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October 13, 1956
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Two Men Fighting For Every Position With Chi Hawks
ST. CATHARINES Ont.— The Black Hawks are rolling through their final week of drills here at St. Catharines with the long line of candidates still two deep or more at every position. General Manager and Coach Tommy Ivan has been able to weed out a few youngsters, but the squad remains at about 35 skaters. “Yes. we have a large number of them to look at and decide upon and the decisions, of course, will be forthcoming as we work our way through another group of several exhibition contests leading toward our season’s opener at Detroit on October 11.” Ivan observed. “Picking a team that will “get us in the playoffs is my first aim naturally, but the hard part wilt be in cutting down to the 1G or 1$ men well be…
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Dick Irvin Quits Hockey The National Hockey League won’t look quite the same this season without Dick Irvin in the picture. The man has been coaching one team or another in the loop for the last 26 years, which is longer than many people live in this age of anxiety. But, he is 64, a year under the retirement age in many businesses. It has always been the impression here that managing a baseball club, and coaching a football or hockey team are among the toughest jobs in sport. A man in one of these jobs has to do the thinking for his players, as well as for himself, and he is at the mercy of the second guessers, who can make his life miserable. But some men thrive on it. Dick is…
New Circuit May Replace Atlantic Loop
HALIFAX, N.S.— It looks as if the Atlantic Coast Senior Hockey League has run out of gas after two years in business, but a new league may be in the making. Entries in the ACSHL last year were Saint John, Moncton, Fredericton and Amherst Moncton and Fredericton are definitely out this year, Moncton may be an entry in a proposed new league and Amherst Ramblers are eager to play in any type of senior circuit. The proposed new circuit’ would include Amherst, Halifax, New Glasgow and one other club. If the league plans go through the “other” club would probably be Moncton, although Charlottetown is a possibility. The Coast League had tough sledding in its two full seasons and, it is said, departure of Halifax from the major hockey scena, had a lot…
Al Dewsbury Rates As Key Man In Buffalo Plans For Title
BUFFALO, N.Y.— The mental, as well as the physical, condition of one Albert Percy Dewsbury will have much to do with the success or failure of the Buffalo Bisons in this season’s American League race. For if Frank Eddolls’ crew boasts one man who can be called the “key” player, it’s Big Al, as Dewsbury is more popularly known. Dewsbury proved his ability to “carry” the club in the early weeks of the 1955-56 campaign before he was called up to Chicago. “Dews played terrific hockey for us before going to the Hawks last year and if he plays the same way this season, we’ll let a few clubs know we’re in the league,” General Manager Fred Hunt commented recently. Not only was Big Al a strong defender, he was a tremendous threat on attack,…
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