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December 29, 1948
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Perpetual Motion Is What Fans Call George Greene
OTTAWA, Ont.— When Ottawa hockey fans bring up the subject of perpetual motion, they aren’t discussing some highly scientific subject. They’re merely breathing superlatives about George Greene, the smooth-skating, hard-shooting right winger of the Ottawa Senators, who on and off during the past 15 years, has distinguished himself as the steadiest of the steady for the Capital City sextet in the Slater circuit. As the Senators battle through their lengthy Quebec loop schedule in quest of their second straight title, the hopes of the local fans are pinned on the quiet, good-natured, free-wheeling forward who, ever since he jumped to the Senior Senators back in 1935 while still a junior, has been a prominent factor in the team’s success. It was in 1935 that Greene was labelled the most promising junior…
Player - Of - The - Week
John Shea Crawford, the burly “Irishman” from the Ould Sod of Dublin, Ont., collects the laurels this time as the Player-Of-The-Week and winner of the Morgan Hat Award. Crawford, backbone of the Boston Bruins defense, garnered an assist in the December 22 game against Detroit and helped set up another goal Christmas night as the maulers from the Hub downed Chicago Black Hawks. That raised his season total to one goal and seven assists for eight points. Crawford wins the award as much for his general all-round effective play and incalculable value to his team. Although a hard-driving rearguard who never asks for quarter or gives ground, Crawford has yet to collect his first penalty this season. Standing 5’ 11” and tipping the scales at 190 pounds, Crawford is in his 11th season with…
NATIONAL LEAUE
Sandford Sidelined Eddle Sandford, starry sophomore eenter of Boston Bruins, was lost to his team for a week after lie suffered a Might separation of his right shoulder muscles during Saturday’s game against Chicago. Santa It Good I New York Rangers haven’t lost a Christinas night game since 1928. In 16 Yuletide contests since then, the Patrick men have won 16 and tied one to preserve their remarkable record. HOW THE RACE GOES STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., DEC. 29 last Week’s Games December 22 — Detroit 2, at Boston 6. December 23 — Boston 2, at Canadiens 4; Rangers 2. at Chicago 3. December 25 — Rangers 2, at Canadiens 0; Detroit 1, at Toronto 2; Chicago 1, at Boston 2. December 26 — Canadiens 1, at Detroit 3; Chicago 2, at Rangers 1. Next Week’s Games December 30 — Toronto…
Crawford of Bruin Defense
BOSTON, Mass. — He’s a hockey player’s player — this John Shea Crawford of the Boston Bruins — not a razzle-dazzle, hell-for-leather type who gets all the applause and the publicity, but a steady performer and the backbone of his team’s defensive corps. Husky, hearty and happy, Crawford of the Bruins is a hard player and a good one. He plays so hard, in fact, that he rates as one of the most hexed and most injured puckchasers in the loop. And he plays at the game of his choice so hard that he wears out more uniforms, tears more stockings and uses up more equipment than any of the other Bruins, possibly excepting defensemate Pat Egan, another give-all type of player. Johnny Crawford — he’d rather be called that than the usual…
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