§IIIVISV$Z5‘ZIQSQ§'III a Tue: cuaaunwurown GUARDIAN y’; 1i Boxing came back to the City with a bang Friday night with the staging of the good card at the Sporting Club and it was (111116 evident from the attendance that the game has plenty of appeal to local sports followers. 1' ‘l- After so long a layoff it was felt that the card would not measure up to standard but Promoter Joey McDonald, with an eye to Bellini off aln on the right foot. brought toget er evenlr matched fighters that gave the ans plenty for their money. i + -I- -l- There wasn't a dull moment all evening and on top of it all the“! were four knockouts out of the five bouts. It's funny but a fight crowd. no matter what admission they pay, seem to revel in knock- outs and they certainly sot their fill of them Friday night. '5' 1' i- "I- And young Bunny McCluskey_ a kid with a bright future ahead of him in the boxing game. stole the show and it was T151111)’ 59- nus youngster, a boy who has seen plenty service in the merchant marine and who st‘"ks strictly to training at ' showed Fri- dgy night ' as the punch. laoxing ab 1d courage to goi ar the game. + '1- d- I-Ic was by in» nzenns up against a novice in the person of Weath- erbie but rather pitted against a crafty, hard hitting ring fighter. lVlcCluskey took his opponent's bes: shots, kept boring in and when the opening presented itself slammed over a punch that ended the bout. -l- -Z- ~1- Truc. it was only a technical knockout but Weatherbies chief second. his brother who had sci" ed an early knockout did the I'll-l» thing when he jumped into the ring to stop the fight. Weather- bic was cut badly over the right eye and it would have been sheer folly for him to continue and risk getting hit again with the rapier- like left that the winner was throw- ing at him. 4- 4- + sl- The Bunny McCluskey of Friday night was a far cry from the kid that we watched crawl through the same ri f: ropes a few years buck. Now he is heavier, taller and far more experienced but even on that night so far back he showed signs of developing in to quite a fighter. There were many who made that prediction that evening and now it is beginning to bear fruit. + ~l- + Il- He is a, fighter who is going to bear plenty oi watching. With proper management and training we think he can make his mark in the game and from now on local fight fans will likely flock to see him in action and he is well worth watching. <l- l» + si- “Red" Ruffing, now 42, is dem- onstrating these days that veterans as well as younger players return- ing to baseball from the services can 5's; right into stride in the! current brand of big league ball. 4- + 4- 1l- l Recently Ruffing scored his third straight victory for the Yan- kees since his discharge from the army. Ruffing not only is shooting for victories on the Yanks’ be- half. He has a personal ambitionl to achieve and before he's through he is likely to have passed the to- tal victory mark of some of the modern mound greats. 4- + '1' Il- When he turned back the Cleve- land Indians it was the 261st vic- tory of the husky Yankee hurler. ‘when he entered the services he ‘was carrying on a personal race with the veteran Chicago White Sax hurler, Ted Lyons. who had rolled up 259 before he enlisted with the Marine Corps. Now it is reported that Lyons will receive his discharge soon. + -l- Neither Buffing nor Lyons has much chance of surpassing the to- tal of the mark of 300 victories left by “Lefty" Grove, but they can top such totals as the 2'70 wins amassed by Burleigh Grimes and Eppa Rixefstm. Athletic pitcher, chalked up 324. and Cy Young won 511 in his 22 ears of big league campaigning. e American League mark. of course, still belongs to Walter Johnson. In 21 years with Wash- ington, Johnson won 414 games. All Stars Win; Beatpllavy 8-5 In n. see-saw exhibition baseball game at Victoria Park yesterday afternoon. the City All-Stars de_ feated the Navy by a score oi 8-5 l Although the game was not p-ub- r llsh-ed, a fair crowd was in at, tendance. The rival pitchers, Carmichael for the All-Stars and Junop for the Navy, hurled steady ball, the for- mer allowing only fivc hits and the latter six Gus MacLeod. who went to the mound as relief for Junop in the last half of the sixth was found for three hits and a walk after an auspicious start of two strikeouts An error on the Navy outfield in this crucial inning combined to spelll disaster for the "bell bottom boys" as the All-Stars shoved four runs across home plate In eon. trast Gauthier who relieved Car- michacl in the final frame held the Sailors hitless and the lone score camq as a result of an error Charlie Ryan. recently returned from overseas. made a spectacular catch in the fourth inning when he s-pearcd a high drive by Mac- Leod over first to retire the Navy side This together with a triple of two buggers highlighted the play O'Sllen for the Nay)‘ eon‘- mctsd fr; a double the opening SPORTING NEWS 13o Horses ‘Stabled At The Race Track I I With over 130 horses the Association everythin l most successful yet. lMoreside And West already stabied in the stalls at the Exhibi- tion Grounds, marking the la. est . entry 11st in the 55 years his or‘); pointing to Old Home Week w ich‘ cords on a program commences on Tuesday being the] tax the accommodation of bids fair to outdo all previous that - marrow afternoon. In ivinals This Eveniri At 6 p.m. sharp this Bill Moreside who Saturday de- feated Frank Hansen by the score 6-2, 6-2. 6-3‘, will battle it out with Don West for the champimship oi the Charlottetown Tennis Club. This match will be very closely contested as both players are very evenly balanced, and all fans are expected to be on hand to give the players a real send off. RESULTS OF SATURDATS AND‘ SUNDAYS PLAY Men's Singles Bill Moreside defeated Frank Hansen 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Mixed Doubles Don West and Georgia West de- feated Jack Morris and Caroline Sinclair 6-2, 6-3. Ivo Cudmore and Helen Tid- marsh defeated Ned Wran and Helen Deyvar 7-5, 6-3. Ladies Doubles Gwen Barbour and Evelyn Wra Early Return To Normalixpected In Sports World WASHINGTON. Aug. 12 —(AP) —An early return to normal forlBosto top sports attractions in the United States, curtailed or dropped during! the war. appeared likely today, Deg-cit based 0n expectations of a Japanese surrender . The world series in baseball, professional football's championship games, and the big football bowl games, all tentative because oi trgsportation difficult- ies. seemingly will be played if the pair's end comes soon. Those events would be made possible by an indicated easing of t-he Office of Defence Transport. ation's rigid restrictions on non- essential travel Bowling and boxini may b6 111B first to resume full-scale operation. . Exhibition Ball Game Tonight quick Baseball is fast regaining its old popularity among local ball play- ers. An exhibition game will be played on the Park diamond to- night at 6 o'clock Shfifj), Navy and Veterans tangling in what promises to be the best game so far. Ns it will be the second game int l.rty hours, but those Tare are tough and the Vets need not count on "that tired feeling" overcoming or slowing down their op onents. In the last meeting of t ese two teams, Navy edged the Vets by one run in the last half of the ninth inning so the returned boys will be out to even that score. Interest has risen for baseball among the fans and a good crowd is expected tonight. Players are asked to be at the diamond and ready to play on time -6 o'clock sharp. It is hoped officials will be ar- ranged for before the game starts as the delay caused by with spectators to nECBSSIIry at all. Scottish Football Season Opened Sat. “ump" is orsasoow. Aui- 11 — (CPI _The Scottish football season op- ened yesterday in scorching sun- of play and some sumrlsing re- suits. Four visiting sides woxr, the most notable success being MotherwolY-s 3-0 success aver Rangers. Kilmar- nock defeated Queens Park 3-2. Patrick Thistle also got two points Ln the league standing at Ila-mil- ton by scoring the only goal of the game against Aeademicals. Sr. Mirren's 3-2 success against Clyde also was surprising. Other winners in the "a" division inclu- ded Aberdeen over Third Lanark and Hearts over Falkirk. Queen of the South playing their first game since the start of the war scored an easy 3-0 victory over Hiber- nians. Horsemen To Meet Tonight There will be a meeting of horse- nge?“ at Walker's barn at 0.30 to- n g . Remember When By The Canadian Press be Sir Thomas Llpton's last (‘IIIII-P lenge for the America's Cup 1'1} years ago today. ‘The United States; inning nrrl Rice and Ryan dunllc. ated the feat in the first and fifth sedans respect"!!!- successfully defended the cup. The Let us breathe n. prayer for good Glasgow-hem Irish yaehtsman died Oct. 3. 1931. evening. tennis 13 non- ' pleading l not shine with a generally high calibre Shamrock V nosed its wav into land" ls full of the mouth of the Thames at New chronizc their visit London. Conn“ for what proved to, hlbltlon defeated Maiorie Phair and Betty Large 6-4, 6-1. Men's Doubles Ivo Cudmore and Jack Phair de- feated Jack Morris and Jack Dauncey '7-5. 3-6. 7-5. Don West and John Squarebriggs defeated Bill Bower and Partnl b1 lefault. MONDAYS DRAIV Finals in Men's Singles 6.00 pm. - Bill Moreside vs. Don West. 5.00 p m - Ladies Singles - Eleanor Bourke vs. Joyce Cantvrell 6.30 Mixed Doubles _ Joe Cullen and Joyce Cantwell’ vs Ivo Cud- more and Helen 'I‘idmarsh. 6.45 _ Frank Hansen and Isabel Sinclair vs. Bob Large and Nancy Simpson. Art Cantwell and Alvere Arsen- ault vs. Owen Sharkey and Eleanor Bourke. - ;~—~——_—__-;- -: ' Baseball Standing NATIONAL LEAGUEL It Pct. Chicago 68 36 .654 St. Louis 63 4-4 .589 Brooklyn 61 44 .581 New York 57 50 .533 Pittsburgh 55 58 .509 n 49 56 .454 r < Cincinnati 43 60 .417 l Philadelphia 2'1 1a .265 AMERICAN LEAGUE 59 43 .578 " Washington 57 45 .559 i New York 52 47 .525 r Chicago 53 50 .515 Cleveland 5i 51 .500 '_ Boston 51 53 .490 St. Louis 49 51 .490 Philadelphia 34 66 .340 _ INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE - Montreal 75 39 . i Newark 61 51 .545 , Baltimore 61 52 .540 Toronto 60 54 .526 . Jersey City 57 57 .500 l Syracuse 48 63 .432 ‘ Rochester 47 65 .420 uffalo 42 70 .375 SPURT FORUM OUR BIG EXHIBITION ‘The following is a letter from our good friend "Big Jim" Pen- -dergast, est-champion heavyweight ,oi the Klondike. gold prospector I and agriculturist which will be read , with interest. It concerns the com- iing Old Home Week program and _exhibition which opens here on Tuesday afternoon. ‘The 55th annual Prince Edward Island "Show" opens on Tuesday. ~It has grown and prospered from fthe beginning. The originalfound- -ers “builded better than they knew." It has attained the status l of one of the most important outdoor = events in Eastern Canada and the lNorth Eastern States. Those outdoor events are what they are made by the management. The . managerialpollcy of the great sue- cessful “fairs" in the East is be- ,ing emulated by those in charge. ‘A "quid pro uo" (fair barter) and then some. veryone gets a "run ior his or her money" (in the old time hackneyrcd phraseology). ‘Those nine outstanding aerial and comic features between heats are among the best in the world. They will provide diversion and relaxa- tion for the most fastidious spec- tators of acrobatic and contort- performances. Those artists ,are the best in the world in their ispecial acts. As a class we are appreciative but a bit unemotional and undemonstrative. We could be lmore generous with our applause ,without taxing our energy to any .great extent. It would react in- stantly on the performers and spur them on to greater effort and finesse. They are very human. They "live" for the acclaim of the multitude. Money is just a "con- venience" for them. The "Mid- way" has a great attraction for most people. It brings a cosmo- politan crew together. Great in- terest is shown in the eloquence of the side-show "barkers" and it behooves all to remember the old, old Roman law adage "Emptor Caveat" (let the buyer bewarel. The cavalcade of the "thunder- ing herd" of beautiful and fleet horses going by the‘ grand stand is elysium-the seventh heaven oi delight ior the spectators. The "Sport of Kings" makes all of us kings and queens for the time be- ing-"Monarchs of all we survey. our right there is none to dispute“ Prominent drivers. the Cify pack- ed with visitors that bids well to. the Canada's role in s various hotels and rooming houses. Mr, Haw, "viewed Jfii‘ lion of Canadian scientists to open with four classes of races to- under construction f be a source of ,1“ Pmcesses and for u wnedlcinc. Reeonstructon Howe disclosed today. In a IMO-word statement the lgavc s description: of the scientifl theory on Whl-CII it operates. While 0mm’; part millions of dollars spent United States. it involved extensive research IOBTHIII 6V6 logy." he said. Baseball Results SUNDAY AMERICAN New York 00040002000-6112 Detroit 310 002 000 03-9 9 0 (I1 innings) Bevens, Holcombe. Turner and Cvanbark, Dreseher; Overmire. Wil- son. Mueller, Tobin and Swift. New York 002 000 000-Z 6 4 Detroit 010 310 3011-8 12 0 Z/uber, Roses and Garbark; New- houser and Richards Washington 003 020 004-9 I3 St. Louis 000 000 041-5 l2 2 Niggeling, Carrasquel, Ullrich and Ferrell; Shirley, West, Jones, San- iers, Zoldak and Mancuso. I Washington 100 000 000-l 5 0 ‘st. Louis 003 000 10x-4 12 1 Pieretti and Evans; Muncrief and Haywprth. Philadelphia. I11 001 021-7 I1 0 Chicago 000 000 000-0 4 I I Flores and Rosar; Lopat and 'I‘rcsh. l Philadelphia 001 020 000-3 ll 1 Chicago 10o s10 00x—5 9 0 l Black, Kneer. Berry and George; Humphrles and 'I‘resh. Boston 000 000 430-7 12 0 Cleveland 000 100 000-l 7 I Ferriss and Steiner; Harder, Rey- 'nolds. Klieman and Hayes. 1 Boston 000 010 001-z s 2 g Cleveland I00 112 21x-8 13 I . Clark, Hausmann and Steiner; ‘ Center and- Hayes. I NATIONAL Chicago 201 010 000-4 9 Philadelphia 000 020 010-S 5 0 Erickson, Borowy and Gillespie. Williams; Mauney, Kraus and Se- minick. g1 Chicago 302 000 430-12 16 I .I’hlladelphia 020 100 021-6 13 Ii .' Wyse and Rice; Sproull, Monte- -,agudo. Schanz and Spindel. |SL Louis 100 000 200-3 6 I g Brooklyn 001 400 0224-7 10 0 ‘ Doekins, Gardner, Crouch and ‘Rice; Lombardi and Dantonio. I Peacock. '51.. Louis 000 000 201-3 8 0 Brooklyn 000 000 000--0 4 0 Burkhardt and O'Dea; Gregg, |Buker and Dantonio. Peacock. Cincinnati 100 000 001-z 8 0 New York 100 000 02x-3 6 2 Kennedy and Unser; Mungo, A- dams and Lombardi. Cincinattl 000 000 230-5 8 0 New York 102 000 03x-6 9 3 Heusser and Lalteman; Brewer. Adams and Ber-res. Pittsburlh 400 011 000-6 ‘I I Boston 600 000 01x-7 l2 3 Ouccurullo. Gerheausea- and salkeld; Cooper, Hutchings Hen- drickson and Masi. Pittsburgh Boston 000 000 000-0 6 0 I Roe and Lopez; Wright. Hutch- ings and Hoiferth. INTERNATIONAL Baltimore 10B 200 001 03-10 l4 4 Montreal 001 002 220 02,- 9 l7 I Barlllari, Podgajny and Loilar; Bantu, Lady. Gabbard and Todd. Baltimore I00 1000 2 8 2 Montreal 211 002 0-6 8 Kleine and Lollar. Roy and Todd. 000 310 000-4 B 2 Reveal Canadian Role In DevelopingNewBomb . i OTTAWA, Aug. 12 _ (up) _ The Chalk River. Ont, pilot plant 0!’ the produc- tion of atomic bomb materials will new radio-active material which will be valuable for the study of chemical and biologic- cn was not, however. until the out- tomic research, break of war that work in the Unit- contribu-‘ed Kingdom. United States anti de- Canada was intensified. lvelopzrient of the atomic bomb and did not. joint laboratory of United King- equal in money the hundreds of-CIOIII and Canadian staff was es- 1“ the! tablished in Montreal under the substan- tial expenditures and was the most undertaken in the _ inion, he said. "Having lmple sizpplies of basic melierifll-B. good water supplies and isolated sites well suited to work, Canada. with foresight and enter- prise and the organization of the National Research Council, has been able to enter as a pioneer in- to an important field of techno- o for the I markable new source of energy." - Date: Back To I899 Canada's part in radio periments at McGill University. It m i042, when it was decided that c an important art‘ of the program should be carr ed on in Canada. a ludministration of the National Re- geigrch Council with a final staff of r . Mr. Howe made public names of Canadian scientists and scientists from abroad who have worked in Canadian laboratories on the re- search program. Heading the list were Dr. C. J. Mackenzie, director of the National Research Council, and Dr. J. l). Cockcroft, formerly of Cambridge University, England. now director of the National Re- igzasiych Council's Montreal labora- a result of agreements reach- ed between the three partner gov- ernments. the work of this labs" WW was closely co-ordinated " . the tremendous research activity in this field in the United States." Mr. Howe said. Its’ work led to the design of a pilot plant for the production of atomic bomb materials, now under construction at Petawaw , Ont, by Defence Industries Ltd., as port of the United Kingdom-United States-Canadian program, A branch of the National Re- search Council will be established there in close association with the pilot plan-t to carry out research on the application of in war and in industry and on the use ‘ofmiets’ products in research and medic The primary material required undPflflklng was uranium, of which Canada has one o; the “("135 W0 largest supplies. located at Great _Bear Lake in the North. west TGITIIOTIN». It was to preselrvg this asset for the people of‘ Can. aria that the government Expro- Pmied the property of the Eldorado M10406 and Refining 00., 1n 1943, Explains Scientific Factor-g Much of Mr. Rowe's statement was devoted to an explanatign of the scientific factors of the release of atomic energy. . "The burilin! of a molecule of nigh explosive is a chemical pm. cess-one of the many chemlcg] Continued on Bage 7 id Baseball Big Six By The Batting League). Player. Club Homes, Braves Cavarretta, Cubs Rosen, Dodgers Cucclnello, W. S. Case. Senators 92 377 56 119 . Stirnweiss, Yank. 99 408 71 128 , Runs Batted In: National Leu- BHEI 011110. DOdBers 93; American League, Etten, Yankees 66, Home Runs: National League: Holmes and Workman. Braves l8: As-soelated Press ithree leaders in such G AB R I-l Pct. 105 447 96185369 10540282146. 9941089148. 8829838 97. west-run: >-.-<M<nu: mason-m “The future will disclose the full peacetime potentialities of this re- activity ication in research dates back to i800 when Minister Lord Rutherford conducted ex- ’|.AYER'$ MILD Plain-hove "V/clprool" papal‘ YOIIICII docs not stick to the lips- MILD or MEDIUM “IT'S TH! TOBACCO THAI‘ COUNIS" 2 Quebec City Becomes Two-Way Repatriation Centre American League: Stephens, Browns 1G. 11.8. Baseball I - Playdowns Begin SAD?!‘ JOHN, N.B., Aug. 12 _ (CPl - The New Brunswick senior baseball playdowns opened Satur- day. with Saint John Dodgers trimming west side Eagles 5-1 in the first game of a best-of-three series. The winners will play either east end Commercials or St. Peter's in the Saint John City finals. Muller. Caster and Richards. Philadelphia at St. Louie, played former date. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 000 020 000-Z 6 I Brooklyn 000 210 02x-8 10 0 R. Riddle, Lisenbee and Lake- man; Webber and Peacock. Chicago 200 000 000-a 11 1 Boston 000 000 000-0 2 3 Passeau and Rice; Logan, Hutch- ings, Hendrickson and Mael. 5t. Louis 001 000000_j B0 New York 211 I30 20x-I0 14 I Gardner, Juriscich, Crouch. (heel Byerly and Rice; Zabala and Kluttz. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, play- from former date. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Newark Buffalo 000 000 003-3 8 5, Moore. Makosoky and Vaugrofskl; y Gillespie, Bowman and Morderskiq Newark a1 um szi 0-20 I5 o? Buffalo 000 400 0-4 11 1 ‘ Maldovan and Taylor; Oana.‘ Herstek, Bowman, Wheaten and Welch. l TOIOIIIO 102 2N 000 5 I5 I. Syracuse 001 000 000-I 6 2 McCrabb and Pruett; BebbenGra-l bowski and Just. we can thrill and enthuse as read- lily as any king or queen. A won- ‘rlerlul galaxy of fast horses ulill _l“lfilii‘ the word". The extra resi- will conduce to acceleration ‘speed. According to the signs and portcnts this years “show" will [transcend all others-ii we do not have a break in the weather-if it is in the Divine order of things ‘that a "break" should come. the lraces can be postponed for a day for even into next week. The "Ex- ' hibtion" and races has developed to almost a religious rite with us. We want to see it and incidentally see our friends from different parts of Prince Edward Island. "The Is- people who ‘tyn- “home" with ex- and Old Home Week. Every eonvr‘ once that rolls, plcugha the wart", or navigates the air rzrairitaics toward Charlottetown. icncy of the track and hot weather l of J“ Toronto I02 210 000-6 15 ll Syracuse 001 010 0-2 5 1 Croweon and Lady: Katz and! st. l Jersey City 010 I01 0-3 7 2' Rochester s30 00o s-c a 0i Brondell and Tonsoif; Wagner’ and Devlin (seven inning) SATURDAY AMERICAN LEAGUE Wllhlpiton 510 320 000-II 14 I Chicago 000 I01 000- 2 6 ‘Z Leonard and Ferrel; Caslino, Grove, Parish and 'I‘rcsh. New York 021 000 000-2 '1 1 Clevellml 500 000 00x-5 7 0 Dubiel, Page. Holcombe and R0- binson, Garbark; Gromek ‘and Hayes. 000 130 000-4 10 0 weather. JIM PENDEIIGAST Boakm Detroit I40 000 00x—5 8 0 Woods, Ruba and Helm, Steiner; Syracuse I04 010 000-B 13 0 Montreal 211 100 000-s 1s 0 Davila and Just; Gabbard, Steph_ enscn and Ferrel. Syracuse 000 000 3-3 7 0 Montreal 10o 010 0-2 1 0 Jersey City 100 310 000-5 B 1 Toronto I00 100001-3 9 0 Rosso. Mellis an d Toncroft; Smola, Ananlcz. Johnson and Pructt. - Jersey C“: 010 000 0-1 s 1 Tnronhr 00 300 x—3 I 0. Plccirillo and Toncroft; Jarlctt» and Pruett. l Newark 401 000 100-c 10 0 I Buffalo 000 000 011-Z 0 01 Garbett and Vangrofski; I-Ierstek. ' Lee and Mordarski. l ' Baltimore at Rochester, played , fromer date. ’ arr; ~fiiiuillfiififilii' J. 8f M. Murphy Ltd.‘ SAMPLE ROOM I Located At 53 QUEEN ST. R. C. KENNEDY Rep. comed a group of Canadian field officers and vis- iting United States Army inslrilctore recently. when the Canadians were given the fino points oi U. S. Army administration. cusaion period are: lame! sinners: "PM STRATHEDEN FIRST INS Quebec City started on July 30 to share with Halifax as a repatriation centre for Canadian servicemen coming back from the German War and British civilians and child wnr guests returning to the Old Country. First troopship to dock at the Wolfe's Covo pier which the Canadian Pacific built for its famous Empress of Britain was the Stratheden (top) with happy airmen and soldiers being despatched from there to their homes all over (‘Anode in C.P.R. trains (bottom left) on July 81. side of the plot cciaI On August 1 the other was presented when the first bra-it train for Quebec since the outbreak of war left the CP-ll» l Windsor Station in Montreal with passengers IlIVIllCIllIQ tho British children (bottom right), among them the lid on the extreme sticks. left taking home his Canadian liookc! Historic Royal Military College. Kingston, wel- Anny; 311B. J. D. B. Smith, C.B.E.. D.S.O, ‘Lonrlflg Ont; LL-Coi. U. T. Bird. U. S, Army: Ylr l. T’ Bernatchez. D.S.O.. O.B.E,, Mnntmngny". l -, H J. M. Rocklngbim, 0.5.0., Virrnrln, n o: 1- h! Pholngrnpltgd Qflcr h‘ dlg- E. E. GQITISOH, US. Army; filial Brig II A. Fparl. (left to right): Lt-Col. J. s. 0.5.0.. Ottawa. - (Clnlldlun Arm)‘ PM” Lt-Col. M. J. Landry, both of the U. S.