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November 7, 1953
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Mighty Mercs Maintain Cracking Pace in IHL
CINCINNATI, 0.— Things are really popping in the International Hockey League, with Toledo Mercurys, unbeaten in their first five starts, taking over the top spot. There were some surprising developments, not the least of which were the two straight defeats suffered by the powerful Cincinnati Mohawks at the hands of lowly Louisville and Milwaukee clubs. Troy moved into undisputed possession of second place, one point behind Toledo, while Cincinnati was relegated to a tie with Marion for third. Johnstown, Pa., was fifth, with Grand Rapids and Ft. Wayne deadlocked for sixth and Milwaukee and Louisville sharing the cellar berth. Right now, only five points separate the league-leading Mercs from the two sixth-place sextets in the wide-open IHL race. All nine of the teams in the mid-western United States conference have won at least once…
Martin Joins Howe As Only Other NHL Ambidextrous Shot
BOSTON, Mass.— Move over Gordon Howe, you’re no longer the only ambidextrous shot in the National league! The Boston Bruins have one of their own in Frank Martin, their 195-pound rookie defensemen. Martin’s unusual talent was a hidden one until it popped into prominence in a game in Chicago, when he fired a righthanded long shot at Al Rollins which the great Chicago goalie blocked with an acrobatic lunge. Only a night earlier Martin had scored his first major league goal with a blistering left-handed shot from 60 feet which handcuffed Toronto’s Harry Lumley. “Oh, sure,” confirmed the taciturn 2 0-year old, “I shoot righthanded some of the time. I just never happened to have the same setup in a Bruins’ game before, with the puck coming to me on the right side.” As a baseball…
Rough and Ready Rayner Keeps West Wild, Woolly
EDMONTON, Alta.— It could be that the combination of goalkeeper Charlie Rayner and the Edmonton Exhibition Gardens adds up to fireworks — with a capital ‘F’, of course. ‘Prince Charlie’, as he came to be known during the lengthy, and meritorious National Hockey League career, was back in the Gardens the night of October 23rd, after an absence of 13 years. And once again, as they had the last time he was here — during the Memorial Cup playdowns in the spring of 1940 — the sparks flew. The Saskatoon Quakers, for whom Rayner tends the cage, and Bud. Poile’s Edmonton Flyers staked a hurly-burly affair that came close to getting out of all semblance of control in the latter stages. Rayner wound up tangling with a spectator and, along with his teammates, was…
Dipsy-Doodler Steadies Eager Rookies
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The city that hasn’t had a good hockey team in 12 years is beginning to sit up and take notice of its new Rangers. Their continuous hustle and will to win has become infectious, for one thing. For another, they finally have a touch of class — a fellow named Max Bentley. Bentley, the old dipsy-doodler, has caught the crowd’s fancy. A happy player again now that his health Is blooming, the 33-year-old veteran would appear to be just as able as he ever was. And the Bentley ability hasn’t been matched by a Ranger, in retrospect, for a good many seasons. “He’s given us tremendous color,” manager-coach Frank Boucher said, knowingly, after a recent game at the Garden. “Max’s sensational rushes lift you off your chair. It’s been a…
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