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October 22, 1949

The Hockey News October 22, 1949

<div class="byline">By DAVE FARRELL</div><p>PROVIDENCE. R.I.&mdash;</p><p>A colorful defenseman who had played six years with the Boston Bruins was no longer with the club here weekend before last as the Bruins tangled with the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League in a pair of exhibition games.</p><p>The defenseman, of course, is Pat Egan, the ebullient Celt who became the favorite of Boston fandom overnight when he was secured from the Detroit Red Wings for Flash Hollett in 1942.</p><p>Egan is reaching the end of the trail in hockey. He&rsquo;s been around the National Hockey League for the past 10 years. Yet itis difficult to understand the wisdom of a trade which sends the league&rsquo;s highest scoring defenseman&rsquo; to another club in exchange for a player who is immediately relegated to the role of a minor league player.</p><p>Add to this the fact &ldquo;Eag&rdquo; was one of the most colorful players ever to wear a Bruin uniform, and the trade becomes even more perplexing to fathom.</p><h2>Lapses Drew Disfavor</h2><p>More than once Egan has been caught up ice with the result that the opposition has scored goals, that might have been prevented otherwise. It was this occasional erratic defensive play that got the Wild Tad from the Tundras in disfavor with the Bruins front office.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0197/894147-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="623" height="872"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PAT EGAN</b></figcaption></div><p>Yet it was the opinion of many who saw the Bruins play all their home games last year that Pat wag the team&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman&mdash;so outstanding, in fact, that he narrowly missed being named to the National Hockey League&rsquo;s All-Star second team.</p><p>After performing brilliantly throughout the course of last season, Pat did suffer a letdown in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He played his worst hockey of the year during those five games with the Maple Leafs.</p><p>But yet, what player on the Bruins did stand out during the post-season classic? Maybe Brimsek or Sandford or Schmidt. Excepting this trio, the rest of the club looked feeble against Hap Day&rsquo;s aggressive team. During that series with Toronto, the Ronty line which had played so well all year long, folded up and appeared as weak offensively against the Leafs as Egan did defensively.</p><h2>Their Fault Too!</h2><p>The Maple Leafs were just hot and not to be denied as they proved with their four straight victories over Detroit in the finals.</p><p>This is no attempt to second guess the Bruins on the Egan trade. There&rsquo;s no doubt that they were loaded with defensemen and that someone had to get the axe. But why Egan?</p><p>On the basis of his play throughout the 1948-49 season, he rated a berth on this year&rsquo;s squad, unless of course his pre-season training performance was so bad that he was of no use to the club.</p><p>It is the honest and sincere opinion of this writer that the Bruins made a great mistake in peddling popular Pat to the Rangers.</p><p>First of all, Pat has another good year of hockey left in him. Occasional lapses on defense notwithstanding, he still would have been an asset to the Boston rearguard during the present campaign.</p><p>Aside from his value to the defense, Pat Egan is one of the number one drawing cards of the National Hockey League. The Bruins have always iced a team which featured a couple of players who possessed real crowd appeal. Schmidt, Brimsek and Egan were the three of recent years.</p><h2>Bruins Color Fading</h2><p>Brimsek was traded of his own volition two months ago. That cut the Boston team to two colorful players. By getting rid of Egan, the Bruins have left themselves with only Schmidt who is skating at defense now.</p><p>Should anything happen to Schmiddy as was the case last season, the Bruins will no longer have a spirited player like Egan to arouse the fans and keep them returning in hordes to the Garden. It was Egan&rsquo;s dashing play in mid-season a year ago that made an otherwise dull Bruin team a treat to watch.</p><p>The Bruins have acquired Bill Quackenbush, a very capable defenseman. But Bill lacks the color of an Egan. The Rossmen have Ronty who is rapidly developing into a great favorite of the Boston fans. Paul had a brilliant year last season but it would be well to wait another year before judging his potential as a great hockey player. Too many players like McFadden, Meeker, et al have been disappointing after sensational starts in the National Hockey League.</p><p>Should the Boston team run into any kind of a protracted slump this year as they have experienced during the past few seasons, they may wish they had Boston&rsquo;s favorite, Martin Joseph &ldquo;Patrick&rdquo; Egan back on defense.</p><h2><b><i>Thompson Fan-atic</i></b></h2><p>Paul Thompson, ex-Chicago Black Hawk had a fan In the Windy City who loved to dig him. The fan, a second balcony fanatic used to dig into Thompson fiercely with such remarks as &ldquo;hey Thompson, go home&rdquo; and &ldquo;lie down and die Thompson.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;lie down and die Thompson.&rdquo;</p><p>Paul knew about the fan and he heard him quite frequently. He would have done anything to satisfy the customer that he wasn&rsquo;t such a bad hockey player.</p><p>Then one night he scored a &ldquo;Hat Trick&rdquo;, three goals, and Paul thought that it would satisfy the bug.</p><p>However the next night, thinking he would hear little from the cratic fan Thompson stepped on the ice with a big smile. But he soon changed his face.</p><p>Up in the balcony the bug sat and before a few seconds had gone by he blurted: &ldquo;Good Lord Thompson, are you still here.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Will Bruins Be Sorry Colorful Pat Is Gone?

<div class="byline">by KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0189/893758-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="170" height="241"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>ANS LEFT Maple Leaf Gardens following the N.H.L. All-Star game raving about the excellent game they&rsquo;d just witnessed. Two of the three N.H.L. All-Star games have been doozers and the public has really been sold on the idea of an annual All-Star classic&hellip;The three Chicago players, Bob Goldham, Doug Bentley and Bill Mosienko were the standouts among the All-Stars. In fact Goldham played one of his best games since entering the National League&hellip;Close to 80 hockey writers and broadcasters from the six N.H.L. cities were on hand for the function&hellip;Montreal and&rsquo; Boston had the biggest representation of press and radio&hellip;Jim Tang, sports editor of the Victoria Colonist, travelled the furthest to attend the game&hellip;Bill Juzda played a rough, rugged game for the Leafs and halted many of the Stars with resounding checks&hellip;After the game Coach Hap Day of the Leafs remarked: &ldquo;I thought the All-Stars had a little on us in condition. Most of the teams started training ahead of us. Our shooting was also away off.&rdquo;&hellip;Day has been cracking the whip in Leaf practices since the All-Star game&hellip;Art Ross of Boston arrived just in time for the 11-Star luncheon&hellip;Art also accompanied the Boston writers across to Detroit for the season&rsquo;s opener between the Wings and Bruins&hellip;Jack Gelineau, Boston&rsquo;s rookie goalie and Ross&rsquo; latest discovery, played a whale of a game in the first game of the 1949-50 season. His play was so good that Bill King, veteran Boston hockey writer sitting alongside us in the Detroit press box remarked: &ldquo;Ross hasn&rsquo;t come up with a bum, yet.&rdquo; King was of course thinking of Tiny Thompson and Frank Brimsek, both brought into the N.H.L. by Ross, who turned out to be goaling greats.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0283/893751-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="145" height="229"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 145px">Sid Abel</figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0330/893744-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="139" height="227"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 139px">Art Ross</figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0410/893737-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="145" height="229"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 145px">Doug Bentley</figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-056/893730-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="142" height="226"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 142px">Bill Mosienko</figcaption></div><p>BILL DURNAN shut out the Chicago Black Hawks 4-0 in the 1949-50 opener at Montreal on October 12, but it was a long time since he had last blanked the Hawks. It was on February 18, 1945, when Canadiens and Chicago played a scoreless draw that Bill staged his last shutout over the Windy City six&hellip;Ever since he first started coaching jin 1926, Dick Irvin has received a telegram on opening night from Jack &ldquo;Blackie&rdquo; Blackburn of Windsor, Ont. wishing him the best of luck during the season. The wire usually arrived shortly before Dick&rsquo;s club took the ice. This procedure has been going on, mind you, when Dick coached Chicago, Toronto and then Montreal. Well, on opening night this year, no telegram arrived before the game. Dick thought it would arrive for sure some time during the first period. However, the first period finished and still no telegram. Dick thought his old buddy must have forgotten all about him this year, especially when no tely arrived before the second period started. However, just before the second period ended, Joe Bullett of the Forum staff rushed up to Irvin on the players bench and delivered him a telegram. Yes, that&rsquo;s right, it was his usual good luck wishes from &ldquo;Blackie&rdquo; Blackburn. He hadn&rsquo;t forgotten him, after all&hellip;Jack Gelineau, Boston&rsquo;s rookie netminder was born on Armistice Day, 1924&hellip;Gordie Howe, Detroit&rsquo;s ace right winger, worked out with Cleveland Indians during their last series against Detroit Tigers and held his own in batting practice&hellip;Sid Abel fathered a lovely daughter during the summer&hellip;Dit Clapper, out of hockey for the first time in 22 years, was renewing friendships at the All-Star game and looking rather lonesome with no hockey team to bother about&hellip;Only two players wear helmets in the National Hockey League and both players belong to Boston Bruins and both are defensemen. They are Johnny Crawford and Ed Kryzanowski.</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-063/893723-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="144" height="219"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 144px">Dick Irvin</figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-073/893716-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="145" height="218"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 145px">John Crawford</figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-083/893709-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="124" height="199"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 124px">Dit Clapper</figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-093/893702-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="149" height="218"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 149px">Bob Goldham</figcaption></div><p>THE NEW PRESS box at the Detroit Olympia is one of the finest in hockey. It was just finally completed on the opening day of the season&hellip;All three periods of Detroit Red Wipgs home games are broadcast over Station WJBK by Al Nagler. On an eight station state network, other Michigan cities to air the games besides Detroit are Dearborn, Flint, Midland, Battle Creek, Port Huron, Jackson and Kalamazoo. Fred A. HuberJr. conducts a between periods show over television and radio known as the &ldquo;Press Box Coaches Club.&rdquo; Lewis Walter, youthful dean of Detroit hockey writers, and yours truly were Huber&rsquo;s guests on the opening show&hellip;Paul Williams does the play-by-play over WWJ-TV&hellip;The Prince of Wales Trophy and Hart Trophy were presented by N.H.L. President Clarence Campbell to Jack Adams and Sid Abel respectively, between the second and third periods of the opener in Detroit&hellip;This was done so that TV would be sure to catch it&hellip;The colored strip marking the blue lines and red line along the boards in every hockey rink we&rsquo;ve seen was always painted on. However, at Olympia this year they&rsquo;ve got colored plastic strips along the boards to mark the blue lines and red line&hellip;There are also new seats in the promenade&rdquo; at Olympia this season&hellip;Also completely new boards encasing the ice surface&hellip;Jack Adams and the Detroit management were hosts at a luncheon for Detroit press and radio on October 12 prior to the opener. Clarence Campbell was the guest speaker and told the writers several interesting things on the inner workings of the National Hockey League. Herb Ralby, represented the Boston press and gave an outline of this year&rsquo;s Bruins.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Passing the Puck

<p>Pat Egan started his hockey career with the now defunct New York Americans, led at that time by the colorful Red Dutton.</p><p>Egan and Dutton were always having hot words together and usually Egan won out. Word got around to Red that Egan was becoming a night hawk and so he decided to call the stocky defenseman onto the carpet. About that time Egan was a little short in pocket money and he was going to call on Red for an advance on his pay anyway.</p><p>As Egan stood in front of Dutton, &ldquo;Big Red&rdquo; started to give him a blast. &ldquo;You think you&rsquo;re pretty good, don&rsquo;t you,&rdquo; said Red.</p><p>&ldquo;No Sir,&rdquo; replied Egan.</p><p>&ldquo;Well do you think you&rsquo;re having a good year?&rdquo; Asked Dutton. &ldquo;No Sir, I don&rsquo;t.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;But you do think you&rsquo;re a big league hockey player and you do have a chip on your shoulder?&rdquo; Don&rsquo;t you.</p><p>&ldquo;No sir, I haven&rsquo;t got a chip on my shoulder and if I was a big league player I wouldn&rsquo;t be working for you for a crummy $3,500 a season. And Egan asked Dutton for a $100., advance on his pay, got it and strolled out of the office.</p><p>Dutton was flabbergasted.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

EGAN THE GREAT

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-098/894337-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="302" height="469"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ED KENNEDY, captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, is occupying an unusual position at the end of the first week&rsquo;s play in the N.H.L. Ted is tied with Canadiens&rsquo; Kenny Reardon with the most penalty minutes. Both players have 10 minutes each. Ted has had two majors in two games.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Unusual Position

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0112/895632-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><p><b><i>13 Rookies Out</i> (SEE PAGE 5)</b></p><p>Mr. Bill Little, 641 Bannatyne Ave., Winnipeg, Man.</p><p>May 15-50<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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FANS CALL FOR GOALER PROTECTION

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>W</span>ith goalie injuries supplying the burning question of the day, THE HOCKEY NEWS brings you the reactions of the cash customers to the problem, in the new feature &ldquo;What the Fans Say&rdquo; on page 2.</b></p><p><b>Further comment on the case will also be found in the Editorial columns on page 6, where the pros and cons of masks for the boys in the nets are discussed at greater length.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

More About The Wounded

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>To mask or not to mask?</p><p>That&rsquo;s the question uppermost in the minds of goaltenders and fans these days after Bill Durnan had his head cut open to become the latest casualty in the ranks of the beleaguered netminders.</p><p>Durnan&rsquo;s injury, suffered in last Saturday&rsquo;s game here between Canadiens and New York Rangers, was pointed up even more vividly because the memory of Baz Bastien was still fresh in everyone&rsquo;s mind. The brilliant 29-year-old Pittsburgh Hornets goalie had his career brought to a sudden end in <i>pre</i> season training when he lost an eye after being struck in the face with a puck.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0210/895687-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="140" height="216"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 140px"><b>Baz Bastien</b></figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2><b>UNCANNY COINCIDENCE</b></h2><p>With that in mind, THE HOCKEY NEWS was conducting a poll among fans in the Montreal Forum last Saturday on the controversial question whether goalies should wear some form of protection for their heads and faces.</p><p>The survey couldn&rsquo;t have been more timely,, because with only a minute and a half to go in that game. Bud Polle sent a whistling drive toward Durnan, and the Montreal goalie fell stunned by the force of what is usually conceded to be the hardest shot in the National Hockey League.</p><p>Durnan stood for a moment dazed, then crumbled to the ice as a widening pool of blood stained the ice. He was carried to the dressing room, where six stitches were needed to close the gaping wound above his left eye. Then he courageously returned to the ice to finish out the game and hold the Blueshirts at bay.</p><p>While Bastien is the only recent case of a goalie suffering crippling injuries from a flying puck, practically every netminder has had his sare of casualties.</p><h2><b>WELL CUT UP</b></h2><p>Chuck Rayner of Rangers has had a broken nose and broken cheekbone, Turk Broda of Leafs has lost several teeth, Durnan has been gashed many times before, and so on.</p><h2><b>FANS CALL FOR</b></h2><p>While so far no one devised a satisfactory mask for net guardians, many fans think that some protection should be given them. One suggestion is that some sort of fibre or plastic headband to protect the temples and a nose guard to help ward pucks away from the face might cut down the injuries. Masks like those worn by baseball catchers are generally acknowledged to be useless because of their awkwardness and bulkiness.</p><p>The goalies themselves have never looked on masks with great favor. But if these injuries become a trend in today&rsquo;s fast-paced hockey, some consideration may well have to be given to protecting the Gibraltars of each squad from a disaster that can maim them for life.</p><p>Entered as second class matter June 1, 1948, at the Post Office in Buffalo, N.Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price $2.50 in Canada, $3.50 in U.S.A.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Durnan Latest Goalie Injury On Screen Shot

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0118/893533-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="281" height="143"></div><p><b>Question:</b></p><p><b>Should Goalkeepers have Some Sort of Face Protection.</b></p><p>Place: Montreal Forum</p><p><b>Mrs. Reg Geary Housewife</b></p><p>&ldquo;Yes, something along the lines of a helmet, but with something added that would also protect their face and save them from broken bones. I don&rsquo;t think it would handicap them very much and they would soon get used to it. After all if a baseball catcher can wear one and catch some of those fast pitches, then why can&rsquo;t a goaler wear one.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Bob Kayser, Accountant</b></p><p>&ldquo;No, I think it would cut down on the goalers&rsquo; efficiency. It would block part of his view and I think it would effect his eyes after a while. Goalers dont get hurt that often so I don&rsquo;t think that type of protection is necessary.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Al Parsley Sportswriter for the Montreal Herald</b></p><p>&ldquo;Yes, 1 think the goaler should have some sort of face protection. We hear about it all the time. When a player gets hurt everybody yells blue murder and says they should have protection. Then after the goaler is able to return to play it dies down and we hear no more about it. But I think the goaler should wear some sort of protection.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Lutien Boucher Travelling Salesman</b></p><p>&ldquo;No, I don&rsquo;t think a goaler should have any sort of face protection. Goalers don&rsquo;t get hurt that often. It&rsquo;s o.k. to say that baseball catchers wear masks, but they have to catch a ball that comes from the same direction all the time. You notice how fast a catcher takes off his mask to take a throw from the outfield or even from the infield. A goaler has to catch pucks from all angles and he doesn&rsquo;t have time to remove a mask. Besides if a baseball catcher drops a ball, a man may get home or a baserunner may steal a base, or the catcher can pick it up before any damage is done. But if a goaler misses a puck he can&rsquo;t pick it out of the net, that red light goes on too fast.&rdquo;</p><p><b>John Henry Office Clerk</b></p><p>&ldquo;Yes, I think a goaler should have some sort of protection. I dont&rsquo; think it would cut his efficiency very much and it would certainly save a lot of wear and tear on a goaler&rsquo;s face. Too many goalers are getting hurt and something should be done.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Louis Laprade Laborer</b></p><p>&ldquo;No, I don&rsquo;t think a goaler needs any protection about his face, it would ruin his eyesight and would give the red light plenty of action. You can&rsquo;t compare baseball catchers with goalers because the goaler has a much more dangerous job. Half the time he can&rsquo;t see where the puck is coming from. If he had a mask on ha&rsquo;d never see the puck.&rdquo;</p><p><b>John Fisher Policeman</b></p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think a goaler should have anything in front of his face, it&rsquo;s bad enough trying to stop pucks without a mask, imagine what it would be like if they did wear them. Besides goalers don&rsquo;t get hurt that often.&rdquo;</p><p><b>Michael Laprade Contractor</b></p><p>&lsquo;I definitely think the goalers should have some sort of protection for their face. It should be compulsory by the N.H.L. office that they wear something. So far there have been very few really dangerous accidents in hockey, but even the few there have been have left a very bad taste in many Peoples mouths. Give those guys some protection, they deserve it.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WHAT THE FANS SAY!

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0213/893571-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="954" height="1062"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>Three Time Winner</i></p><p><b><i>Grant Warwick as Bruin Ranger&hellip;and Hab</i></b></p></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>James Dickenson Irvin, who has the now pleasant job of leading the Montreal Canadiens, produced the biggest Colegate smile yet seen around the Montreal area, after his club trounced the New York Rangers 3-1. It was the Habs second win in a row, and the smile gets bigger and bigger with highly touted Chicago Black Hawks, who every victory. The canadiens opened their new season with a 4-0 victory against the showed nothing but wide open spaces for &ldquo;Un-Friged&rdquo; Frankie Brimsek, now in the Chi., nets.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-039/893564-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="150" height="225"><figcaption class="caption-body">Richard</figcaption></div><p>James Dickenson, who is sometimes a pessimist and sometimes an optimist played it neutral after his club&rsquo;s two victories, and even more so after some hash came out of Toronto from none other than Conn Smythe. Mr. Toronto ventured to say that the Canadiens had the best chance of winning the league because they had more all-stars than anybody else in the league.</p><p>But Irvin warned his club not to fall for Smythe&rsquo;s old softening up tactics because there was still 68 more games to go. Irvin himself used Smythe&rsquo;s line against the Hawks before the two clubs clashed.</p><h2>Irvin Uses Psychology</h2><p>Your Hockey News reporter handed him a copy of the paper showing the N.H.L. puck scribes picking the Leafs to cop all. &ldquo;There they go,&rdquo; said Irvin, &ldquo;picking the Leafs again. They were lucky to make the playoffs last season and they haven&rsquo;t added much to this year&rsquo;s club, yet they&rsquo;re going to win the league. It&rsquo;s pretty near time those sports writers smartened up.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;How do you pick it to end up?&rdquo; We asked.</p><p>&ldquo;Chicago first,&rdquo; replied Dick. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve got a powerhouse and with Brimsek in the goal, I don&rsquo;t know how I&rsquo;m going to stop those hight scroring forwards.&rdquo; He wouldn&rsquo;t go any farther than that.</p><p>But Dick&rsquo;s psychology, unlike Smythes&rsquo;, worked. The Hawks got wind of his statement, stepped on the ice with that old feeling before the game even started and a few hours later the Habs were home free with, a 4-0 whitewashing. The Canadien&rsquo;s defense took good care of the Hawks high scoring forwards, Durnan took good care of any of those who did seep through and Lach, Richard and a kid named Dube took care of the rest.</p><p>Meanwhile, the aquisition of little Knobby Warwick from the Boston Bruins, has given Montreal fans added hope that this year their favourites may never tottle on the brink of fourth, fifth or last place. Little Knobby has become quite popular in the Canadian Metropolis for the short time he has been with his new club. However, Montreal fans like them rough and they have a rough player in Warwick. It works both ways for Knobby likes nothing better than to mix it.</p><h2>&ldquo;Warwick Likes&rsquo; Habs</h2><p>&ldquo;When I was with Boston, I was always in the fire for getting penalties, but with this club it&rsquo;s different. They&rsquo;re fighting all the time and the only way to win hockey games is to fight.&rdquo; said Warwick.</p><p>&ldquo;What a defense this club has, nobody has to worry with guys like Reardon and Bouchard out there. They can really rough you up, believe me I know, I&rsquo;ve played against them often enough.</p><p>&ldquo;But I&rsquo;m certainly glad to be with Montreal. I&rsquo;ve always liked them and I only hope I can help them. If I score 23 goals again this season, I think that&rsquo;ll be a good help, &ldquo;he laughed.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin feels the same way. He figures that if knobby can score 23 goals this season then they will have no worries.</p><p>&ldquo;Twenty-three goals can put a team in the playoffs. With another 23 last season we would have been in first place. So I think Knobby will help the club a lot.&rdquo;</p><p>So far Warwick has been playing on a line with Billy Reay and Gerry Plamondon. He assisted on Reay&rsquo;s goal against the Rangers which tied up the game. However there is talk of switching &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard to left wing and putting Warwick at right with the great Lach and Richard.</p><p>The Montreal players unanimously agree that Warwick will help the club tremendously and after his showing against the Rangers they were well satisfied that the little fellow is a Hab to stay.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Warwick Happy, Irvin Smiles, Habs Blazing

<p>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>The report that goalie Ray Frederick will receive $7,000 this season for playing with Edmonton Flyers of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League was received gloomily by Tom (Regina Leader-Post) Melville.</p><p>If the report regarding Frederick is &ldquo;anywhere near true,&rdquo; the three or four men who finance Regina Caps of the same senior league &ldquo;must feel like suckers for staying in the circuit,&rdquo; he says.</p><p>&ldquo;Regina can&rsquo;t hope to compete with that sort of long green. For that matter the National League, without mentioning the minors must find the going pretty tough when a senior amateur club can wave that much money in front of an up-and-coming star.&rdquo;</p><p>Melville says the case of Fredick, who starred last season with the junior Brandon Wheat Kings, is not exactly isolated. It was said that Calgary and Saskatoon Quakers were making spectacular bids for his services and the price was bound to go high.</p><h2>Boosts All Around</h2><p>&ldquo;But there appears to be a general boosting of wages all around the circuit. Only the players are going to win in this league. The Edmonton Exhibition Board, which runs the Flyers, and the Calgary organization operating the Stamps might not feel the pinch.</p><p>&ldquo;But the Regina management will feel it where it hurts most. Saskatoon, where the Quakers are operated on a city-wide businessman plan, probably will feel an ache or two as well.&rdquo;</p><p>Melville says no one can blame the Cap bosses for not liking the way things are going. They figure there has been tampering going on within the league and that, as much as anything else, has brought on the demand for increases by their staff.</p><p>&ldquo;The keen buying market hasn&rsquo;t helped their cause. Players are in the fortunate position where they can do a lot of bargaining when they are without string.&rdquo;</p><p>Tom thinks only time can supply the answers to what he terms &ldquo;this suicidal race.&rdquo;</p><p>Fans, being fans, love a winner. When you&rsquo;ve come up with a loser, they stay away on cold nights. The National League would &ldquo;love it&rdquo; if the W.C.S.H.L. turned professional, &ldquo;but it would mean a lower class of hockey and a consequent falling off at the turnstiles.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Scribe Takes Dull Outlook On Frederick

<div class="byline">BY ROLLY ETHIER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0215/893633-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="473" height="396"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Above are just five of the many professional hockey players who have come out of Northern Ontario. They are, Ted Lindsay, Detroit; Allan Stanley, Rangers; Pete Babando, Detroit; Bill Barilko, Toronto and Bep Guidolin, Chicago.</b></figcaption></div><p>NORTH BAY, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Northern Ontario is noted chiefly for its great mineral resources and beautiful scenery but this section of the country is just as productive of professional hockey talent as sold, nickel and copper.</p><p>From the hard and rugged Northland have come some of the outstanding pucksters of the past and more numerous crops are being turned out year after year. Many are destined to play in the big time, while others are outstanding in minor and amateur ranks. They are all making a name for themselves in the great Canadian pastime and helping publicize the land where they were born.</p><p>Despite the small area and population of the country stretching from Sault Ste.</p><p>Marie in the west to North Bay and farther north to Timmins and surrounding territory, players are being turned out at a magnificient rate.</p><p>In seasons past Larry Aurie from Sudbury, diminutive but great Detroit Red Wing rightwinger, was a terror to enemy goaltenders. His all-round ability helped the Motor City to two consecutive Stanley Cups in the 19 3 5-3 6 and 36-37 season.</p><p>Other prominent puckchasers who distinguished themselves in the play-for-pay ranks included Pete Palangio, Pep Kelly and Bob Grade of North Bay; Don Grosso of the Sault and Toe Blake of Victoria Mines. Palangio burned up the minor loops for many seasons and played for Chicago Black Hawks, Stanley Cup champs in p&rsquo;937-38. Pep Kelly used to team with Nick Metz in a superb job of killing off penalties for the Toronto Maple Leafs. One of the fastest skaters in the business, Grade was the mainstay of the Montreal Maroons for a long while and also performed on two Stanley Cup champions.</p><p>Blake, who has retired from the N.H.L. playing ranks, was one of the greatest pucksters to don the colors of the Montreal Canadiens and wound up his carrer with the second highest point total of all time. Only Bill Cowley of Boston heads him on the list. Count Grosso was one of Detroit&rsquo;s ablest players in his time with the Wings. He&rsquo;s still one of the most capable hockeyists in the A.H.L.</p><h2>Durnan Started There</h2><p>Four-time Vezina Trophy winner, Bill Durnan, was born in Toronto but made a name for himself while tending goal for the Kirkland Lake senior Blue Devils, who took the Allan Cup in 194041 season.</p><p>At present there are ten Northern huskies pushing a puck around in the National Hockey League. Four of these are lined up with the world champion Toronto Maple Leafs, three are with Detroit Red Wings and one each plays with Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers. Only Montreal Canadiens have no Northern Ontario kids on their roster.</p><p>A quartet of young fellows who in no small way helped Toronto Leafs to a Stanley Cup last year were Gus Mortson, Bill Barilko, Les Costello & Joe Klukay. Mortson from New Liskeard and Barilko of Timmins are considered topflight defense stars. Costello hails from South Porcupine and is noted for his fancy-dan speed skating which has helped him score numerous points in his brief hockey career. Klukay (Duke of Padooka), from <sup>1</sup> Sault Ste. Marie is a man of many talents but is used chiefly in killing off penalties.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0118/893640-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="127" height="194"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 127px">Don Grosso</figcaption></div><p>Terrible Ted Lindsay, with Detroit Red Wings calls Kirkland Lake his home. He&rsquo;s rated as one of the sharpest performers in the big time. Another Red Wing tabbed as a real comer is Sault&rsquo;s Marty Pavelich, rugged, hardskating youngster.</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><p>Armand (Bep) Guidolin has seen action with Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings and Charlie Conacber&rsquo;s Chicago Black Hawks. A deal sent the Timmins flash, Jim Conacher and Doug McCaig to the Windy City for Bud Poile and George Gee. Only other northern hockeyist in the N.H.L. are Pete Babando of Detroit who learned most of his hockey In South Porcupine before moving to Galt of the OHA, and Allan Stanley of the New York Rangers, who calls Timmins his home.</p><h2>Many In A.H.L.</h2><p>Though there are but ten from the northland in the Clarence Campbell-loop, other pro teams in the American United States and Pacific Coast circuits are dotted with northern pucksters.</p><p>It would be almost impossible to mention the entire band of northern lads playing in hockey&rsquo;s upper bracket leagues but some of the more prominent will be dealt with here.</p><p>Club rosters in the American Hockey League are sprinkled with hockeyists who learned to twist and turn on the pro ice rinks by chasing pucks on outdoor Ice sheets In Northern Ontario. Fellows like Nels Podolsky (Kirkland Lake) and Frank Meiong (Kirkland Lake) with Indianapolis Caps are typical northern products. Others are George Defilice (Timmins) with Springfield; Tod Sloan (Falconbridge) with Cleveland, Zello Toppazzinl (Sudbury) with Boston and Sambo Bettio (Copper Cliff) and Roily McClanahan all with Hershey. McClenahan was born In New Brunswick but played five years in the Nickel Belt. In that time he learned and designed his robust body-slamming style with Sudbury Open Pit seniors before Detroit Red Wings got their eyes on him. He moved from Detroit to Chicago and finally to Hershey where he is the bulwark&rsquo; of the defence. Betti still youngsters is reportedly ticketed for future delivery to Boston Bruins. Still at a tender age he is plenty handy in the AHL.</p><h2>DeMarco As Well</h2><p>Albert (Ab) Demarco, still one of the handiest stickhandlers there is, is a vital cog in the success of the champion Cleveland Barons. Demarco, from North Bay, led New York Rangers in the NHL for two successive years in the scoring department and is one of the top point producers in hockey. Big, blond Win Mousseau hails from Powassan. He learned a lot of hockey in junior OHA ranks. Other players are the Porteous twins, Dan and Tom, of Kirkland Lake.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-038/893626-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="149" height="227"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 149px"><b>Toe Blake</b></figcaption></div><p>St. Louis Flyers, presently setting a hot pace in the AHL have George Milligan of Sault Ste. Marie and Llyod (Red) Doran of South Porcupine helping them out. Leo Curick (Timmins) is lugging a puck for Springield Indians.</p><p>Reaching into the United States League there are more flashy northerners including Dutch Delmonte (Timmins) of St. Paul Saints; Gord Heale (Copper Cliff) and Blinky Boyce (Kirkland Lake) of Omaha Knights; Clare Dillon (Sturgeon Falls) of Tulsa Ollers; Nick Tomiuk (Timmins) of Minneapolis Millers.</p><p>Northern Ontario hockey followers will probably be familiar with names like Morrie Vaillancourt (Sudbury), Al Picard (Kapuskaing), Horace Lamarche (Sault), Ed Redmond (Cobalt), Harold Hursley (Timmins), Joe Lafrance (North Bay), Freddie Valenti (North Bay), Bud James (Kirkland Lake), Roy McKay (South Porcupine) and Moose Lallo of Timmins, all Pacific Coast League performers.</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>Plenty Of Amateurs</h2><p>Countless others are oustanding in amateur circles and one of the most publicized is George Armstrong of Copper Cliff who is playing for Toronto Marlboro seniors, and bears a Toronto Maple Leaf tag.</p><p>Many others are widely scattered including numerous players in the OHA junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circuit.</p><p>If the northland could keep its native players it would have quite a formidable team that could do very well in the NHL.</p><p>It would look something like this;</p><p>Goal, Baz Bastien; defense, Gus Mortson, Bill Barilko, Roily McClenahan, Frank Meiong and Allan Stanley; forwards, Ted Lindsay, Pete Babando, Bep Guidolin, Pete Horeck, Marty Pavelich, Joe Klukay, Les Costello, Ab Demarco, Tod Sloan, Red Doran.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0003-02

Nickel Belt Grows Lots Of Top Pro Puckchasers

<div class="byline">BY CARL GROTHMANN</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>With considerable scoring power added to the forward line and a pair of bruising new rearguards bolstering the defense, the New York Rangers started their 1949-50 campaign stronger than in the past several years. The word buzzing around Broadway says the Blue Shirts have their best club since pre-war days of glory.</p><p>New Yorkers are particularly high on Bud Poile and Pat Egan, both established National League starts who are appearing in Ranger garb for the first time. Egan, whom the Rangers obtained just a week before the season opened, has long been a favorite of local fans.</p><p>Gotham&rsquo;s hockey fans think the burly backliner&rsquo;s crashing tactics are just the thing the Rangers needed for a really solid defense. Bud Poile, who came to the Blue Shirts in a straight cash deal during the summer, needed no introduction here. The high scoring right wing, who has averaged better than 21 goals per season over the last three campaigns, has been respected and feared here since he first entered the N.H.L.</p><p>Ranger coach Lynn Patrick has placed Poile on Buddy O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s line, reasoning the cagy little play-maker and the hard-shooting Poile can best complement each other. No player in the league has a faster shot than the 25-year-old Poile, and with O&rsquo;Connor passing to him, the combination should be unbeatable. Rounding out the line at left wing is Bing Juckes, one of the top candidates for rookie of the year honors. The scrappy little forward scored 40 goals for the St. Paul Saints of the USHL last season and performances in training camp at Lake Placid indicated that he would continue his scoring habits.</p><p>Another line selected by Patrick has Edgar Laprade centering for right wing Duncan Fisher and left wing Tony Leswick. Laprade was the Blue Shirts top goal scorer last year with 18 tallies, the best record of his career. He finished the season with this same pair of wings and it was a smoothworking trio that pleased the Ranger pilot immensely. Leswick, a 20-goal player in the two previous seasons, fell somewhat off the past last year and it was not until teamed with Laprade and Fisher that he flashed with his former prowess. Chunky little Dune Fisher won the respect of players and fans all around the circuit for his aggressive style of play in his rookie year last season. With only one year of major league experience behind him, he&rsquo;s already performing like a veteran of many campaigns.</p><h2>Raleigh Back</h2><p>Don Raleigh, the fast, elusive center who missed the final third of the 1948-49 season because of a knee injury, is back in one piece to lead a line composed of Nick Mickoskl and Pentti Lund at right and left wing, respectively. Whatever playoff chances the Blue Shirts had last year were blasted when Raleigh was knocked out of competition with 19 games remaining on the schedule. In addition to his scoring punch the effervescent center is a team sparkplug. Nick Mickoski talked 13 goals in his freshman season last year and he&rsquo;s a sure bet to improve that record this year. The tall, rangy forward shows promise of developing into one of the great stars of the league as soon as he learns a few more tricks from the veterans. Left wing on the Raleigh line is Pentti Lund, the big youngster who annexed the Calder Cup last season as the rookie of the year.</p><p>Three other forwards who have not yet worked into a line are Eddie Slowinski, who started with the Blue Shirts last year but was forced out by a cut foot early in the campaign; Alex Kaleta, the speedy right wing who finished second in the Rangers&rsquo; scoring race last year; and Bill McDonagh a 21-year-old rookie from the International Amateur League. McDonagh is an unknown quantity but on the basis of training camp performances he is a brilliant prospect who has only to prove himself in league competition.</p><p>Joining Egan as a newcomer on the Rangers rear guard is Walter (Gus) Kyle, a six-feet-one, 208 pounder who has moved directly from the Western Canada Senior League to the N.H.L. Kyle played last year with the Regina Caps where he was a vital factor in the Caps surge to the finals of the Allan Cup series. The Blue Shirt coaching brain trust is counting on the dynamite-laden blockbuster to make the jump from amateur ranks to the majors with ease.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0431/893671-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="149" height="233"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 149px">Edgar Laprade</figcaption></div><p>Four veterans of the Rangers&rsquo; 1948-49 campaign have returned to provide the bulk of the Blue Shirts defense. Frankie Eddolls, the sturdy ice general is starting his sixth N. H. L. season looking better than ever. Two of the Rangers&rsquo; 1948 49 bumper crop of rookies are back on the blue line again, but now with the mawith the maturity of a season&rsquo;s play behind them. They are Allan Stanley, the $70,000 plum plucked from Providence in mid season and Fred Shero, the tough, brainy youngster who does efficient work with a minimum of fanfare. A</p><p>large part of the Blue Shirts future success depends on whether this pair of rearguards continues to develop as they did last year. Wally Stanowski, the happy go lucky ice-sprawler, obtained from Toronto a year ago, rounds out the defensive line-up.</p><p>In the nets the Rangers are secure with reliable Charlie Rayner. Chuck last year lowered his goalsagainst average under 3.00 for the first time in his career. He&rsquo;s out to better the mark of 2.90 this year and if his work in the All-Star game is an indication, he&rsquo;s a cinch to make the grade.</p><p>When it&rsquo;s all added up the Rangers look like a much stronger threat than last year. They are almost a sure thing to climb out of the cellar but how high up the ladder they can move in one year depends partly on the three rookies, Kyle, Juckes and McDonagh; partly on how much Poile and Egan will help; and in part on how well the five sophomores continue to develop. The fans along Broadway are hopeful and for the first time in years, they are confident.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

f0010-04

Gotham Now Confident Blues Will Hop Cellar

<div class="byline">By SYD THOMAS</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Players who have come up into the National Hockey League since October 1, 1947, won&rsquo;t have any trouble building up their maximum pension benefits&mdash;if they&rsquo;re any good at all they&rsquo;ll have no trouble sticking around the 10 years necessary to build up the full fund. But what about the older players whose careers were rapidly drawing to an end when the plan was inaugurated.</p><p>These older players haven&rsquo;t been forgotten, though. A special fund is being raised to see that they qualify to receive at least partial indemnity for past service.</p><p>Here&rsquo;s the way it works.</p><p>While each player has contributed $900 annually to the fund while actively taking part in N.H. L. play since Oct. 1, 1947, past service will be credited at the rate of $400 a year for each season the man played before the plan came into effect.</p><h2>Four Centuries Worth!</h2><p>At that time, the total past service of players then active amounted to a grand total of 430 years. That is, the equivalent of 43 players each with 10 years past service, or 86 with five years each, and so on.</p><p>On Oct. 1, 19 5 7&mdash;or 10 years from the day the pension plan was inaugurated&mdash;it is hoped to have built up a reserve fund of $172,000. This money&mdash;$400 for each year of past service&mdash;will be used to purchase additional pensions for the players.</p><p>Just as an example, let&rsquo;s take the venerable Turk Broad. Now rapidly approaching the 36-year mark and the most ancient of N.H.L. practitioners, Turk has been around the league since the season of 19 36-37, with the exception of two years in the Canadian Army.</p><h2>Got Some Coming</h2><p>Counting this season, Broda will have played three full campaigns since the pension plan started and nine seasons before that. His contributions for the last three seasons have amounted to $2,700. Add to that the credit of $400 for each of the nine previous years and you get an additional $3,600&mdash;or a total of $6,300 altogether.</p><p>If he retires after this season, Broda at age 45 will be able to draw 10 per cent of that amount or $6 30&mdash;as an annual pension. That&rsquo;s a bit less than the maximum of $900 possible for 10-year men, but the Turk will have paid in only $2,700 himself&mdash;compared to the $9,000 it would cost for 10 years of payment.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-103/893789-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="303" height="470"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Adding It Up!</i></b></p><p>TURK BRODA</p></figcaption></div><p>Johnny Crawford is another player who comes readily to mind, who also has nine years past experience and three years under the plan to qualify for the benefits.</p><p>Toe Blake, the Old Lamplighter also will draw a substantial pension, although he was put out of action when he broke his leg midway through the 19 47-4 8 season. Blake had played 11 years before the plan came into effect.</p><p>That means he can collect approximately $530 a year when he hits 45, all for a total contribution of about $900!</p><p>But other great stars in the National loop weren&rsquo;t quite as fortunate as Blake. The end of the 1946-47 season saw a regular exodus of stars who had come to the end of the road. By retiring when they did, they missed out on the pension plan because the regulations state that a man must have played at least one game in N.H.L. company since Oct. 1, 1947.</p><h2>They Missed Out</h2><p>Among the stars who just missed the boat were Dit Clapper, Bobby Bauer, Bill Cowley, Johnny Mowers, Babe Pratt and Alex Shibicky. Mac Colville, Clint Smith, Terry Reardon, George Allen, Ab DeMarco, Alf Pike, Leo Lamoureux and Eddie Wares all stepped out before the plan started, as did Joe Cooper, Hal Jackson, Reggie Hamilton, Paul Bibeault and Joe Benoit.</p><p>Even now any of them could qualify for a credit&rsquo; of $400 for each year of pre-pension service, even if they came back on the ice for only one N.H.L. game But it isn&rsquo;t likely to happen, because a club owner wants a man who can step in and play an active part in the game, not an oldtimer for a brief appearance. And, with $400 for every past year riding in the balance, an oldster isn&rsquo;t likely to get a chance just for sentimental reasons!<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0004-10

Credit For Past Years Given In Pension Plan

<p>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;</p><p>Goalie Ray (Duff) McDermid, 22, has been added to the roster of Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League. McDermid was scheduled to play for Cleveland&rsquo;s farm club at Minneapolis of the United States Hockey League but was called up by the Barons because of an injury to Goalie Al Rollins.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Barons Get Goalie

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0234/893889-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Edmonds)</span></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>ERE&rsquo;S WHAT N. H. L. newcomers will have to win their spurs against. Blockbuster Kenny Reardon of Montreal lays into Bill Mosienko of Chicago. He&rsquo;ll initiate the freshmen with that same kind of medicine when he meets them!<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0005-02

Troublemakers For Rookies

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0324/893851-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="301" height="762"><figcaption class="caption-body">RAY POWELL</figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL. Oue.&mdash;</p><p>Less rookies are performing in the National Hockey League as the 1949-50 season gets underway than there has been for the last few years. Thirteen fresh faces will be seen dotted among the lineups of the six N.H.L. teams this season, whereas only three seasons ago, 20 players were making their debut in hockey&rsquo;s big tent.</p><p>Boston Bruins, besides having the only first-year coach in the N.H.L., also have the most first-year players. Coach Buck Boucher has four players cutting their National League teeth. They are Goalie Jack Gelineau, Center Phil Maloney and Wingers Dave Creighton and Zellio Toppazzini.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0141/893858-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="152" height="237"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Maloney</figcaption></div><p>New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks are next with three rookies apiece. The trio of New York freshmen are Gus Kyle, a defenseman, and &ldquo;Bing&rdquo; Juckes and Bill McDonagh, forwards.</p><p>The Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; three newcomers are Winger Bert Olmstead, defenseman Jim Bedard and center Ray Powell.</p><p>Detroit Red Wings have two players striving for their varsity letter. The two new Red Wing players are forwards Steve Black and Fred Glover.</p><p>Montreal Canadiens have only one rookie this season and he&rsquo;s Gilles Dube, French-Canadian winger.</p><p>The Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs who only a few years ago had the greatest number of rookies on their team do not have a single rookie this season.</p><h2>Bruins High On Gelineau</h2><p>Boston Bruins&rsquo; Jack Gelineau, only freshman goaltender in the League, was a star performer for McGill University during the last three seasons. He was summoned to the Bruins in an emergency last season and in four games allowed 12 goals to be scored on him. Art Ross, discoverer of goalies de luxe and who has yet to come up with a bust, is very high on Gelineau. A big fellow, standing an even six feet and weighing 180 pounds, Gelineau was born in Toronto on November 11, 19 24.</p><p>Boston&rsquo;s two 19-year-old wingers, Dave Creighton and Zellio Toppazzini, both played briefly in the N.H.L. last year for Boston. Creighton played in 12 games, picking up a goal and an assist while Toppazzini took part in five contests and had one goal and one assist. In 49 games with Hershey Bears in the A.H.L. last year Creighton scored 13 goals and assisted in 24 others for 37 points. Toppazzini played the same number of games for Hershey last season and his scoring total was nine goals and 14 assists.</p><p>Creighton stands 5&rsquo;11&rdquo;, weighs 165 pounds and plays left wing. He was born at Port Arthur, Ont. on June 24, 1930. Toppazzini was born at Copper Cliff, Ont., stands 5&rsquo;11&rdquo;, weighs 180 pounds and patrols the right boards.</p><p>Phil Maloney is the only Boston rookie who actually never took part in a single N.H.L. game last year. Phil is a clever, play-making center who scored 29 goals and had 50 assists for 79 points in 64 games with Hershey last season, which incidentally was his first in professional hockey. He was one of the foremost candidates for the best rookie in the A.H.L. and was beaten out by Terry Sawchuk of Indianapolis. The raven-thatched Irishman was born in Ottawa, Ont. on October 6, 1927. He is 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; tall and weighs 165 pounds.</p><p>Gus Kyle, a 6&rsquo;1&rdquo;, 210-pounder is expected to put plenty of gimp into the Rangers defense this season. Kyle was one of the best defensemen in the Western Canada Senior Hockey League last year and has been watched closely by Rangers for some time now. Born at Dysart, Sask, on September 11, 1922, Gus had five goals and 10 assists for 15 points with Regina Caps last year, although he is noted for his body checking prowess rather than his scoring ability. &ldquo;Bing&rdquo; Juckes is a left winger and was the third highest scorer in the United States Hockey League last season with 40 goals and 44 assists. He played with St. Paul Saints, a Ranger farm club. A scrappy player, Juckes is 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; tall, weighs 165 pounds and was born at Hamiota, Man. Bill McDonagh, a 21-year-old left winger comes to the Rangers straight from the International Hockey League where he was one of the loop&rsquo;s top scorers and named to the Second All-Star team. He has looked terrific in practices and the Ranger management are hopeful he&rsquo;ll look the same way during the regular campaign. Bill stands 5&rsquo;8&frac12;&rdquo;, weighs 155 pounds and halls from Northern Ontario.</p><p>Latest rooks for Detroit are Steve Black, a left winger and Fred Glover, a right winger. Black was a sensation with St. Louis Flyers in 1948-49, having 47 assists for 71 points and was extremely popular with Mound City fans. Born at Fort William, Ont. on March 3, 1927 of Ukrainian descent, he was christened Stephen Chorniy but soon changed Chorniy to Black, its English counterpart. He is 6&rsquo;1&rdquo; in height and 190 pounds in weight. He played his first competitive N.H. L. game on October 12 when Detroit opened the season against Boston. Glover played two games for the Red Wings in the 1949 Stanley Cup playoffs. Last year with Indianapolis Caps he scored 35 goals and had 48 assists for 83 points and was closely watched by the Detroit management all year. Fred weighs 155 pounds, is 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; in height and was born in Toronto on January 5 1928. He is a right winger who possesses plenty of hustle and is an excellent two-way player.</p><p>Chicago&rsquo;s new defenseman is a 6&rsquo; 1&rdquo; 200-pounder by the name of Jim Bedard. He played for Kansas City last season and had six goals and nine assists. A big, rugged athlete, he was born at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on January 6, 1928. Left winger Bert Olmstead played nine games for the Black Hawks last year and picked up a pair of assists. The good-looking puckster was an outstanding player for Kansas City and in 52 games racked up 33 goals and 44 assists for 77 points. Born at Sceptre, Sask, on September 4, 1926, Olmstead is a rangy six-foot-two and weighs 175 pounds.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0419/893844-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="142" height="229"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 142px">Steve Black</figcaption></div><p>Ray Powell, a 5&rsquo;11&rdquo;, 160-pound center, was the highest scorer in the U. S. H. L. while performing with Kansas City last season. He scored 48 goals and 53 assists for 106 points. Ray was born in Timmins, Ont. on November 16, 1925.</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>Dube Makes Debut</h2><p>Gilles Dube, Montreal Canadiens lone rookie, made a very auspicious debut in Montreal&rsquo;s opener on October 13 when he came up with a goal and an assist. A left winger who scored 30 goals and had 36 assists with Sherbrooke Seniors in the Q.S.H.L. last season, Canadiens are hoping that Dube will be the player they&rsquo;ve been looking for to take care of the left wing portion of the Maurice Richard-Elmer Lach line. He is 5&rsquo;10&rdquo; tall, weighs 165 pounds and was born at Sherbrooke, Que. on June 2, 1927.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0005-03

Bruins Lead All With 4 Freshmen

<p>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</p><p>Founded October 1, 1947</p><p>Published by</p><p><b>Hockey News Company, 6O3A 8un Life Building.</b></p><p><b>Montreal. Que.</b></p><p>Yearly Subscription Price $2.50 in Canada&mdash;$3.50 In U.S.A.</p><p><b>Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Printed in Canada</b></p><p>Vol 3 October 22, 1949 No. 3</p><p>The painful injury suffered by Goalie Bill Durnan of Montreal in his team&rsquo;s second game of the season will probably serve to revive the debate over the need for some form of protection for goaltenders.</p><p>Following as it does on the heels of Baz Bastien&rsquo;s crippling injury during pre-season training, the latest injury to Durnan points up vividly the risks a goaltender must face while performing his duties. As the only player who must stay on the ice for the entire 60 minutes of actual play, the goalie bears the brunt of action without letup, under constant tension and always with the threat of injury hanging over him.</p><p>Durnan himself also was struck in the face during training, and has been on the painful receiving end of other hard blows before a speeding puck from Bud Poile&rsquo;s dynamite-laden stick clipped him last Saturday night in Montreal.</p><p>Accidents to goalies are by no means uncommon in today&rsquo;s hustling, scrambling, all-out style of hockey. With most play finding anywhere up to ten husky forwards and defensemen massed in front of him in a tangled whirl, the goalie has to be on his toes at all times.</p><p>A puck can come flying out of nowhere before he knows it. If he&rsquo;s lucky, it will bounce off his pads or stick or at worst go into the nets for a goal. But if his guiding star isn&rsquo;t watching over him at the moment, the solid rubber puck may wind up squarely in his face.</p><p>And, there isn&rsquo;t much that can be done about it. Although a hockey goaltender actually must take more punishment than a backstop in baseball, he must get along without the protection for his face and head that his brother backstop can enjoy.</p><p>The goalie can, and does, protect his body and legs with heavy pads which absorb most of the force of flying pucks aimed his way, but as far as a mask is concerned he&rsquo;s out of luck.</p><p>Burdened down by heavy equipment, and on the go virtually every minute of the sixty, a goalie finds the added impedient of a mask just too much to endure. Masks have been tried out in the past, but met with no favor among the men called on to wear them. Goalies say they cut down the vision too much&mdash;and when the quarry is a thin black wafer of rubber one inch thick, it&rsquo;s important that a netminder&rsquo;s eyes be fully and continuously peeled.</p><p>Ingenious experiments have been made with clear plastic masks, but these too flopped dismally. While satisfying all the needed requirements of vision, the plastic affairs had one serious drawback, they didn&rsquo;t provide enough ventilation.</p><p>That&rsquo;s enough to scuttle the whole idea, because if there&rsquo;s one thing a goalie needs, it&rsquo;s air! Continually active, perspiring heavily under the enemy&rsquo;s fire, the unfortunate guardian of the cage is under a serious disadvantage when cooped up behind a plastic wall which steams up with his sweat and gives him the general impression of being in a Turkish bath.</p><p>Perhaps some time in the future an enterprising inventor will find some way to circumvent this, and will come up with a cool, ventilated plastic mask wich will allow a goalie to see in all directions with perfect comfort, and at the same time protect him from maiming injuries from flying pucks.</p><p>But, until then, unless the goal creases are extended or radical rule changes made to give him at least an even break, it looks as though the goalie will have to go along as at present, taking his chances as they come.</p><p>It&rsquo;s a thankless job which few people would want, but if you asked any of the goalies in the N.H.L. or any other important league, you&rsquo;d find they wouldn&rsquo;t change places with any other player on the ice. It&rsquo;s a hard way to earn a living&mdash;but they like it!</p><h2>HOLDOUTS COME UNSTUCK</h2><p>Hockey of late years has been singularly fortunate in the minimum amount of trouble encountered with holdouts. Every fall there are always a few players who stick up for higher salaries, or rebel against assignments to leagues in lower categories than they have been playing in, bit they invariably come to terms in time for the season opening.</p><p>Such was the case with Pentti Lund and Allan Stanley of New York Rangers. These two brilliant rookies of the 1948-49 campaign&mdash;Lund captured the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league&rsquo;s outstanding freshman and Stanley placed high in the voting&mdash;didn&rsquo;t finally sign their 1949-50 contracts until five minutes before the New Yorkers skated out on Montreal ice last Saturday for their first N.H.L. game of the campaign.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THE LINE OF FIRE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01113/893944-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="928" height="132"></div><h2>RAY OF HOPE</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Your article (THE HOCKEY NEWS, Sept. 15) about plans for the new Los Angeles ice palace was not news to Southern California hockey bugs, but it was a ray of hope. Many such announcements have been made in our papers since the war, but as yet nothing has materialized. Like most of the local fans, I was raised on the N.H.L. brand of hockey, the good kind of hockey, and any news of its impending arrival sets my heart to pounding.</p><p>Please, kind sirs, do all in your power to make this latest promise come true. Yours truly will be ever grateful.</p><p>Aaron H. Rotman</p><p>Los Angeles, Cal.</p><h2>SOUTHERN INQUIRER</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>This is my first letter to THE HOCKEY NEWS in which I have the pleasure of asking whether or not the Texas Hockey League will be professional or amateur. Also whether Lloyd Durham, who was sold to Detroit from Boston in the Quackenbush deal, is the same Durham who was with Tulsa last season.</p><p>One comment on your paper. I would like to see more stories on the present day stars and fewer on the stars of years ago. How about a story on Tod Sloan?</p><p>I like those pictures of players in club uniform. Let&rsquo;s have more. Can you tell me where I can obtain pictures of players about 4&rdquo;x6&rdquo; in the A.H.L., U.S.H.L. and P.C.H.L. Thanks.</p><p>Jack Ferguson</p><p>Peterborough, Ont.</p><p><b>(Yes, that&rsquo;s the same Durham. Write to the clubs for pics.)</b></p><h2>RANGER FAN-ATIC</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I first bought a copy of your paper at Madison Square Garden during the 1948-49 season and have read every copy since then.</p><p>I am a rabid Ranger fan and want to know how many times they have won the Stanley Cup.</p><p>Also how about a story on Dune Fisher, a player who will be on the All-Star team in the 19 49-50 season.</p><p>John Pillion</p><p>Brooklyn, N.Y.</p><p><b>(The Rangers have won three Stanley Cups since their inception into the National Hockey League. They won their first in 1027-28, their second in 1032-33 and their last one in 1030-40.)</b></p><h2>STANLEY CUP QUIZZ</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Will you please tell me what team the Quebec Bulldogs beat in the Stanley Cup finals of 1912 and what team the Toronto Arenas beat out in the Stanley Cup finals of 1918.</p><p>Howard Scott</p><p>Cadogan, Alberta.</p><p><b>(In 1912 there were no Stanley Cup Playoffs. The cup was then in competition for the National Hockey Association and the club winning the then four team league was awarded the trophy. Not until the following season did the Stanley Cup become a playoff trophy. In 1013 the East and West started to play off for it. The Toronto Arenas beat out Vancouver for the trophy in 1018.)</b></p><h2>PAPERS WANTED</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Would you please write the following in the Fan Forum.</p><p>Wanted: Issues number 1, 2 and 3 of THE HOCKEY NEWS of volume 1. I will pay any reasonable price for them.</p><p>Al Finkelstein</p><p>148 Inkster Blvd.,</p><p>Winnipeg, Man.</p><h2>WHERE HOCKEY IS HOCKEY&mdash;HE SAYS</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>In Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s column in the October 8 issue he wrote that the fastest three goals ever scored in hockey, professional or amateur, were tallied by Jack Shill of Toronto Malboros in 26 seconds.</p><p>Up here, where hockey is hockey, we will admit that Jack Shill was a good hockey player but not quite good enough to hold the record for scoring the three fastest goals in hockey.</p><p>That record is held right here in Owen Sound by George McMeekin. On Friday, March 18th, 1938, in an O.H.A. Intermediate playoff game at Midland, McMeekin scored 3 goals in 24 seconds&mdash;Mr. W. A. Hewitt should have this information on file and as soon as the record is threatened we&rsquo;ll have some other Owen Sounder go to work on a better one.</p><p>John Q. Than</p><h2>Owen Sound, Ont.</h2><p>RINK BUILDER</p><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Is there any such thing as a regulation size ice surface for hockey? If so please give dimensions.</p><p>We are building a rink in this community and I claim that the standard size ice surface is 200&rsquo; X8 5&rsquo;. We have many skaters besides hockey players and that is the reason I am trying to get the ice as close to standard as possible.</p><p>Please give me the dimensions of the six N.H.L. ice surfaces.</p><p>Thanks for your time and information. Keep up the good work, I think the paper is swell.</p><p>J. R. Gervais</p><p>St. Leonard, N.B.</p><p><b>(Some of the N.H.L. rinks vary in size; however, they are all within a few feet of the same dimensions. The Boston rink is 195&rsquo; &times; 83&rsquo;; Chicago, 187&rsquo;X 85&rsquo;; Detroit, 200&rsquo;X 83&rsquo;; Montreal, 200&rsquo; X85&rsquo;; New York, 186&rsquo; &times; 86&rsquo; and Toronto, 200&rsquo; &times; 85&rsquo;.)</b></p><h2>DON&rsquo;T BLAME IT ALL ON ME Dear Sir,</h2><p>Can you tell me what happened to hockey in Houston, Texas? Of course we know it isn&rsquo;t here, but why?</p><p>We organized a &ldquo;Blue Line Club&rdquo; and as fans did a lot to help hockey in our city. There were from 2,000 to 3,000 fans that didn&rsquo;t miss a game in the three years of hockey in Houston.</p><p>Having lived in Chicago, I remember when the Black Hawks couldn&rsquo;t get a crowd for several years&mdash;but they didn&rsquo;t quit and let down a few hundred fans. Now look at them, they could sell every seat in the Stadium a year in advance&mdash;lose or win.</p><p>Hope you don&rsquo;t put the blame on the people of Houston&mdash;a few of us seem to blame Buffalo for having poor managers and promoters in charge.</p><p>One more question. Will Larry Thibeault be playing this year?</p><p>Paul Keen</p><p>Houston, Texas.</p><p><b>(Thibeault is now under contract to the new Victoria club of the Pacific Coast League.)</b></p><h2>NO MORENZ MOVIE</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like to inform the few who were interested in a &ldquo;Howie Morenz Movie&rdquo; of the following:</p><p>Since there are so few hockey fans interested in a petition for such a movie, I am going to drop the idea.</p><p>I would like to thank those who took time out to write me. Hoping that the movie will some day be made.</p><p>Chas. H. Lefebvre</p><p>Toronto, Ont.</p><h2>MASKS FOR GOALERS</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Regarding the accident of Baz Bastien, Pittsburgh goaler who suffered the loss of his right eye during a practice session, don&rsquo;t you think that goalers should be made to wear some sort of face protection? Bastien is the third N.H.L. player to suffer the loss of an eye. He can never play again. It is compulsory for baseball catchers to wear masks and also for lacrosse goalers. Hockey goalers are always being hit in the head. I think they should wear protectors. Don&rsquo;t you agree?</p><p>F. Wilong</p><p>Essex, Ont.</p><h2>WHERE ARE THEY NOW</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I enjoy reading your paper very much and think it&rsquo;s tops.</p><p>What team did Sid Smith play for before he turned pro and where is Eddie Dorohoy now. Is Eddie related In any way to Ollie Dorohoy, who played in the P.C. H.L., last year.</p><p>Please try to have a story on the Saskatoon Quackers soon. Thanks.</p><p>Harold Snipstead</p><p>Donalda, Alta.</p><p><b>(Sid Smith played for the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Senior Hockey League before he turned pro. Dorohoy is now playing for the new Cincinnati entry of the American Hockey League. He is Ollie&rsquo;s brother.)</b></p><h2>HE PICKS THEM</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I want to express my opinion as to how the N.H.L. teams will finish next spring, barring extraordinary injuries. Here it is. Detroit, Toronto, Rangers, Canadiens, Chicago and Boston.</p><p>It doesn&rsquo;t look right you say? Well just wait and see.</p><p>George Bold</p><p>Port Arthur, Ontario.</p><h2>WAKE UP THE COACHES</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Don&rsquo;t you think it is about time that the N.H.L. coaches woke up? Just think, for three successive years, Toronto Maple Leafs have been World Champions, and not one of those years has there been a defenseman of the Leafs on the All-Star team. If the defense is poor how come they are world champs.</p><p>I think that there is very poor judgment on the part of N.H.L. coaches. Just because Quackenbush or Stewart have been playing a little longer, doesn&rsquo;t mean a thing. The Leafs have the best defensive foursome in the whole league and It took the Wings two years to find that out. This year to my thinking you will see Mortson, Thompson, Boesch and Barilko at their best, and then the N.H.L. All-Star squad will soon change.</p><p>Don Sherry</p><p>Tweed, Ont.</p><p><b>(You have answered your own question my friend. You&rsquo;re right it doesn&rsquo;t make any difference how long the players have been playing.)</b></p><h2>PICS AGAIN</h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Could you please tell me if all N.H.L. clubs publish team pictures. Thank you.</p><p>Ken Osborne</p><p>Toronto, Ont.</p><p><b>(Usually the clubs do print team pictures but you will have to get them directly from the club offices.)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0233/893975-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="322" height="149"></div><h2>OCTOBER 22 to 28</h2><p>22&mdash;Hugh Currie, 1925.</p><p>23&mdash;Sugar Jim Henry, 1920; Fred Shero, 1925.</p><p>24&mdash;Gino Rozzini, 1918; Phil Watson, 1914.</p><p>26&mdash;Jack Crawford, 1916; Rollie McLenahan, 1921.</p><p>28&mdash;Ray Voll, 1922.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to YOU

<div class="byline">By LLOYD SAUNDERS</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>When The Hockey News asked us to do an article on former stars in the National Hockey League, and what they were doing now that their playing days are over, we immediately thought of one of the most respected players, ever to hit big time hockey. His name, Murray Armstrong one of the most successful businessmen hockey has ever produced.</p><p>&ldquo;Murray Armstrong was born in Manor, Sask., January 1st, 1916. He moved to Regina at an early age and starred with the Regina Pats, when they were one of the most feared junior aggregations, in amateur hockey. Murray, in his junior hockey years, was a talented puckster, and all followers of the game in Western Canada knew it wouldn&rsquo;t be long before he hit the big time.</p><h2>Joins N.H.L.</h2><p>After leaving the Pats Murray went to the New York Rangers of the National League&hellip;and was farmed out to the amateur Rovers of the Eastern Amateur Circuit.</p><p>In the 1936-37 season Murray went to the Toronto Maple Leafs, and later to the Syracuse Stars, where he played for three full seasons. His best season with the now kesfunct Stars, was in 1938 when he punched home twenty seven goals and an equal number, of assists.</p><p>In the 1940 season &ldquo;Army&rdquo; went to the New York Americans of the big time, in a big trade that sent Dave &ldquo;Sweeney&rdquo; Schriner to the Leafs. Murray played with Red Dutton&rsquo;s &ldquo;keep punching&rdquo; Amerks for three winters, and in his first, season was right up with the top point getters with 36 to his credit.</p><h2>Into Khaki</h2><p>In 1942, Murray traded his hockey stick for a rifle, and joined the Royal Canadian Army coming up through the ranks and getting his commission. While stationed in Regina, Murray coached the Regina Army Caps, a club that many oldtimers agree was one of the finest ever gathered together. The Army&rsquo;s first line that year consisted of Armstrong, Red Tilson and Don Metz, and this trio was the backbone of the aggregation.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0163/894006-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="597" height="723"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MURRAY ARMSTRONG&hellip;pucks to cues.</b></figcaption></div><p>On discharge Murray found himself with Jack Adams, and the Detroit Red Wings. The smooth playmaker accounted for no less than 109 points, counting playoff contests during his stay with the Wings and was one of the main reasons why the Motor City team made the Stanley cup playoffs in the three years he was associated with them.</p><p>In the off season of 1946, Murray was traded to the Buffalo Elsons of the American Hockey League, and after appearing in 19 games. and scoring eighteen points, went to the Dallas Texans of the United States Hockey League, as playing coach. Murray was an instant hit down in the cactus country, and scored a record 46 points in 42 games&hellip;The club won the title that year and Murray the most valuable player award.</p><h2>Invested Money Wisely</h2><p>That summer Murray came back to his home,&rsquo; Regina. During his career he had invested his money wisely and now owns two billiard parlors on Scarth Street here. His business partner is Jack Farqhuar, a well known western Canada sportsman, and a great baseball enthusiast. Even now Jack heads down to take in the world series&hellip;and if any one wants to know anything about the diamond game, they head to the National Billiard Hall and a chat with Jack.</p><p>At the start of the 1947-48 season. rumors had Murray taking over the franchise of the Regina Senior Caps&hellip;but when Murray&rsquo;s name became officially linked with hockey, it. was with the team he first began his starry career with the junior Regina Pats. Murray signed as coach, and in his first year saw his club beaten out of the playoffs by the mighty Moase Jaw Canucks.</p><p>Last year, with the youngest team in Pat history, Murray did an exceptionally fine job, and his club whipped the same Canucks on three occasions.</p><p>Murray&rsquo;s time is at a premium now&hellip;and trying to locate him is a man sized job. During the day he is at work in his business spot, and at night he&rsquo;s looking after his Pats. He also looks after which has teams in midget, juvenile and junior B leagues. His wife, a former Syracuse girl, doesn&rsquo;t see as much of popular Murray, as she would like to, but that&rsquo;s the reward we imagine, for marrying a man with the talents of Murray Armstrong.</p><p>Armstrong the former National League star is an idol of youngsters, and he sets them an example, we feel is equalled by very few professional athletes. Murray neither smokes nor drinks, and keeps himself in perfect condition the year round. We&rsquo;re willing to bet right now, that he could go out and play sixty minutes of hockey. Murray is interested in all kinds of sport, but is quite a boy on the links. He shoots in the 70&rsquo;s and feels the fairway game is a strong health builder. He is also a top after dinner speaker and is usually busy at off season banquets, where he speaks in an intelligent vein, and doesn&rsquo;t hesitate a moment to speak his mind. At one of these occasions last year he came right out and hit the professional ranks for taking boys before they were of age. He feels that a player should prove his style of play to a scout before signing. Murray&rsquo;s says a boy and we quote. &ldquo;Just might be a natural for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but he signs with Boston, doesn&rsquo;t fit into their style of play, and winds up in the minors&rdquo;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Armstrong - Regina’s Billiard Man

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0244/894037-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="288" height="461"></div><h2>WHO IS HE</h2><p>Here are a few clues to the identification of the gentleman in the above picture.</p><p>(1) Born and brought up in Montreal.</p><p>(2) Played for the famous Montreal Wanderers.</p><p>(3) Now has an executive position with a professional hockey club.</p><p>(4) Once coached the club he is now connected with.</p><p>Who Is He?<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Remember The Stars Of Yesteryear?

<p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Coach Leroy Goldsworthy has his Buffalo Bisons off and running from the wire with plenty of vim and vigo Launching into the 1949-50 campaign, the Buffalo manager wouldn&rsquo;t go out on a limb, but said that no matter what happens his charges are going to be &ldquo;out there fighting all the time.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;This bunch has more hustle than any team I&rsquo;ve ever been connected with,&rdquo; says Goldsworthy, who is starting his second season as coach of the squad.</p><p>&ldquo;The younger players will make mistakes, naturally, but their fight and hustle will more than make up for them,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>The Buffalo coach was referring principally to forwards Paul Meger, Gordie Pennell and Sid McNabney. The three 20-year-olds joined the Bisons this year after leading the Barrie Flyers Hockey Club to the championship of the Ontario Junior League and into the semi-finals for the Dominion&rsquo;s Memorial Cup.</p><p>Altogether the Bisons have accredited themselves well in preseason play leading up to the loop opener with the always tough Indianapolis Capitals. Their only exhibition loss in nine games was to the Toronto Maple Leafs. They battled to a pair of ties with both Montreal and their AHL rivals, the Pittsburgh Hornets.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Youthful Bisons Showing Lots Of Dash and Spirit

<p>INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.&mdash;</p><p>Although the Indianapolis Caps didn&rsquo;t play at home until Oct. 20, several hundred Hoosier hockey fans were on hand to watch them open the 194950 American League title race at Cincinnati.</p><p>A special train left the Union Station here at 4 p.m. and returned immediately after the game, arriving back in Indianapolis a few minutes after midnight.</p><p>The hockey squad went directly from the Motor City to Cincinnati and then played at Buffalo and Springfield before coming to Indianapolis for the home opener.</p><p>Coach Ott Heller said he vas &ldquo;well pleased&rdquo; with the progress of the squad in pre-season training warmups. Only three candidates for regular positions with the Caps have been handicapped by training injuries.</p><h2>Rookie Defense Ace</h2><p>One big defenseman without previous professional experience has been signed to fill the berth left vacant by the recent sale of Frank Melong to St. Louis. He is Clare Raglan of Toronto, 185pounder who starred last season with the Quebec Aces. &ldquo;Rags&rdquo; tops the six-foot mark by a full inch and is 22 years old.</p><p>The casualty list consists of Nelson Podolsky, Gordon Haidy and Lyle Wiseman, Podolsky, a favorite with Indianapolis fans for three seasons, is sure to be back with the Caps at left wing although handicapped by a severe charleyhorse.</p><p>In addition to Podolsky and Haidy, Indianapolis veterans who appear to be virtually certain of remaining with the Caps for another season are Terry Sawchuk, Al Dewsbury, Joe Lund, Benny Woit, Baldy MacKay, Pat Lundy, Rod Morrison, Don Morrison and Jerry Reid.</p><p>Max McNab of the Detroit Red Wings, Sam Mulholland of the Philadelphia Rockets and several capable rookies will round out the roster.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Rookie Cap Husky Chap

<p>NEW HAVEN, Conn.&mdash;</p><p>Columbus Day may be a holiday for some, but for the members of the New Haven Ramblers it meant the start of a new season in the American Hockey League. They &ldquo;set sail&rdquo; that night against the Providence Reds at Providence.</p><p>Coach Neil Colville, who shepherded his flock of puck chasers into New Haven and put them through, a fast workout, regards the Reds highly. But he&rsquo;s not pessimistic and is looking for &ldquo;those first two points of the new season.&rdquo; The fact that the Reds beat the Boston Bruins 4 to 1 in an exhibition tends to increase the regard for the Rhode Island crew men.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0322/894116-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="142" height="224"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 142px">Nell Colville</figcaption></div><p>Despite a knee injury being nursed by newcomer Wes Trainor, a center down from the Rangers, the Ramblers shape up well except for a deficiency in manpower on defense.</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>Cat Is Lively</h2><p>Major defensive factor in New Haven&rsquo;s favor is the presence of Emile (Cat) Francis in the nets. Francis is rated as one of the top goal tenders in hockey, and that takes in the National League and points east and west, according to Rambler Fans.</p><p>New Haven has been strengthened with the addition of Jackie Gordon, and with the exception of slightly injured Jean Paul Denis has an outfit that should give a good account of itself.</p><p>Two regulars from last season who showed up well in the training season are Shern White, center, and Jack Lancien. defense. Jean Lamirande, switched from defense to a right wing position, is also a top offensive threat<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Watch Rams Boast Fans

<div class="byline">By BILL BENTLEY</div><p>ST LOUIS. MO.&mdash;</p><p>When a goalie makes his debut via the shutout route he&rsquo;s on pretty solid footing with the fans, but when he continues to turn aside scoring thrusts with regularity, he practically plants himselfs in good with the gallery. Which brings us right up to the main topic, Red Almas, the hard working net minder of the St. Louis Flyers, &ldquo;Ole iron curtain&rdquo; himself.</p><p>Recognized as one of the A.H.L&rsquo;s leading goalies, Almas&rsquo; sure-fisted tactics last season caused the Flyers&rsquo; stock to soar after previous futile attempts to become airborne. Currently embarked on his fifth season of pro hockey, the genial twenty-five-year-old Saskatchewanian is all set to get a hammerlock on net minding laurels, and if he handles the bazooka-like-shots of opposing wings as he did last year, he&rsquo;ll accomplish his objective. Last season, Red had lots of callers, but not many found room to leave their cards. A very cordial fellow off the ice, Almas can get downright hostile if some too zealous opponent attempts to ruffle his cage.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0258/894178-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="307" height="473"></div><h2>Cool Calm Perfection</h2><p>Possessing a physical makeup that facilitates agility, the 5&rsquo;10&rdquo;&mdash;160 pound right handler is a cool, classy performer. He&rsquo;s the crafty type goalie making the shhoter tip his hand then moving for the save. A master of fundamentals, Almas is a perfectionist when it comes to split second maneuvering around the crease. While it&rsquo;s an accepted fact that shooters have a 50-50 chance on breakaways, the Flyer goalie usually cuts down that ratio considerably. Another factor contributing to his success is the ability to keep up a geyser of chatter that galvanizes the defense, and has them clicking like a pair of Spanish Castinets.</p><p>The change of scenery from Indianapolis to St. Louis was just the right tonic for Almas as well as the Flyers. While cavorting in &ldquo;Cap&rdquo; colors, Red failed to register a single shutout during the &lsquo;47 season, then &ldquo;lo and behold&rdquo; he steps out in &lsquo;48 and administers three whitewashings during his first month in Flyer garb&mdash;a feat absent in St. Louis record books for two seasons.</p><p>Some anxiety was felt in training camp about Almas, when he reported with a knee injury, incurred while playing softball during the summer. However, the injury responded to treatment, and Red&rsquo;s only concern at this time is how to find a house in St. Louis so he can bring his family down with hm.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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His Foes See Red When Almas Red

<h2><b>NEVER BEATEN</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>G</span>ee&rsquo;s second goal, which broke a (-1 tie early in the third period, maintained a remarkable Detroit record of not hating dropped an opening Inline in 10 years.</p><p>The last time the lied Wings were beaten in their first start was in November, 1939, in Chicago.</p><h2><b>TROPHY AWARDS</b></h2><p>In a ceremony between periods, the N.H.L. president, Clarence Campbell, presented Detroit with the Prince of Wales Trophy, emblematic of last year&rsquo;s league championship. He also awarded the Hart Trophy to Sid Abel, lied Wing captain, as the league&rsquo;s most valuable player last season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NATIONAL LEAGUE

<h2>Standing on Wed. A.M., Oct. 20</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0180/894275-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="322" height="101"></div><h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</h2><p>October 12&mdash;Boston 1. at Detroit 2.</p><p>Ooctober 13&mdash;Chicago 0, at Canadiens 4.</p><p>October 15&mdash;Rangers 1, at Canadiens 3; Chicago 4, at Toronto 4.</p><p>October 15&mdash;Toronto 5 at Detroit 1; Rangers. 2, at Boston 2.</p><h2>Games of Coming Week</h2><p>October 19&mdash;Canadiens at Toronto; Rangers at Detroit; Chicago at Boston.</p><p>October 22&mdash;Boston at Canadiens; Rangers at Toronto.</p><p>October 23 Canadiens at Boston; Chicago at Detroit.</p><p>The 1949-50 National Hockey League season, which President Clarence Campbell has called the &ldquo;Vital Year&rsquo; blossomed forth with some brilliant hoeqey on the part of all big league clubs.</p><p>Highlighting the start of the season was the tremendous goaltending efforts turned in by Bill Durnan, four times Vezina trophy winner of the Montreal Canadiens, and Chuck Rayner, goaltending flash of the consistantly bottom place New York Rangers.</p><p>In his first two games Durnan gained his first shutout and allowed but one goal past him in the Habs 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers. Big Bill gained his first Goose Egg by blanking the Chicago Black Hawks 4-0. It was the third shutout suffered by the Hawks in 61 games of hockey. Last season they were shutout but twice.</p><p>Both Raynor and Durnan played terrific hockey in their first clash. Raynor in particular was outstanding as the Canadiens poured shot after shot at him. On the other hand Durnan had few hard shots to save, but he did make some brilliant stops. His comeback after being hit above the left eye by the puck had the 12,500 fans in the Montreal Foru mon their feet. Raynor, who knows what it feels like to be injured, drew a tremendous hand for the French speaking Montrealers as he helped &ldquo;Big Bill&rdquo; off the ice. After taking six stitches Durnan returned to the ice to the surprise of his own teammates, not to mention the fans.</p><p>Sid Smith of the Toronto Leafs also has the hockey world talking about his early season form. The youngster who led the American Hockey League scorers last season, has taken an parly lead in the N.H.L.scoring race with two goals and as many assists in as many games.</p><p>The return of Maurice Richard has brought great joy to Dick Irvin and company. Last season the &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; had one of his poorest seasons since joining prodom but now all indications point to | one of those seasons when the &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; will be in the race all the way. So fa rin two games he has scored three goals and no assists. His first game against Chicago Black Hawks was by far the best game he has played in two years. The speedster had the Hawks reeling us he constantly broke in on Frankie Brimsek.</p><p>The deal which sent George Gee to Detroit for Jimmy Conacher, Bep Guidolin and Doug McCaig, last season looks as though it is finally going to pay oft for the Red and White champions. So far the Wings have won one and lost one. They have scored three goals in their two games and all three were knotted by Gee. Playing on a line with Lindsay and Gordie Howe, Gee seems to have finally found himself and he may well be in for his best season.</p><p>So far the Ronty, Smith and Peirson line of the Boston Bruins have been carrying the Hub towners. In two games, they have lost one, a closie to the Red Wings, and tied the New York Rangers. They lost to the Wings by 2-1 and tied the Rangers 2-2. All three goals were scored by the RSP line, Ronty netting two and Smith one.</p><p>Ted Kennedy of the Leafs, usually a pretty quiet boy on the ice, has taken on the tough man look, and he. along with &ldquo;Battlin&rdquo; Ken Reardon of the Canadiens, are running neck and neck in the penalty race. Both have spent ten minutes in the penalty box.</p><p>There doesn&rsquo;t seem to be any sign of Ezlnickl around that old penalty box. Perhaps he too has taken on a new look.</p><h2>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12</h2><p>DETROIT&mdash;Two big goals by centre Georgie Gee counted heavily as Detroit Red Wings opened defence of their championship&rsquo; with a 2-1 victory over Boston before 11,061 fans.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Gelineau; defence, Quackenbush, Crawford; centre, Sandford; wings, Toppazzini, Creighton; subs.: Henderson, Flaman. Dumart, Harrison, Smith, Ronty, Maloney, Kryzanowski, Peirson, Horeck.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Reise, Stewart; centre, Abel; wings, Peters, Babando; subs.: Martin, Kelly, Lindsay, Gee, Howe. McNab, McFadden, Glover, Couture, Black, Enio, Fogolin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0261/894268-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="322" height="169"></div><h2>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13</h2><p>MONTREAL.-&mdash;Paced by Maurice (The Rocket) Richard, who looked more like his old self than he has in a couple of years, Canadiens rolled the curtain back on the new season by&rsquo; beating the Chicago Black Hawks, 4-0 before 10,811 at the Forum.</p><p>The Habitants scored in every period.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Brimsek; defence, Goldham, McCalg; centre, J. Conacher; wings. Stewart, Bodnar; subs.: Dickens, Gadsby, Nattrass, Bentley Mosicnko, R. Conacher, Olmstead, Hamill. Guidolin, Prystai, Brown. Bedard.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defence Bouchard, Reardon; centre, Lach; wings, Richard, Dube; subs.: Harvey, Plamondon, Carveth. Harmon, Fillion, Curry, Warwick, Reay, Gravelle, Mosdell, Dussault, Laycoe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0331/894261-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="319" height="212"></div><h2>SATURDAY, OCT. 15</h2><p>MONTREAL.&mdash;New York Rangers, who have been extra tough for Canadiens in recent seasons, gave them another great battle before 10,803 at the Forum, but the Habitants finally squeezed out a 3-1 verdict to go into first place in the N.H.L. standing.</p><p><b>Rangers:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Kyle, Stanowski; centre, Laprade; wings, Fisher, Leswick; subs.: Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Egan, Raleigh, Stanley, Lund, Mickoski, Juckes, McDonagh, Slowinski, Eddolls, Poile.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Durnan; defence, Reardon, Bouchard; centre, Lach; wings, Richard. Dube; subs.: ^Harvey, Plamondon, Carveth, Harmon, Fillion, Warwick, Reay, Gravelle, Mosdell, Dussault, Laycoe Leger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0421/894254-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="324" height="208"></div><p>TORONTO. &mdash; The fighting Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks battled to a 4-4 draw in the opening game of the season on Toronto ice as a near-capacity crowd of 13,427 saw the game which drew only four penalties.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0517/894247-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="318" height="263"></div><h2>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16</h2><p>BOSTON.&mdash;Launching their 26th season, the Bruins fought to a 2-2 tie here with New York.</p><p><b>Rangers:</b> Goal, Rayner, defence, Stanowski, Kyle; centre, Laprade; wings, Fisher, Leswick; subs.: Raleigh, Lund, Nickoski. Egan, Eddolls Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Poile, Kaleta. McDonagh, Siowlnskt.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Gelineau; defence, Quackenbush, Crawford; centre. Sandford; wings. Toppazzini, Creighton; subs.: Ronty.&rsquo; Smith, Peirson, Flaman, Henderson, Schmidt, Kryzanowski, Maloney Dumart, Horeck. Harrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0613/894240-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="320" height="187"></div><p>DETROIT&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs defending Stanley Cup champions, turned in their first victory of the season by defeating Detroit Red Wings 5-1 before a crowd of 12,628 in a game enlivened by several first-tossing episodes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0710/894233-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="320" height="243"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOW THE RACE GOES

<p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>ig Bill Durnan becomes THE HOCKEY NEWS first 1949-50 Player of the Week for his amazing performance in the Canadiens first two league games.</p><p>Against the Chicago Black Hawks in the opening game, Durnan racked up the first shutout of the season, whitewashing the Hawks 4-0. Two nights later, on October 15, Bill allowed only one puck to get past him as his mates downed the New York Rangers for their second victory in as many starts.</p><p>But Durnan&rsquo;s return to the nets after he was hit above the left eye with a puck, off the stick of Bud Poile of the Rangers, was as sensational a return as has ever been seen. Bill fell flat on his face, after trying desperately to stay on his feet. He wobbled like a punchdrunk prizefighter being beaten badly and then hit the ice. Goaler Chuck Rayner, at the other end of the rink rushed up the ice to Bill&rsquo;s aid, and helped carry him off. The Montreal Royals spare goaler, Don McNiven, was called to put on the pads and while the Habs sat in their dressing room, big Bill Durnan returned to the ice. Six stitches were in his head, but he insisted on returning. There was but a couple of minutes left in the game.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-088/894306-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="147" height="229"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 147px">Bill Durnan</figcaption></div><p>Durnan is now well on the way to his sixth Vezina Trophy and the Hall of Fame.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Player - Of - The - Week

<p>Includes Gaines of Sunday, Oct. 16</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-108/894368-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="312" height="670"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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THE POINT PARADE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0195/894413-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>For Opener Full House</b></h2><p>HOCKEY HISTORY In Victoria, B.C., can be traced in this layout showing the new and old arenas in the Vancouver Island city.</p><p>Top photo shows the new Memorial Arena, where the city&rsquo;s newly-formed Cougars made their debut in the P.C.H.L. this season, after many years absence from the professional hockey wars.</p><p>Next is the old ice palace which burned down in 1925, and bottom is the second arena which also was destroyed by fire, just a couple of years ago.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0263/894406-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1207" height="431"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0349/894399-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="874" height="488"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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City Has New Rink, New Team

<p>LONDON, Eng.&mdash;</p><p>Kenny Campbell, who once played for the Montreal Senior Royals and the Shawlnlgan Falls Cataracts, and who now plays in England, went to an English film studio to apply for a bit part in a skating movie being made. The big guy so impressed the directors and producers that he was told that they may have another part in a movie soon to be made.</p><p>Believe It or not it will be a romantic part nothing to do with ice.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

SCREEN PLAYER

<div class="byline">By ED FITKIN</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Grim Tim Horton, a kid with a rock jaw and a granite body, may not be that elusive &ldquo;Second Eddie Shore&rdquo;&mdash;-but don&rsquo;t bet against such a possibility.</p><p>Ever since the great Eddie hung up his skates and became a hockey magnate, pro hockey scouts have been searching diligently for some bashing blue-line bucko who could pass as a reasonable facsimile if not a carbon copy of the immortal Shore.</p><p>Frankly, it&rsquo;s been a disillusioning quest, a sort of a pot o&rsquo; gold-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow search, and the record books are dotted with the names of so-called &ldquo;Second Eddie Shores&rdquo; who couldn&rsquo;t begin to live up to such a fancy press.</p><p>But keep your peepers peeled on this kid Horton.</p><p>He&rsquo;s just 19, hard as nails, likes nothing better than to mix it, is a dazzling puck manipulator and&mdash;well, about a kid of 19, what more need we say? The natural ability is there; its development is up to Tim and the whims of hockey fate.</p><p>Young Horton, star defenseman of the Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s College team, has been the scourge of opposing players in Ontario junior hockey circles for the past couple of years. When he decided to get started on a pro career late in September, the news that he had accepted an offer from the Toronto Maple Leafs was greeted with the greatest collective sigh of relief ever heard in the O.H.A.</p><p>Conn Smythe, boss of the Leafs, signed Horton to a threeyear contract and embellished this by describing him as &ldquo;the No. 1 defense prospect in Canada.&rdquo;</p><h2>MADE A GRAND ENTRANCE</h2><p>Horton, who won&rsquo;t be 20 until next January, made one of those &ldquo;grand entrances&rdquo; into the Pittsburgh camp. Driven to Welland, where the Hornets were training, by Smythe, Grim Tim arrived just in time for the practice. He parked his suitcase and a shopping bag in the Hornet dressing room, pulled on his hockey togs and less than 24 hours after turning pro, had racked up a goal and assist. To say nothing of making quite an impression&mdash;with and on&mdash;his new team mates.</p><p>Young Horton&rsquo;s robust efforts in Pittsburgh&rsquo;s pre-season exhibition games were accelerated when the Hornets tangled for the first time with the parent Leafs at Oshawa. Tim was the star of the game. Knocked flat in early play by Ezinicki, Horton went gunning for solid &ldquo;Ez&rdquo; from then on, took keen delight in tangling with the NHLs tough guy. Just for laughs, he took on &ldquo;softies&rdquo; like Barilko, Boesch and Juzda&mdash;and climaxed the evening by setting up both Pittsburgh goals as the Hornets dropped a 4-2 decision.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got a lot to learn defensively,&rdquo; a beaming Conn Smythe said after the game, &ldquo;but he certainly has the natural ability. I don&rsquo;t think I was far wrong when I said he was the best defense prospect in Canada.&rdquo;</p><h2>HAD CLOSE CALL ON LIFE</h2><p>Grim Tim, who was born at Cochrane, Ont., almost missed out on that &ldquo;live prospect&rdquo; rating. Horton lived a stone&rsquo;s throw from a Sudbury citizen who went berserk last June and killed three people. Tim, attracted by the gunfire, was brushing elbows with an ambulance attendant who was looking after wounded persons when the crazed killer&rsquo;s deadly fire laid the attendant low.</p><p>Tim frankly confesses that he must have broken all existing speed records geting away from the scene. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t remember which way I headed,&rdquo; he related with a grin, &ldquo;All I can recall is two railroad tracks flashing under me.&rdquo;</p><p>The kind of a bucko who will learn the hard way, Horton undoubtedly will be a top Public Hockey Enemy everywhere around the A.H.L. circuit this year.</p><p>But keep your eyes on him. He&rsquo;s a comer.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0194/894468-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="628" height="982"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TIM HORTON&hellip;ANOTHER SHORE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Grim Tim Horton Picks On “Ez” For Exercise, Could Be Second Shore

<p>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>The Hershey Hockey Club has secured Billy Moe, star defenseman, from the New York Rangers. Moe returns to the Hershey Bears as a part of the deal negotiated between the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers which sends backliner Pat Egan to the Rangers.</p><p>Moe is one of the few famous stars of hockey born within the United States borders. He first saw the light of day in Danvers, Mass., but grew up in Minnesota where he learned to play the game. He broke in with the Baltimore Orioles of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League, and beginning in 1942-43 he was three seasons with the Bears. In the campaign of 1943-44 when he was with the Hershey Bears he was on the all-star team of the American Hockey League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0262/894499-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="312" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY MOE</figcaption></div><p>To get him from the Hershey Bears the Rangers had to give up four players in trade.</p><p>Moe is expected to arrive in Hershey over the weekend and be in the line-up next Tuesday night when the Hershey Bears open the 1949-50 AHL season with the Springfield Indians here.</p><p>The roster of the Hershey club for the opening game will be as follows: Gordie Henry, goal; Buck Jones, Andy Branigan, Billy Moe, Roly McLenahan and Ross Lowe, defensemen; Arnold Kullman, Norm Larson, Gordie Bruce Frank Mario, Silvio Bettio, Jerry Brown, Johnny Mahaffy, Herb Cain and Mark Marquess, forwards.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bears Get Bill Moe To Bolster Blueline

<p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>tratford, Ont.&mdash;Danny Lewicki, 18, is working as a Canadian National Railways apprentice here while a decision whether he will play hockey this season Is pending.</p><p>Lewicki, a native of Fort William, was suspended from organized hockey a week ago. Officials of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association said he did not carry out an understanding he made when he signed a National Hockey League C form with Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>When Lewicki signed his C form he agreed to turn pro when asked by the Toronto Club and after the club and the player had mutually agreed on terms. President Clarence Campbell, after announcing Lewicki&rsquo;s suspension, said that Danny was offered more money than stated in the Form C.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Barred Danny Lewicki Working and Waiting

<p><b>Each week through this paper NATIONAL HOCKEY PHOTOS will offer you two 8 &times; 10 photographs of star performers in the National Hockey League.</b></p><p><b>Send twenty five cents for each picture desired and five cents to cover the cost of handling and mailing.</b></p><p><b>NATIONAL HOCKEY PHOTOS</b></p><p><b>P. O. BOX 394, MONTREAL, Que.</b></p><p><b>This week: EDGAR LAPRADE TONY LESWICK</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

HOCKEY PHOTOS

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0267/894578-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="310" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>He&rsquo;s Busy Bee</i></b></p><p><b>BILL McLAUGHLIN</b></p></figcaption></div><p>LOS ANGELES, Calif.&mdash;</p><p>Games are won on the ice in hockey, but many a time the behind-the-scenes activity of the front office plays a prominent part in the success of any team. Los Angeles Monarchs of the Southern Division of the Pacific Coast League has just that type of management.</p><p>President of the Monarchs and its staunchest supporters is owner Charlie Cord, who seldom misses a game, be it at home or on the road. Another vital link in the L.A. organization is Lyman Johnson, vice-president of the Pan Pacific, who supervises the mammoth auditorium. Next we come to William F. McLaughlin, manager of the Monarchs and Building Manager of the Pan Pacific, our subject for this piece.</p><h2>He&rsquo;s From Missouri</h2><p>Bill, as he is known, is another one of few American-born and American-developed hockey players to make a name for himself in Canada&rsquo;s foremost sport. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, 27 years ago on May 24, 1921, this transplanted native of Los Angeles started his hockey career at the age of 15, when he received permission from Bill Grant, owner of the K. C. club, to work out in goal with the Pla-Mors of the then American Association Hockey League. now the United States League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01108/894585-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="155" height="241"><figcaption class="caption-body">Charlie Cord</figcaption></div><p>Indent to make good between the pipes. Bill practised diligently and was finally rewarded, when in March, 1938. nearing his 17th birthday, he played against Ching Johnson&rsquo;s Minneapolis Millers in the Missouri metropolis, coming out on the long end of a 3-2 count.</p><p>Next season, 1939-40. McLaughlin played goal for the Bakersf&rsquo;eld Oilers in the Southern California League, forerunner of the present So. Division. P.C.H.L.</p><h2>In High Gear</h2><p>Ha played with Wichita Boeing Commercial in 1941-42 from where he enlisted in the United States Co-&rsquo;st Guard, serving better than two years. It was while a, member Of the Duluth, Minnesota C.G. Cutters that Bill received his greatest hockey thrill, when he made 87 saves against the Duluth Caolerators to lead his club to a thrilling 2-1 triumph. Playing for the opposition were several former professionals led by Joe Papike, erst-whi&rsquo;e National Leaguer.</p><p>The next season McLaughlin tended the nets for Duluth in. the International Senior Amateur circuit. Migrating from there to the Pacific Coast League. playing part-time for Hollywood and San Diego. 1945-46.</p><p>In his next-to-last campaign Bill saw service with five clubs&mdash;starting out with the New York Rovers of the Eastern U.S. Amateurs, then back to the P.C.H.L. and San Francisco, Hollywood, Los Angeles and San Diego.</p><p>He was one of the &ldquo;lucky&rdquo; ones on the 1916-47 San Francisco team, leaving the squad just a few days before its ill-fated train explosion, which saw several of the players badly burned, and one, Bill&rsquo;s roommate at the time, Will Morrisseau, received severe burns, which hospitalized-him for nearly two years.</p><h2>Worked Up Fast</h2><p>Intent on making hockey and sports his life work, this hard-working industrious and energetic mid-westerner went to work for the Pan Pacific the summer of 1947. In November of the same year he was elevated to the position of Building Manager, handling the tedious, detailed and necessary management which goes to make for the success of a show, be it a hockey game, ice show, basketball contest, tennis match or any one of many shows put on annually at the Pan Pacific.</p><p>Don Mann of Montreal liked playing hockey in England so much that he has decided to stay there.</p><p>Last season when Mann came home he was disappointed be-&rsquo; cause he was not asked to renew&rsquo; his contract with the Wembley Lions.</p><p>However not to be outdone, Mann paid his own passage back to the old country&rsquo; and Is once again in the Wembley line-up.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Monarchs’ Manager In Fast-Stepping L.A. Is Man Behind Scene

<p>&bull; <b>We have a limited supply of Souvenir Programs of the 3rd Annual All-Star game.</b></p><p>&bull; <b>If you would like to obtain a copy of this 84 page hockey program, send 30 cents to</b></p><p><b>PUBLICITY DEPT.</b></p><p><b>MAPLE LEAF GARDENS</b></p><p><b>TORONTO, CANADA.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

All-Star Programs

<div class="byline">By CARL GROTHMANN</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>The Eastern Amateur Hockey League got under way last week for the 1949-50 season with eight cities from seven states fielding entries in the re-activated and enlarged loop. The league expanded so greatly this year, both geographically and in number of teams, that it has been split into two divisions of four clubs each.</p><p>New York, Boston, Atlantic City and Baltimore, all former members of the loop, will make up the Eastern half of the circuit. The Western division will be represented by Cleveland, Milwaukee, Toledo and Grand Rapids. Milwaukee and Toledo participated last season in the International Hockey League. Cleveland and Grand Rapids are new to the amateur hockey scene.</p><h2>Oldest U.S. Loop</h2><p>Oldest hockey circuit in the United States, the Eastern League was established in 19 33 with seven member teams, three of which. New, York, Baltimore and Atlantic City, are still active. Boston entered the league in 1940. All four western clubs will be compeing in the Eastern League for the first time.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0353/894640-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="155" height="216"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Watson</figcaption></div><p>The league operated continuously for 15 seasons, from 193334 through 1947-48. Last year it was inactive but the loop is bigger and stronger this year than ever before in its history.</p><p>One of the strongest entries in the West will be the Toledo Buckeyes. last season&rsquo;s International League champions and National Senior Open champs. The Buckeyes play their home games in the Toledo Sports Arena, which seats 6,OGO. Andy Mulligan will again coach the team. Mulligan formerly played with the Chicago Shamrocks and the Boston Bruins.</p><p>The Cleveland Knights, the Ohio city&rsquo;s first amateur hockey team, will ne coached by Lou Trudel, former star of the Chicago Black Hawks and the Cleveland Barons. The Knights play in the Cleveland Arena, an 11,000 seat stadium.</p><p>The Milwaukee Clarks will play their home games at the Milwaukee Coliseum, which seats 5,000 for hockey. Their pilot is former Toronto Maple Leafs star, George Boothman. The Clarks played in the International League last season. /</p><p>Fourth team In the Western division is the Grand Rapids Rockets, coached by Wally Kilrea, onetime star of the Detroit Red Wings and coach last season of the Philadelphia Rockets of the American Hockey League.</p><p>The Grand Rapids sextet is the city&rsquo;s first amateur hockey team. They play their home games in Grand Rapids Stadium, a new million dollar arena completed during the summer. It&rsquo;s seating capacity for hockey games is 5,000.</p><p>In the Eastern division the Boston Olympics will be composed, as in the past, of American-born players, drawn mostly from the strong prep and college teams that are so abundant in New England. The Olympics play their home games at the Boston Garden, a 13,900 seat stadium, and the Boston Arena, which holds 5,900. They will be coached by Freddie Metcalfe, former pilot of the New York Rovers.</p><p>The Atlantic City Sea Gulls are coached by Herb Foster, onetime Ranger and holder of the all-time scoring record in the EAHL. Foster scored 289 points in five Eastern League campaigns. The Sea Gulls play at Convention Hall on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, one of the largest indoor arenas in the world with a 25,000 seating capacity for hockey games.</p><p>The Baltimore Clippers play their home games at Iceland, a 3,600 seat arena. One of the original teams of the league, they are coached by Kilby MacDonald,, a former Ranger who won the&rsquo; NHLs Calder Trophy as the best rookie of 1939-40.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Seven State E.A.H.L. Leaves 1949-50 Post

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0437/894678-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="935" height="626"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>earing screams coining from the bank of the Trent Canal at Lindsay, Ontario, Fred Mills rushed to the scene and saw a 5-year-old boy struggling in the deep canal water. The youngster was on the verge of drowning. According to witnesses, Mills did not even pause to remove his shoes. Fully clothed, he dove into the canal and managed to grasp the little victim. Then, unaided and in spite of his handicap, Mills brought the almost unconscious boy to shore and revived him.</p><p>We are proud to recognize the bravery and quick presence of mind of Fred Mills through the presentation of THE DOW AWARD.</p><p><i>THE DOW AWARD is a citation presented for acts of outstanding heroism and includes a $100 Canada Savings Bond. The Dow Award Committee, a group of editors of leading Canadian daily newspapers, selects winners from recommendations made by a nationally known news organization.</i></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0526/894671-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="373" height="208"></div><p><b>DOW BREWERY & MONTREAL</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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ONE-ARMED MAN LEAPS TO RESCUE OF DROWNING BOY

<h2><b>TWINS TRADED</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>ershey Hears announced the purchase of Frank and Dan Porteous, only twins in profession hockey. Both played with Cleveland Barons last season. Born in Kirkland Lake, the twins, 26, now reside in Montreal. Their contracts stipulate that they can neither be sold or traded separately.</p><h2><b>MOHAWKS IT IS</b></h2><p>As soon as Cincinnati were christened the Mohawsk, they crashed the scoring column for the first time as they tied St. Louis Flyers 3-3 at the Cincinnati Gardens. They had been blanked in their first two starts before they acquired their name. George Robertson had the honor of scoring the first goal in the Cincinnati existence.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

AMERICAN LEAGUE

<h2>STANDING ON WED. A.M., OCT. 19</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01114/894796-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="322" height="86"></div><h2>WESTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0281/894789-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="320" height="86"></div><h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</h2><p>October 11&mdash;Springfield 3, at Hershey 5; Indianapolis, at Cincinnati 0; Pittsburgh 2, at St. Louis 3.</p><p>October 12&mdash;Indianapolis 2, at Buffalo 2; New Haven 7, at Providence 5; Cleveland 6, at Springfield 1; Hershey 2, at Pittsburgh 4.</p><p>October 13&mdash;Providence 5, at New Haven 7.</p><h2>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</h2><p>October 18&mdash;Cincinnati at St. Louis. October 19&mdash;New Haven at Buffalo; St. Louis at Hershey; Pittsburgh at Springfield; Providence at Cincinnati.</p><p>October 20&mdash;Buffalo at New Haven; St. Louis at Cleveland; Cincinnati at Indianapolis.</p><p>October 22&mdash;Buffalo at Hershey; New Haven at Springfield; Cincinnati at Cleveland; Providence at Pittsburgh; Indianapolis at St. Louis.</p><p>Cleveland Barons with three straight wins in as many starts are setting the pace after the first w&rsquo;eek&rsquo;s play in the Podoloff circuit. The Hendympn from Cleveland have scored 19 goals In three games for an average of 6.3 3 per game. Les Douglas, veteran A.H.L. performer who is playing his first season for te Barons, has tallied six goals and assisted in seven others to lead both most goals and most assists in the A.H.L. after one week&rsquo;s play.</p><p>Indianapolis Caps are one point back of Cleveland in the Western Division with five points. They have two wins and a draw in three starts. The only other undefeated club in the A.H.L. is Buffalo. The Bisons have played two games, winning one and drawing one. New Haven Ramblers are tied with Buffalo for the Eastern sector lead. The Rams have played three games, winning one and dropping one. Pittsburgh Hornets are the only team to play four games and they&rsquo;ve won two, lost one and tied one.</p><p>Goal scoring is again predominate in the loop. Billy Benson, smooth Pittsburgh forward scored four goals in one game.</p><h2>TUESDAY. OCTOBER, 11</h2><p>ST. LOUIS.&mdash;Cliff Simpson led St. Louis Flyers with two goals and an assist on a third one in a 3-2 victory over Pittsburgh Hornets in their opening game of the American Hockey League season.</p><p>Simpson nowcomer to the Flyers, assisted Ed Nicholson to a first-period score, then pushed the puck past goalie Gill Mayer once each in the last two frames before 7,116 fans.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence, Samis, Kemp; centre, Migay; wings Solinger, Barbe; subs.: Arundel, P. Backor, Robertson, Hannigan, Russel, Benson, Kobussen, Costello, Horton, O&rsquo;Flaherty.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defence, Crigg, Milligan; centre, Doran; wings, McComb, Sullivan; subs.: Nicholson, Melong, Wilson, Gladu, Simpson, Gauthier, Olson, Pozzo, Raynak, H. Backor.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0361/894782-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="323" height="221"></div><p>HERSHEY.&mdash;Hershey Bears opened the 1949-50 hockey season by defeating Springfield Indians, 5-3 before a crowd of 4,070.</p><p><b>Springfield:</b> Goal, McAtee; defence, Hosking, Tottle; centre, McMurdy; wings, Summerhill, Gooden; subs.: Allen, Macey, Burnett, Lemieux, Pidhirny, Defelice, Hayden, Casanta Kaiser.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Moe, McLenahan; centre, Kullman; wings, Larson, Bruce; subs.: Jones, Branigan, Cain, Mario, Marquess, Bettlo, Brown, Mahaffy, Lowe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0445/894775-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="318" height="285"></div><p>CINCINNATI.&mdash;The Indianapolis Capitals gave Cincinnati&rsquo;s new team a rough send-off by thumping the yetunnamed outfit 3-0. The opening-night crowd for the first league hoegey game in Cincinnati appeared to be about 8,000, but Garden officials did not give out the exact figures.</p><p><b>Indiana polls:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Raglan, Dewsbury; centre, D. Morrison; wings, R. Morrison, Pavelich; subs.: Quackenbush, Reigie, Woit, Lund, McKay, Reid, Podolsky. Lundy, Uniac, Muholland, Heller.</p><p><b>Cincinnati:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Bush, MacPherson; centre, Stefaniw; wings, Hergesheimer; Frampton; subs.: Lepine, Lessard, Deslauriers, Moore, Robertson, Hickey, Rltson, Campeau, Fillion, Gagnon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0536/894768-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="318" height="173"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13</h2><p>BUFFALO.&mdash;The Buffalo Bisons opened their season by playing a 2-2 tie with Indianapolis Capitals before a crowd of 5,549 in Memorial Auditorium. Joe Lund, who starred with the Bisons while on loan late last season, tied it up for the Caps with less than eight minutes remaining.</p><p><b>Indianapolis:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Dewsbury, Raglan; centre, D. Morrison; wings, R. Morrison, Pavelich; subs.: Quackenbush, Woit, Lund, D. McKay, Uniac, Mulholland, Wiseman, Reid, Lundy, C. McKay.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Dion; defence, Johnson, Finkbeiner; centre, Pennell; wings, Cooper, Meger; subs.: Davidson, Gariepy, Field, MacKay, Lewis, Demarco, Thorpe, Pargeter, Ashbee, McNabney.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0628/894761-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="318" height="191"></div><p>PITTSBURGH.&mdash;The Pittsburgh Hornets opened their home season with a 4-2 victory over Hershey Bears in a rough but ragged game before 3,136 fans. Gil Mayer, the new Hornet goalie, shut, out the Bears until the final period. He had 38 stops to 48 for Gordon Henry of the Bears.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Moe, McLenahan; centre, Mahaffy; wings, Cain, Marquess; subs.: Branigan, Mario, Bruce, Kuilman, Bettio, Larson, Brown, Lowe.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence, Samis, Kemp; centre, Migay; wings, Sollnger, Barbe; subs.: Arundel, Backor, Robertson, Hannigan, Russell, Benson, Kobussen, Costello, Horton, O&rsquo;Flaherty.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0722/894754-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="315" height="233"></div><p>PROVIDENCE.&mdash;New Haven Ramblers blasted home five goals in seven minutes flat in the second period in defeating Providence Reds 7-5 in the opening game for both teams.</p><p><b>New Haven:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Evans, Lancien; centre, White; wings, Denis, Webster; subs.: Lavell, Bloomer, Hrymnak, Gordon, Manson, Trainor, Perreault, Brown.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence, Morris, Arcand; centre, McGill; wings, Kullman, Hamilton; subs.: Summers, Michaluk, Liscombe, Fraser, Reardon, Scherza, Laplante. Stoddard, Chad, Paul.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0819/894747-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="313" height="345"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD.&mdash;With the line of Les Douglas, Roy Kelly and Ken Schultz scoring five of the six goals, Cleveland Barons trounced Springfield 6-1 as the Indians opened the home seson before a 2,500 crowd.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower; defence Sprout, Kraftcheck; centre, Holota wings, Leswick, Carse; subs.: Reigie Buller, Conn, Williams. Thurler, Douglas, Wochy, Kelly, Schultz, Sloan.</p><p><b>Springfield:</b> Goal, McAtee; defence Hosking, Tottle; centre, McMurdy, wings Summerhill, Gooden; subs.: Brennan Kaiser, Macey. Burnett, Pidhirny, Casanato, Lemieux, Defelice, Hayden.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0919/894740-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="322" height="274"></div><h2>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13</h2><p>NEW HAVEN.&mdash;Providence Reds turned the tables on New Haven Ramblers here, spoiling the Reds&rsquo; home opening of the season with a 7-5 victory before 3.200 fans.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence, Summers, Michaluk; centre, Kapusta; wings, Laplante, Stoddard; subs.: Reardon, Morris, Arcand, Fraser. Chad, Hamilton, McGill, Scherza Kullman, Paut</p><p><b>New Haven:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Lavell, Bloomer; centre, Perreault; wings, Gordon, Brown; subs.: Lancien, Hrymnak, White. Denis, Webster, Manson, Trainor, Evans, Speck.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1019/894733-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="329" height="368"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1117/894827-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="947" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fallen George Robertson of Cincinnati misses on this one as goalie Terry Sawchuk of Indianapolis gets set. That&rsquo;s defenseman Al Dewsbury of the Caps at right. Indianapolis won 3-0 at Cincinnati Gardens in the opener.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Nobody Home

<p>(Includes Games of Oct. 17)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1217/894858-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="318" height="333"></div><h2>THE LEADERS</h2><p>Most Goals: Douglas, 6.</p><p>Most Assists: Douglas, 7.</p><p>Most Pen.: Bud McPherson, Cin. (15 min.).</p><p>Shutouts: Terry Sawchuk (1); Gil Mayer (1).</p><p>Hat Tricks: Douglas and MacKay;</p><p>Four goals in one game: Benson.</p><p>Team Pen. Leader; Springfield, (44 min.).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>VICTORIA, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Pre-season predictions that the 11-team Pacific Coast League would present tougher competition this year was borne out in the opening week of play, and when all teams are settled with their rosters, the fight for the four coveted play-off berths in each of the two divisions&mdash;Northern and Southern&mdash;will take on a &ldquo;dog-eat-dog&rdquo; complex. Every team plays 70 games&mdash;35 home, 35 away.</p><p>Of the eight openers to date the home club has come through victorious seven times, only Portland losing, 4-2, to Seattle&rsquo;s rejuvenated Ironmen, Oct. 8 in the Rose City.</p><p>Muzz Patrick&rsquo;s Tacoma Rockets edged Bill Carse&rsquo;s Vancouver Canucks, 5-4, in Tacoma, Oct. 8, to send over 4,000 Tacoma fans home happy.</p><h2>Pratt&rsquo;s Club Wins</h2><p>Babe Pratt&rsquo;s New Westminster Royals, last season&rsquo;s Northern Division champs and P.C.H.L. finalists, made Victoria&rsquo;s official league entry into professsional hockey an embarrassing one, shellacking the Cougars, 10-2. However, Thanksgiving Day afternoon, Oct. 10, before a sellout Victoria crowd numbering in excess of 4,133, Eddie Ware&rsquo;s boys greeted the official opening of the new Million Dollar Victoria Memorial Arena with a terrific 4-1 win over Jimmy Ward&rsquo;s Portland Penquins.</p><p>Seattle forged into first place in the Northern Division when they squeezed through New Westminster, 5-4, Oct. 9. to open Seattle&rsquo;s home season in grand style. The Ironmen, cellar occupants last year, made it three straight, Oct. 11. defeating Tacoma, 5-4. in Tacoma.</p><p>Vancouver, last of the six Northern clubs to play at home, didn&rsquo;t disappoint its followers, coming from behind a 3-1 first period deficit to win, 7-4, over the colorful, but tiring Victoria Cougars, Oct. 11. in Vancouver. The Canucks got their goals in bunches, scoring a pair in 28 seconds in the second period and another &lsquo;deuce&rsquo; in only 29 seconds in the &ldquo;payoff&rdquo; period.</p><p>Excepting Seattle, which tops i the division with a three-won, none-lost mark, every club has met&rsquo; with defeat, and only Portland, 0 and 2, remains winless at this time.</p><p>The five-team Southern Division didn&rsquo;t open until Oct. 11 in Fresno and San Diego. Fresno, division champs last year, hoisted San Francisco, beating Tony Hemmerling&rsquo;s Shamrocks, 5-3. At San Diego the Pacific Coast League champs for 1948-49 overcame an early, but short-lived Los Angeles lead, to humble the Monarchs, 4-2. By the time this reaches the newsstands, Oakland and San Francisco will have performed on home ice. The L.A. Monarchs make a complete swing through both divisions, playing 12 games, before playing its first home contest, Saturday, Nov. 5, against San Francisco.</p><p>Some of the highlights of the opening week were:&hellip;Amy Dufault, New Westminster winger scored the first &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; of the young season, Oct. 8, against Victoria&rsquo;s Jerry Fodey&hellip;Maurice Duffy, N.W. defenseman, received the honor of scoring the first goal in P.C.H.L. play, 1949-50, scoring at 2:17 of the first period Oct. 8, against Victoria&hellip;There have been no shutouts as yet, Jerry Fodey, Victoria, coming the closest when he allowed Portland one goal, Thanksgiving Day, Oct. 10, at Victoria. The Cougars won, 4-1&hellip;League Prexy Al Leader covered a lot of ground opening weekend, attending Portland&rsquo;s opener, Oct. 8, in Seattle the following night, in Victoria on Oct. 10, in Vancouver, Oct. 11 and back to Seattle for a Seattle-Tacoma game, Oct. 12&hellip;Ken Ullyot, New Westminster centerman and Northern Division scoring champ in 1947-48, took an early lead in the scoring parade, scoring twice and assisting three times for five points Cal Stearns, erstwhile</p><p>L.A. Monarchs centerman, sold to Seattle this season, has so far vindicated owner Frank Dotten&rsquo;s judgment in purchasing him. Cal went pointless opening night but in two games since then he has scored three times and assisted once&hellip;</p><div class="sidebar"><h2><b><i>Ullyot Again</i></b></h2><p>Ken Ullyot, high scoring New Westminster centerman, has finally regained the scoring lead in the Pacific Coast Hockey League after dropping to a miserable seventh place last season.</p><p>Last season he scored 35 goals and had 41 assists for a total of 76 points in 66 games. In the playoffs, in 12 games, he had six goals and nine assists for 15 points.</p></div><h2>Lamarche Sold</h2><p>Bud Lamarclie, goalie, who trained with Vancouver and finished last year with San Diego, was sold to Fresno. Bob Gracie&rsquo;s Falcons were minus a netminder when their two year standout, Billy Brennan, So. Div. all-star last year, was purchased by Detroit and sent to Omaha, U. S. league&hellip;Burly Chuck Millman returned to Vancouver this year after playing with Calgary Stamps in 1948-49. Chuck was on Coley Hall&rsquo;s champion clubs in 194546 and 1947-48&hellip;Alex Watt, Tacoma defenseman, was given his unconditional release to accept the playing-coach job of Nanaimo Clippers in the MainlandOkanagan, A.H.L., the winner to enter the Allan Cup playdowns next spring&hellip;A deal sending Hermie Gruhn, Vancouver right winger, to Portland is all set and an announcement is forthcoming momentarily&hellip;Lucien Dechene, all-star netminder with New Westminster last year, is going to kick them out for Vancouver this year. Doug Jackson, Vancouver&rsquo;s regular goalie is the Northern Division&rsquo;s spare as of now&hellip;Victoria does nearly all its travelling by boat, going by bus from Tacoma to Portland and back&hellip;Tacoma received a shot in the arm with the return of forward Ron Rowe, one of its top pointmen last year Eddie &ldquo;Spider&rdquo; Mazur, 20-year-old leftwing of the Victoria Cougars. and the league&rsquo;s &ldquo;Elmer Lach&rdquo; (there is a striking resemblance), has been the Cougars&rsquo; outstanding forward to date. He is the property of the Canadiens&hellip;Bernie Strongman, 30-year-old Victoria pivotman, was elected Cougar captain&hellip;Los Angeles is going to have a tough time replacing Andy Barbe, its top goal scorer for the last three campaigns. Barbe is with Pittsburgh this year&hellip;&ldquo;Muzz&rdquo; Patrick, Tacoma coach, is now a playing-coach. The ex-New York Ranger returned to action this season after a three-year absence. Whether the 34-year-old Patrick will play the entire season is unknown at this time&hellip;San Diego Skyhawks have only six of. its title-winning club of last season back. They are: Larry Frechette, goal; John Baby and Norman McKay, defense; Maurice Vaillancourt, Stan Warecki and Russell Ailin, forwards&hellip;Laurie Peterson, one half of the Peterson brother act of Laurie and Joe, paced Fresno to its home opening game win, 5-3, over &lsquo;Frisco, with a goal and an assist. Brother Joe had a goal to his credit&hellip;Paul Thompson, erstwhile N.H.L. player and coach and Vancouver coach, is coaching Kamloops this year&hellip;Dave MacKay, another former National Hockey League ace with Chicago and more recently with New Westminster, is playing for Vernon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01122/894896-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="297" height="627"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN ULLYOT</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0272/894889-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="153" height="242"><figcaption class="caption-body">Babe Pratt</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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“Dog Eat Dog” Coast Loop Starts 70 Games Schedule

<div class="byline">BY DENNIS CROW</div><p>MONTREAL. Oue.&mdash;</p><p>The oldest organized hockey league in the world opened again here last week, but with one difference. Within the confines of the Montreal Forum rested the coveted Memorial Cup, symbol of junior hockey supremacy in the Dominion.</p><p>Proud owners are the Montreal Royals, who brought the mug here for the first time in 31 years when they battled the Brandon Wheat Kings to a record-breaking eight games, exactly five months ago.</p><p>And so the Junior Amateur Hockey Association got off to a flying start, with the Royals hot favorites to top the compact seven-club circuit again. They have seven holdovers from the team that returned to a tremendous public reception here May 19 in the blazing heat.</p><p>Comprising the JAHA this year are Royals, Quebec Citadels, Montreal Canadiens, Three Rivers Reds, Montreal Nationale, Valleyield Braves and Verdun Maple Leafs, favored to end the season in that order.</p><p>Quebec Citadels will be a power house again under the hand of coach Pete Martin. They have acquired starry Milt Pridham, property of the Cleveland Barons, who was once discarded by the Royals because of his slight stature. Also they have a Toronto Maple Leaf prospect, husky rearguard Gord Hudson, only 17 years old, but showing signs of a comer once he has been polished. Norman Diviney, from Long Island, N.Y., and Dennis Caroil, with New York Rovers of the QSHL last year, are also welcome additions.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0350/894934-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="151" height="234"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Gould</figcaption></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0439/894927-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="125" height="210"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 125px">Scotty Morrison</figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2><b>Your Star Of Yesteryear</b></h2><p>Your star of yesteryear is none other than ART ROSS, Vice-President and General Manager or the Boston Bruins.</p><p>Imports are going to play a large part this season in the business of winning games. Each of the seven clubs are allowed two imports Royals have a promising winger from Regina in John Smith, a lad of the Gord Knutson type, smart stickhandler and a good hockey brain. He is a younger brother of Ken Smith of the Boston Bruins. Coach Grant Morrison also has Vic Fildes, Rollie Rousseau, Pete Larocque, Neale Langill, Dick Moore, Matt Benoit and Skippy Burchell back from last year. All the Memorial Cup holders had to do was add winger John Choyce and goalie Bob Cornforth and their rebuilding job was over.</p><p>Sammy Pollock&rsquo;s Canadiens have a young and extremely snappy club led by defenceman Kev Conway, along with Ernie Roche and Bucky Hollingsworth, with players up front like Billy Gould, Art Rose from Port Arthur, Ron Grigg, Kev Rochfort, Pat O&rsquo;Leary, and Dave Max:Ready.</p><p>Popular Mickey Hennessey of Nationale, assisted by pro Canadien Butch Bouchard have goalie Denis Brodeur from the now defunct Victoriaville Tigers, and a big rearguard from Edmonton, sent here by coach Frank Currie through scout Spud Russell, George McAvoy. He&rsquo;ll be all right as soon as he hands out more body checks. Up front there&rsquo;s a young lad from Shawinigan Falls who looks pretty good, Rene Pronovost, along with George James and Scotty Morrison. The latter two have a special contract that stipulates they will play for Hennessey, no matter what team he coaches. Thus far they have trailed the coach from Winged Wheelers, to St. Hyacinthe Flyers, to Canadiens, to Nationale, and all three have a secret hankering to go to Royals.</p><p>So they&rsquo;re off and running, with one object in mind&mdash;to keep that Memorial Cup, battled for in S5 degrees heat in Brandon and Winnipeg, right here in Canada&rsquo;s metropolis.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Quebec Juniors Start The Race To Hold Cup

<h2><b>Shamlock Injured</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>resno&rsquo;s veteran centre Eddie Shamlock was injured midway In the second period of Tuesday&rsquo;s tame with San Francisco in a wild melee against the boards. Coach Bob Grade of the defending southern division champions said that Shamlock would be out for at least three games.</p><h2><b>First Hat Trick</b></h2><p>Ken Ullyot, New Westminster centre, leads the scoring with 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points while teamnote Amy Dufault scored the first hat trick of the season Saturday night against the Victoria Cougars. The first goal of the season was scored by Morris Duffy, New Westminster defenceman, at 2:17 of the first period Saturday night.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

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Victoria’s Historic Moment

<h2>SCORING</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1010/895170-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="319" height="143"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1110/895163-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="320" height="103"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<h2><b>STANDINGS ON THURS. OCT. 13 NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0188/895101-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="321" height="89"></div><h2><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0262/895094-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="319" height="90"></div><h3>Results of Games</h3><p>October 8&mdash;Seattle 4, at Portland 2; Vancouver 4. at Tacoma 5; Victoria 2, at New Westminster 10.</p><p>October 9&mdash;New Westminster 4, at Seattle 5.</p><p>October 10&mdash;Portland 1, at Victoria 4.</p><p>October 11&mdash;Los Angeles 2, at San Diego 4; San Francisco 3, at Fresno 5; Seattle 5, at Tacoma 4; Victoria 4, at Vancouver 7.</p><h3>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</h3><p>October 15&mdash;Los Angeles at Fresne; San Diego at San Francisco; Vancouver at Portland; Victoria at Tacoma; Seattle New Westminster.</p><p>October 16&mdash;Vancouver at Seattle.</p><p>The Oakland Club under coach Max Kaminsky will have several new faces as well as their better players from last season returning. In goal will be Don &ldquo;Nip&rdquo; O&rsquo;Hearn who played with Springfield and Fort Worth last season. Walter Babey, Jack Nixon and Lawrie May from last season&rsquo;s squad and with Vic Unger of Fort Worth will comprise the defense. Tommy Fowler, league leading scorer will be back at center along with returning forwards Ed. Marchant, Stan and Bill Jones, Frank Eisenzoph and Roy Glover. Joe Iannarelll from Fort Worth, &lsquo;Doc&rsquo; Prentice from Philadelphia, Lawrence Kennedy and big Gordon Duggan will also play on the forward lines.</p><p>Coach Dutch Hiller of Los Angeles will have eight new players when his club tackles the Skyhawks. Eugene Martin and Don Webster played in Tulsa of the U.S. League. Webster also played in San Diego three seasons ago. Ken Watson, Bernie McCarthy, Dusty Blair, John Morrow, Bill MeCracken and John Meldrum are the newcomers on the forward lines. McCarthy played the past two seasons with San Diego, Morrow was with the Oakland Oaks last year and at one time played with the Hollywood Wolves. The others played in Eastern Canada last season and this is their first fling at professional hockey. Holdovers from last year are defenseman Al Papike, one of the real veterans of the Coast League and an outstanding performer, and defenseman Matt Mesich, the youngster who led the League in penalties last season. Hec Highton will be back in goal. Forwards returning are Ike Hildebrand, Eddie Mulligan, Bob Leger, and John Ubriaco, who played part of last season with the Monarchs before being recalled to Tulsa, has been purchased outright and will add considerable strength to the forward lines.</p><p>The champion San Diego Skyhawks, under Coach Ducky Skinner, will have only six of last season champions to start the season with. Larry Frechette in goal, John Baby and Norm McKay on defense and forwards Maurice Vaillancourt, Stan Warecki and Rusty Aikin. New defensemen will be Hector Legris and Doug Maher. New forwards will be Andy Brown from Houston, Pete Wywrot who played with Oakland last season, Bill Cupolo, Louie Mathieu and Fred Weaver from Fort Worth and amateurs John Lalonde and Pete Tkachuk.</p><h2><b>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8</b></h2><p>PORTLAND.&mdash;Seattle Iromen, in mid-season form, defeated Portland Penguins in the season opener for both teams, 4-2, before a turnout of 2,210.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Karakas; defence, Suther, Dalgleish; centre Hamilton; wings, Savicky, Davis; subs.: Waldriff, Cluman, Desbiens, Bangay, Strobel, Kerr, Robertson.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Pickell; defence, Talllefer, Schmidt; centre, Filion; wings, Senlck, Kalapaca; subs.: Pidsodny, Boorman, Maxwell, Medynski, Simpson, Mundrick, Stearns, McIntyre, Kopak.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0349/895087-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="319" height="201"></div><p>TACOMA&mdash;Tacoma Rockets staved off a last period desperation rush by the Vancouver Canucks to capture a 5-4 win before 3,000 fans at the ice palace here.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Gustavsen, Johns; centre, Toole; wings, Read, Johnston; subs.: Jenkins, Patrick, Milford, M. Andrews, Adams, N. Andrews, Lambrecht.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Lamarche; defence, McAndrew, Lofvendahl; centre, McPherson; wings, Wilson, Ballance; subs.: Reardon, Millman, Carse, Courteau, Shill, Chakowski, Jones, Mutcheson, Kuntz.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0435/895080-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="318" height="299"></div><p>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;Amy Dufault turned the hat trick to lead New Westminster Royals to a thumping 10-2 victory over the Victoria Cougars, before 4,200 fans at Queen&rsquo;s Park Arena.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Bergeron, Ritchie; centre, Ullyot; wings, Dufault, Dorohoy; subs.: Pratt, Duffy, Slater, Evers, Love, Kirk, Cook, Voll, Valenti.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Fodey; defence, Wares, Goegan; centre, Bougie; wings, Thibeault, Evans; subs.: Marineau, Strongman, McKay, Rockey, Mazur, Senior, Gunter, McBeth.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0526/895073-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="313" height="378"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9</b></h2><p>SEATTLE.&mdash;The Seattle Ironmen defeated the New Westminster Royals 5 to 4 in the opening game of the 194950 season in Seattle.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Piekell; defence, Boorman, Pidsodny; centre, Stearns, wings, Maxell, Simpson; subs.: Taillefer, Schmidt, Medynski, Senick, Filion, Kalapaca, Mundrick, McIntyre, Kopak.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Bergeron, Ritchie; centre, Ullyot; wings, Dorohoy, Dufault; subs.: Pratt, Duffy, Slater Evers, Love, Kirk, Cook, Voll, Valenti.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0619/895066-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="319" height="303"></div><h2><b>MONDAY, OCTOBER 10</b></h2><p>VICTORIA&mdash;The Victoria Gougars breezed to an easy 4-1 victory over the Portland Penguins as 4,133 fans watched the return of Pacific Coast Hockey League here after a lapse of 25 years.</p><p>The Cougars scored a quick, first period goal, watched Portland match it, then went on to add three more tallies in the second and third periods while holding the Penguins scoreless.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Fodey; defence, Wares, Giogan; centre, Bougie; wings, Thibeault, Evans; subs.: Marineau, Strongman, McKay, Rockey, Mazur, Senior, Gunter McBeth.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Karakas; defence, Sutherland, Dalgleish; centre, Kerr; wings, Desbiens, Cluman; subs.: Waldriff, Bobrosky, Milne, Davis, Bangay, Hamilton. Savicky, Robertson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0715/895059-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="322" height="263"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11</b></h2><p>TACOMA.&mdash;The Seattle Ironmen put on three-goal last period splurge to come from beihnd and defeat the Tacoma Rocket 5-4 before 2,21)0 fans at the Ice Palace.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Gustafson, Johns; centre Milford; wings, N. Andrews, Adam; subs.: Jenkins, Lambrecht, Read, Johnston, Toole, M. Andrews, Delory, Rowe, Patrick.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Pickell; defence, Taillefer, Schmidt; centre, Filion; wings, Senick, Kalapaca; subs.; Medynski, Boorman, Maxwell, Kopak, Simpson, Stearns, McIntyre, Pidsodny, Mundrick.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0811/895052-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="321" height="278"></div><p>SAN DIEGO.&mdash;Launching defence of their league title by downing the Los Angeles Monarchs, 4 to 2, in a tight game played before 3,100 fans, San Diego came through in a rough game marked with penalties totaling 40 minutes.</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal, Frechette; defence, McKay, Baby; centre, Wywrot; wings, Vaillancourt, Tkachuk; subs.: Maher, Legris, Mathieu, Cupolo, Warecki, Aikin, Lalonde, Brown, Weaver.</p><p><b>Loh Angeles:</b> Goal, Highton; defence, Martin, Webster; centre, Ubriaco; wings, Leger, McCracken; subs.: Papike, Mesich, Watson, Hildebrand, Morrow, Meldrum, McCarthy, Blain, Mulligan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0188/895045-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="317" height="274"></div><p>VANCOUVER&rsquo;.&mdash;The Vancouver Canucks spotted Victoria Cougars three first period goals, then more than made them back in the sandwich session to defeat the Cougars 7-4 in their contest before 5,000 fans at the arena here.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal. Deschene; defence, Lofvendahl, McAndrew; centre, Courtcau; wings, Mutcheson, Shill; subs.: Kuntz, Carse, Jones, McPherson, Ballance, Wilson, Chakowski, Millman, Reardon.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Fodey; defence, Wares, Giogan; centre,&rsquo; Bougie; wings, Evans, Thibeault; subs.: Mazur, McKay, Strongman, Gunter, Senior, McBeth, Hockey, Marineau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0235/895038-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="314" height="336"></div><p>FRESNO&mdash;Breaking a 2-2 deadlock here with three fast goals in the third frame to beat the San Francisco Shamrocks 5 to 3 in their opening game of the hockey season, Fresno Falcons triumphed in a game marked by fast play in the final period as Fresno&rsquo;s superior teamwork and veteran puck handlers found the San Francisco goal repeatedly.</p><p><b>Fresno:</b> Goal, Lamarche; defence, Robertson, Kampman; L. Peterson; wings, Knox, Baccari; subs.: Redmond, Frost, Cinor, Shamlock, Richardson, J. Peterson, Hilliard.</p><p><b>San Francisco:</b> Goal, Crowdls; defence, Crozier, Drainville; centre, Samanski; wings, Lafrance, Silvestri; subs.: Shewchuck, Bak, Burman, Fairburn, Kubasek, Boyce, Mousseau, Hartsburg, Jankowski.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0322/895031-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="322" height="288"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12</b></h2><p>SEATTLE&mdash;The Seattle Ironmen held fast their Northern Division lead by downing the Tacoma Rockets 7-4 in a penalty-filled game before 3,100 fans at the Civic Ice Arena.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Pickell; defence, Boorman, Pidsodny; centre, Stearns, wings, Maxwell, Simpson; subs.: Taillefere, Schmidt, Medynski, Senick, Filion, Kalapaca, McIntyre, Kopak, Hayes.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Johns, Gustavsen; centre, Toole; wings, Read, Johnston; subs.: Jenkins, Lambrecht, Milford, Adam, Andrews, Patrick.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0416/895024-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="315" height="328"></div><p>SAN FRANCISCO.&mdash;The San Francisco Shamrocks kept the pressure on the Fresno Falcons all through their game and emerged with a 6-2 triumph for their home debut.</p><p><b>San Francisco:</b> Goal, Crowdis; defence, Crozier, Drainville; centre. Bur man; wings, Boyce, Mousseau; subs.: Shewchuck, Bak, Lafrance, Fairburn, Kubasek, Silvestri, Samanski, Hartsburg.</p><p><b>Fresno:</b> Goal, Lamarche; defence, Kampman, Robertson; centre, Cinor; wings, Hilliard, Richardson; subs.: Redmond, L. Peterson, J. Peterson, Frost, Baccari, Shamlock, Knox.-</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0512/895017-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="323" height="286"></div><p>NEW WESTMINSTER.&mdash;Showing the power, that led them last year&rsquo;s Northern Division crown, the New Westminster Royals crushed the Portland Penguins 5-1 before 1,700 fans at Queen&rsquo;s Park Arena.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Pratt, Bergeron; centre, Evers; wings, Duffy, Love; subs.: Dorohoy, Slater, Ullyot, Dufault, Kirk, Ritchie, Cook, Voll, Valenti.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Karakas; defence, Waldriff, Sutherland; centre, Savlcky; wings, Davis, Ciuman; subs.: Desbiens, Bangay, Hamilton, Strobel, Dalgleish, Kerr, Robertson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-069/895010-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="317" height="205"></div><p>BERKELEY.&mdash;The San Francisco Skyhawks smothered the Oakland Oaks 7-1 for an easy win in a game before a crowd of 3,200.</p><p><b>Oakland:</b> Goal, O&rsquo;Hearn; defense, Unger, Nixon; centre, Fowler; wings, Kennedy, Prentice; subs.; May, Babey, Elsenzoph, Marchant, B. Jones, S. Jones, Weist, Duggan, Iannarelli.</p><p><b>San Diego:</b> Goal, Frechette, defence, McKay, Baby; centre, Wywrot; wings, Cupolo, Vaillancourt; subs.: Legris, Maher, Brown, Warecki, Lallo, Tkachuk, Iikin, Weaver, Lalonde.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0710/895003-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="319" height="301"></div><p>VICTORIA.&mdash;The powerfull New Westminster Royals proved too much for the Victoria Cougars as they downed them 7-2 in their Northern Division before 3,300 fans at Memorial Arena here.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Fodey; defense, Wares, Giogan; centre Thibeault; wings, Bougie, Evans; subs.: Marineau, Strongman, McKay, Rockey, Mazur, Senior, Gunther, McBeth.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Pratt, Bergeron; centre, Love; wings, Duffy, Evers; subs.: Dorohoy, Slater Ullyot, Dufault, Kirk, Ritchie, Cook, Voll, Valenti.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-086/894996-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="319" height="368"></div><p>VANCOUVER.&mdash; The Vancouver Canucks poured it all over the Portland Penguins in their Northern Division game, downing the Penguins 5-1 before 3,300 fans at the Forum.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Deschene; defence, McAndrew, Lofvendahl; centre, Carse, wings, Jones, Shill; subs.: Reardon, Millman, McPherson, Courteau, Ballance, Mutcheson. Wilson.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Karakas; defence, Sutherland, Dalgleish; centre. Ciuman; woings, Desbiens, Strobel; subs.: Robertson, Kerr, Savicky, Hamilton, Bangay, Davis, Milne, Bobrosky, Waldrif.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-094/894989-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="315" height="207"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0338/895201-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="320" height="430"></div><p>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>With Murph Chamberlain putting the Sydney Millionaires through their paces and smiling happily at the player personnel at his command, hockey interest is setting in earnest in the Steel City. Last season Sydney club officials stated flatly that Millionaires were pointed for the Allan Cup. If not this year, then next season for sure&hellip;Meanwhile Dave (Sweeney) Schriner is rounding up his material at North Sydney. The Victorias figure to be better this season, as do the Glace Bay Miners. But the team to beat is the Millionaires, and every hockey fan in Cape Breton knows it&hellip;Sydney has a new ice-making machine and the poorest ice in the Maritimes will now be the keenest. The club figured if they were going after a championship team they should have tops in every other department. Hard Rock Chamberlain has already made a hit with the Sydney railbirds. The Sydney team has several players sought by major league clubs and if they show the first that kept Chamberlain in the Big Time after he was past his peak, who knows how far Millionaires will go?</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01101/895208-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="133" height="199"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 133px">Chamberlain</figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>All Seem Happy</h2><p>Maritime Big Four teams had their first ice drills and expressed satisfaction with the form displayed. Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s, defending Big Four champions, have come up with a number of highly regarded newcomers to bolster their holdovers from last year. Some of the players ticketed for other places by the rumor mongers, are back in the city.</p><p>The Santamarians won&rsquo;t be overly large but they will be fast and peppy, Some of their newcomers dote on speed: Among the new faces are Bill Ford, late of Barrie Flyers; Gordie Armstrong, who helped Montreal Royals win the Memorial Cup last winter; Sonny Provost, Bill Barrett and Danny Wilks.</p><p>Holdovers include Jack Donlevy, back from several practices with Des Canadiens; Billy Hannon, Tommy Brennan, George McGregor, Rock Sullvan, Jackie Hollett, Ronnie Gaudet, Pat Powers and Peanuts McLaughlin. Bert Steel, a powerful factor with Truro Bearcats, Pictou Royals and Moncton Hawks in other years, is a newcomer to Halifax ranks on whom the team depends a great deal.</p><div class="sidebar"><h2><b><i>Rookie Helpers</i></b></h2><p>When Gilles Dube, Canadiens rookie left winger, scored his first N.H.L. goal in the Habs opening game he became the first rookie to net the puck In the 1949-50 season. Dube plays on a line with Richard and Lach.</p><p>Last season, George Robertson, now with Cincinnati of the A.H.L., scored a goal after about three minutes of the Habs first game. The Canadiens tied the Rangers that night and Robertson was the first Canadien player to score a goal. He too played on a line with Richard and Lach before being shipped out.</p></div><h2>Gray On Sidelines</h2><p>Jimmy Gray watched the first few practices from the sidelines, but is expected to take his regular turn soon. The so-called Collegiate Clipper is a player&rsquo;s player, a man who plays his heart out and who is one of the best puck carriers in these parts&hellip;Out of Saint John and Moncton comes word that both clubs will be stronger than a year, ago.</p><p>Little has come out of Amherst, where the baby of the Big Four has lined up 10 imports, with special permission from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and a number of Maritime players. Amherst will be starting from scratch but figure to do well, as all newcomers are highly recommended.</p><p>No Maritime centre is richer in hockey lore than Amherst. Here some of the greats of these parts cavorted in their youth. Amherst sent Bill (Red) Stuart to the National League; and Lester Lowther. Shermie White, a product of Amherst hockey, is with New Haven Eagles of the American League. Jack Twaddle, a stickhandling wizard in the days of seven man hockey, was born and brought up in Amherst. A star in those parts for some time was Ken Randall, who became the bad man of the National Hockey League.</p><h2>St. Mary&rsquo;s Doubtful</h2><p>Whether St. Mary&rsquo;s will have a junior team remains to be seen. Right now the club is concentrating on senior hockey. But if the seniors do well financially, the juniors will get the lift they need. Last season there wasn&rsquo;t enough money to finance two strong teams. St. Mary&rsquo;s represented the Maritimes in Memorial Cup play but it was a far cry from the power-packed aggregations that came out of this city in other years&hellip;Marty Barry, now in his fourth season In Halifax, Is a home town boy these days.</p><h2><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WORD KEY</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Murph’s Millionaires Fast Hitting Stride Under Pepperpot Kid

<p><b>President: Janies Norris</b></p><p><b>Manager: Jack Adams</b></p><p><b>Coach: Tommy Ivan</b></p><p><b>Trainers: &ldquo;Honey&rdquo; Walker & Carl Mattson</b></p><p><b>Publicity Director: Fred A. Huber Jr.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0256/895239-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="986" height="630"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Detroit Red Wings Roster

<p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>or the short time that Eddie Dorohoy was in the National Hockey League he will be long remembered as a guy with a lot of quips. Dorohoy Is now with the Cincinnati Mohawks but before he left the Montreal Canadiens he left a deep impression on Dick Irvin.</p><p>One morning after a hectic practice, Irvin gathered his charges in the dressing room and gave them a black board talk.</p><p>He pointed to each player as they sat around the room. &ldquo;You Riopelle, you&rsquo;ve only scored three goals, and you Mosdell, have only scored five goals and you Reardon have only scored one goal.&rdquo; Finally he got around to Eddie. &ldquo;And you Dorohoy, you haven&rsquo;t scored any goals yet.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I know,&rdquo; replied Dorohoy, &ldquo;and from the angle I&rsquo;ve been sitting on the bench, I&rsquo;m not likely to score any either.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Dorohoy 1-Up

<p>SAN DIEGO, Calif.&mdash;</p><p>Pacific Coast Hockey League activity in San Diego swung into high gear Tuesday night (Oct. 18) with the San Diego Skyhawks hosting the Fresno Falcons in the second game of the season at Glacier Garden.</p><p>Meanwhile, Coach Ducky Skinner had his Skyhawks on the road for a pair of games last weekend. Friday night the &lsquo;Hawks invaded the vast arena in Berkeley to battle the Oakland Oaks, then the next evening crossed the Bay to engage the San Francisco Shamrocks in the latter&rsquo;s postage stamp-size rink Several newcomers of the Skyhawk ranks this year already have found a place in the affections of loyal followers of the fast ice sport. Among these is Doug Maher, 145-pound defenseman, who can check with all the power of a much heavier man. Nearly 40 pounds lighter than his counter part, John Baby, Maher gives promise of becoming the most feared baekliner in the Southern Division of the circuit. Flashy Maurice Vaillancourt also is racing at top speed.</p><p>Other newcomers who have made a good Impression first off are Center Pete Wywrot, wellknown in former years as a star with the Oaklands Oaks; Center Fred Weaver, up from Ft. Worth, and Right Winger Bill Cupolo, who saw service once with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Newcomers Keep ’Hawk Hopes Hot As Coast Sked Off To Fast Hop

<div class="byline">By FRED W. EDWARDS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0250/895318-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="306" height="474"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Once Played</i></b></p><p><b>LYLE Z. WRIGHT</b></p></figcaption></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.&mdash;</p><p>Not only will the Minneapolis Millers of the United States Hockey League be presenting one of Minnesota&rsquo;s Alltime hockey and football greats in defenseman Johnny Mariucci, among others of their almost completely revamped roster this year, but they will also be bringing back a number of sports celebrities in their recently appointed directorate.</p><p>Any team is as good as the men behind it no matter what league they play in, and in this respect, the Minneapolis Millers, with the most promising list of prospects in their history, have been singularly fortunate in securing several of America&rsquo;s foremost athletes in their heyday to direct and shape their destiny.</p><p>Together with the news that Bill Cook will be returning as coach for the fourth year&mdash;a stated policy to give Minneapolis a young, fast-skating, and well balanced club and an executive of prominent businessmen and former athletes, it would seem as if the Hockey Millers are off to a flying start for the 1949-50 season.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0178/895325-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="134" height="255"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 134px">Bill Cook</figcaption></div><p>George M. Drake, chairman, head on Johnson, Drake and Piper Inc., contractors, always had a soft spot in his heart for sports and has done much to foster and support them.</p><p>George Heller, secretary-treasurer of Johnson, Drake and Piper Inc., contractors, and also an ardent sports enthusiast. As one of the Minneapolis Athletic club, he has served actively as a member of the Athletic committee for several years.</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>President Once Played</h2><p>Lyle Wright, president, manages the Minneapolis Arena and is a former hockey player, getting his start in the game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and later participating and starring for Minneapolis in the days of the old Minneapolis League.</p><p>Eddie Lynch, vice-president, associate of the Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane Stock brokers organization, was All-American &ldquo;End&rdquo; at Dartmouth College. Later he coached Ends at Dartmouth, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin and also the University of Iowa.</p><p>Stephen A. Duffy, director, president of Haji Hardware, has been a hockey fan for more years then he cares to remember.</p><h2>Versatile Directors</h2><p>Totten Heffelfinger, director, president of the VanDusen and Harrington company, starred with both the football and track team during his term at Yale University. Besides being a| hockey enthusiast of the first water, he is also Vice-president of the United States Golf Association.</p><p>Frank E. McNally, director chairman of the board and general manager of the B. F. Nelson Manufacturing Company, once made the cinders fly on the University of Minnesota Track team, being a member of a winning combination in the one mile relay at the famous Penn relays. He has been interested in hockey for many years, and one of his cherished hopes is to see the Millers come up with a winner.</p><p>Ed Pillsbury director, vicepresident Grain Division of Pillsbury Mills Inc., was a hockey star at Yale, being a member of the championship team of 1934. He also participated with Yale in the first exhibition games to be played between Yale and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, winning two straight.</p><h2>Lots Of Incentive</h2><p>Arthur Rand, director, associate of Woodard-Elwood Company, investment dealers, was a hockey player at Hill School and also a boxer and football player of no mean repute at the University of Virginia. He rates hockey number one in the action parade.</p><p>Joseph F. Ringland, director, president of the Northwestern National Bank, hails from Montana. Always sports-minded, he has done much to foster and encourage clean, healthy recreation.</p><p>Edward A. Schlaunpp, president of Schlampp Furs company, is a former North High School track and hockey star, winning his letter in both sports.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Millers Strategy Trust All Rabid Sports Fans

<div class="byline">By SAM BRECK</div><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>ith the opening of the new, 4,000 seat, artificial ice rink on the campus of Michigan State College at East Lansing, approximately eighty miles northwest of Detroit, college hockey returned to Michigan State after an absence of nearly 20 years.</p><h2>Expanding Athletic Program</h2><p>The rink is a part of Michigan State College&rsquo;s athletic expansion program which saw the opening of a 55,000 capacity football stadium last fall.* Construction on the rink began early in 1948. The rink is housed in Demonstration Hall and is in the large hall formerly used for exhibitions of various descriptions.</p><h2>Huge Ice Surface</h2><p>The ice surface is approximately 200 feet by 80 feet, which is larger than some of the ice surfaces used by the professional leagues.</p><p>Demonstration Hall, called by students &ldquo;Dem Hall&rdquo;, is brick and steel construction throughout. The spectators are seated in a gallery on three sides of the rink with the players and officials below them. Besides a new lighting</p><p>EAST LANSING, Mich.&mdash;system, a checkroom, ticket windows, offices, and skate sharpening and skate rental services, a grill has been installed for the convenience of skaters.</p><h2>Team This Fall</h2><p>While no hockey games were scheduled for last season. MSC will ice a squad for the 1949-50 intercollegiate season. Coach of the Spartan pucksters is Harold Paulson; former University of Minnesota star, who comes to Michigan State after coaching at Thief River Falls, Minnesota.</p><p>The rink also provides public skating for a community of nearly 90,000 persons. Special hours for children&rsquo;s skating are also provided. In coming seasons, a full program of intramural hockey will be in operation at the rink.</p><p>Since Michigan State will become the third collegiate hockey team In the state, the other two being Michigan Tech at Houghton and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, perhaps some day a three-way rivalry will be born in the Wolverine state. Along with its many other fine athletic facilities, Michigan State College can be justly proud of its new rink.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

New Rink Brings Return Of Hockey To Michigan State

<p><b>President: Hon. Donat Raymond</b></p><p><b>Gen. Manager: Frank Selke</b></p><p><b>Coach: Dick Irvin</b></p><p><b>Trainer: Ernie Cook</b></p><p><b>Publicity Director: Camille Desroches</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-103/895404-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="981" height="817"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Montreal Canadiens Roster

<div class="byline">By HEC MacLEAN</div><p>CALGARY. Alta.&mdash;</p><p>The long Western Canada hockey season is in full swing and prospects point to a banner year in both the Western Junior and Senior Leagues. As usual all coaches are confident they have strong contenders this year and it will take a few weeks to determine the weak sextets from the stronger ones.</p><p>The race should be keen in both circuits. Edmonton is the only club in the circuit that hasn&rsquo;t several different players from last year. Flyers dropped a bombshell when it was recently reported&mdash;although not officially but from a good source&mdash;that the Alberta capital was laying out no less than $7,000 for goaltender Ray Frederick, former Brandon Wheat King ace.</p><p>Another new player is Steve Latoski, formerly with Lethbridge Maple Leafs. Flyers, however, will be without Morey Rimstad, elusive pivot man of the past couple of season.</p><p>Calgary Stampeders h&rsquo;a.ve placed the stress on younger players and this year sport the cream of the crop of last year&rsquo;s junior Buffaloes, Western finalists.</p><p>Art Somers seems to have enough veterans from last year&rsquo;s Allan Cup finalist squad to turn out a threat for Regina again this year and many think Capitals will be tougher than last season. Regina won the loop championship last term but folded badly in the Cup final against Ottawa Senators, winning only one game.</p><p>Saskatoon Quakers appear to have a hot club on paper and if the team shows the same strength on the ice the Saskatchewan club probablywon&rsquo;t in cellar position this year. For the past three seasons Quakers have been out of the picture halfway through the schedule and a strong team from Saskatoon certainly would add punch to the loop.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Coaches Confident, Fans Keen As Western Loop Off Racing

<h2><b>OCTOBER</b></h2><p>14 &mdash; Edmonton at Calgary</p><p>Saskatoon at Regina</p><p>15 &mdash; Calgary at Edmonton</p><p>Regina at Saskatoon</p><p>18 &mdash; Edmonton at Saskatoon</p><p>19 &mdash; Edmonton at Regina</p><p>21 &mdash; Edmonton at Saskatoon</p><p>Regina at Calgary</p><p>25 &mdash; Saskatoon at Edmonton</p><p>28 &mdash; Emonton at Calgary</p><p>Saskatoon at Regina</p><p>29 &mdash; Regina at Saskatoon</p><p>Calgary at Edmonton</p><h2><b>NOVEMBER</b></h2><p>1 &mdash; Calgary at Regina</p><p>2 &mdash; Calgary at Saskatoon</p><p>4 &mdash; Calgary at Regina</p><p>5 &mdash; Regina at Saskatoon</p><p>7 &mdash; Regina at Edmonton</p><p>9 &mdash; Regina at Calgary</p><p>10 &mdash; Edmonton at Saskatoon</p><p>11 &mdash; Edmonton at Regina</p><p>12 &mdash; Saskatoon at Calgary</p><p>14 &mdash; Saskatoon at Edmonton</p><p>16 &mdash; Regina at Edmonton</p><p>18 &mdash; Edmonton at Calgary</p><p>19 &mdash; Regina at Saskatoon</p><p>Calgary at Edmonton</p><p>21 &mdash; Saskatoon at Regina</p><p>22 &mdash; Calgary at Saskatoon</p><p>23 &mdash; Calgary at Regina</p><p>25 &mdash; Edmonton at Calgary</p><p>26 &mdash; Calgary at Edmonton</p><p>30 &mdash; Calgary at Edmonton</p><p>Saskatoon at Regina</p><h2><b>DECEMBER</b></h2><p>2 &mdash; Saskatoon at Calgary</p><p>3 &mdash; Saskatoon at Edmonton</p><p>5 &mdash; Saskatoon at Calgary</p><p>7 &mdash; Calgary at Regina</p><p>8 &mdash; Calgary at Saskatoon</p><p>9 &mdash; Regina at Edmonton</p><p>10 &mdash; Regina at Calgary</p><p>13 &mdash; Calgary at Saskatoon</p><p>14 &mdash; Calgary at Regina</p><p>15 &mdash; Regina at Saskatoon</p><p>16 &mdash; Edmonton at Calgary</p><p>17 &mdash; Saskatoon at Edmonton</p><p>19 &mdash; Saskatoon at Calgary</p><p>20 &mdash; Edmonton at Regina</p><p>21 &mdash; Edmonton at Saskatoon</p><p>23 &mdash; Edmonton at Regina</p><p>26 &mdash; Regina at Saskatoon</p><p>Calgary at Edmonton</p><p>28 &mdash; Regina at Calgary</p><p>29 &mdash; Regina at Edmonton</p><p>30 &mdash; Calgary at Saskatoon</p><h2><b>JANUARY</b></h2><p>2 &mdash; Edmonton at Calgary</p><p>Saskatoon at Regina</p><p>4 &mdash; Saskatoon at Edmonton</p><p>6 &mdash; Saskatoon at Calgary</p><p>7 &mdash; Saskatoon at Edmonton</p><p>10 &mdash; Calgary at Saskatoon</p><p>11 &mdash; Calgary at Regina</p><p>13 &mdash; Edmonton at Calgary</p><p>Saskatoon at Regina</p><p>14 &mdash; Calgary at Edmonton</p><p>Regina at Saskatoon</p><p>17 &mdash; Edmonton at Regina</p><p>18 &mdash; Edmonton at Saskatoon</p><p>20 &mdash; Regina at Edmonton</p><p>21 &mdash; Regina at Calgary</p><p>23 &mdash; Regina at Edmonton</p><p>24 &mdash; Calgary at Saskatoon</p><p>25 &mdash; Calgary at Regina</p><p>27 &mdash; Saskatoon at Regina</p><p>28 &mdash; Calgary at Edmonton</p><p>30 &mdash; Edmonton at Calgary</p><p>Regina at Saskatoon</p><h2><b>FEBRUARY</b></h2><p>1 &mdash; Edmonton at Regina</p><p>2 &mdash; Edmonton at Saskatoon</p><p>4 &mdash; Regina at Calgary</p><p>6 &mdash; Regina at Edmonton</p><p>8 &mdash; Edmonton at Regina</p><p>9 &mdash; Edmonton at Saskatoon</p><p>10 &mdash; Regina at Calgary</p><p>11 &mdash; Regina at Edmonton</p><p>13 &mdash; Saskatoon at Regina</p><p>14 &mdash; Calgary at Saskatoon</p><p>15 &mdash; Calgary at Regina</p><p>17 &mdash; Saskatoon at Calgary</p><p>18 &mdash; Saskatoon at Edmonton</p><p>20 &mdash; Regina at Calgary</p><p>21 &mdash; Edmonton at Saskatoon</p><p>22 &mdash; Edmonton at Regina</p><p>24 &mdash; Saskatoon at Calgary</p><p>25 &mdash; Saskatoon at Edmonton</p><p>27 &mdash; Saskatoon at Calgary</p><h2><b>MARCH</b></h2><p>1 &mdash; Saskatoon at Regina</p><p>3 &mdash; Calgary at Edmonton</p><p>4 &mdash; Edmonton at Calgary</p><p>Regina at Saskatoon<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

W.C.H.L. SCHEDULE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0165/895483-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="642" height="926"></div><p><b>(Solution Next Week)</b></p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1 Right winger pictured in center.</p><p>4 This is often &ldquo;iced.&rdquo;</p><p>7 Month in which &ldquo;Sugar Jim&rdquo; Henry celebrates birth (abbr).</p><p>8 Short for first name of Bruins&rsquo; general manager.</p><p>9 With (prefix).</p><p>11 Initials of the famous Lach.</p><p>12 Nickname of Omaha club with which 1 Across made pro debut.</p><p>14 Half an em.</p><p>15 Nickname of Heller, one-time Ranger, now A.H.L. coach.</p><p>16 Initials of Mario, Hershey center.</p><p>17 Pronoun.</p><p>19 Whitey Prokop once played for Atlantic City&mdash;Gulls.</p><p>20 Initials of the famed &ldquo;Hooley&rdquo; Smith.</p><p>21 What Smith, Bruin left winger, is called.</p><p>23 Pictured star plays home games &mdash; Olympia Arena.</p><p>24 Number of N.H.L. clubs for which &ldquo;Porky&rdquo; Dumart has played.</p><p>26 Left winger for Cleveland Barons.</p><p>30 Nickname of Referee Smith of A.H.L.</p><p>32 Home state of A.H.L. Hornets (abbr.).</p><p>33 What the famous Griffis, old-time player, was called.</p><p>34 Otherwise.</p><p>35 What Terry Sawchuk guards.</p><p>36 Club for which pictured star plays.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1 Sport that brought 1 Across fame.</p><p>2 Winner of Hart and Lady Byng Trophies, 1947-48.</p><p>3 Pictured player&rsquo;s is 185 pounds (abbr.).</p><p>4 Winner of Hart Trophy, 1943-44.</p><p>5 Utah (abbr).</p><p>6 One of A.H.L. champions, 1948-49.</p><p>10 Ken Mosdell was born 27 years</p><p>13 Pictured player&rsquo;s is 5&prime; 11&Prime; (abbr.).</p><p>16 Playing surface for 1 Down is about 200 ft. long.</p><p>18 Tuose who escort patrons to seats in arena.</p><p>19 What pucksters must do well.</p><p>22 First name of pictured star.</p><p>25 Short for first name of &ldquo;Snuffy&rdquo; Smith.</p><p>27 Jim Conacher is one by birth.</p><p>28 Any hockey great.</p><p>29 Initials of Silvestri, Kansas City player.</p><p>31 Initials of &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Reynolds, A.H.L. referee.</p><p>35 Symbol for germanium.</p><p>36 Behold!<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<p><b>The BLACK HORSE &ldquo;Do You Know&rdquo; Advisory Panel</b></p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0240/895556-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="122" height="152"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 122px"><p><b>TED REEVE</b></p><p>well-known sports writer</p></figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0323/895549-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="170" height="159"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>LOUIS BOURDON</b></p><p>prominent radio singer and master of ceremonies</p></figcaption></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0418/895542-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="113" height="153"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 113px"><p><b>RICHARD PENNINGTON</b></p><p>University Librarian, McGill University</p></figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0516/895535-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="137" height="149"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 137px"><p><b>GREGORY CLARK</b></p><p>distinguished columnist</p></figcaption></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-068/895528-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="147" height="145"></div><p>The &lsquo;Sequoia gigantea&rsquo;, a California Redwood tree, is the largest existing living thing. Towering hundreds of feet into the air the base of this conifer exceeds the width of many a city street. One of its branches, when measured, was found to be 140 feet long, with a diameter of over 6 feet!</p><p><b>Do You Know&hellip;</b> that the &lsquo;Sequoia gigantea&rsquo; and others of the species are judged, according to the annual rings, to be nearly 4,000 years old? Fossils reveal that the genus &lsquo;Sequoia&rsquo; had almost universal distribution some 30 million years ago!</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-077/895521-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="203" height="179"></div><p><b>Do You Know&hellip;</b> that the seeds of the &lsquo;Sequoia gigantea&rsquo; are so tiny that it would take 90,000 of them to weigh one pound? And yet, when grown, the thickness and resistance of its bark enables it to survive forest fires that easily kill most other trees!</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-087/895514-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="174" height="196"></div><p><b>Do You Know&hellip;</b> that a man with an axe would need about five months to chop down a single large redwood!</p><p><b>Do You Know</b> any interesting and unusual facts? Our &ldquo;Advisory Panel&rdquo; will pay $25 for any authenticated readers&rsquo; submissions if they are usable. All letters become our property. Write Black Horse Brewery, Station L, Montreal, P.Q.</p><p><b>DAWES BLACK HORSE BREWERY</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Do You Know…

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0321/895587-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0191/895601-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="144" height="161"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0233/895594-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="139" height="163"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he 1949-50 All-Star game provided plenty of thrills for the thousands of fans who were lucky enough to see the game, however some of the All-Star players didn&rsquo;t exactly make Turk Broda&rsquo;s work so thrilling. Here are three pictures taken during the All-Star festival. Top: Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard, starts plaguing Broda before the 1949-50 schedule even gets under way. Trying to take him out of the play are Bill Juzda, Jimmy Thomson and Harry Watson. Center: Syl Apps, ex-Toronto Maple Leaf player, and Vice-President of the N.H.L. Pensions Society, presents All-Star defenseman Bill Quackenbush with <i>a</i> cigarette lighter. Bottom: Paul Ronty of the All-Stars keeps Broda hopping around the Leafs cage and once again Juzda and Thomson desperately try to cover up their goaler. Stars won the game, their third in a row, 3-1.</b></p></div><div style="clear: both;"><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></div>

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October 22, 1949

Will Bruins Be Sorry Colorful Pat Is Gone?

Passing the Puck

EGAN THE GREAT

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