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January 12, 1949

The Hockey News January 12, 1949

<div class="byline">&#x2026; Kavetski</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01/872608-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he New Year was celebrated in many ways and greeted in many languages throughout the world. However, Kenny Reardon, defenseman for Montreal Cana-diens, and Cal Gardner, Toronto Maple Leaf forward, both welcomed the infant 1949 in their own particular manner by staging a stick-swinging duel, which resulted in match penalties for the pair of them, a stiff fine and suspension for one game.</b></p><p><b>This episode was grist for cartoonist Lee Kavetski&rsquo;s mill. In the series of drawings above he depicts the way a couple of National Hockey Leaguers ushered in the New Year.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Ring In The New

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0427/872546-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="597" height="271"></div><p>January 12 to 18</p><p>12 &mdash; Mike Karakas, Providence Reds, goalkeeper, 1911; Doug Jackson, Vancouver Canucks, goalkeeper, 1924; Morden &ldquo;Ducky&rdquo; Skinner, San Diego Skyhawks, defense, 1918.</p><p>16 &mdash; Ken Kilrea, Philadelphia, center, 1919.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to You

<p>(MONTH ENDING JANUARY 2)</p><h2>WESTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0199/871969-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="589" height="652"></div><h2>CLEVELAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0261/871962-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="591" height="655"></div><h2>INDIANAPOLIS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0348/871955-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="589" height="536"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0432/871948-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="590" height="568"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0522/871941-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="585" height="549"></div><h2>EASTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0615/871934-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="589" height="620"></div><h2>NEW HAVEN</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0717/871927-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="584" height="572"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0815/871920-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="587" height="526"></div><h2>SPRINGFIELD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0912/871913-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="586" height="672"></div><h2>WASHINGTON</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1014/871906-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="582" height="442"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1112/871899-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="572" height="209"></div><h2>PROVIDANCE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-125/871892-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="583" height="519"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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American League Monthly Records

<h2><b>Good News</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>ans will be glad to know that Gaye Stewart, Chicago forward, who was struck on the head by a flying puck January 8, was not as seriously hurt as first thought and will soon be back in uniform.</p><h2><b>McVeigh Has Honor</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Rabbit&rdquo; McVeigh A.H.L. referee, has the distinction of scoring the: last goal that defeated Hangers on. a Christmas night. It was in 1928 as Americans defeated Hangers 1-0. Since then Hangers have not lost a Christinas encounter.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0153/871391-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="595" height="710"></div><p>Teams in the N.H.L. are bunched just about as thick as a stalk of bananas. There&rsquo;s only 11 points separating the bottoms place New York Rangers from the front running Detroit Red Wings. The Motor City crew have a three point advantage over the second place Boston Bruins, but the Bruins have a game in hand.</p><p>Chicago Black Hawks hold down third position three points behind Boston and the same number ahead of Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens who are tied for fourth spot with 30 points. New York brings up the rear with 28.</p><p>Roy Conacher and Doug Bentley are tied for the individual scoring leadership. The two Chicago Black Hawk players have 41 points made up of 15 goals and 26 assists. In third spot is Jimmy Conacher, also of the Hawks 32 points while Syd A&rsquo;bel of Detroit is fourth with 31.</p><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5</b></h2><p>NEW YORK &mdash; Paced by veteran Buddy O&rsquo;Connor. New York Rangers took a 3-1 decision from Chicago Black Hawks at Madison Square Garden. The victory put the New Yorkers into a fifth place tie with Montreal Canadiens. Charlie Rayner played a swell game in goal for Rangers and time and time again blocked hard shots deal on the net. Tony Leswick was responsible for the other New York counter while Doug Bentley it was the only Chicago player to beat Rayner. Only three penalties were handed out, two going to the Black Hawks.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal. Henry; defense, Gold-ham, McCaig; center, J. Conacher; wings, Bodnar, Stewart; subs.: Dickens, Golds-by, Nattrass, Bentley, Mosienko, Conacher, Hamill. Guidolin, Prystai, Brown.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defense, Moe, Stanowski; center, Laprade; wings, Leswick, Lund; subs.: Fddolls, Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Raleigh, Stanley, Mickoski, Fisher, Albright, Gordon, Kaleta.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0236/871384-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="583" height="328"></div><p>TORONTO &mdash; With defenseman Jimmy Thomson netting his first two goals of the season, Toronto Maple Leafs scored a 4-0 shutout over Boston Bruins here. The victory moved the Leafs Into fourth place while the idlo Montreal Canadiens dropped to fifth. Turk Broda played sound goal to blank Boston although he was given outstanding support by the remainder of the team. Ted Kennedy and Harry Taylor netted the other two markers. It was the Tourth shutout of the season for Broda.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Brimsek; defense, Henderson, Flaman; center, Schmidt; wings, Peters, Dumart; subs.: Crawford, Egan, Thomson, Warwick, Harrison, Babando, Smith, Ronty, Peirson, Sandford.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Broda; defense, Boesch, Barilko; center, Gardner; wings. Ezlnlc-ki, Watson; subs.: Mortson, Thomson, Juzda, Kennedy, Metz, Buchanan, Bentley, Taylor, Timgren, Sloan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0317/871377-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="577" height="328"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 6</b></h2><p>MONTREAL &mdash; Using a makeshift team due to injuries, Montreal Canadiens trounced Chicago Black Hawks here 7-2. The result moved, the Habitants into fourth place, just one point behind the Hawks. Veteran Billy Reay turned in a fine game as he scored twice and also picked up an assist. A rookie Line of Leo Gravelie, Tod Compeau and Gerry Plamondon netted three goals with each player blinking the red light once. Norm Dussault and Bobby Fillion added the others. Jimmy Conache.. and Bill Mosienko were the Black Hawk marksmen.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, Gold-ham, McCaig; center, J. Conacher; wings, Bodnar, Stewart; subs.: Dickens, Gadsby, Nattrass, Bentley, Mosienko, Conacher, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystal, Brown.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defense, Reardon, McPherson; center, Reay; wings, Dussiult, Carveth; subs.: Riopel-le, Plamondon, Harmon, Richard, Fllion, Robertson, Chamberlain, Gravelie, Moa-dell. Campeau, Laycoe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0419/871370-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="582" height="556"></div><p>DETROIT &mdash; Scoring two goals in the short space of two minutes in the second period gave Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory of Detroit Red Wings and allowed the Beantown outfit to climb into a first place tie with the Wings at the top of the N.H. standings. Boston&rsquo;s first victory on the road in their last nine games.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Brimsek; defense, Crawford, Egan; center, Schmidt; wing, Harrison, Dumart; subs.: Sandford, Henderson, Peters, Flaman, Warwick, Smith, Ronty. Thomson, Babando.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Lumley; defense, Reise, Stewart; center, Abel; wings, Horecks, Lindsay; subs.: Quackenbush, Kelly, Gee, McNab, Poile, Gauthier, McFadden, Couture, Pavelich, Enio, Fogolin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0510/871363-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="582" height="368"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 8</b></h2><p>TORONTO &mdash; Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs played to a 3-all tie here in a game which saw Gaye Stewart, Hawk forward, struck on the head with the puck and removed to hospital. His injuries are reported to be not serious. Ted Kennedy, Harry Watson and Bill Barilko netted for the Leafs while Roy Conacher, Metro Prystai and Doug Bentley were the Chicago marksmen.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, Nattrass, Gadsby; center Bentley; wings, Mosienko, R. Conacher; subs.: Goldham, Dickens, McCaig, J. Conacher, Bodnar, Hamill, Brown, Guidolin, Stewart, Prystai. Olmstead.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Broda; defense, Boesch, Barilko; center, Gardner; wings, Ezi-nicki, Watson; subs.: Smith, Timgren, Taylor, Sloan. Juzda, Metz, Kennedy, Klukay, Mortson, Thomson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-067/871356-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="578" height="457"></div><p>MONTREAL &mdash; Detroit Red Wings had a little too much speed for Montreal Canadiens and scored a 4-1 victory before a capacity crowd. Bud Poile and Syd Abel hoisted the Wings into a first period 2-0 lead with Bill Reay netting for Canadiens in the becomd frame. George Gee and Marty Pavelich completed the scoring with two more Detroit counters in the third.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Lumley, defense, Stewart, Reise; center, Abel; wings, Horeck, Lindsay; subs.: Quackenbush, Kelly, McNab, Poile, Gauthier, McFadden, Couture, Pavlch, Enio, Fogolin, Gee.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defense. Reardon, McPherson; center, Reay; wings, Carveth, Dussault; subs.: Plamondon, Harmon, Richard, Fillion, Robertson, Chamberlain, Gravelle, Mos-dell, Campeau, Laycoe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-075/871349-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="582" height="337"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 9</b></h2><p>NEW YORK &mdash; Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers played a ragged, penalty filled 1-all tier here. The Canadiens opened the scoring in the first period when Joe Carveth beat Charlie Rayner. Rangers were two men short when the goal was scored. Alex Kaleta knotted the count in the second with the third period being scoreless. A total of 14 penalties were handed out.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defense, Harmon, Laycoe; center, Reay; wings, Carveth, Dussault; subs.: Richard, Fillion, Robertson, Chamberlain, Reardon, Gravelie, Mosdell, Campeau, McPherson.</p><p><b>Rangers:</b> Goal, Rayner; defense, Moe, Stanowski; center, Raleigh; wings, Fisher, Mickoski; subs.: Eddols, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Lund, Laprade, Albright, Gordon, Kaleta, Leswick.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-085/871342-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="580" height="374"></div><p>CHICAGO &mdash; With Roy Conacher shooting home two goals, Chicago Black Hawks downed Boston Bruins 4-2 to consolidate their hold on third place in the N.H.L. standings. Adam Brown and Gus Bodnar added the other two. Paul Ronty and Ed Harrison scored the Boston goals. Chicago are now only three points behind the second place Bruins.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Brimsek; defense, Crawford, Egan; center, Schmidt; wings, Harrison, Dumart; subs.: Sandford, Henderson, Peters, Flaman, Warwick, Smith, Ronty, Thompson, Peirson, Babando.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, Nattrass, Gadsby; center. Bentley; wings, Mosienko, R. Conacher; subs.: Goldham, Dickens, McCaig, J. Conacher, Bodnar, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystai, Brown, Olmstead.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-095/871335-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="579" height="381"></div><p>DETROIT &mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs took a 2-0 lead over the Detroit Red Wings here in the first period but were unable to hold it as the Wings netted once in the second and again in the third to take a 2-all tie and hold their first place spot. Harry Watson and Bill Ezinicki were responsible for the Toronto markers while Jimmy McFadden and Jim Enio punched in the Detroit goals. Detroit lost the services of George Gee when he suffered an injured knee. It was a fast skating, hard checking game.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Broda; defense, Boesch, Barilko; center, Gardner; wings, Ezi-nicki, Watscn; subs.: Smith, Timgren, Taylor, Sloan, Juzda, Metz, Kennedy, Klukay, Bentley, Mortson, Thomson.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Lumley; defesne, Reise, Stewart; center, Abel; wings, Horeck, Lindsay; subs.: Quackenbush, Kelly, Gee, McNab, Poile, Gauthier, McFadden, Couture, Pavelich, Enio, Fogolin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-102/871328-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="580" height="321"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-112/871321-1-eng-US/f0007-112.jpg" title="f0007-11" width="585" height="2116"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-12/871314-1-eng-US/f0007-122.jpg" title="f0007-12" width="578" height="486"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p>CLEVELAND, O. &mdash;</p><p>Cleveland Barons, those perennial American League record breakers, smashed another former A.H.L. record over the. weekend as the completed 113 games without being shutout. This string of non-shutout hockey includes playoff games. The last time Barons were shutout was the final game of their Calder Cup playoff series with Hershey Bears. Hershey trounced the Barons 9-0 in that game and then went on to capture the Calder Cup.</p><p>Winners of the Calder Cup last season, Cleveland played through their full complement of 68 League game without being shutout, aud then added nine playoff tussles. This brought their total for 1947-&rsquo;48 to 77 games without being blanked by the opposition. Including games played this season up to January 12, the Barons went 36 without a horse-collar.</p><h2><b>TOP PREVIOUS MARK</b></h2><p>This brought their total to 113 games and eclipses by one the previous mark of 112 which was held by Providence Reds. Providence spread their mark of 112 games over three seasons. It started in 1939-&rsquo;40 and ended in l94l-&rsquo;42. The reason it took Providence so long to accumulate the 112 games was due to the fact less games were played in the A.H.L. during those years.</p><p>Bun Cook, Cleveland coach, has his team in full stride now and they are just five points back of the league-leading St. Louis Flyers. They have played three games less than the Flyers, however. Noted for their strong finishes the Barons will be watched closely by rival American League clubs from here-on-in.</p><h2><b>EYE NEW RECORD</b></h2><p>Now that they&rsquo;ve smashed the reeord for most games without a shutout inclusive of playoffs, the Barons are after the record of most games without a shutout exclusive of playoffs. This record is currently held by the Hershey Bears. The Bears racked up this amazing feat from the seasons of l94l-&rsquo;42 through 1944&rsquo;45.</p><p>Rated as a strong favorite to repeat their Calder Cu.p triumph of a year ago, the Barons started off the current season in anything but flashy form. But now that the half-way mark has been passed and the drive to the wire is on, they seem to be acquiring their winning way again.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Have Played 113 Contests Without Being Shutout

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-018/871028-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Punch of the Wolves</i></b></p><p><b>EAST-WEST TRIO of the Sudbury Wolves, these husky puckchasers are being counted on heavily by Canada&rsquo;s representatives in their quest for the world&rsquo;s amateur hockey championship. Left to right, the three members of the Wolves&rsquo; &ldquo;Punch Line&rdquo; are Johnny Kovich of Schumacher, Ont.; Bill Dimock, of Trail, B.C.; and Don Munro of Toronto.</b></p></figcaption></div><p>SUDBURY, Ont. &mdash;</p><p>After an interval of more than 10 years, Northern Ontario&rsquo;s Max Silverman returns to Europe with his Sudbury Wolves in search of another world hockey championship.</p><p>It was in the Spring of 1938 that Max and his Wolves captured the world tournament title at Prague, Czechoslovakia, after an extensive string of undefeated exhibition games in practically every country in Europe. History may, or may not, repeat itself but Silverman is confident that his squad can turn the trick again.</p><p>A young team, lacking somewhat in experience but rich in determination, the Sud-burv Wolves of 1949 are a cosmoDolitan lot for the most Dart. Races represented include English, Irish, Scotch, French, Italian, Ukrainian and Scandan-avian.</p><p>The Province of Ontario supplies 12 of the 14 members of the team, while the other two hall from Manitoba and British Columbia. Three of the Ontario players are from Toronto.</p><h2><b>Began Last April</b></h2><p>Last summer Max had several players in line for his team but had no way of tying them up &mdash; the demand for players from other sources made It almost impossible to hold them. The result was that Silverman found himself still on the hunt for players well-after other teams had commenced to play in league competition.</p><p>On the latter score, Max had comments to make: &ldquo;In my search for players I covered the territory from East to West thoroughly. I found that the great majority of players were under obligations of one kind or another. Many were tied up, directly or indirectly, by professional clubs.&rdquo;</p><p>The former president of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association added: &ldquo;Never in the history of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association has there been such a demand for hockey players, not only within the C.A.H.A. but also from leagues in the United States, England, Scotland, Europe and the professional ranks. The demand exceeds the supply.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Blames War Years</b></h2><p>Silverman attributes this lack of playing material to the war years when Canada&rsquo;s youth was shouldering arms. But he also forecasts a bright outlook. &ldquo;While <b>a</b> very mediocre player can earn a good living through hockey today, due to the scarcity of players, this situation should be remedied again in another four or five years through the promotion of minor-age hockey leagues.&rdquo;</p><p>One thing that soon became apparent in the search for players was a lack of proper cooperation. Silverman received several promises for assistance from various C. A. H. A. representatives across Canada but it resulted in him doing everything himself, and to mould a team took time.</p><h2><b>Likes This Squad</b></h2><p>About the team which has now been assembled, Silverman had this to say: &ldquo;The boys on this club have been selected with a great deal of care and consideration with regards to character as well as hockey ability &mdash; something which has been foremost in my mind.</p><p>&ldquo;I feel that no finer nor cleanercut group of boys could have been selected to exemplify Canadian youth. One of our prime purposes of this tour is goodwill-&mdash;there is no reason to fear these boys will let down our prestige.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>How They Look</b></h2><p>Pick of the two-man cage squad is diminutive, five-foot-four Albert Picard of Sudbury. Considered to be one of the best custodians in Northern Ontario, Picard has backed up his reputation as an outstanding goalkeeper in showings so far.</p><p>The other half of the crease combination is lanky Bob Mills of Toronto who is making his second trip across the Atlantic. At the age of 17 he played with Ayr Raiders in the Scottish Hockey League.</p><p>Best looking player on the Wolves rearguard brigade is Winnipeg&rsquo;s Joe Tergesen, a 180-pound six-footer who came East for the first time to drill with the team. Other defensemen include Toronto&rsquo;s Herb Kewley, Barney Hillson of Guelph and Emile Gagne who hails from Cartier, Ont., but has played hockey in Sudbury for the past two seasons.</p><p>Cobalt&rsquo;s Joe de Bastiani pivots Fatty Rebellato of Sudbury and Bud Hashey of Copper Cliff. Rebellato was a last-minute addition to the team and. although still only a junior, packs plenty of wallop when he gets within scoring range.</p><h2><b>Punch Line Clicks</b></h2><p>Another line brings together Bill Dimock of Trail, B.C., Toronto&rsquo;s Don Munro and Johnny Kovich of Schumacher, Ont. Both in practice and exhibition games this trio has given Silverman reason to believe that he has a good &ldquo;punch line.&rdquo;</p><p>In squatty Doug Free of Camp-: bellford, Ont., Waterloo&rsquo;s Ray Bauer and Jim Russell of Hamilton, the team&rsquo;s example of youth and experience is best combined. Free, a good stick-handling left winger, is only 21 while Bauer and Russell are approaching 30 and have seen a great deal of hockey action.</p><p>Russell was a member of the team that travelled to Czechoslovakia with Silverman in 1938 and thus is the only member of the club who will be playing in his second world championship tournament.</p><p>To train the club and look after the needs of the players, Max couldn&rsquo;t have selected a better man than veteran Jim MacKenzie of Sudbury. Jim was always best known for his proficiency with the gloves &mdash; ever since he took up a ring career at the age of 17 in Scotland. After his arrival in Canada 25 years ago he fought such well-known Canadian fighters as Tommy Bland and Bobby Lawrence. both Canadian champions in the middleweight and lightweight brackets, respectively.</p><p>MacKenzie played a little soccer football in the Old Country and in Canada and has trained hockey teams in Iroquois Falls, Kirkland Lake and Sudbury.</p><p>It will be Jim&rsquo;s first visit to Scotland in a quarter of a century and he keenly anticipates seeing his parents and friends again in Edinburgh.</p><h3><b>The Hockey News</b></h3><p><b>Published weekly, except monthly May through September, by HOC KEY NEWS COMPANY, 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Yearly Subscription Price &mdash; $2.50 in Canada &mdash; $3.50 in U.S.A.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Title-Hungry Sudburyites Hope History Will Repeat

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>LOS ANGELES, Calif. &mdash;</p><p>The Pacific Coast Hockey League could quite easily become a 12 or 14-team league (seven teams in each division) within the next year or two. That&rsquo;s the possibility raised by President Al Leader.</p><p>Leaders said a six-team Northern Division was virtually assured by the construction of a new ice arena at Victoria, R.C.. one-time stronghold of hockey on the Pacific Coast.</p><p>The franchise will not be granted, however, until the building is completed and a potential franchise holder has leased the rink.</p><p>Rumor has it that Lester Patrick, instigator and founder of hockey on the West Coast along with brothers Frank, Guy and Tom, will return to Victoria and take over the control of the club there, with Lester&rsquo;s son Muzz, now general manager and coach at Tacoma. moving to the Island city too. Another possible site for another club in the Southern Division, Leader said, is at San Bernardino, California, situated only 40 miles from Los Angeles. The town has built a new structure, seating 5,200, for its annual orange festival.</p><p>Two other popular choices are Spokane, now playing in the West-tern International League, and Bakersfield or Sacramento, former hockey centers in California. Spokane&rsquo;s rink does not seat enough &mdash; 2500 &mdash; to warrant entry into a pro league, but if contemplated plans to enlarge the rink materialize the chances of Spokane joining the Northern Division will take on concrete possibilities. Several ex-P.,C.H.Lers are now pacing Spokane to the W.I.L. title.</p><p>This past summer Bakersfield applied for entry into the league but at a special meeting it was decided to wait another year or two before making any definite commitments.</p><p>Bakersfield, like the majority of West Coast towns, needs a modern and bigger arena capable of seating upwards of 6,000.</p><p>Sacramento, the State&rsquo;s capital, has not had any hockey to speak of since 1942-43, but local sports are quite anxious to bring hockey back there.</p><p>Hollywood, which operated for two seasons &mdash; 1945-46 and 1946-47 &mdash; has been inactive since, but there is some talk in the nation&rsquo;s third largest city that if another rink capable of seating 6,000 or more could be obtained the Wolves&rsquo; franchise would be set back into motion.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Talk Of 14-Team Loop Around Booming PCHL

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;BUNNY&#x201D; MORGANSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-018/871083-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="548" height="1225"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>&ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; Himself</i></b></p><p>J. J. McFADYEN</p></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>They don&rsquo;t call him&ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; for nothing. J.J McFadyen, newly elected president of the Ontario Hockey Association, has been known around the Ontario hockey scene as &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; for the past 40 years.</p><p>A leading industralist in his native city of Galt, J. J. McFadyen has also been a power behind the hockey development of that booming city and the province. His ground work down through the years contributed much towards the formation of the present Ontario junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series, the pride and joy of the Ontario Hockey Association.</p><p>It was through &ldquo;Tiny&rsquo;s&rdquo; effort in reviving hockey around his western Ontario section, following the collapse of the old &ldquo;Big Six&rdquo; senior league shortly after the end of the First World War, that gave the game, and the O.H.A., new interest and activity.</p><h2><b>Forthright and Fair</b></h2><p>J. J. McFadyen is one of hockey&rsquo;s down-to-earth followers. He doesn&rsquo;t beat around the bush. He comes right out with what&rsquo;s on his mind. His leadership at hockey meetings is too well known for much wordage from this department. Small in stature, the &ldquo;Hockey man from Galt,&rdquo; as they call him in rural Ontario, is big in his views of important matters and decidedly fair in his judgements.</p><p>For the past 12 years he has been a member of the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s executive and in his role as trouble-shooter he was the lone O.H.A. official who dared step within the boundaries of the troublesome areas of Kitchener and Waterloo.</p><p>These neighboring hockey centers were, to use his own words, &ldquo;at each other&rsquo;s throats in one of the dog-gonedest player arguments you ever saw!&rdquo;</p><p>But &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; dived into the Kitchener-Waterloo scrap with his coat off. He slugged it out, verbally, with several of the more heated contestants. He beat them down to sound reasoning and in the course of time brought organization out of dis-organization. To-day Kitchener and Waterloo are working in complete harmony on a hockey promotion project for teen-agers and older players, that is the envy of all Canada.</p><h2><b>Came Uu Hard Way</b></h2><p>A forceable and entertaining speaker, the new president of the. Ontario Hockey Association knows the score. He is a man who came up the hard way. As in his business, he started from the groundfloor and to-day is rated as one of the top men in his field throughout Canada. He played the game, coached and managed teams in the old days. Later he travelled around the Ontario country side In the worst kind of winter weather to referee games, and in later years, supervise the playing of important games.</p><p>He is never one to seek the limelight and will likely be as mad as Santa Claus caught in the chimney when he sees this piece in THE HOCKEY NEWS. But the limelight seeks men in sport like J. J. &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; McFadyen. who have given their very all in the interests of the sport and in this particular case it&rsquo;s hockey.</p><p>McFayden&rsquo;s elevation to the presidency of the Ontario Hockey Association is, actually, one year late. He could have taken office for the asking last year, but extra business made it impossible for him to accept. Also the fact that he was recovering from a serious illness at the time had a lot to do with the decision to remain &ldquo;in the back benches&rdquo; as first vicepresident for another winter.</p><h2><b>He Was Drafted</b></h2><p>But there was no holding back the demand from Ontario hockey clubs and officers that &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; McFadyen take his rightful place as president of the grand ol&rsquo; Ontario Hockey Association for the 1948&rsquo;49 season and It was, indeed, a happy day when he finally decided to stand for the office.</p><p>And to cap it all, J. J. &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; McFadyen stepped nto the O.H.A. presidential chair by acclamation and with the acclaim of all Ontario hockey ringing in his ears.</p><h2><b>Promises No Miracles</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t expect any miracles during my term of office&rdquo;, he told friends after the recent O.H.A. annual meeting. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll do my best to keep things running smoothly and according to the rules and regulations as laid down by the convention. We&rsquo;ll have our rough times and we&rsquo;re ready to deal firmly with those who try to pull anything that is out of line. On the other hand, we&rsquo;ll give all the clubs, who play the game with us, the fairest shake possible&rdquo;.</p><p>HOCKEY NEWS readers, that&rsquo;s &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; McFadyen a real sportsman for a real job. It couldn&rsquo;t have happened to a better-liked fellow.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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New OHA President Rates Kudoes for Past Puck Deeds

<div class="byline">By STAN BAUMGARTNER Philadelphia Inquirer</div><p>PHILADELPHIA. Pa.&mdash;</p><p>SOME night when the &ldquo;Better Half&mdash;?&rdquo; shuts the door in your face and tells you to get your own dinner, put on your hat, visit the Philadelphia Arena and get acquainted with the &ldquo;Early Birds.&rdquo;</p><p>The Early Birds aren&rsquo;t a formal organization with membership cards like the up and coming Rocket Rooters. They don&rsquo;t all have big buttons to wear on their lapels and they don&rsquo;t all take interesting, refreshing trips to Hershey and Pittsburgh but tney are still a very select group.</p><p>They are the fans who sit in the second row at each end of the balcony. They bring cow bells, playing cards, checkerboards, sandwiches, knitting and skates. They are husbands and wives, office workers, grandmothers and grandchildren. Some have been doing the same thing on ice hockey nights for more than 15 years. A few have done the same thing since hockey came to Philadelphia.</p><p>Early In the season there was a great rush for the seats&mdash;and on Saturday nights even now it&rsquo;s no cinch to grab that second row. So, long before the ticket window opens they are in line, some with sandwiches.</p><p>Their slogan is &ldquo;The Early Bird catches the Worm&rdquo; and the worm in this case Is a good seat and a chance to make a bullseye with an over age egg if the referee calls a bad one.</p><p>They have a lot of ideas, too, and like the bleacher baseball fan they know their hockey better than most of the players. They remember the days when Steve Yankowskl and Bill Coutu used to cause riots at the Arena. Many of them laugh when they think back to the night that three of our finest policemen who rushed out on the ice to halt a fight, landed on their coats and slid into the goal.</p><p>&ldquo;Hockey was really something to watch in those days,&rdquo; said Jimmy Kilpatrick, of 211 Northeast Road, Glenslde. &ldquo;Gosh, I remember one night when there was no rule as to how many men could be sent of the ice and Chucker White was the only Providence stickhandler left. And still the Arrows couldn&rsquo;t score!</p><p>&ldquo;Buddy Maracle, the Indian, was another big fellow who used to start all kinds of scraps. We had some great players in the old days&mdash;the Col-villes, Mac and Neil; Alex Shibicky, Tommy Anderson. And do you remember Yank Boyd</p><p>&ldquo;We saw Howie Morenz, too, and Eddie Shore; that little guy, Joliant, who always wore a baseball cap, and many others. They talk about fellows having wicked shots today. They never saw Babe Dye hit one. His shots really whizzed.&rdquo;</p><p>Mrs. Barbara Sweeny, of 1940 E. Cumberland, Is another one of the Early Birds. She became Interested In hockey listening to it over the radio. She heard the announcer talk about the goalie&mdash;and couldn&rsquo;t understand why the goalie didn&rsquo;t score a goal so she came out to find out. That was 15 years ago and she has been coming ever since. Like all sport fans, she&rsquo;s interested In baseball as well as hockey and divides her time between reading the Hockey News and the Sporting News.</p><p>Some of the oldtimers bring along a deck of cards and have a little fun playing poker for match sticks. But when the game begins they get down to the business of razzing the opposing players and the officials.</p><p>A few have portable radios and one night a few weeks ago when the game wasn&rsquo;t going just to their liking they turned on the hockey battle in Toronto.</p><p>The Early Birds are ardent hockey fans.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Early Bird Catches The Worm

<div class="byline">By VAL DEMAR</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-025/871138-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LEX COOK OF THE TEXANS</b></figcaption></div><p>DALLAS, Tex.&mdash;</p><p>Down here in the city which is called the &ldquo;Paris of the United States,&rdquo; where beautiful girls smile on you all the time, is the home of the Dallas Texans Hockey Club of the United States Hockey League. Last season the Texans were overloaded with guys who weren&rsquo;t going anywhere, but this season ManagerCoach &ldquo;Lex&rdquo; Cook has one of the youngest, scrappiest clubs to be found anywhere in the land cavorting around the ice. Most of them are the property of the Montreal Canadiens destined to wear the bleu, blanc, rouge of the Habitants before long.</p><p>Tod Campeau, George Bougie, Dennis Fillion, Bus Gagnon, Jimmy Moore and Howie Morenz are the youngsters from whom smart Frank Selke, major domo of the Flying Frenchmen, hopes to pluck some of his future greats. Veterans Joe Bell, Gordie Peterson and Rabbit Thomson give the youngsters some balance while hustling to keep up with them. Then there is promising Tom Rockey, tough Jock Deslauriers and lanky &ldquo;Spider&rdquo; Mazur on the defense, all of them the prized possessions of the Habitants. And backing them up, and frequently left on his own when the goal hungry youngsters are up the ice is cool, experienced Paul Bibeault, one of the greatest stylists ever to take up a position between the pipes.</p><p>Bougie, Deslauriers, Fillion, Mazur, Moore and Morenz are all playing their first season of pro hockey. Campeau broke in last season and this is Rockey&rsquo;s third year.</p><p>Coach Cook, who has had a world of experience with youngsters, is enthusiastic about his club.</p><p>Cook thinks that many Canadians have underestimated the strength of the United States Hockey League. &ldquo;I have met folks up there who have thought that just anyone who skates could catch on, but I have been quick to point out that many senior leagues in Canada can count among their leading scorers players who have been waived out of this league and been given their unconditional release.&rdquo;</p><p>Cook thinks the United States Hockey League Is perhaps the best of all leagues in which to school youngsters for National Hockey League service. The competition is tough, it is not an &ldquo;old man&rsquo;s league&rdquo; where each club is packed with veterans at the end of the road, and the teams ar. well balanced.</p><p>Rival coaches have been touting big Bus Gagnon, left wing, as a natural major leaguer for the past year, but Bus has been running in hard luck and injuries have kept him out of a good many games. Campeau, Bougie and Fillion are three other forwards from whom Lex expects much, and he is glowing in hi praise of young Howie Morenz.</p><p>&ldquo;There is a kid carrying around the same handicap George Sisler&rsquo;s son had to go through on the diamand and Les Patrick&rsquo;s boys, Lynn and Muzz, had to put up with when they first joined the Rangers,&rdquo; Cook points out. &ldquo;I think Howie has the stuff to become a major leaguer. No one expects him to even equal the feats of his illustrious father. Why, young Howie can be just half as good as his dad and still be a star on any major league club today,&rdquo; Lex concludes.</p><p>Dallas is a fast growing town, with a population of 483,500. Several suburbs which are actually part of the city but will not join have another 150,000 people.</p><p>Although the game is in the pioneering stage In Dallas It already has many loyal fans like Ed and Lu Meek who think nothing of going to the games in Houston and Fort Worth as well as those at home and have even gone as far as the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, a thousand miles away, to see their Texans in action.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Lex Cook Building Future Hab Stars In “Paris Of U.S.”

<div class="byline">By KEN MCKENZIE</div><p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>AST YEAR readers of THE HOCKEY NEWS selected their own All-Star Teams in the National, American and United States Leagues. Interest was very keen in the National and American loops and we are asking all you readers to select the super sextets in the National and American circuits again this season. Balloting will get underway for the N.H.L. team with the February 2nd issue, and will continue for six consecutive weeks with the All-Star Team being announced in the March 23rd issue. The American League balloting will start on February 9th with the team being announced in the March 30th Issue &hellip; Last year readers of THE HOCKEY NEWS selected the N.H.L. All-Star Team as follows: Goal, Harry Lumley; Defense, Jim Thomson and Jack Stewart; Center, Max Bentley; Right Wing, Bud Poile and Left Wing, Ted Lindsay. Tommy Ivan of Detroit was picked as coach &hellip; Harry Lumley, youthful twinetender of Detroit, received more votes than any other player&hellip;The A.H.L.. All-Star team was as follows: Goal, Baz Bastien; Defense, Pete Backor and Hugh Millar; Center, Cliff Simpson; Right Wing, Fleming Mackell; Left Wing, Carl Liscombe, and Coach, Terry Reardon &hellip; More will appear in THE HOCKEY NEWS about voting for these All-Star Teams before balloting gets started on February 2nd, but in the meantime get your statistics out, sharpen up your pencils, and let&rsquo;s get all set to make this the best possible team.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0180/871197-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="268" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Lumely</b></figcaption></div><p>JOE SCHERTZL. of the Tulsa Oilers was born in Hungary&hellip; J Eddie Young, a defense mate of Schertzl&rsquo;s on the Oilers, is only 26 years old, but he lias a. head of white hair. He&rsquo;s something like Neil Colville, the New Haven Ramblers&rsquo; coach. When Colville played junior for Edmonton he was white. They say he was scared by a wolf when very young, and that was responsible for changing the color of his hair &hellip; There was a note of tragedy involved in the recent Hershey-Cleveland game. Just before the game, Gordie Henry, Hershey goaltender, received word that his father had died, lie insisted on playing the game, leaving immediately after for the funeral in Owen Sound, Ont.</p><p>THE TWO GOALS scored by Jimmy Thomson on January 5 as Toronto blanked Boston Bruins 4-0 were his first goals in 40 N.H.L. games. The steady-playing Leaf rearguard, who is noted more for his sound defensive play than for his scoring prowess, is only 21-years-old, yet, is a veteran of two Stanley Cup-winning teams. &ldquo;I hope I don&rsquo;t have to wait that long until it happens again&rdquo;, Jimmy said after the game on January 5 &hellip; The last time that Toronto played in Chicago, an excited spectator threw a cardboard box on the ice, and out hopped a live rabbit. As soon as the rabbit felt the cold ice he jumped all over the place. Leaf Defenseman Bill Barilko finally caught the bunny and heaved it into the crowd, where an alert fan made a beautiful catch of a very scared and confused rabbit.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0276/871190-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="264" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jimmy Thomson</b></figcaption></div><p>DAETROIT RED. WINGS were the first team in the National League J to score 100 goals this season. The Red Wings did the trick on January 2 when they tallied five times against the Chicago Black Hawks. The five-goal outburst brought the Wings&rsquo; total to 103 at the time &hellip; Hershey Bear fans are treated to a musical interlude before games and during intermissions. The tune that they hear most often has appropriately enough, been extracted from &ldquo;The Chocolate Soldier&rdquo;&hellip; Toe Blake, coacn of the Buffalo Bisons, is coming in for plenty of praise for the splendid showing Leo Gravelie is making this year. Gravelle has looked impressive in every game he has played with Montreal Canadiens and was a standout with Buffalo before coming to the Habitants &hellip; Grant &ldquo;Nobby&rdquo; Warwick, leading goal-getter in the N.H.L. all season has scored two goals in one game on six occasions. The stocky Boston right winger tops all players in this respect. Billy Reay of Canadiens and Edgar Laprade of Rangers have each notched two goals in one game three times.</p><p>TERRY REARDON, coach of the high-flying Providence Reds, is drawing plaudits around the A.H.L. for the fine way he&rsquo;s been handling the Reds this season. Reardon has inaugurated a system whereby he rests a different forward each game. It must be a pretty good system as the Reds are dominating everything in a scoring way in the American League this term &hellip;Four of the top ten scorers in the A.H.L. are members of the Providence team&hellip; Recently Babe Pratt, New Westminster&rsquo;s star defenseman, was standing in the lobby of the St. Regis Hotel in Vancouver when Porky Levine, one-time Vancouver Lions&rsquo; goalie, came along and asked him for a nickel to phone a friend. Pratt, all smiles, says, &ldquo;Here&rsquo;s a dime. Phone all your friends.&rdquo; &hellip; The Rockets &iexcl; Rooters Club of Philadelphia is a live-wire organ: lzation. Members wear large buttons and have stickers for their cars and suitcases. Each month thev nresent a watch to a member of the Rockets team in a secret popularity pool they conduct. George Defence was the winner in December. Jimmy Drummond was runner-up. The club has already made a trip to Hershey and they&rsquo;re planning junkets to Washington and Pittsburgh later in the season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0323/871183-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="294" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Terry Reardon</b></figcaption></div><p>THE FINING AND SUSPENSION of Cal Gardner of Toronto and Reardon of Canadiens, for their stick-swinging act in To-ronto on New Year&rsquo;s Night brings back memories ef the Jimmy Orlando-Gaye Stewart fiasco in Toronto on November 7, 1942. Stewart and Orlando were each fined &Iacute;100 and suspended for three games for their part in the 1942 fracas&hellip; Stewart, seems to be dogged with unfortunate luck in Toronto, as his injury on January 8 when hit on the head with a puck will attest&hellip; Some contemptible character tossed an empty whiskey bottle at &ldquo;King&rdquo; Clancy as he left the Ice at the end of the game at Montreal on January 8. Severe action should be handed out to any nitwit I found guilty of bottle-throwing at a hockey game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-043/871176-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="280" height="390"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gaye Stewart</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-052/871169-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="1690" height="1195"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>On The Carpet</i></p><p><b>AFTERMATH OF THE stick swinging duel between Kenny Reardon, Montreal Ca-nadien defenseman, and Cal Gardner, Toronto Mople Leof center, shows Reardon hearing his punishment from Clarence Campbell, President of the National Hockey League. That&rsquo;s Campbell behind the desk while Dick Irvin, coach of Canadiens, sits in the easy chair with his head resting on his hand while Reardon is in the straight backed chair. Kenny was fined $200. and suspended for the January 19 contest between Montreal and Toronto. Gardner was fined $250. and suspended for the same game. Since the punishment was handed out, there has been no other case of even mild stick swinging in the league. The affair was termed by referee Bill Chadwick, who handled the game, os one of the worst exhibitions he has seen since he became a ref. The two players stood toe to toe and slugged away at each other lustily with the wood and then went at it in true Joe Louis fashion. Both were given match penalties in game that was marked by rough play.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Passing the Puck

<div class="byline">BY GLEN GARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0131/871228-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HE&rsquo;S NOT VERY BIG, but Coach Lynn Patrick wouldn&rsquo;t trade Tony Leswick for most players now operating in the N.H.L. The stocky built Leswick has been a standout for New York Rangers ever since he joined the &ldquo;Big Time&rdquo;. He&rsquo;s a two way player who never gives up.</b></figcaption></div><p>OMAHA, Neb. &mdash;</p><p>There is always a good deal of old fashioned &ldquo;beefing&rdquo; among minor league fans about the farm system, especially when the team is&rsquo; losing. By and large though, were it not for connections with clubs in leagues of higher classification it would be very difficult indeed to place a strong team on the ice. A youngster still playing amateur hockey who feels that he is destined for big time hockey is naturally reluctant to sign with a minor league scout unless he represents a chain of clubs with a team in the National Hockey League.</p><p>The youngster may be only partly right in this. After all there is the draft and a minor league club will always sell a player if the price is a fair one, but the kid only knows about those big &ldquo;name&rdquo; teams and wants to line up with one. That is the chief reason why the major league teams have such a wealth of talent In which to call. It is so in hockey and it is so in baseball and until they change a young athlete&rsquo;s way of thinking it will always be so. A working agreement with a club in a league of higher-classification is usually a good thing for the minor league team.</p><p>There are many examples which could be cited. Perhaps the one which stands out is that of the Detroit (National); Indianapolis (American); and Omaha (United States) organization. Detroit omakes frequent moves in the personnel of their various clubs. Some times the fans don&rsquo;t agree with management, but the head man at Detroit, Manager Jack Adams, knows that if the hockey teams he sends to Indianapolis and Omaha are hustling clubs that win their share of games then he has done a good job.</p><p>Unfortunately a team cannot win every year. If I have heard It said once, I have heard it said a thousand times: &ldquo;Podunk is a good sports town but, &lsquo;we HAVE to have a winner.&rdquo; In every leag the United States Hockey League there isn&rsquo;t a team with a finer record than the Omaha Knue there are from six to eleven Po-dunks and they all can&rsquo;t be winners. Someone must finish first each season and by the same token there must also be a last place team.</p><p>In the United states Hockey League there isn&rsquo;t a team with a finer record than the Omaha Knights. In the six seasons that professional hockey has been played in this great hockey hot-bed, they have only failed to finish in the playoffs once and then by a narrow margin.</p><p>Hockey was introduced in Omaha in 1939-40 when Lyle Wright, President of the Minneapolis Millers, arranged to move the icemaking equipment from the old Duluth Arena (which had collapsed) to AK-SAR-BEN Coliseum. In their very first season the Knights made the finals of the playoffs. Detroit had Johnny Mowers playing the nets for Omaha that season with Jimmy Reay setting up most of the scoring plays for the Knights.</p><p>The next season found the Knights finishing out of the playoffs by only two points; the second, third and fourth place teams had 50 points and the Knights only 48. That was the only time the Omaha club failed to qualify!</p><p>The Knights bounced right back to win the championship the next season with Johnny Holota, Billy and Ron Hudson, Jimmy Conacher and Adam Brown setting the scoring pace and Hugh Millar and Thain Simon handling most of the defense chores.</p><h2><b>Back Again</b></h2><p>Loss of players and the war caused Omaha to drop from hockey until the United States Hockey League was organized in the fall of 1945-46 and Detroit again started sending them a great array of talents. The Knights finished second and went to the semifinals in the playoffs. Gordie Howe, Johnny Holota, George Homenuke, Don and Ron Morrison, Nelly Podolski, Gunner Melong, Barry Sullivan and Steve Wochy</p><h2><b><i>Almost A Record</i></b></h2><p>Freddie Thurier of the Cleveland Barons in the American Hockey League performed the herculean feat of scoring three goals in one minute and 44 seconds on Dec 28. Great as was his accomplishment, it failed to equal the league record of three in 57 seconds held by Bill Jennings who turned the trick for Indianapolis on Feb. 16, 1941.</p><p>were among the star players Jack Adams sent them. Harvey Jessiman, Omaha&rsquo;s goaltender, won allstar honors and repeated the following season, when the Knights led the league and went through to the finals before being defeated.</p><p>Last season after a poor start Detroit again came to the rescue. Jessiman failed to play up to his form of the two previous seasons and the greatest youngster to come along in years &mdash; Terry Saw-chuk &mdash; was rushed into the nets. When injuries caused the team to slump, players like Max McNab and Al Dewsbury were rushed into the breach and filled it so capably that the Knights once more were &ldquo;in&rdquo; when the playoffs commenced.</p><h2><b>Had Hard Luck</b></h2><p>The Knights got away to a bad start this season. No team could have encountered worse luck in the nets. Jim Shirley, a youngster just out of junior ranks, had a young team in front of him and was relieved by Don MacDonald. After a few brilliant performances MacDonald was badly injured and Bob DeCourcey was secured from St. Paul to fill in. DeCourcey only played five games before he too fell a victim to the injury jinx and in desperation the Knights were forced to play their practice goaltender and trainer, Metz Ska-leske. Metz had just been dis-I charged from hospital 24 hours before.</p><p>Omaha has some brilliant youngsters this season. Thus far some of the old standbys, the boys who are popular in AK-SAR-BEN and who have a host of followers there are the ones who have to show that they can still flash their old time form. But whether they do or not the fans of Omaha have been very fortunate in their connections and have done as well or better than any other team you can find in minor league hockey.</p><h2><b><i>The Mighty Mite</i></b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Farm System Beneficial To Hockey

<p>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</p><p>Founded October 1, 1947</p><p>Published By Hockey News Company, 603A Sun Life Building. 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 12, 1949 No. 15</p><p>Favorite topic of conversation, argument and opinion around the National Hockey League currently is the excess of rough play and injuries which seems to have descended upon this loop, in common with others. It&rsquo;s the consensus among all except the most bloodthirsty fans that things have gone just a bit too far, but it&rsquo;s another topic like the weather &mdash; everyone talks about it, but nothing is ever done.</p><p>Of course, it&rsquo;s unfair to say that nothing at all is done. For after a recent Montreal-Toronto fiasco, substantial fines were slapped on two players, Kenny Reardon and Cal Gardner, for their parts in a display of murderous bad temper. It must be admitted that, for a few games at least after the fines were levied, players on most teams behaved with almost angelic grace. The fans, as a result, were treated to some fast and interesting exhibitions of hcokey, the like of which they hadn&rsquo;t seen in quite some time.</p><p>But whether the effects will last any length of time is very doubtful. It&rsquo;s more likely that they&rsquo;ll soon lapse into their old habits, until another near-fatal fracas arises and calls for additional fines.</p><p>The solution seems to be, not in casual and irregular punitive action, but in a general tightening of the rules or stricter enforcement of the present ones to cut down the rough play at all times.</p><p>Hockey, admittedly, is a fast game, full of bodily contacts and braising action which is conductive to loss of temper and the urge to retaliate with stick or fist &mdash; more commonly the stick, unfortunately. This is often used as an excuse by those who condone the current roughness by saying that any action to cut down on lethal play would turn the game into a sissy pastime.</p><p>Well, that&rsquo;s one angle. But anyone thinking about the matter at all, must admit that there isn&rsquo;t much more bodily contact in hockey than in a fast game of basketball, and certainly not nearly as much brutal, bruising bumping as in football. Yet, in both those games there is not the mass mayhem and team donnybrook style of argument observed in too many N.H.L. games.</p><p>The reason is not too far buried but that it can be seen easily: the rules are strictly enforced, and a player would find himself out of the game for doing far less than a hockey player usually gets away for the price of a major penalty, or a misconduct at the most.</p><p>We&rsquo;re not suggesting that the rules should be made as tough as they are in basketball. For a common fault with that sport is that there is altogether too much whistle-blowing and stoppage of play. But we do believe that there is a happy medium between the two extremes, and that hockey should strive to reach that medium.</p><p>The main fault, to our mind, lies not with the referees and their interpretation of the rules, but with the changed style of hockey now played. The present rules regarding checking, boarding and so on were entirely adequate a few years ago under the closer team-play type of hockey then in vogue. But, since then the playing rules have been radically changed, red lines have been added, play has opened up and the &ldquo;scramble&rdquo; era of hockey has been ushered in.</p><p>When defensemen usually stayed behind their blue-line and The forwards swept in on skilful passing plays, the situation was far different than at present when every play finds 10 men scrambling and fighting at once, with every man for himself with the avowed intension of knocking at least one opponent flying for the glory of dear old podunk.</p><p>The result is that the rules just can&rsquo;t cope with the situation. A referee can impose a major or minor penalty on a player who crashes a man with brutal force into the board, such an action may, and often does, result in crippling injury &mdash; a wrenched shoulder or knee, or kroken bones.</p><p>Perhaps if there were stiffer penalties for such infractions, and automatic banishment from the game for any player who deliberately stickes an opponent with his stick, the players whould learn in time that fair play is the best policy.</p><p>There once was a game known as lacrosse, which was canada&rsquo;s national sport untill too many so-called sportsmen began using their sticks to settle arguments on the playing surface. We think there&rsquo;s a moral of some kind there.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WHAT PRICE ROUGH PLAY?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01104/871283-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>PENALTY INFO</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like to see more stories about the National Hockey League. Would you please tell me how many players can be in the penalty box at one time, with only minor and major penalties?</p><p>William Lewin Montreal, Que.</p><p>(There is no limit to the number of players who can be sent to the penalty box, provided that there are no less than four men on the ice for each team. Delayed penalties come after two men from any one team are in the box).</p><h2><b>A FEW COMMENTS</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I&rsquo;d like to make a few comments on your fine International Hockey Weekly. The crosswords are a swell idea. They make the reader more familiar with hockey personalities.</p><p>The idea put forth by Edward Bennett of Kingston is a good one. Your paper certainly has too much for too few and not enough for the majority. You should make it a point to feature an N.H.L. personality each week with his picture. Also, I think every week should bring an action shot from the &ldquo;Big Six.&rdquo; In the December 15 issue, there were three pictures of games, all from the lesser leagues. I agree that these leagues should be given plenty of support, but please, let&rsquo;s not overdo it.</p><p>If you find it absolutely necessary to have so many game summaries, what&rsquo;s the matter with Chuck Ashbee&rsquo;s suggestion? Two papers would perhaps be feasible.</p><p>Could you please outline how the playoff situation went in 1945-46 and tell me where Toronto&rsquo;s rookie, Ray Ceresino, came from?</p><p>Byron C. Borden Mount Royal, Que.</p><p>(Does Chuck Ashbee have any idea how much two papers would cost? Canadiens won the Stanley Cup in 1946, defeating Boston in the final. Bruins and Habs had readied the final by ousting Detroit and Chicago respectively. Ray Ceresino comes from Port Arthur, Ont., where he was born April 24. 1929.)</p><h2><b>HAINSWORTH&rsquo;S RECORD</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have a couple of questions I would like to ask you. First, could you give me the record of George Hainsworth, the three years he won the Vezina Trophy, and would you also name the Montreal Can-adlen goalkeepers in order and when they played?</p><p>Keep up the good work. I think you are publishing a fine paper.</p><p>William Meade Ottawa, Ont.</p><p><b>(Here&rsquo;s your answer, William, about Hainsworth: 1927-28 (Canadiens) 48 goals against in 44 games; 1929-30 (Canadiens) 114 goals against in 44 games. Hainsworth played for Canadiens from 1926-27 until 1933-34. Then cante Wilf Cude from 1934-35 to 1940-41. Paul Bibeault took over for 1941-42 to 1942-43, being replaced by Bill Durnan who is still with the club).</b></p><h2><b>DETROIT AFFILIATES</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Could you please tell me the teams, both amateur and professional. affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. Also, if Ted Hodgson of the St. Hyacinthe Juniors is on Toronto&rsquo;s list?</p><p>Harvey Astels</p><p>Verdun. Que.</p><p><b>(Pro affiliations with Detroit are Indianapolis of the A.H.L. and Omaha of the U.S.H.L. Amateur affiliations are Saskatoon Quaker Juniors, Windsor Spitfire Juniors, Medicine Hat Tiger Juniors and Fort William Hurricane Juniors. The last two clubs are sponsored by Omaha, but it&rsquo;s all part of the Detroit organization. Yes, Hodgson is on Toronto&rsquo;s negotiation list).</b></p><h2><b>TRUE WESTERNER</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have been reading your paper since it first came out and enjoy it very much. I know that you are trying to do your best to get more western Canada hockey in print, and a pat on the back for you.</p><p>Mel Hill, former N.H.L. star said in an Interview that the Western Canada Senior Hockey League was up to the calibre played in the American Hockey League, and that should give you some idea about the brand of hockey here in the west.</p><p>I have a couple of questions I would like you to answer. Why are the bands on the right arm of Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; sweaters not completed? You will notice that they are left open. Is it because of some superstition?</p><p>I have noticed that all away games for New York and Montreal are printed like this: Rangers at Canadiens. Why doesn&rsquo;t it have New York at Montreal?</p><p>Joe Durwall</p><p>Kennedy, Sask.</p><p><b>(As far as we know there is no reason for not completing the rings on the right arm of a Montreal sweater. It&rsquo;s simply the way they were designed. New York are listed as Rangers and Montreal as Canadiens in various schedules because there were formerly two clubs in these cities and people became accustomed to these teams under their nicknames).</b></p><h2><b>ST. LOUIS FAN</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I am one of your many readers in a real hockey town &mdash; St. Louis &mdash; home of the Flyers. As I read THE HOCKEY NEWS editions of the past, I noticed very little about our team. I realize you cannot please everyone, but how about more on the Flyers?</p><p>And now for my pet peeve: Every fan in Boston, Montreal, Detroit, Chicago, Toronto and New York seems to think that your paper is written for the National Hockey League, or to be more specific, the individual home cities. Also, you show all the scorers and goalkeepers&rsquo; averages, while in the A.H.L., only the leading goalkeeper&rsquo;s name appears. Remember, we have a fair league down here.</p><p>Of what nationality is Lloyd &ldquo;Red Doran?</p><p>William &ldquo;Bill&rdquo; Regan St. Louis, Mo.</p><p><b>(Believe Doran is of Irish extraction.)</b></p><h2><b>WE WERE WRONG Dear Sir,</b></h2><p>I noticed in your December 15 issue that the name of Don Metz was mentioned and that he was on a farm in Wilcox, Sask. If I&rsquo;m not mistaken, Don is playing with Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League.</p><p>Please give further information on Don. Is he still playing or is he on his farm at Wilcox?</p><p>Emile Perras</p><p>Cornwall, Ont.</p><p><b>(I guess you know Don is now playing with Toronto Maple Leafs.)</b></p><h2><b>INQUISITIVE</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like to know if Wally-Wilson is out of pro hockey and also, of the following players are still the property of the Maple Leafs: Bob Paul, Eddie Cutts (who refused to play for Washington), Hugh Mair and Ike Hildebrand.</p><p>I agree with subscribers who say: THE HOCKEY NEWS should print more stories about the amateurs who will someday be in the N.H.L. The two amateurs I would like to read about are Howie Harvey and Gerry McNeil.</p><p>Michael Vasil.</p><p>Arvida, Que.</p><p><b>(Wilson has retired front hockey. Cutts is still suspended by Washington Lions, the team which owns his pro rights. Hilderbrand belongs to Los Angeles while Mair has been reinstated as an amateur. Paul is on the Providence reserve lists).</b></p><h2><b>HERE IT IS AGAIN</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I agree with the fans who have been asking for more NHL. coverage in THE HOCKEY NEWS. The other circuits certainly shouldn&rsquo;t be omitted, but the N.H.L. merits more space than it is receiving since it is the top hockey league. I would especially like to see feature stories on Edgar Laprade, Joe Carveth and Billy Reay.</p><p>As for the hockey crosswords, I am all for them, but think those published so far have been a hit too easy.</p><p>I wonder if you could publish a picture of Billy Wilson, rightwing star of the Vancouver Canucks in the P. C. H. L.</p><p>Donald Burton. Toronto, Ont.</p><p><b>(Will do our best to comply with your requests).</b></p><h2><b>AMERICANS IN N. H. L.</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Please tell me where Larry Kwong is playing and also, who are the American-born players on the six National Hockey League clubs.</p><p>V. Piper</p><p>Hoboken, N.J.</p><p><b>(Kwong is with Valleyfield in the Quebec Senior League. American-born players in the N.H.L. arc: Frankie Brimsek, Pete Ba-bando, Norman Dussault and Cliff Thompson).</b></p><h2><b>LIKES FLAMON</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>To my mind, one of the most underrated players in the N.H.L. is Fernie Flamon, defenseman for Boston Bruins. Why don&rsquo;t you have one of your writers do a story on Flamon? So little is known about him. Can you tell me how long he has been with Boston and with what team he played before making the Bruins?</p><p>Andy McLean.</p><p>Boston. Mass.</p><p><b>(We&rsquo;ll see what we can do about a story on Fernie in the near future. He broke in with Boston in 1945-46, but only played one game and then went to Hershey Bears in the A.H.L. He was back in a Bruin sweater in 1946-47 and has been with the club ever since).</b></p><h2><b>A. H. L. ALL-STARS</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I wonder if it would be possible for you to let me know the players who made the United States Hockey League&rsquo;s All-Star team for last season? Also, who-was named the most valuable player in the U.S.H.L.?</p><p>How about a few feature stories on a few of the Kansas City players? After all, they are leading the Northern Division and seem a cinch to take the championship this season.</p><p>James Armstrong.</p><p>Kansas City.</p><p><b>(Here&rsquo;s the all-star team: Goal &mdash; Phil McAtee, Fort Worth; Defense &mdash; Doug Baldwin. Kansas City; Jake Forbes, Omaha; Center &mdash; George Agar, Houston; Right Wing &mdash; Hal Brown, St. Paul; left Wing &mdash; Ralph Wycherley, Minneapolis. Clint Smith of Tulsa was named the most valuable player in the U.S.H.L. last season).</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FOURM

<p class="dropcap"><span>R</span>oy Conacher, the smart left winger who went to Chicago Black Hawks from Detroit Red Wings, and who picked up three goals and one assist during the past week, to tie his teammate Doug Bentley for the lead in the individual scoring race, has been named the Player-Of-The-Week by THE HOCKEY NEWS and therefore wins the Morgan Hat Award.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-13/871422-1-eng-US/f0007-132.jpg" title="f0007-13" width="233" height="369"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Roy Conacher</b></figcaption></div><p>Sunday night as the Hawks downed Boston 4-2, Roy netted two counters, one of which proved to be the winner. Saturday, as Chicago tied Toronto, Roy also came through with a goal. His work, along with Doug Bentley and Bill Mosienko has made this line one of the best in N.H.L. hockey. Conacher has netted 15 goals and assisted in 26 others so far this season.</p><p>Possesed of one of the hardest shots in the game, Roy is deadly when he has the puck near the opponents&rsquo; goal. He was born in Toronto, October 6, 1916. He stands six feet one inch and weighs around 175. He is the brother of Charlie, coach of the Hawks, and Lionel, one of the greatest players ever to don a N.H.L. sweater. During the summer, Roy work with his famous brother, Charlie, on the latter&rsquo;s farm near Toronto.</p><p>Roy was the sixth player to be acquired by the Black Hawks in deals last season to help bolster the faltering Hawks. Bill Tobin, club president, admitted that it cost the Black Hawks $25,000 in cash to get this smart left winger.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player - Of - The - Week

<div class="byline">BY JAMES C HENDY</div><p>(The following article is copyrighetd by Street & Smith Publication Inc. and is reprinted here through the courtesy of that organization. It first appeared in the 1st and 2nd January issues (1938) of Street & Smith&rsquo;s SPORT STORY MAGAZINE. This is the third of six instalments.)</p><p>The player who was possibly closest to Howie as an amateur was Frank &ldquo;Frosty&rdquo; Carson. Howie always gave much of the credit for his brilliant showing to Frank, whose hair started to turn gray while he was still playing junior hockey.</p><p>One night, before an important play-off game, Carson and Morenz &mdash; a little tired of the continual training grind they had been through all season &mdash; decided to have a little fun. They accepted invitations to a party at St. Mary&rsquo;s, a town near Stratford, and drove over.</p><p>As they arrived at their destination and Carson, who had been driving, stepped out of the car, he slammed the door after him, expecting Morenz to get out on the other side. A low moan of pain caused him to swing around, and there was Howie, tears of agony streaming down his face, his finger smashed in the door.</p><p>Carson quickly swung the door back open and helped Howie to the sidewalk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0187/871474-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="564" height="1013"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Line Mate</i></b></p><p><b>AUREL JOLIAT was Indirectly responsible for the acquisition of Hqwie Morenz by the Canadiens. The club had obtained Joliat and wanted a fast, clever linemate to play with him. Morenz filled the bill, and drew the assignment.</b></p></figcaption></div><p>His finger was hanging on by a mere shred of flesh, and Carson was scared senseless, knowing that they would never hear the end of it when the team found out.</p><p>Frank realized something had to be done in a hurry and rushed Howie to a doctor. It was the little finger on his right hand, the cut being between the second and third knuckles. After swearing the doctor to secrecy, they had him &lsquo;repair&rsquo; the finger as best he could It took innumerable stitches, and when he was through, Howie asked him to put some splints around it.</p><p>Carson was surprised at the request for splints, but said nothing. With the party now forgotten, they started back for Stratford, and on the way, Howie unfolded a plan which sounded silly to Frank; but, being only a kid, anything seemed possible so long as the team didn&rsquo;t find out.</p><p>&ldquo;Frank, let&rsquo;s not say a word to any one about my finger,&rdquo; Howie began. &ldquo;I think I&rsquo;ll be able to handle a stick so long as I keep these splints on my finger. If you get out there with me and keep feeding me passes. I&rsquo;ll forgive you. I&rsquo;ll get to the dressing room early, get dressed, and put on my gloves so that no one will be able to see my finger.&rdquo;</p><p>The sheer audacity of the scheme floored Carson, but he agreed to the plan.</p><p>The following night, they got around to the rink before any one else was there. They were into the:r uniforms and fully dressed before any of the others arrived.</p><h2><b>Nobody Suspects</b></h2><p>Their teammates thought something was wrong, but never dreamed that Howie had practically had a finger severed the night bsfore. The opening whistle couldn&rsquo;t come too soon for the boys, and, once on the ice, even the closest observer never suspected that anything was wrong with Howie.</p><p>Kelterborne. Frank, and Howie were in good form that night, their passing game working to perfection. As Kelterborne and Carson fed the rubber to Howie, bo. would go sailing in on the net. He came up with four goals. Added to what the rest of the team scored, this was more than enough to win.</p><p>&ldquo;It was the grandest exhibition of courage I have ever seen,&rdquo; Carson related. &ldquo;Never once during the game did he mention the finger to me. He even rebelled when our coach signalled him to come off for a rest. I have always thought that he was so imbued with the spirit of the game that he never felt the Intense pain which must have been terrible every time he bore down on his stick to shoot or pass.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>No Grand Delusions</b></h2><p>Despite the stardom he had attained as an amateur, Howie never thought of himself as a great player. This was demonstrated when he returned to Stratford from a trip to Kingston for a game.</p><p>On the way, he stopped over in Toronto for a few hours and took advantage of the opportunity to see his first professional game. It was between the Toronto St. Pats and the Hamilton Tigers. Leo Reise, playing his first professional game, was on the defense for the Tigers.</p><p>On his first rush down the ice, he scored a goal, but on the second attempt, he was stopped cold in his tracks by Ken Randall. Reise had to be assisted from the ice, red streaming from a wound on his face. But it was the speed of the play which scared Howie, not the roughness. He never dreamed that he would one day be out-speeding the fastest players in major-league hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;Well, mom,&rdquo; he said to his mother, upon his return to Stratford, &ldquo;you don&rsquo;t have to worry about me ever turning professional. Those fellows are so fast they made my hair stand up straight with their speed. If you ever hear me talk about becoming a pro, why, just take me out to the woodshed and give me a good whipping.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Misses His Mother</b></h2><p>But that was one whipping Howie missed. His mother died on January 22, 1922, causing a great change to come over him. Howie had always been happy and carefree up to this time. Worry was something unknown to him; but. despite his love for the rest of his family, he felt alone. He knew that his mother would have wanted him to succeed in hockey, and when he returned to competition after a short absence, he was more brilliant than ever.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0251/871467-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="490" height="504"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Pupil and Mentor</i></b></p><p><b>Young Howie was a prize catch for the Montrealers, and had been eagerly sought after by other major league professional outfits. Hart, who could talk a raging Tiger into purring, used all his natural charm to talk Howie into signing. It was one of the greatest moves ever made by the Habitants as Morenz was not only a great player, but an outstanding attraction at the turnstiles.</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0336/871460-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="1109" height="1161"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HOWIE MORENZ who was signed by Montreal Canadiens largely through the efforts of Leo Dandurand and Cecil Hart then Coach of the Canucks.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0421/871453-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="1716" height="2232"></div><p><b><i>Persuasive Habs Sign Up Howie As Scouts Bid For His Services</i></b></p><p>Imbued with a new determination, he was unstoppable, and during a championship game against Guelph, he scored six goals. In another game at Montreal in the old Mount Royal Arena he dented the twine nine times.</p><p>These performances at last stirred the professional hockey moguls into action, and Charlie Querrie, who was then managing the Toronto St. Pats of the National Hockey League, was the first to try to sign him.</p><p>Querrie, a smart judge of hockey talent, lost no time in getting in touch with the Stratford Streak and offered him $1,000 to finish out the season with the St. Pats. Although only five games remained on the Toronto schedule, Howie refused to be tempted and turned down the offer.</p><h2><b>Get Their Man</b></h2><p>But once the professional scouts get on the trail of an amateur, they are a relentless pack. Like the famous Mounties of Canada, they always get their man, only they do their hunting with check book and fountain pen.</p><p>Toronto did not give up and tried to sign Howie for the following season. In addition to the offer from the St. Pats, he reoeived a flattering offer from the Saskatoon Sheiks, of the Western Canada League. His fame had reached the Pacific Coast, and Lester Patrick, owner and manager of the Victoria Cougars in, the Western League, also made him a tempting proposition. But Howie still was determined to remain an amateur.</p><p>He managed to withstand the offers of Toronto, Saskatoon, and Victoria: hut he had not yet come in contact with the smooth diplomecy of Cecil Harf, associate o&iacute; Leo Dandurand on the Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>Dandurand had also seen Morenz play and was determined to sign him. He had been tipped off to him by Miks Redden two years before, and later by Ernie Sauve, a Montreal referee, but hadn&rsquo;t followed up the tips.</p><p>The Canadiens were being rebuilt, Dandurand, who managed Canadiens at the time and was also part owner, had traded the veteran &ldquo;Newsy&rdquo; Lalonde to Saskatoon the season before.</p><h2><b>Mate For Joliat</b></h2><p>In return for Lalonde, he had secured the rights to Aurel Joliat&rsquo;s contract, and Joliat had coms through brilliantly for him. Now Dandurand was anxious to secure Morenz to team-up with the clever little left winger. He immediately sent Hart to Stratford with a contract and a blank check.</p><p>Howie, bombarded on all sides with advice from well-meaning Stratford friends, was in a quandary; but Hart was determined to secure Howie&rsquo;s signature on a contract.</p><p>Howie met Hart at eight o&rsquo;clock at night, and after talking to him for an hour, took him over to his home to meet his dad. Howie then asked to see the contract, and while Hart tried to win Mr. Morenz over to his side, Howie slipped out to show a lawyer friend the contract.</p><p>The lawyer didn&rsquo;t like many of the clauses and changed the contract to his liking. Finally, Howie paid him a fee of a dollar, which was all he asked, and hurried home.</p><p>He figured that, when Hart saw how he had changed the contract, he would become discouraged and go home. But Cecil agreed to all the changes Howie had made, and finally Mr. Morenz consented to sign for his boy, Howie not yet being of age.</p><h2><b>Given Unusual Leeway</b></h2><p>That contract was unique in that it gave Howie the right to be a free agent at the end of two years. This would have put him in a position to sell himself to the highest bidder, but Howie never excerised this right.</p><p>He was a little overhelmed at the thought of playing major league hockey. The fleeting glimpse he had had of the professionals in action had left a lasting impression on him. He knew that, among the amateurs, he could hold his own; but he was so modest the thought never occurred to him that, even as an amateur, he was better than any pros.</p><p>Others besides Howie doubted his ability to make good. They tried every argument in an effort to get him to repudiate his contract. Howie had brought m.ore publicity to the city of Stratford than any one in its history, and the city officials didn&rsquo;t want to see him leave.</p><p>Finally, he went to Leo Dandurand late in September. He argued and cried that he was not able to live up to the contract which he had signed. His chief argument was that he was a minor. His father and his counselors did not wi&rsquo;s.h him to go to a so-called &ldquo;vicious&rdquo; city like Montreal. But Dandurand was firm and insisted on Howie living up to the agreement.</p><h2><b>Dandurand Holds Firm</b></h2><p>High Ontario Hockey Association officials then pleaded with Dandurand to release him, but the owner of the Canadiens refused to listen to them. Both Howie and his father had signed, and the matter ended there as far as Date durand was concerned.</p><p>As he sat at home waiting for the call to report to training camp, thoughts of stardom were farthest from his mind. Could he have seen into the future, the worried expression would have flown from his face, because Morenz was to prove a major-league star of the highest caliber the moment he stepped upon the ice.</p><p>But Howie wasn&rsquo;t gifted with occult powers. He couldn&rsquo;t himself playing an important part with Canadiens and helping them to a Stanley Cup the first year he was with them, to bring the prized trophy back to the &ldquo;Habitants&rdquo; after an absence of seven years.</p><p>All he knew was that he was now a member of Club de Hockey Canadien, the Flying Frenchmen of Montreal, oldest and most colorful hockey team In the world.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Persuasive Habs Sign Up Howie

<h2><b>First Is A Big One</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>R</span>ookie Sheldon Bloomer of New Haven in the A.H.L. scored his first professinol goal recently. It was no ordinary tally as it gave his team a tie with Springfield</p><h2><b>Two Little Pests</b></h2><p>Doug Lewls and Freddie Hunt have acquired the nickname of &ldquo; little pests&rdquo; because of their expert back checking and guarding while acting as &ldquo;penalty killers&rdquo; for the Buffalo in the A.H.L.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0170/871680-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="589" height="409"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0251/871673-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="599" height="1051"></div><p>Providence Reds are so far out ih front of the Eastern Division of the A.H.L. that the other clubs have little or no chance of catching them. They have a 20 point lead over the second place Hershey Bears.</p><p>In the Western Division, St. Louis Flyers are still out In front but their lead has been cut to four points by the fast travelling Pittsburgh squad. A week ago, St. Louis had an eight point margin but they are running into tougher opposition now. Cleveland Barons have also, made great strides and are only five points behind Flyers.</p><p>Providence dominates the individual scoring race. Carl Lisco mbe is tops with 57 points While Sid Smith, Pittsburgh is next with 53. Murdo McKay of Buffalo dropped to third with 50. Then comes R. Bedard, Providence, Paul Gladu, St. Louis and Johnny Chad of Providence with 49 each.</p><h2><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30</b></h2><p>NEW HAVEN &mdash; With only 30-seconds left in the game, Sheldon Bloomer took, pass from Jack Gordon to score and give New Haven Ramblers a 3-all tie with Springfield Indians.</p><p><b>Springfield:</b> Goal, Perras; defense McAndrew, Allen: center, Macey; wings, Trudell, Gooden; subs.: McMahon, Tottle, Conn. Courteau, Curick, Schmidt, Lemieux, McMurdy, Narduzzi.</p><p><b>New Haven:</b> Goal, Francis; defense Hrymnak, Lancien; center, Gordon; wings, Brown, Ramsden; subs.: Glaude, Bloomer, White, Denis, Johnstone, Davies Webster, Jenkins, Colville.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0321/871666-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="588" height="487"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0412/871659-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="1142" height="418"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31</b></h2><p>INDIANAPOLIS &mdash; The Buffalo Bisons closed out 1948 in the proper manner here when they downed Indianapolis 3-0. One goal in the first period and two in the third proved enough to give Buffalo their victory.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Dion; defense Leger, Finkbeiner; center, MacKay; wings Hunt, Pargeter; subs.: Curry, Agar, Mackenzie, B. Blake. Johnson. H. Blake, Douglas, Cooper, Haldorsen.</p><p><b>Indianapolis:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Dewsbury, Nicholson; center, Morrison; wings R. Morrison, Podolsky; subs.: Reid, Glover, MacKay, Melong, Woit, Heller, Simpson, Lund, Bruneteau, Haidy.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0510/871652-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="577" height="283"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY. JANUARY 1</b></h2><p>CLEVELAND &mdash; The Cleveland Barons started 1949 right when they hung a 6-2 beating on Washington Lions here. Outside of the first five minutes when they were ahead 1-0. Washington were unable to hold the fast skating Barons in check.</p><p><b>Washington:</b> Goal, Crowdis; defense, Vitale Wilson; centre, Schultz; wings, Mundrick, F. Porteous; subs.: Foley, Dick, Burns, McGuire, Duggan, McAtee, Frost, Mouseau, D. Porteous, Brenchley.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower; defense, Sprout, Davidson; center, Holota; wings, Leswick Carse; subs.: Buller, Wares, Brennan, DeMarco. Russell, Solinger, Kelly, Black, Hextali, Wycherley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-068/871645-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="576" height="556"></div><p>HERSHEY &mdash; The high scoring Eeasteen Divivsion. leading Providence Reds found out that you can&rsquo;t win all the time as they ran into a fast moving Hershey team and dropped a 7-3 decision.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defense, Michaluk, Summers; center, McGill; wings, Chad, Hamilton: subs.: Reardon, Morris, Arcand, Fraser, Laplante, Liscombe, Bedard, Scherza, E. Kuliman, Stoddard.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Frogley; defense, Jones Kryzanowski; center, A. Kuliman; wings Bruce, Bettio; subs.: McLenahan, Branigan, Cain, Mario, Maloney. Larson, Brown, Creighton, Toppazzini, Marquess.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-075/871638-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="580" height="653"></div><p>PITTSBURGH &mdash; Philadelphia Rockets, fighting to get out of the cellar, downed Pittsburgh Hornets here 3-1 in a well played game. The Rockets went ahead 1-0 at the end of the first period and 2-1 when the second finished. They then netted once in the third while holding their opponents off the score sheet.</p><p><b>Philadelphia:</b> Goal, Perras; defense, Archambault, Kraiger; center, Stefaniw; wings Hergcshetnier, prentice; subs.: Waldriff, Brodeur, Bush, Mahaffy, Wo-chy, Defelice, K. Kilrea, Pidhlrny, Mulholland.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal. Bastien: defense, Kemp, Psutka; center, Langelle; wings, Sloan, Smith; subs,: Backor. Mathers, Samis, Kebussen, Benson, O&rsquo;Flaherty, Migay, Costello, Mackell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-084/871631-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="579" height="387"></div><p>ST. LOUIS &mdash; Marching along in front of the Western Division, St. Louis Flyers added two more points to their total when they downed Indianapolis 3-2. The Flyers moved out in front 2-1 in the first frame and added the only goal of the second. Indianapolis tried hard to get back in the game but the best they could do was a single marker late in the third. Ralph Almas, St. Louis goalie turned in a neat chore,</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defense, Olson, Mariucci center, Grosso: wings, LI earl, Gladu; subs.: Simon, Milligan, Grigg, McComb. Trigg, Slack, Sullivan, Doran, Pozzo, Backor.</p><p><b>Indianapolis:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Nicholson, Dewsbury; center, D. Morrison wings, R. Morrison; Podolsky; subs.: Melogn, Woit, Simpson, Lund. Reid, Glover Bruneteau McKay, Haidy, Heller.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-094/871624-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="586" height="185"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-104/871617-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="584" height="638"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><h2><b>LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>Goals:</b> Carl Liscombe, Providence (32). Assists: R. Bedard, Providence and P. Maloney, Hershey (34).</p><p><b>Penalties:</b> Phil Vitalle, Washington 106 minutes.</p><p><b>Shutouts:</b> Ralph Almas, St. Louis (4). Goaltenders: Baz Bastien, Pittsburgh, 37 games, 98 goals against, average 2:65.</p><p><b>Team Penalties:</b> Pittsburgh (423 minutes).</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-114/871610-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="576" height="210"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD &mdash; In a close checking game, New Haven Ramblers and Springfield Indians fought to a 2-all tie here. The game was fast and clean only seven minor penalties being handed out. Thera was no scoring in the first period with New Haven going ahead 1-0 at the end of the second. Springfield outscored their apponenfs 2-1 in the third to split the points.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-123/871603-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="580" height="365"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-132/871596-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="1705" height="1351"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i><b>Almas Kicked It Out</b></i></p><p><b>IT&rsquo;S THREE AGAINST THREE, but the St. Louis Flyers hove the situation well in hand as Ralph Almas comes up with a save a gainst Providence Reds in a game played at St. Louis. Flyer players in the picture are George Milligan (4), Vic Grigg (6) and Almas (1). Providence men are Ray Laplante (20), Jack Stoddard (12) and coach Terry Reardon (2).</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 2</b></h2><p>HERSHEY &mdash; In a high scoring contest which saw 16 goals blaze past the two goalkeepers, Washington Lions downed Hershey Bears 9-7 here. The winners fought back after being behind several times and it was three goals in the last period that turned the trick. The affair was well played and clean with only three minor penalties being dished out by the officials.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0186/871589-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="592" height="685"></div><p>PROVIDENCE &mdash; Peanuts O&rsquo;Flaherty, veteran winger, scored four goals as Pittsburgh upset the league leading Providence Reds 8-2. Trailing 2-1 at the end of the first period, Pittsburgh ran wild to blink the red light six times in the second frame and then added the only goal of the final session. It was the worst home defeat of the season for Providence.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0257/871582-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="590" height="661"></div><p>NEW HAVEN &mdash; Scoring in every period, Cleveland Barons downed New Haven Ramblers 4-0 before a capacity crowd here. Former New York Ranger star Bryan Hextall scored what proved to be the winning goal in the first period. A sturdy Cleveland defense gave goalie Johnny Bower excellent support to help him register his shutout.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0343/871575-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="586" height="290"></div><p>INDIANAPOLIS &mdash; St. Louis Flyers, leading the A.H.L. Western Division, saw their lead cut to six points over Pittsburgh Hornets as they dropped a 6-3 contest to Indianapolis Capitals here. The winners were in command all the way.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0426/871568-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="588" height="604"></div><p>BUFFALO &mdash; With the newly formed line of Len Haldorsen, Murdo MacKay and George Pargeter scoring three of their goals Buffalo Bison* downed Philadelphia Rockets 4-2. The game was clean and fast which met with the approval of the 7,600 fane.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0519/871561-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="593" height="289"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0617/871554-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="585" height="242"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 4</b></h2><p>ST. LOUIS &mdash; Philadelphia Rockets scored the. first goal in their game against St. Louie Flyers here but were unable to hold it and went down to defeat 6-1. A near capacity crowd watched the Flyers outplay the Rockets after the first period.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-079/871547-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="582" height="457"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5</b></h2><p>BUFFALO &mdash; Indianapolis Capitals and Buffalo Bisons battled to a 2-all tie here in a well played hockey game. Buffalo went ahead 2-1 at the end of the first period and Indianapolis tied it in the second. The final frame went scoreless.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-089/871540-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="580" height="357"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD &mdash; In a high scoring game. Springfield downed Hershey 8-6 here. Goals came thick and fast and the two clubs played wide open. Doug McMurdy netted the hat trick for Springfield. Maloney and Caln oach scored twice for Hershey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-099/871533-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="582" height="757"></div><p>PROVIDENCE &mdash; The high flying Providence Reds added another two points to their total when they defeated Washington Lions here by a 7-2 score. The winners never trailed and has a decided edge over their rivals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-107/871526-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="584" height="584"></div><p>..CLEVELAND &mdash; Playing sound defensive hockey. Cleveland downed it. Louis Flyers 8-0. The winner. netted once in each period and seldom allowed th* Flyer* to get a clear shot st the Cleveland goal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-117/871519-1-eng-US/f0010-112.jpg" title="f0010-11" width="582" height="111"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-122/871512-1-eng-US/f0010-122.jpg" title="f0010-12" width="587" height="231"></div><p>NEW HAVEN &mdash; The Pittsburgh Hornets went on a scoring spree to down New Haven Ramblers 10-5. Outscoring their opponents 6-1 in the second period to take a 8-3 lead, Pittsburgh then held New Haven even in the third to take an easy victory.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-132/871505-1-eng-US/f0010-132.jpg" title="f0010-13" width="580" height="860"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">by BUNNY MORGANSON</div><p>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;</p><p>Entering the final half of their long schedule the senior and junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; clubs in the Ontario Hockey Association are now levelling for play-off positions. Toronto&rsquo;s Marlboros cycloned through the last month of the old year with nine straight wins, taking 10 of their last 11 games to bolster their first place position to five points over the second place Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen.</p><p>After defeating Owen Sound 6-4, coming from behind in the last period with two hard-fought goals, Marlboros hung up their ninth straight before 5,000 holiday-minded fans at Maple Leaf Gardens on the eve of the New Year. They also lost Ray Timgren to the Maple Leafs after this game and the former Riverdale Collegiate star was officially signed to a professional contract and hustled off to Montreal for his first official NHL game, although he had played in three previous pro games on a trial-basis.</p><p>Coach Joe Primeau hopes to have Eric Pogue, former Oshawa junior star, along with Bobby Hassard. center player from the junior Dukes, as immediate replacement for Timgren. With Hassard and Pogue on hand, Primeau plans to team them up with Chuck Blair for a new third line. Johnny McLelland, who has been centering the Dukes&rsquo; second line, will likely shift over to left wing, a position he played with considerable merit as a member of St. Michael&rsquo;s championship junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; team two years ago.</p><p>The return of Alex Barilko, recovered from a fractured foot, and Gene Martin, hurt during the fall training, will give the Senior Dukes six defense players, as they already have Alex Davidson Bobby Robertson, Flash Hollett and Gordon Simpson. Primeau says he&rsquo;ll rest two defensemen for the busy weekend schedule coming up, where the Dukes play a Friday night game at home and then take on a road engagement the following night.</p><p>Senior hockey in Ontario is enjoying one of its best seasons in many a year; all the clubs with the exception of Stratford have attracted good crowds. The Stratford situation has gone from bad to worse since they sold Billy Flick and Mickey Roth to Kitch ener for $5,000 and one player. Three others mentioned in the deal have either retired or refused to take part in the deal. Now the Stratford club is running on a players&rsquo; co-operative basis with Dutch Meier, former sponsor, remaining as coach and manager for the boys. This could be Stratford&rsquo;s final season in senior company as they appear to be unable to overcome the strong opposition of the junior &lsquo;A&rdquo; club operating in the same city.</p><p>Hockey is flourishing better than ever all over Ontario. The Toronto Hockey League, one of Canada&rsquo;s largest minor organizations playing in the Greater Toronto area, has over 700 teams and of these some 85 are of the Intermediate class, a new record for this particular division. Ontario Minor Hockey has been flooded with entries and Secretary Jack Christie says a new all-time high for total teams will be established this season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<h2><b>Powerhouse Center</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>O</span>ne of the most improved players In the U.S.H.U is Wee Trainor center for 8t. Paul. Coach Clint Smith, a great center Ice player him self, has opent hours teaching Wes. and Trainor has been an apt pupil.</p><h2><b>Passed The Test</b></h2><p>8t. Paul defenseman Bob Dill, likes to bee if newcomers &ldquo;can take it&rdquo;. Recently he &ldquo;tested&rdquo; Eddie Dorohoy and Jacques Ixtcas and fouud they passed the &ldquo;test&rdquo; and were even eager to dish It out.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0184/871861-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="597" height="312"></div><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>Dember 30 &mdash; Kansas City 5, at St. padl 1; Minneapolis 5, at Fort Worth 0.</p><p>January 1 &mdash; St. Paul 0, at Minneapolis 0; Omaha 0, at Tulsa 5; Fort Worth 3, at Dallas 7.</p><p>January 2 &mdash; Minneapolis 5, at St. Paul 6; Tulsa at Kansas City 6; Omaha 5, at Fort Worth 2; Dallas 2, at Houston 4.</p><p>January 4 &mdash; Houston 2, at Omaha 3.</p><p>January 5 &mdash; Houston 3, at Kansas oity 11; Tulsa 2, at Dallas 4.</p><h2><b>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>January 13 &mdash; Kansas City at St. Paul, Fort Worth at Houston.</p><p>January 15 &mdash; St. Paul at Minneapolis, Kansas City at Omaha, Houston at Tulsa, Fort Worth at Dallas.</p><p>January 16 &mdash; Minneapolis at St. Paul, Omaha at Kansas City, Dallas at Fori Worth, Tulsa at Houston.</p><p>January 19 &mdash; St. Paul at Kansas City, I Houston at Fort Worth, Omaha at Minneapolis.</p><p>The first double shutout since the United States Hockey League was organized was played in MinJapolis January 1st when the Paul Saints and Minneapolis Millers battled through sixty minutes of torrid hockey with neither side able to score. For the Millers&rsquo; goalie, Harry McQueston. it was his second shutout in two I games, he having blanked the Ft. Worth Rangers two days before. McGill, the St. Paul goalie, had turned in a shutout earlier in the season.</p><p>Kansas City continued to lead the Northern Division with 44 points, St. Paul was in second place with 42; Minneapolis third with 36 and the Omaha Knights, with three wins and one loss in four games, in fourth place with 30 points.</p><p>Tulsa has 39 points to lead the Southern Division by 10 points over second place Dallas Texans who have 29. The Fort Worth ongers and Houston are tied 28 points each with the hottest race in years on for playoff positions.</p><p>Ray Powell, star Kansas City center, who netted the rubber four times on Sunday has taken undisputed leadership in scoring with 31 goals and 27 assists for 58 points. Wes Trainor of St. Paul leads the playmakers with 37 assists. Bobby Dill. St. Paul defenseman, has served 82 minutes in the penalty box.</p><h2><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28</b></h2><p>TULSA &mdash; The speedy Tulsa Oilers downed Minneapolis Millers here 6-3 before a crowd of 4,200 happy home town fans. It was only the second time the two clubs had met this season and was sweet revenge for Tulsa who dropped the other contest.</p><p><b>Minneapolis:</b> Goal, McQueston; defense, Fraser, Sherritt; center. Lavoie; wings. Richardson, Bartholome; subs.: Allen, Forgie, Atanas, Smith, Kaiser, Melynk, Gagne, Tomiuk,</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Litle; defense, Durham, chertzl center, Ashworth: wings, McAtee, Gronsdahl; subs: Knott, Ritson, Dheere, Schnurr. M. Young, E. Young.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0252/871854-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="588" height="534"></div><p>HOUSTON &mdash; The Omaha Knights: d. invaded the Coliseum here and when the boat of battle was over, they had scored a 4-2 victory over Houston Huskies in a.S.H.L. encounter.</p><p><b>Housion:</b> Goal, N. Pidsodny: defense, Gm lepy, P. Pidsodny; eenter, Mousseau; wings. Brown, Giesebrecht; subs.: Maher, Field. Kopak, Peterson, Burke, Wellington, Hickey. Horeck.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal, Bell; derense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center, Burgess; wings, Boyce, Heale; subs.: Reigle, Lavitt, Folk. Homenuke, McLean, Strongman, Wiseman, Weisman, Uniac, Smith.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0336/871847-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="1768" height="1363"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Tulsa Terrors</b></p><p><b>TULSA OILERS ARE leading the Southern Division of the U.S.H.L. these days and it is due in no small way to the three men pictured above. At the left is Johnny Ubriaco, who joined the club after the season had started but whose work has been brilliant. Center is Coach Jack Riley whose ability to handle men has mads the Tulsa outfit a tough one to beat for club spirit. Left is veteran Nick Knott, still sniping goals when they count most and a marvelous defensive star.</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0416/871840-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="585" height="365"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29</b></h2><p>DALIAS &mdash; The Omaha Knights scored three quick goals in the second period and then staved off a Dallas rally to take a 3-2 victory. Nearly 4,000 fans watched the Knights strike hard when George Homenuke netted at 3:47. Motto McLean added another a minute later and Gordon Heale came across with the third. Joe Bell and Tom Rockey were Dallas marksmen.</p><p><b>Dallas:</b> Goal, Bibeault: defense, Marlneau, Rockey; center, Dorohoy; wings, Txcas, Gagnon; subs.: Mazur, Deslaurk.rs.. Cook, Morenz, Moore, Bougie, Bell. Fillion. Petrie.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal, Bell; defense, Forbes. Ouackenbush; center, Heale; wings, Burgess, Boyce: subs.: Reigle, Lavitt, Folk, Homenuke, McLean, Wiseman, Uniac, Smith, Strongman.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-059/871833-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="583" height="406"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30</b></h2><p>FORT WORTH &mdash; The Minneapolis Millers overpowered the Fort Worth Rangers here 6-0 as the two teams met for the first time this season. Bill Richardson netted twice with Walter Atanas, Tom Forgie, Walter Melnyk and Roger Gagne adding singletons.</p><p><b>Fort Worth:</b> Goal, Jesslman; defense, Kane, Travis; center, Weaver; wings, Warwick, Cupolo; subs.: Lofvendahl, Jones, Auger, Kennedy, Ung?er, Glover, Casanato.</p><p><b>Minneapolis:</b> Goal, McQueston; defense, Kaiser, Fraser; center, Richardson; wings Lavoie, Bartholome: busb.: Sherritt, Allen, Forgie, Atanas, Smith, Melnyk, Gagne, Tomiuk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-067/871826-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="587" height="409"></div><p>ST. PAUL&mdash;With Al Rollins turning in a sensational performance in goal. Kansas City Pla-Mors trounced St. Paul Saints 5-1 here. It was the sixth victory for Kansas City over St. Paul this year.</p><p><b>St. Paul:</b> Goat, MeGi; defense, Allsby, Dill; center. Schwartz; wings, McIntosh, levandowski; subs.: Trainor, Delmonte, Juckes, Bend, Brown, Cameron, Bell and Sandalack.</p><p><b>Kansas City:</b> Goal, Rollins; defense. Tarala, Jackson; center, Powell; wings, Olmstead, Harms; subs.: Baldwin, Bedard, Blade, Silvestri, Fashoway, Miller, Slater, Groves and Stasiak.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-075/871819-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="586" height="401"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 1</b></h2><p>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;The Minneapolis Millers played their second successive shutout, but were forced to skate off the ice with half the points as they battled St. Paul Saints to a scoreless tie. It was the first U.S.H.L. game this season in which neither club was able to dent the twine. Goalies Harry McQueston of Minneapolis and Jack McGill of St. Paul were the Individual stars.</p><p><b>St. Paul:</b> Goal, McGill; defense, Bell. Sandalack; center Trainor; wings, Juckes, DelMonte; subs.: Dill, Allsby, Levan-dowski, Schwartz, Brown, Bend, McIntosh, Cameron.</p><p><b>Minneapolis;</b> Goal, McQueston; defense, Kalsez, Allen; center, Lavoie; wings, Richardson, Bartholome; subs.: Sherritt, Fraiser, Forgie, Gagne, Melnyk, Smith, Tomiuk, Atanas.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-085/871812-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="584" height="181"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-095/871805-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="353" height="76"></div><p>TULSA&mdash;The Southern Division leading Tulsa Oilers had too much power for Omaha Knights and scored an easy 5-0 shutout victory here. The winners netted twice in the first period, once in the second and twice in the third. The contest was rough as the players laid on the weight.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal. Bell; defense, Quackenbush, Forbes; center. Heale; wings, Boyce, Burgess; subs: Reigle, Lavitt, Folk, Homenuke, McLean, Strongman. Wiseman, Uniac, Smith.</p><p>Tulsa: Goal, Little; defense. E. Young, Dillon; center, Ashworth; wings, Grondah, McAtee; subs.: ShertxL Durham, Knott, Ritson, Dheere, M. Young, Schnurr Butler.</p><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-104/871798-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="594" height="1355"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-113/871791-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="585" height="386"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-123/871784-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="584" height="229"></div><h2><b>U.S.H.L. Summaries</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-185/871777-1-eng-US/f0015-182.jpg" title="f0015-18" width="590" height="413"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 2</b></h2><p>ST. PAUL&mdash;In a wild hockey game that had everything a fan would ask for, St. Paul Saints downed Minneapolis Millers 6-5 here. The St. Paul scoring was well distributed with Ian McIntosh, Sandy Sandalack, Harry Bell. Lin Bend, Dutch Delmonte and Bing Juckes blinking tho red light. Tom Forgine scored twice for Minneapolis with Pinky Melnyk, Nice Tomiuk and &ldquo;Ant&rdquo; Antanas netting singletons.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-195/871770-1-eng-US/f0015-192.jpg" title="f0015-19" width="592" height="443"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-204/871763-1-eng-US/f0015-202.jpg" title="f0015-20" width="595" height="214"></div><p>KANSAS CITY&mdash;With Ray Powell scoring four goals, Karsas City had no trouble in beating Tulsa Oilers 6-1. The I season&rsquo;s largest home town crowd of 5,000 watched the two division leaders battle. Pjwell, who leads the league in scoring, tallied twice in the first period and cnce in the second and again in the third. He also picked up an assist to close out a fine night&rsquo;s work. Jud McAtee netted the only goal for Tulsa.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-214/871756-1-eng-US/f0015-212.jpg" title="f0015-21" width="594" height="410"></div><p>HOUSTON&mdash;After being behind 2-0, Houston Huskies came roaring back to down Dallas Texans 4-2 here. Dennis Fillion and Joe Bell soon had Dallas leading in the first period. Doug Maher then blinked the red light for Houston. Les Hickey rapped in a pair for the Huskies and Hal Brown added another in the third frame to give Houston a valuable two points which enabled them to take over third spot in the Southern Division while driving Dallas into the cellar.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-224/871749-1-eng-US/f0015-222.jpg" title="f0015-22" width="593" height="386"></div><p>FORT WORTH &mdash; Gordon Heale netted twice as Onaha took the measure of Fort Worth 5-2 here. Omaha jumped into a 3-0 lead in the first two periods and were never headed. The defeat was the fifth straight for Fort Worth who are having trouble scoring goals. In fact, the Rangers have not won a game in their last eight, playing three ties before hitting tho skids.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-233/871742-1-eng-US/f0015-232.jpg" title="f0015-23" width="597" height="383"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 4</b></h2><p>OMAHA &mdash; A goal by Keith Burgess with less than a minute left in the game Omaha Knights a 302 victory over Houston Huskies here. The losers put up a game display in their fight to move up in the standings.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-243/871735-1-eng-US/f0015-242.jpg" title="f0015-24" width="596" height="446"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<h2><b>Only Overtime Loop</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he P.C.H.L. Is the only pro loop which has overtime, and that is a sudden-death 10-minutes affair. So far, out of 27 tied games, a decision has been reached in 14.</p><h2><b>Hod To Hoppen</b></h2><p>Goalie Hilly Brennan and the Fresno Falcons were the last team in the P.C.H.L. to have 100 goals scored against them this season. San Francisco had the honor of putting Fresno up there with the other teams.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDING ON WED. A.M., JAN. 5</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01105/872154-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="599" height="451"></div><p>New Westminster Royals, who have been leading the Northern Division of the Pacific Coast by a wide margin almost since the season started, have been faltering a little of late. During the past week, the second place Tacoma club shaved two points oft the Royal&rsquo;s lead. Even at that New Westminster still has seven point margin.</p><p>The battle for Southern Division honors is still wide open with Oakland Oaks sporting a three point lead over Fresno and San Francisco who are tied for the runer-up spot. Seattle Ironmen in the cellar, are only eight points off the pace.</p><p>Tommy Fowler of Oakland climbed into a first place tie with teammate Kan Hayden in the Southern Division individual scoring race. Both have 43 points. Hayden has netted 15 goals and assisted in 28 others while Fowler has one more goal and one less assist. Bush Jackson of San Francisco has scored the most goals with 26. Matt Mesich, Los Angeles has the doubtful honor of leading the section penalty parade with 122 minutes.</p><p>Boby Love, New Westminster holds a two points lead at the top of the Northern Division scoring parade with 57 points which is one more than second place Fern Perrault of Tacoma. Pat Desbiens of Portland leads the actual scourers with 30 goals.</p><p>Pete Taillifer of Seattle is the &ldquo;bad boy&rdquo; with his 106 minutes spent in the penalty box.</p><h2><b>MONDAY, DECEMBER 27</b></h2><p>VANCOUVER &mdash; The road-weary Oakland Oaks proved no match for Vancouver Canucks here and lost a 6-2 verdict. Alan Kuntz scored the hat trick to pace Canucks to their victory. It was the first loss suffered by Oakland on their first Northern Division tour. It was a fast game with only three minor penalties being called.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Jackson; defense, Drainville, Hunchuk; center, Carse; wings, Shill, Kuntz; subs.: Bak, Hursley, McPherson, B. Wilson, I. Wilson, Horbe, Iannarelli, Gruhn, Vickery.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goal, Nadon; defense, Hoskings, Babey; center, Hewson; wings, Hewson, Mutcheson; subs.: Matthews, Marchant, Nixon, Jones, Fowler, Hayden, Bedard, Wywrot, Eisenzoph.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Jim Arnott, Dick Davis. First Period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0272/872147-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="592" height="448"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28</b></h2><p>TACOMA &mdash; Coming from behind In the final period, Tacoma Rockets managed to gain a 6-all tie with New Westminster Royals. Trailing 5-1 with 18 minutes left In the game, Tacoma went wild to knot the count. The Royals went ahead once again with Rockets again squaring things with a goal 40-second from the end. It was the first deadlock for Tacoma this season.</p><p><b>Tacoinn:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defense, Watt, Glokas; center, Anslow; wings, Perrault, Rowe; subs.: McKay, Johns, Read, Cote, Andrews, Robinson, Adam, Toole.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Deschene; defense, Schmidt, Ritchie; center, Love; wings, Kirk, Dufault; subs.: Bergeron, Dorohoy, Adams, Ullyot, Valenti, McIntyre, Voll.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bill Knott. Jerry Mathieu.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0353/872140-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="1753" height="1390"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Remember When?</i></b></p><p><b>HERE ARE THREE FORMER New York Ranger stars talking over old times following a game between New Westminster Royals and Tacoma in the P.C.H.L. That&rsquo;s Babe Pratt on the left who now guards a defense position for Royals. Centre is Alex Shibicky, New Westminster coach and Muzz Patrick, coach of Tacoma.</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0438/872133-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="591" height="875"></div><p>FRESNO &mdash; By defeating Fresno Falcons 3-2, Los Angeles Monarchs moved into third place in the Southern Division standings. The game was one of the roughest seen here this season. Bob Leger netted the winning marker for Los Angeles with only 20-seconds to go in the third period. Both clubs were short one man when the all Important goal was scored.</p><p><b>Fresno:</b> Goal, Brennan; defense, Kamp-man, Robertson; center, whitet; wings. Shamlock, Baccari; subs.: Redmond, Peterson, Bellinger, Knox, Cinor, Ri-chardson, Bourgeois, Hilliard, Roach.</p><p><b>Los Angeles:</b> Goal, Highton; defense, Paul, Adolph; center, Zuk; wings, Prokop, Leger; subs.: Mesick, Papike, Kunkel, Hildebrand, Ubriaco, Stearns, Church, Barbe, Smith.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bud Cook, Frank Elliott. First Period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0531/872126-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="593" height="510"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29</b></h2><p>SEATTLE &mdash; Portland Eagles handed Seattle Ironmen their first shutout of the season here when they blanked the home squad 3-0 before just under 3,000 fans. The winners scored one in each period. Portland now hold third place in the Northern Division. Tommy Karakas was sensational in goal for Portland as he stopped 25 shots while Cotnoir,. at the other end, was only handling 19.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defense, Tailli-fer, Duffy; center, Thorpe; wings; Kerr, Evers; subs.: Tomson, Waldner, Medynski, Fillion, Kalapaca, Hayes, Senick.</p><p><b>Poniland:</b> Goal, Karakas; defense, Bobrosky, Milne; center, Davis; wings, Savicky, Hamilton; subs.: Shewchuk, Hnatiuk, Desbiens, Bangay, Carrigan, Horvath, Robertson, Evans.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Jim Arnott, Dick Davis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0624/872119-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="586" height="340"></div><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; Taking full advantage of an injured New Westminster club, Oakland Oaks pounded out a 5-1 victory over the Northern Division winners. Oakland enjoyed a wide margin on the play and were well worth their win. Stan Jones led the Oaks with two goals while Ike Eisenzoph, John Morrow and Tommy Fowler added the others. Replacement Dick Warwick, who took the injured Amy Dufault&rsquo; place, scored the lone New Westminster marker.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Deschene; defense, Pratt, Bergeron; center, Love; wings, Kirk, Warwick; subs.: Schmidt, Dorohoy, Adams, Ullyot, Valenti, Ritchie, McIntyre, Voll.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goal, Nadon; defense, Babey, Hoskings; center, Hewson; wings, Mutcheson, Morrow; subs.: Marchant, Nixon, Jones, Fowler, Hayden, Bedard, Wywrot, Eisenzoph.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bill Knott, Jerry Mathieu. First Period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0718/872112-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="589" height="422"></div><p>LOS ANGEHES &mdash; With two veterans &mdash; Nakina Smith and Andy Barbe &mdash; showing the way, Los Angeles Monarchs took San Diego Sky Hawks into camp 5-2. Smith stored twice with Barbe assisting both times, and then Smith helped Barbe net one. It was the seventh victory for Los Angeles in their last ten games, two of which ended in ties. San Diego took an early 2-1 lead but soon fell behind as Los Angeles put on a smooth, fast skating display.</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal Frechette; defense, Lallo, Currie; center, McCarthy; wings, Vaillancourt, Warecki; subs.: Marineau, McKay, McArthur, Poitras, Smrke, Aikin, Baby, St. Pierre, Skinner.</p><p><b>Los Angeles:</b> Goal: Highton; defense, Mesich, Papike; center, Ubriaco; wings, Hildebrand, Church; subs.: Adolph, Paul, Kunkel, Zuk, Prokop, Stearns, Barbe, Smith, Leger.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Shaeffer and Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0815/872105-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="590" height="346"></div><p><b>Pacific Coast Summaries</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0621/872098-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="587" height="137"></div><p>SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; Playing heads up hockey, San Francisco Shamrocks downed Fresno Falcons 3-2 In a televised P.C.H.L. game. Goalie Bill Brennan turned in a great game for the losers as he stopped 33 shots. Sam Robertson sent the Falcons away to a lead but quick goals by Joe Lafrance and Bush Jackson put San Francisco out in front and from then on they were never headed. A crowd of 2,700 fans took in the battle.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0715/872091-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="586" height="347"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30</b></h2><p>SAN DIEGO &mdash; The San Diego&rsquo;s Sky Hawks handed the Los Angeles Monarchs their first shutout of the Pacific Coast Hockey League campaign here tonight by turning back coach Dutch Hiller&rsquo;s outfit 2-0. All of the scoring was done in three minutes of the second period, Connie Poitras and Rusty Aikin netting the two San Diego goals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0811/872084-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="582" height="346"></div><p>PORTLAND &mdash; The Portland Eagles blanked Oakland 2 to 0 here. It was goalie Torn Karakas&rsquo; second straight shutout, as he stopped only 12 shots at his cage. Good defensive work kept Oakland away from scoring range most of the game. Joe Evans and Pat Desbiens netted the winning goals in the second period.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0910/872077-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="583" height="317"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 1</b></h2><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; The Seattle Ironmen defeated a slipping New Westminster Royals squad 4-1 here before 2500 fans in a Northern Division game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1010/872070-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="584" height="375"></div><p>TACOMA&mdash;The Portland Eagles moved into a second-place tie with the Tacoma Rockets in the Northern Division here before 2700 fans by defeating the Rockets 5-2. Nick Bangay, Portland forward, was carried off the Ice in the middle of the final stanza after a jarring collision.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-119/872063-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="586" height="421"></div><p>FRESNO&mdash;The Fresno Falcons defeated the San Diego Skyhawks 3 to 2 in 2 hard-fought overtime game at the Fresno Ice Arena. In the overtime period, a Fresno combination of Hilliard. Roach and Cinor netted the winning goal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-127/872056-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="592" height="473"></div><p>SAN FRANCISCO&mdash;The San Franciscc Shamrocks ran wild over Los Ange to ring up an 8 to 1 win. The win pulled the Shamrocks into a tie with Los Angeles for second place in the Southern Division standings.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-135/872049-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="588" height="137"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-14/872042-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="587" height="511"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 2</b></h2><p>SEATTLE&mdash;A revamped Seattle Ironman hockey club took a 6-2 victory over Vancouver Canucks before 3,100. The Canucks scored two first period goals before Seattle came back with four tallies in the second stanza. Gordon Kerr was high man for the evening with two goals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-15/872035-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="586" height="503"></div><p>PORTLAND&mdash;Portland Eagles took over second place in Northern Division Hockey with a 5 to 2 victory over New Westminster Royals. Frank Davis scored two goals in the opening of the second and third periods to lead scoring for both teams.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-16/872028-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="587" height="185"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-17/872021-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="588" height="290"></div><p>SAN DIEGO&mdash;The San Diego Sky Hawks downed the Fresno Falcons 3 to 2 for their third victory in 11 tries. All scoring was done in the second period First Period.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-18/872014-1-eng-US/f0014-182.jpg" title="f0014-18" width="587" height="426"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 2)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0915/872007-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="588" height="519"></div><h2><b>LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Pat Desbiens, Port (30).</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Stan Robertson, Port (39).</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs:</b> Jerry Cotnoir, Sea; I.ucien Deschene, NW; Tom Karakas, Port (2).</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Alan Kuntz, Vano (3).</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Pete Taillifer, Sea (106 minutes).</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1015/872000-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="591" height="571"></div><h2><b>LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Bush Jackson, SF (26).</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Tom Fowler, Oak (27).</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Bush Jackson, SF (3).</p><p><b>Most Shut Out:</b> Duff McDermId, SF; Larry Frechette, SD (2).</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Matt Mesich, LA (122 minutes).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<h2><b>CAPE BRETON SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., JAN. 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01114/872213-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="596" height="893"></div><h2><b>MARITIME BIG FOUR SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., JAN. 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0265/872206-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="592" height="652"></div><h2><b>EASTERN CANADA SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., JAN. 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0344/872199-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="590" height="768"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., JAN. 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0433/872192-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="594" height="1201"></div><h2><b>O. H. A. JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., JAN. 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0530/872185-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="587" height="517"></div><h2><b>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>Thursday, December 30</b></p><p>Lethbridge 3, Bellevue 8</p><p><b>Monday, January 3</b></p><p>Medicine Hat 1, Lethbridge 4</p><p>Calgary 5, Bellevue 4</p><h2><b><i>Defensive Forward</i></b></h2><p>Eddie Kuliman, recently obtained by the Providence Reds in the American Hockey League, from the New Rork Rangers, is rated as one of the finest defensive forwards in the game. His backchecking ability is as well known as his scoring prowess and he is often used to &ldquo;kill off&rdquo; penalties.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Amateur Parade At Quick Glance

<p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hether It be the first or 200th goal of a hockey player&rsquo;s career, the hard competition of a game makes him just as enthusiastic when he lights that red goal lamp. Terry Reardon, playing coach of the high flying Providence Reds in the American Hockoy League, who has scored many a marker during his brilliant career in both the American and National Hockey Leagues, enjoyed profound jubilation over scoring a goal recently. Reardon couldn&rsquo;t refrain from doing an impromtu jig on the ice when the puck flew into cage. Such is the spirit that make hockey so popular.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

That Red Light Fascinates Them

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., JAN. 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-19/872303-1-eng-US/f0014-192.jpg" title="f0014-19" width="592" height="162"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29</b></h2><p><b>Owen bound 4, nt Marlboros 6 First Period</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-20/872296-1-eng-US/f0014-202.jpg" title="f0014-20" width="587" height="687"></div><h2><b>Hamilton 1, at Waterloo 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-21/872289-1-eng-US/f0014-212.jpg" title="f0014-21" width="586" height="364"></div><h2><b>MONDAY, JANUARY 3</b></h2><p><b>Owen Sound 6, nt Stratford 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-22/872282-1-eng-US/f0014-222.jpg" title="f0014-22" width="586" height="555"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 4</b></h2><p><b>Hamilton 5. at Owen Sound 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-23/872275-1-eng-US/f0014-232.jpg" title="f0014-23" width="585" height="479"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5</b></h2><p><b>Stratford 0, at Waterloo 14</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-24/872268-1-eng-US/f0014-242.jpg" title="f0014-24" width="586" height="817"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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O.H.A. Senior ‘A’

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON SAT. A.M., JAN. 8</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0179/872397-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="598" height="206"></div><p>SATURDAY, JANUARY 1</p><p>Sherbrooke 1, at Ottawa 6</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0253/872390-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="597" height="524"></div><p>SUNDAY, JANUARY 2</p><p>Ottawa 3, at Sherbrooke 6</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0341/872383-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="598" height="546"></div><p>Valleyfield 7, at Shawinagan 4 First period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0430/872376-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="592" height="674"></div><p>Quebec 7, at New York 4 First period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0522/872369-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="594" height="571"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0615/872362-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="596" height="762"></div><p>TUESDAY, JANUARY 4</p><p>Ottawa 3, at Montreal 4 First period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0711/872355-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="591" height="135"></div><p>New York 0, at Quebec 9 First period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-087/872348-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="594" height="520"></div><p>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5</p><p>Quebec 4, at Valleyfield 5 First period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-097/872341-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="593" height="623"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-106/872334-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="590" height="547"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Quebec Senior Hockey League

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., JAN. 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-116/872470-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="572" height="873"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b><i>Rookie Star</i></b></figcaption></div><p>COLIN KILBURN is making some of the high-scoring aces in the Western Canada Senior League take a backseat when it comes to blinking the red light. Spending his first year in senior company, Colin has been of great value to Edmonton Flyers defending Allan Cup champs.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-126/872463-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="598" height="159"></div><h2><b>MONDAY, DECEMBER 27</b></h2><p><b>Lethbridge 6, at Saskatoon 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-136/872456-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="587" height="638"></div><h2><b>Calgary 7, at Edmonton 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-146/872449-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="594" height="456"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-156/872442-1-eng-US/f0015-152.jpg" title="f0015-15" width="592" height="157"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29</b></h2><p><b>Edmonton 10, at Lethbridge 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-165/872435-1-eng-US/f0015-162.jpg" title="f0015-16" width="593" height="798"></div><h2><b>THURSADY, DECEMBER 30</b></h2><p><b>Regina 1, at Saskaton 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-175/872428-1-eng-US/f0015-172.jpg" title="f0015-17" width="597" height="418"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Western Canada

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0193/872515-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="258" height="290"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0248/872508-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="253" height="297"></div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Kenny McKenzie, owner of the New Westminster Royals in the Pacific Coast Hockey League, had always been regarded as a close man with a dollar. It took Kenny something like fifty years to build this reputation, but only three short months to tear it down. When the PCHL. decided to turn professional this year and thereby give fans a long-needed break, McKenzie knew the deal would cost him more money. Even while the Royals were playing in the so-called amateur status, Kenny is rumored to have lost $17,000 in two years. The canny Scot met the situation with one eye on the bankroll and the other resting on a large man called Walter &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; Pratt. McKenzie, knowing this was the year to make or break him, took the strings off his wallet and promptly bought hockey iplayers that made the Royals the highest-priced team in the nine-club circuit.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0331/872501-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="568" height="874"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Canny Scot</i></b></p><p>KENNY McKENZIE</p></figcaption></div><p>Pratt was just one of the moves. He also brought in a fellow named Lucien echene to play goal. Dechene proved his worth by leading the league goalies up to the present in all departments, percentage and goals against.</p><p>Not even McKenzie knew what his team would shape up like. But he did know he was paying enough.</p><p>His rewards are gratifying, however. The Royals have done just about everything that can be done by a present day hockey team.</p><p>They lead the league by several country miles, having set a coast professional record when they won 11 straight games.</p><p>Coleman E. Hall, owner of the cross - Kingsway Vancouver Canucks, is Kenny&rsquo;s one nemisis.</p><p>Kenny, in a recent outburst, threatened to sell his team after Buffering a blow to his dignity following some choice remarks made by Hall.</p><p>The incident occurred during a Canuck-Royals game in Vancouver. After seeing his team score a much-needed goal, Hall slapped Kenny on the back, uttering a few remarks, which Kenny stated were uncalled for.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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New Westminster Royals Have Power Laden Club

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0516/872577-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg"></div><p>Lawrence &ldquo;Spud&rdquo; Russell, chief scout of Montreal Canadiens. thinks hierhlv of Regina&rsquo;s iunior Patricias.</p><p>As top scout for Canadiens, one of the things that impressed Spud most was the job being done by Coach Murray Armstrong.</p><p>He told of watching Armstrong conduct a practice. To make up for complete forward lines he fills in himself.</p><p>During the drill, Armstrong would skate up and down pointing out mistakes on other lines and would issue friendly &ldquo;threats&rsquo;&rdquo; about what would happen when his line took the ice. Spud observed that the boys became so aroused at Armstrong&rsquo;s barbs that they could hardly wait to get on the ice against the coach&rsquo;s line.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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