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February 9, 1949
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Schnurr Shows Snazzy Style
TULSA, Okla.— Most great all-round athletes are six-footers weighing in the neighborhood of 180 or 190 pounds, but one of Canada’s best all round athletes is a member of the present Tulsa Oiler hockey team and only stands five feet ten inches tall and weighs 165 pounds. He is Bobby Schnurr and if he hadn’t chosen professional hockey as his career, he’d probably have become a major league baseball shortstop. In fact, he once signed a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals and even right now tile Detroit Tigers would like to get his name on the dotted line. But. hockey and baseball are only two sports in which Bobby excels. He has been a star quarterback in football and piloted three teams to Canadian championships. He played forward on a championship basketball team.…
Passing the Puck
WE’VE JUST RETURNED from a quick trip to Detroit and Chicago where we saw the Red Wings an Black Hawks in a home-and-home series. Both ends of the doubleheader were captured by the well-balanced men of Tommy Ivan. Hockey interest is still as keen and enthusiastic as ever in the two cities… although the Detroit followers have a little bit more to be happy about these days. Hockey writers and broadcasters in Detroit are pumping Sid Abel for the Hart Trophy as the National League’s most valuable player… In Chi. the press and radio fraternity are booming Doug Bentley for the same award … In both cities however, it is unanimous that Bill Quackenbush, Detroit’s All-Star defenseman, is the logical choice for the Lady Byng Trophy as the loop’s most gentlemanly…
Leaf Players Blame Breaks; Feel They’re Due To Roll
BOSTON, Mass.— Harry Watson and Cal Gardner sat in their rooms here at the Copley Plaza Hotel weighing the possibilities of the Toronto Maple Leafs qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. “W’ell make it, I think, said Watson, with a slight note of anxiety in his voice. “If we can ever put any kind of a winning streak together, we will,” chimed in Gardner who had just finished shaving. “We’ve been hot and cold all season. Just when we seem to hit our stride, something pops up and we’re back in our slump again. That’s the way it has been all along.” “The boys are certainly in tnere trying,” said Watson. “You hear a lot of talk that our club has suffered a big letdown after winning two successive Stanley Cups. But that’s all…
Moose Jaw Canucks Hot On The Buffalo Trail
CALGARY, Alta. Moose Jaw Canucks, after blowing a good chance to move into the leadership in the Western Junior Hockey League, are breathing down the necks of Calgary Buffaloes and the race in the lower half of the standing is equally as close. Bellevue Lions, Medicine Hat Tigers and Lethbridge Native Sons are waging a close battle for the fourth playoff position. Lions kept their playoff hopes alive by thumping Lethbridge 6-1 on Sons’ home Bellevue has had more success against Lethbridge than any other squad, winning four times and dropping only two return engagements. A recent report indicated Cleveland Barons had taken over sponsorship of Lions for a four-year period at $2,500 per season. However, chief Scout Gail Egan of Calgary quelled the rumor when he said no definite arrangements have been…
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