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October 25, 1952

The Hockey News October 25, 1952

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Conn Smythe is either playing possum or else he actually doesn&rsquo;t think that his Toronto Maple Leafs have much of a chance of making the play-offs. An example of Conn&rsquo;s pessimistic outlook is the statement he made recently.&ldquo;If coach Joe Primeau gets the Leafs into the play-offs under his own steam, and not because another team collapses, he should be named coach of the year.&rdquo; &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

Conn Pessimistic

<div class="byline">By FRANK BIRD</div>LETHBRIDGE, Alta.&mdash;The Western Canada Junior Hockey League opened with a bang in Lethbridge on Thursday, October 9th, with the Native Sons trouncing the Medicine Hat Tigers 12-2. The outstanding star of the game was Billy &ldquo;Hardrock&rdquo; Dea, who recently returned from the Saskatoon Quakers camp of the Western Pro Circuit. Dea was highly impressive at the Quakers camp and drew the praise of Coach Doug Bently, brother Max and all the railbirds that attended the workouts. In fact, the left winger has been tagged as a terrific pro prospect after one more year in amateur company, which will be with the Native Sons. In that Native Sons 12-2 victory, Dea racked up not only a &ldquo;Hat&rdquo; but also added one more for insurance.The Western Junior Loop for 1952-53 will present to the fans a 7 team loop, four new coaches ane one returning to the fold who is well known in hockey circles everywhere. The only clubs sticking with last years mentors are the Edmonton Oil Kings under Ken McAuley and the Regina Pats tutored by &ldquo;Silent&rdquo; Murray Armstrong. The Moose Jaw Canucks have signed the Mighty Mite, Ken Doraty to pilot their entry, replacing Big Vic Myles who was at the helm last year. The Medicine Hat Tigers have signed Don McCullough who has taken over from Dick Gray.Saskatoon&rsquo;s most travelled hockey player, Ab &ldquo;Tony&rdquo; Rogers is the new coach of the Crows Nest Coalers while the well known and liked Byron &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; McDonald will handle the reins for the Lethbridge Native Sons, replacing Pete Slobodian.The so called &ldquo;experts&rdquo; are picking the Edmonton Oil Kings and the Lethbrige Native Sons to be the cream of the League this campaign with the Kings favored on the basis of last years showing.There has already been one outstanding player trade involving the Crows Nest Coalers and the Lethbridge Native Sons.Manager Ed Bruchet of the Sons, a New York Ranger farm Club, traded goalie Bill Lutenyk and several unnamed players for centre-man Clarence Jaster, a deal that should work out well for the benefit of both clubs.The various Junior Chambers of Commerce of Southern Alberta are happy over the recent hot weather but not so the men behind the ice machines and the teams involved. The Medicine Hat Tigers recently packed their equipment and took off for Saskatchewan, setting up camp in Humboldt. Old man sol and machinery breakdowns kept ice out of the &ldquo;Hat&rdquo; arena. The same story developed in Bellevue, home of the Crow Coalers, who at this writing, are still unable to make ice because of equipment failure and unseasonable weather.One of the features of the Western Junior League this year will be the appearance in each of the 7 centres of a gleaming new Cadillac. This lovely and attractive two tone auto will belong to some fortunate Junior Hockey Booster Fan come March. The car will be displayed in Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, Bellevue, Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw and Regina.Officials expect this to be the best year yet for the Western Canada Junior League, which may produce the Memorial Cup Champion for 1952-53. &#9632;

Oil Kings, Sons Called to Lead Western Junior

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0361/928650-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Where is Dickie Moore, the colorful kid who performed so capably in the National League last season? The answer: he may be back in action shortly. The Habs sent him to Toronto where a specialist took a look at his knee. The report is that he has flued in the back of the knee and a small operation may be necessary. However, Moore is skating every day and reports that the knee isn&rsquo;t troubling him.</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;General Manager Jack Adams of the champion Detroit Red Wings is more than a little incensed at the way the NHL referees have been calling the games involving his team. The vogue this season seems to be toward extra strict adherance to the rules.&ldquo;This is hopeless,&rdquo; says Jolly Jack, &ldquo;The whistle ruined basketball and it will kill hockey, It&rsquo;s as bad for one team as the other and worse for the spectators. Nobody knows what&rsquo;s going on.&rdquo;<h2>On the Mend &#9632;</h2>

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Adams Cites Basketball, Could Happen in Hockey

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0243/927479-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="271" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Bill Cook)</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;With 68 games left to play, the Rangers had yet to tie or win. But Bill Cook wasn&rsquo;t worried, for he was able to consider and weigh these factors: (1) the first two games had been on the road&mdash;as the next three were to be; (2) New York has made a habit of starting slowly; (3) the loss of Bones Raleigh and the continued absence of Edgar Laprade had left the team in a real fix: and (4) considerable Improvement by all hands had been shown from game No. 1 to game No. 2.The manager had but faint praise for a selected few after the Rangers opened with a 5-3 loss in Detroit. When they went on to Chicago and lost, 2-0, he had this to say:&lsquo;&lsquo;If we Improve as much in the next game as we did in the last, we&rsquo;ve got to win it. I thought we should have beaten Chicago, 4-2. With any sort of breaks, we would have. We exerted all the pressure. Two of our lines played well. The defense was sound. And Worsley was very good in the nets. He wasn&rsquo;t nervous the way he was in Detroit.&rdquo;<h2>Third Line Started Poorly</h2>The Paul Ronty-Wally Her-gesheimer&mdash;Herb Dickenson line was above reproach in each of the first two games. Ronty and Hergy accounted for two of the three goals, in fact. The so-called third line of Nick Mickoski&mdash;Jack Stoddard Jim Conacher was haphazard In the opener, but Cook could find no fault with them in Chicago.Where the real problem lay was where Raleigh would have been playing&mdash;between Ed Slowinskl and Gaye Stewart. But with Bones out for from six to eight weeks with his fractured wrist, little Jackie McLeod wasn&rsquo;t making a go of it as temporary replacement.Not only wasn&rsquo;t this supposedly No. 1 line attacking with gusto, but it seemed confused on the ice. Whether the strangeness of playing with McLeod were the sole cause or not, it was a matter of record that no one had scored or come close to scoring. And, what&rsquo;s more important, the line was being scored against&mdash;plenty. Three of Detroit&rsquo;s goals and both of Chicago&rsquo;s came while McLeod and Associates were on the ice.Asked if he planned any lineup changes&mdash;say, to move Conacher to McLeod&rsquo;s place&mdash;Cook had this answer: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got to go along with the present team, for the time being at least. You need more than two games to make a decision. They deserve more of a trial than that.&rdquo;<h2>No Lineup Change Yet</h2>Cook indicated that the first lineup change wouldn&rsquo;t be made until Laprade reported&mdash;in shape to play. Whether the veteran center would be inserted in McLeod&rsquo;s or Mickoski&rsquo;s place was questionable. There was a good chance he&rsquo;d replace Mickoski, in which case Nick could move over to left wing and Conacher move up to center Slowinski and Stewart. &ldquo;I want to wait until I see him,&rdquo; Bill said.There was no indication when Laprade would report. Just at the time he was ready to leave for camp, after being talked out of retirement, one of Edgar&rsquo;s young daughters became seriously ill. He is remaining in Port Arthur, skating every day, until she improves.The one other Ranger absentee was due to return to the lineup in Toronto, Oct. 18. Chuck Rayner, who missed his first season opener since 1946 with a pulled thigh muscle, thought he&rsquo;d be ready to play then.The fact that Rayner was to be given a job in the nets as soon as he became healthy didn&rsquo;t mean that Lome Worsley, the 23-year-old rookie from Saskatoon, was to be discarded. As a result of his fine showing in the first two games&mdash;three of Detroit&rsquo;s goal came while he was still in a nervous state in the first period&mdash;Worsley was to be entered in an open competition for the regular job.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll keep Worsley around, even after Rayner comes back, Cook promised. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;s a major league goalkeeper right now. He&rsquo;ll be given enough chance to win the job, just as Rayner will. And if Rayner is as good as he showed he was in training, Worsley will be good insurance.&rdquo;This won&rsquo;t be the first time the Rangers have played one goaltender against another. Rayner and Sugar Jim Henry had a similar competition from 1945-48. And Toronto, of course, had Al Rollins vs Turk Broda in later seasons.ICE CHIPS: Rangers were no better off after first two games last Fall. They lost in Detroit and Montreal, before taking a victory in Toronto and a tie in Chicago home to show the New York publie&hellip;The shutout in Chicago was premature, however. A year ago, the Rangers scored at least once in every game until Jan. 31 in Montreal. That was their last shutout on the road&mdash;until Chicago&hellip;If Cook is looking for a ray of sunshine, he might play with the fact that New York&rsquo;s three goals in Detroit was its highest total in an opener since 1941. (When it won, of course)&hellip;Raleigh, hospitalized for nearly two weeks after operation on wrist, will be skating before his team returns home on Oct. 22&hellip;This is the time of year when Rayner can hardly look forward to play in New York again. He is alergic to horses, and the Rangers replace the rodeo at Madison Square Garden. Kerchoo!<h2>&lsquo;Roc&rsquo; Stumped by Gump</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0332/927472-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="1181" height="807"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gump Worsley of the Rangers stops Richard in a recent game.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Cook Plans No Lineup Switches Until Laprade Reports for Work

<div class="byline">&#x2026;by Dave Bier</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover1" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover1/929304-1-eng-US/cover12.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover2/929297-1-eng-US/cover22.jpg" title="Cover2" width="2906" height="1459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Young Lome &lsquo;Gump&rsquo; Worsley had his hands full when the New York Rangers played the Montreal Canadiens and one of his chief tormenters was Elegant Elmer Lach. On at least two occasions Lach had Worsley sprawling out of his cage in an effort to make the save. In the top photo Worsley is seen sliding out of his net to make a save as Lach tries vainly to lift it over the crew out goaler. In the lower photo Gump is down for the count as Lach prepares to put the puck behind him into the net. Allan Stanley is the Ranger trying desperately to come to Worsley&rsquo;s ald.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Chadwick Followed Orders Chasing 25 in Olympia

BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;The American Hockey League Board of Governors have decided on a compromise on the controversial no-recall rule. In a marathon meeting that lasted from noon hour one day well into the next, they decided that NHL teams may recall players after all but they limited the number to be recalled from any team to two. This rule will be in effect only until Feb. 15, when the league will revert to the original no-recall rule, effective until the league play-offs.The rule in effect says that an NHL team can farm players to their AHL affiliates with the assurance that at least two can be recalled when needed by the parent club. If they do recall however, replacements must be sent to the American League to take their place.A league spokesman said this revision of the rule &lsquo;Split the difference&rsquo; between the original no recall rule and a four player exchange contract that existed between the Pittsburgh Hornets and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. This contract had been signed prior to the no-recall rule being invoked. Earlier Pittsburgh manager Jim Balmer had stated that the Hornets would opperate but &lsquo;Not in violation of our prior contract with the Toronto Leafs&rsquo;. He also stated that the Hornets were in the league to stay but on reasonable terms. Apparently the reasonable terms were the allowance of the four player recall.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0130/927093-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="558" height="565"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stuck to GunsJIM BALMER</figcaption></div>The revision however is little help to the Indianapolis Caps who have dropped out of the league due to their not owning any players of their own. It is thought that the Caps will make an attempt to return to action next year if they can acquire sufficient players.Teams most benefitting by the change in the ruling are the St. Louis Flyers, who had an agreement with the Detroit Red Wings, Hershey Bears who have worked with the Boston Bruins for the past eleven years, and the Buffalo Bisons, a Montreal Canadian affiliate.The Bisons have had &lsquo;friendly relations&rsquo; with the Canadians since the beginning of the season and the Habs detailed a number of players to Buffala despite the no-recall rule. Now that the revision is in effect, the Montreal team will be able to recall any of the players they sent to Buffalo if they have need of them.Hershey and St. Louis were on the &lsquo;wait and see&rsquo; list from their NHL affiliates and now it is probable that Detroit and Boston will detail some added strength to the AHL teams now that they can recall two of them. &#9632;

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AHLGovernors Compromiseon No-Recall Rule

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0223/927131-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="288" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Chadwick</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Anytime you find 25 penalties in one hockey game, you have a lot more to talk about than who won.Which was the case here as Red Wings and Maple Leafs met for the first time this season, and tossed a few for old times sakes. Furthermore there wasn&rsquo;t a winner anyway. It ended in a 4-4 tie.But there was so many high spots that the events received all the attention of a seventh game of a Stanley Cup playoffs. Here were a few of them:1&mdash;The 25 penalties set an alltime record for National Hockey League play, one more than the previous high.2&mdash;Referee Bill Chadwick&rsquo;s whistle became overheated as he had at least one player in the penalty cage for half of the 60 minutes.3&mdash;Capt. Ted Kennedy was the most noticeable Maple Leaf, for he collected the &lsquo;&lsquo;hat trick&rdquo;, and his third goal forced the tie 4 5 seconds from the end.4&mdash;Capt. Ted Lindsay was the most noticeable Red Wing for entirely different reasons. He led the penalty parade, picking up four for a total of 3 0 minutes plus $75 In automatic fines.5&mdash;It was one of those ties which one team regarded as a &ldquo;victory,&rdquo; the other as a &ldquo;defeat.&rdquo; Toronto was shorthanded for the last two minutes (Rudy Migay off) when the tying goal was made. And it was a disputed one at that.NEW RULES?: Just what brought about the rough, brawling contest is hard to figure. Possibly it was just the first opportunity to renew the old feuds of the past, for Detroit-Toronto games never are tame at any time.But others suspect it was the result of the crackdown on illegal play which referees have been ordered to carry out. Carl Voss, NHL referee-in-chief, had outlined his views on that earlier, stating that the &ldquo;clutch and grab&rdquo; era was Over and &ldquo;lazy man&rdquo; fouls like hooking, holding and tripping would be called tighter.There had been evidence of the crackdown earlier. The dreadfully dull All-Star Game here saw nine penalties, any of which could have been overlooked without objections. The Detroit-New Yorker opener had no bitterness, but 13 penalties were called.No question about the record 25 penalties, however. Chadwick could have called more, and was inconsistent because he didn&rsquo;t. He tried to grab control early, but these players Ignored him, so he settled for 25.* * *ROLL CALL: Any time a record is set, and especially in view of the crackdown, a detailed list of the penalties is interesting. Chadwick called 19 minors, four fighting majors, a misconduct and a game misconduct.Lindsay drew two of the majors, which made the misconduct automatic. Whereupon he skated over to Chadwick to discuss the affair on a personal basis, and Chadwick who so resented his language that the game misconduct was tacked on.Kennedy and Gord Hannigan caught the two other five-minute rests for fighting. The minors went to Tony Leswick (2). Marcel Pronovost (2), Glen Skov, Marty Pavelich, Larry Zeidel, Reg Sinclair and Gord Howe, of Detroit. and Fern Flaman (4), Bob Hassard, Hannigan, Harry Lumley, Jim Morrison, Howie Meeker and Migay, of Toronto.Of the minors, seven were for tripping, five for roughing, two for high sticks, two for hooking and one each for holding, slashing and cross-checking.The penalty record wasn&rsquo;t really in danger until a free-for-all broke out in the last 10 minutes. Seven were called as a result of that melee, and the previous mark of 2 4 set here in a 194 9 Montreal game was tied.For a while then it appeared that no new record was forthcoming. But at 18: 09 Migay accomodated by tripping Howe.GOALIES&rsquo; NIGHTMARE: Naturally penalties played a big part in the scoring, and six of the eight counters came while teams were short. As If the almost continual series of power plays wasn&rsquo;t enough, the goalies also had to contend with some weird goals.Lumley, who had been nicked six times the night before in the jittery debut of Toronto&rsquo;s rookies, saw four strange one get by. Lindsay got a slow trickier which just drifted in on a rebound scramble. Howe tipped in Pronovost&rsquo;s screen shot. A Howe shot bounced in sideways off Skov&rsquo;s leg. And Johnny Wilson was credited with the fourth when he swatted in a loose puck after Lumley had juggled it several times before finally dropping it.Kennedy cleanly beat Terry Sawchuk twice, while Ron Stewart got another on a goal-mouth deflection. But Kennedy&rsquo;s third, for the deadlock, was the strangest one. The shot hit the cross bar and bounced back into the crease. When Terry covered it, all seemed saved, but Chadwick signaled a goal and only then did the goal light flash on.The Wings, who had had one goal called back and a protested Montreal goal ruled legal only the night before in bowing 2-1 in Montreal, protested bitterly that Kennedy&rsquo;s shot never got in.REACTION: Detroit&rsquo;s brand of play in the new campaign was left open to question since the Red Wing defenders had only broken even in their first three games&mdash;a victory, defeat and tie&mdash;and. 500 hockey won&rsquo;t win the NHL crown again.Toronto got a morale boost, sorely needed by its rookies, for the tie looking mighty big to a club which appeared on its way to a second lopsided defeat in its first two starts.The officials continued to put across the fact that the calls will be tighter this year.And Detroit fans finally realized that the hockey season really is here. It takes one of the rousing brawls against Toronto to make it official, and especially this year after the All-Star fiasco had left a horribly flat taste for every witness.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0320/927124-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="1190" height="1208"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Swings to Record MinutesTed Lindsay, Detroit&rsquo;s new captain swings a right hook at Ray Hannigan of the Leafs while Howie Meeker puts a head lock on the Wings&rsquo; star.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Chadwick Just Followed Orders When He Chased Record 25 in Olympia

DETROIT&mdash;Carl Voss, referee-in-chlef of the National Hockey League, after being told that his officials were calling them a little too close this year, informed his complainants:&ldquo;We&rsquo;re trying to get rid of hooking and holding, all the cheap stuff&hellip;everybody has sought this for years. This policy was voted up by the Governors&rsquo; rules committee last May and that was an order from them to me. So we have to call the penalties closer than they&rsquo;ve been called before.&rdquo;There have been numerous reactions to the closer calling, most of them complaining that there are too many whistles and the game is delayed too much. &#9632;

Governors’ Rules Committee Voted to Call Them Closer

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Coaeh Lynn Patrick of the Boston Bruins believes that he has the Rookie-of-the-Year in his line-up this year in the person of Leo Labine, known as the magnificent screwball.Patrick was very enthusiastic over Labine&rsquo;s early season performances.&ldquo;He has loads of colour,&rdquo; Lynn points out. &ldquo;The fans will really love him. And he can really play hockey. That kid line of ours, Labine, Real Chevrefils and Dave Creighton will be one of the best in the business this year.&rdquo;Brought up at the tail end of the &rsquo;51-52 campaign. Labine got into 15 regular schedule games with the Bruins and 5 play-off fixtures. &#9632;

Leo in Spotlight

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Bruins received a rousing vote of confidence from the men who operate them as they opened their 29th season in the National League.President Walter Brown, General Manager Art Ross and Coach Lynn Patrick all predicted that the Bruins would fare better than they did a year ago, and Patrick went farther than that.The Bruins&rsquo; coach predicted that his third Boston team would win the Stanley Cup.The occasion was a dinner for Boston&rsquo;s press, radio and television contingent in the Garden Club, an affair attended by more than 7 5 men.Patrick, introduced by Fred Cusick, the Bruins&rsquo; new play-byplay announcer, pulled no punches in painting a rosy future for his youth-stocked team.&ldquo;I made a big mistake before the start of my two previous seasons here,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I picked each team to finish in first place and I was wrong. I overestimated the strength of those teams.&ldquo;This year I&rsquo;m not saying that the Bruins will finish first, but 1 will say something else. I&rsquo;ll say that we&rsquo;ll win the Stanley Cup. You can bet your bottom dollar that we&rsquo;ll try our darndest.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been reading where some experts up in Montreal are saying that we have a weak defense, &lsquo;Patrick continued. &ldquo;Well, we don&rsquo;t have a weak defense, or a weak offense, either. We have three strong, well-balanced lines, and if those experts knew anything about hockey, they&rsquo;d know that a defense is as strong as the lines which support it.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have our bad spots for a while, because we&rsquo;re still in the process of organization, with all these youngsters we have,&rdquo; Patrick added, &ldquo;but we&rsquo;ll be getting better all the time. By next spring we&rsquo;ll have the best team in the league. With a little luck we would have won the Stanley Cup a year ago. This time we&rsquo;ll win it.&rdquo;* * *<h2>Best Looking In 5 Years</h2>Brown and Ross were both more cautious in their statements than the enthusiastic Patrick, but both made optimistic predictions.&ldquo;The Bruins put on a great finish last year,&rdquo; said Brown, &ldquo;and I think this team is capable of playing the same kind of hockey.&rdquo;&ldquo;This is the best looking Bruins&rsquo; team we&rsquo;ve had in five years,&rdquo; declared Ross. &ldquo;I know it will provide the people with fine entertainment, win, lose or draw. There isn&rsquo;t a &ldquo;snow thrower&rdquo; on the club, and the youngsters are a great bunch of battlers.&rdquo;The Bruins started their 25th season at the Garden on a wave of enthusiasm which, if it failed to match Patrick&rsquo;s still reflected interest in the revised team which he is directing this season.Early customer reaction indicated that the potential turnstilespinners approved of the Leo La-bines, Fleming Mackells, Bob Armstrongs and Dave Creightons with which the squad is well-sprinkled.A crowd of 11, 194 turned out for the opening game with the Montreal Canadiens, and presumably liked the way the Bruins stepped out with their well-conditioned opponents.Among those who liked their looks was Clarence Campbell, president of the National League, who said:&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen all the teams in the League, and the only one which can match the Bruins&rsquo; speed is the Canadiens. They&rsquo;ll skate away from the other clubs. They&rsquo;ll he a hard club to beat and a pleasing team to follow.&rdquo;The first-night attendance was surpassed only twice during the 1951-52 regular season, once on a holiday evening, the other time on Schmidt-Dumart night. It was the biggest crowd to watch the Canadiens in a regular game here in three years.<h2>Confident Prexy</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0413/927186-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="592" height="596"><figcaption class="caption-body">WALTER BROWN</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Lynn Goes on Limb…Predicts Cup for Bs

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0130/927241-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The hockey fortunes of Hal Laycoe of the Boston Bruins have certainly followed some peculiar courses in the last two years.At this time two years ago he was a utility man for the Montreal Canadiens, about as well-known here as the second string catcher for the New York Yankees.A year ago he was identified as a bespectacled defenseman of the Bruins who rounded out a foursome of Bill Quackenbush, Murray Henderson and Gus Kyle.But today Laycoe is a Boston standby, a stimulating veteran counted upon heavily to be a steadying influence for the bumptious youngsters now wearing Bruins&rsquo; uniforms.The turning point of Laycoe&rsquo;s career probably came on the late winter day in 1951 when the Ca nadiens traded him to the Bruins for Ross Lowe, also a defenseman. The move was criticized here.Lowe was a colorful youngster, the fastest skater on the Bruins at that time, and he had shown prowess as a fighter. Why, people wanted to know, did the Bruins trade him for this fellow named Laycoe?&ldquo;We feel that we need an experienced defenseman who doesn&rsquo;t make mistakes if we&rsquo;re going to make the playoffs,&rdquo; explained Coach Lynn Patrick. &ldquo;We think Laycoe can put us in. Lowe may be a fine prospect, but he isn&rsquo;t ready to help us now.&rdquo;So the Bruins acquired Laycoe for a two-months shot, took him in an effort to make the playoffs, with not much more in mind for him. The tall man from Saskatchewan handled the rest of his affairs himself.* * *<h2>Played Complete Season</h2>Patrick didn&rsquo;t have to watch Laycoe very long before including him in his plans for the following year, last year. Laycoe played every game of the 1951-52 season, including seven playoff games, the first time he had ever played a complete schedule in the National League.Then during the past summer Patrick created more plans for him, but this time they were not a settlement of his playing status. He decided to employ him as a teacher for a 21-year-old strawberry blond from Hershey named Bob Armstrong.The 185-pound Armstrong was summoned from Hershey during last spring&rsquo;s playoffs, when Patrick became dissatisfied with the work of Gus Kyle. He made Armstrong Laycoe&rsquo;s partner for the last five games.The stretch was what started the Bruins&rsquo; coach to thinking in terms of using Laycoe and Armstrong together, as he has done since the opening of this season.&ldquo;You may remember that Hal was one of our outstanding players in the first two games which we lost in Montreal,&rdquo; related Patrick, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;ve always thought that he played better in the last five than in the first two.&ldquo;It seemed to me that when I put Armstrong with him, Hal bore down more, even though he had been doing very well. He seemed to take Armstrong under his wing, so to speak, and he just about played himself into exhaustion helping him out.&ldquo;When I noted that reaction in Laycoe, that&rsquo;s when I started thinking about playing them together again this year.&rdquo;Hal and his youthful chum have developed into a well-organized team, with Laycoe playing the part for which he looks suited, that of professor, and Armstrong, a business adminlstraiton student in the summer, the pupil.&ldquo;Bob&rsquo;s a fine young fellow with whom to play,&rdquo; lauds the Professor. &ldquo;He learns very rapidly and asks more questions of Bill (Quackenbush) and me than anyone I&rsquo;ve ever met.&rdquo;Laycoe has played a lot of hockey in acquiring the lore which he imparts to young Armstrong. This is his eighth year as a professional, and he played in the fast Eastern League for the New York Rovers before that.Despite his extensive background, Hal had never played a complete schedule in the National League until last year. Something always came up to disrupt his hopes.&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t make the New York Rangers as a regular just after the war,&rdquo; he related, &ldquo;because they had plenty of defensemen more experienced than I was.&ldquo;Then when I was with the Canadiens I had my wrist broken one time, and another time I had my nose badly broken. My last year with Montreal I started the season as a regular and had four ribs broken. I never got the job back.&rdquo;Laycoe just beat an injury to the wire last spring, for in the sixth game of the playoffs he aggravated a knee injury, and the joint blew up like a balloon. He played the seventh game despite the injury, then spent the next two weeks having it treated.Despite he fact that he isn&rsquo;t a connoisseur of penalty boxes, Laycoe has impressed Bostonians with his aggressivenes. He belongs to the school which figures that a defenseman&rsquo;s job is to help prevent the opposition from scoring, the method being secondary.He hit his high as a penalty collector last season, when he spent slightly more than one hour in enforced idleness. The only jam of consequence in which he was involved was one with his friend Billy Reay of the Canadiens during the playoffs.He also has a reputation of versatility, based on the fact that he sometimes played as a forward with the Canadiens and has played both defense positions with the Bruins.Laycoe, who comes originally from the western town of Sutherland, became a member of the Bruins&rsquo; year-round colony last summer, joining Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart, John Peirson and Quackenbush in that category.He, his wife and their twin sons, five-year old Bryan and Robert, settled in suburban Arlington, and Hal spent the summer selling cars and playing golf with his four teammates arid Patrick.He was able to curtail his selling activities once the Bruins started training, however, for the 29-year-old defenseman found himself placed high on Patrick&rsquo;s order list, with no further sales talks necessary.<h2>Professor Laycoe And His Student &#9632;</h2>

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Bruins Took Him As Insurance In Bid For Playoffs

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;So rapid has been the turnover in personnel of the Boston Bruins in the last year that Hal Laycoe now ranks seventh in seniority.Laycoe joined the Bruins late in the winter of 1951. The only present Bruins who were here before he came are Milt Schmidt, John Peirson, Woody Dumart, Ed Sandford, Bill Quackenbush and Dave Creighton, and Creighton&rsquo;s service with the Bruins hasn&rsquo;t been continuous. &#9632;

Laycoe Ranks Seventh In Seniority Since ’51 Trade

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Hal Laycoe of the Bruins is the only player in the National League who wears glasses while he is playing. He wears a special pair with unbreakable lenses and keeps a spare pair in the Bruins&rsquo; locker room.Laycoe has been getting suggestions for years that he be fitted for a pair of contact lenses, like those worn by Defenseman Tim Horton of Toronto, but he refuses to change.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never had any trouble playing with the ones I have&rdquo;, he says, &ldquo;so why should I change?&rdquo; &#9632;

Hal Refuses to Switch Glasses for Contacts

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01101/927320-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="260" height="381"></div><h2>Opening Game Attendances</h2>The crowds are back in the rinks of the American clubs in the National Hockey League, if you can judge from opening game attendances. The Red Wings drew a close to capacity house for their opening game, over 12, 000 turned out to welcome the Chicago Black Hawks home and the Boston Bruins played to 11, 194 in their opener on the same night.There has been a good deal of talk lately about hockey retreating back into Canada from the United States, but maybe it was a trifle premature.If hockey can draw like that in the American cities in the middle of the football season, it may well be there to stay. Football Is more of a mania than a sport over there and hockey gets very little ink on the sports pages until the great fall frenzy has subsided. This year it got less than ever with one of the most exciting World Series of them all going the full seven games. That the clubs should open almost cold over there and draw that many fans must Indicate something.Maybe it only Indicates that money is a little looser, or that people over there are growing a bit bored with their television sets. But it may also mean that the fans will turn out if you give them winning teams to watch.Detroit is the one American city in the league where attendance has held up in recent years and it must be something more than coincidence that the Rea Wings always had powerful representation on the ice. We have heard it said that attendance didn&rsquo;t fall off there because it is a border city and that many regulars at the Olympia come from Windsor and other Canadian cities and towns in the area. But we are inclined to believe that those fine clubs put together by Jack Adams are the real reason the Red Wings continued to draw.The entire league was worried over the Boston and Chicago situations last season. There was less worry in Boston when the Bruins made the playoffs and the fans returned in such numbers that some were turned away for at least one game in the playoff series with Canadiens. The Bruins are reported to be an improved club this season and they may have seen a temporary end to their turnstile troubles. The Black Hawks&rsquo; feat of winning their first two games on the road appears to have impressed embittered fans in Chicago, who now seem ready to give them another look.<h2>Adams Fears Complacency</h2>When he was here with his Red Wings over the week-end Jack Adams conceded that the Black Hawks would be tough, but we wonder if he thought they&rsquo;d be that tough?&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be a war every time they play us or Toronto,&rdquo; he prophesied. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re loaded with former Red Wings and Leafs who want to prove that somebody made a mistake in letting them go.&rdquo;He thought Canadiens were the team to beat and expressed a minor worry about his own club.&ldquo;It all depends on whether the guys are hungry enough,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They may be too complacent after winning it all last season. We&rsquo;re going to miss Sid Abel for a while, but there&rsquo;s no reason why young Sinclair shouldn&rsquo;t fit in with Lindsay and Howe. He&rsquo;s a big, strong fearless kid and he&rsquo;s intelligent.&ldquo;Some of the Detroit writers have been saying we may be weak on defence without Leo Reise, but I think they&rsquo;re wrong. We&rsquo;ve got the same defence right now that we started with last season when we won eight of our first 10 games. Reise was out with an injured foot and we carried both Benny Woit and Larry Zeidel. I&rsquo;m not too worried about the defence.&rdquo;But he may miss Sid Abel more than he anticipated. Billy Reay said after Saturday night&rsquo;s game here that it made a big difference on the faceoffs with Abel out of there.<h2>The Next Great Centre</h2>Jack thinks the next great centre in the league is right on his own club in the person of young Alex Delvecchio.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got those big hands and strong wrists and he can really throw that puck around,&rdquo; said Jack. &ldquo;He can skate and he isn&rsquo;t afraid of anybody and he loves to play hockey. He should improve fast from now on.&rdquo;Speaking of Terry Sawchuk, he said Sawchuk&rsquo;s loss of weight was not a result of the second operation on his elbow for the removal of bone chips.&ldquo;He was too heavy last season and the doctor put him on a diet,&rdquo; said Jack. &ldquo;He took the diet too seriously and stuck to it right through the off-season. That&rsquo;s how he lost the weight. Now we&rsquo;re trying to put a few more pounds on him.&rdquo;But maybe Sawchuk has been affected more by the loss of weight than anyone suspects. If you had ventured to predict last spring that he&rsquo;d blow a two-goal lead going into the final period, you&rsquo;d have been ridiculed. But that&rsquo;s what he did against the weakened Toronto Leafs in his own rink.Behind Sawchuk the Red Wings have two of the best young goalies outside the NHL in Don Gatherum, now with Shawinigan Falls, and Glen Hall.&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t be afraid to start Gatherum in an NHL game right row,&rdquo; said Jack. &ldquo;He shut us out for five periods in pre-season training games and some of the saves he made were out of this world. When I left him in Shawinigan I told him we&rsquo;d be back to play them an exhibition game in December. He said, &lsquo;Gee, I thought I was through looking at those guys this season. I thought I could relax a while.&rdquo; &#9632;

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DINK CARROLL (Sports Editor Montreal Gazette) Playing the Field

<div class="byline">By JACK MORRIGAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0294/927351-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="295" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Clarence Campbell)</figcaption></div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;The American Hockey League, in almost too familiar fashion, has again reversed its stand on the controversial no-recall rule, and decided to drop the hot-potato legislation in favor of an exchange agreement with National League clubs.The no-recall rule was born at a summer meeting of the A.H.L. Board of Governors in New York. In successive Board meetings in Buffalo, it was amended, reinvoked and rescinded.Under the original terms of the rule, no player sent to an A.H.L. club by a National League outfit could be recalled during that playing season.Later, with the approval of N. H.L. President Clarence Campbell, the rule was amended to allow for the recall of players only when a parent team&rsquo;s player strength dipped below one goaltender, four defensemen, and nine forwards.This agreement, however, found a cool reception awaiting it when presented by Campbell to the N.H. L. governors.Toronto&rsquo;s Conn Smythe led the winning battle against accepting the A.H.L. legislation. The minor league, in turn, indicated that it was going to remain resolute in its stand&mdash;despite opposition from within from Pittsburgh, Hershey, and Providence.The reinvocation of the original rule, however, was short lived. When the Indianapolis Caps were forced to withdraw due to failure to negotiate a working agreement with the New York Rangers, the A.H.L. governors met again.Out of a session, which lasted from 12 noon, Oct. 13, to 5: 30 a.m. the next morning, came the &ldquo;exchange&rdquo; rule.Under it, two optioned players can be exchanged for two others from the parent team&rsquo;s squad from the beginning of the regular season to the Feb. 15th trading deadline.The previously agreed to emergency rule, which allows for the recall of a player when the N.H.L. team falls below the strength of a goaltender, five defensemen, and ten forwards, will be in effect from Feb. 15 through the playoffs.Removal of the no-recall rule from the books marked a definite victory for the Pittsburgh club, which had Insisted that it had contracted with Toronto for the 1952-53 season with the Maple Leafs holding privilege to recall four players during the season&mdash;as in previous campaign.Indications were that Pittsburgh officials, moreover, gained Toronto&rsquo;s approval to vote &ldquo;yea&rdquo; on the exchange rule as the agreement was unanimous with the A.H.L. governors.Before ending the latest of their sessions, the governors also did an about face on the question of their own player limits. In a step designed to reduce operational expenses, the league previously agreed to limit the number of players eligible to dress for a game to 12 with an additional player being carried on the squad.Results from exhibition games disclosed, however, that playing with anything less than a three forward line, and two defensive team setup was unfeasable because the grind was too tough for the players.The rosters, therefore, were upped to 14 players, with the carrying of a 15th man being optional.As a final move before closing up shop, the board voted in favor of a 64 game schedule, a decrease of four games per team. The reduction was due to the dropping of Indianapolis and the week&rsquo;s delay in opening the season. &#9632;

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Hornets ScoreWin On No-Recall Rule

<div class="byline">MILT DUNNELL-SPORTS EDITOR</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0341/927410-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg"></div><h2>Day Brought Leafs Five World Titles</h2>This being the second half af an essay on the breaks and boners of Connie Smythe during his first 25 years as dynamo of Maple Leaf Gardens, it&rsquo;s fitting to push off with a paradox. Smythe has been called a paradox-among other things.He referred to the arrival of Dick Irvin to coach the Leafs as one of the most fortunate events of the quarter-century. How, then, ean he include the appointment of Hap Day in the same category? There&rsquo;s no doubt of what the rugged druggist accomplished for Leafs-five world championships, three of them in succession, a feat unequalled in hockey history. The point is, though, that the arrival of Hap meant the departure of Irvin. In getting a maestro, Smythe lost one.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s easy,&rdquo; Smythe explains. &ldquo;Montreal was desperate for a coach. It was a wonderful thing for Canadiens to get Irvin. Just how much it meant to the league, there&rsquo;s no telling. What&rsquo;s good for the league is good for us. Irvin&rsquo;s move opened a place for Hap here. Everybody profited.&rdquo;Smythe&rsquo;s first offer to Day was a post as assistant coach, under Irvin. At that time, he had a theory hockey could use a coach for offense and a coach for defence, after the manner of football but Day insisted it wouldn&rsquo;t work. It took Smythe a long time to see it, but eventually he agreed with him.On three of the five teams which Day coached, Syl Apps was the wheelhorse. Apps represented another of Smythe&rsquo;s periodic flashes of good fortune. Apps was attending McMaster at the time Smythe settled his hockey future.&ldquo;That name, &lsquo;Sylvanus Apps,&rsquo; didn&rsquo;t seem to fit a great athlete,&rdquo; Smythe cruckles. &ldquo;The story was around that he intended to enter the ministry. I guess that had something to do with the fact he hadn&rsquo;t been grabbed off sooner. I know Ross (Art Ross of Boston) was off him. My wife and I attended a football game at Varsity stadium one day. It was between McMaster and Varsity Intermediates. There was a guy on the field who was trampling all over Varsity. I found out it was Sylvanus Apps. Right there, I decided he was going on our negotiation list. I knew, of course, that he had been touted as a hockey prospect. When I got up to leave the stadium to send a telegram to league headquarters, my wife wanted to know why we were deserting the football game. I told her I thought maybe we had discovered a hockey player. Apps gave us another cycle of what we call the &lsquo;seven fat years.&rsquo; We got it again from Max Bentley and Ted Kennedy. But don&rsquo;t get me wrong. Flayers of that type are your spearheads. They can&rsquo;t carry you alone. You have to give them a slugging infantry. This club always has been fortunate in getting that type of player. I mean the Reg Hamilton and the Joe Klukays.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0421/927403-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="288" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Ted Kennedy)</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0517/927396-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="305" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Syl Apps)</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0612/927389-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="292" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Art Ross)</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0711/927382-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="310" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Max Bentley)</figcaption></div><h2>Ross and McLaughlin Taught Him Early</h2>A man who&rsquo;s been lucky and sharp for 25 years must have booted a few, too. The Little Pistol confesses he got taken properly a few times. He credits Art Ross with being the first to &ldquo;give this country boy a lesson.&rdquo; Ross sold him Sailor Herbert for a little matter of $15, 000.That was a bad deal,&rdquo; Smythe recalls. &ldquo;And it didn&rsquo;t take us long to discover it. But we got out almost through a combination of strategy and friendship. I got most of my players together in Detroit one night and told them frankly we were going broke. I told them it was important we sell Herbert to the Detroit club, because we were desperately in need of the money. You never saw a player get so many passes as Sailor got in that game. He got two or three goals before it was over. We sold him for $12, 500. Even then, we nearly lost out. A chap in the Detroit front office called me just after we got the cheque. He was a fellow with whom we&rsquo;d had friendly relations. He. told me it looked as if the Olympia company of that day was going broke, and there was just about enough money in their account to meet that cheque for $12, 500. I put a man in a car and send him on his way with the cheque. He was waiting the next morning in Detroit when the bank opened. That must have been one of the last ones cashed for the original Olympia company.&rdquo;The late Major McLaughlin, owner of the Black Hawks, slickered Smythe. More than a few observers will suggest Smythe has more than evened the score by some of the trades he&rsquo;s worked with the major&rsquo;s successors.McLaughlin had a system all his own,&rdquo; Smythe recalls. &ldquo;He&rsquo;d call up and complain that Mush March or Earl Seibert had been around Chicago too long. Maybe the Chicago fans would like to see some new faces. He wondered what we thought. We&rsquo;d jump on a train and rush over to Chicago. After long talks, the Major would say maybe he&rsquo;d better hang on to March and Seibert a while yet. Then he&rsquo;d talk about some other players. First thing you knew, you&rsquo;d be returning home with some guy who wasn&rsquo;t worth a nickel. You took him rather than leave empty-handed.&rdquo;Smythe&rsquo;s greatest thrill in 25 years won&rsquo;t show in any handbooks on hockey. Leafs were playing a Stanley Cup game in New York. A party of 15 to 20 Toronto fans had ridden down with Smythe, and he personnaly, had gone to the box office in New York and arranged their tickets. He was late in getting to Madison Square Garden that night. When he arrived, his friends were out on the street. No tickets. Smythe spoke to. the box office manager.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m walking around to the side entrance,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;That will take about three minutes. If these people are not in the seats that were arranged for them by the time I get to my box, there&rsquo;ll be no hockey game.&rdquo;When he arrived at his own perch, the Toronto party already was seated. As Smythe sat down, Hap Day grabbed the puck and scored, Smythe roared: &ldquo;One up, Hap. Let&rsquo;s have another.&rdquo; A neighbor poked him in the ribs. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s two,&rdquo; the neighbor said. &ldquo;Toronto scored before you got here.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;A year ago the Boston Bruins had hockey&rsquo;s comeback man of the year in Sugar Jim Henry, who came back from the minors and a mid-summer brush with death to make the National League&rsquo;s second all-star team.This year they have a counterpart of Henry in Pentti Lund, the winner of the Calder Trophy three years ago as a member of the New York Rangers.Henry gave the Bruins their best goal-tending In a decade last season, despite the fact that he suffered from the after-effects of an off-season explosion until the middle of the winter.In a fire at the lodge which he operates with Goalie Chuck Rayner of the Rangers in Kenora, Ontario, Henry Was badly burned about the arms and chest. He refused to concede to his injuries, won a job with the Bruins, and went on to have a fine season.<h2>13 was Unlucky For Him</h2>Lund also had a mishap a year ago, but it occured during the season, on the 13th of November in the Bruins&rsquo; 13 th game, with the Chicago Black Hawks.He was accidently struck on the eye by the stick of Clare Martin, a Chicago defenseman and one of his closest friends, a former teammate of the Boston Olympics.For several days there was doubt that Lund would retain the sight of one eye. For weeks there was doubt that he would ever play hockey again. But the big Finnish-born forward never weakened in his conviction that he would do both, see and play.Walter Brown, president of the Bruins, spared no expense in caring for the quiet young man he had liked for years. He acquired the services of Dr. Thomas Cavanaugh, one of this country leading eye specialists.One of the first things Dr. Cavanaugh did was suggest to Pentti that he forget about hockey for the rest of the season, that he go home to Port Arthur, Ontario, to rest. Lund refused.&ldquo;I know he&rsquo;s trying to tell me I won&rsquo;t be able to play again&rdquo;, he said stubornly, &lsquo;&lsquo;but I will. I&rsquo;m going to stay here, where I can start getting into condition again as soon as I can.&rdquo;Under Dr. Cavanaugh&rsquo;s skilled care Lund&rsquo;s torn eye healed slowly. Shortly after Christmas he started to skate, by himself, of course. Several weeks later he was given permission to work out with the Bruins, and shortly afterward he was sent to Hershey, to play himself into condition.He was called back for the Bruins&rsquo; playoff series with the Canadiens, and when Fleming Mackell became ill before the first game, he was inserted at a wing. He played two games, scored a goal, then sat out the last five.This summer Lund figured lightly in the Bruins&rsquo; plans, for his task was to convince Coach Lynn Patrick that he was more of an asset than some of the speedier right wings in the Bruins&rsquo; camp.<h2>Worked Hard In Off-season</h2>Pentti buckled down to serious work to prepare himself for his fight. He worked long hours for a lumbering concern, pushing heavy timbers around in the water. He spent countless hours on a bicycle, building up his legs and cutting down his weight.When he reported at Hershey last month he weighed 186 pounds, nine pounds lighter than he was at any time a year ago. His eye had become stronger, his speed greater.The outcome of the story is that he won a job as a reserve forward just about 11 months after he had written off as a professional hockey player, an outstanding example of an athlete who never lost faith in himself.Lund probably reached his National League peak in the spring of 1950, when he shot the Rangers into the final of the Stanley Cup playoffs. In 12 games against the Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings he scored six goals and made five asists.Although he has been associated with hockey here since 1945, he is still only 26 years old and capable of proving himself of value to the Bruins.<h2>Never Lost Faith</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0153/927441-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="873" height="887"><figcaption class="caption-body">(PENTTI LUND)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Lund Comes Back After Being Written Off

PORT ARTHUR, Ont.&mdash;Edgar Laprade will not report to the New York Rangers after all, says general manager Frank Boucher. Eager Edgar has decided to go through with his original plan of retirement. Boucher said that he had heard from Laprade and that the latter had decided not to report despite the fact that he said he would play until the injured Don Bones&rsquo; Raleigh was able to return to the New York line-up.Laprade was the centre of a minor dispute as to Which team owned him earlier this season. Chicago Black Hawks had claimed him on waivers. &#9632;

Laprade Decides Not To Report To N.Y. Rangers

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0424/927534-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="287" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Gayle Fielder)</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Guyle Fielder and Gordie Fashoway, two sensations in the Pacific Coast circuit last season, appear to have no futures as major leaguers. They were purchased from New Westminster of the western loop by Detroit last spring for a reported $40, 000 in players and cash, but the whole deal has fizzled miserably.The judgmbent of General Manager Bill Tobin of the Chicago Black Hawks, who originally wrote the pair off as NHL prospects and sold them to New Westminster for $2, 500 each, has thus turned out to be very sound. He was later criticized bitterly for the move by several so-called Hawk fans, who apparently felt they possessed superior knowledge in such matters.&ldquo;I wonder what they think now?&rdquo; Tobin said last week. &ldquo;They haven&rsquo;t had much to say lately. Maybe they don&rsquo;t know that Fielder was sent back to the coast quickly after showing very little at the Detroit camp. Fashoway wasn&rsquo;t even invited to train with the Wings. They&rsquo;re both just minor league players.&rdquo;Fielder, a center, was brought up to Chicago at the tail end of the 1950-51 season for a three-game tryout after having a stellar year with the Lethbridge Juniors in western Canada. His play was unimpressive then and at training camp the following fall. As a result, he was sold to New Westminster.Showing a disregard for ordinary training rules brought about Fashoway&rsquo;s departure from the Hawk system early in the 195051 campaign. He showed some promise as a left winger with Chicago at the start of the season, but grew resentful after being farmed out to Milwaukee, a Hawk affiliate in the now defunct United State Hockey League, for further experience. &#9632;

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Fielder, Fashoway Prove Tobin Made Right Move

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01125/927586-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div>CLARENCE CAMPBELL will be guest speaker at the Elmer Ferguson testimonial dinner to be held at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal on Nevember 3. Leo Dandurand, Montreal&rsquo;s most popular sportsman, is chairman of this unique event and informs us that over 850 will attend the dinner. Sports celebrities from all across Canada and the United States have signified their intention of attending. Close to 500 letters paying tribute to Ferguson, 39 years sports editor of the Montreal Herald, have been received by Dandurard and he is having them bound in an attractive leather book. Anyone desirous of obtaining tickets to this outstanding function should contact Leo Dandurand. His telephone number is UNiversity 6-1091. People from outside Montreal who plan to be present should write or wire Dandurand as soon as pos-sible so that proper reservations can be made&hellip;There are two new captains in the National Hockey League this season. Bill Gadsby has taken over as skipper for Chicago, while Ted Lindsay has succeeded Sid Abel as captain of the Red Wings. Gadsby is starting his seventh season with the Black Hawks and has been the team&rsquo;s steadiest defenseman for the last few years. Although he is only 27 now, Lindsay is starting his ninth, season with Detroit&hellip;Allan Stanley will again captain New York Rangers, Milt Schmidt as usual will lead Boston Bruins, while Butch Bouchard will captain Montreal and Ted Kennedy will skipper Toronto&hellip;Lome Worsley, filling in for the injured Charlie Rayner in the nets of the New York Rangers, is called &ldquo;Gump&rdquo; by his teammates and friends. The popular little goalkeeper has been playing exceptionally well for the Rangers. New York scribes figure Rayner will have a tough time regaining his job&hellip;Joe Primeau, gentlemanly coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has been bothered with sinus trouble of late&hellip;Conn Smythe, talking about his rookie right winger, Ron Stewart, had this to say: &ldquo;He is the biggest surprise I ever had in hockey and he is also the luckiest thing that has happened to us this year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0240/927579-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="287" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Bill Gadsby)</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0319/927572-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="281" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Al Nogler)</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-046/927565-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="275" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Joe Primeau)</figcaption></div>ALTHOUGH TORONTO Maple Leafs home games will be televised sooner or later, they haven&rsquo;t been on the screens yet. Both the sponsor and the Maple Leaf club are not satisfied with the results of the dry runs. They believe it better to wait and be satisfied that TV is doing a good job for hockey before sending it out for general consumption&hellip;Boston has a forward line this season that averages 21 years and it should be one of the finest units in the N.H.L. for several years to come. It has Dave Creighton at center between Real Crevrefils and Leo Labine&hellip;There are nine changes in the Bruins lineup which opened this season and that which opened a year ago. Only six players started this season that were with the club at the start of last year. The six holdovers are Milt Schmidt, Bill Quackenbush, Jim Henry, Hal Laycoe, Johnny Peirson and Ed Sandford&hellip;Conn Smythe says that pound for pound Max Bentley has the best shot in hockey. &ldquo;Size doesn&rsquo;t matter,&rdquo; said Smythe. &ldquo;First of all the man must get everything behind the shot, Instead if just pushing it. Then it takes a follow-through like in golf, and a good wrist snap gives it that little extra.&rdquo;&hellip;The 1952-53 edition of the Blue Book, official guide and record book of the New York Rangers, is now available to hockey fans. Interested parties are requested to send 50 cents to the Hockey Dept., Madison Square Garden, New York&hellip;Johnny Peirson and Paul Ronty, in the days they were Bruins teammates, went to a Boston tea party and ended up marrying each other&rsquo;s dates&hellip;Jackie McLeod, New York forward, reported to his baseball summer job by piloting a borrowed single-engine plane.* * *WHEN BOOM BOOM Geoffrion scored on a penalty shot against Gump Worsley the other night, it was the first time that the Ranger goalie had ever seen a penalty shot take place, much less try and stop one&hellip;Ray Hannigan, who was involved in the trade that sent Mortson, Gardner and Rollins to Chicago in exchange for Lumley, is peeved at Chicago. He figures he wasn&rsquo;t given a fair chance to make the Hawks. &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t given a proper chance to show them what I could do,&rdquo; he said&hellip;Al Nagler is broadcasting the Detroit games again this season for the 16th straight year. He is now the dean of United States hockey broadcasters&hellip;Chuck Rayner and Leo Reise played together on a Navy team curing the war years. Reise so impressed Rayner that he told the big defenseman he&rsquo;d be crazy not to give pro hockey a whirl. Leo followed Rayner&rsquo;s advice, joined Chicago, went from there to Detroit, and is now Rayner&rsquo;s teammate on Rangers. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-052/927617-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2>Wants Fen Pals</h2>Dears Sirs,Would you please set me straight on two points the first being, where can I obtain Hockey guides and annuals for the coming season? Have you any copies of the NHL Record Book left?Last but not least, would you put a request for pen pals in your Fan Forum? I am very keen to write to hockey fans in the Canadian and American cities. My address is 145 Laburnum Rd., Redcar, Yorkshire, England.Dennis Morton, Yorkshire, England.(You may obtain a copy of the NHL Press and Radio Guide by sending $1.00 to the HOCKEY NEWS. But hurry, there&rsquo;s only 1, 000 for sale).<h2>Angry at Beliveau</h2>Dear Sirs,What&rsquo;s the matter with Beliveau? There seems to be a persistent rumour that Jean Marc is reluctant to sign with Les Canadiens. It can&rsquo;t be money difficulties as I am sure that Mr. Frank Selke and the Canadien club would offer more money than he would get in Quebec. The young man is doing himself a grave injustice.I can only come to the conclusion that the poor fellow realizes that he has been very much overrated and in his heart is afraid he hasn&rsquo;t got what it takes for the NHL.H. Frich Smith, Grauthams Landing, B.C.<h2>Seven Man Hockey</h2>Dear Sirs,I have been enjoying your paper for many years, and I have been interested in hockey since the seven man game was played.Could you please tell me when was the last year seven man hockey was played?I am looking forward to this year&rsquo;s editions of THE HOCKEY NEWS.Harry Boniface, Falconbridge, Ont.(The last year of seven man hockey in the NHA, now the NHL, was the 1911-12 season. However, the Pacific Coast League did not change until the 1922-23 season). &bull;<h2>Programs Wanted</h2>Dear Sirs,I have been a subscriber to your fine paper for five years now and this is my first letter to the Fan Forum. Your All-Star Edition was the best one yet.I have a small request to make. I have many photos and programs that I would like to trade for NHL, Senior, and Junior programs, past and present. My address is, 180 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Thank You.Donald O&rsquo;Hanley, Jamaica Plain, Mass.<h2>Look Out Richard</h2>Dear Sirs,As a loyal Toronto fan, I am writing this letter especially to Richard Jacobs of Windsor, Ont. because Richard predicted in his letter in the Oct. 4 edition that the Leafs would finish up in fifth place. I disagree 100% because I think they will finish second or third.With our new goaler Harry Lumley and veterans like Kennedy, Bentley, Watson, Smith, Sloan and Thomson, and rookies like Boivin, Horton, Stewart, Hassard and Hannigan, I don&rsquo;t know how that team in the NHL could finish fifth.I see them this way. Detroit first, Toronto or Canadiens in second or third in any order, Chicago fourth, Boston fifth and Rangers sixth.Fred Turner, Toronto, Ont.<h2>Big Line Broken</h2>Dear Sirs,I have just read the fan letter that Richard Jacobs sent in saying that Detroit will end up first.I disagree with him saying that the Leafs will end up in the fifth spot and most of all I disagree with his choice of Detroit for first. Just remember Sid Abel has left which has broken up Detroit&rsquo;s Production Line.Incidentally I figure the Canadiens for first, Hawks for second, Leafs for third, Detroit for fourth, Boston fifth and New York in the cellar.Jerome Kiely, Renfrew, Ont.<h2>Stay Away From Toronto</h2>Dear Sirs,I am writing this in answer to Mr. Richard Jacobs&rsquo; challenge in the Oct. 4 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS.I agree with him on Detroit for first but. Boston for second? No! Montreal will be second, Toronto third, Bruins fourth, Rangers fifth and Hawks last.Mr. Jacobs, how can you pick the Hawks ahead of Toronto with a goaler like Lumley between the pipes for the Leafs? After a prediction like that I would advise you to stay in Windsor and keep away from Toronto.Lyman MacInnis, Morell, P.E.I.<h2>Toronto Bard</h2>Dear Sirs,I have written a few poetic lines with reference to Mr. Dick Irvin&rsquo;s selection of Reay over Kennedy and refusal of Harry Lumley for the All-Star game.&ldquo;Mr. Irvin, what a disgraceI advise hiding your face;Reay over Kennedy what a laugh.You&rsquo;d be wiser with a giraffe.Of course you are an obstinate guyLetting Kennedy slip your eye.Then refusing apple-cheeked LumProves your selections mighty dumb.If petty hate influences your mindThen your place is not mankindYour silly selections are to me A baffling befuddling mystery If your mind must work in reverseMust it function from bad to worse?&rdquo;Charlie Sabo, Toronto, Ont.<h2>Reay vs Kennedy</h2>Dear Sirs,I just received THE HOCKEY NEWS and read in the editorial that Irvin chose Reay over Kennedy because Kennedy can&rsquo;t check. In a Canadian Press article in our local paper it said that Irvin didn&rsquo;t say that Kennedy couldn&rsquo;t check, he said that there were no checkers on the Leafs. I would like to know which is right.Gerald Comeau, Quebec, Que.(It amounts to the same thing no matter which way you say it).<h2>No Ranger Calendars</h2>Dear Sirs,I am writing to you to ask where to apply to get a New York. Rangers hockey calendar, so will you please let me know the address.Hope to see the answer in the Fan Forum.Grant W. Boyd. Parent, Que.(The New York Rangers do not put out a hockey calendar).* * *<h2>Upcoming League</h2>Dear Sirs,I always looked forward to reading THE HOCKEY NEWS each week when we had an American League team in New Haven. Ever since we&rsquo;ve had an Eastern League team here I have enjoyed it, but not as much since you never have an article covering this league.I would very much like to hear more about the Eastern Hockey League for it is an upcoming league and sends many prospects to higher hockey levels.I like especially the articles each week on the NHL players. Keep up the good work.George Rosa. New Haven, Conn.<h2>Picks B Team</h2>Dear Sirs,Although I have started my second year of THE HOCKEY NEWS, this is the first time I have ever written The Fan Forum.Could you tell me where Edgar Laprade is now? Is he with Chicago or New York?Here is a team I made out of &lsquo;B&rsquo;s&rsquo;. Goal: Turk Broda, Frank Brimsek; Defense: Butch Bouchard, Bill Barilko, Billy Bou-cher, Hy Buller; Left Wing: Toe Blake, Doug Bentley; Centre: Max Bentley, Marty Barry; Right Wing: Bobby Bauer.Larry Macready. Winnipeg, Man.(Edgar Laprade has retired from pro hockey.)<h2>Likes Cartcons</h2>Dear Sirs,I am a regular reader of THE HOCKEY NEWS and one of the things I like best about your paper, along with the many fine articles and pictures, are the wonderful hockey cartoons.Being a sort of amateur cartoonist myself, I think those in your paper are tops. Would you please tell me who the artist is and where he is from?George Dejohn. New York, N.Y.(His name is Fred Groves and he is a Montrealer.)<h2>&lsquo;Gump&rsquo; a Montrealer</h2>Dear Sir,All the recent stories in the local papers concerning Lorn &lsquo;Gump&rsquo; Worsley, goaler for the New York Rangers, have stated that he was from Verdun, Que. I was always of the opinion that he came from Point St. Charles, Montreal.Would you please settle this, as a friend and I have been arguing over it for a few weeks now.John Sarson Montreal, Qne.(You are right, Worsley was born in Montreal, Que. and hails from Point St. Charles. He played his junior hockey for the Verdun Cyclones.) &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06/927648-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="584" height="268"></div><h2>OCTOBER 31 to NOVEMBER 6</h2>2&mdash;MOSIENKO, Bill, Chicago, forward, 1920.3&mdash;LEIER, Ed., Vancouver, defense, 1927; HEBENTON, Andy, Victoria, forward, 1929.4&mdash;MEEKER, Howie, Toronto, forward, 1924.5&mdash;MAXWELL, Stan, Seattle, forward, 1925.6&mdash;KLUKAY, Joe, Boston, forward, 1922; PAVELICH, Marty, Detroit, forward, 1927; LONG, Stan, Victoria, defense, 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, Montreal, 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;

The Hockey News

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0175/927703-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Lumley pulled up his socks in his second game of the season against the Wings after a very poor opener against his former teammates, the Chicago Black Hawks. Against the Wings he played in old style as the score was 4-4. Above, one of the four Wings goals. Lindsay, out of the picture bats the puck into the open cage while Larry Wilson of the Wings cuts in front. Thomson (2) and Bob Hassard are looking on as does Lum. ((Photo by Kilpatrick))</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Wings Open Upon Lum’s Open Cage

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH (The Toronto Telegram)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0254/927734-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="287" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Fern Flaman)</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Captain Theodore Kennedy&rsquo;s three goal and one assist outburst against the Detroit Red Wings in the first Leaf away game, prompted a number of sighs of relief from followers of the Toronto camp who were seriously bending an ear to the familiar twang that Kennedy was rapidly becoming a burned out athlete. Unless it was merely an unusual occurrence (and it didn&rsquo;t appear to be) Kennedy is going to be the Kennedy of two years ago, a circumstance which will be happily received by the management who are treading on the thin ice of a radical rebuilding program.It was just three weeks before that Detroit outburst in which the Leafs came back for a 4-4 tie with Kennedy scoring his third goal with his club shorthanded a man, that anxiety was being expressed at the Leaf training camp that he was hopelessly out of condition and that he was going to trip over his own tongue whilst backchecking one day and seriously injure himself.Kennedy did report to camp overweight. And for the first week there you wouldn&rsquo;t have given a confederate quarter on his chances of being a stickout this season. Then, to add to the dilemma, he fell into the boards aggravating an old shoulder injury and had to miss three or four days skating.The layoff, instead of making him stale, seemed to do the trick. He started to click. And when Kennedy clicks, he takes two wings along with him, in this case Sid Smith and rookie Ron Stewart who has fitted into the right wing spot as though he had been thinking about doing it all his life.Kennedy, Smith and Stewart, in fact, made up the only line which the Leafs could call intact at the start of the season. The Kid Line from the Pittsburgh Hornets. Bobby Hassard, Gord Hannigan and George Armstrong had been broken up at training camp when Army ran into Harry Lumley during a spirited PT drill and came up with a shoulder separation. The throw-together line, with the Industrious Rudy Migay at centre, finally came into some semblance of order when Joe Primeau temporarily gave up on making Tod Sloan a center put him at right wing beside Migay and Inserted Harry Watson on the left side. Howie Meeker, who had been right-winging for Sloan, took up Armstrong&rsquo;s spot on the Hassard line, a job he will hold till Army gets back at which time the management will endeavour to find gainful employment for him elsewhere because the MP has been battling with his old time vigour and vitality. &#9632;

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Newest National Loop Woes…Teeder is Flying Again

Toronto, Ont.&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs are at least two years away from a championship, or at least that&rsquo;s the way General Manager Conn Smythe looks at it. Says Connie:&ldquo;It takes three years to mould a championship team. The minimum time, as to know where we&rsquo;re going with what we have, is two years. We&rsquo;re not worrying as to the future. We have the prospects. We have a hope of making the play-offs this season. Our youngsters have been given instructions to dig all the time out there. We&rsquo;ll find out where we&rsquo;re going, or whether they&rsquo;re good enough. I think the Leafs are working harder at getting players than anyone in the business today.&rdquo; &#9632;

Leaf Players Ordered to Dig at All Times on Ice

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0331/927789-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED KENNEDY&hellip;&hellip;Wings go along</figcaption></div><h2>Max Returns To Work</h2>The return of Max Bentley, who has missed training camp and the opening Leaf games, presents another poser. Conn Smythe intimated that Bentley would fill in for Hassard but bounding Bob has been doing such a creditable job so far that he&rsquo;ll be a hard man to knock out too. Bentley, it&rsquo;s likely, will be more of an asset as a point man on the power play or as a fill-in centre. He can usually be counted on to Stir up something.Defensively the Leafs are ironing out problems. Fern Flaman, a bonecrusher with Boston and in his first year with the Leafs, has reverted to his old manners after a spell of avoiding penalties last season. The effect of that transition was most noticeable in the Detroit game where he ran Wings into the ice and engaged in a war with Ted Lindsay and Gord Howe. Jim Thomson&rsquo;s ability hasn&rsquo;t been questioned ail season. Teamed with rookie Tim Horton whom Conn Smythe names as the number one prospect of all the defense newcomers, they&rsquo;ve been the Leafs outstanding pair in front of Lumley. Leo Boivin, paired with Flaman, has been outstanding on occasion, mediocre on others but isn&rsquo;t worrying anyone because he&rsquo;s learning fast and he hasn&rsquo;t too much pro experience to back him up.Frank Sullivan, the fifth defensemau, prompted Smythe to comment that he still &ldquo;does some things like a boy instead of a man&rdquo; but he&rsquo;s improving fast too.&ldquo;When you get Ted Lindsay coming at you all elbows and knees,&rdquo; says Smythe, &ldquo;you have to become a man fast.&rdquo;Lumley&rsquo;s beginning was inauspicious to say the least. His big moment came in Toronto on opening night when the Chicago Black Hawks, with three Leafs on the roster who got there by being traded for the same Lum, confounded the Leaflets 6-2. Lumley let in a long shot from Fred Glover that night that took a weird hop but that looked as though it could be stopped with a broom. Rollins, meanwhile was hot as three revolver at the other end and at this writing was continuing to make Smythe look bad for the trade.&ldquo;It was the worst game I can recall playing in my pro career,&rdquo; said Lum later and nobody could disagree with him.But in Detroit the following night he too pulled up his socks and was blocking them with the style that first made Toronto people conscious of the fact that he should be in a Leaf sweater. &#9632;

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Back in High Gear

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH (The Toronto Telegram)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0429/927820-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="293" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Conn Smythe)</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;It was anti-climatic as well as astounding.Here was Conn Smythe of the Leafs, number one hockey ticket hustler of the eastern hemisphere, pessi-mistically towering his Leafs right out of the playoffs. And with the season hardly begun. This is a way to sell hockey tickets?To the layman it might have appeared that Smythe was mourning prematurely. Actually he wasn&rsquo;t. For while he relegated the Leafs to fifth place in his preseason predictions, he left a gate open. All that remains is for the Leafs to pass through it. If they do, it will be another miracle team like the rebuilt one in 1946&lsquo;47 that went on to win the Stanley Cup ths first time around. If they don&rsquo;t, nobody can say that Smythe didn&rsquo;t tell you so.The gate openers are the rookies. The burning question of the year, are they strong enough to swing on it???There are five holes to fill, vacancies left by the ravages of time, trade and exigencies of th* service. One is at left wing vacated by the demotion of Ray Tim-gren to the Pittsburgh Hornets for another year of seasoning. One is at right wing left by the sale of Joe Klukay to the Boston Bruins. One is at center, formerly filled by Calvin Gardner who went to the Chicago Black Hawks. One is left defense where Gus Mortson held forth till he too was included in the package for Hawk goalie Harry Lumley and one other at defense where Bill Barilko used to do business till he was tragically lost in the northlands.&ldquo;If we get four as good as four we lost,&rdquo; said Smythe, &ldquo;and we&rsquo;ll be in the playoffs maybe. If we get five, we&rsquo;ll be in for sure.&rdquo;If &ldquo;we&rdquo; get none?&ldquo;I said before,&rdquo; said the Leaf headman, &ldquo;that it took five years to build a championship team. I&rsquo;ll revise that. If takes three. It will be a minimum of two years before we know where we&rsquo;re headed.&rdquo;&ldquo;So far,&rdquo; he continued, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve fused one line (Ted Kennedy, Sid Smith and Ron Stewart.) We&rsquo;re infusing others and there&rsquo;s confusion in four other places.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not worried about the future. We have the prospects. We have a hope of making the playoffs this season. Our kids have been told to get out there, dig and keep on digging. That&rsquo;s the only way this club can win. We&rsquo;ll soon find out where we&rsquo;re going and whether or not they&rsquo;re good enough.&rdquo;If they turn out to be not good enough, he was asked, would the players he needed come by trade.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s impossible to make a deal in the league today without cheating yourself,&rdquo; said Smythe. &ldquo;The Leaf organization is work ing harder at getting players than anyone in business today. We have our own prospects.&rdquo;Smythe rated Detroit as the number one choice because the loss of Sid Abel to Chicago and Leo Reise to New York &ldquo;haven&rsquo;t weakened them sufficiently to make any difference in the standings. While in Detroit, though, Smythe allowed that goalie Terence Sawchuk was overrated. &ldquo;I would bet that Bob Goldham (defense) stops as many pucks as Sawchuk does&rdquo; he saidMontreal, he rates second though he is slightly addled as to exactly why.&ldquo;They lost four straight in the playoffs last year and they&rsquo;re the only club that hasn&rsquo;t added any players,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They must have something that we can&rsquo;t see. It they&rsquo;re satisfied, I&rsquo;d have to say that they will finish second.&rdquo;Boston he picks third because Lynn Patrick is a playoff coach, brought the Rangers out of thedungeon when he was with them and has had singular success with the Bruins since taking over there. With Art Ross and new owner, solid substantial Walter Brown, they have the push in the front office too.Chicago, he says, will get last playoff spot. Sid Abel is another who is a playoff man and with the new management, Jim Norris Jr. and Gus Mortson, Cal Gardner and Al Rollins filling in some of the breaches that were evident last season, they&rsquo;ll be hard to displace.That leaves the Leafs and the Rangers with the future before them, he said.&ldquo;We want no sympathy,&rdquo; he pointed out. &ldquo;Our players are all professional athletes and I&rsquo;m a professional manager. But I don&rsquo;t think that the public in any other city would stand for the house cleaning we&rsquo;ve done this year. We have the support of the press and ublic.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Conn Counts on Miracle to Keep Leafs in 1 st Div.

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01108/927882-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="295" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Allan Stanley)</figcaption></div>MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;The 195253 pena1ty shot season official ly opened in Montrea1 against the Rangers and Coach Bill Cook and the Ranger players don&rsquo;t think they should have been the victims.The call came in the dying minutes of the second period of a game which the Canadiens eventually won 3-1. Curry picked up a loose puck at his own blueline and weaved around defenseman Hy Buller at center. He shot down the middle with Allan Stanley, Ranger rearguard after him. Stanley came in from the side and skated with Curry, booking him on the way in. There Referee Chadwick called the play and preceded to give the Habs the penalty shot. The debatable point of the play was whether Curry was in or not.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t see how a guy can be home free from center ice,&rdquo; said Bill Cook. &ldquo;The most I could give a guy on that play was a minor for hooking. Why in beck he came up with that call after sitting us in the penalty box for six straight minutes I&rsquo;ll never know. I can&rsquo;t understand Chadwick. He didn&rsquo;t have any conformity at all. Just a few minutes before Jim Ross broke trough their defense and was pulled down and he didn&rsquo;t call anything. He should have called the penalty shot there.&rdquo;The shot was taken by Boom Boom Geoffrion and be officially broke into the new season scoring column by blasting his free shot by Chuck Rayner&rsquo;s stand in Gump Worsley.Geoffrion&rsquo;s selection by Irvin to take the shot was somewhat surprising to the 14, 000 fans on hand. They were sure he would nominate Richard.<h2>&lsquo;Roc&rsquo; Refuses Chance</h2>&ldquo;When they told me we had the shot I looked down the bench,&rdquo; said Irvin, &ldquo;before I could say a word &lsquo;Rocket&rsquo; shook his head and I yelled to &lsquo;Boom Boom.&rsquo; I didn&rsquo;t even ask &lsquo;Roc.&rsquo;Richard took the last penalty shot for the Habs in Chicago last New Year&rsquo;s Day. He scored and the Habs won the game 3-0. The last free shot called in the Forum came three years ago against Toronto and Richard missed that one when Broda outguessed him.It was Geoffrion&rsquo;s first try and he didn&rsquo;t miss. He coasted in on Worsley from the blueline and drifted a knee high shot into the short corner. Worsley failed to move on the play. It gave the Ca nadiens a 1-0 lead and they went on to win the game 3-1.The Ranger players were critical of the call.&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t second guess the officials,&rdquo; said Gaye Stewart,. &ldquo;but I can&rsquo;t see them calling a penalty shot with a zero-zero ball game going.&rdquo;Big Jim Ross was more emphatic. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t see how he could have called that one and missed one on me. I broke right in and they pulled me down from behind. Curry wasn&rsquo;t even off balance. Al was along side him. He might have hooked him but he didn&rsquo;t pull him down.&rdquo;&ldquo;Sure he pulled me down,&rdquo; said Curry. He pulled my feet from under me. You don&rsquo;t think I would have slowed up like that if I could have been going faster. As soon as he tugged me down I was going to yell to Chadwick for a penalty shot. When I saw him put the puck on the blueline I didn&rsquo;t say a word.&rdquo;&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t argue with the officials,&rdquo; said Jim Conacher. &ldquo;After all they&rsquo;re calling them. But I can&rsquo;t see them calling a play like that when there is a scoreless game going. Still those are things that happen.&rdquo;The Ranger players, although not critical of the play itself were critical of the fact that Chadwick called it with a scoreless game going. They were looking for their first win and although they were outplayed through most of the first period they were in the game when the play was called Their beef is that the penalty shot is a rule that is never called so why call it then. They maintain that there are at least three plays in every game where it could be called and isn&rsquo;t, but in a zerozero game they can&rsquo;t see it.<h2>Geoff Rips Cords on Free Shot</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0268/927875-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1800" height="1208"><figcaption class="caption-body">Boom Boom Geoffrion blasts penalty shot past Ranger goaler Lorne Worsley.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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‘Boomer’ Lowers Boom On Gump With Blast At 1st Penalty Shot

MONTREAL&mdash;It was Kenny Reardon&rsquo;s famous slap shot on a penalty shot in Boston in the last game of the 1948-49 season that drew the biggest raves. Reardon, famed for his slap shot and rushing tactics always admitted that he never knew where his shot was going. It was just as surprising to him as anyone else when he was nominated for the chance. He scored on it, too.&ldquo;I was sitting across the rink last night,&rdquo; said Reardon of the game in which Geoffrion scored on his shot, &ldquo;and there was Irvin looking all over the rink. I ducked so he wouldn&rsquo;t see me. I knew what he was looking for, but I wouldn&rsquo;t have taken that shot last night.&rdquo;Reardon, since his retirement, has taken over as General Manager of the Cincinnati Hockey Club. &#9632;

Reardon’s Penalty Shot was Surprising Choice

VALLEYFIELD, Que.&mdash;Maurice &lsquo;Rocket&rsquo; Richard is charged with assaulting a policeman, sc says the city of Valleyfield, Quebec.All this comes from his allegedly having tapped a gentleman of the law during a fracas with a Valleyfield fan. The incident occurred a month ago during the Canadiens&rsquo; exhibition series.The Canucks were playing the Valleyfield Braves of the QSHL when Richard became angry with a fan who had been taunting him.Richard had started the game but an injury forced him to retire at the end of the first period. The fan became incensed, claiming he had paid to see the Rocket play. Finally unable to take any more the Rocket promptly thumped his annoyer roundly on the proboscis A wild telee occurred and it was during this that the policeman was allegedly hit. &#9632;

Richard Hauled to Court for Assaulting Policeman

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;&lsquo;Pistol Pete&rsquo; Conacher, after terrorizing the amateur ranks during his youth, is now aiming his feared puck-shooting ability at National Hockey League netminders for the first time. At 20, he has own a regular left wing spot with Chicago&rsquo;s im-pressing Black Hawks after giving out with one of the most dazzling scoring displays ever seen during a pre-season training period.From what he has shown so far, Pete needn&rsquo;t worry about upholding the famed Conacher name. He seems to be a good bit of his dad, Chuck, and ample pieces of Uncle Lionel and Uncle Roy all rolled into one. Few men in hockey today could ask or want more.In the dazzling scoring display we were speaking of, young Pete blazed an average of a puck per game past Terry Sawchuk in the rugged seven-game exhibition series with the champion Detroiters. His goals alone paved the way for one tie and one of the two Hawk victories. Then, to top things off, he notched three goals for a hat trick to highlight a 5 to 1 win in the final game.Pete&rsquo;s sharp-shooting pace experienced an expected letdown as the regular NHL campaign got underway and he failed to score as the Chicago squad edged Montreal and then walloped Toronto. In the 6 to 2 conquest of the Lum-leyfied Leafs, however, he turned in what many thought was his best performance to date.Playing in his regular slot on a line with the veteran Gus Bodnar and fiery Fred Glover, Pete got two well-earned assists on scores by Bodnar and rearguard Lee Fogolin. On the latter tally, he got possession of the puck behind the Toronto cage and skated and stickhandled his way through three Leafs before laying a perfect pass to his defensive teammate.Such play gave papa Chuck, who seldom misses a hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens, some real vest-popping pride. Here was his son starring in the National Hockey League. Was this possible? It seemed like only a few years had gone by since he, himself had been tearing back and forth on the same ice as a stalwart with Toronto, Detroit and the old New York Amerks.<h2>Sloan, Pete Mix It</h2>Late in the final stanza, the elder Conacher was seen to suddenly loose his temper and explode with rage when Pete mixed fists with Toronto&rsquo;s Tod Sloan, a seasoned NHL pugilist. Chuck had one foot over the boards before nearby spectators succeded in restraining him. As things turned out, Pete won his first major league fistic encounter without help.Peter first showed that he belonged in the National League midway through last season when the Hawks brought him up for a two-game tryout from their Galt (OHA Jr.) farm club. Although he was credited with only one assist, his play was easily far better than that of the average amateur being tossed into a pro game for the first time.He might well have stayed in Chicago right then and there to fill out the season in place of Roy, who had just retired after 14 years in the big time. His dad, however, wisely insisted that he complete his public schooling first.With this behind him now, Pete seems all set for a great career in the professional ranks. He possesses every conceivable requirement for stardom.<h2>Upholds Moniker</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0350/927961-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="576" height="894"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETE CONACHER</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Chuck Watches Son Pete Battle and Is Satisfied He Has Stuff

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0620/928128-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="296" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Marcel Pronovost)</figcaption></div>The Detroit Red Wings find themselves in the enviable position of having one of the highest scoring defensemen in the League in their line-up in the person of Marcel Pronovost. In the first week of the schedule. Marcel only managed to be credited with one point an assist but the second week&rsquo;s action has found the six foot rearguard catch fire. He added 1 goal and 4 assists to his total and now has 1 goal and five assists. That&rsquo;s only 6 less assists and 6 less goals than he had in the whole campaign last season.Detroit has only played six games to date so that means Pronovost has averaged a point a game, just short of sensational for a defenseman.Pronovost is in his second complete year for the Wings, he only having played 37 games of the 1950-51 season after being brought up from the Indianapolis Caps. Not only that, but this is only his fourth year in pro hockey. The 22-year-old sensation lumped from the Windsor Spitfires of the OHA Junior League to Omaha of the United States Hockey League in 1949-50 and was brought up to the parent Red Wings for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He managed to get Into 9 games, being credited with 1 assist.The following season he was farmed out to the Indianapolis Caps of the American Hockey League and in the 34 games he appeared in before being graduated to the NHL, he had 9 goals and 23 assists. In 37 games with Detroit during the same season, he amassed 1 goal and 6 assists, almost the pace he is hitting right at the present time after only six games.If Marcel continues to add points to his total, there is a possibility that next yeart&rsquo;s all-star defense may boast two Detroit players, teaming Marcel with his teammate Red Kelly, also a high scoring defenseman.In Detroit&rsquo;s 1-1 deadlock with the Chicago Black Hawks, Pronovost was the helpmate on Detroit&rsquo;s only goal, that by Metro Prystai in the opening frame.Two nights later, against the same Hawks, the Wings went hogwild, lacing the Chicagoans 7-0. Again Pronovost managed to get on the score sheet. This time it was a goal, Detroit&rsquo;s first of the game, and his first of the 1951-52 season.When the Wings walloped the Montreal Canadiens 6-1. Pronovost was all over the ice, and added 3 more assists to his already impressive total. He got assists on the Wings&rsquo; first, third and fifth tallies, while also being a tower of strength on the defense.All the experts who figured that Detroit had lost a lot of defensive strength by trading off big Leo Reise apparently figured without this sudden resurgence on the part of Marcel Pronovost for not only has he picked up any slack that may have been caused by Reise&rsquo;s departure, but he bids fair to an all-star this season. &#9632;

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Player-Of-The-Week

<h2>Terry&rsquo;s Started</h2>Terry Sawchuck of the Detroit Red Wings has hung up his first shutout of the season, and still has more to go if he&rsquo;s to match last season&rsquo;s sensational twelve. Vezina Trophy holder Hawchuck hung the goose-egg on the Chicago Black Hawks as the Wings won 7-0.<h2>Big Contributors</h2>There must be an abundance of NHL players for already three players have handed over $100 to the League in fine as a result of drawing match penalties. Ted Lindsay had the dubious honour of making the first contribution, while the latest came from the pockets of Tod Sloan and Leo Labine for a stick swinging episode.<h2>Wings Back on Top of N.H.L. Ted Leads Loop</h2>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Detroit Red Wings, National Hockey League champions for the last four years, are back in their accustomed spot atop the League standings. The Wings scored 13 goals in two games last week to move into the No. 1 position with eight points, made up of three wins and two ties. Chicago Black Hawks, pace-setters of a week ago, are tied for second with Montreal Canadiens, each with seven points. Toronto Maple Leafs are next with five points, followed by Boston Bruins with four points and New York Rangers with one point. Rangers garnered their singleton on October 19 when they played a 2-2 draw with Boston.Ted Kennedy, Toronto&rsquo;s sparkplug center and captain, heads the individual scoring parade with nine points. Kennedy has five goals and four assists, an average of one goal a game. Ted Lindsay and Metro Prystai, both of Detroit, are next with eight points apiece. Lindsay has four goals and an equal number of assists, while Prystai has three tallies and five assists. Gordie Howe, N.H.L. scoring leader the last two seasons, is next with four goals and three assists for seven points. Kennedy is the top marksman with five counters, while Prystai and Marcel Pronovost. Red Wing defenseman, share the lead in laying down assists. Each has had a helping hand in five goals. The colorful Pronovost picked up one goal and four assists during the week.Sugar Jim Henry, Boston&rsquo;s dependable goalkeeper, has the best record among the netminders. In four games Jim has allowed only six pucks to get past him for a 1.50 average. Terry Sawchuk of Detroit blanked Chicago on October 16 for his first shutout of the new season. Sawchuk and Chicago&rsquo;s Al Rollins have the only shutouts among the goalies.Most penalized team is Detroit with 116 minutes and most penalized player is Ted Lindsay of Detroit with 30 minutes in the &ldquo;coop&rdquo;.<h2>TUESDAY. OCT. 14 Detroit 1 at Chicago 1</h2>CHICAGO&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks ran their unbeaten skein to four games but had to come from behind a one goal deficit to draw 1-1 with the Detroit Red Wings.The Hawks were seeking their first victory over the Wings on Chicago ice since Nov. 26, 1950 but had to settle for a tie.Gerry Couture was the hero of the piece for the Chicagoans, his third period goal equalizing an earlier Detroit marker off the stick of Metro Prystai. The Wings took a 1-0 lead at the 15: 55 mark of the opening canto when Prystai scored on a double relay from Gordie Howe and Marcel Pronovost. The second frame was scoreless but only slightly over two minutes of the third period had elapsed when Couture converted Jim McFadden&rsquo;s pass into the tying goal.The Hawks had slightly the better of the territorial play, outshooting the Detroiters 31 to 29.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Kelly, Goldham, Zeidel, Woit, Pronovost; forwards, Leswick, Skov, Pavelich, Lindsay, Howe, Prystai, Sinclair, Delvecchio, J. Wilson, L. Wilson.Chicago: Goal, Rollins; defence, Dewsbury, Mortson, Gadsby, Kryszanowski, Hucul; forwards, Couture, McFadden, Babando, Peters, Mosienko, Conacher, Bodnar, Glover, Gardner, Gee.Referee, Georges Gravel; linesmen, George Hayes and Harold March.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0433/928097-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="588" height="344"></div><h2>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16</h2>New York 1 at Montreal 3MONTREAL&mdash;Veteran centre Elmer Lach paved the way for the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers by potting two goals, including the winner. The two goals came within 43 seconds of each other in the third period to give the Montrealers a 3-0 lead but Herb Dickenson ruined Gerry McNeil&rsquo;s shutout with a goal two minutes after Lach&rsquo;s second.Lome &lsquo;Gump&rsquo; Worsley played a standout game subbing for the Injured Charlie Rayner in the Rangers&rsquo; goal and held the Habs at bay until the second period was almost over. At this point referee Bill Chadwick awarded the Canadiens a penalty shot, something rarely called of late. Bernie &lsquo;Boom &lsquo;Boom&rsquo; Geoffrion was elected to take the shot and his ankle high drive got between Worsteds legs to give the Habs a 1-0 lead, all the scoring in the second frame.This set the stage for Lach&rsquo;s brace of markers and Dickenson&rsquo;s shuout saving goal. Worsley handled 34 shots to Gerry McNeil&rdquo;.&reg; 27.New York: Goal, Worsley; defence, Reise, Stanley, Ross, Buller, Kraftcheck; forwards: Slowinski, Conacher, Stewart, Ronty, Mickoski, McLeod, Stod dard, Dickenson, Hergeshaimer, Kullman.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey, St. Laurent, Bouchard, Irwin, Johnson, MacPherson; forwards: Lach, Richard, Olmstead, Reay, Geoffrion, Meger, Mosdell, Gamble, Curry, McCormack.Referee: Bill Chadwick; Linesmen: Doug Davies and Jerry Olinski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0526/928090-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="588" height="469"></div><h2>Toronto 1 at Boston 2</h2>BOSTON&mdash;A third period goal by Dave Creighton boosted the Boston Bruins to 2-1 victory over the winless Toronto Maple Leafs in a game that was marred by 16 penalties, two of them match penalties.Leo Labine and Tod Sloan were banished at the 14.52 mark of the first period when they exchanged raps to the noggin with both sticks and fists. Soan had a cut on the top of his head that required five stitches to close while Labine had a large egg on the back of his head. They both drew automatic $100 fines and cannot play again until sanctioned by President Clarence Campbell.Boston opened the scoring in the second period. Real Chevrefils taking a double relay from Toppazzini and Lund after only 37 seconds.Ted Kennedy of the Leafs notched his fourth goal of the campaign at the 2.4 8 mark of the third period but Creighton got that one back with his game winning&rdquo; goal at the 5.44 mark, assists going to Toppazzini and Quackenbush.Both Boston goals came while the Leafs were shorthanded.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Armstrong, Godfrey, Laycoe. Quackenbush. Toppazzini; forwards: Sandford. kell, Dumart, Schmidt, Labine, Creighton McIntyre, Lund, Klukay, Peirson, Chevrefils.Toronto: Goal, Lumley; defence, Thomson, Flaman, Horton, Boivin, Morrisong forwards: Watson, Bentley, Smith, Ken-nedy, Meeker, Migay, Sloan, Hassard Hannigan, Stewart.Referee: George Gravel; linesmen, Herb Gallagher, Sam Babcock.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1013/928083-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="589" height="454"></div>Chicago 0 at Detroit 7DETROIT&mdash;Someone had to prick a hole in the Chicago Black Hawk bubble and It was Coach Sid Abel&rsquo;s former teammates the Detroit Red Wings. Abel found out how it feels to be on the other end of the big Red Wing scoring punch as the Detroiters hammered home a 7-0 verdict.Terry Sawchuk, who had an even dozen shutouts last season, turned back the Hawks for his first goose egg of the campaign.The Hawks held the Wings scoreless in the opening frame but the roof fell in on Chicago in the second period when Detroit pumped in 4 counters and added 3 more in the last.The Production Line, minus Abel, was back in business again, accounting for three of the Wings goals. Ted Lindsay got two while Gordie Howe added another.Other marksmen for the defending champions were Marcel Pronovost, Metro Prystai, Glen Skov and Johnny Wilson. Alex Delvecchio was credited with three assists.Chicago: Goal,, Rollins; defence, Dewsbury, Mortson, Fogolin, Gadsby, Kryzanowski; forwards: McFadden, Couture, Babando, Peters, Mosienko, Conacher, Bodnar, Glover, Gardner, Gee.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Gold-ham. Kelly. Pronovost, Woit, Zeidel; forwards: Skov, Pavelich, Leswick, Sinclair, Howe. Lindsay, L. Wilson,, J. Wilson, Delvecchio, Prystai, Stasiuk.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0360/928076-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="597" height="479"></div><h2>SATURDAY. OCTOBER 18</h2>Boston 1 at Montreal 2MONTREAL&mdash;A third period goal by Floyd &lsquo;Busher&rsquo; Curry broke a 1-1 deadlock and gave the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins. The goal was scored as Curry deflected rookie defenseman Ivan Irwin&rsquo;s blue lune shot behind Sugar Jim Henry.Canadiens got on the score sheet first. Boom Boom Geoffrion fooling Henry at the 1.39 mark of the second period after the teams had battled scorelessly through the opening stanza. Warren Godfrey was sitting out a penalty when the goal was scored. Doug Harvey and Bert Olmstea were credited with assists on the play.Before the period ended Johnny Peirson evened the count for the Bruins on passes from Jack McIntyre and Milt Schmidt. Schmidt carried the puck into the Hab end, relayed to McIntyre who let go a shot which McNeil stopped but Peirson banged home the rebound.Henry was called on to stop 22 shots as compared to the 18 the Bruins threw at Gerry McNeil.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Laycoe, Quackenbush, Armstrong, Toppazzini, Godfrey; forwards, Schmidt, Peirson, Labine, Mackell. Sandford, Creighton, McIntyre, Chevrefils, Lund, Klukay.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, Irwin, St. Laurent, MacPherson: forwards: Reay, Geof frion, Meger, Lach, Richard, Olmstead. Mosdell, Curry, Gamble, McCormack.Referee: George Gravel, Linesmen: Doug Davies and Jerry Olinski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0444/928069-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="593" height="351"></div><h2>New York 3 at Toronto 4</h2>TORONTO&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs, clicking for three goals in less than two minutes of the third period, downed the New York Rangers 4-3 to leave the New Yorkers still without a win:The victory was the first in four starts for the Leafs and it was the fourth straight setback for Bill Cook&rsquo;s injury riddled Rangers.The Rangers jumped into an early lead, Herb Dickenson notching the only goal of the first period on passes from Paul Ronty and Wally Hergesheimer.They added another after five minutes. Harry Howell converting Ronty&rsquo;s pass. Leafs got one in the second, Teeder Ken-nedy combining with Sid Smith and Leo Boivin.In the third, Smith, Max Bentley and Rudy Migay all scored within two minutes to give the Torontonians a 4-2 lead. Nick Mickoski closed out the scoring at the 16: 33 mark on passes from Alan Stanley and Jack Stoddard.Lome &lsquo;Gump&rsquo; Worsley turned back 38 shots in comparison to Harry Lumley&rsquo;s 17.New York: Goal, Worsley; defence. Reise, Stanley, Ross, Buller, Kraftcheck; forwards: McLeod, Slowinski, Stewart, Ronty, Mickoski, Stoddard, Dickenson. Conacher, Hergesheimer, Kullman.Toronto: Goal. Lumley: defence, Thomson, Horton, Boivin, Flaman, Sullivan, Morrison; forwards: Kennedy, Stewart, Smith, Migay, Sloan, Watson, Hassard, Meeker, Hannigan, Solinger.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0532/928062-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="604" height="549"></div><h2>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19</h2>Montreal 1 at Detroit 6DETROIT&mdash;Tony Leswick batted in a brace of goals and his Detroit Red Wing mates added four others as the Wings walloped the Montreal Canadiens 6-1.All the scoring was done in the last two periods as the two teams fought through the opening twenty minutes to a scoreless deadlock.Marty Pavelich opened the scoring after three minutes nad elapsed in the sandwich frame, taking a double relay from Marcel Pronovost and Glen Skov.Three minutes later, Metro Prystai added another on passes from Johnny Wilson and Alex Delvecchio. Gordie Howe got into the act in the same period as he converted passes from Ted Lindsay and Marcel Pronovost at the 10: 49 mark.Montreal finally broke the ice at the 2: 49 mark of the third period, Dick Gamble scoring on passes from Dollard St. Laurent and Floyd Curry.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, St. Laurent, MacPherson, Irwin; forwards, McCormack, Curry, Gamble, Geoffrion, Richard, Reay, Olmstead, Meger, Lach.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Gold-ham, Kelly, Pronovost, Woit, Zeidel. Stasiuk; forwards: Sinclair. Howe, Lind-say, Leswick. Prystai. Pavelich, Skov, Delvecchio, J. Wilson, L. Wilson.Referee: Frank Udvari; linesmen: Red Dunn, George Hayes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0621/928055-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="599" height="581"></div><h2>Toronto 3 at Chicago 2</h2>CHICAGO&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs made it two in a row when they came from behind to down the Chicago Black Hawks 3-2. It was the Leafs second win in five starts and the loss gave the Hawks a record of 3 wins and a draw in six outings.The two teams split goals in the first two periods, the Hawks drawing first blood in the opening frame,, George Gee scoring on a play with Al Dewsbury. Toronto bounced back in the second period to knot the count, Tim Horton scoring on passes from Max Bentley and Howie Meeker.Once again Chicago went ahead la the third period, George Gee again the sniper. Bill Mosienko and Lee Fogolin drew the assists on this one.Toronto goth the equalizer and the winning goal within two minutes of each other late in the period. Harry Watson put the Leafs on an even footing at th* 13: 07 mark on a pass from Rudy Migay. One minute and fifty-three seconds later. Ronnie Stewart combined with Ted Kennedy to give the Leafs their third goal and the win.Toronto: Goal. Lumley; defence, Flaman, Boivin, Thomson, Horton, Morrison: forwards: Migay, Sloan, Watson, Smith, Kennedy, Meeker, Hassard, Hannigan, Bolinger Stewart.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Armstrong. Quackenbush, Toppazzini, Laycoe forwards: Sandford. Mackell, Dumart, Klukay, Pierson, Chevrefils.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0723/928048-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="599" height="378"></div><h2>New York 2 at Boston 2</h2>BOSTON&mdash;The New York Rangers marked up their first point of the current campaign when they fought to * 2-2 draw with the Boston Bruins. Paul Ronty was the hero for New York a* he fired a goal at the 12: 46 mark of the third period.Hy Buller started the play that led to the deadlock, sending the puck the the corner to Wally Hergesheimer. Hergy centered it and Ronty fired the equalizer.Two quick goals by the Bruins had given them a 2-1 lead in the third period after Nick Mickoski had opened the scoring in the period on a pass from Gave Stewart.New York: Goal, Worsley; defence Ross, Buller, Kratcheck, Stanley, Howell; forwards: Bathgate, Murphy, Ronty. Mickoski. Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Kullman, Slowinski.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Armstrong. Godfrey, Laycoe, Quackenbush, Toppazzini; forwards: Sandford, Mackell Dumart, Schmidt, Labine, Creighton, Chevrefils, McIntyre, Lund, Klukay, Peirson.Referee: Bill Chadwick: linesmens Herb Gallagher and Sam Babcock.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0820/928041-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="597" height="405"></div><h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>(Standings on Wednesday, P. M. Oct. 22)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0716/928034-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="580" height="177"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3>Oct. 14&mdash;Detroit 1 at Chicago 1Oct. 16&mdash;Rangers 1 at Canadiens 3Oct. 16&mdash;Toronto 1 at Boston 2Oct. 16&mdash;Chicago 0 at Detroit 7Oct. 18&mdash;Boston 1 at Canadiens 2Oct. 18&mdash;Rangers 3 at Toronto 4Oct. 19&mdash;Canadiens 1 at Detroit 6Oct. 19&mdash;Toronto 3 at Chicago 2Oct. 19&mdash;Rangers 2 at Boston 2<h3>NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</h3>Oct. 22&mdash;Detroit at TorontoOct. 22&mdash;Boston at RangersOct. 23&mdash;Canadiens at ChicagoOct. 25&mdash;Detroit at CanadiensOct. 25&mdash;Boston at TorontoOct. 26&mdash;Detroit at Rangers Oct 26&mdash;Boston at Chicago<h3>GOALKEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0814/928027-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="585" height="172"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1112/928020-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="552" height="158"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, Oct. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0914/928013-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="588" height="918"></div><h2>Tops in Majors</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0192/928006-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="547" height="555"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sugar Jim Henry of the Boston Bruins who has started out in the 1952-53 setason just where he left last year. In his first four game Jim allowed just six goals for an average of 1.50 per game.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0273/927999-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="547" height="553"><figcaption class="caption-body">Captain Ted Kennedy of the Leafs who has jumped into an early lead in the National League scoring race. Ted scored five goals in his first five games and added four assists for nine points.</figcaption></div><h2>One He Didn&rsquo;t Get</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0343/927992-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="1128" height="1482"><figcaption class="caption-body">Goaler Harry Lumley of the Leafs is shown In action above as he watches the puck slide into his cage. The goal was scored by Gordie Howe and put the Wings into the lead before Kennedy scored to tie up the game with 45 seconds to go.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>SYRACUSE, N.Y.&mdash;All through his 19 years and 978 stitches as a player, Eddie Shore was a professional hockey&rsquo;s stormy petrel.Now&mdash;as operator of the Syracuse Warriors of the American Hockey League, among other minor league clubs&mdash;Shore&rsquo;s position remains the same.Shore is an enigma. Known to thousands, he&rsquo;s fully understood by no one. Perhaps, that&rsquo;s the way he wants it.The one-time N.H.L. great has more facets to his personality than a perfume shop has odors. Reams of copy have been written about his so-called Simon Legree attitude towards his players. Some of it is true, the rest exaggerated.All his life, Shore has played the tough guy&mdash;give no quarter, ask none. But at times, he&rsquo;s shown himself to be as big hearted as all outdoors.He&rsquo;s been known to argue for days on end with players over minor contract clauses, and then give the same players large sums of money outright when family sickness struck.Speaking of Shore and his players, brings to mind the story of how he once handled Goalie Frank Ceryance when both were connected with the Buffalo club.Player fined self&ldquo;We were on the road with the Buffalo team.&rdquo; Shore always begins when telling the story.&ldquo;I forget the city but at any rate, Ceryance didn&rsquo;t show up for the game, and we had to use Harvey Stone, our trainer, in the nets&mdash;and lost.&ldquo;When we got back to Buffalo, I called Ceryance into my office. I told him to sit in my chair&mdash;he was to be me. I moved into the chair he would normally occupy.&ldquo;Now I&rsquo;m Ceryance, I said. I&rsquo;ve let my team down by not showing up for a game, and I&rsquo;ve disappointed fans who paid to see me play. What would you do to me Mister Shore?&ldquo;Frank thought for a moment&mdash;I guess I&rsquo;d fine you&mdash;he replied.&ldquo;How much, I asked?&lsquo;One hundred dollars&rsquo;, he kinda stammered.&ldquo;Only a hundred, I shot back.&ldquo;I guess that&rsquo;s enough&rsquo;, he answered.&ldquo;We exchanged chairs at that point, and I said to Frank&mdash;Mister Ceryance you&rsquo;ve just fined yourself one hundred dollars.&ldquo;He was probably the only player in hockey history to fine himself,&rdquo; Shore usually concluded in a low chuckle.(Of course, Shore always failed to add that he gave Ceryance back his money at the end of the season).Shore, incidentally, knows full well the meaning of the word &ldquo;fine&rdquo;. He has drawn many of them during his long association with hockey.Some of them have been the result of his slam-bang style of play. Others because of his unique facility for doing the unexpected&mdash;even when it&rsquo;s unsportsmanlike.For example, there was the Harry Dick incident in Springfield a coupe of seasons back. Shore admitted at an investigation that he put five defensemen on the ice with orders to &ldquo;get Dick&rdquo;, a Buffalo defenseman at the time.Shore was fined $500 for instigating the incident, which resulted in Bus Gagnon, one of Shore&rsquo;s players, cross-checking Dick on the faceoff&mdash;and nearly getting his head split open when Dick swung his stick in retaliation.At best, the move was idiotic with hockey suffering a black-eye as a result.:Which brings up the question who will fine Shore now that he&rsquo;s Executive Vice-President of the A.H.L.?It isn&rsquo;t very logical that Shore will fine himself when he steps outside the bounds of good conduct and breaks the rules.Then, again, he might do just that.After all, Eddie Shore is a very unique man.<h2>His Own Theory</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01107/928166-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="532" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body">(EDDIE SHORE)</figcaption></div><h2>Player&rsquo;s Please</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0437/928159-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="1214" height="1293"></div> &#9632;

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Shore Famous to Many But Understood by Few

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0274/928204-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="297" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Dorohoy</figcaption></div>VICTORIA, B.C.&mdash;Victoria has the youngest coach in the Western Hockey League, in all pro hockey, and probably in all organized hockey this season. He is about 25-year-old Eddie &ldquo;Pistol&rdquo; Dorohoy.Everybody here and in the W.H.L. are still talking about his appointment&mdash;an appointment which rocked, amazed, baffled and left the hockey ponulance reeling.,But after two. pre-season exhibition games against last year&rsquo;s league champs, &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; Pratt&rsquo;s New Westminster Royals, and a home-and-home series against Vancouver, the freshman playing coach of the Cougars, who is being called the &ldquo;Eddie Stanky&rdquo; of the Western Hockey League, has gained a host of new supporters.Dorohoy&rsquo;s crew tied and lost to N.W., they split with Vancouver, winning the all-important home opener, 3-2, before a near capacity house of 5, 000. The Cats showed plenty of hustle in their win.<h2>Hockey Knowledge Is Very Good</h2>In nearly every survey conducted here&mdash;in the press, over the radio, among fans, players and experts, and there have been plenty of polls&mdash;the majority of hockey followers are willing to give &ldquo;Pistol&rdquo; an opportunity to make a go of the toughest job in pro hockey, that of being a successful playing coach. They are willing to give him a chance, to prove himself, to make good. If he doesn&rsquo;t, you know the answer. Nobody knows better than Dorohoy and the man who hired him&mdash;Lester Patrick&mdash;that Eddie&rsquo;s on the hot seat. There&rsquo;s no getting away from it.However, before Patrick decided Dorohoy was to be his coach you can rest assured one of hockey&rsquo;s real greats, a man who has done as much, if not more, than anybody else to make the game the success it is today, gave the selection of Dorohoy a great deal of thought and consideration. The &ldquo;Silver Fox&rdquo; is not one to go off half-cooked and he has backed up his selection of Dorohoy by going on record as saying; &ldquo;Dorohoy could be the coach of the year in the W.H.L.&rdquo;Going further, Patrick, after watching Dorohoy conduct several Cougar practices had this to say. &ldquo;His knowledge of the game and technique in coaching is anything as good as I&rsquo;ve seen in some years.&rdquo; As you can see Patrick is fully convinced Eddie can do a job for him and is going to give the vociferous Medicine Hat born puckster, who now makes his home in Victoria where he married a Victoria girl, Shirley Switzer, last July, every opportunity.One thing is for sure. Eddie will give it his alL In all the years we have watched him perform not once has he failed to go all out every time he stepped on the ice. He gives the fans their money&rsquo;s worth. He&rsquo;s a great competitor and definitely a crowd pleaser with his razzle-dazzle stickhandling and play-making ability.Two years ago Dorohoy won the P.C.H.L. scoring championship on the final day of the season, his 87 points besting runnerup Ken Ullyot of New, Westminster by one point. But all the more remarkable it is because Eddie boasted he would win the title and, to do it he had to score 28 points in the last 10 games of that historic 1950-51 campaign. Victoria, paced by their new coach, won the league and playoff championships. Last season. Dorohoy finished in a tie for second in scoring with N.W&rsquo;s Gordon Fashoway. Each amassed 85 points, eight less than that garnered by Calgary&rsquo;s George Agar, who won it.There&rsquo;s much more we could write about Dorohoy, but we&rsquo;ll let his coaching record of this season do the talking. It&rsquo;s squarely and very definitely his baby. He hasn&rsquo;t been foiled in anything yet. And, finally, remember Lou Boudreau was only 24 and Bucky Harris but 2 6 when they took over as playing managers of ball clubs at Cleveland and Washington, respectively. They made good.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0357/928197-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="1193" height="2073"></div> &#9632;

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Patrick Says Dorohoy Could Be Western Loop’s Coach of Year

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;Enthusiastic hockey fans in in this area are quiet now, but it&rsquo;s the quiet before the storm. In a few days the Maritime Major Hockey League teams will announce their rosters. In another fews days they&rsquo;ll be off and winging in one of Canada&rsquo;s topnotch ice organizations.Because most or the teams have started pre-season drills away from home, and because all four still await arrivals from the pro camps to bolster their ranks, hockey fever hasn&rsquo;t hit here yet. But it will.You find in the camps of the four contenders&mdash;Halifax, Glace-Bay, Sydney and Charlottetown&mdash;looks of optimism on all sides. Now that the die has been cast, now that all four are ready to get off and running, there is a grim air of determination.The prospects for a good season are excellent. The teams learned a lot last year, learned it the hard way. This time they have reduced their playing schedule over the tame length of time. They have reduced the league from six to four entries.The four survivors are strongly backed and should be able to withstand any normal financial disaster. They are striving to present a balanced league that will have general crowd appeal.The return of Murph Chamberlain to Charlottetown has already stirred up a lot of interest. The colorful Hard Rock, who made his coaching debut in the Maritimes after a long and honorable Stand in the National League, should put a lot of oomph into proceedings along the Maritime hockey front this season. At least that&rsquo;s what the fans say, and what they say is mighty important to all concerned.Cliff Roach is a quiet man at Sydney, but his quietness is respected. He won&rsquo;t be a colorful coach but he&rsquo;ll be a sound one. Sydney fans have wondered aloud for some time why it took the club officials so long to get around to this keen student of the game. Cliff is a son of former NHL star Mickey Roach, was brought up in a hockey atmosphere.Hubert (Hub) Macey makes his coaching debut at Glace Bay this season. Hub has been around the hockey scene a long time. He played in the majority of the 90 games his team engaged in last season. He played like an energetic sprinter most of the time.His work was so well liked, especially his experienced play in the tight spots, that when Norman (Bud) Poile moved out west and nominated Macey for the job the hockey moguls were pleased to accept. Macey, who has good contacts along the hockey fronts, expects to ice a strong team for the hockey-loving people of Canada&rsquo;s biggest townLast season the theme of the Glace Bay play was: &ldquo;Beat Sydney!&rdquo; Sydney Millionaires had humbled Glace Bay&rsquo;s Miners so many times in the past it was dangerous to mention the Mils in the mining town. This season the theme: &ldquo;Beat Sydney again!&rdquo; That will be Macey&rsquo;s objective and if he achieves it the fans won&rsquo;t look too long to see where the team shows in the standings. Just so long as it is ahead of Sydney all will be well.Doulas (Dugger)McNeil is starting his first season as coach with the unnamed Halifax team. Years ago it was Halifax Crescents. Then it became St. Mary&rsquo;s. When Lt. Col. Victor Oland withdrew as sole sponsor, the Halifax Hockey Club was incorporated. A new name will be selected from the many advanced by interested parties.McNeil is coming home to take over the coaching job. He first won fame with those classy St. Mary&rsquo;s junior teams that became a familiar sight in Memorial Cup play. He maintained his reputation as a hard hitting defenceman in four seasons with Montreal Royals, with a brief fling at Victoria under the Patricks.McNeil has already made a strike. He signed joltin&rsquo; Joe Lepine as his defence mate. When St. Mary&rsquo;s and Montreal Canadiens were rugged rivals in junior ranks, Lepine was a standout performer. Now Halifax fans will see him playing for their side.Excitement over baseball has died down, but football is flourishing. The game sport, however, is hockey. The fans are waiting patiently, but their patience is being sorely tried.This is the quiet season on the ice front, But it will soon burst into flame as four strong teams seek the major hockey honors in one of Canada&rsquo;s great leagues.<h2>Back Home</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01106/928242-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="574" height="908"><figcaption class="caption-body">(MURPH CHAMBERLAIN)</figcaption></div><h2>Red The Businessman</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0273/928235-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1113" height="1326"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN HUNTER, pictured behind the counter in the BowlArena in Saskatoon, which he operates in partnership with his brother. Bill. The popular redhead has decided to retire from hockey after an illustrious career along the ice lanes.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Maritime League Well Sponsored No Money Troubles This Season

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0354/928280-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg"></div>and every true-blue hockey fan will want to be a regular reader of THE HOCKEY NEWS &mdash; &ldquo;Official Organ of All Hockey&rdquo;. The Hockey News carries stories on all the teams and the star players written by the foremost hockey writers in Canada and the United States. Besides outstanding features and stories The Hockey News runs more action pctures and cartoons than any other publication. Interesting Crossword puzzles also appear in each issue.THE HOCKEY NEWS is published tor 30 consecutive issues during the season and 5 monthly summer issues. It doesn&rsquo;t matter when you start, you still get your 35 issuesA year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.Canadian Remittance; &mdash; $3.00 Payable by Postal Bank or Telegraph Money Order.U. S. A. Remittances &mdash; $4.00 Payable by Postal Note, Bank or Express Money Order or personal cheque.Fill in Ferm Above and Send Postal Note or Money Order<h2>&ldquo;Captain Morqan&rsquo;s in town!&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0433/928273-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="1158" height="1574"></div> &#9632;

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It’s Here YES HOCKEY FANS THE 1952-53 SEASON IS HERE AT LAST

It marks a new brewing triumph.Not Second&hellip;Not third&hellip;Not Honourable Mention&hellip;but First!Carling&rsquo;s New Red Cap Ale won first prize for most out-standing Canadian ale, beer, or stout at Luxembourg 1951 International Competition.Order a case today!CARLING&rsquo;SNEW Red Cap AleTHE CALL IS FOR CARLING&rsquo;S<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0276/928311-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="571" height="566"></div> &#9632;

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Its New!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01119/928342-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Former National Hockey League star Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, above right has turned in his uniform for the troubles and woes of a coach. O&rsquo;Connor was recently appointed as coach of the Cincinnati Mohawks of the International Hockey League. The Mohawks dropped out of the American Hockey League this season after three disappointing years and moved to the IHL. His trainer Bert Williams of Cincinnati chats with Bud at their Montreal training camp. Williams once trained former heavyweight boxing champ Ezzard Charles in Cincy.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Bud’s a Coach Now

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0917/928373-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg"></div>The Perfect Combination&hellip; &hellip;Kennedy, Smith, Stewart Toronto&rsquo;s line of Captain Ted Kennedy, Sid Smith and Rookie Ron Stewart played the role of perfect combination in the game last week when they accounted for four Leaf goals and the same number of assists. Kennedy scored twice and added an insist while Stewart netted one with two helpers. Smith had one and one&hellip; &#9632;

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The Perfect Combination-Quality! Freshness! Price!

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><h2>Shut Out</h2>Bill Brennan, Saskatoon goalie, turned in the first shut out of the season when the Quakers defeated the Calgary Stampeders 6-0 in Saskatoon last week.<h2>Hat Trick</h2>Ken Ullyot, New Westminster forward, turned in the first hat trick of the season recently when he scored three goals against Vancouvers&rsquo; goalkeeper, Emil Francis.<h2>Saskatoon Win Two, Tie One To Lead Pack</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01126/928495-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="284" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">(George Senick)</figcaption></div>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;The Western Hockey League was only five days old in its 1952-53 campaign but already last season&rsquo;s playoff champs, Saskatoon, has jumped into an early lead, winning two and tieing one of its first three games for five points, to make the experts look good who predicted a first place finish for Doug Bentley&rsquo;s Quakers in the pre-season poll conducted among scribes and sportscasters.Playing at home helps too, because except for the highly-rated Calgary Stampeders, the rest of the teams in Al Leader&rsquo;s eight club circuit opened before their home town fans with a victory or in Edmonton&rsquo;s case, a 3-3 deadlock with Saskatoon. Calgary is the only sextet which, has lost a home game, dropping a 4-3 heartbreaker to the fast-moving Quakers from Saskatoon.Getting back to Bentley&rsquo;s defending champs they whitewashed Calgary, 6-0, before close to 6, 000 fans at Saskatoon October 8 to get their home season underway on a successful note. Bill Brennan, who played goal for Edmonton last year, and who is the property of Detroit and who is slated to play for Cleveland of the American Loop this season, was a last minute substitute for regular Saskatoon goalie Lome &ldquo;Gump&rdquo; Worsley, who was recalled by the parent N.Y. Rangers at the last minute to fill in for the injured Chuck Rayner.Brennan was good when he had to be. Fiery left winger George Senick scored a pair of goals to lead the marksman and to continue from where he left off last spring. The Quakers impressed from the opening to closing whistle, much to the delight of the partisan onlookers. Calgary lacked the offensive power so eagerly forecast during the training season.Thanks to a last period goal at 18: 16 by veteran Johnny Chad, the Quakers tied Edmonton, 3-3, at the Oil City, Oct. 10, to keep their unbeaten record intact. The Flyers, with a new playing coach, Norman &ldquo;Bud&rdquo; Poile, and only three holdovers from last season, served notice Detroit&rsquo;s No. One farm club is going to be mighty tough to handle. Brennan opposed his former teammates for the first time and broke the hearts of several Edmonton marksmen.Playing their third game&mdash;second in as many nights and both away from home&mdash;in four nights, Saskatoon spoiled Calgary&rsquo;s opener, Oct. 11, winning, 4-3, and getting the big one at the 19: 00 minute mark of the third period. The culprit was defenseman Mowie Milford. So for the second time in two nights the power-packed Quakers salvaged a tie with Edmonton and won over Calgary with goals in the last two minutes of the third period. True signs of a championship club!Seattle&rsquo;s surprising Bombers, with a new nickname, new playing-coach, Lloyd Ailsby, and a new goalie, Lev Bentley, of the famous Bentleys, currently occupy second spot with two home victories in three games. They had no trouble beating Tacoma, 6-2, Oct. 9, and rebounded from a 5-3 loss at Tacoma Oct. 11 to give New Westminster and allstar goalie Lucien Dechene one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the Royals or Dechene. The score: 9 to 1 for Seattle! That&rsquo;s one for the W.H.L.&rsquo;s record books.Victoria, Tacoma, N.W. and Vancouver are tied for third place. The Cats under the youngest coach in pro hockey, Eddie Dorohoy, thrilled a near capacity crowd of close to 5, 000 Victoria fans at their home opener, Oct. 9, when they edged Vancouver, 3-2. Former Edmonton Flyer left winger Colin Kilburn, his linemate and off-season business partner, Doug Anderson, and a rejuvenated Jack McIntyre paced the youthful Cougars to victory. Only a brillant Emile Francis in the Vancouver net kept the Canucks in the game for the first two periods. Ian Mackintosh, the centre smoothie from Cincinnati, and Vancouver&rsquo;s rookie sensation of last year, Larry Popein, shined for Coley Hall&rsquo;s club.The following evening at the Forum in Vancouver before a turnaway crowd of over 5, 000, the Canucks bounced back to win, 5-1. Once again it was Francis, Mackintosh and Popein who starred for Coach Art Chapmans club. Several free-for-alls were part of the bill of fare, with referee Ross Valliere handing out no less than 62 minutes in penalties, including three 10-minute misconducts and two majors. Eddie Dorohoy got one of the misconducts.Tacoma split a pair with its bitterest rival, Seattle, losing 6-2 at Seattle, Oct. 9, and gaining revenge three nights later at home, winning, 5-3. Rookie goalie Jack Siemon, sent to Tacoma by Boston, played the first game, with veteran Doug Stevenson back between the pipes for the victory the second game.New Westminster, league champs last year and with the one and only Walter &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; Pratt back directing the fortunes of the Royal City crew, N.W. broke out with three goals in the third period of their home opener against Vancouver, Oct. 11, to win, 6-3. Captain and veteran pivotman Ken Ullyot led the way with the first Hat Trick of the season. Once again, and for the third time in three games, Francis in goal and the line of Mackintosh, Popein and Les Hickey starred for Vancouver.But less than 16 hours after N.W. had defeated Vancouver, they really had the works thrown into them at Seattle in the Bombers&rsquo; first afternoon game of the season. As mentioned earlier in this piece the record book took a beating when Seattle upended, throttled, and literally shoved the puck down the Royals&rsquo; and Dechene&rsquo;s throat, winning by 9-1, count! All Sunday games of Seattle will be played in the afternoon with starting time at 2: 30 p.m.Bentley closed the door all but once against the Royals, while for Seattle the scoring was distributed amongst seven players, with rookie Gerry Foley and John Bailey leading the way with a pair each. The other scorers were: Joe Bell, Lloyd Ailsby, George Homenuke, Lome Nadeau and Rudy Filion. The Filion-Bell-Foley line accounted for four goals. Dechene made 2 6 saves and N.W. was saved from a whitewash by a first period goal by Ullyot, his fourth in two games.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDING ON MONDAY, A.M., OCT, 13<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0293/928488-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="596" height="229"></div>SHUTOUTS: Bill Brennan, Saskatoon, one.HAT TRICKS: Ken Ullyot, New Westminster, one.<h3>Wednesday, Oct. 8 Tacoma 2 at Seattle 6</h3>SEATTLE&mdash;The Seattle Bombers started off the new season on the right foot when they rocked the Tacoma Rockets 6-2. The Bombers scored four times in the first period and matched goals with the Rockets in the next two.First period goals were scored by Doug Macauley, Joe Bell, Gerry Foley and George Pargeter. Tacoma got on the score sheet in the second, Mark Marquess putting the puck, but Dick Kotanen got that one back for the Bombers in the same frame. John Bailey notched the final Seattle marker while Wingy Johnson closed out the Tacoma scoring.Tacoma: Goal, Siemon; defence, -Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor, Matthew; forwards, Caron, Halderson, Wall, Bradley, Johnston, Marquess, Brown, Kerr, Adam.Seattle: Goal, Bentley; defence, Sprout, Conn, Ailsby, Kotanen, Lebioda; forwards, Bell, Filion, Foley, Bailey, Pargeter, Stearns, Macauley, Nadeau, Wilkie.Referee: Powers and Knott.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0373/928481-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="596" height="498"></div><h3>Calgary 0 at Saskatoon 6</h3>SASKATOON&mdash;The defending playoff champions, the Saskatoon Quakers set about trying for the league championship as they trounced the Calgary Stampeders 6-0.The Quakers were without the services of Lome Worsley, their regular netminder who is replacing Charlie Rayner in the New York Rangers goals but Bill Brennan was a very capable replacement.The Quakers led 2-0 at the end of the first period, 5-0 at the end of the second and added one more in the third. George Senick led the way with two goals while singletons were added by Alex Kuzma, Johnny Chad, Nell Strain and playing coach Doug Bentley.Calgary: Goal, Hughes; defence, Kyle, Quackenbush, Michaluk, Shvetz, Levan-doski; forwards, Lundy, Black, Witiuk, Kelly, Barry, Agar, Ashworth, Spratt, Blade.Saskatoon: Goal, Brennan; defence, Heindl, Evans, Parker, Milford; forwards, McCullough, Senick, Brown, Kuzma, Strain, Kaleta, Chad, Jeffrey, Holdaway, Bentley.Referee: Scotty Morrison, Montreal; linesman, Hedley MacDonald, Saskatoon.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0457/928474-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="595" height="394"></div><h3>Thursday, Oct. 9 Vancouver 2 at Victoria 3</h3>VICTORIA&mdash;Colin Kilburn, last year with the Edmonton Flyers, sparked the Victoria Cougars to a close 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. He figured in all three Cougar goals, netting two and assisting on the other.The Kilburn line, with Doug Anderson at centre and Jack McIntyre at right wing was easily the best on the ice. The other goal for the winners was scored by Ernie Roche while Hal Tarala and Ian Macintosh accounted for the Canuck goals.Vancouver: Goal, Francis; defence, Dick, Curry, Tarala, Barlow, Fontinato; forwards, Hickey, Atanas, Smith, Popein, Hagan, Leier, Mackintosh, Gordon.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Webster, Roche, Long, Goegan, Strongman; forwards, Hebenton, Bouchard, Abbott, MacIntyre; Mazur, Kilburn, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans.Referee: Eddie Powers and Ross Vallierbe.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0544/928467-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="595" height="525"></div><h3>Friday, Oct. 10 Victoria 1 at Vancouver 5</h3>VANCOUVER&mdash;The Vancouver Canucks avenged. an earlier defeat at the hands of the Victoria Cougars by slamming the Eddie Dorohoy led team 5-1 in a game that was highlighted by many fights.A total of twelve penalties including two majors and three misconducts were called in the rough and ready contest.Vancouver goals were scored by Ian Macintosh with two, Popein, Smith and Guidolin.Andy Hebenton potted the lone Cougar counter.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Long, Bouchard, Roche, Goegan, Webster, Strongman; forwards, Hebenton, Abbott, McIntyre, Mazur, Kilburn, Dorohoy, Anderson, Medynski.Vancouver: Goal, Francis; defence, Dick, Currie, Tarala, Fontinato; forwards, Hickey, Atanas. Smith, Popein, Barlow, Leier, Powers, Manson, McIntosh, Hagen, Guidolin.Referee: Ross Vallier and Ted Girard.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0196/928460-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="600" height="454"></div><h3>Saskatoon 3 at Edmonton 3</h3>EDMONTON&mdash;The Saskatoon Quakers salvaged a tie with the Edmonton Flyers out of what looked like sure defeat when they knocked home a goal with less than two minutes to go. This left the Quakers&rsquo; unbeaten record Intact.Johnny Chad was the hero of the day as he pumped home the tying goal from a goal mouth scramble while Edmonton were short-handed, Bill Folk sitting out a minor penalty.Other Saskatoon goals were scored by Doug Bentley and Neil Strain while the Flyers&rsquo; goals were racked up by Len Haley, Ching Johnson and Bud Poile.Saskatoon: Goal, Brennan: defence. Heindl, Evans, Parker. Milford; forwards, McCullough, Senick, Kuzma, Howe, Strain, Kaleta, Chad, Jeffrey, Holdaway, Bentley.Edmonton: Goal. Hall; defence, Coburn, May, Folk, Coflin; forwards. Johnson, Fielder, Jankowski, Reibel, Ehman, Uniac, MacDonald, Haley, Anderson, Poile.Referee: Scotty Morrison, Montreal; Hank Wilson, Whilt Rock, B.C.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0240/928453-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="595" height="373"></div><h3>SATURDAY. OCT. 11 Vancouver 3 at New West&rsquo;er 6</h3>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;The New Westminster Royals made their first start of the season a winning one as they handed the Vancouver Canucks a 6-3 beating.Centre Ken Ullyot notched his first hat trick of the season in pacing the Royals to the win. He scored twice within two minutes at the start of the third period to break a 2-2 deadlock and give the Royals a lead they never relinquished.Other scorers for the winners were Jerry Cabana, Ollie Dorohoy and Gordie Fashoway.Ian Mackintosh scored a brace of goal&rsquo;s for the Canucks while Les Hickey added a singleton.Vancouver: Goal, Francis; defence, Dick, Currie, Barlow, Tarala, Fontinato; forwards, Hickey, A tanas, Smith, Popein, Leier, Powers, Manson, Mackintosh, Guidolin.New Westminster: Goal, Lechene; defence, Bergeron, Bedard, Oskley, Durham; forwards, McNab, Dorohoy, Slater, Ullyot, Love. Maxwell, Fashoway, Boyce, Haidy, Cabana.Referee: Eddie Powers and Merrick Cranstoun.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0327/928446-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="599" height="571"></div><h3>Seattle 3 at Tacoma 5</h3>TACOMA&mdash;The Tacoma Rockets got an early jump on the Seattle Bombers by scoring three goals in the opening period and went on to win 5-3. This evened the Rockets&rsquo; record at a win and a loss.First period goals were scored by Bert Bradley, Dave Wall and Gordie Kerr.Seattle&rsquo;s John Bailey put the Bombers back in the game with a goal after only 31 seconds had elapsed In the second period but Wayne Brown got that back at 9.25.The third period saw the Bombers fall short of the mark as they scored twice while holding the Rockets to a single. Bailey scored again and George Homenuke added another before Wingy Johnson closed out the scoring for Tacoma.Seattle: Goal, Bentley; defence, Ailsby, Sprout, Conn, Leboida, Kotanen; forwards, Homenuke, Pargeter, Bell, Filion Foley, Nadeau, Bailey, Stearns, MacAuley.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor, Matthews; forwards, Brown, Bradley, Johnston# Wall, Kerr, Marquess, Halderson, Adam, Caron.Referee: Ross Vailliere and Bill Knott.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0419/928439-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="594" height="426"></div><h3>Saskatoon 4 at Calgary 3</h3>CALGARY&mdash;The Saskatoon Quakers kept their unbeaten record intact with a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Stampeders but they had to do it the hard way by coming from behind in the third period.Going into the final frame, the Stamps were ahead 3-2 by virtue of goals by Roy Kelly, Pat Lundy, and Steve Black. Quaker goals were scored by Chuck McCullough and Jack Evans, the latter&rsquo;s hotly contested due to referee Morrison&rsquo;s having overruled the goal judge.In the last period the Quakers sewed up the verdict with two goals, Neil Strain getting the equalizer and Howie Filford the winner.Saskatoon: Brennan, Heindle, Evans; Kuzma, Strain, Senick. Subs: Milford, Parker, McCullough, Kaleta, Jeffrey, Chad, Holdaway, Lilley, Bentley.Calgary: Hughes, Kyle and Quackenbush; Shevtz, Lundy, Black. Subs: Michaluk, Levandoski, Kelly, Barry, Agar, Ashworth, Scott, Finney, Blade.Referee: Pat Morrison and Joe Shannon.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0513/928432-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="594" height="453"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including games of Sunday, Oct. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0635/928425-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="593" height="528"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0729/928418-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="594" height="251"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3>Most Goals: John Bailey, Sea. (5); Ian Mackintosh, Vanc. (5).Most Assists: Cal Stearns, Sea. (5); George Pargeter, Sea. (5); Alex Kaleta, Sask (5).Most Hat Tricks: Ken Ullyot, N.W. (1)Most Hat Tricks Against: Emil Francis, Vanc. (1).Most Shut Outs: Bill Brennan, Sask. (1).Most Penalties: Gus Kyle, Calg. 16 mln; Hugh Currie, Vanc., 16 min; Colin Kilburn, Vic., 12 min; Jim Bedard, N.W., 12 min; Walt Atanas, Vanc., 12 min.<h3>TEAM SCORING</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0825/928411-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="594" height="223"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0925/928404-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="1180" height="2097"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By ED COEN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0282/928533-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="295" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Jackie Gordon)</figcaption></div>Whenever hockey fans start discussing the reasons why the Cleveland Barons have been so successful in the matter of American Hockey League pennants that have been chalked up by the club down through the years, the play of the club&rsquo;s centers has been the key to any discussion. And a quiet soft-spoken two-year veteran is ready to take his place alongside of the all-time greats of the Barons offensive stars of yesteryear.The two-lear veteran is 24-year-old Jackie Gordon who was christened John by his parents back in Winnipeg, Manitoba on March 3rd, 1928 but who as long as he can remember has been called Jackie. &ldquo;I guess my mother really started it,&rdquo; he says in discussing where he picked up the nickname. &ldquo;She always called for me by yelling &ldquo;Jackie&rdquo; whenever she wanted me to do something and the name has been with me ever since.&rdquo;Gordon who came to the Barons in the fall of 1951-52 from the New York Rangers could easily become one of the best fan pleasers that the Euclid Avenue ice house has ever had. He is modest and has a quiet ready smile that flashes across his face whenever the mood strikes him&mdash;and that is more often than not.A knee injury kept him on the sidelines last winter with the 5-foot 8&frac12; inch, 154 pounder battling to stay in shape. The fact that he did is attested by the way he went in just the 20 games that he was able to play. Jackie bagged 7 goals and 20 assists for 27 points in the games he was able to get into. It was his play that gave the Barons a terific surge and kept them within only two points of the title winning Pittsburgh Hornets.The resident of St. James, Man., who is married and the father of a year old son, rates as one of the top playmakers of the Barons. He is a good forechecker and his wings receive what is called as &ldquo;soft&rdquo; passes from his stick.Flanked on the right side by Steve Wochy, who led the league in goals last year and by Vic &ldquo;Hard Rock&rdquo; Lynn on the left side, Gordon is headed for even bigger things this year.In the 2 22 games he has played since he broke into the American loop, Gordon has slapped in a total of 74 pucks and set up 174 others for a grand total of 248 points.Yes, Cleveland fans are ready to take this boy to their hearts. His clever stick handling, his setting up of plays for his wingers, and his ability to seize every opportunity will soon put him in the class of all of the great former Cleveland Baron centers who have zipped up and down center ice in Cleveland&rsquo;s spacious rink.<h2>Leo Goes To Hospital</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01132/928526-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="1184" height="1797"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leo Reise, star defenseman of the New York Rangers, is carried off the ice with a badly strained shoulder after he had collided head long into the goal post at the side of Gerry McNeil, Canadiens* goaler. Rangers came close to scoring on the play, but McNeil made the save. Reise was taken to Montreal&rsquo;s Western Hospital and stayed behind when the Rangers left for Toronto. The injury was not serious for Reise has returned to action.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Cleveland Hopes Much Brighter As Jackie Gordon Carries On Barons’ Tradition Of Having Good Centres

OVERTIME NOTES&hellip;Crowds were good at all eight rinks for the openers&hellip;Prexy Al Leader saw all but Edmonton and Tacoma in the first five days of play, taking in the openers at Saskatoon, Victoria, Vancouver and New Westminster and then watching Seattle manhandle the Royals&hellip;The Victoria-Vancouver home-and-home openers were hotly contested with at least one real brawl in each game&hellip;The Canucks and Cougars sported new uniforms with the Cougars&rsquo; new pants leaving Montreal via TCA Thursday a.m. and getting to Victoria&rsquo;s Memorial Arena 8 o&rsquo;clock&mdash;30 minutes before game time&mdash;the same night&hellip;No less than 65 goals were scored in the first nine games for an average of 7.22 goals per contest&hellip;. John Bailey, who played for Portland and Seattle and last season for Glace Bay in the Maritimes was leading the scorers on Thanksgiving Day morning with five goals and two assists&hellip;Saskatoon&rsquo;s ace line of Alex Kaleta, Johnny Chad and Neil Strain, tbe top production trio in the loop last season, got away to a good start again this campaign, with all three among Top Ten point men&hellip;Ken Ullyot is N.W.&rsquo;s leading pointgetter, Kilburn tops Victoria, &ldquo;Wingy&rdquo; Johnston leads Tacoma, Mackintosh paces Vancouver, while Calgary and Edmonton do not have any leader as yet&hellip;&ldquo;Muzz&rdquo; Patrick at Tacoma, &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; Pratt at N.W. and Art Chapman at Vancouver are the non-playing coaches&hellip;There&rsquo;s a possibility Pratt may see action later on, depending how bis club fares and any injuries they run into&hellip;The W.H.L. has several big rough and tough defensemen this year&hellip;they are: Harry Dick, Vancouver; Pete Durham, and Jim Bedard, New Westminster; Don Webster and Stan Long, Victoria; &ldquo;Buck&rdquo; Jones, Tacoma; Jim Hay, Edmonton; Jack Evans and. Bill Heindl, Saskatoon; and Calgary&rsquo; Bill Shventz and Gus Kyle are all rugged customers&hellip;There are others&hellip;such as Ernie Roche of Victoria; Ken Barlow and Hugh Currie, Vancouver; Howie Milford of Saskatoon, and Hugh Coflin and Pat Coburn of Edmonton&hellip;The referees have new sweaters this season. Instead of the customary white sweater the W.H.L. has provided its refs with black and whitestripped shirts, the strips run vertical and are similar in appearance to that used by football and basketball officials. In games to date the new referee shirts have been of help everybody and it could be the rest of the hockey leagues&mdash;amateur as well as professional&mdash;will follow suit. &#9632;

Western Hockey League

<div class="byline">By STAN MOHER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01100/928588-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="276" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Al Leader)</figcaption></div>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;President Al Leader of the Western Hockey League took a look at his Prairie charges in the first game of the season and remarked afterwards that the league appears to be much stronger all the way through this season.Leader, who watched most coast teams in action In exhibition games, was high on the Quakers when they beat Calgary 6-0, but added that the Stampeders &ldquo;will be heard from&hellip;they have a fine team.&rdquo;Leader, by the way, has decked his officials in snappy new outfits. They now wear black and white striped jerseys, resembling soccer uniforms.Players previously complained that they sometimes mistook officials for players and shot passes their way. It shouldn&rsquo;t happen again.There were a few murmurs in Calgary after the Stampeders had absorbed their 6-0 beating in Saskatoon.Stampeders have only five players left from last season&rsquo;s lineup and, on paper, they appear to have an extremely strong club. Coach Hank Blade, however, will take a little time to organize his scoring units properly. The defence showed up well in Saskatoon, but the scoring punch wasn&rsquo;t there, even scoring champion George Agar wasn&rsquo;t able to register.All Wednesday home games of Seattle Bombers will be televised by KING-TV station. It makes for a total of 12 home games on the screen. Only the third period of each game will be seen.Saskatoon Quakers are already making a big noise in the Western Hockey League (the name has been change from Prairie-Coast Professional to Western).Quakers, who didn&rsquo;t finish far from the top in the final league standing last season and then went on to cop the post-season shekels, own their first home game 6-0 over Calgary Stampeders and thenwent on tie Flyers 3-3 at Edmonton.The Saskatoon club has done the least lineup shuffling of the eight teams in the league and it appears that the move will pay off in an early getaway for the Saskatchewan club. The others likely will take a while before they can catch up.Quakers, besides having good talent have quite a few boys from right around Saskatoon, a factor which won&rsquo;t hurt the least bit at the gate.Best known of the &ldquo;hometown&rdquo; talent, of course, is playing-coach Doug Bentley who took over near the end of the 1951-52 campaign and sparked the team to the playoff triumph.Bentley, the Chicago Black Hawks expatriate, is&mdash;like all other Bentleys&mdash;a hero in Saskatoon. Hailing from Bentleyville (Delisle to the unititiated), Doug has succeeded in Instilling a fighting spirit in his team which pays off in important victories.Quakers suffered somewhat of a blow just before they were to open the season when New York Rangers recalled their star netminder Lorne (Gump) Worsley to fill the gap left by the injury to Chuck Rayner.Quakers, however, acquired the temporary service of Bill Brennan&mdash;with Edmonton last season&mdash;and he has come through in fine style.The defence is rock solid with holdovers Murray Parker and Howie Milford forming one combination with Bill Heindl, returning after an absence of one year, and Jack Evans, former Ranger, combining at the blue line.There&rsquo;s plenty of scoring punch up front with the Alex Kaleta-Johnny Chad-Neil Strain unit providing the main punch. Chuck McCullough, George Senick and Freddie Borwn work on another unit with coach Bentley filling in when needed.The third string has Alex Kuzma centring two rookies, Chuck Holdaway and Herb Jeffrey&mdash;two prolific scorers formely with Prince Albert Minto juniors.With this lineup and the expected return of Worsley in the not too distant future, Quakers look the cream of the crop and it&rsquo;s going to take a mighty good team to prove otherwise. &#9632;

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Quakers Rated Team To Beat In Western Loop

<div class="byline">By Scott</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0274/928619-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="493" height="294"></div>Young. McClelland & Stewart; 218 pages, $2.50High School hockey can be exciting&mdash;and obviously this is the way Scott Young must feel about it because in this, his first book for the younger set, he has written a fast moving, thrilling story that is sure to appeal to all the younger hockey fans.Pete Golden, the hero of the story, is the outstanding player for a certain high school when a re-distribution of the city school population places him in a new school. His battle with himself over his loyalty to his former school and his disinterested outlook towards his new is very well written juvenile literature. The manner in which he becomes spirited towards his new school and the way the new, untried team struggles to get into the play-offs are sure to please the younger hockey addicts.This is the best hockey tale to come along in a long time ranking in the same category with &ldquo;Rink Rat&rdquo; of two years ago, which is very high praise for any book concerning hockey. &#9632;

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SCRUBS ON SKATES.

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01111/928681-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Veteran Andy Branigan of the Hershey Bears above, who was recently appointed captain of the American League dub. Andy, former Indianapolis star succeeds Frankie Mario who has shifted to the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Senior Hockey League.</figcaption></div>HERSHEY, PA.&mdash;Handy Andy Branigan, popular Hershey defenseman, has been chosen to captain the Bears in their quest for a play-off berth in the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Calder Cup competition.Branigan, who was alternate captain of the Hershey squad for the past two campaigns, succeeds Frank Mario, now with the Quebec Aces. Andy, who is 30 years old, is in his seventh season as a Bear. He came to Hershey in 1946-47 from Indianapolis, and proved a good luck charm, helping the Bears to win their only Calder Cup championship.The rugged Branigan has been playing professional hockey since 1940-41, when he broke in with the old Springfield club of the American League. He had a 21-game trial with the New York Americans in 1941-42, just prior to serving a three-year stint in the Canadian armed forces. Upon his discharge, he landed with Indianapolis, playing with the Caps in 1945-46.Coach Murray Henderson also named three alternate captains to be spokesmen for the Bears when Branigan isn&rsquo;t on the ice. They are, Arnie Kullman, George &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan and Obie O&rsquo;Brien.Meanwhile, with the boosting of the AHL player limit to 14 men, the Bears added Lorne Ferguson to the roster. Fergie, Boston Bruin property, had earlier decided to quit the game, but rejoined the Bears in time for the League opening.Offensively the Bears are operating with a No. 1 line composed of Arnie Kullman, flanked by wings Sam Bettio and Norm Corcoran. &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan is centering the No. 2 line, with Ferguson and Dune Fisher as his wingmen.<h2>Martin Shifted To Center</h2>Because of a dearth of center ice men, Coach Henderson is experimenting with rookie Frank Martin at the middle of his No. 3 forward trio. Martin, who joined the Bears as a defenseman, formerly played some wing with the St. Catherine&rsquo;s Tee Pees. Adam Brown and Obie O&rsquo;Brien are Martin&rsquo;s partners.On the defense Henderson Is icing a quartet composed of himself, Ray Gariepy, Andy Branigan and Joe Schertzl. Gordie Henry, in the nets, rounds out the squad.The Bears&rsquo; publicity office has come up with some figures which indicate that Hershey players are all married men. Two of the Bears, Gordie Henry and Sam Bettio, only set sail on the sea of matrimony during the past Summer.All but four of the squad are fathers. Eleven members of the Bears&rsquo; official family, including Scotty Alexander, trainer, are proud dads of 16 children, including nine future hockey players and seven girls.The break-down of the fathers follows: Scotty Alexander, one girl; Coach Henderson, one boy, one girl; Joe Schertzl, one boy; Obie O&rsquo;Brien, one boy, one girl; Andy Branigan, one boy, one girl; Ray Gariepy, two boys; Red Sullivan, one boy; Norm Corcoran, one girl; Arnie Kullman, one boy; Adam Brown, one boy, one girl, and Frank Martin, one girl.<h2>Wearing the &lsquo;C&rsquo; &#9632;</h2>

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Hershey Bears Appoint Branigan New Captain Replacing Frank Mario

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The Canadian FOOTBALL NEWS

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0266/928750-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="289" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">(George Slater)</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The resurgence of the Montreal Royals, the early failures of last season&rsquo;s champions, and Alexander Trophy custodians, a wrangle over a brother act and suspension of Ted Hodgson, Shawinigan Falls rearguard were chief conversational subjects in the Quebec Senior hockey league with action boiliing into the third week of the schedule.Under Pete Morin, peppery little coach, the Royals are showing signs of reclaiming the purple toga befitting their name as they keep driving along in front of the pack. Following a successfull invasion of Northern Quebec in which they humbled Quebec Aces 7-3 and Chicoutimi Saguenays 4-2 on successive nights the Montrealers returned to Forum ice and humbled Shawinigan Falls Cataracts 5-2 with Phil Samis, the Edmonton born pre-dental student at McGill sparking the attack in a three goal blitz in the third period. Samis a sturdy rearguard scored the goal which started Royals on their three-goal bulge and he helped in another after the two teams had levelled through the first two frames.<h2>Goal-Keeper Trouble</h2>Quebec Aces, with goal-keeper both Jean Marois and Jack Gelineau sidelined with Injuries&mdash;had only won one of their first three starts. Following their rout by Royals they were humbled last Sunday by Sherbrooke 7-1. Al Millar who has been rushed into the breach for net duty failed to stop either the raiding Royals or the powerful Raiders from the Eastern Townships.An amusing twist was furnished league fans when the Braves of Valleyfield and the Saints of Sherbrooke got Into a hassle over the rights to the two freres Carl and Tom Smelle. These journeymen were claimed by Sherbrooke though they performed for Valleyfield.George M. Slater, QSHL president, was reported to have ruled the players in dispute were Sherbrooke property according to prior contract signing, and was also to have said that the Valleyfield Club was vulnerable to a $2, 000 fine for breach of a league rule.<h2>Don&rsquo;t Say &ldquo;Corn Flakes&rdquo;</h2>Arthur Vinet, hotel owning president of the Braves, is alleged to have replied &ldquo;just corn&mdash;flakes&rdquo; meaning Two Grand in currency. Later Slater denied that he quoted Vinet on the &ldquo;corn-flakes&rdquo; item and was ready to call a meeting to give the case a full airing. But the meeting became unecessary when a ruling from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association made the Smelle boys the property of Braves.A rhubarb in Shawinigan Falls after the Valleyfield-Braves shindy with the Cataracts on the night of October 16 became much more than an animated discussion when referee Jean Bernier, of Quebec City needed police protection to get safely from the rink.The partisans of Cataracts became incensed when Bernier tagged a major penalty on Cataracts&rsquo; Johnny Raynak as the latter&rsquo;s stick clipped and drew blood from the face of Paul Larivee of the Braves as Raynak was falling to the ice.Apparently Bernier was taking the litteral interpretation of the &ldquo;drawing blood&rdquo; phrasing of the rule book.The official took sanctuary in the Braves&rsquo; dressing room but it allaged that in the general scuffle Ted Hodgson, tall Shawinigan defenseman let Bernier have a haymaker.The Quebec Amateur Hockey Association entered the act at a meeting in Montreal Saturday afternoon, October 18, when Martin Conway, Association president, placed Hodgson under indefinite suspension pending a full hearing of the affair.<h2>Three Weekend Ties</h2>The weekend schedule was dotted with three deadlocks. At Ottawa on Saturday night Toe Blake&rsquo;s Warriors fought the Parliamentarians to a 4-4 stalemate with Andre Corriveau, perennial high scorer, figuring tor a pair of tallies. Then on Sunday afternoon when the action shifted to Valleyfield it was a 1-1 overtime bowie knot.The other draw was a Saturday night embroglio at Chicoutimi with the Chicks and Sherbrooke Saints each getting four goals. Goalie Roger Bessette of Saints was outstanding in this outing turning aside 35 shots against 17 which was the handle of Marcel Pelletier.ICE CHIPS&mdash;Frank Carlin, Royals&rsquo; manager, concedes that maybe the Montrealers have a slight edge on condition over other QSHL squads since many of the Royals had the benefit of training with the NHL Canadiens&hellip;But Pete Morin was confident that with the next four games on Forum ice his larrigans would have a fat bulge of points to assure them when they have to take to the road&hellip;Jimmy Haggarty, former centreman with Royals, appeared as official in the Slater circuit for the first time when he was linesman under Sibby Mundey in the Montreal-Sha-winigan game at the Forum&hellip;Ernie Mundey, the league&rsquo;s refe-ree-in-cheif claims Haggarty will be a great official. &ldquo;He has the right temperament, exactly, &ldquo;says Mundey and besides he&rsquo;s such a fine skater it&rsquo;s a treat to see him work&rdquo;&hellip;when Sherbrooke Saints have a scoring orgie they like to share things&hellip;in their 7-1 triumph over Quebec Aces Tod Campeau, Dewar Thompson, Jacques Locas, Bobby Pepin, Rene St. Hilaire, Martial Pruneau and Nil Tremblay each had a goal&hellip;Pierre Brillant got the only marker for Quebec&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0347/928743-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="584" height="892"></div> &#9632;

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Smelle Bros To Stay With Braves After CAHA Claimed Decision

<div class="byline">By CHUCK ROUNTREE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0186/928781-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="286" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Sam Pollock)</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The big buzz in Quebec Junior hockey circles these days concerns the outstanding play of one Henri Richard, the &lsquo;Pocket Rocket&rsquo;. Young Henri, brother of the famous Maurice, has been nothing short of sensational with the Montreal Junior Canadiens. Rinksiders are already comparing him to the Rocket, and actually his style of play is very similar to his big brother&rsquo;s. Like Maurice, Henri has the knack of sweeping in on the wing controlling the puck on the end of his stick with one hand while using the other arm to defend himself against ail the roughing up he gets. All this at top speed.The Junior Habs acquired young Richard from the now defunct Montreal Nationales and it was one of the best moves Sad Sam Pollock ever made. Here is a boy with a big future ahead of him if he continues the sensational play he&rsquo;s shown to date. He skates well, can turn on a dime, stickhandles well and is deadly in around the goal. He is not a one way player either, to the contrary, he is one of the better backcheckers on the team.Knowing full well his potentialities, every other team in the league makes sure that Richard is well guarded for if he&rsquo;s left alone even for a second, he&rsquo;s off down the ice at a mighty clip. Not only is he fast, but he is one of the shiftiest skaters seen around this town for many a moon.Richard is at a disadvantage when he comes up against a team like Quebec Citadels who have a crew of strapping six footers, for &lsquo;The Pocket Rocket&rsquo; only tips the Toledos at a mere 150 pounds, and this when he&rsquo;s soaking wet. But he doesn&rsquo;t let that bother him. Big or small, he&rsquo;s in there digging all the time, a terrier on the attack.Playing to the French-Canadian fans, Pollock assigned Henri the number nine, the same numeral borne by the Rocket. Unlike his big brother, Henri is a centre.Last season with the Montreal Nationales, Henri was a going concern and finished well up in the scoring race despite the fact that he was a mere 15 years old throughout most of the campaign, and even lighter than he is this year. Those who saw him in street clothes wondered how such a little guy could be such a whale of a hockey player. What he lacked in stature, he most certainly made up for in grit and determination.Only 16 this year, young Richard has three more seasons of eligibility in the JAHA, provided he isn&rsquo;t drawn up to a higher bracket before then by the parent Montreal Canadiens. He most certainly has all the makings of being the person to take over when big brother decides to hang up his skates. &#9632;

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“Pocket-Sized” Rocket Voted Most Likely to Succeed Big Brother in Future Seasons

OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;The Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Major Series have purchased the contracts of centre Jackie Leclair and defenseman Butch Houle.Leclair, centre of a contract dispute between the Senators and the Quebec Aces, returns to the club he played with during the 1951-52 season. He had started the season with the Aces but the CAHA suspended him. The Association ruled that he was the property of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who sold him outright to the Ottawa club.Houle was purchased from the New Westminster Royals of the Western Hockey League. &#9632;

Leclair Rejoins Ottawa Along With Butch Houie

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say Seagram’s and be Sure

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;New hockey fans in Detroit had two quick chances to become acquainted with NHL President Clarence Campbell.Campbell was at center ice twice in five days at Olympia. First he introduced the two All Star teams as a preliminary to the All Star Game on Sunday. Then he whipped back into town the following Thursday to present the Red Wings with some of the loot they earned last year.In pre-game ceremonies at the opener he presented Gordie Howe with the Hart and Ross Trophies, Terry Stwchuk with the Vezina Trophy, and Ted Lindsay, Detroit&rsquo;s new captain, with the Prince of Wales Trophy and the Stanley Cup. &#9632;

Campbell Presents Wings With 1951-52 Silverware

GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;The New York Rangers of the NHL have called up three youngsters from the Guelph Biltmores juniors in attempt to strengthen the faltering Blueshirts.The three are defenseman Harry Howell and forwards Andy Bathgate and Dean Prentice.Howell is expected to fill in for the injured Leo Reise while the Bathgate and Prentice are expected to put some scoring punch into the Rangers&rsquo; attack. They will form a line right winger Eddie Slowinski. &#9632;

Blueshirts Recall Three Juniors From Farm Team

Toronto, Ont.&mdash;Con Smythe, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, was being queried on his rookie players, and he stated that he figured Tim Horton had a better than even chance of staying up under hockey&rsquo;s big top, &ldquo;although we have to find out what makes him not go all out at times.&rdquo;He was asked about Gordie Hannigan, another promising newcomer. &ldquo;He can skate well enough to stay up, if he&rsquo;ll stay on his wing. If he wanders he hasn&rsquo;t enough speed to get back.&rdquo; &#9632;

Smythe Figures Horton Can Stick in Big Time

NEW DUNDEE. Ont.&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs, already short of good right wings, nearly had to get along without another, starry Howie Meeker. Meeker was on his way to a practice of the Leafs from his home here, driving his car, when a huge gasoline tank truck side-swiped him and forced him off the highway and into a ditch.Meeker was uninjured but was shaken up a little. He did not miss any games with the Leafs. &#9632;

Close Call

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<div class="byline">By STAN MOHER</div>EDMONTON, Alta,&mdash;Thirty years after&mdash;and sports followers on the prairies have another &lsquo;Boy Bandit&rsquo; about whom to talk. This particular &lsquo;Boy Bandit&rsquo; is Bob (Scotty) Morrison, a 22-year-old gamecock member of the Western Hockey League&rsquo;s refereeing staff. He is believed to be the youngest whistletooter, who hails from Montreal where he played junior hockey with Canadiens for several seasons, followed by one term as a referee in the Quebec Major series, had only worked a couple of games out this May when veteran baseball fans, especially, were saying how much he reminded them of umpire John (Beans) Reardon, the original Goy Bandit&rsquo; in these parts.Reardon, who went on to achieve fame as one of the best umpires in the history of the major leagues, started in the old Western Canada League, along about 1920. No bigger than a whisper, in those days, the cocky Reardon nevertheless ruled with an iron fist.Back to back with his aggressiveness was a knowledge of the rule book second to none, excellent judgment, and a burning desire to go to the top in the highly exacting umpiring profession.Morrison, too, admits that he won&rsquo;t be satisfied until he gets a call from Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League and a one-time excellent referee in his own right.The former Montreal junior says he weighs 150 pounds. This can be doubted. He isn&rsquo;t a smidgin of an inch over 5&rsquo; 7&rdquo;. To top it off, he has the wavy hair and almost angelic features of a typical choir boy. Still the players respect him.* * *<h2>Strictly Business</h2>All business&hellip;all the time he&rsquo;s on the ice. That&rsquo;s &lsquo;Scotty&rsquo; Morrison. He&rsquo;s a better skater than many of the players in the league, which fact he frequently demonstrates in a pre-game warm up &lsquo;&lsquo;just to get loose.&rdquo; When he thumbs a player to the penalty box it&rsquo;s with a dramatic wave of the right arm, accompanied by much pointing with the index finger at the offender.And is he ever in charge? At Saskatoon on opening night, when the champion Quakers were entertaining the Calgary Stapeders (Quaker 6, Stamps of Calgary rearguard Gus (The Great) Kyle laid hands ever so lightly on the Morrison person. Bang! Ex-Mountie Kyle was headed for the cells to serve a 10 minute misconduct stretch.Only a few nights later, in Calgary, re overruled the goal judge to give the visiting Quakers the goal that provided them with a 4-3 triumph over &lsquo;Hank&rsquo; Blade&rsquo;s Cowboys.Morrison does not got out of his way looking for trouble, nothing like that. To this point he has looked like a lot of referee, his size, youth and boyish futures to the contrary. &#9632;

Morrison Is Compared To Beans Reardon By Old Time Western Fans

EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;Ray Hannigan, now famous as one of the &lsquo;one for four&rsquo; trade between the Toronto Leafs and the Chicago Black Hawks, has been traded from the St. Louis Flyers to the Calgary Stampeders of the Western Hockey League in exchange for Guyle Fielder, rookie of&rsquo; the year last year in the Pacific Coast League.Originally sent to the Flyers by the Hawks, Hannigan balked, stating that the American Hockey League has a no-recall rule. He was of the opinion that if he did not make the Hawks, he should be sent to the Stamps, number one farm team of Chicago.At last report, Hannigan was home in South Porcupine, Ontario. With the trade it is expected that Hannigan will report to the western club.Last season Fielder was a star for the New Westminster Royals and it was anticipated that he would be one of the leading scorers for the Stamps this year.Hannigan is the brother of Gordie Hannigan, now a Toronto Maple Leaf regular. &#9632;

Stampeders Send Fielder To St. Loo For Hannigan

The 1952-53 N.H.L. Press and Radio Guide also includes Hendy&rsquo;s Who&rsquo;s Who In Hockey, and is the only Hockey Guide published this season.This compact 206-page book answers every question imaginable about the National League. Gives complete professional records of every player in the National, American and Pacific Coast Leagues.Only 1000 copies for sale, so get your order in early!All This For Only $1.00 (Postage paid)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0711/929042-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="990" height="547"></div> &#9632;

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The Best Hockey Guide Published

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Twice Welcome…

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0172/929111-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div>ANSWERS NEXT WEEK<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Montreal rookie shown in center6&mdash;Nickname of a Chicago forward.8&mdash;Home state of pictured player (abbr.).9&mdash;Period of time.10&mdash;Gerry Couture celebrated his 27 th birthday in this month (abbr.).11&mdash;Pete Conacher is 5&rsquo;11&rdquo; in this (abbr.).12&mdash;Given name of Plamondon, former NHL player.15&mdash;One of the Leafs answers to this.16&mdash;Canadien player now on loan to Buffalo.18&mdash;Nickname of an AHL coach.19&mdash;Old English (abbr.).20&mdash;Short for first name of Anderson, ex N.Y. American player.23&mdash;Negative answer.24&mdash;Jack McIntyre once played for St. Catharines&mdash;pees.26&mdash;Name given Barlow, new member of Saskatoon Quakers.27&mdash;In 1950-51 this team ended fifth in NHL standing.30&mdash;Initials of a Toronto defenseman.31&mdash;Initials of Ottawa Senators&rsquo; new coach.32&mdash;Played for Hershey last season, called Rio.33&mdash;How Cincinnati fared in 1951-52 play-offs.35&mdash;This could be Thurier&rsquo;s initials.36&mdash;Nickname of Johnson of Edmonton Flyers.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;First name of pictured player.2&mdash;Nickname of Bill Wylie, last season with Cincinnati Mohawks3&mdash;First two letters of Iliad.4&mdash;Emil Iverson once coached in this league (abbr.).5&mdash;Joe Carveth played amateur hockey in this city.6&mdash;Otherwise.7&mdash;George Hainsworth was goalie for this NHL team in 1931 (abbr.).11&mdash;One of the Bruins is called this.13&mdash;Initials of Mazur of Montreal Royals.14&mdash;Initials of Webster, member of the Leafs in 1943-44.15&mdash;Chicago&rsquo;s publicity director is called this.17&mdash;Bob Solinger played amateur hockey with&mdash;Flyers.18&mdash;Birthplace of Ken Hayden.21&mdash;Number of penalties HarryLumley received last season.22&mdash;Phil Samis is studying to be one.25&mdash;Each (abbr.).26&mdash;Initials of Smith, former Boston player.28&mdash;Initials of Ray Hannigan&rsquo;s brother.29&mdash;Played goal for Toronto St. Pats in 1922.31&mdash;Murdo McKay&rsquo;s second name.34&mdash;Adverb.<h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Answers</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0246/929104-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="557" height="875"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY X-WORD

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;Rumors frequently circulate out of Edmonton and Calgary and west coast cities that Regina is contemplating a return to the major league hockey wars.It&rsquo;s all news around here, folks. Until such time as Glenn Dobbs, the great gridiron hero, learns to skate, it&rsquo;s doubtful if Regina colors will be carried in pro hockey.The plain fact of the matter is that the city is so footballcrazy these years, that other sports can&rsquo;t find breathing room in the Saskatchewan capital. Most of the city&rsquo;s athletic resources go to support their defending western championship grid squad and there is little left for other sports.It was the tremendous enthusiasm for football which helped drive the Regina Caps to the wall. In 1948-49, they were western senior champions and Allan cup finalists. But the following campaign, the club ended up several thousand dollars in the red and in 1950-51, the final season of the Western Canada Senior league, the club went bankrupt in mid-season because of small attendance and the players kept the team together by forming a co-operative.Saskatoon, a city with a smaller population, manages to support a team in the Western pro league and last year their Quakers captured the league championship. But unlike Regina, the northern Saskatchewan city has no senior football for hockey to combat.Regina&rsquo;s name has been carried high in the hockey wars by the juniors Pats, who have reached the Memorial cup final twice in the last three years. But the expense of running a junior club are not too high, and with a the Pats staying at or near the top of the league standing, crowds at home games have been very good.Last season Regina, along with Yorkton, Melville and Moose Jaw, revived the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey league playing for the Allan cup. &#9632;

Rumors of Regina Return to Pro Ranks Squashed by Enthusiasm for Riders

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“Wotta Man“

<h2>OCTOBER</h2>17&mdash;Kimberley at Trail18&mdash;Kimberley at Nelson18&mdash;Trail at Spokane19&mdash;Trail at Spokane23&mdash;Spokane at Kimberley23&mdash;Nelson at Trail25&mdash;Trail at Nelson25&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane26&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane29&mdash;Spokane at Nelson30&mdash;Spokane at Trail<h2>NOVEMBER</h2>1&mdash;Trail at Kimberley1&mdash;Nelson at Spokane2&mdash;Nelson at Spokane4&mdash;Trail at Nelson6&mdash;Nelson at Trail8&mdash;Nelson at Kimberley8&mdash;Trail at Spokane9&mdash;Trail at Spokane13&mdash;Spokane at Kimberley13&mdash;Nelson at Trail15&mdash;Trail at Nelson15&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane16&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane19&mdash;Spokane at Nelson20&mdash;Spokane at Trail22&mdash;Trail at Kimberley22&mdash;Nelson at Spokane23&mdash;Nelson at Spokane28&mdash;Kimberley at Trail29&mdash;Kimberley at Nelson29&mdash;Trail at Spokane30&mdash;Trail at Spokane<h2>DECEMBER</h2>2&mdash;Spokane at Kimberley4&mdash;Nelson at Trail6&mdash;Trail at Nelson6&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane7&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane9&mdash;Nelson at Kimberley12&mdash;Spokane at Nelson12&mdash;Kimberley at Trail13&mdash;Kimberley at Nelson13&mdash;Spokane at Trail18&mdash;Nelson at Trail20&mdash;Trail at Kimberley20&mdash;Nelson at Spokane21&mdash;Nelson at Spokane23&mdash;Spokane at Kimberley26&mdash;Kimberley at Trail27&mdash;Kimberley at Nelson27&mdash;Trail at Spokane28&mdash;Trail at Spokane<h2>JANUARY</h2>1&mdash;Trail at Nelson3&mdash;Trail at Kimberley3&mdash;Nelson at Spokane4&mdash;Nelson at Spokane6&mdash;Spokane at Nelson7&mdash;Spokane at Trail8&mdash;Nelson at Kimberley10&mdash;Nelson at Trail10&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane11&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane13&mdash;All-Stars at Spokane15&mdash;Spokane at Kimberley16&mdash;Kimberley at Trail17&mdash;Kimberley at Nelson17&mdash;Trail at Spokane18&mdash;Trail at Spokane21&mdash;Nelson at Trail23&mdash;Nelson at Kimberley24&mdash;Trail at Nelson24&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane25&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane28&mdash;Spokane at Nelson29&mdash;Spokane at Trail31&mdash;Trail at Kimberley31&mdash;Nelson at Spokane<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>1&mdash;Nelson at Spokane4&mdash;Spokane at Kimberley6&mdash;Kimberley at Trail7&mdash;Kimberley at Nelson7&mdash;Trail at Spokane8&mdash;Trail at Spokane9&mdash;Nelson at Kimberley12&mdash;Trail at Nelson14&mdash;Nelson at Trail14&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane15&mdash;Kimberley at Spokane18&mdash;Spokane at Nelson19&mdash;Spokane at Trail21&mdash;Trail at Kimberley21&mdash;Nelson at Spokane22&mdash;Nelson at Spokane23&mdash;Spokane at Kimberley24&mdash;Trail at Nelson25&mdash;Spokane at Nelson26&mdash;Spokane at Trail28&mdash;Nelson at Kimberley28&mdash;Trail at Spokane<h2>MARCH</h2>1&mdash;Trail at Spokane &#9632;

Western International League 1952-53 SCHEDULE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-024/929259-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="250" height="293"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-014/929266-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="227" height="279"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-033/929252-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="2974" height="3539"><figcaption class="caption-body">At times the action gets pretty rough around the goalmouth in NHL games and resembles a football scrimmage. In the top photo Dick Gamble is stopped by no less than three New York Rangers. Ed Slowinski is the player standing, Jim Ross is the gent kneeling over the doubled-up Gamble and Altan Stanley makes sure he doesn&rsquo;t try to crawl away. In the lower photo goaler Gerry McNeil grimmaces as he stops a shot off the stick of Wally Hergesheimer of the Rangers, seen at the right. Canadiens rushing to the aid of their fallen netminder are Tom Johnson, left and Butch Bouchard, centre. ((Photos by Dave Bier))</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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October 25, 1952

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