'.'>;-:> ‘Owvv f ‘stuoitsi ' gngcbildron will get a tnnuwfth-thltwviomnr glalgls. Ierdwootlvlrnialicd topcicclrlnnaaa. ll"|-l\lll’-------~-- Ii-il avian: N.“ “min-u..- e ¢ee ‘wk; ¢¢¢akkamka v A raw SIIGGESTIUIIS Fflli CHRISTMAS Badminton Buckets. Golf Bags Bicycle Acccceoriee Boiler Skates Golf Clubs Itching Baskets Bill. Ioiel. Hamel. Boots Bporflng Goods THE BIKE SHOP OOO-O-O-O- Three Goals In Final Period Give Win In Rugged Game Rapping in three third period goals to break a 2-111 tie that had existed from the middle of the second period on, Gordie Dril- l0n'l Legionairel last night vault.- ed into a tie with hint Dun- Man's for leadership in the City Hockey League by defeating Wal- ier L-awloi-‘s Navy team 5-2 in a game that developed in the third period from a close checking struggle into a hard-bumping. rugged affair with Drlllon and Keith Carmichael sitting out the last four minutes in the penalty box as they drew majors for fighting. Drillon drew a tom at seven minutes. having a tripping penalty tacked on before the fist- icufls started. Outscored 2-0 in tho first par. ind by a smart-playing Legion Sqllild- 178V? roared back in the middle canto to knot the count at 2-1111 with two counters in the first fen minutes. but then wilted in the torrid third session to ni- low the winncrs to run home three goals and sew up the vic- torv. But the fair-sized crowd of fans saw the two improved squads dish un somo smart. hoo- kov whcn sticking strirtiv tn sh.- rules; it wasn't any pirk tea nf- fair at any time but the trouble that had been brewing nil even- iur finally broke out. in tho third noriod nnd the game endod in hlczine action. Scoring throughout the trnmo wws evenly dividod with Carver. fiillospic. Perrv. Richard and Dciilnn qotiiutiz (he Ttcfzlon count- ors. and Y-lizson and Blanchard shooting tho Navy goals. Legion Take Lead Taking the play away from the losors Legion started boring in Wliil passing stacks right from the opening whistle but young Johnny Davis. guarding the twin- cs for the Navy. was sensational half a dozen times as he kicked nut drives right from his door- step, with Abbie Weeks in the opposite end oi the rink coming up with a couple of great saves. Over fourteen minutes had ticked nil before the scoreless deadlock was broken and it was tho kid line of the Legion who finally broke the ice. Dowling, Shepherd and Carver pulling oil a passing attack that tonk them right in. with Carver firing home Shep- h~rd's passout from tho side of the net. In the next couple of minutes both squads missed great chances but at 16:45 Legion s‘ruck again. Gillespie slapping the disc in after Davis had ston- ped McIntyre! close-in attempt. Navy. seeking t get back into “the game, went ‘rght on the of- , ,_l,ll0llli‘.ll iensive as the middle canto got underway. In the first couple of minutes Weeks had to be good as players broke in on him bu-t his armo; was flnallv dcntod at 4:30 oi the period when Jrhnny Rig- aon, standing just at the edge of the crease, tipped in Josey’! lonv drive from forty feet out to make it 1 - 1. i ‘Both goalies performed sensat- ionally in the nert six minutes with Davis robblmv Drillon on a clean breakaway f'l__a sensational save. and it was f"- Nnvy WM punched through to knot the count at 10:00 w"! Vernon Blan- chard carrying in t-mn the blue- line to dent the draperies on a passing attack with Kelly and Jay. ‘Play ltifted from one end 0f the rink to the other for the re- mainder of the period but neither» Davis or Weeks could be beaten. Both team! were shorthnndod on lever-ate occasions. with ‘Bennes- ley and hflon drawing penal- ties. ll! neither could break through althoudh Mike Hermes- !!! misled a glorious chance when he broke throum u Drillon rest- ed in the penalty box“ Legion lboot _'i'l|rcc Ihr over three minutes cl the dearth. period they iltIIli-imlbd 111:; In! sway at nob o ‘or as sI-In tarted to rougher: m: and hi“ 1'9"” "ti" 5"“? on o possess n a .conre ice; 1n slid a long pus across to Perry and the letter skated into tho clear to drew Devil out and backhand s high drive into the cords ILprovod to be the win- ning counter. live minutes later Ulion were again. Richard finding Ibo mile on a pal inn ,, t I IT I ‘ll-Ill Winners 5-2 McIntyre and ending the orlng; a minute and 18 secon s later Driilon and Perry combined with Drillon taking Perry's return pass to draw Davis and slide the disc into the empty cage, The final nine minutes and 34 second! were action filled. Play- ers were being strewn all over the ice like tenpins as the body. ing became torrid. Something was bound to break, and break it did. Drillon as he fought for p05. session of the puck near the N"? net. tripped Cann-iohaol; Cflmlkhael canoe urp swinging with Drillon retaliating; for a moment a "Donnybrook" threatened as players piled in from all angles but when the battle cleared Dril- lon was sent to sinners’ avenuo with a minor and major and Carmichael a major. 1n the final four minutes with both teams playing five a side. Legion brokr- through on three, occasions but again Davis kenn- ing up his sensational perform- ance. outguessed his attackers. , Lineups- Legion: Goal. Weeks: defence. Carmichael. P. Mac-Donald. A. MttDonuldt forwards. Strain. Dril- lon. Porrv. She-phord Carver. Dowl-ing. Richard. Gillespie. Mc- Tnivro. McRaef Navy: Goal. Davis; defence, l-Tonncssov. Canmichnoi. Josov Mc- Court: forwards. Kollv. Blanch- ard. H. Jnv. T-‘llnnnienn. Prppin, Bradley. Cudmore. Higson Susnmary: First Period 1—-Legion. Carver (Dowllng. Sh erd) .... .1406 il-Legion. Giliespe (McIntyre. Richard) Penalty: Kelly. ....... .. 16.45 Second Period 3--Navy, l-ligson (Josey) . 4.30 4-Navy. Blanchard (Kelly. H. Jay) 10.06 Penalties: l-fennessey, Drillon. Third Period 5-Jicgion, Perry (Drillon) 8.10 6—i...egion, Richard (McIntyre) . . 8.58 '1—Lcgion, Drlllon <.=.;.‘.'3"'i1....n Penalties: Drillon (major and minor), K. Carmichael (major). Welterweight Grown ls At Stake Tonight B] D. nliflllltflll Canadian Press Staff Writer NEW YORK, Dec. 19 —(CP)—- Sugar Ray Robinson-the Harlem dandy with the lethal wallow-gets his uhance tomorrow right to win the elusive welterweight crown 1e has been doggedly pursuing for five years. Robinson meets Tommy Bell of Youngstown. Ohio. at. Madison Square Garden in a 15-round tilt for both the New York Boxing Commission title uzi the National Boxing Association ‘championship. ‘llhc bout clintsxes a. heartbreaking drive by Robinson to get. a shot. at tbs big apple- Ii it wasn't for Marty Servo‘: deviated ,. tins-scrambled nose to youq-Bobinsom milht still be only the "uncrowr-z-d king of the welter- wcights". Servo won the title from huddle (Rod) Goobrnno lest wintfl’ end than was belted prwtmd Rocky Gruiano, the toulh New York middlcwtkht. Ordered to meet Roblnsofl» the logical coiiwndcl‘, in l. bout. last lmlner. Servo heron-ted and haawtd and finally retired from the hjuries to nose suf- F i 2 i i moat. ltobhnon deiccicd B0"- . yqaomnqmma lit-minder. o trust's surna- sssstott t ‘filo i-‘iillllilf t ent that the race for the City Basketball League title is going to be strictly between the Saints and Navy as Wednesday night the two co-leaders came through with convincing victories over Anmy and Prince of Wales. O O O O But although the winners‘ mar- gins were convincing in both in- stances, nevertheless the two los- ing squads put up stout battles all the way and at the same time are starting to show improve- ment as tho schedule progresses. Faulty sltootlnq is the main reas- on for their dofoats and if a lit- tle more stress were laid on this item during practice sessions there would he marked improve- ments in thoir scorint! records. O O O In the matter oi improved plnv Walter Goss’ Prince of Wales out- fit were a far better team Wed- nesday than in their previous an- nearanccs. Although beaten sound- ly thero were times when they had the Navy team bewildered with their passins attacks. but their sortios usuallv wound un with set-up shots being missed and in the end those miscuus loft them fnr brhind tho sharp-shoot- ing Navy sound. O O O O Not a colorful player, but cer- tainly an eflcctive one. Earl Smith, slim forward of the Navy squad is setting a merry scoring pace for the other players to keep up to. In three games Smith has amassed a total of 87 points on 41 field goals and flve penalty shots. Given plenty attention bv opposing players. ith neverthe- less gets his shot away: he is deadly in close and if he keeps up his prosont. pace is going to he far ahead of the scorers when tho season ends. He was leadinf! scorer of tho loazuc two years ago. and that when playing ‘ovlth u fourth pl-M trnrn. O O O l- After a five year ride on "the merry - go - round" Rev (Sugar) Robinson gets his shot at tho world welterweight titlo tonight when he meets Tommy Bell nt Madison Squari- Gordon in n l5- round bout that should Duck the fight mob in. O O O i Robinson. victor over thebrown skinned Bell in a 10-round affair at Cleveland nearly a Y9!" H10 and rated as the greatest all- round fighting Qachine in the ring ‘today. will be a ncavv favor- ite to capture the crown but at the same time 1t is umy there will be plenty of the long green riding on the chances cf the Youngstown. Ohio. battler. O O O slander Ray-endowed with a- mazing speed. skill and punch- has been forced to wait five years for a shot nt the title because oi the war and because of wantlllflil- Mainly because of wrangling-the tricky old "run-around." O O O O After a. brilliant amateur car- eer. the young Robinson engaged in his first nrofessional bout. on October 4. 1940. in a preliminary at Madison Snuare Garden. That. was the night in which Fritzie Zivic wrested the welter crown from Henry Armstrong. O O O O Robinson stood far back in the Garden, wit-h tears streaming his cheeks. as he saw Armstrong-his idol-battered and bloodied bv Pittsburgh Pritzie. Sugar My vowed that he would ultimately batter the crown from Zivic's head. O O O O Less than a your later. he was randy to attempt the battering: but he didn't get the chnnco. Zivic went over to Newark. NJ. on the night of July 59- 1941- "ill lost the crown to Freddie (Red) Oochrane. And Cochrane immed- iately entered the r"?- O O O O Iaidnson achieved n mild sort. c; vengeance in brhnif of Arm- strong by winnim n iii-round de- cision over eX-"llamplon Zvio mt odd,“ 91 n; that; veer. and by knocking out Zivic in the 10th round in Jcnuarv 1W. O O O O ‘Ihen Uoohrnne ilnlily YMMV“! iiil discharge from the any. late in iltt. Robinson was ti" tint he would get a title shot. mated. after Oochrane did non- tile mdg-ning during 1MB. Icrvo of Schenectady. I. f,‘ w‘ given Phr title shot be- ; 6f hi! guvjeriflf‘ Ill‘ PQSPQ- O O O O Int lone was given the cham- pionflQ unifv with the nndeildllding that‘ ii lie won the title Rom Oothrane he would‘ male lie first defence against Robinson. 8"“ c-"ttured who crownbyknoeking out oosbnno . J. With the playing of each gameI it becomes more and more evid- THE CHARLOTTETOWN . GUARDlAN PAGE SEVEN Jacobs’ Condition Shows Improvement NEW YORK, Dec. 10 - (AP)- Boxing promoter Mike Jacobs, who suffered a cerebral haemorrhoge Dec. 3. was reported “showing con- tinued improvement" todav n1- though still on the critical list in hospital. Hockey Programme For Souris Youngsters Last evening at an enthusiastic and well-attended meeting in Sour- is. plans were made for an aggres- sive hockey programme for the next few months. The programme as discussed last ever-ing will ensure that younger players are given the proper opportunity of developing under supervision and the benefit of playing in their proper age ups. LL-Coi. Bill Reid, Director 0f Physical Fitness outlined the gen- eral set-up for the organization of the various age groups, practices. exhibition games and piaydowns. After the director's remarks. a short discussion took place, follow- ing which Mr. Ken Fraser was ap- pointed to make preliminary ar- rangements for organization of the youngsters. Mr. Fraser was assured of the backing of all present, after which the meeting adjourned. Blind Wrestler Writes Song, Hopes ToBuy Farm NIAGARA HXLIS. Ont. Dec, 19 -—(CP) -_ A blind wrestler who once held his own with top-flight heavyweights before c, ring injury claimed his sight. Rocco Cupoio hopes to buy a. little farm with proceeds frmn a song he has ded- icated to a young son he has never seen. The 21-year-old former grapples- turned to song writing when City Council here refused him a 1191""! to operate a newspaper stand on g, busy street corner. His musical effcrt-“If I could see you." In Toronto. wrestling promoter Elmnk Tunney commented: "I sure hope Rocco gets a break. He never wrestled for me but he appeared in Cleveland and at shows in the Nia- gara Falls Arena he alwfll’! M10115 up to chat with the rest of the boys " Rocco himself bears no grlldfl against the sport which cost him hi; vision and if he was starting ave. again and had his choice "I'd be a. wrestler." . Unable to wrestle for several years Cupolo says he thinks ll W“ Council action in rejecting i155 bill (o; a new; stand which 1rd to hi5 song writing. An ardent radio inn. he listened to many stories of how songs were written and financial success which sometimes followed. in the fourth round. last Febru- ary l. O O O O No matter where Toronto Maple Leafs finish in the National Hoc- key League schedule, there can be no greater tribute to the hoc- key sagacity of Conny Smythe than Lute’ present pace. O O O O That pace shows this foxy grampa of the Leafs knew what he was doing last spring when he took his ‘pruning knife and took a ruthless run along the Leaiisn roster that left many folk Rasp- i. ‘I OOOO 11c lapped left and right-such "name" players as Babe Pratt. Qweeney Bchriner. Lorne Carr. Melt Hill. Billy Taylor. 1n came a youthful injection in the per- sons of Gus Morison. Vic Lynn. Harry Watson (obtained from De- troit for Taylor). Jimmy Thom- son, Garth Boesch. Joe Klukay and Bill hinicki. O O O O qjarller this season you heard Dick Irvin of Montreal Oanadlens any Leafs would be "inxniped back into their cradles" if they went along trying to match checks with lilch seasoned performers as the Ihbltants. or, say. the Boston Bruins. ' O O O O But Rnvthe let up in Maple Leaf Garden! and iust laughed and laughed and today you find iilin chortiing about the lwafian youth while other N. 11L c‘ubs— notably Chicago Black Hawks and the same Canadians-would like to trade. in a hurry too. St. John Edges Out Truro Bearcats 2-1 (By The Canadian Press) SAINT JOHN. N..B.. Dec. lb- ln a contest marked by tight play and only two penalties, saint John Beavers edged ‘rruro Bearcats 2-1 tonight and remained third in the Maritime Senior Hockey Lea- gue while the Cats held their first-place tie with Moncton Hawks. Two goals in the opening frame did the trick for Beavers. ‘Hie second was scoreless. and ‘Pruro averted a whitewashing in the third. ‘Ila only penalties-and those minor ones-—were incurred by Truro’s Roach in the first and Lou Mcdynski during the last session. The Bearcats’ current road trip gave them two losses and no wins. At Moncton last night. they lost a hard-fought game 6-4 to the Hawks. After a pretty passing play. Fcdoronick opened the scoring onrly tonight with an assist from "oune Dnn Mialen. Defenceman Walter Kvlo made it 2-0 after ‘WSSPS hv Lynch and Whalen. The inllv followed a gang attack. Foderonick denied the twlnes nvoin but if was ruled no score During the scoreless second. Rogrcgfi gave an illuminating dis- niav of poko-chockine but neith- or team could beat the ooooainz "nails. Beavers were rizht in on §on'nv MacDonald several times. ond he twroved more than 8111183 in the occasion. Steele. shot Trurds lone tally at 10:19 in tho third. Tlnasslsted h» went thrmnzh tho Beaver defence m“. R knit» ir-rmwh butter. Summn .- First Period 1_.<t John. Fbderonick (Whalcfll 7.59. z-st. John Kyle (Lynch Whaien) 15.23. Penalty-Row ch. Second Period No scoring. No penalties. Third Period IL-Trurc. Steele 10.19. Penaif-y-Medynski. Hockey Praotioo There will be a. practice for the Juvenile Abbies at The Forum this afternoon st 4 o'clock. Down The Alleys CIPTOWN ALLEY! Commercial league Michael Bros.- E. Callaghan . E. Mi-chael .. L. Doyle .. G. Michael Low Score Total-Elli. Toombs Bus.- G. Francis . G. Matheson . C. Toombs .. V. Watts W. Watts Total-WOO. ' High single L. Doyle 284- Hlgh three L. Doyle 6'12. Points: Michael Bros 3; Toomhs Bros. 2. Tonight at ‘i100 Y Grads Billiards-B. Acorn won from J. Keys. Tonight McKenzie vs. C» l-lead. D. V. A. Bowling Hypertension Kids:- C. E. Walker Z00 1M 116 W. L. Higgins .129 143 149 T. J. Harper . W249 MB 1W1 Miss D. Bagnall .111 10-5 ill E. R. Jones 159 55 Total-NW. Brewer‘:- W. W. Kltlan .... .. if)! ll J. R. Ross . B0 l0! Miss K-G. Hen-e] .. 143 181 E L Bulman W248 324 189 Low Score ...111\1os as Total-Bill. High single f. J. Harper and E L. Bulman 240. High three l. J. Berber M2. Points: Hypertension Kids 4 1-2: Brewers 1 1-2. Mighty Atoms:- W. I‘. Duffy .......... -140 1N I. K. Kennedy 171 J. T, Robilon l7! Miss B.C. Conrad . ‘i4 '11 P. D. Crosby 12'! 143 130 Total-MN. Meaning manhu- I L Hume I‘. l. rboneil J. I‘. lth .... .. .1 Miss 5.0. Jenkins .180 90 139 IL G. Lewis .. 142 154 18'! Total-Eff. High single I‘. S. Csrbonell 223. High three P‘. S. Csrbonell B91. Points: Mighty Atmnl 0; Moan- Png Minnie: t1. l. of P. League Ilnperiolez- P. Rice i! A. Atfleck . 1 V. Switzer . 151 W. Switaer . 1R8 D. Brown M‘! Totai-JBM. Maple Leafs Defeat Detroit lied Wings 3-1 ‘TORONTO. Dec. 10 — (GP)- Tclronto Maple Leafs edged a little further in front in the tight Ne- tional Hockey League race tonight by defeating Detroit Red Wings 3-1 before 112,854 fans. The Rod Wins: haven't won a game in 10 starts, although they have has three ties in that string. The Leafs rolled to a five-goal lead in the first period and got flllllthl’? lfllly i-n the second beforn "is Red Wins» who hau played ll Chlcesu last night. came through] Wm‘ 5 third Period score which thwarted goalie Turk Brat-in’; try for his fourth shutout of the lea. sue season, Rookie defenceman Gus Mort. son started the Leafs on the way 1° Victory. He tallied on a 11mg from inside the blue line shortly all" lhe midway mark in tho "Psi Period and within two min. lites rookie left wing Joe Klukay 3°‘ whfit Proved to be the winning counter on a close-in play with veteran Nick Metz. Nick and his brother Don hnd 391p“; on Marv SONS goal. Bud Poile outguessed 50mm)’ Mowers of Detroit fro". close range for Toronto's final 1°51. Pally in the ‘second period. Don Metz and Gaye Stewart hqip. ed on the play. Buriy Jack Stewart, thumping Detroit defenceman. scored early i“ ‘hi’ third period during a fer. rific Red Wing offensive on a plgy 59¢ by Roy Conachcr, “The frame proved costly to the l fills B} lhey lost the services of ft Wm? v76 Lyml- Managing airector Conny Smythe 531d he Wiillld be out three or four weclcs all‘ a iebarated shoulder suffer- l" I first period brush with u». fenceman Doug McCaiG ‘if Detroit. who received an interference pa“- filly on the play. ‘zoalic 5 Y first Period. 1—'I‘omnt0. Morison (N. Matt, D. Metz) 12:11 “Tmmlifl- Klukay (N. Metz) 14:06 Penalties-Mocaig, Thomson sec-mu Period. ' (s-Tloronto. Poile (D. Metz. Stew. art) 5:16. Penalties-Ezinicki, Boesch (2), Jackson. Third Period. 4-Detrclt, J. Stewart (Conacher) '05 5. Penalties-Taylor (minor mg misconduct); Meeker (minor and misconduct). Horse Race Betting May Bo At Peak By SID FEDER. NEW YORK, Dec. 19 — (AP) _ Horse-race betting moved up close to the two-billion-dollar busing,“ bracket in the United state; mi; V881’. but indications were the 8008c may be getting tired laying sclden eggs and is on the way back to producing Just the usual. pr garden. variety. 'I'l1e annual Associated Press racing roundup showed 24,359,505 fills tossed a total of $1,8a0,337,455 into the mutuel machines Ln 19 of the 20 states where the horses run, wmpared to $l.325.819.356 bet by 18.431721 customers in 1945, and that the state and q few city grass. uries benefitted by 3113150850520 in revenue. as against 965.266.405.48 a Year ago. The chief reason for the long lump. of course, was the fact that “The (jlzcw for You" LegionairesDown Navy To Tie For League a Leads HlCKEYAND NICHOLSONS BLA K '1‘ \TV I ST A Home Produci- Popular Everywhere Navy's Stand In Grid Classic No. l Sports Surprise 0E The Year, t Hockey Players Still Held lip At ll. S. Border (By John LeBlanc) OCITAWA, Dec. 19- (ClU-The affair c-f the two fugitives from Ottaw-i Senators’ payroll was: as- suming the proportions of .1 mod- erateiy-hilarious international in- cident tonight as governments, hockey associations, miscellaneous clubs and the courts became on- meshed in its complexities, While refugees Jimmy McFadden and Les Hickey waited at the Un- ited States border for a loophole in the immigration barrier. son- ators were engaged in a court battle to keep them out of the iols of Buffalo Bisons and to black (ff further roster raids. all l‘! (no tune of a running fire of warm exchanges bctweon assorted hockoy’ moguls. The soccding couple. among tho top-notch players nf Ottawa's leadin»: entry in the Quoivoo Sen- ior Hockey league, withdrew quietly from here Monday after listening to the hlandlshmenis of Happy Emms. scout for Buffalo of the American Hockey League They wcro bound either for Bisnns or its Houston farm outfit in 1hr United States Hockey League Amid roars of Ottawa-anguish over the Buffalo foray, it was dis- closed Senators had obtained a court injunction barring Bisons- until a court hearing on the ‘n- junction next Monday—from trying to “induce” Ottawa players away. Late this afternoon. the club Bot out a second injunction against Houston-this one good until Jan. 6—to the same effect. In a third court move, Obtauve. got a special order allowing ser- vice of a wri-t on the defendant clubs in the United States. Scout Emma, named specifically in tire Buffalo injunction as a (‘o-defend- ant, apparently had crossed lrick info the United Sixties. and none of the Buffalo or Houston man- agement was available in Canada to be tagged with the papers. That completed the legal end of things for the day hut from the border town of Fort Erlg Ont. where they were taking their ease. McFadden and Hickey said they have no intention of return- ing to Ottawa and hava signed one- year contracts with Buffalo To Senators‘ claim that thoy hrd jumped the team without “viro- ing, the pair declared they hurl sent written notices c-f separation last Wednesday. REMEMBER WHEN By The Canadian Preaa Jerome (Diazy) Dean. who inan- aged to hit the sports pages all year. was voted sports biggest (lis- appointment of the year, ninc years ago today. Twenty of 53 sports writers voted for Dean, then with St. Louis Cardinals. racing got back on a full peacetime schedule of 2.436 operating days af- ter its war-rationed 1,788 in i045. lb several spots on the flcing map this year the average daily bet-per-person dropped off in vary- ing degrees. In New York. particularly, the "investors" undoubtedly were slow- er taking the elastic band off the bankroll because of a brand new. extra five per cent hits from every dollar bet, bringing to 16 per cent the total city. state and track take. As a result, New York wager- ing fell off from $460.663.190 in 1946 to $401,104,148 this yeu and the word was the cash contributors were giving more business to the bookies, because in that way the 16 cents is not taken out. The daily per capita average fell from $06.16 to 001.06. Actmlly. the onnii. pcson a day average was slichtly 119 0W! last year — 814.30 to noes. ‘The longest lee/p in average bot- ting was made by llbrids. wbue the daily handle siryrocketed RG11 $3.800 to 0901.446. 1. Llfferty .... .. E. Richards 1-1. Pinlayaon J. Brown L. Smith . . Total-Mb. ladies high single f. Iicfferty 251. Lediea high three D. Brown 548. Gent: high single A. Affieck 201. Gents high three A, Aifieck 592- Die Points: Imperial: 4 1-2: Din lordsh- Harda 1-1. FOR MY PARTNER IITTY IUDLONG CHRISTI! IUDLONO ANTI-AIRCRAFT KAVOLA g. g fl. "i '1 T1 FLT‘! TF1 FLWJTH. MAKE Yilllli ORDER NOW Maritime Horsemen’s Balondar Featuring i2 Such Outstanding Performers as: Prioo _Si.0li Mailed Anywhere In Canada or II.S.A. Loo McCal-ron NEW YORK, Dec. 19 —(AP) Seventy American sports wri today voted Navy's brilliant pea‘ formance against Army in t Philadelphia football classic as ta M. 1 sport: nelleo of 1M0. N-ivy, losing by 21-18 after ing stopped on the three-yard lip ‘m the final minute of play d: Z6 first-place ballots in The Ann sociated Press year-end poll, Fifteen more writers gave th near-upset by a team which he won only one game their seconds choice votes and one picked i110 midshlpmen third. i Second niece Went to the p; Louis Cardinals’ defeat of the B ton RedSox in baseball's W011 Series. Twenty-one first-place vol-l went to the Cards’ upset wm wit 10 second-place and one thirrl-placl vc-te tossed in. Various other surprises of the World Series also came in for at: font-ion, including Ted Wlillamf failure to hlt—mentloncd 0y flivd oxports-Rudy York's home run Harry Brecheen's pitching an Enos Slaughter‘: running. Swrins the votes on a 3-5-1 basis, the Navy footballers earned 109 points and the various uspactj or the World series 108 points N all the writers cast second a third place ballots. One listed the Red Sox runaway victory in the American League Pennant race as an even higgfl surprisp than their defeat in thI series and another gave hi1 firs] choice to "the surprise experien- ced by Boston's John Peskv as 1i! turned toward home plate in thl ClOSIm-t series game to see Ens] Slaughter streaking in with till winning run." Two Top Amateur Hockey Teams in '45 Look Good TORDNTO. DEC. 19—(CP)—I\vQ teams that were good enough t6 win the Eastern Canada. hockey, championship inst spring look good enough to represent their leag if not all Ontario, in internation competition again this year. The two clubs, Hamilton Tiger! and Toronto St. Michael's Coiiega Majors of the Ontario Hockey Aa- sociation's senior and junior “A” divisions respectively. lead their leagues by a wide margin, having lost one game between them in n total of 26 played. They've beaten‘ every team in their leagues at least once. They lead their leagues in goals scored and in low total of goals scored against them. The Si. Michael's team l5. if anything, a hit stronger than the outfit who lost that hard-fought sorics tn Winnipeg Monarchs last: spring. DETROIT‘. Dec. 19 ——(AP) - Mrs. Paul (Dizzy) Trout. wife of ihc Detroit Tigers pitcher, became the moths!" of a six-Pfilind Elli 1°- day at Mt, Cgrmrl Mercy Hospital. It “~45 the fourth child for the Trouts. 1.: LE-LH. Lilli-Lg 1947 ....rLru1.r1ru'u1.|-|.ru TIP All! SUNNYMEAD! JUDD COLLEEN SCOTT MONIY MAKER CHUCK WORTNY In Ilpsov. I3.