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February 3, 1951

The Hockey News February 3, 1951

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0443/1062408-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="554" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body">Duncan Fisher</figcaption></div>Duncan Fisher, netted from the hockey seas earlier this winter by the then hard-up Boston Bruins, may turn out to be ambergris&mdash;on skates.The muscular little right wing from Regina, Saskatchewan, who wasn&rsquo;t good enough to keep a job with the New York Rangers, has been doing most satisfactory work for the Bruins. And in the opinion of Lynn Patrick, his coach, Fisher is still on the upswing as a National Leaguer.Fisher, according to Patrick, is a better player now than he was a year ago when he helped the Rangers make thefinals of the Stanley Cup series, and hemay have better years ahead of him.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the type that I visualized as being able to play in this league for 10 or 12 years,&rdquo; declared the Bruins&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;He has a wonderful pair of legs and he is exceptionally strong on the boards. When he goes down, he usually falls; he isn&rsquo;t knocked down very often.&ldquo;In each of his four years as a professional he has improved,&rdquo; Patrick continued. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why the Rangers sent him down&mdash;maybe they thought he was too cocky or something&mdash;but I certainly feel that he belongs in this league.&rdquo;Patrick turned to a recent game between the Bruins and Rangers to illustrate Fisher&rsquo;s improvement, singling out two shots which he had at Goalie Chuck Rayner of the Rangers.&ldquo;One was a goal and other hit the post,&rdquo; said Lynn, &ldquo;but the important thing is that they were both low shots. That&rsquo;s something I&rsquo;ve been preaching to him for four years, to keep his shots low.&ldquo;The easiest shots for a goalie to stop are those between his knees and the region just above his belt,&rdquo; explained Patrick, &ldquo;and Fisher sometimes used to waste his best shots at that territory. Now it looks like he has developed the knack of keeping them lower. If he has, he&rsquo;ll be tough to handle, because he has a good shot.&rdquo;Patrick and Fisher have been hockey associates for the best part of four years, or ever since little Dune, fresh from a season with the Regina Caps, reported to a New York tryout camp at Regina in the spring of 1926.&ldquo;I was going to coach the New Haven Ramblers starting the next fall,&rdquo; Patrick recalled, &ldquo;and the squad which I inherited was composed largely of older fellows. I was on the lookout for some youngsters and I picked Fisher as the best of the lot.&rdquo;At the close of the camp Fisher signed a professional contract, then had a momentary change of mind. He decided he wanted to play another year of amateur hockey, with the New York Rovers. He was talked out of that idea and reported to New Haven. He had a season, scoring 25 goals and finishing with 59 points.&ldquo;The Rangers called him up to play a game in the spring,&rdquo; said Patrick, &ldquo;and the next year he stayed with him for that first year at New Haven, then when I went up gers as coach in December of the next season, I had himFisher played for Patrick continuously then, until the Bruins last fall. His diminutive protege wasn&rsquo;t separated long, even then. Although he was playing on New York&rsquo;s Edgar Laprade and Tony Leswick, Dune didn&rsquo;t make Rangers&rsquo; first 12 games and was dispatched to St. Paul States League.His stay there was brief, because when the Brums swap shop after a staggering start, they acquired him in Toppazzini and Eddie Harrison.When the deal was announced, Patrick assured folic Bruins of one thing, based on his long acquaintance with Fisher&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll go into those corners and fight for the puck,&rdquo; he &ldquo;No one will outhustle him on the boards.&rdquo; Fisher&rsquo;s play tiated his coach&rsquo;s statement.Fisher isn&rsquo;t very big&mdash;five-seven, 168 pounds&mdash;but old has the physique of a weight lifter. He is muscle from the result of having done lots of swimming, he believes.&ldquo;Do you know that he can wear my suit coat?&rdquo; asked weighs 220 pounds. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s too long for him, sure, but he fills chest and shoulders.&rdquo;But what undoubtedly pleases Patrick more is the way Fisher is filling out his right wing with the Bruins. For that playing tailor-made hockey. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Patrick’s Preachings Finally Show In Fisher’s Play

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0384/1063389-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Goaler Connie Dion of the Buffalo Bisons sends a rebound out to the stick of Knobby Warwick (in front) as Ray LaPlante and Fete Kapusta of the Providence Reds mill around looking for a chance to bang the disc into the twine. The other Buffalo players ore Harry Dick (6) and Paul Meger in headgear. ((Photo by Marcello))</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Bisons Show Their Horns

<div class="byline">By PAUL O&#x2019;BOYNICK (Kansas City Star)</div>Hard work plus some nifty play has made Cal Stearns, burly center for the Kansas City Royals in the United States Hockey League, one of the most consistent point-getters. And at the 40-game mark Cal is setting the pace with a total of 56 points. He has tallied 19 goals and 37 assists.It&rsquo;s still a long way before the season ends, but the 24-year-old center, who prefers to set up a scoring play than shoot himself, stands a good chance of being the second successive Kansas City player to be crowned scoring king.Last year Ray Powell won the honor and he is now a member of the Milwaukee Sea Gulls in the same loop.Sets&rsquo; Em Up&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01169/1063196-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="525" height="801"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAL STEARNS</figcaption></div>Royal fans have marvelled at the steady performances of Stearns, who stands 5 feet, 11-inches in height and weighs 170 pounds. He has the build of a life-guard and his bulging muscles are a sight to see.Cal, without a doubt, is one of the hardest skaters in the loop and he is tough to upend.He skates heads up all the time and is quick as a flash in spying a teammate in the open for a good shot on the net.On several occasions this season Cal simply carried rival wings or a defenseman on his back while heading goalward. He&rsquo;s a demon for work and has played in every game so far for the Royals.The &ldquo;blond bomber&rdquo; has all the attributes of being a great major leaguer and the Kansas City club already has been offered a tidy sum for the services of Stearns, but he&rsquo;ll finish the season here. In fact. Cal is one of the two bright spots on the last-place Royals which had to assemble a team for loop play with only about thirty days notice.One of the movie studios in Hollywood wanted Cal to appear in some sport shorts last summer.He&rsquo;s Coming FastThis is Cal&rsquo;s third year in the pro ranks. During the 1948-49 season he scored a total of 44 points for the Los Angeles club and then last season as a member of the Seattle team came through with 60 points. He is almost a cinch to surpass that mark with the Royals with more than twenty games remaining on the regular schedule.The other half of the one-two scoring punch of the Royals is Ike (The Tyke) Hildebrand, a 23-year-old wing who has amassed a total of 55 points in 39 matches. Ike is just a mite of a fellow and weighs 155 pounds. He stands 5 feet, 7 1-2 inches in height.Ike and Cal were teammates at Los Angeles two seasons ago and he too is in his third year as a play-for-pay hockey player. He tallied 60 points last season for ths Angels.The two are great pals and Stearns&rsquo;s thrill in virtually every game is to see Hildebrand pop the puck into the rigging after Cal sets it up.Critics laughed at Kansas City officials when they signed this pair.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ll never get the job done,&rdquo; was one remark heard over and over in the training camp at Barrie, Ont.But Coach Wilf Field liked the workmanship of the pair and when the season got under way he was well pleased at the manner in which they both started poking the puck goalward.Before Hildebrand&rsquo;s wife joined him here, Ike and Cal were roomies. Ike took care of the culinary chores and took a lot of credit for Steam&rsquo;s stamina.The tireless Stearns has rifled the disc into enemy territory many times this season and then put on some terrific speed on the follow-ups to retain the black wafer off the boards for either a shot or pass to a teammate.Stearns is cool in virtually every match and he seldom visits the sinbin for an infraction.Scoring Tells TaleJust as an example of how valuable these two pucksters are to the Royals is revealed in the scoring. Stearns, at the end of 40 matches, was in lead with most points&mdash;56&mdash;and Hildebrand with most goals&mdash;27.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02136/1063189-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="529" height="813"><figcaption class="caption-body">IKE HILDEBRAND</figcaption></div>No finer combination can be found in the United States League and it&rsquo;s odd that the cellar-dwellers can boast the 1-2 scorers.Stearns is a tricky stickhandler and the same is true of Ike.When the team has been shorthanded this season this duo has been on the ice doing some fancy didos with the puck. In a recent game here, against the Omaha Knights, Hildebrand had control of the puck virtually forty seconds before he finally decided to chase the Knight players back into their territory to &ldquo;kill&rdquo; more previous time.Ike may be the runt of the two, but already hockey enthusiasts here are comparing him with Doug Bentley, the mighty mite of the Chicago Black Hawks.Tiny, But TrickyWhile Hildebrand may not possess the size he has the other necessary qualities to give him a chance in the National League. He&rsquo;s very tricky on the blades. Big Jim Bedard of the Milwaukee Sea Gulls learned that the hard way.Bedard, seeing an opportunity to put Hildebrand up against the boards in a match here, was skating pell-mell towards the Kansas City wing. Ike &lsquo;watched every move of the speedy Bedard and when Big Jim tried one of his checks Hildebrand slyly outfoxed him with a beautiful pivot and Bedard went scattering into the boards and then onto the ice.Bedard had a sheepish look on his face when he looked up to see Ike skating away with the disc.Hildebrand isn&rsquo;t afraid of the biggest defenseman in the league. He just bounces off them and recently has learned the knaek of outwitting them.This pair is sure-fire and some National league team may give both of them an opportunity to make the grade next season. &#9632;

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Cellar Dwelling K. C. Royals Boast Loop’s Hottest 1-2 Punch In Pair Fans Say Headed For Sure Stardom

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01167/1062830-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div>NEW IDEADear Sir,I am writing this letter in the interest of improving hockey from the fans&rsquo; viewpoint.Something should be done about the penalties in hockey today&mdash;they carry about as much weight as a bag of baloons. The players know this and therefore they are really not in the least afraid of drawing the minor penalty.The tripping, holding, charging part of hockey is slowly but surely wrecking the game especially the skating. There is nothing so crowd pleasing as seeing a solo dash down ice at top speed but I seriously believe that if it was tried as often today as some time back there wouldn&rsquo;t be any hockey players left from injuries. I always thought that the idea of the hockey player, if at all possible, was to play the puck but I have seen games where a player goes down ice and is promptly knocked down by an opposing defense man. This may not sound too strange but it does when the player didn&rsquo;t even have the puck.Here is a way I think you could cut out a lot of unnecessary bone cracking. If a player gets three minor penalties in one game&mdash;he&rsquo;s out for the balance of that game. A major penalty could mean immediate ejection and perhaps a penalty shot or fine. As for the match and misconduct penalties maybe a two-game sit-out would cool the player off.Setting the penalties up like this would still leave a little color in the game and yet would make a player think twice before breaking his stick over an opponent&rsquo;s head.Leo Starkey Braintree, Mass.MORENZ WAS BETTERDear Sir,There is no comparing Howie Morenz with Maurice Richard. Howie had a much stiffer defense to face than Richard has. Howie also had better Goalies to get by. Richard is a bigger man than Howie was, therefore does not take the beatings Howie did.Morenz was an all around player, doing outstanding work, wherever he was placed. He not only could score, but he was also one of the best backcheckers there ever was. Richard has only been backchecklng good this year!Richard will never be even a patch on Morenz&rsquo;s pants.But comparing Gordie Howe with Richard is a dog of a different color. If Howe got the same co-operation, Richard has always had on the Canadiens, I am sure he will outpass Richard, for Howe is big, he can score, pass, backcheck and never takes the spotlight from the team.Howe has youth, good health and an amazing amount of cleverness. He passes more to his line mates, his assists will tell that story alone.But for Adam&rsquo;s, to say his Howe is as great as Morenz. Tell Jack to come again, for I&rsquo;ve seen them both play.But Howe has deserved the All-Star award for two years now (I believe I wrote that to you for two years too) right?Then, there is this story about Orlando being so fearsome. Don&rsquo;t look now, but if you check records, you&rsquo;ll find Jimmy was never feared in Chicago at any time, nor by any player whatsoever. Ask Earl Seibert, Joe Cooper and Art Wiebe, ha! Would you ever get the story of your life, for THE HOCKEY NEWS.There&rsquo;s another point that looks bad for the Rocket. Of the first ten players, he has only 12 assists!He also was very little in the scoring column for the Stanley Cup playoffs, last year, having the best goalie on his team too. That&rsquo;s when he could have shown, just how great he was. There&rsquo;s more to it than just scoring, any one can tell you that.Dolly Hall Chicago, Ill.WHEREABOUTSDear Sir,I noticed that Mr. Paul N. Keen of Houston, Texas, was asking in the Fan Forum about Larry Thibeault. Well, he is playing for the Buckingham Seniors of the Lower Ottawa League, as well as coaching.Leonard A. Simpson Buckingham, Que.STANOWSKI ADMIRERDear Sir,One player I really admire is Wally Stanowski of the New York Rangers, Could you tell me where he comes from? How about an article on him?Could you tell me who the former Chicago Black Hawks defensemen, Ralph Nattrass and Johnny Mariucci, now play for?John Jamieson Toronto, Ont.(Nattrass is now with the Cincinnati Mohawks of the American League. Mariucci now toils for St. Paul Saints of the United States League. Stanowski was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and his last amateur club was the junior St. Boniface Seals.)FRENCH JOURNALDear Sir,I want to congratulate you on your great idea of publishing an entirely French Hockey Journal. As a fervent hockey follower, I&rsquo;m sure it will be a real success. Why? Because hockey is in the French-Canadian blood, and anything connected with it is a sure go with us all.I&rsquo;m sure we would all be glad to read about our own leagues such as the Quebec Senior and Junior, the Provincial and the Montreal Hockey Leagues. We have enough hockey stars in Quebec Province to thicken your Journal to twice its regular size without any trouble at all.To settle an argument, could you tell me if a player named Simon ever played for Detroit Red Wings? And when did Butch Bouchard start in the N.H.L.?M. Maurice Pepin Montreal, Que.(Cully Simon played for Detroit. Bouchard started for Canadiens in the 1941-42 season.)SPREAD AROUNDDear Sir,Could you please tell me where these former Canadian players have gone. Tod Campeau, Eddie Dorohoy, Roger Leger and Jacques Lucas. Is Toe Blake Still coaching in the Q.S.H.L.?Roy Matheson Ottawa, Ont.(Campeau is with the Cincinnati Mohawks of the American League, Dorohoy and Leger are with the Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast League, and Locas is with the senior Montreal Royals. Toe Blake coaches Valleyfield Braves of the Q.S.H.L.)HARDEST SHOTDear Sir,Who is considered to have the hardest shot in the N.H.L.? Will Jack Stewart ever play hockey again?Ronnie Bjornson and August Hochkevick Wadena, Sask.(Since Bud Polle left the loop, Pat Egan of New York has one of the hardest shots. It is doubtful whether Stewart will ever play again.)WRITER SPEAKSDear Sir,I defend the right of anyone to say that Morenz was greater than Richard is, or even the statement of Jack Adams that Howe is better than either of them, but I object strongly to the blurb made many times (by sports writers who ought to know better) that owing to lengthier schedules &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; has played about the same number of games as those whose records he is in. the process of breaking.Until 1941 no record was kept of the number of games by players, but we do have the figures on games by teams.During his 15 years the teams &ldquo;Nels&rdquo; Stewart was with played 688 games, those of Morenz 598. Granting they missed some games this would still leave &ldquo;Howie&rdquo; well over 500 and &ldquo;Nels&rdquo; well over 600, while Richard has played 442 games including 16 in his first season.In hockey perhaps more than any other sport this saying rings true, &ldquo;people have opinions but the records have figures&rdquo;.Fred W. Lawrence Camp Borden, Ont.ARGUMENTDear Sir,The other day at work the following argument came up among a few of the fellows. Since we couldn&rsquo;t agree, we decided to let THE HOCKEY NEWS settle it for us.An announcer, broadcasting a hockey game says, and I quote &ldquo;&hellip; The faceoff is called to the left of the net&hellip;&rdquo;. Now saying the announcer is over centre ice, and looking toward the net, does he mean his left or the goalie&rsquo;s left?Bob Gourley Trail, B.C.(He means the goaler&rsquo;s left.)REF COMPLAINTDear Sir,Was so glad to note, from the January 20 th issue, that the referees are to have numbers again&mdash;well, let&rsquo;s revert to the good old days when they had them and get some good referees, such as we had then, to go along with the numbers.The game is faster and the players have changed but we still have the task of finding some really good referees, such as Bill Stewart, one of the best, who called them all.The linesmen do a good job.Incidentally, I&rsquo;m getting quite a charge out of Clancy&rsquo;s clashes with the officials. Quite another story now!I&rsquo;m still enjoying THE HOCKEY NEWS&mdash;haven&rsquo;t missed a copy since the first publication and it gets better all the time. Keep up the good work&mdash;at least it is one thing I can&rsquo;t complain about.H. I. Smith Chicago, Ill.<div class="sidebar"><h2>DID YOU RECEIVE A NOTICE?</h2>It is our policy to notify ell subscribers well in advance of the expiration of their subscriptions.The ever-increasing demand for THE HOCKEY HEWS means that most issues are practically sold out before the printing is completed; and that copies are seldom available for moiling to subscribers who are even one issue in arrears.Subscribers receiving &ldquo;expiration&rdquo; notification are reminded that, to make certain of continued receipt of THE HOCKEY NEWS it is necessary to send us their renewal orders promptly.If you have renewed your subscription then disregard our notice. &#9632;</div>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By BUNNY MORGANSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0152/1063787-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><h2>Sprout Wings&rsquo; Hopes by Germane</h2><h2>Marlie&rsquo;s Boss Suggests New Setup; Asks That A Tournament Be Played</h2>When Harold Ballard, president of the Toronto Marlboro Hockey Clubs, starts talking about international hockey relations it&rsquo;s usually worth a listen. And this time, he&rsquo;s come up with a more than listenable &rsquo; suggestion for giving Canada a good strong representative in the international ice hockey wars.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0240/1063780-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="259" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harold Ballard</figcaption></div>Ballard&rsquo;s idea, in brief, is to have some of Canada&rsquo;s top teams in amateur ranks&mdash;or rather in the realm of the super-amateur &ldquo;Major Series&rdquo; quads&mdash;get together to decide a championship team which could then be flown over to Europe for the World Games. After polishing off Europe&rsquo;s best, the team could rush back and get right into the league whirl again.Ballard, a well-known figure in hockey around Ontario, gained his international hockey experience the hard way. He managed the celebrated Toronto Sea Flea outfit during their riotous tour of the British Isles and Europe away back during the &ldquo;Thrifty Thirties&rdquo;.<h2>Has Provocative Plan</h2>In view of the Canadianwide alarm as to whether the Lethbridge Maple Leafs are truly representative of the nation&rsquo;s best for the coming In ternational Tournament in Paris, Ballard&rsquo;s proposal is sure to get quite a bit of attention from the fans.He has suggested a plan to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association which would determine the top major club as Canada&rsquo; entry in the world tournament. It is specifically designed to get around the most common objection&mdash;which is that the big senior teams can&rsquo;t afford to go to Europe as Canada&rsquo;s color-bearer, because it would disrupt league schedules and do the team out of a lot of juicy gate receipts.&ldquo;I have suggested that the West, Ontario and the East each select its best major team to compete in a weekend playoff series,&rdquo; says Ballard. &ldquo;They would determine a truly Canadian championship team. It could be a knockout playoff system, for example, with one team drawing a bye for a Sunday tinal in either Toronto or Montreal against the winner of the Friday night game between the other two. Perhaps It might work better on a point, round-robin system, so that each team could meet the other two.<h2>They&rsquo;d Go By Air</h2>As a time-saving measure, Ballard suggested that air travel could be used for this knockout play and the travel to Europe.&ldquo;The winner could be flown to the championships in Paris,&rdquo; he says, either by government plane or by a private &lsquo;company. It might be good publicity for some air line offer to do it. The team would be away only a week, by flying both ways, and could have a bye in its league until it returns.&rdquo;He added:&ldquo;Such a team would be truly representative of Canada, where hockey&rsquo; was born.&rdquo;He made it clear, however, that he has nothing against the Lethbridge team, only that it is his honest belief that Canada should send the best team possible across as this country&rsquo;s standard bearer in the international competitions. It is to that end solely his plan is directed, the Marlbore prexy emphasized.<h2>Play Old Style</h2>Meanwhile reports from THE HOCKEY NEW&rsquo;S correspondent in Europe don&rsquo;t predict a very bright future for Canada&rsquo;s representatives.&ldquo;This team must have been looking the other way when the blue and red lines were streaked across the ice,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Their style of hockey is still in the lateral pass era. The centerman must go ail the way back to get the puck from his defenseman&mdash;there&rsquo;s no feeding to the blueline or red line and the puck stays with the centerman all the way up the ice until he hits the opposing blue line. By that time the dumbest of opposing defensemen stay put a foot ahead of the blueline and throw wings offside.&rdquo;Our correspondent reports that Lethbridge&rsquo;s close victories on the continent are nothing to be proud of and a coming five game series against a Swedish National team will tell the tale.However, the correspondent was fast to say that the Canadian players are high class lads who have conducted themselves very well.&ldquo;Mind you Lethbrige may win,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;but it&rsquo;ll be very close.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Lethbridge Playing In Past Era, Says Critic

CHICAGO, Ill&mdash;Doug BentleyThe injury riddled Chicago Black Hawks are on the verge of setting a record.In going winless in their last 21 games the Hawks tied the alltime record in that department. The New York Rangers, until the Hawks&rsquo; latest surge, were the sole holders of the dubious record.The Rangers copped that record during the war years, when the better portion of their club was in the service. On January 23, 1944 the Detroit Red Wings spanked them 15-0 and from then until the end of the season the Blues weren&rsquo;t to win another game. It was that game in which the Wings set so many records.Their 15 goals is still the most goals scored by one team m one game. Eight goals of that 15 were scored during the third period and that too is a record for goals scored in a single period by one team. That 15-0 dubbing was also the most consecutive goals scored by a team in one game and the 15 goals and 22 assists which were credited to various players on the Wings still stands as the highest scoring total for a single game by one team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0358/1062377-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="325" height="606"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Bentley</figcaption></div>The Hawks&rsquo; current winless streak isn&rsquo;t quite as record breaking as the Ranger&rsquo;s one was. Although they have failed to win a game in the last 21 and have only pulled in three points of a possible 42 they are by no means out of the playoff running. In fact with a few breaks and a little spert they could be in the thick of the race in short order. Goodfellow&rsquo;s crew are in the cellar but only 12 points out of fourth place and 13 from third.The Hawks&rsquo; downfall can be traced to the loss of Black Jack Stewart. Since he was sidelined they won one game and then went on their winless streak.Same As Keller&rsquo;sStewart was injured against the Leafs in a game on the night of December 14. Playing in Maple Leaf Garden the Leafs whipped the Hawks 7-1. It was during the game that Stewart received his injury. It was a recurrence of a former injury and he was sent to hospital for an operation for a slipped disc in the spine. Although doctors at that time gave Stewart little chance to play again it is now reported that he will return next season. His injury is very similar to the one that spelled the end to another career in sports&mdash;that of King Kong Charlie Keller of the New York Yankees.From the time Stewart went to hospital the Hawks ran into nothing but trouble. Just a short while before Bill Gadsby had broken his ankle, Bill Mosienko was injured and Don Morrison was sidelined for 10 games Adam Brown also broke a leg and Doug McCaig was sidelined. Gus Bodnar was out for a couple of games and then Lee Fogolin broke a thumb and Al Dewsbury received a charley-horse.Of the 21 games the Hawks have gone winless they have lost eight of them by just one goal and three by two goals. Three have been tie games and in the remainder they were decisively beaten. Their worst loss was an 8-2 whipping they took from ths Wings on January 23rd. They were also whipped 7-4 by Boston, 6-1 by Rangers, 6-1 by the Wings again and 7-3 by Canadiens.But the Hawks can&rsquo;t blame everything onto injuries. Some of their leading scorers just aren&rsquo;t putting the puck in the net. Doug Bentley has scored twice in his last 25 games. To add to his scoring woes he was injured last week in a game against Canadiens and is currently sidelined. Bill Mosienko, likewise has scored just four goals in 25 games. And so the Hawks, once the highest scoring team in the league, now find themselves one of the lowest.Not Lum&rsquo;s FaultCertainly the downfall of the club can&rsquo;t be blamed on Goaler Harry Lumley. Although his goals against record doesn&rsquo;t put him in the Vezina Cup hunt there is no doubt that he is playing the best hockey of his career. But with such a weakened defense he has had little chance to shine. The Hawks have been playing with just four rearguards. But the inexperience of Rookie Hugh Coflin and Al Dewsbury coupled with the ineffectiveness of McCaig and Dickens has left much to be desired. Certainly the loss of Gadsby and Stewart have meant the difference between third and last position to the Hawks.When the Hawks went on their current winless streak they were in third place pust 11 points out of second. They had 28 points, the Leafs had 39 and the Canadians were in fourth place with 26 points.The Hawks, time and time again have shown signs of coming out of their slump. But they just can&rsquo;t seem to make it. They have juggled their lineup, sent players to the minors and recalled others but the extra Punch left them when Stewart and Gadsby were sidelined.Still don&rsquo;t count those Hawks out yet. &#9632;

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Hawks Tie Blues’ Record, Go 21 Games Without A Win, Stewart Main Reason

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich&mdash;The Boston Red Sox have their Billy Goodman. And, the Detroit Red Wings have their Metro Prystai.Young (23) Prystai, the hockey player, never has met young (24) Goodman. Which certainly is a social oversight. Those two have a lot in common, and each certainly could understand a peculiar situation the other is in.Each of these sparkling athletes is so good as an all-round handyman that he&rsquo;s overlooked for true stardom.First, take Goodman&rsquo;s case. He batted 354 last season to lead the hitters of both major leagues. He played all four In-Field positions and two spots in the outfield for the Bosox. He did not pitch or catch, apparently because nobody thought of it.<h2>Each Is Overlooked</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0173/1062346-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="520" height="829"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Goodman</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0263/1062339-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="522" height="835"><figcaption class="caption-body">Metro Prystai</figcaption></div>When the 1950 season ended and it came time for all-star voting, what happened to Goodman? Despite his fancy record, he wasn&rsquo;t on the honor team. He picked up some votes as a first baseman, some as a third-sacker, and some as an outfielder. But not enough at any one to make the team.Prystai Also Plays All PositionsNow, look at the strange parallel Prystai is following in the National Hockey League. Mr. Metro has been among the goal-scoring leaders on Detroit&rsquo;s powerful offensive machine. At times, he even tops such recognized stars as Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay and Sid Abel in flashing the red light.He, too, is wondrously versatile. In almost every game he plays all three positions on a line-center, right wing and left wing. And, if a cog slips of the Wings&rsquo; other regular lines, Prystai is the first choice to step in as a replacement. On the power play he goes back to a normal defenseman&rsquo;s spot on the point. Of course, he hasn&rsquo;t appeared as a goalie yet, but localites don&rsquo;t doubt but what he can and will if Terry Sawchuk ever needs a rest.As for the other part of the Goodman saga&mdash;the all-star part&mdash;Prystai appears headed for the same ending. No one argues against a claim that Prystai is a potential star. But at what position can he be voted? Like Goodman, he&rsquo;s likely to get votes at two or three positions, but not enough at any one to pick up the bonus money which goes with all-star selections.Dick Irvin, the Montreal coach, brought up that very point on a recent visit here.&ldquo;Prystai is doing a great job for Detroit, but all the juggling around is going to hurt him in the all-star voting,&rdquo; declared wise Monsieur Irvin, of Les Canadiens.All the gold and glory of an all-star probably isn&rsquo;t too far away in Prystai&rsquo;s future anyway. There&rsquo;s no secret that he&rsquo;s being groomed to step in eventually as Sid Abel&rsquo;s replacement at center. That would spot him between two wingers who can go a long way toward helping a man to all-star recognition&mdash;Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe.As it is now, Prystai doesn&rsquo;t lack for quantity when it comes to linemates. He has five of them&mdash;Gaye Stewart, George Gee, Vic Stasiuk, Doc Couture and Leo Gravelle. They all play on the third line where Metro also flits about.Sometimes Metro shows up at center between Stewart, the left wing, and Stasiuk, Couture or Gravelle, all right wings. Other times, whenever Gee is used at center, Prystai may be on either left wing or right wing.As it has worked out, Prystai was the biggest gain in the mid-summer swap with Chicago. Fitting him into his proper place has been a headache for Coach Tommy Ivan&mdash;but, oh what a pleasant headache he has been! &#9632;

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Prystai Like Goodman Gets Praise, But Zero Votes

<div class="byline">By AL BLOEMKER</div>INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.&mdash;&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll be a National League star in another year or two.&rdquo;That is Coach Ott Heller&rsquo;s opinion of his sensational young defenseman with the Indianapolis Caps&mdash;Marcel Pronovost.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0173/1062453-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="274" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ott Heller</figcaption></div>The 20-year-old rookie, who joined the club during the first week in December, already has established himself as a big favorite with, Indianapolis fans and the crowd almost tore the roof off of the Coliseum when he registered the first &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; of his professional career in a game with the visiting St. Louis Flyers on Jan. 14.Defensemen with scoring ability are somewhat of a rarity in the American League, but Pronovost has averaged better than a point a game to win the acclaim of the fans during his first 20 tilts with the Hoosiers. He has scored seven goals himself and set up 14 other tallies for his team mates.Hard To HitOf almost equal importance is the fact that opposing players have drawn many penalties in an effort to stop his brilliant rushes from one end of the rink to the other. He handles the puck and skates so well that it is almost impossible to hand him a solid body check. For that reason, many opponents have been sent to the penalty box for hooking or tripping him, thus paving the way for additional Indianapolis goals.&ldquo;He needs a little more experience so that he always will be in the right spot at the right time,&rdquo; said Heller, &ldquo;But he already has everything else it takes to become a National League star.&rdquo;<h2>Lots Of Zip</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0259/1062446-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="544" height="843"><figcaption class="caption-body">MARCEL PRONOVOST</figcaption></div><h2>Back In Form</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0336/1062439-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1138" height="1929"><figcaption class="caption-body">THE BOY HAS IT&hellip;&hellip;coach boosts him.</figcaption></div>Pronovost has been fortunate, too, in having the dependable and hard-hitting Steve Kraftcheck as his partner on defense. They joined the Caps at the same time, Kraftcheck coming to the club from Boston in a deal for Max Quackenbush. Pronovost, who starred with Omaha in the United States League last season, had been with the parent Detroit Red Wings until joining the Caps.Marcel was born in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, on June 15, 1930, and he is one of a family of 12 children. He has three sisters and eight brothers, two of whom already are attracting the attention of hockey scouts. Eighteen-year-old Rene is a forward with the Montreal Nationals and 15-year-old Claude is guarding the nets for a junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; team.Marcel, now six feet tall and tipping the scales at 178 pounds, broke into professional hockey with Omaha in the fall of 1949 after starring with the Windsor Spitfires.During the regular season he played in 69 games and collected 52 points on 13 goals and 39 assists. Then, in seven playoff contests, he scored four goals and nine assists to top the individual scoring table with a total of 13 points.At the Sault Ste. Marie training camp last fall, Detroit began grooming him for a regular defense berth with the Red Wings, giving him a chance to jump straight to the National League without the usual &ldquo;schooling period&rdquo; at Indianapolis.Early in the training season, however, Pronovost accidentally was hit in the face with a stick during a spirited scrimmage session and his left cheekbone was fractured. He wasn&rsquo;t quite ready for a regular turn on the ice when the championship campaign got under way and he became &ldquo;rusty&rdquo; as the result of insufficient competition.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to explain,&rdquo; he said in the Indianapolis dressing room after his hat trick performance, &ldquo;but after I was hurt I didn&rsquo;t get a chance to play enough to get &lsquo;the feel&rsquo; of the game. Apparently I had lost some of my confidence in myself and consequently I wasn&rsquo;t hustling as much.&ldquo;But I began to get back in form soon after joining Indianapolis,&rdquo; he added, &ldquo;and it certainly is good to be playing regularly.&rdquo;His superb performance against St. Louis climaxed six weeks of steady improvement and his three-goal blast was bunched with two assists for a total of five points. He scored first at 6:15 of the opening period on a three-man rush with Joe Carveth and Rod Morrison. Four minutes and 19 seconds later, he took a pass from Jerry Reid for his second goal and he connected again at 18:38 of the second period with Reid and Kraftcheck getting assists.In the third period, Pronovost&rsquo;s accurate passes set up additional goals for Carveth and Doug McKay as the Caps blasted Ralph Almas of the Flyers for a 9-to-3 triumph.In addition to his other qualities, Pronovost apparently is a durable player, too. He missed only one game during his entire season at Omaha, due to a torn muscle in his back, and has taken his regular turn in every tilt since joining the bruised and battered Caps, who have had as many as four regulars out of uniform simultaneously during the current campaign. &#9632;

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Caps’ Fans Nearly Tear Roof From Rink When He Nets Trio

<div class="byline">By GEORGE DAVIS</div>INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.&mdash;The Indianapolis Capitols, American League affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings, appear to be one of the surest stepping stones to a place in the National League today, a quick check of the rosters of the six N.H.L. clubs reveals.Not only are 17 former members of the Caps in the big time, but they are so well scattered that there are former Indianapolis players in every lineup save Toronto and New York.The step can be a rapid one, too, for nine of the 17 men have been with Indianapolis some time during one of the past two seasons and the very diverse presence of the men proves the adage of General Manager Jack Adams, of the Detroit organization, &ldquo;If a boy can&rsquo;t make our club we&rsquo;ll give him every opportunity to make a place with another big league club.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0421/1062512-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="265" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div>Adams had proved his word of course last August when he swapped five players to the Chicago Black Hawks. Two of the men traded, Al Dewsbury and Don Morrison, had never quite made the grade in the Red Wing lineup. Goalie Harry Lumley, a third player, of course, started his professional hockey career in Indianapolis, finally winning his way to the big time by beating out little Connie Dion. Then the departure of Lumley cleared the way for the promotion of Terry Sawchuk to the vacancy between the Redshirts&rsquo;s pipes.Lundy Also Got ChanceWithin a month after the biggest trade of modern hockey, Adams gave another ex-Cap a shove up the ladder when he sold Pat Lundy to the Black Hawks. Lundy had advanced a stubborn bid for an opening on the Detroit forward line, but had been forced to yield to more experienced centers.Four weeks later Adams had a hand in trading defense man Max Quackenbush to Boston for Steve Kraftcheck, thereby reuniting the Quackenbush brothers on one rear guard, and sending lanky Max into the N.H.L. for the first time. When Max joined his star brother Bill at Boston it was a case of two ex-Caps getting together, for Bill had come from the Indianapolis club to the Red Wings in 1943.<h2>They Climbed Up Ladder</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0512/1062505-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="268" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al. Dewsbury</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-067/1062498-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="260" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cal MacKay</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-074/1062491-1-eng-US/f0003-072.jpg" title="f0003-07" width="261" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">M. Quackenbush</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-083/1062484-1-eng-US/f0003-082.jpg" title="f0003-08" width="268" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Clare Raglan</figcaption></div>Actually the move had begun last November when the Wings dealt left wing Calum (Baldy) MacKay to Montreal for Joe Carveth. Baldy had a brief trial with Detroit previously when he left Oshawa to turn professional, but injuries and inexperience had kept him largely in Indianapolis. That the deal was a satisfactory one for MacKay personally, as well as for the Canadiens, is obvious, while Carveth filled a valuable utility spot with the Detroiters on their dash to the Stanley Cup.Five Wings Cap GradsFour other members of the present Wing squad, in addition to Sawchuk, are former wearers of the blue-and-white livery. Marty Pavelich, Leo Reise, Doc Couture, and most recently defenseman Clare Raglan have all risen from the ranks.Chicago, of course, with Lundy, Dewsbury, Lumley, Morrison, Lee Fogolin and Steve Black as recent acquisitions, tops the list of the one-time Indianapolis Chowder and Marching Society. However Adam Brown, Jimmy Conacher, and Doug McCaig, among the veteran Hawks, are also Capitol alumni.In addition the present Indianapolis lineup is studded with players who have had one shot at the big league, and now may win their way back to the Red Wings, or if they catch the eye of a passing scout, to another National League club Left-wing Enio Sclisizzi, center Max McNab, right wing Rod Morrison, and of course the veteran Carveth are all examples of this type. Then there is the fine defense prospect young Marcel Pronovost, who started the year with the Redshirts, went to Indianapolis to gain polish get more work, who will undoubtedly be in a big league uniform in another season.Somewhere along the line left wing Bert Olmstead, the young forward recently swapped from Chicago to Detroit to Montreal within a space of a few hours got his analysis somewhat twisted when he said &ldquo;I&rsquo;m glad I was dealt as to have gone to Indianapolis wouldn&rsquo;t have taken me anywhere.&rdquo;Just look at the figures. That Cap uniform is the first rung on the ladder to the N.H.L. &#9632;

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Figures Show Playing For Heller’s Caps Is Sure Step To Majors

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01141/1062599-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="268" height="423"></div>DANNY SPROUT, one of the all-time greats of the Cleveland Barons, was dismissed as coach of the Seattle Ironmen by Owner Frank Dotten. Dotten will take over the coaching end of the team himself for the balance of the season&hellip; Mayor Fred Hume of Vancouver, who owns a half-interest along with Kenny MacKenzie of the New Westminster Royals, is trying to sell his part of the club. &ldquo;When I bought into New Westminster, I had no thought at the time that I would become chief magistrate of Vancouver,&rdquo; the newly-elected Mayor stated &hellip; A must for all rookies in the N.H.L. is that they sleep in upper berths on trains. When the player is recognized as having become a true veteran, he is promoted to a lower&hellip; Metro Prystai, Detroit&rsquo;s crafty centerman, didn&rsquo;t waste any time in changing his Red Wings sweater from No 14 to No 17, after Joe Carveth departed from the Wings. These former Red Wings have worn No 14 in recent years and none of them are with the club today: Pete Babando, Jim Conacher and Bud Poile &hellip; Bill Quackenbush played the entire third period on the Boston defense against New York the other night. It was the first time for many years that a National Hockey League defenseman played an entire period without a rest&hellip; Bill&rsquo;s younger brother Max played 16 of the 20 minutes alongside him on the Bruins&rsquo; blueline. Most defensemen are changed every four minutes&hellip; Quackenbush also played the last five minutes of the second session which meant he played 25 straight minutes&hellip; Elmer Lach is back to his old work-horse self again for Canadiens. When Elmer is playing his best hockey there are none any better at the center spot. He&rsquo;s getting the puck back to his linemates from the faceoffs and his puck-carrying and backchecking displays have been terrific of late.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02129/1062592-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="241" height="381"><figcaption class="caption-body">Elmer Lach</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0370/1062585-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="265" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Conacher</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0446/1062578-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="283" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pete Babando</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0539/1062571-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="262" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Danny Sprout</figcaption></div>PETE BABANDO is the first N.H.L. player to be summoned by the U.S. draft board for a medical examination &hellip; Eddie Olson of the Cleveland Barons is the ninth number of his family to take up hockey &hellip; Sid Seidman advises that several of the Roverettes, N, Y. Rovers cheer leaders, appeared on Jocko Maxwell&rsquo;s sports show and Jimmy Power&rsquo;s TV program recently&hellip; The Blue Line Club, official fan club of the New York Rovers, is bigger and better than ever this year&hellip; Frank Boucher is currently in Western Canada scouting prospective Rangers&hellip; When Billy Reay of Canadiens rushed home to Winnipeg for his father&rsquo;s funeral last week, he was the third N.H.L. player this season to have hurried home to Winnipeg to bury one of his parents. Earlier this season Glen Harmon of Canadiens attended his father&rsquo;s funeral and Bill Mosienko of Chicago buried his mother&hellip; If Detroit Red Wings go on to win the N.H.L. championship, it will mark the eighth time in a row that the team that led the league on New Year&rsquo;s Day finished in first place at the end of the regular schedule &hellip; It will also mark the third time in succession that the Wings have won the N.H.L; title &hellip; There have been numerous brother acts in hockey but Cincinnati Mohawks boast of a rather unusual one. Ernie Roche is one of the better Mohawk defenseman, while his brother Gerry serves as the team&rsquo;s trainer&hellip; Ronnie Lach, 7-year-old son of Elmer, is following in his old man&rsquo;s footsteps. Young Ronnie has already taken 18 stitches as a result of playing hockey. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s still got a long way to go to catch up to me,&rdquo; said the scarred and battered Elmer&hellip; George Army, trainer of the Providence Reds for the last 20 years, used to catch in the International, Texas and Southern Association Baseball Leagues before taking up training hockey players as an occupation &hellip; Louis Trudel, former N.H.L. player, has been getting bouquets for his handling of the Grand Rapids Rockets in the International League. He&rsquo;s also playing for the Rockets.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0631/1062564-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="286" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Reay</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0725/1062557-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="284" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry McNeil</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0824/1062550-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="268" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Olson</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0924/1062543-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="283" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Carveth</figcaption></div>MAURICE RICHARD NIGHT will be held at the Montreal Forum on Saturday, February 17. It is expected the fiery French Canadian will receive gifts totalling $10,000. A new automobile will be the No 1 gift&hellip; An Omaha manufacturer offers a $20 merchandise certificate to any fan catching a puck at the Omaha Coliseum&hellip; St. Paul Saints offered their fans a style show prior to their game with the Omaha Knights recently&hellip; Referee Clarence Ashworth, top official in the United States Hockey League, has dropped 14 pounds since the beginning of the season. Clarence only goes around 150 at the best of times and can ill afford the lost poundage&hellip; The United States League was the first pro loop to number the officials, starting this right at the opening of the season&hellip; Gerry McNeil, rookie Montreal goalie, is the only regular netminder in the N.H.L. who has yet to incur a penalty this season. Every other goaltender has had at least one penalty, with Chuck Rayner of Rangers having had no less than three&hellip; Ray Timgren of Toronto hasn&rsquo;t been able to score a goal for the Leafs in 46 games. He&rsquo;s taken part in every Toronto game but Just can&rsquo;t put the puck in the net. &#9632;

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Passing the Puck

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;If Tommy Ivan is an accurate prophet, the rest of the way to the National Hockey League title should be strictly downhill for the Red Wings.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1022/1062630-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="253" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Ivan</figcaption></div>It was along about the start of the season that Ivan, the quiet little guy who pilots the Detroit club, was asked how many points it would take to win the NHL pennant.Ivan cautiously opined that 89 points was his idea of the needed quota. That was one more than his Wings totaled while winning a year ago, when they enjoyed an 11-point margin. Ivan figured a closer race was in store this semester.In that latter calculation, he has been correct. Toronto in second place is giving a much stiffer battle than did the runnerup Montreal Canadiens in 1949-50.If Ivan&rsquo;s prediction about 89 points is just as accurate, the Wings should not have too much trouble filling the bill. Take a look at the standings: After 44 games Detroit has 62 points. That leaves 27 more points needed in 26 games, or a point-a-game production.Wings Should Be AbleSuch an assignment&mdash;.500 hockey&mdash;seems almost a turtle&rsquo;s pace compared to the .705 clip at which the Wings have breezed along so far.There shouldn&rsquo;t be much argument that the Wings can, and probably will hit the 89-point level. The real question is whether Ivan was right in his peek at the crystal ball, and that total is enough to win.Toronto also can get 89 points by picking up 35 in its last 27 games, which shouldn&rsquo;t be too much of a strain for the Maple Leafs. That calls for a .648 winning average from a team which has batted .628 to date.Only one thing is certain&mdash;Chicago can&rsquo;t get 89 points. It would mean collecting 58 points in 26 games, a feat unattainable under the present NHL system. This news that the Black Hawks are unlikely to finish in first place&mdash;if it is news&mdash;is offered for free.Another nifty note on the Wings is that they are compiling one of the most brilliant home records in league history. In the 25 games before the happy home boosters, they have lost only three times. Four were ties and 18 were victories.Even if Detroit wins all the rest here, however, the record for home efficiency still is out of reach. Montreal took care of that in 1943-44 by going unbeaten the entire season at the Forum, winning 22 out of 25 and tying the other three.The 0-0 tie staged here Jan. 21 against Toronto sent historians digging into the record books. They came up with the word that it was the first scoreless deadlock at Olympia since Dave Kerr, of the Rangers, and Tiny Thompson dealt twin shutouts on Dec. 17, 1939&mdash;more than 11 years ago.It was the first 0-0 game Detroit had participated in since Oct. 23. 1948, when Harry Lumley matched Bill Durnan in Montreal.It also was taken as a preview of what&rsquo;s probably due in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Who doubts but what Detroit and Toronto will meet in the finals? And the high-class, tense defensive play shown on both sides in this game was so-called &ldquo;playoff hockey&rdquo; at its best. &#9632;

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Ivan’s Figuring Puts Wings Home, But Adams Wants Chicks Hatched!

<div class="byline">&#x2014;DANN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1114/1062661-1-eng-US/f0004-112.jpg" title="f0004-11" width="265" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;.Jack Adams is a stubborn man. And a wise one.Some fans are ready to claim that his Red Wings have the National Hockey League title all wrapped up for safekeeping. Just suggest that to Adams, and see the reaction.Bristling with indignation, Adams is quick to deny such rash talk, and just as prompt to point out some facts of hockey life.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen too many funny things happen in my 35 years in hockey, to be taking such a thing for granted,&rdquo; snorts Adams.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a ten point lead, and we&rsquo;ve also got four games left with Toronto. Should the Leafs win those four, there goes the eight-point edge.&ldquo;Why, we&rsquo;ve not only got to hold our own with the Leafs, but also win just as many points as Toronto does against the four other clubs.&ldquo;They talk about first place, and we&rsquo;ve still got 26 games to go. Man, we haven&rsquo;t even clinched fifth place yet, never mind first place!&rdquo; &#9632;

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’Too Much Can Happen’ Snorts Jack Nervously

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;With the loss of Jack Stewart now pretty well absorbed, President William Tobin of the Chicago Black Hawks has had time to consider every aspect of the recent charges that the veteran rearguard was actually all through before he ever joined the Hawks.&ldquo;I guess the critics have forgotten that we also got a cou-of guys named Harry Lumley and Al Dews I bury in that big swap with Detroit; plus Pete Babando and Don Morrison. Stewart was a worthy and much-needed addition to the team, but we still would have given Metro Prystai to the Wings for Lumley and Dewsbury, with or without any one else.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0194/1062720-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="262" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Earl Seibert</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Harry is one of the best net-minders we&rsquo;ve ever had and Al is improving with every game.&rdquo; the Chicago squad&rsquo;s head man said.Tobin&rsquo;s reasoning, coupled with some good news concerning Stewart&rsquo;s future, makes the statements comparing Detroit&rsquo;s Jack Adams to Branch Rickey seem rather foolish. William Schaffer, the Hawk&rsquo;s physician, says that Jack&rsquo;s slipped spinal disc may heal well enough to allow him to return to action next season.At any rate, Tobin has announced that the five time All-Star nominee can remain in the Chicago organization for as long as he wishes.Jack Can Stay&ldquo;Jack is the sort of a leader we like to have around&mdash;bad back or not. You just don&rsquo;t let a man with his spirit, ability and leadership go to someone else. He can be a Black Hawk, one way or another, as long as he wishes.&rdquo;When some Chicago fans read the article saying that Stewart was dealt by Detroit at the end of his career they recalled how the Black Hawks traded their old stalwart, Earl Seibert, to the Wings when his career was closing fast.Seibert, probably Chicago&rsquo;s greatest rearguard, was sent to the Motor City for Cully Simon, another defenseman, and forwards Don Grosso and Butch McDonald early in January, 1945. Big Earl stuck with the Wings the test of that season and 18 games into the following campaign, but Detroit then retired him from NHL play as he began fading fast. He was appointed player-coach of their Indianapolis (AHL) farm club and kept this job for just a year before he assumed his current post as coach of Eddie Shore s Springfield Indians in the same league.The Hawks side of the swap didn&rsquo;t prove too great, although Grosso did go on to finish the season with a 15-16-31 record for 41 games. The next year he notched seven goals and 10 assists before being sold outright to Boston.Simon was a help along the back line during the remainder of the 1944-45 campaign, but disappeared from the National League the following season.McDonald was around for only a season too, accounting for seven goals and 14 assists in 29 games. He did. however prove of real worth with Chicago&rsquo;s USHL affiliate, the Kansas City PlaMors. He was the league&rsquo;s top scorer in the 19 45-46 campaign with 39 goals and 60 assists for 99 points and was the number one assist getter the following year with 52. He then retired.Despite this trade and several others that went sour, the Red Wings have emerged from it all with little or no sign of wear or ill effect.New Deal RumoredThe fact that they are now probably the best player equipped team in the NHL makes a recently heard rumor seem fairly likely. The rumor, which comes from a reliable Windy City source, says that the Wings may give the Hawks some definite help to compensate for the loss of Stewart.Assuming that the aid means an additional player or two, it&rsquo;s easy to pick out the possible candidates for a trade or cash deal. Since a good part of the current Detroit lineup is made up of exChicagoans, the list could include only about 15 names.Of this number at least four would never fit in on such a helping out deal They are Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Terry Saw-chuk and Red Kelly. Included in the possible, but not likely group would be Sid Abel, Jim McFadden and Marty Pavelich.This leaves the following, any of whom might very well become Black Hawks in the near future: Jim Peters, Leo Gravelle, Gerry Couture, Clare Raglan, Clare Martin, Marcel Pronovost, James Enio (Sclisizzi) and Rod Morrison. Take your pick.<h2>It&rsquo;s Still A Good Deal</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0278/1062713-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="600" height="585"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK STEWART</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0362/1062706-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="586" height="594"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARRY LUMLEY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0448/1062699-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="590" height="610"><figcaption class="caption-body">AL. DEWSBURY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0531/1062692-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="599" height="615"><figcaption class="caption-body">METRO PRYSTAL</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Would Have Made Deal For Prystai With Or Without Stewart-Tobin

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0618/1062751-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Kullman, right and Nick Mickoski of the Rangers, use the grab and hold tactic against Leafs&rsquo; Gus Mortson. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not the only ones&rdquo;, says Hap Day. ((Photo by Turotsky))</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Frank Selke, the Montreal Canadiens general manager, reopened the old battle against clutch and grab in hockey when he visited Toronto with his Habs recently.In response to a request to utter some verbal gem which would re-provoke the old rivalry between Montreal and Toronto hockey clubs Selke obliged by reviving his anicent theory that the Leafs are secretly coached by one Whipper Billy Watson, Toronto&rsquo;s leading exponent of the professional grapple.&ldquo;Must be,&rdquo; muses Selke. &ldquo;Nobody else could teach those Leafs those kind of holds.&rdquo;For instance?&ldquo;Look at that game in Montreal a while ago,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Billy Reay broke away and Ray Timgren of the Leafs held onto him like a June bride for at least 60 feet. And in the third period Tod Sloan stayed so close to Bert Olmstead you&rsquo;d have thought he was riding one of those beetles at the Woodbine race track. Olmstead is a valuable player. We like him. But he skates like he&rsquo;s wearing snowshoes anyway and things like that don&rsquo;t help him.&rdquo;.Selke is obviously ignoring the fact that Sloan is not designed to help anybody including Olmstead but the complaint about holding seems to be taking hold again and the finger of accusation is pointed directly at the Leafs who have been credited with inventing that type of hockey thus making it necessary for other teams&rsquo;,to adopt it in &ldquo;self-defense.&rdquo;Leroy Goldsworthy, coach of the American League Buffalo Bisons, was the first to start the ball rolling early this season when for no apparent reason at all (his club was on top and drawing) he blasted the Leaf organization, including the Pittsburgh Hornets, for these unfair tactics.<h2>Everybody Does It</h2>It was this particular phase of the attack which got a rise from one Hap Day, erstwhile coach of the Maple Leafs and now Assistant General Manager or as C. Smythe would picturesquely put it, Minister of Supply.Day, armed with a briefcase full of facts and figures, feigned amazement at Selke for not being versatile enough to dig up some new gimmick instead of reverting to a rehash of an old one.He wouldn&rsquo;t admit that the Leafs didn&rsquo;t do their share of holding. That their haloes are tarnished is apparent in the penalty statistics over the past few seasons.&ldquo;But,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;they do it all over the league, and while we&rsquo;re talking about Canadiens we might as well mention Doug Harvey. He&rsquo;s an expert at it. Elmer Lach is a past master. You see it all over. That business of holding a stick and hooking it around a player&rsquo;s middle so that he can&rsquo;t get away, You see that all the time and it&rsquo;s not called. There are a lot of things that get away. The pictures we take will show you a terrific amount of high sticking that isn&rsquo;t penalized.&rdquo;That there are, but the new refereeing setup under the capable direction of Carl Voss has done a lot to eliminate it. It seems to be on the wane though there are still those escaping the thumb.What puzzles Day about the affair is Goldsworthy&rsquo;s contention that the way the Leaf farm team, the Pittsburgh Hornets are playing is responsible partly for the falloff in attendance in AHL cities.Poppycock,&rdquo; says Hap. &ldquo;In 1947 and 1948 Pittsburgh drew 47,837 people in Buffalo. The next best was Cleveland with 42,67 5. The following year the Hornets played before 46,273 in Buffalo and Cleveland was again second with 37,533. Last year they only played three games and the Hornets drew 37,054 to Cleveland&rsquo;s 26,663.&ldquo;What I can&rsquo;t understand is what Goldsworthy is complaining about. If that was what is wrong with hockey as Goldsworthy says, why is it more people still keep on coming to see it. It doesn&rsquo;t make sense to me.&rdquo;And in that he is not alone. &#9632;

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Day Says Grab And Hold Tactics Used By Everyone

CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Clarence W. &ldquo;Toby&rdquo; Doheny, 62, chief official for the Chicago Black Hawks for the past 25 years, died suddenly January 21 in Chicago suburban hospital. He entered the hospital only day earlier for check-up.He was born in Windsor, Ont., later moving to Cobourg, and also to Toronto and Montreal.During 1917 and 18 he played defense for the Montreal. Wanderers, the amateur team which later became the NHL Maioons. short time later he moved to Chicago and became prominent figure in amateur hockey in that city. He was player-coach of the Chicago Athletic association team. &ldquo;Toby&rdquo; joined the Hawks as chief time keeper when the team joined the National League in 1926.He is survived by his wife, Kate Armour Doheny; daughter, Mrs. John Hood, and son, David. Services were held in Evanston, Chicago suburb, January 23 and burial was in the family plot al Coburg. &#9632;

Toby Doheny, Hawk Chief Official Since Club Entered NHL, Dies

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded.October 1, 1947Published byHockey News Company, 603A Sun Life Building,Montreal, Que.Yearly Subscription Price $2.50 in Canada&mdash;$3.50 in U.S.A.Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department. Ottawa.Entered ns second class mail at the Post Office in Utica, N.Y.Return all U.S. undeliverable copies under Form 3579 to the Hockey News Company, 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Printed in CanndnVol. 4 February 3, 1951No. 18ONLY PLACE IT HURTSHockey players&mdash;by the very nature of the sport they follow&mdash;must develop tough hides, rugged physiques and craniums inured to the unkind blows of opponents&rsquo; sticks. But there&rsquo;s one very tender part of their anatomies which is susceptible to hurt&mdash;and that&rsquo;s their wallets.It was right in the tender pocketbook region that Boston&rsquo;s Wild Bill Ezinicki and Detroit&rsquo;s fiery Ted Lindsay were nicked over the weekend by National Hockey League President Clarence Campbell. For their part in the recent Donnybrook on Detroit ice, the pair were slapped with a fine of $300 apiece, plus suspension for the next three meetings between the Wings and the Bruins&mdash;one of which took place last Saturday night with the two sitting it out.The suspensions are as unalterable as the laws of the Medes and Persians, but the President indicated that Eziliicki and Lindsay might get back $200 worth of the fines at the end of the season if their behavior between now and then warrants it, and if they can pocket their pride and ask for it. The other $100 is an automatic assessment for a match penalty infraction and can&rsquo;t be changed by anyone.Thus, that $200 part of the fines can be likened to a bond to keep the peace, and a reward held before the battling duo if they turn over a new leaf and decide to be good boys from here on in. Whether it will work out as planned remains to be seen, but we have an idea that the system of separating the misanthropically inclined puckchasers for three meetings will be much more effective in keeping them from one another&rsquo;s throat than any other plan.That three-game separation decree will give Ezinicki and Lindsay time to cool off a bit and think of the money it&rsquo;s costing them, so that perhaps they&rsquo;ll be a trifle more humane one to another next time they meet! That aching voice around the pocketbook will have a good chance to do its work, always providing that misguided fans don&rsquo;t chip in to repay the players for the fines&mdash;as has been done in the past by over-enthusiastic idolizers of an ice hero.Fines may not be the entire answer to the rough stuff, but they have distinct possibilities if properly used. Perhaps some sort of sliding scale based on stitches might be devised to dissuade players from fighting with their sticks instead of the the old-fashioned way with fists!As we&rsquo;ve said before, we have no objection to a good display of fisticuffs if they become inevitable under the stress and strain of bodily contact and a close, tense game. But in all fairness, anyone who pauses to give it a moment of thought can&rsquo;t find any justification for gashing up an opponent with a war club, no matter how serious the provocation. Anyone who favors that particular type of mayhem could be much better employed cutting up certain unsavory Communist characters rather than his fellow hockey players.If every player knew he was in for swift and punitive action every time he laid an opponent&rsquo;s head open in anger, it might have a refreshing effect upon his outlook in life. He would find it&rsquo;s very easy to throw your stick down and take after your tormentor with a pair of handy fists. That way, tempers can get worked out and nobody is hurt very much.That&rsquo;s the way the kids on the backyard rinks settle their differences if they want to remain &ldquo;one of the gang&rdquo;&mdash;and the youngsters seem to get quite a bit of enjoyment out of playing hockey even without seeing how many slices per pound they can get out of the other fellow&rsquo;s head!TIME TO SIZE THEM UPWith less than two months still to go before the curtain rings down on the regular league schedule, it&rsquo;s just about time to start looking over the players to decide which ones will be your choice as the year&rsquo;s best.Next week&mdash;in the February 10 issue&mdash;the first ballot will appear for the fourth annual HOCKEY NEWS All-Star Poll of National Hockey League players. It&rsquo;s the fan&rsquo;s team, your team, and the only opportunity you paying guests have to make your preferences known. The experts all have their innings at picking the All-Stars, and this is where YOU get the chance to compare your judgment with theirs.This year, voting will be conducted only for the NHL All-Star Team. Response for the American Hockey League wasn&rsquo;t all that could be desired last year, so it has been regretfully decided to drop this phase of the balloting.Starting February 10, the same procedure will be followed as in previous selections made by THE HOCKEY NEWS readers. Each week, for six consecutive issues, a ballot will appear in this paper for you to mark your selections at each position. Goalkeepers will lead off, followed by defensemen (you pick the two rearguards at the same time), centers, right wingers, left wingers and finally coaches. &#9632;

The Hockey News

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0267/1062861-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="614" height="279"></div>February 9 to February 1710&mdash;POILE, Bud, playing-coach, Tulsa, 1924.14&mdash;O&rsquo;HEARN, Nipper, goalie, Springfield, 1928; DELORY, Val, forward, Kansas City, 1927.15&mdash;CHERZA, Chuck, forward, Providence, 1923,17&mdash;MEGER, Pawl, forward, Buffalo, 1929. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to You

HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;From the very outset of the American Hockey League season it was apparent that the Hershey Bears&rsquo; &ldquo;Kid line&rdquo; consisting of George &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan, sophomore pivot man, and Norm Corcoran and Jack McIntyre, freshmen? wings, was destined to play an important role in Coach Johnny Crawford&rsquo;s plans for rejuvenating the Chocolate Town Ice men.No &ldquo;flash in the pan&rdquo; these kids, as evidenced by an examination of their joint accumulation of 123 points in the first 40 games, will some day be doing their stuff in the big time for the Boston Bruins. Today, with AHL writers giving consideration to their choices for the league&rsquo;s AllStar team, as well as picking a rookie to receive the Dudley &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Garrett Memorial Trophy, this same &ldquo;Kid&rdquo; line is receiving consideration from many writers as possible award material.Sullivan Is SpearheadSullivan, the play-making center, is the spearhead of Hershey&rsquo;s offensive power, having banged 19 goals into opposition nets, while helping his line mates to 34 others. His 34 assists is adequate testimony to his play-making ability and Coach Crawford will tell you that the likeable redhead is the equivalent of a third defenseman when the opposition takes over the puck. His ability to &ldquo;dog&rdquo; opposition forwards and break up potential scoring threats stamps him as an outstanding candidate for center honors.&ldquo;Red,&rdquo; who is 21, made his pro debut last season with Hershey, coming to the Bears via the Bruins after two and one-half seasons with the St. Catlvarine&rsquo;s club in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. His biggest thrill, &ldquo;Red&rdquo; recalls, was his accomplishing the &ldquo;hat&rdquo; trick in the Memorial Cup playoffs in 1949. This feat is all the more remarkable in light of the fact that Sullivan did it in short space of two and one-half minutes.Jack McIntyre, 20, who plays left wing, is being boomed in some quarters for not only a wing post on the All-Stars but also for the Garrett Trophy as the league&rsquo;s best first year player. The burly winger, another St. Catharines graduate, has developed fast under Coach Crawford&rsquo;s tutelage. In this, only his second year as a forward, he has scored a total of 43 points in 40 games, including 17 goals. Incidentally, he switched from defense to wing only a year ago at the suggestion of Harold Cotton, chief scout for the Boston Bruins.Being All-Star material isn&rsquo;t a new experience for McIntyre, the big winger having been chosen on the Ontario Junior Hockey League All-Stars last season.McIntyre&rsquo;s coach, Johnny Crawford, former National Hockey League stalwart for more than a decade, is enthusiastic about the lad&rsquo;s chances of becoming a great player. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen a lot of freshmen come and go in my time,&rdquo; Crawford recalls, &ldquo;but McIntyre is the best of the lot. He&rsquo;s a natural. He&rsquo;3 got everything, size, aggressive, uncanny stick handling ability and speed on skates. He can&rsquo;t miss being a major leaguer.&rdquo;The third memeber of the trio, Norman Corcoran, is the &ldquo;baby&rdquo; of the line. &ldquo;Corky&rdquo;, just 19, is also a St. Catharines product, having played with Sullivan and McIntyre in the Ontario Junior loop. The lightweight of the battling threesome, Corcoran weighs only 148 pounds but makes up his lack of beef in aggressiveness. Adequate testimony as to his ability to mix it up on the ice is the 76 minutes &ldquo;sin&rdquo; time he has spent in the penalty box in 40 games.&ldquo;Corky&rdquo; is the only member of the &ldquo;Kid&rdquo; trio to turn in the &ldquo;hat&rdquo; trick so far, having hammered three goals into the St. Louis net early in the season. He is third in Hershey scoring, having banged out 14 goals and 13 assists in the first 40 contests.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01117/1062906-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="370" height="663"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Sullivan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0296/1062899-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="370" height="654"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Corcoran</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0370/1062892-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="361" height="630"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack McIntyre</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Bears’ Trio Drawing Scribe’s Attention For All-Stardom

<div class="byline">By OWEN GRIFFITH</div>SPRINGFIELD. Mass.&mdash;Upright skating will help to keep hockey players in the game a lot longer.This is the opinion of Eddie Shore, the former Boston Bruin star who now operates the Springfield Indians in the American Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0464/1062937-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="258" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Shore</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Upright skating is what kept me going for so long and it also helped a lot of other players who had lengthy playing records,&rdquo; Shore says.&ldquo;Of course&rdquo;, he adds &ldquo;this long playing also depends on the physical conditions of the individual.&ldquo;Upright skating is just skating where you use the thigh muscles and not the shin muscles. People who skate for recreation, and not only hockey players, will find that if they follow this type of skating well keep at the sport until they are 70.&rdquo;Eddie Shore says he got the idea of upright skating and not &ldquo;stooped over skating&rdquo;, when he was playing with Melville Seniors in Western Canada amateur days. He saw an opponent with bursts of speed generated by comparatively little effort. His opponent was really going and Eddie right tried to follow his &ldquo;system&rdquo;. Since Eddie figures this type of skating eliminates a lot of the &ldquo;wear and tear&rdquo; on a hockey player and teaches this system to his players. &#9632;

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Upright Skating Kept Shore In Came Longer

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Scoring records, like promises, apparently were made to be broken. At least that is the impression conveyed by Coach LeRoy (Go1dy) Goldsworthy&rsquo;s Buffalo Bisons.Heading for their second consecutive Eastern Division championship of the American Hockey League, the Bisons&mdash;individually and collectively&mdash;are threatening to rewrite a good portion of the team&rsquo;s and league&rsquo;s scoring records.Ageless LeadsLeading the assault is North Bay&rsquo;s jack-of-all-trades, Ageless Ab DeMarco. The former National Leaguer has been on top of the scoring heap in both goals and assists practically since the season began.In Buffalo&rsquo;s first 43 games, DeMarco tallied 29 goals and 49 assists for 78 points. If he continues at that pace, DeMarco will fracture Carl Lis-combe&rsquo;s all-time seasonal mark of 118 points set in 1947-48 when the latter was with the Providence Reds.Based on his current average of 1.81 points per game, DeMarco&rsquo;s final point total would be 126 points.Wally Stefaniw&rsquo;s record of 72 assists, also set in 1947-48, is likewise in jeopardy of falling victim of DeMarco&rsquo;s offensive power. The black-thatched Buffalo center has averaged 1.13 assists a game while Stefaniw&rsquo;s average was 1.07 while he was with the now defunct Philadelphia Rockets.Only the A.H.L. goal scoring record of 55 goals, jointly held by Liscombe and Sid Smith, former Pittsburgh left winger, appear beyond the reach.However, DeMarco might gain some solace by setting a new all-time Buffalo goal sniping mark. The veteran Bill Summerhill scored the most goals ever chalked up by a wearer of the red, white and blue colors when he plunked 41 shots in the opposition nets in 1942-43. DeMarco is just behind that mark now and has 27 more games to play.Another Bison making a strong bid to insert his name in the league&rsquo;s archives is Handsome Hughie Currie, strapping Buffalo defenseman. At this writing Currie is tied with Eddie Bush for most assists in a season by a rearguard&mdash;48. Bush, like Stefaniw, was a member of the 1947-48 Philadelphia club when he set the mark.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0546/1062968-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="541" height="1503"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hugh Currie</figcaption></div>Currie, incidentally, stated early in the season that he would be glad to finish the campaign with 40 points. He&rsquo;s already 16 points past that mark with 8 goals and 48 assists.,Buffalo, as a team, has ripped 202 shots into the cords. That gives the Goldsworthy men an average of 4.6 goals per contest. Cleveland, which set the all-time high of 357 goals last season, averaged 5.1 goals each time it took the ice.However, as long as Buffalo&rsquo;s &ldquo;Money Line&rdquo; of DeMarco, Paul Meger, and Grant Warwick, and the &ldquo;Prolific Pests&rdquo; line of Sid McNabney, Lea Hickey and Don Ashbee keep finding the range, Cleveland&rsquo;s record is in line to fall. &#9632;

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Bison’s Players May Make New Marks In Record Log

<div class="byline">By GEORGE CARSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01151/1063013-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="277" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hank Backor</figcaption></div>ST. LOUIS. Mo.&mdash;It used to be that when they talked around the American Hockey League of the St. Louis Flyers&rsquo; Henry (Pop) Backor, they&rsquo;d say, &ldquo;Oh, that&rsquo;s Pete Backor&rsquo;s kid brother.&rdquo;Not any more. Pop is on his way to a reputation of his own and with a little more experience could be a National League prospect. Not only a fast skater, Backor is a left wing who does his defensive chores the way they like to see it done in the big league. He seldom gets caught out of a play and he&rsquo;s as exacting and shows as much enthusiasm as any Toronto forwards in covering their opposing wing.Yes, big brother Pete, the Pittsburgh Hornets&rsquo; star defenseman, is likely to be proud of Brother Pop before the season ends. Henry Backor is almost as big as Pete, who stands an even six feet and weighs 185 to 190. Pop packs as much weight but stands five-eleven, still big enough to take care of himself in any company.A more quiet hockey player could hardly exist. Pop is very bashful, almost to the point of being afraid of girls, for example. He will smile occasionally and offer a comment when in the company of his roommates, Alf Baccari and Butch Pearson, but when there&rsquo;s gals around, Backor could never be accused of dominating the conversation.He speaks with, action out on the ice, however. After a good training season during which all observing coaches and reporters and teammates commented on Backor&rsquo;g splendid work. Pop showed St. Louis spectators, first in an exhibition with Detroit, then in the American League opener with Cleveland, the reason for that praise.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02104/1063006-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="278" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pete Backor</figcaption></div>Against Detroit Backor was a shining light at left wing on What Coach Johnny Mitchell calls his &ldquo;kid line&rdquo; with Barry Sullivan as right wing and Pearson as center. Red Doran was in part time for Pearson in the first game with Cleveland and it was Pop who was the St. Louis hero of the night. The Barons had forged into a 4-2 lead in the third period and things looked dark indeed for the Flyers as the clock passed the 10 minute mark and time was running out.But if some of the others were huffing and puffing because it was late in the game, Mr. Backor was just getting his second wind. At the 10:27 mark, Backor set up a play on which Sullivan also assisted and Mr. Pearson caged his first professional goal and the Flyers&rsquo; third of the contest.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0377/1062999-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="272" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Butch Pearson</figcaption></div>That still left the Flyers trailing, 4-3 but Backor was still in the game and it was with just a little more than four minutes to go that Pop rammed in a hard shot that gave St. Louis a 4-4 draw and sent the fans home happy that the Flyers didn&rsquo;t lose.The Flyers are proud that Backor is a product of their own farm system, A native of Fort William, Ontario, the 25 year old Pop was signed by Ed Lauzon, chief Flyer scout who also first signed Alfred Baccari, George Milligan, Steve Black and Butch Pearson.Pop played with the Port Arthur Flyers, after being through bantam, midget and juvenile ranks, and from that junior club he scooted immediately to Oakland, California, way out on the Coast, while the Pacific League was still amateur.Hockey &ldquo;amateurs&rdquo; are not like baseball or tennis &ldquo;amateurs&rdquo;. For the ice sport, amateurs receive a salary, though nothing like American or National pay. There were two seasons at Oakland, and Backor, normally a left wing, filled in at center the second season on a sensational &ldquo;kid line&rdquo; with Black and Johnny Raynak.Black, Raynak, Hank Moved UpBlack was the Coast circuit&rsquo;s leading scorer with 79 points, Backor had 73 in that 1946-47 campaign, including 41 goals, and Raynak also came in for his share of the spoils. After the 1947 playoffs, the line moved up to St. Louis intact. The three were handicapped their first year in the American League, because many opposing veterans tended to give them &ldquo;the works.&rdquo;But they showed Coach Goodfellow they were worthy of future American League play and pay and so Backor and Black, especially and Raynak, too, at times, were big helps in the drive to St. Louis&rsquo; first&rsquo; Western Division pennant. Black already has moved to the National League.Last winter Pop slumped off because of repeated injuries, chiefly a painful groin ailment which kept him out of all but a few minutes&rsquo; competition from January 15 to the end of the campaign, a third-place finish for the Flyers. in the playoff against Indianapolis, the Flyers, sadly enough, scored only two goals, but the recuperating Pop Backor banged home one of them.Now Pop is back playing his first love, left wing, and he says he feels better than he&rsquo;s ever felt before for ice hockey. And the American League is finding that out.During off hours in the winter, Backor is not one of those avid card players you find sprinkled through most sports teams. He likes cross word puzzles and not only does his own, but helps others. He also Ikes sports magazines, which he reads constantly, and there was a time back when he even hit comic books pretty hard. Shows help to spend many hours on the road when the Flyers are staying over in a foreign city.Last summer Pop and Brother Pete had planned to start a stoker business but Pete changed their minds, and so Pop did some carpenter work and pitched softball and played golf for relaxation. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a good golfer, though,&rdquo; he adds. He likes to watch good baseball.The Slovak from Fort William is one of those rare hockey players who does as well on the road as at home. He will check just as hard away from home and get into the hair of the opposition just as much playing before hostile crowds as before friendly gatherings. And that&rsquo;s a big factor in favor of the Flyers. &#9632;

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Hank Backor No Longer Just Pete’s Kid Brother

<div class="byline">By GEORGE JOHNSON</div>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0449/1063044-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="376" height="649"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bun Cook</figcaption></div>If coaching clinics were as popular in hockey as they are in football and basketball, the diffident director of Cleveland&rsquo;s Barons, Bun Cook, would have more engagements than a Hollywood blond. He&rsquo;d be in international demand to itemize his formula for assembling strong road teams, a talent he has shown repeatedly during his eight years on the shores of Lake Erie.Many coaches, as well as many front-office wizards, can collect hockey teams which do well at home. Most of these men somersault with glee if they can get their teams through any season with an even break on the road.Bun Cook&rsquo;s Barons have never done worse than break even in other American League rinks, and usually have been No. 1 in the road standings.This year, Cook&rsquo;s cuties have done better away than they have in their Euclid avenue sunken garden, a practically unheard of accomplishment. In Cleveland, they won 14, lost six and tied one of their first 21 games. Elsewhere, they won 15, lost six and tied two of their first 23 road matches.Only the raw-meat Mo hawks of Cincinnati and Hershey&rsquo;s redecorated Bears, of the other AL members, are 500 on strange ice, and both of these clubs are only one game&rsquo; above fifty-fifty.The old master says he&rsquo;s as mystified as the rest of us as to the reason his clubs do so well on hostile ground. &ldquo;I really don&rsquo;t think there&rsquo;s any special reason,&rdquo; he said when cornered the other day.Accused of holding out, he protested, &ldquo;No, if I thought I knew what it was, I&rsquo;d say so.&rdquo;His employees have their own theories. Phil Samis, who was once with Pittsburgh, said, &ldquo;At Pittsburgh, when we&rsquo;d get two goals behind, we&rsquo;d lose spirit and it&rsquo;d be hard to get back. This club can get two goals behind and it doesn&rsquo;t hurt our spirit at all. We keep driving in there.&rdquo;That indicates morale. How do you keep morale high? Another Baron said, &ldquo;He realizes no one is perfect. If you make a mistake with another club, they eat you out. Bun doesn&rsquo;t.&rdquo;Later, Bun said, &ldquo;We try to correct their mistakes, of course, but we don&rsquo;t drive with a tight rein. You can get more with honey than vinegar, you know.&rdquo;Never Gets Worked UpA fellow who has seen Cook at the end of quite a few losing ventures added, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen him worked up about losing. He doesn&rsquo;t make a tragedy out of every game lost. If games keep on being lost, someone goes, but there&rsquo;s none of that loud crying and breast-beating other coaches put on every time you lose.&rdquo;Maybe winning on the road is a habit Bun acquired in his playing days with New York?&ldquo;No, with the Rangers it sort of ran in cycles. We always did well in Toronto and Montreal but in the other rinks, we couldn&rsquo;t lose for a while and then we couldn&rsquo;t win for a while. Maybe this is just a cycle for us.&rdquo;Eight years is quite some cycle.Maybe it&rsquo;s because Cleveland generally has an older club, more-poised players?&ldquo;That could be,&rdquo; the coach admitted.Maybe Cleveland wins in other rinks because it approaches each team and each rink differently, and plays different types of games against each opponent? Bun wouldn&rsquo;t go so fare as to say that, but the Barons are noted for their ability to persuade opponents to play their type of game, and for being able to prevent opponents from playing the way the opponents want to play.Another who has watched Cook&rsquo;s crowd blow through every AL town with impartial success for many winters said, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s like Joe McCarthy, who used to manage the New York Yankees. He talks to the little men. Maybe he doesn&rsquo;t talk to them, but he listens to them. He plays hunches&rsquo;, but he does it on the basis of sound hockey knowledge. He has that touch, and that comes from talking to the little people.&rdquo;Ever striving to be helpful, Bun said some of the Barons&rsquo; happy life away from home could be traced to the faet that they are nobody&rsquo;s farm team. &ldquo;Our players aren&rsquo;t jerked back and forth by a big-league team. We get our team pretty well set before the season starts.&rdquo;Many coaches and managers contend that the way to instil hustle into a hockey player is to keep him in doubt about where he&rsquo;s going to be tomorrow, if he goes bad tonight.Cleveland and its coach have had great success with just the opposite treatment. One Baron said, &ldquo;A guy feels a lot more secure and he can play with a lot more assurance when he knows he isn&rsquo;t living out of a suitcase, and one bad night won&rsquo;t get him a ticket to Denver.&rdquo;.There you are, coach. Whip up the morale among your fellows, converse with the little men, don&rsquo;t make too many changes in your lineup, keep calm in occasional defeat, and that&rsquo;s practically all there is to it.If you&rsquo;re another Bun Cook. &#9632;

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Barons’ Winning Ways On Road Puzzle Even To Him, Says Bun

One of the main reasons the New York Rangers are currently in the thick of the playoff race is Defenseman Allan Stanley. But it wasn&rsquo;t too long ago that the critics were calling him a $100,000 flop.When the Rangers purchased Stanley from the Providence Reds and parted with Elwyn Morris and Eddie Kullman to boot, they reported that their newest defense acquisition was one of the best prospects to come along in years. The publicity was so terrific on the deal that Stanley was a goner before he even stepped on the ice&mdash;nobody could be as good as the publicity built him up to be.To top it off Stanley did not have a good year when he broke in with the Blues and hence he was tagged a flop. But since then things have changed. Stanley has finally begun to pay off. He is improving so rapidily that he is often mentioned for all-stardom. Certainly he is the backbone of the Blues&rsquo; defense corps now.A, a rearguard Stanley is not in the roughtough class, although he can throw a mean body check. However, os a blocker there are none better in the league and he also rates highly as a good rushing rearguard.His ability to get away a shot just a little faster than the next guy has made him a valuable man a, a Ranger pointman.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0469/1063120-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="258" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Allan Stanley</figcaption></div>Last week the Rangers won two out of three games. They whipped the Hawks 2-1, lost to the Leafs by the some score and then scored an upset by trouncing the league leading Wings 5-3 in Manhattan.Stanley only scored two goals during the three games but his allround play was enough for us to choose him Player-Of-The-Week and &rsquo;Schaefer Award&rsquo; winner.In the game against Detroit Stanley scored the third and fourth goals to lead his club to victory. And although his goals were the most important factor his play was outstanding&mdash;so outstanding that he is no longer called the $100,000 flop but rather the very opposite.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON THU. A.M., FEB. 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02115/1063113-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="595" height="207"></div>RESULTS OF GAMESJan. 23&mdash;Detroit 8, Chicago 2Jan. 24&mdash;Canadiens 3, TorontoJan. 25&mdash;Rangers 2, Chicago 1Jan. 25&mdash;Bosotn 3, Detroit 3Jan. 27&mdash;Chicago 2, Canadiens 4Jan. 27&mdash;Rangers 1, Toronto 2Jan. 27&mdash;Detroit 0, Boston 3Jan. 28&mdash;Canadiens 1, Boston 1Jan. 28&mdash;Toronto 4, Chicago 3Jan. 28&mdash;Detroit 3, Rangers 5NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S GAMESFeb. 1&mdash;Toronto at CanadiensFeb. 1&mdash;Rangers at DetroitFeb. 1&mdash;Boston at ChicagoFeb. 3&mdash;Boston at CanadiensFeb. 3&mdash;Chicago at TorontoFeb. 4&mdash;Canadiens at DetroitFeb. 4&mdash;Toronto at BostonFeb. 4&mdash;Rangers at Chicago<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0394/1063106-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="610" height="2895"></div>Broda replaced Rollins after 26 mts. 50 sec. of play on December 2nd.Penalties In Minutes By ClubsDETROIT&hellip;&hellip;411CHICAGO&hellip;&hellip;449BOSTON&hellip;&hellip;462CANADIENS&hellip;&hellip;566TORONTO&hellip;&hellip;567RANGERS&hellip;&hellip;581 &#9632;

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Player-Of-The-Week

<h2>Howe Pulls Away</h2>III luck today is camping on Rocket Richard, Canadiens&rsquo; ace scorer out with a left leg charleyhorse. The ironic part of it it is that as Richard entered hospital, his great right-wing rival, Gordie Howe of Detroit, scored his second &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; of the season.<h2>Draft Call</h2>The Black Clouds of impending war cast their first shadow over the playing personnel of the National Hockey I.eague. Pete Rabando, American-born member of Chicago Black Hawks, was called up for his US army physical.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01149/1063075-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="265" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Ezinicki</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs gained ground on the league leading Detroit Red Wings last week and now find themselves only five points in the rear. The Wings currently in the midst of their worst slump of the season lost two on the weekend while the Leafs were doing the very opposite.The Montreal Canadiens continued to hold onto third place, but by a very slim margin. They have 44 points, 16 back of the Leafs and one ahead of the fourth place Boston Bruins. The Rangers are also in the thick of the fight for third and fourth place and are just two points behind the Bruins with 41 points. Both the Bruins and Rangers hold a game in hand over the Habs.The Chicago Black Hawks remain in the cellar and last week tied the Rangers all time winless games record. They have gone 21 games without a victory, tieing three out of 21.Wings&rsquo; Gordie Howe continues to pace the pack in the individual scoring race. His 2 3 goals and 32 assists for a total of 55 points are 12 points better than Max Bentley&rsquo;s. Boston&rsquo;s Bill Ezinicki is the penalty leader with 107 minutes.TUESDAY, JANUARY 23CHICAGO&mdash;The Red Wings for the second time in a week, turned back the cellar-dwelling Hawks&mdash;this time by a lopsided 8-2 score.Gordie Howe fired a hat trick for Detroit.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Dewsbury, Fogolin; centre, Lundy; wings, Bodnar, Black; subs.: Coflin, Dickens, McCaig, Bentley, Mosienko, R. Conacher, Babando, J. Conacher, Morrison, Guidolin. Brown.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Reise, Kelly; centre, Abel; wings, Howe, Lindsay: subs.: Goldham, Martin, Gee, Peters, Stewart, Pavelich, McFadden Prystai, Couture, Stasiuk, Gravelie, RaglanFirst Period1&mdash;Detroit: Howe (Kelly).&hellip;&hellip;1:562&mdash;Detroit: Gee (Stewart) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 5:373&mdash;Detroit: Peters(Lindsay, Kelly)&hellip;&hellip;9:154&mdash;Chicago: Bodnar (Fogolin).. 19:16 Penalty: Lindsay.Second Period5&mdash;Detroit: Peters (McFadden) 3:56 6&mdash;Detroit: Howe(Abel, Reise)&hellip;&hellip;15:197&mdash;Detroit: Lindsay(Kelly, Martin)&hellip;&hellip;16:40Penalties: None.Third Period8&mdash;Detroit: Abel(Martin, Lindsay) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;. 7:479&mdash;Detroit: Howe(Lindsay, Abel)&hellip;&hellip;8:3310&mdash;Chicago: Leier (Bentley, Dickens)&hellip;&hellip;9:28Penalties: McOaig, Kelly.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24TORONTO.&mdash;Though their meetings are usually marked by fist fights and plenty of hard bumping Toronto have a distinct fondness for Montreal Canadiens this season.In the nine games against their Canadian &ldquo;cousins&rdquo; so far, the Maple Leafs have won seven, tied one and lost one.Toronto added its latest victory, edging the slowed down Flying Frenchmen 4-3. Canadiens have yet to win a game on Toronto ice this season in five attempts.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey, Harmon; centre, Mosdell; wings, Curry, MacKay: subs.: Bouchard, Robert, Johnson, Laycoe, Reay, Olmstead, Lach, MacPherson. Dussault, Masnick.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Mortson, Flaman; centre, Kennedy; wings, Sloan, Smith; subs.: Watson, Barilko, Bentley, Klukay, Mackell, Meeker, Gardner, Juzda, Bolton, McCormack, Lewicki, Timgren.First Period1&mdash;Canadiens: Mosdell(Harvey, Harmon)&hellip;&hellip;1:192&mdash;Toronto: Kennedy&hellip;&hellip;3:593&mdash;Canadiens: Lach(Dussault, Olmstead) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;.. 11:354&mdash;Toronto: Klukay(Bentley, Lewicki)&hellip;&hellip;18:13Penalties: Sloan. Harvey (2).Second Period5&mdash;Toronto: McCormack (Smith). 3:296&mdash;Toronto: Gardner(Watson, Mackell)&hellip;&hellip;4:537&mdash;Canadiens: Mosdell (Olmstead) 14:40 Penalties: Kennedy (major and misc.),Johnson (major and misc.).Third PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Johnson (match misc.), Fla-man. Lewicki, Lach. Sloan.THURSDAY, JANUARY 25CHICAGO.&mdash;At Chicago, the smallest crowd to attend a NHL game in 16 years, turned out to see the Hawks drop their sixth straight game 2-1 to New York.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence, Sta-nowski, Evans; centre, Raleigh; wings, Slowinski, Lund; subs.: Eddolls, O&rsquo;Connor, Egan, Stanley, Toppazzini, McLeod, Kyle, Kaleta, Leswick, Kullman, Sinclair, Gordon.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence. Coflin, Dickens; centre, J. Conacher: wings, Guidolin, R. Conacher; subs.: McCaig, Bentley, Mosienko, Babando, Bodnar, Morrison, Brown, Leier, Powell, Bedard.First Period1&mdash;New York: Kullman (McLeod, Stanowski)&hellip;&hellip;3:56Penalties: Coflin (2), Eddolls.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties; McCaig (major), Toppazzini.Third Period2&mdash;Chicago: Guidolin(R. Conacher, Coflin) &hellip;&hellip;. 9:283&mdash;New York: Raleigh(Lund, Slowinski) 14:35Penalty: Slowinski.DETROIT.&mdash;At Detroit, there was more brawling than hockey-playing, the main bout being a bruising, bloody battle between Ted Lindsay of the Wings and Bill Ezinicki of the Bruins. Both drew match penalties.More than 10,500 fans saw the teams draw 3-3.Boston: Goal, Gelineau; defence, W. Quackenbush, M. Quackenbush; centre, Schmidt; wings, Ezinicki, Dumart; subs.: Lynn, Sandford, Henderson, Fisher, Ronty, Kryzanowski, Peirson, Lowe, Horeck, Ferguson.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Reise, Kelly; centre. Abel; wings, Howe, Lindsay; subs.: Goldham, Martin, Gee, Peters, G. Stewart, Pavelich, McFadden, Prystai, Couture, Stasiuk, Gravelle, Raglan.First Period1&mdash;Detroit: Reise (Howe, Abel).. :492&mdash;Boston: Henderson (Ferguson). 14:263&mdash;Boston: W. Quackenbush&hellip;&hellip;15:12Penalties:. Ezinicki, Howe, Prystai (major), Lowe (major).Second Period4&mdash;Detroit: Martin(Peters, McFadden). &hellip;&hellip;11:485&mdash;Boston: Horeck&hellip;&hellip;14:28 Penalties: Ezinicki Howe, Henderson,Pavelich.Third Period6&mdash;Detroit: Kelly (McFadden) &hellip;&hellip; 10:36 Penalties: Ezinicki (match), Lindsay (match).SATURDAY, JANUARY 27BOSTON.&mdash;The Boston Bruins rewarded 12.887 supporters largest gathering of the season here, with a 3-0 shutout over the first place Detroit Red Wings.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Kelly, Reise; centre, Abell; wings, Howe, Prystai; subs.: McFadden, Pavelich, Peters. Goldham, Martin, Raglan, Couture, Gee, Gravelie, Stasiuk.Boston: Goal, Gelineau; defence, W. Quackenbush, M. Quackenbush; centre, Schmidt; wings. Peirson, Dunmart; subs.: Ronty, Lynn, Fisher, Henderson, Lowe, Kryzanowski, Ferguson, Sandford, Horeck.First Period1&mdash;Boston: Schmidt (Peirson) &hellip;&hellip; 13:27 Penalty: Ferguson.Second PeriodScoring: None.Third Period2&mdash;Boston: Ferguson, (Sandford, Kryzanowski)&hellip;7:093&mdash;Boston: Henderson&hellip;&hellip;14:10Penalties: Abel, Lowe.MONTREAL&mdash;When the Chicago Black Hawks lost to Canadiens 4-2 at the Forum it was their 20th straight start without a victory.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Dickens. Coflin; centre, J, Conacher; wings. Guidolin, R. Conacher; subs.: Dewsbury, McCaig, Bentley, Mosienko, Babando, Bodnar, Morrison, Leier, Powell. Brown.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Lach, Dussault, Olmstead; subs.: Harvey, Robert, Curry, Harmon. MacKay,&rsquo; Laycoe, Mosdell, Kaiser, MacPherson, Masnick, Beliveau, Geoffrion.First Period1&mdash;Canadiens: Beliveau(Geoffrion, Laycoe)&hellip;&hellip;9:322&mdash;Canadiens: Dussault (Olmstead) 9:46Penalties: None.Second Period3&mdash;Chicago: J. Conacher (Guidolin) :554&mdash;Canadiens: Geoffrion.(Harmon, Beliveau)&hellip;&hellip;4:425&mdash;Canadiens: Lach(Dussault, Bouchard)&hellip;&hellip;14:34Penalties: Bouchard, Laycoe, Olmstead (minor and major), Brown (major). Third Period6&mdash;Chicago: R. Conacher (Guidolin, J. Conacher)&hellip;&hellip;10:58Penalties: Olmstead (misc.), Brown (misc.), Dewsbury.TORONTO.&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs edged Now York Rangers 2-1 here in a close-checking game before 13,165 fans.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence, Evans, Stanowski; centre, Raleigh; wings, Lund, Slowinski; subs.: Eddolls, Egan, O&rsquo;Connor, Kyle, Stanley, Toppazzini. McLeod, Kaleta, Leswick, Kullman, &rsquo;Sinclair, Gordon.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Fla-man. Juzda; centre, Bentley; wings, Klukay, Lewicki; subs.: Thomson, Mort-son, Barilko, Watson, Kennedy, Meeker, Sloan, Mackell, Gardner, McCormack, Timgren, Smith.First Period1&mdash;Toronto: Mackell (Watson. Gardner)&hellip;&hellip;4:45Penalties: Evans, Mackell.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Thomason, Evans, Flaman (major), Kullman (major), Mortson.Third Period2&mdash;Toronto: Smith (Sloan, Juzda)&hellip;&hellip;11:283&mdash;New York: Kullman(Leswick. McLeod)&hellip;&hellip;14:31Penalty: Raleigh.SUNDAY, JANUARY 28BOSTON.&mdash;Montreal Canadiens protected their slim third-place margin over Boston Bruins by playing a 1-1 tie here. An audience of 8,796 booed loudly as Referee Bill Chadwick nullified two apparent Boston goals, one in the opening period and another in the final.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, Johnson, Bouchard: centre, Lach; wings, Dussault, Olmstead: subs.: Harvey, Robert. Curry. Harmon, MacKay, Laycoe, Mosdell. Kaiser, MacPherson, Masnick.Boston: Goal. Gelineau; defence, W. Quackenbush. M. Quackenbush; centre, Schmidt; wings, Ezicnicki. Dumart; subs.: Lynn. Sandford. Henderson, Fisher. Ronty, Kryzanowski, Peirson, Lowe, Horeck Ferguson.First Period1&mdash;Boston: Dumart (W. Quackenbush, Schmidt).. :49Penalties: Fisher, M. Quackenbush, MacKay, Masnick (2),. Lowe.Second Period2&mdash;Canadiens: Harvey&hellip;&hellip;12:09Penalties: Ezinicki, (2), Laycoe, Johnson..Third PeriodScoring: None.Penalty: Harvey.CHICAGO.&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs defeated Chicago Black Hawks 4-3, in a game before 9,466 fans who saw the luckless Hawks go through their 2lst game without a win.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; (Terence, Thomson. Mortson; centre, McCormack; wings Mackell, Watson; subs.: Barilko, M. Bentley. Klukay, Kennedy. Meeker, Sloan, Juzda, Lewicki, Timgren, Smith, Flaman.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence McCaig. Dewsbury; centre, J. Conacher; wings, Guidolin, R. Conacher; subs.: Coflin, Dickens, Mosienko, Babando, Bodnar, Morrison, Brown, Leier, Powell,First PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Barilko, Sloan.Second Period1&mdash;Toronto: Lewicki (Bentley, Thomson)&hellip;&hellip;11:112&mdash;Chicago: Morrison (Bodnar)&hellip;16:413&mdash;Toronto: Kennedy (Thomson, Smith)&hellip;&hellip;17:04Penalties: Dewsbury (2), Flaman, Sloan.Third Period4&mdash;Chicago: McCaig&hellip;&hellip;:295&mdash;Toronto: Sloan (Kennedy, Timgren)&hellip;&hellip;5:006&mdash;Toronto: Lewicki (Meeker, Bentley)&hellip;&hellip;11:347&mdash;Chicago: Mosienko (Dewsbary, Powell)&hellip;&hellip;14:47Penalties: Lewicki, McCaig, Coflin, Klukay.NEW YORK,&mdash;Defenceman Allan Stanley scored two goals as the New York Rangers skated to a well-earned 5-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings before a Madison Square Garden crowd of 13,205.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk: defence. Reise, Kelly; centre. Abel; wings. Howe. Lindsay; subB.: Goldham. Martin. Gee. Peters, Stewart, Pavelich, McFadden. Prystai. Couture. Stasiuk, Gravelle, Raglan.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence, Stanowski. Evans; centre. McLeod; wings, Kullman, Leswick; subs.: Eddolls, O&rsquo;Connor, Egan. Raleigh. Staley, Lund, Toppazzini, Kyle, Gordon, Kaleta, Slowinski, Sinclair.First PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Stanley. Leswick, Reise.Second Period1&mdash;New York: Raleigh (Kyle. Lund)&hellip;&hellip;5:072&mdash;Detroit: Prysetai (Peters, Pavelich)&hellip;&hellip;14:103&mdash;New york: Sinclair&hellip;&hellip; 15:004&mdash;New York: Stanley (Raleigh. Lund)&hellip;&hellip;17:315&mdash;Detroit: Howe (Kelly) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18:19 Penalties: Kaleta, Abel, Kullman.Third Period6&mdash;Detroit: Stasiuk&hellip;&hellip;4:377&mdash;New York: Stanley (Leswick)&hellip;&hellip;8:428&mdash;New York: Slowinski (Lund). 16:29Penalty: Goldham. &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By RAY GUAY</div>Distressing reports have been coming from all over the hockey lot since the 1950-51 season got under way, and Regina Caps of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League haven&rsquo;t escaped unscathed.From some National Hockey League centers right down to the minor amateur circuits it&rsquo;s been the same story&mdash;turnstiles not clicking fast enough to pay all the bills.Along about the end of the year, Caps found themselves approximately $20,000 in the red, crowds barely hitting the 2,000 mark and the club deeply entrenched in the Western League cellar.No one got panicky, however. Club executives tackled each job in turn and while there&rsquo;s still a long way to go the situation appears to be improving rapidly.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01161/1063158-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="540" height="1129"><figcaption class="caption-body">CLIFF EHRLE</figcaption></div>First there was that heavy financial deficit to make up. While officials of most other amateur clubs facing the same problem simply expressed doubt as to whether they would be able to carry on until the end of the season&mdash;unless gates picked up&mdash;Cap officials didn&rsquo;t even intimate they might leave the other three clubs in the circuit holding the bag.Instead, they acquainted the players with the situation, asked their help and what resulted was a co-operative, making the club property of both the executive and players.Players Share ProfitsIn short, the executive asked their players to forego regular wages, play for a &ldquo;token&rdquo; wage for an indefinite period and&mdash;if wages cannot be restored before the end of the season&mdash;share in a players&rsquo; pool.Naturally the players just didn&rsquo;t jump and yell in glee when the proposition was advanced by President Ross Sneath and Manager Cliff Ehrle, but after mulling it over they decided to pitch in and do their bit for hockey in Regina.Under the new setup all players receive the same amount of money, $200 a month. About half the players hold down regular jobs besides playing hockey.Money which was previously earmarked for players&rsquo; salaries&mdash;some of them were getting more than $500 a month&mdash;now goes towards cutting chunks out of the club deficit.There was no time limit set on the &ldquo;no wage&rdquo; proposal just &ldquo;until we can see our way clear to paying the usual wages,&rdquo; said Manager Ehrle.If the deficit is cut down appreciably, but still not enough to restore wages, a players&rsquo; pool will be set up and they will share in it up to the amount of wages lost.Rumors have had some players moving to other clubs ever since the plan was put in operation, but they were only rumors.Two weeks after the plan went into operation the players formed a committee, composed of captain Vic Myles, Ab McDougall and Gordie Staseson, to meet with the executive and iron out details.Players reiterated their willingness to go along with the executive, until the end of the season if necessary.They expressed satisfaction at the present setup and made it clear that no one would be quitting the club or shifting to another one.Looking For CustomersNext on the agenda was the improvement of crowds, but credit for work done there mostly goes to a few Regina citizens.Caps had attracted only two 3,000-or-over gates from the start of the season to middle December and it was getting from bad to worse. Attendance of 2,300 became? the rule and on a couple of occasions the turnstiles didn&rsquo;t even click to the 2,000 mark.Working on the assumption that a losing team just doesn&rsquo;t get good support, they found a way to lure the customers to the Stadium.One used car dealer, Cliff Howe, started it off when he donated one of his automobiles to the club, to be sold for $1.00 to the fan holding the lucky program at a Cap hockey game.That brought 3,498 fans to the game and programs were at a premium. The 4,000 printed didn&rsquo;t even come close to filling the needs. In the process the customers saw Caps blank Saskatoons Quakers 2-0.Another sportsminded citizen, Jack Stewart, pitched in a couple of days later and donated a couple of new bicycles for the same purpose. There weren&rsquo;t quite as many customers for that one, but the 3,193 gate still helped the club a lot.The system seemed to work wonders, so why discontinue it.Jack Sangster gave the club a 193 6 Buick for a game against the league-leading Edmonton Flyers, and 4,044 fans trooped to the rink, for the best effort of allThat one topped them all. 4.044 fans took in the contest in which Caps walloped Flyers 4-1 with young Bob Tyler of the junior Regina Pats replacing the ailing Bev Bentley in the nets. No less than 7,500 programs were sold for that one.Winner of the car on that occasion&mdash;Gertie Smith, a flower shop proprietress in Regina&mdash;donated it again to the club and it went on the line at a game against Calgary. That one didn&rsquo;t fail to attract either, as well over 3,000 fans took the game in.How much this has on the gates can easily be attested when you consider that only 1,600 fans watched Caps pummel Quakers 4-1 in a recent game when there was nothing to be won&mdash;just a hockey game to watch.This system may not be the best for hockey, but when a club is deeply entrenched in the cellar, no immediate hope of getting out of it, and gate receipts barely paying for rink rental something has to be done. And this seems to serve the purpose.The problem of starting to win hockey games, both at home and on the road, is one which is almost entirely in the hands of the players.Ken Doraty, famed former National Hockey League player and mentor of Moose Jaw Canucks juniors, started the season at the reins of Caps, but handed in his resignation before mid-seasom&ldquo;I feel there&rsquo;s nothing more I can do for the club.&rdquo; said Doraty when he resigned. &ldquo;Maybe a new coach is what the club needs.&rdquo;George Allen, also a former National leaguer, captain and defenseman for Caps, accepted the position. He had a tough task ahead of him, the club had won few games and was becoming worse instead of better.In fast, George didn&rsquo;t meet with much success until the cooperative movement was passed.The day after it went into effect Caps left on a three-game road trip, full of spirit and determined to win their share of the games.Their first stop was Saskatoon and just a couple of hours before the start of the game, goalie Bev Bentley had to be taken to hospital with a bad case of influenza.He was out of action, for that three-game swing and Caps, without a spare netminder, had to use the other clubs&rsquo; spare goalies in nets.It didn&rsquo;t hurt Caps any. They won that night in Saskatoon, turned back Flyers in Edmonton the next night and only gave way to the red-hot Calgary Stampeders the following night. Those road victories, by the way, were the first two of the season for Caps.Next time Caps played they were still without Bentley&mdash;out of hospital by that time, but still too weak to play&mdash;and they received permission from Coach Murray Armstrong of the junior Pats, Memorial cup finalists last spring, to use Tyler. The youngster came through in fine style, almost blanked Edmonton as Caps won 4-1.Caps are still a long way behind the third-place Quakers. It&rsquo;s not likely they&rsquo;ll be catching up with them this season, unless Quakers go into a terrific tail spin and Caps stage a winning streak.But just the same you have to raise your hat to the Cap executive, the players and Regina&rsquo;s sportsminded citizens.Maybe the fans attend the games just to get a crack at a used car or bicycles, but in the process they&rsquo;re helping the club and that&rsquo;s what counts.As for quitting the league, no sir!Says manager Ehrle: &ldquo;We aim to give Regina senior hockey. We&rsquo;re not going to quit. Sure it&rsquo;s been rough in spots, but after all the situation is bound to improve as we go along. We&rsquo;ve had so many bad breaks this season that they&rsquo;re going to start coming our way pretty soon. Regina wants senior hockey and we&rsquo;re going to give it to them.&rdquo;<h2>See Those Moths Fly!</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02114/1063151-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1664" height="1349"></div>BARE CUPBOARD&hellip; It&rsquo;s payday for the Regina Caps, although the players didn&rsquo;t get as much as usual, however. Above president Ross Sneath (left) bares his pocketbook to Bill Kyle (centre) and Jack Wilkie. They&rsquo;re getting a &rsquo;&rsquo;token&rdquo; wage now that the players have approved a co-operative plan, taking part of their salary in club profit. &#9632;

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Used Cars, Co-op Deal, Put Caps Over Hump

<div class="byline">BUD BOOTH</div>MILWAUKEE, Wis.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03114/1063227-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="388" height="619"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hank Blade</figcaption></div>Hank Blade, the Milwaukee Sea Gulls&rsquo; veteran and popular center-rearguard, is well on his way to his best season in professional hockey. He&rsquo;s accounted for 16 goals and 28 assists for 44 points in the Gulls&rsquo; first 37 games.Now in his sixth season as a pro, he&rsquo;s never been held to less than 23 goals during his five years with the Kansas City team, which was the forerunner of the Gulls in the U.S. league. He hit for this many goals while playing in only 38 contests during the 1946-47 schedule.Last year was his best scoring season to date, but may not stand up under the hot pace he&rsquo;s setting currently. He netted 75 points from 27 goals and 48 assists in 66 games. This was an average of just over 1.13 points per game, while this campaign he&rsquo;s averaging almost 1.20 points a game.Now 29 years old, Hank seems very happy as a confirmed bachelor. During the summer he works as a carnival manager. He seldom talks of his off season work, but his colorful clothes set him off well as a typical carnival promoter.His favorites in food include the hockey player&rsquo;s standard steak and also shrimp, any kind, prepared any way.Born in Peterborough, Ont., 80 miles northeast of Toronto, on April 28, 1921, he was christened Henry Gordon Blade by his parents, Margaret and Arthur Blade. Art is a supervisor for the Imperial Oil Company. Hank is an only son, but has five sisters, Helen, Madeline, Barbara, Lenore and Doris.Blade began his amateur puck career with the Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Senior Hockey league in 1943. After two years and a half he joined the Chicago Black Hawks organization and was sent to Kansas City. That first campaign, 1945-46, he emerged as one of the Pla-Mors standouts as the team, under the direction of &ldquo;Doc&rdquo; Romnes, won the league title and the playoffs.In 4 6 games he netted 29 goals and 36 assists for 65 points. This ranked him fourth on the team behind Butch McDonald, Wingy Johnston and Andy Chakowski. In the playoffs he topped the squad with seven goals and eight assists in a dozen games.After he started off with a bang next season, Hank was called up to. Black Hawks for the first of two trials. In 18 games he scored one goal and three assists. He was with Chicago again at the start of the 1947-48 campaign and might have stuck in the NHL this time had the Hawks not completed the now famous deal with Toronto which sent the Leafs Max Bentiey and rookie Cy Thomas for Gaye Stewart, Gus Bodnar, Bud Poile, Ernie Dickens and Bob Goldham.As a stipulation of the deal, Blade went to the Leafs&rsquo; Pittsburgh farm club for a few games until the AHL squad could asquire some players to replace Bodnar, Dickens and Goldham.Hank then went back to the Chicago farm where he has been a steady and worthy performer ever since. When the team was transplanted to Milwaukee for the start of the 1950-51 schedule, he was one of the first to gain the confidence of the new fans. He played well on both defense and at center and is now the team&rsquo;s top scorer with room to spare.Never a dirty or tough type competitor, he has spent only a small amount of time in the penalty box every year. He concentrates on getting the puck and putting it in the goal or on a teammate&rsquo;s stick. It&rsquo;s the fundamental way, but has paid off well for this popular veteran. &#9632;

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Thin Thatched Hank Blade, Popular Gull Vet, Heading For His Best Pro Season

MILWAUKEE, Wis.&mdash;The Milwaukee Sea Gulls recently obtained Walter Bak, 25-year-old defenseman from Portland of the PCHL, in trade for spare netminder Al Millar. Millar was obtained in December by the Gulls from New Haven when the latter dropped from the American Hockey League.Bak, who is feet, inches in height and weighs 190 pounds, is described os rough, tough type rearguard. Last year, with San Francisco in the PCHL he received 96 minutes in penalties while scoring one goal and 11 assists in 71 games.Born in Tarnowiec, Poland, he started his pro hockey career with Omaha (USHL) in 1947. His last amateur play was with the Strat-ford, Ont. senior squad. Since then he&rsquo;s also played with Houston (USHL) and Vancouver (PCHL). &#9632;

Bak Comes To Milwaukee In Exchange For Millar

<div class="byline">By BUNNY MORGANSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01174/1063282-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Canadian athletes adjudged the best of the half-century in poll recently conducted by The Canadian Press were interviewed on &ldquo;Canadian Sports Round-up&rdquo; by Dave Price, Sports commentator for the CBC Dominion Network. The broadcast was filmed later for release early in February. Shown left to right as they put on their best for the cameraman are &ldquo;Newsy&rdquo; Lalonde, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Dave Price, Lionel Conacher, Jack Purcell, and Sandy Summerville. Percy Williams of Vancouver and George Young, now in Philadelphia, were unable to make personal appearance.</figcaption></div><h2>Half Century&rsquo;s Greatest Of All!</h2>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Playing before the largest OHA crowd of 9,573 paid at Maple Leaf Gardens on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 21, St. Michael&rsquo;s Monarchs of the OHA Major Series and St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors of the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; campaign made a show of their Marlboro opposition, winning both games by margins of 6-1 and 6-4. The 6-1 defeat inflicted on Marlboro Majors was a four-point blow that kept them well back in second place. Flash Hollett&rsquo;s&rsquo; &ldquo;Horribles&rdquo; as they were called after the Sunday game, have yet to win a four-point game from their intercity Irish rivals in four games, The nearest Marlboros have come to a win, is a 4-all overtime tie.Marlies&rsquo; edge was only in the first period when Jack McKenzie, former Brandon lad, scored the lone goal on passes from Bus Wycherley and defenseman Ross Johnstone. Gordon Hannigan tied it up for the Irish on Captain Lefty Wilson&rsquo;s pass after seven minutes of the middle round. Dusty Blair of St. Michael&rsquo;s notched the game winning goal during the closing minute of the same period with Johnny Arundel assisting.Irish Hex For MarliesThe Irish were off to the races in the third period with four more markers as Marlboros fell apart at the seams. Jack Meldrum celebrated with two fine tallies, Dusty Blair rang the bell for his second goal of the game and the easy-skating Sammy Kennedy finished it up with the sixth and final Irish goal, a minute and four seconds before it was all over.St. Michael&rsquo;s third four-point victory gave them a clear cut nine point lead over the second place Marlies who have a game in hand if it&rsquo;s any consolation.Kitchener reclaimed third place over Hamilton after a home and home series with the Tigers during which each club won their respective home games. Hamilton reclaimed another of their former stars in Clarence Shillington, who dropped his playing and coaching chore with West York Motors in the Toronto Hockey League&rsquo;s Major Series at Varsity Arena to rejoin his former mates. Playing with Abbie Conick and Frank Liscombe as the second Hamilton line, Shillington played a big part in Tigers home-ice 8-5 win over Kitchener.Resuming their argument two nights later on Kitchener&rsquo;s home ice at the Waterloo Arena, Hamilton couldn&rsquo;t cope with the scoring class of Billy Flick and Mickey Roth as the Dutchmen hit back with a 6-4 win.Flick Top FlickerAs a result of the week&rsquo;s activity, Kitchener&rsquo;s Billy Flick bounced back as scoring leader with an overall total of 38 points. Hamilton&rsquo;s veteran centre player, Johnny Conick, was in second place with 37 points and Kitchener&rsquo;s Mickey Roth held down third spot with 36 scoring credits. Top Toronto player was St. Michael&rsquo;s Johnny Ubriaco who ran into a knee injury during St. Michael&rsquo;s tour of the north country last week. He was, however, held to a fourth place tie by Murray Comfort of Hamilton, both claiming 34 points.Bobby Hassard was the lone Marlboro player in the charmed circle with 31 points, while St. Michael&rsquo;s Gordon Hannigan was on his heels with 30. Hannigan has actually rattled in the most goals so far with 17 to his credit. Hamilton&rsquo;s Tommy Smelle was tied with Kitchener&rsquo;s Danny Flanagan in the 28 point bracket and the hard working Harvey Jacklin, captain of the Kitchener team, rounded out the Major scoring leaders with a 26 total.<div class="sidebar"><h2>Sport Trophies</h2>If you are looking for a trophy for any Sport&mdash;Hockey, Bowling etc.&mdash;Drop in and look over our complete supply.&ldquo;Gifts for all Occasions&rdquo;ALEX FALLE360 ST. JAMES ST. W.ROYAL BANK BLDGMONTREAL &#9632;</div>

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Shure, ’Twas Great Day For Irish As Senior, Junior Trip Marlies

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02122/1063313-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg"></div><h2>First Stanley Cup Champions, 1894</h2>Originally the emblem of amateur hockey supremacy, the Stanley Cup&mdash;donated by Lord Stanley, Governor-Generalof Canada&mdash;was won for the first time, in 1894, by the Montreal AAA, playing seven men side with no substitutions.The cup became professional trophy in 1912, when it was won by the Quebec Bulldogs.molson&rsquo;s ESTABLISHED 1786 &#9632;

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MOLSON’S REMEMBERS…

<h2>Equal Distribution</h2>Gil Mayer, star Pittsburgh goaltender and first netminder to register five shutouts, did not persecute any of his rivals in particular. His five whitewash jobs were all turned in against different opponents, with Hershey, Cleveland, St. Ixjuis, Buffalo and Providence all suffering equally from his airtight cage guarding.<h2>Dark Horse</h2>An unexpected candidate for all time goal scoring honors among, defensemen has entered the race with the steady goal scoring ability of Vie Grigg of St. Louis this season. As of January 17 Grigg had tallied goals, to join Hy Buller of Cleveland who had 69 and Roly Mclenahan of Buffalo who had 66 also. In the assault on Eddie Brash&rsquo;s record of 71.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01135/1063358-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="604" height="474"></div>RESULTS OF GAMESJan. 16&mdash;Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 3Jan. 17&mdash;Providence 7, Buffalo 9Jan. 17&mdash;Hershey 2, Springfield 0Jan. 17&mdash;Cleveland 2, Pittsburgh 1Jan. 18&mdash;Providence 2, Hershey 4Jan. 18&mdash;St. Louis 2, Indianapolis 4Jan. 18&mdash;-Buffalo 4, Cincinnati 2Jan. 20&mdash;Cincinnati 1, Hershey 1 Jan. 20&mdash;Cleveland 1, Springfield 1 Jan. 20&mdash;Indianapolis 4, Pittsburgh 2 Jan. 20&mdash;-Buffalo 4, St. Louis 10Jan. 21&mdash;(Springfield 2. Buffalo 3Jan. 21&mdash;Cleveland 9, Providence 8Jan. 21&mdash;Pittsburgh 4, Indianapolis 8Jan. 21&mdash;Hershey 2, Cincinnati 4Buffalo Blsons have a commanding lead in the Eastern Division, topping the loop with 63 points. Hershey is in second spot with 51 points, while Springfield and Providence follow with 37 and 34 points respectively.In the Western Division, Cleveland Barons have totalled 70 points to date, a full 20 more than second place Indianapolis, last year&rsquo;s champs. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh are fighting grimly as they are deadlocked for third spot with 49 points apiece. St. Louis is in the cellar with 41 points.Ab DeMarco of Buffalo now Las 30 goals and 4 9 assists for 79 points as he leads the individual scoring parade. Second is mate Grant Warwick, who has 17 goals and 4 9 assists for 66 points, three better than Fred Thurier of Cleveland.However, Walt Hergeshelmer of Cleveland is the loop&rsquo;s top goal-getter with 33. DeMarco and Warwick share the assists leadership with 49.Harry Dick of Buffalo leads in penalties with a total of 138 minutes, while the Hershey Bears also lead that department with 620 minutes.Goalie Gil Mayer of Pittsburgh has allowed 101 goals in 46 games for a 2.20 average. He also leads in shutouts with five.Eddie Bush&rsquo;s old defenseman record of 71 goals has been eclipsed by Hy Buller&rsquo;s 73 mark to date in seven seasons. Hugh Currie&rsquo;s record of 48 assists has tied the mark set by Bush also in one season.THURSDAY, JANUARY 18CINCINNATI.&mdash;Fabulous Ab DeMarco got his 28th and 29 th goals of the year as he led the Buffalo Blsons to a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Mohawks before 2,870 fans.Buffalo: Goal, DHon; defence, Blake, Finkbetner; centre, DeMarco; wings, Warwick, Meger; subs.: Currie, McLena-han, Dick, Ashbee, McNabney, Hickey, Parget er, PenneM, Archambault.Cincinnati: Goal, Francis; defence, Nattrass, Irwin; centre, Dawes; Dube, Plamon-don; subs.: Shero, Lancien, Hoche, Perreault, Gordon, Denis, Hirschfeld, Campeau, Hergeshelmer.First PeriodScoring; None.Penalties: McLenaJvan, McNabney.Second Period1&mdash;Buffalo: McNabney (Pargeter, Currie)&hellip;&hellip;2:182&mdash;Buffalo: DeMarco(Currie, Warwick)&hellip;&hellip;7:13Penalties: Nattrass, Dawes, Warwick, McNabney.Third Period3&mdash;Cincinnati: Gordon (Denis, Perreault)&hellip;&hellip;3:174&mdash;Buffalo: Warwick (Meger) &hellip;&hellip; 7:325&mdash;Buffalo: DeMarco (Warwick, Dick)&hellip;&hellip;11:126&mdash;Cincinnati: Denis (Gordon) &hellip; 19:15Penalties: Ashbee (10 minute misc.), Dick.INDIANAPOLIS.&mdash;The Indianapolis Caps took a 2-1 lead In the first period here and went on to deal the St. Louis Flyers a 4-2 defeat.Indianapolis: Goal, Henry; defence, Kraftcheck, Pronovost; centre, McNab; wings, Haidy, Podolsky; subs.: Folk, Heller, Wolt, Morrison, McKay, Reid, Glover, J. Wilson, Carveth.St. Louis: Goal, Almas: defence, Milligan, Grigg; centre, White; wings, Pogue, Kelly; subs.: Nicholson, Lamirande, McComb, Simpson, Baccarl, Trigg, Sullivan, Melong.First Period1&mdash;St. Louis: Simpson (Milligan). 6:212&mdash;Indianapolis: Haidy (Heller, McNab)&hellip;&hellip;10:133&mdash;Indianapolis: Podolsky (McNab, Woit)&hellip;&hellip;17:03Penalty: Grigg.Second Period4&mdash;Indianapolis: Glover (McKay), 3:54Penalties: Folk, Podolsky,Third Period5&mdash;Indianapolis: McKay (Reid, Glover)&hellip;&hellip;2:256&mdash;fit. Louis: Sullivan (Trigg, Lamirande)&hellip;&hellip;8:55Penalties: Grigg (2), Glover.HERSHEY.&mdash;The Hershey Bears rallied in the third period and downed the Providence Reds 4 to 2 before a crowd of 3,641.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Bra-nlgan, Reigle; centre, Harrison; wings, Brown, Creighton; subs.: Schertzl, Moe, Sullivan, Kullman, Marquess, Corcoran, McIntyre, Bettlo, Gariepy.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, Mlchaluk, Lavell; centre, McGill; wings, Bedard, Scherza; subs.: Reardon, Morris, Summers, Laplante, Hamilton, Davies, Stoddard, Deschenes, Kapusta.First Period1&mdash;Hershey: McIntyre (Sullivan, Corcoran)&hellip;&hellip;2:082&mdash;Hershey: Brown (Harrison) &hellip; 19:15Penalties: Bettlo, Morris Laplante.Second Period3&mdash;Providence: Kapusta (Davies). 1:504&mdash;Providence: McGill(Stoddard, Reardon)&hellip;&hellip;2:21Penalties: Branigan, Stoddard, Reigle, Kullman, Davies.Third Period5&mdash;Hershey: Sshertzl(Marquess, Bettlo)&hellip;&hellip;4:496&mdash;Hershey: Branigan (Sullivan). 19:14 Penalties: None.SUNDAY, JANUARY 21INDIANAPOLIS.&mdash;Gordon Haidy turned the &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; for half of Indianapolis&rsquo; goals as the Caps edged out the Pittsburgh Hornets, 6 to 4.Indianapolis: Goal, Henry; defence. Kraftcheck, Pronovost; centre, McNab; wings, Haidy, Podolsky; subs.; Folk, Heitor, Woit, Morrison, McKay, Reid, Glover, J. Wilson, Carveth.First Period1&mdash;Indianapolis: Haidy (McNab) 6:062&mdash;Indianapolis: Carveth (Morrison, J. Wilson) &hellip;&hellip; 10:333&mdash;Pittsburgh: Mathers (Barbe, Migay) &hellip;&hellip; 14:074&mdash;Pittsburgh: Migay(Armstrong, Soil Inger)&hellip;&hellip;18:295&mdash;Indianapolis: Haidy (Woit).. 18:59Penalties: Backor, Carveth, Horton.Second Period6&mdash;Pittsburgh: Horton (Backor)&hellip;&hellip;8:007&mdash;Indianapolis: Carveth (J. Wilson)&hellip;&hellip;12:428&mdash;Indianapolls:Haldy (McNab). 16:579&mdash;Pittsburgh: Blair (Horton, Smith),&hellip;&hellip;18:45Penalties: Woit, Migay, Podolsky,Kraftcheck McLellan, Horton.Third Period10&mdash;Indianapolis: Pronovosrt&hellip;&hellip;8:09Penalty: Folk.BUFFALO.&mdash;The Springfield Indians lost a glorious opportunity to shake off the Providence Reds, losing a 3-2 decision to the Buffalo Blsons. The Bisona made up a 2-0 deficit in the last period to send a crowd of 5,314 home happy.Buffalo: Goal, Dion; defence, Fink-beiner, Blake; centre, DeMarco; wings, Warwick, Meger; subs.: Currie, Dick, McLenahan, McNabney, Ashbee, Hickey, Pennell, Atanas, Pargeter.Springfield: Goal, O&rsquo;Hearn; defence, Hosking, Davidson; centre, Curlck; wings, Casanato, Lemieux; subs.: Jones, Allen, Gagnon, Hayden, Burnett, Pldhirny, Gooden, Horvath. Ford.First Period1&mdash;Springfield: Davidson(Lemieux, Curick)&hellip;&hellip;2:17Penalties: Dick (minor and misc.),Gagnon.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalty: Allen.Third Period2&mdash;SpringfLald: Lemieux (Curick)&hellip;&hellip;1:143&mdash;Buffalo: Ashbee (McNabney, McLenahan) 9:374&mdash;Buffalo: Blake (Parge ter, Meger) 12:185&mdash;Buffalo: DeMarco (Meger, Warwick)&hellip;&hellip;17:30Penalties:O&rsquo;Heam (served by Horvath), Currie.PROVIDENCE.&mdash;The Cleveland Barons defeated the Rhode Island Reds, 9 to 8, in the highest scoring game of the season, witnessed by 4,427 fans.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, La-vltt, Samis; centre, Douglas; wings, Doran, Taylor; subs.: Buller, Williams, Hergesheimer, Ceresino, Thurflier, MacKay, Wochy, Lund, Olson.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence. Laveil. flummera; centre, Davies; wings, Scherza, Reardon; subs.: Morris, Michaluk, Laplante, Hamilton, Bedard, McGill, Stoddard, Kapusta.First Period1&mdash;-Cleveland: Ceresino (Buller, Thurier) 5:043&mdash;Providence: Michaluk(Davies, Reardon). &hellip; 9:153&mdash;Cleveland: Wochy(MacKay, Olson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12:094&mdash;Providence: Stoddard(Laplante, Kapusta). 17:445&mdash;Cleveland: Hergesheimer(Thurier, Williams)&hellip;&hellip;18:18Penalty: Hamilton.Second Period6&mdash;Providence: Stoddard(Laplante, Kapusta) 3:157&mdash;Providence: Reardon(Kapusta, McGill)8&mdash;Providence: McGLll(Michaluk)&hellip;&hellip;13:389&mdash;Cleveland: MacKay(Wochy, Olson)&hellip;&hellip;. 13:58Penalties: Buller Laplante (major), Thurier (major), Michaluk.Third Period10&mdash;Cleveland: MacKay(Wochy, Lavitt)&hellip;&hellip;3:3711&mdash;Cleveland: Thurier (Buller).. 5:3013&mdash;Cleveland: Buller(Hergesheimer, Thurier)&hellip;&hellip;7:1013&mdash;Cleveland: MacKay (Wochy). 8:5014&mdash;Providence: Hamilton (McGill) 9:21 1&rsquo;5&mdash;Providence: Bedard (McGill). 10:0316&mdash;Providence: Stoddard(Laplante, Kapusta)&hellip;&hellip;10:2717&mdash;Cleveland: Thurier (Lavitt). 11:56 Penalties: None.CINCINNATI.&mdash;Cincinnati&rsquo;s Mohawks protected their second place position in the Western Division with a 4-2 victory over Hershey in a game marked by an all-out second period gang fight There was a crowd of 4,573.Cincinnati: Goal, Francis; defence, Nattrass, Irwin; centre, Dawes: wings, Denis, Perreault; subs.: ManasrteTsky, Shero, Landen, Plamondon, Campeau, Hirschfeld. Moore, Dube, Hergesheimer.Hershey: Goal, Henry: defence, Bran&rsquo;l-gan, Reigle; &rsquo;centre, Harrison: wings, Brown, Creighton; subs.: Schertzl, Moe, Sullivan, Marquess. Corcoran, McIntyre, Mahaffy, Bettio, Gariepy.First Period1&mdash;Hershey: Schertzl (Bettio, Mahaffy)&hellip;&hellip;12:153&mdash;Cincinnati: Hirschfeld(Campeau, Plamondon). 1:41Penalty: Schertzl.Second Period3&mdash;Cincinnati: Denis(Perreault, Dawes) &hellip;&hellip;6:004&mdash;Cincinnati: Moore (Nattrass) 11:885&mdash;Hershey: Moe(Sullivan, Schertzl)&hellip;&hellip;19:58Penalties: Denis, Harrison, Sullivan. Moore, Garlepy, Bnanigan (major), ELars rison (major), Manastessky (major), Denla (major).Third Period6&mdash;Cincinnati: Dawes(Denis, Perreault) 14:38Penalties: None.TUESDAY, JANUARY 33CINCINNATI.&mdash;The Springfield Indians and the Cincinnati Mohawks battled to a 3 to 8 tie in three regulation periods before 1,963 hockey fane in Cincinnati Garden. There was no overtime play, as &rsquo;both teams had to catoh trains.Springfield: Goal, O&rsquo;Hearn; defence, Davidson, Hosking; centre, Burnett winigs, Hayden, Gooden; subs.: Allen. Gagnon, Casanato, Lemieux, Curick. Pidhlrny, Jones, Horvath, Ford.Cincinnati: Goal, Francis; defence. Nattrass, Lancien; centre, Dawes; wings. Denis, Perreault: subs.: Plamondon, Hirschfeld, Campeau, Dube, Moore, Hergesheimer, Shero, Roche, Manastersky.First Period1&mdash;Cincinnati: Denis(Da wee Nattrass)&hellip;&hellip;12:882&mdash;&rsquo;Springfield: Hosking (Horvath) 15:39 Penalties: Moore, Horvath.Second Period3&mdash;Cincinnati: Hirschfeld(Plamondon)&hellip;&hellip;11:344&mdash;Springfield: Pidhirny(Jones, Horvath)&hellip;&hellip;17:49Penalties: Horvath (2), Shero, Manastersky.Third Period5&mdash;Cincinnati: Dawes(Perreault, Hirschfeld)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; :516&mdash;Springfield: Jones(Horvath, Davidson). 13:49 Penalty: Plamondon.PITTSBURGH.&mdash;The Pittsburgh Hornets slammed back from a dismal week to climb into third place In the Western Division with an easy 8-3 victory over the Providence Reds before 1,467 in the GardenaPittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Horton. Backor; centre, Migay; wings, Barbe, Bollinger; subs.: Mathers, Ashley, Blair, Hannigan, Armstrong, Langelle, McLellan, Smith, Maloney.Providence: Goal, Bentley: defence, Morris, Michaluk: centre, McGill; wings, Bedard, Hamilton; subs.: Reardon, La-vell, Summers, Laplante, Davies, Stoddard, Scherza, Deechenes, Kapusta.First Period1&mdash;Pittsburgh: Hannigan(Armstrong, Horton) &hellip;&hellip;4:512&mdash;Pittsburgh: Solinger(Barbe, Migay)&hellip;&hellip;7:473&mdash;Pittsburgh: Migay(Solinger, Mathers)&hellip;&hellip;8:314&mdash;Providence: Kapusta(McGill, Stoddard)&hellip;&hellip;17:48Penalty: Horton.Second Period5&mdash;Pittsburgh: Solinger(Barbe, MIgUy)&hellip;&hellip;:3 86&mdash;Providence: Kapusta&hellip;&hellip; 5:297&mdash;Pittsburgh: Barbe (Migay) &hellip; 11:418&mdash;Pittsburgh: Hannigan(Mathers)&hellip;&hellip;13:24Penalties: Laplante. Backor.Third Period9&mdash;Pittsburgh: Armstrong(Hannigan, Backor)&hellip;&hellip;5:4010&mdash;Providence:&rsquo; McGill (Hamilton) 6:4211&mdash;Pittsburgh: Maloney(Hannigan, Horton)&hellip;&hellip;9:26Penalties: Lavalle (2). Blair, Hannigan, Morris, Hamilton, Backor, Horton, Armstrong, Deschenes, Solinger.<h2>A.H.L. TEAM TOTALS</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 21)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02115/1063351-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1126" height="510"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0472/1063344-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="589" height="609"></div>THE LEADERSMost Goals; Walt Hergeshelmer, Clev, (33Most Assists: Ab DeMarco, Buff.: Grant Warwick, Buff. (49)Most Penalties: Harry Dick, Buff. (138 minutes).Best Goalie Aver.: Gil Mayer, Pitts., 101 goals in 46 games (2.20 aver.)Most Shutouts: Gill Mayer, Pitts. (5)&rsquo;Most Team Penalties: Hershey Bears (620 minutes)<div class="sidebar"><h2>PHOTOS!!</h2>The only photograph the Chicago Black Hawks have for distribution is one of the entire team. Pictures of individual players are NOT available.Send 10c in United States coin&mdash;no stamps please&mdash;to cover cost of mailing and you will receive a 10 x 12 colored picture of the Black Hawks.Send toNestor Johnson,1900 N. Springfield,Chicago 47, III, &#9632;</div>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01150/1063427-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="286" height="523"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02117/1063420-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="277" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hugh Bowman</figcaption></div>Hugh Bowman retired as a teacher in 1948 to become one of the best sports announcers in Ontario. Bom in Toronto in 1926 he graduated from the Toronto Normal School in 1947 and started a career as a teacher in Victoria Harbour, Ontario. That lasted only one year. &ldquo;I retired with an increasing supply of grey hair and a burning desire to get into radio,&rdquo; says Bowman.So he enrolled in the Academy of Radio Arts and in 1949 graduated with honours. He then joined the staff of C.J.O.Y. After trying his hand at a number of chores in the radio broadcasting field he was appointed sports editor when Ron Cook (now president of the United States Hockey League) went to Cleveland to broadcast the Barons&rsquo; games.Last winter Bowman broadcast all the home and away games of the Ontario Champions, Guelph Biltmores and that included the playoffs in Maple Leaf Gardens and the Montreal Forum. All in all, he did 69 games last season, some from the best gondolas in the country and others from spotlight stands, makeshift platforms and a variety of crows&rsquo; nests.&ldquo;After climbing all those girders in various arenas around Ontario I felt qualified to accept any post in the steel industry,&rdquo; he says.During the summer months Bowman can be heard doing the play by play of the Guelph Maple Leafs baseball club of the fast Intercounty loop. Besides broadcasting the Ontario, All-Ontario and Eastern Canada Hockey finals he has also done the play-by-play of two Ontario Junior Baseball finals. He has also broadcast harness racing, boxing; curling and golf.So as not to be left with nothing to do Bowman also does two daily sportscasts and an afternoon disc jockey show.Bowman has the distinction of being the first announcer to broadcast a Sunday hockey game from Toronto. He calls his biggest thrill in broadcasting when the Biltmores upset the experts&rsquo; dope by eliminating Windsor in overtime by a 3-2 score in the sixth game of a best of seven series.As an added chore Bowman writes a weekly sports column for the Guelph Review, the city&rsquo;s only weekly newspaper. &#9632;

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‘Radiorchids’

First TimeWhen the Denver Falcons dropped a 5-2 overtime decision to the Oilers in Tulsa on January 20, it marked the first time this season that they have lost an overtime game. They have yet to play their first tie game.Charity TiltOmaha fans are more than mildly interested in the exhibition game at Omaha on February 20th between the Knights and the Indianapolis Capitols. There are no less than nine former Knights now sporting Capitol livery. Present indications are that it will attract the largest crowd of the season to the Coliseum.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01143/1063472-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="601" height="195"></div>RESULTS OF GAMESJan. 17&mdash;Tulsa 5, Milwaukee 1Jan. 17&mdash;Omaha 2, Denver 6Jan. 18&mdash;Kansas City 2, St. Paul 8Jan. 20&mdash;Denver 2, Tulsa 5Jan. 20&mdash;Kansas City 4, Omaha 8Jan. 21&mdash;Omaha 5, Milwaukee 1Jan. 21&mdash;Tulsa 4, Kansas City 5Jan. 21&mdash;&rsquo;Denver 2, St. Paul 3The only change recorded in the standings last week saw the Kansas City Royals get company in the basement when the Milwaukee Sea Gulls dropped both their tilts while the Royals managed one victory in their three starts. Each team now has 31 points and is faced with elimination from the playoffs unless they do a sharp about-face.Meanwhile, Omaha is holding its eight-point margin over Tulsa. Each club checked in with two victories as against one defeat last week. The Denver Falcons dropped two of their three games, both of them on the road, but managed to hang on to third place by the slim margin of two points. St. Paul&rsquo;s young Saints came roaring back with the only perfect record for the week&mdash;two wins, both of them on home ice&mdash;and thus put distance between themselves and both the Milwaukee Sea Gulls and Kansas City Royals who are eyeing the Saints&rsquo; fourth and last playoff position.Doc Haldorsen of the Tulsa Oilers jumped from third into a tie with Kansas City&rsquo;s Cal Stearns for the scoring lead. He chalked up three goals and three assists in Tulsa&rsquo;s three games. The best Stearns could manage in three games was a goal and an assist. Stearns and Haldorsen each have 68 points and Stearns&rsquo; running mate, Ike Hildebrand, is right behind with 57.Ian Mackintosh of St. Paul is in fourth spot with 51 points but he continues to lead the league in goals scored having flashed the red light 30 times. He scored three goals last week. George Agar of Denver had a four-point week to hang on to fourth spot and Bert Giesebrecht of Omaha and rookie Glen Skov of the same club are next in line with 47 points, three less than Agar.Little Lome Worsley, St. Paul&rsquo;s rookie netminder, improved his goals against average per game working it down to 3.05 while Omaha&rsquo;s Bill Brennan slipped up to 3.16. Lou Crowdis of Denver, who still boasts the lead in shutouts with 3, still has the league&rsquo;s third best average but Freckles Little of Tulsa is pressing him. Crowdis has now permitted 3.40 goals to get by him per game and Little has 3.44.WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17MILWAUKEE&mdash;Tulsa made it six in a row off the Milwaukee Sea Gulls, 5-1, in a league game before 1.980. Milwaukee has only an early season tie to how for seven meetings with the Oilers this season.Tulsa: Goal, Little; defence, Jones, Davidson; centre Macey; wings, Butler, Young; subs. Dillon, Bloomer, Poile, Bradley, O&rsquo;Brien, Grondsdahl, Haldorsen, Porteous. Telford.Milwaukee; Goal, Pelletier; defence, Schvetz, Bak; centre, Blade; wings, Leier, Goodacre; subs.: Bedard, Miller, Groves, Powell, Hamill, Michaluk, Smith, Shave, Mulholland.First Period1&mdash;Tulsa; Haldorsen (Gronsdahl) 7:402&mdash;Milwaukee: Blade(Leier, Goodacre)&hellip;&hellip;14:46Penalties: Bloomer, Davidson.Second Period3&mdash;Tulsa: Poile&hellip;&hellip;10:104&mdash;Tulsa: Young(Macey, Poile)&hellip;&hellip;10:31Penalties: Schvetz. Miller 2, Macey.Third Period5&mdash;Tulsa: Bradley (Dillon)&hellip;&hellip;3:566&mdash;Tulsa: Bradley(Dillon, Porteous)&hellip;&hellip;4:25Penalties: Davidson, JonesDENVER&mdash;Denver&rsquo;s fast-skating Falcons unloaded a four-goal attack in the second period and easily defeated Omaha&rsquo;s league-leaders 6-2.Omaha: Goal, Brennan; defence, Forbes, Colburn; centre. O&rsquo;Grady; wings. McLean, Uniac; rubs.: Durham, Hay, Bert Giesebrecht, Bruce Giesebrecht, McLeod, Skov, Bruneteau, Taylor.Denver: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Fraser, Crystal; centre, Agar; wings, Richardson, Strain; subs.: Jackson, C. Kaiser, Brown, Warwick. Hopper, MacKenzie, J. Kaiser, J. Giesebrecht.<h2>Poile Dumps Kaiser For Fraser</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02113/1063465-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="1672" height="1449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Carl Kaiser of the Denver Falcons looks at the puck from a new angle as he flops over Bud Poile&rsquo;s back, Poile is playing coach of the Tulsa Oilers. The Falcon player in the background is Ian Fraser. ((Photo by Engler))</figcaption></div>First PeriodScoring: None.Penalities: Fraser 2, O&rsquo;Grady, Skov, Richardson, Durham.Second Period1&mdash;Denver: J. Giesebrecht(Fraser, MacKenzie)&hellip;&hellip;8:002&mdash;Denver: Agar (Brown) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 9:063&mdash;Denver: Warwick(Hopper, C. Kaiser)&hellip;&hellip;9:364&mdash;Denver: Agar(Strain, Richardson)&hellip;&hellip;10:235&mdash;Omaha: Skov(Hay, Taylor)&hellip;&hellip;16:27Penalties: Frazer 2, Taylor, Uniac.Third Period6&mdash;Denver: Jackson(Agar, Strain)&hellip;&hellip;9:507&mdash;Omaha: Bert Giesebrecht(Hay, Bruce Giesebrecht) &hellip;&hellip; 12:228&mdash;Denver: Jackson (MacKenzie) 12:38 Penalties: O&rsquo;Grady, Fraser Taylor, BertGiesebrecht, Durham.THURSDAY, JANUARY 18ST. PAUL&mdash;Goalie Lorne Worsley still has Kansas City&rsquo;s number and Ian Mackintosh is the USHL&rsquo;s hottest goal scorer.The two Saints who are supreme in their own departments&mdash;stopping goals and scoring them&mdash;played the lead roles as the St. Paul hockey team defeated Kansas City, 3-2, before 1,655 fans at the Auditorium.Kansas City: Goal, McGill; defence, Field, Buyers; centre, Stearns; wings, Tomiuk, Hildebrand; subs.: Drainville, Levandowski, Delmonte, DeLory, Raynak, McArthur, A. Brown, Schnurr.St. Paul: Goal, Worsley; defence, Mariucci, Brklacich; centre, Schwartz; wings, F. Brown, Mackintosh; subs.; Lowe, Plumb, Smith, Barlow, McDonagh, Albright, Manson, Dawson.First Period1&mdash;St. Paul: Mc. Donagh(Lowe, Dawson)&hellip;&hellip;11:012&mdash;St. Paul; Mackintosh(Schwartz, F. Brown)&hellip;&hellip;14:35Penalty: Delmonte.Second Period3&mdash;St. Paul: Mackintosh(Schwartz)&hellip;&hellip;15:094&mdash;Kansas City: Schnurr(A. Brown)&hellip;&hellip;18:43Penalties: A. Brown, Barlow.Third Period5&mdash;Kansas City: DelMonte (DeLory, Field)&hellip;&hellip;14:39Penalty: None.SATURDAY, JANUARY 20TULSA&mdash;Bill Cook&rsquo;s Denver Falcons dropped out of second place in the league when they took a 5-2 over-time setback at Tulsa.Denver: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Fraser, Chrystal; centre. Agar; wings, Richardson, Strain; subs.: G. Kaiser, Jack-son, Brown, Hopper, MacKenzie, J. Kaiser, Giesebrecht, Juckes.Tulsa: Goal, Little; defence, Jones, Davidson; centre, Macey; wings, Young, Butler: subs.: Bloomer, Telford, Haldorsen, O&rsquo;Brien, Gronsdahl, Bradley, Porteous, Dillon, Poile.First Period1&mdash;Tulsa: O&rsquo;Brien (Haldorsen) &hellip; 5:32&mdash;Denver: Richardson (Strain). 15:48 Penalties: Dillon, Strain, Jackson.Second Period3&mdash;Tulsa: O&rsquo;Brien(Haldorsen, Bloomer)&hellip;&hellip;2:104&mdash;Denver: Giesebrecht(MacKenzie, C. Kaiser)&hellip;&hellip;15:43Penalties: Chrystal, Bradley, Davidson, Strain, Bloomer, Poile, Fraser.Third PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Hopper, O&rsquo;Brien.Overtime Period5&mdash;Tulsa: Dillon(Bradley, Jones)&hellip;&hellip;3:476&mdash;Tulsa: Haldorsen(Davidson. Gronsdahl)&hellip;&hellip;6:207&mdash;Tulsa: Porteous (Bradley) &hellip; 7:50Penalties: None.OMAHA&mdash;Omaha fattened its scoring total by drubbing Kansas City at Omaha 8-4.Kansas City: Goal, McGill; defence, Drainville, Levandowski; centre, steams; wings, Hildebrand, Tomiuk; subs.: Field, Byers, Bend, Delory, Raynak, MacArthur, Brown, Air, Schnurr.Omaha: Goal, Brennan; defence. Hay, Durham; centre, O&rsquo;Grady; wings, Uniac, McLean; subs.: Coburn, Bert Giesebrcht, Bruce Giesebrecht, McLeod, Taylor, Skov. Bruneteau.First Period1&mdash;Omaha: Hay(O&rsquo;Grady, Uniac)&hellip;&hellip;4:162&mdash;Omaha: Bruce Giesebrecht(Hay, Durham)&hellip;&hellip;7:353&mdash;Kansas City: Raynak(Schnurr, Brown)&hellip;&hellip;14:014&mdash;Omaha: Bruce Giesebrecht(Bert Giesebrecht, McLeod).. 14:11Penalties: Hildebrand, McLeod, Levandowski, Durham, McGill Raynak, Durham.Second Period5&mdash;Omaha: Bruneteau(Skov, Taylor)&hellip;&hellip;10:096&mdash;Kansas City: McArthur (Air). 13:607&mdash;Omaha: Hay (Taylor, Skov)&hellip;&hellip;17:45Penalties: Durham 2, Byers.Third Period9&mdash;Kansas City: Hildebrand (Stearns, Field)&hellip;&hellip;2:559&mdash;Omaha: McLean&hellip;&hellip;5:2910&mdash;Kansas City: DeLory(Levandowski, McArthur) &hellip;&hellip; 8:6211&mdash;Omaha: O&rsquo;Grady(Uniac, Hay)&hellip;&hellip;11:2412&mdash;Omaha: McLean(O&rsquo;Grady. Hay)&hellip;&hellip;18:12Penalties: None.SUNDAY, JANUARY 21MILWAUKEE&mdash;The Omaha Knights strengthened themselves atop the league standings by whipping Milwaukee&rsquo;s Sea Gulls, 5-1, before 2,855 fans.Omaha: Goad, Brannan: defence, Forbes, Coburn; centre, O&rsquo;Grady; wings, McLean, Uniac; subs.: Durham. Hay, Bert Giesebrecht, Bruce Giesebrecht, McLeod, Skov, Bruneteau, Taylor.Milwaukee: Goal, Pelletier; defence, Bedard, Blak; centre, Blade; wings, Goodacre, Black; subs.: Schvetz. Milder, Groves, Shave, Michaluk, Smith, Hamill, Lundy, Mulholland.First Period1&mdash;Omaha: Bert Giesebrecht(Bruce Giesebrecht, McLeod) 7:322&mdash;Omaha: Skov(Taylor. Durham)&hellip;&hellip;12:06Penalties: Smith, Bak.Second Period3&mdash;Omaha: O&rsquo;Grady(Uniac, Forbes)&hellip;&hellip;12:40Penalties: Hay 2, Bedard, Bak. Third Period4&mdash;Milwaukee: Blade(Black, Bedard)&hellip;&hellip;2:285&mdash;Omaha: McLeod(Uniac, O&rsquo;Grady)&hellip;&hellip;9:046&mdash;Omaha: O&rsquo;Grady(Uniae, McLean)&hellip;&hellip;12:17Penalties: Hay, Miller 2. Bruce Giese-brecht.KANSAS CITY&mdash;Andy Brown&rsquo;s high shot into the corner of the net with less than three minutes to go gave the Kansas City Royals a 5-4 victory over the Tulsa Oilers.Kansas City: Goal, McGill; defence, Field, Byers; centre, MacArthur; wings, Delory, Delmonte; subs.: Drainville, Levandowski, Hilldebrand, Tomiuk, Raynak. Stearns, Brown, Air, Schnurr.Tulsa: Goal, Lilttle; defence. Bloomer, Tell ford; centre, Haldorsen; wings, Gronsdahl, O&rsquo;Brien; subs.: Jones, Dillon, Davidson, Poile, Bradley, Macey, Butler, Young, Porteous.First Period1&mdash;Tulsa: O&rsquo;Brien(Haldorsen, Gronsdahl)&hellip;&hellip;13:242&mdash;Tulsa: Young(Butler, Poile)&hellip;&hellip;16:07Penalties: Davidson.Second Period3&mdash;Kansas City: MacArthur(Delory, Air)&hellip;&hellip;2:574&mdash;Kansas City: Levandowski &hellip;&hellip; 6:356&mdash;Tulsa: Dillon(Bradley, Porteous)&hellip;&hellip; 17:13Penalties; Gronsdahl.Third Period6&mdash;Tulsa: Haldorsen (O&rsquo;Brien).. 2:057&mdash;Kansas City: Stearns(Hildebrand, Levandowski) &hellip;&hellip; 5:138&mdash;Kansas City: Field (Brown). 7:059&mdash;Kansas City: Brown (Schnurr) 17:28 Penalties: Porteous, Byers, Drainville.ST. PAUL.&mdash;The St. Paul Saints played &ldquo;old fashioned&rdquo; hockey to prolong their newest winning streak before 3,464 gans at the Auditorium.The Denver Falcons who have been unbeatable in three recent appearances here were the victim as the Saints scord their second straight 3-2 victory in four days.Denver: Goad, Crowdis; defence, Chrystal, Fraser; centre, Agar; wings. Strain, Richardson; subs.: Jackson, J. Kaiser, Giesebrecht, Jukes, H. Brown, McKenzie, Hopper, Warwick, C. Kaiser.St. Paul: Goal, Wors1ey; defence, Ma-riucci, Brklacich; centre, Schwartz; wings, F. Brown, Mackintosh; subs.: Lowe, Manson, McDonagh, Plumb, Smith, Dawson, Barlow, Albright.First Period1&mdash;St. Paul: Albright(Plumb, Dawson)&hellip;&hellip;3:592&mdash;Denver: Giesebrecht&hellip;&hellip;13:513&mdash;Denver: H. Brown(J. Kaiser, McKenzie)&hellip;&hellip;15:26Penalties; None.Second Period4&mdash;St. Pau1: Mackintosh(Schwartz, F. Brown)&hellip;&hellip;3:455&mdash;St. Paul: Lowe(MoDonagh, Manson)&hellip;&hellip;16:58Penalties: Brklacich, Chrystal, C. Kaiser.Third PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Dawson, Warwick 2, Jukes.<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0397/1063458-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="586" height="864"></div>THE LEADERSMost Points: Cal Stearns, K.C.; Doo Haldorsen, Tulsa (58)Most Goals: Ian Mackintosh, St. Pawl (30)Most Assists: Doc Haldorsen, Tulsa (40)Most Penalties: Pete Durham, Omaha (181 minutes)Most Goals, One Game: Obie O&rsquo;Brien, Tulsa; Bill McDonagh, St. Paul (4)Most Hat Tricks: Bert Giesebrecht, Omaha; Frank Porteous, Tulsa, Tan Mackintosh, St. Paul; George Agar, Denver; Ike Hildebrand, K.C.; Ed Bruneteau, Omaha (2)Most Shutouts: Lou Crowdis, Denver (3) &#9632;

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UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01148/1063510-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="266" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bun Smith</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Sam Pollock, coach of the Montreal Junior Canadiens is a pessimistic young man, so it&rsquo;s hard to tell when things are going good with his club. When things are going good he flashes the occasional smile, when he laughs heartily then you can be sure he&rsquo;s thinking about switching a line around someway or another. But it is this pessimistic outlook we are sure that makes Sam a natural coach&mdash;they say they&rsquo;re all the same Writing about Sam isn&rsquo;t easy. He just tells you what he wants you to know, something very few coaches are able to do.Pollock just recently returned from a trip through the west with his charges. His views on the trip are very interesting, particularly for the Westerners.Pollock came back from the Prairies with nothing but praise for many of the young junior hockey players he saw, but particularly the famous Western hospitality his club received.&ldquo;They treated us like kings,&rdquo; said Sam, &ldquo;and we really appreciated it. Everywhere we went there was nothing those Westerners wouldn&rsquo;t do for us. The people were terrific everywhere we went.&rdquo;The trip itself gave Pollock an idea just how eastern clubs may fare this season in the Memorial Cup hunt to be played in the West.&ldquo;I would say that the team who wins our league will win the Memorial Cup. There are one or two good teams in the west but I think ours are stronger,&rdquo; said Pollock.Silent Sam made that exact same statement when he came back from a similar trip into the west a year ago.&ldquo;For a club like ours it would be better if we played in Winnipeg, it&rsquo;ll be a lot tougher in either Lethbrige or Regina. The teams aren&rsquo;t better&mdash;the rinks would make all the difference.&ldquo;In our own league I would say, besides by own team, that Three Rivers stand a good chance. They have all that fight and spirit. I don&rsquo;t know about Quebec&mdash;but I don&rsquo;t think so.&rdquo;Sam arrived at this opinion after playing a series of games against Brandon, Winnipeg Monarchs, Moose Jaw and Regina, &ldquo;we did better than I thought considering we played with so many junior B players. Moore wasn&rsquo;t along neither was Roch-ford and they&rsquo;re two of our best players. Don Marshall wasn&rsquo;t in shape because he was just returning from a broken ankle and we lost Jim McGowan, our best defenseman in Winnipeg with a broken ankle. Those players make a big difference to a club, parti cularly a junior team.&rdquo;<h2>sam</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02101/1063503-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="577" height="1569"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sam Pollock</figcaption></div>Pollock called the Winnipeg Monarchs the best team he&rsquo;d seen in the West with the Regina Pats following. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re pretty good teams but I think we can beat them,&rdquo; he said.On his trip Pollock came across a few players who he&rsquo;d love to have in his lineup. &ldquo;There are six outstanding players in the west, at least I saw six whom I&rsquo;d rate better than anybody else. There&rsquo;s a kid playing for Winnipeg Monarchs named Chorley and another for Brandon named Ku-kulowicz. They are by far the best in that Manitoba League.Regina have the best line in the west in Gordie Cowan, Eddie Litzenberner and Bunny Smith and I&rsquo;d rate them among the best players in the west. But the really outstanding player out there is a lad playing for Moose Jaw named Fred Huckel. That kid is terrific. He&rsquo;ll be a star in the National League someday, just wait and see.&rdquo;So that&rsquo;s what Sam thinks Of the West. &ldquo;The hospitality was terrific out there, but the east will in the Memorial Cup again.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Sam Pollock Raves About Western Hospitality, But Says East Will Win Cup

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0378/1063569-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="606" height="4117"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0468/1063562-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="596" height="2441"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0540/1063555-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="604" height="2385"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01126/1063548-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="590" height="895"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0268/1063541-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="590" height="1111"></div> &#9632;

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Amateur Parade At Quick Glance

Winning StreaksNew Westminster have rone nine games without a defeat, winning eight and tieing one. The Royals hold the I League reeord of 11 games without a defeat. They won eleven consecutive games In the early part of the 1949-50 season and last year won four and tied seven games In one string.Penalty ShotsThree penalty shots have been awarded to date, two against Tacoma and one against Seattle. Bob Koch, of New Westminster, scored twice for the Royals, beating Doug Stevenson both at home and in Tacoma. Larry Silvestri, of Portland, took the penalty shot against Seattle but Jerry Cotnoir saved.<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01117/1063621-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="607" height="249"></div>RESULTS OF GAMESJan. 16&mdash;New West&rsquo;er 5, Tacoma 2Jan. 16&mdash;Vancouver 1, Victoria 5Jan. 17&mdash;Victoria 3, Seattle 3Jan. 18&mdash;Tacoma 3, Portland 8Jan. 19&mdash;Seattle 1, Victoria 4Jan. 19&mdash;New West&rsquo;er 3, Vancouver 3Jan. 20&mdash;Portland 2, Tacoma 1Jan. 20&mdash;Victoria 1, New West&rsquo;er 6Jan. 21&mdash;Vancouver 1, Portland 3Jan. 21&mdash;Tacoma 1, Seattle 4The New Westminster Royals continue to set the pace in the race by winning two and tieing one game the past week to maintain their 11 point margin over the Victoria Cougars who have taken undisputed possession of second place, fice points ahead of third place Tacoma.The Cougars also won two and tied one game the past week to run their point total to 48. The Rockets went winless the past week and saw the Portland Eagles, who had been defeated ten straight games prior to this week, rebound and win three straight games to climb within two points of Tacoma. Two of the Eagles three victories were over the Rockets. Portland&rsquo;s 2-1 victory over Tacoma Saturday night was the first time the Eagles have been able to defeat the Rockets in Tacoma since Jan. 1, 1949. Previous to this game the Eagles had tied one and lost thirteen consecutive games on Tacoma ice.The best the Vancouver Canucqs could do the past week was to tie one game. They dropped back to fifth place. Seattle got an even break in their three games, winning, losing and tieing a game to pick up three points and trail the Canucks by a single point.Held to three points the past week, Ken Ullyet, of New Westminster, maintained his seven point margin over runner-up Joe Bell, of Seattle, for the scoring lead. Bell added one goal to his collection and now leads with 31. Bobby Love, of New Westminster, leads the playmakers with 32 assists.SUNDAY, JANUARY 14SEATTLE.&mdash;Coach Babe Pratt&rsquo;s Royals kept on the winning path in Beattie, registering an easy 4-1 triumph over the Ironmen as Don Slater got the hat trick in pacing the victory.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defence, Huddleston, Paul; centre, Ullyot; wings, Fashoway, Gruhn; subs.: Pratt, Bergeron. Koch, Slater, Love, Dufault, Lavell, Houle, Peterson.Seattle: Goal, McAtee defence, Talllefer, Bloom; centre, Fillion; wings, Bell, Thorpe; subs.: Boorman, Weaver, Kerr, Jones Tkachuk, Leswick, King.First PeriodScoring: None.Penalty: Houle.Second Period1&mdash;New Westminster: Slater(Love, Dufault)&hellip;&hellip;9:052&mdash;New Westminster: Slater(Dufault, Love)&hellip;&hellip;17:17Penalties: None.Third Period3&mdash;New Westminster: Ullyot(Fashoway, Paul)&hellip;&hellip;13:404&mdash;Seattle: Bell (Thorpe, Fillion). 14:225&mdash;New Westminster: Slater(Dufault, Love)&hellip;&hellip;14:57Penalty: Huddleston.PORTLAND.&mdash;The Cougars emerged on the long end of a 5-2 count down in Portland, and that victory moved them back into a tie for second place with the Rockets.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Long, Lepine; centre, Dorohoy; wings, Mazur, McIntyre; subs.: Leger, Webster, Goegan, Strongman, Hebenton, Burman, Frampton, Abbott, Evans, Medynski.Portland: Goal, Karakas; defence, Brodeur, Tarala; centre, Samanski; wings, Homenuke, Silvestri; Conn, Hartsburg, Fairburn, Kubasek, Bailey, Summerhill, Boyce. Holota. &rsquo;Sutherland, Kraiger.First Period1&mdash;Victoria: Evans(Goegan, Leger)&hellip;&hellip;7:002&mdash;Victoria: Goegan (Abbott) &hellip;&hellip; 18:00Penalties: Summerhill, Medynski.Second Period3&mdash;Victoria: Dorohoy (Goegan).. 8:324&mdash;Portland: Hartsburg(Kubasek, Fairburn)&hellip;&hellip;17:59Penalties: Long. Abbott.Third Period5&mdash;Victoria: Dorohoy(Mazur, McIntyre)&hellip;&hellip;9:426&mdash;Victoria: Evans(Medynski, Goegan)&hellip;&hellip;14:487&mdash;Portland: Summerhill (Tarala) 19:19 Penalties: Conn, Long, Tarala.<h2>On Top Of Heap</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0287/1063614-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="568" height="1153"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Ullyot, of New Westminster Royals, is the current scoring leader with 29 goals and 26 assists.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0365/1063607-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="1162" height="1398"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Bell of Seattle, top goal-getter with 31 goals. Ulloyt compiled his mark in 46 games with the Royals, while Bell performed in only 41.</figcaption></div>TUESDAY, JANUARY 16Tacoma.&mdash;For 58 minutes the Tacoma Rockets and the New Westminster Royals played first-class hockey at the Arena, and then for two minutes they engaged in a Keystone Cop comedy.When the show was over, the leagueleading Royals were on the front end of a 5-2 count, and the Rockets were in third place in the league standings.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defence, Pratt, Bergeron; centre, Ullyot; wings, Washoway, Gruhn; subs.: Koch, Slater, Love, Dufault, Lavell, Huddleston, Paul, Houle, Peterson.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Giokas, Bell; centre, Read; wings, Rowe, Johnsotn, Gustavsen, Toole, Adam, Andrews, Webster, Johns, Rozzini, Lambrecht.First Period1&mdash;Tacoma: Johnston(Webster, Rowe)&hellip;&hellip;10:00Penalty: None.Second Period2&mdash;Tacoma: Gustavsen&hellip;&hellip;2:223&mdash;New Westminster: Houle&hellip;&hellip;3:534&mdash;New Westminster: Pratt(Dufault)&hellip;&hellip;16:50Penalties: Bell, Love.Third Period5&mdash;New Westminster: La.vell(Peterson, Koch)&hellip;&hellip;10:196&mdash;New Westminster: Koch&hellip;&hellip;18:197&mdash;New Westminster: Slater(Dufault)&hellip;&hellip;19:44Penalties: Dufault, Fashoway.VICTORIA.&mdash;41 minutes in penalties were called during the third period, but the Cougars found time earlier to defeat the Vancouver, 5-1. Murph chamberlain, the Canuck coach, even went so far as to chase fans in the stands. As a result he was asked &rsquo;fro leave the players bench by Referee Dick Davis.Vancouver: Goal, High-ton; defence, Schmidt, Conway; centre, Russell; wings, Narduzzi, DeFelice; subs.: Reardon, Crozier, McPherson, Ballance, Jackson, Shill, Kirk, Lofvendahl, Unger.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Webster; centre, Abbott; wings, Frampton, Hebenton; subs.: Lepine, Long, Goegan, Strongman, McIntyre, Mazur, Dorohoy, Burman, Evans, Medynski.First Period1&mdash;Victoria: Abbott(Frampton, Long)&hellip;&hellip;8:48Penalty: DeFelice.Second Period2&mdash;Vancouver: Unger (Conway).. 4:10Penalties: Long, Goegan.Third Period4&mdash;Victoria: Hebenton(Abbott, Leger)&hellip;&hellip;10:245&mdash;Victoria: Frampton(Hebenton, Leger)&hellip;&hellip;10:466&mdash;Victoria: Evans(Goegan, Leger)&hellip;&hellip;14:12Penalties: Conway. Mazur, Reardon,Medynski, Webster. (2), Russell, Lepine (major), Long (major, 10-minute misc.), DeFelice (major), Narduzzi.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17SEATTLE.&mdash;The surge of the Victoria Cougars in the league was slowed but not completely checked as they battled the Seattle Ironmen to a 3-3 tie.Seattle: Goal, McAtee; defence, Talllefer, Bloom; centre, Leswick; wings, Bell, Thorpe; subs.: Nixon, Boorman, Weaver, Kerr, Fillion, Jones, Tkachuk, King.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Long, Lepine; centre, Burman; wings, Evans, Medynski; subs.: Leger, Webster, Goegan, Strongman, Hebenton, McIntyre, Mazur, Frampton, Dorohoy, Abbott.First Period1&mdash;Victoria: Evans (Burman) &hellip;&hellip; 1:142&mdash;Seattle: Kerr (Jones)&hellip;&hellip;3:343&mdash;Seattle: Bell(Tkachuk, King)&hellip;&hellip;6:13Second Period4&mdash;Seattle: Leswick(Tkachuk, Bell)&hellip;&hellip;6:575&mdash;Victoria: Mazur(Dorohoy, Goegan)&hellip;&hellip;11:03Penalties: Bloom, Lepine (major),King (major).Third Period6&mdash;Victoria: Mazur(Dorohoy, Leger)&hellip;&hellip;15:42Penalties: None.THURSDAY, JANUARY 18PORTLAND.&mdash;The hustling Portlanders emerged on the long end of an 8-3 count to snap a 10-game losing streak and move back into fifth place, one point ahead of the Seattle Ironmen, who were idle.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Johns, Gustavsen; centre, Read; wings&rsquo; Rowe, Johnston; subs.: Bell, Giokas, Toole, Adam, Andrews, Webster, Rozzini, Lambrecht.Portland: Goal, Miller; defence, Conn, Sutherland; centre, Kubasek; wings, Fairburn, Hartsburg; subs.: Tarala, Kraiger, Brodeur, Homenuke, Silvestri, Samanski, Bailey, Summerhill, Boyce, Holota.First Period1&mdash;Portland: Samanski(Tarala, Homenuke)&hellip;&hellip;18:51Penalties: Miller (served by Homenuke), Adam.Second Period2&mdash;Portland: Summerhill(Holota, Sutherland)&hellip;&hellip;14:273&mdash;Portland: Hartsburg(Kubasek, Brodeur)&hellip;&hellip;15:364&mdash;Tacoma: Rozzini(Rowe, Andrews)&hellip;&hellip;19:155&mdash;Portland: Homenuke(Samanski)&hellip;&hellip;19:46Penalties: Conn (2), Summerhill, Johnston.Third Period6&mdash;Portland: Fairburn (Kubasek) 1:297&mdash;Portland: Holota(Summerhill, Boyce)&hellip;&hellip;3.328&mdash;Portland: Tarala(Brodeur, Kubasek)&hellip;&hellip;5:279&mdash;Tacoma: Rowe(Read, Giokas)&hellip;&hellip;5 :5610&mdash;Tacoma: Adam (Webster).. 5:2111&mdash;Portland: Kubasek (Fairburn) 9:15 Penalty: Gustavsen.FRIDAY, JANUARY 19VICTORIA.&mdash;Victoria&rsquo;s Cougars, unbeaten in eight games, strengthened their hold on second place in the league by trouncing the hapless Seattle Ironmen, 4-1.Seattle: Goal, McAtee; defence, Tailleferre, Bloom; centre, Leswick; wings, Thorpe, Bell; subs.: Nixon, Boorman, Weaver, Kerr, Jones, Lewis, Tkachuk.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Webster; centre, Dorohoy; wings, Mazur, McIntyre; subs.: Strongman, Goegan, Burman, Evans, Medynski, Abbott, Hebenton, Frampton.First Period1&mdash;Victoria: Abbott(Hebenton, Frampton)&hellip;&hellip;6:352&mdash;Seattle: Weaver (Jones, Kerr). 10:273&mdash;Victoria: Evans(Burman, Lepine)&hellip;&hellip; 16:18Penalties: None.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Abbott, Nixon, Mazur, Taillefer (major), Frampton, Lepine.Third Period4&mdash;Victoria: Frampton(Abbott, Lepine)&hellip;&hellip;2:595&mdash;Victoria: Evans(Burman, Medynski)&hellip;&hellip; 14:48Penalties: None.VANCOUVER.&mdash;The Royals were held to a 3-3 tie by the Vancouver Canucks who came from behind with a third period goal for the deadlock.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defence, Bergeron, Pratt; centre, Ullyot; wings, Fashoway. Gruhn; subs.: Love, Slater, Dufault, Peterson, Koch, Houle, Paul, Huddleston, Dorohoy.Vancouver: Goal, Highton; defence, Lofvendahl, Schmidt; centre, DeFelice; Narduzzi, Russell; subs.: Reardon, Crozier, McPherson, Ballance, Jackson, Unger, Shill, Kirk.First Period1&mdash;New Westminster: Love&hellip;&hellip;16:12Penalties: None.Second Period2&mdash;Vancouver: Shill(Reardon, Unger) &hellip;&hellip; 3:523&mdash;Vancouver: Ballance(Lofvendahl)&hellip;&hellip;7:514&mdash;New Westminster: Love(Dorohoy, Dufault) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:01Penalties: None.Third Period5&mdash;New Westminster: Gruhn(Ullyot)&hellip;&hellip;8:146&mdash;Vancouver: Kirk (Crozier) &hellip;&hellip; 10:11 Penalties: Schmidt, Fashoway.SATURDAY, JANUARY 20The Eagles, snapping out of the doldrums after a disastrous 10-game losing streak, banged in a third-period goal, and that was enough for a 2-1 squeak over the slumping Rockets, who have now lost three in a row.Portland: Goal, Miller; defence, Conn, Sutherland; centre, Holota; wings, Boyce, Summerhill; subs.: Tarala, Kraiger, Silvesri, Brodeur, Homenuke, Samanski, Hartsburg, Fairburn, Kubasek, Bailey.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence. Johns, Gustavsen; centre, Read; wings Rowe, Johnston; subs.: Bell, Giokas, Toole, Adam, Andrews, Webster, Rozzini Lambrecht.First Period1&mdash;Tacoma: Adam(Lambrecht, Webster)&hellip;&hellip;11:282&mdash;Portland: Holota (Kraiger) &hellip; 15:16 Penalties: Sutherland (major), Johnston (major), Gustavsen, Adam.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalty: Silvestri.Third Period3&mdash;Portland: Summerhill (Holota) 14:32 Penalty: Lambrecht.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0444/1063600-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="616" height="1737"></div>THE LEADERSMost Goals: Joe Bell. Sea. (31)Most Assists: Bob Love, N.W. (32)Most Hat Tricks: Bob Love. N.W.; Norm Kirk, Vane., Ron Rowe, Tac. (2)Most Hat Tricks Against: Tom Karakas, Port. (6)Most Winning Goals Scored: Ken Ullyot. N.W.: Doug Adam. Tac. (5)Most Shutouts: Lucien Deschene, N.W. (5)Most Shots Stopped: Lucien Deschene, N.W. (1269)Most Penalties: Norm Gustavsen, Tac. (112 minutes). &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01103/1063659-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Solution Next Week)</figcaption></div>ACROSS1&mdash;Pictured Canadien forward.6&mdash;Initials of Elson, Chicago broadcaster.7&mdash;Runic (abbr).8&mdash;Given name of Lex Chisholm, former Leaf.11&mdash;Metro Prystai is 22 years of&mdash;.12&mdash;Dick Irvin raises these.13&mdash;short for given name of Biesler, ex N.H.L. player.14&mdash;Baldy Northcott&rsquo;s initials.15&mdash;This is attached to goal posts.17&mdash;Name given Kennedy, who played for Fort Worth.19&mdash;To swindle (slang).20&mdash;Initials of Narduzzi of Springfield.21&mdash;First name of an older Bentley brother.23&mdash;Olmstead&rsquo;s initials.24&mdash;First name of Cotnoir, Seattle goalie.25&mdash;Number of times Babe Pratt won Hart Trophy.27&mdash;Month in which Howe celebrates birthday (abbr).28&mdash;An N.H.L. referee.30&mdash;Sign often seen at ticket offices. Initials of Rossignol, ex for given name of32&mdash;Short for given name of Baldy MacKay.34&mdash;Fans do this at hockey games.DOWN1&mdash;Outstanding rookie of 19491950 in PCHL.2&mdash;Boston rookie.3&mdash;A team often has this on a rival club.4&mdash;Short for given name of Telford of Tulsa.5&mdash;First name of a former line mate of Morenz.7&mdash;Birthplace of Joe Carveth.9&mdash;Name given Smith, former N.H.L. referee.10&mdash;Rookie winner of N.H.L. in 1937-38.16&mdash;Birthplace of Bud MacPherson.18&mdash;This goalie was signed by Leafs early last season.22&mdash;Club for whom Ed Bruneteau plays.23&mdash;Bill Tobin is this to Hawks.24&mdash;Name sometimes given Brown, who once played for Detroit.26&mdash;County (abbr).29&mdash;Before.32&mdash;Initials of ex-Red Wing, who scored 3 goals in 1 minute and 52 seconds.33&mdash;Initials of Hitchman, former hockey great.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WORD KEY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0357/1063652-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="556" height="846"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;Big noise on the Maritime hockey front is being furnished in exhibition games. Those &ldquo;friendly&rdquo; matches between Leo Lamoureux&rsquo;s Charlottetown Islanders and Bill Dinning&rsquo;s Sydney Meillionaires are getting the headlines.They&rsquo;ve played four games to date, and the Islanders are leading two to one with one tied. Only game the Islanders lost was the first, at Sydney. The other games have been played at Charlottetown and Amherst. Reason? There is a rule in the Cape Breton League that says no exhibition games, may be played in the colliery belt during the regular season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0275/1063697-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="272" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Syl Apps</figcaption></div>All the games have been close. The first resulted in a 3-1 victory for Sydney. Since the Islanders have won a pair by a one-goal margin. The other was a 4-4 tie. The scores have been low. and the games have been anything but friendly. Many fans regard this series as a preview of the Maritime finals, as both Millionaires and Islanders are substantially ahead in their respective leagues.Syl Apps, the retired centre ice star of the Toronto Maple Leafs, made a big hit in his recent visit to Halifax on behalf of the YMCA building campaign. Biggest event came opening night when Syl personally shook hands with more than one thousand boys at a mass meeting at the Dalhousie gymnasium.Besides speaking before service clubs, Apps also addressed a gathering of well known Halifax sportsmen. Included in the gathering was Dave Trottier, who retired from the National League just as Apps was breaking in. Apps gave unstinting praise to his former linemate Gordie Drillon, one of the few Maritimers to make good in the Big Time.Said Apps: &ldquo;Drillon was the best player I ever played with. If I could get the puck within sniping range of the goal I knew Drillon could get it in.&rdquo; These references to Drillon&rsquo;s prowess as a scorer delighted his Maritime listeners. /Beavers Start DriveBig news on the Big Four front is the drive of the Saint John Beavers for second place. They have added Negro Ossie Carnegie to their lineup, have run up a long winning streak and still hold their own against the Islanders. Les Ramsay&rsquo;s players have beaten the league leaders eight times. The second place Santamarians have won only three from the Islanders.<h2>Has His Card</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0445/1063690-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="520" height="840"><figcaption class="caption-body">LEO LAMOUREUX</figcaption></div>Big news on the Cape Breton front is the casualty list in the Sydney lineup. The Millionaires have been forced to move up move up juniors to ice a full team. But they&rsquo;re still doing all right and are a cinch to capture the second section as, they captured the first.But the Dollarmen are worried about the Islanders. Millionaires have been top dogs in the Maritimes for four years; have hardly seen a serious threat. Things are different now.Strange thing about it is that the Islanders were put together by Murph Chamberlain, who coached Sydney last season. Murph wasn&rsquo;t invited back when Millionaires bowed out to Sherbrooke St. Francois in straight games. So he came up with a team that distresses his old mates, and in Vancouver, where he is now coaching Canucks, Murph probably is having a hearty chuckle over the turn of events. &#9632;

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Favored Foes For Maritime Tilt Limber Up With Exhibition Set; Islanders Top Buckmen 2 to 1

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0124/1063749-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="274" height="305"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0223/1063742-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="268" height="319"></div>VOLUME 4 MONTREAL, FEBRUARY 3, 1951 NUMBER 18<h2>It&rsquo;s Close In Two Leagues</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0323/1063735-1-eng-US/f00c4-032.jpg" title="f00C4-03" width="2972" height="1941"><figcaption class="caption-body">In the top picture Buddy O&rsquo;Connor of the Rangers clears the puck from his zone as Rayner falls to the ice. Pat Egan is the Ranger shoving Sloan (15) while Eddolls (2) falling to the ice covers McCormack. In the background it&rsquo;s Kullman and Sid Smith. In the lower picture we take ((Photo by Turofsky))</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0419/1063728-1-eng-US/f00c4-042.jpg" title="f00C4-04" width="2960" height="1669"><figcaption class="caption-body">you to the A.H.L. where the Indianapolis Caps and Hershey Bears fight it out. Jack Taylor of the Caps fires one at Red Henry as Kraftcheck of the Caps runs interference against Playing Coach Jack Crawford of the Bears (5). Bears&rsquo; number four is Andy Branigan. ((Photo by Lavelle))</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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February 3, 1951

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