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July 1, 1955

The Hockey News July 1, 1955

<p><b>Founded October 1st 1947</b></p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West</b></p><p><b>Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3,00 in Canada and the British Empire; $4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign Countries.</b></p><p>Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1963, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879</p><p>Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

The Hokey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">By AL OSTROM</div><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>EATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Right on the heels of Seattle&rsquo;s hottest July day came news of the hottest hockey development to hit this Northwest city since the ancient Metropolitans became the first American team to win the coveted Stanley Cup, almost 40 years ago.</p><p>Long considered the end of the hockey trail, Seattle might very well wind up on the main stem again under the guidance of a youthful, realistic and well-heeled group of local business executives.</p><p>The Seattle hockey franchise, purchased by the Western League a few months ago after lying dormant for a year under the ownership of Frank Dotten. was bought the other day by six venturesome businessmen.</p><p>Heading the group is Bill Veneman, a television station management councelor for several TV stations in the West and Hawaii. His station in Seattle, KTVW. recently made the country&rsquo;s baseball headlines by installing a &ldquo;$100,000 Knothole&rdquo; in the leftfield fence at the Seattle Stadium. Any player poking a ball through this hole (one-half inch larger than a baseball) will receive a certified check for 100 G&rsquo;s. Veneman&rsquo;s channel televises the ball games, of course, in addition to many other live sports in the Northwest area.</p><p>Needless to say, the Seattle hockey games will be brought before KTVW viewers.</p><h2>Sound Corporation</h2><p>This is no &ldquo;stars in their eyes&rdquo; corporation that will try to make Seattle hockey conscious again. They know the facts (46,000 attendance during the club&rsquo;s final year of operation in 1952-53) and are acting accordingly.</p><p>&ldquo;We are prepared to spend $1 25,000 during our first season.&rdquo; said Veneman. &ldquo;And we are earmarking a healthy part of that sura for promotion.&rdquo;</p><p>Veneman read off a few of the ideas he and his advertising agency have along these lines. Already they have purchased the biggest outdoor advertising sign in downtown Seattle and have lined up 14 billboards around the city.</p><p>&ldquo;If some people don&rsquo;t know there will be a hockey game here on Saturday night it will surprise me,&rdquo; he added.</p><p>Veneman, who produced TV&rsquo;s first commercial film, was on the market for the best available general manager and coach to run the club. He figured ex-Montreal star Billy Reay was the man he needed so signed him to a contract.</p><p>&ldquo;We are planning no one year venture,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;We are going to give this thing both barrels for three years. If we haven&rsquo;t sueceeded by 1 958 then I&rsquo;ll be convinced this just isn&rsquo;t hockey country any more.&rdquo;</p><p>However, he doesn&rsquo;t talk of failing, but rather points to a plan whereby a chain of Pacific Northwest cities will one day be playing major league hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;Portland and Vancouver both have new arenas coming up, and there will be one here some day. Seattle has never had a major league sports, but it will have one in hockey; mark my words.&rdquo;</p><p>As for the coming season, the Seattle club, which will have a new nickname, will play with Victoria, Vancouver and New Westminster in the WHL&rsquo;s Western division. In the prairies there will be Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon and the two new entries, Regina and Winnipeg.</p><p>Each team will make two intersectional trips. A playoff will determine the champion, which in turn will represent the league in the Edinburgh Cup series with the Quebec League.</p><p>The most pleased man over the turn of events in Seattle is WHL president Al Leader. It was Leader&rsquo;s ceaseless efforts that brought about the new corporation here.</p><p>&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t have found a better setup had I combed the country,&rdquo; said Leader as he happily sat back while Veneman and his associates read off their high-powered plans for the Seattle Hockey Club.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WHL Franchise Is Purchased By New Group

<div class="byline">By HERB RALBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0269/1448637-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="244" height="296"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0170/1448644-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="236" height="287"></div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The addition of Terry Sawchuk to the Bruins will transform the Boston club into a title contender according to Lynn Patrick.</p><p>The acquisition of forwards Marcel Bonin and Vic Stasiuk along with Sawchuk in the nine player trade with Detroit plus the addition of sharpshooting Orval Tessier drafted from the Montreal Royals will make the Bruins one of the most colorful teams in the league enthused the Boston general manager.</p><p>&ldquo;Sawchuk will transform the Bruins from a club fighting desperately for a playoff position the last few years into a title contender,&rdquo; declared Patrick. &ldquo;In my book he is one of three great alltime goaltenders along with Frankie Brimsek and Bill Durnan.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Gave Up Good Players</b></h2><p>The Bruins&rsquo; boss admitted he gave up some good performers in Capt. Ed Sandford, Real Chevrefils and Warren Godfrey.</p><p>&ldquo;But, we had to give up something good to get Sawchuk,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;After all we only finished fourth with them, the past two years. We couldn&rsquo;t sit tight on that. We had to make a big change to make the Bruins a zontender.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Will Make Difference</b></h2><p>Lynn feels the ex-Bruins&rsquo; trio will help Detroit but he also is quite satisfied Sawchuk, Bonin and Stasiuk will make a big difference in the Bruins.</p><p>&ldquo;The trade will be beneficial to both clubs,&rdquo; he opined. &ldquo;They got what they wanted and we did likewise.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Scouted Trio</b></h2><p>Patrick personally scouted his pew trio in the Detroit-Montreal Stanley Cup final last Spring. He knew what he wanted in return for what he figured he might have to give up.</p><p>&ldquo;Sure we beat him for six goals one night here in Boston.&rdquo; he agreed, &ldquo;but tell me what great goaltender wasn&rsquo;t beaten that badly more than once in his career.</p><p>&ldquo;But, he played great goal for Detroit last year,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;He won the Vezina trophy didn&rsquo;t he. He also led the league in shutouts with an even dozen. More important he&rsquo;s a great competitor, a fellow who loves to play and beat the other fellow.</p><h2><b>Saved Stanley Cup</b></h2><p>&ldquo;He made one save in the opening minutes of the final Stanley Cup game in Detroit which meant the difference between the cup staying in Detroit or going to Montreal. Ken Mosdell was in alone, but Terry made a great save to stop him. If Canadiens had scored that quick goal, the lift might have carried them to the Cup.&rdquo;</p><p>Patrick figures Sawchuk can mean the difference in 10 to 12 victories for the Bruins next year which would put the Bruins in a contending position.</p><h2><b>Only 25 Now</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Last year we tied 21 games,&rdquo; he pointed out. &ldquo;With Sawchuk coming up with that big save, we easily could have won half of those. What a difference it would have made in our standing. Yes, he&rsquo;s got a lot of good goaltending left. He&rsquo;s had five great years in the NHL and he&rsquo;s only 25 years old.&rdquo;</p><p>Of Marcel Bonin, Patrick said: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a powerful fellow who&rsquo;s always hustling&rdquo;. Last year playing on Detroit&rsquo;s third line he scored 16 goals. He improved tremendously. Playing with Leo LaBine and Don McKenney he&rsquo;ll get that many and likely several more. He digs in those corners for the puck which is a tremendous asset.</p><h2><b>Popular Player</b></h2><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll be a popular player too,&rdquo; he went on, &ldquo;because he&rsquo;s loaded with color. Imagine having to wrestle both Bonin and Ferny Flaman!</p><p>&ldquo;Stasiuk really found himself in the Stanley Cup playoffs last Spring,&rdquo; declared the Bruins gee-em. &ldquo;He got five goals in 11 games, not just goals but big goals and he really played well. He didn&rsquo;t get too much chance with the Wings during the season because they used their big guns so much. His record belies his true ability. He could be the surprise package of the trade.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>May Be Surprise</b></h2><p>While he more or less was over-looked because of the big swap, Tessier may be a pleasant surprise, according to Patrick.</p><p>&ldquo;Hap Emms told us to get him,&rdquo; revealed Patrick. &ldquo;Milt (Schmidt), Hal (Cotton) and I scouted him during the season and were impressed with his shot and stick-handling. He&rsquo;s always on the net with his shots and has always been a good scorer. He should help our power play tremendously.&rdquo;</p><p>The Bruins stood pat in recent years and the highest they finished was a tie for third three years ago.</p><p>They shot the works this year to make the club a pennant contender.</p><h2><b>Comes Up With Big Save</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0367/1448630-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="1170" height="875"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TERRY SAWCHUK</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>&ldquo;Mr. Muscles&rdquo; Should Help</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0454/1448623-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="1749" height="1196"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MARCEL BONIN&hellip;&hellip;This Bruin Wrestles Bears</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Sawchuk Acquisition May Make Bruins Contender

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01233/1448011-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>THE SMILING BRIDEGROOM</b> in the picture above is Marty (Sabu) Pavelich, star forward with the Detroit Red Wings. His pretty bride is the former Miss Anna Jean Eberlein. The more serious gent in back of Marty is All-Star Red Kelly, Marty&rsquo;s teammate, who served as Best Man while Miss Pat O&rsquo;Connor is the Maid-of-Honor. <span class="photo-credit">((Photo By Fred Morris))</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Marty Married

Cover

SEATTLE RETURNS TO HOCKEY

<div class="byline">By VINCE LUNNY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que&mdash;</p><p>The seasons in a sportive sense move fast. In less than two months the Montreal Canadiens with a new coach at the helm will have played their first exhibition game in preparation for the opening of the 1955-56 campaign.</p><p>Runners-up to the Detroit Red Wings for the National Hockey League championship and the Stanley Cup, the Habs are slated to begin training in the Verdun Auditorium on Monday, September 12th.</p><p>Their first exhibition game will be staged on Monday, September 17th with the Royals, No. 1 farm club in the Quebec Hockey League, providing the opposition.</p><h2><b>Punch Line Reunited</b></h2><p>The game will produce a reunion of the famed Punch Line of Toe Blake, Elmer Lach and Maurice Richard. The Rocket, of course, will be playing for the Canadiens. Blake was appointed coach of the Habs last month, succeeding Dick Irvin who has gone to the Chicago Black Hawks, and Lach recently was named coach of the Royals. He succeeds Pete Morin, former left winger of Montreal&rsquo;s Razzle-Dazzle line, who retired at the end of last season to devote his full-time to his expanding insurance business.</p><h2><b>Promotion For Lach</b></h2><p>Lach, who quit as a player after the 1953-54 season, piloted Montreal&rsquo;s junior team in the Quebec League last year. His appointment to the Royals was hailed as a promotion.</p><p>Canadiens, generally a stand-pat team except for occasional infusions of new blood to replace veterans, probably won&rsquo;t make many changes in their line-up.</p><p>Biggest news player-wise is the return of Gerry McNeil to the fold. McNeil quit hockey abruptly during last season&rsquo;s training sessions, yielding his post without a struggle to goalie Jacques Plante</p><p>Later Charlis Hodge was hoisled up from the Royals and Irvin, in a typically bold manoeuvre, alternated them in some games. Irvin&rsquo;s strategy drew a great deal of criticism in the Montreal press, most hockey writers maintaining that it wasn&rsquo;t fair to either man.</p><h2><b>No Platoon System</b></h2><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;ll be no platoon system this season,&rdquo; said Kenny Reardon, who is fast gaming in stature as a front office executive. And Coach Blake echoed that statement.</p><p>&ldquo;But,&rdquo; went on Blake, &ldquo;I feel that a National Hockey League club should have two goalies available. There&rsquo;s too much pressure for any goalie to perform at his peak in every game of a 70-game schedule.&rdquo;</p><p>Reardon indicated that McNeil and Plante both will see action but in different games. &ldquo;Some goalies play better against some teams than others,&rdquo; he said. McNeil ways great against the Red Wings. But Frank Selke and Blake will figure out the details when the season gets underway.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Hard Hit By Draft</b></h2><p>Canadiens&rsquo; deep and productive reservoir of hockey talent will require some replenishment at the minor league level before the new season gets underway as the Montreal club hard hit in the interleague draft. The New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins dipped into Montreal farm projects and each harvested a chattel.</p><p>Then in another phase of the annual draft the Springfield Indians and the Hershey Bears plucked two more promising prospects.</p><p>The Bruins selected Orval Tessier, a 22-year-old forward from the Royals, who led the Quebec League in goals last season. Tessier played two games with the Habs 1ast year, both against the Bruins in a week-end home and hor series.</p><h2>Will Play More</h2><p>&ldquo;If he shoots as well as we think he can, he&rsquo;ll play a lot more games in the NHL this coming year,&rdquo; said Lynn Patrick, general manager of the Bruins.</p><p>The Rangers grabbed Jim Bartlett, a rugged, hard-skating winger from Chicoutimi also a prolific marksman, Bartlett scored 28 goals for the Sags in 1954-55 while acquiring 150 minutes in penalties, that total including four majors, four misconducts and two games misconducts.</p><p>He might be the type of &ldquo;policeman&rdquo; the Rangers need.</p><h2><b>Two to AHI.</b></h2><p>Springfield took defenceman Ernie Roche from the Royals and Hershey acquired the rights to Montreal&rsquo;s Gilles Boisvert, an agile netminder what had a goals against record of 2.93 in the QHL playoffs. A native Montrealer, Roche played fear games with the Habs in 1950-51.</p><p>Boisvert attracted the attention of the Hershey brass when he subbed for the injured &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Henry 28 Just winter.</p><h2><b>No Platoon System</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01213/1447759-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="993" height="1644"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOE BLAKE</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Returns To Fold</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02197/1447752-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1052" height="1066"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY McNEIL</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Montreal Canadiens Will Employ Two Goalers for 1955-56 Season

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>In the first move designed to fill the huge gap left by the departure of retiring captain Ted Kennedy, Toronto Maple Leafs have announced the signing of junior star Billy Harris from the Toronto Marlboros, Memorial Cup Champions.</p><p>Harris, who scored 15 goals and had 24 assists with the Dukes last season, came to terms with General Manager Hap Day last month.</p><p>&ldquo;This is the first move to fill the gap left by Ted Kennedy&rsquo;s retirement,&rdquo; said Day in announcing the signing of the 20-year-old forward.</p><p>Billy is a student at the University of Toronto and plans to complete his education as well as play professional hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;Mr. Day encouraged me to continue with my studies and I&rsquo;11 do so as long as it doesn&rsquo;t interfere with my hockey,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If I should be sent to Pittsburgh (Toronto&rsquo;s number one farm club in the American Hockey League) I have been assured that arrangements will be made for me to attend college there, either the University of Pittsbugh or Duquesne.&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>Finished Exams</b></h2><p>Although he missed only one game last season with the Marlies through injury, he proved he could keep up his studies and wrote his first year economics exams in Regina while leading the Dukes to their first Memorial Cup in 26 years.</p><p>The 20-year-old centre scored the clinching goal in each of the playoff series by which Marlies eliminated Galt, St. Catharines, Quebec and Regina in succession.</p><p>It concluded an amateur career which has been spent exclusively in the Marlboro organization. He started with Marie Pee-Wees seven years ago under Coach Cliff Cooper and graduated through the minor-bantams and Junior B Weston Dukes to the Junior A club in 1953.</p><h2><b>Durable Player</b></h2><p>He was 20 on July 29 and misses another junior term by only two days. Bill weighs only 160 pounds spread on a wiry five-foot, 11-inch frame. Despite his slender appearance, he&rsquo;s a durable performer, having missed only one game in seven seasons.</p><p>Billy&rsquo;s mother says Billy always has had a flair for athletics and a habit of keeping busy.</p><p>&ldquo;Two years ago Billy decided to stay out of school for a year and devote all his time to hockey,&rdquo; said Mrs. Harris. &ldquo;By Christmas he was bored to tears and had what he considered a poor season.</p><p>&ldquo;This season, he entered the University of Toronto and, despite studies, had his best hockey year.</p><p>&ldquo;He always has been an active hoy and found time for paper routes along with his school work and athletics. He played on hockey, soccer and baseball championship teams at Withrow public school before entering Riverdale Collegiate.</p><p>&ldquo;The day Billy finished writting his senior matriculation at Riverdale he left for the north country and a job at a summer lodge,&rdquo; his mother added. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s just an average boy with a love for hockey and a thirst for education.&rdquo;</p><p>Mrs. Harris was being modest. Billy&rsquo;s father, an RCAF tailgunner, was shot down over Germany in 1944 when Bill was nine. Since then she has always been on deck to lend a helping hand.</p><h2><b>He&rsquo;ll Help&hellip;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03180/1447797-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="568" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILLY HARRIS</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>&hellip; Replace Him</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04149/1447790-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="542" height="557"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TED KENNEDY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Toronto Maple Leafs Sign Junior Star Billy Harris To Professional Contract

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0632/1447887-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRANK BRIMSEK</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>FIRST TEAM</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>P</span>layer&mdash;Number Years Position Frank Brimsek (1938-49), Goal Eddie Shore (1928-39), Defence Dit Clapper (1927-47), Defence Woody Dumart (1937-54), L. W. Milt Schmidt (1937-54), Centre Bobby Bauer (1937-47), R. W.</p><h2><b>SECOND TEAM</b></h2><p>Player&mdash;Number Years Position Tiny Thompson (1928-38), Goal Fred Hitchman (1924-34), Def&rsquo;ce John Crawford (1937-50), Def&rsquo;ce Roy Conacher (1938-40), L. W. Bill Cowley (1935-47), Centre Dit Clapper (1927-47), R. W.</p><p>Honorable mention: Defencemen&mdash;Bill Quackenbush, Babe Seibert, George Owen; Left Wing&mdash;Dutch Gainor; Centre&mdash;Cooney Weiland; Right Wing&mdash;Johnny Peirson, Eddie Wiseman, Harry Oliver, Weiland.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Mister Zero&rdquo;</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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All-Time Bruins

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Two hockey players who played more than 15 seasons here, a third who holds the record for the longest major league career, and a fourth who was the most controversial athlete of his era have been named to the Boston Bruins&rsquo; All-Time All-Star team.</p><p>The veterans of 15 seasons are Milt Schmidt, current coach of the Bruins, and 38-year-old Woody Dumart, center and left wing respectively on the team chosent for THE HOCKEY NEWS by a panel of veteran Boston hockey writers.</p><p>The holder of the longevity record is Aubrey &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; Clapper, who played 20 years for the Bruins at two different positions. Clapper, who later coached the Bruins, has the odd distinction of being to both positions, as a defenseman on the frist team, as a. right wing on the second team.</p><h2><b>Shore Controversial</b></h2><p>The controversial figure is Eddie Shore, generally rated the greatest defenseman in National League history.</p><p>The all-time Bruins&rsquo; team rounded out by Bobby Bauer at right wing and Frank &ldquo;Mr. Zero&rdquo; Brimsek as goal-tender.</p><p>The six led the voting in THE HOCKEY NEWS poll, in some instances by narrow margins. The runners-up at each position were named to a second team.</p><p>On the second team are Cecil &ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; Thompson in goal, John Crawford and Fred Hitchman on defense, Roy Conacher at left wing. Bill Cowley at center and Clapper at right wing.</p><h2><b>Close Contest</b></h2><p>The. position which resulted in the contest was for goalie, in which Brimsek edged Thompson, the man who preceded him in the Bruins&rsquo; nets.</p><p>Brimsek, a stocky native of Eveleth, Minnesota, was brought up from Providence in the fall of 1938 in a surprise move by then General Manager Art Ross to replace Thompson, sold to Detroit,</p><p>The unknown rookie promptly stood the hockey world on its ear by twice compiling scoreless streaks in excess of 220 minutes, winning the Vezina and Calder trophies and backstopping the Bruins to the Stanley Cup. He played here for eight seasons, missing more than two seasons as a motor machinist&rsquo;s mate in the United States Coast Guard, and he was named twice to the league All-Star team.</p><h2><b>Grew Up Together</b></h2><p>The Krauts, whose careers were also interrupted by wartime service in the Royal Canadian Air Force, grew up together in Kitchener. Little. Bauer, big Dumart and the fiery Schmidt played as a unit until Bobby&rsquo;s retirement after the 194647 season, and during that time they accounted for a total of 807 regular-season scoring points.</p><p>They were reunited for one game a few years ago, when Boston hockey fans honored Schmidt and Dumart with a night, and despite five years&rsquo; rust, Bauer scored a goal.</p><p>Schmidt won virtually every honor available to an aggressive player, the Hart Trophy, the league scoring championship, All-Star recognition three times. The powerful Bruins&rsquo; coach has been designated as the greatest player of all-time by such recognized authorities as Lionel Conacher and Ross.</p><h2>200 Goal Member</h2><p>Dumart, his sidekick, is the third-highest scorer in Bruins&rsquo; history, ranking behind Clapper and Schmidt. The aimiable husky joined the National league&rsquo;s exclusive 200-goal club in the spring of 1952, six weeks before Schmidt.</p><p>Shore, still a prominent figure in hockey news as owner of a professional team, Springfield, became a household word here on his arrival in the fall of 1926.</p><p>With the Edmonton Express as the big drawing card, the Bruins speedily outgrew the Arena and moved into the new Garden, where the balding defenseman&rsquo;s spectacular rushes thrilled hundreds of thousands of people for another 10 years.</p><h2>All-Star Seven Times</h2><p>Shore was chosen on the league All-Star team seven times, more than any other player in history, and his collection of four Hart trophies is also unprecedented.</p><p>Clapper had a unique career. Originally a defenseman, he was made a right wing by Ross and played there for a decade. Then in 1937 he moved back to defense, and made the All-Star team three times. During the 1946-47 season he was chosen for the hockey Hall of Fame, the only active player ever to be accorded that distinction.</p><p>As a right wing, where he ranked second to Bauer in the writers&rsquo; balloting, Clapper scored 167 goals, and his 41-goal output for the 192 9-30 season has been exceeded only once by a Bruin.</p><h2><b>Twice On Team</b></h2><p>Thompson, the second team goalie, was a two-time AllStar, and in the 1928-29 season he allowed the incredibly low total of 52 goals in 44 games as the Bruins won their first Stanley Cup. Thompson won the Vezina trophy four times.</p><p>Hitchman was Shore&rsquo;s old defense partner, a lanky bodychecker who started here with Ross&rsquo; first team in 1924. Crawford, the other second team defense nominee, is still active in hockey, as the commentator on Bruins&rsquo; radio broadcasts. As husky as Hitchman was stringy, Crawford collected an All-Star award among other honors.</p><h2>Great Playmaker</h2><p>Cowley was one of Ross&rsquo; outstanding purchases, an acquisition from the old St. Louis team who became the greatest playmaker of modern times. He won the Hart trophy twice, scored 190 goals for the Bruins and made the All-Star team three times.</p><p>Conacher, youngest of the famed brothers, led the league in scoring as a rookie with his bullet shot, and until he departed for four years of war service he averaged 23 goals here, a formidable pace for a 48-game schedule then in vogue.</p><h2><b>They Scored 807 Points As A Unit</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01212/1447856-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="728" height="1201"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOBBY BAUER</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02178/1447849-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="767" height="1200"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MILT SCHMIDT</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03119/1447842-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="753" height="1210"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WOODY DUMART</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Defenders&hellip;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0473/1447835-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="572" height="844"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>EDDIE SHORE</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>&hellip;Deluxe</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0551/1447828-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="565" height="856"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DIT CLAPPER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Boston Scribes Pick All-Time All-Stars On Bruins

<div class="byline">By HERB RALBY</div><p>BOSTON. Mass.</p><p>Four of the five Bruins whom Detroit obtained in the nine player trade which sent Terry Sawchuk to Boston figure prominently in the Red Wings plans for the coming season.</p><p>This quartet includes defenseman Warren Godfrey, forwards Ed Sandford and Real Chevrefils and rookie goaler Gil Boisvert.</p><h2><b>High On Rocky</b></h2><p>Detroit general manager Jack Adams who has traded off eight of his 1955 Stanley Cup champs already, is very high on Godfrey. Adams is counting upon Rocky and another recent Red Wing acquisition, Bucky Hollingworth, to bolster the defense.</p><p>Jolly Jack admitted he had worries about veteran Bob Goldham&rsquo;s ability to stand the schedule, a year ago. But he has no concern now even if Gold-ham should go through with his threatened reitrement.</p><p>At least that&rsquo;s what Jack says now.</p><p>Adams also revealed his plans for the other trio. Chewy is scheduled to play left wing with Alex Delvecchio and Bill Dineen. Sandford will be used as a utility forward because of his versatility. Boisvert is headed for Edmonton to replace Glen Hall, who in turn replaces Sawehuk in the Detroit cage.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01283/1447949-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="285" height="373"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jack Adams</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Topper Too</b></h2><p>The Wings general manager is high, too, on another exBruin, Jerry Toppazzini, whom he obtained in the eight player swap with Chicago, The colorful Topper is slated to play on a forward line with rookies Norm Ulman and Johnny Bucyk.</p><p>The rest of the players whom Detroit acquired in the two trades are expendable, according to Adams. He may either trade them to another NHL club or send them to the Wings&rsquo; Edmonton farm club. That includes ex-Bruins, Davey Creighton and Norm Corcoran, and center Johnny McCormack.</p><h2><b>ROCKY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02255/1447942-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="558" height="817"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WARREN GODFREY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0004-01

Former Bruins To Figure In Detroit Plans

<div class="byline">By JIM VIPOND Sports Editor</div><p>(Toronto Globe & Mall)</p><p>JAMES D. NORRIS is a name of importance which has been cropping up with increasing frequency in recent years on three sports fronts, boxing, hockey and thoroughbred racing.</p><p>Boxing has given Jim Norris the most publicity, much of it unfavorable. But hockey as much as boxing prompted his latest return to the sports pages of newspapers in Canada and the United States when he assumed the presidency of Madison Square Garden, New York&rsquo;s historied sports palace on the outskirts of Hell&rsquo;s Kitchen.</p><p>As president of the International Boxing Club, foremost, and, to all intents and purposes, only professional fight promotional organization in the United States, Norris has been accused of many things.</p><p>Principally efforts are being made by a. large segment of the United States press, led by the weekly. Sports Illustrated, to tie Norris&rsquo; wagon to the racketeers, such as Frank Carbo, allegedly infesting the fight game.</p><p>The curious yen of a rich man&rsquo;s son to seek out and be friends with reputed underworld characters is the lever being used by Julius Helfand, chairman of the New York State Boxing Commission, in his investigation of the fight game, to involve Norris.</p><p>As a youth in Chicago, Jim Norris is said to have been on friendly terms with many a citizen whose name was more likely to be found in the parole book rather than the social register.</p><p>The change in executive command at Madison Square Garden, dubbed somewhat cynically &ldquo;Jim Norris&rsquo; Garden Party&rdquo; by Sports Illustrated, once again focused attention on the Norris family&rsquo;s connection with major league hockey,</p><p>Norris and his partner, Arthur M. Wirtz of Chicago, are said to control some 6 0 per cent of the stock of Madison Square Garden, the corporation which owns the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.. &bull;</p><p>A couple of seasons ago Norris assumed personal command of Chicago Black Hawks and has since been pouring money into that hockey organization in an effort to once again give the Windy City a Stanley Cup contender.</p><p>In Detroit, where his late father, James Norris Sr., first gave financial vent to his passion for hockey by purchasing the Red Wings, the NHL&rsquo;s perennial champions are now owned by Jim&rsquo;s sister and brother, Marguerite and Bruce Norris.</p><p>That accounts for 50 per cent of the teams in the National League and has often led to the loop being referred to as the Norris House League.</p><p>What effect is the boxing investigation going to have on Canada&rsquo;s national sport at the major league level? Is the predominance of Norris capital in the NHL going to have an adverse or favorable reaction on our winter sport.?</p><p>We sought the answers to these perplexing questions from a man to whom the National Hockey League is the alpha and omega of sport, (although he manages to spare a few Greek letters for thoroughbred racing and golfing) Conn Smythe.</p><p>&ldquo;It will be a sad day for boxing and hockey when Jim Norris is gone,&rdquo; Smythe emphatically declared as we chatted on the Woodbine lawn, forgetting for the nonce the excitement of a thoroughbred race being run in front of our eyes. &ldquo;Norris is good for both games.&rdquo; -</p><p>&ldquo;They say boxing is in a bad way. I&rsquo;d hate to imagine how much worse it would be without Jim Norris and the International Boxing Club. Jim knows how to handle those guys.</p><p>&ldquo;Fight promoting is a difficult business. Here in Canada, in Frank Tunney, we have one of the best ring promoters in the business, yet look at the trouble he has lining up good fights. Norris appears to have the knack and ability to arrange good bouts.</p><p>&ldquo;And don&rsquo;t forget this is still a free country. People don&rsquo;t have to buy tickets to the fights Norris promotes, yet they pay high prices to get the best seats.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;As for hockey, I&rsquo;m glad we have Jim Norris. Remember, he hasn&rsquo;t a say in the operation of our club nor of Montreal. In Boston, Walter Brown operates the Bruins.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Jim has done a terrific job in Chicago. He&rsquo;s spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in an effort to pick that team up and I think he&rsquo;s getting somewhere. It&rsquo;s going to be very interesting in Chicago next winter with Tommy Ivan and Dick Irvin working together as manager and coach.</p><p>&ldquo;As for the New York Rangers and Madison Square Garden there hasn&rsquo;t been the big stock change there that has been indicated. I don&rsquo;t believe Jim has purchased any Garden stock in two years. He&rsquo;s just made a move he should have taken long ago.</p><p>&ldquo;Those six directors didn&rsquo;t resign of their own accord. They left because they were asked to. For years they&rsquo;ve been collecting the dividends while Jim has been taking the bad publicity. Now he&rsquo;s in the driver&rsquo;s seat running his own show and you&rsquo;ll see a great improvement,&rdquo;</p><p>(Recently, Jim Norris succeeded General John Reed Kilpatrick as president of the Garden and the General was appointed chairman of the board. At the same time the resignation of six prominent New York financiers from the board of directors was announced. Resigning, one way or the other, were Sidney J. Weinberg, leading investment banker and director of numerous companies; Stanton Griffis, former ambassador to Spain, movie and banking interests; William M. Greve director of many companies; Bernard F. Gimbel, owner of the department stores which carry his name; Walter P. Chrysler Jr., heir to the Chrysler automobile millions, and Jansen Noyes, investment banker.)</p><p>&ldquo;And in Detroit some people think that Marguerite and Bruce Norris are only figureheads taking orders from Jim. Nothing could be further from fact. If the truth were known, there&rsquo;s a bitter family rivalry and Jim would like nothing better than to knock off Detroit with Chicago.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry about hockey and Jim Norris,&rdquo; Smythe concluded. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll take care of themselves.&rdquo;</p><p>And that, we would remind our readers, is the personal viewpoint of one of hockey&rsquo;s dynamic men of action. One remark of Smythe&rsquo;s we neglected mentioning earlier fairly well sums up his faith in the sport which has meant so much to him throughout his whole life.</p><p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ll never be able to point the finger of doubt at hockey as long as we have such fierce competitors as Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe, the Rocket (Maurice Richard) or our own players.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

SPORTS DIGEST

<div class="byline">MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03182/1447980-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg"></div><p><b>(As Seen in the Toronto Star)</b></p><h2><b>Two Brothers and a Stranger</b></h2><p>A LETTER to W. B. (Baldy) Geogre, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association: Salutations, Baldy, and sincere thanks for your proposal that Sir Andrew O&rsquo;Brien, the light-hearted heavyweight columnist of The Montreal Star, should get together with the emaciated serf who fills this space on the subject of Canada&rsquo;s future participation in the world hockey tournament. As you point out in your note, we both sat in on the shinny scuffles in Europe last March. And we both read accounts of your speech, in which you voiced doubt that Canada should be represented again. Maybe you felt we should ride along with you. After talking it over, as you suggested, O&rsquo;Brien and yours truly agree almost unanimously to disagree with you. Two brothers and a stranger, you probably will say. But that&rsquo;s how it is. Since this is a subject in which most Canadians seem to be keenly interested, we might as well let them in on some of the main points in your letter. So we quote:</p><p>&ldquo;I speak from experience in three world tournaments&mdash;1953 at Zurich, where Canada did not take part; 1954 at Stockholm, where Russia beat the Canadian team; and 1955 in Germany. Prior to 1954, there was no political pressure or tension&hellip; When Russia came in, one could feel the change. Yet, even in the case of the defeated Toronto Lyndhurst team, I felt they could have won if they had possessed the stability or the maturity shown by the Penticton V&rsquo;s. From that experience, I am opposed to sending any junior &lsquo;A&rsquo;&mdash;much less junior *B&rsquo; club. What do you think?</p><p>O&rsquo;Brien and Friend: We agree it isn&rsquo;t quite the assignment for a junior club. The juniors would thrill those Europeans with their speed and swerve, but the tension and pressure are greater than teen-agers should be asked to withstand. And there&rsquo;s always the chance that a junior team will turn in a bad game when it might do the most harm. But concerning the change which came over the tournament when the Russians entered, we might recall the same thing happened when the Ruskies got into the Olympic Games. We didn&rsquo;t stay home from Helsinki and neither did the Yanks Result: The last Olympics generally were regarded as the finest yet. And if you want to be honest about it, why do you think the recent hockey tournament drew 10 sports writers and radio men for every one that had attended before? That&rsquo;s right; Because Russia had beaten Canada the previous year.</p><h2><b>Do the High Jumpers Pay Their Way?</b></h2><p>MR. GEORGE&rsquo;S letter again: &ldquo;Perhaps it is mercenary to think of money in this discussion, but a considerable amount of money is involved in sending a team overseas. I am inclined to doubt whether, under arrangements to be made with certain federations in Europe, it is worthwhile financially. Yet, the Canadian appeal is the big draw. At Stockholm, 45 per cent. of the whole tourney&rsquo;s gate receipts were obtained from the eight games in which Canada took part. While still avaiting the final report from Germany, I am sure, from unchecked figures, that it was an even higher percentage this year.&rdquo;</p><p>O&rsquo;Brien and Friend: Canada has sent night jumpers, shot putters, marathoners and walkers on Olympic junkets to various parts of the world. Nearly all of them finished up the track. There wasn&rsquo;t the faintest suggestion we would get back even a nickel at the gate. So, when we send a hockey team&mdash;a sport in which we excel&mdash;is it so essential that the squad has to earn its way? We have reason to believe the hockey team comes much closer to breaking even than any other representatives Canada sends overseas. For instance, we were told in Germany that the CAHA had a guarantee of $15,000 for the four exhibition games which the Canadians played before the tournament started. That isn&rsquo;t hay.</p><p>Mr. George: &ldquo;I dislike the bargaining necessary to arrange exhibition games before and after tourneys games. I have assertained that, when a Canadian team plays in Paris, total receipts will be from $10,000 to $12,000. Yet, it is difficult to get even $1,000 from the French Federation, although the Penticton V&rsquo;s did a little better in Paris. In Switzerland, again, we&rsquo;re lucky to get $1,000 from a $10,000 gate.&rdquo;</p><p>O&rsquo;Brien and Friend: Let&rsquo;s be realistic about it. Why did the Canadians go to Paris at all? Was it because they wanted to show the Parisiens Canadian hockey or was it because they wanted to take a gander at the Eiffel tower and maybe Casino de Paree? You know the answer. They were on a sightseeing tour. No person was twisting their arms to make them play there.</p><h2><b>The Moscow Junket is a &ldquo;Must&rdquo;</b></h2><p>MR GEORGE: &ldquo;As far as next year is concerned, it is the Olympic year and I feel that Canada should be represented, providing our team can be composed of members who will be able to represent Canada in terms of ability, as well as Olympic elegibility. It is a controversial point.&rdquo;</p><p>O&rsquo;Brien and Friend: Canada always has been able to find a team worthy of representing it at the Olympics. Granted, the Canadian conception of amateur hockey has changed drastically. The CAHA now recognizes that &ldquo;amateurs&rdquo; who play 50 to 80 games of hockey in a season can not do it without receiving remuneration for their services. They have to live. But there must be some recognition of this situation in the Olympic code. Otherwise, how did an athlete who had played football for the Ottawa Rough Riders qualify for the Canadian basketball team at the last Olympics? No person challenged his right to be a member of the team. Canada participates in many Olympic events which she has absolutely no chance to win. If we&rsquo;re going to drop out of one, does it seem logical to drop from the event in which we do best?</p><p>Mr. George: &ldquo;What about the next world hockey tourney in Moscow in 1957?&rdquo;</p><p>O&rsquo;Brien and Friend: Baldy, that one is a &ldquo;must.&rdquo; We lifted the title from the Russian in Germany. Now, we show them&mdash;and all the European nations which will be watching&mdash;that we&rsquo;re prepared to defend it, right in their new 22,000-seat rink. And this should be the most polished club which has gone to any tournament. It should be one that has poise and finesse&mdash;on and off the ice. There should be some advance agent who is familiar with Canadian hockey and with conditions in Europe to make the arrangements for travel, accommodations, visas, etc., long before the team arrives. We think Harvey (Red) Stapleford, former Canadian player, ex-English coach, a trade and industrial commissioner at Ontario house in London, would be an ideal man. The CAHA needs no introduction. You&rsquo;ve used him before. And one last word about dropping out: Little Finland lost every game in the last tournament&mdash;didn&rsquo;t win once. And no person offered them a dime to play an exhibition game. They&rsquo;re going to Moscow.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0004-03

Speaking on Sport

<p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>Here are the National Hockey League lifetime and last season records of eight players involved in the recent Chicago-Detroit swap</p><h2>NEW BLACK HAWKS NEW RED WINGS LESWICK</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02209/1448105-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="532" height="86"></div><h3>SKOV</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03165/1448098-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="532" height="83"></div><h3>WILSON</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04131/1448091-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="535" height="82"></div><h3>WOIT</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0591/1448084-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="532" height="84"></div><h2>NEW RED WINGS CREIGTHON</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0731/1448077-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="532" height="88"></div><h3>McCORMACK</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0820/1448070-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="539" height="86"></div><h3>TOPPAZZINI</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0913/1448063-1-eng-US/f0005-092.jpg" title="f0005-09" width="535" height="85"></div><h3>HOLLINGWORTH</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-109/1448056-1-eng-US/f0005-102.jpg" title="f0005-10" width="537" height="84"></div><h2>TOTAL</h2><h3>HAWKS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0657/1448049-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="534" height="87"></div><h3>WINGS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-117/1448042-1-eng-US/f0005-112.jpg" title="f0005-11" width="532" height="123"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0005-02

Record Of Stars Involved In Detroit-Chicago Trade

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>A favorite summer pastime for Buffalo hockey fans since the Bisons debuted in the American League in 1949 has been playing a game called: &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s In Goal?&rdquo;</p><p>Significantly, only Connie Dion, in the 1948-49 season, of the 33 goaltenders the Bisons have employed, played a complete season without relief.</p><p>Only this past season, the Bisons had no less than five different puck stoppers between the pipes for them&mdash;Hank Bassen, Ed Chadwick, Marve Edwards, Ivan Walmsley, and Ray Frederick. That number was still two shy of the record number of seven the Herd called upon in the war year of 1943-44.</p><h2><b>Who Will It Be?</b></h2><p>Now what about the 1955-56 campaign? Who will be the man in the pads when the Bisons skate onto Memorial Auditorium ice for their season opener?</p><p>General Manager Fred Hunt insists he&rsquo;ll go to the Chicago-Buffalo training site at Welland, Ont., with &ldquo;an open mind&hellip; and eyes to match.&rdquo; &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have more goaltender talent to choose from than we&rsquo;ve had in many years and it will all depend on what the candidates show in camp,&rdquo; Hunt added.</p><h2><b>Four To Choose From</b></h2><p>Even assuming that the parent Black Hawks keep both Al Rollins and Bassen, Buffalo will still have Frederick, Walmsley, Edwards, and Bill Harrington to choose from.</p><p>Frederick, having been in the nets when the Bisons made their successful second half playoff drive last season, would ordinarilly figure to have the inside track. He had a 3.77 average with two shutouts in 22 games after coming down from the Black Hawks. In 10 playoff games, he lowered his average to 3.20 while coming up with one shutout.</p><p>However, Hunt&rsquo;s insistance that &ldquo;everyone will have an equal showing&rdquo; eliminates any squatter&rsquo;s rights that Frederick may claim.</p><h2><b>Played.Junior</b></h2><p>&ldquo;A year ago when we had Edwards and Walmsley in camp, young Marvin was allowed to return to St. Catharines before we began our exhibition schedule as he had another year of junior play while Ivan wasn&rsquo;t given as much as he might have been as we had decided in advance that Bassen would start the season in our nets,&rdquo; Hunt explained.</p><p>When called upon in emergency during the regular season, however, both performed at a standard tha makes them formidable candidates for the job.</p><h2><b>Sparkling Performance</b></h2><p>Walmsley, called up from the Fort Wayne club of the International League, turned in a sparkling performance in a key game against the then-league leading Springfield Indians which the Bisons won.</p><p>Edwards was twice plucked from St. Kitts, and although the Herd lost both games, he left nothing to be desired in performing his duties.</p><h2><b>Busy Goaler</b></h2><p>His debut in Buffalo uniform topped off one of the busiest weekends any goalie ever had. After two overtime games in as many nights, the blond, square-jawed netminder played a Sunday afternoon game for the Teepees in Toronto and then hustled off to Buffalo to replace the injured Bassen.</p><p>With only a couple of sandwiches to serve as a bracer, Edwards donned the pads for his second game of the day. Unfortunately, the overtime jinx that had struck the St. Catherines club followed Marvin in the Bisons&rsquo; ranks and Pittsburgh took a 3-2 decision on an extra period goal by Andy-Barbe.</p><h2><b>New To Bisons</b></h2><p>Harrington, the only entrant in Buffalo&rsquo;s goaltender derby who has never played for the Bisons, had a fine season with Windsor in the Senior OHA last winter. He was scouted by the Chicago Black Hawks and placed on the Buffalo goalie list.</p><h2><b>Augers Well</b></h2><p>Only Denis Brodeur, of the title winning Kitchener Dutchmen, had a better goals-against average than Harrington. The fact that Bassen graduated from the same league last season into the Bisons&rsquo; ranks and subsequently advanced to the NHL with Chicago also augurs well for Harrington.</p><h2><b>Ex-Bulldog</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-135/1448143-1-eng-US/f0005-132.jpg" title="f0005-13" width="573" height="1079"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL HARRINGTON</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Chi-Hawk Now</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-126/1448136-1-eng-US/f0005-122.jpg" title="f0005-12" width="839" height="1371"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HANK BASSEN</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0005-13

Four Players Will Be Seeking Coaler’s Job With AHL Bisons

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The acquisition of Terry Sawchuk will make the Boston Bruins a winner next season.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the opinion of Vic Stasiuk, ex-Detroit forward whom the big trade along with Sawchuk and left winger Marcel Bonin.</p><p>Stasiuk expressed this view in a letter to Lynn Patrick, Bruins general manager. He wrote:</p><p>&ldquo;I am naturally slightly disappointed in being traded from a championship club as the Red Wings have been. But personally I now feel that they will have a much tougher time staying up near the top than last year, and the Bruins could be more than slightly responsible.</p><h2><b>Terry Happy</b></h2><p>If Terry Sawchuk is happy about the change, and he says he is, he could personaly knock off any of the clubs and make a winner out of the Bruins and I&rsquo;m working and hoping for a spot on that winner too.&rdquo;</p><p>Meanwhile, with the departure of Ed Sandford, only three players still remain with the Bruins who were present when Lynn Patrick took over the coaching reins back in 1950-51 season. They are Bill Quackenbush, Fernie Flaman and Lorne Ferguson.</p><p>Of the trio only Quack has been with the team continuously since that time. Fergie was farmed out to Hershey the following year. Flaman went to Toronto in a trade for Ezinicki. Both rejoined the bruins 4 year ago.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Stasiuk Says Sawchuk Will Improve B’s

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0668/1448309-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg"></div><h2><b>Oldtimers Again</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I am a hockey fan, a young one, and certainly enjoy each and every issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>But, like other Fan Forum correspondents before me, I would like to see more written on some of the all-time greats of the game. Many of these are to me (and no doubt to others just like me) merely names in the record book.</p><p>What I would like to see are features on some of the great old-timers. Not necessarily every week, but merely from time to time, say once every month or so. I&rsquo;m sure most oldtime fans as well as the current crop of rooters would be interested in reading stories on these fabled men of hockey.</p><p>As for writers, I am sure there are still many, many sportswriters around today who knew and wrote about these fellows. Men like Elmer Ferguson, who is heard on the Hot Stove League, for instance. He tells many stories on the air of times when he talked to, say, Howie Morenz.</p><p>Anyway, thanks for your indulgence in reading this letter. Hope you will give this suggestion some consideration.</p><p>David Mitchell Windsor, Ont.</p><p><b>(We are giving the suggestion consideration, David, but would like to hear what the rest of the fans think before coming to a decision. Let&rsquo;s hear from you on this subject.)</b></p><h2><b>Waste Space?</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Why do you waste so much space on letters from fans (mostly silly teenaged girls, I suspect) when this valuable space could be used to bring us still more news on our favorite sport?</p><p>As far as I am concerned, these letters are for the most part just plain drivel and take up too much room in your otherwise perfect paper.</p><p>Trust you will do something about this situation next season.</p><p>Don Johnson Detroit, Mich.</p><h2><b>Less On Vets</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Well, I still read and enjoy THE HOCKEY NEWS very much.</p><p>One thing though, I&rsquo;d like to see a little more on the younger and newer National Hockey League stars and, of course, a little less on the veterans.</p><p>Enclosed are a few poems on. last year&rsquo;s playoffs which might interest you.</p><p>Simon Doell Hepburn, Sask.</p><p><b>(Unfortunatly, Simon, space does not permit us to print the poems, although we found them quite amusing.)</b></p><h2>Information Wanted</h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I wonder if some person knows the address of Adam Brown (formerly of the Chicago Black Hawks) as I would like to contact him as soon as possible.</p><p>Also I&rsquo;d like to correspond with hockey people all over the world so hope to hear from some fans. My team is the Boston Bruins.</p><p>John &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Oswald</p><p>St. Louis, Mo.</p><p><b>(Fans having the information required or wishing to correspond with &ldquo;Red&rdquo; may do so by writing to him at 3945 a/n 19th Street, St. Louis 7. Mo.)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0006-06

THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0732/1448340-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="577" height="273"></div><h2><b>JULY 16 to AUGUST 15</b></h2><p>19&mdash;IRVIN, Dick, Chicago Coach, 1892.</p><p>20&mdash;DAVIS, Lome, Boston forward, 1930.</p><p>21&mdash;REIBEL, Earl (Dutch) Detroit forward, 1930.</p><p>23&mdash;BENNETT, Harvey, Providence goaler, 1925; BLAIR. Chuck, Buffalo forward, 1928.</p><p>25&mdash;MAZUR, Eddie, Montreal Royals forward, 1924.</p><p>27&mdash;BARBE, Andy, Pittsburgh forward, 1923.</p><p>29&mdash;LINDSAY, Ted, Detroit forward, 1925.</p><h2><b>August</b></h2><p>1&mdash;SCLIZZISSI, Enio, Edmonton forward, 1925; LAVITT, Sam, Victoria defense, 1922.</p><p>2&mdash;McCORMACK, Johnny (Goose), Detroit forward, 1925.</p><p>4&mdash;RICHARD, Maurice (Rocket), Montreal forward, 1921; DOROHOY, Ollie. New Westminster forward, 1923.</p><p>6&mdash;COUTURE, Gerry, Calgary forward, 1925.</p><p>8&mdash;WILLIAMS, Tommy Cleveland defense, 1923; GADSBY, Bill, New York defense, 1927.</p><p>11&mdash;CURRY, Floyd, Montreal forward, 1925.</p><p>15&mdash;CORCORAN, Norm, Detroit forward, 1931.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0006-07

Happy Birthday to you

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01305/1448278-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><p>&bull; MILT DUNNELL of the Toronto Star came up with some of the best reporting for a long time when he told how if it wasn&rsquo;t for hockey there wouldn&rsquo;t have been an All-Star baseball game. This something that very few people were ever aware of until Dunnell&rsquo;s report. It seems that when the late Arch Ward was trying to line up a baseball All-Star game us a feature for the 1933 Century of Progress in Chicago if was hockey that knocked aside the largest roadblock to this splendid sports attraction. Ward who was sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, had committed the Trib to pay all costs associated with the game. In the event of rain the paper would take the wrap, even to the extent of paying the cost of refunds on all tickets. The American League accepted the scheme enthusiastically, but the National League had knockers. One of those clubs against the game was the Boston Braves, who were billed for a couple of lucrative doubleheaders with the New York Giants, and had no intention of ditching them for what they considered a meaningless exhibition game&hellip; That&rsquo;s when Ward called in his hockey friends. Major Frederick McLaughlin was owner of the Chicago Black Hawks at the time. In Boston, the Bruins were owned by Charles F. Adams, the millionaire grocer. Adams also owned a piece of the Braves and was one of the bail clubs vice-presidents. Ward persuaded McLaughlin to wire Adams and tell him the Braves were missing the boat on one of the best propositions ever submitted to baseball. Through the intervention of these hockey men, the Boston club was swung over to the ranks of the teams which favored the game. The Giants gave in, and the dream game became a reality. Now, there are hundreds of men in baseball who would like to take bows for launching this circus of stars. In the beginning the idea had few real friends inside baseball. It took a couple of hockey men to clear the deck.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02195/1448271-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="294" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Leo LaBine</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03117/1448264-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="288" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Terry Sawchuk</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0482/1448257-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="282" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jean Beliveau</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0576/1448250-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="279" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tod Sloan</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; JEAN BELIVEAU has been appointed manager of the sports dept. of Molson&rsquo;s Brewery. The ace Montreal centre has been employed by Molson&rsquo;s for over two years now and has applied himself just as well to his duties with them as he has with Canadiens&hellip; Here&rsquo;s another Leo LaBine wisecrack: After the whistle had blown for play stoppage during a Stanley Cup playoff game between Canadiens and the Bruins last Spring, burly &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Bouchard of Canadiens pushed LaBine from behind. The unpredictable Leo promptly turned his head and yapped at Bouchard: &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got 3 2 teeth now. You want to try for 16?&rdquo;&hellip; Punch Imlach, general manager of the Quebec Aces, has been holidaying in Ontario and visiting old friends around Toronto&hellip; The Aces will definitely play in Quebec next season. The civic officials recently came to the rescue. Marc Drouin will replace Jack Latter as president of the club. Imlach will both manage and coach the team&hellip; Dickie Moore recently returned from Toronto where he told friends, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m in stitchers.&rdquo; He was, too, 45 of them in his trick shoulder&hellip; Five members of the Boston Bruins that eliminated Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup semi-finals three years ago will line up with the Wings this coming season. They are Ed Sandford, Warren Godfrey, Real Chevrefils, Dave Creighton and Jerry Topazzini&hellip; Dick Irvin is supposed to have told close associates recently that he planned to start the 1955-56 season with Hank Bassen in the Chicago nets&hellip; But most people in the Chicago camp feel that it will be Al Rollins who will start in the Black Hawk goal&hellip; Both goalies will go to training camp on equal footing an dthe one that looks the best in camp will get the nod to start the season as regular goalie&hellip;. It was nice to see Elmer Lach move up the coaching ladder. Elmer takes over as mentor of the Montreal Royals from Pete Morin who has retired.</p><p>&bull; CLEVELAND BARONS announced the acquisition of two members of last season&rsquo;s Allan Cup Champions, Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen. They are Denis Brodeur, a goalkeeper and Howie Lee, a defenseman&hellip; Brodeur was a star for the Dutchmen last season. He is 23 years old and has been sought after by several pro clubs for the last couple of years. It was the report of Lex Cook chief scout, that determined his signing by Cleveland&hellip; Lee has been a standout in Canadian senior hockey for the last five years. The husky 2 6-year-old rearguard put off signing up as professional until he had completed his apprenticeship in the printing trade. Once he acquired his &lsquo;journeyman&rsquo;s card&rdquo; he was ready to give the pros a go&hellip; Frank Gallagher, very capable president of the International Hockey League, informs us that his loop will operate with seven teams this coming season. The seven teams are Grand Rapids, Fort Wayne, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Johnstown, Troy and Toledo&hellip; Indianapolis is the loop&rsquo;s newest entry&hellip; Hockey has been absent from Indianapolis for four years but at one time the Hoosier city was a hckey hotbed&hellip; Tom Grace of Cincinnati was recently elected 1st vice-president of the IHL and Troy&rsquo;s Ken Wilson, a Saskatoon boy who made good, was named 2nd Veep. Hard-working Billy Clements will take care of the secretarial duties in his customary fine fashion&hellip; If and when Detroit Red Wings bring back the retired Number 6, worn by the late Larry Aurie, it will adorn the back of the jersey worn by Cummy Burton. Young Cummy is a sensational junior player with Hamilton and is a nephew of Aurie&rsquo;s.</p><p>&bull; WHILE EVERYONE figures the acquisition of Terry Sawchuk by the Boston Bruins automatically makes the Bruins a contender for the NHL championship this winter, Sawchuk himself feels that the sleeper in the deal is Vic Stasiuk&hellip; Sawchuk told the Bruins over the telephone from his East Kildonan, Man. home that &ldquo;the real sleeper in the deal is Stasiuk. He never got much chance in Detroit. He&rsquo;s going to surprise everybody&rdquo;&hellip; Dr. Tom Kelley has retired as team physician of the Boston Bruins after close to 30 years. He retired reluctantly because he is still a comparatively young man. But he just couldn&rsquo;t find enough time with these duties and his regular practice for a new interest in which he and Mrs. Kelley have become associated. That is helping mentally retarded children&hellip; It was Doc Kelley who made one of Hockey&rsquo;s classic remarks a few years ago. It was during the Stanley Cup playoffs and Milt Schmidt, as was his custom during the playoffs was in pretty bad shape physically. As the Bruins&rsquo; key man he had been the target for the opposition and he had a bad knee and various other injuries. Another player wouldn&rsquo;t even have shown up in the dressing room but Milt kept insisting he would play the next game and the hockey scribes watching Schmidt limp around in pain, asked Dr. Kelley if the Bruins&rsquo; captain would play&hellip; &lsquo;&lsquo;I&rsquo;ll tell you,&rdquo; he smiled. &ldquo;He has a couple of bad knees, his ribs are sore and there&rsquo;s something wrong with his neck. But his heart&rsquo;s O.K. He&rsquo;ll play&hellip;&rdquo; Another popular NHL club doctor who plans to retire his, Dr. Gordon Young of the Montreal Canadiens. The youthful Young hates to resign but figures his growing practice will not allow him the time. He is also club physician of the Montreal Alouettes footbal team.</p><p>&bull; JIMMY RICE, veteran Montreal photographer, likes to recall a incident in the early days of the historic Stanley Cup. Apparently the Cup was left at the Rice Studios after a group picture was taken and forgotten all about for months. One day Jimmy spotted it in the studio window. Jimmy&rsquo;s mother had decided to decorate the window space with some of her prized geraniums and needed a large holder. Remembering the battered Stanley basin, she dragged it out of a cupboard, shifted earth and the geraniums into the hockey trophy, and proudly placed her creation where passers by could see and admire (the geraniums not the trophy) as Mrs. Rice thought the famous Cup was nothing more than a fancy wash basin&hellip; Leo LaBine and Tod Sloan are playing softball on the same team at North Bay this summer&hellip; Sloan along with Alex Delvecchio, Marty Pavelich and Gus Bodnar, is employed as a sales representative of the Carling Brewery during the summer months&hellip; John A. Cooper of Detroit, husband of the authoress, Sylvia Cooper, advises that on the back cover jacket of Mrs. Cooper&rsquo;s most recent novel, &ldquo;Thunder Stone&rdquo; that the following appears: &ldquo;Writing is just one of Mrs. Cooper&rsquo;s concerns. She has three other full-time careers which occupy her energies and give her joy: her family, her garden, her faithful participation (by way of sometimes dangerous front-row seat) in the Detroit Red Wings hockey games&hellip; &ldquo;Without hesitation I would call my wife one of the most enthusiastic hockey fans in existence,&rdquo; writes Mr. Cooper.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01287/1448243-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="264" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Elmer Lach</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02246/1448236-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="290" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gus Bodnar</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03193/1448229-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="264" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Milt Schmidt</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04149/1448222-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="274" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Vic Stasiuk</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By AL OSTROM</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01256/1448371-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Elmer Lach&hellip;&hellip;Billy Reay</b></figcaption></div><p>SEATTLE, Wash</p><p>It&rsquo;s always darkest before the dawn, and Billy Reay found this out just recently.</p><p>The crafty little coach of the Victoria Cougars of the Western League was a disappointed figure when he lost the Montreal coaching job after it was all but in the bag.</p><h2><b>AH Changed</b></h2><p>But that&rsquo;s all changed now.</p><p>Billy stepped into what is probably the best-paying and most challenging minor league job in hockey when he accepted a general manager-coach contract from Bill Veneman, pressident of the new Seattle Hockey Club.</p><h2><b>To Make Comeback</b></h2><p>Out of the WHL last season, Seattle will make a comeback this winter under a completely new regime, headed by Veneman, a young, progressive television consellor for several Western TV stations.</p><p>Guided by league president Al Leader, Veneman selected Reay to handle the new team, both from the front office and players&rsquo; bench.</p><h2><b>Complete Control</b></h2><p>&ldquo;We were mighty fortunate to obtain a man of Reay&rsquo;s qualities,&rdquo; said Veneman. &ldquo;In fact, we are so pleased we are giving him complete control of the club. He is free to make any player deal he sees without consent from anyone connected with the club.&rdquo;</p><p>This type of friendliness prevails on both sides on the three-year contract, as Reay readily admits he latched on to a good job.</p><h2><b>Perfect Setup</b></h2><p>&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t have asked for a more perfect setup. Mr. Veneman and his associates are a fine group of sportsmen and I&rsquo;m looking forward to repaying the faith they have in me.&rdquo;</p><p>Reay, who can get more hustle out of a hockey player than any coach in the WHL, will need a lot of hustle to even ice a team. The season opens in less than three months, and he has but 11 men on the roster. Of these, only five or six are considered WHL material..</p><h2><b>Departed For East</b></h2><p>Immediately after agreeing to terms (reported to be well over $10,000 per season) Reay departed for a vacationbusiness trip to Winnipeg and points East.</p><p>Contacted by phone at the home of Eddie Dartnell in Winnipeg, Reay reevaled hopes of landing a first-class goalie, two rugged defensemen and &ldquo;a bunch of fast wings&rdquo; on his current Eastern jaunt.</p><h2><b>Healthy Checkbook</b></h2><p>Reay won&rsquo;t have to depend entirely on &ldquo;friendship connections&rdquo; to come up with the necessary talent. The new Seattle boss man has a healthy checkbook he can use to pry loose the men he wants.</p><p>The Seattle Hockey Club&rsquo;s budget for next season, by the way, is a cool $100,000, far cry from previous operations.</p><p>Current Seattle players, who were with other clubs last season, are Guyle Fielder, Barton Bradley, Rudy Filion (inactive last year), Gordon Sinclair, Val Fonteyne, Elmer Pelto, Barry Craig, Ray Demore, Jerry Penner and goalie Reno Zenier.</p><h2><b>Fielder Pleased</b></h2><p>One man who will be pleased to play for Reay is Fiedler. The latter, who led the league in scoring two years ago, spent many a futile evening trying to break loose from the bird-dogging Reay, who had few peers in the art of checking and penalty-killing during his eight seasons with Montreal.</p><h2><b>To Quit Playing</b></h2><p>Now that the two are on the same club, Reay has decided to confine his playing to practice sessions only.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll go in if we&rsquo;re shorthanded,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But right now I plan to leave the games to the lads with young legs.&rdquo;</p><h2>Both Get New Jobs<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Billy Reay Named Manager-Coach Of Revived Seattle Club In WHL

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>When Terry Sawchuk skates out onto the ice at Boston Garden as a member of the Bruins this season, he will display one of most widely copied styles of goaltending in hockey.</p><p>The &ldquo;Sawchuk Crouch&rdquo; is Terry&rsquo;s trademark and one thing all young goalers everywhere try to copy from him.</p><p>Sawchuk&rsquo;s chin is barely off the ice when he assumes his crouch in the nets.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s easier to look through their legs than trying to peek over their shoulders and around those big backs,&rdquo; says the 1954-55 Vezina Trophy winner.</p><p>Actually Terry blocks less than half the goal with his pads and stick the goal is 4 8 inches high, 72 inches wide. That&rsquo;s when he&rsquo;s standing still.</p><p>When he&rsquo;s on the ice, the 26-year-old native of Winnipeg carries 173 pounds on his 5&rsquo;10&rdquo; frame, plus 45 pounds of equipment.</p><p>At close range you can faintly discern some of the 200 stitches taken in his face, the toll of 15 years as a goalie (five as a member of the Detroit Red Wings). Two years ago Harry Watson slapped at a bouncing puck. It hit Terry in the mouth before he could get his padded arm up to block it. &bull;</p><p>Three upper teeth were broken off and it took 12 stitches to close the cut under his nose. He finished the game though once in the third period he had to go back to the first aid room. The stitches were slipping.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;The Crouch&rdquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03172/1448409-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="920" height="950"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FERRY SAWCHUK</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Happy To Play For Billy</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02225/1448402-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1091" height="1398"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUYLE FIELDER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0007-03

Terry’s Style Unique Among Goal Guardians

<div class="byline">By HERB RALBY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Just picture Hal Laycoe, in his perspiration-soaked Bruins&rsquo; uniform, hustling after a game at the Garden, into the visiting team&rsquo;s dressing room to interview Gordie Howe, who had just scored four goals, or Rocket Richard, after he had blown his top, again.</p><p>It could happen too.</p><p>Laycoe is currently an eagerbeaver sportscaster on Boston&rsquo;s radio station WCOP. He has a 15 minute show which he calls &ldquo;Sportspage of the Air&rdquo; six nights a week at 6 o&rsquo;clock.</p><p>The Bruins&rsquo; veteran defenseman actually got this sportscast all by himself. He got the idea after appearing as a guest on several different shows during his tenure with the Bruins. Wisely thinking ahead for a summer occupation, Laycoe decided he would like to be a sports commentator.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03172/1448447-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="286" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Hal Laycoe</b></figcaption></div><p>Usually a radio station puts on a newcomer and then peddles the show to a sponsor.</p><h2><b>In Reverse</b></h2><p>Laycoe became a sportscaster in the reverse.</p><p>During the past season whenever the Bruins visited New York, Hal haunted the offices of the advertising agency which handled his present sponsor. He finally sold them on the Idea of a sports show, to start right after the end of the season. The agency then bought the time on WCOP.</p><p>On the ice Laycoe was always one of the hardest workers. With his broadcast he is the same way.</p><p>He had very little experience before a mike but he improved his delivery by accepting helpful suggestions. He&rsquo;s still trying to improve.</p><p>Chasing news he&rsquo;s second to none of his rivals around town. Wherever there&rsquo;s a sports event, there&rsquo;s Laycoe. He&rsquo;s back scenes and out front. He has come up with some pretty good exclusive features and he always gives the analysis from an athlete&rsquo;s viewpoint which is what interests listeners.</p><p>It is Hal&rsquo;s intention to continue on with his show during the 195556 hockey season, even while playing. He plans to tape interviews for his shows while the Bruins are on the road, perhaps making these tapes on the trips and mailing them back to the station.</p><p>That&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s quite possible that the energetic, hard-working veteran might chase into the opposing team&rsquo;s dressing room some night in pursuit of a good story for the &ldquo;Sportspage of the Air.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Ranger Mentor Man Of Many Moods</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02230/1448440-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1685" height="1323"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PHIL WATSON,</b> the new coach of the New York Rangers, is a man of many moods as witness the above photos, taken whan Fiery Phil was at the helm of the Quebec Frontenacs of the Quebec Junior Hockey League. At left, Phil is shown in a more serious mood as he watches the action on the ice while at right he permits himself a smile as the Fronts score a goal. One thing is for sure. New York fans will this season be watching one of the most colorful coaches in all hockey.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0008-03

Sportscaster Hal Laycoe Has Own Show

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01274/1448485-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02254/1448478-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1604" height="1467"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>THE MONTREAL SPORTSMEN&rsquo;S ASSOCIATION</b> recently honored Albert (Battleship) Leduc, former National Hockey League star, at its annual Golf Tournament. Among those taking part in the tourney and festivities were (I. to r.&mdash;Left photo) Toe Blake, newly appointed coach of the Montreal Canadiens; Albert Leduc, the guest of honor; and one of Blake&rsquo;s new charges, All-Star centre Jean (Gros Bill) Beliveau. In the photo at right, Dave Campbell checks the cards of another pair of well-known men-about-hockey. At left is Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League while at right is a man who has been called &ldquo;Mr. Hockey&rdquo;, Eddie Shore, bossman of the American Hockey League Springfield Indians. From the smiling faces, it is easy to see that a good time was had by all.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0009-01

Sports Celebs Cather To Honor “Battleship”

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Strafford Smythe, General Manager of the Toronto Marl-boros, has charged Montreal Canadiens with &ldquo;trying to wreck the OHA draft.&rdquo;</p><p>Backed by Barrie Flyers&rsquo; Hap Emms, Smythe made the charge at the OHA Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey council held here recently.</p><p>On the receiving end of the blast was Sammy Pollock of the Canadiens, who attended the meeting as a representative of Kitchener.</p><p>In other developments, Galt Black Hawks all but dropped out out of the league, 73 players were drafted, a 48-game season was approved and Toronto Maple Leaf Garden won approval of Sunday playoff hockey.</p><p>Of the eight teams, only the Black Hawks failed to tender a checque when bonds were called tor the 1955-56 season.</p><h2>No Sponsors</h2><p>&ldquo;We have three players, no money, no backers, no sponsor and no bond,&rdquo; Jack Patrick told the gathering, conceding that things look pretty black as far as far as Galt&rsquo;s operating a team this season.</p><p>The Hawks, co-sponsored last Beason by the Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks, lost the former to Barrie this season and recently had Chicago support withdrawn,</p><p>St. Catharine&rsquo;s Rudy Pilous was certainly the most active draftsman, picking up 21 players, with the possibility of getting two others it Galt doesn&rsquo;t operate. The Hawks drew four players in the grab-bag, but a second choice was made each time, in the event the Hawks fold their wings.</p><h2>Priority Picks</h2><p>Of the 73 players, most were claimed in the priority draft, in which junior teams protected sponsored outfits. Eighteen players were claimed by more than two teams, and St. Catharines was involved in the draws for 16 of them. The Teepees won nine of the draws, and were second twice behind Galt.</p><p>Guelph was awarded 12 claims. Hamilton 10, Kitchener and Barrie eight each, Marlboros, St. Michael&rsquo;s and Galt four each, and Porcupine Combines two.</p><p>There will be furthur bickering over five of the players involved.</p><p>Montreal Canadiens rushed in and grabbed off Don Johns of Paris Junior Bees and Val Armstrong and Bill Mahoney of Peterborough Midgets for their Quebec teams. The OHA entrants are forbidden to touch them until the draft period expires.</p><h2>Emms Incensed</h2><p>They did the same thing last year, and this incensed Emms and Smythe in particular. Last season Galt drafted a boy from Rouyn, and scout Bob Wilson made an 1,100 mile return motor trip for nothing, discovering that Canadiens had signed the boy previously. Emms declared that Pollock knew at the time of the draft meeting the player had been signed, hut because he said nothing, Wilson had his long trip for nothing.</p><p>Emms thought Pollock had promised it wouldn&rsquo;t happen again, but Pollock said what he promised wouldn&rsquo;t happen again was that he would declare the players signed so there would be no more futile trips.</p><h2>Back To School</h2><p>Two other players in dispute are Timothy Hook of Peterborough Junior Bees and Robert McKnight of North Bay Collegiate Trojans. Both boys had signified their intentions of enrolling at St. Micheal&rsquo;s next term.</p><p>St. Catharines, which also selected the three players taken by Canadiens, won Hook and McKnight in the draft. The boys can appeal to the OHA to have their names removed from the draft list if they wish to continue their scholastic plans. The same thing happened last year and St. Michael&rsquo;s had to give up two nonstudent players of their own to St. Catharines.</p><p>St. Michael&rsquo;s claimed only four of their own farm players in the draft to protect their lists. The only four Marlboros drafted were also from their own chain. The Dukes bid for three others, losing Joe Fraser to Galt, Don Johns to St. Catharines (and Canadiens), and Danny Patrick to St. Catharines. They will get Fraser if Galt doesn&rsquo;t operate.</p><p>Talk of an All-Star game to provide a fund for permanently disabled players was shelved bacause such a game would have to be played too early to draw well. Talk of a percentage of gate receipts to be devoted for the same purpose was also shelved, while Hamilton&rsquo;s Ken Soble was delegated to see if they qualified under the Workmen&rsquo;s Compensation Act.</p><p>Marlboros won a point on playoff hockey. Last season when the Dukes and St. Catharines started the final round, the Teepees refused to play the first game at Maple Leaf Gardens on a Sunday. Soble and Pollock backed Marlboros on this point, and by a 5-3 vote it was decided there should be no &ldquo;dark&rdquo; Gardens for playoff hockey. Soble was a 4-3 vote loser on his bid to have training sessions start only two weeks before the schedule.</p><h2><b>In Dispute</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03210/1448516-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="586" height="615"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SAM POLLOCK</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0009-03

Galt Black Hawks May Be Forced To Withdraw From OHA Junior Loop

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div><p>STRATFORD, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Make-up of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association and the Ontario Hockey Association senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; leagues still carries several question marks, although the probability is that Sault-Ste-Marie, Ont.; Sault-Ste-Marie, Mich.: Sudbury, North Bay and Pembroke will again form the northern loop, and Kitchener, Owen Sound, Stratford, Chatham, Windsor and either Niagara Falls or Galt will compose the southern circuit.</p><h2><b>New Coaches</b></h2><p>Several changes in coaches for OHA teams are, however, certain, since Murph Chamberlain will not be returning to Windsor; Doug Gillespie has been appointed to handle Owen Sound, and Ott Heller has been named for the Chatham post. Bobbie Bauer coached the champion Kitchener team, but it is known that he does not hanker for the job and merely accepted last season when no other suitable coach could be landed. Moe Morris is out at Stratford where the Indians may be handled by Manager &ldquo;Dutch&rdquo; Meier, with the assistance of possibly &ldquo;Apples&rdquo; Finkbeiner. That leaves Niagara Falls and or Galt to name their coaches.</p><h2><b>Hope To Get Henry</b></h2><p>The only player changes listed up to now are in Owen Sound, where the Mercurys hope to secure the release of goalie Gord Henry, member of the Hershey Bears for the last ten years. Henry is an Owen Sound native, and would succeed Bobby Gillson, who has announced his retirement. Bill McComb is another Owen Sound player retiring, owing to injuries received last season.</p><p>Future intentions of former major leaguers George Gee and Jimmy Peters of Windsor Bulldogs and Joe Carveth of Chatham Maroons is problematic, although rumors have it that the trio may take over from the Butcher brothers at Windsor and operate the Bulldogs on their own.</p><h2><b>No Olympics</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01287/1448561-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="562" height="1446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CLARE MARTIN</b></figcaption></div><p>Three doubtful starters in the OHA are Niagara Falls, Galt and Stratford, although the latter club is likely to operate again, provided the advance sale of season tickets reaches somewhere near the objective of 1.000. Finance is the main worry of the clubs, with the possible exception of Owen Sound. Windsor and Kitchener, all of whom finished on the right side of the ledger last season.</p><h2><b>New Setup</b></h2><p>Chatham has a new setup, with 20 businessmen providing the necessary backing, with no thought of making any money, but rather to keep senior hockey going and furnish the chief attraction at the new arena.</p><p>The Niagara Falls backers have absorbed a financial licking for two seasons and are not prepared to take the gamble all themselves again, so it depends upon advance ticket subscribers whether the Cataracts operate the coming season.</p><h2><b>Windsor To Be Back</b></h2><p>Windsor is certain to be back, although the arena owners, Bill and Less Butcher, would prefer some other people taking over sponsorship of the team. The Bulldogs netted the Butcher brothers a profit last season, because they drew good crowds, especially in the OHA playoffs where they lost out to Kitchener Dutchmen in the finals. Windsor arena owners, like the.other senior arena operators realize that in order to keep their buildings open must have a grade &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey team, either in senior or junior company, and in the event no other organization is prepared to take over in Windsor, the Butcher brothers are almost certain to operate the franchise again.</p><h2><b>Amicable Settlement</b></h2><p>Sudbury Wolves and the Sudbury Arena Commission still have to reach an amicable settlement over division of gate receipts and concession rights, but this is not expected to present any serious problem. North Bay, Pembroke and Soo, Mich., claim they require a continuance of the subsidy granted them by Soo, Ont., and Sudbury, amounting to approximately $3,900, if they are to compete in the NQHA. This too, is expected to be ironed out satisfactorily, because without the other entries, Soo and Sudbury would hardly be able to operate a two-teamgroup.</p><h2><b>Dutchmen Strong</b></h2><p>While the other clubs in the Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA are working quietly behind the scenes in an effort to bolster their forces for the 1955-56 campaing. Kitchener Dutchmen, Allan Cup champions, could remain as is and still give the rest of the field a battle for honors again.</p><p>The Dutchmen have applied to represent Canada at the next world championship and stand a good chance of being selected, in which event they would be ed to replace five of their last season&rsquo;s roster, who are classed as pros, according to the amateur code defined by the. International Olympic Committee. The Kitchener players affected, because they had previous professional experience, are defencemen Clare Martin, Bud Kemp and Joe Schertzl and centres Jackie Hamilton and Jackie White.</p><h2><b>Must Replace Five</b></h2><p>If Kitchener stands pat for defence of their Canadian senior title, they would be obliged to replace the five named if and when they are named to compete in the Olympic Winter Games, in defence of the world championship won by Penticton V&rsquo;s last year.</p><p>So strong were the Kitchener Dutchmen rated last season that they grabbed all positions on the first OHA All-Star team, chosen by club managers and coaches. The Kitchener team will oppose the OHA All-Star in the annual game at Kitchener, home of the champions, which means that actually the All-Star will have to be picked from the rest of the league.</p><p>The first All-Star OHA team, all from Kitchener, is Denis Brodeur, goal; Bud Kemp and Joe Schertzl, defences; Ken Laufman, centre; Jack McKenzie, right wing; Gerry Th&eacute;berge, left wing.</p><h2>Go To Third Team</h2><p>Kitchener also placed Jim Logan, rightwinger, and George Scholes, leftwinger, on the second All-Star team, so it necessitates the league going to the third All-Star for two wingers.</p><p>The final selections for the AllStar, who will oppose Kitchener Dutchmen, probably in mid-October before the OHA schedule opens, proceeds of which will be donated for the benefit of minor hockey, are as follows:</p><p>First team&mdash;Goal: Bill Harrington, Windsor; defence: Ralph Hosking, Owen Sound; Ted O&rsquo;Connor, Windsor; centre: Mickey Roth, Stretford; left wing: Al Forslund, Owen Sound; right wing: Jim Peters, Windsor.</p><p>Second team&mdash;Goal: Bobby Gillson, Owen Sound; defence: Elmer Skov, Windsor; Art Hurst, Stratford; centre: George Gee, Windsor; left wing: Eddie Mulligan, Niagara Falls; right wing: Gord Haidy, Windsor.</p><p>Third team&mdash;Goal: Bruce Dale, Stratford; defence: Jim Nixon, Niagara Falls; Harry Psutka, Stratford; centre: Lou Bendo, Stratford; left wing: Paul Oliver, Statham; right wing: Jim Connelly, Chatham.</p><h2><b>To Coach Maroons</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02231/1448554-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1157" height="1612"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>OTT HELLER</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Will Not Return</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03199/1448547-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="1155" height="2171"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MURPH CHAMBERLAIN</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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