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Junior League In Summerside

By NORMAN MacDONALD

year’s Summerside juniors had three or four boys who should | imake the grade. Perhaps Don- nie “MacWilliams, Gerald - Cut- ‘cliffe, Bill Noonan and Armand Taylor might be persuaded to, join such a team, and there are | some boys in West Prince, for | example, Ivan Baglole, who!

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AstroBatter Leads League;,

~ Robinson Tops AL Hitters —

and Cleveland's

The news-that Saint John and. Moncton definitely willing to join an N.B. — Pe£.1 Junior tockey league, and that Freder- ieton, Charlottetown, and Sum- merside are interested is even at this time of year a bit excit- img. The last three would not commit themselves and doubt-

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| By BEN OLAN Francisco’s Willie Mays has the games,

less ‘the financial hazards would [ae also help the team. NEW YORK (AP)—Houston’s | most RBIs, 21 have to be carefully eonelderse Ts a is wtganisabioa art baseball team launched a_ new] The. pitching leaders are Juan Mabowell a =a winner the NEL would ‘be willing “to such--a—league with Summerside | double play combination this | $Marichal_of San Francisco, whol" :the American. Both are un help. in it would do to the present | _ |Season with the addition of | § has won six. National League | beaten. flourishing Prince County Lea- | _ |Speedy Sonny “Jackson and it | jhas helped rocket the Astros

Summerside might be able to | gue is a question. It would cer: | ice’a fairly strong team if they |tainly redute- it-to-a—second- ne joined sucha loop. Whether | le¥traction at Civic Stadium, ! _ Paul MacWilliams would ~t she~ the chances are pretty dim that

..available..is..a-.question as*Paul |two leagues could attract crowds | has been invited to the Montreal. in. such quantity as would keep | Canadien Junior summer. camp, the league functioning. and might qualifyfor-a berth up

“there. Bill Dickie might be on In the ball we play down here’ hand, and Alan Gaudet. Last |jn this neck of the hinterlands, |

Cee —_. if a-batter hits the ball in front

= Armbro Flight: "_ \ef the-plate_and throws his-bat|

‘into third place in the Nationa League. :

Joe Morgan, the Astros’ sec- | ond .baseman, has “taken over |) the league batting lead with a} 370 average. He also leads in |

a_rookie “shortstop, {

- hits with 34;

_.,.Jaekson, |

‘is 10th in batting with .312 and j leads in stolen bases with 11, three “more than Maury Wills. of ~tLos Angeles, the perennial

Champ Cassius Clay. Sheds Humility Role.

By GEOFFREY MILLER LONDON ..(-AP ) Heavy- he brought with

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TONY TAKES TO AIR

-—-in—such—a—way-_as to impede — i WX . ce pacesetter. - ampio1 : need to harden hi

— “| ‘Mutty Alou of the ‘Pitts- Phillies left fielder. Action took went astray and pitcher Bob weight —champlion—-Cassius—Clay’/ he ec. tan: oae to _nerden Als

Is Defeated EE ee ate ha pater Ba burgh _Pirates— slides. safely — place in the fourth inning at Buhl backed up the throw to aaathee: who is on a nine- ; donned his cloak of . humility hands before the Cooper bout. : “out ; ; ing streak, collected 11 | ‘when he landed here Monday{ “‘When I fought~George Chu-

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Philadelphia: when Roberto Clements of Pirates hit the batt ‘to Gonzalez. Clements -advanc- ed to second base when the throw_from Gonzalez to Taylor

into third base as” third base ™ man Tony Taylor of ‘the Phil- lies takes to theair in a vain attempt to pull down a_ high throw. from — Tony— Gonzalez,

prevent a_run on the play. “hits in, 25. tries- for. A_.440- pace Unipire Chrics Pelékoudus last week. ‘Morgan had pace | Maha the aclinn nas in a times at bat -and-has}* it safely in his last. eight

(AP Wirephoto). eames. Houston has won seven |

alter a delayed flight from New |valo_in Toronto I forgot the-. “YORK” Tor his May” 21~titte~fight theavy~—bag;"—-he+-said,-“I-shurt_-

c-with—Britain’s~Henry—Cooper.___|my. hands on Chuvalo’s’ chin. oer has a chance,” * «the | This time there must be no mis- champ said quietly, ‘Any man jtakes.” +

: |tween Los Angeles ‘and Cincin- Trying For 13th “nati on Saturday, —a~batter—hit : J the-ball to the pitcher and _ his

HOMEWOOD. Ill. (CP) =°Bid: 'bat, slipping out of his hands, | “ding for~her~-t3th straight vic- jaiso went hurtling in the~direc-~

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___¥RANK ROBIN SON

five last week: Brooks Hae insoa

tory and her 46th in 56 lifetime |tion of the moundsman who in “ starts, Canada's-champion: trot~ his-haste to get-out of-the-way “ting mare .Armbro “Flight met/of the flying hickory failed to _ defeat In a $15,000 invitational-‘field the ball. and the batter race at-Washington-Park-Satur---reached~first-s-a-f-e-1-y;He—was

Edmonton Oil Kings Coach

day night.

Winner was OK Farms’ All} Aflame, driven by. George Sholty in 2:03. Armbro Flight finished second.

‘“‘We had no excuse at all,”

said driver Joe~-O'Brien;--48,-ajsible. after |

native of Alberton, P.E.I., the stunning reversal.

3 “There was.a mix-up on races planned for her,’ O’Brien sald, *‘and she didn’t get the normal

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training for this race which was)

called together late in the week:

‘credited with a hit. Commenta- jtors said they had never seen such a play before, but. no one reriticised the decision ‘i allow ithe ‘batter to. stay on first-base. ‘To us, it dont doesn't sound sen-

=—y Sorry to. hear that® our good Kinasewichs, may use his. three

Estevan stars on one: line in| |friend and fellow columnist, | ‘Wednesday night's fourth Me- John MeNéill, is forced to spend | la few days in hospital. Hope he ‘morial Cup playoff game in an

effort to’ put Edmonton Oil! ee tare sine) of Stan; ‘ee Kings back on even terms. with '

ueoeee - Oshawa Generals.

By JOE DUPUIS

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Oshawa -leads~ the best-of- , iseven Canadian junior hockey | final 2-1 on the basis of 7-1 and |

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_| ppener.7-2..- “They. re. (Oshawa) “eocky,| ¥ | right now,’’ growled Kinasewich , las he put the Oil Kings through | (an. hour-long morning workout! ; Monday at-Maple Leaf Gardens

¥ |where the entire —— is being

}6-2: victories. in ‘the. second and Nhird. ¢ame..Sunday. for indiffer-.. third games. Edmonton won. the a play. :

Plans To Utilize Pickups

chewan Junior League, the club. Don McLeod, the Oil Kings’

“TORONTO —(CP)—Coach-Ray..Oil. Kings defeated in the West- {first- “string goalie chastised by |ODly five hits in 18 trips, They contributed to /Kinasewich-for~ ‘choking-up'~ } .Pagliaroni_ of, the first-thtee games; was ex. |Vanced to third on a five- -point

ern final. |four of Edmonton's goals in the | ‘opening game. |

Kinasewich already has tried |

j¢luded from Monday's workout but accompanied the team on a Lonsberry at centre on a_line | [pleasure trip to Niagara Falls. with ‘Red Simpson and. Harri-| ‘‘We’re leaving -him by him. son. He has used Hodgson on a self so he can mull things | unit with Simpson and Garnet over, said. Kinasewich. ‘I | Bailey. ie Ai ee gets ar from us jit wi lo him g :

Bailey was benched for the The coach is undecided about,| "Starting “McLeod “in ‘the ne: —'game and may elect to go with | —-Lstandby—dim-<Knox-—who--re-

: |placed McLeod in the second TV Contract

\period of Sunday's game.

The Oil Kings entér the fourth game healthy, although defence- man—Al-Hamilton—continues—to

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jof its last eight“and~ climbed into the No. 3 spot with a 15-10" record.

Ken Boyer of New York Mets, the batting leader with 391 a ;week ago, slipped to .290, He managed only. two hits in 23 at- | bats.

Charlie Smith of St. Louis re- mained in second—place. despite a 23-point drop to .358. He had Jim Pittsburgh ad-|_

pickup to .355. Jim Hart of San Francisco is fourth with «349, followed by Curt Flood of St. Louis at .341. The figures in- clude Sunday’s games.

|\TAKES OVER LEAD | Frank Robinson, of Baltimore, lthe former “National Leaguer from Cincinnati, American League batting lead lwith 406. He had _nine. hits’ in ry aat times at: bat last’ wee Minnesota’s Tony Oliva, the batting champion the last two years, zoomed into_ second place. He lifted his average 68 points to .394 by collecting 12)

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leader, with a total-of. 23. |. British fight fans were puz- | : : display for: the British reporters. pepseue list as - Muhammad | |four hours because of. -fog over parenthesis; jand then flew back when Lon- more (J. Miller 9-0). (N) ‘in England—with customs.”

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has, if he has nerve enough to| step into the ring with me.’ | Hank Aaron of Atlata is the zieq by the unusually modest, | |National League’s home run quiet behavior of Clay who fe- | leader with nine, while San fused to be drawn into any-self- |He even declined to predict th | | Sencrene of the fight. s champ was on the plane | PROBABLE Ali, his Black Muslim name. : . _ | PLANE DELAYED By THE CANADIAN PRESS |, (9% 5 Plane was. delayed for. Probable pitchers for today's major league baseball games, | ent Pas ee anne | including won-loss records inverted to Shannon in Ireland ‘don eleared. American League : fi | After getting on the ground, - Chicago (Peters .1-1) at Baltt- | ithe } lat bie. Snot Gestaon Detroit (McLain 41) at Cleve- | lané (O'Donoghue 20 of Mc-|—He-had~to~pay- extra” foram Dowell 4-0): (N) : nesota (Boswell 0-2). (N) Boston (Stigman 0-1) at a sas City (Terry 0-0). (N) Washington (Richért 1-4) California_ (Newman 1-1). (N) |

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‘MONTREAL — (N) (Boom Boom) Geoffrion said ~Houston—(Giusti_3-1)__at New. Monday he is-resigning as coach of Quebec Aces in the Ameri- at ican hockey League club. Chicago (Hendley 0-1 or. Faul| He said one of the reasons for his action is that Aces owne Cincinnati ¢Maloney. 1-0 and |Gerald - Martineau -“‘didn’t yen Pappas 1-2) at Atlanta (Fischer |whether or not he wanted te re-

1-1 and Lemaster 2-1)- twi-night. |main in business.”

ee played. EDMONTON-{CP)—The-West- Pe “bothered with a bruised |B tt oO ties. National League tl aa! Aiaee ee ae ies ae coal ve few_ sur ~ern—¥ eetbalt—Conference___has., hack. — -Brooks—Robinson, _ the otlier’ | "San Francisco (Bolin 3-2) at - —~Summerside— —f brises_for thers Wednesday. __signed _a__three-year_ contract - j BACK. TO. THE GARRISON half of the Orioles’ one-two | Pittsburgh (Blass 2-0). (N) JUGGLES LINES J with CTV Television “Network | ‘CANVEY ISLAND, England” punch, remained—in—the-No—3|Los Angeles (Koufax 3-1 or | a Een A Sc SE ESIESE chr Es Caen Kinasewich does—a—tot—of dine Ltd... WFC_ president Hugh Me-| (cp) — When on war service, |position although he fell 35 Sutton 3-3) at Philadelphia ~ juggling in a game. One of his | Coll—of Ed «Lieut. ~Horace—Fielder—hated |points to .354 with a seven-for.25 | (Short 3-1 or Bunning 3-1). " lection ‘of officers for 66/ 67 ‘alignments Wednesday may be Monday. |the army fort’ where he was sta- |performanceCalifornia’s Norm | 2 pa am orebgacrr Ross font: acColl said we deal ad na tioned. But now the district.is a |Siebern. had 10 hits in 16 at-| York. Gy GN a +) rry to centre with Jim Harri- conference “just under ~jtourist resort and the old cam is battin St. Louis _ (Jackson Plans for winter games at Quebec son on the left side and Ted 000" and allows the ‘network to has, been derelict~ for yenres tad Pot mato 7 ome AN members ur ged to atten nd. | Hodgson: on right wing. itelecast any WFC game: |Fielder bought it, turned it into |place .340.. 1-0). The trio “were picked up by CTV also has bought Eastern a $30,000 holiday centre, and| George Scott, Boston rookie, was = Edmonton ‘forthe series from | | Conference rights for three hired 20 men from-his old unit |moved into first place in AL == — a ustevan . or} es ze - home runs with 10. He slammed

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Aces’ Geol Plans To Retire

{CP}? Bernte-this -year—four —games-to__twe. *

Clay beat Chiivato on a deci- sion. SPEAKS GENEROUSLY as As if plugging “the “fight,,.Clay |spoke generously of Cooper's Heft -hook-which floored him the last time they met—in London in 1963. Clay won in five rounds, “It-was the hardest punch | have ever taken,” ‘he. said. Reporters tried to goad him te#a’ boast or a_few lines of _ poetry ‘concerning the fight. “The hollering and the poetry

Shortly after arrival, Clay ; was told that he had been in- lvited to meet British Prime |\Minister Harold Wilson during the next few days.

“The PM wants to meet and shake hands with both fighters yand wish them ee | a Lapaner man- said.

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Although the box office did-well in Geoffrion’s first season as coach — 1964-65 —--attendance was down this past season, with crowds of 3,000 a So place. i aro has been mentioned a possible successor to Toe Blake if Blake decides to step

Geoffrion, a former star with

down as coach of. the Canadiens, :

Montreal Canadiens, said“ in an

interview:

“Before I left Quebec City a 7 days ago, I was told that

a— iself I should eonsider it seri- ously.” There have been recurring re- p that the Aces: club is for sale. The management is said tobe disappointed about fan oo for the team in Quebec Geoffrion also said he is ‘dis- appointed about his team’s showing in the -AHL playoffs. Martineau has been. informed of the decision_to resign, Geoffrion added. He said the Aces had finished jwell ahead of the remaining teams in their division of the

Rochester Americans in the first round of the playoffs: The same team also suffered a first-round jelimination last year.

DISCUSSED SITUATION:

Geoffrion -said—he -decided—to

resign as coach after discussing the situation with Aces maria- ger, Frank: - Carlin, © Saturday inight. © He ‘would meet David Mol- son, president of the Montreal Canadiens, “‘to see what plans, if any, the—organization has for | me.’ | The Aces are a farm team of'| the National Hockey League elub. He “eald- he Is “Satisfied, with | the treatment he received in | Quebec. But he could not wait) until later this year to resign | “because it might be too late by | then.”’

Geoffrion reiterated from act- | ive play with the Canadiens in 1964. He had tied. the national hockey league’s record of 50 goals in one season—a mark beaten by Bobby Hull with his | 53-goal perfortnarte in 1965-66

Geoffrion went straight to the

Aces, from the: Canadiens, ° suc- ceeding Floyd Curry in’ the coaching: role. ¥

The Aces lost their playoff

Awards TONIGHT

Royal Cana

attendance, Papérweight,

Wee, Lions; Bantam, Ho et, Canadians, C.M.H.A.- ovincial and Maritime.

key League coaches,

league, but nevertheless lost to|’

leoach. President

C.M.H. ASSOCIATION

Annual Minor Hockey

CLOVER CLUB

Members of the following are asked to be in

month holiday, following which he is expected. to advise the

Montreal management ef his

plans.

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MILT SCHMIDT

Boston Bruins Call Conference

BOSTON (AP) Boston . Bruins of the National Hockey |League have called a news con- iferénce today apparently to’ jannounce a new coach for the |1966-67 season. é

A club spokesman declined comment Monday on a—report jcoach Milt Schmidt will move into the front office. The spokes- man denied, however, a -report that former defenceman Tom. Johnson would get the job:

Schmidt has spent 32 yeara with the Bruins as a player, . ‘assistant general .manager anc Weston W Adams reportedly wants to train Schmidt to fake over as general

“manager when Hap Somes re-

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