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October 11, 1952

The Hockey News October 11, 1952

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0448/945691-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Detroit Red Wings general manager Jack Adams seems to be saying &ldquo;That&rsquo;s My Boy&rdquo; as he gazes fondly at his star right winger Gordie Howe. Adams has said on many occasions that he considers Howe the greatest player he&rsquo;s ever seen.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

The Apple of Adams’ Eye

<div class="byline">By REX McLEOD</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0278/945019-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rangers four rearguards Jim Ross, Alan Stanley. Leo Reise and Hy Buller. (Rangers’ Rangy Rearguards)</figcaption></div>GUELPH, Ont&mdash;New York Rangers&rsquo; playoff hopes took on a brighter hue when the N.H.L. governors, meeting in New York, ruled that Edgar Laprade would be permitted to return to Rangers.That was the first break the New Yorkers have received since they opened their training camp here a few weeks back. Manager Frank Boucher promptly interpreted it as a good omen and he still insists that Rangers will make the playoffs.Laprade, a Ranger star for several seasons, is expected to replace Don &ldquo;Bones&rdquo; Raleigh at centre between Gaye Stewart and Eddy Slowinski. But the Port Arthur pivot flash has made it clear that he has not changed his mind about retirement.***<h2>Wrist Badly Broken</h2>He informed Boucher that he would play for Rangers only until Raleigh is able to return to the lineup. How soon that will be is difficult to say. Raleigh, whose left wrist was shattered in five or six pieces, is in New York under a specialist&rsquo;s care. He will be out for at least two months.Naturally Boucher is hoping that Laprade will become afflicted with the old fever and remain to finish the season. But, he said, no pressure will be brought to bear on Laprade. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re grateful that he has consented to help us out,&rdquo; said Boucher. &ldquo;While I think he could play in the NHL for another season or two that&rsquo;s his decision to make.&rdquo;Rangers broke camp October 7 and moved directly to Detroit to open the season with the Stanley Cup holders on October 9. That isn&rsquo;t a pleasant prospect but Boucher and coach Bill Cook figure they might as well get the unpleasant duties over with early.Cook is quite satisfied with the work of Charlie Rayner in goal and he thinks that Rangers will be as strong as any other team in the League on defense. &ldquo;But I wish we had more strength up front,&rdquo; he says soberly. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to miss Raleigh. As far as I&rsquo;m concerned he&rsquo;s one of the top four or five centremen in the League. I sure, hope that Injury doesn&rsquo;t shorten his hockey career. It. was a bad break.&rdquo;With Laprade back at least one problem has been solved for Cook. It assures him of two strong lines again, something he hasn&rsquo;t had since Raleigh&rsquo;s injury. Laprade will centre Gaye Stewart and Ed Slowinski while Paul Ronty, Wally Hergesheimer and Herb Dickenson form another threesome.Diminutive Jackie McLeod has been filling in between Stewart and Slowinskl since Raleigh&rsquo;s injury but the fast-travelling, little westerner will probably return to a utility role. McLeod has been one of Rangers&rsquo; best in training camp but Cook indicated he would be used mostly as a fill-in forward and for penalty-killing duties.It isn&rsquo;t likely that Cook will name his third line until a few days before the season opens. Eight players are being considered but Cook says his selection will be based strictly on performance in Rangers&rsquo; exhibition schedule.Still under consideration are the three juniors from last year&rsquo;s Guelph Biltmores, Andy Bathgate, Dean Prentice and Ron Murphy. Cook has been particularly impressed by aggressive play of Prentice in training.Although the majority of Guelph&rsquo;s hockey fans are on the verge of nervous prostration Cook has refused to be hurried in making a judgment on these players. Since all three have another year to go in junior the Rangers&rsquo; decision will have a great deal to do with Biltmores&rsquo; hopes of keeping the Memorial Cup.Bathgate, Prentice and Murphy were important cogs in the Biltmore machine that knocked off Regina Pats in four games last spring to win the Canadian championship. Murphy scored 21 goals in the playoffs, Prentice 20 and Bathgate 15.Naturally that kind of sniping appealed to Cook and he is determined to give the youngsters a thorough appraisal before he decides if they move up to the NHL or drop back for further seasoning. It&rsquo;s a tough decision to have to make and for that reason Cook is determined not to hurry. Meanwhile the Guelph fans, getting worked up for another season, will have to be patient.Jack Stoddard, Ed Kullman, Jim Conacher, Nick Mickoski and Neil Strain are other candidates for Rangers&rsquo; third line and the two fill-in forward positions. Mickoski was a leading Ranger scorer two years ago and he has shown signs of regaining his old time form.Defense positions are about set with Leo Reise, Hy Buller, Allan Stanley and Jim Ross assured of their jobs. Steve Kraftcheck and Jack Evans are still scrapping for the fifth defense post.Reise, who was traded to New York by Detroit, has looked particularly impressive in training and in exhibition games. The big Brantford native is determined to have a big season, if for no other reason than to make Detroit&rsquo;s action in trading him appear questionable.Cook has no perdicticns to make about the forthcoming season beyond reiterating his belief that Rangers will make the playoffs. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not a first place club by any means,&rdquo; he says frankly. &ldquo;That looks like Detroit&rsquo;s spot. But I think we&rsquo;re good enough for second or third.&rdquo; He means it too! &#9632;

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Cook Thinks His Club Needs Just Forward Strength

(Sports Editor Montreal Gazette)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01112/945112-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="263" height="383"></div><h2>Experts Pick Red Wings</h2>Ask anyone around Detroit who is going to finish on top in the NHL this year and you get the same answer &mdash; Detroit. They may be uncertain about other things, but not about that. The only pair in the congress of hockey personalities here for the All-Star game who did not agree were Frank Selke and Dick Irvin; they think Canadiens have a chance to upset the Red Wings.&ldquo;They&rsquo;re going to miss Abel,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Dick, &ldquo;they&rsquo;re going to miss him more than they think. He was a &ldquo;take charge&rdquo; guy out on that ice and there aren&rsquo;t many of that type around.&rdquo;If Jack Adams is worried over the departure of Abel, he doesn&rsquo;t show it; and neither does his coach, Tommy Ivan.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got Reg Sinclair playing in Sid&rsquo;s place between Howe and Lindsay,&rdquo; said Jack, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a kid who may turn out to be the big surprise of the season, he&rsquo;s played centre before and he Isn&rsquo;t having any trouble fitting in with the other two guys.&rdquo;If there is any worry in the camp of the Red Wings it&rsquo;s over Terry Sawchuk, their great net-minder. A year ago Jack Adams was hounding Sawchuk because he was overweight, but now the big fellow is too thin. He is down to 173 and hardly recognizable. After the playoffs last spring he had a second operation on his elbow to remove bone chips, which is given as the reason for his loss of weight.&ldquo;But he doesn&rsquo;t eat with his elbow,&rdquo; a guy objected.&ldquo;I know that,&rdquo; was the reply, &ldquo;but he was under the ether a long time for the second operation and he was sick for quite a while afterward. I talked to him a few minutes ago and he says he thinks he&rsquo;s better than he was last season. He says the loss of weight has made him faster.&rdquo;&ldquo;Better than last year?&rdquo; said the guy. &ldquo;Say, how good can you get?&rdquo;<h2>May Miss Digging Dickie</h2>Canadiens are generally favored to finish second, though there are a few around who think they may not finish that high in the standing if Dickie Moore is unable to play. In 33 games last season Digging Dickie scored 18 goals and he was being counted on to score at least 25 this season if he played the entire 70-game schedule. You don&rsquo;t pick up 25-goal men every day, either.Canadiens&rsquo; weakness is conceded to be at centre where there is no depth behind Elmer Lach, Billy Reay and Ken Mosdell all of them veterans. Dick Irvin has been pointing out that his good rookies of last year should be just that much better with a year&rsquo;s experience but he has neglected to add that his veterans will also be a year older.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s another thing he didn&rsquo;t mention, said Carl Voss, the League&rsquo;s referee-in-chief, &ldquo;and that is that the second year is the &lsquo;tell&rsquo; year in hockey. In fact, it&rsquo;s the same in every sport. The other teams know more about you and check yon a little closer and you find you just can&rsquo;t do the things you could do a year ago. There have been a lot of prize rookies who never lived up to their first year&rsquo;s promise.&rdquo;<h2>Pin Hopes On Henry</h2>But if that goes for Canadiens it also goes for the Boston Bruins, who introduced a number of promising freshmen last season. The Bruins are counting on fellows like Real Chevrefils, Leo Labine. George Sullivan and Bob Armstrong to help them move up in the standing.Some think the Bruins may furnish the Red Wings with their chief opposition, a point of view shared by Herb Ralby, who covers them for a Boston paper and is their No. 1 rooter.&ldquo;If Sugar Jim Henry has another good year like last year, we might upset the whole League,&rdquo; said Herb. &ldquo;Especially if that Godfrey kid comes through.&rdquo;That &ldquo;Godfrey kid&rdquo; is a big defence man who played for Tacoma out on the Coast last season and who has looked good so far in exhibition games. Walter Brown, president of the Bruins, was listening to the conversation. &ldquo;1&rsquo;11 be happy if we just play better than. 500 hockey,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If we win more games than we lose, we&rsquo;ll have all our old fans back.&rdquo;The hard luck New York Rangers are being picked for the cellar spot because of Edgar Laprade&rsquo;s expressed desire to withdraw from professional hockey and the Injury to Don Raleigh, their best forward. It&rsquo;s also being conceded on all sides that the Chicago Black Hawks have a good chance to finish fourth, particularly if Sid Abel is able to play.&ldquo;Even if he only gets on for the power play he&rsquo;ll help them,&rdquo; commented Carl Voss. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve had the weakest power play in the League for years.&rdquo;This may come as but it&rsquo;s also being conceded that the mighty Toronto Leafs&hellip;d finish as low as fifth. They traded off three experienced players to get Harry Lumley, released another, and will be forced to go with a number of youngster, who may or may not come through. The suggestion that the Leafs might not make the playoffs was made in front of Frank Selke and Dick Irvin, both of whom seem startled.&ldquo;Now wait a minute,&rdquo; said Frank. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve still got Kennedy.&rdquo;&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve still got him,&rdquo; said Dick with a wry smile, &ldquo;but he won&rsquo;t be playing tonight.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0279/945105-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1787" height="1376"><figcaption class="caption-body">They&rsquo;re Not Blue RangersThe New York Rangers, generally conceded last place by THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; panel of experts are out to prove them all wet. Three players who are expected to ploy a leading role in proving the &lsquo;guessperts&rsquo; wrong are left to right: Wally Herqesheimer. center Paul Ronty and Gaye Stewart, right.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Playing the Field

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0197/944988-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICKIE MOORE&hellip;I&rsquo;ll Survive</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;The kid with one of the toughest hearts and the weakest pair of knees in the National Hockey League, Dickie Moore insists that he will play this season despite stories to the contrary.Moore who as been having the same knee trouble that plagued him through most of last season has been getting regular treatment from Forum medicos. Whether he will be in the Canadiens&rsquo; starting lineup remains to be seen.Moore&rsquo;s right knee was operated on during the off season. The cartilage was removed and the operation was called a success. A short time later a small lump developed on the back of the knee and the doctors went into consultation once again. They decided against opening it up again saying rest will help him more.In the meantime Moore has been on and off the ice. Coach Irvin has gone on record as saying there is a chance that the youngster won&rsquo;t be in the lineup for quite some time and maybe not at all this year.&ldquo;The knee is okay when I&rsquo;m skating. It doesn&rsquo;t hurt too much. But when I&rsquo;m on the bench it starts to pain. I don&rsquo;t know if I&rsquo;ll be in there for the start but I&rsquo;ll be in shortly after and I&rsquo;ll be in there in the end, too,&rdquo; says Dick.Moore, who starred on a line with Richard and Lach last season has been watching his mates in action most of the time. He played in one exhibition game and looked as though he might pick up his colorful play from last season. Shortly after his knee started bothering him again.&ldquo;He begged me to put him on in one practice,&rdquo; says Coach Irvin. He said his knee was feeling good, better than ever before. He dressed and I put him out there for a few spins. His leg just went out from under him. I don&rsquo;t know what to think. He may never get going if it doesn&rsquo;t get better.&rdquo;But, despite the fact he has been sidelined with his knee trouble Moore insists he&rsquo;ll play.<h2>Canadiens Manage To Stay Free of Big Injuries in Pre-Season Exhibitions</h2>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been getting lots of ink about never being able to play again. I&rsquo;d like everybody to know that I&rsquo;m going to live and play.&rdquo;But even it Moore does bet back in shape there is a chance that he will have to work his way back on the squad. The Habs are carrying four left wingers on their club. Meger, Olmstead and Dick Gamble. Gamble has been used with Mosdell and Curry while Meger has teamed up with Geoffrion and Reay again. Moore, who worked on right wing with Lach and Olmstead when Richard was injured last season also played the left slot. But Bert Olmstead has shown such great strides in exhibition games that Moore may find it hard regaining his regular berth.The Habs, who have shown fine form in preseason exhibitions and at camp have been a little luckier than the rest of the clubs insofar as injuries go. There have been few since they opened on September 15.Richard was out for a while with a bad ankle and Bud MacPherson was sidelined for a few days with-a cold. Other than that there have been no injuries to speak of. Of news in the Habs&rsquo; camp was the signing of Defenseman Ivan Irwin to a NH1 contract. He is being retained as the sixth rearguard and there&rsquo;s a good chance he will see plenty of action before the year&rsquo;s out.The Chicago born blond was with the Cincinnati Mohawks of the American Hockey League last season. He was first tabbed as big league material by Coach King Clancy when the former NHL defenseman and referee was bench boss in the Ohio city. Clancy called Irwin a sure bet for the big league. But this is the first time Irwin has been given an opportunity to prove his former coach right.One of the roughest players In the business big Ivan has shown a liking to the tough going. It was Irwin who took the toll of Bill Ezinicki when &lsquo;Wild&rsquo; Bill was playing in Pittsburgh some time ago.As has been mentioned before, the Habs are going into the new season with virtually the same team they had last year. Close at hand, however, will be Paul Masnick and Eddie Litzenberger. The Habs will call on either one if necessary. Masnick, who has shown a tendency to be a &lsquo;playoff hero&rsquo; was also with the Cincinnati Mohawks through most of last years while Litz was playing for the Regina Junior Pats. Both are now with the Montreal Senior Royals. &#9632;

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Moore Knee Question Mark for Habs

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As He Sees It

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;If the experts pause before deciding where to place the Montreal Canadiens in the annual HOCKEY NEWS Poll, they have just cause for the Habs have crossed them up on three straight occasions.Always unpredictable, the Habs were picked for third place by the experts before the 1949-50 season opened. So what happens? The Habs, sparked by a mixture of old vets and still older vets, managed to grab off second place after the league had run its course of 70 games.How, no one will ever be able to figure out, the experts chose the aging Habitants for the cellar prior to the 1950-51 season. Possibly they figured that Maurice &lsquo;Rocket&rsquo; Richard was nearing the end of Ills trail but both the Rocket and the Habs upset the dopesters by clawing their way into the third slot in the final standings.Possibly seeking to correct their blunder of the previous season, the experts gave the Canadiens a higher rating for the 1951-52 schedule. Once again the pesky Irvinmen upset the apple-cart by climbing one notch higher into second place for the second time in three seasons.CHUCK ROUNTREE &#9632;

Habs Cross Up, Poll Experts

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The American Hockey League has shown the National Hockey League that it means business and pressure or no pressure, the contoversial no recall rule will stay in the books.This means that the flow of players from the NHL to the lower league will stop almost completely and that there is a possibility that a few of the clubs now in the AHL will have to fold.The AHL Board of governors decided to revert to their original wording of the no-recall rule after the National League moguls turned down a compromise proposal drawn up by NHL prexy Clarence Campbell and the AHL big-wigs.The compromise said in effect that an NHL team could recall a player only if said team were down below the one goaler, four defensemen. and nine forwards limit.Although they commended Campbell for his work in trying to smooth out the matter, NHL owners refused to recognize the agreement and insisted on the rule being wiped out completely.AHL officials indignantly refused to take any such action saying instead that any NHL player sent down on option to an American League affiliate must remain for the whole season and cannot be called up under any circumstances.At least two clubs will be forced to fold if their NHL teams refuse to send players to the AHL on these conditions. These are Indianapolis, formerly affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings-, and Pittsburgh, a Toronto Maple Leaf proving grounds.Indianapolis does not have a player of its own at the present time while Pittsburg fares little better for they own but three of the players on its squad.***<h2>Hornets To Stay</h2>If these two teams were to haul up stakes and fade into hockey history, the league would still be able to operate because Cleveland, Buffalo, Syracuse, Providence and Hershey have all stated that they will have sufficient players to operate without any NHL aid.Jim Balmer, business manager of the Pittsburgh Hornets, said last year&rsquo;s champions would ice a team &ndash; &ldquo;But not in violation of our prior contract with the Toronto Leafs.&rdquo;&ldquo;We have a signed contract with the Leafs made before this rule came up for adoption and we intend to keep it, &ldquo;Balmer insisted. &ldquo;Under its terms, Toronto are allowed to call up four players during the season. We&rsquo;re in the league to stay&mdash;but on reasonable terms.&rdquo;Balmer did not say just what he considered &lsquo;reasonable terms&rsquo; to be.The stand of the Pittsburgh GM was attacked by another General Manager, Jim Hendy of the Cleveland Barons who noted &ldquo;there&rsquo;s a nice $10,000 fine for anyone who thinks he can get by without abiding by the&rsquo; league&rsquo;s rules!&rdquo;Apparently Hendy was a little miffed at the Leafs for he added. &ldquo;If the Toronto Maple Leafs had a little graciousness, this whole matter could be resolved very easily. You can bet one thing though, the American Hockey League will operate as we are all set except for one or two teams who are invited to stay&mdash;on the league&rsquo;s terms.&rdquo;Hershey general manager Lloyd Blinco, who opposed adoption of the rule along with Pittsburgh and Providence spokesmen, said he approved the idea of the rule, &ldquo;but the separate clubs should have been given at least a year in which to get their business in order.&rdquo;The Hershey team was affiliated with the Boston Bruins over a 15 year span.The two teams who are unaffected by the ruling, the Providence Reds and the Cleveland Barons, have no worries at all about the impending loss of NHL players due to the. fact that both, these teams use none or very few of the players involved anyway. Both clubs are independent of NHL support and operate their own farm system in the lower minors. It was on these grounds that the Barons sought entry to, the National Hockey League at the close of last season. The Barons have almost as an extensive farm system as any team in the NHL and probably more than a few of the American teams in the senior loop. For years they have been bringing their own players up through the ranks and when a player became sufficiently groomed to be desirable to an NHL team, he was sold at a substantial profit to the club. &#9632;

AHL Owners to Stick to Guns on Recall Rule

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div>MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;A panel of 17 experts from around the National Hockey League gave the Detroit Red Wings the nod to finish the 1952-53 season in first place and the Montreal Canadians the most votes to end in second when polled by THE HOCKEY NEWS.The &lsquo;News&rsquo; asked three writers in each NHL city just how they thought the new season would end before it even started. Seventeen of the 18 asked replied. Nine put the Wings in first place and seven have called the Canadiens to top the loop. The Boston Bruins were the only other club of the six to get a first place vote and the Toronto Maple Leafs were the only team other than the Wings and Habs to get second place votes. The Leafs were called to finish in the runner-up spot by two experts.If it can be called a race then it was a two team one all the way. In points the Wings edged the Habs by four. They accumlated a total of 94 to the Canucks 90. Nine of the writers figure the Wings for first with eight for second. Not one is of the opinion that the 1951-52 NHL champs and Stanley Cup winners will finish below second.The Habs were closest to the Wings in popularity for first. No fewer than seven of the circuit&rsquo;s scribes called the 1951 rookie infested Frenchmen to end the season in first place with eight calling them for second. Two figure they will end in third but all are unanimous in their belief that the Habs will finish in the playoffs and in a spot not lower than third.The New York Rangers have been designated the bottom place on the NHL ladder with 12 experts picking them to end on the bottom of the heap. Only two writers polled them to make the playoffs and those placed them in fourth. Sid Abel&rsquo;s Chicago Black Hawks, although polled to finish out of the money in fifth have moved up a notch from last season. The &lsquo;guessperts&rsquo; can&rsquo;t see the Windy City crew ending up anything higher than fifth. The Rangers managed to total only 23 points from two fourth place votes, four fifths and 12 for the cellar spot.The Hawks, on the other hand were given two third place votes, six fourths, five fifths and four lasts. They managed 40 points.For the first time since the inception of our annual poll three years ago the Toronto Maple Leafs failed to get at least one vote for first place. They were completely ignored by the 17 guys who called them as they see them. The Leafs were also very weak in gathering any support for second with only two writers believing they will end in that spot. They gathered most of their backing from third place with nine seeing them ending up there. Four called the Toronto lads to finish in fourth place and two see them ending up on the rails in fifth. None picked them for bottom.The Boston Bruins, despite their great showing in the play offs last season were dumped back into fourth place by the scribes. Only one can see them ending up on top of the heap and not one can see them in second. Three placed them in third place and six conceded them fourth with the same number visioning them ending up in fifth. They also collected one last place vote.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0135/946553-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="290" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Ivan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0228/946546-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="293" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Irvin</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0325/946539-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="276" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Primeau</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0418/946532-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="275" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Loius Pai rick</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0514/946525-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="292" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-068/946518-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="280" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Cook</figcaption></div>So that&rsquo;s the way the experts see them. Detroit with 94 points in first followed by the Montreal Canadiens In second with 90. Toronto Maple Leafs have been placed in third with 62 points followed by the Boston Bruins with 49. The Chicago Black Hawks are in fifth with 40 points with the Rangers falling down into the last place with 23 points.Although our experts admit that they have no right to call them before the season even starts they have explained that this is purely the way they seen them on paper, taking into consideration the changes that have been made on each club. Although they may be criticised tor stepping out on the limb this early they point out that this is their opinion and if others fail to see it their way then that&rsquo;s just too bad.Some gave their reasons for picking them as they have. They see the Wings as a powerful scoring team with the best goaler in the League in their nets. Defensively they call the champs a little weaker than last season but they also remember that Howe, Lindsay, Kelly and Saw chuk, five All-Stars are back in form.The Canadiens get second billing from the scribes because they believe their five great rookies, Geoffrion, Gamble, Moore, Meger and St. Laurent are a year older with that much more experience and will be that much harder to stop.The Canadiens, of course, drey much support on their past playoff record plus the fact that they have ended in second place during the past two seasons with vastly inferior clubs than their present one. Of course the experts are basing their placing of the Habs on the ability of the five rookies to show their 1951 form immediatly. Had they been asked to place the Habs, if their youngsters don&rsquo;t come through then it probabily would have been a different story.The Toronto Maple Leafs get the nod for third place purely because it is the concesus of opinion that the other three teams are weaker than them, not vice versa. The Bruins undoubtedly would have received much higher rating had they been able to show on paper four experienced defensemen.The Leafs with Lumley in the nets are being labeled the &lsquo;question mark&rsquo; team this season. Perhaps they should get lower rating but knowing the record of Conn Smythe for coming up with a winner they have been given third place over the Bruins. The Leafs are pictured as a defensively weak club with good goaling. They are expected to show a well balanced club up front with no more than three stars and the experts point out that both the Wings and Habs are stronger on offensive play than the Leafs, at least on paper.The feeling of the experts toward the Boston Bruins is very mixed. Some believe that they are the club and others are of the opinion that they are too weak defensively to match the Leafs for third. Many point out that Sugar Jim Henry will not have another year like last and that Quackenbush and Yaycoe will not be able to carry the huge defensive lead.Offensively they picture the Bruins as a &lsquo;pretty good club&rsquo; that was inspired in the last playoffs just as the Rangers were three years ago when they whipped the Canadiens and nearly took the Cup from the Wings.While all sorts of good reports have been coming out of the Chicago camp this season the experts can&rsquo;t see them making the play offs. Perhaps most of them are leaving them out by force of habit. Some see them as a good club who are still a year away. They are a little leery of Abel&rsquo;s defense and are wondering if the forwards, who have always been great goal getters have learned to stop their opposing goal getters. They admit that the Hawks are going to be a vastly improved club but they still think they will be out when Stanley Cup playoffs time comes in.The New York Rangers, a Cinderella club not too long ago have been relegated to bottom spot almost by unanimous decision. Even with Laprade back they fail to see how the Rangers are going to make it. They sight Bones Raleigh as a big reason and the loss of Reg Sinclair as the other.While Bill Cook and Frank Boucher insist that the Rangers will be a better club the experts won&rsquo;t go along with them. They picture the Blues with a fine defense corps but weak on goal scorers. Chuck Rayner is getting the &lsquo;wait and see&rsquo; treatment from the writers but most of all they are disturbed by the Rangers&rsquo; lack of power on the front wall. &#9632;

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Wings Edge Habs for First In Expert’s Poll Hergy Hopes for Earlier Start in ’52

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The Experts Choose

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The Last Three Polls

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Crystal Gazing

<div class="byline">By REX McLEOD</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0135/944368-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Blues&rsquo; Little Big Man</figcaption></div>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;There&rsquo;s at least one little fellow in the National Hockey League who isn&rsquo;t envious of a six-foot physique and the muscles that go with it. Sure, he admits hockey is rough and tough and apparently designed for big boots but he&rsquo;s quite content with his present dimensions, thank you.The smartly-parcelled player in question is Wally Hergesheimer, the perpetual motion mite of New York Rangers. Hergy, a nickname he acquired for obvious reasons, stands a mere five foot six and he weighs a modest 151. If he dared risk a crew haircut he might knock that down to 145.But does he resent his slight stature which is scarcely adapted to today&rsquo;s shinny where the accent is mostly on brawn and where a little fellow might be spread over three counties if rammed by one of the trucks wearing NHL uniforms? &ldquo;No siree,&rdquo; he replied. &ldquo;I like it the way it is.&rdquo;&ldquo;Personally I think my size is an advantage,&rdquo; he says seriously. &ldquo;If you look at the records I think you&rsquo;ll find out that the bigger fellows get hurt more. Anyway I can always keep out of their way most of the time. Now and then I wouldn&rsquo;t mind having 30 or 40 more pounds when I&rsquo;d like to blast somebody. But in the long run being small isn&rsquo;t a handicap.&rdquo;So Hergesheimer, starting out on his second season in the NHL, isn&rsquo;t asking for any concessions because of his size. He has already proved his durability. He didn&rsquo;t miss a game in his freshman season&mdash;despite the fact that you usually find him digging industriously in those spots where the action is liveliest.As a rookie last year Hergesheimer enjoyed quite a bountiful season although you didn&rsquo;t hear too much about it because a collection of outstanding freshmen with Montreal Canadiens were monopolizing most of the sports headlines. But Hergy kept plugging away in his customary thorough fashion and succeeded in scoring 26 goals. Only Bernie Geoffrion, the Calder Trophy winner, topped that total among the rookie crop.The so-called sophomore jinx fails to instill a feeling of uneasiness in Hergesheimer, a casual, unassuming fellow who believes in worrying about each game as it comes. He doesn&rsquo;t place much, stock in jinxes or superstitions.He has been reminded many times of the second-year voodoo which has rendered many NHL first-year wonders-ineffective but he can&rsquo;t see any reason why he should be the next victim. He points out that three years seasoning in the minors gave him a certain immunity which other players, who didn&rsquo;t have the benefit of this experience, might not have had.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve heard about this sophomore jinx but I&rsquo;m not losing any sleep over it,&rdquo; Hergy said quietly. &ldquo;As a matter of fact I&rsquo;m looking forward to a much better year than I did last season. It took me awhile to get going last year. For the first 15 games I couldn&rsquo;t put the puck in the net. Once I hit my stride it was much easier. This year I have more confidence and I know I won&rsquo;t make as many mistakes. That&rsquo;s the big reason why I&rsquo;m not worrying about jinxes.&rdquo;His confidence that the second year should be more productive than the first should prove comforting to his linemate, Herb Dickenson, who also broke into the NHL last season. With the two of them operating on the same line it would be a stunning blow to Rangers if both developed second-year fever.Hergesheimer and Dickenson united with centreman Paul Ronty in mid-season last year to form one of Rangers&rsquo; most effective lines. It required them only a few days of training to get back in the groove this season and coach Bill Cook is confident that they will be his meal-ticket line in the opening weeks of the schedule. All three are in first-class condition.* * *<h2>Not Much of a Shot</h2>For a fellow that scored 26 goals in his rookie season Hergesheimer doesn&rsquo;t possess many of the characteristics that send scouts into rhapsodies of delight. Besides being on the small side he doesn&rsquo;t pack much of a shot. He admits that a hard shot is desirable but isn&rsquo;t always necessary in today&rsquo;s brand of hockey.&ldquo;I know I don&rsquo;t have a hard shot,&rdquo; he analysed. &ldquo;Perhaps that&rsquo;s the reason I don&rsquo;t shoot more often. We pass the puck around quite a bit and score most of our goals from in close. That&rsquo;s probably one of my biggest faults&mdash;passing the puck too much. Sometimes I think I should shoot more, even when I&rsquo;m trying one more pass.&rdquo;The Ronty, Hergesheimer, Dickenson line is typical of the system Rangers adopted and developed down through the years. They rely on a smooth-passing game to bewilder the opposition, especially around the opposition goal. They keep firing short passes until finally the goalie is out of position and the puck is in the net.Hergesheimer is one of the most persistent forwards in the League in burrowing around an enemy crease. Always foraging for a pass he keeps circling in front of a goal and he can squirm through the tiniest opening to pounce on a stray puck.&ldquo;Hergy is a clever hockey player,&rdquo; Frank Boucher said approvingly. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know how he does it but he zooms out of nowhere to bat that puck in the net. You seldom notice him on the ice until he scores a goal.&rdquo;This parcel of concentrated energy was born in Winnipeg 25 years ago. He learned his hockey on the outdoor rinks in that city. He moved to neighboring Brandon to play for the Elks in junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; but later returned to Winnipeg to play for the junior Rangers. Neither team won a title although while he was with Brandon they had a memorable series with Moose Jaw Canucks which went eight games before the Canucks qualified for the Memorial Cup final.Championship didn&rsquo;t prove as elusive to Hergesheimer when he turned professional with Minneapolis Millers in the United States Hockey League. The Millers won their league title and Hergy was named to the All-Star team.From Minneapolis he jumped to Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League. Although this was quite a jump for a young player it didn&rsquo;t throw Hergesheimer. He quickly developed into one of the most deadly marksmen in the league. He scored 42 goals that season&mdash;a new record for a rookie and he was also selected rookie-of-the-year.In the AHL playoffs in 1950-51 Hergy continued his uncanny sniping and he was largely instrumental in leading the Barons to an AHL championship. His scoring prowess also attracted NHL scouts and a few weeks after the season ended he was informed that he had been sold to New York Rangers.When Boucher bought the Barons&rsquo; sharpshooter he explained the transaction thusly: &ldquo;Her-gesheimer has always improved a little bit more every time he&rsquo;s been promoted. We&rsquo;re counting on that characteristic for him to be a big star with Rangers.&rdquo;***<h2>Became Dangerous Scorer</h2>Hergy didn&rsquo;t quite reach&rsquo; the heights expected of him last season but he was well on his way in the closing weeks of the schedule. Nervousness and the fact that he was shifted from line to line didn&rsquo;t help his play in the first month or so but once he got his bearings he was just as dangerous around goal as he was in the minor leagues. That&rsquo;s the main reason why he regards the coming season with such confidence.Hergesheimer didn&rsquo;t wish to risk a prediction on where Rangers might finish but he believes that they will be a much-improved team over last year. &ldquo;Leo Reise is going to be a big help to us,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think that was a smart deal. I think you&rsquo;ll see us in the playoffs next spring.&rdquo;Although Detroit Red Wings are Stanley Cup holders and probably the strongest all-round team in the NHL they don&rsquo;t inspire any fear in Hergesheimer. &ldquo;I like playing against Detroit,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;I think I scored more against them last season than I did against any other team. But Terry Sawchuk is still the toughest goalie to beat. He&rsquo;s the best.&rdquo;Hergy doesn&rsquo;t think it impossible for a player to jump from junior to the NHL but at the same time he thinks it would be wiser for a player to avail himself of minor league experience. &ldquo;The NHL is rougher and smarter but you learn a lot in the minors that you can&rsquo;t learn anywhere else,&rdquo; he said.Hergesheimer expects he will receive more attention when he cruises around an enemy goal this season but he&rsquo;s prepared for that. But he was shadowed constantly in the AHL and he still scored 42 goals in the 1950-51 season, a rookie record.But, as Frank Boucher points out, Hergesheimer has always improved a notch or two each year. So if he follows that line of progression even the elusive 30-goal circle is not out of his reach.If determination, hard work and resourceful play are the ingredients needed Hergesheimer should be one of the top goal scorers in the League. Some of those bigger fellows might hot even see him until the red light goes on. &#9632;

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Ranger Winger Confident He’ll Remedy Mistakes

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01106/944427-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div>DETROIT&mdash;The sixth annual NHL All-Star game proved for the second year in a row that changes in the structure of the game must be made if the League is to get the most out of this star-studded attraction&hellip;NHL moguls, almost to a man, agreed that the game should revert back to the way it was set up originally. That is to have the Stanley Cup winners of the previous season clash with an All-Star aggregation made up of players chosen on the All-Star team each spring and augmented by additional players picked by the All-Star coach&hellip;It was further agreed by hockey people in attendance here that the All-Star game should be played in the city of the Stanley Cup winners. It is felt that the fans in these cities would have more to get excited about if they were watching their favorites opposing the League&rsquo;s stars. A game such as this has a ready-made fan interest and would retain the interest of the spectators throughout the entire game. The only time the fans really became excited here was when Detroit All Stars were on the ice. The same situation existed in Toronto a year ago when the Maple Leafs on the All-Star teams supplied the fans with their greatest moments during the game&hellip;There were 1,500 more in attendance at this year&rsquo;s game than attended the 1950 tilt also played here&hellip;Gen. John R. Kilpatrick of New York who represents the owners on the Player&rsquo;s Pension Society, informed the 150 present at the dinner held the evening before the game, that the Player Pension Fund now is over $100,000. This year&rsquo;s All-Star dinner was one of the finest ever held. President Clarence Campbell was chairman of the dinner and speeches were kept to the barest minimum. Gen. Kilpartick, Leo Reise, player&rsquo;s representative on the Society; and Campbell, were the only speakers&hellip;Head table guests besides these three were James Norris and Jack Adams of Detroit, Frank Selke of Montreal, Walter Brown of Boston, W. J. Tobin and Bruce Norris of Chicago, Col. William MacBrien of Toronto and All-Star coaches Tommy Ivan and Dick Irvin.***DICK IRVINcame in for the most boos from the crowd when introduced at center ice by Clarence Campbell along with the All-Star players&hellip;Maurice Richard, suprisingly, drew a goodly round of cheers, which caused Campbell to comments &ldquo;I see you&rsquo;ve got some friends here, too&hellip;&rdquo; Gordie Howe, who signed the most autographs during the pre-game warmup, came in for the biggest hand of the night. Howe played a tremendous game for the First Team although still recovering from his injured leg&hellip;Terry Sawchuk played the complete game for the First Team when Charlie Rayner was injured in a Rangers&rsquo; exhibition game at Guelph&hellip;The game was 11 minutes old before one leather-lunged fan yelled. &ldquo;Get Richard!&rsquo;&rsquo;&hellip;Hockey&rsquo;s most controversial player was one of the best men on the ice and appears headed for a great season&hellip;All three goalies, Sawchuk, Henry and McNeil, played well&hellip;Red Kelly and Marty Pavelich, stood out for the Firsts as did Chicago&rsquo;s Gus Mortson.,. Sports writers and hockey broadcasters from NHL cities other than Detroit totaled 30. The press and radio boys were the recipients of leather key containers from the League&hellip;Players participating in the All-Star game received pocket-sized binoculars from the NHL&hellip;Members of the Detroit Red Wings, 1951-52 Stanley Cup and Prince of Wales Trophy winners, each received a silver tray and bowl&hellip;Fans got a laugh when Butch Bouchard roughed it up a little with Elmer Lach. The Montreal veterans acted as if they were hated enemies&hellip;Jim Thomson, as steady as they come, was the best of the Toronto players in the game&hellip;James Norris, Detroit owner, sat behind the First Team&rsquo;s bench. It was the first game Norris had seen in Detroit in a long time. He sat with. Jack Adams and Scout Johnny Mitchell. Bruce Norris, a new executive of the Black Hawks, sat behind his father.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0299/944420-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="284" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Elmer Lach</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0346/944413-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="272" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Norris</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0426/944406-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="294" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Thomson</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0522/944399-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="294" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tom Ivan</figcaption></div>***BOSTON&rsquo;Smost enthusiastic hockey writer, Herb Ralby, says the Bruins will finish this year&rsquo;s NHL season in first place six points ahead of Detroit. How loyal can you get&hellip;? Dick Irvin, one of the best needlers in hockey, asked the Toronto writers to autograph his menu at the All-Star dinner. &ldquo;To Dick from Teeder Kennedy,&rsquo;&rsquo; wrote Bob Hesketh of the Telegram &hellip; Frank Boucher feels his Rangers have the best defensive in the League.. Canadiens tried to make a deal for Gus Bodnar of Chicago but it fell flat &hellip; Boucher advised that Edgar Laprade is expected to report at Guelph this week &hellip; Don Raleigh, had an operation on his fractured wrist in New York the other day. It is feared that &ldquo;Bones&rsquo;&rsquo; will be out of the New York lineup for. eight weeks &hellip; Tommy Ivan figures that Chicago has improved 25 to 30 percent over last year. Tommy also believes Goalie Al Rollins is playing the best hockey of his career right now. &ldquo;He was great in our exhibition series with the Hawks,&rdquo; dapper Tom remarked&hellip;The top musical group of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Eddie John and his quartet, rendered excellent music throughout the All Star dinner. This group has been adopted as the Red Wings official orchestra &hellip; Art Ross and Conn Smythe missed both the dinner and game &hellip; Likeable Walter Brown had to fly back to Boston before the game took place &hellip; Gord Howe and yours truly appeared on the popular television show &ldquo;So You Know Sports,&rdquo; the day of the All-Star game, Budd Lynch was moderator and Dutch Clark, football coach at University of Detroit, and Edgar Hayes, Detroit sportswriter, rounded out the panel &hellip; James Norris beamed proudly when he was asked to pose for a picture alongside the fine trophies the Red Wings currently hold. The five trophies held by Detroit right now are Stanley Cup, Prince of Wales Trophy, Hart Trophy, Art Ross Trophy and Vezina Trophy. No other club had ever held five trophies at one time &hellip; Nothing came out of the NHL draft meeting hold the All-Star game. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By BAZ O&#x2019;MEARA(Montreal Star)</div>Detroit, Mich., Oct. 6&mdash;While you couldn&rsquo;t actually designate the All-Star game held in Detroit as a flop, it wasn&rsquo;t far off that rating. It drew a better gate than the game warranted. So now the hockey magnates will consider returning to the old system of having the Stanley Cup winners play the All Stars.Frank Selke pointed out that there was little fan enthusiasm noted. On occasions when a Detroit favorite did something to arouse their interest the Red Wing partisans became animated, but for the most part they sat on their hands.There was little to stir their ardor though they got quite a few glimpses of smart goaling. Sugar Jim Henry carried off the honors of the evening with his smart work between the pipes. Sawchuk played steadily but didn&rsquo;t have the shots to handle that were pelted at Henry and McNeil.***<h2>Habs in Action</h2>There were quite a few Canadiens in action. Harvey and Lach decorated the first team, Richard, Meger, Reay, Bouchard, Geoffrion, Curry and Mosdell were on the seconds. Richard was rolling in old time style and scored a goal. He wound the game up with a characteristic rush when he sailed through but pitched his shot wide.There were occasional flurries of brilliance but not many. The defence was too strong for the attack, due of course to the fact that when-ever possible both coaches used tandems that were used to playing together.Nobody was hurt. It would have been a shame had an accident happened in such a game. The result indicated that next year a little more competition will be in order, or the contest will fail to attract a crowd similar to the one that yawned through last night&rsquo;s presentation. &#9632;

All-Star Game May Revert To Original Plan

BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Ross Lowe, hard, hitting young defenceman with the Montreal Canadiens for the last two seasons, has been sent to the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL at his own request. The Habs agreed to the request despite the no-recall rule now in vogue in the AHL.Last season with Montreal Lowe was plagued with injuries and only managed to get into 31 games, notching 1 goal and five assists.Lowe came to the Canadiens in the deal that sent defenseman Hal Laycoe to the Boston Bruins. He was assigned to the Bisons for the 1950-51 season but was recalled by the Habs for the play-offs, and he got into four games.With six defensemen ready to go, coach Dick Irvin can spare Lowe, although Ross has showed that he has what it takes for the big time. &#9632;

Lowe Optioned To Buffalo To Bolster Bison Defense

<div class="byline">Elmer ferguson</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0617/944506-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="291" height="340"></div>&bull; THIS DEPARTMENT, ever on the alert, not to mention on the qui vive, being Argus-eyed and double-eared to glean information that might entertain, instruct, or benefit the readers, is now in a position to tell all about the forthcoming National Hockey League race, and will proceed to do so with as little loss of space as the price of newsprint designates, and with the minimum of wordage required for such an important manifesto.To make the matter clear, give credit where due. and also direct letters of agreement, scorn and abuse to the proper point, may we say that our informant and authority in this matter is none other than Mr. Richard Irvin, who can be addressed in care of the Forum, at 2313 St. Catherine st., west. Mr. Irvin, the gray sage of the frozen surfaces, will now be heard from, quoted verbatin, or reasonable facsimile of same. This, says he is what is going to happen:Canadiens will finish first in the League race. Rocket Richard will break his 50-goal record, compiled in 1944-45. The right-wing formation of Canadiens, Richard, Geoffrion and Curry, will produce 110 goals, a right-wing record. The club will finish with 227 goals, of which 10 will come from defense, 65 from left wing and 42 from centre, and with 85 points.Just as simple as that. No trouble at all. All that now remains is to go through the motions, get 32 goals more than last season, seven more points in the standing, and have the Red Wings sheared down from their 100 points of last season, when they lost only 14 games in 70.Mr. Irvin glanced around at the ring of raised eye-brows after having made the pronouncement as above, and declared with the belligerence of a wolf defending her pet cub:&ldquo;Well, what&rsquo;s wrong with that? Will anybody bet me five dollars that Richard doesn&rsquo;t break the 50-goal mark?&rdquo;This observer volunteered. &ldquo;Will somebody loan me five dollars to bet with?&rdquo; asked Mr. Irvin plaintively. &ldquo;I have just enough money to gas up my car.&rdquo; So the bet was made on the basis of verbal agreement before witnesses.&ldquo;You are making a very bad bet,&rdquo; warned Mr. Irvin. &ldquo;Richard is going like he never went since 1944. He is skating faster and has more power. They just couldn&rsquo;t stop him in those games against Syracuse and Valleyfield, and they can&rsquo;t stop him in practise. Bar injuries, he is certain to break his 50-goal mark.&rdquo;&bull; HOW DID MR. IRVIN intend to dispose of the Detroit threat to first place?&ldquo;If it hadn&rsquo;t been for Detroit,&rdquo; said Mr. Irvin morosely, &ldquo;we would have finished first last season. We beat them twice, tied them twice in the regular series, so they took 21 points out of us against six for us. That won&rsquo;t happen again. They won&rsquo;t be that lucky. And they&rsquo;ll miss some drive with Abel out of there. If,&rdquo; said Mr. Irvin mournfully, &ldquo;we had taken 12 more points out of the Wings last season, they would have had 88 points and we would have had 90.&rdquo;Finishing this study in mathematical possibilities, Mr. Irvin switched to the forthcoming race. &ldquo;Chicago will definitely be in the play-offs,&rdquo; he said.Len Bramson of the Hockey News mentioned that the early selectors for that journal were all naming Canadiens to win. &ldquo;That is bad,&rdquo; said Mr. Irvin shaking his head. &ldquo;Those experts are almost always wrong. This is a severe blow indeed to my hopes.&rdquo;Doug. Harvey dropped by, announced laconically that all was well with Canadiens now, that he had just signed his contract. &ldquo;You still have to make the team,&rdquo; said Irvin coldly, having in mind the many head-aches given him by the impish defense player last season. Irvin still harbors the thought that Doug. Harvey was deliberately trying to send him into a strait-jacket by delaying passes, or shooting these cross-wise of the nets.Resuming his discourse on Canadiens, Irvin figured 20 goals from Olmstead. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s going much better than last season.&rdquo; said Irvin. &ldquo;I figure 25 from Meger, who got off to a bad start with only three goals in his first 2 0 games and 20 from Gamble, who petered out at the end of last season through a virus infection that weakened him badly.&rdquo;Irvin thinks he&rsquo;s being conservative in figuring only 10 goals from the defense. They got more than that last year, Harvey leading with six. But, he remarked, this is another year.Please address all comments direct to Mr. Irvin. Our own waste basket is full.&bull; ART CHAPMAN, former National Hockey League player, later head-man at Buffalo, and now manager of Vancouver Canucks in the Coast League, paints a rather dismal picture of the chances for hockey continuing to be a major game in the United States cities, and Emile &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; Francis, former NHL goaler, sides with him.They were telling all this to Eric Whitehead, of the Vancouver Province. Francis, recalling his term at Cincinnati, said that only wins count with the American public, and they don&rsquo;t know good hockey when they see it. &ldquo;If we played a really terrific game and lost 1-0, we were strictly for the birds. If we played a real stinker and maybe won 9-8, we were great. They just didn&rsquo;t know good hockey when they saw it, and what amazed me was that they never did learn.&rdquo;&ldquo;Same thing in the NHL,&rdquo; Francis went on. &ldquo;Every player in the league just lives for the games in Toronto and Montreal where they know hockey for hockey&rsquo;s sake is appreciated.&rdquo;Chapman believes hockey is really retreating back to Canada. &ldquo;You see it all over. Boston, New York, Chicago, all way down in attendances. And I&rsquo;d wager right now that even Detroit, with a winning club, would be finding it tough right now if it weren&rsquo;t for the fact that Windsor, Ont., is just across the river.&rdquo;Windsor, in fact, is mentioned by Chapman as a future potential link in an enlarged NHL that will eventually, inevitably stretch from Montreal to Vancouver, and maybe Detroit&rsquo; the lone US survivor.Somebody asked Battleship Leduc which was the greater hockey player, Howie Morenz or Rocket Richard, and the Battleship made a reply that touches diplomatic heights. &ldquo;Howie,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;was the best player I ever played with, and the Rocket is the best player I never played with.&rdquo;The former Canadien, young Eddie Dorohoy, was married to a Victoria girl, Shirley Switzer. The act of entering the state of matrimony with its reputedly steadying tendencies, may have influenced wise old Lester Patrick&rsquo;s decision to make &ldquo;The Voice&rdquo; coach of his Victoria team in the Pacific Coast League&hellip; &#9632;

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THE GIST AND JEST OF IT

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Jim Hendy, general manager of the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League, a&rsquo;foreigner&rsquo; to very few, a great asset to hockey to the majority was in Montreal with his club to play an exhibition game. It was here that he announced that his Barons have resigned their sponsorship of the Aerovox Junior Bees and minor hockey in Hamilton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0157/944537-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="293" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body">jim Hendy</figcaption></div>The resignation followed an uncalled-for blast at Hendy over a situation completely manufactured by a guy who owes everything he has today to a game called hockey.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m fed up with them over there,&rdquo; said Hendy,&rdquo; so we&rsquo;re pulling out.&ldquo;During the past five seasons we&rsquo;ve spent over $20,000 in helping to foster amateur hockey in Hamilton. We had planned on spending another $5,000 this season. They used the money as they saw fit. It was mostly to buy equipment for kids and rent the ice time for Hamilton youngsters. But in view of the attitude of Hamilton&rsquo;s duly elected MPP, Arthur Child, I could not justify our continuation.&rdquo;Child last week hit the headlines by announcing that he was going to try and introduce some sort of legislation to make the NHL&rsquo;s&rsquo;C&rsquo; form illegal.He blasted Hendy as a&rsquo;foreigner&rsquo; who was standing in the way of Canadiens trying to make a living in their own country. The trouble started when the Barons were forced to suspend junior Ray Ross from Guelph last season when he failed to fulfil, a contract with the Seattle Ironmen of the Western Hockey League. Child said Ross had appealed to him for help in his case.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t say that I believe that,&rdquo; said Hendy.&ldquo;We have talked to the boy and his family and they never mentioned it to me. In fact Mrs. Ross was shocked when she read the story out of Hamilton. We have no quarrel with the boy and he has none with us. The only people they are peeved at are the Guleph Biltmore hockey club. They feel Ray was cheated last season when they released him and he lost a considerable amount of money.&ldquo;We offered the boy his outright release at camp and he refused It. He said he didn&rsquo;t want his release but would play hockey wherever we asked him to. He has signed to play with the New Haven Club in the Eastern Amateur League. And if you don&rsquo;t believe me take a look at this.&rdquo;Hendy showed us a photo static copy of a signed card by Ross with the New Haven Club. &ldquo;The boy is quite happy with us.&rdquo;Hendy, a born Canadian and one of the most respected men in hockey answered Child In no uncertain manner.&ldquo;I must say that Mr. Child Is Indeed a fortunate public official. He evidently represents a district where hospitals and schools are adequate; where the children have plenty of playgrounds; where the roads are in excellent condition and vice and gambling are non-existant. So, with nothing further of a constructive nature to do Mr. Child, who owes everything he has to &ldquo;shamateur&rdquo; hockey, and without first making sure of his facts, turns on the game that made him.&ldquo;I would suggest that this season when the kids need money for equipment and practise they telephone Mr. Child and see what part of the $5,000 he is willing to contribute,&rdquo; Hendy finished. &#9632;

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Barons Pull out of Hamilton Sponsorship After MPP Blast

<div class="byline">By IVAN MILLER</div>HAMILTON, Ont.&mdash;Sniped at for years, while starring as a hockey goaltender for teams in Canada and Great Britain&hellip;Hamilton Tigers and Wembley Lions&hellip;among other clubs, veteran Art Child has switched over completely and now, as a member of the Ontario legislature for Hamilton, he&rsquo;s in the middle of a sniping crusade with Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League.While Campbell tells Child to stop trying for cheap publicity and to let the National League and hockey get on with the job of running its own affairs, the Hamilton MPP musters new ammunition and makes ready for additional blasts to drive hockey&rsquo;s&rsquo;C&rsquo; form out of existence.In the middle of the case is Ray Ross, last year with Guelph Biltmores, of the O.H.A. junior A series. Signed to a &lsquo;C&rsquo;He didn't like the terms form by the Cleveland Barons, the youngster rebelled when asked to honour the form by playing with Seattle of the Pacific Coast League He didn&rsquo;t like the terms of the contract and his refusal to play earned him suspension, according to NHL rules, at Cleveland&rsquo;s request.Ross is back at the Cleveland camp, in Stratford. By this time he may be signed with the Barons but, in any event, President Campbell observed, several days back, that Ross &lsquo;appears to be happy With Cleveland.&rsquo;***<h2>Hendy Gets Blast</h2>Child says it&rsquo;s not right that a &lsquo;foreigner&rsquo; such as Jim Hendy, general manager of the Cleveland Barons should be able to stop a player from earning a living in his own country.Ross, according to Child, has been getting a raw deal. He has been prevented from earning a living in Canada, or elsewhere, at what he knows best. Ross apparently consulted Child, asking for help in getting squared away and the MPP asked for a public hearing, with sixteen public officials, including a university president. Child says Campbell refused to answer his letters, but the NHL prexy claims he answered everything and told him he, and not a panel of 16 outsiders, would make the decisions.&ldquo;If the boy is still unhappy and thinks he&rsquo;s getting a raw deal he&rsquo;ll get a fair hearing,&rdquo; said Campbell, &ldquo;but no outside panel is going to make any decision.&rdquo;The Hamilton member has long been outspoken against the &lsquo;C&rsquo; form, He claims that boys are signed to this before they know their own minds; that they are prevented from playing with clubs of their own choice and, that they sign themselves into virtual bond age.Child has threatened to introduce legislation that would outlaw the &lsquo;C&rsquo; form as an instrument of restraint. He&rsquo;s all for tossing the race wide open, making it possible for youngsters to pick and choose and, to throw the player market open to the highest bidder.&ldquo;Why shouldn&rsquo;t the kids be permitted to peddle their services to the highest bidder?&rdquo; he asks. Child is not discouraged by the rebuffs from the N.H.L. president.&ldquo;In intend to continue my effortst o have the C form abolished,&rdquo; he told the writer. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m for the youngsters and a chance for them to play where they like.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0247/944568-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="561" height="890"><figcaption class="caption-body">ART CHILD (Swings Into Action)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Sixteen Public Officials and Child Get Rebuff from One C.S. Campbell

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;National Hockey League President Clarence Campbell accused Art Child, a former goaler and now a member of the Ontario Legislature of trying to get &ldquo;cheap publicity&rdquo; by criticizing hockey&rsquo;s &lsquo;C&rsquo; form.Child had taken up the case of defenseman Ray Ross, formerly of the Guelph Biltmore juniors. Ross signed a C form with the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League and when the Barons exercised their option last winter and sent Ross to Seattle of the Westernern Hockey League, he refused to report and was promply suspended by Cleveland manager Jim Hendy.Child said it wasn&rsquo;t right for a &lsquo;foreigner&rsquo;, meaning Hendy, to keep a Canadian from making his living by playing hockey in Canada. He also stated that he had written several letters to President Campbell which the latter has chosen to ignore.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0336/944599-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="491" height="507"><figcaption class="caption-body">Clarence Campbell (Answers M.L.A.)</figcaption></div>In reply, Campbell said Ross is now at the Cleveland camp at Stratford, Ont., and &ldquo;seems happy.&rdquo; Should Ross sign with the Barons then the suspension will automatically be lifted.In the meantime, Campbell said. Child should &ldquo;stop trying to get cheap publicity and let the hockey men get on with their work.&rdquo; He also asserted that he had answered Child&rsquo;s letters although he did not agree with them. Specifically, he objected to the MLA&rsquo;s suggestion that a panel of 16 persons, not necessarily familiar with hockey, should decide the Ross case.Campbell said he considered himself better able to handle the situation than any 16 people not familiar with hockey. &#9632;

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Campbell Fires Double Barrel Blast at Child

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1, 1947HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY309 Empire Life Building.1434 Ste. Catherine Street West.Montreal 25, Que.Average Weekly Circulation 35,000Yearly Subscription Price $3.00 in Canada&mdash;$4.00 in U.S.A.Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa.Entered as second class mail at the Post Office in Ogdensburg, N.Y.Return all U.S. undeliverable copies under Form 3579 to the Hockey News Company 1434 Ste Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que. Printed In Canada.<h2>ARE THEY RIGHT OR ARE THEY WRONG?</h2>We ponder the same question of the American Hockey League owners in their decision to stick by their guns by disallowing major league clubs to recall players originally sent to the minors for seasoning.They are right in asking that their faithful fans be given the opportunity to watch their stars in action from season to season. They are wrong in not asking the National Hockey League governors to join them in a round-table discussion of their problem. In all probability it could be ironed out without trouble.As a medium interested primarily in the progress and growth of the game we can do little but advise both factions that the game itself can ill afford a split in its ranks right now. Indeed, at this time the game needs a lift. It should be received around that table, it will never be reached if the international hockey fraternity becomes split down the middle.The American Hockey League is tattering. It was tottering before the rule came into being. So it was instituted to return the game to a point to where it will not only be a paying proposition but appealing enough to bring back the once thousands of fans who used to enjoy watching hockey in the winter just as they do baseball in the summer and football in the fall.We would advise both sides to think before they make a move that, on the surface will do little damage immediately but may have its repercussions in the future.It isn&rsquo;t too late to get together and work out the problem to a point where both will arise from the round table and shake hands and go about making the 1952-53 season one that will bring the game back to-its feet below the border.Somebody may be sorry if they don&rsquo;t.<h2>THE ALL-STAR ISSUE</h2>The sixth annual National Hockey League All-Star game went into the books as a very dull affair. And, for the second time in as many years the question: is the first team better than the second, went unanswered. The 1-1 tie was reminiscent of the previous season when the games ended in a 2-2 stalemate.It was last season that the Governors decided to try a change in their All-Star game plan. Originally it was supposed to be the Stanley Cup champions against the All Stars. But, as would be the case in most sports the champions usually wind up as the All-Stars in which case they might just as well be playing against themselves.The big problem is to find a plan whereby there will be a fan attraction in the game. In Detroit last week the ten thousand fans had little to cheer about. The local attraction extended to the fact that Detroit had four players on the first team but that attraction was void by the very fact that Elmer Lach of Montreal was playing against his line mate Maurice Richard. There just wasn&rsquo;t the right taste to make it a real All-Star game.There is talk of going back to the original idea of pitting the Stanley Cup winners against the All-Stars. If it didn&rsquo;t before it won&rsquo;t work now.We have a suggestion which we think has merit.Have the same newspaper writers and broadcasters chosse the first and second all-star teams as they are doing now. The players will receive their bounty for making the team. But then diseregard it at All-Star time.In it&rsquo;s place pit the Stanley Cup winners as a team against a team picked from the other five clubs. The team will be chosen by the fans themselves and those who pay their way to see the game will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that they are watching something they themselves wished upon themselves. &#9632;

The Hockey News

STATEMENT of the ownership, management, etc., of THE HOCKEY NEWS, a weekly and monthly paper, published in Montreal, Que.The name of the editor is Een Bramson; managing: editor is Kenneth W. McKenzie; business manager, Will V. Cote; publisher, THE HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY, all of Montreal.The publishing company is a partnership and the partners are Kenneth W. McKenzie and Will V. Cote, both of Montreal.There are no bond holders, mortgages or other security holders.That the average number of copies of each weekly and monthly Issue of the publication sold and distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the twelve months preceding the date shown is 35,412 and 9,545 respectively.Sworn to by Will V. Cote on the 3rd. day of October 1952.My Commission is for life.IRWIN B. BEOND, Notary Public &#9632;

Statement of Ownership

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01129/944678-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>Hawks Look Better</h2>Dear Sir,I am a Chicago Black Hawk fan of long standing and after these many years of watching my stalwarts fight hard for the cellar position in the NHL, I am finally able to look forward to their doing better. The reason for my optimism is one Syd Abel, the new coach of the Hawks. in my humble opinion Syd will be the shot in the arm that the Hawks have long needed.I was well pleased with his first deal since becoming coach, that which sent Lumley to the Leafs in return for four players. Not only will Rollins be quite adequate in the Chicago nets out Gardner and Mortson are going to give the Hawks some much needed scoring and defensive power. Add to this Abel, who still has a lot of hockey left in him, and the result is far rosier looking than at any time for the last five years. C&rsquo;mon you Hawks.Sam Rosewell, Chicago, Ill.***<h2>Schoolboy Hockeyists</h2>Dear Sirs,Would you please answer a question for a paid-up subscriber to the Football New and Hockey News?It is this: What is the rule governing relations a professional club may have with a school boy, if there is any rule? Is there an age limit? Could a schoolboy be put on a negotiation list, or any other list? If so, what, and how does it work?I&rsquo;m working on a second hockey novel for boys and one of my heros has pro aspirations but I want to make sure the rules are right.Scott Young, Omemee, Ont.(No schoolboy may be approached or signed by an NHL club&rsquo;until he has reached the age of eighteen).***<h2>Good Old Days</h2>Dear Sirs,The stories in your last issue by Elmer Ferguson on the previous all-star games were most enjoyable.Being an ardent fans who has followed the game for many, many years, I remember the First game played for the benefit of Ace Bailey as if it were yesterday and the fine stories appearing in your paper helped me recall a few of the details that had slipped my memory.Let&rsquo;s have a few more articles about hockey of the &lsquo;good old days.&rsquo;J. A. Dundee, Toronto, Ont.***<h2>One and the Same</h2>Dear Sirs,I am a subscriber to your terrific paper and always read each and every word printed therein, so I think I am justified in asking a question.Could you tell me if the Gerry Couture recently acquired by the Chicago Black Hawks is the same player who formerly played for the Detroit Red Wings?I would also like to know who was the goaler for the Montreal Canadiens before Bill Durnan. A friend says that it was Bert Gardiner.Ron Morzelli, Chicago, Ill.(The Gerry &lsquo;Doc&rsquo; Couture is the same one who played for Detroit and later for Montreal. The goaler just previous to Durnan was Paul Bibeault who later went to Toronto).***<h2>Hannigan vs Hannigan</h2>Dear Sirs,I have just finished reading about the big trade between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Chicago Black Hawks which sent Ray Hannigan to the Hawks. I also noted that now he will be playing against his brother, Gordie Hannigan who is up to the Leafs from their Pittsburgh farm club. .I know both of these boys from away back and I am sure that both, will make the grade and be big assets to their respective teams. I have followed them ever since their juvenile days and know them to be very good players.How about a few stories on hockey in Northern Ontario. I am sure that the many readers of your fine paper in this district would appreciate it.H. J. Hicks. Elk Lake, Ont.***<h2>Lindsay Holds Record</h2>Dear Sirs,I wish that you would settle an argument for me. A friend of mine insists that the year Maurice Richard set his goal scoring record, Elmer Lach also set the mark for assists in one season. I contend that not Lach but Bill Cowley holds this record. Would you please tell us which of us is right?We are both readers of the Hockey and Football News.George Davidson, Niagara Falls, Ont.(You are both wrong. The record for assists (55) in one season is held by Ted Lindsay. It was set in 1949-50).***<h2>Buddy the Coach</h2>Dear Sirs,I read recently that Buddy O&rsquo;Connor has been appointed coach of the Cincinnati Mohawks.May I be the first of the many Ranger fans to wish him luck as a coach. If he&rsquo;s only half as good as a coach as he was a Ranger player, Cincinnati&rsquo;s in!John-Sayers, New York, N.Y.***<h2>Wants More Junior</h2>Dear Sirs,How about a few more stories about junior hockey in Western Canada? Out here we take our hockey seriously and everyone in town is a supporter of the teams.With such interest, we think that our leagues should be given more space in your worthy publication.Aside from the fact that we&rsquo;d like more junior stories, we think your paper is very readable.John Day George Leclaire, Winnipeg, Man.***<h2>Picks Canadiens Second</h2>Dear Sir,It is Indeed very seldom that I find anything in your wonderful paper to take issue with but a letter in the All-Star issue had my blood boiling to the point where I sat down and penned you this note. The letter in question was signed by a Richard Jacobs and he stated that the Montreal Canadiens were going to finish third. Where does he get that? Didn&rsquo;t these same Canadiens finish in second place last season? Would reader Jacobs please tell a poor uninformed soul where he figures Boston Improved so much that they can push Canadiens out of that position now that the Rocket is flying as of old?The truth of the matter is that Mr. Jacobs had better just hope that his beloved Red Wings can stop this fighting Montreal team from grabbing off the number one spot.Gaston Barre, Lachine, Que.***<h2>Liked Harvey Article</h2>Dear Sirs,May I add my congratulations to the many you must have received on the fine article by Doug Harvey in a recent issue. It is about time some of the players got a chance to talk back to some of their critics.Might I add that I think Doug fully deserves his All-Star rating. He was a tower of strength on the Canadien defence last season and should be for a number of years to come.Fred Willems, Montreal, Que.***<h2>Fans Saddened</h2>Dear Sirs,I was one of the many fans who weer deeply saddened at. the loss of our fine arena. Although the USHL folded, Tulsa remained a rabid hockey city, one of the best in the United States.Even this season a few of the local players and some ex-pros who are now living in this vicinity had planned to enter a team in a commercial league. Now they will be unable to do so due to the fire that razed our arena.Dave Dalson, Tulsa, Okla.***<h2>Where&rsquo;s Gump?</h2>Dear Sirs,Could you please tell me where Gump Worsley, who used to tend goal for the St. Paul Saints, is playing this season?I think he played for some team in the Pacific Coast League last season.Marie Samson, St. Paul, Minn.(Worsley is back with the Saskatoon Quakers of the Western Hockey League, Saskatoon is a NY Ranger farm). &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0244/944709-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="587" height="273"></div>October 15 to October 2115&mdash;McINTYRE, Jack, Victoria centre, 1926.18&mdash;GORDON, Garry Fraser, Syracuse forward, 1929. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday To You

Published Weekly, except monthly May through September. HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY, 309 Empire Life Building 1434 Ste-Catherine St. West. Mont-real, Que. Canada. Entered as second class Matter December 6, 1951, at the Post Office in Ogdensburg. N. Y.,under the act of March 3. 1879. Subscription price $3.00 in Canada, $4.00 in U.S.A. &#9632;

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><h2>Right Winger Going Better This Year Than in Past Five</h2>MONTOREAL, Que.&mdash;Probably the rashest prediction in the history of hockey was made last week when Dick Irvin predicted chat the guy who spreads the butter on the Canadiens&rsquo; bread, Maurice Richard would break his 50 goals per season record in 1952-53. The shock of such a statement came less than one day after Mons Irvin announced that he was going to be a quiet, tight lipped leader this season and was not going to make such rash statements or go out on the limb. Since he made it though, he has drawn the ire of Conn Smythe, insulted Ted Kennedy and the coaching prowess of Joe Primeau in Toronto. If this is tight lipped, then we haven&rsquo;t seen the Pigeon Man at his best.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0180/944771-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="297" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Irvin</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0259/944764-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="589" height="593"><figcaption class="caption-body">MAURICE RICHARD (On the Puck)</figcaption></div>It could be that Irvin was trying desperately to get hockey some ink in view of the football fever and world series news that has been making the headlines. But even if he was doing that he chose a rather direct method.<h2>They Always Want More</h2>Perhaps it isn&rsquo;t too preposterous to make such a statement after Richard has been in action for a month or two but to ask him for 55 goals before the season even starts is like asking for two scoops of ice cream on a nickel cone. Somebody once said of goal scoring in hockey: &rsquo;when you get 30 they want 40 and when you get 40 they want 50.&rsquo; That seems to be the case.Still it&rsquo;s nice wishing on the part of Irvin. He would be satisfied with 40 from Rocket&rsquo;s stick or even 35. The rather humorous part of the whole thing is that he&rsquo;s just as liable to get his 55 as 35.Richard has come back to the Habs in great shape.In exhibition games he virtually flew. The very fact that he was the first player on the club to sign a contract this season is an indication that he didn&rsquo;t have much bargaining to do in the front office. Although he was injured through most of 1951-52 and only connected for 27 goals Rocket was considered to have had a bad season. And even stars are on the wrong end of the stick at contract time when figures bare out the fact that &lsquo;you had a bad season.&rsquo;Rocket&rsquo;s great form at camp indicated that he was mad to a degree that he might have had to take a cut in salary this year. He is playing like he wants to get into the 50 goals a year money bracket.Richard whirled in his old form during pre-season exhibitions and capped them all off by scoring the only goal for the seconds in the 1952 NHL All-Star game which ended in a 1-1 draw.<h2>He&rsquo;s Flying</h2>Irvin, naturally is all aglow at the thought of having a fully-fledged Richard by his side this season. There was doubt during last year that the Hab Whirlwind would even start. His groin injury was no fake.That he has come back is great for the Habs. But that he has come back in such great shape is even more to be grateful for.&ldquo;Why the guy is skating better right now than he has in the past five training camps. Nobody could stop him at camp. In those exhibitions he was&rsquo; going through just like he had no opposition.&ldquo;I think he&rsquo;ll break his record this year. In fact I&rsquo;ll bet anybody five dollars right now that he will. I&rsquo;ll even predict how many goals he&rsquo;ll get: 55.&rdquo;To further augment his statement Mr. Irvin also predicted that his Canadiens will end up in first place in the NHL. race coming season, that is if they can win some games from the Detroit Red Wings.<h2>Number Thirteen Doesn&rsquo;t Bother Wee Gerry McNeil</h2>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Gerry McNeil, goalkeeper for the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL, is one guy who isn&rsquo;t superstitious. No sir, little Gerry Just shrugged and laughed when someone mentioned that maybe it was some kind of an omen his being the thirteenth Habitant to Ink a contract.&ldquo;Maybe that&rsquo;s a sign that this will be a big year for the team and for me,&rdquo; he said with a grin.Gerry doesn&rsquo;t have to depend on any omens or lucky numbers though, being one of the top goal janitors in the loop. &#9632;

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Irvin Predicts Richard Will Top 50 Goal Record by Scoring 55 in 1952-53

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Montreal Canadiens of the NHL announced the purchase of left winger Hartley McLeod from the Detroit Red Wings. It was a straight cash deal.McLeod was assigned to the Montreal Royals of the Quebec Senior Hockey League.Canadien scout Frank Currie recommended McLeod to the Hab front office with the suggestion that he was just what the Royals needed. Though hot a high scorer, he is rated a fine all-around player.McLeod formerly played for Omaha of the USHL and is 25 years old. He played his last amateur hockey for the Windsor, Ont. Hettche Spitfires. His big season for Omaha was 1949-50 when he played in all 70 games and notched 15 goals and 13 assists. He played for Edmonton last season.Royals also announced the signing of Phil Samis, acquired from the Cleveland Barons and Jimmy Moore, brother of the Canadiens&rsquo; Dick, who toiled last season for Chlcoutliai of the QSHL. &#9632;

Habs Get McLeod

<div class="byline">By JACK MORRIGAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0336/944833-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="556" height="1161"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANKIE EDDOLLS (New Cap Boss)</figcaption></div><h2>Plamondon Leaves Camp&mdash;Royals Ask For Suspension</h2>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Montreal Royals of the Quebec Senior Hockey League announced that they are seeking the suspension of forward Gerry Plamondon who left the pre-season training camp and threatened to retire from hockey. It is believed that the starry winger had differences with G.M. Frank Selke over salary.Plamondon, for many years among the more highly paid players in the Senior loop, refused the Royals&rsquo; offers and finally pulled out of the camp.It is likely that the suspension will be granted as the left winger&rsquo;s actions are contrary to the training camp regulations as set down by the CAHA.Plamondon had several whirls with the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL during his varied hockey career. He first started playing pro hockey with the Pittsburgh Hornets of the AHL, getting into four games in the 1944-45 season. The next year saw him up for a brief stay with the Habs and in 194 6 he came to the Royals. He returned to the Canadiens in 1948, getting into 27 games and notching 5 goals and 5 assists during the regular schedule. He was the sensation of the Stanley Cup playoffs that season as he racked up 5 goals and 1 assist in the 7 games he played.His last pro team before returning to the Royals was with the Cincinnati Mohawks of the AHL.<h2>Saskatoon Acquires Two Players From NY Rangers</h2>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;The Saskatoon Quakers of the Western Hockey League have announced the acquisition of defenseman Ken Barlow, who last season was with Cincinnati Mohawks of the American Hockey League.Barlow is the second newcomer to the Quakers have signed. Earlier they latched on to Freddie Brown, another ex-Mohawk of last season. A versatile player, Brown plays centre and right wing.The Quakers are a N.Y. Ranger farm club and since the Blue shirts have withdrawn their support form the Cincinnati team they have to re-assign quite a number of players.Fred (Bun) Cook, the portly Dean of American Hockey League coaches, will have three old bench rivals and four new ones to match strategy with this year.In addition to Cleveland, where Cook begins his tenth campaign, familiar faces will be directing the play in Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and Providence.New coaches, however, have taken over at St. Louis, Hershey, Indianapolis and Buffalo.Frank (Butch) Beisler, the most traveled of the A.H.L. coaches having previously Murray Henderson bossed Buffalo, Washington, New Haven and Springfield, starts his second season in Syracuse. Since his days in Buffalo, where he coached a championship club in his first year, Beisler has been the victim of below par player talent.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0434/944826-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="290" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Murray Henderson</figcaption></div>The King &ldquo;Frank Clancy&rdquo; will be shooting for his second consecutive American Leagne crown at Pittsburgh. The return, of Clancy to the A.H.L. surprised some who were sure that he was ticketed to succeed Joe Primeau in Toronto with Gentleman Joe either retiring or taking a desk job with Connie Smythe.At Providence, the Reds will again be taking orders from Terry Reardon, the youthful veteran of the league. Reardon, who is only 33 years old, will be guiding the Reds destinies for the sixth year&mdash;making him second only to Cook in service with one club.Returning to the A.H.L. where they once starred as players were Jake Forbes and Frankie Eddolls.Forbes succeeded Mud Bruneteau in St. Louis while Eddolls signed on in Ott Heller&rsquo;s old spot at Indianapolis.Forbes succeeded Mud Bruneteau in St. Louis while Eddols signed on in Ott Heller&rsquo;s old spot at Indianapolis.For both Forbes and Eddolls it marks their second coaching opportunities. Jarrin Jake made an auspicious debut last year, coaching the New Westminster Royals to the Pacific Coast (Western) regular season crown.When the Detroit Red Wings shifted their farm affiliation in the A.H.L. from Indianapolis to St. Louis, Forbes rejoined the Detroit organization, for whom he played for many years at Indianapolis and Omaha, and moved Eastward.Eddoll&rsquo;s coaching experience was limited to a few games as player-coach at Saskatoon, also of the PCHL, where he filled a breach when the New York Rangers took Bill Cook to Gotham to succeed Neil Colville.Nevertheless, Little Frank appears to have the necessary leadership qualities, having captained the Rangers for several years and always being considered a heady man on the ice.Ironically, Eddolls was ticketed to coach at Buffalo, where he was a great favorite as a player, if the Rangers didn&rsquo;t select him to take Heller&rsquo;s job.Another ex-National League defenceman&mdash;Murray Henderson&mdash;has taken over the reins of the Hershey Bears, following in the skate marks of his one-time Boston Bruin teammate, Jack Crawford.Henderson, incidentally, is a member of the famed Conacher family, being a nephew of Charley, Roy and Lionel. His connection with Hershey marks his first association with professional minor league hockey since he stepped right from the amateur ranks into the Bruins&rsquo; lineup.The last coach to be chosen before flagfall was Buffalo&rsquo;s new mentor. The sesan was less than two weeks off when he took over from General Manager Freddie Hunt, who incidentally stepped up from the coaching ranks during the summer. Hunt completed the 1951-52 season as Buffalo coach following in the wake of LeRoy (Goldy) Goldsworthy, Art Chapman (who doubled in brass as G.M. and Coach for a time), and Murph Chamberlain.<h2>Mazur And Long Optioned To Victoria Club of WCML</h2>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens of the NHL have optioned two players to Victoria Cougars of the Western Canada Hockey League on a 24-hour recall basis.The two in question are Eddie Mazur and Stan Long, both of whom played for the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL last season.Mazur is a forward and Long a bruising defenseman. They are expected to be in the line-up when Lester Patrick trots out his 1952 edition of the Cougars.<h2>Referees Ask More Loot For Western Exhibitions</h2>FLIN FLON.&mdash;The refs are on strike! They want higher wages for their toil. At least that&rsquo;s the situation in Flin Flon, Manitoba where the arbiters are asking for the same amount of money, $15, for both exhibition games and regularily scheduled contests.Uu to now they&rsquo;ve only been receiving $10 for the exhibition games.But the hockey club officials argue that expenses are too high for exhibition games due to the heavy guarantees they have to furnish.The result&mdash;a deadlock, so the officials are advertising for new whistle tooters. &#9632;

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Eddolls, Henderson Two of Four New Coaching Faces in AL Loop

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;When the subject of coaching success is discussed, the name of Fred (Bun) Cook is sure to be prominately mentioned. He&rsquo;s the best Cook the American League ever has had when it comes to serving up first class hockey teams.Indications point to the 1952-53 season as being no exception for the Barons will ice a veteran&mdash;yet, not overage&mdash;team.Bulwarking the Ohio City entry on defense once again will be Blond Johnny Bower, the premier A.H.L. netminder who is considered by many as superior to half the goaltenders in the National League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01113/944864-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="301" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bun Cook</figcaption></div>Bespectacled Tommy Williams, a first-team All star choice last year, and Eddy Reigle, who was voted to the second team, lead the list of defense candidates. Other veterans fighting to stave off the bids of the rookie corps include Bob Chrystal, considered in some quarters one of the best N.H.L. prospects in the circuit, Freddy Shero, who now wears glasses, Jumpin&rsquo; Joe Lund, and Eddie Olson.Lund and Olson, incidentally, have been dividing their times between the rear-line guard and forward positions. With the reduced player rosters, both of these boys should prove invaluable because of their versatility.The Barons bumping corps did lose one valuable asset during the off-season with the retirement of Phil Samis, who decided to forsake the ice sport to continue his dentistry studies at McGill University.Samis, who broke into the A.H.L. as a wild-eyed, bash-their-brains-in rookie with Pittsburgh, curbed his tendency towards picking up uncalled for penalties in the past two years with Cleveland and was an effective man to have around.Another who will be missed, particularly when the chips are down, will be the &ldquo;Old Fox&rdquo;&mdash;Freddie Thurier, who decided to call it a career after compiling the most amazing scoring record in league history.Although age took its toll last year, and limited his play to home games upon occasion, Thurier still garnered 42 points in 47 games.Veterans Jackie Gordon and Cal Stearns head the play-making men with Rookie Bob Bailey, who was sidelined with a broken leg last year, due to take over the number three spot.Cook has a wealth of experienced players on both left and right wing positions with Little Ike Hildebrand, Vic Lynn, Glen Sonmor, Steve Wochy, Ray Ceresino, and the aforementioned Lund and Olson In camp.Among the rookies making a strong bid for recognition is Gerry Foley, a six foot right winger fresh out of junior competition with the St, Catharines Teepees of the O.H.A.Foley, in fact, was eligible for another season of junior play but so impressed Cook and Cleveland General Manager Jim Hendy that they offered him a pro contract&mdash;much to the consternation of Rudy Pilous, St. Catharines head man.Yes, as Bunny Cook starts his tenth season in Cleveland&mdash;and 13th in the A.H.L. coaching ranks&mdash;it&rsquo;s safe to predict that when the curtain falls the team that finishes on top in the Western Division&mdash;if it&rsquo;s not Cleveland&mdash;will know that the Barons were in there all the way.Winning his Cook&rsquo;s receipe for success, and regardless of the ingredients which go into the makeup of his team he somehow makes the batter taste as bitter as gall for the opposition. &#9632;

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Cook’s Barons Look Like Team To Beat In AL Loop

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH(Toronto Telegram)</div>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;Hap-Day, assistant general manager in the Leaf organization, has for years I studied a psychology called Ezinickism so he knew what to expect.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0273/944902-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="297" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rudy Migay</figcaption></div>When Bill Ezimcki entered Day&rsquo;s chamber at the Welland House here intent on signing a contract, he found Day prostrate on a couch much like a patient in a psychiatrist&rsquo;s office. Day explains this un-businesslike posture by recounting a contract discussion with Ez previously which so exhausted him mentally that he blacked out. This time he wanted to be prepared.Day, and later Conn Smythe, dealt with the Ezinicki case almost summarily. The impression was that they refused to waste any time with him. The contract was there to be signed and if Ez didn&rsquo;t like it, the door was over there.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0354/944895-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="565" height="850"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL EZINICKI (Door Was Open)</figcaption></div><h2>Didn&rsquo;t Like Clause</h2>Ez didn&rsquo;t like it, partially because of the financial end and partially because there was the almost ever-present minor league clause in it. Before he even reported to camp, Ezzie had made it plain that he either made the Leafs or stayed at his golf pro job at Boston&rsquo;s posh Colonial Club.The opinion here is that Ez, in refusing so sign, fanned on an opportunity. He was practically a lead pipe cinch to start with the Leafs this season, the club being shorstaffed on right wing since George Armstrong ran into 213 pounds of Harry Lumley in a physical training exercise and got up with a shoulder separation. Smythe had offered him $1,000 a month which, though not an awe inspiring wage for an NHL hockey player, would have bought lots of groceries over the long cold months ahead.Armstrong is out for two months with an injury that could recur. Even if he had come back to push Ezzie out of the job, some other emergency could have made it expedient to keep him.Ezinicki, however, didn&rsquo;t want to gamble and though he admitted it was &ldquo;like a knock on the head&rdquo; being turned out like he was, he still preferred his putter to Pittsburgh&rsquo;s no recall rule.His absence left two right wingers who could be sure of a job, Howie Meeker and rookie Ron Stewart who seems ready to graduate right out of junior. He played for the Memorial Cup Guelph Bilt-mores last season and caught on right away here right winging for Ted Kennedy.One thing that spreads an aura of optimism around Leaf coach Joe Primeau, is the interchangibility of some of his players, an asset that might be put to the test to solve the right wing problem. With centre Max Bentley ready for what will probably be his last whirl and with the dependable Rudy Migay (Hornet coach Clancy says unequivocally he was the best centre in the AHL last season) also available for centre ice duty, the logical move seems to be to switch Tod Sloan who has been pivoting for Harry Watson and Meeker, back to right wing.Sloan, Migay, and Jim Morrison a defenseman who can play centre or left wing, are three inter changeable units which Primeau and Smythe feel are invaluable in view of the American League&rsquo;s no recall rule.Meanwhile Tireless Tim Horton, a Clancy type defenseman, is the fair-haired boy with the selectors to catch a place in front of Harry Lumley. Horton, switched to left side where the Leafs were weak, is hard and can hurry out of his end with the puck, Leo Boivin, who almost quit pro hockey last winter to drive a truck, seems well on the way to the big paydays thanks to a natural ability and the persuasive powers of Day who convinced him that playing defense was the more desirable vocation.While the experts were staying near the middle of the fence and calling the Leafs for third place, Primeau was trying to puzzle why people couldn&rsquo;t realize that they&rsquo;re going to be Immeasurably better than last season.&ldquo;To start with,&rdquo; says Joe, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve got Lumley in the nets instead of Al Rollins.&rdquo;The concensus was that he had made a point.&ldquo;Secondly we&rsquo;ve got Boivin and Horton to replace Gus Mortson and Bill Juzda. For Cal Gardner we&rsquo;ve got Bobby Hassard or Migay who was playing terrifically for us last year till he got hurt. So why aren&rsquo;t we going to be better!&rdquo;The concensus was that he&rsquo;d made another.NOTES&mdash;Ray Timgren, who wanted more money to play for the Hornets this season than he got for playing for the Leafs last year, had some contract trouble but finally conceded the point&hellip;Juzda, who was waived out of the NHL last season and a few weeks ago said that he wouldn&rsquo;t leave his job on the railroad to play in the minor league, has succumbed to the lure of eash&hellip;the Hornets aren&rsquo;t too well stacked defensively this season &hellip; Frank Mathers, another defenseman who could ease Clancy&rsquo;s headaches, is reconsidering his retirement&hellip;<h2>Timgren &lsquo;Sees The Light&rsquo; Reports Back to Hornets</h2>ST. CATHERINES, Ont.&mdash;Ray Timgren has decided to play hockey for the Pittsburgh Hornets this year after all. Toronto General Manager Hap Day said that apparently Ray had &ldquo;seen the light&rdquo; and was willing to accept the contract tendered him by the Hornets.Timgren deserted the Pittsburgh camp due to salary difficulties but the trouble seems to have been ironed out and Ray is ready to go.Hap Day stated that Timgren had left the Hornet camp at Niagara Falls, Ont. because he was dissatisfied with salary terms, and thought he warranted a raise over his 1951-52 pay. He apparently told King Clancy, Hornet coach, he would phone him his decision.&ldquo;The kid didn&rsquo;t call Clancy and he didn&rsquo;t report back to camp at check-in time,&rdquo; Day said. &ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t turn up Monday either so we&rsquo;ll ask for his suspension.&rdquo;But the prodigal has returned and the suspension will not be sought. &#9632;

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Primeau Calls Leafs With Lumley Better Than Leafs With Rollins

ST. CATHERINES, Ont.&mdash;Bill &ldquo;The Beast&rdquo; Juzda, who was irked because he was demoted to the minors, has decided to report to the Pittsburgh Hornets. Hap Day announced that the husky defenseman had wired that he was &ldquo;finally&rdquo; able to get a release from his Winnipeg railway job and would be able to report to the Hornets.Previously Juzda had announced his intention of staying out of hockey and would concentrate on his job as a railway fireman.At that time Juzda stated, &ldquo;I think I&rsquo;m good for one or two more years in the National League. I can think of at least two clubs that might have room for me. They didn&rsquo;t make a move when the Leafs asked for waivers on me last Spring probably because they thought that it was too much money to pay for a player who might last only a year or two.&rdquo;So he went back to his little gray home in the west but apparently the opportunity to take one last fling before hanging up his skates was too much, and he will sport the Pittsburgh livery for the 1952-53 season. &#9632;

The ‘Beast’ Returns

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DETROIT RED WINGS 1952-53 ROSTER

GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;Jackie McLeod, the darting will-o-the-wisp who has been occupying a front line position with New York Rangers for two seasons, is one of the fastest skaters in the New York lineup. If he occasionally seems to be flying low he can always point out that this is no unusual conduct for him. He holds a private pilot&rsquo;s licence.Frank Boucher didn&rsquo;t know he had an aviator on his team until three years ago when Rangers were training at Saranac Lake, N.Y. That was the year Buddy O&rsquo;Connor was seriously injured in an automobile accident on the way to training camp. As a safety measure Boucher ordered the rest of his squad to retrain from driving cars for the duration of training.&ldquo;A day or two later we were pitching horseshoes while waiting for the dinner bell,&rdquo; Boucher recalls. &ldquo;All of a sudden this airplane comes swooping down at us and then roared away out of sight. I didn&rsquo;t pay much attention to it until one of the fellows said, &rsquo;that&rsquo;s Jackie McLeod up there and he&rsquo;s got Fred Shero with him.&rdquo;When Boucher regained Ills speech he extended his mechanical ban to include airplanes and rocket ships.McLEOD &#9632;

McLeod Flies High and Low

GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;With Edgar Laprade back in New York Rangers&rsquo; fold, Frank Boucher is breathing easier but he is still mystified at the procedure which, saw Laprade claimed by Chicago Black Hawks when the Port Arthur player was placed on waivers by NHL president larence Campbell.Boucher contended from the start that waivers were not necessary because Laprade personally requested to be placed on Volutarily Retired List. &ldquo;If our club had requested that he be retired I would have been able to understand it&rdquo;, a puzzled Boucher said. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;ve been coaxing him to retune. If a player is determined to retire I don&rsquo;t know what on earth can be done about it.&rdquo;When the NHL governors met in New York they supported Campbell&rsquo;s stand in asking for waivers but Chicago was persuaded to drop its claim so that Laprade might go back to Rangers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0348/945074-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="293" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Boucher</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m still confused,&rdquo; BouCher admitted afterwards. &ldquo;I polled all the other clubs and their interpretation of retirement is the same as mine. They didn&rsquo;t realize that waivers were required if a player decided to retire by himself.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Boucher Still Puzzled Over Waiver Case

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MONTREAL CANADIENS 1952-53 ROSTER

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>The 1952-53 edition of the Chicago Black Hawks, scheduled to debut at home against New York next Sunday, October 12, will feature as many as 10 new faces. These newcomers to the Windy City squad, which is considered better than any of its predecessors in the past six years, played with six different teams in three seperate Leagues last season.Many Chicago hockey followers, who had objected to the numerous deals with Detroit during recent years, are happy to note that Only one of the five recent deals made by the Hawks was with the Red Wings. The fans didn&rsquo;t resent the Motor City transfers as individuals, but were often irked by the regularity and other aspects of the swaps.* * *<h2>One Detroit Deal</h2>The Hawks&rsquo; only deal with Detroit in the off-season about to end came in August when forwards Fred Glover and (Jim) Enio Sclisizzi were acquired for a bundle of cash. The sale of utility specialist Ed Kryza-nowskl to Chicago was announced about the same time by Boston.Chicago&rsquo;s biggest transaction of the year involving player personnel came last month during the annual NHL board of governors&rsquo; meeting here. Goalie Al Rollins, rearguard Gus Mortson and forwards Cal Gardner and Ray Hannigan came to the Hawks from Toronto in exchange for Harry Lumley, netminder for the Chicago crew during the past two seasons.The purchase of veteran winger Gerry &ldquo;Doc&rdquo; Couture from Cleveland (AHL) was announced by Hawk officials less than a week later. He spent several years with the Wings before being traded to Montreal at the start of last season. He was with the Canucks only a short time when a second deal sent him to Cleveland.Chicago&rsquo;s last acquisition lasted less than a week. He was Edgar Laprade, the Rangers&rsquo; center ice man who had revealed intentions to retire. He reportedly later changed his mind, but Clarence Campbell, NHL prexy, followed League rules and announced that Laprade could be claimed for the $7,500 waiver price. The Hawks beat at least one other squad in the rush to get first chance at the former Calder and Lady Byng trophy winner. To halt an awkward situation they withdrew their waiver claim.The last of the new Chicago players, who has actually been with the team for several months, may turn out to be the most popular and successful of the lot. We are referring to young Pete CO-nacher. He apparently possesses all the natural talents that sent the other Conachers to the top and his entrance as a Hawk regular will come only slightly less than a year after his uncle, Roy Conacher, decided to hang up his skates after a number of great years with Chicago and the NHL.Pete starred with Red Hamill&rsquo;s Galt Hawks in the Ontario Junior loop last season and notched 51 goals and 53 assists for a very impressive 120 points. During a brief tryout at Chicago, he assisted on a goal by Jim McFadden that led to a 1 to 0 conquest of Toronto.Some 11 players from last year&rsquo;s tail end Hawk team are fighting for starting berths with the newcomers. Included are defensemen Bill Gadsby (he&rsquo;s captain this season), Fred Hucul, Al Dewsbury and Lee Fogolin, and forwards Bill Mosienko, George Gee, Gus Bodnar, Pete Babando, Jim McFadden, Sid Finney and Jim Peters. Several in both the oldsters and newsters groups will probably not make the grade. &#9632;

Hawks May Show Ten New Faces in Loop Opener

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01111/945254-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="579" height="894"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED KRYZANOWSKI</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0278/945247-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="582" height="894"><figcaption class="caption-body">AL ROLLINS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0359/945240-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="572" height="890"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY COUTURE</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0438/945233-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="569" height="893"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRED GLOVER</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0528/945226-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="573" height="888"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAL GARDNER</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0626/945219-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="573" height="894"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETE CONACHER</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0718/945212-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="580" height="892"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUS MORTSON</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0817/945205-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="561" height="893"><figcaption class="caption-body">ENIO SCLISIZZI</figcaption></div><h2>CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS 1952-53 ROSTER</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0917/945198-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="1811" height="1119"></div> &#9632;

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Eight Newcomers to Chicago Roster

<div class="byline">&#x2014; BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, III.&mdash; &ldquo;We have no such player as Al Rollins (Rah-Iins),&rdquo; Joe Farrell said last week here. Joe, who is press agent, publicity director, poet laureate and what have you for the Chicago Black Hawks, made this statement in a discussion on the pronunciation of the last name of the squad&rsquo;s new net-minder.&ldquo;I talked with Al several years ago when he was one of our farmhands,&rdquo; Joe said, &ldquo;and he told me that his family&rsquo;s name is Rollins (Row-lins, as in row-a-boat) and not Rollins (Rah-lins, as in rah-rah-rah). I know what everybody says, but you wait til he gets here and ask him.&rdquo; &#9632;

Rollins is Rowlins, Says Joe

<div class="byline">REX MeLEOD</div>GUELPH, Ont-When Louis &ldquo;The Leaper&rdquo; Fontinato was assigned to Vancouver Canucks, of the Pacific Coast Hockey League, from New York Rangers training camp here, few players, especially the older pros, shed tears at his departure.Fontinato, the bashing rearguard of last year&rsquo;s Guelph Biltmores, was the most cordially hated player in the camp. He derived immense satisfaction from stepping into his prorivals and they were just as eager to retaliate. As a result when Fontinato was on the ice, the rail birds were treated to some rare, unrehearsed feuding. The Leaper, whose lunging jolts pack as much wallop as the kick of an enraged mule, earned the everlasting enmity of several of the veterans by bashing them unmercifully without regard to reputations.After a few days almost every player on the opposite side was laying in wait for Fontinato and the former Biltmore was the recipient of several well-aimed thrusts from sticks and pointed elbows. But the indestructible Leaper exulted in this give-and-take and always came back for more.After a week in Rangers camp he was dispatched to Vancouver to join Art Chapman&rsquo;s Canucks. One observer said Fontinato was sent West for his own protection. But a Gueiphite who hgd watched Louis in action for two seasons, countered with, &ldquo;Yeah, Boucher turned him loose because he was scared some of his other players might get hurt.&rdquo;One thing la sure about the Leaper. Wherever he goes the fans will either love him or hate him. Intermediary points of affection may be bestowed on other players but not on this uninhibited performer.&rdquo; &#9632;

Junior Qrad Draws Ire of NY Pros

<div class="byline">By LLOYD McGOWAN</div>(Of The Montreal Star)MONTREAL, Que.-Don Penniston was on the telephone from Shawinigan Falls, and he said it was &ldquo;a little early&rdquo; to talk about the Quebec Senior League teams.However, he did say that Montreal Royals, Quebec, Ottawa and Chicoutimi Chicks looked best to him.&ldquo;Who&rsquo;s your goal janitor this year, Donald?&rsquo;&rsquo;&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have one.&rsquo;&rsquo;He is expecting some help in that line from the Detroit camp which he visited for some time at the start.Frank Carlin, the coach emeritus since turning the Royals&rsquo; reins over to razzle-daz Pete Morin, foresees a very strong league.That is surely indicated in the manner in which some of the clubs have been knocking of the teams from the American League Carlin is at present lining up his all-star team which meets the champion Acemen in Quebec&rsquo;s palatial rink next Thursday night.&ldquo;Royals are stronger every where this year,&rdquo; Frank said. &ldquo;We will have a good team but we&rsquo;ll need it.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01124/945333-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="549" height="548"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL SAMIS</figcaption></div>The Royals have been rounded into a pretty solid outfit. Jacques Locas, Art Rose and Billy Goold have moved to Sherbrooke.The first players to pen their names on contracts were Jacques Plante, Glen Harmon, Roger Leger, Rollle Rousseau, Phil Samis, Bobby Frampton and Cliff Malone.Gerry Plamondon was still a holdout, and he wasn&rsquo;t with the Royals in the game against Bun Cook&rsquo;s Cleveland Barons Sunday night on the Forum Freeze.Eddie Litzenberger from Regina, Skip Burchell, Paul Masnick, Jimmy Moore, Lou Denis, Les Douglas and Gerry Desaulniers are ready to go. Bob Fryday is in Toronto after undergoing a cartilege operation on his knee. He will be out for a month.Carlin hopes to be able to announce his full all-star roster early next week. Recently he got word that Ottawa was sending Red Johnson and Vic Grigg.Guy Labrie and Eddie Wright are the Sherbrooke donations and from Valleyfield come Jacques Deslauriers and speedball Andre Corriveau.Jean Lefebvre, again Toe Blake&rsquo;s favorite Boswell out in Valleyfield sent along this cheerful information in a note typed in red which we hope is no harbinger of fiscal distress for any of the clubs this season:&ldquo;Toe is back with us for the third consecutive year and he will definitely make about seven changes. Brave will definitely sport one or two brand new defencemen and new faces on the forward lines. A unit which starred in junior ranks in 51-52 will wear the Valleyfield Braves insignia in 52-53.Arthur Vinet also has under contract one of the best junior goaltenders in Jacques Chartrand of understudy for Paul Leclerc. Last season Chartrand played In Pembroke where he was very popular with local fandom.&ldquo;Braves will also have new faces on the executive this season, but President Vinet believes it is yet too soon to divulge the names of his new side-kicks.&ldquo;Blake and Braves executive met last week-end and all were more than pleased with the outcome of the meeting. When the Q.S.H.L. opens on October 11, Braves will be right there fighting as is usual&mdash;with a good squad.&rdquo;<h2>Around Rinks</h2>Bucky Buchanan has moved on to Chicoutimi where Rollie Hebert has really put together a hockey team&hellip;Ivan Dugre got the Smelle Twins, Carl and Tom in Sherbrooke&hellip;Ray Fredericks has succeeded Legs Fraser and Ottawa goaler&hellip;Fraser is running the Brandon junior team&hellip; Bobby Martineau sends out newsy releases on the Quebec Club&hellip;When Jack Gelineau is ready the champs will have three goalkeepers&hellip;Johnny Marois and Al Millar are there. Yogi Kraiger, the good defenceman, and Herbie Carnegie joined Punch Imlach&rsquo;s club. &#9632;

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Slater Loop Seen Much Stronger After Glance in Early Exhibitions

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Twice Welcome

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"Bring on the BRANDING's"

<h2>OCTOBER</h2>20&mdash;Halifax at Charlottetown Glace Bay at Sydney21&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay22&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown23&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax24&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney25&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax Sydney at Glace Bay27&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown28&mdash;Sydney at Halifax Charlottetown at Glace Bay29&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney30&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay31&mdash;Glace Bay at Charlottetown Halifax at Sydney<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>1&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax3&mdash;Glace Bay at Sydney Halifax at Charlottetown4&mdash;Halifax at Sydney5&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax6&mdash;Charlottetown at Glace Bay7&mdash;Sydney at Halifax Glace Bay at Charlottetown8&mdash;Sydney at Glace Bay10&mdash;Halifax at Charlottetown11&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay12&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown13&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax14&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney15&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax Sydney at Glace Bay17&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown18&mdash;Sydney at Halifax Charlottetown at Glace Bay19&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney20&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay21&mdash;Glace Bay at Charlottetown Halifax at Sydney22&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax24&mdash;Glace Bay at Sydney Halifax at Charlottetown25&mdash;Halifax at Sydney20&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax27&mdash;Charlottetown at Glace Bay28&mdash;Sydney at Halifax Glace Bay at Charlottetown29&mdash;Sydney at Glace Bay<h2>DECEMBER</h2>1&mdash;Glace Bay at Charlottetown2&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax3&mdash;Glace Bay at Sydney4&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax5&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney6&mdash;Charlottetown at Glace Bay8&mdash;Halifax at Charlottetown Sydney at Glace Bay9&mdash;Halifax at Sydney10&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay11&mdash;No game12&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown13&mdash;Sydney at Halifax15&mdash;Cilace Bay at Sydney16&mdash;Glace Bay at Charlottetown17&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax18&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney19&mdash;Charlottetown at Glace Bay20&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax22&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown23&mdash;Sydney at Halifax24&mdash;No game25&mdash;Sydney at Glace Bay Halifax at Charlottetown26&mdash;Halifax at Sydney27&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay29&mdash;Cilace Bay at Charlottetown30&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax31&mdash;No game<h2>JANUARY</h2>1&mdash;Glace Bay at Sydney Charlottetown at Halifax2&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney3&mdash;Charlottetow&rsquo;n at Glace Bay5&mdash;Halifax at Charlottetown Sydney at Glace Bay6&mdash;Halifax at Sydney7&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay8&mdash;No game9&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetow&rsquo;n16&mdash;Sydney at Halifax12&mdash;Glace Bay at Sydney13&mdash;Glace Bay at Charlottetown14&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax15&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney16&mdash;Charlottetown at Glace Bay17&mdash;Charlottetow&rsquo;n at Halifax f19&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown20&mdash;Sydney at Halifax21&mdash;Sydney at Glace Bay22&mdash;liallfax at Charlottetown23&mdash;Halifax at Sydney24&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay26&mdash;Cilace Bay at Sydney27&mdash;Glace Bay at Charlottetow&rsquo;n28&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax29&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney30&mdash;Charlottetown at Glace Bay31&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>2&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown3&mdash;Sydney at Halifax4&mdash;Sydney at Glace Bay5&mdash;Halifax at Charlottetown6&mdash;Halifax at Sydney7&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay&rsquo;9&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown10&mdash;Sydney at Halifax Charlottetown at Glace Bay11&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney12&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay13&mdash;Glace Bay at Charlottetown Halifax at Sydney14&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax16&mdash;Halifax at Charlottetown Glace Bay&rsquo; at Sydney17&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay18&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown19&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax20&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney21&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax Sydney&rsquo; at Glace Bay&rsquo;23&mdash;Glace Bay at Sydney&rsquo; Halifax at Charlottetown24&mdash;Halifax at Sydney25&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax26&mdash;Charlottetown at Glace Bay27&mdash;Sydney at Halifax Glace Bay at Charlottetown28&mdash;Sydney at Glace Bay&rsquo;<h2>MARCH</h2>2&mdash;Halifax at Charlottetown Glace Bay&rsquo; at Sydney3&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay4&mdash;Sydney&rsquo; at Charlottetown5&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax6&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney7&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax Sydney at Glace Bay9&mdash;Sydney at Charlottetown10&mdash;Sydney at Halifax Charlottetown at Glace Bay11&mdash;Charlottetown at Sydney12&mdash;Halifax at Glace Bay13&mdash;Glace Bay&rsquo; at Charlottetown Halifax at Charlottetown14&mdash;Glace Bay at Halifax16&mdash;Glace Bay at Sydney Halifax at Charlottetown17&mdash;Halifax at Sydney18&mdash;Charlottetown at Halifax19&mdash;Charlottetown at Glace Bay20&mdash;Sydney at Halifax Glace Bay at Charlottetown21&mdash;Sydney at Glace Bay &#9632;

Maritime Major Hockey League

We are looking for four reinstated professionals. Ontario Senior Hockey Club is looking for a top flight defenseman, right winger, center, and goaler. The players we want played professional last season and have or are in the process of being re-instated to amateur for the coming season.If you are interested please write:The Hockey News Box No. 164 309 Empire Life Bldg., 1434 St. Catherine St. W. Montreal, Que. &#9632;

Players Wanted

<div class="byline">By JACK MORRIGAN</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.-Before his departure for the West, Art Chapman began a house cleaning of the Buffalo Bisons which saw most of the regulars of the recent past swept into new uniforms.Now, the task of moulding a new team, built on youth and speed, falls to his successor as General Manager of the American League club, Freddie Hunt.Chapman took three players,&rsquo; Defenseman Harry Dick, Right Winger Walt Atanas and Right Winger Les Hickey to Vancouver with him.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01131/945474-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="302" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Dick</figcaption></div>The change to the West should prove advantageous to Dick, who has seldom been given the benefit of the doubt in the AHL in any dispute in which he has been involved.Somehow, regardless of whether he was the instigator or the trouble or merely lighting back in self defense, the burly rear-liner from nearby Port Col-borne, Ont. usually ended up with the heaviest fine.Two seasons ago, Jim Hendy, Cleveland General Manager, went so far as to call Dick &ldquo;a menace to hockey.&rdquo;Hendy, perhaps, spoke with his tongue in his cheek since it was made just prior to a Buffalo-Cleveland playoff series. Nevertheless, it was a thoughtless remark against a player, who while a bit crude because of his size, never gave the fans anything but the best in him&mdash;whether at home or on the road.Another Chapman deal enabled the Bisons to secure the rights to Center Gordie Pennell from Eddie Shore, Syracuse boss, in return for Centers Sid McNabney and Ted Powers.Pennell reportedly has refused to play for Shore although the latter has owned the rights to him the past three years.Don Ashbee, who split last season between Buffalo and Indianapolis, was traded to Syracuse in return for Defenseman Frank Bergeron, who performed for both the Warriors and Buffalo in the 1951-52 campaign.A third deal between Buffalo and Syracuse saw Bison Capt. Grant (Nobby) Warwick sent to the Central New York team. However, chances were slim that the hammered-down ex-National Leaguer would join Syracuse. Warwick, along with his brothers Billy and Dick, has entered the restaurant business out in British Columbia and probably will not come East to play&mdash;if he stays in the game at all.During the two and a half years that he skated along the right lane for Buffalo, Warwick was a real point maker. In a total of 15 7 games, Warwick scored 77 goals, 134 assists, for 211 points&mdash;a scoring punch which will be hard to replace. Warwick, incidentally, was rumored to be among the players Cleveland wanted if it had succeeded in its bid for a National League franchise.As Hunt headed for the Herd&rsquo;s training camp at Montreal, he had only a few of the players who wore Buffalo livery last year. Centers Pennell and Eldie Kobussen, and Left Wingers Vern Kaiser and George Pargeter formed the nucleus of the squad of 45 players. Much is expected of, these four, particularly Pennell. The slim playmaker has yet to reach his peak. Blessed with a fine hockey sense, Pennell&rsquo;s scoring punch output has been below expectation to date. However, in his favor it should be pointed out that he seldom skated for any reasonable period with the same wingmen.If that situation can be remedied and Pennell has added some weight to his slender frame, Gordie the Pencil could write some interesting hockey this season. &#9632;

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Bisons Go Into New Year with Very Few Old Faces

<div class="byline">By GEORGE DUFFY</div>Art Michaluk, hard-hitting defenseman of the Providence Reds, has been loaned to the Calgary Stampeders of the Western Canada Pro League.In announcing the Michaluk loan, Coach Terry Reardon said before he left for training camp at Grand&rsquo;Mere that &ldquo;We are really going to miss Art but circumstances at the Michaluk home in Can more, Alberta makes it impossible for him to play hockey this season in Providence.The loan is for the entire season. Michaluk cannot come back to Providence during the 1952-53 American Hockey League season. In all probability, Providence has seen the last of the soft-spoken guy whose resounding checking made him one of the AHL&rsquo;s most feared defenders.Michaluk&rsquo;s departure from the Providence scene can be traced to geography. The Michaluk family lives in Can more, Alberta, 3000-odd miles from Providence. There are four children (three girls and a boy), the oldest eight, the youngest a year old. And the Michaluks are expecting the stork again.Art first came to Providence midway in the 1947-48 season, the first term for Coach Reardon. When the opening of the 1948-49 season rolled around, Mrs. Michaluk and the children came to Providence with Art.While in Providence, Mrs. Michaluk was continually ill. Physicians traced it to the altitude in Rhode Island as compared to that of Can more. They advised the hockey wife to stay at home in the future.So in 1949-50, 1950-51 and 1951-52, Mrs. Michaluk did stay home. She held up under the burden as long as she could. Even as the 1952-53 season approached, she was not standing in the way of Art playing again for Providence. But with another child expected, Art made the decision.First definite news Reardon and Owner Lou Pieri had about Michaluk&rsquo;s decision came about three weeks ago when a letter from Can more arrived at 1111 North Main St. That letter started Reardon and Pieri working towards getting Michaluk a hockey job near Can more.Calgary is near the Michaluk home. And it happens to be the place where Art made his initial hockey impression years ago with an amateur team.Reardon&rsquo;s feelings in this situation are two-fold. Terry hates to lose Art but says he feels &ldquo;wonderful about being able to place &ldquo;Mich&rdquo; on a hockey team so near home.&rdquo;In 26 years of pro hockey, the Reds probably never had a guy who was so well-liked, from the front office to the clubhouse and among the bleacherites too. Pieri calls Michaluk &ldquo;one of the most cooperative guys we ever had on a Providence team.&rdquo;<h2>New Stamp</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0377/945505-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="566" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body">ART MICHALUK</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Reds Loan Michaluk to Stamps but They Hate to Let Him Go

<div class="byline">JACK HORRIGAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0298/945536-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg"></div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;During a hockey luncheon two years ago attended by the Buffalo press and radio gang, affable Rudy Pilous was asked if he had any prospects on his St. Catharines Junior A team who might make the parent American Hockey League club within a couple of seasons. Pilous, who is at a loss for words about as often as Rockefeller is without money, lost no time in climbing out on a limb&mdash;with saw in hand.&ldquo;There are three youngsters on the St. Catharines club right now who I think will make good in the American League within three years, if they continue to improve,&rdquo; Ready Rudy opened.&ldquo;My number one choice is Pierre Pilote. He&rsquo;s not too big for a defenseman but he&rsquo;s a real bumper. He carries the puck well, and has a good hard shot.&ldquo;The other two fellows are Orrin Gould, another defenseman, and Billy Young, a forward. Gould is the ideal partner for a guy like Pilote. He&rsquo;s not flashy but is the heady type, the kind that&rsquo;s always back there helpin&rsquo; out the goalie when someone else is caught out of position.&ldquo;Young has been a bit of a disappointment thus far (these quotes were given at a time when Young was in a slump) but I&rsquo;m sure that he has the makings.&rdquo;Just how right the popular handiman of the Buffalo organization was will be learned this year as all three players have been promoted to the parent club. The trio did have a peek at AHL action last year during the fag end of the campaign and the Bisons were aided no little bit in a couple of crucial games by their hustle and fight.General Manager Freddie Hunt, who was then the coach., was immediately impressed by all three. &#9632;

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Pilous Names Former Junior Stars Who Will Help Buffalo Bisons This Season

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Its New! It marks a new brewinq triumph. Not Second…Not Third…Not Honourable Mention…but First!

<div class="byline">By GEORGE DUFFY</div>GRAND MERE, Que.-A 184-pound defensemar who has played much hockey in the amateur ranks of Canada the past four years, is being closely watched by Coach Terry Reardon as the R.I. Reds prepare for the 1952-53 American Hockey League season.Bert Bourassa, 23 years old. is a tough back-liner whom Reardon hopes can replace Art Michaluk, who has been loaned to the Calgary Stampeders. Bourassa skates well and checks hard. At training camp, he has been picking on anyone in his path, including such rugged guys as Chuck Scherza, Pat Egan and Pete Kapusta.It has been Bourassa&rsquo;s willingness to clash with anyone that has attracted Reardon&rsquo;s eye. With Michaluk gone, the Reds are in search of a defenseman who can crack enemy skaters hard. A year ago at training camp here, Bourassa gave every indication he was a savage hitter. He even up-ended Art Michaluk a couple of times.Defensively speaking. Coach Reardon is not too well off at the moment. Michaluk is at Calgary; Joe Lund is at Cleveland and it looks like Moe Morris has retired. Word from the Toronto home of the Morris&rsquo; is that the likeable defender who came to the Reds in the Allan Stanley deal will play no more hockey for Providence.If Morris does insist on retiring (he hadn&rsquo;t reported to camp on Oct. 1), it leaves Reardon with only Egan from last year&rsquo;s team that played such brilliant hockey in the playoffs.That&rsquo;s where Bourassa comes in. Reardon is also watching Sheldon Bloomer, Orval Lavell and George McLagan very closely. All three are young defensemen. Bloomer and Lavell had a whirl with the Reds but failed to make the grade.Reardon is not stopping his search for defensemen in this camp. Already the Reds&rsquo; coach and Owner Lou Pieri back in Providence are thinking in terms of purchasing a defenseman. The Reds still have a defenseman coming from the New York Rangers as part of the Jack Stoddard deal.<h2>Hangs &lsquo;Em Up</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01137/945598-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="593" height="905"><figcaption class="caption-body">ELWYN MORRIS</figcaption></div>The offensive, phase of the Reds&rsquo; camp is much brighter than the defensive. Fellows like Ray Powell, Topper Toppazzini, Barry Sullivan, Paul Gladu, Pete Kapusta and Jean Paul Denis are flying. Denis is completely recovered from the ankle he broke last season.Jack McGill, veteran center ice operative, has not arrived in camp yet. He may quit hockey. Kenny Smith is another absentee. He is considering quiting to devote all his time to a beer business in Elizabethtown, Pa.<h2>Sod Sam Sadder As Dave McCready Out For Spell</h2>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Dave McCready, all-star left winger of the Montreal Junior Canadiens, is on the shelf with a fractured right wrist and it is not known when he will be able to return to action. He suffered the break in a pre-season practice game against the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL.Last season McCready was third leading scorer in the JAHA with 38 goals and 4 5 assists for 83 points and he topped the playoff scoring with 7 goals and 10 assists for 17 points.Coach Sam Pollock said &ldquo;McCready is one of my key men and he is going to be really hard to replace.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Providence Reds Need Blue Line Guardians

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Sportsman virqinia Ciqaretts

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WE PREFER 'WHITE HORSE'!

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Say OK for o'keefe's

<div class="byline">By RAY GUAY</div>CALGARY, Alta,&mdash;Calgary Stampeders of the Western Hockey League, still smarting from their seventh-place finish in the Coast-Prairie hookup last season, are determined to climb a long way up the ladder this season.One of the early moves of manager Lloyd Turner was to consolidate the agreement with Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League.Next in line was hiring a coach and Stampeder officials decided to Stick with Hank Blade who did fairly well after taking over the team in mid-season last term.With the team&rsquo;s training grind just about over, the Stampeders have paraded a lot of new faces in front of fans watching proceedings. Most, if not all, have had pro hockey experience in higher circuits.Stampeders also retained some of the brighter lights on last season&rsquo;s cellar-dwelling lineup. Among the holdovers, are George Agar, centreman who led all scorers in the league, with 93 points made up of 38 goals and 55 assists. Agar was one of the few players in the circuit to see action in all 70 games.Stampeders also asked two of Agar&rsquo;s part time linemates to return. They are Calgary veteran Archie Scott and Hal Brown: Both missed part of last season due to Injuries.The other forwards returning are Mitch Pechet and Frank Ashworth.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0278/945767-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="562" height="867"><figcaption class="caption-body">DeterminedHANK BLADE</figcaption></div>The defence, weakest spot on the team last season, appears to be well taken care of. Stampeders signed Bill Moe and Bill Shvetz to another term while acquiring Max Quackenbush and Gus Kyle.Quackenbush played with St. Louis Flyers last season after playing the previous season with Boston Bruins. Previous to that he was on the Indianapolis Capitals lineup.Kyle, on the other hand, was a &ldquo;pet hate&rdquo; in Calgary when performing with Regina Caps of the old Western senior circuit.Since then, he&rsquo;s spent two seasons with New York Rangers and was with the Bruins the last campaign. Kyle was anxious to come to Calgary as he plans on opening a branch to his successful sporting goods business in Regina.Other new blood on the lineup includes right winger Roy Kelly, a product of Calgary minor ranks, who started out with Cleveland Barons and moved to St. Louis last year.Other St. Louis players, ex-No. 1 farm team of Chicago, include centre Pat Lundy and left winger<h2>American League Players Assigned to Calgarians by Chicago Black Hawks</h2>Steve Black. The two have practically spent their entire pro career together having played with Detroit and Chicago in the NHL and Indianapolis and St. Louis in the AHL.Cy Thomas, who announced his retirement from hockey in mid-summer, has apparently been persuaded to turn out with the club again this year.The Black Hawks also assigned forwards Ray Barry and Steve Witiuk to the Foothills City team as well as defenceman Pete Wright. Wright played the last two seasons with Pembroke Lumber Kings while Witiuk spent last season with Chicago and Barry was with Boston and Hershey Bears. Barry is on loan from Boston and there will be no recall on his services.The goalkeeping still is the big question mark although Phil Hughes has been sent to the camp. Hughes was with Toronto Marlboros when they defeated Stampeders in the Allan Cup final in 1950. He also performed with the Marlboros when they lost to Valleyfield Braves in the Alexander Cup final.More players are expected from the Chicago camp. Stampeders open their season against Saskatoon Oct. 8 in the Saskatchewan City.<h2>Platz To Coach Western Club For Coming Season</h2>DAUPHIN, Man.&mdash;Paul Platz, one time player with Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League, was named playing coach of the Dauphin Kings Intermediate hockey club for the coming season.Platz formerly coached the Sidney Millionaires junior team. At various times in his long career Platz tolled for the Black Hawks, Kansas City Mohawks, and Fort Worth Rangers.His early hockey he played In the Winnipeg area. He played junior for the Winipeg Monarchs and went from there to the Black Hawks.The naming of Platz as coach of the Kings end a long search carried on by the hockey moguls of the town for a player who had the Ability to coach as well as play.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01105/945760-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="581" height="1293"></div><h2>Lloyd Ailsby To Handle Seattle Bombers in WCHL</h2>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Lloyd Ailsby, former player for the New York Rangers of the NHL and more recently playing coach of the New York Rovers, has been signed as playing-coach of the Seattle Bombers of to Western Hockey League.Frank Dotten the Bomber prexy anounced the signing of Ailsby at the Stratford, Ont. training camp.Doten also said that the Bombers have ten young players in mind for signing and will take at least five of them. He did not divulge any names.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0446/945753-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="1075" height="1747"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stars Glitter, Sugar ShinesThat work of Sugar Jim Henry in the All-Star game in Detroit last Sunday answered a question. Will Jim be able to come up with another terrific year like last for the Bruins 7</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Stamps Show Many New Players As Hank Blade Revamps Line-Up

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The Perfect Combination–Quality! Freshness! Price!

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“Did somebody say make mine molson’s?”

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;&ldquo;The finest man and the finest sportsman that it has been my privilege to be associated with.&rdquo; This tribute to the late Beattie Ramsay, who passed away recently, was made by Murray Armstrong, coach of the Regina Pats. Armstrong had worked hand in glove with Mr. Ramsay for many years.A short time ago, Mr. Ramsay had relinquished his position as president of the Pat hockey club on account of ill health. During his lifetime he had been active in sports, both as a player and in an advisory capacity. He was 57 years old at the time of his death.***<h2>Paid Out Of Own Pocket</h2>In later life he became a rich man, and could always be counted on to give freely of his time and money in the interest of sports, and particularly hockey. Many of the bills incurred by the Pat hockey club went directly to him, and he willingly paid them out of his own pocket. Unselfishness was his most outstanding characteristic.With Mr. Ramsay, the game was the thing, win or lose. He was interested primarily in building character through sports.An outstanding athlete himself, Mr. Ramsay and Conny Smythe became close friends during the twenties, and their friendship continued throughout the years. Mr. Ramsay played with the first Maple Leafs hockey team, organized by Conny Smythe in 1926-27. Prior to these years with Smythe, he captained the University of Toronto hockey team in 1919, when the team won the Allan cup. The following year, he coached the Varsity team.When the Toronto Granites won the Allan cup in 1823, Mr. Ramsay was a member of the team. In 1924, this team journeyed to France to take part in the Olympics. &ldquo;Beattie&rdquo;, as he was familiarly known, coached the Princeton University hockey team the following year.In 1928, he returned to Regina, where he had received his earlier schooling, and started a road contracting business. For two years in the early thirties he was coach of the Prince Albert Senior Mintos. Before the second World war, Mr. Ramsay took an active interest in the old Regina Senior Aces, and in 1946 became president Of the Regina junior Pats, and held this position until early this fall.Beattie Ramsay never sought the limelight, but worked behind the scenes encouraging and advising those who needed the benefit of his long experience in the field of hockey. Ken More, who succeeded Mr. Ramsay as president of the Pats, expressed his regret when he said &ldquo;We have no words at our command to indicate the extent of our loss.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0351/945860-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="585" height="885"><figcaption class="caption-body">Great LeaderBEATTIE RAMSAY</figcaption></div><h2>Banner Season Is Expected in MJHL</h2>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;The Winnipeg Monarchs, last season&rsquo;s Manitoba champions will once again be out tc defend the title. With Walter Monson again doing the masterminding, and the ever popular Pat Lyon still their prexy, they can always be regarded as a definite threat. While it is true that they will have lost several of last year&rsquo;s players, they can be relied on to have some valuable replacements. Ed Surguy is the vice president and Al Jackman the secretary. The veteran Ed Haverstock will again do the conditioning.The Brandon Wheat Kings will be a hard outfit to beat as they have several of last years stalwarts back in harness. J. C. McDonald is their president with Peter Thompson the manager. The new coach Bill &ldquo;Legs&rdquo; Fraser who made a name for himself as the goal keeper for the Ottawa Senators. Another veteran in the person of &ldquo;Pop&rdquo; Summers is the trainer.St. Boniface Canadiens have as their&rsquo; president Alderman Larry Desjardins, and a new coach, a man who needs no introduction to hockey fans in this part of the world, Bryan Hextali, the ex-New York Ranger star. Tommy Best is the trainer.The major change in the line up of this league is the appearance for the first time of the Winnipeg Barons who are sponsored by the Cleveland Barons. The Barons take over the franchise held by the Winnipeg Black Hawks. The Cleveland organization who are striving hard to breake into the N.H.L. have shown considerable interest in Manitoba hockey, as is evidenced by the splendid job they did for the Wheat Kings when they were their sponsors.The officers ot the club are: President: Cy Orchard, vice-president, Dr. W. H. Barker; secretary, Lome &ldquo;Baldy&rdquo; Northcott; manager, Bill Webber; with Bill MacKenzle the coach.With all this in mind, and the history behind these teams in Canadian hockey, a banner season is once again in store for this circuit. &#9632;

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Beattie Ramsay, Ex-Leaf, University Star Passes

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;Assignment of Frank Mario, veteran center of the Hershey Bears, to Quebec of the Canadian Major Series, has been announced by Lloyd S. Blinco, manager of the Bears. Blinco pointed out that Mario was sent to the Quebec team with the privilege of recall.With Mario&rsquo;s transfer and the recent departure of Jerry Brown, right winger, to accept a post as coach of the Oshawa Generals, the Bears lost one of the best penalty killing teams in the history of the American Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0441/945891-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="276" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frankie Mario</figcaption></div>For the past several campaigns, Mario and Brown did yeoman service for the Bears when the Hershey club was short handed because of penalties. In addition to doing their regular turn on the Bears&rsquo; No. 1 line, they doubled in brass, so to speak, by taking extra tours of duty as a defensive unit.Mario, who served as captain of the Bears for the past two seasons, made his professional debut with Hershey in 1941-42, after attracting the attention of scouts while playing amateur hockey with the Regina Rangers. He was in. the Canadian armed forces from late 1942 through the early part of 1944. Upon his discharge from the armed forces, he joined the Boston Bruins for the remainder of the 1944-45 campaign.Returning to Hershey in 194 5-46, he remained In Bear livery until his transfer to Quebec. His best point producing season was 1948-49, when he scored 26 goals and collected 46 assists for a total of 72 points.When Brown joined up with Oshawa he ended a four-year term of service with Hershey. Prior to coming to the Bears in 194849, he was with the Indianapolis Caps and the Buffalo Bisons.Jerry was a consistent scorer for Hershey during his four years in a Chocolate town uniform. He collected 52, 54, 57 and 54 points, respectively, through his quartet of campaigns. His best season was in 1947-48 with Buffalo, when he hammered home 25 goals and assisted in scoring 43 others for a total of 68 points. &#9632;

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Bears Ship Veteran Frankie Mario to Aces of Quebec Senior League

<div class="byline">by gosh</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01115/945929-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="595" height="1321"></div><h2>And, man, wotta beer!</h2>An old time ale brewed to a man&rsquo;s taste by John Labatt to Labatt&rsquo;s famous family recipe for India Pale Ale. It's hearty, mellow, satisfying&mdash;a man&rsquo;s drink. If you're looking for an ale that&rsquo;s unmistakably ale, read no more! Just make acall at your favourite tavern, clubor local retail store and order Labatt&rsquo;s* India Pale Ale. John Labatt Limited.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0270/945922-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="604" height="1048"></div> &#9632;

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"wotta man"

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FOOTBALL NEWS

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Player's please

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;The amateur hockey pot is starting to boil again around western Canada. Junior and senior teams are hitting the ice again to prepare for the long season ahead.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0190/946022-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="269" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Pickard</figcaption></div>In the Western Canada Junior Hockey A1 Pickard league, five of the seven teams are sporting new coaches this campaign. Only Murray Armstrong, coach of the league champion and Memorial cup finalist Regina Pats; and Ken McAuley, mentor of the runner-up Edmonton Oil Kings, are back at the helm of their clubs.The league will welcome into its coaching ranks such outstanding men of the hockey world as Byron (Butch) McDonald, Ken Doraty and Art Somers. Doraty, who is back directing his beloved Moose Jaw Canucks after a two-year absence, isn&rsquo;t exactly a new-comer. He led the Canucks to the Memorial cup final against the power-packed Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s in 1946-47.McDonald, coach of the Calgary Stampeder seniors when that club reached the Allan cup final in 1950-51, takes over from Pete Slobodian at Lethbridge. Somers, like Doraty another vest-pocket former NHL star, is on somewhat of a spot at Calgary. Until now Somers has been known primarily as a coach of senior pucksters and he&rsquo;ll have to prove that he can handle the under-20 group as well. His one fling as a junior coach with the Winnipeg Black Hawks ended in failure with the Hawks finishing a dismal last in the Manitoba circuit.Crows Nest Pass Lions also have a new coach in Ab Rogers, Saskatoon man who has been playing and coaching in the United Kingdom, while the Medicine Hat Tigers have taken on Don McCullough, a former coach of the Prince Albert Mintos.For Armstrong, he will be making a bid for his third Memorial cup final in four years. And with him again this year will be two of the players who have played for him in both the previous cup finals.Goalie Bobby Tyler and forward Gordon Cowan will be playing their fourth consecutive sea son in Pat colors. They were tender 16-year-olds when they made their debut in a cup final against&rsquo; the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal.Armstrong also has three three-year men back with him in defencemen Johnny Reeve and Tony Schneider and centre Warren Dowie.Cowan probably would have been kept in the east this year by his pro sponsor, the Montreal Canadiens, if it weren&rsquo;t for the new CAHA ruling which bars the transfer from west to east of junior players.McAuley&rsquo;s Oil Kings are shaping un as the team to beat this season. They gave Regina a good run for the money in the league final last spring and have most of their squad intact.Dina Maniago and Gerry Prince recently joined the Kings in practice after attending the training camp of the Cleveland Barons.At Lethbridge McDonald already has 10 players signed. They include six holdovers: goalie Seath Martin, defencemen Ed Zemrau and Don Smith, and forwards Dick Lamoureux and Harold Jones. There are tour newcomers: Gerry Sorenson from Winnipeg, Roger LaPlante of Vermillion, and Ron Hemmerling and Frank Carlson of Trail.The Western Canada Junior league this season will follow the eastern practice of putting anybody and everybody in the playoffs. The top six teams (eliminating only one) will get into the playoff circle.As they do in the Ontario Junior Wheel, the first two will play a best-of-nine series with the winner moving into the grand final. The other four will be involved in an elimination series.Al Pickard, the hockey-wise Regina school principal and sportsman, is back at the helm of the Saskatchewan Senior league for the second consecutive year. Pickard is also governor of the Western Junior league.Playing coaches in the circuit include George Hunchuk at Moose Jaw and Bill Kyle at Regina.<h2>Doraty Returns to Canucks and Signs 20 New players</h2>MOOSE JAW, Sask&mdash;The Moose Jaw Canucks will have 11 holdovers on hand for the opening of the Western Junior Hockey League season.Coach Ken Doraty, who returns to the Moose Jaw helm after an absence of two years, said the club has signed 20 newcomers, the majority on a trial basis.Holdovers from last season&rsquo;s squad which failed to gain a play-off berth are Goalie Al Jacobson, defensemen Norm Johnson, Sandy Hucul, Ron Larson and forwards Mike Zwyer, Dave Rusnell, Fred Sasakamoose, Dave Gordi-ehuk, George Ferguson, Wally Blaisdell and Herman Weitzel.Among this season&rsquo;s graduates is left winger Johnny (Red) Oak, the clubs top point getter during the last two campaigns. &#9632;

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Western Junior Loop Has Crop of New Coaches

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0262/946067-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg"></div><h2>Don't be offside&hellip;</h2>&hellip;when opportunity knocks. Open a Savings Account today&mdash;and ensure you&rsquo;re in scoring position.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0344/946060-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="214" height="216"></div>BANK OF MONTREAL<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0428/946053-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="1785" height="1409"></div> &#9632;

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say Seagram's and be Sure

<h2>OCTOBER</h2>Sun. 12&mdash;Shawinigan at Quebec: Sherbrooke at Montreal; Ottawa at Chicoutimi (At Chicoutimi 8.30 p.m.).Wed. 15&mdash;Montreal at Quebec; Shawinigan at Valleyfield.Thu. 18&mdash;Valleyfield at Shawinigan; Montreal at Chicoutimi.Sat. 18&mdash;Valleyfield at Ottawa; Sherbrooke at Chicoutimi.Sun. 19&mdash;Sherbrooke at Quebec; Ottawa at Valleyfield; Shawinigan at Montreal.Wed. 22&mdash;Quebec at Valleyfield.Thu. 23&mdash;Chicoutimi at Shawinigan; Ottawa at Sherbrooke; Valleyfield at Montreal.Sat. 25&mdash;Quebec at Ottawa.Sun. 26&mdash;Quebec at Shawinigan; Sherbrooke at Valleyfield; Chicoutimi at Montreal.Tue. 28&mdash;Chicoutimi at Sherbrooke; Quebec at Montreal.Wed. 29&mdash;Chicoutimi at Ottawa; Valleyfield at Quebec.Thu. 30&mdash;Ottawa at Shawinigan; Sherbrooke at Montreal; Valleyfield at Chicoutimi.<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>Sat. 1&mdash;Shawinigan at Ottawa; Montreal at Valleyfield; Quebec at Chioutimi. (At Chicoutimi 2.30 p.m.).Sun. 2&mdash;Chicoutimi at Quebec; Valleyfield at Sherbrooke; Ottawa at Montreal.Wed. 5&mdash;Ottawa at Quebec; Sherbrooke at Valleyfield.Thu. 6&mdash;Montreal at Shawinigan: Quebec at Sherbrooke; Ottawa at Chicoutimi.Sat. 8&mdash;Montreal at Ottawa; Chicoutimi at Sherbrooke.Sun. 9&mdash;Sherbrooke at Shawinigan: Chicoutimi at Valleyfield; Quebec at Montreal.Wed. 12&mdash;Shawinigan at Quebec; Ottawa at Valleyfield.Thu. 13&mdash;Montreal at Sherbrooke; Shawinigan at Chicoutimi.Sat. 15&mdash;Sherbrooke at Ottawa.Sun. 16&mdash;Valleyfield at Shawinfgaiv Ottawa at Sherbrooke; Montreal at Chicoutimi.Wed. 19&mdash;Chicoutimi at Ottawa; Montreal at Quebec; Shawinigan at Valleyfield.Thu. 20&mdash;Chicoutimi at Shawinigan: Quebec at Sherbrooke.Sat. 22&mdash;Quebec at Ottawa; Sherbrooke at Shawinigan.Sun. 23&mdash;Ottawa at Quebec; Montreal at Valleyfield; Shawinigan at Sherbrooke.Tue. 25&mdash;Valleyfield at Montreal.Wed. 26&mdash;Shawinigan at Ottawa; Sherbrooke at Quebec.Thu. 27&mdash;Quebec at Shawinigan; Sherbrooke at Chicoutimi; Ottawa at Montreal.Sat. 29-&mdash;Montreal at Ottawa; Valleyfield at Sherbrooke.Sun. 30&mdash;Ottawa at Shawinigan: Valleyfield at Montreal; Quebec at Chi-outimi.<h2>DECEMBER</h2>Wed. 3&mdash;Sherbrooke at Ottawa; Shawinigan at Quebec; Chicoutimi at Valleyfield.Thu. 4&mdash;Quebec at Shawinigan; Chicoutimi at Sherbrooke.Sat. 6&mdash;Valleyfield at Ottawa.Sun. 7&mdash;Chicoutimi at Quebec; Valleyfield at Sherbrooke; Shawinigan at Montreal.Mon. 8&mdash;Sherbrooke at Valleyfield; Ottawa at Chicoutimi (Above games 2.30 p.m.).Wed. 10&mdash;Valleyfield at Quebec.Thu. 11&mdash;Quebec at Sherbrooke; Valleyfield at Chicoutimi; Ottawa at Montreal.Sat. 13&mdash;Quebec at Ottawa.Sun. 14&mdash;Ottawa at Valleyfield; Quebec at Montreal; Shawinigan at Chicoutimi.Tue. 16&mdash;Chicoutimi at Sherbrooke.Wed. H7&mdash;Sherbrooke at Quebec; Shawinigan at Valleyfield; Montreal at Ottawa.Thu. 18&mdash;Quebec at Valleyfield; Sherbrooke at Chicoutimi; Motnreal at Shawinigan.Sat. 20&mdash;Chicoutimi at Ottawa.Sun. 21&mdash;Valleyfield at Shawinigan; Ottawa at Sherbrooke; Chicoutimi at Montreal.Tue. 23&mdash;Montreal at Valleyfield.Wed. 24&mdash;Ottawa at Quebec.Thu. 25&mdash;Sherbrooke at Montreal. (At Montreal 8.30 p.m.): Quebec at Chicoutimi. (At Chicoutimi 2.30 p.m.)Sat. 27&mdash;Valleyfield at Ottawa; Chicoutimi at Shawinigan; Montreal at Sherbrooke.Sun. 28&mdash;Chicoutimi at Quebec: Ottawa at Valleyfield; Shawinigan at Montreal.Tue. 30&mdash;Chicoutimi at Valleyfield: Sherbrooke at Montreal.Wed. 31&mdash;Montreal at Quebec.<h2>JANUARY</h2>Thu. 1&mdash;Ottawa at Shawinigan: Chicoutimi at Montreal. (Above games at 2.30 p.m.).Sat. 3&mdash;Quebec at Ottawa; Montreal at Valleyfield.Sun. 4&mdash;Ottawa at Quebec; Valleyfield at Montreal; Sherbrooke at Chicoutimi.Tue. 6&mdash;Sherbrooke at Valleyfield. Shawinigan at Chicoutimi. (Above games at 2.30 p.m.).Wed. 7&mdash;Shawinigan at Quebec.Thu. 8&mdash;Sherbrooke at Shawinigan: Montreal at Chicoutimi.Sat. 10&mdash;Montreal at Ottawa; Quebec at Sherbrooke.Sun. 11&mdash;Sherbrooke at Quebec; Ottawa at Montreal; Valleyfield at Chicostimi.Tue. 13&mdash;Chicoutimi at Vallevflnld.Tue. 13&mdash;Chicoutimi at VaHeyfteW.Wed. 14&mdash;Shawinigan at Ottawa; ChicoutiOi atThu. 15&mdash;Chicoutimi at Shawnhan: Ottawa at Sherbrooke; Quebec at Montreal.Sat. 17&mdash;Chicoutimi at Ottawa: at Shawinigan; Montreal at Valleyfield.Sun. 18&mdash;Valleyfield at Quebec: Chicoutimi at Sherbrooke; Shawinigan at Montreal.Tue. 20&mdash;Ottawa at Chicoutimi.Wed. 21&mdash;Montreal at Quebec; Shawinigan at Valleyfield.Thu. 22&mdash;Valleyfield at Shawinigan. Montreal at Chicoutimi.Sat. 24&mdash;Valleyfield at Ottawa; Montreal at Sherbrooke.Sun. 25&mdash;Quebec at Shawinigan: Chicoutimi at Valleyfield; Sherbrooke at Montreal.Tue. 27&mdash;Chicoutimi at Montreal.Wed. 28&mdash;Montreal at Ottawa; Valleyfield at Quebec.Thu. 29&mdash;Shawinigan at Sherbrooke; Valleyfield at Chicoutimi.Sat. 31&mdash;Sherbrooke at Ottawa; Montreal at Shawinigan; Quebec at Valleyfield.Sun. 1&mdash;Ottawa at Sherbrooke; Quebec at Montreal; Shawinigan at Chicoutimi. (At Chicoutimi 8.30 p.m.).Tue. 3&mdash;Chicoutimi at Shawinigan: Valleyfield at Sherbrooke.Wed. 4&mdash;Montreal at Quebec; Sherbrooke at Valleyfield.Thu. 5&mdash;Shawinigan at Sherbrooke; Montreal at Chicoutimi.Sat. 7&mdash;Shawinigan at Ottawa; Chicoutimi at Quebec.Sun. 8&mdash;Ottawa at Shawinigan; Montreal at Sherbrooke; Quebec at Chicoutimi.Tue. 10&mdash;Quebec at Sherbrooke.Wed. 11&mdash;Ottawa at Quebec; Shawinigan at Valleyfield.Thu. 12&mdash;Sherbrooke at Shawinigan; Ottawa at Chicoutimi.Sat. 14&mdash;Valleyfield at Ottawa; Sherbrooke at Chicoutimi.Sun. 15&mdash;Sherbrooke at Quebec; Montreal at Shawinigan; Ottawa at Valleyfield.Tue. 17&mdash;Shawinigan at Montreal; Valleyfield at Sherbrooke.Wed. 18&mdash;Chicoutimi at Ottawa; Shawinigan at Quebec.Thu. 19&mdash;Quebec at Valleyfield; Montreal at Sherbrooke; Shawinigan at Chicoutimi.Sat. 21&mdash;Sherbrooke at Ottawa; Valleyfield at Shawinigan.Sun. 22&mdash;Shawinigan at Sherbrooke: Quebec at Cmicoutimi; Valleyfield at Montreal.Tue. 24&mdash;Ottawa at Montreal.Wed. 25&mdash;Shawinigan at Ottawa; Valleyfield at Quebec.Thu. 26&mdash;Valleyfield at Chicoutimi: Ottawa at Shawinigan.Sat. 28&mdash;Quebec at Ottawa; Shawinigan at Sherbrooke.<h2>MARCH</h2>Sun. 1&mdash;Sherbrooke at Shawinigan: Quebec at Valleyfield; Chicoutimi at Montren.<h2>STARTING TIME OF GAMES</h2>Afternoon Games, 2.30 p.m.Evening Carnes, 8.30 p.m.Except when otherwise stated on the schedule** Holidays. &#9632;

Quebec Senior Hockey League

<div class="byline">By IAN MacDONALD</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Montreal Junior Canadiens, seeking their second Memorial Cup in four years, boast one of the most powerful junior hockey teams ever assembled in the Quebec Junior Amateur Hockey Association.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01100/946122-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="287" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sam Pollock</figcaption></div>Pre-season prognosticators openly predict a banner season for the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge and barring some unforeseen misfortune unanimously select the Habs as the team to beat for National honors.Canadiens are so well stocked that at this time they could put a second team in most junior circuits across the country and that second club would hold its own.Coach Sammy Pollock has a strong nucleus of the lads he has brought along In his minor farm system for the past five years and added to them he has half-a-dozen potential all-stars from other Quebec squads.The Montreal Forum sponsors of the Canadiens, are backing only two junior teams in the JAHA this outing after running four clubs for the past few years. Reducing their affiliation from four teams to two left the organization with a surplus of players and Sad Sam has done a masterful job in snaffling the brightest prospects among the bunch.Back for final whirls with Canadiens are all-stars Charlie Hodge in goals, defensemen Butch MacKay and Bucky Hollingworth plus left-winger Dave McCready. Les Lilley, Sandy Morrisson and Ross Murray are also back, trying to retain their jobs.Canadiens were predicted to be going to have a lot of trouble down the middle, since they lost three centre players. Team-captain Donnie Marshall, all-star centre and the League&rsquo;s Most Valuable Player, Connie Broden and Herb English all graduated after last season.But to replace this trio Pollock has come up with a couple of beauts.Ronnie Atwell, gangling six-footer still with two years of junior eligibility to go, has been burning up the training camps. The big likable kid has a tremendous shot, is a fair stickhandler and can skate like the wind. With long easy strides he reminds of Gordie Howe as he streaks around defense and in on the net.Another centre candidate is Henri Richard, the Pocket Rocket, 16-year-old kid brother of the National League Canadiens famous Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard. Young Richard gave a wonderful display last season, his first in the rugged junior loop. Playing for Nationales, he finished well up in the scoring and though only 15 throughout most of the campaign, he didn&rsquo;t let anyone push him around.Other starry newcomers include Guy Rousseau and Claude Boucher from St. Jerome Eagles. These lads, playing on a weak fifth place club finished second and third in League scoring last season. Boucher flashed into prominence late in the year with a Six-goal performance.The short and sturdy, curly-haired Rousseau is a public favorite all over the circuit. A young cocky French-Canadian he is a great help in killing off penalties.Slim Phil Goyette is another newcomer who will help fill a centre-spot. Goyette is playing his third year in junior A ranks having starred with Nationales for the past two seasons.On defense and in the goals, Canadiens&rsquo; all-star members will have to work to keep their starting jobs. Ron Pilon, 210-pound sturdy with St. Jerome last season, has been impressive in early workouts and it is expected that he may crash into the starting line-up on defense any day.In goals, young Hodge, who barely reaches the top crossbar when he stands up straight is having his hands full staving cff a couple of ambitious youngsters seeking his job. Gilles Boisvert, secured from Three Rivers Reds in a trade two months ago, and Gatien Dessureault from the now defunct St. Jerome squad are both playing well. Dessureault especially has been catching the eye and there are rumors that Pollock will alternate with Hodge and Dessureault once the season gets underway.Canadiens seem to have a grand mixture of experience and youth for a junior team. There are enough good players in camp so that every player is fighting, and hard, to save his position. This is a good sign. The boys will be fighting harder and hitting midseason form earlier.Playing the new interlocking schedule with the nine-team Ontario Amateur Hockey Association, junior section, Canadiens will have a better slant on their Memorial Cup chances by mid-season. But there seems little doubt that Sam Pollock has developed a powerhouse that will be heard from right across Canada, before the 1952-53 season Is done. &#9632;

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Canadiens Rated Team To Beat In Quebec Jr. Play

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX. N.S.&mdash;After periods in which some of the clubs weren&rsquo;t sure they&rsquo;d get to the starting line, all four entries are squared away for action in the Maritime Major Hockey League.Sydney withdrew from the league and then re-entered, all in the course of a week. Bill Durnan apparently signed as coach of Charlottetown Islanders, then withdrew to go elsewhere and Murph (Hard Rock) Chamberlain leaped into the breach.The teams are tied to a 78 game schedule, 12 games fewer than last year when they played a record 90 and left behind a stream of red ink, most of it attributable to transportation costs.All four coaches have been named. Latest is Douglas (Dugger)McNeil, named to the post at Halifax. The others are the aforementioned Chamberlain at Charlottetown, Hub Macey at Glace Bay and Cliff Roach at Sydney.McNeil became eligible for the job when Frankie Eddolls, early favorite went to Indianapolis. Dugger thus comes home. A starry product of minor hockey in Halifax, he has been playing the past four seasons with Montreal Royals, with time out tor a while last year with Victoria Cougars.Royals, it is said, were reluctant to part with McNeil, but wouldn&rsquo;t stand in his way when he was offered the job of player-coach. It will be Halifax&rsquo;s first two-way mentor. Last season Wilf Field was signed as a player-coach but performed in only tour games. McNeil expects to play regularly all season, barring injuries of course.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0244/946153-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="271" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">Murph Chamberlain</figcaption></div>All four coaches are busily engaged selecting players from the various training camps. All four have close contacts with major and minor league clubs and it is expected that the league will be replete with new faces this winter.Sydney&rsquo;s decision to withdraw caused great consternation in Maritime major circles. When they returned it wag with a sigh of relief that the clubs welcomed them back. While prepared to go along with three teams, if necessary, it wasn&rsquo;t a prospect the teams relished.Sydney&rsquo;s intention was to form a league of Allan Cup calibre. But they found no one in the immediate vicinity to go along. So it was a question of major hockey or no hockey. The Millionaires decided to return, then pulled out all stops in the search for players.The league opens October 20. There will be feverish action behind the scenes before that date as the clubs prepare for action. Most of the players, secured at the various training camps, will start in good condition. Some of the holdovers, however, will have to start from scratch as Maritime centres are invariably behind the rest of Canada in making ice.The league will open With the teams playing four games each week, two at home and two on the road. After two months the schedule will change to three home games and three away games every fortnight. By this means the clubs hope to save considerably-in transportation costs.Greatest organization change is in Halifax, where Lt. Col. Viv Gland has withdrawn as sole sponsor but remains as part sponsor. He is surrounded by a groug of business men who hope the team will be accepted as a community project. The signing of the popular-Dugger McNeil as coach is the first major move, and one likely to gain the approbation of the fans.There will be many lineup changes over last year. Several stars with the defunct Moncton Hawks and Saint John Beavers will play with other Maritime clubs. Several veteran performers will not return to these eastward provinces.The accent will be on youth, and the majority of the players will be secured from major or minor professional organizations. The Big Four plans an Alexander Trophy playoff with the Quebec champions in the late spring and because of that proposed schedule will strive to make their teams as strong as ever.On the other hand there will be a major move toward saving money. Much will be saved on the new refereeing plan which sees two referees and hometown linesmen in the three-man system. The two of whom saw considerable service in the Maritime League last season.The salaries will be pared a bit. This is in order because the schedule is shorter. Most of the players, and particularly the older ones, shudder when they think of the 90-game grind a year ago. It was a backbreaker for all concerned. It won&rsquo;t happen again. &#9632;

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Four Maritime Clubs Set for ‘52 With 78 Game Schedule Ready

<div class="byline">By RAY GUAY</div>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;Like anyone else, the Western Canada Junior Hockey League realizes that playoff time is also &ldquo;payoff&rdquo; time and in order to enable most of the teams to reap profits from the extra games, the League decided to eliminate only one team after the regular schedule is over.Six of the seven teams in the circuit will be on hand when the schedule ends in mid-February. Officials who decided on this refused to divulge the playoff arrangements, but it&rsquo;s almost certain that the first and second teams or first and sixth teams will engage in one of those new-fangled best-of-nine series while the other four teams meet for the other final berth.The quarter-finals and semi-finals, involving four teams, will more than likely be best-of-five affairs with the Western winner being declared no later than March 2 6, in order to meet Memorial Cup playoff commitments.The 36-game schedule, reduced in order to accommodate the six-team playoff, will get under way Oct. 8.Another new idea adopted by the League this year involves scoring. Believing that the. scorekeeper is much better equipped to follow the pattern of play than the referees, the league decided that the goals and assists will be given by the scorekeeper with the referees probably taking over the capacity of advisor whenever the scorekeepers are in doubt.The juniors, more or less determined to revolutionize the present system, also adopted a resolution which says, in effect, that players of juvenile age will be able to play junior hockey until Jan. 15 without affecting their status as juvenile players. In addition, the juvenile players will still be able to play three games after Jan. 15 without fear of losing their lower rank status.While no reason was given for this rule, it was probably done in order to help teams strongly affected by injuries at the start of the season and also help the teams build stronger teams for the Memorial Cup chase. &#9632;

Western Canada Junior Loop To Permit Six Teams In Play-Offs

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"Captain morqan's in town!"

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0176/946253-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANSWERS NEXT WEEK</figcaption></div><h2>LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0250/946246-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="557" height="868"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY X-WORD

1&mdash;Chicago player shown In centre.6&mdash;Musical note.7&mdash;Conn Smythe&rsquo;s son is one (abbr.).9&mdash;Played for Cincinnati last season, first name Jack.12&mdash;Diamonds, (slang.).13&mdash;Month in wnlfh Gerry Reid celebrates 24 the birthday, (abbr.).15&mdash;Iron (Sym.).16&mdash;AHL Vice-President.17&mdash;Initials of ar Toronto centre.18&mdash;&rdquo;Mike&rdquo; Narduzzi&rsquo; initials.20&mdash;Initials of a Montreal rearguard.22&mdash;Initials of Deslauriers, who played most of 194 9-50 season with Cincinnati.23&mdash;George Armstrong has an&mdash;in a sling.24&mdash;Short for first name of Rothschild, former Maroon player.25&mdash;Of-(Fr.).26&mdash;First name of AHL President.28&mdash;Number of games Gerry Couture played for Canadiens in 1951-52.29&mdash;Initials of a Canadien forward.30&mdash;Max Bentley&rsquo;s Father has one.32&mdash;Otherwise.34&mdash;Upon.35&mdash;Pepin of Providence is called this.36&mdash;Played last season with Saskatoon, called Ken.37&mdash;Ells English (abbr.).<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Birthplace of Joe Evans.2&mdash;Number of goals Pat Egan scored last season.3&mdash;Charlie Conacher is of this descent.4&mdash;A Chicago forward.5&mdash;Initials of Mickoski.8&mdash;Jimmy Orlando turned pro with this NHL team (abbr.).10&mdash;Nickname of club with whom Claude Robert played last season.11&mdash;Short for given name of Corcoran, last season with Hershey.14&mdash;Metro Prystai plays this position.19&mdash;Ken McAuley, ex Ranger, was born here.21&mdash;Initials of a Boston winger.22&mdash;Second name of pictured star.23&mdash;This player scored 31 goals for Tacoma in 1951-52.24&mdash;Tennis term.27&mdash;Number of seasons Jackie Hamilton spent with Toronto.29&mdash;This former NHL netminder is called Dave.31&mdash;Native province of Ken Schultz, (abbr.).32&mdash;Number of goals Schmidt scored in 1951-52 play-offs.33&mdash;Pictured player&rsquo;s initials. &#9632;

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<h2>OCTOBER</h2>13&mdash;Barons at Monarchs.15&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Cana diens.17&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons.18&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon.20&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadiens.22&mdash;Brandon at Barons.24&mdash;Monarchs at Barons.25&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon.27&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens.29&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs.31&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs.31&mdash;Barons at Brandon.<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>3&mdash;Barons at Monarchs.6&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens.8&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons.8&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon.10&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadiens.12&mdash;Brandon at Barons.14&mdash;Monarchs at Barons.14&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon.17&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadians.19&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs.21&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs.22&mdash;Barons at Brandon.24&mdash;Barons at Monarchs.26&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens.28&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons.29&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon.<h2>DECEMBER</h2>1&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadiens.3&mdash;Brandon at Barons.5&mdash;Monarchs at Barons.6&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon.8&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens.10&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs.12&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs.13&mdash;Barons at Brandon.15&mdash;Barons at Monarchs.17&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens.19&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons.19&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon.22&mdash;Monarchs at Barons.26&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadien, 3:00 p.m.26&mdash;Brandon at Barons, 8:30 p.m.27&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon.29&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens.31&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs.<h2>JANUARY</h2>1&mdash;St. Boniface Canadians at Monarchs, 3:00 p.m.3&mdash;Barons at Brandon.3&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadiens.5&mdash;Barons at Monarchs.7&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens.9&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon.9&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Barons.12&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs.14&mdash;Brandon at Barons.16&mdash;Monarchs at Barons.17&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon.19&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens.21&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs.23&mdash;Monarchs at St. Boniface Canadiens.24&mdash;Brandon at Barons.26&mdash;Barons at Monarchs.27&mdash;Brandon at St. Boniface Canadiens.30&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens &lsquo;at Barons.31&mdash;Monarchs at Brandon.<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>2&mdash;Barons at St. Boniface Canadiens.4&mdash;Brandon at Monarchs.6&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Monarchs.7&mdash;Barons at Brandon.12&mdash;Monarchs at Barons.13&mdash;St. Boniface Canadiens at Brandon.21&mdash;Barons at Brandon. &#9632;

Manitoba Junior League Schedule

FORT FRANCES, Ont.&mdash;Ed Kryzanowski, star defenseman with the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League, was notified at the Hawk training camp of the death of his father. The elder Kryzanowski was believed to be 56.He was arowned in Rainy Lake near Fort Frances.<h2>Saskatchewan Group Has Election of President</h2>REGINA Sask.&mdash;Adoption of a revised constitution, election of officers and a discussion of the minor hockey setup were the main points of the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association&rsquo;s annual meeting..Ken Mayhew of Yorkton was re-elected for a second term as president. Pallie Pascoe of Moose Jaw and Dave Williamson of Mel-fort were elected, to the executive along with Russ McQuarrie, Saskatoon; John Staples, Kinder-sley; Leo Parker, Humboldt; Bill Ford, Swift Current; Father Athol, Murray Wilcox and Ken More, all Regina. Tom Melville of Regina was appointed secretary.The secretary&rsquo;s report showed that 184 teams took part in the playoffs, an increase of 33 over the previous season. Grants totalling $5,051 were paid out to minor clubs. &#9632;

Ed Kryzanowski Bereaved As Father Dies Near Home

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NEXT TRY A RICE BEER

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-029/946425-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="248" height="294"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-019/946432-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="228" height="281"></div>VOLUME 6MONTREAL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER II, 1952NUMBER 2<h2>OCTOBER</h2>Wed. 8th thWed. 8th&mdash;Medicine Hat at Crows NeatThurs. 9&mdash;Medicine Hat at LethbridgeSat. 11&mdash;Calgary at Medicine HatMon. 13&mdash;Calgary at ReginaTues. 15&mdash;Lethbridge at EdmontonThurs. 1&mdash;Lethbridge at CalgaryFri. 17&mdash;Moose Jaw at Crows NestSat. 18&mdash;Moose Jaw at Lethbridge Regina at Medicine HatMon. 20&mdash;Moose Jaw at Edmonton Regina at Crows NestTues. 21&mdash;Moose Jaw at Calgary Regina at LethbridgeThurs. 23&mdash;Moose Jaw at Medicine Hat Regina at EdmontonFri. 24&mdash;Regina at CalgaryMonday 27&mdash;Regina at Moose Jaw Calgary at Crows NestThurs. 30&mdash;Crows Nest at EdmontonFriday 31&mdash;Medicine Hat at Regina Crows Nest at Calgary<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>Sat. 1&mdash;Medicine Hat at Moose Jaw Calgary at LethbridgeMon. 3&mdash;Crows Nest at ReginaTues. 4&mdash;Crows Nest at Moose JawWed. 5&mdash;Lethbridge at EdmontonThurs. 6&mdash;Crows Nest at Medicine HatFri. 7&mdash;Calgary at ReginaSat. 8&mdash;Crows Nest at Lethbridge Calgary at Moose JawMon. 10&mdash;Calgary at Medicine HatTues. 11&mdash;Edmonton at LethbridgeWed. 12&mdash;Edmonton at Crows NestFri. 14&mdash;Calgary at EdmontonSat. 15&mdash;Lethbridge at Medicine Hat Regina at Moose JawTues. 18&mdash;Medicine Hat at LethbridgeWed. 19&mdash;Medicine Hat at Crows NestFri. 21&mdash;Lethbrige at Regina Crows Nest at CalgarySat. 22&mdash;Lethbridge at Moose Jaw Crows Nest at EdmontonMon. 24&mdash;Medicine Hat at EdmontonTues. 25&mdash;Medicine Hat at CalgaryWed. 26&mdash;Lethbridge at Crows Nest Jaw at ReginaFri. 28&mdash;Edmonton at Medicine HatSat. 29&mdash;Edmonton at Moose Jaw Crows Nest at Lethbridge<h2>DECEMBER</h2>Mon. 1&mdash;Edmonton at ReginaWed. 3&mdash;Calgary at Crows NestThurs. 4&mdash;Calgary at LethbridgeFriday 5&mdash;Moose Jaw at EdmontonSat. 6&mdash;Moose Jaw at Calgary Regina at Medicine HatMon, 8&mdash;Moose Jaw at Crows Nest Regina at LethbridgeWed. 10&mdash;Moose Jaw at Lethbridge Regina at Crows NestThurs. 11&mdash;Moose Jaw at Medicine HatFri. 12&mdash;Regina at CalgarySat. 13&mdash;Regina at Edmonton Crows Nest at Medicine HatMon. 15&mdash;Medicine Hat at Calgary Crows Nest at ReginaTues. 16&mdash;Crows Nest at Moose Jaw Medicine Hat at EdmontonWed. 17&mdash;Calgary at LethbridgeFri. 19&mdash;Edmonton at Medicine Hat Moose Jaw at ReginaSat. 20&mdash;Edmonton at Moose Jaw Lethbridge at CalgaryMon. 22&mdash;Lethbridge at Crows Nest Edmonton at ReginaFri. 26 2.30&mdash;Medicine Hat at ReginaSat. 27&mdash;Medicine Hat at Moose Jaw Edmonton at Calgary Calgary at Edmonton<h2>JANUARY</h2>Fri. 2&mdash;Edmonton at Crows Nest Calgary at ReginaSat. 3&mdash;Edmonton at Lethbridge Calgary at Moose JawMon. 5&mdash;Calghry at Medicine HatWed. 7&mdash;Crows Nest at ReginaThurs. 8&mdash;Crows Nest at Moose JawFri. 9&mdash;Regina at EdmontonSat. 10&mdash;Regina at Calgary Crows Nest at Medicine HatMon. 12&mdash;Regina at Crows Nest Medicine Hat at CalgaryTuesday 13&mdash;Regina at Lethbridge Medicine Hat at EdmontonThurs. 15&mdash;Regina at Medicine HatFrJ. 16&mdash;Lethbridge at CalgarySaturday 17&mdash;Lethbridge at EdmontonMon. 19&mdash;Regina at Moose Jaw Edmonton at CalgaryWed. 21&mdash;Edmonton at Crows NestThurs. 22&mdash;Edmonton at LethbridgeFri. 23&mdash;Moose Jaw at ReginaSat. 24&mdash;Medicine Hat at LethbridgeMon. 26&mdash;Lethbridge at ReginaTues. 27&mdash;Lethbridge at Moose JawWed. 28&mdash;Calgary at Crows NestFri. 30&mdash;Medicine Hat at ReginaSat. 31&mdash;Medicine Hat at Moose Jaw Calgary at Edmonton Crows Nest at Lethbridge<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>Mon. 2&mdash;Edmonton at ReginaTues. 3&mdash;Edmonton at Moose JawWed. 4 Lethbridge at Crows NestThus. 5&mdash;Edmonton at Medicine HatFri. 6&mdash;Edmonton at CalgarySat. 7&mdash;Moose Jaw at Medicine HatMon, 9&mdash;Moose Jaw at CalgaryTuesday 10&mdash;Moose Jaw at Edmonton Lethbridge at Medicine HatWed. 11&mdash;Medicine Hat at Crows NestThurs. 12&mdash;Moose Jaw at LethbridgeFriday 13&mdash;Moose Jaw at Crows NestSat. 14&mdash;Lethbridge at Medicine HatMon. 16&mdash;Lethbridge at Regina Crows Nest at CalgaryTues. 17th&mdash;Lethbridge at Moose Jaw Crows Nest at Edmauian &#9632;

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October 11, 1952

The Apple of Adams’ Eye

Cook Thinks His Club Needs Just Forward Strength

Playing the Field

Moore Knee Question Mark for Habs