\ evading-mm» - s; -TI18- vs fi BACK STRETGII Congratulations to Secretary A.i B.“ Cutchfle and the Vivtorlai Drivmg Club on 100’; second payments of stakes No. 1. 2. 3. 4 and 5 to be rzii-i-rl at Sumini-rsidn ..Iul_v 1st. hfoiii-agiii- Julx 01b. Covehead July 16in. lLvvi-side. Jul!’ 28rd. Covchrad Julv 30th and Montague Srptcniber 1st. 1' + i‘ '1- Charlcs \Villis. proprietor of Covshead Rlict- Till ‘uis purl chased the fiv.» _ old slow‘ class pacer B1113‘ l“(It‘-L\I\\' by Calumet Budlonc. (l.tlIl Elllt‘lBI"l“l llni 2.14. bv Bcliliil Smll 2.09M». '|' ‘Ir ‘P 'I' Sir Adliral 211v» Gratizu. fin-iui-"li" on: lain I""'iuk l.. li-ilni has passed to :I:~ Cecil Pllllllifli’, ,\'l1dd. who will X'1l(‘" llllll t is Ill great shapi- i nulii make things livrlv for yvicvis ill h.s ciass 1n that \'iCliliI\'. + -I- - Blue Acres Race Tint-l; New Glasgow. N. S. No. 1 and No. 2 stakes have again drawn ruagnib‘ {rent entrv lists-did ‘mi-ms from all parts nf the No. 2 st-aki- i 18th and \i:'.1 - il gutirniitccd. purse of $"000. "Total cash on hand at clnslil! time for second payment was $1,100 Eulrlri in- ciudr- Mav Lei». Miss May lfal. Marlene C.. Lusticia. Rilla Bars. Shanghai, Guy Spencer \1ac Fin-. co. Tony Gui‘. ilucl. lrvufl. Frank Dmird Milton Budlonfz. Doctor Wilson, Bonnie Lees Nightmare, Duke of High- land. Marv A. Rcamore. Alpha Hal. Nelda A. Voln. C. Harri" Bud- . Mar Edwin AICL..\ Spruce. long. Prince Marine and Mitzi Bars ‘The premier event, lue Acrcs No. 1 Stake. will be raced July 5th. Thirty-four horse own- ers have made second payments and the purse is guaranteed to be 82.500, but mav possibly reach 53.500 at the end of the fourth payment. Horses entered include Hast A Long. liifiss li/Iav Hal. Cal- umet Bee Long. Azaclezi. Bowden Square. Ann Clc-gg. Buck P. C. Grattan. Dorothv llal. Shanghai, Iris Aibbe. Donald G.. George R.. C. Albert Budlong, Frank Dillard. Commodore Abbe. Blanche T. Hal. Dudv Budlone. Aubrw Budiong. Beryl Brooke. Milton Budlong. Dixie Belle. Edwin McLa Random Harvest, Hclcn Budlong. Shy Ann. Single Strcak. Rainbow Hanover. Ullleen Abbe. Mav Harvester. Goldie Duds. Jnsedale Victory Miss. Midnight lvielody". Helen Signal. 1- + 4- + I Good friends In Oalifnrniruone- of them Dr. Davr- MacKenzii-l send us from time to time paw; ers containing accounts of the racing at Hollvtvood Pork. which is now in fiili swing and will cul- minate with the $50.0fl0.00 Pace and 5.50.000!“ Trot in May. In one of the races the starting gate. which was advertised to be the finest of its kind in the world and absolutely dependable, fiiilod to open-at least one wing of it.- nnd the throe inside horses could not get tin-ouch. when they were Iubsequentlv released one of the trio won but. another pulled up and as he was back considerably there were quite a number oi’ oquawks. In another event. the $5,000.00 Westward Hn Trot. driv- er Ralph Reeves was thrown out of the sulky at the siari’. and his horse. Sky Raider. finished first but. TIdGFiPSS. Ho raced his noar- est competitor all the ivav, Just keeping him at his ivliovi. This reminds us of n similar event at the Giafloiivtnivii track in I939 whgn Captain Mac won the heat after throwing driver Johnny Conroy. ‘Ilie winner of the above event was Proximltv and her driver was Clint Hodgins. a Can- adian from Clandcboyc. Ont. Clint tihinks she has a good chance to win tho $50000 one and n quarter mile trot. In another lace seven of the horses camp. out of the Rate properly but onei of them. Preview. raced the other’ way, going the wrong way for all ;ii cs '_. Scmplc. ‘ ticularlv '. the ‘green pacer with a lot. he was worth. Tickcts on him,‘ were refunded to the speculators. II‘ 'l' i‘ '1' We welcome the following notes from our great il'll‘ll(i Jun Prud- crgast. Kcnsingiou. which gives inr- horse news in his locum- “Harness horse owucrs oi Ken- "sngton and vicinity touk advant- age of the beautiful winter to give thcir horsi-s plenty of road work. Thcv dd not have suoiv- uriits to (‘UHIPIIKI with and so were able to 21H‘ carlv lessons to volts and cxuri-isr- oldcr Iiariicss ' " to sulky or light carts. is an unusual simiv in our, C" 1n mid-Winter. Suoh kiiiiivn Iiorsriucii as 'I‘\‘ndc‘.l‘ Scmiilo. EZlTlt‘ Somplc. bfyron .\Izu'A2'tllur. \Vill Profltt. GPOFQI‘ Fred Silva and others sccn diiily cxercisini: prospects and anion‘: some oi the finest. the Province. par- admircri when leading the iicld homo on thc race track as quite a iiumbcr of them hayr- done on several occasions. lt is expected that Kcnsuigton will us‘ usual Iiavc a goodly quota of i-iiirios for the various moms of racing season lll this Prov-I ince and on the mainland. + + '1' could be tlii-ii- speed 111cm are specimens in "MlYon MacArthur who raced Lucky Spencer 2.10% for self andI partner. Leslie Simmons. winninj: title to thcii- intercollegiate crown. promoter. _ ‘ Ottawa senators i" the playoffs. opening day. 1t was a 4 pound 2 oz, the championship for tllrcc-vrar- + + + TIIQYIIVO IIHIIlEIQ? last tough inI Tigers‘ My“ “qnniug mi; on. banuly taken from Ross's Mill, r-l(i pacing SIflAlIOllS in_tho l\'i.'il'l- Man‘. d(vspl>\lillz cU,n,,-,3,,,C,.‘5‘ New Xoi-k Sept. 2o when Zaii- ref 1am, Hk)(\k(\y Assm-iniicn 11,19, Vernon River.- The pool below ibc ffgfisiliiglaagzfrli‘? 1i|l.'2llii\l\.iiil‘jui,l;‘ilvlif 1i“ urn-- piid t» the team Tllllll‘.§fiil‘i;ll7ilil"il 1111*‘ liilrll “(iibr p‘ tlirilll-il; boat Hollingcr Greenshirts. Nortb- Ross Mill yielded some Inmuiiful ‘ i . i - - l- ' g-(p 17v it... Yflfiilil‘. snrivcrs. ni. sis-rotini iliilt"tlll (I iriizrnuu I" (‘I'll Ontario champions in four‘ sea run trout longing frim l0 inches 1"” lac“ May 24th" “l” m‘ ‘WW7 1"“ '1 "l ' ' "i‘ll\" (Ioscrvccin I ut II at "i" s-cd $34"U0(l. Sire‘ -. ' I - - M.‘ and 18m Du, to Myron‘ P“. éfflnwsiigpifldlxl‘goals in.‘ PVC“ my abut? “my dry/lam) W“; mmtnéilg pflllirfi. than Ilfilrailfld off Monrton. to a fool or more Iii length during tensivc shipping busiiicss it has, not been possible for him to holdi I I ,. Nlcmbcrs oi illc Alumni _Assoc atloii of Si. Duiisiairs [Inivorsityi fliiiiiglv rciii-~iii'.1o:'-'\ii this _\'car'sI hliUklnY lt‘fllll lllClllI‘)t‘1'~ with pro-I svntations at the diiiiiei‘ dance at- ihc Cllfll‘lOli(‘l0\\'|1 Hotcl TllIIFs-I driv cvviiiiig. the event drawing‘ ILit‘ curtain fl\'t‘1' what has been one of tho most sui-r-cssiiil Fem‘ sons over (‘ll_Itv_\'(‘(l bv a Univvrsitv I‘I(I(’I{l‘_\' squad. + + + capturing oi Tifiiriiiinr- inirrcollceiate Iitlr- the highlight. a feat that not onlv was rcgzirdcfi as the out» standing upset of tilu season but one t-Eiat was hailvil by all the old grads of the institution. Sllllilfi‘ wore in the thick oi the C\i.\'i League title fight as they failed bv only a slim niii t-he was While their poainmo that just had to be rock- oncd with. Several times thcy by the New York Boxing Comm: sion for failure 'i‘I'IE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN lEasten-n C a n a d a Hockey Finals Open At Mt’ ZaIe-Iiraziano Bout Approved By Illinois Body CHICAGO. 11- l8 --tAP>—'i'Iic Illinois Basing Commission today, (hp ciinn-‘lailoll rounds leading t1 HPIlYOYPfI fl 151111111" Iillf‘ “"111 I1’~I this final series from which will tween uiiilillvue. i-li-inipkiii (‘njpfgp the 4mm whim wj1| 15v T011)‘ Z311‘ mid R11 ‘-' vino-i to bring the Allan Cup Iiack to the ' i under suspcusnln iii_l\'<-\\' York- Ill_ Chicago some time liotiveen June 25 and July 15_ I ShClcloii Clark. C0lllllil€SIC£1 UiIHlf-I man. said the ficlii would be Ilffifl‘ at citlicr Ciainlskcj- Park Ol‘ Vlrig- Ie_\' Frclii l1ll(l(‘I' tlu- _iuint Ilftllllu-i tiou of Arthur M. Wirtz, president} of the Chit-ago Stadium Corpora-i 1“Zlli to add that. lion. and Irvin: Si-Iivciuvalii. Wall first, ousting Quebec Aces and then to report a $100.- ‘mllibmipd pim-‘w 3110113305 (“WWI 000 “I'ix" offer be said lie thought‘ races the past few years, but‘ nlam’ “in renmmbfl‘ m" “WM 11'nr~ss witli faminc courage that meets held over this track a few [done cmlblfla ma,“ to coifxp‘ V9575 3W- ihrougb with victories. and all‘ 1- + 4- "I intended to send you a re- sume of speed prospects for some‘ time but had an attack of tho, virus manana and am only just.» recovering, the same probably‘ hastened hy rcadlng Marne Kcn- nedws racy letter In the Back Stretch last Saturday. Tn the fol- lowing I will endeavor to give you and your sports loving public? a list of the speed prospects in. and around my homo. Incident- ally. Marne wields the facile pen of an experienced turf writer. He‘ handles tlic subject with sincerity, I of dcfrnccmcn + 4' through the season they were the toasts of the old grads. mnnv of i was a jokc. played on former s. D. U! I ++++ H . . I ‘.'.‘.€..?“‘.‘.?.‘.‘. first 2.‘; Former Boxing Conch Jackie Kano is also worthy‘ cf more than juisslng note. Pack- ed with forward talciit. Kane hadI to shift back two of his ace for-i ivards to defence posts when lack became evident. + ~1- To their more dubious follow- ers it appeared as if the Saints‘ 1nd triltla. All observers recog- _ j . ,4 Li” m‘. sumpss of» ‘m. “qcqpmichanccs _\\ei-c dealt a bondi bio“. raci- horses. those of thr- 0‘Brlcn "11"" thl dlirlketvuas Ifoéncd‘. rut, - ,Kaur~. siifving .1 ie. gvi ‘luv r. Stabies an J‘ w' OBrien’ Mr" foiinod his attacking units. ‘Thai Kennedy i. well fitted to tako uni the harness racing torch which’ was handed down by such noted converted forwards started to de-g livnr 1n back of the blueiincivlillcl the attacking ilnits. bcncfitiinfl‘ 2:'5,'],,,b'1§§g°r§,,§,“,‘i iliirzllin,,gl,f,l_:_i iiom the oxporionccd teaching oi_ w. A. Brennan. Dr. .1. '1". Jcnkinsfl their filmml‘ ,~‘l_““'1)~" ‘W’ jffgl-‘j. Nn“'ton LN‘ the Dnckondnrflsfl \_\f‘l(If‘(‘I ruin,‘ units 'I_l.\..“Cf1If'l1-ii\l i WS. MrKic, James Sharpe. Ham-i "Wlmbll “_‘:_Hl;"§l_ "IF I" ‘mlzm . mond Kelly. H. C. Hooper. W. 13.‘. . MacArthur. Bertram RamscixJvlini _'1'lfi"" fill"? m" sl- Fmmclf‘ ftfcCabe, ex-Mayor P. $_ B1‘fl“'|\_. kavlcr grime. a game that Saints, Jack Rooney. Ronnie Steele. John wore givr-n only an outside chance Steele. James l-loughton. Clliarlos "f Willem;- Bubihil! "igjlltfhe, H_ Chandler PM". Cont“. “my men of Kane uric at their Jest. ‘ That was the night. thcv showed dozens of others whose names are wcll worthv to be included In this list. The prcScnt. day crop of race promoters will have in wait till tin- "good fight" is over for posterity to sing their praises. a1- though a fow kind words .and helping deeds would do a far creator amount of good to our brethren in this life. 4- ‘l- Il- 1' to a packed Forum the bPllPfiI they had derived from the sound‘ iczicliiugs of their coach and while the team desci-vcs all the credit. being showered upon them. theiri success can be attributed 1n not small degree to the ihockcv lore. instilled into thcm by the dimIn-I utive former Hamilton Tigers and; later Abcgwoit star. -l- + + "Now getting back to a list of T’ I horses, we find in Tyndall Sem- The annual Boston Marathon- plefis stable the coming sire. takes place today with nnothor; Soulre Hanover 2.08: Marion L. record list of entries ready i-"I 2.16‘; and t-hree colts by Squire face the starterfls gun that wlllf Hanover-one out of the mother of Guy Ann. full sister to Peter Poker, Gilvcndolyn Aubrey and Helen Aubrey. The other two are from good dams. Earle Som- pie has Edwin McL. bv Bill I... a of step. also a green trottcr by Watson Pater. owncd by Sanford Phillips. (TLc-ary‘. 1v 4- '0' "Myron MacArthur has Lucky (Continued On Page 9) OX Monday, Ciftown. .6 —— Other RUNGSIDE $1.00 . .;. SPORTING CLUB FDR ISLAND MIDIILEWEIGIIT TITLE no - aounns - 1o . j serious training of’his ring car- LLOYD MARTIN Vs. K. O. McINTYRE T BILLY PRYOR vs. BUD LUND !MMETT GALLANT vs. FRANK GORMLEY KID SMITH vs. CHARLIE LUND TIGER STEEL vs. KILLER McGREGOR ROY STEEL vs. IUD KING "ROCKY" MILLS vs. KID HOWATT FIRST IIIIIT 0:45 SIIARP (Tax - Included) send them out on the long, tort-i‘ urous grind of ovcr 26 miles. Canadian interest in the cvcnt is always high and this year several well known distance ploddcrs from the Dominion are again seeking the fame and fortune that goes to t-he winner. '-l- 1' l- Plans are being finalized for the big boxing card at the Sport- ing Club next Monday night and fight fans are showing plenty of interest In the card promoter .Toc_v McDonald has drawn up. 1* -f~ + + ING I April 2.1 Mt. Stewart Bouts—-6 “is RUSH 75c ‘ well in his conditioning campaign trike the measure of the local . boy. I 1- + 4i 4- Martin. a lot better scrnppcr i than he is given credit for. has send the lerlel buck to Montreal 7hr- main ovcnt for the Island {Litifilvvffilillli Iiilc between Lloyd Martin and K. O. McIntyre from i‘.'1t. Stewart 1s being eagerly look- cd forward tn by the fans. Ru- mors have McIntyre. who has jic-rformcd in local rings in the pm before tho war and who took part in several bouts while per- forming overseas. as a rugged. free swinging. hard hitting bat- iier who has hcen showing up and mdiiv are cxprcting him tn plenty of other ideas about the outcome. For tlic bout it is said he has gotten down to the most oer and his handlers expect their fighter In enter the ring Monday night. razor-sharp for his encoun- Ler with McTntfvrc. . 1- + ‘It The other six bouts on the card bv-tvrecn local mitisiinfltrs are also shaping up well. Most of the performers are well known to local fight. fans for their wli- lingness to forget all about. the scientific part of tho game and engage In “Pier Six" brawls. and all six of the fights are expected to produce fast, hard-hitting act- ion. -l> 0 1|- O Montreal Canadlens. stfll with their backs to the wall but In- stillod with much more confidence as a result of their 3-1 victory in Montreal Thursday night. tackle the Leafs in their Toronto lair tonight in the sixth game of the Stanley Cup series and hockey- mad Toronto together with equal- Iv mad radio listeners are ex- pecting tonight's game to provide the most spectacular action of the series. as Oanadlens seek to Champion Dies NEW YORK. April 1R —-i1\['l—— Benny Leonard. 5|, firmer light.- \\‘(‘I‘:III Itoxliig champion. collupseil and dlcil tonight while riforeci-ng a fight at Si. Nicholas Arena. Lennard died cf a IIHIIII hcmnrr- Inage. Ue collapsed in the ring alter i officiating at the last 1:1‘ six box- ing Iroula and dicd .‘I\()l'lI_v affir- wards lin his dressing rorm. I/Clllliifd won the fife in i917 and held It. until I'c retired un- ilcfcalcti in 1925. llc nntrle a rome- back as a welterweight and fought for the last time in 1932. ‘I lie was knocked out. by Jimmy lVlcLarnii\ of Vancouver. BL‘. He entered the U5. maritime service in i942 as a licufcnimt and was assigncd Io serve as phys- ical welfare director. lIe was pro- moted to lieutenant-commander In 1944. __--_ I Calgary Wins Western Allan Cup Series WINNIPEG. April i8 — (OP) — Calgnw Stampcders, calling cu aili their power and experience, fiiiallyi conquered Winnipeg Fiyers 4-3‘ here tonight lnthe deciding game] of their best-of-fivc series for the western senior hockey champion-l sliip and a berth in the Allan Cupi fiuuls. I ice for what would be the sev- i-nlli and deciding game of the finals. + + + Il- Back at IOp form after a couple u! mediocre performances follow- liiig liis one game suspension. Rocket Richard is expected to add a lot. of additional strength to the Caiiadicns‘ fight to stave off elimination and if he cnncomc through with another perform- unce like be turned In Thursday night hc. together with his mates of the famed punch line. Blake and O'Connor. are going to have plenty tn sa_ on the outcome. IN EVERY CORNER 0F THE WORID l Tonight MONTREAL, Ap-r-il l8 —tCPl— _Champions iii their own province for the second _\'f‘lll‘ iu a row, Mon- j-tresl Royals WIII move tomorrow night into t be Eastern Canada Allan Cup final Willi a score to cvcu zigainst the "shabby cats’ the same round of t he senior Iiockcy playoffs a fear ago. The Royals and Tigers aside a variety of turned t‘ from llamiltoil who oustcil them in i opposition iii l cast again. . Royals quail-fled last night for tbc hcst-of-five round with a con- vincing 6-0 victory ovcr Slierbrookc Si. Francis in the fourth game of ll Iicst-of-iive series against the Pi-oi-iiicizil League, champions Previously they bad won their own Quebec Senior . League title by Hawks. the Maritinies WlDllCfS, in the early morning hours, O I I tlircc games. They have been lrtlc since ending the series with Mone- ion last Monday. Royals. playing the first. two games at home-tomorrow and MOlldLl)'——llEiOl‘0 moving to Tor- onto to finish the series. are con- fI-dcnt. they will make a better showing than a. year ago when the ‘Tigers ileflatcil their ego with aci upset. victory. The MOIIIFCZIICTS finished second in their league this season. behind Ottawa, but have been powerful In son oi Sergeant of the City Police Force was ad- judged 10p angler for the day and feted by Th9 Charlottetown Pat- riot for the biggest trout taken on Saws brook and the Ross pool con- tributed more 099015 on the opening morning than any other district. The three men- tioned fishing spots are located with- in a short distance of each other. Last opening day this area afford- ed only fair fishing but this sea- son practically stole Last year it wins Dlngwelis Mill at Fortune APRIL 19, 1947 L “u TERS, p.238 '1 ‘i the opening morning (Wed-i Dawn on of the trout fishing season nescay. April 16th» found ziiigiersi shivering: in a biting. frost laden. wind that iced the iiiics iu their guides and formed iclclcs cii the planking of thr- spiiinvays. Never- thcless the hardy ones stuck to their posts and. wonder c-f wonders considering the piclcmvncy cf the weather. many of them were r."- wardcd with Iuuvy catches of sil- very sea trout. i . u a I Clarence Higgins, D.F C Watson Higgins. Ml‘. was awarded lhe prize of $5.00 of- ln fact the Worth pool. Finne- trout to anglers the show. that made the headlines the clutches and are rated a strong- er team than lust year. ‘ tinnal Hockey League stars in the Y Memorial Gerry McNeil. whose shut. out last night was Iii-s second in a row, is the backbone of a rugged ‘ dcfciice, while up front are a half i ilozen players who frequently i burst. out with tlircc and four-goal individual performances. ‘I Montreal hasn't Iiad an Allin Cup winner since 1930 when the Montreal Amateur Athletic Assoc- iation. with a number of later Na- incup. copped the Canadian title. & Allan Cup a Playdowns Memorial Cup playoffs tonight. Dominion final — Toronto St. Michael's vs. Moose Jaw Canuoks at Regina, tihird game of best-of- sevcn final series, Si. ifiohacl’: lead 2-0. ALLAN CUP Allan Cup playoffs tonight (Sat.- urday). East. Eastern finab-Hamiilton Tigers at Montieal Royals, first. game of best-of-five ser‘ s. Ottawa lioopsters Advance To Finals MONCTOIN. N.B.. April 18 —- (CP) - Ottawa B'nr.i Brith ad- vanced to the Canadian intermed- iate basketball firnais against the Strands of New Waterford. N 5.. by defeating Monctou O.Y.O. 40-36 here tonight in the second game of a five-game, total-point series. Flrst game of the series ended in a 32-32 tie and Ottawa ovon the round 72%. Baseball Briefs NEW YORK. April 18- (AP)- Jackie Robinson, negro first basa- man of Brooklyn Dodgers, hit his first major league home run to- day, leading off the third inning with a four-bagger that snapped a 1-1 tie with New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. .1._-‘.s. 81‘. LOUIS. April l8~—(AP)-- JohnnyQeazlcy, 26-year-old pitcher with St. Louis Cardinals since the end of the 1941 season, was sold today to Boston Bravwfor on un- disclosed sum’ BOSTON. April 1B - (AP)- Benchfng of Earl Torgeson, .hQ $15,000 rookie Boston Brave)’ first baseman, was announced by Mab- ager Billy Bouthworth today. Mike McCormick, normally a centre fielder. wu assigned to play the initial sack u g result of the disappointing showing afield and iii. bat of Torgeson in the first two games. NEW YORK. April 18—-(AP)—' Pete Reiser, ace untre fielder whole big but hu helped Brooklyn to it: two ‘victories this season was out. of the lineup today he- cause of a sprained ankle. He wu npima w Out viii-uni. 1 with heavy catches but last Wed- liCflivly morning many of the ang- lers who patronized this spot. and they were legion. had to be con- tent for the most part with small catches. All the heavy catches at Vernon River were made early in the morning. Anglers who tried their luck in the afternoon and early evening were disappointed and came to the conclusion that the trout had nil been caught in the first few hours of the season. O I n Moreii River turned in a few nice trout In the late evening and some nice catches are reported from the Montague district. Initial aeports seeping in to the city In-l dicate that some good hauls ‘were made in the fishing spots east of Sou-rls. All Ill all it is considered, that the iiSllillg this seasons open-l ing dny was somewhat better than! last April 16th. . The whereabouts of some places where good catches were made are still on the mystery column. Flor instance the genial Staff Sergeant Heilofs qlllOllv eased himself out the buck entrance in the pre-dauni hours and returned in time fort breakfast with 16 beauties. There was otrly one black sheep in the lot. The balance were silvery sea trout averaging about i0 incite; lni 16118111 with a few running close to} the l4 inch mark. The Only in-I‘ formation be divulged as to where; they came from was that they- were caught in a river. A pretty} general statement if you ask med Cpl. Jay gazed at the catch with a faraway look in his cyes and m he strolled army was heard to remark: "If I could only get to Black Pond, I'd make that catch look sick". O O U IA-ter in- the evening. a combined R.O.M. and City Police squad staged a raid on ii stream about six miles out of the Olly which was not successful as only n few trout. Juveniles and teen agers, were taken into custody. - . - This columnist didn't stir out oii the opening morning. I prefer to fish when the soft May breeze Iweep: over th, water and the birds are singing in the nearby woods and fields. or when the white gulls wheel and the sea shore sands gllsten in the June simshine. There was a day when I was up at the crack of dawn on the morning it wls legal to catch trout. O I O The wild geese have been joined bv late arrival: from the south and their numbers have been notice- ably IIIISCIJBG In the districts south and coat of the Hiilsboro River. The odd gunshot has been reported this week from some sections and R0 M. Police have already stari- ed various investigations. ' 0 o o Th, black duck sltuatisn is mus- ing sportnmm, others. consid- embig concern. One can drive fo: miles along the vsrious highways without min; the breeding pairs swimming in the flooded sections 09 10W 1Y1"! "Ellis or standing erect beside n. grassy ywale. Th, various 81m! dfimrtments In the states are expressing the opinion that out of seuon shooting is respon- sible. or at lent the main cause. for the duck shortage. I I I O A survey In a given urea which vm completed shortly after the souon cloud gave a certain num- bl!‘ of ducks. A second count made in the Inna um n month Inter showed n 00.000 shortage. ‘flint laftci" setting the course recoid of Also: Phone I234 i>oi><aaeo¢>oo-a-oo<au>¢o-¢»oo-o-eo<@oo<&oo@@o@o< AIR CUSHIONS TOR CARS, TRUCKS, CANOES, of; BABY CARRIERS For Safe, Sure Motoring, Equip your cur with_. i‘ FIRESTONE TIRES . TOM navuas McCall-Frontenac Dealer Gt. George 5L M Montrealers Can Square Series With Wm 0n Toronto Ice TORONTO, April 18 -- (GP) _ Just one game from the Stanley Cup. Toronto Maple Leafs tonight looked l0 reserve strength from their Pittsbuigh farm team in the Amcicim Hockey 145;“; yo, the pu-nrh to carry; them to victory over Mcntrr-il Cauiidiciis tomorrow night 1n the sixth game of the beSt-of-scvcn Stanley Cup final, which they now lead 3-2. ’l‘lio 'l‘oronio team announced to- day that dciienttmau Wally Stan- owski ilisIcc-itecl his shoulder in last night's game at Montreal and will not be available again this $985011 Si‘! Aims. cfllltflin and cen- tre, suffered a tadiy bruised heel —he walks with a pronounced limp -——I.)lli will play. Dcfenceman Garth Bocscb has ii bad throat but pen- icillin ireatincn-ls are expected to bring him around. M first. the Lcafs planned to call oii Elwyn Morris of the Pitts- burgh team to replace Sbmnowski 11rd also to drop defcuceman Bill ~ilkii ICI‘ Ifl1‘\\‘l\l‘(l Gus Bodnar. who also spent. part of the season with Pittsburgh. But both Morris, with an injured arm. and Bodnar, with a shoulder injury. liiivc to take medical ex- aminations before it is know whe- ther they can play. If they can't the choice wit‘. be among [our other Pittsburgh players - dcfenceman 12ml,- Dickens and forwards Ted- Sloaii. Pete Laugclle and Jackie l-f-millton “We won't know unlii noon to- ation for f einceman Butch mor:ow just w m weihvpfui; said Ed Fitklir, publicity dii-eciol. the Leafs, plagued with injuries an S9 B5011 . Word from Montreal Le m," are no frnh Injuries among m. Canadians, who bounded baci; Ema contention with their 3-1 Iruuiipi, over the Loeis in Montreal ‘fines. day night after (ilTYppi-lig tlncr iii a row. Free of Injuries MONTREAL, April 13 _ igpi _ Ce-lladlvns. faced with i110 (iiiiitxllt task of winning the next two gum; "0111 TOTOMO if they are to ictain the Stanley Cup, took a d“, of; "Om hockey I-‘lld rested in pin»... the sixth game 0i m, best-of-seven series in Tor-um. m. morrow. The habiiams emerged injury free from lust night's encounter with the Leafs in ivhicli they leap. ed out of the last ditch. iemporar. 11v of least, with a 3-1 victory, Tor. onto. however. leads the rarity; tlireu games to two. The Forum ice was lrniiriictl oi-ar today for a golden gloves, tioxiiig show tonight so Canadians did no skating, but they may have II brief workout in Tozonto after they ar- rive there tomorrow morning. Johnny Quilty, utility ccnire man who missed last. night's- gains beiaiise of a sore ankle. piob-biy will be in the lineup tomorrow. De- Bouchard plaved with a IG-stifch gnsli in Iiis lee but reported no ill effects today. 14 Canadians In Boston BOSTON, April 18—(CP)—Four- icon Canadians will jog over ‘.30 miles of hilly New England roads tomorrow when the annual Boston Marathon takes place with ‘.84 competitors from-nine countries. Heading: the Iist of Dominion runners is Gerard Cote of St. Hyaciuthc, Que. who has \von the marathon several times. Walter Young of Verdun. Que. also is a.’ former winner and is given a good chance to come in first. , But main attention is centred on a Medford, Mass, milkman named Joe Smith who has not run a step In compciitifln in fi-ve years. In i942 Joe retired forever-he sald— 2:26 51 l-5 while fighting an up- set. stomach every inch of the 26 mile, 385-yard course. Bu; this year the Boston Amateur Ath- letic blue ribbon event "rs a i948 Olympic try-out. and Smith has someone to answer. particularly when the ducks were not known to have started their northward mig- iuiion. Here is what State officials say about the worst crkis in Am- erican wildlife. NEW YORK" “Sportsmanship in this state has hit a new low. Our sport is doomed —unies5 we do something", MISS- ISSIPPI - "There are no more sportsmen — just two classes of hunters - those who have been c-iughi for game-law violations. and those who have not". Judging from what. happened to our pheasants and Native partridge last wimer, methinks we or, ap- proaching the same situation In this province. Its high time we woke up or we are going to find ourselves with nothing to hun-t but. Gillette TECH RAZOR with 5 Gilli-iti- Blur‘ Bindcs Gillette IKLUF. BLADES mod. o disturbing question to: O To opeed ohavini. use the Gillette Tech Razor and paddy’! Gillette Blue Blade. These two are precilion made, fit euctlynand give you at" shaving comfort. You save money. w"f°f Gillette doixbie edges meflh Marathon heard the call. His belated entry scrambled pre- dictions. Until he entered most of the experts had conceited iIlll year's race to Styliuiios Kyriiikiilcs of Greece. who iniirilcicil IiISI. year's starters with a tremendous 2:29:27 effort. Kyriakides appmi-s even better this year. But a few days pg!) Sllllili took a fling over the course and said he never had felt better doing it’ Since he broke the record as .i .-.ck man, his rivals. naturally, wonder what he will do to it in perfect health. Other former winners ruining tomorrow are the scveii-tiiiics win- llll\\' 5?, nel‘, Clarence DcMar. Johnny Kelley and Ellison (fa:- zan) Brown. Smith, Kyrlakides. Cote. Yv-IIIK and Kelley are all rated top lav- orile spots. The entry is the larum WW0 1940 and the countries reprcseiiieit in addition to Canada, llie United‘ Slates and Greece, are Great Bri- tain, Fi-nlaml, Korea, 'l‘urI-IPY- Hawaii and Guatemala. Canada's squad. in addition to Cote and Young. includes Fiddle Lansdale of Monctou, N. B. REMEMBER INIIEII Patriotism kept Fred Perry. 111011 world tennis champion, off I118 gold standard i2 years ago tonifll" when he turned down a 5109.900 contract and left New York for England. He said he would "lY-‘fll’ for King and country another sla- son anyway." lle did. and thc nest Hungarian partridge and rabbits. year turned professional. n)’ ‘Al. .‘ ATLIN AlIrMETAI: Razor dodble economy-