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January 7, 1948
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Promising Puck Star Likes Baseball Best
WINNIPEG— He would rather gain fame as a star in major league baseball—that pinnacle of sport often unapproachable by young Canadian athletes—but if he doesn’t retire from junior hockey forthwith, a certain Chicago gentleman, William J. Tobin by name, is likely to considerably alter the best laid plans of a certain youngster. The boy with the diamond desires, who at the present moment is regularly turning in one shining hour after another with his blue line appearances for Art Somers’ Winnipeg Black Hawks, is Alex Kurceba, rugged 19 year old East Kildonan athlete. In the Manitoba junior league this year—a speedy, wide-open circuit—there is a decided dearth of brilliant individual backline talent. Black Hawk Kurceba, though on a weak team, one of the more dier defenders. The 5’10 ½, 180 pound Kur ceba, fair-haired…
Decisions Settled
TORONTO—W. A. Hewitt, chairman of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association’s registration committee, announced that two player questions had been settled by a wire vote of C.A.H.A. members. Thunder Bay Hockey Association’s appeal against the ruling of the Ontario Hockey Association which refused the transfer of player Ray Ceresino from Oshawa to Port Arthur has been dismissed. Ceresino can only play with Oshawa if he wishes to take part in C.A.H.A. hockey. Decision of the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association Branch was upheld by the C.A.H.A. to the effect that player Sam Fabro was the property of the Graham-Home senior club in Winnipeg for the current season. The Winnipeg Red Club claimed that Fabro should have been declared a free agent. When the M.A.H.A. decision was challenged the C.A.H.A. was asked to rule and they…
Three Players Add Strenth To Flyer Team
Addition Of Halder, Mara And Andre Laperriere Bolsters Olympics OTTAWA— After a poor showing in exhibition games booked earlier in the season, Canada’s Royal Canadian Air Force Olympic hockey team received a jab in the arm last week when it was announced by officials that three prominent amateur players had been added to bolster the none-too-strong Canadian representatives. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association sent Walter Halder and George Mara of Toronto and Andre Laperriere of Montreal as new blood for the team. The following is a thumb-nail sketch of the Canadian team selected last week: Goaltenders Cpl Ross King, 28, 155 pounds, Portage la Prairie, Man.; played junior hockey with Portage Terriors; stationed at Whitehorse, Yukon. Dick Ball, 21, 155 pounds; Toronto; played with University of Toronto 1945-47; third year arts student. Defence Flt. Sgt. Louis Lacompte, 33, 185…
Tacoma Fans Rain Over $500 On Ice After Goalie Jerry Cotnoir. Robbed
TACOMA, WASH.— Tacoma hockey fans opened their hearts and their pocketbooks recently in an impromptu benefit for Rocket Goalie and Mrs. Jerry Cotnoir. The Cotnoirs lost nearly $750 in personal belongings when their car was broken into on a recent Tacoma road trip. Fans heard of the misfortune and showered well over $500 on the ice in cash and currency between periods of a recent Vancouver-Tacoma Hockey game. When Cotnoir skated back on the ice the money was awaiting him in a box at the goal mouth. Hockey is only In its second year in Tacoma but bumper crowds and the Cotnoir incident are among the reasons why Tacoma is fast becoming one of the best hockey town on the West Coast. Co-owners of the Tacoma franchise are Dave Downie, Gordon Teel, and…
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