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November 24, 1951
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PASSING THE PUCK
HOCKEY BROUGHT $800,000 into Maple Leaf Gardens in 1950. To make this amount the Gardens spent $502,000… The $502,000 was paid out as follows: Players’ salaries, $195,000; Travelling expenses, 50,000; Promotion charges (exhibition and charity games), 40,000; Supplies, 11,000; Fall training camp, 20,000; Gardens staff for 35 home games, 56,000 … Total, $502,000. … To this must be added hockey’s share of a total of $518,600 paid out by the Gardens in federal, provincial and municipal taxes, and of depreciation charges, etc… These figures appear in an interesting article by Vince Lunny in Canadian Business Magazine called “M.L.G. A Blue Chip Off The Hockey Block”… King Clancy was greeted by many of his Cincinnati friends when he brought his buzzing Hornets into the Queen City for the first time this season.…
Milt Shouldering Big Brunt Of B’s Two Way Attack
BOSTON, Mass.— The Boston Bruins have skated on the ice this year with new lines and stylings, but their reconditioned model is still propelled by the sane faultless engine. Much of their spark is being generated by the fellow who has been supplying it for years, Capt. Milton Schmidt. Schmidt, a center and “power play” defenseman, has been playing better this season than he did a year ago. And a year ago he won the Hart Trophy, as the National League most valuable player. Offensively Schmidt has been the ringleader of a revitalized Bruins’ attack, one which has featured perseverance if not necessarily goal productivity. Defensively he has been a raging terror, with a. ceaseless harassment of the opposition liberally sprinkled with vigorous body checks. A Big Example Emotionally he has set an example which the rest…
Despite Starry Ex Pro Array, Sydney $$Men Badly Deflated
SYDNEY, N.S.— Exactly five wins and a tie in 16 starts during four weeks of play. That’s the amazing record of Sydney Millianaires, Maritime major hockey champions, as they start their fifth week of play. The collapse of Bill Dinning’s champions is even more noticeable when one finds that they only won three home games in eight tries. It’s not that Sydney hasn’t added new material. New men with the club are defensemen Joe Levandoski and Ed Marineau; forwards Laurie Peterson, Ronnie Rowe, Frank Bathgate, Sam Kennedy, “Whitey” Prokop and Earle “Skippy” Frezell. Peterson is now out with a severe flu attack, and it is hoped that when he returns he will have the scoring punch that made him second highest point-getter in the Cape Breton League last season when he played…
Hockey Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS 1—Pictured NHL goalie. 3—Zellio Toppazziui celebrates birthday in this month (abbr.). $—One of the Quebec Aces, called Frank. 7—Former center star of the Boston Bruins. 10—Member of the Ottawa Senators, nicknamed “Buddy”. 12—Bibeault once played for Leafs on a — basis. 13—Musical note. —Bob Blake was born in this country (abbr.). 15—Doug McCaig has this over other members of the Saskatoon Quakers. 17—Conjunction. 18—Pete Morin once played for this NHL team (abbr.). 19—Ott Heller coaches in this state (abbr.). 20—Intials of Liscombe, winner of Jack Fox Memorial Trophy la ly48-49. 21—Pronoun. 22—Short for first name of Munro, former NHL player. 24—Initials of Aubuchon, once 0 an NHL player. 26—Member of the Valleyfield Braves whose nickname is “Bingo”. 28—Name given N.Y. Americans goaltender in 1936-37 season. 30—Given name of Sands, former Canadien. 32—There was one for centre position on 1950-51 second All-Star team. 33—Initials of coach of Cincinnati Mohawks. DOWN 1—Rookie member of…
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