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October 8, 1949
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Baz Loses Right Eye Quote ‘I’ll Be Back’!
WELLAND, Ont.— Baz Bastien, Pittsburgh Hornet’s All-Star goaler, who was slated to some day take over from “Fat Man” Broda in the Maple Leaf’s nets, became the first serious casualty of the ne^-] 949-50 training season when he was hit in the right eye by a puck a few minutes after the Hornets opened their training camp at Welland, Ontario. The puck was off the stick of Don Clark, ex-Springfield and St. Louis player now reinstated and trying to make a position with the Toronto Malboros. Clark shot the puck from the blueline but it was well screened and Bastien saw hide nor hare of it. He was taken to a Welland hospital where his right eye was removed by Dr. Harry McRea of Toronto. The loss of Bastion was a serious one…
Scottish Call For Canuck Pucksters Answered By Twelve Western Players
CALGARY, Alta.— The call from Scotland for Canadian hockey talent has attracted-seven Calgarians, according to Alberta Amateur Hockey Asociation president Harold Brandreth of Calgary. Six players and a coach will fly from Toronto to Scotland to play hockey during the 1949-50 season with the Ayr Ice Raider Hockey Club. The chance for the Calgarians to make the trip came when an official of the Scottish team contacted Brandreth and requested him to try and line up somfe material for the Ayr club. As you can imagine Brandreth didn’t have much trouble getting the youngsters to sign up for the trip and several other players asked to go. Scottish teams require only 11 players and the balance of the club will be from last year’s lineup. In the past most of the hockey-ists to…
SUPER-GAME NO. THREE
Next Monday night in Toronto the players tread the boards (or more properly, the ice!) in Maple Leaf Gardens as the third great Ali-Star drama is presented. Following the tradition which has only recently been established, but already has become a firm part of the game of hockey, the fans will be treated to a spectacle full of glamor, glory and glitter as another season gets underway. For these annual games—started in 1947—already are carving a lasting niche in hockey annals. Mooted for many years by.fans and people connected with the game, the All-Star contest finally became a reality two years ago, providing the long-wanted opportunity to see the greatest individual players in the National Hockey League pitted against the greatest team—as represented by the Stanley Cup winners cf the previous…
Troubles In Threes For Unhappy Leafs; Harvey, Psutka Out
ST. CATHARINES, Ont.— Howie Harvey, squatty little understudy to Turk Broda for the past few seasons, has heaped a few more worries onto the Pittsburgh Hornets management. Harvey has announced that a skin ailment has forced his retirement from the game which was about to open its professional gates to him. His unexpected announcement followed on the heels of Baz Bastien’s eye accident and all in all it’s left the Hornets minus a goaler. Harvey was expected to replace Bastien between the Pittsburgh pipes. When queried about his intentions Harvey merely reported that he was bothered with a skin ailment last winter “and I don’t think I can takp another season of it.” Last season Harvey played for the Toronto Malboros and prior to that goaled for the powerful Toronto St. Mikes when-they…
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