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October 10, 1953
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Litz Nearly As Big As Jean Beliveau
BELIVEAU and LITZENBERGER both run to size. The measurements favor big Jean slightly, since he stands six-feet-three and a half inches tall, to Litzenberger’s six-feet-three. Beliveau came to Canadiens training camp this fall weighing 225 pounds but rapidly shed weight until he was just over the 200-mark. Litz’s best playing weight is around 190 pounds.…
Signing Of Beliveau Ends String of Rumors
MONTREAL, Que.— If nothing else, the final signing of Beliveau will bring an end to a series of unfounded rumors that ran the gamut all the way from Canadiens’ offering him $100,000 to the almost absurb report that Rocket Richard was going to retire if he was signed. The same rumors were prevalent in Quebec City when Beliveau was dickering with Canadiens two years ago. It was rumored at that time, that in order to keep him in Quebec, people with the Aces interest at heart, had offered him a tavern and restaurant, to stay with them. Actually, Beliveau hasn’t received half of these fabulous offerings. He settled for some furniture as payment for. his three-game lend-lease stint last winter and his contract, while a good, solid financial affair, is by no means…
Sports Mill
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.— PUCK PATTER … The much-travelled hockey man, Don Penniston, dropped into the Soo camp the other day and said that he had been talking with Sid Abel, the Chihawks boss at Pembroke—“Sid tells me that Larry Wilson and Larry Zeidel have been playing very well for his club in training, and expects them to help his team a lot this winter,” related the veteran Penniston… Flyers gave the pair a chance at big-league hockey by selling them to Chicago, but it’s conceivable that If they hadn’t made the grade, Edmonton would have attempted to buy them back. After all, the only idea in relinquishing them was so as not to retard deserved promotion. Penniston, who puts in the off season in the parimutuel plants at Blue Bonnets…
How the Experts Saw the Finish
Bax O’Meara Montreal Star 1. Detroit 2. Montreal 3. Boston 4. Toronto 5. Chicago 6. New York Bob Hesketh Toronto Telegram 1. Montreal 2. Detroit 3. Toronto 4. Boston 5. New York 6. Chicago Dana Moxley New York News 1. Montreal 2. Detroit 3. Boston 4. New York 5. Toronto 6. Chicago Bud Booth Chicago Correspondent The Hockey News 1. Montreal 2. Detroit 3. Toronto 4. Chicago 5. Boston 6. New York Marshall Dann Detroit Free Press 1. Detroit 2. Montreal 3. Toronto 4. Boston 5. Chicago 6. New York Herb Ralby Boston Globe 1. Boston 2. Montreal 3. Detroit 4. Toronto 5. Chicago 6. New York Elmer Ferguson Montreal Herald 1. Montreal 2. Toronto 3. Detroit 4. Boston 5. Chicago 6. New York Stan Houston Toronto Telegram 1. Montreal 2. Detroit 3. Toronto 4. Boston 5. New York 6. Chicago Barney Kremenko New York Journal American 1. Montreal 2. Detroit 3. Boston 4. New York 5. Toronto 6. Chicago Ed Burns Chicago Tribune 1. Detroit 2. Montreal 3. Toronto 4. Chicago 5. Boston 6. New York Al Nagler Station WJBK 1. Detroit 2. Montreal 3. Toronto 4. Boston 5. Chicago 6. New York Roger Barry Quincy Patriot-Ledger 1. Detroit 2. Montreal 3. Toronto 4. Boston 5. Chicago 6. New York Dink Carroll Montreal Gazette 1. Montreal 2. Detroit 3. Boston 4. Toronto 5. New York 6. Chicago Jim Vipond Toronto Globe & Mail 1. Montreal 2. Boston 3.…
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