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February 17, 1951
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ACROSS 1—Pictured player., recently obtained by Leafs from Boston. 7—Initials of a Buffalo forward. 8—The Red Wings did this against NHL All-Stars. 9—Initials of Whitelaw, ex-NHL player. 10—Clint Smith’s second name. 11—Anno Ordinis (abbr). 12—Initials of an NHL referee. 13—Given name of Crutchfield, once with Rangers. 15—Initials of Smart, who played for Habs in 1942-43. 16—Native province of Harry Watson (abbr). 18—Denotes number worn by Jerry Reid of Indianapolis. 19—To exist. 20—Hank Blade is a member of Milwaukee—Gulls. 22—Gagne, former NHL player, answers to this. 23—Initials of “Yip” Foster, former NHL player. 24—Birthplace of Alex Levinsky. 28—Initials of scoring champion of 1939-40. 29—Ralph Wycherly’s nickname. 30—Initials of a member of the Rangers. 32—Initials of Ike Hildebrand. 33—Paul Masnick’s is 19. 34—Former player referred to as “Cyclone”. 37—Initials of Habitant captain. 38—Initials of player traded to Leafs in 1946-47 for Billy Taylor. 39—First name of a Bruin defenseman. DOWN 1—This former Canadien is called Fern. 2—An NHL manager. 3—Harry Lumley…
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Fighting Finn Joe Lund, Finnish bom defense star of the Cleveland Barons is rapidly gaining the reputation of being the handiest player in the league in throwing punches in rink fights, although hampered by being on skates. When altercations develop, Lund never resorts to stick warfare, but tears off the gloves and hammers away. Without Penalties The Providence Reds established what must be some sort of a record recently by playing three consecutive games without any of their players visiting the penalty box. The games were on January 24 vs. Buffalo, January 25 vs. Hershey and January 27 vs. Springfield. In the Springfield encounter, neither the Reds nor the Indians got a penalty. HOW THE RACE GOES STANDINGS ON TUE. A.M., FEB. 13 RESULTS OF GAMES Jan. 31—Pittsburgh 2, Buffalo 3 Jan. 31—Indianapolis 2, Providence 6 Jan. 31—Cincinnati 3,…
Weston Adams Replies, There Will Be No Phoney Publicity To Win Customers For Club
BOSTON, Mass.— The impact of Connie Smythe’s one-day stand as an expert on the business matters of the National League in general and the Boston Bruins in particular hasn’t grown beyond “ripple” proportions here. The consensus attitude of those in the hockey business in Boston toward the Toronto firecracker’s criticisms of the prevailing ice situation seems to be, “He doesn’t know what he is talking about.” Smythe popped in from Florida a few days ago to conduct an unprecedented press conference in his suite at the Copley Plaza for the Boston writers and radio and television people, whose numbers were supplemented by a photographer for a national magazine. For two hours Smythe talked about the state of the union to which his Maple Leafs belongs, with emphasis on the Bruins, their makeup and their…
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