v""“' 7”' Llll\l_l‘§._25~1»"3" _ T . . THE t;nAlu.o'l'l‘a'l‘owN GUARDlAN 'PAGE SEVEN ‘ -_ , - _ _ J _ ___ *_ ___. Hn _L --_'-7- ~_--_-;»--------- --Y ' ' "Y '_ ’ ’ aowuinu uoxllvu uoclulil BASKETBALL WRESTLING 1 OTHER SPORT Nl-l\V$°‘utSPORT WORLD R3 -*i-A' I Herman And Hartnett Lead .Rally As Cubs Come From Behind To Wallop Giants |0- ,¢=_-__-'--‘ IN THIS CORNER The hand injury suffered by Leo Kelly yesterday ln a training ses- mn besides keeping the clever city my out oi' action for nearly a. month also robs him of the rop- pm.mity_ for the present at lea:-t. U1 testing his boxing ability against one of the best middleweiglits in me Maritimes in the person of ¢.bb0rr. B y The unavoidable postponement of mi- nent was also a distinct dia- gppoinfnlcllt of the falls who were eng(-ply looking forwal'd_ to the wrap. and at the same time were anxious to see just ilow Kelly would stack up against all opponent Wh.~,5@ ability inside the squared circle was unquestioned. But in the 1-{artnctt~Sparks sciio that is bping put on in its place said [ans “.111 likel_v witness ll bout that ‘viii provide fireworks all the way through. ~ -T¥ ‘li %“ =i* Sheri-as and Hartnett are no draiigers to each other. There is | lot of keen rivalry between the pair of mitt-sllngers that has cx- tended over the past three years and during that time each has kavoed the other once. Local fans will haw- the opportulllty of seeing the "rubber" maicll. a fl_f.zilt tl'at will llkcl_v decide for all time the question of supremacy between the two. '44 =.l‘ *F *li Sparks. once an unpopular per- former locally due to several poor exhibitions. has gained a lot of idnlirers in his recent. starts here. I`he colored Amherst lad has been 'going ahead rapidly. Rcnllyyyist \ youngster. although nghting for gllite a few years. Sparks is a fine boxer and possesses rl kayo pilnch rl either hand as was well demon-_ ltrated in his bout with Billv Holm. the punch flint laid the Sprinflhiil boy low being the hard- est one ever witnessed in a local 'ing 4% A'-' 4? *F Hartnett. it veteran of the game and at"`one time outstanding among Maritime mltt-siiiigvrs. is another luvo flchter. Riiigwise in every lense. Hartnett is a foe to be re- spected in every start. ‘He mfly be umowl nv his orinenenf but Ihere is alivavs the D05-“ll"lllf." °f ilim landing that derastatliie left hook and when this punch 181155 It is generally curtains for the F0- ~,eiver of the wallcp. =l-' 4- =i‘ The fight is scliccluk-d` for ten rounds. or less, and much empha- lis may be placed on the less part of it. A nrzht between two boys with the punching prowess that Hartnett and Sparks possess usu- ally ends up with a ten count he- tnlz toiled over one of them and this will likely be the case Monday night, Jllllt what one will end up in sl reclining: pose looks very much like a toss-ull. eié Er ‘lt The City Softball Leamle IS without pi doubt. the closest rave ever staged in anv branch of Is- land athletics. with prwillally half of the schedule completed all four teams today are tied for the top position and the manner in which the teams linvc been 1101" forming makes it n dliliciilt mut- ter for anvnne to try and pick on ultimate winner. -l-' -I-' ¢l= =F Besides furnishing the stiifeat competition the teams have also been dishlng out. the slna_i“.l`-*li brand of softball ever \vitnc~'scf| here. The ganics are all close-knit affairs with the "breaks" often dc- cidinu the outcome and ns the tennis rollnd the linlt\\'n.\' lnark lt. will be interestilirz iliflccd to ivriell the baiiics that will be wai;el» -2- + 'The reason for this is that lf the change takes place better play' ers could be brought in. Class D is the lowest; in professional base- ball with s. salary limit on each club. The better players naturally reollest. more money than the clubs are allowed to hand out and while Class C also has a limit to thc llnries to be paid nevertheless said Jmlt is well in advance of the for- ller and the change if it should t-0-ko place would mean that play- ers who are ineligible could be I>\'°‘ ¢\1\’¢’iJll'\S themselves to whip the New Yorkers 10-5 today and take the ‘crucial" Chicago series three Eames to two. Wally Berger. with s. homer and two singles; Mel Ott. with ahom- er. two doubles and a single; and Samba Leslie with a run-producing single sent the Giants off in front. But the Giant pitching, lcd off bv Hal Schumacher. didn`t have a chance once Billy Herman and Gabby Hartnett found the range. Hermans homer. triple and sin. Elf’ were good enough to send three runs in. and Hartnetts three singles sent two more over 55 the Cllbs broke a tie with a run inthe seventh and then put the game on ice with a foul'-run display ofpow- er hitting in the eighth. camps wALLor Donoaas In st Louis. the Cardinals bat- ted around in two separate innings and came to the plate eight times ln the third to wallop Brooklyn ` Dfldgers 13-3 and wind up the ser- ies with two wins out of three. While Lefty Bob Weliand was ellewlnc iz nits. but haiifleuiring the Brooklyns with men on the bees. the Gas House Ganz. al- ` though hitting safely in only four innings. landed on Fred Frank- house and George Jcflcoat for 14 safe blows. seven doubles and sev- en singles. HAFEY GIVES REDS WIN Chick Hafey. former National League batting champion. wielded a powerful stick to lead the Reds to a 6-4 victory over Philadelphia in` Cincinnati. I-lafey‘s home riln in the fourth inning following Goodmans single proved the 'margin of victory as the Phils came back with two-rliil rallies in each of the seventh and eighth. Boston gave Lou Fr-tie eight |runs in the nrst three innings and the Bee hurlcr scattered 13 Pitts.- burgh hits to win 0-5. The Bees pounded Bill S\vift.out of the game iii the second and made the afternoon miserable for Mace Brown. Jim Weaver and Jim Tobin, who paraded in relief assignments. YANKEES RALLY T0 IVIN NEW YORK. June 24 - fAPl-- Bilmp Hadley allowed St. Louis Browns six runs in the first three innings today and then pitched one-hit ball the rest of the way as the Yankees came from behind for a 9-5 victory here. The Yanks found the range for tliree runs in the third and com- pleted their scoring with homers hy George Selkirk and Bill Dickey in the later innings. l Manager Joe Cronin's long-dis- tance slugging paced Boston Red Sox to a 9-0 victory over~Detroit in Boston and enabled Lefty Grove to gain his sixth win of the sea- son. Cronin banged out a triple with two on in the sccnnd inning. when the Red Sox sewcd up the game with a six-run rally. and in the sevenifi he lifted one of relief pit- cher George Cof‘i'man‘s offerings over the left field screen with an- other mate on base. The victory ‘second straight over the Tigers. was Bostorrs eighth in nine starts. SENATORS DEFEAT TRIBE Washington Senators rail their winning streak to five straliht games. downing Clevclaild liidialis 8-2 in Washington behind steady pitching of Monte Weaver. Cleveland took a 2-0 lcrld hilt Lloyd Brown was driven from 'lie box in a three-run llprisilig in the folirth inning and the Grifls llcvcr wcre headed. Chicago White Sox niadeit three stiuiolit over the Athletics. knock- ing the veteran Harry Keller out of the box in the first liiiiliie. to score li 7-2 victory, lt. was the second time this season the A's have lost 10 straight. woaurs Hmllasr nacaraark DAMEELING. lnrila - Kumar -I. C. L.a1l‘s Honcymooner won the Govemor`s Cup at. the Mill' lll""l‘ ing on what ls said to he lllt’ world‘s highest and smallest rare- track. 8,000 feet up in the H'mal- ayas -'"7-T'-“I” on. tk été #K "Fifteen to twenty years auo baseball was a stalwart sport ln the East. Every town had a. rep- resentative team. as well as toivtl leagues that supplied material for the older aggregations. Such is not the case today. lk ik ik 4|! “Softball has taken its toll from the ranks of baseball. Sport of- ficials have not. given the summer sport sufficient attention. Red tape and 'rules have tied up players. teams and leagues - while the counter attractions that exist for me young men. including golf and tennis. have also hit hard at the once popular pastime. *li “te *ll 4* "Certainly there is somethin!! wrong. bill whether an actual ,-,»m¢~i-lv can be applied ill a ques- Iilon. Perhaps time is the best cure " t In a game reminiscent of the last one in which the Soviets and Plon- cers met, the Pioneers defeated their deadly rivals last night by the close score of 4-3 to assume the leadership in the first section. All the “Kelly coached" team needs is a victory over the Sunglos to assure themselves of a playoff berth. Should the Sung os tum the tables on the Pioneers and lose to the So- vletstlle section would be tied up and so plenty of action is expected ln mist wec.k's game. - Jack Schurmall toed the slab for tile .victors in his first pitching ap- pearance of the year. He lei. the Soviets down with tour hits. struck out 10. walked one and hit two bats- men with a ptcliecl ball. Durant I lritclled good ball for the losers be- ing t wo~wcQQo»oH SOVIETS R. Clow, rf R. Clow, c E. Arscnault.. ss J. Wedge. lb R. Phillips. :lb J. Casey. ci H, Landry. lf A. Clow. 2b H. Durant. p Totals gmwwwwwuwog w~ooooc»o~5 »¢»o~moooo= Ewowcm<~uc1 , W P-°|BCJ'\©@G>-*©¢¢@> w»~ooc¢o~cH SUMMARY Earned rims: Pioneers l: Soylet-S 2: left on bases: Soviets 4; Plon- eers 4; two base hits; Crossman. Liclstone: hit by DltCh€d ball! E- Arsenault. R, Phillips; base _on balls: 1-1. Durant: runs batted in: J. Casey 2. Lldstone 1; struck out: by Schurman 10: by Durant 3: sac- rifice h ts: Schurman. Lidstone; stolen bases; Larkin. J. Casey. Time of game. 1 hr. 15 mins. Umpire: Beagan; bases: Dr. Mac- Murdo. T. Mclnnis. Scorer: Bruce Johnston. s'coal-: av iivnrlilos Soviets 003 000 0-3 4 3 Pioneers 031 000 0-4 B 3 -D I-}ASEBA_I.L S( ORES INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE - Baltimore 010 002 001-4 6 8 Jersey City 000 000 001-1 6 0 Sivcss and Crouse; Keneti. Rad- on and Redlnond. Toronto at Rochester. Newark at Syracuse and Buffalo at Montreal are night games. Buffalo 100 010 000-2 'I 3 l\'i\'ui\i'eal 000 000 100-_1_ 5 0 I~lilrris and Grubel P0-ll and Cliandlcr. Toronto 000 010 000-1 7 2 Rochester 000 000 000-0 1 2 Davis and Heath; Andrew. Smith and Poland. O‘Farrcil. Newark 002 010 030-6 8 0 S.\'i‘acuse 010 100 000-2 8 4 Tuliiulls and HarSl`BVC3 M0933' and Moore. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 310 200 001-'7 10 0 'Pliilaldclphia 001 001 000-2 ll 2 Lcri and Shea: Kelly. Gumbert. Turbevl11.e Fink and Coiitroy; St. Louis 231 000 000-6 H 1 New York 113 100 12x--9 15 4 Hozsett. Thomas and Huffman: Hadley and Dickey. Detroit 000 000 000-0 9 1 Boston 060 000 30x-9 13 1 Auker. Conlnnn and Tebbettsi Grove and Desaulcls. ; Cleveland 010 100 000-2 8 0 Washiiigton 000 300 lax-8 14 0 Brown. Whitehill. Hudlin and Sullivan; Weaver and R.. Ferrell. Q t NATIONAL LEAGUE ` Boston 125 000 010-9 12 1 i Pltlsbllrgh 101 200 101~6 13 2 Fette and Lopez: Swift. Brown, Weaver. Tobin and Todd. . New York __Z_02 010 000- 5 15 2 Chicago 121 010 14x-10 13 1 Schumacher. Gumbert. Coffman and Mnncuso; French. Bryant B116 Hartnett. Philadelphia 000 000 220-4 'I 0 Cincinnati 101 200 30X-5 9 I Johnson. Passeau and Grace: i Dcrriiiizer. Grissom and Lombardi. 1 Brunei;-n ooo coz olo- s la 2 1 Si. Louis 034 000 06!--13 14 1 ffraliklioltse. Jeffcoat and Phelps: Wetland and 0¥f0d°WSk=|- TAKE WILDFOWL CENSUS LONDON-The decrease in wild- fowl throughout Europe has led to appointment of n sub-committee by the Inlemational Committee for Bird Preservation in investigate the cause and find remedieo. Pioneers Take Record For Three-year-olds Lead. Nippingf droken At Woodstock Races WOODSTOCK N B June The local track record for three year olds was broken today by T- . V. Holdaways Tara Hanover from .1-Ioulton, Me.. as the Woodstock Driving Club opened its summer season. The Houlton colt won both heats in the same lime. 2.23. Tlacey Hanover, a Woodstock horse. took the frec-for-All in straight heats. Star G.§ owned by l-larry Breen, Halifax. finished l third in this event. Another Nova i Scotia entry. Baronet. owned by ‘H. T. Fulton. Upper Stewiackc. y took third place in the 2.22 Pace. ‘ won by Frank Hanover. Houlton. . Calumet Coburn. from Houlton. ‘ captured the other event. 2.17 Trot. The summary: i ‘ Free-For-All 1 Tracey Hanover. Avery, t Woodstock i Dolly Azoif. Grant. Houlton Star G. Cllnlmings Halifax. Viking. McNeill Hodgson Me. .ac-.izo>-° aww*-° mam# I St. Thomas Team l Wins Rifle Shield . ' . K . ._ . MONTREAL. Que. .June 24.- The Leo Kelly-Bobby orr fight. Sfgfdmlf .f i scheduled to take place at the y M, I : l 1 With the record-breaking aggregate iscore of 4783 out of a possible 5000. the St. Thomas. Oni.. no 1 rifle teaam won the 1936-37 indoor shield of the Canadian National Railways Small Bore Rifle Loaaue. it was an. nounccd today by W. E. Shepley_ .president of the association here They scored an all-time high av- erage of 99.65 out of a possible 100 per man for each target shol;,Tcams thrllgiiout the entire national sys- tem competed in the series which consisted of twelve matches, Teams from Montreal captured the next three places in the leailllf'-‘ _scoring 4768. 4738 and 4733. Kam- loops. B. C.. came fifth with 4725 and Toronto. Ont.. -last years win- ners. were sixth with 4722. G. I. Orr. of St. Thonias dropping only two points. won the individual trplly with a record score of 1198 out of a possible 1200. J. N. Brad- ley. also of St. Thomas. came se- cond with l195. and W. Brass, of Prince Rupert. B. C.. th rd with 1194 Further indications of the high calibre of thc shooting in the league this year is sllown by the fact that 18 men across the system averaged 99. out of 100 or better throughout the season and 41 averaged 98 or better. The ladieg were well un in the individual standing. led by Mrs H. C. Wrefcrd of Toronto. and Mss Helen Jamieson and M‘ss Helen White ot' Montreal all of whom were tied with scores of llR6 out of 1200 or an average of 98.83 out of 100 per match. Superiors And Rovers MeetTonight. ` 2.22 Pace Frank Hanover, Avery Holli- ton 1 2 l Miss Jo Hanover, Holdaway Houlton 2 1 2 Is. ronet, Cummings, Upper Stewiacke, 3 3 3 Time 2.15; 2.17 1-2; 2.18 1-2. . 2.17 Tmt Caluine Coburn, Avery. Houl- A toll. Ncontime. 1-loldaway Houlton John Dean. Raymond. Saint John 3 3 3 Time: 2.14 1-4; 2.12 1-2; 2.13. »-to ¢qr- xo.- ‘ Three Year 01d Trot Tara Hanover. Holdaway. l Houlton 1 l. Lady Dillinger. Avery. Wood- large part in siiperim-_q nn., . 2 2 sided defeat. 12 of thc \vilinr‘r;.' stock. Time' 2 23: 2 23 pa rks And § Hartnett Meet ' McI_ ._ i Wzth New Record’ 011 M 0 I1 d a y ‘ °""“‘~ 2”- Forum Monday night next was postponed inclefinitely yesterday when Kelly. during a training session. badly injured his right hand which had been hurt in a previous bout in Campbellton against Pat Metallic of Rimouski. Que. i Promoter Joey.McDonald, how- ] ever. announced that Joe Hartnett ` of Halifax and Bill Sparks. both well-known here. had been en- ‘ gaged to substitute for the main o. pleasing one, Sparks and Hartnett ‘ are keen rivals inside the squared ` circle. Each boasts a kayo victory g _ . The substitiutlon should be a 5W°1*’- Artillery Team i Tied For Lead i SOVIQLS 4 ' _ , ,. 24-. 'rime-all :l-4; lla l-4; z.lz a-4.? In S b 6 l I ___ l i Displaying terrific batting power 5 for the second night in successmn 1 lst Medium Brigade team last night created a tour-way tie lli ` the City Softball League by soulizl- ly trouncing the Superiors 27 to S ill K same that was called at :lil- end oi the eighth inning, 25 safe hits. including fire I home runs. was the barrage the { winners laid down last night. Fruiii ; the very _first inning. during wi-li(-il i ‘ frame they batted six runners zi- cross the plate. the Artillc-r_v kept increasing their lead to wind up with their big lrlargln. Supcrzoi--. nlaylne their lioorcsi game or iiie yeal' were never in the picture af ter they had scored three runs; in the last. half of the first. Dcspili the \viiiller.=»‘ liiilllnz. l-ri-nrs p1nyf~_fl runs being unearllodas lhevch ` \ longest winning streak in the lea Elle to date. _ . , . . . _ y talk. . ed up ‘heir ‘und swmght wmihe BOX SCORE Artillery llnis s.s. ' ' cncl mm:l-.\¢~icri~1-tx; .-roioi»-i»ui.awu§5 ro»-.e-:~:»c~r<.wr\:uI ole--o»-».¢.:.=»-3 .¢~»-co cc--euro), »- o--r.>i'l‘l Whelan. c. Williams. Lib Power. e.f. f, »-coco tQuallle. lb. ' Kelly. p. 54 l T0\elS 2'/ 25 24 is 5 ‘ Sulleriors Rice. 2b. ` Ennis. l.f. l Cox. 3b. 2 Jay. c. 1. Williams. ss. }Peiel‘s. lb. . 1 Warren. c.f. xGoss. p, rf. g,..s.,.=,.__el 3* ».»w»-»a»»h.:~.¢>la»¢~r-15 oooc>©o»--»-f-1% ¢<:ifo._.ooi:,c--»-= »~ -1 'S-§©P~*(¢¢!\9XQ@*“@o ¢»:>r-1sGr.;Q:...-:»-9 Q oc.: 'Gillis lrotais as s 'i 23 a ia . over the other and the “l'ubher" 'Balted for Goss in Bth. match between the pair should be 'a slam-bang affair from start. to ` base- i . Summary .‘. . finish. tlndustrial League Came |‘ xRunner called out for leaving Earned rlllls: Al‘illler_\‘ 14. Sup eriors 2; 2 base hits: Powcig Mc. Innis. Goss. Jay; homers; Wlyaian 2. Sflilnders. Power. Williams; hose on balls: Kelly 5. Goss 2; w;ld pitch: Goss 3. Kelly 2; p;;_l\ with (il~licl':\'. !\C. Crit- `ch1ey of the While Cuv group tl have been staged al'e:' the Louis- Braddock title malt-li Tue-erin; night, only to ll-arii ili.li the Brit- ! ish promoter had lllicd il;iSf;i‘.riie`.- ing and Farr on his onli liofik started llegotlatlolis _\`estc1’ria_\' \\,th l A. Arthur Elvin for a rl\'.il :lt‘i:nc- tioil. The resul: wa. lrid;l\".~ offer , The idea appeared to be that on appearance b_v l.ou:.~ iii Loizrlon within a few days of :lie Sehlnel- ` ing-Farr match tl-oulil chill in er- icst in the latter afIa:l:. with the result that S:-hmellliu mich: de- cide to pass it up. conlilll: io Arn- erlca instead io try to repeat his triumph of lasl siirnmer over Louis, which is just what Jacobs and Louis want. l How They Stand INTERN AT ION A1. LEAG UE Won Lust I'.C Newark 47 14 .770 ' Montreal 31 26 .541 Buffalo 31 27 .534 Syracuse Iii 39 .517 Toronto 29 .'12 ATE Rocllesler 27 .'34 .441 Baltimore 21 36 .1552 1 Jersey City 19 38 .331 i New York 35 ‘10 .634 . Detroi. :lil 24 .579 Chicano ii! 25 .561 Boston 28 23 .549 Cleveland 27 27 .Silt Washillcton Z6 30 .464 St. Louis 19 £34 .351 Philadelphia 18 35 ,346 NATIONAL I.F.AG\'E 1" . ‘” I e §» i . - aMaalc:.4.\' l.a.iGn: ~ Chicago 35 21 .623 Si. Lollis 3-1 22 .601 New York 34 Pittsblirgh ill Brooklyn 2-l Cll clniiali 3': Philadelphia 112 Boston ll 2-1 .585 25 ‘ .534 ‘29 .-153 (iii .400 35 .3l‘lt 3-1 .332 PATAUDI FIT AGAIN RANGOON~Bilrma-hrcrl hol'.-el have acquired li repll'lllloi‘. 101 1_5-,weft m Siam :mtl m\pi i ~» l r *i il 1 r . .Ay i - I. v ~ .l ¢