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October 27, 1951

The Hockey News October 27, 1951

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01129/1216858-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">A Nice Guy Named JackJACK ADAMS &hellip; &hellip; Tasted Rough Stuff</figcaption></div><h2>Key To Success Is Way He Meets His Employees</h2>Deals With Players On Fair And Level Scale: No Big Shot ApproachDETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Jack Piner, the author of the following story, is THE HOCKEY NEWS correspondent at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., where the Detroit Red wings train each year. He is a keen follower of the Wing&rsquo;s and a personal friend of Jack Adams. This Is the first story in two parts to commemorate Jack&rsquo;s 25th year in the game for which he has done so much. The second part will run in the next issue.&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s get this opening game for Jack&rdquo;. The Detroit Red Wings chanted these words as they filed&rsquo; out of their dressing room at Olympia Stadium to meet Boston Bruins in their 1951-52 NHL season opener. There was a singular purpose In the words because colorful, genial Jolly Jawn is celebrating his 25th anniversary in hockey&rsquo;s big-time and his Wings wanted to win the season opener for their popular general manager. They did: 1-0 in a slam-bang battle, just the kind of rugged hockey so dear to Adams&rsquo; heart.<h3>Want To Win</h3>The opening game set the pattern the Wings want to follow this season. The NHL champions want to win the Stanley Cup more this year than ever before; they want to really celebrate Adams&rsquo; 25th anniversary by not only winning their fourth straight NHL crown but by recapturing the coveted Stanley Cup.&ldquo;We know that this will make Jack&rsquo;s heart happier than anything else will and we are going to really fight for the Cup,&rdquo; Captain Sid Abel said. Everyone else on the squad feels just this way and it&rsquo;s no secret that everyone connected with the Detroit organization sincerely wants Jolly Jack&rsquo;s 25th anniversary to be a memorable one by getting the Stanley Cup out of Toronto and on its way to Detroit.In trying to write the Story of Jack Adams one must first feel the way his players and cohorts feel about him. They just love the guy; gee, what else can you say! I&rsquo;ve mixed with dozens of Detroit players at the last four fall training camps in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and during the seasons at Detroit and have never seen any other group of athletes so proud to play for their boss.<h3>Pal To His Players</h3>Jack Adams is a father, confidante, friend and inspiration to his players, whether they perform with the Wings or one of Detroit&rsquo;s farm clubs. There is an utter lack of stiffness and the &ldquo;big-shot approach&rdquo; about Jack. He meets his players on a fair level and always attempts to keep their overall future in mind when the time comes for decisions about trades, sales, etc.I feel that this is actually the key to Adams&rsquo; success as boss of the Detroit organization these past 25 years. Of course, he is a hockey-wise, shrewd opportunist; he loves a good fight because he has been a fighter all his life. He has made the Detroit Red Wings into what I feel is the world&rsquo;s most colorful hockey team. He has won four Stanley Cups, seven NHL titles and led his Wings into the Stanley Cup finals 12 times. He has built the greatest hockey farm system with Indianapolis Capitols, the Ex-Omaha Knights, Windsor Spitfires and the string of sponsored hockey clubs stretching throughout Canada and the United States.This vast hocxey empire has enabled Adams to keep his Wings up at the top of the heap so long and has given him the talent for important trades and sizeable cash deals. No one will deny that Adams is probably hockey&rsquo;s shrewdest dealer. This season the clean-living Adams, a non-smoker and nondrinker, is as robust and eager as the day he took over the reins at Detroit 25 years ago.He is a stickler for conditioning with his players and follows this idea in his own life. This has helped him stay at the top these many years; and 25 years in the big-time is a long time.The Adams Story starts in Fort William in Northern Ontario, one of hockey&rsquo;s great hotbeds. A devilish, reckless kid he always seemed to get a kick out of life. He sold papers to buy his first pair of skates and admits he made his best money of the day around the bars &hellip; selling papers that is.He helped clear the ice at the Fort William Arena so he could get on the ice and skate a lot. After his paper-selling chores were done he gulped down his supper and dashed off to the rink. Old-timers in Fort Williams recall that Jack Adams, the son of a locomotive engineer, was always buzzing around the ice every chance he had.<h3>He Loves The Game</h3>So you can see that the now-great Jack Adams started out just like any other healthy, eager Canadian &ldquo;kid&rdquo; who simply liked skating and loved the game of hockey. Canada&rsquo;s national sport. This picture has its counterpart in the United States where youngsters can be seen tossing footballs and baseballs when they can barely boast the age of seven or eight. It simply is the natural thing to do.Jack developed Into a pretty fair forward in the school leagues and played for two years in elementary and secondary school loops. He got into High School at the age of 14 and went to work at 15 in the grain elevators.&ldquo;I worked 10 hours a day for 22 cents an hour and thought I was doing pretty good,&rdquo; Jack told THE HOCKEY NEWS. &ldquo;But I wanted to see what the rest of the world looked like and wanted some kind of adventure and ended up by going to Calumet, Michigan, to play in the Northern Michigan Senior Hockey League. When I was 16 I weighed 166 pounds and found myself playing with guys of all ages in a real rough-and-ready league.&rdquo;Oldtimers told us something of this league and we found Jack was right. It was a rough loop and it was nothing to have husky miners and lumberjacks throw all kinds of stuff at the players and even spit big spurts of tobacco juice right in their faces.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t mind taking objects of all descriptions thrown at me, but that damn tobacco juice really burned me up in more ways than one,&rdquo; Jack exploded. &ldquo;I got my taste of the rough stuff at an early age.&rdquo;Rugged Billy Coutu played in the same league which had the McNaughton Trophy as the prize. Bill said that Jack didn&rsquo;t back down from anyone even though he was the youngest player in the loop.&ldquo;In those days, it didn&rsquo;t matter how old you were. If you could play hockey and could scrap you were in,&rdquo; Jack explained. &ldquo;And you simply had to scrap to survive.&rdquo;<h3>Rugged Season Taught Him</h3>It was this rugged season that taught Jack the world was tough and you had to be tough and fight to get anywhere. The days back in Fort William were mild compared to this one season in the &ldquo;Tobacco Juice League.&rdquo;<h2>Sold Papers To Buy First Pair Of Hockey Boots</h2>Son Of Railway Engineer Jack Once Worked For 22 Cents An Hour In GrainThe next season, Jack moved south to Peterboro, a region where people grow tobacco but don&rsquo;t spit it at hockey players. Jack admits that he felt safer in Peterboro. At any rate, he performed as a right winger on the Peterboro Intermediates in the OHA loop and the next season when he turned 18 he caught on with the Sarnia Seniors of the OHA senior circuit. He showed up so well that he was able to turn pro late in the 1918 season with the Toronto Arenas. (Can you imagine our Jack playing in Toronto?) Well, Jack helped the Arenas win the Stanley Cup against the classy Vancouver Millionaires.The War interrupted Jack&rsquo;s hockey career for part of the following season but he returned to the ranks of the Toronto Arenas and developed into a star right winger with a blazing shot and tricky stickhandling ability.Jack was only 20 when he left Toronto to play for the Vancouver Millionaires in the Pacific Coast League. Frank Patrick of the famous Patrick hockey clan moved Jack to a center spot and the change resulted in the young forward winning the league scoring title in his second year With 24 goals and 18 assists in 24 games.At the age of 23, Jack married attractive Helen Trimble of Napanee, Ont., who came from a well-known athletic family. After his successful career with the Vancouver organization, Jack returned to the East for family reasons.&ldquo;At this stage, I actually intended to retire from hockey and go into business,&rdquo; Jack confided. &ldquo;But I got a good offer to play in Toronto and hooked up with Toronto Pats of the NHL. Eddie Powers was our coach then and we had such great players as Dye, Noble, Meeker, Skinner and Holmes with us.&rdquo;<h3>On Powerhouse Senators</h3>The idea of retiring from hockey soon got out of Jack&rsquo;s head and he now became determined to make hockey his life&rsquo;s work. He took one of his biggest jumps up the hockey ladder when he moved over to the famous Ottawa Senators for the 1926-27 season. Playing at centre and right wing with such famous stars as Frank Clancy, George Boucher, Dutch Nighbor, Cy Denneny, Frank Finnegan and Alex Connell, the husky Jack Adams reached his pinnacle as a player and was a big cog in the Ottawa machine which captured the Stanley Cup that season. His generalship and dashing play in that season was a feature long remembered.Jack yearned to become a coach and to run his own team. Fate was on his side. Frank Calder, President of the National Hockey League, heard that Detroit had a coaching job open. Mr. Calder steered Jack in that direction with the result that he got the job for the 1927-28 season. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Adams Hits Quarter Century Mark In Came

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02115/1217148-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="580" height="270"></div>OCTOBER 24 to 3024&mdash;ROZZINI, Gino: Vancouver, forward, 1918.26&mdash;CRAWFORD, John: Hershey, coach, 1916.29&mdash;JUZDA, Bill, Toronto, defence, 1920.30&mdash;GARDNER, Cal: Toronto, forward, 1924. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to You

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01222/1217093-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>Irvin Was Right</h2>Dear Sir;In your October 13 edition of Fan Forum I saw a letter criticising Dick Irvin for picking Gerry McNeil over Al Rollins for the All-Star game.Toronto fans think that Rollins is the greatest goaltender to-day. If you put him on last year&rsquo;s Rangers or Black Hawks Rollins would have been bottom contender for the Vezina Trophy. Put Rayner or Lumley on the Leafs and they would win it for sure. I think highly of THE HOCKEY NEWS and always buy it. I am a very faithful Ranger follower and have been for the past five years.Frank Moore. Red Rock, Ont.<h2>Brother Act</h2>Dear Sir;This is my first letter to your Fan Forum. My brother gets your hockey newspaper and I have been following it up for over one year now. My ambition is to be a professional hockey player, and so by reading your paper, I learn a lot more about it. My favorite hockey player Is Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens. Could you please tell me where Maurice Richard was born? Also when the Montreal Canadiens entered the National Hockey League.Raymond McLean Franz. Ont.(Maurice Richard was born in Montreal on August 4. 1921. The Canadiens are original members of the N.H.L. which was formed way back in 1917.)<h2>Max Bentley&rsquo;s His Boy</h2>Dear Sir;I would like to add comment to your fine paper. I receive the HOCKEY NEWS weekly from you giving interesting stories on certain players. I sure would appreciate a story on the &ldquo;Life of Max Bentley.&rdquo; I for one figure Max is the finest type of player in the league. I like Max&rsquo;s stickhandling and fine skating, also the poise in his shooting.This is the first letter I&rsquo;m sending you and sure would approve if you put it in the &ldquo;Fan Forum&rdquo;. I would like to express thanks for the fine story you printed on Marty Pavelich. I come from Sault Ste. Marie myself and am very interested in hockey. Thanking you again and lots of luck to the &ldquo;HOCKEY NEWS&rdquo;.Gerald McLean. Franz, Ont.<h2>The Wrong Man</h2>Dear Sir;On October 11th I saw the opening game of the Montreal Canadiens and as far as I can see Willie Mosienko scored the Hawks&rsquo; second goal and not Roy Conacher as you have listed. But in the score column you list Conacher one goal and Mosie with no points at all.I like your paper very much so keep up the good work (and the price down).Len Bramson&rsquo;s yarns in &ldquo;Ice Chips&rdquo; are great as well as his story in last week&rsquo;s issue on Butch Bouchard.Alfred Canter. Montreal, Que.(Thanks for advising us. We have corrected the error).<h2>Leger's Her Man</h2>Dear Sir;I enjoy THE HOCKEY NEWS very much. I wish you would publish a story on Roger Leger, coach of the Victoria Cougars. Roger, who led them to the winning of the regular season championship, and the playoffs. Leger was picked on the all-star team, and as most valuable player.Could you also give me some facts on Elmer Lach, of the Canadiens? Thank you.Bonnie Herbert. Victoria, B.C.(Elmer Lach was bom in Nokomis, Saskatchewan on January 22, 1918. He signed pro with the Canadiens at the start of the 1940-41 season and lias been with them ever since. His best year was in 1944-45 when he led the league in scoring with 80 points and won the Hart Trophy.)<h2>Anytime For Wings</h2>Dear Sir;&ldquo;That imbecile&rdquo; who signs his name Brian Newman from Springfield, Ill. who thinks Detroit Red Wings can beat Montreal Canadiens in the play-off should certainly have his head read! I&rsquo;d just like to remind him that last year the Wings took quite a pasting from our Montreal team and I&rsquo;m very sure unless some of the Wings new players are lots better than the old men they had standing around last year they&rsquo;re in for another Canadian beating.Please use this letter in your Fan Forum in the hope that MISTER Newman will have time to have his head fixed up again before the season gets too far under way.Rosie O&rsquo;Toole. Thetford Mines, P.Q.<h2>He&rsquo;ll Deal</h2>Dear Sir;Have been a constant reader of your fine paper in fact from the very beginning have subscribed to it and no doubt about it, it is tops.Would you please place this letter in the Fan Forum as I have all hack copies of the &ldquo;HOCKEY NEWS&rdquo; I would like to offer hockey fans who are Interested. In return, I would offer these fine papers for glossy photos of any hockey teams or players. Please let me know what you have to offer me in return.Trusting to hear from many interested fans.E. Robert Hamlyn. 91 Craigmillar Avenue, St. John&rsquo;s Nfld.<h2>The Letter In Question</h2>Dear Sir;I am a Toronto fan and couldn&rsquo;t allow the letter which appeared in your Fan Forum Oct. 13, 1951 go past without some comment.The letter in question called down your paper for publicising the Leafs and their manager and added a statement about our morgue-like city.I think this Montreal fan is just a little bit peeved at our Leafs beating them out of the playoffs last year and I feel sure the publicity given the Leafs is well deserved.Not many teams can boast four Stanley Cups In five years, least of all the Canadiens.David Sharron. Toronto, Ont.<h2>Richard Rooter</h2>Dear Sir;Being a New Yorker, I am, naturally enough, an avid Ranger fan. In the course of a season&rsquo;s play at Madison Square Garden, I see all the league clubs in action, see a lot of fine plays and players and get a lot of hockey thrills before the season&rsquo;s end. The biggest kick of all however comes with the arrival of the Montreal Canadiens in our town, for with the Canadiens is THE hockey player &mdash; Maurice Richard. Here is the greatest player in the game today. When you think of the abuse this man takes, so much more than the average played, you realize how good he has to be to turn In the magnificent performances tnat he does. I don&rsquo;t know how he is handled by other teams in the circuit but I do know that the Rangers really concentrate on him. They taunt him, bounce him around, do everything but put handcuffs on him. Still he scores on &rsquo;em. They bait him in every way they can in an effort to force him in to the bad man&rsquo;s box, yet he manages to pin their ears back. What can you do but admire a guy like that? Just stop to think of what this man could do if he wasn&rsquo;t given, &ldquo;the business,&rdquo; so often. Frightening thought, isn&rsquo;t it? There is only one thing I have to find fault with in this flying Canadien; that is the fact that he isn&rsquo;t a Ranger. Ranger or Canadien. he&rsquo;s still my boy, and as most Montreal fans (How I envy them through the hockey season) will agree, the finest competitor in hockey today. I don&rsquo;t know HOWE other fans will accept my way of thinking, but Richard is the man for me.Hazen Hunter. Brooklyn, N.Y. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-10" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1018/1218304-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg"></div>&ldquo;GOAT and COMPASSES,&rdquo; a possible corruption of &ldquo;God encompasseth us,&rdquo; may be a reminder that medieval monks were not only brewers, but provided rest and refreshment for weary travellers &mdash; or an invitation to thirsty shoemakers and carpenters, whose trade marks were the goat and compasses. In any event, India Pale Ale brewed originally to stand the long sea voyage to India was demanded by 18th century soldiers on their return. And today, those who demand a &ldquo;real man&rsquo;s drink&rdquo; ask for Labatt&rsquo;s India Pale &mdash; a zestful, sparkling ale brewed in Canada to the original English recipe by John Labatt. &mdash; John Labatt Limited. &#9632;

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Famous Inn Signs …… No. 7

<div class="byline">By RAY J. GILLESPIE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0128/1218463-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JINXED&hellip; &hellip;by collins</figcaption></div>ST. LOUIS, Mc.&mdash;Looking down at the rest of the American Hockey League from his lofty position in the Western Division, Mud Bruneteau, new coach of the St. Louis Flyers, expressed himself that the overhauled working agreement between the Chicago Black Hawks and the St. Louis club will work out okay this winter.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve won four of our first five games&rdquo;, the former Omaha pilot declared, &ldquo;and while I haven&rsquo;t gotten a look at the teams in the Western Division, I believe I can say that my St. Louis club Is going to be as good as any of the eastern clubs. Naturally, the Hawks get an assist for our success, for they&rsquo;ve sent us seven men, all of whom have helped a lot. In fact, it was the recall of one of them. Defenseman Max Quackenbush. that was so severely felt as we lost over at Providence on our first visit there.&rdquo;But the others, Don Morrison, Steve back, Pat Lundy and Rookies Sid Finney, Steve Witiuk and Brent MacNab promise to go a long way toward carrying the Flyers skyward this season, in the estimation of St. Louis coach.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03140/1218456-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="1117" height="1344"><figcaption class="caption-body">Caps&rsquo; New CagerThe Indianapolis Caps came up with a 19 year old sensation for their goaling chores this season in Glen Hail. Hall played for the Windsor Spitfires in the O.H.A. junior circuit last season. Notice the resemblance to another great goaler who once starred for the Caps. Yea, Terry Sawchuk.</figcaption></div>Accustomed to polioting winners &mdash; his Omaha teams finished first three time and were in the playoffs in each of the five seasons Mud coached there &mdash; Bruneteau remarked: &ldquo;Maybe it&rsquo;s a little early to start talking about the playoffs, but that&rsquo;s definitely our aim. For the time being, we&rsquo;ll set our sights on third place. Then, as the race goes on, maybe I can revise, my predictions and move my Flyers up a couple of notches, possibly to first place&mdash;at least I hope so !&rdquo;Mud talked at length about his individual players, but emphasized:&ldquo;we have no first team. All my men are equal. By that I mean, no set six men stand out as starters. And that goes against all-comers. Nobody, at least at this early date, stands out as any better than his fellow-player&rdquo;.Analyzing his linemen, the Flyer coach commented: &ldquo;In Jackie Hamilton, Cilff Simpson, Morrison and Pat Lundy, we have definite scoring punch. In Glen Sonmor, Harry Taylor and Al Baccari we have defensive players and boys who go like a house-afire on the road. They&rsquo;re good body checkers and they really give the team a terrific lift.&rdquo;The team&rsquo;s three rookies, Finney, Witiuk and MacNab were described as &ldquo;sound hockey players who promise to become stars.&rdquo;But the coach is willing to admit that his club has its shortcomings, too. The Flyers&rsquo; defense, he admits, isn&rsquo;t the best in the American Hockey League, but he adds hastily that it will undergo considerable improvement very shortly.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been in close contact with Ebbie Goodfellow (Black Hawks&rsquo; Coach), and he promises to send me help for my defense,&rdquo; Bruneteau said. &ldquo;We need some fe!lows back there, like Quackenbush, who play the game with authority.&ldquo;Of course, our tower of strength on defense is Ralph (Red) Almas, undoubtedly the best goal-tender in the league. He&rsquo;s a terrific fellow, a great guy along with it, and a swell teamman. If they score a goal on him, they&rsquo;ve earned it !&rdquo;The St. Louis fans, 10,395 of whom turned out for the season&rsquo;s opener to get a glimpse of the made-over Flyer team, apparently liked they saw for they nearly raised the roof right off Emory Jones&rsquo; $3,000,000 Arena as their new coach shepherded the star-spangled Mound City club to an uphill 4 to 2 triumph over Hershey&rsquo;s Bears.They accepted the newcomers with wide open arms and seemed to forget many of their missing old-favorites of last season&rsquo;s club, including Billy McComb, now with Indianapolis; Sherman White, released to Chicoutimi of the Quebec Senior League; Johnny Raynak and Pop Backor, shipped to Edmonton, Alberta in the Coast League; Paul Gladu, now with Cleveland; Vic Grigg, now with Ottawa; Gordon Pearson, playing with Halifax in the Maritime League, and Frank Melong, released outright.The three lines of Morrison-Roy-Kelly,, Lundy-Baccari-Black, and Simpson-Hamilton-Taylor clicked well and three new members of the 1951-52 squad, Sonmor, Lundy and Black, scored goals.FLYER FLICKERS: This season&rsquo;s St. Louis opening-night crowd, 10,395, ranked second to the largest local lidlifter turnout. 14,518, October 10, 1946 &hellip; Recruit Brent MacNab spent Oct. 21 in a local hospital, undergoing x-rays and a thorough checkup after stopping a puck with his noggin during the previous night&rsquo;s game &hellip; &#9632;

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Mud’s Flyers Draw Major League Crowd For Opene

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0222/1218501-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="268" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Art Chapman</figcaption></div>BUFFALO. N.Y.&mdash;Players in the American Hockey League ha&rsquo;d hardly began passing the puck when the loop office began passing the buck.It seems that during the off-season, the A.H. L. Board of Governors voted to make it mandatory for each club to carry three amateur graduates or players from league&rsquo;s of lower classification.The move, quite logically, was designed to bring fresh talent into the circuit in an effort to create new fan interest.However, on opening night in Buffalo, Oct. 14, Coach Mud Bruneteau of the St. Louis Flyers dressed only one rookie-Defense-man Bret McNab.The Flyers went out to skate to a convincing 4-2 triumph over the Herd, thereby bestirring Buffalo General Maneger Art Chapman to file a protest with A.H.L.president Maurice Podoloff.&ldquo;What&rsquo;s the use of making a. rule unless you&rsquo;re going to enforce it,&rdquo; Chapman demanded.<h2>Bruneteau Within Law</h2>Bruneteau, on the other hand, expressed belief that he was well within the letter of the law since he had three rookies on the squad although Center Sid Finney and Right Winger Steve Wit iuk did not dress.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0313/1218494-1-eng-US/f0001-032.jpg" title="f0001-03" width="259" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mounce Podoioff</figcaption></div>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s preposterous,&rdquo; Chapman boomed when informed of Bruneteau&rsquo;s stand. &ldquo;One of the reasons for making the rule was to see that these players were used. What&rsquo;s the sense of having three rookies If they don&rsquo;t play?&ldquo;The owners in the league are losing enough money without having players around and not using them. It all boils down te one thing, St. Louis violated the rule as it was intended and should be made to pay the price.&rdquo;Chapman was just as outspoken in his demands that President Podoloff make the decision and not &ldquo;pass the buck to the Board of Governors.&rdquo;&ldquo;The President is suppose to make such decisions and the sooner he does, the sooner everyone will be satisfied,&rdquo; he concluded.Ironically, Podoloff did rule in favor of St. Louis in last year&rsquo;s dispute over the disqualification of Pittsburgh from the playoffs for using an Ineligible player (Center Johnny McCormack) after the Feb. 15 deadline.The Board of Governors stepped in at that time and overruled their President and Pittsburgh was allowed to play in the post-season games.Perhaps, the short man from New Haven has a long memory. &#9632;

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Asks That AHL Prexy Pass On Amateur Rule

<div class="byline">By GERRY MOORE (Boston Post)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01129/1216703-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="315" height="387"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Ezinicki</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Rapid and encouraging evidence that the new ownership of the Bruins is going to leave no avenue unexplored in their efforts to put the best team possible on the ice was given when President Walter Brown indicated that Bill Ezinicki will be interviewed as soon as feasible to establish once and for all the status of Ezzie as a hockey player or golfer.&ldquo;Ezinicki makes the boys keep their heads up, can score a few goals and has color,&rdquo; asserted Brown as he watched his most recently acquired sports promotion go through a practice drill devoted mainly to photo taking and trying to avoid some bad spots on the just installed ice at the Arena.We can at least talk to him and find out what the story is,&rdquo; added Brown. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what Art Ross is going to do just as soon as possible.&rdquo;Ross revealed later that the Bruins&rsquo; office, both old and new, has had no communication of any form from Wild Bill since last spring&rsquo;s playoffs in which the ebullient right winger delivered some unforgettable body checks to his former Toronto teammates.&ldquo;Ezinicki was supposed first to write me and later phone me,&rdquo; admitted Ross, &ldquo;when the team went into training at Hershey. He did neither.&rdquo;<h2>He is Not a Holdout</h2>That would mean that Ezzie is not technically a holdout since he has not been offered a new contract, but would indicate that he is at least partially serious about his intention to give up the ice sport to concentrate on trying to make a living out of golf, which always has been his first sports love. This latter intention was first reported in the Boston Post sports pages almost two months ago.Bill was not available for this latest comment at the Colonial Gulf Club in Lynnfield, Mass., where he still is employed, but it is known that the professional golf friends he has made in this section are divided in their advice as to his immediate decision between the two sports.Nick Gianferante, south shore pro, who first took Ezzie in tow last spring and showed him the professional golfing ropes in this area, is outspoken in his belief that Wild Bill should try to remain in hockey for a few more seasons before making the very tough jump into the ranks of the touring play-for-pay golfers.This is not the first time that Ezinicki has been late In reporting for a hockey season. A year ago, he stayed away from the Toronto training camp and did not get together with the Leafs&rsquo; management until the season had started.It was announced then that Ezzie had been in ill health. When he and Conn Smythe finally came to terms, Bill was sent immediately to Pittsburgh &ldquo;to play himself into shape.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Brown Hints Bruins Will Try Getting Ezinicki To Return

<div class="byline">By RED FISHER (Montreal Saturday Star)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03107/1216772-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="280" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Selke</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Montreal&rsquo;s rambling Forum, which has reached out and played host to a galaxy of thrilling events will really let its hair down when Princess Elizabeth and her dashing sailor husband view their first complete National Hockey League game next Monday evening. Details of the forthcoming visit were released by Frank Selke, general-manager of the Forum, and indications are that the affair will fade into obscurity all of the Forum&rsquo;s colorful, predecessor events.This will be the big show&mdash;a succession of blazing colors. To the red, blue, grey and orange background of the Forum, will be added the distinctive color of military personnel invited to the affair. Here and there, in strategic positions, will be seen the scarlet splash of RCMP officers and, adding and overall effect, will be the many dazzling decorations that usually emblazon the presence of Royalty.Busiest, and probably some of the proudest, men in the Forum today, are those charged with the task of constructing a special seating platform for the Royal visitors. It will be located behind the protective glass screen, immediately to the west of the St. Catherine street entrance. It will accomodate, in addition to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, His Worship Mayor Camillien Houde, and Mrs. Houde, Senator Donat Raymond and Mrs. Raymond.An estimated 28 civic dignitaries will attend the affair, and will occcupy seats immediately behind the Royal Box.How will season subscribers be affected by the arrangements?&ldquo;Actually,&rdquo; Mr. Selke told this writer, &ldquo;not more than two dozen season ticket holders will be moved. &ldquo;But&rdquo;, he stressed, &ldquo;they&rsquo;ll be well taken care of. They support us throughout the year, and it is only right that we take steps to provide them with fine accommodations during the Royal visit.&rdquo; All those affected have been informed.Principal seats affected by the influx of dignitaries, will be the boxes usually occupied by Mr. Selke and William Northey, a leading Forum executive. Each box seats 16 persons, hence the reason for the comparatively few season subscribers being moved to other locations in the west-end freeze. Fifteen promenade seats will be removed to allow for the installation of the Royal Box.Stringent security measures, which have been the keynote throughout the Royal Tour will be in full force during the visit of the Princess and the Duke to the Forum. Present plans are to have 102 members of the Monreal Police Department spotted throughout the location and at entrances. Sixty members of the RCMP also will be there to control the sellout throng. Parking privileges on Atwater and Closse streets will be rescinded that evening.The Princess and her party are scheduled to leave the Windsor Hotel at 8.10 p.m., which means they will arrive at the Forum at approximately 8.25, minutes before the Canadiens and New York Rangers are scheduled to square oof in a cheduled NHL game. Mr. Selke asked that everyone be seated by 8 o&rsquo;clock, and said that the St. Catherine street entrance would be closed to public traffic throughout the evening.Added Selke: &ldquo;All doors will be sealed off during the arrival of the Royal Couple. No one will be permitted to enter.&rdquo;A military band will be in attendance prior to the game. Present plans are to have the personnel play selections for the crowd, starting at 8&rsquo;oclock, and from a position on the Forum ice. As soon as the Royal party arrives, the band will strike up God Save the King and O Canada, and then will retire to special sections reserved for them.At the moment, no request has been received from tour officials to present any of the players to the Princess and her husband. Recently at Toronto, &ldquo;Teeter&rdquo; Kennedy and Jack Stewart met the. Royal Couple prior to the special 15-minute exhibition between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Chicago Black Hawks.The Forum Directors&rsquo; Room, popular nook for visitors and newspapermen, is being held in readiness for the Royal Couple and a few special guests&mdash;should they desire to visit the location between hockey periods.The scheduled game will provide Elizabeth and Phillip with one of their few opportunities to relax during the arduous Royal Tour.&ldquo;I sincerely hope,&rdquo; added Selke, &ldquo;that they are permitted to do just that&mdash;relax and have some fun!&rdquo; &#9632;

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Forum Management Starts Plans To Make Royal Night A Big One

CHICAGO.&mdash;&lsquo;Black Jack&rsquo; Stewart of the Chicago Black Hawks will be out of action for at least three weeks with a slight skull fracture, doctors revealed in Chicago last week.The injury jinx, which has followed Stewart over the last few seasons of his career, really took hold in the Hawks first game in Chicago this season. Playing against the Rangers Stewart crashed into the boards and was cut for a number of stitches. Later in the game he was involved in a crash with Edgar Laprade and teammate Clare Martin and he hit the ice and cut the back of his head. Doctors, after ex-raying Stewart revealed that he had a slight fracture and will not be ready for action again until sometime in November. &#9632;

X-Ray Reveals Jack Stewart Has Slight Skull Fracture

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02115/1216741-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="324" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">George Gee</figcaption></div>CHICAGO. III.&mdash;George Gee at 29 still has plenty of top shelf hockey ability and he proved it without a doubt last week at the expense of Al Rollins and Chuck Rayner. The lanky Chicago centerman, one of the six players obtained from Detroit in the $75,000 plus Coflin deal in August, figured in all, but one of the Black Hawks&rsquo; goals in their first two NHL wins of the season.At Toronto on Saturday George fed a pass to buddy Jim Peters, another of the most recent transfers from the Red Wings, and he beat Rollins cleanly from close in to tie the score at 1-all in the second period. He was also on the passing end of Bep Guidolin&rsquo;s clincher six minutes later.This display in the Canadian city seemed fully adequate, but the next night, in the Hawks&rsquo; home debut against New York, Gee really turned it on. He notched two goals and an assist to pace the Tobin men to a 3 to 2 conquest of the Blueshirts.<h2>Netted Brace Against Rangers</h2>George slipped a neat pass through a leaky Ranger defense enabling Guidolin to pot his second goal in as many evenings and bring about another second stanza 1-1 deadlock. About this time Gee evidently felt it was his turn to flash some red lights and be did it in spectacular fashion!He walloped Rayner with a blazing shot at 14:33 of the second period after getting the rubber disc from Peters and then climaxed his great night with a pandemonium producing solo dash that put the game on ice a period later. The cheering ovation was the kind of welcome back that Gee deserved and had hoped for.As he came from the showers after the game, Gee blandly remarked, &ldquo;It was just one of those nights, most of the guys have &lsquo;em. This time it was my turn.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1040/1216734-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="1128" height="1239"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toronto&rsquo;s Player HunterBOB DAVIDSON &hellip; &hellip; Long Hours</figcaption></div>George is probably right, but only to a certain extent. If he goes through the season uninjured and continues to skate like he did in the two victories, he should definitely have his best NHL year to date. His best record up to now is the 20 goals and 20 assists he notched in 1946-47, his first full season with the Hawks,Born in Stratford, Ont., the birthplace of the immortal Howie Morenz, Gee began has hockey chores playing juvenile with the Columbus Boys club of Toronto. With the fundamentals under his belt, he then moved up the amateur ladder to the Owen Sound juniors, the Falconbridge juniors and finally the Sudbury &ldquo;Frood Mines.&rdquo; In 1941, after an impressive campaign with Sudbury, George received an invitation to the Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; training camp.He was quick to gain the favor of Coach Paul Thompson, who secured the Gee signature on a professional contract. The 19-year-old youngster, who only months before had almost decided to give up the quest for hockey fame, was assigned to Chicago&rsquo;s Kansas City farm in the old American Association.With the Pla-Mors he was given the best possible chance bybeing placed at the center post between Coach Johnny Gottselig and another hopeful rookie, Bill Mosienko. The &ldquo;kid&rdquo; line had much to do with the team finishing on top in the association&rsquo;s southern division, accounting for 53 goals and 69 assists.Gee&rsquo;s share of these points were 16 goals and 15 assists and he seemed a cinch for even better things the next year, but World War II just couldn&rsquo;t see things happening that way. So George did his share by taking a three year tour of Canadian Navy duty.Upon his return to civilian life in 1945, he went back to the Pla-Mors, who were now being led by ex-Hawk &ldquo;Doc&rdquo; Romnes. Gottselig had moved up to manage the Chicago squad.George quickly revealed that service life hadn&rsquo;t dimmed any of his hockey prowness by amassing the amazing total of 13 goals and nine assists In just 14 games. This record quickly paved the way for a one-way train ticket to Chicago and the goal of all puck chasers &mdash; the National Hockey League.In the 35 games that followed, Gee counted for 16 goals and 15 assists and this was sensational enough to make him runnerup to New York&rsquo;s Edgar Laprade as the NHL&rsquo;s outstanding rookie and Calder Trophy winner. Laprade scored 15 goals and 19 assists.The following year George hit for his best-to-date 20 goals, 20 assists record, and in the next campaign notched 14 goals and 25 assists. Shortly after the start of the 1948-49 season he came to what appeared to be a permanent parting with Chicago hockey when he was shuttled to Detroit with Bud Poile in a swap that sent forwards Jim Conacher and Bep Guidolin and rearguard Doug McCaig to the Hawks.A meager record of seven goals and 14 assists came as a result of the change in scenery, but Gee snapped out of the slump the next two years and regained the puck-carrying poise that first gave him stardom at Chicago. In the 1949-50 campaign he accounted for 17 goals and 21 assists and last year hit again for 17 goals and got 20 assists. &#9632;

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Gee First Player To Pay Off In Hawks-Wings 75Gs Switch

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0486/1216827-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="272" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Stewart</figcaption></div>CHICAGO. III.&mdash;Capt. Jack Stewart, the potent force behind the Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; defense, is now pretty darn sure that his career threatening back ailment of a year ago is gone for good. It&rsquo;s unfortunate, however, that it took a trip off the ice by stretcher and 20 stitches about his face and head to provide the deciding evidence.The Hawks&rsquo; home opener against New York last week was the scene for the severest test of &ldquo;Black Jack&rsquo;s&rdquo; hockey future. In the second period he attempted to check Paul Ronty of the Rangers, but smacked into the boards instead. He fell to the ice face down and many of the 12,000 persons on hand immediately diagnosed the mishap as a reoccurrance of the dreaded back injury.It was with a sigh of relief that Chicago Publicist Joe Farrell announced a few minutes later that Stewart had suffered no more that a three-stitch cut under the left eye from Ronty&rsquo;s stick Ice was applied to the eye to keep it from closing and Jack was able to return to the ice for the third period.At the nine minute, 10 second mark, with the Rangers on the attack, Stewart crashed heavily to the ice for a second time. He had been caught as the innocent bystander in a crash between Ed Laprade, New York center, and Clare Martin, the Hawks other rearguard in play at the time.Players from both teams gathered quickly with concern over Stewart who was unconscious and bleeding profusely from several wounds. After a quick examination, Dr. Myron J. Tremaine, the team physician, order Jack taken from ice by stretcher.In the dressing room Dr. Tremaine took 12 stitches in an ugly wedge-shape cut in the back of Stewart&rsquo;s head and another five stitches were required for a series of upper lip lacerations. Despite the heavy tumble, in which he landed squarely and hardly on his back. Jack felt no after effects along his spine and now knows that the slipped disc can be forgotten.As several teammates, tugged at his jersey, he said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be ready Thursday.&rdquo; Dr. Tremaine will of course have the final say on Stewart&rsquo;s availability, but it will take an awful lot to keep a guy with his courageous spirit out for long.The 20 stitches were practically a drop In the bucket for Jack, but undoubtedly would have really upset almost any other hockey player. Sometime ago &ldquo;Believe it or Not&rdquo; Ripley called Stewart &ldquo;Hockey&rsquo;s most sewed up player.&rdquo; &#9632;

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“Black Jack” Adds 20 Stitches And Stretcher Ride To Career

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01197/1216945-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="270" height="417"></div>JACK GELINEAU, dispossessed goalkeeper of the Boston Bruins, is one of the most honest athletes you&rsquo;ll run Into anywhere. Now back at his home in Montreal, he witnessed the Bruins-Cana-diens game of October 13. When asked which team he was cheering for, he candidly answered, &ldquo;Well, it wouldn&rsquo;t have made me unhappy to see Canadiens score a slew of goals on Henry and to see the Bruins soundly trounced.&rdquo; &hellip; It was a perfectly natural answer at that &hellip; Boston Bruins have five former members of the New York Rangers on their roster this season. The five ex-Rangers are Goalie Jim Henry, Defensemen Hal Laycoe and Gus Kyle and Forwards Dune Fisher and Fentti Lund &hellip; All five joined the Bruins after Lynn Patrick, former coach of the Rangers, picked up the coaching reins of the Beantown Boys &hellip; Two members of the Chicago Black Hawks have been wearing helmets this year. They are veterans Roy Conacher and Billy Mosienko &hellip; Conacher was intent on maintaining his durability record of consecutive games and even though he received a slight concussion in an exhibition game on the eve of the opening of the season, he was determined to play every game for the Hawks &hellip; Thus the helmet &hellip; Pete Conacher, 19-year-old son of Charlie Conacher, looked very impressive at the Black Hawks training camp this fall. They say he&rsquo;s a junior edition of Charlie &hellip; Neil Colville, coach of the N.Y. Rangers, is pleased as punch at the play of Reg Sinclair, sophomore right winger, this season. Sinclair was the top scorer on the Rangers last year &hellip; Big things are expected of Allan Stanley by the Rangers this campaign &hellip; Enio Sclisizzi, Bill Folk and Doug McKay are the only holdovers from last season on this year&rsquo;s Indianapolis Caps.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02177/1216938-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="273" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Henry</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03114/1216931-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="276" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roy Conacher</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0482/1216924-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="243" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Gelineau</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0570/1216917-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="285" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Barilko</figcaption></div>BILL BARILKO&rsquo;S Number 5 will be hung up in his locker this season &hellip; It might be a nice gesture for the Toronto Maple Leafs to retire the number permanently&hellip; Bud MacPherson scored the first goal of his NHL career when he tallied against Chicago on opening night. The lanky Montreal defenseman is one of the most ungainly-looking players in the league, but rival forwards say he&rsquo;s mighty tough to get around &hellip; Three familiar faces will be missing from the lineup of the New York Rangers this season. The trio of absentees are Center Buddy O&rsquo;Connor and Defensemen Pat Egan and Wally Stanowski. All three are now with Cincinnati Mohawks of the AHL. O&rsquo;Connor, Egan and Stanowski were three of the most popular players in the National circuit before old father time caught up with them &hellip; Boston sportswriters figure Gus Kyle should develop into a fine box office attraction. He&rsquo;s a rock &rsquo;em, sock &rsquo;em type of defenseman and the Bruins haven&rsquo;t had one of these in years. The fans who despised the former Mountie while he was wearing Ranger livery and flattening their favorites, will be his most ardent supporters &hellip; Addressing a noon luncheon held by the Detroit club the day of the opening game, Clarence Campbell, NHL president, made the following statement: &ldquo;Jack Adams is the one who has contributed more than anyone else to develop hockey in this community. I hope that the occasion of his 25th anniversary as general manager of the Red Wings will not pass without official recognition.&rdquo; &hellip; Let&rsquo;s get on the bandwagon for a &ldquo;Jack Adams Night&rdquo;&hellip;Owner Eddie Shore has named Bob Dill coach of the Springfield&rsquo;s new amateur club. Dill is the chappie that Maurice Richard kayoed twice in the same evening when Dill was a rough, tough defenseman with New York Rangers. He was pretty tough at that, but he overmatched himself with the &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; &hellip; Bobby Copp, the hockey-playing dentist, plans to move his practice from Ottawa to Toronto. He&rsquo;s been working out with the Leafs and hopes to play some games for them this year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0658/1216910-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="264" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Buddy O&rsquo;Connor</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0749/1216903-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="264" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Smith</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0843/1216896-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="252" height="393"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gus Kyle</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0943/1216889-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="264" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lee Fogolin</figcaption></div>SID SMITH and Hugh Bolton are the only two native Torontonians with the Maple Leafs &hellip; Ray Timgren Is striving for more goals this season. The blond winger only scored one goal in 70 games last year. A great goal scorer In minor hockey, he can&rsquo;t find the range In the big show &hellip; Boston followers believe Sugar Jim Henry is 50 per cent better than Jack Gelineau &hellip; Chicago Black Hawks have more players of Italian extraction on their roster than any other team in pro hockey. Three members of this year&rsquo;s Hawks whose parents originally came from sunny Italy are Lee Fogolin, smashing defenseman, and Pete Babando and Bep Guidolin, aggressive forwards &hellip; The operation on the injured ankle of Leo Reise appears to have been successful. The Detroit defenseman will be sidelined for about two weeks &hellip; Don&rsquo;t be surprised if young Leo Boivin doesn&rsquo;t line up with Toronto before the season is over. He&rsquo;s the defenseman that Leafs acquired from Boston in the Ezinicki-Lynn deal. He&rsquo;s been sent to Pittsburgh for further seasoning. &#9632;

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Passing The Puck

<div class="byline">By JACK DE LONG (The Vancouver Sun)</div>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;Warning to all aging professional hockey players:&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re looking for a nice, soft job when your playing days are over, don&rsquo;t become chief scout for a National Hockey League club.&rdquo;The foregoing is no phoney tip. It comes straight from Chief Scout Bob Davidson of Toronto Maple Leafs.One of the greatest utility players in NHL history, Davidson is in Vancouver seeking young hockey players of the shape, style and attitude for stuffing into Maple Leaf uniforms at some future date.Noted as a hard-plugging puckster who skated both ways while on the ice, Bob often wishes he was back on the puck firing line since he took over scouting duties for Connie Smythe, back in 1946.&ldquo;Scouting is twice as tough as playing hockey. I work far harder on this job than I ever did during the 10 years I played in the NHL,&rdquo; Chief Scout Davidson declared.<h2>Some Of His Problems</h2>Here are a few reasons that add up to one of sport&rsquo;s toughest jobs in the opinion of Chief Scout Davidson. (1) It&rsquo;s mostly night work with a lot of time to kill during the day. (2) When you are looking at two teams for the first time all the players look alike. (3) Every classification of players from Pee Wee to professional have to be scouted and scouts have a heck of a time getting Information on the kids because there are no progress records in the smaller amateur leagues. (4) A scout always takes a chance in recommending players to his club on the performance given in one single game. The scout may miss getting a real star for his club by hesitating or he may hand his boss a lemon if he moves too fast.(5) A scout sits up half the night after watching a game and makes out long detailed reports on practically every player on the ice for mailing back to head office.(6) A hockey scout is on the road, away from his family, most of the time.Davidson told one story to illustrate how tough it can be to scout hockey talent on occasion.He had spotted a promising kid in a bantam league game in Montreal. The youngsters were all French and spoke no English. There had been quite a brawl on the ice during the game.When Davidson and two assistant scouts went into the dressing room of the young star after the game, everybody clammed up &mdash; even the English-speaking manager.&ldquo;Everyone thought we were detectives, investigating the fight on the ice,&rdquo; said Bob. He never did learn the young star&rsquo;s name.<h2>Rates His Best</h2>Davidson rates Syl Apps, a former teammate on Toronto Leafs, Bill Cowley and Milt Schmidt as the greatest players in hockey during the heyday of his own NHL career.His greatest thrill was the 1942 Stanley Cup series when Leafs swept the series in four straight games after being three games down to Detroit Red Wings.Davidson&rsquo;s present visit to Vancouver was largely because of Connie Smythe&rsquo;s interest in young Larry Popein of Vancouver Canucks. &#9632;

Bob Davidson Finds Scouting For Big League Club No Soft Touch

<div class="byline">By CONN SMYTHE as told to AL NICKLESON (Toronto Globe and Mall)</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01150/1217000-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Teeter Greets A PrincessPrincess Elizabeth greets Captain Ted Kennedy of Toronto Maple Leafs at the Gardens, with Conn Smythe and the Duke of Edinburgh looking on.</figcaption></div><h2>Princess Remains To See Full Period Even Though Party Was Behind Schedule</h2>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;They both enjoyed the game tremendously. That was apparent in the way Prince Philip roared with laughter at the upsetting body-checks and the way the eyes of Princess Elizabeth glowed as the players shot by her at full speed.It was most apparent, too, when, after the game had been on about five minutes, an aide appeared and told the Princess they were behind schedule. She replied:&ldquo;Surely we can stay and watch some more of this.&rdquo;They stayed for the full 15 minutes set aside for the game, although they were a couple of minutes late in arriving and the game, of course, didn&rsquo;t begin until after they had walked to the Royal box and had been introduced to the captains of both teams&mdash;Ted Kennedy of the Leafs and Jack Stewart of the Black Hawks.The Princess asked me many technical questions while the Prince, behind me, laughed heartily at the rugged play. Every crash increased the tempo of his laugh and he slapped his thigh in delight a couple of times.The Princess asked such things as the speed attained by the players and the composition of the sticks. She also wanted to know if it was necessary to have special skates for hockey. She asked if many players were injured, at the same time commenting that many wouldn&rsquo;t because the padding would protect them.All this time the Prince was relaxing in laughter. It was almost as if he was viewing some sports event while relaxed on the deck of the Magpie (the small warship formerly commanded by the Duke.)The Princess used many English sports terms, such as &ldquo;How many a side?&rdquo; and she sensed right away that players were allowed to do practically anything in the way of checking with their bodies, but that they were governed in the use of sticks.She did criticize one play. That was when Jim Thomson had the puck and lost it because he didn&rsquo;t pass to Kennedy, who was uncovered. She said: &ldquo;That was not good combination.&rdquo;<h2>Prince Roars With Laughs While Watching Two Clubs Handing Out Heavy Checks</h2>During a goalmouth scramble the Princess said she felt sorry for the goalies and didn&rsquo;t fancy playing that position in hockey.Or any other sport, I suggested, and she agreed whole-heartedly.The thing that struck me was that here was a very charmning young lady who had just broken away from officialdom for a few minutes and could relax and enjoy herself. If the Royal couple could get more of this I think that we, the people, would have a better chance to show what we think of our future Queen and her husband.She told me the Prince &ldquo;spends hours&rdquo; attending hockey games in London but that she never had seen one, except on television.Once, when there was a particularly heavy crash of bodies on the ice, she asked: &ldquo;Isn&rsquo;t there going to be a penalty in this game?&rdquo;I told her it must run in the blood; that Viscount Alexander had seen a rough game here and later had said that he didn&rsquo;t mind it being rough as long as it was clean. I think that&rsquo;s part of Britain&mdash;that contests be hard-played but cleanly played.And I&rsquo;ll tell you that I&rsquo;m not much for feathered hats, but I thought the Princess wore a beautiful creation. It was a feathered hat.I was very taken by the Prince&rsquo;s manner, too. He took charge of those, including me, who weren&rsquo;t quite sure of what to do on such an occasion, and he made us feel very much at home and at ease. He&rsquo;s a terrific Prince and what a sportsman!As they were leaving the Gardens, I presented them with the puck used in the game. I told the Princess it was for Bonnie Prince Charlie and that the Leafs were putting him on the negotiation list. &#9632;

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Royal Couple Enjoy 15 Minutes Exhibition Session

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02132/1217038-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="271" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bernie Geoffrion</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;With one-fourteenth of the 1951-52 schedule under their belts the Montreal Canadiens have yet to show whether its scoring power is condensed to two or three player or spread throughout the club.In the first five games the Canadiens won three and lost two, were shutout once and lost the other game on a fluky goal. But that at the moment isn&rsquo;t the concern of Dick Irvin. If he&rsquo;s worried at all it&rsquo;s because two players have done most of his club&rsquo;s scoring. In those first five games the Habs scored 12 goals and two players, Richard and Geoffrion had scored seven between them. Although they managed to win more than they lost the Habs have been doing it by the skin of their teeth and that&rsquo;s all. They have averaged just 2.40 goals per game, a much lower average than Irvin predicts will carry his club to second spot when the end comes around.Richard, with four goals and Geoffrion with three have proved to be the most potent pair the Habs have, that&rsquo;s as far as scoring goes, Irvin has already labelled &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; a 45 goal scorer this season and is expecting at least 20 from the stick of Boom Boom Geoffrion. From all indications he&rsquo;ll get them. His main worry is getting goals from the rest of his club. He has alloted no fewer than 85 goals to his number one line of Richard, Lach and Olmstead. So far Lach and Olmstead have scored one each. But they have geared themselves close to the top of the scoring by helping Richard net his markers. Irvin calls Lach and Olmstead to score 20 goals apiece.Perhaps Irvin went a little to far on his second line. He has called it to score 60 goals. That line consists of Gamble, Mosdeli and Couture.So fare they have come through for but one goal, that by Gamble against the Rangers.Irvin, who seldom minces his words makes no bones about the fact that he&rsquo;s quite disappointed.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have to score more goals than we have if we&rsquo;re going to go anywhere this season,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have to score at least three goals a game and stop having as many scored against us. Our defense has been weak and so has a few spots on the forward line.&rdquo;Just what Irvin intends to do to remedy the situation will not be known until after next weekend. If the club doesn&rsquo;t show signs of snapping out of their goal scoring slump then he will make moves to improve in that department.The most disappointing line from Irvin&rsquo;s standpoint has been Couture, Mosdell and Gamble. Gamble, a high scorer in the Quebec Senior League for the past few seasons has failed to show to much advantage. However, it&rsquo;s a long long way to next March.The third line of Meger, Masnick and Geoffrion has looked full of spirit in their games to date but except for Geoffrion it has failed to run away with any laurels in the scoring department. Irvin expects 35 goals from that line this season. He should get them easily, unless something unexpected happens to Boom Boom.From his extra men Irvin hopes to get 25 goals. His extras include Floyd Curry, Baldy MacKay, Billy Reay and Johnny McCormack.Outstanding defensively and offensively so far this season has been Doug Harvey. In the five games he sparked the club in their victories. But most interesting and somewhat surprising has been Harvey&rsquo;s tendency to get mad. Prior to this season he had shown more often than not that he&rsquo;d prefer to go his own easy way, staying clear of any rough stuff. His play has caused a mild &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t believe it&rdquo; or &ldquo;I told you so&rdquo; scream up and down press row.DOTS AND DASHES&hellip; Dick Irvin has come up with something new. He is using Baldy MacKay and Johnny MacCormack for defensively purposes only&hellip; He reunites Curry, Mackay and Mosdell for games against Toronto and Detroit&hellip; Doc Couture has been sidelined with a poisoned leg and is now in hospital in Montreal &hellip; When the Canadiens played New York in Montreal last week a stranger came up to Irvin and peeled off $25 from a large roll: &ldquo;Here, give it to the guy who scores our first goal.&rdquo; he said. Geoffrion scored first, got the $25 and then look $10 and gave it to Ross Lowe for assisting on the play &hellip; When the Habs returned from Detroit after taking a 3-0 defeat Irvin reported over the phone about his players as follows: &ldquo;They&rsquo;re dropping off like flies around here. Couture&rsquo;s in the hospital, Geoffrion&rsquo;s in the hospital and so is Masnick. My defense is weak and my forward aren&rsquo;t scoring any goals. Whal else can happen?&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03104/1217031-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="262" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Harvey</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Habs’ Lack Of Scoring Punch In Crucial Games Is Irvin’s Worry

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEELYFounded October 1, 1947Published by Kenneth W. McKenzie and Will. V. Cote HOCKEY NEWS COMPANYCirculation Room 204, King&rsquo;s Hall Bldg., 1231 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.Advertising & Editorial 603A Snn Life Bldg., 1155 Metcalfe St., Montreal 2, Que.Average Weekly Circulation 35,000Yearly Subscription Price S3.00 in Canada &mdash; $4.00 In U.S.A.Antherised as second elnss mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa. Entered as second class mail at the Poet Office in Buffalo, N.Y., and Saint Albans, Vt.Return alll U.S. undellverable copies under Form 3579 to the Rocker News Company, Room 204, King&rsquo;s Hall Bldg., 1231 Ste. Catherine Street Weet, Montreal 25, Que. Printed in CanadaVol 5 October 27, 1951 No. 4The old saying has it that misery loves company. But it&rsquo;s a cinch that the Chicago Black Hawks, miserable over their last place status which has become chronic the past few years, aren&rsquo;t too happy with their latest attack of the miseries. Because that old injury jinx which seems to crop up every year to throw the Chicagoans off their stride, has up and done it again this Fall.The bitterest pill of all for the Hawks and their followers to swallow was the injury to Jack Stewart. That game old warrior had been kicking up his heels like a colt in the training sessions, and Hawks had counted heavily on him to come through with a gold-plated effort in his &ldquo;comeback&rdquo; year. The veteran defenseman, who had been written off the active playing list for all time after his serious injury last season, looked almost as good as in his palmy days with Detroit Red Wings. It was a Hawk hope that his inspirational play and his guiding hand with the youngsters would make the Hawks into a dangerous threat.But that was not to be, as Stewart was sidelined for a least three important weeks in the early jockeying for position, and it may well be that he is out for good. Stewart isn&rsquo;t getting any younger, and anyone with a lesser quota of intestinal contents than the old gamester possesses would probably have hung up the skates before now.Stewart, never the one to back away from a roughhouse, has collected more hemstitching on his head and various parts of the anatomy than any other player in the game. Despite all that, he has generally managed to finish each season rating high among the loop&rsquo;s defense corps.It&rsquo;s the irony of fate&mdash;and the luck of the Hawks&mdash;that last year and again this season, Stewart has been knocked off the playing roll just when he was most needed. The presence of burly Jack might have proved the difference between a miserable last and a contending position last season. This year the same holds good, if his injuries prevent him from playing as a regular throughout much of the campaign.And the loss of Stewart is just a part of the miseries the miserable Hawks have collected in this new season. Four other players were out of action at the time of writing &mdash; although none were as seriously injured as Stewart. Reading from left to right, the Hawk accident ward-had as guests&mdash;Al Dewsbury, Max McNab, Lee Fogolin and Pete Babando.Considering that the rules this year permit each club to dress only sixteen players including goalkeeper for each game, that means that virtually one-third of a Hawk team was on the shelf.That isn&rsquo;t calculated to lend any encouragement to a team which couldn&rsquo;t be blamed for having a defeatist complex after all this time. Given a fighting chance to get off to a flying start in thje early season, Hawks could easily gather enough momentum to keep them rolling. Right now, it&rsquo;s problematical just what the injury jinx will do to the Windy-City crew. It may throw them off balance for the rest of the season, or they may come fighting back to overcome the handicap. In that case, they could well qualify for the &ldquo;Miracle Team&rdquo; title, because if past seasons are any criterion, the troubles of the Hawks in the injury line are probably just beginning.The Hawks without doubt are the &ldquo;hard luck&rdquo; crew of the circuit.<h2>PROVING A POPULAR MOVE</h2>Judging from all the favorable comments to be heard, virtually everyone is in agreement that the National Hockey League moguls made the right move in finally ordering a crackdown on rough and illegal play in the loop. Most observers agree it was about time.Fans who had almost forgotten what skilful hockey playmaking was like, may now get the opportunity to observe some worthwhile puckchasing, as soon as the players get into the swing of things and the referees have rules observance down to a science. And it&rsquo;s our guess that the fans, once they get weaned away from the mayhem-minded brand of shinny which they have been treated (?) to previously, will love the new and streamlined version.Strict enforcement of the rules should go a long way to reduce the mounting toll of injuries. But better than that, by supplying a more skilful and more pleasant-to-watch brand of hockey, it may be just the right shot-in-the-arm. &#9632;

SAME OLD INJURY BUGBEAR

The other day we received a letter from Miss &ldquo;X&rdquo; in Chicago stating that although her present subscription did not expire until early next year, she had failed to receive the monthly summer issues. A check of our records showed that in May last the Postmaster in Chicago returned one of the subscribers copies with the notation &ldquo;Removed &mdash; Address not known&rdquo;. Consequently we were unable to forward further copies until we had the subscriber&rsquo;s new address.Subscribers are requested to co-operate with the Circulation Department and keep them informed of any chanqe of address. Please include old address as well as new address. &#9632;

A SAD STORY!

THE HOCKEY NEWS circulation department wants to know if you are receiving your paper in torn fashion or if it is being badly handled before it reaches you.If your paper arrives torn, dirty or in any other way unreadable then please don&rsquo;t hesitate to let our circulation department know.Just drop a line to the: Circulation Manager, The Hockey News, 204 Kings Hall Building, Montreal. We will take immediate steps to see that your paper is received in better fashion.CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT &#9632;

Attention Subscribers

BOSTON &mdash; The Boston Bruins have the happy faculty of getting their owners off to winning starts in National league competition &mdash; and under similar circumstances.On December 1, 1924 the Bruins debuted under the ownership of the late C. F. Adams at the old Boston Arena. They beat the Montreal Professionals (Maroons) 2 to 1, on a second-period unassisted goal by Carson Cooper.On October 13, 1951 they played their first game under the ownership of the Boston GardenArena Corporation at the Montreal Forum. They heat the Canadlens, 2 to 1, on a third-period unassisted goal by Adam Brown.That first Adams-owned team went on to finish sixth, a finish on which the present GardenArena-owned team hopes to improve by several positions. &#9632;

Bruins Use Montreal To Get Off To Winning Starts Twice

BOSTON &mdash; The Boston Bruins have failed to break even or better financially in only four of their 27 years of operation by the Adams family, it was revealed upon the sale of the club the other day.One of the &ldquo;in the red&rdquo; seasons was a year ago, when attendance fell off badly. Another was the 1932-33 season, when the Eddie Shore-Ace Bailey incident cast a pall over hockey procedings here. The other two losing years were the team&rsquo;s first two, in 1924-25 and 1925-26, before the arrival of Shore. &#9632;

Bruins Went Into Red Only Four Times In Adams’ Reign

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01173/1217210-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="290" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Weston Adams</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;A fellow who has eaten and slept hockey for most of his life ended his active participation in the sport the other day with a characteristic statement.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll always be a Bruins&rsquo; fan,&rdquo; declared Weston Adams. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll still be nervous before the start of the game, and I&rsquo;ll keep rooting for them just as I always have.&rdquo;But this winter for the first time in 27 years Adams will do his cheering in an unofficial capacity for the team which his late father organized.When the Bruins were sold to the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation on October 12, he was succeeded as president by Walter Brown, a longtime friend. Brown&rsquo;s nomination for president at a Garden-Arena stockholders&rsquo; meeting was made by Adams.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02149/1217203-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="560" height="809"><figcaption class="caption-body">Started BruinsCHARLES F. ADAMS</figcaption></div>With the close of Weston&rsquo;s 16-year tenure as Bruins&rsquo; president, an era in Boston hockey also came to an end.An Adams Always Owned Bruins From the time of the Bruins&rsquo; entrance into the National League in 1924 until the club changed owners the day after its opening game this year, it was owned by the Adams family.In the spring of 1924 the late C. F. Adams purchased a piece of paper which represented a Boston franchise in an uncertain organization known as the National Hockey League. He had no players, no manager.His first acquisition was a manager. Sitting watching a Stanley Cup playoff game in Montreal that spring, he became intrigued by the referee, who ignored the protests of Montreal&rsquo;s rabid fans to &ldquo;call &rsquo;em as he saw &rsquo;em.&rdquo;&ldquo;He was a great player and he knows the game,&rdquo; C. F. thought to himself. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s just the man to manage the Bruins.&rdquo;The referee was Art Ross, one of Canada&rsquo;s greatest athletes, and he returned to Boston with the elder Adams &mdash; as manager of the Bruins.A man with multiple interests and others in the field of sports &mdash; he once owned the Boston Braves and was instrumental In the building and operating of Suffolk Downs race tracks &mdash; C. F. encouraged Weston&rsquo;s Interest in hockey by working him into the business at an early age.In 1936 the former Harvard University goal-tender succeeded his father as president of the Bruins, after an apprenticeship as president of the Bruin Cubs in the old Can-Am League.As his father&rsquo;s successor he watched his teams spreadeagle the field in the pre-war days, then with his best players he marched off to the service. He served four years in the United States Navy, emerging with the rank of full commander after service in the Atlantic and Pacific.After the war the once-supre-me Bruins&rsquo; organization started to snow cracks, supposedly stemming from differences of opinion between the younger Adams and Ross, the team&rsquo;s general manager. Coaches and players came and went, and Bruins&rsquo; ice prestige dwindled.Weston, caught in the press of his investments business, was never able to spend the time on hockey he would have liked, for the game has always been first with him, ahead of horse racing, his other hobby.In recent years his favorite diversions from business were the playoff trips which the Bruins made to Toronto, on which he hobnobbed with his closest hockey friends, the Boston writers. He never gave up hoping and predicting that the Bruins &mdash; of any given year &mdash; would be the ones to win the Stanley Cup.The Adamses, father and son, both made many contributions to the development &mdash; concrete and colorful &mdash; of the National League.After two fruitless attempts to launch the Bruins under Ross with league-provided players, C. F. whipped the band off his bankroll in 1926 and bought a whole league, the Western League. He sold most of the players but kept several, and one of those he kept was a rugged defenseman from Edmonton named Eddie Shore. With the advent of Shore, professional hockey in Boston was &ldquo;made.&rdquo;Unlike his father, who looked on in amusement as the fiery Ross feuded with Connie Smythe and others in the old days, Weston kept the executive side of the Bruins pretty much out of the news.He departed from his retiring role during the 1948 playoffs with Toronto, however, when he engaged in verbal fireworks with Smythe during a series replete with ill-feeling. &#9632;

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Sale Ends Adams Era That Started In Spring Of ’24

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03110/1217272-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">That Sweet Taste&hellip; &hellip;By Germano</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Can new owners restore the Boston Bruins to the prewar position of domination that they once held in the National Hockey League?They probably can, but It won&rsquo;t be done overnight. The rebuilding job on the Bruins is already underway, but it will take time.&ldquo;And that&rsquo;s one thing that&rsquo;s against us this season,&rdquo; pointed out Walter Brown, new president of the Bruins.&ldquo;If we had been able to purchase the club earlier, say last spring or even during the summer, we might have been able to do some trading,&rdquo; Brown added. &ldquo;As it is, our plans will have to be more for the future than for the present.&rdquo;When the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation acquired the Bruins from Weston Adame and his associates the other day, it acquired a team which needed a face-lifting more than Boston&rsquo;s venerable City Hall.The Bruins finished a staggering fourth a year ago after failing to make the Stanley Cup playoffs two years ago.<h2>Now 12-Month Business</h2>In an era where the operation of a major league hockey club is big business, the Bruins were in need of a lot of things.For one, they needed a business organization operating on a year-round basis, something which they did not have in the full sense of the word. Now they have one.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0491/1217265-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="576" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">New PresidentWALTER A. BROWN</figcaption></div>For another, they needed patronage&mdash;and the talent to draw patrons. Whether or not they have that talent this year&mdash;and whether or not the potential patrons think they have&mdash;remains to be seen.&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t expect people to come see a team that doesn&rsquo;t win,&rdquo; observed Brown, sport&rsquo;s acme of frankness, &ldquo;so our job is to provide them with a winner.&rdquo;For Brown, Boston&rsquo;s busiest sports figure and president of the Garden-Arena Corporation, the situation into which he has stepped with the Bruins is a familiar one. He has just overcome similiar obstacles with his professional basketball team, the Celtics. In five years he presented Boston with a team capable of winning, and the customers responded by supporting it. Diligent work and a survival-of-the-fittest screening of players and coaches produced the desired result.Key men in Brown&rsquo;s new hockey organization are Art Ross, his general manager, and Lynn Patrick, his coach. Both are under contract, Ross until the spring of 1953, Patrick until next spring.Brown has already expressed a liking for the work of Patrick, Ross he has known for most of his life.Looming prominently in the Bruins&rsquo; plans for the future are a band of talented youngsters scattered from Port Arthur, Ontario, to Hershey, Penn., the most hearly-ripe products of a farm system which will be revised and revitalized &mdash; and possibly expanded.They&rsquo;ll fit into the rebuilding program in this way: As soon as they are deemed ready for the majors, up they&rsquo;ll come; if present veterans falter, up they&rsquo;ll come.One group poised at the takeoff station right now is the Whiz Kids delegation from last year&rsquo;s Barrie Flyers now at Hershey, Jerry Toppazzini, Leo Labine, Real Chevrefils and Leo Morrison.Hockey attendances at Boston Garden dwindled steadily for the past few years, reaching an ebb a year ago, when only four crowds of more than 10,000 people saw regular-season games.The fall-off in attendance reflected accurately the fortunes of the team itself, for Boston has long been a professional hockey stronghold. In 27 years the Bruins have built up a tremendous reservoir of potential customers in a Greater Boston area of more than three million people.Of that fact President Brown and his associates are well-aware, and the task to which they have committed themselves is that of tapping that reservoir &mdash; by offering attractive inducements. That means a winning team.Clarence Campbell, president of the National league, accurately paraphrased the attitude of the new owners when he said, &ldquo;Boston has the factual record of being the number one hockey city in our entire league. Boston will be a hockey power again in just a very short time.&rdquo;Only time will tell how much time is &ldquo;short,&rdquo; but Brown has never been associated with a sports failure. The Bruins are taking steps to remedy their needs, and all their steps seem to be in the right direction. &#9632;

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‘Purchase Too Late To Make Any Big Changes On Club’, Says Brown

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0568/1217303-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="262" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Art Ross</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Bruins changed owners a day after the National League opened in an involved transfer of stock which will not be completed until sometime this week.The Boston Garden - Arena, within its own organization, purchased the majority of the shares of stock from a group headed by Weston A. Adams.The sale price was reported to be $179,520, representing the purchase of 60 per cent of the stock.Immediately after the deal was closed Walter A. Brown, president of the Garden-Arena Corporation, was elected president of the Bruins, succeeding Adams.Brown revealed that the Bruins originally offered to sell 25 per cent of their stock to the GardenArena group and then raised the offer to 50 per cent. Months of negotiations finally resulted in the 60 per cent agreement and controlling interest for the GardenArena.Under the terms of the sale, each Bruins&rsquo; stockholder was given the opportunity to sell 60 per cent of his stock, with Adams and Ralph Burkard, major stockholders, guaranteeing the GardenArena its controlling interest.<h2>Ross Refused To Tell</h2>Adams owned 58 per cent, Burkard nine per cent, and Art Ross, the team&rsquo;s general manager, 22 per cent. Ross refused to say whether or not he would sell any of his stock.At the same time the agreement of sale was announced. Brown also revealed that the GardenArena Corporation had obtained a new 20-year lease on the Garden from the Boston and Maine Railroad, which owns It. The Bruins play their home games at the Garden. The acquisition of the new lease, superceding the old one which would have expired in May of 1953, is said to have been at the insistence of the National League, through President Clarence Campbell.In the new Bruins&rsquo; setup, of which Brown is president, Ross will remain as general manager, with two years remaining on his contract, and Lynn Patrick will continue as coach, with a contract which expires this spring.Here is Adams&rsquo; official statement on the sale:&ldquo;Over the past years the advantage of having a major league hockey team owned and operated by the rink has become increasingly obvious and important.&ldquo;Hence, in my opinion, the interests of the Bruins and hockey in Boston can best be served by having the Boston Garden take over the active management of the club.&rdquo;There will be no changes in either the Bruins&rsquo; board of directors or publicity department, of which Frank Ryan has been director since 1926, until the stock actually changes hands. Then Ryan&rsquo;s work will be assumed by the Garden-Arena staff.Bruins&rsquo; directors, who will serve until a new board is elected, are John McNeil, Harold White, A, B. Casson, Mrs. Weston Adams, Howie Burns, Robert Duncan, A. Vern Adams, Burkard, Ryan and Ross.Weston Adams remains the largest individual stockholder in the Garden-Arena Corporation, holding 22 per cent of the stock. Brown is the second-largest, with 18 per cent. &#9632;

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Brown & Company Sign New 20 Year Lease On Gardens

MONTREAL &mdash; Ex-Goaler Jack Gelineau of the Boston Bruins has been offered a job with the Charlottetown Islanders of the Maritime Hockey League, he has revealed.&ldquo;Coach Leo Lamoureux made the offer to me over the phone but I didn&rsquo;t accept it,&rdquo; said Gelineau. &ldquo;The money was very good for that class of hockey but I don&rsquo;t think I would care to play there. Besides I am thinking of my job. I&rsquo;ll only play hockey if I can mix both.&rdquo;There had been rumors that Gelineau will be offered a job in the Quebec Senior League but so far nothing has developed.Gelineau visited with President Clarence Campbell in Montreal recently to find out about his status as regards the pension plan. &#9632;

Gelineau Turns Down Post With Charlottetown Club

BOSTON.&mdash;Coach Lynn Patrick of the Boston Bruins is quite sure his club isn&rsquo;t going to end up in the cellar of the National League race this season and he spots Gus Kyle as the man who is going to have a lot to do about getting them closer to the top than bottom. &ldquo;Kyle is a real holler guy,&rdquo; Patrick told Herb Ralby of the Boston Daily Globe. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s great in the dressing room, has lots of chatter. That&rsquo;s one reason I wanted him. Last year our dressing room was like a morgue. Couldn&rsquo;t get them up before they went on the ice.&rdquo;Patrick added that when Kyle joined the club in Hershey, he told him to take charge in the dressing room.Dick Irvin topped it all off by calling Kyle another guy just like Kenny Reardon. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll belt the opposition and make them respect the Bruins&rsquo; defense.&rdquo; &#9632;

Bruins’ Once Gloomy Dressing Room Gets Shot In Arm As Kyle Takes Over In Chatter Department

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01206/1217365-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Same Rink, Same Team, But New Bosses</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02153/1217358-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="247" height="396"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Peirson</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;A year ago at this time Dick Irvin cast an outraged eye on The Hockey News &ldquo;How they&rsquo;ll finish&rdquo; poll which picked his Montreal Canadiens to finish sixth and growled, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll show &lsquo;em.&rdquo;The Canadiens did, by finishing third and making the finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs.Now Coach Lynn Patrick of the Boston Bruins is expressing vigorous disagreement with this year&rsquo;s poll, just as Irvin did a year ago.This year&rsquo;s consensus was that the Bruins will finish where the Canadiens failed to end up &mdash; in the cellar.Patrick predicts flatly that where the Bruins will finish next spring will be a long way from last place.&ldquo;So the poll has us tabbed for the cellar, has It,&rdquo; he snapped. &ldquo;Well, none of these pollsters bothered to watch us train at Hershey, so they certainly made their predictions sight unseen.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll tell you right now,&rdquo; Patrick continued, &ldquo;that this team will finish a lot closer to first place than it will to last place. We&rsquo;re a much better team than most people seem to think we are.&ldquo;The first two regular season games we played (both on the road) were the best games the Bruins have played since I&rsquo;ve been coaching here. Furthermore, the team will get better.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re a well-conditioned team,&rdquo; Patrick continued, &ldquo;but some of the players are not as well-conditioned as they will be soon. Gus Kyle and Pentti Lund, for example, have been a week or 10 days behind the rest of the squad, but they&rsquo;re catching up. We&rsquo;ll gain strength right there.&ldquo;We have better goal-tending and defensive strength than we had a year ago,&rdquo; Patrick added, &ldquo;and we&rsquo;ll have more scoring punch, too. Last year we couldn&rsquo;t seem to blend our good defensive nights with our good offensive nights. This year things will be different.&rdquo;Patrick gained moral support for his faith in the Bruins the other day from a fellow who talked just about the same a year ago.<h2>Irvin Likes Them</h2>&ldquo;The Bruins are a much improved team over last year,&rdquo; declared the outspoken Irvin. &ldquo;They have more hustle, more talent and they&rsquo;re better conditioned.&ldquo;Jim Henry has strengthened them.&rdquo; Irvin continued, &ldquo;and that big Kyle will help them a lot when he&rsquo;s in top shape. And when they get that young McIntire (Jack, out with a broken collarbone) they&rsquo;ll have another fine player.&rdquo;The Bruins spent the first couple of weeks of the season attempting to hit a winning stride, but they have given Indications that they may be more capable of winning than they were a year ago, when their profit after their first 13 games was one victory.Their new first line of Capt. Milton Schmidt, Johnny Peirson and Adam Brown was off to a good start, with a more relaxed Peirson and an extremely aggressive Brown providing efficient company for the Hart Trophy winner.Their defensive corps of Bill Quackenbush, Murray Henderson, Hal Laycoe and Kyle gave early evidence of being an effective unit, as compared to the hodgepodge crew with which Quackenbush and Henderson operated early last season.Henry&rsquo;s determination indicated that the veteran goal-tender is going to give his third major league try the full treatment &mdash; and that means everything he has.The scrappy tactics of the Bruins also hinted at the possibility that they, like their coach, had no intention of acquiescing meekly or agreeing with the preseason poll. &#9632;

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Patrick Doesn’t See His Bruins In Sixth

<div class="byline">By SYD THOMAS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01191/1217444-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="289" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">C. S. Campbell</figcaption></div>MONTREAL. Oue.&mdash;Te lot of the referee isn&rsquo;t a happy one on the ice as a rule, but at least the members of the fraternity in the National Hockey League can look forward to a secure and comfortable old age when they hang up their whistles and skates. The job of the officials, a thankless one as a rule, has taken on a much brighter hue since they have been admitted to the rights and benefits of the NHL Pensions Society, coming this year for the first time.The Tensions plan, organized by League President Clarence Campbell, has been in operation four vears now and has grown into a lusty. gold-snoon-in-mouth infant with a bank account in excess of $629,000. it was shown in the latest annual report. In fact, it has reached such an affluent state, President Campbell revealed, that the Society has been able to broaden its scope by admitting the referees and by purchasing government and insurance annuities directly for the players to assure them of their benefils when their leg muscles are charley-horsed and their sacro-iliacs are creaking with age.The men in blue-and-white can now be enrolled in the scheme on the same basis as the players, who come into the Society after two full years of service, and for a contribution of $900 annually for each full season of play. The only difference is that the puckchasers have to play a full 70 games&mdash;with allowance for time lost due to injury, illness, or standby duty&mdash;to get credit for a season. The refs, on the other hand, because theirs is a rugged, full 60-minute skating session each time out, are assessed on a season of 50 games out of the 70 in today&rsquo;s schedule, or 45 in a 60-game year, 40 in a 50-game session.The other important step taken this year by the Society was to invest its funds in annuities in the name of each player qualifying under the plan. Previously, the money had been invested in bonds and securities as the assets were being built up. Even though this money was all in gilt-edge securities, it was still subject to any fluctuations of the market, a possibility which has now been averted.The change was made possible by an agreement reached with the issuers of the annuities, guaranteeing a fixed rate of premium for the next 10 years. This means that all players presently enrolled in the plan, and others to qualify in future years, will all be covered under identical policies&mdash;according to their terms of service&mdash;on payment of the same yearly premiums, regardless of any changes in the insurance rate structure for the next decade.Players and referees can look forward to drawing a pension if as high as $150 a month for life, starting at age 60, if they have served a full 10 seasons in the NHL. This group pension plan, far more generous and at lower terms than would be available to the players on an individual basis, will give them 575 a month for life if they start collecting when they reach the age of 45, and progressively higher amounts up to the maximum if they wait a few years longer.Assets of the Society now total $629,262.01, Including $56,041 in the &ldquo;Past Service&rdquo; fund which is being built up to compensate players who were active in the years before the plan was set up. If the required sum can be built up by October 1, 1957, this fund will entitle each of these players to a credit of up to $400 for each year they played before the system of contributions started.The annual report also showed that total revenues of the Society for 1950-51 were the highest of any year to date. Higher player contributions as more came into the scheme, and nearly doubled returns on investments, more than made up for the $6,000 drop in All-Star Game receipts. &#9632;

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NHL Refs All Set For Happy Old Age Under Pension Plan

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BOSTON BRUINS 1951-52 ROSTER

<div class="byline">by Len Bramson</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04121/1217506-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="340" height="507"></div>&bull; YOU CAN TAKE THIS story for what it&rsquo;s worth. It was told to us by an oldtimer and it may have been stretched a little. It happened some 54 years ago. Back before the the turn of the century, during a game between Frontenac and Guelph being played in Kingston, Ontario.The Frontenacs were warming up their goaler, Eddie Hiscock before the game. Chick McRae took the disc and slammed it towards the goaler, who misjudged the shot. It broke Hiscock&rsquo;s nose in two But after repairs he insisted upon returning to play the game.Then, during the second half of the game the pack was deflected into the crowd by McRae whacking an old man squally between the eyes and breaking his nose.That night Eddie Hiscock and his father went home swathed in bandages but with good excuses for their freshly broken beaks.&bull; THE TORONTO MAPLE Leafs of 1933 was hockey&rsquo;s version of baseball&rsquo;s famous Gashouse Gang. With Clancy Hal Cotton, Chuck Conacher and Bus-her Jackson in their lineup nobody quite knew what might happen.During those years Cotton and Conacher roomed together on the road and Hal always had some sort of a beef for Chuck. One night during a game Cotton was in on goal all alone three-times but nobody gave him the puck.He was still boiling when he left the rink that night and on arrival in New York the next day his attitude was worse.In New York Cotton and Conacher were given a room on the 20 th floor of the hotel and Joe Primeau and Busher Jackson were directly underneath on the 19 th.It so happened that Cotton suffered from claustrophobia. High places made him jittery and he usually went to pieces when he looked out the hotel window to the ground way below.That night Jackson and Primeau settled down in their room, relaxing witli the Sunday papers. Before long there came a scream from above and it grew&rsquo; louder and louder. Both raced to the window, fearing the worst.What they saw was Hal Cotton dangling out of the window above screaming;&ldquo;Pull me in, please pull me in. Chuck. I&rsquo;ll never complain to you again. I&rsquo;ll pass to anybody you tvant, but please pull me in.&rdquo;&bull; WHEN BIG BILL DWYER owned the New York Americans he hired Tommy Gorman to manage the club. In turn he hired a club which included Rabbit McVeigh, Roy Worters and Billy Burch.One season when the Americans were training in New Haven most of the players on the club wanted a raise in pay. So, Dwyer had each player appear before him to state his reason for an increase. Sitting beside him was Gorman.When McVeigh walked in Dwyer turned to Gorman with a puzzled look on his face and asked:&ldquo;Who is this guy, does he play for us?&rdquo;&ldquo;Yup,&rdquo; replied Gorman.Quite indignant McVeigh gave an account of his stewartship.&ldquo;What&rsquo;s your name?&rdquo; asked Dwyer.&ldquo;Rabbit McVeigh, the best in the east,&rdquo; replied the diminutive player.&ldquo;Are you married?&rdquo; contined Dwyer.&ldquo;Yah, and I&rsquo;ve got two little rabbits at home. That&rsquo;s why I want the raise,&rdquo; finished Mo-Veigh and walked out. &#9632;

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Ice Chips

<div class="byline">By HERB RALEY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Eastern Hockey Lea&rsquo; gue opened its 18th season, with the honors of officially inaugurating the 1951-52 campaign going to Washington where the newly-organized Lions entertained the Boston Olympics opening night.New Haven Tomahawks, another of the four new teams In the Eastern loop, made its debut the following night against the remodeled New York Rovers on its home rink. After several seasons in the professional American League New Haven fans were treated to the fast amateur &ldquo;proving ground&rdquo; for the pay-for-play boys.Springfield, which also had been a member of the American League until this year when Eddie Shore moved his franchise to Syracuse, made its bow in the Eastern League. The Shore-sponsored club which will serve as a seasoning spot for Syracuse was host to the new Philadelphia Falcons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01205/1217537-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="569" height="573"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rover BoyLLOYD AILSBY</figcaption></div>Johnstown has put an accent on youth this winter and Wally Kilrea, a great organizer, has assembled a squad of fast-skating youngsters designed to give the Jets a crowd-pleasing as well as winning club.At New York Lloyd Ailsby, veteran pro, will be a playing coach for the Rovers. Ailsby brought 21 players to New York for his drills at Iceland Rink and optimism is high regarding the Red Shirt prospects. The Rovers always have been an Eastern League powerhouse and Ailsby confidently expects his first Rovers&rsquo; team to more than match the records of those other club.Atlantic City once again will have the league&rsquo;s leading scorer in 1950-51, George Hayes as well as its high-scoring forward line, Johnny Flynn, Stan McClellan and Mauno Kauppl plus defenseman Bill Jenkins. In goal Coach Herb Foster plans to use Dennie Mooney from last year&rsquo;s Hovers. &#9632;

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Four New Sixes Take Their Bows In Eastern Loop

<div class="byline">By JIM ELLERY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02166/1217575-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="265" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Gooden</figcaption></div>SYRACUSE. N.Y.&mdash;Professional hockey has returned to the sports loving city of Syracuse, New York, I after a lapse of ten years, with the opening game in the beautiful new Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium. The building itself, one of the most modern and stylish in the United States, is a dream come true for its sponsors and the sports minded residents of the up-state city who have long awaited an adequate arena in which to view their indoor athletic events. Dedicated to the memories of Onondaga County&rsquo;s war heroes, it is a gallant tribute to these men, and to the local people whose efforts made it possible. There is no finer place in which to witness the best in sports events than in the comfortable, well equipped and centrally located new arena.<h2>Shore Takes Over</h2>It was complete justice that the first hockey game in the new building should be under the guidance of a man who has long been known as &ldquo;Mr. Hockey&rdquo;, Eddie Shore, former star defenseman and now owner of the Syracuse franchise in the American Hockey League. Shore has been associated with the game of ice hockey so long, and is a strong part of the sport that no one would have more of a right to be connected with bringing the game back to a city where it once enjoyed great public appeal.That the good people of Syracuse want hockey was evident by the capacity attendance on opening night, with quite a few thousand more turned away because of lack of tickets. The hockey-minded fans will no doubt be making early arrangements for accommodations for future contests, to avoid being left outside as so many were for the Inaugural.Although the local fans were naturally disappointed at the final score, their local entry the Warriors falling before the Indianapolis Capitals in a hard fought overtime battle by 3-2, their enthusiasm was unbounded as they cheered every movement of their team, and hoped for many future victories which Shore has promised them by icing a top notch club. They also displayed true sportsmanship by not neglecting the visitors&rsquo; achievements, by applauding any and all fine plays made by the Indianapolis players. The fans were treated to the full course of the hockey menu, by being able to witness the thrilling spectacle of &ldquo;sudden death&rdquo; overtime in their first visit to see the Warriors. This feature of the American Hockey League which saw better than fifty percent of the circuit&rsquo;s tied games reach a definite decision last season, is one of the most popular moves of the league in years, and that it will again prove a benefit to prevent ties is evident already. The fans were on the edge of their seats with the tense, waiting expectancy which these extra sessions furnish.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03144/1217568-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="1726" height="909"><figcaption class="caption-body">Warriors&rsquo; Hunting GroundsAbove, an interior view of the new Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium at Syracuse, New York, home of the Syracuse Warriors.</figcaption></div><h2>Veteran Scores First</h2>It was quite fitting that the first goal in the new auditorium should be scored by a veteran of the league, Billy Gooden, of Syracuse, a long time AHL star who is rapidly approaching the 200 mark for life time career in goals. The first assists went to Ralph Hosking and Kelly Burnett. The tally came at 10.08 of the opening period.Enio Sclisizzi tied the contest later in the period and just before the session ended, Mike Narduzzi again put the Warriors on top. Ed Bruneteau, making a strong comeback with Indianapolis after a couple of seasons in Omaha, again deadlocked the contest with a thrilling dash while his own team was short with a man in the penalty box. This came in the second period and after a scoreless final period, rookie Alex DelVecchio hammered home the winner at 2:36 of overtime, and sent the crowd home limp after the hectic action of the entire game. No better contest could have been played for opening night, and the introduction of the game to Syracuse augurs well for many more exciting games to-come for a long time, which will have the Syracusans coming in droves to their new civic pride.Mixed up in the winning tally with an expert assist, was playing coach Ott Heller of Indianapolis, one of the truly greats of hockey, who continues to amaze the sports world with his durability after all these seasons of the rugged ice game. Ott started his twenty third year as a professional player that night, and many of his youthful players under his guidance, weren&rsquo;t even born when he entered the &ldquo;pro&rdquo; ranks back in 1929. A defense star for years, Heller now plays there as well as both wing positions and center ice. He was in the middle lane position when the winning goal came.Neither of the teams had the advantage which sometimes goes with home ice, as the Warriors as well as the visitors had never played on the local surface before, the ice only being put into the building lately, and Syracuse had not practised on it at all.The Honorable Tom Corcoran, Mayor of Syracuse, received his baptism of fire during the game when a hard shot puck flew over the dasher board and landed right near him, making the dignitary duck to avoid being hit. The well liked public official laughed at his experience.The opening ceremonies were brief but to the point, the speech makers realizing that the fans wanted hockey above all else. Eddie Shore promised a hard fighting team that would be trying all the way, and they backed him up with their efforts on opening night. &#9632;

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Syracuse Fans Approve Of Shoremen

<div class="byline">By AUBREY KEIZER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01205/1217613-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="262" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Levandoski</figcaption></div>SYDNEY, N.S.&mdash; Cape Breton hockey fans were treated to two surprises in the first two nights of the newly-formed Maritime Major Hockey League which has entries from Sydney, Halifax, Charlottetown, Moncton, Saint John and Glace Bay. In the opening game on Sydney ice the Maritime champion Millionaires. stopped by Toe Blake&rsquo;s Valleyfield Braves at the Montreal Forum in the Alexander Cup semi-finals, dropped a 4-2 decision to Moncton Hawks, led this season by Johnny Horeck, one-time pro in American Hockey League ranks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02169/1217606-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="255" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bud Poile</figcaption></div>The following night Hawks moved over to Glace Bay to meet &ldquo;Bud&rdquo; Poile&rsquo;s Miners. When the season started fans were wondering if Glace Bayand Moncton would be the &ldquo;weak sisters.&rdquo; For this writer after Poile started assembling his squad it looked as if they would have a formidable group. Miners proved that beyond doubt, coming from behind to take a 5-2 decision.Over in Charlottetown the same night that the Maritime Champions were bowing to Moncton, Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s under Wilf Field were stopping Leo Lamoureux&rsquo;s Islanders, Big Four champions, 1-0. Ottawa&rsquo;s Billy Watson shot the only goal of the three-period brawl, which produced 24 penalties, almost half of them majors.Bill Dinning is back with a lot of last year&rsquo;s stalwarts as Millionaires start, defense of the Maritime title. Three of the club, Bob Bowness, Montreal, Don Berry and Fred Hildebrand, both of New Westminster, B.C., turned pro with Pacific Coast League clubs. Bowness was the Cape Breton League scoring champion last season. New men added to the Millionaires are defensemen Joe Levandoski, Ed Marineau and Johnny Baby, all from pro ranks, and forwards Lou Hauch, Regina, &ldquo;Sam&rdquo; Kennedy, Brantford, &ldquo;Whitey&rdquo; Prokop, Hamilton, and Kent Storey from last year&rsquo;s North Sydney Victorias who is residing there.The Dinning system is as different as nigh and day from Poile&rsquo;s plan at the Bay. Dinning strings along with the veteran players and the old pros. Poile, assembling practically a new club, goes along with the boys just up out of junior ranks, along with a sprinkling of the old professionals.Regarded as one of the best shots in the National Hockey League, during his days with Toronto, Chicago, New York, Detroit and Boston, Poile fired a pair of goals in that first Glace Bay victory and was the key man on the power plays.The old pro touch to the Bay line-up is provided by Poile him-self, Hub Macey, Sheldon Bloomer, Poile&rsquo;s team-mate at Tulsa last season, and ex-Pacific Coast Leaguer, Pete Wywrot. Added to this Poile has precented some promising overage junior material. He has Dan Windley and Bob Cooper from last year&rsquo;s Toronto Junior Marlboros; John Danlo-vitch and Jim Anderson of Windsor Spitfires; Elliott &ldquo;Specs&rdquo; Chorley, Winnipeg junior scoring star last season, and goalie Bob Arneil from last year&rsquo;s Flin Flon juniors. In their first league start all the juniors showed up well.From here it looks right now as if the fans in the Maritime Major circuit won&rsquo;t need to worry about Glace Bay being a &ldquo;weak sister.&rdquo; Poile has a few more strings out and he figures that some more frontline relp will be joining his club within a short time. &#9632;

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Poile’s Miners, Mad At ‘Weak Sister’ Tag, Come Out Battling

The official schedule of the Maritime Major Hockey League, sent out from Halifax, inadvertingly omitted a full week of games, between January 21 and 26, To bring your schedule up to date, here are the missing games:<h2>JANUARY</h2>21&mdash;Halifax at Charlottetown; Sydney at Glace Bay.22&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax; Sydney at Moncton.23&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney; Moncton at St. John.24&mdash;St. John at Charlottetown; Halifax at Glace Bay.25&mdash;Glace Boy at Sydney; St. John at Moncton.26&mdash;Charlottetown at St. John; Moncton at Halifax. &#9632;

Lost Week!

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CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS 1951-52 ROSTER

<div class="byline">By IAN MacDONALD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04108/1217699-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="253" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sam Pollock</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;&ldquo;Les Canadiens sont l&agrave;&rdquo; the famed chant of National Hockey League Canadiens&rsquo; supporters seems destined to be shouted long and loud many times during the current Junior Amateur Hockey Association race. With the season just begun, the other five clubs in the 6-team circuit are already shuddering over the prospect of trying to break up this veritable powerhouse that Sam Pollock&rsquo;s junior Canadiens represent. Justifying all the rave advance notices about their prospects the club looks to be loaded with brillant material from the goal out.Most likely opposition from the Canucks will come from Jack Toupin&rsquo;s Three Rivers Reds. Although they looked ragged when Habs beat them 6-1 in the league opener at Montreal, Toupin&rsquo;s Trifluvians are usually a second-half club and can be expected to find their gait around mid-December.Pete Morin&rsquo;s Nationales could be the dark horse entry in the loop as they have looked impressive in their three starts to date, winning all of them.Quebec Citadels this year are a long way from the power laden squad they had the last two seasons but by the time coach Phil Watson gets acclimatised to his post in the old french capital the club should be a threat. Cits have lost two of last season&rsquo;s all star defensemen. Gordie Hudson and Bernie Lemonde, and they have yet to find suitable replacements.St. Jerome Eagles, have shown that they have potentially a sound fast hockey team. However, they also have already shown the inclination which lost them dozens of games last season, when they played as Verdun Lasalles, to indulge in useless roughouse.Granby Royals have shown little to be enthused over in their three games to date. In all fairness to coach Jack Belanger it has been reported that the club has had no time to practise as a team together, so far, with thirty and forty prospects dotting the practise rink. Unless there is a radical player swap shortly this cub is going to be a weak sister and will be well embedded in the loop cellar before long.With their sensational kidgoaler of last year, Charlie Hodge, now a second-year man with a lot more confidence, the Habs seem certain to have the best net-guardian in the loop. On defense, Pollock has four experienced players in Butch McKay, Pete Larocque, Ray Leacock and Bucky Hollingworth. Larocque was secured from Royals in an off season trade. He was a member of the Royals club which won the Memorial Cup in 1949.A first string line composed of experienced veteran stars, Donnie Marshall at centre, Dave McCready and Herb English on the wings, will cause any opposing goalie plenty of trouble. If coach Pollock can drive this club to the right spirit and attitude in the manner for which he is well known then there should be no stopping them.At Three Rivers, Toupin has another big squad and with holdovers such as Guy Talbot, Jean Bernaquez, last year&rsquo;s outstanding rookie performer, and Claude Germain to work with he can be sure of producing another top flight club.Nationale were expected to fall apart after losing their great one-two punch of the past two year&mdash;Bernie &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Geoffrion, now with the National League Canadiens, and Skippy Burchell &mdash; but Morin has come up with several promising youngsters from his B club.Most celebrated of the team&rsquo;s rookies is the great Maurice Richard&rsquo;s 15-year-old kid brother Henri, who patrols the right lane in high class fashion. Possessor of a blistering shot the kid has a lot of practise to put in on his skating if he hopes to stand the pace in the tiring junior grind. According to Morin, he will be a top drawner star before the season is cut. &#9632;

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Junior Habs Nightmare To Foes

<div class="byline">By STAN MOHER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01216/1217751-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="305" height="572"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL BRENNAN</figcaption></div>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;Goals came hard for the Edmonton Flyers in their first three official Pacific Coast Hockey League outings. So much that coach Frank Currie&rsquo;s gang from the Alberta capital averaged exactly one goal per game, while dropping two, of their first three starts.New Westminster Royals spoiled the debut of the Curriemen by squeezing out a 1-0 triumph, at the Edmonton Gardens. Then it was the turn of the Calgary Stampeders. Coach Tommy (Cowboy) Anderson&rsquo;s range-riders haltered the Flyers 4-1, also on Gardens ice.However, in their second clash with Calgary, Flyers cracked the win column for the first time. A pair of third period counters by rookie winger Eldor (Boom Boom) Thomas and &lsquo;Pops&rsquo; Backor, late of Indianapolis, provided a pip-squeak 2-1 triumph over the Stampeders. By way of returning the compliment, Flyers hamstrung the Cowboys in the Calgary Corral.Almost certainly better days lay just ahead. On paper the Flyers boasted anything but a powder-puff attack. But until such time as Jim (Onions) Uniac. Nels Podolskv. Colin Kilburn and more members of the sharpshooting brigade got the range, goalie Bill Brennan would have to go on on winning his games the hard way.Incidentally, Brennan had been outstanding in the early going. A stand-up puck-blocker, the 26-year-old native of Saskatoon features catlike movements and a pair of good hands. Three games hardly make a dent in a 701 game schedule. Nevertheless the feeling locally is that the Flyers will have their best goalkeeping since Al Rollins, now with Toronto Maple Leafs, sparked Edmonton to an Allan Cup victory four seasons ago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02164/1217744-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="561" height="872"><figcaption class="caption-body">Can&rsquo;t Find&hellip;COLIN KILBURN</figcaption></div>Hustle was the keynote ot the first Flyer engagements. Right down the line the Detroit farmhands checked back tenaciously. If they weren&rsquo;t scoring many goals, neither was the enemy finding the road to payoff territory any part of a smooth autobahn.Still, if a &ldquo;doctor&rdquo; were to prescribe a remedy for that Impotent Flyer attack he would probably recommend that coach Currie shoot an S.O.S. Detroit-wards, asking that a couple of center-ice cuties be dispatched this way immediately, if not sooner.There hadn&rsquo;t been much guile in evidence up front. Acquisition of a pair of sharpies &mdash; guys who could open up the play for their mates &mdash; seemed in order.Redline Ramblings: Brennan and his rival of the occasion, Lucien Dechene, staged a terrific netminding duel as New Westminster edged Flyers 1-0 as the lid went off the season. Don Slater, a little guy with a big heart, scored the lone goal of the encounter.Flyers and Calgary Stampeders staged a brawl the first time they hooked up on Gardens ice. Stamps got off with a 4-1 win, the contest featuring charging, highsticking, elbowing and a liberal application of the butt-end &hellip; Rookie pivot Eddie Joss, of the Flyers, just needs to score a goal or two to be on his way to bigger and better things. He&rsquo;s an elusive target on the attack.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03136/1217737-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="521" height="540"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hustles RoyalsJAKE FORBES</figcaption></div>New Westminster Royals, courtesy of coach Jake Forbes, looked the part of a well-drilled squad. They trade the puck around with considerable purpose and skate both ways In determined style. Royals&rsquo; winger Blinky Boyce packs a lot of color. He&rsquo;s a Mighty Mite type.Doug McCaig, Flyers&rsquo; captain, along with Calgary Stampeder defensemen Jim Bedard and Ernie Dickens, also ex-major leaguers, has bee.n having a field day dishing out crushing body checks to unwary puck carriers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04101/1217730-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="553" height="1176"><figcaption class="caption-body">&hellip;the Range!JIM UNIAC</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Brennan Keeps ’Em Out, Mates Can’t Put ’Em In

<h2>Same Coaches</h2>The six coaches in the N.H.L. this season are exactly the same as those last season. They are: Butch Bouchard (Montreal), Jack Stewart (Chicago), Sid Abel (Detroit), Ted Kennedy (Toronto), Milt Schmidt (Boston) and Frank Eddolls (New York).<h2>Two Ties</h2>In the first 14 games of the N.H.L. this season there were Just two tie games. They came last Sunday night, the 13th and 14th games of the year. Leafs and Chicago tied 1-1 in Chicago and in Boston the Hangers and Bruins tied with the same score.<h2>HOW THE RACE COES</h2>STANDING ON WED. A.M., OCT. 24<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01220/1217880-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="584" height="181"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3>Oct. 17&mdash;Boston 2 at Toronto 4Oct. 18&mdash;Rangers 2 at Canadiens 3 Detroit 6 at Chicago 1Oct. 20&mdash;Canadiens 0 at Detroit 3 Rangers 3 at Toronto 2Oct. 21&mdash;Toronto 1 at Chicago 1 Rangers 1 at Boston 1<h3>NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</h3>Oct. 22&mdash;Detroit at CanadiensOct. 24&mdash;Boston at RangersOct. 25&mdash;Canadiens at ChicagoOct. 27&mdash;Detroit at TorontoOct. 28&mdash;Canadiens at Rangers&mdash;Boston at Chicago<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02183/1217873-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="264" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tod Sloan</figcaption></div>Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens are deadlocked for first dace in the N.H.L. standings at the end of the second week of play. Both clubs have six points, although Canadiens have played one game more than the Wings. Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks are next with five points, and are in turn followed by New York Rangers and Boston Bruins with three points apiece. Every team in the League has been beaten at least once, and only three points separate the top team from the last place club.Chicagos George Gee and Montreal&rsquo;s Bert Olmstead pace the scorers with six points each. Gee has two goals and four assists, while Olmstead has one goal and five assisters. Maurice Richard, Canadiens; Tod Sloan, Toronto; Marty Pavelich, Detroit; and Elmer Lach, Canadiens, are all tied with five points apiece. Richard Is the leading goal scorer with four counters. Olmstead is tops i in assists with five.Terry Sawchuk, Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; All-Star goalkeeper, racked up his second shutout in four games on October 20, as the Wings blanked the Canadiens, 3-0. Terry has had four goals scored against him in four games, while Al Rollins, Toronto; and Jim Henry, Boston; have 11 goals against in five contests.<h3>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17</h3>Boston 2 at Toronto 4TORONTO. &mdash; The Toronto Maple Leafs scored twice in the first and third periods to whip the Boston Bruins 4-2 in a National Hockey League game before 12,627 fans.The victory sent Leafs into a threeway tie with Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks for first place in the standings.Leafs held a 2-1 lead at the end of the first period, Boston scored the only goal of the second and then Leafs counted twice in the last frame.Toronto&rsquo;s edge over the losers was terrific. Sugar Jim Henry in the Boston nets was called on for 33 saves during the game; Rollins in the Leaf nets only handled 16.The Bruins opened the scoring near the three-minute mark when Dune Fisher snared the puck from the outstretched Rollins and lifted it over him into the net.Boston penalties paved the way for the first two Leaf tallies. Sid Smitn tied the score at 7:07 during a power play while Vic Lynn was serving time. And Teeter Kennedy made it 2-1 near the period&rsquo;s end while Gus Kyle was serving his first of three penalties.Boston: Goal. Henry; defence, Quackenbush, Kvle, Kryzanowski. Laycoe, Henderson; forwards, Schmidt, Peirson, Brown, Sandford, Fisher, Ferguson, Lund, Barry, Sullivan.Toronto: Goal, Rollins: defence, Mortson, Thomson, Juzda, Flaman, Bolton; forwards, Kennedy, Sloan, Smith Bentley, Klukay, Lewlcki, Gardner, Watson, Meeker, Timgren.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03158/1217866-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="586" height="519"></div><h3>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18</h3>Detroit 6 at Chicago 1CHICAGO. &mdash; The Detroit Red Wings whipped Chicago Black Hawks 6-1 to continue the mastery over the Windy City team they exerted last season when they lost only one of 14 starts against Chicago.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Kelly, Reise, Goldham, Woit, Pronovost; forwards, Howe, Lindsay, Leswick, Pavelich, J. Wilson, Glover Abel, Prystai, Skov, L. Wilson.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Dewsbury, Martin, Raglan: forwards. Gee, Peters, Guidolln, Bentley, Mosienko, R. Conacher, Babando, J. Conacher, Bodnar, McFadden, Hucul.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04140/1217859-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="584" height="121"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05120/1217852-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="586" height="303"></div>New York 2 at Canadiens 3MONTREAL. &mdash; A goal in the third period by Dick Gamble while the Rangers were playing a man short proved to be the winner as Canadiens defeated the Broadway Blueshirts, 3-2 before a crowd of 14.233 at the Forum. The victory, the third in four starts for the Habitants, puts them all by themselves on the top rung of the league standing, as the Detroit Red Wings were taking the steam out of the Black Hawsk in Chicago.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence, Buller, Stanley, Eddolls, Evans, Kraftcheck; forwards, Laprade, Kullman, Sinclair, Ronty, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Raleigh, Slowinskl, Mickoski, Toppazzinl.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Lowe, Harvey; forwards. Lach, Richard, Olmstead, Mosdell. Couture, Gamble, Masnick, Meger, Geoffrion, Reay, Curry.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06102/1217845-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="586" height="395"></div><h3>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20</h3>Canadiens 0 at Detroit 3DETROIT. &mdash; The Detroit Red Wings gained some measure of revenge for being in the playoffs last season when they whipped the Montreal 3-0 here. It was Terry Sawchuk&rsquo;s second shutout in four games. Goals were scored by Johnny Wilson. Abel and Howe. Abel&rsquo;s goal came while Richard was sitting out a penalty for grabbing the puck. Howe got his goal under weird circumstances. He shot a low bouncing puck at Gerry McNeil from center ice. It took a funny hop and went between McNeil&rsquo;s legs for the last goal.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil: defence, Harvey, MacPherson, Bouchard, Johnson; forwards, Reay, Geoffrion, Meger, Lach, Richard, Olmstead, McCormack, Mosdell, Couture, MacKay, Curry.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuck: defence, Goldham, Kelly, Pronovost, Wolt, Zeidel: forwards, Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Prystai, Glover, Pavelich, L. Wilson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0792/1217838-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="588" height="273"></div>New York 3 at Toronto 2TORONTO. &mdash; The New York Rangers got their first N.H.L. win of the season at the expense of the Toronto Maple Leafs whipping the Stanley Cup champs 3-0 right in Maple Leaf Gardens. Toppazzlni, Sinclair and Mickoski got the Rangers&rsquo; goals with the latter scoring the winner with Just three minutes and fifteen second left to play. Juzda and Gardner got the Leafs goals.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence, Stanley, Buller, Eddolls, Evans, Kraftcheck,; forwards, Laprade, Sinclair, Kullman, Raleigh, Mickoski, Slowinskl, Ronty, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Toppazzini.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Montson, Thomson, Flaman, Juzda, Bolton; forwards, Kennedy, Smith, Sloan, Gardner, Meeker, Watson, Bentley, Klukay, Timgren, Lewicki.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0886/1217831-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="588" height="247"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0575/1217824-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="585" height="123"></div>Rangers 1 at Boston 1BOSTON. &mdash; The Boston Bruins and New York Rangers played to a 1-1 tie here. Don Raleigh and Eddie Sandford score the goals. Raleigh put the Rangers ahead at 6:40 of the middle frame and Sandford tied the score at 2:34 of the last period.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence, Evans, Eddolls, Buller, Stanley; forwards, Laprade, Kullman, Sinclair, Raleigh, Ronty, Mickoski, Toppazzini Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowinski.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Kyle, Quackenbush, Henderson, Laycoe, Kryzanowski; forwards, Schmidt, Peirson, Brown, Sandford, Fisher, Sullivan, Dumart, Lund, Barry, Ferguson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0657/1217817-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="591" height="174"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0752/1217810-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="597" height="52"></div>Toronto 1 at Chicago 1CHICAGO. &mdash; The Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks played to a 1-1 tie. Klukay put the Leafs one up at 15:19 of the first period. Jimmy Peters evended the count at 1:33 of the middle frame. The last period was scoreless.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Thomson, Mortson, Flaman, Juzda, Bolton; forwards, M. Bentley, Kullay, Timgren, Mackell, Kennedy, Meeker, Sloan, Gardner, Smith, Watson.Chicago: Goal. Lumley defence, Fogolin, Martin, Raglan, Dewsbury, Quackenbush: forwards, Gee, Peters, Guidolin, D. Bentley, Mosienko, R. Conacher, Babando, J. Conacher, Bodnar, McFadden, Hucul.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0842/1217803-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="593" height="302"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0981/1217796-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="584" height="975"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1079/1217789-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="590" height="157"></div><h3>Penalties In Minutes By Club</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1169/1217782-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="544" height="161"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1264/1217911-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="296" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption></div>Terry Sawehuk of the Detroit Red Wings easily earned himself the O&rsquo;Keefe&rsquo;s Player-Of-The-Week award this week. His play in the first four games of the season was sensational. In four games he allowed just four goals into his cage and shutout the opposition in two games.Terry started out the season with a shutout over the Boston Bruins, defeating the Bostonians 1-0. Now. shutouts come pretty easy to Sawehuk so it wasn&rsquo;t too surprising when he notched the first one of the season. In their second game the Wings were beaten by the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 and then the experts figured that his first night stand was just a lucky night. In the third game the Wings defeated the Hawks 6-1 and once again Sawehuk came close to adding another shuout with a terrific performance.Then against the Canadians In Detroit last Saturday he came up with his best game of the year. He shutout Richard and his mates while the Wings were adding three goals to their total.Sawehuk earned his shutout against the Canadiens. Once he stopped former teammate Doc Couture from a sure goal. An another occasion he robbed Richard.When Sawehuk came to the Wings from Indianapolis it was with a tag of &lsquo;sensational&rsquo; looped around his neck. But sensational or not he still had a big job ahead of him to fill Harry Lumley&rsquo;s skates and pads. The season before Lumley led his mates to the Stanley Cup with a terrific 2.35 goals average against him. Sawehuk, always an admire of the great Lumley decided that he could do even better. In 70 games he came up with the amazing average of 1.98 per game.It was the finest goaling average seen in the big time in years.Although Terry failed to win the Vezina Trophy, losing it by the skin of his teeth to Rollins and Broda, he nevertheless was the outstanding goaler in the league as well and the number one rookie. That was proven when he was chosen Rookie-of-the-Year and All-Star goaler.Apparently Sawehuk wants to make winning those awards a habit This time he hopes to suuplant the Rookie Award with the Vezina. &#9632;

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Player-of-the-week

<div class="byline">By CHARLIE HALPIN</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Frank Carlin, the astute coach of the Quebec Senior Hockey League Royals, is comparable to the little old woman in the shoe who had so many children, she didn&rsquo;t know what to do. The only difference is with Frank it&rsquo;s hockey players.Coaching the Royals for the past 14 years has had a tendency to thin the Carlin hair line. It has been some time &mdash; 1946-47 to be exact when the Royals swept aside all opposition to capture the Allan Cup&mdash;that Carlin has had such a surplus of fruitful talent as he has at his disposal this year. However, he isn&rsquo;t one to complain.The Royals look to be a formidable club on paper, with both the experience and ability to score goals. Many scribes around the popular QSHL circuit have labelled them the &ldquo;team to beat.&rdquo; Granted, they are stronger than last season, but then they would have to be. All the other teams have been bolstered, which indicates one of the best title races in a decade.We were discussing the club at a recent practice with the coach. He appeared more contented with this year&rsquo;s lot than he did with the raw-bone group of first-year players he had thrust upon him last season.He admitted he could stand another seasoned defenseman. His problem would undoubtedly be solved if bashin&rsquo; Dugger McNeil was returned to the Royals by the Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast League. McNeil, who demands a great deal of respect around the QSHL for his rugged play, is with Victoria under the lend-lease agreement for three games.Carlin has only about half his team actually selected. Touqued Jacques Plante is a fixture in goal. The six-foot Shawinigan-born netminder, who will fall heir to the goalkeeping job with the Canadians one day, is expected to have a big year.Defensemen Dollard St. Laurent and Rollie Rousseau are holdovers. Glen Harmon is down from the Canadians after a nine-year whirl in the NHL. He brings with him a wealth of experience the Royals have sorely missed since Ernie Laforce retired and Jimmy Orlando moved on to Valleyfield. The rookie rearguards are blond Wally Clune, a real body-jolter, and crew-cut George Bouchard.Only one forward line has been formulated for the season. Tod Campeau is at centre with Jacques Locas at right wing and Normie Dussault on left wing. Campeau was at Cincinnati and Dussault, like Harmon, was sent to the Royals by the Canadians. Locas, a holdover, is also a former pro.Another line that has functioned well in practice is comprised of Gerry Plamondon and Lulu Denis on the wings with Gerry Desaulniers the pivot. Plamondon comes back to the team he helped to win the Canadian title in 194647 after a checkered pro career that terminated last season at Cincinnati.Veteran Les Douglas, a smooth play-maker who racked up 100 scoring points for the Cleveland Barons in 1949-50 and won the most valuable player award in the American League, is about the only one certain of his job on the third line.The 33-year-old centre, however, probably won&rsquo;t know who&rsquo;ll be sharing his passes from game to game. Carlin has been testing holdovers Art Rose, Bob Fryday, Bobby Proctor and Lorne Davis, at Buffalo for a three-game tryout, the highly-regarded junior star Dickie Moore and Jimmy Moore, sent back to the Royals recently by Buffalo, at the wing positions. Billy Goold is the extra centre who is also striving to catch a berth.Carlin will retain all his players until December 15 when the teams are compelled to declare their 18-man roster for the season. Meanwhile, the Royals are playing for their positions and they-11 be hard to beat.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03118/1217980-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="552" height="844"><figcaption class="caption-body">Carlin&rsquo;s KeyDUGGER McNEIL</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Call Royals Team To Beat--- Almost ‘B’ Squad For NHL Habs

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01224/1217949-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="267" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Normie Dussault</figcaption></div>OTTAWA, Ont &mdash;It may be a little early yet for predictions, but from this angle, the 195152 Quebec Senior Hockey League season figures to be the hottest in the 26year history of the loop. Just take a look around the circuit. There&rsquo;s more new talent on display than you&rsquo;d find on a beach in the middle of July.Every team in the Slater family, with the possible exception of Valleyfield (and even Toe Blake isn&rsquo;t standing still) has lined up skads of new faces, and few of them them could be called rank unknowns. With the folding of the United States League, and the surplus of hockey players around, the QSHL proved to be a mighty handy loop to have around and they came from all directions.Take Bill Durnan&rsquo;s Senators, for example.Never one to do things by halves, T. P. Gorman pulled the trap door on last year&rsquo;s team, and when the dust had settled there were six of the squad left and nine newcomers in Ottawa uniforms.&ldquo;Legs&rdquo; Fraser, Emile Dagenais, Butch Stahan, Bill Robinson, Eddie Emberg, and Allan Kuntz survived the purge, while Leo Gravelie, former Hab and Detroit star, Rip Riopelle, former Canadians&rsquo; star Jack and Bruce Giesebrecht, from Minneapolis and Omaha respectively, Vic Grigg, Fritz Fraser, Gordie Hudson, Bobby Robertson and Edgar Blondin completed the list.Then there&rsquo;s Frank Carlin&rsquo;s Royals. The roaster looks like a Canadians&rsquo; old home week when you reflect on some of the names.Carlin has Tod Campeau and Gerry Plamondon back, not to mention the acquisition of veteran Glen Harmon and speedy Normie Dussault, a pair of former Habitants.Les Douglas, the Cleveland sniper, is another new addition to the Carlin clan, while players back with the team are Bob Fryday, Billy Goold, Gerry Desaulniers, Louis Denis, Art Rose, Jacques Locas and Jacques Plante.And if Dickie Moore, the good junior makes the grade, Royals will have at least six new faces.Yvan Dugre, the Sherbrooke major-domo, wasn&rsquo;t wasting any time during the off season, either. The soft spoken Dugre has lined up no less than eight new players including Nils Tremblay, last season with Ottawa, Joe Lepine, formerly with the Royals and Mohawks, Bill Kyle, Andy Sandalack, Bunny Smith, Lloyd Ferguson, Bill Wright and Bob Milne.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02161/1217942-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="270" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Murdo MacKay</figcaption></div>The Saints impressed in their first visit to the Capital recently and more will be heard from them before the season is over.Down Quebec way, things appear to be somewhat uncertain as yet in the Punch Imlach camp, but if the cagey Punch has anything to say about things, they won&rsquo;t be for long.The Aces lost Dick Gamble to the Habs this year but were promised two replacements, one of whom will likely be the flashy Murdo McKay. Then besides that, Imlach has the colorful Jean Beliveau, one of the most praised juniors in hockey history, not to mention Frank King, Canadiens&rsquo; $25,000. beauty, Claude Robert (what&rsquo;s that, Mr. Hebert?), Jackie Leclair of Ottawa, and several others.Even Don Penniston succeeded in prying loose the purse strings and picked up practically a whole new team for Shawinigan Falls.Toe Blake hasn&rsquo;t said too much of late except to remark that Royals, Ottawa and Sherbrooke appear to have Improved the most. The old Lamplighter, however, has a few new faces, including Quebec&rsquo;s Eddie Redmond, Paul Saindon, a Montreal product and, the rumors say, Ottawa&rsquo;s Larry Regna.And last but not least, Rollie Hebert&rsquo;s Chicoutime Sagueneens which tied the Aces in their first start, are reported to have another strong entry.All in ail, it looks like the hottest season in history.That&rsquo;s where we came in, wasn&rsquo;t in? &#9632;

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Fans Really Need Programs In QSHL After Summer-Long Horse Trading Mixes Clubs

<h2>Five Rookies</h2>The Hershey Bears have no fewer than five rookies in their lineup this season. The five are, Morrison, Armstrong, Toppazzini, Lebiue and Ileal Chevrefils.<h2>Former Big Leaguers</h2>The St. Louis Flyers have no fewer than five players in their lineup that played in the N.H.L. last season. They are McNab, Quackenbush, Morrison, Lundy and Steve Black.<h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>STANDINGS ON WED. A.M. OCT. 24<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01194/1218130-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="591" height="380"></div>King Clancy&rsquo;s Pittsburgh Hornets are setting a sizzling pace in the western sector of the American Hockey League. The ever-buzzing Hornets have played five games and they&rsquo;we won &lsquo;em all to give them undisputed possestrion of first place. Two points back are the revamped St. Louis Flyers with four wins and one Joss. Indianapolis Caps are next with five points, folowed by Cleveland Barons, Calder Cup champions of last season, with three points, and Cincinnati Mahawks with one point.Providence Reds are developing into a high-scorring aggregation this year. The Reds have played three games, won two, Jost one. but have scored 17 goals In the three games for an average of over five goals a game, remarkably high for so early in the season. Providence shares top place in the Eastern Division with Hershey Bears. Both teams have four points apiece. Eddie Shore&rsquo;s Syracuse sextet is tied with the Buffalo Bisons with two points apiece.Two Providence players and one from Pittsburgh are heading the individual scoring race. Ken Davies and Jack Stoddard of Providence and Rudy Migay of Pittsburgh all have three goals and six assists. Ab DeMarco, Buffalo, Pat Lundy, St. Louis; Cliff Simpson, St. Louis; and Bob Solinger, Pittsburgh; are tied with seven points each.Top goal getters are Pat Lundy Of St. Louis, Arnie Kullnian of Hershey, Steve Wochy of Cleveland and George Armstrong of Pittsburgh. This quartet of lamplighters have each potted five tallies so far this season.<h3>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17</h3>Pittsburgh 2 at Hershey 1HERSHEY. &mdash; The Pittsburgh Hornets got a 2-1 win over the Hershey Bears on a pair of tallies from the stick of Bob Solinger. Solinger put the Hornets up at 5.15 of the first period, made It 2-0 at 16.49 of the second and then held the Bears to just one goal In the final period. Rookie Gerry Toppazzini got the Bears&rsquo; solo counter. A poor crowd of 2,963 looked on.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Branlgan, Morrison, Gariepy, Schertzl, Armstrong; forwards, Mario, Brown, O&rsquo;Brien, Toppazzini, Leblne, Bettio, Creighton, Kullman, Chevrefils.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer: defence, Horton, Mather, Boivin, Backor; forwards, Migay, Barbe, Solinger, Blair, Ray Hannigan, George Armstrong, Smith, Gordie Hannigan Maloney, Hassard.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02162/1218123-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="588" height="320"></div>St. Louis 5 at Syracuse 1SYRACUSE. &mdash; The Syracuse Warriors went down to their second straight defeat at the hands of the St. Louis Flyers by a 5-1 count.A crowd of 2,500 fans looked on as the Warriors held the Flyers scoreless in the first period, yielded goals to Simpson and Lundy in the second and Simpson, Baccari and Max Quackenbush in the third.Harry Pidhirny scored the Warriors only goal in the last period.Syracuse: Goal, Bell; defence, Allen, Bergeron, Hosking, Telford; forwards, Horvath. Pidhirny, Narduzzi, Burnett, Casanato, Lemieux, Curlck, Hayden, Gooden.St. Louis: Goal. Almas; defence, Hrymnak, Nicholson, Milligan, McNab, Quackenbush; forwards, Morrison, Kelly, Sonmor, Simpson, Baccari, Hamilton, Lundy, Black, Taylor.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03143/1218116-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="587" height="446"></div>Cincinnati 1 at Buffalo 3BUFFALO. &mdash; Vern Kaiser had a hand in all three Buffalo goals as the Bisons whipped the Cincinnati Mohawks 3-1. Kaiser scored two goals and assisted on the other. His two goals came as the Mohawks were shorthanded. Denis was in the penalty box when he scored his first goal and Ivan Irwin was in the cooler when he scored his second goal in the last period. DeMarco scored the Bisons&rsquo; final goal.Don Smith got the Mohawks only goals before the 3,014 crowd.Cincinnati: Goal, Francis; defence, Landen, Egan, Irwin, Stanowski; forwards, Schwartz, Brown, Mackintosh, Smith, Harrison, O&rsquo;Connor, Denis, Webster, Dickenson, Wylie.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Long, Finkbeiner, Dick, Bloom, Roche: forwards, Pennell, Davis, Mazur, Kaiser, Warwick, Ashbee, McNabney, DeMarco, Hickey.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04108/1218109-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="583" height="448"></div><h3>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18</h3>St. Louis 3 at Providence 7PROVIDENCE. &mdash; Providence notched its first victory in the A.H.L. by defeating St. Louis Flyers 7-3 before a 2,430 crowd at the Auditorium. The Flyers previously had won been undefeated.Pete Kapusta pneed the Reds&rsquo; attack with two goals, while Stoddard contributed one and three assists. &lsquo;With Kapusta scoring 25 seconds before the stanza ended, the Reds held a 2-1 first period lead. Ken Davies and Ray Powell made it 4-1 in the second chapter.Kapusta, Stoddard and Ray Laplante delivered in the finale before Jackie Hamilton drilled two goals in 21 seconds for St. Louis, near the end.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defence, Hrymnak, Nicholson, Milligan, McNab; forwards, Morrison, Kelly, Sonmor, Simpson, Baccari, Hamilton, Lundy, Taylor, Witiuk, Finney,Providence: Goal, Perreault; defence, Morris, A. Michaluk, Lavell, McCallum: forwards, Powell, Bedard, Kapusta, Davies, Pepin, Deschenes, J. Michaluk, Stoddard, Scherza, Laplante.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0587/1218102-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="589" height="694"></div>Pittsburgh 2 at Cleveland 1CLEVELAND. &mdash; The Pittsburgh Hornets ruined Cleveland&rsquo;s A.H.L. home opener by handing the defending champion Barons their third defeat in a row 2-1.A crowd of 6,549 saw the Hornets split a 1-1 deadlock at 6:44 of the third period and then protect the slim lead until the finish for their third straight victory.Not a count was scored until Rudy Migay of Pittsburgh flipped one in at 19:41 of the second session. The Barons tied the score just 35 seconds after the last period opened on a shot by Paul Gladu.The winning goal was scored by Andy-Barbe, who intercepted a Cleveland pass a few feet in front of the cage.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Mathers, Horton. Boivin, Backor; forwards. Migay, Solinger, Barbe, Blair, R. Hannigan, Armstrong, Maloney, Hassard, G. Hannigan, Smith.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Relgle, Williams, Samis, Chrystal: forwards, Gordon, Lund, Wochy, Reid, Hildebrand, Thurier, Gladu, Perreault, Ceresino, Olson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0671/1218095-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="590" height="250"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0764/1218088-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="591" height="157"></div>Hershey 5 at Indianapolis 2INDIANAPOLIS. &mdash; Arne Kullman&rsquo;s three goals gave the Hershey Bears a 5-2 win over Indianapolis Capitals in their home openerThe Caps managed to match the Bears in the first period for a 2-2 tie, but goalie Gordon Henry closed the door after that.Silvio Bettio had an aslst on each of Kullman&rsquo;s goals and scored one for himself unassisted in the second period.Real Chevrefils put Hershey in front at 3:51 of the first stanza, but Hay tied the count at 5:59. Kullman got the lead back at 12:31, and Eddie Bruneteau matched that one.Kullman put the Bears in front to stay&rsquo; at 11:33 of the second period.Bettio&rsquo;s solo dash and Kullman&rsquo;s third-period goal just made it safer.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Bra - nlgan, Morrison, Gariepy, Schetzl; forwards, Mario, Brown, O&rsquo;Brien, Armstrong, Creighton, Kullman, Chevrefils, Toppazzini, Labine, Bettio.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence, Hay, Durham, Folk, Coflin; forwards, Delvicchio, Stasluk, Hirschfeld, O&rsquo;Grady, Scllsizzi, Reibel, Bruneteau, McKay, Giesebrecht, McComb, Jackson..<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0854/1218081-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="593" height="476"></div><h3>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20</h3>Cleveland 2 at Indianapolis 2INDIANAPOLIS. &mdash; A goal by Gordon at 5:53 of the second period tied up a game between the Cleveland Barons and Indianapolis Caps 2-2. Both teams played scoreless hockey during the third period and ten minute overtime session.The Barons took a 1-0 lead on Wochy&rsquo;s goal at 2:12 of the opening period. O&rsquo;Grady tied it up for the Caps at 8:26 of the same frame. Sclisizzi made it 2-1 for the Caps at 2:20 of the middle frame and Gordon tied the score.Referee Wat Russell handed out 13 penalties, four of which went to Caps&rsquo; defenseman Pete Durham.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Williams. Relgle, Samis. Chrystal: forwards, Gordon, Wochy, Perreault. Reid, Hildebrand, Ceresino, Lund, Thurier, Gladu, Olson.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence, Hay, Durham, Folk, Coflin; forwards, O&rsquo;Grady, McComb, SScllsizzi, Stasiuk, Delvicchio, Reibel, Bruneteau, McKay, Giesebrecht, Heller.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0950/1218074-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="592" height="76"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01196/1218067-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="608" height="462"></div>Syracuse 6 at Providence 5PROVIDENCE.&mdash;The Providence Reds whipped the Syracuse Warriors 6-5 in an A.H.L. game on a freakish long shot by Ken Davies less than three minutes before the end.Davies&rsquo; blast from 10 feet outside the Syracuse blue line headed to the left of the cage but was deflected to the right by the stick of defenseman Frank Bergeron. Goalie Bell, who had shifted to the left, was caught out of the position as the disc altered its course and went into the open right side.The Reds poured three goals by Bell in the second period, one on a penalty shot by Ray Powell.Coach Frank Boisler protested the o&rsquo;free shot&rdquo; awarded the Reds by Jefree Bob Read. Read called the shot on defenceman Don Telford for interfering with Davies on a free shot. Beisler will protest Read&rsquo;s decision to loop headquarters.Kenny Hayden scored twice and Leo Curlck and Jim Burnett once each to account tor the other Syracuse goals. Roger Bedard, Johnny Stoddard. Rene Pepin and Ray Laplante were the Providence marksmen.Syracuse, Goal, Bell: defence. Telford, Hosking, Bergeron. Allen; forwards. Curick, Hayden, Gooden, Burnett, Casanato, Lemieux, Horvath, Pidhiny, Narduzzt.Providence: Goal, Perreault; defence, McCallum, Morris, A. Michaluk, La veil; forwards, Powell, Bedard, Kapusta, Davies, Pepin, Deschenes, J. Michaliilr, Stoddard, Scherza, Laplante.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02146/1218060-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="596" height="650"></div>Pittsburgh 4 at Buffalo 2BUFFALO. &mdash; Unbeaten Pittsburgh Hornets racked up their fifth A.H.L. loop win by defeating Buffalo Bisons 4-2 before 5,191 fans.The Hornets scored three goals In the first 14 minutes. Migay tallied off a faceoff while the Bisons&rsquo; George Pargeter was in the penalty box. With the teams at even strength, Andy Barbe whipped home Mlgay&rsquo;s pass. Hannigan made it 3-0 with a long solo.The Bisona broke through Gil Mayer in the third period when Atanas knocked Pargeter&rsquo;s sliding shot into the cage. Buffalo cut farther into the Hornet margin when Vern Kaiser counted off a face off. With 20 seconds to go, the Bisons removed their goalie, Lou Crowdis. Migay beat Pargeter to a loose puck and whipped it into the open cage.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence Horton, Backor, Mathers, Ashley; forwards, Armstrong, Hassard, G.&rsquo;Hannigan, Blair, R. Hannigan, Maloney, McLellan, Barbe, Migay, Solinger.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence Currie, Long, Finkbeiner, Bloom, Roche; forwards, DeMarco, Warwick, Kaiser, Mazur, McNabney, Hickey, Pargeter, Pennell, Atanas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03116/1218053-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="602" height="530"></div>Hershey 7 at Cincinnati 1CINCINNATI. &mdash; The Hershey Bears defeated Cincinnati 7-1 before 3,745 fans to hand the Mohawks their third straight setback and their worst whipping in two seasons.Cinclnnti, which has only its opening game win In the victory column, passed wildly, usually to Hershey players, and suffered from a sieve-like defence.Bears, led by Frank Mario and Dave Creighton who each spored two goals, piled up a 5-0 margin at the final of the second period. Jerry Toppazzini, Arnie Kullman and Gerry Brown finished out the Hershey scoring. The home team&rsquo;s only tally came on a goal by Rookie Wylie in the last canto.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Branlgan, Morrison, Gariepy, Armstrong, Schertzl; forwards, Mario, Brown, O&rsquo;Brien, Labine, Creighton, Chevrefils, Toppazzinl, Kullman, Bettio.Cincinnati: Goal, Francis; defence, Irwin, Stanowski, Landen, Egan; forwards, Wylie, Denis, Dickenson, Harrison, O&rsquo;Connor, Smith, Brown, Schwartz, Mackintosh, Webster.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0495/1218046-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="597" height="626"></div><h3>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21</h3>Indianapolis 2, at Cleveland 5CLEVELAND&mdash;After losimg their first three stars of the AHL season, the defending champion Cleveland Barons registered their first win defeating Indianapolis Capitals 5-2 berofe 6,115 fans.Trailing by a 2-1 count entering the last period, the Barons poured four goals past Glenn Hall, the Capitols&rsquo; rookie goalie. Two were by Steve Wochy and on by the veteran Freddie Thurier, and the fourth by Oson.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Reigle, Williams, Samis, Chrystal forwards, Gordon, Lund, Wochy, Reid, Hildebrand, Thurier, Gladu, Ferreault, Cecesino, Olson.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence, Folk, Coflin, Durham, Hays; forwarde: Delvecchio, Hirschfled, Stasiuk, O&rsquo;Grady, Scllsizzi, Reibel, Bruneteau, McKay, Giesebrecht, McComb.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0559/1218039-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="596" height="621"></div>Hershey 2, at St. Louis 4ST. LOUIS&mdash;St. Louis Flyers pleased 10,395 onlookers by defeating Hershey Dears 4-2, in their home opener in the AHL,It was their fourth victory in five starts and kept thorn tied with Pittsburgh Hornets, who downed Cincinnati 4-2 for the Western Division leadership.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Branigan, J. Morrison, Gariepy, Schertzl, Arm-O&rsquo;Brien, Kullman, Chevrafils, Toppazzini, Labine, Bettio and Creighton.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defence, Nlcholson, MacNab, Hyrmnak, Milligan; forwards, D. Morrison, Kelly, Sonmor, Simpson, Lundy, Black, Hamilton, Baccari, Taylor, Witiuk.Referee: James Dunn. Linesmen: Leo Carbol and Ernie Trigg.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0639/1218032-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="593" height="448"></div>Buffalo 1, at Syracuse 5SYRACUSE&mdash;The Syracuse warriors chalked up theLr first American Hockey League triumph beating Buffalo Bisons 5-1 before a crowd of 5,000 fans.Bronco Horvatn scored two goals for the warriors ab they finality hit the victory trail after losses to Indianapolis and St. Louis.Syracuse: Goal Belli; defence, Tedeford, Hosking, Bergeron, Allen; forwards, Curick, Hayden, Gooden, Burnett, Casanato, Lemieux, Horvath, Pidhirny, Narduzzl.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis, defence, Bloom, Currie, Finkebeiner, Roche; forwards: McNabney, Hickey, Hagen, Pennell, Pargeter, Davis, DeMarco, Warwick, Kaiser, Mazar.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0731/1218025-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="588" height="417"></div>Cincinnati 2, at Pittsburgh 4PITTSBURGH &mdash; George Armstrong, scoring the first Hat-Trick for the Hornets this season, led Pittsburgh to a 4-2 victory over Cincinnati Mohawks before 3,898 American Hockey League fans. It was the fourth Hornet victory in as many games.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; Defence, Horton, Baokor, Mathews, Ashley; forwards, Maloney, Blaiir, R. Hannigan, Migay, Barbe, So ling er, Hassard, Armstrong, G. Hannigan, McLellan.Cincinnati: Goal, Francis; defence, Egan, Lancien, Stanowski, Barlow, Irwin; forwards: O&rsquo;Connor, Webster, D. Smith. Schwartz, Brown, Mackintosh, Wylie, Denis, Dickenson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0828/1218018-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="593" height="523"></div><h2>HOW THE RAGE GOES</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Oct. 21)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1045/1218011-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="590" height="428"></div><h3>THE LEADERS</h3>Most Goals: Pat Lundy, Arnie Kullman, Steve Wochy and George Armstrong (4).Most Assists: Ken Davies, Jack Stoddard and Rudy Migay (6).Best Goalie: Gil Mayer, Pittsburgh, 5 games, 7 goals against, 1.40 average.Most Shutout: Ralph Almas, St. Louie (1)Most Penalties, Team: Pittsburgh (83 minutes)Most Penalties: Flayer: Pete Durham, Indianapolis (21 minutes). &#9632;

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<h2>Tie Games</h2>Vancouver, which jointly holds the league record In tie game in one season with 17 are well on their way to break this record havine played three tie games their first six in the season which has just nicely got underway.<h2>Shutout</h2>To Lucien Deschene, New Westminster&rsquo;s portly goalkeeper, goes the honor of the season&rsquo;s first shutout. Lucien and his Royal teammates turned back the Edmonton Flyers 1-0 in Edmonton last week.<h2>HOW THE RACE COES</h2>STANDINGS ON MON. A.M.. OCT. 15<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01161/1218273-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="587" height="232"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3>Oct. 9 &mdash; Seattle 2 at Vancouver 2 New Wester 7 at Calgary 2Oct. 10 &mdash; Tacoma 2 at Seattle 3 New Wester 1 at Edmonton 0Oct. 11 &mdash; New Wester 1 at Saskatoon 3 Oct. 12 &mdash; Seattle 3 at Victoria 4 Tacoma 4 at Vancouver 4 Calgary 4 at Edmonton 1Oct. 13 &mdash; Vancouver 2 at Tacoma 5 Victoria 2 at New Wester 2 Calgary 6 at Saskatoon 2Oct. 14 &mdash; Vancouver 2 at Seattle 11The New Westminster Royals continue to load the league with a total of eight points in six games played. The Royals had a very successful road trip in the week, winning two of the three games played on the prairies. The Victoria Cougars are undefeated in three games having won two and tied one. Calgary, after taking a 7-1 beating at home at the hands of New Westminster took to the road and defeated both Edmonton and Saskatoon on their own ice. Vancouver and Edmonton are the only clubs that have not won a game to date &mdash; Vancouver have three tie games to their credit while the Flyers drop ped both of their two games played.The Saskatoon Quakers invade the Coast this week and have the busiest week of any club having five games to play. Tacoma, Seattle and New Westminster play three games and the other four clubs are down for two each.Ollie Dorohoy, hard working left winger of the New Westminster Royals took over first place in the Individual scoring race in the week by picking up seven points to run his total to 11 points In six games. His seven points also gained him the honor of player of the week, Six players ore tied for second place with I eeven points, indicating that the scoring race could be wide open this season. Dorohoy and Doug Adam of Tacoma lead the goal scorers with six each. Wings Johnston of Tacoma and Blinky Boyce of New Westminster lead the playmakers with six assists. Ollie Dorohoy has scored the game winning goal twice to lead this department.<h3>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9</h3>Seattle 2 at Vancouver 2VANCOUVER. &mdash; The Vancouver Canucks came roaring hack to score two goals in the final period to tie the power laden Seattle Ironmen 2-2. Goals by Hanson and Lofvendahl in that period after Seattle went ahead 2-0 netted the point. Tomluk and Jackson scored for the Ironmen. A crowd of 4,000 looked on and cheered.Vancouver: Goal, McAtee; defence, Conway, Gustavsen, Reardon, Lofvendahl; forwards, McPherson, Gordon, Berry, Popein, Unger, Shill, Bathgate, Manion, Rowe,Seattle: Goal, Little; defence, Sprout, Conn, Drainville Jackson; forwards. Homenuke, Kubasek, Bell, Fillion, Fairburn, Delmonte, Stearns, Tomluk, Silvestri, Samanski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02131/1218266-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="595" height="250"></div>New Westminster 7 at Calgary 1CALGARY. &mdash; The New Westminster Royals gave Stampeders a rough welcome to the Pacific Coast Hockey League by walloping the Cowboys, 7-1, in Calgary.Royals, paced by the Ken Ullyot-Blinky Boyce-Ollie Dorohoyline, held command throughout and were seldom threatened as Stampeders failed to get rolling.Dorohoy was top point-getter, with two goals and three assists. Don Slater, Boyce, Ullyot, Butch Houle and Bob Paul were the other New Westminster marksmen.Frank Ashworth scored Calgary&rsquo;s only goal in the second period.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defence, Forbes, Houle, Bergeron, Roberge, Paul; forwards, Ullyot, Boyce, Dorohoy, Love, Fashoway, Lavell, Gruhn, Kirk, Cabana.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03101/1218259-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="2365" height="1968"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROGER LEGER &hellip; &hellip; Victoria&rsquo;s Magician</figcaption></div>Calgary: Goal, Dertell; defence, Dickens, Wilder, Bedard, Moe, Schvetz; forwards, Thomas, Leier, Larson, Anderson, Pechet, Miller, Agar, Goodacre, Groves, play by scoring their third straight victory after an opening draw with Vancouver Canucks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0634/1218252-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="593" height="622"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10</h2>New Westminster 1, at Edmonton 0EDMONTON. &mdash; New Westminster Royals remained undefeated in P.C.H.L. Playing their fourth game in five nights the Royals spoiled the P.C.H.L. debut of the Flyers by scoring a 1-0 win before 5,000 Edmonton fans.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron; centre, Ullyot; Dorohoy, Boyce; subs.: Forbes, Slater, wings, Dorohoy, Boyce; subs.: Love, Dufault, Forbes, Slater, Fashoway, Houle, Robertson, Koch.Edmonton: Goal, Brennan; defence, McCaig, Coburn; centre, Uniac; wings, McLean, Podolsky; subs.: Kilburn, Backor, Raynak, Thomas, Joss Johnson, McLeod, Cox, Pettinger.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0730/1218245-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="582" height="283"></div>Tacoma 2 at, Seattle 3SEATTLE. &mdash; At Seattle, the Ironmen edged Tacoma Rockets 3-2 for their first league win.Walt Samanski scored early in the; third period on a play engineered by Dan Sprout to break a 2-2 tie at Seattle and the Ironmen played defensive hockey from there to protect their lead.The game, sponsored by the Seattle Junior League, drew 4,000 fans.Seattle: Goal, Little; defence, Drainville, Sprout; centre, Kubasek; wings, Bell, Fairburn; subs.: Jackson, Conn, Homenuke, Delmonte, Stearns, Tomiuk, Silvestri, Samanski.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Pratt, Godfrey; centre, Haldorsen; wings, Brown, Marquess; subs.: Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor, Bradley, Johnston, Kerr, Adam, Young MacDonald.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0818/1218238-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="593" height="104"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01169/1218231-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="600" height="238"></div><h2>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11</h2>New Westminster 1 at Saskatoon 3SASKATOON. &mdash; The Saskatoon Quakers halted the triumphant swing of the Pacific Coast Hockey League-leading New Westminster Royals through the Prairies.The Quakers outfought the Royals for a 3-1 win in their initial start of the new POHL season and stopped the New Westminster club after the Royals had gone without a loss In four starts. Prior to that the Royals had won three games and tied one.Royals led 1-0 in the first period, but Quakers made it 2-1 in the second and then scored the only goal of the third.Cy Rouse, Neil Strain and Ken Hunter were the Saskatoon scorers. Normle Kirk got the only New Westminster goal.A crowd of 3000 saw the first professional hockey game here in 19 years.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defence, Forbes, Houle, Bergeron, Roberge, Paul; forwards, Ullyot, Boyce, Dorohoy, Love, Fashoway, Lavell, Gruhn, Kirk, Cabana.Saskatoon: Goal, Worsley; defence, Heindl, Milford, Parker, Kaiser, Brklacich; forwards, McCullough, Senick, Strain, Hunter, McDougall, Rouse, Fowler, Manson, Kaleta.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02109/1218224-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="604" height="348"></div><h2>FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12</h2>Seattle 3 at Victoria 4VICTORIA. Victoria Cougars, defending Pacific Coast Hockey League champions opened their home season with a 4-3 victory over Seattle Ironmen.The teams struggled through 60 minutes of hockey on what was probably the worst ice surface in league history.The ice plant at Memorial Arena again broke down after hasty repairs managed to last long enough to freeze a thin sheet of ice and the game was played under the worst possible conditions. Concrete was showing through in many places and the ice sweated badly, resulting in a game which only resembled ahinney.Seattle had the better of the going but Jim Shirley was a standout in the Victoria nets and the Ironmen w&rsquo;ere shooting wildly at times.Victoria took a two-goal lead In the first period with Bob Frampton and Joe Medynski beating Freckles Little with backband shots.A capacity crowd of 5000 saw the delayed Victoria opener.Seattle: Goal, Little; defence, DrainVille, Sprout. Jackson. Conn; forwards, Homenuke, Kubasek, Bell, Fillion, Fairburn, Delmonte, Stearns, Tomluk, Silvestri, Samanskl.Victoria: Goal, Shirley; defence, Leger, Bouchard, Goegan. Strongman; forwards. Hebenton, Frampton, Abbott, MacIntyre, Bowness, Hildebrand, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Medynski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0369/1218217-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="598" height="454"></div>Calgary 4 at Edmonton 1EDMONTON. &mdash; At Edmonton, Calgary Stampeders broke into the win column for the first time this season when they handed Edmonton Flyers a 4-1 drubbing.The stellar netminding of Russ Derteell, called upon to handle 43 shots, figured largely in the Calgary victory.Don Anderson, Jack Miller, Bob Goodacre and Mitch Pechet accounted for the Calgary goals.Edmonton: Goal, Brennan; defence, McCalg, Coburn, Cox, Pettinger; forwards, Backor, Raynak, Podolsky, Uniac, McLean, Thomas, Joss, Johnson, McLeod.Calgary: Goal, Dertell; defence, Dickens, Wilder, Bedard, Moe, Schvetz; forwards, Thomas, Leier, Larson, Anderson, Pechet, Miller, Agar, Goodacre, Groves.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0451/1218210-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="589" height="439"></div>Tacoma 4 at Vancouver 4VANCOUVER. &mdash; The Vancouver Canucks and Tacoma Rockets played to a 4-4 draw here. Vancouver took a one goal lead in the second period before the Rockets came back to get into the game. Manson, Conway, Berry and Reardon scored for the Canucks with Adam, Johnson, Young and Kerr netting for the Rockets.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Pratt, Jones, Davidson, Brown, O&rsquo;Connor; forwards, Bradley, Johnston, Godfrey, Kerr, Marquess, Haldorsen, Adam, Young, MacDonald.Vancouver: Goal, McLelland; defence, Gustavsen, Reardon, Lofvendahl, Conway; forwards, McPherson, Gordon, Berry, Popeln, Unger, Shill, Bathgate, Manson, Rowe.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0538/1218203-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="598" height="658"></div><h2>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13</h2>Vancouver 2, at Tacoma 5TACOMA. &mdash; Vancouver Canucks still remain winless after playing five games in the new Pacific Coast Hockey League season. They failed for the fifth time in search of their first victory when they dropped a 5-2 decision to Tacoma Rockets at Tacoma.Canucks spotted Rockets a 3-0 first-period lead and a 4-0 deficit early in the second period. They made a battle of it with a pair of late second-period tallies but Rockets restored the three-goal margin on Moe Young&rsquo;s marker at the start of the final canto.Vancouver: Goal, McLelland; defence, Conway. Gustavsen. Reardon, Lofvendahl; forwards, Unger, Manson, Shill, Hunchuk, Gordon. Popein, Bathgate, Rucks, Rowe, McPherson.Tacoma: Goal. Stevenson; defence, Pratt, O&rsquo;Connor. Jones, Davidson, Brown; forwards, Godfrey, Bradley, Young, Kerr, Johnston. Marquess, Haldorsen, Adam, MacDonald.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0634/1218196-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="596" height="494"></div>Victoria 2 at New Westminster 2NEW WESTMINSTER. &mdash; The New Westminster Royals and Victoria Cougars played to a 2-2 tie here. McIntyre and Evans scored for the Cougars and Dorohoy and Ullyot netted singles for the league leading Royals.Victoria: Goal, Shirley; defence, Leger, Bouchard, Abbott; forwards, Hebenton, Frampton, McNeil, Goegan, Strongman, McIntyre, Hildebrand, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Medynski.New Westminster: Goal, Deschene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Cabana; forwards, Slater, Fashoway, Forbes, Dorohoy, Ullyot, Love, Dufault, Boyce, Paul, Houle, Robertson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0731/1218189-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="598" height="324"></div>Calgary 6 at Saskatoon 2SASKATOON. &mdash; Saskatoon Quakers were dropped from the unbeaten ranks when they lost a 6-2 decision to Calgary Stampeders before 3,000 fans at Saskatoon.Goalie Russ Dertell was again outstanding in Calgary&rsquo;s triumph as the Stampeders made it two in a row in as many nights. Cy Thomas, with two goals and two assists was the big scorer.Calgary: Goal, Dertell; defence, Dickens, Wilder, Bedard, Moe, Schvetz; forwards, Thomas, Leier, Larson, Anderson, Pechet, Miller, Agar, Goodacre, Groves.Saskatoon: Goal, Worsley; defence, Heindl, Milford, Parker, Kaiser, Brklacich; forwards, McCullough, Senick, Strain, Hunter, McDougall, Rouge, Fowler, Manson, Kaleta.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0825/1218182-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="595" height="474"></div><h2>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14</h2>Vancouver 2 at Seattle 11SEATTLE. &mdash; The Seattle Ironmen routed the Vancouver Canucks 11-2 here to run up the biggest one sided score of the young season. Defensemen Joe Conn and forwards Bill Fairburn and Stan Maxwell each scored a brace of goals in the shallacking.Vancouver: Goal, McClellan; defence, Gustavesen. Lofvendahl, Conway; forwards, McPherson, Manson, Reardon, Rozzini, Toole, Popein, Unger, Shill, Rowe, Bathgate.Seattle: Goal, Little; defence. Conn, Sprout, Drainville: forwards, Jackson, Stearns, Maxwell, Tomiuk, Fillion, Bell, Fairburn, Samanski, Homenuke, Silvestri, Kubasek.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0922/1218175-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="590" height="646"></div><h2>THE POINT PARAOE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Oct. 14)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0476/1218168-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="581" height="876"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0552/1218161-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="587" height="187"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3>Most Goals: Ollie Dorohoy, N.W.; Doug Adam, Tac. (6)Most Assists: Wingy Johnston, Tac.; Blinkv Boyce. N.W. (6)Most Winning Goals Scored: Ollie Dorohoy, N.W. (2)Most Penalties: Norm Gustavsen, Van (37 minutes). &#9632;

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01148/1218342-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WOKD KEY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02111/1218335-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="521" height="846"></div><h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Pictured Ranger player.6&mdash;Initials of Bowie, old time player now in &ldquo;Hall of Fame&rdquo;.7&mdash;Initials of Rowe of Tacoma Rockets.8&mdash;Experts say Richard has a strong one.10&mdash;Pentti Lund&rsquo;s brother.11&mdash;The (Fr.).12&mdash;Former Boston Bruin player nicknamed &ldquo;Yank&rdquo;.13&mdash;Marty Pavelich is this for a Sault Ste. Marie ball team.14&mdash;&ldquo;Murph&rdquo; Chamberlain once played amateur hockey with &mdash; Edinburghs Seniors.16&mdash;Anger.18&mdash;Initials of pictured star.19&mdash;Month in which pictured player celebrates birthday (abbr.).20&mdash;Nickname of Howard Riopelle, new member of Ottawa Senators.21&mdash;Dick Gamble once placed junior hockey with this club.24&mdash;Initials of O&rsquo;Grady of Indianapolis.25&mdash;Initials of a former Chicago coach.26&mdash;First name of Shields, ex-N.H.L. player.29&mdash;Number of games Gordie Howe participated in last season.20&mdash;&ldquo;Scotty&rdquo; Milne&rsquo;s initials.31&mdash;Initials of Chapman, former centre for N.Y. Americans.33&mdash;Number of seasons Allan Stanley played for Providence Reds.36&mdash;&ldquo;Taffy&rdquo; Abel operates one in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.37&mdash;Cerium (Sym.).<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Last season this player was a candidate for the Calder Trophy.2&mdash;&ldquo;Muzz&rdquo; Patrick turned pro with this club.3&mdash;Short for first name of Rose of Montreal Royals.4&mdash;Initials of a veteran member of the Chicago Black Hawks.5&mdash;&mdash;Name given Shero of Clevel and.7&mdash;First.name of Bentley, coach of Moose Jaw Millers last season.9&mdash;Richard ended In this position in last season&rsquo;s scoring race (abbr.).L0&mdash;Once a star defenseman for the Rangers.15&mdash;This Maple Leaf once played for Brooklyn Americans.17&mdash;Red Wing player who Is a native of Saltfleet, Ont.20&mdash;Artificial language.22&mdash;Short for given name of Kyle of Boston.23&mdash;Name given Bloemker, Indianapolis publicist.24&mdash;Most hockey players attain this.27&mdash;A den.28&mdash;Doug Toole plays for this P.C.H.L. team (abbr.).32&mdash;Calcium (Sym.).34&mdash;Initials of Cain, former N.H.L. player.35&mdash;Initials of Dickens, member of the Calgary Stampeders &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

We need two or three well experienced defensemen to round out club we think will be contender for the Allan Cup this season. The deadline is October 27th so if you are interested please state your qualifications, age, height and weight and send to:Sports Department,Sudbury Star,Sudbury, Ontario. &#9632;

Defenseman Needed

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01112/1218425-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="246" height="279"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0252/1218418-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="256" height="284"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0338/1218411-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="2607" height="1081"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0426/1218404-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="2595" height="1326"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0517/1218397-1-eng-US/f0020-052.jpg" title="f0020-05" width="2604" height="868"><figcaption class="caption-body">The opening game in Chicago between the Hawks and New York Rangers proved to be a thriller. Top picture shows Allan Stanley, looking at the puck (arrow), after Chuck Rayner had kicked it out. That&rsquo;s Gus Bodnar on the left (12) with Fogolin, Buller and Mickoski in the background. Middle picture: Pete Babando (10) goes into an Atlas pose in front of Chuck Rayner while Jim Ross and Jack Evan look on from a prostrate position. That&rsquo;s Mosienko number 8 with Slowinski looking on in the background. Bottom picture: Harry Lumley sprays on the ice as he saves on a shot by Wally Hergenshetmer laying on the ice. Player on thet left is Mosienko. (Billings Jackson Photo)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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