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February 23, 1949

The Hockey News February 23, 1949

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IN THIS ISSUE

now for a Dow

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01144/969674-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="252" height="398"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Bentley Chicago</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0294/969667-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="239" height="389"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel Detroit</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0368/969660-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="270" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Reay Canadiens</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0455/969653-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="274" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Kennedy Toronto</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0548/969646-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="290" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Milt Schmidt Boston</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0638/969639-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="274" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Edgar LaPrade New York</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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N.H.L. Center Stars

<div class="byline">By SHIRLEY JACOBSON</div>CHICAGO, IIINow comes the time of the year when All-Star talk starts the rounds of the NHL, Arguments for the favorites in all positions ring loud and long, but most especially for defenseman. Such names as Reardon, Bouchard, Quackenbush, Crawford, Egan, Stewartand Stanley are batted back and forth.In Chicago, where good defensemen have been a noticeable scarcity, it&rsquo;s a different story. We have one of the really unsung rearguards in hockey. They don&rsquo;t talk about hint in the other five cities, most times hardly even notice he is on the ice. But Black Hawk followers wouldn&rsquo;t trade their &lsquo;Rock of Gibraltar&rsquo; for any of the aforementioned bodycheckers.&lsquo;Rock of Gibraltar&rsquo;you ask? Why that&rsquo;s just their nickname for Robert John Goldham, guardian at the blue line and defenseman par excellence.Bob Goldham came to Chicago in November of 1947 and has proven since he knows how to win friends and influence people. Except of course, when it&rsquo;s an enemy forward.Night alter night, period after period, Goldie, halt crouched over, surveys the scene, sizes up the opposition and is ready to move in any direction. Usually it&rsquo;s the right one.A defenseman of the old school of hockey, Bob is an exceptionally fine stick-handler yet he doesn&rsquo;t depend on stick ability alone to rob the enemy of scoring opportunities. He is ready to fling arms, legs, or entire body in the way of the oncoming rubber disc. A past master at stopping the puck, Goldie has made saves that would do credit to any regular netminder.<h2>&ldquo;Slow Motion&rdquo;</h2>His swaying style of skating makes it exceedingly hard for opposition to pin him down or steal the puck. Combined with his stick work, Goldham is. an effective dipsy-doodler. Not particularly fast on the blades, fans in Chicago refer to him as &ldquo;Slow Motion Goldham.&rdquo; Take that game against the Bruins not so long ago.Goldie took the puck near the Hawk net. He deftly doodled it straight down the ice. With his shoulders swaying from side to side, he weaved through the entire Boston team and came back in on Brimsek for his shot. But Jack Crawford rushed up behind and forced him to the side and in back of the Boston net. Never losing the puck, Goldie swept out the other end, fed Doug Bentley a perfect pass, and Doug shot the goal! Goldie only earned an assist in the record books on that play. But the sight of the rugged defenseman, working his way down the ice through the entire oposition was enough for Hawk fans. The cheering and stamping was some of the wildest heard at the Stadium in years.Game after game, there have been pileups at the crease when visiting players fought their way in for a close shot. After the referee gets around to peeling them off the pile, it&rsquo;s usually Goldham on the bottom, the puck invariably safely underneath him or goalie Jim Henry.Though Goldham plays hard, he plays clean. The fact that he is seldom penalized adds to his team value. Last season in 38 games, Goldie was waved off the ice for a mere 38 minutes.In his five years of NHL hockey, Bob has never sat out time over the 50 minute mark. The highest total was 44 minutes in 1945-46.But it wasn&rsquo;t so long ago that fans were wondering if Goldham would be able to play NHL hockey and keep that fragile left arm out of harm&rsquo;s way. To the chagrin of most doubters, Bob has. That&rsquo;s another story.THE RULES1&mdash;Anyone can cast ballots for AllStar teams of the National Hockey League and American Hockey League, but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming one complete team, in each league.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.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.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.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.6&mdash;Ballots must be mailed to&mdash;All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, 603A Sun Life Building, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.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.<h2>Ontario Product</h2>Robert Goldham started playing hockey at an early age around Georgetown, Ontario, where he was born on May 12th, 1922. Never thinking of the professional field as a career, Goldie didn&rsquo;t take the game too seriously. It wasn&rsquo;t until his family moved to Toronto and Bob entered the organized leagues that flourish around the Queen City, that he became really interested in the ice game.In 1938, when he was 16, Bob signed with the Junior Northern Vocational Club. As a defenseman he was outstanding from the first game. The following year he moved over to the Toronto Marlboro Juniors, a Maple Leaf affiliate.While at Northern Vocational, Bob not only starred in hockey, but found time to earn recognition in football, basketball, and track and field competition. During the summer as a sideline, how helped the Orillia Juniors win the Canadian Box Lacrosse championship.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0715/968779-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="526" height="877"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY GOLDHAM</figcaption></div>The Maple Leafs executives, never one to let a good prospect enter other fields, encouraged Goldie to turn pro with their Hershey farm team in 1941-42. Shortly before the end of the season, Bob received a summons to join the parent club. With only ten games of NHL play, Goldie entered his initial Stanley Cup series.To the surprise of the entire hockey world, Toronto won the Cup, their first in ten years. Much of the credit went to the rookie defenseman whose heads-up hockey lifted the team to victory. Goldie had reached the big time in a big way.But there was another battle to be won and Bob hung up his uniform to join the R.-C.N.V.R. He served in Toronto, Vancouver, and Cornwallis, N.S., as an Able Seaman and a qualified Physical Training Instructor.<h2>Golden Boy Goldham</h2>Discharged in 1945, he rejoined the Leafs and was their outstanding defenseman. In 49 games, he tallied 7 goals and 14 assists for 21 points, with only 44 minutes in the sin-bin. No wonder fans up Toronto way began to refer to him as &ldquo;Golden Boy&rdquo;.When 1946-47 rolled around, &lsquo;rugged Robert&rsquo; appeared headed for one of his greatest years. Then misfortune reared its ugly head in his direction. First Goldie suffered a strange knee injury and was sidelined for three weeks. No sooner had he returned to action, but trouble in the form of a double-fracture of the left fore-arm, ended his playing for the year.In June, Bob married his childhood sweetheart. Elinor Platt. Their daughter Patsy will celebrate her first birthday in March. The Goldhams reside in Toronto during the off season, where Bob bought a home last year,Goldie requested being sent to Pittsburgh at the start of last season so he could work himself into playing condition.While he was bowling &lsquo;em over for the Hornets, Hawk President Bill Tobin, offered the Leafs $25,000 for the big defenseman. But Leafian chief Conn Smythe wasn&rsquo;t interested.Then on November 2nd, the hockey world was startled to hear that Toronto had traded five of their players to Chicago for Max Bentley and rookie Cy Thomas. Among those five was the long-sought-after Bob Goldham.<h2>Clicked At Once</h2>Rugged Robert proved an instant hit with the highly partisan Windy City fans. His fine defensive work, arty stick&ndash;handling, and heady playing made him a spontaneous favorite. Everything seemed right again. Then Dame Misfortune came back to play a return engagement.In a game against Montreal. Goldie checked Canadien Rip Riopelle. As he hit the Habitant forward, Goldie felt a twang in his left arm. X-Rays proved it was indeed broken.Bob sat out the remaining Hawk games. During most of the summer, he wore a special brace to protect the arm from further injury. Again the word sped round that &lsquo;&lsquo;Goldham was through!&rdquo;But bright and early in September, the &lsquo;Rock of Gibraltar&rsquo; arrived at the Hawk&rsquo;s North Bay training camp and proved to all the doubting Thomases they were wrong again. Not only was the broken arm mended, but Bob was in the best physical condition of his career. When the season started, Goldie started, and he hasn&rsquo;t quit yet.So much so, that fans in Chicago continue to chant, &ldquo;Come on, Goldie, show &lsquo;em how!&rdquo;And Goldie has, but good! &#9632;

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Black Hawk ‘Rock of Gibraltar’ Bob. Goldham, All-Star Blocker

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01136/968502-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>MORE CROSSWORDS</h2>Dear Sir,I also agree with the fans who have been asking for more space for the N.H.L. Would like stories on Bill Barilko of Toronto, Sid Abel of Detroit and Chuck Rayner of New York.Also, how about more hockey crosswords, as there were none in the last issue I received.Whatever has happened to the Toronto Maple Leafs? They are not playing as well this year as they have in previous seasons, and Max Bentley doesn&rsquo;t seem as effective a player.Georgina Parsons Edmonton, Alta.(Leafs are doing a lot better now, don&rsquo;t you think? It&rsquo;s anybody&rsquo;s guess what was wrong with them before. There&rsquo;s going to be more crosswords appear in the future.)<h2>COLLECTOR</h2>Dear Sir,I have been reading THE HOCKEY NEWS for quite some time and find it tops. Also, I have no &lsquo;&lsquo;beefs&rdquo; to offer&mdash;just keep up the very good work. I would appreciate it very much it you would publish in the Fan Forum this following note: I have been a program collector for some time and could use a few more to complete my collection. If any of THE HOCKEY NEWS readers have any, I would be willing to trade programs of the Oshawa Generals, it the fans will write and let me know what they have to offer.Ray Pleau Oshawa, Ont.(Ray&rsquo;s address is 204 Bond St. East, Oshawa, Ontario.)<h2>GEE, THANKS!</h2>Dear Sir,Congratulations to THE HOCKEY NEWS for their fine and complete coverage of the greatest game played.Living in Buffalo where National Hockey news is seldom publicized, you can rest assured that I look forward to your paper every week. I also was very glad to see your offer of pictures of hockey stars at a very reasonable rate. Being a collector of photos of hockey players for the past 15 years, I welcome the opportunity of getting these pictures.May I make one suggestion: Why not offer photos of past greats, as their pictures are much more difficult for collectors to secure.Oliver B. Ackendorf Eggertsville, N.Y.<h2>CHICAGO SUPPORTER</h2>Dear Sir,I want to know if you have ever published the rosters of Cleveland Barons and Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. I am a Chicago Black Hawk fan and would like to see you print a few pictures of their players. You see, I keep a scrap book and cut all the pictures out of your paper.Could you tell me what was the last amateur team that Doug Bentley played for?Ronald Cook, Hamilton, Ont.(Yes, the Cleveland and Hershey rosters have appeared previously. Bentley last played amateur for Drumheller Miners. Story on Bob Goldham this week should interest you.)<h2>BUCK JONES FAN</h2>Dear Sir,I never miss an issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS. I am a very strong follower of your fine paper.I am also a strong follower of the A.H.L. Hershey Bears. I have a picture and write-up of each &ldquo;Bear&rdquo; except our new defenseman Buck Jones.Would you please try very hard to run a story on our favoritet rearguard in the league?Bill Richard. Harrisburg, Pa.<h2>NO BACK COPIES</h2>Dear Sir,I wonder if I could get back copies of THE HOCKEY NEWS? I would like to get my own complete set from the first issue until now.Has Syl Apps played for any other team besides the Toronto Maple Leafs?Peter Isaak.Rosthern, Sask.(Sorry, but we don&rsquo;t mail back copies. Apps played pro hockey only with Toronto.)<h2>SEPARATE BOXES</h2>Dear Sir,First of all let me congratulate you on a really first-rate publication. I await each issue with much enthusiasm, being very much interested in hockey and the Cleveland Barons in particular.I often wonder why they put two players who have been roughing it up in the same penalty box, side by side. Why don&rsquo;t they have separate boxes for the two clubs?I would like to see more picture&rsquo;s in your paper of the Interiors of hockey Arenas.Bob Alperin. Los Angeles, Cal. &bull; &bull; &bull;<h2>RIGHT OR WRONG)</h2>Dear Sir,In a recent issue, you replied to a William Meade of Ottawa as to who were the goalies to succeed George Hainsworth. Didn&rsquo;t Claude Bourque of Moncton playgoal for the Canadiens for one or more years during the war?Could you tell me where Claude is now, what he is doing and has he any connection with hockey?M. J. Taylor. Moncton, N. B.(Yes, Claude Bourque played for Canadiens for a short time. He is now performing in the Montreal Depression League, a loop where businessmen pay to play-)<h2>HOW MANY?</h2>Dear Sir,Will you please tell me how many goals Jim Thomson scored in 1946-47? And how many points did he garner during that season?Johnny Maleschock.Sheho, Sask.(Jim Thomson scored two goals and had 14 assists in 194647.)<h2>WHERE ARE THEY?</h2>Dear Sir,I would like to know the whereabouts of Jack Church, Bingo Kampman and Bucko MacDonald. I would appreciate it very much if you would seek this information for me.Mac Sloan. Cornwall, Ont.(Kampman is playing for Fresno Falcons, Church is on the Providence voluntary retired list, and MacDonald is retired and now has the position of an M.P.)<h2>NOT RETIRED</h2>Dear Sir,I enjoy reading THE HOCKEY NEWS because it is the only paper where I can be sure of reading about all my favorite players.One of these is Don Metz. Did he retire with his brother Nick at the same time?Cliff Simpson. Aurora, Ill.(Don Metz is playing with Toronto Maple Leafs.)<h2>STANLEY CUP</h2>Dear Sir,I have always found THE HOCKEY NEWS a great source of interest.Could you tell me which team took the Stanley Cup the most times?Agnes Elliott. Brownsburg, Que.(Montreal Canadiens won the Cup six times, and Toronto Maple Leafs have won it five times.)<h2>INFORMATION PLEASE</h2>Dear Sir,Please give me the following information in your Fan Forum column.When did the Montreal Forum open for hockey games and when, was it built?Did George Vezina of Les Canadiens Hockey Club ever play in the Forum when he was their goalkeeper?M. J. Casey. Montreal, Que.(The first pro game played in the Montreal Forum was on November 29, 1924. Canadiens defeated Toronto St. Pats 7-1. Yes, Vezina played for Canadiens in games at the Montreal Forum. Inside the lobby of the Forum stands a six-foot photograph of Vezina.)<h2>AIR MAIL COST</h2>Dear Sir,I read your paper with a great deal of interest, and so far have only one complaint. Seeing that the N.H.L. is the top league, I don&rsquo;t understand why we should not read more about it in your publication.Could you tell me how much it would cost to have THE HOCKEY NEWS sent to me by Air Mail?Also could you tell me the whereabouts of Bill Barilko&rsquo;s brother who started the season with Toronto Marlboros seniors.Last but not least, as a strong Maple Leaf fan, I would like to see Max Bentley center the first line with Bill Ezinicki and Watson. How about it Hap Day?E. J. Selzer. Ocean Falls, B.C.(Add 12 cents per copy for each issue by Air Mail. Alex Barilko is still with Toronto Mariboros seniors.)<h2>HELLO MOE</h2>Dear Sir,Can you tell me how long Bill Moe has been playing with the New York Rangers and what team he played with before making the Rangers?I like the idea of crossword puzzles as they help the fans to get familiar with the game, and the players.Bill Schmidt. Laurelton, N.Y.(Moe is now playing his fifth season with Rangers. He played for Hershey in the A.H.L. before coming to Rangers).<h2>MARITAL STATUS</h2>Dear Sir,Could you please give me some information on Pete Morin and Gerry McNeil of the senior Montreal Royals? Date of birth, where born, height, marital status, etc. Any information win be greatly appreciated.Kaye Murphy. Somerville, Mass.(Gerard George McNeil&ndash;born Quebec City&ndash;April 17, 1926&ndash;height 5&rsquo;7&rdquo;&ndash;weight, 150 pounds. Married in July, 1946 to pretty Quebec girl&ndash;one son, born last spring. Has played with Royals since 1943-44 season. Pete Morin&ndash;Lachine, Que.&ndash;December 8, 1915, &ndash;height&ndash;5&rsquo;6&rdquo;&ndash;weight 140 pounds. Married and has two children. Has played for Royals from 1936 to 1942, and from 1945 to 1949.)<h2>HE&rsquo;S MAD</h2>Dear Sir,Up till now I have had no complaints about THE HOCKEY NEWS, but now I am mad. In all the weeks since the season started, not once have you picked a Red Wing such as starry Sid Abel as player of the week.We must have one star on our team, with men like Ted Lindsay, Abel, Harry Lumley, Jack Stewart, Gord Howe and Bill Quackenbush to carry the mail.Wallace Quick. Detroit, Mich.(Since your letter arrived, both Bud Poile and Sid Abel have been selected as players of the week). &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="image-hero"><img title="cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0129/970200-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Photo by Kilpatrick)</figcaption></div>Pals And Foes&hellip;&hellip;Goalies Woes<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0220/970193-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="cover-02" width="1167" height="1511"><figcaption class="caption-body">ABOVE RIGHT, it looks as though Goalie Ralph Almas of St. Louis Flyers expected a shot from teammate George Milligan. Relax, Red, Milligan is only trying to clear the rubber back around the nets. (Buzz Taylor Photo)</figcaption></div>Watch The Puck!* * *THERE&rsquo;S TENSENESS in every move as N.H.L. and A.H.L. teams engage in some furious action in these pictures shown here. Above left, Goalie Frankie Brimsek of Boston Bruins strikes a wounded gladiator pose as Pete Horeck of Detroit Red Wings tries to shove the puck past him, and it trickles slowly towards the netminder&rsquo;s pads. Brimmie, out of action for several games after his infant son died, is going well again.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0311/970186-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="cover-03" width="1686" height="1456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Durnan of Canadiens saves on a shot from Joe Klukay of Toronto Maple Leafs as Maurice Richard (9) and Glen Harmon (8) flank him protectively. Doug Harvey (21) of Habs, shoulders Max Bentley (7) out of the play. (Photo by Torofsky)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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ENGLAND SEEKS PRO STATUS

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Professional hockey may sweep across the Atlantic Ocean to take in the English National League next season if satisfactory arrangements can be worked out between Organized Professional Hockey and the eight teams of the English League.Percy Nicklin, general manager of Harringay Arena and pioneer hockey promoter of England, is presently in Canada for a six weeks visit during which time he will negotiate with National League clubs on behalf of the English League. Nicklin has already conferred with President Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League and is scheduled to have another meeting with Campbell upon his return from a trip to Western Canada.The seven English teams&mdash;Harringay Racers, Harringay Greyhounds, Wembley Monarchs, Wembley Lions, Brighton Tigers, Earls Court Rangers, Nottingham Panthers and possibly Streatham are anxious to have their teams staffed with players belonging to N. H. L. clubs. These potential. N.H.L. players would spend a season or two with the English clubs securing experience and brushing off the rough spots. The players contracts would be. paid by the\English teams and also the salary of a coach whom the National League club might decide to send over to handle the team&rsquo;s embyos. It is only natural to expect that if an N.H.L. club sends promising players representing thousands of dollars all the way to England, they&rsquo;ll want to safeguard their investment by sending along a coach of their own choosing.Nicklin told THE HOCKEY NEWS in an exclusive interview that the English clubs would be quite willing to pay the salary of any coach that the National League clubs decided to send to England. He said that his league would co-operate one hundred per cent with Organized Professional Hockey and that it a professional team needed one of the better players returned at once that the English League would see that he was flown back immediately.&ldquo;The salaries paid to the players would be comparable to those presently being paid to players in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the calibre of play would be the same&rdquo;, Nicklin said. &ldquo;The teams in the English Nor each game but we might increase the number tational League this season dress 12 players fo 15 if could be sure of securing the players&rdquo;, added Nicklin. &#9632;

Percy Nicklin Here To Scout Possibilities

<div class="byline">By RENO HAHN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0142/968161-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAUL GLADU</figcaption></div>ST. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;The hottest player in the league on the fastest team in the league. That&rsquo;s Paul Gladu of the St. Louis Flyers.Banging home the goals at a fast scoring clip, Gladu is pacing the renaissance of the Flyers that has carried them from last pl ace during the past four seasons, to a generous lead in the Western Division of the American Hockey League at the present time.In his first 50 games, Gladu has scored 35 goals. While he won&rsquo;t come right out and say he thinks he might finish un with 68 goals for the 68 games in the season. Gladu points out that he has always done more scoring in the second half than in the first half of the season. If that holds true this year, he&rsquo;s a cinch to crack all previous records for goals scored.The 26-year-old Frenchman from St. Hyacinthe, Que., has stepped up his scoring every year since he turned pro. He broke in with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League in the 1944-45 season and tallied only six goals in 40 games, plus a pair of playoff contests.He was sent to the Bruins&rsquo; farm, Hershey of the AHL, at the start of the next season. He was kept idle there for six weeks and then the Flyers obtained him. During the remaining three-quar-ters of the season, he netted 18 goals. The following year he registered 30, and last season had 34, plus 47 assists for 81 points.This year, with 35 goals so far, he has already passed his total production of the previous season in just half of the schedule.<h2>Practice Makes Perfect</h2>It&rsquo;s only natural to ask, what has made Gladu blossom into such a star this season. There are a lot of reasons and when you add them all together, it&rsquo;s easy to understand why he is scoring at such an amazing rate.First, and possibly most important, is that he&rsquo;s playing with a winning team. Of course, you can turn that around and say that his performance helps make the Flyers a winning team, but the two grow together. That is, as the team succeeds, Gladu gets better, and vice versa.Much of his improvement is due to his own efforts. He played golf last summer and also practiced his shooting to strengthen his wrists. He used the basement of his father&rsquo;s store, where he works during the summer, and spent hours each day shooting the puck over the concrete floor at a small target. This gave new power to his shot and bettered his accuracy.<h2>That&rsquo;s No Lie!</h2>Then he changed the lie of his stick from a No. 7 to a No. 6. This lower angle, enabled him to get more wrist snap into his shot, thus adding more speed and power to it.In addition, he gained weight during the summer and now packs 180 pounds on his 5 foot 10&frac12; inch frame. The added poundage hasn&rsquo;t slowed up his famous burst of speed that carries him past the opposing defense, but it has en-abled him to go at top speed for a full game. He also is using the extra weight to do his share of the defensive checking, a chore at which he did not excel in previous seasons.Finally, he is playing with the same linemates all season. One is Don Grosso, who centered for him before, and the other is Tony Licari, a smooth skating right winger, obtained from Indianapolis last summer. These two are constantly feeding Gladu, but when he omostion gangs up on him, they are capable of taking over the scoring duties.<h2>Terrific Shot</h2>These factors all go to explain why he is scoring, but the true reason is his terrific shot. When he lets go from 15 to 20 feet out on left wing, all the goalie sees is a black object about the size of a pea whizzing past him.Just to prove that he is impartial, Gladu has scored at least one goal against every team in the league. He has turned in four hat tricks, three goals in one game, to lead the circuit in that respect.In previous years, Gladu&rsquo;s critics said he couldn&rsquo;t score on the road, but this season, he has been strictly fair about it all, scoring nearly as many in foreign rinks as at home.Gladu began playing hockey when he was 10 years old. His first organized team was St. Hya-cinthe High School. He didn&rsquo;t play midget, but stepped into junior competition with the Mont-real Verduns. Then followed a season of senior B with Shawinigan Falls and then one of senior A with the Quebec Aces before turning pro.<h2>Says Brother Better</h2>While St. Louis fans are acclaiming Paul one of the most brilliant wingers in the AHL this season, he thinks a 20-year-old amateur is better. That&rsquo;s his brother, Fernand, now with the Montreal Royals.Fernand, so Paul claims, is a faster skater and can shoot better than he can. If that&rsquo;s true, there&rsquo;s a new star coming up next season when Fernand joins the pro ranks. Paul hopes that the Flyers will obtain him so that he can play right wing on a line with Paul and wouldn&rsquo;t that be a great combination.Meanwhile, Paul is going after all the goals he can get so Fernand will have a real mark to shoot at. If, as Paul says, he goes better late in the season, he should set a new record. However, St. Louis fans will be more than content if he keeps anywhere near the pace he is now setting. &#9632;

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Hottest Player--Fastest Game Paul Gladu----Of Flyer Fame

When the Indianapolis Capitals of the American Hockey League recently scored 23 goals in two consecutive games, they established a new league scoring record for a pair of contests. The old record for scoring in two straight games was 22 goals, and was set by Providence in the 1947-48 season. &#9632;

Some Scoring

Published Weekly, except monthly May through September, by HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY, 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec. Canada. Entered as second class matter June 1, 1948, at the Post Office in St. Albans, Vermont, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price $2.50 in Can ada&mdash;$3.50 in U.S.A &#9632;

The Hockey News

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CHOCOLATE DRINK AS QUICK AS A WINK!

(This is the second of a series of bi-monthly hockey quizzes, designed to test your knowledge of the game. Solutions will be found on page 12)1. Two New York Rangers players tallied more than thirty assists last season. Who were they? 2. Neil Colville and Phil Watson broke In with the New York Rangers in the same year. What year was that? 3. Maurice Richard holds the record for the most goals scored by an NHL player in a single season. How many goals did Richard score to establish that record? 4. There is only one American referee blowing whistles in the National League. Who is this &ldquo;lone wolf?&rdquo; 5. Early this season three Chicago Black Hawk officials were Initiated as &ldquo;Nights of the Arctic Circle?&rsquo; What three men were so honored. 6. Just one of the following playeiB is performing on a New York Ranger farm club. He is (1) Jimmy Gray; (2) Al Buchanan; (3) "Bing&rdquo; Juckes; (4) &ldquo;Peanuts&rdquo; O&rsquo;Flaherty. 7. Al Rollins guarded the nets for the 1947-48 Edmonton Flyers. This year he is blocking pucks for (1) The Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Dutchmen; (2) The Kansas City Pla-mors; (3) The Portland Eagles; (4) The Kimberley Dynamiters. 8. The ffrst hat-trick of the USHL this season was tallied by (1) Jimmy Moore; (2) Billy Warwick; (3) Lloyd Ailsby (4) Ray Powell. 9. The only forward in the NHL with a mustache is (1) Garth Boesch; (2) Don Raleigh; (3) Metro Prystai (4) Ken Smith. 10. Referees, as a group, are not the dearest friends of hockey fans, but only one of the following referees has much opportunity to raise hostile feeling in American Hockey League fans. This on-the-spot ice judge is (1) Bernie LeMaitre; (2)Bert Sleep; (3) Georges Gravel; (4) Charles Good. &#9632;

HOCKEY QUIZ TEST YOUR PUCK KNOWLEDGE

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0142/968302-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">THREE OF THE FINEST are shown here. Left to right are Billy Reay of Montreal Canadiens, one of the N.H.L.&rsquo; top-flight centers this year; Doug Bentley, peppery little firebrand of Chicago Black Hawks; and Sid Abel, canny ice captain and puck manipulator extraordinary of Detroit Red Wings. Any, or all, of them could very well capture a Trophy or an All-Star berth. But just who will take which?</figcaption></div>Him&hellip;Him&hellip;or Him?MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Yours truly bumped into some ardent hockey fans having a tete a tete about the fastest game on earth. To further the conversation I opened my big mouth, and promptly put my size eight foot inside, by volunteering to answer any questions they might have about our favourite pastime. I should have known better.&ldquo;If you guys in the newspaper racket are so smart and figure ya got all the answers then maybe ya can tell me who&rsquo;s gonna win the Hart Trophy,&rdquo; piped up some character. &ldquo;And if was get past that one then maybe ya can tell us who&rsquo;s gonna be the N.H.L. All-Star center?&rdquo; said another.&ldquo;Those are easy to answer,&rdquo; I quickly replied, &ldquo;Uh, who-ja-ma-call-it, uh, what&rsquo;s his name is going to win the Hart Trophy, that guy from the, gosh I can&rsquo;t remember his name.&rdquo;&ldquo;Ya mean ya can&rsquo;t answer it.&rdquo; one of the crowd remarked, &ldquo;O.K., tell us who&rsquo;s going to be the N. H.L. All-Star center?&rdquo;Once again I opened my mouth to make a stab at an answer but all that came out was air. &ldquo;Thing-ma-jig&rsquo;s going to win it&rdquo; I said. Before I could say another word they started to laugh. &ldquo;I told ya those newspaper guys dunno nothin&rsquo;,&rsquo; said one.<h2>A Tough Chore</h2>My face was getting a little red by now. so I tucked it down between the collar of my overcoat and made a hasty retreat. I kept mumbling to myself while I beat a path to Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s workshop at number 603. &ldquo;Those characters figure they&rsquo;re pretty smart&rdquo; I said to myself, &ldquo;why should I tell them the answers. I know them, but why should I tell them?&lsquo;&lsquo;What jerks, they want to know who&rsquo;s going to win the Hart Trophy. Anybody can see it&rsquo;s Doug Bentley by a mile. Isn&rsquo;t he one of the league&rsquo;s top scorers? Isn&rsquo;t he getting points when most of the team seem to have fallen asleep? Isn&rsquo;t his line keeping the Hawks in the race and isn&rsquo;t he having one of his best years?&ldquo;Gee, I don&rsquo;t know though. E1&rsquo; mer Lach won the scoring championship last season but Buddy O&rsquo;Connor won the Hart Trophy. I guess that&rsquo;s because Buddy put the Rangers in the playoffs and the Canadiens didn&rsquo;t make it. But the Hawks aren&rsquo;t in a playoff spot yet and if they make it I guess it will be Doug Bentley and Roy Conacher who put them there. Maybe Sid Abel of the Red Wings will heat Bentley out for the trophy,&rdquo; I whispered to myself. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s going like a house on fire. He had his team winning when some of its best players were sidelined, he really led his team to the top. besides, he&rsquo;s the third leading scorer in the league.&rdquo;&ldquo;People were beginning to store at me as I mumbled to myself on my way down St. Catherine street so I thought I&rsquo;d better concede the Trophy to Abel or may be Bentley and forget about it, but then the name of Reay cropped up and hit me right between the eyes. &ldquo;Now that little guy really carried those Canadiens and for over a month.&rdquo; I told myself; &ldquo;he&rsquo;s fifth in the league scoring and so far has scored nearly one-fifth of his team&rsquo;s goals. When Lach and Bouchard were out, didn&rsquo;t Reay surprise even the experts by leading his team on a long win-ning streak and didn&rsquo;t they accomplish the fantastic feat of jumping from fifth spot to second in little over a week. Gee, now I don&rsquo;t know who should get the Hart Trophy. I guess I&rsquo;d better skin that question.&ldquo;Now what else did those characters want to know; oh yes. who&rsquo;s going to be nominated the N.H.L. All-Star center this season? I guess Doug Bentley gets that in a cake-walk. too. But what about Abel and Reay. no&mdash;no, they won&rsquo;t get it.&ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t Coach Charlie Conacher of the Hawks tell us that Abel couldn&rsquo;t carry Bentley&rsquo;s skates. I guess he should know what he&rsquo;s talking about. Didn&rsquo;t he tell us that there is no other player in the league who deserves the N.H. L. All-Star center nomination as much as Doug Bentley and didn&rsquo;t he say that Abel&rsquo;s playing is a complete surprise, even to the Wings themselves, and that he hasn&rsquo;t been playing like that all season.&lsquo;&lsquo;Gosh, I don&rsquo;t know who to believe. Jack Adams, manager of the Detroit Red Wings knows his hockey too and didn&rsquo;t he tell us there is no comparison between Abel and any other center in the league. Didn&rsquo;t Adams mention the way Abel scored goals even when Ted Lindsay. George Gee and Gordon Howe were injured. According to him it was Abel who put the Wings where they are. What was it Adams said, oh yes, he&rsquo;d like to see the way Doug Bentley would go if Roy Conacher and Billy Mosienko were out. Didn&rsquo;t he tell us that he&rsquo;s only pushed one other player for the Hart Trophy in his long career and that was in the 1939-40 season when his nomination, Ebbie Goodfellow, won it.<h2>Two-Way Player</h2>&ldquo;Of course Dick Irvin&rsquo;s a pretty shrewd hockey judge too, in fact he&rsquo;s one of the best in the business. Didn&rsquo;t he tell us that Reay is a better two-way player than Doug Bentley and a far better defensive player. According to Irvin, when you play on a high scoring team like the Hawks you&rsquo;re bound to get a lot of cheap points but a guy like Reay has to work for all of his. Didn&rsquo;t Irvin tell us to look at Reay&rsquo;s record when Lach, Bouchard-Harvey were watching the game from the rails.&rdquo;Nobody is in a better position to talk about Reay than his ice linemate Joe Carveth. &ldquo;If a guy can&rsquo;t play on a line with a center like Pumpkin (Reay&rsquo;s nickname) he can&rsquo;t play with anybody. He&rsquo;s one of the best players I&rsquo;ve ever teamed with and I&rsquo;ve played with some pretty good men.&rdquo; When he was with Boston Carveth played on a line with Milt Schmidt and Bill Cowley and when he was with the Red Wings he&rsquo;ll tell you he played with just about everybody on the team.<h2>Same Three Guys</h2>&ldquo;Now, let&rsquo;s sum it all up. For the Hart Trophy it should be between Doug Bentley of the Hawks, Sid Abel of the Red Wings and Billy Reay of the Canadiens. For the N.H.L. All-Star center slot the race is between Doug Bentley of the Hawks, Sid Abel of the Red Wings and Billy Reay of the Canadiens. It&rsquo;s the same three guys no matter which way you look at it.&rdquo;I finally barged into number 603 and stood in front of boss McKenzie. &ldquo;Look Ken.&rdquo; I said, &ldquo;I have to find out who&rsquo;s going to win the Hart Trophy and who&rsquo;s going to be the N.H.L. All-Star center this year.&rdquo;&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be crazy,&rdquo; McKenzie laughed, &ldquo;nobody knows those answers. not even President Campbell himself, you&rsquo;d better wait and find out at the end of the season.&rdquo;<h2>Breakdown Records</h2>That didn&rsquo;t satisfy me so I drew up a chair and McKenzie and I grabbed some records and proceeded to break down some figures belonging to Doug Bentley, Abel and Reay. For five hours we slaved trying to get an idea of what these three players have done to really help their team and why they should get my nominations for the Hart Trophy and the N.H.L. All-Star position. When I was finished I called upon one Tommy Martin, a Montrealer whose hobby consists of keeping hockey statistics. He&rsquo;s got more figures within his grasp than Billy Rose ever had. They checked. This is what we found out.Little Billy Reay has the most impressive figures; he pulled the trigger when it hurt the other team most. So far this season his team has played 49 games. They have played 25 on home ice, winning 14 and drawing 3. Away the Canadiens have played 24, winning 6 and drawing 4. Reay has played in 49 games. At a little over the three-quarter mark of the schedule he has scored four winning goals for his team at home and assisted on four more. He has scored two goals on home ice to give his team a tie. He has also scored one goal and assisted on one goal at home that tied the game and his team went on to win.Sid Abel&rsquo;s figures are more impressive away from home. His team has played 49 so far this season. They have played 24 games in Detroit winning 17 and drawing 2. Away, the Red Wings have played z5 winning 11 and drawing 3. So far this season Abel has played in 49 games. At a little over the three-quarter mark of the schedule Abel had scored two winning goals for his team on home ice and assisted on three winners at home. Abel has fired two goals at home that tied the score and his team took it from there and went on to win. On foreign ice he has assisted on two winning goals and scored another that tied up the game from where his team went on to win. He has also scored one goal away from home that gave his team a tie.<h2>Better At Home</h2>Although Doug Bentley is Currently the second leading scorer his figures match neither Reay&rsquo;s nor Abel&rsquo;s for miportance The Hawks have played 49 games up until this writing. They have played 23 games at home winning 11 and drawing 3. Away, the Hawks have played 26 games winning 8 and drawing 2. So far Doug has played in 47 games. At the three-quarter mark of the N.H.L. schedule Doug Bentley had scored two winning goals at home and assisted on three more. He has scored one goal at home that tied up the game for the Hawks and they went on to win. He has also assisted on two goals at home that tied up the game from where his team went on to win. On the road he has assisted one one winning goal and scored one that tied up the game for the Hawks from where they went on to win.Oddly enough. Doug Bentley. Abel and Reay have yet to score a winning goal on foreign ice this season.At home, Bentley has scored 11 goals and 19 assists and away he has scored 9 goals and 19 assists for a total of 58 points. Abel has scored 8 goals at home and assisted on 4. Away he has scored 12 goals and 18 assists for a total of 42 points. Reay has scored 11 goals at home and assisted on 15 more while out of town he has fired 8 goals and helped on 5 more for a total of 39 points.After all this work I still don&rsquo;t know who&rsquo;s going to win the Hart Trophy nor do I know who&rsquo;s going to be the N.H.L. All-Star center this season. I think I&rsquo;ll take sun McKenzie&rsquo;s advice and wait until the end of the season.They&rsquo;re Really Stumped!<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0233/968295-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1682" height="1071"><figcaption class="caption-body">SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS over the tricky problem posed in this article ate Author Len Bramson (left) and Ken McKenxie of THE HOCKEY NEWS. (P.S.&mdash;cfisr all this, they still didn&rsquo;t come up with the answer!)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Puzzle All You Like; It’s Still A Toss-up

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>SAMMY &ldquo;CITATION&rdquo; MULHOLLAND, 19-year-old speedster of the Philadelphia Rockets, will attend the training camp of Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team following the completion of the hockey season. Playing his first season with the Rockets, Mulholland is regarded excellent pro baseball prospect. He received a bid from the Boston Braves&rsquo; chain last summer. He&rsquo;s also some shakes as a puckster. Fresh from the ranks the Galt Juniors, he is already recognized as one of the fastest skaters in the American League &hellip;hence his nickname &ldquo;Citation.&rsquo;&rsquo; &hellip;Coach Dick Irvin of Montreal Canadiens says it&rsquo;s extremely tough to keep players geared up over a 60-game schedule. &ldquo;There natural reaction seems to let down during certain periods,&rdquo; dour Dick re-ported&hellip;Taffy Abel, one of New York Rangers&rsquo; originals, is a hotel and restaurant owner in his native Sault Ste. Marie, Mich&hellip;Art Coulter, like Abel, another of Rangers&rsquo; great defenseman, is Mulholland now operating a hardware store at Coral Gables, Florida&hellip;Great Britain is angling for the 1950 World and European Hockey Championships. Canada and United States have prior bids for the meet, but it is Britain&rsquo;s claim that they should have been held there in 1947.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01113/968354-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="278" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mulholland</figcaption></div>WHEN HIB MILKS died at Shawville, Que. recently, he was the seventh former New York Ranger player to pass on. Others were Billy Boyd, Gene Carrigan, Lorne Chabot, Red Garrett, Howie Morenz and Babe Siebert. A number of fans may have forgotten that Babe Siebert ever played for the Broadway Blue Shirts, but he was a member of the Rangers 1933 Stanley Cup team. He was traded the following season to Boston&hellip;Who says the old guys aren&rsquo;t producing in the N.H.L. this season? The four top spots in the individual scoring race on February 18 were held down by players 30-years-old or more. Doug Bentley and Roy Conacher, who are pacing the pack, are each 32, while Sid Abel, who is next in the scoring list is 31 and Billy Reay who follows Abel in point-producing is 30 years of age &hellip;If Canadiens&rsquo; Bill Durnan wins the Vezina Trophy this season he will be the first netminder in the history of the N.H.L. to win the top goalers prize five times. Durnan and Tiny Thompson are the only N.H.L. goaltenders to have ever won the trophy four times &hellip;of Hershey Bears looks like the &lsquo;Rookie of the Year&rsquo; in the American League. Seventh highest scorer in the League, Maloney has played brilliant hockey for the Bears and is chiefly responsible for the team being in second place in the Eastern Division.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02105/968347-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="275" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Maloney</figcaption></div>HAPPY DAY, coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs has already signified that he would cast his vote for Charlie Rayner for the N.H.L. All-Star goalkeeper&rsquo;s position. A couple of other National League coaches feel the same way as Day and it is going to be tough, to keep Rayner off the All-Star team. He&rsquo;s also a strong candidate for the Hart Trophy as are Doug Bentley, Sid Abel and Bill Durnan&hellip;Abel and Bentley will probably poll the most votes for the Hart Trophy, hockey&rsquo;s most respected award for Individual achievement&hellip;Bill MacKenzie&rsquo;s Brandon Wheat Kings ice the biggest junior team to for the Memorial Cup. Average weight of the Players is a trifle under the 180 mark&hellip; Paul Williams and Don Wattrick, Detroit&rsquo;s ace television experts, inform us that there are close to 35,000 television sets in the Greater Detroit area at the present time, and that each game of the Red Wings is seen by 100,000 people via television. If this is the case then there will be 3,000,000 people who will see home games of the Red Wings this season by television. Added to the 435,000 who will see home games personally at Olympia Stadium it brings the total number of people who will see Detroit Red Wings play hockey this season to 3,43 5,000.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0351/968340-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="274" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Charlie Rayner</figcaption></div>THIRTEEN PLAYERS have played 10 or more seasons in the N.H.L. Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart. Boston and Turk Broda Toronto are the real veterans of the loop as all three are now in their 13th season. Players are credited with time spent in the armed forces or essential war work, which is the system used in computing a player&rsquo;s National League service for pension purposes. Murph Chamberlain of Canadiens is in his 12th season. Frank Brimsek and Johnny Crawford, Boston, Roy Conacher, Chicago and Jack Stewart of Detroit are all playing in their 11th year of National League play. Five players campalnging in their 10th season are Sid Abel, Detroit; Pat Egan, Boston; Wally Stanowski, Rangers and Doug Bentley and Red Hamill, Chicago&hellip;Henry Hayes has succeeded Kenny Campbell as coach of the Earl&rsquo;s Court Rangers of the English National League. Campbell is taking over as rink manager at Empress Hall from John Caruana&hellip;A young French-Canadian right winger of the Woody Dumart Wembley Monarch, Jean Paul Lafortune, has been selected as Player fo the Month (January) by Wembley fans&hellip;Support for Earls Court Rangers has been so keen this season that Empress Hall promoters are thinking of entering another team next season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0430/968333-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="297" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Woody Dumart</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Passing the Puck

<div class="byline">By DAVE FARRELL</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Eddie Kryzanowski, Bruins&rsquo; rookie defenseman and chief Boston candidate for the Calder Memorial Trophy, has one ambition he would like to fulfill&mdash;to make good in the National Hockey League. Although he hasn&rsquo;t played much so far this season with Bruins, Eddie has shown the fans and writers alike that he has the necessary ability todevelop into one of the league&rsquo;s topflight rearguards. With regular play at Hershey, the rookie now is beginning to show the stuff expected of him.Ever since Baldy Cotton, Bruins hard-working scout, got the 23-year-old ex-University of Toronto star to put his name on a Boston contract last Spring, Eddie has been concentrating on polishing up his play so that some day he will be recognized as one of the game&rsquo;s greats. That&rsquo;s a big order for anyone, and Kris, as Herb Ralby has so aptly nicknamed him, realizes it more than anyone. Kris suffered a groin injury in pre-season training at Hershey last Fall and thought that his days with the Bruins were numbered. But thanks to his aggressiveness and natural ability, he made the grade when he re-turned to the lineup.Eddie didn&rsquo;t see action in the season&rsquo;s opener in Toronto, but no rookie probably ever had so auspicious a start as Kris had when he took to the ice for the first time in an N.H.L. game here in Boston against the Black Hawks. Along about the middle of the third period of that game. Clapper Inserted Eddie in place of Egan at right defense. Just as he stepped over the boards onto the ice, Kris took a pass from Milt. Schmidt and took off for the Chicago net. He crossed the Chicago blue line, weaved a little, and with one defenseman to beat, fired a 40-foot sizzler that caught the upper right corner of the net When the red light flashed behind Jim Henry, the Boston Gar den shook with excitement. Kryzanowskl was mane, he had established himself as one of the fans&rsquo; favorites in a matter of seconds.Kryzanowski, who hails from Fort Francis, Ontario, is the first player from that town ever to play in the National Hockey League. He played for the local team there before he enlisted in the Canadian Navy in 1944. He was sent to Cornwallis, N.S., where he played for the intermediate service team. It was While he was at this base that Ace Bailey, the former Maple Leaf great, spotted him and saw that he had the makings of a fine defenseman.When the war was over, Bailey, who had acquired the job as hockey coach at the University of Toronto, Induced Kris to register at that college. That was in 1945. Under the careful guidance of Ace, Eddie progressed rapidly during the next three years there so that by last year he was one of Canada&rsquo;s leading collegiate players.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0525/968385-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="503" height="1251"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED KRYZANOWSKI</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Eager Eddie Kryzanowski Sets Sights For The Top

<div class="byline">By LLOYD SAUNDERS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0163/968416-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">PUG YOUNG & GORDIE WATT</figcaption></div>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;<h2>&ldquo;Watt So Young?&rdquo;</h2>Everyone knows that the Edmonton Flyers, last year&rsquo;s Allan Cup Champions, were a mighty powerful senior hockey club. However the Flyers had to play outstanding hockey to whip clubs like the Regina Caps, and Ottawa Senators, to win senior hockey&rsquo;s top prize. Majority of the critics give the most credit to the stellar goaltending of Al Rollins, and defensemen Pug Young and Gordon Watt, two seasoned performers, who hit hard and play to win. This year the same two husky athletes are again at the blue line, and with the exceptions of forward Johnny Black, who went to the Cleveland Barons, and goaltender Al Rollins who is at Kansas City, the Flyers are the same club that won the championship last year. Thus to the question, &ldquo;Can the Flyers repeat?&rdquo;, the answer is. &ldquo;Yes, if our defense is as strong as it was in the playoffs last spring.&rdquo;Watching the Flyers perform this year, we&rsquo;d be inclined to say that Harvey &ldquo;Pug&rdquo; Young and Gordon Watt are playing better hockey than they did last term. The reason being possibly, that their new goalie Keith Woodall isn&rsquo;t as strong as lanky Al Rollins, and thus the job of clearing loose pucks, and jarring incoming forwards is an even tougher chore this campaign.<h2>Home Town Boy</h2>Harvey &ldquo;Pug&rdquo; Young is 28 years of age. To be precise he was born in Edmonton March 20, 1920. Pug took all his education in the Alberta capital, and at the same time picked up all his hockey training there also. Young spent all his minor hockey days in the livery of the famous Edmonton Athletic club, playing midget, juvenile and junior in E.A.C. colors. The rugged blueline ace then graduated to senior hockey ranks, and played a single year with the Lenth bridge Maple Leafs in the old Alberta Senior League, before Joining the Royal Canadian Navy, where he served in the Atlantic on Frigates and Corvettes. In 945 when the Western Senior League was Inaugurated he joined the Flyers and has played for them ever since.Young has had plenty of success in hockey. In midget and juvenile competition his clubs won the Provincial Championships. In junior hockey his club lost out to the great St. Boniface Seals, who later won the Memorial Cup. The Seals were led by Bert Janke and Wally Stanowski. In 1938 Pug again played for the E.A.C., this time losing out to the famed Oshawa Generals, who trotted out men like Billy Taylor.In 1940 Pug played with Lenth bridge Leafs who won the Alberta title&hellip;losing out to the Regina Rangers who later won the Allan Cup in a hectic series with the Sydney Millionaires. Last year Pug finally made the grade with a Dominion championship squad, when the Flyers won the coveted Allan mug. Each year he claims he&rsquo;s &lsquo;going to retire&hellip;but comes back again every fall with the vim and vigor of a hustling rookie.Harvey is married and the proud father of a girl five years old. Pug is employed with the Edmonton Telephone Exchange during the off season.According to different sources, Pug must have a Jekyll-and-Hyde nature. On the ice he&rsquo;s a rugged hockey player, and often accused of being absolutely &lsquo;&lsquo;thuggish&rdquo;, as one reporter wrote. However, his wife Ethel (who is his number one fan) claims he&rsquo;s not a dirty hockey player. She says, &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t understand how hockey fans consider him a bad man. At home he&rsquo;s just the opposite, a big tease, who can absorb more than he dishes out. Harvey is good natured and I just can&rsquo;t see how they rate him a bad man&rdquo;. His little daughter Nancy doesn&rsquo;t think Pop is a brute, &lsquo;cause she can whip him easily. Maybe Young is a &ldquo;beast&rdquo; on the ice lanes, but if he is&hellip;then he most assuredly has a dual character. We, for one, don&rsquo;t think he has.<h2>Team Captain</h2>Gordon Watt, the captain of the Flyers, claims his career is one of more downs than ups. However, watching this seasoned veteran perform these nights, you&rsquo;d never think he knew a down in the sport.Watt was born in Provost, Alberta, October 30, 1914&hellip;and at the moment stands six feet and weighs 180 lbs. Watt played his minor hockey in the rural areas&hellip;joining the same Edmonton Athletic club in 1933.Gord played his midget and juvenile hockey in community hockey leagues and then ended up with the Edmonton Athletic club in his last year as a junior. The Edmonton club of that year had quite a history, as Watt will tell you. The club that year was the first junior team to ever win an Alberta title for Edmonton, and then go on to capture the Western finals. In the Dominion event the Edmonton club lost out to the powerful Toronto Saint Mikes who boasted names in their lineup like, goaltender Harvey Teno, Nick Metz, Pep Kelly and Art Jackson. On the Watt club that year star players like Nell and Mac Colville, Bill Carse and Morey Rimstad kept the west in the thick of things. After his junior years, Gordon starred for the Edmonton Superiors who were beaten out by the North Battle ford Beavers in 19 37, the Calgary Rangers who are now known as the Stampeders, who won the championship in their first year&mdash;the Alberta title&mdash;and then later lost out to the slick checker board passing Trail Smoke Eaters, and the Edmonton club in the old Alberta Senior circuit. In 1942 Watt retired from the game of hockey and didn&rsquo;t play any until he joined the Navy In 1942. Between serving on Corvettes in the Atlantic Watt managed to play Yes, goalies are usually sane, a few games for the Navy team in the coast city. Upon discharge, brain brings up the subject of Watt rejoined the Edmonton Flyers and has played for them ever since. &#9632;

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Can The Flyers Really Repeat? Defensive Strength Is Answer

The freak goal in hockey&mdash;a veritable nightmare to even the most icy-nerved goalie, has played a sinister role in the glorious ice sport.What cool calculating custodian was not seen a PUCK dribble slowly into his nets while he stands by fascinated and helpless to stop it? What goalie hasn&rsquo;t watched a puck being deflected into his cage by some well-meaning defenseman, trying frantically to clear?Indeed, the freak goal has made many a level-tempered twine tender reach for a bromide or even think. seriously of kicking a poor, help-less, little alley cat on the way home from one of these weird incidents.Freak goals have played a major role in hockey from the days when they played with tree twigs and wore tuques right up to the modern age.One wintry night a famous freak goal swung a championship series to the Montreal Maroons. It was in 1926, when Victoria&rsquo;s Cougars were playing the Maroons for the Stanley Cup. Nels Stewart was moved back to the Maroon defense.Early in the first game he staged a solo rush, fell flat on his face 15 feet out. The Victoria goalie Immediately relaxed his vigilance. It was a big mistake. Stewart, although down, swung his stick at the rolling puck and it hopped into the cage. The Victorias never recovered from that one. The only game the Cougars captured in the series included a freak shot.Frank Frederickson drove a high one that hit the meshed wire behind the nets, ten feet over Clint Benedict&rsquo;s head. The puck caromed back, struck Benedict on the back of the neck and rolled into the cage.The aforementioned Stewart contributed to a freak goal that helped the Rangers grab their first Stanley Cup in 1928. A powerhouse on defense, Stewart set himself to flatten Frank Boucher when the Ranger center suddenly whipped the puck squarely between Stewart&rsquo;s legs. It was a perfect screen shot and in the nets before the Maroon goalie knew what was happening.Yes, goalies are usually sane, normal men until some lamebrain brings up the subject of freak goals and they then fly into a rage and go home muttering into their beards.<h2>&lsquo;Ole Poison&rsquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0253/968447-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="514" height="875"><figcaption class="caption-body">NELS STEWART</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Freak Goals Take Their Toll On Goalies’ Nerves And Soul

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1, 1947Published by Hockey News Company, 603A Sun Life Building. Montreal, Que.Yearly Subscription Price $2.50 in Canada&mdash;$3.50 in U.S.A.Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.Printed in CanadaVol. 2 February 16, 1949 No. 20<h2>WHAT PRICE FRIENDSHIP?</h2>Every year about this time a certain form of madness seems to grip the amateur hockey firmament. Under the guise of international amity, understanding, or what have you, the hockey-playing nations of the world get together for the World Ice Hockey Championships. The net result&mdash;this year as previously&mdash;has been a sort of &ldquo;cold War&rdquo; that has promoted practically everything except cordial relations.In fact, it has got to the point now where the whole situation is becoming absurd. The question that naturally comes to mind is just what purpose does it all serve, and is it worth while?Ever since Canada&rsquo;s 1949 representatives to the World Hockey Brawl went overseas, the situation has been going from bad to worse. In the first place, the Sudbury Wolves were hardly a worthy representative for this Dominion in a World Championship Series. That&rsquo;s no reflection on the players, as much as it is criticism of the manner in which the Canadian team is chosen. The best teams just weren&rsquo;t interested in going overseas, because of the financial loss such a junket entailed.Matters were scarcely improved when bad feelings broke out between the Canadian boys and the European teams and their referees. All sorts of charges have been levelled by the Canadians and their Manager, Max Silverman. The Canucks claimed that the European referees were out to &ldquo;get&rdquo; them; that &ldquo;politics&rdquo; were involved in the whole mess, and that the European nations had made up their minds the championship wouldn&rsquo;t return to Canada if it was at all possible to prevent it.During a close game with the Czechoslovakian team, which the Canucks were losing, they walked off the ice in protest against the refereeing, and even threatened to return home without finishing the tournament. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the whole case&mdash;and from this distance it is difficult to know the true story&mdash;such actions aren&rsquo;t calculated to make for more friendly relations.There certainly isn&rsquo;t any doubt but that the Canadians have been getting the worst of the refereeing. But that is due as much to the brand of hockey they play, as to any inefficiency or partiality exhibited by the offcials.The European teams don&rsquo;t play such a headlong, bruising type of hockey as is in vogue today in North America. The referees, in turn, are operating strictly by the rule book and even more literally, and calling penalties for all the offences of roughness, boarding and other misdeeds which are normally overlooked by officials on this continent.In Canada and the United States, in amateur and professional circles, alike, much has been overlooked for the purpose of keeping play going at a fast pace, and giving the normally bloodthirsty fans their full share of gore, fights and high-flying spectacle.As a result, when the Wolves or any other Canadian team step onto the ice in a European rink they are immediately fair game for the referees. Members of any Canadian team that has gone overseas during the past few years have voiced the same complaint. Bodychecking and other hard-hitting tactics which are taken for granted by players, fans and referees on this side of the water are strictly frowned upon in Europe.What&rsquo;s the solution? Well, at first glance it would seem there are two or three alternatives. The first is for Canada to refrain from sending a team over in future. Instead of that rather negative approach, a concentrated effort should be made next time to select the best team possible, and brief the players on the style of play expected of them. A team of fast skaters and stickhandlers, able to overshadow their European rivals, could skate rings around their opponents without having to resort to roughouse tactics which will only bring down penalties upon them.Alternatively, the International Ice Hockey Federation might make an effort to lay down uniform rules so that all teams would know where they stand. The Canadians were under the belief that the championship games would be staged under the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association code, which allows considerable leeway. Instead of that, the stricter European rules were enforced, contributing to confusion everywhere.Uniform rule enforcement, with a little broadening of the European viewpoint and some concessions by the Canadians to cut down on their customary tactics of heavy bodily contact, might result in a little international amity. Then, the World Championship affair might become an enjoyable sporting spectacle, instead of degenerating into a little world war, as it is at present. &#9632;

<h2>Unlucky Foes</h2>Howie Meeker of the Leafs and Normie Dussault of the Canadiens played one game each after returning: from injuries. However in their second game Meeker fractured his foot and Dussault sprained his ankle. Both are out again for some time.<h2>Reardon Checks</h2>Reports in Montreal newspapers that Kenny Reardon, Canadien defenseman is out for the season have been scoffed at by the battling rearguard. He still says he&rsquo;ll be back in two weeks.<h2>HOW THE RACE G0ES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0187/968603-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="581" height="177"></div><h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</h2>February 16&mdash;Detroit 0, at Rangers4; Boston 1, at Chicago 5.February 17&mdash;Toronto 0, at Canadiens 3.February 19&mdash;Rangers 1, at Canadiens 3; Boston 2, at Toronto 6.February 20&mdash;Canadiens 2, at Rangers 3; Toronto 4, at Chicago 3.<h2>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</h2>February 21&mdash;Boston at Detroit.February 23&mdash;Boston at RangeraFebruary 24&mdash;Canadiens at Chicago.February 26&mdash;Detroit at Canadiens, Chicago at Toronto.February 27&mdash;Detroit at Rangers, Boston at Chicago.The league-leading Detroit Red Wings continued to set the pace in the National Hockey League although they were idle over the weekend.As a result of week-end encounters the Wings are still 10 points ahead of the second place Boston Bruins. Detroit leads the pack with 61 points.The amazing Toronto Maple Leafs, making a determined bid to head into the playoffs, opened their margin over the Montreal Canadiens to three points by winning both their week-end engagements.Meanwhile Canadiens stayed within striking distance by splitting two game with the last place New York Rangers. The Rangers are now only three points behind the Chicago Black Hawks who won one and lost one during the past week.Roy Conacher, high scoring right winger of the Chicago Black Hawks took over sole possession of the individual scoring race during the past week ahead of his linemate Doug Bentley. Conacher leads the race with 59 points one more than durable Doug. Sid Abel is in third place while another Black Hawk, Jim Conacher holds down fourth place.<h2>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Goalie Chuck Rayner chalked up his seventh shutout here before 12,701 fans as Bangers blanked Detroit 4-0.Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defense, Reise, Stewart; center, Abell; wings, Howe, Lindsay; subs.: Quackenbush, Kelly, Gee, McNab. Horeck, Polle, McFadden, Lundy, Pavelich Enlo, FogoLin.Rangers: Goal, Rayner; defense, Eddolls, Stanowski center, Laprade; wings, Trainor, Leswick; subs.: Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Lund, Mickoski, Fisher, Albright. Gordon, Kaleta, Moe.Referee&mdash;George Gravel, linesmen&mdash;Butch Keeling and Mush March.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0266/968596-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="572" height="365"></div>5. CHICAGO-The One two punch of Doug Bentley and Roy Conacher gave the Hawks a 5-1 triump over Boston here.Boston: Goal. Brlmsek; defenee, Egan, Crawford; center, Schmldit wilngs, Peters, Babando; subs.: Sandford, Dumart, Warwick Henderson Framan, Thomson Ronty, Peirson, Smith, Harrison.Chicago: Goal, Henry:; defense, Godsby Nattrass center, Bentey; wings, Moslenko, R. Conacher: subs.: Goldham, Dickens, McCaig, Stewart, J. Conacher, Bodnar, Hamild, Guidolin, Prystal, Brown.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0441/968589-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="566" height="422"></div><h2>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Ker. Mosdell starred with two goals as Canadiens blanked Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0.Toronto: Goal, Broda; defense, Boesch, Barilko; center, Kennedy; wings, Lynn, Metz; subs.: Thomson, Watson, Bentley, Klukay, Meeker, Ezinicki, Gardner, Juzda, Sloan, Timgren, Mortson.Canadiens: Goal, Durnan; defense, Harvey, Bouchard; center, Reay; wings, Carveth, Dussault; subs.: Rtopelle, Plamondon, Harmon, Richard, Fillion, Lach, Chamberlain, Gravelie, Mosdell, Leger, Laycoe.Referee: Bill Chadwick; linesmen&mdash;Sam Babcock and Mush March.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0529/968582-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="565" height="362"></div><h2>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Canadiens stayed in the running by whipping the Rangers 3-1.Rangers: Goal, Rayner; defense, Eddolls, Stanowskl; center, Laprade; wings, Leswick, Trainor; subs.: Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Lund, Mickoski, Fisher, Albright, Gordon, Kaleta, Moe.Canadiens: Goal, Durnan; defense, Leger, Harmon; center, Mosdell; wings, Richard, Chamberlain; subs.: Bouchard, Plamondon, Carveth, Fillion, Reay, Lach, Gravelie, Campeau, Dussault, Laycoe, Harvey.Officials: Referee: King Clancy; linesmen: Jim Primeau, Eddie Mepham.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0622/968575-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="569" height="420"></div>TORONTO&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs measured the Boston Bruins for a 5-2 victory.Boston: Goal, Brimsek; defense, Egan, Crawford; center, Harrison; wings, Letus, Dumart; subs.: Sandford, Henderson, Flaman, Kryzanowski, Ronty, Smith, Peirson, Babando, Warwick, Schmidt.Toronto: Goal, Broda; defense, Mortson. Thomson; center, Bentley; wings Klukay, Tlmgren; subs.: Watson, Boesch, Kennedy, Ezinicki, Lynn, Metz, Gardner, Barilko, Sloan. Taylor.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0719/968568-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="569" height="473"></div><h2>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Canadiens lost out to the New York Rangers 3-2 in a weekend return engagement after winning Saturday 3-1.Canadiens: Goal, Durnan; defense, Leger, Harmon; center, Mosdell; wings, Richard, Chamberlain; subs.: Bouchard, Plamondon, Carveth, Fillion, Reay, Lach, Gravelie, Campeau, Dussault Laycoe, Harvey.Rangers: Goal, Rayner; defense, Eddolls, Stanowski; center, Laprade; wings, Leswick, Trainor; subs.: Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Lund, Mickoski, Fisher, Albright, Gordon, Kaleta, Moe.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0819/968561-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="568" height="441"></div>CHICAGO&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs won their second week-end game by whipping the Black Hawks, 4-3.Toronto: Goal, Broda; defense, Thomson, Mortson; center, Bentley; wings, Tlmgren, Klukay; subs.: Kennedy, Meeer, Watson, Boesch, Lynn, Metz, Gardner, Barilko, Sloan, Taylor.Chicago: Goal, Henry; defense, McCalg, Goldham; center, Bodnar; wings, J. Conacher, G. Stewart; subs.: Dickens, Gadsby, Nattross, Bentley, Moslenko, R. Conacher, Hamill, Guidoltn, Prystai, Brown.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0917/968554-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="571" height="476"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Feb. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1014/968547-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="580" height="1843"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1114/968540-1-eng-US/f0007-112.jpg" title="f0007-11" width="570" height="395"></div><h2>Penalties In Minutes By Club</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1211/968533-1-eng-US/f0007-122.jpg" title="f0007-12" width="512" height="147"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Kenny Mosdell, who fired four goals, to lead his team to two important victories during the past week, has been named Player-Of-The-Week by THE HOCKEY NEWS and is also the winner of the Morgan Hat award.In a 3-0 pasting the Canadiens handed the Toronto Maple Leafs last Thursday, netted the first and third goals on breakaways while his team was a man short. Two nights later Mosdell scored another pair of markers when the Habs downed the lowly New York Rangers 3-1. Kenny scored the cond and third goals in this fray, one of them a breakaway when his team was a man short. Of the four goals Mosdell scored, three were on breakaways when his team was playing one man short. Mosdell&rsquo;s last goal against the Rangers came when it seems the Blue-shirts would tie the score. Besides his four goals, Mosdell displayed great hockey, especially keeping the opposition from the Habs nets when they were shorthanded.Mosdell started his National League career with the now defunct New York Americans and following that, he volunteered for the Royal Canadian Air Force. He signed for Canadiens in 1944-45 and spent most of the next year in Buffalo coming back to Canadiens near the end of the season He&rsquo;s been with them ever since.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0343/968634-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="285" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Kenny Mosdell</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Player–Of–The–Week

A rather unsavory incident took place this past week in the hockey world when Red Hamill, a gentlemanly hockey player who usually abides by the highest standards of sportsmanship was reported to have gone berserk in a vicious attack on Toronto&rsquo;s Vic Lynn.The report, which reached THE HOCKEY NEWS just at press time, couldn&rsquo;t be confirmed but it indicated that Lynn suffered a six-stich wound in his scalp and that there was a possibility of a skull fracture.This is, indeed exceptionally hard to understand in Hamill&rsquo;s case when one consideres that &ldquo;Rollicking Red&rdquo; had only incurred three minor penalties during the entire season up to Sunday&rsquo;s unfortunate incident.For him to deliberately try to maim a player is almost unbelievable. After all, he&rsquo;s not a rookie who might lose his temper, but a seasoned National Hockey League performer who knows the value of clean play.As THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press, a Montreal Sports Editor denounced Hamill&rsquo;s action in a scathing editorial entitled &ldquo;What Price Murder?&rdquo; Those may be pretty strong words in this case because the writer o fthat article was not at the game but wrote the story from a Canadian Press report quoting President Clarence Campbell as saying that Hamill will possibly be the recipient of a one-game suspension for bis action.However, Campbell&rsquo;s statement later in the week that following a conference with Referee Bill Chadwick concerning the Chicago incident, he had decided to suspend Hamill lor ane game and assess him a fine of $250. Campbell heard Hamill&rsquo;s side of the story and made the fine stick. The Chicago player will sit out the next encounter between the Black Hawks and the Maple Leafs slated for the Maple Leafs Gardens, February 26. &#9632;

Campbell Suspends, Fines Red Hamill For Lynn Injury

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01120/968724-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="280" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fleming MacKell Pittsburgh</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0277/968717-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="283" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pete Leswick Cleveland</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0358/968710-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="280" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Hergesheimer Philadelphia</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0435/968703-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="280" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Kullman Providence</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0518/968696-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="282" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Bedard Providence</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0616/968689-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="283" height="372"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Summerhill Springfield</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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A.H.L. Right Wingers

Those flapping, clawing bantam roosters from down Providence way seem to have a virtual monopoly on the can-didates for the right wing berth on THE HOCKEY NEWS American League All-Star squad, but the other clubs also have some promising urchins who will make it tough for Terry Reardon&rsquo;s boys from Rhode Island.As the A.H.L. balloting enters its third week, we find a good array of starboard-side gladiators angling for the spot that was won last year by scrappy Fleming Mackell of Pittsburgh Hornets.Mackell once more is in contention for the job, although his point total is away below his last year&rsquo;s performance. Whether he can retain his right wing position on the Big Team won&rsquo;t be decided finally until the dying weeks of the season.<h2>Providence Is Packed</h2>The heavy opposition from Providence Reds comes in the persons of Johnny Chad, Roger Bedard and Eddie Kullman. Chad and Bedard have been slugging it out near the top of the point parade in recent weeks, piling up the markers and assists as the rambling Reds continue their march atop the standings, well ahead of all opposition.Bill Summerhill of Springfield Indians is another right winger who stands to receive a good supply of the fan&rsquo;s votes, based on his performance so far this season. The bounding redskin has been among the top 20 scorers most of the season, with a point total in the vicinity of 60 at the time of writing.Old-timer Phil Hergesheimer of Philadelphia Rockets gave Mackell a close fight for the honors last season, and is still one of the best in the league, The &ldquo;OP Man River&rdquo; of the Quaker City still manages to be poison around the nets at frequent intervals, along with his chores of tutoring the younger Rockets and lending his sage counsel to the strategy board.<h2>Other Candidates</h2>Tommy Cooper, a high-scoring wingman, is Buffalo Bisons&rsquo; entry in the All-Star derby, and stands as one of the brainiest wingers up for nomination. Mark Marquess, youthful protegee of Art Ross&rsquo;s Boston Bruins, is about the best on the Hershey Bears, while Jean Paul Denis of New Haven Ramblers is another smart operator at the position.Paul Mundrick and Win Mousseau lead the right wing contingent from the hapless Washington Lions. Despite the lowly position of their squad, these boys have managed to turn in some flashy performances on more than one occasion.Steve Wochy of Philadelphia and Peanuts O&rsquo;Flaherty of Pittsburgh, burly Pete Leswick of Cleveland Barons, Nels Podolsky of Indianapolis Capitals and Tony Licari and Barry Sullivan of St. Louis Flyers also rate a good deal of respect when the ballots are being handed out for the right wing berth on the All-Star Team. &#9632;

HOCKEY NEWS ALL-STAR POLL

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THE HOCKEY NEWS

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THE ROBERT SIMPSON MONTREAL LIMITED

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1118/969005-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">HERSHEY BEARS JOIN HERSHEY BOOSTERS AT PARTY&mdash;Gathered round the festive board are some of the folks who attended the second party of the new Hershey Booster Club. Left to right: Coach Don Penniston, Syl Bettio, Ross Lowe, Mark Marquess, Roly McLenahan, Frank Mario, Andy Branigan, Herb, Cain, on unidentified guest. Buck Jones, Gordie Henry, Norm Larson, Jerry Brown, Ed Kryzanowski, Mrs. Rod Nissley, Mrs. Carlton Lehmer and Miss May Spence, club president, with Gordie Bruce seated in front.</figcaption></div><h2>A Helpful Guy</h2>Roger Bedard of the Providence Reds has become known as the most helpful guy in the American Hockey League tills winter. Little Roger has assisted in the scoring of 65 goals to give him the best assist mark in the league.<h2>Hats Off</h2>Paul Gladu of the St. Louis Flyers is a &lsquo;hatted&rsquo; gent these days Paul has picked up enough head-gear during the past winter to keep himself supplied in bats for years to come. &lsquo;Prancing Paul has collected five hat-tricks so far this season.<h2>They Boost Bears</h2><h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., FEB. 22<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01104/968998-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="584" height="396"></div>Last Week&rsquo;s GamesFebruary 11&mdash;Providence 10, at Washington 2.February 12&mdash;Washington 5, at Cleveland 6; Indianapolis 4, at Philadelphia 2; Hershey 2, at Pittsburgh 8; New Haven 1, at Springfield 4.February 13&mdash;Hershey 3, at Buffalo 3; Pittsburgh 3, at Indianapolis 3; Philadelphia 2, at New Haven 9; Springfield 2, at Providence 2; Cleveland 1, at St. Louis 7.February 15&mdash;Pittsburgh 6, at Washington 2February 16&mdash;Indianapolis 6, at Cleveland 3; Hershey 5, at Philadelphia 6; Washington 4, at Providence 12; Buffalo 6, at St. Louis 2; Pittsburgh 3, at Springfield 3.Next Week&rsquo;s GamesFebruary 23&mdash;Indianapolis at Buffalo; Springfield at Cleveland; Philadelphia at Hershey.February 24&mdash;St. Louis at New Haven.February 25&mdash;Hershey at Washington.February 26&mdash;Indianapolis at Cleveland; Washington at Hershey; Buffalo atPhiladelphia; Providence at Pittsburgh; St. Louis at Springfield.February 27&mdash;Pittsburgh at Buffalo; Cleveland a Indianapolis; Springfield at..ew Hayenp St. Louis at Providence.The high&ndash;flying Providence Reds continued to blaze their way along the American Hockey League trail during the past week they extended their lead over the second place Hershey Bears in the Eastern Division to 3 6 points and stand today as the unchallenged club of the circuit.Holding down second place with 46 points the Bears hold a three-point lead over the third-place Springfield Indians while New Haven are two points off the pace with 41 points. Philadelphia with 34 points, holds down fifth place with Washington drawing up the rear with 30 points.In the Western Section, Indianapolis front-runs the section with 75 points, three more than the second place Cleveland outfit. St. Louis is a point behind with 71 Points while the Pittsburgh Hornets are next in line with 70 points. Buffalo is still in the cellar with 60 points.FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11WASHINGTON&mdash;Ray Laplante&rsquo;s Sat trick led Providence to a 10-2 win over the hapless Washington Lions.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defense Summers, Mlchaluk; center, Fraserwings, Bedard. Llscombe; subs.: Reardon Morris, Chad, Laplante, Hamilton. McGill, Kullman, Kapusta, Stoddard, Paul.Washington: Goal, Crowdls; defense, Vitale, Wilson; center, McAtee; wings, Frost. Mousseauf subs.: Foley, Forgie, McGuire, Herchenratter, Hextall, Mundrick, Brenchley, Duggan, Robertson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0285/968991-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="580" height="661"></div>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12CLEVELAND&mdash;Fred Thurier and Johnny Holota each scored two goals to lead Cleveland Barons to a 6-5 victory over Washington Lions, before 9,751 fans.Washington: Goal, Crowdls; defense. Hextali, Foley; center, Robertson; wings, Brenchley, Mundrick; subs.: Vitale. Wilson McAtee, Mousscau, Frost, Forgie, McGuire, Herchenratter, Duggan.Cleveland: Goal, Bessette; defense, Sprout, Buller; center, Holota: wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: Bush, Baldwin, Williams, Thurify, F. Porteous, Russell, Solinger, Schultz, Kelly, D. Porteous, Officials: Hugh McLean. Des Smith.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0444/968984-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="569" height="613"></div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;Sid Smith and Pete Backor scored two goals each to lead Pittsburgh Hornets to a 8-2 victory over Hershey Bears before 5,200 fans.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defense, Martin, McLenahan; center, Mario; wings, Larson, McAtee; subs.: Branigan, Jones, Thompson, Maloney, Cain, Marquess, Kullman, Brown, Hunt, Bettio.Pittsburgh: Goal, Bastien; defense, Mathers, Backor; center, Dawes; wings, Mackell, Smith; subs.: Psutka, Kemp, Samis, Langelle, Benson, O&rsquo;Flaherty, Migay, Cereslno, Pogue, Costello.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0537/968977-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="568" height="617"></div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;Twenty-one penalties, including three majors, one match misconduct and one 10-minute miscon-duct, were meted out as Springfield Indians defeated New Haven Ramblers 4-1 before 5,400 fans.New Haven: Goal, Leclerc; defense, Lamirande, Lavell; center, Davies; wings, Brown, Hrymnak; subs.: Bloomer, Lancien, White, Denis, Campbell, Watson, Prefontaine, Ramsden, Webster.Springfield: Goal, McAtee; defense, McAndrew, Allen; center, Macey; wings, Schmidt, Kaiser; subs.: Tottle, Conn, Courteau, Curick, Summerhill, Lemieux, Trudell, Gooden, McMurdy, Narduzzi.Officials: Rabbit McVeigh, Patsy Callighan.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0630/968970-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="570" height="504"></div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Indianapolis Capitals scored four goals In less than four minutes during the third period to defeat Philadelphia Rockets 4-2 before 3,000 fans.Indianapolis: Goal, Sawchuck; defence, Nicholson, Dewsbury; center, D. Morrison; wings, R. Morrison, Podolsky; subs.: Melong, Woit, Simpson, McKenzie, Reid, Glover, Bruneteau, Haidy, Heller, Gauthier.Philadelphia: Goal. Perms: defense. Brodeur, Waldriff; center, Stefanlw; wings, Hergesheimer, Prentice; subs.: Kilrea, Wochy, Mahaffy, Mulholland, Hartsburgh, Defelice, Wralger, Pidhlrny.Officials: Dom Baoloto, Teddy Graham.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0726/968963-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="567" height="444"></div>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13BUFFALO&mdash;The Buffalo Bisons and Hershey Bears played a 3-3 tie before 8,030 fans in Memorial Auditorium.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defense, Jones, Branigan; center, Mario; wings, Larson, Brown; subs: Martin, Thompson, McLenahan, Cain, McAtee, Maloney, Bruce, Kullman, Marquess, Bettio.Buffalo: Goal, Dion; defense, Blake, Johnson; center, Douglas; wings, Curry, Lewis; subs.: Finkbeiner, Gariepy, MacKoy, Levandoski, Pargeter, Demarco, Cooper, Lund, Haldorsen.Officials: Bernie Lemaitre, Dom Baoloto.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0821/968956-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="569" height="349"></div><h2>A.H.L TEAM TOTALS</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, February 13)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0355/968949-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="1142" height="451"></div>THE POINT PARADE(Including Games of Sunday, Feb. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0921/968942-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="571" height="715"></div>LEADERSGoals: Carl Liscombe, Providence (50).Assists: R. Bedard, Providence (55).Penalties: Phil Vitale, Washington (131 minutes).Shutouts: Ralph Almas, St. Louis; Baz Bastien, Pittsburgh (5).Leading goalkeeper: Bastien, 56 games, 144 goals against, average 2.57.Penalties: Pittsburgh (668 minutes).(Maloney, Cain) 6:34 6&ndash;Buffalo: Demarco (Lun) 13:46 Penalties: Gariepy, Jones, Johnson, Cain, Curry, Martin.INDIANAPOLIS&mdash;Pittsburgh Hornets and Indianapolis battled to a 3-3 tie here.Pittsburgh: Goal, Bastien; defense, Mathers, Backor; center, Dawes; wings, Mackell, Smith; subs.: Langelle, Costello, O&rsquo;Flaherty, Samis, Kemp, Psutka, Pogue, Ceresino, Migay. Kobussen.Indianapolis: Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Nicholson, Dewsbury: center, D. Morrison; wings, R. Morrison, Podolsky; subs.: Reid, Glover, MacKay, Melong, Woit, Heller, Simpson, MacKenzie, Bruneteau. Haidy.Officials: Red. Reynolds, Red Dunn.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1020/968935-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="570" height="474"></div>NEW HAVEN&mdash;Chick Webster scored three times and Ken Davies twice to pace New Haven Ramblers to 9-2 victory over Philadelphia Rockets before 2,500 fans.Philadelphia: Goal, Pcrras; defense, Brodeur, Waldriff; center, Stefanive wings, Hergesheimer, Prentice; subs.: Kilrea, Wochy, Mahaffy, Defelice, Kralger, Pidhlrny, Hartsburg, Mulholland.New Haven: Goal, Leclerc; defense, Lancien, Lavell; center, White; wings, Denis, Webster; subs.: Glaude, Bloomer, Hrymnak, Lamirande, Campbell, Watson, Davies, Brown, Ramsden, Prefontaine.Officials: Teddy Graham, Walt Russell.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01119/968928-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="574" height="700"></div>PROVIDENCE&mdash;Doug McMurdy&rsquo;s goal 80 seconds before the end gave Springfield Indians a 2-2 tie with the Providence Reds before 5,459 fans.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defense, Morris, Arcand; center, Laplante; wings, Hamilton. Kapusta; subs.: Liscombe, Bedard, Fraser, Chad, McGill. Kullman, Scherza, Reardon, Paul, Michaluk.Springfield: Goal, McAtee; defense, Conn, Tottle; center, McMurdy; wings, Summerhill, Lemieux; subs.: Allen, McAndrew, Courteau, Curick, Schmidt, Trudell, Gooden, Narduzzi, Kaiser Macey.Officials: Rabbit McVeigh, Patsy Callighan.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0286/968921-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="571" height="352"></div>ST. LOUIS&mdash;The Flyers pasted Cleveland Barons 7-1 here.St. Louis: Goal, Almas: defense, Olson, Mariucci; center, Grosso; wings, Licari, Gladu; subs.: Simon, Milligan, Grigg, McComb, Trigg, Black, Sullivan, Doran, Pozzo, Backor.Cleveland: Goal, Bessette; defense, Brennan, Sprout; center, Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: Buller, Baldwin, Schultz, Bush, Thurier, F. Parteous, Russell, Solinger, Kelly, Williams.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0369/968914-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="571" height="420"></div>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15WASHINGTON&mdash;Two last-period goals gave Pittsburgh Hornets a 5-2 victory over Washington here as Fleming Mackell led the winners with a brace.Pittsburgh: Goal, Bastien; defense, Mathers, Backor; center, Langelle; wings, O&rsquo;Flaherty, Benson; subs.: Samis, Kemp, Psutka, Ueresino, Smith, Kobussen, Costello, Migay, Mackell, Dawes.Washington: Goal. Crowdis; defense, Vitale, Wilson; center, McAtee; wings, Mousseau, Frost; subs.: Foley, Robertson, Forgle, McGuire, Herchenratter, Hextall, Mundrick, Brenchley. Duggan.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0447/968907-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="570" height="473"></div>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16ST. LOUIS&mdash;Buffalo&rsquo;s Joe Lund, a former St. Louis Flyer, turned the heat on his old teammates as the Bisons swamped the local club, 6-2. Lund scored four of the goals.Buffalo: Goal, Dion; defense, Johnson, Blake; center, Douglas; wing, Currie, Lewis; subs.: Garlepy, Levandoski, MacKay, Cooper, Demarco, Pargeter, Halderson, Lund, Ftnkbeiner.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defense, Marlucci, Olson; center, Grosso; wing, Licari, Gladu; subs.: Simon, Milligan, Grigg, McComb, Trigg, Black, Sullivan, Doran, Pozzo, Tustin.Officials: Bernie Lemaltre and Walton Russell.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0536/968900-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="574" height="526"></div>PROVIDENCE&mdash;The Providence Red clinched the Eastern Division champion ship by defeating Washington Lions 12-4 before 4,544 fans.Washington: Goal, Crowdis; defense Dick, Foley; center, Robertson; wings Mundrick, Brenchley; subs, Wilson, Vita le, Forgie, Mousseau, McGuire, Herchen ratter. Hextall, McAtee, Frost, Duggan.Providence: Goal, Bentley; defeuse Arcand, Morris; center, McGill, wing Kullman, Hamilton; subs, Reardor Scherza, Bedard, Fraser, Liscombe, Ka pusta, Laplante, Summers, Michalub Paul.Officials: Teddy Graham and Joe Pa trick.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0634/968893-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="568" height="797"></div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;Vern Kaiser of Springfield Indians scored with only 35 seconds left to give his team a 3-3 tie with Pittsburgh Hornets before 4,000 fans.Pittsburgh: Goal, Bastien; defense, Mathers, Backor; center, Mackell; wing, Dawes, Smith; subs.: Kemp, Psutka, Ceresino, Benson, Langelle, Kobussen, Costello, O&rsquo;Flaherty, Migay.Springfield: Goal, McAtee; defense, McAndrew, Allen; center, Trudell; wing, Curick, Gooden; subs, Tottle, Conn. Courteau, Schmidt, Summerhill, Lemieux, McMurdy, Narduzzi, Kaiser, Macey.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0724/968886-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="566" height="452"></div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;The Philadelphia Rockets came from behind three times to defeat Hershey Bears 6-5 before 1,500 fans.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defense, McLenahan, Martin; center, Mario; wing, Larson, Brown; subs.: Jones, Branigan, Caln, Maloney, Bruce, Kullman, Marquess, Bettto, McAtee, Hunt, Lowe, Thompson.Philadelphia: Goal, Perras; defense, Brodeur, Wai drift; center, Stefaniw; wing, Hergesheimer, Prentice; subs.: Kilrea, Wochy, Mahaffy, Mulholland, Hartsburg, Defelice, Kraiger, Pidhlrny.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0822/968879-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="567" height="702"></div>CLEVELAND&mdash;The Indianapolis Capitals tightened their hold on first place in the Western Division by defeating Cleveland Barons, 6-3 before 8,935 fans. It was Indianapolis&rsquo; sixth straight victory.Indianapolis: Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Nicholson, Dtwsbury; center, D. Morrison; wing, R. Morrison, Podolsky; subs.: Melong, Woit, Heller, Reid, MacKay, Glover, Haidy, McKenzie, Gauthier, Bruneteau.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defense, Kelly, Solinger; subs.: Buller, Brennan, Sprout, Davidson; center, Russell; wing, Baldwin, Williams, Holota, Carse, Leswick, Thurier, Schultz, F. Porteous.Officials: Rabbit McVeigh and Dom Baolto.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0922/968872-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="569" height="626"></div> &#9632;

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The only photograph the Chicago Black Hawks have for distribution is one of the entire team. Pictures of individual players are NOT available.Send 10c in United States coin&ndash;no stamps please&ndash;to cover cost of mailing and you will receive a 10 x 12 picture of the Black Hawks.Send to&ndash;Chicago Black Hawks, 610 North La Salle, St., Chicago, III. &#9632;

PHOTOS!!

<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>FINAL STANDING<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1018/969081-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="572" height="148"></div>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Kitchener 2, Stratford 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1116/969074-1-eng-US/f0010-112.jpg" title="f0010-11" width="567" height="277"></div>Hamilton 4, Marlboros 2 First Period<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-129/969067-1-eng-US/f0010-122.jpg" title="f0010-12" width="571" height="400"></div>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Kitchener 2, at Hamilton 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-137/969060-1-eng-US/f0010-132.jpg" title="f0010-13" width="572" height="402"></div> &#9632;

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MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Toronto&rsquo;s Max Bentley can keep the colt presented him by appreciative fans, but he won&rsquo;t be able to patronize the pari-mutuel on behalf of his nag. That&rdquo;s the ruling laid down by N.H.L. President Clarence Campbell.The President said that the League has no objections to Max keeping the colt and entering it in any races he likes, but he can&rsquo;t lay any bets.The President was referring to the league&rsquo;s antigambling rules which forbid players to gamble in any form.Bentley, a star forward with Toronto Maple Leafs, was given the yearling by a Toronto breeder for scoring a goal against Detroit Red Wings at Toronto in a recent game.&ldquo;Racing a horse doesn&rsquo;t make a gambler out of a person,&rdquo; said Campbell.&ldquo;But if you bet on them that&rsquo;s different.&rsquo; &#9632;

Max Bentley Now In Crosby’s Class

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0535/969258-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">OMAHA NET CUSTODIAN GORDIE BELL fools Artie Strobel of Minneapolis neatly on this play. The puck is shown slithering off Bell&rsquo;s pads, as Omaha defenseman Jake Forbes breaks for the rubber to clear it out of danger.</figcaption></div><h2>Fine Line</h2>A recently-formed unit consisting of Jimmy Moore, former junior star with Montreal Royals Cook, and Eddie Dorohoy, who had a brief fling with the N.H.I.. Canadiens, is going great guns. The trio, performing with the Dallas Texans of the U.S.H.L., recently accounted for six goals and seven assists as Dallas downed Houston Huskies 8-3<h2>Goalies Stage Race</h2>Harry McQueston of the. Minneapolis Millers still holds top spot among the goalies with 3.20 goals against average Breathing hard on his neck are Al Rollins of Kansas City with 3.21, St. Paul&rsquo;s Jark McGill and Nelson Little of Tulsa both with 3.22 averages.<h2>&ldquo;For Him The Bell Tolls!&rdquo;</h2>HOW THE RACE GOESSTANDING ON THUR. A.M. FEB. 17Southern Division<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01118/969251-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="573" height="125"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0285/969244-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="574" height="129"></div>Last Week&rsquo;s Games11&mdash;Minneapolis 3, at St.-Paul 5.February 12&mdash;St. Paul 11, at Minneapolis 2; Fort Worth 1, at Tulsa 3; Houston 3, at Dallas 8.February 13&mdash;St. Paul 4, at Kansas City 4.February 15&mdash;Minneapolis 2, at Omaha 3.February 16&mdash;-Tulsa 1, at Kansas City 2.Next Week&rsquo;s GamesFebruary 22&mdash;Minneapolis at Omaha.February 24&mdash;Tulsa at Fort Worth; Dallas at Houston.February 26&mdash;St. Paul at Minneapolis; Kansas City at Omaha; Fort Worth at Tulsa: Houston at Dallas.February 27&mdash;Minneapolis at St. Paul; Omaha at Kansas City; Dallas at Fort Worth; Tulsa at Houston.With but five weeks left of the regular season in the United States Hockey League, the teams in both divisions are putting on extra steam for that last lap, and (sockeying desperately for position.The Saint Paul Saints continued to dominate the Northern Division, garnering five more points, to lead the Kansas City Pla-Mors 65 to 58. The Pla-Mors came out of their slump Sunday night to hold the Saints to a tie, and anything can happen from here in. Minneapolis and Omaha are again tied for third place, with 54 points each. In the Southern Division, there was no change in position, Tulsa leading with 59 points, Dallas in second place with 48 points&mdash;still 11 behind the Oilers&mdash;and Fort Worth in third place with 39 points, Houston holding down fourth with 35. Kansas City&rsquo;s Ray Powell still leads the pointgetters with 87 points, 41 of which are goals. Wes Trainor, departed star of the Saint Paul Saints, continues to lead with assists, having 4 9 in this department, while Nelson Little of the Tulsa Club holds a monopoly in goaltenders&rsquo; shutouts, with 3. Bob Dill, Saint Paul defenseman, firmly cemented his lead in the penalty department during the past week, emerging with 112 minutes in the bastille. As for the goaltenders&rsquo; averages, anything can happen here too, among the regular twine-tenders. Harry McQueston, of the Minneapolis Millers, still holds top spot with 3.20 goals against but breathing hard on his neck with Al Rollins of Kansas City with 3.21 and St. Paul&rsquo;s Jack McGill and Nelson Little of Tulsa, both having an average of 3.22 goals against.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10ST. PAUL&mdash;The Saints crowned Minneapolis 5-3 here as winning goalie Jack McGill starred.Minneapolis: Goal, McQueston; defense, Sherritt, Allen; center, Bartholome; wings, Richardson, Strobel; subs.: Fraser, Lavoie, Cluman, Atanas, Smith, Kaiser, Melnyk, Gagne, Tomiuk.St. Paul: Goal, McGill; defense, Allsby, Dill; center, Schwartz; wings, Slowinskl, McIntosh; subs.: Sanadalack, Del Monte, Brown. Bend, Agar, Juckes, Bell. Cameron.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0366/969237-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="572" height="520"></div>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13KANSAS CITY&mdash;St. Paul and Kansas City fought, to a 4-4 tie here in a game which wound up with a brisk five-goal splurge.Kansas City: Goal, Jessiman; defense, Tarala, Jackson: center, Powell; wings. Harms. Olmstead; subs.: Bedard, Stasluk, Slater, Groves, Miller, Blade, Silvestri.St. Paul: Goal, McGill: defense, Ailsby, Dill; center, Schwartz; wings, McIntosh, Agar; subs.: Sandalack, Bell, Brown, Cameron, Bend, Delmonte, Siowinski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0445/969230-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="569" height="403"></div>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;Hal Brown scored four goals to pace St. Paul Saints to a 11-2 victory over Minneapolis Millers before 3,300 fans.St. Paul: Goal, McGill; defense, Bell, Sandalack; center, Agar; wings, Juckes Bend; subs.: Ailsby, Dill, Cameron, Schwartz, McIntosh, Delmonte, Slokinski.Minneapolis: Gon, McQueston; defense, Sherritt, Allen; center, Bartholo me; wings, Strobel, Richardson; subs.: Kaiser, Fraser, Lavoie, Smith, Gagne, Tomiuk, Cluman, Melnyk, Atanas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-149/969223-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="573" height="730"></div>DALLAS&mdash;Paced by Jimmy Moore and Kenny Cook who scored three goals each. Dallas Texans defeated Houston Huskies 8-3.Dallas: Goal, Bibeault; defense, Marineau, Rockey; center, Petrie; wings, Bell, Fillion; subs.: Mazur, Deslauriers, Cook, Morenz, Moore, Bougie, Dorohoy, Gagnon.Houston: Goal, N. Pidsony; defense, Maher, P. Pldsodny; center, Brown; wings, Gasperinl, Hickey; subs.: Bak, Field. Jones, Burke, Thibeault, Horeck, Auger, Mousseau.Cook.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0633/969216-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="567" height="573"></div>TULSA&mdash;Frank Ashworth scored two goals to lead Tulsa Oilers to a 3-1 victory over Fort Worth Rangers.Fort Worth: Goal, Jessiman; defense, Lofvendahl, Kane; center, Kopak; wings. Cupola, Warwick; subs.: Kennedy, lannarelli, Unger, Glover, Weaver, Casanato, Travis.Tulsa: Goal, Little; defense, Dillon, E. Young,; center, Ashworth; wings, Butler, M. Young; subs.: Ubriaco, Dheere, Gronsdahl, Shertzl, Durham, Webster. Ritson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0725/969209-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="569" height="322"></div>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15OMAHA&mdash;For the eighth time this season, Omaha and Minneapolis played to a tie. The score was 2-2.Minneapolis: Goal, McQueston; defense, Sherritt, Allen; center, Lavoie; wings, Melnyk, Gagne; subs.: Fraser, Kaiser, Strobel, Cluman, Richardson, S. Smith, Tomiuk, Atanas.Omaha: Goal, Bell; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center, Heale; wings, Burgess, Boyce; subs.: Lavitt, Reigle, Strongman, Homenuke, McLean, Unlac, W. Smith, Wiseman. Folk.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0824/969202-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="574" height="325"></div>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16KANSAS CITY&mdash;The Kansas City Pla-Mors did it the hard way as they defeated the Tulsa Oilers, 2-1, before 2,247 fans with Lairy Silvestri caging the winning goal at 15:40 of the final period.Kansas City: Goal, Rollins; defense, Tarala, Jackson; center, Powell; wings, Harms&rsquo;, Fashoway; subs.: Bedard, Wares, Stasiuk, Slater, Groves, Miller, Blade, Silvestri.Tulsa: Gool, Little; defense, Dillon, E. Young; center, Ashworth; wings, Butler, M. Young; subs.: Schertzl, Durham. Ubriaco, Gronsdahl, Ritson, Riley, Webster.Officials: Tricker, McGlone.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0924/969195-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="579" height="365"></div>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;The Omaha Knights pushed Minneapolis into the northern division cellar by defeating the Millers 5-2Omaha&mdash;Goal, Bell; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center. Strongman; wings, McLean, Homenuke; Subs.: Lavitt, Reigle, Wiseman, Heale, Burgess, Unlac, Boyce, W. Smith.Minneapolis: Goal, McQueston; defense, Sherrit, Allen; center, Lavoie; wings Gagne Melnyk; subs.: Kaiser, Fraser, S. Smith, Tomiuk, Atanas, Stobel, Ciuman, Richardson.Referee: Harry Ornest; lineman: Bill Nutt.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1215/969188-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="570" height="406"></div>THE POINT PARADE<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1022/969181-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="570" height="781"></div>LEADERSPoints: Ray Powell, K.C. (87).Gonls: Ray Powell, K.C. (41).Assists: Wes Trainor, St. Paul (49).Shntonts: N. Little, Tulsa (3).Penalties: Bob Dill, St. Paul (113 mins.).<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1116/969174-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="566" height="231"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1312/969167-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="1097" height="1414"></div> &#9632;

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UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01131/969289-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNNY UBRIACO of Los Angeles Monarchs gets a Stetson for his most recent hat trick. Bandleader RAY NOBLE is makina the presentation.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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“A Noble Gesture”

<div class="byline">By HEC MacLEAN</div>CALGARY, Alta.By the time this appears in print, playoff action in the Western Junior Hockey League will be well under way. From the form shown throughout the season it appears obvious Moose Jaw Canucks will battle it out for the loop championship with Calgary Buffaloes. The outcome definitely will rest on which club makes the most of the breaks.They are evenly matched. In four clashes this year Buffs held a slight edge, winning two games, dropping one and gaining a tie in the other. The edge, however, isn&rsquo;t large enough to install Buffs much of a favorite. Ken Doraty&rsquo;s Canucks are noted for being tough in the playoffs and Buffs will have to be at their top form to come out in front. One thing in Buffs&rsquo; favor is the fact that starry defenceman Bob Gilhooley will be back. He has been sidelined with a fractured wrist for the past month.<h2>Enthusiasm High</h2>A review of the season reveals competition dished up this term should assure the circuit of plenty of enthusiasm next year. Some of the clubs didn&rsquo;t do so well financially, with Calgary and Lethbridge probably the worst off, but we&rsquo;ll wager they&rsquo;ll all be back next year.Bellevue and Medicine Hat had good fan support in Alberta while Moose Jaw and Regina did okay in Saskatchewan.You have to hand it to Bellevue. The club didn&rsquo;t make the playoffs but it put on a spirited drive which kept interest at a high plane until the last couple of games. Had Scotty Munro taken over coaching duties earlier we&rsquo;ll bet the club would have been in ahead of Lethbridge.But Bellevue should shed no tears. The mining city team won the hearts of all supporters. It had the two leading scorers and none of the sponsors will be out much, if any.<h2>Juniors Doing Well</h2>Junior hockey is comparatively new to Bellevue and probably Lions learned a considerable amount from this season. It&rsquo;s tough for Medicine Hat and Bellevue to sit on the sidelines while the other clubs continue in the playoffs but it&rsquo;s far better to have it that way than to compete in an exhibition loop, which very nearly happened when the circuit was or-ganized.Original plans were to play through the schedule and then declare all clubs eligible for the playoffs. This way it wouldn&rsquo;t matter if a team finished first or last. But the moguls behind the scenes were smart enough to realize the fans wouldn&rsquo;t go for a setup of this kind.We&rsquo;d like to take time out to pat Harper Parry and Merv. Dutton on the back for the fine leadleadership they gave the loop this proper amount of &lsquo;strictness to keep the loop running, on an even keel.<h2>QUIZ ANSWERS</h2>1. Buddy O&rsquo;Connor and Edgar Laprade.2. 19353. Fifty4. Bill Chadwick5. Bill Tobin, Joe Farrell, Charlie Conachcr6. &ldquo;Bing&rdquo; Juckes.7. The Kansas City Pla-mors8. Billy Warwick9. Don Raleigh10. Bernie LeMaitre. &#9632;

‘Jaw; Calgary Due For Rousing Battle

CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;They say in hockey a coach is only as good as the players he has to work with but the man who sits in the box and tears his hair while his charges go through their paces deserves quite a bit of credit.Take Bellevue Lions of the Western Junior Hockey League. The club couldn&rsquo;t get anywhere until Scotty Munro took over the coaching job in preference to his post with Lethbridge Native Sons. Now the club is one of the hottest in the circuit and probably has the best average in the league in games since Munro took over. It also boasts the two top scorers&mdash;Frank Kubasek and Mario Scodellaro.When Calgary Buffaloes made their first swing through Saskatchewan Lorne Carr was unable to be on hand to coach the team because of business. The second trip Carr made certain of being with the club and it knocked off Ken Doraty&rsquo;s Moose Jaw Canucks 6-4 in overtime.,<h2>Marty Returns</h2>Speaking of coaching, Marty Burke, who handled Calgary Stampeders when they went east in the Allan Cup final in 1941 against Kirkland Lake Blue Devils, is back in action. Burke was called in to assist in coaching the senior Calgary Stampeders when Jack Arbour was sidelined with an injury. He got a splinter of steel in his hip while working.One thing about Burke&mdash;he&rsquo;ll definitely crack, the whip and have the club showing plenty of hustle.D. P. McDonald of Calgary, president of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League, recently reared on his hind feet and let forth with a loud attack at hockey played in Edmonton. McDonald was present in Edmonton recently when Regina Caps tangled with Flyers. The game was rough and the outcome was seven stitches on Vic Myles&rsquo; face, four to Dutch Van Deelan and two each to Colin Kilburn, Doug Lane and Mel Hill. All hockeyists mixed up in the affray except Hill also drew fines of $25 and suspension from the next game between the two clubs.McDonald said:&ldquo;Suspensions and fines will serve only as a temporary brake on the players. The remedy is strict control by coaches and the manaogement. supported by fans who will demand only clean and sportsmanlike performance by the players.&rdquo;McDonald also rapped the rough tactics which dominated games in Edmonton. Edmonton Mayor, Harry Ainley, stated the Edmonton police force would handle wild outbreaks if the coaches and managers couldn&rsquo;t keep things under control. &#9632;

Coach Has Say Earning His Pay In Western Loop

CAPE BRETON SENIORMonday, February 7North Sydney 7, Sydney 4Wednesday, February 9Glace Bay 2, North Sydney 1Monday. February 14Glaco Bay 7, North Sydney 1Tuesday, February 15North Sydney 2, Glace Bay 2 (tie)MARITIME SENIORMonday, February 7Saint John 3, Halifax 4Saturday, February IXMoncton 5, Dartmouth 4Saint John 2, St. Mary&rsquo;s 1Monday, February 14Halifax 1, Saint John 4Moncton 4, Dartmouth 3Wednesday, February 10Halifax 8, Saint John 8THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17Dartmouth 6, Moncton 4Saint John 6, Halifax 3CAPE BRETON SENIORGlace Bay 5, North Sydney 1INTERNATIONAL LEAGUEMuncie 5, Lcvisville 4WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., FEB. 15<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0288/969396-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="571" height="177"></div>Monday, February 7Calgary 5, Medicine Hat 5 (tie)Moose Jaw 6, Regina 4Wednesday, February 9Lethbridge 1, Calgary 8Friday, February 11Lethbridge 5, Regina 0Saturday, February 12Moose Jaw 5, Lethbridge 2Calgary 8, Bellevue 2INTERNATIONAL! LEAGUEMonday, February 7Windsor Ryancretes 1,Detroit Bright&rsquo;s Goodyears 8Windsor Hettche Spitfires 4,Detroit Jerry Lynch 7Wednesday, February 9Windsor 6, Toledo 9Louisville 4, Muncie 4 (tie)Friday, February 11Windsor Ryancretes 2,Detroit Jerry Lynch 4Toledo Mercurys 5,Windsor Hettche Spitfires 2Saturday, February 12Louisville Blades 4, Toledo 14Wednesday, February 16Detroit 6, Toledo 6 (tie)QUEBEC JUNIORSTANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., FEB. 17Northern Division<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0371/969389-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="569" height="151"></div>Southern Division<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0454/969382-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="562" height="99"></div>Friday, February 11Cyclones 1, Quebec 3Saturday, February 12Canadiens 5, Valleyfield 1Sunday, February 13Valleyfield 1, Three Rivera 11Cyclones 4, Victorlaville 0Monday, February 14Quebec 6, Nationale 2Leafs 0, Cyclones 15Tuesday, February 15Royals 4, Canadiens 5Wednesday, February 16Three Rivers 2. Victorlaville.Cyclones 3, Nationale 2OHA JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;STANDINGS ON MON. A.M., FEB. 14<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0539/969375-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="575" height="246"></div>Monday, February 7St. Catharines 5. Barrie 6Wednesday, February 9Marlboroa 5, Guelph 5 (tie)Oshawa 5, Windsor 1Stratford 3, Barrie 0Friday, February 11Galt 2, St. Catharines 10Marlboroa 0, Barrie 5Oshawa 5, Guelph 2Saturday, February ItSt. Michael&rsquo;s 5, Guelph 8Barrie 2, Marlboros 2 (tie)Windsor 4, Stratford 2St. Catharines 6, Galt 6Monday, February 14Windsor 8, Stratford 4Tuesday, February 15Marlboros 9, Galt 3St. Catharines 8 Guelph 4Wednesday, February 16Guelph 11, Windsor 4Barrie 4, Stratford 2Oshawa 6, St. Michael&rsquo;s 5MANITOBA JUNIORWednesday, February 9Brandon 4, Winnipeg Black Hawke 6Friday, February 11Winnipeg Black Hawks 5,Winnipeg Monarchs 6Winnipeg Canadians 2, Brandon 6MANITOBA-THUNDER BAYMonday, February 7Port Arthur 5, Winnipeg 5 (tis)Saturday, February 12Port Arthur 4, Winnipeg 8Monday, February 14Port Arthur 8, Winnipeg Nationals 4NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN JUNIORMonday, February 7Prince Albert 2, Saskatoon 19Wednesday, February 9Saskatoon 1, Humbolt 6Saturday, February 12Saskatoon 5, Flin Flon 8Prince Albert 7, Humbolt 5Monday, February 14Prince Albert 11, Saskatoon 8Wednesday, February 16Prince Albert 3, Saskatoon 0Daddy CelebratesOn January 19th, Doug Lewis, peppery little wingman of the Buffalo Bisons in the American Hockey League became the father of a seven pound boy. That night, he scored a pair of goals as his team tied the New Haven Ramblers 3-3.&ldquo;Koivboy Ken&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0628/969368-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="527" height="842"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN DORATY, former member of the Toronto Maple Leafs and now skipper of the Moose Jaw Canucks in the Western Canada Junior Hockey League is hot on the trail of the Memorial Cup this year and Ken is one person who honestly believes that he has the team to go all the way.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Amateur Parade At Quick Glance

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0729/969427-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY PHOTOS

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;As a result of a recent altercation in Springfield between the Springfield Indians and Nev Haven Ramblers, player Jean Paul Denis of New Haven was fined $50 and suspended for the next New Haven a Springfield game, League President Maurice Podoloff. announced. The trouble came in a contest in Springfield on February 12 when Denis and Indian player Gordon Tottle mixed in a fight.Tottle was given a five minute major penalty by referees Charles &ldquo;Rabbit&rdquo; McVeigh and Patsy Callighen, and Denis was banished from the game with a match penalty when he used his stick on Tottle. President Podoloff came to his decision after a hearing at League Headquarters in New York, at which both the playersand the referees were present. De-nis&rsquo; game suspension will take place on Saturday, March 5th, the next time his club is scheduled to play in Springfield. &#9632;

DENIS FINED AFTER BRAWL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0553/969608-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOMMY KARAKAS, goaltender for Portland Eagles, comes up with a glittering save on a sizzling shot by Bob Drainville of Vancouver Canucks. Right behind Drainville is Scotty McPherson, waiting for o rebound that just didn&rsquo;t come while Pat Desbiens (5) and Nick Bangay (9) stand by to help.</figcaption></div><h2>First Time</h2>For the first time in the history of the P.C.H.L., a Northern Division club lost every game on their southern trip. Seattle was defeated in five straight games during their recent Invasion of the Southland.<h2>Jinx Broken</h2>The Tacoma Rockets broke a 10game jinx by defeating the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in overtime recently in Vancouver. Previously they had been unable to skate off Canadian ice victorious, bowing to Vancouver six times and New Westminster four times.<h2>Karakas To The Rescue!</h2>HOW THE RACE GOESSTANDINGS ON MON. A.M., FEB. 14Southern Division<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01138/969601-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="574" height="161"></div>Northern Division<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02105/969594-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="568" height="128"></div>San Francisco vacated the cellar to San Diego when they defeated the Skyhawks 10-6 Sunlay night at San Diego. The win over the Skyhawks gave Shamrocks 50 points. Fresno and Dos Angeles are tied for second place with Oakland continuing to hold a four point margin over the second place clubs.New Westminster gained 3 points last week by beating Portland and tieing Seattle to increase their margin to 8 points over second place Portland, Portland was unable to win a single game. Tacoma continues to hold a one point margin over Vancouver while Seattle remains in the basements, nine points behind the Canucks.Two Southern Division clubs had their troubles in the North during the early stages of operations, San Francsico and San Diego were unable to win a game during the 1945-46&mdash;1946-47 seaaons, losing 9 straight games.Bob Love of New Westminster eontinues to lead the northern division scoring race with 82 points, made up of 27 goals and 65 assists. Bill Carse of Vancouver is right behind with 73 points, followed by Fern Perrault of Tacoma with 67, and Ollie Dorohoy of New Westminster with 66.In the southern division, Tom Fowler of Oakland Oaks leads with a healthy 6 6 points on 26 goals and 40 assists. Andy Barbe of Los Angeles is right behind with 64 points, followed by Bush Jackson of San Francisco with 61.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10SAN DIEGO&mdash;The Fresno Falcons downed the San Diego Sky Hawks, 4 to 3, before 2,600 fans.Fresno: Goal, Brennan; defense, Kampman, Robertson; center, Cinor; wings, Richardson, Hilliard; subs.: Lpndry, Redmond, J.. Peterson, Bellinger, Baccari, L. Peterson, Shamlock.San Diego: Goal, Lamarche; defense, McKay, Lallo; center, McCarthy; wings, Poitras, Smrke; subs.: Bloom, McArthur, Vaillancourt, Giesebrecht, Thorpe, St. Pierre, Skinner.Officials: Charles Good, Jim Arnott.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0384/969587-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="567" height="442"></div>PORTLAND&mdash;The leading New Westminster Royals defeated the runner-up Portland Eagles, 4 to 1.Portland: Goal, Karakas; defense, Bhewchuk, Sutherland; center, Roberten; wings, Bangay, Desbiens; subs.: Hamilton, Savicky, Davis, Hnatluk, Dalgleish, Evans, Horvath, Bobrosky, Milne.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defense, Pratt, Bergeron; center, Ullyot; wings, Voll, Dorohoy; subs.: Love, Kirk, Dufault, McIntyre, Valenti, Gibson, Schmidt, Ritchie.Officials: Knott, Matthiews.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0468/969580-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="566" height="375"></div>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11BERKELEY &ndash; The division leading Oakland Oaks and the San Francisco Shamrocks battled tooth and nail to a 4 to 4 tie in a brilliant game before a packed house at Berkeley ice rink.Oakland: Goal, Nadon; defense, Nixon; Babey; center, Fowler; wings, Marchant, Bedard; subs.: Jones, Matthews, Hewson, Mutcheson, Hosking, Wywrot, Morrow, Eisenzoph, May.San Francisco: Goal, McDermid; defense, Kraftcheck, Bergeron: center, Samanski; wings, Strain, Fairburn; subs.: Desson, Burman, Hergesheimer, Jackson, McKay, Lafrance, Lucchinl, Middleton, Watters. Officials: Bill Shaver, Hank Wilson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0644/969573-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="567" height="592"></div>VANCOUVER&mdash;The Tacoma Rockets broke a 10-game jinx when they defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in overtime in their game before 6,000 fans at the Forum.Vancouver: Goal, Jackson; defense, Drainville, Vickery; center, Carse; wings, Kuntz, Shill; subs.: I. Wilson, B. Wilson, Wiest, Jones, Ballance, McPherson, Gruhn, Hurrley, H unchuk.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defense, Jenkins, Watt; center, Robinson; wings, Anslow, Perrault; subs.: Giokas, Johns, Andrews, Johnston, Toole, Adam, Rowe Read.Officials: Dick Davis, Frank Elliott.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0737/969566-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="567" height="448"></div>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12FRESNO&mdash;The Fresno Falcons defeated the Oakland Oaks here in an overtime game, 3 to 2, before a near capacity crowd of about 3,000 fans.Fresno: Goal, Brennan; defense, Robertson, Kampmsn; center, Cinor; wings, Richardson, Hilliard; subs.: Roach, Londry, Redmond, J. Peterson, Bellinger, Baccari, Shamlock, L. Peterson, Corrigan.Oakland: Goal, Nadon; defense, May, Matthews; center, Wywrot; wings, Eisen&ndash;zoph, Jones; subs, Marchant, Nixon, Fowler, Bedard, Hewson, Hutcheson, Hooking, Morrow.Officials: Jim Arnott, Charles Good.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0833/969559-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="567" height="368"></div>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;The New Westminster Royals and the Seattle Ironmen battled to a 2-alI tie in their game before 2,500 fans at the Queen&rsquo;s Park Arena.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defense; Bergeron, Pratt; center, Love; wings, Dufault, Duffy; subs.: Dorohoy, Evers, Ullyit, Kirk, Ritchie, McIntyre, Voll.Seattle: Goal, Cotnoir; defense, Tomson, Tailliter; center, Kerr; wings, Kalapaca, Schmidt; subs.: Waldner, McFadzen, Medynski, Filion, Hayes, Senick, Valenti, Gibson.Officials: Frank Elliott, Dick Davis.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0933/969552-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="568" height="421"></div>TACOMA&mdash;The Vancouver Canucks rough-housed their way to a 3-2 victory over the Tacoma Rockets in a contest before 2,700 fans.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defense. Watt, Jenkins; center, Robinson; wings, Anslow, Perrault; subs.: Giokas, Johns, Read, Johnston, Andrews, Milford, Toole, Adam, Rowe.Vancouver: Goal, Jackson; defense, Drainville, Vickery; center, Carse; wings, Kuntz, Shill; subs.: Hunchuk, Hursley, McPherson, B. Wilson, I. Wilson, Jones, Gruhn, Ballance.Officials: Bill Knott, Jerry Mathieu.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1032/969545-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="565" height="351"></div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;The Los Angeles Monarchs came up from the rear in a hard-fought game to down the San Francisco Shamrocks in a 4 to 3 victory.Los Angeles: Goal, Highton; defense, Mesich, Adolph; center, Smith; wings, Kunkel, Barbe; subs.: Biddle, Papike, Dockery, Zuk, Prokop, Stearns, Church, Leger.San Francisco: Goal, McDermld; defense, Kraftcheck, Bergeron; center, Strain; wings, Fairburn, Samanski; subs: Desson, Burman, Hergesheimer, Jackson, McKay, Lafrance, Lucchinl, Middleton, Watters.Officials: Bill Shaver, Hank Wilson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1129/969538-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="568" height="422"></div>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13SAN DIEGO&mdash;The San Francisco Shamrocks drove in seven goals in the second period to thump the San Diego Sky Hawks 10 to 6.San Diego: Goal, LaMarche; defense, N. McKay, Lallo; center, McArthur; wings, Vaillancourt, Giesebrecht; subs.: Bloom, McCarthy, Poitras, Smrke, St. Pierre, Thorpe, Skinner.San Francisco: Goal, McDermld; defense, Kraftcheck, Bergeron; center, Samanski, wings, Strain, Fairburn; subs: Cunningham, Middleton, Burman, Hergesheimer, Jackson, R. McKay, Lucchini, Watters, Lafrance.Officials: Jim Arnott, Charles Good.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1228/969531-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="570" height="892"></div>SEATTLE&mdash;The cellar&ndash;dwelling Seattle Ironmen found their scoring punch and blasted the Tacoma Rockets 5-1 In their battle-scarred game here.Seattle: Goal, Cotnoir; defense, Taillifer, Schmidt; center, Filion; wings, Kalapaca, Senick; subs.: Tomson, Waldper, McFadzen, Medynskl, Gibson, Kerr, Hayes, Valenti.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defense, Jenkins. Watt; center, Anslow; wings, Perrault, Robinson; subs.: Giokas, Johns, Read, Johnston, Andrews, Milford, Toole, Adam, Rowe.Officials: Frank Elliott, Dick Davis.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1217/969524-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="572" height="474"></div>PORTLAND&mdash;Vancouver&rsquo;s Canucks stampeded in the last period to defeat the Portland Eagles, 5 to 3 here.Portland: Goal, Karakas; defense. Milne, Bobrosky; center, Hamilton; wings, Savicky, Davis; subs.: Robertson. Desbiens, Bangay, Hnatiuk, Evans, Dalgleish, Carrigan, Shewchuk, Sutherland.Vancouver: Goal, Jackson; defense. Vickery, Drainville; center, Carse; wings, Kuntz, Shill; subs.: McPherson, B. Wilson, Gruhn, Ballance, I. Wilson, Jones, Horbe, Hunchuk, Hursley.Officials: Knott, Mathieu.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1314/969517-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="571" height="398"></div>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15BERKELEY&mdash;The Vancouver Canucks exploded for four goals in the fina period to defeat the Oakland Oaks 5 to 3.Vancouver: Goal, Jackson; defense Vickery, Drainville; center, Carse; wings Shill, Kuntz; subs.: Hunchuk, Hursley McPherson, B. Wilson, I. Wilson, W Jon is, Gruhn, Ballance.Oakland: Goal, Nadon; defense, Hosking, May; center Hewson; wings, Morrow, Mutcheson; subs.: Matthews, Marchant, Nixon, S. Jones, Fowler, Bedard Wywrot, Fisenzoph.Officials: Hank Wilson and Bill Shaver.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1413/969510-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="567" height="378"></div>FRESNO&mdash;The Fresno Falcons, in a fast-skating, no-penalty game, nipped the San Francisco Shamrocks 5 to 4.Fresno: Goal Brennan; defense, Robertson,, Kampman; center, Cinor; wings, Richardson, Hilliard; subs.: Roach, Redmond, J. Peterson, Bellinger, Baecari, Shamlock, Bourgeois, Peterson, Corrigan.San Francisco: Goal, McDermid; defense, Bergeron, Kraftcheck; center, Samanaki; wings. Strain, Fairburn; subs.: Deason, Burman, Hergesheimer, Jackson, McKay, Lafrance, Lucchini, Watters, Cunningham.Officials: Charles Good and Jim Arnott.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1513/969503-1-eng-US/f0015-152.jpg" title="f0015-15" width="571" height="560"></div>TACOMA&mdash;The Tacoma Rockets staved off a third period New Westminster rally to squeeze out a 3 to 2 win in a Northern Division game before 2,700 fans at the Ice Palace.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defense, Johns, Giokas; center, Read; wings, Rowe, Johnson; subs.: Jenkins, Watt, Anslo&rsquo;w, Robinson. Perreault, Milford, Adam, Andrews, Toole.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defense, Pratt, Bergeron; center, Love, wings, Dufault, Kirk; subs.: Dorohoy, Ullyot McIntyre, Voll, Evers.Officials: Frank Elliot and Dick Davis.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1613/969496-1-eng-US/f0015-162.jpg" title="f0015-16" width="572" height="383"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Feb. 13)NORTHERN DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1321/969489-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="568" height="771"></div>LEADERSMost Goals: Pat Desbiens, Port (43).Most Assists: Bob Love, NW (55).Most Winning Goals Scored: Norm Kirk, NW (11). vMost Shots Saved: Lucien Deschene, NW (1512).Most Shut Outs: Jerry Cotnoir, Sea; Tom Karakas, Port (3).Most Hat Tricks: Alan Kuntz, Vane; Amy Dufault, NW (3).Most Hat Tricks Against: Doug Jackson, Vane (6).Most Penalties: George Senick, Sea (147 minutes).SOUTHERN DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1423/969482-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="572" height="818"></div>LEADERSMost Goals: Bush Jackson, SF (39).Most Assists: Tom Fowler, Oak (40).Most Winning Goals Scored: Joe Peterson, Fres (G).Most Shots Stopped: Hee Highton, LA (1587).Most Shutouts: Duff McDermld, SF; Larry Frechette, SD; Bud LaMarche, SD (2).Most Hat Tricks: Bush Jackson, SF; Nakina Smith, LA (3).Most Hat Tricks Against: Hec Highton, LA (7).Most Penalties: Matt Mesich, LA (160 minutes). &#9632;

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The burning question of the week in THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star Poll deals with the selection of a center ice-man for the spectators&rsquo; super-dazzler sextet. And, there is a good selection of high-grade candidates from which the fans can make their choice this year.Each team in the National Hockey League boasts at least one top-flight center, and there are other lesser lights who also rate consideration when the ballot-counting begins.Last year&rsquo;s HOCKEY NEWS pivotman, Max Bentley of Toronto Maple Leafs, is very much in the race now. After a slow start, in which he seemed to be faltering along with the ineffective Maple Leafs, Bentley came to life with a bang, and his return to form coincided with his club&rsquo;s return to winning ways.<h2>Reay Is Shining</h2>Elmer Lach of Montreal Canadiens was the center selection for the Official N.H.L. All-Star Team as picked by the coaches. Lach is in the running again this year, but his chances have been seriously weakened by injuries which have kept him out of action during most of the early season. Lach, who led the league in point scoring in the 1947-48 season, may still flash back to his old form in the last stages.But so far on the season&rsquo;s play, he has been overshadowed by teammate Billy Reay, who has been carrying most of the load during Lach&rsquo;s absence, and has sparked the Canucks to more than one or two wins.Veteran Sid Abel of Detroit Red Wings, who passed the ripe old age of 31 on February 22, is travelling high, wide and handsome this year. He has been pushing Roy Conacher and Doug Bentley of Chicago for the point championship this winter, holding down third place most of the way despite his advancing age. Abel has been one of the mainstays of the Red Wing attack, as they soared to the top of the standings, and stayed there.Another oldster who has been showing the youngsters some tricks is Milt Schmidt of Boston Bruins. Schmidt, who will be 31 on the fifth of next month, still is the backbone of the Bruin forward corps, lending his experience and savvy of many years to the task of building up Boston&rsquo;s youthful front-line brigade.<h2>O&rsquo;Connor Rates</h2>Diminutive Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, who practically copped the point title last winter, and wrapped up the Hart and Lady Byng Trophies, is playing as effectively as ever on the New York Ranger firing line. Although Buddy is well be-low his scoring pace of last season, he still is setting up the plays and razzle-dazzling around the rinks in his old style.Chicago Black Hawks have canny Doug Bentley as an entry in the pivot parade, along with the crew-cut Scot, Jimmy Conacher, who has been used extensively at that position during recent weeks. Bentley, who in his time has played every frontline position has been getting more practice at center ice since brother Max went off to Toronto Leafs last season.Toronto, in addition to Max Bentley, also has smooth-working Cal Gardner, former Ranger, who has been flying on the forward stage for the reviving Mapleos.Boston have a couple of promising youngsters vieing with Schmidt for the playmaking laurels in the Hub. Young Eddie Sandford, sophomore flash with Dit Clapper&rsquo;s crew, has been turning in a whale of a game this year and early in the race was right up at the top of the heap. Ed Harrison and Paul Ronty are two other rookies who have turned in effective work at the faceoff spot for the larruping Bruins.Whatever your first choice, take a good look at this glittering array of pivot timber during the last weeks of the season and get your selections in.You can send your ballots in now, or if you would rather wait until later to see how the boys finish off the year, that will be perfectly satisfactory too. The only stipulation is: watch the deadline. Get your votes in&mdash;and post&ndash;marked before midnight, March 16, if you want them to be counted! &#9632;

<h2>HOW THE RAGE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON SAT. A.M., FEB. 19<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0732/969806-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="577" height="179"></div>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY It Quebec 2, at Sherbrooke 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0827/969799-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="570" height="684"></div>Valleytieid 5, At Ottawa 3 First Period<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0926/969792-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="566" height="779"></div>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13Royals 4, at New York 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1024/969785-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="570" height="448"></div>Sherbrooke 2, at Valleyfield 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1122/969778-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="568" height="406"></div>Ottawa 2, at Quebec 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1217/969771-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="567" height="427"></div>TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 15 Shawinigun 3, at Royals 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1315/969764-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="569" height="477"></div>Quebec 3, at Sherbrooke 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-149/969757-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="565" height="271"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-159/969750-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="565" height="671"></div>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Koyals 1, at Quebec 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-178/969743-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="570" height="368"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-216/969736-1-eng-US/f0014-212.jpg" title="f0014-21" width="561" height="997"></div>Shaw iuigan 5, at Valley field 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-188/969729-1-eng-US/f0014-182.jpg" title="f0014-18" width="567" height="603"></div> &#9632;

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Quebec Senior League

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ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S CROSSWORD

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DRURY’S

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<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., FEB. 15<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01112/970000-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="576" height="148"></div>MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Calgary 4, at Regina 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0285/969993-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="570" height="405"></div>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Lethbridge 6, at Calgary 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0371/969986-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="571" height="605"></div>Edmonton 7, at Saskatoon 4 First Period<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0452/969979-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="568" height="627"></div>WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9. Edmonton 0, at Regina 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0540/969972-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="571" height="352"></div>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Calgary 2, at Edmonton 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0632/969965-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="570" height="325"></div>Saskatoon 1, Lethbridge 8 First Period<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0726/969958-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="570" height="600"></div>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Calgary 6. at Saskatoon 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0821/969951-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="576" height="451"></div>MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Saskatoon 1, at Edmonton 15<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1019/969944-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="575" height="869"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Monday, Feb. 14)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0921/969937-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="577" height="663"></div>Two Goalies, No Less!<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1119/969930-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="1695" height="943"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIMMY CONACHER OF CHICAGO just had too much opposition on this one. The puck slides harmlessly in front of the cage as Turk Broda and defenseman Jim Thomson stand guard.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Western Canada Senior League

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SURE I WANT TO SUBSCRIBE!

<div class="byline">By LOIS FEGAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0113/970069-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="246" height="283"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0213/970062-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="247" height="300"></div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;&ldquo;Because hockey has developed so fast and the officials haven&rsquo;t, it&rsquo;s often true that they&rsquo;re left far behind,&rdquo; declared Lloyd Blinco, Hershey&rsquo;s own Mr. Hockey, in a recent speech to the Hershey Bears, Booster Club. Placing the blame on the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association for not developing boys to be referees, Blinco added, &ldquo;Many of our referees today are old-time players who find it difficult to keep up the pace for the swift 60minute games they handle.&rdquo;Blinco, who will be remembered as one of the standouts of the early days of amateur hockey in the United States, traced the progress of the game from 1918 to the present, Illustrating his talk with diagrams. Incidentally, he had probably more to do with the growth of the game locally than anyone else.He recalled seven-man hockey, when the rover was the peep shooter, only member of the team permitted anywhere on the ice, when there was no forward passing and when all three forwards had to be on-side at all times.<h2>RECALLS OLD DATS</h2>&ldquo;This was too much of a jumble, with too little action,&rdquo; he pointed out, taking the game through it&rsquo;s next step when the blue lines were added, allowing forward passing in the defensive zone for the offensive team.Eventually, with the addition of goal creases to protect the goalies, and the opening up of the center zone, there came the greatest era in all hockey, the speaker believes. This allowed forward passing in the end zone and center territory, but required on side regulations in the attacking zone. &ldquo;The forwards thus had an&mdash;, opportunity for wonderful plays and beautiful &lsquo;stick-handling.&rdquo;With the opening of the third zone it became necessary to add more men to team rosters, as the usual nine or 10 players couldn&rsquo;t possibly keep up with the busy 60 minutes of play. Here the finesse and stick-work tended to dwindle and the hockey became somewhat less efficient than the previous era, the Hershey man recalled.<h2>STICKHANDLING DEAD?</h2>Finally, present-day hockey, with passing up to the red line, provides the fans with the speed and spills and thrills they like, but has eliminated the fine art of stickhandling, said Lloyd as he declared, &ldquo;It really hurts us old-timers to watch this kind of game, However, there are still many fans and old-timers too, who maintain that the art of stick handling is not lost.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hershey’s ‘Mr. Hockey’ Spills, Tells Fans About Sport’s Ills

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0312/970100-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="574" height="266"></div>February 23rd&ndash;March 1st23&mdash;Gustave Schwartz, St. Paul Saints, left wing, 1923.24&mdash;Doug McCaig, Chicago Black Hawks, defense, 1919; George Pargeter, Buffalo Bisons, left wing, 1923.25&mdash;Rudy Brodeur, Philadelphia Rockets, defense, 1924; Joseph Ciuman, Washington Lions; left wing, 1923; John Holota, Cleveland Barons, center, 1921; Frank Mario, Hershey Bears, center, 1921; Clare Martin, Hershey Bears, defense, 1922.26&mdash;Joe Iannarelli, Fort Worth Rangers, center, 1922; Conrad Poitras, San Diego Sky Hawks, left wing. 1924; Ralph &lsquo;&lsquo;Bus&rdquo; Wycherley. Cleveland Barons, left wing, 1920.27&mdash;Lee Fogolin, Detroit Red Wings, defense, 1926.28&mdash;Jean Paul Denis. New Haven Ramblers, right wing, 1924; Clint Albright, New York Rangers. right wing. 1926.March 1&mdash;Max Bentley-Toronto Maple Leafs, center, 1920. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday To You

HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;The Hershey Bears Booster Club is one of the newest in the American Hockey League, but already is one of the busiest. The club, under its blonde and pretty President May Spence, is six months old now. Already the Boosters have taken four road trips with the team, entertained at two parties, and instituted a gift-giving project.In the awards department, the Booster Club has set up a program of offering presents to the goaltender for a shut-out; for the forwards when they make hat-tricks; and to defensemen who make two goals in one game. Among those collecting to date have been Frankie Mario, Gordie Bruce, Herb Cain, Roly McLenahan, Andy Branigan and of course, Gordie Henry. &#9632;

Bear Boosters Young But Active

<div class="image-hero"><img title="C4-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0410/970155-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg"></div><h2>men of the Railroad</h2>Men of The Railroad&ndash;serving the nation twentyfour hours a day, every day. On their abilities depends the functioning of our great commercial arteries, The Railroads.Serving in quiet, unassuming fashion these Men of The Railroad have helped make Canada&rsquo;s transportation system one of the finest.Men like these, some of Canada&rsquo;s finest, are in the service of the public&ndash;at your service. &#9632;

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