IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SET Prince Akihito of Japan, who first met Michiko Shoda on the tennis court, joins his fiancee for a mixed doubles match at the Tokyo Lawn Tennis club. where the couple made their first pub- lic appearance since their be- trothal was announced on Nov. 27. Michiko. who has won six tennis trophies, beat the crown prince, 6-1. on their first meet- ing. enough to dash most bud- ding romances. But theirs bloom- ed and now the crown prince can hold his own with his tennis-lov- ing fiancee. She will become the IO "turday will be a busy day at Sports "'ena as all the various Minor Leagues of the City gri their annual schedule under way. This week’s program :rts IIutIer way at 7.00 am. sharp and all players are asked to be on hand in plenty of time to get into their gear and so get games away promptly. It is the aim of offi- cials in charge to run games eff promptly and if everyone co- operates all players including our girls will be able to get in a session every Saturday. Players, including girls and Juveniles are reminded this is the last day for registering. Sports Area Is Rising first commoner crown princess E in Japan's 2.600-year royal his- I tory. Norris Pours ,ln Plenty; He'll Never End In Black By JACK SULLIVAN Canadian Press Staff Writer What price professional hockey? Jim Norris, owner of Chicago Black Hawk in the National Hockey League, can tell you all about it. He has poured more than $500,000 into the faltering Hawks since 1954 and the way things are going now for his fifth-place team he'll never end up in the black. Last Saturday afternoon, for instance. the Hawks were hosts to Detroit Red Wings and a crowd of only 3,829 turned up at Chicago Stadium. That was the smallest NHL crowd in years. LESS THAN $10,000 The gross gate receipts from Saturday’s game probably were SPORTS FRONT By PIUS CALLAGHAN BAIE STE. ANNE‘S beloved Yvon Durelle almost got him- self an early Christmas gift Wednesday. He had it right in his hands but an old fellow prevented him from getting it gift-wrapp- 2d. Yes. Yvon Durelle was terrific close to pOssessing the world’s light heavyweight boxmg championship. He astounded every- body. including Mr. Archie Moore. with his style and he ap— peared to have ageless Archie finally stopped. ~ In that first round, Durelle batered the champion all over the ring and how he hung on still remains a mystery. Even af- ter the champion survived the opening three minutes, there were many who expected that Yvon would execute the kill in round two. But Archie kept hanging on, ,gradually getting back is strength and his thinking power and ‘doing a bit of punching on his own behalf. ' MOORE FANS were gaining confidence as the fifth round opened. Their hero had weathered three knockdowns in the first round and was now taking good care of himself. They were sat~ isfied that no more trouble was in store for the man who was a 14-5 favourite to whip the Canadian challenger. But they were not yet out of the woods. A left to the body and a solid right to the head sent Archie to the canvas in the fifth, this time for the count of five. It was the fourth time in the fight that Moore had hit the deck. BUT THAT was the turning point. Moore recovered quickly and from there on he won every round until he finally stopped Durelle in the eleventh. Yvon was down for a two-count in the seventh and an eight count in the tenth before Archie put him away for good after 49 seconds of theeelevenflh. Evn if Moore had not been able to knock out Durelle he un- ’ doubtedly would still be light heavyweight champion of the world today. He was ahead on the cards of all the judges and Durelle didn't appear to have any knockouts punches left. But in defeat the New Brunswick fisherman won himself a great many new admirers. He showed that he had every license to be in there as a challenger and came desperately close to upsetting the applecart. Durelle never looked better and no victory that he ever chalked up earned him as much prestige as his loss on Wednes- day. He'll get another crack at the title and the next time he might just be able to go all the way. ON THE OTHER HAND, Durelle had the chance of his life- time but just couldn’t capitalize on it. Some folks insist that if he couldn't stop Moore on Wednesday. he’ll never be able to do it. with that trend of thinking. we can’t find much with which to disagree. However, perhaps Yvon knows now what he did wrong in not stopping Moore before he stopped him (Durelle). But you could also argue that Archie would not allow himself to be sucked in the way he was in the early stages of Wednesday’s f'I ht. g Whatever you look at it. it was a tremendous battle. Canadian fans. most. Of whom were pulling for :a Durelle triumph. need not be. ashamed at the showing of their ba-ttler. This fellow Durelle just couldn't come any closer to winning without accomplishing the real thing. He has showed that he was indeed a most worthy challenger. something that many wouldn't admit beTore the big fight MOORE HAS. WON many fights in his life and few caused 01d Archie as much trouble as this one just gone into history. But his easier victories will be forgotten long before this Durelle battle escapes the minds of ring followers. The courageous way the champion battled back is something that can’t soon be for- gotten. His was a gallant stand. a stand that took not only courage but plenty of ring technique. Moore must certainly be near the end of his fistic career. He has established himself as a great champion and Wednesday’s successful defence of his title had added additional laurels to his crown. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS have forgotten about losing hoc- key games in their last. five National Hockey League games. The last place Leafs, under G.M. ‘Punch‘ Imlach and Bert Olmstead. have been refusing to skate off the ice without getting the benefit of at least a tie. it started Sunday November 30 at Boston Gardens when the Toronto club edged the Bruins 2-1. Leafs tied the powerful Canadiens 2-2 at Montreal the following Thursday, followed with wins over the Bruins and Rangers and then fought Chicago Black Hawks to a 2-2 tie in Chicago on Wednesday night. _ The undefeated string has moved Leafs up to 21 points, and. although they are still in the league basement, they are showmg definite signs of vacating it any night now. WE MENTIONED a few days ago about Leafs‘ terrific suc- (:ess in games with the Boston Bruins. In six meetings, they have won four. lost one and tied one. T‘heir feats have caused general manager Lynn Patrick to exclaim “Against us. Toronto is the greatest team in the league. They murder us--physically and on the record." Patrick continues: “We're supposed to be the most rugged team in the league and I’ve. heard Leafs‘ own management complain Leafs are too soft. But when we play. who gets hurt? We do." Leafs get another chance this Sunday night to down the Bos- Ionians. This time, however, ve expect the Schmidt and Comp- any will catch up with the Imlach outfit. WHILE TORONTO boasts of four victories over BOSmn, they cannont claim one win over the Chicago Black Hawks in rive meetings. losing three times and managing two ties. It's the Black Hawks that are responsible for the Leafs’ basement pos— ition. Had Toronto enjoyed success against Chicago similar to that of games with Boston, then the Leafs would be right up there among the top brass. Torr.qu tries to pick up their next two points Saturday night uhrn they play hosts to the faltering New York Rangers. Phil Watson‘s charges scoring power has been sadly lacking these lit three games. They amassed the total of ONE GOAL in their three battles and that came Wednesday when the Red “Ir/is trimmed them ‘l-l. I‘.‘l'llfiil.\ 'hc Rangers are due to go on a scoring spree Satur— i'i.) Night In Toronto. The Rangers hope so. So do their supporters. ’3‘: less than $10.000 and‘ an NHL team must gross $700,090 each season to break even. Each big league club has 35 home games and, from all indications. Norris will have to dig into his jeans again this year '.0 keep the club operating. Norris probably will be lucky to get back the $105,000 he spent last summer when he purchased eight new players. Hockey could be tough all over. Hal (Edmonton Journal) PaWson reports that a Juvenile Hockey League doubleheader at Edmon- ton earlier this month attracted a “grand total of ‘25 spectators and the fantastic sum of $7.25 at the gate.” “With more than 70 boys in the league. it works out to about 10 cents a boy and one parent in attendance for every three young- ster-s playing instead of being on the streets. “No wonder the youngsters are discouraged." Pavwson said that years ago’ parents crowded around Edmon- ton open-air rinks in below»zero temperatures. HIT BY WEATHER On a comparable oasis, lock at the crowd figures for the East-West all-star Shrine football Igame at Hamilton last Saturday. That game. played in 17-above weather with winds up to 35 miles an hour. drew fewer than 5.000 to watch the best talent avail» able from East and West. It was the fourth annual East- West game and all have been played in December when the weather has been atrocious. The Shriners, who sponsors the game and turn over proceeds to crip- pled children’s hospitals in Mont- real and Winnipeg, have been able to net about $10,000 in the four years. Executives of the nine profes- Isional football cities from Van- couver to Montreal have a real problem on their hands. They supply the players and, as every- one knows, the early-December classics have been a flop at the box—office. The only solution ap— oears to be that the game should be played in mid-July before the Openln‘g 0f the Big Four and Western Interprovincial Union schedules. . Executives are fearful of 105- mg key players in such a game beforethe season opens, but they also realize that the all-star game 15 an annual Canadian sports in- stitution that must be retained. Officials probably will thrash out ‘the matter at the January session of the Canadian Football League when the heads of all nine clubs get together for their annual meeting. SPORT BY NORMAN SQUAW VALLEY. Calif. (AP) ‘A first-class winter sports area designed and built for the Olym- pic Games is rising here despite problems and turmoil. ‘ vqua-w Valley. a dark horse entry from California. was awarded the 1960 winter Olympic' Games 38’: years ago. Since then. new lifts have stretched up into the high moun- tains around the valley; dormi- tories. a huge ice arena and other buildings have taken shape and the construction job is on the home stretch. EUROPEAN PROTEST When the little - known valley was awarded the games. screams went up from several European skiing countries and some Ameri- cans said as well: - Absurd . . . a disaster . . . no facilities . . . a gigantic flop. And they asked “where is it?” The valley. some 200 miles northeast of San Francisco, was known then only among Cali- forniarskiiers and a few others outside the state—a ski area with a few facilities in a 6.200-foot valley, cupped by 9.000 - foot peaks. Money had to be raised and almost all facilities had to be de- signed and built to meet Olym- pic standards. LARGE DONATIONS The money came in. The State of California put up 33.000000. for which it will receive most of the facilities after the 1960 games. The federal government put up $4,000,000 for the 11,000-seat main ice arena. Another $4,000,000 is expected from the games themselves to help pay the $16,000.000 cost of the ll-diay show. The International 0 l y m p i c s The Guardian. Charlottetown. Fri. Dec. 1'3. 1953' Here’s Saturday’s Schedule For Local Minor Players Following is the schedule:— 7.00 — 7.35 —— Bantams — Bir' (-hvcood Tigers vs. Bears. 7.35 - 8.10 — Bantams r— Bll'v chwrod Eagles vs. Royalty. etc.. Orioles. 8.10 — 3.43 ~~ Bantams « Q-C. H.S. Lions vs. Beavers. 8.45 — 9.20 ~ Bantams v— Q.C. H.S. Gulls vs. Cranes. 9.30 —— 10.00 — Paperweights+ Royalty. etc.. Canaries vs. Spring Park Bluebirds. 10.00 — 10.30 —— Paperweights — Q. S. S. Setters vs. Otters. 10.30 — 11.00 -— Paperweights —- Q. S. S. Loons vs. Larks. 11.00 — 11.30 — Paperweights — Q.S.S. Finches vs. W. K. S. Hawks. 11.30 -— 12.00 — Paperweights —W. K. S. Colts vs. P.S.S. Tig crs. 12.00 -— 12.30 — Paperweights —— P. S. S. Falcons vs. P. S. S. Ravens. ‘ 12.30 — 1.00 — Pee Wees ~— P S. S. Hornets vs. W.K.S. Red wings. 1.00 ~ 1.30 — Pee Wees — P. S. S. Spitfires vs. P.S.S. Owls. 1.30 —— 2.00 — Pee Wees — Royalty, etc.. Parkers cs. W.K. S. Redwligs. 5.00 — 5.30 — Pee Wees —— Q. S. S. Rams vs. Elks. 5.30 — 6.00 — Pee Wees -— Q. S. S. Cranes vs. Wrens. 6.00 —- 6.30 — Pee Wees -— Q. S. S. Jays vs. Snipes. 6.30 — 7.00 — Pee Wees — Q. C. H. S. Foxes vs. Royalty, etc.. Cubs. 7.00 — 7.30 — Pee Wees — Q. C. H. S. Sparrows vs. Spring Park Springers. r 7.30 — 8.00 — Pee Wees — Royalty, etc.. Ducks vs. Robins. 8.00 —— 8.30 — Practice —— All school girls over 14. 8.30 —— 9.15 — Midgets—Birch- wood Ramblers vs. Darts. 9.15 — 10.00 — Mid-gets — Roy- alty, etc.. Abbies vs. Arrows. 10.00 — 10.45 — Midgets ~—- Q.C. H.S. Royals vs. Vics. 10.45 —— 11.30 —— Practice —— Ab- bie Juveniles. Referee Schedule —— Officials in charge will appreciate it a lot if the following referees would make every effort to be on hand at times shown:- 7.00 ~— 9.20 w Leroy Barrett. Chi-don Wellner. 9.30 — 11.00 — Dave Lawlor. John Davis. (Jr.). 11.00 — 12.30 ~ Bill MaIcMil- Ian, Don Frizzell. 12.30 — 2.04 —- Don Whalen. John Davis ISL). Committee sent experts to look over the plans and courses. They: suggested some c h a n- g e s and went away satisfied. 5.00 — 6.30 — Don Frizzell. Dave Lawlor. 6.30 — 8.00 — Bill MacMillan. Bill Boyles. 8.30 — 10.45 — Walter Lawlor, Roy White. Ry MURRAY ROSE Associated Press Spcrrts Writer MONTREAL IAPI Light- hearyweight champion .A r c h i e Moore today described his amaz- ing come-back knockout victory over Yvon Durelle as “the most sensational of my career" and said he wou‘d like to fight the game Canadian again next June in a Montreal ballpark. “He really surprised me with his right hand power." said Archie as he relaxed in a steam lbath. “He put on a tremendous .fight and deserves another shot. "One thing. though, he‘ll have to agree not to have any import- ant fights until then that might spoil the return. He and I can .make a _lot of money the next time.“ HE‘S FOR 11‘ “That‘s great." said Chris Sha- ban. Durelle‘s manager. “Yvon [deserves and wants the fight. I I'm sure we‘ll go along with what Archie wants. Everyone is talk- ‘ing about the great fig-ht. Yvon made a sensational fight and everyone knows now that he might he able to beat Archie the next time. “He didn't look like any 4-] Ionrgshot last night. did he?”\ Archie said he most likely would make a vacation and fight- ing tour of South America first and very soon. “I’ve got an offer of eight fights in South America.” said the age- less ring gypsy. How abdut heavyweight king Floyd Patterson and middle- weight champion Sugar Ray Rob. inson? He and manager Jack (Doc) Kearns had mentioned them. too, as possibilities for Archie‘s next fight. “LET THEM WAIT” “I’ve thought it over," said Archie, “and they’re out now. I tried to get them to fight me sev- eral times, before and the-y didn‘t want to. Now let them wait." A return bout between Moore and the 29-year-old Canadian and British Empire champion from Bale Ste. Anne, N.~B., figures to draw more than the 8,484 fans who paid $39,940 in the frigid Forum Wednesday night. It was about five below zero outside at light time and the roads were icy. In addition. many Montrealers were able to see the fight on television from remote stations although Quebec was I supposed to be blacked out of the telecast. It was so cold in the Forum (about'45 degrees), where boards covered the ice on the rink, that spectators wore overcoats and lmufflers. But no one was colder than By BEN OLAN As. Iciated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP)4id Abel. coach of Detroit Red Wings, said Thursday Montreal Can-adiens’ Maurice (The Rocket) Richard is “an opportunist who never was the all-around equal of Gordie Howe." “Ho-We is the best player in hockey. great on defence and scores goals when we need them the most." added Abel, a former star skater for Detroit. Abel played on the same line with How-e for several seasons. The Wings’ coach made his comments in r e b u t t al to Richard‘s charges that Howe lacks enthusiasm, should hustle more and is used excessively as a penalty~killer. “Richard has no reason to speak." snapped Abel? “He never was good enough to be used for killing penalties." LOOKS EASY ’ “Howe makes everything look ECHOES MACDONALD The bout between Archie Moore and Yvon Durelle was the nearest thing to a western movie fight that you‘ll ever find in real life. Moore, sent sprawling to the canvas four ,times. came back in the final reel to olobber the Baie Ste. Anne fisherman into submis- SIon. Even a loyal Maritime ifancould be forgiven for iden- Itifymg Durelle with the king Icf the cattle rustlers. and Moore with the new sheriff of Happy Gulch. We started watching the fight a confirmed Durelle fan, but -seeing the gallant old battlcr :coming grogglly off the deck to finesse his way back to nor- lmalcy. and then to defend is title with a slashing attack. had the effect of our sympathies a little. At the end of the fight we didn‘t know ’Iwhether to whoop it up or weep. pected of them. Durelle need not feel ashamed of his role in lthc see-saw bruising battle. Few. if any. expected him to. Iconic within a glove lash of winning the world champion- ship. He had the glove and was trying hard to lash it, but the old master of defence was too difficult a target. Moore proved himself to be one of the greatest. It! took him about. fire rounds to emerge from thel shadows of Durellc‘s firstl sfupct'ying punch. but he made it. The early rounds of the ficht reminded us of the Ak‘IIs» IhlaI’Qiucz go. but Martinez I scrambling . I As we saw it. both fighters; Idid a lot better than was ex-‘ didn't come back and Moore did. We scored it 44-42 for Moore at the end of ten rounds, a total easy. But he knows instinctively what to do and does it without too. much effort. We'd be in a heck of a fix without him." Richard, 37. is the National Hockey League’s all-time leading scorer with 520 regular season goals. Howe, 30. is a runner-up with 399. The Rocket is in his 17th season in the big league and Howe is in his 13th. I "I don’t want to take anything away from Rich a rd." Abel added. “He’s amazing and I’d take him on my club anytime." “He’s colorful, certainly more so than Howe. But the Canadians‘ offensive is geared for Richard to put the puck in the net. Gordie works hard for a lot of his goals." FOUR-GAME STREAK The Red Wings. who defeated New York Rangers 2-1 in Madi- son Square Ganden Wednesday night. are unbeaten in their last four games. They have moved within two points of the leading Canadians, who are overwhelm- Sicl Abel Claims Richard , Never The Equal Of Howe ing pro-season choices to finish in first place. “I‘m not conceding Montreal anything." 5 iii d AIbel. “They haven't looked so hot so far." “A lot of people are saying that it‘ll be a battle between the other five clubs for second place. But why concede the Canadians any- thing? They can only put six players on the ice at one time the same as we. _ “We’ve been very fortunate so far. Terry Sawchuk has been great in the goal. Along with Howe. he‘s been the backbone of our club. Red Kelly has come back strong after a couple of bad seasons. “Actually we're rebuilding now and some of our younger players like Charlie Burns and Len Lunde are coming along nicely." The Red Wings' string of regu- lar season c h a m p 10 11 ships snapped at seven by Montreal in the 1955 - 56 season. Detroit bounced back to take the title the following year. But the Canadiens won it handily last season. identical with two of the jud- ges. Experience has taught us, however. that this doesn't neces- sarily mean the‘ judges and wescorcd the fight alike. Once we compared rounds with a judge who had the same total as we had. The difference in the rounds was astonishing. It‘ seemed pure coincidence that our total finally added up to the same figures. Stadaeona Sailors invade Civic Stadium tonight to do battle with the Summerside Aces. The Aces fresh from a‘ fine showing against the Ottawa- Hull Juniors, are going to go all out to edge the Halifax ser- vice team. The ‘l‘ars are en- tered in the New Nova Scotia senior league. and it would be really something for the Aces to hang a defeat on them. No doubt a large crowd will be at Elbe stadium to see if they can 0 it. Birch Hill continues their triumphal march in the Prince County rural and commercial league without a defeat. They now have four victories. Out- side of the leaders. Sherbrooke seems to be the team tobe reckoned with, this club seems to have improved a lot since the start of the season. It will be interesting to see if they can turn back Messrs. Birch, Gor- rills. Campbell. and company. Line-up of Strad‘acona sailors who play the Aces at Civic Stad- ium tonight are as follows: goal-- Laplante. Burgess; defence-- W h i t e. . Gauthier, Robinson. me says RecentVic’rQ" Sensational To Dat Archie when he was nailed in the first round. Archie was down three times. including one knock- down ruled a push by referee Jack Sharkey, in the first round and down once more in the fifth. Then he began his almost mircu- lous recovery. I He dumped Yvon once in the seventh round. once in the 10th, and twice in the dramatic 11th. How did he get nailed in the first round? . u "I was bobbing and weaving, said Archie, “figuring to set him up on his right side. I didn‘t think he had much of a right. “All of a sudden. as I weaved, I got hit with a right. 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