I, - l so..- l u’ li - l. ' urdsy night advanced Rooyn Flashes oer... IRELAND LAKE, Opt, April 1'! - (OP) — R0081! Flashes Bat- into the Eastern Canada ’ intermediala A hockey semi-finals by defeating Halifax Navy (l4 in the fourth game of their best-of-five series. Halifax won the first game 6-4 last Tuesday and then dropped the last three. Rouyn took a 4-0 lead in the first period, split four goals in the second while Halifax added two more counters in the third per- iod. Fern French; tallied three goals to pace the Flashes. Connelly, Poirier. and Valliere followed with one apiece. Hallfafs goals were by Andy Beribeau, Bob Greene, Spider Spldell and Joe Conrad. Eziniclii Kicked Toronto leafs lo Cuplictory By William H. Pumsdl TORONTO, April 1'1 — (OP) _.. The way they figured it in the dressing room. Bill Ezlnlckl kicked the Toronto Maple Leafs to their third straight Stanley cup saggy. day night. Although the Leafs downed Detroit Red Wings 3-1 for their fourth straight win in the cup- final round, it was the Ezinicki. inspired second counter that turn- ed the victory tide to Toronto shores. Bilil lost his stick and kicked a loose puck to fellow- Wirminesser Jimmy Thomson, who made the pass for the payoff goal buyanCa-l Gardner of ‘rranscons, "When I lost my stick, Jack Stewart did our club a favor by ‘.0111! to push me around," said dzlnicki. “He wouldn't give me a chance in get at my stick, so 1 lust kicked the puck and it land- ‘ed on Jimmy's stick. While coach Tommy Ivan o1 the Wings congratulated each or the Leafs in turn, the Toronto dress- ing room took on a race-track air. Little Max Bentley proudly dis- played an ivory horseshoe, set with Qlpphires which had been present- ed to him by Charlie Hemstead, Toronto breeder who earlier this "@5011 Save Max a racehorse for 5W1“! a goal. On the other side of the room, defenceman Gus Mortson display. ed an actual shoe off the hoof of PW! BO- th» yearling Hemstead gave Bentley. Bmythe said he figured the success of his team was due to the fact it had acquired three com- plete and effective forward lines. Allan. Memorial (Iup Schedules Allan Cup games tonight (Mon- flay): , East:- , Eastern Canada Ottawa : final Toronto Marlboros vs. In best-of-seven final). West:-- i None. MBmOIIM Cup ggmgg (Monday); East:- None. West- Western Canada final — At Cal- gary: Brandon Wheat Kings vs. V1118"? Buffaloes (best-of-seven leries tied 1-1). ' ' tonight Five Mnririrners May Be On Bisley Tenm SAINT SDI-IN, N. B-. A/pril 17- (CP)—-P'ive present or former Mlar- itime marksmen may be on Canada‘; Iii-man Bisiey team this year, it was learned here tonight. J. Neil Dow. forrfroerly or saint, John and now of Windsor, Na, definitely qualified by placing eighth in the aggregate scoring. The others. with their positions in the segregate. are Roy McOabe. Charlottetown,’ 16; Jack suillvan, litknontosi, formerly of Saint John, l0; A. F. Goimley, Charlottetown, 21; Cyril Kennedy. Trurc. N5, 22. W. W. Reid, Charlottetown, has been appointed team commandant. Names of those qualified and able to make the trip will be sn- nounced by the Dominion of Can- ads Rifle Association. The team is nscheduled to sail June 11 on the s. 8. Bamsrisfrom Quebec. City t TRUCKS ’_ “firm following new Internet- GN available for fimmediatl delivery: i.“ qrou-rsnsi. sopv I wroN rick-or, "WITH min. sox . 1 éfrcfl rick ur WITH sex ,' a a , PICK-UP. WITH At 29 Ottawa Senators (Toronto leads 1-0 3 ' ' Halifax To Take Series Major Baseball league Schedules Open inlay With their long spring training Brlnds behind them teams in the National and American Baseball Leagues were posted for the open- ing of the season today, with Phil- adelphia meeting Boston Braves at the latter pisoe in the National League opener and Washington Senators playing hosts to Connie Mack's Philadelphia. Athletics in the American loop. _. On Tuesday all sixteen teams wii see action as the long 154 games schedules get underway in earnest. Here is the schedule for the opening week: NATIONAL LEAGUE Monday - Philadelphia. at Bos- ton. Tuesday — Philadelphia at Bos- ton, New York at Brooklyn, 8t. Louis at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh at Chicago. Wednesday -- Philadelphia. at Boston; New York at Brooklyn; Pittsburgh at Chicago. Thursday -- New York at Brook- lyn; St. Louis at Cincinnati; Pitts- burgh at Chicago. Ih-iday —- Boston at New York; Brooklyn at Philadelphia; Chicago at St. Louis; Cincinnati at Pitts- burgh. Saturday — Boston at New York; Brooklyn at Philadelphia; Chicago at st. Louis; Cincinnati at Pitts- blush. AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday~Phlladelphia at Wash- ington. Tuesday - Boston at Phila- delphia; Washington at New York; Cleveland at St. Louis; Chicago at Detroit Wednesday — Boston at Phila- delphia; Washington at New York; Cleveland at St. Louis: Chicago at Detroit. , Thursday — Boston at Phila- delphia; Washington at New York; Cleveland at St. Louis; Chicago at Detroit. Friday — New York at Boston; Philadelphia at Washington; De- troit at Cleveland; St. Louis st Chicago. Saturday - New York at Boston; Philadelphia at Washington; De- troit at Cleveland; St. Louis at Chicago. Sport Briefs CHICAGO, April 1’! — (AP) - The United States ‘Trotting As- sociation Saturday announced ap- proval of 1949 meeting dates for the Goshen, N. Y., Mile Track As- sociation and the 'I‘roy, Ohio, Harness Racing Association. / The Goshen Association approval covers both the Good Time Track. Goshen, N. Y., meeting, Aug. 8-12, and the double meeting at Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, N. Y., May 6-10 and Sept. 26-Oct. The 'I‘roy meeting is June 11-July BARTOW, Fla... April 17 — (AP) — A. J. Houtteman, Detroit Tigers pitcher who was critically injured in an automobile March 10, Sat- urday filed suit for $100,000 against the Pasco Packing Company of Dade City, owner‘ of the truck in- volved. ' Boxer libs At 61 ORANGE, N. J., April l’l — (AP) - Jim Savage, heavyweight boxer of the early l000s,‘died of’ a heart attack at his home here Saturday night. He was 6'1. ‘ He held victories over such prominent boxers as Frank Moran and sailor Cunningham and served as principal trainer and sparring partner for Jess Willard. Basketball Finals Ai- Anrigonish ANTIGONIBH. 118.. i I — (c?) -- The Canadian intermed- lnt, basketball final will b9 play- ed here April Z1 and B. l! W" announced here tonight. 5t. Francis Xavier University will take on tho winner of the Mount Allison University-Ontario series. The final will be a two- game. total-point seriesl The semi-final will b, played at Sack- vilie Wednesday and numer- "OCKEL Results Allan Cnp Western Canada Ilhal Roglna 7 Fort Frances 2. (Best-of-five series tied 1-1). Memorial Cup Western Canada lilnal Brandon 4 Calgary i. (Best-of-sevm series tied i-l) Eastman Cantu!) final Montreal 5 Barrie 4. (Montreal wins best-of-aevtn 4-0). » ‘mo. non 'ro ssvsYn sowrirsurrotr. England, April 1'! — (AP) - American Ambassa- dor Lewis W. Douglas left-hos- pita! laturd with coma hope that‘ the nigh of his injured ldt we may b. saved. Specialists will marinas treatment of the eye at ‘amalgam-alumni his treason residence. 11o was‘ in- I19. nple Leafs Sweep Stanl f.‘ '- m: .'r-.~.\. ev Doug Vaughn saysz-"Now that it's offi- cial that Bobby Locke will be on (Windsor Daily Star) hand are star attraction at the Canadian Open Golf Championship in June, Royal Canadian Golf As- soclation officials are gleefully speculating on Just which other golfing greats will compete for the Seagram Gold Cup and the $10,000 prize money put up by its donors. O O O O “All-ln-ull, it looks like a banner year for the Open. Locke alone would practically assure that, be- cause the event is in Toronto this year and Toronto went overboard for LOCke when he took Canadian honors there two years ago. In ad- dition, this year's Open—.lune 22_ to 25 over the Toronto St. George ccurse—fulls right into the U. S. Gold trail circuit, which almost THE GUARl)lAN._ Physical Fitness Basketball League _ (JHARLLYPTIYYUWN Summerside Sohurman’: Hoop Squad. this APRIL 18, 1949 Pictured above ls the Summersldo Schurmarfs basket bull team who participated in the six-team, Island Ch v _ season. Leit to right, O. lliactlonald, D. Cornish, D. Estoy, uclc helper, J. l-Inrris, C. Linklettor, J. Sltwell. E. Smith, C. Simpson, in front Edwin Estoy, Mgr. automatically means a strong entry of top-flight U. S. ‘name’ players in addition to a large list of Cana- dians. O O O O "Locke already has one Canadian Open record to his credit. When he took top honors at Toronto Scar- bcro two summers ngo, he complet- ed the 72-hole event in 268 strokes -—16 strokes below par and the low- est score ever put together in See- grnm Gold Cup competition, He did not defend his Canadian title a year ago because the Open then cume late in the season at Van- couver and he had already return- ed to his native South Africa. O O O O‘ "Instead, the Cup and top prize money went to Chuck Congdon of Tacoma, Wash, a winner who doesn't like to participate in tour- naments too far removed from his home course. Congdon announced after presentation of the Seagram Gold Cup in Vancouver last Sep- tember that he didn't intend to de- fend the mug this year. His win- ning score was 280. O O O O "Announcment of Locke's plans came from his manager, Vincent Richards, in New York shortly after the big South African arriv- ed for his third invasion of North American golfdom. The Gold Trail schedule is such that Locke can participate in U. S. tourneys up to and including the Motor City Open in Detroit ln mid-June, then take in the Canadian Open at Toronto. O O O O "In all probability, there will be. a full lineup of the best U. S. has‘ to offer opposing Locke. Although‘ no definite announcements have yet been made it seems likely that such stars as Lloyd Mangrum, Vic Ghezzl, Dick Metz, Ky Lafton, Her- man Keiser, Dutch Harrison and Ellsworth Vines will be on hand. All of them have made a habit of taking in the Canadian event in recent years, and uli placed high among the lenders last September at Vancouver. ' n O O “All of which means that Locke will have to be in top form come June if he is to have his name in- scribed for a second time on‘ the winners’ scroll inside the Seagram Gold Cup." With local smrtlng activity a minus quantity at the present time, Charlottetown sport fans experienced probably their quiet- est week-end in many months, with the exception of those who had their ears glued to their ra- dlos on Saturday night to hear the last and all-tusportant game between Toronto and Detroit. for the Stanley Cup championship. O O O That is as far as team sport ls concerned, however. Ardent urg- lers were out over the weekend, and alihough we haven't seen any of the "big ones", it is unoffic- ially reported from many quar- ters that some really nice catches were taken over the Easter week- end. with some of the single catches running the scales pret- ty high. I O About the only competitive play in the offing is in badminton and basketball. In the first bracket, the Garrison Officers Badminton Club are getting their final plans laid for their annual clib tourna- ment which gets underway at the Arsnouries on Wednesday night. whidi will see meet of the elimin- ation matches run odf, with play being resumed ‘again bn Saturday night when the finals will be played for the vnrlous club titles. O In basketball. it is understood that P.W.C. and 8.0.11. will clash the City intercollegiate title, and although there u; no definite dates set as yet, it is hoped that. the series might get underway on possibly Friday or laiurddy of this week YALE APPO _-_.¢ Jvlontreal nets from soon in a best of three series for , BRIAN YORKE, 2.13. sired by the world's leading sire Volomlte, 3-93. Dam Miss Yorke 2.04 by Moko. Owned by Alfred Webster, West Royalty and tossed daily by his e year old 901i, Ross. Providence Wins Calder (w) PROVIDENCE, (April 1'1 — (CH-Providence Reds tonight worn the Calder Cup and the 01111111150119!!!) 0f the American Hockey League by defeating Hershey Bears 4-2. They took the final bcst-of-eeven games series, »four games to lliirec. The auditorium crowd of ‘l.- 550 was the largest ever to at- gziyd a hockey game I! this The Reds crowded all of their scoring into the first por- iod while the Bears notched their two goals in the second. The victory olirnaxed o. stirr- ing comeback by the Reds, vnho won the final three games af- ter the Bears had taken three ' of the first four decisions. TORONTO, April 17—(CP)—Fir- ed with two goals by shifty Gordie Knutson, Montreal Royals moved into the Memorial Cup finals by defeating Barrie Flyers 5-4 Satur- day to take their Eastern Canada junior hockey series in four straight games. ‘ The Royals won the first game of the best-of-seven series 3-1, the second 6-5 in overtime and the third 3-2. They will meet either Brandon Whent Kings or Calgary Buffaloes for the Dominion title. A Maple Lenf crowd of some 9,000 fans snw the rangy Knutson break a 2-2 deadlock early in the third period with two goals within four minutes and send the Royals to their 16th playoff victory in 17 starts. , The ' 19-year-old, Calgary-born centre was n tower of strength as he bored ln for the champions with a sparkling performance of passing plays and back-checking. a last-ditch attempt to tie the game up ln the last 30 seconds of play when they drew netmlndcr Gil Mayer-in favor of u sixth forward. Time and again they stormed the the face-off but goaler Bobby Blenu was not to The all-Ontario champions made, Royals Defeat Barrie 5-4 To Enter Finals Exhibition_ Baseball At Pittsburgh Detroit (A) Pittsburgh (N) At Ehiladelphia Philadeiphia- (N) Philadelphia (A) . At Boston Boston (N) .. Boston (A) At New York.‘ Cleveland (A) New York (N) . we: rhw MN Nib won 29-4 hi5 ma: no n» CHILD DROWNED PLASTER ROCK. N. 8.. April 17 —-(ClP)-—Two-yea.r-old Billy John- son, was believed to have been drowned this afternoon in Sisson Brook, eight miles from Plaster Rock. Discovery of his tricycle near the brook led to a. search,- which had been unsuccessful tonight. It was believed his body had been swept into the Toblque River. be beaten. For coach Tag Miller's Royals, it was a sweet victory. They were given little chance against the highly-touted Flycrs before the ser- ies started. e50 0O >- DRINKING. SMOKING EXPENSIVE HABITS DUNDEE, Scotland. April i5 — (CP)— George Mothers, Labor member of parliament for Linlith- gow and Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland Gener- al Assembly, said in an address he feared the United Kingdom was in danger of becoming very largely a nation of "addicts." He said that in 1947 $678,000.00) ($2,712 000.000) was spent on al- cohol, 2690000000 on tobacco and at: estimated $700,000,000 in gamb- B. "If we are really patriotic we will try to improve the standards of our country." said Mothers. “We will try to put such expenditure into other and better channels." Those who followed the way of self-indulgence which involved not only expenditure but the wastage of health were doing something contrary to the pllibllC interest. It was time ‘those who could not deny themselves these things were dealt with. _ MANCHIEFER. England, April 15-(R.euters)—A boy of five and a boy of three, playing near here, quarrclied over an orange. The five-year-year old picked up a piece of iron and hit the other on the forehead. The three-year-old died two days later. At the inquest yesterday. a police "ollficer said the elder boy told hi-m "he hit me and I hit him back." The coroner re- corded a verdict of death from misadventure. new iisvm. coon, sin-u 1i- (AP) — mo announced Saturday, the appointment oz Rev. David A. . wild with delight as the Leafs lit- Iy Fraser hlacDoltlll TDRDNPO. April 17 -(C P) - Torontojlaple Leafs boat down the leg-weary Detroit Red Wins 3-1 Saturday night and become the first team to win the Stanley Cup three times in a rowsinoc it became the symbol of . world po- fesslcnal hockey supremacy. The crowd of 14.644 fans went orally skated the National Hockey League champions into the ice and come from behind to sweep the best-of-seven series in four straight games. The Toronto triumph vvrotes new page for hookeyh recordbook. They added these firsts to the 22- year N.H.L.' record: First club to win the trophy three consecutive times; first .to win it six times; first to win it five times in eight seasons; first to score l2 cornecuiivo victories ‘in cup final play. And it was the fifth cw win in nine seasons as a coach for Clarence (Hap) Day. The trophy Lord Stanley of Preston donated in 15B was canted out to centre ice as the Bed Wings akatcd up to congratulate the team which beat them out. Clarence Campbell, N.H.L. president. pre- sented it to Ted Kennedy centre and captain of the Toronto chib. Leafs Too Speedy The Wings fought doggedly to halt Toronto's cup-winning march but the Leafs had too much speed. The Wings scored the first goal. Ilef-twinger Ted Lindsay, top Detroit threat all through the game, drove the purr: past Toronto's ' Turk Broda in the first period after a ewerving rush shook off two lead‘: and put him in front of the goal. But Detroit-banking mainly on its big line of Sid Abel, Gordon Howe and Lindssy-faltered in the second period. Rookie Ray Timgren batted Max Bentley's rebound past goalie Harry Lumiey for the tying goal at the midway mark while De- ploying without a stick. started the play for the winning counter. He kicked the puck to defenccmsn Jim ‘Thomson in the centre ice none. Thomson relayed it to Cal Gardner who dashed in and sent an ankle"- high drive skimming lust inside the t. Bentley made victory certain late in the third period with a 15-foot sizzler on which Lilmley didn't have a. chance. ' The shots on goal reflected the play. The Wings drove therpiuck at Broditfive times in the first period whenlstnnley handled alt. But in thelast twp the Leafs had a. 25-10 shooting margin and only Lumleys standout work kept the score down to three. ‘Referee Bill Chadwick dealt out nine penalties-five to the Wings, and four to the Leafs. The game was clean though rug- god. like the other three .in ser- ies. LenfsAmlsed Many _ The Leafs amazed all but their most ardent backers with their brilliant showing in the playoffs- a marked contrast to their per- formance in the scheduled season when they finished up in fourth place and couldn't win any more than two games in a row. The Leafs began their u-gune cup-final win streak against Mont- real Canadians two years ago. They lost the first game of the 194'! series 6-0 and then rallied to take four in a row. ‘Iihey knocked off the Red Wings in four straight last year. They had two earlier conquests of the Wings in finals, coming c-ut on top by four-games-to-thrce mar- gins in 1943 and 1945. Lineups: Detroit - Goal. Lumley; defence, Stewart, Quaokenbush; centre. Abel; wings, Howe, Lindsay; subnKelly. Relse, Fogoiin, Gee, Podolsky, Cout- are, MoI-‘adde n, Horeck, Enlo, Toronto —- Goal, Broda; defence. Red! Wings 3-1 In Fourth Game Of Playoffs ‘l - Wings, xiukay. Tlmgren; Thomson, Morison, nedyJlscKell. Bmlth, Iainioki, Watson. Lynn, paw‘ "our" E.‘?l‘.‘.°“£“"'°‘....* me y er utoii sUMMsav ' first Pulotl i-nm-ofr, Lindsay (Gee, Howe) .............. lg Penalties — Boeseh, mic, m. nldki (2), Reid Lindsay, Second Period 2—Toronto, Tlmgren (Bentley) 10:10 3—Toronto,, Gardner (Thomson, Ezinicki) 1.9;‘ Penalties-Hench, Juldg, 3mm Third Pea-ind 4~Toronto Bentley (Timgren. MacKeli) Penalties — None. Antique Cars. Operas Tenor's Special llobby. WASHINGTON, April l6 -—(OP) — James Melton talk; about Grlq and Debussy, about the "lousy, stinking, no-good time-spot" mm‘ radio friend of his has been given -and about‘ automobiles. Mortly automobiles. This black-haired, 14-year-old concert and opera tenor, when name issynonymoua with "Stan- ley Steamer." is a big, smiling boy. sit-heart who'd sooner cook an ear to the purr of a Rolls RDYCQ than dig into n. sirloin. Pursuit of a boyhood ambition- plus the cash dividends his voice has paid — made Melton the own- er of the world's biggest privstq collection of antique cars. He has 110. He buys 'em, redesigns ‘em, re- builds ‘em. and has 'em on display . 15:10 troit's Pete I-ioreck sst out a in m, Melton muggum q», N”. tripoins peneitv- Co . n’ thriving busin- Just before the second period n“ ' u ended, rightwinger Bill Ibtlrsioki. ~71“, ghmuna pew]. h“. dropped in for a look around since w; opened the piece last fail," be said in an interview. "Goilv, we'll probably have 100.!!!) or 100,- MO by the and of 1049. Bebween gulps of an shrimp cocktail, Melton was telling alboiit 1. visit lo Canada. H; turned abruptly to his travel manager. Still Buying "B? the way” -- with a wane at a fork - "I bought another Rolls the other day. A IQ-cylinder fob- ‘Phantom III.‘ Drove heg- about m bloclrsnnd paid for it. Bure got s belt outs. that bdbyi “Well, sir," Melton continued, '1 cabled London right sway for tbs leather that little old Rolls‘. should gone’ paint job. Wait ‘til you on er ' ' ‘ A mlnut, later, Melton had his wallet out. l1 wunio of pictures of his pretty, three-year-old daugh- ter, Margo. "Built a little electric‘ oar for her" - he had pictures of tbs‘ car. too - "exact replica of the oho that woo the rhiiiohooolu speedway one year." - Anrl. speaking of Nblicas. first diamond-and-plstinum stilflpin is his lapel - Brady's. "Picked it up at a "sale once I114 always wear it. 'It's.a locomobilq, , first American car to win the Van- derbilt cup race. That Ila 10M. Bee how tb, wheels go round‘! Favorite song? That's easy - the one I'm singing at the mom- em, - “Well. right now I'm looking a pre-ifllz Rolls Hayes limousine. Any yrs-IOU Rolls but especially a limousine. Pretty darned scam though. , Really do like Canada, Mellon laid. No kidding, nothing can best ' l C “‘ concert audience. Bariiko, Boesch; centre, Bentley; “New, I've got a Mercedes ...' ,3: 0100x5112.’ caflerca A BRAKE LlNlNG- ins/ref Inn/truss) ur to 75% toms: um bondbnksa have. Then 1m going to do a im- . that was Diamond 8h -