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December 29, 1948

The Hockey News December 29, 1948

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., DEC. 23</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0182/879993-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="616" height="197"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY. DECEMBER 19</b></h3><p><b>Quebec 4, at Montreal 4 (tie)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0256/879986-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="620" height="883"></div><p><b>Valleyfield 7, at Shawinigan 4.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0344/879979-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="616" height="831"></div><p><b>Ottawa 7, at New York 6.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0433/879972-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="612" height="813"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22</b></h3><p><b>Montreal 2, at Valleyfield 4.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0524/879965-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="608" height="571"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0617/879958-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="540" height="729"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0713/879951-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="606" height="711"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Quebec Senior Hockey League

<h2><b>MARITIME BIG FOUR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., DEC. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01117/879813-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="613" height="157"></div><p><b>Wednesday, December 15</b></p><p>Halifax 5, Saint John 4</p><p><b>Thursday, December 16</b></p><p>Dartmouth 3, Moncton 8</p><p><b>Friday, December 17</b></p><p>Halifax 9, Moncton 1</p><p><b>Saturday, December 18</b></p><p>Dartmouth 5, Moncton 1</p><p><b>Monday, December 20</b></p><p>Saint John 6, Moncton 8</p><p>Dartmouth 8, Halifax 1</p><h2><b>CAPE BRETON SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., DEC. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0268/879806-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="612" height="123"></div><p><b>Wednesday, December 15</b></p><p>Glace Bay 4, North Sydney 8</p><p><b>Thursday, December 15</b></p><p>Sydney 5, Glace Bay 4</p><p><b>Friday, December 17</b></p><p>North Sydney 5, Sydney 1</p><p><b>Saturday, December 18</b></p><p>Glace Bay 4, North Sydney 1</p><p><b>Monday, December 20</b></p><p>North Sydney 3, Glace Bay 1</p><p><b>Tuesday, December 21</b></p><p>Glace Bay 3, Sydney 8</p><h2><b>EASTERN CANADA SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON FRI. A.M., DEC. 24</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0347/879799-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="620" height="223"></div><p><b>Wednesday, December 15</b></p><p>Cornwall 4, R.C.A.F. 2</p><p>Hull 7, N. Edinburgh 2</p><p><b>Friday, December 17</b></p><p>R.C.A.F. 8, Cornwall</p><p><b>Saturday, December 18</b></p><p>Cornwall 6, N. Edinburgh 7</p><p>Hull, Army 4</p><p><b>Tuesday, December 21</b></p><p>Hull 4, Cornwall 6</p><p><b>Wednesday, December 28</b></p><p>Army 1, Hull 0</p><p>N. Edinburgh 2, R.C.A.F. 1</p><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0436/879792-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="618" height="295"></div><p><b>Goals:</b> P. Long, Cornwall, (16).</p><p><b>Assists:</b> F. Gardiner, Cornwall (21).</p><p><b>Penalties:</b> J. Hodgson, Cornwall (74 mins.).</p><h2><b>MANITOBA-THUNDER BAY SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>Monday, December 13</b></p><p>Winnipeg 3, Port Arthur 4</p><p><b>Thursday, December 16</b></p><p>Winnipeg 6, Kenora 4</p><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON FRI. A.M., DEC. 24</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0533/879785-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="610" height="447"></div><p><b>Saturday, December 18</b></p><p>Royals 10, Verdun Leafs 8</p><p>Canadlens 1, Cyclones 1</p><p>St. Hyacinthe 6, Nationals 4</p><p><b>Sunday, December 19</b></p><p>Montreal 2, Quebec 1</p><p>Vlctorlavile 2, St. Hyacinthe 1</p><p><b>Tuesday, December 21</b></p><p>Cyclones 7, Canadlens 0</p><p>Vlctorlavllle 8, Nationale 1</p><p><b>Wednesday, December 28</b></p><p>Quebec 6, Valleyfield 0</p><p>Cyclones 3, Leafs 0</p><p>Royals 5, St. Hyacinthe 8</p><h2><b>O.H.A. JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED, A.M., DEC. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0624/879778-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="622" height="273"></div><p><b>Friday, December 17</b></p><p>Galt 4. St. Oatharines 8</p><p>St. Michael&rsquo;s 3, Guelph 6</p><p>Stratford 8, Barrie 6</p><p><b>Saturday, December 18</b></p><p>Marlboros 3, St. Michael&rsquo;s 1</p><p>Galt 7, St. Catharines 4</p><p>Stratford 3, Barrie 6</p><p><b>Monday, December 20</b></p><p>St. Michael&rsquo;s 4, Oshawa 2</p><p>Windsor 3, Marlboros 2</p><p><b>Tuesday, December 21</b></p><p>Marlboros 6, Galt 5</p><h2><b>QUEBEC MT. ROYAL JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON FRI. AM. DEC. 84</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0718/879771-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="610" height="247"></div><p><b>Friday, December 17</b></p><p>Royals 7, St. Louis 2</p><p>Nationale 8, Leafs 0</p><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>Thursday, December 10</b></p><p>Brandon 5, Black Hawke 1</p><p><b>Tuesday, December 14</b></p><p>Black Hawks 3, Monarchs 0</p><p><b>Wednesday, December 15</b></p><p>Brandon 8, Canadiens 6</p><p><b>Tuesday, December 22</b></p><p>Monarchs 11, Canadiens 6</p><h2><b>LAKEHEAD JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(First Games of Schedule)</b></p><p><b>Tuesday, December 14</b></p><p>Pt. Arthur Jrs. 5, Ft. William Rang. 3</p><p><b>Thursday, December 16</b></p><p>Pt, Arthur Jrs. 7, Columbus Club 7</p><p><b>Saturday, December 18</b></p><p>Pt. Arthur 5, Ft. William 8</p><h2><b>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., DEC. 82</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0814/879764-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="604" height="193"></div><p><b>Monday, December 13</b></p><p>Regina 7, Bellevue 6</p><p><b>Tuesday, December 14</b></p><p>Regina 2, Lethbridge 4</p><p><b>Thursday, December 16</b></p><p>Lethbridge 4, Bellevue 8</p><p><b>Friday, December 17</b></p><p>Moose Jaw 7, Regina 8</p><p><b>Monday, December 20</b></p><p>Regina 8, Bellevue 7</p><p><b>Tuesday, December 81</b></p><p>Moose Jaw 10, Bellevue 3<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Amateur Parade At Quick Glance

<div class="byline">By ALEXANDER STODDART, Jr.</div><p>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>The Hershey Hockey Club has a number of good players on the team, but one who stands out as being a handsome man in face and &ldquo;boyish figure&rdquo; is Buck Jones, right defenseman. He has been &ldquo;Buck&rdquo; Jones ever since he played with the Barrie, Ont., Juniors&rsquo;way back in the season of 1936-37. Few people with whom he associates or hockey fans know his baptismal name. It is Alvin Bernard Jones, but even in the hockey guides the name of &ldquo;Buck&rdquo; is so well known that it is included with his surname.</p><p>He is the only hockey player in the American Hockey League, and there are more than 200 of them, who lives in his offtime in Florida. Practically 98 percent of the players in the loop, and in the National Hockey League, the United States Hockey League, and the Pacific Coast Hockey League, live in the United States for a period of about six months.</p><h2><b>Welsh Extraction</b></h2><p>Buck Jones, of course, is a Canadian. He was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, on August 16, 1918, and learned his hockey in the Dominion. He is of Welsh extraction.</p><p>Following his season with the Barrie Colts, Buck went to England and played during the campaign of 1937-38 with the Harrlngay Greyhounds, a well-known team in English annals.</p><p>He signed a pro contract with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League, and through the four seasons from 1938-39 to 1941-42 he played with the Red Wings, the Pittsburgh Hornets, the Indianapolis Caps and the Providence Reds.</p><p>In the season of 1938-39 he spent most of his time with the Hornets. He then played for the Caps, during the next two years.</p><h2><b>Up With Detroit</b></h2><p>In the series of 1941-42 he filled in for 21 games with Detroit Red Wings, getting two goals and one assist for three points.</p><p>In a Providence uniform in 1942-43 he played 39 games, getting four goals and 11 assists for 15 points. Then came the war years; he spent three of them with the Canadian Army.</p><p>Following the ending of the war, Buck went to the Tulsa Oilers in the season of 1946-47, playing 58 games and scoring seven goals and four assists for 11 points. Last season with the Oilers he was in 65 games, garnering three goals and six assists for nine points. So much for his point record.</p><p>Buck lives up to his nickname. He is a rough and ready member of the backline fraternity, and seemingly goes about his duties on the ice in a most serious manner.</p><h3><b>The Hockey News</b></h3><p><b>Published weekly, except monthly May through September, by HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY, 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Yearly Subscription Price &mdash; $2.50 in Canada &mdash; $3.50 in U.S.A.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Handsome Buck Jones Is Hershey Favorite

<p>WINNIPEG, Man. &mdash;</p><p>Defenseman Allan Stanley. New York Rangers&rsquo; promising young rookie, is a nephew of Barney Stanley, once a fabulous figure in hockey throughout Western Canada.</p><p>Tony Allan, sports editor of the Winnipeg Tribune, recalls in a recent column that while Barney Stanley hailed from the East, he belonged to that almost forgotten era of the big-time professional hockey on the Pacific Coast where he was a high - scoring forward with the Vancouver Millionaires.</p><p>In the 20&rsquo;s, when his legs were beginning to give out, he switched to the Western Canada League. Those were the days, as Tony recalls, when a veteran could get by on brains alone and Barney was one of the craftiest players the game has known. He was a great hand at needling opponents into taking penalties. A favorite target was the renewed and highly-volatile Duke Keats.</p><h2><b>Slowed Up</b></h2><p>In 1926-27 Barney came to Winnipeg as playing coach of the Maroons. He had slowed down to such an extent that he could no longer play up front but he was still a deft manipulator of the puck and plenty smart as a blueline defender.</p><p>As Tony points out, that was the year Maroons led the American Association through the season only to drop the playoffs to the Minneapolis Millers. The Trib expert remarks that the lineups from that series make interesting reading. A lot of famous names could be picked from the rosters of the two clubs, which read as follows:</p><p>WINNIPEG &mdash; Chuck Gardiner, Bill Borland, Barney Stanley, Art Somers Cece Browne, Cliff O&rsquo;Meara, Joey Thornstelnson, Nick Wasnie, Garnet Campbell, Herman Runge, Gerald Munro and Everett McGowan.</p><p>MINNEAPOLIS &mdash; Tiny Thompson, Nobby Clarke, Helge Bostrom, Cooney Weiland, Rusty Crawford, Billy Hill, Vic Ripley, Ken Doraty, Stew Adams, Eddie Oatman, Ade Johnson and Eddie Rodden.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Rangers’ Stanley Nephew Of That Fabulous Barney

<p>MONTREAL, Que.</p><p>If you haven&rsquo;t taken a close look at the National Hockey League standings recently, you&rsquo;re in for quite a surprise. Because this year the cash customers are being treated to one ot the keenest cat-and-dog fights in the loop&rsquo;s history, with a slim 10 points separating the top and bottom squads, and every team truly &ldquo;getting into the act.&rdquo;</p><p>After the week-end games, Detroit Red Wings were perched precariously on top of the standings with 32 points, while the tail-end, but ever - threatening New York Rangers had 22 points. Boston Bruins were only a solitary point behind Wings &mdash; and in fact held temporary possession of the top slot for one night before Wings slipped back in again Sunday.</p><p>Chicago Black Hawks were third with 28 points, as the &ldquo;wonder men&rdquo; of Charlie Conacher continued the drive that Windy City fans fondly hope will take them to the top.</p><p>Just by way of comparison, at this time last winter there was a 20-point gap between the top-running Leafs and Wings, and the floundering Hawks who maintained a tight grip on the cellar all season. Rangers, Boston and Canadiens were fighting for the third and fourth playoff spot, but they were well behind the leaders, holding forth about nine to 13 points back of the pace.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-013/880211-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg" title="f0001-01" width="526" height="868"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Wonder Coach</i></b></p><p><b>CHUCK CONACHER</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-022/880204-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="1714" height="2152"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Little Miss Hockey!</i></b></p><p><b>RANGER OF THE YEAR! Winsome Dole Eddolls, 19-months-old daughter of Ranger defenseman Frankie Eddolls, is proud to pose in her new sweater, knitted for her by Mrs. Eddolls. Dale is the only child of the former Canadiens rearguard, a blue-eyed blonde who is the pride and joy of Father Frankie. Eddolls, injured in a pre-season accident, got back into action for the first time this season, in the December 26 game against Chicago.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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But 10 Points Between First And Last Spot

<p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Another Patrick&mdash;a name synonymous with hockey and New York Rangers in particular &mdash; is once again coaching the Broadway Blueshirts. Lynn Patrick, a former Ranger player, and coach of New Haven Ramblers in the American Hockey League during the past two-and-one-half years, takes over from Frank Boucher, who has masterminded the club since 1938-39.</p><p>Lynn, a son of the famous Lester Patrick, former managercoach of the New Yorkers and now vice-president of Madison Square Garden, thus becomes the youngest coach in the National Hockey League at 36.</p><p>Boucher is still responsible for the Rangers but will now devote most of his time to building up the team&rsquo;s farm clubs and placing players where they will do the most good. Patrick was Boucher&rsquo;s personal choice as bench boss.</p><p>Neil Colville, silver-haired Ranger veteran, takes over as coach at New Haven, but will be subject to recall by the Rangers should they need him as a player.</p><p>Lynn was born in Victoria, B.O. He joined the Rangers in 1934-35 and was named to the all-star team in 1941-42. During his playing days he was regarded as a top-notch forward. It was in 1937 that Toronto Maple Leafs reportedly offered $25,000 to the Ranger organization for the New York coach, but his father, then handling the team, refused.</p><p>Five of the present Gothamites served under Patrick at New Haven. They are Chuck Rayner, Eddie Slowinski, Fred Shero, Nick Mickoski and Dune Fisher.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-03/880249-1-eng-US/f0001-032.jpg" title="f0001-03" width="516" height="853"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Like His Dad</i></b></p><p><b>LYNN PATRICK</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-04/880242-1-eng-US/f0001-042.jpg" title="f0001-04" width="1784" height="617"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Lynn Patrick Is NamedNew Bench Boss Of Rangers

<div class="byline">By SYD THOMAS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0111/878651-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p>steady Performer</p><p>BURLY JOHNNY CRAWFORD may not be spectaeular, but few opposing playrs consider him a soft touch.</p></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;</p><p>He&rsquo;s a hockey player&rsquo;s player &mdash; this John Shea Crawford of the Boston Bruins &mdash; 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&rsquo;s defensive corps.</p><p>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.</p><p>Johnny Crawford &mdash; he&rsquo;d rather be called that than the usual Jack which everybody hangs on him &mdash; is a burly, 200-pound hunk of defensive efficiency who hails out of Dublin, Ont. With a quiet and pleasant sense of humor, the 5&rsquo; 11&rdquo; Crawford is one of the most liked of the Bruins, and a great kidder of everybody, including himself.</p><h2><b>Misfortune Dogs Him</b></h2><p>Injuries and misfortune have harried the fun-loving Crawford practically ail through his 10year career in the Big Top &mdash; this is his 11th season, and he&rsquo;s still fighting bumps and bruises! He&rsquo;s had chipped and bruised elbows, a head concussion, cracked ribs and damaged hips, to name only a few of the pitfalls he&rsquo;s sound in his path over the years.</p><p>Even in the Stanley Cup playoffs, misfortune still dogs the dogged Johnny. In the 1946-47 set-to with Montreal Canadiens, Crawford got behind the eightball with a bruised hip. Then fast year, after starting the season with a cut foot that sidelined him for a time, he came down with the grippe in the playoffs against Toronto! He got back into the fight, but wasn&rsquo;t at his best, because of his weakened condition.</p><h2><b>Proves His Value</b></h2><p>Despite all that, Johnny has still found time to haul down an All-Star First Team berth in the 1945-46 campaign, was selected to the second team in 19 42-43, and won the Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy twice as the most valuable Bruin in home games.</p><p>The late Charles F. Adams, founder of the Bruins, picked Johnny as his choice for left defense on the all-time all-star Bruins squad &mdash; no mean honor in Itself, considering some of the stellar ice men who have performed with the Bruins in days gone by.</p><p>Crawford wears a helmet all the the time while he is playing, and usually sports a hat wherever he is, even while travelling by train. That&rsquo;s because he lost most of his hair as a result of a skin Infection from the paint on his football gear when he was in high school, and he&rsquo;s naturally diffident about appearing in public bareheaded.</p><p>The likeable Beantown rearguard was a standout athlete right from his boyhood days, and probably could have made good in football if he had chosen that game instead of hockey.</p><h2><b>St. Mike&rsquo;s Alumnus</b></h2><p>That was his strong point at high school, when he starred with the St. Michael&rsquo;s gridiron squad at Toronto, Ont. Then he took up hockey, and almost overnight became a standout at that game too.</p><p>He went up north to Kirkland Lake, Ont., where he not only performed yeoman duty for the hockey squad but also met Marjorie Barrett, the girl who became Mrs. Crawford.</p><p>He turned professional with the Boston organization and went to Providence of the American League in 1937, moving right up to the Bruins the following year. Since then he&rsquo;s been a mainstay of the squad, playing a steady role behind the blueline and doing an invaluable job of coaching the youngsters coming up the ladder.</p><h2><b>Long Service Man</b></h2><p>He&rsquo;s the oldest active player, in point of service, with the Bruins today. Milt Schmidt broke in two years before he did, but Schmidt served three years with the Royal Canadian Air Force, thus dropping behind Crawford in length of actual service.</p><p>Another of Crawford&rsquo;s claims to fame around Boston way is the fact that he is the oldest resident among the players. He has made his home in suburban Newton since 193 8, is a naturalized American citizen. His three children, David, Barry and Sue, all were born in Newton, where the &lsquo;Round Squire of Grasmere Road&rsquo; is a substantial citizen.</p><p>He&rsquo;s a solid citizen in more ways than one, this Johnny Crawford. Just ask players on opposing teams, who know they&rsquo;re up against stiff opposition when the Squire squares off and hands out those specialty bodychecks of his!<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Crawford of Bruin Defense

<div class="byline">BY JAMES C. HENDY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0111/878713-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i><b>Howie And Mary</b></i></p><p><b>HERE&rsquo;S A PICTURE of Howie and his wife taken when they were enjoying a trip during the summer. Mrs. Morenz was the former Mary Stewart.</b></p></figcaption></div><p><b>(The following article is copyrighted by Street & Smith Publication Inc. and is reprinted here through the courtesy of that organization. It first appeared in the 1st and 2nd January issues (1938) of Street & Smith&rsquo;s SPORT STORY MAGAZINE. This is the first of six Instalments).</b></p><p>A little boy, not yet seven sat on the banks of the frozen Thames River near Mitchell, Ontario, putting on one pair of heavy woolen socks after another.</p><p>Then picking up a pair of skates which were much too large, he stuffed the toes with paper, pulled them on his tiny feet, and struggled out on the ice.</p><p>As he floundered around, with his sister Gertrude shouting encouragement, any one looking at him never would have dreamed that the boy with the sturdy legs, chubby face, and huge brown eyes was Howie Morenz, destined to become known as the &ldquo;Stratford Streak&rdquo; the most sensational forward in the history of ice hockey.</p><p>Howie&rsquo;s parents were of German descent and not Swiss, as has been the popular belief. The youngest of a family of six, Howie had two brothers, Wilfred and Ezra, and three sisters, Erma, Freda and Gertrude.</p><p>Morenz&rsquo;s mother passed away in January, 1922. Although Howie&rsquo;s mother knew her youngest was a great amateur player, she never lived to see him as a professional.</p><h2><b>Lived For Hockey</b></h2><p>From that first day when he ventured out on the river, Howie lived hockey day and night. School couldn&rsquo;t be over soon enough for him.</p><p>As soon as class was dismissed Howie, in company with other lads, rushed down, to the river, cleared the snow from a patch of Ice, laced on their skates, got homemade sticks, secured a piece of coal to use as a puck, and began a game of shinny.</p><p>Mrs. Morenz loved music and wanted Howie to be a musician. Arrangements were made for him to have lessons; but it wasn&rsquo;t very long before many hours which were supposed to have been spent practising on the piano where devoted to skating and shinny. In fact, Howie always insisted Miss Holman, his music teacher, was indirectly responsible for his rapid improvement on the ice.</p><p>&ldquo;Our home was on the left bank of the Thames,&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;Miss Holman lived on the right side. I was supposed to go to her home every Saturday and spend several hours there practising. I did for a while, but skating was always uppermost In my mind. My brother Ezra and I decided to leave our skates at another boy&rsquo;s home on Friday nights. And when I left for my piano lessons, we would get them and go out on the river and race against each other.&rdquo;</p><p>Howie and his brother succeeded in fooling their mother until she asked the teacher why Howie had been practicing the same exercise over and over again for weeks at home.</p><p>&ldquo;Why he did splendidly the few times he came for his lessons,&rdquo; Miss Holman replied. &ldquo;But I haven&rsquo;t seen him for weeks now.&rdquo;</p><p>It took considerable explaining on the part of the boys to get this situation properly smoothed over.</p><h2><b>Loved To Skate</b></h2><p>The cold Canadian winters do things to your stomach which usually send you hustling home to see what you can find in the way of food.</p><p>But Howie seldom thought of eating when there was ice available for skating. Sometimes, the snow was so deep that It was impossible for the boys to clear a place on the river. Howie, however refused to give up.</p><p>He would go home and flood his backyard by pumping and carrying innumerable pails of water from an old and seldom - used well. He would then have a rink right in his own yard and would coax his father to place lanterns around the Ice so that he and his friends could play far into the night.</p><p>Before he was ten, Howie was playing a crude form of hockey with boys his own age. They would select sides, and, securing a piece of coal, an empty tin can, or some other suitable object for a puck, would start to play.</p><p>Howie, who played goal in those early days, would take up his position between a couple of stones, used to mark out a goal, with his broomstick clutched tightly in his hand and a magazine stuffed in each stocking for shin guards.</p><p>As the boys rushed in on him, he found himself at the bottom of many pile-ups around the goal, but he never failed to climb quickly to his feet.</p><p>Once in a while, he would carry the rubber halfway up the Ice, and it soon became apparent that he was faster than most of the other boys, something unusal in goaltenders.</p><p>The Vancouver Millionnaires were world&rsquo;s champions at this time, and Howie read about Hughie Lehman, their wandering goalie, and his style of rushing from the nets when his defense had left him uncovered. Howie Morenz decided to pattern his own style of play after that of old Hughie.</p><p>The other boys would ail take the names of famous professionals and, as they played their games, would frequently call to one another, using the name of the professional.</p><p>An innocent bystander, not in on the secret, would frequently be amazed to hear some ragged kid shout, &ldquo;Shoot, Foyston!&rdquo; Which would be followed by, &ldquo;Good stop, Lehman,&rdquo; as Howie kicked one out.</p><p>Howie continued In the nets and played that position with his first organized team, the Mitchell Juveniles, in 1916. In the first game, Howie resembled a sieve more than a goaltender, twenty-one shots finding a resting place In the net back of him.</p><h2><b>Plays Forward</b></h2><p>&ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;m not a goalie, after all,&rdquo; he said sadly after the game. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll take my action hereafter out in front and let some one else worry about the nets.&rdquo;</p><p>His manager, no doubt having the twenty-one goals still fresh in his mind, concurred in his opinion. The next game found Howie at rover&mdash;seven-man hockey being still played at that time.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-028/878706-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1152" height="2395"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i><b>The Stratford Streak</b></i></p><p><b>HOWIE MORENZ</b></p></figcaption></div><p>He held down this position for the rest of the season, having much to do with Mitchell winning the western championship.</p><p>In May of 1917, when he was fourteen, Howie&rsquo;s parents moved to the near-by town of Stratford, home of the shops of the Grand Trunk Railway, where his father was employed.</p><p>With summer at hand, Howie turned his attention to other sports. He divided his time between baseball and the old swimming hole. He was a better-than-average shortstop, just as fast on the field as he was on the ice, and developed into an excellent swimmer and diver.</p><p>Extremely found of animals, Howie owned a considerable number of pigeons which he frequently raced against birds owned by his playmates. In later years, when he lived In Montreal, he transferred his love for animals to horses and was a familiar figure at the race tracks around Montreal.</p><p>There Is an episode in Howie&rsquo;s life about which few know. Shortly after his parents moved to Stratford in 1917, Howie, like most Canadians youngsters, wanted to join the army. One of his sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Bushfield, told me of the incident:</p><h2><b>Joins Army</b></h2><p>&ldquo;I noticed Howie paying close attention to the posters around town which pictured a soldier pointing at you with the caption&rdquo;Your King and Country Need You&rsquo; but hadn&rsquo;t given it a thought,&rdquo; she said.</p><p>&ldquo;One day, he failed to appear for lunch. This wasn&rsquo;t unusual, but when he wasn&rsquo;t on hand for supper, and none of his playmates knew where he was, mother became alarmed and started a search for him. All the neighbors helped us to comb Stratford throughly and mother became frantic.</p><p>&ldquo;It was decided to get official help, and the authorities were notified. They must have had an idea where to look for him because, shortly after, mother was notified that Howie was in the army in Toronto. He had gone there giving his age as eighteen, and enlisted in the cavalry. Mother didn&rsquo;t lose any time in getting to Toronto and arranging for his immediate release. He was fifteen at the time.&rdquo;</p><p>Howie wasn&rsquo;t exactly a child prodigy at school, although he always managed to pass his examinations. He was much too interested in athletics, especially hockey. School to him was just a means of passing time between games and practises.</p><h2><b>Plays for Stratford</b></h2><p>With the 1917-18 season close at hand, he began looking around for a team to play with in Stratford. A friend of the family. Bill Gerby, who was later to coach Howie, took an interest In the youngster and was the first one to take him down to the Stratford arena. In fact, Howie&rsquo;s family believed Gerby had more to do with fostering the lad&rsquo;s amateur-hockey career than any one else.</p><p>It didn&rsquo;t take the youngster with the flying feet very long to demonstrate his ability. The position of rover had been abolished, and Howie was tried at center. He demonstrated immediately that this was where he belonged and was soon the regular pivot on the Stratford Midgets, a team which was destined to make hockey history in Canada and is still mentioned when outstanding junior teams are being discussed.</p><h2><b>Family Support</b></h2><p>Howie&rsquo;s family now became his staunchest supporters. They attended every game in a body, forming an enthusiastic cheering section for their little brother. His mother was always afraid he would be hurt and would never attend a game in which he was participating. But she always remained awake for a complete report after every match.</p><p>It was in a game in the spring of 1919 that Howie first attracted attention. The Midgets, playing against Woodstock, were defeated for the grouo title.</p><p>The Woodstock team with the famous Carson brothers&mdash;all three of whom eventually turned professional&mdash;and Harry King in their line-up, received most of the praise. But there were many keen observers present, among them Mike Rodden, well-known Canadian referee, coach, and sports columnist, who tabbed the young Howie Morenz as the real star of the series.</p><h2><b>Never Got Tired</b></h2><p>Howie never seemed to tirewhile playing, and if was about this time that Bill Cumming, a referee in the Ontario Hockey Association, was forced to give him a penalty in order that he might rest.</p><p>&ldquo;It was in a junior game which I handled between Stratford and Kitchener,&rdquo; Cumming said. &ldquo;Howie refused to go off for a substitute. He was determined to play the full sixty minutes.</p><p>When his manager urged him to leave the ice, he simply skated away and remained in the game.</p><p>&ldquo;Toward the end of the game, he was so exhausted that I give him a penalty for a slight infraction of the rules that actually might have been overlooked. Even then he protested, but I just pointed toward the penalty box. That was the only rest he had all during that game.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0003-01

He Lived Hockey Day And Night

<div class="byline">By KEN MCKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0183/878765-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="280" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Max Bentley</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>HE PLAYER THAT leads the point scorers on New Year&rsquo;s Day very seldom finishes on top at the end of the regular season! New Year&rsquo;s Day is the half-way mark of the season. Only once in the past seven years has the player who led the N.H.L. scorers on New Year&rsquo;s Day finished the season at the top of the heap. The exception was Max Bentley, who when playing with Chicago, led both at New Year&rsquo;s and at the end of the schedule. That was in 1945-46. Following are the scoring champions for the past seven seasons, with the leader at New Year&rsquo;s in brackets: 1947-48 &mdash; Elmer Lach (Syl Apps); 1946-47 &mdash; Max Bentley (Maurice Richard); 1945-46 &mdash; Max Bentley (Max Bentley); 1944-45 &mdash; Elmer Lach (Toe Blake); 1943-44 &mdash; Herb Caln (Bill Cowley); 1942-43 &mdash; Doug Bentley (Syl Apps); 1941-42 &mdash; Bryan Hextail (Bill Cowley).</p><p>FREDDY METCALFE, former New York Rovers coach and now one of the Rangers&rsquo; top scouts, is spending the Christmas season in Los Angeles with his brother and sister &hellip; John Harris, owner of Ice Capades and the Pittsburgh Hornets Hockey Club, saw his first Los Angeles game of the season recently. Harris-has a keen interest in the L. A. squad as his Pittsburgh club has a working agreement with the Monarchs &hellip; San Diegians are very high on Norman &ldquo;Red&rdquo; McKay, Skyhawks defenseman. McKay is one of the best rushing defenseman in the P.C.H.L. &hellip; In Johnny Baby, San Diego has one of the toughest players in the loop, as Johnny is anything but what his surname Implies &hellip; Max and Doug Bentley fans will want to read &ldquo;The Famous Bentleys&rdquo;, a complete story on the history of hockey&rsquo;s great brother act. The book was written by Walter R. Thurn, B.A., principal and physical director of the Delisle School District, where all the Bentley boys were educated.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0278/878758-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="262" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Hendy</b></figcaption></div><p>EX-COACH FRANK BOUCHER of New York Rangers recently formed a new forward line that he hoped would score plenty of goals for the Broadway Blue Shirts. The new trio is known as the &ldquo;L&rdquo; line and consists of Edgar Laprade at center, Pentti Lund at right wing and Tony Leswick at left wing &mdash; Jim Hendy, president of the United States Hockey League, has spent the last ten days in Dallas trying to assist the Texans in putting the game of hockey over. Thus far they&rsquo;ve been having a tough time getting the Texas people to show much interest In hockey&hellip; There are still a lot of people from the Lone Star State who enquire whether hockey is played on horseback &hellip; Jack Butterfield, general manager of the Fort Worth Rangers, tells an amusing story in what happened at the Fort Worth opener a year ago. At the end of the second period the capacity crowd had started to head for the exits and their way home. They figured the intermission between the first and second periods was half time, and the game was all over. Now they announce before every game that hockey consists of three periods and please do not leave at the end of the second period.</p><p>LEN &ldquo;DOC&rdquo; HALDERSON of the Houston Huskies is a nephew of Slim Halderson, famous defense ace of the old Victoria Cougars of 25 years ago &hellip; Chicago&rsquo;s Gaye Stewart has the best consecutive scoring streak in the N.H.L. this season. The handsome Hawk left winger went eight straight games from October 31 to November 17 without failing to garner at least one scoring point per game &hellip; Mike Rodden, veteran hockey referee who was once one of the best in the N.H.L., is still busy as a whistle-tooter and figures he has now refereed 2,781 games. He says he sometimes wonders why he even refereed one. It&rsquo;s a tough league, all right.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0325/878751-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="274" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Toe Blake</b></figcaption></div><p>JOHNNY MARIUCCI and Eddie Olson, defensive duo of St. Louis Flyers in the A.H.L., were both born in the United States. Mariucci&rsquo;s home state is Minnesota while Michigan is proud of Olson. They were teammates once before. During the war years both performed for the United States Coast Guard Cutters of Baltimore &hellip; Toe Blake, coach of the Buffalo Bisons and defense ace Bob Blake are not related &hellip; Mark Marquess of Hershey Bears takes particular delight in scoring goals on Goaler Harvey Bennett of Providence Reds. Two years ago, when playing for Hershey, Bennett was married in the Chocolate City, and Marquess was best man. In a recent game Marquess scored the sole Hershey tally as Providence downed the Bears 3-1, to rob Bennett of a well-deserved shutout&hellip; New Haven Ramblers have one of the youngest teams to ever perform in the American Hockey League. Average age is 23&frac12; years, with rookie Sheldon Blommer, the baby of the team at 20.</p><p>FLEMING MACKELL, Pittsburgh Hornets&rsquo; right winger hasn&rsquo;t a natural tooth left in his mouth. When a particularly rough opponent snaps at him: &ldquo;Come near me again and I&rsquo;ll knock your teeth out!&rdquo;, Mackell merely gives him a toothless smile and snaps right back: &ldquo;Yeh? Let&rsquo;s see you try it!&rdquo; &hellip; Lloyd Saunders, ace sportscaster on Regina&rsquo;s CKCK is gaining one of the largest followings of ony Canadian sportscaster. He shelved a promising hockey career to go into radio. Lloyd played hockey with Saskatoon teams, and was a teammate of many N.H.L. stars of today.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-045/878744-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="298" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Turk Broda</b></figcaption></div><p>TURK BRODA has figured in both penalty shots called in the N.H.L. this season, and both times the pudgy Toronto blocker has saved neatly. Jim Conacher of Chicago, fired the first penalty shot on December 4, and Pentti Lund of Rangers, did honors on the second one on December 12 &hellip; There seems to be more players of Italian extraction playing professional hockey these days. St. Louis Flyers have Don Grosso, Hec Pozzo, Tony Licari and Johnny Mariucci &hellip; Hershey has Zellio Toppazzini and Silvio Bettio &hellip; Providence has Chuck Scherza &hellip; New Haven has Gino Rozzini&hellip; Springfield has Mike Narduzzi &hellip; Cleveland has Ab DeMarco. There&rsquo;s Jim Enio and Lee Fogolin of Detroit&hellip; Ray Ceresino of Toronto &hellip; Pete Babando of Boston and Bep Guidolin of Chicago. Larry Silvestri of Kansas City &hellip; Johnny Ubriaco of Tulsa and San Casanato and Bill Cupola of Fort Worth.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0004-01

Passing the Puck

<div class="byline">By HAROLD KAESE (Boston Globe)</div><p>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;</p><p>A phosphorescent puck on black ice, pink, yellow, and mauve plastic sticks, non-breakable glass sideboards and backstops, sateen uniforms equipped with air brakes, twoway communication systems for the players and coach&mdash;who dares say that these will not be an integral part of ice hockey, twenty-five years from now.</p><p>Hockey isn&rsquo;t a game in which anyone stands still, not even the inventors like Art Ross or the rule-makers like Conn Smythe. Anyone who has followed the game&rsquo;s progress the last twenty-five years knows that hockey will change fully as much In the next quarter of a century.</p><p>All that seems certain Is the continued use of skates and ice &mdash; but even the ice may be a plastic, and not simply frozen water. The number of players on a team may change, the size of rinks and goals may change, and the rules are bound to change. They do with each new season. If nothing else, the Board of Governors always has a new &ldquo;playing-with-a-broken-stick&rdquo; rule up their sleeves. And they are always prepared to put a new face-off spot here, or draw a new line across the ice there. Twenty-five years from now, the ice surface may look like an Indian blanket, or like a six-year-old boy&rsquo;s geometrical design.</p><h2><b>Loves Confusion</b></h2><p>When the red line was first introduced, Paul Thompson, then coach of the Black Hawks, complained, &ldquo;My players won&rdquo;t understand it until the play-offs, and if it&rsquo;s too much for them, what about the fans?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry about the fans&rdquo;, advised Art Ross. &ldquo;The more confusion there is on the ice, the more they enjoy it.&rsquo;</p><p>If it&rsquo;s a matter of confusion, it is pretty clear that hockey fans Etill can look forward to their Golden Age.</p><p>What will be the next major changes In hockey? If the game can&rsquo;t stand still, where is it going when it moves along? Here are a few guesses, most of them as wild as Emmett O&rsquo;Neill&rsquo;s fast ball:</p><p>Tie games will be dissolved, either by having a relay race around the rink, by swapping penalty shots, by tossing a coin, by counting shots on goal, or by playing a sudden death overtime period with both goalies off the ice. If bcth teams played without goalies, the winning goal would be produced in a few minutes, each team would have an equal chance, and the excitement would be intense.</p><p>The present blue-line red-line passing rules will not last another five years. Either the blue lines will be eliminated, and teams allowed to pass half the length of the Ice; or the red line will be eliminated and teams allowed to pass two-thirds the length of the Ice, or up to the further blue line. The trend in hockey has been for more and more forward passing, and ultimately hockey will have forward passers with the same repute as Sammy Baugh, Paul Governali, and Sid Luckman.</p><h2><b>Attacking Goalies</b></h2><p>Goal keepers will be expected to play a bigger part in the offense. Years ago Tiny Thompson was credited with two assists on passes that led to Bruin goals, but as yet a goalie has not scored in a regulation game.</p><p>A suggestion of what a goalie can do in the wav of attacking is made by Chuck Rayner, Rangers&rsquo; goalie. Playing for a Canadian Navy team, against an amateur rival in Victoria, B.C., during the war, Rayner scored a legitimate goal. After stopping a shot, the puck rebounded directly in front of Rayner. He skated out to clear, but when he reached the puck he found that there was no player near him or in front of him, so he kept off down the ice until he was 15 feet from the enemy goal, then cut loose with a perfect scoring shot.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0134/878827-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="532" height="859"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>It Can Be Done</i></p><p><b>CHUCK RAYNER</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Goalies who are good skaters and stick-handlers, and most of them are nowadays, in the future will leave their cages more readily for sorties down the ice. It may be that goalies will be eliminated, entirely, many years from now, and that the goal will be made a much smaller target. Then there will be more shooting and more scoring, with scores running to 15-12 or even 25-21. If hockey follows this path, it will be due to the Influence of basketball.</p><h2><b>Might Do It</b></h2><p>One of these nights, a goalie is going to score a goal when the rival net-minder has been taken off the ice in a desperate effort to tie the score late in the game. Frank Brimsek or Bill Durnan or another member of the goalies&rsquo; union will make a stop and then clear the puck down the ice and, if it slides into the unguarded enemy cage, he will be famous. Of course it will take a 200-foot shot, and it is a question if many goalies are strong enough to shoot a puck that far.</p><p>Looking ahead twenty-five years is a lot easier than looking ahead twenty-five days. No crystal-gazer would dare predict how many games the Bruins would tie, how many penalties Murray Henderson would draw, or how many spectacular rushes Pat Egan would make in any 25-day period. Certainly nobody in 1973 is going to tell us what a miserable job of hockey forecasting we did back there in 1948. By 1973 there not only may be no goalies, but there may be no hockey and no Garden. (Ed. note &mdash; There will always be a Garden!)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0227/878820-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="538" height="868"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>Inventor</i></p><p><b>ART ROSS</b></p></figcaption></div><p>But if hockey remains a big league sport for the next 25 years, you had better keep in touch with the game. Don&rsquo;t expect to see your last game this season and then come back in 1973 and think you&rsquo;ll know what it is all about. By 1973 referees may be hovering over the players in helicopters.</p><p><b>Ace hockey writer Harold Kaese, has a bit of fun with the N.H.L. fans, in this fantastic futuristic he has penned. You can bet though, that somebody&rsquo;s going to come out with unbreakable sticks, very soon. Plastic ice isn&rsquo;t too much of a dream, either.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0005-01

Buck Rogers Era of Hockey In Sight

<div class="byline">By LES RUSSELL</div><p>TORONTO. Ont. &mdash;</p><p>Some Maple Leafs fans say he reminds them of Red Horner. That&rsquo;s pretty high praise, but it seems to fit James Angus (Gus) Mortson, rough-and-tumble Queen City defenseman. Six-foot, 185-pound Mortson, called &ldquo;The Nugget&rdquo; by his teammates, never misses an opportunity to paste a stiff bodycheck on an incoming forward, should that worthy fellow fail to look where he&rsquo;s going. A rangy lad, Gus drew Leafs&rsquo; attention while playing his first game with St. Michael&rsquo;s Juniors. So deeply did he impress the board of strategy that they only watched him in action for one period before noting that here indeed was future material for their N.H.L. club.</p><p>As it was, they placed him on their list only a few minutes before two other clubs sent in similar requests to the N.H.L. office.</p><p>In 1945-46, Toronto sent &ldquo;The Nugget&rdquo; to Tulsa Oilers of the United States Hockey League for seasoning. Next year found him with the Leafs.</p><h2><b>Draws Penalties</b></h2><p>Since he&rsquo;d step into a fast-moving train if he thought it would stop a goal being scored against his team. Mortson naturally is on the receiving end of a large number of penalties.</p><p>In his first season of N.H.L. competition, he had the rather dubious distinction of leading the entire league in penalties. He sat it out for 133 minutes.</p><p>He&rsquo;s now in his fourth season with the Leafs. In three complete years, he&rsquo;s taken part in 176 league contests, scoring 19 goals and assisting in 35 others, while running up 369 minutes in the cooler.</p><p>His playoff record is three goals and seven assists, and only four minutes in penalties.</p><p>In the second round playoffs against Detroit Red Wings last season, Gus broke his leg in the first game. Now that the leg has healed, he&rsquo;s back at the old stand in front of Broda,</p><p>Mortson started out with Kirkland Lake Juveniles in 1942-43. That season his club cleaned up everything in sight and were returned as Ontario juvenile champions.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0319/878858-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="568" height="724"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>&ldquo;The Nugget&rsquo;</i></b></p><p><b>GUS MORTSON</b></p></figcaption></div><p>The following year he went to St. Mike&rsquo;s college to become a member of the &ldquo;Fighting Irish&rdquo; Juniors. When St. Mike&rsquo;s were eliminated, Oshawa Generals secured Gus as a war replacement and he helped them win the Memorial Cup.</p><p>In 1944-45, the Irish went all the way to win the Memorial Cup and Mortson played no small part on the long road to the title. From there he went to Tulsa.</p><p>This ice warrior always wanted to be a forward, but Conn Smythe had different ideas and that&rsquo;s why he&rsquo;s a defenseman today.</p><p>Oh yes girls, Gus is still single. The queue will form to the right please &mdash; and quit shoving.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0005-03

Torontonians Call Gus “Second Red Horner”

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01107/878913-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>IN AGREEMENT</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Your reader J. A. McIntosh from the other side of the continent had his good letter printed recently. You captioned it &ldquo;Raps Dave Farrell&rdquo;. Believe the reader is correct in criticizing Farrell&rsquo;s unbalanced praise of Schmidt, and in certain respects, of the Bruins.</p><p>Mac should be relieved he does not have to read the boyish gushings of Boston sports scribblers more often. Some of them have even less judgment than D.F. Exceptional players &mdash; like Brimsek and Schmidt in hockey and Dark and Williams in baseball&mdash;too frequently are embarrassed by these Boston fellows with their precipitate criticism or hasty praise.</p><p>By the way, how does our friend McIntosh form his judgments on N.H.L. play and players? Takes a plane trip every now and then?</p><p>Having watched the &rsquo;48-&rsquo;49 N. H.L. gangs in action, would advise him to take it easy on the present Bruins. They&rsquo;ll be battling the Rangers soon for a place near the league cellar.</p><p>Jack Chilton</p><p>Brooklyn, N.Y.</p><h2><b>INFORMATION SEEKER</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I am working on a hockey book and read your story in a Chicago Black Hawk program, regarding National Hockey League statistics. I would appreciate it very much if you would send me any data you may have on hand. Also, I have a special interest in the N. H.L. all-star teams from 1930 right up to the present. I am having difficulty concerning these too, and so any information you might be able to send me would be appreciated.</p><p>Ted Bjurstrom</p><p>Chicago, Ill.</p><p><b>(The complete list of all-star teams were printed early this season in THE HOCKEY NEWS.)</b></p><h2><b>PICTURE COLLECTOR</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I am very much taken with THE HOCKEY NEWS. To me, who has followed professional hockey for a number of years, I find that your paper is the best for giving complete coverage on the game. You fellows don&rsquo;t miss a thing.</p><p>I am a hockey picture collector, and as far as I know, I have the largest collection in the Maritimes. I would like to get your permission to put a picture of my room in THE HOCKEY NEWS. I think that fans would get a kick out of it.</p><p>You might also tell me if Les Ramsey, manager of the Moncton Hawks in the Marltimes Big Four, ever played pro hockey.</p><p>John Willis</p><p>Halifax, N.S.</p><p><b>(Sure thing John. Send ns a picture of your room and if it is suitable for reproduction, we&rsquo;ll be glad to run it in THE HOCKEY NEWS. Les Ramsey never played pro hockey).</b></p><h2><b>INFO WANTED</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Could you tell me the whereabouts of two former greats, Larry Aurie and Johnny Sorrell? Would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your fine paper.</p><p>Douglas W. Eckhardt Montreal, Que.</p><p><b>(Larry Aurie Is a tavern keeper in Seattle, Washington, while Johnny Sorrell is back near his hometown of Chesterville, Ont.)</b></p><h2><b>PICTURE FAN</b></h2><p><b>Dear Sir,</b></p><p>Please tell me where I can get pictures of the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers, both of the National Hockey League.</p><p>Fumlo Izuka Greenwood, B.C.</p><p><b>(Write to Chicago Black Hawks, 610 North LaSalle Street, Chicago and Madison Square Garden, 807 West 49th Street, New York).</b></p><h2><b>FOSTER HEWITT FAN</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have been reading your paper since it first hit the newstands a little over a year ago, and I must say its interesting items have been most informative. So far as I know you have not had a story on Canada&rsquo;s ace sports announcer Foster Hewitt (where do you get this Doug, Smith business?) If I am wrong omit the rest of this article.</p><p>Back In December 1947, Mr. Hewitt wrote an article for Sport Magazine entitled &ldquo;Hockey&rsquo;s Tricky Trio&rdquo;; it featured the Toronto Maple Leaf line of Kennedy-Lynn-Meeker. The editors of Sport paid Foster a fine tribute when they said,&rdquo;In Canada they call him, &ldquo;Mr. Hockey with good reason.&rdquo; The dean of Canadian broadcasters, he started in radio back in 1923, working over station CFCA, Toronto. The first man to broadcast hockey games in Canada, he also has covered all other sports by radio. Now, as radio director of Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, he specializes in hockey. Hewitt&rsquo;s rink shows have the highest programme rating in Canada.</p><p>In my humble opinion I think Foster Hewitt has done more to further the good name of hockey than any other sports commentator.</p><p>Gordon H. Osborne</p><p>Montreal, Que.</p><p><b>(We agree with your comments about Foster and a story on him will appear in THE HOCKEY NEWS sometime this season).</b></p><h2><b>WANTS FAN CLUB</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like to have this letter printed in the Fan Forum, since it is of interest to other fans, and, as the name of the Forum implies, it is a gathering place for all the ideas that the followers of hockey might dream up.</p><p>First, I would like to add my appreciation for your wonderful paper to the others that you have been receiving since the inception of THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>Then, I would like to use this as an opportunity to ask all supporters of the New York Rangers, young and old, who are interested in forming a Blueshirts Fan Club, to write me at 54 Hoffman Avenue, Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey, and I will work with you on the organization of an active, enthusiastic club.</p><p>Howard Wolff Lake Hiawatha, N.J.</p><h2><b>JOLIAT&rsquo;S BECORD</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Just a few lines to let you know how much I like reading THE HOCKEY NEWS. I think it&rsquo;s the only, and best paper of its kind being published in Canada.</p><p>I always find something about my favorite players. I would like to know a few details about Aurel Joliat who was with Montreal Canadiens at one time.</p><p>Emile Perras</p><p>Cornwall, Ont.</p><p><b>(Joliat was with Canadiens for 16 years. He was a little player during his active career, going about 133 pounds and standing 5 feet six inches. He netted 270 goals and came up with 190 assists for a point total of 400. He is now working for the government in Ottawa, where he was born August 29, 1901.)</b></p><h2><b>WAY DOWN EAST</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have been a subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS since it was first published. I enjoy your paper very much and look forward to receiving it every week.</p><p>Could you tell me what happened to Tommy Brennan who played last season with the Quebec Aces in the Q.S.H.L.T</p><p>Terry Linton</p><p>Montreal, Que.</p><p><b>(Tommy is playing in the Maritime Senior League.)</b></p><h2><b>TRIBUTE TO APPS</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>My brother has been a subscriber to your paper for almost a year now, and w? both enjoy reading it very much, and look forward to its coming!</p><p>I have written you before, sending along a poem for your Fan Forum, which I had hoped to see printed, but as I have not yet, I am sending it again and hope you will be kind enough to print it in a future edition.</p><h2><b>Hockey&rsquo;s Star</b></h2><p>In 193S there was,</p><p>A brilliant hockey star,</p><p>Who signed with &ldquo;Toronto Maple Leafs&rdquo;</p><p>He is now known near and far. His twelve great playing years have won</p><p>Him glory and esteem, The love of all Canadians, Respect from all his team.</p><p>This man, this tall and splendid man,</p><p>Has played both well and fair, Each place has had a sell - out crowd,</p><p>Whenever he was there.</p><p>As you have likely guessed by now,</p><p>Sylvanus, is his name, Sylvanus Apps, who will go down In hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame.</p><p>Syl Apps has left the hockey world,</p><p>But he will always be Remembered by his many fans, His friends, his team, and me!</p><p>H. L. Williamstown, Ont.</p><h2><b>TO THE RESCUE</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Your paper is a great favorite with my family. We enjoyed especially Dave Farrell&rsquo;s article on Milt Schmidt, a tribute to a great hockey star.</p><p>Mr. Mac Isaac of Prince Rupert, complains at great length of Dave Farrell&rsquo;s &ldquo;hero worship&rdquo; and his &ldquo;enthusiasm&rdquo; for Milt Schmidt. Well, why not give credit where it is due? Let me assure the gentleman that were he to watch Schmidt in action year in, year out, as we Bruin fans are so privileged. he would better appreciate Milt&rsquo;s true greatness. Everything he does, he does well,&mdash;a spearhead of offense, a bulwark on defense!</p><p>It seems safe to say that under similar circumstances, a great many players providing the &ldquo;target for tonight&rdquo; that Schmidt is accustomed to, would retaliate now and then. What else could one expect? A look at the records, however, shows that Schmidt has never been a heavily penalized player.</p><p>At any rate, let&rsquo;s all be boosters instead of knockers. Everyone has his favorite player, so why slam someone else&rsquo;s selection? I hope &rsquo; to see a story sometime on Jack Crawford and Roy Conacher.</p><p>Herbert C. McDonnell Roslindale, Mass.</p><h2><b>IT&rsquo;S NICE, TOO</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Could you please tell me if there is a calendar printed of the Montreal Canadiens? I believe it is published by Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.</p><p><b>(Yes, there Is. Write to the Montreal Forum and enclose 25c, and a calendar will be mailed you).</b></p><h2><b>LIKES CROSSWORDS</b></h2><p>Have just received the December 1st issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, and am elated to see the return of the crosswords. Let&rsquo;s hope they&rsquo;re not omitted in future.</p><p>I think Trent Frayne deserves &rsquo; a commendation on his slightly witty article.</p><p>&ldquo;Rabid&rdquo; Fan Edmonton, Alta.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By CLARENCE CAMPBELL President of the N.H.L.</div><p>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</p><p>Founded October 1, 1947</p><p>Published by</p><p>Hockey News Company, 603A Sun Life Buillding.</p><p>Montreal, Que</p><p>Yearly Subscription price $2.50 in Canada - $3.50 in U.S.A.</p><p>Authorized as second class mail, post Office Department, Ottawa.</p><p>Printed in Canada</p><p>Vol. 2 December 29th, 1948 No. 13</p><p>While the advent of the New Year does not coincide with either the beginning or the ending of a normal hockey season, nevertheless, as in all other walks of life, it is a logical time at which to review the events which have transpired during the calendar year just closed, and to look forward to what the future may hold in store for us. It is a time for stocktaking and the making of plans. It is a time for counting our blessings and the formulating of New Year&rsquo;s resolutions to make the best use of those blessings.</p><p>The year 1948 has brought to hockey&mdash;both professional and amateur&mdash;much for which we can be truly grateful and it is well that we should recognize these blessings for they may not always continue in such generous measure. Not the least of these blessings has been the continuance of Peace&mdash;or at least the absence of armed conflict&mdash;which has made it possible to operate at all.</p><p>The year has brought to the game an enhanced prestige, public esteem and confidence never before enjoyed in its history, and this has been manifested in unprecedented support at the box office and in the great increase in the number of participants not only in Canada but throughout the United States and Western Europe. Gate receipts and attendance figures were never higher. Player registrations and the number of new clubs and leagues have set new records everywhere. The game has expanded internationally, and many new rinks, some large, some more modest have been erected throughout Canada and the United States and many more are on the drawing boards awaiting the moderation of building costs or an increased supply of vital building materials.</p><p>From the standpoint of the players 1948 has been a bountiful year&mdash;increased salaries and some tax relief have more than offset the ascending cost of living. The vast expansion of the game has opened many new opportunities not only for players but also for ex-players, coaches, scouts, managers, publicity writers, executives&mdash;in fact for anyone with the necessary &ldquo;know-how&rdquo;&mdash;a talent still the most valuable and yet the scarcest in the whole field of hockey.</p><p>The new opportunities, plus the inauguration of a contributory pension plan, have given to hockey the status of a more stable, profitable and exciting life-time career. Even for the person who does not plan to devote his entire life to the game it provides an excellent stepping stone to other careers in which he can capitalize on his athletic prowess and publicity and be well paid for his training.</p><p>But it would be folly to ignore the warning signs which the year 1948 has provided. The S.R.O. sign may not be so prominently or frequently displayed in the year which is ahead of us. There are signs that Mr. Public is becoming more discriminating about where he spends his entertainment dollar and his increasing insistence that he get full value for it. Up to the present he has accorded our game a fairly high rating, but it would be a mistake to take for granted that he will continue to do so. Greater solicitude for his welfare, comfort and convenience must be exercised to attract his continued patronage, but above all he must be provided with an attractive, skilful and exciting spectacle. That is why it is essential to make good our slogan of &ldquo;Sixty Minutes of Sustained Speed and Action!&rdquo;</p><p>Another warning sign which cannot be ignored is the ever increasing conflict which is developing between the clubs of organized professional hockey and the clubs operating the Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; and Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; teams under amateur jurisdiction. The official relations between the professional leagues and the amateur governing bodies is governed by the N.H.L.&mdash;I.I.H.F. Agreement, and this contract has been scrupulously observed and enforced on both sides. Nevertheless the experience of the year 1948 has shown that the protection afforded to each side is inadequate in this period of intense competition for the services of skilled hockey talent, and a solution must be found if both sides are to avoid disaster.</p><p>Since the cause of the conflict is rooted in the shortage of suitable talent, it might be thought that the development of more players would provide the solution, but this is not a reasonable probability. The professional clubs are interested in some of the amateur &ldquo;A&rdquo; clubs by way of sponsorship, where they seek to develop talent for the parent organization, and, of course, are constantly seeking new players for their main club, The &ldquo;A&rdquo; clubs are really operating professional teams since all of the players are paid some salary, either in lieu of employment or in addition to it. Both groups are competing for the same class of talent and there are many evidences that the unrestricted bidding for this talent is having disastrous effects.</p><p>Bankruptcy is the inevitable end if this development is not checked and restrained. The object of professional hockey is to sell entertainment and to profit thereby, the latter objective may not be so important to the &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; club, but community pride will not go on indefinitely making good the deficits and &ldquo;angels&rdquo; are hard to find. Recent withdrawals and threats of withdrawals from some leagues only serve to prove the truth of this observation.</p><p>One &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; club whose average attendance per game exceeded the maximum capacity of three other rinks operating in the same league has gone under after half a season with a detroit of some tens of thousands of dollars. What will be the end for the smaller rink clubs is not pleasant to contexn-plate! An Allan Cup championship team operating in the largest rink in Western Canada without having a vacant seat in two seasons&rsquo; play recently announced its last years deficit at approximately fifteen thousand dollars.</p><p>It Is not a question of which can survive, it is rather a reflection upon the intelligence and business judgment of all those involved that such conditions should be allowed to continue. For when a hockey club or a team is obliged to cease operations it hurts the game not only in its own community but everywhere, and the effects of such a development are often far-reaching and long-enduring.</p><p>The year 1949 must provide a reasonable solution to this fundamental and basic conflict, and given some careful study and a reasonable measure of compromise and good will it can be accomplished.</p><p>With these thoughts and objectives we face the New.Year 1949, and we extend to all who labour for the welfare of Hockey in all its branches and at all levels of competition our sincere good wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE

<h2><b>Sandford Sidelined</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>ddle 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&rsquo;s game against Chicago.</p><h2><b>Santa It Good I</b></h2><p>New York Rangers haven&rsquo;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.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., DEC. 29</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0156/879021-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="610" height="217"></div><h3><b>last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>December 22 &mdash; Detroit 2, at Boston 6. December 23 &mdash; Boston 2, at Canadiens 4; Rangers 2. at Chicago 3.</p><p>December 25 &mdash; Rangers 2, at Canadiens 0; Detroit 1, at Toronto 2; Chicago 1, at Boston 2.</p><p>December 26 &mdash; Canadiens 1, at Detroit 3; Chicago 2, at Rangers 1.</p><h3><b>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>December 30 &mdash; Toronto at Canadiens. December 31 &mdash; Boston at Rangers. January 1 &mdash; Canadiens at Toronto, Rangers at Boston, Detroit at Chicago.</p><p>January 2 &mdash; Toronto at Rangers, Chicago at Detroit.</p><p>Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins continued their tooth and nail struggle for first place in the N.H.L. standings, with Wings dropping temporarily to second place Saturday night when they bowed to Toronto, but jumping back into a one-point lead again Sunday with a win over Canadiens at home.</p><p>Chuck Conacher&rsquo;s scrapping Chicago Black Hawks consolidated their grip on third place &mdash; only four points behind the pace-setting Wings and three behind Boston, as they clipped the Rangers 2-1 Sunday night, breaking the New Yorkers&rsquo; six-game streak without a loss. It was a breakneck game, with both squads really flying, and an outburst of fisticuffs to top the evening&rsquo;s proceedings when Ralph Nattrass of Hawks tangled with Pentti Lund.</p><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22</b></h2><p>BOSTON&mdash;Eddie Sandford scored twice fts the Boston Bruins broke a six game losing streak by drowning Detroit Red Wings 5-2 here before a crowd of around 13.000 fans. As a result, the Bruins climbed to within one point of Detroit who lead the league. Other Boston ecorers were Pat Egan, Ken Smith and Paul Ronty. Pete Horeck and Syd Abel netted for Detroit.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal. Lumley, defense, Quackenbush. Stewart; center. Gee: wings, Couture, Pavelich; subs: Abel. Podolsky, Horeck. Reise. Fogolin, Gauthier. PoWe, Mackay, McFadden. Enio, McNab.</p><p><b>Boston;</b> Goal Brimsek; defense. Pieman. Henderson; center. Sandford; wings, Warwick, Babando; subs: Harrison. Dumart. Peters. Crawford. Egan Kryzanowskl. Ronty. Smith. Pierson.</p><p><b>Referee.</b> Frank (King) Clancy, linesmen, Sam Babcock and Ernie Mundey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0238/879014-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="616" height="429"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23</b></h2><p>MONTREAL &mdash; The Montreal Canadiens scored their first victory of the season over Boston Bruins when they downed the Beantown squad 4-2. Maurice Richard paced the winners with two goals. Highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Art Ross Trophy to Elmer Lach. Canadien center. Art Ross presented the trophy to Lach who has just been released from hospital wits a broken jaw.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Brimsek: defense, Hen-Reardon, Layeoe; center, Mosdell: wings, Warwick, Babando; subs.: Egan Crawford. Peters. Dumart, Harrison, Smith, Ronty, Peirson, Thompson.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Duman; defense, Reardon, Layeoe; center, Modells: wings, Riopelle, Chamberlain: subs.: Harvey, Carveth, Harmon, Richard. Fillion, Robertson. Reay, Campeau, Dussault.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Referee, Georges Gravel; linesmen, Sibby Mundey, Sam Babcock.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0319/879007-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="600" height="269"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0421/879000-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="606" height="143"></div><p>CHICAGO &mdash; New York Rangers came through with a 3-2 triumph over Chicago Black Hawks here. Emil (The Cat) Francis, who last season guarded the nets for Chicago, came back to the Windy City wearing a Ranger uniform and played smart goal to help down his former teammates. Rangers were ahead 3-0 in the final minutes of play when Chicago broke away for two quick counters.</p><p><b>Rangers:</b> Goal, Francis; defense, Stanley, Shero; center, Laprade; wings, Leswick, Lund; subs.: Stanowski, Raleigh, O&rsquo;Conuor, Mickoski, Fisher, Albright, Kaleta, Slowinski, Moe.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, McCaig, Goldham; center, J. Conache; wings: Bodnar, Stewart; subs.: Dickens, Gadsby, Nattrass, Bentley, Mosienko, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystal, Brown, R. Conache.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Referee, Butch Keeling; linesmen, George Hayes, Harold March.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0512/878993-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="602" height="393"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25</b></h2><p>BOSTON &mdash; Nobby Warwick&rsquo;s blistering drive from 30 feet out beat Sugar Jim Henry cold as Boston Bruins downed Chicago Black Hawks 2-1 before 13,900 hometown fans and took temporary possession of first place.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, McCaig, Goldham; center, J. Conache; wings, Bodnar, Stewart; subs.: Olm-teal, R. Conache;, Mosienko, Gadsby, Nattrass, Dickens, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystal, Brown.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Brimsek; defense, Egan, Crawford; center, Sandford; wings, Warwick, Babando; subs,: Schmidt, Peters, Flaman, Henderson, Thompson, Ronty, Smith, Peirson, Harrison.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Referee, Bill Chadwick:linesmen, Sam Badcock, Herb Gallacher.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-069/878986-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="608" height="309"></div><p>TORONTO &mdash; Max Bentley was Toronto&rsquo;s private Santa Claus as he sniped the winning counter after six minutes of third period play to give Maple Leafs a 2-1 decision over Detroit before 13,019 Christmas night fans. Rookie Ray Timgren notched the other Leaf goal.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Lumley; defense, Stewart, Quackenbush; center, Abel; wings, Horeck, McNab; subs.: Kelly, Reise, Lindsay, Gee, Poile, Gauthier, McFadden, Couture, Pavelich, Enio, Fogoiln.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Broda; defense, Thomson, Mortson; center, Gardner; wings, Ezinicki, Watson; subs.: Boesch, Barilko, Juzda, Kennedy, Meeker, Lynn, Bentley, Taylor, Timgren, Ceresino.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Referee, Georges Gravel; linesmen, Jim Primeau, George Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-077/878979-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="606" height="93"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-087/878972-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="602" height="247"></div><p>MONTREAL &mdash; New York Rangers kept their amazing Christmas record intact by sinking Montreal Canadiens 2-0 on goals by Clint Albright and Don Raleigh. The Blueshirts haven&rsquo;t lost a game on December 25 since 1928.</p><p><b>Rangers:</b> Goal, Rayner; defense, Shero, Stanley; center, Laprade; wings, Leswick, Lund; subs.: Stanowski, O&rsquo;Connor, Raleigh, Mickoski, Fisher, Albright, Ialeta, Slowinski, Moe, Eddols.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defense, Reardon, Laycoe; center, Reay; wings. Dussault, Carveth; subs.: Harvey, Riopelle, Harmon, Richard, Fillion, Robertson, Gravelle, Mosdell, Campeau.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Referee, King Clancy; linesmen, Ernie Mundey, Sibby Mundey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-097/878965-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="600" height="265"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26</b></h2><p><b>DETROIT &mdash; Minus three forwards &mdash; Ted Lindsay, George Gee and Gord Horne &mdash; Detroit Red Wings had enough power to down Montreal Canadiens 3-1 and regain top spot in the race as 13,853 fans screamed their approval.</b></p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defense, Reardon, Laycoe; center, Reay; wings, Carveth. Dussault; subs.: Harvey, Riopelle, Harmon, Richard, Fillion, Robertson, Gravelle, Mosdell, Campeau.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Lumley; defense, Reise, Stewart; center, McNab; wings, Abel, Horeck; subs.: Quackenbush, Kelly, Poilc, Gauthier, McFadden, Couture, Pavelich, Enio, Fogolin.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Referee: Georges Gravel; linesmen, Ed Mephem, Joe Springer.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-104/878958-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="600" height="359"></div><p>NEW YORK &mdash; Chicago Black Hawks strengthened their grip on third place as they edged New York Rangers 2-1 in a rough and ready contest before 15,925 fans at the Garden, the first capacity crowd of the season. Rangers&rsquo; six-game undefeated streak was snapped by the loss.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, Goldham, McCaig; center, J. Conache; wings, Bodnar Stewart; subs.: Dickens, Gadsby, Nattrass, Mosienko, R. Conache, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystai, Brown, Olmstead.</p><p><b>Rangers;</b> Goal, Rayner; defense, Shero, Stanley; center, Laprade; wings, Leswick, Lund; subs.: Stanowski, O&rsquo;Connor, Raleigh, Mickoski, Fisher, Albright, Kaleta, Slowinski, Moe, Eddolle.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Referee, Bill Chadwick; linesmen, Ernie Mundey, Sibby Mundey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-114/878951-1-eng-US/f0007-112.jpg" title="f0007-11" width="598" height="365"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sunday, Dec.26)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-123/878944-1-eng-US/f0007-122.jpg" title="f0007-12" width="598" height="2603"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-132/879052-1-eng-US/f0007-132.jpg" title="f0007-13" width="242" height="373"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>John Crawford</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>ohn Shea Crawford, the burly &ldquo;Irishman&rdquo; 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Standing 5&rsquo; 11&rdquo; and tipping the scales at 190 pounds, Crawford is in his 11th season</p><p>with the Bruins. One of the stalwarts of the team, Johnny takes over the Captaincy of the Boston men whenever Milt Scmidt is sidelined, and his inspirational drive has much to do with the success of the squad this year.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player - Of - The - Week

<div class="byline">By JEFF BLADES</div><p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s all over but the shouting in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the belief held by virtually every league follower. It simply doesn&rsquo;t appear possible that any team will be able to derail the locomotive-like drive of the Brandon Wheat Kings.</p><p>At the time that this was written by your HOCKEY NEWS reporter, the Wheat Kings had amassed 13 victories in 14 starts. Only the Black Hawks, coached by Alfie Pike, had been able to take the measure of the high-flying Wheaties. And that victory for the Hawks came in a game that could have swung to either club.</p><p>Through their first dozen contests, the Wheat Kings had compiled a total of 97 goals. That&rsquo;s a completely fabulous average of eight goals a game that Brandon marksmen have been able to sink into the opposition nets. On the other side of the ledger is the fact that only 34 goals have gone by Ray Fredericks In the Brandon nets.</p><h2><b>Reach Full Fury</b></h2><p>The Wheat Kings reached their full fury in a scoring way against the Black Hawks in Brandon on November 19. It was almost as If they were out to make the drubbing especially painful because of the 5-4 setback they had suffered a little more than a week earlier in Winnipeg at the hands of the Hawks. They walloped the Hawks 6-5 in that encouter. &ldquo;You just can&rsquo;t win games, fellows, if you don&rsquo;t whistle the puck Into the opposing goal.&rdquo; Those words were spoken somewhat painfully by Canadiens&rsquo; coach, Herbie Burron, after the Flying Frenchmen had gone down to an 8-3 defeat one night before the Brandon powerhouse.</p><p>Actually, the race has tightened up considerably in the four-team circuit apart from the walkaway by the Wheaties. It&rsquo;s anybody&rsquo;s guess as to which club is likely to finish in second position &mdash; the Canadiens, the Monarchs or the Black Hawks.</p><p>The Monarchs, who captured the league laurels last year, started off slowly this season. Loss followed loss until it looked as if they might never win a game. Their record still isn&rsquo;t sensational but they had compiled nine points in a dozen games. At that stage they were four behind the Black Hawks and six behind the Canadiens.</p><h2><b>McMeekin Is Back</b></h2><p>Incidentally, there is an interesting story making the rounds about the return to the Monarch camp from Toronto of Goaltender Roy McMeekin, a MainStay with the Regals last season. The Monarch resurgence, it might be noted, has coincided with the reacquisition of McMeekin&rsquo;s services.</p><p>Here&rsquo;s the way of the story goes:</p><p>When he was down at the Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; training camp, McMeekin was lauded by Conny Smythe as one of the best net-minding prospects to join the Leaf chain in years. However, when McMeekin was assigned to Toronto Marlboros, a Leaf farm club in the O.H.A., young Stafford Smythe was the boss and it seems that he and McMeekin had a tiff.</p><p>According to the story, Stafford Smythe decided that the goal stick McMeekin was using was too short. The offending stick was destroyed and two of the longer models favored by Smythe were substituted.</p><p>McMeekin&rsquo;s wordless retort, so it&rsquo;s said, was to take a saw and remove a couple of inches from each stick. The entire matter is reported to have come to a climax one night when Smythe reportedly blamed McMeekin&rsquo;s short stick for a couple of goals scored on the Marlboros. McMeekin supporters hold, nevertheless, that their man came through with a particularly brilliant performance in the game in question.</p><p>If there has been a fly in the Brandon ointment, and that hardly seems likely in view of the terrific pace the Wheat Kings have been setting, it might be traced to a report that a bit of friction has developed on the club.</p><h2><b>Friction Yet</b></h2><p>This reporter first heard of such from a man whose connection with hockey in Manitoba is at the highest level. The matter popped into the open during a discussion of how certain teams can flop even though they seem slated to breeze through the opposition easily. The discussion had centred until then, around Canadiens&rsquo; poor showing last season in the playoffs. It&rsquo;s no secret that club dissension has been blamed for the plight last season of the Canucks.</p><p>Our hockey informant said he had heard that discord had hit at the Wheat Kings. He declined to elaborate and efforts to track down any further information have NOT turned up anything to bear out the assertion. Certainly the Wheaties haven&rsquo;t been reacting like a club with inner troubles.</p><p>The closest that anyone could come to bearing out the claim of unhappiness in Brandon ranks revolved about the recent release of a home-brew player. Brandon fans were reported to have chanted for a return of the released hockeyist. Possibly a club director or two figured that the youngster should be carried because of his hometown affiliation. But it all seems to have vanished like a wisp of smoke in a windstorm.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Wheat Kings Assured Title Say The Critics

<div class="byline">By ED DELANEY</div><p>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>Too often, athletes are not given the cre dit of which they&rsquo;re deserving. After a recent hockey game, we overheard one fan remark to another, &ldquo;That guy Phil Hergesheimer is all washed - up.&rdquo; Today Hergesheimer is making that same fan eat those words. Sure, we&rsquo;ll admit that Phil wasn&rsquo;t making that red light glare too consistently in the first few Philadelphia Rockets games. But Hergie has found his eye&mdash;the same scoring proficiency that had earned him recognition as one of-the best shots in the business &mdash; here of late.</p><p>So said fan&rsquo;s cutting remarks are a gross injustice to a guy like Hergesheimer. Truly, Phil is a by-name in the rink sport.</p><p>A quiet sort of fellow, you never hear Hergie blow off steam. He lets his hockey stick take care of that little situation.</p><p>And ever since Phil has come into the American League he&rsquo;s been a terror to opposing goalies.</p><p>Other sports have their select classes. So does hockey and one category in particular is an individual who can rifle 30 or more goals past opposing net minders in one campaign.</p><p>There are few who have accomplished this feat and among the select few is one Phil Hergesheimer of Philadelphia Rockets.</p><p>In fact, Hergie was the first American League player to attain such a goal&rsquo;. While playing for the Cleveland Barons during the 1938-39 campaign, Phil collected 34 tallies.</p><p>He&rsquo;s a three-timer for such an accomplishment. During the 194647 campaign while serving as player-coach of the Rockets, Hergie got himself 48 goals. Last year he dented the oppositions&rsquo; twines on 42 occasions&mdash;a mighty fine feat for a guy who&rsquo;s supposedly washed up.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0190/879107-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="565" height="928"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PHIL HERGESHEIMER</b></figcaption></div><p>After all, there have been only four others in American League hockey history who have made 30 goals or more on three different occasions.</p><p>Three were former teammates of Hergesheimer before he came to the Rockets&mdash;namely, Les Cunningham, Lou Trudel and Tommy Burlington of the Cleveland Barons. The other is Murdo McKay, of Buffalo.</p><p>Truly, Phil is one of hockey&rsquo;s immortals.</p><p>Like baseball, which places the names of all its illustrious in the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, the name Hergeshelmer should be placed in hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame.</p><p>He&rsquo;s been a credit to the sport ever since he first played in that country with the Boston Cube back in 1934.</p><p>Certainly he&rsquo;s been one of that best performers ever in Philadelphia hockey regalia. He&rsquo;s collected more than 100 points in the two years he&rsquo;s been playingl for the Rockets.</p><p>No other individual ever hag done as well while playing for a local hockey club.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Washed Up? Not Hergesheimer He Helps Keep Rockets Rolling

<h2><b>Makes Riyals Blue</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>erry Brown of Hershey is rapidly gaining the nickname of &ldquo;last minute man&rdquo;. Twice this oeason. Brown has ocored the winning goal for Hershey In the final minute.</p><h2><b>Plenty Of Hats</b></h2><p>When Paul Gladu of the St. Louis Flyers scored bls fourth &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; of three goals on December 15th. it put him only one away from the record for a single season.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., DEC. 28</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0173/879264-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="614" height="493"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>December 21 &mdash; Pittsburgh 5, at Washington 1.</p><p>December 22 &mdash; st. Louis 8, at Hershey 0; Plttsburgh 2, at Philadelphia 2.</p><p>December 25 &mdash; Indianapolis 0, at Cleveland 4; Washington 4, at Hershey f; Philadelphia 2, at Pittsburgh 8, Buffalo 2, at St. Louis 3; Providence 8. at Springfield 1.</p><p>December 26 &mdash; St. Louis, 2 at Buffalo: Pittsburgh 4, at Indianapolis 6, Washington 0, at New Haven 2: Springfield 2, at Providence 5.</p><h3><b>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>December 30 &mdash; Springfield at New Haven.</p><p>December 31 &mdash; Buffalo at Indianapolis.</p><p>January 1 &mdash; Washington at Cleveland, Providence at Hershey, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, Indianapolis at St. Louis, New Haven at Springfield.</p><p>January 2 &mdash; Philadelphia at Buffalo, St. Louis at Indianapolis, Cleveland at New Haven, Pittsburgh at Providence.</p><p>January 4 &mdash; Philadelphia at St. Louis, Hershey at Washington.</p><p>The high - flying Providence Reds continued their fast pace at the head of the A.H.L. parade with a pair of decisive week-end victories which gave them a commanding 18-point lead over Hershey Bears, their nearest competitors in the Eastern Division. Terry Reardon&rsquo;s men also are three points up on St. Louis Flyers, the Western Division leaders who split week-end games.</p><p>Veteran Carl Llscombe sank three goals and assisted in another Christmas night as the Reds plastered Springfield Indians 8-1 at the Massachusetts rink.</p><p>Another Christmas hat trick was turned in by Harry Frost of Washington Lions, who almost single handed beat the Hershey Bears as they were edged out 4-3 by the fifth-place Lions.</p><p>Goalie Johnnie Bower of the Calder Cup holders, Cleveland Barons, staged his first shutout of the season as the floundering champions blanked Indianapolis Saturday night.</p><h3><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16</b></h3><p>PROVIDENCE &mdash; Moving along In their usual winning ways, Providence Reds, leaders of the American League&rsquo;s Eastern Division downed New Haven Ramblers here in a high scoring game by a score of 8-4. The Reds jumped Into an early lead and were never headed.</p><p><b>New Haven:</b> Goal, Francis; defense, Lancien, Hrymnak; center, Davis; wings, Johnston, Webster; subs: Glaude, Bloomer, Jenkins, Gordon, Ramsden, Brown, Rozzini, White, Denis.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defense, Mlchaluk, Summers: center, Fraser; wings, Bedard, Llscombe; subs: Reardon, Stanley, Arcand, Chad, Laplante, Hamilton, Scherza, Kapusta, Stoddard, McGill.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0254/879257-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1738" height="1333"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>Ready For The Bounce</i></p><p><b>George DeFelice (16) of Philadelphia Rockets has that &ldquo;they shall not pass look&rdquo; as he prepares to bounce Vie Auger (9) of Springfield Indians during an attack on the Rocket goal in an American Hockey League battle which was won by Springfield.</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0324/879250-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="598" height="753"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17</b></h3><p>WASHINGTON &mdash; Springfield helped themselves to scoring points galore as they defeated Washington Lions here 8-5. Bill Gooden picked one goal and five assists for six points. Hub Macey contributed three goals and four assists to the Springfield cause.</p><p><b>Washington:</b> Goal, Cowdis; defense, Vitale, Wilson; center, McAtee; wings, Mutcheson, Frost; subs.: Dick, Foley, Schultz, Mousseau, Maguire, F. Porteous, Brenchley, Duggan, Dundrick.</p><p><b>Springfield:</b> Goal, McAtee; defense, McAndrew, Allen; center, McMurdy; wings, Summerhill, Curick; subs.: Tottle, Conn, Courteau, Schmidt, Trudell, Jones, Burns, Kaiser, Macey, Gooden.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0415/879243-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="596" height="213"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0610/879236-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="592" height="645"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18</b></h3><p>PITTSBURGH &mdash; The Pittsburgh Hornets defeated New Haven Ramblers 4-3 here to take over sole possession of second place in the Western Division of the American Hockey League. A crowd of about 4,347 saw Fleming Mackell turn in one of his best games of the season by scoring three goals for Pittsburgh.</p><p><b>New Haven:</b> Goal, Francis; defense, Lancien. Hrymnak; center, Gordon: wings, Brown. Ramsden; subs.: Glaude, Bloomer, White. Jenkins, Denis, Davis, Webster, Johnston.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Bastien; defense, Kemp, Psutka; center, Langelle; wings, Metz, Smith; subs.: Backor, Mathers, Dawes, Samis, Sloan, Costello, Mackell, Koburson, Benson, O&rsquo;Flaherty.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-077/879229-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="592" height="549"></div><p>PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Four-goal rally in the final period gave Hershey Bears a 6-3 victory over Philadelphia Rockets: in an American Hockey League game here. Trailing 3-2 going into the final session, Jerry Brown tied the count for Hershey and Roly McLenahan then put them ahead. Frank Mario clinched the victory with his third goal of the game. Phil Maloney added the sixth Hershey marker in the final stanza.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, McLenahan, Lowe; center, Mario; wings, Larson, Brown; subs.: Jones, Branigan, Cain, Maloney, Bruce, Kullman, Bettio, Creighton, Toppazzini, Butler.</p><p><b>Philadelphia:</b> Goal, Perras; defense. Archambault, Kraiger; center, Stefaniw; wings, Hargesheimer, Mulholland; subs.: Bush, Brodeur, Walriff, Kilrea, Wochy, Mahaffy, Defelice, Prentice, Pidhirny.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-086/879222-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="602" height="603"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD &mdash; The Springfield Indians came from behind with three second-period goals to defeat St. Louis Flyers 5-4 in an American Hockey League game here.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defense, Olson, Mariucci; center, Grosso; wings, Licari, Gladu; subs.: Simon, Milligan, Grigg, McComb, Trigg, Black, Sullivan, Doran, Pozzo, Backor.</p><p><b>Springfield:</b> Goal, McAtee; defense, McAndrew, Allen; center, Macey; wings, Trudell; Gooden; subs: Tottle, Conn, McMahon, Courteau, Curick, Summerhill, Jones, McMurdy, Kaiser, Narduzzi.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-096/879215-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="608" height="613"></div><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;Bryan Hextail scored three goals and assisted on a fourth to pace Cleveland Barons to a 10-6 victory over Providence Reds in an American Hockey League game here. Harvey Fra-ser also turned in a three-goal perfor-mance for the Reds while Carl Liscom-be, Providence right winger scored twice.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defense, Mi-chaiuk. Summers; centre, Fraser; wing, Bedard. Liscombe; subs.: Morris, Arcand, Reardon, Laplante, Kapusta, Kullman, Hamilton, Stoddard Chad, Scherza.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower; defense. Sprout, Davidson; center. Holo in; wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: Buller Brennan, Allen, Wares, Thurier. Black, Hextall, Demarco, Solinger, Kelly.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-106/879208-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="622" height="859"></div><h2><b>A.H.L. TEAM TOTALS</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sunday, December 19)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0512/879201-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="1156" height="377"></div><p>All misconduct and match penalties count ten minutes and are included in total minutes</p><p><b>A.H.L. Summaries</b></p><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19</b></h3><p>PROVIDENCE &mdash; The Providence Reds staged a strong finish to defeat St. Louis Flyers 5-3. Trailing 2-1 in the second stanza, the Reds scored two goals and added two more in the last frame to notch their victory. Jack Stoddard paced the attack with two goals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0189/879194-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="602" height="525"></div><p><b>BUFFALO&mdash;Cleveland Barons outscored Buffalo Bisons 3-1 here to take full &rsquo; points in their American Hockey League encounter. The winners jumped into a two goal lead in the first period, held Buffalo even with no score in the second and then matched third period goals. Ferd Thurier with two paced the Cleveland attack.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0259/879187-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="598" height="401"></div><p><b>NEW HAVEN&mdash;With their regular goalkeeper, Emile (The Cat) Francis playing for New York Rangers in place of the injured Chuck Rayner, New Haven lost a 5-4 A.H.L. game to Philadelphia here. Hal Gordon, whc guards the nets for New York Rovers took charge of the New Haven goal and turned in a fine performance. The two clubs were all even at the end of the second period with Philadelphia outscoring the Ramblers 3-2 in the final session.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0345/879180-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="598" height="645"></div><p><b>INDIANAPOLIS &mdash; The Indianapolis Capitals of the American Hockey League had no trouble taking a 6-2 verdict from the last place Washington Lions. The Lions took the lead early in the game-but were unable to hold it and fell behind 3-1 at the end of the first frame. Indianapolis added another three in the second with Washington getting their other marker of the third.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0428/879173-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="592" height="139"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0521/879166-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="590" height="531"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21</b></h3><p><b>WASHINGTON &mdash; Pittsburgh Hornets downed Washington Lions here In an American Hockey League game 5-1. The Lions, deep in the A.H.L. cellar were unable to handle the fast skating Hornets, and while they put up a fair game they never stood a chance of winning. They were behind 2-0 at the end of the first period and 3-0 when the second frame finished. Pittsburgh then outscored them 2-1 in the final stanza.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0619/879159-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="598" height="421"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22</b></h3><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Pittsburgh Hornets, playing their second game in as many nights played to 2-all tie with Philadelphia here in an American Hockey League game before a large crowd. The contest was Interesting from start to finish with both outfits showing a strong defense which had full control of forwards. All scoring was confined to the first two periods.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0711/879152-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="592" height="471"></div><p><b>HERSHEY&mdash;Ralph Alamas, top-notch goalie for St. Louis Flyers scored his fourth shutout of the American League soason when his club blanked Hershey Bears 8-0. The Flyers, on top of the Western Division, were in complete control all the way. Hershey, when they did manage to work in close, could not find a weakness in the chore turned in by Almas.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0811/879145-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="594" height="657"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sunday, Dec 26)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-116/879138-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="592" height="673"></div><h3><b>THE LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Goals:</b> P. Gladu, St. Louis (30).</p><p><b>Assists:</b> R. Bedard, Providence (32).</p><p><b>Penalties:</b> P. Vitale, Washington (81 min.).</p><p><b>Shutouts:</b> R. Almas, St. Louis f4).</p><p><b>Leading Goaltender:</b> H. Benin tt, Providence (80 goals against in 31 games &mdash; avge. 2.58)</p><p><b>Team Penalties:</b> Pittsburgh (3GO min.)</p><p><b>Three Goals in One Game:</b> P. Gladu, St. Louis (4).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By VIC EMERSON</div><p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>A tiny, slender youngster stumbled rather uncertainly after the puck across the open air patch of ice. Spud Russell, now chief scout for Montreal Canadiens and then coach of Winnipeg Excelsior bantams, turned to Vince Leah, veteran Winnipeg Tribune sports scribe and Excelsior manager and asked: &ldquo;What about him?&rdquo;</p><p>Leah, who had shivered with Russell in the crisp November night for more than an hour on the rink-side, merely sighed and replied. &ldquo;Give him a card. He&rsquo;s bustin&rsquo; to play and even his father and mother came out with him. He can always tag along on the third string.&rdquo;</p><p>So Donald Francis Raleigh signed his first Canadian Amateur Hockey Association card on the chilly night back in 1939. He was an ungodly skater, falling all over the place, but he had great determination, a sincerity of purpose</p><p>that forced people to take a second look at him in that first season of bantam hockey as an ungainly 12-year-old.</p><h2><b>Goals By Bushel</b></h2><p>But next season saw him become more orientated to the game. He started to score goals &hellip; by the bushel. The best defenses set to trap him failed miserably. Opposing goalkeepers learned to dread this lean-jawed scamp who always made the right move at the right time. It got so had, trying to nail down Raleigh and his mates, that the Winnipeg Bantam Hockey league threw up its collective hands in dismay, called the whole thing off in January and appealed for somebody to wrestle with Raleigh in the playoffs. Bill Kelley, now an official of Winnipeg West End Orioles, accepted rather ruefully. Raleigh and his gang hamstrung Kelley&rsquo;s Sherburns, 10-0 and 12-0.</p><p>Raleigh was a sensation in bantam &ldquo;A&rdquo; the following season, but midget hockey was where he drew the scouts&rsquo; attention. St. James Canadians had a powerhouse with such names as Jack Gibson, Harry Taylor, Doug Mc-Murdy, Laurie Peterson, Tom Rockey, Bing Juckes (recognize any of &rsquo;em?) and should have been a shoo-in for provincial honors. But the magic of Raleigh, plus a stout defensive style of play, was too much for them. Canadians finished out of the running and Excelsiors, and Raleigh, went on to lift the Manitoba title.</p><h2><b>Big Time At 17</b></h2><p>Winnipeg Monarch juniors signed him fresh out of midget and the following season, New York Rangers, stripped by the war of seasoned personnel, took him to the big-time at the tender age of 17. But he wasn&rsquo;t ready and a badly broken jaw sidelined him until he cold move into the slightly - slower company of the Eastern U.S. league with Brooklyn Crescents.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0911/879295-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="544" height="849"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DON RALEIGH</b></figcaption></div><p>War-time regulations kept Raleigh at home next season and he returned to Monarchs, being called for army duty early in the season. The following year he went to Brandon to play for the Wheat City&rsquo;s Elks and do some catching-up on his education at Brandon College. He played sensational hockey with Winnipeg Reo Flyer juniors, who came close to defeating the Calgary Stampedrs in the Western final.</p><p>Frank Boucher managed to persuade him that his place was in the National league last season and after duly considering, Raleigh returned to Rangers.</p><h2><b>Shrewd Customer</b></h2><p>Raleigh is a shrewd customer, rather frail in appearance which won him the monicker of &ldquo;Mr. Bones&rdquo;. He keeps out of trouble on the Ice, which has enabled him to pursue his career with, few minor injuries on his record No dummy with the books, Raleigh has not let the desire for knowledge slide and he is wellread, rather studious off the ice and cannot be ranked with the league&rsquo;s playboys.</p><p>Baseball always has been his other love and he is a better-than - average senior amateur catcher, thanks to the early training of his mother and dad, who are rabbid baseball addicts after the snow is gone.</p><p>Raleigh is 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, which leaves only Buddy O&rsquo;Connor as a lighter teammate with the Broadway Blueshirts. He was born in Kenora, June 27, 1926, which makes him 22 years old, but he spent his boyhood in East Klldonan, a suburb of Winnipeg where his folks still reside. He scored lf goals and had 18 assists with Rangers last season.</p><p>And, oh yes, he&rsquo;s one of the few players in pro hockey with a mustache.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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“Bustin’ To Play” Spirit Goes Way Back For Raleigh

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>OORHEAD, MINN. &mdash; Concordia College&rsquo;s third hockey squad is faced with an unusual problem that only time will solve. The Minnesota school is forced to play all of its home games in the Fargo North Dakota, Island Park rink. Plans are under way, however, for Bob Bain&rsquo;s sextet to play on home ground so they can cal! their battle grounds their own.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Unusual Problem

<h2><b>Popular Knight</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>ew player in hockey can match the popularity of Jake Forbee, captain of the Omaha Knights of the USHL. Jake is the idol of Omaha&rsquo;s large and enthusiastic following.</p><h2><b>Starts Rolling</b></h2><p>Youthful Houle Morenz, Jr. has been improving steadily with the Dallas Texans of the USHL. The son of the Immortal Stratford Streak rapped in two important goals against the Houston Huskies recently.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDING ON WED. A.M., DEC. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0187/879483-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="606" height="395"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>December 18 &mdash; St. Paul 2, at Minneapolis 4; Kansas City 6, at Omaha 3; Houston 3, at Tulsa 6; Fort Worth 4, at Dallas 4.</p><p>December 19 &mdash; St. Paul 2, at Kansas City 5; Tulsa 4, at Fort Worth 4; Dallas 3, at Houston 3.</p><p>December 21 &mdash; Minneapolis 2, at Omaha 2; St. Paul 6, at Houston 2.</p><h3><b>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>December 80 &mdash; Kansas City at St. Paul, Minneapolis at Fort Worth.</p><p>January 1 &mdash; St. Paul at Minneapolis, Omaha at Tulsa, Fort Worth at Dallas.</p><p>January 2 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul, Tulsa at Kansas City, Omaha at Fort Worth, Dallas at Houston.</p><p>January 4 &mdash; Houston at Omaha.</p><p>January 6 &mdash; Houston at Kansas City, Tulsa at Dallas.</p><p>As teams in the United States Hockey League prepare to enter the New Year, they leave behind them during the past couple of weeks a long list of tie games, or some reason or the other most clubs seem unable to take the full points.</p><p>Since the 15th of December, eight of the 13 games played have resulted in deadlocks. Kansas City is still riding the crest in the Northern Division with a three point spread over the second place St. Paul Saints. Minneapolis is third six points behind and then comes Omaha deep in the cellar.</p><p>Tulsa Oilers, still playing winning hockey, have extended their lead over Fort Worth to five points. Dallas, finally out of last place, are three points back of Fort Worth with Houston holding down the final spot, one point behind Dallas.</p><p>Kansas City&rsquo;s combination of Bart Olmstead and Ray Powell jumped into the lead in the scoring parade with 22 goals and 25 assists for a total of 47 points.</p><p>Len Haldorsen of the champion Houston Huskies, is top in assists with 28. Don Webster, Tulsa defenseman, is still in the vanguard of the penalty carriers but Bob Dill, St. Paul, is fast cutting down his lead.</p><h3><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14</b></h3><p>HOUSTON&mdash;The Houston Huskies, last year&rsquo;s United States Hockey League champions, broke loose here to swamp Fort Worth Rangers 8-2, although they are at present In the cellar spot. It was a clean game with only six penalties, all minors, being handed out. Fort Worth took the lead at the 3:55 mark in the first period and then fell apart as Houston put on a display of speed and passing.</p><p><b>Fort Worth:</b> Goal, Bell; defense, Travis, Kane; center Jones; wings, Casanato, Cupolo; subs.: Warwick, Lofvendahl, Glover, Auger, Kennedy, Unger, Weaver, Welst.</p><p><b>Houston:</b> Goal, Maher; defense, Field, Halldorsen; center, Brown; wings, Giese-brecht, Lofvendahl; subs.: Gariepy, P. Pidsodny, Kopak, Peterson, Hickey, Horeck</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0255/879476-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="600" height="535"></div><p>OMAHA &mdash; Minneapolis Millers and Omaha. Knights played to their fourth draw out of six starts this season as nearly 4,000 watched the two clubs battle to a 3-all deadlock. Omaha enjoyed a little edge on the play but had trouble beating Harry McQueston in goal for Minneapolis. He stopped 42 shots while Bob DeCourcey, Omaha&rsquo;s netminder kicked cut 24.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0339/879469-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="1748" height="1213"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>Deadly Trio</i></p><p><b>ONE OF THE MAIN reasons why Kansas City Pla-Mors are right in the thick of the fight for Northern Division U.S.H.L. honors are the three marksmen pictured above. From left to right they are Johnny Harms, Ray Powell and Bert Olmstead. When this snap was taken, all three were among the leagu&rsquo;s top ten scorers. Olmstead led all snipers for some time and still a good bet to finish first.</b></p></figcaption></div><p><b>Minneapolis:</b> Goal, McQueston; defense, Sherritt, Williams; center, Forgie; wings, Melnyk, Gagne; subs.: Fraser, Kaiser, Lavoie, Strobel, Bartholme, S. Smith, Tomiuk, A tanas, Richardson.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal, DeCourcey; defense, Forbes, Folk; center, Heale; wings, Burgess, Boyce; subs.: Reigle, Quackenbush, Strongman, Homenuke, McLean, Uniac, W. Smith, Wiseman, Lavitt.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0419/879462-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="602" height="513"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15</b></h3><p>DALLAS&mdash;The Dallas Texans held the Southern Division leaders of the United States Hockey League to a 1-all tie here with both clubs scoring in the last period. The smallest crowd of the season, about 1,200 looked on and saw a well played affair. A heavy fog forced the officials to halt the contest seven times.</p><p><b>Dallas:</b> Goal, Bibeault; defense, Rockey Marineau; center, Petrie; wings, Moore, Fillicn; subs.: Cooke, Morenz, Bougie, Campeau, Bell, Mazur.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defense, Schertzel, Webster; center, Ritson; wings, Knott, Dherre; subs.: Dalliri, Young, Schnurr, Gronsdah M. Young, Durham, Ashworth, McAtee.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0512/879455-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="606" height="285"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16</b></h3><p>ST. PAUL&mdash;The St. Paul Saints missed a chance to move into a first place U.S.H.L. Northern Division tie with Kansas City when they were held to a 3-all tie by Minneapolis Millers here. The contest saw three major and seven minor penalties handed out. Minneapolis netted the only goal of the second period after the first had gone scoreless. St. Paul outscored their oppenents 8-2 in the third to split the points.</p><p><b>Minneapolis:</b> Goal, McQueston; defense, Sherritt, Williams; center, Forgie; wings, Gagne, Melnyk, subs.: Barthome, Lavoie, Atanas, Richardson, Strobel, Smith, Kaiser, Fraser, Tomiuk.</p><p><b>St. Paul:</b> Goal, McGill; defense All-by Dill; center, Trainor; wings, Juckes, Delmonte; subs.: Sandalack, Schwartz Brown, Bend, McIntosh, Bell, Lavendowski, Camerom.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0610/879448-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="596" height="515"></div><p>TULSA&mdash;Dallas Texans played to a 2-all-tie with Tulsa. Oilers here In a United States Hockey League encounter. Jud McAtee gave Tulsa a draw when he netted on a penalty shot. Paul Bibeault, Dallas goalkeeper, cracked Nick Knott one over the left eye during a free-for-all and the referee awarded the free shot.</p><p><b>Dallas:</b> Goal, Biebeault; defense, Marineau, Rockey; center. Compeau; wings, Bell, Bougie; subs.: Mazur, Morenz, Muo-re Fillion, Petrie, Ken Cook.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defense, E. Young, Schertzl; center, Ashworth; wings, McAtee, Gronsdahl; subs.: Dillion Durham, Knott, Ritson, Dheere, Schnurr, M Young.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-077/879441-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="604" height="405"></div><p>FORTH WORTH &mdash; Keeping company with the other two United States Hockey League games played Thursday, Fort Worth Rangers and Houston Huskies skated off the ice all square after 60-minutes of hockey 2-all. it was a well played game with plenty of fat skating and hard checks.</p><p><b>Fort Worth:</b> Goal, Bell; defense, Unger, Lofvendahl; center, Welst; wings, Jones, Warwick; subs.: Weaver,. Auger, Glover, Kennedy, Casanato, Travis, Kane.</p><p><b>Houston:</b> Goal, N. Pidsodny; defense, P. Pidsodny, Gariepy; center, Kopak; wings, Peterson, Hickey; subs.: Burke, Horeck, Halderson, Brown, Gelsbrecht, Maher, Field.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-087/879434-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="594" height="295"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-097/879427-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="594" height="117"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18</b></h3><p>DALLAS &mdash; Fort Worth Rangers came roaring from behind to gain a 4-all deadlock with Dallas Texans in a United States Hockey League fixture here. They netted two late third period goals to split the points.</p><p><b>Dallas:</b> Goal, Bibeault; defense, Rockey, Morineau; centre, Moore; wings Morenz, Bougie; subs.: Mazur, Cook, Fillion, Petrie.</p><p><b>Fort Worth:</b> Goal, Bell; defense, Kane, Lofvendahl; centre. Unger; wings, Warwick, Cupolo; subs.: Travis, Jones, Welst, Auger, Kennedy, Glover, Weaver, Casanato.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-106/879420-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="596" height="499"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-115/879413-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="598" height="115"></div><p><b>Penalties:</b> Hockey, Kennedy, Lofvendahl (misconduct), Bougie.</p><p><b>OMAHA&mdash;With Johnny Harms scoring the hat trick, Kansas City took their sixth straight U. 6. H. L. victory over Omaha Knights this season. The game was rough throughout with the boys really handing out stiff checks.</b></p><p><b>Kansas City:</b> Goal, Rollins; defense, Tarala, Jackson; centre, Powell; wings, Olmstead, Harms; subs.: Baldwin, Bedard, Blade Miller, Silvestri, Stasluk, Slater, roves, Fashoway.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal. McDonald; defense, Forbes, Folk; centre, Heale; wings, Burgess, Blyce; subs.: Relgla Quackenbush, Uniac, Smith, Wiseman, Strongman, Homenuke, McLean, Lavftt.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0913/879406-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="608" height="583"></div><p>TULSA&mdash;About 8,500 fans looked on as Tulsa Oilers downed Houston Huskies here in a United States Hockey League contest. At no time were the Huskies able to make very much headway against the powedful Oilers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1013/879399-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="610" height="319"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1112/879392-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="610" height="299"></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;St. Paul Saints were shunted down into second place in the United States Hockey League&rsquo;s Northern Division when they dropped a 4-2 decision to Minneapolis Millers here. The game was well played throughout and left the Millers In third place. Just two points back of the Saints.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1210/879385-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="608" height="499"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19</b></h3><p>KANSAS CITY&mdash;The Kansas City Pla-mors increased their hold on first place In the Northern Division of the United States Hockey League when they downed St. Paul Saints 5-2 here. The Issue was never in doubt as Kansas Olty took an early lead and were never headed.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-138/879378-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="618" height="451"></div><p>FORT WORTH&mdash;Tulsa Oilers battle to a 4-all tie with Fort Worth Ranger here In a United States Hockey League encounter. All the scoring was confined to the first two periods. Trailing 4-2. the Rangers netted twice in the second to earn a draw. It was the third straight tie for Forth Worth.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-142/879371-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="608" height="483"></div><p>HOUSTON&mdash;Dallas Texans put on late scoring spree to skate off the Ice with a 3-all tie against Houston In a United States Hockey League game here witnessed by a fairly large crowd. Dais las had only 10 men in uniforms as injuries had cut down their strength.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-152/879364-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="614" height="497"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(including Games of sunday, Dec. 19)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-125/879357-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="590" height="687"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Points:</b> Olmstead, and Powell, K.C. (47), Goals: Olmstead and Powell, K.C. (22). Assists: Haldorsen, Houston (28).</p><p><b>Shutouts:</b> Rollins, K.C.; McGill, S Paul (1).</p><p><b>Penalties:</b> Webster, Tulsa (76 mins.), Goaler: McQueston, M&rsquo;pls (2.07 avg.)</p><h3><b>GOALTENDERS AVERAGES</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-133/879350-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="594" height="267"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01102/879514-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1. Ranger player pictured in center.</p><p>7. Jimmy McFadden&rsquo;s birthplace.</p><p>8. Given name of Prentice, Rocket winger.</p><p>9. Ebbie Goodfellow coaches the Louis Flyers (abbr.)</p><p>10. First name of &ldquo;Tod&rdquo; Campeau.</p><p>13. Nickname of Albright, one of pictured player&rsquo;s teammates.</p><p>15. Home State of AHL Barons.</p><p>17. Hector Pozzo once played for Atlantic City Gulls.</p><p>18. First name of Bentley of Leafs.</p><p>19. Initials of brother of 18 across.</p><p>21. British (abbr.)</p><p>22. Ranger defenseman.</p><p>23. Epoch.</p><p>25. Tony Leswick celebrates birth St. Patrick&rsquo;s Day.</p><p>26. 1919 was one in which pictured player was born (abbr.)</p><p>29. Modere Bruneteau&rsquo;s nickname.</p><p>31. What Abel, of Red Wings, is called for short.</p><p>32. Greek letter.</p><p>34. Fred Shero&rsquo;s is 23.</p><p>35. George Agar&rsquo;s nickname.</p><p>36. Initials of St. Louis goalie.</p><p>37. Short for first name of Leaf captain.</p><p>38. Nickname of Black Hawk goalie.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1. Leading scorer in AHL last season.</p><p>2. Short for first name of Bruins&rsquo; general manager.</p><p>3. Hebrew letter.</p><p>4. Emile Francis figured in one which sent Jim Henry to Chicago (pl.)</p><p>5. Short for first name of Dickens, of Black Hawks.</p><p>6. Adam Brown is one by birth.</p><p>11. &ldquo;Murph&rdquo; Chamberlain&rsquo;s initials.</p><p>12. Number of playoff games in which Chuck Raynor has played.</p><p>14. Goalie for Oakland of PCHL</p><p>16. First name of Taylor of Leafs.</p><p>20. Clare Martin will &mdash; 27 on his next birthday in February.</p><p>22. Nickname of Ernie Johnson.</p><p>24. First name of player known as &ldquo;Bep&rdquo;.</p><p>27. Pictured player&rsquo;s given name</p><p>28. What players do between periods.</p><p>30. Maple Leaf coach (poss.)</p><p>33. Nickname of former Canadiens star, now coach of Buffalo.</p><p>36. Egyptian Sun God.</p><p>It&rsquo;s indeed odd how folks figure out angles.</p><p>Just the other day some friends were discussing the expense involved in equipping an athletic team. The baseball fan pointed to the national pastime and remarked, &ldquo;Why it costs more tq outfit a team for baseball that any other sport.&rdquo;After all, 25 players and some four or more coaches and a manager have to be considered.&rsquo;</p><p>But the football fan argued at length over the fact that the gridiron sport was an expensive venture for any one individual or a group of individuals.</p><p>There are cleats to be considered in addition to football pants, jerseys and helmets.</p><p>&ldquo;Why it costs a small fortune to outfit a football team!&rdquo;</p><p>The basketball fan tried to put in his oar but he was quickly silenced.</p><p>Then when a hockey addict tried to speak his piece they tried to sit on him.</p><p>But, said hockey fan had the floor and no one was going to make him break his stand.</p><p>&ldquo;Why, you guys have a lot of gall figuring footbali, baseball and basketball are expensive propositions,&rdquo; he spoke up.</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe you carry more men in football and baseball but you&rsquo;re pikers when it comes to spending dough.</p><p>&ldquo;Why it costs something like $200 each to equip just wingmen and centermen in hockey. Then it&rsquo;s a matter of $210 each for the defensemen.</p><p>&ldquo;And the goalie. Why that guy is really an expensive piece of bric-a-brac.</p><p>&ldquo;It costs something like $250 to put enough finery on that guy just so he can grab those re-I bounds.&rdquo;</p><p>Inquiry showed said hockey fan hit the nail right on the head.</p><p>After all, to equip a baseball player, all you require are spikes, bats, stockings, pants and a shirt, maybe a sweat shirt.</p><p>In football, it&rsquo;s a case of football pants, jersey, shoulder pads, and a helmet.</p><p>In basketball, all you need are basketball shoes, shorts and jerseys.</p><p>But in hockey, the wingmen and defensemen must have a skate and shoe outfit, jersey, pants, stockings, shoulder pads, garter belts, Achilles tendon protectors, suspenders, long underwear and sweat socks. They&rsquo;re all standard equipment.</p><p>As for the goalie, you must supply him with sticks, gloves, helmet, elbow pads, shin guards, body protector and leg guards.</p><p>Yes, the game of hockey is a costly one.</p><p>A hockey player carries eighteen pounds of equipment on his back when he skates into action.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Puck Equipment Both Costly, Heavy To Wear

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>When Ottawa hockey fans bring up the subject of perpetual motion, they aren&rsquo;t discussing some highly scientific subject. They&rsquo;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&rsquo;s success. It was in 1935 that Greene was labelled the most promising junior seen in the Ottawa district in years, but a combination of injuries, illness and ill-fortune marred the prospect of a pro career and relegated him, to the good fortune of Ottawa, to a long and prolific puck chasing tenure with the Senators.</p><p>Last season when the Senators ran roughshod through the Quebec League opposition and then went on to the Allan Cup finals against Edmonton, Greene had one of the best seasons of his career, finishing the season in sixth position with a total of 68 points, 22 goals and 4 6 assists, to top the entire Ottawa squad.</p><h2><b>Wins Trophy</b></h2><p>During the 1938-39 season, Bob Giddens, of the Ice Hockey World, an English publication, donated a trophy to the Brighton Tigers for the player combining popularity and ability.</p><p>&ldquo;Guess who won it?&rdquo;, laughed George. &ldquo;Everyone had gone home so they gave it to me. It&rsquo;s the only one I ever won. Otherwise, it probably would have cost me money.&rdquo; Born in Ottawa, Greene broke into senior company in 1935 when the Ottawa Senators sold Eddie Finnigan to St. Louis midway through the season. Greene had been playing junior hockey that year but his evident class and form warranted the move upwards to senior status.</p><p>&ldquo;Apart from one year. 1936-37, when I was sidelined with illness, I stayed with the Senators until 1938 when I decided to give English hockey a whirl. The game was beginning to boom over there, and at the persuasion of some of my trends, I accepted an offer. To tell you the truth, I never regretted the experience.&rdquo;</p><p>Returning to Canada in 1938, George found himself again in a Senator uniform, but then war hove into view and he lined up for a stint with the RCAF. Two years later, 1944, Greene was back with the Barber Poles, and since then the story has resolved into one goal after another, and sometimes three at a time, as happened in a recent tilt with Shawinigan Falls.</p><p>Injuries, the bugbear of many a great hockey player, have been a constant bedmate of the redoubtable Greene.</p><p>&ldquo;On two occasions I broke my left wrist, once back around 1936, and the other about four years ago. The last time it happened, I had&rsquo;to have an operation to remove a bone splinter.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Apart from my illness, which was serious enough, I incurred an accidental eye injury in 1935 which almost finished my hockey career right then and there. We were scrambling for a puck along the boards when Eddie Finnigan came rushing up to help.</p><p>&ldquo;As he closed in, everyone fell to the ice, and someone&rsquo;s skate hit me in the right eye. I almost lost the eye, but it was just one of those things in hockey, and could not be blamed on anyone.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Fifteen years in hockey is a long time&rdquo;, smiled George, so I think this will be my last one. In the old days, hockey was something you could play for fun, but nowadays, it&rsquo;s a job, and these long schedules are rough on the players.</p><p>&ldquo;Come next spring, it&rsquo;ll be slippers and an easy chair for poppa&rdquo;, laughed George. &ldquo;Enough&rsquo;s enough.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Perpetual Motion Is What Fans Call George Greene

<p class="dropcap"><span>R</span>alph Almas of the St. Louis Flyers in the American Hockey League did not have the honor of recording a single shutout while with Indianapolis last season in 65 games. Upon joining St. Louis to guard the cages there, he blanked the opposition three times in the first month, and shared in a fourth. Also, St. Louis goaltenders had been unable to shutout any opponent in two seasons until the arrival of Almas, thus the deal helped both player and club.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Change Helps

<h2><b>New Referee</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>D</span>ick Davis from Winnipeg Joined the staff of P.C.H.L. referees recently and Indications are that he will be a very capable official. Although only 5&rsquo; 8&rdquo; tall it did not take him long to command the respect of players and coaches.</b></p><h2><b>Penalties</b></h2><p><b>Seattle, who established a league record with 1,200 minutes in penalties last season, is leading both divisions to date with 432 minutes. Los Angeles is a close second with 430 minutes to date.</b></p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MON. A.M., DEC. 20 Northern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01108/879733-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="616" height="385"></div><p>New Westminster Royals are still well in front of the Pacific Coast Hockey League&rsquo;s Northern Division, but they received a rude jolt when the bottom placed Seattle Ironmen took two games off them on successive nights. As a result, Seattle climbed to within one point of the fourth place Portland club.</p><p>The Royals boast a nine point margin over Tacoma who are in second spot. Vancouver comes next 13 points off the pace.</p><p>Fresno took over first place in the Southern Division. They lead the second place San Francisco and Oakland squads by one point. San Diego are only a brace of points behind Fresno while in last spot comes Los Angeles who trail by four points. The teams in the Southern section are really patting on a battle royal in an effort to make the playoffs.</p><p>Ken Haydon, Oakland and Joe Peterson, Fresno share the Southern Division scoring honors with 35 points. Yves Nadon, Oakland goalie, has an average of 3.00 goals against and a 895 percentage of shots stopped to lead the goaltenders.</p><p>Fern Perreault, Tacoma retained his position on top of the Northern Division scoring race with 51 points. Pat Desbiens. Portland, has scored the most aoals with 27, Lucien Dechene New Westminster, is the top Northern Division goalie with an average of .902.</p><h3><b>TUESDAY. DECEMBER 14</b></h3><p>FRESNO&mdash;The Fresno Falcons handed Oakland Oaks their sixth straight Pacific coast Hockey League defeat here by a score of 3-1. Joe Peterson led the Falcons with two goals.</p><p><b>Fresno:</b> Goal. Brennan, defense, Kampman. Robertson: centor Bellinger: wings, Hilliard, Peterson; subs.: Roach. Londry, Redmond, Baccari, Cinor, Shamlock, Richardson. Whittet. Bourgeois.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goal, Nadon: defense, Hosking, Matthews: center, Hewson; wings, Morrow, Mutcheson; subs.: Babey, Marchant. Nixon, Jones, Fowler, Hayden, Bedard. Wywrot, Eisenzoph.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Mathieu and Knott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0275/879726-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="612" height="391"></div><p>TACOMA&mdash;New Westminster Royals downed Tacoma Rockets a 6-2 score In theiPacific Coast Hockey League here. New Westminster stars were Bob Love and Ollie Dorohoy, each with two goals.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defense, Johns, McKay; center, Robinson; wings, Andrews, Cote; subs.: Watt, Giokas, Read, Perrault, Toole, Adams, Anslow, Rowe.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechene; defense, Pratt, Bergeron, center. Love; wings, Dufault, Dorohoy; subs.: Schmidt, Ritchie, Kirk, Adams, Ullyot, Valenti, McIntyre, Voll.</p><p><b>Officiate:</b> Frank Elliot and Cam Proud-lock.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0356/879719-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="606" height="563"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0440/879712-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="1747" height="1165"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Putting The Brakes On</i></b></p><p><b>When opposing goalkeepers play against Tacoma, they are apt to see the above trio coming at them with fire in their eyes. That&rsquo;s Mel Read on the left, Dickie Milford, centre and Neil Andrews. Milford injured his leg and has been out of action for some time, but the other pair are carrying on in noble Fashion.</b></p></figcaption></div><p>VANCOUVER &mdash; Portland Eagles outsmarted the Vancouver Canucks to take a 4-2 Pacific Coast Hockey League victory here. The Eagles scored two goals on first period breakaways, added one in the osecond and their final counter came. Tom Karakas was outstanding in the Portland nets as he turned aside 30 Canuks shots.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Jackson; defense, Hursley, Hunchuk; center Carse; wings, Kuhtz, Shill; subs.: Gruhn, Iannarclli, B. Wilson, McPherson, Horse, I. Wilson, Bak, Vickery, Drainville.</p><p><b>Portlands:</b> Goal: Karakas; defense, Shewchuk, Sutherland; center, Robertson; wings. Bangay, Desbiens; subs.: Carrigan, -Hnatiuk, Hamilton, Dalgleish, Horvath. Davis, Savick, Milne. Bobrosky&hellip;Officials: Jim Arnott and Bud Cook.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0533/879705-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="610" height="403"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15</b></h3><p><b>LOS ANGELES &mdash; Los Angeles Monarchs put on one of their best exhibitions of the season here to come from behind in the last period and take a 6 to 4 Pacific Coast Hockey League victory over San Francisco. Nakina Smith pushed in the goal which sent Los Angeles into the lead. When the Shamrocks pulled goalie Duff McDermid out of the net to try to tie the score in the last minute of play, Andy Barbe of Los Angeles stole the puck to get the last Monarch score.</b></p><p><b>San Francisco:</b> Goal, McDermid; defense, James, Desson; center, Samanski; wings, McKay;, Strain; subs: Kraftcheck, Bergeron, Burman, Hergesheimer, Lavoie, Herchenratter, Lafrance, Middleton, Fairburn, Lucchini.</p><p><b>Los Angeles:</b> Goal, Highton; defense, Mesich, Papike; center Ubriaco; wings, Hildebrand, Church; subs.: Adolph, Paul, Kunkel, Zuk, Prokop, Stearns, Barbe, Smith, Leger.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Jerry Mathieu, Bill Knott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0626/879698-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="598" height="563"></div><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; Normie Kirk scored two goals to lead New Westminster Royals to a 3-1 victory over Portland Eagles in their Pacific Coast League game at Queen&rsquo;s Park Arena here. The Northern Division leading Royals went out in front 3-0 in the first period on an goals by Amy Dufault and Kirk. Then Kirk scored the only goal of the second and Doug Carrigan scored on a screen shot for Portland in the third.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal: Deschene, defense, Pratt, Bergeron; center, Love; wings. Kirk, Dufault; subs.: Schmidt, Ritchie, Ullyot, Voll, Dorohoy, Valenti, Adams, McIntyre.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Karakas; defense, Shewchuk, Sutherland; center, Hnatiuk; wings Davis, Desbiens; subs.: Bobrosky, Bangay, Carrigan. Savicky, Horvath, Dalgleish, Robertson, Hamilton.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bud Cook, Jim Arnott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0720/879691-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="608" height="343"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16</b></h3><p>SAN DIEGO &mdash; The San Diego Sky Hawks moved into a tie for third place in the Southern Division of the Pacific Coast Hockey League by downing the league-leading San Francisco Shamrocks, 5 to 3 here.</p><p><b>San Francisco:</b> Goal, LaMarche; defense, Kraftcheck, Bergeron; center, Samanski; wings, Strain R. McKay; subs.: Hergesheimer, James, Desson, Burman. Fairburn, Lafrance, Lucchini, Herchenratter,, Middleton.</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal, Frechette; defense, Currie, Lallo; center, McCarthy; wings, Vaillancourt, Wareki; subs.: Baby, McKay, McArthur, Poitras, Sinrke, Skinner, St. Pierre, Aikin.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bill Knott, Jerry Mathieu.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0817/879684-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="606" height="585"></div><p>PORTLAND &mdash; Seattle&rsquo;s Ironmen deep in the Northern Division cellar of the Pacific Coast Hockey League downed Portland Eagles, 6 to 1 here. The defeat prevented the Eagles from vaulting over Vancouvex into third place.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Karakas; defense, Shewchuk, Sutherland; center, Robertson; wings, Desbiens, Bangay; subs.: Bobrosky, Hnatiuk, Davis, Carrigan, Savicky, Horvath, Dalgleish, Hamilton.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defense, Tom-son, Taillifer; center, Filion; wings Hayes, Medynski; subs.: Waldner, Kala-paca, Evers, Kerr.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bun, Cook, Elliott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0917/879677-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="602" height="515"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17</b></h3><p>OAKLAND &mdash; The Oakland Oaks defeated Fresno Falcons 3 to 1 here for their first Pacific Coast Hockey League win in seven games. Ken Hayden was the stand-out for the Oaks. He assisted Paul Bedard with a score in the second period, and then took a pass from Fowler for the final score in the third period.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-166/879670-1-eng-US/f0015-162.jpg" title="f0015-16" width="608" height="295"></div><p>VANCOUVER &mdash; Norm Kirk scored a goal with only 39 seconds of play remaining in the third period to give New Westminster Royals a 5-4 Pacific Coast Hockey League triumph over Vancouver Canucks here. Kirk&rsquo;s goal climaxed a third period onslaught which brought the Royals from behind a 2-1 deficit. Kirk scored the hat trick with two goals in the third period and one in the second.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-176/879663-1-eng-US/f0015-172.jpg" title="f0015-17" width="604" height="621"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18</b></h3><p>LOS ANGELES &mdash; Oakland Oaks won another game in the Pacific Coast Hockey League by beating Los Angeles team 8-7 in a hotly contested overtime game. Paul Fowler scored the winning goal at 2:04 of the overtime.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-186/879656-1-eng-US/f0015-182.jpg" title="f0015-18" width="600" height="727"></div><p>FRESNO&mdash;The Fresno Falcons moved into first place in the Southern Division of the Pacific Coast Hockey League by defeating the San Francisco Shamrocks 3 to 1 here.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-196/879649-1-eng-US/f0015-192.jpg" title="f0015-19" width="600" height="391"></div><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; The Seattle Ironmen scored their second shutout of the Pacific Coast Hockey League season with a 2-0 blanking of the Northern Division leading New Westminster Royals. George Hayes and Joe Medynski scored the two Seattle goals in the second and third periods.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-205/879642-1-eng-US/f0015-202.jpg" title="f0015-20" width="608" height="295"></div><p>TACOMA &mdash; The Tacoma Rockets scored a 5-2 win over the Portland Eagles in their Northern Division Pacific, Coast Hockey League game here. Fern Perrault and Doug Adam paced the Rockets with two goals each. The two Portland counters came off the sticks of Johnny Savicky.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-215/879635-1-eng-US/f0015-212.jpg" title="f0015-21" width="606" height="475"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19</b></h3><p>PORTLAND &mdash; The Tacoma Rockets defeated Portland Eagles for the second, consecutive night in a Northern Division, ice hockey game, 5 to 3. The victory was credited to Goalie Jerry Fodey, with Portland last season, who stopped 39 shots.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-225/879628-1-eng-US/f0015-222.jpg" title="f0015-22" width="608" height="423"></div><p>SEATTLE &mdash; Gordie Kerr netted a third period hat trick to lead Seattle Ironmen to a 6-2 win over New Westminster Royals in a Pacific Coast Hockey League game. It was the Royals second defeat in as many nights at the hands of the cellar-dwelling Ironmen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-234/879621-1-eng-US/f0015-232.jpg" title="f0015-23" width="610" height="419"></div><p>SAN DIEGO &mdash; The San Diego Sky Hawks captured their sixth home victory in the Pacific Coast Hockey League competition by shading Oakland 5 to 4. The triumph lifted San Diego to fourth place in the Southern Division, only two points behind division leading San Francisco.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-244/879614-1-eng-US/f0015-242.jpg" title="f0015-24" width="608" height="499"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sunday, Dec. 19) Southern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1017/879607-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="608" height="629"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Joe Peterson, Fres; Ken Hayden, Oak; Bush Jackson, SF (20).</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Pete Wywrot, Oak (20).</p><p><b>Most Winning Goals:</b> Joe Peterson, Fres (5).</p><p><b>Most Shots Stopped:</b> Hec Highton, LA (878).</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Joe Peterson, Fres; Ike Eisenzoph, Oak (2).</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs:</b> Duff McDermid, SF (2).</p><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORD</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1116/879600-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="614" height="679"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1216/879593-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="606" height="187"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Pat Desbiens, Port (27).</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Stan Robertson, Port; Bob Love, NW (32).</p><p><b>Most Winning Goals:</b> Norm Kirk, NW (8).</p><p><b>Most Shots Saved:</b> Tom Karakas, Port (846).</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs:</b> Jerry Cotnoir, Sea; Lucien Deschene, NW (2).</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Doug Adam, Tac; Alan kuntz, Vane; Amy Dufault, NW (2).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., DEC. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-162/879865-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="606" height="163"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17</b></h3><p><b>Kitchener 2, at Marlbores 5.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-172/879858-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="602" height="563"></div><p><b>Stratford 1, at Hamilton 4.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-182/879851-1-eng-US/f0014-182.jpg" title="f0014-18" width="610" height="357"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21</b></h3><p><b>Stratford 2, at Owen Sound 9</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-192/879844-1-eng-US/f0014-192.jpg" title="f0014-19" width="602" height="577"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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O.H.A. Senior ‘A’

<p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>udbury Wolves are on their way to England in search of the world hockey championship. Fifteen players along with Max Silverman and F. W. (Dinty) Moore in charge of the party, will play several exhibition games before taking part in the championships at Stockholm, Sweden from Feb. 11-20.</p><p>The team has only been together a short time but even at that, they held a strong North Bay club to a 2-all tie and then lost 6-3 in an exhibition contest against the United States entry In the championship contest against the United States entry in the championship hunt.</p><p>Players making the trip are as follows:</p><p><b>&ugrave;Goal:</b> Al Picard, 26, Sudbury, played in Vancouver last; and Bob Mills, 20, Toronto, played in Toronto Mercantile League.</p><p><b>Defence:</b> Joe Tergesen, 21, Gimli, Man., played with Winnipeg Reos; Emile Gargnet, 21, Sudbury, played with Sacred Hillson, 21, Guelph, Ont., played with Owen Sound Seniors; and Kewley.</p><p><b>Forward:</b> Ray Bauer, 24, Waterloo, Ont., played with Kitchener-Waterloo; Bud Hashey, 26, Sudbury, played with Sudbury Wolves; Joe Debastiano, 25, Cobalt, Ont; Albert Rebalatti, 20 who played for Sacred Heart College; John Kovich, 20, Schumacher, Ont; Bill Dimock, 23, Trail, B.C., and Free, Munro and Russell.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Canadian Team Leaves To Seek World Crown

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-202/879920-1-eng-US/f0014-202.jpg" title="f0014-20" width="608" height="293"></div><p>Jan. 1 &mdash; Eddie Olson, St. Louia Flyers, left wing, 1922.</p><p>Jan. 2 &mdash; Glen Harmon, Montreal, Canaidiens, defense, 1921.</p><p>Jan. 3 &mdash; Elwyn &ldquo;Moe&rdquo; Morris, Providence Reds, defensa, 1921.</p><p>Norm Tustin, St. Louis Flyers, left wing, 1919.</p><p>Jan. 4 &mdash; Bob Dralnvllle, Vancouver Canucks, defense, 1921.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to You

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON MON. A.M., DEC. 20</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-089/880073-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="610" height="175"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY. DECEMBER 11</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 5, at Lethbridge 4.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-099/880066-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="616" height="641"></div><h3><b>MONDAY, DECEMBER 13</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 2, at Calgary.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-108/880059-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="608" height="541"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14</b></h3><p><b>Lethbridge 1, at Edmonton 11.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-118/880052-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="602" height="517"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-127/880045-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="600" height="127"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17</b></h3><p><b>Regina 3, at Edmonton 7.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-137/880038-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="600" height="681"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-147/880031-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="606" height="643"></div><h2><b>SPORTS PHOTOS</b></h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-157/880024-1-eng-US/f0015-152.jpg" title="f0015-15" width="146" height="287"></div><p>FREE LIST</p><p><b>Over 3000 8x10 glotiy photos of the world&rsquo;s greatest, past and present, sport stars. Send a postal cord to-day for our free list.</b></p><p><b>All Sports Photo Studiolox SI Fordhom Station New York $ 58.N. Y.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Western Canada

<div class="byline">By BILL CAMPBELL</div><p>CORNWALL, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The Verdun Rams, cellar dwellers of the Eastern Canada Senior League all season have finally come to the end of the hockey trail, making their exit from the circuit Dec. 15, after a dismal showing in which they garnered but five points in sixteen starts.</p><p>In the game between the R.C.A.F. and Cornwall at the Factory Town recently when 54 minutes in penalties were dished out, Long Jimmy Hodgson, Cornwall rearguard was the major culprit of the evening sitting out 19 minutes as his mates eked out a 5-3 triumph in overtime.</p><p>With their ace centre &ldquo;Smiley&rdquo; Meronek out of action, Hull Volants may find it difficult to maintain their grip on the top rung of the league ladder. Meronek, long a name to be reckoned within senior hockey circles, suffered a bad shoulder injury in a game recently and his absence will be keenly felt by Bob Guertin&rsquo;s crew.</p><p>Another veteran of the ice wars, Freddy Gardiner, is still ahead of the pack in the points race. The crafty Gardiner, in his 13th year in senior company, is but two points up on teammate Pete Long, last year with Stratford Indians of the Senior O.H.A., and who is considered the best two-way player in the loop.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hull Volants Hit Severe Blow When Meronek Is Hurt

<div class="byline">By LES RUSSELL</div><p><b>VOLUME 2 MONTREAL, DECEMBER 29, 1948 NUMBER 13</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0196/880142-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="320" height="341"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0251/880135-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="332" height="333"></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Whenever a self-made man in business gives a young fellow just starting out on his career the benefit of his long experience, you will often hear him say, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no obstacle too big to overcome&rdquo;. A few players in the National Hockey League would raise an eyebrow at that one and refer the gentleman to Jack Sherratt Stewart, devastating bodychecking defenseman of the Detroit Red Wings. More than one opponent has looked at &ldquo;Black Jack&rdquo; standing on the opposing blueline and hoped he wouldn&rsquo;t be forced to carry the puck down that side of the rink. Stewart is probably the greatest hitting rearguard in rockey today.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0333/880128-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="276" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jack Stewart</b></figcaption></div><p>Along with Bill Quackenbush, Red Kelly and Leo Reise he&rsquo;s the main reason why Detroit&rsquo;s defense looks so formidable to incoming forwards. When he gets you right, you usually spend several minutes trying to unscramble your brains and wonder which way the train went after it struck you.</p><h2><b>CLEAN BUT RUGGED</b></h2><p>We have seen fellows come out of the game after skating into Stewart and they seem to be fingering their ribs or shoulders as if trying to remember where they lost them.</p><p>With all this, Stewart is a clean, rugged player. He will bounce you around hard but he&rsquo;s fair. He might even, in his enthusiasm, give you a slight tap on the noggin, but he never yells if you wallop him back. He&rsquo;s the type of ice merchant who asks no quarter and gives none.</p><p>Off the ice, Jack&rsquo;s a likeable fellow with a sound sense of humor. He&rsquo;s rather quiet, tops the scales at around 180 and stands just under six feet.</p><p>Stewart has been picked on two All-Star teams &mdash; in 1942-43 and again last year &mdash; and is a member of Detroit&rsquo;s Hockey Hall of Fame. Twice he&rsquo;s made the alternate &ldquo;Dream&rdquo; team. That was in 1945-46 and 1946-47.</p><p>In the past few seasons, with hockey opening up, he&rsquo;s become a much better rusher than when he first broke into the N.H.L. He has a habit of notching goals when they count most and is a top team player.</p><h2><b>BORN IN MANITOBA</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Black Jack&rdquo; was born at Pilot Mound, Manitoba and broke into organized hockey with Portage la Prairie Juniors, Outside of a brief spell with Pittsburgh Hornets, when that team was a Detroit affiliate, Stewart has played all his professional hockey with the Red&rsquo; Wings.</p><p>Before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force at the close of the 1942-43 season, Jack helped the club win the Stanley Cup. He took part in some games for the R.C.A.F. and was discharged in April 1944 when he returned to Detroit.</p><p>During the summer months he works on his wheat farm at Pilot Mound. The hard tasks which go toward making up the life of a farmer help keep him In tip-top condition.</p><p>All players respect him as <i>a</i> fierce bodychecker, but despite the fact that he hits with the force of a bulldozer he&rsquo;s well liked around the circuit. Several managers only wish that he was gracing their blueline instead of Detroit&rsquo;s.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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When Jack Stewart Hits ’Em They Really Feel It

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0429/880173-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg"></div><p><b>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</b></p><p><b>Sherbrooke Saints grabbed off two top Boston Olympia players when the Beantown outfit decided to withdraw from the Quebec Senior Hockey League. Ray Barry, one of the best prospects Boston had, along with Marcel Filion will operate with Sherbrooke for the rest of the current season.</b></p><p><b>It was thought that New York Rovers would draw the best men on the now defunct Olympics, but with Barry and Fllion in the fold, Sherbrooke appears to have stolen the march. Barry stood ninth in goal scoring and had netted 11 times while assisting in 29 others. Filion scored 18 times while providing passes for 12 more.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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