The champions were the first to turn on the power when they went into the back-lock and started to pull in earnest around the seven minute man mark. Up to that time they had be, keeping the strain on each other. As the rival coaches Ross Young of Red Point, and Stuart MacEwen. St. Peter's watched with experienced eyes as they decided on theIr strategy.

Red Point were scarcely able to move their opponents for the first two or three minutes after they had turned. then they got a couple of the St. Peter's boys across the starting line.

GRIM BATTLE

It was not until nine and one half minutes that Mr. MacEwen gave his team the "turn" signal. It was a grim battle, waged between two powerful teams as neither was glving much ground.

Finally Red Point got five, or six St. Peter' men across the line but the challengers for the title were able to get all but one of their men back across the line, as they put every ounce of weight, strength and determination into the effort.

But the ability of the four-time champions finally upset the balance and they finally got all of the opponents across the line and a major tremendous cheer went up as anchor-man Richard Ching finally hit the end of the Forum with his shoulders.

Up to that. time St. Peter's had a slight edge in the cheering as the crowd sided with the ones who were trying to defeat the powerful many-time champions

INJURED ANKLEThe final end of the pull was hastened when one of the St. Peter's men twisted his ankle, as the team made their final effort to turn into a back-lock - and turn the tide. Sunday the ankle was swollen badly and there was some thought a bone might have snapped in it, though nothing definite was known.

One of the most pleasing facts of the competition between these two great Island teams the high regard in which each team holds the other.

Coach Ross. Young of the champions told me last summer met whenI visited him in his service station that the St. Peter's boys are a great bunch of boys, they're really great," he emphttsized.

Crossing on the Wood Islands, ferry with the St. Peter's lads Sunday afternoon, I found that feeling is the same on their side.

They are temendously strong, they are particularly strong when they turn into the back lock, coach MacEwen told me. And team members were talking with us, nodded their heads in agreement.

They're a great punch of guys." they observed. Red point weighed in Saturday night at 1,992 pounds, St. Peter's at 1,996.

SAME LINE-UP

The champions's lineup is the same as It was a year ago. They have Ray Ching at scratch; Weston Rose, Peter Ching, Eddle Ching, Ian MacGregor, Sheldon Rose, Gordon Ching, Robert Bruce, Arthur k Stewart with Richard Ching the anchor man. The spare man is Richard MacGregor.

St. Peter's have Don Sanderson, Eddie MacKinnon, Lorne MacLaren, Norbert Palmer, Reggie MacKinnon, Leroy MacKenzie, Bob Rossiter, Tom MacInnis, Joe Thompson with Alfred MacLaren their anchor man. The spare this team has is Louis Wilson

By Neil A. Matheson from the Charlottetown Guardian, published in the fall of 1967.

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Waldron H. Leard