Jvund technical kayo victory over A IIIDKEY WHEN_ IT COMES TO THE DEST IN CHEWING TOlACCO hi‘ IIIDIIDLSDII DLADK TWIST YOU CAN'T IEAT “Big Boy" Win Over t" ..__._ Coming up from the floor after‘ 5 second‘ round sic-count knock-ll 1mm, “Big Boy" Peterson, ex-, Island heavyweight boxing cham- pion last night scored a four Blair Dousan in the feature event fl the boxing card stalled at. the Sporting Club. The end wrne a misiute and 4a seconds after ihe lest of the fourth and after Dou- rs had taken s nine count sar- er in the session. But in the short while the bout hated the good-sized crowd of lam witnessed a rugged, hard- punching battle as throwing caution to the Faded into each other at winds close Quarters with both being shaken lp plenty by bard blows to the Lead and body. But it was Peter- who weathered the storm best punch out his victory, A's-rain: continually for the blldy. gun scored with left and [his as they mixed matters free- in the opening round with Pet- getting in a couple of solid ts and lefte to tile head to- CIOIO. ‘d. v ._ fill III‘ sat h flu second lwimd, gun sent Peterson to the cari- after 40 seconds of fighting Ilthsfimfyofblowstothe body lollovwed by a right to the head Met midway iri the round the tide started to swing toward the win- . liming harder than he ever before in a local ring the winner scored with lofts and ighil 0e the face and head that Deugsm on the defensive. They came back to slug it out at Que Italrt of the third ‘with. both being staggered at times but again Peterson's punching had the most Ifliflinrity. lllamly h the mm t Dougsn fier taking s. lot of punishment but always fighting back went l down from s. right cross for haunt of nine; he beat the bell that Mme but less than a minute, later Douganb handlers threw in‘ the towel as Peterson was pun- lshlrig their tighter with a hard hitting attack to the face and bead. 5-1 lteele Decisions Carr F i Forcing the fight all the way Ind gilvins away poundage, Tiger Beale, Island featherweight cham- pion took a six round decision hem Lloyd Carr, light/weight Iahsmpion in the semi-final. Steele as smooth a boxer as is to be Iound in the City, continually out- boxed his opponent 1n what was y, slow fight and was fully deserv- kig of his victory, having a de- sided edge on his opponent. Aggressive "Kid" Bradley of Peakes Station, carrying more ar- Qillery in each mitt than his cp- ponent scored a technical knock- out victory over Kid ‘Irainor of Charlottetown, the referee stop- ping the scrap with but n second remaining of the final heat. Shooting solid rights to the head and then switching to the body, Bradley had his opponent down for no-coimt in the first. He again had a slight advantage in the second but in the third was mitboxcd by 'I‘rain0r. In the fturth Bradley took charge aanin over his game opponent hammering lhim with stiff punches. It was the same story throughout the fifth and in the sixth, Trainer, sf~ both boys, Peterson In Technical Kayo Reccc Team To Play Sackville DnSaturday Charlie Ryan's league leadinl Rocco Juniors will travel to Beek- ville Saturday afternoon to M18189 in an exhibition baseball game with the Sockville Juniors. Coscn Ryan will probably take al0rl8 h“ strongest line-up 1n m Q-"Oll l0 show mainianders the type o.‘ lun- ior ball that is played in the City. The Sackville Juniors are re- puted to be a strong band of bell tossers who P1!!! "l9 86"" 1°? ‘u their worth and it will be inter- esting to see how the P°W°Ym1 Reece squad will fare with the Sackvllle team. Tony Zale To Defend Titlc In. September imw max. July 16 — M?" - Popular Tony zaie. a M-veu-old righting champion from the steel mills of Gory. Ind» lislwd today to defend ‘his world middieweilllt m1» in September unmet Mam! Oerdan, the pride o4 Fran“- Ebbete Field, Brooklyn. and Thursday. Sept. Z! are the best guesses for the site and date of this hater-national contest that shapes up as the most intending ‘bout on the late summer program. newsman wnsn J ck Delaney, french-Canadian cha enger, dethroned Paul Berlen- bach as world's light heavyweight boxing champion 2Q years ago to- day at. Brooklyn. The bout went. 15 rounds, Delaney winning by a wide margin. He dropped his title in 1927 to enter the heavyweight class. ter absorbing stiff punches about the face and head went down on one knee with the referee immed- ‘lately stopping the scrap. .-*..—- I ,». Lelimin in Three preliminaries provided the fans with plenty of action with Kid Squarebriggs winning a de- cision over Kid Savldant in a whale of a scrap with Savidant showing plenty of courage against his bigger and heavier opponent. Irving filcLeod of Charlottetown Rbyalty Won s. three round de- cision over Lem Gamester of Hun- ter River in another slugfest as both boys started mixing matters at. the opening bell and continued their free-wheeling style cl fiilll‘ imz to the final one. In the opening bout on the card, another three round affair, John- ny Falls won the judges decision c-ver Kid Cullen. Both boys are from the City. Officials: Referee - Gus Mnzflvllld- Judges - J. Cameron. Ralph Cameron, and J1". Connolly- Tfmer -- Di‘. R-F. SQBIHIH- 150 ram no ‘Airislijleii W" Trouser Sale off Friday ‘and Saturday A Complete Rack of Slacks English Funnels- Gabardine: - Troplcals — 25% t" licx cnmsnon All Types chm. - For Ills" . w, _ "not; six l Visit here of H present day Canadii and Laird Watt, fc l man on Canadisi teams on July 21st v compete against eac singles match marks step in the program ped out to bring te: the former popuiari" here. O 4 Q ‘Their appearance v first time in the Clubs history that iv in! stars have W!“ each other on local local tennis fans togl great many others art watch the two-set st Maritime doubles s person of Don and will also be seen in ac the two Montrealers a also add much to the the Bauld boys have l recognized as one of the bles combinations ever in the Maritimes. e e- e-‘e Major share a! the putting on these two outsta i exhibition games goes to two in- clefatignble workers in the persons of Mac MacKinnon and Gus Bent- ley. Themselves past an active participation stage they neverthe- less are as keenly interested in the guns today as they were when: talaing part in tournamnts. It vl- d- e Itwssthe sssnepairwhointhe 30's were responsible for the hold- ing here of Iisstern Canadian chairmanship: on two occasions. ‘ that saw the cream of tennis talent perform before lo- cal audiences in matches the like of which have not been witnes- sed here since. '0' § Q ‘ll Those were the halcyon days of tennis locally. But while suc- cess was crowning their efforts in the Eastern Canadian tournaments they had bigger things in mind, main one of which was the holding of the Dominion championships on the courts of the Charlottetown Cl/ub. Their efforts in that direc- tion were Just about to bear fruit when the war came along and with it s. decline in tennis due to many enllstments. II 4- i t The game declined rapidly but Mac and Gus were still visualizing the day when the Dominlon's stars would perform here. Last yea‘. aided by an energetic executive of the Club the Island open tourna- ment was re-estsblished, and on top of that Mac and Gus have had part of their ambition realized by the forthcoming appearance of Rochon and Watt. ‘l- ll- Il- 0 July 21st will be s. red letter day in the annals of Island ten- nis a day that may go far in pep- plng up interest greatly. Much enthusiasm is already evident with s record number of Juniors takini: up the game but more is needed to put. the game on a real solid foundation. When that happens plans can_be laid for more far- reachlng programs. The present executive are doing everything possible to have this objective» reached and always in the back- ground will be found—Mac and Gus-ready with suggestions and ready to take on any Job no matter how big. l- 1- lf O Always able to come up with a brilliant brand of baseball when opposed to each other, Kinsmen and Knights of Columbus Juniors clash in a league tussle sit the _Memorial Field diamond tonight and fans should witness one of the better played games of the schedule before the winners are decided. Very evenly matched both in hitting power and de- fensive strength breaks are very Katz Winner. Dver Soxcrs Iss1: evening on the Knights of Columbus softball diamond the Kat: took the Bobby Soxers into camp by a score of 21-15. ‘ The Katz found their stride last evening and played good bail at bat and afield, " ‘rhey lined up as follows: Kstz: J. Bryenton. E. Mclnnis. A. sentner, K. White. P. Kcough. B. Coyle. J. Weir, A. Stewart H. Sentner. Bobby Boxers: E. Gallant. B. Tierney. S. McNeill. J. Moreside. M. Pineau, L. McMahon, M. Hurst. P. Sentner. W. Hughes. . Next game this evening at 6. er and Knights will be seeking to make their own for by a victory they can force a three-way tie for second section leadership and at the same time gain a. full game on the second-place Kinsmen team. O O O -Klnsrnen are the team that Knights must beat out if they are to set into a playoff spot. They have accomplished that feat ai- reuiy this season and will be seeking s repeat victory this eve- ning. But no matter which way the tide of battle swings‘ the fans should see s closely-played en- counter all ihe way through. ‘That is the way previous meetings be- tween the ss-me two clubs have been played and tonight the riv- als should play it even closer to the chest for s. loss st this stage could easily mean future elimina- tion from tbs playoffs. O O I Reece paid off again Wednes- day night on the strength of one big hitting burst, their fifth inn- ing five-run uprising paving the way for their victory over the ill- fated Knights but with the excep- tion of that blast the league lead- ers had all they could do to handle the Butler-managed team. And that uprising Wednesday night was the third tlJrne this season that ducce have pulled the some trick against the K.‘ of C; squad. which leads one to thinking that if the Knights could steady down all the way they would be in a much higher position today. But many s. baseball game, especi- ally with a power-hitting team performing, is won in the some manner and the Reece havrwov- en in the majority of their games that their batting strength has been the big factor in their string likely to decide tonight's encount- JULY Worsted: — w Tweed; — no.1 CLASQIFIID / All, sill: _ no. z cussiriso Sport — Dress - llorlt" "°- 3 °“""‘l‘° 1 ' - N0. 4 cmsnso . RIVERSIDE BABES 4 - CLASSES —- 4 ,....... snoc.oc-4ioo.oo' ucn cuss- -' ENTRIES WILL CLOSE J_ULY 17th Positively no Iairles accepted-alter this leis. 596m: lam; No Deductions inn-Messy Winners of victories. 21th 1948 “‘ _... “210168 Maritime Golf Title Over Ashburn Course The annual championship meet of the Maritime Branch Canadian Ladies Golf Union will be played Islanders Win Boat Races At Pictou PICTOU, N.S., July 15 — (OP) Angus MaciNeill of Murray Harbor, l'.E.l., won ihe free-for-all event today in the lobster boat races at ihg Pic- tou lobster carnival. Elmer Stewart of Murray Harbor was second. MacNeil won the eight-cyl- inder engines division and Stew- art the six-cylinder engine, ug- omi clam. Second place in the sixes. first class. went to Low. ell Beck of Alliston, P.E.l., and John Claw of Montague won the four-cylinder engine (fly- lslon. ' Baseball Results i? NATIONAL ' New York S; Pittsburgh 4. New York 10; Pittsburgh 3. Boston 2; Chicago 1. Boston 1; Chicago l (tie) Philadelphia 3: st. Louis 1. Brooklyn c: Cincinnati a. AMERICAN Detroit 5: Boston 1a. Dllmli 1; Boston 3. St. Louis 2; New York 4. ChicIBO l; Washington 4. Cleveland 6; Philadelphia i, Cleveland S; Philadelphia 5 INTERNATIONAL Jersey City 0: Baltimore 3. Syracuse 1: Newark 4. I Rochester 7; Montreal 8. ,' Buffalo 2; Toronto B. ti? Horseshoe Dluh J. McCourt and Af Martin won a iouzh game at the Brighton horse- shoe Club last night. Trailing 24-i at the half-way mark they came throuch to win 50-49. E. McCourt and E. Goss lead the doubles tournament with l2 points. followed by Murley snd slycher with i0. McCourt and Goes navo won all six games they played. Phillips and barter and Francis and Buote have eight points each. MicDougell and Whitlock sir, Vea- Wy and Dilziel. Martin and Mc- Court and Davey and Gallant four each, while Doyle and Shepherd are in the cellar with two. The competition is to resume st. ‘l :10 tonight, Canada's ievooriie In qualify ‘end low price. 4 for l l » -'-"|2 for 25¢ over the Asliburn Golf and Coun- try Club course. Halifax, July 18th to 23rd inclusive it has been learn- ed here. On Monday the 19th. opening day the president versus vice pre- sident match will take place fol- lowed by the annual meeting of the branch that" some evening. On Tuesday the qualifying round. l8 holes of medal play taka place followed on Wednesday morning by the 1st round championship and first round in first. second and third flights. In the afternoon the 2nd round of the above flights will be nlaved. Thursday morning will see the driving. approaching and putting competitions staged with the semi- finals in the championship and all flights taking place. In\ addition second round and semi-finals in the Consolations are scheduled. Friday the tournament winds-up with the championship finals slat- ed to get underway at 9.30 in the morning followed by the flights and consolations finals at 10 o'clock. m the afternoon-the championship will be decided followed by the presentation of prizes. Miss Barbara ‘lrites of Bridge- water, N. 3.. is the defending champion. The Belvedere Club will be zep- ressntcd at the tournament by five members who leave by car on Sunday for liaiifax. They are. Mrs. George H. Buntain. Mrs. J. Mac- Eachern. Mrs. Sterling MacDonald. Mrs. Wendell Barbour and Mrs. A. J. Haslam. . . Local Tennis FDfficiaIs Meet .. D.L.T.A. Head v local tennis questions cussed, plans and suggestio s for the development of the game exchanged when Mr. lssird Wa Montreal. LL-Col. W. W. Reid. Director of Physical Fitness and local tennis officials were lunch- eon gusts: of -l'..t.-Col. J. M. Mc- Avitty. Montreal. President of the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association. at the Charlottetown I-lotel yester- day. Col. McAvitty stressed that the C.L.T.A. would (lo-operate in every way possible with the locsi Aasociatl in developing, improv- ing and popularising tennis on the Island. Col. McAvitty leaves this morn- ing by air for Bsint John and Hali- fax before returning to Montreal. . Murphy cf ' At Tignish ha... .¢.........~.. Undefieated Beating i Millionaires 6-2 a "Iuab" libCabeb Anchors base- ball squad continued their winning ways last nllht a! B"! ifllll-Qd the Millionaires at the Memorial Field by a score of 6-2. ‘I'M - chore aided V! l W n" m“ ' itisl inning were never threatened ‘l-QYIUUBIY as "Letty" MacAleer and v-fharlie Ryan combined their hur- lng talent to handcuff the lourl n two hits. In the first innins the winners ded the sacks and Glen Math- n hit s line singlefinto centre zld that went for a triple as the l. took a bed boo; it meant ee runs, the winners scoring ee more on an error an infield and s base hit. They IGCQG‘ her run in the second on an a passed bail and s aiusie. fiiionsires scored once in the frame on a walk. an in- lt and an error. They clos- scoring for the game m‘ the ting when s base-hit a xll and an error account- ~ tally. . the winners stuck was, 1 Mathesoa. the boy Monday for Halifax to Brooklyn baseball a triple and a single ~ four evening. Meth- n four runs with his ‘tting. n his stay on the d for four innings hit. one run. two viking out sis. Ryan -u.n. one hit. walked ck out four batters. mnon pitching for t off to a bad start a good brand of ball d six runs. five nits. and struck out tiuee. ayed loose ball behind . a result three runs l Ullw, :d_ ‘he Andi. rs nallked up vfillionslres were charged with five mlscues. l . The fieI-di highlights were sup- plied by ‘redistrain of the losers as he made ‘two beautiful cad-hes in the field. ne of which ne raced into second lase to nab s Texas leaguer and he other he ran to the right fi d bleachers to snare a foul ball. Joey LeCi ir made two fine running ca es o! foul balls for the Anchors fielding highlights. had two errors § 3 o Ed =- §aooo¢o~H-uU ‘i O McKenzie 2b Ryan lb. p .. Matheson as McLennan lrf Perry c LeClaiflSb . McAleer p ‘Ready, 3b Totals Hkeplaced M<§leer Millionaires .... .. MacDonald 3b . ‘Reddln >4 Hennessey 3b 9...... MacKinnon p ........ Goodwin lf Lund lb Chipman c Strain rf .. Connors ss Allen of .. Totals . ‘Jetted for MacDonald __ - 5 :3 ggwumuunsnmu H :OOO#OOO»ww¢: ‘I gas ‘ n Q swéQ-BOOMQIWMO ueuoooo~e~e> . 5 > auuuwuauauug \l ed lll¢hl$bhllflgedQbl so-ooonuuouh Euowwooéoooofl asao~oO0Q¢~oo 5'- P‘ Summary Errors. McKenzie. Perry. I-lennes- sey. Goodwin 2. MacDonald 2i earned runs. Anchors S Million- aires 0: runs batted in. Mstheson 4. Murphy. Mcfennan. Connors. MacDonald; three base hit Math- eson; two base hit. Ryan; first base on error. Ryan. Mchsnnan. Murphy. Gallant z. Connors Allen: base on balls, by MscAleer I. Ryan 2. MacKinnon I; hits oi MacAlear. i. off Ryan 1. off MscKinnon 5; stolen bases Gallant. McKenzie, teClsir; left on bases. Anchors d ivfillionaires 6; sacrifice hit. Mur- phy; struck out. by bfcAleer 6. Ryan 4. MacKlnnon s; passed balls. Perry 2. Chipmsn. Umpires. plate. Kane. bases. Francis and McQusr- rie. Matinee Race i Gard lleld Christopher: Race Track ‘Iignilli. was the scene of good racing on July 7th when horses from Tlgnish and surrounding districts gather- ed for the first matinee race- of the season. s The track was in excellent con- dition. the horses in fine form and presented a pleasing spectacle as, they raced down the home stretch. This race was organised by two of our prominent horsemen. Ir. Ontien llcOue and w. Claude Hogan. Much credit is due these, two gentlemen for the grand success of the event. Let us hope this will be only the first of many races we have on the Christopher Race hack this season. ‘Summary:- ‘hot and nee-Clan A Bud the ‘Ii-amp Callaghan) Helen Harvester (O'Brien) Jean Shelton (McDonald) he! sad hes-Chm I rum x (Gillie) -.... Iron Mike (IeOue) Premier Witt (W. 14o ) .3 Dingle 801i (Osllalhen ........ I'M and hes-Class C oolaan Prince (C. fsonsrd Queenie ssott (Isndrshan) artisan Light. (Gavin) n04" dd! Dela (b. ileOus) ........ sunshine (Gallant) Walter Harper sad Jobs Whir- Jufiu were: galnst them while the ' Sport Echoes-From _ Prince flounty .. ‘ihe Gumsnerslde Baseball u”... "Big Five”. . . AB R. H Pct, Carson. RCA? ........ ..1l 712 .444 Oatway. Kinsmen .. i) I u ‘.414 Pbsneut. ft. ~80: .... .. s0 ‘I 12 .400 Schumann, R. Box 26 5 0 5m MecKsy. Kinsmen .. 28 8 i0 .351 O O I O On three dilzrent occasions this year at the Bummerside diamond pitshers delivered the ball to their catchers before the-batter hm gm, into his box and on each occasion the umpire officiating behind the plate declared s strike against the batter. The first two occasions were during local league gum“, and the third was in an exhlbi. tion game with Charlottetown when Matbeaon wsa thebatter on whom the pitcher stolen alarm. As far as we were concerned tbs play smelled to high heaven. so" we decided to ‘get. in touch with some baseball authority for advice on the question.’ s -* s We sent the following letter to Andy Lytle, sports editor of the Toronto Daily Star: "Would you please give me an opinion on the following: A batter has‘ struck at a pitch. Then be walks out of his box. four or five steps perhaps, and turns to come back in. The pitcher. however de- livers the ball before he is ready to swing. and the umpire calls it a strike. Is this 0.K? There was no apparent reason for the batter to delay the game at the time." O I I I Andy Lytlek reply: "It is an unwritten rule 1n bese- bali that an umpire shall call time (a) Q batter isn't ready fo" the pitch. (lb) if pitcher isn't ready. "There is no hard and fast rull of conduct on this featureef play From what you present I would say umpire was in error. It. wal never intended Uiat pitcher and batter shouldn't operate in unison. Catching s batter deliberately un- awares couldn't occur ‘if umpire ll cm his mental toes." O O I I (Continued on Page ‘ll Ladies Dpcn Golf Tourney ‘ At Saint John The Canadian ladies‘ Golf Un- ion has announced that the thirty- fifth Ladies’ Open Championship of Canada will be played on the course of the Riverside Golf and Country Club st Saint John. N3. The dates for the tournament an Amp-st 23 to 28. The Inter-Provincial team match will also be played on this course on Friday and Saturday. August it and 2.1. The Ladies’ Open Tournament ll open to any properly qualified am- ateur player whose handicap is not more than 30, and no player whose certified handicap is over this Li!!!" may compete on s. fractional basis. Dnteries for the tournament with player's oertified- handicaps must be made by the Club Secre- taries on forms provided for tbt purpose and must be in the handi of the tournament secretary. Mist Mary Chslsson. R0. Box G.. Saint ilghn. NJB, by ‘Iuesday. August NONE BETTER: AT ANY PRICE Work Pants fmouo as AN storms?‘ m~......"-..-.-:..ul as. samurai-av tun-so A simlu: ., mm- clamor-arrow» n...» u»... ma. Dam: 'A"T , . -. ~i I r . “" e _I