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January 5, 1949

The Hockey News January 5, 1949

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDING ON SAT. A.M., DEC. 25</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0183/882169-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="592" height="158"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15</b></h2><p><b>Regina 2, at Saskattoon 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0257/882162-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="591" height="485"></div><p><b>Lethbridge 3, at Calgary 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0345/882155-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="592" height="404"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18</b></h2><p><b>Regina 4, at Lethbridge 0</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0434/882148-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="589" height="331"></div><h2><b>MONDAY, DECEMBER 20</b></h2><p><b>Regina 1, at Calgary 7</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0525/882141-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="592" height="485"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21</b></h2><p><b>Galgary 0, at Lethbridge 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0618/882134-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="591" height="308"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22</b></h2><p><b>Saskatoon 1, at Regina 8</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0714/882127-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="589" height="256"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0810/882120-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="587" height="284"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23</b></h2><p><b>Calgary 6, at Edmonton 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0910/882113-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="585" height="641"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Western Canada

<h2><b>Netminding Nifties</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>l</span>uclen Deschene, New West minster goalie, leads the netminders with an average of 3.00 goals against and a .098 percentage of saves. Tom Karabas. Portland goaltender, lias kicked back the most shots with 881.</p><h2><b>Blank On Blanks</b></h2><p>Neither los Angeles nor Vancouver have participated in a shutout game this season. Neither has been blanked nor have they been able to blank the opposition. San Francisco and Seattle have not been shut out to late.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON SAT. A.M., JAN. 1</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01109/881947-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="599" height="391"></div><p>While they are finding the going a little bit tougher than they did during the early part of the season. New Westminster Royals still have a comfortable margin in leading the Pacific Coast Hockey League&rsquo;s Northern Division.</p><p>The race for honors in the Southern Division is a wide open affair with Fresno, Oakland and San Francisco all holding the lead for a short time during the past two weeks.</p><p>Ken Hayden of Oakland took over the individual scoring lead in the Southern-section when Joe Peterson of Fresno slipped down Into third spot. Tom Fowler moyed into second position from pixth spot with a neat exhibition Of scoring punch.</p><p>Hayden also has scored the most goals with 23 with Pete Wy-wrot of Oakland leading the assist parade with 25. Young Duff Mc-Dermid of San Francisco still has the most shutouts with two.</p><p>Fern Perreault, Tacoma who held the Northern section scoring lead last week now finds himself in a tie with Bobby Love of New Westminster. Both have 53 points. Jerry Cotnoir, Seattle and Lucien Deschene, New Westminster have blanked opponents twice to head the goalkeepers in this section.</p><p>Pete Taillifer of Seattle lead the penalty parade with 102 minutes in the Northern Division while that honor in the Southern section goes to Matt Mesich Los Angeles with 102 minutes also.</p><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22</b></h2><p>FRESNO &mdash; Oakland Oaks moved back Into the lead in the Southern Division by defeating Fresno Falcons 3-1. Stan Jones, Oakland wing, was top scorer with two goals.</p><p><b>Fresno:</b> Goal, Brennan; defense, Londry, Redmond; center, Bellinger; wings, Peterson, Hilliard; subs.: Roach, Kampman, Baccari, Cinor, Shamlock, Richardson, Whittet, Bourgeois, Robertson.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goal, Nadon; defense, Babey, Hoskings; center, Hewson; wings, Mut cheson, Morrow; subs.: Matthews, Marchant, Jones, Fowler, Hayden, Bedard, Wywrot, Eisenzoph.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bill Shaver, Hank Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0276/881940-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="592" height="357"></div><p>LOS ANGELES &mdash; Los Angeles Monarchs came back in the second period to score four goals and sweep over Saxj Diego 6 to 4.</p><p><b>Los Angeles:</b> Goal, Highton; defense, Adolph, Paul; center, Hildebrand; wings, Church, Ubriaco; subs.: Mesich, Papike, Kunkel, Zuk, Prokop, Stearns, Barbe, Smith, Leger.</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal, Frechette: defense, Lallo, Currie; center, Vaillancourt; wings, Warecki, McCarthy; subs.: Marineau, McKay, McArthur, Poitras, Smrke, Aikin, Baby, St. Pierre, Skinner.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0357/881933-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="592" height="515"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0441/881926-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="1681" height="1507"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i><b>It Never Went In</b></i></p><p><b>GOALIE DOUG STEVENSON, of Taco ma Rockets managed to get his stick to this shot in time to clear. That&rsquo;s Joey Johns of Ta coma checking Rudy Filion (9) of Seattle and Bill Giokas trying to block Dutch Evers (11). The game was finally won by Seattle.</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23</b></h2><p>SAN DIEGO &mdash; In as wild and woolly a game as has been seen here this season. Fresno Falcons defeated San Diego Sky Hawks 4-2 before 2,900 fans. Officials Hank Wilson and Bill Shaver had a tough time keeping the teams in line. They dished out a total of 29 minutes in penalties, 17 of them in the third stanza.</p><p><b>Fresno:</b> Goal, Brennan: defense, Kamp-man, Robertson; center, Cinor; wings, Richardson, Bourgeois; subs.: Redmond, Roach, Shamlock, Whittet, Knox, Bac-cari, Bellinger, Peterson, Londry, Hilliard&hellip;</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal, Frechette; defense, McKay, Baby; center, St. Pierre; wings, Aikin, Skinner; subs.: Currie, Lallo, McCarthy, Vaillancourt, Warecki, Poitras, Smrke, McArthur.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Hank Wilson, Bill Shaver.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0534/881919-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="588" height="404"></div><p>PORTLAND &mdash; Tacoma Rockets won their third successive Northern Division Hockey game against Portland Eagles, 3 to 1, for their sixth victory In seven starts.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Karakas; defense, Shewchuk, Dalgleish; center, Robertson; wings, Bangay, Desbiens; subs.: Hamilton, Hnatiuk, Horvath, Davis, Savicky, Carrigan, Bobrosky, Evans, Milne.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Fodey; defense, Giokas, Watt; center, Anshow; wings, Rowe, Perrault; subs.: Adams, Toole, Robinson, Road, Cote, Andrews, Johns, MeKay.</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/f0013-0627/881912-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="587" height="251"></div><p>SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; Oakland Oaks increased their lend in the Southern Division, downing San Francisco Shamrocks, 3 to 1, in an unspectacular game.</p><p><b>San Francisco:</b> Goal, Lamarche; defense, Bergeron, Kraftcheck; center, Burman; wings, Jackson, Hergesheimer; subs: James, Desson, McKay, Herchen-ratter, Strain, Lafrance, Samanski, Lucchini, Fairburn.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goai, Nadon; defense, Matthews, Marchant; center, Wywrot; wings, Jones, Eisenzoph; subs.: Babey, Fowler, Hayden, Bedard, Hewson, Morrow, Nixon, Hoskings, Mutcheson.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bud Cook, Frank Elliott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0721/881905-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="592" height="355"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26</b></h2><p>PORTLAND &mdash; The Portland Eagles broke a five-game losing streak in the Northern Division by defeating New Westminster, 7 to 5, in a free-scoring, high Penalty contest. Portland took a 4-1 lead in the first period and stayed ahead throughout.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Karakas; defense, Shewchuk, Dalgleish; center, Robertson; wings, Bangay, Desbiens; subs: Bobrosky, Milne, Hnatiuk, Davis, Carrigan, Savicky, Horvath, Hamilton, Evans.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Deschene; defense, Bergeron, Pratt; center, Love; wings, Kirk, Dufault; subs.: Schmidt, Dorohoy, Adams, Ullyot, Valenti, Ritchie, McIntyre, Voll.</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/f0013-0818/881898-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="576" height="419"></div><h2><b>PCHL Summaries</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-262/881891-1-eng-US/f0015-262.jpg" title="f0015-26" width="603" height="284"></div><p>SAN DIEGO &mdash; The San Francisco Shamrocks and San Diego Sky Hawks battled to a 5-5 overtime tie in a Pacific Coast League hockey game here. It was a see-saw game throughout with each team taking the lead. Bush Jackson, San Francisco winger, pulled the Shamrocks up on even terms at 15:42 in the final period and for the balance of that session and a ten minute overtime neither club was able to score.</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal, Frechette; defense, Lalio, Currie; cente, McCarthy, wings, Vaillancourt, Warecki; subs.: Baby, N. McKay, McArthur, Poitras, Smrke, St. Pierre, Aikin, Skinner.</p><p><b>San Francisco;</b> Goal, LaMarche; defense, James, Desson; center, Samanski; wings, Strain, R. McKay; subs: Bergeron, Kraftcheck, Burman, Jackson, Herges-heimer, Lafrance, Waters Herchen-ratter, Lucchini.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bud Cook, Frank Elliott.</p><p><b>First Period</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-272/881884-1-eng-US/f0015-272.jpg" title="f0015-27" width="588" height="711"></div><p>SEATTLE &mdash; The Oakland Oaks continued their high-scoring against Northern Divisions teams of the Pacific Coast Hockey League as they downed the Seattle Ironmen 7-2 here. Paul Bedard and Ken Hayden led the Oak offensive with three points each, Bedard ou two goals and one assist, Hayden on one goal and two assists. Oakland opened up in the first period, scoring three goals before Seattle could find the mark.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defense, Tom-son, Waldner; center, Filion; wings, Hayes, Kalapaca; subs.: Taillifer, Duffy, Thorpe. Evers, Kerr, Senick.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goal, Nadon; defense, Babey, Hoskings; center, Hewson; wings, Mut-cheson, Morrow; subs.: Matthews, Marchant, Nixon, Jones, Fowler, Hayden, Bedard, Wywrot, Eisenzoph.</p><p><b>Officials: Dick Davis, Jim Arnott.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-28/881877-1-eng-US/f0015-282.jpg" title="f0015-28" width="590" height="486"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0918/881870-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="604" height="1231"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1018/881863-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="600" height="1238"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<h2><b>Misses First Game</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>illiam Tobin, President of the Chicago Black Hawks missed the first home hockey game of his team in 22 years January 1 when he attended his parents diamond wedding anniversary in Ottawa.</p><h2><b>A Good President</b></h2><p>Clarence 8. Campbell became President of the National Hockey League when Mervin &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Dutton retired prior to the opening of the 1946-47 season. Campbell has proved popular with owner and player alike for his fairness.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON TUES. AM., JAN. 4</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0157/881301-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="591" height="701"></div><p>With all the holiday action in the National Hockey League over, Detroit Red Wings enter the New Year on top of the standings. They broke even with Chicago Black Hawks over the weekend wining and losing. Boston Bruins hold second spot two points back of Detroit as they picked up three out of four points from New York Rangers.</p><p>Chicago Black Hawks are still holding tight to third position, six points behind Detroit and four back of Boston. Canadiens, with 27 points are fourth. Then comes Toronto Maple Leafs with 26 and New York Rangers with 25.</p><p>For the first time this season, Roy Conacher, Chicago wingman, has taken over the lead in the individual scoring race. During the past seven days he picked up five points, two goals and three assists to bring his total to 37 points.</p><p>Doug Bentley, also of Chicago, who has held the lead for some weeks, dropped back one point behind Roy. Doug had three assists. Jimmy Conacher held onto third position with 30 points as he added a lone assist to his total during the past seven days.</p><p>The biggest gain of the week was made by Syd Abel of Detroit who with four goals and two assists, moved up from eighth spot to a fourth place tie with Grant Warwick of Boston.</p><p>Highlight of rough action saw Kenny Reardon of Canadiens and Cal Gardner of Toronto, given match penalties for swinging at each others head with their sticks. Both were fined $250 by President Clarence Campbell of the N.H.L. and suspended for the next Toronto-Montreal game.</p><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29</b></h2><p>DETROIT &mdash; With eight of their players sharing in the goal getting, Detroit Wings ran wild here In handing Boston Bruins a 10-2 setback. The result increased Detroit&rsquo;s lead at the head of the N.H.L. standings to three points over the second place Bruins. It was the worst defeat the Boston club has suffered in years.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Brimek; defense, Egan, Crawford; center, Schmidt; wings Peters, Dumart; subs.: Henderson, Flaman, Warwick, Harrison, Smith, Ronty, Peir-son, Babando, Thompson.</p><p><b>Detroit;</b> Goal, Lumley; defense, Reise, Stewart; center, McNab; wings, Abel, Horeck; subs.: Quackenbush, Poile, Gau thier, McFadden. Counture, Pavellch, Enio, Fogolin, Lundy, Kelly.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0239/881294-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="583" height="550"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30</b></h2><p>MONTREAL &mdash; Displaying a fast brand of hockey, Montreal Canadiens scored a 3-2 win over Toronto Maple Leafs to consolidate their hold on fourth placo in the N.H.L. standings. They are now only one point back of Chicago Black Hawks who hold third spot. The Habitants had a fair margin on the play. They were ahead 2-1 at the end of the second with the Leafs tying the contest in the second and Canadiens netting the winner in the third.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Broda; defense, Boesch, Barilko; center, Kennedy; wings, Gardner, Watson; subs.: Thomson, Mortson, Bentley, Ezinicki, Lynn, Metz, Ceresino, Juzda, Sloan, Taylor, Timgren.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defense, Harvey, Laycoe; center, Mosdell; wings, Richard, Riopelle; subs.: Carveth, Harmon, Fillion, Robertson, Chamberlain, Reay, Gravelle, Reardon, Campeau, Dussault.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0320/881287-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="586" height="307"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31</b></h2><p>NEW YORK &mdash; Playing their usual New Year&rsquo;s Eve N.H.L. game, the cellar dwelling New York Rangers fought to a 2-all tie with the Boston Bruins in a contest witnessed by a capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden. All scoring took place in the first period.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Brimsek; defense, Fia-man, Henderson; center, Schmidt; wings, Peters, Dumart; subs.: Crawford, Warwick, Harrison, Smith, Ronty, Thompson, Peirson, Babando, Egan.</p><p><b>New York;</b> Goal, Rayner; defense, Moe, Stanowski; center, Raleigh; wings, Fisher, Mickoski; subs.: Eddolis, Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Lund, Albright, Kale-ta, Leswick, Slowinski, Gordon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0422/881280-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="582" height="324"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 1</b></h2><p>TORONTO &mdash; The Toronto Maple Leafs fighting to stay in running for a playoff berth, downed Montreal here 5-3 In a bruising battle which was featured by a stick swinging duel between Kenny Reardon of Canadiens and Cal Gardner of the Maple Leafs. Both players were given match penalties. Both teams took advantgea of penalties in scoring. Reardon was off when Leafs counted twice and Canadiens netted a pair when Jimmy Thomson was sent to the cooler.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defense, Harvey, Harmon; center, Mosdell; wings, Richard, Riopelle; subs.: Laycoe, Carveth, Fillion, Robertson, Chamberlain, Reay, Gravelle, Reardon, Campeau, Dussault.</p><p><b>Toronto;</b> Goal. Broda; defense, Mortson, Thomson; center, Kennedy; wings, Metz, Lynn; subs.: Boesch, Barilko, Garderner. Ezinicki, Watson, Juzda, Bentley, Ceresino, Taylor, Timgren.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0513/881273-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="584" height="482"></div><p>BOSTON &mdash; The Boston Bruins, fighting to overtake the league leading Detroit Red Wings, downed New York Rangers 4-1 over close to 14,000 fans. The Bruins won the contest in the first period when they scored twice. Pat Egan and Fern Flaman,, both defensemen netted the goals. Kenny Smith added another in the middle of the second period before Buddy O&rsquo;Connor broke the ice for New York. Woody Dumart sniped the only third period marker.</p><p><b>Rangers:</b> Goal, Rayner; defense, Moe, Stanowski; center, Raleigh; wings, Fisher, Mickoski; subs.: Eddolls, Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Lund, Albright, Kaleta, Leswick, Slowinski, Gordon.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Brimsek; defense, Fla-man, Herdson; center, Schmidt; wings, Peters, Dumart; subs.: Crawford,, Warwick, Harrison, Smith, Ronty, Thompson, Peirson, Babando, Egan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0610/881266-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="585" height="330"></div><p>CHICAGO &mdash; Chicago Black Hawks treated their largest home crowd of the season &mdash; 17,306 fans &mdash; to & victory over the N.H.L. league leading Detroit Red Wings by a score of 5-3. After spotting the Red Wings a goal early in the first period, the Chicago outfit came back to lead 3-1 at the end of the opening stanza. From there on in they never trailed. Roy Conacher netted a pair for Chicago as did Syd Abel for Detroit. Bep Guidolin, Gaye Stewart and Gus Bodnar added the remaining Black Hawks goals. Marty Pavelich shot the third Detroit marker.</p><p><b>Detroit;</b> Goal, Lumley; defense, Reise, J. Stewart; center, Abel; wings, Horeck, Pavelich; subs.: Quackenbush, Kelly, Lindsay, McNab, Poile, Gauthier, McFadden, Couture, Enio, Fogolin, Lundy.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, Mc-Caig, Goldham; center, J. Conacher; wings, Bodnar, G. Stewart; subs.: Dickens, Gadsby, Nattrass, Bentley, Mo-sienko, R. Conacher, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystai, Brown.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-078/881259-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="583" height="541"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 2</b></h2><p>DETROIT &mdash; It looked as if the Chicago Black Hawks were going to take their second straight victory in as many nights from Detroit Red Wings as they built up a 2-0 lead at the end of the second period. However, striking hard and fast in the final stanza, Detroit netted five times in just under seven minutes to take a 5-3 victory and hold their place at the top of the N.H.L. standings.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Lumley; defense, J. Stewart, Reise; center, Kelly; wings, Couture, Pavelich; subs.: Quackenbush, Lindsay, McNab, Horeck, Abel, Poile, Gauthier, McFadden, Enio, Fogolin.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Henry; defense. Gold-ham, McCaig; center, J. Conacher; wings, Bodnar, G. Stewart; subs.: Dickens, Gadsby, Nattrass, D. Bentley, Moslenko, R. Conacher, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystai, Brown.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-088/881252-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="584" height="596"></div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;In a rough N.H.L. contest, New York Rangers climbed to within one point of Toronto Maple Leafs when they downed the Toronto squad 4-2 here. The game was marked with heavy body checking and a fight between Bill Ezinicki and Tony Leswick with Tony drawing a 10-minute misconduct penalty for talking back to referee George Gravelle.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Broda: defense, Thomson, Mortson; center, Gardner; wings, Ezinlcki, Watson; subs.: Beosch, Bentley, Kennedy, Metz, Ceresino, Juzda, Barilko, Taylor, Timgren, Buchanan.</p><p><b>Rangers:</b> Goal, Rayner; defense, Moe, Stanowski; center, Laprade; wings, Leswick, Lund; subs.: Eddolls, Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Raleigh, Stanley, Mickoski, Fisher, Albright, Kaleta, Slowinski, Gordon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-098/881245-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="585" height="381"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-105/881238-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="594" height="2663"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0430/882453-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg"></div><p>WINNIPEG, Man. &mdash;</p><p>To paraphrase an old saying, &ldquo;It isn&rsquo;t necessary to have a sense of humor to be a hockey referee but it certainly helps.&rdquo;</p><p>For instance, there&rsquo;s the case of whistle-tooter Vic Lindquist and the chuckle-provoking yarn that is told of him. Vic, it will be recalled by the hockey wise, was a first-line star with the senior Winnipegs who won the 1932 Olympic hockey title at Lake Placid, N.Y.</p><p>Some say that this happened at Morris, others hold that it was Emerson, still others say it might have been Carman. Anyway, he happened to score a goal on this particular night and the referee skated over to the timekeeper&rsquo;s bench to inform the officials that the goal had been scored by Lind quist.</p><p>One bright-eyed fan near the box, upon hearing the referee call out Lindquist&rsquo;s name, appeared overwhelmed with the presence of one of the greatest names in Manitoba hockey history.</p><p>&ldquo;Gee,&rdquo; he exclaimed to the spectators near him, &ldquo;that goal was scored by Vic Lindquist&rsquo;s son! Remember old Lindquist, he used to play senior hockey In Winnipeg.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Vic Lindquist&rsquo;s son?&rdquo; retorted the referee. &ldquo;Hell no, that&rsquo;s Via Lindquist himself out there to-night.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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It Wasn’t Sonny Boy; It Was Old Man Vic Lindquist Himself In Full Flight

<p>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;</p><p>In an all-out effort to curb the dastardly practice of stick swinging among National League players. President Clarence Campbell of the N.H.L. has suspended Cal Gardner of Toronto Maple Leafs and Kenny Reardon of Montreal Canadiens for one game and fined Gardner $250 and Reardon $200. The one game suspension to be effective January 19 when the two teams meet in Toronto.</p><p>Gardner and Reardon were handed down this severe penalty by the N.H.L. president for their wild stick-swinging act in the second period of the Toronto-Canadiens game played in Toronto.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-023/882522-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="266" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Cal Gardner</b></figcaption></div><p>The exhibition put on by Gardner and Reardon was nothing short of barbaric. Both players just stood there and swung with all their might. If either player had caught his adversary on the noggin it would have been &ldquo;curtains&rdquo; for the unfortunate hockeyist.</p><p>The reason that Gardner&rsquo;s fine was $50 more than Reardon&rsquo;s was because it was felt he was more at fault than the Montreal player.</p><h2><b>Referee Chadwick&rsquo;s Report</b></h2><p>Bill Chadwick, who refereed the game in Toronto on January 1, said the stick swinging by Gardner and Reardon was the worst he had ever seen in all the years he had been refereeing in the National Hockey League. According to Chadwick&rsquo;s report he had stopped the play in order to impose minor Penalties on Ezinicki and Reardon for high sticking. It was after the play had stopped that Gardner and Reardon went after each other with their sticks. It appeared as 12 Gardner hit Reardon with his stick first and then Reardon retaliated with a full swing of his own.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-032/882515-1-eng-US/f0001-032.jpg" title="f0001-03" width="268" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Kenny Reardon</b></figcaption></div><p>Gardner&rsquo;s stick broke on Reardon&rsquo;s shoulder. Shortly after Reardon dropped his stick and both players went after each other with their fists. It was quite some time before Chadwick could restore some semblance of order. Ezinicki and Reardon were handed minor penalties for high sticking and Gardner and Reardon match penalties for deliberately attempting to injure an opponent.</p><p>President Campbell was in New York for the games there on December 31 and January 2, and therefore was able to see Gardner when the tall red-head arived in Gotham with the Maple Leafs Sunday morning for the Leafs game that night with Rangers. Campbell interviewed both Gardner and Toronto Coach Happy Day before announcing Gardner&rsquo;s suspension and $250 fine.</p><h2><b>Reardon Sore</b></h2><p>It was not until after his return to League Headquarters in Montreal on Monday that the N.H.L. President saw Reardon. The robust-checking Montreal defenseman was accompanied to the National League office by his coach, Dick Irvin. Reardon and Irvin spent 35 minutes behind closed their side of the case to the N.H.L. prexy.</p><p>When Reardon left the N.H.L. president&rsquo;s office after receiving his punishment for his part in the fracas he appeared very mad. The raven-thatched Irishman stalked out of the office mumbling to himself with Coach Irvin right behind him.</p><p>An unsusal sidelight to the whole thing is that Reardon was interviewed over the radio by Wes McKnight in Toronto before the game. New Year&rsquo;s Day, McKnight asked Kenny if he had made any New Year&rsquo;s resolutions To which he replied: &ldquo;Yes, I&rsquo;ve resolved not to get any more misconduct penalties. I want to save the money.&rdquo; This statement was made less than three hours before the infamous stick swinging duel took place in the second period.</p><h2><b>Old Battlers</b></h2><p>Gardner, the Toronto center who came to the Leafs from Rangers in an off-season trade, and Reardon, Montreal&rsquo;s colorful rearguard, are old feudists. It was 21 months ago on March 16, 1947, at New York that Canadiens and Rangers became embroiled in one of the worst donnybrooks of modern times. It was Gardner&rsquo;s stick that cut Reardon&rsquo;s mouth for 16 stitches during that melee. Gardner was playing for Rangers at the time. It was in this wild free-for-all that Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, then playing for Canadiens, suffered a fractured cheekbone when he collided with Bill Juzda now of the Leafs but then playing for New York.</p><p>So it might very well be that the New Year&rsquo;s Night fiasco in the Queen City between Gardner and Reardon had its roots back in New York in March, 1947.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0001-02

NHL Stars Find Stick Swinging Act Is Costly

<div class="byline">By JAMES C. HENDY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0112/880945-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>owie&rsquo;s play continued to improve, and the season of 1919-20 found him lanked by a pair of brilliant wings in Frank Carson and &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Kelterbome, the former one of the same brothers who had played against him the previous year. They teamed up together perfectly to form a forward line which could more than hold its own, even in senior company.</p><p>In fact, Morenz and Carson, although still junions, were frequently recruited by the senior team. In a game against the Preston, Ontario, Seniors, Howie and Frank outshone every other player on the ice.</p><p>In another crucial game against Kitchener, the Stratford Seniors again decided to call on Morenz and Carson. A trainload of Stratford supporters went along with the team, but Howie and Frank were taken into Kitchener by a different route unknown to the Kitchener followers.</p><p>There was considerable betting on the game between the fans, and Kitchener supporters were chagrined when they saw Morenz and Carson skate out on the ice.</p><p>That night, Howie faced the greatest goaltender he had come in contact with up to that time. And although Stratford was victorious, it was far from a walkaway, because the Kitchener net-minder was George Hainsworth, later to become one of the game&rsquo;s greatest netminders and a teammate of Howie&rsquo;s on the Canadiens.</p><p>In those early days, Howie&rsquo;s temper almost matched his speed. The late Lou Marsh, Toronto sports editor and until the time of his death dean of Canadian hockey referees, was dazzled by the youngster&rsquo;s speed. But he also noticed that Howie had little control over his temper and was too eager to retaliate after being heavily checked.</p><h2><b>Some Smart Advice</b></h2><p>One night, after a game in which he had officiated, Marsh called Howie aside. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to preach to you, son,&rdquo; Marsh said, &ldquo;But don&rsquo;t be foolish and let those fellows force you into getting useless penalties. Show them that you can take it, and they will leave you alone. Let them go to the penalty box. You devote your time to scoring goals.&rdquo;</p><p>Howie seldom forgot Marsh&rsquo;s advice and always credited him with having changed his attitude while on the ice.</p><p>The Midgets continued to burn up their league-during the 1919-20 season. Their short - passing game had their opponents baffled, until they were sent down to defeat by the powerful Toronto Canoe Club in the Ontario finals. But their defeat by the Toronto team wasn&rsquo;t surprising. Such stars as Roy Worters, Lionel Conacher, Billy Burch, &ldquo;Baldy&rdquo; Cotton, and several others who later turned professional were on the roster of that club.</p><p>The Midgets felt bad about their defeat at the hands of the Toronto team at first. But after the Canoe Club outfit went on to defeat Loyola College of Montreal 16-4, in one game, then set back Selkirk, Manitoba, 15-5 in a two-game series, and went on to clinch the junior championship by defeating the Fort William Beavers 16-1, the Midgets decided they weren&rsquo;t so bad after all.</p><h2><b>Real Puck Center</b></h2><p>Howie never forgot the 1920-21 season. Roter Roth, who later starred with the Buffalo Bisons in the International League, took Kelterborne&rsquo;s place at left wing of the first line with the Midgets. But in addition to playing with the Midgets, Howie became a regular with the Intermediates, and somehow found time to turn out with the Grand Trunk apprentice team which played in an independent league.</p><p>That year, the Stratford Midgets won their junior championship of Ontario; the Intermediates were the winners in their class, and the apprentice team captured the title from seven other railroad apprentice clubs. Howie Morenz was the outstanding star of all three teams!</p><p>In one game, while playing with the Midgets, he netted eleven goals!</p><p>The Midgets, after winning the Ontario Hockey Association junior title, went to Toronto to meet the Winnipeg Falcons, champions of western Canada. The series, a two-game-total-goal affair was for the Memorial Cup, emblematio of the junior championship of Canada.</p><h2><b>Terrific Handicaps</b></h2><p>The Stratford boys must have had an attack of stage fright in the opening game because they were defeated 9-2. As the series was decided in favor of the team having the greater number of goals at the end of two games, it meant that the score stood at 9-2 in favor of Winnipeg when the second contest started.</p><p>Stronger teams than the Stratford Midgets would have been discouraged when faced by such a tremendous handicap. But the Ontario kids were a game gang. They carried the attack to their Mani-toba opponents from the opening whistle until, late in the third period they had tallied sever goals to the Falcons&rsquo; two, making the score on the two-game series 11-9.</p><p>The Midgets did everything in their power to sink the rubber twice more, but it was asking too much from boys, most of whom were under eighteen, and when the game ended, the Falcons were still ahead.</p><p>Morenz played remarkable hockey, especially in the second game. Critics present were of the opinion that if the game had had another period to go, the Midgets would have managed to win out. As it was, the Falcons were very happy when the final whistle sounded, and many of them were so exhausted that they were forced to rest for several minutes before they were able to leave the ice.</p><h2><b>Glad It&rsquo;s Over!</b></h2><p>Members of the Falcons never forgot that final game. Harry Neil, a member of the Winnipeg club, in recalling the match, said:</p><p>&ldquo;In all the years I played hockey, I was never so glad to see the end of a game as I was in that gruelling second struggle, when we were fighting to hold our lead against the onrushing Midgets.</p><p>&ldquo;It was Morenz, Morenz, and more Morenz, as the fastest player I ever saw on skates scored goal after goal on us. Howie had speed to burn that night. He would come right up to you, and when you tried to check him. he wasn&rsquo;t there. The next thing you saw, Morenz was tearing in on your goalie.</p><p>&ldquo;He was elusive, shifty, and a finished product when we played against him in that series. All the Falcons knew that night that Howie would turn out to be Canada&rsquo;s greatest hockey player. And he more than lived up to our expectations.</p><p>Despite the success which Howie was enjoying, he was always a bit ashamed of the first game he played in organized hockey when he permitted twenty-one goals to be scored against him. He knew that he wasn&rsquo;t intended to be a goaltender, but felt that almost anyone else could sit in a rockingchair between the posts and keep the score lower.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-027/880938-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1124" height="1707"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Tragedy Struck Both</i></b></p><p><b>BOTH THE ABOVE former hockey greats came to a sad and tragic end. That&rsquo;s Howie Morenz and Babe Siebert, shaking hands as they agreed to race in a carnival held March 30, 1927. Siebert was drowned just after he had been appointed coach of the Canadiens, a team he starred with on defense.</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>Wanted Another Chance</b></h2><p>During the 1920-21 season, he went to Bill Gerby, who was then coaching the team, told him what was bothering him, and asked permission to try his hand once more in the nets. Gerby laughed at first but later agreed when he saw how serious Howie was about it all, and sent him in against Toronto.</p><p>Howie did much better as goalie this time, and, with twenty seconds left to play, the score was deadlocked at 3--all. Never before had he wanted his club to come through to a victory as much as he did in this game. He figured that he might as well take a chance, so, after blocking a shot, he seized the puck and sped up the ice while his teammates and opponents stared at him in amazement.</p><p>As he passed the blue line, the Toronto defencemen decided that either Howie had gone mad or had nothing to do with it, and they tried to check him. But he was in full flight now. Those remarkable legs of his flashed with pistonlike rapidity despite the heavy pads.</p><p>As he went around the defense, he fired the puck, putting all he had into the shot, and was rewarded by seeing the rubber lodge in the cage. Once more, he had brought victory to his team with a last-minute goal.</p><p>During this season, while playing with the three clubs, Howie took part in eleven games in twelve nights, travelling over two thousand miles to do so!</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-033/880931-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="1637" height="837"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HERE ARE A COUPLE of shots of Howie. Above from left to right are Howie Newsy Lolonde and Leo Dandurand, just after the three had completed a round of golf. At the right from left to right, is Pit Lepine, Morenz and George Mantha, a trio of the finest players ever to wear a Canadien uniform.</b></figcaption></div><p>Occasionally, Howie would play on the defense with the Grand Trunk team. During one of the play-off games with the apprentice team, while playing on the back line, Howie netted all three goals scored by his team to shut out his opponents, 3-0.</p><p>Howie&rsquo;s love for hockey and the lengths to which he would go in order that he might play as often as possible can be shown by a little incident which took place at this time.</p><p>While working in the railroad machine shops, a heavy piece of machinery fell on his foot, breaking a toe. He was told to keep off the foot as much as possible and that it would be some time before he could play again. But this wasn&rsquo;t to his liking.</p><h2><b>Howie Tags Along</b></h2><p>One of his teams had a game scheduled out of town, and, when the players got on the train, there was Howie, his bag and sticks on the rack above him and an old rubber on the injured foot.</p><p>&ldquo;Where do you think you&rsquo;re going?&rdquo; asked his startled coach.</p><p>&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t stay home with you fellows away,&rdquo; said Howie. &ldquo;I thought I&rsquo;d come along. I may be able to get on the Ice for a few minutes.&rdquo;</p><p>When they arrived at the rink where they were to play, Howie got into his uniform and limped out to the player&rsquo;s bench in his stockings.</p><p>He kept bothering the coach throughout the game to put him on. and finally, late In the third period, he became so insistent that the harried coach said: &ldquo;All right. Lace on your skates and get in there, but don&rsquo;t blame me if you lose your foot.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Nothing Stopped Him</b></h2><p>The Stratford Streak never put on his skates faster in his life, and although it was agony, he wouldn&rsquo;t let anyone know the pain he was suffering. It wasn&rsquo;t long before the puck came to him and he saw an opening. Pouncing on the rubber, he was off up the ice and around the defense to bang the puck home for the goal that decided the game.</p><p>He was immediately taken off and assisted to the dressing room, where it was found his toe had swollen to such proportions it was necessary to cut the shoe from his foot.</p><p>But that never bothered him. The fact that he had got into the game and had done his bit for the club was all that mattered to him.</p><p>Howie was always very loyal to his relatives and friends. One of his sisters recalls when economy measures were decided upon by Stratford arena officials. No more passes were to be issued to the players for their families. Howie didn&rsquo;t say very much, although he remarked that he thought it unfair.</p><p>That night, with just a few minutes remaining, before the players were supposed to go on the ice. he announced that if no passes were available for the players&rsquo; families, he wouldn&rsquo;t be able to play. Needless to say, the &ldquo;Annie Oakleys&rdquo; were soon forthcoming.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0002-01

Morenz Showed Future Greatness Early

<div class="byline">BY BUNNY MORGANSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0112/880976-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HERE&rsquo;S FIVE OF PROFESSIONAL hockey&rsquo;s top men looking over the beautiful Art Ross Trophy, latest bit of silverware to be added to the N.H.L. From left to right are: Art Ross, donor of the trophy and vice president of Boston Bruins; Clarence Caijipbell, President of the N.H.L.; Frank Selke, general manager of Montreal Canadiens; Leo Dandurand, former owner of Canadiens and the man who signed the late Howie Morenz to his first N.H.L. contract; Lester Patrick, vice president of Madison Square Garden. The trophy, which is valued at around $1,500, goes annually to the player who finishes the season as winner of the N.H.L. individual scoring race. Elmer Lach, Canadiens centre was the first to receive the award.</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Perhaps no other sportsman in the Canadian scene has been boosted and condemned by associates, players, fans and the press more than Conn Smythe, president of the Maple Leaf Gardens Limited and manager of the famous Maple Leafs Hockey club at Toronto. It has been our lot in the business of sports reporting for the past 26 years to have Conn Smvthe in. and out of our hair for the better part of eight months of every twelve. Much has been written, and much better than here no doubt, about this man who, through sheer grit end courage pushed his hockey dream&mdash;Maple Leaf Gardens&mdash;to completion through depression and labor troubles and discouragement from fans, and even his closest friends.</p><p>It was the same unconquerable spirit that drove the Maple Leafs to the peak of hockey success &mdash; winning championships and the desired Stanley Cup several times.</p><p>But nobody has, as yet, put down on paper his impressions of the real Conn Smythe.</p><h2><b>Real Challenge</b></h2><p>Such an assignment is a real challenge. We have been tossing the idea around for several years. When the editor of THE HOCKEY NEWS asked for a special from this corner for the Christmas season, we thought of our &ldquo;pet baby&rdquo;. Why not get busy on that long self - promised piece about the real Conn Smythe?</p><p>Already we can hear the catcalls. &ldquo;Another Smythlan Stooge takes pen in hand and dishes out the guff&rdquo;, or &ldquo;What can he say about Smythe, working in Toronto and writing about the Gardens&rsquo; many teams?&rdquo;</p><p>O.K. pals, take it easy. Travelling down the hockey trail in Smythe&rsquo;s company, we soon found out that the bossman of Maple Leaf Gardens likes nothing better than the truth.</p><p>In fact he&rsquo;ll not tolerate anything else.</p><p>It has been our misfortune to be the center of a Smythlan outbreak of wrath more times than one cares to admit.</p><p>But, we&rsquo;ll give him credit. When he learned the facts of the situation at hand, he was the first to offer the good right-hand of fellowship and a smile of forgiveness.</p><h2><b>Rare Combination</b></h2><p>Smythe is a rare combination of human emotions. While he has achieved great heights as a businessman and a hockey director, he is still a died-in-the-wool hockey fan at heart.</p><p>Despite personal ailments&mdash;he still suffers, more than he will admit, from the serious back injury received while engaged in an Important action overseas during the second - World War&mdash;Smythe has, time and time again, passed up the comforts of an evening at home with a good book, or listening to his favorite radio program, to hustle out into the cold winter&rsquo;s night to see a hockey game.</p><p>He suffers all the thrills and emotions of the regular fans and fanettes during any hockey game, whether the Leafs, or any of his Marlboro teams, are in action. He radiates the widest of smiles and even gives out with the ol&rsquo; Varsity &ldquo;Wahoo&rdquo; when the team of his choice scores a goal or comes through with a good play.</p><p>And, on the other hand, he can be like the lowest fan when his team is running in tough luck.</p><p>And he still tongue-thrashes the referee who, in his opinion, has given out with a &ldquo;dumb penalty&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>Mostly Old Stuff</b></h2><p>But most of this is old stuff to regular hockey followers who have seen Smythe in action at the hockey ringside.</p><p>Conn Smythe never forgets an old friend. His gifts to the underprivileged are his personal affair, but there isn&rsquo;t a day passes by that he doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;dig deep&rdquo; to help somebody along the road of life.</p><p>His outstanding charity Is the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, which he serves as Honorary Treasurer. We have seen Smythe carry a crippled child into a banquet hall to receive a cheque for the Society, with tears streaming from his eyes. We have seen him hobble around Ontarlo, despite his suffering, and plead for financial assistance so that the crippled children may have every available medical service and the comforts which they so richly deserve.</p><p>There is a saying around the Gardens: &ldquo;A friend of Smythe&rsquo;s is a friend for life.&rdquo; His devotion to old comrades, pals and friends is legion. Most of the Gardens&rsquo; staff is made up of &ldquo;his boys&rdquo; who served under &ldquo;The Major&rdquo; with the 30th Battery overseas. Such key men as Building Superintendent and Ticket Manager Henry Bolton, Maintainance and Equipment Manager Billy James, Production Manager and Headelectrician Douglas Morris and Bert Maxwell, chief gateman, have been associated with Smythe ever since the Gardens opened back in November 1931.</p><h2><b>Unwavering Loyalty</b></h2><p>Their loyalty to &ldquo;The Boss&rdquo; is beyond question, yet they&rsquo;ll fight for, and against, him on &ldquo;house matters&rdquo;. But let somebody from the outside chip in with a word against the headman and they are all swinging from the floor in defense of the chief.</p><p>On the other hand, Smythe doesn&rsquo;t pull his punches. He speaks the truth and we all know the truth hurts at times. He is never one to back down on a statement.</p><p>His pet saying to nowshounds Is, &ldquo;You can always quote me&rdquo;.</p><p>One has to admire the President of the Maple Leaf Gardens for his frankness. After all. It is the only way to get things done right. Smythe has certainly, down through the years, proved that his way of handling big business like the Maple Leaf Gardens, and his Maple Leaf hockey team, pays off in big dividends.</p><p>His judgment of young hockey players is uncanny. He can spot a future star among a Jam-up of hockey - minded youths milling around in a shinny game. He will stand for no nonsense on the part of his players or any member of his organization. He demands an all-out effort for every working day and gets it.</p><p>But Smythe can relax and play at the proper time as well as the next fellow.</p><h2><b>Party Is Highlight</b></h2><p>His &ldquo;Smythe Follies&rdquo;, a private party for press, radio and fellow directors, around Christmas time, is the highlight of the winter season in Toronto. Under Eddie Fitkin&rsquo;s expert direction, the press boys put&rsquo; on several skits that give Smythe a jolly old frying and other key members of the Maple Leafs&rsquo; family also take a dip in the bathful of good-natured digs.</p><p>Fitkin, Smythe&rsquo;s Public Relations Director, sweats off 50 pounds before each annual Christmas party in preparing the skits and worrying just how Smythe will take it all.</p><p>We&rsquo;ll never forget this year&rsquo;s Christmas press party and the skits were something extra special.</p><p>Smythe told the lads to go to It. &ldquo;The bars are down, this is Christmas time, so do your worst&rdquo; he said.</p><p>And they did.</p><p>Smythe thoroughly enjoyed it all, so much that he almost laughed himself right under the headtable.</p><p>You can&rsquo;t help but admire Conn Smythe. He not only can dish it out, but he can take it and with a smile.</p><p>Now, if his Maple Leaf hockeyists would only start playing some of that Stanley Cup hockey, it would be a Happy New Year and the same to you all.</p><h2><b>Ain&rsquo;t It Beautiful!</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

f0003-01

Conn Smythe Many-Sided Personality

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-029/881007-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CONN SMYTHE</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>The Tough Major</i></b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>here have been several articles written explaining the various terms of sport. The Following humorous piece was penned by Frank Ayerst and appeared in the Toronto Maplo Leaf programe. We think it is well worth repeating here, so take over, Frank.</p><p>&ldquo;By popular demand we have been urged by mail to explain some of the terms applied to hockey and, not wishing to disappoint the wonderful fellow who wrote that letter, we leap to the task forthwith, if not at once.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Butt-ending&mdash;</b>No, no, kind correspondent. This is not a hip cheak and has nothing whatever to do with bumbing a rival pantaloons-first</p><p><b>Board-checking&mdash;</b>This is when an opposing check is so pesky and persistent that you get bored with the whole situation and check him into tho refrigeration pipes.</p><p><b>charging&mdash;</b>What one does when on a trip with a hockey club. Everything possible ought to be charged to the club, from that long distance telephone call to the blonde in Buffalo to the $52.50 lounging robe you bought the wife in the hotel gift shoppe.</p><p><b>Cross - checking&mdash;</b>Much like board-checking. So called because it makes the victim cross, Indeed particularly if some of his den-ture has been removed at the gum-line.</p><p><b>Delayed penalty&mdash;</b>Some mean players seem to get away with murder for a while without being sent to the cooler. However, sooner or later Some referee, or an irked opponent, tags them but good and they finally get theirs. Hence, delayed,</p><p><b>Elbowing&mdash;</b> What the excited spectator in the next seat does to your ribs as he personally plays the game from the blues. And, incidentally, what are you doing to the customer on the other side of you?</p><p><b>Face-off&mdash;</b>The feeling you get that you&rsquo;d like to punch the face off the visiting player who scores the winning goal against the home team.</p><p><b>Goal&mdash;</b>Something you yell hooray for when your side gets one and that you scream blue murder against when the other side does likewise.</p><p><b>Assist&mdash;</b>Picking up the program for the handsome doll across the aisle.</p><p><b>Goal Crease&mdash;</b>A scar left on a player&rsquo;s anatomy by being jammed into a goal-post.</p><p><b>High stick &mdash;</b> At the current prices, who can argue?</p><p><b>Icing the Puck&mdash;</b>No, dear ladies, this has nothing whatever to do with marshmallow frosting.</p><p><b>Interference&mdash;</b>Sending junior ahead with a sticky lollipop when heading for a refreshment booth,</p><p><b>Puck&mdash;</b>In the net, means a score. In the eye, means a shiner.</p><p><b>Referee&mdash;</b>It is reported though not confirmed, that they do have wives, children and friends who like them.</p><p>Everything clear now, bud?<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0003-02

Humorist Gives Ice Terms The Once-Over

<div class="byline">By KEN MCKENZIE</div><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>HEN OLD-TIME HOCKEY greats get together, the stories fly thick and fast, and the party tendered the press and radio by Art Ross in Montreal on the occasion of the presentation of the Art Ross Trophy to Canadien&rsquo;s Elmer Lach was no exception. Ross, Lester Patrick and Leo Dandurand, three men responsible in no small measure for the success enjoyed by hockey today, had themselves quite a time talking about the old days and regaling younger members of the party with their humorous anecdotes. Besides being one of puck-dom&rsquo;s top figures, Ross is also one of the most genial hosts along the hockey beat&hellip; Elmer has dropped ten pounds since he went on a liquid diet as a result of his broken jaw. Hockey&rsquo;s tough luck guy figures to be back in action within three weeks. &ldquo;It sure is tough sitting on the sidelines when you know your team needs you out there on the ice,&rdquo; Lach told us the other night before he went out to receive the Art Ross Trophy as the N.H.L. scoring champion for 1947-48.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0184/881059-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="266" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Art Ross</b></figcaption></div><p>BESPECTACLED &ldquo;RED&rdquo; WILLIAMS, recently transferred from Minneapolis to Cleveland is regarded as one of the finest stickcheckers in hockey today. The studious-looking defenseman never stops hustling. While a robust type of player, he seldom finds himself in the penalty box&hellip; In a recent game at Tulsa, the Oilers&rsquo; rookie defenseman &ldquo;Bill&rdquo; Durham was so delighted when his team scored in the closing minutes that he just had to clap the back of Referee Harry Ornest, smiling happily all the time. Harry hated to do it but he had no alternative but to send the puzzled &ldquo;Bull&rdquo; to the penalty box on a misconduct.</p><p>CHARLIE CONACHER told Herb Ralby, Boston Globe hockey writer, that Toronto and Rangers would miss the playoffs this year. The ebullient Chicago coach refused to name the closest N.H.L. race in history. &ldquo;Bruins, Detroit, Canadiens and our club to occupy tne first tour places, but in what order I won&rsquo;t say&rdquo;, said Conachere He thought Toronto&rsquo;s lack of inspiration of a year ago to be the major factor in the Leafs decline this season &hellip; New York Rangers played three games in three nights, when they battled the Boston Bruins in a home-and-home series on December 31 and January 1, and then played hosts to Toronto Mapie Leafs on January 2 &hellip; Chicago have started a road trip which sees them play seven of their next eight games away from the Chicago Stadium &hellip; Boston also are on a road trip, playing five games away from the Land of the Cod. Two of the Bruins five games are in Detroit&hellip; In the first eight games that Rangers played after adding Al Stanley to their defense, the Broadway Blue Shirts have allowed only 15 goals to be scored on them for an average of 1.89 goals-against per game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0279/881052-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="265" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Chuck Conacher</b></figcaption></div><p>QNLY ONE of the hockey rinks in Sweden has artificial ice and that one is located in Stockholm. All the rest are open air rinks&hellip; They are now televising hockey games in England. A recent game between Brighton Tigers and Earls Court Rangers was televised and the man doing the commentating chore was Sammy Rosen, one of the British Ice Hockey League referees. Sam is a native of Calgary, Alta. and has been over in England since the end of the war. He was goaltender for Wembley Lions In 1946.</p><p>CLIFF THOMPSON, Boston Bruins&rsquo; American-born defenseman is a mortician at Stoheham, Mass, mhen he&rsquo;s not bouncing opposing players on their pants. Cliff, who is a replacement for Ed Kryzanowski on the Boston defense, was a member of the Boston Olympics before that club disbanded. He Jspeat 27 months overseas with a U.S. Army tank destroyer outfit that saw action at Anzio, Southern France, Austria and Germany &hellip; During the first half of the N.H.L. season a year ago, 127 players participated in the National League. This season for the same period, 120 players took part in the games &hellip; Nelson Podolsky who played one game for Detroit in place of the injured Ted Lindsay is unknown to most N.H.L. fans but his is a real human interest story. Lindsay and Podolsky were chums as little tots in Kirkland Lake, Ont. when Podolsky&rsquo;s parents died rather suddenly. Ted brought Nelson home with him one day and asked his folks if he could live with them. The family approved immediately and Nels has been a member of the household over since. Nelson is 23, same age as Ted, and has been like a second son to the Lindsays.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0326/881045-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="287" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Lindsay</b></figcaption></div><p>PHIL HERGESHEIMER of Philadelphia Rockets moved closer too breaking the American League goal-scoring record when he gained an additional goal in a correction made in scoring in a game at New Haven on December 19. A goal originally credited to another Philly player was found to have been scroed by Hergy. This raises his goal output in the A.H.L. to 226, which is just seven short of setting a new record &hellip; When Charlie Porteous died on Friday, hockey lost one of its best friends. A director of the Montreal Royals, Charlie was a goal judge at N.H.L. games for years before ill health forced him to take thinks easier.</p><p>QUEBEC SENIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE&rsquo;S adoption of the one referee, two linesmen system of officiating came as quite a surprise to most-hockey followers. Copying the form of officiating employed In the N.H.L., the Quebec loon will be the only &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; organization to use this system. Phil Watson, coach of New York Rovers was a strong booster for the Natinoal League form of officiating&hellip; Dick Irvin can&rsquo;t remember another season when so many key players in the N.H.L. were laid up with injuries. At the halfway mark such luminaries as Milt Schmidt, Elmer Lach, Butch Bouchard, Ted Lindsay, Doug Bentley, Gordon Howe, Howie Meeker, Johnny Crawford and Chuck Rayner have missed games through injuries &hellip; Certain parties in the N.H.L. are now campaigning for a trophy to be awarded annually to the outstanding defensemen each season. President Clarence Campbell first suggested this two seasons ago &hellip; Conn Smythe, Toronto&rsquo;s effervescent leader, is on his way to Florida for his annual winter vacation.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-046/881038-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="293" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Phil Watson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Passing the Puck

<div class="byline">By TRENT FRAYNE</div><p>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;</p><p>I am fresh from a movie called Hockey Cavalcade, a technicolor documentary which will be shown in schools, service clubs and church for free.</p><p>Harry (Red) Foster who, I gather, directed the shooting, invited a bunch to the inner sanctum of Associated Screen News in Toronto to peer at it. Included were the players of the Toronto Maple Leafs who appear much more predominently in the movie than they do, say, against the Detroit Red Wings. Foster explains as the house lights dim and the curtain rises that &ldquo;this is the first official hockey picture ever made&rdquo; and adds that the film is &ldquo;entirely Canadian and built fundamentally for the kids.&rdquo;</p><p>An advertisement was inserted into THE HOCKEY NEWS recently informing this organ&rsquo;s zillions of readers that they can obtain Hockey Cavalcade to show their kids merely by writing for it and for this reason the movie will herewith get itself reviewed.</p><p>A lot of people reacted quickly to that ad, which ought to be an object lesson to prospective advertisers. Out of the United States Hockey League, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Dallas and Fort Worth want the picture. Samebody in New York with a Swedish accent wants to send the picture to Stockholm for the Swedish Hockey League. The Universtiy of North Carolina, for the love of Pete, is interested, and so are the Los Angeles Monarchs.</p><h2><b>Interesting History</b></h2><p>Henry Roxborough and John Nicholls, who did the script, provide an interesting history of hockey but I thought the picture lacked maturity (it could have used Lana Turner, too). For instance, they didn&rsquo;t dig very hard to find an excuse to plug the Lowney&rsquo;s candy people, who provided the wherewithal to create the film. They show a gang of kids on a corner rink and up drives one kid&rsquo;s old man who wants to play a little shinny. The old man &mdash; you guessed it &mdash; drives a Lowney&rsquo;s truck.</p><p>NHL players illustrate the right way and the wrong way to pass the puck, split a defense, pull a goalkeeper, with Bill Durnan and Turk Broda performing beautifully before the camera. Broda managed to miss every shot but one and when he stopped that one Conn Smythe, who was in the audience, commented: &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s see that part again; I Could have sworn Broda stopped one.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Best Scenes</b></h2><p>The best scenes in the picture were taken at The Forum and at Maple Leaf Gardens in regular NHL games involving the Leafs and the Canadiens. The camera moved into the dressing rooms and followed the players onto the ice. Then it shot some 10 minutes of action.</p><p>Roy Tache, who photographed about 80 percent of the film, was unable to offer any comment on a rumor that the weather-beaten Winnipeg Amphitheatre rink, whose exterior is photographed in the picture, was about to be carted to the Old Folks&rsquo; Home. It was only coincidence that his Winnipeg photographer had made no interior shots of the venerable old edifice, he said.</p><p>&ldquo;He wasn&rsquo;t afraid to go inside&rdquo; reported Mr. Tache stoutly. &ldquo;It just happened we wanted exterior shots.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Boston University Has Negro Player</b></h2><p>BOSTON &mdash; Boston University, long recognized as one of the most powerful of the collegiate sextets, boasts of having the only Negro in United States intercollegiate circles.</p><p>The Wellesley, Mass., junior is Lloyd Robinson, who is a standout at left wing on the Terriers&rsquo; second line. Last year his team won 20 games while losing only four. The team won 22 straight games over a two-year span in the New England league.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Movie Critic Frayne Puts Gimlet Eye On Puck Pix

<div class="byline">By PAUL O&#x2019;BOYNICK Kansas City Star</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0135/881114-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WILLIAM J. TOBIN</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>O</span>ne of the least publicized hockey moguls is the owner of one of the most publicized teams, the Chicago Black Hawks. He is William J. Tobin, better known wherever hockey flourishes as &ldquo;Bill&rdquo;. Tobin is also the owner of the Kansas City Pla-Mors of the United States League. The story of Tobin&rsquo;s success in hockey verges the fabulous. Twenty-three years ago while in Edmonton, Alberta, searching for an opportunity to go into business, Tobin, who had played hockey from the midget ranks up in his native town of Ottawa as a netminder, noticed that big league hockey Was expanding in the east, and that Chicago, Detroit and New York were ready to enter the major organization, the National League.</p><p>Believing it an opprtunity for him to get into the ice sport in a big way, he traveled to Chicago and after a conference with Major Frederick McLaughlin, owner of the Chicago Black Hawks, he was hired as business manager of the Hawks who were in reality the renamed Portland Rosebuds.</p><p>When Major McLaughlin died four seasons ago Tobin was named one of three trustees of the Black Hawks and purchased the team in the summer of 1946.</p><p>In the National loop Tobin is known as the &lsquo;&lsquo;David Harum&rdquo; of the game because of the huge deals which he has engineered since he joined the Windy City team. One of the first transactions made by Tobin was a cash deal for Taffy Abel from the New York Rangers. Taffy became a tower of strength on the Black Hawks team and remained with the club for four years.</p><p>Tobin secured the immortal Howie Morenz, goalie Lorne Chabot and defenseman Marty Burke from the Montreal Canadiens in 1934-35 for defenseman Lionel Conacher. A year later in 1935-36 Tobin traded Art Coulter to the Rangers for Earl Seibert and it was Earl&rsquo;s great leadership the following season that again produced Chicago&rsquo;s second Stanley cup, the highest honor a hockey team can win.</p><p>In the early days of last season Tobin, in conjunction with Conn Smythe, negotiated the biggest deal in pro hockey&rsquo;s history. The deal involved the swapping of Max Bentley, one of the game&rsquo;s greatest star, and rookie Cy Thomas, who went to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Gaye Stewart, Bud Poile, Gus Bodnar, Ernie Dickens and Bob Goldham. Hockey moguls valued these players at $100,000. That same season when he learned of Roy Conacher&rsquo;s retirement plans Tobin stepped in and secured Roy by outbidding three teams and offered Roy so much that Conacher could not refuse.</p><p>At the start of this season Tobin again engineered a deal whereby he secured Jim Conacher, Bep Gui&#273;olin and Doug Mc-Caig from Detroit for Bud Poile and George Gee. He traded Alex Kaleta and Emile Francis to the New York Rangers for &lsquo;&lsquo;Sugar Jim&rdquo; Henry. This proved to be one of the most beneficial swaps in Hawk history since it gave Chicago a top flight goalie for the first time since Mike Karakas was in his heyday.</p><p>Tobin was responsible for such other great stars wearing the livery of the Hawks as the immortal Charlie Gardiner, Mush March, Johnny Gottselig, Max and Doug Bentley, Cyclone Wentworth, Lolo Couture, Stew Adams, Tommy Cook, Bouncer Taylor and Bobby Burns.</p><p>Tobin is a veteran of World War X and saw action In the important battles of the Somme, Cambral, Arras, Bourlon Woods and Canal Denorde. He finished his military duties in the war as a member the Royal Canadian Air Force.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Chicago Black Hawk Boss Known In NHL As “David Harum”

<div class="byline">By H. P. ZINCK</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill. &mdash;</p><p>Although two goalies wearing the regalia of the Black Hawks have won the Vezina Trophy, which is annually awarded to the goalie least scored against, the Hawks have been quietly pushing the idea that the award be made in the same manner as the other trophies; namely, the Hart, Byng, and Calder, that is, by the balloting of the hockey writers. When Les Canadiens offered the trophy to perpetuate the memory of their great goalie the late Georges Vezina, although the trust deed stated that the trophy be awarded to the goalie least scored against, they had in mind that each season the best goalie in the league be suitably rewarded. Undoubtedly the moguls of the Montreal club felt that Vezina was the peer of the net minders of his time.</p><p>It is the opinion of the Hawks&rsquo; front office, and they are not alone, that the Vezina Trophy is a team trophy, and often goes to the team with the strongest back checkers and ablestdefense rather than to the best goalie. The Hawkg advance their cause with the following statement:</p><p>&ldquo;The goals-against are only part of the medium for measuring goaling ability. A fair goaler with a great back-checking team, and a strong defense, might pile up some fine records. But there might be better goalers in the league, less fortunate in the defensive strength fronting them, who would have more goals against, and still be better goalers. We think there should be a vote for the trophy, which is now, in reality, a team prize, and not an award for goaling skill, and never has been. If the deed of gift stipulates the Vezina must go automatically to the team with the least goals against, then let the league give another trophy for the player who is voted the best goaler of the year by the sports writers who do the other selections.&rdquo;</p><p>During a panel discussion of the pros and cons of the point in question Elmer Fergerson, noted hockey authority and sports editor of the Montreal Herald, did not wholly agree with Tobin et al. Dave Kerr, former New York Rangers&rsquo; goalie, who won the trophy in 19 40, backed the Chicago contingent and advanced the following information.</p><p>&ldquo;Some great goalers seldom, perhaps never, got the Vezina because it was their misfortune to be associated with weak teams. Little Roy Worters was a great goaler, one of the best, but he won it only once, because he was with weak teams. Lome Chabot, 1935. Merit doesn&rsquo;t always go with low goals</p><p>Johnnie Gottselig, general manager of the Hawks, enlivened the discussion by citing the stops made by Brimsek of Boston and LoPresti of the Hawks during a game in the 1940-41 season, which Boston won 3-2. In the game Boston fired 83 shots at LoPresti another great, had the same trouble. Never won it until he got with the close-checking Hawk team in three of which scored, compared with a measly 23 fired at Brimsek, two of which struck pay dirt. Gottselig made this direct statement: &ldquo;From the number of shots it goes without saying that Boston had the puck most of the time and that the Bruins had us penned in our end or the rink for the best part of the game. LoPresti was pelted like the ill-fated Light Brigade from left, right, and center, and he was sensational. Yet under the method of awarding the Vezina Trophy he was the poorer of the goalies. However, on the play that night he was a composite Vezina, Gardiner, Worters, Hainsworth, and &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; Thompson and came close to proving that a round peg could fill a square hole.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0228/881152-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="556" height="731"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Late Great</i></b></p><p><b>LORNE CHABOT</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0320/881145-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="526" height="688"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Little Stopper</i></b></p><p><b>ROY WORTERS</b></p></figcaption></div><p>The Montreal contingent felt the Hawks&rsquo; Mentors were aiming darts at Les Canadiens&rsquo; Bill Dur-nan who behind front running teams won the award four season&rsquo;s in a row. Nothing is further from the truth; they simply feel that under the present system the Vezina Trophy is not awarded to the goalie who has done the best job.</p><h2><b><i>THE HOCHEY NEWS</i></b></h2><p>Published weekly, except monthly May through September, by HOOKEY NEWS COMPANY, 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Yearly Subscription Price &mdash; $2.50 in Canada &mdash; $3.50 in U.S.A.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Change System of Awarding Vezina Trophy Is Chi Cry

<p>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</p><p>Founded October 1, 1947</p><p>Published BY Hocky News Company, 603A Sun Life Building.</p><p>Montreal, Que.</p><p>Yearly Subscription Price $2.50 in Canada &mdash; $3.50 in U.S.A</p><p>Authorized as Second Class mall, post Office Department, Ottawa.</p><p>Printed in Canada</p><p>Vol. 2 JANUARY 5, 1949. NO. 14</p><p>Hockey is a rough, tough game in which tempers are bound to flare now and then. The average hockey fan enjoys the odd fight in which players toss off their gloves and start swinging their fists at one another. Seldom is a player injured in such action and the officials handling the game soon move in and put a stop to the activities. But, when players start using their sticks as weapons, that&rsquo;s a different matter.</p><p>No skull is that thick that it can withstand a sever blow with a hockey stick swung by the strong arms of an opponent. Hockey is the livelihood of men who chase pucks in the professional ranks and they can ill afford to suffer a serious injury because of a stupid act. They are only able to pick up their pay cheque if they are able to display a top notch brand of the puckchasing art.</p><p>We do not for a minute believe that any boy or man playing in any line of sport wishes to deliberately injury an opponent to the extent of putting him out of the game for a season or for life.</p><p>The action between Kenny Reardon, Montreal Cana&#273;ien defenseman, and Cal Gardner, Toronto Maple Leaf forward, In last Saturday&rsquo;s N.H.L. game between the two clubs, in which they stood toe to toe and slugged at each others head with their sticks, cannot be condoned by the authorities.</p><p>If either had landed a solid wallop on the others head, there&rsquo;s no telling what the outcome might have been. No player in hockey should loose his temper so far as to start using tactics that would, if successful, put an opponent in the hospital or out of the game for life.</p><p>President Clarence Campbell of the N.H.L. moved fast to avert such a happening by issuing stiff fines and suspensions against Reardon and Gardner. They have also been warned that another such performance will bring dire results.</p><p>Both Reardon and Gardner are too good at hockey to resort to such tactics, and we can only believe that they lost their tempers so much as to forget the ordinary rules of sportsmanship.</p><p><b>(The following is a review of the Pacific Coast Hockey League written by President Al Leader).</b></p><p>Professional hockey returned to the Pacific Northwest after an absence of several years and to California with the inauguration of this season&rsquo;s play.</p><p>After watching a high class brand of amateur play for the past three years, fans, press and the owners were somewhat skeptical as to what the new look would bring.</p><p>To start out from scratch and sign enough proven players for a new ten team league looked like an insurmountable task and it was no surprise when a few of the clubs came up on the short end of the talent. However, it did not take the owners long to find their weak spots and several changes were made, and are still being made with the result that at the halfway mark of the schedule fans are seeing a much better brand of hockey than the amateurs were able to display in the years past.</p><p>The New Westminster Royals are probably the outstanding team of the early season race. Owner Kennie MacKenzie did a remarkable job in assembling a club and coach Alex Shibicky has done just as good a job in moulding the team into a very smooth working machine. The Royals kept five of their best players from last season and added ten new men, including Babe Pratt who has been playing good enough to be in better company. Their new goalie, Lucien Deschene, has been playing remarkably and if he keeps up his fast pace the Royals will be tough to beat. The other clubs in the Northern Division are just about on a par.</p><p>The Southern Division is very evenly balanced with as little as five points separating the first place club from the last place club at times.</p><p>San Francisco plan to have their new building ready for next season&rsquo;s opener and it is possible that ice will be available in Oakland next season. At present Oakland play their home games in Berkley. Should Sacramento go ahead with their building it is possible that the South could have a sixth club by next season.</p><p>The Victoria Arena has now been assured of completion and it is expected that they will make the sixth team in the Northern Division next season. New Westminster have proven that they can support a professional club and if they continue to draw as they have in the first half of the season there is no doubt that they are here to stay.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

STICK SWINGING MUST STOP

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01108/881207-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>WHICH BENTLEY?</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like to know who Is captain of the New York Rangers and also where Bentley was born and what team he ipilayed for before he came to the N.H.L.</p><p>Bernard Adamyk Montreal, Que.</p><p>(Nell Colville captains Mangers. Do you mean Doug or Max Bentley? Both were born in De-usie, sasK. Max&rsquo;s last amateur team was saskatoon while Doug was with. Drumheller Miners.)</p><h2><b>CALLING KEN COOK</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I&rsquo;ve been reading THE HOCKEY NEWS for some time now and It never says anything about Ken Cook who played for Kansas City Pla Mors and then went to Dallas Texans. Will you please print something about him in a future issue? I think he&rsquo;s a great rookie.</p><p>L. Cook</p><p>Vancouver, B.C.</p><p>(We&rsquo;ll have to get our United States Hockey League correspondent working on it.)</p><h2><b>LOOK OUT, ACE</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I, and quite a few other hockey fans from the Lakehead would appreciate It very much if you would print this letter in the Fan Forum.</p><p>My beef goes to Ace Bailey. You&rsquo;ve printed a few stories about the Maritime league, but always about the referees and coaches. What about the players? How about letting us know a little about the boys as we have several from the Lakehead playing in the league and would like to know how they are doing.</p><p>So keep us posted won&rsquo;t you, Ace?</p><p>Ernie Nelson</p><p>Fort William, Ont.</p><h2><b>O.H.A. JUNIOR FOLLOWER</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I am a reader of your paper and must say that I enjoy it very much, especially the crosswords, shots and stories on the Juniors. Why don&rsquo;t you put in some action shots and stories on the Junior O.H.A. teams? This is my favorite league (besides supporting Toronto Maple Leafs).</p><p>Thomas Tilley</p><p>(We try to print as many pictures as we can and will Include a couple of the Junior O.H.A. some time in the future).</p><h2><b>WANTS PEN PALS</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have recently subscribed to THE HOCKEY NEWS and have found it a great source of interest. If possible, would you print this letter as I am anxious to find correspondents Interested in hockey, particularly the National and Eastern Amateur leagues.</p><p>Could you tell me how often Detroit Red Wings have won the Stanley Cup and what was Buddy O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s last amateur club?</p><p>Peggy McQuillen</p><p>Astoria, N.Y.</p><p>(Detroit has won the Stanley Cup three times &mdash; in 1985-36, 1936-37 and 1942-43. O&rsquo;Connor played his last amateur hockey with Montreal Royals. Peggy&rsquo;s address is 2804, 83rd Street, Astoria.)</p><h2><b>WHO KNOWS?</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I read your paper with a great deal of interest. I think it would Improve it if you did a series on the old and forgotten players and their records.</p><p>I really wrote to ask a question. Two of my friends say Ted Lindsay and Bud Poile of Detroit have the hardest shots in the N.H.L. I claim Pat Egan of Boston holds that honor. Which is right?</p><p>Doug Coffey</p><p>Toronto, Ont.</p><p>(We are lining up a series on old-time hockey gerats which will appear shortly. Opinions differ as to the man with the hardest shot. Even the goalies can&rsquo;t agree.)</p><h2><b>THE SCHMIDT FEUD</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I agree with reader J. A. Macintosh and what he said about the Milt Schmidt story. The way I look at it, Mr. Farrell must think Milt is the only great center in the N.H.L. today. Great as he is, there are others who are giving him close competition. Max Bentley, Elmer Lach and Buddy O&rsquo;Connor are not to be ignored.</p><p>Which forward line of the Boston team is keeping the Bruins near the top of the league? At the present moment, it&rsquo;s not the Schmidt line, but the one composed of Sandford, Warwick and Babando.</p><p>I would like to offer a suggestion. Why not have a player-of-the-week award for the A.H.L. as well as the N.H.L.? Being an A.H.L. fan as well as a supporter of the N.H.L., I would like to see a picture of the outstanding player in the A.H.L. for the week.</p><p>David Eamon</p><p>Spiritwood, Sask.</p><h2><b>A SUGGESTION</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have seen a great many suggestions in the Fan Forum, but have yet to see this one. It is to have stories on some of the players not in the N.H.L. limelight. Some of these are Flamon, Harrison, Pierson of Boston; Reise, Horeck and Couture, Detroit; Nat-trass, Gadsby, Brown, Prystai and Dickens, Chicago; Klukay, Boesch, Mortson, Toronto; Mosdell, Harvey and Reay, Montreal; Shero, Laprade and Eddolls of New York. In my estimation this would increase the knowledge of readers on players who get little publicity.</p><p>Most fans know the star players and their backgrounds. How about seeing if the readers go for this idea?</p><p>Edwin Miller</p><p>East Orange, N.J.</p><h2><b>TACOMA SPEAKS!</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>There&rsquo;s only one thing wrong with your paper &mdash; not enough articles on the Pacific Coast Hockey League and, in particular especially not enough about our grand Tacoma Rockets. As a loyal Rocket fan I was very disappointed when you hardly said a word about their record-breaking tour down south. I was even expecting a picture.</p><p>Now, if you want to give me a nice New Year&rsquo;s present, how about a coming issue having a picture of our fighting team? At the end of the season, we&rsquo;ll be right there on top of the league.</p><p>Florence Muntz</p><p>Tacoma, Wash.</p><p>(We&rsquo;ll see what we can do about a picture of the Rockets.)</p><h2><b>MORE N.H.L.</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have one complaint to make about your paper. I think you should include more about the N.H.L. and less about the minor leagues. I think hockey fans want to read about the N.H.L. as it is the top league in Canada and the U.S.A. In your December 1 edition, I could hardly find anything about the N.H.L. It was all about the minor leagues.</p><p>How about a story on Elmer Lach of the Canadiens? The main reason I think you should carry an article on him is that he was the leading scorer in the N.H.L. last season and was also picked on the first all-star team.</p><p>Jack Rose</p><p>Chambly Basin, Que.</p><h2><b>PRAIRIE BRUIN</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I am receiving THE HOCKEY NEWS and think it&rsquo;s great. I would, however, like to see more stories and pictures about Boston Bruins. How about an article on my favourite defenseman John Crawford?</p><p>I would also like to know what Bill Cowley is doing now.</p><p>Stanley Purves</p><p>Milestone, Sask.</p><p>(A story on Crawford appeared In last week&rsquo;s Issue. Cowley Is coaching Vancouver Canucks of the P.C.H.L.)</p><h2><b>HE&rsquo;LL TAKE LINDSAY</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>This is the first time I&rsquo;ve written to Fan Forum but I want to tell you my two favorite teams are Detroit Red Wings and their farm team, Indianapolis Capitals. In your December 1 issue I noticed you left out the following Capital players from the roster: Sawchuck, Nicholson, Fogolin, Morrison, Reid, Dewsbury, Glover, Woit, MacKay. Is there any particular reason for this?</p><p>Do you suppose that the best players from the American League would give a Stanley Cup team very much trouble? Why is it that so many sports writers give praise to such great players as Apps, Bentley, Kennedy, Richard, etc.? I think Ted Lindsay tops them all. Maple Leaf hockey fans may think that over, please.</p><p>Leo De Bellefeuille</p><p>Cornwall, Ont.</p><p>(Players switch around so much that it is nearly impossible to compile a complete roster early in the season. Your guess is as good as ours as to what would happen should an A.H.L. team meet the Stanley Cup winners.)</p><h2><b>WEIGHTY ANSWER</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>This is just a line to let you know that we out here enjoy your paper. Stay With those crosswords. They&rsquo;re fine.</p><p>In a recent issue, you printed weights of teams and players. Toronto&rsquo;s total weight was 2822 pounds for an average of 176.4, and not 170 as printed.</p><p>Owen E. Dupre</p><p>Prince George, B.C.</p><h2><b>DETAILS ON BLAKE</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I wonder if you could tell me whether &ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake ever played with any other professional team besides Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League? How many years did Blake play for the Habitants?</p><p>Joe Thompson</p><p>Winnipeg, Man.</p><p>(&ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake broke into the National Hockey League with Montreal Maroons back in 193435. He went to Providence in the A.H.L. the next year and also took part in some games for the Canadiens. He never went back but stayed with the Canadiens until a broken leg forced him to retire.)</p><h2><b>HENRY&rsquo;S RECORD</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I am a fan of Adam Brown and wish you&rsquo;d do a story about him. I wonder if you could give me the lifetime record of &ldquo;Sugar&rdquo; Jim Henry, Chicago&rsquo;s new goalkeeper.</p><p>Nancy Bairston</p><p>Wilmette, III.</p><p>(Henry broke in with New York Rangers In 1941-42. He spent three years in the armed forces and then divided his time between Rangers and New Haven Ramblers, before being sold to BlackHawks. He&rsquo;s played 204 pro games, allowed 680 goals, had 12 shutouts. In playoffs, he&rsquo;s taken part in nine games, had 12 goals scored against him, while registering one shutout.)</p><h2><b>DOESN&rsquo;T AGBEE</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>After just reading your editorial &ldquo;Non-Fraternization Good Idea,&rdquo; I still cannot be convinced that it is good for all concerned. If someone could give me an answer, which has adult reasoning behind it, I might possibly change my views. The editorial proved to be somewhat contradictory, and read quite closely appears obviously stupid, of course, this only being my opinion. What is to be gained? Why wasn&rsquo;t it in operation years ago when hockey started? Why did it just come out now? What are its real motives? Are the players themselves for it? As you can see by the questions that I have just asked, there is still much to be accounted for.</p><p>Paul E. Hamel</p><p>Peabody, Mass.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>avid Glen Harmon, mighty mite of the Canadien defense corps, has been choosen as the Player-Of-The-Week by THE HOCKEY NEWS and thus becomes the winner of the Morgan Hat Award.</p><p>Glen played one of his finest games of the season Saturday, January 1st although his club lost 5-3 to Toronto Maple Leafs. Harmon was in on all three Canadien goals as he netted once and assisted in the other two. He also was a standout on defense</p><p>During the past week Glen has been nothing short of spectacular on the Montreal defense and has shown a steady brand of blocking and rushing. His work when the club has been away from home has been especially valuable to the Habitants. A real workman, Glen is always in the thick of things and his terrier-like-action finds him helping out his mates at all times.</p><p>He came to the Montreal N.H.L. entry from their senior group farm club of 1942-43, Montreal Canadiens, and was born in Holland, Manitoba. He&rsquo;s married and the proud father of a daughter. He is a happy type of player and a favorite with friend and foe alike.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-115/881332-1-eng-US/f0007-112.jpg" title="f0007-11" width="268" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glen Harmon</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Player - Of - The - Week

<div class="byline">By SHIRLEY JACOBSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0191/881363-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ROBERT &rdquo;RED&rdquo; HAMILL</b></figcaption></div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Once hockey fans start talking about their favorite players, they are apt to give out with lengthy discussion on the abilities of Maurice Richard, Max Bentley, Milt Schmidt, Edgar Laprade, Syd Abel, or Doug Bentley&mdash;depending of course, on the NHL city in which they reside. Those fellows deserve the praise. They are the &ldquo;<i>razzle-dazzle</i>&rdquo; fellows whose fancy skating and flashing stick-handling score many a game-winning goal. But too often the fans concentrate on the flashy performer and forget the steady player. Far too many capable men are overlooked in the shuffle&mdash;men like Billy Reay of Montreal, Ted Lindsay of Detroit, Porky Dumart of Boston, and Tony Leswick of New York. They are the players relied on to kill nenalties or back-check against the opposition&rsquo;s top scoring line. They work just as hard, if not harder, than the headliners, though they seldom share the glory. Far too few persons realize their all-round value. One of the top &ldquo;Jack-of-all-trades&rdquo; is Chicago&rsquo;s Robert George &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Hamill.</p><p>He isn&rsquo;t one of those fancy skating, &ldquo;hell-for-glory&rdquo; types. But as hockey players come and go, Red has been a steady, reliable performer. And when the chips are down, they always call for Robert. To quote an old phrase, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s dependably dependable.&rdquo;</p><p>The five foot-11, 185-pound right winger possesses plenty of the old hockey moxie. Combined with a keen eye and a deadly alm around the enemy goal-crease, his value is threefold. When it comes to penaltykilling, they don&rsquo;t come any better than the serious redhead.</p><p>During the first 28 Hawk games, Hamill Was sent Out to kill 62 penalties incurred by his Various teammates. There were very few goals scored against him. One stretch of six penalties with not a single tally was his record.</p><h2><b>He Lifts It High</b></h2><p>And how the fans roar, when Instead of shooting the puck across the ice where some speedy wing might intercept it. Red lifts it high into the air. One night last season, he actually hit the center time clock, 35 feet above the Stadium ice.</p><p>I have seen Red skate to the bench and all but collapse after a penalty is up. Killing a penalty is anything but easy work. Oddly enough, the Hawks&rsquo; opponents that night were the same Boston Bruins from whence he came to the Windy City six years ago.</p><p>Although Frank Brimsek is one of his best friends of the ice, Robert loves nothing better than to put the puck behind the Boston cage custodian.</p><p>Back in &lsquo;37-38, Red was given a tryout with the Bruins while playing for Hershey Bears. But he needed more seasoning, so back he went to Chocolate Town. The next two seasons, he alternated&rsquo; between the two clubs. In 1941-42 he was promoted to the Boston outfit.</p><h2><b>Sold Suddenly</b></h2><p>Quite suddenly in the middle of the season, Red was sold to the Black Hawks. Since that year, he has never failed to score at least 20 goals In each active season. His best years were &lsquo;41-42 when he tallied 28 goals and 16 assists for 44 points in 50 games.</p><p>Then, like so many others, Red put hockey far behind and enlisted in the Canadian Army.</p><p>&ldquo;I was too busy most of the time to worry about hockey,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But we did have a league in England for awhile. The rink was glass-enclosed. Everytime a buzz-bomb would go off nearby, we&rsquo;d be showered with falling glass. But the fans took care of that.</p><p>&ldquo;They posted spotters on the roof and the minute a buzz-bomb was sighted, they&rsquo;d sound a warning. The teams would skate off the ice and the fans filed quietly out of the rink. After the glass had fallen, the ice would be cleared and we&rsquo;d go on playing.&rsquo;</p><p>Red saw plenty of overseas action, but he won&rsquo;t talk about it.</p><p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s just say Im glad to be back, and let it go at that!&rdquo;</p><p>Hamill rejoined the Hawks in 1945-46, garnering 20 goals and 17 assists for 37 points. But he missed 12 games because of injuries to his left ankle.</p><h2><b>Fewer Scoring Chances</b></h2><p>Red&rsquo;s opportunities for scoring became even less last winter. The Hawks were riddled with injuries and Hamill was shifted back and forth to substitute for his crippled teammates. One night he&rsquo;d be at his right wing position. The next game he played defense. Some evenings he alternated between the two positions.</p><p>He also back-checks. He followed Richard so close once that ice addicts thought the Rocket&rsquo;s shadow had come to life. Richard finally scored, but only because Hamill was taken off the ice after having killed two successive penalties.</p><p>During the summer, Red the hockey player, becomes Robert the husband and father in Lea-side a suburb of Toronto. Red, his wife Doris, and their three chil dren, Bobby, 6, Sharon, 4, and Diane, 2, live and plan for the future.</p><p>Red would like to see Bobby play big league hockey. &ldquo;But if I catch him playing goalie,&rdquo; he warned, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll break his neck! Those guys really have a tough job!&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Friendly Folk</b></h2><p>The Hamills are friendly folks, people you are proud to know. Red isn&rsquo;t too sure about the future. He&rsquo;d like to coach or stay in hockey if possible. If not, he&rsquo;s going to look around for some private business &mdash; &ldquo;But it sure will be hard.&rdquo;</p><p>Meanwhile there is the job at hand whether it&rsquo;s scoring goals, sending those sharp passes, or killing off somebody&rsquo;s penalty, Hamill believes there is only one way to play hockey. &ldquo;Your best, all the time! When you can&rsquo;t do that anymore, it&rsquo;s time to quit!&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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As “Jack-of-AII Trades” Red Hamill Has No Peer

<div class="byline">By ANDY ANDREWS</div><p>PORT ARTHUR. Ont. &mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s always good sense to string along with a champion. And on the face of things, possibly it might not be a bad idea to lay aside predictions about the possible downfall this season of the Memorial Cup champion Port Arthur West End Bruins. Certainly it isn&rsquo;t time yet to toll a 10-count over the Bruins.</p><p>When the Rory McLeod Memorial Trophy junior series was underway among Lakehead teams, it looked as if oFort Wiliam Columbus Club Canadiens were a shooin to take the honors. The triple Cs wound up the series with five victories in six starts, only dropping their last contest.</p><p>By comparison, the Bruins finished with a four-victories-against-two-defeats record. That doesn&rsquo;t sound too bad but they had been whipped twice decisively by Canadiens. Canadiens, on the other hand, had been beaten only by Fort William Rangers in a game that meant little. Therefore, many fans were disposed to regard the loss lightly.</p><p>But along came the best-of-three playoffs between Bruins and Canadiens and the champs refused to go down, They dropped the first contest in overtime 9-8 but bounced back to win the next 9-4. And they clinched the pre-schedule series with a convincing 8-4 triumph in the third game.</p><h2><b>Lauzon Impressed</b></h2><p>Ed Lauzon, who coached the Memorial Cup champions last season, and who now is head-man with the senior Port Arthur Bearcats, witnessed the final game and he was impressed with what he saw. So much so, in fact, that he calls the Bruins who won that game every bit as good as the team that captured the highest junior honors last season.</p><p>That&rsquo;s saying quite a mouthful when you consider that last season&rsquo;s club had such a scintillating star as Danny Lewicki, for instance.</p><p>Around the rinkside, they&rsquo;re saying that Canadiens are big leaguish up front but weak on the rearguard. This weakness was what spelled disaster in the playoffs against Bruins, who presented a well-balanced club. One of the particular stars for Bruins in the playoffs was Goalie Lome Chabot, son of a famous father.</p><p>Columbus Clubbers have two outstanding forward lines. One is composed of the Kirk brothers, Jerry and Art, and Alf. Childs, Then there is the Kuanpaa-Risi-Bodak combination. Observers feel the club&rsquo;s defensemen are too much on the light side. Their lack of weight is underlined in a gruelling playoff series against such big boys as those sharing rearguard duties for Bruins.</p><p>Bill Davidson, who comes from Souris, Man., and Red Olsen really shaped up as outstanding blueline artists in the playoffs. It was their fine work, together with the great goaling of Chabot, that stood out.</p><h2><b>Bruins Show Class</b></h2><p>Bruins showed their class by scoring five goals in the final game while their opponents were shorthanded and another goal while they themselves were minus a man. It&rsquo;s not always as easy as it sounds to score goals on a shorthanded team. Canadiens, in fact, could only capitalize for one goal on nine Port Arthur penalties and once they failed to press home a two-man advantage. Those were the sort of differences that meant victory for Bruins.</p><h2><b><i>Nearing Record</i></b></h2><p>The all time American Hockey League record for total goals Is 233, and is held by Les Cunningham who played solely for the Cleveland Barons. Two present day players are rapidly nearing that figure for their careers, and both should surpass it this season. Including games of December 29th, Phil Hergesheimer of Philadelphia had 226, while Freddie Thurier of Cleveland had 227.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bruins, Columbus Club Top Lakehead Juniors

<h2><b>Hospitality Ends</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>anny Sprout of Cleveland who during the off season welcomes guests to his B.C. Hotel, different on the ice. He hands out a rude reception to any player who tries to Invade his detense territory.</p><h2><b>Better Balanced</b></h2><p>As evidence of the better balance in the A.H.L. this Reason, teams had recorded 20 shutouts in the first 148 games. Last season, in a total of 734 contests, only 17 whitewash performances were scored.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., JAN. 4</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0174/881572-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="602" height="1471"></div><p>Providence Reds and St. Louis Flyers are still marching along at the head of the American Hockey League standings. Providence increased their margin in the Eastern Division to 17 points over the second place Hershey Bears, and unless they fall apart in sensational style, seem headed for the division title in easy fashion.</p><p>St. Louis Flyers now boast an eight point advantage over Pitts` burgh Hornets who replaced In-dianapolis in second spot. Philadelphia Rockets are still in the cellar of the Eastern Division while Buffalo hold the same spot in the Western section.</p><p>Carl Liscombe still heads the individual scoring parade. He is now four points ahead of Murdo MacKay of Buffalo.</p><p>Phil Vitale of Washington has taken over the penalty leadership and has spent 85 minutes in the sin bin. Ralph Almas, goalie for St. Louis Flyers, is tops in the shutout department with four.</p><h2><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25</b></h2><p>&#8229;PITTSBURGH &mdash; Tod Sloan and Ski Smith each tallied twice as Pittsburgh Hornets walloped Philadelphia Rockets 8-2 before 4,028 jubilant hometown fans.</p><p><b>Philadelphia:</b> Goal, Perras; defense, Archambault, Kraiger; center, Stefaniw; wings, Hergeshelmtr, Prentice; subs.: Waldriff, Brodeur, Bush, Mahaffy, Defelice, Wochy, Kilrea, Mulholland, Pid-hlrny.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Bastien; defense, Mathers, Backor; center, Lange lie; Wings, Metz, Smith; subs.: Psutka, Kemp, Dawes, Mi gay, Benson, O&rsquo;Flaherty, Sloan, Costello, Mackell, Kobussen.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> McVeigh and Callaghan</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0255/881565-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="576" height="531"></div><p>HERSHEY &mdash; Harry Frost, a former Bear, sank three brilliant goals as Washington Lions downed his old Hershey teammates 4-3 before 5,100 spectators. Frost scored the tying and winning markers late In the third period.</p><p><b>Washington:</b> Goal, Crowdls; defense, Vitale, Wilson; center. Burns; wings, Duggan, McGuire; subs.: Dick, Foley, Schultz, Mousseau, F. Porteous, D. Por-teous, Brenchley, Mundrick, McAtee, Frost.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, Kry-zanowski, Mccenahan; center, Kullman; wings, Toppazzini, Butler; subs.: Jones, Branigan, Cain, Mario, Maloney, Bruce, Bettlo, Brown, Creighton, Lowe.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bernie Lemaitre, Don Boolto</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0325/881558-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="576" height="376"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0416/881551-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="579" height="131"></div><p>ST. LOUIS &mdash; St. Louis Flyers made 8.600 fans happy with a Christmas night gift of a 3-2 victory over the Western Division&rsquo;s tail-end Buffalo Bisons. All three tallies came in the second period.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Dion: defense. Lessard, Johnson: center, MacKay: wings, Par-geter, Hunt; subs.: Blake, Curry, Douglas, Cooper. Leger, Lewis, Agar, McKenzie. Finkheiner. Haldorsen.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defense, Olson, Mariucci; center, Grosso; wings, Gladu. Licari; subs.: Simon, Milligan, Grigg, Trigg, Black. Sullivan, Doran, Pozzo, Backor, Tustin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0513/881544-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="580" height="532"></div><p>CLEVELAND &mdash; Johnny Bower got Ills first shutout of the season as Cleveland Barons whitewashed Indianapolis Capitals 4-0 before 9,068 fans. Pete Leswick scored his 20th and 2lst goals of the season In the contest.</p><p><b>Indianapolis:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Nicholson, Dewsbury; center, D. Morrison; wings, R. Morrison, Podolsky; subs.: Melong, Heller, Woit, Reid, MacKay, Glover, Lundy, Lund, Bruneteau, Haldy.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower; defense. Sprout, Davidson; center, Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: Buller, Brennan, Wares, Williams, Thurler, Black, Hex-tall, Demarco, Solinger, Kelly.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0611/881537-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="581" height="486"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD &mdash; Carl Liscombe maintained his high-scoring pace that won him the point championship last winter, as he scored three goals and assisted In another while Providence Reds were busy hammering Springfield Indians 8-1 before a 5 000 crowd.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defense, Morris, Arcand; center, Laplante; wings, Kullman, Kapusta; subs.: Reardon, Fraser, Summers, Chad, Hamilton, L&middot;lscombe, Bedard, Scheiza, Michaluk, Stoddard.</p><p><b>Springfield:</b> Goal, McAtee: defense, McAndrew, Alien; center, Macey; wings, Trudell, Gooden; subs.: McMahon, Tottle, Conn, Courteau, Curick, Summerhill, Jones, McMurry, Narduzzi, Kaiser.</p><p>Ofiicials: Red Dunn, Red Reynolds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-078/881530-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="580" height="656"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26</b></h2><p>INDIANAPOLIS &mdash; With Don Morrison scoring three goals, Indianapolis Capitals edged Pittsburgh Hornets 5-4 in a well played American Hockey League encounter. A crowd of over 8,000 saw Morrison net the last two goals, which gave the Capitals their victory.</p><p><b>Indianapolis:</b> Goa!, Sawchuk; defense, Dewsbury, Nicholson; center, D. Morrison; wings, Podolski, R. Morrison; subs.: Melong, Woit, Lundy, Simpson, Lund, Reid, Glover, Bruneteau, MacKay, Heller.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Bastien; defense, Psutka, Kemp; center, Langeile; wings. Smith, Metz; subs.: Backor, Mathers, Sloan, Benson, Kobussen, Costello, O&rsquo;Flaherty, Migay, Mackell.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Ted Graham, Joe Patrick.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-087/881523-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="578" height="415"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-097/881516-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="583" height="273"></div><p>PROVIDENCE &mdash; The high scoring Providence Reds won their second game in as many nights from Springfield Indians as they scored a 5-2 victory. Goalie Harvey Bennett of Providence had a shutout until seven minutes from the end when Springfield struck twice in just over a minute. The contest was fast and clean with the Reds showing more speed and passing skill most of the way.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal. Benentt; defense, Morris, Arcand; center, Fraser; wings, Stoddard, Lisconibe; subs.: Schc:za, L&middot;aplante, Kullman, Michaluk, Summers, Reardon, Hamilton, Chad.</p><p><b>Springfield:</b> Goal, McAtee; defense, McMahon, Tottle; center, McMurdy; wings, Summerhill, Curick; subs.: McAndrew, Conn, Courteau, Schmidt, lemieux, Gooden, Narduzzi, Macey, Trudell.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Red Reynolds, Red Dunn.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-107/881509-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="582" height="127"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-117/881502-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="584" height="564"></div><h2><b>THE LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>Goals:</b> P. St. Louis (30).</p><p><b>Assists:</b> R. Bedard. Providence (32).</p><p><b>Penalties:</b> Phil Vitale, Washington (85 minutes).</p><p><b>Four Goals In One Game:</b> P. O&rsquo; Flaherty, P.Ttsburgh: Carl Liscombe. Providence: Harry Fraser, Providence: G.Pargeter, Byffalo; Bill Gooden, Spring. Field.</p><p><b>Three Goals Tn a Game:</b> Paul Gladii, 3t. Paul (4 times).</p><p><b>Shutouts:</b> Ralph Almas. St. Louig (4).</p><p><b>Goaltender:</b> Baz Bastien. Pittsburgh, 35 games, 93 goals against for an average of 2:66.</p><p><b>Team Penalties:</b> Pittsburgh (404) min.)</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-125/881495-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="1736" height="1303"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-133/881488-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="1144" height="357"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01103/881481-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="586" height="356"></div><p>NEW HAVEN &mdash; Neil Colville, the former New York Ranger star made his debut as coach of New Haven Ramblers a winning one as his club downed Washington Lions 2-0. Colville played a defense spot as well as masterminding the team. Jack Gordon netted in the first period with Steve Hrymnak notching the other in the third. Emil (The Cat). Francis played sound goal to score his shutout.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0264/881474-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="585" height="286"></div><p>BUFFALO &mdash; The Buffalo Bisons staged one of their best games of the season here as they downed the St. Louis Flyers 5-2. With close to 9,500 home town fans looking on, Buffalo took command in the second period to toes the Western Division leaders for a loos. As a result, the Flyers are now 11 points in front of the cellar dwelling Bisons. After scoring once each in the first, Buffalo rapped home three in the second and then held St. Louis even with one each in the third.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0351/881467-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="587" height="432"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28</b></h2><p>CLEVELAND &mdash; Philadelphia Rockets fell apart in the first period of their game with Cleveland Barons and were beaten 7-2. The Barons sniped four of their counters in the initial frame and from then on were never headed.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0435/881460-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="582" height="397"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0525/881453-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="582" height="185"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29</b></h2><p>BUFFALO&mdash;The Indianapolis Capitals skated off Buffalo ice with a 2-all tie against the home playing Bisons. The contest was well played with Buffalo taking a 1-0 lead in the first frame and then falling behind 2-1 as the second period ended. They tied the count near the end of the game when Finkbeiner netted.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0617/881446-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="583" height="420"></div><p>HERSHEY&mdash;Playing a smart brand of hockey before a large crowd of pleased home town fans, Hershey Bears downed Cleveland Barons 4-2 here. Two third period goals turned the trick for the winners.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0719/881439-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="581" height="420"></div><p>PROVIDENCE &mdash; Moving along down the championship trail, Providence Reds handed Washington Lions a 5-0 blanking here. The winners netted once in the first period, three times in the second and added another in the third. Washington were unable to cope with the smooth passing attack Providence tossed at them.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0817/881432-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="582" height="365"></div><p>ST. LOUIS &mdash; The St. Louis Flyers went on a scoring spree here as they downed Philadelphia Rockets 8-2. At no time were the Flyers behind. They scored their first goal at the 32 second mark of the opening period and continued to apply the pressure throughout.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0914/881425-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="580" height="603"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD &mdash; Pittsburgh Hornets scored an easy 6-2 victory over Springfield Indians here. The two clubs netted once in the first period with Pittsburgh scoring the only counter in the second. The Hornets then put the game on ice with four third period markers while holding their opponents to a singleton.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1016/881418-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="586" height="573"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By TED RANDOLPH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0190/881603-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LLOYD AILSBY</b></figcaption></div><p>ST. PAUL, Minn. &mdash;</p><p>Husky Lloyd Ailsby&rsquo;s pro hockey debut was a headline affair.</p><p>In the years since, the big guy with the shy grin and vice-like handshake hasn&rsquo;t been quite the headline character he was in that initial game with the play-for-pay boys. But it isn&rsquo;t because he hasn&rsquo;t been producing.</p><p>The big trouble is that Lloyd&rsquo;s chief forte in the years since &mdash; bruising body checks and brilliant play at the blue line &mdash; doesn&rsquo;t lend itself to headlines quite as well as a young rookie breaking into pro hockey with three goals &mdash; the &ldquo;hat trick.&rdquo;</p><p>That &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; &mdash; and a few body checks which went unnoticed that night &mdash; was husky Lloyd&rsquo;s way of telling the pros, &ldquo;well, boys, I&rsquo;m here and I&rsquo;m going to stay as long as I can keep in shape.&rdquo;</p><p>Lloyd&rsquo;s debut was &mdash; and still is the talk of Eastern circles.</p><p>Brother Ailsby never mentions the story on himself though and it was only by accident that he let it slip the other day. The burly St. Paul blue liner who has been making life miserable for forwards all over the circuit was doing a bit of reminiscing after a tough game when he accidentally let the little yarn slip.</p><p>His reaction now to the event is a you&rsquo;d expect &mdash; not the least bit boastful. He usually passes off any reference to it with, &ldquo;I guess I was just lucky &hellip; first game luck and all of that you know.&rdquo;</p><p>From that sensational first night performance when his name was on every lip and in every headline for miles around the following day, Lloyd has graduated into one of the ice sport&rsquo;s most workmanlike figures.</p><p>Seldom do you see the No. 3 on his broad back flashing down the ice in a sensational scoring foray. That isn&rsquo;t Lloyd&rsquo;s way of playing the game.</p><p>You&rsquo;re most likely to see him back where he belongs giving some opponent the bum&rsquo;s rush at the blue line and thereby preventing trouble for a goalie.</p><p>&ldquo;That,&rdquo; in Lloyd&rsquo;s own words, &ldquo;is the way I like to play the game. Sure I could be flashy,&rdquo; he explains, &ldquo;but you see a flashy guy and you see one who&rsquo;s apt to be a little sloppy. I figure just being workmanlike on the ice is the best policy in the long run.&rdquo;</p><p>There isn&rsquo;t a coach in the United States Hockey circuit or even the American Hockey loop for that matter, who wouldn&rsquo;t like to have Larrupper Lloyd around to stand guard at the blue line. More than once Kansas City&rsquo;s colorful coach, Reg Hamilton, a standout defenseman in his own day in the NHL, has said, &ldquo;that Ailsby is the kind of a guy you can figure on to do the right thing 99 per cent of the time. He&rsquo;s the kind of defenseman coaches and goalies would give an arm to have around.&rdquo;</p><p>Lloyd hasn&rsquo;t made any future plans except &ldquo;to keep in shape and continue playing as long as anyone wants me around.&rdquo;</p><p>It&rsquo;s doubtful if he&rsquo;ll turn to coaching after his playing career it over, because he has a big farm in Canada and spends all of his off season time keeping it in shape.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Lloyd Ailsby Makes Life Miserable For Opposing Forwards

<div class="byline">BY B. A. BRIDGEWATER Tulsa Daily World</div><p>TULSA, Okla. &mdash;</p><p>Jan. 1 will be the 20th New Year&rsquo;s since hockey made its Tulsa debut. We checked back in the Tulsa World&rsquo;s bound volume for that year, and there on the first page of the Jan. 2. paper was a story telling how the Duluth Hornets had defeated the Tulsa Oilers, 1 to 0, in the city&rsquo;s first hockey game. (Some rookie sports writer named B. A. Bridgewater authored the piece.) The reason the home opener was played as late as New Year&rsquo;s was that the Coliseum hadn&rsquo;t been finished as early as expected. The Tulsa team had played six road contests before ever making their bow on the fresh new home ice. Looking briefly at the story of the game we noted that an overflow crowd of 4,300 was present, with several hundred turned away; that Mayor Dan W. Patton gave a little talk; that it was quite a contest, although the customers didn&rsquo;t know much what was happening down there on the ice before them.</p><h2><b>Got Money&rsquo;s Worth</b></h2><p>The crowd that saw the hockey opener really got its money&rsquo;s worth. In addition to the Tulsa-Duluth battle, which included a fist fight, there were some rather exceptional specialty acts offered between the periods to entertain the fans. The performers in one of these were two young skaters named Roy Shipstad and Oscar Johnson, in a sort of Apache dance number &mdash; the same Shipstad and Johnson who now operate the rich and fabulously successful Ice Follies. Incidentally, there&rsquo;s never been a better act in the Ice Follies than the one Shipstad and Johnson put on down there at the Coliseum for the hockey customers that night.</p><p>We noted that Walter Whiteside, the Tulsa oil man who built the Coliseum so he could bring the northern game of ice hockey into the south, was getting pretty good co-operation from some of the citizens. W. G. Skelly, for one, had presented him with a beautiful silver cup (two feet tall) which was to be awarded to the team winning the American Hockey Association championship every year. The story said &ldquo;it cost Mr. Skelly $1,500.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Lost Cup</b></h2><p>(Wonder whatever happened to the handsome Skelly cup. After it had been missing once for several seasons Bill Grant dug it out of storage in Kansas City. It hasn&rsquo;t been mentioned since the circuit was revived after the war, with the name changed to United States league. It would be nice to find this cup and put it up in the post-season competition that always follows the regular season games.)</p><p>One player who was in the Tulsa line-up that night was a slim, dark - haired youngster named Millard Wakeford, at right wing on the starting team. Sonny Wake-ford played practically all of his hockey career in Tulsa, and undoubtedly was this city&rsquo;s favorite player of all time. He still lives here and follows his trade as a carpenter.</p><h2><b>Strong Lineup</b></h2><p>The Tulsa lineup had Red McCusker as goalie, Amby Moran at right defense and Bob Trapp at left. Tommy Cook the center, Leo LaFrance &mdash; the Flying Frenchman &mdash; at left wing and Sonny Boy Wakefield at right. It seems almost unbelievable now, but Coach Dick Carroll of Tulsa had only three spares in the box, or a total of nine men suited up. What would a coach think these days if he had to take the ice with a squad of nine men?</p><p>Tulsa&rsquo;s three &ldquo;spares&rdquo; that night were Duke Keats, a famous center; Frank Sheppard, a hard skating left winger; blond Ron Moffatt, a left wing. There was no spare rearguard, which means Bob Trapp and Amby Moran played the whole game at the blue line.</p><p>This wasn&rsquo;t as terrible a hardship as you might first think. The game in those days was far more defensive than now and the blue liners got considerable opportunity to rest between rushes.</p><h2><b>Brilliant Players</b></h2><p>Tulsa had some good hockey players that first season. Tommy Cook, the center, went on to a brilliant big league career and Bob Trapp, the defenseman, was a stalwart for Tulsa for many seasons. Sonny Wakefield must have played 13 or 14 seasons. A defenseman we got later in the campaign, Teddy Graham, become one of the National league&rsquo;s top stars. Duke Keats was a great center who had been up. He wasn&rsquo;t fast any more, but was a brilliant playmaker and one of the league&rsquo;s best players.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Scribe Recalls Tulsa’s Puck Bow 20 Years Ago

<h2><b>Hitting Stride</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>al Tarala, Kansae City defense-man Is at last bitting bls stride and living up to early predictions. Hal turned pro In 1947 and with two seasons of professional experience, looks like Chicago Black Hawk material.</p><h2><b>Always Digging</b></h2><p>When Stan Smith of Minneapolis Millers Isn&rsquo;t digging for goals &mdash; which is every second he is on the ice &mdash; you will find him digging for black diamonds in the mines of the Canadian Rockies.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., DEC. 30</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0188/881777-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="595" height="401"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0256/881770-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="593" height="363"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0340/881763-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="589" height="358"></div><p>Kansas City Pla-Mors and Tulsa Oilers are still leading their respective divisions in the United States Hockey League. The Pla-Mors finally moved well ahead of St. Paul Saints for the Northern section honors as they displayed power plus a strong defense to overcome their opposition.</p><p>In the Southern Division, Tulsa Oilers are in first spot well ahead of Fort Worth Rangers who hold down second position. Dallas Texans, showing great form, are now battling it out with Houston Huskies for third place.</p><p>Several clubs have come up with new players during the past Few days which should tighten up the race considerably in the weeks to come.</p><p>With the departure of Bert Olmstead to the Chicago Black Hawks, linemate Ray Powell of the Kansas City Pla-Mors took over the undisputed scoring lead with 25 goals and the same number of asists for a total of 50 points. Olmstead and Powell were in a deadheat a week ago.</p><p>Powell also leads goal scorers with 25 while Wes Trainor of the st. Paul Saints is tops with Assists having 3 5. Bob Dill, St. Paul defenseman, caught up with Don Webster in the penalty race and both now have spent 76 minutes in the sin bin.</p><h2><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21</b></h2><p>OMAHA &mdash; Minneapolis Millers played Omaha Knights for the sixth time in their United States Hockey League schedule, and for the fifth time they finished in a draw. The contest, which ended 2-all, was witnessed by a crowd of close to 4,000. With goalie Donald MacDonald of the Knights, on the injured list, Omaha started with Metz sakleski, their trainer in the nets. After 10 minutes of play, Bob DeCourcey, who had been on loan to Omaha during an earlier injury to MacDonald, was called back as he prepared to leave for another assignment.</p><p><b>Minneapolis:</b> Goal, McQueston; defense, Sherritt, Williams; center, Forgie; wings, Melynk, Gagne; subs.: Fraser, Kaiser, Bartholome, Strobel, Richardson, Smith, Tomiuk, Atanas Lavoie.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal, Sakleski; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center, Heale; wings, Burgess, Boyce; subs.: Reigle, Lavitt, Uniac, W. Smith, Strongman, Homenuke, McLean and Folk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0420/881756-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="589" height="166"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0513/881749-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="582" height="179"></div><p>HOUSTON &mdash; St. Paul Saints took the measure of Houston Huskies 5-2 in a United States Hockey League battle here. The two clubs were tied at 1-all when the first period finished with St. Paul going ahead 3-1 at the end of the second. They then outscored their opponents 2-1 in the third to take an easy win.</p><p><b>St. Paul:</b> Goal, McGill; defense, Ailsby, Dill; center, Trainor; wings, Delmonte, Juckes; subs.: H. Brown, Cameron, Bend, Sandalack, Levandowski.</p><p><b>Houston:</b> Goal, Pidsodny: defense, Field, Maher; center. Peterson; wings, Wallington, Burke; subs.: Gariepy, P. Pidsodny, Haldorsen Kopak, Hickey, Horeck and Giesebrecht.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0611/881742-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="584" height="449"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22</b></h2><p>DALLAS &mdash; St. Paul Saints scored their second victory in as many nights by downing Dallas Texans 6-2. The victory moved the Saints closer to the league leading Kansas City Pla-Mors. Outside of the first period, Dallas was never in the game. Eddie Dorohoy and Jacques Lo-cas, two new men with Dallas each scored a goal.</p><p><b>St. Paul:</b> Goal, McGill; defense, Ailsby, Dill; center, Trainoi; wings, Delmonte, Juckes; &ubs.: Brown, Sandalack, Bend, Schwartz, Cameron, Levandowski, Bell.</p><p><b>Dallas:</b> Goal, Bibeault; defense, Marineau, Rockey; center Moore; wings, Petrie, Filion; subs.: Deslauriers, Mazur, Cook, Morenz, Bougie, Dorohoy, Locas, Gagnon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-078/881735-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="584" height="467"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-088/881728-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="1135" height="1453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>EDDIE DOROHOY and JACQUES LOCAS are flying now with the Dallas Texans after being rushed down as reinforcements from the parent Montreal Canadiens.</b></p><p><b>Dashing Dallas Dandies</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-098/881721-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="562" height="863"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The pair have proved a big help to the wallowing Lone Star State squad, Who have been eating their rivals&rsquo; ice chips most of the season.</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23</b></h2><p>FORT WORTH &mdash; The St. Paul Saints took over first place in the Northern Division of the United States Hockey League when they downed Fort Worth 6-2. The Saints replaced Kansas City Pla-Mors on top of the heap. Little Bing Juckes netted a hat trick to lead the Saints with &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Delmonte adding a brace. The final counter went to Wes Trainor. St. Paul moved ahead 3-0 at the end of the first period and were never headed. It was the third straight victory for them in the same number of nights.</p><p><b>St. Paul:</b> Goal, McGill; defense Ailsby, Dill; center, Trainor; wings, Juckes, Del-Monte; subs.: Sandalack, Levandowski, Schwartz, Brown. Bend, Cameron.</p><p><b>Fort Worth:</b> Goal, Jessiman; defense, Kane, Travis; center, Wiest; wings, Warwick, Cupolo; subs.: Unger, Lof ven-dahl, Glover, Casanato, Jones, Kennedy, Auger, Weaver.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-107/881714-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="582" height="551"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25</b></h2><p>TULSA &mdash; Tulsa Oilers clouted Dallas Texans 4-0 as Freckles Little scored his first shutout of the season. The game was rough from the word go, with Lloyd &ldquo;Gabby&rdquo; Gronsdahl sharing individual honors with Little as he collected a pair of tallies.</p><p>Dallas: Goal, Bibeault; defense, Marineau, Rockey; center, Petrie; wings, Moore, Fillion; subs.: Mazur, K. Cook, Morenz, Bougie, Dorohoy, Locas, Gagnon.</p><p>Tulsa: Goal, Little; defense, Dillon, E. Young; center, Ashworth; wings, Grons-dahl, McAtee; subs.: Schertzl, Knott, Ritson, Dheere, Schnurr, M. Young, Durham.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-116/881707-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="582" height="360"></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS &mdash; Omaha Knights outplayed Minneapolis Millers here but were forced to settle for a 1-all tie. Goalies Gordie Bell and Harry McQueston were mainly responsible for holding the score down as they kicked out several shots which appeared to be sure goals. Motto McLean netted for Omaha with Bill Richards knotting the count for the Millers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1014/881700-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="590" height="447"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26</b></h2><p>FORT WORTH &mdash; In a rough, tough United States Hockey League game here, Dallas Texans downed Fort Worth 5-2. Six players were given major penalties lor battling on the ice while referee Harry Ornest was assaulted by a spectator. Ornest was hit in the face as he left the ice following the game. His assailant was taken to police headquarters. Georges Bougie, Jack Locas, Eddie Dorohoy and Marinteau scored for Dallas while Eric Ungei and Sammy Caea-nato replied for the losers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1113/881693-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="593" height="495"></div><p>KANSAS CITY &mdash; The Kansas City Pla-Mors are back in first place in the United States Hockey League&rsquo;s Northern Division as a result of swamping Minneapolis Millers 12-3 here. Seven goals in the first period were enough to send Kansas City off the ice with the full points. Larry Silvestri and Ray Powell scored three each and Doug Baldwin, Blade and Jack Jackson added the remaining Pla-Mor goals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1211/881686-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="595" height="677"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-139/881679-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="594" height="132"></div><p>ST. PAUL &mdash; Scoring two goals within the short space of 34 seconds in the second period, Omaha Knights downed St. Paul Saints 4-2 as Gordon Bell gave a brilliant display in goal for the winners.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal, Bell; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center, Heale; wings, Burgess, Boyce; subs.: Folk, Riegel, Homenuke, Smith, McLean, Strongman, Uniac, Wiseman.</p><p><b>St. Paul:</b> Goal, McGill; defense, Sandalack, Levandowski; center, Trainor; wings, Delmonte, Juckes; subs.: Ailsby, Dill, Schwertz, Brown, Bend, McIntosh, Cameron, Bell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-143/881672-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="593" height="634"></div><p>HOUSTON &mdash; Red Burke slapped in a payoff counter with 75 seconds of the game left to play as Houston Huskies nudged Tulsa Oilers 6-before 3,148 fans. Huskies had to come from behind twice to take the verdict.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defense, Schertzi, E. Young; center, Ritson; wings, Knott, Dheeri; subs.: Dillon, Schnurr, Grons-dahl, M. Young, Ashworth, McAtee, Durham.</p><p><b>Houston:</b> Goal, Pidsodny; defense, Maher, Fields; center, Kopak; wings, Horeck, Hickey; subs.: Gariepy, P. Pidsodny, Peterson, Burke, Brown, Giesebrecht, Mousseau, Wallington.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-153/881665-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="595" height="683"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Dec. 26</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-126/881658-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="596" height="1470"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1114/881808-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="262" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Neil Colville</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he American Hockey League coaching fraternity welcomed a new member late last month when Neil Colville was appointed to guide the destinies as well as play for the New Haven Ramblers. Colville succeeded Lynn Patrick as head of the Ramblers. Patrick taking over the coaching reins of the New York Rangers.</p><p>Colville, was born in Edmonton, Alberta, August 4, 1914. His full name is Neil MacNeil Colville. The silver haired coach stands 5 11 inches and weights 185 pounds.</p><p>During his long and brilliant career in the National Hockey League, Colville gained renown as center man for the famed Ranger forward line, comprised of himself, his brother Matthew &ldquo;Mac&rdquo; Colville and Alex Shibicky.</p><p>While setting up scoring plays for his high scoring wing mates, Neil was rated with Syl Apps, Milt Schmidt and other great contemporary centers. After returning from the armed services where he spent three years during the war, Colville found the Ranger defense corps more in need of his great ability than the forward line.</p><p>It was here that he proved beyond a doubt his versatility as a hockey player, becoming one of the best defensemen in the circuit.</p><p>There has been some criticism that the New Haven Ramblers lack veteran playing experience, that too many of the puck chasers on the Rangers farm are just kids breaking into the pro game or with only a year or so of playing behind them.</p><p>But that situation is to the liking of Neil Colville.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s true that when you have a team of veterans, or a squad made up mainly of veterans, the work of the coach is easier,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Fellows In that category are all right, but we have a set-up here in New Haven that calls for accent on youth.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re looking for young fellows who have designs on making the National Hockey League, and all of our players are potential Rangers.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Neil Colville likes Coaching Young Players

<p><b>Fastest three goals: 3 goals in 1 min. 52 sec.</b></p><p>Carl Liscombe, of Detroit Red Wings, scored three goals in one minute and 52 seconds against Chicago on March 13, 1938, at Detroit.</p><p><b>Fastest two goals: 4 sec.</b></p><p>Nels Stewart, of Montreal Maroons, scored two goals in 4 seconds against Boston Bruins on January 3, 1931 in Montreal.</p><p><b>Fastest three assists: 81 sec.</b></p><p>Don Raleigh, of New York Rangers, assisted in three goals in 81 seconds against Montreal Canadiens on November 16, 1947 in New York.</p><p><b>Highest scoring line during regular season&rsquo;s play: 220 points</b></p><p>Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; line of Centre Elmer Lach, Right Wing Maurice Richard, Left Wing, Toe Blake amassed a total of 220 points among them in 1944-45 in 50 games. Lach had 80 points; Richard had 73; and Blake had 67.</p><p><b>Most consecutive games by a player: 600</b></p><p>Murray Murdock, of New York Rangers, was the &ldquo;Iron Man of Hockey&rdquo;, and played in every game the Rangers played from 1926-27 until the end of the 1936-37 season. Played six exhibition games with Rangers in October, 1937 to bring his consecutive games record with that team to 600.</p><p><b>Most consecutive seasons in the N.H.L. by a player: 20.</b></p><p>Aubrey V. &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; Clapper, of Boston Bruins, played for 20 consecutive seasons with Boston, Clapper played from 1927-28 until 1946-47.</p><p><b>Lowest goals against record for goalkeeper: 43 goals</b></p><p>George Hainsworth, of Montreal Canadiens allowed 43 goals to be scored on him in 44 games in 1928-29.</p><p><b>Greatest number of shutouts by goalkeeper in one season: 22</b></p><p>George Hainsworth, of Montreal Canadiens, had 22 shutouts in 44 games in 1928-29.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Who Holds That Record?

<h2><b>CAPE BRETON SENIOR</b></h2><p>STANDING ON THURS, A.M., DEC, 30</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01118/882034-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="602" height="1100"></div><h2><b>MARITIME BIG FOUR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., DEC. 30</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0269/882027-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="602" height="359"></div><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., DEC. 27</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0348/882020-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="599" height="339"></div><p><b>Monday, December 20</b></p><p>Jerry Lynch 5, Bright&rsquo;s 2</p><p>Windsor Hettche 7, Auto Club 4</p><p><b>Wednesday, December 22</b></p><p>Toledo 3, Bright&rsquo;s 2</p><p>southern Division</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0437/882013-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="597" height="162"></div><p><b>Saturday, December 18</b></p><p>Toledo 6, Louisville</p><p>3 Milwaukee, Muncie 8</p><p><b>Sunday, December 19</b></p><p>Louisville 6, Akron 4</p><p>Toledo 4, Muncie 2</p><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0534/882006-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="596" height="642"></div><h2><b>MANITOBA-THUNDER BAY SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>Monday, December 13</b></p><p>Winnipeg 3, Port Arthur 4</p><p><b>Tuesday, December 16</b></p><p>Kenora, 4, Winnipeg 6</p><p><b>Saturday, December 18</b></p><p>Winnipeg 4, Kenora 5</p><p><b>Saturday, December 25</b></p><p>Kenora 11, Port Arthur 8</p><p><b>Monday, December 27</b></p><p>Port Arthur 8, Winnipeg 11</p><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON SAT. A.M., JAN. 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0625/881999-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="598" height="450"></div><p><b>Sunday, December 26</b></p><p>Nationale 8, Quebec 4</p><p>Valleyfield 3, St. Hyacinthe 2</p><p>Three Rivers 9. Leafs 0</p><p>Victorlaville 5, Canadiens 2</p><p><b>Tuesday, December 28</b></p><p>Royals 2, Quebec 1</p><p>Cyclones, Leafs 1</p><p><b>Wednesday, December 29</b></p><p>Royals 1, Cyclones 3</p><p>Three Rivers S, Leafs 2</p><p>Nationale 9, Victoriaville 5</p><p>Quebec 7, St. Hyacinthe 8</p><p><b>Thursday, December 30</b></p><p>Royals 3, Valleyfield 2</p><h2><b>THE LEADERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0719/881992-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="596" height="668"></div><h2><b>O. H. A. JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h2><p><b>STANDING ON SAT. JANUARY 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0815/881985-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="596" height="259"></div><p><b>Tuesday, December 21</b></p><p>Marlboros 6, Galt 6</p><p><b>Wednesday, December 22</b></p><p>Oshawa 10, Guelph 0</p><p>Barrie 6, Windsor 1</p><p>Galt, 6, Stratford</p><p>Tuesday, December 28</p><p>Oshawa 6, Marlboros 4</p><p>Windsor 7, Galt 4</p><p>Guelph 5, St. Catharines 4</p><p><b>Wednesday, December 29</b></p><p>Marlboros 6, Oshawa 3</p><p>St. Catharines 5. Guelph 4</p><p>Galt 4, Windsor 16</p><p>Barrie 2, Stratford 3</p><h2><b>LAKEHEAD JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>Thursday, December 23</b></p><p>Ft. William Rgs. 6, Columbus Club 9</p><p><b>Saturday, December 25</b></p><p>Columbus Club 7, Pt. Arthur Brns. 12</p><p><b>Monday, December 27</b></p><p>Pt. Arthur Jrs. T, Ft. William Rgs. 5</p><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>Saturday, December 18</b></p><p>Canadiens 7, Black Hawks 5</p><p>Monarchs 1, Brandon 5</p><p><b>Monday, December 20</b></p><p>Monarchs 11, Canadiens 8</p><p><b>Wednesday, December 22</b></p><p>Brandon 6, Black Hawks 2</p><p><b>Monday, December 27</b></p><p>Monarchs 6, Black Hawks 2</p><p>Canadiens 2, Brandon 5</p><h2><b>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>Monday, December 27</b></p><p>Medicine Hat 4, Lethbridge 8</p><h2><b>THE LEADERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0914/881978-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="598" height="186"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amateur Parade At Quick Glance

<p>FORT WORTH, Tex.&mdash;</p><p>Eddie Shore, one of the greatest players ever to don. a National Hockey League uniform, and owner of three hockey clubs, sold one of them when he turned over the franchise of the Fort Worth Rangers of the United States Hockey League to eight Fort Worth residents, headed by R. E. (Rip) Johnson.</p><p>The amount of money involved in the settlement was not announced. Shore has agreed to leave his players in Fort Worth for the remainder of the season.</p><p>Shore, who was almost a fabulous figure with Boston Bruins, also owns Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League and Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast Hockey League.</p><h2><b>GAYE STEWART SHOWS &rsquo;EM HOW</b></h2><p>Gaye Stewart, Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; left winger, has the best consecutive scoring streak in the N.H.L. this season. Stewart went eight straight games from October 31 to November 17 without falling to garner at least one point per game. In 15 consecutive games Stewart was held pointless on only two occasions.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Eddie Shore Gives Up His Fort Worth Hockey Franchise

<p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>Winnipeg Canadiens probably hold the record in amateur hockey this season for having the most coaches. Last week, the fifth, mastermind took over. Manager Jim Kennedy reported that Herbie Burron had been, released and that Bobby Kirk, who handled Saskatoon Quakers of the Western Canada Senior League earlier this season, was the new coach.</p><p>Other skippers were: Harry Neil, Hughie Millar, and Kennedy, Neil was appointed prior to the opening but did not get the approval of Montreal Canadiens, sponsors of the Winnipeg junior team, and was replaced by Millar. Hugh didn&rsquo;t last long when. Jack Adams of Detroit Red Wing&rsquo;s refused to release him from a professional player contract. Kennedy handled the club until Burron took over.</p><h2><b><i>He&rsquo;s A Tough Nut</i></b></h2><p>Pound for pound, there Isn&rsquo;t a more rugged defenseman In hockey than little Doug Mahar, of the Houston Huskies. Doug stands 5 feet 6 and only weighs 148 pds., but he stands back on the defense and smacks attackers who sometimes outweigh him by fifty pounds.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Winnipeg Juniors Sign Fifth Coach

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-109/882263-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="506" height="801"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Back In Action</i></b></p><p><b>Hockey fans all over Canada and United States were glad to know that Frank Eddolls has returned to action with New York Rangers following a serious car accident just prior to the opening of the N.H.L. season.</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., JAN. 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-119/882256-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="593" height="211"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25</b></h3><p><b>Montreal 6, at Ottawa 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-128/882249-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="587" height="533"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26</b></h3><p><b>Ottawa 6, at Montreal 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-138/882242-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="583" height="541"></div><p><b>Sherbrooke 4, at New York 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-148/882235-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="587" height="331"></div><p><b>Valleyfield 2, at Quebec 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-158/882228-1-eng-US/f0015-152.jpg" title="f0015-15" width="585" height="513"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29</b></h3><p><b>New York 2, at Valleyfield 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-167/882221-1-eng-US/f0015-162.jpg" title="f0015-16" width="569" height="255"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-177/882214-1-eng-US/f0015-172.jpg" title="f0015-17" width="587" height="407"></div><p><b>Shawinigan 2, at Quebec 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-187/882207-1-eng-US/f0015-182.jpg" title="f0015-18" width="589" height="433"></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/f0015-197/882200-1-eng-US/f0015-192.jpg" title="f0015-19" width="589" height="635"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Quebec Senior League

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON SAT. A.M., JAN. 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-206/882329-1-eng-US/f0015-202.jpg" title="f0015-20" width="588" height="149"></div><h3><b>MONDAY, DECEMBER 20</b></h3><p><b>Marlboros 4, at Kitchener 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-216/882322-1-eng-US/f0015-212.jpg" title="f0015-21" width="587" height="532"></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/f0015-226/882315-1-eng-US/f0015-222.jpg" title="f0015-22" width="586" height="594"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22</b></h3><p><b>Hamilton 1, at Marlboros 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-235/882308-1-eng-US/f0015-232.jpg" title="f0015-23" width="590" height="178"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-245/882301-1-eng-US/f0015-242.jpg" title="f0015-24" width="583" height="150"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28</b></h3><p><b>Kitchener 11, at Startford 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-252/882294-1-eng-US/f0015-252.jpg" title="f0015-25" width="588" height="712"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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O.H.A. Senior ‘A’

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>LINTON, N.Y. &mdash; If statistics are infallible, this central New York municipality is one of the most hockey-conscious small towns In the country. With two indoor rinks at Hamilton College (600) and in Clinton (1700) the $300,-000 worth of assets adds up to $130 per inhabitant!</p><p>An invitational Round Robin Tournament was held last January to commemorate the 25th annivesary of the Hamilton Sage Hockey Rink and Midlebury College nosed out Lehigh, Union and Hamilton. The new Clinton rink is a $70,000 structure of Douglas fir beams covered with aluminum, It seats 2,000 and is home ice for the Clinton Hockey Club.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

They’re Hockey Conscious Here

<div class="byline">Bv KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0197/882391-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="260" height="289"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0252/882384-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="260" height="306"></div><p>MONTREAL. Que. &mdash;</p><p>The proiessional hockey player of today is a family man. It has often been argued as to just what branch of athletes make the best family men, but judging from the players performing in pro company today, hockey players must rate with the best of them when it comes to being family men. Fifty-seven of the 98 players currently campaigning in the National Hockey League are married. Nearly every one of these 57 players have children, with the average married National Leaguer having two children.</p><p>Chicago Black Hawks, who have on their roster more too scorers than any other team this season, also boast more married men tnan any otner club in the N.H.L. Only two oi the 17 Black Hawks regulars have yet to middle-aisle it with the girl of their choice. The two bachelors on the team are Defenseman Bill Gadsby and Forward Metro Prys-tai.</p><h2><b>AFTER &rsquo;EM GALS</b></h2><p>Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs, the teams with the most young players on their rosters, naturally enough, have the most bachelors too. Detroit has more players who&rsquo;ve yet to join the ranks of the benedicts than any other club in the N.H.L. Twelve of the 17 players on the Red Wings are bachelors. The five married men being Fern Gauthier, Pete Horeck, Bud Poile, George Gee and Leo Reise.</p><p>Exactly half of the Toronto team is married. Eight players are married and eight are bachelors. Gardner, Ezinicki, Barilko, Mortson, Thomson, Klukay, Ceresino and Taylor are the Leaf eligibles.</p><h2><b>CANUCKS HAVE 12</b></h2><p>Twelve of Montreal Canadiens 18-man roster have taken the marriage vows. This makes Canadiens the second &ldquo;most marryingest&rdquo; team in the circuit. Harvey, Reardon, Robertson, and Dussault are the single men on the squad.</p><p>Boston Bruins have 16 players on their roster and ten of the 16 must answer to &ldquo;the little woman&rdquo;. The six bachelors are the youthful members of the team, namely, Sandford, Harrison, Ronty, Peirson, Babando and Kryza-nowski, now with Hershey.</p><p>New York Rangers are almost evenly divided between married and single players. Nine players are married; seven aren&rsquo;t. The one&rsquo;s that aren&rsquo;t are Dune Fisher, Clint Albright, Nick Mickoski, Don TRaleigh, Eddie Slowinski, Fred Shero and Allen Stanley.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Benedicts Outnumber Bachelors In N.H.L.

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0334/882422-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="596" height="278"></div><p><b>December 5 to 11</b></p><p>5 &mdash; Fred Glover, Indianapolis Caps, center, 1928.</p><p>7 &mdash; &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; Pratt, New Westminster Royals, defense, 1916.</p><p>8 &mdash; Phil Hergesheimer, Philadelphia Rockets, right wing, 1914; William Cupolo, Fort Worth Rangers, right wing, 1924; Paul Bedard, Oakland Oaks, right wing, 1925.</p><p>9 &mdash; &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; Clapper, Boston Bruins, coach, 1907.</p><p>10 &mdash; Hector Highton, Los Angeles Monarchs, goalkeeper, 1923; Lloyd Doran, St. Louis Flyers, center, 1921.</p><p>11 &mdash; Alfred Thurier, Cleveland Barons, center 1917; &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Hamill, Chicago Black Hawks, left wing, 1917.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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