Junior Abbie: Edge C. -And B. Juniors 5-4 To Even Playoff Series

Iv. MsoNeiil's Junior Abbles. a replica of Leo Durocher's type of ball team led by the brilliant Donnie MacLean, defeated the Curran and Briggs Juniors 5-4 in an eleven inning thriller at sum- merslde yesterday afternoon to even the best of three Island Ica- gue Baseball finals at one game a piece.

The fighting, hustling crew of Ahbiea who were never behind in yesterdayis game came through with the winning run after two men were out in the top of the eleventh. "Cuker" Pineau scored the winner by crossing the plate on Cliff R.eady's infield single.

The game was a bitterly played, spirited contest between two ag- gressive ball teams, neither of which liked the taste of defeat and 'ielther of which gave or asked any quarter in a battle between two of the Province's top pitching artists.

Donnie "I-"unnell" MacLean. strong-armed righthander not the Abbies had one of his greatest days as he set down the powerful Summorside Juniors on six hits, two of them scratch singles. MacLean was charged with four runs but none of them were earn- rd and had the no-hit author been given perfect support not a run- ner would have crossed the Ab-

bies plate. Benny Carson, who survived I shaky second inning in which

four runs were scored against him, came back to hurl eight successive scoreless frames before the Ab- oies finally obtained the winning run. Carson set the Abbies down without a run from the second to eleventh innings.

The Curran and Briggs Juniors made the score 4-2 in the fourth and they came up with two more in the sixth to knot the score at I-4. From then onto the end it was a spine-tingling duel with the work of MacLean and Car- son standing out like bfacon

lng single into left field to Start off a big second inning rally. When it had ended four Abbles had crossed the plate.

Charlie Kiennedy, who follow- ed Pineau reached first on an er- ror and Brian Lewis walked to load the sacks. Cliff Ready then came through with his first single to send Pineau home with ruii number one.

Donnie MacLean went down swinging for out number two but his battery-mate Forbes Kennedy cracked a single into left field to send home two more runners. When Maurice Cannon erred on Kenny MacDonald's hard hit grounded, Ready came home with the last run of the inning.

The score stayed at 4-0 until the last of the fourth when Johnny Whelan became the first Sum- merside runner to reach base and he got on with a walk. Coke Grady flied out to short but Paul Schur- inan drove a hard single into left field that went through for a three base error enabling both Whalen and himself to score.

Johnny Whelan started the Summerside rally again in the sixth inning with a double into centrefield. Coke Grady followed with a single and both runners came home when the Abbies in- field threw wild in an attempt to cut down Whelan at t e plate.

That was it until t eleventh. ”Duck" MacLeod came close to breaking the tie in the eighth when he attempted to come home after Joe. Dalton had caught Coyle's fly in shallow centre. Mac- Leod was tagged out by the catcher as Dalton with a rifle for an arm made a perfect peg to the plate.

MacLean struck out eight men and issued two walks in posting the win. Carson fanned eleven and gave up only one walk.

Dalton's throw to the plate and Pineau's play on Cannons hot grounder in the sixth inning were the best fielding plays.

The third and final game will

When young hail players re-

port to Leo Durochor's training camp in the spring they come with one ambition. in mind other- wise they don't hang around very long. "They come to play ball.” Durocher was quoted as saying last spring in an interview with reporters. ”'l'iiey either hustle all the way or they don't stay with me." Those same words could be applied to Ev. ll.lacNeill's Junior Abbies. They went into the Is- land League to play ball and they have played themselves to with- in one game of the island Lea- gue title. e u 0

There were two teams out on that Summerside diamond yester- day afternoon who went there for the purpose of playing ball. They gave their best and that best was enough to make even the most critical admit il' was one of the finest hall ganies they had seen in Island play. There were some Summerside backers who felt that Carson's no-hitter over the Air Force last week was

light-S. Only three men YEBCIIPKI be played in Summerside Friday the best game they hail seen and 1111111 131159 111 3119 111514 111'? 1111111185. evening. there were some City supporters one of them belniz "Cuker" Pin- BOX scour. who thought that MarLean's no- eau the man who scored the wln- Abliiea AB R H PO A E hitter over M.C.A. early in June 111118 l'l11l- 0110 01 1110 0'-11611. F. Kennedy, a 6 0 2 8 2 0 was tops. But for sheer excite- "Duck" MacLeod was cut off by MacDonald. lf 5 0 0 1 0 1 mam, dr.1ma.anrl all-round fine Joe Dalton! throw to the plate iviacLeod. ss, 4 0 1 3 4 1 play it would be difficult. in our 1" 1119 51111111 1”111"11c T119 911191" C0y1B. If .. .. 5 0 0 2 0 0 opinion to best yestt-rda,v's show- player. Nell Walker. was left Pineau, ab . ...14 2 i 3 i 0 mg, - stranded in the last of the c, Kennedy, 21, 4 1 1 1 2 9 . e e . -V511111- Lewis. G1 4 1 0 3 9 9 The game was hailed as a great "C1119" P111"”- .1”119 W” 0111' RGBFLV. lb 5 l 218 0 0 pitching duel between MacLean 111111111-113 31" 111' 11'-111 11111 1' 1119 MBCLC-ill. P 5 0 1 0 5 1 and Carson and it was all of that 1115” ”1”1"11 ”11 11” H191111 T011115 -43 11 113315 3 but it also supplied its goodly 11919111111 111111113 by ""1115 1'” 11151 0- Ind 11- A3 R 11 1'0 A 11 share of heavy batting. True the 1”” R11” 1191113 mmk 1111 1'1" 0- 51'1"-IY. 311 - 1 0 11 1 1 0 pitchers did not surrender many 101195511 by " 1111'ch' HR 1'" ""1' VV1101811. 213 - 1 3 1 1 5 11 hits but they were backed up hy ""11 m ”w'"1 by Chum Km" 13- 91111113 5' --- 5 1 1 2 3 1 some fine ldefensive play on the nedvyfnd moved 1'6 1'h1rd on 31”" 5C1'1111'11'1311- 9 5 1 211 1 11 part of their team-males which 11'1"” 111119” mm Wl111e1- 11 - 5 11 1 3 0 11 turned some would-be hits into Cliff Ready hit a Carson pitch 5, Dniwn, cg 4 o o 4 1 o muting mm gpwn tlge kthfrd hbuo-1315:; Cnnd Purcell; rf 4 o o o o 0 ” . . . neau to a or ems. s ur- cnnnonl 11, 3 0 on 0 1 . x -mm . . a o 1 o a o.35.1:.:::”i..2”:2l:li..l';lt...2;:i: bueman Gum and, made me T111111” ” 37 1 6 33 13 2 pitching ability (and we doubt that play at first and it. was close but summnny

there were) he provided the ans-

base judgd Phillips called the run- ner safe allowing Pineau to cross the platter with the Abbles fifth run.

Curran and Brigge threatened fa get back in the game in the last of the inning. With one away Neil Walker hit a sharp single down the third base-line. He stole second and went to third on Joe Dalton's infield out. He stay- ed there as the last Summerside batter Billy Purcell flied out to Charlie Kennedy at second to end

the game.

The first four Abblee in face Ilarson yesterday went down swinging but the fifth man,

"Cake:-" Pineau drove a scream-

Runs Batted In-C. Ready 2: Kennedy 2; earned runs-Abbies 3, C. and B. 0: double-J. Whelaii; sacrifice hits-C. Kennedy, G. Grady, B. Carson; stolen bases- Lewis, Walker; left on bases - Abbles 6. C. and B. 6; walks - Carson l, MacLean 2; wild pitch '-Carson; passed ball-P. Schur- man; hit by pitcher-Purcell. Wal-

ker, Pineau; strikeouts - Carson ll, MacLean 8.

Linescore: Abhlea . 040 000 000 01-5 3 3

C. and B. 000 202 000 00-4 8 2 MacLean and F. Kennedy; Car-

son and P. Schurman. Umpire-H. Landry; base judges

-11. Phillips, I-I. Bernard.

wer yesterday. For eleven innings MacLean handled the Curran and Briggs batters as though he had cast a spell over them. He was charged with givi up six hits, including ii double: The double was actually a single but it took a bad bounce in the outfield. Two of the singles he surrendered were very scratchy and there were some who main mod that one of them was an error on the part of a team- mate. 0 0 0

All the four runs which scored against him were uneariicd. To hurl eleven innings against a team like the Summerside Juniors and

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Ann's Boy and Guy Harvester bothfraced their way to triple heat victories yesterday afternoon at Klnkora as about 1.200 spectators watched an exciting afternoon's racing, '

Ann's Boy won the three heats of the No. l Classified event with little trouble and Guy Harvester repeated the performance in the No. 2 Classified Trot and Pace.

Anyway,,owned by Roy Bevan. Charlottetown and driven by James MicGregor won the last two hosts of the No. 3 Classified Trot and Pace. Clayton Green's Face Cloth won the first heat and plac- ed second in the other two.

No. I, Classified Ann's Boy (Bowness) silk Hal (Wiaener)s.6,.

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Chocolate Dip (Moreside) 3 4 4

Times: 2.13; 2.18 4-5; 2.18; Anns Boy owned by Baker and Sheen, Summerside and driven by Ensor Bowness.

a Guy Harvester (Reeves) .. 1 Judy Budlong (Smith) 2 Lily Marlene (McGregor) 8 Joandale (Cudmore) . 3

4 5 '1

Mary's Delight (Moreside) Just Lucky (Shaw) . Hilda Mac (Sobey) .. Winnle's Last (Shea)

Times: 216; 2.14 3- ; Harvester owned and Fred Reeves, Freetown.

No. 3 Classified Trot and Pace

2.15; Guy driven by

McGregor.

step off the mound without allow- ing an earned run is quite a feat. A glance at the Curran and Briggs batting records show that these boys are pretty husky lumber

started the game by retiring the first ten men in a row before the

The loss was a tough one for Benny Carson. Benny pitched a good game although we have seen him in better form. . Two team-

did not hlp his chances any and this along with the three singles which he surrendered in the same frame gave the Abhles the jump they needed. From the second un- til the end of that game Benny kept the Abbies pretty well in check, allowing only five hits and one run. 0 O 0

Yesterday we wrote that Cliff Ready was something of a question mark on account of his sore hand. It didn't talce Kip long to wipe out that question mark. I-Ie banged out two singes and both times ”Cuk- er" Pineau scored on them from third base. The last time he drove Plneau across the plate with the run that won the game.

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Sunday night "Cuker" Pineau spent most. of the evening walking up and down Kent street mumb- ling about the Abbles 11-3 defeat and vowing to revenge that defeat

that if the Abbles could get two runs ahead in the first two or three innings they would win the game. His theory was a good one and the little chatter-box played a big hand in putting it into effect. He obtained the Abbles first hit off Carson, -scored their first and last runs and played a flawless game afield. O O I

In speaking of yesterday's game it would be impossible not to men- tion the work of The Curranites centrefielder Joe Dalton. Gerard or Joe as he is known in summer- side played a terrific fielding game and his throw to the plate in the eight presen d the Summerlide team's chances for three innings, Dalton threw out "Duck" Macbeod after the latter attempted a score on an outfield fly.

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'!'here was considerable debate over some of the umpii-sis and base Judges calla yesterday just as there were at Sunday's game here. As long as there are officials there will always be debates over their work. There was foam for doubt on several calls regarding base run- ers and it is just possible that a lot of this doubt could be dispens- ed with if the officials would hes- itate for a mon.1en.t on their calls.

Yesterday's win was a gi-eat-vlc- tary for the Junior Abbies coach Ev. Mu.-Neill. Ev. has put more work into building this Junior team than most of us realm. It was not until yesterday that we learned thlt IV. wok the "Graveyard Shift" (1 to B a.m.) at the Post-Office in the summer months so that he could have the necessary time to devote to developing those younger players. The results of his efforts speak for themselves. All we can say is that the City is very fortun- ate in having s man like him.

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The third and final nine of the

A THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

ibinnis Boy And Guy Harvester Triple Heat

Kinkora

AUGUST. 7, 1952

Semi-Finals - Reached In N.. S. Tennis Tourney

DARTMOUTH. Aug. 6- ( CF)-

Four veteran players-Syd Bart-

Kings County league Schedule

9 ll 22 33 46 When Saint John 54 75 8'7

time Major eently, two Cape Breton clubs made bids for their winning

coach, John (Peanuts) O'Flaherty,

, Beavers to

Following is the tentative sched- uie for the remainder of the King's County Baseball League:

August 10-Murray lklver at Peakes; Souris'at Cardigan.

lett, Halifax; Dr. Phil Cole. Hub- liards; Gordon Hughes. Windsor, and Bob Bedard, Sherbrooke, Que, will battle tomorrow in the semi-finals of the men's sing- les for the Nova Scotia senior

tennis title.

They gained the semi-finals

with wins. today in the provincial tennis tournament here.

Bartlett defeated Fred Fenneil.

Montreal. 6-4, 7-5. 6-2, while Cole

111131151 13TM9”11 31 Murray eliminated Frankie Nolan, Hali- R1Ve1'3 51111115 111 P9511” . fax, 1951 provincial junior sing- August 1'1-Peakes at Sourls, la, Champlain 6-1, 7-5. 7-5. a

Cardigan at Morell. Murray River are presently lead-

Hughes upset the dope by scor-

ing a convincing win over second

log the league followed by Peakes, seeded 3111 P911” 115111111X, 5.1. 3.5,

Morell, Cardigan and Souris in

that order.

6-2, 6-3, . three-set: defeat on Reg Clupey, Halifax, 6-0, 6-3, '7-5.

and Bedard tacked ii

The women's singles semi-finals

will also be played tomorrow with

Coaching lob ta

SYDNEY, N. S., Aug. 6-(CP)- Beavers for- feited their franchise in the Mari-

it was learned tonight.

But O'Flaherty, who the league title, in- n formed Sydney Millionaires and

Gordon Hughes, Windsor.

Available For ' I

ida Large, Halifax, playing Mrs. Anne tacey, Halifax, will meet Ruth Bev. Pier: and Syd Bartlett, oth of Halifax, and Frank Nolan,

Halifax, and Fred Fennell, Mont- real, reached the men's doubles with easy wins. Play in the women's doubles was , also brought down to 1”1'1Ck9.V 1-Hague re- final stage with ioiir teams still remaining in the fight.

the semi-finals of

the semi-

Winning matches today were

Mrs. C. H. Mitchell, Sydney, and Mrs. 005011911 defending champions;Anne Stacey

T. W. Thompson, Halifax.

nd Mary Chipman. Halifax;

Annie and Gladys Longard, Hall- fax; and Vida Large, Halifax, and Mrs. Gordon Hughes, Windsor.

Electric. Li.cT Game Tonight

The Maritime Electric and the

P0!1- Liquorian Youth Club will meet

Anyway (McGregor) .. 3 1 1 , . 11911111599 (Andrew) i 2 5 11 Miners were left without. a 13119119111111” 1W15e11"1 1 3 3 mentor when Bud Poile signed as 1111131 1111111111716-51111111) 11 4 4 coach of Edmonton Flyers of the Dan Molllwyn (Neal) . . 5 8 5 western League. Frisco The Great (MacNeill) Beaver, have um” Aug; 31 to

11 3 1' announce to the league executive -111113 C19-KB 011011015011) 7 9111 if they wish to operate next sea- 1'11l311 T1113 (Doyle) -- - 11 7 11 son. Moncton Hawks. whose re- Mlss Judy Dale (Tierney) 1010 7 slgnation followed Saint John's

Times: 2.17: 2.17: 2.18 2-5: Alli” decision, are In' a similar

way owned by Roy Bevan. Char- non, lottetown and driven by Jpmes

Baseball Results

swingers with several of their men 51 1'11"”

000 M0 001 5-1 16 3

well over the .300 mark. Macbean P111'3b"'311

elqemh 1"" E1"? 3; base on bans) LaPalme (10) and Garagiola.

mates errors in . the second inning 13' R1";

on Wednesday. Cuker's theory was son (m;.m his match. He

. Cantwell. 11;: S 3: point at 8-5 but Jsrdine tied the

000 000 200 0-2 3 0 (10 innings) 11

Staley, Yulias (B), Brazle (9) and D. Rice; Friend, Wiiks (9). Second St. Louis 000 102 000-3 10

this evening in their final City League Softball game. The game is an important one for both clubs especially the L.Y.C. who need to win in order to catch a play-off berth. An L.Y.C. win this even- '-ing would force a three-way tie for fifth place in the league stand- ing. The game will be played on the Old Diamond and will get nderway at six o'clock.

Exhibition Softball

Plttsburshl .'."ooo ooo on-2 1 lllame "ere Tmlay

Boyer, Brazle (8), Yuhas (9) and Main, Dickson (9) and McCullough. Garagiola. (9)

Chicago .. 000 013 001 ll 9 fl Cincinnati 200 000 100 3 I0 2

Minner, Lawn (1) and Aiwell; Wehmeier, Nuxhall (G), Podble-

lan (8) and Rossl, Seminick (9). American League

Cleveland 200 002 003 'l I Chicago .-

Wynn, and Mom: (7). Dorlsh (9) and Lol-

from summerslde will Guardian Angels in an exhibition softball game this evening on the Knights of Columbus The game will get underway at 6.- 20.

The R. C. A. F. softball team meet the

Diamond.

1 L..M..L ””.l.2l”.?”ix:..2..f Play continues In

l . ' Bailston at Philadelphia postponed.

rain. New York 4. Washington 0 . 1"'”1"'”11”"'1 Lun” the Charlottetown Courts yester- m1'111"1" " 1101 0111 9 day. In the ladies' singles event, 11101111311 ---- -- 020 100 -11 3 0 Wanda MacMlllan advanced to

Faszholz. Martin (4). Ludwig (51 the finals by defeating Joan Weir

Crimian (7) and Bucha: Mills. 3.1, 5.1. The pruenf, indies- Hughsen (8) and C. Thompson. singles champion, Helen Latter, Syracuse .. .. 000 000 004-4 0 1 also advanced to the finals by Toronto 001 no 100-3 i) 0 winning a bitterly contested match

Woop. sllverman (8). Robinson with Elizabeth Willett. The scores

(9) and Hayworth; Lombardi, shore (9)

Baltimore Ottawa

0-Neal (9) were 6-4, 8-8. The club champ in and Andy. men's singles, Phil Jardine. also had to go all out in order to win

defeated Art Art had his own set

Peterson,w11oasehl (4) and Lake- 3901'” 51111 "-1115 011 10 W111 1115

man: Fricano and Brown.

first set D-'I. clinching the victory with a 6-2-score in the second set.

Following is the schedule for

Men's Singles Andy Anderson vs. Paul Keys

Second .'

Baltimore ooo ooo ooo-o , , Ottnws . . ooo 004 oox-4 s i W111” 1””'111”-

stuffei. Miller (6) and Lakeman:

Bishop and Watlington. I 5

Springfield 000 000 000-0 4 2 '

Buffalo . .. 030 000 101-4 4 0 5

simpsonffhde ('1) and Pramesa; Johnson and Erautt.

30 pm. Ivan Dowling vs. Geri Bradley .30 p.m

I Men's Doubles C H and 1-1. Power vs.

series is scheduled foi-'Frlday even. Paul Kay! Ind D0"! 09011!!-