- Mrs. / . . Monday Afternoon Ladies League Hickey fi Once again we turn the page of Time and look forward with confidence to a new year bright with hope. HAPPY NEW YEAR. T0 ALL Nicholson Tobacco iiollpany Limited City Hockey League To Open 0n Jan. 6 The schedule of the city Hockey League was drawn-up at a meet- lllg held at l-LMCB. Queen Char- iotte last night. w. s. F. Doyle. league President. presided. Thu league opens Tuesday the 6th and the regular schedule closes about 1 month later. It will be a round- rabirl series. Teams participating arez-Nsvy, Legion, Prince of Wales College, st. Dunstan's University and sum- merside. ' In the playoffs the teams fin- j-hirlg first and third will meet in r two game total goal series and zhe teams finishing second end fourth will do likewise. The win- 11ers will then meet in the best three out of five series for the r-hanupionship. Following is the schedule; JANUARY 6—Navy vs. P. W. C. l-l-Legion vs. S'Side. ll-St. Dunstan’s vs. Navy. lé-Legion vs. P. W. 0. ‘JO-St. Dunstants vs. Legion. 22—S'51de vs. St. Dunstarrs. 2'7—P. W. C. vs. 5t. Dunstalfl. w-Nevy vs. S'S1de. FEBRUARY fi-Legiou vs. Navy. 5-P. W. C. vs. St. Drmstanh. Coach liap liay Lashes Back At Frank Boucher ' TORONTO. Dec. 30 -(CP) —- Coach Hap Day of the Toronto Maple Leafs has lashed back at i‘rank Boucher -nd the New York ilangérs for accusing the Leafs of "illegal hockey." Day calls the Rangers "cry-bab- irs" for saying that the Leafs are "the worst team in the League for holding, tripping and interfering." He adds: "We don't squawk. The rules are the same for everybody." The Boucher charges were made to newspaper Imen in New York af- ter the Leafs and Rangers tied l-I in Sunday night's game at Madison Square Gardens. Boucher said he thought Leafs were coached to do 1 their dirtiest when the referee's back is turned. It was a rugged struggle, with referee George Hayes awarding 15 minor penalties-eight of them to the Rangers. Flsticufis threatened 0n several occasions. Most damag- ing of the encounters was when Howie Meeker of Leafs and‘ Tony Leswlck of Rangers started a per- sonal feud. In the first round Les- wick‘s stick crashed Meeker! fore- head. In the second, Meeker picked up Leuvick and threw him t0 the ice, with Leswickk head hitting the crystal and leaving him a very dazed hockey player. Leswick returned to action aft/ct treatment. with o great bands? ever lhis head. and Meeker was quoted as seyin%!\"I-le mar-rand i0 raise another brmp on the back of my head with his stick." Down The Alloys HOLY NAME ALLEYS Teanr No. l- - 155 126 Hoopbr irs. Bell 125 157 Miss Laird .120 191 135 at... single m. r. Clarke no. Battle Over Ii. S. iilympic Team Continues NEW YORK. Dec. pic Committee, today directly to the Olympic Committee president sociation. Kirby dispatched a cable to J sigfried Edstrom at Stockholm competes. Kirby told Edstrom that supreme powers of National Olym- pic Committee and the I.O.C." by the International Ice governing amateur Amateur Athletic Union, long- key, was-dropped. Canada. ported the A. H. A. pute is reached in the next few weeks, the American teams will assemble at St. Moritz before a final decision by the I. O. C. o! the SJwlss organizing committee 1| made. ' The U. S. Olympic Committee has declared it felt the A. H. A. w be "tainted by professionalism.” The A. H. A. replies that its team members all can take the olymvic oaqrof amateurism. i u s.__ State Dept. To Keep iiut 0f Hockey iiuarrel WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 -(AP) _ The State Department said in reply to a query today that It isn't going to get caught on thin ice in any dispute between two United States amateur hockey groupl. ' The question came up when it was learned that Jack Riley, who is sponsored by the American Hockey Association, was turned down on his request for I P885‘ port w represent the United States in tile olympic games in Switzerland. Did this mean that the State Department was going to favor the other team. the one mellowed by the Amateur Athletic Union? No, said press official Reginald Mitchell. As a matter of fact, he said, the Department has so many other worries these days it didn't even know the two IrWP-i were feuding. "He said Riley's mpplliiltlbfl merely was turned down until he could get the American Hockey Association to vwify that he is to be sent to Switaerland ao a hoc- ii.'ll.l.. Standings i men three am. r. Clarke m. . rwrnrr aru Toronto .... ..aorarrooorar Ddroit . .. I14 I 580 ‘II. 3S NewYork .. 211211 4n or a Montreal ..cru1a no oo no Boston ......ao1ora ooo n re Chicago ao rionsraa 1o 80~(AP)- Gustavus T. Kirby, president em- erltus of the United states Olym- appealed International t0 proclaim that no team can rep- resent a nation unless it has the approval of the National Commit- tee~an action that 1f taken would‘ rule out the Amateur Hockey As- Sweden, reiterating the American threat to withdraw from the win- ter Olympic games 1n St. Moritz, Switzerland, Jan. ao-Feb. 8, if the team sponsored by the A. H. A. it would even be better to cancel the games themselves "than to nullify The present controversy grew out of recognition of the A. H. A. Hockey Federation as the American body hockey. The time ruler of U. S. amateur hoc- sup- The United States Olympic Com- mittee has gone hhead with send- Island sports followers and pro- motors can look back over a- very successful year in all branches cf athletic endeavour during 1947. There may not have been any out- standing individual achievement but this Province has had its fair shore of sporting tirrills and it ll safe to assu-me that probably no- where have people played more and enjoyed more the various athletic contests than in this little Isle. + Il- Ib 0 Joe O'Brien, the Island's gift to harness horse racing, brought new honors to himself and the Province when he was once again crowned leading Maritime driver and also ' leading driver over U.S.T.A. tracks in Canada and the United States. Racing. ever a popular passtlme, added to its following during the year with the introduction of night racing. - ‘ + 4- i 4- Highlighting hockey was the vic- tory of St. Dunstaln's University over St. Xavier University to bring to this Province the first Inter- collegiate championship in history. Dining the season the City League held the spotlight with ‘Legionaires winning the title and going on to successfully defend the Maritime Intermediate championship won in 1946. The Charlottetown Juvenile Kinsmen won the N.B.-P.E.I. title but lost out to Halifax St. Mary's for the Maritime crown. Summer- side Kinsmen. Midgets, however, dcltnlnatcri their class in the Mari- ing its representatives in other‘ time Bram sports to St. Morita-figure and _ 1- q» 4» 4 speed skaters, bob-sledders, and Baseball staged a great Con,” 5km‘ - back during the summon months Meanwhile, in Boston, the A. and the (my League games at H- 5- h“ Bathered a “am and Victoria, Park drew large crowds. launched us’ trammg- Tlhe Island Intermediate Chaim-p- Unle” fi settlement i” the m5‘ ionship was won by Suinzm rside and the City League title we t to the Legionaires. The Island junior baseball championship was won by Slrmlmerslde Kinsmen. -l- -l- -l- 4- Bssketbali enthusiasts worked bard in the interest of their sport and in a City League wlhich func- tioned the Navy team dominated teams representing the two col- leges. A girls team from Prince of Wales nras also active and played ‘several exhibition games during the season. -l- i + d» Curling had its greatest year locally in history. The holding of‘ the First Confederation Bonspitl brought new life to a sport which is, bound to add to its popularity as‘ the years prg-ress. At present an artificial ice plant is being irtstall- ed at the Charlottetown Curling Club and enthusiasm runs high among followers of the "roarin' game." _ i» i- l- 1- Golf and tennis also figured largely in hhe sports_plcture and more players than for a good many years were swinging the racquet or weilding the clubs. There were no outstanding tournaments but the usual club championships etc. were declared. Tennis, in particular mode a strong ccmeback with a.ll courts at the Charlottetown Club once more functioning. There is every indicat- ion fihat tennis will once again as- sume the prominent role lt enjoyed in pre-weir years. l- 4- d- 4- Boxing and wrestling proved a greater attraction than ever last year. There were several outstand- ing camls including the middle- weight title bout in which Len Wadsworth retained his crown from challenger Ace McCloskey. Several famous figures of the ring, headed by Jack Dempsey, paid- a visit to the Province during a tour last year. i 4- i 0 Rifle shooting once again made the headlines with Island marks- men participating in Dominion and Maritime competitions. In the re- newal of the Inter-Maritime shoot in June the Island team scored a victory over teams representing Nave Scotie and New Brunswick and at Ottawa they won the Lon- don Merchant's Cup, the most valu- able trophy shot for at the 90ml"- 'ion meet. The Island team made history by travelling by air to both these competitions. It isiworthy of note that cart. A- "Brick" 60ml“ once again qualified for the Demin- ion Bisley mm. other Island iilll" our; iii. 8m: our not: _j.-;iiT—-Ii .~. I ow TIIE 0L0: SKATE lli TIIE IIEW BIG GALA IIEVI YEAR'S III! FESTIVITIES EV! YEAR'S EVE-ll l’. M.'T0 1 A. M. SPECIAL IIIISIIT MUSIB x TMIIiIIlIIIW-IIEVI YEAR'S . a amnyoou snout-S to 5 , creme suture-S to 10 » wRUM ALL-f AY l H. Watson, Tor. THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN i race seven Apps lias Three Point Lead In Scoring Race month, but the steady runner-up Buddy O'Connor New York who has and i8 assists for 28. Tied for third spot are and Jim McFadden. Lach of Montreal. points. Next in line with 0380. points in three games. rnent with 18 helpings. four-time winner Trophy, has been displaced goals-against average of in shutouts with four. cooler. The leaders: Pensin G A Pts Mins. Apps. Toronto . 13 18 31 8 O'Connor, N.Y. .. l2 16 28 6 I Lindsay, Det. .. 1o 1r 2r 4e NicFadzlsn. Det. .. 13 l4 27 4 Lech, Mont. ...... .. 13 14 27 30 M. Bentley, Tor. .. l3 13 26 l0 D. Bentley, Chi. .. l2 14 26 B M a: Warwick, N.Y. . Richard. Mont‘. Gee, Chicago . Poile, Chicago .... .. G. Stewart. Chi. . Blake, Mont. Albcl, Detroit 16 B24 12 11 23 ll 12 23 o-l JWNQ § Kaieta, Chi. Kennedy Tor. Lynn. 'I‘or. Howe, Det. J. Conacher, Dot. .. Carveth, Mont. Dumart, Bos. Laprade, N. Y. Bslbando. Boston .. Brown, Chi. .. Gallinger, Bos. .. R. Conscher. Chi. P. Watson. N. Y. .. 23 sharp-shooters finished close-up" 4- + -l- l- paSSiSfiff-SF-ZS‘; o-Aw l4 "4 n52: n-Jnh-arrvloewoooozrgqw: coco ZS5SZ§5QGGE§§§§$$8 us: N3o0oa»a53E$w§>$$¢§ ‘lraclt and field was marked by ilhe opening of athletic fields in Charlottetown and Sirmmerside. During the summer the Abegweit Club sent a strong team, compris- ed of athlete; from many parts of the Province to the Maritime Track and Field Championships at Ilali- fax where they made an outstand- ing allowing. 4- If 1' if Other sports such as bowling and badminton drew large followings. During the year Island bowling teams entered mainland coun- petitions and altogether made a creditable showing. Badminton ccmpetitlons were held with Sum- merside players a/nd a strong re- vival of interest in the game ap- pears in the offing. O O 4' O All in all it was a molt success- ful year for promoters, players and spectators and one which aug-ure well for sport in the future. In closing the column for i947 we take this opportunity of wishing one an sll A HAPPY NEW YEAR. Auuulu. MEETING The Annual General Meeting of the Charlottetown Driving Pari: and Provincial Exhibition Association will be heidln the Seciofory’: Office, 84 Kent Sh, Thursday, January S, I948, at the hour of 2 o'clock. Dated December, I947. G. H. IUNTAIN, Sec'y.-Treas. It is the intention to post- oane the above Meeting to a ' later date, due not-ice of which will be given In the news- papers. C. H. IUNTAIN, Soc'y.-Troao. MONTREAL, Dec. 30 - (GP)- Syl Apps hasnt scored a goal in a rate at which the veteran Toronto play- maker has been pllinil up assists finds him on top of the National Hockey League scoring list for the fourth straight week. Official statistics released io- day show the 32-year-old centre ice ace with 13 goals and 18 as- sists for 31 points, three more than of 12 markers De- trolt's prize snipers, Ted Idndsay. and Elmer each with 2'1 26 Ipoints are the Bentley brothers, Max of ‘Toronto and Doug of Chl- Doug Bentley was the big gain- er in an otherwise lean week for N. I-l. L. marksman, picking up five Grant (Knobby) Warwick of New York picked up two counters to Tie Lindsay for leadership in the goals column with 16. Apps is off bv himself in the assists depart- Goalle Bill Durnan of Canadicns, of the Vezlna as leading ncflminrler bv veteran Turk Broda of Toronto. Broda has ni- lowed 67 goals 1n 29 games for a 2.31. Durnan is close behind with a 2.34 average, and also tops the circuit. Aggressive Bill Barilko of the Leafs continues to lead the pen- alty parade by a comfortable mar- gin with 96 minutes spent in the m. son. as; oI_ iSkips AAnd Mates El ted I, For Local Curling Seeacson, Sp“ E°h°°s Skips and mates were elected at a supper meeting of the Charlotte-, town Curling Club Monday nightfi Mr. Alex W. Matheson. KC ,' M.L.A.. president of the club, pre- sided. Guests of the club were His Honour LleuL-Governor J,A. Bernard, His Worship Mayor B_ Earle -MacDonald, 0.8 E , and the Honorable Dr. W..J.P. MacMil- lon. O B E. , l Brief addresses were made by the guests and the best wishes for the success of the club ex- tended. i At the business session follow- ins the supper. Mr. R..S.P. Jardine, reported on the bond issue and the,‘ proposed mortgage on the club, premises. A motion was passedl that the Directors be authorized‘ to issue first mortgage on real es- tate up to $7.000 if necessary. To- tai indebtedness to be no more than $25000. the Ice Committee stated that the installation of the artificial ice plant was well advanced and that "ifliiinfl" had begun. It was hoped to have ice for curling early in January. ~ Mr. W.W. Lord on behalf of the Tournament Committee advised the club that bonspiels were ar- ranged with Alberton. Montague and summerside clubs, The Al- berton ‘spiel was scheduled to co- incide with the openlng of new rink in that town on the second Wednesday of January. Superintendent Norman Ander- son, also a member of the Tour-n- amcnt Committee, urged that competitions be held with other rinks outside the Province. I-le stressed the ‘Dominion junior meets for curlers under i7 to be held in 1949 and the Maritime junior meet for curlers with less than eight years experience. Ref- erence was also made to the open- ing of the new rink in Amherst in the near future and to the Pictou meet to be held early in the New Year. ' Suggestions for club improve- ments were made by Mr. Cleaver MacLeen and Superintendent An- derson. Mr. Harper MacNeill of the Games committee reported on the new system of electing skips and mates proposed for this year. The new skips and mates to be chosen by the present skips and the Games Committee. Skips for 1948: W.R. Adams, N.A. Anderson, G.M. Avard, ER. Bell, W,_R,, Cruikshanks. l-LR. Curruthers, Hon. T.A. Campbell. Col GE. Full, J.A. Fraser. Dr, ES Gid- dings. A.W. Hyndman, G A. Haw- kins, Gordon Hughes, J.H_ How- att, RSP. Jardine. Dr. H. McIn- tyre. Cleaver MacLean, Rankine MacLaine. J. Finlay MacLeod, J.J. Morris, J.S. Moore, A.L. Mac- Pherson, W.W. lord. E..D_ Nich- olson, Dr. H. Pierce, T.W L. Prowse. AN. Splllett, Russell Spil- lett. HI Splllett, P.W. Turner, Ed Tanton. Dr. W..L. MacDonald, JZE. Burden. Prank Cox, George Keefe. C.M. Frazee. HR. Beven, Mr. Frank Acorn reporting for- from Prince County At this time of the year" it ll customary for sports columnists to do a little reminiscing about the year that is now fast fading into history, Taking everything into consideration the year 1947 was a; banner year for sports in Prince‘ County. As we sit in front of our typewriter a panorama of dram- atic sports pictures flash across the television screen of our mind's eye. Among them we see: a a a A spirited band of midget hoc- key players with the Kinsmen crest On their sweaters battling irt a sudden-death encounter for the Maritime championship, a team of Midgets from Whitney Pier. sub- urb of Sydney. N.S,- The match is played on a rectangle of ice that the Pier boys have been playing on all winter. The Summerside kids are playing before arllostiie crowd. The Summerside goal judge, a youngster of fifteen years, gets punched by o, full-grown Whitney Pier fan. Bennie Grady, one of the super-duper defence pair of Sum- merside gets clipped with a thrown bottle near the end of the game. but the local kids manage to skate of_f the ice with the game and the championship. coo The other Kinsmen tearii, enter- ed in the Juvenile division. battle it out for the Island champion- ship with another Kinsmen ag- greéation from Charlottetown in one of the hardest. most cleanly- fought minor games seen in Char- lottetown Forum. The Summer- side gladiators go into the fray one-goal up on their rivals as a result oft the first game in Sum- merside but they lose this slim advantage before many minutes of battling and the regular three periods‘ end with the two teams on even terms. In a. breathless overtime session with the fans suffering. yet enjoying that de- lightful suspense which makes hockey the game that it 1s, the Charlottetown boys shoot the lud- dcn-death winning goal that means the Island juvenile championship. O I Summerside intermediates took u rather convincing drubbing from their Capital City rivals in a home-and-home series. Gordie Drlllon, one-time N.l-I.L. all-star right-winger, whose increase in avoirdupois since his heyday has not taken away any of his cunning around an enemy net, was the dominant figure in the Charlotte- town win, though Shepherd, Dow-l- ing and Carver. now playing with North sydney, gave the big fellow a hand. ' I U Charlottetown took a 2 to 1 ver- dict from Summersido among the smaller puck pushers, their pee- wees, and paper-weights winning over our locals while the Summer- side bantams prevailed against their Charlottetown rivals, Much credit is due the Kinsmen in both centres together with Bhl Reid and his Physical Fitness program Ivan Horne. J.J. Urabee. WI-I. Worth. W-R. Jenkins. J.S. Mac- Donald, EFE. Acorn, 1-I_L_ sear, BF. Conrad. Honorary Skip: LB. MacMillam Chas. Stewart. George W, Mac- LeodJ-LW. Winchester. Col. C C.. ‘Thompson. Mates for 194B: Andrew Bagnall. SR, Boston, J.I~I. Corry, Fred Driscoll. Alex Knox, PR. McCor- mac, Harper MscNelll. Lewis Tur- ner, Walter Picksrd. Fred Moore, A..O.I-‘_ Gill. M. Arnett Hewett, HC. Atkinson; Dr. D. Campbell. CL, Jay. A.W. Mathieson, Rev. TE. MacLennan. EX. MacNutt. Gordon White, I".M..Nssh. W.R. Burnett, ER Seaman, RB. Jen- kins, Guy Kennedy, J A. Likely. David Macbeod. W.T. Weir. W R. MacNeill, John Squarebriggs, Don Gass, 1.1T Helloffs, G H. Henry. J.H. Hobbs. B. Manning, Clifford‘ MacDonald. Everett MacNeiil. Wil- liam Nicholson. AJ-i. Roper, Welt- on Whitlock. R . Parker, Mollie Chapman, Percy Keyes, ‘Tiromss Mitchell, RC. Parent. Jeff Fitz- gerald. for bringing these younger play- ers into the hockey picture. I O O In the realmof baseball we see the summerside Kinsmen Juniors. with two promising young pitch- ers, Garth Gay and Alan htewart, and a fighting bend of’ ball-tossers who kept improving ss the season advanced, win an Island-champ- ionship series against Charlotte- tc-wnin straight games. They were defeated by St. John in the Mari- time semi-final series. The St. John team was very strong both at bat and afield but the fact that juniors can be one-year older in New Brunswick than in Prince Edward Island would certainly ec- munt. for at least some of this superiority. coo We can still see Russ Phaneuf, Summerside All-Star outfielder, pursuing what looked like a for- lorn ho in the shape of a long fly to lft field in a tense. grip- ping baseball game at the High school grounds in summerslds be- tween thc Abegwelis and All- Stars. It was the final game for the island championship and if that fly had managed to get away from Phaneuf as practically ev- Plan Ice Regatta HAMIUION, Dec. 30 - (OP)- The International Skeeter As- sociation regatta will be held here Jan. Ill-iii, the Ice Yacht Division of the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club announced today. Officials said an estimated l0 boats will be entered - about 80 from Detroit,’ Chicago and New York and 301mm Hamilton and ‘IUXOIII/O. YEO TIIEATIIE "T HIS GUN FOR HIRE" Alon Lodd J Veronica Lake Montague: Fri. - Sat. u “bios would have probably taken win. His pitching was not as bril- an earlier game in Charlottetown. but it was good enough to hold in eheog g surging band of hick- ory-wielders who were giving sil they had to shell Bernard from the mound.’ eghan for the Maritime crown in a sudden-death game at Windsor that ended D to ti. This game was played early in October and the weather was as good ae anyone couldJlope for in this latitude st such a late date. Our All-Stars led a to 2 at one juncture. but the tide of battle turned against them for a Maritime championship went glimmering. erybody thought it would, the Ab- home the honors. Evidently Russ felt that everything depended on him for he put on a preview of Gion-friddds circus catch in the World Series and the Bumrnerside boys held their slim lead to clinch the championship. Joe Bernard. ace pitcher ‘for summerside all sun-loner. was the other hero of the lisnt as a former effort of'his in ness and Prosperity. the past. MAY THIS NEW YEAR Bring you Health, Happi- May we continue to serve you in the year abeod as in Aeniaet Coal Comp any 4QO-O-OGOOQOQOOO‘vvv v Millionaires Lose Game To Miners SYDNEY, N.S.. Dec. 30 -lCP)- Second-place Glace Bay Miners overcame a tyre-goal 19.411 to dc- leat top-spot Sydney Millionaires 6-4 1n a Cape Breton Senior Hoc- key League game here tonight. Miners didn't take the load until the 15-minute mark in the third period when winger Fess Anderson scored. The win leaves Miners games behind Millionaires League standings. Highs, Lin. In 1947 Sport By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK. Dec. 30 - (AP) __ Getting the most, and the best, out of the fading year; Most bewildered — Leo Duro. cher, when he heard he had been suspended for the season by Com- missioner Happy Chandler. Biggest disappointment _ Joe Louis. during and after his battle with Jersey Joe Wslcott, Most spectacular - Al Gion- friddo's catch o; Joe Dimaggids prodigious waliop in the .World Series. \ Most pathetic figure - Vic Lom. bardi. Dodger pitcher, as ho trudflcd to the dugout after the. Yankees, aided by some comic opera, Dodger fielding, had neces- sitated his removal from the box, MOSL unpopular - the decision rlllle ill the victory to the champion after he had been knocked down twice by Jersey Joe. Luckiest ball-player __ Hobo N9W=°m£who wound up with the Yankees in time to get s partial World Series cut. Best comeback —- George Mg- Quinn, the supposedly washed-up first baseman who. with nowhere to go. asked for a. trial with the Yankees and wound up playing a tine season for the champions. Lavagetto hitting the double in the ninth inning to ruin Floyd Bevens’ no-hit, no-run game. softball teem from Summeriiide. tied a St. John aggregation for the Junior Girls’ Maritime crown. The game. played in Summerslde. went. nine innings and ended 8 to 8. I O O Other athletic feats qt note: the broad and high-jumping of Braw- iey. one of Summersideh adopted sons. in the Athletic meet in Hal- ifax - the 100 and 220 yarddash victories of Bobby Jay of Kensing- ton in meets in Summerside and Charlottetown - the surprisingly good showing of Jimmie Hogan's High School rugby team 1n play against Queen square and West Kent of Charlottetown. -- The Tiznish victory over Grand River for the championship of the Prince County Baseball League. C C l All in all. a very successful year for sports in Prince County. May the year 1946 bring forth more ex- citing contests. May the best teams and individuals win, and may the losers realize that taking their losses with s grin 1s more import- ant even than victory A Happy New Year to fans and contestants Middleweight N ow Garbage Collector in the Louis-Walcott bout giving‘ I Most thrilling instanit- Cookie- ‘ By Duke Moran . PITTSBURGH. Dec. 30 —(AP) - Veteran middleweight Charley Burlcy, hearing today that the National Boxing Association still rates him an “outstanding boxer," noted ivistlully that he works as a garbage collector". , “It's nice, its really nice that they still think so much of rne," remarked the dusky ring warrior, "but. gee, I wish somebody would give me n chance to prove it in the ring. “The only bouts I can get are against the wolf at the door. That guy is, alyvays willing to fight me and I've had a tough time out- pointing him in the last year. I don't know how I'd have manag- ed if I hadn't hooked on as a helper‘ on a city garbage truck last June-and that's only on a port- time basis." His surprising hard luck sharp- ly contrasts with the rise to fame of such Pittsburgh area contemp- oraries as Fritzle Zivic, Sammy Arlgott and Billy Conn. Buriey is married and has two children. He admits to ll years of fighting and 30 years of life. Ringworms here insist he's been at both longer. As a professional he's been rat- ed at or near the top of the wol- terweight and middleweight div- isions every year and with flu same consistency has been snub- bed by the top-drawer cauli- flower set. Burley can't remember the ex- act date of his last bout but when he was hoping to get into the clyampionship flight he tried everything from welters to heav- l ies for size. He still weighs only l 156. He's never been knocked out and defeats are few and far between on his long record. A parade of managers-Lew Burston of New York now hold! his contract-couldn't beat fist-i- ana's cold shoulder any better than Burley. , "The biggest purse I ever shar- ed was $2,900 and I fought for u little as S20.” Charley recalled. "It wasnt my managers’ fault. Those other fighters just didn't went me or I had to fight at any terms." Recently a stubborn illness o! pleurisy complicated his battle against want. , "But Ifm in good ahspenow. ‘The doctor reports my heart, my lungs and everything else are OK. I'd sure like a few fights to help my wife and kids. I'm getflng old. Maybe those guys who have been tlving me the go-by would like to try me. I think I could lick any middleweight today tf I had a chance to train and line up o. couple of tune-ups. "Just a chance would give no the happiest New Year Iv'e aver had." Big Four Standipge Team G W L D F ARI. Truro 25 14 7 4 115 91 SI Moncton . 26 l3 9 4 116 100 30 Halifax 26 12 13 2 113 130 56 St. John .. 29 718 4 103 12S 1S Navy To Practice Tile Navy hockey team is to have a workout at the F0711!" l! 6 o'clock this evening. All mem- bers of the team are cXPQCWd 1° alike. I O O Sumner-side woo beaten by Met- n the seventh inning and our bid Charlottetown Coarse Melkle‘: Royals, s girls‘ \ r To liur Many Customers»- . MANY THANKS FOR courmurb VALUED PATllO-NAGE and to Everybody we lay May I948 bring you Health and Happiness in abundance Harry A. Macllougall‘ “BETTER MENSWEAR" I43. GRiAT GEORGE STREET attend. r. r. time