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T was. watching, om television, the-game—hetween_Los_ Angeles and Pittsburgh,. and a- chap named Steve Blass was pitch- ing for the ‘pirates. One of the announcers said Blass had been signed by Chick Whalen, a Pitts- burgh Scout. This, of course, is the Chick Whalen who coached - our minor league hall players quite a few summers. ago We always thought there was some- thing different about . Chick's coaching than that of. other onaches in this vieinity. Most of our amateur coaches don't go

‘much further than a “‘pep talk" ‘to players. The - old familiar “up-and-at-‘em, boys’ .-routine

a different

But Chick spoke lingo. -

We went .to Roston. with Chick and-a group -atid-sav¥a game at Fenway Park and one at the old Braves field. We helieve this was the last year for the Boston, Braves, whe moved on to Milwaukee the following year, and are now in Atlanta. We sat beside Chick Whalen and watched the Rea Sox play a team whose name escapes us now. But Chick kept up a running, running fore. of comment on. the bat- ters as they came to the plate, and about the strategy which | the teams:were using on dif- ferent. occasions. It was very interesting. We — deliberately stayed home from . the “last game ta.see our very first game en television: That was quite a thrill too. Anyway we are not surprised = Chick

Now Buc Scout

" By NORMAN MacDONALD,

. players in Summerside and sur-

+ gether soon.and form their own | ~ league. It will give-some

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Whalen landed himself a scout- ing job with the’ Pittsburgh organization,

fhe R.C.A.F. are putting team in the. Prince. County baseball league, but definjtely will not be entering the ‘softball loop this. summer. Not only are they not entering a team, but, according to Bob Banks, softball league president, the chances of Air-.| farce boys playing on other teams .are pretty dim, as a rule has been made that if they play inthe town league, they will not be permitted to play inter-sec- i tion softball. So it's up to the |

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rounding districts to get to- |

boys | t

a chance ‘to break: int# the | game who, if the RCAF boys | were coming in, might-not make © the grade.

_ Island hockey fans are na- .! turally all proud of Forbes; Kennedy, who isthe only Is- land player who played fer any considerable length of time. in the N.H.L. Summer-’- side, however, had a player | in the person of the: late Charlie -Cahill, who did play for “short period with the. Bos-; right, are not at all in accord ton Bruins. Charlie was sup- | with safe decision signaled by posed to have a terrifi¢ shot | ympire Tom Gorman, in runs_in this fourth inning. when he played in Summer-

side, and goalers were wary

of him. When be was in Bos-

ton,: Charlie wrote home: ‘‘Art

awe Beard Shoots 5 Under Par

shoot,”’ Gives you an idea how

eased pastalenicaieed coed

His

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game with Méta at New

tempted= forceout. Fuentes =|. had taken throw from Lanier, who fielded grounder by Cleon Jones of Mets. Play was a key one as Mets later scored three

San Francisco Giant second baseman Tito Fuentes (23) ‘and shortstop Hal Lanier,

York’s Shea Stadium. Gorman had - just decided that Ron Hunt of Mets was safe at se- cond on ‘fielders choice when Fuentes missed base on at-

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much they know up there ‘in ToWinNewOrleansOpen

the “Big time”. NEW ORLEANS (AP)—Frank} Gardner Dickinson finished |to. Beard and shoved him up to

ce stricken with encephali- second with a 68 for.278. Nick- ifonrth place on the PGA win- | Pp ltis here two years ago, fashioned |!aus and Lema, who took a one wae list for the year with $45,- | is a five-under par 67 and won the ‘stroke into rain-delayed fi- 902

~ New pitaag Coach

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jack Riley, president. of the Ameri- can Hockey League, and George (Red) Sullivan, former head coach of New York Rangers, were named general _manager and ‘head coach respectively of Pittsburgh's new National] Hockey League team Monday. Riley named~Gullivan °as the “coach immediately after he was appointed general manager of the Pittsburgh entry, one of six recently granted :NHL fran- chises. They wil] start play in 1967.

Riley, “40; president “of - the AHL for two years, will concen- trate on establishing a farm system and scouting.

HAILS FROM ONTARIO _A_native of Toronto. -Ont.; he_

has been associated with hockey

Pinson’s Inspiring

NEW YORK (AP) — Cincin- ‘Mati Reds are at their peak when Vada Pinson is oh a bat- ting streak.

That usually has been - the case in past years and it's no different this-season because the fieet outfielder has hit safely in eight straight games and the Reds - are playing their best baseball of the campaij win- ning eight of their last 1h

Pinson, who compiled the *ma- jors’ longest hitting streak last year, 27 games, has moved into second place in the National League batting race with a .339 average. During his atest streak, he has collected 14 hits in 32 times at bat for a .438 pace

Royal Bankers Win Opener —

Phe Royal Bankers picked up

where they left off last season, : whipping the Power Kings 13-9 in the first game to be played in ‘the City Commercial League this season.-The Bankers wo the league last season and th continued their show of stxength the first .game; .as “hey hammered .out 11 hits against losing hurler. Gord -Bowtle. Winning -his -first--game—-was Darryl) ‘Diddies’ Doyle who set the Power Kings down on nine hits, two Af which However were homers. Sterling Roberts of thé Bankers gave the team thelr

winning margin as he blasted a | grand slam homer in the fourth |, bankers |

inning which put the

ahead 10-4. The teams traded three runs each in the ‘final in- ning.

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of Volkswagen parts.”

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“RUDISCH'S GARAGE

Alberry Plains

on AHL's

$100,000 Greater New Orleans nal round, tied for third at. 279, Dickinson,

who -had to drop | ‘jopen golf” tournament” “by” “two | jeach after” a” one-under-par “71. Sy latrikes Monday: \CETS A 66 \off the tour after the Masters

| The 27-year-old Kentuckian | Bob Goalby and Miller Barber a beck trouble, sorned: $12, |me ‘dropped. in an eight-foot putt for also shared third, Barber with al

" ae three on the fifth hole blazing 66. ake the-lead from Jack Nick-Beard--made—a-—near-miract> |

ie Se yenrs. and Tony Lema. ‘lous recovery two years ago

manage Ameries years_before bein named range with his putter. andthe brain- disease and- had been | the ‘practices of the president. ie see jdropped back after going over administered the -last--rites--of- nals Club are asked to be at the |

Sullivan, 36, was dismissed ag Par onthe llth and 13th- holes. the Roman Catholic Church. |Spring Park diamond this even- coach of the NHL Rangers last Beard's bride of 6% months| Beard started the final~ 18 ing at 6.00 for their first league |

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He-—was— generat” r of the Rochester lau

Junior Sig-

|Decemiber. He was the young- followed her husband around iholes—which had been rained | — jest__man_ever named an. NHL .the lake-dotted course, letting out Sunday—one stroke behind |

roach and remained withthe ‘cut little: squeals of pleasure Nicklaus’ and Lema.

Nicklaus Rangers as a scout.

iwhen he hit a good shot or birdied the first hole and it

Sullivan, a“resident of Peter. dropped in_a_putt. ——looked--as a eee borough, Ont., played hockey | ‘We jwere married here Yast. 'o burn up ,020-yard Lake- SCORES for nine years. In_ the . 1953.54 (Qet.: 30,’ the blonde,.a one-time wood Ceuntey Club . course, |, THE ASSOC season he was named. the airline stewardess, told report: which plays to a par 96-36-72. |By en tal most -valuable player | ons who: trailed

Beard’s eagle at five put him | |

be rouree) Lout.in-front. | Washington 000 100 000— 1 7 1

was“under heavy pressure Beard pieked up another | Minnesota 001 000 1— 2 80

ie ‘tae of-the way, but kept (stroke on.No. 17 with a birdie | Ortega (2-2), Cox (9) and

/command and finished with a |from 25 feet, oo (ato: Pascual (6-1) and we | The-victory was worth. _ $20,000

alongaide her on | American, League

after .-setting -a league. scoring «+ record with 119- points... t In Rochester, N.Y., the Amer- | ican- Hockey League. announced | that Riley had. resigned his post, effective at the end of the

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Old Veterans Are Active ‘In Prep For Race Season

By FRED MacDONALD * Two.of_the Island's best train- have been

rs ready for-the coming season. Veterans Joe Hennessey and) John ‘‘Buddy” Campbell have |

visitors at the local oval

Starting his 26th year in Mari- time harness racing, Joe Hen- nessey' will have a crowded

} stable of 17 speedsters. Joe began |

his career with his father, the jlate ‘‘Wal’’ Hennessey at the jtender age of 16, and 2% years later is still going strong.

Joe has had many memorable

| moments in the harness racing

game, dating from that bright summer -day in Bridgewater. some 19 years ago when he reigned six winners under the |-wire in. a-single Gard,“to ‘his re- Teord setting mile with Domin- Lion Bird at the Summerside race.

track on Dominion Day, 1962,

nd he continues to shine as one the top reinsmen in the Mari-

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the tap reinsmen in’ the Maritimes is John ‘‘Buddy” Campbell, trainer-driver for the Bill Boyles stable. “‘Buddy’’ be- gan -his career as groom and trainer-for Elwood Shaw — who. |drove the Dr. Bishop string in | Charlottetown 16 years ago. Campbel]!, 31, worked with El- wood as trainer from 1947 until 1958 when he worked as trainer- | driver for. Don Seaman and the | Andy Perry stable.

In 1959 ‘Buddy took over the |

Perry string and campaigned in

_ Stormy Song to a track record of 2.07 at |Charlottetown, and the record still stands. Joe Hennessey and “Buddy” are-two. ‘teinsmen, and both on and the track they are real gentle

tn the sport of harness racing the horse is all important.

greatest driver. in the al —Pwon't win with a horse that isn't in top condition and has little

ans of the AHL for five | But Jack couldn't tind, the after he had been stricken with| Ay players who have been at | speed

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$30 DOWN | ~€ASY FINANCING

League's annual meeting June iis AA 20-22.

Streak ‘Reds.

and. gained “0 points. doe Morgan of Houston, the | Jeader, slumped 10-points to .360 |

in last -week’s games. He had six hits in 19 tries. Jim Hart of San Francisco

climbed--one place to: third de- spite a 13-point drop to .336. Charlie Smith of St. Louis and ‘Matty . Alou of Pittsburgh are |- ‘ted ‘for fourth .at~ .323, d

In the American League, Minnesota's Tony Oliva is back. in his accustomed first place po- sition. Oliva, batting champion the last two seasons, took over the top spot with a .386 mark while: Baltimore's Frank Robin- sen slumped 31. points to .375. and second place. |

non, Edgar Ellis and Sterling ‘Roberts all went 2-4 for the wit ners at the plate while Les Af-’ fleck with 3-4 and Jim Dowling with two homers starred in a losing cause. ' * Next game.in league play goes this evening when not one but two are scheduled. The Junior Sigs will meet the Police—Fire- men-at—‘the— Spring. Park <dia- | mond and Canadian: Tire will meet -the RCMP at QCHS. All games: are slated to. begin at 7-

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