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October 9, 1954
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Senators Put Accent On Homebrew Talent
OTTAWA, Ont.— The Ottawa Senators, of the Quebec Hockey League, will really be the “Ottawa” Senators this season. The accent will be on home brews, with no less than twelve in camp at the moment. It used to be in halcyon days that the Canadian Capital produced the players and others used them, or rather, used the perennial surplus. As happens, though, in every sport, lean years came to Ottawa and importation of talent became the answer. Thomas Patrick Gorman figures to change all that this season. Tay Pay, looking this time to go even further than last season when his Barber Poles lost to Quebec in the finals, says the accent will be on youth as much as possible this year, with youth, in this case, representing not a few Ottawa-born hockeyists. Caced with a…
Sasakamoose Real Hawk with Hawks Hopes To Make Grade As NHL’er
CHICAGO, 111.— What could be more appropriate than the Chicago Black Hawks employing on a fulltime basis, a full-blooded Indian? What began as part of an experiment last season seems destined for fulfillment this year. Freddie Sasakamoose, a 20-year-old Indian boy, born on the reserve at Sandy Lake near Debeden, Saskatchewan, is almost certain of cutting a wide hockey swathe for himself with the youth-fired Black Hawks this year. The 5’ 9”, 165-pound centre, played 11 games with the Black Hawks last year, turning pro after the regular three game trial. He failed to pick up a point, but that is not to be misconstrued. Sid Abel, last year’s coach heaped words of praise on young Freddie and Abel’s successor, Frankie Eddols was quick to confirm Mr. Abel’s appraisals. “He’s the type of hockey player…
Mackell And Armstrong Set-to Features Intensity Of Bruins’ Scrimmage Sessions
BOSTON, Mass.— The Boston Bruins are going into their National League season with two separate courses of training behind them, if persistent reports are true. Much of their time at their Hershey (Pa.) training camp was devoted to sharpening the reflexes they’ll need to play major league hockey on a winning basis. But some of their time, it has been reported, was devoted to sharpening reflexes used as a matter of business by Tony DeMarco, Boston’s welterweight boxing contender. According to stories from Hershey, the Bruins have gone through one of the roughest training periods any major league team has ever had. Coach Lynn Patrick won’t enlarge on the reports, but he won’t deny them, either. “I’ll admit that we had some rough scrimmages at Hershey,” chuckled Patrick, never a Lady Byng character in his…
Slater Does Slow Burn Over Officiating Setup
MONTREAL, Que.— George M. Slater, president of the Quebec Hockey League, is running a slow burn that may heat up to the point where this usually suave gentleman will blow a gasket. Reason for his ire is that the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association is trying to throw road-blocks in front of young referees in Montreal and other points of the Quebec province who aspire to appointments in Quebec’s flourishing professional circuit. Bob Barette, head of the Referees’ Board, of QAHA, a group which does fine work in tutoring and developing hockey officials, has made it plain that the amateur body doesn’t think kindly of young men who desert its ranks to referee in professional games. The QAHA, with Barette as its spokesman, doesn’t come out plainly and say “don’t do it,” but broad hints…
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