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March 16, 1949

The Hockey News March 16, 1949

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p>Founded October 1, 1947</p><p>Published by Hockey News Company, 603A Sun Life Building. Montreal, Que.</p><p>Yearly Subscription Price $2.60 in Canada&mdash;$3.50 in U.S.A.</p><p>Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada</p><p>Vol. 2 March 16, 1949 No. 24</p><h2><b>60-GAME SCHEDULE STAYS</b></h2><p>Governors of the National Hockey League at their Spring meeting last week discused fully the question of a longer schedule for the 1949-50 season. After looking into all the arguments, pro and con, the club chieftains decided to shelve the matter, and so there will be no 70-game schedule for the next year, at least.</p><p>President Clarence Campbell of the N.H.L. presented a draft schedule he had prepared, and which represented, as he put it, &ldquo;several hundred hours of work.&rdquo; But the difficulties of fitting in this longer playing schedule in the present playing season, he explained, were too great for any advantages that would be obtained.</p><p>At present, with each team playing 60 games&mdash;30 at home and an equal number on the road&mdash;there are a total of 180 N.H.L. engagements run off during the playing season. Extending from October until the following March, the N. H. L. season now runs a full 23 weeks, exclusive of training periods and playoffs.</p><p>A 70-game schedule for the league&rsquo;s six teams would mean a jump to 210 playing dates for the season. President Campbell felt, and the Governors agreed, that these extra games couldn&rsquo;t be fitted into the 23 weeks as at present, and that an extra week would have to be added. This would have the regular schedule running practically to the end of March, with the playoffs dragging on until after the baseball season had opened, a not too desirable situation.</p><p>The greatest drawback to any effort to lengthen the N.H.L. schedule comes from what the President terms &ldquo;blackouts&rdquo; in playing dates at the various rinks. That is, there are certain periods during the season when ice skating shows, circuses and other attractions take over from hockey.</p><p>In New York&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden this &ldquo;blackout&rdquo; period ocupies seven full weeks at various times during the winter. Hockey is &ldquo;blacked out&rdquo; at the Boston Garden for six weeks, in the Chicago Stadium for five weeks, Detroit Olympia three weeks and Montreal Forum two weeks.</p><p>Only Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens provides an almost uninterrupted run of playing dates. Most Toronto home games are staged on Saturday nights. Even though ice shows and other attractions are booked into the Toronto ice palace, Saturday night is always left free for the regular N.H.L. game, so the schedule makers have little trouble.</p><p>At the other rinks, however, particularly in New York, Chicago and Boston, it&rsquo;s a real job to fit even 30 games into a crowded sports calendar that includes boxing, basketball and many other attractions.</p><p>The difficulty is increased because of certain over-lapping of the &ldquo;blackout&rdquo; periods. For instance, during October, both the New York and Chicago rinks are tied up for two weeks simultaneously. The same situation exists in Boston and New York for two weeks over the Christmas holidays, and at Detroit and Boston for two weeks in February.</p><p>This means that those teams must play constantly on the road when their own rinks are occupied, and since there are usually numerous one-night attractions playing in other stadia, the schedule-maker really has his headaches!</p><p>One of the reasons advanced for lengthening the schedule was to give more fans an opportunity to see N.H.L. games. The plan would have been to throw each team&rsquo;s five extra home games open to all comers, instead of reserving the bulk of the seats for season ticket holders, as is the current policy.</p><p>They would bring in additional revenue, of course, but the extra games would probably require extra expenditures for players&rsquo; salaries, referees and other expenses. So, taking it all by and large, the Governors decided to let things stand as they are.</p><p>It is understood that Toronto, Chicago and Detroit were in favor of the 70-game schedule, but the other three teams opposed it, so the question was stalemated.</p><p>All in all, it was probably a wise decision, especially since there are only six teams in the league. If one or two more teams could be added in the future, thus adding more variety to the program, there could be some benefit to a longer schedule. But adding more games just to have the same teams play each other 14 times during the schedule instead of 12 now staged, might provide the customers with just a little more than they would willingly see.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

The Hockey News

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>OSCOW &mdash; The peace-loving Russians think the Americans are a bunch of nasty roughnecks &mdash; even in sports! The Soviet newspaper Soviet Sports came out over the weekend with a vicious attack on the United States hockey team touring Europe. The Red sheet called the Yanks &ldquo;hooligans&rdquo; and took them to task for their rough play in games they played in Sweden.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Happy Hooligans!

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-044/936511-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="571" height="263"></div><p><b>March l6th to March 22nd</b></p><p>16 &mdash; Edward Young, Tulsa Oilers, defense, 1921; Church Russell, Cleveland Barons, left wing, 1923; Harold Husley, Vancouver Canucks, defense, 1923</p><p>17&mdash;Tony Leswick. N.Y. Rangers, left wing, 1923.</p><p>19&mdash;Eddie Wares, Kansas City Pla-Mors, defense, 1915.</p><p>21&mdash;Joe Carveth, Montreal Canadiens, right wing, 1918; Joe Conn, Springfield Indians, defense, 1927.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday To You

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TOAST OF THE COAST

<div class="byline">by Kavetski</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover1" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover12/936604-1-eng-US/cover12.jpg"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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4 TEAMS HIT STRETCH AS 1

<p>ST. LOUIS, Mo.&ndash;</p><p>Ebbie Goodfellow&rsquo;s St. Louis Flyers once more took the lead &mdash; by a scant one-point margin &mdash; in the torrid American League Western Division race as they captured a pair of vital victories over the weekend.</p><p>Those two wins, by 4-2 over Indianapolis Saturday and a 3-2 decision against Buffalo Sunday, put the miracle men from the Mound City an eyelash ahead of Indianapolis and Cleveland in the closest race seen around the A.H.L. for many years.</p><p>With the Flyers, Barons and Capitols all bunched within the space of a single point, not one of them is absolutely certain of a playoff spot, even though the schedule has only a few more games to run.</p><h2><b>FOUR WITHIN THREE!</b></h2><p>Breathing right on the necks of the leaders are Bob Davidson&rsquo;s Pittsburgh Hornets. After the weekend games were reeled off, and Hornets had also captured a couple of essential victories, the Pennsylvanians were only two points behind the second-place scrappers and three behind the front-running Flyers.</p><p>The way it looks now, nobody will know the order in which the teams will finish, or even. which ones will make the Calder Cup playoffs, until the final day of the season. Cleveland holds a slight advantage in case of a point deadlock, since the Barons have played less tie games than any of their rivals.</p><p>As chance would have it, the schedule-makers played right along with the sensationally close Cup race by setting the stage for a derring-do finish. All four contestants in the neck and neck race are due to tangle in a pair of really &lsquo;&lsquo;crooshial&rdquo; games as the curtain-call for the regular schedule.</p><h2><b>HOUR OF DECISION</b></h2><p>Over next weekend, Cleveland squares off with St. Louis and Indianapolis meets Pittsburgh in contests that promise to make or break the playoff chances of each and every one. If the quartet hit the clubhouse stretched bunched as they are now, something will have to give in those two games. After the smoke clears away, there will be three teams in the Calder Cup runoff, and one looking on sadly from the sidelines.</p><p>Whichever way it goes, lt&rsquo;s going to be a race that will be remembered a long time around the Podoloff circuit for sustained thrills and suspense.</p><p>By stark contrast, the competition in the league&rsquo;s Eastern Division has been tame indeed. Almost since the turn of the year, it&rsquo;s been a foregone conclusion that Providence Reds would cop the hunting<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Last Day’s Play May Decide Race In AHL Thriller

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover2" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover22/936659-1-eng-US/cover22.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he phenomenal rise to stardom by Sid Smith of Pittsburgh Hornets in the American Hockey League is graphically illustrated in the following figures. Smith now is in his third season of professional hockey, after getting his big chance while playing with Quebec Aces in the Quebec Senior group. This season, including games of March 13, he had scored 109 points, or nearly 40 more than he accounted for in his previous pro career with Pittsburgh and Toronto Maple Leafs!</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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How THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Smith Zoomed To The Top

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0132/934464-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="289" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Davidson Pittsburgh</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0225/934457-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="288" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ebbie Goodfellow St. Louis</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0322/934450-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="287" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ott Heller Indianapolis</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0415/934443-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="288" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>&ldquo;Bun&rdquo; Cook Cleveland</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0511/934436-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="294" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Terry Reardon Providence</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-067/934429-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="280" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Penniston Hershey</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Coaches In American Loop This Week Jump Thru Hoop

<p class="dropcap"><span>A</span> rookie coach and a sophomore mentor who have their squads going great guns this season in the American Hockey league rate as two of the strongest contenders for the Coach-of-the-Year honor as decided by the fans for THE HOCKEY NEWS A. H. L. All-Star Team.</p><p>Veteran defenseman Ott Heller, who took over the reins of Indianapolis Capitols at the beginning of the schedule, has his crew to the top of the heap in the Western Division against spirited opposition by Cleveland Barons, Pittsburgh Hornets and St. Louis Flyers.</p><p>If the Capitols can finish atop their Division, they will tangle with the sophomore-led sextet from Providence, Terry Reardon&rsquo;s high-flying Reds. The Rhode Islanders finished in a blaze of glory last season to win their section in a fierce homestretch drive, only to be knocked out in the Calder Cup finals by the even hotter Cleveland Barons.</p><h2><b>Goodfellow Rates High</b></h2><p>While those two Coaches are getting the attention now because of the high position occupied by their charges in the standings, the fans can&rsquo;t neglect Ebbie Goodfellow of St. Louis Flyers when dishing out the accolades. Goodfellow, long-time star with Detroit Red Wings of the National League, took a perennial tail-end squad at the beginning of the season, and whipped it into winning ways which kept the flashing Flyers at the top of their division for much of the race.</p><p>Even though the Flyers have slumped of late, they have been fighting tooth and nail for a playoff berth in the Western standings, in one of the most keenly-contested races in many a moon. Even if they fail to make the grade, Goodfellow can take pride in his achievement, since his charges stand to finish away higher than any Eastern Division club except the front-running Reds.</p><h2><b>Three More Freshmen</b></h2><p>Besides Heller, there are three other rookie Coaches in the league, who have been enjoying varying success.</p><p>Grey-thatched Neil Colville bulwark of New York Rangers defensive squad the past many seasons, is guiding New Haven Ramblers in his initial venture into the masterminding field. Colville took over after former Coach Lynn Patrick was called in from the Ramblers to succeed Frankie Boucher at the Blueshirt helm. Colville, while producing no sensational winning streaks, has his Ramblers right in contention for the third playoff spot in his Division.</p><p>LeRoy Goldsworthy, who succeeded &ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake at Buffalo; and Frank Beisler at Washington, have been having their share of troubles with last place squads. Buffalo, disorganized all year, was further hamstrung when Manager Art Chapman had his famous misunderstanding with Blake, and inaugurated a general shakeup of the team. Washington has been pitifully inadequate all along, so Beisler can&rsquo;t be blamed for many of their worries.</p><h2><b>Former Cup Coaches</b></h2><p>Rounding out the field of candidates are the five other team generals. Bob Davidson at Pittsburgh; Bun Cook at Cleveland; Don Penniston at Hershey; Earl Seibert at Springfield; and Wally Kilrea at Philadelphia.</p><p>Cook and Penniston among that group are both former Cup-winning Coaches. Cook&rsquo;s Barons capture the Calder Cup and A.H. L. supremacy in the 1947-48 season, while Penniston&rsquo;s Bears from Chocolatetown took the honors in the preceding campaign, the first time any Hershey team had ever captured the championship.</p><h2><b>Deadline Near</b></h2><p>This week&rsquo;s vote marks the conclusion of the A.H.L. census-taking, with the fans having until midnight of March 23 to get their choices in the mails. Any entries postmarked after that date and deadline can&rsquo;t be considered in the counting, since the All-Star tabulators have a big job ahead of them to determine the winning team in time for publication April 16.</p><p>Deadline for the National League All-Star ballots is midnight, March 16, so if you haven&rsquo;t mailed them yet, get them away now.</p><h2><b>THE RULES</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Anyone can cast ballots for All-Star teams of the National Hockey League and American Hockey League, but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming one complete team, in each league.</p><p><i>2&mdash;</i>Stories and pictures of some leading candidates for each position will appear in THE HOCKEY NEWS each week. You NEED NOT name any of the candidates mentioned, if you consider some other player better qualified for the position.</p><p>3&mdash;N.H.L. ballots commence in this issue and will run until March 9; A.H.L. ballots from February 9 to March 16 inclusive.</p><p>4&mdash;Ballots for the choice of three players at each position (six in the case of defensemen) must be filled in as indicated, with the names of the players and their clubs, and the names and addresses of the voters given in the blanks provided each week, or on a reasonable facsimile or tracing: thereof.</p><p>5&mdash;Ballots may be sent in each week as published or held until all have appeared and selections for all six positions, plus coach, submitted at the same time.</p><p>6&mdash;Ballots must be mailed to&mdash;All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, 603A Sun Life Building:, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.</p><p>7&mdash;N.H.L. All-Star ballots must be POSTMARKED NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, MARCH 16; A.H.L. ballots NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT MARCH 23.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

HOCKEY NEWS ALL-STAR POLL

<p class="dropcap"><span>P</span>ublished Weekly, except monthly May through September, by HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY, 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec. Canada. Entered as second class matter June 1, 1048, at the Post Office in St. Albans, Vermont, under the act of March 8, 1879. Subscription price $2.50 in Canada &mdash; $3.50 in U.S.A.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

<p>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.&mdash;</p><p>When a man or group of men take it upon themselves to single out one athlete in an entire league and say: &ldquo;You were the most valuable player of the season,&rdquo; they must make a very important decision, affecting the lives of over 100 players and countless fans.</p><p>In any league there are bound to be some outstanding players. In hockey many factors must go into deciding which player has been the &ldquo;most valuable&rdquo; to his team. In the past two seasons playing-coaches in the United States Hockey&rsquo; League have won this honor. During the 1946-47 season it was Murray Armstrong, playing - coach of Dallas. Last season it was Clint Smith, then playing-coach of Tulsa and now coach of St. Paul.</p><h2><b>New Ruling</b></h2><p>At their annual meeting in Minneapolis last spring the Directors of the U.S.H.L, voted that a playing-coach would no longer be eligible, the winner must be some player from the ranks. As it happens, only one coach took part in any games, Clint Smith of St. Paul played in two; and another, Jack Riley of Tulsa, dressed for two but did not play, so that takes care of that problem.</p><p>Any player on a club, excepting the playing-coach, is eligible. This means a goaltender could conceivably score a grand slam of all the awards. He could be named to the first all-stars thus also winning the &ldquo;Chuck&rdquo; Gardiner Memorial Trophy; if he were a freshman and gained the first team it would be reasonable to assume he might win the &ldquo;rookie&rdquo; award.</p><p>Any goaltender who played such brilliant hockey to be selected to the first team, thus winning the Gardiner Trophy, and who was named the best &ldquo;rookie&rdquo; of the year might very well be responsible for his team&rsquo;s showing and could also be named the &ldquo;most valuable.&rdquo; It has not happened yet, but it could. However, every club in the League has one or two candidates for the &ldquo;most valuable&rdquo; award and the competition should be close.</p><h2><b><i>5.4 Average</i></b></h2><p>The average number of goals scored in a National Hockey League game this season is 5.4. The average last season was 5.7. This speaks volumes for the great goalkeeping currently taking place in the League as the goal average during the seasons of 1943-44 and 1944-45 was seven.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Playing Coaches Out Of Running Now As U.S.H.L. Selectors Ponder M.V.P.

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Yours for the Asking

<div class="byline">By FRED ROBERTS</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&ndash;</p><p>One bitterly cold winter night during the hockey season of 1945-46, a figure snuggled down inside a heavy overcoat in the airy Quebec Coliseum, trying hard to generate a little more warmth. It was Squib Walker, chief scout of the World Champion Toronto Maple Leafs, an eagle-eyed individual with an uncanny sixth sense when it comes to discovering hockey talent.</p><p>And the talent on this particular night would have to be exceptionally good to draw Squib out of a warm hotel room into the wind-swept streets of the Ancient Capital.</p><p>The Quebec Aces were playing the Valleyfield Braves in a regular Quebec Senior Hockey League fixture and Squib, along with 6,000 other hockey fans shivered through the 60 minutes of hockey.</p><h2><b>Squib Picked Him</b></h2><p>&ldquo;What&rsquo;s up, Squib?&rdquo; someone asked. &ldquo;You down here looking over some of the boys? Take that Taggert. He&rsquo;s a mighty fine hockey player, Renaud would go good in pro ranks. Maybe you&rsquo;ve got your eye on Johnnie Marois, the Aces&rsquo; cat-like netminder eh?&rdquo;</p><p>Squib just mumbled back. He didn&rsquo;t want to discuss his mission. Besides, it was too cold to go into a lengthy discussion.</p><p>Three weeks later, the Toronto Maple Leafs management announced that they had signed a young player by the name of Sidney James Smith to a Maple Leaf contract.</p><p>Two nights before Walker&rsquo;s arrival in Quebec, Smith had banged home five goals for the Quebec Aces in a regular league fixture which prompted the Leafs to dispatch Walker to the scene pronto.</p><p>He was on a specific mission. &ldquo;Get a good look at this kid. If he&rsquo;s any good we&rsquo;ll sign him.&rdquo; And that&rsquo;s exactly what happened. The Leafs moved into a territory supposedly covered like a tent by the Montreal Canadiens and succeeded in signing up one of the brightest stars in the amateur galaxy to a Toronto contract.</p><h2><b>Shuffle Specialist</b></h2><p>Since signing with the Leafs Sid Smith has spent so much time shuffling between Toronto and Pittsburgh that he rates a special railway excursion ticket.</p><p>A strapping youngster of 23, he has plenty of time be-bore he finally makes the big jump on a permanent basis. He&rsquo;s getting the experience he needs with the Hornets and when he does move up you can bet your neighbor&rsquo;s lawn mower that he&rsquo;s up to stay.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-055/934674-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="277" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><span class="photo-credit">(Sid Smith)</span></figcaption></div><p>Sid was born in the Queen City of Toronto on July 11, 1925 and as hockey players go he&rsquo;s big. He tips the scales at 177 pounds and stands five feet 10 Inches high. His crew&mdash;cut and finely chiselled-features give him the appearance of a college football player and his speech is slow and pleasing to listen to.</p><p>Recently a group of Toronto fans publicly Inquired why Smith was still with Pittsburgh when the Leafs could use him to such good advantage. After all, he was the leading scorer in the A.H.L. and they pointed out that there isn&rsquo;t that much difference betwen the two leagues. The Toronto management neatly sidestepped the issue knowing well enough that when he&rsquo;s ripe they&rsquo;ll have him with the Leafs.</p><p>On the other hand, the Leafs may figure that Sid is ready right now but there&rsquo;s no sense in jeopardizing the playoff chances of the Hornets by yanking their star winger at this stage of the schedule.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-048/934667-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="1690" height="1053"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>Whitewashers and Assistants</i></p><p><b>GLEEFUL GOALIE BILL DURNAN turns on the Pepsodent for the cameraman after one of his scintillating shutout efforts. With Big Bill are some of the boys who helped mow down the opposition while he keeps his nets as empty as Mother Hubbard&rsquo;s cupboard. Left to right, Elmer Lach, Glen Harmon, Durnan, Billy Reay, and Normie Dus-sault.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Squib Sat, Froze; Drew Ace In Deal; Smith Hit Jackpot

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0132/934636-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="619" height="811"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0227/934629-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="935" height="682"></div><p>MONTREAT, Que.&mdash;</p><p>At the 16:15 mark of the first period in a game in Chicago on February 24, Roy Conacher pushed a puck past Bill Durnan of Montreal Canadiens. Then Durnan brought down the iron curtain and for 309 minutes and 21 seconds the best snipers in the N.H.L. were unable to penetrate his guard.</p><p>During that time he shut out the Chicago Black Hawks for 43 minutes and 45 seconds. Two nights later he whitewashed the Detroit Red Wings 1-0. Four nights after that he invaded Toronto and blanked the Maple Leafs 2-0 and on that weekend he put the finishing touches to the greatest exhibition or goaltending or recent years in the National Hockey League by blanking the Boston Bruins twice, 4-0 in Montreal and 1-0 in Boston.</p><p>Back in Chicago on March 9, on the same sheet of ice which saw him start his great feat, Durnan missed on a shot by Gaye Stewart at the 5.36 mark of the second period. So ended a piece of goaltending that will in all probability put Durnan&rsquo;s name in hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame as well as into the legend books alongside such greats as Vezina and Morenz.</p><h2><b>Calls It Luck!</b></h2><p>To Bill Durnan, his feat was mostly luck. Of course that&rsquo;s not true, for Bill is the most modest man in hockey. After he scored his third consecutive shutout, Baz O&rsquo;Meara, sports editor of The Montreal Star, went over to tell Bill what a great victory he had given his team.</p><p>&ldquo;Gosh,&rdquo; said Durnan, &ldquo;I hardly had anything to do with it.&rdquo; Yet in his four complete shutouts Durnan caught, kicked and booted out no fewer than 95 shots. Probably the greatest game of the four, was the last one played In Boston. The spectators in the Hub City, usually 100 per-cent pro-Bruin fans, cheered Durnan for his magnificent saves. He kicked and caught them from all angles. Some of the saves looked impossible, but he got them all. The Bruins had their best chance when Gerry Plamondon and Kenny Mosdell were given penalties a minute apart. The Boston team, playing five to three, really put on the pressure.</p><p>It all started when Irish Pat Egan lashed in a heavy drive that almost sent Durnan reeling as he kicked it out. Milt Schmidt picked up Egan&rsquo;s rebound and blasted a hard shot, Durnan booted that one out and Johnny Peirson shot the rebound dead-on from six feet out. By this time even the goal judge was getting an itchy finger and this he figured was his chance, but big Bill fooled him as he flung his 185 pounds across his net and picked the puck out of the air.</p><h2><b>Threw On Power</b></h2><p>A few moments later Billy Reay was given a penalty and once again the Bruins threw on the power, with Egan leading the way. The stocky Egan let a shot go that almost knocked Durnan over, but the great goalie kicked it out, and then Paul Ronty, the Bruins leading scorer, blasted one. Durnan. now down on his knees, knocked that one out.</p><p>The Bruins continued to pour on the power and Kenny Smith picked up a loose puck, made as if to fire at the short side of Durnan&rsquo;s cage, then switched like a bolt of lightning and drove the disc between Harmon and Harvey, for the far side. Bill heaved his great body across the net, threw out his arm, blocked the puck with his forearm and fell on it. All this happened in a matter of a few seconds.</p><p>In playing over 309 minutes of shutout hockey, Durnan beat Frankie Brimsek of the Bruins, the late Charlie Gardiner of the Chicago Black Hawks and Normie Smith of the Detroit Red Wings for shutout time. Brimsek went 213 minutes and 54 seconds in his rookie year while Gardiner and Smith both blanked all opposition for a little over 290 minutes, back in the early 30&rsquo;s.</p><p>The record, however, is held by Alex Connell, the Ottawa fireman, who played for both the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. In the 1927-28 season Connell, in the nets for the Senators, racked up six consecutive shutouts and his recond of 44 6 minutes and nine seconds of goalless hockey still stands</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0318/934622-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="533" height="863"><figcaption class="caption-body"><i><b>Net Nifty</b></i> <span class="photo-credit">(BILL DURNAN)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>Greatest Feat</b></h2><p>That Durnan&rsquo;s feat is far greater than Connell&rsquo;s goes without saying. If a goaler in the roaring 20&rsquo;s was ever caught in an avalanche of rubber, as Durnan was during his last game in Boston, he would have hung up his skates forever. In those days they didn&rsquo;t have to contend with four and five-man rushes, scrambles and screen shots as they do today. Although it is often boasted that goalers in the old days used to stop some 50 or 60 pucks per game, to this day nobody knows what constituted a shot on the net in those hectic games.</p><p>Frank Carlin, a pretty good hockey player in his day, and now the dean of amateur coaches in Canada, was talking about Durnan&rsquo;s feat and comparing him with goalers of his day.</p><p>&ldquo;I doubt very much that goalers of my time could stand up to the rubber that&rsquo;s shot at goalees of today,&rdquo; said Carlin, who now coaches the Montreal Royals. &ldquo;In my day a defenseman never moved off his blueline to make rushes as they do today. All the goalers had to do was stand in their net and catch pucks and Durnan could do that anytime. No sir, a goaler today gets a lot more work than those oldies ever got.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Montreal&rsquo;s First Citizen</b></h2><p>For Durnan&rsquo;s great work he has become the toast of Montreal. The combined French and English chorus of &ldquo;the Hart Trophy for Durnan&rdquo; and &ldquo;Durnan the AllStar goaler&rdquo; can now be heard in all sections of the Metropolis. Bill has already won the Vezina Trophy four times and is the only netminder ever to win it four seasons in a row. At this moment he has a handy lead over his nearest rival, Harry Lumley, for the trophy. If he wins it he will be the first ever to cop it five times. If he wins the Hart Trophy as well, he will be the only goaler ever to win both trophies in one season. Roy Worters is the only goaler ever to win the Hart Trophy.</p><p>Durnan&rsquo;s value to his club cannot be counted in dollars and cents, there just isn&rsquo;t that much money around. His great work vaulted his team from a lowly fourth place into a race for second, all in a little over two weeks. For that, his teammates will collect more than twice as much finishing money. Besides that, Durnan has satisfied a very suspicious and short-memoried Montreal hockey crowd that he is not only the greatest ever to step into the big league but also one of the gamest.</p><h2><b>Fickle Fans</b></h2><p>For instance, there was the night that his mates turned in a poor show and the team lost by a big score. The short-memoried fans began to boo the big goaler, forgetting he had been the backbone of one of the greatest hockey machines ever to step on a sheet of ice.</p><p>In the dressing room after the game Durnan called for Frank Selke, the Habs manager.</p><p>&ldquo;Mr. Selke,&rdquo; said Bill, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m through. They&rsquo;re not going to break my nerve&rdquo;. Durnan, never the type to put on a snow, meant every word he said. However, Selke talked to Bill and soon won him over. In a few minutes Durnan gave a wry smile. &ldquo;Okay, I&rsquo;ll go for you,&rdquo; he said.</p><h2><b>One Of Greatest</b></h2><p>In Durnan the Canadiens have one of the greatest team players in the game. Whatever he does is for the good of his mates, he never thinks of himself first. In a game recently the Canadiens were losing by one goal. With a minute to go Irvin called Durnan to the bench. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to put on six forwards Bill,&rdquo; said Irvin. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry to have to do this, I realize one goal may cost you the Vezina Trophy.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;To hell with the Vezina Trophy,&rdquo; Durnan replied, &ldquo;let&rsquo;s win the game.&rdquo; His spirit and great work has prompted Irvin to bellow good and loud that his goaler is the greatest he has ever seen, and Irvin&rsquo;s been around the league for some 23 years.</p><p>Durnan, the man who has many times said he would rather pitch softball than play hockey, has a pair of hands that move as fast as Citation&rsquo;s feet.</p><h2><b>Third Defenseman</b></h2><p>As a stick wielder he is the most unusual performer the NHL has ever seen. He can play it from the left or right hand and is just as fast with either. One time you look at him he&rsquo;s a left handed goaler. Next moment he&rsquo;s given the stick sort of a drum major&rsquo;s twist and he&rsquo;s got it on his right side. Durnan is like having a third defenseman on the ice.</p><p>He has a way of putting an. opposing player off balance as they moves around his net. He wields his stick masterly and never makes the first move, his eyes play with the puck as if they were glued to the piece of rubber. His defense, generally rated as the best in the league, take their orders from Bill on many occasions.</p><p>Durnan is now in his sixth year in the N.H.L. His record is amazing. In his first four seasons he won the Vezina Trophy. In his professional career he has played 316 games and racked up 26 shutouts. His goals against average is an amazing 2.41 per game. In all his years in pro hockey he has only received one penalty and that was against Toronto for fighting. A rare occasion.</p><p>A late comer to the big league, Durnan is now 34 years old, but he is having his greatest season. He will be around for many more, for without a doubt he is the greatest goaler ever to strap on a pair of pads. His records prove it.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Durnan Rates Amons Game’s Greats

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>N A POLL conducted by Henry Roxborough for the Maple Leaf Gardens&rsquo; program, the N.H.L. captains selected their 1948-49 N.H.L. All-Stars. Giving two points for a first choice and one point for a second selection here his how the six caps picked &lsquo;em: First Team &mdash; Goal, Bill Durnan, Canadiens; Defense, Bill Quaskenbush, Detroit and Kenny Reardon, Canadiens; Center, Sid Abel, Detroit; Right Wing, Maurice Richard, Canadiens and Left Wing, Roy Cona-cher, Chicago. Second team&mdash;Goal. Chuck Rayner Rangers; Defense, Glen Harmon, Canadiens and Jack Stewart, Detroit; Center, Doug Bentley, Chicago; Right Wing, Bill Ezinicki, Toronto and Left Wing, Ted Lindsay, Detroit&hellip; The six captains also named Detroit&rsquo;s Stewart and Quackenbush as the best defense iced by one team and Chicago&rsquo;s Number One forward line of Roy Conacher, Doug Bentley and Bill Mosienko as the best trio in the league&hellip; Mosienko was also picked as the fastest skater, with the top stickhandler being either New York&rsquo;s Edgar La-prade or Toronto&rsquo;s Max Bentley&rsquo;&hellip; Bill Chad-wick was selected as the best referee, with King Clancy a couple of whistle blasts behind&hellip; ronto Maple Leafs have only lost four games in their last 16 starts and three of the four losses were by shouthouts, Durnan doing the trick twice and Lumley once&hellip; In his six years of pro hockey Durnan has recked up 26 shuouts&hellip; With still one week left of play, there have been 30 shutouts recorded by National League goalkeepers this season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01103/934733-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="276" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><span class="photo-credit">(Edgar Laprade)</span></figcaption></div><p>THE ELEVEN A.H.L. COACHES will vote for the American League Official All-Star Team this year instead of the press and radio as in former years&hellip; Last season the A.H.L. coaches picked the Outstanding Rookie but this year the top rook will be selected by the press and radio&hellip; The refereeing staff will pick the winner of the Most Gentlemanly Player Award&hellip; Omaha has been death on goalies this season. Jim Shirley, Don McDonald, Jake Forbes, Bob Decourcey, Gordie Bell and Metz Skaleske (twice) have all been in the nets for the Knights this campaign. Latest victim is Gordie Bell who suffered a groin injury on March 5, played five minutes of the game on March 6 and was replaced by trainer and spare goalie, Metz Skaleske&hellip;. W. A. (Bill) Northey, director of the Montreal Forum and one of the Canada&rsquo;s pioneer rink operators, told us that it&rsquo;s not definite that the Forum would add 3,000 more seats for next season. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll know in another three or four weeks when the bids are in from all the contractors,&rsquo;&rsquo; Northey advised&hellip; Elmer Lach&rsquo;s great play since he returned from being sidelined with a broken jaw is being hailed as the second greatest comeback in the history of hockey&hellip; He also figured in the greatest comeback in hockey when he won the N.H.L. scoring title last season after being counted out with a fractured skull the previous year.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0296/934726-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="258" height="401"><figcaption class="caption-body"><span class="photo-credit">(Elmer Lach)</span></figcaption></div><p>CANADIENS WILL STAY at St. Hyacinthe, Que. from now until the end of the playoffs. They will practice at the St. Hy. rink daily. Dick Irvin believes it will keep his team in sharper fettle for the playoffs.&hellip; No wonder the Maple Leaf Gardens&rsquo; directors had wide smiles on their faces in the Gardens&rsquo; press room on Saturday. Over 40,000 fans had paid their way into the hockey emporium in 24 hours. More than 13,000 saw the O.H.A. senior playoffs on Friday, another 13,000 and some odd witnessed the O.H.A. junior playoffs Saturday afternoon and that night 13,539 were on hand for the Leaf-Boston game&hellip; Doug Young worked all three games. The ex-Detroit defenseman refereed the two amateur games and acted as a lineman in Saturday night&rsquo;s game&hellip; Boston Bruins have had luck with their sophmore players this season. Showing complete disregard for the second year jinx that affects so many hockey players, Paul Romty, Johnny Peirson, Pete Babando, Eddie Sandford and Ed Harrison have all delivered for the Bruins this semester&hellip; Don Raleigh of Rangers, another second year player, was one of the outstanding forwards in the N.H.L. until he was forced out with injuries five weeks ago. In 41 games Raleigh had 10 goals and 16 assists for 26 points&hellip; Walter &ldquo;Dusty&rsquo;&rsquo; Mails, former major league baseball pitcher, is now promotional director of San Francisco&rsquo;s Winterland. Mails is organizing Teen-Age hockey in &lsquo;Frisco&hellip; St. Lawrence University at Canton, N.Y. have iced a hockey team in intercollegiate ranks since 1925. During the past three seasons the team has won 22 games.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0343/934719-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="244" height="332"><figcaption class="caption-body"><span class="photo-credit">(Don Raleigh)</span></figcaption></div><p>OAKLAND of the Pacific Coast League is trying to obtain Oakland&rsquo;s Civic Auditorium for their home rink next season. It has a seating capacity of 8,000. Main drawback seems to be lack of capital to install an artificial ice plant&hellip; Fresno has been packing them in ever since the club hit the winning habit the last few weeks&hellip; Milt Schimdt told us the other day in Toronto that he has yet to play a complete season in the N.H.L. without missing games due to injuries. Imagine what a record Milt would have racked up if he hadn&rsquo;t missed so much time through injuries&hellip; Ray Timgren, blond bullet currently patrolling the right boards for Toronto Maple Leafs, is the best rookie in the N.H.L. at the moment. If Timgren had played more games this season he would be hard to beat for Best Rookie honors&hellip; Don Wattrick of WXYZ in Detroit put on a swell hockey television show last week&hellip; Another Booster Club came into existence on March 9 with the formation of the Buffalo Bison Booster Club&hellip; Lynn Patrick, Ranger coach, thinks Dunc Fisher is one of the best rookies in the N.H.L. Patrick said that Fisher was a coach&rsquo;s type of player. They also think a lot of spunky Dune in Toronto and figure he is ready-made for the Toronto style of play&hellip; Art Hodgins of Steatham was voted the Best Rookie in England and Phil Casey was voted similar honors in Scotland in a recent poll by the &ldquo;Ice Hockey World&rdquo; in Great Britain&hellip; An American-born player has never won the Hart Trophy&hellip; Doc Romnes was the only U.S.-born puckster to ever win the Lady Byng Trophy&hellip; Frank Brimsek is the only American goaltender to ever win the Vezina Trophy&hellip; Jack Adams sees his Detroit Red Wings, new National League champions, good for another ten years at least.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0423/934712-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="286" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><span class="photo-credit">(Frank Brimsek)</span></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0519/934705-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="1681" height="1485"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Hal&rsquo;s Two Happy Pals</i></b></p><p><b>TWIN SONS OF HAL LAYCOE, Montreal Canadiens defenseman, are these two proud youngsters shown here in their classy new hockey sweaters. The 17-months-old youngsters, Bobby and Bryan (does it matter which is which!) are wearing the sweaters knitted for them by Mrs. Bob Kayser of Montreal West, a great Canadien rooter.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Passing the Puck

<div class="byline">By JACK STOVER</div><p>MILWAUKEE Wis.&ndash;</p><p>The newly formed Milwaukee Hockey Club of the International Hockey League is having a banner year at the converted Coliseum, State Fair Park, in Milwaukee. Five cities make up the league which includes Milwaukee, Louisville. Akron, Muncie and Toledo: Louisville operates in the Armory which seats 7,200 fans. Toledo operates in thenew Sports Arena, and has a seating capacity of 6,200 and Milwaukee is next with a seating capacity of 5,300. Muncie and Akron have smaller arenas.</p><p>To date the Milwaukee Club has played before 129,720 fans at home and on the road in 27 games. The attendance at home for 17 games has been 66,000 which shows the popularity of the new sport here in the Beer City.</p><p>The club is coached by George Boothman, former Maple Leaf, Buffalo Bison, Houston Husky and San Diego hockey player. Boothman has a well balanced club, with an average age of 24 years. In their initial venture in the league race, the squad copped a playoff spot which is a fair showing at any time.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Milwaukee Of Int’l Loop Enjoying Great Season

<p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>rwin Groves (Murph) Chamberlain, colorful Montreal Canadien forward who has been a favorite with National League fans for the past 12 years, will be tendered a &ldquo;night&rdquo; in Montreal on March 17 by the citizens of Shaw-ville, Que., Murph&rsquo;s home town. Other N.H.L. teams Murph has played for besides Canadiens were Toronto, Americans and Boston.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

“Murph Night”

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THE ROBERT SIMPSON MONTREAL LIMITED

<div class="byline">By DAVE FARRELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0155/934843-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PAT EGAN, THE COLORFUL CELT</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON. Mass.&mdash;</p><p>It has been a long time coming but Pat Egan, the colorful defenseman of the Boston Bruins, has finally come into his own. The big Celt, who hails from the prairies of Alberta, has always been a favorite with Boston fans. But this season, his consistently great play has started an epidemic of Pat Egan fan clubs throughout the Boston Garden.</p><p>Large banners, adorned in green with his name and a flock of shamrocks, can be found hanging from various sections of the Garden whenever the Bruins are in town. In one section of the first balcony, there is a special club consisting of about 15 men and women who wear green hats to match their large Egan banner.</p><p>But what&rsquo;s the reason for all these Pat Egan fan clubs? Why do Boston fans go wild whenever Pat starts up the ice on one of his patented solo rushes?</p><h2><b>Boston&rsquo;s Pride</b></h2><p>Well, to begin with, Egan is an Irishman all the way and everyone knows how Irishmen rate in Boston. More important, however, has been Pat&rsquo;s play this season. He probably won&rsquo;t be named to the National Hockey League All-Star team because of the perennial favorites who always get the nod, but as of this writing, Pat Egan is the league&rsquo;s number one defenseman in our book.</p><p>Martin Joseph Patrick Egan broke into the National Hockey League with the now defunct N. Y. Americans during the 19391940 season. He had previously played with Seattle of the P.C.- H.L. and Springfield of the A.H.L. where he had established a reputation as a wild, unruly defenseman who would kill himself playing hockey.</p><p>Following three years with the Americans, Pat entered the Canadian Army and served a year. He was discharged in time to start the 1943-44 season with the Detroit Red Wings, who picked him up when the Americans went under.</p><h2><b>Trade Helped Him</b></h2><p>Midway through that season, Egan was traded to the Bruins for Flash Hollett and the big Celt finished up the year with an impressive record of 15 goals and 28 assists for a total of 43 points in 48 games&mdash;not bad for a defenseman.</p><p>Two years later, when schmidt, Bauer and Dumart returned from the service, Pat experienced his worst season in the majors. He missed the first nine games because of a knee injury during training at Hershey and then when he did break into the lineup, his play seemed to lack something. He served only 32 minutes in the penalty box that year, a new low for a defenseman who had been averaging about 85 minutes per year in the box. It was rumored that Art Ross of the Bruins had offered Pat a bonus if he cut down his time in the penalty box. Pat did, but his play suffered correspondingly.</p><p>During the past two years, Pat&rsquo;s play has been up and down. At times he would reach great heights with his brilliance, only to slip back into obscurity with his occasional erratic play. Towards the end of last season, however, he became more and more consistent and began showing signs that he could maintain the high calibre of play of which he was capable.</p><h2><b>Inspiration To Team</b></h2><p>It is very pleasant to report that the Wild Tad from the Tundras has realized his potentialities and has become one of the league&rsquo;s foremost defensemen. For no player in hockey has as much team spirit as he. Always talking and spurring on the other Bruins, he is an invaluable asset to the Boston team. It has been very fortunate for the Bruins&rsquo; management that they did not get rid of him at the conclusion of last season.</p><p>He was reportedly on the block along with Clare Martin and Wally Wilson. The Bruins were said to have asked waivers on him from every club in the league. That Art Ross has soured on him in recent years was very obvious from the play-up the Bruins&rsquo; front office continually gave other members of the Boston defense.</p><p>Egan was ignored whenever references were made to the creditable play of the Bruin defense. There were occasional references to the effect that Ross was not pleased with Pat&rsquo;s play. But Pat hung on and always had the majority of the fans behind him.</p><h2><b>Good Drawing Card</b></h2><p>Now he is the Bruins number one drawing card, surpassing even Milt Schmidt in color. In a year that has seen attendance figures decline, he has been the drawing card that has kept the Boston Garden packed whenever the Bruins play.</p><p>When the going gets tough for the Bruins and the forwards have trouble getting the puck out of the Boston zone, the fans begin chanting for Pat to lead a rush and get the team rolling. He will take the puck behind his own net and start up the ice behind their cheers. When he reaches the other blue line, he usually either tries to stickhandle through the defense, or, as happens more often, he lets go one of his powerful shots at the net.</p><p>No matter what he does, there is always something of the spectacular connected with it. If he tries to split the defense and is knocked down doing so, he usually takes the two opposing defensemen down with him.</p><h2><b>Goalies Fear Him</b></h2><p>Once he crosses the red line at center ice, opposing goalies are always on guard against his shot which is reputed to be the hardest in the National Hockey League. Last season he beat Jim Henry, then playing with the Rangers, with a shot from the red line. During a game early this year with he Red Wings, Pat crossed the red line and unloaded a bullet shot which beat Harry Lumley.</p><p>Following his marriage to a Boston girl two years ago, Pat has lived down here ever since. During the summers he works with a local construction company to keep himself in shape. He plays a lot of baseball during the hot months and though he is hardly another Ted Williams, he likes the game. Last summer he played the outfield with Fernie Flaman for the Boston All-Stars.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Boston’s Rollicking Irishman, Pat Egan, Favorite With Fans

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>SAN DIEGO. Calif. &mdash;</p><p>When it comes time to passing out &ldquo;Rookie of the Year&rsquo;&rsquo; honors in the Southern Division of the Pacific Coast Hockey League, it would be well to study closely the performance of little Gilles St. Pierre, versatile center ice man for the San Diego Skyhawks.</p><p>St. Pierre, 20-years-old (he won&rsquo;t be 21 until July 20), five-feet, seven-inches tall and weighing 152 pounds, is playing his first season of professional hockey after a sensational year with the Barrie Flyers of the OHA Jr. &ldquo;A&rdquo;. Gil has been one of the main cogs in a Skyhawk machine that only lately has started to click on all six.</p><h2><b>Fits Right In</b></h2><p>Shifty, a good stick-handler and rapidly developing into a heady pivotman, St. Pierre has ranked only behind the experienced Maurice Vaillancourt (So. Division leading scorer last year) in the race for individual scoring honors among the &lsquo;Hawks this season. Coming to the club after spending three weeks with Houston in the United States League and thereby missing S. D.&rsquo;s first six games, St. Pierre almost immediately fitted into his new suroundings.</p><p>The youth from Timmins. Ontario, is among the top seven in the Southern Division scoring parade at this writing and a close look at his goal and assist record shows that the Buffalo &ndash; owned puckster can put the rubber into the net or set up plays for his wingmates.</p><h2><b>He Can&rsquo;t Miss</b></h2><p>Experienced hockey critics say the lad can&rsquo;t miss in the Big Time and freely predict that come another couple of winters Gil will be scoring goals for some N.H.L. team. Buffalo prexy Art Chapman is going to be mighty pleased with this talented French - Canadian youth.</p><p>St. Pierre is particularly deadly around the nets, and, given any chance at an opposing goalie, he makes the most of the opportunity. His one weakness, if it can be called that, is his apparent lack of polish in passing, but that, along with poise, deftness and agility will come to this inexperienced puck hound, who hag developed considerably since his first West Coast appearance last October.</p><p>Signed to a Buffalo pro contract by his junior coach, Happy Emms, erstwhile N.H.L., Buffalo scout and currently masterminding Barrie Flyers, St. Pierre comes from a long line of Big League hockey players to come out of his home town of Timmins in the Ontario mining hot-bed.</p><p>In the off-season the good-looking bachelor with the traditional French brown eyes, plays baseball to keep in shape, cavorting out in center field.</p><p>In a few years&rsquo; time the town of Timmins should have another one of its sons playing in the National Hockey League unless West Coast hockey experts are barking up the wrong tree.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0245/934874-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="505" height="817"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>San Diego Saint</i></b></p><p><b>GILLES ST. PIERRE</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hustling’ Hawk Draws Raves; In Line For Ton Rookie Bid

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Player’s Please BECAUSE THEY’RE Double-Fresh!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01127/934960-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>FAVORITE HOBBY</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>My favorite hobby is reading about hockey, and that is why I became a subscriber to your fine paper last year. I want to congratulate you on your inside stories and those great articles on the immortal Morenz.</p><p>I have been resting in a sanatorium for the past five years. My other hobby is stamp collecting. Would you please ask your readers If they could send me any kind of stamps from Canada, U.S. A., Newfoundland or other countries?</p><p>Yvon Donais Lake Edward San, Portneuf, Que.</p><h2><b>LESSER LIGHTS</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>You don&rsquo;t print enough about the N.H.L. lesser lights. All the ink goes to the stars like Richard, Lach, Bentley, Kennedy and O&rsquo;Connor.</p><p>How about the men who play defense, set up plays, kill off penalties, etc. Just to name a few, there&rsquo;s Mosdell, Kelly, Quackenbush, Reise, Pavelich, Boesch, Metz, Juzda, Stanowski, Kaleta, Moe, Shero, Harrison, Henderson, Plamondon, Harvey, Riopelle, Bouchard, Goldham, Nattrass and Brown. Here&rsquo;s hoping you do a story on one of these players soon.</p><p>R. Martin St. John&rsquo;s, Nfld.</p><h2><b>BOTH ROOKIES</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Could you please tell me if Les Costello and Fleming Mackell will be eligible for the rookie award this season in the N.H.L. What nationality are Jimmy Thomson and Gus Mortson?</p><p>Harold Snipstead Donalds, Alta.</p><p><b>(Yes, both Costello and Mackell are eligible for the rookie award. Thomson and Mortson are both of Scottish descent).</b></p><h2><b>ON ROLLER SKATES</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>We here in New York don&rsquo;t have as much opportunity to ice skate as Canadians, but we play hockey on roller skates, and, believe me, it&rsquo;s plenty rough.</p><p>Reading a February issue, I noticed a criticism sent in by a Chicago fan. She claimed that goalie Frank Brimsek of Boston Bruins was the only one that didn&rsquo;t face the American flag during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner. You came to the rescue by stating that he faces the organ instead.</p><p>In Madison Square Garden (home of the Rangers), the organ is at the Ranger end, and Frank stands at perfect attention, facing the flag which hangs over the middle of the ice surface.</p><p>Rudy Stevens New York, N.Y.</p><h2><b>A GREAT IDEA</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I have just finished reading the story on the life of Howie Morenz. It was one that would move anybody, whether he be a hockey fan or not.</p><p>In the States, especially where I live, we do not see any motion pictures on hockey. That is one reason why I feel they should make a motion picture of Howie Morenz&rsquo;s life. Hockey is so colorful, and Howie&rsquo;s life was so in-interesting, it should be welcomed by everyone. Producers make pictures about Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and others, I don&rsquo;t see why they couldn&rsquo;t make one on this hockey immortal.</p><p>Maybe if enough fans had this same idea, my hoping will not be for nothing.</p><p>Bob Smith St. Louis, Mo.</p><h2><b>TALL ORDER</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I was wondering if some Detroit Red Wing fan could help me with my collection. I would like to add the following pictures of old-time Red Wings:</p><p>O. Roulston, H. Mackie, D. Deacon, Williams, S. Hudson. C. Drouillard, P. Bessone, B. Whitelaw, B. Ruelle, Bennett, Zunich, H. Teno and L. Thibeault.</p><p>George Harron Woodstock, Ont.</p><h2><b>WANTS A PEEK</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Besides picking their all-star team, how about letting the fans choose their candidates for the various trophies such as the Calder, the Hart, and the Lady Byng?</p><p>And just for a change, let&rsquo;s see some pictures of the writers and other people responsible for this fine paper. I&rsquo;m sure many would like to get a peek at you.</p><p>John Jordan. Trenton, Ont.</p><h2><b>CLEARED UP</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Please he so kind as to clear up an argument, or should I say difference of opinion between my friend John Straub and myself.</p><p>John is trying to tell me that a goalie can be penalized for holding the puck. Won&rsquo;t you please inform him in this paper that a goalkeeper can hold, pick up, or freeze the puck till there is a whistle for a faceoff.</p><p>Your information on what a goalie can do with the puck, with his hands, undoubtedly will save him a lot of money on a bet he wants to make with me.</p><p>John P. Condon Hastings-On-Hudson, New York.</p><p><b>(You win any bets. The goalie is permitted to hold the puck).</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0242/934991-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>Y</span>ou know right well that you&rsquo;ll want to know what your favorite hockey star is doing during the summer months; what players are being traded; what players are being given their unconditional release. You&rsquo;ll also be eager to find out what plans your Team is making for the coming season and what players they plan to bring up next season.</p><p>The Only Way To Know All This is by becoming a Year-Round Subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS. You see THE HOCKEY NEWS is not sold at arenas during the summer months or on the newsstands and the only possible way you can see a copy is by becoming a regular subscriber. This way you will be sure of receiving the five snappy monthly summer issues just as soon as they&rsquo;re off the press.</p><p>THE HOCKEY NEWS features plenty of lengthy profiles on players in the summer issues and oodles of candid pictures showing that favorite puck star of yours in such poses as playing baseball, on the golf links, milking cows, pitching hay, running the store, and countless others. We at THE HOCKEY NEWS do our utmost to see that you don&rsquo;t lose track of your favorite players during those five months that THE HOCKEY NEWS suspends weekly publication (May to September).</p><p>Remember a Year&rsquo;s Subscription to THE HOCKEY NEWS consists of 35 consecutive issues &mdash; 30 weekly during the season and five monthly summer issues. It doesn&rsquo;t matter when you start your subscription &mdash; you still get your 35 issues.</p><p><b>Fill in Form above and Send Postal Note or Money Order</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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YOU’LL BE SORRY

<h2><b>Forwards Are Bad Men</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he four most penalized player in the N.H.L. are forwards. Once upon a time defensemen used to always head the penalty parade but not this year with Ezinicki, Guidolin, Chamberlain and Richard being the most frequent visitors to the penalty box.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON TIES. A.M., MAR. 15</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0177/935106-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="573" height="173"></div><p><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Gaines</b></p><p>March 9&mdash;Canadiens 2, at Chicago 2; Toronto 0, at Detroit 5; Rangers 1 at Boston 8.</p><p>March 12&mdash;Rangers 0 at Canadiens 3; Boston 2, at Toronto 1.</p><p>March 13&mdash;Canadiens 1 at Rangers 1. Toronto 3, at Chicago 1; Boston 6. at Detroit 2.</p><p><b>Next Week Games</b></p><p>March 16&mdash;Rangers at Detroit, Chicago at Boston.</p><p>March 17&mdash;Toronto at Canadiens.</p><p>March 19&mdash;Chicago at Canadiens, Detroit at Toronto.</p><p>March 20&mdash;Canadiens at Detroit Toronto at Boston, cieango at Rangers.</p><p>Detroit Red Wings, best-balanced team in the N.H.L. and the powerhouse club all season, clinched their first National Hockey League Championship since 194243 when they blanked Toronto Maple Leafs 5-0 on March 9. The Motor City sextet are currently holding a seven point edge over the second-place Boston Bruins. Detroit has 69 points, Boston has 62.</p><p>Montreal Canadiens have waged a bitter battle with the Boys from Beantown for the second slot but have been unable to keep ahead of Dit Clapper&rsquo;s crew. Canadiens are in the third spot with 61 points, four ahead of the fourth-place Toronto Maple Leafs, who guaranteed themselves a playoff berth on March 13 when they downed Chicago Black Hawks 3-1. Chicago follows the Leafs with 48 points while the hapless New York Rangers bring up the rear with 45 points.</p><p>Every team in the League has played 57 games and it is now definitely decided just what four teams will be in the playoffs but with the exception of Detroit no team is certain just where it will ultimately finish.</p><p>Roy Conacher or linemate Doug Bentley of the Chicago Hawks are a cinch to cop the scoring title. Conacher with 66 points has a two point margin over Bentley. Sid Abel of Detroit is third in the scoring but far off the pace set by Conacher and Bentley. Abel has 52 points.</p><p>Bill Durnan, Canadiens&rsquo; stellar goalie, seems a certainty to win his fifth Vezina Trophy. The husky netminder has only allowed 122 goals to be scored against him in 57 games for an average of 2.14.</p><h2>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9</h2><p>CHICAGO &mdash; Bill Durnan&rsquo;s shutout record came to an end at 309 minutes, 21 seconds but his Montreal Canadiens mates pulled out a 2-2 tie with the Chicago Black Hawks before 15,311 fans.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defense, Harvey, Bouchard: center, Mosdell; wings, Richard, Fillion; subs.: Riopelle, Carveth, Harmon, Reay, Gravelle, Lach, Campeau, Leger, Dussault, Laycoe.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, Gold-ham, McCaig; center, J. Conacher; wings, Bodnar, Stewart; subs.: Dickens, Nattrass, Bentley, Prystai, Brown, Mo-sienko, R. Conacher, Hamill, Guidolin.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Referee; Bill Chadwick; linesmen, George Hayes, Doug. Young.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0256/935099-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="572" height="355"></div><p>BOSTON&mdash;The Boston Bruins, scoreless in their last two games, went on a goal-making spree by blasting New York Rangers, 8-1.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Brimsek; defense, Egan, Crawford; center, Schmidt; wings, Peters, Babando; subs.: Sandford; Dumart, Warwick, Henderson, Flaman, Thomson, Ronty, Peirson, Smith, Harrison.</p><p><b>Rangers:</b> Goal, Rayner; defense, Ed-dolls, Stanowski; center, Laprade; wings, Leswick, Trainor; subs.: Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Lund, Mickoski, Fisher, Albright, Gordon, Kaleta, Moe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0333/935092-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="571" height="456"></div><p>DETROIT&mdash;The Detroit Red Wings all but clinched the championship&mdash;the defending champions Toronto Maple their first in six years&mdash;by beating Leafs 5-0 before 13,664 home fans here.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Broda; defense, Boesch, Barilko; center, Bentley; wings, Klu-kay, Timgren; subs.: Thomson, Mortson, Watson, Kennedy, Lynn, Metz, Gardner, Juzda, Sloan, Taylor.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Lumley; defense, Quackenbush, Stewart; center, Lundy; wings, Horeck, Enio; subs.: Kelly, Reise, Howe, McNab, Abel, Lindsay, Poile McFadden, Couture, Pavelich, Fogolin.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Referee, Georges Gravel; linesmen, Harold (Mush) March, Ray Getliffe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0431/935085-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="574" height="387"></div><h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 12</h2><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Vezina Bill Durnan racked up his 10th shutout of the season as Montreal Canadians blanked New York Rangers 3-0 before 11-122 wildly yelling fans.</p><p><b>Rangers:</b> goal, Rayner; defence, Ed-dols, Stanowski; center, O&rsquo;Connor; wings, Kaleta, Mickoski; subs.: Shero, Stanley, Laprade, Fisher, Albright, Gordon, Leswick, Moe, Trainor.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> goal, Durnan; defense, Leger, Harmon; center, Lach; wingss, Riopelle, Gravelle; subs.: Harvey, Bouchard, Plamondon, Carveth, Richard, Filion, Chamberlain, Reay, Reardon, Mosdell, Laycoe.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> George Gnavelle; linesmen, Jim Primeau. Eddie Mepham.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0520/935078-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="573" height="302"></div><p>TORONTO&mdash;Frankie Brimsek weathered a storm of 45 sizzling shots as Boston Bruins edged Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 before 13,539 unhappy cash customers.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> goal, Brimsek; defense, Egan, Crawford; center, Sandford; wings, Peters, Dumart; subs.: Henderson, Flaman, Kryzynowski, Warwick, Schmidt, Harrison, Creighton, Smith, Ronty, Peirson, Babando.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Broda; defense, Barddko, Boesch; center, Bentley; wings, Klu-kay, Timgren; subs.: Thomson, Mortson, Juzda, Gardner, Sloan, Watson, Kennedy, Metz, Lynn, Hannigan.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> King Clancy, Linesmen: Butch Keeling, Doug Young.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0615/935071-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="567" height="231"></div><h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 13</h2><p>DETROIT&mdash;Boston&rsquo;s bashing Bruins trampled Detroit Red Wings 6-2 before 13,037 fans to take over second place in the torrid race for second place.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> goal, Brimsek; defense, Egan, Crawford; center, Sandford; wings, Peters, Dumart; subs.: Henderson, Flaman, Warwick, Schmidt, Creighton, Smith, Toppazzini, Ronty, Kryzanowski, Peirson, Babando.</p><p><b>Detrot:</b> goal, Lumley: defense, Quackenbush, Stewart; center, Abel; wings, Howe, Lindsay: subs.: Kelly, Gee, McNab, Horeck, Poile, McFadden, Lundy, Couture, Pavelich, Enio, Fogolin.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Frank (King) Chancy; linesmen: Harold March end Jim Primeau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0713/935064-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="569" height="487"></div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs ofllnched the fourth place playoff berth by crushing Chicago Black Hawk&rsquo;s chances with a 3-1 decision before a jam-packed house of 16,521 fans.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> goal, Broda; defense, Thomson, Mortson; center, Gardner; wings, Hannigan, Watson, subs.: Goesch, Max Bentley, Klukay, Kennedy, Lynn, Metz, Juzda, Barilko, Sloan, Timgren.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> goal, Henry; defense, Gold-ham, MeCaig, center, Conacher; wings, Bodnar, Stewart; subs.: Dickens, Nattrass, Doug Bentley, Mosienko, R. Conacher, Hamill, Guidolin, Pryetal, Brawn.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1010/935057-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="568" height="334"></div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;Montreal Canadiens lost ground in their second-place battle when the cellar-dwelling New York Rangers held them to a 1-1 tie as 10,117 customers looked on.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defense, Harvey, Bouchard; center, Reay; wings, Carveth, Plamondon. sub.: Riopelle, Harmon, Richard, Fillion, Chamberlain, Gravelle, Lach, Reardon, Mosdell, Leger, Laycoe.</p><p><b>..Rangers:</b> Goal, Rayner; defense, Ed-dols, Stanowski; center, O&rsquo;Connor; wings, Kaleta, Leswick, sub.: Shero, Stanley, Lund, Miokowski, Fisher, Trainor, Albright, Moe, Delory, Lowe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1110/935050-1-eng-US/f0007-112.jpg" title="f0007-11" width="567" height="231"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PMWDE</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Mar. 13)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-127/935043-1-eng-US/f0007-122.jpg" title="f0007-12" width="568" height="1860"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-136/935036-1-eng-US/f0007-132.jpg" title="f0007-13" width="567" height="398"></div><h2>Penalties In Minutes By Clubs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-144/935029-1-eng-US/f0007-142.jpg" title="f0007-14" width="509" height="147"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0913/935022-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="533" height="891"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i><b>Coming Back</b></i></p><p><b>MILT SCHMIDT, veteran Boston Bruins sparkplug, who has been hitting it up in high along the stretch drive to the playoffs. Schmidt notched a goal and two assists over the weekend, added five points to his scoring total during the past week.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>errific Ted Lindsay, Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; N.H.L. All-Star left winger a year ago, is the Player-Of-The-Week and winner of the Morgan Award. The stocky Detroit winger scored two goals and assisted in four others during the past week to bring his scoring total up to 22 goals and 26 assists for 48 points. As a result of his six point scoring splurge, Lindsay climbed into fourth place among the loop &lsquo;s leading scorers. Top goal-getter in the National League last season with 33 tallies, Ted is finishing with a great burst this year and is determined to regain his berth on the All-Star team.</p><p>Lindsay picked up his six points in only two games. He notched a goal and assisted in three others against Toronto Maple Leafs on March 9 and scored once and assisted once on March 13 against the Boston Bruins. Not only has Lindsay been playing a powerful offensive game these past few weeks but he is equally as strong defensively. A one hundred per cent team player, he gives his all every minute he&rsquo;s on the ice</p><p>Although he is only 23 years old, this is Ted&rsquo;s fifth full season with the Motor City six. He broke into the N.H.L. in 1944-45. Son of Bert Lindsay, famous goalkeeper of yesterday Ted stands 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; and tips the Toledos at 163 pounds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0813/935137-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="281" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Lindsay</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Player-Of-The-Week

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01110/935168-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>t won&rsquo;t be long before one of the finest sports buildings in the country, Alamo Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas, is finished. It will have 7,500 permanent seats for hockey, plus additional promenade bleacher seats. The Coliseum, situated on Houston Street on the outskirts of the city and near old Fort Sam Houston, will have parking space for 5,000 automobiles with nearly $200,000 spent on landscaping the approaches to the building.</p><p>While an ice plant has not yet been installed the architect in charge (several of San Antonio&rsquo;s leading firms worked on the plans), Bartlett Cocks, had vision and foresight enough to consult with the country&rsquo;s leading firm of refrigeration engineers, Bevington. Williams, Inc., of Indianapolis, and it will be a simple matter to have an ice plant in and working by this fall.</p><p>San Antonio has a permanent population of over 400,000. In addition it ranks as one of the leading winter resorts in the United States. And to top it all, Fort Sam Houston, Randolph Field and several other army flying fields give It the largest concentration of regular army troops in the United States.</p><p>A local group headed up by Jack White, owner of the White-Plaza Hotel chain in Texas and also president of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, has applied for a franchise in the United States Hockey League and are hopeful of being admitted for the 1949-50 season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Modernistic San Antonio Rink May House USHL Club In 1950

<div class="byline">By GEORGE JOHNSON</div><p>INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.&mdash;</p><p>To the Surprise of those who consider hockey a young man&rsquo;s game, the most valuable player in the American League last season was Carl Liscombe, a 32-year-old Providence winger who shoots straight enough to hit a largesized buttonhole with the puck.</p><p>The devotees of youth are in for another shock this year.</p><p>When the league gets around to singling out the most valuable player for 1948-49, he is apt to be 38-year-old Ehrhardt Henry (Ott) Heller, who has been getting paid for lacing and unlacing his skates for sigh onto 20 years.</p><p>Last year, Heller was an all-star first team defenseman for New Haven. This year, after turning down several previous chances, he accepted his first coaching assignment, &lsquo;on the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; farm at Indianapolis.</p><p>He is the one biggest reason the slightly - experienced Caps were in first place in the Western Division with three weeks of the schedule unplayed, with an excellent chance of putting Indianapolis in the Calder Cup playoffs for the first time in three years.</p><p>Heller began the season as bench coach, committed to dressing for action only in event of injuries. He lasted on the bench about a dozen games before the itch to get in there overpowered him. Then he suited up, and has been playing as happily as a 12-year-old ever since, spending more than his share of the time on the ice, and shrugging off injuries that would put most players 15 years younger than him-self out of commission.</p><p>Almost single-handed, he has provided the poise for the Indianapolis club. He&rsquo;s not a shouter, or a psychological wizard given to Inspirational talks in the dressing room before a game. He&rsquo;s the man-to-man type and he has a long memory. He seems to remember when he was being coached Instead of doing the coaching, and he is a regular fellow to every one of his boys.</p><p>Heller got his club away well, with six rookies in the lineup, two of them making the long leap from junior &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; hockey. At the start of a three-week Eastern trip, the Caps faltered, but their coach never betrayed his anxiety, if he was anxious.</p><p>With him playing just one game at a time, never looking on ahead and never fretting about the past, the players caught the same spirit. The team kept plugging away, one game at a time, and then began to drive in January.</p><p>After the turn of the year, Indianapolis played nine games in succession without a loss, lost one, and then won seven straight before being beaten again. From fourth place, the Caps jumped to second, slid down to fourth again, and then leaped into the lead for the first time this season in the middle of February. Jockey Heller was giving his young &ldquo;horse&rdquo; a perfectly-rated ride.</p><p>While guiding the club with a loose rein, Heller played on and on, with a hand injury that made it impossible for him to grip a stick solidly, and a bad upperarm bruise which he reinjured by his disregard for his own welfare in the interest of the club.</p><p>Phil Hergesheimer, the Philadelphia veteran, who has a fair set of legs himself, sat in his dressing room the other night and said, &ldquo;That Heller has the finest pair of legs I ever saw for a man his age.&rdquo; That, of course, is one reason why Ott is still a first-rate defenseman. That, and an oversized heart, and a nimble brain. There are those who process to believe that The Kitchener Kid already is on the shady side of 40, but that&rsquo;s just a human tendency to make a good story better. He&rsquo;s really only 38, but that&rsquo;s enough to make him the oldest active player in the league.</p><p>Even if the Caps should weaken under the late-season pressure, Heller certainly has done a magnificent job in reconstructing a club whose morale was destroyed by a miserable 1947-48 season. He has brought along at least four of his rookies swiftly, and he has been the principal builder of what several of his players aren&rsquo;t loath to say is the finest Capitol six yet.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Old Vet, Ott Heller, May Be A.H.L’s MVP

<p>OMAHA, Neb.&mdash;</p><p>It was a gang of dismal hockey players sitting around the lobby of the Andrews Hotel in Minneapolis on Christmas day, 1948. The Omaha Knights were in the USHL Northern Division cellar, 17 points behind the first place Kansas City Pla-Mors. Mud Bruneteau&rsquo;s charges had gained but 7 wins and 7 ties out of 29 games since their season opener on October 14th.</p><p>It had been a sad two months with goalie troubles all the time. First of all, rookie Jim Shirley, whose work indicated he needed more experience, then &ldquo;Mousie&rdquo; MacDonald (on loan from St. Louis). went on the shelf. &ldquo;Mousie&rdquo; had played well for the Knights, but he had injured his leg and was replaced by Bob DeCourcey. The Knights couldn&rsquo;t keep DeCourcey forever, (also on loan) although he was playing a whale of a game for Omaha. Even trainer Metz Skaleske and defenseman Jake Forbes had done stints in the net.</p><h2><b>Scan His Record</b></h2><p>And here they were, pondering what would happen during the 6 game road trip starting that night against Minneapolis with another goalie due to join the team. Some of the lads hunted through the Hockey Guide for &ldquo;Bell, Gordon&rdquo;. They found that Bell had been around quite a bit.&hellip;with Buffalo in 42-43.&hellip;then two seasons in the Canadian Armed Services. He had played eight games for Toronto in 45-4 6 before being shipped to Providence where his goals-against average was 4.10.</p><p>Bell split the next season between Pittsburgh and Hollywood. 19 4 7-48 found him minding the nets for Washington, where his record was a not-too-favorable 5.19. Conversation revealed that Bell had played for Eddie Shore in Springfield this year besides participating in 13 games for Ft. Worth (average 4.38).</p><p>While all this talk was going on, Gordie Bell was upstairs talking to Bruneteau. Mud told him that he thought the rookies were coming along better now and the club was looking stronger&hellip; all they needed was a goal-tender they could call their own, one that could be in there every game.</p><p>Omaha fans were anxious to see this chap and they saw him In action January 4th when the Knights edged a 3-2 win over Houston.</p><p>Gordie&rsquo;s goals-against average in 31 games has stayed right around the 2.00 mark, often under. Bell has gained one shutout, allowed but 1 goal in 10 different games and only 2 in 13 games. St. Paul got 3 once, 4 once and 7 in one game. The Millers clipped Gordie for 5 tallies in one game, as did Tulsa. Houston and Kansas City each whizzed four pucks by him once.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Knights Dismal; Cord Rings Bell

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now for a Dow

<h2><b>Sets New Record</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>P</span>aul Gladu set a new American League record when he scored three goals in a game six times this season. Gladu is an old-hand at garnering &ldquo;Hat Tricks&rdquo; but six in one season is a record that&rsquo;s going to be tough to beat.</p><h2><b>Led All Season</b></h2><p>Phil Vitale, burly defenseman of the Washington Lions who tops the league in penalty minutes with 137, has been the A.H.L. penalty leader throughout the major part of the 1948-49 season. A native of Toronto Vitale is playing his first season with the Lions.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p>STANDINGS ON TUESDAY A.M.</p><p>MARCH 15</p><p>Eastern Division</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0194/935411-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="580" height="174"></div><p>Western Division</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0275/935404-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="575" height="149"></div><p><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></p><p>March 3 &mdash; Providence 3, at Indianapolis 6.</p><p>March 4 &mdash; Springfield 3, at Washington 4.</p><p>March 5 &mdash; Providence 4, at Cleveland 5; St. Louis 3, at Hershey 3; Washington 4, at Philadelphia 5; Buffalo 1, at Pittsburgh 6; New Haven 3, at Springfield 1.</p><p>March 6 &mdash; Cleveland 2, at Buffalo 4; Washington 2, at Indianapolis 7; Philadelphia 2, at New Haven 3; Providence 2, at St. Louis 3.</p><p>March 8 &mdash; Cleveland 6, at Philadelphia 4.</p><p>March 9 &mdash; Philadelphia 3, at Cleveland 6; Pittsburgh 4, at Hershey 5; Buffalo 1, at Providence 5; Washington 2, at St. Louis 9.</p><p><b>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</b></p><p>March 17 &mdash; Buffalo at Indianapolis.</p><p>March 19 &mdash; St. Louis at Cleveland, Providence at Hershey, New Haven at Philadelphia, Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, Buffalo at Springfield.</p><p>March 20 &mdash; Philadelphia at Buffalo, Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, Hershey at New Haven, Springfield at Providence, Cleveland at St. Louis.</p><p>St. Louis, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh are engaged in a real dog-fight for the top three spots in the Western Division of the A.H.L. standings and it looks as if it won&rsquo;t be decided until the final weekend of play. Providence and Hershey are set for playoff posts in the Eastern Division but Springfield and New Haven are fighting hard for the third and remaining playoff position.</p><p>Sid Smith, Pittsburgh&rsquo;s high-scoring left winger, appears headed for the scoring title as he continues to score goals and make picture plays. Smith now has a seven point lead over runner-up Carl Lis-combe of Providence and with a week&rsquo;s play remaining should add a few more points to his already staggering total of 109.</p><p>Baz Bastien, Pittsburgh&rsquo;s clever cage custodian, now boasts a goals against average of 2.57 and is also the shutout leader with six. In 65 games Bastien has had 167 pucks elude him.</p><p>Phil Vitale of Washington will undoubtedly carry off the &ldquo;bad man&rdquo; honors. He now has a total of 137 minutes in the penalty coop. Pittsburgh Hornets are the most penalized club with a total of 744 minutes in the penitential pew.</p><h2>THURSDAY, MARCH 3</h2><p>INDIANAPOLIS&mdash;The Indianapolis Capitals won a 6-3 victory over the Providence Reds, eastern division chantpions.</p><p><b>Indianapolis:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Nicholson, Dewsbury; center, Reids; wings, Glover, MacKay; subs.: Fraser, Liscombe, Bedard, Summers, Michaluk, Hamilton, Schcrza, Kullman, Reardon Paul.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defense, Morris, Arcand; center, Laplante; wings, Kapusta, Stoddard; subs.: Heller, Haidy, Bruneteau, MacKenzie, Simpson, Woit, Melong, D. Morrison Podolsky, R. Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0528/935397-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="573" height="569"></div><h2>FRIDAY, MARCH 4</h2><p>WASHINGTON &mdash; Augie Herchenratter tallied the winning goal as Washington Lions edged Springfield Indians 4-3 in a game before 875 fans.</p><p><b>Springfield:</b> Goal, P. McAtee; defense, Tottle. Conn; center, Curick; wings, Schmidt, Narduzzi; tubs.: Allen, Courteau,. Summerhill, Lemieux, R. Trudell, Gooden, McMurdy, Kaiser.</p><p><b>Washington:</b> Goal, Crowdis; defense, Dick, Foley; center, Robertson; wings, Mundrick,. McGuire; subs.: Vitale, Forgie, Mousseau, Herchenratter, Hext a11, Brenchley, N. McAtee, Frost.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0622/935390-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="572" height="509"></div><h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 5</h2><p>PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Washington Lions stopped a third-period Philadelphia rally to edge the Rockets 5-4 before 2,000 fans.</p><p><b>Washington:</b> Goal, Crowdis; defense, Dick, Vitale; center, Robertson; wings, Mundrick, McGuire; subs.: Foley, Forgie, Mousseau, Herchenratter, Hext a11, Brenchley, McAtee, Frost.</p><p><b>Philadelphia:</b> Goal, Perras; defense, Archambeault, Kraiger; center, Stefaniw; wings, Hergesheimer, Prentice; subs.: Brodeur, Waldriff, Wochy, Mahaffy, Mulholland, Hartsburg, Pidhldny, Duggan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0718/935383-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="573" height="536"></div><p>HERSHEY &mdash; St. Louis Flyers came from behind on a third-period goal by Henry Backor to tie Hershey Bears 3-3 before 8,003 fans.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defense, Olson, Mariucci; center, Trigg; wings, McComb, Black; subs; Simon, Milligan, Grigg, Gladu, Sullivan, Doran, Licari, Pozzo, Raynak, Backor.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, Martin, McLenahan; center, Kullman; wings, Larson, Bruce; subs.: Jones, Branigan, Mario, Maloney, Marquess, Bettio, Brown, Hunt, McAtee, Lowe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0816/935376-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="570" height="355"></div><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;Dan Sprout&rsquo;s goal at 17:52 of the third period brought Cleveland Barons a 5-4 victory over Providence Reds before 11,158 fans.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defense, Morris, Arcand; center, Laplante; wings; Stoddard, Kapusta; subs.: Summers, Reardon, Michaluk, Paul, Fraser, Liscombe, Bedard, Scherza, Hamilton, Kullman.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bessette; defense, Sprout, Davidson; center, Holota; wings, Lesiwck, Carse; subs.: Buller, Bush, Baldwin, Williams, Thurier, F. Porteous, Schultz, Solinger, Kelly, Russell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0916/935369-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="568" height="558"></div><p>PITTSBURGH &mdash; The Pittsburgh Hornets racked up five goals in the first period and then coasted to a 6-1 victory over Buffalo Bisons before 8,078 fans.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Dion; defense, Fink-beiner, Gariepy; center, Haldorsen; wings, Currie, Lewis; subs.: Blake, Johnson, MacKay, Douglas, Levandoskl, Demarco, Lund, Cooper.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Bastien; defense, Mathers, Backor; center, Dawes; wings, Mackell, Smith; subs.: Samis, Kemp, Kobussen, Benson, O&rsquo;Flaherty, Migay, Costello, Pogue, Psutka, Langelle. &lsquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1015/935362-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="574" height="511"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD &mdash; New Haven Ramblers handed Springfield Indians their fourth straight loss by scoring once in each period for a 3-1 victory before 6,000 fans.</p><p><b>New Haven:</b> Goal, Leclerc; defense, Lamirande, Glaude; center, White; wings, Rozzini, Webster; subs.: Bloomer, Lancien, Hrymnak, Campbell, Watson, Davies, Prefontaine, Brown, Ramsden, Lavell.</p><p><b>Springfield:</b> Goal, McAtee; defense, McAndrew, Allen; center, Courteau; wings, Trudell, Gooden, subs.: Tottle, Conn, Curick, Schmidt, Summerhill, Lemieux, McMurdy, Narduzzi, Kaiser.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1113/935355-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="570" height="305"></div><h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 6</h2><p>INDIANAPOLIS &mdash; The Indianapolis Capitals increased their lead in the Western Division with a 7-2 victory over Washingtons Lions before 6,000 fans.</p><p><b>Washington:</b> Goal, Crowdis; defense, Dick, Vitale; center, McAtee; wings, Frost, Mousseau; subs.: Forgie, Herchenratter, Hextall, Robertson, McGuire, Mundrick, Foley.</p><p><b>Indianapolis:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defense, Nicholson, Dewsbury; center, D. Morrison, Podolsky; subs.: Reid, Glover, MacKay, Simpson, Bruneteau, Haidy, Melong, Woit, Heller.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-128/935348-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="571" height="565"></div><p>ST. LOUIS &mdash; The St. Louis Flyers moved into second place in the Western Division, defeating Providence Reds 3-2 before 9,170 fans.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defense, Grigg, Milligan; center, Trigg; wings, McComb, Black; subs.: Mariucci, Simon, Gladu, Olson, Doran, Licari, Pozzo, Raynak, Backor, Tustin.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defense, Michaluk, Summers; center, Fraser; wings, Bedard, Liscombe; subs.: Reardon, Morris, Arcand, Laplante, Hamilton, Scherza, Kullman, Kapusta, Stoddard.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-136/935341-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="572" height="380"></div><p>NEW HAVEN&mdash;The New Haven Ramblers picked up two points in its drive to get into the playoffs by defeating Philadelphia 3-2 before 3,000 fans.</p><p><b>Philadelphia:</b> Goal, Perras; defense, Brodeur, Waldriff; center, Mahaffy wings, Wochy, defelice; subs.: Archambeault, Hergesheimer, Mulholland. Ste faniw, Prentice, Kraiger, Pidhirny, Hartsburg.</p><p><b>New Haven:</b> Goal, Leclerc; defense, Lamirande, Glaude; center, White; wings, Denis, Webster; subs.: Bloomer, Lancien, Hrymnak, Rozzini, Watson, Davies, Brown, Ramsden, Prefontaine, Lavell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-153/935334-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="571" height="411"></div><p>BUFFALO &mdash; Joe Lund scored three goals to lead Buffalo Bisons to a 4-2 victory over Cleveland Barons before 7,710 fans.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bessette; defense, Sprout, Davidson; center, Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: Baldwin, Buller, Williams, Bush, Schultz, Thurier, F. Porteous, Russell, Solinger, Kelly.&rsquo;</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Dion; defense, Fink-beiner, Gariepy; center, Demarco; wings, Cooper, Lund; subs.: Blake, Johnson, MacKay, Levandoski, Pargeter, Douglas, Curry, Lewis, Haldorsen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0276/935327-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="571" height="434"></div><h2>TUESDAY, MARCH 8</h2><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Cleveland moved into undisputed possession of second place in the Western Division with a 6-4 victory over Philadelphia.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bessette; defense, Sprout/Davidson; center, Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: Buller, Baldwin, Schultz, Bush, Thurier, Porteous, Russel, Solinger, Kelly, Williams.</p><p><b>Philadelphia:</b> Goal, Perras; defense, Archambeault, Kraiger; center, Stefaniw; wings, Hergesheimer, Prentice; subs.: Brodeur, Waldriff, Kilrea, Wochy, Mahaffy, Mulholland, Hartsburg, Defelice, Pidhirny.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0359/935320-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="574" height="592"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9</h2><p>HERSHEY&mdash;Pittsburgh were edged out 5-4 by the Hershey Bears here.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Bastien; defense, Mathers, Backor; center, Dawes; wings, Mackell, Smith; subs.: Samis, Kemp, Psutka, Pogue, Benson, Langelle, Kobussen, Costello, O&rsquo;Flaherty, Migay.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, Martin, McLenahan; center, Mario; wings, Hunt, Brown; subs.: Jones, Branigan, Cain, Maloney, Bruce, Kullman, Marquess, Bettio, Larson, Lowe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0438/935313-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="574" height="562"></div><p>ST. LOUIS &mdash; Five third-period tallies gave St. Louis a one-sided 9-2 victory over Washington here.</p><p><b>Washington:</b> Goal, Crowdis; defense, Foley, Dick; center, Robertson; wings, Mundrick, McGuire; subs.: Vitale, Forgie, Mousseau, Herchenratter, Hextall, McAtee, Frost.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defense, Milligan, Grigg; center, Trigg; wings, McComb, Black; subs.: Mariucci, Simon, Gladu, Olson, Doran, Licari,&rsquo; Pozzo, Raynak, Backor, Tustin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0529/935306-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="579" height="670"></div><p>CLEVELAND &mdash; Coming from behind, Cleveland netted four last-period goals to defeat Philadelphia 6-3.</p><p><b>Philadelphia:</b> Goal, Perras; defense, Kraiger, Archambeault; center, Mahaffy; wings, Wochy, Defelice; subs.: Brodeur, Stefaniw, Waldriff, Prentice, Kilrea, Pidhirny, Hartsburg, Mulholland.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bessette; defense. Sprout, Davidson; center, Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: Buller, Bush, Baldwin, Williams, Thurier, Schultz, F. Porteous, Kelly, Russell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0627/935299-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="577" height="614"></div><p>PROVIDENCE&mdash;The Providence Reds downed Buffalo 4-1 here.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Dion; defense, Fink-beiner, Gariepy; center, Douglas; wings, Currie, Lewis; subs.: Levandoski, Blake, McKay, Cooper, Demarco, Pargeter, Hal* rodsen, Lund. Johnson.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defense, Michaluk, Summers; center, Laplante; wings, Kapusta, Hamilton; subs.: Liscombe, Fraser, Bedard, Reardon, Scherza, Stoddard, Kullman, Chad, Ar cand, Morris.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0717/935292-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="573" height="387"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including Games of Sunday, Mar. 13)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-144/935285-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="577" height="628"></div><h2>LEADERS</h2><p><b>Goals:</b> Carl Liscombe, Providence (55).</p><p><b>Assists:</b> Roger Bedard, Providence (61).</p><p><b>Penalties:</b> Phil Vitale, Washington (137 minutes).</p><p><b>Hat Tricks:</b> Paul Gladu, St. Louis (6).</p><p><b>Shutouts:</b> Bas Bastien, Pittsburgh (6).</p><p><b>Goalkeeper:</b> Baz Bastien, Pittsburgh, 65 games,. 167 goals against, average 2.57.</p><p><b>Team Penalties:</b> Pittsburgh (744 minutes).</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0435/935278-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="1722" height="733"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Stretch</b></p><p><b>DOING A PERFECT SPLIT is Goalie Gordie Henry of Hershey Bears as Providence Red&rsquo;s Ray LaPlante fires a sizzling shot at him. Goalie Henry turns the puck aside after stretching &lsquo;way out of his cage, Buck Jones of Hershey comes in to tie up LaPlante and keep him out of the danger zone.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0345/935442-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg"></div><p>(Including Games of Sunday, March 6)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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A.H.L. TEAM TOTALS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01109/935473-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"></div><p><b>(Solution Next Week)</b></p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1. Pictured Black Hawk player, formerly with Red Wings.</p><p>7. Middle name of Ken Smith.</p><p>9. Springfield player known as &ldquo;Bingo&rdquo;.</p><p>12. What players do between periods.</p><p>13. Nickname of Walter Atanas.</p><p>15. First name of Reise, Detroit defenseman.</p><p>17. Initials of Ezinicki, of Leafs.</p><p>18. Musical note.</p><p>19. Scoring symbol for a shutout.</p><p>21. What Bailey, former hockey player, is called.</p><p>22. Nickname of Cyril Thomas.</p><p>24. Prefix denoting &ldquo;again&rdquo;.</p><p>25. Month in which Harry Lumley celebrates birth (abbr.).</p><p>27. Number of points credited to player for an assist.</p><p>28. Winner of Vezina Trophy for 1947-48 season.</p><p>30. Province in Canada in which Wally Wilson was born (abbr.)</p><p>31. What Leonard Haldorsen is called for short.</p><p>32. State in which Ebbie Goodfellow&rsquo;s team plays home games (abbr.).</p><p>33. Poile&rsquo;s nickname.</p><p>34. &ldquo;Pat&rdquo; Egan&rsquo;s initials.</p><p>35. Hershey wingman.</p><p>36. Bodnar&rsquo;s nickname.</p><h2>DOWN</h2><p>1. &ldquo;Chuck&rdquo; Cunacher&rsquo;s first name.</p><p>2. First name of Podolsky, of Indianapolis.</p><p>3. Where hockey originated (abbr.).</p><p>4. Initials of Red Wing netminder.</p><p>5. Descriptive of score of tie game.</p><p>6. State in which Terry Reardon&rsquo;s puckster&rsquo;s play home games (abbr.).</p><p>8. Harvey Fraser suffered broken one last season.</p><p>10. What Lidio Fogolin is called.</p><p>11. Initials of Trigg, of St. Louis Flyers.</p><p>13. Paid notice that tells where your favorite team is playing (abbr.).</p><p>14. Number of times 28 Across has won Vezina Trophy.</p><p>18. Nickname of Montreal team that won Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935 (sing.)</p><p>20. Winner of Hart and Lady Byng Trophies, 1947-48 season.</p><p>23. First name of Netminder Nadon.</p><p>25. Something worn by each player for identification (abbr.).</p><p>26. First name of pictured player.</p><p>28. Color of shirts worn by New York Rangers.</p><p>29. Nickname of Mervyn Dutton.</p><p>32. Initials of Doug Bentley&rsquo;s brother.</p><p>33. Province in which Vancouver Canucks play home games (abbr.).</p><p>34. Greek letter.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>o the champion will go the spoils &mdash; and to the winner of the International League Southern Division playoffs will be awarded the Columbia Trophy. The new award came into being in Toledo, Ohio, March 8, when officials of the Columbia Gas Burner Corporation presented their trophy to the league.</p><p>Under the terms of their grant a replica of the trophy itself will become the permanent possession of the team winning the playoff championship. The team may also hold the master trophy for one year. When a team has won three championships they will secure permanent possession of the master trophy.</p><p>The new award will rank with the best of hockey trophies in beauty and value. Standing 16 inches high on a burnished wood base are five columns, one centered, the others cornered.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Columbia Trophy, Massive New Cup, Prize For Int’l loop Div. Winner

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he only photograph the Chicago Black Hawks have for distribution is one of the entire team. Pictures of individual players are NOT available.</p><p>Send 10c in United States coin &ndash; no stamps please &ndash; to cover cost of mailing and you will receive a 10x12 picture of the Black Hawks. Send to &ndash; Chicago Block Hawks, 610 North La Salle, St., Chicago. III.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

PHOTOS!!

<h2><b>Nearly In Bag</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>ack McGill, agile netminder for the league-leading St. Paul Saints, seems almost a shoo-in to finish the season ns leading goalie. McGill has a margin of seven goals over his nearest rival, rookie Al Rollins of Kansas City.</p><h2><b>Can&rsquo;t Reach Him</b></h2><p>Ray Powell of Kansas City PlaMors made a runaway of the point-scoring race this year. Up to March 6th, Powell had a lofty record of 104 points &mdash; 25 more than St. Paul&rsquo;s Bing Juckes, the number two man.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON WED. A3f., MAR. 9</b></p><p>Northern Division</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01108/935678-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="572" height="125"></div><p>Southern Division</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0275/935671-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="571" height="125"></div><h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</h2><p>March 2 &mdash; Tulsa 2, at Minneapolis 6.</p><p>March 3 &mdash; Tulsa 2, at St. Paul 6; Kansas City 10, at Fort Worth 5.</p><p>March 5 &mdash; Kansas City 4, at Minneapolis 4; St. Paul 4, at Omaha 3; Houston 2, at Tulsa 6; Fort Worth 3, at Dallas 5.</p><p>March 6 &mdash; Omaha 2, at St. Paul 8; Minneapolis 2, at Kansas City 1; Dallas 1, at Fort Worth 3; Tulsa 3, at Hoaston 0.</p><p>March 8 &mdash; Minneapolis 9, at Houston 2.</p><h2>Next Week Games</h2><p>March 17 &mdash; Dallas at Tulsa, St. Paul at Fort Worth.</p><p>March 19 &mdash; Kansas City at Minneapolis, St. Paul at Omaha, Fort Worth at Tulsa, Houston at Dallas.</p><p>March 20 &mdash; St. Paul at Kansas City, Dallas at Fort Worth.</p><p>The race in the Northern Divlsion of the United States Hockey League became tighter during the past week with Kansas City, Omaha and Minneapolis locked in bitter battle for two playoff spots. St. Paul is well in front with 75W points and 7 games to play. Kansas City has 67 with 5 to go; Omaha has 65 with 4 to play and Minneapolis 64 with 6 to play. But illness and injury struck quickly again, bedding All Rollins, Kansas City goalie, with pneumonia, and sidelining Omaha&rsquo;s goalie, Gordie Bell, with a bad groin injury.</p><p>In the Southern Division Tulsa continues to lead with Dallas, Ft. Worth and Houston following in that order.</p><p>Ray Powell, star Kansas City center, picked up eleven points during the past week to give him 104. Powell registered 6 points in a game against Ft. Worth hut also suffered a leg Injury which has not kept ntm out of the lineup but has handicapped him in his last two games. Powell also leads in goals scored with 48 and in assists with 56.</p><p>Nelson Little, Tulsa&rsquo;s game little center, came up with another hut-out to give him four and the lead in the fight for &ldquo;goose-egg&rdquo; honors.</p><p>St. Paul&rsquo;s Bobby Dill and Minneapolis&rsquo; Ian &ldquo;Fritz&rdquo; Fraser are waging a close battle for penalty &ldquo;honors.&rdquo; Dill caught up with Fraser during the week and they have both now served 123 minutes in the sin bin.</p><h2>TUESDAY, MARCH 1</h2><p>OMAHA&mdash;The Omaha Knights downed Tulea Ollers 5-2 here.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defense. Young, Webster; center, Ashworth; wings, Knott, Butler; subs.: Ritson, Dheere, Gronsdahl Schnurr, Ubriaco, Dillon, Bchertzl, Durham.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal, Bell; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center, Heale; wings, Homenuke, Boyce; subs.: Strongman, Bur<i>gess,</i> McLean, Uniac, Wiseman, Smith, Reigle, Folk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0356/935664-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="563" height="402"></div><p>HOUSTON&mdash;Kansas City&rsquo;s Pla-More played more hockey than Houston&rsquo;s crlppled Huskies and Wilf Field&rsquo;s home boys had to take it again on the chin. This time the score was Kansas City 7. Houston 2.</p><p><b>Kansas City:</b> Goal, Rollins; defense, 9 Tarala, Jackson; center, Powell; wings, Fashoway, Harms; subs.: Barbe, Wares Miller, Groves. Slater, Olmstead. S11-Vestri, Stasiuk, Blade.</p><p><b>Houston:</b> Goal, N. Pidsodny; defense, Maher, P. Pidsodny; center, Gasparinl; wings, Horeck, Hickey; subs.: Field, Jones, Burke, Brown, Mousseau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0435/935657-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="566" height="472"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2</h2><p>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;The Millers downed Tulsa Oilers 6-2 here as Pinky Melnyk scoed twice.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defense, Webster Schertzl; center, Ritson; wings, Schnurr, Dheere; subs. Dillon, E. Young, Ashworth, Knott, Butle, Durham, Ubriaco.</p><p><b>Minneapolis:</b> Goal, MeQueston; defense, Kaiser, Frazer; center, Cluman; wings, Lavoie, Gagne; subs.: Sherritt, Allen, Smith, Tomiuk, Atanas, Melnyk, Strobel, Richardson.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Ike Morrison; linesman, Bill McGlone.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0525/935650-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="563" height="498"></div><h2>THURSDAY, MARCH 3</h2><p>ST. PAUL&mdash;-The hockey Saints and close to 4,000 fans, rejoiced over the smashing 6-2 conquest of Tulsa&rsquo;s battered but game Oilers here.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defense, Dillon; Young,; center, Ubriaco; wings, Ritson, Dheere; subs.: Schertzl, Webster, Knott, Schnurr, Butler, Durham, Ashworth.</p><p><b>St. Paul:</b> Goal, McGill; defense, Ailsby, Dill; center, Agar; wings, Juckes, Del-monte; subs.: Cameron, Brown, Bend Schwartz, Pechet, McIntosh, Blowinski, Sandalack.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Ike Morrison and Bill McGlone.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0623/935643-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="560" height="580"></div><p>FORT WORTH&mdash;Ray Powell hiked his scoring total to 102 points here by collecting three goals and a like number of assists as Kansas City swamped Fort Worth, 10-5.</p><p><b>Fort Worth:</b> Goal, Jessiman; defense, Lofvendahl, Kane: center. Iannarelli; wings, Casanato, Kennedy; subs.: Travis, Unger, Weaver, Glover, Kopak, Warwick, Cupolo.</p><p><b>Kansas City:</b> Goal, Rollins; defense. Tarala, Jackson; center, Powell; wings, Fashoway, Harms; subs.: Bedard, Wares. Miller, Groves, Slater, Olmstead, Silvestri, Stasluk, Blade.</p><p><b>Referees:</b> Harry Ornest. Linesman: Jerry Trudell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0716/935636-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="564" height="803"></div><h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 5</h2><p>DALLAS&mdash;The Dallas Texans hung a 5-3 licking on Fort Worth here.</p><p><b>Dallas:</b> Goal, Bibeault; defense, Marinea&rsquo;i, Rockey; center, Petrie; wings, Fillion, Bell; subs.: Deslauriers, Mazur, Cook, Morenz, Bougie, Allen, Dorohoy, Gagnon.</p><p><b>Fort Worth:</b> Goal, Jessiman; defense. Weaver, Lofvendahl; center, Iannarelli; wings, Kennedy, Casanato; subs.: Travis, Kane, Unger, Warwick, Glover, Cupola.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Harry Ornest, referee; Jerry Trudell, linesman.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0815/935629-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="561" height="504"></div><p>TULSA&mdash;Breaking loose for four goals in the third period after a slow start, the Tulsa Oilers vanquished the Houston Huskies 6 to 2 at the Coliseum.</p><p><b>Houston:</b> Goal, N. Pidsodny; defense, Maher, Field; center, Brown; wings, Horeck, Auger; aubs.: Pete Pidsodny, Bak, Jones, Burke, Gasperinl, Hicks, Mousseau. e</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defense, E. Young, Dillon; center, Ashworth; wings, Webster, Butler; subs.: Schertzl, Durham, Ritson, Knott, Dheere, Schnurr, Gronsdahl, Ubriaco.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Bob Tricker. Linesman: Wilson Deardoriff.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0915/935622-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="564" height="579"></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;Kansas City scored three goals in the final period to gain a 4-4 tie with Minneapolis.</p><p><b>Kansas City:</b> Goal, DeCourcey; defense, Tarala, Jackson; center, Powell; wings, Fashoway, Harms; subs.: Bedard, Wares, Blade, Olmstead, Groves, Stasiuk, Slater, Silvestri, Miller.</p><p><b>Minneapolis:</b> Goal, McQueston; defense, Kaiser, Fraser; center, Ciuman; wings, Lavoie, Gagne; subs.: Sherritt, Allen, Smith, Tomiuk, Atanas, Melnyk, Strobel, Richardson.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Riley Mullin; linesman, Bill McGlone.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1014/935615-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="569" height="556"></div><p>OMAHA&mdash;Sparked by little Bing Juckes&rsquo; two-goal scoring spree in the second period, the St. Paul hockey team scored a 4-3 victory over Omaba&rsquo;s challenging Knights hero before more than 6,000 fans.</p><p><b>St. Paul:</b> Goal, McGill; defense, Sandalack, Harry Bell; center, Schwartz; wings, Macintosh, Slowinski; subs.: Ailsby, Dill, Cameron, Eend, Pechet, Agar, Juckes, Del Monte.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal, G. Bell; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center, Uniac; wings, Lavitt, Wiseman; subs. Reigle, Folk, Heale, Homenuke, Boyce, Strongman, Burgess, McLean, Smith.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Morrison; linesman, Nutt.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-138/935608-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="563" height="430"></div><h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 6</h2><p>KANSAS CITY &mdash; A rebound shot by Roger Gagne in the hectic third period gave the Minneapolis Millers a 2-1 victry over the Kansas City PlaMors.</p><p><b>Kansas City:</b> Goal, DeCourcy; defense, &lsquo;Tarala, Jackson; center, Powell; wings, Harms, Fashoway; subs.: Bedard, Wares, Blade, Groves, Olmstead, Stasiuk, Silvestri, Miller,. Slater.</p><p><b>Minneapolis:</b> Goal, McQueston; defense, Kaiser, Fraser; center, Ciuman; wings, Lavoie, Gagne; subs.: Sherritt, Allen, Smith, Atanas, Tomiuk, Melnyk, Richardson, Strobel.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0917/935601-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="560" height="169"></div><p>HOUSTON &mdash; Tulsa&rsquo;s Oilers, led by goalie Freckles Little, blanked the Houston Huskies 3-0, for the initial home whitewashing of the year.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defense, Dillon, ^E. Young; center, Ashworth; wings. Butler, Webster; subs.: Schertz], Knot, Ritson, Dheere, Schnurr, Gronsdahl, Ubriaco, Durham.</p><p><b>Houston:</b> Goal, N. Pidsodny; defense, Maher, P. Pidsodny; center. Brown; wings, Horeck, Hickey; subs.: Bak, Field, Jones, Burke, Mousseau, Auger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1016/935594-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="560" height="312"></div><p>FORT WORTH &mdash; Fort Worth snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating Dallas, 3-1, in a game played before 1,000 fans here.</p><p><b>Fort Worth:</b> Goal, Jessiman; defense, Lofvendahl, Kane; center, Iannarelld; winis, Casanato, Kennedy; subs.: Travis, Kopak, Glover, Warweik, Unger, Cupolo, Weaver.</p><p><b>Dallas:</b> Goal, Bibeault; defense, Martineau, Rockey; wings, Petrie, Bell; subs.: Deslauriers, Mazur. Dorohoy, Cook, Allen, Gagnon, Bougie, Morenz.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1116/935587-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="560" height="345"></div><p>ST. PAUL &mdash; The hockey Saints eliminated one pretender to the Northern Division throne and left two others behind the mathematical eight ball by battering Omaha, 8-2, before 5,419 fans at the Auditorium.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal, Skaleski; defense, Forbes, Quackenbush; center, Uniac; wings, Lavita, Wiseman; subs.: Reigle, Folk, Homenuke, McLean, Strongman, Heale, Burgess, Boyce, Smith.</p><p><b>St. Paul:</b> Goal: McGill; defense, Ails-Di&rsquo;lil; center, Agar; wings, Delmonte, Juckes; subs.: Sandalack, Bell, Schwartz, Pechet, Brown, Bend, McIntosh, Slowinski, Cameron.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1214/935580-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="560" height="579"></div><h2>TUESDAY. MARCH 8</h2><p>HOUSTON&mdash;Things moved smoothly for the Minneapolis Millers here in their opening bid for five or six points on a three game, three night road trip. The Northerners bumped off the Houston Huskies 9 to 8.</p><p><b>Minneapolis:</b> Goal, McQueston; defense, Kaiser, Fraser; center, Ciumun; wings, Gagne, Lavoie; subs.: Sherritt, Allen, Miller. Atanas, Strobel, Smith, Richardson, Tomiuk, Melnyk.</p><p><b>Houston:</b> Goal, N. Pidsodny; defense, Bak, Field; center, Gasparini; wings, Thibeault, Hickey; subs.: Maher, P. Pidsodny, Jones, Burke, Brown, Horeck, Mousseau, Auger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1311/935573-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="562" height="651"></div><h2><b>THE POIKT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including games of March 6th, 1949)</p><p><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1111/935566-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="568" height="862"></div><p><b>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; AVERAGES</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1211/935559-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="568" height="228"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-146/935552-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="1693" height="1075"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Sunny Side Up!</i></b></p><p><b>THIS SCRAMBLED MASS of puckchasers represents Pinky Melnyk of Minneapolis Millers and Sam Lavitt of Omaha Knights. The pair got ail tangled up six ways for Sunday in a scramble during one of the game&rsquo;s hectic moments.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0011-01

UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<h2><b>O.H.A. SENIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON FBI. A.M. MARCH 1</b></p><p>Final Series Best Four-of-Seven</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01121/935863-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="578" height="108"></div><p>League Finals</p><h2>FRIDAY, MARCH 4</h2><p>Kitchener 4, at Marlboros 8 First Period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0278/935856-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="574" height="656"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9</h2><p>Marlboros 2, at Kitchener 1</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0361/935849-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="572" height="307"></div><h2><b>MARITIME SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>FINALS</b></p><p><b>Saturday, February 26</b></p><p>Halifax 6, Moncton 3</p><p><b>Monday, February 28</b></p><p>Moncton 3, Halifax 4</p><p><b>Tuesday, March 1</b></p><p>Moncton 4, Halifax 5</p><p><b>Tuesday, March 8</b></p><p>Halifax 5, Sydney 4</p><p>Wednesday, Starch 9 Sydney 2, Halifax 1</p><h2>CAPE BRETON SENIOR</h2><p><b>FINALS</b></p><p><b>Saturday, February 26</b></p><p>Glace Bay 4, Sydney 2</p><p><b>Monday, February 28</b></p><p>Glace Bay 1, Sydney 1</p><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0445/935842-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="578" height="332"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0533/935835-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="580" height="1120"></div><p><b>Saturday, February 26</b></p><p>Toledo 6, Milwaukee 1</p><p>QUARTER-FINALS</p><p><b>Monday, February 28</b></p><p>Milwaukee 4, Louisville 8</p><p>Windsor 2, Toledo 11</p><p><b>Wednesday, March 2</b></p><p>Detroit Auto 4, Toledo 6</p><p>Louisville 7, Milwaukee 5</p><h2>EASTERN CANADA SENIOR LEAGUE</h2><p>FINALS</p><p>Sunday, February 27</p><p>Cornwall 6, Hull 5</p><p><b>Friday, March 4</b></p><p>Hull 5, Cornwall 4</p><p><b>Monday, March 7</b></p><p>Hull 4, Cornwall 5</p><p><b>Wednesday, March 9</b></p><p>Cornwall 5, Hull 3</p><p>(Cornwall wins Series 4 games to J)</p><p><b>POINT LEADERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0622/935828-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="575" height="380"></div><h2><b>NORTHERN ONTARIO SENIOR</b></h2><p><b>SEMI-FINAL</b></p><p><b>Saturday, February 26</b></p><p>Sudbury 4, North Bay 6</p><p><b>Tuesday, March 8</b></p><p>North Bay 3, McIntyre Macmen 2</p><h2>O.H.A. JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h2><p>Series A</p><p><b>Best Four-Out-of-Seven</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0724/935821-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="572" height="107"></div><p><b>Series &ldquo;D&rdquo;</b></p><p>Best Three-Out-of-Five</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0821/935814-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="577" height="81"></div><h2>Wednesday. March 2</h2><p>Barrie 7, Windsor 0</p><p><b>Windsor:</b> Goal, O&rsquo;Meara; defense, Pro.- novost, Ouellette; center, MacKay; wings, Bruce Giesebrecht, O&rsquo;Grady; subs.: Skov, Lavergne, Maxwel&rsquo;l, Rawlyk, J. Wilson, L. Wilson, Hay, Lundmark.</p><p><b>Barrie:</b> Goal, Mayer; defense. Long, Bringley; center, Pennell; wings, Gordon, Meger; subs.: McNabney, Ashbee, Burcham, Hopper, Chevreflls, Hogg, Shedden, Leckie.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0918/935807-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="573" height="575"></div><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><p><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 5</b></p><p><b>St. Catharines 2, at Marlboros 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1019/935800-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="571" height="427"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 8</b></h2><p><b>St. Catharines 3, at Marlboros 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1117/935793-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="568" height="405"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>Three Rivers 1, at Royals 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-128/935786-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="574" height="438"></div><p><b>Quebec 8, at Nationale 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-136/935779-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="571" height="406"></div><p><b>Quebec 0, at Nationale 7</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-144/935772-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="570" height="483"></div><p><b>Three Rivers 3, at Royals 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-154/935765-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="569" height="508"></div><h2><b>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></p><p><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26</b></p><p><b>Calgary 6, at Lethbridge 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-162/935758-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="570" height="609"></div><p><b>Regina 8, Moose Jaw 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-172/935751-1-eng-US/f0012-172.jpg" title="f0012-17" width="566" height="481"></div><h2><b>MONDAY, JANUARY 28</b></h2><p><b>Moose Jaw 2, at Regina 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-182/935744-1-eng-US/f0012-182.jpg" title="f0012-18" width="567" height="403"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2</b></h2><p><b>Regina 2, at Moose Jaw 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-192/935737-1-eng-US/f0012-192.jpg" title="f0012-19" width="572" height="418"></div><p><b>Lethbridge 2, at Calgary 8</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-202/935730-1-eng-US/f0012-202.jpg" title="f0012-20" width="572" height="484"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 8</b></h2><p><b>Lethbridge 6, at Calgary 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-212/935723-1-eng-US/f0012-212.jpg" title="f0012-21" width="568" height="484"></div><p><b>Moose Jaw 4, at Regina 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-22/935716-1-eng-US/f0012-222.jpg" title="f0012-22" width="571" height="381"></div><h2><b>MONDAY, MARCH 7</b></h2><p><b>Lethbridge 8, at Calgary 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-23/935709-1-eng-US/f0012-232.jpg" title="f0012-23" width="572" height="513"></div><h2><b>LAKEHEAD JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>Saturday, February 26</b></p><p>Port Arthur 8. Fort William</p><p><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></p><p><b>Sunday, February 27</b></p><p>Fort William 7, Port Arthur 4</p><p><b>Wednesday, March 2</b></p><p>Fort William 7, Port Arthur 5</p><h2><b>NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>SEMI-FINAL Saturday, February 26</b></p><p>Humboldt 9, Saskatoon 3</p><p><b>FINALS</b></p><p><b>Wednesday, March 2</b></p><p>Prince Albert 4, North Battleford 2</p><p><b>Saturday, March 5</b></p><p>Prince Albert 5, Humboldt 4</p><p><b>Tuesday, March 8</b></p><p>Humboldt 4, Prince Albert 7</p><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></p><p><b>Monday, February 23</b></p><p>Winnipeg Canadiens 10,</p><p>Winnipeg Monarchs 8</p><p><b>FINALS</b></p><p><b>Wednesday, March 9</b></p><p>Brandon 6, Winnipeg Canadiens 5<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0012-01

Amateur Parade Down Playoff Trail

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>ALGARY, Alta.&mdash; Dune Grant of Calgary Stampeders, leading point-getter in the regular season, has been chosen as the Most Valuable Player In the Western Canda Senior Hockey League, it was announced, here by President D. P. McDonald.</p><p>Bev. Bentley of Regina Capitals, was named the league&rsquo;s best goaltender. He thus became the first winner of the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy, which was put in competitionthis year.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Western Winners

<p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>abe Dye, one of the most prolific scorers of his day when he was the lodestar of the old Toronto Granites was party to one of the many Interesting anecdotes of hockey.</p><p>The Granites were scheduled to play the Rangers in New York one night and before the game, Lester Patrick, then coach of the Rangers called his players around him in the dressing room.</p><p>After giving them a general lecture, he pointed to a cherub-faced youngster sitting in the corner and said to him. &ldquo;Son, tonight I&rsquo;m going to give yon your big break. Go out there and do nothing but watch Dye.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Gee thanks Mr. Patrick,&rdquo; the youngster said. At the end of the first period the Granites led 3-0 and Dye had slammed home three goals.</p><p>Patrick was fuming. He stormed into the dressing room and took a quick look at the youngsters. &ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t I tell yon to watch Dye?&rdquo; he bellowed.</p><p>The youngster waited a moment before answering then he exclaimed, &ldquo;I did Mr. Patrick, wasn&rsquo;t he terrific!&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

ROOKIE THOUGHT DYE WAS REALLY TERRIFIC

<h2><b>First Goals</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>wo defensemen scored their first goals of the season last week. Bob Londry of Fresno and Dick Adolph of Los Angeles hit the net in the game between the Monarchs anti the Falcons at Fresno on Tuesday night, a week ago.</p><h2><b>Scoring Race</b></h2><p>With a fifteen point lead over Bill Carse, Bobby Love smooth playmaking center of the New Westminster Royals is almost a cinch to finish on top in the Northern scoring race and will win the $100. award and the League trophy.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01128/936117-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="578" height="157"></div><p>Southern Division</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0295/936110-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="576" height="156"></div><p>With this the last week of the regular playing schedule coming up only two clubs are certain as to what position they will finish in. New Westminster has cinched the top spot in. the Northern Division and the Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies Trophy. Each of the players on the Royals club are richer by 8100. for ending the schedule in first place.</p><p>Seattle is definitely out but a royal battle is developing between Portland, Tacoma and Vancouver for second place. Portland holds a two point margin over Tacoma and Vancouver but has played one more game. The latter two have four games this week while Portland has but three. They are in a favorite spot to finish in second place as two of their three games are at home.</p><p>In the Soutnern Division the battle still rages. Fresno sitting on the top spot with a two point lead over Oakland have the inside track as they have one more game to play than Oakland and have two of their three games at home. It is still possible for either Los Angeles or San Diego to make the second spot but Oakland will have to almost fold up to make this possible.</p><h2><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 1</b></h2><p>BERKELEY &mdash; Oakland hung onto a first-place tie in the Southern Division by swamping the San Diego Sky Hawks, 7 to 3, at Berkeley Ice Land.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goal, Frechette; defense, Hosking, May; center, Fowler; wings, Marchant, Bedard; subs.: W. Babey, Matthews, Nixon, Jones, Hewson, Mutcheson, Wywrot, Morrow&rsquo;, Eisenzoph.</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal, LaMarche; defense, currie, Bloom; center, McCarthy; wings, Vaillancourt, Giesebrecht; subs.: Lallo, McKay, McArthur, Poitras, Smrke, Thorpe, J. Baby, St. Pierre, Skinner.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Charles Good, Frank Elliott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0375/936103-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="564" height="504"></div><p>FRESNO &mdash; The Fresno Falcons held on to a first place tie in the Southern Division by defeating the Los Angeles Monarchs 4 to 2 in a rough game here. Fresno: Goal, Brennan; defense, Redmond, Roach; center, L. Peterson; wings, Baccari, Corrigan; subs.: Kampman, Londry, J. Peterson, Bellinger, Cinor, Bhamlock, Richardson, Robertson, HilJiard.</p><p><b>Los Angeles:</b> Goal, Highton; defense, Papike, Biddie; center, Stearns; wings, Dockery, Kunkel; subs.: Mesich, Adolph, Hildebrand, Zuk, Church, Barbe, Smith, Mulligan, Leger.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bill Knott, Jerry Mathieu.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0459/936096-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="563" height="480"></div><p>VANCOUVER &mdash; The Vancouver Canucks eliminated last-place Beattie from a play-off berth in the Northern Division in convincing fashion when they blanked the Ironmen 6-0.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Jackson; defense, Drainville, Vickery; center, Balance; wings, I. Wilson, Jones; subs.: Hunchuk, Hursley, McPherson, Gruhn, B. Wilson, Carse, Shill, Kunt, Weist.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0636/936089-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="564" height="354"></div><p>TACOMA &mdash; The New Westminster Royals and the Tacoma Rockets matched goal for goal in a wild second-period scoring spree with the Canadians going on to win 6 to 4 in a Northern Division game.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defense, Jenkins, Watt; center, Read; wings, Johnston; subs.: Johns, Giokas, Anslow, Perrault, Milford, Andrews, Robinson, Toole.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Deschene; defense, Pratt, Bergeron; center, Love; wings, Duffy, Dufault; subs.: Adams, Ullyot, Evers, Kirk, Ritchie, Meintyre, Voll.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Dick Davis, Jim Arnott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0730/936082-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="564" height="628"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2</b></h2><p>SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; The San Francisco Shamrocks stayed in the fight for a play-off berth in the Southern Division by pounding out a 7-2 win over the San Diego Sky Hawks here.</p><p><b>San Francisco:</b> Goal, McDermid; defense, Kraftcheck, Desson; center, Samanskl; wings, Fairburn, Strain; subs.: Bergeron, Middleton, Burman, Herges-heimer, Jackson, R. McKay, Watters, Lucchini.</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal, LaMarche; defense, Babey, N. McKay; center, McCarthy; wings, Vaillancourt, Giesebrecht; subs.: Lallo, Currie, McArthur, Poitras, Smrke, Alkin, St. Pierre, Skinner, Bloom.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bill Knott, Jerry Mathieu.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0826/936075-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="566" height="531"></div><p>LOS ANGELES &mdash; The Los Angeles Monarchs unleashed a smashing six-goal scoring outburst in the second period to beat the Fresno Falcons 6 to 3 in a Southern Division game.</p><p><b>Los Angeles:</b> Goal, Highton; defense, Mesich, Adolph; center Zuk; wings, Hildebrand, Leger; subs.: Biddie, Papike, Kunkel, Dockery, Prokop, Stearns, Barbe, Smith, Mulligan.</p><p><b>Fresno:</b> Goal, Brennan; defense, Roach, Redmond; center, Bellinger, wings, J. Peterson, Shamlock; subs.: Kampman, Londry, Baccari, Cinor, Richardson, Bourgeois, Robertson, L. Peterson, Hilliard.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0926/936068-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="564" height="498"></div><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; The New Westminster Royals barely squeaked (Through with a 5-4 overtime victory over the Vancouver Canucks in a bitterly-fought Northern Division game.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Deschene; Pratt, Bergeron; center, Love; wings, Dufault, Dorohoy; subs.: Adams, Ullyot, Evers, Kirk, Ritchie, McIntyre, Voll.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Jackson; defense, Drainville, Vickery; center, McPherson; wings, B. Wilson, Gruhn; subs.: Hunchuk, Hursley, Carse, Shill, I. Wilson, Weist, Jones, Ballance, Kuntz.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Hank Wilson, Bill Shaver.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1025/936061-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="567" height="553"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY, MARCH 4</b></h2><p>BERKELEY&mdash;The Fresno Falcons defeated the Oakland Oaks 2 to 1 to cake the leadership of the Southern Division before 4,500 fans.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goal, Nation; defense, Nixon, Babey; center, Wywrot; wings, Eisenzoph, Jones; subs.: Marchant, Fowler, Hayden, Bedard, Hewson, Mutcheson, Hosking, Morrow, May.</p><p><b>Fresno:</b> Goal, Brennan; defense, Kampman, Robertson; center, Cinor; wings, Richardson, Hilliard; subs.: Roach, Londry, Redmond, J. Peterson, Bellinger, Baeeari, Shamlock, Corrigan, L. Peterson.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Jerry Mathieu, Bill Knott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1123/936054-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="563" height="311"></div><p>SAN DIEGO &mdash; The San Diego Sky Hawks moved back into a tie for third peace in the Southern Division downing the Los Angeles Monarchs, 6 to 3. The game was played before a capacity house of 3,400.</p><p><b>Los Angeles:</b> Goal, Highton; defense. Papike, Biddie; center, Zuk; wings, Leger, Hildebrand; subs.: Mesieh Adolph, Stearns, Dockery, Kunkel&rsquo;, Smith, Barbe, Prokop, Mulligan.</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal, LaMarche; defense, Lallo, McKay; center, McArthur; wings, Poitras, Smrke; subs.: Currie, Baby&rsquo; Vaillancourt, Giesebrecht, Aikin, St&rsquo; Pierre, Bloom, Thorpe, Skinner. &lsquo;</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Charles Good, Frank Elliott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1223/936047-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="574" height="590"></div><p>VANCOUVER &mdash; The Vancouver Canucks broke up a third period rally by the Portland Eagles to win 3 to 2 in a Northern Division game at the Forum.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Jackson, defense, Drainvi11e, Vickery; center, McPherson; wings, B. Wilson, Gruhn; subs.: Carse, Kuntz, Shill, Ballance, Jones, I. Wilson, Tunohuk, Hursley, Horbe.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Kanakas; defense,) Shewchuk, Sutherland: center, Dalgleish; wings, Evans, Hnatiuk; subs.: Bobrosky, Milne, Davis, Desbiens, Bangay, Carrigan, Savicky, Robertson, Hamilton.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Jim Arnott, \Dlck Davis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01102/936040-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="564" height="268"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 5</b></h2><p>TACOMA &mdash; The Tacoma Rockets &bull;Aged the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 in a hard-fought game at the Ice Palace here before 3,100 fans.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defense, Jenkins, Robinson; center. Read; wings, Rowe, Johnston; subs.: Glokas, Watt, Lambrecht, Andrews, Perrault, Milford, Toole, Adam, Anslow.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Jackson; defense, Vickery, Drainville; center, McPherson; wings, B. Wilson, Gruhn; sube.: Hunohuk, Hursley, Carse, Shill, I. Wilson, ft Horbe, Jones, Kunt, Ballance.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Hank Wilson, Bill Shaver.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0276/936033-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="567" height="363"></div><p>LOS ANGELES &mdash; Star wingman Andy Barbe banged in two goals to lead the Los Angeles Monarchs to 6 to 2 win over the Oakland Oaks.</p><p><b>Los Angeles:</b> Goal, Highton; defense, Mesich, Adolph; center Smith; wings, Kunkel, Barbe; subs.: Parpike, Hildebrand, &lsquo;Dockery, Zuk, Prokop, Stearns, Church, Mulligan, Leger.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goal, Nadon; defense, Marchant, May; center, Hosking; wings, Hewson, Mutcheson; subs.: Babey, Matthews, Nixon, Jones, Fowler, Hayden, Wywrot, Eisenzoph.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Frank Elliott. Charles Good.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0362/936026-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="565" height="547"></div><p>SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; The San Francisco Shamrocks held on to their slim chance of getting a Southern Division playoff berth by outscoring the Fresno Falcons 6 to 4 in a wild game.</p><p><b>San Francisco:</b> Goal, McDermid; defense; Kraftcheck, Desson; center, Samaski; wings, Fairburn, Strain; subs.: Bergeron, Middleton. Watters, Burman, Hergesheimer, Jackson, McKay, Lafrance, Lucchini.</p><p><b>Fresno:</b> Goal, Brennan; defense, Kampman, Robertson; center, Bellinger: wings. Shamlock, J. Peterson; subs.: Londry, Redmond, Baeeari, Roach, &lsquo;Cinor, Richardson, L. Peterson, Hilliard. Corrigan.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bill Knott, Jerry Mathieu.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0444/936019-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="573" height="584"></div><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; The Portland Eagles staged a savage third period attack to defeat the New Westminster Royals 4-2.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goafl, Deschene; defense, Bergeron, Pratt; center, McIntyre; wings, Adams, Evers; subs.: Ullyot, Love, Dufault, Kirk, Ritchie, Voll.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Kanakas; defense, Milne, Bobrosky; center, Robertson; wings, Davis Savicky; subs.: Shewchuk,.dnauhertSl Sutherland, Hnatiuk, Desbiens, Bangay, Horvath, Dalgleish, Evans, Hamilton.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Jim Arnott, Dick Davis. First Period</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0533/936012-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="561" height="368"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, MARCH 6</b></h2><p>PORTLAND &mdash; The Portland Eagles snapped a second-place tie with Tacoma, defeating the Vancouver Canucks 6 to 4, with a three-goal, third-period windup.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Karakas; defense, Shewchuk, Sutherland; center, Hamilton; wings, Bangay, Desbiens; subs.: Robertson, Davis, Savicky, Carrigan, Hnatiuk, Evans, Horvath, Bobrosky, Dalgleish.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Jackson; defense, Vickery, Drainville; center, McPherson; wings, B. Willson, Gruhn; subs.: Carse, Kuntz, Jones, Ballance, I. Wilson, Horbe, Hunchuk, Hursley.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Bill Shaver, Hank Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0626/936005-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="560" height="510"></div><p>SAN DIEGO &mdash; Left wingman Connie Poitras turned the three-goal hat trick to lead the San Diego Sky Hawks to a 7 to 4 victory over the Oakland Oaks.</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal, LaMarche; defense, Blomm, Currie; center, McArthur; wings, Poitras, Smrke; subs.: Lallo, McKay, McCarthy, Vaillancourt,, Giesebrecht, St. Pierre, Aikin, Thorpe, Skinner.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goal, Nadon; defense, Babey, Niron; center, Fowler; wings, Mutcheson, Bedard; subs.: Matthews, Marchant, Jones, Hewson, Hosking, Wywrot, Eisenzoph, May.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Frank Elliott, Charles Good.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0721/935998-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="560" height="605"></div><p>SEATTLE &mdash; The Seattle Ironmen squeezed past the New Westminster Royals 6 to 5 in an overtime Northern Division game at the Civic Arena.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defense, Taillifer, Schmidt; center, Fillion; wings, Kalapaca, Senick; subs.: Tomson, Waldner, McFadzen, Medynski, Valenti, Gibson, Kerr, Hayes.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Deschene; defense, Pratt, Bergeron; center, Love; wings, Dufault, McKay; subs.: Duffy, Dorohoy, Adams, Ullyot, Evers, Ritchie, McIntyre, Voll.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Jim Arnott, Dick Davis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0817/935991-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="558" height="658"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1316/935984-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="569" height="687"></div><p><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1418/935977-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="567" height="177"></div><p><b>LEADERS</b></p><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Bush Jackson, SF. 43.</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Tom Fowler, Oak. 53. Most Minning Goals Scored: Joe Peterson Fres. 7.</p><p><b>Most Shots Stopped:</b> Hec Highton, LA. 1844.</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs:</b> Duff McDermld, SF.2. Larry Frechette, SD 2, Bud LaMarche, SD. 2.</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Bush Jackson, SF 4. Most Hat Tricks Against: Hec Highton, LA. 8.</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Matt Mesich, LA. 174 m.</p><p><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1515/935970-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="573" height="681"></div><p><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-168/935963-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="565" height="152"></div><p><b>LEADERS</b></p><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Pat Desbiens, Port 50. Most Assists; Bob Love, NW. 62.</p><p><b>Most Winning Goals Scored:</b> Norm Kirk, NW. 12.</p><p><b>Most Shots Saved:</b> Lucien Dechene, NW. 1798.</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs:</b> Jerry Cotnoir, Sea. 3. Tom Karakas, Port. 3.</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Alan Kuntz, Vane. 3; Amy Dufault, NW. 3.</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Against:</b> Doug Jackson, Vane. 8.</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> George Senick, Sea. 164 minutes.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0545/935956-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="1701" height="1270"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Look Out There, Ref!</i></b></p><p><b>REFEREE BILL KNOTT of the P.C.H.L. staff looks a trifle worried as this pair of behemoths come steaming in after the puck that lies just behind him. Racing for the loose rubber are Paul Waldner (4) of Seattle, and Bob Leger (19) of Los Angeles.</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-219/935949-1-eng-US/f0015-212.jpg" title="f0015-21" width="538" height="769"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-229/935942-1-eng-US/f0015-222.jpg" title="f0015-22" width="518" height="764"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Prime Westerners</i></b></p><p><b>BEV BENTLEY (left) and COLIN KILBURN (right) are the cream of the crop in their respective departments. Bentley, Regina Caps goalie and a nephew of the National Hockey League nifties, was picked as the best netminder in the Western Canada Senior loop, while Kilburn of Edmonton Flyers is the year&rsquo;s top rookie.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HEC McLEAN</div><p>CALGARY. Alberta&mdash;</p><p>Brand of competition in both the Western Canada Junior and Senior Hockey Leagues this year was excellent and the two loops gave the fans a good run for their money right down to the final game, especially the new six-team junior loop.</p><p>Although Regina finished with a substantial lead in the senior loop, Lethbridge and Calgary made things interesting, battling it out for the third playoff position. Stampeders won out but it was close until the second last game.</p><p>Crafty Dune Grant had one of his best seasons and finished in first place in the individual scoring race in the senior circuit while Frank Kubasek, one of the most promising young puck pushers in the West, cake walked the junior loop. Cleveland Barons&mdash;thanks to scout Gail Egan&mdash;got to Kubasek first.</p><p>Egan tells an interesting story concerning the high scoring Bellevue pivot man.</p><p>Seems Toronto scout. Squib Walker and Gail were taking in one of Bellevue&rsquo;s games and the conversation went something like this:</p><p>&lsquo;&lsquo;So you&rsquo;ve got Kubasek,&rdquo; queried Walker.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s right,&rdquo; replied Egan.</p><p>&ldquo;Can&rsquo;t see much in him,&rdquo; Walker opined.</p><p>&ldquo;Who just scored that goal?&rdquo; asked Walker.</p><p>&ldquo;Kubasek,&rdquo; Egan informed.</p><p>&ldquo;Oh! &ldquo;</p><p>Yes Kubasek certainly has got it. He played terrific hockey all season with Bellevue, one of the best drawing cards in the circuit despite the fact it spent most of the season in the cellar. Had Lions made the playoffs things might have really been popping. Lions had an amazing ability of winning games they didn&rsquo;t figure to and dropping those it appeared they could win.</p><p>One of the highlights of the Inaugural year of the junior loop was the fine coaching the youngsters receive. You would have to look far to find a better aggregation of junior puck pilots than the six teams had this year.</p><p>Lome Carr in Calgary, Joe Fisher in Medicine Hat, Scotty Munro in Bellevue, Ken Doraty in Regina, all did bang up jobs and deserve a pat on the back. It would take quite a coach to improve on any of them.</p><p>Took a run out to the Kootenay recently and saw Kimberley Dynamiters wallop Spokane Flyers 8-1, although everyone said the U.S. sextet had an off night and the club was much better than it showed.</p><p>Brand of play in the Western International circuit looks inferior to the Western league, although the British Columbia winner will be allowed to strengthen with the addition of four other players. With the added strength B.C. could turn out a fair threat. At least it should do better than the Trail team of last year which got kicked around so badly by Edmontons.</p><p>Benny Redisky, the old Dynamiter toughie, is playing intermediate hockey and piloting a junior squad. Benny expects junior hockey to start on a larger plane in B.C. in the next couple of years.</p><p>Whether it&rsquo;s junior or senior in the Kootenay it certainly will be supported because the-fans are just as rabid now as when Allan Cup teams were coming out of the mining district</p><p>Incidentally Fred Hergert did a bang up job coaching Nelson Maple Leafs this year and this writer will wager he&rsquo;ll be back on the job again next year, his record warants a re-appointment.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Sensational Frankie Kubasek Scoring Fire of West. Canada

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><p>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s are the new champions of the Maritime Senior (Big Four) Hockey League, and Sydney Millionaires have retained the Cape Breton League championship.</p><p>St. Marys won the title the hard way. Down two games to Saint John Beavers in the semifinals, the Santamarians scored three straight victories, then went on to whip the defending champion Moncton Hawks on four successive nights to capture the league title.</p><p>St. Mary&rsquo;s were paced to their great triumph by the starry line of veteran Billy Hannon and young wingers Elmer McGillivray and George McGregor. Hannon, a 30-year-old Halifax veteran, had his best season as did McGregor, a native of Kingston, Ont. and playing his third season in the Maritimes. McGillivray, native of Reserve Mine, Cape Breton, scored the tying and winning goals in the final game.</p><p>Other prominent figures were Jack Donlevy, goalie from Kirkland Lake who played for Montreal junior Royals a year ago; defenceman Pat Powers, son of the late Eddie Powers of big league coaching fame, and youngsters Don (Peanuts) McLaughlin and Jackie Hollett. McGillivray, McLaughlin and Hollett are products of St. Mary&rsquo;s juniors.</p><p>As everybody expected, Millionaires were not extended too much in the finals. They topped the league standings practically all season and sat out the semi-finals as Glace Bay eliminated North Sydney. Millionaires and St. Mary&rsquo;s meet in the Maritime final next week.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Sydney $$aires, Santamarians, Tangle In Final

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON THURS. A.M., MAR 10</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01134/936259-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="580" height="200"></div><h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 5</h2><p><b>Royals 2, at Sherbrooke 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0284/936252-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="568" height="406"></div><h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 6</h2><p><b>Sherbrooke 3, at Royals 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0359/936245-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="567" height="505"></div><p><b>Valleyfield 2, at New York 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0447/936238-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="566" height="482"></div><p><b>Quebec 2, at Shawinigan 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0541/936231-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="566" height="455"></div><p><b>Royals 3, at Shawinigan 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0632/936224-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="567" height="508"></div><p><b>Sherbrooke 8, at Ottawa 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0726/936217-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="578" height="557"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9</b></h2><p><b>New York 2, at Ottawa 9</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0822/936210-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="575" height="746"></div><p><b>Shawinigan 5, at Valleyfield 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0921/936203-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="580" height="569"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Final League Records)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1020/936196-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="574" height="320"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Quebec Senior League

<div class="byline">By STAN SAPLIN</div><p>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;</p><p>An ice hockey tournament that may keynote a wholesale influx of United States born players into major profes sional hockey ranks 10 or 15 years from now, occupied the spotlight Sunday afternoon (March 13) when the first annual National Pee Wee Ice Hockey Championship was held in Madison Square Garden.</p><p>Pee Wee hockey for American youngsters 14 years of age and under was inaugurated last season at New Haven, &bull;Conn., and Springfield, Mass. It met with overwhelming success in both communities and has grown since to include many other cities&mdash;including several points in Minnesota, in New York and in Lake Placid.</p><h2><b>Taught To Skate</b></h2><p>Youngsters are taught, in many instances, how to skate before the instruction in the art of hockey is begun. The teachers are former amateur and professional stars. Lynn Patrick, one of major league hockey&rsquo;s great wings before he turned to coaching, is the head coach of the New Haven Pee Wees, while Eddie Shore, often described as the &ldquo;Babe Ruth of Hockey&rdquo; during his playing career with the Boston Bruins, supervises the Springfield youngsters.</p><p>In Sunday&rsquo;s tournament, beginning at 1:30 p.m., New York met Springfield and Lake Placid opposed New Haven, After a game involving the New York Rovers and the Royal Canadian Air Force of Ottawa, Olympic champions, at 3 p.m., the two winning Pee Wee sextets then crossed sticks for the title.</p><h2><b>Bitter Rivals</b></h2><p>In the opening game, two bitter foes of former days glowered at one another from opposite coaching benches. Phil Watson, fiery star of the New York Rangers for a dozen years, handled the New York Pee Wees in their encounter with Shore&rsquo;s Springfield team.</p><p>The second preliminary game saw father against son in opposing coaching roles, for directing the Lake Placid crew against Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s New Haven lads was Lester Patrick, hockey&rsquo;s Silver Fox.</p><p>Veteran observers of the game of ice hockey believe the Introduction of this tournament by the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States will produce quantities of players of major league caliber in the future.</p><p>The Pee Wee teams competing Sunday were limited to rosters of fourteen players each. No boy could be older than 14 years as of Jan. 1, 1949.</p><p>New York Pee Wee team was chosen from an original turnout last December of 402 youngsters, who arrived at Madison Square Garden with skates and sticks in hand, rarin&rsquo; to go.</p><p>Springfield had to weed out its squad from 27 teams which play in the Great Springfield area.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1118/936290-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="542" height="856"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i><b>Tyke&rsquo;s Tutor</b></i></p><p><b>LESTER PATRICK</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Pee Wee Tilts School For Future U.S. Stars

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HOCKEY PHOTOS

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1411/936387-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="566" height="152"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26</b></h2><p><b>Calgary 5, at Edmonton 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1510/936380-1-eng-US/f0015-152.jpg" title="f0015-15" width="565" height="583"></div><p><b>Saskatoon 3, at Regina 9</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1610/936373-1-eng-US/f0015-162.jpg" title="f0015-16" width="561" height="576"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY. MARCH 1</b></h2><p><b>Edmonton 9, at Saskatoon 5.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1710/936366-1-eng-US/f0015-172.jpg" title="f0015-17" width="560" height="698"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2</b></h2><p><b>Edmonton 2, at Regina 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1810/936359-1-eng-US/f0015-182.jpg" title="f0015-18" width="561" height="525"></div><p><b>Lethbridge 2, at Calgary 7</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-209/936352-1-eng-US/f0015-202.jpg" title="f0015-20" width="559" height="553"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>leading Scorers</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1910/936345-1-eng-US/f0015-192.jpg" title="f0015-19" width="567" height="474"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Western Canada Senior League

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO, Ont. &mdash; Governors of the N.H.L. at their Spring meeting decided to leave the thorny question of televising hockey games to the individual clubs concerned. President Clarence Campbell the week before had pointed out the possible harmful effects video have on attendance and questioned whether it could pay enough to make up for the customers, who would stay at home with their television sets.</p><p>It was decided that no action would be taken by the League as such, but that each team would study the effects of televis&rsquo;on and reach its own deelstion.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Video Verdict

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-026/936449-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="243" height="290"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-016/936456-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="237" height="285"></div><p>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;</p><p>Sports writers, radio broadcasters and Coaches of the 10 Pacific Coast Hockey League cities got their heads together and came up with a starry array of puckchasers for the All-Star Teams in the Northern and Southern Divisions. Fresno and Oakland in the South each placed two men on the squad of their Division&rsquo;s best, but only New Westminster was able to get more that one representative on the Northern Division team.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-035/936442-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="278" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Babe Pratt</b></figcaption></div><p>While picking the All - Stars, the selectors also plunked their votes tor the Most Valuable Player. When the ballots were counted, big Babe Pratt of New Westmins ter Royals was their choice in the Northern.</p><p>Division, while Playing Coach Tommy Fowler of the Oakland Oaks got the nod in his Division. Fowler, who has led the loop in scoring at his center post most of the season, collected twice as many votes as his nearest rival, Goalie Bill Brennan of Fresno Falcons.</p><p>Pratt and Fowler receive handsome trophies, along with cash awards of $100 each, the same amount going to each player picked for the First All - Star Team.</p><p>Probably the biggest upset was the selection of Bill Carse over Bobby Love, the Northern Division scoring leader. However the veteran Bill Carse has had his best year since joining Vancouver four years ago and was second in the voting for the most valuable player. Although Fern. Perreault of Tacoma has played right wing all season, being a left handed shot,- he received more votes for the left wing position than did Ollie Dorohoy. Outside of Pratt he polled the heaviest vote in the Northern Division.&rsquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Coast Scribes Name 12 Best Pratt, Fowler Voted Tops

<p class="dropcap"><span>O</span>NTREAL, Que.&mdash; Eddie Dartnell of Ottawa Senators smashed all existing records as he romped home with a total of 116 scoring points to capture the Quebec Senior &lsquo;Hockey League individual scoring-championship. Dartnell finished five points ahead of teammate Bill Robinson and Tony Demers of Sherbrooke. He also set a new goal-scoring record by boosting his total to 54 for the season.</p><p>The previous league record was set by Pete Morin of Montreal Royals, with 91 points in the 1947-48 campaign.</p><p>Nil Tremblay of Ottawa set another loop record with his 71 assists.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Record Wrecker

<div class="image-hero"><img title="C4-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-06/936573-1-eng-US/c4-062.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>hose who travel the air-lanes know well her charming efficiency, her ready skill. Her long hours of training assure pleasant comfort to all who journey the great paths of the sky.</p><p>People like this, some of Canada&rsquo;s finest, are in the public&rsquo;s service-at <i>your</i> service.</p><p><b>BLACK HORSE ALE&hellip; Canada&rsquo;s Finest</b></p><p>DAWIS BLACK HORSE BREWWERY MONTREAL&hellip; ESTABLISHED 1811 &ndash; A DIVISION OF NATIONAL BREWERIES LIMITED<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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March 16, 1949

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