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February 2, 1949

The Hockey News February 2, 1949

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON TH URS. A.M., JAN. 27</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-145/904925-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="579" height="162"></div><h2>FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 Owen Sound 4, at Marlboros 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-155/904918-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="584" height="614"></div><h2>Hamilton 2, nt Kitchener 9</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-164/904911-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="580" height="541"></div><h2>SATURDAY, JANUARY 22 Marlboros 6, at Owen Sound 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-174/904904-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="579" height="718"></div><h2>MONDAY, JANUARY 24 Owen Sound 3, nt Kitchener 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-184/904897-1-eng-US/f0014-182.jpg" title="f0014-18" width="591" height="593"></div><h2>Stratford 3, at Hamilton 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-194/904890-1-eng-US/f0014-192.jpg" title="f0014-19" width="588" height="486"></div><h2>Owen Sound 3, nt Hamilton 9</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-204/904883-1-eng-US/f0014-202.jpg" title="f0014-20" width="578" height="654"></div><h2>Stratfort 0, at Marlboros 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-213/904876-1-eng-US/f0014-212.jpg" title="f0014-21" width="583" height="508"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

O.H.A. Senior ‘A’

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>HE HOCKEY NEWS is offering you a chance to get better acquainted with your fovorite hockey star. For only 25c you can get a beautiful photo of an N.H.L. player.</p><p>Mail the coupon below with 25c and receive a photo each week. No where else can you get such a handsome photograph measuring 8 &times; 10 inches of the player selected each week by THE HOCKEY NEWS. The only way to receive this special offer is by sending the coupon below.</p><p>The photograph we are featuring this week is TED LINDSAY of Detroit Red Wings.</p><p><b>Fill out coupon below and send to:</b></p><p><b>THE HOCKEY NEWS</b></p><p><b>Dept. P.,</b></p><p><b>603A, Sun Life Bldg.</b></p><p><b>Montreal, Canada.</b></p><p>FEB. 2 ISSUE&mdash;TED LINDSAY of DETROIT RED WINGS</p><p><b>Name</b>:&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;</p><p><b>Address</b>:&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;</p><p><b>City</b>&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;<b>Prov. or State</b>&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hockey Fans!!

<p class="dropcap"><span>P</span>at Lundy of the Indianapolis Capitals in the American Hockey League is an expert bookkeeper and follows this occupation during the off season. However, the way Lundy scored goals on Jan. 7 and 9 even an expert like himself must have had a time keeping them recorded properly. Pat warmed up with three on the first night and went one better with a quartet two nights later.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

In The Black!

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-134/904115-1-eng-US/f0007-132.jpg" title="f0007-13" width="275" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;Bud&rdquo; Poile</figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>orman (Bud) Poile, who came to the Detroit Red Wings this year in a trade with the Chicago Black Hawks tor Jim Conacher, had himself quite a week-end, scoring foqr goals and assisting in one to pace his club to a twin triumph.</p><p>On this performance he has been selected by THE HOCKEY NEWS as the Player-Of-The-Week and thus wins the Morgan Hat Award.</p><p>As a result of his scoring splurge, Poile moved up to a fifth place tie with Gus Bodnar of Chicago in the individual scoring race. He began his scoring spree in Montreal on Saturday night where he collected two goals and continued the following evening against Boston where he tallied twice and picked up an assist.</p><p>Born in Fort William, Ont., Feb. 10, 1924, Poile stands six feet tall and tips the toledoes at 185 lbs. He broke into professional hockey with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the season of 1942-43. He figured in the famous &ldquo;Five-For-Two&rdquo; deal with Chicago which saw Poile, Gaye Stewart, Gus Bodnar, Ernie Dickens and Bob Goldham of the Leafs traded to the Hawks in exchange for Max Bentley and rookie Cy Thomas.</p><p>A consistent scorer and rated one of the best right wingers in hockey today, Poile was traded to the Detroit Red Wings this year for Jim Conacher and Bep Guidolin.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player-Of-The-Week

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0114/905385-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ACTION WITH THE PROS. Above, Bill Durnan of Canadians is backed into his net as Harry Watson of Toronto swoops on him. RIGHT nine players out of 12 on the ice, including the entire Chicago team, are caught in this unusual action shot at Toronto. Reading from the bottom: Goalie Jim Henry, Bill Ezinicki, Metro Prystai Ralph Nattrass, Bill Gadsby, Harry Watson, Adam Brown, Bep Guidolin and Bill Barilko. BELOW, an A.H.L. scramble between Buffalo and Indianapolis, as Bison netminder Connie Dion shoves the puck out of danger. in foreground are Caps&rsquo; brother act, Rod Morrison (8) and Don (16).</b><span class="photo-credit">((N.H.L. Photos by Turofsky); (Photo by Labelle, Indianapolis))</span></figcaption></div><p><i>Goalie At Bay &hellip; &hellip; Crack The Whip</i><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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REFS AND COACHES IN HARMONY

<div class="byline">By JIM ELLERY</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.</p><p>Although the complaints about referees and the refereeing system of the American Hockey League have been few and far between this season, Maurice Podoloff, League President, always on the alert to make good situations even better, called a combined meeting of the League&rsquo;s referees and coaches last week.</p><p>The meeting was held at the Hotel Commodore in New York City, on Tuesday, January 25. in addition to Mr. Podoloff, the referees and coaches, Bill Stewart, long a renowned hockey and baseball official and now Chief Advisor for the American League, attended. With so much controversy over officials being raised this season in practically every sport, Mr. Podoloff decided to get the expert, opinions and suggestions of the men who know hockey best.</p><h2><b>COACHES HAPPY</b></h2><p>The meeting proved to be a revelation in that none of the coaches had any serious complaints regarding the officiating and were generally pleased with the job being turned in by the A.H.L. staff this season. It was agreed that one of the main reasons for the efficient work of the officials was the two referees system. This gives each official on the ice equal power to call all plays and penalties. With two pairs of eyes watching all moves, very little in the way of rule infractions misses the whistle tooters.</p><p>The referees are heartily in favor of the two-man arrangement also. Quite a few of the officials such as Rabbit McVeigh, Hugh McLean, Ted Graham and Bernie LeMaitre were also on the staff during the old system of one referee. They are of the opinion that since the two official idea was adopted, their work has improved as they readily admitted that under the old system it was impossible to keep a tab on all the players, watch the nets during goal scoring plays and in general keep the game under control.</p><p>Mr. Podoloff also stated that he plans to experiment further with the official set up for possible additional improvements either in a late season game this year, that would have no bearing on standings or playoffs, or in a pre-season exhibition contest next year. He intends to try out the idea of having two linesmen operating from a position off the ice, near each blue line, and elevated if the arena construction permits such an arrangement. This would then leave the referees free to devote all their time to plays and decisions other than offsides.</p><p>The office linesmen would work in neutral cities, other than those they lived in if the idea proves workable. That is, a grouping would be made that would have New Haven men in Springfield, Springfield officials in Providence and the Providence arbiters in New Haven. Similar geographical locations would be arranged for the other groups of cities which would necessitate as little travel as possible for the linesmen.</p><p>Another important factor brought out at the meeting by both coaches and referees was that the distasteful practice of missile and debris throwing in protest of decisions had diminished considerably this season.</p><p>So that there would be no thought of the coaches restraining any complaints they might have because of the presence of the referees, the coaches, Mr. Podoloff and Bill Stewart conducted a meeting first, with the officials out of the room. Thus the team mentors could voice opinions freely without fear of incurring the ill will of any official.</p><p>Bill Stewart stated that in his observations this season, he was well pleased with the work of the referees in general. He stressed the necessity for the men in charge of the games to be constantly hustling, to let both players and spectators alike know that they were on the job. Another important item brought out by Stewart was to be definite and emphatic in blowing whistles. Nothing bothers him more than to hear an official give a mild peep on his whistle instead of really blasting. He cautioned his men to pay particular attention to offside plays, with special censure to be applied to any official that he saw miss an offside play.</p><h2>Coaches Rate Officials</h2><p>For the past few seasons the coaches have been instructed to send in reports of the referees work after game, rating them on a percentage basis. These reports are sent in the day after a game, giving the coach ample time to form his opinion of the job turned in after the heat of the game has cooled off. The reports are never seen by the referees as to ratings, only the constructive suggestions offered being brought to their attention without the coach who sent it in being named. At the end of each month, the percentages are averaged and it is interesting to note that very few points separate the top and bottom officials.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

No Squawks in Unusual Meet Held By AHL

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>For the second year, readers of THE HOCKEY NEWS will have a chance to cast ballots for their puck idols in the annual All-Star balloting which opens this week. With publication of the entry blank for Goaltenders this week, the National Hockey League star selection gets underway with a bang, to be followed next week by the opening of the American Hockey League balloting.</p><p>The rules for selection of the &ldquo;dream team&rdquo; in each league are simple, as is seen by a glance at the rule box at the bottom of the page. Anyone can take part, whether a subscriber of THE HOCKEY NEWS or not, as long as the All-Star selections are written on the ballot form provided on this page, or a reasonable facsimile or tracing of it, if you do not wish to deface your copy.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0121/903652-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="280" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Durnan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0215/903645-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="279" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Lumley</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0311/903638-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="281" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Turk Broda</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-046/903631-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="284" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Brimsek</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-055/903624-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="281" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chuck Rayner</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-064/903617-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="279" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Henry</figcaption></div><p>Each week a ballot will be published for selection of players at a different position, accompanied by a brief story and pictures of the leading candidates at each position. Thus, the N.H.L. goaltenders are covered in this issue. Next week, you can vote for the N.H. L. defensemen, after that for right wingers, centers, left wingers and coaches.</p><p>Voting for the American League All-Stars will commence in the February 9 issue, with a ballot provided for the choice of the goaltenders, followed by the other positions as will be done for the N.H.L.</p><h2><b>Take Your Choice</b></h2><p>Voting is simple. All you have to do is mark in your first, second and third choices for the leading N.H.L. goalie, fill in your name and address in the space provided, and you are all set. You may mail the ballots in right away, or else hold them up until later in the season if you wish to get a better line on your favorite players&rsquo; performances in the next few weeks.</p><p>The only stipulation is that&mdash;whether you mail the ballots in one by one as they are published, or wait until all six have appeared&mdash;all ballots must be mailed and POSTMARKED NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, MARCH 16, to be eligible for counting in the fans&rsquo; All-Star nominations.</p><p>Points will be awarded in each position on the basis of five points for each first choice ballot, three points for second and one for third. When nominations close at midnight, March 16, the votes will be totalled and the player with the highest aggregate number of points will win the coveted place on the fans&rsquo; own team.</p><p>Results of voting in the National League will be announced April 6, with the American League All-Star team appearing the following week.,</p><p>The N.H.L. goaltenders who are up before the critical eyes of the jury of fans this week are all too well known to need much written about them.</p><h2><b>Candidates Reviewed</b></h2><p>In a nutshell, here they are: Turk Broda, pudgy netminder of Toronto Maple Leafs who captured the Vezina Trophy in the 1947-48 campaign with the Stanley Cup &ndash; winning Toronto Maple Leafs; Bill Durnan, winner of the netminding trophy the four previous seasons in a row; Harry Lumley, 22-year-old custodian with the high-flying Detroit Red Wings; Frankie Brimsek, the agile, nearly-unbeatable netmind er of Boston Bruins before the war, who can still turn in a brilliant game when he&rsquo;s at top form; Chuck Rayner, the smooth-saving backstop of New York Rangers who finally gained a secure and undisputed perch in the Blueshirt nets upon the trading to Chicago of his rival, Sugar Jim Henry, the sixth and last contestant in the All-Star sweepstakes.</p><h2><b>Baby of Bunch</b></h2><p>The apple-cheeked Lumley at 22 is the baby of the crew, while Broda, is the ancient. The venerable Turk, who still displays agility enough to surprise many a younger rival, will pass his 35th birthday next May 15. He was born in Brandon. Man., while Lumley hails from Owen Sound, Ont.</p><p>Next in line after Broda is the Habitants&rsquo; Durnan, who was exactly 34 years young on January 22. Bill, a towering six-footer, was born in Toronto, Ont. Brimsek, the only American &ndash; born goalie in the loop, let go with his first lusty yell back on Sept. 26, 1915, in Eveleth, Minnesota.</p><p>Jim Henry and Chuck Rayner are both 28 years old. with only a few months separating them. The two life &ndash; long friends were born in 1920&mdash;Henry at Winnipeg, Man. in October of that year, and Rayner at Sutherland, Sask., in August.</p><h2><b>THE RULES</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Anyone can cast ballots for All-Star teams of the National Hockey League and American Hockev League. but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming one complete team, in each league.</p><p>2&mdash;Stories and pictures of some leading candidates for each position will appear in THE HOCKEY NEWS each week. You NEED NOT name any of the candidates mentioned, if you consider some other player better qualified for the position.</p><p>3&mdash;N.H.L. ballots commence in this issue and will run until March 9; A.H.L. ballots from February 9 to March 16 inclusive.</p><p>4&mdash;Ballots for the choice of three players at each position (six in the case of defensemen) must be filled in as indicated, with the names of the players and their clubs, and the names and addresses of the voters given in the blanks provided each week, or on a reasonable facsimile or tracing thereof.</p><p>5&mdash;Ballots may be sent in each week as published or held until all have appeared and selections for all six positions, plus coach, submitted at the same time.</p><p>6&mdash;Ballots must be mailed to&mdash;All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, 603A Sun Life Building, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.</p><p>7&mdash;N.H.L. All-Star ballots must be POSTMARKED NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, MARCH 16; A.H.L. ballots NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT MARCH 23.</p><h2><b>The Hockey News</b></h2><p>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September, by HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY, 03A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec. Canada. Entered as second class matter June 1, 1948, at the Post Office in St. Albans, Vermont, wider the act of March 8,1879. Subscription price $2.50 in Canada&mdash;$3.50 in U.S.A.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IT’S ‘ROUNDUP’ TIME in N.H.L. AS FANS CHOOSE DREAM SQUAD

<div class="byline">By TRENT FRAYNE</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>I broke bread with the world&rsquo;s greatest hockey fan the other day, a young fellow of 70 who never saw a professional game until he was 33 but who has missed only four home games of various Toronto pro teams since 1912. This would be Charlie Querrie who has seen at least 1,500 National Hockey League contests and, before it, National Hockey Association, games in the last 37 years. in that span he has ogled the original Torontos, their successors the Arenas, their successor the St. Pat&rsquo;s and the latest in the line, the Maple Leafs.</p><p>None of the players active today rate on Charlie&rsquo;s all &ndash; time all &ndash; star team, although most of the fans around now have seen, or at least vividly remember the names of his select six.</p><h2>Rates Morenz Tops</h2><p>The greatest hockey player he ever saw was Howie Morenz unquestionably, Charlie says. &ldquo;He had fire and dash and he could lift a team. Those qualities will do in any era under any set of rules.&rdquo;</p><p>For defense he&rsquo;ll settle for Eddie Shore and King Clancy, and it becomes evident that Charlie likes those Inspirational players, the kind who set their mates on fire. He doesn&rsquo;t have any trouble picking his right-winger either, (&ldquo;That would be Bill Cook&rdquo;) but left wing presents a bit of problem.</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe Busher Jackson&rdquo;, ponders Charlie, &ldquo;although Reg Noble of our own Arenas was great before he went to Detroit and became a defenseman.&rdquo;</p><p>Charlie admits that the goalers have a tougher job by tar under the current rules than they had in the old kitty-bar the door days, but he&rsquo;ll stick to Charlie Gardiner of Chicago, the originator of the now universally accepted sprawling, diving, positional net-minding, as the best janitor he ever watched.</p><p>Back in 1918 he and three other Toronto men put up $400 apiece to buy the franchise of the Arenas. Charlie became the manager of the old Arena Gardens where the club played its National Hockey Association games with Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0311/903721-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="561" height="861"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Sees &rsquo;Em All</i></b></p><p><b>CHARLIE QUERRIE</b></p></figcaption></div><p>In 1921 the name was changed to St. Pat&rsquo;s and it would be nice to say the change was made for sentimental reasons.</p><p>&ldquo;Like fun&rdquo;, laughs Charlie. &ldquo;We changed it to draw the Irish support in Toronto and for no other reason&rdquo;.</p><p>It worked, too, although the word got around, he recalls, that no player would be hired by Toronto unless he were a Roman Catholic.</p><p>&ldquo;That wasn&rsquo;t true, of course&rdquo;, reflects Querrie, &ldquo;but we didn&rsquo;t break our necks squelching the rumors as long as the fans were coming out. The old rink only held about 5,500 people but we had our troubles attracting that many&rdquo;.</p><p>When Conn Smythe bought the franchise in 1926 and changed the name to the Maple Leafs Charlie&rsquo;s active association with hockey ended, but his interest didn&rsquo;t.</p><p>Illness kept him away from four games but he has seen all the rest and is a between-periods habitue of the press room at Maple Leaf Gardens where he shakes his head when items like the New York Rangers&rsquo; $70,000. deal for defenseman Allan Stanley come up.</p><p>&ldquo;When we won the Stanley Cup in 1918&rdquo;, Charlie recalls &ldquo;our entire salary list was under $11,000. Turk Broda got $4,000 more than that, himself, when he won the Vezina and the Leafs took the Cup last spring&rdquo;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Toronto Expert Sure Bet For Champion Fan Mantle

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0121/903690-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>Pair of Rookies</i></p><p><b>STANLEY AND FRIEND talk it over. Lynn Patrick, recently appointed Coach of the gossoons from Gotham, discusses weighty problems with first-year defenseman Allan Stanley.</b></p> <span class="photo-credit">((Hockey News—Edmonds))</span></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The Boston Bruins once owned Ranger rookie Allan Stanley but one-night Art Ross and Weston Adams saw him play a poor game for the Providence Reds and now he&rsquo;s playing for the Rangers. It&rsquo;s confusing but it&rsquo;s true.</p><p>&ldquo;It all happened this way&rdquo;, said young Stanley as he leaned back in an easy chair in Montreal&rsquo;s Mount Royal Hotel. &ldquo;I was on loan from the Boston Olympics in the Eastern United States League to Providence and it seems that the Bruins had to take a defense man off their list to make room for another.</p><p>Adams and Ross decided to visit Providence and see me play. The day they were to see me in action I was laid up in bed with a bad cold and sore throat, but I dressed anyway. I think I played the worst game of my career. The next day I read that I had been sold outright to the Reds.&rdquo;</p><p>Right now Adams and Ross wish they were the ones that were sick that night, for they paved the way for the biggest deal in the New York Rangers history. The Rangers paid $70,000. in cash and players to Lou Pieri, owner of the Providence team for Stanley&rsquo;s contract and according to both Frank Boucher, manager of the Blueshirts, and Coach Lynn Patrick, he&rsquo;s worth every hit of it. Since Stanley joined the New Yorkers they popped out of nowhere to become contenders for a playoff position. To the Reds went an unannounced sum of cash, Eddie Kullman, Elwyn Morris and four Ranger prospects now playing in their extensive farm system, for the young and handsome Stanley who had played 145 consecutive games for Providence before he went to New York.</p><p>When buying the burly defenseman&rsquo;s contract, Boucher, who was then manager and coach of the Rangers, said that he didn&rsquo;t expect Stanley to develop into an Eddie Shore overnight. However, he added that he believed two years ago that the 22 year old Timmins, Ontario lad should be in the major league and he expects that some day he will become one of the greatest players in the circuit.</p><h2>Greatness Promised</h2><p>Lynn Patrick also has something to say about his big defenseman.</p><p>&ldquo;Stanley is a good blocker, a good checker and he can also rough it up when he wants to. I don&rsquo;t have to show him anything because he always seems to do everything right. I think he&rsquo;s going to be a terrific defenseman in this league for the next ten years.</p><p>We mentioned to Lynn that $70,000 is a lot of money to pay for one hockey player.</p><p>&ldquo;If it will help the team we are willing to pay that much,&rdquo; said Patrick, &ldquo;of course I don&rsquo;t say we&rsquo;ll make those kind of deals every day but we will make them when we have to. in this case we were desperate, we needed a good defenseman like Stanley. We&rsquo;d make the same deal again if it meant getting the same player.&rdquo;</p><p>The Ranger Rookie is another Quackenbush type of defenseman who prefers to block and check rather than throw around heavy body checks. He is a potent checker, a good puck carrier and a master at the art of riding an opposing player out of the play into the corners.</p><p>Being the centre of such a big deal made Stanley a little conscious of the fact that he was liable to get a few cracks thrown at him. There was even the story of the young rookie with a perfect set of teeth making an appointment with his dentist for the next day before stepping on the ice for his first major league game.</p><p>Yet all that the six-foot-two, 185 pound, blue-eyed defenseman has to show for his short period of scuffling in the N.H.L. is four stitches. &ldquo;And they were accidental,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;so far everything has gone fine and there hasn&rsquo;t been a crack or remark thrown at me.&rdquo;</p><p>Stanley was first spotted by Baldy Cotton, the Boston Bruins scout when he was playing in the finals for the Mitchell-Hepburn Trophy in Toronto in 1942. He was then playing for the Holman Pluggers and his defence mate was Pete Babando, now a left winger with the Bruins.</p><p>Allan eventually landed up with the now defunct Boston Olympics. Also on the team were Babando of the Bruins and Pentti Lund, now a Ranger team mate. Fred Shero, Stanley&rsquo;s present roommate was then playing for the New York Rovers, the Pics most hated rivals.</p><p>In his first season with the Providence Reds, Allan ended up with 21 points, his second season he had 41 points and this season in 23 games he had run up a total of 23 points.</p><p>&ldquo;Where were you when you heard about the trade?&rdquo; we asked.</p><p>&ldquo;I was at home in Providence. Terry Reardon phoned and told me to meet him at the rink. The first thing he said when we met was &ldquo;hello big leaguer!&rdquo; I didn&rsquo;t, know what it was all about until he told me about the trade. Then I didn&rsquo;t know if I wanted to go or not, I hated to leave Providence. I liked it and had a lot of friends there. After a little serious thinking I decided it was what I had wanted all my life so I packed my bag.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0218/903683-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1147" height="1619"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>Leads &rsquo;Em Out</i></p><p><b>NEWCOMER ALLAN STANLEY heads the parade of Rangers players from the dressing room for pre-game scrimmaging. Right behind him is Alex Kaleta.</b></p> <span class="photo-credit">((Hockey News&mdash;Edmonds))</span></figcaption></div><p>Since Stanley joined the Rangers a lot of hockey fans in Timmins have become Blueshirt fans. Probably the most rabid of them all are Allan&rsquo;s Mother and Father and his older brother Murray, a chiropractor with a practice in Sudbury. Their biggest thrill was when they travelled to Toronto recently to see Allan in action.</p><p>Mr. Stanley is the Fire Chief of Timmins but the younger Stanley admits he has never had any ambitions to become a fireman. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve worked as a fireman, but then I&rsquo;ve worked at just about everything in the book,&rdquo; Allan joked. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve worked on construction, been a shipper, built houses, lugged cases of beer, I&rsquo;ve been in the trucking business and even built grain elevators in Windsor. The best of them all was when Bill Barilko of the Maple Leafs and I went into the construction business together, it was quite a partnership. I used to call it the Stanley-Barilko Company and he called it the Barilko-Stanley Company, but whichever way you looked at it we were still the cheapest constructors in Timmins.&rdquo;</p><p>Hamilton tans will recall Ab. Stanley who played with the Tigers back in the early twenties. Carson Cooper, Herb Mitchell and Doc Stewart played on the same team. Other uncle, Barney Stanley, played with the Vancouver Millionaires when they won the Stanley Cup in 1914.</p><p>On our way down to the lobby of the hotel we asked Stanley who he found the hardest forwards to stop.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a hard question,&rdquo; he replied, &ldquo;Richard, the Bentleys, Schmidt, they&rsquo;re all good. I get a big thrill when I stop the high scoring players in the league. The players who fans think should be able to skate around any defenseman and score goals. That&rsquo;s who I like to stop.&rdquo;</p><p>And he&rsquo;s just the guy to do it, too!</p><h2><b>PHOTOS!!</b></h2><p>The only photograph the Chicago Black Hawks have for distribution is one of the entire team. Pictures of individual players are NOT available.</p><p>Send 10c in United States coin &ndash; no stamps please &ndash; to cover cost of mailing and you will receive a 10 &times; 12 picture of the Black Hawks.</p><p>Send to &ndash; Chicago Black Hawks, 610 North La Salle, St., Chicago, III<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bruins’ Loss Was Break For Rangers

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ONTREAL CANADIENS&rsquo; two sidelined starn, defenseman Butch Bouchard and center Elmer Lach, both suffered their injuries in games against Chicago Black Hawks. Bouchard and Lach were both injured on the 11th of the month and both in Montreal. Big Butch had his accident on November 11, while December 11 was the date that Elmer the Great incurred his mishap&hellip;in a recent interview Cecil &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; Thomspon, four-time winner of the Vezina Trophy and now chief scout of Chicago, said that the greatest player he&rsquo;d ever seen perform form was Howie Morenz. &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; named Roy Worters, former New York American cage custodian as the best goalie he ever saw in action&hellip;Boston Bruins established some sort of a record when they played four different goalkeepers in as many games. Frank Brimsek was in the nets on January 19, Les Colvin was between the pipes on January 22, Gordie &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Henry racked up his shutout on the 23rd of January and on Jaunary 26 Bruins trotted out Jack Gelineau as their puck-stopper&hellip;Henry&rsquo;s remarkable feat in chalking up a shutout in his first and only National League game leaves him with an average of 0.00.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0192/903773-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="264" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Elmer Lach</figcaption></div><p>A CINCINNATI SYNDICATE expressed a desire to obtain a franchise in the N.H.L. to the late Frank Calder, president of the league, over ten year ago&hellip;Hockey in Cincy will now be a reality, through the driving efforts of Frank Selke&hellip;and it&rsquo;s a foregone conclusion by sports followers that the game will be a decided hit from the moment the sport moves in&hellip;Jacques Plante, sensational and colorful goalie of the Quebec Citadels junior team, is slated for the netminder&rsquo;s spot on the Cineinnati team next season. Plante wears a tuque while playing hockey. If Danny Lewicki makes the grade with Toronto Maple Leafs next season he will be the first player in the N.H.L. for a long time to wear Number 13. Danny, who is presently starring for the Stratford Kroehlers, has always worn Number 13 and insists he will wear that number when he gets into pro company&hellip;Harvey &ldquo;Busher&rdquo; Jackson, one of hockey&rsquo;s greatest left wingers when he was burning up the ice-lanes with Joe Primeau and Charlie Conacher on Toronto&rsquo;s original &ldquo;Kid Line&rdquo;, is still playing hockey. Now 37 years-old, &ldquo;Busher&rdquo; recently signed as player-coach of the Fenelon Falls intermediates&hellip;Tommy McKenna, former trainer of New York Rangers and now one of the top men in the department looking after the pains and aches of the numerous players comprising the New York Giants baseball empire, visited old hockey friends in N. Y. on his way to Florida last week. McKenna started as a hockey trainer when he was 14.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0286/903766-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="272" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harvey Jackson</figcaption></div><p>DETROIT&rsquo;S LEO REISE is regarded as one of the most improved players in the N.H.L. by opposing players&hellip;Detroit and Canadlens have by far the best blueline brigades of any teams in. the loop&hellip;&ldquo;Baz&rdquo; Bastien, best goaltender in the American Hockey League for the past two seasons, is one again a leading candidate for the Harry &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; Holmes Award, which goes annually to the A.H.L. goaltender with the best goals-against average&hellip;Bastien, who is a wizard at doing the splits in front of his cage, reminds hockey followers Davie Kerr, one-time Montreal Maroon and New York Ranger twinetender. Kerr was one of the sweetest goalies to watch as he glided about the goalmouth with catlike movements&hellip;Two of hockey&rsquo;s most erudite writers, Baz O&rsquo;Meara of the Montreal Star and Kerr Petrie of the New York Herald Tribune, are both recuperating from illnesses. Fortunately it was nothing too serious for either of these great old hockey scrivners.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0333/903759-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="259" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Baz Bastien</figcaption></div><p>AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE coaches, who wrote for the outstanding rookie each season, will have a hard time choosing the winner of the Dudley &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Garrett Award this year. Some of the leading candidates are Phil Maloney of Hershey, Gerry Reid, Terry Sawchuk and Fred Glover of Indianapolis and Lou Crowdis of Washington. Bob Solinger of Cleveland Barons, winner of the award last year, has been a big disappointment so far this season&hellip;There were 16 shutouts recorded in the N.H.L. on January 28 and of these 16&hellip;five were made at the expense of Montreal Canadians. Detroit was shut out four times, Toronto, Boston and Rangers were each blanked twice, while Chicago was just kept off the score sheet on one occasion&hellip;Shirley Jacobson, publicity director of the Chicago Standbys Fan Club and one of hockey&rsquo;s most rabid rooters, has just returned to Chicago after a quick trip to Montreal and Detroit where she crammed in four hockey games in as many nights&hellip;Last season, &ldquo;Duff&rdquo; McDermid of San Francisco Shamrocks in the P.C.H.L., was given the nickname of &ldquo;Ironman&rdquo; when he failed to miss a single minute of play. This season he has been forced out of action four times. He&rsquo;s lost three front teeth and taken 19 stitches. Still, he manages to top the Pacific Coast goalkeepers&hellip;Dave &ldquo;Sweeney Schriner hasn&rsquo;t lost his touch as a goal scorer. The ole slicker is potting the goals with remarkable regularity for Regina Caps in the W.C.H.L.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0413/903752-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="240" height="379"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sweeney Schrner</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Passing the Puck

<div class="byline">By BUNNY MORGANSON</div><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>ill Bert and Bruce Giesebrecht carry Windsor Spitfires to the O.H.A. junior <b>&ldquo;A&rdquo;</b> championship this season? That&rsquo;s the big question being asked by the junior hockey fans around Ontario. Last winter, Windsor found that playing in two leagues at the same time (the O.H.A. and the International) was too much of a strain on their players. The breaking point came when they were called upon to play something like 10 play-off games in both leagues all within a short space of two weeks.</p><p>It&rsquo;s a different story this winter, insist Windsor officials. They are still playing in two leagues but they have stocked themselves with enough players to fill both clubs. in the meantime, Bert and Bruce Giesebrecht, the two high scoring brothers pacing the Windsor attack, have consistently led the entire junior &ldquo;A&rsquo;&rsquo; field as scoring leaders.</p><p>George &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan of St. Catharines&rsquo; Teepees is another consistent point &ndash; collector in the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; field. He has ridden behind the leaders most of the scheduled journey.</p><p>Pierre Cadieux, a play-making center ice performer of considerable class and a sure starter professional with one of Montreal Canadians&rsquo; clubs next season, keeps Stratford Kroehlers in the thick of the play &ndash; off argument with his consistent scoring. Coupled with Cadieux, who had 47 points, are Dick Gamble and George &ldquo;Dusty&rdquo; Blair, a couple of pace-making forwards who provide a lot of the drive that keeps Oshawa Generals in the hunt.</p><p>It&rsquo;s going to be a red-hot struggle for the six desired play-off positions in the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series. Windsor holds first place for the present with a five point margin over Barrie and St. Catharines tied for second. However, much can happen in the final two weeks of the schedule as Windsor has to play several road games. They have lost eight games and most of these reverses have been suffered away from the home fans.</p><p>O.H.A. President J. J. &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; McFadyen set Feb. 21 as the starting date for the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; play-downs. The first and second place clubs meet in a best four of seven series with the winner moving into the final round, another four of seven games for the championship. Third placers meet the fourth and the fifth team takes on the sixth in a best two of three game series. These two winner&rsquo;s play-off and the ultimate victor moves into the final round. Under this set-up it is possible for the sixth place club to make the final round.</p><p>First four positions appear to be between Windsor. Barrie. St. Catharines and Oshawa. Stratford may finish in fifth place, although they have a chance of overtaking three of the four clubs ahead of them. The real scrap appears to be for the sixth and final play-off berth with Guelph Biltmores under the leadership of Kenny Holmshaw, current holders of the position, fighting off a desperate rally put on by the improved Marlboros.</p><p>&ldquo;Win&rdquo; Mayer, younger brother of &ldquo;Frenchy&rdquo; playing professionally in the United States, of Barrie Flyers is the best of the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; goalies, having a 2.67 goals per game average over a stretch of 31 championship contests. Dennis Mooney&rsquo;s switch from Windsor to Guelph did much in solving Biltmore&rsquo;s goal-tending problem. in 12 games for Guelph, Mooney&mdash;on the Maple Leafs&rsquo; list&mdash;allowed 2.83 goals per game. Another goalie who was hauled into the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; competition as a stop-gap is Don Lockhart of Marlboros. He&rsquo;s done well for himself and his club with a 3.8 goal average over a 20 game stretch. Stew Hendry for Oshawa Generals is another goalie who merits high rating with a 2.55 average for 29 games.</p><p>With four teams set for the coming play-offs, interest in the O.H.A. senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series centres around the battle for desired positions. Marlboros and Kitchener both want first place and the final decision will not likely be made known until the final week of the schedule. Hamilton Tigers and Owen Sound are in a similar position, tussling over final settle-ment for third and fourth place. However, a slump by either of the leading teams could upset all this as it is possible for Hamilton and Owen Sound to gain much ground.</p><p>Johnny Conick, Hamilton&rsquo;s left winger, celebrated the arrival of a son to his family, with a scoring spurt that put him back in first place as the O.H.A. senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; scoring leader. Conick passed Donnie Bauer of Kitchener who held the lead for about ten days but the margin between the two is very slim.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Ontario Hockey Data

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now for a Dow

<div class="byline">BY LLOYD SAUNDERS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0144/903859-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DUNC GRANT OF CALGARY</b></figcaption></div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>The $64. question doing the rounds of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League seems to be: &ldquo;Why hasn&rsquo;t Dune Grant ever turned professional&rdquo;. The reason for this being that Grant has been turning the league dizzy this season with his goal scoring and skating, and for the past four years has been unanimous choice for the all-star team.</p><p>Dunc Grant is a coach&rsquo;s dream. He skates both ways every minute he&rsquo;s on the ice, is one of the fastest players in amateur hockey today, can shoot, score goals and lay down passes. in the four years he&rsquo;s played in the Western Canada Senior Hockey League, Grant has always been the chief worry of opposing netminders everytime they meet the famed Calgary club.</p><p>This season. Grant is so far ahead in the individual scoring race that most players have already conceded the title to him. He started off strongly and has kept up the pace all season. Grant was the third man on the famous Hunter, Brownridge and Grant line that terrorized Western Clubs the past few seasons. For three years they finished right up at the top of the scoring heap, and seemed to improve each season. For two years they led their club into the Allan Cup final&mdash;winning it once and losing out to the powerful Montreal Royals in another.</p><p>Lanky Red Hunter, (who was offered a big contract by the Toronto Maple Leafs a few years ago) was the pivot man, Bob Brownridge the right winger and Grant the left wing.</p><p>This year the line was broken up when Brownridge gave up the game in favor of business. Hunter and Grant still play together and while Hunter isn&rsquo;t as potent as he was, Grant seems to be going better than ever.</p><p>Dune Grant was born in Aylesbury, Sask., moving to Tisdale, Sask, at an early age. He moved to Saskatoon in 1936 and played with the famous Saskatoon Wesley&rsquo;s, the junior club that won so many titles in Western Canada Junior League competition. in 1937 Grant again turned out with the Hub city crew, but when they disbanded he moved to Weyburn, where he played with the old Beavers in the Southern Sask. Senior League.</p><p>After a year in Weyburn, Grant moved to the lineup of the Moose Jaw Millers, who were coached by former National League star, Art Somers, who now handled the reins of the Regina Caps in the same league. Grant spent two season&rsquo;s in a Miller uniform, and then moved to Calgary where he&rsquo;s been ever since. Dune played a single season for the cowboys, before turning in his hockey stick for a riffle. He played with the famed Currie Army club, that featured players like Max Bentley, for three seasons and when the end of hostilities was announced he returned to his present club.</p><p>Dunc was born on July 14th 1919, which makes him 29 years of age. He&rsquo;s married and the father of two beautiful little girls, one aged four years and the other five months.</p><h2>He&rsquo;s Unsung Hero</h2><p>Grant is a great hockey player, and oddly enough one of the boys who doesn&rsquo;t get too much said about his efforts.</p><p>The Calgary team this year aren&rsquo;t by any means as strong as they were in the first two years of Western Canada League play, and rumors have it that they&rsquo;ll completely rebuild for next season. If they do we&rsquo;re willing to bet they do so around their great left winger, Dunc Grant.</p><p>If you don&rsquo;t believe us, ask Bev Bentley, Russ Dertell, Keith Woodall, Mally Hughes and Johnny Sofiak the league&rsquo;s netminders. They&rsquo;re the fellows who see the most of him.</p><p>If Dune keeps up his present pace, we&rsquo;d be inclined to believe he has several big season&rsquo;s ahead of him before hanging up the blades for good.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Stampeder Grant Bums Up Loop Fans Figure He Should Be Pro

<div class="byline">By BILL BENTLEY</div><p>ST. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;</p><p>If you are looking about for one of the most progressive organizations in ice hockey, cast your orbs southward to-wards St. Louis. Here the American Hockey League has a franchise that would do credit to the senior N.H.L. in keeping pace with their scoring ability, the Flyers have also skyrocketed to unparalleled prestige in the eyes of the Mound City fans. While the situation can&rsquo;t be classified in the &ldquo;Pygmalion&rdquo; class, the changes have nevertheless been terrific.</p><h2>Television Helps</h2><p>Perhaps Television with its increased demands for brilliant lighting has played a major role in fashioning the &ldquo;new look&rdquo; at the Flyer roost, when they are home. At any rate the illuminating fixtures with their intense concentration of light flooding the rink represent the zenith in visibility. The ice itself seems to be the type that affords an excellent background for the various fluctuations of the puck as it caroms about the playing surface.</p><p>Also designed for the fan&rsquo;s convenience is an illuminated score-board plus a timing device that doesn&rsquo;t take a back seat to anyone. The heating facilities are regulated so that fans may enjoy games in the utmost comfort regardless of outdoor temperatures. Rounding out this Utopian setting is a courteous staff of employees, who are also well-versed in their assignments.</p><p>Not all the renaissance has been of an electrical nature however, the rebirth has also been carried over into the personnel of the squad. When the genial George Carson gave coach Ebbie Good fellow the &ldquo;go&rdquo; sign on certain player transactions, the wheels of progress were set in motion, the Flyers retracted their landing gear and have been soaring above the collective heads of their opponents in the Western division of the American Hockey League.</p><p>Spearheaded by the popular Johnny Mariucci, one of the most colorful players to ever grace a St. Louis uniform, the team has emerged from its cocoon, shaken the cellar ice from its wings and has really become airborne in fact, as well as in name. The able work of &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Almas in the nets has also been a very bright spot in a brilliant hued season, Paul Gladu&rsquo;s &ldquo;millinery escapades&rdquo; have also been a shot in the often nudged turnstiles.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0236/903890-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="563" height="866"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>Taskmaster</i></p><p>EBBIE GOODFELLOW</p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Flyer Fans Really Going For New Deal In St. Loo 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.BO in Canada&mdash;$3.80 In U.S.A.</p><p>Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.</p><p>Printed in Canada</p><p>Vol. 2 February 2, 1949 No. 18</p><h2><b>FANS HAVE THEIR INNINGS</b></h2><p>The box seat experts and the standing room strategists alike once more get their chance to make their voices heard in the selection of the 2nd Annual HOCKEY NEWS All-Star Teams. Starting this week, Joe Fan and Mrs. Joe can step right in there with the Owners, Managers and Coaches and have their say about who they think are the topnotch players in the National and American Hockey Leagues.</p><p>It&rsquo;s a great institution this, where the little man gets his opportunity to put in his opinions and enjoy the thrill of seeing his own favorite players chosen, partly through the efforts of his own ballots. Maybe he votes for the same men as will later be chosen by the Coaches and other official selectors, but it&rsquo;s not quite the same. When the loyal fan can point to the All-Star Team as finally chosen and say: &ldquo;Those are the boys I picked!&rdquo; it does something to him and for him.</p><p>It&rsquo;s because of the fact that the average fan has always wanted to have a voice in picking out the sextet of stars in his favorite league, that the Annual Poll was started by THE HOCKEY NEWS last winter. Response to that call for ballots was so satisfactory in the National and American Leagues that the procedure is being repeated this year. Unfortunately, the response was not so good in the United States League&mdash;due perhaps to the vast distances that ambitious loop covers&mdash;so for this season at least, All-Star balloting will not be conducted in that circuit.</p><p>Followers of the sport in the N.H.L. and A.H.L. can pick their teams though, so it&rsquo;s up to each and every one to make the best of his opportunities and get those ballots rolling it.</p><p>The N.H.L. voting starts this week, with the A. H. L. opinion-taking getting underway in next week&rsquo;s issue. If you turn to Page Two, you&rsquo;ll find full details in the All-Star voting, so you can get your pencils out and start sharpening those wits.</p><h2><b>QUAKER CITY HAS PLANS</b></h2><p>Talk of a Philadelphia entry for the N.H.L. was rife last winter before the plans foundered on the reefs of building problems and other barriers. But now, other interests in the City of Brotherly Love are talking up the question again. Optimism is high, with the hope being voiced that a team can be iced in the senior pro circuit within a few years. As soon as building costs come down to a reasonable level, a rink seating 15,000 people is to be built and the venture launched.</p><p>The present project seems to have more hope of succeeding than the first one, Len Peto&rsquo;s efforts to establish the old Montreal Maroons franchise in Philadelphia. A major drawback there was the opposition of the existing Philly franchise in the A.H.L.&mdash;that of the Rockets. But the present plan is sponsored by the Rockets, who would drop out of their present league and operate in the N.H.L. With a large enough rink to draw the customers, Philadelphia could support an N.H.L. team, even though the present club is a losing proposition, its bakers feel.</p><p>Philadelphia would be a welcome addition to the N.H.L., and the other clubs would probably help the infant squad out in obtaining players and lining up farm affiliations to keep the wheels turning.</p><p>As far as money for the venture is concerned, there certainly isn&rsquo;t any lack of that vital material. Owner of the present Rockets is Walter Annenberg&mdash;also owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, a radio station and a television outlet&mdash;who has become a red-hot supporter of hockey, even though it has cost him a few dollars the past year or so.</p><p>With all those factors in its favor, N.H.L. fans might well be seeing a team from Philadelphia matching sticks with the six present members before too many winters roll past.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01116/903969-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>ALL HAVE A CHANCE</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Can you tell me it a defenseman has ever won the Lady Byng Trophy? To my knowledge none has. What I would like to know is why the sports writers lean so heavily towards the forwards when they vote on this award. I understand the trophy goes to the player who combines the greatest playing ability with the most gentlemanly play.</p><p>My personal choice for the award this year would be Bill Quackenbush of Detroit, who to my mind is not only the Meanest, but the best defenseman in the league. He hasn&rsquo;t had a penalty all year, yet I suppose when the ballots have been counted he won&rsquo;t even have been listed.</p><p>Isn&rsquo;t this system of continuously giving the trophy to a forward a bit unfair to players like Quackenbush and Jack Crawford? Surely they deserve it as much or more than some of the glamour boys up front.</p><p>Joe Schmidt, Brookfield, Ill.</p><p>(No defenseman has ever won the Lady Byng Trophy as yet but we&rsquo;ll wager Quackenbush will get plenty of votes this year.)</p><h2>WHAT&rsquo;S in A NAME?</h2><p>I am a true Les Canadiens fan and would like to know the names of all their farm teams. What happened to &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Bouchard? Was he injured, and if so, how long will he be out of action?</p><p>How about a story on Kenny Reardon, the greatest defenseman in the N.H.L.? of course I like him, my last name is the same as his, only I&rsquo;m not Irish.</p><p>Fred Reardon, Brooklyn, N.Y.</p><p>(Canadiens have working agreements with Buffalo of the American Hockey League and Dallas of the United States Hockey League. Also Montreal Royals in the Quebec Senior League and certain junior clubs. Bouchard is just about ready to take his place again following a bad knee injury).</p><h2>SHE CAUGHT US</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>In reading the January 12 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, I noticed in the Fan Forum that you listed the goalkeepers who have played with Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>I have followed the Canadiens fairly closely for the past ten years or so and believe that you missed two goalkeepers. Between the time that Wilf Cude and Paul Bibeault played, there was a short time when Claude Bourque and then Bert Gardiner guarded the nets. Bourque was traded to New York Rangers for Gardiner and played for Philadelphia Ramblers.</p><p>How about a story on Sherman White of New Haven and also &ldquo;Duke&rdquo; Dillon of Tulsa?</p><p>Betty Cubitt, Windsor, Ont.</p><p>(You&rsquo;re right, Betty)</p><h2>THOSE CALENDARS AGAIN</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Could you please tell me where I could get a calendar of the Toronto Maple Leafs produced by the Export Cigarette Company?</p><p>Cyril Mireau, Harris, Sask.</p><p>(Write to the Publicity Department, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ont.)</p><h2>LARRY REGAN FAN</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Could you please tell me what happened to Larry Regan who played for Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Senior League last season? I would also like to know his age and if he is the property of the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>Harvey Astels, Verdun, Que.</p><p>(Yes, he&rsquo;s the property of the Maple Leafs. Larry is 20-years-old and was with Toronto Marlboro Juniors.)</p><h2><b>LIKES MORENZ STORY</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Congratulations to your publication for publishing the story of perhaps the greatest hockey player to date. I refer of course, to the series on Howie Morenz, in which THE HOCKEY NEWS really does a great service by bringing to the public a series that would have otherwise gone unread by thousands of fans and players alike.</p><p>The Morenz story is more than interesting reading. It is an inspiring biography of one of hockey&rsquo;s greatest figures. Morenz was a player&rsquo;s player. He made his mark on his skill alone and not with his rough play or abusive conduct. What more of an example than he, does hockey need today?</p><p>I hope that this story will someday be published under one cover so that everyone from the peewee player to the radio listener will have the privilege of reading it.</p><p>Let&rsquo;s have some more of the same before too long.</p><p>Sam Breck East Lansing, Mich.</p><h2><b>MORE ACTION SHOTS</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like to see more stories and action shots of the National Hockey League. Would you please tell me what nationality Frank Brimsek of Boston Bruins is? Have the Bruins got any players coming along in the minors that will be of use to them in the next two years?</p><p>H. Mudgett, Harvard, Mass.</p><p>(Brimsek is of Polish extraction. Yes, the Bruins have several excellent prospects on their list who should help them considerably in the next couple of years).</p><h2>WANTS WATSON STORY</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>How about a story on Harry Watson of Toronto Maple Leafs? I think he&rsquo;s one of the most under rated players in the National Hockey League. Otherwise, keep up the good work. I like your paper.</p><p>Lionel Sproule, Manitou Beach, Sask.</p><p>(We will do our best to do a Watson story soon).</p><h2>HE&rsquo;S WITH PITTSBURGH</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Could you please tell me where Les Costello is now? I have missed seeing any N.H.L. rosters of late and wonder if you would mind printing one on the Maple Leafs? Good luck and keep those crosswords coming.</p><p>Don Jacques, Toronto, Ont.</p><p>(Costello is now with Pittsburgh Hornets in the A.H.L. We have already printed a complete roster of the Leafs).</p><h2>SEATTLE HEARD FROM</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>We here in Seattle enjoy reading your paper and would appreciate it if you would print a picture of our favorite hockey players who are&mdash;we hope&mdash;temporarily with Ottawa Senators. They are Eddie Dartnell, Bill Robinson and Tremblay.</p><p>Tell these three lads to take a fast boat to Seattle.</p><p>Sandy MacTavish, Seattle, Wash.</p><h2>PAVELICH FAN</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have noticed one rookie who has jumped to the N.H.L. last fall, and very little is heard of him. in the past month or so he has scored 17 or more points and I believe he should be interviewed by one of your sports writers. He is Marty Pavelich of Detroit Red Wings. A story and picture would be welcomed by THE HOCKEY NEWS readers.</p><p>J. M. Stellin, Malartic, Que.</p><p>(You&rsquo;re right. We will have to interview Marty in the very near future. He is a great young player and should be around the NHL for a long time).</p><h2>ABOUT LEAFS&rsquo; FLOP</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>My following letter is directed to your column cleverly set aside for publishing your readers&rsquo; views, &ldquo;The Fan Forum&rdquo;.</p><p>Before my blast, may I tell you sincerely, that your paper, THE HOCKEY NEWS, is by far the best publication on the news-stands today covering our national sport.</p><p>Now my beef. My favourite team is the pick of thousands across the country, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Nowhere this year, in any publication, have I seen a story concerning the Leaf&rsquo;s utter flop this season. I think it has the makings of a really good yarn.</p><p>A team just doesn&rsquo;t win two Stanley Cups in succession then next season wade around last place without a good reason.</p><p>Don&rsquo;t you agree it would make an interesting story, not just for me but also for the thousands of red hot Leaf fans who every Saturday night park beside their radios to follow their beloved Toronto clan.</p><p>Harvey Blight, Sudbury, Ont.</p><h2>WHICH ONES?</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Please tell me where and how I can get the souvenir issues of 1947 and 1948.</p><p>Stan Cikaliuk, Hilliard, Alta.</p><p>(What issues do you mean Stan?).</p><h2>SO SORRY</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have read in the Fan Forum that there is a calendar printed of the Montreal Canadiens. Could you please tell me if there is one of the New York Rangers, and if so, where could I get it?</p><p>(Miss) Patricia Strom, Corona, N.Y.</p><p>(There is no Ranger calendar).</p><h2>CRYSTAL GAZER</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Would like to make my predictions of the outcome of the National Hockey League race final standings and Stanley Cup winner.</p><p>This is the way the race will end: First place, Montreal; second, Detroit; third, Boston; fourth. New York Rangers; fifth, Toronto; sixth, Chicago. Montreal will surge ahead now that &ldquo;The Rocket&rdquo; is moving. Detroit will find it tough winning on the road from here on in. Boston has enough left to hold onto third. O&rsquo;Connor to spark Rangers in the stretch. Billy Reay will take the scoring honors for the year, nosing out Chicago&rsquo;s hot line of Bentley, Conacher and Mosienko. Montreal will win the Stanley Cup on the strength of great netminding by Durnan, and playing of Reay and Richard.</p><p>These predictions will be 75 per cent or better correct.</p><p>John Condon Hastings-On-Hudson, N.Y.</p><h2>ROOKIE INFORMATION</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>As the current N.H.L. season is well underway, I think it is time for a few comments on the rookies of this season.</p><p>First of all, is there a certain amount of games a player may play in one season and still remain a rookie the following year? Could you please give me details about this ruling and let me know if this ruling effects either Johnny Peirson or Paul Ronty.</p><p>Dave Wilks Lennoxville, Que.</p><p>(To be eligible for the rookie award, a player must not have played in more than 20 games in any one previous N.H.L. season. Ronty took part in 24 games last season and is not eligible. Peirson played 15 games last season and five the year before and is ineligible.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<h2>Well Tied Up</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>oronto Maple Leafs grabbed the honors as &ldquo;Tie-ingest&rdquo; team in the N.H.L. when they no-decisioaed Chicago 4-4 Saturday. Leafs have drawn 10 games this season&mdash;one more than Rangers.</p><h2>Tightened Up</h2><p>The N.H.L. goaltending race was as close as bark to a tree after Rangers swamped Canadiens 9-0 Sunday. Rayner of New York with 99 goals against, is followed by Durnan of Canadiens, 100, and Lumley, Detroit, 103.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M., FEB. 2</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0166/904084-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="588" height="183"></div><h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Gaines</h2><p>January 26&mdash;Canadiens 3, at Chicago 2; Toronto 3, at Boston 1; Rangers 5, at Detroit 1.</p><p>January 29&mdash;Detroit 5, at Canadiens 2; Chicago 4, at Toronto 4.</p><p>January 30&mdash;Canadiens 0, at Rangers 9; Toronto 2, at Chicago 4; Detroit 4, at Boston 0.</p><h2>Next Week&rsquo;s Gaines</h2><p>February 2&mdash;Rangers at Boston, Chicago at Detroit.</p><p>February 3&mdash;Toronto at Canadiens, Detroit at Chicago.</p><p>February 5&mdash;Boston at Canadiens, Rangers at Toronto.</p><p>February 6&mdash;Canadiens at Detroit, Toronto at Boston, Rangers at Chicago.</p><p>The surging Detroit Red Wings continued to dominate the National Hockey League standings during the past week by scoring a double triumph over the weekend. They subdued the Montreal Canadiens, 5-2 on Saturday night and polished off the Boston Bruins, 4-0 in Beantown the following evening.</p><p>They now boast a 10-point lead over their nearest rivals, the Bruins and the Canadiens who are tied for second place with 42 points a piece. The Chicago Black Hawks hold onto fourth place by whipping Toronto. The Hawks are 15 points off the pace with 37 points. The Maple Leafs rank next with 36 points, three more than the cellar-dwelling New York Rangers.</p><p>Doug Bentley, who has been front-running the individual scoring race for the most part of the season, widened the margin to two points over his team-mate Roy Conacher. Bentley leads the loop with 48 points.</p><h2>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26</h2><p>CHICAGO&mdash;A crowd of 16,437 fans saw the slumping Chicago Blask Hawks lose to Montreal Canadiens here by a score of 3-2.</p><p><b>Canadiens</b>: Goal, Durnan; defense, Reardon. Laycoe; center, Mosdell; wings, Richard, Chamberlain; subs: Harvey, Riopelle, Carveth, Harmon Fillion, Reay, Gravelle, Plamondon, Campeau, Dussault, Leger.</p><p><b>Chicago</b>: Goal, Henry; defense, Gadsby, Nattrass; center, Bentley; wings, Mo-sienko, R. Conacher; subs.: Goldham, Dickens, McCaig, J, Conacher, Bodnar, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystai, Brown, Olmstead.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Referee, Frank (King) Clancy; linesmen, George Hayes and Harry Ornest</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0246/904077-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="576" height="423"></div><p>DETROIT&mdash;New York Rangers won their first game on Detroit ice since Christmas 1947 when they whipped the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 before close to 13,000 fans.</p><p><b>Rangers</b>: Goal. Rayner; defense, Stanowski, Eddolls; center, OConnor; wings, Laprade, Leswick; subs.: Shero, Raleigh, Stanley, Lund, Mickoski, Fisher, Albright, Gordon, Kaleta, Moe.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>: Goal, Lumley; defense, Reise, Stewart; center, Abel; wings, Horeck, Lindsay; subs.: Quackenbush, Kelly, Gee, Howe. McNab, Poile, McFadden. Couture, Pavelich, Enio, Fogolin.</p><p><b>Referee</b>, Bill Chadwick; linesmen, Doug Doug Young and Melville Keeling.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0324/904070-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="575" height="382"></div><p>BOSTON&mdash;Using young Jack Gelineau of McGill in goal, Boston Bruins lost to Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 with 12,865 looking on.</p><p><b>Toronto</b>: Goal. Broda; defense, Thomson. Mortson; center, Kennedy; wings. Metz, Lynn; subs.: Sloan. Ezinicki. Watson, Barilko, Boesch, Gardner, Taylor, Juzda, Bentley, Timgren, Klukay.</p><p><b>Boston</b>: Goal, Gelineau; defense, Fla-man, Henderson; center, Schmidt; wings, Peters, Dumart; subs.: Sandford, Babando, Warwick, Crawford, Egan, Thompson&rsquo; Ronty, Peirson, Harrison, Smith.</p><p><b>Referee</b>: George Gravel; linesmen, Sam Babcock and Herb Gallagher.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0425/904063-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="576" height="348"></div><h2>SATURDAY, JANUARY 29</h2><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Detroit Red Wings increased their N.H.L. lead by handing Canadiens a 5-2 setback.</p><p><b>Canadiens</b>: Goal, Durnan; defense, Reardon, Laycoe; center, Mosdell; wings, Chamberlain, Richard; subs.: Reay, Dussault, Carveth, Plamondon, Gravelle, Campeau, Fillion, Harvey, Hannon, Leger.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>: Goal, Lumley; defense, Stewart, Reise; center, Abel; wings, Horeck, Lindsay; subs.: Fogolin, Kelly, Gee, McNab, Poile, Quackenbush, Couture, Pavelich, Enio, McFadden, Gauthier.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0515/904056-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="578" height="489"></div><p>TORONTO&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks scored a goal with only second remaining to play to earn a 4-4 deadlock with the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p><b>Chicago</b>: Goal, Henry; defense, Gadsby, Nattrass; center, Bentley; wings, R. Conacher, Mosienko; subs.: Goldham, Dickens, McCaig, J. Conacher, Bodnar, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystai, Brown, Olmstead.</p><p><b>Toronto</b>: Goal: Broda; defense, Mortson, Thomson; center, Kennedy; wings, Klukay, Metz; subs.: Boesch, Barilko, Juzda, Gardner, Ezinicki, Watson, Bentley, Taylor, Timgren, Sloan Lynn.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0612/904049-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="580" height="480"></div><h2>SUNDAY, JANUARY 30</h2><p>BOSTON&mdash;The Detroit Red Wings made it a clean week-end sweep when they shut-out the Boston Bruins on their own ice by a count of 4-0,</p><p><b>Detroit</b>: Goal, Lumley; defense, Stewart, Reise; center, Abel; wings, Lindsay, Horeck; subs.: aPvelich, McNab, Couture, Gauthier, Queckenbush, Fogolin, Gee, Poile, McFadden, Enio, Kelly.</p><p><b>Boston</b>: Goal, Gelineau; defense, Fla-man, Henderson; center, Schmidt; wings, Peters, Dumart; subs.: Sandford, Warwick, Babando, Crawford, Egan, Thompson, Ronty, Peirson, Harrigan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0710/904042-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="576" height="328"></div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;The New York Rangers racked up the most Imposing triumph of the current N.H.L. season when they blasted the Montreal Canadiens, 9-0.</p><p><b>Canadiens</b>: Goal, Durnan; defense, Reardon, Laycoe; center, Mosdell; wings, Chamberlain, Riopelle; subs.: Reay, Dussault, Carveth, Plamondon, Gravelle, Campea a, Harvey, Leger, Harmon, Fillion.</p><p><b>New York</b>: Goal, Rayner; defense, Eddolls, Stanowski; center, Raleigh; wings, Mickoski, Fisher; subs.: Shero. O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Lund, Laprade, Leswick, Albright, Gordon, Kaleta, Moe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0810/904035-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="582" height="530"></div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks managed to hold onto third place by whipping the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-2 after the clubs had battled to a 4-4 stalemate in the Queen city.</p><p><b>Chicago</b>: Goal, Henry; defense, Nattrass, Gadsby; center, Bentley; wings, Mosienko, R. Conacher; subs.: Gooldham, Dickens, McCaig, J. Conacher, Bodnar, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystai, Brown, Olmstead.</p><p><b>Toronto</b>: Goal, Broda; defense, Thomson, Mortson; center, Kennedy; wings, Metz, Klukay; subs.: Boesch, Barilko, Juzda, Gardner, Ezinicki, Watson, Bentley, Taylor, Timgren, Sloan, Lynn.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0910/904028-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="578" height="326"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan, 30)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-107/904021-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="573" height="1862"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-117/904014-1-eng-US/f0007-112.jpg" title="f0007-11" width="586" height="388"></div><h2>Penalties In Minutes By Clubs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-125/904007-1-eng-US/f0007-122.jpg" title="f0007-12" width="534" height="158"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-142/904000-1-eng-US/f0007-142.jpg" title="f0007-14" width="511" height="830"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Humiliates Habs</i></b></p><p><b>CHARLIE RAYNER, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie throughout the N.H.L. became the first goalie to rack up five shutouts this year when he hung a humiliating, 9-0 goose-egg on. the Candiens last week.</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>HOCKEY FANS</b></h2><p>Photos of all N.H.L. Players New and Old.</p><p>Also all Sports photos <b>Turofsky &ndash; Toronto 92 King St. W.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JAMES C. BENDY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0260/904160-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>Speeding Skates Stilled</i></p><p><b>BEDRIDDEN AND UNHAPPY, Howie Morenz lies in his hospital cot after the accident which ended his playing career, and ultimately his life</b>.</p></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>ust when everyone thought Morenz had achieved every honor in hockey and that it would be impossible for him to improve on his record in the 1928-29 season, he came up with the best showing of his entire career. By the time the 1930-31 campaign was over, Howie again had won the David A. Hart Trophy as the most valuable player during the season, captured the league sharpshooting honors, and, to top everything, he led the Canadiens to their second straight world&rsquo;s title!</p><p>Howie continued his sensational career the following year and was awarded the Hart Trophy for the third time, becoming the first player to gain this honor three times.</p><p>Morenz&rsquo;s second son, Donald, arrived during the summer of 1932, and his cup of happiness was filled to overflowing.</p><p>The association between Hart and Morenz was shattered at the end of the 1932-33 season, when the manager and owners of the Canadiens came to the parting of the ways. Howie had great respect for Hart and was sorry to see him leave.</p><p>Before the summer was over, the third and final addition to Howie&rsquo;s family, Marlene, a girl, was born.</p><h2>Loses His Form</h2><p>Howie was determined to make the next season his best, but he couldn&rsquo;t seem to regain his old old form. &ldquo;Newsy&rdquo; Lalonde, the Canadiens&rsquo; new coach, decided to break up the Joliat-Morenz combination, and Howie found himself playing for the first time without his old partner. Things began to go badly, and Morenz began to worry.</p><p>Women have sometimes been called fickle; but, compared to a Certain type of sports fan, they are as faithful as a dog to a kind master.</p><p>This was clearly shown during the spring of 1934 when thoughtless fans in the Forum booed Morenz. This incident was the real cause of his being traded to Chicago.</p><p>Leo Dandurand, part owner of the Canadiens, was determined that he wasn&rsquo;t going to see Morenz&rsquo;s heart broken by heartless booing.</p><p>&ldquo;Howie came to me the night he was booed, sobbing like a child,&rdquo; Dandurand said. &ldquo;And I was determined to make a deal for him. That is the only reason he was traded. Money never entered into it at all, and we always remained good friends.&rdquo;</p><h2>More Tough Luck</h2><p>Maybe the fact that Howie signed his 1933-34 contract on Friday, October 13th, had something to do with it, for the season was packed with bad luck for the Stratford Streak.</p><p>The Canadiens made the playoffs that year, and in the first game Howie played in his old form, getting a goal and furnishing the assist on the other to see the Canadiens win 2-0.</p><p>But after only three minutes in play in the second game, he crashed into tough little &ldquo;Mush&rdquo; March, Chicago winger, fracturing his right wrist. This ended Howie&rsquo;s hockey for the season.</p><p>That summer, he was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks, and the fall found him trying to adapt himself to the Chicago defensive style of hockey.</p><p>Howie finished the season with the Black Hawks and was back again for the 1935-36 season. He enjoyed indifferent success until he was traded to the New York Rangers on January 25, 1936.</p><p>Howie was delighted over the change, because Lester Patrick, dean of professional managers, put as much stress on offensive hockey as the Canadiens and Howie felt he would do much better.</p><h2>Unforgettable Moment</h2><p>No one who saw Howie&rsquo;s first game as a member of the Blue Shirts will ever forget it. Patrick placed him on left wing with Frankie Boucher at center and Cecil Dillon on the right. This line clicked from the opening whistle.</p><p>Howie was all over the ice, and the game had been under way less than ten minutes before he had set up the opening goal for Dillon and scored one himself. I can still see him as he leaped in the air and waved his stick with joy after the tally. He was on the comeback trail.</p><p>At the end of the season, Cecil Hart was reappointed manager of the Canadiens, and his first move was to purchase Morenz from the Rangers.</p><p>When the Canadiens turned out for their first practice in the Forum that fall, the work-out took on the appearance of a class reunion. The old gang which. had won the Stanley Cup two seasons in a row was together again.</p><p>Howie was back with his midget wingers, Aurel Joliat and Johnny Gagnon. Cecil Hart was at the helm, and Pit Lepine and Georges Mantha, two other members of those championship teams, were still with the club.</p><h2>Class Reunion</h2><p>&ldquo;Why, it&rsquo;s just like old times,&rdquo; Howie cried happily to a friend. &ldquo;The old spirit is bubbling over again. I don&rsquo;t see how we can miss taking the title.&rdquo;</p><p>And Howie wasn&rsquo;t far wrong. His presence seemed to inspire the club, and, from a dismal last the previous season, they climbed to the top of their division. But Morenz never lived to see his team fight the Detroit Red Wings for the league title and force them to five games, the final one an overtime battle, before admitting defeat.</p><p>In a game at Montreal on January 28th, against Chicago, Howie was cleanly checked by Earl Seibert of the Hawks, and fell, his leg twisted under him. He had to be carried from the ice, and X-ray pictures revealed a bad fracture just above the ankle.</p><p>Howie was cheerful when he first entered St. Luke&rsquo;s Hospital in Montreal. His friends came in droves to see him. His telephone kept buzzing all day long, and. sometimes far into the night. Letters came from hockey fans and friends, wishing him a speedy recovery.</p><h2>Howie Pines</h2><p>Then his intimate friends noticed a change. They noted he was his old self during the day, but at night he would begin to worry. He couldn&rsquo;t stand those long hours of darkness alone, with nothing but the four walls and the ceiling to stare at.</p><p>For fourteeen years, he had been at the very top of the hockey world. in his boyish way, he had lived to the limit, lavishing gifts and affection on his family. He was generous to a fault with his friends.</p><p>Several investments had turned out poorly, and now, as he neared the twilight of his career, his leg was set in a cast and suspended in the air. You can appreciate his dismay as he gazed at the helpless limb that had carried him over the ice faster than any player had ever gone before.</p><p>It is little wonder that something snapped in Howie Morens as he contemplated his future. Overnight, he was transformed from the carefree boy everyone knew and loved, to a worried man.</p><p>His thoughts began to weigh him down, and the hockey world, not knowing of his mental suffering, was startled when it learned he had suffered a nervous breakdown.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01100/904153-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="1677" height="1932"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>With Their Memories</i></p><p><b>HOWIE&rsquo;S FAMOUS SWEATER, with the big number he carried through so many triumphs and dazzling moments, hengs empty on the wall of the Canadiens&rsquo; dressing room after the funeral. Beside it, and the equipment the Stratford Streak wore in his meteoric life, are two old comrades. Cecil Hart (left) Canadiens Coach, and Aurel Joliat, linemate and friend of the immortal Morenz, dream of the past</b>.</p></figcaption></div><h2>End Draws Near</h2><p>For a while, there was some improvement, but he began to show indications of a heart ailment. Then, shortly before mid-night, on March 8th. he suffered a heart attack. The doctor called his wife Mary, and she, with Cecil Hart, who had also been summoned, raced to the hospital.</p><p>Morenz quieted down somewhat after his wife had been notified. Then the nurse momentarily left the room. She had hardly stepped out, when Howie tried to leave his bed. As he did so, in his weakened condition, death struck with even greater swiftness than that with which he had sped over the ice so many times.</p><p>At the moment when the husky figure of the Stratford Streak slumped upon the floor, his wife entered the lobby of the hospital&mdash;too late by just a minute to comfort the last moments of the one she loved so well.</p><p>News of Howie&rsquo;s passing had a stunning effect on the sports world. Death seemed so remote. No one had even dreamed of it striking down the Stratford Streak.</p><p>But it was all over. The brave heart which had fought its way through so many gruelling ice battles was stilled forever. The Stratford Streak would flash no more.</p><h2>Saddest of Scenes</h2><p>Howie&rsquo;s teammates, scheduled to meet the Montreal Maroons that night, were a sorrowful sight as they met in the club&rsquo;s office. Mrs. Morenz had telephoned that she did not wish the game postponed.</p><p>&ldquo;I know that Howie would want it to go on and, for his sake, please don&rsquo;t postpone it,&rdquo; she requested.</p><p>The scene in the Habitants&rsquo; dressing room before game time was one of mourning. As a player would file quietly into the room, his teammates would glance up momentarily and quickly look down again, their eyes wet with tears.</p><p>A sob shook the figure of a player sitting near Howie&rsquo;s old place as. he was overcome with emotion. Grim little Aurel Joliat, who wasn&rsquo;t dressing tor the game, came in and sat down on the bench as he bowed his head and fixed his eyes on a spot on the floor.</p><p>Words would have been sacriligious at a time like this, to these men who had fought shoulder &ndash; to &ndash; shoulder through many games and enjoyed many happy hours with Howie Morenz.</p><p>The Canadiens, of course were in no condition to play, but they gamely carried on, knowing in advance they would be defeated by the Maroons. But it didn&rsquo;t seem to matter. Nothing was important at the moment.</p><p>As the players lined up on the ice before the game and a lone bugler played &ldquo;The Last Post,&rdquo; players on both teams, and many in the audience, wept openly and unashamed. Even those who knew. Howie only by sight seemed to feel they had lost a friend.</p><p>On March 11th, all that was mortal of Howie Morenz returned to center ice in the Forum. On the very spot where he had faced-off so many times, his body was placed. A guard composed of members of the Canadiens, both oldtimers and those still active, took turns standing watch over the body of their friend.</p><h2>Sorrow Grips City</h2><p>Deep sorrow gripped the entire city as thousands walked softly past his body to gaze for the last time on the face of the greatest hockey player of his time.</p><p>Montreal will never forget Howie&rsquo;s funeral. No other sportsman, soldier, or statesman was ever more sincerely mourned. Fifteen thousand jammed their way into the Forum for the service, while twice as many more stood with heads uncovered outside, to follow the funeral cortege of Morenz the Magnificent up the snow-covered slopes of Mount Royal where he was laid to rest.</p><p>As the coffin was lowered gently, a great floral figure &ldquo;7&rdquo; was placed upon it. This, the number Howie Morenz had worn throughout his career with the Canadiens, was with him to the last. It will never again be worn by a Habitant.</p><p>No other player did more to popularize ice hockey than Howie Morenz. His blazing figure was symbolic of all that was thrilling in the game. For years, he was a magnet at the box office and helped fill the coffers of those who promoted the game.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01111/904146-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="1073" height="1496"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MORENZ AS A RANGER. The great Canadiens star is shown as he appeared in the latter part of the 1935-36 season, when he played with New York Rangers before being bought back by the Habitants to finish out his career</b>.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0008-02

Thousands Bow in Tribute As Star Is Laid To Rest

<h2><b>Slop Shot Artist</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>R</span>oger Bedard, of Providence Reds in the A.H.L. has one of the finest slap shots in hockey. His drive is a constant worry to the opposition as he can let go with terrific force.</p><h2><b>Top Official</b></h2><p>Hugh McLean, who referees in the A.H.L. is also one of Canada&rsquo;s top soccer officials. He handled two important matches last summer when Toronto Ulster met Liverpool anti Toronto Greenbacks played the Swedish all-stars.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>Eastern Division</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0183/904324-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="587" height="186"></div><p>Western Division</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0264/904317-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="588" height="164"></div><h2><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>January 21&mdash;Philadelphia 5, at Washington 3.</p><p>January 22&mdash;Washington 2, at Hershey 7; Indianapolis 7, at Philadelphia 4; Buffalo 4, at Pittsburgh 7; New Haven 3, at St. Louis 2; Cleveland <b><i>4,</i></b> at Springfield 3.</p><p>January 23&mdash;Washington 1, at Buffalo. 4; New Haven 1, at Indianapolis 7; Cleveland 5, at Providence 5.</p><p>January 25&mdash;Cleveland 6, at Washington 1.</p><p>January 26&mdash;Springfield 0, at Hershey 3; Cleveland 5, at Philadelphia 9; Pittsburgh 9, at Washington 1.</p><p>January 27&mdash;St. Louis 4, at Indianapolis 4; Buffalo 0, at New Haven <b><i>2.</i></b></p><h2><b>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h2><p>February 4&mdash;Philadelphia at Washington.</p><p>February 5&mdash;Buffalo at Cleveland, New Haven at Philadelphia, Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, Hershey at St. Louis, Providence at Springfield.</p><p>February 6&mdash;St. Louis at Buffalo, Hershey at Indianapolis, Pittsburgh at New Haven, Cleveland at Providence.</p><p>February 9&mdash;Pittsburgh at Buffalo, Hershey at Cleveland, Washington at Philadelphia, New Haven at Providence, Indianapolis at Springfield.</p><p>The high-flying Providence Reds continued to set a torrid pace in the Eastern Section of the American Hockey League during the past week and they now hold a commanding 21 points lead over their closest rivals, the second place Hershey Bears who are resting in second place with 43 points.</p><p>Springfield is in a third place tie with New Haven with 37 points. Philadelphia with 26 points and Washington with 18 round out the standing.</p><p>In the Western Section, the St. Louis Flyers managed to stay out in front of the Cleveland Barons by the slim margin of two points. Indianapolis Caps are just off the pace with 58 points while the Pittsburgh Hornets rank next with 57. The Buffalo Bisons are well entrenched in the cellar with 50 points.</p><h2>FRIDAY, JANUARY 21</h2><p>WASHINGTON&mdash;A small crowd of 1,416 saw Philadelphia Rockets take a 5-3 verdict from Washington Lions des-pite the fact that Washington had three new men in uniform.</p><p><b>Philadelphia</b>: Goal, Perras; defense, Bush, Archambault; center, Mahaffy; wings, Defelice, Wochy; subs.: Hergesheimer, Kilrea, Mulholland, Stefanlw, Kraiger, Pidhirny, Prentice, Brodeur.</p><p><b>Washington</b>: Goal, Gauthier; defense, Dick, Foley; center, McGuire; wings, McAtee, Frost; subs.: Vitale, Wilson, Demarco, Mousseau, Hextall, Herchenratter, Mundrlck, Brenchley, Duggan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0520/904310-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="583" height="496"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0424/904303-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="1711" height="1294"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>A Liscombe Effort</i></p><p><b>ONE of THE MAIN reasons why Providence Reds are making shambles of the Eastern Division has been their prolific scoring. Here&rsquo;s Carl Liscombe, always up among the top scorers, whipping the rubber past goalie Don Doug all of Philadelphia, with a neat back-hander</b>.</p></figcaption></div><h2>SATURDAY, JANUARY 22</h2><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;With Fleming Mackell scoring three times, Pittsburgh Hornets downed Buffalo Bisons here by a score of 7-4.</p><p><b>Buffalo</b>: Goal, Dion; defense, Blake, Finkbeiner; center, Haldorsen; wings, Hunt, Lewis; subs.: Johnson, MacKay, Pargeter, Agar, Douglas, Cooper, Curry, Robertson.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh</b>: Goal, Bastien; defense, Kemp, Psutka; center, Kobussen; wings, O&rsquo;Flaherty, Benson; subs.: Backor, Mathers, Samis, Dawes, Smith, Mackell, Migay, Costello, Ceresino, Langelle.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0616/904296-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="578" height="617"></div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Before a rather sparse crowd, Indianapolis Capitals trounced Philadelphia Rockets 7-4.</p><p><b>Indianapolis</b>: Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Dewsbury, Nicholson; center, D. Morrison; wings, R. Morrison, Podolsky; subs.: Melong, Woit, Lundy, Simpson, Lund, Reid, Glover, Bruneteau, MacKay, Haidy, Heller.</p><p><b>Philadelphia</b>: Goal, Perras; defense, Bush, Kraiger; center, Stefaniw; wings, Hergesheimer, Prentice; subs.: Archambault, Brodeur, Waldriff, Kilrea, Wochy, Mahaffy, Mulholland, Defelice, Pidhirny.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0713/904289-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="578" height="675"></div><p>HERSHEY&mdash;Just over 1,200 fans watched Hershey Bears take Washington Lions into camp 7-2.</p><p><b>Washington</b>: Goal, Crowdis; defense, Vitale, Wilson; center, Burns; wings, Duggan, McGuire; subs.: Dick, Foley, Hextall, Mundrick, Demarco, McAtee, Frost, Mousseau, Forgie, Brenchley.</p><p><b>Hershey</b>: Goal, Henry; defense, Mc-Lenahan, Branigan; center, Mario; wings, Brown, Creighton; subs.: Jones, Maloney, Bruce, Kullman, Marquess, Bettio, Larson, Toppazzini, Kryzanowski.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0811/904282-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="578" height="548"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;The Cleveland Barons came from behind with three third period goals to take a 4-3 decision from Springfield here.</p><p><b>Springfield</b>: Goal: O&rsquo;Hearn; defense, McAndrew, Allen; center, McMurdy; wings, Summerhill, Lemieux; subs.: Mc-Mahon, Tottle, Conn, Courteau, Curick, Schmidt, Trudell, Gooden, Narduzzi, Macey.</p><p><b>Cleveland</b>: Goal, Bower; defense, Sprout, Davidson; center, Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: Buller, Wares, Brennan, Schultz, Russell, Solinger, Kelly, Black, D. Porteous, Wycherley, F. Porteous, Thurier.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0911/904275-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="581" height="547"></div><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;Close to 10,000 fans looked on as St. Louis Flyers, leaders of the Western Division, dropped a 3-2 verdict to New Haven Ramblers.</p><p><b>New Haven</b>: Goal, Francis; defense, Lamirande, Lancien; center, Ramsden; wings, Brown, Jenkins; subs.: Glaude, Bloomer, Hrymnak, White, Denis, Johnston, Davies, Webster, Colville.</p><p><b>St. Louis</b>: Goal, Almas; defense. Olson, Mariucci; center. Grosso: wings, Licari, Gladu; subs.: Simon, Milligan, Grigg, McComb, Trigg, Biack, Sullivan, Doran, Pozzo, Backor.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-119/904268-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="593" height="424"></div><h2>SUNDAY, JANUARY 23</h2><p>BUFFALO&mdash;Washington Lions lost their 35th game of the season as Buffalo Bisons downed them 4-1 before 7,476 fans.</p><p><b>Buffalo</b>: Goal, Dion; defense, Blake, Finkbeiner; center, Haldorsen; wings, Hunt, Lewis; subs.: Johnson, Gariepy, MacKay, Curry, Pargeter, Douglas, Cooper, Robertson, Agar.</p><p><b>Washington</b>: Goal, Gauthier; defense, Wilson, Vitale; center, McAtee; wings, Frost, McGuire; subs.: Brenchley, Dick, Foley, Demarco, Mousseau, Duggan, Mundrick, Herchenratter, Hextall.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0265/904261-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="587" height="360"></div><p>INDIANAPOLIS&mdash;The Indianapolis Capitals swamped New Heven Ramblers 7-1 here before a full house.</p><p><b>Indianapolis</b>: Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Dewsbury. Nicholson; center, D. Morrison; wings, R. Morrison, Bruneteau; subs.: Reid, Glover, Lundy, Simpson, Lund, Haidy, Melong, Woit, Heller.</p><p><b>New Haven</b>: Goal, Francis; defense, Bloomer, Lancien; center, Davies; wings, Brown, Webster; subs.: Hrymnak, White, Denis, Rozzini, Watson, Prefontaine, Glaude, Lamirande, Ramsden, Campbell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0351/904254-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="585" height="456"></div><p>PROVIDENCE&mdash;Cleveland Barons shattered Hershey&rsquo;s old record by going 119 games without being shutout as they played a 5-all tie here with Providence.</p><p><b>Providence</b>: Goat, Bennett; defense, Morris, Arcand; center, Laplante; wings, Stoddard, Kapusta; subs.: Summers, Michaluk, Liscombe, Bedard, Fraser, Chad, McGill, Kullman, Reardon.</p><p><b>Cleveland</b>: Goal, Bower; defense, Sprout, Davidson; center, Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: F. Porteous, Thurier, Schultz, Russell, Solinger, Wares, Black, Brennan, Wycherley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0433/904247-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="583" height="604"></div><h2>TUESDAY, JANUARY 25</h2><p>WASHINGTON&mdash;Cleveland Barons moved into first place in the Western Division when they downed Washington Lions here 6-1.</p><p><b>Cleveland</b>: Goal, Bower; defense, Davidson, Sprout; center, Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: Wycherley, Thurier, Russell, Solinger, Kelly, Wares, Schultz, F. Porteous, Brennan, Black.</p><p><b>Washington</b>: Goal, Gauthier; defense, Dick, Foley; center, McAtee; wings, Frost, Mousseau; subs.: Vitale, Wilson, Demarco, McGuire, Herchenratter, Hex-tall, Mundrick, Brenchley, Duggan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0525/904240-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="585" height="441"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26</h2><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;The Hershey Bears played one of their best games of the season in blanking Springfield Indians 3-0.</p><p><b>Hershey</b>&mdash;Goal, Henry; defense, McLenahan, Branigan; center, Mario; wings, Brown, Creighton; subs.: Jones, Maloney, Bruce, Kullman, Marquess, Bettio, Larson. Toppazzini, Marlin, Kryzanowski.</p><p><b>Springfield</b>&mdash;Goal, McAtee; defense, McAndrew, Allen; center, McMurdy wings, Summerhill, Lemieux; subs.: Tottle. Conn, Courteau, Curick. Schmidt, Trudell, Gooden. Narduzzi, Macey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0623/904233-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="584" height="349"></div><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;The Pittsburgh Hornets easily downed Washington Lions here by a 9-1 score.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh</b>: Goal, Bastien; defense, Psutka, Kemp; center, Kobuseen; wings, Benson, OFlaherty; subs.: Samis, Backor, Mathers, Ceresino, Langelle, Smith, Costello, Migay Mackell, Dawes.</p><p><b>Washington</b>: Goal, Gauthier; defense. Foley, Vitaie center McAtee; wings, Mousseau, Frost; subs.: Dick. Wilson, Demarco, Maguire, Herchenratter, Hex-tall, Brenchley. Duggan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0714/904226-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="587" height="643"></div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Cleveland Barons were surprised by Philadelphia Rockets here as they went down to defeat 9-5.</p><p><b>Philadelphia</b>: Goal, Perras; defense, Brodeur, Waldriff; center, Mahaffy; wings, Wochy, Defelice; subs.: Schultz. Wycherly, Thurier, F. Porteous, Russell, Solinger, Kelly, Wares, Black, Brennan.</p><p><b>Cleveland</b>: Goal, Bower; defense, Sprout, Davidson; center, Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse subs.:; Archambault, Hergesheimer, Kilrea, Mulholland, Stefanlw, Prentice, Kraiger, Pidhirny.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0813/904219-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="590" height="862"></div><h2>THURSDAY JANU ARY 27</h2><p>NEW HAVEN&mdash;New Haven Ramblers took 2-0 American Hockey League game from the Buffalo Bisons as the locals went into a third-place Eastern Division tio with Springfield.</p><p><b>Buffalo</b>: Goal, Dion; defense, Blake, Gariepy; center, Mackay; wings, Pargeter, Currie; subs.: Douglas, Cooper, Hunt. Lewis, Johnson, Finkbeiner, Haldersen, Gaspa rind.</p><p><b>New Haven</b>&mdash;Goal, Francis, defense, Lancien, Bloomer; center, White; wings, Denis, Slowinski; subs.: Glaude, Lamirande, Rozzini, Campbell, Watson, Davies, Brown, Webster, Prefontaine.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Callighan and McVeigh.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0913/904212-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="586" height="296"></div><p>INDIANAPOLIS&mdash;Led by Pat Lundv who sank two goals, Indianapolis earne a 4-4 tie here with St. Louis Flyers a Western Division tilt.</p><p><b>St. Louis</b>: Goal, Almas; defense, Milligan, Grigg; center, Doran; wings, Sullivan, McComb; subs.: Gladu, Grosso, Licari, Mariueei, Olson, Simon, Trigg, Black Raynak, Backor.</p><p><b>Indianapolis</b>: Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Melong, Nicholson; center, D. Morrison; wings, R. Morrison, Bruneteau; subs.: Reid, Glover, Mackay. Lundy. Simpson. Lund, Haidy, Woit, Heller.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Graham and Russell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1010/904205-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="590" height="486"></div><h2>A.H.L TEAM TOTALS</h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, January 23)</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0334/904198-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="1138" height="415"></div><p>All misconduct penalties count ten minutes and are included In the total minutes.</p><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 30)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1010/904191-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="585" height="573"></div><h2>LEADERS</h2><p><b>Goals</b>: Carl Liscombe, Providence (41).</p><p><b>Assists</b>: B. Bedard, Providence (45).</p><p><b>Penalties</b>: Phil Vitale, Washington (120 minutes).</p><p>Leading goalkeeper: Baz Bastien, Pittsburgh (45 games, 120 goals). 2.67 average.</p><p><b>Shutouts</b>: Ralph Almas, St. Louis (5).</p><p>Team Penalties; Pittsburgh (520 min.).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0009-01

AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0198/904355-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1. Bruins player pictured in center.</p><p>7. First name of Ronty, Boston forward.</p><p>8. Pictured player will _____ 31 on his next birthday, March 5th.</p><p>9. Pictured player injured this in recent game.</p><p>10. First name of Hextail, former Ranger, now with Washington. _______Christmas Day.</p><p>13. Nickname of Hershey club.</p><p>14. First name of Smythe, president and manager of Leafs.</p><p>15. Initials of coach of Providence Reds.</p><p>17. Number of minutes player is penalized for interference.</p><p>19. Cause of &ldquo;sudden death&rdquo; period in playoff game.</p><p>20. Joe Carveth is 5&rsquo; 10&rdquo; in this (abbr.).</p><p>21. Adjective associated with William Mosienko.</p><p>22. Nickname of pictured player&rsquo;s coach.</p><p>23. Part of rink near which each goal is located.</p><p>24. Toward.</p><p>25. Nickname of Lund, Ranger forward.</p><p>28. Short for first name of Lynn, Leaf wingman.</p><p>30. Number of times Elmer Lach has won Hart Trophy.</p><p>32. Pictured player is considered one by fans.</p><p>34. Home State of AHL Reds (abbr.).</p><p>35. Scoring symbol for a shutout.</p><p>36. First name of pictured player.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1. Veteran Cleveland player.</p><p>2. Captain of 13 Across.</p><p>3. Nickname of city where Bruins play home games.</p><p>4. Milliliter (abbr.).</p><p>5. One of St. Louis forwards.</p><p>6. Number of minutes player Is penalized for misconduct.</p><p>8. Netminder for Pittsburgh Hornets.</p><p>10. Diminutive of Benjamin.</p><p>11. 1916 was one in which Roy Conacher was born (abbr.).</p><p>13. Box office (abbr.).</p><p>14. Former player now scouting for Boston Bruins.</p><p>16. Middle name of Gen. Kilpatrick. president of Rangers.</p><p>18. Color of sweater worn by referees.</p><p>19. Date in July on which Bob Fillion celebrates birth.</p><p>25. To transfer puck to player of one&rsquo;s own side.</p><p>26. What Dussault, of Canadiens, is called.</p><p>27. Initials of Nadon, a goalie.</p><p>29. Pictured player once worked with this strapped to protect a broken jaw.</p><p>31. Short for first name of Gardner, Toronto forward.</p><p>33. Toward.</p><p>34. Artificial language.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0010-01

HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>OSTON, Mass.&mdash;Rookie goaltenders coming into N.H.L. as relief fill-ins aren&rsquo;t unknown, but when a team uses three in a row that puts it into unusual class. Let one of the substitute puck blockers notch a shutout, and you&rsquo;re really in the manbitesdog class.</p><p>Yet, that&rsquo;s exactly what happened with Boston Bruins. Their regular goalie, Frank Brimsek, was forced to leave the team because of the death of his 10-months-old son, Frank Jr., at his home in Eveleth, Minn. First the Bruins brought up Les Colvin, a former Q.S.H.L. goalie. That wasn&rsquo;t too successful, so Gordie Henry was brought up from Hershey. He came through with a bang, blanking Montreal 3-0 before his one-game lease expired. Finally the Rossmen brought in their third candidate, Jack Gelineau, twine tender with Montreal&rsquo;s McGill University sextet, to complete the string.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Brimsek’s Bereavement Gives Bruins Strange Chance To Try Three Rookies

<h2><b>Back To Fort Worth</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>O</span>ne of the most popular players ever to play in Fort Worth, Russ Kopak was traded back to the Rangers from Houston for Bill Jones. Kopak married a Fort Worth girl and makes his home in Cowtown.</p><h2><b>Tinkling Again</b></h2><p>Gordon &ldquo;Tinkle&rdquo; Bell, one of the most promising goalies ever to Jump from junior to pro has been having his ups and downs for the past two years. Now with Omaha, he seems to be back in the groove.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON SAT. A.M., JAN. 29</p><h2>Northern Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0197/904529-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="585" height="153"></div><h2>Southern Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0265/904522-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="591" height="150"></div><h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Gaines</h2><p>January 22&mdash;Kansas City 8, at Minneapolis 1; St. Paul 1, at Omaha 8; Fort Worth 1, at Tulsa 9, Houston 4, at Dallas 2.</p><p>January 23&mdash;Omaha 1, at St. Paul 8; Fort Worth 3, at Kansas City 7; Dallas 8 at Houston 3.</p><p>January 25&mdash;Kansas City 3, at Houston 5; Fort Worth 1, at Omaha 7.</p><p>January 26&mdash;Omaha 3, at Minneapolis 5; Kansas City 1, at Dallas 1.</p><p>January 27&mdash;Fort Worth 2, at St. Paul 9; Houston 8, at Tulsa 9.</p><h2>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</h2><p>February 3&mdash;Kansas City at St. Paul; Minneapolis at Tulsa.</p><p>February 5&mdash;Kansas City at Minneapolis; Fort Worth at Omaha; Houston at Tulsa.</p><p>February 6&mdash;Omaha at St. Paul; Fort Worth at Kansas City.</p><p>February 8&mdash;Kansas City at Omaha; Dallas at Tulsa.</p><p>February 9&mdash;Omaha at Kansas City; Tulsa at Dallas; Fort Worth at Minneapolis.</p><p>Kansas City Pla-Mors, despite being hard hit by injuries, are out in front of the Northern Division. They now have a three point margin over the second place St. Paul Saints and are three games in hand. Third spot goes to Minneapolis Millers with Omaha Knights in the cellar.</p><p>Tulsa Oilers are still marching along on top of the Southern section and show no signs of being ousted for some time, if ever. Dallas Texans are maintaining their hold on the runnerup spot with Fort Worth third and Houston last.</p><p>Ray Powell, Kansas City, is Tunning away with the individual scoring race. Ray had scored 37 goals and assisted in 42 others for a total of 79 paints which is 16 better than second place Wes Trainor of St. Paul.</p><p>Little &ldquo;Bing&rdquo; Juckes, another St. Paul player, has moved into third position with 67 points while Bert Olmstead, Kansas City and now with Chicago Blark Hawks, is fourth.</p><h2>THURSDAY, JANUARY 20</h2><p>HOUSTON&mdash;With the largest hometown crowd of the season looking on 4,633-Houston Huskies lost a 3-1 decision to Fort Worth Rangers here.</p><p><b>Ft. Worth</b>: Goal, Jessiman; defense, Lofvendahl, Weaver; center, Iannarelli; wings, Casanato, Kennedy; subs.: Travis, Kane, Kopak, Warwick, Unger, Weist, Cupola, Glover.</p><p><b>Houston</b>: Goal, N. Pldsodny; defense, Maher, Field; center Mousseau; wings, Thibeault, Burke; subs.: Gariepy, P. Pidsodny, Jones, Auger, Wallington, Brown, Horeck.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0347/904515-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="585" height="320"></div><p>TULSA&mdash;St. Paul Saints downed Tulsa Oilers here 4-1 before a crowd of 2,500 who turned out despite bad weather.</p><p><b>Talsa</b>: Goal, Little; defense, Webster, Bchertzl; center, Ritson; wings, Knott, Dheere; subs.: Schnurr, Gronsdahl, As worth, Butler, M. Young, McAtee, Dillon, E. Young, Durham.</p><p><b>St. Paul</b>: Goal, McGill; defense, Ailsby, Sandalack; center, Trainor; wings, Juckes, Pechet; subs.: Brown, Bend, Cameron, Schwartz, McIntosh, Levandoski, Bell, Dill, Delmonte.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0426/904508-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="582" height="376"></div><h2>SATURDAY, JANUARY 22</h2><p>OMAHA&mdash;A goal by Gus Schwartz with only 13 seconds left was all that saved St. Paul from being blanked as Omaha Knights drubbed them 8-1.</p><p><b>St. Paul</b>: Goal, McGill; defense, Sandalack, H. Bell; center, Cameron; wings, Bend, Brown; subs.: Ailsby, Dill Schwartz, Levandowski, Juckes, McIntosh, Trainor, Delmonte, Pechet.</p><p><b>Omaha</b>: Goal, G. Bell; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center, Reigle; wings, Homenuke, McLean; subs.: Lavitt, Folk, Heale, Burgess, Boyce, Uniac, Smith, Wiseman.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0518/904501-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="583" height="526"></div><p>TULSA&mdash;The Tulsa Oilers tied the U.S.H.L. scoring record when they romped to a 9-1 victory over Fort Worth Rangers before 4,000 fans.</p><p><b>Fort Worth</b>: Goal, Jessiman; defense, Lofvendahl, Weaver; center, Iannarelli; wings, Kennedy, Casanato; subs.: Kopak, Warwick, Glover, Kane, Travis, Unger.</p><p><b>Tulsa</b>: Goal, Little; defense, Dillon, E. Young; center, Ritson; wings, Gronsdahl, McAtee; subs.: Schnurr, Dheere, Knott, Ashworth, Butler, M. Young, Schertzel, Webster, Durham.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0616/904494-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="584" height="651"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-135/904487-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="1694" height="1308"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>No Fuse, That&rsquo;s News!</i></p><p><b>WHEN A CONDENSER in THE KANSAS CITY rink blew out and the ice disappeared, Coach Reg Hamilton decided that his charges must practise on &ldquo;dry land&rsquo;&rsquo;. Above is the outstanding backfield of the grounded team. From left to right are Larry Silvestri, Jock Jackson, Don Slater, while perched astride Jackson is Ray Powell</b>.</p></figcaption></div><p>DALLAS&mdash;The Houston Huskies handed Dallas Texans a 4-2 beating here before a fair sized crowd.</p><p><b>Dallas</b>: Goal, Bibeault; defense, Deslauriers, Rockey; center, Petrie; wings, Moore, Cook; subs.: Dorohoy, Bougie,, Gagnon, Mazur, Allen, Bell, Fillion.</p><p><b>Houston</b>: Goal, N. Pidsodny; defense, Gariepy, P. Pidsodny; center, Mousseau; wings Bourk, Thibeault; subs.: Maher, Field, Hickey, Horeck, Jones, Auger, Brown.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0712/904480-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="577" height="455"></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;Kansas City PlaMors handed Minneapolis Millers their most humiliating home defeat when they scored an 8-1 victory.</p><p><b>Kansas City</b>: Goal, Rollins; defense, Tarala, Jackson; center, Powell; wings, Fashoway, Harms; subs.: C. Smelle, Blade, Stasiuk, Miller, T. Smelle, Silvestri, Slater, Groves.</p><p><b>Minneapolis</b>: Goal, McQueston; defense, Sherritt, Allen; center, Bartholome; wings, Strobel, Richardson; subs.: Kaiser Fraser, Lavoie, Smith, Gagne, Tomiuk, Melnyk, Atanas.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0811/904473-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="578" height="489"></div><h2>SUNDAY, JANUARY 23</h2><p>HOUSTON&mdash;More than 4,000 fans turned out to see Dallas Texans trounce Houston Huskies 8-3.</p><p><b>Houston</b>: Goal, N. Pidsodny; defense. Maher, Field; center. Jones; wings, Brown, Hickey; subs.: P. Pidsodny. Thi-beault, Bak, Burke, Horeck, Mousseau, Auger.</p><p><b>Dallas</b>: Goal, Bibeault; defense, Deslauriers, Rockey; center, Petrie; wings, Bell, Fillion; subs.: Mazur, Marineau, Moore, Bougie, Cook, Dorohoy, Gagnon, Allen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0911/904466-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="580" height="575"></div><p>KANSAS CITY&mdash;The Kansas City Pla-Mors scored four last period goals to defeat Fort Worth Rangers 7-3 before a capacity crowd.</p><p><b>Kansas City</b>: Goal, Rollins; defense, Tarala, Jackson; center, Powell; wings, Harms, Fashoway; subs.: C. Smelle, T. Smelle, Stasiak, Slater, Groves, Silvestri, Blade, Miller.</p><p><b>Fort Worth</b>: Goal, Jessiman; defense, Travis, Kane; center. Glover; wings, Unger, Warwick; subs.: Lofvendahl, Weaver, Iannarelli, Kennedy, Casanato, Kopak.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1010/904459-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="592" height="617"></div><p>ST. POUL&mdash;With 4,767 fans watching. St. Paul Saints downed Omaha Knights 3-1 here.</p><p><b>Omaha</b>: Goal, G. Bell; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center, Reigle; wings, Homenuke. McLean; subs.: Lavitt, Folk, Wiseman, Heale, Burgess, Uniac, Boyce, Smith.</p><p><b>St. Paul</b>: Goal, McGill; defense, Ailsby, Dill; center, Trainor; wings, Delmonte, Juckes; subs.: Sandalack, Schwartz, Brown. Ben, McIntosh, Levandowski, H. Bell, Cameron.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01125/904452-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="580" height="356"></div><h2>TUESDAY, JANUARY 25</h2><p>OMAHA&mdash;With half-a-dozen players sharing in the scoring, Omaha Knights swamped Fort Worth here 7-1 before a crowd of 3,166.</p><p><b>Fort Worth</b>: Goal, Jessiman; defense, Lofvendahl, Weaver; center, Iannarelli; wings, Casanato, Kennedy; subs.: Travis, Kane, Glover Warwick, Unger, Kopak.</p><p><b>Omaha</b>: Goal, Bell; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush: center, Reigle; wings, Horn enuke. McLean; subs.: Lavitt, Folk, Wiseman.</p><p>Heale, Burgess. Boyce, Uniac, Smith.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0275/904445-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="578" height="449"></div><p>HOUSTON&mdash;Thrilling their largest crowd of the season&mdash;5,706&mdash;Houston Huskies knocked over Kansas City Pla-Mors 5-3.</p><p><b>Kansas City</b>: Goal. Rollins; defense. Jackson, Tarala; center. Blade; wings. Miller. Silvestri; subs.: Powell, Harms, Fashoway, Stasiuk, Slater, Groces, Bedard.</p><p><b>Houston</b>: Goal, N. Pidsodny; defense, Bak, Field; center, Jones; wings, Thibeault, Hickey; subs.: Maher, P. Pldsodny, Burke. Brown, Horeck, Auger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0353/904438-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="584" height="429"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26</h2><p>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;The Minneapolis Millers scored their first victory in 11 games with Omaha Knights this season when they turned back the Knights 5-3.</p><p><b>Omaha</b>: Goal, Bell; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center, Reigle; wings, McLean, Homenuke; subs.: Lavitt, Folk, Heale, Wiseman, Uniac, Burgess, Boyce, W. Smith.</p><p><b>Minneapolis</b>: Goal, McQueston; defense, Sherritt, Allen; center, Bartholome; wings, Strobel, Richardson; subs.: Kaiser, Fraser, Lavoie, Gagne, Melnyk, S. Smith, Tomiuk, Atanas.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0441/904431-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="584" height="516"></div><p>DALLAS&mdash;Hard hit by injuries, Kansas City managed to hold Dallas Texans to a 1-all draw here before 2,000 fans.</p><p><b>Kansas</b>: Goal, Rollins; defense, Jack-son, Tarala; center, Blade; wings, Silvestri, Miller; subs.: Harms, Fashoway, Stasiak, Gloves, Slater and Bedard.</p><p><b>Dallas</b>: Goal, Bibeault; defense, Marineau, Rovkeyo; center, Petrie; wings, Bell, Fillion; subs.: Mazur, Deslauriers, Moore, Allen, Gagnon, Bougie, Dorohoy, Cook.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0537/904424-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="573" height="265"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 22)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-118/904417-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="583" height="804"></div><h2>GOALTENDERS AVERAGES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-128/904410-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="584" height="227"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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UNITED STATES

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M. JAN. 24</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0270/904595-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="580" height="157"></div><h2>MONDAY, JANUARY 17 Regina 4, at Lethbridge 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0355/904588-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="584" height="390"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 Edmonton 4, at Regina 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0439/904581-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="585" height="515"></div><h2>FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 Saskatoon 2, at Regina 10</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0528/904574-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="578" height="660"></div><h2>SATURDAY, JANUARY 22 Lethbridge 2, at Calgary 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0618/904567-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="582" height="507"></div><p>Regina 7, at Saskatoon 5</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0720/904560-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="591" height="753"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Western Canada Senior League

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>efensemen do not have scoring opportunities as frequently as the forwards in hockey, but Lloyd Finkbeiner, stellar rearguard of the Buffalo Bisons in the American Hockey League takes full advantage by making his occasional goal scoring chances count heavily. of the first seven goals he scored this season, three of them proved to be game winners for Buffalo while two others gave the Bisons a deadlock.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Clutch Scorer

<h2><b>Tops in Shutouts</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen Jerry Cotnoir, Seattle goalie, blanked Vancouver recently it was his third shutout of the Beason, which lends all goalkeepers in the league. It was also the first shutout of the season against Vancouver,</p><h2><b>Winning Streaks</b></h2><p>Portland&rsquo;s effort to tie the winning streak record of 11 straight games was sabotaged by Tacoma recently in Portland. The Eagles had won nine straight games before being stopped by the Rockets.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDING ON THORS. A.M., JAN. 27</p><h2>Southern Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01117/904797-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="585" height="171"></div><h2>Northern Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0284/904790-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="586" height="168"></div><p>Oakland Oaks extended their lead in the Southern Division to six points over the second place Fresno Falcons and Los Angeles Monarch who are tied. San Diego comes next with San Francisco in last spot.</p><p>New Westminster Royals still have a healthy margin on top of the Northern section. Portland, in second position, trail Royals by eight points. Tacoma holds third slot with Vancouver fourth and Seattle in the cellar.</p><p>Tom Fowler, Oakland center, continues to lead the Southern Division scoring race with 54 points, Jour points more than team mate Ken Hayden. Bush Jackson, of San Francisco, has scored the most goals with 31 while Fowler has the most assists with 34. Maurice Vaillancourt, of San Diego, Walt Samanski, of San Francisco, and Blink Bellinger, of Fresno, garnered five points each last week to share player of the week honors.</p><p>Yves Nadon, Oakland netminder, continues to lead the goalies with a 3.02 average of goals against.</p><p>Bob Love, of New Westminster is still leading the Northern Division scoring race with 73 points a 10 point margin over second place Fern Perrault of Tacoma. Pat Desbiens, Portland right winger, is the leading goal getter with 38 while Love is the leading playmaker with 48 assists.</p><p>Lucien Desbiens, New Westminster goaltender, regained the goalkeepers honors with a 3,23 average of goals against and has booted back 1269 shots for a .890 percentage of shots stopped. Pete Taillefer, Seattle defenseman, is the &ldquo;bad man&rdquo; having spent 112 minutes of his 47 games in the penalty box.</p><h2>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19</h2><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;Johnny Ubriaco scored three goals as Los Angeles Monarchs downed Oakland Oaks 6-2.</p><p><b>Los Angeles</b>: Goal, Highton; defense, Mesich, Papike; center, Smith; wings, Kunkel, Barbe; subs.: Adolph, Paul, Dockery, Prokop, Ubriaco, Stearns, Church, Mulligan, Leger.</p><p><b>Oakland</b>: Goal, Nadon; defense, Marchant, Hosking; center, Wywrot; wings, Jones, May; subs.: Babey, Matthews, Fowler, Kayden, Bedard, Hewson, Hutcheson, Morrow, Eisenzoph.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Jerry Mathieu, Bill Knott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0364/904783-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="586" height="475"></div><p>SEATTLE&mdash;in a nip-and-tuck battle, Tacoma Rockets defeated Seattle Ironmen 3-1 here.</p><p><b>Seattle</b>: Goal, Cotnoir; defense, Taillifer, Duffy; center, Filion; wings, Hayes, Medynski; subs.: Tomson, Waldner, McFadzen, Thorpe, Evers, Kerr, Senick, Kalapaca.</p><p><b>Tacoma</b>: Goal, Stevenson; defense, Giokas, Johns; center, Anslow; wings, Johnston, Perrault; subs.: Jenkins, Watt, Lambrecht, Read, Andrew, Milford, Toole, Adam, Rowe.</p><p><b>Official</b>: Hank Wilosn, Bill Shaver.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0448/904776-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="579" height="265"></div><p>SAN FRANCISCO&mdash;Blink Bellinger scored an overtime goal to give Fresno Falcons a 7-6 victory over San Francisco Shamrocks here.</p><p><b>San Francisco</b>: Goal, McDermid; defense, Kraftcheck, Bergeron; center, Samanski; wings, McKay, Strain; subs.: Lafrance, Desson, Burman, Hergesheimer, Jackson, Fairburn, Lucchini, Watters, Cunningham.</p><p><b>Fresno</b>: Goal, Brennan; defense, Kampman, Robertson; center, Bellinger; wings, Hilliard, J. Peterson; subs.: Roach, Londry, Baccari, Cinor, Shaflock, Richardson, Bourgeois, L. Peterson.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Bud Cook, Dick Davis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0539/904769-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="580" height="724"></div><p>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;Scoring seven times in the second period New Westminster Royals swamped San Diego Sky Hawks 11-2.</p><p><b>New Westminster</b>: Goal, Deschene; defense, Bergeron, Pratt; center, Love; wings, Dufault, Kirk; subs.: Dorohoy, Ullyot, Valenti, Gibson, Ritchie, McIntyre, Voll.</p><p><b>San Diego</b>: Goal, Frechette; defense, Currie, Lallo; center, McCarthy; wings, Smrke, Poitras; subs.: McKay, McArthur, Vaillancourt, Giesebrecht, Baby, St. Pierre, Skinner.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Frank Elliott, Charles Good.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0631/904762-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="584" height="656"></div><h2>THURSDAY, JANUARY 20</h2><p>PORTLAND&mdash;Al Shewchuk fired in the winning counter to give Portland Eagles a 5-4 triumph over San Diego Sky Hawks. A total of 47 minutes in penalties were handed out.</p><p><b>Portland</b>: Goal, Karakas; defense, Shewchuk, Sutherland; center, Robertson; wings, Bangay, Desbiens; subs.: Hamilton, Savicky, Davis, Hnatiuk, Dalgleish, Evans, Horvath, Milne, Bobrosky.</p><p><b>San: Diego</b>: Goal, Frechette; defense, Baby, McKay; center, McArthur; wnigs, Vaillancourt, Giesebrecht; subs.: St. Pierre, Currie, Lallo, Skinner, McCarthy, Smrke.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Charles Good, Frank Elliott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0725/904755-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="581" height="604"></div><h2>FRIDAY, JANUARY 21</h2><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;The Vancouver Canucks came from behind to score a 3-all overtime tie with New Westminster Royals.</p><p><b>Vancouver</b>: Goal, Jackson; defense, Hunchuk, Hursley; center, Carse; wings, Kuntz, Shill; subs.: I. Wilson, B. Wilson, Drainville, Horbe, Gruhn, Ballance, Vickery, Jones, McPherson.</p><p><b>New Westminster</b>: Goal, Deschene; defense, Pratt, Bergeron; center, Love; wings, Dufault, Kirk; subs.: Schmidt, Dorohoy, Ullyot, Valenti, Ritchie, McIntyre, Voll, Gibson.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Hank Wilson, Bill Shaver.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0822/904748-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="577" height="401"></div><p>BERKELEY&mdash;Oakland Oaks emerged from their three-game losing streak to whip San Francisco 3 to 1 here.</p><p><b>Oakland</b>: Goal, Nadon; defense, Matthews, Babey; center, Fowler; wings, Hayden, Bedard; subs.: Jones, Wywrot, May, Mutcheson, Hewson, Eisenzoph, Nixon, Marchant, Hosking.</p><p><b>San Francisco</b>: Goal, McDermid; defense, Kraftcheck, Desson, center, Burman; wings, Hergesheimer, Jackson; subs.: Bergeron, McKay, Fairburn, Strain, Lafrance, Samanski, Lucchini, Watters, Cunningham.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Jerry Mathieu, Bill Knot.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0922/904741-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="582" height="355"></div><h2>SATURDAY, JANUARY 22</h2><p>TACOMA&mdash;Tacoma Rockets gained a 2-2 deadlock in overtime with Portland Eagles here before 2,400 fans.</p><p><b>Tacoma</b>: Goal, Stevenson; defense, Johns, Giokas; center, Anslow; wings, Perrault, Johnston; subs.: Jenkins, Watt, Lambrecht, Read, Milford, Toole, Adam, Robinson, Rowe.</p><p><b>Portland</b>: Goal, Karakas; defense, Bobrosky, Milne; center Hnatiuk; wings, Evans, Dalgleish; subs.: Shewchuk, Sutherland, Davis, Desbiens, Bangay, Carrigan, Horvath, Robertson, Hamilton.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Dick Davis. Bud Cook.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1022/904734-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="582" height="352"></div><p>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;The New Westminster Royals defeated the Northern Division cellar-dwelling Seattle Iron-men 6-3 before 2,700 fans.</p><p><b>New Westminster</b>: Goal, Deschene; defense, Bergeron, Schmidt; center, Love; wings, Dufault, Kirk; subs.: Dorohoy, Ullyot, Valenti, Gibson, Ritchie, McIntyre, Voll.</p><p><b>Seattle</b>: Goal, Cotnoir; defense, McFadzen, Waldner; center, Filion; wings, Medynski, Hayes; subs.: Tomson, Taillifer, Duffy, Kalapaca, Evers, Kerr, Senlck.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Bill Shaver, Hank Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1120/904727-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="577" height="561"></div><p>SAN FRANCISCO&mdash;The San Francisco Shamrocks downed San Diego Sky Hawks 5-2 in a Southern Division game here before 2,800 fans.</p><p><b>San Francisco</b>: Goal, McDermid; defense, Kraftcheck, Desson; center, Samanski; wings, R. McKay, Strain; subs.: Berman, Hergesheimer, Jackson, Lucchini, Fairbum. Watters, Lafrance, Bergeron, Cunningham.</p><p><b>San Diego</b>: Goal, Frechette; defense, Currie, Lallo; center, St. Pierre; wings, Smrke, McCarthy; subs.: N. McKay, Baby, McArthur, Vaillancourt, Giesebrecht, Skinner.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Frank Elliott. Charles Good.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0628/904720-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="579" height="454"></div><p>FRESNO&mdash;Los Angeles Monarchs handed Fresno Falcons their first defeat on home ice. as they scored a 2 to 0 victory.</p><p><b>Fresno</b>: Goal, Brennan; defense, Redmond, Robertson; center, Bellinger; wings, Hilliard, J. Peterson; subs.: Roach, Londry, Baccari, Cinor, Shamlock, Richardson, Bourgeois, L. Peterson.</p><p><b>Los Angeles</b>: Goal, Highton; defense, Adolph, Paul; center, Smith; wings, Barbe, Kunkel; subs.: Nesich, Papike, Prokop, Ubriaco, Stearns, Church, Mulligan, Leger, Biddle</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Bill Knot, Jerry Mathieu.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0722/904713-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="582" height="307"></div><h2>SUNDAY, JANUARY 23</h2><p>SEATTLE&mdash;Jerry Cotnoir scored his third shutout of the season as the Seattle Ironmen blanked the Vancouver Canucks 4-0.</p><p><b>Seattle</b>: Goal, Cotnoir; defense, Taillifer, Duff; center, Kerr; wings, Kalapaca, Evers; subs.: Tomson, Waldner, McFadzen, Medynski, Filion, Hayes, Senick,</p><p><b>Vancouver</b>: Goal Jackson; defense, Drainville, Vickery; center, McPherson; wings, Gruhn, Ballance; subs.: Hunchuk, Hursley, Carse, Shill, Horbe, B. Wilson, I. Wilson, Jones, Kuntz.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Bill Shaver, Hank Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0818/904706-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="587" height="304"></div><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;Los Angeles Monarchs and San Francisco Shamrocks battled through three regulation periods and ten minute overtime to a 3 to 3 deadlock.</p><p><b>San Francisco</b>: Goal. McDermid; defense, Kraftcheck, Bergeron; center, Samanski; wings, Fairburn, Strain; subs.: Desson, Burman, Hergesheimer, Jackson, McKay, Lafrance, Lucchini, Watters, Middleton.</p><p><b>Los Angeles</b>: Goal, Highton; defense, Mesich. Papike; center, Ubriaco, wings, Prokop, Mulligan; subs.: Adolph, Paul, Kunkel, Stearns, Church, Barbe, Smith, Leger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0917/904699-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="579" height="479"></div><p>PORTLAND&mdash;New Westminster Royals defeated the Portland Eagles, 4 to 1, in a Northern Division hockey match before 2,500.</p><p><b>Portland</b>: Goal, Karakas; defense Shewchuk, Sutherland; center, Robertson; wings, Bangay, Desbiens; subs.: Hamilton, Carrigan, Davis. Hnatiuk, Dalgleish, Evans, Horvath, Milne, Bobrosky.</p><p><b>New Westminster</b>: Goal, Deschene; defense, Bergeron, Pratt; center, Love; wings, Kirk Dufaut; subs.: Ullyot, Dorohoy, Voll, McIntyre, Valenti, Gibson, Schmidt, Ritchie.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Cook and Davis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1017/904692-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="587" height="443"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26</h2><p>BERKELEY&mdash;With player-coach Tommy Fowler netting two goals, Oakland downed San Diego Sky Hawks 6-1 here.</p><p><b>Oakland</b>: Goal, Nadon; defense, Hosking, May; center, Hewson; wings, Eisenzoph, Mutcheson; subs.: Babey, Matthews, Marchant, Nixon, Jones, Fowler, Hayden, Bedard, Wywrot.</p><p><b>San Diego</b>: Goal, LaMarche; defense, Baby, McKay; center, McArthur; wings, Giesebrecht. Vaillancourt; subs.: Lallo Currie, Smrke, Skinner, St. Pierre, McCarthy.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Jerry Mathieu, Bill Knott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1115/904685-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="580" height="534"></div><p>TACOMA&mdash;Fresno Falcons and Tacoma Rockets battled to a 1-all tie here before 2,300 fans.</p><p><b>Tacoma</b>: Goal, Stevenson; defense, Johns, Giokas; center, Toole; wings, Read, Lambrecht; subs.: Watt, Jenkins, Anslow, Perrault, Johnson, Milford, Adam, Robinson, Rowe.</p><p><b>Fresno</b>: Goal, Brennan; defense, Kampman, Robertson; center, Cinorwings, L. Peterson, Baccari; subs.: Roach, Londry, Redmond, J. Peterson, Bellinger, Shamlocks, Richardson, Bourgeois, Hilliard.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Bill Shaved, Hank Wison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1213/904678-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="587" height="375"></div><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;Tommy Karakas, goalie for Portland Eagles, was in brilliant form as his team played a 5-all tie with Vancouver here. Karakas kicked out 45 shots.</p><p><b>Vancouver</b>: Goal, Jackson; defense, Drainville, Vickery; center, Carse; wings, Kuntz, Shill; subs.: McPherson, Ballance, Gruhn, Jones, Horbe, B. Wilson, I. Wilson. Hursley, Hunchuk.</p><p><b>Portland</b>: Goal, Karakas; defense Sutherland, Shewchuk; center, Robertson; wings, Desbiens, Bangay; subs.: Bobrosky Milne, Davis, Carrigan, Sa-Vicky, Dalgleish, Evans, Hamilton, Hnatiuk.</p><p><b>Officials</b>: Dick Davis, Bud Cook.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1311/904671-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="583" height="641"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1220/904664-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="1732" height="1145"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>San Diego Snipers</i></p><p><b>TORRID TRIUMVIRATE Three of the most consistent players with the San Diego Sky Hawks are shown above. That&rsquo;s Smiling Lou Smrke on the left, Norm MacKay, center, and Maurice Vaillancourt, right. Three reasons why the Hawks are soaring</b>.</p></figcaption></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 23)</p><h2>NORTHERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1313/904657-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="582" height="830"></div><h2>LEADERS</h2><p><b>Most Goals</b>: Pat Desbiens, Port (38).</p><p><b>Most Assists</b>: Bob Love, NW (48).</p><p><b>Most Shots Saved</b>: Lucien Deschene, NW (1269).</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs</b>: Jerry Cotnoir, Sea (3).</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Against</b>: Doug Jack-son, Vanc (6).</p><p><b>Most Penalties</b>: Pete Taillifer, Sea (112 minutes).</p><h2>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1415/904650-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="582" height="793"></div><h2>LEADERS</h2><p><b>Most Goals</b>: Bush Jackson, SF (31).</p><p><b>Most Assists</b>: Tom Fowler, Oak (34). nie Poitras, SD (5).</p><p><b>Most Shots Stopped</b>: Hec Highton, LA (1365).</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs</b>: Duff McDermid, SF; Larry Frechette, SD (2).</p><p><b>Most Penalties</b>: Matt Mesich, LA (146 minutes)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>lex Nickerson, Sports Editor of the Halifax News Chronicle, reported recently that if the Maritime Big Four hockey league wasn&rsquo;t the highest paid &lsquo;Amateur&rsquo; hockey circuit in Canada, the only other outfit that may surpass them financially would be the Quebec Senior Hockey League.</p><p>Says Alex, &ldquo;At one time it was reported that the Sydney Millionaires had a weekly payroll of $2,300.00. Payrolls in Glace Bay and Sydney average $1,600.00 weekly.&rdquo;</p><p>Alex added that most players average $100.00 a week. If the senior group can match these figures then they must certainly stand as the top paid amateur circuit in Canada, and woul compare favorably with several professional American clubs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Maritime Payrolls Rate With Best

<h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON TUBS. A.M., JAN. 25</p><h2>Northern Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0191/905012-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="581" height="186"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0265/905005-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="595" height="168"></div><p><b>Friday, January 21</b></p><p>Hettche 6, Auto Club 3</p><p>Toledo 3, Ryancretes 1</p><p><b>Monday, January 24</b></p><p>Toledo 5, Goodyears 5 (tie)</p><p>Jerry Lynch 8, Auto Club 3</p><h2>Southern Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0352/904998-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="583" height="161"></div><p><b>Wednesday, January 19</b></p><p>Toledo 3, Milwaukee 2</p><p>Saturday, January 22</p><p>Milwaukee 11, Muncie 2</p><p><b>Sunday, January 23</b></p><p>Muncie 5, Milwaukee 2</p><p>Louisville 8, Akron 5</p><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0438/904991-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="580" height="702"></div><h2>CAPE BRETON SENIOR</h2><p>STANDINGS ON THU RS. A.M., JAN. 27</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0529/904984-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="580" height="105"></div><p><b>Wednesday, January 19</b></p><p>Sydney 9, North Sydney 1</p><p>Thursday, January 20</p><p>North Sydney 3, Glace Bay 4</p><p><b>Friday, January 21</b></p><p>Sydney 6, North Sydney 1</p><p><b>Saturday, January 22</b></p><p>Glace Bay 7, Sydney 4</p><p><b>Monday, January 24</b></p><p>Sydney 5, North Sydney 3</p><p><b>Tuesday, January 25</b></p><p>Sydney 3, Glace Bay 2</p><p><b>Wednesday, January 26</b></p><p>Glace Bay 6, North Sydney 3</p><h2><b>MARITIME BIG FOUR</b></h2><p><b>Wednesday, January 19</b></p><p>Halifax 5, Saint John 2</p><p><b>Thursday, January 20</b></p><p>Dartmouth 8, Saint John 7</p><p><b>Friday, January 21</b></p><p>Halifax 6, Dartmouth 1</p><p><b>Saturday, January 22</b></p><p>Halifax 5, Saint John 3</p><p>Dartmouth 8, Moncton 4</p><p><b>Monday, January 24</b></p><p>Saint John 3, Moncton 3 (tie) Halifax 4, Dartmouth 3</p><p><b>Tuesday, January 25</b></p><p>Saint John 3, Moncton 3 (tie)</p><p><b>Wednesday, January 26</b></p><p>Dartmouth 5, Moncton 2</p><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON SAT. A.M., JAN. 29</p><h2>Northern Division</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0622/904977-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="581" height="190"></div><h2>Southern Section</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0718/904970-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="582" height="171"></div><p><b>Saturday, January 22</b></p><p>Royals 10. Leafs 2</p><p>Cyclones 4, Three Rivers 2</p><p><b>Sunday, January 23</b></p><p>Royals 4, Canadiens 2</p><p>Victoriaville 2, Cyclones 1</p><p>Quebec 0, Nationale 0 (tie)</p><p>Three Rivers 10, Valleyfield 3</p><p><b>Monday, January 24</b></p><p>Cyclones 2, Canadiens 1</p><p>Quebec 13, Leafs 5</p><p><b>Tuesday, January 25</b></p><p>Royals 2, Three Rivers 2 (tie)</p><p>Cyclones 5, Victoriaville 3</p><p>Canadiens 7, Valleyfield 1</p><p><b>Wednesday, January 26</b></p><p>Three Rivers 5, Cyclones 3</p><p>Valeyfield 2, Nationale 5</p><p><b>Thursday, January 27</b></p><p>Victoriaville 3, Royals 3 (tie)</p><p>Nationale 4, Canadiens 3</p><h2>O. H. A. JUNIOR</h2><p>STANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., JAN. 27</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0814/904963-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="585" height="264"></div><p><b>Friday, January 21</b></p><p>St. Catharines 3, Marlboros 1</p><p>Stratford 6, St. Michael&rsquo;s 5</p><p>Galt 4, Barrie 4 (tie)</p><p><b>Saturday, January 22</b></p><p>Stratford, 5, St. Michael&rsquo;s 3</p><p>Marlboros 7, St. Catharines 5</p><p>Oshawa 11, Windsor 4</p><p>Barrie 7, Galt 5</p><p><b>Tuesday, January 25</b></p><p>Oshawa 2, Galt 5</p><p>Barrie 8, St. Catharines 7</p><p><b>Wednesday, January 26</b></p><p>St. Michael&rsquo;s 6, Windsor 8</p><p>Galt 2, Oshawa 6</p><p>Marlboros 5, Stratford 1</p><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>Monday, January 17</b></p><p>Canadiens 7, Black Hawks 3</p><p><b>Friday, January 21</b></p><p>Canadiens 7, Monarchs 4</p><p><b>Saturday, January 22</b></p><p>Brandon 2, &lsquo;Black Hawks 1</p><p><b>Monday, January 24</b></p><p>Black Hawks 4, Canadiens 3</p><h2><b>LAKEHEAD JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>Thursday, January 20</b></p><p>P.A. Bruins 4, F.W. Rangers 4 (tie)</p><p><b>Tuesday, January 25</b></p><p>F.W. Columbus Club 8, P.A. Juniors 3</p><h2><b>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON WED., A.M., JAN. 26</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0914/904956-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="576" height="181"></div><p>Unbalanced schedule causes staggered system of scoring.</p><p><b>Monday, January 17</b></p><p>Medicine Hat 8, Moose Jaw 1</p><p><b>Wednesday, January 19</b></p><p>Calgary 3, Lethbridge 5</p><p><b>Saturday, January 22</b></p><p>Bellevue 6, Lethbridge 1</p><p>Moose Jaw 6, Regina 0</p><p><b>Monday, January 24</b></p><p>Calgary 1, Lethbridge 6<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Amateur Parade At Quick Glance

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Sport Trophies

<p>with</p><p><b>PB PLASTIC LAMINATED HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p><b>Distributors:</b></p><p><b>Cataracts Sporting Goods Reg&rsquo;d.</b></p><p><b>93 &ndash; 4th STREET</b></p><p><b>Shawinigan Falls, Que.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

SAVE MONEY

<h2>SATURDAY, JANUARY 22</h2><p><b>Valleyfield 1, at Sherbrooke 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1013/905168-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="586" height="465"></div><h2>New York 4, at Ottawa 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1113/905161-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="590" height="666"></div><h2>SUNDAY, JANUARY 23</h2><p><b>Sherbrooke 4, at Valleyfiedl 0</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1211/905154-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="582" height="433"></div><h2>Ottawa 5, at Quebec 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1310/905147-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="581" height="560"></div><h2>New York 3, at Shawinigan 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1410/905140-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="581" height="533"></div><h2>TUESDAY, JANUARY 25</h2><p><b>Shawinigan 5, at Valleyfield 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-169/905133-1-eng-US/f0015-162.jpg" title="f0015-16" width="577" height="750"></div><h2>Quebec 3, at Montreal 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-179/905126-1-eng-US/f0015-172.jpg" title="f0015-17" width="584" height="572"></div><h2>New York 4, at Sherbrooke 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-189/905119-1-eng-US/f0015-182.jpg" title="f0015-18" width="578" height="640"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26</h2><p><b>New York 2, at Ottawa 9</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-199/905112-1-eng-US/f0015-192.jpg" title="f0015-19" width="572" height="614"></div><h2>THURSDAY, JANUARY 27</h2><p><b>Sherbrooke 4, at Valleyfield 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-208/905105-1-eng-US/f0015-202.jpg" title="f0015-20" width="577" height="606"></div><h2>New York 2, at Montreal 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-218/905098-1-eng-US/f0015-212.jpg" title="f0015-21" width="581" height="511"></div><h2>Quebec 0, at Shawinigan 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-228/905091-1-eng-US/f0015-222.jpg" title="f0015-22" width="592" height="334"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Quebec Senior League

<p>HOUSTON, Tex.&mdash;</p><p>Houston Huskies of the United States Hockey League got a tremendous morale boost recently when a group of enterprising businessmen formed a boosters committee, the Blue Line Club, to stimulate interest in professional hockey.</p><p>Seventeen charter members met at an exclusive restaurant on December 13 and announced formation of this new hockey boosters organization to he known as the Blue Line Club. A special dinner and coektail party was held for the group by Business Manager William Podoloff of the Houston Hockey Club after which the officers of the newly formed club were elected.</p><p>Insuranceman Art Gharrett, an avid hockey patron for the last three years, was elected president. Auto Dealer Paul Keene was made the treasurer.</p><p>Here are the original charter members of the new club: Leo Lyons, Lee Brollier, Dr. Harry Coffman, Dr. Alfred Knoll, H. Q. Johnson, A. M. Clancy, John Van de Vanter, I. W. Barker, Russel School, Ross McKee, H. E. Collins, Norman Wilson, W. S. Guidry, J. L. Hardy and W. H. Kea.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Houston Huskies Eager Fans Form Blue Line Club

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SURE I WANT TO SUBSCRIBE!

<div class="byline">By JOHNNY ESAW</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01103/905261-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="248" height="284"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0258/905254-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="244" height="291"></div><p>NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>With all clubs completing the first half of the Northern Saskatchewan Junior League schedule, Saskatoon Quakers and Prince Albert Monarchs continue to lead their respective divisions and set a torrid pace that has kept the win, place or show squads breathing on their necks as play-off time rolls into sight and the stretch is cleared for the final.</p><p>The new junior-senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; hockey tie up in the northern part of this great player producing province was a direct result of the junior clubs in the south frowning upon their northern rivals through the Inferior competition routine and they went in search of greener gate receipts, hooking up with the Alberta circuit.</p><p>This left three junior clubs, Saskatoon, Humboldt, and Prince Albert without a schedule to scramble through and the promotional machinery was thrown into high gear at a Saskatoon caucus which resulted not only in a three team junior league but a four team loop with the Flin Flon application accepted and the then Idle senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; clubs, Prince Albert Monarchs and North Battleford Beavers, included in the fray. Thus, with President Louis Withers of Saskatoon, directing traffic and Secretary Bill Hoy of the same address, guiding the bank account, all mentors loosed &lsquo;the reins of their impatient charges who had been waiting anxiously for the late freeze.</p><h2><b>McQUARRIE IS BACK</b></h2><p>Russ McQuarrie, one of Saskatchewan&rsquo;s most successful yet unheralded hockey producers, has worked feverishly for the success of the league since its inception and is half way through his fifth campaign with practically the same aggregation. The incomparable Russ is presently enjoying the fruits of his labors with his young club perched on the top rung of the point parade. Prince Albert senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; Monarchs are setting a hot pace in the Western Division with a comfortable five point lead over their nearest rivals. the Saskatoon Quakers.</p><p>The league&rsquo;s two divisions are intermingling, with the Eastern being en-all junior affair including Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Humboldt and Flin Flon, while the Western Division is comprised of the two senior, &ldquo;B&rdquo; entrants and Saskatoon, Humboldt and the Prince Albert Mintos. The mixed games (juniors vs. senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; teams) counting four points in the Western Division only.</p><h2><b>TAKE TO AIR</b></h2><p>The Isolationism of the loop has by no means depleted the modernistic aspects of the larger cities, for when the three junior teams make the long jaunt to Flin Flon. they leave behind the outmoded iron horse and fly the rest of the route in a chartered aircraft from Prince Albert.</p><p>The senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; entries do not affect the play-off position of the junior squads as they embark on their own playdown arrangements according to S.A.H.A. curriculum. The juniors are governed by the standings in the Eastern Division.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Northern Saskatchewan Junior Loop Flourishes

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0340/905299-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="573" height="261"></div><h2>February 2nd to 8th.</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0518/905292-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="76" height="27"></div><p>2&mdash;Les Hickey, Houston Huskies, right wing, 1921.</p><p>3&mdash;Pete Kapusta, Providence Reds, left wing, 1924; Alex &ldquo;Sandy&rdquo; Milne, Portland Eagles, defense, 1921; Lynn Patrick, New York Rangers, coach, 1912.</p><p>4&mdash;Adam Brown, Chicago Black Hawks, left wing, 1920.</p><p>7&mdash;Harry Hilliard, Fresno Falcons, right wing, 1925.</p><p>8&mdash;John Horeck, Houston Huskies, left wing, 1922.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Happy Birthday to You

<p>WINNIPEG, Man&mdash;Soccer or hockey?</p><p>Twelve-year-old Eddie Page admits that it&rsquo;s a tough choice to make. Eddie, an English lad who didn&rsquo;t even know how to skate until last season, is goaltender for the Maple Leafs in Winnipeg&rsquo;s Bantam National Hockey League.</p><p>Eddie, incidentally, has had enough excitement for persons several times his age. He was in England during the War and, at one time, a bomb blast during an air raid blew a window over him. He was sleeping close to a wall at the time.</p><p>&ldquo;I like hockey but I also like soccer,&rdquo; confess Eddie.</p><p>And that&rsquo;s about as far as he&rsquo;ll go when anybody tries to draw him out to tell which sport he prefers.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

YOUNG EDDIE PAGE FROM ENGLAND TOOK TO PUCK GAME LIKE A DUCK TO WATER

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