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BILL LEDWELL

HE PICKED Ir it to anticipate success such

. Bill called the Stanley Cup finals for Cana- games and despite all the poundings of our type- able to prove his forecast wrong.

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Are Not Ordinary Players . : |

MONTREAL (CP)—Portly Toe} Blake gave Leafs credit for -_ in ,

Blake, hockey’s most successful/ their great stand in the final pe-| * ‘ first. coach, worked a cigar ‘between| riod. Leafs, down 5-1 at one time Manager Paul Richads had 4/ his teeth, surveyed the Stanley|in the game, fought back gailan- By W.R. WHEATLEY standout in the final series, led Untitthis year, the Leafs held, Plante and Bower. 9 there wad field day with pinch hitters and/Cyp brimming with champagne| tly and threatened to pull off one} MONTREAL (CP) — Montreal | the powerful Montreal attack with| the reeérd for consecutive wins—|eny doubt sbout it, the balance changes. of position in the first] and said: of their storied comebacks. Canadiens unleashed their|two goals. Rookie Ralph Back-| three straight. They accomplished| swung sharply in Plante’s favor

at Baltimore, He used five} This is a great team. They| Toe also had praise for every | vaunted power for a 5-1 lead over| strom, Tom Johnson and Marcel/& in 1947-48-49 under coach Hap|in Saturday's game.

pinch hitters, including Jack/ gig it without the big boys and|one of his players but you could/ Toronto Maple Leafs in two per-| Bonin scored one each. Day. The lanky Montreal netminder Harshman who started the sec-/ against a team that wouldn't t.|detect a note of pride when he/iods Saturday night but had to) Centre Bob Pulford scored for} Despite the loss of Beliveau and|was at his best in those furious ond game and also tried two sub) They're top notch playoff -|mentioned Bernie Geoffrion, the|battle for their hockey lives in|Toronto in the second period,| Richard, the awesome power play|fast minutes when six Leafs runners. Twelve Orioles went t0/ ers” Wo-pound right winger who was/ pulling out a 5-3 win and wrap-| when Canadiens were rolling) of Canadiéns made itself felt in|whipped shots at him—perhaps oe Se Se ee Blake had just guided his Mont-| @iling with a groin injury pingcup an unprecedented fourth | along on a 3-0 lead, and Mahov-| this final series. They outecored|@alf of them partly screened — a ee real Canadiens to an unpreced-|*e playoffs started and finally) straight Stanley Cup title. lich and Olmstead set off the/| the Leafs 19-12 in the five games,|and jabbed and poked at te victory on this rally. _. ented fourth straight Stanley Cup|#% going against’ the Leafs. He) The sensational third-period up-| Leafs’ explosive outburst in the|and in 20 power - play chances|bounds. The harassed Plante cage By: iy Feonamge: on Kile’|victory. The Habs knocked off| rman ty Fang — ow ae "ian ee chances .

a | Toronto 4 season, a run ive Saturday.|of players to smother the puck. runs without the benefit of a hit] 42 aiga to win the bectol-eeven CUP STATISTICS avey into a jittery finish for the| CONGRATULATE CHAMPS “The Leafs were impotent on| It was unfortunate that Bower, gave Washington second] aries 41. champions and nerve - wracking} When the game ended scores of|the power play, in great part] so often the king-pin of the Leaf game. ‘| “T con't say this. wes the great Final Standings suspense for 14,700 howling fans. |fans poured over the boards to|@erhaps because ofthe brilliant/defence, looked weak on two of

; est of Montreal teams,” the 46- .WLF A! The highly - favored Canadiens | congratulate Canadiens. The Tor-|net-minding of Montreal goalie| the Montreal goals. Both shots

Rot ordinary players, either.” | Toronto © ire Labeda mae der te od; » «| etl aocegll eumelanin, jm fl, Rng gPhone: peor acatcaagn

American League Biake has having trouble mak-| (Montreal wins best-of-seven fi-| W@* 2 Cakewalk. The Leafs’ : erate they had} Backstrom started Montreal off New York 16: Boston 7. ing himself heard over the bed-| nal 4-1) single win was an overtime thril-|_ The prized Stgnley Cup wasjmanpower advantage. They/at 4:18 of the first period on Kan. City 4, Cleveland 18 jam in the Montreal dressing G A Pie. Pea.| le" in Toronto. ~ Rendod over to Méurios Richatd, | (eeted nee in Gree cRasces Sel-| Gestiten’e Gass while the Leste Wash. 1, Baltimore 6. room. There was yelling and|Moore, Montreal 5 12 17 |. ™@ the frantic last minutes of captain, by Butch Bou-jurday. = eunh: duietiaaded.

. 2. whooping as ¢ Saturday's game, Canadiens’| Chatd, former star defenceman of} Canadiens’ pattern of victory 13:42. Detroit 5, Chicago ng ameéera men and| Benin, Montreal 10 5 15 4 : Gullediens. Geoffrion made it 20 at 13:

National League newspaper men flocked in to hélp|Geoffrion, Mtl 5 8 13 10) #hting defensive stand was led Saturday reversed that of their} Less than half a minute after St. Louis 1, San. Fran. & Canadiens celebrate. Television|Ehman, Toronto 6 6 12 8| >¥ their ace defencemen—Doug| There was bediam in Cana-| three previous wins in the findl-|the Leafs had survived a pén- -| Chicago 7, L.A. 8 and flash cae . in emergencies have the owo stai-| ditional rite of drinking cham-| the third period their big one, def

i 4 bulbs popped co Mahovlich, Tor 6 § ll 18 @ 30 lead. The big defenceman Phila 15. Cin. 9 pos H Richard, Md 3 8 M13] Watts worked together. pagne from the cup, and a vic-|outskating and outscoting the|fired from just inside the blue

International League BIG GUYS OUT Litzenberger, Chi 3 6 9 8] JUMP tory celebration later at a down-| flagging Leafs. line, the puck caroming off Leaf >| Montreal 1, Hav. 10 a wae an ee : : TO EARLY, LEAD town hotel. '

Col. 6, Buff. 3 Blake's “big guys” were Mau-|Harris, Toronto” 3 6 9 16| Canadiens jolted’ | os DIFFERENT PLOT defenceman Tim Horton into the T ~ 6, os rice Richard and Jean Beliveau.| Provost, Mtl 62 8 2 the Leafs by Toe Blake, beaming ov<cr The wi met at 16:26. er ‘oronto 3, Miami 5. Beliveau was injured in the semi-| Pulford, Toronto 4 4 8 g| Jumping into a 30 lead in the first} the fourth title in his four years windup was different.

=. ce ved final series against Chicago Black | gj Chicago 3.5 8 0 period and counting two goals to @s Canadiens’ pilot, was happy Canadiens romped into a com-

_ National League Hawks. The Rocket was making! Backstrom. Mtl. 3 4 8 10] “¢,/©aés’ one im the second. that his, team won “without the| mending lead and then found

Phang ie a slow recovery from a late-sea- : _ The’ champions were breezing|two big guys” — Jean Beliveau | temseives in one of their great- Chicago 3, L.A. pi ag call ara babl Pj h along comfortably past the mid-| and Maurice Richard, both out | ©% defensive stands of the whole Phila. 5, Cincin. 12 mbenry Pro @ PIRCMEPS| way mark of the finei period| with injuries. season to keep it from being Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, ppd.,| Second when the Leafs opened up with| Coach Punch Imiach of the|Wiped out. To their credit, they cold weather Montreal 2, Hav. 6 -| NEW YORK (AP) — Probable| everything in a gamble. Leafs, who did wonders in getting| did it like champions.

yAmeriean League : First pitchers for today’s major league} Frank Mahovlich scored at/|his team into the playoffs and| Goel - tending throughout the san ao Tor. 5, Miami 6 games. (won and lost records in| 12:07 and veteran Bert Olmstead| knocking off Boston Bruins in the| Series wes a big factor, with an. City 4, Cleve. Second parentheses ) at 16:19. With’2% minutes of play| semifinal, said Saturday’s loss| Superb performances by both

Detetit 9 Citeage, -9p6., cold | Tar. 5 Blem_9 American League remaining, goalie Johnny Bower| was ahear f-ebteakr : mpg eas Roch 8 New York at Boston — Larsen was taken from the Toronto nets This was the ninth consecutive vie > (10) vs Casale (10) im favor of an extra forward. r Canadiens have been in the T Service Wash. Ce woe ane . Second Richmond 1, Roch. 3} Only _game-echeduled The Leafs swarmed into the final. They have won five of the Day Phone 9722 Wash. 4, Baltimore 2 *... First Netionns Langee last _sencen__ Phone 8048 . $858

International League Columbus 9, Buff. 10 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (N)—j| milling Canadiens couldn't get a| The win was the lith for Cana-

wees ee Cardwell (0-0) vs Friend (02) | clear shot at the inviting, open| diens in the 53 years the Stanley Member BD. 4 A. Montreal 1, Hav. 0 Columbus 15, Buff. 14 +-. San Francisco at Los Angeles (N)| met at the far end. Cup has been the prized trophy MURPHY’S Tama TAT ; — Jones (1-1) vs Drysdale (1-1)} Bernie Geoffrion, shaking off|in professional hockey. No other SERVICE STATION eiab aah daa LA ddl II | Only games scheduled. stomach miseries to become aj|chib has won as often. ‘Mar. Vo eyba ‘ y Id

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"At any rate, it’s been a lot of fun. We readily admit it would ave been much funrier had we emerged on top.

_TOE BLAKE and his Montreal Canadiens have done some-

ing never before accomplished in the history of Stanley Cup

lay. They have won the old mug four times in succession.

It is indeed most fitting that this great aggregation of hockey |

jent should accomplish this feat. Probably the finest collection | hockey players ever assembled, this year’s edition of the fiontreal Canadiens were able to make Stanley Cup history with- ut the help of two of their outstanding stars, Maurice Richard

ad Jean Beliveau.

With these two sidelined with imjuries, the Canadiens were ill able to conquer the opposition and retain the cup that means

upremacy in National Hockey WITH BELIVEAU and the

League circles. Rocket out, the Montrealers were

ble to come through again. thanks to terrific performances by liows Like Boom Boom Geoffrin, Henri Richard and Ralph ackstrom. The trouble the Leafs found with the Canadiens was sat not nearly enovgh of their superstars weer sidelined. If

could have managed to atrange for three or four more to

atch from the sidelines, then » Toronto.

WE THOUGHT Saturday night’s game was a fitting climax | » a great series. Toronto Maple Leafs were able to capture only |

the tSanley Cup might have gone

| Volleyball tourney held in Char- lottetown on Saturday. Fairview Aces were winners and Saint John’s United were runners-up.

A total of eight teams were en tered in the tournament, three from Charlottetown, 2 from Mon- cton and 3 from Halifax. From | Charlottetown were Basilica Youth Club, YMCA Micmacs and YMCA Shaitans. ‘Moncton teams were: Brunswick Auto Electric and University of St. Joseph Monctonians. The other team from Halifax was the Shearwater Flyers.

One local team, the YMCA Shaitans, made the semi-finals in this competition which was held at the YMCA gym and Queen Charlotte High.

The tourney started at 8 o'clock

Saturday morning and ended at 11 o'clock Saturday night. . | A banquet for those competing | in the tourney, was held at the *Y” at one o'clock in the after-| noon and the following the ban- quet the annual meeting of the Maritime Volleyball Ass’n was. held. t Elected as president of the as- sociation for the forthcoming | year was Robert Cripps of Monc-| ton. I was also decided that the 1960 Maritime volleyball tourney | would be held im Moncton. Shearwater Fiyers, eartier, won the Maritime tri-service vioteyball tourney and will be re- presenting the armed services at | the National Tourney to be held on April 25th at Montreal. Fair- | view Aces also intend to enter in the open competition.

Held At

The Provincial badminton finals were held at Civic Auditorium in Summerside on Saturday (and games were played from 8 n the morning till 9:30 p.m. tries were from RCAF Station, Summerside: Summerside High School, Charlottetown YMCA and the Summerside Badminton Club. Approximately 100 games were played.

Champions declared and awar- | ded trephies were as follows:

(Legend) — (AF) RCAF Sta- tion; (SH) Summerside High; (S) Summerside Badminton Club; (C) Charlottetown.

Ladies Singles — Pat

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pe game in five but their showing in every battle surely won | (AF).

w them a lot of new friends.

Those Leafs never gave up. They clearly showed the hockey

ublic across this country that they were suitable finalists for lose powerful Canadiens. Saturday night they trailed by. four ig goals entering those final twenty minutes. Four goals down , any team is a powerful amount but when the team enjoying

iat margin is the Canadiens,

then the other team should have

ense enough to know the whole show is over.

ABUT THE FIGHT and determination that ‘Punch’ Imlach

punded into those eLafs t

past few months refused to. dis-

ppear Saturday aight. They played that third period as if they sally had a chance of getting back in the hockey game and prcing the series to return to Toronto Tuesday night.

Well the serics is all over.

There’s no need of a sixth game

| Toronto. But if ever a team worked hard—terrifically hard— » pull a game out of the fire, it was this Toronto team Saturday ight. They gave it everything they had, scored the only two als of the session and would easily have knotted matters had ‘not been for a really brilliant Jacques Piante.

r ay remaining, ‘Punch’ oth

WITH THE SCORE 5-3 and two minutes and thirteen seconds | Imlach decided to go for all, or . He sent goalie Johnny Bower to the bench and went with

ix attackers. it was undoubtedly the most thrilling part of the ntire Series as the Leafs swarmed all over the Canadiens in

n effort to tie the score.

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‘They weren’t successful but they gave Canadiens and their ous moments. They had several great chances to

ull the greatest comeback in Stanley Cup history but they didn’t

wite make it. Plante was the

mas‘er of every situation and he

sbbed Leafs in those closing two minutes of at least four goals.

THERE WERE 1HOSE who were predicting that Canadiens yould run away with Toronto in Saturday’s \game. Those folks vere smiling as tne Blakemen led 3-0 after one period. They were sally grinning when the two teams started the third session with ye Canucks in front 5-1 But the smiling and grinning had stopped y the time the third period was over and the Stanley Cup cham- ions were holdinz on for dear life.

No, Torento Map'!e Leafs were not able to overcome that four pal defic't. Nobody had ever expec.ed they would be able to do

_ But everybody saw what a post eam A s last Saterday night.

gallant stand they made and the

nt Canadiens’ fan couldn’t deny it. There was never a went down showing more heart than those Leafs showed

IT’S BEEN zreat pastime and we sure are sorry that we an’t sce a few more such contests. However, all good things must ome ‘o an end including the Stanley Cup playcowns.

Canadiens are indeed worthy champ‘ons and we don't think:

ou could have located any oronte Maple Leafs

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Ladies Doubles — Pat Breen and Merle MacGrath (AF)

Mixed Doubles — Marion Mac- Donald and Ken,Judson (C)

Men’s Doubles — Earl Smith and Alan Stewart (S)

Mens Singles — Earl Smith -

Result of Games: Ladies Singles — Pat Pickard

Farlane (S) 11-1, 11-3, Doreen |Reid (S) defeated Iris. Frizzell (C) 12-10, 11-3; Pat Breen (AF)

d ted Ev Meclare (C) li-1; 114; Margo MacGuire ‘C) de- feated Pat Pickard ‘SH) 11-0,

11-8; Nancy Coffin (SH) defeated Doreen Reid (S) 11-1, 11-6: Mar- lion MacDonald (C) defeated Villa Hamilton (S$) 11- 11-4.

semi - Finals — Pat Breen (AF) defeated Margo MacGuire {C) 11-3, 1-5; Marion MacDonald (C) defeated Nancy Coffin (SH) 11-8, 12-10.

Finals — Pat Breen (A) 'féated Marion MacDonald 11-8, 11-4.

Ladies Doubles — Margo Mac- Guire and Iris Frizzell ‘C) de- feated Genevieve MacFarlane and Elaine Morrison ‘S) 18-17, 18-6, Nancy Coffin and Pat Pic- kard (SH) defeated Villa Hamil-

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Semi - Finals — Pat Breen and Merle MacGrath ‘AF} defeated Margo MacGuire and Iris Friz- ze’ (C) 15-2, 15-7; Marion Mac- Donald and Ev MacLure (C) de- |feated Nancy Coffin and Pat Pickard (SH) 15-7, 15-4.

Finals — Pat Breen and Merle MacGrath, (AF) defeated Marion MacDonald and Ev MacLure 18- 43, 15-9.

Mixed Doubles — Patsy Dalton and Earle Smith (S) defeated Iris Frizzell and Glen Jay (C) 15, 15-6. Pat Pickard and Dave Lee (S) defeated Diane Bell and

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Margo MacGuire and Jim King | (C) 18-16, 15-4. Patsy Dalton and/ Eari Smith (S) defeated Pat Pick- ard and David Lee (S) 15-7, 156 Marion MacDonald and Ken Jud-

gon (C) defeated Genevieve Mac- Fariane and Bill Lowther (S) 15-0)

15-4. Semi - Finals — Ev MacLure| and John Evans (C) defeated

Nancy Coffin and Harry Baglole (SH) 15-7, 156. Marion Mac- Donald and Ken Judson ‘C) de- feated Patsy Dalton and Eari Smith (S) 15-8, 15-11.

Finals. — \ Marion MacDonald and Ken Judson (C) defeated Ev MacLure and John Evans (C) 19 14, 15-8.

Mens Doubles — Earl Smith and Alan Stewart (S) defeated Ross MacDonald and Brent Par- tridge (C) 158, 15-3. Carl -Mac- Lure and Jack Hennessey (C) defeated Dave Lee and Charlie Ballem (S) 15-9, 15-6. Dick Cro zier and Dave Campbell (S) Jim King and Glen Jay (C) 15-1, 154 Johnny Evans and Ken Judson (C) defeated Reg L’Abbe and Harry Baglole (SH) 15-7, 15-5. |

Semi - Finals — Earl ‘Smith and Alan Stewart (S) defeated Carl MacLure and Jack Hennes- sey (C) 15-1, 15-4; Johnny Evans and Ken Judson defeated Dick Crozier and Dave Campbell (S) 16-19, 15-4 (third game defaulted | ito Charlottetown).:

Stewart (S) defeated Johnny | Evans and Ken Judson, (C) 15-5, 18-16.

Men’s Singles Ross Mac- Donald ‘C) defeated Carl Mac- Lure ‘(C) 15-4, 15-6; Chartie Bal- lem (S) defeated Ron MacArthur (S) 15-8, 18-15; Dave Lee (S) de feated Elmer Simmons (S) 15-5, 11-15, 153; John Hancock (S) defeated Glen*Jay (C) 15-12, 7-15. 15-10;' Earl Smith (8S) defeated Ross MacDonald (C) 15-3, 15-4: Jack Hetinessey (C) défeated Charlie Ballem (S) 15-7, 15-10: Ken Judson (C) defeated John Hancock (8) 15-7, 15-0; Harry Bagliole ‘S) defeated Brent Part- ridge 15-7, 15-4; Dick Crozier (S) defeated Garth MacFarlane (S) 15-1, 15-3; Johm Evans (C) defeat- ed Dave Campbell (S) 15-4, 15-5; Earl Smith (S) defeated Jack Hennessey (C) Judson (C) defeated Dave Lee (S) 15-0, 15-9; Alan Stewart (S) de- feated Harry Baglole (SH) 15-7, 15-2; John Evans (C) defeated Dick Crozier (S) 8-15, 15-4, 16-8.

Semi - Finals — Earl Smith de- feated Ken Judson (C) 15-9, 15-1, Alan Stewart (S) defeated John Evans (C) 15-3, 15-6.

Final — Earl Smith -defeated Alan Stewart (S) 15-8, #14, 15-2.

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