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October 3, 1953

The Hockey News October 3, 1953

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The big turnover of top grade players accelerated in some respects by the switch of the old QSHL clubs to outright professional status under the banner of the Quebec Hockey League, makes the task of George &ldquo;Punch&rdquo; Imlach, at Quebec, extremely difficult as he points to the second All Star game.</p><p>The major league draft and consequent invitations of many stars to major league training camps at scattered points of the country makes it uncertain whether Imlach will have a squad that even faintly resembles that which was selected in a pool of team pilots conducted last February by Charlie Halpin of the Montreal Gazette.</p><p>It&rsquo;s evident that the selectors were pretty sharp, at that, since so many of the players were listed on the Chicoutimi Sagueneens squad which won the league title last Spring.</p><p>Rollie Hebert, coach of the Chicks, was named as the All Star coach. His own goaler, Marcel Pelletier, got a heavy plurality with Jean Paul Lamirande, Chicoutimi and Roger Leger, of Royals on the rearguard. Jean Beliveau, of Aces, is the centre man, Ralph &ldquo;Bucky&rdquo; Buchanan, Chicoutimi and Stan Smrke, Chicoutimi, on the Wings.</p><p>With the AU Star game scheduled at Chicoutimi October 4, the champion Sagueneens playing those chosen from the remainder of the loop, Imlach has to take what&rsquo;s left after Hebert, naturally, puts Chicoutimi sweaters on his own hired help.</p><p>This makes things difficult to be sure for Imlach. It&rsquo;s a toss-up if all the stars can be mustered from various points where they are bidding for places on NHL and American League teams in time.</p><p>The case of Roger Leger is puzzling. Right now as playingcoach of the Shawinigan Falls&rsquo; Cataracts, he&rsquo;s busy trying to whip a squad into shape that will give the other seven clubs a hassle when the league schedule opens on October 10.</p><p>The second team offers Imlach a few suggestions, perhaps. As picked by Imlach and his colleagues last February this sizes up as follows: goal-Ray Fredericks, Ottawa; defense-Guy Labrie, Sherbrooke and Jacques Deslauriers, Valleyfield; centre-Sherman White, Chicoutimi; Wings-Andre Corriveau, Valleyfield and Eddie Litzenberger, Royals.</p><p>Imlach will likely send out an appeal to the other coaches of the circuit so that the All Star game won&rsquo;t be a fizzle. There is little doupt that Toe Blake will be glad to allow the Valleyfield players, Corriveau and Deslauriers to make the trip to the Saguenay and similarly Pete Morin of Royals will urge Eddie Litzenberger, his stalwart right winger, to join the forces Imlach will send against the Chicoutimi team.</p><p>But there are bound to be several new faces by the time the teams take the ice.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

Top-grade Turnover Drains Talent Supply For QHL All-Star Tilt

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07114/2265026-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg"></div><h2><b>Played in Montreal&rsquo;s 1st Benefit Game</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0896/2265019-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="1754" height="1026"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SHOWN ABOVE IS THE TEAM</b> which represented Montreal against the National Hockey League All-Stars in the Howie Morenz Memorial Game, November 3,1937, won by the Stars, 6-5. Top row: Senator Donat Raymond and Cecil Hart. Second row: left to right: Jim McKenna (trainer) King Clancy, Walter Buswell, Baldy Northcott, Toe Blake, Earl Robinson, George Mantha and Cy Wentworth. Bottom row, left to right: Babe Siebert, Russ Blinco, Paul Haynes, Jimmy Ward, Aurel Joliat, Wilf Cude, Bill Beveridge, Johnny Gagnon and Pit Lepine. Dave Tottier is missing from the picture. That&rsquo;s Howie Morenz jr., up front.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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All-Star Game History in a Nutshell

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03196/2265500-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>STAN LONG</b></figcaption></div><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>The sports comeback of the year is being written slowly, painfully, page-by-page by a thinfaced, tousle-haired hockey defenseman who almost lost his life in a game accident.</p><p>Stan Long, who appeared headed for National League stardom when he played for the Buffalo hockey Bisons two years ago, is the fellow making the climb back after being counted out of the sport.</p><p>Long was playing defense for Victoria in the Western League last spring when he collided with Chuck McCullough of the Saskatoon Quakers. McCullough&rsquo;s stick broke, and pierced Stan&rsquo;s upper left leg.</p><p>When they got Long to the hospital, he was pronounced in &ldquo;critical&rdquo; condition. The big vein had been cut right in half, a piece of the stick three inches long and 3/4 inch wide had lodged against an artery, and he had lost a lot of blood.</p><p>Doctors operated but were not too hopeful. Blood transfusions, 12 in all, were given the dying player, and 45 Stitches were taken to close the wound.</p><p>Finally, when Long was out of danger, fear was expressed that it would be necessary to amputate his leg. By now, his weight had dropped from a solid 190 pounds to 145.</p><h2>Refused Amputation</h2><p>Stan, determined to play hockey again, refused the physicians permission to amputate.</p><p>After leaving the hospital, he came east to Montreal for treatment under the care of Bill Head, Montreal&rsquo;s famed physiotherapist. Head taught Long&rsquo;s wife, Stevie, how to massage the leg to aid circulation.</p><p>The treatments were continued when the Longs returned to their Barrie, Ont., home for the summer. After he regained some of his strength and weight. Long took a job in the brewers retail store lugging beer cases and kegs to exercise the leg.</p><h2>Little Feeling</h2><p>He did some skating but found that he had little feeling in the leg after he was skating for a while.</p><p>&ldquo;The leg just seemed to get numb after awhile and I had a hard time telling whether I had my skate on the ice,&rdquo; Long explained.</p><p>When he reported to the Verdun Auditorium training camp of the Bisons on Sept. 21 he was a big question mark.</p><p>Everyone hoped that his ability hadn&rsquo;t been drained by the injury.</p><p>Long, himself, was perhaps the most confident.</p><p>&ldquo;The leg will come along,&rdquo; he said, matter-offactly. &ldquo;I just have to work harder on learning to turn again and watch my balance a bit more.&rdquo;</p><p>At the end of the first week of practice, Long expressed belief, that the leg had &ldquo;come back to about 75 or 80 per cent of its former use.&rdquo;</p><p>He was hopeful of making the Buffalo team as &ldquo;the city is close to my hometown and my folks get a chance to see me play occasionally.&rdquo; But he quickly added that if he returns to the Victoria club, &ldquo;I won&rsquo;t be disappointed as the fans there were wonderful to me&mdash;and most of all I just want to play hockey.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Slow, Painful Comeback</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Long Refuses to Give In, Still Seeks Bison Berth

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01519/2263998-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Left to right, front: Jacques Plante, Maurice Richard. Elmer Lach. Bert Olmstead. Dick Irvin, coach: Frank J. Selke, managing director: Bernard Geoffrion, Billy Reay, Paul Meger and Gerry McNeil. Centre: Camil DesRoches, publicity director; Calum MacKay, Dickie Moore, Dick Gamble. Ken Mosdell, Floyd Curry, Lome Davis, Paul Masnick actor Dubois, trainer; Doug Harvey, and Frank D. Selke, public relations, back row Butch Bouchard, Tom Johnson, Johnny McCormack, Eddie Mazur, bud Mac Phoran Dollard St-Laurent and Gaston Bettez, assistant-trait.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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MONTREAL CH CANADIENS

<div class="byline">By KEN MCKENZIE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01394/2265669-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The National Hockey League Players Pension Plan is the finest obtainable. No other pension arrangement offers so much as does the one devised by hockey&rsquo;s major body.</p><p>There are 206 NHL players participating in this plan at the present time. This includes some rookies and some of the originals. The originals are players who performed in the League during the 1947-48 season. Oddly enough the NHL Players Pension Society started on the same day that THE HOCKEY NEWS was founded&mdash;October 1, 1947. The plan is compulsory and every player in the circuit must be a member of it.</p><p>There is a two-year qualifying period and a player must have two complete seasons in the National League before he can be a member of the Pensions Society. Suppose a player is shuffled back and forth between the NHL and the American League over a number of season. Well, once he plays his two seasons (doesn&rsquo;t matter over how many years this is spread out) he is a member in good standing. A year&rsquo;s service is based on a 70-game schedule.</p><p>Each player contributes $900 a year into the fund. This is tar exempt, incidentally. The League&rsquo;s contribution is through these All-Star Games and the assessment of 25 cents on every ticket sold for playoff games. The six All-Star Games played to date and the money taken in on the surtax at the playoffs have brought the League&rsquo;s contribution to $367,532.00. This averages out to about $61,000 a year.</p><p>Two-thirds of the gross gate at each All-Star Game goes into the Players Pension Society. The other third takes care of the building rental in connection with staging the game.</p><p>Following are the gross gates of the six All-Star games played to date:</p><p>1947&mdash;$25,865.44)</p><p>(played at Toronto)</p><p>1948&mdash;$23,018.00</p><p>(played at Chicago)</p><p>1949&mdash;$25,920.75</p><p>(played at Toronto)</p><p>1950&mdash;$17,512.80</p><p>(played at Detroit)</p><p>1951&mdash;$25,306.50</p><p>(played at Toronto)</p><p>1952&mdash;$17,469.76</p><p>(played at Detroit)</p><p>A player receives 10 per cent of his own contribution each year once he starts to accept payments. A player is eligible to start receiving payments at the age of 45. Payments commence on the 1st of October after player attaining 45th birthday. These payments are made for the rest of the player&rsquo;s life.</p><p>Let&rsquo;s illustrate how this plan works. Suppose a player was in the NHL for 10 years. He&rsquo;s paid a total of $9,000 into the fund. He is entitled to 10 per cent of that amount which is $900 a year or $75 a month. This commences at age 45. But suppose the player decides he doesn&rsquo;t want to start accepting payments at age 45. Well, the longer he puts off acceptance the more the value increases. If he waits until age 50 before taking payments the amount would increase to $95 a month. If he waited until 55 the rate would increase to $120 a month. At age 60 it would be upped to $157 a month.</p><p>If a player waited until he was age 65 before he started to receive payments the amount would be increased to $225 a month. He must take payment at age 65. A 10-year player would receive $225 a month at age 65.</p><p>If a player dies before he collects anything from the plan his estate receives a minimum of 10 years benefits, or $9,000.</p><p>During his playing career he is protected with $10,000 Life Insurance (free) which he is able to convert at the end of his career any way he so desires without going through a medical examination. The player has until November 1st following his last season of play to makeup his mind on what he plans to do.</p><p>The players also have a $10,000 permanent disability insurance polic covering accidents such as loss of a leg, arm, eye etc. In other words any accident that would end a player&rsquo;s career. Herb Dickenson of last year&rsquo;s New York Rangers who lost the sight of one eye is an exemple of the type of injury the policy covers.</p><p>The National Hockey League Players&rsquo; Pension Society has over one million dollars in assets right now. The plan seems assured of an additional dividend in the very near future which will increase the pension coming to the player mother 10 per cent. The value is increasing all the time and it is quite feasible that in another 10 years instead of a 10-year player receiving. $75 a month for life at age 45, he will receive $95 a month for life.</p><p>There is no limit to the number of years service a player can accumulate. The more years he plays in the League the more benefits he derives.</p><p>Yes, October 1, 1947, will go down as a red letter day in National Hockey League annals!<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Pension Fund Benefits From Glitter Games

<div class="byline">By SID THOMAS</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>This year&rsquo;s National Hockey League All-Star Gan in the historic Montreal Forum promises to be a band-up, glamorous affairs&mdash;a filing forerunner to a puckchasing season which has all the earn parks of being one of the most kanly-fought and crowd-appealing in many years.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the feeling of League President Clarence Campbel who sees a much closer race that in the 1952-53 season and win the prospects of an even more exciting finish.</p><p>&ldquo;The &lsquo;spread&rsquo; between Le top and bottom teams should be much less than in the last few years,&rdquo; said the prexy. &ldquo;and that means far better competition an more enthusiasm from the specators.&rdquo;</p><p>That&rsquo;s good news for the fans, because with a more every balanced league where any team is apto beat any other on a given night, the 1953-54 season shapes up as one where the railbirds and crow&rsquo;s nest perchers can expect to see some real thrillers.</p><h2>Gate Receipts Go Up</h2><p>It&rsquo;s not hard to take for the magnates, either. For, as the circuit chieftain pointed out, the effect on the attendance works almost in direct ratio with the point spread between the teams.</p><p>When two or three teams dominate the race too completely, interest falls off in the less-favored cities. That&rsquo;s exactly what happened season before last and the year before that again. Things got so tough for awhile, that at various times the rumors were dusted off that Chicago, New York or Boston might have to call it quits and fold up.</p><p>Things were at their wirst in the 1950-51 season&mdash;the &ldquo;year of the big spread&rdquo; Campbell calls it&mdash;when the first place team finished a fantactic 65 points ahead of the tail-ender! Gate receipts dropped off $450,000&mdash;nuff said!</p><p>In 1951-52 things were a little better with a point spread of only 5 from top to bottom, and the cash registers recovered about $200,000 of that lost revenue.</p><p>&ldquo;The standings over the past three seasons tell an interesting story,&rdquo; said President Campbell, &ldquo;and although I haven&rsquo;t seen all the teams in action yet, from the way they look on paper it should be a good race. New York Rangers are taking a lesson from Chicago last year, with a heavy exhibition schedule to get in shape. That extra condition should pay off for them in early drive as it did for the Black Hawks last year.&rdquo;</p><p>With strong possibilities of a knock down and drag out NHL race in the cards, the 7th annual running of the All-Star Game then takes on added significance. Slated for a hockey mad city like Montreal, the event will give the 1953-54 NHL season a strong sendoff and get the fans in a mood for even better things to come.</p><p>There&rsquo;s Interest in the game, too. because this year the League is going back to the original system which pitted the previous Spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup champions against the cream of the AllStars.</p><h2>Didn&rsquo;t Work Out</h2><p>That&rsquo;s how the game startoff, but two years ago the original plan was abandoned for one which sent the First All-Star Team against the Second Team&mdash;with each side strengthened by players selected by the All Star coaches.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Campbell See Tightest Race

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>E</span>LMER LACH</b>&mdash;A twelve year veteran with the Habs, Eager Elmer has won the Hart Trophy (1944-45) and led the league in scoring (1947-48 and 1944-45). He is 35 years old, 5&prime; 9&Prime; and weighs 170 pounds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02498/2264162-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="291" height="459"></div><p><b>BERT OLMSTEAD</b>&mdash;Game to the Habs from Chicago Black Hawks during the 1950-51 season. Last season voted to second All-Star team. Born in Scepter, Sask., Bert is 27, 6&prime; 2&Prime; and weighs 175 pounds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03444/2264155-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="304" height="454"></div><p><b>DOUG HARVEY</b>&mdash;A native Montrealer, Doug has been on the first All-Star team for the last two seasons. He came to the Habs in 1948-49 season from the Buffalo Bisons. He is 28, 5&prime; 11&Prime; and weighs 185 pounds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04326/2264148-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="298" height="449"></div><p><b>BUTCH BOUCHARD</b>&mdash;Big Butch is the captain of the Canadiens and joined the team in the l941-42 season from the Habs of the QSHL. He is a Montrealer, 33 years old, 6&prime; 2&Prime; and weighs an even 200 lbs.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05227/2264141-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="301" height="454"></div><p><b>FLOYD CURRY</b>&mdash;&lsquo;The Honest Blocker&rsquo; joined the Habs during the 1947-1948 season. He was born in Chapleau, Ont. A well built 5&prime; 11&Prime; he weighs 175 pounds Played for the Montreal. Royals in the QSHL.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06143/2264134-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="301" height="449"></div><p><b>KEN MOSDELL</b>&mdash;&lsquo;Big Moe&rsquo; broke into the NHL in 1941 with the Brooklyn Americans, came to the Habs in 1944. Born in Montreal, he is 31, 6&prime; 1&Prime; and weighs 170 pounds. Played junior with Montreal Royals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0777/2264127-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="307" height="458"></div><p><b>TOM JOHNSON</b>&mdash;Cigarsmoking Tommy was born Baldur, Man., in 1928, making him 25 years old. He stands close to six foot and weighs 180 pounds. Last played as an amateur with Montreal Royals Seniors.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0848/2264120-1-eng-US/f0002-082.jpg" title="f0002-08" width="292" height="444"></div><p><b>DOLLARD ST LAURENT</b>&mdash;The &lsquo;Premier was born in Verdun, Que. and came to the Habs from the Montreal Royals. This is his third season in the NHL, Dolly is 24, 5&prime; 11&Prime;, weighs 175 pounds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0932/2264113-1-eng-US/f0002-092.jpg" title="f0002-09" width="275" height="414"></div><h2><b>New Faces</b></h2><p><b>JEAN BELIVEAU</b>&mdash;Le Gros Bill, undoubtedly the most highly publicized rookie to come down hockey&rsquo;s turnpike. Beliveau is expected to sign with Canadiens any day now. He led the Quebec Senior Hockey League scoring race two years in a row. Was previously an outstanding junior with Quebec.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-1021/2264106-1-eng-US/f0002-102.jpg" title="f0002-10" width="290" height="464"></div><p><b>EDDIE MAZUR</b>&mdash;The spider who broke into the NHL against the Chicago Black Hawks in the Stanley Cup semi-finals last spring. He&rsquo;s big, fast and rugged, just the kind of a player who gets special attention from Irvin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-1116/2264099-1-eng-US/f0002-112.jpg" title="f0002-11" width="289" height="457"></div><p><b>DON MARSHALL</b>&mdash;Was the top scorer in the International Hockey League last year. An adept puck-handler and brainy centre, Don may catch a berth with the world champs this year. He may see action spelling Elmer Lach on the Big Line.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-1213/2264092-1-eng-US/f0002-122.jpg" title="f0002-12" width="293" height="449"></div><p><b>EDDIE LITZENBERGER</b>&mdash;Here&rsquo;s a boy who may surprise everybody by landing a spot with the Habs. He was outstanding in two lend-lease games last year. Rates high with Coach Dick Irvin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-139/2264085-1-eng-US/f0002-132.jpg" title="f0002-13" width="286" height="439"></div><p><b>MAURICE RICHARD</b>&mdash;&lsquo;The Rocket&rsquo; is the only player who has played in all previous All Star games. He is 32-years-old, 5&prime; 10&Prime; and weighs 175 pounds. Richard holds the record for most goals in a season, 50, set in 1944-45.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-147/2264078-1-eng-US/f0002-142.jpg" title="f0002-14" width="281" height="462"></div><p><b>PAUL MEGER</b>&mdash;Came to the Habitants from the Buffalo Bisons at the start of the 1951-52 season. Last played amateur for Barrie Flyers. Born in Watrous, Sask., he is 24, 5&prime; 7&Prime; and weighs 160 pounds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-157/2264071-1-eng-US/f0002-152.jpg" title="f0002-15" width="302" height="460"></div><p><b>BUD MacPHERSON</b>&mdash;Joined the Canadiens in 1950 from the Cincinnati Mohawks of the AHL. He is 26, 6&prime; 4&Prime; and weighs in at 200 pounds Born in Edmonton, Alta., played senior in Edmonton.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-165/2264064-1-eng-US/f0002-162.jpg" title="f0002-16" width="318" height="454"></div><p><b>BERNIE GEOFFRION</b>&mdash;A star junior in his native city, Montreal, &lsquo;Boom Boom&rsquo; came to the Habs as a regular in 1951 and promptly won the Calder Memorial trophy. He is 22, 5&prime; 9&Prime; and weighs 165 pounds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-173/2264057-1-eng-US/f0002-172.jpg" title="f0002-17" width="310" height="451"></div><p><b>GERRY McNEIL</b>&mdash;Woe Gerry took over for the Habs at the start of the 1950-51 campaign after Bill Durnan retired and last season was voted to the second Dream Team. Born in Quebec City, he is 27, 5&prime; 7&Prime; and weighs 155 pounds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-183/2264050-1-eng-US/f0002-182.jpg" title="f0002-18" width="290" height="436"></div><p><b>DICKIE MOORE</b>&mdash;Dar itimer, Dick hails from Moncton, N.B. and last played amateur for Quebec Aces of the QSHL. Came to in 1951. He is 25, an even six foot and weighs 170 pounds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-192/2264043-1-eng-US/f0002-192.jpg" title="f0002-19" width="306" height="449"></div><p><b>DICKIE MOORE</b>&mdash;&rsquo;Daring Dick&rsquo; played junior with the Montreal Canadiens and joined the parent team in 1951 from the Senior Royals. He is 22 years old and played on the Memorlai Cup winning Montreal Joyals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-202/2264036-1-eng-US/f0002-202.jpg" title="f0002-20" width="302" height="447"></div><p><b>JOHNNY MCDORMACK</b>&mdash;A ative of Edmonton, Alta., soose&rsquo; was purchased from be Toronto triple Leafs in 51. Played St. Michaels juniors. he is 2&prime; 6&Prime; and 185 pounds.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-212/2264029-1-eng-US/f0002-212.jpg" title="f0002-21" width="314" height="458"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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These Are the Habs… …Who’ll Defend Title

<h2><i>Ole Redhead</i></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01518/2264242-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="573" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RED KELLY</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>R</span>ED KELLY</b> has been a standout performer ever since he broke into the NHL in 1947. He won the Lady Byng Trophy twice in the past three years. He&rsquo;s rated the top two-way defenseman in the league. He first attracted All-Star attention in 1949-50. Since then he has been first choice on the last three teams.</p><h2><i>Torrid Theodore</i></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03270/2264235-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="559" height="557"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TED LINDSAY</b></figcaption></div><p><b>TED LINDSAY</b> was only two points short of being named unanimously to the First All Star Team. This is his fourth straight season as a member of the first All-Star Team. He also made the First Team during the 1947-48 season and the Second Team in 1948-49.</p><h2><b>Soph Sensation</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02413/2264228-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="535" height="1361"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ALEX DELVECCHIO</b></figcaption></div><p><b>ALEX DELVECCHIO</b>, the sophomore sensation of the Detroit Red Wings, is the youngest member of the current All-Star Team at 21. He ran second to Boston&rsquo;s Fleming Mackell in the balloting for the center position. Alex was the fifth highest scorer in the league last year.</p><h2><b>Hawk Blocker</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05104/2264221-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="595" height="1321"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL GADSBY</b></figcaption></div><p><b>BILL GADSBY</b>, the socking Chicago blueline defender, makes his first appearance on an AllStar aggregation, running a close third behind the top twosome of Red Kelly and Doug Harvey. Bill is captain of the Hawks and rates as one of the hardest-hitting defenders in the league.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04163/2264214-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="1193" height="1459"></div><p><b>GORDIE HOWE,</b> the NHL&rsquo;s leading scorer for the past three years, fell a goal shy of tying Maurice Richard&rsquo;s all-time record last year of potting 50 goals in a single season. Howe was a unanimous choice for the First All-Star team, packing the full 90 votes.</p><h2><b>Zero Hero</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0670/2264207-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="549" height="584"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TERRY SAWCHUK</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Terry Sawchuk,</b> the cucumber cool ace of the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; nets, has been in the NHL three years and has been named to the first three All-Star Teams, attesting to his greatness as the loop&rsquo;s top goalie. In his first three seasons in different leagues. Terry was voted the outstanding rookie award in the American, United States and National leagues.</p><h2><b>The Flame</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0748/2264200-1-eng-US/f0003-072.jpg" title="f0003-07" width="580" height="1039"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FLEMING MACKELL</b></figcaption></div><p><b>FLEMING MACKELL,</b> this ex-Montrealer who found his way to Boston via Toronto, had his greatest year last year making his First All-Star Team. Flaming Fleming was the lodestar of the Bruins frontal patrols.</p><h2><b>Quack&rsquo;s Back</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0835/2264193-1-eng-US/f0003-082.jpg" title="f0003-08" width="540" height="558"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL QUACKENBUSH</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Bill Quackenbush,</b> is no stranger to All-Star Teams. In gaining a second place berth this year, Bill bowed to Doug Harvey in the voting race. He was on the First Team in 1947-48, 1948-49 and 1949-50. He made the second team in 1946-47. Bill was the first defensemen to ever win the Lady Byng Trophy, an honor which has been bestowed on Red Kelly twice since.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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A Million Dollars Worth of Talent On All-Star Squad

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01581/2264273-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HABS&rsquo; HOME</b>&mdash;Shown here is the Montreal Forum, home of the Stanley Cup Champion Montreal Canadiens and scene of 1953 All-Star game to be played October 3. Shown in the inset at left is Frank J. Selke, General Manager of the Canadiens while at right is Dick Irving veteran coach of the Habs. Selke and Irvin are hoping that the bleublenc rouge can withstand the onslaught of the NHL&rsquo;s top stars and win the Seventh Annual All-Star game.</figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>All things change, and the Montreal Forum, oldest arena in the National Hockey League circuit, is no exception. In fact, you could easily excuse any pre-war fans who, strolling up St. Catherine street toward Atwater avenue some night this fall, collared the nearest cop to demand just what had happened to the edifice he knew of old. If it were not for the beckoning gleam of the huge neon sign over the Forum&rsquo;s doors, many of the millions who have crowded through those portals in the 25year history of the Forum would have a good excuse for bafflement.</p><p>Rather like an ageing matron of sports, The Forum has had its face lifted, and no one with an eye to the better things can deny that the change has been worthwhile. In 1950, the Canadian Arena Company, which controls the Forum and its enterprises, began a renovating job that has added 3,000 seats on a first-come, first-served basis, and all that summer the steel rafters, which have echoed night after night to the cries of Canada&rsquo;s most enthusiastic crowds, rang dismally to the tune of hammer and saw.</p><p>But if the tune was a sad one to the diehards who prefer things as they were, the Forum of today fully justifies that assault with paint and mallet.</p><p>Gone are the old wooden seats and chairs that sprawled in untidy array around the ice surface. In their place are new plush seats brightly painted red and blue. Even the circle above the mezza nine has come in for its share of attention.</p><p>Yet, beneath all this galaxy of color and comfort, the Forum is still a place that arouses fond memories of a more than material sort. Many oldtimers, heedless of modern innovation, will look beneath the improvements and recall it as it was years ago. They still remember the great Morenz as he flashed from end to end of the rink, intent on the building of a reputation that time and many other stars have failed to dim. And they can, perhaps, still remember that tragic night when the legend that was Morenz lay broken against the Forum boards, his leg twisted at a grotesque angle, his career finished forever.</p><p>These are the men of memory, the players like Morenz, Ching Johnson, Babe Siebert, Nels Stewart, Aurel Joliat, Lome Chabot. Charlie Gardiner and all the others who filled the dressing rooms with their excited voices and their promises of victories to come. Nearly every man who has donned an NHL uniform has entered this rink, to star or to fail.</p><p>If you&rsquo;ll go back to April 7, 1928, more than 25 years ago, you&rsquo;ll recall the night Lester Patrick donned the pads for his New York Rangers and stepped into the nets to stop the old Montreal Maroons as cold as the ice on which he crounched. That was a Stanley Cup game and the Blueshirts won it, 2-1. Lorne Chabot was the regular goalie for New York but during the game he was struck in the face by a flying puck, an accident that effectively put paid to his performance tor that night. When the Maroons management denied Patrick&rsquo;s plea that he be allowed to use Alex Connell, the Ottawa Senator netminder, Patrick went out and took Chabot&rsquo;s place himself. He was 44 years old that night.</p><p>But what many fans don&rsquo;t know is that those same Maroons had gone into the final because of a faulty goalie&rsquo;s stick.</p><p>The Maroons were playing the Montreal Canadiens in the semifinal round and at the end of the third period of the final contest there was no score. The game went into sudden-death overtime, and Russ Oatman, who hadn&rsquo;t played during the game, was sent to centre ice for the Maroons. From the face-off he deftly hooked the puck to the end of his stick and started toward the Habs&rsquo; net. As he shot around the huge Canadiens defence, goaler George Hainsworth moved out of his cage, about ten feet, to cut off Oat-man&rsquo;s angle of fire. But as he advanced, Russ blasted a shot which hit Hainsworth&rsquo;s stick, broke in it two, and the puck trickled into the net. The Maroons, by accident or by skill, were in the Stanley Cup final.</p><p>That, is one memory. There are so many more. The famous Maroons-Toronto Maple Leaf hockey duels which were led off by Red Horner in Blue and Hooley Smith in Maroon may have been dimmed by time, but they were battles to remember. They fought torridly. And there was the night the Conacher brothers tangled on Montreal ice. The pair started to fight alongside the boards and as Charlie broke away from Lionel&rsquo;s grip a fan grabbed the &ldquo;Big Train&rsquo;s&rdquo; stick and clung like a leech. Lionel finally pried the fan loose, stepped back a few feet to judge his blow, and clubbed the enthusiast with no little vigor.</p><p>These are the happy times, in retrospect. But there are less pleasant memories as well. The death of Morenz proved that the citizens of hockey dom can grieve as sincerely and mourn as deeply as the citizens of any kingdom. Gloom hung over the old Forum that night like a velvet pall, for death had seemed far away from Morenz; he had become an Untouchable, and somehow it seemed a shocking travesty that it should snatch one so revered by hockey enthusiasts all over the world.</p><p>Howie&rsquo;s teammates were scheduled to meet the Maroons that night. It was a sad encounter. The scene in the Habs&rsquo; dressing room was one of mourning. Mrs. Morenz had phoned to urge that the game be played, as Howie would have wished. But of victory spirit, of the will to win that has made the Canadiens&rsquo; famous and continues to do so, there was little evidence. A sob shook the figure of a player sitting near Howie&rsquo;s old place.</p><p>On the night of March 11 all that remained of Howie Morenz returned to the Forum for the last time. On the very spot where he had faced off countless pucks his body was placed. Thousand walked quietly past his bier that night for a last sad glance at the player who had justly earned his reputation as the greatest who ever lived. No other sportsman, soldier or statesman was more deeply, more sincerely mourned, and all over the city voices that had hoarsely urged him on to the highest achievements were mute. Fifteen thousand people packed the Forum for the service while twice as many stood with heads bared outside, ready to follow the procession. And that is one memory that will live forever.</p><p>There are so many more things to recall about the old Forum, many more joyous occasions, and. there&rsquo;s no need to dig so far into the past to unearth them. There&rsquo;s the picture of gallant little Elmer Lach, as injury-riddled a player as ever set skate on Forum ice, pumping home that vital goal that sank the Boston Bruins and. brought the Habs their first Stanley Cup since te 1945-46 season. While the fans cheered and howled at the deeds of Rocket Richard, quiet little Elmer had gone about his beloved business, always the less glorified playmaker for his famous partner, now, at least, he was elevated to recognition for his courageous career.</p><p>And if you wish to speak about the Rocket&hellip;well, NHL history has been made by this veteran in such a roaring fashion that even the least-informed citizen can be relied upon to come up with some fact about the Rocket, even if he doesn&rsquo;t know what political party happens to be in power in the United States at this time.</p><p>These are but two of the men who are making history today, the men who set a spark to deeds that in years to come will be written of as great memories of the past. You could rattle off the names like machine-gun fire, a roster of the select artisans&rsquo; who ply a hockey stick for their living and for the love of the game. All of these men have played here; all of them have glanced up toward those thousands who fog the chill Forum air with the cheers or their sneers. These are the actors who have made the Forum the famous, beloved old place it is today, and no matter how many improvements, or how many changes are made to the physical aspect of this arena, the memories will dwell on undisturbed.</p><p>The arena was built in 1924 by a group of Montreal sportsmen who at that time composed to a large extent the monied factions of the Quebec sporting scene. The group was headed by the Honorable Donat Raymond, current president of the Canadian Arena Company, and, Mr. L. H. Timmins. Assisting them were Percy Collins, Sir Edward Beatty, Gordon Cushing, Kenneth Dawes, Herbert Molson, Major H. MacDougall, and William Northey.</p><p>While Senator Raymond was the driving force behind these men, Timmins was to a large extent the most responsible of the lot for the Forum&rsquo;s actual construction. When the insurance companies were approached for Ioans they were reluctant to take up the mortgage, on the grounds that a purely sports arena would not be too stable an investment. Timmins took the mortgage himself and saved the day.</p><p>In hockey parlance the Forum has been built on hallowed ground. Many years age when the site of the Forum was one of many Vacant lot around the city, a shallow depression in the centre of the Hot was flooded with water from melting snow, and when the cold weather returned the water froze into a suitable surface for hockey. On that spot many great names learned to play the game. Among them are Lester and Frank Patrick, Art Ross and the great Russell Bowie.</p><p>Although the Forum is not actually one of your gleaming modern ice-plants, it has long been regarded as one of the best in America from the fans point of view. The building was constructed in such a way that no matter what seat you choose the entire ice surface is easily visible.</p><p>The Big Three of the Canadian Arena Company today are Senator Raymond, Northeyland Frank Selke. Selke is the man responsible for the &ldquo;new look&rdquo;, and his hand on the reins has a competent touch indeed. He is also largely responsible for the great popularity hockey is now enjoying in Montreal. When he first arrived a few years ago he promised the city&rsquo;s junior hockey fans that one of the clubs playing out of the Forum would win the Memorial Cup within three years. In the 1950-51 season the Junior Canadiens had followed in the steps of the Royals in fulfilling that predictions with actual victo-wise prophet indeed.</p><p>And now junior hockey fans would follow Frank Selke to the ends of the earth, if that were necessary, because here is a man who backs up his predictions with actual victories, and this is the sort of a man hockey so badly needs these days.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Montreal Forum Holds Fond Memories

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01539/2264304-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>ike many another good host, Montreal finds itself in the rather awkward position of wearing a kindly face no matter who the guest may be. In this, perhaps more than in any other facet of civic pride, does the Montrealer take his greatest stock. This is, he says, and not too modestly either, a town in which you may be at home, even if you have come a thousand miles to see it. It is a town which blandly overlooks your eccentricities, possibly because it has so many of its own, and caters to your pleasures as if you were a member of the family. It has its restful moments, too.</p><p>In itself, any city is an inanimate sprawling of buildings, streets, tramcars, churches, theatres, slums and suburbs. Any town across the broad back of Canada can offer as much. But two odd factors have contributed to make Montreal a city that is part fortress, part church, part playgrounds, and part forest.</p><p>Possibly the most important of these two factors is the natural one, a twin-peaked mountain that broods over the scattered dwellings which surround it like a double-spired castle imported by nature from France three hundred years ago. There is tradition here, but it is not the strong, unbending tradition of Europe so much as the reserved, but fundamentally relaxed, tradition of the pioneer. This is not a city that flings open its arms to welcome you in some unreal outburst of a gaiety that is not necessarily sincere; but you will find here a mellow reserve that quickly blooms into a strong friendship.</p><p>Split as it is by the mountain, Montreal is also divided, if the word may be used correctly in this particular sense, by a racial and language difference that has existed for centuries. For the town is part French and part English, for the most time intermingled and freely-mixing, but in some things aloof to an extreme.</p><p>This oddity of two languages in one city gives Montreal a cosmopolitan air that is peculiar to it alone, so that two theatres in the same block may offer identical pictures in two languages, their glittering neon signs proclaiming the fact in words that are as opposed to each other as day is to night.</p><p>Down Montreal&rsquo;s main thoroughfare, St. Catherine street flock the products of two different heritages in complete accord. It is not an accord that implies surrender of one tradition to another, but merely the understanding that two entirely differest types can live together &lsquo;without friction once maturity has been reached; and Mont-real was young when the founders of the New World were growing old.</p><p>A good deal has been written about St. Catherine street, as it has about Broadway or any of the other notable streets of any city. Yet here again the street relies upon the people who walk its pavements. The amusements you will find here you may well find anywhere; but the atmosphere is unique.</p><p>Also unique are the great variety of churches to be found in a city that seems, on the surface, to devote little time to prayer. Of these the most famous is St. Joseph&rsquo;s Oratory, more commonly called the Shrine. This amazing church has become in its own way as famous as Lourdes in France. Annually it draws thousands of people from all over North America; the halt, the lame, the hopeful and the curious. It stands upon the slope of Westmount mountain like some challenge of prayer, so that the faithful move upon its steps and terraces like humble ants seen from the level of Queen Mary road. It is, if churches may be endowed with nationalities, French; and it has no rival in this city until you reach the lower extremes of Dorchester street where St. Patrick&rsquo;s Cathedral hulks out in odd contrast to the business buildings that crowd it in on all sides.</p><p>Into St. Patrick&rsquo;s has gone more than one hundred years of worship, and the patina of age is on very thing you touch in this monumental place, with its towering groined roof and its stately marble columns. Near it is another architectural wonder in the same vein, St. James Cathedral, whose altar is a duplicate of that in St. Peter&rsquo;s in Rome.</p><p>It is, as has been said, a city of churches, and all denominations worship here, more than two million people crowded into an island that is only 33 miles long from its bridge at Bout de 1&rsquo;Isle to its Metropolitan Highway crossing the Back River to the Quebec mainland at St. Anne de Bellevue. It is in its way, a city of saints, and this is reflected not only in an ecclasiastical sense. For nearly every saint on the calendar may be found in Montreal, in one form or another their names adorn the streets and label the byways. St. Lawrence boulevard, or the Main, as it is called, cuts across the island from south to north like some great commercial gash, its trolley lines slashing between buildings packed wall to wall like a giant deck of cards, be still managing to find the odd park here and there, the quiet, relief of green from all the grey.</p><p>But humanity is not always respectful, nor does it always hip, and Montreal is a that knows this well. It been called by the gay, Le Paris, the Little Paris of New World, and its amuses are legion. Anything you it&rsquo;s said, may be found and it caters to a wide of tastes, so that a man drink Viennese coffee in an Espresso bar on one side of street and sample the best French cuisine on the other nightclub belt is centred roughly between the Main and ley street to the west, and when night falls it is possible ad a magazine under the galaxy of flashing lights that make St. Catherine an alleyway of color.</p><p>One block north of St. Catherine is the next main thoroughfare of the town, Sherbrooke street, which runs the length of the entire island. It is only one of the more than 900 miles of streets that traverse the city alone, but in its own way it is perhaps the most attractive. Here the shops cluster quietly and without ornament, partially hidden by stately trees that were mere saplings long before the street was ever thought of. Here too are the libraries and the art galleries and the little shops that cater to the patrons of the arts; where the Main is rowdy and boisterous, Sherbrooke St. is reserved and decorous, as if holding back judgment.</p><p>Yet, when the days turn hot for this city enjoys tropic heat in summer and Arctic cold in winter, the people automatically turn toward Mount Royal for a touch of country relief in the middle of a metropolis. By tram up Cote des Neiges road to Remembrance Road, so named in honor of the Royal Tour which passed through the city in 1939, and the traveller is in the &lsquo;foothills&rsquo;. On the mountain itself a horse-drawn Victoria takes sightseers around the winding carriage road to the summit, where the Chalet with its lookout yields a complete view of the harbor. See cut on page 5. For, in its own peculiar way, Montreal is a sea-port, too, with all the color and raciness that implies, the only seaport in the world to lie one thousand miles inland, and without a trace of salt water.</p><p>Below the summit in a degression that was once a volcano is Beaver Lake, in winter a seating rink for children and adults alike. This lake is in the shape of a huge clover leaf surrounded, in summer at least, by a fringe of children who might otherwise never enjoy nature in such an unspoiled setting.</p><p>All these things contribute to a town that is quiet and boisterous, religious and abandoned, bucolic and strictly commercial, as the mood hits it. And over all, along the crowded streets teeming with workers hurrying to lunch or to play, down the shaded streets dozing on a peaceful Sunday afternoon, there is the feeling that this is a different sort of city, a place with a &ldquo;heart and a mind of its own, never typical of any one nationality, but embracing all and making all at home.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Colorful, Cosmopolitan City Retains Touch Of Old France

<p><b>Founded October 1. 1947</b></p><p><b>By Kenneth W. McKenzie and Will. V. Cote</b></p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September, simultaneously in the United States at Rouses Point, N.Y., and in Canada at Montreal, Que.</b></p><p><b>Editorial, Advertising and Circulation Hockey News Company, 309 Empire Life Building, 1434 St. Catherine West, Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire: $4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign Countries.</b></p><p>Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953 at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879.</p><p>Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa.</p><p><b>Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations</b></p><p>Printed in Canada</p><p><b>VOL. 7 OCTOBER 3, 1953, No. 1</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01608/2264380-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="419" height="420"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02480/2264373-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="594" height="138"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>F</span>OR THE FIRST</b> time in their history, the Chicago Black Hawks will broadcast the last period of all 70 games this season. Road games have never been aired to Chicago fans before although the Hawks have broadcast the last period of home contests for years&hellip;Bob Elson and Johnny Gottselig will take care of the mike chores&hellip;Boston Bruins will again broadcast all away games as well as those played at the Boston Garden&hellip;The Bruins started this policy last season.&hellip;Johnny Crawford, veteran NHL defenseman, assisted Fred Cusick with both home and away games last season, but John will work only on home games this year&hellip;Cusick will operate alone on the road&hellip;Michel Normandin, familiar voice of the French Canadian broadcasts of Montreal Canadiens games for years, will not be doing the games this season&hellip;One of the earlier sensations at the Black Hawk training camp this year was a full-blooded Indian from the Cree tribe in Moose Jaw, Sask&hellip;His name was Fred Saeamoos and he is said to be about two years away from pro ranks. He is still eligible for junior ranks. Fred was made Chief Running Deer by tribe members last year&hellip;Ab McDougall, veteran Western Canada hockey player, will coach Moose Jaw Canucks of the Western Junior League this season. Ab was a star performer for years with Regina and Calgary. He came close to making the National Hockey League on several occasions but just couldn&rsquo;t make the grade&hellip;Frank Byrne&rsquo;s Quebec Citadels of the OHA Junior League will be waging a bitter war with the Quebec Frontenacs of the Quebec Junior League for hockey patronage in the Ancient Capital this winter. The Frontenacs have the support of Hon. Gerald Martineau, powerful figure in Quebec Hockey circles and guardian angel of Jean Beliveau, and Frank Selke, G.M. of the Forum, who chose the name for the team.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03358/2264366-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="290" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Earl Reibel</b></figcaption></div><p><b>CLINTON ARENA,</b> home of the Clinton, N.Y. Comets, burned to the ground last month&hellip;This has been a disastrous Fall for rinks burning&hellip;Besides the Oshawa and Clinton Arenas being raised to the ground, the almost new Cobourg, Ont. Arena went up in smoke&hellip;Work started immediately to rebuild the Clinton Arena and Ed Stanley, major domo of hockey in the thriving upstate New York town, advises that the new building should be finished before the current season is ended&hellip;The Comets play in the New York-Ontario League&hellip;Bob Hesketh, correspondent of THE HOCKEY NEWS in Toronto was recently made sports columnist of the Toronto Telegram. One of the smartest young writers in the business, Hesketh should go far as a daily columnist&hellip;It looks like the Toronto Maple Leafs are hungry this year. Four veterans, Jim Thompson, Ted Kennedy, Harry Watson and Sid Smith formed their own Health Club and spent three weeks working out at the Toronto West End Y before reporting to training camp&hellip;&ldquo;It wold be murder reporting to camp without these workouts,&rdquo; Thomson remarked after his first few days at St. Catharines&hellip;Canadiens have had 33 players working out with them the past two weeks and acording to Coach Dick Irvin all but three or four of them could play in the NHL&hellip;They say Canadiens had more good young players at their training camp this season than any other NHL squad&hellip;Detroit held this distinction for the last three years and prior to that it was Toronto who had the greatest number of young top notch prospects.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04244/2264359-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="291" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Smith</b></figcaption></div><p><b>JOHN CARMICHAEL,</b> talented sports editor and columnist of the Chicago Daily News never wears a hat&hellip;Ever hear the reason why?&hellip;Carmichael used to make all the road trips with the Hawks in the thirties, and captain and goaltender of the 1933-34 Stanley Cup champion Chicagoans was the late Charlie Gardiner. Gardiner was a pranskster of the old school and thought nothing of cutting up a guy&rsquo;s hat or ripping a new suit for a laugh&hellip;On one of the early season road trips Gardiner sneaked into Carmichael&rsquo;s berth and cut into many pieces one of John&rsquo;s expensive Stetson&rsquo;s&hellip;The witty Chicago sportswriter became furious, and in future trips kept a wary eye out for fun-loving hockeyists whenever he hung up his expensive fedoras&hellip;It was near the end of the season before Gardiner had an opportunity to get at Carmichael&rsquo;s hat again, and this time he did his usual excellent trimming job again&hellip;Porr John was fit to be tied when he found his hat cut to bits&hellip;After bareting thet laughing Hawk players at great lengths Carmichael finished up by saying, &ldquo;You no-good so-and-so, I&rsquo;ll never buy or wear a hat again as long as I live.&rdquo;&hellip;This happened nearly 20 years ago and he hasn&rsquo;t bought one yet&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05197/2264411-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2>Wants NHL Books</h2><p>Dear Sir:</p><p>I would like to obtain books on any NHL hockey players or teams. I known THE HOCKEY NEWS does not publish any books of this kind but I was wondering if you could let me know just where to write to get them.</p><p>I have enclosed a self-addressed envelope and I would appreciate it if you could send me this information.</p><p>Ron Helfrick.<br>Moose Jaw, Sask.</p><p><b>(The NHL Press and Radio Guide is your best bet, but the new edition isn&rsquo;t off the presses as yet. Watch THE HOCKEY NEWS and there will be an announcement as to how you can obtain a copy in the near future.)</b></p><h2>Maple Leaf Calendar</h2><p>Dear Sir:</p><p>Could you please tell me where I could obtain a Maple Leaf Gardens calendar?</p><p>Is the Bouchard who plays for Edmonton any relation to Butch Bouchard of Montreal Canadiens?</p><p>Jim Golightly.<br>Mantair, Sask.</p><p><b>(The calendar may be obtained by writing direct to The Toronto Maple Leafs, Public Relations Dept., Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto. Leon Bouchard is no relation to Butch Bouchard.)</b></p><h2>The Gus Kyle Story</h2><p>Dear Sir:</p><p>This is my fourth letter to THE HOCKEY NEWS, which I have been reading and enjoying for the past three years, so here&rsquo;s hoping you&rsquo;re able to print it.</p><p>I would like to know where I could obtain the life story of Gus Kyle, who played last season with Calgary Stampeders of the Western Hockey League. I would also like to know where he served his juvenile and junior hockey apprenticeship and if he was attending school at the time or working at some hockey job.</p><p>If he was attending school, could he please tell me what school.?</p><p>Wishing The Hockey News all the best in the future.</p><p>Stanley Brock.<br>High Bluff, Man.</p><p><b>(Gus Kyle, who played for New York Rangers and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League, also saw action with the senior Regina Caps of the Western Amateur Hockey League. Full details on Kyle should be obtainable from Calgary Stampeders Hockey Club, Calgary, Alta.)</b></p><h2>Seeks Pen Pal</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I am writing to your paper, which I think is a great one, in the hopes that you wilf help me find some other readers who would like to correspond with me about the teams in this area. I am eighteen years old and keep a scrapbook of all the hockey information I can get.</p><p>If these fans would send me a couple of clippings or pictures, along with a letter I would be happy to return same and keep up the correspondence if they wish. I am particularly interested in New Westminster and Toronto hockey clubs. My address is 1286 West 26th Ave., Vancouver 9, B.C.</p><p>Tom Creighton<br>Vancouver, B.C.</p><h2>More Action Photos?</h2><p>Dear Sir:</p><p>I have been a subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS for more than three years now and have really enjoyed every issue.</p><p>How about a story on Gordie Howe in a future issue? Also, I&rsquo;d like to see more action photos in your paper this coming season, if that&rsquo;s possible.</p><p>Robert Ronan.<br>Colgan, Ont.</p><h2>What&rsquo;s Wrong with Worsley?</h2><p>Dear Sir:</p><p>After reading the article in THE HOCKEY NEWS concerning New York Rangers and their choice of Johnny Bower over Lome Worsley I was really surprised.</p><p>Bower is a good netminder, I grant you, but what&rsquo;s wrong with Gump Worsley?</p><p>I&rsquo;ve seen Worsley play for Saskatoon, and he was very good there. Maybe New York should hire another general manager to make it hot for Mr. Boucher?</p><p>Edgar Pears.<br>Cochrane, Alta.</p><p><b>(It is not definite that Johnny Bower will play goal for the Rangers this year, although indications do point in that direction. It is also possible that Chuck Rayner may succeed in displacing Bower.)</b></p><h2>Can Anyone Oblige?</h2><p>Dear Sir:</p><p>For more than four years now I&rsquo;ve been reading THE HOCKEY NEWS, and would appreciate it very much if you could help me out.</p><p>I&rsquo;m chiefly interested in buying or trading hockey pictures of stars of the past. I know that a series of these pictures were put out by a firm in Port Credit, Ont., covering the dates from 1910 to 1946, but so far I haven&rsquo;t been able to get my hands on any of them.</p><p>I also have pictures of the past and present, and quite a few programs, and I&rsquo;d like to add the above shots to my collection. My address is 34 Adolph St., Winnipeg, Man.</p><p>E. Skowroneck<br>Winnipeg, Man.</p><h2>Training Sides</h2><p>Dear Sir:</p><p>Would you please tell me where the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Chicago Black Hawks are holding their training camps?</p><p>Mrs. Patricia Gienty.<br>Warner, N.H.</p><p><b>(Toronto Maple Leafs are in training at St. Catharines, Ont. The Hawks are working out at Pembroke, Ont.)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06152/2264442-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="604" height="273"></div><h2>October 8 to October 14</h2><p>8&mdash;Jones, Wimpy, Seattle, forcis, Edmonton, forward, 19-ward, 1926; O&rsquo;Grady, Fran-29; Cotnoir, Gerry, Victoria, goaler, 1926.</p><p>9&mdash;Kullman, Arnie, Hershey, forward, 1927; Rollins, Al, Chicago, goaler, 1926.</p><p>10&mdash;Laprade, Edgar, Chicago, forward, 1921.</p><p>11&mdash;Warwick, Grant, Syracuse, forward, 1921.</p><p>13&mdash;Reid, Gerry, Indianapolis, forward, 1928.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday To You

<div class="byline">By BAZ O&#x2019;MEARA</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01560/2264480-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HERE&rsquo;S THE CLUB</b> that carried the Montreal colors to the Stanley Cup during the 1943-44 season. Back row, left to right: Hector Dubois, assistant trainer, Fernand Majeau, Mike McMahon, Maurice Richard, Ray Getliffe, Bill O&rsquo;Brien (trainer), Butch Bouchard, Leo Lamoureux, Bobby Filion, Glen Harmon, Ernie Cook, assistant trainer. Middle row&hellip;Phil Watson, Gerry Heffernan, Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, Bill Durnan, Tommy Gorman, Dick Irvin, Toe Blake, Elmer Lach and Murph Chamberlain.</figcaption></div><p>Sports Editor, Montreal Star</p><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Ever since they were organized back deep in 1909 the coruscating Canadiens have dripped with color.</p><p>They have been a team apart, with a history dotted with great names, legendary deeds, exuding that intangible something called class.</p><p>From the start when the glacial Vezina fronted the nets, in the days of sevenman hockey till now when pace is paramount under the modern style, they have stressed speed, dash, and scoring as the main assets in their climb to eminence.</p><p>Over a forty-four year span they have won eight world titles. The first came their way in 1916, the last in 1953.</p><p>Even in years when they were low in the lists they imparted their own peculiar flavor to puck pursuing. Some of their teams could not be termed great in the classical sense but none of them could be called dull.</p><p>They alone represent a race, glorify a tradition. Even though in the aggregate their lineups were peopled by other than players of pure French Canadian vintage, the outlanders seemed by assimilation to take on all the engaging athletic attributes of their French Canadian compatriots.</p><p>It was so with Joliat, Morenz and Burke in particular, perhaps in lesser degree with the mighty MacNamaras, Mastodonic Mummery, turbulent Joe Hall, hard shooting Tommy Smith, and the gifted Skene Ronan, of their early days.</p><p>In a way this has been a melting pot team organized by an Irishman named O&rsquo;Brien, which did not achieve actual French-Canadian ownership for almost a dozen years when it passed into the control of the famed sporting triumviate of Dandurand-Cattar-inich and Letourneau.</p><p>No team of hockey history has built up a more frenzied or enthusiastic following. No team has helped more to firm the foundations of the pro brand of the game. In the main no team has been more ably guided, nor done more to stabilize the pastime in an executive way.</p><p>It was their compelling color that helped to hold as well as gain popularity for the game in the United States. From the night that Morenz meteored his way in the introduction of the sport in Madison Square Garden back in the fall of 1926, till Lach and Richard did their famous fandango at the finish of the Stanley Cup series against Boston last year the team has been high in the lists of the mighty.</p><p>They had come to prominence through the exploits of Lalonde, Laviolette, Pitre, Payan, Corbeau among others under the command of Kennedy, renowned promoter in what to us now appears to have been a ramshackle era of the survival of the fittest.</p><p>That was the peaked cap era of professionalism, a far cry from the present tuxedo times. The glory days of dominance were still ahead when Dandurand plotted a team whose main talent would be speed and still more speed.</p><p>His dream was realized when in 1924 he and the gifted Cecil Hart led the talented troupe to their first championship, through the glittering displays of Morenz, Joliat and Boucher, one of the speediest lines that ever graced a title winning team.</p><p>They discarded the bludgeon for the rapier. They lived for speed, breaking down defensive cordons, whirling to high heights, creating legends, while writing brilliant chapters to the engrossing saga of the pastime.</p><p>They endured for almost nine years winning the Stanley Cup again in 1930 and in 1931 in epic marches immortalizing Morenz, Joliat, Lepine, Leduc, Sylvio and Georges Mantha, Hainsworth, Larochelle, Mondou. Their names had a Napoleonic lilt.</p><p>Hart led them and Dandurand directed them. Depression hit them as it did all teams, but left them undaunted till the day came when they passed to a doldrum period under new ownership.</p><p>They declined in prowess with diminished popularity, till in an inspirational moment they were merged with Maroons. They became the sole representatives of the Forum. In one of those inspired moments which have been so common with the executives of the club, it was decided to revive the old &ldquo;Headlong Hockey&rdquo; conspicuous by its absence since the departure of Dandurand and Hart from the controls.</p><p>Dick Irvin was given the task of reconstruction. This was a happy choice. With Tommy Gorman whose promotional genius none can deny at the helm, the associ. ation with Irvin became almost immediately productive.</p><p>By shrewd trades, master manipulation and emphasis on speed the team gradually reclaimed its lost heritage. Eventually there burst on the hockey horizon such stars in the making as Richard, Durnan. Bouchard, Lach, Getliffe, Reay, Reardon, stabilized by the steadying influence of the famous Lamplighter Toe Blake.</p><p>Titles followed in succession with Stanley Cup victories in 1944, and 46. With the Punch Line breaking records almost as a habit. With Richard&rsquo;s star in the ascendant as one of the great right wings of all times, a player worthy to rank with McGee, Phillips, Taylor, Lalonde, Shore, Morenz, Joliat, Nighbor, Stewart, Gerard, Hod Stuart, and all the great galaxy who had played before him.</p><p>With Lach and Blake as companions on skates, starry inheritors of the regal regalia of their gifted predecessors. A wondrous trio, two of whom still survive in competition against the classiest crews that can be mustered against them.</p><p>So now Canadiens hold the heights with such accomplished auxiliaries as Harvey, destined perhaps to be the greatest of defencemen in the history of the game, Geoffrion of the booming shot, Bouchard the &ldquo;Evergreen&rdquo;, McNeil the mighty mite of the mesh, hard rushing Johnson and probably Jean Beliveau the toast of the Ancient Province of Quebec.</p><p>Irvin still guides them, acclaimed as the greatest coach of his time, a master of strategy like the famous Happy Day of Maple Leaf fame, Lester Patrick of the renowned Rangers, Art Ross of Bruins; and Gorman of the old Senators and Maroons.</p><p>With him is the &ldquo;Quiet Man&rdquo; sometime of the Leafs, Frank Selke who has soared to mastery in an executive role. A rare combination of tact and talent. Building better than they knew with the far-reaching farm system out of which they have extracted rich dividends of player skill.</p><p>You ask Irvin which is the best Canadian team he has commanded without hesitation he will tell you the team that featured the Punch Line was the best.</p><p>&ldquo;That was the best line in hockey history. Look at the record book and you will find the reason&rdquo; he suggests.</p><p>His All-Star team. Durnan is his choice for goal. Bouchard with Reardon and Harvey tied on defence. For forwards Lach, Richard, and Blake.</p><p>His favorite player. You guess that would be Lach whom he once called a &ldquo;Four Way Player&rdquo;, but he has deep admiration for all his named stars, as well as his present troupe.</p><p>So stand the Canadiens on the summit of achievement. In changing times they have been the warp and woof of hockey. Their future as a gate packing, speed filled, hard crashing team is assured. Fortune has favored them no doubt. So too, has the happy blend of good direction, along with the constant policy of endowing their club with the best available players recruited from the gifted ranks of rising French Canadian stars.</p><h2><b>Canadiens&rsquo; Champs of 1943-44</b></h2><h2>First Montreal NHL Stanley Cup Kings</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02518/2264473-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="2923" height="1033"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>THE OLD TIMERS</b>&mdash;Here is an immortal group of Canadiens who made history in a blazing fashion. Left to right are Sylvio Mantha, Billy Boucher, Howie Morenz, Aurele Joliat, Georges Vezina, Odie Cleghorn, Sprague Cleghorn, C. Headley, Billy Coutu, J. Mets and Leo Dandurand. They comprised the 1923-24 eam.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Speed, Dash, Color Standard Habitant Hallmarks

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02522/2264511-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SOLITARY SOUL</b>&mdash;Dick Irvin, all alone with his memories and plans, has good reason to muse over the future in his solitary seat at the Montreal Forum. He&rsquo;ll be making his second attempt in two years to guide the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup again this season, currently has all star ideas on his mind.</figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Coach Dick Irvin sat on a bench in the Canadien dressing room. His hat was set at a rakish angle, his brows were knitted quizically and a faint smile explored the corners of his mouth.</p><p>He listened attentively to the question: &ldquo;Will Doug Harvey and Rocket Richard and Bert Olmstead play for the Canadiens in the all-star game or will they line-up with the dream team on the basis of last Spring&rsquo;s selections?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ll play with the Canadiens, of course,&rdquo; said Irvin. &ldquo;In fact the game will be Canadiens against the world,&rdquo; he added, his geographical exaggeration matching his own enthusiasm. &ldquo;And we can beat the world, too.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin detests defeat. His best role, the one that establishes his mellowest moods, is that of a pilgrim plodding steadily along the path of victory.</p><p>He wants to win this game. Since the all-star contests were re-inaugurated on the present basis, he has had one victory and two ties compared with three wins for Coach Tommy Ivan of the Detroit Red Wings.</p><h2>Patrick to Coach Stars</h2><p>Ivan sits this one out, the all-stars being coached by Lynn Patrick, the shrewd strategist of the Boston Bruins, runners-up to the Habs in last year&rsquo;s Stanley Cup Final. So Irvin has a chance to improve his record and he isn&rsquo;t one to forego an opportunity.</p><p>Also, Irvin would like to give Montreal its first victory in allstar competition. In the early days of the all-star games, when they were haphazard affairs, Canadiens dropped two decisions. The Habs lost 6-5 to the mythical dream team in the Morenz Memorial contest at the Forum on Nov. 3, 1937, and only three goals by the Habs in the last four minutes of play, off the sticks of Babe Siebert, Johnny Gagnon and Paul Haynes, averted a complete rout.</p><p>Twe years later when the Siebert Memorial game was held. Canadiens lost 5-2, the all-stars snaring a 2-0 lead in the first period and coasting to a well-deserved triumph.</p><p>There hasn&rsquo;t been an all-star game in Montreal since the reestablishment of the annual encounters in 1947. Toronto has had three, Detroit two and Chicago one.</p><p>But the Canadien players as Individuals have done very well with the Rocket, holder of the NHL&rsquo;s all-time scoring record, playing in every game.</p><p>Last year it was the Rocket, playing in the packed Detroit Olympia where hero-worship generally is reserved for the incomparable Gordie Howe, who hoisted the fans from their seats with the goal that gave the second team a 1-1 tie.</p><p>Richard shared honors with Gerry McNeil who held the first team scoreless after taking over the corded citadel from Sugar Jim Henry at the game&rsquo;s halfway mark. And on the defense. Doug Harvey seemed the most effective player, bowling over the opposition forwards with reckless abandon.</p><p>In the 1951 game, played before a crowd of nearly 12,000 in Maple Leafs Gardens, it was another Canadien, smooth stickhandling Kenny Mosdell, who gave the seconds their 2-2 tie, firing the goal that deadlocked the tussle midway through the last period.</p><p>Irvin will ice his strongest squad for the Oct. 3 game but he might have difficulty weeding out the candidates.</p><p>&ldquo;We have more good players on hand than ever before,&rdquo; he said the other day as the Habs drilled at the Forum. Shedding his usually pessimistic attitude, he went on, &ldquo;I think Canadiens will be stronger in every position than last year when we were good enough to win the Stanley Cup.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin was referring to his strength in depth. With the exception of Billy Reay, who is now coaching a Canadien farm team in Victoria, Irvin has all the men who carried the Habs to a second place finish last season plus such recruits as Eddie Mazur, Baldy MacKay and Lome Davis, who played tremendous roles in the surge of the colorful Montreal squad to the world&rsquo;s championship.</p><p>&ldquo;We have the best set of right and left wingers in hockey,&rdquo; said Irvin, expanding his theme. &ldquo;There isn&rsquo;t a team in the league with our depth and quality at those positions.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin, of course, didn&rsquo;t mention his centres. Father Time is wielding his stick at the pivot posts and that might be the club&rsquo;s one weakness although two men in camp, Jean Beliveau, who needs no introduction, and Donnie Marshall, up from Ken Reardon&rsquo;s Cincinnati Mohawks, could solve the problem by taking some of the playmaking load off the shoulders of Elmer Lach, Kenny Mosdell and Goose McCormack.</p><p>Habs should encounter no trouble on defence. Butch Bouchard, Tom Johnson, Dollard St. Laurent, Jim MacPherson and Doug Harvey all reported in tip-top shape and should be at peak form for the game against Patrick&rsquo;s star&rsquo;s. And, of course, Gerry McNeil in the nets will be a formidable bulwark, characteristically refusing to quail under pressure, as he faces the best shots of the all-stars with their reinforcements selected from the other five clubs.</p><h2><b>Canadien Coach In A Musing Mood</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Irvin Sees Robust Canadien Crew Wreaking Havoc In All-Star Clash

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>When Jean Beliveau turned out for his first practice with Canadiens this year, he was greeted with a dramatic flair by three Habs of long-standing, namely, Maurice Richard, Elmer Lach and Butch Bouchard.</p><p>Gros Bill motored to the drill from his home town of Victoriaville and was delayed enroute by a road construction crew. On arrival, he quickly changed after being waylaid by a battery of photographers.</p><p>As he came out on the ice, the Canadiens&rsquo; triumvirate stood rigidly at attention and saluted. Lach dropped a puck, which Beliveau scooped up and they trailed him down to the goals where M. B. promptly scored.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Habs Greet Beliveau With Military Salute

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div><p>SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>This rabid hockey centre in Northern Michigan is proud of many things such as the famous Soo locks, beautiful scenery, military importance, and so on. But in a sportive sense they are proud of the fact that Detroit Red Wings train here every fall. And they are proud of a mighty swell hockey leader&mdash;Jack Adams.</p><p>While he was born in Fort William, Ontario, Jack Adams becomes an integral part of community life here every time he brings his famous Detroit Red Wings to their fall training camp. To say he is popular is putting it mildly. Soo, Michigan, simply loves the guy! What more can you say?</p><h2>Into His 37th Season</h2><p>Jack is invited just about everywhere. He is in great demand as a speaker at meetings and banquets and is probably one of the greatest goodwill ambassadors hockey has ever known. The hardest part about seeing Jack Adams come hero every fall is that he must leave at the end of camp. For days afterwards, many of us feel a poignant loss when Jack and his great hockey organization leave.</p><p>When he pulled into town for the fall training camp midway in September he started his 37th. season in professional hockey. He actually moved into the third phase of his illustrious career in hockey because as the representative of the Detroit Hockey Club on the National Hockey League Beard of Governors he takes on another important position. As publicity-director Fred Huber points out the formal certification of Adams as Detroit&rsquo;s governor last December was merely affording him official recognition in a position which he had unofficially filled for some years. The popular Detroit boss has already proven his value to the overall hockey picture by service on the league&rsquo;s rules and relation committees. Going into his 37th year in pro hockey, Jack, Adams seems to get younger instead of older. It must be his great love of the game and enthusiasm for every part of it that keeps him looking so young and happy.</p><h2><b>Good will Gent</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01594/2264566-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="511" height="506"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACK ADAMS</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Adams Quite a Socialite When Wings Are in Camp; Soo Simply Loves the Guy

<p>SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>The only hockey player to leap out of juvenile ranks right into the National Hockey League, Gordie Howe, rated the &ldquo;greatest of them all&rdquo; by Jack Adams, promises to establish a claim to immortality. His record shows he will become the greatest Red Wing of all time, at least.</p><p>The husky, perfectly-coordinated youngster from Western Canada, now beginning his eighth season with Detroit, is only 25 and still appears to be approaching his peak season. He also seems destined to rewrite the team scoring records, and could do as well for the league marks. When he led the NHL in both total goals and total points last season, for the third straight year, he set a new point total of 95; he beat his own mark of 86 set three seasons ago and equalled the following year.</p><h2>Fired 209 Goals, 229 Assists</h2><p>In seven years of NHL action, Howe has fired 209 goals and 229 assists. His 438 point total places him third among the all-time Detroit marksmen. That he will surpass Sid Abel&rsquo;s 486 points this season is a virtual certainty. At the present time his goal record is second to that of his linemate&mdash;and close friend&mdash;Ted Lindsay who has 218. Should Howe outscore Lindsay by 10 goals he will put proof on paper that he is the greatest goal-getter to ever don a Red Wing uniform.</p><p>Howe has won All-Star mention for five consecutive seasons. Placed on the first team the past three years, he won the second team right-wing berth the previous two years. Actually, Howe has never seemed to realize his physical greatness. He is quiet, somewhat bashful, but a perfectly-coordinated athletic machine.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Howe At 25 Shows Promise Of Becoming Greatest Ever

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01578/2264621-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Bailey,</b> the only bonafide rookie in Toronto Maple Leafs training camp at St. Catharines, Ont., has shown so much so early in training that King Clancy has already predicted a rosy future for him in the NHL. He&rsquo;s a rough and ready two-way player who should add a little spark to the Leafian drive this year.</figcaption></div><p>St. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>It will never become an approved policy in job hunting to threaten fracture of the prospective boss&rsquo;s nose, but Bob Bailey won the job despite it and the boss&rsquo;s respect because of it.</p><p>Bailey is the only bona-fide rookie in the Toronto Maple Leaf camp here this season, but he seems destined to become a key figure on Toronto&rsquo;s ace lines.</p><p>He&rsquo;s a husky 185-pound six-footer, and he&rsquo;s rough, which is the way Leafs&rsquo; new coach, King Clancy, likes them. He can also make a play and score a goal&mdash;in fact he leads the Leafs in training camp scrimmages with six goals&mdash;but it is because he is rough that Clancy assigned him to police work on the top line with Ted Kennedy and Sid Smith.</p><p>It is the same sort of assignment Hap Day, when he coached the team, awarded Wild Will Ezinicki, placing him on a unit with Syl Apps and Harry Watson to keep the opposition bullies in check. But even Ezzie didn&rsquo;t threaten the boss.</p><p>That happened in Pittsburgh last year, when The King coached the Hornets and brash young Bailey was making his professional debut with Cleveland Barons of the American League.</p><p>Bailey had just emerged from a bout with another ex-Leaf, Bill Juzda and was feeling pleased with himself for breaking even with Battling Bill when he heard Clancy&rsquo;s Irish tongue bellow:</p><p>&ldquo;Hey, Bailey! That&rsquo;s two fights you&rsquo;ve been in now and two you have lost.&rdquo;</p><p>Only the King&rsquo;s adroit footwork, in regaining his position behind the bench, discouraged Bailey&rsquo;s charging pursuit right then. But as the youngster set out again for the penalty box, he murderously called back:</p><p>&ldquo;You just better keep your nose out of my reach.&rdquo;</p><p>The King was delighted, even more so when an off-season transaction brought Bailey to Toronto.</p><p>Only 22-years-old, the Kenora Kid will now make his big league debut alongside two of the most respected reputations in hockey. And with the responsibility of bodyguarding those valuable frames.</p><p>He&rsquo;s a junior Jekyll-Hyde, well-mannered and soft-spoken off the ice but prepared to battle for his own preservation and that of his linemates while on.</p><p>And he has grit. An accident, in his final OHA Junior A game at Stratford two years ago, sidelined him for a full year as doctors operated to remove the tendons from one knee. Considering a carpentering career in Kenora when the 1952-53 training started, he decided to give hockey a final desperate shot after Cleveland invited him to a tryout, and one year after he launched his comeback wound up in the big leagues.</p><p>Although he was a centre in all his previous hockey, Bodyguard Bob quickly and earnestly accepted conversion to right wing when he arrived here last week.</p><p>&ldquo;When you have Kennedy feeding you those nice easy passes, it&rsquo;s a pleasure to play the wing. And it keeps you on your toes trying to keep pace with Sid. He&rsquo;s one of the fastest in the game,&rdquo; said the youngster, giving all the credit for his brilliant efforts to his linemates.</p><p>They have praise for him too.</p><p>The move to right wing helped strengthen that position after Howie Meeker sought to leave the club and coach Stratford Indians, in OHA senior company. A sick sacroiliac, which is attributed to a pinched nerve at the base of the spine, first moved Meeker to seek the transfer.</p><p>He arranged a compromise, receiving permission to coach Stratford as long as he kept in shape to rejoin Leafs in the event any two right wingers should be sidelined through injuries. But even the recall clause might be wiped out as a result of the recurrence of that injury last Wednesday, when catching a medicine bail aggravated the back. Meeker is right now in Toronto, receiving treatments.</p><p>Outside of Meeker, who was a fireball between attacks of the backs, the club is in far better shape than it was last year at this stage. Ted Kennedy has added five needed pounds and Harry-Watson disposed of six unnecessary pounds. Both show dash they lacked in training last year.</p><p>When last year&rsquo;s coach, Joe Primeau visited the camp, he was impressed by the Kennedy-smith-Bailey and Tod Sloan-Watson-George Armstrong units. The only recruits who lack some of their previous season lustre are sophomores Leo Boivin and Eric Nesterenko who nonetheless refuse to believe they&rsquo;ll be hexed by the second-year jinx which usually pursues rookie sensations.</p><h2><b>Clancy&rsquo;s Kind Of Guy</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Bailey Once Threatened to Bust Clancy on the Beak Now He’s Playing For King as Toronto Rookie Streak

<p>The hard-working defensemen of the National Hockey League won&rsquo;t be toiling in vain in the future.</p><p>At a special meeting of club owners in New York on September 24, it was decided to put up for annual competition a trophy plus a cheque for $1,000.00 from the NHL, for the outstanding defenseman.</p><p>The new trophy will be known as the James Norris Memorial Trophy, in memory of the late owner of the Detroit Red Wings. Mr. Norris was one of the pioneers and bulwarks of the NHL. The Trophy will be donated by his daughter Marguerite, president of the Detroit Hockey Club, and Jim and Bruce, ex-ecutives of the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>It marks the sixth individual NHL trophy. Others are the Vezina Trophy, awarded annually to the goalie who has the least goals scored against him, Hart Trophy, to the player considered most valuable to his team; Calder Trophy, to the outstanding rookie; Byng Trophy, to the player who best combines fine play with good sportsmanship; and the Ross Trophy to hockey&rsquo;s leading scorer.</p><p>All trophy winners receive a cheque of $1,000.00 as well as a replica of the trophy. The Norris Trophy will go into competition this year.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02550/2264652-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="278" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>James Norris</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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New Norris Memorial Trophy To Outstanding NHL Defenseman

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SCHEDULE

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Featuring several three-game series and an increase in the number of doubleheaders, the 1953-54 National Hockey League season will get underway on Thursday, October 8. The Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens play hosts to Chicago Black Hawks, while New York Rangers visit Detroit Red Wings on this evening. October 8 is the earliest opening in NHL history.</p><p>Canadiens, Boston and Detroit are all engaged in a three-game series on two occasions. During the early stages of the schedule Canadiens play Chicago on three successive playing dates. Later in the season they play three games in a row against Detroit. Boston plays a three-game series against Rangers and Detroit, while Detroit opposes Canadiens and Boston twice in three-game series.</p><p>In the second week of the schedule Detroit and Chicago each plays three games in as many nights. They oppose each other on Friday and Saturday on a home and home basis and meet different clubs at home on the Sunday.</p><p>The opening game of the season for Toronto fans will be played on Saturday, October 10, when the Maple Leafs take on Chicago. The curtain goes up on the new season in Chicago and Boston on Sunday, October 11. Canadiens play the Bruins and Rangers meet the Black Hawks. New York, traditionally the last team to open at home, lights up Madison Square Garden for hockey on Thursday, October 22. Boston are Rangers opponents that evening.</p><p>More games are scheduled for the weekend dates this season and less for week nights. One hundred and twenty-six games will be played on Saturdays and Sundays during the 1953-54 campaign. Chicago will try out something new by playing seven games on Friday nights. The Hawks previously played all their games other than weekend nights on Thursday.</p><p>Besides the seven games on Friday, the Hawks play seven on Thursday, three on Saturday and 18 on Sunday. Sundays are the most popular dates in the United States cities. Boston plays 18 of their 35 home games on a Sunday, while New York are at home on 17 Sundays. Detroit plays 15 tilts on Sunday.</p><p>The Rangers play all but two of their 35 home games on either Sunday or Wednesday. They play 16 games on a Wednesday, once on a Tuesday and once on a Saturday. The Rangers are the only club to play at home on a Tuesday this year.</p><p>Boston Bruins at home schedule reads one game on Wednesday, 11 on Thursday, two on Friday (Christmas Day and New Year&rsquo;s Day), three on Saturday and 18 on Sunday. Detroit plays two Mondays, 12 Thursdays, and six Saturdays along with the 15 Sunday home dates.</p><p>Toronto and Montreal are both Saturday night towns and play most of their home games on that eve. The Leafs play 24 of their 35 games on Saturday. The remaining 11 are played Wednesdays. The Canadiens play 21 games on Saturday and 14 on Thursday.</p><p>Toronto plays 25 doubleheaders (games on successive nights) this season. Canadiens play 24, Boston 23, Detroit and Chicago 22, and New York 20. Chicabo plays four games in five nights on four different occasions. Canadiens, Rangers and Boston each, play four games in five nights on three occasions. Toronto and Detroit do it twice.</p><p>Each team will again play 70 games and the schedule will end on Sunday, March 21.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NHL Opens Season Oct. 8—Earliest in History

<h2><b><i>Montreal</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01590/2264808-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="492" height="487"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Frank Selke</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>Toronto</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02543/2264801-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="461" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Conn Smythe</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>Detroit</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03467/2264794-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="486" height="482"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jack Adams</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>Boston</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04386/2264787-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="487" height="482"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Art Ross</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>Chicago</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05320/2264780-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="485" height="484"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Tobin</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Ruling Champ</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12175/2264773-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="436" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DICK IRVIN</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>6th Title?</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13148/2264766-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="420" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOMMY IVAN</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Man To Watch</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-14120/2264759-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="419" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LYNN PATRICK</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>May Surprise</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1597/2264752-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="419" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SID ABEL</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Bench Again</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1672/2264745-1-eng-US/f0011-162.jpg" title="f0011-16" width="486" height="483"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRANK BOUCHER</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Grand Choice</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1759/2264738-1-eng-US/f0011-172.jpg" title="f0011-17" width="601" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>KING CLANCY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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They’ll Manage To See… …That They’re Well Coached

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>As the 1953-54 National Hockey League season gets set to sally forth on its 210-game schedule, there will be only two new faces in the coaching ranks of the six member teams. All the 1952-53 managers are back.</p><p>Actually, one of the new bench bosses isn&rsquo;t new to the job in the NHL for he is Frank Boucher who handled the New York Rangers for years before moving up into a managerial role and handing the reins over to Lynn Patrick. Last season Bill Cooke, one of the best alltime Ranger players handled the team but this year it was decided that Boucher would act in the dual role of manager-coach.</p><p>The other newcomer, although new in an NHL coaching role, is actually not a newcomer. He is King Clancy and he succeeds Joe Primeau as mentor of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The King formerly coached at Pittsburgh and Cincinatti in the American Hockey League and before that served as an NHL referee.</p><p>There is also one &lsquo;Sophomore&rsquo; coach in the person of Sid Abel who took over the Chicago Black Hawks last season and promptly led them into the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in a number of years. In the annual Hockey News All-Star poll Abel was picked as &lsquo;Coach of the Year for his job of rebuilding the Hawks.</p><p>The other three NHL mentors are strictly veterans. There is Dick Irvin, coach of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens, Lynn Patrick, whose Boston Bruins were runners-up to the Habs for the coveted mug, and Tommy Ivan of the Prince of Wales Trophy-winning Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>It is signifigant to note that the two new coaches in the big league, will handle teams that failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs last season. The Leafs lost out in the last week of the schedule while the Rangers weren&rsquo;t in the race from near the start of the campaign.</p><p>Of the two, Clancy faces the rosier outlook for the Leafs last season boasted a team comprised mostly of rookies and although they failed to make the playoffs, showed that they would be a threat in future years. Recently Jack Adams, Detroit GM, when asked which teams the Red Wings feared most this season, said that Montreal and Toronto would be the clubs most likely to oust his Red Wings as top dog in the final 1953-54 standings.</p><p>Meanwhile Boucher hasn&rsquo;t been idle. He realizes that the Rangers of 1952-53 were woefully weak in the defence department and to the effect of strengthening this department, he has made several purchases and has added scoring power in Max Bentley whom he got from the Leafs.</p><p>Of course the four teams who did make the playoffs, the Wings, Habs, Black Hawks and Bruins, haven&rsquo;t been idle either and have added players during the off-season.</p><p>The Habs have the biggest catch of all on the end of their line but as yet he hasn&rsquo;t responded to the bait. We refer of course, to Jean Beliveau who could make the Montrealers THE team to beat if he signs au NHL pact.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Clancy and Boucher New Faces As New Season Gets Underway

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Hockey&rsquo;s top broadcasters, the Boys who bring the spinetingling descriptions of the play-by-play reports of NHL games into millions of homes, will all be back at their old stands this year with one exception.</p><p>Michel (Mike) Normandin, whose famous &ldquo;Bonsoir Canada&rdquo; was the cue for thousands of French-Canadians to tune up their radios for play-by-play action of their favorite Habitants, will be missing this year. Mike has signed an exclusive contract with a brewing company, who have all radio rights to his services. In his stead, Rene Lecavalier, will handle a simulcast.</p><p>The English version of the Canadiens&rsquo; home game will be voiced by Danny Gallivan, the popular Maritimer. Bert Lee is back doing the New York Rangers while Al Nagler will handle the account of the Detroit home games. Foster Hewitt, Mr. Hockey himself, will be the familiar voice in Toronto while Fred Cusick keeps tab on the Boston Bruins with Johnny Gottselig doing the Black Hawks.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06286/2264898-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="288" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Nagler Station WJBK Radio Detroit</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07260/2264891-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="293" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bert Lee Station WMGM Radio New York</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08248/2264884-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="271" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Foster Hewitt Station CBL Radio Toronto</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09237/2264877-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="295" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fred Cusick Station WHDH Radio Boston</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10215/2264870-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="286" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Danny Gallivan Station CBM Radio Montreal</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11190/2264863-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="274" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Johnny Gottselig Station WCFL Radio Chicago</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0011-06

“Mike” Only Man Missing from NHL Mikes

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>A new system will be in vogue in 1953-54 for the selection of National Hockey League individual trophy winners and the All-Star Team. The NHL owners decided at their semi-annual meeting here last month that starting this season the voting for the All-Star Team and various trophies will be divided into two parts.</p><p>In the past the selectors would always have their picks into the National Hockey League Headquarters by the end of the regular championship schedule and the winners would be announced immediately upon completion of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The selectors&mdash;three from each NHL city&mdash;would name their choices for the All-Star squad and the trophies on the season&rsquo;s play. Sometimes a player who missed the latter part of the schedule but was outstanding during the early stages was overlooked.</p><p>Commencing this season the selectors will vote on the players twice. Results of the first ballots will be announced shortly after January 1st and results of the second half or second battots will be made at the end of the season. Each ballot will be worth 50 per cent of the final results. It is felt that in this way no player will be overlooked and a star player missing either the first part of the schedule or the latter stages due to an injury will not be neglected by the men doing the selecting.</p><p>Cash awards will remain the same again this year&mdash;$1,000 apiece to all members of the First Team and $500 to members of the Second Team, as well as $1,000 cheques to winners of the following trophies: Hart, Lady Byng, Calder Memorial, Art Ross, Vezina and newest of the lot the James Norris Memorial Trophy to the loop&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman.</p><p>For awhile it appeared as if the coaches might also figure in the selections of the trophy winners but this was voted down. Selections for all bonus awards will be made by the hockey writers and broadcasters in the six NHL cities.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

New Voting System For Trophies Comes Into Vogue This Year

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01565/2264988-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><h2>&mdash;1947&mdash;</h2><p>Played at Toronto, October 13, a crowd of 14,169 contributed a gross gate of $25,865, 10. Score was 4-3 for the All-Stars.</p><h3>NHL ALL-STARS:</h3><p>Goal, Durnan (Canadiens), J. Stewart (Detroit) and Quackenbush (Detroit); Forwards, M. Bentley (Chicago), D. Bentley (Chicago), Mosienko (Chicago), Warwick (Rangers), Richard (Canadiens, Laprade (Rangers), Lindsay (Detroit), Dumart (Boston), Schmidt (Boston), Bauer (Boston) and Leswick (Rangers). Coach, Dick Irvin (Canadiens).</p><h3>TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS:</h3><p>Goal, Broda; Defence, Goldham, Stanowski, Mortson, Thomson and Barilko; Forwards, Watson, N. Metz, Poile, Kennedy. Apps, Ezinicki, Lynn, Meeker, G. Stewart, Klukay and Mackell. Coach, Hap Day.</p><p>Referee, King Clancy; Linesmen, Ed Mepham and Jim Primeau.</p><h2>&mdash;1948&mdash;</h2><p>Played at Chicago, November 3, a crowd of 12,794 contributed a gross gate of $23,018. Score was 3-1 for the All-Stars.</p><h3>NHL ALL-STARS:</h3><p>Goal, Brimsek (Boston) and Durnan (Canadiens): defence, J. Stewart (Detroit, Quackenbush (Detroit), Colville (Hangers), Reardon (Canadiens) and Bouchard (Canadiens); forwards, Lindsay (Detroit), D. Bentley (Chicago), Richard (Canadiens), Laprade (Rangers), Howe (Detroit), G. Stewart (Chicago), Dumart (Boston), Schmidt (Boston), Lach (Canadiens), Leswick (Rangers) and Poile (Chicago). Coach, Tommy Ivan (Detroit).</p><h3>TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS:</h3><p>Goal, Broda; defence, Thomson, Mortson, Boesch, Barilko, Mathers and Juzda; forwards, Watson, M. Bentley. Klukay, Kennedy, Meeker, Ezinicki, Costello, Mackell and Gardner. Coach Hap Day.</p><p>Refree, Bill Chadwick; linesmen, Sam Babcock and Mush March.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02476/2264981-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1128" height="318"></div><h2>&mdash;1949&mdash;</h2><p>Played at Toronto, October 10, a crowd of 13,541 contributer a gross gate of $25,920.75. Score was 3-1 for the All-Stars.</p><h3>NHL ALL-STARS:</h3><p>Goal, Durnan (Canadiens) and Rayner (Rangers); defence, Stewart (Detroit); Goldham (Chicago), Egan (Rangers), Quackenbush (Boston), Harmon (Canadiens) and Reardon (Canadiens); forwards, O&rsquo;Connor (Rangers), (Canadiens), Laprade (Rangers), Abel (Detroit), Howe (Detroit), Lindsay (Detroit), Leswick (Rangers) and Ronty (Boston). Coach, Tommy Ivan R. Conacher (Chicago), D. Bentley (Chicago), Mosienko (Chicago), Richard (Detroit).</p><h3>TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS:</h3><p>Goal, Broda: defence, Thomson, Boesch, Juzda and Barilko; forwards, Watson, M. Bentley, Klukay, Meeker, Lynn, Mackell, Kennedy, Gardner, Timgren, Dawes and Smith. Coach Hap Day.</p><p>Referee. Bill Chadwick: linesmen. Ed Mepham and Jim Primeau.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03360/2264974-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="1129" height="248"></div><h2>&mdash;1950&mdash;</h2><p>Played at Detroit, October 8, a crowd of 9,166 contributed a gross gate of $17,512.80. Score was 7-1 for the Detroit Red Wings.</p><h3>NHL ALL-STARS:</h3><p>Goal Rayner (Rangers) and Broda (Toronto); defence, Stewart (Chicago), Mortson (Toronto), Thomson (Toronto), Harmon (Canadiens), Quackenbush (Boston) and Bouchard (Canadiens), Laprade (Rangers), Kennedy (Toronto), Leswick (Rangers), Ronty (Boston), Peirson Boston) and Smith (Toronto). Coach. Lynn Patrick (Boston).</p><h3>DETROIT RED WINGS:</h3><p>Goal, Sawchuk; defence. Goldham, Kelly, Reise, Fogolin, Pronovost; forwards, Lindsay, Gee, Howe, Peters, Stewart, Abel, Prystai, Pavelich, McFadden, Carveth, Black. Coach, Tommy Ivan.</p><p>Referee, George Gravel; linesmen, George Hayes and Doug Young.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04258/2264967-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="1126" height="368"></div><h2>&mdash;1951&mdash;</h2><p>Played at Toronto, October 9, a crowd of 11,455 contributed a gross gate of $25,259.75. First All-Stars team against second with first team being augmented by players from the four American clubs and the second by players from the two Canadian clubs. Score was 2-2 tie.</p><h3>FIRST TEAM:</h3><p>Goal, Sawchuk (Detroit) and Lumley (Chicago); defence, Kelly (Detroit), Quackenbush (Boston), Eddolls (New York), Fogolin (Chicago), Dewsbury (Chicago); forwards, Schmidt (Boston), Howe (Detroit), Raleigh (New-York). Sandford (Boston), D. Bentley (Chicago), Bodnar (Chicago), Peirson (Boston), Sinclair (New York), Stewart) New York).</p><h3>SECOND TEAM:</h3><p>Goal, Rayner (New York) and McNeil (Montreal); defence, Thomson, (Toronto), Reise (Detroit), Bouchard (Montreal), Harvey) Montreal), Mortson (Toronto); forwards. Kennedy (Toronto), Richard (Montreal), Smith (Toronto), M. Bentley (Toronto), Sloan (Toronto), Watson (Toronto), Mosdell (Montreal), Curry (Montreal), Meger (Montreal).</p><p>Referee, Bill Chadwick; linesmen, Sam Babcock, Bill Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05177/2264960-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="1124" height="263"></div><h2>&mdash;1952&mdash;</h2><p>Played at Detroit, October 5, a crowd of 10,680 contributed a gross gate of $17,469.76. Score was First Team 1, Second Team 1.</p><h3>FIRST TEAM:</h3><p>Goal, Sawchuk (Detroit); defence, Kelly (Detroit), Harvey (Canadiens), Mortson (Chicago), Quackenbush (Boston), Reice (Rangers), Goldham (Detroit); forwards, Lach (Canadiens), Howe (Detroit), Lindsay (Detroit), Creighton (Boston), Sandford (Boston), Pavelich (Detroit), Mosienko (Chicago), Leswick (Detroit) and Sinclair (Detroit). Coach, Tommy Ivan (Detroit).</p><h3>SECOND TEAM:</h3><p>Goal, Henry (Boston) and McNeil (Canadiens); defence. Thomson (Toronto), Buller (Rangers), Pohnson (Canadiens), Flaman (Toronto), Bouchard (Canadiens); forwards, Schmidt (Boston), Richard (Canadiens), Smith (Toronto), Watson (Toronto), Geoffrion (Canadiens), Sloan (Toronto), Curry (Canadiens), Reay (Canadiens), Mosdell (Canadiens) and Meger (Canadiens). Coach, Dick Irvin (Canadiens).</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06137/2264953-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="1120" height="235"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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The Past Five Games

<h2>BAILEY BENEFIT</h2><h3>Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens, February 14, 1934 Toronto 6, All-Stars 3</h3><p class="dropcap"><b><span>A</span>ll-Stars:</b> Goal, Gardiner (Chicago); defence, Johnson (Rangers), Shore (Boston); centre, Marenz (Montreal); Wings, W. Cook (Rangers). Joliat (Montreal); subs., Shields, Conacher, Dutton, Smith, Ward, Stewart (Maroons); Aurie, Lewis (Detroit); Himes, Finnigan (Ottawa).</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Hainsworth; defence, Clancy, Horner; center, Primeau; Wings, Sands, Jackson; subs.. Day. Levinsky, C. Conacher, Blair, Cotton, Doraty, Kilrea, Boll, Thoms.</p><p>Referees: Mike Rodden and Bobby Hewitson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0978/2265071-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="554" height="617"></div><h2><b>MORENZ MEMORIAL</b></h2><h3>Montreal Forum, November 3, 1937 All-Stars 6, Montreal 5</h3><p><b>All-Stars:</b> Goal, Thompson (Boston); defence, Goodfellow (Detroit); Horner (Toronto); center, Boucher (Rangers); Wings, March (Chicago), Shriner (Americans). Subs.: Smith, Barry (Detroit); Shore, Clapper, (Boston); Conacher, Jackson (Toronto); Chapman, Day (Americans); Gottselig (Chicago); Dillon (Rangers).</p><p><b>Montreal:</b> Goal, Cude (Canadiens); defense, Siebert (Canadiens); center, Blinco (Maroons); Wentworth (Maroons); Wings, Gagnon (Canadiens); Northcott (Maroons); subs., Beveridge, Clancy, Ward, Robinson. Trottier (Maroons); Joliat, Buswell, Lepine, Haynes, Blake, Mantha (Canadiens).</p><p>Referees: Albert Leduc, Mickey Ion, Eusebe Daignault.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1068/2265064-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="554" height="625"></div><h2><b>SIEBERT MEMORIAL</b></h2><h3>Montreal Forum, October 29. 1939 All-Stars 5, Canadiens 2</h3><p><b>All-Stars:</b> Goal, Brimsek (Boston); defence, Goodfellow (Detroit), Seibert (Chicago); center, N. Colville (Rangers); Wings, Drillon (Toronto) Anderson (Americans); subs., Shore, Clapper, Bauer (Boston); Coulter (Rangers); Gottselig (Chicago); Jackson (Americans); Howe (Detroit); Apps Toronto).</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, Cude; defence, Buswell, Wentworth; center, Getliffe; Wings, Blake, Robinson; subs., Drouin, Lorran, Trudel, Young, Haynes, Mantha, Gagnon, Goupille, Mondou.</p><p>Referees: Bill Stewart and King Clancy.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1161/2265057-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="553" height="659"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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The First Three Benefit Games

<h2><b>OCTOBER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01559/2265144-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="463" height="920"></div><h2><b>NOVEMBER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02516/2265137-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="439" height="1007"></div><h2><b>DECEMBER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03479/2265130-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="447" height="1075"></div><h2><b>JANUARY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04439/2265123-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="454" height="1108"></div><h2><b>FEBRUARY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05365/2265116-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="440" height="935"></div><h2><b>MARCH</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06315/2265109-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="438" height="701"></div><h2>Frankie Greets Buffalo Newcomers</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07295/2265102-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="1742" height="1387"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ROOKIE BISONS</b>&mdash;Coach Frankie Eddolls of the Buffalo Bisons, right, greets three of his rookies before taking the ice for a practice session at the Verdun, Que. Auditorium. They are, left to right, Gary Edmundson, last season with the Montreal Royals of the QSHL, Pete Wright, formerly of the Sherbrooke Saints team in the same loop; and Ross Kowalchuk, who performed last season for the Cincinnati Mohawks of the IHL.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE 1953-54 Season

<h2><b>OCTOBER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01554/2265210-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="539" height="1055"></div><h2><b>NOVEMBER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02454/2265203-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="532" height="1224"></div><h2><b>DECEMBER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03338/2265196-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="539" height="1098"></div><h2><b>JANUARY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04255/2265189-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="551" height="1179"></div><h2><b>FEBRUARY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05194/2265182-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="547" height="1064"></div><h2><b>MARCH</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06159/2265175-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="532" height="674"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE 1953-54 Season

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div><p>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;</p><p>President Al Leader of the Western Hockey League is looking for an all-time attendance record this season with the &lsquo;Little Stanley Cup&rsquo; series between the WHL and the Quebec League providing the highlight of a 245-game schedule.</p><p>The season opens Oct. 5 with Calgary Stampeders at Saskatoon. Not until Oct. 15 will all the teams see action in their home arenas. The Stamps, after opening in the Quaker City, make a four-games-in-four-nights tour of the coast cities before returning home.</p><p>Biggest change for the 1953-54 season is absence of Tacoma Rockets who folded at the end of last season. The WHL, which once embraced 10 clubs will operate this year with seven.</p><p>Saskatoon, Edmonton and Calgay make up the prairies entries while Victoria, New Westminster, Seattle and Vancouver play on the coast.</p><p>There was quite a turnover in the coaching ranks during the winter. Only three clubs will have last year&rsquo;s mentors back. Holdovers are Art Chapman of Vancouver Canucks, Bud Poile of Edmonton Flyers and Doug Bentley of Saskatoon Quakers.</p><p>The Montreal Canadiens have sent Billy Reay to Victoria Cougars. Muzz Patrick, who coached Tacoma ever since the Inception of the old Pacific Coast Leagues seven years ago, takes over at Seattle. Frank Currie, long-time coach at Edmonton, succeeds Hank Blade at Calgary and Alex Shibicky returns to New West minster after a three-year absence.</p><p>The teams will be aiming at the biggest player pool in the WHL&rsquo;s history. With six clubs again participating in the playoffs, the first place team can pick up $23,050 providing it can go right through and win over the Quebec loop.</p><p>&ldquo;We had a record year as far as attendance figures went last season,&rdquo; says President Al Leader. &ldquo;With this East-West series shaping up we should do better than ever. It will be the first such pro series since 1926.&rdquo;</p><p>Only affiliation change is at Seattle where the Bombers hooked up with Boston Bruins following the foldup at Tacoma at the end of the last season. New York Rangers will once again have a working agreement with two clubs, Vancouver and Saskatoon. Edmonton is Detroit&rsquo;s No. 1 farm club, Calgary will get help from Chicago and Victoria will reap the benefits of Montreal&rsquo;s farm system.</p><p>Ken MacKenzie&rsquo;s New Westminster Royals will be the only independent operator in the league this year. The Royals finished sixth last year, the first time they had been lower than second years.</p><p>&ldquo;Shibicky will have a rebuilding job to do,&rdquo; says MacKenzie. &ldquo;I think he&rsquo;s the right man for the job. He has a lot of youngsters to work with.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Holdover</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0984/2265241-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="586" height="901"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ART CHAPMAN</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Little Stanley Cup Series in WHL May Boost Attendance to New Mark

<div class="byline">Hugh Watson</div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Art Chapman&rsquo;s Vancouver Canucks, who finished a strong second to Saskatoon Quakers last season, opened their 1953-54 Western Hockey League training camp at Penticton recently.</p><p>The most immediate problem seemed to be the finding of a replacement for Emile (The Cat) Francis, all-star goalie in the WHL last year, who has been sold to the American League. Canuck owner Coley Hall, just back from the New York Ranger training camp at Saskatoon, hinted that Canucks would likely wind up with Lome (Gump) Worsley.</p><p>&ldquo;We always have Doug Stevenson in reserve,&rdquo; said Hall. &ldquo;He played some pretty good goal for Tacoma the last four years. He&rsquo;s always been great against us.&rdquo;</p><p>The Canuck camp didn&rsquo;t get into full swing until just last week, when the first shipment of players arrived from the Ranger camp. On hand for the initial workout were holdovers Jack Lancien, Louis Fontinato, Wiggie Wylie, Larry Popein and Don Smith, Frank Bathgate, brother of Andy who played for Canucks last year, was also on hand. He played briefly with Canucks two years ago and was farmed out to the Maritimes for further seasoning.</p><p>&ldquo;From all reports Frank has definitely improved enough for the WHL,&rdquo; said Hall. &ldquo;He finished among the top scorers in the Quebec League last season.&rdquo;</p><p>The Canucks were busy selling players just prior to leaving for camp. Defenceman Hugh Currie, who coached Canucks after Murph Chamberlain left midway through the season two years ago, has been sold to Syracuse of the American League. Forwards Eddie Leier and Walt Atanas have been sold to Springfield.</p><p>Not expected back is Harry Dick, the big defenceman of last season. Dick will likely retire from hockey to enter business. In all, Canucks expected only six players back from last year&rsquo;s club.</p><h2><b>He&rsquo;s Out&hellip;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07118/2265279-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="561" height="565"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>EMILE FRANCIS</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>&hellip;Is He In?</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0897/2265272-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="578" height="956"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUMP WORSLEY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Replacement for Cat Canucks’ Big Worry; Worsley May Get Bid

<h2><b>OCTOBER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01531/2265376-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="477" height="969"></div><h2><b>NOVEMBER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02473/2265369-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="477" height="1277"></div><h2><b>DECEMBER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03396/2265362-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="485" height="1490"></div><h2><b>JANUARY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04299/2265355-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="482" height="1422"></div><h2><b>FEBRUARY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05221/2265348-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="470" height="1235"></div><h2><b>MARCH</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06185/2265341-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="468" height="972"></div><h2><b>Top Scorers</b></h2><p><b>Leading scorers and penalty men in past six All-Star games.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07166/2265334-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="597" height="1039"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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QUEBEC HOCKEY LEAGUE 1953-54 Season

<div class="byline">By DOUG AUSTIN</div><p>NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Arenaless just four years ago and without any artificial ice surface for the preceding decade, this Canadian city of the Big Roar has suddenly blossomed into the most hockeyconscious centre in North America.</p><p>Mecca of millions of tourists yearly, the ice home of the late Gene Fraser&rsquo;s Cataracts has come roaring back to hockey life in the past three years with the erection of two modern puck structures which, during the next four or five weeks, will house upwards of 200 pro and amateur puckchasers. Under the management of New York Ranger Norm Tustin, the Niagara Falls Memorial arena has been the training site of the Pittsburgh Hornets for the third straight year but no less than five other teams have followed their lead.</p><p>For the first time since the start of the Second Great War, Niagara Falls will be represented in senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA ranks with former Stratford coach Pat Wilson matching the September start of Hornet workouts. Over at the nearby Stamford arena, Eddie Shore has his Syracuse Warriors and Springfield Indians already at the Fall grind with Troy Ohio and Grand Rapids Michigan moving into local surroundings early in October.</p><p>Of the Syracuse-Springfield crew, such Warrior veterans as goalie Gordie Bell, defencemen Pete Allen, Gord Tottle and Sam Casanato along with forwards Kelly Burnett, Billy Gooden, Eric Pogue, Harry Pidherney and Bronco Horvath will head the parade.</p><p>Under Doug McMurdy, Springfield will vault from the Eastern League of the new pro Quebec circuit and the race for all positions is wide open. In addition to ten promising amateurs, Indian returnees include netminders Don Simmons and Nip O&rsquo;Hearn, the high-scoring line of Bill Jones, Wimpy Jones and Graham Hastings, consistent goal-getter Vern Pachal and defenseman Ron Telford.</p><p>The Niagara Falls arena had to make their ice for the start of Pittsburgh drills with new coach Baz Bastien having some 33 players on his pre-season roster. American Hockey League champions during the regular 52-53 campaign, the Hornets are loaded with veteran talent and promising newcomers.</p><p>Four of the champion Wasps were due to report at nearby St. Catharines with the Leafs but Dan Lewicki, Frank Mathers, Bob Solinger and Hugh Bolton may be shuffled back and forth by Major Domo Con Smythe. Among the Hornet absentees were Dan Poland, Bill Juzda and Frank Sullivan.</p><p>Of the returning regulars, however Bastien has plenty material with which to work. Veteran goalkeeper Gil Mayer is back while both Chadwick and Lockhart will be battling for that position. The defense brigade is expected to be paced by &lsquo;&ldquo;old reliable&rdquo; Pete Backor who has been in the Smokey City long enough to qualify for the mayoralty seat.</p><p>Strength through the middle should be the Pittsburgh theme as Rudy Miguay, Willie Marshall and Phil Maloney are back fighting for pivotman slots. In reserve are former Guelph Kenny Laufman and Ed Plata of St. Mikes along with a pair of youthful hopefuls.</p><p>On the flanks, left winger Ray Timgren and right winger &ldquo;Wild Bill&rdquo; Ezinicki are the big names followed by Johnny McLellan, Andy Barbe, Sabourin and Balfour. Morrison, Burega, Ingram and Taylor are among those bidding for rearguard stations.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Revival of Cataracts As OHA Senior Entry Sure to Boom League

<p>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Frank &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Stahan, who for the past seven seasons has been drawing rave notices as one of the most colorful Ottawa hockey characters, will not play for The Quebec Hockey League Senators again.</p><p>&ldquo;I feel I&rsquo;ve given the Ottawa club and the Quebec league good service,&rdquo; Butch said here when announcing his retirement plans. &ldquo;But the time has come to look around for something else, preferably a coaching job. I like Ottawa and the Ottawa fans and I&rsquo;ve had a good time here.&rdquo;</p><p>Stahan, who has been playing senior hockey for 18 years, had received his hockey contract from the Senators, but after conferring with the club owner said that he was definitely in the market for an outside coaching job.</p><p>He had previously been offered the Matane, Que. post later taken by Gerry Plamondon, and will seek employment somewhere in the Ottawa Valley, Eastern Ontario or Western Quebec areas.</p><p>Stahan has earned his colorful rep. Known as the club&rsquo;s top policeman, Stahan was given a match penalty with only five minutes left in a league game. Determined to out-fox the officials, Butch retired to the Senators&rsquo; dressing-room, took off his skates, lit up a big cigar and strolled back to the penalty bench, wearing a derby, to watch out the final few minutes of the contest.</p><p>Apart from his lighter side, Stahan has piled up a wealth of experience in his hockey travels.</p><p>He has played for Kirkland Lake Blue Devils, Quebec Aces, Montreal Royals, and enjoyed a stint with the NHL Canadiens before hooking up with Senators.</p><h2><b>18 Years Enough</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01378/2265431-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="603" height="904"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRANK (Butch) STAHAN</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Colorful Butcher Boy Hangs Up Puck Gear; Seeks Coaching Spot

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL-SPORTS EDITOR</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01299/2265469-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg"></div><p><b>(As Seen in the Toronto Star)</b></p><h2>Preacher Returns to Scene of Glory</h2><p>REV. GEORGE ABBOTT recently revisited Maple Leaf Gardens, scene of his greatest triumph. You may have read the padre&rsquo;s professional record without recognizing it. There&rsquo;s a line in the handbooks of hockey for goalies of the 1943-44 season. It reads: &ldquo;George Abbott, Boston, games&mdash;1; goals against, 7; goals per game average, 7&rdquo;. That&rsquo;s the Reverend. As a kid he dreamed of playing goal in Maple Leaf Gardens. One night, the dream came true. Rev. George Abbott not only played goal, he survived to laugh about, it.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02254/2265462-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="300" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Hap Day</b></figcaption></div><p>The padre&rsquo;s hockey career had come to an end, for all practical purposes, when he was hit in the eye by a deflected shot while trying for a place with the amateur Hamilton Tigers. Previously he had played for the Dunnville Mudcats. After the eye injury, he gave all his time to study for the Baptist ministry. War broke out and he was assigned to work among troops in the Toronto area. One day, he got the old urge to stop pucks. So he asked Hap Day, then coaching the Leafs, whether he could use a practice goal-tender. Hap could. War had thinned the hockey ranks until there scarcely were enough bodies to choose up sides at the workouts. Abbott proved very helpful.</p><p>When the Bruins arrived in town for a Saturday night game, their regular hemp man, Bert Gardiner, was ailing. Art Ross, who was handling the Bruins, asked Day to help him find a replacement. Hap recommanded Abbott. Ross gave him a call and Abbott broke into a sweat. He was still in a lather when he stumbled into the Boston dressing room, lugging his pads, shortly before game time.</p><p>&ldquo;Where the hell are you go in&rsquo;?&rdquo; one of the Bruins asked.</p><p>The stranger introduced himself as Rev. George Abbott, who was about to play goal for the Bruins. Ross bolted from the room, before he blew a fuse in front of his Samaritan. But he tracked down Day, a gentleman with a long and sinister record as a practical joker.</p><p>&ldquo;I ask for a goal-tender,&rdquo; Ross roared. &ldquo;So you send me a preacher!&rdquo;</p><h2>Risk Was Great But Pay Was Good</h2><p>THE Rev. Abbott made some weird saves, although missing seven of the 52 shots which the Leafs fired at him. He proved to be an agile man with his stick. Pucks were sent flying into the box seats as the Reverend deflected them. Three of the seven goals that were scored were carom shots off Boston players. The Bruins cussed their luck in sulphuric sentences, for which they later apologized. It seemed to the pastor that the Leafs were careless with arms and elbows when they got near his net. He also was dumped into the cage a few times by playful Leafs who managed to pull the skates from under him. Finally, Abbott registered a pastoral protest to King Clancy, who was handling the game.</p><p>&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t seen a thing,&rdquo; Clancy exclaimed.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s just the trouble,&rdquo; the padre said politely,</p><p>A shot by Babe Pratt knocked Abbott cold before the game was over. But they brought him around, put him back on his feet, and he went the distance. Rev. Abbott never has revealed how much he got for risking his life, but he claims it was a generous settlement. He likes to think it was as much money as any goalie ever got for a single contest.</p><p>After his one-night career, Abbott went back to practice goaling for the Leafs. He was studying his little black assignment book in the Leaf dressing room one day, to determine which hospitals he should visit in his rounds as a clergyman. Gus Bodnar was lying on the rubbing table, having suffered a minor injury in the workout. Trainer Tim Daly was about to barge in, when he noticed Abbott with the black book and Bodnar on the table. Tins halted and withdrew reverently. Next night, Bodnar got two goals. Daly made an announcement in the dressing room: &ldquo;If you bums&rsquo;ll jest line up an&rsquo; let Rev. Abbott read some more from that little black book, we&rsquo;ll have nothin&rsquo; but 20-goal men on this here club.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Speaking on Sport

<p>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;</p><p>Nine veterans of Western Hockey League clubs who reported for training camp at the start of the 1948-49 season when the League turned pro will report to training camps again this year.</p><p>Four players, who owner Kenny MacKenzie signed to New Westminster contracts in 1948 when he brought pro hockey back to the Royal City after an absence of 34 years, reported to training camp this year. Bobby Love, Ollie Dorohoy, Bob Bergeron and Lucien Dechene. Dechene played the 1949-50 season with the Vancouver Canucks. Except for that season he has been with the Royals and has never missed a league game with that club. The other three have played all of their pro hockey with New West-minster. Rudy Filion is the lone representative from the Seattle club. He has been with that club continuously since 1948. George Senick, now with the Saskatoon Quakers, was a member of the Seattle Club when they turned pro in 1948. He played two full seasons with Spattle and started the third before being released to Saskatoon who were then playing amateur hockey. Senick finished the season with the Quakers and was with the club when Saskatoon joined the pro ranks in 1951. Except for a few weeks the New York Rangers last season, Senick has spent all his time with Saskatoon.</p><p>Tacoma had three players who have been with the league and Tacoma for the five seasons professional hockey has been played on the Coast. Doug Adam, Wingy Johnston and goalie Doug Stevenson. Adam and Johnston will report to Seattle and Stevenson is now the property of the Vacouver Canucks.</p><h2>Kerr Another Veteran</h2><p>Gordie Kerr is another veteran of the league. He turned pro with Seattle in 1948 and played that season with them, moving to Portland the following season and then back to Seattle for the 1950-51 season. He has been with Tacoma the past two seasons and will report to Vancouver this year. Vancouver do not have a player on their roster that started the 1948 season with them.</p><p>Victoria joined the league in 1949 and only Fiori Goegan of the original lineup will report to training camp. Eddie Dorohoy joined the club shortly after the start of the 1949-50 season and has been a fixture with the club ever since.</p><p>The three Prairie clubs joined the League at the start of the 1951-52 season. Saskatoon have seven of their original club back including George Senick. The others are: Alex Kaleta, Chuck McCullough, Cy Rouse, Howie Milford, Murray Parker and Bill Heindl. Should John Chad come out of retirement he will make the eighth. Calgary have Archie Scott, Frank Ashworth and Bill Shvetz of their original team back. Edmonton will have Earl Johnson and Jim Uniac.</p><h2>Daddy Of Them All</h2><p>Bobby Love of New Westminster can well be classed the &lsquo;daddy&rsquo; of them all. Love has the unique record of not having missed a single league or playoff game in the five years he and the league have played professional hockey. He has played 351 league and 55 playoff games for a total of 406 consecutive games. He holds the league record for assists, 233 and the most points, 359 during regular league games. In the 55 playoff games he has added 17 goals, 14 assists for another 31 points to give him a grand total of 390 scoring points. During all of these games he has only spent 58 minutes in the penalty box.</p><p>Lucien Dechene would also have had a perfect record for league play had he arrived in time to play the girst game of the 1949-50 season. Dechene, then the property of the Providence Reds of the American League was loaned to Vancouver for the season but was unable to get to Vancouver in time for the opening game. He arrived for the second game of the season and played the next 69 without relief. The next three seasons he was with the New Westminster Royals where he spent the 1948-49 season. In all he has played 349 league games. Injuries forced him out of one playoff game last spring.</p><p>In the five seasons Bob Bergeron has been with the New Westminster Royals he has played all games in four of them and 61 out of 70 In the fifth. He missed nine games when he was hospitalized after the automobile crash which claimed the life of Dutch Evers, He has played in all of his clubs 55 playoff games.</p><h2><b>Steady</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01305/2265531-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="598" height="601"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOBBY LOVE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bobby Love Has Unique WHL Record, Hasn’t Missed A Game In Five Years

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>When Lynn Patrick brings his Bruins into Boston Garden for their opening game with Montreal a week hence, he&rsquo;ll have new faces in his lineup.</p><p>That&rsquo;s a reasonable assumption. In view of training camp developments here, Patrick made up his mind on one point. He would award positions to players winning them.</p><p>His adherence to that attitude may produce two new forwards for viewing by Boston fans in the opening game with Canadiens.</p><p>One of the newcomers is a player long familiar to National League audiences, Centres Cal Gardner.</p><p>The other is a generously-proportioned left wing with only junior hockey for a background, Doug &ldquo;Diesel&rdquo; Mohns.</p><p>When the Bruins acquired the 29-year-old Gardner from the Chicago Black Hawks in mid-summer, Patrick envisioned him as a handy man to have around, able to fill in at any forward position and kill penalties.</p><p>Gardner&rsquo;s performances here have changed Patrick&rsquo;s mind, and possibly the makeup of at least one of his forward lines as well.</p><p>&ldquo;Cal has always been a hustler,&rdquo; declared Lynn, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;ve never seen him more aggressive than he has been here. He&rsquo;s showing me that he wants to play regularly.</p><p>&ldquo;On what he has done here, I&rsquo;m now thinking of him strictly in terms of centre. He is going to be extremely valuable, or I&rsquo;ll miss my guess.&rdquo;</p><p>It was figured that Gardner, with his experience, had a good chance of joining a centre group of Capt. Milt Schmidt, Dave Creighton and all-star Fleming Mackell, but Mohns&rsquo; step into prominence has been a surprise.</p><p>A 20-year-old blond who established a scoring reputation with the junior champion Barrie Flyers a year ago, Mohns has waded right into the wide-open fight for left wing positions here. At this point, he has gained considerable ground.</p><p>Until Eddie Sandford staged his late-season rush a year ago, the Bruins were short of firepower on their port side, with Jack McIntyre scoring spasmodically and Real Chevrefils hitting a long drought.</p><p>Thus Patrick&rsquo;s eye has been cocked for a left wing with punch, and Mohns has shown promise of fitting the bill.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a possibility to make the team despite his inexperience,&rdquo; admitted Patrick. &ldquo;He is goodsized (180 pounds), has a good shot, and he has good fakes. He may win a job for himself before we leave.&rdquo;</p><p>The way the Bruins are shaking down in exhibition games with the Hershey Bears, it seems likely that the only other varsity player not around for last year&rsquo;s opener will be Frank Martin, the 20-year-old defenseman.</p><p>Patrick is planning on five defenseman, expecting to use them all, and young Martin will supplement veterans Bill Quackenbush and Hal Laycoe and sophomores Bob Armstrong and Warren Godfrey.</p><p>Other regular scheduled to return to Boston include Johnny Peirson, Joe Klukay and Leo La-Bine, with Patrick having a number of choices for reserve positions.</p><p>This is Lynn&rsquo;s fourth season as Bruins&rsquo; coach, and the team&rsquo;s record has been one of progress under his direction. It is his hope that it will pick up where it left off last spring, when it reached the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after shaking off a mid-year epidemic of injuries.</p><h2>Impressive</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01281/2265562-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="568" height="900"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CAL GARDNER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Patrick Really Hepped On Gardner, May Use ex-Hawk on New Centre Line

<p>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;</p><p>Scorers in the Western Hockey League may not be quite up to National Hockey League calibre, but they aren&rsquo;t any slouches either.</p><p>To date there are 10 players in the loop who have slipped the puck Into enemy cordage more than 100 times in their WHL careers.</p><p>The two leaders, now both with Seattle but formerly of Tacoma, Wash., are Doug Admas with 178 and Wingy Johnston with 146.</p><p>Three players, Bobby Love of New Westminster, Gordie Kerr of Seattle, Portland, Tacoma and currently playing for Vancouver, and George Johnston of Seattle have passed the 200 mark in assists. Love has 233, Kerr 209 and Filion 208.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WHL Boys Score

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0131/2265638-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="252" height="298"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0233/2265631-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="263" height="305"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0326/2265624-1-eng-US/c0004-032.jpg" title="C0004-03" width="3039" height="1983"><figcaption class="caption-body">Shown above are the Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions of 1945-46. Top row, left to right: Bobby Filion, Leo Lamoureux, Jimmy Peters, Butch Bouchard, Kenny Mosdell, Kenny Reardon, Murph Chamberlain. Second row: Ernie Cook, trainer, Frankie Eddolls, Billy Reay, Joe Benoit, Dutch Hiller, Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, Gerry Plamondon, Hector Dubois, assistant trainer. Front row: Coach Dick Irvin, Glen Harmon, Maurice Richard, Bill Durnan, Toe Black, Elmer Lach and Tommy Gorman, manager. OF the group only five are still playing in the National Hockey League. Can you pick &rsquo;em out?</figcaption></div><h2><b>Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge of the Thirties</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0416/2265617-1-eng-US/c0004-042.jpg" title="C0004-04" width="2410" height="1442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lore&rsquo;s the famous Canadians&rsquo; team of the early thirties that won the coveted Stanley Cup two years running. Top row: Jim McKonna, trainer, Battleship Leduc, Marty Burke, Georco Hainsworth, Sylvio Mantha, Art Lesieur, Ed. Dufour, assistant trainer. Middle row: Armand Mondou, George Mantha, Wildor Larochelle and Gus Rivers. Bottom row: Cecil Hart, Pit Lepine, Aurele Joliat, Howie Morenz, Johnny Gagnon, Nick Wasnie, Leo Dandurand and Joe Cattarinich.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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