MAURICE RICHARD Tells His Own Story

‘I Never Punch First’ Here, in his own words, hockey’s flamboyant Rocket’ reveals for the first time the real circumstances behind his most colorful escapades. Read it today in the November issue of LIBERTY ON SALE NOW 10…

A Pair Of Rockets Can’t Crack Sawchuk’s Racket

Murphy’s Brathless Quote “I’m Scoring Goals!”

NEY YORK, N.Y.—Ron Murphy has been awarded an honorary membership. “The Quote of the Month Club” after cogent comments on his new-found scoring prowess. The smooth-skating left-winger was asked what he is doing differently in 1955-50 than he was last semester. “I’m scoring goals,” he quickly replied. Ron later elaborated that his old pal Andy Bathgate and Digger Dave Creighton have helped out plenty. “Dave is a deliberate player,” he said. “He knows how to set up a play, can skate the puck out of our zone better than any guy I’ve skated with. “You know enough about Andy,” he added. Creighton, incidentally, ran into a stray Ron Stewart elbow in Toronto Oct. 22, and suffered a broken nose. It didn’t sideline the gamester who came back the next night to score a goal and an…

THE FAN FORUM

Dividing the Question Dear Sir: After reading letters of N. McTaglis, Oct. 15, and J. Marcoux, Oct. 22, I surmise that the difference of opinion is as great as ever concerning Rocket Richard and Gordie Howe. I see that both are Howe favorites and, I imagine, both live in or close to different NHL cities. My viewpoint after reading both may seem to divide the questions and answers in two. Although I live in Detroit, I want to make it clear that I do not intend to take sides in the following lines. About the Howe-Richard question: Both are great scorers, and both have had their share of headlines. You can’t take it away from either. Each is great. But I would rather see allround playing when I go to games. I prefer watching players like…