Guy Gendron’s Wrist Injury Cost Providence $40,000

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Guy Gendron suffered what amounts to the costliest injury in 29 years of professional hockey in Providence when he fractured his left wrist in the game against the Pittsburgh Hornets. The Rhode Island Reds had a $40,000 deal all wrapped up with the Montreal Canadiens when Gendron banged into a Pittsburgh player in the first few minutes. He was rushed to the Roger Williams General Hospital where X-rays revealed the break. Word of the broken wrist was relayed from the hospital to R.I. Auditorium where Owner Lou Pieri, General Manager Terry Reardon and Sam Pollock, Chief Scout of the Canadiens waited. The deal, one of the biggest in Reds’ history, was sending Gendron into the major leagues with the Canadiens. This was the big break for the 20-year-oid kid from Three Rivers. It…

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tight Fight Buffalo Bisons and Hershey Bears are battling for the fourth playoff berth in the AHL. Buffalo is one point down but have a game in hand. Hat Trick Buddy Boone scored the “Hat Trick” as the Springfield Indians downed the Hershey Bears 11-1 on Wednesday, February 23. HOW THE RACE GOES STANDING ON TUES, A.M., MARCH 1 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Hershey 3 at Providence 2 PROVIDENCE—Defenceman Ed Kryzanowski’s 45-foot backhander from mid-ice after 27 seconds of overtime gave Hershey Bears a 3-2 American Hockey League victory over Providence Reds. Obie O’Brien sent the game into overtime by tieing it up for the Bears with a 15-foot backhander less than three minutes before the end of regulation time. Second period goals by Paul Larivee and Ken Davies had given the Reds a 2-1 lead. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Cleveland 3…

Ronty Greets Frank Selke (Junior) As Old Team-mate

MONTREAL—When Paul Ronty, recently acquired by the Montreal Canadiens on waivers from the New York Rangers, walked into the publicity office in the Montreal Forum he greeted an old friend, Frank Selke, Jr. Back in 1942-43 when Ronty was playing for the Marlboro bantams, champions of the Toronto Hockey League, young Selke was the netminder. Now they are with the same organization—Ronty as a player, Selke as a publicist and editor of the Forum’s program.…