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July 1, 1953
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NHL Referee Doubles As Sulky Racer
TORONTO, Ont.— Jack Mehlenbacher, probably more widely known as a National Hockey League referee than as a horseman, is nevertheless as much at home in the sulky as he is on the ice. Long before he took up his whistle-tooting chores he had become accustomed to crowds watching his every move as he and his older brother Jim raced their father’s horses at harness tracks throughout Ontario. Jack is currently campaigning at Thorncliffe Raceway where his 6-year-old trotting gelding, Vanduzen, recently copped both dashes of the $1,000 Leaside Trot Preview. In doing so, Vanduzen beat some of the best trotters on the grounds. Brother Hurt Irene Frisco, a pacer owned by Mehlenbacher, won a class CC pace with Jack in the sulky. Unfortunately, brother Jim has been sidelined for the balance of the season. On…
Marion Barons Join International Loop
MARION, Ohio.— A fourth Ohio team, the Marion Barons, were admitted to the International Hockey League at a meeting held in Toledo on Friday, July 10. The Barons will play their home games in the Marion Veterans Memorial Coliseum, located on the State Fair Grounds in Marion. It 13 a modern building with seating capacity for hockey of 4,000 without an obstructed view or a poor Beat. The ice surface is 190 x 80 feet, and work has already commenced to install a new ice plant which will be ready for an exhibition game on October 10th and the opening game of the regular season on Oct. 14th. Marion will play its games on Sunday afternoons at 3 P.M., and on Wednesday evenings at 8:30 P.M. The Barons will be affiliated with the…
Poile's Flyers to Open Training Sked Sept. 14
EDMONTON, Alta.— Now that Bud Poile is back in town to stay, hockey is determinedly starting to break into print. The Flyer coach has announced that his club’s fall training camp will open at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Sept. 14, the same site where the parent Detroit Red Wings assemble. Poile hinted strongly that there wouldn’t be many changes from last year’s Western League championship team. “I think we’ll break camp earlier this year and get out to Edmonton sooner to complete our training,” said the coach. ‘‘Our club is pretty well set, and It shouldn’t take long to fill any vacancies that crop up.” At the same time, he revealed that the annual fall camp for western prospects at Winnipeg would not be held. However, at least four of the Edmonton junior Oil Kings,…
THE CIST AND JEST OF IT
(As Seen In The Montreal Herald) •IT WAS THE SORT of drowsy July afternoon that isn’t conducive to either physical or mental effort, and up in the Forum offices, hustling hive of activity when the hockey season is on, or even approaching, it was peaceful and serene. Shirt-sleeved Frankie Selke, still wearing Florida tan, was strolling around. Sammy Pollock of Juniors fame, was half asleep, or in deep thought, Kenny Reardon was toying with a new $100. spinner. Kenny caught a 3-pound bass up in Lac au Sable last year, and since then he has spent a modes fortune on a variety of fishing tackle, without even getting a bite “That,” he remarked, “was a mighty expensive fish. But i occupies the time, examining this tackle,” said Kenny. “Otherwise I would just…
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