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August 1, 1954

The Hockey News August 1, 1954

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01240/1314233-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">TWO OTHER NHL golf teams will swing into action this month at the Labatts. Open in Toronto. Eddie Sandford (left) and Warren Godfrey (right) in top left photo, will carry the colors of the Boston Bruins while the Wings will be represented by Earl (Dutch) Reibel (swinging at right) and Leonard (Red) Kelly, in the rough above left.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

They’ll Challenge for NHL Golf Title

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02192/1314288-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg"></div>You know right well that you&rsquo;ll want to know what your favorite hockey star is doing during the summer months; what players are being traded; what players are being given their unconditional release. You&rsquo;ll also be eager to find out what plans your team is making for the coming season and what players they plan to bring up next season.The Best Way To Know All This is by becoming a Year-Round Subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS. You see, THE HOCKEY NEWS is not sold at arenas during the summer months but this year it will be available at the newsstands during that period. This way you will be sure of receiving the five snappy monthly summer issues just as soon as they&rsquo;re off the press.THE HOCKEY NEWS features plenty of lengthy profiles on players in the summer issues and oodles of candid pictures showing that favorite puck star of yours in such poses as playing baseball, on the golf links, milking cows, pitching hay, running the store, and countless others. We at THE HOCKEY NEWS do our utmost to see that you don&rsquo;t lose track of your favorite players during those five months that THE HOCKEY NEWS suspends weekly publication (May to September).A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.Canadian Remittances &mdash; $3.00 Payable by Postal Bank or Telegraph Money. Order.U. S. A. Remittances &mdash;$4.00 Payable by Postal Note Bank or Express Money Order or personal cheque in U.S. funds.Fill in Form Above and Send Postal Note or Money Order &#9632;

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YOU’LL BE SORRY!

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0252/1314378-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="248" height="302"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0153/1314385-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="239" height="285"></div>SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.&mdash;What should an NHL star do when he returns to his home-town for the summer? That may pose a problem for many big-time hockey stars. Not for energetic Marty (Sabu) Pavelich of Detroit Red Wing fame. He returned to his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, this summer to play a big role in developing minor baseball, conducting a special baseball school for all young boys in the city and district and even helping coach a bantam baseball team. And if this wasn&rsquo;t enough, Marty returned to the coaching duties of Lock City Beverages, the leading senior baseball team he led to the International championship last year.<h2>The City&rsquo;s Great Idol</h2>To say that Marty Pavelich is an idol among the younger boys of this fine, sports-minded community would be putting it very mildly. The kids adore Sabu!&hellip; they simply love the guy.He gained widespread recognition from sports and civic leaders for acting as head-coach of a special baseball school. This school was expanded in August following a trial run last summer. Close to 300 youngsters were on hand to learn the basic fundamentals of the sport. An accomplished baseball star himself, Marty Pavelich is well qualified to act as head coach of a baseball school. The immediate effect of the school is the generating of a newborn interest in baseball.For many years this sport faded away in the summer, but lately senior baseball has made a great comeback. Marty Pavelich felt that if senior baseball was to thrive and became a permanent fixture on the local sports scene, something should be done to create a reservoir of talent. Thus, was the birth of the city&rsquo;s first baseball school.Joe Krmpotich, former hockey star and now an employee of a leading local business, conceived the idea first of the school, interested Marty in the idea and once Sabu went overboard for the idea it was only a matter of time for an outstanding school to develop. Marty put his whole heart and soul into the project.The greatest signifiance of the school is that several baseball players were actually created by this school.This is going to have far-reaching consequences for the future One of the direct results of the baseball school was the enlargement of the minor baseball leagues. So many young boys took an interest in baseball because Marty Pavelich was head coach at the school, that they literally cried to get on an organized team.We asked one of the great baseball leaders in the community, Louis Souliere, what he thought about the baseball school.&ldquo;The work done by Marty Pavelich as head coach cannot be exaggerated. It is something this great sports city has needed for a long time. Marty worked hard along with fellows like Eddie Klym and Joe Krmpotich to make this school a success. Baseball is going to expand and become even more successful as the direct result of this school. You could say that Pavelich is the greatest ambassador of goodwill for baseball to come along in the last 15 years.&rdquo; That was a tribute from Louis Souliere, one of the all-time baseball greats in this district.<h2>His Work Is Ten Fold</h2>But Marty&rsquo;s work goes far beyond just playing or coaching. He is inspiring other people to plan and work for bigger things. For example, he is playing a big part in promoting the drive to build bigger and better playing fields in the community. He is aiding a special community centres board now well underway in giving the city a big-time ball park. With Marty&rsquo;s help, it&rsquo;s now quite possible that floodlights will soon come out of the dream stage into reality. Pavelich has prestige and stature, and the point is that he lends these fine qualities to anything which will help the community.Probably one little story may sum up the work of Marty Pavelich in his home-town during the off season. His old friend Joe Krmpotich is running a bantam baseball team. They never won a game for most of the season. Joe asked Marty to give him a hand. The team caught fire soquickly it wasn&rsquo;t long before it was an entirely different team, winning its share of games.<h2>Professor Sabu At Class</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0350/1314371-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="1749" height="1189"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0438/1314364-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="1740" height="1188"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-058/1314357-1-eng-US/c4-052.jpg" title="C4-05" width="1743" height="1147"></div> &#9632;

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Pavelich Directs Soo Baseball School

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0556/1313865-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"></div><h2>A Hopeful Hawk</h2>Dear Sir:Chicago hockey fans are beginning to get a little hope for a good team next season as the Hawks seem to be making some good deals. But, the proof is in the pudding and not what goes into making it and we&rsquo;re hoping we don&rsquo;t end up with a bunch of spoiled grapes.One line that I would like to see is McIntyre, Sullivan, and Hildebrand. Considering Sullivan&rsquo;s record of assists, McIntyre&rsquo;s scoring potential and Hildebrand&rsquo;s fighting spirit, it would be quite an experiment to say the least.Last season, when the Hawks traded Bodnar to Boston, everyone was quite disgusted with the whole deal as Gus was one of the best poke-checkers on the team. Gus was also a good center and was sorely missed. But, may be Hassard will fill the bill.One thing the Hawks lacked last season was good defensemen. Gadsby did his share most of the time and Lee Fogolin certainly tried haard, but as tor Al Dewsbury, he could have stayed on the bench when it was his turn to be on the ice and he wouldn&rsquo;t have been missed. Gus Mortson is a good defenseman, but insisted on playing a forward. Tills was an unfortunate situation for Rollins asmost of the time, when Gus was merrily making a one-man drive, he would lose the puck and the Hawks defense would be caught flat-footed and that left poor Rollins all by himself.Of course, we&rsquo;d hate to lose Gus as he is a great scrapper and will generally stick up for anyone who might find himself in a boxing match.Larry Ziedel was another one who showed many a man it was a mistake to try to take advantage of him.As for our goalie, Rollins, he is the greatest. How Al ever finished the season withough at least one nervous collapse is beyond everyone. Al, with some of his spectular saves, kept the team from losing every game by a score of about 20-0And, the proof is in the results of the games played while Al had the chicken pox and some other so called goalies took his place. The opposition had field days scoring goals on any shot that just happened to go near the goal mouth. The Hawks might just as well have played with an open net.There was also a lot to be desired in the forwards, but if men like Wharram, Wilson, Sullivan, McIntyre, Conacher, and Hildebrand will come through for the team, the Hawks are going to make it plenty rough for the other teams in the circuit. And, I for one, hope they will.George Smith Chicago, III.<h2>PUZZLED</h2>Dear Sirs:&mdash;I&rsquo;ve been reading that George (Red) Sullivan of Hershey (now Chicago) got his 89 assists by his capable passing enabling Dune Fisher and Lorne Ferguson to score 41 and 45 goals respectively.What I can&rsquo;t figure out is how come Don Marshall, centering Buffalo&rsquo;s great line of Gaye Stewart and Eddie Slowinski didn&rsquo;t get as many assist when you consiedr that Stewart scored 42 goals and Slowinski 38?To me it doesn&rsquo;t sound logical!Betty Wismer. BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;(There isn&rsquo;t any sound arguement to jour problem Betty except that the Hershey trio played more as a unit which would account for all those assists picked up by Sullivan. While the Buffalo boys functioned well as a line, they were not, perhaps as smooth a working passing trio as the Hershey three)<h2>Oops! We Slipped!</h2>Dear Sirs:In your last issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS you noteed that the Toronto Maple Leafs was the only team to win the Stanley Cup three times in a row.If you check back in your fyles you&rsquo;ll discover that the Montreal Victorias did it (1896-97, 189798, 1898-99) and Ottawa did it twice, (1902-3, 1903-4, 1904-5, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1912-13).Just thought you might like to be right about it.E. J. Sharbatz Detroit, Mich.<h2>IT WON&rsquo;T BE LONG</h2>Dear Sirs,How about an overall story on the Wings in general and Bill Dineen in particular&rdquo;Also a more detailed story on Red &ldquo;Farmer&rdquo; Kelly?&ldquo;Voice of Four&rdquo; Detroit, Mich.(Our Red Wing correspondent Marshall Dann, has finally given up trying to break par and will be devoting his time, busting his neck to keep you Red Wing fans happy. Marshall is sure to have a special piece on Dineen as well as Kelly in the near future. Keep writing and keep reading).<h2>High On Jackie</h2>Dear Sirs,I read in THE HOCKEY NEWS where there is some speculation as to who will take over as centre for Richard and Olmstead when and if Elmer Lach decides ta call it a carrer.I feel certain that the player isn&rsquo;t going to be some of those who have been already touted for the spot but Jackie Leclair, former Ottawa Senator, who now belongs to Canadians. The Habs obtained him from Buffalo for the rigths to Slowinski, Stewart and Babando.Leclair was a great junior and an even better senior and pro player with the Senators and I am sure that he is the man to fill Lach&rsquo;s big boots. I trust the Canadiens will give him a chance at the job.Ottawa, Ont. Don Murray.<h2>More Info</h2>Dear Sirs,I am a happy subcriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS and consider it the utmost in sports publications. There are however, several suggestions I would like to make that might improve slightly on your feature stories.1) I would prefer that instead of giving so much of a player&rsquo;s past team affiliations (most of which any hockey fan knows anyway), you devote more space to the player&rsquo;s off-season or off the ice activities. What does he work at during the summer, what other sports does he engage in, etc. etc.2) Why not have your features on rookie players exclusively rather than on established stars like Howe, Richard and so on. I for one am well acquainted with the backgrounds of these players whereas there are some players in (or coming into) the NHL about whom I know very little.Hope these suggestions meet with your approval.Winnipeg, Man. Leo Goren. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

That&rsquo;s what pert and pretty Huguette Richard seems to be saying to her famous father &ldquo;The Rocket&rdquo; as he tunes up his golf game for the Labatt&rsquo;s Open in Toronto this month. Richard will partner Elmer Lach (top left) as they defend the Crown they was from Turk Dceda and Ted Kennedy last year. Lower left is the Leaf&rsquo;s luminaries, Jim Thomson, left and Kennedy. In addition, the Bruins and Wings will compete this year. &#9632;

“Here Pop, I’ll Show Ya”

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Like confetti in a high wind, controversy swirled around the decision of Dick Irvin, the master strategist of the Canadien bench, to withdraw as coach of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s All-Star team.Irvin told President Clarence Campbell of the NHL that he would be unable to go to Detroit with the All-Stars on Oct. 2 to meet the Stanley Cup champions because of other commitments.Campbell immediately conferred with the Toronto Maple Leafs and obtained permission to name King Clancy as Irvin&rsquo;s replacement.The game will mark Clancy&rsquo;s first appearance as an All-Star coach and he will be opposed by Jim Skinner, who has replaced Tommy Ivan at the helm of the Red Wings.Irvin said that Canadiens have some important exhibition games scheduled at the time of the All-Star tilt and that he considers getting his own team into shape more important than the annual October classic.&ldquo;All teams will be tougher this year,&rdquo; said Irvin. &ldquo;Boston and Chicago in particular have improved. The players they have acquired in off-season deals are better than the ones they have dropped.&rdquo;Reaction from Detroit was swift. An official of the Red Wings is reported to have said simply, &ldquo;Irvin is afraid to lead the all-stars into Detroit because he knows our club can beat them. So he&rsquo;s going to let Clancy take the rap.&rsquo;&ldquo;Also he&rsquo;s afraid that the fans won&rsquo;t welcome him here after his poor displays of sportsmanship in April&rsquo;s Stanley Cup final. Failure of the Canadiens to shake hands with their conquerers still rankles.&rdquo;Canadiens training camp will open at the Verdun Auditorium on Sept. 15 where practice sessions also will be scheduled for the Cincinnati Mohawks, the Royals and the junior Habs, all farm clubs of the Montreal organization.Among those on deck will be Goose McCormack, hockey&rsquo;s gangling wit, who earlier had threatened to retire and become a playing coach in Trail, B.C. When the Canadien management pointed out that it would be impossible to waive McCormack out of professional hockey&mdash;some club would be sure to claim the smooth checker&mdash;he decided that he would return to Montreal for another campaign.&ldquo;I think that McCormack will help us a lot at centre,&rdquo; said Irvin, &ldquo;and with Elmer Lach retiring, I hope that Kenny Mosdell gets off to a good start like last year.&rdquo;Referring again to the all-star game, Irvin pointed out that the Canadiens will have only three men in action&mdash;Doug Harvey, Mosdell and Maurice Richard.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ll be going to Detroit,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m staying home. I cant afford to be away over the week-end of Oct. 2 with the schedule due to open on Oct. 7 and a tight race in prospect.&rdquo;<h2>Says No&hellip;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01165/1313448-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="554" height="562"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK IRVIN</figcaption></div><h2>&hellip;He&rsquo;ll Go</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02149/1313441-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="594" height="608"><figcaption class="caption-body">KING CLANCY</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Irvin Bypasses All-Star Game Will Leave On Tour with Habs

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The unconditional release of Woody Dumart didn&rsquo;t bring an era to an end here, but it leaves the Boston Bruins with only one remaining link to the past.When Dumart was given clearance to make a deal for himself last month, the Bruins were left with only ont holdover from their pre-war days of eminence.Now only Capt. Milt Schimdt is left of the band which once ruled the arenas of the National League.Dumart may have been the first veteran to become ae victim of the new draft rule, that which limits the number of players a major league team can protect. At the age of 36 he lost his place, presumably, to a younger player.Now Schmidt stands alone, until he decides that coaching, not playing is the life for him.Art Ross moulded two mighty hockey machines here. One was the team of the late &rsquo;20s and eary &lsquo;30s, the team of Eddie Shore, Lionel Hitchman, George Owen, Cooney Weiland, Dit Clapper, Dutch Gainer and Tiny Thompson.A hockey cycle brought that team&rsquo;s rule to an end, but a decade later the Bruins bounced back.The second time they were bigger, more aggressive and more talented than the first time, and they had Bill Cowley, Roy Conacher, John Crawford, Frank Brimsek, Eddie Wiseman, Flash Hollet, Terry Reardon and the Krauts.Perhaps hockey has never had another line like the Krauts, theree youngsters from the same Ontario city (Kitchener) who grew up together, played together and remained the closest of friends.Bobby Bauer was the oldest, Dumart the next, Schmidt three youngsters from the same Ontario city (Kitchener) who had its brightest hockey years.Bauer left first, after the 1946-47 season, saying, &ldquo;When fellows hit me who wouldn&rsquo;t have touched me a few years ago, it&rsquo;s time to quit&rdquo;.Dumart and Schmidt remained, and for the past four years Dumart&rsquo;s prospective retirement was a topic of general conversation. But the big chap fooled everyone, except himselfWoody wasn&rsquo;t a regular for the last three seasons, but as a utility forward he was invaluable. If he&rsquo;ll be remembered here for his blistering shot, he&rsquo;ll always be recalled for his defensive work against Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe in the Stanley Cup playoffs of 1953.Dumart has come close to leaving the Bruins before. Several years ago he was offered the job of hockey coach at an Ivy league college, but he chose to continue playing. A year ago he was offered the coaching job with an American league team, but again he chose to play.Now his connection with the Bruins has been severed officially after 20 years, and only Schmidt remains.<h2>Farewell NHL</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04112/1313479-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="550" height="564"><figcaption class="caption-body">WOODY DUMART</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Schmidt Sole Survivor Of Famed Kraut Line As Dumart Released

<div class="byline">by ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass&mdash;In the fall of 1950 the Boston Bruins engaged in one of the most hotly criticized player transaction in which any Boston team has ever engaged.They traded away a brawling young defenseman who was widely admired by their cash customers, both actual and potential.Not until last month was 111 will generated by that deal completely eradicated.The slate was finally wiped clean the day Manager Lynn Patrick announcer the acquisition from the Toronto Maple Leafs of Ferny Flaman.The Bruins&rsquo; attitude toward the trading of Flaman nearly four years ago was always that they had give him to get what they wanted, experienced forwards in Vic Lynn and Bill Ezinicki.But the frequent explanations of both Patrick and Art Ross, his predecessor, never made much impression on the listening hockey public. The sour taste left by the deal was increeased by the complete flop of Lynn and Ezinicki&rsquo;s success&mdash;as a golfer, not a hockey player.In the months and years following departure for Toronto, Patrick and Ross received enough critical letters from fans to fill a bevy of bushel baskets. The more direct criticism which they received defy counting.But if the favorable mail which Patrick has received since announcing the swap of Center Dave Creighton for Flaman hasn&rsquo;t matched the flow which Ferny&rsquo;s leaving created, it has only been because people have been too hot to write. The response has been both enthusiastic and favorable.Many here regret Creighton&rsquo;s departure, for like Flaman he came here as a youngster and he has played well. But rough and ready Ferny is back, and if the cost was high, what of it? We won&rsquo;t lose any more fights now!Actually, Flaman&rsquo;s popularity here was established on his aggressiveness, a conspicuous asset even in his days as a 15-year-old with the defunct Boston Olympics. Ferny may have the finesse which some defensemen have, but students of the game in any given crowd are too few to tabulate.What most people here feel is that the Bruins&rsquo; defense has been battered too often during his absence to suit them, that he never looked at home in a Toronto uniform, and now that he&rsquo;s back the Bruins will be aggressive again.Flaman, reportedly told by Conn Smythe last spring that he wouldn&rsquo;t play another season for Toronto, was delighted with the deal, which will enable him to operate his home in suburban Westwood on a year-round basis.He reports that the foot injury which bothered him for a goodly part of last season&mdash;he played, in keeping with his nature, when he shouldn&rsquo;t have&mdash;has disappeared, and that a summer of manual labor has him in good shape.The addition of the 192-pound husky will give Patrick a personnel problem in training camp next month, but of the type he likes. Now he has an abundance of defensemen, with Bob Armstrong, Hal Laycoe, Frank Martin, Bill Quackenbush and Warren Godfrey among those on the Bruins&rsquo; roster.<h2>Back To B&rsquo;s</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03137/1313517-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="532" height="900"><figcaption class="caption-body">FERN FLAMAN</figcaption></div><h2>Off To T&rsquo;s</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0588/1313510-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="562" height="906"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE CREIGHTON</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Return Of Flaman A Popular One With Fans

<div class="byline">By MARGARET SCOTT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;For a player who had trouble snaring a berth on the team at the start of the 1946-47 season, the Maple Leafs&rsquo; Jim Thomson has managed to maintain fairly steady employment. To date, he has participated in 523 regular games and 54 play-off games, which is sufficient indication that he is a pretty important man in the eyes of his employers.With another season looming over the horizon and great hockey brains swinging fresh plans into operation, it seems a safe guess that the Thomson name will figure prominently in Toronto&rsquo;s strategy to redeem the Stanley Cup. Second only to Ted Kennedy in point of service with the club, the 27-year-old Thomson will likely head the 1954-55 Maple Leaf defense brigadeBorn in Winnipeg, Man., February 27, 1927, James Richard Thomson played five years of minor hockey in that city before being discoverad by the late &lsquo;Squib&rdquo; Walker, who touted him as a future Leaf. In 1943 Thomson journeyed to Toronto and had a brief whirl with the Marlboro Juniors prior to joining St. Michael&rsquo;s College, While at St. Mikes he blazed himself a trail of glory and was a potent factor in their 1944 Memorial Cup victory.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01164/1313555-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="282" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Margaret Scott</figcaption></div>Thomson had a short, five game stay with the Leafs in 194 546, and was then farmed to Pittsburgh Hornets for further seasoning. He soon accustomed himself to pro company and his play in the AHL was somewhat sensational. Happy Leaf officials watched his progress \closely with an eye to future strength.When the 1946 training season rolled around Thomson found himself among a host of hopeful rearguards assembled at St. Catharines. Top contenders for permanent positions were Bob Gold-ham, Vic Grigg, Garth Boesch, Wally Stanowski and Harry Watson, whom the Leafs had acquired as a defense partner for Gold-ham.Since only five posts were available in the crowded defensive department there was keen competition among the Leafs&rsquo; potential bonecrushers. While the rest of the defense corps were turning in excellent efforts, Thomson had skated off to a shaky start, seemed unable to untrack himself and was displaying rather mediocre performances. Onlookers assumed he would head back to Pittsburgh for another season in Hornet livery.As the training schedule progressed Toronto officials became concerned at the sudden lapse in the clubs&rsquo; effectiveness as the defense became alarmingly weak. However, there was one bright spot in an otherwise gloomy situation. Jim Thomson had finally hit his stride and was showing he was big league calibre. He had been written back to the minors, but refused to believe the press clippings. A few deft changes by Conn Smythe soon set things on an even keel. He moved Watson to the forward line, sent Grigg to the minors and brought in rookie Gus Mortson from the Pittsburgh training camp to pair with Thomson, his former huddy at St. Michaels. The duo clicked immediately. They were nicknamed the &ldquo;Gold Dust Twins&rdquo; and formed one of the toughest defense combinations in the NHL.That was the year the Leafs were loaded with a roster of rookies. In addition to Mortson and Thomson, they had Joe Klu-kay, Bill Barilko, Garth Boesch and Howie Meeker. Early in the season their top defenseman. Bob Goldham, sustained an arm injury which sidelined him for the balance of the campaign. As a result, a heavy load of defensive duties fell upon the shoulders of rookie Thomson. He rose to the occasion and helped the Leafs battle their way to the Stanley Cup finals, and, to the amazement of many, dethrone the champion Montreal Canadiens. Jim Thomson was one of the most excited members of the team. The first player to enter the Toronto dressing room, he gleefully called to trainer Tim Daly, &ldquo;We did it, Tim! We won her! We&rsquo;re the Champs!&rdquo;Considering his part in the victory he had just cause to be gleeful. Even the Toronto Police Department had a kindly thought for Jim. Shortly after the victory, Thomson was driving at a speed of 30 in a 20 mile limit zone when overtaken by a police officer. After making the usual notes the officer said he would receive a summons within 10 days. &ldquo;I won&rsquo;t be here then,&rdquo; Thomson replied. &ldquo;I live in Winnipeg, I&rsquo;m just here for the hockey season.&rdquo; &ldquo;Who do you play for?&rdquo; inquired the wary officer. &ldquo;The Maple Leafs,&rdquo; Jim replied. The officer peered at him, grew visibly less stern, shoved his book back in his pocket and with a grin said, &ldquo;Well, when you come back next winter learn to read the traffic signs.&rdquo;Jim Thomson has come a long way since that incident. In just eight years of NHL competition he has drank a toast from the Stanley Cup on four occasions and helped his club garner a league title. He also managed to land a position on the second All-Star team in two successive years. The 5&rsquo;11&rsquo;&rsquo;, 175 pound blueline defender receiveed his early tuition from &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; Day, who coached him for several years. According to experts he is carbon copy of his tutor.Sad eyed and serious, Thomson is a hook check specialist who seems to do everything at a slow, easy pace. His unruffled, calm manner indicates a clear thinking hockeyist who remains level headed in the most aramtic moments. When the opposition puts on a ganging attack that has the Leafs under a barrage of rubber, Thomson is the man of the hour, the solid defender who relieves the pressure and effuses calmness.Thomson appears to excel at almost everything. He is a fine rusher, sets up perfect plays and is an expert at playing the point position. There is just one department where he is not exactly a ball of fire. He has trouble scoring goals. Jim&rsquo;s frugai output has been the cause of much good natured ribbing. Teammates contend that he wouldn&rsquo;t recognize a rival goalie if he fell over him, because he so seldom gets close to the net. Its a standing joke that he only gets to see his goaltending opponents by writing to Bee Hive for a picture. Frank Brimsek was Thomson&rsquo;s favorite target. Up to the 1950-51 season he had scored only six goals and five of them were against Brimsek. Despite this success, there is no<h2>&ldquo;HE DIDN&rsquo;T DO IT!&rdquo;</h2>truth in the rumour that Jim blasted Mr. Zero out of the league.Back in 1948-40, Thomson got trigger-happy and whacked in four goals, which still stands as a record for him. He later went on a scoring drought which lasted from March 14, 1951 to March 11, 1954, a total of 202 games. Thomson chose Montreal&rsquo;s Forum to end his scoring jinx and fired the clinching goal in a 3-0 Leafian victory over the Habitants. After the game a Montreal photographer entered the Toronto dressing room and asked Thom-son to pose for a picture. &ldquo;That was your 200th goal, huh;&rdquo; asked the enthusiastic photographer. &ldquo;Just my 10th,&rdquo; said the bewildered Thomson. The photographer left immediately.Today, Thomson is the only member of the famous 1946-47 rookie contingent to be wearing a Leaf uniform. With the exception of Barilko, whose disappearance in an aeroplane is still a mystery, the rest have either retired or gone to other clubs.-While he has spent a total of 742 minutes in the penalty box and is a robust individual who will readily enter a fray, Thomson is a quiet, gentlemanly young man off the ice. A neat, conservative dresser, he is an astute business-man and spends his summers and spare winter moments as manager of McKinnon Fuels Ltd. in Toronto. His pretty, blond wife, the former June McKinnon, is president of the firm.The Thomson&rsquo;s, who now live in suburban Leaside, were introduced in 1947 and married in 1950. Mrs. Thomson, a native of Brandon, Man., has been a hockey fan since childhood and is Jim&rsquo;s most enthusiastic supporter. Judging from past performances it looks as though she will have plenty to cheer about for some years to come.<h2>Jim Fits In As Chief Leaf</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02136/1313548-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1767" height="1962"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Thomson&hellip; A Steady Performer</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Big Jim Second to Ted Kennedy As Leaf Veteran

Toronto, Ont.Though Jim Thomson has only a total of 11 goals to his credit, his last goal was a dramatic, $1,000 effort which gave teatmmate Harry Lumley his first Vezina Trophy. The action took place last March 21, at Detroit Olympia in the last game of the schedule. Sawchuk and Lumley were battling it out for the goaltending honors.Lum began the game with 125 goals against to 131 Sawchuk, whose net had been invaded six times by Canadiens the previous night. The desperate Wings put on a tremendous drive, literally pouring rubber at Lumley. They scored six goals, which would have been sufficient to tie Sawchuk with Lumley, had Thomson not thumped home his second goal of the campaign. While the marker was scored with an assist from Lady Luck, it was, nevertheless, a goal. Lumley finally snaffled his elusive trophy, while Thomson, the scoreless wonder, was cloaked in glory. &#9632;

Jim’s Dramatic Goal Won “Vezina”

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Four NHL teams will be represented Tuesday, August 24, at The Labatt Open, Scarbore, (Toronto) when hockey stars tee off for the second National Hockey League Championship of Golf. This is a pretournament feature of Canada&rsquo;s biggest golf event&mdash;the four day Labatt Open for $26,500 purse. The NHL golf event will see Detroit and Boston pairs &ldquo;face off&rdquo; in one round; Montreal and Toronto (golf) stick handlers do the course in the other. Competition will be best-ball medal play. If two teams come up with the same best-ball score they will play a sudden death play-off.In last year&rsquo;s open it took them overtime to do it, but the Montreal Canadien team of Maurice (Rocket) Richard and Elmer Lach finally downed the Toronto Maple Leaf team of Turk Broda and Ted (Teeder) Kennedy for the &ldquo;National Hockey League Golf Championship&rdquo; in a preliminary exhibition to the $25,000 Labbatt Open at the Summerlea Course in Montreal.It was a best-ball match and the Canadien team had to go into &lsquo;overtime&rsquo;, finally winning on the 20th green.For the regulation 18 holes the Rocket shot 40-41 for a total of 81 while the other three participants came in with 79&rsquo;s. Broda had 40-39, Kennedy 37-42 and Lach 39-40. Kennedy&rsquo;s 37 was the low score for either nine. Each player holed out.Twice the Canadien pair managed to forge into a two-hole lead but the determined Leaf duo came back to knot the match, the last time in the &lsquo;third period&rsquo; when Kennedy and Broda took the 14th and 15th holes.The first extra hole, a 530-yarder, was halved in par fives. At the 20th, a difficult 445-yard par four, both Canadiens were down in fives but Kennedy blew a three-foot putt and had to be satisfied with a six. Broda over-shot the green with his second shot and was out of bounds, giving the Habs the &lsquo;Championship&rsquo;.Richard and Lach will defend the title by again representing Canadians while the Leaf colors will be carried by Teeder Kennedy and Jim Thomson.Eddie Sandford and Warren Godfrey will represent the Boston Bruins with Dutch Reibel and Red Kelly will carry the banner for the World Champion Detroit Red Wings.<div class="sidebar">Sports College has tested and approves BIKE Supports and BIKE Trainers Tope. &#9632;</div>

Lach and Rocket To Defend Crown Won Last Year

<div class="byline">By L.H. Gregory (Sports Editor, Portland Oregonian)</div><h2>Bobby Rowe&rsquo;s Favorite Hockey Player</h2>The favorite ice hockey player, and also the favorite all-around athletic character of the late Bobby Rowe, himself a great hockeyist in his day, and later for years owner-manager of the Portland Buckaroos&mdash;no one since Rowe has seemed able to make a success of hockey in Portland&mdash;was Moose Johnson&hellip;Bobby had dozens of stories about Moose. His best was of the championship game in which they were on rival teams, and Moose came roaring down with the puck on one of his celebrated bull rushes for the goal. Bobby meeting him on the defense line&hellip;&ldquo;Moose was a pretty rough fellow in those days, but so was I,&rdquo; Bobby would explain. &ldquo;I knew I had only one chance to stophim&mdash;the butt end of my hockey stick under his chin, and man, I gave it to him, and he went down! Some how or other I didn&rsquo;t get penalized&hellip;Moose didn&rsquo;t say a word, but got up, went back, and came booming down again, and once more I butt-ended him and sent him sprawling. It would have killed an ordinary man, and if it hadn&rsquo;t the ordinary man would certainly have attempted to kill me in retaliation&hellip; But Moose again said not a word, and came down the third time&mdash;for another butt-end. I did get penalized then, and for a major, which I certainly deserved, and while I was out Moose slammed down there and scored twice and beat us.&ldquo;I had been pretty murderous, but those were the old days when anything went in lee hockey you could get away with. I rather expected Moose would take it out on me personally when we next meet; so when I ran into him a little later I was ready to defend myself; but to my surprise he came up with a big smile and his hand held out, saying, &lsquo;No hard feelings, Bobby?&rsquo; Hard feelings, gee whiz! If he didn&rsquo;t have any I certainly didn&rsquo;t, so we shook hands and the Incident was closed&rsquo;.&rdquo;<h2>Moose Retires From Union Pacific</h2>Moose Johnson afterwards played here for Bobby, and we testify personally to what a tremendous hockeyist he was, though this was in the twilight of his career. Bobby used to call him one of the greatest hockey players that ever lived, who not only could carry the puck, but on defense never had an equal. A few years ago we saw this confirmed in an article from Montreal on all-time all-American ice-hockeyists, including the most famous National hockey league stars. It named Moose as one, with especial reference to his &ldquo;poke check.&rdquo; He was so strong in the arms that he used a stick with a longer handle than any other hockeyist could manage. When he couldn&rsquo;t stop a rush any other way, Moose would take his stick at the extreme end of the handle, reach out and poke the puck away&mdash;most marvelous of all &ldquo;poke checks,&rdquo; and so recognized even now.Moose, who was born in Montreal, not only played here, but came to Portland to live. In 1918 he first went to work for the Union Pacific as a freight brakeman on The Dalles Portland division. In 1923 he transferred to switchman in the Albina yards, and for 30 years to 1953, worked there. Last year he transferred again to passenger brakeman on the Idahoan&mdash;in all 36 years on the company rolls, but 31 years pretty much continuously&mdash;though in the early part with frequent leaves of absence to play hockey.<h2>Always Known As &lsquo;Moose&rsquo;</h2>Well, the other day came word from Walt Graydon of the Union Pacific that Moose had retired. And what do you suppose his first name is? We had never heard it before, for even in the phone book at one time it was &ldquo;Moose&rdquo; Johnson&mdash;Thomas E. Johnson, and we never would have recognized it. Moose, by the way, was almost as well known in Union Pacific circles as to hockeyists in his 27 seasons of senior and professional hockey. When he first announced July 1 that he was retiring, no one would believe him; but on July 9 he turned in his equipment and it became official.Moose seems to have headed immediately for Mexico, which he has always wished to see; means to get in &ldquo;lots of travel and fishing.&rdquo; The unexpectedness of Moose&rsquo;s retirement prevented any special ceremony in his honor, which there&rsquo;d otherwise have been. When he turned in his keys, Moose said, &ldquo;I enjoyed switching box cars almost as much as I liked to play ice hockey,&rdquo; quite a tribute to a railroad from a retiring employee&mdash;for Moose loved hockey so much he was still playing it and getting by on that &ldquo;poke check&rdquo; long after all members of what might be called his &ldquo;hockey class&rdquo; had graduated. &#9632;

Greg’s Gossip

<div class="byline">by Dink CarrolI (As Seen in the Montreal Gazette)</div><h2>Tommy Ivan&rsquo;s New Job</h2>It develops that the move which took Tommy Ivan from Detroit to Chicago was on the fire for something like six weeks before it was cooked. Jack Adams, general manager of the Red Wings, told John Walter, a Detroit sports writer, that James D. Norris, principal owner of the Black Hawks, had written him that far back asking him if he would let Ivan go to Chicago and if he thought Tommy could do a good job there.&ldquo;I answered that if he were to give Tommy full authority over Chicago&rsquo;s entire hockey operation, including the farm clubs, that because of the experience he had gained at Detroit he would be fully capable of handing the situation there&rdquo;. Jack told John Walter. &ldquo;I said he was fully deserving of the chance and that he would take the job with my blessing if it were offered to him&rdquo;.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01235/1313610-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="584" height="908"></div>Once boasting the largest attendance in the National League, the Hawks have finished in the cellar six of the last seven years and have gone deep in the red financially.Tommy&rsquo;s job will be to rebuild an organization that in recent years has excelled only at losing money, which may be quite a task. A contending team will bring the fans back, but where is he going to get the hockey players? However, that&rsquo;s his problem and he has three years in which to solve it, which is another way of saying that he has a three-year contract with the Hawks.There were three fellows in line to succeed Tommy at Detroit: Jim Skinner, coach of the Hamilton Cubs, the Red Wings&rsquo; junior farm club; Bud Poile, coach of the Edmonton Flyers, another Detroit farm, and Johnny Mitchell, the Red Wings&rsquo; chief scout. The job went to Skinner and now Detroit fans are asking, &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s Skinner?&rdquo;<h2>Who&rsquo;s Jimmy Skinner?</h2>This is something like the &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s Tommy Ivan?&rdquo; questions of seven seasons ago when Ivan joined the Red Wings as coach and the fans eyed his appointment querulously because he had never played professional hockey. Tommy had developed in the Red Wings&rsquo; farm system, starting at Brantfort where he coached a Detroit farm team, then at Guelph, Omaha, Indianapolis and thence to the Wings.The rundown on Skinner is somewhat similar. Now 37 years old, he joined Indianapolis as a player in 1944 and moved the next year to Omaha, where he was captain and assistant to Coach Mud Bruneteau. After the United States League disbanded, he coached the Windsor Spitfires and later shifted to other amateur teams, winding up last season in Hamilton.No other man in the Detroit organization except Jack Adams himself and Johnny Mitchell is as familiar with the playing styles of the current Red Wings as Skinner. Terry Sawchuk, Glen Skov, Johnny Wilson, Dutch Reibel, Earl Johnson, Marcel Pronovost and al Arbour have all played under him. He was also a teammate of Gordie Howe at Omaha.He was born in Selkirk, about 21 miles from Winnipeg, and is the father of two daughters. His father, James Skinner, sr., owns three Drive-in restaurants at Lockport, a summer resort in Manitoba. The restaurants are operated by the new Red Wing coach and his two brothers.&ldquo;Before I left home,&rdquo; Skinner said on his arrival in Detroit a few days ago, &ldquo;my dad said I could have all the time off I needed to handle the job here with the Red Wings.&rdquo;&ldquo;I hope he has some of the business ability of his father,&rdquo; Jack Adams told the Detroit hockey writers on hand to meet the new coach. &ldquo;His dad bought a piece of land in Manitoba and the government ended up building the trans-Canada highway and a couple more important roads right past it. That&rsquo;s where the restaurant is that Jimmy&rsquo;s been operating.&rdquo;<h2>&ldquo;The Little Round Man&rdquo;</h2>Described as friendly in manner, quiet and soft-spoken, Skinner has often been referred to as &ldquo;the little round man.&rdquo; If he were to report to Dick Irvin, the first thing Dick would tell him to do would be to take off weight.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m down to 205 pounds right now,&rdquo; Skinner, who is only five-feet-eight, announced in Detroit. &ldquo;I weighed 215 pounds last winter, but when I go on a hot-dog diet at our restaurants I lose weight. I hope to lose another 10 pounds.&rdquo;Jack Adams weighs over 200 pounds and Bruce and Marge Norris, the towering owners of the Red Wings, must be in the same bracket. Marge Norris approves of the appointment. She was quoted as saying:&ldquo;One reason we know Jimmy will do a good job is that with his stature he&rsquo;ll fit right in with the rest of the Red Wing management.&rdquo;Jack Adams has already indicated that there will be few, if any, changes in the player personnel of the Red Wings from the team which took it all last season.&ldquo;We could use another defenseman and right-winger, but unless somebody comes up with a real good offer the present Red Wings will stand intact. The only thing I&rsquo;m worried about is possible injuries to our top players.&rdquo;To the suggestion that he was gambling with an &ldquo;unknown&rdquo; in appointing Skinner as coach of the Red Wings, Adams replied:&ldquo;The more you see of him; the more you like him. He can handle men. That mild manner of his is deceiving&mdash;he can be tough.&rdquo; &#9632;

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playing the field

<div class="byline">By MARGARET SCOTT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;A cosy, friendly home on Harvie Avenue in Toronto&rsquo;s north end is the residence of one of the most rabid hockey fans in Canada. There you will find Mrs. John Quackenbush, wife of a popular Toronto police sergeant and mother of four strapping sons, two of whom, Bill and Max, have been making hockey headlines for a number of seasons.One might say that hockey is a necessity of life to the cheery Mrs. Quackenbush, who has spent most of the past five years confined to her home as a victim of arthritis. Despite this affliction, she has not allowed herself to lose touch with the game she loves so dearly. If possible, her interest has increased. Since her illness, Mrs. Quackenbush can usually be found in her special bed on the ground of her home. Visitors are greeted with an enfectious smile from this small, vivacious lady who is ready to talk hockey at the merest hint of the subject.After listening to Mr. and Mrs. Quackenbush reminisce of the days when all their sons were busily engaged with minor league schedules, you realize just how deeply hockey has become imbedded in their lives. &ldquo;We were usually in a turmoil,&rdquo; Mrs. Quackenbush explained. &ldquo;With the boys going to school and their hockey schedules conflicting, it posed quite a problem to get them fed and off to their respective teams. Of course, we had to see them play, so their Dad would drive them to the various rinks and then we would make the rounds of the games.&rdquo;Since the Quackenbush household has revolved around sports for over thirty years, it is small wonder that two outstanding atheletes should emerge from such an environment. When her boys first tried their hockey wings, Mrs. Quackenbush was always on hand to provide nourishing meals, a word of encouragement and a liberal supply of bandages.The Quackenbush&rsquo;s have raised hardy boys. When Ted, their second son, was 17, he lost an eye through a hockey accident. That tragic incident was a tremendous shock to his parents, but though it terminated Ted&rsquo;s hopes for an NHL career, it didn&rsquo;t prevent him from carrying on with the game.Until a few years ago Mrs. Quackenbush was able to accompany her husband to the games at Maple Leafs Gardens and to some of the all important playoff tilts in other cities. &ldquo;When Bill was with the Red Wings we sometimes went to Detroit to see the games. It was wonderful,&rdquo; she smiled, as though reliving some of the happiest moments of her life. Attending the games gave Mrs. Quackenbush immense pleasure. Known to a multitude in the sports world, she loved chatting with her friends, cheering for her favorites and the general excitement a hockey bame provides. As you might have guessed, she rarely missed a Red Wing visit when her son was wearing their colors.&ldquo;Since Bill joined the Bruins I have only been able to see him play twice,&rdquo; said Mrs. Quackenbush. Ironically, she was disappointed on both occasions. Two years ago, determined to see her son in his new uniform, she made the effort to go to the game only to see the Bruins lose 2-1 to the Leafs. Last November 14th, she was among the vast throng who saw Bill Quackenbush and teammate Real Chevrefils sustain fractured legs. &ldquo;It happened right in front of our seats,&rdquo; said Mrs. Quackenbush. &ldquo;I saw Bill fall and I was sure he was badly hurt. When they brought the stretcher I knew his leg was broken. To top it all off, a short time later Chevrefils was taken to the hospital. I guess I just choose the wrong games,&rdquo; she smiled.Despite the fact that she is usually confined to her home, Mrs. Quackenbush is still able to see her hockey games. Three years ago Bill presented his parents with a handsome television set, so his mother is able to keep well informed on the talents of the various players. Asked if she worries about injuries, Mrs. Quackenbush admits she still feels apprehensive, although she is not the constant worrier of previous years. &ldquo;I get pretty excited when the Bruins play in Toronto,&rdquo; she confessed. &ldquo;Sometimes I just can&rsquo;t watch the games on TV, I feel easier listening to the broadcast.&rdquo; Last season her youngest son. Max, played in the WHL with Calgary&rsquo;s Stampeders, so his mother had to cheer for him on a long distance basis.Talking to Mrs. Quackenbush is one of the nicest experience anyone can have. A witty conversationalist and a former school teacher, she has a wealth of hockey stories and anectodes with which to enthrall her listeners. She also possesses a treasury of precious hockey clippings which she has diligently saved and pasted into well worn scrapbooks. A few special pictures hang on the wall beside her bed. One shows Bill and Max when they were Bruin teammates. The others are of Ted, and Jack, the eldest son, who now holds the rank of Lieutenant in the Canadian Army.Mrs. Quackenbush manages to keep well informed on her sons&rsquo; statistics, although last season, with Max toiling for the Stampeders and Bill playing with Boston, she was kept hopping track of all their games. However, with the aid of schedules and a generous supply of newspapers, she had all the facts and figures at her finger tips.If Mrs. Quackenbush should happen to run into a little trouble keeping all her data in order, she can always depend upon her husband for a helping hand. Mr. Quackenbush ranks with the experts when it comes to hockey. A tall, friendly man, with merry eyes and a keen sense of humour, he is a regular patron at the Gardens and can generally be found occupying his accustomed rail seat at the north end of the rink. He seldom betrays any emotion at the games, but if the Bruins are not the visitors, he usually has a keen eye trained upon the out of town scoreboard to see how son Bill&rsquo;s team is faring.Now that Max Quackenbush has been obtained by the Chicago Black Hawks it looks as though the elder Quackenbushes are going to have a busy winter. How do they feel about their sons&rsquo; opposing each other? They seem to be taking things pretty calmly. &ldquo;If Max plays for the Hawks, we&rsquo;ll just have to cheer for two teams,&rdquo; laughed Mrs. Quackenbush &ldquo;When the Bruins play Chicag we&rsquo;ll leave the outcome to Fate.&rsquo;Mr. and Mrs. Quackenbush are already anticipating the coming; hockey season. That old song &ldquo;Saturday night is the loneliest night of the Week,&rdquo; might well apply to them. &ldquo;You know, when the hockey season ends we feel lost for the first few weeks,&rdquo; revealed Mrs. Quackenbush. &ldquo;About this time of the year I automatically start thinking about the new season. Once you get interested in that game you&rsquo;re an addict for life.&rdquo;It is to be hoped that the 1954-55 campaign will find Mrs. Quackenbush viewing the games from her own rail seat, but regardless of her location, it&rsquo;s a certainty that she will be in her glory. A lady with an abundance of happy memories and a fine, courageous spirit, she is a great example for all of us. As long as there are parents like Mr. and Mrs. Quackenbush in the world, the NHL can continue to ice some mighty fine hockeyists.<h2>Has Company</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01185/1313689-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="588" height="610"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL QUACKENBUSH</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Mrs. Quackenbush A Real Fan With Sons Bill, Max In NHL

<div class="byline">By MARGARET SCOTT</div>MOST ENJOYABLE MOVIE:Has no special favorite, but likes all Westerns.BEST ACTRESSES:Jane Allyson & Jane PowellBEST GIRL VOCALIST:The McGuire SistersBEST MALE VOCALIST:Perry ComoFAVORITE ORCHESTRAS:Tommy Dorsey, Tex Beneke and the original Glenn Miller band.FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC:PopularBEST POPULAR COMPOSITION:Dean Martin&rsquo;s recording of &ldquo;That&rsquo;s Amore.&rdquo;FAVORITE HOBBY:Woodworking.FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT:Waskesiu Lake, Prince Albert, Sask.LIKES TO READ:Anything by Mickey SpillaneFAVORITE RADIO PROGRAM:&ldquo;Dragnet.&rdquo;FAVORITE TV PROGRAM:&ldquo;I Love Lucy.&rdquo;GREATEST THRILL IN HOCKEY:Helping Cleveland Barons win the Calder Cup in 1952-53.IN THE SUMMER:Makes his home in Prince Albert and is manager of a restaurant at Waskesiu Lake.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02162/1313720-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="303" height="463"></div> &#9632;

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Inside Stuff About… JOHNNY BOWER

Anniversary Ale was brewed for just such an occasion. The lightest and smoothest of all ales, it leaves no regrets. Yet Anniversary contains all the traditional Labatt&rsquo;s* body and character to brighten an already glad occasion. Luckily there&rsquo;s no need to wait for a killing at cards to celebrate with Anniversary Ale. The combination of a thirst and a bottle, or better still a case, of lighter, smoother Anniversary Ale is an occasion in itself. John Labatt Limited.*The swing is definitely toLABATT&rsquo;S<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03125/1313758-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="603" height="1956"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04100/1313751-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="138" height="134"></div> &#9632;</div>

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An occasion for celebrating!

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st. 1947Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 Ste. Catherine Street WestMontreal 25, Que.Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953. at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y.. under the Act of March 3rd, 1879 Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department. OttawaMember of the Audit Bureau of CirculationPrinted in Canada &#9632;

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01257/1313834-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="444" height="488"></div>NEIL COLVILLE, the Vancouveer ice cream merchant, might buy into the Victoria Cougars, according to Dick Beddoes of the Vancouver Sun&hellip; If he does Neil&rsquo;s associate will be Lester Patrick, once his boss at New York&hellip; Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen of the OHA Senior League grabbed a prize one when Hugh. Barlow of the Memorial Cup champion St. Catharines Tee Pees inked a contract for next season &hellip;Barlow was the second highest scorer in the OHA Junior League last year &hellip;Frank Currie, coach of the Calgary Stampeders, hopes to work out a deal whereby Colin Kilburn will join the Stamps next season. Currie has always been very high on Kilburn &hellip;Herbie Lewis, former star winger with Detroit Red Wings, recently had a lung removed &hellip;Herbie.is well established in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he runs a packing plant&hellip; Gordie Knutson. ex-Regina Pats Jr. ace and Montreal Royals Sr. star, is now a full-fledged dentist. But that isn&rsquo;t enough for the studious center. He now wants to take up medicine and plans to commence his studies this fall &hellip;Adolph Kukulowicz, the tall prospect of the New York Rangers, is the new playing-coach of the CUAC Blues of the Greater Winnipeg Junior Baseball League &hellip;Nick Mickoski of the Rangers also spends his summers in his native Winnipeg. Nick is developing into quite a golfer and a fair showing in the Manitoba Amateur which was won by Indian Jack Jacobs of football fame &hellip;Garth Boesch, former ace defenseman with Toronto Maple Leafs, proved he could wield a shotgun as well as a hockey stick in Regina the other day when he won the ATA Trophy for doubles at a provincial shoot &hellip;Garth&rsquo;s wife won the women&rsquo;s singles crown in the same competition.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02147/1313827-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="291" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fronk Currie</figcaption></div>NELSON MAPLE LEAFS of the Western International League are anxious to sign Chuck Rayner as coach for next season&hellip; The one-time New York Ranger great and last season with Saskatoon Quakers of the WHL, Rayner, recently played in a mid-summer exhibition game at Nelson&hellip; There is also the possibility that the Nelson Leafs will enter into a player agreement with the Rangers &hellip;Bud Booth, Chicago correspondent of THE HOCKEY NEWS, became a father for the second time during the summer. It&rsquo;s another girl for Joan and Bud!&hellip; Tiger Goldstick, veteran hockey trainer from Edmonton, thinks the Flyers will be the club to beat in the Western League next season &hellip;Miss Barbara Bannerman and Jim Davison, hard-working aides of Jim Paul at the Edmonton Arena, feel much the same as Goldstick &hellip;Jimmy Arnott, well-known Pacific Coast League player of several years ago, is now in charge of the mutual dept, for all race tracks on the prairie circuit &hellip;Babe Pratt says that if Santa Barbara ever enters the Western League they will have to called the Santa Barbara Stanwycks &hellip;Jack Adams, who originally comes from Fort William, Ont., has held United States citizenship papers for 19 years now &hellip;He went down to defeat in his first try at Detroit politics, but even so he received well over 10,000 votes &hellip;Close to $900 was raised at the Terry Brennan Benefit softball game played in Montreal recently&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0383/1313820-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="312" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div>CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS will move their offices from 610 North La Salle Street to the Chicago Stadium at the end of the month. The Hawk offices had always been at 610 La Salle St. for that&rsquo;s the building where the original owner, Major Frederick McLaughlin, had his coffee business&hellip; Bobby Hassard, one of Chicago&rsquo;s newcomers this season, is keeping in tip top condition during the summer playing basebail. Hassard is a better than average first baseman and catcher in a fast senior loop around Toronto &hellip;Did you know that Bob Bedard of Sherbrooke, Que., one of Canada&rsquo;s Davis Cup members, refereed 20 games in the Maritime Major Hockey League last winter? &hellip;Glace Bay fans became so incensed at him during one game that they almost mobbed him when the game was over &hellip;Fred H. Morris is the Detroit photographer who took the picture of John Wilson&rsquo;s wedding that appeared in the June issue of HOCKEY NEWS &hellip;Morris took the pictures at Lindsay&rsquo;s, Howe&rsquo;s and Sawchuk&rsquo;s weddings &hellip;The National Hockey League promised the International Hockey Hall of Fame at Kingston, Ont. $30,000 back in 1949 to assist in the building of the Hall. The money was officially set aside by the NHL this summer &hellip;Gen Mayhew, secretary-treasurer of the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association, spoke to Junior hockey-operators in Western Canada at a meeting early this month held in Winnipeg&hellip;Mayhew prepared a brief entitled, &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Keep Hockey Canada&rsquo;s Greatest Game.&rdquo;&hellip;He pointed out that in 2 3 Memorial Cup games in the last five years, the East has won 20.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0461/1313813-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="308" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Nick Mickoski</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0652/1313896-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="600" height="288"></div>Aug. 16 to Sept. 1516&mdash;CURICK, Leo, Syracuse, forward, 1927.17&mdash;HENRY, Red, Hershey, goal, 1926; DECHENE, Lucien, New Westminster, goal, 1927.20&mdash;SANFORD, Eddie, Boston forward, 1928.21&mdash;REAY, Billy, Victoria, coach, 1918; ALLEN, Keith, Detroit, defenese, 1923.24&mdash;SCHERTZL, Joe, Hershey, d&eacute;fense, 1923; MAYER, Gil, Pittsburgh, goal, 1920.29 QUACKENBUSH, Max, Chicago, defense, 1928.30&mdash;FISHER, Dunc, Hershey, forward, 19 27.31&mdash;LOVE, Bob, New Westminster, forward, 1925.Sept.3&mdash;BENTLEY, Doug, New York, forward, 1916.4&mdash;OLMSTEAD, Bert, Montreal, forwards, 1924.7&mdash;TAILLEFER, Pete, Seattle, defense, 1926; ADAM, Doug, Saskatoon, forward, 1923.8&mdash;McINTYRE, Jack, Chicago, forward, 1930; GOODEN, Bill, Syracuse, forward, 1923.9&mdash;ASHBEE, Don, Cleveland, forward, 1930.11&mdash;KYLE, Gus, Calgary, defense, 1923; BOUCHARD, Butch, Montreael, defense, 1920.13&mdash;FRANCIS, Emile, Cleveland, goal, 1926.15&mdash;BLAIR, George, Ottawa, forward, 1929; LUND, Joe, Buffalo, defense, 1927. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to YOU

$1.00 7260 &frac12; BEVERLY BOULFVARDPublished WeeklyAmerica&rsquo;s most interesting football publication&hellip;. All this for only $1.00 weekly or $7.00 for the 10 week season. Air mailed from here every Monday.Prognostications.ACCURATE NATION WIDE POINT SPREAD ON 35 TO 40 COLLEGE GAMES. SAME, ALLPRO GAMES.Sports news, etc.Two latest Red Hot Teams for week-end mailed on request to subscribers each Wednesday.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0726/1313927-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="606" height="910"></div> &#9632;

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The FOOTBALL guide

<div class="byline">By H. H. ROXBOROUGH</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;One hundred years ago there was a form of hockey being played in Canadian military centres at Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Kingston.Seventy-five years ago, the first rules for ice hockey were drafted in Montreal. Soon there were organized leagues operating in eastern Canadian cities.More than sixty years ago, the largest hockey association in the world was founded in Toronto. Through almost the entire duration, our better hockey teams, amateur then professional, have been continuouly competing for the Stanley Cup.Over thirty years ago, the Winnipeg Falcons competed in Europe against other national teams and won the first Olympic ice-hockey title, symbolic of the world&rsquo;s best. Since then Toronto Granites, University of Toronto Grads, Winnipeg, R.C.A.F. Flyers and Edmonton Eskimos became Olympic champions.So Canada gave ice-hickey to the world; wrote its first rules, and has continuously developed the best players and the strongest teams. Even our ordinary clubs, some of which could have been beaten by a score of those who stayed at home, have gone to Europe and matched the best the old world could ice. Regardless of success or failure of the 1954 Lyndhurst team, there are twenty others that could win any foreign title.The truth is that nothing Canadian has given thie Dominion more prestige or greater recognition than has ice hockey. At the time of the Olympics in Berlin, we were standing on Unterden Linden with a couple of Canada&rsquo;s athletes. Some German youths were passing and one of them turned, came over to look at the crests on our blazers, then smiled and shouted tohis friends just one identifying&rsquo; word&mdash;HOCKEY.That German lad wasn&rsquo;t alone in his conception that Canada and hockey are inseparable. Canadians who have resided in Europe tell me that, regardless of their native habits, they are instinctively expected to don skates and teach hockey to their old-world neighbors. They presume that if you came from Canada, you just must be a hockey player. To millions in other lands this country&rsquo;s best-known export is our national winter sport.Despite hockey&rsquo;s importance, Canada&rsquo;s Federal Government has done little, if anything, to develop its growth or to capitailze on its resources.-Lord Stanley of Preston was so keen on hockey that he gave a trophy that become the most notable in Canadian sport. Lady Byng presented a cup to the National Hockey League to encourage sportsmanship and skill in its players. The Prince of Wales donated a trophy which is annually handed to the club that heads the National Hockey League. Yet, federally, through Parliament, no recognition has been accorded to the game.But! there is a simple way in which hockey can be honored. It wouldn&rsquo;t be costly; in fact, it could be revenue-producing. It could be both factual and artistict. At some time it would be viewed by all Canadians and by millions of people in foreign lands.Neither would it have a racial or a sectional appeal. It would be acceptable to all Canadians. It would be esteemed by the Bouchards and the Kellys; the Schmidts and the Mosienkos; the Conachers and the Hergesheimers. It would be appreciated by youth and aged.What is the form of the honor? Simply that Ottawa order the issuance of a commemorative stamp depicting a hockey scene.You think the idea rather fantastic? Well, every other country features sports on stamps. In our own collection we have about 175 different sports-stamps, and they are less than half the number that has been issued.Some of them are beautiful specimens, brilliant in colors and artistict in design; and a few of them indicate extreme national pride. Recently, Hungary defeated an English soccer team by six goals to three; and soon those magic figures 6 and 3 were shouting from a little piece of gummed paper, printed in Hungary.Nationally, Canada has recently featured nearly everything except sport. Just since 1940, our Postal Department has offered us pictures of geese, bears, moose, beaver and sheep. They have given us scenes of ship-building, farming, fishing, forests, oil, agriculture and textiles. They have honored the Founding of Halifax; the Arrival of the Matthew; the Centennial of Responsible Government; even Totem Poles. They have protrayed Bell; Abbot, Mackenzie, Borden and King, also the ordinary Citizen. But! hockey? Not a sign of it.Lest you think our criticism in extreme, we would recall that while Canada has been neglecting its national sport, four other countries have thought so much of OUR game that they, themselves, issued stamps to honor it.Switzerland produced a beautiful hockey scene. So did Czechoslovakia and Sweden. And this may be quite ironical; in 1949, a stamp featuring hockey was issued by Russia.In 1954, we can&rsquo;t turn back the time-clock and become the first country to venerate hockey on a postage stamp; but at least we can do a little face-saving.Canada should at once produce a commemorative hockey stamp. It could depict a Richard sweeping in on a Lumley; it could be printed in colors and become a philatelic show-piece.After all, hockey gave Power, Claxton, MacDonald, Conacher and Meeker to the Federal House. How about a postage stamp in return?Seriously, Canada is the only country fully qualified to pay tribute to ice-hockey. Let&rsquo;s do something about it&mdash;nationally.<div class="sidebar">The idea of a stamp depicting hockey was first brought up in THE HOCKEY NEWS last winter in an article by Will V. Cote. This is another article on the subject and maybe now the idea will be adopted by post-office authorities. &#9632;</div>

Rocket Sweeping in On Lumley Stamp Could Become Philatelic Show-Piece

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div>SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont&mdash;Don&rsquo;t let anybody tell you that this so-called amateur hockey is not BIG BUSINESS! The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, one of the top senior teams in Northern Ontario, might be a good example of just how big a &lsquo;&lsquo;small&rdquo; team can be, financially speaking.At the summer meeting during which the board of directors reported to the shareholders and revealed their financial statement it was clearly apparent the days of &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; hockey have long gone into the sea of oblivion, but for good.<h2>Release Statements</h2>The Greyhound board of directors made public their financial statement for the first time. Total revenue for the 1953-54 season was $107,586.00, but total expenditures were $108,211. The biggest single item, of course, was wages. The Greyhounds spent no less than $75,699 for wages including around $4,000 not directly tabbed as wages but incidental to this type of expense.Regular league games brought the Greyhounds $85,189 and playoffs accounted for $13,339. Exhibition games attracted $4,017 while booster ticket sales brought in $3,933. Travelling costs for the team amounted to $9,899, while equipment ate up $6,021. The team gets a 65-35 split with the municipally-owned and controlled Memorial Gardens, the team getting the larger share.The cash position of the Greyhounds is sound despite the fact they had an operating deficit last season of $624. Still in the bank is $18,823. This is $2,823 more than they had four years ago. &#9632;

Soo Salaries Hit $75,699 Last Season

MEDECINE HAT, Alta.&mdash;The Western Junior Hockey League will operate on a 40-game schedule with five teams in the 1954-55 seson, one team less and four games more than last season.Calgary Buffaloes&rsquo; winners of only three games last season, were granted a year&rsquo;s leave of absence from active operations at a recent league meeting.Jim Kerr of the Buffaloes said the team was dropping out of competition because of lack of players, not financial trouble.He said the club had to pick up players outside their organization during the last few years.The league will ask the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association today that only WJHL clubs be allowed to use Buffalo players. If the Calgary club reenters competition then the players will revert back to their own club.The league operated on a seven-team basis two years ago. But the Crowsnest Coalers requested a year&rsquo;s leave of absence. Coalers were not represented at the meeting and it was assumed they had lost their franchise.George Vogan of Moose Jaw was elected secretary-manager of the league, replacing J. Harper Parry of Barons, Alta., who resigned the post.Parry was named governor of the league, replacing Ken Doraty. Parry now is governor of both the Saskatchewan and Western junior leagues.The 40-game schedule will be split with Lethbridge and Medicine Hat playing each other 14 times; Medicine Hat playing Edmonton 10 games; Moose Jaw and Regina playing Medicine Hat eight games. Other teams will work on the same basis.Only the four top teams in league standings will qualify for the playoffs. All teams were in the playoffs last season.No tentative date was set for opening of the schedule but it was believed the league hopes to start later than last season and finish earlier.Team splits from the league playoff pool were announced as follows: Edmonton, $1,215; Regina, $972; Lethbridege, $850; Moose Jaw, $729; Medecine Hat, $607; Calgary, $486. &#9632;

WJHL Faces 40-Game Sked; Calgary Buffaloes Drop Out

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01242/1314030-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANKIE EDDOLLS, centre the dapper gent in the above photo, affixes his signature to a new contract to coach the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League for the coming seatson. Watching Frankie sign, is Freddie Hunt, left, general manager of the Bisons and W. D. (Bill) Joseph, assistant to the club owner.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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A Good Year Prolongs Career

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>BUFFALO. NY&mdash;Frank Eddolls, Hockey News Coach of the Year award winner, has signed his third one-year contract as bench boss of the Buffalo Bisons, regular season champions of the American League.Now a year around Buffalo resident, Eddolls agreed to terms for the 1954-55 campaign after a short discussion with Bison General Manager Fred Hunt.Hunt revealed that the possibility exists that Eddolls, who also earned a defense spot on the AHL All-Star team, may hang up the skates and become a non-playing coach.&ldquo;That deecision I&rsquo;ve left entirely up to Frankie as I feel that he knows best how the burden of coaching and playing affects him physically,&rdquo; Hunt remarked.<h2>Will Make Right Decision</h2>&ldquo;I know that whatever decision he makes will be in the best Interest of the club in general.&rdquo;Eddolls, who at one stage of last season was 15 pounds underweight, said that he would not make up his mind until training camp time.&ldquo;Naturally, I want to continue playing as long as I feel that I can aid the club,&rdquo; the fiery little hockey general commented. &ldquo;Last year I had planned to serve as the fifth defenseman but ended up taking a regular turn due to Stan Long being forced into retirement by his leg injury.&ldquo;This year I intend to go to camp with a &lsquo;wait and see&rsquo; attitude, if our defense is strong enough that I&rsquo;m beaten out of a job&mdash;that will be fine. I&rsquo;m really only interested in one thing&mdash;seeing that Buffalo has another winner.&rdquo;Of last year&rsquo;s defense the Bisons have two holdovers in addition to Eddolls. Big Pete Wright and Pierre Pilote, a greatly improved player last season, are scheduled to return while Frank Sullivan, the youthful veteran of recent Pittsburgh sextets and Tony Schneider, who played with Victoria last season, are among the newcomers.<div class="sidebar">George Stockwell, Trainer of the Toronto Argonaut Football Club, uses and endorses&rsquo; Bike supports and Trainers Tape. &#9632;</div>

Eddolls Signs On Again But Not Sure If He’ll Continue As A Player

BUFFALO, NY&mdash;When the Buffalo Bisons traded away their rights to Brian Cullen, the sensational playmaker of the St. Catherines Teepees last spring, they wound up with a high-scoring hockey team and cash.Here&rsquo;s how the transaction worked out.In the first step, GM Freddie Hunt traded the former St. Catherines star to Toronto in return for Centers George (Dusty) Blair and Jackie LeClair and Defenseman Frank Sullivan.LeClair then was bundled with cash and sent on to Montreal for Gaye Stewart, Ed Slowinski and Pete Babando.The latter transaction, incidentally, was announced shortly before the Buffalo management revealed it was severing a working agreement with the Canadiens.The two trades left Hunt, with the left and right wing forces that were so prolific during the past AHL schedule. On the left side, in a addition to Stewart and Babando, Eddolls has Jumpin&rsquo; Joe Lund, who hustled 20 goals for the Herd In addition to killing penalties and serving as a point man on the power play. &#9632;

Here’s How Herd Did It!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03139/1314140-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg"></div>is expanding. Yessir! Your favorite football publication commenced on a weekkly basis on July 24, in line with the early opening of training camps in the various football centres across Canada.Now you can have 20 weekly issues and six monthly issues&mdash;26 issues in all&mdash;of THE FOOTBALL NEWS for the low price of $2.50. Not only do you save money as a subscriber, but the paper will be delivered to you in the mail and will arrive promptly on the same day each week.THE FOOTBALL NEWS is crammed with football data, stories, statistics, thrilling action pictures, guest columns and rule interpretations. You can now follow our great fall pastime from coast to coast, the Big Four, Western Conference, ORFU, QRFU and Intercollegiate Leagues.Yes Fans, football interest is now at an all-time high and THE FOOTBALL NEWS is geared accordingly. You won&rsquo;t want to miss a single exciting issue. So get your subscription in today. It&rsquo;s easy I Just fill in the coupon below and mail it right away. &#9632;

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The Canadian FOOTBALL NEWS

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;The rebuilding of the Buffalo Bisons, regular season titlists of the American League last season, has thus far been primarily centered upon securing outright players who starred during the 1953-54 campaign.General Manager Fred Hunt, determined to enter the forthcoming season with a &ldquo;set team,&rdquo; parlayed cash and young Brian Cullen, who he was bound to lose in the draft anyways, into a five player windfall.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02186/1314109-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="430" height="473"><figcaption class="caption-body">GAYE STEWART</figcaption></div>Included in this quintet were Gaye Stewart, Ed Slowinski, and Pete Babando from last year&rsquo;s championship Bison six.The trio last season represented a total of 101 goals for the Frank Eddolls-coached Bisons with Capt. Gaye setting an all-time Buffalo mark of 42 scores. Slowinski, who missed a few games with a shoulder injury late in the campaign, fired 38 goals while Babando, who started late because of a broken ankle, coming through with 21 tallies.In all, Buffalo&rsquo;s trio of port-siders last year netted 83 goals&mdash;a total which will make Coach Eddolls extremely happy if duplicated this coming winter.Joining with Slowinski along the right flank are Ken Hayden, a 28-goal man in 1953-54, and willy Steve Wochy, one of the finest goal scorers the Chick circuit has ever boasted and a 26-goal scorer last year.The right wingers even outscored their left flank mates by potting a total 92 tallies during the 70 game schedule.&ldquo;Of course, we hope to make more trades and purchases before training camp time but we&rsquo;re as strong right now on the wings as the Buffalo club has been in the past decade,&rdquo; Hunt commented. &ldquo;There is no reason why each of the six players listed should not equal or surpass his individual performance of last season&mdash;barring injuries, naturally. While Stewart scored 42 goals, he still experienced a bad slump in the month of December. Gaye still has the legs to carry him at top speed each time he&rsquo;son the ici&hellip;and I would not be surprised if he broke his own mark.&rsquo;&rsquo; Jack Piner &#9632;

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Bisons Acquire 101-Goals Trio In Cullen Deal

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;Maritime hockey&mdash;major or senior&mdash;hangs in the balance. The champion Halifax Atlantics have sold six of their best players to Max Silverman&rsquo;s Wolves. Those were the only players they owned outright; others were from the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; chain.The Atlantics sold these players, say the sponsors, because there is liklihood of a team operating this year and here was a chance to get some of their money back. Besides, they contended, it was a case of placing good players in a spot where they would be well paid, as well if not better than in Halifax in the past two years.The six were Bill Ford, Roy McNeekin, Carrol Bloom, Bob Bowness, Doug McPhee and Muckle Hollett. Ford cracked all Maritime Major (Big Four) Hockey League scoring records last winter. McMeekin had two starry goaltending years on the Maritime front. Bloom is an all-star defenceman while McPhee and Hollett, products of Jimmy McDonald&rsquo;s St. Mary&rsquo;s junior teams, are crack young prospects who have already made their marks in major hockey.Other members of the team belonged to Montreal Canadiens or affiliates. The list inclued players-coach Douglas (Dugger) McNeill, who led Atlantics to the Alexander Cup in both seasons.This, the experts say, means the end of major hockey in Halifax, the end of any topflight hockey for a year or so anyway, and possibly longer. League officials do not agree.There are other Halifax Interests willing and eager to pick up the Atlantics franchise. Whether these interests, if they did take over, could retain the six players already &lsquo;sold&rsquo; to Sudbury, is the big question.At the close of the 1953-54 season, the two Cape Breton entries&mdash;Sydney and Glace Bay&mdash;were outspoken and unanimous on one point: they would never again play in a league which embraced the Charlottetown Islanders. The travel was too trickly, and too costly.Now there is the question if Glace Bay could operate under any circumstances. The miners aren&rsquo;t working regularly, business is at a slowdown pace. At least that&rsquo;s what the critics say, and it was with this in mind that Halifax interests decided to dispose of their players while they still had a market.The Islanders are making plans to return, and the report is making the rounds that they are already selling season tickets, trying to get the financial jump on the others and assure an entry. There is a move afoot to secure Elmer Lach as coach, following in the footsteps of those colorful pilots of other years&mdash;Murph Chamberland and Leo Lamoureux.Sydney is keeping pretty silent on its plans, but reports from the Steel City indicate the Millionaires will op&eacute;rate if the others do. Terry Reardon won&rsquo;t be back. He&rsquo;s general manager at Providence. He brought back hockey at Sydney last season and his departure was a huge loss.League officials are trying to land New Glasgow as a possible entry. It is ideally situated between Halifax and Cape Breton; between Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island.Whether New Glasgow is ready to make the jump at this time is problematical. The league tried to get them in last year, and failed.In two meetings to date the league has agreed&mdash;a majority, not a unanimous decision because all clubs were not represented&mdash;to play major hockey. If they play it will be for the Alexander, not the Allan Cup.So the league and the players are marking time. Soon there will be a league meeting, when the air may be cleared. At the molment nothing is definite, except that they&rsquo;re still thinking hockey even if they don&rsquo;t know how far the thinking will lead.The Halifax decision to sell the six starry players came as a bombshell. It forced the Issue, in a way. It may lead to an early decision to carry on, or bow out. In the past two years it was touch and go if they&rsquo;d operate, until a week or so before the schedule opened.All teams sustained financial losses last season. Travel costs hurt them all. Crowds were smaller than anticipated, as some of the teams weren&rsquo;t the gate attraction they had been in other seasons.Hockey is at the crossroads in the Maritimes. Only one decision has meen made&mdash;if they play it will be a major league.<h2>Job Lot Buyer</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01226/1314178-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="572" height="596"><figcaption class="caption-body">MAX SILVERMAN</figcaption></div><h2>Sudbury Flyer?</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02206/1314171-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="573" height="885"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL FORD</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hockey In Halifax Shaky As Atlantics Sell Stars

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.&mdash;The dream of an interlocking schedule between the Ontario Hockey Association and the Northern Ontario Hockey Association in senior hockey has been smashed once again.Maxie Silverman, brilliant leader of the champion sudbury Wolves, who lost the Allan Cup by an eyelash to Penticton, last season, had high hopes that the 1954-55 season would see this long time dream come true. But it won&rsquo;t come this year at anyrate.OHA club officials turned thumbs down on the proposal mainly because of &ldquo;excessive travelling costs.&rdquo;Bill Hanly, business manager of the OHA, stated &ldquo;there is no possibility of an interlocking schedule this year. That&rsquo;s certain.&rdquo;Hanly explained that club officials felt it would mean adding games to existing schedules and working players might have to be away from the jobs for a week or more.&ldquo;The idea has a great deal of merit,&rdquo; said Hanley.&rdquo; But it means a lot of travel and that&rsquo;s where-it falls down. People have been talking about this interlocking deal for a long time but have neyercome across with anything concrete.&rdquo;The idea of an interlocking schedule appeals to many of the NOHA senior teams because it would give their local fans an opportunity to see the big teams come north for a few pre-season exhibition games, then the North doesn&rsquo;t see them agin until the All-Ontario finals.Maxie Silverman, is still hopeful that an interlocking schedule can be worked out in the near future. &ldquo;It would add a lot of color to our hockey season. We have big rinks in Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, and new rinks are being built in other centres.&rdquo;<div class="sidebar">Lloyd Percival, Director of Sports College, endorses BIKE Supports and BIKE Trainers Tape. &#9632;</div>

NOHA-OHA Interlocking Sked Vetoed

MONTREAL&mdash;If there&rsquo;s a young Canadian around who has a yen to travel and who is studying mining engineering, a trip to the picturesque Kiruna district of Sweden awaits him with one provision. He must be prepared to serve as playing coach of the Kiruna Sports Club.Clarence S. Campbell, president of the National Hockey League, received the formal invitation from Klas Book, minister of Sweden recently. In the request, the Swedish diplomat outlined the job and the requirements.Any Canadian hockey player, who wishes to further his practical education and still play hockey is eligible. Just contact, THE HOCKEY NEWS, room 309, Empire Life Building, 1434, St. Catherine St., Montreal, Que. &#9632;

Sweden Seeks Canadian Coach

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div>VANCOUVER, BC.&mdash;For the past month, and especially during the last two weeks, the main sports topic around these parts has been, and is, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games. However, that doesn&rsquo;t mean the hockey boys have been taking a prolonged vacation. By the time this issue of the HOCKEY NEWS reaches your favorite newsstand, the Western Hockey League will have held an important meeting at the Hotel Georgia in Vancouver. On August 4th the Directors of the WHL, with President G.A. (Al) Leader in the Chair, met to draft the 1954-55 schedule. Other busineess concerned the selection of officials for the coming season and minor rule changes were also discussed.While next season is still several months away every club has been busy lining up players and doing everything possible to strengthen their lineup. With Seattle inactive for the coming season, bidding has been intense for the Bombers better playeres, namely Guyle Fielder, All-Star center and individual scoring champion last season; Wayne Brown, left winger&mdash;the little guy with the bullet shot&mdash;and top goal getter last year; Mark Marquess, right winger, a perennial twenty goal man, and one of the hardest workers in the league; Rudy Filion, classy center and one of the WHL&rsquo;s all-time top playmakers: Bill Davidson, defenseman; Barton Bradley, center or wing; Marcelle Pelletier, goalkeeper, and one or two others. It is no secret that Ken MacKenzie, bossman of the New Westminster Royals, is doing everything possible to acquire Fielder&rsquo;s services for next season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01240/1314326-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="278" height="365"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mark Marquess</figcaption></div>Several times last year MacKenzie tried to buy, trade, beg, borrow or steal Fielder from Seattle but it was no dice.Fielder broke into pro-hockey with New Westminster three seasons ago and almost overnight he became a solid favorite with the Royal City fans. He was chosen the WHL&rsquo;s top rookie of the 1951-52 campaign. Fielder has been working in New Westminster this summer, and possibly the biggest boost in the fortunes of the Royals would be to see Fielder wearing a New Westminster uniform next winter.Coley Hall and Art Chapman have been very busy making arrangements for the New York Rangers training camp in Vancouver. For the first time in this city&rsquo;s history a NHL team will conduct their training camp here. The Rangers&rsquo; coach, Murray (Muzz) Patrick, will open training at Kamloops, September 13th. NY has Exhibition games scheduled at Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Victoria and possibly Penticton and Seattle before the Rangers head east for the National Hockey League wars.The Rangers will open training in Vancouver September 20th. They will play the Canucks, WHL champions and their number one farm club, a pre-season exhibition game at the Forum September 24th. Several of last season&rsquo;s Canucks will train with the Rangers. Allan Stanley, Lorne Worsley, Larry Popein, Billy Dea, Mid Houghton, Andy Bathgate, Ivan Irwin, who played all or part of last season with Vancouver will train with the Blueshirts, and those who don&rsquo;t catch a spot on &ldquo;Muzz&rdquo; Patrick&rsquo;s club, in all likelihood will be playing for the Canucks.During the summer, New York purchased Eddie Dorohoy from the Montreal Canadiens. Doro-hoy has been the spark of the Victoria Cougars for the last four seasons. If the little pepperpot doesn&rsquo;t make the jump to the big time he&rsquo;ll probably line up with a WHL club. Whether that club will be Victoria or not remains to be seen. In any event the Cougars will have a difficult time finding a replacement for Dorohoy if he is not returned to them.Another possibility could see Dorohoy playing for Vancouver or Saskatoon next winter. He would be welcomed at either place. Dorohoy is one of the loop&rsquo;s premier centers and is right up there amongst the top ten in the WHL all-time scoring records. Another player the Cougars don&rsquo;t expect back for next season is defenseman Ross Lowe. Lowe was a tower of strength on the blue line last season and he will be missed.There is a good chance Lester Patrick will receive some help from his son Lynn in Boston. Players who Lynn may send to his father for additional seasoning could include Davidson, Marquess, Brown and one or two other Boston-owned players who performed in the WHL last season. Saskatoon expects to have the majority of last year&rsquo;s third place club back with several yougsters from the junior ranks to round out Doug. Bentley&rsquo;s squad.There was a story out of Nelson, B.C. a short time ago to the effect that Charley Rayner, Saskatoon goalkeeper and erstwhile New York Ranger great, would be Nelson&rsquo;s playing coach for the 1954-55 WIHL season. If the Nelson job is Rayner&rsquo;s to have if he wants it where does that leave Willy Schmidt?Schmidt has one year to go on a two-year contract. He paced his Nelson Maple Leafs to the league championship last year and it took Penticton eight games to knock them over on their way to the Allan cup championship.If Rayner doesn&rsquo;t play for Saskatoon next winter, Bob Lalonde, twenty-year old youngster who filled in for Rayner for two games last season when &lsquo;Bonnie Prince Charley&rdquo; was on the injured list, has the Inside job.Bud Poile is set for another season at Edmonton. The popular Flyers&rsquo; playing-coach will have most of last year&rsquo;s club back, along with several of the better juniors of the Edmonton Oil KingThe Oil Kings lost out to St. Catherines for the Memorial Cup junior championship last Spring.Larry Zeidel, rough and tough defenseman, who played for Chicago last season, and who was the big fellow on the Flyers defense in 1952-53 when they won the WHL championship and President&rsquo;s trophy, will be back with the Poilemen this winter.Bud Poile doesn&rsquo;t expect to have the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie of last season&mdash;Don &lsquo;Beaver&rsquo; Poile&mdash;his younger brother, back. Bud looks for Don to make the jump to the Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings.Calgary is still celebrating its greatest hockey season in a long time. Coach Frank Currie is not expected to make many changes from his championship club.<h2>Where Will He Go?</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02201/1314319-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1125" height="1528"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUYLE FIELDER, the-brilliant, play-making centre of the now defunct Seattle Bombers of the Western Hockey League, who won the scoring championship last year, is the centre of a stormy bidding controversy out West. Fielder is being sought by several WHL clubs. He&rsquo;s shown above with Lester Patrick at a presentation last season in which he was awarded the &ldquo;rookie-of-the-year&rdquo; Trophy for play in the American Hockey League the previous season.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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