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February 17, 1951
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Hockey Crossword
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…
Mayer Waits And Hopes Big League Chance Will Come
PITTSBURGH, Pa.— The job that confronted Little Gil Mayer when he joined the Pittsburgh Hornets was a tough one for a 19-year-old, 5 feet, 7 inch, 150 pound kid fresh from junior competition to tackle. All that was expected of Mayer was to fill the skates and pads of Baz Bastien, three-time winner of the American Hockey League’s goal keeping honors. Although Mayer had been the property of the New York Rangers, Springfield Indians, and the Buffalo Bisons, he had never played in a regulation pro game. “I went to training camp with Buffalo last year and was sold to Pittsburgh after playing against the Hornets in an exhibition game,” Mayer explained. Nor have the Hornets had any reason to regret shelling out the $10,000 it took to wean Mayer away from Buffalo. Had Best Average Last…
Happy Birthday to You
February 23 to February 25 23—THOMSON, Jim, defense, Toronto, 1927; SCHWARTZ, Gus, forward, St. Paul, 1923; MILFORD, Dick, forward, New Westminster, 1920. 24—McCAIG, Doug, defense, Chicago, 1919. 25—CIUMAN, Joe, forward, Portland, 1923; HOLOTA, John, forward, Portland, 1921; MARTIN, Clare, defense, Detroit, 1922; MARIO, Frank, forward. Hershey, 1921.…
THE FAN FORUM
WISHES LUCK Dear Sir, Just a word of thanks from a hockey fan in England—your paper keeps us in touch with hockey in Canada. Your team was beaten both by Panthers and Streatham, but that’s all in the game I guess. Best of luck to the Lethbridge Maple Leafs in the World Championships. Donald Bristow London, England KENNEDY’S GOALS Dear Sir, I would like to know Ted Kennedy’s age and how many goals he has scored this season. John MacLennan Sydney, N.S. (Kennedy scored 12 goals in his first 39 games this season. He is 25 years old.) INFORMATION Dear Sir, Would you please tell me the date of birth and place of these players. Sid Smith, Fleming Mackell. Jack Gelineau, Max Quackenbush, John McCormack and Hugh Bolton. Trevor Smith Hamilton, Ont. (Smith was born on July 11, 1925 in Toronto; Mackell on April…
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