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November 5, 1949

The Hockey News November 5, 1949

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0290/974931-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg"></div>When the oil tanker Elkhound burst into flames at the Newcastle dock, terrific explosions ripped through her decks. A tug towed the vessel out to midstream, well away from the oil tanks on the wharf, but there was still the danger of her drifting back to shore.Realizing this, Captain Weston went out in a launch and, refusing to allow anyone to accompany him, boarded the burning ship alone. Although the Captain was already suffering from burns, he proceeded to lower the anchor &mdash; knowing that another blast was possible at any moment. But his mission was successful and, hours later, the hulk sank.We are proud to present gallant Captain Gordon Weston with The Dow Award.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.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0373/974924-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="718" height="407"></div>DOW BREWERY = MONTREALLISTEN TO THE DOW AWARD SHOW, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY &mdash; 7.15 P.M. &mdash; CJAD &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

CAPTAIN BOARDS BLAZING SHIP TO DROP A-NCHOR

<div class="byline">By TRENT FRAYNE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0144/974134-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="278" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Foster Hewitt</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont&mdash;The drydocked sailors of the Royal Canadian Navy frequently got desperate during the recent unpleasantness as they sought to provide necessities for the sea-going branch. One of the weightier problems was binoculars.There were ads in the papers, pleas from the pulpits, exhortations by the auxiliaries and still there weren&rsquo;t enough binoculars forthcoming from the public to equip a myopic bookmaker.Finally, the drydock division hit upon Foster Hewitt as its medium. Would the people in charge of the Saturday night hockey broadcasts please put the bite on Canada?<h2>Hat Hacks and Fuses</h2>Hewitt, without resorting to supeilatives, made the announcement twice during the lulls in a Chicago-Leaf game (he had no trouble finding a lull in that one) and inside of four days the binoculars were pouring in. They kept coming. By the following Saturday it was necessary to make another announcement on the hockey broadcast: No more binoculars, pull-eese!I &ldquo;I&rsquo;d never had too much faith In polls and surveys (ed. note: This was before the 1948 Presidential election, too) but when those binoculars started pouring in I really was shaken,&rdquo; Hewitt says today. &ldquo;That made it obvious that a great many people listen.&rdquo;A great many people is right. Conservative estimates place Hewitt&rsquo;s listening total at a minimum of two million in Canada and an additional inestimable number in the United States. He now gets as much weekly mail fom the U.S. as from Canada and if that&rsquo;s an indication then he has another two million-plus listeners there.There is a tendency to take Hewitt for granted in Toronto fa prophet is without etc.) but outside of his home grounds he is the world&rsquo;s greatest hockey salesman. Of the 200 to 300 letters a week that are directed to his long, narrow office on the third floor of Maple Leaf Gardens, a good percentage are from people who want to know more about the game. They are intrigued by his description, they want some fundamentals to help them better appreciate what&rsquo;s going on beneath the gondola.One day he got a letter from Le&rdquo; Cook, then coach of the Houston Huskies, down in Texas. &lsquo;&lsquo;Can you send a recording of a broad. cast?&rdquo; asked Cook, in effect. &ldquo;The sports announcers down here want to know how to do it.&rdquo;<h2>His Fan Mail</h2>A more remarkable manifestation of Hewitt&rsquo;s salesmanship was evidenced last season in Buffalo. A fan wrote Foster that he&rsquo;d been listening for years and he&rsquo;d finally decided to go see an NHL game. He watched two or three, became anamored of the Boston Bruins and now is a subscriber at the Boston Garden. He travels to Boston from Buffalo for all Bruin home games.&ldquo;The avid fans are in Western Canada,&rdquo; says Foster. &ldquo;In Toronto it&rsquo;s mostly an evening&rsquo;s entertainment; out west, they&rsquo;re dyed-in-the-wool fans. They gather in groups of 20 or 30 to listen. They frequently voice their sentiments in letters and their reactions are very intense.&rdquo;Three military academies have written Hewitt this year requesting tins and guidance on hockey broadcasting.During playoffs he always gets three or four dozen rabbit&rsquo;s feet with instructions to pass them along to favorite players or to Coach Hap Day or to the coach of the visiting club.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0235/974127-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="2303" height="2055"></div>&ldquo;I even got one pair of rabbit&rsquo;s feet which a fellow had obviously just chopped off,&rdquo; recalls Hewitt. &ldquo;They were still gooey.&rdquo;<h2>Hey &mdash; What&rsquo;s This?</h2>Most ornate of all the gifts he has received is a hat-rack carved in the shape of a wooden shield with a maple leaf nicked into it. It contains just one hook, no more, and that has a story to it.Hewitt happened to comment during a broadcast that he never wears a hat while working, that he does wear a coat but that he finds a hat-band binding. A week later the wooden shield arrived with its single hook. Attached was a note: &lsquo;&lsquo;Since you don&rsquo;t wear a hat this hook will do for your coat.&rdquo;Another time Hewitt worked himself into a high state of excitement in describing a ganging attack in the dying seconds of a game and when the puck went into the net his voice made with the high C like a startled Lily Pons.Calming quickly, he observed a little self-consciously: &ldquo;Well, I all but blew a fuse on that one.&rdquo;Inevitably, the postman, muttering testily, was inundated with packages addressed to Hewitt. All were fuses. &ldquo;I never knew there were so many different kinds of fuses,&rdquo; relates Hewitt.One of the more remarkable aspects of this 46-year-old supersalesman of hockey is that he has not missed a single broadcast since the Saturday night string began in 1935. He has often made a broadcast while suffering from influenza and reported one game with a temperature of 103. Only once has he come close to missing his gondola appointment.<h2>Kill Or Cure</h2>That was in 1936, when the Leafs were locked in a Stanley Cup playoff with the Montreal Maroons. When Hewitt awakened on the morning of the final game and opened his mouth to speak, all that came out was a startled squawk.His hurried telephone call brought a doctor, who diagnosed laryngitis. The doctor added that it was nothing serious and that his voice would return in three or four days. In barely intelligible croaks, Hewitt conveyed the importance of the evening&rsquo;s mission, and the doctor set to work.He rigged a pail of steaming water and balsam and placed it at the foot of a chair. He sat his stricken patient into the chair, his head bent forward over the pail. Around Hewitt&rsquo;s hunched shoulders he placed a heavy doollen blanket.&ldquo;Stay in there the rest of the day,&rdquo; he instructed. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t open your mouth&mdash;and keep that water piping hot.&rdquo;Hewitt did. At 6 o&rsquo;clock he emerged, drank coffee, bundled himself into heavy clothes, and went to the Gardens. A Montreal announcer had been flown in and was standing by. By 15 minutes before the broadcast, Hewitt had lost eight pounds, was going through all the horrors of hell as the nervous tension mounted. More than two million people were waiting to hear his voice, and after 12 hours as an absolute mute, the perspiring, nearly frantic Hewitt didn&rsquo;t know if he had a syllable in his larynx.<h2>The Voice Comes Out</h2>The seconds ticked off. He got his cue, opened his mouth.&ldquo;Hello Canada and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland &hellip;&rdquo; He was in.In recollection he smiles. &lsquo;&lsquo;I was nearly crazy in that last 15 minutes, but when we went on the air it was all right. My voice was shaky at first, but as the game wore on we warmed up. The Montreal announcer, still standing by, just in case, wasn&rsquo;t required to take over.&rdquo;Hewitt still has a stomachful of butterflies before every game. He eats little the day of a game, is tense all day. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just like waiting to make a speech,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;You sit at the head table and everybody&rsquo;s having a wonderful time but you. You can&rsquo;t touch your food and your stomach nerves are having a picnic.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hewitt A Byword In Hockey

Everybody has heard about the great Jean Pusie who once played for the Montreal Canaadiens.Pusie also played for the old Boston Clubs. It was while he was in their line up that fans got their greatest kick from him.The coach of the club knew that he had a terrific shot and so he always picked on Pusie to take the penalty shots. Jean always wore a black cap and one night when he was about to take such a penalty shot, he skated up to the opposing goaler, shook his hand, as if in sympathy, skated gracefully to center ice, tipped his black cap, then skated in on the startled goaler and blasted the puck past him. &#9632;

TOP OF ‘EM ALL

KANSAS CITY, Mo. &mdash; Sugar Jim Henry is no old clothes man off the ice &mdash; but he does lean a little toward that something old when the chips are down. The ex National Leaguer who is doing a very acceptable job of tending goal for the Kansas City Mohawks is still wearing a pair of pants he got from New York Rangers years ago. He doesn&rsquo;t claim they are his &ldquo;lucky pants&rdquo; but does say they&rsquo;re &lsquo;darned comfortable &mdash; and no one would grab them, they&rsquo;re so doggoned old.&rdquo;&mdash;RANDOLPH &#9632;

Sugar’s Old ‘Sack’

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0130/975623-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0221/975616-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="233" height="367"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dirk Irvin</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.The new seventy games schedule, which was adopted by the National Hockey League this season, has been given a careful going over by hockey&rsquo;s experts. There are varied opinions on the subject and many agree that the 70 games is far in excess to what a player can go at his best. Those who believe it is too many games are just waiting for the chance to pounce on those who delivered the larger schedule with the old &lsquo;I told you so&rdquo; line.The limited 18 man squad excluding the goaler, has caused considerable comment, especially since the Injury jinx is beginning to dig its teeth into the clubs who can least afford to have their best players sitting out games. Last week Conn Srnythe, Mr. Toronto, called for more men in order to get through the heavier list of games.However Dick Irvin, grey haired pigeon and dog fancier and-also coach of the Montreal Canadiens, doesn&rsquo;t believe that more men will be needed. He plainly advised us to &ldquo;wait until we play the games before pasing judgment.&rdquo;&ldquo;Why all the fuss, all we&rsquo;re doing is playing ten extra games. If players of today can&rsquo;t play an extra ten game# they shouldn&rsquo;t be in the league.&ldquo;And you newspapermen,&rdquo; said Irvin, &ldquo;you&rsquo;re all beefing. You&rsquo;ve got us playing the extra games before we even get to them. We&rsquo;ve played eight games and have 62 more to go, now why not wait until we&rsquo;re into the extra games before you start writing the wrong things.&rdquo;Actually Irvin figures that his players will not be playing, more hockey than in other years. With an 18 man team it means carrying four lines instead of three. Players will not be on the ice as much as before. With four lines it means 15 minutes of hockey for each line, and with three lines they played 20 minutes of hockey per game. &#9632;

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“70 GAMES NO TROUBLE-IRVIN”

The greatest, most complete hockey record book of all-time is now available to hockey fans everywhere. This terrific 250-page book is fresh off the press and orders are pouring in rapidly &mdash; so don&rsquo;t take a chance of being late, send for the book today. There is a limited supply of these books and they will distributed on a first come&mdash;first served basis.Send a $1.00 to the:Official N.H.L. Record Book 603A Sun Life Building Montreal, Canada.Entered as second class matter June 194 8, at the Post Office In Buffalo, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price 52.50 In Canada, 53.50 in U.8.A. &#9632;

NHL Official Record Book Off the Press

QUESTION:&mdash;&ldquo;If You Were The Owner Of An N.H.L. Club And Could Buy Any Player In The League, What Player Would You Buy?&rdquo;Place: Boston GardenArthur Gott, 257 Pulton street, Medford, Mass.&mdash;A Salesman:&ldquo;Richard&mdash;going away! He&rsquo;s the fastest player in the league and you need plenty of speed in hockey nowadays. Even when he has a bum year, he&rsquo;s always dangerous. He&rsquo;s so good that most teams usually assign two players to cover him. He&rsquo;s murder to any club.&rdquo;Andre Trembley, 1085 Old River road, Manville, R.I.&mdash;Interior Decorator:&ldquo;I think I&rsquo;d take Max Bentley. He&rsquo;s been steady all along and has been one of the high scorers ever since he came into the National Hccke League. Max is very fast and elusive which makes him a hard man to check. He&rsquo;s clever, too, all of which makes him just about the best player in hockey.&rdquo;Evelyn Shoulder, Sommerville, Mass.&mdash;Office Worker: &lsquo;&ldquo;If I owned a National Hockey League club and could buy any player in the game, I&rsquo;d purchase Pat Egan. I like his rushes up the Ice. Pat is very colorful and whenever he&rsquo;s on the ice, you see plenty of action. Egan has loads of spirit and drive, something every team needs.&rdquo;Bill Falasca, 9 Range road, Nahant, Mass.&mdash;Surface Grinder:&ldquo;I&rsquo;d take Bill Durnan. A great goalie nowadays is the most valuable asset to a team. Durnan is one of the best ever. He&rsquo;s very clever and knows the weaknesses of every player in the league. Above all, he&rsquo;s a team player. The Canadiens would be lost without him.&rdquo;Eddie Cosgrove, Owencroft road, Dorchester, Mass. &mdash; Accounting Clerk:&ldquo;Ronty would be my choice. He&rsquo;s still young and has a long way to go. He has reached stardom already and will become one of the game&rsquo;s all-time greats. No one else comes close, in my opinion.&rdquo;Dick Barwise, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.&mdash;Student:&ldquo;Richard is my man. Maurice has everything&mdash;speed and ability. Put a player like him on a line with a center like Schmidt, and what a line you would have!&rdquo;Frank McCormack, 46 N street, South Boston, Mass.&mdash;R. R, Worker:&lsquo;&lsquo;I would take Pat Egan, a great all-round player. He is a hustler all the way. When he is on the ice, he peps a team up and gives them a lift. Pat is always a scoring threat while playing defense.&rdquo;Eleanor Aliearn, Dorchester, Mass.&mdash;Insurance Clerk:&ldquo;I&rsquo;d buy Kenny Reardon, a rough and - tumble defenseman who has a lot of class and ability. He is a menace to enemy forwards and keeps them off balance all the time. He is the number one defenseman in the league.&rdquo; &#9632;

WHAT THE FANS SAY!

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, III.&mdash;All the Irish hockey fans in Detroit &mdash; and many of the others &mdash; have their particular hero among the Red Wings. Some of the more sentimental sons of Erin, with this boy in mind, even have, brought up an old-country toast:Here&rsquo;s to bould PatrickA foine rovin&rsquo; blade,He&rsquo;ll never retrateFrom the bat of a spade.It fits the Red Wings&rsquo; bold Patrick &mdash; Leonard Patrick Kelly. He does some fine roving bladework for Detroit. And, he&rsquo;s never shown a sign of retreat from the bat of a spade&mdash;or hockey stick, as it&rsquo;s known around here.Just the same, until this season, the delegation from Old Corktown have been a bit worried. Leonard Patrick, better known as Red, hadn&rsquo;t been acting altogether in the way they believed natural.For a strapping big youngster with a good Irish name and a shock of fiery red hair, he didn&rsquo;t seem to be making enough trouble of his own. Red wasn&rsquo;t showing the fighting traits of a race noted for its belligerence.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0331/974058-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="267" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Stewart</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0423/974051-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="263" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Ivan</figcaption></div><h2>Once A Fighter</h2>Irishmen in the crowd will be relieved to know it wasn&rsquo;t always so. Kelly was the light-heavy boxing champ In intra-mural ranks at St. Michael&rsquo;s College in Toronto. He even had been known to indulge fisticly at times in hockey.&ldquo;I used to lose my temper and fight, but I&rsquo;ve outgrown all that,&rdquo; Red says with the full dignity of his 21 years.Now, however, there may be some chamges. Kelly has been handed a few different assignments. He&rsquo;s been given the OK to turn on the heat. And, he&rsquo;s lost the pattern from which he copied his quiet ways on the ice.When Kelly first came up, Coach Tommy Ivan assigned him to pair on defense with Bill Quackenbush. Ivan blandly Instructed Red to &ldquo;play like Quack does&rdquo;.That&rsquo;s a tough order for any rookie. Quackenbush was, and still is recognized as master of the poke-check, perfectionist on defense, and an All-Star player.Red copied well. He, too, learned to do things the so-called &ldquo;easy&rdquo; way&mdash;steal the puck, stop the play without getting out of the play, dig in the corner with stick and skates, and hold penalties to a minimum.Everyone was left wondering about one fact: What if Red had been teamed with Jack Stewart and told to &lsquo;&lsquo;play the way Jack does&rdquo;?Now, it seems, we may find the answer. Quackenbush has left and the Detroit defense is being built around hard-hitting rugged customers like Stewart, Leo Reise, Clare Martin and Lee Fogolin.There were events in the first few games that bewildered some regular fans, brought a happy gleam to the eyes of Irishers, and amazed rival players. Kelly was happily handing out man - sized body checks. The boy was taking some good pieces, belting unsuspecting forwards in a way never shown before.Kelly also had a new job, one in which he was broken Into slightly late the season before. He has become one of the Wings&rsquo; chief penalty killers. It&rsquo;s work he likes.Red is a converted, but not reformed forward. He came to the Wings as a winger, was tried as a center, then left wing before dropping back to defense. His versatility has made him useful in emergencies, and his puck carrying and shooting ability made him more dangerous on defense.When the Wings have to kill a penalty, Kelly moves up front as a forward. Fast, strong, tireless and a digger, he combines the defensive and offensive smartness needed at such times.Using Kelly also is a break for I the Detroit offensive setup. Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay were the regular penalty killers when the score was close in recent seasons. By playing Kelly there, these two goal getters can enjoy more rest, and the front lines do not have to be broken up so much.Kelly represents a sweet payoff on a gamble by Manager Jack Adams and Ivan. They brought him up for a look straight from the junior OHA level. Although certain Kelly wasn&rsquo;t ready for the NHL, they gave him a chance. That was two years ago, and Red has been a regular ever since.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0519/974044-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="278" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jimmy Peters</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0612/974037-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="263" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Quackenbush</figcaption></div><h2>Overcame &ldquo;Sophomore Sag&rdquo;</h2>Last season Kelly overcame the well - known &ldquo;Sophomore Sag&rdquo; which often hits players in their second semester. He ripened with experience into a brilliant, all round first-flight hockey player.The only time Red has found himself skating on thin ice since coming to Detroit involved a minor traffic violation. He had to go to court. Since Stewart was the most experienced defenseman, naturally he took over the defense.Kelly listened with dismay as Stewart took repeated body checks on legal technicalities. The case lost, the judge warned Kelly to get another attorney, stating Stewart sounded more like a prosecutor.Then he pronounced sentence. The judge, however, was more lenient than NHL referees. Instead of a trip to the penalty box he fined Kelly two goals&mdash;to be delivered as early as possible on Olympia Ice.<h2>The Hockey News</h2>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September, by HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY, 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Entered as second class matter June 1, 1948, at the Post Office In Buffalo, N.Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price $2.50 in Canada, $3.50 in U.S.A. &#9632;

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Red Played Like Quack Now Copies Black Jack

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0144/974096-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">ERIN&rsquo;S BOYLEONARD &ldquo;RED&rdquo; KELLY</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0235/974089-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="262" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Trying to tag the reason for the disappointing start of the Detroit Red Wings is a tough task for Motor City fans. Winners of the NHL title last season, the Wings were doped to battle it out with Toronto&rsquo;s Cup champs for the crown this session.After two weeks, the Detroit brass hats were puzzled. Only consolation is that the situation was worse in Toronto. The Wings stood third in the standings, but the Maple Leafs were fourth.Schedule making gave Detroit a sizeable advantage at the start. The team opened with four straight home games, neatly spaced three and four days apart. So the Wings edged Boston, trounced New York, were humiliated by Toronto and lucky to tie Chicago. Certainly unsensatlonal.One of the most logical explanations is that the defense is weakened heavily. No team can lose its two best defenders, both of them All-Star men, and function at its old pace. Bill Quackenbush was traded to Boston, and Jack Stewart was stricken with lumbago after the second game.George Gee produced Detroit&rsquo;s first three goals, which was all the team got in the flist two games. In an effort to supply scoring strength, Coach Tommy Ivan took a step which certainly wasn&rsquo;t planned in pre-season.The potent Abel Line of a year ago was reunited. Abel, winner of the Hart Trophy, was put back at center with Wingers Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe. That unit made 66 goals last season, but was broken up to better balance other lines.The Big Three made a sparkling debut. They racked up four goals as the Wings really flew for the first time. That wasn&rsquo;t a guaranteed remedy, however, for the Abel Line went scoreless In the next appearance.Linking Abel-Lindsay-Howe is a gamble In other ways. While that trio pulled Detroit through the last 20 games of 1948-49 and the playoffs, they were all the offense the Wings could count. The rest of the forwards had one thing in common &mdash; a complete lack of scoring ability.The same might happen again. The Abel Line should be a constant threat, but will the others produce? One thing is certain &mdash; the addition of Pete Babando, Jim Peters and Steve Black does promise more power among the other lines, even if that power hasn&rsquo;t been shown yet.Black has been the happiest surprise. Picked up in a shuffle of minor - league material between Indianapolis and St. Louis, the husky left winger certainly has been of NHL calibre since the start.Like all the other forwards except the Big Three, Black hasn&rsquo;t been assigned definite teammates on a permanent line. But, he has looked better than some of the veterans, and is sure to stick.Ivan and Manager Jack Adams started dipping into their stock pile at an early date. Two players were called up from Indianapolis in the first two weeks.Defenseman A1 Dewsbury came as an emergency relief when Stewart became ailing, and sparkled at once. He&rsquo;ll stay a while. Left Wing Marty Pavelich, a regular last year, was ordered here to resume his old patrol.Only one man has been sent to the minors thus far, Jim Enio, who was swapped for Pavelich.Three others loom as ideal candidates, however. Defenseman Clare Martin, Centre Max McNab and Right Wing Fred Glover have seen little action. Apparently kept for the lack of anyone better, any of them might be whisked away should some farm club talent develop rapidly overnight. &#9632;

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Disappointing Wings Start, Very Puzzling

A hockey game lasts sixty minutes and is the only sport that provides sixty minutes of continual action.We have taken surveys of other sports and the results are surprising.Maybe you never realized it but do you know that in a big league baseball game that lasts an hour and a half there is exactly eleven minutes of sustained action.In hockey when the whistle is blown to halt play, the clock stops. Thus, there is sixty minutes of actual play.In baseball, the ball itself is in actual play only eleven minutes while the pitcher gets ready to pitch, the batter gets ready to bat, the fielders get ready to field, and so forth.In football, surveys prove that the ball is in play thirteen minutes of the required one hour. Rest of the time is consumed in the huddle, when passes fail and so on.That&rsquo;s one reason that the career of a big league hockey player averages seven years while baseball players hang around for ten and twelve seasons.The play is so fast and rugged that hockey players burn out faster. And what makes it tougher for club owners is that it&rsquo;s hard to come up with new players to take the place of the ones burned out. &#9632;

60 MINUTES OF ACTION

<div class="byline">by KEN MCKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01114/974245-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="319" height="457"></div>QMAHA KNIGHTS of the U.S.H.L. have one of the youngest teams in the history of pro hockey. Ten members of the club played for Windsor Spitfires, Junior O.H.A. team, the past two years &hellip; Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha look like the clubs to beat thus far in the Carl Voss loop &hellip; Scanning the new, sparkling edition of &ldquo;Inside the Blue Shirt,&rdquo; Stan Saplin&rsquo;s annual, one is impressed with the number of former New York Rangers now engaged in the coaching profession. We checked the list in the book&rsquo;s &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s Who&rdquo; section and found that 12 ex-Rangers are coaching pro sextets and another seven and perhaps more are guiding amateur teams, not to mention Murray Murdock, who holds forth at Yale &hellip; The pro mentors are Lynn Patrick, Rangers; Ott Heller, Indianapolis Caps; Neil Colville New Haven Ramblers; Bun Cook, Cleveland Barons; Earl Seibert, Springfield Indians; Leroy Goldsworthy, Buffalo Bisons; Clint Smith, St. Paul Saints; Bill Cook, Minnehpolis Millers; Babe Pratt, New Westminster Royals; Muzz Patrick, Tacoma Rockets; Bill Carse, Vancouver Canucks and Dutch Hiller, Los Angeles Monarchs. Among the amateurs, Art Somers coaches Regina Caps, Allan Cup finalists last year, while Kilby Macdonald, Phil Watson and Herb Poster have Baltimore, New York Rovers and Atlantic City respectively, in the Eastern Amateur League &hellip; &ldquo;Inside the Blue Shirt,&rdquo; incidentally, is available through the mails by sending 50 cents in coin, cheque or money order &mdash; no stamps &mdash; to Inside the Blue Shirt, Madison Square Garden, New York 19, N.Y. The Madison Square Garden Corporation pays mailing charges.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02106/974238-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="225" height="353"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dutch Hiller</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0352/974231-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="252" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">Earl Seibert</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0431/974224-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="262" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ott Heller</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0526/974217-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="257" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Burn Cook</figcaption></div>THE SIX N.H.L. captains this year are Milt Schmidt, Boston; Butch Bouchard, Canadiens; Doug Bentley, Chicago; Ted Kennedy, Toronto; Sid Abel, Detroit and Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, Rangers &hellip; With but one exception the captains are the same as last year &hellip; Only change takes place at Chicago where Doug Bentley has replaced Gaye Stewart as Black Hawk captain &hellip; Youngest forward line in the N.H.L. today is the Ed Sandford-Dave Creighton-Zellio Toppazzini trio. Creighton and Toppazzini are both 19 years of age, while Sandford is the oldie at 21 &hellip; This line has also been dubbed the High Line on account of all members being tall boys &hellip; Sandford is six foot, one inch tall, and Creighton and Toppazzini are each six feet even &hellip; No one has heard from Teddy Graham, the A.H.L. referee, for ages. It seems he is up north in the vicinity of the Hudson Bay prospecting &hellip; There are three United States-born players performing in the National Hockey League this season &hellip; Last year there were four but one of them, Bill Moe is no longer in the league having been traded to Hershey Bears of the A.H.L. The three U.S.-born players are Prank Brimsek, Chicago goalkeeper; Pete Babando, Detroit left winger and Normie Dussault, left wing of the Montreal Canadiens. Brimsek was born at Eveleth, Minn. Babando at Braeburn, Pa. and Dussault, at Springfield, Mass &hellip; Detroit Red Wings are the first N.H.L. club to take to the air this season. The Wings flew to Montreal from Chicago for their game against Canadiens on October 29. Immediately after the game they returned to Detroit by air for their return engagement with Canadians &hellip; So, when people say the Red Wings are really flying this year, they aren&rsquo;t kidding &hellip; Chicago Black Hawks also intend to fly to some of their games this year &hellip; The first four points made by Maurice Richard this season were all via the goal route &hellip;four points, four goals &hellip; Carl Liscombe, voted the &ldquo;Most Valuable Player&rdquo; in the American League last season will be presentee with the Les Cunningham Trophy, symbolic of the award, at St. Louis on November 8. It was the second year in a row that Liscombe had been voted the best in his league.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0620/974210-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="273" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Sandford</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0717/974203-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="261" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Carl Liscombe</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0816/974196-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="271" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dane Creighton</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0916/974189-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="260" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pete Babando</figcaption></div>FRANK BOUCHER CAME through with his usual early season prediction last week. Exceptionally adept at calling the finish of the N.H.L. teams for the last few years, Boucher picked his own New York Rangers to finish third this season &hellip; Rangers very well might do it this year, too. When they defeated Boston D-2 in the New York opener on October 26 it marked the first Ranger win on opening night since 19 42 &hellip; Rangers eked out a 4-3 overtime win over Montreal Canadiens in 1942&rsquo;s opener &hellip; Kenny Smith of Boston Bruins has two younger brothers playing hockey in the East. His brother Don plays for New York Rovers in the E.A.H.L., while brother &ldquo;Bunny&rdquo; plays for Montreal Nationales in the J.A.H.A. Kenny is only 5 feet, 7 inches in height and weighs 155 pounds &hellip; wars &hellip; Both brothers are six-footers and husky fellows, while tiny We attended a lovely supper honoring Kerr Petrie, dean of American hockey writers, in the wine cellar of Leone&rsquo;s following Rangers opener on October 26 &hellip; The testimonial supper was staged by the New York Hockey Writers Association and over 30 were in attendance. Petrie, one of the best liked of all hockey writers, is retiring from the New York Herald Tribune after 40 years newspaper service. Kerr covered hockey in New York back in the days of the old St. Nicholas rink &hellip; There are 15 former Eastern Ameteur Hockey League players performing in the National Hockey League today Each N.H.L. team has at least one former E.A.H.L.&rsquo;er on its roster. &#9632;

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Passing the Puck

<div class="byline">By DICK FORTUNE</div>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;Although training camp injuries dealt some solid body checks to our hockey plans for the season, the Hornets definitely are counting on making plenty of trouble for any and all contenders in the American Hockey League this year.Coach Bob Davidson has the youngest team ever to represent Pittsburgh but he is counting on the speed and hustle of the kids to more than make up for their inexperience.Bob is sure that veterans like John (Peanuts) O&rsquo;Flaherty, the team&rsquo;s captain; Pete Backor, all-star defense man for the past two years and Billy Benson will be able to stabilize the club and guide the youngsters wisely.Hardest blow of all was the loss of Aldege (Baz) Bastien, allstar goalie of the league for the past two years. Baz was a great &ldquo;quarter - back&rdquo; as well as a great netminder and his peppery chatter was a big factor in Hornet successses. Bastien&rsquo;s career in the nets was cut short when a flying puck injured his eye so badly that it had to be removed. However, he is remaining with the club to give valuable advice to his successor 20-year-old Gil Mayer.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1014/974276-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="276" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Davidson</figcaption></div>Mayer comes from Gatineau Mills, Que. and as goal-tender for the Barrie, Ont. Flyers last year was selected as the most valuable player in the O.H.A. He&rsquo;s a small fellow as goalies go but is a hustler and hockey experts predict he will make the grade.<h2>Strong On Defense</h2>The defense appears to be stronger than last year. One of the biggest strikes of the training season was the signing of young Tim Horton, a 19-year-old husky who is hailed as &ldquo;another Eddie Shore&rdquo; and was ranked as the No. 1 prospect. Tim is paired with Pete Backor to provide a rugged rearguard.The reliable Buddy Kemp is back and has been teamed with both Johnny Arundel, another husky rookie and Robby Robertson from the speedy Toronto Marlboros. Frank Mathers, the stylish defenseman, was ticketed for Pittsburgh but moved up to the Toronto Leafs when Gus Mortson broke his ankle. Phil Samis is also expected in the fold.O&rsquo;Flaherty has been flying ever since camp opened and appears to be ready for his greatest season. There is no wiser head in hockey than &ldquo;Ofey&rdquo; and he is at his best when the going is toughest. Peanuts is on a forward line with Les Costello, a speed boy, and Eldy Kobussen, who came along great last year after a slow start.Rudy Migay, regarded by many experts as the top rookie last season, is center on the second line which has Bob Solinger, young star obtained from Cleveland and Ray Hannigan, a flashy rookie from the Marlboros.With the veteran Pete Langelle sidelined with a broken ankle bone, Church Russell has been center on the third line. Russell, another ex-Baron, has been showing great form and will be moved to a wing berth when Petere returns. Meanwhile Church is working smoothly with Bill Benson and Andy Barbe.&ldquo;So far,&rdquo; Coach Davidson said, &ldquo;everybody on the squad has been hustling and looking good. I feel sure we will do all right when the season gets underway. Our new men all rate above the usual average for amateurs breaking into the pro game and every one of them seem sure of clinching a regular job. It&rsquo;s a long way to Calder Cup time but I feel sure we will be up there.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hornets Come A-buzzin’ Never Call ‘em Cousin!

DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;The 1949-50 season hasn&rsquo;t offered any more happiness so far than did the 1948-49 campaign for the Windsor Ryancretes. Ryancrete joined the International Hockey League last season, and was distinguished by a complete lack of success. In 81 games, Ryancrete won none. The final record was 26 defeats and five ties.After one week this season Ryancrete reluctantly has extended its nonwinning streak to 84. One more defeat and two more ties went into the books. &#9632;

Winless Wonders

HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;The supply of top-flight hockey players should get better and better from now on, according to coaches Buck Boucher of Boston, Don Penniston of Hershey and Jack Riley of Tulsa. The trio figures that this is actually the first season when players have come up to pro camps with a thorough grounding right from pee-wee ranks through all the stages. Up to now, the boys coming up haven&rsquo;t had uninterrupted records, because of the disruptions caused by the war. &#9632;

Dearth Over?

<div class="byline">By DAVE FARRELL</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;You know, it&rsquo;s a funny thing, but human nature being what it is, it is very difficult for any of us to ever admit we&rsquo;re wrong. Sportswriters, since they are the so-called sages of the sporting events they cover, find it especially difficult and embarrassing to make any such admission to their readers.Although the hockey season is still young and anything can happen before the playoffs get underway in the spring, we&rsquo;re seen enough of the Boston Bruins to know that we have wronged, them in passing our premature judgement on them.It all started on August 15th when the Boston team sent Fete Babando, Jimmy Peters, Clare Martin and a couple of minor leaguers to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Bill Quackenbush and Pete Horeck. The deal seemed okay from a Boston viewpoint even though Babando was one of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s most promising forwards and had scored more than 40 goals in his freshman and sophomore years in the league.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0165/974369-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="658" height="1818"><figcaption class="caption-body">New Lease&ldquo;MOE&rdquo; HENDERSON</figcaption></div><h2>They Couldn&rsquo;t Lose!</h2>After all, the Bruins had acquired an All-Star defenseman in Quackenbush and a real hustler in the person of Horeck. What could they lose by such a trade?Then came the deal that sent Frankie Brimsek to the Black Hawks for a reported $25,000. This was expected and had been on the fire since spring when Brimmy requested the trade so that he might be nearer his business and family. But it was hoped that the Bruins could at least get some fairly-good forward in return from the Chicago club instead of a solid cash payment.When the deal was completed, a good portion of Boston fandom hoped that the locals would purchase Red Henry from Hershey instead of relying on rookie Jack Gelineau who looked a trifle shaky in the Boston net during his short tenure there last season.A month ago, the Bruins surprised everyone by trading popular Pat Egan and scrappy Knobby Warwick. The Egan trade itself was not a surprise for it is a well known fact that he had been on the block for the past three years despite his proficiency ae an offensive-defensive rearguard. However, it seemed astonishing at the time that the Boston club again failed to acquire a good forward in the exchange. They did get Billy Moe who was immediately shipped down the river to Hershey.<h2>Real Puzzler</h2>The Warwick trade was quite puzzling. A 20-goal-a-year man and a great competitor, Grant was sold to the Canadiens for cash. It is difficult to ascertain why. The Boston team is not strong at right wing. The Bruins do have Peirson, one of the best right wings in the league. But they also have Pete Horeck and Eddie Harrison&mdash;two players who shoot from the left side&mdash;playing right wing.The Warwick deal was preceded by a three-week period during which his status with the Bruins was shrouded in an air of mystery. Just prior to the opening of the pre-season training at Hershey, a United Press dispatch out of Regina, Sask., reported that Warwick had temporarily retired from hockey for personal reasons and that he would not report to the Bruins camp at Hershey.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0254/974362-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="573" height="837"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;KNOBBY&rdquo; WARWICK</figcaption></div>With Warwick, Babando, Peters, Egan, Brimsek and Martin gone from the lineup, the outlook for the Bruins was anything but promising as they opened the season in Detroit Oct. 12.Warwick finally showed up at the camp about the first of October, but he was unsigned. He and the Bruin front office couldn&rsquo;t come to terms so he was sold to the Habitants.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0341/974355-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="542" height="865"><figcaption class="caption-body">Real HustlerPETE HORECK</figcaption></div>However, the first three weeks of the campaign have certainly changed this dismal outlook and made our pre-season judgement look very bad indeed. We didn&rsquo;t figure that this new Bruin team was good enough to make the playoffs. They still may not&mdash;but that&rsquo;s beside the point.The 1949 Bruins are playing with a spirit and hustle that would even put their Stanley Cup team of a decade ago to shame. It&rsquo;s made up almost entirely of kids who still have a lot to learn but who are fighting every inch of the way.Maybe it&rsquo;s the influence of the team&rsquo;s new coach, George Buck Boucher. All the players are entirely new to him. Yet in the short space of six weeks, he has moulded them into one of the gamest clubs ever to wear Bruin uniforms.On the basis of what he has gotten out of this young club so far, Boucher is well on his way to becoming the National Hockey League&rsquo;s coach of the year. And it couldn&rsquo;t happen to a nicer guy.He has nursed Gelineau along so smoothly that&rsquo; he has replaced Brimsek in as brilliant fashion as Brimsek replaced Thompson in the late thirties. Dumart&rsquo;s play is 100 percent better than a year ago. Moe Henderson has taken on a new lease at defense. Given a little more support from the fans who were down on him a year ago, Moe may develop into one of the game&rsquo;s better rearguards.The entire team is playing an inspiring game of hockey under their new coach. Their play thus far has far exceeded our most optimistic desires. The Bruins appear to be entering a new era in their brilliant history.<h2>Following Ace</h2>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash; Wally Haider, captain of the R.C.A.F. squad While captured the Olympic hockey title in the winter of 1947-48.&mdash; has been appointed coach of the University of Toronto puck squad. He succeeds Ace&rsquo;Bailey, who resigned to take a post in Welland, Ont. Haider was a lieutenant in Canada&rsquo;s navy during the war, and captained the Toronto Varsity Senior in 1945-46 after his discharge. He has had several professional bids, but preferred to stay in amateur ranks. &#9632;

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Buck’s Housecleaning Is No Longer A Puzzle

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0430/974400-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="522" height="1269"></div><h2>?? WHO IS HE??</h2>Here are a pair of clues to the Identification of the gentleman in the above picture.1. Played for the Ottawa Senators.2. Had a brother who was also a famous hockey player.<h2>Your Star Off Yesteryear</h2>Your Star Of Yesteryear is none other than the great Bruce Stuart, former player with the Ottawa Senators. &#9632;

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Your Star Of Yesteryear

<h2>PROPHETS GET ROUGH RIDE</h2>Based on the first few scheduled games of this 1949-50 National Hockey League season, if there&rsquo;s one predictable thing about the race to fame, glory and the Stanley Cup it&rsquo;s the absolute and complete unpredictability of the various squads to date.While there are signs that things are beginning to shake down a trifle now, still the upheavals and reversals of form as noted in the opening games are worthy of passing note because if maintained they could mean the fans will be treated to a well-balanced race this campaign.As you may recall, many of the experts called for Detroit and Toronto to make a walkaway of the current race, with the other squads called for merely to fill out the balance of the standings.Well, after last week-end&rsquo;s games, the Leafs and Wings had finally got their heavy guns rolled up into cannonading position and were running one-two in the race, in the mentioned order. But it had taken the favorites several games to get started, following a floundering take-off in the initial stages.Montreal Canadiens, who had been selected to finish no better than third, actually were in that position after the week-end games were rolled off. They were tied in points with Detroit, but because they had taken one more game to do it had to be content with the lower place in the listings.With big Bill Durnan staging a Horatio at the bridge act, and Rocket Richard opening up like the dynamiter of old, Canucks enjoyed briefly the giddy air of first place. Then, although Durnan still kept his stonewall guard bravely up, the forward lines forgot their aim in life and came through with one lonely, unhappy goal in four complete games!The fact that Dick Irvin&rsquo;s crew broke loose with four goals to wallop Detroit last Sunday only further accentuated the up-and-down pattern of the race, and added a few more gray hairs to the heads of the sorrowful gentlemen who call the odds. They&rsquo;ve been wrong as consistently as the much-abused weatherman!Working farther down the scale, the observer finds Boston, New York and Chicago tangled in an absolute deadlock for fourth place&mdash;each with two wins, four losses and two ties after eight games, including last Sunday&rsquo;s.Here again the now-hot, now-cold philosophy of the N.H.L. clubs is well illustrated. Chicago Black Hawks, picked as the fourth place finisher with glowing predictions of a happy rejuvenation, floundered sadly in the warmup games, while Bruins and Rangers were getting away to a fast start.But over the past week Chicago finally put together two wins &mdash; which besides being their longest winning streak of the year also turned out to be their first and only victories of the embryo campaign! And one of them was by a convincing 10-4 margin over Boston.<h2>MORE TOPSY-TURVY ACTS</h2>While all this was going on, it was tough to tell the players without a program, too, especially the goaltenders. Vezina Bill Durnan was going along at a goal-a-game clip, and Toronto&rsquo;s Turk Broda and Detroit&rsquo;s Harry Lumley were handling their shots proficiently at a respectful distance behind the old master.But in Boston and Chicago it seemed there was an unexplainable mixup in netminders. Frankie Brimsek, one of the great goalies of all time with Boston, seemed doomed to the fate of a long succession of Chicago goalies of recent years as goal after goal sifted through the porous Hawk defense. And at Boston, his successor Jack Gelineau was playing like the Brimmie of his pre-war rookie days&mdash;until last week-end.Before game time Saturday, the jut-jawed Brimsek had more goals scored against him than any other backstop in the loop, while Gelineau was close on the heels of the leaders, with only fourteen goals against in six games.But the Saturday and Sunday contests changed all that for the rookie Bruin cage guardian, who came straight to professional ranks from last year&rsquo;s McGill University sextet in Montreal. For after Toronto Maple Leafs rammed eight goals past him on Saturday night, Chicago added insult to injury by blasting 10 pucks into the twines on Sunday night, as he nearly developed a permanent twist in his neck from watching rubber sail by.Whether Gelineau can recover from that body blow remains to be seen. If he can, and recovers the form he showed earlier, he probably can scale the heights despite that disheartening setback. If not, it means curtains and a new goalie for Boston. &#9632;

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<h2>YOU WIN</h2>Dear Sir,I have a little argument going on that I would like to get straightened out. It is with one of she fellows on the ship and it concerns Leonard &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Kelly of the Detroit Red Wings. I&rsquo;ve been a Kelly fan ever since he played junior hockey. I claim that Red Kelly hails from Simcoe, Ontario, but my chum says he comes from a town in Saskatchewan. I too, come from Simcoe so I guess I should know. I told my chum I would write to you for the answer. Please show him that he is wrong.How many points did Kelly score last season?Here&rsquo;s another question. What&rsquo;s happened to Toronto&rsquo;s big head-ache ? I mean of course, Danny Lewicki.O.S.S. George Armstrong H.M.C.S. Ontario.(Collect your bet sailor. Kelly was born in Simcoe, Ontario. Last season he scored five goals and bad 11 assists for 16 points. Lewirkl is working In Stratford and waiting for a decision on his case.)<h2>N.H.L. TEAMS</h2>Dear Sir,I started reading your paper 2 weeks ago and find it very interesting.I wonder if yau could tell me what year the National Hockey League was founded. Also all the teams in the league since it started.Robert E. Watkins Schreiber. Ont.(The NHL was formed in November of the year 1917. Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs and Toronto Arenas first entered the league. Quebec didn&rsquo;t operate until the 1019 season. In 1918 the Montreal Wanderers dopped out. In 1919 the Quebec Bulldogs operated and the Toronto Arenas &hellip;changed &hellip;their name to the St. Fats, In 1920 the Hamilton Tigers replaced Quebec and in 1924 the Boston Bruins and Montreal Maroons entered, in 1925 the Hamilton Tigers franchise was sold to New York Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates entered the league. In 1926 the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Cougars were admitted. The St. Pats changed their name to Maple Leafs. In 1930 the Pittsburgh franchise was transferred to Philadelphia where the Quakers operated for one season. Detroit changed their name from the Cougars to the Falcons. In 1931 Philadelphia dropped out. In 1933 Detroit Falcons became the Red Wings and in 1934 the Ottawa franchise was transferred to St. Louis where the Eagles played for one season. In 1938 the Maroons dropped out and in 1941 the New York Americans became the Brooklyn Americans. In 19 42 they dropped out, leaving the now six team loop. How&rsquo;s that Bob?)<h2>APPS MAN</h2>Dear Sir,I wonder if you could give me a statistical report of Syl Apps. I regard him as the best player ever to play in the N.H.L. I think Ted Kennedy will follow him in the near future.Bill Craigen.Powell River, B.C.(I hope you don&rsquo;t mean that Kennedy is going to follow him out of blckey. In his ten seasons with Toronto Maple Leafs, Apps scored 201 goals and added 231 assists. In the playoffs he scored 25 goals 28 assists. In 10 seasons of scheduled play Apps spent but 56 minutes in the penalty box. In playoffs he spent a mere six minutes in the penalty box! Quite a record).<h2>THE BEST IN THE SPORT</h2>Dear Sir,The adding of the extra pages in THE HOCKEY NEWS this year makes the paper the best in sport coverage.However I do wish you would write a story on Ted Lindsay. He is far and away the best forward in the league and yet there hasn&rsquo;t been a story or even a good picture of him in the paper yet.Can you please tell me if I can obtain calendars of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens this year and where to send for them? I would also like to know who was the youngest player to play in the N.H.L.?Stanley DuboisDetroit, Mich.(For calendars you have to write to the clubs themselves. For Toronto write to the Maple Leafs Gardens, Toronto and for the Canadiens write to the Montreal Forum, St. Catherine Street, Montreal. We think Rep Guidolin, Don Raleigh and Gord Howe were in the vicinity of 17 when they played in the N.H.L. We may be wrong but we think they were the youngest.)<h2>NO ROCKETS, NO HOCKEY</h2>Dear Sir,Now that the Philadelphia Rockets have disbanded, us Philly fans have no one to cheers for. How about stirring up something by putting an article about Philadelphia having an N.H.L. entry. Many of my friends feel the same way. We have to go to New York to see hockey this year.Henry M. Minster.Rosemont, Pa.<h2>NO MARITIME YET</h2>Dear Sir,I enjoy reading THE HOCKEY NEWS very much but am disappointed to find that there is very little metnion of our Cape Breton Hockey League. This league of ours ins one of the best in Canada and rightly deserves mention in your great paper. If possible give our league a little bit of attention because come the spring the Vies, Miners or Millionaires will be prodding the Allan Cup lane.Edward J. ClarkSydney Mines, N, S.<h2>MORE ACTION</h2>Dear Sor,After reading the past three issues of THE HOCKEY NEW. I think it is a great paper, although it still lacks action pictures. About half-dozen pictures in each issue will make the paper greater.What about more pictures of players in full length also a picture of hockey&rsquo;s Hall Of Fame.Alec BellerMontreal, Que.<h2>BLOOMER GIRL</h2>Dear Sir,Could yiu tell me if Sheldon Bloomer was a candidate for the A.H.L. rookie awaid last season, if so where did he stand in the race.Carol Oakes.Varsity View, Man.(Bloomer played in 66 games last season Scored three goals and had five assists for eight points. He also spent 105 minutes in the penalty box. We dont think he was very far up in the race.)<h2>SUCH TRASH</h2>Dear Sir,Have just been reading an article in THE HOCKEY NEWS by Dave Farrell about Calder Trophy winners being jinxed. This type of story will do nothing for hockey or your paper as it is not true and should certainly discourage young players. Just how good do they have to be to keep up to Farrell&rsquo;s standards ? After all they are human beings. Most of the players he names have been real hockey players in every game, it is not their fault if the fans have to have a new star every year.Tell Mr. Farrell to get out. there on the ice for 60 minutes sometime or else stop writing trash.G. Stuart.Winnipeg, Man.(Your argument isn&rsquo;t very solid. Farrell quoted figures to prove h&rsquo;s story. He didn&rsquo;t try to take anything away from the players, he merely stated a few known facts.)<h2>HE AGREES</h2>Dear Sir,I am really more than surprised in looking over your Roll of Honor in hockey.I quite agree with Mr. Allan Stewart regarding Newsey Lalonde. If he has not been a credit to the game who has.There are many others also equally as good as those on the roll.How about Redpath, Mallen, Hamby Shore, Alf Smith, Sprague Cleghorn, Harry Trihey, Dick Boon, Ernie Johnson, Ditre Pitre and Jack Laviolette. And there are many many more.One man you never hear of is Emmett Quinn who was practically the founder of the National Hockey Association and I don&rsquo;t believe he was exer paid a cent for his services.John WissSaskatoon, Sask.<h2>RE GOALER&rsquo;S MASK</h2>Dear Sir,You likely will not object to a little more comment on this subject of masks for goalies.I agree that it would be a wise safety measure to institute a mask. To prevent any more accidents like the Bastien one I believe a mask should be devised quickly.One point seems to come to my mind and that is in connection with the goalers&rsquo; feelings on the matter, after all he is the one concerned mostly.I would like to know if a goaler has the privilege of wearing a mask if he desires.Gerald A. Ray.Middleton, N.S.(A goaler can wear a mask but it must be given the green light by the N.H.L.)GETTING ROUGHDear Sir,When Conn Smythe starts yelling for more men then you can he sure that the 7 0 game schedule isn&rsquo;t going to work out for his benefit, Maybe he can talk Danny Lewicki into playing for his Leafs or does he still want him to play amateur.Henry SchlossToronto, Ont.<h2>CONGRATULATION&rsquo;S</h2>Dear Sir,Congratulations on a swell paper. It&rsquo;s the best in the land. Hew about some features on the American Hockey League. I noticed you have been lacking them in the last few issues.Keep up the good work.Joe LeighNew Haven, Conn.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01138/974455-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="577" height="290"></div><h2>NOVEMBER 5 to NOVEMBER 11</h2>5&mdash;Angus Cameron, 19216&mdash;Joe Klukay, 1922, Douglas Maher, 1920.8&mdash;Johnny Bower, 19 24.11&mdash;Richard Adolph, 1915; Jimmy Simpson, 1922, Harry Lumley, 1926. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;When dashing Bill Quackenbush, the Red Wing turned Bruin, won the coveted Byng Trophy last season for playing some 60 sinless games, Joe Q. Fan was impressed no little. Even the sports writers &mdash; a sanguine lot by nature&mdash;were inclined to agree that it was no mean feat for a defenseman, especially in these days of hug-and-hold hockey.But while there was loud acclaim for the likeable Detroit player&rsquo;s fine feat, there was little mention of the fact that Bill &ldquo;busted&rdquo; a record held by another sterling blue line stalwart, Bucko McDonald, as bouncing a bruiser as ever dumped them into the third row reserved.<h2>Like Horatio Aiger Tale</h2>The story of Bucko McDonald, quondam NHL defenseman and now Member of Parliament for Parry Sound in the Canadian House of Commons, compares favorably with Horatio Alger&rsquo;s most fabulous feat. In fact, when you get right down to it, old Horatio was a piker when compared to the No. 1 citizen of the Parry Sound constituency.They christened him Wilfrid Kennedy McDonald some 38 years ago in the little town of Fergus, Ontario, but somewhere along the line he was tagged with &ldquo;Bucko&rdquo;, and everyone, even the staid MP&rsquo;s in the palace of politicians know him by that familiar name.Now, ordinarily, Members of Parliament are about as easy to interview as apartment house owners with no vacancies, but big Bucko, a gregarious type, is a shining exception to the rule.The McDonald story began rather inauspiciously in 1933. With but one year of Junior hockey, and another with an Intermediate team, Bucko turned pro with the Buffalo Bisons.&ldquo;What a terrific season I had,&rdquo; reminisced Bucko. My most vivid memory of that year is sitting out 23 of our 24 games. I still have the scars from those slivers.&rdquo;<h2>Moved To Detroit</h2>McDonald moved to Detroit in 1935 where he played with the Olympics initially, and then with the Red Wings. In his tenure with the Adams club, McDonald helped the Wings to win two successive Stanley Cups, before moving on to Toronto in 1938.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0189/974507-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="507" height="850"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUCKO MCDONALD, above in Maple Leaf uniform, was the original of Frank Selke&rsquo;s famous puck character &ldquo;Abner Tiffin&rdquo;. At right is the portly Bucko of today a substantial Member of Parliament.</figcaption></div>Five and one-half seasons, including another Stanley Cup, were passed in the Queen City before the portly rearguard moved to New York to finish out his playing days and. post the record broken last season by Quackenbush.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0268/974500-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="265" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Quackenbush</figcaption></div>The 205 lb. 5&rsquo;9&rdquo; defenseman played some 40 games without a penalty that season of 1944-45 with the Rangers, constituting, for those who played against him, something of a minor miracle.However, as the former star explained it: &ldquo;I just had the &ldquo;knowhow&rdquo; of hitting a player. I guess that&rsquo;s what did it.&rdquo;It has been a long haul since those early days as a Junior and Intermediate at Sundridge, but for the likeable Bucko, it has been an experience replete with thrills and memories.&ldquo;Hockey has been good to me,&rdquo; remarked McDonald. &ldquo;In fact, I can safely say that hockey helped make me what I am today. I just wouldn&rsquo;t be sitting here in this chair in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa except for that grand game.&rdquo;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the opportunities you get in professional hockey that always amazed me. Take my own case, for example. Hockey gave me an opportunity to travel, to meet people, to speak on occasion at various functions, and last but not least, to earn a living at something I actually loved and would have played for nothing.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0345/974493-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="1141" height="1369"></div>The MP went on to laud the unlimited possibilities for youth upon the completion of an NHL career these days. The contacts and experiences gained by several years participation in the big league would prove invaluable to a boy who nas the initiative to grasp them.<h2>Impressions of N.H.L.</h2>&ldquo;My impression of the NHL,&rdquo; laughed Bucko, was always that it was one big mutual admiration society. I can remember one night after a game we played against Canadiens. Bill Durnanmet some of us after the game and we got into a gab session about the game and the goal I had scored on Bill from the blue line.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0443/974486-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="282" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Durnan</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Bill,&rdquo; I said, &ldquo;did you really see that shot, or did you just kick your leg at it to look good?&ldquo;Bucko&rdquo;, replied Durnan seriously, &ldquo;just who is the best goalie in the NHL?&rdquo;&ldquo;Why Bill Durnan is,&rdquo; I said, trying to keep a straight face.&ldquo;Bucko,&rdquo; confided Durnan, &ldquo;let me tell you that you have the hardest shot I&rsquo;ve ever seen in my day.&rdquo;While the MP for Parry Sound has retired from the major leagues, he hasn&rsquo;t retired from hockey, and any night of the week will see him out working with the QSHL Ottawa Senators at the Auditorium.<h2>Still Plays</h2>&ldquo;I still play hockey,&rdquo; confided Bucko, &ldquo;and my Intermediate team back home in Sundridge has a pretty fair record. Fella named McDonald plays defence and lets the kids do all the rushing. When I&rsquo;m not playing hockey, I get in some exercise at la crosse or softball during the summers. Have to keep that waist down.&rdquo;As a parting shot we quipped: &ldquo;Are you going to run for a third term, Bucko?&rdquo;&ldquo;Yep, me and Roosevelt,&rdquo; retorded the Honorable Mr. McDonald as he lifted us into a chandelier with a quick thrust of his stomer, pardon, hip.<h2>Roustabout!</h2>Burly Hank Blade, playing coach of the Kansas City Mohawks, shouldn&rsquo;t have any trouble handling men after last summer &hellip; During the off season Hankus bossed 300 men for a circus &hellip; and reports are no one ever tried to get out of line with Hank &hellip; &#9632;

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Big Bucko — Parry Sound’s M.P.

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;&ldquo;Scotty&rdquo; Morrison, affable forward of Nationales in the Quebec Junior Hockey Association, had a problem before the season started.He was suffering from premature middle-age spread and as he heard that was something usually confined to women he figured he would go in that direction for advice to trim off some Of the surplus suet.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0531/974538-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="239" height="380"><figcaption class="caption-body">Scotty Morrison</figcaption></div>As a member of the advertising staff of The Montreal Standard, &ldquo;Scotty&rdquo; decided to ask confrere Kate Aitken what she would suggest to cut his &lsquo;broad&rsquo; outlook on life. Not knowing what branch of athletics &ldquo;Scotty&rdquo; was interested in or much else about him, she carefully weighed his woes and said:&ldquo;I think you should take up skating. There&rsquo;s nothing like a lot of skating to get down weight around the hips.&rdquo;With kind thanks, &ldquo;Scotty&rdquo; went on his way and is still worrying about that fallen waistline. He&rsquo;s only been skating seven months in a year since he was five years old. &#9632;

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Wide Scotty Has Women’s Good Advice

When Marcel Pronovost was assigned to the Omaha hockey team at coach Mud Bruneteau&rsquo;s request, the young defensive star was worried &hellip; not about making the team, but whether he would be able to make himself understood &hellip; You see Marcel speaks only about a dozen words of English. French is his language &hellip; His fears were groundless though as he soon found out &hellip; As things worked out Mud and Eddie Bruneteau both spoke French fluently as did the Wilson brothers&mdash;Larry and John &hellip; Other members of the team can rattle the French off, too &hellip; but not quite as fluently as the Bruneteau and Wilson brothers &hellip; &#9632;

Parlex-vous?

1st Prize - $252nd Prize - $153rd Prize - $10<h2>It&rsquo;s Easy &mdash; It&rsquo;s Fun</h2>Get in on this big HOCKEY NEWS contest &mdash; starting now.Here&rsquo;s your chance to try your skill as a prophet and pick the way you think the N.H.L. teams will stand on the morning of January 1, 1950 &mdash; and how many points each will have.All you have to do is get your selection ready to send in before December 8, together with a 250-word letter outlining the reasons why you picked the teams the way you did. To add to the fun, a question on hockey will appear in THE HOCKEY NEWS each week for the five next weeks. You must answer all five correctly to be eligible for the prizes.<h2>Read These Rules Carefully</h2>The &ldquo;Pick-the-Standings&rdquo; Contest commences with the November 5 issue and runs for five consecutive weeks &mdash; ending with the December 3 issue.Winners will be announced in the January 14 issue.Winner must pick correctly the order in which the six National Hockey League teams will stand on the morning of January 1, 1950, and also the number of points each will have.A letter &mdash; of not more than 250 words &mdash; must accompany each entry explaining why the selections were made. Judging will be based 50 per cent on accuracy of forecasts and 50 per cent on letter of explanation.A simple hockey question will appear in THE HOCKEY NEWS each week for the five weeks the contest runs. These questions must be answered correctly to qualify to enter the final judging.Judges will be the three Imperial Oil hockey broadcasters&mdash;Foster Hewitt, Doug Smith and Michel Normandin. Decision of the judges will be final.Entries must contain the answers to the five hockey questions on the special blanks which will appear in THE HOCKEY NEWS; plus the predicted standings and the letter of explanation.Answers to questions must not be sent in individually but must be sent all at once at conclusion of the contest.All entries must be postmarked not later than midnight, December 8, 1949. &#9632;

Pick the Standings! Win a Prize!!

<div class="byline">By LLOYD SAUNDERS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0278/974617-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="282" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Currie</figcaption></div>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;The Western Canada Senior Hockey League has only begun its schedule for this season, and already clubs are having trouble &hellip; Frank Currie&rsquo;s Edmonton Flyers were the first to start a controversy &hellip; They released their starry forward Billy Maher, who was right up in the scoring parade &hellip; William was not pleased over the incident but so far no one individual has made any direct statement &hellip; Maher it is reported will line up with the Saskatoon Quakers. The Sask team who reportedly were a strong club in the pre season predictions, have turned out rather weak &hellip; and a housecleaning has already started &hellip; Johnny Sofiak has been released &hellip; Sofiak goes to Regina in the much talked about Chuck McCullough deal &hellip; McCullough will play for the Quakers after it was officially found out he was Regina property &hellip; However, manager Cliff Ehrle allowed McCullough to the Quakers in return for defenseman Norm Blackett &hellip; Howie Milford, former Lethbridge junior is also at Saskatoon, getting the axe from the Caps &hellip; Ken &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Hunter, one of the finest centermen in the league three years ago with the Calgary Stampeders couldn&rsquo;t see eye to eye with coach Marty Burke and secured his release &hellip; Hunter, who had only a mediocre year last winter will also help the Saskatoon cause &hellip; He&rsquo;s in business now with his brother &hellip;Former big league star Murray Armstrong and now coach of Regina Pats, likes HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; idea of telling where old - time players are now &hellip; Claims it helps fans follow their favorite player in civilian life also &hellip; Gordon Staseson and Toby Brown are burning up the ice with the Regina Caps &hellip; Playing with the veteran Mel Hill, they are the early season pacesetters in the individual scoring &hellip; Husky &ldquo;Pug&rdquo; Young of the Edmonton Flyers is again back in the game &hellip;Eddie Cutts, the former Toronto Leaf &ldquo;problem child&rdquo;, hasn&rsquo;t yet found himself in his return to the game &hellip; A year of inactivity makes a big difference &hellip;.Ken Doraty has again come up with a potent junior team at Moose Jaw &hellip; Watching them in action the other night, we&rsquo;d be inclined to predict that they&rsquo;ll be real contenders for the Western title &hellip;.Rumors have Les Cunningham&rsquo;s Brandon Wheat Kings as another powerhouse, but we won&rsquo;t see A them go for awhile yet &hellip;. Art Somers, rated in many quarters as the best amateur coach in hockey doesn&rsquo;t think the Canadian game has to be played the way it is &hellip; &ldquo;It&rsquo;s crowd pleasing yes, but there isn&rsquo;t any steadfast rule, that everyone has to play it that way&rdquo; &hellip; Art, incidentally, wants a fast game but more of a wide-open, free-passing game &hellip;Russ McQuarrie, generally regarded as one of the greatest builders of hockey talent in the game today has many players in the &ldquo;big time&rdquo;, both National and American League &hellip; If you doubt my word just read on &hellip;. Pat Lundy, Gerry Couture, Gordon Howe with Detroit; Harry Watson and Vic Lynn, Toronto; Hal Laycoe, Montreal Canadiens; Tony Leswick, New York Rangers Keith Allen, Springfield; Ralph Almas, St. Louis; Geo. Agar, Freddy Weaver, Stan and Bill Jones, Tommy Williams, and many others &hellip; It would take a book to fill in every name &hellip; Russ is out of hockey now, but does a bit of scouting for the Detroit Red. Wings out of Saskatoon &hellip;.Dick Kotanen and Hal Brayshaw are both former Port Arthur stalwarts &hellip; They&rsquo;re the number one defense duo for the Regina Caps and are making favorable impressions to date &hellip; They both clear well and are excellent skaters &hellip; The rough checking will come with the type of game &hellip;.Cy Thomas, the former Chicago and Toronto player looks good with Saskatoon. In between chasing pucks for a living, Thomas (who is one of the biggest for wards in the league) does plenty of studying at the University of Sask &hellip;. &#9632;

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Displeased Westerners Give W.C.S.H.L. Aches.

<div class="byline">By TED RANDOLPH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01122/974648-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="509" height="797"><figcaption class="caption-body">Comeback SlowEDDIE CUTTS</figcaption></div>ST. PAUL, Minn.&mdash;Attendance is down all over the United States hockey league but magnates are hopeful that within a few weeks things will be getting back to normal. The centers where attendance was expected to be highest&mdash;the Twin Cities and Louisville&mdash;have strong football teams &hellip; In the Twin Cities it is the Minnesota Gophers and in Julepville the University of Kentucky is cutting a fancy touch &hellip; Both the Gophers and Kentucky were undefeated_ until Saturday (Oct. 22) &hellip; In Louisville club officials have inaugurated a special &ldquo;kids&rdquo; day to interest the younger element in the &lsquo;game &hellip; Admission fee is 50 cents.The attendance picture may take on a brighter hue too when Omaha is able to open up its home schedule &hellip; The Knights usually make a full swing of the league before playing their first home tilt &hellip;. A stock show shuts them out at home for the early weeks of the campaign. &#9632;

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Grid Squads Muscle Puck Out In USHL

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0287/974724-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="280" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Bently</figcaption></div>Doug Bentley, slim center star of the Chicago Black Hawks racked up eight points for himself last week and was the unanimous choice for The Player Of The Week.Doug now leads the league in scoring with 11 points in eight games, while only having spent 2 minutes in the penalty box.The Hawks who have had a rather hard time getting started finally got rolling last week with their first pair of victories this season. On Saturday, 29th of October they blanked the Rangers 2-0 on New York ice. Bentley picked up one assist. The following night the Hawks really find their scoring eye and plastered the Boston Bruin3 for 10 goals downing the Hubtowners 10-4. Doug picked up 1 goal and 4 assists in leading his club to their second victory. That alone was enough Doug Bentley to give his club a victory.The other two of Bentley&rsquo;s eight point week, came as the&rsquo; Red Wings beat the Hawks 3-1, Bentley netting his club&rsquo;s only marker. On the 25th against the Rangers, the Hawks met defeat by a 2-1 count but not before Doug rung up another assist.The Bentley, Mosienko and Roy Conacher line is now the hottest thing on ice and of the six points the Hawks now have, most of them came out of the great playing of his trio.Doug has now resumed his torrid scoring pace which left him in second place in the scoring last season. That season he played in 58 games, had 23 goals and 43 assists for a total of 66 points. Only linemate Roy Conacher topped him. Conacher had 68 points. &#9632;

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Player - Of - The – Week

<h2>Ross Honored</h2>Art Ross. of Boston Bruins, will be presented with hi. Hall of Fame scroll on December 3, at Boston Gardens &mdash; This marks the completion of 25 years in which Ross has managed the Bruins, undoubtedly a record in hockey, and excelled for duration in very few other sports.<h2>Bruins Crash</h2>The crash of Boston Bruins was a feature in the somewhat screwy week-end doings as the Bruin defence collapsed completely in Toronto, and remained collapsed when the Black Hawks poured ten goals into the Boston nets, making it 18 against the Boston crew in two nights.<h2>HOCKEY PHOTOS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01106/974693-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="590" height="247"></div><h3>Results of Games</h3>October 25 &mdash; Rangers 2, at Chicago 1.October 26 &mdash; Boston 2, at Rangers 5.October 27 &mdash; Toronto 2, at Canadiens 0; Detroit 3, at Chicago 1.October 29 &mdash; Chicago 2, at Rangers 0; Boston 1, at Toronto 8. Detrok 1, at Canadiens 0.October 30 &mdash; Canadiens 4 at Detroit 1; Toronto 4, at Rangers 2; Boston 4, at Chicago 10.<h3>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</h3>November 6 &mdash; Toronto at Chicago; Rangers at Detroit.November 9 &mdash; Canadiens at Rangers; Chicago at Boston.November 10 &mdash; Toronto at Canadiens.November 12 &mdash; Canadiens at Rangers; Chicago at Toronto; Detroit at Boston.November 13 &mdash; Canadiens at Chicago; Toronto at Boston; Detroit at Rangers.The results of the full weekend card of six games really knotted up the standings. Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago each won two games, and the Leafs are in front by a point over Red Wings and Canadians, tied for second. Boston, New York Rangers and Chicago are all tied for fourth place, another three points back.Canadiens have become hockey&rsquo;s unpredictables. They went eleven full periods without scoring a goal, were shut out three times in a row, twice on home ice, then invaded the home of Detroit Wings and racked up a fourgoal victory.Boston Bruins had been priding themselves on finding a new goaler,&rsquo; Jack Gelineau. After he had shown well in a few games, it was thought he might follow in the foot-steps of Thompson and Brimsek. And perhaps he will, some time. But the youngster from McGill had 18 goals plastered past him in two nights, a deluge of rubber that might, conceivably, affect his career.Chicago Black Hawks couldn&rsquo;t Win a game at home, so they invaded New York and blanked the Rangers, then hung it on Bruins for good measure. The team showing the most form, at this point, is Toronto Leafs. They won both their week-end games by sound margins, their forwards were clicking, as they climbed to the top of the heap.But the season is young, and a one-point margin of lead at this time doesn&rsquo;t mean much, though it&rsquo;s better than a one-point deficit. No team has yet settled into its stride. Most of them are in experimental stages with new material. And customers seeking to analyze the whole thing are experimenting with new type headaches.<h2>TUESDAY, OCT. 25</h2>CHICAGO &mdash; New York Rangers broke their last-place tie with Chicago by beating the Black Hawks 2-1 before 15,618 who saw theopener of the season here.New York: Goal Rayner defence. Egan Eddols; centre, Raleigh; wings, Lund, Slowinski; subs.:Shero, Stanowslci, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley Laprade, Mickowski, Fisher, Poile, Kyle Juckes Kaeta, Leswick, Mcdonagh.NChicago: Goal, Brimsek; defence McCaig Goldham; centre, J. Conacher; wings, Stewart, Bodnar; subs.: Dickens, Gadsby, Nattrass, Bentley, Mosienko. R. Conacher, Olmstead, Hamill Guidolin, Prystai Brown Bedard.Officials, Georges Gravel, referee; Doug Young and Hugh McLean, linesmen..<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Chicago: Prystai (Guidolin, Bentley &hellip; 7.19 enalties: Bodnar, Fisher, Nattrass.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;New York: Kaleta (Kyle) &hellip; 6.58Penalties: Olmstead Stanley, Mosienko, Guidolin.<h3>Third Period</h3>8&mdash;New York: Laprade (Leswick, Fisher) &hellip; 10.39<h3>Wednesday, Oct. 26</h3>NEW YORK &mdash; The rejuvenated Rangers moved into a second-place tie with Boston by whipping the Bruins 5-2 in the Ranger&rsquo;s season opener at Madison Square Garden before a crowd of 14,262.Boston: Goal Gelineau; defence, Crawford, Qupackenbusli; centre, Ronty; wings, Pierson, Smith: subs.: Sandford, Henderson, Flaman Dumar.t, Schmidt, Harrison, Creighton, Toppazzini Maloney, Horeck.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence, Eddolls, Egan; centre, Raleigh; wings, Slowinski, Lund; subs.: Shero, Stanowski, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Laprade, Mickoski Fisher, oile, Kyle, Juckes, Kaleta, Leswick.Officials: Referee, Butch Keeling; linesmen, Sammy Babcock and George Hayes.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;New York: Lund, (Raleigh, Slowfnski) &hellip; 14.352&mdash;New York: Leswick (O&rsquo;Connor) 15.063&mdash;New York: Juckes (O&rsquo;Connor) 19.33 Penalties: Horcek, Shero (2). Egan, Stanowski, Schmidt, Smith.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;New York: Kyle (Laprade) &hellip; 4.035&mdash;Boston: Toppazzini &hellip; 13.476&mdash;New York: Slowinski (Raleigh). 15.48 Penalty: Shero.<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;Boston: Horeck, (Henderson, Dumart) &hellip; 18.36Penalties: Kyle, Stanley.<h2>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27</h2>MONTREAL &mdash; Two goals by the Toronto Maple Leafs with less than two minutes left to play enabled them to heat Canadiens 2-0, in a dull contest before 12,340 at the Forum.Toronto: Goal, Broda; defence, Boesch, Judza; centre, Gardner; wings, Meeker, Watson; subs.: Thompson, Mortson, Bentley, Klulcay, Kennedy, Ezinicki Lynn, Mackell, Barilko Mathers, Timgren, Smith.Montreal: Goal, Durnan; defence, Harvey, Harmon; centre, Reay; wings, Carveth, Plamondon; sues.: Bouchard, Riopelle, Fillion, Richard, Warwick, Gravelle, Lach, Reardon, Mosdell, Dussault, Dube, Laycoe.Referee, George Gravel; linesmen Sam Babcock and Bill Scherr.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring? None.Penalties: Reay Barilko (2), Rear don (major), Harvey, Timgren, Boesch.<h3>Second Period</h3>..Scoring: none.Penalties: Boesch (2).<h3>Third Period</h3>1&mdash;Toronto: Mackell &hellip; 18.122&mdash;Toronto: Watson &hellip; 19.42Penalties: Judza, Harvey, Mosdell (major), Kennedy Reardon.CHICAGO &mdash; Detroit Red Wings moved into a tie with Montreal for first place with a 3-1 vcitory over Chicago Black Hawks before 12,819, one of &ldquo;the smallest crowds in several years here.Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence, Fogolin, Reise; centre, Abel; wings, Lindsay, Howe; subs.: Martin. Kelly, Gee, Peters, McNab, Babando, Pavelich, McFadden, Glover. Black, Couture, Dewsbury.Chicago: Goal, Brimsek; defence, Gadsby, Nattrass; centre, Bentley; wings, R. Conacher, Mosienko; subs.: Goldham, Dickens, McCaig. Stewart, J. Conarcher, Bodnar Olmstead, Hamill, Prystai, Guidolin, Brown, Bedard.Officials: Referee Bill Chadwick; linesmen: George Hayes and Hugh McLean.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Gadsby, Pavelich.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Dertoit: Dewsbury (Howe) &hellip; 1.362&mdash;Detroit: Howe &hellip; 10.31Penalties: Gadsby, Martin.<h3>Third Period</h3>3&mdash;Dertoit: Lindsay (Abel) &hellip; 2.244&mdash;Chicago: Bentley (Mosienko. R. Conacher) &hellip; 9.07Penalties: Gadsby, Black, Guidolin.<h2>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29</h2>MONTREAL.&mdash;A goal by Steve Black roorie winger, gave the Detroit Red Wings a 1-0 victory over Canadiens before 12,718 at the Forum. The Red Wings maintained their hold on first place in the league standing while Canadiens dropped to third.Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence, Reise, Fogolln; centre, Abel; wings, Howe, Lindsay; subs.: Martin, Kelly, Gee, Peters, McNab, Babando, Pavelich, McFadden, Glover, Couture, Black, Dewsbury.Canadiens: Goal, Durnan; defence, Harmon, Harvey; centre, Lach; wings, Richard, Riopelle; subs.:Bouchard, Reardon, Laycoe, Plamondon, Carveth, Fillion, Warwick, Reay, Gravelle, Mosdell, Dube, Dussault.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Detroit: Black (McFadden) &hellip; 16:30Penalties: Lindsay, Reay, Mosdell, Howe.<h3>Second Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Howe, Fillion, Richard.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring; None.Penalties: None.NEW YORK. &mdash; First-period goals by Metro Prystai and Bill Mosienko while New York was shorthanded gave Chicago Black Hawks a 2-0 triumph over the Rangers.Chicago: Goal, Brimsek; defence. Goldham, Nattrass; centre, J. Conacher, wings, Bodnar, Stewart; subs.: Dickens, Gadsby, McCaig, Bentley, Mosienko, R. Conacher, Olmstead, Hamill, Guidolin, Prystai, Brown, Bedard.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence, Egan, Eddolls; centre, Raleigh; wings, Slowinski, Lun; subs.: Shero, Stanowski, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Laprade, Mickoski, Fisher, oPile, Kyle, Juckes, Kaleta, Leswick.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Chicago: Prystai (Guidolin, Bentley) &hellip;3:052&mdash;Chicago: Mosienko(Olmstead, R. Conacher) &hellip; 4:03Penalties: Fisher. Nattrass.<h3>Second Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: None.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Olmstead, Egan.TORONTO. &mdash; Husky Harry Watson scored three goals in the third period to lead Toronto Maple Leafs to their first home-ice victory of the campaign &mdash; a crushing 8-1 conquest of Boston Bruins before 13,655 fans&rsquo;.Boston: Goal Gelineau; defence, Crawford, Quackenbush; centre, Sandford; wings, Toppazzini. Creighton; subs.: Henderson, Flaman, Dumart, M. Schmidt, Harrison, K. Smith, Ronty, Maloney, Peirson, Horeck.Toronto: Goal, Broda; defence, Boesch, Barilko; centre, Bentley; wings, Klukay, Timgren; subs.: Thomson, Mortson, Juzda, Mathers, Kennedy, Mackell, S. Smith, Gardner, Ezinickl, Watson, Lynn, Meeker.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Sandford, Boesch.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Toronto: Boesch (Gardner) &hellip; 8:482&mdash;Boston: Ronty (Crawford. Peirson) &hellip; 9:273&mdash;Toronto: Meeker (Gardner, Watson &hellip; 11:154&mdash;Toronto: Bentley (Mackell, Smith) &hellip; 19:06Penalties: None.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Toronto: Watson&hellip;1:546&mdash;Toronto: Klukay (Bentley) &hellip;5:077&mdash;Toronto: Watson (Gardner) &hellip;6:488&mdash;Toronto: Bentley (Timgren) &hellip;8:259&mdash;Toroton: Watson (Gardner, Meeker) &hellip;14:34Penalties: Flaman (minor and major), Peirson, Mortson, Timgren (major), Lynn, Ezinickl.<h2>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30</h2>DETROIT. &mdash; The goal-hungry Montreal Canadiens stuffed themselves at the expense of the Detroit Red Wings as they outplayed the defending champions and won 4-1.Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence, Reise, Fogolln; centre, Gee; wings. Couture, Babando; subs.: Stewart, Martin, Kelly, Lindsay, Howe, Peters, McNab. Abel, Pavelich, McFadden, Black, Dewsbury.Canadiens: Goal, Durnan; defence, Harvey, Harmon; centre, Reay; wings, Gravelle, Plamondon; subs.: Bouchard, Riopelle, Carveth, Richard, Fillion, Warwick, Lach, Reardon, Dube, Mosdell, Dussault, Laycoe.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Canadiens: Reay (Gravelle, Plamondon) &hellip; 1:552&mdash;Detroit: Fogolin (Lindsay, Abel) &hellip;13:03Penalties: Black, Reardon, Richard.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Canadiens: Richard (Lach, Riopelle) &hellip;12:284&mdash;Canadiens: Gravelle (Reay, Plamondon) &hellip;14:25Penalties: Warwick, Reise.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Canadiens: Gravelle (Reay) &hellip; 2:27Penalties: None.NEW YORK. &mdash; The Toronto Maple Leafs came from behind with a pair of third-period goals to deaft the New York Rangers 4-2. for their third victory in their last four starts.Toronto: Goal, Broda; defence, Boesch, Barilko; centre, Bentley; wings, Klukay. Timgren; subs.: Thomson, Mortson, Watson, Kennedy, Meeker. Ezinicki, Lynn. Mackell, Gardner, Juzda, Mathers, Smith.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence. Egan. Eddolls; centre, Raleigh; wings. Slowinski, Lund; subs: Shero, Stan owski, O&rsquo;Connor, Stanley, Laprade, Mickoski, Fisher, Poile, Kyle, Juckes, Kaleta, Leswick.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Rangers: Egan (O&rsquo;Connor, Laprade) &hellip; 8:35Penalties: Kyle. Juzda, Fisher (2-minor and 10-minute misconduct).<h3>Second Period</h3>2-Rangers: Kaleta (Laprade, Leswick) &hellip;7:103&mdash;Toronto: Barilko &hellip; 16:184&mdash;Toronto: Smith (Kennedy, Meeker) &hellip; 17:24Penalty Shero.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Toronto: Barilko (Meeker) &hellip;6:066&mdash;Toronto: Mackell (Mortson) &hellip; 15:02Penalties: Slowinski, Kyle, Kennedy.CHICAGO. &mdash; The Chicago Black Hawks soared into a tie with Boston and New York for fourth place with a victory over Boston before 14,209.Boston: Goal, Gelineau; defence, Henderson, Flaman; centre, Sandford; wings, Creighton. Toppazinni; subs.: Crawford, Quackenbush, Dumart, Schmidt, Harrison, Smith, Ronty, Maloney, Peirson, Horeck.Chicago: Goal: Brimsek; defence, Goldham, Dickens; centre, J. Conacher; wings, Stewart, Bodnar; subs.: Gadsby, Nattrass, McCaig, Bentley. Mosienko, R. Conacher, Olmstead. Hamill, Guidolin, Prystai, Brown, Bedard.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Chicago: Mosienko (Bentley, R. Conacher) &hellip; 8:022&mdash;Chicago: Stewart (Bodnar, J. Conacher) &hellip; 10:213&mdash;Boston: Quackenbush (Schmidt) &hellip; 13:09(Schmidt, Horeck) &hellip; 13:29Penalties: Nattrass, Flaman, Bodnar.<h3>Second Period</h3>5&mdash;Chicago: Olmstead (Guidolin, Prystai) &hellip; 3:006&mdash;Chicago: Gadsby (Bentley) &hellip;.5:477&mdash;Boston: Toppazzini (Sandford) 8:388&mdash;Chicago: Olmstead (Prystai, Guidolin) &hellip; 15:03Penalties: None.<h3>Third Period</h3>9&mdash;Chicago: Prystai (Olmstead. Guidolin) &hellip; 4:5010&mdash;Chicago: Bentley (Mosienko, R. Conacher) &hellip; 8:2311&mdash;Chicago: Stewart (Bodnar) &hellip; 11:4112&mdash;Chicago: Mosienko (Bentley, R. Conacher) &hellip; 14:1913&mdash;Boston: Ronty (Creighton, Schmidt) &hellip;16:4114&mdash;Chicago: R. Conacher (Mosienko) &hellip; 19:08Penalties: Creighton, Bedard.<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Oct. 23)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0357/974686-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="574" height="1725"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0446/974679-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="577" height="192"></div><h3>Penalties In Minutes By Clubs</h3>CANADIENS &hellip; 84RANGERS &hellip; 82CHICAGO &hellip; 74DETRO&rsquo;T &hellip; 69TORONTO &hellip; 63BOSTON &hellip; 54Both these players are earmarked for the Montrealers and both have the necessary qualifications to be great N.H.L. stars. Hirshfeld and Hebenton have been playing with the Montreal Senior Royals this season. Last season Hebenton, a 185 pounder, played for the Winnipeg Monarch and Hirschfeld who hails from Halifax, Nova Scotia, played for the Montreal Junior Royals, Canadian Junior, Chanrpions. &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01121/974755-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Conacher Name &hellip; &hellip;Chihawk Fame</figcaption></div>CHICAGO. III.Around the Windy City, the name Conaelier is just about as well known as that of AX Capone &mdash; although in a vastly different way, we hasten to add!For over the past two decades no less than three of the tribe have been connected with Stadium-meeting Black Hawks and now it looks as though &hellip;another might be wearing the striped livery of the Tobin-men in a few years.The latest recruit is 17-year-old Peter, son of Hawk coach Chuck Conacher. Pete is cutting his puck teeth with the Galt Black Hawks &mdash; Chicago amateur testing ground in the Ontario Junior O.H.A. Observers say that Pete has all the natural hockey ability any of his big brothers had at his age, and that&rsquo;s saying something!The quartet of cavorting Conachers is shown in the layout here. At extreme left is Boy, youngest of the three brothers who have been making N.H.L. news for 20 years and more. Roy was All-Star left wing and the league&rsquo;s leading scorer last year.Next is Pete, then papa Chuck and finally the great Lionel&mdash;the &ldquo;Big Tram&rdquo; who was All-Star defenseman and coach when Hawks won their first Stanley &hellip; Cup in 1933-34. &#9632;

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Another Of Ilk Being Groomed To Wear Stripes

CINCINNATI,..O.&mdash;The Cincinnati Mohawks, after. snow start in the American Hockey League, have finally hit the win column, and as usual the underdogs knocked off the league&rsquo;s best, the Cleveland Barons, for their second victory. The Mohawks dropped the highly touted Barons 2-1. The other Cincinnati victory was at the expense of the Indianapolis Capitals and was performed with none other than brash young Eddie Dorohoy in the nets. Gerry McNeil was injured during the first rush of the game and Dorohoy, a laddie with&rsquo; plenty of moxie, consented to go into the nets. Eddie is one of those players who keeps his teammates in stitches with his jokes, but this time he played it serious, or so he thinks.Once during the game, Dorohoy rushed out to the blueline, complete with goaler pads, to check an oncoming Cap forward. The player neatly slipped the puck around Eddie, coasted in and shot the disc into the empty net.&ldquo;You&rsquo;ll never do that again,&rdquo; yelled Dorohoy to the player. &ldquo;And you&rsquo;ll never do that again either,&rdquo; yelled King Clancy, Mohawk coach, to his temporary goaler.The injury jinx has hit the Mohawks where it hurts most, around the defense. Art Lessard was injured in the first practice and suffered a chipped shoulder bone. Jacques Deslauriers broke a bone in his hand and has returned to Montreal until the injury heals. Roger Leger, Canadiens huge rearguard consented to go to Cincy to fill in until the defence regains its strength and since he arrived the club has taken on a new l-ease. So far big Roger has scored a point in every game he had played in with the new team. However when he joined Cincinnati Leger did so with the understanding that he would rejoin the Canadiens at Chicago, if he so desired.Big Joe Lepine, a graduate from the Montreal Senior Royals, has surprised everybody with his terrific form. When with the Royals he had trouble sticking to training regulations but as a professional he has set himself straight and is now developing into a rough and ready rearguard.Tod Campeau and Jacques Locas are playing great hockey for the Mohawks and so far, since they have been playing on the same line, have both come out with an average of more than one point a game.Good old Phil Hergesheimer is leading the team in scoring and still has plenty of the old know while his linemate Wally Stefaniw lacks only speed to put him into the National League.Tough little Jimmy Moore has been slow in getting started but we&rsquo;ll bet that here is the kid that will really show them how before the season is over. A rugged little guy, Jimmy is finding it hard to get back into form after his broken leg last season. A definite candidate for the left wing post with Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach, Moore comes from a long line of hockey players. His brother played on the Memorial Cup Montreal Royals last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0371/974793-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="548" height="826"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIMMY MOORE</figcaption></div>George Robertson, who started of the 1948-49 season with the Canadiens is proving that he has what it takes. Robbie is a smooth skater, a nice stickhandler, but tends to take it easy on the ice. It seems that he has now changed his tactics and is playing the game at both ends of the rink.Big Bud McPherson, the Edmonton Flash, is showing what was expected of him and he along with Roger Leger are the bulwark of the defense.In an effort to strengthen the Mohawks and his own Canadiens in future, General Manager Frank Selke signed left wingers Bert Hirshfeld and Andy Hebenton to pro contracts.Both these Players are earmarked for the Montrealers and both have the necessary qualifications to be great N.H.L. stars. Hirshfeld and Hebenton have been playing with the Montreal Senior Royals this season. Last season Hebenton, a 185 pounder, played for the Winnipeg Monarch and Hirschfeld who hails from Halifax, Nova Scotia, played for the Montreal Junior Royals, Canadian Junior Champions.<h2>Cleveland Barons Roster</h2>Bernard Rand, PresidentJames C. Hendy, General ManagerEddie Coen, Publicity DirectorFred &lsquo;Bun&rsquo; Cook, Coach Walter Robertson, Trainer<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0288/974786-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1782" height="1039"></div> &#9632;

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Cincy Boys Coming Around Fast

<div class="byline">By ED FITKIN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01120/974831-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0287/974824-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="266" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Nels Stewart</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;There&rsquo;s a touch of the late Bob Ripley&rsquo;s &ldquo;Believe-it-or-Not&rdquo; characteristics wrapped up in the rise of Toronto&rsquo;s four centremen &mdash; Ted Kennedy, Max Bentley, Cal Gardner and Bob Dawes &mdash; to N.H.L. stardom.One hitched a ride in a transport truck to get his big chance with the Leafs. Another was acquired in the biggest of all hockey deals. A third was strictly a cast-off not considered good enough for a chronic tail-end club. The fourth was a defenseman who made good when converted into a playmaker.Strange, indeed &mdash; but in hockey, as in other things in life, truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.The kid who hit the Big Time with the help of a good-hearted transport driver is now the captain of the Maple Leafs, the fellow who succeeded Syl Apps &mdash; Teeder Kennedy.Young Teeder was playing for the Port Colborne Sailors In the 194 2-43 season and playing exceedingly well for a kid of 17 in Ontario&rsquo;s rugged senior hockey circuit when his coach, the all-time scoring champion of the N.H.L., Nels (Old Poison) Stewart phoned him one night in February, 1943.<h2>Day Calls</h2>&ldquo;Hap Day wants to see you in Toronto tonight,&rdquo; he told Teeder. &ldquo;I think he wants you to turn pro.&rdquo;Kennedy couldn&rsquo;t believe his ears but stammered out his thanks and then was overcome by panic emanating from the knowledge that the last train and the last bus of the day had passed through Port Colborne.There was only one thing to do take a cab or hitch-hike. Not having the necessary funds to enjoy the luxury of an 85-mile cab ride to Toronto, Teeder accepted the only other alternative. He hitch-hiked, getting a ride in a big transport truck.That night he talked with Hap Day and agreed to turn pro. Since then, in six full seasons, Teeder has been a tremendous factor in four Stanley Cup triumphs of the Leafs.<h2>Bentley was Established</h2>Unlike Kennedy, Max Bentley was an established star when he joined the Toronto team. In fact it took the biggest player deal in N.H.L, history to get Max into a Maple Leaf sweater.Younger of Delisle&rsquo;s dazzling Bentley brothers, top stars and crowd favorites of Chicago Black Hawks fans, Max had won the N. H.L. scoring championship two years in succession when Conn Smythe and Bill Tobin talked trade.Smythe, desperate for a third top-notch centre to rate with Kennedy and Apps, wanted nobody hut Max. Tobin, reluctant to break up the Bentleys but just as desperately requiring extensive player help, couldn&rsquo;t say no when the Toronto manager offered him a complete forward line and two defensemen.The Hawks received Toronto&rsquo;s Flying Forts line: Gus Bodnar,Gaye Stewart and Bud Poile&mdash;and two pre-war but still youthful defense stars, Bob Goldham and Ernie Dickens. The Leafs got Max and, as Smythe figured, he was just the man he needed.<h2>Seven Rookies</h2>With May, Kennedy and Apps spearheading their attack, the young Leafs, who the season before had startled all hockeydom by winning the Stanley Cup with seven rookies on the squad, simply breezed to their second successive cup win, topping the league and winning eight out of nine playoff games.Enter now the cast-off. When the 1948-49 season rolled around the great Apps had retired. Endeavoring to fill in for him was a string-bean redhead from the New York Rangers, named Cal Gardner.The Rangers, for reasons best known to themselves, had soured on Cal. the centreman of the illfated Rover Boys line that included Church Russell and Rerie Trudel. In fact, they had soured on all three of these youngsters who when they made their pro debut with the Broadway Blueshirts were so highly regarded by Conn Smythe that he once offered $40,000 for the trio, plus Hal Laycoe. He was told to mind his own business, or words to that music.Smythe did just that&mdash;but when he was scouring the hockey horizons for a replacement for the great Apps, the redheaded Ranger seemed to remain uppermost in his mind even though Cal, during the 1947-48 season, had been something of a bust.The Leaf boss liked the Way he played. Probably another contributing factor was a statement Bill Ezinicki siade after recovering from a body check by Gardner in a Leaf-Ranger game at Toronto during that 48-49 season.&ldquo;That&rdquo; said Sweet Willyum, as he gaspingly headed for the Toronto bench, &ldquo;is the tonghest check I&rsquo;ve ever been handed in the N.H.L. That guy really hurt.&rdquo;No one had ever denied that Cal was an aggressive player. With Rangers, he was regarded by Toronto players as a chippy guy who carried his stick too high.The Leafs &lsquo;got him, anyway. They traded defensemen Wally Stanowski and Elwyn Morris to Rangers who were in dire need of rearguard help. The Rangers parted with Gardner, the aforementioned Trudel, Bill Juzda and gave up the rights to Frankie Mathers, who was then with Ottawa Senators and couldn&rsquo;t make up his mind whether to pursue a hockey or a dental career.<h2>Hopes High On Cal</h2>The big guy of the deal, in Leafian eyes, was Gardner. How would he go? It seemed that Toronto hopes of a third successive Stanley Cup triumph hinged on Big Cal.Well, Big Cal, the cast-off came through. But it wasn&rsquo;t easy. First of all, after showing good form in early thaining camp sessions, he ran into one of his own team mates, Bill Barilko, during an exhibition game with Pittsburgh and wound up with a fractured cheekbone.That sidelined Gardner for a long stretch, kept him weeks behind his mates in condition, But once back in harness, Cal worked like a beaver, on and off the ice.Off the ice? That&rsquo;s right. He devoured as many steaks as he could stomach in an effort to rebuild his vitality, sapped by weeks of incessant liquid diet. Then, too he took special body-building exercises to build up his physical assets.Then Gardner went to town. True, he was no Apps but who is? But working with Harry Watson and his ex-enemy, Ezinicki (they are fast friends now) the big redhead started to prove that Conn Smythe had made no mistake in acquiring him.Last New Year&rsquo;s Night, Gardner reached, so to speak, his maturity. You remember his stick-and-fist battle with Kenny Reardon of Montreal?No one could condone that incident - N.H.L. President Campbell fined Cal $250 and Kenny $200 and gave them each a game suspension - but it did prove one thing: Gardner wasn&rsquo;t the kind of guy who would back down from anyone.He showed right there and then that he had plenty of back bone &mdash; and may be that was the psychological lift he needed. From that date on, Big Cal became an important man in the Leaftian scheme of things.He fought for the puck with the same tireless determination that has always marked Ted Kennedy&rsquo;s play &mdash; and when the chips were down, it was the fighting spirit of players like Cal and Teeder that carried the Leafs to the top.Big Cal is a Maple Leaf now, and he intends to remain one, and his legion of scoffers now happily confesses that they erred. They&rsquo;re now a legion of Gardner boosters.<h2>Dawes Unlucky</h2>The fourth Toronto centreman, Bobby Dawes, has been plagued by injuries in his bid for N.H.L. stardom. The Saskatoon boy started his hockey career as a defenseman but after watching him work as a centreman in practice, the Leaf management decided that he had potentialities as a pivot.Two years ago the lanky youngster was making a great bid for a regular Leaf berth when a hockey stick pierced his cheek and put a crimp in his efforts to stay up in the Big Time. He finished out the season with Pittsburgh and was with the Hornets again last year. When the Smoky City sextet was eliminated, Dawes was added to the Toronto team&rsquo;s reserve strength.Big Bob wasn&rsquo;t going to muff this chance. Though he was used sparingly &mdash; spelling off the regular centres, Kennedy, Bentley and Gardner &mdash; Dawes did such a terrific pinch-hitting job that he was tagged as a probable Leaf regular as far hack as last spring.This year, at training camp, Dawes proved that he was no flash in the pan. He trained with the Leafs and he stayed with them. He was a standout, too, once he got his contract problems ironed out.But came the openinig game with the Hawks &mdash; and bingo! Halfway through the game he ran into a knee injury and, as this is written, is still waiting to get back into action.What do the Leafs think of him? Well, after the one and only league game he played to date, Conn Smythe said:&ldquo;I liked the way Dawes played. I thought he was one of our strong men. When he was out there, we seemed to have just as much power.&rdquo;So it looks like Mr. Dawes is here to stay, although that, of course, is up to the whims of hockey fate. But even if he works only as a speller-off or utility centre, he&rsquo;ll help provide the Leafs with that all-important strength down the middle.It&rsquo;s a big factor when the chips are down and there&rsquo;s a Stanley Cup pot o&rsquo;gold as the stake. &#9632;

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Leafs’ Centers Laugh At Fate

<div class="byline">By HEC MacLEAN</div>CALGARY, Alta&mdash;The lengthy Western Canada junior and senior hockey leagues are now away and winging on their respective 1949-50 campaigns and indications are that they &mdash; along with most other circuits in the country&mdash;will experience a banner season.The first few scores in each loop indicate that competition should be keen. In the junior race Lethbridge Native Sons loom as a strong contender while Calgary Buffaloes, a young aggregation, appear much weaker this term than the squad which headed the six_team loop tor the most of last year. Scotty Munro will have a rough team in his Crow&rsquo;s Nest Pass Lions and you can expect plenty of bodychecking from rugged Bill Shevetz.<h2>Switch Should Help</h2>Lions have a hustling organization and the switch in the name from Bellevue to a representative of the complete Crow&rsquo;s Nest Pass should help the gates. Lions also have a classy program this year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01133/974893-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="270" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">M. Armstrong</figcaption></div>Larry Popein and Jackie McLeod started in a blaze of glory for Moose Jaw Canucks, and plenty of goals can be expected to come from the sticks of these two flashy performers this season. But remember, Muray Armstrong&rsquo;s Regina Pats will be tough this term. Joe Fisher&rsquo;s Medicine Hat Tigers easily could be the darkhorse of the loop. None of the other teams seem to fear Tigers much but Joltin&rsquo; Joe may come up with a surprise.The four_team senior circuit ap. pears well balanced.Regina Caps and Saskatoon Quakers look like both may have lineup changes. Caps lost a lot of good material from last season&rsquo;s squad but Art Somers can do wonders and you can expect him to come up with a contending club.Both loops have a long schedule ahead and it will take a little time yet to distinguish the stronger teams from the weaker clubs. One good thing this season is that the juniors have a balanced schedule and there won&rsquo;t be any confusion over four-point and twopoint games. Last year Bellevue won more games than Lethbridge or Regina but failed o make the playoffs because the club muffed the four-point fixtures.The juniors play 20 home con. tests while the seniors will stage 25.<h2>Providence Reds Roster</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0456/974886-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="1795" height="790"></div><h2>Likes Action</h2>Playing hockey is a dangerous enough occupation all things taken into consideration. The St. Paul Saints slam-bang blue liner, Harry Bell, doesn&rsquo;t confine all of his excitment to the ice though &hellip; &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; has done some automobile and motor cycle racing, too &hellip; He won the Saskatchewan car racing championship in 1943-44 &hellip;The most dangerous sport? Well, Harry has never taken time to consider that angle &hellip; He just thinks both of them are mighty exciting &hellip; &#9632;

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Cowboy Area Wheels Aim For Banner Year

<div class="byline">By DON HARCEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0541/974962-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="229" height="373"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Benoit</figcaption></div>SPOKANE, Wash&mdash;Feverish action marked the weeks prior to the opening of another Western International Hockey League season as players started getting in shape with new coaches at the helm of each club in the four-team loop.Joe Benoit, who took the Spokane Flyers to a league and national championship and lost his job, moved in as head man with last season&rsquo;s cellar dwelling Nelson Maple Leafs.Wyatt (Scoop) Bentley, outstanding defenseman with Spokane last season, was named coach of the U. S. champions. One of the Bentleys of Delisle, Saskatchewan, Scoop was one of the most popular members of the Spokane roster and an important cog in the championship machine.<h2>Refugee Prom Stalin</h2>Mike Bucka, a teammate of Benoit when Trail won the Allan Cup and world&rsquo;s championship se? veral years ago, returns to become coach of the Trail Smoke Eaters. Buckna coached the powerful Czech hockey club, one of the best in Europe, prior to the war.The only actual newcomer to the&rsquo; league is Kimberley&rsquo;s new leader, veteran Ken McAuley, former goaltender for the New York Rangers. Ken takes over the Dynamiters after being with the Saskatoon Quakers last year. The only actual newcomer to the&rsquo; league is Kimberley&rsquo;s new leader, veteran Ken McAuley, former goaltender for the New York Rangers. Ken takes over the Dynamiters after being with the Saskatoon Quakers last year.Officers of the league include W. L. Clark of Kimberley, president; F. L. Hallam, Trail, first vice-president; H.M. Roblee, Spokane, second vice-president; Dr. G. Steed, Nelson, third vice-president; G. R. Felker, Kimberley, fourth vice-president, and J. R, Buchanan, Kimberley, secretary-treasurer.The Hon. Arthur R. Meehan, mayor of Spokane, is honorary president of the league.The league will again be probably the only one in organized hockey operating on a percentage basis rather than by points for games won. The odd schedule gives Spokane a total of 60 games, 36 at home, against 44 for the other three teams in the loop. &#9632;

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Percentages Pay Under WIHL System

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By BUNNY MORGANSON</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Toronto Marlboros continue to lead the way in the senior and junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series during the early weeks of Ontario Hockey Association action &hellip; Hugh &ldquo;Scotty&rdquo; Mair, who has experienced the hockey cycle of playing amateurs, professional and back to amateur, is providing the winning spark for Marlboro Seniors &hellip; In their first four games Joe Primeau&rsquo;s lads claimed two wins, a tie and an overtime defeat and scored a total of 16 goals &hellip; Mair has been responsible for eight of them &hellip;&ldquo;Flash&rdquo; Hollett picked up his first 10-minute misconduct penalty of the season when the veteran Marlboro defense player pushed Referee Pat patterson after being dumped by Kitchener&rsquo;s Walter Hnatiuk when the whistle-tooter refused to penalize the Kitchener player &hellip;Gordon Hannigan, younger brother of Roy Hannigan playing with Pittsburgh, along with Don Rope, both graduates from last year&rsquo;s St. Michael&rsquo;s Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; majors, have made a good Impression in their senior debut with Malboros.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01146/975052-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="229" height="368"><figcaption class="caption-body">Flash Hollett</figcaption></div>After a run of seven games, Malboros have defeated Owen Sound twice, lost and tied with Kitchener &hellip;. Owen Sound defeated Hamilton twice while Kitchener has defeated Malboros, lost to Hamilton and tied the Torotno crew at home &hellip;<h2>Regains Status</h2>Bobby Gillson is playing his third season, second at Owen Sound, as senior goaltender &hellip;. Billy Allum regained his &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; card to perform on defense for Owen Sound. He was obliged to remain out of hockey last winter because of a difference over re-instatement with Cleveland Barons &hellip; He has 10 years of professional hockey experience &hellip;Although George Redding at Hamilton has all his veteran players back with the Tigers, it&rsquo;s the younger crew, Jack Taylor, Eddie Busch, Carl and Tom Smelle and Frank Liscombe who are carrying the offensive load at present &hellip;.Five junior players are credited with having much to do about Owen Sound Mercury&rsquo;s &lsquo;new look&rsquo; in senior hockey &hellip; Andy McCallum played for two years with Medicine Hat while George McLagan served his junior term with Marlboros and Stratford while from Falconbridge juniors, Owen Sound claimed Airne Barbe, Herb Beaudry and Mike Bukecheski &hellip;The veteran Art Childs of Hamilton Tigers is the only &ldquo;hometown&rdquo; goalie performing in the O.H.A. senior ranks &hellip; Bev Bentley with Kitchener comes from Saskatchewan &hellip; Toronto Marlboro&rsquo;s Pat Boehmer is a native of Kitchener while Bobby Gillson, performing for Owen Sound, is a native of Toronto &hellip;.After being held to an overtime 2-all tie in their first game of the season at Guelph, Marlboro Juniors roared to victory in their next four games. Sideline experts agree the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series has better balance this season &hellip;Marlboros and St. Catharines Tee-Pees were &ldquo;fogged out&rdquo; of their game in the Garden City on Friday, Oct. 21 after playing two periods &hellip;. Before calling the game off, Referee Bill Morrison had the two clubs skating around the ice surface, for several minutes &hellip; As soon as they stopped the heavy air came down on the ice again and both goalies were completely blacked out.Wayne Sabourin continues to brighten St. Michael&rsquo;s junior hockey picture with his excellent front line play &hellip; He came up with two goals for their 4-3 win over Windsor Spitfires at Toronto on Saturday, Oct. 22 &hellip;<h2>Moore In Doubt</h2>Alfie Moose announced he was getting out as Galt&rsquo;s coach but was prevailed upon to &ldquo;hang in there&rdquo; until a new coach could be secured. However, arrival of Price and Hill to look after the defense and the insertion of Peter Conacher, Chuck Conacher&rsquo;s son, at center ice bolstered Galt&rsquo;s play to the extent of taking two straight games from Stratford Kroehlers.Ernie Crouch has fitted in nicely as goalie replacement for Barrie Flyers &hellip; Gil Mayer who held the fort between the Barrie goalposts for the past two championship seasons is now playing professional for Pittsburgh Hornets of the American League &hellip; &#9632;

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Marlies Early Class Tops OHA Aspirants

<h2>Even Trade</h2>Tulsa Oilers and St. Paul Saints have swapped two players in an even trade, the Oilers&rsquo; front office said. Tulsa rets Alex Sandalack of Regina, 28-year-old defenseman. Marcel (Ching) Dhcere, 30, of St. Boniface, Man., goes to the Saints.<h2>Icelandic Descent</h2>Yen Haldorsen, Tulsa Oilers&rsquo; centerman, who was acquired from the Buffalo Bisons this year, is of Icelandic descent. Frank Frederickson.one of the greatest centers of all time, was from the same colony In Manitoba which has given hockey so many star players.<h2>HOW THE RAGE GOES</h2><h3>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., NOV. 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01114/975097-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="593" height="252"></div><h3>Results of Games</h3>October 21 &mdash; St. Paul 3, at Loulsite 3.October 22 &mdash; Omaha 3. at Minneapolis 4, Kansas City 4, at Tulsa 8.October 23 &mdash; Omaha 3, at St. Paul 4; Minneapolis 5, at Kansas City 5.Minneapolis Millers and St. Paul Saints, Twin City rivals, are tied for the leadership of the United States Hockey League, each having identical records of three wins, a loss and a tie, for seven points. Louisville Blades are in third place with five points and Tulsa Oilers fourth with four points.The strong showing of the Omaha Knights has surprised most of the critics around the ciruit. They lost two tough games, tin successive nights, to the leading St. Paul and Minneapolis teams, by the close margin of one goal.Dick Butler, Tulsa left-winger, maintained his leadership in the scoring column with nine points, made up of six goals and three assists. Butler and Hank Blade, Kansas City coach and center, are tied in goals scored, each having tallied six times. Harry Groves and Ray Powell, both of Kansas City, are tied with six assists each. Joe McArthur, fiery Louisville center, leads the League&rsquo;s &ldquo;BadMen&rdquo;, having served thirteen minutes in the penalty box.Bill Brennan, Omaha&rsquo;s rookie netminder, sets the pace in kicking the rubber out of danger and has held his opponents to eight goals in three games for a 2.66 average. Harry MeQueston, of Minneapolis, registered the week&rsquo;s only shut-out when he blanked Tulsa 4 to 0.The schedule for the coming week gives all teams, excepting Tulsa, a breather. Only four games will be played.<h2>FRIDAY, OCT. 21</h2>LOUISVILLE &mdash; Jack Geisebrecht&rsquo;s second goal of the night at 9:12 of the third period helped the Louisville Blades eke out a 3-3 tie with the St. Paul hockey team here before 3,000 cheering fans.Louisville: Goal, J. Bell; Defense,Currie. Bloom; center, McArthur; wings, Melnyk, Poitras; subs.; Arch&mbeault, Dick, MacKenzie. St. Pierre, Ashbee, Geisebreeht, Burke, Petrie.St. Paul: Goal, McGill, defence Ailsby, Dill; centre, Rozzini; wings, Delmonte, Ramsden; subs.: Giokas, Schwartz, Anslow, Brown, Bend, Macintosh, Cameron, H. Bell,<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;St. Paul: Rozzini (Ramsdcn) &hellip; 1:352&mdash;S.t. Paul: Anslow (Dill, Macintosh) &hellip; 5:373&mdash;Louisville: Ashbee (St. Pierre, Archambault) &hellip; 16:57Penalty: Bloom.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Louisville: Ge-isebrecht (Petrie) &hellip; 5:445&mdash;St. Paul: Bond (Cameron, Ailsby) &hellip; 10:27Penalties: Currie, Dick, Anslow.7Third Period6&mdash;Louisville: Geisebreeht (Petrie, Mackenzie) &hellip; 9:12Penalties; McArthur, Ramsden.<h2>SATURDAY, OCT. 22</h2>MINNEAPOLIS &mdash; Minneapolis beating off the furious charges of Omaha&rsquo;s flying youngsters, moved into the league lead with a 4-3 victory before 1,952 fans at the Arena.Omaha; Goal, Brennan: defence, Durham, Forbes; centre, Forbes; wings, J. Wilson, Bruneteau; subs.: Pronovost, Folk. Bert, Giesebrecht, O&rsquo;Grady. Bruce Giesebrecht, Heale, Burgess, McLean, McCloud.Minneapolis: Goal, MeQueston; defence. Marlucci, Fraser; centre, Smith; wings, Homenuke, Atanas; subs.: Bergeron, Lavitt, Kralger, Agar, Warwick, Richardson, King, Sonmo-r, Hergesheimer, Tomiuk.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Minneapolis: Warwick (Agar, Kraiger) &hellip; 16:51Penalties: Forbes, Warwick.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Minneapolis: Fraser &hellip; 2:583&mdash;Minneapolis: Warwick (Agar, Lavitt) &hellip;4:12Penalties: King, Lavitt, Agar, Pronovost, Durham.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;Minneapolis: Agar (Warwick, Richardson) &hellip; 2:515&mdash;Omaha: Burgess &hellip; 8:036&mdash;Omaha: J. Wilson (Bruneteau, L. Wilson) &hellip; 9:387&mdash;Omaha: BruneteauPenalties: Bert, Giesebrecht, King, (major), Bruneteau, Forbes.TULSA &mdash; The Tulsa Oilers, easy pie to the rest of the league, jinxed Kansas City for the second time this season, 8-4.Kansas City: Goal, Henry; defence, Jackson, Tarala; centre. Powell; wings, Groves, Fashaway; subs.:Baldln, McNally, Blade, Wicherley, Harms, Leler, Stasiuk. Goodacre. Miller.Tulsa: Goal. Chabot; defence, Dillon, E. Young; centre Haldorsen; wings, Feruson, Knottg subs.:Schertzl, Telford, Ashwarth, Butler, M. Young, Schnurr, Gronsdahl, McAtee, Dheere.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Tulsa: Ferguson (Haldorsen, Knott) &hellip; :362&mdash;Kansas City: Groves (Powell) &hellip; 3:303&mdash;Tulsa: Schnurr (Telford) &hellip;9:10Penalties: Telford Fashaway.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Tulsa: Schnurr (E. Young) &hellip; 5:405&mdash;Tulsa: Haldorsen (Knott. Ferguson) &hellip;6:58Penalties: None.<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;Tulsa: McAtee (Schnurr, Gronsdahl) &hellip; 4:257&mdash;Kansas City: Goodacre (LeLcr, McNally) &hellip; 8:288&mdash;Kansas City: Blade (Groves) &hellip; 10:109&mdash;Kansas City: Goodacre (Flashaway, Leler) &hellip; 13:1010&mdash;Tulsa: Butler &hellip;17:4211&mdash;Tulsa: Ashworth (M. Young) &hellip; 17:5212&mdash;Tulsa: Dheere (Schnurr, McAtee) &hellip; 19:59Penalties: Schertzl, Flashaway, Ferguson, Tarala.<h2>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23</h2>ST. PAUL &mdash; The bruising hockey&rsquo; action between St Paul and Omaha at the Auditorium kept the players &mdash; three of &lsquo;em &mdash; in stitches and 3,490 fans in a lather to the final buzzer.For the second straight home game fans were treated to a last ditch battle as Omaha tried desperately to deadlock the game and the Saints batled every bit as hard to hold their 4-3 edge to the finish.Omaha: Goal, Brennan; defence, Forbes, Durham; centre, Heale; wings; Burgess, McLean; subs.: Pronovost, Folk, J. Wilson, O&rsquo;Grady, L. Wilson, Bruneteau, Bert, Giesbrecht, Bruce Giesbrecht.St. Paul: Goal McGill; defence Ailsby, Dill; centre. Schwartz; wings, McIntosh, Anslow; subs.: Sandalack, Giokas, Del Monte, Brown, Bend. Ramsden, Rozzini, Cameron, Bell.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;St. Paul: Bend (Cameron) &hellip; 5:232&mdash;St. Paul: McIntosh (Ailsby, Schwartz) &hellip; 11:37Penalties: Sandalack, Dlll, Brennan (Heale served penalty).<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;St. Paul: Anslow &eacute;&eacute;&eacute;&eacute;&eacute; (check copy) (Schwartz, McIntosh) &hellip; 1:344&mdash;St. Paul: Rozzini (Del Monte, Ramsden) &hellip; 6:355&mdash;Omaha: Bert Giesbrecht (O&rsquo;Grady, Bruce Giesbrecht) &hellip; 10:076&mdash;Omaha: Durham (Bert Giesbrecht) &hellip; 17:35Penalties: Dill (2), Durham, Pronovost, O&rsquo;Grady (major).<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;Omaha: J. Wilson (L. Wilson, Bruenteau) &hellip;0:00Penalties: Forbes, L. Wilson, Bend. Schwartz.KANSAS CITY &mdash; With only 19 seconds left, Doug Baldwin&rsquo;s goal from 40 feet out gave the Kansas City Mohawks a 5-5 tie with the Minneapolis Millers before a crowd of 3001 fans.Kansas City: Goal, Henry; defence, Baldwin, McNally; centre Leler; wings, Staslak, Goodacre; subs.: Tarala, Jackson, Powell, Groves. Fashoway, Miller, Harms, Wycherley, BladeMinneapolis: Goal, MeQueston; defence, Marlucci, Fraser; centre Smith, wings, Atanis, Homenuke; subs.: Lavitt, Bergeron, Graleger, Agar, Richardson, Warwick, King, Hergeshelmer, Sonmor, Tomiuk.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Kansas City: Tarala (Harms, Blade) &hellip; 16:382&mdash;Kansas City: Blade (Wycherley) &hellip; 17:58Penalties: Mariucci.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Kansas City: Powell (Groves, Baldwin) &hellip; 9:554&mdash;Minneapolis: Richardson (Agar, Tomiuk) &hellip; 10:165&mdash;Minneipolis: Sonmor (Bergeron. Lavitt) &hellip;. 11:546&mdash;Minneapolis: Homenuke (Smith, Kraleger) &hellip; 13:297&mdash;Minneapolis: Sonmor (King) &hellip; 17:06Penalties: McXallv.<h3>Third Period</h3>8&mdash;Kansas City: Baldwin (Miller) &hellip; 13:059&mdash;Minneapolis: Kraleger (Homenuke) &hellip; 14:3010&mdash;Kansas City: Baldwin (Wycherley) &hellip; 19:41<h2>THE POIHT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0373/975090-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="572" height="798"></div><h3>The Leaders</h3>Most Points: D. Butler, Tulsa (9).Most Goals: D. Butler Tulsa; H. Blade, K.C. (6).Most Assists: H. Groves, K.C.; R. Powell, K.C, (6).Most Penalties: J. McArthur, Louis ville, (13 mins.).Most Shutouts: H. McQueston. Mpls. B. Brennan, Omaha (1).Best Goalkeepers Avg: B.Brennan, Omaha 2.66).<h3>Goalkeepers Records</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0454/975083-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="581" height="226"></div><h2>Explain This!</h2>Minneapolis defenseman Chuck Kraiger has an unusual record. Chuck has been a winger all but one of the six years liehas been in professional hockey but he had his best scoring season last campaign as defenseman &hellip;Chuck scored 53 points with Philadelphia last season to top all American league defensemen &hellip; Speaking of defensemen, the Omaha Knights may have one of the toughest blue line crews in the league this campaign &mdash; and one of the youngest, too &hellip; In Jake Forbes, Marcel Pronovost, Pete Durham and Bill Folk, coacli Mud Bruneteau has a crew averaging just over 20 years &hellip; Youngest of the foursome is Pronovost at 19 &hellip; Forbes is the &ldquo;papy&rdquo; at 24 &hellip; The other two are 22 &hellip;.<h2>Creek Delight</h2>It seems like the United States Hockey League lias a corner on the Greek player market &hellip; Only two players of Greek nationality are playing pro hockey today&mdash;and both of them are on USHL rosters &hellip; Minneapolis has Ants Atanas, the flashy winger and the St. Paul Sainst have young Willie Giokas, a bruising rear guard &hellip; Willie got his start in pro hockey last season with Tacoma in the Pacific Coast League &hellip; By the way, they call Giokas, &ldquo;Pete the Greek&rdquo; &hellip; &#9632;

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UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By TED RANDOLPH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0287/975128-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="659" height="690"></div>Hard working Jake Forbes, the veteran (at 24) Omaha defenseman, claims he isn&rsquo;t carrying any horseshoes or four-leaf clovers around this campaign, but he can&rsquo;t explain just how it is the Knights are managing without a goalie change. This time a year ago Jake had been in and out of the nets in a &ldquo;spare&rdquo; role at least a couple of times and an extra goalie from the Saints had worked in relief, too &hellip; &ldquo;My goaltending days are all over as of last year&rdquo;, Jake beamed before a recent St. Paul-Omaha game. Then he continued, &ldquo;it is getting tough enough to play defense without asking for more trouble in the nets&rdquo;. Incidentally Jake reported that on his first trip around the league the hecklers all told him, &ldquo;you are the only one we really know on the Omaha team yet so we are going to lay it on you this trip &hellip;&rdquo; And they have &hellip; &#9632;

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Jake’s Lost – No Nets!

<h2>QUEBEC SENIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01121/975243-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="581" height="276"></div><h2>WESTERN CANADA SENIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0276/975236-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="579" height="250"></div><h3>Results of Games</h3>October 14 &mdash; Edmonton 3, at Calgary 10; Saskatoon 4, at Regina 5.October 15 &mdash; Calgary 1, at Edmonton 3; Regina 7, at Saskatoon 4.October 18 &mdash; Edmonton 5, at Saskatoon 5.October 19 &mdash; Edmonton 5, at Regina 4.October 21 &mdash; Edmonton 10, at Saskatoon 3; Regina 2, at Calgary 4.October 25 &mdash; Saskatoon 2, at Edmonton 5.<h3>Lending Scorers</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0357/975229-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="581" height="668"></div><h3>Goalkeepers Records</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0445/975222-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="592" height="213"></div><h2>O.H.A. JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0524/975215-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="592" height="232"></div><h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0614/975208-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="599" height="250"></div><h3>Results of Games</h3>October 17 &mdash; Auto Club 5, Windsor 5; Hettche 5, Sarnia 3.October 21 &mdash; Hettche 5. Windsor 5; Sarnia 6, Chatham 3.October 22 &mdash; Auto Club 5, Sarnia 3.October 24 &mdash; Hettche 6, Windsor 2; Auto Club 5, Chatham 3.<h3>Scoring Leaders</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0711/975201-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="578" height="945"></div><h3>Goalkeepers Records</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0810/975194-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="587" height="253"></div><h3>QUEBEC JUNIOR A.H.A.</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-098/975187-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="581" height="268"></div><h3>O.H.A. SENIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-107/975180-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="584" height="340"></div><h3>ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-115/975173-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="581" height="595"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-125/975166-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="589" height="225"></div><h4>Goalkeepers Records</h4><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-134/975159-1-eng-US/f0016-132.jpg" title="f0016-13" width="589" height="225"></div><h2>AMATEUR SCORES</h2><h3>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25</h3>Q.S.H.L.Sherbrooke 7, Shawinlgan 3.J.A.H.A. Canadiens 6, Royals 2. Yalleyfield 6, Verdun 4.C.B.S.H.L,Sydney 5, Glace Bay 1.O.H.A. SeniorMarboros 6, Hamilton 3.Owen Sound, Kitchener 1.O.H.A. JuniorGalt 5. Oshawa 3.St. Catharines 5, Barrie 2,M.S.H.L.Halifax 9, Amherst 6.E.C.S.H.L.Air Force 7, Rarmy 2.Hull 3, Cornwall 2.<h3>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26</h3>Q.S.HL.Royals 2, Valleyfield 1.Chicoutimi 5, Ottawa 3.J.A.H.A.Three Rivers 6, Quebec 5.Cape Breton SeniorGlace Bay 4, North Sydney 2.Maritime SeniorSaint John 3, Moncton 2.O.H.A. Junior Marlboros 4, Hamilton 3.O.H.A. SeniorSt. Mike&rsquo;s 6, Windsor 3.Strafford 4, Guelph 1.<h3>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27</h3>Q.S.H.L.Royals 2, Shawinigan 1.Quebec 4, Ottawa 2.J.A.H.A.Royals 5, Verdun 0.Canadiens 7, Valleyfied 1.Provincial LeagueAbord-&agrave;-Plouffe 5, Outremont 2. Park Extension 6, Valleyfield 3.Cape Breton SeniorNorth Sydney 5. Sydney 1.Maritime SeniorHalifax 7, Saint John 4.Moncton 8, Amherst 3.Eastern Canada SeniorNorth Bay 6, Cornwall 5.<h2>Trade Crazy</h2>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash; During the past summer and fall, General Manager Jim Hendy and Coach Bun Cook of the Barons engineered more trades than any other club in the A.H.L. Gone from last season&rsquo;s Barons are Johnny Black, Church Russell, Bobby Solinger, Ralph Wycherley, Roger Bessette, Gordie Davidson, Doug Baldwin, Eddie Bush, Les Brennan and the Porteous twins &mdash; Dan and Frank. &#9632;

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Amateur Parade At Quick Glance

<div class="byline">By FRANK BIRD</div>PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.&mdash;The Northern Saskatchewan Junior Loop for 1949-50 has not changed much from that of last year. There were four teams in the league in 48-49, Flin Flon Jr. Bombers, Humbolt Indians, Saskatoon Quakers and Prince Albert Jr. Mintos. The withdrawal of Quakers during the slack season of the past few months left a gaping hole which has been filled by the entry of the Saskatoon Wesleys, under the capable management of Charlie Maccool.Dune Farmer, assisted by Nick Metz, coach of the senior Quakers, has been putting the Wesleys through their paces. Flin Flon Bombers are negotiating for the services of Bryan Hextali as coachThe Humboldt Indians have this year also taken on a new coach, by name Mike Horbel from the Elmer Lach town of Nokomis. The fourth team in the league is the P. A. Mintos, coached by Don McCullough of Moose Jaw, brother of Chuck who performed last year with the Regina Caps, Western Canada Senior Champs.<h2>Late In Starting</h2>Due of course to the lack of artificial ice the circuit does not get underway till late November. This late starting and early finishing cuts the number of games in the schedule down to 24-12 away and 12 home. Setting up a suitable schedule for this Northern Loop is a big headache because of the time and distance involved in travelling. As an example, Prince Albert, Humboldt and Saskatoon fly into Flin Flon for games, while the Bombers when making road trips, fly out.The playoffs this season are being changed to pit Northern Saskatchewan against Northern Alberta, with the winner meeting B. C. in the Northern Final. The winner would then go against the finalist in the Western Canada Junior League. A step-up such as this will give the North more hockey of the brand comparable to that being played in the Western Junior Circuit. &#9632;

Sask. To Ice 4-Team Loop Junior Set Is Jumping

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div>VICTORIA, B.C.&mdash;Prior to the start of hostilities, Oct. 8, team owners and the 11 coaches were of the feeling they would do okay with the players available. That is not so today. Although the season is only a few weeks old owners are burning the wires and long distance cords in feverish efforts to bolster their clubs.Your writer interviewed several owners and coaches the past week and every one of them commented on the improved brand of hockey in the league over past seasons. Players who were stars last year are having a tough time hanging on and the fight for top notch men continues.Seattle and New Westminster have taken an early lead in the Northern Division and look like the clubs to beat, but rival mentors will tell you the Ironmen and Royals got the jump on them in conditioning and once their club gets Into shape they will give Seattle and N.W. a rough time.All five Southern Division cluba are fairly well matched at this^ time, but it is too early to hazard an accurate picture on the California sextets. Indications point to another &ldquo;dog-eat-dog&rdquo; scrimmage for playoff positions, similar to last year when the schedule had to be played to completion before the &ldquo;monied&rdquo; berths were decided.ICICLES: &hellip;. Hermie Gruhn, Vancouver right winger, was traded to Portland Oct. 14 &hellip; When Portland humbled Vancouver, 7-3, Oct. 15, they scored more goals in that game than they had In the previous four games, when they tallied only five times &hellip; CJVI, Victoria, presented its first hockey broadcast, Oct. 14, Cougars hosting New Westminster.All Friday night games of the. Cougars are aired. Vancouver&rdquo; broadcasts its Friday evening games, all Tacoma and Seattle home games are broadcast, Portland&rsquo;s Saturday night games are broadcast and New Westminster&rsquo;s home games are aired &hellip;Doug Jackson, Vancouver&rsquo;s regular goalie last year, is the Northern Division&rsquo;s spare, assuming the position when Vancouver obtained Lucien Dechene, all - star netminder with New Westminster last year, from Providence, who own him &hellip; Fern Perrault, Ta. coma&rsquo;s ace marksman in 1948.49 is one P.C.H.L. graduate going well in the American League. He&rsquo;s playing for New Haven, New York Rangers&rsquo; farm club. &#9632;

PCHL Puck Brand Up! More Players Needed

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;If early game crowds may be taken as a criterion of what is to come, then the Maritimes&rsquo; two major puck circles will play to record attendances this season. Crowds at both the Maritime Senior (Big Four) and Cape Breton League games have been very impressive &hellip;The three team Cape Breton League looks a bit stronger than it was a year ago, although Sydney Millionaires have gotten off to a better start and the Glace Bay Miners, who started out in high gear last season, have yet to hit their best stride. Sweeney Schriner&rsquo;s North Sydney Victorias are shap&shy;ing up nicely and tigure to give the other two rivals a close race to the wire &hellip;Sydney coach Murph Chamberlain has made a hit with players and fans and plans to take over a defense berth once he gets his players sorted out. The Cape Breton fans will like Murph&rsquo;s robust style of play.<h2>Same Old Gordie</h2>Gordie Drilon is back in action as a player. He&rsquo;s a full-fledged member of Saint John Beavers and up to his old scoring tricks. The one-time scoring star of Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens doesn&rsquo;t work any harder than he ever did, or maybe not as hard as he sometimes did &mdash; but he can still pop goals. Coach Jackie Keating thinks the former major leaguer will be a big help to Beavers this season, if he can stand the long grind. And it is a long grind, a matter of 72 games for each team.President Judge J. Elliott Hudson has named Maurice (Moe) Walsh and Hugh Gillis as regular referees to work with whistle blowers in each league center. Poor refereeing was the talk of the league last winter and Judge Hudson made sure it would be better for the long 1949-50 schedule &hellip;.The Maritime Amateur Hockey Association will sponsor a referees&rsquo; school during the winter months. A similar school was held at Charlottetown, P.E.I. last winter and proved to be a great sue. cess. Instructors were Frank (King) Clancy, now of the Cincinnati Mohawks and Pete (Red) Kelly, formerly of the Detroit Red Wings. Kelly, now physical in. structor at the University of New Brunswick, may see service in Big Four games from time to time if he can get time off from his college duties.<h2>This and That</h2>Lou Medvnski, one of the greatest Big Four stars for two years and last season with the Maritime champion Sydney Millionaires, is now with North Sydney Victorias. Amherst Ramblers sought Clarence (Windy) Steele as coach but the former Moncton Hawks pilot decided to go elsewhere. Now Carl Ripley is in charge. Rip is a graduate of Amherst rinks and played on a great junior line with his brother Frank and the late Creighton Lowther, whose father once played in the National League. When Carl and Frank played together you couldn&rsquo;t tell them apart. They are identical twins.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01104/975395-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="497" height="772"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eager BeaverGORDIE DRILLON</figcaption></div>Roy (Buck) Whitlock, who was dropped by Moncton Hawks be. cause they figured he was too brittle to play regularly, is now with Saint John Beavers. Buck won the Big Four scoring championship two years ago, leading throughout the entire season &hellip; The Big Four teams will play a 10-minute overtime period this season if the score is tied at the end of regulation time. However, the players are protesting the extra time because of the long schedule and at the next league meeting the matter will be thoroughly discussed &hellip; &#9632;

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‘SIow-Motion’ Gordie Back In Big 4 Grind

<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>2 &mdash; Owen Sound at Kitchener.3 &mdash; Kitchener at Marlboros; Owen Sound at Hamilton.5 &mdash; Hamilton at Owen Soured; Marlboros at Kitchener.8 &mdash; Marlboros at Owen Sound; Kitchener at Hamilton.9 &mdash; Marlboros at Hamilton.10 &mdash; Owen Sound at Kitchener.11 &mdash; Kitchener at Hamilton; Marlboros at Owen Sound.16 &mdash; Owen Sound at Kitchener.18 &mdash; Hamilton at Marlboros.19 &mdash; Kitchener at Owen Sound.20 &mdash; Hamilton at Owen Sound.21 &mdash; Kitchener at Marlboros.22 &mdash; Owen Sound at Marlboros; Kitchener at Hamilton.26 &mdash; Hamilton at Kitchener.28 &mdash; Hamilton at Marlboros; Owen Sound at Kitchener.29 &mdash; Kitchener at Owen Sound.<h2>DECEMBER</h2>2 &mdash; Kitchener at Marlboros; Owen Sound at Hamilton.3 &mdash; Hamilton at Owen Sound; Marlboros at Kitchener.6 &mdash; Marlboros at Hamilton; Kitchener at Owen Sound.7 &mdash; Hamilton at Marlboros.9 &mdash; Owen Sound at Marlboros.10 &mdash; Hamilton at Kitchener.13 &mdash; Owen Sound at Hamilton.14 &mdash; Marlboros at Kitchener.16 &mdash; Owen Sound at Marlboros; Hamilton at Kitchener.17 &mdash; Marlboros at Owen Sound.20 &mdash; Marlboros at Hamilton.21 &mdash; Hamilton at Marlboros; Owen Sound at Kitchener.23 &mdash; Kitchener at Marlboros.24 &mdash; Marlboros at Owen Sound.25 &mdash; Owen Sound at Marlboros; Kitchener at Hamilton.<h2>JANUARY</h2>4 &mdash; Hamilton at Kitchener.6 &mdash; Kitchener at Marlboros; Owen Sound at Hamilton.7 &mdash; Hamilton at Owen Sound; Marlboros at Kitchener.10 &mdash; Kitchener at Owen Sound.11 &mdash; Hamilton at Marlboros.12 &mdash; Owen Sound at Marlboros.13 &mdash; Hamilton at Kitchener.17 &mdash; Marlboros at Owen Sound.20 &mdash; Marlboros at Hamilton.21 &mdash; Owen Sound at Kitchener.22 &mdash; Kitchener at Owen Sound; Marlboros at Hamilton.27 &mdash; Kitchener at Marlboros; Owen Sound at Hamilton.28 &mdash; Marlboros at Kitchener; Hamilton at Owen Sound.<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>1 &mdash; Owen Sound at Kitchener.3 &mdash; OWen Sound at Hamilton.4 &mdash; Hamilton at Owen Sound; Marlboros at Kitchener.7 &mdash; Marlboros at Owen Sound; Kitchener at Hamilton.8 &mdash; Hamilton at Kitchener. Hamilton at Marlboros (seventh meeting) yet to be scheduled. &#9632;

O.H.A. SENIOR A” 1949-50 SCHEDULE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0180/975457-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div>(Solution Next Week)<h2>ACROSS</h2>1. Left winger pictured in center.7. Hex tail&rsquo;s first name.8. Neuter pronoun.11. Initials of &ldquo;The Rocket&rsquo;&rsquo;.12. One of Detroit players.13. Short nickname given to any member of Indianapolis club.15. State in which pictured star plays home games (abbr.).16. Month in which &ldquo;Peanuts&rdquo; O&rsquo;Plaherty celebrates birth.17. What Michaluk is called for short.19. First name of 12 Across (abbr.).20. Tommy Ivan has had professional experience as a player.21. One of St. Pats. Stanley Cup winners, 1921-22.23. Act.24. Nickname of Mortson, Toronto player.25. Pictured player was 32 years in October, 1948.27. A former NHA and NHL club.31. Near.32. First name of Indianapolis left winger.35. How Detroit fared in 1948 play-off games with Toronto.37. This is drawn through center ice.38. Harvey Fraser suffered broken one during hockey career.<h2>DOWN</h2>1. Club for which pictured star plays.2. Province in Canada where &ldquo;Squee&rdquo; Allen was born (abbr.).3. Goale&rsquo;s elbow pads protect a part of this limb.4. First name of &ldquo;Cy&rdquo; Thomas.5. Exclamation of surprise.6. Country now seeking to enter Organized Professional Hockey.8. Pictured player shoots&rsquo; thus.10. Part of a trainer&rsquo;s equipment.14. Place in Alberta where Johnny Chad was born.18. First name of pictured player.22. Buzzer announces game has reached thft.23. Former NHL prexy.24. What Terry Sawchuk guards.26. Nickname of Washington team (sing.).28. Nickname of Walter Atanas.29. Initials of a Toronto right winger.30.___of Doug Bentley&rsquo;s NHL career has been with Chicago.33. Number of players on a side in hockey.34. What &ldquo;Red&rdquo; McAtee guards for Springfield.36. Scoring symbol for a shutoutLAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WORD KEY<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0296/975450-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="559" height="752"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0335/975523-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="298" height="279"><figcaption class="caption-body">LOUIS BOURDON prominent radio singer and master of ceremonies</figcaption></div>The BLACK HORSE &ldquo;Do You Know&rdquo; Advisory Panel<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0254/975530-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="223" height="279"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED REEVE well-known sports writer</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0428/975516-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="220" height="278"><figcaption class="caption-body">RICHARD PENNINGTON University Librarian, McGill University</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0524/975509-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="242" height="270"><figcaption class="caption-body">GREGORY CLARK distinguished columnist</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0613/975502-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="375" height="311"></div>Pelee Point, at the southernmost tip of the Province of Ontario, and Pelee Island, on Lake Erie, extend below the 42nd parallel &mdash; the same parallel that is officially designated as the northernmost boundary of the State of California.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0712/975495-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="435" height="269"></div>Do You Know &hellip; that Canada, because of her vastness, has a climate which ranges from Temperate to Continental to Arctic?<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0811/975488-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="367" height="267"></div>Do You Know &hellip; that of Canada&rsquo;s total population almost half have come, or are descended, from those who came from the British Isles?Do You Know 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.DAWES BLACK NORSE BREWERY &#9632;

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Do You Know…

<div class="byline">BY LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0193/975561-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Non-Loafing Time Wasters</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;(Wanted): One left winger.(Qualifications): Must be able to score at least 20 goals in 70 games.(Apply:) Mr. J. D. Irvin, Montreal Forum, St. Catherine Street, Montreal, Quebec. Bring your own skates. If not French, knowledge of the language will be a valuable asset.It looks like the biggest manhunt in the history of mankind will shortly be resumed and the hunt of course is to find one man who can take Elmer Lach&rsquo;s passes and put them past any one of five goalers who that one man will find in front of him. Few left wingers in hockey have missed an audition of the now famous unfinished &ldquo;Punch Line.&rdquo; The latest is Lilies Dube, who started off the season like a sky rocket and now looks like a fizzled out fire cracker. However Dube is not the only one who has fizzled on that line. In fact the only one who ever succeeded was Toe Blake.The week from October 22nd to 29th was a grim one for Frank Selke and Dick Irvin and Company. On the 22nd the Boston Bruins whipped them 2-1 for their first loss of the season. Then the Habs forgot what the cages were on the ice for. They failed to dent the twine for over 11 solid periods until the night of October 30 when they travelled to Detroit and humbled the Wings 4-1.Irvin was a worried man for that one week. His confidence in his players was far from shaken, except, maybe, when they played the Maple Leafs and were shutout 2-0. It was the worst game the Habs had played on home ice in years. Dube performed like a member of the Russian Ballet and the next morning Frank Selke made a smart move signing Bert Hirshfeld and Andy Hebenton to professional contracts. Both were shuffled off to Cincinnati via the air-lift. The pair are great prospects, having graduated from the junior ranks to the senior Royals this season. Hirshfeld assisted on a goal in his first game with his new club. Both are left wingers.Meanwhile Irvin is continuing to juggle his lines in an effort to find some scoring punch. With Richard and Lach he has played Fillion, Riopelle, Dussault, Dube and occasionally Plamondon.<h2>Can&rsquo;t Find The Range</h2>billy Reay is still centering the second line which is yet to find the range they had last season. Joe Carveth has been taken off the line and Leo Gravelle put in his place. Gravelle may be just the man to ge&rsquo; Reay and Plamondon back in the scoring race.Joe Carveth has moved to center with hard working &ldquo;Knobby&rdquo; Warwick at right and Rip Riopelle at left. Fillion Mosdell and Dussault now make up the fourth line.<h2>High Praise</h2>Irvin threw some high praise on two of his unsung heroes last week. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had one goal scored on us while we were a man short,&rdquo; Irvin told your reporter. Mosdell and Fillion have been really valuable to us so far.&rdquo;After the second game of the season in which the Canadiens beat the Rangers, Irvin sat in the dressing room and commented on the Ranger club.&ldquo;You know,&rdquo; said the thin faced coach, &ldquo;If that Ranger club had a couple of checkers like Mosdell and Fillion they&rsquo;d be a cinch for the playoffs. Now the way they are they use Leswick and Laprade, two of their best players, to fight off penalties. It wears them down.&rdquo;<h2>Fillion A Master</h2>Fillion in particular has become a menace to opposing clubs. He has mastered the art of pokechecking and forechecking and can ice the puck with a flick of the Wrist. The little fellow, who lacks color, certainly makes up for it in heart and fight.Mosdell on the other hand, is an opportunity hockey player. Last season he scored 17 goals but was seldom mentioned in the papers except that he had scored. Like Harry Watson of the Leafs, opposing players don&rsquo;t pay too much attention to &ldquo;Mosy&rdquo; until he flicks the light.<h2>Drawing Blood</h2>Dick Irvin didn&rsquo;t feel any too happy about the way his club played against the Toronto Maple Leafs when they were defeated 2-0. However what peeved, him more was the fact that referee George Gravel handed two of his players five minutes major penalties for drawing blood. The first penalty was to Reardon and the second to Mosdell. Leafs scored the winning goal when Mosdell was off.That same night Ted Kennedy clipped Reardon on the face with his stick and Kenny went to the clinic, blood dripping down the side of his chin. Previously Kenny had been stitched for three on the cheek, he also lost a tooth in the game. &ldquo;Nobody was penalized by Gravel for those infractions.&rdquo; said Irvin. &#9632;

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