11v . BOWLING HOCKEY WRESTLING NEWS s.........-.i. col... Winm, iBBlEllpast Hod,” A, THE CHARLUFIETOWM GUARDIQN rSPQRT WORLD MBNTAELIE RETAINS Q|I . Til From CharlottetowL Rink “FEM!” pyiAbbl-es & Hawks Dal. Hockey Team Wins City Title ‘a p, By Guardian's Special Wise) ‘lhresrinksofflharlottetowncirrl- era visited Bunune “ day night for friendly competition. ‘rhey wars first entertained at the Valentine supper given by the no‘ iescf thsllnited Churtlrsndrw, freahmentswaraservedduringthe n-cmnenindstwosvalleldtodb- evmingin thsCuriing Club rooms. A very enjoys-hie evening was spent. Thefoliowing aretherlnksi m Thurs- feltl-he d scores: ax. Feb. m. - Dalhousie gubmm‘ ‘mun-m univerflgltwdgmfiJmhgf Geo. muses Neil Durant Bu!" 710mm‘, “d m" ‘m Harry Winchester Joe. Wood chin actor of the St. Francis Pb“ Cobb l " Pukmm %-Acadis tilt for the provincial w’ H‘ ma?‘ “l” iiilt- J. J. Morris Lorne MacFai-lane Dfl won the city title through Iithdrawal of st. Mary's Academy fig?” nhhgwglfié moments use of Lent, snd Nova Bcotia .1 College which forfddtofl 5 “dunes in order to loin-racy to liilNTMilliE 4-3 Pla ‘Ihsllontague Primroses came Junior Abbie: 4-3 at the ontague rift last n ght. A large crowd saw Lou Camp- ell's Rodshlrts shoot two goals be- hind '11:!" HoEwen and then crsckunderthestrainasthslo- cal tcam broke into the scoring column. The Abbie: carried the of- 181151115 in the fnal period hams- sing the Montague defense and giv- ing "Tid" Mcmwen many anxiom ; steeie scoring unassist- ed. 1n the second session Whtlook scored but the Primrosescame right back, Wsterworth and Beer tying Jack Doyle . r llewfoundland. 1mm the count on unassisted plays. The Nova Scotis champions will gig’ JkLILILQB, gm,“ wsterworth and Beer repeated m: winners of the New Brunswick l A ma" L R" M,“ their performance in the final Ififl, to be decided between Mount F4 SHW“ period to lodge the rubber behind W“ U“"°"“y' Umvfl” ‘i! w. w. lord Don MscFar-isne W" ""1 K1" i“ mm“ m Bmmmd‘ “d s" J°“"9"' Harry Winchester m. Dechant a n10 Bl-"le 8“ ‘he in‘: ell. - 1mm of t e game on MacKW-i ‘ m ‘m’ "t hm“! h he“ by alnfogwnsend Jnfiijligfchuwl gontague went on the defensive. [punt Allison which won through SHDJ’ an?“ 5t, Mary's 61111111!‘ default ll!‘ YQIP. Jack Doyle Pa,” week. Buplpnf J J. Morris . ' r - ' KLEber-a 12s Campbell Iimrerlod Ssldé BGdTTIUItOR yummy, . ,M,cNdlI 1.4.1.15, Steele (unassisted). Skip-i. Skip-M Penalties-None. '1' “m” “ma” “mo” ‘ 3'.'§i".if§%...s RobhDewar z-Jibbies Whitlgt (unassisted) T“ "m" w“ ‘“ ‘h’ “m” Phil Cobb ms uurohv s-Primrdces Waterworth (unash- scctionef the BummeraidsBad-Bcmoo" Aka,” ‘mun ' [liftoff Association was played ' ‘P; sm>4 ' Bu" (unmbudx ‘lhursdsy evening on the School “uh” Togfl-Q Penuugfinpaon’ can‘ ‘ mm. between St. Marys and the gamol, the former winning out ‘.55.: a"a*'...‘?:..°:..".:::.r:.:5|\ A M B |_ E RS Eumiiiin (O-P. By Guardian's Shela] Wire) BACKVILIAE. being the favourites picked to win. The St. Mary's team turned in their best Badminton of the seb- m, while the school was not up is their usual form. m the ladies Doubles. it. Mary's m all three evefi: .s the Inn's Doubles, each team-Ion two, and h the Mixed, 8t May's" won three id the School's two. B.G.H. Harmon and E. Camp- bell were the Umpires for the ev- ening. The next game takes place, ilonday evening when the 0.2M. L. play Trinity in the OJYJLL. Court-S iiiiciis ilNllll NEW GLASGOW, N. 8., Feb. 16- ‘mrro Bcarcats came from behind Isle in the final period to win the L P- C. Icarus title and the Lear- Iiont Clip from New Glasgow Sev- an-Ups in a hard-fought hockey lame here tonight. which at one lime was almost broken up when s Bearcat player was injured by an Wwnenvs stick. Some of the Truro Dllyers threatened to forfeit the Ime and left the ice, but Howard, l!" lniured plsyer was patched up and the game went on. locals opened the scoring early n the initial period but it was tied ID 30 seconds later when Cum- "11185 took the puck from s face- vff and drilled it home. Dunn scor- ld for Seven-Ups late in the sec Mid and the locals held this 1e until late in the closing per; when Patterson fooled the net-minder. Cummings notched u lhe winning tally three minutes be ‘lure the final bell to put the lam way, WINS FIGHT ] CHICAGO SIADIUM, Chicam, Feb. l6—Vinw Dundee of Balti- more. recognized as middle weight champion, won s iii-round decision 5 over Ben Jeby c. New York, former the holder. tonight. _ ‘Western Curling Rift]! Resounds With Activity lison University won the Cont!!! they iers 6-1 in two-game play-offs. The game was fast and play was rugged, but the ngmbias were unable to cow Wit-h the smooth coirisination of the coi- darting ndividuai efforts did till! tally in the Vick F1199‘ of the Amherst attacks. but they seldom III-a l hard IIOPIDI ‘pd Clptflfl Stet-hart. Mounties were on nearly s.l1 fUl-Nfi m u” mm‘ Mount Allison ( Mount Allison intercollegiate hockey cued with no: (my and Enslilh- two of her regular forwards. 0B 111° ‘m; m; mg mu Taylor barred from further colfiilttmm °° l°°°um of examination marks- Tm; isms first time in four yo"! thstwthe csmvbellwn W! m" °' gwsmped the Arnhem Rimb- C. P. B! Guardian's AhClEsib u. n. L. cams roman-r Americans st Mont-NIL Bostonrst TBNHW- and”. Ottawa It Detroit. Chicago at Its-BIN’!- Eu? ‘l-Ahb . C Rb. 16-Mount Al- charnpionship tonight as Playing the final same of the m“ game of Burns and only with ther mm: started netted to Amherstu lone first rlod. wasppthe spear-head rwed d ermbresamcbehmh‘ defence of Jul"!!! Team Crippled Spedai Wile) ~r, u. a, Feb. lit-The turned has been great-ll’ Yuk‘ ton ght, to win Robertson and EMU!!! h" inths ’ “_ certain the 100 through ed the ery opportunity. In the final period Ports had five men up the when m-scoe stole the Puck find Third Period b-Prirnroses, Waterworth (unas- sisted) . , Beer ( isted). les Steele ililhcKie) Pcnaltics-Gaudet. Ports Lose To anning (CI. By Guardian's Special Wire) WOLiPVILiIiE ,N.S.,I%b. l6- their from some 11> ll nights, Port Willam went down to defeat 3-2 before the Can- ning beam tonight in the (128. the finals for the K1585 carried off honors by Cann ng's first two goals Qoupty League title. in the opening period on individ- ual rushes. Ports tied it up in the middle season. and both team raiding expeditions on ev- iOO own on West. with only the goalie and one deicncernan to coasted in and made the ligm flash for the winning marker. ABABIA WINS VALLEY TITLE (C2. By Gmrdisn’; Special Wire) KIZNTVIILIE, N. S.. Feb. i6 — Acadia University's hockey squad tables " on Kentville Wildcats in a thrilling game hem the and wiped out a three- goal margin piled up by wildcat“ at the University“ Y“ m‘ 1118*" team last night, taking the place the championship of thel o; p“ Adah.’ in Valley league by a 0-6 score. Oollegiahs wh oped the 310K154!" ‘l-i in tonight's game. Acadia tore into ilhe Wlldcatfl. determined to overcome the locals’, lead and smart combination ply first Delocl tied ul) the series. Eaton. in the‘ Acadia net. made, spectacular saves, aside rubber that scented almost mezhcs. while Kyze, at the other end of the Acadia cause by flipping in the opening goal. Kyte endeavored to redeem himself, but with the Col- lege boys all around him, shooting from all angles, he was beI-tcn for six more talles. Every Aradis rush clicked to perfection and to nestle in the unwilingiy helped they the defence and bombard- hard-working little goalie. Wildcats on the other hand, didn't annual-RA!“- getthebreaksasidthtrushes fie-film '!:werehaltedeitherbythecol1ege Irinklit-Vlf- 3W admm- u‘ defence or by Dion's’ clever :3 BelL mnding with s com ortsblc No-8=I>m3*"'-°-"““"iemsnmrpencctnsvium1n- tamwltkooksflftm‘ Wil-misciosncctin; therubberup no.4: m W114!"- “Qusiessssnmsuexorzrsn- Oannrm. l- T- 933' l‘ blue-line, vziltih desperate Wilder; mocks nnlangst einandtrying NaIrW.W.Iluttfl'l-.J°ID°'mgqggmughmmrmgopq. esanccamnnsrnitlal-Pfiwneigusrcisn. lllfillllfl smashed ‘ y Draw Game Locals Have Edge On Moncton Squad But Suffer Tough Break In Third Moncton ESSA?!- Down one goal at two “...... Period. THE STANDING W. L. D. F. A. Pts. 25 9 4 110 57 54 22 1i) 6 114 73 50 11 19 9 75 113 31 6 26 5 52 109 17 stages of the game, Island hockey followers saw a bunch of red, white and black- shlrted Abegwelis battle grimly from behind each time to emerge from the fray with a. A near-capacity crowd was kept in a continual uproar as the Mam! hit a lightning-fast clip from the outset. The shifting tide of battle waawagedoneventermsfcrover eishtoen minuta with the visitors drawing first, blood as a. McDonald to Burrage to McDonald play broke the scoreless deadlock, wiih the "Duke" on the goal-getting and of the combination. Nine minutes after the start of the middle session, s Kelly to Our- ris pass made it 1-1, the last named player getting the counter. Over half the third period was history when the local forces were on the receiving end of a tough [break with a "gift" goal sending the Hawks into the lead. Irvine had batted the rubber against the side boards, and much to his sur- prise the wafer trickled across the ice and into the cage as Gross and Kuhn seemed to wait for each oth- er to clear. Two minutes later Abbies had again tied it up with “I-lymie" Mc- Arthur firing a. hard shot into Phe- tcrs citadel on s. pass from Hud- son. The performance dished out by the locals lest night sent their stock soaring again, and the locals‘ coming play-off series, he it with Moncton or Halifax should be one cf the most bitterly-fought ice duels ever played in the seaside provinces. Both squads presented changed lineups ss they took to the ice. Mc- Cann, Heston and Ferguson wen musing from the locals through sickness, with Gill and McManus off the visitors, Ed Kervin, who incidentally turned in a fine game. teaming up with Burrsge on the Hawks reargusrd. Young "Tic" Williams. Junior Abbie star, was also with the locals last night, but was used rather sparingly. Mr, Jack l-learn, popular in- structor or the R.C.N.V.R., looked after the physical needs of the bed with In at- tack of flu. Needless to say the boys an very grateful to Jack for his services, I-Iis Worship Mayor Kennedy re- ceived s hearty ovation from the crowd as he dropped the puck be- tween the sticks of Kane and James to sari. hostilities. Both teams resorted to open hockey in the first twcnty minutes, Walker nearly scored on a rink- lfllklh rush but Foster turned it aside. Gross suffered a badly cut nose 1p a crash with Connolly and had to leave the ice for repairs and a minute later Kelly was dlkzed in s collision with Kervin. Both play- ers returned aftcs- a brief rest. A penalty to James for tripping gaw Foster perform brilliantly M Kane, McArthur and Hudson rode in close, but the Hwks weathered the sump, Gross checked Connolly hard and then Kuhn robbed the same piny- er by a sznsrt save. "Skeet" cup". “Wi h‘! Dfrformanoe seconds 1st- er as he turned Miller's burning drivc aside. A spcctacul play by n" all’!!! Owned the scaring- McDonald broke fast with Burrsgs with tho defenoemsn taking the ill-ls at the Abbie blueline. A quick rwtwn found McDonald in the I'll!" loot as he pushed this rub- b" PM! the sprawled Kuhn. As the Period sided Iovwr handled three drives from Currie, mam]. all: and Kelly. flurteen t0 his rivers Ii:- Hlwhwiutintothefr “wit-Madhouse: lass “INTER!!! _...__._.... _....-_l---_a-a-—sZ-_—-¢iw- 2-2 tie with the league-leading Moncton Hawks at the Forum last night. _ Once again, as has been the case many times this sea- son, it. was the locals‘ ability _ deadlocked the issue, On the nights play the Gregory- coaelred team richly deserved} Will battle to the Hawks nest continually, _ ing by Jimmie Foster thwarted the Abbie attack. to come from behind that as they carried the but great nebmind- {- A visit to the Montakue Curling is in progress, can not but impress one with me ‘usissm of members, who, with one accord, a- gree that the present season has been s most succemful one. . . Curling, while a very old game, has been gaining steadily in popu- larity throughout Canada for some years. Assproviduof good healthy competition. and especially in the fostering o! good fellowship and the betterment oi community spirit and brosdrnindedness. the curling game is unexeclled. Realiz- ing this. President Mabon and the executive. has been quits active in making the Club s. success. and their efforts are to be congratulat- ed. Club competitions have been in progress slnce the begnning of the year, with the Clarkson Shield. ‘rip-Top and R. K. Clement's trop- hies st stake. t A glance at the score sheets would indicate the keen competi tion existing, as the entire seven teams appear evenly matched, and the result of all competitions in doubt to the very end. The Club, while smaller in mem- bership than the Charlottetown and Summerside Clubs. has been ex wally successful in outside since its inception in inches on s smart play seconds later. Kcrvin went off for tripping Mclirthur and had hardly return- ed when Gross dumped Muckie herd and sway he went. Close checking by both teams. when shorthanded, slowed the game up for awhile with Nicholson nearly catching the Hawks napping by a fast breaking lump while ragging. McDonald was waved off for trip- ping Currie and the period ended with "Duke" still serving time. Foster again was forced to stop seven shots with Kuhn handling seven. Hawks packed their blueline at the start of the third with Miller sent out, to pivot Irvine and Muckic. A possible Abbie score was averted as a rolling puck got away from Kane on Hudson's forward pass Ron hurried s hard drive in with Kelly. after a change of lines, giving Foster s clcsc call when the wafer landed 0n the line. Connolly's tricky tickhandiing was causing the Abbies trouble but Gmm was bumping the elongated Irishman hard as he skated in. Miller nearly pushed one in as he circled the Abbie net and then Foster robbed Hymle from five feet out. Hawks again went into the lead on a "gift" as Irvine's shot came off the sideboards to trickle into the twins. A little better than two minutes later Hudson opened the way for the thing marker, his short pass to McArihur well inside the Hawk none being pasted behind Foster. Miller went off for holding Mc- Arthur and the Abbics swarmed in. Jack Kane's clever stickhandling took him inside no less than three times but Foster, somehow, kept his cage clear. Kelly showed some nice stickwork toward the close of the session, but shot wide when in scoring position. Abbles once again outshot the visitors. this time ll to 6. An overtime session failed to break the stalemate with Kuhn imaking a spectacular save in the first five minutes as Muckle was right in. With less than a. minute to go, Connelly nearly made s Hawk victory possible. but Kuhn once slain stood in the breach. LHEUPS Abbica: Goal, Kuhn: defence, Gross, Walker; centre, Kane, Cur- rie; left wing. McArthur, Nicholson, Williams: right wing. Hudson, Kelly. Hawks: Goal. Foster: defence, Burrage, Kervin; centre, McDon- ald. Jlmes; left wing. Irvine, mu- er: right wing, Connolly, Muckle. Referee: Stan Jackson, Char- iottetown. SUMMARY lint Period 1. Monoton, McDonald rage) 18.06 Penalty: James. Stops: Kuhn 13, Poster ll, loeond Period (Bur- z..z*u~~..°""z..'~~» : mes ), K - Donald. ' "c Stops: Kuhn 4, heater ‘l. ‘HIIIIPIIM I60 Houston. Irvine (unassisted) i926. It has won the Gaboury Cup, emblematic of the Island honspeil champonship, (competed for an- nually at Charlottetown), several times, and was the holder of this trophy for the past two seasons. until lost a few weeks ago to the Charlottetown Club. The Senator McArthur Challe: ;e Cup, the most sought after trophy in Provincial curling circles, was won from the Charlottetown Club the first year it was placed in oom- petition, arrd while it was later lost Summerside, who in turn lost to harlottetown, it was again won by Montague Club. This Club has now defended it successfully s- gainst the assaults of Charlotte- town and S'Side Clubs for the third consecutive season. Early this month the Club ao- cepting the challenge of Summer side Club, sent two rinks (team) in Charlottetown to (blend this Cup, and succeeded in y doing so. On Wednesday last the Char- lottetown Club visited Montague, bringing thrice rinks of curler-g headed by its redoubtable Prmident W. H. Townsend inaneffort totake the McArthur Uup. Twas s worm. erful night, filled with keen curling and the kind feelings dnd 300d fel. IOWND ever present when good curlers get together. Owing to the limited ice space, it was r-y to play well on into the “wee srna hours" before the competition was decided. The first gains between rinks lkifiiied by 8. R. Finlayson and H, J. Mabon resulted in a draw with the score of 10 to i0. The second same between rinks skipped by w. H. Townsend and C. K. Wightman produced a second draw, score 11 to 11. It was then up to Jim Me- Intm and his rink of sharp shoot- ers to produce a decision. His Eli-me against Rankine Medicine's fink. resulted in s. win for Mont- B-EW! by a score of l8 to '1, making the total score on the night's play —Montag'ue 39-Charlottetown 28. The personnel of the rinks 00m. Del-IRE is as follows:- Charlotiotown Montague H. Winchester W R. gen-k); C. M. Williams g w_ Beck J. A. Fkaser W. A. MocLsggan 5- R- Flnlayson n. J. Msbon filly-It Skip—l0 Charlottetown M “In J. l-l, I-Iowatt J. H. Mango: w. Davis 1b. o. McDonald A. Scott Geo. McIntyre W. H. Townsend C. K. Wightrr. .n B1m>~11 Skip-ll. Charlottetown Monk“: J. A. Fraser F. G. Maclntyre R98. Bell M. C. Reynolds Hal. Splllett H. L. McGregor F. R. MacLaine J. A. McIntyre 5119-1 skip-ia-H. Win Central Valley League Championship DHDDLEION, N. S, Feb. 16- With two wins in a row Bridge- town Hawks carried off the Cent- ral Valley Hockey League crown hem tonight by handing the local Maple leafs a 4-2 setback. Hawks took the round 7-3 Bridgetown took the lead in the opening period with two goals be- fore llilss broke sway and flashed in for the locals first marker Hon- ora were evenly diivded in a hard- seoond period with both squsw Pressing hard for goals. Hawks put the game away early in the final with two additional coun- ters. Iiesfs fought savagely to over- sbie to drive home only s single goal to finish the scoring. mm AT SECOND ABBIES vs. GBANITIS day, l-‘ebrssry sinlbaadll. Club any night, while s competition 1b ' come the disadvantage but werei illiliFIELIi Intermediate p fa Mes- Admi- L- BDXING BASKETBALL OTHER SPORT TRUPHY ~ Allan Wilson of Boston, lass, a Islander, who sponsored two Grand Circuzt meetings n, Rock- ingham Park last summer, cannot secure dates thn year as inc thor- oughbred interests are in control and intend to have continuous rac- ing through ' the summer. It is a case of "double crossing" the har- ncn horse interests, who exerted |their influence to zrelp the passage of s pan-mutual bill wiinout which thoroughbred racing could not sur- vive in New Hampshire. Wilson states, however, that he will secure another track for Grand Circuit racing in the New England states. Vansandt (4) 2.01, whose name has appeared so frequently in these columns, won thirteen trotting rac- es in 1933, being at the top of the list of winners at that gait, sl- though honors are shared with the Canadian gelding Norman Peter 2.07. Norman Peter isa half broiherof Norman Grattan 2.03 i-2, winner of eleven firsts and two seconds in thirteen starts for Sol! PR1!!! 1B 1925. Norman Peter was repeatedly obliged to meet pacers during his campaign this season. One of the highlights of his career was the winning of six races at different meetings in nine days. Norman secured his record at North Randal in 1981 and incident- ally rewarded his backers very handsomel es he returned $94.00 for a $5.00 ticket, and there were a lot of tickets on him. Tommy Murphy tbs incompar- able. although several years out of competition as a harness horse driver, still heads the list with 68 mounts driven in 2.05, his nearest competitor being ‘Walter Cox. Tom- my Berry one of the modems is crawling up, Tommy having given marks of 2.05 or better to ten hors- es last season which with the ex- ception of a dmilar fest by Dr. H. M. Parshall in 1932 was never prev- iously accomplished by any other driver. ‘Iihe following list shows the num- ber of 2.05 trotters and 2.05 paccrs marked by these ten leading knights of the sulky: Driver T P Total T. W. Murphy .. ... 40 28 d8 W. R. Co! . .. 2'! 20 47 H. H. Stokes . . . . .. 20 24 44 C. A. Valentine 10 29 39 S. l". Pslin 9 28 :1 H. M. Parshall I8 22 35 118.3911’? 20 8 28 E. I‘. Leers ll i6 l’! Dick McMahon D l8 21 A. L. McDonald .. . . 16 D 2 PAGE SEVEN \ Milli TliE- BABK STRETCH v r- s- Of the ten rcinlnen in the Harv!!! and i: McMahon have Ntired, both lil&_ ling runners at present. Id. Gem." and Alonzs Mctanald have to the great beyond. Tbs mnsinin, ~- six are still active in flrs profeuio: - . although Waiter Co: doc praetic ' 1 sliy no driving, at prsent attend ing to tho PTBDITIJ-ifll cf lib ltsble Stokes, Valentine and Psrshal were born and have msds their greatest success in Ohio. Walta coxbelcngscothenoted Contain’! ily of New Hampshire. Palin h s product of Indians and you will i..- P-Phrtsed when we tell you that Tommy Berry was born and spat! iiiséearly boyhood days in Old ls‘- an . - We never weary of statlstiu rs- c. lating to that grand old hero of tip race track, Single G. 1.58 1-2. ' his long career starting as a thr year-old and ending when he was H, sixteen, he trumped 280 miles in '- 2.l0 or better and 18d in 2.05 or If better. In seven different years 1‘- ca-mpaigning he went one or mo», miles 1n two minutes or better. No wonder he was referred to as “the horse that tin: forgot." i Just one brood mare in the his- tory of harness horse racing fl credited with fiva better than 1U performers, Justissima 2.06 i-d by Justice Brooke 2.08 1-2. Here they are and . member each and ovary one of them were racing for the monq last year. Calumet Adam 159 8-4, Daniel nanovu (3) 2.01 1-2, Calumet Charles (8) 2.06, Just the Guy 2.04 1-4 and Calumet But- ler (S) 2.02 l-fl racing in Germs-up: rl\a-v_lor..s~s|.r¢-c-- pacer is held by the Ohio sido Wheeler T. N. T. 2.13 l-d. who made his fifteenth straight in i933. He leads all 210 perform- ers in number of races started is and in addition is one of the few "hr-yni-i horses which won ten or more rac- es in three separato campaign. In January, i024, when the Ilse- Kinnon Stable was racing at Mount Qemcnts, Mich, one of the stari‘ ers in the 2.17 pace with Dan Pat- chen 2.15 l-2 was T. N. T. then considered a veteran of the race tracks. Dan has been retired racingforrmny yaarabut old . N.T.il Iii-u lOingstrongandQ-Q probably be out for another cana-____ palgn this year. Claude Ludinzwn, s man sip; _- was a credit to the horse game; ' passed away at Orlando, FlmiQ_ _ rerently. Fbr m8!!!’ Furl he was l--_- flHNfHHHaictsv-r l continued on page 0 Sport In Halifax on Thursday evening a complimentary banquet was tender- ed to the noted Maritime sports writer, James W. Power, by his con- freres of the Halifax Herald and Daily Mail and to which other news- paper men were also invited. It was in appreciation of Mr, Power's fifty- thlrd year as a sports writer and al- so a tribute to his genial qualities of head and heart which have en- deared hirn to many thousands of personal acquaintances. livery year since we can remem- ber we have looked forward to his annual review of harness horse rac- ing in the Maritimes. Its accuracy is such that it is used by American trotting horse publications as their authority. Notwithstanding that fifty-three years have passed by to- gether with years of boyhood and young manhood prior to taking up sports writing, Mr. Power seems to be as active as ever and his daily column in the Halifax Herald is one of the most. popular features of that paper. Jimmie Power is an instit- ution that we cannot get along without and l know we are voicing the sentiments of horsemen and sportsmen in Prince Edward Island in wishing hirn another long contin- uation of his work. "King Flu" has taken a hand in the hockey wars and has already claimed as his victims Walter Pier- guson, Bill Gulliver and Joey Bea- ton, with trainer Pat Adair of the Abbies succumbing on arrival st Charlottetown. If it stops there supporters of the home team will be very thankful but there is no know- ing who will be the next victim. Ibr Halifax Masher and Chummie Lswlcr wer laid up with it the oth- er night snd since then there must have been other casualties sa Hali- fax had asked saint John to post- pone last night's game. It might have been a good thing to have innoculated the boys as understand that lnnoculstion Who knows, perhaps "King may change the tide of ' as Maritime hockey is con- cerned? We know that the next will be fought with The Abbiea are sendinl two dale- gates to the "Bis Pour" eetlns it, Moncton Monday afternoon. the question of referees and playoff dates will be settled. The Halifax -- v _ I Chronicle comes out flat-footediy. .. ;- 4 » for Ontario or Quebec referees, state. ' » ing that the work of the referees in Halifax was comparable to a.. scratchy condition which sflsctedJ great many of the troops in Those are not the words used bll- that is the meaning. ——'€ ' i Our friend Foley of the Chronicle‘ - - _ , will find many here to agree with - l, him. When the Big Four had their i , organization meeting in October the r , Island delegates pointed out the uh-w- - _ visabillty of bringing in two high class outside referees. 1f it had been done there would have been a change in the standing of the teams and also a much better feeling prank‘ ' 3 vailing all around and more support . I I ' from the public, but the “buguboo" of being first in the playoffs seemed to fascinate the Hallgonluns and their dictum was, win at all can: at home, which accounts for their lack oi popularity in Saint Join, Moncton and Charlottetown. That docs not refer to the players. who are well liked everywhere. The Detroit. and New York play- ers who took part in the Bailey ben- efit game st Toronto on Wedneedw night. flew back by plane to New York so as to he in time for their regular N. H. L. clash between De-fl troif. and the Americans at Madison Square Gardens, Thursday night. It v was the first time that major le hockey players have been transfe - redtotheir gamebysir. ThsADg bies have something on them in this respect as two years ago the entire team was transferred to Moncton b1 air an‘ last year half of the - tm Hawks came over by plans. _ other half being prevmtod 2ft» '4. coining dus toasuddenstcrmem; 3 ing up. Never in the wwid‘: such marvelous middle distance ner-s been seen in competition.