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December 20, 1952

The Hockey News December 20, 1952

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ONTREAL, QUE.&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens have returnd Reg Abbott to the Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League. Abbott was called up by the parent Canadlen&rsquo;s for a three game trial when Elmer Lach broke his thumb.</p><p>Reg played his three games and impressed both General Manager Frank Selke and Coach Dick Irvin but they believe that he will be better off to end the season in Victoria and have him return to the NHL next season.</p><p>Abbott played his games for the Habs on a line with Boom Boom Geoffrion and Paul Meger. The Habs lost 2-1 to Toronto and Boston and tied 2-2 in New York while he was with them. He didn&rsquo;t score a point and was hardly used in the New York game.</p><p>The Hab front office spokesmen indicated that they were satisfied with Abbott&rsquo;s display but may call on Doug Anderson for a trial before any decisions are made. Anderson is also a center with the Victoria Cougars.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

Canadiens Return Abbott, May Recall Doug Anderson

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The exact wealth of the late James Norris is not known. However, the figure was thought to be in the vicinity of 200,000,000 dollars.</p><p>As a sportsman he backed many enterprises. In late years he shared ownership of five sports arena corporations&mdash;Chicago Stadium Corp., St. Louis Arena Corp., Indianapolis Colosium Corp., and the Olympia Stadium Corp., in Detroit. He also controlled much stock in Madison Square Garden Corp., in New York. As a business tycoon he was a director of the First National Bank of Chicago, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail road Co., the West Indies Sugar Corp., the Upper Lakes and St. Lawrence Transit Co. Ltd., and Toronto Elevators Ltd. He was also a trustee of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0488/1245245-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="151" height="242"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Norris</b></figcaption></div><p>Norris had been president since 1908 of the Norris Grain Company, one of the midwest&rsquo;s largest grain concerns.</p><p>Included in Norris&rsquo; business colossus were a fleet of 40 freighters and the Great Lakes and the Norris Cattle Company, operating three of the largest cattle ranches in the U.S.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Jim Backed Many Big Enterprises

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The Canadiens finally untracked themselves on foreign ice last week and broke a long non-winning streak. Until last Wednesday, December 10 they had failed to win a game on the other guy&rsquo;s ice. They had gone nine games without a win and only Gerry McNeil&rsquo;s great play topped the opposition from running up some big scores.</p><p>Whether in desperation or otherwise the Habs picked up Gaye Stewart for the $7,500 waiver price from the Rangers. Since he joined the club they can&rsquo;t lose for winning.</p><p>Gaye joined the Habs in Toronto. It was the fifth time he had donned a different NHL jersey. He started with Toronto, went to Chicago, to Detroit to Rangers and now Montreal. At any rate, when Stewart enlisted with the Habs the Habs started winning on the road. In his first game the Canadiens whipped the Leafs in Toronto 2-1. The next night they pushed in to Chicago and dropped the Hawks 3-2. Two nights later in Montreal they manhandled the same Hawks 3-0 and then they pushed on to Detroit when they held the League leaders to a 0-0 draw. Four games in five days and they picked up seven of a possible eight points.</p><p>Little Gerry McNeil was the big sparkplug in the drive to regain second spot but the fans liked the idea of giving Stewart part of the credit. He was immediately tagged &lsquo;Lucky Gaye&rsquo; even although he hardly played in any of the tour games. He picked up an assist in the first Chicago game but was used sparingly in all. He replaced Dick Gamble on left wing when he was used. When the club returned to Montreal Stewart had his first practice with his new team. He will probably spell off Gamble or any other left winger for the next while.</p><p>The Habs believe that Stewart can help them. He has always been a 20 goal scorer, except for last season when he tallied 15.</p><p>As for Gaye himself, well it was a long detour to a city he always wanted to play hockey in. He played for the Montreal Royals while serving here with the Royal Canadian Navy and he&rsquo;s yearned to get back ever since. The Habs made repeated offers for him years ago but gave up the ghost when their efforts failed. When the Rangers asked waivers on him last week the Canadiens quickly snapped them up.</p><p>Says Gaye. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy at last. Always did want to play in Montreal. I think I can help the club and I&rsquo;m darn sure I&rsquo;m not going to admit I&rsquo;m washed up at 29.</p><p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t play the last seven games in New York so it&rsquo;ll take me a few days to get the hang of things. But it&rsquo;s sure nice to be with a team that can put the puck in the net.</p><p>&ldquo;Surprised! Was I ever surprised when I heard the news. My wife phoned me from home (Fort William, Ont.) and told me. I couldn&rsquo;t beleive it.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Help,&rdquo; says Dick Irvin. &ldquo;Sure &ldquo;Sure he&rsquo;ll help. He&rsquo;s a good left winger and we can always use an extra one. He sure showed a lot of hustle out there and he&rsquo;s big and looks like a National Leaguer. Sure, I think he&rsquo;ll help.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a good goal scorer but look at the guys he&rsquo;s had to play with. None were big scorers.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hab Fans Tag Stewart ‘Lucky Gaye’ As Their Club Wins With Him

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO&mdash;Hugh Bolton, defenseman with the Toronto Maple Leafs since that start of the season has refused to report to the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League. Originally ticketed for the Ottawa Senators of the QSHL, Bolton was despatched to Providence when the Montreal Canadiens refused to pass waivers on him.</p><p>There has been no action taken as yet by the Leafs against the reluctant reportee.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bolton Balks At Being Sent to AHL

<div class="byline">&#x2026; By Groves</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0197/1247689-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p>His life was gentle, and the elements</p><p>So mix&rsquo;d in him that Nature might stand up.</p><p>And say to all the world</p><p>&ldquo;This was a man/&rdquo;</p><p>shakespeare</p></figcaption></div><p><i>Woody Shows New Talent</i>&nbsp;<b>(See Page 5)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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The Norris Spirit Will Remain…

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>D</span>ETROIT.&mdash;Conjecture as to who would be the new president of the Detroit Red Wings was ended with the announcement by General Manager Jack Adams that the daughter of the late James S. Norris, Marguerite Ann Norris, had been chosen president at a meeting of the heirs.</b></p><p><b>The youngest of the four Norris children, she was chosen at a meeting of the heirs in Chicago. Her father died on December 4.</b></p><p><b>Two brothers, Jim Jr. and Bruce are Directors of the Chicago Black Hawks and Jim Jr. is also the head of the International Boxing Club. Miss Norris has never seen the Red Wings play a game in Detroit&rsquo;s Olympia although she has seen them in Madison Square Garden in New York and at the Chicago Stadium.</b></p><p><b>She will make her permanent home in Detroit and met the press at a reception in Detroit&rsquo;s Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel last Monday.</b></p><p><b>GM Jack Adams was also voted a new title at the meeting of the heirs. He will be Detroit&rsquo;s representative on the NHL Board of Governors. He has been connected with the club for the last twenty years.</b></p><p><b>Miss Norris became the first woman executive in the history of the NHL.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Marguerite Norris Named New President of Wings

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01139/1244812-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="319" height="309"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SCOTTY BOWMAN</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Jim Liked Him

<div class="byline">By LEO MacDONELL</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>The Late James Norris, a multimillionaire owner of a hockey empire as well as vast other entreprises, was the world&rsquo;s greatest hockey fan.</p><p>Mr. Norris loved the spectacular winter sport. Beck in his boyhood days in Montreal Mr. Hockey dreamed of becoming a hockey star.</p><p>Instead he became a man of millions, as the largest cash grain buyer in the world with a fleet of boats on the Great Lakes and owner of vast holdings in railroads and other fields.</p><p>But, hockey was his real love.&mdash;</p><p>Ironically, he was barred from seeing his Red Wings play recently, because of the heart condition which killed him. He did see one game&mdash;the All-Star game at the Olympia here in October. But, that was not a contest involving his beloved Red Wings. The thrill wasn&rsquo;t there. He attended the AllStar dinner at the Statler Hotel looking fit, apparently enjoyed himself.</p><h2><b>Scotty Drove Adams Crazy</b></h2><p>Mr. Norris liked rugged hockey players&mdash;defencemen.</p><p>He took a shine to Scotty Bowman, then playing with the St. Louis club, which had a team in the National League&mdash;the Ottawa Senators who were transplanted there.</p><p>The Senators had a great scoring wing, whom Jack Adams had his eye on. He suggested getting Syd Howe and Bowman. Adams really wanted Howe.</p><p>But Mr. Norris agreed, saying:</p><p>&ldquo;But be sure and get that Bowman. He can hit &lsquo;em.&rdquo;</p><p>So, the Detroit club bought the pair for something like 135,000, a pretty good sum for hockey players in those days.</p><p>Mr. Norris was hapy to land Bowman, the bumper. Adams, of course, was tickled to get Howe, a great star for some years with the Wings.</p><p>Bowman played pretty good hockey for Detroit, except he drove Adams nearly crazy stick-handling the puck across the front of the Red Wings&rsquo; own net.</p><h2><b>Cut Off From London</b></h2><p>One time, this writer, then covering hockey for the Detroit Times, happened to be at the Olympia with Mr. Norris and Adams. Mr. Norris was on the phone talking to London (England) about a million dollar deal.</p><p>Adams was at the table near Mr. Norris.</p><p>Mr. Norris on the phone &ldquo;Yes, yes I can let you have a milion bushels of wheat, just a second.&rdquo;</p><p>Mr. Noris shouts at Adams.</p><p>&ldquo;We got to get somebody who can hit &lsquo;em.&rdquo;</p><p>Mr. Noris returns to the phone and his London call &ldquo;Yes. Okay $2,000,000 is alright.</p><p>To Adams:</p><p>&ldquo;What the hell. What we want are defensemen who can knock &lsquo;em. I mean hit &lsquo;em.&rdquo;</p><p>By that time London was cut off.</p><p>Mr. Norris&rsquo; love for hockey was never more accentuated than when he intalled a rink, lights and all where he played hockey on a team he recruited among the servants at his home in swank Lake Forest on the Gold Coast north of Chicago.</p><p>Mr. Norris was captain and wore a Red Wings&rsquo; sweater. One of the packing house Swifts, who lived across the lane, used to get a chance to play when one of the servants couldn&rsquo;t make it.</p><p>One of the famous feuds in early National league hockey days was between Mr. Norris and Major Frederick McLaughlin. Besides being wedded to Irene Castle and boasting millions, the Major owned the Black Hacks, Chicogo&rsquo;s entry in the NHL.</p><p>Mr. Norris owned the Chicago Shamrocks in the American, a minor league, which he wanted to get into the major loop. But McLaughlin owned the National League territorial rights in the area. The hockey rivals used to get on opposite sides of the rink and glare at each other when their teams met at Chicago Stadium.</p><p>But, Mr Norris got a chance to buy the Olympia and the Red Wings franchise, so he grabbed the opportunity.</p><p>Later, Mr. Norris bought the Stadium in Chicago and became McLaughlin&rsquo;s landlord until the Major died. The Norris interests also reportedly owns the Hawks&rsquo; franchise and controlling interests In the Madison Square Garden Corp., in New York.</p><p>Mr Norris, at times was charged with a desire for power. If he did Detroit friends, among them this writer, didn&rsquo;t have any idea of that desire. To them the kindly Mr Norris was benevolent. He was a fine gentleman and did a lot for hockey and people in hockey.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NORRIS FAVORED RUGGED DEFENSEMEN PURCHASED SYD HOWE TO GET BOWMAN

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ETROIT. Mich.&mdash;While the late James Norris was a great business tycoon he still had time to get to know the players on his Red Wings personally. He often chatted with them whenever he visited the dressing room.</p><p>Norris liked his club to act like champions at all times.</p><p>Members of the Detroit Red Wings should always dress like champions, Norris often said, and none would go to dinner on the road without coat and tie and shoes shined.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Jim Insisted His Wings Always Act Like Champs

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03116/1244922-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="969" height="971"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he late Jim Norris is seen left while attending a recent NHL Annual Meeting. In the centre is the eldest of Mister Norris&rsquo; two sons, James Jr. At right is Art Ross of the Boston Bruins. Jim Jr. was representing the Chicago Black Hawks while his father represented his beloved Detroit Red Wings.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Jim Sr. and Jim Jr. at NHL Meeting

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;James Norris, the late owner of the Red Wings, personally designed the Red Wing hockey emblem.</p><p>The Detroit team was called the Falcons when he bought it in 1932. He decided to change the name, and wanted to get &ldquo;Wheels&rdquo; into the nickname to denote the Motor City.</p><p>There were a couple of names which we liked better than Red Wings, but settled for that because it was short and had punch.</p><p>Then he designed the present emblem of a winged wheel which the Wings still wear on their jerseys today.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Jim Had Motor City In Mind When Making Crest

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, Ill.&mdash;A capsule review of the highlights in the life of the late James Norris shows that he left his mark in four of the six cities represented in the National Hockey League today. The exceptions are Toronto and Boston.</p><p>He was born in Montreal on December 10, 1878 and he later attended McGill university there. He owned the Detroit Red Wings hockey club while living in Chicago, where he died on December <b><i>4. He</i></b> was buried four days later in a Long Island cemetery just outside New York City.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Left His Mark In Four Cities

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;To the Detroit hockey players, a silent telephone marked the passing of their president, James Norris.</p><p>For many years it has been the custom for Jack Adams or one of the other Red Wing executives to phone Norris immediately after each home game. Illness prevented him from watching the Wings, but he wanted that first-hand report about how they&rsquo;d won or why they&rsquo;d lost.</p><p>The call always was placed from the phone in the team locker room. Norris could be reached at one of his estates&mdash;Lake Forest, Ill., Mattituck on New York&rsquo;s Long Island, or Ocala, Fla.&mdash;and there was ship-to-shore communication if he was cruising in the Atlantic aboard his 107-foot ocean-going yacht, the Osceola.</p><p>The last such call was made on Sunday night, Nov. 30. Detroit had just beaten its fiercest rival, the Toronto Maple Leafs, for the second time in two nights.</p><p>&ldquo;Good work, I&rsquo;ll.be able to sleep tonight,&rdquo; Norris told Adams in their conversation over those triumphs.</p><p>The next home game was Thursday, Dec. 4. Adams had good news again. The Wings had beaten New York, 5 to 3, to near first place. But the telephone was silent. Six hours earlier Norris had died.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Silent Phone Marked Passing of Jim

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Jim Norris had two attempts made on his life and his families&rsquo; soon after he purchased the Chicago Stadium for $600,000 back in 1929.</p><p>One Sunday night as the Norris family was about to sit down to its evening meal at their Lake Forest home, the buttler found a dynamite bomb with a half burned fuse in the dining room near an open window.</p><p>Two later, a threat was made by telephone to kidnap the three Norris children.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Two Attempts Made on his Life After Buying Stadium

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, ILL&mdash;It was seldom that the late James Norris ever made the headlines. And when he did it was generally because he attended a meeting of some sort or another, for &lsquo;Old Jim&rsquo;, as he was called, was just a hockey lover. He preferred to stay in the background and let the others share the glory. He just wanted to see his beloved Wings win.</p><p>So it was quite a shock when one night back in December, 193 3 he had a run-in with former NHL Referee, Bill Stewart.</p><p>The Associated Press reported the affair as follows under a Chicago date line:</p><p>&ldquo;James Norris, Sr., wealthy owner of the Detroit Red Wings and a National Hockey League governor, and Referee Bill Stew art had words at last night&rsquo;s Chicago Black Hack-Toronto Maple Leaf game here and it looks as if there&rsquo;ll be a hot aftermath. Norris said last night he would &lsquo;turn Stewart in&rsquo; at the meeting of the league&rsquo;s board of governors in New York Wednesday.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02125/1244843-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="320" height="485"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Fired Right Back</b></p><p><b>BILL STEWART</b></p></figcaption></div><p>The millionaire sportsman and owner of Chicago Stadium where the Hawks play began heckling Stewart from a rink-side box midway of the 2nd period said Stewart was &lsquo;a disgrace to the league&rsquo; and wanted to know why the referee didn&rsquo;t call more penalties. Stewart took the heckling without a word until Norris finally called him a &lsquo;homer&rsquo; which means the official favors the home team. Then Stewart told Norris &lsquo;you should be ashamed of yourself for such conduct.&rsquo; &lsquo;I&rsquo;m going to turn you in for your terrible work tonight&rsquo; Norris shouted, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m going to have you fired.&rsquo; Stewart told Norris to do as he pleased, but added, &lsquo;You can&rsquo;t referee games from a box while I&rsquo;m on the ice.&rsquo; The Hawks lost the game, 3-1.&rdquo;</p><p>Stewart was eased out for a fortnight or so and then returned to action, although the board of governors never admitted that Mr. Norris had made a complaint against the referee. The following year Bill quit. A photograph Mr. Norris treasured was one showing him shaking his finger at Referee King Clancy, from his box in the Olympia.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Norris-Stewart Run-In During Game was Rough

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>onn Smythe, president and managing director of Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leafs, said Norris &ldquo;was one of the greatest Canadians of all time who had great love for hockey and was a great contributor to charity.&rdquo;</p><p>His death is a terrific loss, Smythe said. &ldquo;The hockey virus was in Mr. Norris&rsquo; blood and he spent his own money and fought for his own team, players manager, at all times &hellip; At least twice he went to the aid of the National Hockey League when things weren&rsquo;t too good and bolstered it to such an extente that the league was put back on its feet again.&rdquo;</p><p>Bill Tobin, vice-president and general manager of Chicago Black Hawks, said:</p><p>&ldquo;The death of Jim Norris is a great loss not only to the Detroit Red Wings and the National Hockey League but to hockey everywhere it is played. We of the NHL leaned on him heavily.&rdquo;</p><p>President Walter Brown of the Bruins called Norris &ldquo;a great sportsman&rdquo; who was always willing to help other club owners strengthen the NHL.</p><p>Art Ross, general manager of Boston Bruins, said: &ldquo;I have lost a great friend by the death of old Jim Norris and I hockey has lost its greatest booster. He was the kind of a man who cannot be replaced.&rdquo;</p><p>King Clancy, coach of Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League, said Norris was &ldquo;a great man for hockey and his death is a terrible loss for all sports.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Jim Norris Was Always Willing to Help Others

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, Ill.&mdash;&rdquo;The recent great championship teams turned out at Detroit have been a just reward for the tireless efforts of Jim Norris,&rdquo; Bill Tobin, general manager of the Chicago Black Hawks, commented last week. &ldquo;He undoubtedly died a happy hockey enthusiast.</p><p>&ldquo;His loss will be felt for years to come throughout the hockey world. I have never known a man who gave so much as both an executive and supporter of the ice sport and he was a rabid fan right up to his last breaths. Someone said he was down in the dressing room giving his boys a pep talk just the other night,&rdquo; Tobin concluded.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Championships Reward Of Tireless Work By Norris

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01139/1245121-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="961" height="951"></div><p><b>Had James Norris lived a few more years he probably would have had a large say in the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway.</b></p><p><b>He was interested in maintaining the Great Lakes waterways for Canadian and U.S. shipping, excluding foreigners.</b></p><p><b>Norris was present at the launching of the freighter SS Gordon C. Leitch at Midland, Ont., last August when Leitch, president of the Upper Lakes and St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Ltd., declared unless some action was taken to protect Canadian shipping after the St. Lawrence Seaway is opened, many ships will be left idle.</b></p><p><b>Norris at that time declared the St. Lawrence Seaway &ldquo;is the concern of everyone in Canada. Foreign ships can carry cargoes for one-third what we can. Their wages are next to nothing and their food is terrible.&rdquo; &ldquo;Their power is low and their costs are cheap,&rdquo; he said. Eventually, unless some action is taken, they will ruin every ship owner and shipyard in this country. I don&rsquo;t know a single inland waterway any place else where foreign ships are allowed to trade. The Great Lakes waterways should be the heritage of Canada and the U.S.&rdquo;</b></p><p><b>In the above picture Jim Norris is seen, left, at the helm of the S/S James Norris when this ship was commissioned in Midland, Ontario In May 1952. With him is the Master of the vessel.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Jim Norris Aboard His Namesake

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>A generation ago in Chicago there was a clash between the will of two rich and powerful men. This clash stubbornly brought James Norris back into his boyhood love&mdash;hockey. And once he returned to the game, he became the solidest man in the promotion of professional hockey until his death this month.</p><p>Norris died at the age of 73 on Dec. 4 in a Chicago hospital after suffering a heart attack, taking from the Detroit Olympia aud the far-flung Detroit Red Wing organization its president for the past twenty years.</p><p>As great as his loss was to hockey, It was an even bigger blow to the world of commerce and industry. Norris was a multimillionaire grain tycoon with vast holdings in wheat, sugar, steamshops, railroads, banks, hotels and other enterprises.</p><p>Some estimate his holdings at $200,000,000 in United States, Canada and the rest of the world. Sports was a mere fraction, although they included in addition to the Detroit setup, Madison Square Gardens, owner of the Rangers; Chicago Coliseum, landlord of the Black Hawks; Indianapolis Coliseum and the St. Louis Arena.</p><p>But his first love was hockey and his hobby was the Red Wings.</p><p>That was Detroit&rsquo;s gain. Although he never lived here, Norris started with the intention of making the Motor City the capital of U.S. hockey. The record Bays he succeeded.</p><p>Using the managing genius of Jack Adams as his lever, Norris pried Detroit&rsquo;s hockey from the bottom to the top of the heap. He demanded winning teams, spent lavishly to get them, and at his death, he had them.</p><p>It was fitting that his present club reigns as the defending National Hockey League and defending Stanley Cup champions. When those titles came last spring, they marked the eighth NHL crown and fifth Stanley Cup his team had earned.</p><p>Norris always took fierce pride in calling himself &ldquo;the Wing&rsquo;s first and greatest fan&rdquo;.</p><p>He acted like it, too, as countless anecdotes illustrate. Typical was the incident several years ago in Toronto when he kept an important board of directors meeting waiting for 90 minutes while he and Adams hashed over the question of signing a Quebec amateur player for a bonus of $150.</p><p>The men of commerce who surrounded Norris appreciated his hockey interest in more ways than one. This includes those who worked for him in the Norris Grain Co., possibly the world&rsquo;s largest, and those who knew him as a director of the Hilton Hotel chain, the West Indies Sugar Corp., the Upper Lakes and St. Lawrence Transport Co., the Rock Island Railroad, Chicago&rsquo;s first National Bank, Toronto Elevators, Inc., and the Atlantic Mutual Insurance.</p><p>One of his associates, r&gt;peaking on a day when matters didn&rsquo;t go at all well in commerce but when the Wings were enjoying some particular playoff success, described it this way:</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure glad the Wings are winning. It&rsquo;s taking the heat off us in this office for a while.&rdquo;</p><p>Even in the last year milliondollar wheat or cattle operations would be hanging in the balance as Norris excused himself to telephone Adams in Detroit. There would follow a few relaxing moments as he took a first-hand report on the doings of the Edmonton farm team or the improvement of some prized juniors with the Windsor amateur club.</p><p>To recent Red Wing fans he was a &ldquo;mystery owner&rdquo;, since he had attended only a handful of games at the Olympia in the last decade. He hadn&rsquo;t seen the Wings play a regular season or playoff contest in at least six years.</p><p>That was due to doctors&rsquo; orders. His heart had been giving warning signals, and they told him he couldn&rsquo;t watch or even listen to games on the radio anymore.</p><p>&ldquo;But my heart belongs to hockey,&rdquo; he retorted to the doctors.</p><p>Barred from watching, nevertheless he would be driven in from his Lake Forest (Ill.) estate on nights that the Wings played in Chicago. Entering the dressing room, he would chat with players us they dressed for the game. And when they skated out on the ice, he would sadly leave for home without a glimpse of the action.</p><p>While hockey was good to Norris, giving him the emotional outlet business men need, he was even better for hockey. No one can estimate the millions of U.S. sports fans he converted to the game which he learned as a youth in Montreal.</p><p>Norris was a pioneer who made hockey the promotional success it is today in the U.S. He fostered it in a half-dozen cities and was the inspiration for those who brought hockey into another dozen United States cities. Through the years he remained a strong figure at the policy level, a key man in the NHLs Board of Governors.</p><p>Possibly because of his Canadian birth, Norris was naturally destined to enter into hockey. He began playing the game In Monttreal as soon as he was old enough to wear skates, and was an outstanding player for the Victorias, at one time Canada&rsquo;s oldest amateur club. Once he played on the Dominion Intermediate champions.</p><p>But hockey was shoved into the background after graduation from McGill University in 1905. He began his business career with a market firm, and five years later organized the Norris Grain Co.</p><p>There is no mention of hockey in his life for many years until that personal clash with Maj. Frederic McLaughlin, a duel which became highly publicized.</p><p>Hockey fans who were following the game in the early &lsquo;30s will recall it, and this wasn&rsquo;t just newspaper talk either. Both were influential Chicago business and social leaders. Norris was wheat; McLaughlin, coffee. The major also owned the Black Hawks.</p><p>Norris learned that Ottawa&rsquo;s NHL franchise and players could be obtained for $250,000 and was ready to buy. He wanted to move the club to Chicago, but McLaughlin held NHL territorial rights there and said no. War was declared.</p><p>The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Norris was as stubborn as he was massive and wealthy. Within six weeks he had whipped together the Chicago Shamrocks in the &ldquo;outlaw&rdquo; American Hockey Association, and went into competition with McLaughlin&rsquo;s Hawks in Chicago.</p><p>Several hundred thousand dollars had been tied up in the Shamrocks, but Norris junked the team as bush-league when the chance came to combat the Major on his own terms.</p><p>The Detroit Olympia had been built in 19 26 and the Falcons were operating here in the NHL under the coaching of a hustling young ex-star, Jack Adams. But financial troubles beset the syndicate operating the building and the club. The Olympia was bankrupt, in the hands of receivers, and the team was an ordinary one.</p><p>On the way back from a business trip in New York, Norris stopped off in Detroit and looked over the setup. Within days he obtained the franchise and had commenced negotiations to buy the building. That year, 193 2, was the depth of the depression, but Norris was loaded with cash to buy when others were selling.</p><p>Within a year he also owned the $2,250,000 building, getting It from the receivers for roughly a dime on the dollar&mdash;about $250,000.</p><p>Three years later he also bought the Chicago Stadium by following similar methods. The $6,000,000 structure had become a white elephant, and Norris, who had $600,000 invested in it previously, got the rest of the stock for $400,000&mdash;a cost of $1,000,000 all together.</p><p>But back to his original investment in Detroit in 19 3 2. He was after McLaughlin, so out came the checkbook as he went for players on the open market. To bolster his first team he bought John Ross Roach, Carl Voss, Cooney Weiland, Johnny Gallagher, Gord Pettinger and Wilf Starr.</p><p>They had one order: Beat Chicago. The assignment was handled successfully that first year, Detroit running up a sizeable edge against the Hawks. Sharp quotations from both Norris and McLaughlin featured hockey stories of the day about Detroit-Chicago games, and along Chicago&rsquo;s Gold Coast and in the financial centers, Norris was having the laugh on McLaughlin.</p><p>Championship ambitions followed and Norris kept whipping out the checkbook to buy the players needed. He bought a dozen in the first three years to build up the team.</p><p>Norris was heartbroken the first time Detroit reached the Stanley Cup finals in 1934. The Wings lost, which was bad enough. But it was to Chicago, much worse.</p><p>By that time Norris was convinced about the future. He kept pouring out the dollars to backup the ideas of Adams, who had started &ldquo;on probation&rdquo; and had advanced to top stature as a manager. Adam&rsquo;s proposal for boosting Detroit hockey stock was to develope a widspread farm system which always would funnel in hustling young talent.</p><p>It was this combination&mdash;Norris, the keenly interested backer, and Adams, the far-sighted manager&mdash;that helped make Detroit into the City of Champions. Hockey certainly contributed more than its share to this civic reputation.</p><p>Besides his interest in hockey, Norris also was intrigued with other sports. He attempted to buy the Chicago Cubs baseball team before its purchase by the Wrigley family, and in 1934 was on the verge of taking over the Brooklyn Dodgers.</p><p>A group of outstanding Detroit fans petitioned him in 193 3 to buy the Tigers from Frank Navin. They liked the way Norris had built up hockey and wanted him to do th<sub>e</sub> same with the Tigers, who were down at the time.</p><p>Norris wrote them that he &ldquo;had a big enough job with hockey to make Detroit the type of team I intend to have&rdquo;. Then he pleaded with them to have consideration of an owner&rsquo;s problems by saying, &ldquo;There is no reason for you to think that I could do better than the present Tiger management&rdquo;.</p><p>A few years later he made a splashy entrance into boxing, the idea being to shift boxing&rsquo;s headquarters from New York to Chicago. His first effort was to promote the Joe Louis-Jim Braddock championship fight in which the Brown Bomber won his title.</p><p>But hockey always had first call on his affections, both in a business line and at home. He had a rink build behind his mansion, and one couldn&rsquo;t qualify for butler, chauffeur or any other position in his household staff unless he joined in the informal backyard hockey games.</p><p>Norris played a rushing defense in those games. He was particularly respected by the hired help as a hard-hitter&mdash;the same way he was respected by everyone he ever met, on the ice and off, all his life.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bought Detroit Setup on Stopover from NY

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Some 250 friends and former associates in sports and business attended solemn rites for the late James Norris at 2 p.m. on December 6 in Chicago&rsquo;s Fourth Presbyterian church. After the services, the remains were sent east for burial in the family plot at New Bethany cemetery In Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01207/1245152-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="161" height="249"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Norris Jr.</b></figcaption></div><p>Norris, who was president of the Detroit Red Wings, died in Passavant hospital in Chicago December 4 as the result of a heart ailment. One of the&rsquo; staunchest supporters of hockey ever known, he maintained a keen Interest In the sport right up to his untimely death, which came just six days before his 74th birthday.</p><p>Included among those paying their last respects were Norris&rsquo; sons, James D. and Bruce, who own a sizeable portion of the Chicago Black Hawks, long-time rival of the Detroit club. He is also survived by his widow, Margarite Loris Norriss, and two daughters, Marguerite Ann and Mrs. Eleanor Kneibler.</p><p>A number of close friends served as honorary pall-bearers at the services. Hockey was represented by Clarence Campbell, National league president; Gen. John R. Kilpatrick, president of the New York Rangers; Arthur M. Wirtz and William J. Tobin, president and general manager respectively, of Chicago, and John J. Adams, Detroit general manager.</p><p>Others named were S. R. Arias, White Weld and co. of New York; Herbert J. Campbell., Norris&rsquo; attorney; John C. Evans and Perry H. Kenly, Chicago brokers; Robert J. Hanley, Norris Grain co. vice-president; Gordon C. Leitch, president of Toronto Elevators &ldquo;Ltd.; Eric C. Lambart, Crowell-Collier Publishing co. of Chicago.</p><p>Homer Livingston, president of First National Bank of Chicago; Edward E. Brown, chairman of the board of First National Bank; Bentley McCloud Sr., past president of First National Bank; Walter Trappe, head of New York office of Norris Grain co.; Paul A. Walker, Morris Paper Mills of Chicago; Phillip J. Reddy, Chicago Board of Trade; Kenneth Templeton, Templeton Grain co. of Chicago, and Frank Miller, stocks and grains, Chicago.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0004-01

Huge Crowd Pays Last Respects To ‘Old Jim’

<div class="byline">by Bay Omeara</div><p><b>Sports Editor Montreal Star</b></p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02187/1245183-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="99" height="131"></div><p>BIG JIM NORRIS, who died recently, once gave us a piece of good advice. Back in 1928 we had gone to Chicago as a guest of the late Paddy Harmon who was trying to crash into the NHL, and wanted us to be his public relations man.</p><p>The late Father Stanton, OMI, who had been a friend of ours ever since Ottawa University Days, was also a friend of Paddy. Harmon wanted somebody whom he thought knew the score to help him put hockey across in his &ldquo;Dream Palace,&rdquo; the Chicago Stadium. He wanted a team to rival the Hawks, who were then playing in the Old Coliseum.</p><p>While there on a week&rsquo;s holiday, we went to the circus which was playing in the Stadium. Paddy and Jim were friends and the latter had a sizeable interest in the building. He introduced us to the Chicago magnate who was watching the circus with one of his boys, probably Bruce, who was then only a youngster.&rsquo; He was enjoying himself hugely. We got to talking hockey about Harmon and the prospects of Paddy making the grade.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think he will make it. In fact I don&rsquo;t think he will have the Stadium long. It will have to be reorganized,&rdquo; he told us. So we didn&rsquo;t sign with Harmon but went back home. While there we found that Paddy was frowned on as a partner by the more influential NHL magnates. Some six months later Harmon was killed in a motor accident. By that time he had lost control of the Stadium, and Major McLaughlin and Hawks were on their way as tenants of the House That Harmon Built.</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2><b>Power In Hockey</b></h2><p>BIG JIM, like his son Young Jim, was a fierce competitor, who from the day he took over the Detroit Olympia, the old Falcons whom he christened Red Wings, till his death was a power in hockey. He came from Lachine, was an expert intermediate player with the old M.A.A.A. and Vics. He never lost his love for the game.</p><p>He soon made his presence felt in NHL councils, in the strategy of the game. He joined enthusiastically with Jack Adams in bolstering Red Wings and gave an uplift to depression days by buying Syd Howe and Scotty Bowman from the St. Louis Eagles, who were in reality the transferred Ottawa Senators, for I35,OOO. In a few years he had a Stanley Cup team. They had a succession of triumphs for the Cup and league championship down the years.</p><p>In later years he had been warned by physicians that he had to forego the excitement of hockey. He wasn&rsquo;t even supposed to listen to radio accounts of the games. He saw several games, listened to them too, because he couldn&rsquo;t be far away from the smoke of battle In some measure.</p><p>Physically and financially he was a big man. One who would be an arresting figure in any assembly. He played tennis with intensity, was a former rackets champion of the Chicago Athletic Club. He also played at hockey till well into has fifties. He built a rink on his estate and men who worked for him had to be able to skate and play hockey. He had teams consisting of gardeners, chauffeurs, butlers and housemen and he liked to scrimmage in lively fashion.</p><p>In sport as in business he ventured and won. His holdings in hockey arenas housing NHL clubs often led to the cry that he enjoyed a monopoly, but be disdained the suggestion, centered his efforts on keeping Detroit well to the fore.</p><h2><b>May Have Saved NHL</b></h2><p>THE late Frank Calder, when NHL president, once told us that the entry of Big Jim into the hockey picture undoubtedly saved the league as a major sport operation in dark depression days.</p><p>He was around the All-Star dinner in Detroit two months ago, attended the game, subsequent league meetings as well. His death is a great shock to his colleagues, some of whom disagreed with him on policy but always respected his judgment.</p><p>He joined partnership with Arthur Wirtz and they helped Sonja Henie to become a great surviving skating attraction for many years. They also owned the Cole Brothers circus. At the time of his death he was the sole owner of the Red Wings and Olympia, his son Young Jim having moved over with Wirtz to take over the Black Hawks.</p><p>Naturally there will be speculation regarding the effect of his death on the hockey scene. His passing will jolt the league to its foundations. It is possible that in the unwinding of the estate new owners will move into Detroit. There is also the prospect that Young Jim will move out of the sport realm, though this doesn&rsquo;t teem likely because he has the same spirit of enterprise that animated his father.</p><p>Connie Smythe, who often found himself at odds with the grain tycoon, expressed the sentiments of all in hockey in paying tribute to his work and worth. He will be missed in Detroit most of all. He built that team into a formidable factor in league affairs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0004-02

The Passing Sport Show

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03122/1245214-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="965" height="621"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he late Jim Norris always had the goodness of hockey at heart. Above he seems amused at something a guest speaker has just said. On his right is President Campbell of the NHL and on his left is Mr. William Northey, executive of the Canadian Arena Company, Montreal. On the far right is Jim Hendy, general manager of the Cleveland Barons.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0004-03

Head Man at Head Table

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ETROIT, MICH.&mdash;The late James Norris was above all a great hockey fan. He was so interested in his Red Wings that he built a dial phone in his box at the Detroit Olympia and often called General Manager Jack Adams from his 107-foot oceangoing yacht Osceola anywhere from Miami to Nassau for a playby-play account of a game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Had Dial Phone in Olympia Box

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, ILL&mdash;It was the. late James Norris who so often went to the aid of the late Bill Dwyer, onetime owner of the now defunct New York Americans.</p><p>Dwyer was a great gambler, man about town and close friend of every hood and gangster in New York.</p><p>When Mr. Norris went to his aid it was not to help Dwyer but the faltering Americans. However, Norris made one stipulation when he was asked to come to the aid of the hockey club. He said that any profits the club made would have to be put back into the enterprise and not diverted to Big Bill&rsquo;s racing interests that kept him broke.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Made one Stipulation when He Went to Aid of Amerks

<div class="byline">By HARRY NASH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0720/1245397-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="312" height="314"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DEAN PRENTICE</b></figcaption></div><p><i>They&rsquo;re Set with&hellip;</i></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0638/1245404-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="203" height="206"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>NEIL STRAIN</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>If the Rangers operated in Brooklyn instead of Manhattan faithful followers of the Blueshirts would be chanting the Bums&rsquo; Cheer &ldquo;Wait until next year.&rdquo;</p><p>There hasn&rsquo;t been much about which hockey fandom in Gotham could wax ecstatic this season unless it was the advent of several rookies who bear the hallmark of future stardom.</p><p>Maybe it is time to evaluate the performances of the rookies General Manager Frank Boucher was obliged to graduate to major league ranks when the Blues suffered a series of crippling injuries before the season opened.</p><p>Not only did the wave of casualties upset Ranger plans, but a complete tailspin by a few veterans of whom much had been expected, helped upset the apple cart.</p><p>In discussing the progress of Dean Prentice, Andy Bathgate and Harry Howell, brought up from the Guelph Biltmore, and Neil Strain, brought in from Saskatoon when Herb Dickenson suffered an eye injury which shelved him for the season, Boucher said:</p><p>&ldquo;We brought up these young fellows and they have made great improvement, but we had to bring them up much sooner than we expected. Of course, they are learning much faster this way, but it would have been much better had we been able to leave them in a lesser league for a season or two.</p><h2><b>It&rsquo;s A Big Jump</b></h2><p>&ldquo;It is quite a wrench to be yanked from junior hockey into the National League. And it put these kids on the toughest kind of a spot. It might not have been so bad had we been able to bring them up one at a time, say, and spot them during games. But our position was so desperate we had to call in forwards such as Prentice and Bathgate, an untested defenseman like Howell and toss them right into the thick of battle.</p><p><i>&hellip;Manhattan&rsquo;s Go Getters</i></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-099/1245390-1-eng-US/f0005-092.jpg" title="f0005-09" width="310" height="315"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HARRY HOWELL</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-105/1245383-1-eng-US/f0005-102.jpg" title="f0005-10" width="311" height="313"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ANDY BATHGATE</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;Had any one of the three come up to a team that was sound it wouldn&rsquo;te have been unusual; but to expert to take a regular turn was really asking a big question of the kids.</p><p>&ldquo;Howell, of course, took hold immediately and played like a veteran. The others came along a little slower, but they have improved &lsquo;with each start.&rdquo; Boucher concluded.</p><p>What Frank didn&rsquo;t add was that Coach Bill Cook had banked heavily upon such veterans as Gaye Stewart, Ed Slowinski and Jimmy Conacher. Last year, playing as wings for Don (Bones) Raleigh, Slowinski tallied 21 goals and Stewart 15. The line was New York&rsquo;s most prolific.</p><p>Neither Slowinski nor Stewart could get started this season. It was believed they missed Raleigh&rsquo;s play-making. However, the veterans continued in a slump even after Raleigh returned to the lineup wearing a cast on the left wrist which had been fractured in a pre-season practice game.</p><p>It was thought Raleigh&rsquo;s return would be the tonic needed by Slowinski and Stewart, but even with a sub-par Bones to lead them the veterans failed to exhibit any of their scoring proclivities of last season. The result was a gradual insertion of Prentice and Bathgate until finally the veterans found themselves sitting out most of the dances while the Guelph rookies continued to improve and in the process gained valuable game experience.</p><h2><b>Laprade May Go Home</b></h2><p>At this writing Raleigh, Bathgate and Prentice seem to be set as a line, except that Prentice is expected to be out for several games due to a knee injury suffered when he collided rather violently with Fern Flaman in a game at Toronto.</p><p>With the setting of Raleigh, Prentice and Bathgate as a line Cook came up with a new trio composed of Edgar Laprade, flanked by Eddie Kullman and Nick Mickoski. But just as Laprade began to perform in oldtime style a rumor gained circulation that Edgar would return to his Port Arthur home for Christmas and would not come back to the Blues.</p><p>Should Laprade fail to rejoin the team it will be another in a series of bad blows the Blue* have had this season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0005-07

Blues Shift to Bums’ Cheer ‘Wait Till Next Year’

<p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK&mdash;General Manager Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers announced that Jim Ross, burly rearguard with the Blues, has been sent to Saskatoon Quakers of the Western Hockey League on a 24-hour recall basis.</p><p>Ross came to the Rangers last season from the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Senior Hockey League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Ross Optioned

<p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK&mdash;Kelly Burnett, star winger for three seasons in the American Hockey League, has been returned to the Syracuse Warriors by the New York Rangers. Burnett had been brought up to the Blues on the condition that if he made the NHL, the Rangers were to send several players to the Warriors.</p><p>In his first game as a Blueshirt, Burnett scored a goal but apparently, his performance wasn&rsquo;t enough to have General Manager Frank Boucher sign him.</p><p>Before going to Madison Square Garden, Burnett had 19 points in 16 AHL games with the Warriors, lie scored three goals and had 19 assists.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Kelly Burnett Returned To Warriors By Rangers

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03112/1245338-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="306" height="476"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Plays Anywhere</b></p><p><b>WOODY DUMART</b></p></figcaption></div><p><b>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</b></p><p>After being a &ldquo;Johnny One Note&rdquo; for most of his lengthy National League career, Woody Dumart of Boston Bruins has blossomed out as a of a number of talents.</p><p>For 12 seasons the 190 pound. veteran concentrated his efforts on playing one position, left wing. During that stretch he had few peers at the position.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01160/1245352-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="160" height="249"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Joe Klukay</b></figcaption></div><p>Then a year ago, with the Bruins needing a late-season pickup to make the Stanley Cup playoffs, Dumart broke the shackles of habit and became a center. The move was a revolutionary one for a man grooved to one spot as he was, but he made it successfully.</p><p>This season, however, the scorer has become such a versatile asset to the Bruins that his shift of a year ago has been completely overshadowed.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02142/1245345-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="164" height="247"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fleming Mackell</b></figcaption></div><p>In the space of the last few weeks Dumart has occupied four different posts in Coach Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s plan of operations and he has filled them all most capably.</p><h2><b>Kills Off Penalties</b></h2><p>One of the Bruins&rsquo; most successful departments this season has been that which kills off penalties, and for that purpose Patrick has used four players extensively, one of them being Dumart.</p><p>Woody has worked mostly with Joe Klukay, with Fleming Mackell doing the other hitch with Ed Sandford, Patrick trying to use the teams for a minute each.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0489/1245331-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="159" height="251"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pentti Lund</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>On Power Play</b></h2><p>Nearly as successful as the penalty killing unit has been Patrick&rsquo;s power play combination, and again Dumart has emerged as a dependable member.</p><p>Patrick has stationed him at a point with Capt. Milt Schmidt, his long-time chum, as his coworker. Dumart, with his stillblistering shot and passing knack, has held up his end.</p><p>But the big fellow probably made his most important contribution to the Bruins&rsquo; progress this season less than two weeks ago, when Mackell was lost for several games with an injury.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0563/1245324-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="159" height="254"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Sandford</b></figcaption></div><p>Woody&rsquo;s regular forward play had been limited to relief stints on left wing until Mackell received a near-disastrous throat cut in an accident involving Doug Harvey, the Montreal defenseman.</p><p>With Mackell, the Bruins&rsquo; leading goal-getter, out indefinitely, Patrick was in a pickle. He had to come up with a center to maintain the efficiency of a line which had been pacing the Bruins&rsquo; attack.</p><p>In the emergency he turned to Dumart, who had bailed him out of a jam last spring. The second 200-goal scorer in Boston history came through for him again.</p><p>The first game in which Dumart centered for Klukay and Sandford he wasn&rsquo;t feeling too chipper himself, for he had been laid up with the grippe. But in that game, with the tough Chicago Black Hawks, the line scored three goals.</p><p>Patrick kept Woody on the firing line for the remainder of Mackell&rsquo;s absence, giving him occasional relief with Pentti Lund, another versatile veteran who has more than justified the holding of a jersey.</p><p>The other day Patrick was complimented on his foresight in having-two such talented reserves as Dumart and Lund. The Bruins&rsquo; coach wasted no time in transferring the compliments to the two players.</p><p>&ldquo;Away back in training camp I decided that they Were the two players I wanted for emergencies,&rdquo; he related. &ldquo;We had younger, more colorful players available for the jobs, but they weren&rsquo;t the kind I wanted.</p><p>&ldquo;Woody and Pentti are the type about whom a coach never has to worry. They&rsquo;re always in condition to play, whether or no? they&rsquo;re playing regularly, because they make it a point to keep themselves in condition.</p><p>&ldquo;Early in the season when Dumart wasn&rsquo;t making the road trips, he was skating here on his own. Pentti has done the same thing.</p><p>&ldquo;I know that when I use them they don&rsquo;t hurt us by making mistakes. I figure that between them they can fill in at any position but goal. They&rsquo;ve been giving us the best reserve strength imaginable.&rdquo;</p><p>Actually this season Patrick is probably coaching the most versatile group of Bruins in a long time, for Dumart and Lund haven&rsquo;t been the only players who have moved around the ice.</p><p>Johnny Pelrson, Jerry Toppazzini, Schmidt and Sandford have also been tourists of note, with young Toppazzini displaying a startling amount of adjustment ability for a 21-year old rookie.</p><p>Patrick has played him at as many as four different positions in a single game, finally being forced to confine his use to only two when Defenseman Hal Layco joined Mackell on the casualty list.</p><p>Laycoe received a sprained ankle after a check by Chicago&rsquo;s Cal Gardner, and since when the ankle puffed it brought his number of injuries to six (at one time) he had to take a rest.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0005-03

Talented Woody Shows Extra Talent In Late Years

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass&mdash;</p><p>Sticks and stones may break his bones, but the bad names which opponents are calling him are never going to hurt blithe Leo LaBine.</p><p>So says Lynn Patrick, for, whose Boston Bruins the Haileybury Hurricane plays a swashbuckling right wing.</p><p>LaBine, 21 years old and loaded with vim, vigor and vitality, is a catalyst. When, he takes the ice, things happen.</p><p>Some of the things which have happened in the few short months that Leo has been a National Leaguer haven&rsquo;t met with the approval of enemy participants, particularly enemy recipients.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0813/1245435-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="140" height="204"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 140px"><b>Leo LaBine</b></figcaption></div><p>They have responded with threatening gestures, made dire predictions about the future state of his excellent health.</p><p>Thus far they have not removed the grin from LaBine&rsquo;s pixy-like countenance, however, nor does Patrick think that they ere likely to do so.</p><p>It was a year ago next month that Conn Smythe stormed Into the Toronto locker room here and snapped. &ldquo;Someone will fix that fresh punk before he has been around this league very long.&rdquo;</p><p>And Bil Juzda, then a Toronto defenseman, told Patrick, &ldquo;Someone will knock him on the head.&rdquo;</p><p>The Bruins&rsquo; big coach, who seems to enjoy LaBine&rsquo;s lively actions on the ice, looked coldly at Juzda and replied, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve heard that one before. &ldquo;</p><p>Patrick can think of a number of times, in fact, that he has heard that one before.</p><p>&ldquo;When Ted Lindsay first came into the league, they used to say the same things about him that they&rsquo;re saying about LaBine now,&rdquo; he recalled. &ldquo;I remember this player and that player saying that he was too fresh, that some one would fix him.</p><p>&ldquo;Well, Ted has been in the league quite a while now, and so far no one has fixed him.</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2><b>Used To Predict For Bentleys too</b></h2><p>&ldquo;They used to predict all kinds of unfortunate accidents for Max and Doug Bentley when they first came up,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;I remember they used to say that all you had to do was to catch them on the boards and belt them, that it would only take one good check to break a Bentley in half.</p><p>But I don&rsquo;t believe I&rsquo;ve ever seen either one of them hit a solid check, and Johnny Crawford used to say you couldn&rsquo;t hit them with a handful of rock salt.</p><p>&ldquo;These threats they&rsquo;re making about LaBine are old stuff,&rdquo; Patrick added. &ldquo;He can take care himself, just like Lindsay, and so far he&rsquo;s doing better than all right.&rdquo;</p><p>The effervescent Hurricane, indeed, has done better than all right in pursuing his theory that it is better to give than to receive. A box score for the Bruins&rsquo; first 25 games reveals that he has given more snappy checks&mdash;of all kinds&mdash;than he has received, and that he has spread his business around.</p><p>LaBine&rsquo;s best hit so far is probably the one which he scored on Leo Boivin, the Toronto defenseman, in Toronto. The check made temporary scrap of the Ironman.</p><p>Leo hasn&rsquo;t always hit his targets, however, and that little matter worries Patrick a bit. After drawing a bead on Chicago&rsquo;s Pete Babanda one night. LaBine wound up by nearly depositing Capt. Milt Schmidt in the coach&rsquo;s lap. Uncle Miltie played with a Charley horse for several games.</p><p>Thus Patrick has some cause to worry about the welfare of the other Bruins with the Hurricane blowing up, he hasn&rsquo;t been doing any worrying about the welfare of that young man himself.</p><p>LaBine, he feels sure, wears sufficient padding to cope with the verbal assaults of the opposition, and he has the wherewithal to withstand any other kind.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Threats to ‘Qet’ LaBine Old Stuff, Says Patrick

<div class="byline">By Kew McKenzie</div><p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p><b>Founded October 1, 1947 Published by Kenneth W. McKenzie and Will. V. Cote HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY 309 Empire Life Building. 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West. Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Average Weekly Circulation 35,000</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Price $3.00 in Canada&mdash;$4.00 In U.S.A.</b></p><p><b>Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa.</b></p><p><b>Entered as second class mail at the Post Office in Ogdensburg. N.Y.</b></p><p><b>Return all U.S. undeliverable copies under Form 3579 to the Hockey News Company</b></p><p><b>1434 Ste Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Printed in Canada.</b></p><p><b>Vol. 6 MONTREAL. DECEMBER 20. 1952 No. 12</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01232/1245535-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="234" height="231"></div><p>SWEENEY SCHREYER and Lome Carr, two of hockey&rsquo;s top goal-getters of a few years back, are currently giving hockey Lessons to the young fry in their hometown of Calgary&hellip; Herb Dickenson, the youthful New York winger who suffered an eye injury In Toronto earlier this season, will not play hockey again this season. He will also lose a certain amount of sight in the injured optic. Just how much, the doctors are unable to determine right now&hellip; Harry Howell, the defenseman Rangers pulled up from Guelph Biltmores, looks like he really belongs in the NHL. Harry is one of the best young defensemen in the League and is making some Of the bigger-name rearguards look like also-rans., The late James Norris regarded the number &ldquo;7&rdquo; as his lucky number. His two yachts, Osceola and Nelvana, had seven letters&hellip; New York, Chicago and Detroit, key cities, in the Norris empire, all have seven letters&hellip; Boston Bruins are all agog over the splendid play of their youthful defense duo of Warren Godfrey and Bob Armstrong. The 21-year-old kids first played together as a unit when bespectacled Hal Laycoe was injured. They played with the confidence of veterans and caused Lynn Patrick, their coach, to remark: &ldquo;That was the most pleasant surprise to happen to me this season.&rdquo;&hellip; There&rsquo;s talk in Detroit of changing the name of the Olympia Stadium to the Norris Stadium in memory of the late Detroit owner&hellip; The Detroit hockey writers would also like to have a Norris Trophy awarded each year to the National Hockey League player scoring the most goals&hellip; Paul Chandler, hockey analyst of the Detroit News, will resign from that job at the end of the year to become a vice president of the Michigan Racing Association&hellip; Conn Smythe and associates are keeping a keen eye on Saturday night attendances at Maple Leaf Gardens. They&rsquo;re anxious to know if TV is cutting into their patronage.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02125/1245528-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="166" height="252"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Herb Dickenson</b></figcaption></div><p>AFTER WATCHING Lauro Salas work out in a Boston gym the other day, Milt Schmidt, with a jaw bulging from a stick slap and limping with a Charley horse, remarked: &ldquo;What a way to make a living!&rdquo;&hellip; Fort Wayne of the International Hockey League plays one of the finest arenas in the country. It is a memorial arena and seats 8,000 for hockey&hellip; The Stroh network, which broadcasts Detroit Red Wing games, has been expanded to 2 6 stations this year. It has doubled the number of stations it started out with four years ago&hellip; Alexander (Red Eye) Hay, recalled from&rsquo;Edmonton to replace Benny Woit on the Detroit defense, is a rags to riches success story. He was a rink rat at the Saskatoon Arena when Tommy Ivan discovered him four years ago. His parents couldn&rsquo;t afford to let him play hockey with the other kids and he had to work to help keep the family in food and lodging. His job at the Arena enabled him to skate as much as possible and be close to the hockey players. His mother was reluctant to let him go east to join the Windsor Spitfires as he didn&rsquo;t have enought good clothes and she was in no position to buy any. The Detroit hockey club fixed all that and Hay travelled east to Windsor and become a star with that team overnight. The following year he was with Omaha and last season with Indianapolis. Playing for the Red Wings is like a dream for the poorly-dressed kid of four years ago. He now has a bank account, a tine wardrobe and a promising National Hockey League future in front of him&hellip; Emile Francis, Vancouver goalie, has incurred 18 minutes in penalties already this season&hellip; Jack Evans, ex-Ranger now with Saskatoon, is the &ldquo;Bad Man&rdquo; of the Western Hockey League, while Lloyd Durham of New Westminster and Harry Dick of Vancouver, other noted &ldquo;Bad Man&rdquo; are not too far behind.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0373/1245521-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="160" height="246"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Milt Schmidt</b></figcaption></div><p>MORE PLAYERS in the National Hockey League have Jim for their first name than any other. There are eight players in the League right now called Jim. They are Jim McFadden and Jim Peters of Chicago, Jim Thomson and Jim Morrison of Toronto, Jim MacPherson of Montreal, Jim Henry of Boston, Jim Hay of Detroit and Jim Conacher of New York&hellip; Second most popular first name is Bill. There&rsquo;s Bill Gadsby and Bill Mosienko of Chicago, Bill Quackenbush of Boston and Bill Reay of Montreal&hellip; Hockey players are reported to be the best dressers among athletes &hellip; Carl Sica, who smooths the ice at Detroit Olympia between periods, is an accomplished singer In his own right. He goes in more for operatic works</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0451/1245514-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="155" height="252"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Billy Reay</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0547/1245566-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2><b>Flying Tommy</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I was reading In the Montreal Forum magazine something which was puzzling and which 1 would like clarified. I quote, &ldquo;Tom Johnson must represent what they had in mind when they called the Habs the Flying Frenchmen.&rdquo;</p><p>I know that players like Richard, Geoffrion, Bouchard and others are French but I thought Tom Johnson was one of the few true English players on the club.</p><p>I look forward to your paper every week and if it is possible would you inform me as to whether Johnson is English or French.</p><p>Lionel Deschamps</p><p>Repentigny, Que.</p><p><b>(You saw that in a Fred Groves cartoon in the Forum Mag and Fred informs us that he was referring to the &lsquo;Flying&rsquo; part in Flying Frenchmen, for Tom is surely flying this year. Tom Is English and hails from Baldur, Maniloba)</b></p><h2><b>Teach &lsquo;em Young</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Dink Carroll, in his column of November 22, made a very good point. Hockey attendance in the U. S. cities is poor. Here is one American&rsquo;s opinion as to why this should happen.</p><p>The big three of American sports, Baseball, Football, and Basketball, continue to draw good crowds. It is my belief that they always will because Mr. U. S. Fan grew up playing them.&rsquo; He hits every home run with Kiner, catches every touchdown pass with Elroy Hirsch, scores two points every time he shoots with George Mikan. Where these sports are a part of his life, Hockey is not.</p><p>He never knew the thrill of pulling the goaler out and slipping one past him. He never slammed into a cockey wing trying to get clear, never split to stop a mile-a-minute puck. Hockey to him is a show and not a vital living thing.</p><p>My soloution? If American kids could he set to playing Hockey as Canadian kids do, if they were once started on the path to knowing Hockey and loving it as Canadian kids do, it would not be long before the American crowds would fight for tickets-TV or no TV-and crowd the stadia to the rafters. This will take a lot of doing. Now, who will do it?</p><p>Att. Rotman</p><p>Los Angeles, Calif.</p><p><b>(The United States Amateur Hockey Association is making a very determined effort in this undertaking and are to be congratulated on the fine work they are doing.)</b></p><h2><b>Both Married</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Could you tell me if Kelly Burnett of the Syracuse Warriors is married?</p><p>Would appreciate the following data on Harrison of the St. Louis Flyers: First Name, birth date, residence, marital status. Also where do I address mail to a New York Ranger?</p><p>Really enjoy your weekly and look forward to each issue.</p><p>Ann Armstrong Chicago, Ill.</p><p><b>(Kelly Burnett is married. Edward Francis Harrison was born July 25, 1027, lives in Toronto, Ont. and is married. Mail letters for Rangers to Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.)</b></p><h2><b>Upcoming Blues</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>This is the first year that I have been buying THE HOCKEY NEWS and I really enjoy it. I especially like the Fan Forum and the Hockey Crossword Puzzle, but I think you make the crossword puzzle too easy.</p><p>I am wondering who first thought up the Idea of publishing The Hockey News and wonder if you could tell me please.</p><p>I am strictly a New York Ranger fan and I think in a couple of years they should be right in the battle for the league championship. They have Larry Popein, and Ian MacKintosh from Vancouver Canucks and George Senick from the Saskatoon Quakers to pick from next year, I think Larry Popein, Is about the best center in the Western league and is NHL caliber the same as Ivan Irwin of the Victoria Cougars.</p><p>I like baseball and soccer better than hockey but probably if I didn&rsquo;t have weak ankles and had two broken arms I would play it and like it the best.</p><p>I am wondering why you don&rsquo;t ever put any pictures or items about Paul Ronty in THE HOCKEY NEWS. He is one of the main reasons why the Rangers aren&rsquo;t losing by much and is one of the main reasons why Hergesheimer is scoring so many goals. He feeds Hergy most of the shots that score. Can you please tell me if Ronty ever played In the P.C.H.L. or the Western League and will you please give me his height, weight and age and any other club he has played for.</p><p>Bill Sanderson Victoria, B.C.</p><p><b>(Ronty never played in the P.C. H.L. He played amateur for the Boston Olympic Seniors, went from there to Hershey of the AHL, to the Boston Bruins and subsequently to the New York Rangers. He is 24 years of age, 6&rsquo; and 160 lbs. P.S. See Dec. 13 issue for story and pic of Ronty)</b></p><h2><b>Wants Hab Films</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I am a girl of nineteen and very interested in hockey, especially the Montreal Canadiens. I consider Dickie Moore as a Spectacular player and a very colourful guy. Of course Richard is great, Lach a wonderful star and several of the others. How about a story on Dick Gamble?</p><p>Where are the following players-Don Marshall, a former player of the junior Canadiens; Bill Durnan, the all-star goaler; and Bert Hirshfeld, who was traded for Doc Couture?</p><p>Where might I get a hockey film? I am Interested in getting one of the Canadiens versus some other team in the play-offs?</p><p>Flora Bennett</p><p>St. Anastasle, Que.</p><p><b>(Don Marshall is with Cincinnarti of the International League; Bill Durnan is coaching the Rouyn team of the Northern Quebec Senior League; and Bert Hirshfeld is playing for St. Louis of the American League. Such films you as wish may be rented from the National Hockey league, Room 603, Sun Life Bldg., Montreal)</b></p><h2><b>Eastern Leaguer</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Enjoy your paper tremendously, for it Is the only paper available on hockey to me. <b><i>I</i></b> would like to see more pictures though.</p><p>One other thing. Since I have been reading your paper, I have only seen one article about the Eastern Hockey League. The article was on Mr. Podoloff about a year ago. Since I live in Connecticut I would like to see more about the EHL.</p><p>Howard Greenberg</p><p>New Haven, Conn.</p><p><b>(We&rsquo;ll see what we can do.)</b></p><h2><b>Lynn Lowdown</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I would like all the information you can give me on Vic Lynn. That Is, where he played Senior Hockey etc.</p><p>I read your paper weekly and think its tops. I would like to see a few Western Hockey League articles printed.</p><p>I have many programmes to trade, so if anyone wishes to trade kindly drop me a line at P.O. Box 273, Richlbucto, N.B.</p><p>Irviey Daigle</p><p>Richibucto, N. B.</p><p><b>(Vic Lynn played senior amateur hockey with the New York Rovers. He went from there to the Indianapolis Caps of the AHL, St. Louis of the same League, Buffalo, and then to Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL for four seasons. He went from there to Boston Bruins via Pittsburgh and finally to the Cleveland Barons where he is now. He also had brief whirls with the Dertoit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens.)</b></p><h2><b>Sugar Supporter</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I find you newspaper is tops when compared to other ones.</p><p>How about a story on Sugar Jim Henry, great netminder for the Boston Bruins. Henry w&rsquo;as out of the NHL for years and then came back. He is one of the best in the league and is going to win the Vezina Trophy.</p><p>Ronnie Phippen</p><p>Woodlawn, Ont.</p><h2><b>Hab Shake-up</b></h2><p>Dears Sirs,</p><p>I am constant reader of THE HOCKEY NEWS and I am asking myself the same question for a long time. Why do Montreal Canadiens let such players as Corriveau, Bougie, Douglas and White continue with Senior careers when they would surely help them even more than Mosdell, Reay and a few others do.</p><p>What has become of the last year sensational rookie Dickie Moore from whom we don&rsquo;t have any news?</p><p>Marcel Gilbert</p><p>Geraldton, Ont.</p><p><b>(Dick is recuperating from au operation on his knee but will return to action in the near future.)</b></p><div class="sidebar"><h2><b>CORRECTION</b></h2><p>Last week we stated in answer to a query that Gordie Howe had scored 106 goals in regular play when actually the big Detroit winger has scored only 176 Mistakenly we added the 22 goals he scored while with Omaha of the United States League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0643/1245597-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="331" height="160"></div><h2><b>December 26 to January 1</b></h2><p>26&mdash;McLEAN, Motto, St. Louis forward, 1925.</p><p>28&mdash;SAWCHUK, Terry, Detroit goaler, 1929.</p><p>1&mdash;OLSON, Eddie, Cleveland forward, 1922.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to YOU

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>P</span>ublished 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</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01183/1245680-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="249" height="261"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02159/1245673-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="246" height="259"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03119/1245666-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="243" height="260"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0498/1245659-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="241" height="259"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0572/1245652-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="250" height="259"></div><p><b>Gaye Stewart from left to right, in Toronto, then south to Chicago up to Detroit, east to New York and north to Montreal.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Gaye’s Circuit Traveling Via the Camera

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ONTREAL, QUE&mdash;General Manager Frank Selke of the Montreal Canadiens has announced that he has obtained the services of Jean Beliveau, high scoring centre with the Quebec Aces of the QSHL, for a three game lend-lease appearance with the Habs.</p><p>Beliveau, probably the most highly publicized player outside of the NHL and one of the highest paid, will wear the bleublanc-rouge of the Habs against the New York Rangers in the Forum Dec. 18, against the Boston Bruins in Montreal Dec. 20 and in Boston the following night.</p><p>At present &lsquo;Gros Bill&rsquo;, as he is known in Quebec City, is leading the QSHL scoring and the big fellow is anxious to make another showing in the NHL.</p><p>Selke said that Frank Latter, president of the Aces, had put the stamp of approval on the deal.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Beliveau To Play Three Games On Loan As A Hab

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO&mdash;Conn Smythe isn&rsquo;t the only one complaining about the NHL officiating. In a recent Montreal-Toronto game in Maple Leaf Gardens, Hab General Manager Frank Selke visited the dressing room of Referee Frank Udvari after the first period. In no uncertain terms he told him that he thought some of his rulings in the first period kept the Habs handcuffed and were ridiculous.</p><p>Selke objected mainly to the five minute penalty imposed on big Jim &lsquo;Bud&rsquo; McPherson after Ron Stewart has sustained a three stitch cut on the forehead in a scramble. Every player on the bench and most of those on the ice said that in a three player scramble, Stewart fell and his head hit the butt end of McPherson&rsquo;s stick. That was McPherson&rsquo;s story as well.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Selke Levels Blast At Udvari

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ONTREAL, QUE.&mdash;Bert Olmstead officially protested his misconduct penalty to President Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League last week. He visited with the League Prexy for some time.</p><p>&ldquo;Mr. Campbell told me to write a letter to Carl Voss, chief of the referees, so that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ve done,&rdquo; says Bert.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to ask that Udvari be brought up and then I&rsquo;m going to ask him just what I said and if warranted the penalty. When he gave me the minor penalty I started skating to the penalty box and when he went by me I told him he didn&rsquo;t<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Olmstead Visits Campbell to Officially Protest Fine

<div class="byline">By ELMER FERGUSON (As Seen in the Montreal Heral</div><p>MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;</p><p>&hellip; IT ISN&rsquo;T THE MONEY so much as the principle of the thing. Probably you often enjoyed a sardonic laugh at this ancient and often misleading statement. This time it&rsquo;s practically true. With Bert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; leftwinger, it isn&rsquo;t so much the $25 for which he is automatically assessed. It&rsquo;s the principle of the thing.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0654/1245807-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="161" height="241"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bert Olmstead</b></figcaption></div><p>Olmstead, who is playing first-rate hockey for Canadiens this season, was nicked in that extremely sensitive spot, the bankroll, Sunday night, December 7, in New York by referee Frank Udvari, who handed him a misconduct penalty. The referees have been very careless to set a precedent. He&rsquo;s going to appeal the case in person to President Campbell, and will enter that sacred sanctum humming: &ldquo;I Ain&rsquo;t Gonna Take It Lyin&rsquo; Down.&rdquo;</p><p>Trying to check the puck Sunday night on a Ranger stick, Olmstead banged the puck-carrying player across the ankle. &ldquo;For that,&rdquo; he admitted, &ldquo;I deserved a minor penalty, I said: &lsquo;Why don&rsquo;t you watch the interference? and he gave me a misconduct penalty which carries a $25 fine, and I don&rsquo;t think thats&rsquo; fair.&rdquo;</p><p>Players usually accept these penalties without a murmur, for the referees have become sentitive to criticism this year, or even to suggestions that Imply criticism.</p><p>&ldquo;Like Jack Adams was saying,&rdquo; commented Irvin, &ldquo;the refereeing is going to turn hockey into a game that will lose all its virility. There are no more referees like Frank Clancy, for instance. There were no dull games when the King was handling the whistle. He had been a player himself understood a player&rsquo;s complexes When action is hot, and if a player made some comment, Clancy would usually have a smart answer, and that would end it. He was a players&rsquo; referee. Today, they seem to be sitting in judgement on the players, and are ready to find them guilty at the drop of an adverb or adjective. It&rsquo;s about time someone protested this, before hockey becomes a tepid game, with no fire, no color, no personalities. That&rsquo;s what Its&rsquo; coming to.&rdquo;</p><p>Well, other players will watch the Olmstead experiment with interest. No one figures it will get him far, but you can&rsquo;t rule off <b><i>a guy</i></b> for trying, they say around the race-tracks.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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OLMSTEAD TO PROTEST $25. MISCONDUCT

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH</div><p><b>(Toronto Telegram)</b></p><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Rudy Migay&rsquo;s knee buckled again when he was hit by Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; Al Dewsbury the other night. He&rsquo;ll be out six weeks, more or less, the fortunes of playing professional hockey but losing him loosed the usually tied tongue of Leaf coach Joe Primeau who steamed up the windows in the smoker on the way back with a verbal barrage that was probably recorded in Killaloo.</p><p>&ldquo;That,&rdquo; said Primeau, &ldquo;was the dirtiest, stinkingest (tsk, tsk) thing I ever saw the way Dewsbury put Migay out. He started at centre ice, raced down to hit Rudy in the circle in our end and Rudy didn&rsquo;t even have the puck. And Dewsbury didn&rsquo;t even get a penalty and look at the cheap chiselling penalties we get. I don&rsquo;t care if they throw me out of hockey or fine me $1,000. If I&rsquo;d know that Campbell (NHL president Clarence) or Voss (referee in chief Carl) were in the rink I&rsquo;d have crawled down their throats.&rdquo;</p><p>Primeau was probably just as happy but not at all cooled to learn later that Campbell would not wield the NHLs gag rule which can prohibit people from going around saying things like that for publication.</p><p>&ldquo;People are entitled to their opinion,&rdquo; Campbell stated and offered one of his own. He pointed out that if it was desired by anyone to unearth the reason why the Leafs draw so many penalties, it would only be necessary to trace back through the history of the past 20 years.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s almost a tradition with them&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;they play the rough rugged type of hockey that produce penalties and they&rsquo;ve been fairly successful at it too.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0741/1245838-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="663" height="633"><figcaption class="caption-body">No Sir, Mr. C.-Yes Sir, Mr. S.</figcaption></div><h2><b>What About Opposition?</b></h2><p>Managing director Conn Smythe is inclined to think that they might not be as successful at it this season. He admits that he likes a club that plays it rough and hazards that It might be the realization that the Leafs are that kind of a club that unconsciously prompts referees to watch sharply and hand out penalties almost automatically.</p><p>&ldquo;But,&rdquo; he pointed out, &ldquo;everybody else plays Us that way too. They have to play us that way. What about them?&rdquo;</p><p>Smythe claimed that he was making no complaints about the penalties the Leafs got. But, <b>he</b> did remark that he felt that referees were paying so much attention to the trivial penalties which Campbell Instructed them <b>to</b> watch for at the start of the season, like hooking and holding, that they were missing the fouls that could do injury to opposing players.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Leafs Just Following Past History, Says C.S.C., at Smythe’s Pim Blast

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Sport Trophies

<p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>t. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;President Emory Jones of the American Hockey League has announced that the board of governors of the AHL have voted to re-instate Defenseman Pat Egan of the Providence Reds. Egan was suspended for the remainder of the 1952-53 season after attacking Linseman Callighan in a game in Cleveland on November 5.</p><p>At a recent AHL meeting the Governors had a change of heart when Owner Lou Pieri of the Reds pleaded Egan&rsquo;s case. Pieri admitted Egan&rsquo;s guilt but begged the Governors to re-consider Egan&rsquo;s position. He begged mercy in the case of his player asking that his past record be considered.</p><p>After deliberation the Governors decided to cut the suspension to 60 days and Egan will be back in action on January 5.</p><p>However, the governors stipulated that Egan cannot play hockey for any other club until his suspension is up.</p><p>They also stipulated that:</p><p>(1) Egan cannot be made a captain or co-captain for the remainder of the sesson.</p><p>(2) That either he or the club must put up a $1,000 to keep the peace.</p><p>(3) That the bond will be forfeited the very moment Egan enters into any controversial issues with the referees.</p><p>The Governors also phoned linseman Callighen when considering R&eacute;ri&rsquo;s plea and the official promptly said: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s okay with me.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Egan Re-Instated

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNEL-SPORTS EDITOR</div><p><b>Toronto Star</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01216/1245924-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="633" height="197"></div><h2><b>Rangers Changed Their Minds</b></h2><p>There was a tangle along the boards. Tod Sloan of the Leafs and Wally Hergeshelmer of the Rangers peeled off from the main body and went to the ice in a heap. Hergesheimer wound up on the bottom. That&rsquo;s where he&rsquo;ll be in most of the dogfights, because he&rsquo;s too small for hand-to-hand combat. He&rsquo;s too small for the league, too&mdash;until you take a look at his time sheet and note the goals he&rsquo;s scored. Last season, he fired 26. And remember two things: (a) He was a rookie; (b) the Rangers had such a poor club they couldn&rsquo;t make the playoffs. The Rangers have been even worse this season, due, mainly, to a succession of injuries, unique even in hockey, where the stitch and stretcher squads have to be 60-minute men. Y&rsquo;et Hergie was leading the league in goals for a spell, despite the Manhattan miseries.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02163/1245917-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="205" height="324"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Wally Hergesheimer</b></figcaption></div><p>Among those who have been fooled are the Rangers. They had the rights to Hergy as a junior out west, but dropped him. He was too small to be a big league prospect, they decided, Cleveland picked him up and eventually sold him right back to the Rangers. Frank Boucher, general manager of the Blueshirts recalling the deal, during Rangers&rsquo; Saturday stop-off here, agreed it was a pretty expensive one. New York gave five players and cash to get Hergesheimer. Hy Buller and Steve Kraftcheck.</p><p>Boucher hadn&rsquo;t taken over his present post when Rangers released their hold on Hergy as a junior. But he tabbed the wiry winger as too small when he first scouted him in the minors. Then he noticed Hergy wasn&rsquo;t getting hit too often. That recalled what Lynn Patrick said about the Bentleys: &ldquo;They told me one good body check would put both Bentleys out of the league, and they might be right. I still haven&rsquo;t seen them get it.&rdquo;</p><p>In Hergesheimer&rsquo;s case, Boucher noted the little guy was like a fighter who rolls with the punches. Rangers decided to take a chance. You wouldn&rsquo;t guess it by watching him play&mdash;because he doesn&rsquo;t appear to be doing much out there&mdash;but he led the Ranger club last season in goal-scoring. His bag of 26 compared with nine for an old smoothie like Edgar Laprade, and 19 for the wheelhorse of the Gotham gang, Bones Raleigh. In any other year, Hergy would have been a hot candidate for rookie honors. It just happened he came up in one of the best freshman classes of all time. And he lacks the color of the rookie winner, Boom-Boom Geoffrion.</p><h2><b>Stewart Taught Him A Good Lesson</b></h2><p>The Rangers themselves&mdash;and that includes Hergy&mdash;look a. bit perplexed when they discuss his goal-scoring. It doesn&rsquo;t make sense they&rsquo;re getting so much from so little (reference is to size only), but there are the figures. He hasn&rsquo;t been under 25 goals for any full season since he&rsquo;s been in pro hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;The guy has it upstairs,&rdquo; his Cleveland mate, Hy Buller, claims, tapping his own noggin. &ldquo;Also, he&rsquo;s in the right spot at the right time. Watch him. He&rsquo;s an opportunist.&rdquo;</p><p>Hergesheimer notes the puck &ldquo;seems to go in for him.&rdquo; Which, seems to be the objective of all wingers. He admits he doesn&rsquo;t get hit too often. One gent who really racked him up was Black Jack Stewart. And it happened at a time when Jack had slowed to a walk, or at least to a trot, and should have found it difficult to hit a target as shifty as Hergy.</p><p>&ldquo;I had my head down,&rdquo; Hergesheimer recalls, &ldquo;when this Stewart comes from nowhere. He taught me a lesson.&rdquo;</p><p>And that&rsquo;s as it should be, except that a lesson from a belter like Black Jack was, taken with the head down, is liable to be fatal.</p><p>Bill Cook, one of the toughest hombres who ever patrolled a rail beat, has a lot of admiration for his frail right winger. Hergy got 43 goals for him in one season at Minneapolis, The next season, Hergesheimer went to Cleveland, where Bill&rsquo;s brother Bun,, is coach. Hergy potted 42 goals there, and won the Red Garrett trophy as the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie. That&rsquo;s when the Rangers stepped up to the counter.</p><p>&ldquo;Wally hasn&rsquo;t much of a shot&rdquo;, Cook concedes, &ldquo;so most of his goals are from in close. But he plays his position perfectly. And I haven&rsquo;t seen many players who are better at drawing that puck around the net. He also anticipates a play and gets into the right location. You could say&hellip; well, just say he does a helluva chore on wing. That&rsquo;s the way I describe it.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-01

Speaking on Sport

<h2><b>Fast Scoring</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he fastest goal ever scored in cite NHL was counted by Ron Martin of the New York Americans on Dec. 4, 1932. He scored after only eight seconds had elapsed in the first period.</p><h2><b>Travelling Gaye</b></h2><p>When the Montreal Canadiens acquired Gaye Stewart from the New York Rangers, it made the fifth team he&rsquo;d played with. He was with Toronto, Chicago, Detroit and the Rangers.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05105/1246080-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="311" height="317"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ALEX DELVECCHIO</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>STANDINGS TUES. A.M. DEC. 16</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0693/1246073-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="328" height="99"></div><h2><b>RESULTS OF GAMES</b></h2><p>Dec. 1Oth&mdash;Canadiens 2 at Toronto 1</p><p>Dec. 10th&mdash;Boston 4 at Rangers 1</p><p>Dec. 11th&mdash;Canadiens 3 at Chicago 2</p><p>Dec. 11th&mdash;Dertoit 10 at Boston 1</p><p>Dec. 13th&mdash;Chicago 0 at Canadians 3</p><p>Dec. 13th&mdash;Dertoit 3 at Toronto 1</p><p>Dec. 14th&mdash;Canaddens 0 at Detroit 0</p><p>Dec. 14th&mdash;Toronto 2 at Rangers 2</p><p>Dec. 14th&mdash;Chicago 2 at Boston 2</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE WENT ONE YEAR AGO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0783/1246066-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="326" height="99"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOW THE RACE GOES

<p><b>(INCLUDING GAMES SUN. DEC. 14)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0876/1246118-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="327" height="129"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORD</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0975/1246111-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="332" height="203"></div><h2><b>PENALTIES IN MINUTES</b></h2><p>RANGERS &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 259</p><p>BOSTON &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 264</p><p>DETROIT &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 294</p><p>CANADIENS &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 341</p><p>CHICAGO &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 354</p><p>TORONTO &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 409<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE POINT PARADE

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>A</span>t the outset of the current season Coach Dick Irvin of the Montreal Canadiens stated that his goaltender, diminuitive Gerry McNeil, would lower his goals-against average by 25%. At the time everybody took this bit of philosophy with a grain of salt but right now they&rsquo;re starting to figure that maybe the Silver Fox wasn&rsquo;t so far off on his reckoning, for wee Gerry is leading the race for the Vezina Trophy. Over the past week-end he shutout both the league leading Detroit Red Wings and the second place Chicago Black Hawks to bring his total in this department to four, just one fewer than his total output for the entire 1951-52 season.</b></p><p><b>Canadiens have had 56 goals escape them in 28 games, for an average of just two goals a game, pretty sensational goaltending. He is leading such outstanding goalers as Terry Sawchuk, who trails Gerry by a goal, and Sugar Jim Henry, the early season leader.</b></p><p><b>Success hasn&rsquo;t come easy to diminuitive Gerry, he&rsquo;s had to fight hard for it, overcoming such obstacles as a brogen cheek-bone suffered in a game against Toronto earlier this season. McNeil missed five games this campaign due to the injury and one of his worst nights was that same evening when the Leafs managed to push seven pucks past a McNeil who could only see out of one eye.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1067/1246149-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="156" height="257"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gerry McNeil</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Add to this the fact that Gerry took over a few seasons ago from a man many observers figure was the best the game ever saw, big Bill Durnan. No one expected him to scale the same mighty heights that Durnan had but no one expected him to come along in the fine fashion he has either. Not always as spectacular as some of his contemporaries, Gerry has been steady to the degree that Dick Irvin rates him one of the best in the game right now.</b></p><p><b>Small for a goaler at 5&rsquo;7&rdquo;. Gerry has never let that be a handicap. Born in Quebec City. Que., 26 years ago. McNeil started in senior company with Montreal Royals when he was only 17 years old. After a number of highly successful seasons with the Regals he was shipped to the Cincinnati Mohawks of the American Hockey League for the 1949-5 season after the Canadien club took an interest in that team. Bill Durnan had a nervous breakdown in the Stanley Cup finals that season and McNeil was rushed into the breach and he&rsquo;s never been out of the Montreal cage since then with the exception of time off for injuries.</b></p><p><b>Maybe Dick Irvin was waxing philosophical, but if Gerry McNeil can keep his present pace, the Vezina Trophy is as good as on his mantle right now.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player-Of-The-Week

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>etroit Red Wings, National Hockey League champions for the past four years, have strengthened their hold on first place in the NHL standings. The Wings have 35 points, four more than the second-place Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks. Canadiens have played 28 games to Chicago&rsquo;s 30. Boston Bruins are one point back of Canadiens and Chicago with 30 points. Toronto Maple Leafs are fifth with 28 points and New York Rangers are last with 15.</p><p>Detroit players dominate the individual scoring race with five of the top ten spots held down by Red Wing players. Gordie Howe is the leading point-getter with 17 goals and 15 assists for 32 points. The husky Detroit right winger is also the premier goal scorer with 17. Wally Hergesheimer of New York and Ted Lindsay, Detroit, are second with 27 points apiece. Ted Kennedy, Toronto; Maurice Richard, Montreal; are next with 26 points. Alex Delvecchio, Detroit, is next with 25 points and is trailed by teammate Merto Prystai with 24. Sid Smith, Toronto; and Red Kelly, Dertoit; are tied with 21 points each, while Paul Ronty of New York is the tenth highest point collector with an even 20 points. The five Detroit players among the top ten are Howe, Lindsay, Delvecchio, Prystai and Kelly. A Detroit player also leads in most assists&mdash;Alex Delvecchio, with 19.</p><h2><b>WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10</b></h2><h3><b>Montreal 2 at Toronto 1</b></h3><p>TORONTO&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens finally won a game on the road as they edged by the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 2-1 score. Bernie &lsquo;Boom Boom&rsquo; Geoffrion accounted for the winning goal at the 11.53 mark of the third period.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey, MacPherson, Bouchard, Johnson; forwards: Abbott, Geoffrion, Curry, Richard, G. Stewart, Olmstead, Gamble, Masnick, Reay, Mosdell, Meger.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Flaman, Horton, Thomson, Boivin, Morrisonforwards: Watson, Kennedy, Smith, Meeker, Sloan, Hassard, Armstrong, Solinger, R. Stewart, Reid.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01201/1246035-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="329" height="217"></div><h3><b>Boston 4 at New York 1</b></h3><p>NEW YORK&mdash;Although they managed to keep the Boston Bruins in check for two periods, the New York Rangers came out on the short end of a 4-1 verdict. The win moved the Bruins to within a point of the league leading Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Toppazzini, Quackenbush, Armstrong, Godfrey; forwards: Schmidt, Labine, Chevrefils, Sandford, Mackell, Dumart, Creighton, McIntyre, Lund, Klukay, Peirson.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Relse, Stanley, Howell, Buller, Kraftcheck, Mickoski, Kullman, Laprade, Raleigh. Bathgate, Conacher, Prentice, Hergesheimer, Slowinski, Stram. Ronty.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02181/1246028-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="328" height="237"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY DECEMBER 11</b></h2><h3><b>Montreal 3 at Chicago 2</b></h3><p>CHICAGO&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens won their second game in as many nights when they turned back the Chicago Black Hawks 3-2. The loss dropped the Hawks back into second place In the standings, two points back of the leading Detroit Red Wings.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence Harvey, Macpherson, Johnson, Bouchard; forwards, Geoffrion, Reay, Meger, Curry, Gamble, Richard, Masnick, Olmstead, Mosdell. Abbott, Stewart.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Fogolin, Gadsby, Mortson, Dewsbury, Hucul; forwards, Mosienko, Conacher, Gardner, Peters. Babando, Bodnar, Gee, McFadden, Abel.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Jack Mehlenbacher; linesmen, Young, March.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03150/1246021-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="329" height="262"></div><h2><b>Dertoit 10 at Boston 1</b></h2><p>BOSTON&mdash;The Detroit Red Wings looked like the Red Wings of old as they turned on the power to bomb the Boston Bruins 10-1. Detroit jumped off to a first period three goal lead and never stopped after that.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Kelly, Pronovost, Woit; forwards, Prystai, Howe, Lindsay, Leswick, Pavelich, Skov, Sinclair, Del-</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Quacvecchio, Wilson, Jankowski.</p><p>kenbush, Toppazzini, Armstrong, Godfrey, Laycoe; forwards, Schmidt, Labine, Chevrefils, Sandford, Mackell, Creighton, McIntyre, Lund, Klukay, Dumart.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Red Storey; linesmen, Herb Gallaeher and Sam Babcock.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04130/1246014-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="326" height="352"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17</b></h2><h3><b>Detroit 3 at Toronto 1</b></h3><p>TORONTO&mdash;Detroit Red Wings lengthened their first place lead to four points as they dumped the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 before 12,841 fans.</p><p>The Wings scored twice in the first period and once in the second to gain the win. Toronto&rsquo;s lone marker came in the second period.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Pronovost, <sup>1</sup> Kelly, Woit, Hay, forwa.ds: Prystai, Howe, Lindsay, Delvecchio, Leswick,, Pavelich, Skov, Sinclair, J. Wilson, Jankowski.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Thomson, Horton, Boivin. Flaman, Morrison; forwards: Kenndy, Smith, Stewart, Meeker, Timgren, Sloan, Hassard, Armstrong, Hannigan, Reid.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01215/1246007-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="331" height="184"></div><h3><b>Chicago 0 at Canadians 3</b></h3><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Diminutive Gerry McNeil racked up his third shutout of the campaign and took a slight lead in the tight Vezina Trophy race as he blanked the Chicago Black Hawks 3-0. Bernie Boom Boom Geoffrion was the scoring hero-of the pieces as he potted two goals. The other Hab score went to Floyd Curry.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence, Mortson, Gadsby, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Hucul; forwards: Gardner, Couture, Babando, Peters. Mosienko, Conacher, Bodnar, Gee, McFadden, Abel.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, MacPherbop; forwards: Reay, Geoffrion, Meger, Masnick. Richard, Olmstead, Mosdell, Curry, McCormack, G. Stewart, Abbott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02174/1246000-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="331" height="215"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18&rsquo;</b></h2><h3><b>Chicago 2 at Boston 2</b></h3><p>BOSTON&mdash;The Boston Bruins came from behind to earn a 2-2 deadlock with the Chicago Black Hawks. The tie left the standings the same as every team tied its games Sunday night.</p><p>George Gee put the Hawks out in front in the first period as he took a pass from playing-coach Sid Abel and Gerry Couture. Boston got this one back in the second only to have the Hawks take the lead again. At the 9.45 mark Real Chevrefils scoled for the Beantowners on a double-relay from Leo LaBine and Milt Schmidt. Near the end of the period Gus Morison counted on Cal Gardner&rsquo;s relay.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Rollins; defence. Mortson, Gadsby. Fogolin, Dewsbury, Hucul; forwards: Gardner, Couture, Babando, Peters. Mosienko, Conacher, Bodnar, Gee, McFadden, Abel.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal. Henry; defence, ToppazMini, Quackenbush, Godfrey, Armstrong; forwards: Schmidt, LaBine, Chevrefils, Creighton. McIntyre, Lund, Dumart, Mackell, Klukay, Sandford.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03152/1245993-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="332" height="183"></div><h2><b>Canadiens 0 at Detroit 0</b></h2><p>DETROIT&mdash;Goalers Gerry McNeil and Terry Sawchuk each racked up their fourth shutouts of the season as the Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings battled to a scoreless tie. It was the first 0-0 game in the National</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, MacPherson; forwards: Reay, Geoffrion, Meger, Masnick. Richard, Olmstead, Mosdell, Curry, McCormack. G. Stewart, Abbott.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Woit, Hay; forwards: Prystai, Howe. Lindsay, Delvecchio, Leswick,, Pavelich, Skov, Sinclair. J. Wilson. Jankowski.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04116/1245986-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="327" height="184"></div><h2><b>Toronto 2 at New York 2</b></h2><p>NEW YORK&mdash;After spotting the New York Rangers a two goal lead, the Toronto Maple Leafs came back to earn a 2-2 draw with the Blueshirts of Madison Square Garaen</p><p>Hockey League in 11 months.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Lumley: defence, Thomson, Horton, Boivin, Flaman, Morrison; forwards: Kenndy, Smith, Stewart, Meeker, Timgren, Sloan, Hassard, Armstrong, Hannigan, Reid.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Helse, Stanley, Howell, Buller, Kraftcheck; forwards: Laprade, Kullman, Mickoskl, Ronty, Bathgate, Conacher, Hergesheimer, Slowinski, Strain, Senick, Prentice.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0595/1245979-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="326" height="199"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0009-01

Wings Grab Four Point Margin Over Pursuers

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0686/1246180-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="649" height="659"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HUGH BOLTON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Nearly Made It

<div class="byline">By PAUL CHANDLER</div><p>(of The Detroit News)</p><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Bone chips are back in Terry Sawchuk&rsquo;s right arm.</p><p>They&rsquo;re a nuisance, and he went through two operations during the last two summers to have similar chips removed, but the net result is that his arm feels about the same as it has during his two previous NHL seasons. He was a brilliant success in both those campaigns.</p><p>Occasionally the Red Wing goalie feels a shot of pain in the elbow, when the chips shift about, but this is rare. He can&rsquo;t lift the arm over his head, but he never could, since a childhood accident. He gets it up to about shoulder level.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0768/1246242-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="326" height="332"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>&hellip;They Cut</b></p><p><b>THE INCISION</b></p></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;I hoped the operations would get rid of them,&rdquo; says Terry, &ldquo;but new ones keep appearing. Here, feel &lsquo;em through the skin. I suppose if the arm gets worse I&rsquo;ll have another operation next summer, but If it stays like it is, I&rsquo;ll skip it. Probably what I&rsquo;ll do now is have some kind of injections to get rid of the calcium that builds up in the elbow. That&rsquo;s what really seems to bother.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0856/1246235-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="323" height="322"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Last Time&hellip;</b></p><p><b>RELAXING</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>Terry Saves Chips</b></h2><p>In a bottle at home, Terry has some 20 chips previously removed.</p><p>Some place around the circuit a writer said that Terry would &ldquo;have to leave hockey,&rdquo; but Sawchuk calls that &ldquo;ridiculout.&rdquo;</p><p>He repeats, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just the same as I always was. Maybe a little better than last year.&rdquo;</p><p>Terry still can&rsquo;t add weight, however.</p><p>The young giant who was tilting the scales at 193 or 194 a year ago now leaves a game at 168&mdash;it was down to 16 5 according to a set of scales in Boston 10 days ago.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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New Batch of Chips--Terry Isn’t Worried

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The Case of The Itinerant Defenseman, a short mystery by the well known Toronto hockey author Clarence (Happy)j Day, failed to sell a single copy in the Capital City recently.</p><p>The central character in the story turned out to be something less than a hero. As a matter of fact, he ended up being more or less the &ldquo;goat.&rdquo;</p><p>We&rsquo;re speaking, of course, of defenseman Hugh Bolton, the erstwhile Leaf who was sent to the Ottawa Senators on loan for a day.</p><p>Seems the Leafian braintrust neglected or forgot to obtain, waivers on Bolton and the deal went away. Oversight or what, it just goes to prove, anyway, that even in the majors they&rsquo;re human.</p><p>Bolton, who hadn&rsquo;t been going too well with Joe Primeau&rsquo;s team, was sent to the Senators (a) to get in more work, and (b) as another installment on the Toronto-Ottawa pact of several months ago.</p><p>It just didn&rsquo;t turn out that way.</p><p>Bolton was just taking off his tie in preparation to dress for a game with Sherbrooke Saints when coach Johnny O&rsquo;Flaherty came hustling in to inform him that he had just had a long distance call from Happy Day, the sum and substance of which was&mdash;NIX.</p><p>The big defenseman left the next day for Toronto, apparently to confer with the Leafian brass about further traveling. It was probably the shortest trip to a farm in history.</p><p>The simple story is that Montreal Canadiens refused to waive on Bolton, and Leafs didn&rsquo;t count on that happening. There is, apparently, a gentleman&rsquo;s agreement on things like this, but the Habs refused to play the gent, thinking no doubt about their Royals.</p><p>Under the present QSHL set-up, an NHL player can&rsquo;t be sent down to the QSHL on option unless waivers are first requested. He could be sent down for the whole season, but then he becomes subject to the draft and anyone can pick him up for $2,500.</p><p>What no one can understand is how the Leafs, with this knowledge, tried to pull what could only be called &ldquo;a fast one.&rdquo; It was embarassing all around, especially for Frank Gorman and the Ottawa, scribes who had been telling the fans about Bolton for several days.</p><p>Latest word from the Leaf headquarters is that another rearguard will be sent to Ottawa soon, presumably one who has been waived by every club in the game.</p><h2><b>May Boost Drafted Player Booty</b></h2><p>Meanwhile, Senator officials are still hot over the ruling which set Bobby Robertson on the sidelines for two games,, one of which has been served.</p><p>Robertson was tagged for the two games after he sliced Erwin Grosse of Shawinigan Falls a couple of weeks ago. The suspension was rendered by Martin Conway of the QAHA and Senators claimed he had no right to do so as the QSHL comes under the Major Series and the CAHA.</p><p>The upshot of the whole thing was that George Slater, QSHL, president, and W. B. (Baldy) George, CAHA prexy, met in Ottawa last week to thrash the matter out.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Habs Forget to Play Qent, Refuse to Waive on Bolton

<h2><b>Nimble Normie</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>orm Corcoran holds the AHL record for the fastest successive goals. Against Syracuse on Christmas Day, 1951, Norm scored goals within five seconds of each other.</p><h2><b>Hat-Trick Kid</b></h2><p>Paul Glada, now with the Providence Reds, had a record of six hattricks in one season while playing for the St. Louis Flyers. He racked up his half-dozen triples in the 1948-49 season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0970/1246429-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="983" height="640"><figcaption class="caption-body"><span class="photo-credit">((Photo by Buzz Taylor))</span></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he St. Louis Flyers had Hershey goaler, Gordie Henry hopping as they skated off with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Bears. Henry (1) shown booting the puck out as Flyer defenseman, Brent MacNab races in. Flyer left wing, Marcel Bonin (14), who chipped in a goal and an assist, eagerly awaits a pass just behind Henry.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Henry Splits to Save Flyer

<h2><b>INCLUDING GAMES SUNDAY DEC. 11</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1060/1246460-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="328" height="171"></div><h2><b>LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Ike Hildebrand, Clev. (16)</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Geo. Sullivan, Hers. (26)</p><p><b>Penalties:</b> Frank Sullivan, Pitts, and Vern Kaiser, Buff, 453)</p><p><b>Goaler:</b> John Bower, Clev. (23 gms. 53 gsl. 4 SO. 2.30 Av&rsquo;g.)</p><p><b>Shutouts:</b> John Bower, Clev. (4).</p><p><b>..Hat-Tricks:</b> Harry Pidhirny, Syra. (2).</p><p><b>Team Penalties:</b> Pittsburgh Hornets (322).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<h2><b>STANDINGS TUES. A.M., DEC. 15</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01214/1246398-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="331" height="113"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10</b></h2><h3><b>Providence 0 at Buffalo 5</b></h3><p class="dropcap"><b><span>P</span>rovidence:</b> Goal, Bennett: defence, Bourassa, Morris, Krysanowski, Bloomr; forwards, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Laplante, Toppazzini, Kapusta, Larivee, Denis, Scherza.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, McAtee; defence, Lowe, Lavitt, Pilote, MacNeill; forwards, McLeod, Friday, Kaiser, Davies, Davis, Mackay, Achtymichuk, Kobussen.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Olinski; linesmen, Lemaitre and McMahon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02178/1246391-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="330" height="254"></div><h2><b>Cleveland 2 at Hershey 3</b></h2><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Gari&eacute;py, Henderson, Schertzl; forwards, Kulljnan, Corcoran, Bettlo, Brown, Sullivan, Fisher, Ferguson, Oblen, Caron, Poland.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower; defence, Shero, Chrystal, Williams; forwards, Gordon, Wochy, Lynn, Olson, Bailey, Hildelbrand, Sonmor, Ceressino, Kubagek, Delmonte.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Mehlenbacker; linesmen, Fas&gt;acht. Stover.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03148/1246384-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="332" height="278"></div><h2><b>Pittsburgh 2 at Syracuse 5</b></h2><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, Bell; defence, Allen, Milligan, Tottle, Ashley; forwards, O&rsquo;Grady, Lemieux, Pidhirny, Horvath, Gooden, Pogue, Curick, Ashbee, McNabney.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence, Lumsden, Mathers, Sullivan, Backor; forwards, Lewicki, McLellan, Blair, Maloney, Timgren, Chorley, Marshall, Balfour, Sabourin.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Red Storey; linesmen, Earl MacDonald and Art Simmons.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04115/1246377-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="328" height="315"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11</b></h2><h3><b>Providence 4 at St. Louis 3</b></h3><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal: Bennett; defence, Morris, Bourassa, Reardon, Kryzanowski; forwards: Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Denis, Laplante, Scherza, Toppazzini, Kapusta, Larivee.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defence, Hrymnak, MacNab, Forbes, Lund: forwards: Fielder, McLean, Bonin, Hirschfeld. TayHayden, Boone, Stankiewicz, Sclisizzi.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0597/1246370-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="329" height="307"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12</b></h2><h3><b>Buffalo 4 at Syracuse 3</b></h3><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, McAtee; defence, Lavitt, Lowe, MacNeil; forwards: McLeod, Kaiser. Friday, Davis, MacKay, Davies, Kobussen, Pilote, Achtymichuk.</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, Bell; defence, Ashley. Allen, Tottle, Milligan; forwards: O&rsquo;Grady, Lemieux, Pidhirny, Gooden, Pogue, Casanato, Curick, Horvath, Ashbee.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0689/1246363-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="329" height="293"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13</b></h2><h3><b>St. Louis 3 at Pittsburgh 8</b></h3><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defence, Hrymnak, MacNab, Forbes, Lund; forwards: Fielder, McLean, Bonin, Hirschfeld. TayHayden, Boone, Stankiewicz. Sclisizzi.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence, Luzda, Backor, Sullivan, Mathers; forwards: Lewicki, Blair, McLellan, Maloney, Chorley, Solinger, Marshall, Sabourin, Balfour.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0779/1246356-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="328" height="419"></div><h3><b>Providence 0 at Cleveland 1</b></h3><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower; defence, Chrystal, Shero, Williams, Olson; forwards: Gordon, Bailey, Kubasek, Lynn, Sonmor, Ceresino, Wochy, Hildebrand, Delmonte.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence, Morris, Bourassa, Reardon, Kryzanowski; forwards: Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Denis, Laplante, Scherza, Toppazzini, Kapusta, Larivee.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0876/1246349-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="274" height="132"></div><h3><b>Syracuse 3 at Hershey 7</b></h3><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, Bell; defence, Ashley, Allen, Tottle, Milligan; forwards: O&rsquo;Grady, Lemieux, Pidhirny, Gooden, Pogue, Casanato, Curick, Horvath, Ashbee.</p><p><b>Hurshey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Garlepy, Henderson Schertzl, Martin; forwards: Kullman, Corcoran. Bettio, Brown, Sullivan, Fisher, Ferguson, O&rsquo;Brien, Poland.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01225/1246342-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="329" height="380"></div><h3><b>Pittsburgh 5 at Buffalo 3</b></h3><p><b>Pittsbiiixh:</b> Coal, Mayer; defence. Luzda, Backor, Sullivan, Mathers; forwards: Lewicki, Blair, McLellan, Maloney, Chorley, Solinger, Marshall, Sabourin, Balfour.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, McAtee: defence, Lavitt, Lowe. MacNeil; forwards: McLeod, Kaiser, Friday, Davis, MacKay, Davies, Kobussen, Pilote, Achtymlchuk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02173/1246335-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="327" height="407"></div><p>Syracuse 5 at Providence 2</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal. Bell; defence, Ashley Allen. Tottle, Millican: forwards: O&rsquo;Grady, Lemieux, Pidhirny, Gooden, Pogue, Casanato, Curick, Horvath, Ashbee.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal. Bennett: defence, Morris. Bourassa. Reardon, Kryzanowski; forwards: Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Denis, Laplante, Scherza, Toppazzini, Kapusta, Lari vee.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03142/1246328-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="329" height="322"></div><h2><b>Cleveland 3 at St. Louis 4</b></h2><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal. Bower: defence, Chrystal, Shero. Williams. Olson: forwards: Gordon, Bailey, Kubasek, Lynn, Sonmor, Ceresins, Wochy, Hildebrand, Delmonte.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal; Almas: defence, Hrymnak. MacNab. Forbes. Lund: forwards: Fielder, McLekn, Bonin, Hirschfeld, TayHayden, Boone, Stankiewicz, Sclisizzi.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04106/1246321-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="328" height="307"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<h2><b>BUFFALO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0578/1246533-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="298" height="291"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0660/1246526-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="295" height="258"></div><h2><b>HERSHEY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0755/1246519-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="300" height="274"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0845/1246512-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="288" height="253"></div><h2><b>PROVIDENCE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0936/1246505-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="301" height="303"></div><h2><b>SYRACUSE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1033/1246498-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="295" height="243"></div><h2><b>ST. LOU&rsquo;S</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1129/1246491-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="296" height="243"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AHL Monthly Scoring Statistics

<p><b>(Including Games of Sunday, Dec. 7)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1219/1246564-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="645" height="190"></div><p>* All misconduct penalties count ten minutes and are are included in the total minutes.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AHL Team Totals

<div class="byline">By ED BANG</div><p><b>(Cleveland News Columnist)</b></p><p>Whether the current edition of the Cleveland Barons smash any records on their way to what General Manager James C. Hendy hopes is another title-winning aggregation, one certainly about this years club is that it will go down in the record books as the most perfectly balanced team in the history of the American Hockey League. Never in the history of the league has there been a team with the balance in scoring power of the current edition of the Cleveland Barons.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1313/1246595-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="161" height="246"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Eddie Olson</b></figcaption></div><p>It is the normal procedure on any team to have one or two lines that get goals for you, but to have three lines running neck and neck all the way makes it the most unique aggregation of all time.</p><p>Forward lines in hockey just don&rsquo;t happen. It takes a terrific amount of planning and scheming to get three fellows together who may never have played against each other or who may even in some cases be total strangers to each other. And even when the names are placed next to the positions in the late summer planning for a hockey campaign, fingers are crosed and all hexas are carefully avoided during this period of formation of forward walls.</p><p>Just to give you some idea about what considerations go into making up a forward line, here are some of the items that become part of the thinking in the efforts to work out the best possible combinations.</p><p>How fast is the unit? Two fast skaters and a slow one would be of little value. Is there one player who can be the policeman on the line. This is mighty important because one member of each unit must be able to do more than his share of the bumping and belting. How are they at back-checking? Can they all score from their positions? Can they play their positions properly? How do they get along together? Are there any goal hogs on the line? (A goal nog is a player who just won&rsquo;t pass the puck. He wants to turn on the red light himself.) and of course, there are many, many more items that are carefully considered.</p><p>This I have seen Hendy do on that long yellow pad of his that starts out very thick in July, but by the time the training camp days are near becomes thinner and thinner with each passing day.</p><p>And how are this year&rsquo;s forward lines? That is what makes Coach Bun Cook and Hendy smile; in fact, if they continue at their current pace, the Baron&rsquo;s General Manager win be chuckling to himself and at times even laugh out loud at their balance.</p><p>Like every other sport, the true questions are never answered until campaigns are under way. Here is where Cleveland Barons have stolen a march on the rest of the parade. They have come up with what normally would be a No. 3 line that would be used strictly for defensive purposes that has set the league back on its ear.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;U.N. Line&rdquo; Steals Thunder</b></h2><p>It is the unit made up of Frank Kubasek, Eddie Olson, and Ray Ceresino. This was to have been the group that spelled the trio of Ike Hildebrand, Glen Soninor, Bob Bailey, and the Steve Wochy-Jackie Gordon-Vic Lynn combines. But what has happened?</p><p>This &ldquo;U.N. Line&rdquo; made up of a Finnish boy, a Slovenian, and an Italian, has litterally stolen the thunder from the entire club. Yes, it is the unit that has been the most pleasant surprise of the season thus far.</p><p>Frank Kubasek is a rookie center from Crows Nest Pass who went along just for the ride when the Barons went on their exhibition tour of Eastern Canada last October. Eddie Olson was figured for handy-andy work at which there is none better. Ray Ceresino was given a &ldquo;last look and last chance&rdquo;. The line showed flashes of brillance in the exhibition games, and once the season was under way, it really started clicking.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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‘52-53 Barons Could be Best Balanced Team in History of League

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-149/1246626-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="328" height="563"></div><p><b>for a man&rsquo;s beer!</b></p><p>A man&rsquo;s taste in ale&mdash;let&rsquo;s face it&mdash;is heartier than the little woman&rsquo;s. So next time you want a man&rsquo;s drink, try fullbodied, zestful, satisfying Labatt&rsquo;s* India Pale Ale. I.P.A. <i>is</i> a man&rsquo;s drink&hellip; brewed with the full flavour demanded by masculine taste. John Labatt Limited.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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It’s a MAN’S work…

<p>Canadian Hockey Players With Valid Swiss Passport To Play In Switzerland Season 1953-54. Must Be Senior or Intermediate A.</p><p><b>Free Transportation, work, and remuneration.</b></p><p><b>Write</b></p><p><b>THE HOCKEY NEWS.</b></p><p><b>Box S. P. Room 309</b></p><p><b>1434 St. Catherine St. W.,</b></p><p><b>Montreal, Que</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WANTED

<h2><b>Two More Blankings</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>here were two more shotouts racked up in the Western Hockey League during the past week. Both Lucien Dechene of New Westminster and Gerry Cotnoir of Victoria got their second whitewashings.</p><h2><b>Best Road Record</b></h2><p>Tacoma Rockets boast the best road record in the Western Hockey League this season. They had won eight straight while away from home before being stopped in Edmonton by the Flyers.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0893/1246827-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="963" height="619"><figcaption class="caption-body"><span class="photo-credit">((Courtesy Vancouver Province Photograph Don McLeod))</span></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>E</span>mile (the Cat) Francis makes a save off the stick of Tacoma&rsquo;s Gordie Kerr (10) as teammate Don Smith (8) looks on helplessly. Rockets&rsquo; Doug Adam (15) is sweeping in for the rebound that never came. Tacoma won with only seven seconds left, 1-0, on Ted O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s goal.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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‘Cat’ Purrs at Kerr

<p><b>(Including Games Sunday Dec. 7)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0988/1246872-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="328" height="400"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORD</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1086/1246865-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="324" height="153"></div><h2><b>LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Ian Macintosh, Vane. 17 Most Assists: Alex Kaleta, Sask. 28</p><p><b>Most Shutouts:</b> Emile Francis. Van. 4</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Against:</b> Emile Francis, Vane., 3; Doug Stevenson, Tac., 3.</p><p><b>Hat Tricks:</b> Twelve Players one each.</p><p><b>Most Winning Goals:</b> Gordie Fashaway, New West., 5; Doug Macauley, Seattle, 5.</p><h2><b>MOST PENALTIES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1176/1246858-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="323" height="123"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<p><b>STANDINGS TUESDAY A.M. DEC. 9</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01230/1246796-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="330" height="127"></div><h2><b>RESULTS</b></h2><h3><b>Mon. Dec 1</b></h3><p>Victoria 2 at Vancouver 4</p><h3><b>Tues. Dec. 2</b></h3><p>Vancouver 1 at Victoria 2</p><p>Tacoma 4 at Calgary 4</p><h3><b>Wed. Dec. 3</b></h3><p>Victoria 3 at Seattle 5</p><p>Tacoma1 at Edmonton 4</p><h3><b>Thur. Dec. 4</b></h3><p>Tacoma 1 at Saskatoon 6</p><h3><b>Fri. Dec. 5</b></h3><p>New West. 3 at Victoria 5</p><p>Seattle 2 at Vancouver 2</p><p>Saskatoon 4 at Calgary 8</p><h3><b>Sat. Dec. 6</b></h3><p>Victoria 7 at Tacoma 0</p><p>Vancouver 0 at New West. 4</p><p>Saskatoon 4 at Edmonton 7</p><h3><b>Sun. Dec. 7</b></h3><p>Vancouver 1 at Seattle 3</p><h2><b>MONDAY DECEMBER 1</b></h2><h3><b>Victoria 2 at Vancouver 4</b></h3><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Victoria Cougars for the third straight time on their home Ice to climb back into a tie for the league leadership with the Saskatoon Quakers. The score was 4-2.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Webster, Roche. Long, Strongman, Irwin; forwards, Goegan, Hebenton, Abbott, Mazur, Kilburn, Dorohoy, Anderson. Evans, Fairburn.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Francis: defence, Dick. Currie, Fontinato, Lancien: forwards, Hickey, Atanas, Popein, Manson, Brown, Mackintosh, Powers, Holdaway.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Eddie Powers and Merrick Cranstoun.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02193/1246789-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="330" height="278"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY DECEMBER 2</b></h2><h3><b>Vancouver 1 at Victoria 2</b></h3><p>VICTORIA&mdash;The Victoria Cougars finally climbed out of the cellar with a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Stan Long scored both goals for the Cougars.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goals, Francis; defence, Dick Currie, Lancien, Fontinato: forwards, Hickey, Atanas. Popein, Power. Wylie, Manson. Mackintosh, Brown.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Webster, Roche, Strongman. Irwin; forwards. Goegan, Hebenton. Abbott, Mazur, Kilburn, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Fairburn.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Eddie Powers and Ross Vallierre.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03168/1246782-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="327" height="220"></div><h3><b>Tacoma 4 at Calgary 4</b></h3><p>CALGARY&mdash;Calgary Stampeders clung to their third place perch in the WHL by coming from behind to gain a 4-4 draw with the Tacoma Rockets. A win for Rockets would have mean: a third place tie.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson: defence, O&rsquo;Connor, Tarala, Jones, Davidson; forwards, Bradley, Wall, Marquess, Matthews, Johnston, Kerr, Halderson, Adam, Brown.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Hughes: defence, Mlchaluk, Levandoski, Quackenbush, Kyle; forwards, Kelly, Brown, Lundy, Black, Witiuk, Agar, Ashworth. Scott, Finney.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Scotty Morrison and Hank Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04149/1246775-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="328" height="277"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3</b></h2><h3><b>Victoria 3 at Seattle 5</b></h3><p>SEATTLE&mdash;Victoria Cougars dropped back into the Western Hockey League cellar by dropping a 5-3 decision to the Seattle Bombers. The Cougars blew a two goal lead In the process.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Webster, Roche. Long, Irwin, Kirk; forwards, Strongman, Hebenton, Abbott, McIntyre, Mazur, Dorohoy, Anderson, Fairburn, Goodacre.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, Conn, Sprout, Allsby, Lebloda; forwards, Filion. Homenuke, Foley. Nadeau,. Pargeter. Sterns. Bailey. Macauley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05127/1246768-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="324" height="251"></div><h3><b>Tacoma 1 at Edmonton 4</b></h3><p>EDMONTON&mdash;Edmonton Flyers took over seventh spot In the WHL by dumping the Tacoma Rockets 4-1. It was the Rockets&rsquo; first road loss in nine starts. Penalties proved costly to the Rockets, two goals being scored while they were short.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Caron, Tarala, Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor, forwards, Bradley, Matthews, Johnson, Wall, Kerr, Marquess, Halderson, Aram, Brown.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Hall; defence, Zeidel, Coburn, Coflin, Hay; forwards, Johnson, Polle, Uniac, J. Anderson, MacDonald, Edman, Haley, Stasiuk, Reibel, Hannigan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06109/1246761-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="325" height="224"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY DECEMBER 4</b></h2><h3><b>Tacoma 1 at Saskatoon 6</b></h3><p>SASKATOON&mdash;The Saskatoon Quakers bounded back into the lead In the Western Hockey League by thumping the Tacoma Rockets 6-1. The win lifted the Quakers two points ahead of Vancouver Canucks.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor. Tarala; forwards, Johnston, Adam, Kerr, Matthews, Halderson, Wall, Brown, Marquess, Bradley.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Worsley; defence, Heindl, Evans, Parker, Milford; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Strain, Jeffrey. Senick, McCullough, Wylie, Kaiser, Kuzma. D. Bentley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0799/1246754-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="326" height="287"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY DECEMBER 5</b></h2><h3><b>New Westminster 3 at Victoria 5</b></h3><p>VICTORIA&mdash;Victoria Cougars made it four in a row on home Ice when they downed the New Westminster Royals 5-3. It was the fourth loss in a row for the Royals.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechene; defence, Bergeron, B&eacute;dard, Coburn, Leek, Durham; forwards, Boyce, Dorohoy, Fashoway, Haidy, Love, Slater, Maxwell.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Webstar, Roche, Long, Irwin, Kirk; forwards, Strongman, Hebenton, Abbott, McIntyre, Mazur, Dorohoy, Anderson, Fairburn, Goodacre.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02170/1246747-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="330" height="294"></div><h3><b>Seattle 2 at Vancouver 2</b></h3><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;Vancouver Canucks potted two goals in the last period to earn a 2-2 deadlock with the Seattle Bombers. The draw moved the Canucks to within a point of Saskatoon Quakers.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, Conn, Sprout, Ailsby, Arnett, Lebloda; forwards, Bell, Filion, Foley, Bailey, Pargeter, Stearns, MacAuley, Nadeau, Homenuke.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Dick, Currie, Fontinato, Landen; forwards, Hickey, Wylie, Atanas, Smith, Popein, Leier, Manson, Macintosh, Brown, Powers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03125/1246740-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="328" height="193"></div><h3><b>Saskatoon 4 at Calgary 8</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Worsley; defence, Helndl, Evans, Parker, Milford; forwards, Kalata, Chad, Strain, Jeffrey, Senick, McCullough, Wylie, Kaiser, Kuzma.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Hughes; defence, Kyle, Quackenbush, Mlchaluk, Schvetz, Levandoski; forwards, Kelly, Brown, Lundy, Black, Witiuk, Agar, Ashworth, Scott, Finney.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04103/1246733-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="330" height="321"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY DECEMBER 6</b></h2><h3><b>Victoria 7 at Tacoma 0</b></h3><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir: defence, Webster, Roche, Long, Irwin, Kirk; forwards, Strongman, Hebenton, Abbott, McIntyre, Mazur, Dorohoy, Andersoh, Fairburn, Goodacre.</p><p><b>Taeoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson: defence, Caron. Tarala, Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor; forwards, Bradley. Matthews, Johnson, Wall. Kerr, Marquess, Halderson, Aram, Brown.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0586/1246726-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="326" height="262"></div><h3><b>Vancouver 0 at New Westminster 4</b></h3><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Francis; defence. Dick, Currie, Landen. Fontinato: forwards. Hickey, Atanas. Smith, Popeln, Powers. Wylie, Manson, Mackintosh and Brown.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal. Dechene; defence. Durham, Bergeron. B&eacute;dard. Coburn: forwards, McNab. Dorohoy, Slater, Ullyot, Love. Fashoway, McIntyre, Cabana Hamilton.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Eddie Powers and Merrtck Cranstoun.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0676/1246719-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="327" height="289"></div><h3><b>Saskatoon 4 at Wmonton 7</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Worsley: defence. Helndl. Evans; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Strain: subs., McCullough, McLeod. Seniek, Jeffrey. Kaiser, Rouse, D. Bentley. Parker, Milford.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal. Hall: defence. Hay. Coflin: forwards, Poile, Johnson, Vniar: subs., Reibel, Anderson. Haley. Hanni gan, Ebman, Macdonald, Zeidel, Reglan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0760/1246712-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="332" height="354"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY DECEMBER 7</b></h2><h3><b>Vancouver 1 at Seattle 3</b></h3><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, Conn, Sprout, Ailsby, Lebiado; forwards, Fllion, Homenuke, Foley, Nadeau, Pargeter, Stearns, Bailey, Macauley.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Lancien, Fontinato, Currie, Dick; forwards, Leier, Manson, Brown, Popein, Macintosh, Hickey, Wylie, Smith, Atanas. Powers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0851/1246705-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="330" height="248"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Every so often, Regina starts buzzing rumors of a proposed entry in the Western Pro Hockey League. The latest story to make the rounds is that Tacoma Rockets are pulling up stakes in Tacoma and will make their new home in Regina next season.</p><p>So far no one in Regina seems to know anything official about the move. Or if they do, they are keeping mighty quiet about it. And there has been no announcement about any forthcoming change lu their franchise coming out of Tacoma.</p><p>It is known, however, that things aren&rsquo;t going too well for the Rockets in the west coast city. Reports state that in the 1951-52 season, they averaged only 1,800 fans a game. And that&rsquo;s hardly enough to support a pro hockey team.</p><h2><b>&lsquo;Still Has Shirt&rdquo;</b></h2><p>Muzz Patrick, the youngest of the Patrick hockey clan, serves as hockey&rsquo;s busiest executive in Tacoma. He&rsquo;s team owner, director of the rink, manager, coach, writes the program and handles publicity for the Rockets. Recently he was quoted to the effect that although the Rockets were finding the pace tough, he &ldquo;still had his shirt&rdquo;.</p><p>Certain elements of Regina&rsquo;s hockey-going population, now in their second year without major league hockey, would welcome a franchise in the Western loop with open arms. However, they are not so sure that the club would fare any better financially than in Tacoma.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01233/1246903-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="311" height="517"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Muzz and Prexy</b></p><p><b>Coach Muzz Patrick of the Tacoma Rockets, right casts a smile while seated with Western Hockey League President Al Leader left. The reports have Muzz moving his Tacoma Hockey franchise to Regina.</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Poor attendance drove the Reglna Caps of the old Western Canada Senior Hockey league to the wall two years ago and when they folded, the whole league collapsed with them, Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon joining with the Pacific Coast League teams.</p><p>If Tacoma does back out of the fold and move their franchise to Regina, it would leave only one American team&mdash;Seattle&mdash;in the Western League. At that, it seems to be a definite trend of the times with hockey Franchises continually folding in the States. In recent years the United States Hockey league has folded completely and this season two cities&mdash;Indianapolis and Cincinnati&mdash;gave up their A.H.L. franchises.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Move to Shift Tacoma Franchise to Regina

<div class="byline">By RAY GUAY</div><p>CALGARY. Alta.&mdash;</p><p>The turnstiles are turning at a merry clip at the Stampede Corral, pointing to another good year financially for Calgary Stampeders of the Western Hockey League. What&rsquo;s more, the team is showing appreciation by winning all their home engagements&mdash;unless Saskatoon Quakers happen to be the opposition.</p><p>Stampeders, with a seventh place club, were second in the league in the attendance figures last season and, the way things are presently going, they won&rsquo;t do worse this time around, possibly even climbing up to the top.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0946/1246934-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="166" height="251"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Dorohoy</b></figcaption></div><p>Edmonton Flyers, who led in attendance last season, are having their troubles at the gate as well as in the standings and there is even talk that the juniors might well take over as the big attraction although this is not likely.</p><p>Saskatoon Quakers, with another good team and especially with Doug Bentley running the show, are offering the stiffest opposition to Stampeders to date. The Quakers have practically stolen the &ldquo;sold out stadium&rdquo; tag from Edmonton Flyers.&rsquo;</p><p>Stampeders had nearly 7,000 fans in the stands the other night when Quakers paid another visit and the fans were expecting better&rsquo; things from the Stamps, but the Quaker jinx held-good and they won 5-0.</p><p>The Calgary club is still producing victories against any other club, but Quakers they just can&rsquo;t master.</p><h2><b>Stamps Still Experts&rsquo; Choice To Win Out</b></h2><p>Stampeders are still being picked b-y experts to be at the head of the pack when the 70-game grind is over. With games in hand over both Quakers and Vancouver Canucks, the grandstand coaches might well be on the beam.</p><p>Victoria Cougars were at the Corral the other night and were soundly thrashed, 9-2.</p><p>Looking over proceedings was Ken Reardon, Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; good-will ambassador. Reardon wouldn&rsquo;t offer any explanation for his western visit, but none was needed.</p><p>Cougars, a Montreal farm club, have been doing far from well and are in the cellar. Reardon&rsquo;s job was probably to find a solution to the problem.</p><p>Cougars, graced with good material, haven&rsquo;t been clicking. Their prairie trip was a failure, losing all three games and playing-coach Eddie Dorohoy is having nightmares, although his play hasn&rsquo;t been affected.</p><p>Dorohoy, never at a loss for words, should be an inspiring factor for the rest of his players, but this hasn&rsquo;t been the rase.</p><p>Boss Lester Patrick was recently the target of coast expert for lining up a &ldquo;cheap&rdquo; team to which Patrick replied that he was willing to match his team&rsquo;s payroll against any other in the league.</p><p>Some were also wondering if Dorohoy&rsquo;s choice as a coach was wise, whether Patrick had not chosen him only to save a few bucks.</p><p>Patrick lost no time replying that he thought, and still does, that Dorohoy was a good coach right now, that he would become one of the best in the business and &ldquo;I&rsquo;m more certain of it now than ever.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Stamps Show Faithful Fans Appreciation By Beating Everybody At Home Except Quakers

<div class="byline">By FRED ROBERTS</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The apparent power of the Ontario junior league came East during the past week and when they finally departed they left an indelible impression behind them.</p><p>Two facts were firmly established, (a) They whipped the Montreal Canadiens, recognized as the best in Quebec and (b) displayed a well-balanced club that stamps them as sure fire Memorial Cup contenders. The team, those rock-em-sock-em Marlboros from Toronto.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01204/1246965-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="158" height="242"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Swartzack</b></figcaption></div><p>With Coach Bob Davidson left behind in Toronto on business, Reggie Hamilton, another Leaf alumni piloted the club to their most significant victory in Montreal. For two periods they were stalemated by the fast-skating Canadiens, then they opened the throttle In the finale and whipped Sammy Pollock&rsquo;s &ldquo;Golden Boys&rdquo; 4-2. There was no doubt about the victory. Marlboros were by far the better beam and the man who realized this the most was Pollock.</p><p>With the trading deadline of December 15 fastly approaching. Pollock sent out a hurried SOS call and the answer came from amazingly close quarters. Eddie Swartzack, rated by. many as the best junior in Eastern Canada was transferred from Junior Royals to Canadiens.</p><p>Pollock was partly satisfied but he still had a big gap to fill. He&rsquo;s short on defensemen and he was negotiating with St. Catherines for a rearguard. If he gets him, Sammy figures he&rsquo;ll be strong enough to take Marlboros and anybody else for that matter.</p><p>The Marlies ran into a stumbling block in Quebec when they suffered their only loss on the tour. According to those on hand for the game, it was simply a case of Quebec playing &ldquo;hot&rdquo; hockey while the Marlies were suffering a let-down. They quickly mended their ways against Three Rivers by crushing the hapless Trifluvians, 9-3 then got the scare of their young lives when they managed a narrow 4-3 win over the star-shorn Royals.</p><p>Swartzack fitted into Pollock&rsquo;s plans like a glove. He was immediately moved up to the first string line centred by Henri (Pocket Rocket) Richard and flanked by Claude Provost and Swartzack.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Marlies Impress Quebecers On First Trip

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>INCINNATTI&mdash;Art Rose. 23 year old winger for the Cineinnatti Mohawks of the International Hockey League recently underwent surgery to wire up a horizontal fracture of the jaw. Rose received the fracture after being struck directly in the face with the puck.</p><p>Dr. C. J. Hudson, who attended the lnjured player, said that Rose will lose four teeth in the bargain.</p><p>Rose formerly played for the Montreal Royals of the Quebec Senior League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Mohawks’ Art Rose Under Knife for Fractured Jaw

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>&lsquo;Wait till next year,&rsquo; a familiar cry with most tail-enders in any sport, has a special meaning to the bottom-place New York Rangers in the National Hockey League.</p><p>One of the few bright spots in the Ranger organization is the standing of their Nos. 1 and 2 farm clubs in the Western Hockey League.</p><p>Saskatoon Quakers, coached by Doug Bentley, and Vancouver Canucks, coached by Art Chapman, have been running one-two&mdash;or vice versa&mdash;since the season opened Oct. 6.</p><p>In both cases it has been the possession of a strong defence that has kept the clubs up there. Vancouver has Emile (The Cat) Francis in goal. Not too powerful on offence, the Canucks have been among the top two mainly through the antics of the agile &lsquo;Cat.&rsquo;</p><p>The Quakers are even better equipped in goal. They have Bev Bentley, with a 3.04 average in 23 games, and Lome (Gump) Worsley, who was recently returned by the Rangers after losing his NHL job to veteran Chuck Rayner.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02172/1247020-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="153" height="234"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Bentley</b></figcaption></div><p>Coach Bentley of the Quakers thinks the Rangers will eventually become a power to contend with in the NHL. &ldquo;If its farm clubs are strong the parent club is going to benefit somewhere along the time,&rdquo; says Bentley.</p><p>&ldquo;The Rangers had Worsley up there for a while,&rdquo; added Bentley. &ldquo;He did a good job for them while Rayner was injured, lie&rsquo;ll probably do a better job for them again after he has a little wore experience.</p><h2><b>Fontinato, Popein Impress</b></h2><p>&ldquo;And look at Neil Strain. He seems to be picking up his share of points, and that&rsquo;s what the Rangers need more than anything&mdash;someone who can put the puck in the net.&rdquo;</p><p>Hockey critics lean towards Saskatoon when picking the best club In the WHL. Statistics back them up. Quakers have had about an equal share in first place with the Canucks but In the three meetings between the two clubs Saskatoon holds a wide advantage. They won the first two games 11-2 and 7-3 and the third clash.&mdash;Dec. 9 at Vancouver&mdash;resulted in a 2-0 shutout for Quaker goalie Bev Bentley, his second of the season.</p><p>Larry Popeln and Louis Fontinato are the best pair of NHL prospects with the Canucks. Frank Boucher, on a scouting trip through the WHL recently, said: &ldquo;I like Fontinato. He oozes color, all he lacks is experience as a defenseman. He&rsquo;s big, eager and wants to play hockey. He&rsquo;ll be up with us before long.</p><p>&ldquo;Popein is a marvelous skater. He was with us at training camp this year and came pretty close to sticking with the club. His case is another matter of experience.&rdquo;</p><p>All the Rangers can do now is &lsquo;wait till next year.&rsquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Doug Bentley Sees Rangers As Future NHL Power Via WHL Farms

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div><p>NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Seventy-two hours after being slapped with an indefinite suspension, New Westminster Royals&rsquo; rotound goalie, Lucien Dechene, returned to the scene of his crimes, so to speak, and captivated a capacity house of 5100 tans.</p><p>Co-owner Ken MacKenzie reinstated Dechene to the playing ranks Dec. 5 in time for a game at Victoria. The Royals lost 5-3 bringing Dechene&rsquo;s goals against total to 27 In four games.</p><p>The next night, however, Royals hosted their traditional rivals from Vancouver and Dechene responded with a 4-0 shutout, his second blanking of the season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03153/1247051-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="319" height="490"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Responded</b></p><p><b>LUC DUCHENE</b></p></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;That was like the Dechene of last year out there tonight,&rdquo; mused MacKenzie. &ldquo;If he takes off some weight, plays like he played tonight we&rsquo;ll have few worries.&rdquo;</p><p>Dechene was suspended Dec. 3 after Royals had lost three straight games by scores of 10-0, 6-5, and 6-1.</p><p>&ldquo;Luce is 50 pounds overweight,&rdquo; charged an irate MacKenzie. &ldquo;He weighs 235 pounds. No goalie in hockey can have that much excess flesh and still navigate properly.&rdquo;</p><p>Following the suspension of Dechene, MacKenzie talked with every player on the club individually in an effort to determine the trouble with his defending champions.</p><h2><b>Offered Players Releases</b></h2><p>&ldquo;I offered to trade, sell or release any player on the club who wasn&rsquo;t satisfied,&rdquo; said MacKenzie. &ldquo;None of them wanted it that way and they all said we&rsquo;d do much better over the remainder of the season.&rdquo;</p><p>At the time of the shakeup, Royals were languishing in sixth place and threatening to drop even further. MacKenzie came up with several changes in player personnel, selling Stan Maxwell outright to Victoria Cougars and giving Jack McIntyre his release.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0015-03

Luc Re-Instated in Royals’ Goal

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Hottest team in the Quebec Senior Hockey League right now is Chicoutimi&rsquo;s Sagueneens. Carried along on the momentum of five straight victories, Rollie Hebert&rsquo;s boys have pulled up to a first place tie with the Montreal Royals, at the same time tightening the slack of a couple of &ldquo;in hand&rdquo; games they held on Pete Morin&rsquo;s forces.</p><p>Hebert, who though hail-fellow-well-met in his normal contacts and one of the party with his larrigans on their travels, is noted around the loop as a coach who stands for no fooling.</p><p>Long ago he became convinced that misconduct penalties were nothing but the reward for a needless display of temper, or at very least, talking when one should either listen or avoid discussion. So he became noted as a stern disciplinarian who imposed fines on his hearties for such lapses.</p><p>When Jack Bownass got into a stick-swinging duel with Jackie Hamilton at Shawinigan Falls and both players were suspended by the QAHA, Hebert clapped a $25 dollar fine on his man, Bownass, and drew approving nods from the Quebec provincial hockey solons.</p><h2><b>$200 To Keep in Shape</b></h2><p>It&rsquo;s common gossip around the circuit that he has a $200 wager with a veteran defenseman that the latter won&rsquo;t adhere to the strict letter of the training diet. The proviso in this case is that Hebert himself must be the one to apprehend the player making a detour from the straight and narrow path.</p><p>And Hebert has his boys playing good hockey. Whereas last season they were noted as a group as poor travelers, had difficulty winning on the road, this season the Chicks seem to win in foreign rinks as often as any other contending team.</p><p>Since December 1 they triumphed at Valleyfield, Quebec and Shawinigan Falls.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01205/1247106-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="301" height="305"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p>Flying</p><p><b>ROLLIE HEBERT</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>Pelettier is Steady</b></h2><p>Their recent string was built up by shutouts against the Senators and Braves, which stretched Marcel Pelletier&rsquo;s string of calsomine jobs to five making him the league&rsquo;s leader in this department.</p><p>Pelletier&rsquo;s great play, along with the fact that the forwards led by Sherman White, who was challenging for the high scoring honors, were the main features in the Sags&rsquo; great drive. They gained ground on the Royals, who were given pause as Senators came into the Forum and turned in a 5-3 victory after having been wallopped by the Royals in four previous encounters.</p><p>This checked a Montreal drive of five straight wins, only briefly. For last Sunday before 12,000 at the Forum, the Royals trounced Quebec Aces 6-4. They needed that win, because the Sagueneens had taken full grasp of an opportunity when the schedule sent them into a home and home series with the last place Cataracts.</p><p>The Royals-Aces game will live long i<sub>n</sub> the memory of Montreal fans. It was a rousing game to begin with as Royals were led by Qerry Desaulniers who packed in two goals, helped in two others for his biggest point grab of the season, and was bilked out of a hattrick by one of the several untoward didoes.</p><p>Such oddities as three goals being called back, one of same when Les Douglas fired the puck into an empty net, a protest lodged in turn by each club, and the final siren sounding, one minute before the end, causing frequent delays as the customers showered the ice with debris, added fillip to the joust.</p><h2><b>A Fast Thumb</b></h2><p>Veteran goal-judge Jim Odell caused the first flare-up when he was over-eager on the switch as<sup>-</sup> Yogi Kraiger&rsquo;s shot hit the post. There was a hulabaloo with referee Sibby Mundey supporting the goaljudge. A little later Desaulnier&rsquo;s goal was voided when Kenny Biggs was sprawled in the crease along with Jean Marois.</p><p>Jack Latter protested on Kraiger&rsquo;s disallowed goal, and Frank Carlin, countered the official complaint of the Quebec president, by lodging a protest on the Desaulniers-Biggs affair, claiming that Marois was holding Biggs by the legs and so the latter couldn&rsquo;t scram out of the goalmouth.</p><p>Fans who were irate early went away laughing, and the laughter was uproarious when the announcer was roaring &ldquo;one-minute to play&rdquo; at the same time the siren screamed. It was blamed on faulty mechanism of an automatic alarm.</p><h2><b>Puts on Show</b></h2><p>Jean Beliveau, who is pointing to a three game whirl with the NHL Habitants, scored two of the Quebec tallies, and on one of these he made an end to end rush, stickhandling hrs way through four Royals to beat Jacques Plante. It was one of the most brilliant goals scored in the Forum this season by any player in any league.</p><p>The defeat stung the Quebecers who had won the night before in Ottawa 4-1, the triumph featured by two third period goals scored by Ludger Tremblay, the spiketopped winger who has long been a play-maker for the great Beliveau.</p><p>Tom Smelle scored Valleyfield Braves&rsquo; only goal as the Warriors edged Ottawa Seantos 1-0 at Valleyfield. It was the fourth shutout this season for Paul Leclere.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0016-01

Hebert Has Sagueneens Rolling With Five In Row; Share QSHL Lead

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>There is a great senior hockey revival taking place in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.</p><p>A new five-team Manitoba Senior Hockey league has been formed in the &ldquo;Buffalo&rdquo; province where only two seniar clubs played exhibition games last fall. And in Saskatchewan, the four-team Saskatchewan Senior curcuit is in its second season of operation, going bigger and better than ever.</p><p>The fact that high-priced hockey teams around the country, in both Canada and the United States, are finding the financial going tough has given senior hockey a big shot-in-the-arm in these two provinces. With teams folding all over the place, the boys are forced to stay home and play their hockey this winter.</p><p>If the players are complaining at the loss of their former jobs, the fans certainly aren&rsquo;t because it has afforded them an opportunity to watch a better class of hockey.</p><p>In Manitoua, senior teams have been entered from Letellier, Emerson, Pine Falls, Pilot Mound and Winnipeg. Letellier, a French-Canadian community near the U.S. border, is an enthusiastic competition for many years. They get their biggest kick when they beat teams from the &ldquo;big city&rdquo;&mdash;Winnipeg.</p><h2>Two Experienced Guys</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02155/1247144-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="293" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DON CLARK</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03123/1247137-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="292" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOM FOWLER</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Maroons Top Canadians</b></h2><p>Former American Hockey League sniping star, Wally Stefaniw, has taken over the coaching reins of the Winnipeg Maroons. He has such proven players on his roster&rsquo; as Don Collins, the former Winnipeg Monarch goalie; Defencemen Bobby Sykes and Harry Sulkers; and forward Stan Craig, Church Russell, Stefaniw and many others. Manager is Moanin&rsquo; Joe Mathewson.</p><p>Recently the Maroons swept a two-game exhibition series with the Fort France Canadians, defending Allan cup champions, by scores of 6-5 and 3-1 so their stocks is riding high.</p><p>Many starry new additions have been added to the four teams in the Saskatchewan Senior League to improve tremendously the hockey in that loop. The Regina Caps have no less than six local boys, who formely played their hockey for teams from one end of Canada to the other, back home playing this winter. They include playing coach Bill Kyle, last season with Sherbrooke Saints; Ab McDougall, from the Saskattoon Quakers; Loa Hauck, goalie Cliff Dobson and defenceman Bill Giokas, last season with the Vernon Canadians;; and Harry (Buddy) Bell, who hag served in recent years in the New York Ranger chain.</p><p>For Bell, now 26, it marks the first time he has been playing in his old home town since he was 16. That was when he left Regina to join the New York Rovers.</p><p>Melville Millionaires, the defending league champions, and Yorkton Legionaires have signed experienced former pros as their playing coaches. Dick Milford handles the Melville club while Bing Juckes has taken over the Legionaires.</p><p>At Moose Jaw, the starry rushing defenceman George Hunchuk started the season as playing coach. But when the Millers didn&rsquo;t hit their proper stride, Hunchuck turned over the duties to Vic Myles, the old worhorse of western hockey.</p><p>Moose Jaw was the basement club last season but this fall they added some outstanding talent to their roster. They obtained Tommy Fowier from the Saskatoon Quakers of the Western Pro league. Norm Schriner. son of hockey star Sweeney Schriner, came over from the Calgary junior Buffaloes.</p><p>Red Staley and Don Clark are on hand from the Okanagan league and local boys Ivan Wilson and Bud Andrews stayed home to play their hockey And colorful Don Fletcher, a former Moose Jaw junior Canuck, has returned to Moose Jaw after playing in the States for one season.</p><p>President of the league is one of amateur hockey&rsquo;s foremost executives, Al Pickard&mdash;the Regina school principal and former president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey association.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0016-02

Saskatchewan, Manitoba Senior Leagues Booming with Ex-Pros

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>LEVELAND&mdash;Ray Ross, 21 years old center in the Cleveland Baron system, was offered his unconditional release by Jim Hendy, Genaral Manager of the Barons.</p><p>Hendy made the move at a hearing held by Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League. The hearing was called over a previous suspension which Ross claimed wasn&rsquo;t justified.</p><p>Campbell said there was no doubt in his mind that Hendy had played fair with Ross.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Barons Offer Ray Ross Unconditioned Release

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><p>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>Sydney Millionnaires, for several years the outstanding, team in Maritime hockey, are very much in the news these days. They have, acquired the habit of beating the league leading Halifax Atlantics, when the others try and fail.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01170/1247199-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="148" height="230"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 148px"><b>Don Penniston</b></figcaption></div><p>They threatened their home fans, and got quick action. The (Mills almost didn&rsquo;t run this season. A few weeks before the schedule opened they said there was no future for them in major hockey. Frankly, they couldn&rsquo;t afford it. They would attempt to form a league and go for the Allan Cup.</p><p>This brought quick action from nearby Glace Bay. Said the Miners, in effect: we&rsquo;ve played along with you for years when you were beating our ears off, but you needed us badly. Now get cracking, get a team together and get to the starting line.</p><p>The Mills immediately decided they were back in major hockey. But things were different now. They finished out of the playoffs last season and attendance slumped badly.</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2><b>Ticket Sale Slumped</b></h2><p>What slumped most was the season ticket sale. There was a time when you had to have an influential friend or know a club director personally to get into the rink. The season ticket holders had the Sydney Forum papered, but properly.</p><p>Last year the season ticket sale declined. This season it was even smaller. The crowds were so small that the club backers looked at each other apprehensively. This, they agreed, could cost them the shirts off their backs.</p><p>They called an emergency meeting. If attendances didn&rsquo;t pick up immediately they would accept an enticing offer from New Glasgow and move the franchise bodily to the mainland. It was up to Sydney sportsmen to start some action on the home front.</p><p>They went out of that meeting fired with enthusiasm. The Millionaires would remain in Sydney, they said.</p><p>So a crisis had been averted, as It had so many times in the past. Sydney hockey fans are proud of their Millionaires, a team that goes back to the playing days of Ken Randall, who later became the bad man of the National League with Toronto St. Patrick&rsquo;s.</p><p>Put the gun to the head of Sydney sportsmen and they&rsquo;ll go into action. You may depend upon it that the season ticket sale will boom immediately.</p><p>So far the Mills have the second best team in the league on the statistics so far. It could be said, however, that they could use a little more colorful play on the ice. They have a defensive system that makes for low scoring and currently have the best goals-against record in the league. But they don&rsquo;t go all out like some of the teams playing before larger home crowds.</p><h2><b>Islanders Strengthened</b></h2><p>There has been action&rsquo;behind the scenes and all four clubs have come up with new players. The biggest change has been at Charlottetown, where Murph Chamberlain has picked up some much-needed frontline strength. The Islanders are battling Sydney for the runner-up position and the difference between the two is the Halifax entry.</p><p>In the first two months of play the Millionaires have beaten Halifax more often than any other contender. On the other hand the Islanders have beaten Halifax only once. That was by a 10-1 score, most lopsided game the league leaders have had.</p><p>Glace Bay Miners stalled off an impending crisis by whipping Sydney two nights in a row. The best tonic for Glace Bay hockey supporters is a win over the hated Millionaires. Two wins in successive nights is the balm that softens the wrath in Canada&rsquo;s biggest town.</p><p>There have been many talks of a shift in management in Glace Bay, but Hub Macey is still holding the reins. First there was talk of Norman (Bud) Poile relinquishing his post at Edmonton and returning to Miners. Then the rumor mongers had Don Penniston moving in. Don flattened that one by signing to coach at Cornwall.</p><p>There is still talk of a change but if Macey gets a little player assistance he could easily weather the storm. The veteran is well liked in the Bay. He had hoped to be a bench coach but the team slumped early in the season and he had to cope out of his brief retirement.</p><p>The Bay team is a colorful one but just falls short of being a success on ice. There have been many losses by one-goal margins. A player or two could mean the difference. The report that Kenny Watson, last year with Saint John Beavers and the author of 51 goals in league play, is to join, the Miners could make the difference.</p><p>Attendances should pick up after the Christmas holiday. These are always trying days for hockey sponsors in these parts. Once the Christmas season is over, however, you can note the change.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0017-01

Sydney Fans Say Millionaires To Stay in Sydney

<div class="byline">By AUBREY KEIZER</div><p>SYDNEY, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>Hockey news was flying fast in Cape Breton&rsquo;s two major centres, Sydney and Glace Bay during the past week. Glace Bay Miners&rsquo; Executive headed by President Neil Ferguson started the ball rolling at a weekend session when it was unofficially reported that they were in the market for a new coach to replace Playing-coach Hub Macey. It was generally known that Miners needed more material, and the lines were cut, but nothing happened in recent weeks except for the fact that Don Penniston at Shawinigan Falls sent in wingers Henry &ldquo;Pop&rdquo; Backor and Johnny Raynak, via Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; chain.</p><p>About that time the name of Don Penniston was tossed around on the street corners. Club officials didn&rsquo;t confirm the report, neither did they deny it. Sometime Wednesday, however, The Canadian Press reported that Penniston had accepted the playing-coach spot at Cornwall to handle the Colts in the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02140/1247230-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="322" height="642"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>He&rsquo;s Flying</b></p><p><b>GEORGE ROBERTSON</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>Help For Bay</b></h2><p>Just about the same time, Hub Macey&rsquo;s hours of work began to pay off. Centre Eddie Joss, formerly of Shawinigan Falls, was on his way to join Miners. A centre would be a big help&mdash;two centres would be tremendous. In less than 24 hours, Kenny Watson, former Pacific Coast Leaguer who worked centre ice for Saint John Beavers against Quebec Aces, came to terms with the Glace Bay club. The Maceymites were adding strength.</p><p>In Sydney troubles were mounting too. Like Glace Bay, the holding seats dropped off greatly this season. About 50 per cent in each case. Millionaires after a dismal 1093 attendance for a Bay game reported through Club President Art Lipton they were considering a wholesale move to New Glasgow. It might be pointed out that New Glasgow would be the hub for a major circuit&mdash;with travelling distance to any centre under 200 miles. As it stands today, Charlottetown and the two Cape Breton clubs both have to travel around 375 miles on their long jaunts.</p><p>Millionaires called a rally. The holding-seat situation was explained. A new deal is on fire. Millionaires have given the Sydney fans ten days to make Up their minds if they Want the Mills&hellip; otherwise they&rsquo;ll be the New Glasgow Millionaires. It i<sub>s</sub> strictly up to the Sydney fans.</p><h2><b>Club In Winning Streak</b></h2><p>To make this Sydney situation all the more staggering was the fact that Coach Cliff Roach had his club in a sixgame winning streak, three of them against the league-leading Halifax elub.</p><p>Particularly effective for Millionaires Was the George Robertson-Bill McDonagh-Ronnie Rowe string. All seasoned performers this line is one of the sharpest units to work out of the Maritimes in years. Robertson and MacDonagh play the same style, Rowe can get the puck in the net.</p><p>Millionaires, too, have been enjoying some tremendous goal work from Nick Pidsodny in the Sydney citadel. The Hamilton, Ontario, cage-cop has been terrific, especially in games at the Bay.</p><p>In the first eight Sydney-Bay games this year, Millionaires took seven from Glace Bay. However, this week, Hub Macey took his club to two straight over the Moneymen. It&rsquo;s an unusual season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0017-02

Mills, Miners Threaten New Coach and New Glasgow in Short Order

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-267/1247523-1-eng-US/f0018-262.jpg" title="f0018-26" width="326" height="485"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Shelved for Two</b></p><p><b>BOBBY ROBERTSON</b></p></figcaption></div><p><b>Split Suspension for Two Games has Ottawa Bosses in Uproar, Peanuts Sizzles</b></p><p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Maybe it was just as well that Thomas Patrick Gorman was &ldquo;on the road&rdquo; with his Ice Show. Otherwise Prez George Slater would have had another prize headache on his well filled agenda.</p><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-258/1247530-1-eng-US/f0018-252.jpg" title="f0018-25" width="147" height="228"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 147px"><b>Tommy Gorman</b></figcaption></div><p>Tay Pay would have run all the way to Montreal from Shawinigan Falls and kicked in Slater&rsquo;s door at 3.00 a.m. to demand an explanation of &ldquo;1&rsquo;affaire Robertson&rdquo;.</p><p>Seems Ottawa&rsquo;s Bobby Robertson was shelved for two games by QAHA bossman Martin Conway for applying the wood to the noggin of Shawinigan Falls&rsquo; Erwin Grosse the day the Cats walloped the Senators, 8-2.</p><p>Robertson drew a match penalty from Referee Sibbey Mundey, but the latter admitted privately that he may hate thumbed Robbie a bit hastily.</p><p>&ldquo;Grosse was writhing in pain on the ice,&rdquo; Mundey said, &ldquo;and to all intends appeared seriously injured. However, he returned to action later in the game.&rdquo;</p><p>Mundey also admitted that he had seen Grosse high-stick Robertson in the face a few seconds earlier but had not called a penalty. (In Shawinigan Falls, apparently, you don&rsquo;t spoil shell good clean fun).</p></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2><b>Hasn&rsquo;t Got Authority</b></h2><p>Frank Gorman, second in command at Ottawa, didn&rsquo;t see it that way and said the other night that the league hasn&rsquo;t heard the last of it yet.</p><p>&ldquo;How Conway has the authority to act in this matter is beyond me. I think the Quebec League and George Slater were asleep at the switch. We&rsquo;re going to take this to the CAHA who should have handled it in the first place. &lsquo;</p><p>Gorman also couldn&rsquo;t understand the reason for the &ldquo;split suspension&rdquo;. Robertson was sidelined for the next game (at Ottawa against Sherbrooke) and another against Shawinigan Falls January 1.</p><p>&ldquo;Looks like they picked them out of a hat,&rdquo; commented the irate Gorman.</p><p>Johnny (Peanuts) O&rsquo;Flaherty, coach of the Senators, was boiling, too.</p><p>&ldquo;What does a guy do when he&rsquo;s high-sticked in the face? Turn the other cheek? Mundey should have called the first play and likely there would have been no second.&rdquo;</p><p>O&rsquo;Flaherty, of course, had a full head of steam up that weekend. His Barber Poles had dropped two in <i>a row</i> to the flying Royals and an 8-2 drubbing at the hands of Shawinigan was enough to blow the gasket.</p><p>It dropped the Senators out of first place down to third and snapped a three-game winning skein.</p><h2><b>Bolton Joins Nats</b></h2><p>With Robertson sidelined against Sherbrooke, and Vic Grigg on the injured list, O&rsquo;Flaherty&rsquo;s grief was assuaged somewhat by the appearance of Hugh Bolton, a Leaf chattel.</p><p>Bolton, a pretty fair rearguard In any league, couldn&rsquo;t find his stride with Leafs this season and has been sent to Ottawa to get more action.</p><p>The big defenceman should be a help to the Senators and will likely team up with Grigg or Butch Stahan.</p><p>O&rsquo;Flaherty isn&rsquo;t satisfied by any means with the way the club has been going and is considering benching a couple of the veterans.</p><p>&ldquo;They just aren&rsquo;t playing hockey,&rdquo; said Peanuts, &ldquo;and if they don&rsquo;t pick up soon, they&rsquo;ll be watching from the sidelines&hellip; even if I have to go in there myself.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0018-26

Tay Pay to Take Robertson Case to CAHA, Wasn’t QAHA Business

<h2><b>QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DEC. 10)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01178/1247492-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="332" height="123"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02115/1247485-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="332" height="621"></div><h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DEC. 9)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0372/1247478-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="329" height="90"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DEC. 10)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0452/1247471-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="327" height="76"></div><h2><b>PROVINCIAL LEAGUE</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DEC. 10)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0539/1247464-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="329" height="76"></div><h2><b>LAKE ST. JOHN SR.</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DEC. 6)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0635/1247457-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="331" height="78"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0732/1247450-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="328" height="291"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN SENIOR</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 8)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0826/1247443-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="329" height="70"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0923/1247436-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="326" height="194"></div><h2><b>OHA SENIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 6)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1019/1247429-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="329" height="111"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1116/1247422-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="332" height="142"></div><h2><b>NOHA SENIOR</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 8)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1216/1247415-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="331" height="71"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1316/1247408-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="331" height="214"></div><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 7)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1415/1247401-1-eng-US/f0018-142.jpg" title="f0018-14" width="328" height="99"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1515/1247394-1-eng-US/f0018-152.jpg" title="f0018-15" width="329" height="370"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1614/1247387-1-eng-US/f0018-162.jpg" title="f0018-16" width="328" height="130"></div><h2><b>NEW BRUNSWICK SENIOR</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 10)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1712/1247380-1-eng-US/f0018-172.jpg" title="f0018-17" width="324" height="44"></div><h2><b>OKANAGAN SENIOR</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1812/1247373-1-eng-US/f0018-182.jpg" title="f0018-18" width="327" height="73"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORD</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1911/1247366-1-eng-US/f0018-192.jpg" title="f0018-19" width="329" height="99"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2011/1247359-1-eng-US/f0018-202.jpg" title="f0018-20" width="325" height="226"></div><h2><b>N.Y. -ONT. LEAGUE</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 10)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2111/1247352-1-eng-US/f0018-212.jpg" title="f0018-21" width="328" height="86"></div><h2><b>EASTERN CANADA SENIOR</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 10)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2210/1247345-1-eng-US/f0018-222.jpg" title="f0018-22" width="329" height="72"></div><h2><b>CENTRAL LEAGUE</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 8)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-239/1247338-1-eng-US/f0018-232.jpg" title="f0018-23" width="326" height="85"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-248/1247331-1-eng-US/f0018-242.jpg" title="f0018-24" width="327" height="212"></div><h2><b>WESTERN JUNIOR</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DEC. 5)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0391/1247324-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="324" height="121"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0477/1247317-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="323" height="122"></div><h2><b>OHA JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rsquo;*</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 7)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0560/1247310-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="323" height="138"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0646/1247303-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="328" height="426"></div><h2><b>MARITIME MAJOR</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DECEMBER 10)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0743/1247296-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="325" height="89"></div><h3><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0840/1247289-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="325" height="254"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0935/1247282-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="326" height="89"></div><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DEC. 10)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1029/1247275-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="324" height="131"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DEC. 10)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1128/1247268-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="325" height="135"></div><h2><b>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS DEC. 4)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1227/1247261-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg" title="f0019-12" width="327" height="74"></div><p><b>(Standings In percentages since teams play an uneven number of games).</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01157/1247568-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="636" height="1064"></div><p><b>(Solution Next Week)</b></p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Leaf player shown&rsquo; in centre.</p><p>6&mdash;Initials of Bailey of Cleveland.</p><p>7&mdash;Initials of Manson of Van-</p><p>8&mdash;Another name for Rio Caron.</p><p>10&mdash;Given name of Providence Reds&rsquo; owner.</p><p>11&mdash;Initials of Trottier, former Montreal Maroon player</p><p>12&mdash;Jack Adams once played for Toronto St.&mdash;.</p><p>14&mdash;Initials of Harrison, recently acquired by St. Louis.</p><p>15&mdash;Name given Tremblay of Sherbrooke.</p><p>16&mdash;Snake-like animal.</p><p>18&mdash;Otherwise.</p><p>19&mdash;Fairburn of Victoria answers to this.</p><p>20&mdash;Initials of Starr, ex N.H.L. player.</p><p>21&mdash;Initials of Chorley of Pittsburgh Hornets.</p><p>22&mdash;Elmer Lach has never played in this league (abbr)</p><p>24&mdash;Poem.</p><p>26&mdash;Tom Williams&rsquo; second name.</p><p>27&mdash;One who attends hockey games.</p><p>28&mdash;Former N. H. L. player known as Adam.</p><p>30&mdash;Initials of Trigg, A.H.L. linesman.</p><p>32&mdash;First name of Kuntz of Ottawa Senators.</p><p>33&mdash;A Cleveland forward is called this.</p><p>34&mdash;&ldquo;Bing&rdquo; Juckes initials.</p><p>36&mdash;Name given Johns, W.H.L. referee.</p><p>37&mdash;Initials of pictured stars&rsquo; coach.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Marshall of Pittsburgh is called this.</p><p>2&mdash;Chicago traded this player to Canadiens in 1938-39 season.</p><p>3&mdash;A member of the Leafs.</p><p>4&mdash;Initials of Pidsodny, ex Maritime League player.</p><p>5&mdash;Wing played by Wally Hergesheimer (abbr).</p><p>6&mdash;An A.H.L. coach.</p><p>9&mdash;This former Ranger player is a native of Wales.</p><p>13&mdash;Initials of an N.H.L. coach.</p><p>17&mdash;First name of a St. Louis forward.</p><p>18&mdash;Lou Jankowski played Junior hockey with&mdash;Generals.</p><p>19&mdash;Plays for Saskatoon, called Herb.</p><p>20&mdash;Given name of a Boston defenseman.</p><p>23&mdash;One of the Cleveland Barons.</p><p>24&mdash;Number of games Milt Schmidt missed last season.</p><p>25&mdash;Initials of a Montreal defenseman.</p><p>29&mdash;Sun God.</p><p>31&mdash;Number of play-off games Mosdell played in 1951-62.</p><p>35&mdash;Initials of 9 down.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02120/1247561-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="306" height="477"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Answers</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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