in need of some coaching.

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l Patrick is said lo have refrained from nuy remarks at the time aruli patiently waited until the evcniris. When he cornered the young play- " ill llie hotel lobby. He then pro- cecdcrl in point out a fcw of the illflycrs faults and offer a w Winters designed‘ to‘ correct thcm. The boy listened for some time 5nd their remarked innocently: Pardon mo. Mr. Patrick. but did W" W" Plfly hockey yourself?" ‘HARROW. England - (c?) -A 2189c of Yorkshire pudding killed W31’! Your en. '11. It became w%in h throat and caused

J. J". Morris. Wllh ll“? “m” Wm‘ Big?‘ out by“: 7-8 score. u : nfwrierlehem i0: A- G- d. Hon. '11s. csmebeu is: RR- Bell

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Four Wright Trophy Games Arc Scheduled

Providing weiilTer-conditions are suitable-eight matches in the third

Putnam

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

To ‘Much

Improved Navy Team

i _ In an action-filled encounter all the way Navy hockey team last night chalked up their initial win in the City Hockey League by defeating the team from No. 2 Air Navi-

Led by Tarky and Buck Wlrltlock and Cliff Jackson the "Pars" took control of whistle and after snapping in two quick goals in the open- ing minutes of the first, session were never in veryfinuclr

the play from the opening

threatened.

Air Force, co-Ieaders of the league with the Air Force team from SIIIIIIIIGIBIGQ trailed their opponents 6-2 enter- ing the third period but their final period offensive netted them but two goals with Navy accounting for one.

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only to have Walker kick his drive out. saw Buck WlJt-Iock pick up the rebound to give the winners a 2-0 lead.

Set back on their heels momen- tarily by i... sudden scoring burst of the Tars. Air Force fought right. back and in less than a minute after the Navy's second counter, had shot their opening goal. l-lors- burgh got control of use rubber in his own sons and assed out to Pete Kelly. Pete s ted to the Navy line before relaying the disc to Ashley, with the latter fighting his way through a maze of players before beltln 0'Bhca with a low drive from teen feet. out.

Both teams were sborthended in the next five minutes as first Mc- Adam of the Navy and then Ash- ley of the Air Force were sent to the timers with two minute sen-

tences. but the goelia came through with several greet saves to keep

the marksman of! thescor- sheets.

lvy accounted for their third goal of the session in the last min- ute of play with Jacobi serving a penalty, McAdam getting his sec- ond counter of the game e; he was on the rccoivin end of a play with the two itlock boys. Tarky swrting the play just over the Air Ilbrce biueline as the winners sent five forwards in with the manpow- er advantage.

Air Puree threatened ' ‘y in i110 fe but the sco- riod O'Shea out- Illflled Bflbby as the latter skated right In on top of him.

Navy added three more goals to their total throughout a fast sec- ond period while sgain limiting their opponents to a single tally; On A mssing play inside the Force e a minute end l8 sec- onds after the period had got un- derway Buck Whitlock beat Waik- er with s. low. backhand drive from twenty feet out. with Tsrky and Jackson both drawing exists. Keeping up a continual offensive, U10 Nlyyk second line broke into the scoring u Junop. taking s pass 30m Melly well inside the losers’ defence zone, rapped the rubber into the cords to give the winners I. 5-1 ZL-vde

Two minutes later Pete Kelly snared a loose puck inside the Navy defence to make it 5-2, but 28 later Jackson, pep er- POt of the Navy team offset Ke iy's counter when he slammed the disc into the twines on a three-way Passing play inside the Air Force

e with Buck and Tarky whit-

iin lock.

There wss no further scoring in the lest ten minutes of the session with. skinner. who had replaced Walker in the Air Force nets, and 0'Bhea of theNavy coming through with spectacular saves as attackers broke righi», in on top of them.

The losers started en offensive right from the opening whistle of the third period but the best they could do was to outscore their op- ponents 2-1. They struck for their first goal a minute and 47 seconds after the session had got underway with Laberge going in on Kelly's Pm to best 0’Bhee from close gus-rters. Seconds after the score

etc Kelly was right in again only to have OiShea block the drivc from point-blank rsnge.,Alr Force' continued harnmeriri away re- lentlessly but it was t e Navy that accounted for the next counter with Buck ‘flhltlock. on a s tec- ular rink length dash, split ng the Air Force defence to go right in and beat skinner oh an ankle-high shot that he flied right from the

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SAT. 7.45

Bantam League Came Tonight

MONTAGUE AND-

The Rangers and the Canadians in the Charlottetown Bantam Hoc- key League are scheduled to play tonight at; the Upper Queen Street rink. The game will start at 5.30.

Both Rangers and Canadians have won the single game they played. each defeating the third team in the league, the Maple Leafs.

Lineu for tonight:

Cam: lens: Goal. M. Flynn: de- fence. Burke. McNeely, Lund, Dunn: forwards. Fields. Hennes- sey, l". Shepherd, J. Nicholson. J. Burke. W. Gillis.

Rangers: Goal. R. McKenzie; defence. B. Gaudet. B. Purcell. Wakelirr; forwards. L. Hennesscy. T. Doiron. Guidon. R. Hennessey. R. McCai-die.

Codoy Begins Third Boxing Tour 0f_ ll. S.

SANTIAGO, Chile. Jan. 2a - (AP) - Arturo Godoy, the stron man of the Andes. is off on his third boxing invasion of the Unit- ed States.

The Chilean, who twice has met heavyweight champion Joe Louis in title bouts. left for the United States by pinne today. He lost a li-round decision to Louis Feb. 9. 1940 but was knocked out in the eighth round of their sec- ond scrap June 20. also in 1940.

"My punch has gained a lot of power." Godoy said just before hoarding. the plane.

"I may have lost some of my speed," added thie 82-year-old ioo-pounder, "but now my two- handed punch gives me great con- fidence and I believe f can knock out the best the United States has to offer-including Louis."

At the conclusion of the pres- ent trip, Godoy hopes to bring several American fighlters to Chile for a series of -bouts for “what will probably be my last fights.“ A commission in the Chilean army as a physldoi edu- cation instructor also awaits

Godoy.

Godoy believes that he lost his second bout to Louis because he altered his low. crouching style.

WORKMEN IGNORE BOMBS

BIRKBNHEAD. England-Hund- reds of incendlarles and 42 higl explosive bombs fel in Cemmell Le.ird‘s shipyards here in the win- ter of 1040-41 but work went on Just the same in berths which have turned our, such ships as the Ark Royal. Prince of Wales and sub- marine Spearfish.

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cog‘ of the goal crease. ere was only 55 ‘ left to plsi when Air Force came

through with their fourth counter of the game. Pete Kelly carrying the disc from his own defence zone. rounding the Navy defence to go right in and give O'El1ea little cirrznce on his shot from five feet ou .

round of play for the wright Trophy will be played‘ st the burl- lng Club this evening.

First four matches will get un- derway at 7 o'clock with four more rinks taking to the ice at 8.30.

Fkillowing are the matches to be played.

7 P.M.:_.

R, Q, spiiiett vs. Frank Carter (ice l.) f.) n. Black vs. R. n. Quisley (lee

A. W. H ndmen vs. F. R. Mo- laine (ice J

W. w. Lord vs. T. W. L. Prowse (ice 4-)

8.30 P.M.:-- ' u W.‘ R. Adams vs. Col. C. B. Full .) °$v. R. Cruikshank vs. EB. Cobb

Dr. Pierce vs. J. S. Moore (ice 3.) R.S.P. Jar-dine vs. Dr. McIntyre.

Remember When

The British Boxing Board of Control llftcd tho color bai- 13 years ego today. clearing the most anomalous position that ever ex- isted in the British ring history. Larry Gains, Toronto colored heavyweight. won the British Em- pire title from Dan Mocorkindsie. January 28. the same year.

WATIORD, ENGLAND -— (OP) —Watford's new mayor. Alderman Herbert Beall. B6, collapsed and died three minutes after taking the chair for the first time at. s coun- cil meeting

Lineups: Navy: Goal, 0’Shes: defense, McAdam. W. S. MacLeod. A.

C. Macleod; forwards, '1‘. Whitiock, B. Whitlock, Jackson. Roach. Jun- OD. Lecky. McCioskey. Thompson, Richard.

Air Force: Goal, Walker. Skin- ner; defence. Irrlco. Jacobi, Frid- flnnsen. Wlngeu. Swant; forwards, Mullins. Dew. Laberge. Ashley, i-forsburgh. P. Kelly. V. Kelly.

Referees: Cameron. Kane. Cud- more.

SUMMARY 'm Period i—Navy. McAdam (B. Whi

tlock) ............. 1.47 2--Navy. B. Whltlock (T. Whitlock) 1.55 3—Air Three. Ashlcy (P. Kelly. i-forsburgh) 2.46 4- -Nev_v. McA am

_ T. Whitlock 13.50 Penalties: McAdam, Ashley, Jo- cobi. ,

Ind Period 5--Nir\‘.l'» B. Whltlork

(T. Whit-lock. Jackson) . .. 1.18 B-Navy. Junop (Lecky) 3.14 '1_)(i.- Force. P. Kelly 5.10

.J k Fydvhvultlecsitlnr. Whitlock) 5.41 Penalties: Jacobi. (minor and mun.“ n. whitlcck (major).

3rd Period 0—Alr Force. Laberil K r . . . . . . . .

( s . lit-Navy. B. Whitiock . ..... "__A|; pbrce, P. Kelly 14.05

Penalties: Wins!"-

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RBTGI, Jan. 33 — (AP) -Big Sl Seibert scored twice in 36 sec- onds late m the third period w give Detroit Rod Wings their 13th con- secutlvc National Hockey League victory over Boston Bruins lrv a 5- 4 margin r tonight beiore e 12,000 crowd M. the Boston Garden. Both tallies were made while the home forces played shorthanded.

The . who have not de- festcdflieWlngssinceDec. , - 43. Wings owo early coun- ters ut started the finale with a 3-2 lead after scoring three tunes in almost that manv minutes dur- ing the second session.

As soon as the third period got umcr dwoay. Salbert led a charge:

teaming oo that was batted into the Boston cage by rookie Tony Bukovitch af- ter it smashed against goalie Paul Bibeaulvs pads. During the 14th minute. Bill Cowlev set up a close- up goal for Bill "Thorns and again the Bruins appeared in the sun-

shine.

Just as they were gathering them- selves in nurse their slim margin. rookie Armand Gaudreauit drew a penalty for holding Murray Ann- strong and big Si wheeled into act- ion. He blazed through Bibeauit from 30 feet after taking a pass- out from Syd Howe and t en rifled

(By The Canadian Press) ‘

'QU'BBEC. Jan. 23-'i‘wclve rinks from the Maritime Provinces re- mslned in the running for the Chateau Trophy at the Internat- ional bonspiel here today includin Judge Limericlds Fredericton rin which made the third round on e. default.

Others who entered the third round were: E. W. Fraser's Halifax team: Skip McClouds Halifax Mayflower rink; Dr. H. McIntyre of Charlottetown; R. D. vandine of Fredericton: D. P. Connolly of Bathurst; J. H. Kent of Si. And- rew's; H. W. Kinsman. I. B. Mur- ray and P. E. Roy of Newcastle; H. Rich ofMoncton and J. E. Mc- Kennsh of Pictou, N.S.

In the British Consols Trophy. l2 Quebec City teams. a Montreal team end three provincial clubs qualified for the third round.

Baseball Heads Worry Concerning Public Reaction .

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -—(AP)‘ —-Basoball. suffering one heed- ache after another. is worried over i what the public reaction will be if teams take the field this airing.

Government officials are elhg urged to clarify the status of players who may he available un-' der wartime regulations.

The situation shapes

way:

The war mobilization director, James Bymes, has said that the pros can work or fight if they can compete in the hardest games .. selective service and the army are cracking down on them in physi- cal reviews.

Some of the game's leaders fear that sil this may cause the pub- lic to turn a cold shoulder to the teams, not only by staying away‘, from the games but by saying: un-

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kind things about the piayci"s._

A highly-placed representative of the game said today that base- ball doesn't want any player whose qualifications for service have no: been closely checked.

What baseball wants is for tire general public to understand that any player" who puts on a league uniform for" the i945 season does so because the army and navy hadn't a place for him.

S’side Crystals Increase Lead In 3o. Shore League

Tire Summersidc Crystals in- creased their lead in the South Hockey League Monday night by trounclng the Middleton Bombers 7-4 before a bumper house in Bedequc Rink.

The game brlstled with action from bell to bell and kept the fans in a constant uproar. The Sum- merside first line of Schurrnan, C. Gallant and Davis played bang-rin hockey and carried the scoring punch that sewed up the game. Middleton fought the winners on even terms for most of the en- counter butghad difficulty getting men in scoring position and when they did get throueh Schurman was almost unbeatable in the Sum- rnerside nets.

Three stars: Chick Gallant. D. Gallant and Sohey.

SUMMARY

Fires Period I-Middleton. DesRoclres (Sobry) l-Summerslde. C. ellant 3—Summersl . C. Gallant