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October 6, 1948

The Hockey News October 6, 1948

SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;Depending, of course, on what comes out of the training camp at Sault Ste. Marie. Mich., &ldquo;Mud&rdquo; Bruneteau&rsquo;s Omaha Knights of the United Staes Hockey League should be a formidable outfit this winter. Bruneteau is more than pleasde with the players he has in training here at Saskatoon and figures his club should pack considerably more all - round power than it did when hitting the playoffs last spring.Terry Sawchuk will be missing from goal, but Omaha will come up with another dandy young net man. Possibly Jim Shirely of Saskatoon, who has been sensational in workouts here to date. Shirley last season played with the Saskatoon Junior Quakers and built up such a record that he was named the leagues all-star goalie.Reliable Sam Lavitt has been going better than ever and seems all set for a wonderful season, and there&rsquo;s a couple of brand new blueliners that have Coach Bruneteau raving: Benny Woit and Bill Folk. Woit, however, is so good that he may even by-pass the Knights and move right into an N.H.L. berth with the Detroit Red Wings. Folk is a big, hustling rearguard who will be popular wherever he plays.Among forwards in training camp here George Homenuke, Bernie Strongman and Motto McLean, all well known to Omaha fans, have been hitting a terrific clip in workouts, particularly Homenuke. Strongman, of course, is the same reliable Bernie, a real team player and one of the best types any club could have.New possibilities for the Knights&rsquo; front lines are two Saskatoon boys, Keith Burgess and Vic Howe. The latter is the kid brother of Detroit&rsquo;s star, Gordie Howe, and the youngster shows great promise. Burgess, a flashy wingman, played standout hockey for the Saskatoon Senior Quakers last winter, just missing the Roo-kie-of-the-Yer Award in Western Canada senior hockey play.There are several other boys who have impressed Bruneteau at the training camp here, but of course he will have to wait until he sees what prospects there are in the East before making final decisions. Bruneteau will take his men to Detroit in the near future along with other prospects for the Detroit Red Wings, the Indianapolis Capitols and the Windsor, Ontario, Spitfires.The Omaha coach is definitely impressed with his findings at the camp here and only hopes there will be equally good players in the East.The Omaha Knights will open their home season against the Tulsa Oilers on Thursday, November 4th, at the Coliseum. &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

“Mud” Bruneteau Sees Formidable Team For Omaha

When Lethbridge Native Sons were ousted in the Memorial Cup finals last spring by Port Arthur Bruins, Eddie Dorohoy was laid up with a bad knee. However, on his first appearance at Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens he arrived on crutches just as the Bruins were leaving the ice after a strenuous practice.With as cocky a look as possible, he yelled at the Lakeheaders, &ldquo;Say, I could play better than that on crutches!&rdquo; &#9632;

HE TOLD ‘EM!

NEW YORK, N.Y.New York Rovers, doing double duty by playing in the Quebec Senior Hockey League and the Eastern United States Hockey League last winter, didn&rsquo;t do so well, but they have some plans to change all that next winter. That&rsquo;s according to Coach Frankie Boucher of the parent New York Rangers, who says the Rovers will have a vastly stronger team with which to swing into action when the 1948-49 campaign opens.Boucher says every effort will be made to turn the Rovers into a strong contender, and he&rsquo;s confident they&rsquo;ll better their showing of last winter when they finished sixth in the seven-team Q.S.H.L. They will be coached by &ldquo;Phiery Phil&rdquo; Watson next season, replacing Freddie Metcalfe who was taken ill during the 1947-48 playoffs. The scrappy Watson should be able to instil a lot of fight in the New Yorkers.<h2>Help Coming</h2>The Rovers may come Into possession of some sparkling hockey players this year. The Rangers are considering sending players not quite ready for the National or American leagues to the Rovers instead of St. Paul in the U.S.H.L. Should the Rangers adopt this policy then the Rovers will be decidedly stronger than last year when they won but 14 of their 48 league contests.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01185/1098253-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="568" height="1288"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phiery PhilPHIL WATSON</figcaption></div>Larry Kwong, Hub Anslow and Ronnie Rowe appear to be ticketed for professional ranks. Among the holdovers from last season are Hal Gordon and Bob Decourcey, both goalkeepers, Gerry Glaude, Fernand Perrault, Andy Lambrecht, Vai Delory, Doug Toole, Joe Wood and Gordie Hogge. Herb Foster, Bob Brenchley, Dick Kotanen, Andy Giokas, Vic Corbin, Rollie Duranceau and Maurice Corteau are not expected back with the Rovers this season.19-year-old Guy Leclerc, sensational young netminder who played with Valleyfield last year, is going to Lake Placid, N.Y., where the Rangers and Rovers will train jointly under the watchful eye of top Ranger officials and scouts.<h2>Junior Talent</h2>Others who will work out with the Rovers in September include a number of players from the Lethbridge Native Sons, Memorial Cup finalists last year, Frank Bathgate from Vancouver, Andre Corriveau, also with Valleyfield in 1947, Kenny Biggs of Verdun-Maple Leafs, Mervin Bregg of Calgary, Jimmy McMahon and Ronald Montgonomy of Winnipeg, Andre Charest of Quebec Aces, Louis Flynn, a junior with Quebec Citadels last season, and Arthur Kirk and Joe Plyga, both from Western Canada.Bill Watson and Robert Wheelans, re-instated professional players with St. Paul last year will also be at the Rovers&rsquo; training camp as will Martial Pruneau and Jean Lafond, members of the Dolbeau Castors, Canadian intermediate champions. &#9632;

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Phil Watson Is Named New York Rover Coach

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash; Canadiens&rsquo; star right winger, Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard, came to terms with the Montreal management early this year, signing his 1948-49 contract last July 20. This was quite a contrast to his performance of last year, when he didn&rsquo;t ink his John Henry until a scant half hour before the schelude opened.The high scoring Rocket plans to be in top shape for the coming season, when he is a cinch to pass the 200-goal mark. He now has 187 counters in regular season play, and would have passed the double century last spring except for the fact that he had a poor season (for a Richard) and scored only 28 times. &#9632;

Early Rocket

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0119/1098542-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"></div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash; It&rsquo;s going to be a close race in the N.H.L. this winter &mdash; you can take that on the word of Frank Boucher, New York Rangers Coach. It will be so close, in fact, that smooth Frankie won&rsquo;t go out on a limb and predict just how the teams will finish.Cast fall he called the final standing with uncann accuracy, hitting it exactly on the button. So, says Boucher, after that perfect performance he doesn&rsquo;t want to try again and wreck his record as a crystal ball gazer deluxe.It&rsquo;s going to be a topsy-turvy race,&rdquo; Frank says. &ldquo;The top team last year could easily finish last, and Last fall he called the final standing with uncanny vice-versa. Beyond that, I won&rsquo;t say a word!&rdquo; &#9632;

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Great Predicter Won’t Take Limb!

<div class="byline">By BAZ O&#x2019;MEARA</div>Ken McKenzie has issued a clarion call for us to do a bit of light, family forecasting regarding the outcome of the forthcoming N. H. L. race which at first glance might seem to be an easy task for a predictor of the old school.Usually we can call on Claire the Clairvoyant, Harry the Horoscope man, or Swami Sam, but all seem to have gone to parts unknown, so we are strictly on our own. Being a chap who steps in where angels fear to tread, We trust that nothing we say will be used in evidence against us come next April, but with a fine disregard for statistics, precedent and what not we will take the plunge, and if we go wrong hope that public memory will be shorter than usual.Being a firm believer in the old theory that you can&rsquo;t go too far wrong if you string with a champion we call Leafs to finish in top again. This despite the loss of Apps and Metz. This too, despite the assertion of Connie Smythe that their loss is greater than realized.<h2>HAVE SMART PLAYERS</h2>Granted that Syl Apps was a great inspirational factor, a good ice general, and a terrific competitor candor compels the assertion that if he played this year he would be operating on borrowed time. Ditto for Nick Metz.Maple Leafs have had the happy faculty through the years of coming up with inspirational players. They still have a couple in the sack, and don&rsquo;t be surprised it Kennedy, their fighting centre, doesn&rsquo;t rise to many an occasion. Smythe and Day have the happy faculty of rousing their players to supreme heights when necessary, so we don&rsquo;t think they will run short of the inspirational stuff.<h2>LEAPS BENEFIT</h2>For our money Leafs got somewhat the best or is it the better of that deal with Rangers. They secured a good journeyman centre in Gardner, a chap whom the smart Canadian coach Dick Irvin rates very highly. They have secured rearguard packing in Juzda. It your memory is good you will recall that Rangers started to go places last year when they brought Juzda back. He gave a lot of authority to their defensive measures. He may not be neat, he may not be gaudy, but he is highly effective.Leafs still have a young, hard fighting team with players like Eziuicki, Kennedy, Thomson. Max Bentley whose lexicon along with that of others on the squad does not know the Word quit. The rookies are well qualified and some of them are future stars. It is a well handled team and should always be there or thereabouts during the race.Leafs Favored To Repeat In NHL<h2>WINGS SECOND</h2>Taking a line on what they showed last year, you have to put Red Wings in second place. True they trained off a trifle and waned more than a little at the finish, but they have a young team with an exceptionally good defence, such hard tryers as Lindsay, Howe, Abel, the Morison brothers, Pavelich and some of the newcomers on the way up. The defense is very good from Lumley outward with the prospect that Kelly and Quackenbush will be particularly effective.Out of the depths, where they reposed last year, we are going to plant Canadiens in third place. True it is somewhat the same team, but this year they have a high spirited, ambitious aggregation anxious tn redeem last year&rsquo;s sorry showing.As the teams finished last year, this was the best club in the league. You can&rsquo;t discount a team that has a potential forty goal getter like Richard, a great centre like Lach, a tremendous defense fronting Durnan, a remarkable goalie, who last year didn&rsquo;t have as good a season as usual. Given improvement by Reay, two better lines to help the Blakeless Punchers, and you have all the ingredients of a contending club. Games to date have revealed that Canadiens have regained a lot of their old sparkle.<h2>BOSTON FOURTH</h2>Boston is never very far from the playoffs. For that reason we give them fourth place by a nod. They still have Brimsek and a pretty god defense in front of him. They have in Schmidt one of the real greats of-all time, a&rsquo;sensationalist who is rated by opponents as the best of the Bruins. There is Sandford, Pierson, Ronty, Babando, Wilson, and others who, if they lack something in finesse, rate high in aggressiveness, and ability to go the route. This is a tough club that seems to us to have more ability in the main than Rangers and Chicago.Rangers one would think would do even better than last year, but they can&rsquo;t count on a collapsing Canadien club to help them to rise to the top. Unless we miss our gues that unfavorable balance against Canadiens in games lost to Rangers, will be considerably reduced this year. This is still a veteran club, and, while they have some good rookies they will have to mature before they can expect to replace some of the fading veterans.<h2>HAWKS FOR CELLAR</h2>Stanowski will give them color, a certain competence, but we don&rsquo;t think he will be an adequate replacement for Juzda. Morris, a minor leaguer, may help a little, but unless Boucher can come up with a miracle like he did last year, when O&rsquo;Connor and Eddolls proved sucb brilliant editions, we can&rsquo;t put them higher than fifth and hope we are wrong at the same time.Black Hawks still have a rebuilding program ahead. It doesn&rsquo;t help Francis to have the top brass proclaiming that they are on the lookout for another goalie. He is a fine custodian, a much better one that he is given credit for, but no goalie can operate at top speed under such, conditions. Hawks still look a bit weak on defense. They appear to be a club that will have to score about four goals every game, because they will be heavily scored against.Charlie Conacher, who handled them so well last year, may find that his driving tactics won&rsquo;t work so well this season. After you have to have top line material, but if Hawks were so endowed then Charlie could be a quiet coach instead of a &ldquo;Holler Guy&rdquo;. At that Hawks might get hway to a fast start and turn our predictions up side down. This wouldn&rsquo;t be anything new for us.As they stand we see them in the following order: Leafs, Detroit, Canadiens, Boston, Rangers and Hawks. If they don&rsquo;t wind up in that order just file and forget. &#9632;

Red Wings Seen In Second Spot, Canadiens Third

<div class="byline">By FRED A. HUBER, Jr.</div>SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.&mdash;Living up to their reputation as the first National League club to take the ice, Detroit Red Wings have brought 79 hopefuls into this American city in preparation for the opening of the league campaign.With Manager Jack Adams overseeing the daily four shift sessions, the club has begun to round into shape with great balance and amazing speed.Drilling daily at the Pullar Community Building, a year &mdash; round ice arena, Adams has had his lieutenants, Ott Heller and Jimmy Skinner, driving the boys so effectively that several veterans have reached a surprising early peak.The club lost no time in plunging into competition. Arriving on September 7 the entire group took the ice for the first time two days later, and on the sixth day of skating played their first pre-season game. Two days later they were again in competition.Led by the oldest player in the camp, Captain Sid Abel, the Wings won both games from Indianapolis by scores of 4-2 and 6-3. The two games produced surprising hockey. More back checking than is usually in evidence in the early meetings, and a great amount of body checking marked the tilts. As a result the defense appeared to be far more advanced.<h2>McCAIG IN SHAPE</h2>One of the chief sources of pleasure to Adams was the sound return of Doug McCaig. The just recently married the Branford defense man donned skates for the opening workout for the first time since he fractured his ankle against Canadiens, January 12. Despite his size, he being a 200 pounder, big Captain Crash reported in top condition, close to playing weight. He admitted some leg strain in the first three workouts, but at the end of that time said he felt perfectly normal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0186/1097080-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="516" height="809"><figcaption class="caption-body">Back In FormDOUG McCAIG</figcaption></div>Despite the amount of contact which has marked both the games and the drill-the club has been free of major injuries. Most serious of the casualties were rookie defense man Larry Zeidel and veteran right wing Pete Horeck. The former suffered a broken toe, the latter a sprained wrist.The bulk of last season&rsquo;s Wing squad has been at the Eastern camp, with the group including Harry Lumley, defense men Doug McCraig, Bill Quackenbush, Leo Reise, and Red Kelly. Veterans include Abel, Ted Lindsay, Marty Pavelich, Bep Guidolin, Horeck, Jim Conacher, Eddie Bruneteau, and Fern Gauthier. In addition the camp Includes a number of Omaha and Indianapolis players, and a host of amateurs, Including several of the Windsor Spitfires who are seeking to clinch their first professional berths.<h2>TWO NEW PLAYERS</h2>Two players in the camp are being tried in new positions. One is Jack Taylor, blond right wing from Hamilton who spend last season in Windsor. Taylor has been given a thorough test at center ice, while Waikko Lund, the husky defense man secured in the seven-man trade between Indianapolis and St. Louis two days before the opening of camp, has been moved up to left wing for a look-see.Following the 16 days on Ice locally the squad, minus a dozen players who had fallen by the wayside, moved to Detroit for another fortnight prior to the opening of the N. H. L. campaign.The casualitles, In the main, were local players or youngsters who had requested tryouts. However two surprises came when defense man Fernand (Butch) Houle and left wing Earl (Skip) Frezell failed to last until the camp was concluded. Houle played regularly on defense for Windsor last year, until sidelined with a fractured wrist late in the season, while Frezell saw considerable duty with the Spits.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0275/1097073-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1156" height="1389"><figcaption class="caption-body">Shows Home FolkMARTY PAVELICH of the Wings, a product of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario&mdash;just across the border from the Detroit training camp at the Michigan Soo&mdash;gets in a few licks to show friends from the home town just how well he&rsquo;s going this, fall.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Red Wings Show Early Balance And Speed

DETROIT, Mich &mdash; Tickets for the four home games which the Red Wings will play in the month of October, went on sale at the Olympia Stadium box office, Sunday, October 3, at noon, It has been announced by Charlie W. Escoe, Building Manager and Box Office Treasurer.At the same time Escoe announced that season reservations, held from last year, which had not been renewed, would be voided and included in the general sale. &#9632;

RED WING TICKETS GO ON SALE EARLY

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0370/1097142-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Time Marches OnVETERANS OF THE WINGS are Manager Jack Adams (left) and Captain Sid Abel, shown here advertising their terms of service with the Olympians. Adams has been around the Wings 22 years, while Abel after eight years Is the oldest player in point of service with the club</figcaption></div>He&rsquo;s a quiet little fellow, slim in build but with a comprehensive knowledge of hockey and a keen understanding of men. That&rsquo;s Tommy Ivan, coach of the Detroit Red Wings. Tommy had his club leading the league for a greater part of the season and took them into the Stanley Cup finals, where they were beaten by the Toronto Maple Leafs.Now hockey fans are wondering how he will do in his sophomore year. If Ivan is worried, he doesn&rsquo;t show it. The way he has his team flying in practice makes you feel they&rsquo;re going to be tough to beat this season.Ivan is the only coach in the National Hockey League who did not play in the majors. That in itself is something of a record.He came up through the Detroit farm system. In 1937 he was coaching Brantford Lions in the O. H. A. Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo;. Then in 1940 when the Red Wings sponsored Guelph Biltmores, Tommy was in charge. When Detroit moved its sponsorship to Brantford, Ivan went along to handle the club.<h2>Makes Jump</h2>He then went into the Canadian Army until 1945. Jolly Jawn Adams, then coach of the Wings, arranged for him to handle the Detroit farm club in Omaha. From there he went to Indianapolis and last season made the jump to &ldquo;Big Time&rdquo;.So impressed were readers of The Hockey News with Ivan&rsquo;s ability, that they named him their all-star coach last year.When he moved up to take over the Motor City squad many wondered how he would be received by players. It didn&rsquo;t take long before they were sold on him. They are convinced he knows his hockey and respect his coaching ability.This season he has been working his club hard. The boys are out to take the Stanley Cup. And Tommy plays no favorites. In training camp the veterans sweat it out with the rookies. Probably one of his greatest assets is his knack of building club spirit. He handles a happy team.<h2>He&rsquo;s Boss</h2>He&rsquo;s boss of his club. When he took over the coaching reins from Jolly Jawn Adams, who became general manager, Adams stated that he had no intention of interfering with Tommy. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s his team,&rdquo; Adams said.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0453/1097135-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="553" height="850"><figcaption class="caption-body">A SophomoreTOMMY IVAN</figcaption></div>Tommy has often been asked if he uses the coaching system built up by his predecessor. The answer is always no. Ivan points out that he still sticks to the methods that paid off during his long career of handling hockey teams in various other leagues.He likes men who hustle. Back-checking Is one of the points he stresses to all players, be they seasoned stars, or young hopefuls.How will Detroit do this winter? Tommy refuses to make any predictions. But if pre-season indications meant anything, Detroit fans should see their outfit near the top all year. &#9632;

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Tommy Ivan Is Now Moving Into His Sophomore Season As Wings’ Mentor

<div class="byline">BY KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0186/1097180-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Get Those Kinks OutNOT ALL THE PRE-SEASON hockey training takes place on the ice. Here are the Toronto Maple Leafs working loose muscles by using the medicine ball. A few of them seem to be enjoying it.</figcaption></div><h2>Toronto Seeks Third Straight Victory Sweep</h2>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;In an all out effort to win their third Stanley Cup in a row and become known as the &ldquo;Grand Slam&rdquo; team of hockey, the world champion Toronto Maple Leafs wasted little time in minor frivolities at their training camp here this Fall.Right from Sunday night, September 19, when the 26 players attending the camp checked into the Welland House, home of the Toronto club here, the order was work and more work. Coach Happy Day, anxious to pilot his fifth Toronto squad to a Stanley Cup, drove his charges In a Simon Legree fashion.A firm believer of the old theory that a team not in the best of condition isn&rsquo;t worth a hoot. Day puts an extra effort into getting his players into top physical condition in the quickest possible time. So hard did he drive the team during their first one-hour practice on the morning of September 20, that several of the top stars were unable to eat the lunch that followed at 12.30. Max Bentley, one of hockey&rsquo;s super stars, was one of the players affected this way. Little Max, noted for his finicky eating habits, took one mouthful of the tasty lunch and had to leave the table in a hurry.<h2>Reveille At 6.45</h2>The day starts early at the Maple Leafs camp. Reveille is at 6.45 a.m., with the players reporting in the lobby of Welland House at 7.15 in windbreakers, running shoes etc. all ready for their morning walk. Hap Day, who incidentally is a marvellous physical specimen, leads the players in this 15 minute walk around the streets of St. Kitts.At 7.30 these hungry young pucksters sit down to a breakfast of orange juice, cereal, boiled eggs, toast and milk. There isn&rsquo;t much talk as the players &ldquo;wolf&rdquo; down their breakfast in preparation for a very active day.From 9 to 9.30 a.m. there is a chaik talk, at which time Coach Day goes over the rules thoroughly, stressing any innovations for the coming season. &ldquo;I like my players to be familiar with the rules right from the start,&rdquo; Day said. It is at these&rsquo;chalk talks that certain offensive and defensive formations are gone over and worked out to a point where every player is familiar with just what to do in a certain situation.From 9.30 to 10.15 every morning in the St. Catharines Armouries, the Stanley Cup winners are put though their physical jerks under the supervision of a competent P.T, instructor.It isn&rsquo;t until 11 o&rsquo;clock in the morning that the team finally takes the ice. An hour&rsquo;s strenuous scrimmage between the Blues and the Whites is usually the order of the morning practice. Conn Smythe, president and manager of the Leafs, scrutinizes these practices closely. Attired in a flying suit to protect his wounds suffered in the war, from the cold Smythe is very much a part of these workouts. Sitting right behind him writing down the goals, assists and what players were on the ice when goals were scored is the genial head scout of the Toronto organization, George &ldquo;Squib&rdquo; Walker.Walker is kept busy continuously throughout the practice making notes and observing the players&rsquo; reactions to certain situations. Ed Fitkin, director of publicity for the Leafs, and several Toronto newspapermen are usually located a few seats back of Smythe.These workouts are no sinecure as every player battles it out for a position on the squad. Even though they&rsquo;ve just copped two Stanley Cups in succession, there is still that same hungry atmosphere among the players. Every position on the team with the possible exception of one or two spots is always wide open at the start of the training sessions and the more aggressive and ambitious hockey players commit everything short if mayhem in the workouts, in an attempt to land a regular berth on the team.<h2>Players Fight Hard For Spot WithCupTeam</h2>Lunch is served at 12.30. This meal usually consists of a vegetable salad and cold meats topped off by plenty of fresh milk and wholesome bread.After lunch the players have a few minutes rest &mdash; and only a few minutes, because by 2 p.m. Coach Day is out on the ice, whistle in hand, directins certain forward lines and defense pairings through their paces. This parctice is known as a formation workout and different forward lines and defense groups work out daily.Two forward lines will take turns rushing against two defensemen and the goalie. This is a bearcat of workout and the players work themselves into top physical condition faeter this way than in any other form of exercise.Written on the timetable, which every one of the 26 players received, is &ldquo;Leafs report for Golf at 3.15&rdquo;. The Toronto management looks favorably upon these golf games among the players, figuring that golf is a great game to strengthen the legs.Included among the Toronto players are several low handicap golfers, Bill Ezinicki and Turk Brods&rsquo; being two of the better players, although there are several who can tour the links in figures only slightly higher than par.At six p.m. it is dinner time. The tired and famished group of athletes have to wear business suits for dinner and some of them look pretty sharp attired in their latest finery as they put on their best table manners in downing a steak.At 11 o&rsquo;clock it&rsquo;s lights out! In a very few minutes afterwards our stalwarts can be heard snoring over the transoms. They waste little time in sliding off to sleep as it isn&rsquo;t very long before a voice at the other end of the phone says:&ldquo;It&rsquo;s 6.45 &mdash; time to get up!&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0268/1097173-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="2926" height="1147"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hero Worship &hellip; Watch The WindowsTwo leaf players, Jimmy Thomson and Joe Klukay take time out from the busy grind of pre-season training to sign autographs for a few admirers who may some day be in the N.H.L. themselves.EVEN THOUGH it&rsquo;s hockey time, the boys can&rsquo;t forget the fairways. Here&rsquo;s Garth Boesch showing Max Bentley and Vic Lynn just how to break pdr although the instruction takes place in one of the Welland House corridors.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Work and More Work Training Camp Theme

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01154/1097218-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Practice Session They Like!HERE ARE THREE CANUCKS and a minor league coach eating breakfast with vigor before taking off for the rink at St. Hyacinthe, Que., where Montreal Canadiens held their training camp. Shown here manhandling the victuals are, left to right, Lex Cook, coach of Dallas Texans, a Habitant farm team, Rocket Richard, Doug Harvey and Gerry McNeil. (Photo by St. Jean)</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;When Montreal Canadiens failed to make the National Hockey League playoffs last season, it marked the first time in 19 years of coaching that a club handled by Dick Irvin missed the post-season classic.That, for grey-headed Dick, was nothing short of tragedy. For some reason or other the Habitants were unable to click during the 1947-48 campaign.This time it&rsquo;s going to be different, Dick claims. The Canadiens have been drilling hard and are in a better frame of mind at tins time than they were a year ago. The boys are in excellent condition and moving faster. They&rsquo;re even talking playoffs.Irvin made his debut as an N.H.L. coach in 1929-30 with Chicago. He spent two years with the Black Hawks nine with Canadiens. During that time he has &lsquo;piloted three of his teams to the Stanley Cup. He was at the helm of the Leafs when they took the prized &ldquo;mug&rdquo; in 1931-32 His Montreal clubs of 1943-44 and 1945-46 also took the highest award hockey offers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02139/1097211-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="250" height="385"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Irvin</figcaption></div>In the four years previous to last season, Irvin and his Canadiens had won the N.H.L. league crown four times straight. To have his squad suddenly fold as It did in 1947-48 was something that shook Richard to his boots.He would like nothing better than to win both league title and Stanley Cup in his twentieth year as a &ldquo;Big Time&rdquo; mastermind.One of the most heartening things as far as Dick is concerned is the return to form Of Billy Reay. This lad found the going tough last year but has been flying in training sessions as well as In exhibition games.Maurice (Rocket) Richard and Elmer Lach are another brace who bring a gleam to Irvin&rsquo;s eyes as he watches them in action.Dick was born at Limestone Ridge, just a short distance from Hamilton, Ont., July 19, 1892. Seven years later his family moved to Winnipeg where he attended school and first took to the ice lanes.For several years he played amateur hockey around Winnipeg and in 1913-14 accepted $700 to play with Portland Rosebuds of the Pacific Coast League.When World War I broke out, Dick hurried to join the Fort Garry Horse. Hostilities over, he was reinstated as an amateur and joined the Regina club.At 33, he had a fine civilian job. He was urged to forget hockey. But the game was in his blood. He signed with Portland and had a great season, finishing second to Bill Cook in scoring.Shortly after, the Portland club was sold to Major Frederic McLaughlin of Chicago and along went Irvin. In December of his second season with Chicago, he was knocked to me ice by &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Dutton of Montreal Maroons, and suffered a fractured skull. He was sent home for the remainder of the year. Next season he returned but only played a few games before being sent on a scouting trip prior to taking over as coach of the Hawks for two years.Released by Major McLaughlin, he was promptly signed by Toronto Maple Leafs. Right from the start Irvin enjoyed remarkable success. He bought them their first Stanley Cup in 1932, and his teams were never far out of contention.He was liked by fans and player for his personally and understanding of hockey. Following a minior diagreement with Conn Smythe Dick took over Montreal Canadiens where his work has been nothing short of sensational.Irvin wants to win both the League title and Stanley Cup this year which is his 20th in the &ldquo;Big Time&rdquo;. The way his club has been flying in pre-season training is making some of the experts feel that it could be. &#9632;

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Dick Irvin Starting 20th Season In NHL

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;No one watching Montreal Canadiens in their pre-season drills will underestimate the Habitants in the coming National Hockey League season. While they will take to the ice with practically the same team that finished fifth, and out of the playoffs last Spring, Coach Dick Irvin and General Manager Frank Selke are sure things will be different this year.First of all there is a much better spirit prevailing among the players. They are full of pep and are even talking playoffs. Several, whose form last season left much to be desired, are really flying and the entire club is in much better physical condition. Coach Irvin has been shaking up his forward lines during practices as he tries to find added fire and scoring punch. With veteran &ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake, left wing on the famous &ldquo;Punch Line&rdquo;, now coaching Buffalo Bisons, Dick is busy trying to locate a replacement.Jacques Richard, younger brother of Maurice (Rocket) Richard, took over the chore in a few workouts as did George Robertson, with Montreal Royals last season.<h2>Consistent Line</h2>Robertson worked In very well with Elmer Lach and &ldquo;The Rocket&rdquo; and it&rsquo;s possible that he may take the coveted spot.Probably the line which has shown the most consistent, form is that of Bill Reay-Joe Carveth and Rip Riopelle. These lads have been flying. In fact, the work of Reay has been outstanding and he seems to have regained his old form.Old &ldquo;Hard Rock&rdquo; Murph Chamberlain has been going great guns. He had been working with rookies Bing Merluk and Doug Anderson, both up from the Allan Cup winning Edmonton Flyers. Merluk and Anderson have since returned to Edmonton to play again this year.Bill Durnan has been brilliant in the nets, and while young Gerry McNeil, regular goalie last season with Montreal Royals, has been more than steady, he can&rsquo;t match the smooth performance of Durnan.Ken Reardon, Butch Bouchard and Glen Harmon look almost like youngsters on defense the way they&rsquo;re checking and blocking.Gerry Plamondon, Fernand Gladu, Bobby Filion, Jacques Locas, Doug Harvey and Tod Campeau are others who have been tearing up and down the ice in almost mid-season form. &#9632;

Montreal Players Determined To Make Stanley Cup Playoffs

<div class="byline">By BRETT JESSUP</div>NORTH BAY, Ont.&mdash;Chicago Black Hawks should be one of the best-conditioned clubs in the National Hockey League when they wind up their training camp here early this month.Coach Charlie Conacher, determined that his charges will be in top physical trim, has driven them mercilessly through ice drills and calisthenics.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01107/1097273-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="529" height="979"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hopes HighCHARLIE CONACHER</figcaption></div>They&rsquo;ve played softball in full hockey regalia (except skates, of course) and they&rsquo;ve raced around the ball stadium which adjoins the arena here. Then, with scarcely a pause, they&rsquo;re on the blades again, scrimmaging, skating, practising stops and starts. There&rsquo;s simply no let-up In the Chihawk camp.Most advanced line in the Hawk camp at this writing appears to be the Doug Bentley - Bill Mosiengo-Roy Conacher unit, which amassed 131 points last season.<h2>Bentley Punished</h2>The hard-driving Bentley, taking severe punishment along the route, scored two goals, as did Conacher, when the Hawks whipped the Kaycees-8-4. Defencemen Bob Goldham and Bill Gadsby Chipped in with one each, while singletons also went to Metro Prystai and Red Hamill.Promising rookie Don Slater sniped a pair for Kansas City. Others were fired by Doug Baldwin and Ken Cook.Joe Conn, trying for a regular rearguard berth with the parent team, looked effective. He was the fifth man on the blueline patrol in the exhibition contest.Thus far, there have been no serious casualties In the Hawk-Pla-Mor camp. Only injury was a brpken hand suffered by Harry Groves during a scrimmage. But none of the big name players has been hurt as Conacher along with President Bill Tobin keep their fingers crossed.<h2>Tobin Attends</h2>Tobin, who arrived in North Bay fighting a bad chest cold and laryngitis, found himself confined to hospital for the first few days, but was soon up and around. Wherever the little dynamo goes, there&rsquo;s action. &#9632;

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Black Hawk Boss Cracks The Whip In Workouts

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0290/1097304-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sophomore Black HawksFLYING FORTS of Chicago, this trio of second-year men are out to better their stellar showing of last year after they were traded by Toronto Maple Leafs as part of the 5-for-2 deal that took Max Bentley to the Smythe camp. Left to right are Bud Poile, Gus Bodnar, and Gaye Stewart, the N.H.L.&rsquo;s leading scoring line In 1947-48. All three hail from Fort William, Ont.</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill. &mdash;Chicago Black Hawk followers are hoping for a new deal this season which will see their National Hockey League team move out of the cellar and take a place in the sun. Fans in the Windy City are rabid. They take their hockey seriously. At present, although the league opener is over a week away, there is a fairly optimistic feeling around the town.Main reason is. one Charlie Conacher, who is starting his first full season as coach of the Hawks. Last year Chicago got away to a poor start. They lost game after game. In an effor to bolster morale, President Bill Tobin moved Johnny Gott-selig from the coaching chore, upstairs to become general manager.Right from the start Conacher made his presence felt. Always a fighter when he played with Toronto Maple Leafs years back, he was able to instill that same will to win in his club.Under his direction the Hawks made a gallant bid to make the playoffs but it was too late. They had lost too many games before Conacher took over in December.Charlie takes his hockey seriously. During a game he&rsquo;ll practically sweat off pounds as his charges tear up and down the rink. It was the same when he handled Oshawa Generals in the O.H.A. Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo;. He would pound the boards and holler in an effort to let off excess steam.<h2>Drill &rsquo;em Hard</h2>This season he&rsquo;s drilling the Hawks with stern hand. Work and more work. Conacher intends to ice a well-conditioned outfit, ready to go the full 60 minutes in high gear. His main worry is trying to fill the goalkeeping job. That&rsquo;s been a Hawk weakness for a couple of years.Emil (The Cat) Francis and Al Rollins are fighting it out for the coveted spot. Chuck is spending a lot of time with the two boys, showing them the knack of blocking sharp-shooting forwards.Whether Chicago makes the Stanley Cup finals or not, fans can be assured of a team full of fight and spirit.Conacher was a member of Toronto&rsquo;s famous &ldquo;Kid Line&rdquo; back in the 1930&rsquo;s. He worked right wing with Joe Primeau at centre and Harvey Jackson on right. &#9632;

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Hawk Fans Pin Faith On Charlie The Coach

CALGARY, Alta. &mdash; Calgary Buffaloes of the newly formed Western Canada Junior Hockey League have signed former N.H.L. star Lorne Carr to do the coaching. &#9632;

Carr To Coach

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0370/1097359-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="258" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Emile Francis</figcaption></div>NORTH BAY, Ont.&mdash;One of the most heartening things about the Chicago Black Hawks training period was the manner in which Emile (The Cat) Francis defended his job from rookie A. Rollins. While Francis hasn&rsquo;t won the coveted job as yet, his form so tar has been very steady. The fight between the two lads is expected to go on right to the wire before the Hawks masterminds make their final choice.Even former N.H.L. great Tiny Thompson, who donned the pads himself and gave the two aspiring Hawk goalies a demonstration of covering the angles, won&rsquo;t pass judgment yet on either Francis or Rollins.Rookie Don Slater, who fired two goals for Kansas City recently, also has earned himself a trip to Midland with the parent club and likely will be used as a wing Slater showed speed to burn and gave an all-round performance.Jim Bedard, bruising defenceman, will join regular rearguards Bob Goldham, Ernie Dickens, Ralph Nattrass and Bill Gadsby. Slater and Bedard will be the only new faces in the line-up.The Hawk camp continued to be casualty-free. Only Harry Groves of Kansas City, who suffered a broken hand, is on the injury list. &#9632;

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Francis, Rollins Battle For Hawk Goalkeeping Job

The 1948-49 campaign will be the 23 rd season of activity for the New York Rangers. &#9632;

An Anniversary

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1, 1947Published by Hockey News Company, 603A Sun Life Building. Montreal, Que.Yearly Subscription Price $2.50 in Canada &mdash; $3.50 in U.S.A.Authorized as second class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa.Printed in CanadaVOL. 2 OCTOBER 6, 1944 No. 1By this time next week the race will be on in most professional and amateur hockey circuits, and the teams will be off from the barrier in what promises to be the biggest and best season ever enjoyed by the World&rsquo;s Fastest Sport.The pre-season training grind and the warm-up exhibition tilts will be but a memory for another year, and the teams will be going all out in the serious business of jockeying for position and fighting it out down the long trail that will end next March or April in a burst of glory for the chosen few and disappointment for the rest.There was a time when professional hockey stole the early-season thunder from the amateurs, but this year it&rsquo;s different. Although hockey as a whole will enjoy its earliest opening on record, it was left to an amateur loop to break from the gate and get under way first. The Quebec Senior Hockey League takes the honors for 1948-49 with an unprecedented October 9 opening date slated to inaugurate the tough season-long grind.The American Hockey League and the Pacific Coast Hockey League lead the pros into action, with the curtainraisers scheduled for next Tuesday, October 12, in the thriving A.H.L. and the P.C.H.L., newest member of the professional fraternity.Wednesday, October 13, will see the National Hockey League and the United States Hockey League get their seasons underway. From then until late next spring, the rinks will be resounding with the excited yells of partisan crowds and the ice surfaces will be carved with the speeding blades of the veterans and the youngsters, the old reliables and the young hopefuls.Other amateur circuits will swing into action in the days following the pro openings, with the end of October and the early part of November seeing play going on in virtually every loop of consequence.Time was when the amateurs wouldn&rsquo;t start regular league play until shortly before Christmas &mdash; and sometimes even later. But erection of artificial ice plants in practically every city, town and village, along with the increased interest in the game and the demand, for more and more hockey, has changed all that.<h2>RECORD PRO LINE-UP</h2>Indicative of the mushrooming growth of hockey is this year&rsquo;s record list of professional teams which will see action. In four pro leagues, from coast to coast and covering the territory from north to south, no less than 35 teams will heed the starting gun next week.Six clubs, the same as last year, will compete in the N.H.L., professional hockey&rsquo;s oldest organized league; 11 teams will once more vie for honors in the A.H.L.; eight will be scrambling for the championship in the U.S.H.L.; and 10 more newcomers to full-fledged play-for-pay ranks will see action in the P.C.H.L. in its its first season under the professional banner.Hockey, which once was confined to the frigid season and the colder spots of Canada and a small section of the United States mid-West, now knows no boundaries. When the referee drops the puck at the opening faceoffs of games In the &ldquo;Big Four&rdquo; of the game, professional hockey will be underway in cities from Boston to San Francisco; from Vancouver to New York; and from Chicago to Houston.In none of those cities, probably, will be temperature be far away from freezing; and in cities like Dallas and Houston, San Francisco and Los Angeles, the thermometer will likely be hovering in the high 70&rsquo;s or low 80&rsquo;s. But that doesn&rsquo;t make any difference to today&rsquo;s enthusiastic fans &mdash; it&rsquo;s the game that counts, and where or when it is played doesn&rsquo;t matter.Small wonder then, that the future of hockey never looked brighter than it does today &mdash; that prospects never were better for a bumper, crowd-pleasing season than will be the case next Tuesday and Wednesday when the professionals skate on the ice to usher in the 1948-49 campaign.Interest is high among the fans; advance sales of tickets indicate another top-flight year at the box office; the game is fast gaining in popularity wherever it has been introduced, and new cities are clamoring for admission to the select circle; and along with it all, amateur hockey is keeping pace with the demand for more and better players to fill the ranks of clubs in the Big Top.The 1948-49 season is about to make its debut &mdash; the stage is set for the greatest season ever. &#9632;

GREATEST SEASON LOOMS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01180/1097438-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>LIKES OUR CARTOONIST</h2>Dear SirI have been a subscriber of THE HOCKEY NEWS for a long time and enjoy it very much. The pictures and features and several times I have been glad to find articles on my favorite players and teams.But, for my part, the best feature appearing in THE HOCKEY NEWS is the cartoons by Kavetski. They always seem to hit the nail right on the head, You can&rsquo;t print too many for me.Could you tell me something about him? What&rsquo;s his age and where does he live? Is he connected with any newspaper or hockey club?Jean KrantzChicago.(Glad you think Kavetski does a good job. We feel he does. You&rsquo;ll be surprised to know that he&rsquo;s only 16 years old. Hockey is his favorite sport and he loves to do cartoons about the game. He is not a newspaperman as yet, although there is little doubt but what he will be some day. He has no affiliation with any hockey club but tells us New York Rangers are his pet team. He lives in Kingston, Pa.)<h2>LEAVE IT TO FRANKIE</h2>Dear Sir,First of all I would like to say how much I enjoy THE HOCKEY NEWS. To my mind it has filled a long needed want. Now what I would like to know is how you, the editors, think the National Hockey League teams will finish this season.Knowing you are experts (?) I feel sure that other readers would also be interested. I promise not to hold it against you come next fall if you should be wrong.Stan RobinsonDetroit(Thank you for your confidence in us. Frankly something happened to our crystal ball and we are therefore unable to answer your question ourselves. However, Frank Boucher, coach of the New York Rangers was asked the same query and here&rsquo;s his reply: &ldquo;The N.H.L. race this season is unpredictable. The top team of last year could finish last this term and the bottom club could finish first. In fact, the middle team last year could go either up or down. It&rsquo;s going to be a battle all the way.&rdquo; Confusing isn&rsquo;t it?)<h2>HAS A COMPLAINT</h2>Dear Sir,This is my first letter to THE HOCKEY NEWS and I&rsquo;m sorry it&rsquo;s a complaint. Why don&rsquo;t you print more stories about amateur hockey? Out here we have an excellent junior league as the record book will show. Several of our clubs have won the Memorial Cup during the past and yet there is little about them in your otherwise valuable paper.I like your stories on N. H. L. players but a few on some of the leading amateurs would also be nice.Andy PearsonWinnipeg(Andy, my lad. We are gotng to do our best to see that all amateur hockey is covered. There are times when it is difficult to secure the necessary information in time to print it while it&rsquo;s still news. However, look for full coverage in the future.)<h2>NO CROSSWORDS!</h2>Dear Sir,Have noted several references in The Fan Forum regarding more crossword puzzles. It&rsquo;s my opinion that THE HOCKEY NEWS being devoted to hockey should not waste space with crossword puzzles, when anyone can find &lsquo;em in almost any ordinary newspaper or in crossword-puzzle books at the news stand.Gerald A. RayMiddleton, N.S.<h2>STANOWSKI FAN</h2>Dear Sir,During the years I followed Toronto Maple Leafs, my favorite player was Wally Stanowski. While I know that many will not agree with me, I always liked his dashing style.There were greater defensemen in the league, but I was always thrilled when Wally took off one one of his spectacular rushes. It was with regret I read he had been traded to Rangers. Do you know where he was born and what team in amateur hockey he played with?Syd ParnellQuebec, P.Q.(Wally is a Winnipeg lad and played junior hockey with St. Boniface Seals, a club now defunct. They won the Memorial Cup when Stanowski was with them.)<h2>PROGRAM COLLECTOR</h2>Dear Sir,I want to congratulate you on your fine paper. It is something hockey has needed for a long time. I was lucky enough to get all the copies so far and now want to renew my subscription for another year.One thing I would appreciate Is securing a copy of the program used in last year&rsquo;s All-Star game in Toronto. It for a collection of programs I am making.Perhaps some other reader of THE HOCKEY NEWS will help me out if you will print this in The Fan Forum.Norman B. BheaNiagara Falls, N.Y.(Glad to oblige, Norm. How about it, fans? Here&rsquo;s Mr. Bhea&rsquo;s letter. Any programs? Norm&rsquo;s home address in Niagara Falls is 520 Fifth St.)<h2>MORE GAMES?</h2>Dear Sir,Your editorial concerning the 70-game schedule was very closely read and I must say I disagree with the plan.I have had a subscription to all N.Y. Ranger games since the 1936-37 season and I for one would appreciate more games. I can&rsquo;t see the point, however, of steady customers &ldquo;whistling&rdquo; for a seat to five games. There are enough tickets to be had during the season for the stragglers and out-of-towners. I feel certain that the five extra games &ldquo;dedicated to those who cannot see games during the regular season&rdquo; will not suffice.Paul M. RuskinNew York 58, N.Y.<h2>ON SHUTOUTS</h2>Dear Sir,How many shutouts have the following goalies scored while playing in the N.H.L.: Turk Broda, Frank Brimsek and Jim Henry?With what team did Geo. Homenuke play during the 1946-47 season? What number did he wear in the 1947-48 season with Dallas?Bill Chorney Sheho, Sask.(Here&rsquo;s the dope from our research department, Bill: Broda, 23 shutouts regular and 7 playoffs; Frank Brimsek, 18 regular and 2 playoffs; and Henry, 5 regular and 1 playoffs. Homenuke was with Omaha, in the USHL league, in 1946-47 season; sorry, no info on his Dallas number.)<h2>BRIMSEK FAN</h2>Dear Sir,Orchids to THE HOCKEY NEWS. It&rsquo;s the best paper of its kind in the world. I have always been a fan of Frankie Brimsek, Boston&rsquo;s goalkeeper. I wonder if you could tell me whether he ever won the Calder trophy for being the outstanding rookie and has he ever played for any other N.H.L. team?Keep up the good work and let&rsquo;s have more news of the Bruins.Joe M. PetersSpringfield, Mass.(Yes, Brimsek won the Calder trophy in 1938-39. He&rsquo;s always been with the Bruins in N. H. L. competition.)<h2>THANKS, MRS. POILE</h2>Dear Sir,Please allow me a small space in your paper to compliment you on the fine job you are doing in. publishing THE HOCKEY NEWS. It is very interesting reading, and a great benefit for all interested hockey fans to be kept up to date with all the data and highlights of the game.We folks in Western Canada are very proud of the fact that a great number of our boys are in the lineups of the various leagues.In closing I wish THE HOCKEY NEWS the very best of luck and continued success for many years to come.Mrs. R. PoileFort William, Ontario.<h2>CUT ROUGH STUFF</h2>Dear Sir,Please don&rsquo;t feature brawls or any form of poor sportsmanship just for the sake of a juicy picture. I&rsquo;m quite certain that hockey fans want a good clean game of hockey and not a boxing or wrestling match.Please don&rsquo;t think I want pictures of the dainty or &ldquo;chicken&rdquo; type players. When I&rsquo;m out with the fellows the more I&rsquo;m knocked around, the more fun the game is.Let&rsquo;s have more pictures of sharp stick handling and the odd positions the players get into when trying to get out of tight places. Yours truly. The World&rsquo;s Zaniest Hockey Fan.William J. Burgess<h2>WANT ROSTERS</h2>Dear Sir,This year I&rsquo;m going to keep detailed hockey statistics. Could yon please inform me how I can tell, in your pajjer, when a player is credited with a game played? May I suggest you publish the rosters of as many teams as possible in your paper.Jim RobbinsDear Sir,Three cheers for THE HOCKEY NEWS, an excellent paper which maintains a reader&rsquo;s interest completely from start to finish. I have been receiving the paper since the end of March, and my wife enjoys it as much as I do.I should like to know if yon could possibly print the rosters of the teams at their training camps. It would give the people of the cities they represent a line on what the team might have.Keep up the good work, and if you can some time I would appreciate an article on Johnny Mahaffy and Eddie Bush of the Philadelphia Rockets.David A. McGuffin, Jr.Phila. 7, Pa.(THE HOCKEY NEWS intends to publish rosters of all majorleague teams in the near future. Aside to Mr. McGuffin: We can&rsquo;t promise just when, Dave, but we plan to publish articles on all popular players in onr forthcoming Issues. Keep watching!)Dear Sir,May I offer congratulations to ou for putting out such a swell aper. For the first time I&rsquo;m able to get information about all the eague&rsquo;s players.One thing I would like, however, is to see more action pictures.Could you tell me whether &ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake has retired from hockey or will he be back with Canadiens this winter? To me he&rsquo;s the best player Canadiens have, including Rocket Richard.Pierre GirousSt. Boniface, Man.(Blake, following his broken ankle of last season, has decided to call it a day. He is now coaching Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey Ijeague. We&rsquo;ll see what we can do about more action shots.) &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

One ex-Ranger replaced another when Wilbert (Dutch) Hiller succeeded Johnny Polich recently as coach of the Los Angeles Monarchs of the Pacific Coast Hockey League. &#9632;

In the Family!

Only four National Hockey League players tallied more than 30 assists last season. Two of these were Rangers &mdash; Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, with 36, and Edgar Laprade, with 34. &#9632;

Helping Hands

BRANDON, Man. &mdash;The Cleveland&mdash;Minneapolis hockey school which has been going great guns here came up with several good prospects. Nine amateurs recently signed professional contracts. These included Johnny Black, Edmonton Flyers, and Jimmy Fairburn, last season with Regina Caps.Black will probably line up with Cleveland Barons while Fairburn is a cinch to play with Minneapolis. Gordon Watters, a star with Winnipeg Canadiens a year ago, is another who will likely jump to Minneapolis.Others who have inked contracts include Lou Mathieu, Kirkland; Joe Lafrance, North Bay; Steve Kraftcheck, Hamilton: Walt Samanski, Whitby; and Leo Luchinl, Cadoinin, Alta. These boys will probably go to San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League, a Cleveland farm club. &#9632;

Barons Sign Nine At Hockey School

BOSTON, Mass &mdash; Boston Bruins have concluded arrangements to play an exhibition game in Providence, Monday, October 11, with the Providence Reds of the American League, thus completing a schedule of five pre-season exhibition games, before the opening of the National Hockey League season in Toronto on October 16 and in Boston, against the Chicago Black Hawks October 20.The Bruins will play exhibition games at Hershey, Pa., with the Hershey Bears October 6 and ft and with the Springfield Indians at Springfield, October 10. &#9632;

Boston Bruins Schedule Five “Ex” Contests

<div class="byline">By FRED W. EDWARDS</div>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.&mdash;While this story is primarily a preamble on the 19481949 prospects of the Minneapolis Millers of the United States Hockey League, it may be of general interest to know that all United States Hockey League clubs will be undergoing drastic changes in their personnel as a result of a new ruling limiting the number of players to be carried by any one club to 15.For the Millers, who lost the 1947-1948 championship to the Houston Huskies in the matter of remaining seconds in the fifth and deciding game of a best-in-five series, it means a high scale renovation, in as much as they carried 21 players last season. Most other clubs will be similarly affected.<h2>Sell Four Players</h2>Even before the Millers and their American League colleagues, the Cleveland Barons, opened their joint training camp at Brandon, Manitoba, last month, the Millers had done considerable pruning with tho outright sale of four players, defenseman &ldquo;Sandy Milne, center-forward &ldquo;Stan&rdquo; Robertson, goalie Tommy Karakas to the Portland club of the Pacific Coast League and center-forward &ldquo;Normie&rdquo; Burns to the Springfield club of the American Hockey League.That Coach Bill Cook, returning for his third straight season, will have his hands full to fashion regulars and rookies into a winning combination under the new player-limit rule goes without saying.He is fortunate, however, In having several seasoned campaigners, along with a crowd of promising high-grade rookies from which to make his selection.Of the old guard he will have such reliables to build up around as Goalie Harry McQueston, who has been one of the league&rsquo;s foremost puckblockers in the three years he has been with the Millers; defensemen Gordon &ldquo;Moose&rdquo; Sherritt, Ian &ldquo;Fritz&rdquo; Fraser, Carl Kaiser and Bill Allum, together with forwards &ldquo;Artie&rdquo; Strobel, Earl Bartholome, Tommy Forgie, Walter Hergesheimer, Stan Smith and Walter Melynk.In addition it is not unlikely that the Miller-Baron farm clubs of San-Francisco, Brandon and Winnipeg will produce a promising youngster or two for both sponsors, while, of course, the Millers will acquire a player or two from their working partner if they should have need for them.All things being considered it would seem as though the Millers have every reason to feel optimistic over their new contender and for Miller fans to look forward with interest to the opening game of the season in Minneapolis, Saturday, October 16, when the Dallas Texans are the visitors. &#9632;

Player Limit Cut To 15--U.S.H.L. Clubs Trimming

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;Frank Selke, general manager of Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League, has announced that he has completed a deal with Seattle of the Pacific Coast Hockey League to try for the services of Eddie Dartnell and Bill Robinson.Both men played with Seattle last year and were born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Once they were with Quebec Aces. Selke Intends to sign them If he can.Eddie Majur, with Winnipeg Monarch juniors last season has also been signed by Montreal&rsquo;s farm club at Dallas in the United States Hockey League. &#9632;

Habitants Seek Seattle Players

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01130/1097476-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"></div><h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Chicago forward pictured in center.6&mdash;What goalie tends.7&mdash;&ldquo;Baz&rdquo; Bastien&rsquo;s real given name.9&mdash;Number of clubs in NHL for which pictured star has played.10&mdash;Fred Cook&rsquo;s nickname.12&mdash;Detroit defenseman.13&mdash;Pictured player is 5&rsquo; 8&rdquo; in this (abbr).15&mdash;Hush!16&mdash;Short for first name of Lesieur, former coach of Providence Reds.18&mdash;Pictured player is 32 years.20&mdash;Short for first name Reardon, Canadiens defenseman.22&mdash;Initials of Unger, of Spring field Indians.23&mdash;Pittsburg Hornet right winger.26&mdash;&rdquo;Bep&rdquo; Guidolin&rsquo;s real given name.28&mdash;Initials of a center for Canadiens.29&mdash;Middle name of Ralph Almas.31&mdash;Strikes opponent with open hand&rsquo; to incur major penalty.<h2>DOWN</h2>1 &mdash; Pictured player is one (two words).2 &mdash; Springfield netminder.3 &mdash; One of Canadiens defensemen.4 &mdash; Initials of 2 Down.5 &mdash; A requisite in curling, a sport which pictured player also enjoys.8 &mdash; Half an em.10 &mdash; Nickname of Buffalo club (sing.).11 &mdash; Omaha Knights play in this league (abbr.).14 &mdash; Initials of brother of 20 Across.17 &mdash; Number of minutes in a misconduct penalty.19 &mdash; First name of pictured player.21 &mdash; First name of Bartholome, MinneapolIs center.23 &mdash; Month in which Carl Liscom-be celebrates birth.24 &mdash; Nickname of Walter Atanas.25 &mdash; Pictured player is one to Chicago fans.26 &mdash; Nickname of Quebec club in QSHL (sing.).27 &mdash; Pictured player&rsquo;s brother.30 &mdash; Continent on which ice hockey originated (abbr.)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02129/1097469-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="600" height="813"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01163/1097675-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">MICKEY ION</figcaption></div>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Frederick James &ldquo;Mickey&rdquo; Ion has been signed to coach and supervise the referees in the Pacific Coast Hockey League for the coming season.Mickey, 62 - year - old veteran of the ice game, will have complete charge of the new eight man P.C.H.L. staff. A school will be held in Seattle or Vancouver the early part of this month where Mickey will coach and instruct the new officials. They will be teamed in pairs and will devote their full time to officiating and, as near as possible, each set will work the same number of games in each city.One of the greatest officials to ever handle a hockey game Mickey will need no introduction to old hockey fans In the Pacific Northwest where he started officiating in 1912 in the old Pacific Coast major league. He went east in the early twenties and worked in the National Hockey League until the start of world War II in 1941. He was Referee-in-Chief in the National Hockey League and acted as assistant to Frank Calder, President of the National Hockey League at that time.Probably no better man for the job could have been obtained. Certainly no official was ever more popular than Mickey ahd although no accurate record is available of the number of games he officiated, it&rsquo;s a safe bet that he has refereed more hockey games and more Stanley Cup play-off games than any other official.You can look for a very much improved brand of officiating this coming season in the Pacific Coast Hockey League, with Mickey playing ragtime on that puck piccolo of his. &#9632;

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Mickey Ion To Head Pacific Coast Loop Refereeing Line-Up

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash; Johnny Pierson&rsquo;s father is an Insurance agent in Montreal, where the starry Bruins&rsquo; comer now makes his home. Pierson senior writes all insurance on the Montreal Forum, home of Les Canadlens, and thereby hangs a tale.The Habitants were interested in young Johnny at one time, and approached his father to get him signed, but the elder Pierson turned them down on the grounds the youngster was going to college. Next thing the Habs knew, Johnny turned up at the Bostontraining camp. &#9632;

Pierson’s Pop Vetos Hub Bid

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;Vancouver Canucks, one of the two Canadian entries in the Pacific Coast Professional Hockey League, are becoming the &ldquo;spendingest&rdquo; team in the loop.Owner Coley Hall recently completed a deal that brought Wilbur Hewson, last year with Fort Worth, into the fold.The signing of Hewson completed a $22,000 player transaction Hall had with Eddie Shore.Hewson, along with five other players acquired from Shore, reported to the Canuck training camp in Vancouver, which opened October 5.The Canucks will operate this season with a working agreement with Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League. Already Hall has bought four players from the Hawks, including goalie Doug Jackson.Though not confirmed officially, Bus Brayshaw, who played in Vancouver during the 1942 season with New Westminster Lodestars, is reported as returning to the coast. Fresno of the Southern Division has first call on Brayshaw&rsquo;s talents, but Vancouver, with a bigger bankroll, may get him first.The Canucks now have 15 experienced professional players on the roster. At least 12 simon-pures, willing to play for pay, will turn out for the first practice skirmishes. &#9632;

Vancouver Club Removes Elastic From Bankroll

SEATTLE, Wash. &mdash;The Seattle Ironmen have been making some progress towards giving Seattle a first class professional Hockey Club. While not much has been said about this year&rsquo;s team, we feel that now is the time to give forth with a little news. The Seattle Club will work in conjunction with the Providence Reds of the American League. Providence won the American League title last season. This hook-up proved to be one of the best in pro. hockey as neither club has any other obligations.Providence now has some forty pro players under contract and this should assure Seattle of a strong contender.The Seattle and Providence clubs started training in Three Rivers, Quebec on Sept, 19, and the Seattle Club reported in Seattle around the first of October.<h2>League Much Stronger</h2>The league promises to be much stronger than last season as the Coast clubs are busy signing both younger and heavier men. It is not expected that too many of last year&rsquo;s players will remain in the circuit this season with so many young professionals being made available to the Coast League.The Seattle Hockey Club has signed Dave Downie as Coach this season, a move which has the approval of the Providence Club as Dave had some of their younger boys last season and they were very happy with the way he brought them along. The Tacoma Club was not given much chance to finish out of the basement last season but, largely through Coach Dave Downie they proved to be the toughest opponents in the League. Anyone who watched the Tacoma Club, of last season will know that Seattle will have the fightin&rsquo;est club It has ever had. Seattle is Dave&rsquo;s home town and. he is certainly very happy at the prospects of trying to give Seattle a winner.Dave finished his pro hockey career in Seattle after many years in the East where he saw service with such clubs as Windsor, Syracuse and Toronto Maple Leafs. We feel sure that Seattle fans will wish him well in the town which, in Dave&rsquo;s own words, &ldquo;Tops &rsquo;em all&rdquo;. &#9632;

Seattle Out To Build WinningHockeyTeam

Veteran hockey fans can&rsquo;t understand baseball&rsquo;s excitement about Bobo Newsom&rsquo;s pilgrimage from one major league club to another. The ice game had Carl Voss who played with seven National League clubs in only six seasons, beginning with the New York Rangers in 1932-33 Voss then moved on to perform for Detroit, Ottawa, St. Louis, the New York Americans, Montreal Maroons and, finally, Chicago. &#9632;

On the Move

<div class="byline">By JIM ELLERY</div>NEW YORK&mdash;With the October 12 opening game date less than a week away, the eleven teams which comprise the American Hockey League are all busily engaged in their training camps throughout the United States and Canada. Most of the camps have been in operation two or three weeks, with the clubs having conducted amateur tryout schools for young prospects before the regulars reported for their conditioning grind. Every team in the circuit has been strengthened since last Spring, by trades, obtaining new professionals from farm clubs and the acquisition of many newcomers from the amateur ranks.The Buffalo Bisons, with a new coach in Hector &ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake, at the helm, opened camp in Montreal, Quebec, on September 19. General Manager, Art Chapman, provided Blake with 45 professional and 35 amateur players from which to select his squad. With Hal Jackson going to Hershey in a trade for Jack McGill, Wilf Field now coaching Houston in the United States League and Mike McMahon retiring, new members were needed for the defense corps.They are expected to come from Bob Blake of Houston, Lloyd Finkbeiner of Dallas and newcomers Tom Johnson, Ray Gariepy and Jimmy Galbraith. Four stellar forwards in the Bison camp are George Agar, Hub Macey, Joe McArthur and Kenny McKenzie, all with Houston last season.Agar set a new USHL record of 112 points in winning the scoring championship last year.The defending champions, Cleveland Barons, carrying an undefeated string of 27 regular season games from last season, opened their camp at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, on September 23. Never a team to stand pat even though being champions, the Barons will have many amateur prospects In camp as well as the better members of the Minneapolis Millers of the USHL trying for berths. That a newcomer will have to be good to break into the Baron powerhouse lineup is a known fact, as practically all of last season&rsquo;s smooth working hockey machine are still around.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01148/1097823-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="577" height="880"><figcaption class="caption-body">Prize RookieBUFFALO Bisons are high on the ability of Ray Gariepy (above) who has shown class galore at their training camp. He is expected to gain a regular spot with the &ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake coached squad in the American League.</figcaption></div>Most publicized amateur in camp is Johnny Black, rated as being close to Bobby Solinger who last season was the greatest rookie to make a professional debut in many years. Black played for the Allan Cup Champions, Edmonton Flyers, last season. Another strong addition to the Baron lineup will be high scoring Bryan Hextail, just obtained from New York Rangers.<h2>Prospects Good</h2>The Hershey Bears in conjunction with Boston of the National League and Tulsa of the USHL opened training in their own beautiful Hershey Arena on September 26. The Bears acquired defenseman Hal Jackson and forward Jerry Brown from Buffalo during the off season, giving up Jack McGill in return. The rest of last season&rsquo;s team is expected to return, and these players in addition to a host of prospects from Tulsa and the amateur ranks should provide the Bears with a very strong lineup.The combined Indianapolis-Detroit - Omaha and Windsor teams have been working out in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan for the past few weeks, with 160 players in camp. Indianapolis, another of the three teams with new coaches this season, will have the veteran defence star Ott Heller guiding their destinies this season.With the Indianapolis organization conducting another camp tryout school in Saskatoon, Canada, plenty of new material is expected to be discovered to bolster the returning stars of last year&rsquo;s Hoosier team. The best players from each camp will be placed on a single squad and taken to Detroit for final weeding out on October 1st.The New Haven Ramblers, again under the guiding hand of Lynn Patrick opened their conditioning period on September 21, at Lake Placid, New York. The Ramblers in connection with New York Rangers conducted two tryout schools this fall, one in Winnipeg, Canada and the other In Lake Placid. Patrick attended both schools and from them gathered together a number of new prosnects for the Elm City team for this season, to augment last year&rsquo;s lineup.The Philadelphia Rockets, which made tremendous strides last season in rebuilding their team, have been in camp at Galt, Ontario, Canada, since September 20. A week before, Max Kaminsky, team manager held a tryout school, to look over the valuable prospects he himself had scouted during the past few months. The Rockets, who jumped their standing points from 17 to 4 9 last season over the previous year, and climbed to a fourth place finish, out of the league cellar, are expected to gain further ground this season.Kaminsky has discovered some fine amateur talent to add to last season&rsquo;s club which boasted the high scoring Phil Hergesheimer, Wally Stefaniw and others such as Mike Narduzzi and Johnny Mahaffy. Two of Kaminsky&rsquo;s brightest prospects are Bucky Buchanan, all-star right wing of the Quebec Senior League last year, and Pat Desbiens who broke the Pacific Coast League scoring record with 68 goals while with Portland.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02128/1097816-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="562" height="871"><figcaption class="caption-body">Three New A.H.L. CoachesWHEN THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE opens the 1948-41) season, three new coaches will be trying to show their worth by winning the championship. Above at right is Toe&rsquo; Blake, Buffalo Bisons. A great player with Montreal Canadiens, Blake should show Buffalo fans a fast skating club. Center is Ott Heller who will be at the helm of Indianapolis Capitals. A veteran defense star with New York Rangers, Heller brings a wealth of knowledge to the Caps. On the left is Frank Beisler, a former AHL player and once coach of Buffalo. Frank has moved to Washington where he&rsquo;ll handle the Lions.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0397/1097809-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="505" height="859"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0483/1097802-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="565" height="868"></div>The Pittsburgh Hornets, always rated high in the Western Division for their defensive plays as scoring ability, will again have a strong lineup. Their star goaltender, Baz Bastien, his expert defense and high scoring forwards began training in Welland, Ontario, on September 19. The Hornets had conducted an amateur school in connection with Toronto Maple Leafs previous to that, and after a tryout session, Coach Bob Davidson came up with what he thinks will be a great &ldquo;kid line&rdquo; for the Hornets this season.The newcomers are Rudy Migay a center, flanked by wings Eric Pogue and Ray Ceresino. All amateur stars last year, they are expected to form a strong unit for the Steel City team this oseason. In addition, Davidson expects to have hard hitting defense star Bill Juzda, and wing Rene Trudell who were acquired from New York Rangers during the off season.A.H.L. Teams Strip Decks For ActionThe Province Reds, under the guiding hand of Terry Reardon, last Beason were the sensation of the league with their scoring, setting many new records. Reardon, with a very successful first year behind him in the coaching ranks, brought his charges into training camp at Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada, on September 23. All of last season&rsquo;s high scorers led by Carl Liscombe who set a new all time professional record will return, in addition to Danny Summers to bolster the defense, and Jackie Hamilton on the front line. Summers was obtained from Indianapolis, Hamilton from Pittsburgh.<h2>More Hope</h2>The followers of the St. Louis Flyers should have much to cheer about this coming season. Through the efforts of Ebbie Goodfellow, now General Manager as well as Coach of the Flyers, a determined bid has been made during the off season to gain a playoff post for the Missouri entry. Goodfellow recently put through a five player for two deal, which will prove of great benefit to the club.He obtained forwards Lloyd Doran, Tony Licari, and Barry Sullivan, defenseman Thain Simon and goaltender Ralph Almas from Indianapolis for Hee Highton and Joe Lund. The Flyers have always had plenty of scoring power with such fine marksmen as Don Grosso, Billy McComb and Paul Gladu, and with these additional three expert scorers a decided improvement will be evident.Weak on defense last season, Simon in addition to two other well experienced rearguards obtained, Johnny Mariucci and Leo Lamoureux, should bolster the main weak spot in the Flyer roster. St. Louis has been in training camp at Midland, Ontario, since September 13th.<h2>Makes Improvements</h2>Never a person to relish being connected with a losing team, Eddie Shore of the Springfield Indians has made a number of improvements in his squad to restore them to a playoff berth this season. In training since September 13, at Barrie Ontario, Shore has one of the largest contingents of professional and amateur squads at any training camp in an effort to give the Springfield fans a winning team. In addition to many great prospects on hand from the amateur ranks. Shore has a host of experienced, men in camp, the best of which will be in the Tribe lineup on opening night.His new acquisitions include goaltender Gordie Bell, forwards Norm Burns, Armand Lemieux, Bob Weist, Leo Curick and a number of players from last season&rsquo;s Ft. Worth team trying for Springfield jobs now. Shore is particularly pleased in obtaining Bell, whom he rates as the best in the AHL. Bell performed for Eddie when he operated Buffalo during the war years, and played a superb game in the nets. Shore is expecting him to be just as brilliant again.<h2>New Coach</h2>The third new coach in the league is Frank Beisle, former AHL player and coach of Buffalo, who will direct the ice fortunes of the Washington Lions this season. The Lions surprised many a hockey observer with their fine showing in the AHL last season, despite it being their first year back in the fold since before the war. Many of the Lions&rsquo; young players, delivered in fine style and with an additional year of both age and experience, should make things quite interesting for their AHL rivals.In addition to these young veterans of last season, Beisler has a number of amateurs in camp at Kitchener, Ontario, to select any replacements he deems necessary* A good experienced goaltender, Paul Gauthier, who has seen plenty of AHL action, has been obtained to replace Gordie BelL With the hard fighting spirit of Beisler to Inspire the team, the young Lions are due to win a goodly share of games this season. &#9632;

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A.H.L. Teams Strip Decks For Action

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01163/1097854-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dons Indian DressOutright sale of center-forward Norm (Normie) Burns by the Minneapolis Millers of the United States Hockey League to the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League has been announced. Burns, who stands 6 feet, weighs 195 pounds and shoots right, turned pro with the New Haven Ramblers. In 57 games in which he participated with the Millers last season he garnered 23 goals and collected 27 assists for a total of 50 points.</figcaption></div><h2>OCTOBER</h2>13 &mdash; Chicago at Detroit14 &mdash; Rangers at Canadiens16 &mdash; Chicago at Canadiens16 &mdash; Boston at Toronto17 &mdash; Rangers at Detroit20 &mdash; Chicago at Boston21 &mdash; Toronto at Canadiens23 &mdash; Detroit at Canadiens23 &mdash; Chicago at Toronto24 &mdash; Toronto at Detroit24 &mdash; Rangers at Boston27 &mdash; Canadiens at Toronto27 &mdash; Detroit at Rangers28 &mdash; Boston at Chicago30 &mdash; Boston at Canadiens30 &mdash; Detroit at Toronto31 &mdash; Canadiens at Detroit<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>3 &mdash; All-Star Game at Chicago6 &mdash; Detroit at Canadiens6 &mdash; Rangers at Toronto7 &mdash; Rangers at Chicago7 &mdash; Boston at Detroit10 &mdash; Chicago at Rangers10 &mdash; Detroit at Boston11 &mdash; Chicago at Canadiens13 &mdash; Canadiens at Rangers13 &mdash; Chicago at Toronto14 &mdash; Canadiens at Boston14 &mdash; Toronto at Rangers14 &mdash; Detroit at Chicago17 &mdash; Canadien at Chicago17 &mdash; Toronto at Boston17 &mdash; Rangers at Detroit20 &mdash; Boston at Toronto21 &mdash; Canadiens at Detroit21 &mdash; Toronto at Chicago21 &mdash; Rangers at Boston24 &mdash; Canadiens at Toronto24 &mdash; Boston at Detroit25 &mdash; Toronto at Canadiens25 &mdash; Rangers at Chicago27 &mdash; Boston at Canadiens27 &mdash; Rangers at Toronto27 &mdash; Chicago at Detroit28 &mdash; Toronto at Boston28 &mdash; Detroit at Chicago30 &mdash; Chicago at Rangers<h2>DECEMBER</h2>1 &mdash; Toronto at Detroit1 &mdash; Chicago at Boston4 &mdash; Rangers at Canadiens4 &mdash; Chicago at Toronto4 &mdash; Detroit at Boston5 &mdash; Canadiens at Boston5 &mdash; Toronto at Chicago5 &mdash; Detroit at Rangers7 &mdash; Boston at Rangers8 &mdash; Detroit at Toronto8 &mdash; Boston at Chicago11 &mdash; Chicago at Canadiens11 &mdash; Boston at Toronto11 &mdash; Rangers at Detroit12 &mdash; Canadiens at Chicago12 &mdash; Toronto at Boston12 &mdash; Detroit at Rangers15 &mdash; Canadiens at Boston15 &mdash; Toronto at Rangers15 &mdash; Detroit at Chicago18 &mdash; Detroit at Canadiens18 &mdash; Rangers at Toronto19 &mdash; Canadiens at Rangers19 &mdash; Toronto at Detroit19 &mdash; Boston at Chicago22 &mdash; Detroit at Boston23 &mdash; Boston at Canadiens23 &mdash; Rangers at Chicago25 &mdash; Rangers at Canadiens25 &mdash; Detroit at Toronto25 &mdash; Chicago at Boston26 &mdash; Canadiens at Detroit26 &mdash; Chicago at Rangers29 &mdash; Boston at Detroit30 &mdash; Toronto at Canadiens31 &mdash; Boston at Rangers<h2>JANUARY</h2>1 &mdash; Canadiens at Toronto1 &mdash; Rangers at Boston1 &mdash; Detroit at Chicago2 &mdash; Toronto at Rangers2 &mdash; Chicago at Detroit5 &mdash; Boston at Toronto5 &mdash; Chicago at Rangers6 &mdash; Chicago at Canadiens6 &mdash; Boston at Detroit8 &mdash; Detroit at Canadiens8 &mdash; Chicago at Toronto9 &mdash; Canadiens at Rangers9 &mdash; Toronto at Detroit9 &mdash; Boston at Chicago12 &mdash; Canadiens at Boston12 &mdash; Detroit at Rangers15 &mdash; Chicago at Canadiens15 &mdash; Rangers at Toronto16 &mdash; Canadiens at Detroit16 &mdash; Toronto at Rangers16 &mdash; Chicago at Boston19 &mdash; Canadiens at Toronto19 &mdash; Boston at Rangers19 &mdash; Chicago at Detroit20 &mdash; Rangers at Canadiens22 &mdash; Boston at Canadiens22 &mdash; Detroit at Toronto23 &mdash; Canadiens at Boston23 &mdash; Toronto at Detroit23 &mdash; Rangers at Chicago26 &mdash; Canadiens at Chicago26 &mdash; Toronto at Boston26 &mdash; Rangers at Detroit29 &mdash; Detroit at Canadiens29 &mdash; Chicago at Toronto30 &mdash; Canadiens at Ranger<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>2 &mdash; Rangers at Boston2 &mdash; Chicago at Detroit3 &mdash; Toronto at Canadiens3 &mdash; Detroit at Chicago5 &mdash; Boston at Canadiens5 &mdash; Rangers at Toronto6 &mdash; Canadiens at Detroit6 &mdash; Toronto at Boston6 &mdash; Rangers at Chicago9 &mdash; Canadiens at Toronto9 &mdash; Rangers at Detroit9 &mdash; Chicago at Boston10 &mdash; Chicago at Rangers12 &mdash; Detroit at Toronto12 &mdash; Rangers at Boston13 &mdash; Canadiens at Chicago13 &mdash; Toronto at Rangers13 &mdash; Detroit at Boston16 &mdash; Detroit at Rangers16 &mdash; Boston at Chicago17 &mdash; Toronto at Canadiens19 &mdash; Rangers at Canadiens19 &mdash; Boston at Toronto20 &mdash; Canadiens at Rangers20 &mdash; Toronto at Chicago20 &mdash; Boston at Detroit23 &mdash; Boston at Rangers24 &mdash; Canadiens at Chicago26 &mdash; Detroit at Canadiens26 &mdash; Chicago at Toronto27 &mdash; Detroit at Rangers27 &mdash; Boston at Chicago<h2>MARCH</h2>2 &mdash; Canadiens at Toronto2 &mdash; Rangers at Chicago2 &mdash; Detroit at Boston5 &mdash; Boston at Canadiens5 &mdash; Rangers at Toronto5 &mdash; Chicago at Detroit6 &mdash; Canadiens at Boston6 &mdash; Toronto at Rangers6 &mdash; Detroit at Chicago9 &mdash; Canadiens at Chicago9 &mdash; Toronto at Detroit9 &mdash; Rangers at Boston12 &mdash; Rangers at Canadiens12 &mdash; Boston at Toronto13 &mdash; Canadiens at Rangers13 &mdash; Toronto at Chicago13 &mdash; Boston at Detroit15 &mdash; Boston at Rangers16 &mdash; Rangers at Detroit16 &mdash; Chicago at Boston17 &mdash; Toronto at Canadiens19 &mdash; Chicago at Canadiens19 &mdash; Detroit at Toronto20 &mdash; Canadiens at Detroit20 &mdash; Toronto at Boston20 &mdash; Chicago at Rangers &#9632;

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE 1948-49 SCHEDULE

Pentti Lund, newcomer to the New York Rangers, was born in Helsinki, Finland. A right wing acquired in trade from the Boston Bruins, Lund is six feet tall. He won the Eastern Amateur League scoring championship in 1946-47, with 92 points. &#9632;

Line On Lund

Four all-time New York Rangers records were broken and another was tied in the 1947-48 hockey season. Two of the new marks were team standards while the others were individual achievements.Phil Watson, veteran forward who won the Macbeth Trophy as the most valuable Ranger in the Stanley Cup playoffs, broke one standard and equaled another. By assisting on three goals in the playoffs, he brought his lifetime Stanley Cup assist total with the Rangers to 20, topping the previous mark of 19, held by Neil Colville.The mark for most seasons in which a player scored 30 or more points for the Blue Shirts was tied by Watson. His 33 points last year represented the seventh campaign in which he achieved that feat, equaling the prior accomplishment of Frank Boucher, Cecil Dillon and Bryan Hextali.Don Raleigh, rookie center, set a National League as well as Ranger record for fastest three assists when he aided in three goals in 8.1 seconds against the Montreal Canadiens last Nov. 16 in Madison Square Garden. &#9632;

New York Breaks 4 All-Time Club Marks In 1947-48

<div class="byline">BY LLOYD SAUNDERS</div>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;There&rsquo;s an old saying-that hockey should be cut down, that players shouldn&rsquo;t have to stay with the game from the last of August to the end of April. Well that may be true, but out here in Western Canada we heard chatter all summer and right now while the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Calgary Stampeders and the Saskatchewan Roughriders clip each other for a crack at the Grey Cup, emblematic of Dominion football supremacy, the hockey aggregations have moved in and taken over much of the pigskin thunder.The club favored is the Regina Caps. The Saskatchewan capitol entry were favored to win the gravy last year, but a playoff slump caught them and helped the Edmonton Flyers move along the trail.The capitol executive then looked for a coach and came up with Art Somers. He&rsquo;s a former professional with New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks. Artful Artie has a handful of top drawer material. Trying out for goal are last year&rsquo;s regular Johnny Sofiak, and Bev Bentley, a nephew of the famous brothers. Max and Doug. On defense the Caps will rely on regulars of last year, namely Vic Myles, Gus Kyle, Norm Grinke, and Harvey Barnes.Up front, Somers is counting heavily on two top notch players who have played superior hockey in the National League. They are Mel &ldquo;Sudden Death&rdquo; Hill and the veteran Dave &ldquo;Sweeney&rdquo; Schriner. Dave really looks good.Other amateur players working out with the club are Red Tilson, last year with Seattle, Chuck McCullough of Fresno, Red Staley of the Regina Junior Pats, Hermie Gruhn of Vancouver, Ab McDougall. Bill Kyle, Gordie Staseson, Joe Schmidt, Dutch Van Deelan, Lou Hauck, Toby Brown, Jack Wilkie of last year&rsquo;s club.<h2>Senior Champs</h2>The Edmonton Flyers, last year&rsquo;s Allan Cup winners, will again be handled from the bench by Frank Currie. It&rsquo;s expected that a few of last year&rsquo;s players will be missing. At the moment only Johnny Black who went to Cleveland, and Al Rollins to Chicago will he missing.However, Doug Anderson, Bing Merluk and Bud McPherson are working out with the Montreal Canadiens and they may all make the grade. On the blueline will be Pug Young, Doug Lane, Gordie Watt apd Gordon Buttrey, all holdovers of last year, while on the attacking force will be Billy Maher, Fred Smitten, Alex Pringle, Elmer Kreller, Andy Clove-chuk. all from the championship squad.<h2>Several Veterans</h2>Up Saskatoon way, coach Bobby Kirk will have a problem lining up a powerful club. The Quakers aren&rsquo;t paying the dough amateur players want and will more or less rely on young blood.However, oldtimers like Ken McCauley, Reg Bentley, Billy Johnson, Ron Montgomery, Keith Burgess will be back. Newcomers like George Stevens, Bob Gray, Bill Sloboda, will help fill the holes. Mike Shabaga, the team&rsquo;s top playmaker last year, has left the club for a job with Owen Sound.Very little is known about the Lethbridge Maple Leafs. They&rsquo;ll be coached by former professional Pete Slobodian who may possibly play when needed too. They have veterans like Malley Hughes, Jack Taggart, Steve Latoski and Grant Hall. A long list of juniors will also be trying out for the club.<h2>New Faces</h2>Calgary &lsquo;Stampeders will likely have several new faces to throw over the boards this year, as many of their veterans have decided to hang up the blades. Jack Arbor will coach and Dave Dutchak will manage. In goal it&rsquo;ll be Russ Dertell, while on defense It will likely be a wide open fight for berths.Mike Yashchuck of last year&rsquo;s Winnipeg Flyers os a newcomer to the front line and Chuck Millman of the Vancouver Canucks will be angling for a defense berth. Huddleston, of Trail, will also try for a rearguard spot.Holdovers from last year are Bobby Brownridge, Ken Hunter, Dune Grant, Butch McDonald, Tony Desmarais. Stan Devicq and Doug Cairns. &#9632;

Regina Caps Build Strong Team In Western Canada Senior Loop

<div class="byline">By BOBBY HEWITSON (Toronto Telegram)</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01162/1097957-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">CLARENCE &ldquo;HAP&rdquo; DAY is seen talking to Rene Trudell and Cal Gardner, who were with New York Rangers last year and now with Toronto Maple Leafs. It must have been a funny story to judge by the wide smiles worn by the three. Day feels that the two will help add scoring punch to his Stanley Cup champions.</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;&ldquo;Clarence Day, the perfect professional athlete.&rdquo; Looking back over the &ldquo;file&rdquo; on &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; Day recently we came across those six-words. And it struck us that it fitted the Maple Leaf coach to perfection.For from the time he tossed aside his amateur card and took up the cloak of professionalism in hockey. He has been the perfect professional athlete in every sense of the word.Yes, &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; Day can look back over a long spell in sport and find nothing that he would like to hide. He came into professional sport out of college hockey. That in those days was something. Pro hockey in 1924 didn&rsquo;t have the sound position it has today. The senior amateurs were strong. They had the public attention. The pros didn&rsquo;t have the &ldquo;class&rdquo; they have now. Some of those in pro company just wouldn&rsquo;t have been admitted into the &ldquo;best circles&rdquo;.So when &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; made the jump, it brought about an upturn in public opinion toward the pros. And as others like Day made the jump so did the pros gain ground and the senior amateurs lost some ground. Not only did the pros add good hockey players but they added players, too, who were held In public esteem. Day helped to start that trend and for that pro hockey can give him a vote of thanks.<h2>Model Hockey Player</h2>Day was always a model hockey player. Mind you, he had his fun. Had his jokes on his teammates just as is teammates had jokes on him.But he played sport seriously. Condition&mdash;top condition&mdash;was always his main forte. Since retiring from active play he has continued that top condition for himself.Looking further into our files we came across something of interest. It said &ldquo;A Public School team in Owen Sound first attracted Clarence Day to the game of which he was to obtain fame and fortune. The players had to purchase their own sweaters and this found young Day, on the outside. However, a kind friend came to his aid financially and he made the team In a hurry. Attending High School at Midland, Happy would walk five and a half miles to and from Port McNicoll for a game of hockey.Long after his mates had retired for the night, the hard blond youth could be noticed tramping along the road to Port McNicoll with his stick and skates over his shoulder. Day played left wing and center during four years withthe Midland O.H.A. junior team and one season with the intermediate club from the same town.&rdquo;From Owen Sound he went to, Hamilton where he played with the Tiger seniors of that city for two seasons. It was with Tigers that he found his spot as a defense man. A flying puck from the stick of Lou Hudson hit Johnny Brackenborough of Tigers in the eye and brought about the loss of an optic. Tigers asked Day to try his hand at the defensive job and he did&mdash;with success.How Day came to join the Toronto pros has been told before but Is certainly worth the&rsquo; retelling. He came to the University of Toronto to attend the College of Pharmacy. He played for Varsity seniors. Charlie Querrle It was who talked him into turning pro and Day did so only on condition that he would not lose too much time at his studies and lectures. His turning pro made the headlines on the sport pages of those days.<h2>Up Forward For Time</h2>When he turned pro he also returned to the forward line and his line-mates were none other than Jack Adams, now head man of Detroit Red Wings, and Babe Dye, then a high scoring right winger. Day played on left wing and Adams at centre.Reams and reams could be written about &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; Day. But he is not the ballyhoo type and that Is why reams and reams are not written. In fact we have argued time and again that too little is said about the coach of the Leafs.However, that is the way he wants it.Many fans perhaps do know &mdash; though many may not &mdash; that &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; and ambitions to own his own drug store. In fact when the Gardens first opened the present restaurant&mdash;onow operated by Dick Dowling&mdash;was Day&rsquo;s emporium. It I didn&rsquo;t last, however. &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; gave up the idea of being a druggist and instead became an employee of C. Smythe sand and gravel pits. He&rsquo;s still there. &#9632;

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Coach Day Was Always Perfect Pro Athlete

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash; Drowning claimed the life of 19-year-old Allan Leonard this summer, nipping what astute observers had predicted would be a brilliant hockey career. The youth was a high scoring right winger with Verdun Cyclones of the Junior J.A.H.A. in the past season, and had been signed by New York Rangers, who later, sold his contract to Montreal Canadiens. &#9632;

Tragic Death

LAKE PLACID, N.Y.&mdash;With the opening of the National Hockey League just a week away, New York Rangers have been busy getting ready for the long grind ahead. Manager Frank Boucher isn&rsquo;t fooling during practice sessions as he drives his charges hard. One of his main worries is to find a pair of wingmen capable of working with the high scoring Buddy O&rsquo;Connor.Last season Buddy was flanked by Bryan Hextail and Phil Watson. Hextall has since been sent to Cleveland while Watson has taken over the chore of coaching New York Rovers.Penttl Lund is almost a lead pipe cinch to play one wing spot. Boucher, during part of the training period, had tall Clint Albright, who was with Winnipeg Reo Flyers last season, filling the other wing position.Albright fitted in like.a glove It was only recently that the Ranger coach was able to convince Clint to give up his Universlty schooling for a season and join the Blue Shirts.<h2>Well Built</h2>The Winnipeg youngster is a well built boy who has a bullet shot. He worked well with O&rsquo;Connor and it is now possible that Boucher has solved his main problem on left wing.Among the freshmen, are Duncan Fisher, right wing and Nick Mickosh, left wing and center. Both are promising rookies and have been going great guns. They displayed their talent when they were rushed into action to replace injured men In the Rangers final playoff game with Detroit last winter.Both came up from Ramblers, for which club Fisher netted 59 points in his first pro season. Mickoski&rsquo;s rise was even more rapid, for he began the 1947-48 campaign with the Rovers, moving up to New Haven in mid-season.Other first-year candidates include Harry Bell and Jack Lancien, defensemen; Ken Davies, Hub Anslow, Fern Perrault and Bill Watson, forwards.New Rangers picked up in trades are colorful Wally Stanowski and Elwyn Morris, defencemen, both from the Toronto Maple Leafs.<h2>Crack Players</h2>Veterans include the Blues&rsquo; three crack centers, double-cup winning Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, Edgar Laprade and Don Raleigh. Other forwards are Tony Leswick, Eddie Kullman and Eddie Slowinskl. Neil Colville, Jean Lamirande, Frank Eddolls and Bill Moe will seek defence berths again.Boucher will have Chuck Rayner and &ldquo;Sugar&rdquo; Jim Henry battling again for the goalkeeping chores. He plans to go along with the co-proprietors of Hockey Haven as he did a year ago, with one in reserve, although it is not unlikely that a convincing trade offer involving one or the other would tempt him to change his plans.<h2>5 To Go</h2>The honor of caging his team&rsquo;s 3,000th goal should fall to one member of the New York Rangers early in the 1948-49 season. The Blue Shirts have scored 2,955 goals in regular N.H.L. competition since beginning operations in the fall of 1926. &#9632;

Rangers Need Wingmen To Aid Buddy O’Connor

Winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie is the aim of all newcomers to the N.H.L., but fact is this honor is somewhat of a mixed blessing. Out of 12 winners since the Trophy&rsquo;s inception in 1936-37 season, three men are out of the game &mdash; Cully Dahlstrom, Kilby Macdonald and Frank McCool; four were since traded to other clubs &mdash; Johnny Quilty and Grant Warwick to Boston, and Gus Bodnar and Gaye Stewart to Chicago. &#9632;

Rookie Jinx?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01174/1098074-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Pen Is MightierOKAY, RELAX NOW &mdash; you won&rsquo;t see these two hard-bitten characters around the National Hockey League this winter, even though they might well strike terror into the hearts of even the most rugged of opponents. The two bruised and bandaged lads in Detroit uniforms hero are just a couple of gentlemen from the press who posed as a gag. Left is Roy Basil, Detroit Times staff protographer, and right is Lew Walter, Times&rsquo; hockey writer.</figcaption></div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;A combination of age and youth will carry Boston Bruins colors in the National Hockey League this winter, with the accent mainly on younger. Hit hard by injuries throughout last year, the Bruins are keeping their fingers crossed. They feel that, if they can ice their full squad, then they have a good chance to take the coveted Stanley Cup.The Boston club was hit paralyzing blows during 1947-48 when &ldquo;fellows like Milt Schmit, Murray Henderson, Johnny Crawford and Fernie Flaman were all sidelined.Even at that the Bruins made a place in the post-season playoffs. Probably their greatest loss was Schmit. There are those who will tell you that Milt is the best playmaker in professional hockey today. There&rsquo;s no doubt about his sparking the club. Yet, he was out time after time with one injury or another.It was during this time that rookies came up to help out and it was mainly their effort which kept the Town outfit in running for Juniors.<h2>Clapper Pleased</h2>Dit Clapper, coach of Boston, has been more than pleased with the manner in which his club is rounding into shape at training camp. The boys are showing speed which brings a smile to Clapper&rsquo;s face.Schmit seems to have recovered his form and indications point toward him having a fine season. Frankie Brimsek, veteran goalie, is this usual self and opposing forwards are going to have trouble putting the puck past him.Now that they have a full year in the &lsquo;Big Time&rdquo; behind them, fellows like Eddie Harrison, Ed. Sanford, Paul Ronty and Pete Babando should add weight to the Bruins&rsquo; attack.Johnny Crawford, Murray Henderson and Clare Martin are in top condition and are body-checking with authority. Clapper feels that his defence should be better than it was during 1947-48.Add to, the above, men like Wally Wilson, Ken Smith, Knobby Warwick and Jimmy Peters and you have a smart hockey machine.Generally speaking, the Bruin masterminds are more than pleassed. They fell that no year could be worse for injuries than 1947-48 and, that given all their regulars back in shape, they&rsquo;ll be tough on any team in the N.H.L.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03105/1098067-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="508" height="847"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruin Mastermind&ldquo;DIT&rdquo; CLAPPER</figcaption></div>Clapper has the respect and confidence of the players. He&rsquo;s the type of coach for whom fellows will go all out to win. On top of that they know that Dit has a sound knowledge of the gaffle and never asks the impossible.Yes, the Bruins could be the surprise club of the coming season. They have that spirit and confidence needed to weld a winner.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02127/1098060-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1732" height="1417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Good Old College TryREADY TO PROTECT Boston University&rsquo;s net this winter will be the starting sextet shown above. From left to right they are Defenseman Jerry Gleason, Captain and Right Wing Ben Forbes, Goalie Ike Bevins. Center Don Cleary, Left wing Gundie Klrrane and Defenseman Bill Jurgelevich</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Veterans And Rookies Carry Boston’s Colors

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01181/1098105-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">MAURICE &ldquo;ROCKET&rdquo; RICHARD</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;After a dismal season in 1947-48 when the squad finished out of the playoffs for the first time since the Old Maestro, Dick Irvin, had them under his wing, things are looking brighter for Montreal Canadiens. There&rsquo;s plenty of fight and fire in the squad this season, but the one vital factor that will go far to determine their final place in or out of the playoff&rsquo;sun is &mdash; just how will Maurice Richard go this year.It mighn&rsquo;t be absolutely true to say that &ldquo;as Richard goes, so go the Canadiens,&rdquo; but you couldn&rsquo;t prove that by their performance of last winter. With the great Rocket, hockey&rsquo;s biggest bomber of recent years, in a slump during most of the campaign, the Habitants slid and floundered around without getting anywhere. But, when Maurice came back into form toward the end of the season, there was a complete reversal of form on the part of the whole team as they thundered down the homestretch to come within a whisker of making the play offs.If that drive had been started sooner, or conversely, if the Rocket had started scoring goals sooner, there might have been a different story come spring. Coach Dick Irvin boasted that his Canadiens at the finish were just as good as any team in the league, and there were many observers who agreed with him.Richard, always the target for the hardest bumps by opposing defencemen and forwards alike, because of his brilliant play, gained disfavor in the 1946-47 season when he became embroiled in several battles during the regular season and the Stanley Cup playoffs. Penalties and fines were showered on him, and the big boy developed what his mates around the Canadiens camp termed a persecution complex.<h2>Developed &ldquo;Complex&rdquo;</h2>He felt that everybody, including the referees and league officials, were against him, and this probably affected his play adversely to an extent that cannot be accurately gauged. Then too, last season he was beset by injuries. In Montreal&rsquo;s 19th game of the season, Richard injured his knee against the Red Wings. At that time he had 10 goals and 11 assists for 21 points, which was fairly close to his average Of other years.He missed a couple of games, then came back into the lineup before he was really fit. The net result was that he played only a pair of games &mdash; scoring a goal in each, incidentally &mdash; before he was sidelined, this time for three weeks. He missed five games that time, and when he finally did return, he was far and away from the Rocket of old.He went five games at a stretch without racking up a single goal, or even an assist, and there was talk around the circuit that Richard was washed up, finished. However, when he did snap out of his slump, he began collecting the points with fair regularity, and finished up the year with 28 goals and 25 assists. That total of 53 points put him seventh in the list of point-getters, and the pucka he netted came mighty close to the 33 with which Detroit&rsquo;s Ted Lindsay led the entire league.It was a &ldquo;poor&rdquo; season for Richard, certainly, but the fact that his feats were belittled even though he finished so high in the standings is more of a tribute to his greatness than anything else. He looked bad only in comparison with the 45 goals he accounted for in the 1946-47 season, and the record-shattering 50 he piled up in 1944-45, his greatest year. Any other player collecting 28 goals would be considered as having a good season, but for a Richard that was as much of a calamity as if the great Babe Ruth hit only 35 homers!<h2>Cries Of &ldquo;Sont L&agrave;&rdquo;</h2>But this year, Irvin and his mates confidently predict, is going to be another 50-goal season for the Rocket. His spirit in training camp was much better. He was showing more of the fire of the player of other years, before he, began to pull his punches and lean back for fear of incurring more penalties.Railbirds around the Hab camp were talking enthusiastically about the drive he was displaying, and the way he was roaring down the ice with the puck. Small wonder, then, that Canadiens fans already are practically making plans for next spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs and mentally dusting off the mantle where puckdom&rsquo;s highest prize has rested in happier years.For, with Maurice back in the groove, Canadiens surely will be &ldquo;sont la&rdquo; once more, they all agree. &#9632;

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Rocket Richard Keystone Of Montreal Habs Hopes

QUEBEC, Que. &mdash;Dean McBride has joined the Quebec Aces training camp. The St. Catharines, Ont., boy, is one of the &lsquo;Form C&rsquo; players coach George &lsquo;Punch&rsquo; Imlach of the Aces was charged with having attempted to take from the Maple Leaf camp, is a smart little forward.It is reported that Toronto is willing to release McBride for $2,000. Quebec club officials say they will do everything to give McBride a chance, but feel that the amount of money involved is heavy.&ldquo;We want to see what he&rsquo;s got to offer before we buy the right to sign him,&rdquo; Imlach said. &#9632;

Toronto Willing To Let McBride Loose For $2,000

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02148/1098184-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="620" height="281"></div><h2>October 1 to 12</h2>1&mdash;Leo Lamoureux, Buffalo, defense, 1916.2&mdash;Bill Moe, Rangers, defense, 1916; Jimmy Peters, Boston, right wing, 1922; Lorrain Thibeault, Buffalo, left wing, 1918.4&mdash;Les Cunningham, San Francisco, coach, 1913.5&mdash;Roy Conacher, Chicago, left wing, 1916.7&mdash;Garth Boesch, Toronto, defense, 1920.8&mdash;Vernon Jones, Springfield, right wing, 1926.9&mdash;Bill Allum, Minneapolis, defense, 1916; Jack Keating, Indianapolis, left wing, 1916.10&mdash;Edgar Laprade, Rangers, centre, 1919.11&mdash;Grant Warwick, Boston, right wing, 1921, &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to You

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03125/1098222-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;TEETER&rdquo; KENNEDY</figcaption></div>TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;When Toronto Maple Leafs step out onto their home ice to open defense of the Stanley Cup against Boston Bruins they will be headed by a new captain in the person of Ted &ldquo;Teeter&rdquo; Kennedy. Ted takes over from Syl Apps, one of the most popular players ever to wear a Leaf uniform. Kennedy, a member of the high scoring line along with Howie Meeker and Vic Lynn should wear App&rsquo;s mantle with the same popularity of teammate and fan alike. He&rsquo;s only 22 years old.&ldquo;Teeter&rdquo; almost took unto himself a Canadien uniform instead of Toronto garb at&rsquo;one time. When he was 17-years old, both Toronto and Montreal were interested in the youngster. Being a little bit faster with the fountain pen gave Canadiens possession.It was about the same time that the Leafs signed Frankie Eddols another lad who interested both clubs. Officials of the two teams got together and as a result, Ken-The Leafs never regretted the nedy and Eddolls were swapped, deal.Ted actually made his professional debut when lie was only 17. He played two &rsquo;games with the Leafs during the spring of 1943.In his first full season, he was a brilliant performer with 26 goals. The next year he netted 29 and added another seven in Stanley Cup play downs.<h2>Loves Hockey</h2>Always crazy about the puckchasing game, the lad gained a great deal of his knowledge when he was playing juvenile with Port Colborne. Here he was coached by Nels Stewart, one of the games greatest snipers.&ldquo;Old Poison&rdquo;, as Stewart was known to N.H.L. rivals, was able to impart some of his tricks to the likeable Kennedy who soaked it up like a sponge.Teeter is a rugged, crafty centre man and a born playmaker. He is always going both ways and shines better when the chips are down. He&rsquo;ll be a worthy successor to Apps.In relinquishing the captaincy of the Leafs and retiring from activity as a player, Sylvanus Apps has been an idol of Canadian youth for years.A gentleman both on and off the ice, he was respected by friend and foe alike. He won the Calder Memorial trophy in 1936-37 as the outstanding rookie of the year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04108/1098215-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="516" height="869"><figcaption class="caption-body">Trail&rsquo;s EndSYL APPS</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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“Teeter” Kennedy New Maple Leaf Captain; Takes Over From Apps

Usually the so-called experts like to look over the clubs in the Western International Hockey League before going on the limb. However, this year it&rsquo;s different and the know-it-all boys have already tabbed the new Spokane Flyers as the outfit to beat despite the fact the season doesn&rsquo;t open until October 16th.Late summer dealings by Flyer bosses is the reason why the lads are on the Washington clubs band wagon. You see Gus Bouten and his pals, who bought the franchise after last season, reached out and landed such able puck manipulators as Cy Rouse, Roy McBride, Scoop Bentely and Ron Pickell, all ex-Seattle Ironmen.The new owners didn&rsquo;t stop there, They promptly latched on to promising rookies like Sherman Blair of Calgary, Ray Hamilton of Medicine Hat and Bobby Miller of Okotoks, not to mention experienced icemen like Frank Baker of Timmins and Joe Adams, from Glasgow, Scotland.These additions to the Spokane crew have worried other club officials no end as last year coach Joe Benoit, the ex-flying Frenchman, had a pretty smooth outfit and he&rsquo;ll have leading scorer, Pat Petrucci, returning along with Norm Blackett, Sonny Barchyn, Hughie Scott, Lome Nadeau, Vern Kneeshaw and probably the all star rearguard Meanie Mayer Flett. Mix them all together and you&rsquo;ll have power sez the dope-sters.Meanwhile the three Canadian clubs are keeping mum about their chances. From Trail comes word that Ab Cronie, the gent who led the Smoke Eaters into the Western Canada semis after upsetting Kimberley Dynamiters, will return as playing coach. He&rsquo;ll have two more experienced campaigners this year as Don Anderson, last season&rsquo;s second high point getter while playing with Spokane, and Mike Buckna, who coached across the pond last winter, will line-up in an orange and black sweater. To date the only newcomers who&rsquo;ll gun for a spot are Howard Palmer, former Bellevue Lion junior star, and Jim Finney, a high point getting centre from the Calgary intermediate loop.The Nelson outlook isn&rsquo;t exactly brilliant at this writing, in fact the Maple Leafs bosses haven&rsquo;t as yet signed a playing coach. The executive of the club was after Kenny Stewart, the former Calgary Stampeder defenseman, but the old veteran turned it down in favor of a Kelowna deal. The Nelson bosses are now after Freddy Hergert, another Calgary player who also performed for St. Louis for years. Two newcomers will check into Nelson the first week in October and gun for berths. The hopefuls are Freddy Nelson, former Toledo rearguard and Johnny Ragnon, former Bellevue junior.The Kimberley Dynamiters have added two former Calgary Juniors, Bobby Kromm and Jack Yost, to the roster at this writing. Last year&rsquo;s pennant winners who were bounced from the playoffs by Trail will once again bank on veterans like Lyle Swaney, Tank Johnson, Shorty Coombs and Sully Sullivan.The Dynamiters open against the Spokane club on the 16th and then rest uutil the 22nd when they journey to Trail to open the Smoke Eater season. Meantime Nelson Maple Leafs trek to Spokane for games on the 17th and 18 th. After these battles are over Mr. and Mrs. Gus Fan will have a better idea of what&rsquo;s cooking this year. Perhaps they&rsquo;ll even change their minds about Spokane being the club to beat. &#9632;

Experts Tab Spokane As Sextette To Beat

The second annual edition of &ldquo;Inside the Blue Shirt&rdquo; will be published this fall. The book is a statistical history of the New York Rangers hockey cub. &#9632;

Blue Book 2nd

ST. HYACINTHE, Que. &mdash; Mickey Hennessy, who has coached Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; puck teams in Montreal the past six seasons, has been appointed Coach of the new St. Hyacinthe entry in the J.A.H.A., the leading Junior league in Quebec province. &#9632;

Named As Coach

MONTREAL&mdash;After concluding a seven-month investigation, President Clarence Campbell, of the National Hockey League, earlier this month expelled Don Ballinger, Boston Bruins forward, from the circuit for his part in last season&rsquo;s gambling scandal.Gallinger was suspended early last April pending investigation of his connection with Detroit gambler James Tamer. The 22-year-old player, who had been with Boston since 1942 except for a stint in the Royal Canadian Air Force, was the third man expelled by the N.H.L. in its 30-year history.Billy Taylor, Obtained by the New York Rangers from the Bruins last Feb. 6, was banned for life when Gallinger was suspended. Babe Pratt of the Toronto Maple Leafs, charged with betting on his own team, was thrown out of the loop in 1946 but later was reinstated.Campbell said that Gallinger was expelled on the basis of information collected from many witnesses. He said Gallinger would have the right to appeal his case to the league&rsquo;s Board of Governors.&ldquo;The precise grounds of his expulsion have been communicated to him and he will have a full opportunity to answer the charges against him,&rdquo; Campbell indicated.Campbell declared that In view of the appeal Gallinger Is expected to make to the league, tne grounds upon which the expulsion was based would not be made public. The player made a formal appeal to the league when his suspension was announced last spring.The expulsion of Taylor and Gallinger grew out of incidents which occurred before the Chicago Black Hawks-Boston Bruins game in Chicago last Feb. 18. The Black Hawks, although favored heavily until game time, were beaten, 4 to 2.At that time, Campbell said the investigation of Gallinger&rsquo;s associations with gamblers &ldquo;might take years.&rdquo; The N.H.L. head also said that no other player or club in the league was involved &ldquo;in any manner In gambling in this or any other N.H.L. game.&rdquo;<h2>SPORTS PHOTOS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0394/1098356-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="172" height="307"></div>FREE LISTOver 3000 8x10 glossy photos of the world&rsquo;s greatest, past and present, sport stars. Send a postal card today for our free list.All Sports Photo Studio Box 61 Fordham Station New York 58. N. Y. &#9632;

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Gallinger Is Expelled From NHL By President Clarence Campbell

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01155/1098387-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cocky RookieEDDIE DOKOHOT is the 19-year-old left winger from Lethbridge, Alta., who tried out for a berth with Montreal Canadiens this fall. Young Dorohoy, who played With Lethbridge Native Sons Juniors last winter, showed plenty of spunk in practice sessions and didn&rsquo;t back up from anybody. (Photo by st. jean)</figcaption></div><h2>OCTOBER</h2>13 &mdash; St. Paul at Kansas City.14 &mdash; Dallas at St. Paul. Omaha at Tulsa. Fort Worth at Houston.16 &mdash; Dallas at Minneapolis. Houston at Tulsa.17 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul Dallas at Kansas City Tulsa at Fort Worth Omaha at Houston19 &mdash; Fort Worth at Tulsa21 &mdash; Omaha at Fort Worth Kansas City at St. Paul23 &mdash; Omaha at Minneapolis Dallas at Tulsa24 &mdash; Omaha at St. Paul Minneapolis at Kansas City Houston at Fort Worth26 &mdash; Minneapolis at Houston27 &mdash; Minneapolis at Dallas St. Paul at Kansas City28 &mdash; Dallas at Houston30 &mdash; Tulsa at Minneapolis Omaha at Dallas31 &mdash; Tulsa at St. Paul Houston at Kansas City Dallas at Fort Worth<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>3 &mdash; Kansas City at Dallas4 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul Tulsa at Omaha Kansas City at Fort Worth6 &mdash; Houston at Minneapolis St. Paui at Omaha Kansas City at Tulsa Fort Worth at Dallas7 &mdash; Houston at St. Paul Omaha at Kansas City Dallas at Fort Worth9 &mdash; Minneapolis at Omaha Dallas at Tulsa10 &mdash; st. Paul at Kansas City Tulsa at Dallas11 &mdash; Kansas City at St. Paul Houston at Fort Worth13 &mdash; Kansas City at Minneapolis St. Paul at Omaha Fort Worth at Tulsa Houston at Dallas14 &mdash; Omaha at St. Paul&rsquo; Minneapolis at Kansas City Tulsa at Fort Worth16 &mdash; Minneapolis at Omaha17 &mdash; Houston at Fort Worth Tulsa at Dallas18 &mdash; Kansas City at St. Paul Fort Worth at Houston20 &mdash; St. Paul at Minneapolis Kansas City at Omaha Houston at Tulsa Fort Worth at Dallas21 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul Omaha at Kansas City Dallas at Houston23 &mdash; Tulsa at Houston24 &mdash; Omaha at Minneapolis25 &mdash; Omaha at St. Paul inneapolis at Kansas City Dallas at Tulsa Fort Worth at Houston27 &mdash; St. Paul at Minneapolis Kansas City at Omaha Fort Worth at Tulsa Houston at Dallas28 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul maha at Kansas City Tulsa at Houston30 &mdash; Fort Worth at Houston<h2>DECEMBER</h2>1 &mdash; Omaha at Minneapolis Dallas at Kansas City2 &mdash; Kansas City at St. Paul Dallas at Omaha Houston at Fort Worth4 &mdash; St. Paul at Minneapolis Kansas City at Omaha Houston at Tulsa Fort Worth at Dallas5 &mdash; St. Paul at Kansas City Tulsa at Fort Worth7 &mdash; Dallas at Omaha St. Paul at Tulsa8 &mdash; Dallas at Minneapolis Omaha at Kansas City9 &mdash; Dallas at St. Paul Houston at Fort Worth11 &mdash; Kansas City at Minneapolis St. Paul at Omaha Fort Worth at Tulsa Houston at Dallas12 &mdash; Omaha at St. Paul Minneapolis at Kansas City Dallas at Fort Worth Tulsa at Houston14 &mdash; Minneapolis at Omaha Forth Worth at Houston15 &mdash; Tulsa at Dallas16 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul Dallas at Tulsa Houston at Fort Worth18 &mdash; St. Paul at Minneapolis Kansas City at Omaha Houston at Tulsa Fort Worth at Dallas19 &mdash; st. Paul at Kansas City Tulsa at Fort Worth Dallas at Houston21 &mdash; Minneapolis at Omaha22 &mdash; St. Paul at Dallas23 &mdash; St. Paul at Fort Worth25 &mdash; Omaha at Minneapolis Dallas at Tulsa26 &mdash; Omaha at St. Paul Minneapolis at Kansas City Dallas at Fort Worth Tulsa at Houston28 &mdash; Minneapolis at Tulsa Omaha at Houston29 &mdash; Omaha at Dallas30 &mdash; Kansas City at St. Paul Minneapolis at Fort Worth<h2>JANUARY</h2>1 &mdash; St. Paul at Minneapolis maha at Tulsa Fort Worth at Dallas2 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul Tulsa at Kansas City Omaha at Fort Worth Dallas at Houston4 &mdash; Houston at Homaha6 &mdash; Houston at Kansas City Tulsa at Dallas6&mdash;Minneapolis at Omaha Tulsa at Fort Worth8 &mdash; Houston at Minneapolis Kansas City at Tulsa Fort Worth at Dallas St. Paul at Omaha9 &mdash; Houston at St. Paul Minneapolis at Kansas City Tulsa at Forth Worth11 &mdash; Houston at Omaha allas at Tulsa12 &mdash; Tulsa at Dallas Kansas City at Minneapolis13 &mdash; Kansas City at St. Paul Fort Worth at Houston15 &mdash; st. Paul at Minneapolis Kansas City at Omaha Houston at Tulsa Fort Worth at Dallas16 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul Omaha at Kansas City Dallas at Fort Worth Tulsa at Houston19 &mdash; St. Paul at Kansas City ouston at Fort Worth Om*ha at Minneapolis20 &mdash; St. Paul at Tulsa Fort Worth at Houston22 &mdash; Kansas City at Minneapolis t. Paul at Omaha Fort Worth at Tulsa Houston at Dallas23 &mdash; Omaha at St. Paul Fort Worth at Kansas City Dallas at Houston25 &mdash; Fort Worth at Omaha Kansas City at Houston26 &mdash; Omaha at Minneapolis ansas City at Dallas27 &mdash; Fort Worth at St. Paul Houston at Tulsa29 &mdash; Fort Worth at Minneapolis Kansas City at Omaha Tulsa at Dallas30 &mdash; Fort Worth at St. Paul Omaha at Kansas City<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>1 &mdash; Minneapolis at&rsquo; Omaha2 &mdash; Houston at Dallas3 &mdash; Kansas City at St. Paul Minneapolis at Tulsa5 &mdash; Kansas City at Minneapolis Fort Worth at Omaha Houston at Tulsa Omaha at St. Paul Fort Worth at Kansas City8 &mdash; Kansas City at Omaha Dallas at Tulsa9 &mdash; Omaha at Kansas City Tulsa at Dallas Fort Worth at Minneapolis11 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul12 &mdash; St. Paul at Minneapolis Fort Worth at Tulsa Houston at Dallas13 &mdash; St. Paul at Kansas City15 &mdash; Minneapolis at Omaha16 &mdash; Omaha at Minneapolis Tulsa at Kansas City 117 &mdash; Tulsa at Fort Worth Dallas at Houston St. Paul at Omaha Fort Worth at Houston Tulsa at Dallas20 &mdash; Minneapolis at Kansas City Houston at Fort Worth22 &mdash; Minneapolis at Omaha24 &mdash; Tulsa at Fort Worth Dallas at Houston26 &mdash; St. Paul at Minneapolis Kansas City at Omaha Fort Worth at Tulsa Houston at Dallas27 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul Omaha at Kansas City Dallas at Fort Worth Tulsa at Houston<h2>MARCH</h2>1 &mdash; Tulsa at Omaha Kansas City at Houston2 &mdash; Tulsa at Minneapolis3 &mdash; Tulsa at St. Paul Kansas City at Minneapolis St. Paul at Omaha Houston at Tulsa Fort Worth at Dallas6 &mdash; Omaha at St. Paul Minneapolis at Kansas City Dallas at Fort Worth Tulsa at Houston8 &mdash; Minneapolis at Houston9 &mdash; Kansas City at St. Paul Minneapolis at Dallas10 &mdash; Minneapolis at Fort Worth Tulsa at Houston12 &mdash; St. Paul at Minneapolis Kansas City at Omaha Fort Worth at Tulsa Houston at Dallas13 &mdash; Omaha at Kansas City Tulsa at Fort Worth Dallas at Houston15 &mdash; St. Paul at Houston16 &mdash; Omaha at Minneapolis St. Paul at Dallas17 &mdash; Dallas at Tulsa St. Paul at Fort Worth19 &mdash; Kansas City at Minneapolis Fort Worth at Tulsa 8t. Paul at Omaha at Dallas29 &mdash; St. Paul at Kansas City Dallas at Fort Worth &#9632;

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United States League 1948-49 SCHEDULE

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Every once in a while, in hockey as in other sports, a cocky youngster comes up from nowhere, and with his brash actions and self-assurance sets the entire league on its ears. From reports trickling out of the Montreal Canadiens training camp this fall, it looks as though this may be the year of the &ldquo;Busher&rdquo; and that the colorful character the fans will be talking about from now on is one Eddie Dorohoy.For Dorohoy, a tough-looking little guy with a large head and a crew haircut, has all the earmarks of a lad who knows where he is going and doesn&rsquo;t intend to let anyone stop him. Just 19 years old, Eddie came into the Canucks training camp straight from the Junior squad of last year&rsquo;s Lethbridge Native Sons. And, while it&rsquo;s too early to say yet whether he will stick around, of will be sent out for further seasoning, there&rsquo;s a better than even chance that he will be heard from plenty in future years<h2>Uninhibited Character</h2>A completely uninhibited type, Dorohoy stands 5&rsquo; 9&rdquo; and tips the scales at 150 pounds. He was a ball of fire in the Southern Alberta Junior League last season, and sparked the Native Sons into the Western Canada finals before they finally bowed out to Port Arthur Bruins, the eventual Memorial Cup champs.He&rsquo;s the cockiest rookie to come into the N.H.L. since the day that Phil Watson, another colorful type, startled the New York Rangers camp by his sudden entrance.With a round, tough-looking face and a stocky build, Dorohoy looks the part of the fun-loving comic he is, but opponents who are deceived by that have another think coming, For with it all, Eddie is alert and keen, and there isn&rsquo;t much that escapes him on the ice.Like Watson and Murph Chamberlain, the present Clown Prince of Canadiens, Eddie is always talking and full of funny sayings and cocky assertions.<h2>Tells Veterans How!</h2>At the first Canadiens practice he attended, Coach Dick Irvin put Dorohoy on the left wing slot with the great Rocket Richard and slick Elmer Lach. Right from the start, the youngster &mdash; on whom the Habitant regulars have pinned the nickname &ldquo;Rook&rdquo; &mdash; took charge and began telling the veterans how to play their positions.&ldquo;You take this guy over here, Elmer,&rdquo; he told Lach. &ldquo;And you can look after that guy, Rocket, to see he doesn&rsquo;t try any funny stuff,&rdquo; he exhorted Richard. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll look after the rest of these punks by myself!&rdquo;That tickled the rest of the veterans and they decided to teach the &ldquo;Rook&rdquo; a lesson, but he gave just as much as he received, toppling Chamberlain and Kenny Reardon, another rugged character, with no favors asked.<h2>Slaps Murph Down</h2>Another day, Chamberlain was kidding him about his cockiness.&ldquo;Listen, Rook,&rdquo; Murph told him in a fatherly tone, &ldquo;you talk too much. You&rsquo;re always gabbing. Now, when I came into the league I barely said &lsquo;Boo&rsquo; to anybody!&rdquo;&ldquo;Well,&rdquo; the rookie parried, &ldquo;maybe you weren&rsquo;t such a hot player, huh?&rdquo;In his junior days last winter he was equally uppity about his playing ability. One night after a game with Wetaskiwin Juniors in which he had played phenomenal hockey, Earl Robertson approached him outside the Lethbridge dressing room.Robertson, former star goalie with New York Americans of the N.H.L. and Coach of the Wetaskiwin squad, congratulated Eddie on his game.&ldquo;Heck, you think that was a good game?&rdquo; the kid answered. &ldquo;You&rsquo; should see me when I put my skates on!&rdquo;Though he&rsquo;s a chesty youth, his mates at camp all liked him, and you won&rsquo;t hear a malicious word uttered about him. The boys in the game are amused by his actions, but they recognize he has great natural ability to back up his cockiness.All in all, he&rsquo;s a boy who will bear watching in the days to come. &#9632;

Brash Young Ed Dorohoy Tickles Canuck Veterans

Neil Colville and Phil Watson, now Coach of New York Rovers, broke in with the Blue Shirts in the same game 12 years before, a 2-2 tie with Detroit on Nov. 19, 1935. &#9632;

Long, Long Ago!

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01160/1098511-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="259" height="288"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02112/1098504-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="266" height="300"></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs took time off recently to hold their victory dinner at which many of Canada&rsquo;s leading hockey and civilian figures took part. The players were presented with various gifts for winning their second consecutive world hockey championship.An outstanding feature was the tribute paid Syl Apps, who reaffirmed his intention to retire. He turned the captaincy over to Ted Kennedy.Premier George Drew and Conn Smythe, president of Maple Leaf Gardens, both were high in their praise of Apps.In accepting an oil painting from the club, Syl said he did so with mixed emotions as it meant the end of his playing career. There was a shower Of gifts which started when President Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League presented players with Stirling silver rose bowls for taking the Stanley Cup, and water jugs as league title holders.There were several other awards which saw the boys loaded down with presents.The six executive members of the Gardens also came in for their share. Through Ted Kennedy, their new captain, the players presented silver ash trays with the signature of each man engraved on each tray. E. W. Bickle replied for the executive who, besides himself, is composed of W. A. H. MacBrlen, Conn Smythe, George McCullagh, J. Y. Murdock and J. P. Bickell.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0387/1098497-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="1750" height="1003"><figcaption class="caption-body">COACH &ldquo;HAPPY&rdquo; DAY of Toronto Maple Leafs is seen above being presented with a Stirling silver rose bowl by Clarence Campbell, President of the National Hockey League, The N.H.L. awarded gifts to all members of the club for winning the Stanley Cup. Lower left is Premier George Drew of Ontario who was among the guests attending the Victory dinner.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0475/1098490-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="2968" height="2443"></div> &#9632;

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October 6, 1948

“Mud” Bruneteau Sees Formidable Team For Omaha

HE TOLD ‘EM!

Phil Watson Is Named New York Rover Coach

Early Rocket