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January 24, 1953

The Hockey News January 24, 1953

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>hicago, Ill.&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; record for the most players used in one season, which was established in 1950-51 when 32 men and boys donned Brave outfits, appears set to be topped by the current New York team. Like the Hawks that set the mark, the Rangers are not only sagging in the NHL cellar, but have also been hit by a heavy series of injuries.</p><p>When amateurs Adolph Kukulowicz and Michel Labadie joined the Blueshirts for tryouts January 7, the player to ta for the New Yorkers for this season was increased to 29, just three below the Chicago mark. Other NHL clubs&rsquo; personnel counts to that date were: Montreal, 25; Toronto, 23; the Hawks, 20, and Boston, 19.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

Rangers Nearing Player Record

<p>A itsaming cup of rich, croamy Stafford&rsquo;s Hof Chocolate it the ideal finish for any game!</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0455/1020427-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="576" height="618"></div><p><b>Ash for Stafford&rsquo;s Hot Chocolate at your favorite fountain</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Win or Lose

<div class="byline">By CHUCK ROUNTREE</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Ever since Fiery Phil Watson was appointed coach of the Quebec Citadels a few years back, there has been a torrid personal feud carried on between himself and Sad Sam Pollock, the mentor of the Montreal Canadiens. Followers of the Quebec junior loop have delighted in watching these two glare at each other across the rink, hurl words fast and furious at one another and gesture, frown, holler and use every trick in their repertoires. Undoubtedly, there is no more colourful a pair of coaches in the East and we doubt if a more crowd pleasing duo could be found in the West.</p><p>The feud seems to have reached its peak this season, with the Habs and Cits running one-two in the standings and battling for the lead. Its been a pretty even match so far this season and the rinks in either Quebec or Montreal are always crowded when the two meet.</p><p>The most furiously fought contest to date took place last week when Sad Sam led his Baby Habs into the Quebec Coliseum for the &lsquo;rubber&rsquo; match with the Citadels. First place was at stake and both teams were in pretty high gear. The Habs held a one point advantage with two games in hand.</p><p>Before the contest, the two clubs were exactly even on the season&rsquo;s play, each having won and lost three games. In Quebec, Citadels had taken two of three games and the Canadiens held the same advantage on their home freeze, the Montreal Forum.</p><p>The Canucks emerged the victors in the rubber match, but after it was all over, they knew they had been through a game. Undoubtedly it was one of the most exciting, close checking games seen in the Quebec circuit this season.</p><h2><b>BOTH DRAMATIO</b></h2><p>Both coaches were in top form for this one. Throughout the contest Fiery Phil&rsquo;s emotions ran the gauntlet from sheer joy down to the verge of tears. He smiled, cursed, berated the officials, made a move as if to go on the ice, held his head in his hands and gestured in every conceiveable direction.</p><p>Across the rink, Sad Sam wasn&rsquo;t to be outdone, as he claims he never is by Watson, and put on one of his better shows. Playing before the entirely hostile Quebec fans, Sam hooted, hollered, held up the game to whisper words of advice to his rearguards on where to play, and generally put on a terrific show, so good in fact that after the game his tie was practically around to the back of his neck and he was bathed in sweat.</p><p>Henri Richard, the fellow they love to hate in Quebec, was the scoring hero of the piece as he banged home two goals amid the cat calls and boos of the packed house at the Coliseum. Taking a rough estimate, there must have been 14,000, fans on hand, and every one taking it out on the Pocket Rocket. It seems they haven&rsquo;t forgotten his big brother&rsquo;s caustic comments about the calibre of fans in the Ancient Capital.</p><h2><b>ROUSSEAU ROMPS</b></h2><p>One big reason why the junior edition of the Flying Frenchmen have been going so well of late has been the outstanding play of diminuitive Guy Rousseau. He has been the sparkplug of the Habs recent streak, a streak that has seen them go unbeaten through 6 league and 12 exhibition games. The last time the Canucks were beaten was December 17 when they were turned aside by the lowly Three Rivers Reds.</p><p>Rousseau has been the Habs leading scorer throughout this period and has clung tenaciously to the league scoring leadership. In the 31 league games he&rsquo;s played the 5&rsquo;5&rdquo;, 133 pound left winger has scored 29 goals, had 31 assists for a total of 60 scoring points Add to this the fact that he&rsquo;s only incurred 8 minutes of penalties and his value to the team is quite apparent.</p><p>Last season the St. Hyacinthe, Que. speedster was with the now defunct St. Jerome Eagles and he ran second in the final scoring statistics, this with a club that finished fifth in a six team league.</p><p>Meanwhile the last place Montreal Royals managed to put together their longest win streak of the season when they turned in three straight before being stopped by the Citadels in Montreal. Jacques Belanger&rsquo;s crew snowed that they aren&rsquo;t to be counted out of the run for third place as yet and will take a goodly number of games from the leaders before the schedule draws to a close on February 24.</p><p>By all rights they should have made it four in a row as they held a 3-1 lead going into the third period against the Quebecers. Penalties were their downfall, the Cits being a hard team to cop with when they have a man advantage.</p><p>Canadiens also disposed of the Guelph Biltmores and the St. Mikes Majors to continue their dominance over teams of the OHA. The only team from Ontario to beat them has been the Toronto Marlboros, and now that Eric Nesterenko, although he was very unimpressive in the Hab game, is gone and the Habs have acquired several new players. Sad Sam Pollock figures his larrigans can take the Marlies next time out which is Sunday Feb. 15 at Maple Leaf Gardens.</p><h2>Gallopin&rsquo; Guy</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0288/1020396-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="588" height="900"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUY ROUSSEAU</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Junior Habs Stretch Lead Winning Rubber Match From Citadels

<div class="byline">By DICK MCCRONE</div><p>HERSHEY, P.A.&mdash;</p><p>Official records to the contrary, Gordon &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Henry, Hershey goalie, is the best twine tender in the American Hockey League, according to Lloyd Blinco, manager of the Chocolatetown club.</p><p>And that viewpoint is shared with enthusiasum by Murray Henderson, Bears&rsquo; coach, as well as by many faithful followers of the team.</p><p>The fact that Johnny Bower of Cleveland is entrenched in the top spot in the goals-against department under normal conditions would classify him as best in the AHL. But if you listen to Blinco for a few minutes you&rsquo;ll soon be convinced that figures don&rsquo;t mean a thing.</p><p>According to Blinco&mdash;himself once a hockey great in the famous town of Hershey&mdash;the brilliant work of Henry has been one of the dominent factors in putting the Bears right up in the thick of the fight for first place in the AHL.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s cool under fire,&rdquo; explains Blinco. &ldquo;His judgement on angles is perfect and he&rsquo;s a great team player.&rdquo;</p><p>Henry never complains when defensive lapses by his teammates permit the opposition to dump a goodly supply of rubber into his nets. The only thing that Interests him is that his club scores more goals and wins the game. It&rsquo;s the team record, and not his own, which he regards as important.</p><p>Henry is like the proverbial cucumber in handling enemy fowards on breakaways. Ask Danny Lewicki about the night Pittsburgh was being &lsquo;entertained&rsquo; recently in the Hershey Sports Arena.</p><p>The Bears were ganging the Hornets&rsquo; net with everyone up the ice when Danny came out of the scramble with the puck.</p><h2><b>Didn&rsquo;t Move</b></h2><p>He broke fast and by the time he was at center ice was alone. From there on in he was in complete command of the situation. He could have paused for a drink at the bench, so wide was his lead.</p><p>Despite his unhurried attack, Lewicki was unable to feint Henry into a move and by the time he decided to shoot found himself smothered by the agile Hershey goalie.</p><p>This Is typical of the way the pleasing redhead has been performing for the Bears, pulling them out of tight spots time and again.</p><p>Henry hails from Owen Sound, Ont., and pals around in the summer with his fellow townsman, Harry Lumley, Chicago goalie. Red, who stands six feet tall and weighs 175 pounds, broke in with Hershey as spare goalie in 1944-45 but languished in the show of Harvey Bennett who was doing a great job in the nets for the Bears.</p><p>It was late in the 1946-47 season that Bennett was struck by a flying puck and Red stepped in to finish out the schedule. He went on to lead Hershey to its first Calder Cup championship and in doing so turned in five shutouts for an American Hockey League playoff record that still stands. Ho turned in the amazing defensive record of allowing only 1.45 goals in eleven playoff contests. Bennett never was able to win back his job after that.</p><p>Called up to help out Boston in 1948-49 for one game, Henry registered a shutout over Montreal. Again in 1949-50 he guarded the Bruin cage for two NHL games and turned in a 2.50 average to prove that he can hold his own in fast company.</p><p>Possessing a pleasing voice and more than average ability to strum a guitar. Red has been a great party guy in the past.</p><p>It&rsquo;s different now, for Gordon David Henry took unto himself bride last summer and has buckled down to serious business.</p><p>Hershey plays an aggressive brand of hockey, pressing most of the time. It has great spectator appeal but works a burden on the goalie. Nevertheless, Henry always manages to come up with a fine record. Matter of fact, he was leading the league for a time <b>i</b>n the early phases of the current campaign.</p><p>Last season, he finished third in the loop but was voted to the AHL all-star second team by the sports writers and sportscasters.</p><p>Give him the tight defense of Cleveland or Pittsburgh and he&rsquo;d be virtually unbeatable is the opinion of most hockey experts in these parts.</p><p>And if the opposition fires enough boot heels into the net to wreck his goals-against average, he&rsquo;ll never cry about it so long a the boys up front are blinking the red light at the other end of the arena.</p><p>So if Lloyd Blinco calls Henry best in the AHL he may have something at that.</p><h2><b>He Thinks&hellip;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0637/1019984-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="572" height="866"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MURRY HENDERSON</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>&hellip;He&rsquo;s Best</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0834/1019977-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="572" height="900"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDON HENRY</b></figcaption></div><div class="sidebar"><p>The Toronto Maple Leafs use BIKE Supports and BIKE Trainers Tape.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Hershey GM Claims Gordon Henry Best Cage Cop Despite Records

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0142/1020902-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LOOK OUT!&mdash;Little Lome &lsquo;Gump&rsquo; Worsley of the New York Rangers had a rough night of it when he and his Ranger mates thumped the Montreal Canadiens 7-0 recently. In the top photo he is prostrate on the ice with Bert Olmstead exercising his squatter&rsquo;s rights on top of him. Ed Slowinski, left, Nick Mickoski centre and Harry Howell rush to his aid. In the lower photo, Gump is again out flat, this time with teammate Harr/Howell beside him. Referee Red Storey, Ed Kullman, pushing Elmer Lach over Dean Prentice, Ed Slowinski and Maurice Richard, right, are the others in the picture.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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All This For A Shutout

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0159/1018834-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>A uniform he&rsquo;s proud to wear</b></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Simply because of one massive man, who&rsquo;s both as heavy as molasses and as brittle as thin, Molasses candy, the Rangers have not been allowed to relinquish hope of climbing into the Stanley Cup playoffs. The mathematics of the standings and Leo Reise, the destructible defenseman, will keep them alive.</p><p>The part Reise plays for the New York club was best pointed out here on the night of Jan. 11. He&rsquo;d been laid low with a sprained ankle on the preceding Wednesday and the team physician announced the 210-pound veteran would be absent for at least 10. days. He should have been, by all rights.</p><p>But Reise reported to the dressing room on that next Sunday, ready to play for a dead-last team that appeared to have no future at all. No sooner had the other players spotted him than the entire atmosphere of the room changed. You just knew they had to win.</p><p>They did, in emphatic fashion. With Reise a stickout in front of the acrobatic Gump Worsley in goal, the Rangers (1) ran up their biggest score of the season; (2) helped give Worsley his first NHL shutout and the team&rsquo;s second one of the season and (3) by so doing, mauled the team they hadn&rsquo;t been able to beat all year. The score was New York 7, Montreal 0.</p><p>To New York fans, at least, Reise is an All-Star defenseman this year. The other four defensemen on the club are very satisfactory, to say the least, but the ex-Red Wing has been shining by comparison. He makes the good check at just the right time. He clears and sets off the attack when others are having trouble getting the puck out. He gives the goalkeeper the best protection. And he rushes ably, when the occasion presents itself.</p><p>To the other New York players, Reise gives more than just his unusual hockey abilities. Besides the fact that they can always count upon him, while on the ice, to do the right thing at the right time (and, incidentally, often cover up for their mistakes), Leo is their morale. He lifts the team up when he is with it, giving it a particularly big boost when he returns prematurely from injuries. When he is away, the team is down.</p><p>The big defenseman, who has a case history of brittleness, has been cutting his healing periods in half all season. Although he had the reputation of being a slow healer, he came back from a shoulder separation in October after missing only six games. He missed but two in November with a badly cut instep although, the guess had been &ldquo;two weeks.&rdquo; And now comes the badly sprained ankle, and the absence of only one game.</p><p>With Reise to lead them, the Rangers jelled altogether for the first time in the rout of Montreal. They hit hard and, for a change, all backchecked. And the lines showed balance for the first time.</p><p>Herefore, Paul Ronty, Wally Hergesheimer and Neil Strain had been carrying most of the load.</p><p>The Ronty line, which has showed no sign of a letdown despite the wear-and-tear on such small and light figures, has now earned another duty. Coach Bill Cook makes a point of using them when the other team is shorthanded. They produced, and the other lines didn&rsquo;t, In similar situations earlier in the season.</p><p>In giving Ronty & Associates much-needed help on attack, the other lines have developed in several ways. Bones Raleigh, for instance, trimmed some of the cast off his broken wrist and, with greater maneuverability of the stick, he&rsquo;s again a fine playmaker.</p><p>Raleigh still can&rsquo;t shoot hard enough to break a pane of glass but he now has the wings to finish off his plays. Dean Prentice, on the left, has developed from a green junior to a capable pro this season. At the rate he&rsquo;s Improving, he&rsquo;ll be a star next season.</p><p>The biggest break Raleigh got all season, after he&rsquo;d fractured his own wrist, was the broken foot suffered by Big Ed Slowinski in Montreal, Jan. 8. Since Ed had been a 20-goal scorer in &lsquo;51-&rsquo;52, Cook kept hoping he&rsquo;d produce this season. But he never did, and his lack of timing threw the whole off-stride.</p><p>As soon as Slowinski was hurt, manager Frank Boucher recalled Aldo Guidolin from Valleyfield and turned him pro. The former Guelph Biltmore, who&rsquo;d had a previous three-game pro trial with Vancouver in the Fall, was given Slowinski&rsquo;s job on Raleigh&rsquo;s right wing. And, after one nervous period, he fitted in beautifully. He earned a good assist in the 7-0 rout and, on the basis of his fine all-around play, would appear to now be a permanent Ranger.</p><p>Although Pete Babando, purchased from Chicago, reported in poor shape, his presence on the club found reaction on the third line. Pete took only a couple of turns on the ice but, by doing so, made Eddie Kullman play just a little better in order to try to keep his regular spot on the left wing. Eddie wound up with three assists in Pete&rsquo;s debut, the 7-0 game, and the battle was on.</p><p>ICE-CHIPS: With Babando and Guidolin, the Rangers have now played a total of 31 men this year. Boucher sent their two juniors on trial, Michel Labadie and Aggie Kukulowicz, back to the Quebec Citadels. &ldquo;Both pleased me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;In. fact, I haven&rsquo;t been disappointed by a single amateur we&rsquo;ve tried this year. In another year or two, we should have quite a club.&rdquo; When Babando reported to New York and Immediately moved in with co-bachelor Allan Stanley, he was simply finishing a long cycle. Pete and Al played together on the Holman Pluggers, Ontario juvenile champions, so many years ago.</p><p>Hy Buller&rsquo;s third-period goal, which tied the Canadiens in Montreal on Jan. 8, wasn&rsquo;t surprising. He has scored five times this season and each one gave New York a tie in the third period&hellip;When Ronty scored his 13 th goal in the 7-0 breeze against Montreal, he surpassed his full season&rsquo;s total in &rsquo;51-&rsquo;52. Hergesheimer scored his 19th goal in the same game and that was the first he&rsquo;s made against Montreal all year&hellip;Kullman, who just can&rsquo;t wait to defend against Rocket Richard, has held the Montreal ace scoreless this year. Rocket&rsquo;s only goal against New York came with Eddie resting on the bench.</p><h2><b>Still All-Star&hellip;</b></h2><h2><b>Recuperating</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0250/1018827-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1188" height="1543"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Becoming a Book-worm</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>&hellip;To Ranger Fans</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0345/1018820-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="1170" height="1750"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Reise after injury in Montreal</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Reise Brittle But Still Big Gun for Lowly Club

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0159/1018872-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Defenseman Tom Johnson of the Canadiens, right, rated the most improved player in the majors this season, watches the puck rebound off Gerry McNeil&rsquo;s pads during a game with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ron Stewart is the Leaf being held off by former Torontonian Johnny MacCormack.</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The almost certain fact that Defenseman Tom Johnson of the Canadiens will receive a goodly share of the NHL All-Star votes when the experts sit down to list their dream teams this coming May is a tribute to this shy young man who was listed among the, &ldquo;most unlikely to succeed&rdquo; group not too many years ago.</p><p>Until the start of the current season, Johnson gained most of his recognition by his love for flashy bow-ties and strong cigars. His actual play in the &lsquo;Big League&rsquo; ran second to his toggery. However, that&rsquo;s changed now. He is rapidly becoming famous for his brilliant play in front of Gerry McNeil and Montreal fandom is fast beginning to realize that this lad, of whom they know virtually nothing about, rates as one of the best rearguards in the business.</p><h2><b>Irvin Rates Him Highly</b></h2><p>Underrated players are frequent in the National League. There are five or six on each team. However, Dick Irvin rates Johnson at the top of the list.</p><p>&ldquo;I would say there are only two players in the League who can carry a puck as well as he can. They are Kelly and Pronovost. Tom rates right up beside them. But he tops them in defensive play.&rdquo;</p><p>As for Johnson himself, well he prefers to say little. You receive the same answers everytime you ask him a question.</p><p>&ldquo;Just having a good year. Couldn&rsquo;t have had a worse one than last season. Hope I can keep it up,&rdquo; he says.</p><p>So you have to go in another direction to find out about the handsome young lad from the west.</p><p>&ldquo;I must give him much credit for the good season I am having,&rdquo; says big Butch Bouchard, Johnson&rsquo;s defense partner. &ldquo;When I reported this season the coach asked me who I would like to play with. I told him I would like to go back with Tom. I&rsquo;m used to playing with him now.</p><p>&ldquo;You know, when you get to my age you don&rsquo;t go as fast as when you first started. A fellow like Johnson does a lot of the work for you. He covers up well and rushes as much as any player in the League.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s still has his faults of course. For Instance, he makes some plays too fast and doesn&rsquo;t think before he throws the puck away. But he&rsquo;ll learn and when he corrects his mistakes he&rsquo;ll be an All-Star&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Dick Has Own System</b></h2><p>Irvin, who is a figure filbert from way back, rates his men game by game in the star, good, fair, and poor class. He lists each player on a sheet of paper before a game and bills each according to his play that night.</p><p>&ldquo;Look at Johnson&rsquo;s record,&rdquo; says Dick. &ldquo;In his first 35 times out he played 11 star games, 18 good, four fair and just two poor ones. That&rsquo;s a fine record.</p><p>&ldquo;Now take a look at his defensive record. In those game 35 games he was on for just 21 goals against. That&rsquo;s a terrific showing. Of those 21 goals five came when we were playing a man short and two when we were two men short. You won&rsquo;t find better record anywhere in the League.&rdquo;</p><p>The record book lists our hero as Johnson, Thomas C. The 0 stands for Christian, a name he seldom hears. It also list his birthplace as a small town outside Winnipeg named Baldur. It says his birthdate was February 18, 1928. That makes him nearly 25 years of age. He is listed as a right-handed defenseman who stands 5&rsquo;11&frac12;&rdquo; and tips the scales at 180 pounds. It shows that his last amateur club was the Montreal Senior Royals and that he has played professional hockey since the 1947-48 season. Since that season he has scored 15 goals. He is considered a bad man in the loop and always hits over the 50 minute mark in penalties. In 1950-51 he raced Ted Lindsay to penalty honors and finished the season with 128 minutes. Last season he spent 76 minutes cooling his heels.</p><p>The same record book doesn&rsquo;t show, however, that Thomas once belonged to the Toronto Maple Leafs who subsequently dropped him in favor of another youngster. Nor does it show that he is an eligable batchelor, one of three on the Canadiens and that in the off season ha sells cars in Winnipeg. It doesn&rsquo;t show that he once attended McGill University and that he&rsquo;s an expert curler and snooker player and that he will tangle with anybody in the League so long as he&rsquo;s an opponent. And there has been the odd time when he&rsquo;s even broken that rule,</p><h2><b>Battled With Lach</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Johnson gained most of his confidence this season when we put him alongside Butch in the All-Star game, says Irvin. &ldquo;He had a bad season last year and when this one started everybody asked me. What are you going to do with Johnson? Are you going to send him to Buffalo?&rdquo; So I put him in the All-Star game and he gave us the only thrill of the night. He picked a fight with Elmer Lach, his own teammate.&rdquo;</p><p>Johnson&rsquo;s climb from obscurity to his present position has been anything but spectacular. He doesn&rsquo;t have the color of Pronovost or Kelly but he does have the same drive.</p><p>A fan was talking about him recently. &ldquo;I remember him in Winnipeg as a junior. He couldn&rsquo;t turn to his left and he was a poor skater. I&rsquo;m surprised he went as far as he has. But he always had guts.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;There is only one quality that he lacks. He doesn&rsquo;t hit as hard as he should nor as often. He&rsquo;s a clean defenseman in the real sense of the word. He doesn&rsquo;t get too many foolish penalties, either,&rdquo; says Irvin.</p><p>Johnson certainly rates as the most improved player in the League. He&rsquo;s improved his skating to a point where he is now one of the fastest rearguards in the game. &ldquo;He can get that puck out of your end better than anyone else in the League. That&rsquo;s because he&rsquo;s played on the wing and has learned to carry the puck,&rdquo; says Dick.</p><h2>Tom Comes Into National League Picture</h2><h2>Doesn&rsquo;t Say Much</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0248/1018865-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="966" height="972"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Hab&rsquo;s Mr. T. C. JOHNSON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Tom’s Defensive Record Rates Among Best of NHL Rearguards

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL-SPORTS EDITOR</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01128/1018910-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div><p><b>Toronto Star</b></p><h2><b>Suet and Sugar Satisfactory Boston Mix</b></h2><p>Weight will stop a train, as they say on the race-tracks, but coach Lynn Patrick of the not-so-bouncing-these-days Bruins Isn&rsquo;t afraid it will stop his agile back-stop, Sugar Jim Henry. Sugar Jim is up to 181. That&rsquo;s a good 30 pounds above the tonnage he carried when he played the net for Rangers and Chicago. Still, there&rsquo;s no suggestion of a battle of the bulge, such as was fought and won, a few years back, by the eminent friend of the chef, Mr. Turk Broda. Looking at Broda now, you know it was only a temporary victory.</p><p>&ldquo;I hope Henry puts on a few more pounds,&rdquo; Patrick proclaims cheerfully. &ldquo;The bigger he gets, the less net will be left uncovered for opposing snipers.&rdquo;</p><p>Judged off their performance here recently, the Bruins need more than extra suet on Sugar Jim. He&rsquo;s allowed 11 goals in their last three games, playing behind a defence that looked, in its performance here, as if it wouldn&rsquo;t halt a porker in the oftmentioned alley. Meanwhile, the Bostons have scored only three goals in their own behalf. At any rate, Henry would have to give them nothing but shutouts to get them victories.</p><p>This is the club which Patrick was calling a few weeks back ventages. Those closeups &lsquo;sold&rsquo; the players to the viewers. There&rsquo;s a difference. Without guys like Hal Laycoe, Dave Creighton, Eddie Sandford and Johnny Peirson, they can&rsquo;t even dream. And the Idea of a Vezina Trophy for Henry Is beginning to sound like something that was wishful thinking. Rangers gave him a lift recently by blasting seven goals past Montreal&rsquo;s Gerry McNeil. But that doesn&rsquo;t help Sugar Jim much in his pursuit of Terry Sawchuk, the defending champion and likely repeater. Although the $l, 000 bonus that goes with the Vezina would be very acceptable, Sugar Jim Isn&rsquo;t likely to lose any sleep over the goaling race. He&rsquo;s strictly a team player. Even when he was leading the goaling race, he didn&rsquo;t know the statistics for himself and the other candidates. He knew when he lost the lead, all right&mdash;the night the Red Wings rapped 10 goals past him, right in Boston.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02118/1018903-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="1212" height="1215"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SUGAR JIM HENRY AS A NEW YORK RANGER</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>He Always Had a Big League Contract</b></h2><p>For a goalie whom Patrick rates the equal of any in the league, Sugar Jim has had to do a lot of travelling to prove he even belongs. For seven years, the Rangers couldn&rsquo;t decide whether he should be in New York or New Haven. He made three trips to the minor league club. Those were the days when he was battling for the big league job with his buddy and business associate, Chuck Rayner. Rivalry was so bitter between them that they merely roomed together and gave each other moral support encouragement.</p><p>Then Henry was traded to the Hawks. They had the same conundrum as the Rangers. Did he belong in Chicago or Kansas City? He did service in both towns. When Detroit got him, the Wings had a little trouble making up their minds between Omaha and Indianapolis. They didn&rsquo;t consider him for the big club. How could they when they had Sawchuk? It&rsquo;s only since he arrived in Boston, 10 years after turning pro, that he&rsquo;s getting undisputed rating as a big leaguer. You&rsquo;d have thought he might have become a bit discouraged before he finally got the decision. But Sugar Jim explains his seeming unlimited patience.</p><p>&ldquo;I never have had anything but a National League contract,&rdquo; he revealed, prior to the night&rsquo;s game at the Gardens. &ldquo;The money always has been good, so why should I scream? As long as I was paid to play in the big league, I couldn&rsquo;t complain too much when I was asked to play in the minors.&rdquo;</p><p>Henry has a pair of new pads. Which is a noteworthy event in Itself. He&rsquo;s been wearing a set of patched and battered legguards which he believes were bought in the first place by Chicago. As soon as he gets a chance to break in the new ones, the oldies will go. The chief hazard of new pads is that they give off two many rebounds. And the Bruins, going as they are at the moment, can&rsquo;t afford to give the other guys any unnecessary advantages.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Speaking On Sport

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Time are changing, sad to relate, even in the usually explosive world of amateur hockey.</p><p>Atleast, that&rsquo;s the impression this reporter got from the semi &ndash; annual meeting of the Fathers of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in the Nation&rsquo;s Capital last week.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0361/1018948-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="315" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>George Dudley</b></figcaption></div><p>There wasn&rsquo;t a single explosion.</p><p>The sessions were the essence of good humor, bonne camaraderie, hail fellow well met, and plain down to earth, hands-across-the-country amicability.</p><p>Maybe the boys are mellowing.</p><p>Briefly, here&rsquo;s a list of the things accomplished at the meetings:</p><p>1) Canada will NOT participate in the World Hockey Tournament at Zurich, Switzerland, March 615, seconding a decision made by the AHA of the United States.<br>2) Spokane Flyers, a U.S. club of Canadian players in the West Kootenay League, will be allowed to advance in Allan Cup play if they win the B.C. title, but only this year.<br>Further discussion in the matter of U.S. teams playing in Canadian leagues, of which there are several) will be made at the annual meeting in Montreal in May.)<br>3) The Quebec League vetoed a proposal by the Maritimes that the latter be allowed to strengthen for the Major Series.<br>4) A proposed jaunt to Japan by a Sudbury team was vetoed for this year.<br>5) No professional player may be reinstated henceforth until the matter has been finalized by the CAHA prexy.<br>6) Permission for three-game tryouts must henceforth come from the CAHA president and not the respective branch.<br>7) Major series, Allan Cup and Memorial Cup dates were set.<br>8) The annual meeting will be held in Montreal May 11-14.</p><p>The prospect of allowing U.S. teams to complete for Canadian trophies was considered a serious step by the delegates and was the subject of considerable discussion.</p><p>Some said it was conceivable that at some time in the future U.S. teams might carry off both amateur trophies as professional teams do now in the NHL.</p><p>However, others felt that times were changing and as long as these entries in Canadian leagues were willing to come under the jurisdiction of the CAHA there seemed to be nothing wrong with the plan.</p><p>George Dudley, secretary-manager of the CAHA, said:</p><p>&ldquo;It woud seem to be a case of expediency today to admit such teams to our leagues. Times are changing, and I feel that as long as they are willing to abide by our rules we should allow them to compete up here.&rdquo;</p><p>As for the World championship, everyone was unanimous in calling it a day. Nothing but hard feelings and undeserved criticism has resulted in previous trips and the ony persons to benefit from the European jaunts were the European associations who made money on the exhibition games.</p><p>&ldquo;We play to packed house over there,&rdquo; one delegate said, &ldquo;and it still costs us about $10,000. to send a team over.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0625/1018941-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="594" height="1222"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Are CAHA Fathers Mellowing; Not One Explosion at Meet

<div class="byline">BY JIMMY POWERS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0438/1018986-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg"></div><p>(As Seen In The New York Daily News)</p><h2><b>Marguerite Ann Norris&mdash;Anxious to Learn</b></h2><p>A pretty and exceptionally witty young lady with a low, gentle voice and a high-scoring, homicidal hockey team was into our town for a game at the Garden last week.</p><p>I am referring, of course, to the new president of the Detroit Red Wings, Miss Marguerite Ann Norris. She is certainly the youngest in the league at 25, and she is definitely the first woman ever to head a major hockey team.</p><p>The refined lady with the unrefined team is taking her job seriously. She reports to work at her office in the Olympia Stadium in Detroit every morning at 9, checks Olympia schedules and listens to a report on the club tendered by her competent and highly respected general manager, Jack Adams.</p><p>&ldquo;I Intend to give this job all I&rsquo;ve got,&rdquo; said the tall young lady who wears her long hair parted on the left and towers above most Interviewers. She is 5-11 and disdains flat heeled shoes&hellip;&ldquo;My father was 6-2, Jim is 6-3 and Bruce is 6-4&frac12;. I&rsquo;m not going to try to be something I&rsquo;m not. God made me tall and healthy and I&rsquo;m grateful.&rdquo;</p><p>Miss Norris is somewhat of a mystery daughter of a mystery father. Few are acquainted with the elder Norris, a fabulous tycoon, former athlete and almost legendary figure hovering in the background of business and sports Interests that experts believe are worth $200,000,000.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0532/1018979-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="999" height="1005"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Marguerite Norris, new president of the Detroit Red Wings chats with her top advisor in the organization, General Manager Jack Adams</b></figcaption></div><p>The elder Norris lived in Chicago and conducted his many interests by telephone. Miss Norris was almost a total stranger to the Red Wings. She had not witnessed a game at Olympia in 20 years.</p><p>However, shortly after she was named Red Wing president after a family gathering in Chicago she flew to Detroit and presided at a press conference. Reports I read stated she was charming, gracious, anxious to learn her job thorougly and was highly articulate.</p><p>Miss Norris went to Smith College and later to Oxford University in England. She has an excellent business background for one so young, having worked for the West Farm Management Co. in Chicago and Dun & Bradstreet in New York. Her name appearred in the results of yachting regattas and country club tennis and golf matches. She is also part owner with her big brother Jim of a racing stable.</p><p>&ldquo;I feel there is a definite future for women in sports,&rdquo; said Miss Norris on her arrival in New York for another round of press conferences, radio and TV interviews and meetings with magazine writers. &ldquo;More than 50% of the viewers of hockey games are ladies. Ladies help fill baseball parks and ladles also have the time with modern labor-saving devices to patronize bowling alleys and golf courses. Why shouldn&rsquo;t ladies enter the business end when they are so active in sports today?&rdquo;</p><p>The Red Wings, like the baseball Yankees, have won four straight World Series &ldquo;My job is to listen and learn and, of course. I&rsquo;m lucky to be surrounded by such a sports-loving family. Jim was. an all-around athlete at Irving School. Bruce was in athletics at Yale. My father was a remarkable athlete. He had great reflexes. I believe sport competition sharpens the mind. You carry quick-wittedness over Into business.&rdquo;</p><p>There will be no change in policy in the running of the club and this writer, for one, Is delighted at this news. Two years ago the Red Wings cooperated with WPIX in being the first hockey club in the history of this conservative sport to permit TV cameras and bright lights to be wheeled into the dressing room between periods.</p><p>WPIX viewers were surprised one Winter night to be taken behind the scenes into an authentic dressing room. Hot tea was passed out to perspiring athletes. Some repaired their sticks or tightened laces of their skates. The camera brought the faces of these clean-cut athletes and their big grins right into the homes of millions of New Yorkers. You could hear the familiar background noises of a large group of athletes and their trainers and hear the pep talks and the outline of strategy. It was a great and historic show.</p><p>&ldquo;I remember my father talking about the impact of television and the debate they had over permitting cameras in the dressing room,&rdquo; said Miss Norris, &ldquo;but the advantages outweighed the disadvantages. Those closeups &lsquo;sold&rsquo; the players to the viewers. There&rsquo;s something fascination to a woman when she sees a husky 200-pound man, his hair slicked back, wearing a brightly colored uniform swooping gracefully down ice. The impact of colliding bodies, the thrills, the pretty action pictures all blend into an unforgettable night&rsquo;s entertainment.&rdquo;</p><p>Miss Norris is as chic and as modern in her views as is possible for a well educated young lady in this supersonic age to be. She is a remarkable girl from a remarkable family, a real pin-up. But you get the impression that behind the beauty are brains and that, while the young lady is being very quiet while learning the business from rinkside up, she&rsquo;ll soon be a real boss and very active in NHL councils. I&rsquo;m for that. Men have had a long-time monopoly. Let&rsquo;s let a photogenic lady give it a whirl.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE POWER HOUSE

<div class="byline">By LEN TAYLOR</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0180/1019017-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gallinger in his last NHL season.</b></figcaption></div><p>KITCHENER, Ont,&mdash;</p><p>The ghost of an unhappy hockey episode was seen hereabouts recently when the Kitchener &ndash; Waterloo Dutchmen of the OHA senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series got into trouble over attempts to use Don Gallinger, former Boston NHL star, in an advisory coaching capacity.</p><p>The development came when club directors, dissatisfied with the team&rsquo;s showing under playing coach Ott Heller, removed the veteran ex-Ranger from the coaching chore although retaining him as a player.</p><p>They named club publicity director Bob Rafferty as coach and said that Gallinger would assist him in workouts. Since the team made public announcement of their plans it was obvious they were not attempting to do anything underhanded but they got into trouble just the same.</p><p>Playing their first game under Rafferty the Dutchmen third in the loop, scored a 5-3 victory over Sarnia Sailors. Sailors immediately protested charging that Gallinger had been advising the club in the dressing room, although they admitted he wasn&rsquo;t there when Sarnia officials led the referees into the Dutchman room to show them.</p><p>Club president Bob Bauer, after talking with OHA officials, said that the directors and himself had been in error as he had learned the team could not use Gallinger&rsquo;s services in any capacity. He said the plan to do so would be dropped and Rafferty would continue on his own as coach.</p><p>Although not well known Rafferty did a good job guiding Brigeport Vets to an OHA intermediate title two years ago.</p><p>The Incident cost the club the services of their business manager Walter (Punch) Scherer who resigned in disagreement over appointing Gallinger to an advisory post.</p><p>Scherer coached the team several years back and there was some indication that he might take over if Heller retired.</p><p>Heller, meanwhile, gained many new friends by coming up with sensational performances as a player. He scored two goals and four assists and was the best man on the ice in both of the games he played Immediately after stepping down.</p><p>The case of Gallinger, however, is creating a good deal of local sympathy for the former Port Colborne player who was suspended indefinitely by the NHL for associating with a known gambler.</p><p>Since getting intro trouble in hockey Gallinger has carried on as a baseball operator and player. Last year his Kitchener Panthers won their Inter-County league and the Ontario title with as smooth an operation on and off the field as the area has seen in many years.</p><p>Opinion is growing here that Gallinger has earned the right to coach or manage in hockey. It Is not expected that he will ever play again but many feel he is entitled to a chance in an executive or Instructional capacity. Bobby Bauer rates him a top coach and Dutchmen officials say they will be glad to have him with the team any time he gets a clerance.</p><p>It is possible that he may make another approach toward a limited reinstatement some time this summer and if he does he will get a good deal of local support and encouragement.</p><p>The Gallinger sensation somewhat overshadowed other developments in the league of recent days. One was the case of Owen Sound Mercurys taking over first place from the defending champions from Stratford.</p><p>For a month the Mercs have been the most solid club in the loop. Indians have slowed down somewhat as indicated by their 4-3 loss to the tail-end Hamilton Tigers. It was Tigers first win in 26 starts a new losing record for the OHA senior series.</p><p>Indians avenged that back in Stratford next night by walloping&rsquo;s hard-trying youngsters 15-1.</p><p>Mercs, who have added Ralph Hoskings, a former pro blueliner to their defence brigade, could easily finish on top in the regular schedule. They may find the playoffs rough. Brantford Redmen have picked up two new players in George Fraser of, Ottawa and Doug McKay a former Detroit Red Wings chattel. Both are good men who should about clinch the Brant drive for a playoff spot.</p><h2>Before He Was Ousted<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Gallinger Blocked in Attempts to Take Post as Advisory Coach with Dutchmen

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO. Ill.&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s no secret that most Calder Trophy winners have been unable to duplicate their impressive first year performances in the National League. The rookie award jinx has dimmed many a shining new star, but a select few have managed to elude this hockey hoodoo with sustained displays of the talents that originally earned them recognition as outstanding newcomers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0266/1019048-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="294" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gus Bodnar</b></figcaption></div><p>Terry Sawchuk of Detroit is one of these exceptions and so is Chicago&rsquo;s Gus Bodnar. The forceful Fort William (Ont.) workman will this season become the third Calder winner in history to complete a decade of actual play in the NHL. Only others to accomplish this creditable feat in the past 17 years have been Toronto&rsquo;s Syl Apps and Frankie Brimsek of Boston and later Chicago.</p><p>And how has Gus been able to stick? &ldquo;The main reason for his continued success has been his constant, hard-driving play&hellip;he never falls to give us his best,&rdquo; Black Hawk General Manager Bill Tobin commented recently.</p><p>&ldquo;He seems to be doing better than ever this season too and it may turn out to be his best in a long time,&rdquo; Coach Sid Abel added.</p><p>Sid rates his veteran attracking unit of Bodnar, Jim McFadden and Jimmy Peters very highly and won&rsquo;t hesitate to point out that they&rsquo;re also darn good defensively. This trio has notched a total of 32 goals and 36 assists so far this season to rank as the Hawks&rsquo; top scoring line.</p><p>Bodnar was one of the seven players Involved in the trade that sent Max Bentley to Toronto in 1947. Also moving to Chicago were Gaye Stewart, Bud Poile, Bob Goldham and Ernie Dickens. Bodnar is the only one of the five still wearing Black Hawk livery and Goldham Is the only other member of the group still cavorting on big time ice.</p><p>When he realized that Gus, Stewart and Poile all came from Fort William, Johnny Gottselig, then coach of the Hawks, immediately installed them on one line. It had been quite awhile since they had performed together, but they turned out to be the big surprise of the 1947-48 campaign. They were deservedly tabbed &ldquo;the Flyin&rsquo; Forts.&rdquo;</p><p>It was unfortunate that fate decreed that they should play as a threesome for just one season. The following year, Poile and George Gee were shuttled to Detroit in exchange for Jim Conacher. Bep Guldolin and Doug McCaig. Stewart journeyed to the Motor City two years afterward as part of a giant nine-player swap.</p><p>Many people couldn&rsquo;t see why Bodnar was retained. They failed to realize that although Stewart and Poile had been the heavier scorers, Gus had shown more real hustle and jest for playing hockey than both of them put together. These factors have continually brought about his return to the Hawks for another season.</p><p>After the destruction of the Fort line, Bodnar didn&rsquo;t find things too easy. He was shifted around to every forward position and saw action with some 20 different combinations of line-mates. Many hockey players would have fallen by the wayside during such shufflings, but Gus always bounced back with more gusto than ever.</p><p>Yes, he has shown an uncanny ability to thrive on misfortune and now that Chicago&rsquo;s hockey hopes are once again on the upward road, he is displaying more pep than ever. As Gus Bodnar romps, races and fights for the puck, It&rsquo;s easy to see why he has the title of &ldquo;Hockey&rsquo;s most underrated star.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Little Gus on Way To Biggest Season; Hard Driving Play Does It

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, Ill.&mdash;When Gus Bodnar won the Calder trophy as the National Hockey league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie in 1943-44, he established a freshman scoring mark that still stands. He accounted for 22 goals and 40 assists for 62 points while appearing in 50 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>The magnitude of this record became quite apparent last season when Montreal&rsquo;s sensational &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Geoffrion was acclaimed the top first year man after he had scored 30 goals and 24 assists for 54 points. It can be seen that he came close to the Bodnar mark, but is took him 67 games as compared to only 50 for Gus.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Gus Still Holds Record for Most Points as Rook

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Not only is Gordie Howe the most potent player in the National Hockey League, but he also is the most durable.</p><p>To go along with his flashy goal and point totals, Howe also is leading the league in the durability department.</p><p>A check of the NHL records shows that up to Dec. 14, Howe had played in the last 270 Detroit games on the schedule. No one now active owns a longer consecutive strings.</p><p>Howe bounced out a hospital bed from a knee operation to play the last 22, games of the 1948-49 season. He worked all 70 games the next three campaigns and then added 30 more to open the current semester.</p><p>The powerful Red Wing forward still is far from the record. Murray Murdock set it by working 508 games without a miss for the New York Rangers until he retired at the end of the 1936-37 season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0351/1019103-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="606" height="1204"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORD HOWS</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Howe Leads Loop In Durability Department

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Gordon Howe, prolific scoring right winger of the Detroit Red Wings, could possibly be on his way to setting a new mark for goals scored in one season. He will have to improve slightly on his present rate to complete the feat however.</p><p>To date the all-star winger has amassed 29 goals in the 42 games he&rsquo;s played for the Wings. This means he has 28 games left in which to get the 23 goals needed to smash the present record of 50 for a season, set by the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; Maurice Richard in 1944-45.</p><p>Richard&rsquo;s mark was set during a 50 game schedule, as many games as Howe will have played by next week.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Aims For Record

<p><b>Founded October 1. 1947</b></p><p><b>Published by Kenneth W. McKenzie and Will. V. Cote</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY</b></p><p><b>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 us second class mail. Post Office Denartment. 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 Newu Company 1434 Ste Catherine Street West, Mont Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Printed in Canada.</b></p><p><b>Vol. 6 MONTREAL, JANUARY 24, 1953 Ne. 17</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01153/1019203-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="438" height="430"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ARGIE NORRIS, president of the Detroit Red Wings, is quite a source of publicity for the club. As Dink Carroll points out, &ldquo;Reams of copy have already been written about her and she appeared on radio and television programs. One thing about her, as a graduate of Smith College and the New York office of Dunn & Bradstreet she will be able to read a financial report and know what it&rsquo;s all about&rdquo;&hellip;John Ross Roach, one of hockey&rsquo;s goalkeeping greats and now an automobile salesman in Detroit, is altarbound next month. Vic Lynn became the first player in history to play for all six NHL clubs&hellip;Pete Babando is playing for his fourth NHL team, and now that he is with the New York Rangers he has rejoined his old defense mate of juvenile days in Timmins, Allan Stanley&hellip;Stanley and Babando are roommates with Rangers&hellip;Aldo Guidolin is the fifth member of last season&rsquo;s Memorial Cup champion Guelph Biltmores to get a Ranger try-out&hellip;Since Gus Mortson suffered his broken nose, he has been unable to see over the blown-up bugle when the puck gets in around his skates, Mortson plans to form a company, along with his father and two partners, to develop a copper property of about 700 acres, which they own near Kirkland Lake, Ont&hellip;. Tommy Meeker, younger brother of Toronto&rsquo;s Howie, scored five goals in his first three games with Clarkson College of Potsdam, N.Y&hellip;. Gordie Hannigan and Bob Hassard, Toronto rookies, have been receiving annoying telephone calls from impersonators and the Toronto police promise a severe penalty to the guilty culprits&hellip;Chicago&rsquo;s Gus Bodnar suffered a slight concussion and a cut right ear in Boston the other night when he hit a soft spot in the ice and fell heavily into the boards.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0255/1019196-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="288" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Vic Lynn</b></figcaption></div><p>ALLAN STANLEY, captain of the New York Rangers, confesses he has spent many sleepless nights as a result of the heckling he takes from New York fans. It appears that many Ranger fans don&rsquo;t like Stanley&rsquo;s style of hockey. The big guy is still one of the best rear-guards in the game and a player that every NHL club would like to have on its roster&hellip;Eric Nesterenko, Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo;. 19-year-old discovery, is of Ukrainian descent&hellip;Harvard has the best college team in the Eastern United States this year. Harvard plays more like an NHL team than any college squad active today. Cooney Weiland, former Boston Bruin great, is the coach&hellip;Herb Gallagher, NHL, linesman, is director of athletics and hockey coach, at Northeastern University&hellip;Fort Wayne, Indiana, is proving a terrific hockey center. Fort Wayne has a last-place team in the International Hockey League and is still averaging 5,500 fans a game. This is Fort Wayne&rsquo;s first season in organized hockey&hellip;Jim &lsquo;Red Eye&rsquo; Hay, Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; likeable young defenseman, picked up the unusual nickname as a result of having a pink eye as a youngster&hellip;Max Bentley uses a hockey stick with a tapered blade. Harry Watson tried it out one season and scored 22 goals. Watson returned to the orthodox brand the following season, however&hellip;Aldo Guidolin of Rangers is far-sighted and dons contact lenses at the start of the second period. He can&rsquo;t stand them for an entire game&hellip;A third Toppazzini is due to make his NHL debut soon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0328/1019189-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="300" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Horry Watson</b></figcaption></div><p>ARNIE KULLMAN, veteran center of the Hershey Bears, became the 69th member of the American Hockey League century Club when he scored Goal 100 recently. Arnie is a cousin of Rangers&rsquo; Eddie Kullman&hellip;Bun Cook at Cleveland, King Clancy at Pittsburgh and Frank Beisler at Syracuse, are the only bench coaches in the American League. All other teams have playing mentors&hellip;Glenn Hall, fill-in goalie for Terry Sawchuk, did nothing to impair Sawchuk&rsquo;s chances of winning the Vezina Trophy two years in a row. Hall only allowed 10 goals in six games which is a remarkable record for the 21-year-old Detroit chattel&hellip;A group of Timmins, Ont. business men are seeking a suitable trophy in memory of the late Bill Barilko. The trophy will be presented to the most outstanding defenseman in the Porcupine Juvenile Hockey League&hellip;Detroit partisans call Marty Pavelich the best defensive winger in hockey today&hellip;Elmer Lach assisted on 150 of Maurice Richard&rsquo;s 334 goals. Toe Blake, left wing on the famed Punch Line during its greatest years, assisted on 75 of Richard&rsquo;s goals. Bert Olmstead, current left Wing on the &ldquo;Punchers&rdquo;, has assisted on 30 of Rocket&rsquo;s tallies. Out of Richard&rsquo;s 334 goals, only 41 were scored unassisted&hellip;Red Sullivan is happy to be back with the Boston Bruins. &ldquo;I sure hope I can stick here in Boston,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;somehow I feel at home here. And well he should, for there are more than 25 columns of Sullivans in the Boston telephone directory&hellip;As soon as Buck Whitlock scores his 300th goal, Charlottetown Islander fans will stage a special night for the popular Maritime player. Buck is the scoring whizz of Maritime hockey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0415/1019182-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="297" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Barilko</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/f0006-0511/1019234-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2>Wants To Play</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>This is my first letter to your terrific paper. Am about to rattle off a sad story, so get your crying towels ready.</p><p>I live in an American city (Pittsburgh) where the climate is mild, and except for an occasional cold spell ice is at a premium. Several years ago the Hornets (yah!) formed a Jr. League and provided Ice on which, to play hockey. Well, this year they&rsquo;re not interested, and there are a hundred or so guys who are very much interested in playing this game that you Canucks perfected, but we have no place to play it.</p><p>Saw mention in your paper of an amateur group (USAHA?) that is trying to promote junior hockey in the U.S. If you think they could help us would you then please forward their address or possibly tell me where I could find it? Thanks!</p><p>John M. Dawson, Pittsburgh, Pa.</p><p><b>(The group to which we refer-red is the United States Amateur Hockey Association and they are doing fine work in promoting the game in the States. The Director for your district, the state of Pennsylvania, is Frank E. Gallagher, 6891 Rutherford, Detroit 28, Mich.)</b></p><h2>Beliveau Bouquet</h2><p>Dears Sirs,</p><p>All reports to the contrary, Jean Beliveau will be a big star in the NHL. Only people who haven&rsquo;t seen him play say he will not.</p><p>Could you settle an argument? Was he born in Three Rivers, Que. or Victoriaville, Que?</p><p>Guy Poitras Lachine, Que.</p><p><b>(Jean Beliveau was born August 31, 1931 in Three Rivers, Que.)</b></p><h2>Hergy Booster</h2><p>I have been reading THE HOCKEY NEWS for two years and think it is great. This is my first time to write to Fan Forum.</p><p>What is the longest time any player in the NHL was in the penalty box in 1 season and who was it?</p><p>I would like to know the following things about Ted Kennedy: If he is married, has any children and trophies that he won, and his age.</p><p>I would like to see more pictures of Wally Hergesheimer in your paper. This is how I think the season will close: Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers.</p><p>Hugh Townsend. New Glasgow, N.S.</p><p><b>(Red Horner spent 167 minutes in the penalty box with Toronto Maple Leafs in 1935-36. Ted Kennedy is married, has a little boy named Mark. Ted is 27 and has never won any individual trophies in the NHL.)</b></p><h2>Bathgate Brothers</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Could you please tell me if Frank Bathgate is the loader brother of Andy Bathgate, ex of the New York Rangers.</p><p>I enjoy THE HOCKEY NEWS very much and look forward to it every week.</p><p>Beth Shaver Toronto, Ont.</p><p><b>(Yes, Frank is Andy&rsquo;s older brother.)</b></p><h2>Wants Sudden Death</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Why doesn&rsquo;t the NHL do something about all those tie games that go by the boards every year, especially since attendance in some cities is relatively low? I, as a hockey fan of long standing, feel more or less &ldquo;disappointed&rdquo; and &ldquo;let-down&rdquo; after viewing a tie game. I am sure a great many others feel the same way. As a remedy for this, I recommend a ten minute sudden death overtime period. This ten minute period may not always produce a winner, but the excitement and tension of the &ldquo;sudden death&rdquo; period in which the game rides on every shot, will send the customers home more than satisfied. You can bet they will be back again for more.</p><p>The great majority of the fans want overtime, and after all they pay the tariff and a heavy tariff it is. The players are healthy and well paid. An occasional extra ten minutes won&rsquo;t kill them. So how about it, Board of Governors, give us overtime and give hockey a badly needed boost.</p><p>Walter Falke, Toronto, Ont.</p><h2>Wants Pen Pals</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Since there is very little hockey about my section of the country this year, I would appreciate it if you would publish this letter.</p><p>I enjoy writing to fans who enjoy the game that I have been enjoying since I was nine years old and I would like to obtain some pen pals; both here in the United States and Canada.</p><p>Your paper is a standard word in our household and I wouldn&rsquo;t be without it. And from all of us to all of you a Happy New Year and continued success throughout many years to come.</p><p>Jo-Anne Parker, Pennsauken, N.J.</p><h2>He No Like</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>In the December 27 the issue of HOCKEY NEWS, Neville Hamilton defended the record of Maurice Richard, stating he only spent twenty-three minutes in the penalty box. That was possibly true, but it must be remembered that the referees more often overlook violations when committed by Richard. Why this is, I cannot understand.</p><p>In Chicago recently Richard deliberately tripped George Gee in front of the net and after tripping him scored a goal. The referee was looking directly at Richard but did not call the tripping penalty. Rightfully the goal was not deserved. Later in the game, when Richard was in the penalty box he cursed at the referee but that too was overlooked. George Gee, with good reason, used profane language and was given a misconduct penalty.</p><p>So Richard is not always a &ldquo;gentlemanly player&rdquo; but an overrated whiner who is dirty, sneaky. In spite of this he is a good hockey player. He is disliked in Chicago for his dirty method of playing and like Bouchard his efforts to injure the younger and smaller players on the team.</p><p>R. Makrin, Chicago, Ill.</p><h2>Cure Attendance Slump</h2><p>Dears Sirs,</p><p>This is the first year I have taken your paper and I enjoy it very much but there are several things I would like to say. First how can &ldquo;Amateur Hockey&rdquo; be called amateur. Webster&rsquo;s Dictionary defines amateur as &ldquo;one who cultivates a particular pursuit without pursuing it professionally&rdquo; namely one who does something for the love of it and not for money. If the money &ldquo;amateurs&rdquo; receive is for living expenses, I can see, but if the $12,000 Jean Beliveau receives with Quebec is all for expenses, what are the expenses of professional players. Also how can an ex-pro be reinstated as an &ldquo;amateur&rdquo;.</p><p>Second, there is a lot of talk about hockey pulling out of the U.S. because of bad attendence. There are several ways to remedy this. First allow Cleveland to enter into the National League and second have the International and the Eastern Leagues combine with the American League and have the winner of the American League play the Western League winner. As everyone knows both Indianapolis and Cincinnati dropped out of the AHL and by taking a look at last years standings it is easy to see why. Indianapolis finished last while both Indianapolis and Cincinnati were both out of the race by January so how could attendence help but fail. Indianapolis showed it could draw crowds by the game between Chicago and Detroit there on December 6 which drew 10,000 people. So the newspaper writers in Canada say that even a loosing team in Canada draws. But that isn&rsquo;t true. For proof, as of December 18, Edmonton which was in last place in the WHL only six points out of fifth had drawn only 46,000 a drop of almost 30,000.</p><p>It was too had Cleveland wasn&rsquo;t given a franchise in the NHL as I think if they had it would have helped Seattle.</p><p>If Cleveland had been elevated it would have helped Seattle as much as Cleveland. Every other team in the WHL has a major league tie-up except Seattle. Therefore every other team receives their players from a major team while Seattle receives their&rsquo;s from a minor team and naturally unless Cleveland has a marvelous team as they do this year Seattle can&rsquo;t possibly be as good as the other teams which hurts attendance and may make the club fold.</p><p>By combining the International, Eastern, and the American Leagues; allow Cleveland to join the NHL and; having a playoff between the WHL and the AHL; I believe that hockey in America would be stabilized.</p><p>Finally, why don&rsquo;t you have more articles on the two American teams in the Western League. The only article I&rsquo;ve seen was about the Tacoma club being moved to Regina and that was written by someone in Regina.</p><p>Yours truly, Donald Flanders</p><p><b>(We will have more on Seattle and Tacoma in the very near future.)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-069/1019265-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="600" height="307"></div><h2>January 30 to February 5</h2><p>30&mdash;IVAN, Tommy, Dertoit, coach 1911</p><p>2&mdash;HICKEY, Les, Vancouver, forward, 1921</p><p>3&mdash;PATRICK, Lynn, Boston, coach, 1912; KAPUSTA, Pete, Providence forward, 1924.</p><p>4&mdash;ABBOTT, Reg, Victoria forward, 1930; BROWN, Adam, Hershey forward, 1920; ROCHE, Ernie, Victoria defense, 1930.<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&bdquo; 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

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>On the recent road trip to New York, on which his Montreal Canadiens were whipped 7-0 by the Rangers, Dick Irvin was sorting out railway and pullman tickets for Maurice (Rocket) Richard and Ken Mosdell to Buffalo, N.Y. Passers-by were startled to hear liver thatched mentor mutter.</p><p>&ldquo;I never thought I&rsquo;d live to see the day when I&rsquo;d be sending The Rocket to Buffalo&rdquo;.</p><p>Some Montreal Canadien fans would naturally be alarmed by the utterance but it developed that Rocket and Big Mo were merely going to Buffalo to represent the club at a March of Dimes dinner there.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

“Never Thought I’d See It” Says Dick as Rocket Shuffles Off To Buffalo

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>The constantly agressive Chicago Black Hawks and live television, a twosome long separated by a collection of varied circumstances, were finally reunited at the Chicago Stadium. The Hawks played host to their &ldquo;cousins&rdquo; from the east, New York&rsquo;s staggering Blueshirts, on Sunday the 18th.</p><p>This tussle, as well as seven others on following Sundays, will be beamed into midwestern homes and spots of leisure over station WBKB on channel four. The Household Finance corp., the largest small loan company in the United States and Canada, is slated to sponsor the series.</p><p>Signed to do the play-by-play just as he did four years ago when the Hawks pionneered hockey on television is Joe Wilson, one of the premier sportscasters in the Windy City. He will be assisted with color commentary by youthful Ed Pazdur, sports editor of TV Forecast, a Chicago television weekly.</p><p>Handling the duel role of &ldquo;actor&rdquo; and player on home ice will be something new for virtually all of the members of the current Chicago cast. Only four, bill Gadsby, Bill Mosienko, Gus Bodnar and George Gee, were around these parts when the games were last videoed in 1949.</p><p>The complete schedule of TV games from the Stadium is as follows: January 18, New York Rangers; January 25, Toronto Maple Leafs; February 1, the Rangers; February 8, the Leafs; February 15, Detroit Red Wings; February 22, Boston Bruins; March 1, the Bruins, and March 15, the Wings.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

ChiHawks Hit TV Circuits for 10 Cames

<div class="byline">MOZLEY.</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Miss Marguerite Ann Norris, new president of the Red Wings, made an instant hit with New York hockey writers when she attended their weekly luncheon in company with Jack Adams on Jan. 13.</p><p>After saying a few words, the attractive club owner and one-time &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; goalkeeper asked if there were any questions. She was acclaimed for the answer she gave to one query by Pat Robinson of the INS. master of the leading question.</p><p>&ldquo;Miss Norris,&rdquo; he asked, &ldquo;is your Interest in hockey altruistic or financial? I mean, do you want to see Detroit win, or do you want to have a record gate?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Mr. Robinson,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re winning, the gate is always good.&rdquo;</p><p>Adams later remarked that his new &ldquo;boss&rdquo; has a lot of her late father in her. &ldquo;The first thing she did when she took over the club,&rdquo; he pointed out, &ldquo;was to see the auditor. She asked him more questions in one hour than I had in 25 years.&rdquo;</p><p>Incidentally, Miss Norris&rsquo; presence at the luncheon was a momentous occasion. Never before, in the history of the New York Association, had a member of the distaff side attended one of the affairs. Before she departed, she was told that she would be expected, and welcomed warmly, in the future.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Marge Makes Hit in New York

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;If I thought there was even a remote chance of them accepting, I&rsquo;d invite the Russians to send a hockey team to Canada.&rdquo;</p><p>W. B. (Baldy) George, president of the CAHA, was half joking of course, but you had the feeling that he was half serious, too.</p><p>The matter came up after one of the CAHA&rsquo;s semi-annual sessions at Ottawa recently in which the delegates voted to remain out of the World Hockey championships at Zurich, Switzerland, in March.</p><p>&ldquo;Why doesn&rsquo;t the CAHA semi a REAL team over there,&rdquo; a fellow said, &ldquo;and really put it to them?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been trying to figure out a way of doing just that for a long time,&rdquo; said Baldy. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re getting sick and tired of the criticism every year.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Then, bring the Europeans over here,&rdquo; another fellow said.</p><p>&ldquo;We tried that, too,&rdquo; said George, &ldquo;but they want a mortgage on the country to come over here. And to think that we have been going over there every year at our own expense, not to mention to make money for them.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;You could make a mint if you ever got a Russian team to come over here,&rdquo; a guy said. &ldquo;What an attraction that would be.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;If the Russians were smart, they&rsquo;d send a team over here,&rdquo; said a bystander. &ldquo;With the money they&rsquo;d make they could refloat the ruble.&rdquo;</p><p>General consensus of opinion at the CAHA seasons was that it was regretful to have to stop sending teams to Europe, but in view of the situation, very little could be done about the matter.</p><p>&ldquo;We try to spread good will,&rdquo; said George, &ldquo;but so far all we&rsquo;ve done is step on toes. They just don&rsquo;t, or won&rsquo;t, understand.&rdquo;</p><p>The CAHA prexy said that consideration was being given to sending over a top notch team the next time, one that would leave no doubt about Canada&rsquo;s superiority.</p><p>The team would fly over a week ahead, become acclimatized, and then play in the tournament. No exhibition games would be played.</p><p>&ldquo;In this way, a good team could two weeks and be able to come be away from Canada for about right back to their league. It&rsquo;s a possible solution, anyway.&rdquo;</p><p>At last sight, Mr. George was heard muttering to himself:</p><p>&ldquo;I wonder what comrade I should see about getting Joe to send a team over here?&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

George Would Invite Reds To Send Team

<div class="byline">BOB HESKETH</div><p>(Toronto Telegram)</p><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>New suits of armour are being ordered for the Maple Leafs. It has developed, after weeks of research while the sick parade to hospital for banged-up knees and strained backs has continued, that the weaknesses might be in the pants themselves rather than the bodies that were in them. The result has been an order for a brand latest, A-number one trouser which will afford the Leaf players protection from every conceivable angle of attack.</p><p>Basically it is hoped that the pants will bring surcease from a plague of knee injuries which has sidelined key men like Rudy Migay, Howie Meeker, George Armstrong and slowed up others for various spans of time over the season like Gord Hannigan. It has been detected that other NHL clubs like Detroit and Chicago, who are now using the same pattern for pant-cutting, have been relatively free of such impediments and it is reasonable to assume that with more protection in the pant department, the Leafs themselves can hope for happier fortunes.</p><p>The new jeans will be the nylon finished ones that lend such a flashy appearance to even the stodgiest NHL&rsquo;er. Basically they&rsquo;re similar to the articles now being modelled by the Canadiens but Joe Primeau, coach, Insists that they are the latest &lsquo;53 deluxe model, completely armoured with fibre and sponge rubber from the back to front, top to bottom as it were.</p><p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t see that there is one part of the body protected by these pants that can be Injured in any way,&rdquo; Joe breathes optimiscally.</p><p>Meanwhile those who were victimized (?) by those old motheaten shorts are still in various stages of recovery and recuperation. At this sitting Meeker and Migay are still spending their time regarding nurses and Ted Kennedy, who may or may not be back in time to be in the playoffs (?) is recuperating from an operation for a shoulder separation, the biggest single injury the Leafs have suffered this season.</p><p>Armstrong, the Big Chief rookie, rejoined the club last midweek in time to witness Harry Lumley&rsquo;s fourth shutout of the season, this one against the Chicago Black Hawks and if his performance that night is any criterion, Army has weathered the layoff well. It was the considered opinion of Staff Smythe, acting brass with Conn in Florida, that Army was backchecking ever better than he had before Lee Fogolin of the Hawks bent his leg the wrong way with a bodycheck a month ago.</p><p>And Maxwell Bentley, the Delisle Dandy is back at his old locker having recovered from a December back injury that preceded the run of Leaf injuries. His return will re-unite him with his desired wingmen, Hannigan and Armstrong in a line which, before Maxie was hurt, threatened to take 10 years off his life.</p><p>Bentley&rsquo;s vacation has been a blessing in a way, particularly for Bob Hassard, a guitar-playing, cattle-raising native of Stouffville a Toronto suburb. Robert was used in the role of utility centre before Migay & Bentley joined the ranks of the wounded and the extra work their absence brought has improved him to such an extent that he almost singlehandedly beat that Hawks in the aforementioned contest with two goals.</p><p>Maxie&rsquo;s return presents a new juggling problem but happily Smythe has enough to fill the holes. Wally Maxwell, the Marlboro Junior returned to the ranks of the amateurs for the season. The Leafs, with Bentley back, have a full complement of centres, will be able to use Phil Maloney, the Pittsburgh callup, or Tod Sloan, the centre-right winger, with Sid Smith and Ron Stewart Kennedy&rsquo;s regular wings. Hassard will operate most of the time with Harry Watson and the much-publicized rookie Eric Nesterenko who incidentally won his big league spurs with despatch.</p><p>The Leafs, in fact, might wind up overstaffed at one position if, by some twist of fate, they get all their right wingers together at once. For that side they have Stewart, Nesterenko, Sloan, Armstrong and Meeker, the former four already in action and the latter recuperating nicely from a banged up knee. Primeau is uncommunicative as to what his position would be if that ever did happen.</p><p>&ldquo;It will be a happy decision to make,&rdquo; he says wistfully.</p><h2><b>Back in Blue</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01104/1019392-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="574" height="1192"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MAX BENTLEY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Leafs Trade in Old Blue Jeans for ’53 Model Padded for Falls

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The Boston Bruins have been tripped up by such unavoidables as injuries and an uncooperative schedule in recent weeks, but one little matter pertaining to their late difficulties they have given themselves the leg.</p><p>That&rsquo;s their failure to have stashed away in an accessible spot a handful of players for emergency use.</p><p>Some of the troubles which the Bruins have been through have resulted directly from a lack of manpower which, in turn, is traceable to the lack of such a cache.</p><p>There were times in December, when their injury epidemic was at its peak, that the Bruins were being carried by a knot of physically fit atheletes. The strain on the able-bodied few was great, and the lenghty period for which players like Milt Schmidt, Bill Quackenbush and Joe Klukay had to do double duty certainly hasn&rsquo;t benefitted them.</p><p>Some of that strain could have been avoided had the Bruins had access to emergency players as some of their rivals did.</p><p>When injuries struck elsewhere Montreal summoned Jean Beliveau and Reg Abbott, Toronto called in Eric Nesterenko and Wally Maxwell, and Detroit, Chicago and even New York were able to keep their larders full.</p><p>The Bruins, by contrast, found themselves with their hands virtually tied. They too, have a goodly number of players on the string in minor and amateur leagues, but most of their properties are under lock and key for the year.</p><p>The Bruins&rsquo; logical chief source of reinforements is Hershey, but a combination of the American league recall rule and ethics retrained them from pulling in some of the Boston-owned players with the Bears.</p><p>When the players shortage first developed General Manager Art Ross defended clearly the Bruins&rsquo; attitude toward the talent at Hershey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0282/1019430-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="384" height="736"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Mohns</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;Hershey is one of the finest organizations in sports with which to be affiliated,&rdquo; he explained, &ldquo;and there&rsquo;s a moral issue as well as a practical Issue involved. The Bears are in a hot race themselves, and we will not interrupt their operations unless we&rsquo;re desperate.&rdquo;</p><p>When the Bruins&rsquo; forward squad finally dipped under 10, only then did Ross recall center George Sullivan and right wing Duncan Fisher, and only for the duration of the emergency.</p><p>The success of youngsters like Nesterenko, Maxwell and others in bit parts for other teams created a barrage of inquiries here as to why the Bruins haven&rsquo;t brought up some of their own junior prospects under the three-game tryout plan.</p><p>Lynn Patrick broached the subject himself after the game with Toronto in which Dave Creighton received a broken leg when he said:</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like very much to bring up young Doug Mohns from Barrie and play him for three games. The experience would do him a world of good, and I think he has the ability to help us at the same time.</p><p>&ldquo;But unfortunately,&rdquo; sighed the Bruins&rsquo; coach, &ldquo;the Barrie authorities won&rsquo;t let us have him or the other boys we have there.&rdquo;</p><p>The Bruins&rsquo; situation in general points up a new development in the production of major league hockey, the necessity of having a spot where several players can be given steady employment with an eye toward bringing them in for short periods in times of emergency.</p><p>The Bruins have Hershey, a team they&rsquo;re reluctant to hit up and one which is also bound by the limited recall rule. They have Tacoma of the Western League, clear across the continent. And they have amateur teams.</p><p>But what they have needed most this season is an affiliate, preferably professional, agreeable to parting with a player or two for short periods with no hampering rules.</p><p>Bruins&rsquo; executives have indicated that the creation of such a working agreement is on their agenda for the near-future, and the guessing is that they are thinking in terms of a club in the Quebec Senior League, set up only a couple of hours&rsquo; flying distance from here.</p><p>The Bruins, meanwhile, have been trying to recoup their losses by regaining their winning touch at home. They&rsquo;re in the midst of a four weeks&rsquo; home stand, and the most promising early development was the return to the lineup of Ed Sandford, the hammering left wing, who missed 10 sucessive games with a knee injury.</p><p>His return restored as a unit Patrick&rsquo;s best early-season line&mdash;Fleming Mackell, Klukay and Sandford&mdash;for the first time since mid-December.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0735/1019423-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="1172" height="2128"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Barrie Brass Put Kibosh on B’s Hopes to Call Up Farm Charges

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01137/1019516-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GLEN HALL&hellip; &hellip;ADDED a ZERO</b></figcaption></div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>The relief work turned in by baby-faced Glen Hall during Terry Sawchuk&rsquo;s absence with a broken foot proved highly satisfactory to all concerned at this end.</p><p>This includes:</p><p>1&mdash;Hall,<br>2&mdash;Sawchuk,<br>3&mdash;The Detroit team,<br>4&mdash;General Manager Jack Adams, and<br>5&mdash;All the Red Wing fans.</p><p>Each had personal reasons to be happy about the emergency job handled by Hall for six games. The youngster since has returned to the Edmonton (Alta.) Flyers in the Western League, his fine performance a matter of record.</p><p>It all came about when a hard shot by Alex Delvecchio nicked Sawchuk in the right instep during a practice session Dec. 24. A hairline fracture was discovered by X-ray, and Terry celebrated Christmas, his 23rd birthday (Dec. 29) and New Year&rsquo;s Eve with a cast on his foot.</p><p>Hall couldn&rsquo;t get here fast enough to take over at once, so Red Almas was hailed from St. Louis to work one game. Then Hall tended the Detroit nets for the rest of Sawchuk&rsquo;s recuperative period.</p><p>Through it all the 21-year-old Hall proved a sound stand-in for the man called &ldquo;the best goalie in the world&rdquo;.</p><p>You can&rsquo;t say that Sawchuk wasn&rsquo;t even missed, but it is a fact that his absence didn&rsquo;t prove costly. The Wings won four, tied one and lost one with Hall in the nets, and the lone defeat was a shutout.</p><p>These were the benefits best-remembered by the principals:</p><p>Hall can be proud of his major league debut. He had been called a great prospect and held No. 2 ranking in the Detroit system. When the chance came, he lived up to advance billing.</p><p>Sawchuk can only praise the way his teammates and the two reliefmen protected his Vezina Trophy bid. He left with an six-goal and came back with a 13-goal edge, plus a strenghened goals-against record.</p><p>Terry had a 1.97 average when he was hurt&mdash;61 goals in 31 games. Under the trophy stipulations all goals allowed by his subscounted against him.</p><p>Almas yielded three in his lone appearance and Hall gave up only 10 in the next six. That made the total 74 goals in 38 games&mdash;a 1.95 average.</p><p>Jack Adams gained further proof that he has goalie strength in the organization. The Wings long have been able to come up with topnotch goaltenders&mdash;Johnny Mowers and Harry Lumley were Sawchuk&rsquo;s immediate predecessors&mdash;and the chain is still growing.</p><p>And for all concerned, especially for Olympia fans, the high spot was the going-away party staged for Hall in his scheduled &ldquo;fare-well&rsquo; game. He was presented with a cherished souvenir&mdash;his first shutout since becoming a pro.</p><p>Despite his acknowedged ability as a puck-stopper, Glen had played 103 pro games without ever posting a goose-egg. That included 68 games at Indianapolis last season, 31 at Edmonton and his first four with Detroit.</p><p>It finally came against Boston by a 4-0 score. He needed only 15 saves to blank the Bruins, but a half-dozen of those were flashy ones.</p><p>The second it was over the Detroit players mobbed Hall at his post and Linesman George Hayes whizzed up to hand Glen the puck as a momento.</p><p>After this &ldquo;farewell&rdquo; Hall un-espectelly was brought back again for a curtain call. Sawchuk had planned to take over at the following game, but a few hours before it started he asked Adams to use Hall.</p><p>Terry reported that his legstill was weak and he couldn&rsquo;t put full weight on it, and made the request &ldquo;for the best interest of the team.&rdquo;</p><p>The second &ldquo;farewell&rdquo; was no shutout, but it was a pleasing 5-2 decision over Toronto. Earlier he had beaten Boston, 7 to 1, and Chicago 5 to 3; tied Montreal, 2 to 2, and been on the losing end of a 2-0 affair with Montreal.</p><p>For those interested in the technical aspects of Hall&rsquo;s play, here are some critical comments from experts who watched him here:</p><p>&ldquo;He has greatly improved use his left-hand&hellip;Hall has adapted Sawchuk&rsquo;s famed crouch to get his head low on screen shots, but instead of bending far over like Sawchuk, feet apart, Glen spreads his legs wide&hellip;As a junior Hall often went too far out of the nets. In correcting it he left one weakness&mdash;he crowds too far back in the crease at times.&rdquo;</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS:</b> The last two games Hall played saw the smallest and the largest crowds of the season at Olympia. There were only 9,697 on hand for his shutout over Boston on a night when sleet and freezing rain ice-locked Detroit&rsquo;s streets.</p><p>For the Toronto game three nights later there were 14,219 jammed into the 12,600-seat building.</p><p>There were hopes that Sawchuk would gain some desired weight during the layoff but he came back at the same poundage, 169&frac12; Possibly one reason was the workout he got while watching the games from the press box.</p><p>For a while he &ldquo;helped&rdquo; Hall, swinging his arms and twisting his shoulders to make saves. Then he confidently left Hall on his own on offense, using body-English and often leaping to his feet to assist forwards in their shooting efforts.</p><p>Sawchuk would be the last man in hockey to shed any tears over Ted Kennedy&rsquo;s loss to the Toronto team for the rest of the season. Kennedy has sniped five goals past him, most by any any player in the NHL this season.</p><p>Kennedy is the only leading goal-getter who had feasted on Sawchuk, the Wings having shown strong ability at checking the men tagged most dangerous.</p><p>For instance, in the first half of the season Bernie Geoffrion had made only two of his 17 goals against Sawchuk, and Wally Hergesheimer only three of his 18, Other counts&mdash;Fleming Mackell, one of 14, and Rocket Richard, one of 13.</p><p>Those with modest totals had been much more potent. Dick Gamble had tallied only six times, but four came against the Wings. Jack Stoddard had made three of his six on Detroit, Leo LaBine three of his six and Bill Mosienko three of his seven.</p><h2><b>Bore Colors Well</b></h2><h2>Filled in Once</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0292/1019509-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="612" height="910"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RALPH ALMAS</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0008-01

Youthful Hall’s Tenure as Sawchuk’s Stand-In Boon to Terry’s GA Avg

<div class="byline">By AUBREY KEIZER</div><p>SYDNEY, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s ten extra minutes with the penalty timers for every major for fighting in the Cape Breton Junior Hockey League from here on in. Early Thursday League President, C. Roy MacDonald, Q.C., of Glace Bay, acting on the advice of his referees and three-team coaches decided that the juniors were spending too much time fighting instead of playing hockey. That day a directive when out to all clubs and to the referees announcing the new policy regarding fighting. The new ruling went into effect Jan. 12.</p><p>On the day that President MacDonald, who is also Vice-President of the Maritime Major League and one of the East&rsquo;s most able hockey leaders, issued the directive, the third place Sydney Millionaires and Glace Bay Miners clashed in Sydney with second place at stake. Sixty minutes later and something like 160 minutes in penalties, Millionaires skated off with a 5-4 decision. The game produced 40 penalties, including four match misconducts, misconducts and major sentences. Hero in the Sydney win was &ldquo;Dicker&rdquo; MacDonald, a holdover from last year&rsquo;s Junior Millonaires. &ldquo;Dicker&rdquo; had a hat trick in the win which put Mills back on even terms with Miners for second place.</p><p>At this time Mickey Roach&rsquo;s Northside Franklins continue to roll along with a comfortable first place lead. Mickey&rsquo;s big first line of Frank Dorrington-Bill Billick-Bert Dalling, all on New York Rangers&rsquo; list, have been picking up points with much regularity. Dorrington, the best puckcarrier in the circuit and a native of New Glasgow, Pietou County, Nova Scotia, is the top scorer with Billick and Dalling in the second and third slots.</p><p>Franklins entertained Sam Pollock&rsquo;s Junior Canadiens when the Montreal club toured the Maritimes during the holiday. Junior Habs whipped Franklins 7-1, but the Northside club, defending champions, got some satisfaction out of the game as they managed to hold Steady Eddie Swartzack, the Glace Bay native with Junior Canadiens, out of the goal column.</p><h2><b>Goose&rsquo;s Golden Moment</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0368/1019547-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="573" height="907"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GOOSE&rsquo;S GOLDEN GOAL: It took long John McCormack of the Montreal Canadiens quite some time to blink the red light this season. He went the first 38 games without hitting the scoring column. Just when everybody was getting ready to give up on the former Maple Leaf he popped one. Big John picked a very opportune time to make his goal scoring debut too. Playing in Chicago and fighting it out with the Hawks for second place Goose scored the winning goal at the six minute mark of the third period and the Habs went on to win 2-0. The very next game Johnny assisted on the only goal his team scored against the Wings in a 1-1 draw. Still McCormack has been worth his weight in gold to his club for his amazing checking ability, particularly when his club is shorthanded. His goal made him the last player on the Habs&rsquo; active list to score. The only player yet to flick the light is Dickie Moore and he hasn&rsquo;t played this season as yet.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0008-03

C.B., Juniors To Be Rapped For Fighting

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SPORTS FANS ATTENTION!

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The only change in the National Hockey League standings this week over last Is that Montreal Canadiens moved into second place ahead of the Chicago Black Hawks. All other positions remained the same. Detroit Red Wings still head the pack with 52 points. Canadians are second with 47; Chicago is third with 45; Toronto la fourth with 43; Boston is fifth with 39; and New York Rangers are last with 28 points.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01121/1019724-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="300" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Maurice Richard</b></figcaption></div><p>Gordie Howe scored four goals during the week to bring his season&rsquo;s total to 29. He still has 28 games left to score 22 goals to beat Maurice Richard&rsquo;s record of 50 goals in one season. Howe also has assisted in 24 other Red Wings goals for a total of 53 scoring points. Nine points behind Howe with 44 is Wally Hergesheimer of New York. Wally has 20 goals and 24 assists. Ted Lindsay, Howe&rsquo;s linemate, is third with 18 goals and 24 assists for 42 points.</p><p>Maurice Richard usually leads the League in goals scored but this year Howe has taken over as the loop&rsquo;s leading marksmen. Instead the Montreal flash has taken over the lead in assists. Richard has assisted on 25 goals and these assists along with his 15 goals gives him 40 points and fourth place among the circuit&rsquo;s leading point-getters. Paul Ronty of Rangers follows with 36 and Metro Prystai of Detroit is next with 35.</p><p>Toronto&rsquo;s Harry Lumley racked up two shutouts during the week and Gerry McNeil, Terry Sawchuk and Al Rollins, registered one each. McNeil leads the goalies in number of shutouts with six, while Sawchuk and Lumley each have five. Detroit Red Wings have had the least goals scored against them. Only 81 in 42 tilts. Terry Sawchuk allowed 68 of these in 35 games for a 1.94 average.</p><p>Toronto Maple Leafs remain as the most penalized club with 548 penalty minutes. Ted Lindsay is the most penalized player with 84 minutes.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0009-01

Red Wings Retain Lead But Habs Displace Chi

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>P</span>icking the player of the week is an extremely hard proposition, considering that it considered a poor policy to have Gardon Howe picked on consecutive weeks. The editors decided that this week&rsquo;s Player of the Week would be a man who holds a unique record in the National Hockey League. He is Vic Lynn, recently acquired by the Chicago Black Hawks from the Cleveland Barons.</b></p><p><b>If nothing else, Lynn could certainly earn the title &lsquo;Traveller of the Week.&rsquo; The record to which we referred is the fact that he is the only player to have had a whirl with every team in the NHL. Add to this the fact that he played for five American Hockey League teams and it is quite apparent why the railway companies should award him a certificate of merit.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0930/1019755-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="293" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Vic Lynn</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Lynn is only in his tenth season as a professional, so his travelling has been fast and furious. He last played amateur hockey with the New York Rovers and it was at this rime that he had a brief whirl with the New York Rangers, the first of his trips to the big time.</b></p><p><b>He next appeared in the line-up of the Indianapolis Caps of the AHL and during the same season he saw service in three games as a member of the Detroit Red Wings. The next season it was back to the AHL, this time with the St. Louis Flyers where he managed to remain for a whole season, getting into 60 games.</b></p><p><b>The 1945-46 season saw him in still another uniform, that of the Buffalo Bisans, again in the AHL. The Montreal Canadiens had him up for a two games whirl during this campaign.</b></p><p><b>Then the next season he started his longest stay in the NHL by going to the Toronto Maple Leafs where he remained for four full seasons, a mark he must consider some sort of a record in a hockey life-time of travelling.</b></p><p><b>The 1950-51 season saw Lynn divide his time between the Pittsburgh Hornets and the Boston Bruins, he getting into 56 games with the Bears. He also started the 1951-52 campaign in Beantown but was soon sold to the Cleveland Barons from whence he has just been sold to the Chi-Hawks, the last of the National League teams to acquire his services.</b></p><p><b>So far he&rsquo;s had one assist as a Hawk and It just could be that at last the weary traveller has found his station and will remain under hockey&rsquo;s big top.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0009-09

Player-Of-The-Week

<h2><b>Gives Blanks</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>ohnny &lsquo;Goose&rsquo; McCormack of the Montreal Canadiens scored his first goal of the season this past week against the Chicago Black Hawks. He had to wait half the season for it but it was worth it.</p><h2><b>Gives Thanks</b></h2><p>Harry Lumley, the apple cheeked cage custodian of the Toronto Maple Leafs boosted his shutout total for the year to five this past week when he applied the brush to the New York Rangers.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>STANDING ON WED. A.&Mu;. JAN. 21</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02101/1019693-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="585" height="166"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3><p>Jan. 14th&mdash;Chicago 0 at Toronto 3</p><p>Jan. 14th&mdash;Detroit 2 at Rangers 3</p><p>Jan. 15th&mdash;&rdquo;Canadians 2 at Chicago 0</p><p>Jan. 15th&mdash;Detroit 4 at Boston 0</p><p>Jan. 177th&mdash;Detroit 1 at Canadiens 1</p><p>Jan. 17th&mdash;Rangers 2 at Toronto 1</p><p>Jan. 18th&mdash;Canadiens 3 at Detroit 2</p><p>Jan. 18th&mdash;Toronto 1 at Boston 2</p><p>Jan. 18th&mdash;Rangers 0 at Chicago 2</p><h3>THURSDAY JANUARY 15 Montreal 2 at Chicago 0</h3><p>CHICAGO&mdash;Little Gerry McNeil racked up his sixth shutout of the season and was a standout all night as the Montreal Canadiens downed the Chicago Black Hawks 2-0. It was the second calsimine job applied to Sid Abel&rsquo;s hot and cold Hawks in as many games.</p><p>McNeil was called on to handle 32 shots against only 13 for Al Rollins in the Chicago cage. The win moved the Habs ahead of the Hawks Into second place in the standings, seven points back of the pace setting Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>Both Montreal goals came in the third period, Johnny McCormack scoring from Floyd Curry at 6: 28 and Bert Olmstead counting from Maurice Richard and Kenny Mosdell.</p><p><b>Canadiens&mdash;</b>Goal. McNeil; defence, Harvey, St. Laurent, Johnson, Macpherson; forwards, Olmstead, Lach, Richard, Geoffrion, Curry, Gamble, Masnick, McCormack, Mosdell, Meger.</p><p><b>Chicago&mdash;</b>Goal, Rollins; defense, Mortson, Gadsby, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Raglan; forwards, Lynn, Gee, Couture. Peters, Mosienko, Conacher, Bodnar, Gardner, McFadden, Hiicul, Sclislzzi.</p><p><b>Referee:&mdash;</b>Red Storey; linesmen. Georges Hayes and &ndash; Harold March.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0370/1019686-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="598" height="393"></div><h3>Detroit 4 at Boston 0</h3><p>BOSTON&mdash;Big Gordon Howe of the Detroit Red Wings added two goals to his already impressive totals as he led his team to a 4-0 whitewashing over the Boston Bruins. It was the third time this season that the Wings have shutout the Beantowners and it was the second against them by Terry Sawchuk. In addition, it was the sixth and seventh goals of the season for Howe against the Bruins.</p><p>The other Detroit scorers were Marty Pavelich and Tony Leswick.</p><p>The Wings jumped off to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Pavelich and Howe, added another in the second, Howe again doing the honours, and closed out the scoring in the third with Tony Leswick pulling the trigger.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal, Sawchuk; defence Goldham. Kelly, Pronovost. Volt; forwards, Prystal, Howe, Lindsay, Sinclair, Bonin, Wilson, Delvecchio, Leswick, Pavelich.</p><p><b>Boston&mdash;</b>Goal, Henry; defence, Quackenbush, Godwrey, Laycoe, Armstrong, Topazzini; forwards, Schmidt. Labine, Chevrefils, Mackell, McIntyre, Klukay, Sullivan, Sanford, Dumart, Lund.</p><p><b>Referee</b>&mdash;Frank Udvari, Linesmen&mdash;Herb Gallagher and Sam Babcock.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0735/1019679-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="599" height="353"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14 Chicago 0 at Toronto 3</h3><p>TORONTO&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawka bid to show a little daylight between themselves and the third place Montreal Canadiens was turned back when they were shut out 3-0 by the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>Toronto scored all three goals in the third period as the teams fought through two periods of close checking hockey.</p><p>Bob Hassard was the scoring hero for the Leafs, as he collected two of the Leafs&rsquo; three goals. The other want to Tod Sloan.</p><p>Hassard opened the scoring at the 6: 04 on a double relay from Gordie Hannigan and Fern Flaman. At the midway mark of the period he scored again, this time unassisted. Sloan rounded out the scoring at the 11.34 mark on Ron Stewart&rsquo;s relay.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Rollins; defense. Morrison, Gadsby, Fogolin, Raglan, Dewsbury; forwards: Gardner, Mosienko, Hucul, Conacher, Peters, Bodnar, Sclisizzi, Couture, Gee, McFadden, Lynn.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Lumley; defence, Horton, Boivin, Thomson, Morrison, Flamaag forwards: Maloney, Watson, Sloan, Sterwart, Smith, Hassard, Nesterenko, Hannigan, Timgren, Maxwell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0830/1019672-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="597" height="373"></div><h3>Detroit 2 at New York 3</h3><p>NEW YORK&mdash;The New York Rangers ran their &lsquo;winning streak&rsquo;, their longest of the season, to two games as they turned back the Detroit Red Wings 3-2. It was the second win in a row over top contending teams, they having knocked off the Montreal Canadiens 7-0 in their previous contest.</p><p>Newly acquired Pete Babando, who came to the Rangers from Chicago Black Hawks, scored the winning goal at the 4.50 mark of the third period.</p><p>Wally Hergesheimer and Neil Strain were the other New York marksmen while Red Kelly and Johnny Wilson scored for the league leading Wings.</p><p>It was only the second loss in the last twenty games for the defending champion Red Wings.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Goldham, Kelly, Pronovost, Wolt, Hay; forwards: Skov, Leswick, Prystai, Lindsay, Howe. Pavelich, Sinclair, Delvecchio, Wilson, Bonin.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal. Worsley; defence. Kraftcheck, Stanley, Howell, Buller, Reise; forwards: Mickoski, Stoddard, Kullman, Raleigh. Ronty, Kukulowicz, Guldolin, Prentice, Hergesheimer, Strain. Babando.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01136/1019665-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="598" height="462"></div><h3>SATURDAY JANUARY 17 Detroit 1 at Canadiens 1</h3><p>MONTREAL&mdash;After battling through two scoreless periods of play, both Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings scored a goal in the third frame to end up in a 1-1 deadlock.</p><p>The &lsquo;goat&rsquo; of the game was Maurice Rocket Richard, who&rsquo;s five minute major penalty with less than five minutes left in the game paved the way for Detroit to tie the score. He also had four minors and a misconduct penalty in the turbulent encounter,</p><p>Floyd Curry sent the Habs ahead at the 15.15 mark of the finale on a goal mouth scramble. Johnny McCormack and Dick Gamble drew assists. Detroit&rsquo;s goal came on a similar play. Gordie counting and assists going to Red Kelley and Metro Prystai.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goals, Ssawchuk: defense, Goldham, Kelly, Hay, Pronovost, Woit; forwards, Prystai, Howe, Lindsay, Leswick,, Pavelich, Skov, Sinclair, DelVecchio, Wilson, Bonin.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defense, MacPherson, Johnson. St. Laurent, Harvey; forwards, Lach, Richard. Olmstead, Mosdell, Gamble, Curry, Masnick, Meger, Geoffrion, McCormack. Reay.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Bill Chadwick; Linesmen, Bam Babcock. Dom Baolto.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02103/1019658-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="602" height="448"></div><h3>SATURDAY JANUARY 17 New York 0 at Toronto 1</h3><p>TORONTO&mdash;Phil Maloney, up from the Pittsburgh Hornets of the AHL. scored at the 14.57 mark of the third period to break a scoreless deadlock and give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 1-0 shutout victory over the New York Rangers.</p><p>Maloney took a 30-foot pass from Jim Thomson, faked a pass and rifled a waist high shot past a startled Lorne Worsley in the New York cage. Worsley didn&rsquo;t have a chance on the play.</p><p>The loss snapped the Rangers&rsquo; winning streak at two games, the longest run they have managed to put on this season.</p><p>It was the fifth shutout of th campaign for Harry Lumley, the rotund Leaf rage custodian.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Worsley: defence, Buller, Reise, Howel! Kraftcheck; forwards, Ronty, Hergesheimer, Strain, Raleigh. Miskoski, Stoddard, Guidolin, Babando, Prentice, Kullman, Slowinski.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Lumley; defense, Thomson, Boivin, Flaman, Horton, Horrison; forwards, Bentley, Smith, Stewart, Nesterenko, Watson, Hannigan, Slogan. Maloney, Hassard, Armstrong, Maxwell.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Frank Udvari, Linesmen&mdash;Doug Davis and Jim Primeau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0386/1019651-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="606" height="342"></div><h3>SUNDAY. JANUARY 18 Toronto 1 at Boston 2</h3><p>BOSTON&mdash;Veteran Woody Dumart was the hero of Beantown when he drove a 45-footer past Harry Lumley in the second period to give the Boston Bruins a 2-1 verdict over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Boston Gardens.</p><p>Boston opened the scoring in the first period. Real Chevrefils scoring at the 13.68 mark on a play with Milt Schmidt and Hal Laycoe. bumart&rsquo;s second period counter made it 2-0 and was unassisted.</p><p>Toronto finally got on the score sheet at the 1.39 mark of the third period when Fernie Flaman scored an unassisted goal.</p><p>The win moved the Bruins to within four points of the fourth place Leafs.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defense, Quackenbush, Armstrong, Godfrey, Schmidt; forwards, Toppazzini, Sullivan, Armstrong, LaBine, Chevrefils, Klukay.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal. Lumley; defense, Horton, Boivin, Thomson, Morrison, Flaman; forwards, Maloney, Watson, Sloan, Stewart, Smith, Hannigan, Timgren, Hassard, Nesterenko, Maxwell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0461/1019644-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="602" height="358"></div><h3>New York 0 at Chicago 2</h3><p>CHICAGO&mdash;For the second time in as many nights, the New York Rangers found themselves on the wrong end of a shutout score, this time a 2-0 calsimine job at the hands of the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>For the Black Hawks its was their first scoring outburst in three games, having been themselves in their two previous encounters against the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>George Gee and Bill Mosienko were the Hawks snipers, both goals coming in the second period. Assisting on the first was Gus Mortson while Vic Lynn was helpmate on the second.</p><p>Lorne Worsley handled 30 shots in the Ranger cage as compared to the 21 Al Rollins was called upon to deal with. It was Rollins&rsquo; third whitewash of the season.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Worsley; defense, Kraftcheck, Stanley Howell, Buller, Reise; forwards, Strain, Ronty, Hergesheimer, Raleigh, Mickoski, Stoddard, Prentice, Kullman, Babando, Guidolin.</p><p><b>Chicago:</b> Goal, Rollins; defense, Mortson, Gadsby, Fogolin, Dewsbury, Raglan; forwards, Bodnar, McFadden, Peters, Mosienko, Hucul, Selisizzi, Couture, Gardner, Gee, Abel, Lynn.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Frank Udvari, Linesmen. George Hayes and Harold (Mush) March.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0549/1019637-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="596" height="332"></div><h3>SUNDAY JANUARY 18 Montreal 3 at Detroit 2</h3><p>DETROIT&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens continued their dominance over the league leading Detroit Red Wings by downing them 3-2, Billy Reay scored what proved to be the winner at the 3.45 mark of the third.</p><p>It was the fourth victory in nine games for the Habs, four others ending in draws and they have lost only one to the high stepping Detroiters.</p><p>Marty Pavelich opened the scoring in the first period on a play with Glen Skov and Tony Leswick but Maurice Richard evened the count with the only goal of the sandwich session. Paul Masnick drew the assists on the play.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defense, Harvey, St. Laurent, Johnson, MacPherson; forwards, Lach, Richard, Olmstead, Goeffrion, Curry, Gamble, Masnick, Reay, McCormack Mosdell, Meger.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal. Sawchuk; defense, Goldham, Kelley, Woit, Hay; forwards, Prystai, Howe, Lindsay. Leswick, Pavelich, Skov, Sinclair, DelVecohio, Wilson, Booln.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Red Storey; linesmen, Doug Davies and Doug Young.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0646/1019630-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="598" height="476"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><p>(Including Games Sun. Jan. 18)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0459/1019623-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="591" height="394"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORD</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0548/1019616-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="593" height="541"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0641/1019609-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="548" height="162"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1028/1019602-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="2874" height="1329"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-08" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0834/1019786-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>L</span>indsay, Prystai, Howe Led by their ace right winger, the Production Line is once again in business, this time with Metro Prystai at centre. Last week saw tha league leading Howe notch four goals and one assist, Prystai contribute three assists and Terrible Ted one assist.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE PERFECT COMBINATION…

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Haig & Haig

<h2><b>Paying Coach</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>un Cook, mentor of the Cleveland Barons, made his annual trip over the boards to protest a referee&rsquo;s call. The result? He paid his annual fifty dollar league fine.</p><h2><b>Playing Coach</b></h2><p>Murray Henderson, coach of the Hershey Hears, has not missed a game on defense this year. Besides this, he&rsquo;s managed to have his club always near or at the top of the AHL.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01135/1019915-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="600" height="212"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 Syracuse 5, at Hershey 0</h3><p>HERSHEY&mdash;The Syracuse Warriors, led by Bill Gooden with a brace of goals, shutout the Hershey Bears 5-0. Eric Pogue, Armand Lemieux and Bronco Horvath were the other Syracuse marksmen.</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, Bell; defence, Milligan, Tottle, Allen, Perry; forwards: Burnett, Pidhirny, Lemieux, Gooden, Pogue, Casanato, Curick, Horvath, Ashbeen, Hastings.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Gariopy, Henderson, Branigan, Schertzl, Martin; forwads: Kullman, Bettio, Corcoran, Brown, Fisher, Ferguson, O&rsquo;Brien, Caron.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Ddvari; linesmen, Fasnacht and Stover.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02101/1019908-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="615" height="642"></div><h3>Providence 3, at Buffalo 7</h3><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Cheered on by 6686 fans, the largest midweek turnout in five years, the Buffalo Bisons raced to their sixth straight American Hockey League victory defeating the Providence Reds, 7-3.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Plante; defense: Eddolls, Lowe, Lavitt, MacNeil, Pilote. For. wards: Cullen, Davis, MacKay, Kaiser, Conacher, Haidy Kobussen, Fryday, Ach-tymichuk.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence, Morris, Bourassa, Kryzanowski, Bloomer, Forwards: Laplante, Bacarri, Kapusta, Denis, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Toppazgini, Scherza, Larivee.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Mehlenbacher. Linesmen: Lema&icirc;tre and McMahon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0459/1019901-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="595" height="790"></div><h3>THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 Pittsburgh 6, at St. Louis 1</h3><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence: Sullivan, Juzda, Bolton, Mathers, Lumsden: forwards: Marshall, Blair, Balfour, Solinger, McLellan, Barbe, Timgren, Lewicki, Chorley.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defense: Hrymnak, Lund, Forbes, MacNab; forwards: Fielder, Glover, McLean, Hirsciifeld, Ehman, Taylor, Hayden, Boone, Stankiewicz, JanKowski.</p><p><b>Referee:</b> Olinski, Linesmen: Trigg, Barton.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0645/1019894-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="606" height="642"></div><h3>FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 Providence 4, at Syracuse 7</h3><p>SYRACUSE&mdash;Syracuse Warriors&rsquo; four goal spree in the second period, brought them from behind to take a 7-4 American Hockey League victory from Providence Reds.</p><p>Don Ashbee&rsquo;s pair in the second turned the trick. Providence took a 3-2 lead in the first period, but Kelvin Burnett tied it up early in the second and Ashbee gave Syracuse a 5-6 edge at the goals within little more than a minute.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence Kryzanowski, Bloomer, Bourassa, Morris; forwards: Laplante, Kapusta, Denis, Powell, Sullivan, Gladu, Scherza, Toppazzini, Reardon, Larivee.</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, Bell; defence, Milligan, Tottle, Allen, Perry; forwards: Horvath, Gooden, Pogue, Burnett, Casanato, Pidhirny, Lemieux, Curick, Ashbee, Hastings.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0836/1019887-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="602" height="963"></div><h3>SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 Buffalo 0, at Hershey 5</h3><p>HERSHEY&mdash;Gord (Red) Henry registered his second shutout of the season Saturday night as Hershey Bears broke a two-game-losing streak by defeating Buffalo Bisons 5-0 in an American Hockey League game.</p><p>The victory enabled the Bears to maintain a tie for first place. Henry had a comparatively easy time in the Hershey nets, handling 21 shots compared with the 45 stopped by Jacques Plante.</p><p>Dune Fisher two goals for the Bears, one in the second and another in the third, Joe Schertzl scored the only goal of the first period and Obie O&rsquo;Brien and Arnie Kullman got the others.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Plante; defence: McLeod, Lavitt Eddolls, MacNeil, Pilote; forwards: McLeod, Davis, MacKay, Conacher, Haidy, Kobussen, Fryday, Achtyrnichuk.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence: Henderson, Gariepy, Schertzl, Branigan; forwards: Kullman, O&rsquo;Brien, Bettio, Martin, Brawn, Fisher, Corcoran, Ferguson, Caron, MacDonald.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1032/1019880-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="607" height="427"></div><h3>Providence 1, at Cleveland 5</h3><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;Cleveland Barons maintained their tie with Hershey Bears for the American Hockey League lead Saturday night by whipping Providence Reds 5-1.</p><p>Ray Powell spoiled the Barons&rsquo; bid for a shutout with goal at 13: 25 of the period.</p><p>Goals by Steve Wocky, Ray Ceresino, Frank, Kubasek, Dutch Delmonte and Eddie Olson gave Cleveland its sixth straight victory over the Easterners. It was Wochy&rsquo;s 200th goal of his AHL career.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence: Bourassa, Morris, Kryzanowski, Bloomer; forwards: Scherza, Powell, Laplante, Larivee, Smith, Gladu, Kapusta, Toppazzini, Sullivan, Denis.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower: defence: Reigle, Williams, Chrystal, Shero forwards: Gordon, Bailey, Kubasek, Ross, Ceresino, Sonmore, Delmonte, Hildebrand, Wochy, Olson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01148/1019873-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="599" height="467"></div><h3>Pittsburgh 7, at Syracuse 4</h3><p>SYRACUSE&mdash;Bob Solinger&rsquo;s three-goal assault carried Pittsburgh Hornets to a7-4 verdict Saturday night over Syracuse Warriors in an American Hockey League game.</p><p>The hectic battle of the third period produced four major penalties for fights involving Leo Curick and John Ashley and Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Danny Lewicki and Ray Timgren.</p><p>Syracuse took a 2-1 lead in the first period on goals by Curick and Kelly Burnett, with Solinger scoring for the Hornets.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence: Bolton, Mathers, Sullivan, Backor Juzda; forwards: Marshall, Balfour, Blair, Lewicki, Barbe, Solinger, Sabourln, Ezinicki, Timgren.</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal, Bell; defence; Allen, Ashley, Tottle, Milligana, forwards: Horvath, Gooden, Pogue, Burnett, Pidhirny, Lemieux, Curick, Casanato, Ashbee, Mc-Nabney.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02103/1019866-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="619" height="836"></div><h3>SUNDAY, JANUARY 18 Providence 3, at St-Louis 5</h3><p>ST-LOUIS&mdash;Two goals within 48 seconds of the third period gave St. Louis Flyers a 5-3 victory over Provindence tonight, the Flyer first triumph over the Reds in four starts this season.</p><p>The Flyers recovered from 2-0 and 8-2 Providence leads to hand the Reds their fourth loss in five nights on the road. St. Louis now holds fourth place in the American Hockey League with 37 points to the Red&rsquo;s 35.</p><p><b>Providence:</b> Goal, Bennett; defence: Kryzanowski, Bloomer, Smith, Bourassa, Morris; forwards: Powell, Sullivan, Gladu. Denis. Laplante, Larivee, Scherza, Toppazzini, Kapusta.</p><p><b>St. Louis:</b> Goal, Almas; defence: Hrymnak, Lund, Forbes, MacNab; forwards: Fielder, MsLean, Conacher, Hirschfield. Ehman, Taylor. Hayden, Boons. Stankiewicz. Jankowski.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0385/1019859-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="596" height="597"></div><h3>Pittsburgh 5, at Buffalo 1</h3><p>BUFFALO N.Y.&mdash;A crowd of 9,603. largest of the American Hockey League season locally, saw the Bisons absorb a 5-1 setback from Pittsburgh Hornets this afternoon in Memorial Auditorium. It was the second straight loss for the Bisons, who had won their previous six starts.</p><p>Bob Solinger led the visitors with the three-goal hat trick. His final goal, while the Bisons were short handed, came as he fell to the ice when checked by Hartley MsLeod.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence: Sullivan, Juzda, Mathers, Bolton, Lumsden; forwards: Lewicki, Barbe, Solinger, Ms-Lellan,, Ezinicki, Timgren, Marshall, Blair, Balfour.</p><p><b>Buffalo:</b> Goal, Plante; defence: Lowe, Lavitt, Eddolls, MacNeil, Pilote; forwards: McLeod, Davis, Mackay, Conacher, Fryday, Kaiser, Achtymichuk, Haidy, Kobussen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0465/1019852-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="602" height="525"></div><h3>Cleveland 8, at Syracuse 6</h3><p>OLSVSLAND&mdash;In their best offensive display in several weeks, Cleveland Barons outlasted Syracuse Warriors to win 8-6 and seize undisputed first place in the American Hockey League before 7,715 here today.</p><p>The Warriors came from behind four times to tie the score until Ray Ceresino. with two flashy goals 28 seconds apart late in the second period sent the Barons in front to stay.</p><p>Twice in the last period the Warriors cut Cleveland&rsquo;s margin to a single goal, but with Goalie Gordon Bell withdrawn from the ice, Eddie Olson clinched the issuewith the Barons&rsquo; final goal at 19: 57, with three seconds to go.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Bower; defence: Reigle, Williams, Chrystal, Shero; forwards: Gordon, Bailey, Ross, Glover, Ceresino, Sonmor, Hildebrand, Wochy. Olson, Delmonte.</p><p><b>Syracuse:</b> Goal. Bell; defence; Alien, Ashley, illigan, Tottle; forwards: Horvath, Curick, Gooden, Lemieux, Ashbee, McNabney, Pogue, Pidhirny, Casanato.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0550/1019845-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="597" height="989"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(INCLUDING GAMES SUN. JAN. 18)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0935/1019838-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="605" height="445"></div><h2>LEADERS</h2><p><b>Most Goals:</b> I. Hildebrand, Clev. (25)</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> G. Sullivan, Hers. (36)</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> F. Sullivan, Pitts. (69)</p><p><b>Best Goaler</b>: G. Mayer, Pitts. (39 gms., 98 GA., 2 SO., 2.51 Avg.)</p><p><b>Shutouts:</b> J. Bower, Clev. (5), G. Bell (5)</p><p><b>Team Penalties</b>: Pittsburgh Hornets (643)</p><h2><b>Pops &rsquo;em</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0381/1019831-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="540" height="550"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>IKE HILDEBRAND</b></p><p><b>Ike Hildebrand of the Cleveland Barons is the leading goal scorer in the AHL. He now has potted 25.</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>Stops &rsquo;em</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0549/1019824-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="560" height="865"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>GIL MAYER</b></p><p><b>Gil Mayer of the Pittsburgh Hornets is sharing the shutout leadership of the loop. He is tied with Gordie Bell of Syracuse. Each has five.</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>Bops &rsquo;em</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0738/1019817-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="544" height="559"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>FRANK SULLIVAN</b></p><p><b>The Bad Man of the American League is Frank Sullivan of the Pittsburgh Hornets. To date he&rsquo;s spent 69 minutes in the cooler.</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<p>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;</p><p>Floyd &lsquo;Phat&rsquo; Perras, veteran goaltender from Port Arthur, has been named Promotion Director for the Cleveland Arena and Cleveland Barons, effective February 1st.</p><p>Perras joined the Cleveland organization in November 1950 when the Barons were seeking an experienced goaltender who could fill the bill in the event their stellar netminder, Johnny Bower, be incapaciated. Perras was also placed in the Promotion Department specializing in contacting industrial groups, service clubs, high schools and various other organization.</p><p>During the past two and a half seasons Perras has spoken before over one hundred groups and shown special movies that the Barons have to dozens of organizations and clubs.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0738/1020015-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="294" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Floyd Perras</b></figcaption></div><p>When Sheldon Fullerton, for a number of years in charge of promotions for the Arena, tendered his resignation to join the sports staff of the Cleveland News, Jim Hendy, General Manager of the Barons, immediately named Perras to succeed him.</p><p>ras to succed Fullerton.</p><p>Perras continues to practise with the Barons, and still showing some of his old time form, would if the emergency arise be available for goal.</p><h2><b>Has Travelled</b></h2><p>Perras was born in Port Arthur on Nov. 21st, 1919. He broke into professional hockey with Omaha, a Detroit Red Wing affiliate in 1940-41 and played at Philadelphia and in Indianapolis in the next two seasons. He spent 1943-44 and 1944-45 in the Canadian Army and played with the Winnipeg Army team.</p><p>A severe back injury had him sidelined most of the 1945-6 season but got into a dozen games with Indianapolis and as many with Minneapolis.</p><p>He spent the 1946-47 and 194748 seasons with Springfield and 1948-49 with Fort Worth and Philadelphia. Perras retired from Pro. hockey at the end of the 1948-49 season, joining the St. John Beavers in the Maritimes for the 1949-50 campaign and led the goalies in that circuit in &lsquo;goals against&rsquo; averages. The following year he joined the Barons organization.</p><p>Perras is married to the former Betty Dillon of Port Arthur, has three children and now resides the year round in Cleveland.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Perras Assumes Promotion Job With Cleveland

<h2><b>Sin Bin Shutout</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he second penaltyless game of the season was played last week between Edmonton Flyers and the Tacoma Rockets. There were also two games with just one minor called.</p><h2><b>Sin Bin Standout</b></h2><p>Jack Evans, the burly defenseman of the Saskatoon Quakers, seems destined for the dubious honor of earning this year&rsquo;s title of &lsquo;The Most Penalized Player*. He has amassed 128 minutes.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS TUESDAY A.M. JAN. 13)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01155/1020165-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="603" height="238"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3><p><b>Mon. Jan. 5th</b></p><p>Seattle 1 at Edmonton 7</p><p><b>Tues. Jan. 6th</b></p><p>New West 3 at Victoria 2</p><p>Tacoma 4 at Calgary 4</p><p>Seattle 2 at Saskatoon 5</p><p><b>Wed. Jan. 7th</b></p><p>Tacoma 4 at Edmonton 4</p><p><b>Thurs. Jan. 8th</b></p><p>Tacoma 1 at Saskatoon 6</p><p><b>Fri. Jan. 9th</b></p><p>Seattle 0 at Victoria 4</p><p>New West 2 at Vancouver 6</p><p>Edmonton 3 at Calgary 5</p><p><b>Sat. Jan. 10th</b></p><p>Seattle 1 at Tacoma 3</p><p>Victoria 4 at New West 6</p><p>Saskatoon 1 at Edmonton 1</p><p><b>Sun. Jan 11th</b></p><p>Vancouver 1 at Seattle 4</p><h3>WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7 Seattle 1 at Edmonton 7</h3><p>EDMONTON&mdash;Finally living up to their advance notices, the Edmonton Flyers made it four wins in a row as they bombed Seattle Bombers 7-1.</p><p><b>Seattle</b>&mdash;Goal, Brennan; defense, Lofvendahl, Ailsby, Sprout, Arnott; forwards, Homenuke, Pargeter, Nadeau, Bell, Fillon, Foley, Stearns, Manson, MacAuley, Conn.</p><p><b>Edmonton</b>&mdash;Goal, Gatherum; defense Folk, Bouchard, Zeidel, Poile; forward, Johnson, Uniac, Stasiuk, Reibel, Haley&rsquo; Wilson, McGill, MacDonald, O&rsquo;Grady, Hannigan.</p><p><b>Officials</b>&mdash;Scotty Morrison and Hank Wilson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02122/1020158-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="614" height="449"></div><h3>TUESDAY JANUARY 6 New Wesminter 3 at Victoria 2</h3><p>VICTORIA&mdash;Max McNab&rsquo;s goal in the third period enabled the New Wesminster Royals to eke out a 8-2 win over the Victoria Cougars.</p><p><b>New Westminter;</b> Goal, Dechene; defense, Durham Coburn, Bergeron, Bedard; forwards, McNab. O. Dorohoy, Slater. Ullyot, Love, Hamilton, Boyce, Cabana.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defense, Webster, Roche, Long Irvin forwards&rsquo;, Goegan, Strongman, Abbott, Hebenton, Maxwell, Kilburn. E. Rorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Fairburn.</p><p><b>Officilas:</b> Bill Knott and Ross Valliere.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03100/1020151-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="603" height="421"></div><h3>TACOMA 4 AT CALGARY 4</h3><p>CALGARY&mdash;The Calgary Stampeders came from behind with two goals in the third period to gain a 4-4 draw with the Tacoma Rockets.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defense, Jones, Davidson, Tarala, O&rsquo; Connor; forwards, Adam, Kerr, Mathews, Johnson, Halderson, Brown, Marquess, Bradley, Wall.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Hughes: defense, Kyle, Quackenbush, Michaluk, Levandoski; forwards: Sheutz, Kelly, Lundy. Witiuk, Barry, Agar, Ashworth, Scott, Finney.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0569/1020144-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="607" height="440"></div><h3>SEATTLE 2 AT SASKATOON 5</h3><p>SASKATOON: The Saskatoon Quarkers increased their league lead to three points when they turned back the Seattle Bombers 5-2.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defense, Lofvendahl, Ailsby, Sprout. Arnett; forwards, Homenuke, Nadeau, Pargeter, Bell, Fillion, Foley, Stearns, Manson, Macauley, Conn.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, R. Bentley; defense, Ross, Milford, Heindl, Evans; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Rouse, McCullough, McLeod, Senick, Jeffrey, Kuzma, Kaiser, D. Bentley.</p><p><b>Officials:</b> Eddie Powers and Hedley McDonald.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0658/1020137-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="604" height="388"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY JANUARY Tacoma 4 at Edmonton 4</h3><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defense, Jones, Davidson, Caron, O&rsquo;Connor, Tarala; forwards, Mathews, Bradley, Johnson, Wall, Kerr, Marquess, Halderson, Adam, W. Brown.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Gatherum; defense, Folk, Zeidel, Poile, Bouchard; forwards, Reibel, Stasiuk, Uniac, Johnson, Haley, MacDonald, Hannigan, Wilson, McGill.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0749/1020130-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="605" height="454"></div><h3>THURSDAY JANUARY 8 Tacoma 1 at Saskatoon 6</h3><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Jones, Davidson, Tarala, O&rsquo;Connor; forwards, Adam, Kerr, Matthews, Johnson, Halderson, Brown, Marquess, Bradley, Wall.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, B. Bentley; defence, Heindl, Evans, Ross, Milford; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Jeffrey, Rouse, Kaiser, McCullough, McLeod, Bentley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0844/1020123-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="603" height="457"></div><h3>FRIDAY JANUARY 9 Seattle 0 at Victoria 4</h3><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, Sprout, Conn, Ailsby, Arnett, Lofvendahi; forwards. Bell, Pargeter, Homenuke, Fllion, Foley, Nadeau, Stearns, Manson, Macauley.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defnce, Webster, Roche, Long, Irwin, Strongman; forwards, Goegan, Hebenton, Maxwell, Dorohoy, Kilburn, Anderson, Evans, Fairburn, Abbott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0943/1020116-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="602" height="368"></div><h3>New Westminster 2 at Vancouver 6</h3><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechene; defence, Bergeron, Bedard, Durham, Coburn; forwards, McNab, Dorohoy, Boyce Slater, Ullyot, Love, Hamilton, Fashoway, Bailey, Cabana.</p><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Dick Currie, Lancien, Fontinato; forwards, Hickey, Atanas, Smith, Popein, Powers, Wylie, Manson, Mackintosh and Brown.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1043/1020109-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="596" height="528"></div><h3>Edmonton 3 at Calgary 5</h3><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Gatherum; defence, Zeidel, Coburn, Coflin, Hay; forwards. Johnson, Poile, Uniac, J. Anderson, MacDonald, Edman, Haley, Stasiuk, Reibel, Hannigan.</p><p><b>Calgary:</b> Goal, Hughes; defence, Kyle, Quakenbush, Michaluk, Levandowski; forwards, Shvetz, Kelly, Lundy, Black, Witiuk, Agar, Ashworth, Barry, Soott. Finney.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01160/1020102-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="598" height="457"></div><h3>SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 Seattle 1, at Tacoma 3</h3><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence Sprout, Conn, Ailsby, Arnett, Lofvendahl; forwards: Bell, Pargeter, Homenuke, Fllion, Foley, Nadeau, Stearns, Manson, Macauley.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson defence, Jones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor, Tarala; forwards, Marquess, Bradley, Wall, Haldergon, Johnston, Brown, Adam, Kerr, Mathews.</p><p><b>Officials</b>&mdash;Ross Valliere and Joe Johns.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02108/1020095-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="593" height="435"></div><h3>Victoria 4, at New Westminster 9</h3><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal. Cotnoir; defence: Webster, Roche, Strongman, Irwinn; forwards: Goegan, Hebenton, Abbott, Mazur, Kilburn, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Fairburn.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechene; defence, Bergeron, Bedard, Durham, Cobum; forwards, McNab, Dorohoy, Boyce, Slater, Ullyot, Love, Hamilton, Fashoway. Bailey. Cabana.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0378/1020088-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="605" height="682"></div><h3>Saskatoon 1, at Edmonton 1</h3><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> Goal, Bentley, defence: Heindl, Ross, Evans, Milford; forwards: Kaleta, Chad. McCullough, Rouse, Kuzma, Jeffrey, Kaiser, Kasslan, D, Bentley.</p><p><b>Edmonton:</b> Goal, Gatherum; defence, Folk, Zeidel, Raglan, Coflin; forwards: Poile, Johnson, Uniac, Reibel, Stasiuk, Haley, MacDonald, Hannigan, Wilson. McGill.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0464/1020081-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="599" height="307"></div><h3>SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 Vancouver 1, at Seattle 4</h3><p><b>Vancouver:</b> Goal, Francis; defence, Dick, Currie, Lancien, Fontiano; forwards: Atanas. Smith, Popeln, Leier. Wylie, Manson, Bathgate, Powers, Brown and Unger.</p><p><b>Seattle:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, Sprout, Conn, Ailsby, Arnett, Lebioda, forwards: Bell, Filion, Foley, Bailey, Stearns, Pargeter, MasAuley, Nadeau, Homenuke.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0556/1020074-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="599" height="418"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p>(Including Games Friday Jan. 11)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1138/1020067-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="596" height="840"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORD</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1236/1020060-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="614" height="320"></div><h3>LEADERS</h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Roy Kelly, Cal. (22); Gordon Fashoway, N.W. (22); Gerald Foley, Sea. (22)</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Alex Kaleta, Sask. (36)</p><p><b>Most Shutouts:</b> Emile Francis, Van. (4) Lucien Dechene, N.W. (4)</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Against:</b> Doug Stevenson, Tac. (4)</p><p><b>Most Hats Tricks:</b> Vic Stasiuk, Edm. (2)</p><p><b>Most Winning Goals:</b> Doug Macauley, Sa. (7)</p><h3>MOST PENALTIES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1327/1020053-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="602" height="238"></div><h2><b>Cougars Click as Stevie Stumbles</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0484/1020046-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="1821" height="982"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>STEVE SPRAWLS.&mdash;Goaler Doug Stevenson of the Tacoma Rockets lies prostrate on the ice as Victoria&rsquo;s Jim Fairburn, second from left, skates away after having scored. Tacoma defenseman Bill Davidson is on his knees at the side of the goal and Mark Marquess is at the opposite post. Colin Kilburn, 12, stands ready for a rebound while referee Eddie Powers makes sure the puck is in the net.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Courtesy Victoria Daily Colonist)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div><p class="dropcap"><span>G</span>ordon Fashoway, one of minor hockey&rsquo;s most controversial figures, was the victim of six hectic days of player trades, suspensions and re-instatements Jan. 4 to 10, but after it was all over he was back at the same old stand&mdash;scoring goals.</p><p>The Western Hockey League&rsquo;s top goal scorer, Fashoway was traded to Quebec Aces Jan. 4 for Claude Robert. Two days later Fashoway told New Westminster Royals co-owner Ken MacKenzie he would not report to the Aces. MalKenzie replied by suspending the popular left winger.</p><p>Four days later Fashoway was re-instated to the active ranks and joined a line of Robert at right wing and Max McNab at centre. McNab, who fits in well with anybody, seemed to have found some willing cohorts in Fashoway and Robert. After the Royals had blown a 4-0 first period lead to allow Victoria to tie the score early in the third period, Fashoway scored what proved to be the winner and Robert set up McNab for the clincher.</p><p>MacKenzie&rsquo;s decision to trade Fashoway came as a surprise. He asked all the clubs in the league if they would waive on him and, with an affirmative answer, he put Fashoway on the waiver list but still held the right to recall him.</p><p>As it turned out, MacKenzie&rsquo;s recall rights saved him from an embarrassing situation. Victoria&rsquo;s Lester Patrick claimed Fashoway at the last moment, so McKenzie took him off the list.</p><p>&ldquo;Lester&rsquo;s being having troubles in Victoria and I imagine he didn&rsquo;t want to see a player of Fashoway&rsquo;s calibre waived out of the league,&rdquo; said MacKenzie. &ldquo;As it turned out it was a good deal for us. We have Robert and Fashoway, too.&rdquo;</p><p>Robert, who played 27 games with Montreal Canadiens two seasons ago, told MacKenzie not to expect too much of him right away. &ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t been playing much in Quebec and I&rsquo;m out of shape,&rdquo; he told MacKenzie.</p><p>&ldquo;With Fashoway back we had a problem,&rdquo; said MacKenzie. &ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t know where to player Robert. He&rsquo;s a natural left-hander but he told me he liked to play right wing. Coach Babe Pratt put him with McNab and Fashoway and it now appears that we have a strong attacking unit.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Any more deals?&rdquo; MacKenzie was asked.</p><p>&ldquo;If a good one comes up I won&rsquo;t miss it,&rdquo; was the reply. &ldquo;I had several offers of players through a recent story in The Hockey News in which I was quoted as saying I have $500 for anyone that can get me a good player. A fan in Montreal wrote me a nice letter extolling capabilities of five players in the east. They were all very good men but, like most good players, were owned by other</p><p>ICE CHIPS&mdash;Goalie Jerry Cotnoir of Victoria experienced and erratic two evenings Jan. 9 and 10. At home, against Seattle Bombers, he registered a 4-0 shut-out. The next night against New Westminster Royals he was beaten six times in a 6-4 loss&hellip;Emile Francis of Vancouver and Lucien Dechene of Royals are tied for the shutout lead with four each&hellip;Rookie goalie Dave Gatherum, shipped back to Shawinigan Falls on the return of Glen Hall to Edmonton from Detroit Red Wings, left the league sporting a 2.33 goals against average in six games&hellip;Defenceman Pete Durham of the Royals is running a close second to Saskatoon&rsquo;s Jack Evans for most penalties. in two different leagues in the past two seasons Durham has come out on top in the penalty brigade&hellip;Hector Highton, former Cougar goalie, now has a TV show in Los Angeles sponsored by Charlie Cord, former owner of the Los Angeles entry in the old Pacific Coast Hockey League&hellip;Despite New Westminster&rsquo;s sixth place standing as compared to first a year ago, attendance is only running about 3000 behind last year.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Royals Keep Fashoway For Line With Robert

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Regina hockey fans rubbed their eyes in disbelief recently. Out on the ice before them a crew of Roughrider football players, carrying around more avoirdupois than the Dobber would care to see, were battling the Press and Radio Combines in an alleged game of hockey.</p><p>It was a wild woohy struggle with the Rider gridders being much too good for the scribes. Such good hockey players as Nellie Greene, with Yorkton Legionaires last season; Bob Pelling, a member of the Regina Cap seniors; and Ken Charlton, the Rider captain who was an outstanding puckchaser before he gave up the game in favor of foot-ball, cavorted in Rider colors.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0740/1020227-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="307" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Garth Boesch</b></figcaption></div><p>They were so good they gave the Combines few shots at Del (The Bandit) Wardien in the Rider cage. Even when they did get a shot at Wardien the scribes had little chance of scoring, because Del used a board two feet high as his goalstick. And none of the scribes could raise the puck that high off the ice.</p><p>The final score went down as 3-1 in favor of the gridders, with the game ending with Wardien, sportcasters Johnny Esaw and Lloyd Saunders and three pucks being pulled out of the Roughrider net.</p><p>Garth Boesch, the former Toronto Maple Leaf defenceman, coached the Press and Radio Combines, and he was a mighty frustrated fellow at the finish trying to impart his hockey knowledge to the scribes. Among his team were such writers as Ned Powers, Hank Johnson, Harvey Dryden, Fes Fairley, Marty Kolinsky and announcer Jack Pollard. Leader Post copy boy, Harvey Penny, also was pressed into service.</p><h2>Playmaker</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0646/1020220-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="574" height="903"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MAX McNAB</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Gridders Win. Over Scribes In Wild Game

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>If Western Hockey league president Al Leader and the three prairie teams have their way, Regina will be a member of the league&rsquo;s vast network next season.</p><p>They have been the biggest boosters for Regina in all the current talk about getting the Saskatchewan capital into the big prairie-coast circuit. Leader, of course, realizes what a shot-in-the-arm a new entry from Regina would be. Saskatoon, Edmonton and Calgary, on the other hand, are becoming tired of seeing so much of each other in the unbalanced schedule and would welcome the presence of another prairie team to alleviate the situation.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0835/1020265-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="311" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Leader</b></figcaption></div><p>During the season, the prairie teams meet each other 20 times while clashing with the coast clubs in only six games.</p><p>So far, in all the rumors and reports concerning the proposed Regina entry, no one has considerred the feelings of the Regina fans. And they, in the last analysis, will decide the success or failure of a Regina team. At best, Regina people are lukewarm toward the deal. Few of them are very excited over the prospects of having major hockey back in their city. Right now they appear to be satisfied with the amount of hockey they are getting from the Regina Pats of the Western Canada Junior league and the Regina Caps of the Saskatchewan Senior league.</p><p>Football and the Roughriders are their main sports interest. Last year the people of Regina poured out over $200,000 for football and that doesn&rsquo;t leave many sports dollars to support another big-time sports aggregation.</p><h2><b>PLAY EXHIBITIONS</b></h2><p>In Regina, Jack Emery and Mickey Boyle, executives of the Regina senior team, are doing most of the investigating about a Regina pro team. Recently they conferred with Leader in Saskatoon, and out of the confab came the exhibition appearance of the classy Saskatoon Quakers, the Western league champions, in Regina against the amateur Caps.</p><p>Purpose of the game, of course, was to find out how the fans of Regina would take to the brand of hockey.</p><p>Emery and Boyle realize that an NHL tieup is almost essential for any club seeking admission and they have been exploring that possibility, too.</p><p>Earlier in the winter, the big rumor was that the Tacoma Rockets were eyeing Regina as a possible home base for operations next season. The Tacoma franchise is on a shaky foundation because of poor attendance. Now, however, It is understood that Tacoma coach Muzz Patrick is planning to move his club to Victoria next season to throw his lot in with his dad, Lester Patrick.</p><p>If Tacoma backs out, it would reduce the league membership to six teams&mdash;and only one American entry at Seattle. This is another reason why prexy Leader would like to see Regina move in.</p><p>It is generally agreed in Regina that if they do enter the league, it would have to be under the sponsorship of the Regina Exhibition Association because the project would be too big for a private owner. In both Edmonton and Calgary, the exhibition boards there run their pro teams.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0933/1020258-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="1157" height="1564"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Regina Fandom Not Too Excited Over Planed Entry To Western Loop

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div><p>TACOMA, Wash.&mdash;</p><p>Muzz Patrick, general manager and coach of Tacoma in the Western Hockey League, has effectively&mdash;for the time being&mdash;squashed rumors that the Rocket franchise may be shifted to Regina next season</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be back at the same old stand,&rdquo; announced Patrick. &ldquo;Tacoma&rsquo;s been good to me. Our attendance is a little behind last year&rsquo;s figures but I expect it to pick up in the last half of the season.&rdquo;</p><p>Nothing concrete has been heard from Regina. There&rsquo;s been a lot of talk but, so far, no backers to lay the necessary money on the line.</p><p>Al Leader, president of the WHL, has already gone on record as favoring a fourth prairie entry to the league. A fourth club, he says, would help boost attendance and give Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon more competition closer to home.</p><p>One good reason why Patrick is loathe to leave Tacoma is the parent Boston Bruins. Lynn Patrick would probably exert some pressure on his younger brother to stay with Tacoma and continue to develop players for the Bruins.</p><p>Muzz sent defenceman Warren Godfrey to Beantown this season after a successful year in the WHL. The Rockets have another youngster ready to move up in the person of Ted O&rsquo;Connor, a husky second-year man in pro ranks.</p><p>&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t given any thought to leaving Tacoma,&rdquo; says Patrick. &ldquo;The Rockets have operated in the black every year since I came here in 1948 and we expect to do so again this year.&rdquo;</p><p>Patrick&rsquo;s secret of success in one of the smallest towns in the league is not hard to understand He operates on the theory that you get a team in training camp and stick with it all season. Sooner or later it pays off.</p><p>Currently riding in fourth place, the Rockets have used only 16 players this season. Patrick has trimmed the squad to 14 and all but three of them have played the first 42 games of the season.</p><h2><b>Favors New Entry</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0299/1020334-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="564" height="903"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>AL LEADER</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0547/1020327-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="1206" height="2131"></div><div class="sidebar"><p>The Toronto Maple Leafs use BIKE Supports and BIKE Trainers Tape.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Patrick Squashes Latest Rumor of Moving Rockets to Prairies

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Overshadowing the whip-sawing by the Montreal Royals and Chicoutimi Sagueneens for first place in the Quebec Senior Hockey League during the past week was the great outburst in scoring by Jean Marc Beliveau.</p><p>It seems that now the tumult and fanfare of this brilliant lend-lease tour with the NHL Canadiens is subsiding, &ldquo;Gros Bill&rdquo; has settled down to the business of pulling Quebec Aces by their boot-straps into higher ranking in the league standing.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01129/1020296-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="312" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Stan Smirke</b></figcaption></div><p>Beliveau is, at the same time, piling up his goals total at an amazing rate and as the Aces pulled into a fifth place tie with Sherbrooke Saints, only two points back of the fourth place Valley-field Braves, he could show seven goals he had scored in the past week. He was only held scoreless by Phil McAtee and those rugged reaguards of the Montreal Royals in this stretch, while the Aces were winning six, and drawing in one, of their last eight games.</p><h2><b>7 Goals In 4 Gaines</b></h2><p>Against Chicoutimi the Quebec siege-gun scored twice; he had a hat-trick last Saturday night in Shawinigan Falls against the Cataracts and then on Sunday got a pair of tallies again as the Quebecers nosed out Valleyfield Braves 3-2. He had fired 32 goals in 38 of Aces&rsquo; 42 games of league competition, and there many of the Beliveau adherents who were freely predicting he&rsquo;d establish a new all time league record if he could maintain this sizzling pace through the last six weeks of the QSHL schedule.</p><p>Such claims sent the historians digging into the data. It was found that the best production since the loop became Intensely conscious of pay-checks, and thus played through lengthy schedules, was goals tallied by Eddie Dartnell, with the Allan Cup winning Ottawa Senators in 1948-49. Senators went through a 60-game schedule that season, but Dartnell only took part in 54 of same.</p><p>That same season there were such artisans as Bobby Pepin, of Royals, and Tony Demers, Sherbrooke Saints, who tallied 53 goals each.</p><p>Production fell of sharply the very next season, since Adjutor Cote, of Sherbrooke who was the league&rsquo;s top man, only scored 39; but it climbed again in 1950-51 when Dick Gamble, now with the NHL Canadiens, grabbed himself 46 markers for Quebec Aces, and last year Beliveau himself ruled the roost with 45 for the same Aces.</p><h2>A Big Assignment</h2><p>Thus to equal Dartnell&rsquo;s all-highest mark Beliveau needs to collect 24 tallies in Aces&rsquo; last 18 games as they race down to the wire; to pass Dartnell&rsquo;s mark he must hit for 25 markers. This, at first glance, seems an objective unattainable, but when it is reckoned that that this strapping big fellow, who will only reach reckoned that this strapping big fellow, who will only reach his 22nd, birthday next August, got five goals in three games in the National Hockey League and scored seven in his last four outings in the fast company of the Quebec Senior loop, it&rsquo;s by no means so impossible, nor so incredible as might he imagined.</p><h2>Those 1st Place Pesos</h2><p>It seems that the Montreal Royals and Chicoutimi Sagueneens will carry their battle for the first place pesos right down to the last day of the season. Although both clubs have had their off days, and their off nights, too, neither shows any signs of cracking under the strain. It&rsquo;s been an Alphonse and Gaston business right along. Both teams are winning the majority of their games, and as soon as one drops a decision in the crowded schedule, the other obliges by losing one about the same time.</p><p>For instance Ryals beat Quebec Aces at the Forum last week 5-2 with Cliff Malone having a big outing, getting his first hat-trick the season. The same night the Chicks beats Cataracts at Shawinigan 4-2.</p><p>They came along to the weekend and the Sagueneens were nosed out by Senators in Ottawa 4-3, but the next day at Sherbrooke the Hebert Harriers overcame a first period deficit to win 5-3 as Stan Smrke scored, three of the Chicoutimi tallies.</p><h2>Biggest Upset</h2><p>Meantime the Royals won in Valleyfield Saturday night 3-3, but on Sunday were dropped by the Cataracts 7-2 in one of the season&rsquo;s biggest upsets the last place team trounced a front runner.</p><p>This was the Cataracts&rsquo; first win this season on foreign ice and joy was unconfined in the camp in which Yves Nado is overseer Nels Podolsky and Donat Duchesne scored two goals each in this merry frolic for the Falls&rsquo; guys who were handing Royals&rsquo; the most decisive larruping by a Shawinigan team in the past two seasons.</p><p>Lapointe, Anderson and Bathgate got singles on the erratic Phil McAtee, who has been turning in hot and cold performances ever since he came to the Royals from Buffalo.</p><p>Around the Forum the wolves are getting &ldquo;on&rdquo; McAtee, though the masterminds of the Montreal senior club, Frank Carlin and Pete Morin are reluctant to blame all their misfortunes on him.</p><p>The Shawinigan forces are getting good goaling from Roger Bessette, let go to the Falls by Sherbrooke when Bobby Perreault was obtained from Providence Reds. Apparently Forrest Keene, business manager of the Saints, didn&rsquo;t figure the exchequer could be stretched far enough to allow him to keep two goalies around. The Cats were in a hurry to get a net-minder when Davey Gatherum was hustled out to Edmonton by Detroit Red Wings, but later wound up in Saskatoon in one of those quick player shuffles which have been typical of operations in the Western League this season.</p><h2><b>Bennett Bears Down</b></h2><p>The Quebec vs. alleyfield game on Sunday was a rugged affair, but Pean Bennett, the referee held the thing in a firm grip and cracked down on a fight in the second period by handing out four major penalties to Beliveau and Yogi Kraiger of Aces; Carl Smelle and Bingo Ernst of Braves. Andre Corriveau continues to hold a prominent part if the battle for Individual scoring honors. He had had a pair of tallies in this game matching tally in Aces 3-2 victory was the brace by Beliveau. The odd netted by Pierre Brillant.</p><p>Jackie Leclair, had a real scoring binge in a midweek game at the Canadian Capitol when he scored four goals as Senators defeated Shawinigan 8-4.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Beliveau’s Blasting Starts Aces Moving; May Break Record 54

<div class="byline">By FRANK BIRD</div><p>LETHBRIDGE, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>The Lethbridge Native Sons of the Western Junior HockeyLeague left their imprint in Manitoba hockey circles recently by grabbing two of five exhibition encounters with Junior and senior clubs. They chalked up a decisive 8-3 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings and a narrow 6-5 decision over Pine Falls Paper Kings of the Manitoba Senior Loop. Butch McDonald&rsquo;s charges took the short end from the St. Boniface Canadians 5-4 and 7-1 and also lost out to the senior Pilot Mound Pilots, 5-3, led by former Toronto Leafian, Pete Langelle. Of the five games, Native Sons found the Canadians the toughest as the scores indicate. Bryan Hextal, has a hustling bunch of pucksters, who are favored by many prairie observers as the team to beat in Western Canada. Naturally, this view will bring horse-laughs from Western Junior League mentors, especially Ken McAuley and Leo LeClerc of Edmonton&rsquo;s Oil Kings. Exhibition tours are usually costly to a club: from an Injury viewpoint. But, such was not the case with the Native Sons, who returned with nothing to report but a skate cut suffered by flying winger, Steve Ariseman.</p><p>The not-to-frequent ringing of the cash register has hit hard at two Western Junior League clubs. Crows Nest Coalers hit hard by low gates and four times as many defeats as wins, unloaded their high scoring centericeman Gordie Vejprava, on the New Haven Nutmegs of the EAHL. Just how much was received from the Cleveland Barons farm club was not disclosed but it must have been considerable. Vejprava was the WJHL&rsquo;s scoring Champion last year with an even 100 points.</p><h2><b>Dorohoy Dropped</b></h2><p>The latest move was made by the Medicine Hat Tigers executive who cut loose four top ranking players in an effort to cut the outlay of greenbacks down to rock bottom.</p><p>The Tigers, at the time in fifth place, released App Dorohoy (brother of Ollie and Eddie, well known West Coasters) Frank Carlson, Jim Crawford, and Lloyd Pudwell. Both Carlson and Dorohoy were reported to be two of the highest paid players on the squad.</p><p>With three-quarters of the schedule completed, two clubs continue to fight it out for that top berth. And they are Regina Pats and the Edmonton Oil Kings. The Crows Nest Coalers are sunk away down in the basement while Calgary Buffalos, Lethbridge Native Sons, Medicine Hat Tigers and Moose Jaw Canucks are waging a middle of the stream battle.</p><p>The Moose Jaw Canucks of Ken Doraty have come up with their third goalie change this season. They commenced the schedule with Al Jacobson guarding the cage but &ldquo;indifferent&rdquo; play was the reason for letting him go. In stepped sub-goalie Bob Christie, who hasn&rsquo;t been too impressive so Canuck officials brought in former Prince Albert Minto, Ray Either, to bolster the net-minding department.</p><h2><b>Hab Mentor</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01134/1020365-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="567" height="907"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BRYAN HEXTALL</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Medecine Hat Forced To Release Four Top Stars To Save Money

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><p>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;</p><p>Johnny (trader) Horeck appears to be winning his way into the effections of Sydney hockey followers. He replaced a well iked man, Cliff Roach. He went into the Steel City as a former Charlottetown Islander who had earned the dislike of the fans in a tumultuous series two years ago, the like of which hasn&rsquo;t been seen since.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01105/1020465-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="318" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tom Rockey</b></figcaption></div><p>Last season Horeck had Moncton Hawks and they folded a couple of weeks before the schedule ended. He didn&rsquo;t play much himself and he didn&rsquo;t have enough good players to keep up with the stronger clubs. The Hawks were last in the six team league when they gave up the ghost.</p><p>This year he started with the Sault Ste Marie Indians, got into a jam there, drew this release and applied for the Sydney post. For a while it looked as if the Millionaires had fired a blank. Then Horeck began to assert himself.</p><p>He is playing his way into condition and he&rsquo;s a good ice general. He has his men turning in good two-way hockey and many of their recent losses have been by the smallest margin possible, by a single goal in sudden-death overtime.</p><p>Horeck has no intentions of standing still with what he has. He realizes the Millionaires need a few new cogs and he&rsquo;s after them. It was a great disappointment when Tom Rockey went to New Haven. Horeck thought he had him. In fact Sydney officials believe they would have gotten Horeck if reports hadn&rsquo;t gone out that the Mills might fold.</p><p>Actually, as they tell the story in Sydney, the Mills are on a solid foundation financially, crowds are getting better and the team is playing better hockey. If it wasn&rsquo;t for their inability to trim the Islanders, Mills would still be in second place. They do well against Halifax and Glace Bay but poorly against Murph Chamberlain&rsquo;s team.</p><p>Injuries are still causing havoc in the ranks. Glace Bay&rsquo;s high scoring Bill McCracken was laid up for some time, came back for part of a game, was Injured again and is once more on the sidelines.</p><p>Sydney&rsquo;s Bill Tysko has been out for quite a while and is just getting ready to step back. Others have been in and out of the lineups from time to time.</p><p>The case of Johnny Morrow is attracting attention these days. He started with Moncton Hawks two years ago and finished up in Charlottetown. He started with Charlottetown last year and finished up in Halifax. This season he started with Sydney and is still there, or was as the time of writing.</p><p>Morrow was a scoring star Sydney in the early days. Then he was Injured and when he came back he had lost the scoring touch. He refused to pay a fine levied by league officials and was suspended. Just when it seemed he could be cut adrift altogether, he paid the fine and was reinstated.</p><p>When Johnny Horeck came on as coach Morrow acted up again. Finally the club announced he had been sold to Saint John Beavers of the New Brunswick Senior League. The Beavers were eager to accept him when, gain, he was reinstated by Millionaires. Now Beavers are hollaring, claim they were shortchanged on a right winger they need badly.</p><p>After weeks and weeks of consistent effort, Halifax Atlantics ran into a slump, lost three games in a row and had to put on a terrific spurt to nudge Sydney and get back on the winning trail. They added two more victories before Mills finally dumped them. Since the season opened Atlantics have had only one two-point week. Every other one has been good four, five, six or eight points. They&rsquo;re still well ahead of the second place Islanders and playing consistently good hockey.</p><p>When CAHA officials checked their cards a few days ago they found Halifax was entitled to tring in seven more players if they so desired. This was in strange contrast to last season when they used so many players most people lost count. The limit now is 25 and Halifax has used up only 18.</p><p>Murph Chamberlain brought in Ted Powers from Vancouver when officials declared he was entitled to one more player. There hed been some discussion on that point some of the clubs insisting that Murph had used up his quota. Powers scored a goal, am important one too, the first game he played with islanders.</p><p>From all sides you get the opinion that this is the best balanced league Maritimers have seen for some time. The Halifax team has been running well in front ever since the schedule opened but it hasn&rsquo;t been a runaway race. Many of the Halifax victories were by single goals.</p><p>Of late the Islanders have spurted past Sydney and Glace Bay still brings up in the basement. But the thre last-place teams are well bunched and there is still a long way to go.</p><h2>Cincy Gets A Gift</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0276/1020458-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="1808" height="1288"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The City of Cincinnati celebrated Mohawk&rsquo;s Appreciation Night in the Ohio city last Saturday night. The Mohawks of the International League are staffed mostly by players from the Montreal area. Proclaimed by Mayor Carl Rich of Cincinnati as a night to honor the young team the fans who attended saw a huge pennant, a gift from Mayor Houde of Montreal hoisted in the new arena. The pennant read Cincinnati Mohawks, 1952-53, Our Team. Above, Mayor Houde, center with Publicity Director Camil DesRoches of Montreal left and his side Frank Selke Jr., right.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Trader Horeck Winning Friends in Steel Town

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0354/1020496-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="598" height="1154"></div><h2>for a man&rsquo;s beer!</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>f you want a man&rsquo;s drink&mdash;brewed for men, without a thought for the ladies&mdash;then India Pale Ale is for you. You&rsquo;ll enjoy its old-time character&hellip;full-bodied, hearty flavour. Order Labatt&rsquo;s&rsquo; I.P.A. next time. It&rsquo;s a man&rsquo;s drink and really <i>satisfying</i>. John Labatt Limited.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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It’s a MAN’S work…

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>The upsurge of the Moose Jaw Millers under new coach Vic Myles has been the talk of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey league.</p><p>Just when the Regina Caps appeared to be making a runaway race of it, Myles pulled the Millers up by their boots and moved them to within three points of the league &ndash; leading Reginians. They dropped only two of the first nine games they played under his leadership.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01114/1020534-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="304" height="304"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>George Hunchuk</b></figcaption></div><p>One of Myles&rsquo; first move as coach was to send starry rear-guard George Hunchuk, up to a forward berth. The switch paid off as Hunchuk added plenty of zip to the Moose Jaw scoring attack.</p><p>After a slow start, coach Dick Milford&rsquo;s Melville Millionaires are coming along too. One of Moose Jaw&rsquo;s two losses under Myles came at the hands of the Millionaires, who drubbed them 11-5 in Melville. The Yorkton Legionaires under coach Bing Juckles appear hopelessly doomed to last place and out of the playoffs. The pennant-winners of a year ago lack the material to make them a contender.</p><h2><b>ICE CHIPS</b></h2><p>Myles, the old warhorse of prairie hockey, may see action with his club to help out his short-handed defence&hellip;now nearing 40 after a senior to the North Battleford Beavers of the late 30&rsquo;s, Myles has been drilling regularly with his team&hellip;another former hockey star, Garth Boesch of the Toronto Maple Leafs, is also planning to come out of retirement to join the Regina Caps&hellip;he has been working out with the Caps to see if he can regain his old form&hellip;Boesch, still far from an old-timer as hockey players go, played on three Stanley cup champions with the Toronto Leafs&hellip;Melville seemed to come to life after George Abel, younger brother of Sid, rejoined the team&hellip;he sat out the early season games after helping the Edmonton Mercury&rsquo;s win the Olympic title last winter.&hellip;a severe back injury suffered at Yorkton sent Cap veteran Ab Mc-Dougall to hospital just when he was regaining his old scoring touch&hellip;the game previous he lit the lamp for four goals&hellip;the exhibition game arranged against the Saskatoon Quakers Jan. 19 in Regina presented the league with a big rhubarb&hellip;it was originally planned to have a league all-star team play the Quakers, but Moose Jaw and Melville refused to have any part of it and the Caps went ahead and played the Western Pro league leaders by themselves.</p><h2><b>Suffers Back Injury</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0258/1020527-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="1196" height="1536"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>AB MCDOUGALL</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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New Mentor Proves To Be Tonic Needed To Cure Millers’ Lapse

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Financial troubles are plaguing two teams in the Western Canada Junior Hockey league.</p><p>Last week the Medicine Hat Tigers, who have been playing. 500 hockey this season, announced the release of four players in an effort to &ldquo;cut expenses to the bone&rdquo;. They released App Dorohoy, Frank Carlson, Jim Crawford and Lloyd Pudwell, with Dorohoy and Carlson being two of the highest paid players on the team.</p><p>Coach Don McCullough was instructed to cut the squad front 18 to 14 players &ldquo;taking into consideration effectiveness of each team member and his wage&rdquo;.</p><p>Earlier, the Crows Nest Pass Coalers sold Gordon Vejprava, the league&rsquo;s top point-getter, to New Haven of the Eastern U.S. Amateur league in order to obtain enough money to stay in the league until the end of the schedule. Present prospects are that the Coalers, in last place and apparently out of the playoffs, won&rsquo;t be back in the circuit next season.</p><p>Meanwhile, the amazing Regina Pats and the Edmonton Oil Kings continue to run one-two in the race and are favored to battle it out in the best-of-nine semi-final series. Kings&rsquo; powerful line of Jerry Prince, Ray Kinasewich and Norm Ullman paced them to their latest win over the Pats, scoring all four goals in a 4-2 verdict.</p><h2><b>Loose Pucks</b></h2><p>J. Harper Perry, secretary-manager of the both Western Canada and Saskatchewan Junior leagues, has announced that all players receiving misconduct penalties from now. to the end of the schedule will pay $5 fines to the league&hellip;Hank Bassen of the Calgary Buffaloes, the league&rsquo;s all-star netminder for the past three seasons, has been a hot and cold performer this campaign&hellip;and this despite the fact that he has three seasoned rearguards in front of him. Mid Houghton is serving his fourth year in junior company and blueline mates Peter Scott and Gary Hughes are each in their third season of junior&hellip;like Bassen, Regina goalie Bobby Tyler is also serving his fourth year in the circuit&hellip;Regina&rsquo;s Tony Scheider, the league&rsquo;s badman, is a versatile athlete, having won the most valuable player award in the Saskatchewan Junior Football league&hellip;Lethbridge Native Sons found the going tough against St Boniface Canadiens on an exhibition tour of Manitoba. The Habs beat them twice, including a convincing 7-1 trouncing. However, the Native Sons turned back the Brandon Wheat Kings 8-3 right in Brandon&hellip;At Moose Jaw, coach Ken Doraty has signed another goalie. He is 17-years-old Ray Ethelr, who came from the Prince Albert Mintos in a trade for defenceman Bob Robertson.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Regina and Edmonton Favoured To Meet In Western Semi-Finals

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0191/1020596-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><p><b>(Solution Next Week)</b></p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Pictured Bruin player.</p><p>9&mdash;Nels Stewart&rsquo;s birthplace.</p><p>10&mdash;In 1946-47 Mel Read played six games for this NHL team (abbr.).</p><p>11&mdash;Ted Kennedy is not in this condition.</p><p>13&mdash;Detroit & Canadiens may tour this country in the spring (abbr).</p><p>14&mdash;This member of the Providence Reds is native of St. Hyacinthe. P.Q.</p><p>15&mdash;When in the NHL &ldquo;Mush&rdquo; March played home games in this State (abbr).</p><p>16&mdash;Initials of Adams, AHL linesman.</p><p>17&mdash;Initials of Robertson, once a member of the Canadiens.</p><p>18&mdash;Short for given name of Fowler, former Toronto forward.</p><p>19&mdash;NHL scoring champion of 1949-50 answers to this.</p><p>20&mdash;Initials of Saindon, ex Providence player.</p><p>21&mdash;Otherwise.</p><p>22&mdash;Paul Thompson once coached this NHL club (abbr).</p><p>25&mdash;Tantalum (Sym.).</p><p>26&mdash;Leo Boivin worked for one.</p><p>28&mdash;Barry of Calgary is called this.</p><p>30&mdash;&ldquo;Buck&rdquo; Davies Initials.</p><p>31&mdash;Initials of one of the Hornets.</p><p>33&mdash;Complete initials of pictured star.</p><p>35&mdash;Birthplace of Ian Macintosh.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Johnny Gallagher, former NHL player suffered from this in 1933-34.</p><p>2&mdash;Plays for Chicoutimi.</p><p>3&mdash;Initial of Detroit&rsquo;s president.</p><p>4&mdash;Name given Brown, member of the Rangers in 1926-27.</p><p>5&mdash;This NHL linesman is called Ernie.</p><p>6&mdash;Musical note.</p><p>7&mdash;Played for Montreal in 1927-28, called Russ.</p><p>8&mdash;Boston Bruins were the first American club to enter this league (abbr).</p><p>12&mdash;A member of the Providence Reds.</p><p>13&mdash;First name of O&rsquo;Brien of Hershey.</p><p>16&mdash;Andy Bathgate was&mdash;of Guelph Biltmores last season (abbr).</p><p>17&mdash;Given name of Desaulniers who played for Canadiens recently.</p><p>19&mdash;&ldquo;Buzz&rdquo; Boll turned pro with this club in 1932 (abbr).</p><p>22&mdash;First name of 16 across.</p><p>23&mdash;Initials of a Leaf player.</p><p>24&mdash;Given name of &ldquo;Fritz&rdquo; Fraser, former Minneapolis defenseman.</p><p>27&mdash;Sloth.</p><p>29&mdash;Played for Portland in 195051, called Walter.</p><p>30&mdash;Initials of Laufman, former junior star.</p><p>32&mdash;Initials of one of the Bruins.</p><p>33&mdash;Rhode Island (abbr).</p><p>34&mdash;Initials of Rousseau, who played for Canadiens on Jan. 4th.</p><h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0264/1020589-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="568" height="896"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOCKEY X-WORD

<h2><b>QUE. PROVINCIAL LEAGUE</b></h2><h3><b>(STANDINGS JANUARY 13)</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0345/1020795-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="597" height="129"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0437/1020788-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="597" height="538"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC SENIOR</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS JANUARY 12)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0529/1020781-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="594" height="205"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0618/1020774-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="597" height="661"></div><h2><b>EASTERN CANADA SENIOR</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS JANUARY 14)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0717/1020767-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="597" height="148"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0815/1020760-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="597" height="276"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS JANUARY 12)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0912/1020753-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="596" height="134"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-108/1020746-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="602" height="414"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS JANUARY 13)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-118/1020739-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="600" height="136"></div><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS JANUARY 13)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-128/1020732-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg" title="f0019-12" width="602" height="134"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-138/1020725-1-eng-US/f0019-132.jpg" title="f0019-13" width="602" height="306"></div><h2><b>NOHA SENIOR</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS JANUARY 12)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-148/1020718-1-eng-US/f0019-142.jpg" title="f0019-14" width="596" height="130"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-157/1020711-1-eng-US/f0019-152.jpg" title="f0019-15" width="592" height="284"></div><h3>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-166/1020704-1-eng-US/f0019-162.jpg" title="f0019-16" width="590" height="180"></div><h2><b>NEW BRUNSWICK SR.</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS JAN. 10)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-176/1020697-1-eng-US/f0019-172.jpg" title="f0019-17" width="598" height="104"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-186/1020690-1-eng-US/f0019-182.jpg" title="f0019-18" width="604" height="288"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-196/1020683-1-eng-US/f0019-192.jpg" title="f0019-19" width="596" height="130"></div><h2><b>SASKATCHEWAN SENIOR</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS JAN. 10)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-205/1020676-1-eng-US/f0019-202.jpg" title="f0019-20" width="608" height="132"></div><h3>INDIVIDUAL STANDING</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-214/1020669-1-eng-US/f0019-212.jpg" title="f0019-21" width="604" height="590"></div><h3>GOALKEEPER&rsquo;S RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-224/1020662-1-eng-US/f0019-222.jpg" title="f0019-22" width="600" height="126"></div><h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS JANUARY 16)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-234/1020655-1-eng-US/f0019-232.jpg" title="f0019-23" width="598" height="128"></div><h2><b>WESTERN JUNIOR</b></h2><h3>(STANDING JANUARY 14)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-244/1020648-1-eng-US/f0019-242.jpg" title="f0019-24" width="596" height="204"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-254/1020641-1-eng-US/f0019-252.jpg" title="f0019-25" width="596" height="306"></div><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><h3>(STANDINGS JANUARY 11)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-264/1020634-1-eng-US/f0019-262.jpg" title="f0019-26" width="604" height="182"></div><h3>SCORING LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-273/1020627-1-eng-US/f0019-272.jpg" title="f0019-27" width="604" height="164"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Amateur Hockey Parade At A Quick Glance

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-28" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-282/1020826-1-eng-US/f0019-282.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>f</span>or every true-blue hockey fan will want to be a regular reader of THE HOCKEY NEWS&mdash;&ldquo;Official Organ of All Hockey&rdquo;. The Hockey News carries stories on all the teams and the star players written by the foremost hockey writers in Canada and the United States. Besides outstanding features and stories The Hockey News runs more action pictures and cartoons than any other publication. Interesting Crossword puzzles also appear in each issue.</p><p>THE HOCKEY NEWS it published for 30 contecutive issues during the season and 5 monthly summer issues. It doesn&rsquo;t matter when you start you still get your 35 issues.</p><p>A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.</p><p>Canadian Remittances&mdash;$3.00 Payable by Postal Bank or Telegraph Money Order.</p><p>U.S.A. Remittances&mdash;$4.00 Payable by Postal Note, Bank or ExPress Money Order or personal cheque.</p><p><b>RD in Form Above and Send Postal Note or Money Order</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/c4-0220/1020864-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="248" height="288"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0121/1020871-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="228" height="284"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0319/1020857-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="3003" height="3667"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>&lsquo;WHO&rsquo;S DICE!&rsquo;&mdash;The Leafs&rsquo; Harry Lumley is down on his knees in both the above shots and seems to be having his troubles. In the top photo he clears to the side as Leo Boivin (8) and Tim Horton, right, attempt to clear out of the clutches of Rea! Chevrefils, centre, and Milt Schmidt, extreme right. In the lower photo Lum seems to be saying &lsquo;Look what I&rsquo;ve Got&rsquo; and Tim Horton right, seems an apt pupil. Leo Boivin and Real Chevrefils, left, both seem to be attempting a peek, as is Woody Dumart, right.</b> <span class="photo-credit">((Photos By Turofsky))</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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