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September 1, 1953

The Hockey News September 1, 1953

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>SAULT STE MARIE, Ont.&mdash;Five-time champions and eager for No. 6.Those were the Detroit Red Wings who checked in here Sunday night (Sept. 13) for the opening of training camp the next morning. They had 25 days to get ready for the defense of the National Hockey League title, the first two weeks here and then 11 more days at the Detroit Olympia.The first impression was that the Detroit team would be the toughest place in hockey for a stranger to land a job. It was a veteran team which reported, with a minimum of turnover from last spring.Detroit collapse in the playoffs failed to produce any big house-cleaning as some expected. Instead Manager Jack Adams took a realistic viewpoint and stood pat.This in itself was unusual.While the Wings were racking up five straight NHL titles Adams became known as a gambler who never feared to break up a winning combination. Off-season trades of top stars became so commonplace that they were accepted as inevitable.But this time Adams is gambling with a stand-pat policy. Only one regular from a year ago was missing&mdash;Reg Sinclair, who decided to retire from hockey at the rather tender age of 28. A college man, he has a solid off-season job with a soft-drink concern in Ontario and intends to stay with it permanently.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01517/2260359-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="154" height="232"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div>As a result only one or two new faces will be in the lineup when the Wings entertain the New York Rangers in the Oct. 8 opener.All of which has Adams a little concerned.&ldquo;Honestly, I&rsquo;d pick Montreal and Toronto to fight it out for first place this season,&rdquo; Adams says.&ldquo;Montreal with Beliveau will be a mightily improved team and the Maple Leafs certainly will bounce up with their fine second-year crew.&rdquo;Jack thinks the Wings&rsquo; chances are hurt because no personnel changes were made; yet he also says such changes weren&rsquo;t possigle.That&rsquo;s a strange twist, and this is his reasoning:&ldquo;Who could you trade off this team?It&rsquo;s a young club&mdash;our all-star players are in their mid-20s, most of the good prospects are younger than that, and we have only two players in their 30s, Bob Goldham (31) and Tony Leswick (30).&ldquo;Sure, this COULD be the best club in the league and it MAY be yet.&ldquo;But the law of averages is against us. We&rsquo;ve been lucky the lats five years with key injuries&mdash;a fact which is mighty important as any coach will tell you.&ldquo;Our youngsters have been hungry, hustling and going better every season, and who knows how long that can last. You can&rsquo;t expect every players to have a better season each year. It just doesn&rsquo;t work out that way.&rdquo;For an idea on the lineup, the list of returning veterans pretty well settles that.All five regular defensemen are back&mdash;Red Kelly, Marcel Pronovost, Goldham, Benny Woit and Jim Hay.Terry Sawchuk has the goalie job until someone can push him out of it.Right wing offers Gordie Howe Metro Prystai and Leswick. The left winger are Capt. Ted Lindsay, Marty Pavelich, Johnny Wilson and Marcel Bonin.The only real vacancies are at center where only Glen Skov and Alex Delvecchio are returning.Prystai and Pavelich, long witn Sinclair, all played center at various times last season, but in the summer-time planning Metro and Marty have been moved back to their normal wing positions and the search is on for center talent.Earl (Dutch) Reibel, up from Edmonton in the Western League, has an inside track. He never has appeared in the NHL, but Adams and Coach Tommy Ivan liked the way he worked in the Western playoffs and have tagged him the No. 1 choice to fit on the top line between Howe and Lindsay.That would leave the two other lines as Skov-Pavelich-Leswick and Delvecchio-Wilson-Prystai.There are some others who might break into the Wings squad. Adams carried only 16 last year, one fewer than the rules permit, but Stasiuk, a rightwinger, probably will fill if the broken leg suffered at Edmonton last year has fully mended.Another who will get a good looking-over in training camp and in the nine exhibition games is Guyle Fielder, flashy little center from St. Louis. Next in line among the center possibilities is Buddy Boone, a second-year pro also from St. Louis.Another winger who could make the jump is Left Wing Earl Johnson, from Edmonton.Two freshman pros are rightly rated. They are Al Arbor, a defenseman who was pulled from junior ranks and sent to Edmonton late last season, and Right Wing Bill Dineen.Adams has 93 players in his camp, but the chances of any of the others making the varsity this fall are slim.The big problem to be considered first, however, deals with Sawchuk, the All Star goalie who had Buch a bewildering finish last spring.Sawchuk faded badly in the playoffs with the jitters and no one knew the reason. Since he had been dropping weight constantly, health was blamed.This summer Sawchuk underwent an emergency appendix removal and the hope is now that the cause of the jitters went out with the appendix.&ldquo;Terry has the job and he&rsquo;ll keep it until we are convinced that he is not the best goalie,&rdquo; Adams says. &ldquo;Personally, I believe the kid will be just as great this season as he was two years ago.&rdquo;Rated as Sawchuk&rsquo;s closest challenger is Glen Hall, the Edmonton goalie who came down and filled in for seven games midway last season after Sawchuk broke a bone in his foot.ICE CHIPS&mdash;The Detroit camp also includes all the candidates for the Wings&rsquo; two farms, Edmonton in the Western Leauge and Sherbrooke, the new affiliate in the Quebec Hockey League, plus a couple of dozen others seeking placement through the Detroit organization. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

“Law Of Averages Is Working Against Us For 6th Title”-Adams

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01563/2261286-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02474/2261279-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1626" height="930"><figcaption class="caption-body">INFERNO&mdash; Oshawa Arena, home of the Oshawa Generals and a score of minor hockey clubs, is reduced to a pile of rubble here. In top photo the Arena is caught by the camera at the height of the blaze, which resulted in a $500,000 loss. Below, only the smouldering ruins remain of a once-proud edifice. Thousands of dollars worth of hockey equipment went up in smoke. (STORY PAGE ONE)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Storied Puck Edifice Burns To Ground

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Are Canadiens a team of destiny? Will the 1953-54 edition of the Habs, traditionally one of the most colorful clubs in hockey, win the National Hockey League championship this season, ending the long domination of the powerful Detroit Red Wings?Canadiens won the Stanley Cup last season after chasing the Wings to the wire and they are skating jauntily into the new campaign with a club that seems to be slightly stronger than the one that began the 1952-53 season.It will be the task of Coach Dick Irvin, the wily grey fox of the bench, to blend an array of polished veterans and eagerly brash rookies into a for midable squad and, judging by the material In training camp, he should succeed.Managing director Frank Selke Is in an optimistic frame of mind as the new season approaches.&ldquo;I think we have a slightly better club than last season,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And I don&rsquo;t think any of the others have improved, except perhaps the New York Rangers.&rdquo;A shrewd analyst of hockey, Selke doesn&rsquo;t think that the Red Wings have improved. On that basis, shouldn&rsquo;t the Canadiens have a good chance of finishing atop the league?<h2>Getting Acquainted&hellip;And why not?</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02496/2260421-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="936" height="800"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lach, Richard and Mr. Beliveau</figcaption></div>Selke agrees that they have. &ldquo;We had a lot of success against the Wings last season,&rdquo; he recalled. &ldquo;There is no reason why we can&rsquo;t do as well against them this season but it is up to the other clubs to stop folding up every time they encounter Detroit and give them a battle.&rdquo;Canadiens&rsquo; training camp is on a more streamlined basis this year than last as the Victoria Cougars are training in the west under the direction of Coach Billy Reay, the only member of the Stanley Cup team not available.Only the Habs, the Buffalo Bisons, the Montreal Royals and the Cincinnati Mohawks are drilling in Montreal and Irvin selected early the rookies he feels have a chance to win berths on the big team.First and foremost players like Eddie Mazur, Baldy MacKay and Lome Davis, who helped the Habs in their relentless drive to the world title last spring, will be given a change to win permanent NHL berths.To hold their places men like Paul Meger and Dick Gamble, who had disappointing sophomore seasons after brilliant debuts as rookies, will have to start netting goals again.In addition to the men who proved their ability under the testing fire of Stanley Cup competition, there are eager kids waiting to step up if any of the regulars show signs of quailing under pressure or faltering in the early weeks of the season.There is Donnie Marshall from Cincinnati and Del Topoll also from the Mohawks. There is Ed Litzenburger from the Royals who acquitted himself like a man of distinction in lend-lease appearances last season. There is GayeStewart, anxious to bask again in the NHL spotlight after shining toward the end of last season with Quebec.And, of course, Ed Slowinski recently acquired from the Rangers, and Joe Lund, a big, versatile performer obtained from Cleveland, must be placed. Their ultimate disposal in the Habs&rsquo; system depends entirely upon themselves.Although there hardly will be any changes behind the blueline where Butch Bouchard, Tom Johnson, Doug Harvey, Dollard St. Laurent and Bud MacPherson throw their weight around with the reckless abandon of a Rockefeller scattering largesse, three players will be thoroughly tested in practice before the season opens. They are Guy Talbot, up from Quebec; Rollie Rousseau, the stocky little checker from the Royals; and Frank Sullivan, from Pittsburgh.We have said nothing, up to their point, about the great Jean Beliveau. That indicates remarkable restraint as Beliveau&rsquo;s fame has been painted in surging tons of printer&rsquo;s ink and, normally, there would be a tendency to mention his ame i the first paragraph.As this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press, Beliveau was expected to report to the Canadiens but there was absolutely no official indication that he has signed.Last spring Beliveau said, &ldquo;if I reach an agreement with the management, I will play with Canadiens in 1953-54.&rdquo;There should be no trouble reaching an agreement, perhaps within a matter of hours. But, one thing is certain. The fabulous r. B. won&rsquo;t be with the Quebec Aces in the new season. And you are perfectly at liberty, this being a free country, to place any interpretation on that remark that you wish.<h2>Punchers Ko&rsquo;d</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02548/2260414-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="598" height="706"><figcaption class="caption-body">When the famous Canadiens&rsquo; Punch Line of Elmer Lach, Maurice Richard and Toe Blake was-re-united recently in a benefit game against the Montreal Snowdon All-Stars, they took a 13-7 walloping from the fast-baller$ before a gathering of 6,000 who came out to see hockey&rsquo;s famous line cavort on the diamond.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Selke Says Habs Can Do It If Other Clubs Don’t Fold Against Champion Red Wings

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0783/2260866-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="337" height="164"></div>September15&mdash;LUND, Joe, Providence, defense, 1927.16&mdash;CHAD, Johnny, Calgary, forward, 1919; KELLY, Roy, St. Louis, forward, 19 25,. SENICK, George, Saskatoon, forward, 1929.21&mdash;SULLIVAN, Barry, Providence, forward, 1926.23&mdash;UNIAC, Jim, Edmonton, forward, 1928.26&mdash;STODDARD, Jack, New York, forward, 1926; BACKOR, Hank, Edmonton, forward, 1925.28&mdash;KAISER, Vern, Buffalo, forward, 1925.October2&mdash;GETERS, Jim, Chicago, forward, 1922; MOE, Bill, Calgary, defense, 1916.3&mdash;HEBENTON, Andy, Victoria, forward, 1929. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to YOU

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01392/2261317-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div>OSHAWA, Ont.&mdash;A spectacular fire that reduced the Oshawa Arena, for years one of the city&rsquo;s principal sports centres, to a S500,000 pile of smouldering ruins has also wiped out all the equipment of the Oshawa Generals of the Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Ontario Hockey Association.Within half an hour of its discovery the fire had done such ravaging work that firefighters rushed from all points in Oshawa. were forced to flee the collapsing structure. Shortly after their arrival the roof caved in, burying gear belonging to the Generals, the Smith Truckers (senior GHA team), and a good deal of the equipment used by the Oshawa Minor Hockey Association as well as thousands of dollars worth of Arena furnishings.So rapid was the spread of the flames that within minutes of the alarm itself the fire had gushed through dressing room windows and spread through the seats. Hundreds of Oshawa citizens were drawn to the scene as smoke and flames shot through the roof.Apart from the financial blow struck at Arena owners, the sudden loss of playing facilities is liable to wreak havoc with the chances of the Oshawa team itself. Only the day before. General&rsquo;s coach Jerry Brown had begun tryouts for players under 18 years of age from all sections of Canada for the Boston Bruins of the NHL.Fifty-six sets of uniforms, skates, sticks and pads were lost in the fire, while the Truckmen paid $4,000 tribute to the blaze, the origin of which is still undetermined. The loss has hit the Truckers so hard that Wren Blair, club manager, said later, &ldquo;For a club that is running close to the line this will just about put us out of business.&rdquo;Both clubs now face the coming season with uncertainty. The Junior A club may be forced into playing all games on the road, or shifting to Bowmanville or to the new arena at Scarboro, but the latter move will rest entirely with the Toronto Maple Leaf management.Even the minor league club could count its losses in the four figure bracket. Tome Cotie, secretary of the Oshawa Minor Hockey Association, which operates about 20 teams during the winter, said the association lost 10 sets of sweaters, sticks, pads and other items of gear valued at approximately $3,000.An ironic note was struck when it was recalled that the Oshawa Arena opened in 1930 to the lilting strains of &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll Be There With You When My Dreams Come True.&rdquo; For Oshawans, the-dream has turned into something of a nightmare.The building of the Arena brought Oshawa to adult stature in hockey ranks. Two rinks in Toronto, others in Ottawa, Kingston, Galt, Stratford, Kitchener, Niagara Falls, London and Windsor were all that could be ranked in the whole province as adequate ice surfaces for hockey, and the Oshawa addition was a major step forward.<h2>Night Blaze Levels Arena Of Generals</h2>It was a significant night for Oshawa, then, for the Arena just officially opened by Col. R. S. McLaughlin measured the biggest in the whole of Canada, although its dimensions were later reduced. It seated 3,678&mdash;and 3,300 were on hand to give it a rousing Happy Birthday. In the fine days of the Oshawa Generals as many as 5,000 fans crowded in to see their favorites zooming toward the leadership of the Ontario Hockey Association.On January 9, 1930, Toronto National Eea Fleas defeated Oshawa Seniors 6-3. The Sea Fleas, Allan Cup champions, had Kenny Holmeshaw and Stuffy Mueller as their goalies and other players included Weiner Lough, now in Belleville; Mike Underwood, Eddie Convey and Fred Collins. Representing Oshawa were Eddie Leve-que, Bill Coulter, Carl Houck, Doc Rowden, Don Black, Bill Contin, Ty Little, George Jackson, Curly Lane and T. Elliott.The late Lou Marsh, of Toronto Star and Canadian sports writing fame, refereed that game, along with H. C. Lecky. First man to skate around the new arena, wielding a hockey stick and handling a puck was the late George Hezelwood, then a prime factor in the Oshawa Hockey Club and in the pre-event organization that led up to the building of a new arena for Oshawa.Some aid is in sight for the currently-deprived hockey clubs of Oshawa. Efforts in Nearby Whitby will be redoubled to complete the arena now being built there, and Francis J. McIntyre, president of the Whitby Community Arena Board, has stated that Oshawa certainly won&rsquo;t be forgotten when the new ice surface is ready. This, however, will not be before December 15.&ldquo;I feel that I am expressing the sincere sentiments of all the people of Whitby, many of whom have used and attended events in the Oshawa Arena and realize its value to the city and the surrounding district, &ldquo;McIntyre said. &ldquo;I feel sure that no time will be lost in replacing the arena with an even more modern and larger sports palace.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Spectacular Blaze Razes Oshawa Arena

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.&mdash;Painful memories were promptly aroused among the Red Wings on the first day of fall training camp.Manager Jack Adams directed all the Wings to attend movies on the night of the opening practice session. These were special movies&mdash;films of the Red Wings&rsquo; stunning collapse against Boston in the Stanley Cup semi-finals last spring. &#9632;

Adams Revives “Horror Series” For Red Wings

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>PEMBROKE, Ont.&mdash;Youth is getting its chance these days here at Chicago Black Hawk training camp, but the going has been pretty rough. Sid Abel, voted top coach in the National league last season, spent a week testing and watching the talents of some 25 rookie prospects before regulars arrived on the scene September 12.With General Manager Bill Tobin; his assistant, Johnny Gott-sellg, and Scouts Tiny Thompson and Bob Wilson assisting, the workouts took a heavy toll on the hopes of some of Canada&rsquo;s most promising amateurs. Abel&rsquo;s exacting scrutiny eliminated most in the group from further consideration-at least for the present.He did, however, pick out a quartet of highly rated forwards from Ontario Junior ranks for further study. They are winger Murray Costello, who was with St. Mike&rsquo;s, and center Kenny Wharram and wings Hillary Menard and Jim McBurney, who were members of the Galt Hawks.Abel, who still expects to continue as a part-time player during schedule, considers Costello as the most likely to make the grade. &ldquo;He carries quite a bit of weight and has shown that he can score despite some shoving around,&rdquo; the Chicago ice boss points out with his usual quiet enthusiasm.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03442/2260452-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="164" height="229"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption></div>A peach-fuzzed youngster of 19, Murray is a towering 6&rsquo;3&rdquo; and levels the scales at 190 pounds. He is the younger brother of the former Toronto skater, Les Costello. &ldquo;If he can dump &rsquo;em in the net, he is what we need,&rdquo; says Joe Farrell, Haw drum heater. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve often been able to use a forward with some real heft.&rdquo;Although dwarfed by such as Costello, McBurney, made a lasting impression on rival puck prodders last year as he notched 61 goals and 35 assists to easily win the OH A Jr. scoring crown. A mere 5&rsquo;7&rdquo; and-weighing only 152 pounds in nature&rsquo;s garb, he has hopes of creating similar havoc in pro circles.Jim, who makes up what he lacks in brawn with elusive speed, will probably be chattled to one ot the Black Hawks&rsquo; pro affiliates should he fail to win a spot on the parent club. Although a boyish 20, he is no longer eligible for competition in junior play, which has a 19-year age limit.Like McBurney, Wharram and Menard are small and fast and in the deceptive class. Kenny, who was a point-getting sensation when teamed with Pete Conacher at Galt in the 1951-52 campaign, almost made the Chicago squad a year ago, but was sidelined during training with an injury.This foursome, despite favorable opinions expressed to date, still has a formidable wall to scale in the body of the hardened veteran contingent with the Hawks. Some of the oldsters are starting to be cagy about their ages, but they are still much too valuable to be dispatched without heavy consideration.Also making strong efforts to land regular assignments are the three players acquired for cash from the Detroit system in July. Center Lary Wilson and Lou Jankowski, utility attacker, as well as rearguard Larry Ziedel, are seen as very likely addition&rdquo; to the Windy City lineup.Cal Gardner, sold to Boston this summer, is actually the only member of last season&rsquo;s surprise NHL finishers that isn&rsquo;t around to challenge the bids by newcomers. Bulwark of the proven pros is goaler Al Rollins, who&rsquo;ll be backed up during the exhibition games by Don Dawson, rookie netminder from Winnipeg<h2>Abel To Give Youth Its Fling</h2>Others making up the returning force are defensemen Bill Gadsby, Gus Mortson, Al Dewsbury, Lee Fogolin, Jack Price, Freddy and Clare Raglan and front liners Jim McFadden, Jimmy Peters, George Gee, Gerry Couture, Bill Mosienko, Gus Godnar, Vic Lynn, Sid Finney and Pete Conacher.Abel&rsquo;s total cast of 25 opened the exhibition series with an intra-squad tussle at camp September 19. On the docket as opponents in other games were: Detroit, September 2 5 and 26; Ottawa Senators, October 1 and 3; Quebec Aces, October 4, and Chicoutimi, October 6.The Hawks open their league schedule at Montreal on Thursday, October 8, with the home debut coming three nights later with New York on hand in the Chicago Stadium. The team&rsquo;s home games, somewhat different than in the past, will be on 18 Sundays, 7 Thursdays, 7 Fridays and 3 Saturdays. &#9632;

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Abel Scans 25 Rooks; Hopes To Aid Squad With Plethora Of Kids

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01516/2260511-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="616" height="325"><figcaption class="caption-body">New Leaf Coach Looks Serious With Conn Smythe</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02411/2260504-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="614" height="338"><figcaption class="caption-body">Back to Guips With Predecessor, Joe Primeau</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03268/2260497-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="617" height="484"><figcaption class="caption-body">Draws Free Whistle From Equipment Man Tim Daly</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04161/2260490-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="611" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mairline Reminder of Days as Leaf Player</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05102/2260483-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="617" height="493"><figcaption class="caption-body">Flashback&mdash;With Hap Day in Refereeing Days</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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King Glancy and Friends

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH</div>ST. CATHERINES, Ont.&mdash;There are seldom new words to describe one given situation. That&rsquo;s why King Clancy, the new Leaf coach, had to reach way back into right field for a cliche when he was giving an opinion on his club this season.&ldquo;I can guarantee you one thing, &ldquo;he said summarizing the situation shortly after the Leafs opened training at their old skating ground here. &ldquo;We will have a hustling hockey team.&rdquo; King is sincere, if not original, in his appraisal. He bases his prediction not on any racy run through of hockey players with which he is unfamiliar. For the greater percentage of players with thet new-look Leafs have suffered and bled the Clance in the AHL wars in his position as coach of the Pittsburgh Hornets. And of the others, only the odd one like Ron Stewart and Eric Nesterenko, have escaped his ken either in the American League or, with the veterans, during his reign as NHL referee.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll guarantee you another thing,&rdquo; said the ebullient King, &ldquo;they&rsquo;ll be better than they were last year.&rdquo;That has to follow. For of the rookies the Leafs had last season, it can only be surmised that they will benefit from that experience of one year. Add to that the hang-dog look that pursues a reputation of being on the second of two Leaf teams which have missed the playoffs in 20 years, and you have to come up with a club that will be fast, bouncy and at least seeking to re-inflate its ego.The turnover, in the past two years, has been terrific and still the cycle is maybe not quite complete. Of the 24 (two spare goalies) who turned up here to take up training, only Ted Kennedy, Jim Thomson, Howie Meeker and Harry Watson were on the great Leaf club of three years ago which wrapped up an all-time record of three straight Stanley Cups.The camp seemed full of swish, the dressing room lacking in any lawyering which can usually indicate something amiss.Managing director Conn Smythe says that he is looking for a good attitude and indications were that he was going to find it.Clancy, who is usually enthused anyways, was almost ecstatic about some of the new additions. Bob Bailey, the off-season purchase from the Cleveland Barons, is earning particular attention and though none is certain he will wind up with the team as Smythe points out, he would rather have him here than trying out with some other club.Bailey came with a ready-made reputation of being a rough gentelman. Clancy claims to have had ample opportunity to view it when he was with the Hornets and it was somwhat of a joke that Bailey&rsquo;s arrival here was the first time Clancy had seen him since Robert offered to jam his fist down the King&rsquo;s throat in one Pittsburgh-Cleveland embroglio. They are now the best of buddles because as Clancy points out: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s OK If he&rsquo;s on my side.&rdquo;Perhaps the most significant early move made at the camp was putting young Bailey, a 195 pounder, on right wing with Ted Kennedy in place of Ron Stewart. Sid Smith still occupies the other wing.It is assumed by the brass that heretofore it was only necessary to stop Kennedy to kill the effectiveness of the whole line. Bailey, drawing some of the fire and handing out some of it himself, will cut Kennedy loose for action much in the same manner that Bill Ezinicki freed Syl Apps when that line was going so well in dear dead days beyond recall.Bailey is not be the only potential torpedo. George Armstrong, playing right wing with Tod Sloan at centre and Harry Watson and, indeed Big Harry himself can carry their load in the heavy going and in fact it might even be necessary to put a bit of rein on Army. Last year, on occasion, he leaned a bit too much towards aggressiveness sometimes to the loss of effectiveness.Ted Toppazzini, the third brother (maybe) to be in the NHL, is another one who came in for close scrutiny and some enthusiastic comment. Assistant managing director Hap Day proclaims that he has never seen such a good skater in all his years in the business, which are legion. Toppy is deciding between a university education and hockey and if he makes the decision in favour of the latter, he could be a terrific asset.Joining the band of those who realize the value of offense and defense, could be Fern Flaman, who has been working out shagging passes with a high school football team and reported in greyhound condition; Jim Thomson, who Clancy appraises as the best defenseman in the league when he (Clancy) was refereeing; Tim Horton, Leo Boivin, if he can instill a bit more meanness in his makeup.Dan Lewicki is back for another crack at the big time and indications are, at this early date, that he will make it. Included in that category too is Frank Mathers, a left defenseman, who has been up with the club twice before and who Clancy judged as the best defenseman in the AHL last season.And backing it all up is another Clancy favorite, Harry Lumley, who the King judges the best goalie in the league.As Clancy pointed out at the beginning: If we don&rsquo;t finish one, two, three. I&rsquo;ll take a good kick in the pants.&rdquo;And Clancy Isn&rsquo;t looking for any kick in the pants. &#9632;

Hustle, Hustle, More Hustle Clancy’s New Leaf Keynote

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div>NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.&mdash;Alex Shibicky, the former New York Ranger great who is now getting his second chance as coach of New Westminster Royals in the Western Hockey League, has a complete rebuilding job ahead of him.The Royals, who finished in sixth place last season and then lost to Saskatoon Quakers in the first round of the playoffs, opened training camp at Vernon Sept. 15 with 28 players on hand, a good portion of them new faces entirely.Co-owner Ken MacKenzie came up with what he thinks might be his best deal of the young season when he bought Bob Paul from Ottawa Senators. Like Shibicky, who coached the Royals before Babe Pratt took over, this will be Paul&rsquo;s second term with the New Westminsters.Paul played right wing on the Guyle Fielder-Gordon Fashoway line. He contributed 30 goals and 37 assists for 6 7 points two years ago when the Royals made a runaway of the league race.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0669/2260566-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="156" height="233"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Shibicky</figcaption></div>It is likely he&rsquo;ll be used mostly at forward although be can play defence as MacKenzie figures he&rsquo;ll have enough defensive talent.Two of the brighter prospects are brothers, Frank and Dave Joyal from St. Alberta. Both won all-star recognition in their respective leagues last season. Frank, who is 21, was a right winger in the Central Alberta loop last season. Dave, 18, was a standout in the Edmonton juvenile setup.ICE CHIPS&mdash;About 12 holdovers from last season greeted Alex Shibicky at the training camp opening&hellip;Among the missing was Ken Ullyot, who drew his release to coach Kamloops Elks in the Okanagan League&hellip; &#9632;

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Major Surgery Faces NW Royals With Shibicky Handling Scalpel

<div class="byline">(Sporte Editor Montreal Gazette)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02543/2260604-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="318" height="496"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURPH CHAMBERLAIN</figcaption></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01579/2260611-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="141" height="209"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>TWO OLD HOCKEY PLAYERS</h2>It was nice to run into two old hockey players, Toe Blake and Murph Chamberlain, and a decade rolled back as we listened to them talk. It will be 10 years this coming season since Dick Irvin had the first of his good Canadian team that won the NHL championship and then rolled on to the Stanley Cup. Both Toe and Murph were on that team, but they haven&rsquo;t changed much in appearance and none at all in the way they talk.&ldquo;Blake,&rdquo; said Murph, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know how you can sleep at night when you think how much you owe me.&rdquo;&ldquo;Owe you?&rdquo; said Toe, puffing on his cigar. &ldquo;How could I owe you anything?&rdquo;&ldquo;Getliffe and Watson and myself always took the other team&rsquo;s best line, didn&rsquo;t we?&rdquo; said Murph. &ldquo;That left you and Elmer and The Rocket to score the goals and take the bows. Why, you guys should have paid us $1,000 a year out of your salaries.&rdquo;&ldquo;You took the other team&rsquo;s best line?&rdquo; repeated Toe. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t make me laugh. How about the Bentleys and Mosienko? I begged Irvin to let us play against them.&rdquo;&ldquo;But he wouldn&rsquo;t, would he? You know why? He wanted to win. So he put you fellows against guy like Clint Smith and old man Gottselig and another guy whose name I can&rsquo;t remember.&rdquo;&ldquo;Murph, you&rsquo;re a pretty lucky guy yourself,&rdquo; Toe laughed. &ldquo;You came to Canadians when we had some good hockey players like Elmer and the Rocket and Butch and Durnan and myself. We won championships and Stanley Cups and earned bonuses and got a good chunk of the playoff pool. We made a lot of money for you and got your name in the record book as a member of a team that won more than one Stanley Cup. If you&rsquo;re going to be remembered as a hockey player it&rsquo;ll be because of us.&rdquo;<h3>Look Toe!&hellip;&hellip;I Carried You</h3><h2>THE GREATEST IN HISTORY</h2>Both have been coaching in recent years and the question arose of a coach&rsquo;s value to his team. Did they have thoughts on it?&ldquo;At least 80 per cent of the credit for winning the Stanley Cup last spring should go to Dick Irvin,&rdquo; said Murph. &ldquo;What do you think, Toe?&rdquo;&ldquo;They couldn&rsquo;t have won it without him,&rdquo; Toe agreed. &ldquo;He brought those rookies up at the right time and wasn&rsquo;t afraid to use them.&rdquo;&ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t make any mistake with Gerry McNeil either,&rdquo; Murph asserted. &ldquo;He took him out at the right time and put him back at the right time. I say he&rsquo;s a great coach. No, I&rsquo;ll go even farther than that&mdash;I&rsquo;ll say he&rsquo;s the greatest coach in the history of hockey.&rdquo;at the right time. I say he&rsquo;s a great coach. No, I&rsquo;ll go even farther than that&mdash;I&rsquo;ll say he&rsquo;s the greatest coach in the history of hockey.&rdquo;&ldquo;What makes him so good?&rdquo;&ldquo;It isn&rsquo;t just that he knows hockey,&rdquo; said Murph. &ldquo;They all know hockey. But I&rsquo;ll say Irvin knows his players better than the others do and thinks more of them. If he thinks a guy has any ability he&rsquo;ll stay with him a long time.&rdquo;&ldquo;He sure stayed with you a long time,&rdquo; Toe commented.&ldquo;Yeah, and I don&rsquo;t think he ever regretted it. He made me into a half decent player before he was through with me. But I&rsquo;ll tell you another thing about Irvin. He thinks hockey all the time and he&rsquo;s always coming up with some new gimmick to wake you up. Like the time when Blake here was hurt but he brought him along to New York with us anyway and then make a speech in the dressing room before the game about the apple in the barrel. &ldquo;If there&rsquo;s one rotten apple in the barrel it will taint all the others,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a rotten apple in this barrel and I&rsquo;m going to get rid of it.&rdquo;&ldquo;I thought he meant me,&rdquo; said Toe.&ldquo;And I though he meant me,&rdquo; said Murph. &ldquo;And I guess every guy in the room felt the same way.&rdquo;<h3>Look Murph!&hellip;&hellip;Who Carried Who?</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03465/2260597-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="309" height="483"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOE BLAKE</figcaption></div><h2>A LACK OF SUPER-STARS</h2>But enough about coaches. The new hockey season isn&rsquo;t far off and soon The Hockey News and The Canadian Press will be asking the sports editors around the country to predict how the teams will finish. Could either of them give a fellow in that position a lift?&ldquo;Can anybody beat Detroit?&rdquo; asked Toe. &ldquo;They look to have more good hockey players than any of the other clubs.&rdquo;&ldquo;Canadiens might beat them if they get Beliveau,&rdquo; said Murph. &ldquo;But I doubt now if they&rsquo;ll get him.&rdquo; &#9632;

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DINK CARROLL

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL-SPORTS EDITOR </div><div class="byline">By RED BURNETT</div>(As Seen in the Toronto Star)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04406/2260642-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="630" height="200"></div><h2>Milt Played Role of King&rsquo;s Adviser</h2>MEMBERS of the press and radio toasted the King&mdash;Clancy that is&mdash;at Conn Smythe&rsquo;s meet-the-coach luncheon recently. Clancy hopes the toasting doesn&rsquo;t turn to roasting come mid-December. Judging by the way he cast a spell over the hungry dozen or so, Clancy is safe. If things go wrong they&rsquo;ll probably blame everyone including the newest usher before lowering the boom on Clancy.After listening to him tell how Leafs would finish, one, two or three, we were surprised when he credited Milt Dunnell, who handles this space so efficiently and entertainingly for all but three weeks each year, with keeping him in hockey.&ldquo;I was in Montreal conferring with Frank Selke and all set to give up hockey when his phone rang. It was Milt Dunnell and he asked Selke: &lsquo;What cooks with Clancy now that Rangers have taken over Cincinnati?&rsquo; Selke replied: &lsquo;He&rsquo;s right here. I&rsquo;ll let you talk to the man himself.&rsquo;&ldquo;I told Milt that I had just turned down the job as referee-in-chief of the American Hockey League. That it looked as if I was through with hockey except as a fan. The next day he wrote a flattering column about a guy named King Clancy. Telling how hockey couldn&rsquo;t afford to let me retire. That told everyone I was free lance and three days later Hap Day got me on the Ameche in Ottawa and asked if I&rsquo;d be interested in coaching Pittsburgh.&ldquo;Interested? I was willing to run all the way to Toronto for the chance. What a break! Mr. Smythe sent the players, Hap Day did the thinking and I took the bows. Now I&rsquo;m back in Toronto with the best coaching job in hockey.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s like a dream, a wonderful dream. Remember I&rsquo;m a rookie in this league, following two of the greatest in Hap Day and Joe Primeau. I hope you boys and the fans won&rsquo;t be too rough on me.&ldquo;They tell me I&rsquo;m on the hot seat. I don&rsquo;t think so. With aces like Smythe and Day behind me it&rsquo;ll be a breeze. They&rsquo;ll do the thinking and scheming. I&rsquo;ll step out behind that bench and keep the boys going. What a set-up!&rdquo;<h2>Bob Bailey, King&rsquo;s Muscle Man?</h2>INTRODUCING Clancy, Smythe chuckled: &ldquo;Forgive me if I&rsquo;m a trifle lengthy but this is the last chance I&rsquo;ll get to talk until next spring.&rdquo;King was full of bounce and plans for the coming season. But don&rsquo;t let that &ldquo;It&rsquo;ll be a breeze&rdquo; routine fool you. King knows the road ahead is rocky. That several of his men have to beat the sophomore jinx to make the Leafs a hockey power.But he had most of the boys at Pittsburgh, knows the others intimately and honestly figures the club should be in the first three. He figures Bob Bailey, late of Cleveland, will give them the rough, tough centre they need to take the pressure off Ted Kennedy.&ldquo;I hope that big guy makes it,&rdquo; enthused Clancy. &ldquo;You should have seen the shot he hung on Bill Juzda one night. Bill set out to cool him out. They tangled in centre ice and Bill started to take off the gloves. Before he so much as pulled out a finger Baile/nailed him with a lulu right on the kisser. That was all, brother.&ldquo;Bailey could square a lot of accounts for me in this league,&rdquo; mused the King. &ldquo;Even up a few scores the boys piled up while I was refereeing.&rdquo;That brought the subject around to the referees. Some one remarked that the King was quite a refereeHqvamHsc lq cricket for an ex-head official. &ldquo;Nuts,&rdquo; replied the King. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m on the other side of the fence row. You have to fight for everything in. this game and I mean to fight.&rdquo;Then Clancy informed one and all that once the season started he&rsquo;d keep his mouth shut. &ldquo;If things go wrong don&rsquo;t ask me. Go to Smythe or Day. They&rsquo;re running the club. If you ask me for news I&rsquo;ll send you to Day, he&rsquo;ll send you to Smythe and you&rsquo;ll get your news.&rdquo; &lsquo;<h2>He&rsquo;ll Make the Jolly Old Rafters Ring</h2>WONDER where that puts Day?&rdquo; someone asked. &ldquo;Right in the middle,&rdquo; chuckled Hap. He could have added that it would be a change. When they were players Clancy was usually in the middle with Day engineering the deal.It&rsquo;s not strange that Smythe brought back Clancy when the NHL needs color so badly. King was the man he grabbed when building the original Leafs. It was the biggest player deal of those days and the start of the Leaf hockey dynasty. Having watched King work wonders with young Leaf farmhands at Pittsburgh this past two seasons&mdash;one championship and a runner-up slot&mdash;Smythe figures he&rsquo;s the man to guide his young team back into the playoff belt.Clancy will be a strange departure from previous LeaWoaches. Dick Irvin slipped silently up and down behind the bench for years. In fact he didn&rsquo;t regain his voice until he joined Canadiens. Hap Day, the Studious one, gave the odd rumble through cupped hands. Joe Primeau stewed, steamed and barked but quietly. Clancy is just the opposite. He erupts. They&rsquo;ll hear him back of the grays when things go wrong.This is not news to King&rsquo;s old teammates. They&rsquo;ll tell you the only time he was ever silent was the season he received a badly gashed tongue. The injury had him speechless for 10 wonderful days, according to Harold Cotton.Clancy expects Danny Lewicki to make the fans forget Max Bentley. Figures little Luigi is ready for the big time. The team reported Sept. 15th at St. Catharines and work started the 16th. Clancy warns that those who don&rsquo;t give won&rsquo;t be around long. &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Captain Teeder Kennedy, the first winner of the J. P. Bickell Memorial Cup, has been truly a great member of the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club in his ten-year career.A young veteran, Kennedy is now 27 years old. Born December 12, 1925, in Humberstone, Ontario, he started his hockey days with Port Colborne minor teams. He was tutored by the famous Nels (Old oPison) Stewart and much of Kennedy&rsquo;s prowess around the opposing nets is due to the good teaching of the old scoring master.At 17, after starring with Port Colborne Seniors, Kennedy turned pro with the Toronto Maple Leafs (1942-43 season)&mdash;and with the exception of the 1945-46 season, when an early injury kept him out for the year, he has been a top performer and an important cog in five Stanley Cup triumphs.Kennedy became captain of the club following the retirement of Syl Apps. When the announcement was made, the fans, sportswriters, sportscasters and the players themselves agreed that Teeder was the man to fill the shoes of the Incomparable Apps. Kennedy has captained Leaf teams to Stanley Cup triumphs in two seasons, 1949 and 1951.He is probably the hardest working hockeyist in the National Hockey League, an ace stickhandler, a hard shooting scorer and his ice stategy is tops.It is interesting to note that the only two years the Leafs failed to make the playoffs were the seasons that he was out of action so much through injury. In the 19 45-46 schedule he appeared in only 21 games and last year on New Year&rsquo;s night, he suffered a bad accident with Milt Schmidt. The skipper was out for over two and a half months and appeared in the last week of the season to do an amazing job of trying to lift the Leafs into contention. However, the season ran out and the Leafs were nipped on the final week-end.In his famous comeback in the final week of last season, Kennedy scored his 2 0 0th goal iu NHL competition. The exciting event was not witnessed by the Gardens&rsquo; fans, despite their ardent wishes. Ted put his 200th goal past Gerry McNeil of Canadians in Montreal on March 19th, 1953.Ted is married to the former Doreen Dent and they have one son, Mark.<h2>Teeder And Trophy</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01537/2260673-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="862" height="745"><figcaption class="caption-body">New Bickell Memorial Cup and First Winner</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Teeder Kennedy First Winner Of Unique J. P. Bickell Cup

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The late J. P. Bickell has been described by Conn Smythe as &ldquo;the corner-stone of the whole project&rdquo; in the erection of Maple Leaf Gardens.He began life humbly, became one of the world&rsquo;s greatest financiers In dazzling, almost overnight rapidity, had the world in his hands, so to speak,, yet never once forgot his humble beginning.There never would have been a Maple Leaf Gardens had It not been for J. P. Bickell and, when he died August 22, 1951, an Integral part of the Gardens seemed to have been taken away.Plans were made for something unique to commemorate a man who was, to phrase it simply, unique. Gardens&rsquo; Directors decided on a trophy. Not just the usual sports trophy.They wanted a trophy that would embody the richness of Bickells Canadian background and the simplicity of the man, and to make it an award that would constitute one of the greatest moments in the life of the individual selected as its winner.It is a Maple Leaf trophy, to be awarded to a Leaf player for performing with such a high standard of excellence, that he would be truly a great member of the team, just as Mr. Bickell was. The awarding of the trophy is left to the direction of the Directors and can be won for one tremendous feat, or for a season of spectacular play, or for remarkable service over a period of years.In short, a player winning the J. P. Bickell Memorial Cup would have to be one who had in him the characteristics of the man whom the trophy honors.The T, Eaton Co. handled the creation of the J. P. Bickell Memorial Cup. Mr. G. M. Gray was given the assigment of getting a design that would stress the rich Canadian background of Mr. Bickell and still portray the simplicity of his life.The design, then, would have to be one which would not only produce one of the finest of sports trophies in the world, but would pass inspection by the linest of designers anywhere.In the design wotld today, apparently, one firm in particular is ranked as par excellence. That is Jensen (pronounced Yensen) of Copenhagen. That is where Mr. Gray went, coupling a business trip for his firm with a visit to Jensen. As a result of that mission, Harald Nielsen, chief of Jensen&rsquo;s design board, personally undertook the task.Valued at $10,000.&mdash;it is one of the costliest of all sports trophies. The Bickell Memorial Cup consists entirely of 14-karat gold, on a solid quartz base. The replica, which will become the property of the player given the award, also will be of 14-karat gold, valued at $500.00.It is a 14-karat gold cup, with gold maple leaves at each side and a gold maple leaf superimposed on gold hockey sticks on the facing;, a neck with an intricately created design, all in gold, which represents the true fruit of the Canadian hard maple tree, a gold ring bearing the inscription and a base of pure quartz, taken from the upper level of McIntyre Porcupine Gold Mines, the mining property which Mr. Bickell nursed through difficult infant days and made into one of Canada&rsquo;s greatest. &#9632;

Smythe Terms Late Toronto Financier “Corner-Stone of Maple Leaf Gardens”

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The New York Ranger: have drawn 17 Sundays and one Saturday among the 3L games of their 1953-54 home schedule at Madison Square Gardens, it was announced today by the Natlonal Hockey League club.Simultaneously, the Garden box ofice said attractive subscription plans were now available for the coming ice hockey season.The Rangers open on the road, on October 8 in Detroit where the Red Wings will launch their drive for a sixth straight title. After a tour of the circuit, the Broadway Blues start their home season or Thursday, October 22, against the Boston Bruins.Unlike last-season, when the Rangers played all their games on Sundays and Wednesdays the current schedule shows single home nights on a Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday with 15 Wednesday#.<h2>RANGERS HOME SCHEDULE</h2>Oct. 22, Boston; 25, Montreal; 28, Chicago.Nov. 1, Toronto; 11, Chicago; 14, Detroit; 18, Chicago; 22, Detroit; 25, Boston; 29, Montreal.Dec. 2, Chicago; 6, Toronto; 9. Detroit; 13, Toronto; 16, Boston; 20, Montreal; 23, Detroit; 27, Chicago; 29, Boston.Jan. 3, Montreal; 6, Chicago; 10, Toronto; 13, Detroit; 20, Boston.Feb. 7, Montreal; 10, Detroit; 14, Toronto; 17, Boston; 21, Toronto; 24, Boston; 28, Montreal.Mar. 7, Toronto 10, Chicago; 14. Detroit; 21, Montreal. &#9632;

Rangers Play 17 Sundays on Home Ice

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1, 1947By Kenneth W. McKenzie and Will. V. CotePublished Weekly, except monthly May through September, simultaneously in the United States at Rouses Point, N.Y., and in Canada at Montreal, Que.Editorial, Advertising and CirculationHockey News Company, 309 Empire Life Building, 1434 St. Catherine West, Montreal 25, Gue.Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.Entered as second-class matter September 23, 1953 at the Post Office at houses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879. Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa.Printed in CanadaVOL. 6 SEPTEMBER 1953 No. 35 &#9632;

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">BY Ken Jn-Kenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06150/2260797-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="342" height="82"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01606/2260804-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="228" height="230"></div>WE HOPE that Murph Chamberlain at Windsor and Don Penniston at Glace Bay make good as coaches this season as both were signed through this column&hellip;Murph faces a tough task in lining up players for the new OHA Senior A entry&hellip;Old Hardrock will give Windsor fans a fighting team if nothing else&hellip;Phil Hughes will play goal for Chicoutimi this season&hellip;What ever happend to this fellow? Three years ago he was considered a goalkeeping phenom&hellip;They said the same thing about Ray Fredericks when he played junior with Brandon Wheat Kings&hellip;Both have been fizzles so rar&hellip;Ohio is the new Hockey Capital of the United States. There are more professional teams in Ohio than in any other state. There&rsquo;s Cleveland in the American League and Toledo, Cincinnati and Marion in the expanding International loop&hellip;The International League by the way has more teams than any other pro league. Nine teams will start the season in the IHL&hellip;Archie Wills, retired former sports editor and managing editor of the Victoria Daily Times, is the new public relations director of the Victoria Cougars. Wills covered hockey for the-Times when Lester Patrick&rsquo;s Cougars captured the Stanley Cup in 1925 in a thrilling series against Montreal Canadiens&hellip;Selling automobiles is one of the most popular summertime occupations for NHL players. No less than three members of the Boston Bruins sold autos this summer. Hal Laycoe and Woody Dumart peddled &rsquo;em in Boston while Eddie Sandford worked out of Toronto&hellip;Rookie defenseman Frank Martin of the Bruins is a promising baseball player and-was offered a tryout by the Brooklyn Dodgers. He declined however and plans to give up baseball altogether,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02478/2260790-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="157" height="242"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Sandford</figcaption></div>DON RALEIGH was the first member of the New York Rangers to ink a contract for the 1953-54 season &hellip; &ldquo;I feel this is going to be a big season not only for me but for the whole club,&rdquo; Raleigh said on signing&hellip;Roily McLenahan recently signed a two-year contract as playing coach of the Cincinnati Mohawks. Roily was with Sudbury Wolves last year. He played briefly in the NHL with Detroit in 1945-46 and several years in the American League&hellip;Brent Mac-Nab, rugged defenseman with last year&rsquo;s St. Louis Flyers, has been sold to Syracuse by the defunct Flyers&hellip;Brent has been playing baseball this summer with Edmonton Eskimos&hellip;Edmonton Flyers are training at Sault Ste. aMrie, Ont. along with Detroit Red Wings&hellip;Cleveland shifted their training base from Stratford, Ont. to Barrie, Ont. this fall&hellip;The Barons will sponsor the Barrie Flyers this season&hellip;Gen. John R. Kilpatrick, president of the N. Y. Rangers, flew out to Saskatoon to look over the Rangers new training camp last week&hellip;Dan Desmond, former hockey writer with the Chicago Herald American, is now working with National Publicity, Inc. out of Chicago. Dan is highly pleased with his new job and is doing what he has yearned to do for years&hellip;It&rsquo;s expected that Vic Stasiuk will be back with Detroit this season. His injured hip is completely recovered and he should be a worthwhile player for the Wings&hellip;John Sollenberger, president of the Hershey Estates, is sending out an attractive brochure on the 50th anniversary of the Chocolate Town. Hershey is a sports-lover&rsquo;s paradise where a major event in some sport takes place nearly every week of the year&hellip;Sollenberger was recently elected president of the American Hockey League. He is the strongest president in that league&rsquo;s history&hellip;Grant (Knobby) Warwick will coach Penticton Vees of the Okanagan Senior League this season. The former NHL player was a star performer with this team last winter.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03356/2260783-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="146" height="229"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 146px">Don Ralelgh</figcaption></div>MARION BARONS, newest entry in the International League, should be a very successful addition to this sprawling league. Marion is able to draw a million people within an area of 40 miles&hellip;The venerable Ott Heller will be the playing coach of the Marion entry&hellip;They&rsquo;re talking a lot about the ruggedness of Bob Bailey, the center Toronto Maple Leafs purchased from Cleveland Barons during the summer. A lot of tales have circulated about Bob&rsquo;s aggressiveness and willingness to mix it up with opposing players. Jim Hendy, G.M. of the Cleveland club and the fellow who Sold Bailey to the Leafs, tells the best story about the young player. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s Smythe&rsquo;s type of player all right,&rdquo; said Hendy, &ldquo;the other day he got into an argument in the downtown section of Cleveland while parking his car. The other guy pulled a knife but that didn&rsquo;t stop him. He walked right in and took the knife away from him.&rdquo;&hellip;Sydney Millionaires of the Maritime Major League are busy right now trying to raise $12,000 in a financial drive&hellip;Terry Reardon, coach of the AHL Providence Reds for the past few seasons, will coach Sydney this term&hellip;Edmonton Flyers, WHL champions last season, expect to stand pat this year. Might be one or two changes at most&hellip;Pete Babando suffered an ankle injury playing baseball recently&hellip;Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Johnny McLellan suffered a similar injury a few weeks earlier.</div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04242/2260776-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="149" height="229"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 149px">Terry Reardon</figcaption></div> &#9632;</div>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05195/2260835-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="942" height="140"></div><h2>Under False Colors?</h2>Dear Sirs,As one who has had a finger in the hockey pie since 1S88 in leagues which included teams representing Queens University, The Royal Military College, the Kingstons and the Athletics, and as a past president of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, I must say that the news contained in your June issue of The Hockey-News proved very upsetting.At the anual meeting of the CAHA I introduced a motion to drop the word &ldquo;amateur&rdquo;; I did this because I was quite convinced, and still am, that in my own mind we were not entitled to sail under patently false colors.I might add that during my connection with organized hockey-over a period covering some 6 5 years, during which time our local Kingston Frontenacs and other teams succeeded in making a very favorable showing in the OHA, not in one instance did any member of the team or club receive any monetary assistance. The players were always rewarded with some tangible memento, such as a gold watch or a diamond ring, and these were presented only when the championship had been won.Our surplus was always turned over to some charitable institution, and financial difficulties were avoided merely by delegating some worthy citizen to act as treasurer.It has been said that not all the latter day referees are thoroughly competent, as our games of today by their nature demand. If this is the case, all referees should be given a pre-season tryout under a competent instructor before being accepted, surely a simple way to overcome this particular problem.The writer has always felt that it should not be a severe task for real sportsmen to pull together in a spirit of harmony and good will and he earnestly trusts that the unpleasant situation that has sprung up will be followed shortly by a get-together in which mutual problems will be discussed and overcome.James Sutherland, Kingston, Ont.<h2>Fan to Fan</h2>Dear Sirs,Two rules should be strickly enforced in any city where hockey is played. These are; (1) No smoking in the arena, and: (2) Anyone caught throwing trash on the ice should be ejected.Good competent ushers are needed to carry out these rules. If you light up in the Forum in Montreal, for instance, the usher is johnny-on-the-spot. But in Boston and Chicago the hazo is so bad that sometimes it&rsquo;s hard to see the other end of the Ice, even when you&rsquo;re sitting directly behind the nets.The trash problem is even more serious. It&rsquo;s only a matter of time before one of the players is seriously hurt by tumbling over some piece of refuse thrown on the ice by so-called fans. Art Jackson of the pre-war Bruins broke an ankle in this fashion.So let&rsquo;s have some sort of order on the fan&rsquo;s side of the barrier.Jim Feloney. Decatur, Mich.<h2>He Likes Leafs</h2>Dear Sirs,I would like to be the first to go on record as picking the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup in 1954.Who can beat the combination of youth and desire that this team shows?George Sanders, Montreal, Que.<h2>Wants Pen Pals</h2>Dear Sirs,I have been reading your excellent hockey paper for some time now and believe me, none can compare with it.I have noticed that other hockey fans ask for pen pals to trade pictures, and I too would like to correspond with a few interested parties who would be willing to trade N.H.L. and A.H.L. pix.I have about 300 of these to trade and would welcome any letters. My address is Box 111, Station D, Toronto 9.William Lynn, Toronto, Ont.<h2>Yon May Be Right</h2>Dear Sirs,As a follower of the old Quebec Senior Hockey League for the past 10 years, it was my good fortune to watch the great Jean Beliveau in action on several occasions.Now that Mr. B is on the verge of turning professional, it strikes me that most of the fans who expect this great player to make good overnight, should stop and consider that he&rsquo;s stepping into a very difficult spot.Very few rookies go up to the NHL with all the fanfare that accompanies Mr. Beliveau. In most cases, they have good freshman seasons, but once the other teams catch on, they become closely checked players, often accounting for the sophomore slumps.Beliveau&rsquo;s initiation to big time hockey will be different. He&rsquo;s going to be a marked man from the very first time he steps on the ice. This is bound to hamper his I prolific scoring ability and he may wind up with a seasonal mark, far below the expected standards.However, as a great Beliveau admirer I sincerely hope that fans will take cognizance of this fact and remember that if Beliveau&rsquo;s line-mates score anywhere from 10 to 15 more than they would ordinarily it&rsquo;s because Beliveau is taking two checks with him on most plays.Don McManus, Montreal, Que. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Right wing&mdash;a chronic headache for Coach Frank Eddolls of the Buffalo Bisons last American Hockey League season&mdash;may well be the strongest fortified position on the team this coming campaign.Eddolls, who experienced a trying baptism as a coach in 1952-53, had only Lome Davis to depend upon for consistent scoring from along the right boards last winter.Chunky Lome potted 33 of his shots to place him well up with the best the league could offer. However, his fellow starboard patrolers left much to be desired.The acquisition of veteran Steve Wochy from the Cleveland Barons in a three-team trade, and the purchase of Kenny Hayden from the defunct St. Louis Flyers Should remedy this deficiency once the Bisons return to the task of beating AHL opponents.Wochy, always poison to the Bisons while wearing Cleveland colors, scored 37 goals&mdash;one Jess than league leader Ike Hildebrand&mdash;while Hayden, who has been on Buffalo&rsquo;s &ldquo;wanted&rdquo; list for a year, whizzed 25 shots past enemy goaltenders last season.In the event Davis should fail to make the grade with the parent Montreal Canadiens&mdash;which doesn&rsquo;t appear too likely at the moment&mdash;and is returned to Buffalo, Coach Eddolls will be blessed with a trio of right wingers who averaged 31.6 goals in 1952-53.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be satisfied if both Wochy and Hayden score 25 goals for us this season,&rdquo; Eddolls stated while discussing plans for the coming campaign. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t expect any one player to carry this club. In fact, I&rsquo;ll&rsquo; demand that everyman pull his weight&mdash;or else.&ldquo;As for Davis, he&rsquo;s getting his chance with Montreal, and I hope that he makes it. Lome is the type player any coach would be glad to have on his club. And should he fail, to make the grade, I&rsquo;ll be very happy to give him back Lis old uniform.&rdquo;General Manager Fred Hunt, a right winger during his playing days, looks for Wochy and Hayden &ldquo;to give Buffalo a pair of scorers that any club will have trouble matching.&rdquo;&ldquo;Wochy is an old smoothy, a real finisher around that net,&rdquo; Hunt commented. &ldquo;He has proven with Indianapolis, Philadelphia, and Cleveland that he&rsquo;s one of the best goal-getters the American League has had.<h2>&hellip;Holdover Ace&hellip;Getting Help</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01558/2260904-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="314" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body">LORNE DAVIS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02516/2260897-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="298" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">PRANKIE EDDOLLS</figcaption></div>&ldquo;As for Hayden, I expect great things of him,&rdquo; Hunt continued. &ldquo;Kenny has all the equipment to be right up with the league&rsquo;s top in point makers. He&rsquo;s fast; a good stick handler, and now that he&rsquo;s with a team which figures to have a strong club, he should have two capable linemates to work with.&rdquo;Yes, Eddolls&rsquo; headache of a year ago could be selling aspirin five other cities this year. &#9632;

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Addition of Right Wing Power Just What’s Needed in Buffalo

PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;Pat Egan, the R.I. Red&rsquo;s new coach, will greet a squad of 27 players when training camp opens on September 22 at Grand Mere, Quebec.Egan, who officially inked his two-year American Hockey League contract a few days ago and then had his first lengthy conference with owner Lou Pieri, plans to arrive at the Laureantide Inn at Grand Mere on September 20 so that he can personally greet the squad members as they arrive.This training camp squad is hand-picked and many of the rookies reporting are given a chance of ousting some of the veteran pros from their jobs. Egan is planning on a rugged training period with practice sessions twice every day and exhibition tilts against strong clubs like the Quebec Aces, Shawinigan Cataracts and the farm hands at Three Rivers.Seven individuals who were at camp last year will be missing, Terry Reardon, Ray. Powell, Sheldon Bloomer, Orval Lavell, Kan Smith, Moe Morris, John Michaluk and Bobby Perrault are not returning. Only Morris, who reported late last season, missed the 1952-5 3 training sessions. He, Lavell and Smith have retired. Powell has been sold to Quebec, Bloomer to Syracuse, Perrault to Quebec and Michaluk has been traded to the Calgary Stampeders where he joins brother Art, and Reardon is now coach of the Sydney Millionaires of the Maritime Major Hockey League.Many of the &ldquo;Old Pros&rdquo; will be back, that is if they can withstand the challenge of some mighty fine young rookies. Fellows like Paul Gladu, Pete Kapusta, Bert Hirschfeld, Al Baccari, Zellio Toppazzini, Bert Bourassa and Ed Krynanowski are almost certain of making the club although Egan has said that &ldquo;every job on the club will have to be won. Only Harvey Bennett is sure of his job&rdquo;. &#9632;

Coach Egan To Greet 27 RI Red Aspirants

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;The Hershey Bears, who have been in hibernation since they were eliminated from the Calder Cup play-offs by the Pittsburgh Hornets last Spring, will begin limbering up for a new assault on the American Hockey League championship on Monday, September 21.Coach Murray Henderson, who is returning for his sophomore campaign as boss man of the Bears, and Lloyd S. Blinco, general manager of the Chocolatetown club, are highly optimistic over the team&rsquo;s chances of becoming a top contender for the AHL&rsquo;s title.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03422/2260959-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="161" height="257"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marray Henderson</figcaption></div>Blinco bases his contention on the fact that the Boston Bruins, who will be training with the Bears, have &ldquo;so many promising amateurs coming down for training drills that we just can&rsquo;t help getting the kind of talent we need to build a flag contender.&rdquo;Coach Henderson will have five veteran Bears back around which to build the 1953-54 edition of the Hershey club. In addition to himself on the defense, there will be Joe Schertzl, Andy Branigan and Ray Gariepy available for blue line duty. The reliable Gordie Henry will be back for his ninth campaign in the Hershey cage, and Arnie Kullman, always one of the Bears&rsquo; top scorers, is expected to hold down one of the pivot positions.Additional strength on the blue line is expected to come from Ted O&rsquo;Connor, of last season&rsquo;s Tacoma Rockets, and young Dave Whitney, who spent the 1952-53 campaign with New Haven in the Eastern Amateur loop. Also, Frank Martin, who got his pro baptism with Hershey last year, may be returned for further experience.Forward line replacements may come from Skip Teal, Doug Mohns and Don McKenney, who sparked the Barrie Flyers to a Memorial Cup championship last year. All three recently signed Bruin contracts and Coach Lynn Patrick, of Boston, is expected to &ldquo;shussel&rdquo; them off to Hershey for seasoning.Another likely looking forward line candidate is Gordie Wilson, lanky center ice man, who joined the Bears late last campaign and drew the praise of AHL scribes as the result of his flashy play against the Hornets in the Calder Cup playoffs. He scored a trio of goals against King Clancy&rsquo;s crew, including a pair of markers in the final contest.Also back for another crack at the AHL is Barton Bradley, who broke in with Hershey several seasons back, but was sent to Tacoma, of the Western League for further experience. Bradley paced the Rockets last season, scoring 26 goals and 47 assists for a total of 73 points in 70 games. &#9632;

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Bears Count On Bruins To Help Them Produce Contender In ’53-’54

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Reprisals are threatened by the high echelons of professional hockey against Allan Cuppers and various commercials and independents who have been quietly raiding the rosters of the Quebec Hockey League. Open scouting is known to be practised at professional team training camps, and tampering with athletes in efforts to induce them to line up with amateur clubs for certain inducements has been common enough in the past.No more will the pros ignore such goins-on, and their retaliation is going to be swift and drastic, the way we hear it.It appears that many coaches and team organizers, as well as the athletes concerned, are laboring under the mistaken notion that in the turnover of the old Quebec Senior Hockey League to full-fledged play-for-pay policy the players automatically became free agents.That is that those who were never under a contract with the a National Hockey League nor an American Hockey League Club, or in other cases, having been outright pros, were re-instated by the CAHA can now go where they please.The undercover business that has been g9ing on was bared at a recent meeting of the Quebec loop held in Montreal, and better feeling was evident in many quarters.<h2>Raiders In Ottawa</h2>Tommy Gorman, spokesman for Ottawa Senators, said that to his certain knowledge Maxie Silverman had been in the Canadian Capital attempting to lure several of last season&rsquo;s Senators to Sudbury to play for his NOHA team this season, making alluring offers.Arthur Vinet, of Valleyfield Braves, reported that the two brothers with the names that drive the linotypers loony, Lou and Carl Smrke, were said to be lined up with a team In Sault Ste. Marie this year, and there were rumblings of alarm in both Sherbrooke and Shawinigan Falls.Frank Selke, generalissimo of all hockey affairs at the Forum under sponsorship of Canadiens, thereupon gave the QHL solops forthright enlightenment, which was at the same time a warning to those who are instigating raids. Such actions are absolutely contrary to the new code of agreement between the National Hockey League which conducts the Central Registry, and that means the entire structure of professional hockey, and the CAHA, Selke said.<h2>No Nonsense</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01592/2260997-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="301" height="307"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK SELKE</figcaption></div><h2>Offers Bait</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02520/2260990-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="327" height="335"><figcaption class="caption-body">MAX SILVERMAN</figcaption></div><h2>Rule Explained</h2>Selke acted on a committee with Conn Smythe, of Toronto Maple Leafs and Clarence Campbell, president of the NHL who met with George Dudley, secretary-manager of the CAHA at which it was positively agreed that the entire reserve lists of the Quebec clubs would be protected, and the clubs which held contracts and CAHA registrations of players are granted full rights to their services.Rapid, Drastic Retaliation To Be Handed OffendersBusiness-managers of the seven teams which operated last year in the QSHL are given freedom to decide before the new season opens on October 10 on the individual merits of each athlete. Then they must sign each player to a new contract, offer him on waivers to the other clubs of their own loop, sell them to another professional organization, or give them outright release, thus matting them free to apply for reinstatement as amateurs, and play where they wish under the jurisdiction of the CAHA.But what it they sign with other clubs, in violation of this agreement?&ldquo;They&rsquo;ll not be permitted to do so by the CAHA&rdquo; said Selke, &ldquo;and if the CAHA is lax in enforcing this rule, living up to its agreement with the pros, we (the pros) will be vindictive. We&rsquo;ll go into their cities and sign their star juniors and seniors to professional contracts without as much as a by-your-leave or a howdy-do.&rdquo;<h2>Paper Work Strange</h2>The Quebec loop&rsquo;s leaders are finding the paper-work involved in a professional operation a little strange but have been helped in this respect a great deal by Selke, who has attended many of the between-season meetings, and George Slater, league president, as well as members of Clarence Campbell&rsquo;s staff at NHL headquarters.It was evident at this last session that they are falling into easy accord in their dealings with one another along professional lines. When Royals asked waivers on three of their players, so that all could likely better themselves and shape new careers, every club in the league passed as Selke explained matters.Thus Roger Leger was freed to accept the post as playing manager at Shawinigan Falls and Gerry Plamondon was given the green light to take a similar post with the Matane Club of the Lower St. Lawrence Hockey League.Sherbrooke and Shawinigan Falls had both claimed Plamondon and Ottawa Senators, were ready to claim Les Douglas, who had been mentioned as heading for Noranda as a player-pilot.Selke advised that Douglas, who was a great play-maker with Royals last season, had new plans. He was headed for Sarnia, Ont. to skipper the Senior A team of that city in the OHA. He, too, was given the league&rsquo;s blessing. &#9632;

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Pros Sharpen Axes in Readiness For Reprisals on Raiding Parties

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;A year ago Lynn Patrick took the entire pre-season training period to formulate an opinion about the Bruins&rsquo; prospects for the coming season.Then, only two days, before the Bruins&rsquo; opening game, Patrick expressed himself, startling the hockey world at the same time.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be in contention for first place,&rdquo; he predicted, &ldquo;and we&rsquo;ll win the Stanley Cup in the spring.&rdquo;Patrick&rsquo;s bold prediction was a distinct surprise, because he hadn&rsquo;t tipped his hand about his feelings before making it.This fall the Bruins&rsquo; coach is following the same prognosticating procedure as he did a year ago. Again he will watch throughout the training period before speaking his mind.In lieu of any training camp winning of championships, Patrick&rsquo;s statements from Hershey have been calculated appraisals of what the Bruins will need to improve.His observations to date have been based largely on events of a year ago, when the Bruins didn&rsquo;t come far from fulfilling his predictions.&ldquo;Most of the improvement I hope for must come from our young players,&rdquo; he asserted. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve had one or more years of experience, and they should be ready to realize on their possibilities.&ldquo;For the latter part of last season the veteran players were the ones who carried us, and they were the ones who supplied the spark during the Stanley Cup playoffs.&ldquo;It is almost too much to expect that all of them can produce like that again, so we&rsquo;ll have to have help from the younger players. They&rsquo;ll have to do better than they did a year ago.&rdquo;As a coach who spent many sleepless nights last winter fretting about injuries, Patrick is probably more acutely conscious of them than some of his contemporaries. At any rate, the subject of injuries has popped up frequently in his conversations.&ldquo;How I hope we can duck them,&rdquo; he hoped. &ldquo;A year ago they nearly ruined us, and I never want to go through a season like that again.&ldquo;They&rsquo;re something beyond a coach&rsquo;s control, and they give him that frustrated feeling. They can make or break a team quicker than anything else.&ldquo;Last year we had them in group lots, and they made things tough for us. Chicago had virtually none, and look at the way they sailed along.&rdquo;<h2>Not Talking</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03434/2261028-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="317" height="495"><figcaption class="caption-body">LYNN PATRICK</figcaption></div>The sight which has eased Patrick&rsquo;s anxiety about personnel somewhat has been that of an abundance of players on the Hershey ice.&ldquo;Thi3 is the first time since I&rsquo;ve been with the Bruins that we&rsquo;ve had anything like a wealth of manpower,&rdquo; observed Lynn, &ldquo;and it&rsquo;s comforting to see it.&ldquo;I can sit back and count more forwards than we&rsquo;ll need, more defensemen than we&rsquo;ll need, and almost forget about last winter when there were times when we didn&rsquo;t have enough of either.&rdquo;The Bruins are following their usual custom this year, so the squad which is working out la composed of all classes of talent. Besides holdovers from last year&rsquo;s varsity squad there are members of the Hershey crew and a number of youngsters, some of them already signed to professional contract. &#9632;

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Young Players Big Link In Bruins Victory Chain

<div class="byline">By FRED CEDERBERG</div>HAMILTON, Ont.&mdash;Some 90-odd junior OHA hopefuls, vying for berths with the Detroit&mdash;sponsored Hamilton Tigers, had to stand by idly as the scheduled training opener was set back one day because of flooding difficulties in the remodeled Hamilton Forum.The chief scout of the vast Detroit Red wing hockey farm system, John Mitchell, in town to aid coach Jim Skinner in the extensive three week training drills, told The Hockey News that the delay did not mean a thing as far as the program was concerned.&ldquo;Sure, we would&rsquo;ve liked to start on Wednesday, but one day lost&mdash;through no one&rsquo;s fault&mdash;won&rsquo;t make any difference in the end result&mdash;a title&mdash;winning crew for Hamilton,&rdquo; said Mitchell from his headquarters at the Royal Connaught Hotel.Faced with tremendous problems arising out of the rundown condition of the old Barton St. arena, teams of work crews labored around the lock to meet the Wednesday morning deadline.The previous Sunday, some 70 of the boys from all parts of the Dominion began trickling into the city. Prior to their arrival, 20 boys of school age arrived in town and enrolled at the various high schools.Then began the battle to have the new ice plant in shape ta produce the ice sheet. Exhaustive tests were carried out Monday and the polythene plastic piping proved successful.It was recided to flood, using a consecutive series of light floodings after the sand was frozen. The light waterings failed to freeze the sandy base and had to be abandoned, but a day was lost.Training began, as per schedule, at 7 o&rsquo;clock Thursday morning when the school-boy shift hit the new sheet for an hours skating drill.The seating interior of the Forum has been completed down to the last daub. The new lighting is completely installed.At present, swarms of workmen are rushing the halls, washrooms, the new enlarged entrance and the interior recorating to completion before the Oct, 1 game between the NHL Detroit Red Wings and Skinners&rsquo; OHA junior Tabbies. &#9632;

90 Junior Puck Aces Stranded Following Flooding Failure

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The International Hockey League will embark upon the most ambitious schedule in the league&rsquo;s history, Tuesday, October 13, when the Troy Bruins invade Fort Wayne.The current schedule calls for each club to play 64 games, four more than were played in last year&rsquo;s card. In addition the presence of Marion, Louisville, and Johnstown has raised the circuit&rsquo;s membership to nine clubs, and has made the league the largest hockey organization in the United States. In all, each club will play an eight game series with each opponent.Week-end play will predominate during the season. Grand Rapids, Toledo, Fort Wayne and Cincinnati will feature Saturday night home appearances. Marion, Troy, and Louisville will be Sunday clubs, with Milwaukee and Johnstown&rsquo;s week-end home games divided between Saturdays and Sundays. &#9632;

IHL EMBARKS ON 64-GAME SCHEDULE

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Hockey&rsquo;s newest dollar boys, the Quebec Hockey League, are going whole-hog in their bid for public patronage this coming season.A 70-game schedule which brings each team in the eight-club loop into each of the other clubs&rsquo; rinks five times was adopted at a meeting held last week in Montreal.Springfield Indians and Senators stage a lid-lifter at the Ottawa Auditorium, Saturday night, October 10. Six clubs are in action the next day. On the Sunday afternoon Senators are in Montreal, Indians go to Shawinigan Falls, and Quebec Aces will viist the league champions, the Sagueneens, at Chicoutimi.The schedule ends March 21 and during the winter a new system of playoffs will be devised since the circuit now numbers eight clubs with the addition of the Springfield entry which is headed by the former great of the Boston Bruins, Eddie Shore.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01576/2261083-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="147" height="231"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 147px">Eddie Shore</figcaption></div>Shore was at the meeting and made the acquaintance of the league solons, some of whom he met for the first time, though of course his fame was known to all.To Play Western ChampsAn agreement has been reached to stage a playoff series between the Quebec League champs and the winners of the Western League. It&rsquo;s to be held in the wets this year and the Quebeers must have a titlist ready to travel west early in April.Shore announced that Doug McMurdy, veteran centreman will be coach of the Indians. He&rsquo;ll be a playing pilot, working mainly on defense. Last year he led the Springfield team in the Eastern United States Amateur circuit. He has had wide^tBxperience in pro ranks with Tulsa, Springfield and Syracuse.Ivan Dugre, former coach of Sherbrooke Saintes, still a director of the dub, attended the meeting along with generalmanager Forest Keene. The Saints also will operate with a playing-pilot this season and for this job have signed Jake Forbes, who brings along with him working agreement with circuit while maintaining their interest in the Edmonton Detroit Red Wings, who will sponsor a club in the Quebec Flyers of the WHL.Already in training at Sault Ste. Marie, the Saints expect to get half a dozen players from Jack Adams and have already acquired goaler Jerry Cotnoir who comes from Victoria Cougars. He should be very popular in the Eastern Townships centre since he&rsquo;s a native of nearby Granby.George Imlach, recently elevated to the post of general-manager with Quebec Aces, following the severe illness of Jack Adams, president of the club, will announce a coach in the near future, but Imlach himself will direct the All Star QHL team which is to play the champions Sagueneens at Chicoutimi, October 4.Since several of the stars, named in o poll conducted by the Montreal Gaztete last Spring, are Chicks, Imlach will have to replace them with players of his own choosing. Aces are still in doubt about the future of Jean Beliveau, but are hopeful that an agreement may be reached with Canadiens whereby the great star may start the season in the Ancient Capital. At the same time Imlach scoffed at rumours that the uncertainty over Beliveau&rsquo;s future had been a deterrent to season ticket sales at Quebec Coliseum.Over 6,500 ducats have already been sold, according to Imlach.By the time this reaches Hockey News readers all the clubs will be in training save Royals who are beginning September 21, at the Montreal Forum.</div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>All Clubs Busy</h2>Valleyfield, Sherbrooke and Shawinigan Falls have got going in their home hinks and&rdquo; Springfield Indians have been skating at Stamford, Ont., more than a week, while those players the Sherbrooke team is to receive from Detroit will be drilling with Tommy Ivan&rsquo;s big squad at the Soo.Punch Imlach has been seeking details from Clarence Campbell&rsquo;s offcie on the working agreement, indicating that his vuebec Club is about acquire a sponsorship from a major &ldquo;league outfit. The Quebec clammed up when asked about this. &lsquo;At the same time it&rsquo;s indicated that Valleyfield Braves will work in close harmony with New York Rangers, and Toe Blake has been at Saskatoon conferring with Frank Boucher.Confirmation of the appointment of George Gravel as the league&rsquo;s referee-in-chief was also announced, and leaguesecretary Syd Holstead offered to help all the clubs with their Immigration papers which will be needed for their regular border crossings for games at Springfield, Mass. &#9632;

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QHL Goes All-Out Pro, Adopts 70-Came Sked Indians, Nats Open Play

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Capt. Milt Schmidt will get his first taste of coaching the Boston Bruins before the opening of the National League schedule.The 35-year old center, starting his 14th season here, was signed to a new player-assistant coach contract during the summer.He&rsquo;ll launch his new dual role the week of the all-star game, while Coach Lynn Patrick is occupied in Montreal with details as coach of the all-star team.Schmidt, a probable choice for the all-star squad under other conditions, will remain in Hershey and direct the Bruins in practice and exhibition games with the Hershey Bears. &#9632;

Schmidt To Get First Taste Of Coaching Boston Bruins

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01591/2261162-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="609" height="798"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Durnan (left) and Turk Broda, two of the most famous netminders in NHL history, who once lived and dieted for their respective bosses, aren&rsquo;t worrying about their weight anymore as the above pictures will attest. Both are coaches now with Durnan handling Rouyn in the Northern Quebec League and Broda to handle the Senators in the Quebec Hockey League. Both are ex-winners of the famed Vezina Trophy, awarded annually in the National Hockey League to the goal-keeper with the lowest goals against average. Durnan, in fact, became a permanent holder of the Trophy, having won it five times.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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No Diet Restrictions

Red Wing Coach Tommy Ivan runs the entire setup with Adams acting as general overseer. Ivan is assisted by Edmonton Coach Bud Poile and Sherbrooke Coach Jake Forbes.Each player is assigned to one of four squads, and each squad drills 90 minutes each day. The catch to this arrangement is that no one knows the order in which the squads will hold their workouts until 7.30 each morning. Which means every player must get up by 7 a.m. and report to the Pullar Community Building rink to learn his assignment.All the players are berthed at the Park Hotel while club and press headquarters is maintained across the street at the Ojibway Hotel.Adams has only a few rules governing his training camp. Among them is an 11 p.m. curfew, no wives are allowed. Players are permitted to bring cars&mdash;in fact wheels are necessary to follow through on one of Adams wishes.He encourages all the players to golf daily at the nine-hole Sault Ste Marie course, and urges the non-golfers to go out and walk or caddie with the others. Jack believes that golf is a good conditioner for legs, and annually sponsors a tamp golf tournament.First of the pre-season games is set for Saturday, Detroit playing Edmonton here. They will have a rematch on Wednesday, Dept. 23.The rest of the Wings&rsquo; exhibition schedule lists these games: Chicago on Sept. 25 at Sudbury: Chicago on Sept. 26 at Pembroke; Edmonton on Sept. 27 at Sault Ste. Marie; Edmonton on Sept. 30 at Detroit; Hamilton Juniors on Oct. 1 at Hamilton; Cleveland on Oct. 4 at Detroit; Kitchener on Oct. 5 at Kitchener. &#9632;

Red Wings Drill Attracts 90 Puck Hopefuls

GOALIES&mdash;Terry Sawchuk. Glen Hall, Dave Gatherum, Jerry Cotnoir, Julian Klymkiw, Bill Tibbs.DEFENSE&mdash;Len Kelly, Bob Goldham, Marcel Prono-vost, Benny Woit, Jim Hay, Al Arbor, Steve Hrymnak, Bill Folk, Lloyd Hinchberger, Hugh Coflin, Ed Palamar, Doug Orvis, Victor Fredette, Jake Forbes, Bill Bucyk, Ed Zemrau, Bob Schiller, Al Treen, Gordon Lawson, Frank Hughes. Larry Thibeault, Ivan Tennant, Robert Logan, Ed Zenlnk, John Bownass, Bill McCully.CENTERS&mdash;Alex Delvecchio, Glen Skov, Earl Reibel, Guyle Fielder, Buddy Boon, Frank O&rsquo;Grady, Jim Uniac, Erwin Grosse, Bert Glesebrecht, Eddie Joss, Claude Campeau, Martial Pruneau, Alex Irving, Rod McElroy, Norman Ullman, Gordon Strate, Jack MacDonald, Gerald Melnyk, Norman Berglund, Edgar Jasson.LEFT WING&mdash;Ted Lindsay, Marty Pavelich, John Wilson, Maroel Bonin, Earl Johnson, Jim Anderson, Ray Hannigan, Enio Selisizzi, Nelson Pedol-sky, Ed Stankiewicz, Gilles Du-bem, Ken Colline, Louis Marius, Joe Malo, Lewis Tremblay, Gordon Calder, John Bucyk, Roland Prost, Charles Brooker, Ferrucio Festarlni, Fred Litke.RIGHT WING&mdash;Gordie Howe, Tony Leswick, Metro Prystai, Vic Stasiuk, Bud Poile, Don Poile, Eddie Bruneteau, Motto McLean, Bob Rawlyk, Dave Trainor, Jerry Plamon, don, Bill Dineen, Bobby Brown, Billy McNeil, Len Haley, Gerald Henry, Ray Kinaswlch, Gerald Ehman, Dennis Olson, Art McAvoy, Bill Maslanko, Bob Rawlyk. &#9632;

Players Invited To Detroit Camp

<div class="byline">By DOUG McLELLAN</div>NORTH BAY, Ont.&mdash;With the opening of hockey training camps all over the country, a number of Northern Ontario hockeyists will be returning in good shape after a summer on the baseball diamond or the golf course. But, inevitably a couple will be late reporting due to injuries. One of the probable absentees will be Pete Babando, who was recently traded to the Montreal Canadiens from the New York Rangers.It was just a day after Babando, who will be making Montreal has fifth NHL home, heard the news concerning the trade that he Injured his ankle In a slide during a ball game In which his team, the Porcupine Combines, were meeting the &lsquo;South End Quills. In some manner or other Babando damaged the ligaments in his ankle and had to be removed to hospital. This is a tough break for Babando, as he was looking forward to joining the Montrealers at once after &ldquo;such, a long time with the bottom teams in the NHL.&rdquo;Another ball-player-hockeylst also suffered a bad blow about a month ago when Lennie Speck of the Kirkland Lake Greyhounds lost a finger in a mine accident. Speck played with Maxie Silver-man&rsquo;s Sudbury Wolves last season after a number of years in the now defunct United States Hockey League.But while these two will be on the limp for a while, a number of other local boys will be in top shape. One of the best ball players In the Temiskamlng Baseball League this year has been Dean Prentice of the New York Rangers. Dean plays the outfield for the South Porcupine Quills and chalked up a handsome.356 batting average. Until late in the season he also led the loop in homers.A short time ago Maurice De-Loof, a scout for the Boston Red Sox, took in a TBL fixture. During the contest, he spotted a kid whom he thought would make a big leaguer in a few years. According to DeLoof, &ldquo;I talked to him after the game, told him I thought he had the makings, and then went on at great lengths to tell him just how much money he could be making if he did play professional ball.&ldquo;All this time,&rdquo; says DeLoof, &ldquo;I had the Idea that he wasn&rsquo;t too interested in my little talk and wondered why. Then I got the answer when the kid interrupted me and I learned that he played pro hockey with the New York Rangers. Imagine my surprise,&rdquo; mused the Bosox talentseeker.But Prentice isn&rsquo;t the only well-known hockey figure in the TBL. The Kirkland Lake Greyhounds this year boasted an undefeated season of 30 straight wins and one of the big reasons for this record was their short-stop, Willy Marshall, who spends his winter months with the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American League.While Willy will be telling his teammates all year about this baseball prowess, there will be one member of the Hornets who won&rsquo;t let him forget a little Incident that cropped up recently. Johnny McLellan, also of the Hornets, was playing first base for the Combines against the Hounds when Marshall got on first. McLellan promptly bet Willy that he couldn&rsquo;t steal second. Two bucks were tossed on the line, and Willy stepped off the bag, preparing for the steal. But while the two were talking, no one noticed that McLellan held on to the ball and got Willy on the hidden-ball trick; the oldest in baseball.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01588/2261248-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="296" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">DEAN PRENTICE</figcaption></div>With the South End Quills this year was Charlie Blair who recently went from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. Blair is also a fine ball player but had to retire half way through the season because of an old hockey Injury. Chuck is set now, though, and anxious to get skates on again.But while these hockeyists were thrilling crowds in the TBL, a couple of other NHL&rsquo;ers were spending their summer at the Timmins Golf Club, Allan Stanley of the New Yorkers and Real Chevrefils of the Boston Bruins. Both are ardent golfers and Chevvle covered himself with glory in the recent Invitation Tournament over Labor Day week-end at the Timmins Club when he was the low qualifier with a sizzling 72.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02541/2261241-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="302" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">WILLY MARSHALL</figcaption></div>But all that is in the past now, as the boys prepare for another big winter at the ice game, and they can only hope that they do as well as they have at their summer pastimes. &#9632;

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