Another Sensational Racing Card Seen _ At Covehead Track Giving a repeat performance of the sensational racing card wit- nessed two weeks ago the harness racing card staged at Covehead race track yesterday afternoon a- gain provided a good sized crowd of fans with sensational racing throughout all four classes, with the usual upsets occurring. fast times being hung up over a light- ning-fast track. and two horses taking now records. Nell Kalmuck, Willard Kelly's rreat trotter came through as ex- pected with a straight heat vic- Zorv in the Classified Trot over a 1..d of six starters; Dale B. :halked up a looked-for victory in zhe No. 3 Classified and in so do- ing took a new win race tab of 2:13 in winning the second heat after Quick Lick had taken a new nark in winning the first heat in 2.12 2J5. but that was as far as ihe favorites got. Scotty Budlong. given a great drive by owner Sammy Kennedy hirnished the first upset of the afternoon as he came from he- hznci in all three heats of the No. 1 Classified Trot and Pace to chalk up a straight heat win. and Mollie Bars. owned by L. E. Delaney of Ynrmouth. N. 5., cli- maxed the afternoon's sport by being 1-1-1 in the N0. 4 Classi- fied Trot and Pace, final event. on the card. heading a field of eleven starters and going the sec- ond mile in 2:14 2/5. Those were the highlights of a great: racing program and despite ihe prevalence of rain from the start of the fourth heat on. the fans stayed through to witness the duels of speed that were oc- curring in each and every heat raced. No. l, Classified Trot and Pace The battling started in the very first heat and with it the upsets as Sammy Kennedy took Scotty Budlong out at the 7-8th mark to pace to the front 20 yards from the wire to win the heat in if duel with ‘Eleanor G. and Jacob Withrow. Icrrainc Abbe (stole the rail from Eleanor G. at the first turn but lost it after they had reached the three-quarters. At the seven-elghths Scotty Budlong had paced into second place. It was a. triple stretch duel with rookie reinsman Kennedy taking his horse home in front. Eleanor second. Jerry Gralttan moving up to third, with the remainder close- ly bunched. The second mile was practically a repetition of the first, driver Srmmy Kennedy waiting until the last quarter to take Scotty Bud-long out. and win the heat in the battle to the wire from Lor- raine Abbe who had led from the first turn on after taking the rail from Scotty. Joe Direct moved up fast to cop third with Eleanor G. fourth in the eight-horse field. The final mile produced the most exciting finish of the day as five horses came racing to the wire abreast of each other. It required a photo finish but again it was Scotty Budlong. a nose to the good. as driver Kennedy took him from behind in the stretch to shade Joe Direct who had lbeen to a drive from the back stretch on. No. 2, Classified Trot Jolly Harvester, trotting a storm opened up rbig gap to lead by five lengths at the half. but Neil Kalmuck. the favorite started to move up from fourth place; be- fore they hit the three-quarters the Kelly-driven mare was sec- ond and in the stretch, never lift- ing her nose, trotted to the front to win by half a length over Jolly Harvester with the other four horses strung out. Nell Kalmuck made every post a winning one in the second mile. Keilyis Nightmare raced on the outside almost all the way but couldnt get up to the leader as she drove to the wire as the field of six trotters finished close- ly packed with a photo finish necessary to decide third and fourth horses. It was Nell all the way again with Kelly's Nightmare racing on the outside all the way challeng- lng. but was still a head behind a‘. the wire with Billy Kalmuck a neck ahead of Beaverdale and Jolly Harvester and George Mac in that order. No. 3, Cludflfl RI Repeating her performance of two weeks ago Quick Lick came from far back to nip Dale B. a’. the wire in a sensational finish with Just Flicks. just a head be- hind. Dale B. took the rail at the first turn to lead the closely pack- ed field around to the half. Hit- ting the backstretch Quick Lick made her move ic move up on even terms with Just Flicks at the three-quarters a shade behind Dale B. They tore down the stretch practically even but driv- er Len OMeara had Quick Lick in front at the wire: Dale B. sec- ond; Flicks third. and very little Inparatlng the other six perform- an. Upsets continued ls Dale B.. baking the rail right after -t.he word was never haded. staying d! the last half drives of Just Fllcka and Quick Lick to win by a length. with Flicka going a great mile. being a head in front of Quick Lick. It was l new mark for Dale B. Billy P. C. Parker was fourth. moving up from ‘ninth in the first mile. Dale B. threw back the chal- lenge of Billy P. C. Parker 1n the first half and Just Plicka in the latter part of the mile to win the heat and race. leading from wire to wire. Dale raced on even terms with Just Flicka from the three-quarters to the middle of the stretch before again going to the front to stay. Quick Lick made her bid at the three-quart- es but two successive breaks ruin- ed her chances as she finished fourth. half a length behind C. Albert Budlong. No. 4. Classified Trot and Pace In a heat that saw positions change frequently. Mollie Bars came on l1'1 the stretch lo win the opening mile from Lucky Number. Taking the lead at the second turn with Shy Ann 2nd in second position. Mollie Bars went to the front at the half; Lucky Number again took over on the backstretch but in the race to the wire Mol- lie had too much foot. beating Lucky Number by a length. Romeo moved up to third with Shy Ann 2nd. fourth to complete the leaders. There was no catching Mollie Bars in the second mile as she led the field from wire to wire. Alt fhe half Mollie, Lucky Number and Shy Ann 2nd. were well bunched. 0n the backstretch Pro- fessor Clegg moved 11D to con- tending position but was still half a length back of the leader at the wire. Lucky Number was third with Mary's Delight closing fast to finish fourth. They couldn't catch Mollie Bars in the final mile as she led from wire to wire. The field were bunched the most of the mile. stringing out slightly in the final seven-eighths with Professor Clegg capturing second place. Shy Ann 2nd. third. and Abeweit Milady winding up the money winners. Summary: No. 1. Classified hot b Paco Scotty Budlong (Kennedy).-. Joe Direct (Baxter). Eleanor G. (McNeil). Lorraine Abbe (W. Kelly) Jerry Grattan (Hankinson). O. U. Volo (Stead).............. . Jacob Withrow (McAlduflyfl Wait N‘Sca (O’Meara and Gregory) Time: 2.12 2/5; 2.14; 2.16. Winning horse owned by Sam Kennedy. Charlottetown. w No. l, Classified Trot Nell Kalmuck (W. Kelly) .... ..1 l1 Kelly's Nightmare (Shaw) .5 2 2 Jolly Harvester (Baxter) .... ..2 5 5 Billy Kalmuck (McDonaidLAl 3 3 Beaverdale (McNeil) ..4 4 4 Geo. Mac (Stead) .. .5 6 6 Time: 2.13 3/5; 2.16; 2.16 1/5. Winning horse owned by Wil- lard Kelly, Southport. No. I, Clalalfled Paco Dale B. (C. O'Brien)... .. Quick Lick Billy P. C. Parker inson) .. Billy Conn (Bownesa) Dlldy Budlong (Stead). Nellie Worthy (Buell) . Marjorie Budlong (Rankine) Time: 2.12 2-5; 2.13; 2.14 2-5. Winning horse owned by Geo. Hughes, Brackley. ' No. 4, Classified Trot .9 Pace Mollie Bars (Baxter) . ....1 1 Professor Clegg (flankin- kl son) . . 2 2 Lucky Number (W. Kelly) 2 3 8 Shy Ann 2nd. (Phillips) ...4 '1 3 Abcgwcit Milady (Smith) 5 5 4 Amy's Delight (Stead)10 -4 5 Donna Clear,’ (Sheehammsd 6 '1 Twilight Melody (sum. man) .9 0 0 Geo. Guy (Jay). .8 9 9 Romeo (Arhing) .. 3 l1 . Rlio-Dola-D (Delaney) .1110 d Time: 2.16 1/5; 2.14 2/5; 2.18. Winning horse owned b L. E. Delaney. Yarmouth. N. s. Marjorie llanover Wins At Amherst (By The Canadian Press) AMHERST. N. a. July 2343a,. men Ooates’ Marjorie Hanover won the free-for-all feature of ,0 twilight harness racing meet here. Jennie Kalmuck took a straight- heAt win in the No. i classified. Other winners were Louise Pro- testor in ihe colt race and Pearl Direct in the No. 1 classified. All event-s were on the two-heat plan. Best time was 2:15 turned in by Marjorie Hanover in the final heat of the free-for-ali. A YEO JHEATRE AAONTAGUE Playing T70 bays Only FRIDAY and SATURDAY "CAI-IIDIINIA” II ‘IOQBIIIIOI - BAY MILLAND - B. FITZGEIALD IAIIAIA STANWYCK Q50!‘ lpeefall IJOUIS-WALCOTT IIGIIT PICTUIIS Work on the cinder quarter mile track at Memorial Field is now un- derway with big machines levelling off the oval in preparation for the rolling of the clnders. many of which are now in place and when completed the field will boast one of the finest athletic tracks in the Maritimes. 1- '0- Il) 1| Although at one time it was fear- ed that not enough clnders would be available to complete this stage of the work this season 300011111; to Director of Physical Fitness 3.1! Reid under whose initiative and supervision the field became pos- slble, this trouble has now been overcome and work will be bu:- rled to completion in order w a1- 1o\v the senior and school athletic performers to get in strenuous training sessions in preparation for the two big meetings slated for September. Ii O O 0 The above will be good news t» the many athletcs who have been Just awaiting completion of the track. It will give them the oppor- tunity of getting in daily training sessions and by the time the dates of the meets roll around the per. formers should be in top condition for their competitions against out- side athletes. i- 4' -l- + Work is also progressing on tn! athletic field at Kensington. There is a. lot of interest among the youngsters in track and field work and although their \vork is natur- ally limited at the present time l). is quitc certain that when the In- terscholastic school meet takes place representatives from that. town. headed by Bobby Jay will have a strong contingent on hand. Il- i) + + Appearance here of the Harmon Field baseball team in an exhioi- tion game against the Charlotte- town All Stars on Sunday afternoon next has created a new wave u? interest among baseball followers and it is fully expected that a re- cord crowd will be on hand to win- ness the United States ball tossers 1n action against the pick of Git] League talent. i -l- 4- 0 While no strangers to Summer. side ball fans it will mark the: first appearance here and will serve as a real test of strength for the locals who so far this season have had but one game against 3.11 out of the Province team and in that instance the Moncton team were not strong enough ic give them a real struggle. 4- 4- + 0 The visitors composed of players serving in the United States Air Force are said to be a capable crew of ball tossers. They have proved popular in every appearance if‘ the western capital and with the Summerside All Stars faring off actually better than expected a- galnst‘ them the game will ash serve to compare the brand of ball played by the locals with that dish- ed out in the Summerslde Lcaguc. il- + 4- 0 Keen rivals over a good many years and at present the one. two teams in this year's City League Anchors and Rovers clash tonight at the Memorial Field diamond in a league fixture and while Anchors are the present leaders should the northenzl crew be able to come through with a victory tonight it. will place them right on the heels of the west enders. 4- + 4| 0 A much improved band of per- formers in recent games and spark- ed by Whitlock and Trainor in batting roles and Jackie Cairns in the pitching department the Wr-al- en-managed- crew are given an even chance of taking the leaders into camp in tonight's tussle. That would leave them but two games behind and with the rivalry lie- tween the two clubs keener than ever fans should witness one of the hardestdought games of the season this evening with both likely to throw their pitching ates into the fray. 0 O O O Covehead track was the scene of another great racing meet yester- day afternoon and despite continual light rain the majority of the fans stayed right through to the final heat. That in itself npeaks well for the brand of racing that was wit- nessed and with the usual upsets occurring the reputation of this fast piece of racing dirt was even more enhanced. 4- Q 0 O That McCarthy man is making his Critirl eat double portlonl of crow today_ For there are the Red Box astride the pennant pole al- ready in the American League u: nearly so. The hottcst club in basa- ball didn't get there by pulh but- ton tactics. They got there by winning nineteen out of twenty- twa starts. making a clean sweep cf their series with Cleveland. O O O O 5o now you can nettle back while they make their run to the wire. McCarthy has been vindicated, and all the radio rolloea. the uoond ‘ _ baseball writers. as well I la: the grand stand managers who called for his resignation. an "iris GUAZZDIAN. EirARboTTETowN N. Y. Giants Tie Cards For Third Place In N. L; __.__.. (By The Canadian Press) Leo Durocher's New York Giants tied the fading St. Louis Cardinals for third place 1n the National League pennant race yesterday as Clint Hartung pitched the Giants to a 5-0 victory over Cincinnati Reds while the Cards were troun- ced by Brooklyn, 12-4. l-fartung pitched one of the best games of his career, limiting the Reds to three singles. After Frankie Baumholtz singled in the first and Hank Sauer in the second, l-fartung held the Reds hitless un- til Grady Hatton whacked a one- bagger 111 the eighth. Young Helm wehmeier duelled on even terms with Hartung until the fourth when with two out the Giants scored twice. Walker Cooper walked, stole second and rode home on a double by Bobby Thomson. Thomson scored on a single by Buddy Kerr. The Giants picked up another run in the sixth when Johnny Mize walked and raced home on Wil- lard Marshall's double to ce-ntre. Sid Gordon clouted his 19th homer with l-larturig aboard via a single in the seventh to complete the Giant scoring. At Brooklyn, the Dodgers rout- ed St. Louis 12-4. to solidify their grip on second place. Every Dodger regular hit safe- ly as the Brooks assaulted four Cardinal pitchers for 15 hits in- cluding Tommy Brown's second homer of the season. The Dodgers jumped on Ken Johnson. recently recalled from Rochester of the International League, for two runs in the first inning and were never headed. Philadelphia Rhillies cut loose with a barrage of extra base hits including three home runs, to de- feat Chicago Cubs 9-4. a At Boston, right-hander Vern Bickford weathered two shaky innings and pitched Boston's league-leading Braves to an 11-2 triumph aver the PittsbufBh Pir- ates before a. night-game crowd of 25,446. The victory was the seventh against two defeats for freshman Biclcford. Three Island Fighters Lose 1 AtBhatham (By The Canadian Press) oiulri-iAM. us, July ilk-GOP- don Snodgrass. 173. Saint John. scored a fourth-round knockout over Jackie Armstrong. 1B3, l-faii- fax, in the main bout. of a boxing card here tonight. Snodgrass, NewBrunawick light- heavyweight champion and a stu- dent at St. Thomas College here. displayed too much experience for Armstrong when he landed a hard right at the 1:24 mark to end the bout. Three Ohatham boys made a clean sweep of bouts against Charlottetown fighters. In the six round semi-final, Arnold Flelgher. 160. Chatham. knocked out K. 0. Doyle, 164, Charlottetown. at the 24-soc0nd mark of the fourth round. Billy Snowball 132. won a de- cision over Tiger Steele. 129. from the Island. David Cassidy. 168. scored with left hand punches to earn another four-round decision over Buddy Currie, 182. Charlotte- town. In the curtainraiser, Yvon Du- reil, 148. Bale Ste. Anne. won by a knockout over Frank Ramsay. 145, Chatham, at the 1:24 minute mark of the second round. TORONTO. July 20 — (C?) - The Board of Control today de- cided to cable London. seeking the British Empire games for Toronto in i949. Vancouver and Hamilton already have made bids for the meet. now buried forty fathom: deep oe- neath the debris of their can confusion. 0 4- + 4 Brooklyn. or rather Burt Sholten are having somewhat the best of it in their duel with New Yuk Giants. The latter found Chicago Cubs hardei’ to handle than ex. pected- so Brooklynhas a two and a half game advantage over their great rivals. , Attention lllflemen -._.- All riflemen intending to 1o to the ILCJLA. meet at Ottawa will meet at the Arrnouriea at 0 p.m. laturday. July 3i. The flrlt ll on the Ottawa Aggregate should attend. v-_-_-_ TRAVEL IY AIR ‘I AIIIIIT-TEUIO-IINT- VlI-Ifl-CIATIAII- eA-ranaar, luau ISO- hw Pam - In! ‘line PAUL’! FLYING BIIVICI Crtown Airport-Phone 1000-! Anchors And Rovers Play This Evening First and second teams in the standing and the two clubs favor- ed to meet in the finals. Anchors and Rovers meet in a scheduled game of the City Baseball League this evening with the concensus of opinion among the fans being that the game should result in one of the best of the season. Rovers making a determined bid for top spot can creep to within two games of the present leaders by a victory tonight and if they can dish up the same brand of ball as they have been doing many are 01.1118 opinion that they will be able to take the measure of the hard-hitting wostend crew. However it turns out it should be a nip and tuck struggle, a struggle that will get underway at 5.45 at the Memorial Field diam- ond. Baseball Results National League W L Pct. GB Boston . 54 3'! .593 Brooklyn . 47 41 .534 5 l~2 ~St. Louis , 46 4-8 .517 '1 New York 43 .517 7 44 .500 B 1.2 4B .473 11 51 .446 13 i-I 53 .424 15 1-2 Pittsburgh 2 Boston B. St. Louis 4: Brooklyn 1L Cincinnati 0: New York 5. Chicago 4 Philadelphia B. American League W L Pct. GB Boston 11 .508 Phlla_ . 80 .594 Cleveland 37 .584 l-I New York 38 .582 1 l-i Detroit 46 .495 9 1-3 Washington ...30 52 .420 15 1-2 Si. Louis 54 .391 l9 l-Z Chicago 51 .330 24 1.2 Washington 1 Chicago i. New York 4 St. Louis 0. Boston 0 Detroit l3. Philadelphia 4 Cleveland 5 International League W L Pct. GB Montreal 36 .518 Newark 50 43 .538 ‘l Rochester 4B 4'! .505 l0 Syracuse 48 40 .500 10 L2 Toronto 50 51 .405 11 Jersey City 46 50 .474 i3 Buffalo 45 50 .474 l3 Baltimore 37 55 .402 101-2 Montreal 1 Syracuse '1. Toronto 5 Newark 2. _ Rochester 8 Jersey City 4. ‘ Buffalo ‘I Baltimore 5. Sport Briefs MONTREAL, July 2'1 —(CP)_. Entries from Chicago, Denote, Boston and New York have been received for the Quebec-Montreal road cycle classic August 15, it was announced here today. It will be the 15th renewal of the annual event. The l70~mlle test will start at 6.30 A.M. in Quebec. with the first rider expected to cross the Montreal finish line about eight (hours later. MONTRIWL. July 2'1 -(cp)_ Stan Horne. golf professional at the local Ilesmere Club, nnnounggd Willy that Babe Didrikson Zahar- las. the belting woman golfer from Denver. will play in an exhibition match Aug. 28 with Bobby Locke of south Africa. along with Home and Jules I-fuot of Montreal. The Babe is also expected to enter m; Lachute open tournament the fol- lowing day. LONDON. July 2'! -(Reuters)_ BhillP Noel-Baker. Minister of Cvmsmonwealth. Relations, antic“. lng "some clever highbrowa" who have called m; Olympfg gm", u; faked antique." said today that the games are “still ‘a symbol of the unityof mankind." The Olympic Games. he said. “still teach us the "IMAM "My the dangers and ordeals of our complex world must be fought and overcome.‘ WEDNESDAY, 4 01am Photo Ilnlch NABiIRAS $1,000 ll Purm s1.soo' 50nd entries to George McIntyre, Montague, cr Clifford ' MacDonald,‘ Charlottetown. ENTRIES CLOSI SATURDAY, JULY ll JULY 29, 1948. Lunonburg Wins At Tournament FREDERICTON, July H —(OP) --New Brunswick, with Bathurst the standard bearer. ran third to a pair of Nova Scotia ice-ans today in the Maritime Fireman's Associ- ation sporta tournament. The annual event was won by. Lunenburg. with Glace Bay taking second place. The main event. the hose reel race. went to Glace Bay. Char- lottetown was second and Moncton third. In Class B. Lunenburg fin- ished first and Bathurst was sec- ond. In the ladder race. Glace Bay came first and Amherst was sec- ond. Lunenburg took first place in the hose replacement race. and Bathurst was second with Glace Bay finishing third. g Lunenburg firemen walked off with honors in the hose coupling competition, with Bathurst third in this event. Death Follows Tennis Bollapse (By The Canadian Prone) , July IB-Ernie Le- gon, 45-year-old teacher at Lia-gar collegiate. Ottawa. died W!“ shortly after he collaPfld 011F103 a Canadian tennis championship match. ' Chief Coroner Dr. Binlrle Law- son sald death was caused by thrombosis. No inquest will b6 held. Dr. Lawson said Logan's death was a warning to others who compete in sport after the age of 45. - “They must be very careful and should get a doctor's approval be- .fore they participate." he said. Three Quebec Tennis Players Score Upsets TORONTO. July 2B —(CP) - Threo Quebec players scored up- sets today in Canadian tennis championship matches.‘ ' Jean Paul Turgeon of Quebec City stunned the experts when he defeated Tony Vincent of the Uni- versity of Miami, 6-1. 6-3. TWO Montrealera, Jean Jacques Des- lardlns and Rene Buser. upset Jim Mackeri of Montreal and Sverre Lie of Norway respectively- ‘Turgcon. 25. is rated Quebec City's best player while Vincent was seeded fifth in the champion- ship. It is the first time Turgeon has played in s Canadian champ- ionship. The 31-year-old Deslardlns aur- prlsed Mac-ken by playlHB It m9 net instead of his nonmal baseline game. He scored several placements when the Canadian Davis Gui! player missed the ball completcly, winning 6-4. 0-2. Buser. member of the Swiss Dav- is Cup team in 1946. (won the Montreal Cup in this year's Que- bec closed men's singles champ- ionahip. He was not seeded in the tournament while Lie rated sixth place. Lie‘ made many errors as his 20- year-old opponent fired several placements at him. Be used good ground strokes and drop shots and relied on his accuracy to win 6-3. 6-2. ‘Other seeded players remaining in the title hunt are: Don Mc- Dlarmld. Ottawa. who defeatcd J. Mitchell Toronto. 6-1. 6-4: Lin Baldwin. Yale University. who trimmed C. Manes, Montreal. 6-1. 6-0 And Bill Tullcy. Notre Dame University who defeated J. R. Duff. Montreal. 6-2, 6-3. ‘ In the onlv third round Women's singles match. Miss Mary Green of Vancouver defeated Miss Claire Rpm-thaw. Hf Montreal. 6-4. 8-2. Lorne Main ofgvancouver w nt fdthc iunlor quartcr finals til two sweeping victories today. 1n the first match. he defeated .1 Cnlderone. of Toronto. 6-1. (‘i-0- and in the second T. Auet of Ot- tawa, in straight love sets. ___________ BORING. Oxfordshire. England ._(0p) _ Captain Sir Beechcroft Towae, 94. who won the v.0. twice in three months while serving with the Gordon Highlanders in the South African War, died. He was gidad while winning the second 51101181 o. S400 Puma Perl-mutual Machine iPagealitryf To (Mark Opening Today Of 948 Olympic Games Mixed Foursome: At Local Rolf 0lub 0n Saturday A mixed foursome competition-ii: scheduled by the Match Committee of the Charlottetown Golf Club for Saturday afternoon. Lists will be ported at the club- house and all those desiring to take part in the mpetltlon are asked tc make en y by Friday night. The prizes for the will be donated by the Drug Co. Jimtnle Walker, Club Pro, Will leave Friday u. take part in ll" ‘Maritime Invitation‘ Professional golf meet to be held at the Mono- ton Golf and Country Club on Saturday. Other professionals who will compete include Kas Zabowski. Nova Scotia and Maritime Pro- fessional champion. and Archie Skinner former N. B. and P. E. f. Professional champion. Detroit Ends Winning Streak By Boston Philadelphia Athletics. sticking stubbornly in the red-hot Ameli- ‘can League pennant chase. moved to within four percentage points of the front-running Boston Red S»: yesterday by shading Cleveland In. dians 4-3 while Detroit slaughtered Boston 13-0 to put a violent end to Boston's iii-game winning streak. Cleveland's loss shunted the Ili- diaris back into third place behind the A's. Philadelphia pushed two uncan- ed runs across in the eighth inniig to beat Bob Lemon 4-3. The Tribe pounded the rlgnt- hand offerings of Dick Fowler for l0 safeties, including Allie Clark's fourth homer of the season. which came after Lemon doubled in the third_ But A rnisjudgment by centre. fielder Larry Doby on Don White's fly in the eighth cost two runs and, enabled Fowler to chalk up his 10th victory against two defeats. The error came after Lemon had yielded an infield single to Barney McCoskey and walked Ray Cole- man. Russ Chrlstopher then re- placed Lemon. Christopher got Rudy York on a foul fly for the second out, then White's fly bounc- ed off Baby's head. At Detroit, the Tigers shelled three Boston pitchers for i8 h.ts to submerge the American-League leaders 13-0. Paul (Dizzy) Trout stifled the Sox with six scattered singles — three of them by Dominic Dining- gio -as the Tigers pounded the Box to their worst lacing of the year. The loss was the first for Joe McCarthy's gang since Detroit won a 3-1 decision in Boston July i7. Trout. collarlng the Bosox with their fifth shut/out loss of the sea. son. permitted only one runner to go as far as third base and two others to touch second. Dizzy fan- ned four and walked three ea he levelled his season record at 10 wins and 10 setbacks. tournament Hughes LONDON, July 28-—(CP)—'l‘h\ gaudiest sport show that Britain has seen in 40 years opens Thurs- day when 5.000 of the world‘; amateur athletes circle Wembley stadium before the King and an estimated 82,000 spectators. It is the biggest sports event, judging- by the number of com. petitors the world has ever seen. Flags from all 60 participating countries will flutter from the poles ranged around the hugs stadium. A massed IMO-member choir will burst into song and bands will play. Among those present will be the Canadian con- tingent to the Olympics. Ten minutes of pageantry is all there is of the opening program. The only running will be done by men bearing the symbolic flame on its last lap from Greece. A cheering weather forecast of "warm and sunny" touched off a last-minute rush of ticket-buyinq today as staid London yielded at last to the Olympic fever. Orowds stayed awake to cheer ,the Olympic torch on its way to- ward London. The torch landed tonight at Dover after passing through seven countries. If the timing is right it will b1 borne into the Stadium at pre. clsely 4:07 pm. (12:07 p.m. A171‘) by a runner whose identity war still hidden tonight. His arrival will climax those 14 minutes of ceremony into which will be packed all the symbolism of the games—preserved through centuries and staged by Britons. the world's acknowledged masteri of pagearitry. The King will start the show at 4 p.m. (l2 noon ADT). Then 5.000 bright-clad athletes from all over the world will file past him in the traditional Olympic Par- ade. Just before the torch-bearer races 1n and circles the bright red track. 7.000 pigeons will bl loosed into the air as symbols oi peace and a 21-gun salute will be fired. The ceremonies ended, the ath- letcs will return to their camps to await the opening of competi- tion Friday morning. The Dominion is competing la 11. of 17 sports-track and field. wrestling, boxing. swimming. row- ing. fencing. canooins. Yachting. weight-lifting. basketball and cy- cling. And. the would-be experts are not even granting them hon- orable mention in any sport ex- cept perhaps basketball. Meet Rained 0ut FRHDERICTON, July N (C?) — Rain forced postponernra of today's centennial week harn- ess racing program here. Romain- ing events of the three-day meat will be 1'l1n Thursday and Pride“ weather permitting. . drove in three runs with three sin- gles and a double and George Vicc had three singles. At Chicago. Merino Pleretti turn- ed in a six-hitter against his fer- mer Washington Senator team mates to lead the White Box w a 2-1 triumph. In a night game at St. Louis- George McQuinn doubled home three runs in the seventh innit! to back Frank Sheirs three-hitter as the New York Yankees shut. out the St Louis Browns 4.0. shes iva! taken out in the ninth inning yvizh none out after he had walked two men and Allie Reynolds finished Tiger centre fielder Hoot livers the game. Suit a FRIDAY i‘. are. $40.50 “Tlo >8tm WEEK END SPECIALS Tropical Worsteds sitermc: crowns - TANS _. ems and BLUE) _ _, sun u a 42 A REAL OPPORTUNITY ro PURCHASE AT A SAVING -A coot, COMFORTABLE TROPICAL $33.50 ._AT._ JACK nimrnoirs e SATURDAY For lion" iflléibl SEASON AND Tickers-i . -ri ‘ i “can noun WEEK” BI IALI 110W Ar ALL onus srcrrs MILTON'S_ oufsrAm