THE BIKE SHOP Th,- iiqml; nf “bipiiriiiili (.i><ili>" lliiil |ii.‘_vci.-s I83 (lRi T (iE 7 (ll Boxi’ Filed Sex; Despite Weak Hurling Are Hitting Fast Clip By The Canadian Pro: Those scarlet-hosed Boston clou- ters ale still rolling along at the head of the American League pa» 4dr. but it took them 14 innzégs vcstmday to overcome the han l- Lgp of rather feeble pitching and clout St. Louis Browns into sub- mission 10-6. Brownies outhit the Red Sox l9 u, iz, and should have won regulation distance. but they rust didn't have the sustained Dower to put on some worthwhile rallies. The weatherman cancelled the “me at New York. where the second-place Yankees were to have played host to Chicago White Sox. but the rest of the program was reeled off. - At Philadelphia. Dizzy Trout held the Athletics to nine scat- tered hits as his Detroit Tiger tea» tes hammered out a 7-2 win. It was Trent's 100th nvajor league victory and his second in three starts this season. over in Washington. the Senn- tors took a 2-1 overtime win from Cleveland Indians with the aid of Stan Spencer 10th inning long fly that scored Al Evans. The Nils made a clean sweep of the three-game series and stepped ahead of Chicago into fifth place. Timely Hitting Red 80x. which so far have con- founded the critics by refusing to let weak pitching kayo them, made good use of their hits. including Ted Williams‘ fifth roundtripper oi the year, to stay on even terms curing regulation time. Then in the 14th stanza. Loon Cuibcrson picked out the first pitch thrown a‘. him and drove it into the left field screen witti the base-s loaded to break up the game and send the Beantown fans home happy. Clem Dreiseward went to the Son moum in the seventh. and lasted it out for a win. Hank Greenberg backed up Trout very ably in Philadelphia by slamming his fourth homer of the season with one on in the ninth. nubile Tigers were putting on two snappy double plays to nip the A's. BASEBALL RESULTS .1 MERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 000 0010 1 5 1 Washington 000 i001 2 1 2 (10 innings). Kmbree. Harder and Loiiar; Hucfner and Evans. Detroit 012 001 012 7 l0 1 Philadelphia 000000101 i o 2 Trout and Tebbetts; Fowler, Flores and Rosar. Si. Louis 13020000000000 819 3 Boston 00a 00a zoo 0000410 12 a Kramer, Shirley and Mancuso; Fllizlison, Duetsch. Heflln, Driese- ward and H. Wagner. NATIONAL LEAGUE New’ York 0000001001 a r Cincinnati 100 01000:: 2 ‘l 0 bagglrptéietar, ‘rrldnkle and Lom- Boflo-n sgl an Lamnnno. 000 200-4 l0 l Bis-films!- soo ioo Clix-O ll 0 and liiaai: Martin INTERNATIONAL LEAGUI First Game|:_ Newark oooosioao o '1 s Montreal 0M 830 UH l0 11 2 MOON. Bu and Fallon; Bantu. Mlllllflllie. Co lino, Oabbsrd and Franks. Second Game:_ Newark 0011011 4 s 1 "antral ooooia l a a 1 1on1?“ n1. Makops and Becca, Fai- uksr. Bmol o and Howell. yreraey city 000210200 o i2 1 °"°"i0 “$100301! 6 0 0 Fisher. Jungsls and Grsuo; Mc- cllbb. Smola and Yount. Largo YTurnout At‘ L.P.ll.- Bali Workout Baseball took the "Go" signal llit nllbt when a largo turnout of Dllverlappsared for the L P. . Pmlice lemon at the Park dia- fiingrmgffgagrnfa?“ rail}! icy" ‘ l lli ' "l . "who 00min Sec acacia-no will luvs enty of talent to choose "llninni: looting their opening lar- w day A number of prunialng till-ii.‘ aid... '9..°ii."'°“..lél.....‘...‘"‘ "ill"! up bus . o sin fif&‘ingo indium grin. F“. ‘mupp. New Local Golf Pro Appointed .. ul'i\l'ilCl”8 Golf Club have announced the appointment of Jimmy Walker. popular local golf- er as golf pro for the coming golf season. No stranger to the local links Walker served here as as- sistant pro for five years under three different pros before he loft for greener pastures and during that time he joined the select membership of the hoie-lln-one club when he posted an ace qn the short hole six. Walker holds the course record for the Pictou Golf and Country Club where he was pro for two years. He coveted the tough ninc- hole course in 62 shooting two rounds of 3i each. lowering the former record of 65 held by a M- tive of Toronto. A member of the Naval Reserve in peacetime Jimmy jcimd u... Navy in September. I939. and mac to the rank c-f Chief Petty Officer. He served with distinction in the Alllmtit‘ and Pacific areas and was awarded the B. E. M. for val. uabie service. The new pro will commence his new duties right away and will be at the local (‘illb house from now on to give insirumim; and lmd hi5 (‘Xilericnco to new members and others who arc considering lmUFm/llll! lhcii" golfing game Officials of the local club are looking forward lo a banner‘ sca- son and alrciidy nu H have rcccivcd merous app cations f . bership. Many former divsatmgig. cars ivlio vxchanccd their clubs for a rifle at the outbreak of the war are expected to he back again in]; season for another crack at Old Mari Pur. Another New Track Record At Santa Anita ancama. can. n: 1 _. ——A>rmilte. ace of ‘the N‘? rt $15.1 W, BOUlIh Flililififild, J , scor- ed a. record-tying half length Vini- tigrllyuagdaok.lboasli ésmile warm 1 If All." m: satin-day. a m Doctor was second an in tlh Hanover e shim of "troltjrtf: I Derby" hopefuls n? Kl 0rd of 2:36 for the distance. In the 95.000 mile f t i oa...§."°....... first“ fir}? “ti! i - 5' L" F o i? i. sol clicloedff track :. amoavgbioilhrswirfifpgpoizizrgt 3ltllliemftn irththis SUMMABIE First Race-e furlongs. 10-110: g? 2i year olds and up. foeiodl if. oiooo. 1—Si'r ena- s, . 9--Ien.pY "% W Shank Hiainsen ‘Siiii 3-(511801 , O. 3——MI'. . W. BfIB/nk ‘lime 2.09 ‘I'll-Ml mlh, 10- m 8 your olds and W. Pu Jlvimessee s L-Qaid e. . Bendlol Till! 12M ‘ l “if as puma “'3' m“ zi-M vgTa ' I s- nioeét, i. Dennb race-bias mils. IO-ber 1.1M». and , was $1.000. aim. m Daniella Haanovu, 0. Smith Room-l 1-10 milest- Syouokhhidup, oi ‘l-(OP) —Tvm of the "Toronto trlct Foothill Association l he recoil a fcil-flflm the Mexican Football Assoc- il skin ‘i! I if banana-nix‘): l I w Mexico city ~ lnfiolload Elqdyifylicfftlona are him will be lent for thl . , and Sloan Ind MAY 8, 1946 THE CHARLOTTETOWN ‘GUARDIAN PAGE SEVEN The announcement that Walker will be local with the approval of local golfers. This position has generally been Jimmy golf pro at the links this year should meet filled by an experienced profes- sional from other golf- clubs in past years as it calls for a con- siderable amount of golfing skill along with the abl-iity to cuss it on to begniners. The new Bcive- dere pro is well qualified in bc-th these departments being one of the few golfers with a hole-in-one to his credit over the local fair- ways and with over eight years instructing experience. i’ il- O ll» Legion ball tossers will take to the Park diamond for their open- ing practice tonight at 6.30 and Coach Ev. MacNeill should be able to get an idea of what ball talent he will have to work with. Most of last year's hockey squad are turning out and they have some ex- perienced ball players in their ranks. Art Perry and Stan Ward will be available for catching dut- ies with a couple of righthanders and a portsider turning out for hurlers. The balance of the posi- tions are wide open and there will be a merry struggle to fiii them. 1' ill 4- + First outside ball team lo visit the city will be the Summer-side High School girls’ softball team when they arrive here to itikc on thc P. W. C. girls’ softbzfl team in an exhibition cncciunter gt K of C. diamond this afternoon. 'I‘i‘c P. W. C. lineup includes some names familiar in basketball cir- cles and evidently the girls are keeping in shape for next season. They have bccn practicing reg- uinrly and uri- confident of giving the western tcnm n good game. 4' i- 0 4 Halifax Shipyards have plenty of candidates for their bull team In tho Halifax Defense [magma no icss than 65 hopefuls havtn: ap- peared at practice sessions. Coach Jack Cnrrigan says it will be a "home-brew" team and plans to divide the players into squads A and B in big league manner and have them play one another in practice games giving everybody n chance to display their Iares. Last year Shipyards were Nova Scotla finalists losing out to Springhill Pencil-busters. O Vancouver I-fediunds took an- other basketball championship to the Wcat Coast when they defeat.- ed Winnipeg ‘Pegs three straight and retained the Underwood Trophy. emblematic of the Cana- dian Seniors Girls’ basketball‘ championship. This is the fifth time the Pacific Coast squad has had its name inscribed on the trophy. They duplicated the feat of the Victoria Dominoes who walioped Assumption College. three straight to annex the Cana- dian senior mens’ championship title. O Q Q Q l ior Connie Smvthe. manag- ' in director of the Toronto Maple L fs hockey organization has real- lz d two-thirds of his ambition to p oduce a modern kid-line with it s announcing of the signing of i rry Taylor. brilliant forward of lnnipeg p champions. He ne which will equal in two or rec years the popularity and ffectlvenesii of the famous Con- chcr-Jackaon-Prlmeau combina- lon according to the Toronto Star. O O 0 Memorial l hopes for a t than» |iu| (Tod) Sloan. st. Mike's igh y atom was the first of the respective line to sign a Toronto contract and the Leafs head man is’ endeavouring to for’: team mate. Donald (Red) McRae. into hi: hockey fold to co lets his desired front line of You hfui biitzkrelgers. Sinythe said all Toronto was calling Flay- lor the "hard rock" man of the re- cent Memorial Cup series. Ha is hopeful the Westerner will fit in no a buffer for the goal-scoring Sloan. gather Tay- O 0 O O 'Vic Lyn who played with the Buffalo Baons. American Lea e champions int year is a so ble candidate to round out t e lino. If they function well together an l line in fall training their chan- coo of appearing in the N l! L in Leaf sweaters are very ood. will provide the expo encc Taylor should be st homo in any company. O 0 O Philadelphia Athletics oislm to have tho tallest shortstop in bans- iiallln Jack Wellness. perho a the filler! over. Ho Is down n the a‘ otter’ roster u o feet 3 llll| undo. but he moat be a Wm’ boy because when a re- or ooked up It him the other Ind liked for his oise he aaldt’ “Slt-hel-foitr and ins uni!!! Tlllf ll ll they In the tra e. II 10¢ of lhtlftltdp, though whether he II to play a lot of shortliflv ll something else again. Thi- Atlilelm think he'll do. Q When O6ll.nle.Mn.ck was nskcd if IVII‘ M red a taller shori- oiop he outed on hi: sixty-odd W!!! of hi] experience. and toao on two men who played ball {can rt. "of scum. h still. "t Io foiow Marlon come! oioootobehign tolluoin- boy- Action-Filled start to finish and witnessed by more than 700 cheering fight fans Joey MacDonald ran off his amateur boxing and wrestling show at the Sporting Club last night. The entire card consisting of eight boxing and two wrestling bouts was completed in two and one-half hours with the fighters ready to lump into the ring as soon as the preceding bout finish- d e . Two of the boxing bouts ended in a draw while five were left to the decision of the JlldgLb‘. The only knockout on the card occur- red in the semi-final when Cobey McCluskcv, local weitcr chomp forced Myles Hefferman. amateur welter champ of Cape Breton to call it quits after one minute and seventeen seconds of tlic first round. The Masked Marvel took two straight fails from Lloyd Martin during fifteen minutes of rugged wrestling and Nick Nicholson won the other wrestling feature dis- playing too much experience for the lighter Mike Reddin. Jim Evans. 185 ibs.. P. W. C. heavy oham-p won a close decision over the popular Buck White. 180 lbs. L.P.U. representative in the bout billed as the main event. A 10m: rangv fighter White made mood use of his longer reach to keep Evans from getting to close uarters. But the P.W.C. fighter ndcd the heavier- blows and his forcing tactics gave him the judges nod. The semi-final. a scheduled three round go between Cobev Mc- Ciuskey. P.E.I. weltcr champ and Myles Heffernizin. amateur Cape Breton Welter champ. hailing from New Waterford ended suddenly af- ter a minute and seventeen seconds of the first round. McCiuskey started to throw leather as soon as the bell sounded and a brief exchange of blows backed the Cape Breton fighter into ll neu- tral corner. Cobey kept up his de- termined attack and soon had Heffemian bleeding from the nose at which point the mainland fighter decided he had PIlOlIRh- McCluslcev weighed in iit 116 1-2 and I-lcffemirm 145. Ed Oatwov 185 ibs.. got the (le- cisior‘ over George Peterson. 1B0 lbs, in their preiimi-llflfy heavy- weight bout. Both boys showed a willingness to mix it with Oat- wav appearing in a little better condition doing most of the forc- Starry List 0f Entries For Prcakness BALTIMORE. May ‘l — ‘APP- The “mo-ping aristocracy. led by the Kentucky Derby vlclfll- A5- gflulit, checked in from Louisville today and nearly completed a 12: horse lineup to run for the biggest no; 0g 301d innmerican turf his- storky—Sat\lrdflY8 56th Plvlilmes! Sta es. Along with Robert J Klebellfi- Texas Terror of last Saturdays run for the Roses came such othelli derby steiméfl B! mid B°sw° and Knockdown. Mrl- Elizabeth Arden Graham's cosmetics couple; A-lauiond: Al Ernest's Cleveland cnmpflgnef; Mflflllé VICtOTY. who belongs to Robert Bruce Livle and lives here, and Wee Admlffll- R0" bert S. McLaughlin's classy Cana- dian, who showed last Saturday that he couldn't run in rubber ' tn a rby alx ln Refit“?! (trite i?!“ etransDWlWi-llm "brownout“ from the blue grass. brought to seven the number 0f last Saturday's Lousviille 100618 vr-ho are 101118 l0 “k6 a Sh“ at the bill end of a $141,630 flick!!!)l- l" Saturday's l 3-16<mlie test. The Delaware-owned Hnrnbden. who finished third and might have been second if 1"‘ 50b 9"" Jesson reanembered where the fin- Lsh line was, beat theminby 94 n00“: other cdipoeted Preaimeas date from the dfflty. will!!!" .th N Orleans’ tffiiionnilwéiikiaafisve chi! 0:010“ "l" ti“ by Phidias. a so-so cam- oauner 'who will move in from New York. BODY RECOVERED MCADAM. N. 5-. May 7-161’)- Thq body pf Lawrence Swan. 37. of Harvey Etatlon, was recovered wit” from Harv? Lake. where he was drowned Sun ny after he went fll glans in a canoe. And than there was a fellow nam- ed wiiiiamr who played sham" in the ‘Us who wasn't that his but who was built like a heavy- weighb-blg nniLstrapping. I cant think of an body at that carillon who "was linens‘: size. MW- ver. ' o o o o For a young fellow out of the service who had only two your! 0f experience in organized ball. in- riprling thirty-six gamer with ihc A’: In 1M2 before he went t0 war. Wellness has listened to some ex- pert advice on the art of hitting. The big boy took lessons from Babe Ruth and Left O'D0ul in the spring of ‘d, an now ho has Coach Al Simmons for n tutor. 11g World Loses Fame Fight Fans Witness Show At Sporting Club Last Night full of action hem in: and at one stage of the fight had the claret running from Pet- erson's nose. One judge voted for Peterson and one for Oatway with lRoferee Frankie Demers awarding [it to Oatway. Oatway issued a ring- side challenge to the winner of the Evans-White bout. ' Young Franky. 14b‘ lbs. Gus llouiigaphies protege dropped a de- Ecision to Emmett Gallant. 145 l.bs.. ‘in their iiirce round contest. They ilought on even terms most 0f the ;wav with Gallant scoring the imost effective bunches. | Marvel Wins i A rugged hunk of wrestler call- icd the Masked Marvel took two istralght falls front Lloyd Martin ‘in the first wrestling event to be |caiied. Both boys used some lprettv rugged tactics tn each other with the Marvel taking the first fall when Martin missed with Ia drop kick at 7.16. When the Marvel took the nexlt fail Martin objected and indulged in a. little extra curricular activities with The Marvel and referee Jinks Jenkins. _ Nick Nicholson and Mike Red- din put on a clever display in their bout with Nicholson possess- ing too much experience for the lighter Reddin pinning him with a body press after an airplane spin at 16.07. Beau Jack 130 lbs. and Billy |Fryicr. 132 lbs. two promising |v0un4z fighters fought to a draw .in a close contest. Both boys [were ovcnlv matched and the draw ldccislon was popular. l Aggressive young Johnny Red- |din. 130 ibs.. won- an easv victory ,(iVl_‘r Budd Costello. 132 lbs.. in .ihe third bout on the card. i Young Benny Biims, 130 libs, .defeated Jimmy Williams. 132 lbs. -in a three round battle. Binns had ‘Williams on the canvas for a five jcount but Williams rallied to fin- ish the fight. ; The curtain i-aker saw two fea- itlierweighis Young Dempsey, Bil zlbs. and Jimmv Williams, 83 lbs. -_lwo smart young fighters fight [ilirce rounds to a draw. Following were the officials: . Announcer: Gus Icngaphie. . Judges: Ralph Cameron. iConnolly. ! Timer: E. l". Acorn. r i Referees Boxing Hickey Nickcrson. Frank Demers. Danny McCormack. Wrestling Jinks iJellklllS. Will Discuss Racing Plans For Season Jack TRURO. 11.8.. May ‘I — (OP) -Pls.ns for flie 1940 Nova Scofin harness racing season will be laid here at the annual meeting of the provincial racing circuit on May 15. Members of the racing circuit, horsemen, track owners driv- ers will meet to discus various aspects of the sport and complete plans for racing programs. Two American turfmon, Roger Duncan. " vice preddent of the U.S. Trotting Association. and Ralph A. Jewell, chairman of the Maine State llnclng Com- mission. are expected to attend the mtetln . Racing In the Maritime Prov- inces is otperatml under the regu- lations o the U.S. Trottinl Al‘ sociation. Mar. Boxers’ Convention Is Planned Eastern Sports Enterprise head- ed by Pete Cormier is la ins plans for a Maritime Boxers on- vention on June int it was learn- ed yesterday. Those eligible to take art will include all boxers who gave campaigned in the Maritlmcs during the part decade and ii. is the intention of thou behind the movement to have a book printed containing the life history of all the veterans. The programme will include s street parade at LI) pJn. followed by an amateur boxing card which will include the but talent in the Maritimel, no Ion - than fifteen bouts. At 0 p.n\. l huge banquet and broadcast to which all con- vention attendants Mill be invited. this will be followed by a big uro- boxlng and wrestling program at which nil the attending ring per- sonalities will be introduced and those able and willing to take port iwiil box two or three round ox- hibiticn bouts. This program will be featured by a ten round Marla time championship bout. ,. also ex ma Ton Gaiento. Jim Jlrriéidoc pi‘ Jack ghlrkey will sl- en . “ -‘ The pfiogrnm is quits a large n ordcr n it ll hoped to make the event an annual affair. Boxers interested and intending to take part in the convention are asked to drop a card to lantern S rts Intowrbe. 110 Weldon St. onc- ton. N’. B. ‘of the lilfli fairway on Jud8l1l8 by the cli in s i have been forwarded ptg 801.! writers around the country have been wondering whether or not, Herman Keiser, winner 01 m“; recent revival of the Masters Tournament at Augusta, C111,, 1g another Sam Parks. Definitely not. Parks won the i935 U. S Open at Oakmomt and never worn a tournament afterwaiids. A check 0! Kelwfs record on the winter tournament circull-t will reveal lllal he played consistently good golf even before his Masters’ Vic. At the completion of the win. ter tour Herman had earned $6,- 07514 lll time money and was fifth among the le money winners of 194.6. He had a stroke average of 70.10 per roam-L Not that lt nieans much, be- caluse 0f the difference in the quality of the golf voived but for the sake of the coincidence. let met point out that Hemwns worst score for 72 holes on the winter circuit was the 299 hehaidtotie for 21st at the my: Orleans Open. nix. Aria. and Greensboro. N. C. Herman tied with Ben Hogan at 273 in Phoenix. but 10st, the pray- off 68. to 70. iils placing second to Snead at Greensboro is also worthy of oommmt. Snead was " ot" about that time and W011 the tournament with rounds of 70-67-67-456 for a spore of 270 while Kaiser's 2'76, consisting of 7071-69-06, was ipood enough for second money The final day's program an. that tournament called for 36 holes 0f play and Hhnnarfs 69-66 for that test was only two strokes off Sammy's very exceptional 87-66 for the same assignment. basis of the above rec- ord if nlciihing else. Kaiser is de- serving of more credit for his vic- tmv at Augusta than he s gletting. A sound golfer, Herman ' if , motefintc the rough on the 11:; the round a/t AWE-sill- _ I was playing with him at the time and I expected him to play i‘. eafe and orv to get down in par. thus insurhig his . In- stead Kelser took a. gamble. The result was a beautiful iron shot over bunkers onto the men. almost hitting the pin. Of course. he three-putter! that given, but fortuna/tely his errors didn't cost him his victory after t-hfitfilgttilnlbb he had taken 00 89V en green. Keiaer has an unusual method qt lining up his putts. Using his punter almost as though it were a suweyinq instrument. Helm-Bl’! holds it straight out in front of him to iiine his short putts. 1g is somxiing many golfers do. but on long ta. particularly - roll la at a both uses it the ball will have to travel to drop mm we Qup. 111s method is differ- ent, but it scans to work OAMPBEILTON, N. B. May 7- (OP)-—Chnrles Cheeseman. Athoi- ville. has been elected president of the North Shore Baseball Lea- gue, expected to comprise teams from Atholvlile. Dalhousle and other points in addition to three from Campbeliton. Fans anticipate the most active baseball season in many years. Play will 0P8“ ‘On Challenge We. No.lC.T.V. "Atomic Invad- ers" hereby challenlle "R580" Bggngllg Roughrlders to a friend- rk an evening auilt- Yiif.§.‘"~'.‘5..§1'i " Dozivn. "Null-Ir MM- Lellan, "Go den Boy" "B15!"- "Feet" Douglas, "Shine" Gnudet. "Nuts" McRae. "Seacow" Gavin. “Bock f0 Fry” m 9P" “a. _ Donal?" Slu r Green none uncommon. Isr- Bulidogo Turn Tablos 0n Cubs Hitting hard throughout the sn- tire game luston Street Bulldogs sterdsy nftemoon defeated Hills- bsroiigh Cuba Il-lil in an exhibi- tion softball game. Cubs took an early lend In the free hlttln affair and held their margin rig t to the end to stone for a previous defeat at the hands of the Iuaton Street team. iy game of softball to be played st - "'I'liv (jliviv for You" HiCKEYiiin NICHOLSONS BLACK TWIST A Home Product Popular Everywhere pus Figure I “Jimmy” Johnston,» Passes Suddenly At New York Home. Gritty Sox Shortstop Leads Drive BOSTON, May 7 — (AP) Gritty little Johnny Pesky. who should be on the bench resting a painiful gmiti inlllfy. 1S Wleldlrli; the hottest bat in the majors to spark the drive of the fast-travel- ling Red Box. Always a team player the speedy shortstop declined the of- fer oi.’ Manager Joe Cronin t0 rest up and daily iithores discom- fort to lend his potent stick to the cause of keen“ the Sockers out front in the American Iieague. A club house bov in Portland. Ore. only a few years also. Johnny has cocci» out of the Navy ready to resume his habit of leading all o*-‘*-~- in number obhits. He did it in i9di2--his first veer with the Red Hose-and also in 194i in the Iunerican Association. 0nd the year previously in the Piedmont League. After today's game. Pesky wound un with a. .407 batting average af- ter leading the league for some time. He has 35 hdts in 86 trips to the plate and has scampered across the plate 24 times, the same number scored by team- mate Ted Williams. who went to the head of the bxttinfi namlle today. Johnny used to scrub the shoes of Pinky Higgins out orn the West Coast and yesterday he passed up a chance to equal the Tiger third sackefs record of i2 consecutive hits. Pesky already had 11 in a row when he went after a bad ball and grounded out when the hit and run sign was u-p. "I could have had him bunt as well." said Cronin after the game. c-Xiplflllilnil he was unaware Pesky had hit 1i times in succession. for a 12th hit and even if he only Johnnv mlgiht have beaten it out NEW YORK, May 7 - (AP)- James Joy Johmton, the little lfllll witth the derby and the indsmfhble lplrit, died early today It his home here, and chances are the boxing world never will see hil like iigiiln. The Peter Pan of the fight game. whose reaping tongue and ebullient spirit belied his '10 years. collap- sed in the arms of his wife while dressing to keep an appointment in connection with his finAl fiatio venture, the promotion of outdoor programs at Ebbets Field. When the word of Jimmy's death flashed around Broudwn tho mourning in the sport wor war genuine. For 50 years, more or less the little sprite from Llverpooi has been one of the moat colorful characters in Manhattan. As a manager of prizefighters - good, had and indifferent-he will rank always with the greatest. Jimmy died of a heart ailment. His friends attributed it to ‘his exertions in connection with the Ebbets Field promotion, which was to have begun June 5. "I tried to get him to let up, but it wasn't in him," said Nat Fleischer, editor of Ring Magazine. Back in 1939. when the late State Athletic Commissioners. Bill Brown. and Gen. John J. Pfinien, brought suit against Johnston for libel, Justice E. McGeehan a tly summed up the old “boy band t." "In the discontinuance of his iititigatlon." he said. "one must realize that Jimmy Johnston's whole life has been engaged in n business that was mostly baliy- hoo. “As you look at him one sees the rakish leer in his eye and gath- ers that he was a wayward wit and must have hrs laugh, He pick- ed on refined. sensitive men, up- ri-zht public officials with un- suilictl rcpuiulinfl. A pungent: ion; cue has rnpsed tender cars. Ruf- fled feelings have been smoothed nut. The case is closed." Ironically, though Jimmy man- aged some great ringmen. includ- ing wo-rid champlns. in his long career, it was of- "Fainting Phil Scott. the horizontal heavyweight. that he frequently asked. Jimmy imported and managed British was most sacrificed. his streak wouldn't have been broken. Cronin added. Will Fight Yankees To A Finish NEW YORK. May '1—-(AP)—Jus_ tlce Julius Miller of the New York Supreme Court today gave the Mexican Baseball League until May l8 to oppose New York Yan- kees’ request for a permanent in- junction restraining the Latin- Americans from raiding the Yan- kee player roost. (in Mexico City Jorge Pasquel, president of the Mexican Inilguc. told The Associated Press that “we will fight it out with them to a finlish. We are fighting because we have to defend ourselves against the U. S. monopoly?) Yankees To Travel By Air In Future NEW YORK. May '1 - (an) _ Beginning n-ext Monday. when they leave for St. Louis on their first western trip. the Yankees will do all their travelling bv air. President Larry MaoPhail an. night . ha" liitlned a contract with United States Al; Lines u, EBXE all our trips in 1945 1n a ‘DGSWXIZBI. four-engined plane be known as the ‘Yankee Main- inerfi" MacPhaii said. ‘lfie Yankee announcement coin- ded with fears that. owing to the ai e and c. nsequent curt- ailment of rail schedules. baseball lubs might soon find it difficult such good Bri-tish fighters as Ted (Kid) Lewis. Jim Driscoll and Owcn Moran. He considered Lewis the best man he over handled, Driscoil the clevercst. l-fis most spectacular production was the lightweight rhamplonshi fight between Benny Leonard an Lew Teridier at Yankee Stadium in i923. which Leonard won. The gate was $452,648. still a record for iightwcights. From 1933 until 1937 Jimmy was matchmaker for the Garden. losing out wh Mike Jacobs lur- ed champion lrnmy Braddock out to Chicago to get his lumps from Joe Louis and left Max Schmeiing training i-n solitude up at Specula- tor. N, Y. Later, when Mike 20th Century Sportiniz Club and dug in to become “Mr. Boxing". Johnston opened a new and nrante office on Broadway and invited the press up to drink lea and ad- mire thc sign c-n the door. What H: said. of cnurscflwns "Imth Cen- tury Sporting Club." Charlottetown Bowlers Win From S’Side Charlotietownfls cnndlepin now- iing team prepping for the Mari- timc tournament lotcr in the sen- son last night edged out a Sum- merside band of bowlers by 24 pins in an exhibition encounter staged at the Holy Name Alleys. Thirtenn pins ahead at the end of the first string the local team incrcascd tiiclr margin to 34 in the middle game and then JllllCd their OWOHGIII: by ten points in the fina string of tho match. Elmer Rice icd the winners with high single nf 111 made in the sccnnu string while Archie Muc- Fariane rolled games of 109. 88 1215161 95 for a high three tntai of formed the LIVERPOOL. — (OP) Two thousand five humid-ed Polish troops most of whom fought with the atn Anny. arrived here recent make their trips by mJL from Italy on their way to 311mg Smwée BRITISH"- CONSOL