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October 13, 1948

The Hockey News October 13, 1948

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0194/888248-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Morenz The ProANOTHER MORENZ HAS joined the ranks of hockey profes-fessionals. This time it&rsquo;s young Howie Jr. who is shown above wearing his first pro sweater as a member of Dallas Texans of the United States Hockey League. Howie jumped to the money ranks from the Montreal Royal seniors. He will wear No. 7 on his back, the same number his father made immortal with Montreal Canadiens years ago. Howie Jr. is being groomed for a place on the Canadiens after a whirl around the minors.</figcaption></div>Walter &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; Pratt, for 11 years one of the top defensemen in the National Hockey League, has signed a contract owith New Westminster Royals of the Pacific Coast Professional Hockey League for the 1948-49 season.Kenny McKenzie, owner of the Royals contacted Pratt in the east and talked him into coming to the west coast. Last year he played with Hershey Bears in the American League.Alex Shibicky, playing-coach of the Royals, made the announcement. adding that the acquisition of Pratt would &ldquo;help the club considerably.&rdquo;&ldquo;Pratt still has a lot of hockey In him,&rdquo; said Shibicky.Other brightening news from the New Westminster camp revealed that mammoth Dave McKay, who played part of last season with the Royals, would be in uniform for the first game. He Intends to be with the team &ldquo;on and off&rsquo; throughout the year.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0255/888241-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="529" height="739"><figcaption class="caption-body">Headed WestBABE PRATT</figcaption></div>Willie Schmidt, reported to be on his way to Calgary, announced he would be back on time for the Season opener. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m pretty sure he will sign with us,&rdquo; announced Shibicky.The Royals have six of last year&rsquo;s holdovers in training camp. They are:Kenny Ullyott, Ray Voll, Bobby Love, Bud Ritchie Jack Adams and Schmidt. Pat Bastien and Doug Norris, both with Fresno Falcons last year, Ollie Dorohoy of Seattle, Bob Gibson, who played in England in 1947, and Norm and Jack Kirk of Nanaimo are also on hand. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Babe Pratt Signs To Play For New Westminster Club

HERSEY&rsquo;, Pa. &mdash; Boston Bruins will complete the training grind without the services of Frankie Brimsek, tlieir ace goaltender.Brimsek has been ordered to get out in the sunshine by Coach &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; Clapper. Frank reported to the club this fall in poor physical condition and has suffered from a &ldquo;strep&rdquo; throat and is underweight.JackGelineau will take over Brimsek&rsquo;s spot for the remainder of the practices session blit it is hoped that the regular custodian will be back when the N.H.L. season starts. &#9632;

Frankie Brimsek Ordered To Rest

SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Seattle Ironmen of the Pacific Coast Hockey League are an affiliated club of the Providence Reds. The hookup is believed to be one of the best in pro hockey and should prove extremely beneficial to both organizations.Both clubs trained this fall at Three Rivers, Que., and the players who showed the most promise but were still a little removed from landing a berth with the Reds were farmed out to Seattle for the season.The Pacific Coast Hockey League will be operating as a professional league this year and the calibre of play will be vastly improved over the past couple of years. Players graduating after a season or two in-thls loop will be polished performers when they reach the Rhode Island sextet.Once this tieup gets rolling. Providence fans can be assured of a steady influx of top players from I the Seattle team. &#9632;

P.C.H.L.Tieup For Providence

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0419/888410-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="593" height="273"></div><h2>October 13 to 19</h2>13 &mdash; Norm Larson, Hershey, right wing, 1920; John Ubriaco, Tulsa, center, 1924. Harold Gordon, N.Y. Rovers, goaltender 1928.14 &mdash; Harvey Fraser, Providence, center, 1918; Gordon Tottle, Fort Worth, defense, 192 5.16 &mdash; Paul Mundrick, Houston, right wing, 1919. Frank Ashworth, Kansas City, left wing, 1927.17 &mdash; Joe Sadler, Tulsa, right wing, 1925.18 &mdash; Roland Rossignol, Providence, center, 1921. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday To You

<div class="byline">by KAVETSKI</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-015/889143-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"></div> &#9632;

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GRAND ENTRANCE

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash; With four of their key players lying in the Western General Hospital here as a result of the worst automobile accident yet to smash-up a hockey team, New York Rangers were dealt a tragic blow on the eve of the opening of the 1948-49 N.H.L. season. The four players are Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, winner of the Hart and Lady Byng Trophies last season, Frank Eddolls, steadiest defenseman on the club, Edgar Laprade, center-ice smoothie and Bill Moe, rugged-checking defenseman. Most seriously injured are Eddolls and O&rsquo;Connor.Eddolls has his right knee tendon cut two-thirds of the way through, badly bruised right shoulder muscles, and a large bruise on the right side of the head. He will be out of action for at least six weeks and possibly longer.O&rsquo;Connor has a fractured fourth rib, which may have touched the lung. This will sideline last year&rsquo;s highest scoring Ranger for at least six weeks.<h2>MAY BE READY</h2>Laprade and Moe&rsquo;s injuries were not as severe, although Laprade suffered a broken nose and slight concussion. Moe required 22 stitches to close a gaping head wound. There is a chance that both Laprade and Moe will be ready for the Rangers opener against Canadiens on October 14.Tony Leswick, stocky Ranger left winger, who was a fifth member of the ill-fated 1948 Chevrolet driven by O&rsquo;Connor, was not injured at all. It was Leswick&rsquo;s heroic action in pulling his four unconscious teammates from the wrecked auto that spelt the difference between complete disaster.The four injured players were out cold when Leswick hauled them from the car. Blood was flowing freely from the four unconcious athletes; particularly from Moe&rsquo;s head cut. &ldquo;I was awgully frightened, and thought for sure he was killed,&rdquo; said Leswick, when interviewed here Saturday prior to leaving for the Rangers&rsquo; Lake Placid training camp.<h2>RAINING HARD</h2>After spending a few hours in Montreal Friday afternoon on their way back to Lake Placid from Shawinigan Falls, Que. where they had played an exhibition game the previous night, the five Ranger players left in O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s car at 4.30 p.m. It was raining hard at ths time. It started to get quite dark around 5.30 and wad raining so heavily that O&rsquo;Connor switched on his lights.Just a few miles from Lacolle, Que., 65 miles south of here and about five miles from the United States border, a big red truck came along a side road, failed to stop and cut right in front of O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s car. &ldquo;He cut so wide that he blocked the entire road,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Connor said. &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t go around him so I thought I would try and go with him, but didn&rsquo;t have a chance either way and piled into the cabin part of his truck,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Connor informed us from his hospital bed.<h2>TAKEN TO MONTREAL</h2>Riding in the front with O&rsquo;Connor was his pal, Frankie Eddolls, whose shoulder went through the windshield and whose right knee smashed into the door. &ldquo;When I came to a doctor was working over me in Lacolle, &ldquo;Eddolls stated. &ldquo;He wanted to fix the cut knee right there and keep us all in a Lacolle hotel. &ldquo;I said nothing doing and insisted on summoning Dr. George Little of Montreal who had worked on an Injured shoulder of mine before. &ldquo;We were piled in an ambulance and rushed to the the Western General Hospital.After a most gruelling ride in which O&rsquo;Conner kept passing out, the players reached the hospital a little before ten o&rsquo;clock.&ldquo;The pain was awful&rdquo;, said Eddolls. &ldquo;I spent over two hours on the operating table under gas as Dr. Little sewed up the cut tendon.&rdquo;When we visited Eddolls at the hospital Saturday morning, his right knee was in a cast, and his right shoulder was bandaged tightly. He was in considerable pain. However, he managed to talk coherently about the accident. His suit coat was torn to shreds where he had put his shoulder through the windshield. It&rsquo;s a wonder we weren&rsquo;t cut more than we were,&rdquo; Frankie added.<h2>IN GOOD SPIRITS</h2>Moe seemed in the best spirits of the four injured players. He told us to take a look at his suit hanging in the closet of his private ward. It was just saturated with blood and gave you a funny feeling as you looked at it.The four players were all quarttered in private wards. O&rsquo;Connor and Eddolls were across the hall from one another on the eighth floor while Laprade and Moe were on the. fourth floor.When we visited Laprade Saturday, he was anxious to iphone his wife at Port Arthur to tell her he was all right. This was La-prade&rsquo;s third broken nose and third concussion. All three broken proboscises happened playing hockey. The last concussion he received was last December 13 in Toronto when Bill Ezinicki crashed him to the ice.<h2>WAS SLEEPING</h2>Moe was riding in the back seat of the car with Laprade on his left and Leswick on his right. &ldquo;As a matter of fact, both Edgar and I were sleeping at the time of the accident and can&rsquo;t remember a thing about it Moe said. &ldquo;When I came to I was in the ambulance on the way to Montreal.&rdquo;The injured players felt very sorry for Coach Frank Boucher on the eve of the new season. Everyone in hockey feels the same way and Boucher will have to be a miracle man to keep the Rangers up there during the early stages of the race minus his key players.<h2>Concussion</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0610/889174-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="526" height="862"><figcaption class="caption-body">EDGAR LAPRADE, another Ranger pivotnian, suffered a broken nose and slight concussion in the road crash that blasted New York&rsquo;s early-season hopes.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Eddolls, Laprade, O’Connor and Moe Are In Hospital

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0115/887818-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cap QUARTET who will be heard from tills year. L. to R., Eddie Bruneteau, Cliff Simpson, NelsPodolsky and Jim Enio (formerly Enio Sclisizzi).</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0210/887811-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1447" height="1093"><figcaption class="caption-body">EX-RANGER Ott Heller, on boards, drills Joe Lund (left) Frank Melong and Al Dewsbury during a practice session at fall training camp.</figcaption></div>INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.&mdash;According to &ldquo;rave notices&rdquo; from the pre-season training camp, the best young goalie in professional hockey circles will be in the nets for the Indianapolis Capitals during the 1948-49 American League campaign. He is Terry Sawchuk, 18-year-old Omaha product who was acclaimed as the &ldquo;rookie of the year&rdquo; in the United States League last season.Terry&rsquo;s play has been nothing short of marvelous in practice games at Saskatoon and Detroit. Gordie Howe, Jimmy McFaddenana otnernea wings stars say they haven&rsquo;t been able to find a single weakness in his performance.He moves around in his heavy equipment with quickness and smoothness, rarely drops to the ice and never takes his eys off the puck.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen a young goalie with more ability,&rdquo; says Tommy Ivan, Detroit coach. &ldquo;All he needs to rank right at the top of the list is added experience.&rdquo;<h2>Once a Forward</h2>Oddly enough, Terry first attracted attention as a forward Tather than a goalie, although he always has preferred to play in the nets. When he tried to win a position era a playgrounds team at Winnipeg, however, he was ranked behind one of his boyhood chums &mdash; Lenny French &mdash; at that position. Rather than sit on the bench most of the time, the ambitious Sawchuk shifted to a forward position until French relinquished the post to join another team the following year.This is the fourth year Terry has reported to the Detroit training camp.&ldquo;The first time,&rdquo; says Terry,&ldquo;The Red Wings sent me back to Winnipeg for more experience. A year later they moved me up to the Junior Red Wings at Galt, Ont., and last season I started with the Windsor Spitfires before breaking into professional hockey at Omaha early in the season.Terry is a big likeable kid, who gets along well with, everyone. He tips the scales at 198 pounds and is an all-around athlete of exceptional ability. Last summer he won the batting championship of Winnipeg&rsquo;s Senior Baseball League with an average of .376 and also devoted considerable time to the job of polishing his game on the golf links. &#9632;

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Work Of Sawchuk In Nets Has Club Bosses Drooling

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.&mdash;There will be one less tongue twister this season for radio announcers who broadcast games involving the Indianapolis Capitals.Like a few other outstanding professional athletes in other sports, who had names which were difficult to spell or pronounce, EnioSclisizzo finally has eased the situation by changing his name.From now on he wants to be known as Jim Enio and he hopes the fans will accept the change with the same cooperation displayed by liis team mates at the training camp this fall. &#9632;

SPORTS ANNOUNCERS ARE HEREBY WARNED TO WATCH THIS ONE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-036/887897-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bright Future PredictedTERRY SAWCHUCK, brillant 18year &mdash; old puck-blocker who will guard Indianapolis twines this winter, is looked on as a sure cinch to carve a classy career in pro hockey.</figcaption></div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;Wally Kilrea merely &ldquo;came home again&rdquo; when he took over the coaching of the Philadelphia Rockets last season. As a &ldquo;kid&rdquo; of 21, he had played with the old Philadelphia Quakers away back in 1930-31. He had been sent &ldquo;on loan&rdquo; from the Ottawa Senators with another &ldquo;kid&rdquo;, Sid Howe, to help bolster the ever-losing Quakers&rsquo; squad. Both went on to establish big names for themselves in the hockey world.Philadelphia liked Wally then and it likes him now. Fans were particularly pleased when Peter A. Tyrrell, President and General Manager of the Arena, signed him to coach the Rockets In the summer of 1947. The season before (1946-47), he had coached Fort Worth In the United States League, and had made quite a name for himself not only as a successful coach but as a handler of men.<h2>Brother Plays</h2>Although fandom regretted somewhat that they would not be able to see Wally in action, they were pleased that a Kilrea still was on the &ldquo;firingline&rdquo;, for Kenny, Wally&rsquo;s kid brother, and the youngest of the famous Kilrea hockey family, handled one of the centre positions for the team last season &hellip; and will again be at the post this year.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, on February 18, 1909, Wally turned pro with the Ottawa Senators in the National League in 19 29.His greatest&rsquo; thrill in hockey came when&rsquo;he was chosen &ldquo;the, most valuable player&rdquo; the year he played with the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; Stanley Cup Champions.The property of Detroit, Wally was sold to Hershey the first year Hershey had a team. Playing with the Bears for six years, he left to serve with the U. S. Army Air Corps.<h2>Record Broken</h2>As a Staff Sergeant, he was in administrative work in India for two years.Wally&rsquo;s five-year-old American scoring record of 99. points in a season, established in a 5 6-game schedule while playing for Hershey in 1942-43, was broken only last season by Providence&rsquo;s Carl Liscombe. His assists&rsquo; record was obettered last season by one of his own players, Wally Stefaniw, Rockets centre.Wally&rsquo;s son, &ldquo;Skippy&rdquo; (who is Wally, Jr.) is not following in the footsteps of his famous hockeyplaying Daddy, nor are his uncles, Hec, Ken, Jack and Art. Skippy has taken to golf. At 15 he is making quite a name for himself &hellip; and can Deat his Daddy at that game! &#9632;

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Wally Kilrea Popular Coach With Rabid Fans Of Philadelphia Club

Philadelphia Rockets played slightly better than .500 hockey at home during the 1947-48 campaign. In 34 contests over the home freeze the Philadelphians won 18, lost 14 and tied two. They amassed a total of 38 points out of a perfect 68, which is considerably better than they did on the road when they were only able to accumulate a total of 11 points out of a possible 68.Noted for their crowd-pleasing style of hockey before home fans the Rockets undoubtedly wished that all their A.H.L. contests were scheduled&rsquo; on Philly Ice. &#9632;

Philadephia Likes Their Home Ice

<div class="byline">By JIM ELLERY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0115/887952-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash;In recent years, the American Hockey League has made what are perhaps the most rapid advances in popularity, organization and calibre of play in the history of professional sports, for such a short period of time. The League has continually increased its complement of teams and playing strength to the point that for last season and the coming one, with 11 clubs participating, it has reached an all time high for professional hockey.The future growth of this progressive sports organization also has brilliant prospects as, as in another season, a twelfth team will take to the ice to represent the city of Cincinnatti; which already holds a league franchise and is merely waiting for the completion of the arena to begin active play. They are enough new arenas springing up around the country and sufficient franchise applications on hand to vision a possible 16 Club league In the not too distant future. Spectators attending American Hockey League games benefit by this large complement of teams and players in that they have a more varied amount of opponents to view as adversaries for their home town heroes than any other league in professional ranks.<h2>Looking Back</h2>With such rapid strides being made it might be well to go back though the past years to review the origin of the American League. Three of the teams that presently make up the American League, Providence, Cleveland and Pittsburgh have been active members since the present organization was formed, and are now taking part in their thirteenth season. One of these, Providence, is one of the oldest teams in professional hockey,and has never failed to operate a club in some league since the season of 1926-27.The American Hockey League represents a merger of the strongest clubs of the old Canadian-American Hockey League and the International Hockey League, with new additional teams joining the circuit throughout the years.The Canadian-American Hockey League was organized in the fall of 192-6 and included teams in New Haven, Springfield, Quebec City, Boston and Providence. Philadelphia, Newark, and the Bronx (NY) subsequently entered teams in the league.<h2>Organized In 1926</h2>The Canadian Professional Hockey League was organized in the fall of 1926 with clubs in Stratford, London, Hamilton, Windsor and Niagara Falls, all in Ontario, Canada. Detroit, Kitchener and Toronto iced teams the following season and Buffalo in 1928. Because the league had become International in its scope, the name was changed to The International League at the start of the 1929-30 season. Cleveland joined the organization that season, and in following years, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Rochester also entered the loop.A merger of the two circuits, (Canadian-American and International) was consummated in the fall of 1936 with the executives of the two circuits agreeing to the name of International-Amerdican Hockey League. Philadelphia, Springfield, Providence, New Haven, Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Cleveland operated franchises the first season in the new circuit.<h2>Changes Name</h2>In the fall of 1939 the executives agreed that as Canada was no longer represented i the circuit it should henceforth be called the Aamerican Hockey League, the same name under which it has since operated. Throughout the years following the merger in 1936, Syracuse dropped out of the league, and the other six original members were augmented by Hershey in 1938, Indianapolis in 1939, Buffalo in 1940, Washington in 19 41 and St. Louis in 1944 to bring the circuit up to its present 11 team active participation status.During th war years, due to shortage, of players, in the armed services of United States and Canada, and other difficulties caused by the conflict, four of the present teams, New Haven, Philadelphia, Washington and Springfield were forced to give up active competition, for various years. New Haven was the first to return, coming back for the 1945 - 46 season, while Philadelphia and Springfield resumed their franchises in 1946-47 and Washington, last of the returnees again took to the ice lanes last season. 1947-48, to bring th circuit to 11 team strength.<h2>podoloff President</h2>Maurice Podoloff who became president of the new organization after the merger in 193 6, has remained at the helm to the present day and under his guiding hand and astute judgement in the affairs of the league, it has prospered to the point where it has taken its place with the leading sports organisations of the country.Mr. Podoloff formerly operated the League Headquarters offices in New Haven, Connecticut for the first 10 seasons of the present organization. In 1946 the Headquarters offices were moved to New York City on Madison Avenue, and last May the present office was established on the 80th floor of the Empire State Building, tallest structure in the world.Down through the years, with the increase in team strength and popularity, the brand of play displayed by American Hockey League stars has reached the efficiency stage that has much to do with that present popular appeal to the public. The American League plays a fast skating, wide open hard fought type of game that has the spectators on their feet from the first whistle to the final buzzer. During the past season there were more records broken or tied In expert play and games won than in any previous season. The Cleveland Barons established themselves as one of the greatest teams in professional hockey history by playing the last 27 games of their regular season schedule without defeat, adding three more in the playoffs before faltering once, and then taking the next five to annex the Calder Cup and League Championship. Thus the Barons were undefeated in 35 of their last 36 games. The Providence Reds, senior team in length of professional service, became the scoring sensation of the league last season, running up high scores in most of its games to establish records in many departments.<h2>Re-Wrote Records</h2>Individually, the league&rsquo;s players re-wrote the record books also, with Carl Liscombe of Providence leading the way by totalling 118 points, most ever achieved by a &ldquo;play for play&rdquo;performer. A new assist record was established by Wally Stefaniw of Philadelphia, and even the defense corp caught the socring&ldquo;bug&rdquo; when Eddie Bush, rugged Philadelphia rearguard set new figures for defenseman in points, goals and assists.To alter any opinions that anyone may have that the American League is trictly a wild non-de-fensive ability, scoring league, let it be mentioned that some of the best goaltenders and defensemen in hockey display their wars in the circuit. Most notables of the netminders are &ldquo;Baz&rdquo; Bastien of Pittsburgh, Connie Dion of Buffalo and Harvey Bennett of Providence to mention a few. nl the body checking department such stalwarts as the sard, Allan Stanley, Dan Sprout, aforementioned Ed Bush, Art Les-Ott Heller who recently became coach of Indianapolis and Pete Backor are around to protect their goaltenders and keep the opposition away.<h2>Has Appeal</h2>Evidence of the appeal that American League hockey has to the public is given when it is shown that its spectators travel for miles from the rural communities to the various league cities to see the encounters. Fans of the Hershey Bears in Pennsylvania have been known to travel from as far away as 100 miles just to view a game. During the playoffs of two seasons ago in Hershey, the headlights of cars were seen approaching the beautiful Hershey Arena for miles in all directions, causing one of the Hershey officials standing on the hillside to remark that when Hershey started in the American League he never thought such a day would come to pass, that fans would come from so far to see a game. Further proof of the increased popularity and appeal of the American Hockey League.With the constant efforts of President Podoloff, the Board of Governors, Officials and players all being put into the advancement of the league, there is every rason to believe that thprogrss will continu as in the past, and the standard of efficiency will continue to rise.<h3>The HocKey News</h3>Published weekly, except monthly. May through September, by HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY, 003A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Yearly Subscription Price &mdash;$2.50 in Canada &mdash;$3.50 in U.S.A. &#9632;

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AHL Has Grown Fast Since Inception

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0212/887983-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Energetic Worker</figcaption></div>A compelling and super-energetic figure in the world of professional hockey in Maurice Podoloff, President of the American Hockey League. He&rsquo;s a small man in actua stature, but big in the way he gets things accomplished. Maurice puts everything he&rsquo;s got into making sure that the A.H.L. is a smooth running organization.Not onlv does he hold the top executive position in the A.H.L., but also is prexy of a professional basketball league which has been going great guns. The graying-rotund Podoloff gave New Haven professional hockey. It was true, that at the time, he knew little or nothing about the game. He liked it when he saw it and thought other people would too. As a result, hockey has prospered in New Haven.Always a genius at schedules and organization, Maurice was elected president of the old Canadian-American Hockey League. When that outfit merged with the American Association, Podoloff was a natural choice as head man and he&rsquo;s been in the chair ever since.<h2>A Nice Guy</h2>Under his guldence the A.H.L. has taken great strides. He&rsquo;s the type of person who will work long hours to see that all runs smoothly. He also has the happy faculty of getting along with people. Politics in sport is a dead issue with him.Right now he heads a league with 11 teams. Next season it will be 12 and Podoloff sees the time when it will be double that figure. He points out that the game Is spreading and that with new rinks being build all over, there is room for expansion.Years ago Maurice and his brother Nathan built the New Haven Arena. It was mainly because he was a rink owner that professional basketball was Introduced around his neck of the woods. When various owners of rinks decided that the time was ripe to Introduce the cage game on a play-for-pay basis, Maurice was elected president and the new venture went ahead by leaps and bounds.One of four sons, all of whom graduated from Yale University, only Maurice and Nathan became interested in Bports. The funny part is that none of them played games. They seldom watched a contest. Yet, today they have a smooth working outfit In New Haven.Their father was a Russian immigrant who came up from selling coal, wood and oil around New Haven to where he built a real estate business of wonderful proportions.Never a man to spare himself where the interests of his beloved league&rsquo;s are concerned, Podoloff is busy travelling around the country seeing that everything is going smoothly. He has no use for red tape.There&rsquo;s a story that the boys are fond of telling about this small-built man. It seemed that Maurice spent a lot of his spare time working around his 38-foot motor cruiser. It was this fact that almost made him miss his son&rsquo;s wedding.<h3>MAURICE PODOLOFF</h3>The lad had called his Dad to tell him when the happy eveht was taking place, and Maurice replied that He&rsquo;d be there if he had to &ldquo;come on crutches.&rdquo;The following day, as he was messing around his boat, a gust of wind tossed him and he broke a leg in three places. Even at that, he made the wedding on crutches.Everyone who comes In touch with him is struck by his personality and willingness to face any problem. He will probably be president of the American Hockey League as long as he wants. He has the respect and admiration of all owners. &#9632;

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Maurice Podoloff Kept Hopping As American Hockey Loop Prexy

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>AMERIGAN BASEBALL writers often sneer at hockey&rsquo;s playoffs, particularly in the National League where four teams out of six enter the post-schedule series for the Stanley Cup. However, hockey has never produced a playoff such as is currently taking place in the Little World Series where the competing clubs, St. Paul and Montreal, are both owned by the same organization, the Brooklyn Dodgers. The same situation happened a few years ago when Kansas City and Newark played off for the minor World Series &hellip; both teams belonging to the parent New York Yankees &hellip; Seeing as how the N.H.L. All Star game will take place in Chicago on November 3, the day after the U.S. Presidential election, it is expected that several top United States political figures will attend the hockey classic.WHETHER PHIL WATSON, tempestous forward on some of New York Rangers greatest teams, will make good as a coach is still very much of a question mark. Watson is slated to handle the coaching reins of the New York Rangers this season. He knows his hockey and is a fiery leader but he is also noted for his irresponsibility. If he can overcome this fault and we certaintly hope he can, Phil should do well as a hockey mastermind &hellip; &ldquo;Patsy&rdquo; Callinghen, one of the American League referees, works as a policeman during the summer months at a Cleveland amusement park. Wonder if &ldquo;Patsy&rdquo; has much occasion to blow his whistle? &hellip; Paul Haynes, ex-forward star of Montreal Maroons, Canadiens and Boston Bruins, and still associated with hockey as a part-time broadcaster, lost his very atractive wife recently. A graduate lawyer, Haynes was one of the most gentlemanly of players and is a successful business man today in Montreal. All of hockey will mourn his untimely loss &hellip;MAX BENTLEY is known among his teammates as a hypochondriac. The fleet centre of Toronto Maple Leafs always has a quantity of pills, medicines etc. handy and imagines he suffers from every ailment under the sun. It doesn&rsquo;t seem to affect his playing however &hellip; Johnny Gross, trainer of the New Heaven Ramblers and a native Winnipegger, was married a few weeks ago. Gross was trainer of a number of Winnipag&rsquo;s Memorial Cup winners &hellip; Dave O&rsquo;Meara, 18-year-old goaltender injured at Detroit&rsquo;s training camp the other day is the son of Baz O&rsquo;Meara, sports editor of the Montreal Star and one of hockey&rsquo;s top writers &hellip; Frank Selke, just back from Canadiens junior training camp at Fort William, was full of enthusiasm. According to Frank, plenty of bright prospects attended the camp.BILL DURNAN is still using the same goal pads and gloves he wore when he broke in with Canadiens five years ago. No doubt he figures they are pretty lucky as he won the Vezina Trophy as the N.H.L.&rsquo;s top goalie the first four years he was in the league &hellip; Turk Broda, Toronto&rsquo;s Vezina winner of last season, has been breaking in a new pair of pads and gloves at the Leafs camp this fall. Turk says he averages two seasons with the same pads and gloves &hellip; Jim Vipond, the Toronto Globe & Mail&rsquo;s excellent hockey writer will be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross later this month at Ottawa&hellip; Tommy McKenna has left the New York Rangers as trainer for a position with the New York Giants baseball team. He will train the Minneapolis Millers, farm club of the Giants during the summer and will be in charge of trainers at all Giant training camps in the southland each spring &hellip; Only 29, McKenna is one of the smartest young trainers to come along for some time &hellip; Frank Paice, a Montrealer who has been training the New York Rovers for the past couple of seasons has suceeded McKenna as Ranger trainer.LES RUSSELL, a personable sports writer from Winnipeg, is the latest addition to THE HOCKEY NEWS editorial staff. Russell has a fine hockey background as coach of many of Winnipeg&rsquo;s top amateur teams. He started Jim Henry and Bill Mosienko up the road to stardom. A top drawer guy, he will be a valuable acquisition to the hockey fans&rsquo; own paper &hellip; New York Rangers will hold a Buddy O&rsquo;Connor Night in New York during the early part of the schedule. Buddy will be presented with the Hart and Lady Byng Trophies at this time &hellip; Jack Klemens, former New York Rover, is now in charge of all hockey at Lake Placid, N.Y. Tommy Lockhart, business manager of New York Rangers and one of hockey&rsquo;s most progressive executives, believes Klemens will be able to develop several first rate hockey players at the upstate New York resort town.CLINT ALBRIGHT is slated for the left wing position on the new line Coach Frank Boucher is forming for the Rangers this year. Buddy O&rsquo;Connor will center Albright and Pentti Lund, the right winger who came to Rangers from Boston in the Warwick-Taylor trade last winter. Albright hails from Winnipeg and is one of the few bespectacled players in hockey &hellip; Boston Bruins are very keen on the play of Zellio Toppazzini at the Bruins&rsquo; Hershey training camp. Just 18 years of age, he has all the requisites of a major leaguer and is one of the brightest of Boston&rsquo;s younger players. He may be a year or two away from the N.H.L. at the moment but looks like a cinch to arrive there eventually &hellip; The Bruins had over 65 at their school and Chief Scout Harold &ldquo;Baldy&rdquo; Cotton has done a marvellous job in luring some of the top amateurs in Canada to the Boston fold.LARGE DON PENNISTON, clever coach of Hershey Bears has a plethora of humorous hockey aneedotes. Penniston is also quite a poet and has written several sonnets of late. One of his best works is a poem on hockey &hellip; The way Jimmy Peters has been flying at the Bruins training camp this fall, it appears as if the popular Verdun boy is in for his greatest season yet &hellip; Apparently &ldquo;Sweeney&rdquo; Schriner and Murray Armstrong were a little premature in their announcements that they would be playing for Regina Caps in the Western Canada Hockey League this season. Neither one has been granted his reinstatement to amateur ranks and rumours have it they won&rsquo;t receive their reinstatement &hellip; Ron Cook, sports director at Hamilton&rsquo;s C.K.O.C. for the past three years left the studio this month to go into business for himself. Now known as Ron Cook Productions, he does publicity, public relations and radio work. He is also the Hamilton correspondent for THE HOCKEY NEWS. &#9632;

Passing the Puck

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0138/888038-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dean Of WhistlersCHARLES HENRY (RABBIT) McVEIGH</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Color in personality is an ingredient that always makes any athlete a standout in any field of endeavor in the sporting world. Many athletes attempt for years to acquire this valuable asset in their makeup. However it is something that is only born into an individual and very seldom acquired later. Charles &ldquo;Rabbit&rdquo; McVeigh, senior member of the American Hockey League refereeing staff is doubly fortunate in having been born not only with a colorful personality, but also a bright-hued head of red hair, to supply outer as well as inner color.When Rabbit was dashing up and down the ice lanes as a player with numerous amateur teams and later with the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Amerians in the National Hockey League, his bounding form was always accented by the flash of his curly crimson head. His nickhame of Rabbit was given him by fans and players in his playing days because of the way he could leap and bound over the ice surfaces, as he dashed in pursuit of the puck.<h2>Storehouse Of Knowledge</h2>The American. Hockey League is quite fortunate in having such an efficient and well learned hockey personage as the dean of its refereeing staff. What the Rabbit doesn&rsquo;t know about hockey isn&rsquo;t worth anyone&rsquo;s time in learning, as his many years of contact with the sport as player and official have brought him face to face with every kind of problem the game can furnish.His dynamic and amusing personality has won him thousands of friends in the playing ranks as well as the spectators, and when Rabbit calls a play, the complaints are very few, as the players know that his vast knowledge, fairness, and ability to call them right is usually unreproachable. For this reason he is likened to Bill Klem the most famous of baseball umpires.<h2>Efficient System</h2>The American Hockey League employs the two-referee system in Its games, and. Rabbit along with many other hockey observers believes this to be the most efficient manner to officiate a hockey contest, as It gives two men equal authority to call all plays and penalties, and very little escapes their eyes. When Rabbit is one half of the officiating two-some, his partner is sure to have perfect cooperation in his performance, and he has been of valuable assistance in teaching other members of the staff to make it one of the most efficient group of officials in sport.Rabbit was born Charles Henry JUcVeiglCin Kenora, Ontario, Canada on March 29, 1898. He has always been one of the smallest players that ever played professional hockey, standing a mere 5 feet, 6 inches. His present weight of 158 pounds was just about the same as his playing days. Many years of participation in the hockey world have not slowed his skating ability in the slightest, and he can still scoot over the frozen surfaces as well if not better than many of the players he Jias to keep pace with in judging the games today, although they all have years of age on the re-doutable Rabbit.<h2>Fightin&rsquo; Irishman</h2>Rabbit&rsquo;s amateur days in hockey were spentarotind Kenora, Winnipeg and Moose Jaw, with a three year timeout period to take part in the first World War during which he spent 28 months overseas wearing the kilts of the 16th Canadian Scottish, despite his Irish ancestry. Rabbit and his regiment saw action at Vimy Ridge, the Somme and other bloody battles in France.After returning from the war with decorations on his chest, a shrapnel wound in his knee and his hearing impaired, Rabbit turned to the professional hockey ranks, playing with Regina and then Portland, Oregon of the Pacific Coast League. He jointed the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL in 1926 and two years later became a member of the New York Americans, where again his playing and personality endeared him to the Gotham fans.<h2>Legion Of Stories</h2>The stories of the amusing incidents and escapades in the life both on and off the ice of Rabbit are numerou enough to fill a full sized book. However, some of the favorite McVeigh stories, while they undoubtedly have been told and written before, are well worth repeating. Such as the night while playing with the Americans, one of his teammates got into a skirmish, with &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; Clapper, hockey great now coaching the Boston Bruins. Although the tall Clapper towered over Rabbit, that didn&rsquo;t stop the mite from trying to help out his buddle, which is quite characteristic of the Rabbit. Dit pushed his diminutive adversary away a few times, not wishing to be bothered with so small a contestant as Rabbit. Finally, exasperated by Rabbit&rsquo;s coming back for more, Dit hit him right on top of the head, an easy task what with the difference in height. Rabbit soon had everyone laughing when he told Dit to stop hitting him on top of the head before he broke his ankles or drove him into the ice.Another yarn concerns the Americans also and Rabbit&rsquo;s playing days. His coach at the time was fed up with the way the immortal Howie Morenz was scoring against the Amerks whenever they played Morenz&rsquo;sMonttreal Canadiens. He assigned Rabbit to guard Howie and not to lose track of him all night. After the &ldquo;Stratford Streak&rdquo; had piled up 6 scoring points, Rabbit told his coach and teammates it wasn&rsquo;t his fault. He claimed Morenz had skated past him so fast and so many times he gave McVeigh a bad case of pneumenia from the breeze he created.<h2>Fun And Frolic</h2>During his war service, Rabbit was an orderly for a time to &ldquo;Bullet Joe&rdquo; Simpson, another hockey great, who was a captain overseas. Simpson told Rabbit to serve tea to some of his visiting officer friends. Rabbit entered the Simpson quarters, tripped, and a trayful of hot tea was deposited on the bald pate of a high ranking officer. Sim&rsquo;pson promptly booted Rabbit out of the tent with a well placed kick when he bent over to pick up the tray.He has carried his good humor and quips from his playing days into his refereeing profession now. Just last season, a certain player became peeved when Rabbit handed him a minor penalty. The offending player threw his stick high in the air over the ice. The quick-witted Rabbit immediately hollered, &ldquo;If that stick comes down it will cost you a misconduct and a $25 fine&rdquo;. Of course the law of gravity prevailed and down came the stick. Although the player sat out an extra 10 minutes and paid, he couldn&rsquo;t help laughing at McVeigh&rsquo;s humorous remarks.Whenever Rabbit visits the American Hockey League Headquarters Offices high up on the 80th floor of the Empire State Building in New York, he gazes out at an island in the East River that has a signal buoy on it. Rabbit calls this island &ldquo;hissubmarine&rdquo; because it is long and narrow and the buoy looks like a periscope sticking up, and wonders when &ldquo;his submarine&rdquo; will dive under.<h2>Lives In Detroit</h2>During the off season, Rabbit makes his home in Detroit, Michigan, where he is employed by the Ford Motor Co. Rabbit has two grown children, and the apple of his eye right now is his grandchild.Long a lovable figure in the hockey world, Rabbit is still remembered by old time hockey fans from his playing days, always being up high In the scoring races. He will be remembered by present day fans for his great personality and fine refereeing ability, long after he hangs up his skates for the last time. &#9632;

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Colorful “Rabbit” Heads AHL Refs

There are always those people in sport who live behind the scenes. Publicity men are usually known to the press and that&rsquo;s about all. The work they do in keeping the public informed about sport is a huge one. Jim Ellery, publicity man for the American Hockey League, Is one of these.Jim turns out reams of copy about his beloved hockey and players who make up the game. He&rsquo;s a New Yorker. Not only was he born there, but has lived in the big city all his life which is 34 years.His first job in the puck chasing game came when Lester Patrick, manager-coach of New York Rangers, gave him a chance. Ever since that time, Ellery has been connected with the game,<h2>Loves The Game</h2>He loves it. During his younger days he did a little skating on ponds, but admits he was never much of a whiz with a stick.While no great shakes as a hockey player Ellery was a pretty fair baseball placer and played a few seasons of semi-pro ball. He played on the same team in high school as Phil Rizzuto, the New York Yankees shortstop. He is an avid baseball fan and the Yanks are his favorite club.He worked for several years in a stock brokers office on Wall Street, handling hockey statistics by night. Always crazy about figures pretaining to hockey, Jim would spend every available moment delving over hockey breakdowns.It was while handling the statistics for Rangers that he met Jim Hendy, which Ellery thinks was his biggest break in hockey.Hendy, when the American Hockey League offices were moved from New Haven to New York in 1946, became Publicity Director. He took Ellery along with him to act as league statistician which was a full time job.At the start of the 1947-48 season, Hendy left to become President of the fast growing United States Hockey League. It was only natural that Ellery was given the job as Publicity Director of the A.H.L.There was a time when Jim covered amateur hockey for the Long Island daily press. A marvelous person at figures, Ellery can rattle off averages at an amazing speed. He knows the players more for what they have accomplished on the ice than by anything else.He spent three years in the United States Army, part as a guard over German prisoners of war.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0231/888069-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="538" height="855"><figcaption class="caption-body">Helps HockeyJIM ELLERY</figcaption></div>A Ranger, fan since he was old enough to take an interest in hockey, Ellery is still keen about the Brodway Blueshirts and ia very friendly with several playera on the team. Two of his better pals are Ott Heller and Dave Kerr two Ranger greats of yesteryear, Jimmy is married to a charming girl and they both hold New York dear. He tips the scale at 200 and stands 5 ft. 10&frac12; inches. &#9632;

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Jim Ellery Is One Of Hockey’s Hidden Men

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 Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.Printed in CanadaVOL. 2 OCTOBER 13, 1948 NO. 2Hockey is on the threshold of another promising season. As usual, much publicity has been given to teams making up the National and American leagues. A few of the top senior circuits have also been analyzed. This is only as it should be for the great winter sport at its best. We of THE HOCKEY NEWS however, wish to take time out to pay tribute to the &ldquo;little men.&rdquo; By that we mean the thousands or unsung heroes of the snowbanks &mdash; the men who give their time and energies trying to teach the young fry how to become solid hockey players. These stalwarts do so without any thought of payoff. They spend long hours with the &rsquo;teen-agers, grounding them in the rudiments of a great sport &mdash; the art of stickhandling, passing strategy, how to carry a puck, how to block an opposing forward.It won&rsquo;t be long until bantam and midget loops are in full swing. From these minor set-ups come the professional stars of tomorrow. Soon the men who devote their time to this cause will be standing knee-deep in snowdrifts, shouting instructions at their budding puckchasers. Outside rinks are plagued by wintry blizzards. Ice surfaces become unusable until the shovel brigade has completed its work. In the forefront you&rsquo;ll always find the coaches and managers of the teams.Little thanks is given for the job. Only a sense of inner satisfaction can compensate for the hard work. There is pride in seeing one of your youngsters develop into an N.H.L. star.We know the trouble and heartaches of operating an outdoor rink. Usually the community is slow to respond in a financial way. There&rsquo;s a box car for a clubhouse, a stove that clouds the place with smoke, flooding from a garden hose attached to the nearest house, which always freezes before the surface is half-iced. These are only a few of the problems. Yet, civic-minded men do the work cheerfully.There&rsquo;s been a lot of talk about juvenile delinquency during the past few years. Whether the men handling minor amateur hockey teams realize it or not, they are contributing in a big way towards building better citizens. A boy who takes an interest in sport seldom finds himself before a juvenile court judge. He has no time for pranks if he&rsquo;s set upon being a first-class hockey player. It means hard work and close attention to what he is taught by his coach.Nearly every youngster has his favorite professional team and player. He will try to emulate the feats of his idol. That&rsquo;s why it is such a great responsibility to see that the game is kept clean. Good sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct off and on the ice are resources which cannot be measured in terms of cold cash. THE HOCKEY NEWS is well aware of the tremendous job done by the men behind the eager kid brigades. That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re handing out ths pre-season bouquet. Let&rsquo;s not lose sight of the little man&rsquo;s contribution amid the turmoil and excitement of another hockey year.THE HOCKEY NEWS is glad to say, &ldquo;Thanks for a job well done. Hockey the world over owes you a great debt.&rdquo;<h2>ACCIDENT MARS SEASON OPENING</h2>Blighting the opening of what otherwise was shaping up as the best puck season yet, the unfortunate accident that injured four New York players came just at a time when it most seriously impaired the chances of the Rangers in the new hockey season.Hockey fans everywhere will sympathize with the families of the injured men &mdash; Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, Frankie Eddolls, Bill Moe and Edgar Laprade. But, as luck would have it, the injuries weren&rsquo;t fatal, and the hurt players will recover in time, for which everybody is thankful.The blow to their team is a serious one, and its full effect may not be assessed until the last puck is faced off next spring. With two of their star centers, in O&rsquo;Connor and Laprade, out of action, Rangers will be sorely tried as they get underway in the 1948-49 campaign. Their defense also was blasted with the loss of Eddolls and Moe. Both O&rsquo;Connor and Eddolls will be out for at least six weeks, and while the two other men will be back in action in a few days, the accident can&rsquo;t help but retard the opening drive of the Gothamites, who had been looking forward to this year as one in which they might perhaps gain a playoff berth.But, as we said, serious though it is, things might have been worse. Recalled to mind are the bus crashes last Summer and two years ago, which wiped out a large part of two baseball teams, and the tragedy which crippled Winnipeg Toilers basketball team in an airplane crash of the early 1930&rsquo;s. Hockey thus far has escaped any similar disaster. &#9632;

A HAND FOR THE “LITTLE MEN”

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01110/888124-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>WANTS PICTURES</h2>Dear Sir,Is there any way in which 1 can secure pictures of players who are, or who have been, with the Indianapolis American League hockey team?Thank you for any information you may give. Also may I congratulate you on the wonderful assortment of news about all teams which appears in THE HOCKEY NEWS.Mrs. Edith Rednour Indianapolis, Ind.(You might write to Al. Bloemker, Publicity Director for the Indianapolis team at the Arena.)<h2>TOP U.S. FAN</h2>Dear Sir,I&rsquo;m writing you once again and hoping that you wiU print this letter in the FAN FORUM. I have told you before I&rsquo;m doing my darndest to become the number one hockey fan in the U.S.A. I&rsquo;ve done quite a bit of publicity work for your wonderful hockey paper over our local station.How about giving more details on the Q.S.H.L. and also the E.A. H.L. I&rsquo;m going to send you clippings and scores on a league which is made up of American boys. This loop is the M.A.H.L., and these lads also play in a league that was formed last year and operates under the name of the Atlantic Hockey League.I&rsquo;d appreciate it very much if you would inform the fans that Guy Lebow is going to broadcast both New York Ranger and New York Rover games over WPIX Television station.I&rsquo;m going to form a Guy Lebow Hockey club and would appreciate it very much if you would let the fans know about it and tell them anyone desiring to join the club may do so by writing to me.Sid Seidman New York.<h2>LEAF SUPPORTER</h2>Dear Sir,I am a very good fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs and love to find out all I can about them. I want to subscribe to THE HOCKEY NEWS for the coming year as I have read it before and like it.Will you please tell me the lifetime number of goals and assists for Harry Watson, Syl Apps and Max Bentley? I would like to know what they are.Jim Savidant La Tuque, Que.(Always glad to oblige, Jim. Here are the goal scoring and assists record of the three players you mention since they joined the N.H.L. Harry Watson has scored 64 times and assisted in 53 others in regular league play. In playoffs he&rsquo;s netted 10 and helped in four. Apps, in regular season play, has scored 201 with 231 assists. His playoff record is 25 and 28. Bentley has poured 132 pucks past rival goaUes and assisted in 172. In playoffs helias blinked the red light eight times, with 10 assists.)<h2>FLYER FAN ENTHUSIASTIC</h2>Dear Sir,Hockey is very popular in St. Louis, but our papers do not give it the space it deserves, with the exception of the Globe Democrat. Your paper is most welcome (for that reason) with all the hockey news and pictures &mdash; especially of our Flyers.Richard B, Stengel St. Louis, Mo.Dear Sir,This is the first time I have found anything to complain about in THE HOCKEY NEWS. (In the Sept. 15 Happy Birthday column) the date of Emile Francis&rsquo; birthday was given as Sept. 13, 1920. This is six years older than his actual age. Francis was born in 1926.Dolores Zllvitis Chicago, Ill.(Sharp-eyed Reader Zilvitls is perfectly correct. A typographical error aged &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; by six premature years.)<h2>BENTLEY BROS. DATA</h2>Dear Sir,Do Max and Doug Bentley both hold records, and if so, which ones? How about stories, with good, recent pictures on Bill Ezlnicki and Bill Mosienko?I would like to make a suggestion that you put the subscription expiration date of THE HOCKEY NEWS on the address plate.Jerry Truscott Tessier, Sask.(Neither of the Bentley brothers hold all-time records, although Max led the N.H.L. in scoring points in 1045-46 with 61 and in 1946-47 with 72. Doug was point leader in 1942-43 with 73, and headed the loop in goals with 38 in 1943-44. However, Herb Cain set the point record at 82 with Boston Bruins in the 1943-44 season, and Maurice Richard is top goal-getter with a record 50 in 1944-45.)Dear Sir,I enjoy reading THE HOCKEY NEWS. I would however, like to make a suggestion. I wonder if it would be possible for your paper to print stories on some of the former greats of the game Being an ardent Montreal Can adien fan, and not being old enough to remember too far back I would like to read about &ldquo;the good old days.&rdquo; At least, that&rsquo;s what my father calls them.Keep up the good work am thank you for giving space to this letter.Harry JohnsoiToronto, Ont.(Thanks for your euggestioi Harry. We are going to try and print as many stories of past hockey greats as we can.)<h2>BILL&rsquo;S ISO POET</h2>Dear Sir: &mdash; Wilson McDonald, well known Canadian poet, was at our school a few weeks ago and was reading some of his poetry to us. He compared hockey to poetry and said that such men as Apps and Joliat, stickhandling down the ice, reminded him of poetry, but that Bill Ezinicki was pure prose.Jean Loney and Barbara Layzell.Montreal West, Que.Dear Sir,Would it be possible for you to tell me how many years Harry Lumley has played goal for Detroit Red Wings and what his age was when he first joined the Wings?Marion CardackDetroit, Mich.(Lumley was bom November 11, 1926 which makes him 23 this year. He joined the Wings in 1943-44 when he was 17. He only played two games and spent the following year with Indianapolis. In 1944-45 he came back to Detroit and has been a fixture ever since.)Dear Sir,Congrats on THE HOCKEY NEWS. Keep it up. My whole family read it every week.George Gillespie Hamilton, Ont.Dear Sir,Could you please tell me how many years Murph Chamberlain has played for Montreal Canadiens and did he ever play for Toronto Maple Leafs?Bill Scott Winnipeg, Man.(&ldquo;Hard Rock&rdquo; joined the Canucks for part of the 1940-41 season. Then he went to Washington for a year. 1941-42 he devided his time between Canadiens and New York Americans. Then he moved to Boston Bruins. In 1946-44 he returned to Montreal and has been with the team ever since. Yes, he was with the Leafs three years.)<h2>N.H.L. SCHEDULE</h2>Dear Sir,Have the National Hockey League schedule booklet and official rules been printed yet? What about the hockey annual, or some of those other hockey books? Are they ready?How about giving us a note on them in the next issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS?Al. Finkelstein Winnipeg, Man.(Yes Al, the schedule has been printed. The Official National Hockey Guide, edited by James C. Heandy will be out any day now.)Dear Sir,This is just a short note to tell you that the THE HOCKEY NEWS fills a long needed want. Now I can read all about my favorite players. Thanks for an entertaining paper.Doug McMaster Moncton, N.B.<h2>WANTS CROSSWORDS</h2>Dear Sir,I disagree with Gerald Ray who, in the October 6 issue, said that he could find crossword puzzles in any paper or puzzle book. Maybe he can, but not hockey crosswords, and I think that&rsquo;s what hockey fans want. Keep up the good work, and let&rsquo;s see more puzzles.Jack Ellison Greenfield Park, Que.(Thank you, Jack, that&rsquo;s just the way we feel about hockey crosswords. Any of you other fans who want to vote on the crosswords Issue?)Dear Sir,I disagree with Gerald Ray &mdash; I want crosswords. You can get them in papers and books, but not hockey ones.What is Kenny Reardon&rsquo;s lifetime in goals, assists, points and penalties in minutes? Also what is Durnan&rsquo;s goalkeeping record? How about an article oh Canadiens&rsquo; rookies?Kenny Steels Greenfield Park, Que.(Reardon in his four regular seasons in the N.H.L. has scored 20 goals and 48 assists for 68 points, and has spent 341 minutes in the penalty box. His record year for penalties was in 1947-48, when he ticked off a total of 129 minutes. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, his record reads two goals, three assists, five points and 28 penalty minutes. Ihirnan in five seasons has played 259 games, allowed 634 goals for a per-game average of 2.45 goals, and chalked up 16 shutouts in regular schedule play. In playoffs, he has 35 games, 72 goals for a 2.06 average and two shutouts.Dear Sir,I wonder if you could settle an argument which came up recently? I claim that Tommy Ivan, coach of Detroit Red Wings, played for the Wings before the war. My pal says no. Who&rsquo;s right?Harry Smith Vancouver, B.C.(If you had any money on the question, Harry, pay the man. Ivan is the only hockey coach in the N.H.L. Who never played in the &ldquo;Big Time&rdquo;. In fact, HOCKEY NEWS has a story on him in this issue.)Dear Sir,I have read every one of your copies of THE HOCKEY NEWS and I think that it is the best sports paper I&rsquo;ve ever read. This paper should have been printed years ago because I have followed all hockey since 1931. This paper covers everything, and as far as I am concerned I hope it continues for a long time to come. Thank you very much for a fine paper for the years ahead.Where is George Parsons, exLeaf now living?John Wills Halifax, N.S.(Thank you for the nice letter Mr. Wills. Parsons lives in Toronto and is a salesman for a skate company.) &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

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Boston May Use Schmidt On Defense

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash; Probably no coach in the National Hockey League faced more heart-breaking injuries to his team last season than Aubrey &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; Clapper. Yet, he managed to lift his club into a playoff spot. He&rsquo;s a players&rsquo; coach. They remember his as a great defenseman and respect his actions in handling them.Last year &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; played a few games early in the season to complete his 20th year of pursuing his hockey trade as a member of the Bruins. That&rsquo;s a career of which anyone could well be proud. No spent so lone on actve service with one team.He was honored on several occasions last year. But the one dearest to his heart saw him elected to Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame.Clapper smilingly says he does not know when he put on his first pair of skates, but from the time he did, hockey benefited. During his years with Boston, players of all teams have come to admire his play. When he teamed up with Eddie Shore, the Bruins had the best defense in the business.<h2>Goes To Toronto</h2>Born in Newmarket, Ontario, &rsquo;Dit&rdquo; first saw the light of day February 9, 1907. He developed an early love for all games and became a first rate lacrosse player.Fred Hogarth brought him to Toronto where he lined up with Toronto Parkdale Juniors. Then Eddie Powers, coaching Boston Tigers, signed-him to a Boston minor league contract. In the middle of the 1926-27 season he moved up to the Bruins where he has remained ever since.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0242/888186-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="507" height="843"><figcaption class="caption-body">Old Timer!&ldquo;DIT&rdquo; CLAPPER</figcaption></div>Art Ross, after looking the young kid over, decided that he&rsquo;d be a better forward than defenseman and put him on right wing.Two seasons later he was a member of the famous Cooney Weiland-Dutch Gainor line. Clapper patrolled right wing for the Bruins over a ten-year stretch&rsquo; and when one of the club&rsquo;s regular rearguards retired, moved back to fill in the gap.That change took place in the 1937-38 season and &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; was a standout right from the start. He was named on three successive allstar squads.<h2>Scored 228 Goals</h2>During his time under the Big Tent, Clapper netted 228 goals, along with 246 assists for grand total of 474 points. This was in regular league play. In playoff competition he scored 13 goals and helped out in another 19.Father Time had trouble catching up with &ldquo;Dit&rdquo;. Many thought his time was up away back in 1942 when, in a game against Toronto, he had his Achilles tendon cut.He came back, but he was not the same Clapped. Never again was he able to play as strenuously as before, but he was still a dangerous opponent.During the off season, he hunts. He feels it&rsquo;s the best way to keep in shape.Clapper had a simple creed when playing on the ice trail. He fought his heart out, bounced players around and took the same kind of punishment he dished out. Once the game was over however, he forgot it all and never held a grudge. That&rsquo;s what made him so popular with other pjlayers and fans throughout the entire Natlon-tl Hockey League circuit.This year &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; is hoping his Boston Bruins will start winning early and remain right up among the leaders. All he asks of his players is that they stay In the battle for 60 minutes Jose, win or draw. &#9632;

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Clapper Boasts Playing Record Second To None

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>HERSHEY, Pa&mdash;A problem has risen at the Boston Bruins training camp which is causing the Bruin management considerable concern.The problem is whether Milt Schmidt, greatest center in hockey today, would prove to be the greatest defenseman if moved back to the blueline position. With this in mind the Boston braintrust have had Schmidt working out at defense in their practices to date and thus far there is still a great deal of skepticism on their part as to whether it is a wise move or not.The 30-year-old Boston captain, starting his tenth season as a member of the Bruins has been regarded among hockey wise men as the top pivotman in the business for the last few years. This despite the fact he missed close to two to three and a half seasons of N.H.L. play while serving overseas in the Canadian Air Force. Dogged with injuries which caused him to miss 27 games last season, Milt returned to the Bruins for the last nine games of the year.<h2>One Man Gang</h2>His play in these nine games, and in the five playoff against Toronto Maple Leafs, was little short of phenomenal. He was the original &ldquo;one man gang&rdquo; against the Leafs in the Stanley Cup semifinals and It was as if two Boston teams were playing Leafs&mdash;with Schmidt on the ice they looked great, but when he went off for a rest the Beantown six looked very inept against the over-all power of the Toronto squad. The five foot-eleven, 180 pounder was all over ice, scoring two goals, setting up five others and playing as stout a defensive game as any forward ever played.<h2>Fond Of Work</h2>Always fond of the heavy going and reveling in the rough stuff, it was Milt&rsquo;s great defensive exhibition in the playoffs last spring that gave the Boston management the idea of moving him back to a defense berth. An inspiritional leader and great rallier, it was figured that operating from a defense position where he would be afforded the opportunity to be on the ice longer, would solve the Bruins problems both defensively and offensively. You see he was also counted on to score and set up plenty of Boston goals, as well as preventing the opposition from doing this.So when the Bruins met at Hershey this autumn, Coach Dit Clapper immediately told Schmidt to play defense and has had him working there ever since. It should be pointed out that Milt had played defense on several occasions in previous seasons when the Bruins were short on defensemen or when they wanted to keep a sustained offensive drive on the opposition. A wonderful team player, he doesn&rsquo;t object to playing anywhere.In an exhibition game in which Boston defeated Hershey&rsquo;s Bears 5-2 on October 2 Schmidt played defense. However, he didn&rsquo;t look at home in his new position and failed to impress. Milt himself admitted that he figured it would take him close to half a season before he became accustomed to playing defense. He has to shorten his long skating stride and train himself on how to defend the goal on enemy power plays. There are several other points that he would have to learn before he could be classed as the top rearguard in the circuit.On the other hand It is quite probable he would have dashed off on a merry scoring spree against the Bears on October 2. had he been playing his acustomed position. Reporting to camp in marvellous condition Milt figures he&rsquo;s in as good shape physically as lie&rsquo;s been for some time.Selected to the center post on the N.H.L., First All Star team in 1939-40 and again in 1946-47. Milt has scored 12 8 goals and assisted in 185 others for a total of 313 scoring points in his previous nine seasons in the National League. His playoff record is 16 goals and 20 asists. Because of his reckless style of play, never sparing himself for a second, he has suffered his share of injuries through the years. A broken jaw, wrenched knees, strained groin, cut ankle and other minor hurts.Other pivot men vieing for spots on the Bruins this season are Ed Sandford, Paul Ronty and Johnny Quilty with a slight possibility that Eddie Harrison might be tried at the post. Sandford and Ronty, both rookies last year, played well in their freshman campaigns, but whether they are strong enough to pace the club at center is very much of a question mark right now. Ronty and Sandford are both potentiol greats but neither one has really proved himself yet.<h2>Proven Star</h2>Schmidt is a proven star at center. At defense he is still an uncertainty. True, Babe Seibert and Dit Clapper, both former star forwards were moved back to defense positions and&rsquo; earned star rating at the blueline, but they were both passed their peak as forwards. Schmidt has not demonstrated that he is anywhere near that stage.When the Kitchener Dutchman does show signs of fading as a forward, undoubtedly a switch to defense would revitalize him. possible in an all-out effort to annex the Stanley Cup for Boston in 1948-49. &#9632;

Bruin Star Is Not At Home In New Position

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0340/888279-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="519" height="799"><figcaption class="caption-body">He&rsquo;s A LeafFRANA MATHERS</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;A burning question among followers of the National Hockey League every season is the old one: &ldquo;What rookies are coming up this year?&rdquo; Most clubs seem to have at least one boy who has the coach extolling his ability. Toronto Maple Leafsappear more than happy over siging big Frankie Mathers who played with Ottawa Senators during the 1947-48 campaign.Frankie came to the Leafs via the trade route, involving New York Rangers. His work at the Leaf&rsquo;s pre-season workouts has bought smiles to Manager Conn Smyth&rsquo;s face. A natural - born athlete, Mathers is equally at home on the ice or gridiron. He took a turn with Ottawa Roughriders in the Big Four and more than help his own.Just where this double-duty bit of puck-chasing ivory will play is a question mark. He&rsquo;s as good on defense as forward spot. It&rsquo;s been some time since he actually took care of the rearguard position, but his size makes him a naturtfl.If Mathers&rsquo; past record means anything, then the Maple Leafs should win the Stanley Cup. Seldom is he on a losing team. He started playing hockey in his native Winnipeg with Excelsior Bantam &ldquo;B&rsquo;s&rdquo;. They won the title.<h2>More Titles</h2>The next year he carried right on and was a member of Bantam &ldquo;A&rdquo;, Midget, Juvenile and Junior clubs, all champions. When Winnipeg Rangers won the Memorial Cup. Frank was a member of that club. He broke his leg just before the series and was forced to sit on the sidelines at Maple-Leafs Gardens while his pals disposed of Oshawa Generals.On the Oshawa team that season was Bill Ezinicki. Mathers and Bill played minor hockey together on the same team in Winnipeg for several years.The only trophy Frank missed out on is the Allan Cup. The closest he came to that was last year when Ottawa Senators made the final where they lost out to Edmonton Flyers.A smart, heady player, Mathers is a fine team man. In fact, while playing midget in Winnipeg, he was voted the &ldquo;most gentlemanly; player award.&rdquo;A two-year stretch in the Royal Canadian Air Force probably prevented him for reaching the top in hockey before this season.The 24-year-old Mathers, wha wants to be a dentist, was married last summer and makes his home in Toronto. In signing a contract, it is understood that he will stay up with the Leafs.So far he has worked in and oh all possible combinations. He spent a spell on defense with Jimmy Thomson and Garth Boesch and also at center between Ezinicki and Watson, although it thought likely that this spot will go to Cal Gardner, former Ranger.In inking a Leaf contract, Mathers was faced with the problem of making good money or spending years becoming a dentist. Hockey had always been a sideline with the well-built Frankie but suddenly he found it could also be a living.<h2>Big Business</h2>In fact, at camp, he said, &ldquo;Hockey was something I played ih my spare time, but I can see that down here it&rsquo;s a full time business.&rdquo;There seems little doubt now that he&rsquo;s top-flight pro-material. It might take him a few weeks toi get used to the N.H.L. standard, but come next April, he may even, be in there fighting for the Calder Trophy, which goes annually to the outstanding rookie time will tell.<h2>&ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Keeling</h2>Melville &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Keeling, a forward star with New York Rangers for years, will be making his debut in the 1948-49 season as a full-time National League referee. Keeling worked several games as a &ldquo;ref&rdquo; in the N.H.L. last season, but spent most of the season acting as lineman.Before coming to the N.H.L. as an arbiter last year he had worked as a referee in the A.H.L. His work has been very good and he is highly thought of by players, executives and Jans. &#9632;

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Toronto’s Frank Mathers Is A Double-Duty Threat

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. &mdash;Frank Paice has been appointed trainer of the New York Rangers Hockey Club, Manager Frank Boucher has announced. He succeeds Tom McKenna, who handled the team since 1946.Paice has been with the New York Rovers for the past two seasons. A native of Montreal, where he was stick boy at the Forum in his younger days, Frankie was trainer for amateur clubs in Canada for several years before he joined the New York organization. Now 34, Paice makes his home in Jamaica, L.I.McKenna resigned to devote full time to his baseball chores. He trained the Jersey City Giants during the International League season recently concluded.Bobby Fleischer, who formerly assisted McKenna with his Ranger chores in New York, succeeds Paice as trainer of the Rovers. &#9632;

Rangers Name FrankiePaice Club Trainer

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Members of the Detroit Red Wings are not any too happy over the new National Hockey League rink regulations as far as the Detroit Olympia gees.The rule calls for reduction of the distance behind the goal to the boards from 15 to 10 feet. To manage this at the Olympia they moved the end boards out five feet which meant cutting the corners also. The net result is that the rink is more egg shaped than anything else.<h2>Cause Trouble</h2>It&rsquo;s going to cause the defending team trouble trying to clear the puck. Instead of being able to shoot the rubber right around back of the net and out the other side, the disc is more likely to stick in the corner or come right out in front of the goal.The netminders were all moaning about it. Harry Lumley maintained it would provide a team with as good as an extra forward.It all adds up to making the Detroit rink the hardest to play in. It&rsquo;s going to be a goalkeepers nightmare.<h2>Pavelich Shines On Ball Diamond And Hockey Rink</h2>MartyPavelich is at home with either a baseball bat or hockey stick. The Detroit Red Wing hockey star, who played in the junior baseball league at Sault. Ste. Marie, Ont., was recently voted the most valuable player in the loop and presented with a medal to prove it.He is being groomed for a spot with the N.H.L. Red Wings where he is currently batting a puck instead of a ball. Pavelich is rated one of the finest catchers in Norther Ontario.<h2>Earliest Ever</h2>NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash; Although the day-of-the-week for the opening games &mdash; both home and road &mdash; are the same as last seas, son and the season before, the calendar dates this year are the earliest in Ranger history. Last year&rsquo;s first game on the road fell on Thursday, October 16 (compared with the coming season&rsquo;s Hhurs., Oct. 14), and the 1947148 home opener was played Wednesday, October 29, (compared with Wed., Oct.27). &#9632;

New Ice Layout At The Olympia Upsets Players

Philadelphia, Pa. &mdash;&ldquo;Lefty&rdquo; Jordan, whose personal athletic record reads something like a sports encyclopedia, is trainer&hellip; and one of the best in the business&hellip; for Philadelphia&rsquo;s ice hockey Rockets.This will be his second season on the job. In 1946-47, he was trainer for Wally Kilrea&rsquo;s Fort Worth team in the United States League and when Wally took over the coaching reins of the Philadelphia club, he prevailed upon Lefty to join his staff.Born in Burlington, Ontario, on August 3, 1916, Lefty virtually cut his teeth on such sports as football, lacrosse, softball, boxing, ice hockey and baseball. As a middleweight and lightheavy, he won amateur boxing titles in Canada, played pretty solid lacrosse and was a member on championship softball teams.During the war, he served in the Royal Canadian Navy and for three years acted as trainer for Navy teams in Halifax and New Foiindland. When not otherwise occupied, he found time to act as playing coach of a Navy football team.A likeable person with a ready smile for all, Lefty is popular with both fans and players.Since last season, he has taken himself a bride; he was married to the former Anne Meehan, from New Brunswick. Lefty is bringing his bride with him to Philadelphia this season.<h2>N.H.L. Record Holders</h2>Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach, right wing and center respectively of Montreal Canadians&rsquo; famed Punch Line each holds a very esteemed National Hockey League record.Richard&rsquo;s 50 goals in a season of 50 games, which was established in the 1944-45 season will be equally tough to fracture. Lach set his record also during the 1944-45 season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0515/888465-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="528" height="803"><figcaption class="caption-body">Liniment ManLEFTY JORDAN</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Philadelphia Trainer ‘Lefty’ Jordan Ranked One Of Best In Ice Business

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0177/888379-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0258/888372-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="604" height="1459"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0328/888365-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="593" height="1318"></div><h2>ANSWERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0259/888358-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="530" height="743"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By HEC MacLEAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0192/888496-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="244" height="387"><figcaption class="caption-body">Schriner</figcaption></div>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;Training action is in full swing in the Western Canada Senior Hockey League and in less than a week the 1948-49 schedule, with 120 contests will be well under way. Present prospects indicate another banner season for the live entries in the circuit. This year marks the fourth straight season the post-war league has operated.On paper, Regina Capitals appear to be building a powerhouse lineup, but last year It also looked like Regina at the start and the squad was eliminated in the semi-final round.Frank Currie&rsquo;s defending Allan Cup champions Edmonton Flyers, will again present a formidable threat. Already signed are goalie Keith Woodall, a replacement for Al Rollins; defenseman, Pug Young, Gordon Watt, Bill Pettinger, Doug Lane. Bud MacPherson, with Flyers last year and a tryout at the recent Montreal Canadiens training camp, is a potential member or the Edmonton club this year.<h2>Plenty of Prospects</h2>Forwards include Morey Rlm-stad, Billy Maher, Andy Clove-chuk, Alex Prigle, Freddie Smitten and Elmer Krellar of last year&rsquo;s team and Bernie Bathgate, center with Vancouver Canucks in 1947. Balance of the club will be selected from several players trying out with Currie&rsquo;s squad.Flyers will be weakened by the loss of goaler Al Rollins, who went to Chicago and will either be farmed or catch on with Hawks; Doug Anderson, signed by Montreal Canadiens; Johnny Black, who inked a contract with Al Sutphin&rsquo;s American Hockey League champions Cleveland Barons. Bing Merluk, one of the stars in the Allan Cup final last year, also tried out with Habitants and it&rsquo;s doubtful if he will be back in Edmonton this winter.Although it looked at first Calgary Would have a weak aggregation with only eight holdovers from last year, JackArbour&rsquo;s squad is starting to shape up.<h2>Veterans Return</h2>Holdovers from last year are: Goalie Russ Dertell, Bud Emery, Archie Wilder. Ken Hunter. Dune Grant, Don Culley, Butch McDonald and Stan Devicq. Newcomers so far include Larry Reardon, with Portland last term; Chuck Millman, former Vancouver Canuck; Denny Huddelston, Nelson Maple Leaf in 1947; Archie Scott, former Trail puckman; Mike Yaschuk, with Winnipeg Flyers last season; Bob Ballance, former Vancouver Canuck.This year&rsquo;s edition of Lethbridge Maple Leafs will feature several new faces, including new coach Pete Slobodian. Newcomers include Tom Wood from New York Rovers; Steve Gaber, Boston Olympics; Clayton Lavell, Tacoma Rocket; Dalt Wilson, Rovers.Highlight of the 1947 players was the return of the classy front line of Grant Hall &mdash; Steve Latoski &mdash; Roy Heximer. This trio was one of the most potent scoring threats in the circuit this year and can be locked for to do plenty of light flashing this term..Others Leafs out were Bill Gibson, Ken Simpson, Don Menzies, Bob Kirkpatrick and Bill Boorman.<h2>New Coach</h2>With a new coach&mdash;Art Somers and several new players, Regina Caps figure this is their year. Mel Hill and Dave Schriner, former pro stars, are on the Cap list this year and officials are attempting to obtain Nick Metz, although the Wilcox puckster claims he is through with the ice sport.Caps have a substantial quantity of talent left from last year including: Dutch Van Deelan, Ab. McDougall, Gus Kyle, Gord. Stase-son, Lou Houck, Toby Brown and Joe Schmidt. Another newcomer is Ken Terry, who Regina snapped up from the Coast League. Hermie Gruhn, also from the Coast, is another new face in Regina.Of the five clubs Saskatoon Quakers are doing the least talking but we&rsquo;ll wager Bobby Kirkwill come up with a snappy club this season. Quakers experienced a good year at the gate in 1947 and possibly have the funds to entice some first class puckmen.One loss from the 1947 club which will be felt greatly by Saskatoon is the departure tod the east of center Mike Shabaga. The latter was one of the most dangerous men in the league when around the goal.<h2>Clubs Work Hard</h2>Goalie Ken McAuley will be back with Quakers this year and Bill Snyder also is expected to line up with the club. Coach Kirk recently signed Jerry Rouse, former Winnipeg junior. The Saskatoon pilot expects big things from the rearguard this year.At the present all clubs are starting to shape up but it won&rsquo;t be until Christmas when a good indication of the club to beat can be determined. There&rsquo;s no use making predictions at this stage of the game but from here it looks like Calgary and Regina will be the front runners.<h3>Sole U.S. &ldquo;Ref&rdquo;</h3>Bill Chadwick, who will be starting his eigth season as ai N.H.L. referee with the commen cement of the 1948-49 season ii the only American operating as i referee in the National circuit Chadwick was born and still live: in New York. &#9632;

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Western Canada Seniors Expect A Banner Season

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Dave &ldquo;Sweeney&rdquo; Schriner and Murray Armstrong, two former N.H.L. players, now on the voluntary retired list, will have to seek re-instatement as amateurs before they can play with Regina Caps in the Western Canada Senior League, N.H.L. officials have announced.Schriner, a former New York American and Toronto Maple Leaf star went on the Leaf&rsquo;s retired list November 1946. Armstrong, who started with Americans and then moved to Detroit, is on the retirement list of Dallas of the U.S.H.L.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0261/888534-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="510" height="847"><figcaption class="caption-body">Yes Or No?NICK METZ, who has announced his retirement from Toronto Maple Leafs, is being sought by Regina Caps. Nick says he is through for good, but Caps are trying a little persuasion.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0347/888527-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="532" height="849"><figcaption class="caption-body">Champ&rsquo; CoachFRANK CURRIE, Coach of the Allan Cup defending Edmonton Flyers, who hopes for a repeat this season.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Schriner, Armstrong Want Amateur Status To Play With Regina

SASKATOON. Sask.&mdash;When the cat&rsquo;s away the mice will play; at least that is what the Fort Worth Rangers thought at their camp until owner Eddie Shore arrived on the scene and immediately shattered any such dreams. &ldquo;Mr. Hockey&rdquo; arrived at the training site with a flourish, at least a flourish that started on the ice at 8.30 and lasted till 11.30 each morning with a short break for lunch, and back on the ice from 1 o&rsquo;clock until 3.30.This was Shore&rsquo;s first day at the camp and he had an excellent opportunity to watch his prospective players perform on the ice. He did not seem visibly impressed by most of the players; however, he liked the looks of two amateurs, Roy Glover and Eddie Wellington. Shore plans to return to his Sprinfleld training camp in the east shortly.Ranger Coach Tony Savage says that his team Is weak at defense at this stage, however, he was not too disturbed over this fact as he has promises of definite help from the Sprinfield camp as soon as Shore returns there and has an opportunity to see what the players look like after his absence.Big Otto Schmidt reported to camp recently and he is in good shape he spent the summer as a life guard in one of the larger swimming pools in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Incidentally Otto says that he also has the concession business at the pool and that it proved most lucrative. After the Rangers exihition tour last spring, Otto returned to Fort Worth to marry Miss Fern Smith, a Fort Worth girl.Savage was also very happy over the performances of Vic Lof-vendalil, at defense, and Russ Kopak at center ice. Savage was quick to say that he felt Russ would undoubtedly be his ace center man for the coming year. &#9632;

No Fooling At Fort Worth Camp When Eddie Shore Drops In For Look See

Saturday, Oct. 9: Shawinigan at Ottawa, Valleyfield at New York.Sunday, Oct. 10: Royals at Quebec, Ottawa at Shawinigan, New York at Valleyfield.Wednesday, Oct. 13: Boston at Quebec, Royals at Velleyfield, Shawinigan at New York.Thursday, Oct. 14: Boston at Shawinigan.Saturday, Oct. 16: Valleyfield at Ottawa.Sunday, Oct. 17: Valleyfield at Quebec, New York at Shawinigan, Slierorooke at Royals.Wednesday, Oct. 20: Shawinigan at Quebec, Sherbrooke at New York.Thursday, Oct. 21: Quebec at Shawinigan, Sherbrooke at Valleyfield.Friday, Oct. 22: New York at Boston.Saturday., Oct. 23: Royals at Ottawa, Valelyfield at Shawinigan, Sherbrooke at Boston.Sunday, Oct. 24: Shawinigan at Valleyfield, Ottawa at Royals. Quebec at New York.Wednesday. Oct. 27: Sherbrooke at Quebec, Royals at Valleyfield, Ottawa at New York.Thusday, Oct. 28: Shawinigan at Royals.Friday, Oct. 29; Valleyfield at Boston.Saturday, Oct. 30: Quebec at Ottawa, Sherbrooke at Shawinigan, Royals at Boston.Sunday, Oct. 31: Ottawa at Quebec, Valleyfield at Sherbrooke, Royals at New York.Tuesday, N-ov. 2: Shawinigan at Sherbrooke, Boston at Ottawa.Wednesday, Nov. 3: Quebec at Valleyfield, Royals at New York.Thursday, Nov. 4: Boston at Shawinigan, Quebec at Royals.Friday, Nov. 5: Royals at Boston.Saturday, Nov. 6: Quebec at Boston; Valleyfield at New YorkSunday, Nov. 7: New York at Royals; Shawinigan at Sherbrooke Ottawa at Valleyfield.Wednesday. Nov. 10: Shawinigan at Quebec; Boston at Velleyfield; Royals at New York.Thursday, Nov. 11: Royals at Shawinigan; Quebec at Sherbrooke; Ottawa at Boston.Saturday, Nov. 13: Sherbrooke at Ottawa; Shawinigan at Boston.Sunday, Nov. 14: Royals at Quebec; Valleyfield at Sherbrooke; Shawinigan at New York.Tuesday, Nov. 16: New York at Sherbrooke.Wednesday, Nov. 17: Boston at Quebec.Thursday, Nov. 18: New York at. Shawinigan.Saturday, Nov. 20: Boston at Sherbrooke; Shawinigan at Ottawa; Quebec at New York.Sunday, Nov. 21: Ottawa at Shawinigan; Quebec at Valleyfield; Boston at Royals; Sherbrooke at New York.Tuesday, Nov. 23: Valleyfield at Sherbrooke.Wednesday. Nov. 24: New York at Quebec.Thursday. Nov. 25: Quebec at Shawinigan; Royals at Boston.Saturday, Nov. 27: Sherbrooke at Ottawa; Boston at New York; Royals at Shawinigan.Sunday, Nov. 28: Shawinigan at Quebec; Valleyfield at Royals; Boston at Sherbrooke; Ottawa at New York.Wednesday, Dec. 1: Boston at Valleyfield; Shawinigan at New York.Thursday, Dec. 2: Shawinigan at Royals; Quebec at Sherbrooke.Friday, Dec. 3: New York at Boston.Saturday. Nov. 4: Quebec at Ottawa; Royals at Sherbrooke.Sunday, Dec. 5: Ottawa at Quebec; Valleyfield at Shawinigan; Sherbrooke at Royals; Boston at New York.Tuesday, Dec. 7: Valleyfield at Ottawa.Wednesday, Dec. 8: Sherbrooke at Quebec; Ottawa at Valleyfield; New York at Boston.Thursday. Dec. 9: Sherbrooke at Shawinigan; New York at Royals.Saturday, Dec. 11: Sherbrooke at Ottawa; Quebec at Boston.Sunday, Dec. 12: Valleyfield at Royals; Ottawa at Sherbrooke; Quebec at New York; Shawinigan at Boston.Tuesday, Dec. 14: Boston at Ottawa.Wednesday, Dec. 15: Royals at Quebec; Shawinigan at Valleyfield..Thursday, Dec. 16: Boston at Royals; New York at Sherbrooke.Saturday, Dec. 18; Ottawa at Boston.Sunday, Dec. 19: Quebec at Royals; Ottawa at New York; Sherbrooke at Boston; Valleyfield at Shawinigan.Wednesday, Dec. 22; Royals at Valleyfield.Thursday, Dec. 23; Royals at Shawinigan.Saturday, Dec. 25: Royals at Ottawa.Sunday, Dec. 26: Valleyfield at Quebec; Ottawa at Royals; Sherbrooke at New York; Shawinigan at Boston.Wednesday, Dec. 29: New York at Valleyfield.Thursday, Dec. 30: New York at Ottawa.Saturday, Jan. 1: Boston at Ottawa.Sunday, Jan. 2: Valleyfield at Shawinigan; Boston at Royals; Ottawa at Sherbrooke. Quebec at New York.Wednesday, Jan. 5: Boston at Valleyfield.Thursday, Jan. 6: Shawinigan at Ottawa; Boston at Sherbrooke; Valleyfield at Quebec.Saturday, Jan. 8: Valleyfield at Ottawa.Sunday, Jan. 9; Ottawa at Valleyfield; Sherbrooke at Royals Shawinigan at New York; Quebec at Boston.Tuesday, Jan. 11: Valleyfield at Sherbrooke.Wednesday, Jan. 12: New York at Quebec. Shawinigan at Valleyfield.Thursday, Jan. 13: Quebec at Ottawa; New York at Boston; Shawinigan at Sherbrooke. Valleyfield at R-oyals.Saturday, Jan. 15: Royals at Ottawa; Quebec at Sherbrooke; Valleyfield at Boston.Sunday, Jan 16: Sherbrooke at Quebec; Ottawa at Royals; Boston at New York.Tuesday, Jan. 18: Sherbrooke at Ottawa.Wednesday, Jan. 19: New York at Quebec; Royals at Boston.Thursday, Jan. 20: Sherbrooke at Shawinigan; New York at Valleyfield.Saturday, Jan. 22: New York at Ottawa; Boston at Sherbrooke.Sunday, Jan. 23: Ottawa at Quebec; New York at Shawinigan; Sherbrooke at Valleyfield; Boston at Royals.Tuesday, Jan. 25: New York at Sherbrooke.Thursday, Jan. 27: Quebec at Shawiigan; New York at Royals; Sherbrooke at Boston.Saturday, Jan. 29: Quebec at Ottawa; Valleyfield at Boston; Royals at Sherbrooke.Sunday, Jan. 30: Sherbrooke at Quebec; Shawinigan at Royals; Valleyfield at New York.Wednesday, Feb. 2: Quebec at Valleyfield.Thursday, Feb. 3: Boston at Shawinigan; Ottawa at Sherbrooke.Saturday, Feb. 5: Boston at Ottawa.Sunday, Feb. 6: Boston at Quebec; New York at Valleyfield; Royals at Sherbrooke, Ottawa at Shawinigan.Wednesday, Feb. 9: Royals at Quebec; Ottawa at Valleyfield.Saturday, Feb. 12: Valleyfield at Ottawa.Sunday, Feb. 13: Ottawa at Quebec; Sherbrooke at Valleyfield. Royals at New York; Shawinigan at Boston.Tuesday, Feb. 15: Quebec at Sherbrooke; New York at Ottawa.Wednesday, Feb. 16: Boston at Quebec., oThursday, Feb. 17: New York at Shawinigan; Boston at Valleyfield, Ottawa at Sherbrooke.Saturday, Feb. 19: Royals at Shawinigan, Ottawa at Boston.Sunday, Feb. 20: Valleyfield at Quebec, Ottawa at New York, Shawinigan at Royals, Sherbrooke at Boston.Tuesday, Feb. 22: Valleyfield at Boston.Wednesday, Feb. 23: New York at Quebec.Thursday, Feb. 24: Boston at Shawinigan, Quebec at Royals, New York at Sherbrooke.Saturday, Feb. 26: Shawinigan at Ottawa.Sunday, Feb. 27: Ottawa at Shawinigan, Valleyfield at Royals (aft..), Sherbrooke at New York, Quebec at Boston, Royals at Valleyfield (night).Tuesday, March 1: Shawinigan at Sherbrooke.Wednesday, March 2: Quebec at Velleyfield.Thursday, March 3: Sherbrooke at Shawinigan, Quebec at Royals.Saturday, March 5: Royals at Sherbrooke. oSunday, March 6: Quebec at Shawinigan, Valleyfield at New York, Sherbrooke at Royals, Ottawa at Boston.Wednesday, March 9: New York at Ottawa, Shawinigan at Valleyfield.Thursday, March 10: New York at Royals.Saturday, March 12: Royals at Ottawa.Sunday, March 13: Shawinigan at Quebec, Ottawa at Royals, Boston at New York, Sherbrooke at Valleyfield. &#9632;

Quebec Senior League Schedule 1948-49

<div class="byline">BY LLOYD SAUNDERS</div>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;When you first look at the name Freddy Metcalfe, many of you will likely scratch your heads, rush to your record books and endeavor to find out just who he is, and why HOCKEY NEWS requested a story about him. Well, instead, let us tell you about him. First, he&rsquo;s one of the most respected mentors in amateur hockey today, and secondly he&rsquo;s got a record to back him up.Freddy Metcalfe first saw the light of day back in 1907, in the town of Scranton, Pennsylvania, but only stayed in his home town for two years. Then his family moved to Canada and settled down in a little town called Moosomin, in the Province of Saskatchewan. The Metcalfe clan remained here for seven years, and then took up residence in Regina, where they have been ever since.<h2>Speedy and Heady</h2>Metcalfe took his early and secondary education in Regina, and at the same time managed to show plenty of class on the ice lanes in his spare time. Fred was a speedy hockey player, who combined his speed with headwork.Fred caught on with the famous Regina Pats in the 1924 season, when only seventeen and played with them for four years. In the 1928 season Freddy turned to the professional game, and stayed in the monied ranks for no less than eleven seasons, breaking in with the Toronto Millionaires, and winding up his starry ice career with the old Regina Caps.In his eleven years of pro hockey, Metcalfe played four years with Tulsa in the old American Association, one season on the Pacific Coast with the Portland Buckaroos, four years with Kansas City Pla Mors, and a single season with the old Regina Caps in the Western Professional League. Players in Fred&rsquo;s day were boys like the fabulous Duke Keats, Spunk Sparrow, Tommy Cook, Teddy Graham and Frank Ingram.<h2>Takes Up Coaching</h2>Metcalfe&rsquo;s first coaching job was in Lethbridge where he led the club to first place in the league standings in 1938, losing out to the Kimberley Dynamiters. The next season he again handled the reins of the Leafs and this season they wound up right near the top, tailing one point short of first place in the Alberta Senior League final standings.In 1940-41 he was acclaimed &ldquo;The Coach of the Year&rdquo;, as he led a group of junior players and two veterans to the coveted Allan Cup. That team of course was the Regina Rangers, who climaxed a brilliant season with a sensational comeback in the finals to take the Dominion crown. That particular year was the greatest thrill Freddy got out of hockey, and his kids of that season, players like Garth Boesh, Grant Warwick, Scotty Cameron and Sugar Jim Henry all carved places on National League club honor rolls in the seasons to follow.<h2>Moves To New York</h2>In 1942 Metcalfe moved to New York where he took over the reins of the Rangers&rsquo; amateur club the Rovers, and his club won the Eastern Amateur League title handily.When the United States entered the war Fred was one of the first to join, seeing action in almost every important theatre of warfare.After extensive service overseas he joined the coaching Btaff of the Rovers in November of 1946, and his club won eight straight games. However, when the playoffs rolled around stalwarts like Hal Lay-coe, Cal Gardner, Church Russell and Rene Trudell had all moved to the Rangers.In 1946 his team won everything in the E.A.H.L., losing out to Boston Olympics in the playoffs. In &rsquo;47 his club played an 84-game schedule in the Quebec Senior League and the E.A.H.L. and the pressure was too strong on the coach and players to make any kind of a showing.The tough grind caught up with Freddy in March of this year when he was stricken with a heart attack after a game in Canada. For days he hovered between life and death, rallying at a time when doctors had almost given up hope. He made an excellent recovery during the summer months spent here in Regina and while he isn&rsquo;t ready to go back to coaching Frank Boucher has made him a travelling scout for western Canada, a job that makes Fred very happy.Fred makes his home in Regina during the off season, and is still an eligible bachelor.He doesn&rsquo;t think; the hockey today is as good as it was in his time, but admits that it&rsquo;s tremendous from a spectator standpoint. &#9632;

Ex-Leader Of Rovers Now Blueshirt Scout

DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;The Southern Division of the International Hockey League, the youngest ice circuit in the United States, will open an 80 games schedule, Saturday October 16, when the Milwaukee Millers play host to the Toledo Mercurys. The schedule, in which each club will play 32 league games, will conclude Sunday, February 27, with Louisville meeting Muncie.The new five team loop, which includes the four aforementioned teams and the Akron Americans, will seek to stamp its mark on the hockey picture in its first season. With the exception of Toledo and Akron, organized and affiliated hockey is being presented for the first time.<h2>Playoffs Set</h2>Each club will play 16 home games with members of their own division, before engaging in a playoff for which the top four teams will qualify. The winner Will then progress into a Championship round with the winner of the Northern Division title, with eventual champion participating in a national playoff.In addition to the 16 scheduled home games, a variety of outstanding clubs of similar caliber will be introduced from time to time throughout the season. Commitments from two members of the Michigan-Wisconsin League, Sault Salnte Marie and Marquette, have already been received indicating that each would make a Southern swing during the season. Too, several of the five play an exhibition series with each Southern club.With Toledo and Milwaukee touching off the league schedule, Louisville will swing into action a week later, with Akron playing their first contest on October 27, and Muncie, the last team to begin operations, starting on October 30. By the end of the month each club will have played their home inaugural. &#9632;

Youngest Hockey League In The States To Start 80-Game Schedule October 16

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0191/888661-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Colorado CutiesTHREE GOOD REASONS why the Colorado College hockey squad advanced to the New England College championship finals before bowing to Boston College are shown here. Left to right are Vein Wishart, right winger, Captain Dick Rowell and Bruce Stewart.</figcaption></div>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;Previously believed to be merely an exhibition circuit, the newly organized Western Junior Hockey League will be no such thing. This was decided at a recent organization meeting when officials voted to drop the two bottom place squads in the loop from all playoffs.At first the plan was to stage the league schedule with the teams then reverting back to their respective provincial playdown system of past year. The moguls at the head of the setup figured the public had to be offered something and decided on the new move.Teams in the league are Mooose Jaw Canucks, Regina Pats, Bellevue Lins, Calgary Buffaloes, Medicine Hat Tigers and Lethbridge Native Sons.Mervyn (Red) Dutton, former big-wig in the National Hockey League and Governor of the new loop expressed the opinion that the league should be a major success.&ldquo;The first year may be tough but - after the ground work has been made everything should be smooth sailing.&rdquo;<h2>Fine Leadership</h2>With Dutton as the head and Harper Parry of Moose Jaw as secretary-manager, we believe the organization will get fine leadership. Dutton plans to spend a good deal of time in promoting the circuit. Parry knows hockey, is a down to earth business man and plans to run the circuit as such.Although most clubs are keeping their rosters quiet for the present all teams should be fairly strong and some first classcalibre competition should be dished up. This writer believes Moose Jaw Canucks will be the club to beat with Scotty Munro&rsquo;s Lethbridge Native Sons a close second.Lone Carr and Art Rice-Jones, moguls in charge of Calgary Buffaloes who did a fine job with a mediocre appearing lineup last season, exepct to turn out a real threat. Buffs will have 16 players from last year&rsquo;s club and majority of these should improve a good deal with the added year.Murray Armstrong, former N.H.L. star, has only four holdovers from last Beason&rsquo;B Regina Pats but doesn&rsquo;t appear to be too worried about being one of the two squads to be kneked out. Armstrong has several promising youngsters up from the Regina juvenile setup.<h2>Fisher Is Coach</h2>Medicine Hat Tigers will be under the direction this year of new coach Joe Fisher, last year pilot of Regina Capitals in the Western senior circuit. Tigers look forward to a better year than last term and Fisher has been doing a good deal of travelling in an attempt to uncover some youth ful puck talent.Bellevue Lions, doormat of the Southern Alberta League in 19tits, warn they plan to be among the contenders this season. Benny Hayes, former star with Kootenay puck clubs has been assigned to the coaching job at Bellevue this I year and sponsors expect big things from the former smoothie. John Kubasek, who handled the club last year, will also be on hand to give any needed assistance. Ralph Nunn, enthusiastic puck booster in the mining centre, will also assist.<h2>Make Two Swings</h2>The Saskatchewan clubs will make two swings Into Alberta during the schedule. SlmilaryAlberta teams will visit Saskatchewan twice. Interprovincial games will count four points with others two. The four Alberta sextets will play a 32-game schedule while Regina and Moose Jaw will compete in 24 league fixtures. However, the two Saskatchewan entries have arranged a fairly heavy exhibition schedule which will bring them on a par with their Alberta rivals. &#9632;

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Western Junior Loop Makes Playoff Plans

<div class="byline">BY FRED W. EDWARDS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01106/888692-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="260" height="385"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Allum</figcaption></div>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.&mdash;Winnipeg, Manitoba, can pride itself in having turned out such a fine defenseman as Bill Allum of the Minneapolis Millers of the United States Hockey League. Although he has passed the 30-mark, years sit lightly upon his broad shoulders and he looks good enough to defy Old Father Time for several seasons to come. Always a steady performer, Bill also can boast that rarest of all traits, an infectious good-nature on and off the ice. Aside from his playing ability, which lacks nothing in the way of finesse, Bill&rsquo;s experience has proven of inestimable value to the Millers. He has been over the jumps and knows all the answers, turning pro back in the 1938-39 season with the Philadelphia Ramblers of the American Hockey Leaerue. He was in his second year with the Ramblers, when he was drafted by the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. That was in 1940-41. The following two seasons found him with the Buffalo Bisons of the American League.At the close Of the 1942-43 season he answered the call to arms and served with the Canadian Army for two years. Upon his honorable discharge from the forces he returned to hockey only to find that the Buffalo club had let him go to the St. Louis Flyers, of the same league. He played the 1945-46 season with the Flyers and then figured in a trade to the Cleveland Barons, with whom he starred in the 1946-47 campaign. With more defensemen on their list than they could possibly use the Barons sent Allum to their co-partner, the Millers, for the current season.<h2>From Midget Up</h2>Like most Winnipeggers Bill got his start in organized hockey, his first team being the Elmwood Maple Leafs in the Manitoba Midget league. He also played juvenile with East Kildonan, junior with Rangers and senior with Canada Packers, all of Winnipeg, as well as senior with the New York Rovers in (he Eastern United States Amateur League.The only championship Bill figured in was with the Buffalo Bisons in the last year he was with them, 19 42-43, when they won the American League title.In the off-season he is a tele phone lineman in Winnipeg and his spare time in the summer months usually finds him on the lacrosse field. He is married and has two children. Minneapolis Miller fans have come to think a good deal of him for his all-around playing ability, generalship and cheerful, but firm acceptance of provocative situations. &#9632;

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Miller’s Bill Allum Is Steady Performer With Cheerful Temper

<h2>October</h2>13&mdash;Cornwall vs. Hull; Ottawa Army vs. R.C.A.F. at Ottawa.15&mdash;New Edinburgh vs. Corn-wall17&mdash;R.C.A.F. vs. Verdun.20&mdash;Cornwall vs. Ottawa; Hull vs. New Edinburgh at Ottawa.22&mdash;Verdun vs. New Edinburgh; Ottawa Army vs. Hull at Ottawa; R.C.A.F. at Cornwall.24&mdash;Cornwall vs. Verdun.27&mdash;Cornwall vs. R.C.A.F.; Ottawa Army vs. New Edinburgh at Ottawa.29&mdash;Verdun vs. Ottawa Army; New Edinburgh vs. R.C.A.F. at Ottawa; Hull at Cornwall.31&mdash;New Edinburgh vs. Verdun.<h2>November</h2>3&mdash;Cornwall vs. New Edinburgh; R.C.A.F. vs. Hull at Ottawa.Ottawa Army vs. Cornwall7 &mdash; Hull vs. Verdun.10 &mdash; Verdun vs. R.C.A.F.; New Edinburgh vs. Hull at Ottawa.12 &mdash; R.C.A.F. vs. Cornwall.14 &mdash; Cornwall vs. Verdun.17 &mdash; Cornwall vs. Hull; R.C.A.F. vs. Ottawa Army at Ottawa.19 &mdash; Verdun vs. Cornwall.21 &mdash; Ottawa Army vs. Verdun.24 &mdash; Verdun vs. Hull; R.C.A.F. vs. New Edinburgh at Ottawa.26 &mdash; Verdun vs. New Edinburgh; Hull vs. R.C.A.F. at Ottawa; Ottawa Army at Cornwall.28 &mdash; R.C.A.F. vs. Verdun.<h2>December</h2>1 &mdash; Cornwall vs. New Edinburgh; Hull vs. Ottawa Army at Ottawa.3 &mdash; Verdun vs. Cornwall.5-New Edinburgh vs. Verdun.8 &mdash; Verdun vs. R.C.A.F.; New Edinburgh vs. Ottawa Army at Ottawa.10 &mdash; Hull vs. Cornwall.12 &mdash; Ottawa Army vs. Verdun.15 &mdash; Cornwall vs. R. C. A. F.; Hull vs. Edinburgh at Ottawa.17 &mdash; Verdun vs. Cornwall.19 &mdash; Cornwall at Verdun.22 &mdash; Verdun vs. Hull; Ottawa Army vs. R.C.A.F. at Ottawa.24 &mdash; New Edinburgh vs. Cornwall.26 &mdash; Hull vs. Verdun.29 &mdash; Cornwall vs. Ottawa Army; New Edinburgh vs. R.C.A.F. at Ottawa.31 &mdash; Verdun vs. Cornwall.<h2>January</h2>2 &mdash; Cornwall vs. Verdun.5 &mdash; Verdun vs. New Edinburgh; Ottawa Army vs. Hull at Ottawa.7 &mdash; R.C.A.F. vs. Cornwall.9 &mdash; New Edinburgh vs. Verdun.12 &mdash; Corwnall vs. Ottawa Army; R.C.A.F. vs. Hull.14 &mdash; Verdun vs. Cornwall.16 &mdash; R.C.A.F. vs. Verdun.19 &mdash; Verdun vs. Ottawa Army: New Edinburgh vs. Hull at Ottawa.21 &mdash; Verdun vs. R.R.A.F.; Ottawa Army vs. New Edinburgh at Ottawa; Hull vs. Cornwall.23 &mdash; Corwall vs. Verdun.26 &mdash; Cornwall vs. Hull; R.C.A.F. vs. Ottawa Army at Ottawa.28 &mdash; Verdun vs. Ottawa Army; Hull vs. R.C.A.F. at Ottawa; New Edinburgh vs. Cornwall.<h2>February</h2>2 &mdash; Cornwall vs. R.C.A.F.; New Edinburgh vs. Ottawa Army at Ottawa.4 &mdash; Verdun vs. Hull; R.C.A.H. vs. New Edinburgh at Ottawa; Ottawa Army vs. Cornwall.6 &mdash; Ottawa Army vs. Verdun.9 &mdash; Cornwall vs. New Edinburgh; Hull vs. Ottawa Army at Ottawa. &#9632;

EASTERN CANADA SENIOR LEAGUE 1948-49 SCHEDULE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0266/888754-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="272" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">King Clancy</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Travel with Frank Boucher, coach of the New York Rangers, as he takes you for a trip down hockey&rsquo;s memory lane. It&rsquo;s a two-decade journey in which Frank names two all-star National Hockey League teams. The Ranger pilot picks a lineup of stars that cut up the ice lanes of the N.H.L. rinks from 1927 to 1937 and he then goes on to give his choice of the top six men since 1937 up until the present season.Boucher was asked to pick in his opinion the players whom he thought were the top players in their departments. The boss of th6 Blueshirts willingly responded.Starting back in the 1927 season&mdash;the year the Rangers won their first Stanley Cup&mdash;Boucher picks the late Charlie Gardiner as his goal-keeper. Gardiner who died at the peak of his career in June of 1934 after leading the Black Hawks to a Stanley Cup, is by far the out-and-out choice of the Ranger coach.Said Boucher, &ldquo;Chuck was the first of the new type of netminders. Before Gardiner came along, no goalie would ever think of coming away from the net, or diving for a puck. They just stood there andtried to flag down any shots made at him. Now they dive and slide and make daring trips up the rink.&rdquo;For the defense jobs on his oldtime&ldquo;dream team&rdquo;, Boucher picks Eddie Shore. Ching played with Boucher with the Rangers under Lester Patrick while Shore was one of the most feared blueline blockers while toiling with the Boston Club.Referring to Johnson, Boucher remarked, &ldquo;There was a guy, that Johnson. He was one of those practical jokesters. He&rsquo;d sneak off and put itching powder in our socks. But we all loved him. What a man for lifting team morale! No matter how serious the going, he always wore that big smile.&rdquo;<h2>Ching Toughest Checker</h2>Summing up on Ching, Frank stated that he was hockey&rsquo;s greatest body-checker. Talking about Shore, he said, &ldquo;He was the best of the rushing defenseman. He could slam down the ice in a fashion all his own.&rdquo;Boucher then went all out in naming the great Howie Morenz as his all-star center. &ldquo;He was the fastest man in the history of hockey for a straightaway dash down the ice.&rdquo;The Ranger brain considers Howie the most spectacular performer in the game.Boucher went all out in putting the finger on Bill Cook for the position at right wing. A former linemate of Boucher&rsquo;s, he rates Cook the best all-around linemen he ever saw. &ldquo;He was a deadly scorer and a valuable fellow for defensive maneuvers,&rdquo; said Frank.To little AurelJoliat goes the left wing post. His record speaks for itself. He scored 270 goals while playing 16 winters with the Canadiens and Frank thinks he was the league&rsquo;s trickiest and easily the geatest stick handler.<h2>Modern Day Stars</h2>Since it was not Boucher&rsquo;s intention to neglect many of the great stars of present day hockey, he named another club of those who were outstanding for the past 10 seasons.Boucher&rsquo;s own goaler of the present day Rangers, Charlie Rayner is his choice while the defense pair he picked for the modern lineup consists of the Boston coach Dit Clapper, veteran of 20 years in the N.H.L. and Jack Stewart of the Detroit Red Wings. Stewart was the only Red Wing to earn a berth.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0352/888747-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="494" height="817"><figcaption class="caption-body">Greatest CenterHOWIE MORENZ</figcaption></div><h2>Can&rsquo;t Decide</h2>Unable to name one center, Boucher gave the position to both Milt Schmidt, great Boston pivot and, Chicago&rsquo;s Max Bentley. Max won the scoring championship last season with 29 goals and 43 assists.&ldquo;You can make your own choice on Schmidt or Bentley,&rdquo; says Boucher. &ldquo;One is as good as tha other.&rdquo; Maurice Richard was his choice for the right flank. Canadiens&rsquo; great Rocket finished only one point behind Max Bentley last year in the point race and holds the record for the most goals scored in one season by a player. Ha scored 50 in 1944-45.Doug Bentley took left wing on. Boucher&rsquo;s list. Doug together with his brother Max have teamed-up as the Hawk&rsquo;s most potent scoring weapon. Doug ended up in sixth spot in last year&rsquo;s scoring list with 21 goals and 34 assists.After picking his two teams Boucher went on to put in a good word for King Clancy, the National Hockey League referee-in-chief. Said Boucher, &ldquo;Because of his zeal for the work, sound judgement and superior skating ability, he is the all-time referee.&rdquo;He concluded by picking his two top forward lines. They were Toronto&rsquo;s Kid Line of Harvey Jackson, Charlie Conacher and Joe Primeau and the Bruins&rsquo; Dynamite Line of the 1930s, ConneyWelland, Dit Clapper and Dutch Gainor. &#9632;

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Let’s Travel Down Memory Lane With Frank Boucher

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Detroit Red Wings Roster

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01112/888816-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hockey&rsquo;s Connie MackJOHNNY POP GRANT</figcaption></div>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;Baseball has its Connie Mack and hockey has its &mdash; well, hockey has its &ldquo;Pop&rdquo; Grant.Johnny &ldquo;Pop&rdquo; Grant, who celebrated his 79th birthday September 16, appointed himself &ldquo;Hockey&rsquo;s greatest friend&rdquo; one wintry day five years ago.Since then, &ldquo;Pop&rdquo; has been both friend and confidant to all hockey players kicking around Vancouver.As a matter of fact, &ldquo;Pop&rsquo;s&rdquo; interest in hockey dates back 75 years, 36 of them in Vancouver. Born 14 miles outside London, England, Grant&rsquo;s first recollections of the ice pastime took place in Ontario, at a ripe four years of age.<h2>Tender Age Of Four</h2>It was then that he grabbed his first &ldquo;shinny&rdquo; stick and proceeded to mop up the neighborhood gang. Five years of shinny, which, he explains, is hard on the shin-bones, and he graduated to hockey. From there his Interest never waned.Vancouver had its first glimpse of &ldquo;Pop&rdquo; in 1912. &ldquo;Right then,&rdquo; says &ldquo;Pop&rdquo;, &ldquo;is when I really took interest in the game&rdquo;.&ldquo;Those were the days when Vancouver Millionaires were setting the sport world on fire. In 1914, with Cyclone Taylor having a great year, the Millionares, won the Stanley Cup. The town really had a celebration.<h2>In Reminiscent Mood</h2>&ldquo;Hockey was played in the old Denman Street Arena then,&rdquo; rec-comes &lsquo;pop&rsquo;, they used to pack in 10 or 12 thousand per game. That&rsquo;s when the Patrick boys were just beginning to feel their oats.&lsquo;Taylor, however, was the gent that created the largest impression. He could sure work up a crowd with his rink-length dashes.&rdquo;After 36 years of watching Vancouver&rsquo;s hockey players come and go. Grant has had ample time to pick an all-time great.&ldquo;That distinction,&rdquo; says Grant, &ldquo;Would go to Cyclone. He had everything &mdash; speed, savvy, hustle and crowd appeal. He could skate backwards nearly as fast as his wingmen could skate forward.<h2>Likes Air Crew</h2>Grant, who likes being questioned on Canada&rsquo;s national pastime, was asked which was the best team he ever saw. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt in my mind,&rdquo; said &ldquo;Pop&rdquo;, &ldquo;the 1943 team composed of Air Force boys would take that prize.&ldquo;They were well balanced, even better than the Millionares. Of course, it isn&rsquo;t fair to judge teams of different eras. When this city got its first and only Stanley Cup, hockey was played on a vastly different style.&ldquo;One goal was sometimes good enough to win a game in the old days. Now, as in &lsquo;43, the game is changed. Twelve goals in a game isn&rsquo;t too rare nowadays.&ldquo;Air force had many good players. Johnny Quiliy, AliuyCiove-chok and Lyle Swaney rated among the best. That team beat everything.&rdquo;<h2>Swaney Named Him</h2>Swaney, by the way, was instrumental In christening Grant with his knickname. Eating at Malcolm&rsquo;s Cafe one day five years back, Swaney and a group of players were busy discussing what show to take in.Grant appeared, and Lyle, the only one not knowing him, asked his age. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s called me &ldquo;Pop&rdquo; ever since,&rdquo; explains Grant.Vancouver has one sore spot in the eyes of Grant. The Forum, with a seating capacity of 5100 for hockey games, isn&rsquo;t near large enough. &ldquo;I think there are times when we could fill a rink with 20,000 fans,&rdquo; says &ldquo;Pop.&rdquo;Mac Bowell, president of the Vancouver Exhibition Board, vi-I visualizes an arena seating 15,000 costing $2,000,000. &ldquo;Pop&rdquo;, will be the happiest man in town wbeu and if it&rsquo;s completed.<h2>On Modern Times</h2>Bringing the subject of conversation up to a more modern date, Grant wa asked the best Canuck team he has watched.&ldquo;The first year they were formed, the 1045-46 season, was tops in my estimation,&rdquo; said Grant. &ldquo;That season Vancouver Canucks won the Pacific Coast title and then went on to beat Boston Olympics for the United States amateur championship in seven games&rdquo;.As to the coast league turning professional this year, &ldquo;Pop&rdquo; is non-committal. &ldquo;Some of the boys will like it, others won&rsquo;t&rdquo; is Grant&rsquo;s cagey opinion.One of his most cherished Christmas presents is an autographed hockey stick given him by the Canucks during the 194748 season.&ldquo;That was a nice gesture,&rdquo; says &ldquo;Pop&rdquo;. &ldquo;It meant a lot to me&rdquo;.Now, as Summer begins to fade, &ldquo;Pop&rdquo; is getting fidgety. The hockey players are starting to drift back to town and there&rsquo;s a chilly feeling in the air.So, on Tuesday, October 12, when the Canucks opened against Seattle, ironmen, &ldquo;Pop&rdquo; Grant Canada&rsquo;s No. 1 hockey fan was watching from a rink-side pew. &#9632;

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‘Pop’ Grant Of Vancouver Rabid Puck Fan 75 Years

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Toronto Maple Leafs Roster

<div class="byline">By NED POWERS</div>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;There is plenty of talent spread over the frame of Regina&rsquo;s Gordon Knutson &mdash; the kind of talent that would make hockey&rsquo;s ivory hunters walk 20 miles to see. The, scouts didn&rsquo;t have to walk 20 miles to see the Blond Blizzard of Saskatchewan junior hockey circles but there was a well-beaten track to his doorstep.Holders of Knutson&rsquo;s playing rights are Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League, and Cleveland Barons of the American loop. Scout Gail Egan of Cleveland was the first to uncover the lanky center star and later was granted rights to Knutson it he should ever play pro hockey in the minor leagues.<h2>Slated For Hawks</h2>Right now, Knutson is ticketed for Chicago. But 19-year-old Gordie Is a smart man. He&rsquo;s not jumping into the professional hockey picture yet.Hockey is not his only game. He has visions of becoming a dentist when he decides he can&rsquo;t keep pace with rival puckchasers.So &ldquo;Knut&rdquo; will spend the next four years at McGill university in Montreal and will likely play senior hockey with the Royals. The modest blond added &ldquo;If I can&rsquo;t make the Royals this year, I&rsquo;ll get in my final year of junior.&rdquo;Gordon has spent four years at Scott collegiate in Regina and also took a one-year course at Luther college. While at Scott, he starred in hockey and baseball.<h2>With Midget Champs</h2>The six-foot, 165-pound center star could almost be termed a fellow who carries hockey clubs, around on his back. &ldquo;Knut&rdquo; has spent five years in minor and junior hockey and only once has he been on a championship team.In 1943-44, he worked with Regina Commando midgets and they won honors in Saskatchewan. He jumped to juvenile ranks for one season and then made his junior hockey debut with Commandos at the age of 16.He scored 17 goals and got 29 assists for 46 points that season to finish ninth in the scoring behind such stalwarts as Frank Ashworth, Dick Butler, Clarence Marquess and Metro Prystai. The scouts began to get hot on his trail.<h2>Record Season For Him</h2>In 1946-47, two Regina clubs, Commandos and Abbotts joined together to form an outstanding contender which bore the name &lsquo;Pats&rsquo;, already famous in Canadian hockey annals. Gordie wound up with 69 points, two below Moose Jaw&rsquo;s Metro Prystai in the final statistics. He scored 29 goals and set up another 40 for the second place Pats.&ldquo;Knut&rdquo; had his greatest season in &rsquo;47-48. He went on scoring sprees every night and on more than four occasions, picked up six points a game.Over the season, he averaged 3.5 points a game and captured scoring honors with 89. He fired 39 pucks past rival goalies and drew an even 50 assits. In five playoff games, he scored six goals and four assits as Pats ran wild against Prince Albert but failed, to gain a victory from Moose Jaw in the final.<h2>Won&ldquo;M.V.&rdquo; Prize</h2>On top of the scoring laurels, &ldquo;Knut&rdquo; was awarded the West Champ Memorial Trophy, emblematic of the most valuable player to his club.Despite that fact that Gordon was a top notch junior prospect, he never had the chance to prove to fans from out of the province and in the east that he had the goods. For tkree successive years, Pats ran into Moose Jaw in the league final and each time they were beaten. On two occasions, Canucks went east to the Memorial Cup final.But this season, Gord will have his chance to impress eastern hockey critics. And Regina fans will know that hard-working Knutson will give his best and give a good account of himself.<h3>Used Four Goalies</h3>Last year New Haven Ramblers used four goalkeepers during the season. They were Jim Henry, Charlie Rayner, Doug Stevenson and Hal Gordon. All four are top flight netminders. &#9632;

Regina’s Gord Knutson Sought By Pro Squads But Decides To Wait

<div class="byline">By GEORGE CARSON</div>ST. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;Just twenty years ago ice hockey made Its debut in St. Louis. Back in 1928, rangy group of nine Canadian hockey players, met for the first time in the small dingy dressing room of the cracker box Winter Garden Ice Rink. There were a few hand shakes and owner Harold Tabor told his players that he intended to sell the game of hockey to St. Louis.The only previous hockey to be seen in the Mound City being the 1904 amateur style of the St. Louis World&rsquo;s Fair.It was a solemn group of athletes that donned&rsquo; the ill-fitting uniforms of the first St. Louis Flyers, and little did they realize what lay ahead&rsquo; of them, for if they had. there&rsquo;s no doubt that to a man, they would have been Canada bound on the very next train.Hookey was new, and while St. Louis is considered one of the best hockey towns in the United States or Canada today, then, the fans stayed away by the thousands, and the players went weeks without receiving a pay-check. To keep the game going the players, despite the fact they were not receiving their checks regularly, went so far as to finance their own road trips by auto.<h2>Colorful Character</h2>No business can continue without dollars and in 1933 Tabor lost the Flyers Hockey franchise to Doc Wainwright.Wainwright moved the Flyers from the Winter Garden to the huge Arena, the site of the presens day Flyers home ice. But in order to do this It was necessary that Wainwright put in ice equipment, and this he did and the Flyers found themselves playing hockey on an ice surface 108 feet wide and 220 feet long.In the Arena, Doc Wainwright was able to put on a show. He roamed the main lobby, and in fact every section of seats in the Arena, wearing a full dress suit and shaking hands with everyone he possibly could reach. It was under Doc Wainwright that the Flyers team also found their first success.<h2>Moved Again</h2>In 1934 the Eagles of the National Hockey league moved into the St. Louis Arena and the Flyers found themselves back in the Cracker Box Winter Garden Rink. But the Eagles were playing an Ottawa schedule and St. Louis was not ready for the National League brand of hockey or prices.Meanwhile the Flyers, under coach Al Hughes, along with the help of such players as Paddy Paddon, Leo Carbol, Shrimp McPherson, George Massicar, Pete Palangio, Bill Kendall, Mike Karakas and a few others were burning up the American Hockey Association, finishing first in the league race and winning the play-off championship from Tulsa in a rough-tough series jam-packed with excitement.<h2>Eagles Give Up</h2>At the end of the &rsquo;34-35 season the Eagles gave up and the Flyers moved back into the Arena, with Wainright having gained his greatestachivement in St. Louis Hockey. But financial troubles caught up with Old Doc Wainwringht at the end of the 1935-36 season and he sold his interest to Frank Rup-penthal.Ruppenthal concentrated on good hockey, and brought in such players as, Johnny McKinnon, Fido Purpur, Joe Matte, Mickey Murray, Pete Mitchell, and Oscar Hansen, who under the coaching of Alex McPherson, (present trainer of the Flyers) won the league championship in 1935-36 and finished first in the playoff race of 1936-37 only to lose the final round to Minneapolis.<h2>Steffen Takes Over</h2>At the start of the 1937-38 season, control of the club came under the direction of Ed Steffen, prominent St. Louis sportsman and business man. in a deal that has never been quite explained.At the start of the 1937 season, Steffen named Johnny MacKinnon as coach of the Flyers, and from that season until 1942 the Airmen were never out of first place in the league race, while winning therein playoff championships.McKinnon believed In veteran players and purchased such mantalent as Fred&rsquo;Hergert and Bill Kendall back from the Chicago Black Hawks, Walter &ldquo;Nig&rdquo; Brenneman, Hub Nelson, said to be the greatest goalie ever to play for the Flyers, Bobby Burns, Mike Miller, Joe Matte, and the one and only Jean Baptiste Pusie.It was the colorful Pusie who made the Arena turnstiles click during the 1938-39 season. His robust play brought the Flyers&rsquo;attendence up to the point were they surpassed the St. Louis Browns.World War Two brought about the folding of the American Hockey Association and the end of hockey in St. Louis for two years. The Hockey Club was taken over by C. D. P. Hamilton, major stockholder of the Arena, and in 1944 the Flyers were admitted to the American Hockey League.<h2>Emms Named</h2>Hap Emms, who had guided a youthful Omaha team to the playoff championship over the Flyers at the end of the 1941-42 season, was named coach, and set about to pick a team to put in the American Hockey League. For during the two years the Flyers were out of action, all of their players, with the exception of Freddy Hergert, who was on loan to Hershey, were made free agents.Emms and the club came to the parting of the ways in December of the 1945-46 season and his replacement as Coach was Ralph &ldquo;Bouncer&rdquo; Taylor, a former Flyer d&rsquo;uring the final days of the American Hockey Association.<h2>Davidson is Coach</h2>Taylor, too, lasted but a year and was replaced on a lendlease basis by Bob Davidson of the Toronto Maple Leafs. In March of 1947 Ebbie Goodfellow became coach and guided the Airmen to their best season in the American Hockey League for the 1947-48 campaign. As a reward for his out standing job Goodfellow was signed to a new three year contract and also made General Managel of the Flyers.In closing it might be well to remind the hockey world, and the St. Louis Flyer officials and fans, that no amount of promotion or money was responsible for making St. Louis the great hockey town of today. It was a number of stout hearted Canadian boys, who loved hockey so much that they played for almost nothing, and won the respect and loyalty that is due this great game of ICE HOCKEY, &#9632;

Flyers Have Long Colorful History

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0186/888926-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">EBBIE GOODFELLOW</figcaption></div>ST. LOUIS Mo. &mdash; When the St. Louis Flyers make their first appearance of the 1948-49 campaign, it will be the initial year for many players as members of the St. Louis team. And for the Flyers coach Ebbie Goodfellow, it will be his first year in the dual role of coach and manager of the Flyers.Last season, which was Ebbie&rsquo;s first with the St. Louis organization, his duties consisted only of coaching the team. However at the end of last season, Ebbie was summoned by the Flyer officials and was offered a new duty in addition to the one he already held, that of manager of the team. With the additional appointment came a new contract for two more years and the understanding that Ebbie was to be in complete charge of all hockey operations at the St. Louis Arena.The Flyers failure to vacate the American Hockey League&rsquo;s basement was like a big black cloud hovering over Goodfellow&rsquo;s head, and the matter of strengthening the Flyers team was utmost In Ebbie&rsquo;s mind. He immediately set to work familiarizing himself with some of the administrative duties attached to managing a hockey team, and when he accomplished this he started making preparations for a lengthy scouting tour through Canadian regions and hockey centers all over the Dominion.<h2>Ebbie Is A Stern Leader</h2>In addition to making the long journey, Ebbie personally contacted many owners and coaches of hockey clubs in hope of arranging deals which would bring new players to the St. Louis team. The first satisfactory deal made by Goodfellow was with Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League. The Hawks sold veteran defenceman Johnny Mariucci to the Flyers for an undisclosed amount of cash. Mariucci is a rugged, smart rearguard and the Flyer coach is convinced that he will help the Flyers considerably.While in Canada, Ebbie was in close contact with many hockey people, and the Detroit Red Wings, knowing of Ebbie&rsquo;s desire for better players put a proposition to him. They agreed to trade five players to the Flyers for defenceman Joe Lund and goalie Hec Highton. Although Lund was one of the outstanding rookiedefencemen in the league, last season, Ebbie figured that he would sacrifice one player for four who were proven veterans of professional hockey.In exchange for Highton and Lund the Flyers received goalie Ralph Almas, centre Lloyd Doran, right wingers Barry Sullivan and Tony Licari and defencemanThain Simon.Things took on a brighter hue with six new players on the Flyer roster, but training camp opening was just a few weeks away, so Goodfellow returned to St. Louis and started making preparation for the Flyers pre-season training base, which this year was located at Midland, Ontario.While in camp Goodfellow let the fact be known that regardless of the existing conditions, his team would be a hustling, hard skating squad which will never let up. Although Ebbie is a stern leader, he is also fair to his charges and by the time training season had ended, each and every member of the team was in tip-top shape and ready for action.Although Ebbie refuses to make any pre-season predictions, he indicated that win, loose or draw, fans of St. Louis will see some fine hockey this year. Goodfellow, himself a veteran of twelve seasons in the National Hockey League, knows what he wants and knows how to go about getting it. Of course what Ebbie, and every loyal St. Louis fan want more than anything else this year, is a winning team. &#9632;

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Goodfellow Has Two Key Jobs With St. Louis Is Coach And Manager

DETROIT, Mich. &mdash; The International Amateur Hockey League will open its fourth season Wednesday, October 13th, when last year&rsquo;s season and playoff champions, Hettche and&rsquo; Toledo, clqsh at the latter&rsquo;s arena. The six clubs will play a 95-game schedule, closing Saturday, MarchTwo new sponsors will be in the league this season. Windsor Ryancretes have taken over from Windsor Staffords, and Installed Harvey Teno as Coach. Jerry Lynch, Detroit automobile dealer and&rsquo; sportsman, will take over the Metal Mouldings club, although the organization, with Frank (Pat) Paterson as Manager and John Ross Roach as Coach, will remain intact.<h2>Four More Dates</h2>The current season-will see four more playing dates in the Olympia Stadium than last year, bringing the total to 20 doubleheaders. Of these, 14 will be played on Wednesdays, and there will be four Sundays. Three of the Sundav twin bills will be night games while a single afternoon program will be introduced.Another new departure will provide for the purchasing of seats for the Olympia games one month at a time.The Olympia portion of the schedule will open Monday, October 18, with Hettche meeting Jerry Lynch while Bright&rsquo;s will clash with Auto Club. Windsor&rsquo;s first twin bill is set for Friday, October 29.<h2>IT&rsquo;S ROUGH STUFF!</h2>Some baseball clubs put a football ban in contracts on the theory that the game is too rough and dangerous. Now, Coach Lynn Patrick is thinking that a like ban on softball playing should apply to hockey players, because softball can be rough and dangerous &mdash; as it was for Chick Webster, New Haven forward.Webster was injured playing softball last summer, and was not in skating shape when he reported for hockey training.It may be several weeks before he hits top form. &#9632;

International League Hockey Teams Are Set

Fresno Falcons of the newly-turned professional loop, the Pacific Coast Hockey League are affiliated with the St. Louis Flyers and the Flyers management hold high hopes that the Falcons will send many top players to St. Louis in the next few years.St. Louis had a tieup with Fresno last season when the Pacific Coast League was still amateur but now that the loop is an out and out professional organization, it is expected that A.H.L. clubs affiliated with teams in that circuit will benefit greatly in future years.Promising amateur players who are not quite capable of making the jump to the Flyers or who appear to be in need of a little more seasoning will be sent to the Flyers&rsquo; West Coast farm club. Bob Grade, former star N.H.L. and A.H.L. player coaches Fresno.The players performing on this sextet will be assured of the best coaching available with Grade handling the mentor&rsquo;s reins.Before going to Fresno, Grade was coach of the new defunct Hollywood Wolves in the P.C.H.L. He had&rsquo; an excellent record with Hollywood and the only reason he left was that the club folded when it was discovered tha two teams Inths Los Angeles area were too many at the time. &#9632;

Gracie Coaches Fresno Falcons A Flyer Tieup

VOLUME 2 MONTREAL, OCTOBER 13, 1948 NUMBER 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0199/889050-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="259" height="288"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0254/889043-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="266" height="300"></div>SEATTLE, Wash,.&mdash;The Pacific Coast Hockey League, operating as a professional circuit, opened the 1948-49 season with three games. As THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press, the champion Vancouver Canucks were playing Seattle Ironmen while Portland Eagles visited Tacoma.In the Southern Division, Los Angeles took on Fresno. A new eoach will make his debut at Vancouver when Bill Cowley, veteran National League star with Boston Bruins, makes his first start as a mastermind. Davie DoWnie, who coached Tacoma Rockets during the past two seasons, has moved to Seattle where he&rsquo;ll handle an almost new club.Muzz Patrick, a seasoned Coach in pro hockey having performed the past two years in St. Paul, will handle the Tacoma reins this season. Jimmy Ward is the holdover Coach in Portland and the only Coach to hold his job with the same club since the League started operating as an Amateur League four year ago.In the South Bob Gracie will be at the helm of the Fresno Falcons again. Another Ex-National Hockey League performer, Dutch Hiller, will lead the Los Angeles Monarchs.<h2>SECOND FOR TONY-UNSCATHED IN BOTH</h2>Friday&rsquo;s accident was the second major accident that Tony Keswick has been in, and the second time he lias escaped unscathed. &ldquo;I must be lucky all right,&rdquo; Tony added. It was the first automobile accident, that any of the four injured players liad been in. &ldquo;And I sure hope it&rsquo;s the last too,&rdquo; added Bill Moe.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0336/889036-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="559" height="1441"><figcaption class="caption-body">In Hero RoleTONY LESWICK</figcaption></div>October 13 finds the Fresno Falcons visiting San Francisco where Les Cunningham will Coach for his second year. Portland plays in Seattle and Tacoma journeys to New Westminster where Alex Shibicky is back as Coach.On October 14 Seattle plays a return &lsquo;game against the Eagles in Portland while Dos Angeles pries the lid off in San Diego where a new Coach, &ldquo;Ducky&rdquo; Skinner, will show his wares.Oakland, under the coaching of Tony Hemmerling, will open their season October 15 at home against Fresno. &#9632;

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P.C.H.L. Makes Professional Debut

Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, Edgar Lapra-de and Tony Leswick were the three high scorers on the Rangers during the 1947-48 season. O&rsquo;Connor had 24 goals and 36 assists for 60 points; Laprade had 13 goals and 34 assists, while Leswick finished with 24 goals and 16 assists for an even 40 points.Both O&rsquo;Connor and Leswick played the full complement of games, GO, last season. Lanrade missed only one game. Thia was a result of his concussion suffered last December in Toronto.Buddy O&rsquo;Connor and Frank Eddolls are both Montreal boys and were starting their second campaign with Rangers. They were traded to the Broadway Blue Shirts last summer from Canadians.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0432/889088-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="502" height="802"><figcaption class="caption-body">ace centerman, was driving the car at the time, and suffered a fractured fourth rib, which may have pierced the lung. FRANKIE EDDOLLS outstanding defensepian, had the tendon on liis right knee cut two-thirds of the way through, and was painfully bruised about the shoulder. Their loss for the early part of the season is a crippling blow to the Blueshirts.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0517/889081-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="1156" height="1660"><figcaption class="caption-body">Most Seriously InjuredOUT OF ACTION for at least six weeks, and possibly longer, are these two star puckchasers of New York Rangers. Injured when their auto crashed into a truck near Lacolle, Que., last week, they were taken to Montreal&rsquo;s Western General Hospital for treateiuent. BUDDY O&rsquo;CONNOR</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rangers’ Three Top Scorers In Crashed Vehicle

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. &mdash;A player trade has just been completed which sends Goaltender &ldquo;Sugar Jim&rdquo; Henry to Chicago Hawks, in exchange for Goaltender Emile &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; Francis and Forward Alex Kaleta, it was announced Monday by the New York Rangers.Through the exchange. Hawks get a steady, tested netminder in the person of Henry to supply the last strong link in tbeir defensive machinery, while Rangers get another badly-needed forward to help them out of the hole they were put in through last week&rsquo;s disastrous highway accident that deprived them of two stars foil the early port of the season. &#9632;

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October 13, 1948

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Frankie Brimsek Ordered To Rest

P.C.H.L.Tieup For Providence

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