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October 19, 1957

The Hockey News October 19, 1957

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.&mdash;&ldquo;World Series? Who played? Only the other day I heard it mentioned. Isn&rsquo;t that when Eisenhower and Kruschev meet in a best-of-273 final for the World Cup?&rdquo;The above passage was ripped from its contextual sockets to illustrate a point. It appeared originally in a short speech by Harold Richardson Laycoe, the emaciated coach of the New Westminster Royals. Laycoe is said to have got that way (emaciated) by keeping his nose to the grindstone, whatever that means.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01286/1515337-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="291" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hal Laycoe</figcaption></div>When approached recently, from the rear and slightly to the left, Laycoe was busy watching his Royals prepare for the new and better Western Hockey League. &ldquo;Our Art Jones is new,&rdquo; as Laycoe himself said, &ldquo;and I am feeling much better, thanks.&rdquo;That Laycoe can concentrate on hockey in the wake of baseball&rsquo;s somewhat celebrated World Series is only typical. One year there he was concentrating so hard it was July before they&rsquo;d slowed him down enough to get his skates off.&ldquo;All I know is what I read in the papers,&rdquo; he said, dodging an opinion on the recently completed Series. And I see where Vancouver Canucks have been conceded the Coast Division championship by the sportswriters.&rdquo;Yes, H.R., he was told, that is about the well-known size of it.&ldquo;That makes it two in a row,&rdquo; he said.There was a puzzled pause. &ldquo;Two in a row?&rdquo;&ldquo;Yes. Like one and one. Last year and this year.&rdquo;Touche, H.R. Last year, you may recall, the Canucks were handed the title in print without ever lacing on a skate. It was some time after the season started that they finished last.About his own club, Laycoe is equally critical. &ldquo;We look terrific.&rdquo; he said critically. &ldquo;This boy Jones could turn out Jo be the find of the year. The veterans are in mid-season form. And the kids&mdash;well, look at them. Great crop of rookies. And in goalBev Bentley is his same old self. One year older, in fact.&rdquo;If Laycoe has a serious complaint it would involve Arlo Goodwin, the fleet wingman. Goodwin has an elbow problem that may require surgery.But H.R. is not one to anticipate trouble, any more than he would seriously ignore such a heady item as the World Series. Aud as to that best-of-273 business, Harold was only kidding.&ldquo;Anyone knows,&rdquo; he said, to set the record straight, &ldquo;the World Series is a best-of-nine.&rdquo;BRIEFLY: Not since A1 Leader (president) was a boy has the WHL&rsquo;s Coast Division undergone a shakeup to equal this autumn&rsquo;s turnover&hellip; And the Canucks, shooting for bundle, have taken these strides in the right direction: 1) Marcel Pelletier was lured from Victoria Cougars to make Art Chapman&rsquo;s hirelings rock-hard in goal: 2) slick Hugh Currie is the only defensive holdover&mdash;newcomers are Brent MacNab (from Kill Volk (Providence) and Wait peg Rangers juniors)&hellip; New Vancouver forwards of renown include all-rounder Elliot Chorley, a 29-goal man with Brandon last term, and Red Johansen from Providence&hellip; Another is Eddie MacQueen, acquired from Cleveland Barons&hellip; Seattle Americans. who won the Coast pennant last year, have lost goalie Emile (The Cat) Francis (presently assigned to Saskatoon-St Paul Regals for unknown reasons, since g.m. Frank Boucher&rsquo;s men Still have the Prairie Division&rsquo;s MVP Luce Dechene in working order);. Guyle Fielder (to Detroit Red Wings); and Eddie Dorohoy (to Victoria for defenseman Bill Davidson and forward Don Chiupka&hellip; Seattle may not suffer overly&hellip; Keith Allen seized good young players Aggie Kuku-lowicz and Dennis Olsen from New Westminister when the Royals parted with Detroit. The Red Wings own &rsquo;em&hellip; Also: Allen expects to have Hank Bassen in goal. This fiery character worked for Calgary Stampeders last year&hellip; Hurting most on the Coast are Colin Kilburn&rsquo;s Victoria Cougars&hellip; They have Bruce Carmichael, Doug Anderson, Doug Macauley and Kilburn held over&hellip; Dorohoy is an important dividend&hellip; But from there&mdash;where?<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02249/1515330-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="258" height="371"><figcaption class="caption-body">Emil Francis</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03225/1515323-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="277" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lucien Dechene</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

AL HOOPER

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01170/1515537-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVOL. II&mdash;No. 3 Entered as Second Class Matter Post Office, Rouses Point. N.Y. MONTREAL, OCTOBER 19, 1957 PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS<h2>New War Paint On The Hawks &#9632;</h2>

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Chicago Fate Depends On Big Line… Ivan

<div class="byline">Bill Smith</div>OSHAWA, Ont.&mdash;The Whitby Dunlops. last season&rsquo;s Allan Cup winners chalked up their first win in exhibition play, when they handed their Senior OHA cousins the Windsor Bulldogs a 7-4 loss in the Border City.Looking at that Windsor game, the Dunnies held a 7-1 lead early in the third period, and the Bulldogs put on a drive but fell short of the win. Harry Sinden, George Sameienko. Billy Flick, Bob Attersley, Charlie Burns, Mickey Roth and Bus Gagnon all blinked the light for the Dunlops. Bep Guidolin and Lou Bendo tallied for Windsor.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01314/1515261-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="242" height="401"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Casey</figcaption></div>Eastern Ontario TalesThe Whitby Dunlops have released Gus Karrys from their roster. The former Cleveland great could not get untracted with the Dunnies. Former Leaf Ron Casey will stick, as will Charlie Maxwell, Mickey Roth and Billy Flick. &#9632;

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Allan Champs Humiliate Windsor Dogs

Maurice Richard&hellip; Montreal Canadiens<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04164/1515006-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="278" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body">Maurice Richard</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The amazing Maurice &ldquo;The Rocket&rdquo; Richard is only three goals away from achieving something never accomplished before in professional hockey&mdash;scoring 500 goals. In three games, the explosive right winger has scored four goals, his 494th, 495th, 496th and 497th.At Detroit on Sunday night, he scored three goals, the 32nd has trick of his remarkable 15 year career.When he scored his third goal, The Rocket was given a standing ovation&hellip; at Detroit&hellip; a glowing tribute to his ability and talent.At 36 years old, Richard is the oldest player in the National Hockey League. Yet his brilliant performance on the ice has not given the slightest indication that at last age is catching up with him.He has stated that he would like to continue playing until he posts his 500 goal.On the basis of his performance up to now, he will not only play until he gets his 500th but will undoubtedly soon be shooting for an even more ambitious mark.Richard&rsquo;s Sunday night hat trick was even more remarkable since it was against Detroit, rated the second best club in the league, and Terry Sawchuk, generally rated the best goaltender in the game.The greatest goal scorer of all time, like Old Man River, just keeps rollin along in his majestic, admirable way. &#9632;

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Player-of-the-week

<div class="byline">By RON LAPLANTE</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;&ldquo;We are shooting for fourth place, and we will be happy to make fourth. We will vacate the cellar.&rdquo;These declarations by Tommy Ivan represent the strongest ones he has voiced since taking over the Chicago Black Hawks as general manager and coach three years ago. Never before has he deemed it justifiable to speak so enthusiastically about bis club.Hockey writers and broad-jcasters are even more enthusie tie than Ivan about the 1957-58 Chicago edition. A Hockey News Pott of three experts from each of the six NHL cities tabbed the Black Hawks third place fitrfshers. Not one of the 18 selectors picked Chicago below fourth place or out Tommy Ivan of the playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02117/1515568-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="260" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Ivan</figcaption></div>The Big LineIvan, who is scrupolously honest with himself, entphasizes that his club will only do the things predicted for it, &ldquo;if the Big Line goes well.&rdquo; The Big Lone of course donsists of Ted Lindsay-(30 goals). Eddie Lil zenberger (32 goals), and Eric. Nesterenko who averaged a point per game in the 24 that he played. &ldquo;The performance of this line,&rdquo; declares Ivan, &ldquo;will determine the success of failure of our club.&rdquo;DesirePart of Ivan&rsquo;s conservative enthusiasm about his club this year lies in a new player attitude.He states; &ldquo;tip to now. I get the impression that the players have a greater desire to win than in other years.&rdquo; He credits the addition of veterans Ted Lindsay and Jim Thomson with inciting this new-found desire to win.Formidable ChallengeWhen Ivan left the well-established. far-extending and sound Detroit organization (which he helped build) for Chicago three years ago. he must have felt very much the way Cinderella did after midnight. He left an &ldquo;everything&rdquo; team in Detroit for a &ldquo;nothing&rdquo; club in Chicago. The Hawks had been floundering deep in the second division for nine years, had nothing better to look forward to. The challenge that Ivan faced was a formidable onein Three YearsIn the past three years, Chicago has undertaken minor hockey programs at Calgary and Sault Ste. Marie, has established working agreements with Junior A clubs at St. Catharines and Saskatoon, and Jr. B teams at Dixie (near Toronto), and Sarnia.In addition, there have been wholesale personnel changes in the Black Hawk roster. Only half of the names that appeared on last year&rsquo;s opening game roster, (see page seven) are on this year&rsquo;s roster.Ivan has shown a readiness to gamble with unproven youngsters with promise.VaskoBig but agile defenseman Elmer Vasko undeniably hurt the club through inexperience early last season. But Ivan played him regularly and now says with understandable satisfaction: &ldquo;It looks very much like he is now establishing himself as an NHL star.&rdquo;Hull, LalandeOther youngsters in this category are 17 year old rookie Bobby Hull who Ivan calls &ldquo;a great prospect but we must still wait. and see if he will reach the potential we think he has,&rdquo; and sophomore Hec Lalande &ldquo;who in his second full year should supply the answers.&rdquo; Prospects.The Chicago G.M. coach lists three outstanding young prospects now playing at the American Hockey League farm at Buffalo. One is defenseman Don Ward, a big 200 pounder from Sarnia who is 22 today who Ivan says &ldquo;had a poor training camp but was the best defenseman on the ice in Buffalo&rsquo;s league opener.&rdquo;The others are Doug Barkley, a 20 year old defenseman who played at Calgary (WHL), and Milan Marcetta. a 21 year old centre who scored 27 goals at Calgary.Chicago SupportDiscussing fan support in the Windy City. Ivan states that there is nothing wrong with support in Chicago that a contender won&rsquo;t remedy.In a short three years, it appears that Ivan has accomplished the Herculean task of giving Chicago fans a contender.Says he cautiously: &ldquo;I think we have improved, but how much, only time will tell.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hawk Mentor Conservative In Appraisal

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>Ed. Note&mdash;This is part two of a surrey of the NewYork Hangers&rsquo; chances in the current NHL race. This final instalment assesses the defense and goalkeeper.NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;No one seems to doubt the ability of the current Ranger team to score goals. On the other hand, the defensive picture is imponderable. It&rsquo;s anybody&rsquo;s guess how good or bad it will be.Chances are the New York anti-score brigade will be better than it was last season. But that&rsquo;s not saying much.Despite their fourth place finish in 1956-57, Phil Watson&rsquo;s crew wound up with the worst (2 27 goals against) defensive mark in the NHL. That compares with 203 against in &rsquo;55-&rsquo;56, fifth best that year.In each ease the core defense consisted of Hill Gadsby, Lou Fontinato, Harry Howell and Jack Evans, with Gump Worsley in goal. And that&rsquo;s how it will be this semester.The question at hand is this: can the Ranger defense, with the same personnel, improve over past mediocre campaigns&rsquo;From this vantage point the answer lies with Howell, Fontinato, Larry Cahan and/or Bob Chrystal.GadsbyAlthough he now is 30 years old, there is no reason to doubt that Bill Gadsby will produce another year of all-star calibre play.EvansLikewise, a workmanlike season is anticipated from &ldquo;Tex&rdquo; Evans, in his seventh full year as a Ranger.HowellHowever, Harry Howell is a question mark. And a big one at that.Under favorable circumstances the Hamilton, Ont. native could be one of the league&rsquo;s better defensemen. Unfortunately for Harry, the boo-boys of Madison Square Garden&rsquo;s gallery have made life miserable for the ex-Blue captain.As everyone knows, this is not the first time a Ranger has been cooked by the fans. It happened to Allan Stanley, a player of Howell&rsquo;s calibre, who went&rsquo; on to star for the Bruins last season.The Gotham management believes that they can get superior hockey out of Howell this year and that&rsquo;s why they didn&rsquo;t trade him to Chicago this past Summer.The Hawks offered Frank Martin, whose play was on a par with Howell&rsquo;s last year. General Manager Muzz Patrick didn&rsquo;t g o for t h e even-up deal because lie feels he has a good conimodify in Howell. Still, there&rsquo;s a limit to will wait.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01238/1514256-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="262" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Muzz Patrick</figcaption></div>Coach Phil Watson insists that the New York anti-Howell elique can be assuaged if Harry were to boff a few of the NHL culprits. The feeling is that if Howell gets on the right side of the fans early in the season everything will be all right.FontinaloSwitching now to the sweetheart of the Garden fandom, Lou Fontinato, it will be interesting to see whether the fiery one continues his improvement which dates back to 1955. If Louie gets much better he soon may be worthy of all-star consideration.If the unlikely happens and Louie has a bad year, then there&rsquo;ll be trouble.Rounding out the backline are Larry Caban and Bob Chrystal.CahanCahan, a frivolous sort, showed spurts of really good play last season. He&rsquo;s young. 23, very strong and one of the few right hand shot defensemen in the league.Larry fooled the coach and reported to camp at 199 pounds, his ideal playing weight. It could be that the youngster is seriously aiming for a regular berth. If so, he may be the dark horse and ace in-the-hole that the defense needs.ChrystalAnother choice is Chrystal. rated the best defenseman in the Western League last season. Bob wasn&rsquo;t particularly outstanding, in training camp but that isn&rsquo;t necessarily the barometer of a player&rsquo;s worth.Tn the case of the current Rangers, a defenseman has to do more than prevent goals, he must throw his weight around. The Blues front line&mdash;a light brigade&mdash;needs plenty of sock behind it to keep the opposition &ldquo;honest&rdquo;.It means that Fontinato, Howell, Gadsby, Evans and whoever else is involved will have to really tighten up and show their teeth. If not the defensive holocaust of last year will be repeated.WorsleyYou can always get an argument on the relative worth of goalie Worsley. Certainly, his average is anything but impressive. On the other hand. Gump&rsquo;s boosters insist that with adequate protection he&rsquo;s the tops.PailleWatson contends that with Marcel Paille, the Rangers best young goaltending prospect, available at nearby Providence Worsley will have to buckle down.Others will tell you Worsley has outgrown his frivolities. An indication of that is Gump&rsquo;s excellent condition now.But Worsley at his very best, like any good goalkeeper, can not compensate for an inept defense and a dearth of back-checking forwards. The fate of the 1957-58 Rangers hinges on how well they improve on defense.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02222/1514249-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="278" height="401"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Howell</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03203/1514242-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="265" height="380"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Fontinoto</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04163/1514235-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="296" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Chrystal</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05124/1514228-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="263" height="380"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lorry Cohon</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0686/1514221-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="281" height="375"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Evans</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0747/1514214-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="402" height="540"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Gadsby</figcaption></div><h2>Fifth Year As Ranger</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0832/1514207-1-eng-US/f0002-082.jpg" title="f0002-08" width="1129" height="1222"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gump Worsley</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Best Defenseman In WHL Joins Blueline Brigade

<div class="byline">Roger Barry</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Bruins eased a pinching forward situation a week before the opening of their 34th National league season by purchasing a defenseman.How&rsquo;s that again?When Forward Jack Caffery was sidelined for several weeks with a knee injury the Bruins&rsquo; forward squad was cut to 1.0 players. They bought Defenseman Larry Hillman from the Chicago Black Hawks to ease the pinch.The added development taking the move out of the mad class was Coach Milt Schmidt&rsquo;s announcement that he&rsquo;d use Defenseman Leo Boivin as a spare forward.Boivin, who played forward frequently as an amateur, served several hitches up front last season. He became number two spare forward behind Johnny Peirson, Hillman becoming the sixth defenseman.Hillman, 20 is a blond 183-pounder who has been tried before by both Detroit and Chicago. He joins bis older brother Floyd in the Bruins&rsquo; organization. &#9632;

BRUINS BUY DEFENSEMAN

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0921/1514311-1-eng-US/f0002-092.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dean Prentice</figcaption></div>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash; Is Dean Prentice All-Star material or were 13,000 fans seeing things at the Forum last week?Monsieur Prentice was easily the best portsider as the All-Stars wrapped up the Canadiens 5-3. He spanked a goal and two assists and looked a luminary all evening.It should take about half a season to find out whether it was a mirage or whether the Schumacher, Ont. product has reached the upper echelon, at last.Dean is perhaps the best Ranger All-Star left wing candidate in years. In fact, only one Blueshirt in the Club&rsquo;s 31-year history ever was named All-Star left winger. That was Lynn Patrick, Bruin GM. who earned the vote in 1911-42.(Ranger coaeh Phil Watson still maintains that he &ldquo;carried&rdquo; Lynn all that season.)Although Prentice played for the All-Stars, he sort of came in through the ice-cleaner&rsquo;s entrance. He was added to the glitter club after Milt Schmidt had used up his authentic first and second teamers.From his play in that game, you couldn&rsquo;t tell &ldquo;Deano&rdquo; from the other aces He won the first star of the night and out-shone his portside colleague That takes in the likes of Ted. Lindsay, Bert Olmstead, Dickie Moore, Real Chevrefils and a few other red lighters.It also makes one wonder whether dynamic Dean is ready to ascend the throne of Lindsay and Olmstead now that &ldquo;old-age&rdquo; is hurrying, an abdication of Theodore and Bertram.Has EssentialsSurely, Prentice is ripe for a move into that select circle. He has the speed, courage, hustle and other natural resources not io mention a 19 and 24-goal campaign in his file.With rive full NHL seasons experience, he&rsquo;s learned all there is to learn&mdash;well almost&mdash;and teamed with Andy Bathgate, who needs no introduction, and slick Larry Popein the matter now is in Prentice&rsquo;s ruddy bands.A customer in the gallery may be wondering what has throttled. Prentice up until now.Nothing much, really, Inexperience at the beginning, yes. A sad Ranger team for a while. But he started showing his class two years ago&mdash;just when Montreal started to bait for Prentice.He Scored 24 that year and slipped to 19 last season con-comitant with the general Ranger tail-off.His All-Star binge, has aroused a new interest in Prentice for good reasons, Now it will be interesting to see now close Dean comes to fullfiling his potential. &#9632;

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Prentice All-Star Performance Gould Be Indication That Winger Is Ready

<div class="byline">By RON LAPLANTE</div>Montreal, Que.&mdash;Stanley Smrke differs from the average NHL hockey player in two notable ways.Firstly, he was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and second, he is breaking into the NHL at the advanced age (for a hockey player) of 29.The story of Stan Smrke (pronounced Smirk) is not one of a glamour boy crashing into the big time with Hollywood ballyhoo and fanfare. But rather the story of a mature man, close to the earth, close to his family and home, who would some day like to settle with his family in a small town and run a construction business.What impresses you most about Stan is that he possesses a clear and realistic conception of his own situation. After talking to him, you say to yourself: &ldquo;here is a guy who knows what he is doing and who is not trying to kid anyone including himself.&rdquo; There is not even a trace of phoniness or artificiality about Stan Smrke.What kind of a hockey player Is he?His own assessment goes like this: &ldquo;I try to do everything, skate, shoot, pass, check as well as I can. I get just as much pleasure preventing a goal as I do scoring one.&rdquo;BlakeMontreal Canadians&rsquo; coach Toe Blake sees no reason why he shouldn&rsquo;t make the club Blake calls him &ldquo;a good checker, a strong skater, and should get his share of goals. I have considered him the best NHL prospect in the Quebec Hockey League for the past five years&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01237/1514363-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="275" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toe Blake</figcaption></div>ReardonVice-Presidet Kenny Reardon of the Canadians is just an enthusiastic, Says he: &ldquo;He is a good tough competitor, he can score goals, con check, he should be an NHLer and it looks like he is going to stick in the NHL.&rdquo;A senior usher at the Forum who has seen hockey players come and go since the building was opened declares: &ldquo;I think that Smrke fella is going to be around here for a while.&rdquo;The Habs first called Smrke up from Chicou-Ken Reardon timi of the QHL midway through last season. He was called up because Jean Beliveau appeared to be fatiguing due to overwork. Floyd Curry was in a slump that ho had great difficulty shaking off, and an appendicitis operation for Andre Pronovost was pending at any time. Smrke had an opening waiting for him then, but this year, he is strictly on his own merits.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02198/1514356-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="276" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Reardon</figcaption></div>Really, Smrke has not had a Chance to show his wares.He played only four games last year with the Habs when he was hit from behind into the boards. An old knee injury was aggravated and he was out for the remainder of the season.This fall his training camp was interrupted by an eight day siege with the flu. He was hit harder with it than anyone else in the Hab camp.But when Smrke has been on the ice. he has impressed.He scored one of three Canadiens goals against the All-Stars and got three goals in an exhibition game against Peterborough.Smrke sets highs standards for himself.He declares. &ldquo;If I turn out getting maybe 10 goals and 10 assists a year. I would be really disappointed. I would rather be in the minors.&rdquo; That he is sincere in this statement, there is no doubt. He is the type of player that is not satisfied with just producing enough to get by.Main ProblemSmrke&rsquo;s main problem now. he confides, &ldquo;is the necessary confidence to realize my full potential.&rdquo; He asserts that he is certain that he can play better hockey than he is playing right now. &ldquo;Because I lack full confidence,&rdquo; he continues, &ldquo;I find myself getting rid of the puck too quickly, making my passes too soft, breaking too iate or too soon and sometimes doing things I don&rsquo;t mean to do.&rdquo; He states: &ldquo;The thing I am working at hardest right now, is trying to calm down.&rdquo;Mater Of TimeCoach Blake has every confidence that Smrke will make the adjustment. He says: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a matter of time before he acquires full confidence. Every player goes through that.&rdquo;At the time the Canadiens bought Smrke&rsquo;s contract, be was the most surprised hockey player in the world. He confesses that he didn&rsquo;t even dream of making the NHL (&ldquo;I gave up hopes of making the NHL long ago&rdquo;), and that he was even thinking about getting out of professional hockey to concentrate on setting up a construction business.But the prospect of major league hockey changed that and now of course he hopes to make the beet out of the opportunity.The Smrke family emigrated from Yugoslavia to this country when Stan was five years old. He is one of four brothers in the family. His brother Lou is a hockey player, (Chicoutimi QHL), another one is a commercial artist and the other is an office clerck.They arrived during the depression. but Mr, Smrke got a job through a payoff as a miner in Timmins, Ont. Timmins is where Stan was first introduced to hockey. In the public school league there, he played with names like Allan Stanley and Bill Barilko.Greatest ThrillHis greatest hockey thrill happened in this public school league. His school was in the finals in both the intermediate and senior series. He played with the intermediates and they won handily. But the senior team was short of men so Stan moved up to the seniors and played defense Even with him, the seniors had only one forward line and three rearguards. Smrke&rsquo;s school (Birch Street) won the senior title as well with only seven men and to make the feat more remarkable. the runner-up team earlier had beaten the champs 16-in an exhibition game. Stan says: &ldquo;Winning those two championships on the same night was really something. I&rsquo;ll never forget it.&rdquo; He calls the Timmins minor hockey system, &ldquo;the best I know of in the country.&rdquo;The Smrke family later moved to Sudbury, then to Toronto.Quit For Two Yrs.For two full years, he actually did not play any organized hockey in Toronto because &ldquo;the situation there just didn&rsquo;t offer any opportunity to play and all the teams seemed to be set and it was difficult to break in.&rdquo; He feels that this retarded his development and is partly the reason whoy he is just breaking into the NHL.However he had earlier caught the eye of the Springfield Indians of (he AHL in Sudbury and had attended their fall training camp each year while he went to high school. In the fourth year, Springfield sent him to Atlantic City of the Eastern League.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03132/1514349-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1104" height="1860"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stan Snrke</figcaption></div>Then he moved to a senior league at Port Alfred Quebec, and had such a good year that Chicoutimi of the QHL invited him to camp. He caught on immediately and has been a solid performer in the fast QHL since 1951. Last year, he played on a line with his younger brother Leu. and the combination was deadly.The year before he joined Chicoutimi. he married a Winnipeg girl, Doreen Sheryak who was working in Toronto as a comp-tometer operator. They have two boys, Joe five, and John who is almost two.Stan&rsquo;s greatest source of relaxation is playing with his kids and doing odd jobs around the house. He has a genuine passion for building things and in the oft season works as a carpenterbrick layer-jack of all trades man for a small Toronto construction firm. &ldquo;On a construction job&rdquo;, he says, &ldquo;I get a big bang out of Seeing progress being made each day and knowing that I am responsible for it. You really feel that you are accomplishing something.&rdquo;Would Stan Smrke be a hockey player if he had his life to live over again?His answer: &ldquo;I like hockey very much and enjoy playing it But if I were doing it over, I would first concentrate on getting an education. Education would come first.&rdquo;What has impressed Stan Smrke most in the NHL?&ldquo;Rocket Richard&rdquo; he replies unhesitatingly. Smrke has a deep professional admiration of the Rockets amazing skills. &ldquo;What makes him more amazing,&rdquo; says Smrke, &ldquo;is that be is 36 years old, and does not show the slightest sign of slowing up.&rdquo;Smrke&rsquo;s goal in the NHL All-Star game was not his great st thrill although he says that his wife got a big kick out of it.Signing with the Canadiens superceded that, and he thinks that his first goal in a league game will in turn supercede that.When his NHL days are over. Stan would like to move with his family to a small town and establish a construction business. Better yet. he would like a small town with an amateur hockey team. Possibly he would be able to help the club for a few years and then devote full time to the construction business.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0483/1514342-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="525" height="844"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Rocket</figcaption></div>But Smrke&rsquo;s immediate objec-five is establishing himself as a regular on the Montreal Canadiens.Everyone who knows him is pulling for him.He&rsquo;s that kind of a guy.<div class="sidebar"><h2>Stanley Smrke</h2>Born: Belgrade, Yougoslavia,September 2, 1928.Position: Left Wing.Shoots: Left.Height: 5&rsquo;11.Weight: 180. &#9632;</div>

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But Now That Opportunity Has Presented Itself Hab Rookie Hopes To Take Full Advantage Of It

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st 1947Published Weekly, except monthly May through September byKen-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 Ste. Catherine Street WestMontreal 25, Que.Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empires$4.00 in rhe U.S.A, and Foreign CountriesEntered at second-class matter, Octouer 3. 1953, at the Poet Officeat Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, OttawaPrinted in Canada.VOL. 11 MONTREAL, OCTOBER 19, 1957 No. 3<h2>PASSING THE PUCK</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01307/1514422-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="446" height="445"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02277/1514415-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="769" height="154"></div>&bull;STAN SMRKE and Marcel Bonin are the only new players to join the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens this season&hellip; Bonin has had considerable NHL experience with Detroit and Boston, while Smrke starred for years for Chicoutimi of the Quebec Hockey League&hellip; Smrke was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia &hellip; New York Rangers have played .500 hockey since Muzz Patrick and Phil Watson took over as manager and coach respectively two years ago&hellip; One season they finished third and the other fourth&hellip; Detroit&rsquo;s NHL champion Red Wings started the current season with three new left wingers. Only holdover from last season&rsquo;s team who plays the left boards is Forbes Kennedy&hellip; The new left wingers are Johnny Wilson, Forbes Kennedy and Tommy McCarthy&hellip; Wilson and Kennedy both came to Detroit from Chicago while McCarthy is a rookie who played last season with Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League&hellip; The Red Wings started the 1957-58 season with no less than seven new players&hellip; Besides Wilson, Kennedy and McCarthy there were Terry Sawchuk, Gordon Strate, Guyle Fielder and Cummy Burton&hellip; Fielder has been given Ted Lindsay&rsquo;s old Number 7 on the Red Wings, while Bill Dineen now sports Sid Abel&rsquo;s famed No. 12&hellip; President Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League presented Gordie Howe with the Art Ross and Hart Trophies prior to the start of Detroit&rsquo;s first game of the season against New York&hellip; Campbell also presented the Prince of Wales Trophy to Captain Red Kelley.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03203/1514408-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="287" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Bonin</figcaption></div>&bull; TWO NEW REFEREES in the NHL this season are Dalt McArthur and Lou Farelli&hellip; Both are graduates of the Ontario Hockey Association&hellip; Farelli is 32 and McArthur is the youngest referee in the circuit at 25&hellip; This brings the full complement of NHL referees this season to six&hellip; Returnees are Red Storey, Frank Udvarl, Eddie Powers and Gaye Stewart&hellip; Certain NHL coaches think-Andy Bathgate is the best point man in the league&hellip; New York Rangers have smart new gloves this season. They are red, white and blue in color and blend in very well with the Ranger uniforms&hellip; While in Detroit for the season&rsquo;s opener we attended the funeral of Leo McDonaugh, well-liked sports writer of the Detroit Times who passed away early last week in California where he had recently retired&hellip; Johnny Wilson now wears Marty Pavelich&rsquo;s former number with Detroit&hellip; No. 11&hellip; Pavelich has retired from hockey and is in business in Detroit&hellip; Gordie Howe displayed unknown talent when he entered a bridge tournament at the Wings&rsquo; training camp and won first prize&hellip; He also won the club&rsquo;s annual golf tourney beating Marcel Pronovost 4 and 3 in the finals&hellip; Guyle Fielder won the consolation tournament&hellip; It was an enthusiastic opening night crowd we saw at Chicago when the Hawks pried the lid off the new season with a 1-0 win over Toronto&hellip; Such signs as &ldquo;Go Go Hawks&rdquo; and &ldquo;This is the Year&rdquo; were displayed by the keen and loyal Black Hawk rooters&hellip; Providence Reds had seven regulars sidelined with the flu when they defeated Buffalo Bisons in a thrilling AHL encounter last week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04153/1514401-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="255" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johny Wilson</figcaption></div>&bull;START OF THE British National Hockey League was delayed a week due to the influenza epidemic&hellip; When New York defeated Detroit, 3-2, in the opening game it marked the second time in 18 years that the Red Wings lost their opening game&hellip; Last time it happened was in 1955 when Chicago downed the Wings, 3-2&hellip; Six new players are with the Chicago Black Hawks this term&hellip; They are Goalie Glenn Hall, Defenseman Jim Thomson and Forwards Ted Lindsay, Ron Murphy, Bob Bailey and Bobby Hull&hellip; Hull is the only one without NHL experience&hellip; He came to the Hawks straight from the St. Catharines Jrs&hellip; The 18-year-old Hull is a solidly-built player who looks like he belongs in NHL company. He is a center and will pivot the Hawks&rsquo; fourth line&hellip; Rangers have won their road opener the past three years&hellip; A telegram received by Fred Huber, Detroit publicist, before his team&rsquo;s opening game read: &ldquo;From your man faithful fans in this Northern Hockey Haven breeding grounds of champions comes best wishes for an astonishingly successful season,&rdquo; signed the Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Chamber of Commerce&hellip; Boston Bruins have three new players on their roster this season. They are Defenseman Larry Hillman and Forwards Johnny Bucyk and Bronco Horvath&hellip; Horvath played with Rangers and Rochester of the AHL last season while Bucyk was with Detroit. Hillman started last season with Detroit but finished it with Edmonton of the Western League&hellip; Toronto Maple Leafs played their 1957-58 opener minus four regulars and three of the four were centers&hellip; Rookie Frank Mahovlich, Brian Cullen and Billy Harris were the centers sidelined with the flu while left winger Pete Conacher strained ligament in his right knee in an exhibition game and may be out for five weeks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05134/1514394-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="274" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Hall</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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The Hockey News

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens are playing winning hockey despite the absence of two key performers from the lineup.The absentees of course are right winger Bernie Boom Boom Geoffrion and goaltender Jacques Plante.Part of the reason the Habs are playing such good hockey is the solid performances of the Geoffrion and Plante replacements.In&hellip;three&hellip;games,&hellip;custodian Charlie Hodge has allowed only three goals for a sparkling one goal per game against average. In the Montreal games, where Chicago scored on him once and New York twice, he was one of the three star selections on both occasions. And then at Detroit he did even better with a shutout.The replacement for Geoffrion on the Beliveau line has been Stan Smrke. Although Smrke has not scored any goals yet, his performance has been steady.Expected This WeekBoth Plante and Geoffrion are expected to return to the lineup sometime this week.Plante underwent a minor operation for a sinus condition, while Geoffrion who has been struck with a series of misfortunes in the past two years, this time is recovering from a bout with the flu.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06112/1514460-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="585" height="602"><figcaption class="caption-body">Charlie Hodge</figcaption></div>Langlois to RochesterThe Habs last week sent defenseman Junior Langlois to Rochester of the American Hockey League. His status required that he be put on waivers before he could be sent down, but no other NHL club wanted him for the $15,000. waiver price.Bonin SignsThe rugged Marcel Bonin was the last Hab on the roster to sign his contract. Before agreeing to terms, Bonin left the club for three days and went home. He was not signed in time tor the opener against Chicago but reached an agreement in time for the Saturday game against New York.NOTES and QUOTES: The Chicago Black Hawks looked terribly disorganized here in their opener while New York appeared to be in mid season form. Commented Chicago&rsquo;s Tommy Ivans &ldquo;We played very bad. bad hockey, if you follow me.&rdquo; Phil Watson whose team is in superb condition beamed: &ldquo;Yes, we&rsquo;re sure going to make that poll look silly.&rdquo;&hellip; Andy Bathgate looks like a million dollars ont there&hellip; Tom Johnson&rsquo;s reaction to 17 of 18 pollsters picking the Canadiens for first places &ldquo;They must be crazy&rdquo;&hellip; Dimi-nuative Charlie Hodge thoroughly exhausted after the opening night game slumped on a dressing room bench as if the weight of the world were removed from his shoulders and muttered: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure glad that one&rsquo;s over.&rdquo; Hodge was told that he would play in the opener the day before the game&hellip;LAPLANTE<div class="sidebar"><h2>Montreal Roster</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0796/1514453-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="1650" height="990"></div> &#9632;</div>

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Replacements For Plante, Geoffrion Come Through In Spectacular Manner

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01258/1514505-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">GordieHowe</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Gordie Howe, it might be mentioned, appears ready for a new hockey season even without Ted Lindsay as a linemate.At the time of the divorce when Lindsay was banished to the Chicago Black Hawks, there was a lot of discussion about the likely effects upon Howe and his notable scoring habits.Just last season Howe led the National Hockey League again in goals (with 44) and in total points (with 89). Lindsay was close behind, second in points (85) and fifth in goals (30).This wasn&rsquo;t particularly unusual. For instance, it was Howe&rsquo;s fifth point title and the fourth time he&rsquo;s led in goals.For years Howe and Lindsay have supplied the most potent 1-2 punch of any forward line and it never made much difference to the goal-hungry wingers who was centering between them.Separated, however, what would happen?Real TestThe real test, of course, still Is ahead. The 70-game regular season will supply answers&mdash;whether Howe will suiter without Lindsay, and whether Lindsay will suffer without Howe.TipoffFrom this end there is a possible tipoff to part of the question. Howe was up to old tricks in Detroit&rsquo;s pre-season schedule. He played in seven exhibition games and topped the club in points with 11, five goals and six assists.In addition, there was that nitty goal which proved to be the winner in the All-Star Game at Montreal.DelvecchioWithout Lindsay around for the first time in 14 seasons, it appeared likely that Alex Delvecchio would move into a co-starring offensive role with Howe. Alex is the team&rsquo;s best center but always has been assigned intentionally to a line other than Howe&rsquo;s&mdash;a sort of &lsquo;spread the power&rdquo; policy.It worked in the exhibitions. Delvecchio matched Howe&rsquo;s five goals-and finished with nine points.Their lines were the only ones intact right from the start of training camp. Howe was linked with rookie Guyle Fielder. the scoring hot-shot from the Western League, and Johnny Wilson, an alumnus who came bark for another course in the Ldudsay trade.Delvecchio drew Lome Ferguson, who is on right wing again, and Tom McCarthy, a lanky 204-pound rookie out of the WHL.In eight, games, each of these lines scored a total of nine goals. Wilson and Fielder each added two to Howe&rsquo;s five. Ferguson hart three and McCarthy one for the other unit.UncertainThe balance of Detroit&rsquo;s forward operations can be described as uncertain. The six remaining forwards are drilling as two lines: Dutch Reibel-Bill Dineen-Forbes Kennedy and Norm Ullman-Cumniy Burton-Billy Dea.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02232/1514498-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="577" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Delvecchio</figcaption></div>While Jimmy Skinner would like to use four lines regularly, he concedes that it is not practicable.First, he wants Howe&rsquo;s line and Delvecchios line each to get at least one-third of the action.More important, with rival clubs using only three lines, Skinner also will have to go with three to maintain checking assignments.&ldquo;I might try first one line and then the other,&rdquo; Skinner says, outlining plans for his third and fourth lines. &lsquo;But it&rsquo;s more likely that I&rsquo;ll pick one line from the three best of those six men each night and play them that way.&rdquo;ICE CHIPS: The Wings were unbeaten in the eight exhibition games, but were held to three ties by the Edmonton farm club. Four other games against the Flyers were victories as was the solo start against Hershey of the American League.Ullman RackThe club roster was completed by Ullman clinching the fourth and final center spot ahead of rookie Lett Lunde and Dea getting the nod over Bill McCreary as the fourth choice at left wing.Plans for shipping McCreary to the minors were delayed, however, when some club declined to waive on him. Rather than part with the stocky blond youngster at the $15,000 waiver price, the Wings kept him around Detroit on a temporary basis.Fifth DefensemanGord Strate was a last-minute choice as a fifth defenseman. a role he filled tor the first five games last season iu his only previous NHL duty.Jack Adams planned to go with only four defensemen, but added Strate as an insurance move after the Red Wings picked up Bud MacPherson from the Montreal system as an extra hand on the d dense at Edmonton.Seven NewcomersThe final lineup left Detroit with seven newcomers. They i were rookies Fielder, McCarthy, Burton and Strate plus Wilson and Ken tedy from Chicago and Terry Sawchuk from Boston via the retirement route.Only thing unchanged about Detroit was the defense pairing of Red Kelly-Al Arbour and Marcel Pronovost-Warren Godfrey.<h2>Exhibition Scoring</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04142/1514491-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="585" height="600"></div> &#9632;

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Howe Minus Lindsay Is Still Great Self In Exhibitions But True Test To Be Provided By League Schedule

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Happy memories of 1956-57 were mixed with hopeful plans for 1957-58 when the Red Wings opened the new season.Special rewards for last season were received in centerice ceremonies before the Olympia opener with the New York Rangers.Clarence Campbell. NHL president, presented the Prince of Wales Trophy to the Wings as the league champs. Capt. Red Kelly accepted for Detroit.Gordie Howe was handed two top individual awards&mdash;the Hart Trophy as the league&rsquo;s most-valuable player and the Ross Trophy as the NHL scoring champ.While delightfully received., none of these were exactly new.It marked the eighth time im the last nine years that Detroit lias held the Prince of Wales Trophy. It was the fifth time Howe&rsquo;s name went on the Ross Trophy and the third time it was engraved on the Hart.DANN &#9632;

NHL President Honors Wings At Olympia

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Dutch Reibel is such an easy-going hockey player that Jack Adams never hesitates to toss a spare firecracker under him.In one of the Ked Wings&rsquo; exhibition double! leaders this fail, it happened this way:Reibel not only was demoted from the Detroit varsity but he was dropped all the way to a junior team engaging in the preliminary game.Properly jolted, Reibel responded swiftly. He fired three goals and an assist in leading his juniors to a 6-3 victory.Those three goals helped Reibel take the goal-scoring lead in Detroit&rsquo;s pre-season play. He had six&mdash;the three others coming while in the Red Wing lineup. &#9632;

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<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03182/1514584-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="279" height="328"></div>(As seen in the Montreal Herald)&bull; GORDIE HOWE, great right wing of Detroit Red Wings, won&rsquo;t miss his long-time partner, Ted Lindsay, when the hockey battling starts. Not a bit. For this, we have the word of Jolly Jack Adams, manager of the Wings, who signed Howe, Lindsay, and a flock of other stars, won League titles and Stanley Cup triumphs in profusion.&ldquo;Howe&rdquo;, Jack Adams was telling us last night, &ldquo;is just the same nice kid now that he was when he broke into hockey with me back in 1945, the year I&rsquo;sent him to Omaha for a brief seasoning. If you asked Howe what he thought of Lindsay being traded, and whether he would miss Lindsay, I know what Howe would say. He said it to a lot of inquiring reporters. He told them: &lsquo;I invoke the 5th Amendment&rsquo;. Meaning, of course, he wouldn&rsquo;t talk, or discuss the point, because he wouldn&rsquo;t like to say anything unkind about anybody.&ldquo;But,&rdquo; said Jack Adams, &ldquo;I can tell yon, Howe won&rsquo;t miss Lindsay a bit. 1 will have Gordie at right on a line that is going to produce a lot of goals. When I traded Lindsay and Hail to Chicago, 1 got Johnny Wilson, a real fine left wing who&rsquo;s never had a chance to show his true merit. At centre I&rsquo;ll have Guyle Fielder, who racked up 123 points last season with Seattle in the Western Hockey League. He&rsquo;s a tremendous player, this Fielder, now that he has settled down to business.&rdquo;&ldquo;I believe,&rdquo; said Adams, &ldquo;that Howe will have one of his big years with this line. He doesn&rsquo;t need too much help. He&rsquo;s really a great player. He helped Lindsay more than Lindsay ntlped. him.&rdquo;Jack was silent for a bit. then he said: &ldquo;Only one thing hurt me as Lindsay went into the dictionary to find new words to denounce me. That was his statement I had made uncomplimentary remarks about his wife. I never met his wife. So far as I know, she is a most admirable woman. She must be, to put up with Lindsay. I confine all my criticisms to the players, when I make any criticisms. Their families are their own business. Lindsay has a $50,000 home in a very-swanky suburb. One of the players said to me last season: &lsquo;Mingling with the high-toned social class sure has spoiled Lindsay.&rsquo; That&rsquo;s the way players thought. Lindsay made a lot of money with Red Wings. Hockey made him. Now he turns on hockey.&rdquo;&ldquo;It gave me a laugh,&rdquo; said Adams, &ldquo;when Lindsay called a press conference to state Ills ease, whatever it was. Some greater guys in sport, DiMaggio, Cobb, Ruth, Rocket Richard, and a few more, managed to do whatever they had to do or say, without calling a press conference. Lindsay missed the equivalent of 69 games the last five years, through suspensions and injuries.&rdquo;Adams can talk for hours about Howe. &ldquo;We had a golf tournament up at the Soo training camp,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Howe won all by himself. He shot a 69 the last day. Howe was sort of running the tournament, so I said to him: You must have won 14 or 15 prizes yourself, and we&rsquo;ll have to buy you something big.&rsquo; Howe said no, everybody gets the same prizes There were 14 players, 14 prizes, all the same. He took just one.&ldquo;Howe and Al. Kaline of Detroit Tigers ball club are great friends. Howe was at the park one morning, and Kaline was kidding him about his golf bags with him. So Howe teed up a ball at home plate, hit it up far into the bleachers, Then he hit another. Then he said to Kaline: &lsquo;You have it pretty soft, hitting a baseball up there once a week or so.&rdquo;Jack Adams didn&rsquo;t like the recent Lindsay magazine attack on him, but he does say: &rsquo;Lindsay will help the Hawks. But he&rsquo;s getting on in years. I traded him for no personal matter. I merely wanted to get some young legs.&rdquo; &#9632;

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THE GIST AND JEST OF IT

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;If John Daly ever invited Billy Reay to be a guest on his &ldquo;What&rsquo;s My Line?&rdquo; television show, he would really stump the panel. Indeed, he could even stump Billy Reay.Long before training camp opened this fall, the freshman coach of Toronto Maple Leafs had been convinced his line for big business would be the combination of rookie Frank Mahovlich and wings Dick Duff and George Armstrong.He had even gone so far as to set a 70-goal quota for the unit, thereby prophesying it would become Leafs&rsquo; greatest production line since Ted Kennedy, Tod Sloan and Sid Smith fired 7 9 goals in leading Toronto to the 1951 Stanley Cup.Yet all through training camp at Sudbury, other lines were Billy&rsquo;s best. And even when the season opened in Chicago, an outbreak of influenza that struck three of the team&rsquo;s four centremen prevented Reay from fielding the Mahovlich unit intact.In the second week of the campaign, there was therefore still considerable doubt on just which was bis big line.The first unit to click at camp had been the alliance of Billy Harris, Pete Conacher and Tod Sloan. With Harris showing a new found shooting talent to go with his brilliant play making ability and his wings always deadly around the net, the unit jumped into the team scoring lead quickly.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01329/1514636-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="268" height="401"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Harris</figcaption></div>Then Sloan suffered a minor shoulder injury and discovered even when he returned to the ice after a five-day layoff that it gave twinges of pain that destroyed his shooting accuracy.Conacher subsequently suffered aggravation of an old injury to his right knee when checked by Buffalo&rsquo;s Bill Burega in the last game of the exhibition schedule and was hospitalized for four weeks while the torn tendons mended.And Harris couldn&rsquo;t even keep the opening date when he became one of the team&rsquo;s nine flu victims.As that line lost ground in camp from the time of Sloan&rsquo;s injury, another unit emerged as the club&rsquo;s most productive. And, ironically, this was allegedly the team&rsquo;s checking threesome of Rudy Migay, Ron Stewart and Sid Smith.Although Migay and Stew retained their old talent for effectively killing penalties, they shook the checking label as a line and, with Smitty, outscored everything else in camp.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02216/1514629-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="1509" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Duff</figcaption></div>Smith ShinesMigay tied Conacher for the camp&rsquo;s top figure in goals, with 11. one more than Stewart and Smith. And the Bulldog shared the total points title with Stew at 21.Determined to reach the National Hockey League&rsquo;s 200-goal club this season, Smitty prepared for a fast start with the best training camp he has had in years. He needs only 16 goals to reach his objective and indicated he could double that by proving he had recovered his lost talent for getting into the right position at the right time. And he wound up camp by firing a goal in each scrimmage for the final two weeks and averaging a goal a game through the exhibition schedule.Only this line survived the flu outbreak and managed to start the season intact, because only Migay of the team&rsquo;s centre ice patrol escaped the bug.In the emergency, Reay was forced to revive one of Leals&rsquo; 1956-57 units by converting Tod Sloan back to centre between Duff and Army to replace the ailing Mahovlich. Since centres Brian Cullen and Harris were also stricken, and Conacher was injured, the coach cancelled right winger Aidcorn&rsquo;s demotion to Rochester Americans of the AHL and moved him to centre between his two surviving wings, Barry Cullen and Bob Pulford.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03133/1514622-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="539" height="900"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich</figcaption></div>Yet still be was convinced that the day is coming when he will be able to answer the question: &ldquo;What&rsquo;s My Line&rdquo; with &ldquo;Mahovlich, Duff and Armstrong.&rdquo;&ldquo;In our last exhibition game against Buffalo, before Mahovlich got the flu, that line was really something to watch.&rdquo; the little coacher said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been getting closer and closer to what I expected of them each time out. And they&rsquo;ll do it in the NHL too. It may take a little time because Frank&rsquo;s just a rookie feeling his way. But I&rsquo;m not impatient.&rdquo;Reay noted that the 200-pound giant was slowly emerging from his strangeness with his teammates at camp.Reay Patient&ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t know any of the players or myself when he came to camp,&rdquo; Reay said. &ldquo;But he did feel the weight of being nominated as the man to lead Leafs out of the wiidnerness. I could understand him being strange, quiet and self-conscious If he&rsquo;s slow in starting the season, I&rsquo;m not going to rush him there either, or experiment with him on different lines. As soon as he&rsquo;s healthy, he&rsquo;ll go back on the big line and stay right there.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0493/1514615-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="549" height="852"><figcaption class="caption-body">George Armstrong</figcaption></div>Reay also has a world of confidence in the rookie&rsquo;s wings.Duff&ldquo;Duff is a seasoned pro now, on the verge of being an Alb-Star,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;He had 26 goals last season and I think I&rsquo;m being conservative when I say he&rsquo;ll improve to 30 goals this season.&rdquo;Armstrong&ldquo;As for Army, he has never realized his potential in the NHL yet. But I expect our new system of offensive hockey should get him untracked. And I&rsquo;m looking for 25 goals from him.&rdquo;The remaining 15 goals Reay&rsquo;s 70 goal quota, are entrusted to Mahovlich,&ldquo;And I&rsquo;ll be disappointed if he doesn&rsquo;t get a lot more then that,&rdquo; Reay adds. &ldquo;He can do everything.&rdquo;What&rsquo;s Reay&rsquo;s Line? If the answer is obscured by early returns and ailments, Billy feels it won&rsquo;t be that way long. &#9632;

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Injuries, Flu And Surprises Obscure Early Leaf Picture

<h2>Subscribe to THE HOCKEY NEWS Today.</h2>You know right well that you&rsquo;ll want to know what your favorite hockey star is doing during the summer months; what players are being traded; what players are being given their unconditional release. You&rsquo;ll also be eager to find out what plans your team is making for the coming season and what players they plan to bring up next season.Just imagine, 35 information-filled issues of THE HOCKEY NEWS delivered right to your door for the low price of $3.00 ($4.00 in the United States). Spare yourself of the trouble of having to pick your copy up at the newsstand by subscribing today and furthermore you&rsquo;ll be saving $2.25 ($3.25 in the United States) by taking out a subscription.THE HOCKEY NEWS features plenty of lengthy profiles on players in the summer issues and oodles of candid pictures showing that favourite puck star of yours in such poses as playing baseball, on the golf links, milking cows, pitching hay, running the store, and countless others. We at THE HOCKEY NEWS do our utmost to see that you don&rsquo;t lose track of your favorite players during those five months that THE HOCKEY NEWS suspends weekly publication (May to September).A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.Canadian Remittances&mdash;$3.00 Payable by Postal. Bank or Telegraph Money Order.U. S. A. Remittances&mdash;$4.00 Payable by Postal, Bank, or Express Money Order.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0585/1514667-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="543" height="912"></div>Fill in Form and Send Postal Note or Money Order &#9632;

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<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Bruins are rotating their forwards this season in a manner similar to that with which they used to win Stanley Cups in the era before World War II.They&rsquo;re using set lines. That is, their lines are composed of the same players in every game.In the halcyon days of the late &rsquo;30s and early &rsquo;40s when the Bruins were the National league&rsquo;s dominant team, that&rsquo;s the way Art Ross operated his lines.This season the operating is being done by Milt Schmidt who in the old days was a member of a set line,&rsquo; the Kraut Line.Here&rsquo;s how Schmidt has been icing his forwards:One line has. been composed of Bronco Horvath at center, John Bucyk at left wing and Vic Stasiuk at right wing. It lias just started its first season as a unit.Another line has consisted of Don McKenney at center, Real Chevrefils at left wing and Leo LaBine at right wing. The three are playing together for the fourth season and Chevrefils and LaBine are in their seventh season as linemales.Schmidt looks upon a line as a unit within a unit He likes the all-for-one air reflected by a smooth working line like that on which he used to play with Woody Dumart and Bobbie Baiter. So does Dumart.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a set line man if the circumstances are right,&rdquo; observed the Bruins coach, &ldquo;and the most important circumstance is to have three &ldquo;forwards who play Well together.Proof&ldquo;McKenney. Chevrefils and LaBine have proved they do, and Regan, Mackell and Toppazzini did a year ago. I think Horvath, Bucyk and Stasiuk will. They seem to be following in the footsteps of the other two lines, anyway.&rdquo;&ldquo;When three forwards work together regularly and well they can get things done which a pickup line can&rsquo;t,&rdquo; said Dumart, now a sales representative for Bauer&rsquo;s skate company.&ldquo;When we (the Krauts) were playing together each one of us developed an almost uncanny knowledge of what the other two would be doing and where in many situations. We had our plans and plays for all of them.&rdquo;Another line has been composed of Larry Regan at center. Fleming Mackell at left wing and Jerry Toppazzini at right wing. It is in its second season as a unit.BOSTON. Mass.&mdash;Boston Carden wore a new color and new appendages when the Bruins opened their 34th season here with the Chicago Black Hawks.The new color is green&rsquo; in shades ranging from dark to pastel, a sharp contrast to the beige which dominated formerly. The paint job on the interior of the huge building was largely completed during the summer months.Off-season additions to the stadium portion of the Garden are matching platforms suspended from the first balcony on the north and south sides of the rink.The platform directly over the Bruins&rsquo; bench is for the exclusive use of the press and seats 36 people. Its counterpart over the visiting team&rsquo;s bench is for radio and television crews and newsreel cameras.The old press section in the first balcony has been converted into a section for customers, the old radio booths above it dismantled.Lean YearsThere were many years, during the coaching tenures of Dit Clapper, Buck Boucher and Lynn Patrick, when the Bruins weren&rsquo;t able to do much about having set lines had the coaches desired them.From the time of Bauer&rsquo;s retirement in the spring of 1917 until McKenney, Chevrefils and LaBine began playing together. The only line of any degree of permanency which Dumart can recall was that composed of Paul Ronty. Ken Smith and Johnny Peirson. Dubbed the Muscles Line because of the lack of size of its members, the line was a unit for two seasons.Schmidt BuildsSchmidt began his line construction in the second half of the 1955-56 season when the Bruins regained Chevrefils from Detroit. Mitt promptly installed the high scoring left wing at his old post with McKenny and La-Bine.Regan&rsquo;s line was set up as a unit early last season as a Schmidt creation, for the center had always played right wing previously. Mackell had formerly been a center and Toppazzini had been a handyman.To assemble Horvath&rsquo;s line this fall Milt moved Stasiuk from left wing where he scored 24 gals a year ago to right wing.Schmidt demonstrated a year ago the extent to which he&rsquo;ll go with a set line by his refusal to shake up a line in a temporary slump. The attitude set well with his players.&ldquo;If a forward runs into a siege of tough luck on his scoring but he&rsquo;s still helping his line and the team.&rdquo; he explained last winter, &ldquo;I believe in going along with him for awhile. But he has to be helping.&rdquo;At the same time big Stasiuk said, &ldquo;Knowing a coach feels like that would help almost any i player break out of a slump. That takes some of the pressure off a player who might be doing his best to break out.&rdquo;Schmidt&rsquo;s practice of using three set lines has caught the fancy of Bruins&rsquo; followers. Once again they&rsquo;re able to rattle off the lines as they could when the Bruins were the bestGolden YearsThe Bruins won the league championship and the Stanley Cup in 1939 with these lines: i Milt Schmidt-Woody Dumart-Bobbie Bauer. Bill Cowley-Roy Conacher-Eddie Wiseman. Gordon Pettinger-Ray Getliffe-MelHill.In 1940 they won the league championship with these lines: Schmidt-Dumart-Bauer, Cowley-Conacher-Wiseman. Art Jackson-Her Cain-Hill.In 1941 they won the league championship and the Stanley Cup with these line: Schmidt-Dumart-Bauer, Cowley-Conacher-Wiseman, Jackson-Cain-Hill.A year ago the line which was the counterpart of Horvath&rsquo;s line today consisted of Cal Gardner. Stasiuk and Peirson. When Schmidt was able to ice all three of his lines no other team had three better.This season the Bruins have started with three lines which on an overall basis are better than the three they had a year ago.Only ProblemSchmidt&rsquo;s only organizational problem as the Bruins moved into the start of their league schedule was in the spare forward department, manned by Jack Caffery and Peirson.First he lost Peirson for a week with a recurrence of the strange back ailment for which complete rest has been decreed as the most effective treatment. The veteran returned in time to make the exhibition game road trip with which the Bruins warmed up for their opener with Chicago.Then Caffery, the 192-pound handyman for whom Schmidt had scheduled heavy work hurt a knee and left the lineup for an indefinite period.As Caffery&rsquo;s replacement Schmidt chose Leo Boivin, the stocky defenseman who has had considerable experience at playing forward. To keep the defense strength at six players 20-year old Larry Hillman was purchased from Chicago. &#9632;

“If Circumstances Right, I’m A Set Line Man”… Schmidt

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Boston Harden wore a new color and new appendages when the Bruins opened their 34th season here with the Chicago Black Hawks.The new color is green in shades ranging from dark to pastel, a sharp contrast to the beige which dominated formerly. The paint job on the interior of the huge building was largely completed during the summer months.Off-season additions to the stadium portion of the Garden are matching platforms suspended from the first balcony on the north and south sides of the rink.The platform directly over the Bruins&rsquo; bench is for the exclusive use of the press and seats 36 people. Its counterpart over the visiting team&rsquo;s bench is for radio and television crews and newsreel cameras.The old press section in the first balcony has been converted into a section for customers, the old radio booths above it dismantled. &#9632;

Garden Interior Painted Green

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;The Black Hawks that launched the 1957-58 National Hockey League schedule last week in Chicago underwent a 50% face lifting from the makeup of the squad that began exactly a year ago with no less than 9 new skaters in the lineup of 18.Most notable and publicized newcomers are, of course, left wing great Ted Lindsay and All-Star goalie Glenn Hall, both from Detroit, as well as veteran Toronto defenseman Jim Thomson and forward Ron Murphy, secured in the trade that sent Hank Ciesla to New York.Then too there are winger Bob Bailey, drafted during the off season from Springfield, and 17-year old Bobby Hull, the center candidate who has become the youngest Black Hawk in history. Three others joined the Chicago squad later, but were not around this time a year ago.They are highly rated and respected right winger Eric Nesterenko, secured from Toronto over a year ago for cash: HeLalande, the center who has been up and down with the Hawks several times, and Ian Cushenan, the robust rearguard secured from Cleveland late last season.DeparturesGone from the Chicago roster with Ciesla are goalie Al Rollins who this season is with the farm club out at Calgary nearer his suburban New Westminster home, and 200-goal club left winger Harry Watson, now player-coach of Hawk American loop affiliate Buffalo.Both of these retiring NHL stars gained great respect from Chicago fans and Hollins, of course, turned in some outstanding goal duty for 5 year&rsquo;s that was highlighted by his winning of tire Hart trophy. Watson wound up his 16-year big league career with 236 regular season goals.Also departed from the Chicago scene to play in the minors are rearguard Benny Woit, center Ken Mosdell and wingers Wally Hergesheimer and Ed Mazur. Woit and Mazur were transferred from the Hawks to Rochester early last season. Mosdell retired temporarily late last year.The hard luck Hergesheimer was just recently assigned to Buffalo subject to recall. He had been making a stern comeback bid after suffering a shoulder fracture last season. A hard fighting competitor despite his slight stature. Hergeshituer. however, had to give way to several younger skaters.Gone from the Chicago scene necessarily as the result of the big trade that brought Lindsay and Hall to the Windy City scene are wingers Johnny Wilson aways a sharp man with his stick and possessive of a good shooting eye, and young, brash Forbes Kennedy, a rookie just last season.HoldoversThe 9 rookies from a year ago on the Hawk squad are Gus Mortson Elmer Vasko, Pierre Pilote and Frank Martin on defense and Ed Litzenberger, Glen Skov, Nick Mickoski, Ed Kachur and Jack McIntyre up front. Mortson is entering his 6th season in the Chicago uniform. &#9632;

Nine Of 18 Skaters In Chicago Lineup New Ones From Year Ago

CHICAGO, III.&mdash;&ldquo;His name&mdash;and don&rsquo;t forget it&mdash;is Bobby Hull. When he was just a kid of 14 I predicted he would be playing Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; when he was 16 and would turn pro when he was 18.&rdquo; This was the voice 2 years ago of Bob Wilson, then and still chief Black Hawk scout for eastern Canada.We took down his comments and they formed an exclusive story in THE HOCKEY NEWS. Earlier this month, just about 2 years to the day, the same young Mr. Hull, now 17 years old, became the youngest player to be signed by and for Chicago in the 30-year history of the club.Hull has kept pace with room to spare with Wilson&rsquo;s hopes and predictions on his behalf. A star the past 2 years with the St. Catharines Teepees, he won&rsquo;t be 18 until next January 3. His signing by General Manager-Coach Tommy Ivan came only after a 4-hour conference with his parents.When he showed up in Black Hawk camp 2 years ago and refereed an impromptu practice game in authoritative fashion before being assigned to the Teepee camp Bob was 5&rsquo;9&rdquo; and weighed 180 pounds. Today he is up to 5&rsquo;10&rdquo; and weighs 190 and rattier naturally for his age, is still growing.Watched CarefullyBobby was invited to Chicago&rsquo;s training camp at St. Catharines this year for the first time and distinguished himself by looking right at home among some 50 proven professionals. He was watched carefully and given pointers regularly by the hockey-wise Ivan.Two GoalsIt then remained for Hull himself to prove that he was ready and he came through in stunning fashion by rapping in 2 goals in an exhibition game which saw the Hawks thump the New York Rangers. 5 to 1, at St. Catharines. Bobby became a pro only hours later.He should he a sensation, especially with the teenage crowd to which he actually belongs, in Chicago, but for the solid skating youngster from Point Anne, Ont., the main thing of concern will he making good as a professional hockey star. He has the physical stature, ability and desire to do it with gusto.RarityA teenager in the Black Hawk lineup has been a genuine rarity throughout team history. The last such youngster to lace on his skating boots with an Indian uniform was Harold &ldquo;Mush&rdquo; Marsh&rsquo;, the long since retired wing star who broke in with the team at 19. That was in 1928.Thrives On CompetitionWith the Hawks. Bobby will have to keep on his toes in bidding for a regular spot in the lineup on the third forward unit. He has stickhandling expert Hec Lalande as his foremost rival, but Ron Murphy, normally a winger, may also be introduced into the picture.Bobby Hull showed in training camp. however. that he&rsquo;s not one to shy away from competition or rough going and NHL opponents will doubtless be finding this out. rather quickly. He knows how to use his well developed frame not&rsquo; only from hockey. but also as a stat halfback in football. &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01313/1514871-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">On Behalf of Stanley Cup Champions, Maurice Richard accepts NHL award from President Clarence Campbell.</figcaption></div>(Pictures Herry Donati)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02254/1514864-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1692" height="951"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Bathgate and Dean Prentice of New York and Boston&rsquo;s Don McKenney.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03191/1514857-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="1770" height="783"><figcaption class="caption-body">Boston&rsquo;s Allan Stanley. Detroit&rsquo;s Marcel Pronovost. Boston&rsquo;s Real Chevrefils and Detroit Alex Delvecchio.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04144/1514850-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="1440" height="999"><figcaption class="caption-body">Detroit&rsquo;s Red Kelly and BUP Hockey Writer Dick Bacon</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05101/1514843-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="895" height="1020"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toronto&rsquo;s King Clancy and freak Seike</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0678/1514836-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="2495" height="1360"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gord Howe beats Jacques Plante for Stars&rsquo; Winning Gord Alex Delvecchio and Jean Guy Talbot are tied up to the side</figcaption></div>THE GAMEThe National Hockey League All-Stars still maintain a perfect record in the Montreal Forum.In three All-Star engagements at the Forum, the Stars have never been beaten. Including this year&rsquo;s 5-3 victory, the Stars have won two and tied one.The most effective All-Star line this year was the Eddie Litzenberger,&hellip; Andy&hellip; Bathgate, Dean Prentice line. Bathgate and Prentice each got goals.At the end of the first period, the Stars led two to one, were locked in a 3-3 deadlock after two periods but pulled ahead 5-3 in the final frame.Red Kelly scored the first Star goal unassisted. His shot seemed, to be partially deflected.Maurice Richard tied it up midway through the first period on a play from brother Henri and Dick Moore but Allan Stanley put the Stars ahead with only five seconds remaining on a pattern from Prentice and Rudy Migay.The Halts had the edge in the second frame, outscoring the visitors two to one. Bert Olmstead and Stan Smrke were the Canadiens payoff men. Andy Bathgate. made the only reply for the Stars.Glord Howe got what turned out to be the winning goal in the third period on a play from Jim Morrison and Real Chevrefils. On a picture play, Prentice got an insurance goal from Bathgate and Litzenberger.<h2>All-Stars</h2>Glenn, Hall, ChicagoRed Kelly, DetroitFern Flaman, BostonJim Morrison, TorontoBill Gadsby, New YorkMarcel Pronovost, DetroitAllen Stanley BostonReal Chevrefils, BostonGord Howe, DetroitTed Lindsay, ChicagoAndy Bathgate, New YorkGeorge Armstrong, TorontoAlex Delvecchio, DetroitEddie Litzenberger, ChicagoDon McKenney, BostonDick Duff, TorontoDean Prentice, New YorkRudy Migay, Toronto<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0761/1514829-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="986" height="1432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Artist Tex Coulte His Subject</figcaption></div><h2>Canadiens</h2>Jacques PlanteDoug HarveyDollard St. LaurentTom JohnsonJean Guy TalbotBob TurnerJean BeliveauFloyd CurryBert OlmsteadHenri RichardMaurice RichardDick MooreDon MarshallStan SmrkeMarcel BoninPhil GoyetteClaude ProvostAndre PronovostSUMMARYAll-Stars&mdash;Goal: Hall (Chicago); defence: Kelly (Detroit), Flaman (Boston), Morrison (Toronto), Gadsby (New York), M. Pronovost (Detroit), Stanley (Boston); forwards: Chevrefils (Boston). Howe (Detroit), Lindsay (Chicago), Bathgate (New York), Armstrong (Toronto), Delvecchio (Detroit), Litzenberger (Chicago), McKenny (Boston), Duff (Toronto), Prentice (New York), Migay (Toronto).Canadiens&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Harvey, St. laurent, Johnson, Talbot, Turner; forwards: Beliveau, Curry, Olmstead, H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Marshall, Smrke, Bonin. Goyette. Provost, A. Pronovost.First Period1&mdash;Stars: Kelly&hellip;&hellip;1.062&mdash;Canadiens: M. Richard(H. Richard, Moore) 10.533&mdash;Stars: Stanley(Prentice, Migay)&hellip;&hellip;19.55Penalties: Migay 5.36. Talbot 14.25. Howe 15.55, Harvey 16.05.Second Period4&mdash;Canadiens: Olmstead(Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; .335&mdash;Canadiens: Smrke(Bonin)&hellip;&hellip; 9.136&mdash;Stars: Bathgate(Litz., Prentice)&hellip;&hellip; 18.14Penalties: Talbot 5.54, Chevrefils 12.36, Johnson 18.59.Third Period7&mdash;Stars:&hellip; Howe(Morrison, Chevrefils) 8.118&mdash;Stars: Prentice(Bathgate, Litz.,) 16.50 Penalties: Flaman 5.48. 9.46. Olmstead 6.24.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01298/1514822-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="1212" height="969"><figcaption class="caption-body">Detroit&rsquo;s Gord Howe and Montreal&rsquo;s Jean Beliveau</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02277/1514815-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1638" height="1005"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Lindsay Presents Eddie Litzenberger with All-Star Award.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03230/1514808-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="1701" height="999"><figcaption class="caption-body">Senator Hartland Molson, Pres. Clarence Campbel, Gen. John Reed Kilpatrick, and Montreal&rsquo;s Doug Harvey.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04190/1514801-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="1893" height="897"><figcaption class="caption-body">Detroit&rsquo;s Howe. Montreal&rsquo;s Marcel Bonin, Spingfield&rsquo;s Punch Imlach, Boston&rsquo;s Lynn Patrick.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05143/1514794-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="1301" height="980"><figcaption class="caption-body">Old linemates Ted Lindsay and Gord Howe</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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11th Annual All-Star Dinner And Game

<div class="byline">By AL HOOPER</div>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;Okay, Cyril, no more sparring.You want it hard and straight, in the words of the immortal bard&mdash;who also contributed to the language such ripostes as: &ldquo;A bird in the hand is worth too much, if it&rsquo;s chicken&rdquo;; and &ldquo;Life begins at 60 for Tommy Manville.&rdquo;Okay, Cyril. Here goes Nothing, as I am known to all save my two friends:The Western Hockey League has improved 62.5 per cent over last year. That&rsquo;s by five-eights, for you slow dividers.Five eighths? Count &rsquo;em: the entire Prairie Division, and the Vancouver Canucks.The improvement of the Prairie Division may be computed in no special order.WinnipegYou could start with the Winnipeg Warriors, since they had the farthest to go.<h2>Solid Vancouver Holdovers</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01312/1514930-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="519" height="842"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;Shaky&rdquo; McLeod</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02254/1514923-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="539" height="872"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phill Maloney</figcaption></div>Warriors last year were a sorry lot The help promised by Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs went by the boards (the boards in Rochester, where all the help wound up).This year general-manager Jack Perrin has struck out single-handed, more or less. In his corner, fortunately, is fellow g.m. Jim Hendy of Cleveland&rsquo;s American League Barons.Hendy has already sent Howie Glover to Winnipeg. Close behind is winger Art Stratton, who grew up there.And from Providence Reds comes ageless (33) Pete Kapusta. who also was exposed to his first light of day in Winnipeg. Add a husky bustler like Bruce Lea from Detroit Red Wings and you have to get improvement, without hardly trying.CalgaryCalgary Stampeders? They got Al Rollins.If that isn&rsquo;t enough the prolonged netminder will have belter forwards shooting for him than Calgary had last year, it for no other reason than that whiz lads Milan Marcetta, Barry Ross Dave Duke and Vic Dzurko are a year older.EdmontonEdmonton Flyers, of course are Edmonton Flyers (general manager Bud Poile says that often and he hasn&rsquo;t been wrong yet).Last year they finished second It was hard to bear.This year they have so many fringe National Leaguers headed their way. the minute Detroit makes up its mind, that freshman coach Tony Leswick will be hard put to finish first by less than 10 games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03215/1514916-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="537" height="1106"><figcaption class="caption-body">Seattle&rsquo;s Hank Bassen</figcaption></div><h2>Native Son Returns Home</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04165/1514909-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="1110" height="1581"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pete Kapusta</figcaption></div>Saskatoon-St. PaulSaskatoon-St. Paul (nee Brandon) remains Edmonton&rsquo;s sternest challenger. Like the Flyers, g.m. Frank Boucher&rsquo;s Regals won&rsquo;t know till later just who&rsquo;s on first&mdash;New York Rangers will decide.But when Springfield decided to lift Elliott Chorley from the S-S Regals to sell to Vancouver. Boucher said his goodbyes without a whimper. Chorley had scored 29 goals last year. It follows that Boucher is being brave for good reasons.VancouverAnd speaking of Vancouver&mdash;who isn&rsquo;t? Canucks look so good it&rsquo;s scary. Only five shall return from last spring: Hugh Currie. Wiggie Wylie, Jackie McLeod, Phil Maloney and Ralph Keller.Five from 15&mdash;that&rsquo;s no changeover, it&rsquo;s a revolution.Coach Arthur Chapman&rsquo;s Cancans must be girding for the Prairies. For despite the protestations of glee from New Westminster manager-coach Hal Laycoe. the oilier Coast Division threats, as they say in these cases, shape up this way:VictoriaVICTORIA COUGARS&mdash;No Marcel Pelletier in coal, no noticeable help from Boston, and no&mdash;Colin Kilburn can&rsquo;t go it alone.SeattleSEATTLE AMERICANS&mdash;No Guyle Fielder, no Eddie Dorohoy, no Emile. Francis, no love, no nothing.New WestminsterNEW WESTMINSTER ROYALS&mdash;Hello. Hal? What say. Hal? YOU SAY HOWIE MEEKER WAS FIRED AS GENERAL MANAGER OF TORONTO!Toronto was to help Westminster. Meeker said so. Now&mdash;but Laycoe&rsquo;s understanding was with Meeker.No. Cyril, the parties of ths latter three parts have soma proving to do.Otherwise, the league Isas improved 62.5 per cent.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05133/1514902-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="527" height="938"><figcaption class="caption-body">Calgary&rsquo;s Dave Duke</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Whole Prairie Division Plus Vancouver Considered Better

The Montreal Canadiens dominate the NHL point race after one week of play. Dickie Moore and Jean Beliveau, each with six points lead the parade with six points. Moore has three goals. Beliveau has two. Maurice Richard leads all goalgetters with four goals.The Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers put in solid performances in the first week of play. So did the Montreal Canadiens, but everybody expected the Habs to do well. All three teams are undefeated.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01311/1514975-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="581" height="202"></div>TUESDAY. OCTOBER 8Toronto 0 at Chicago 1Toronto&mdash; Goal: Chadwick; defense: Horton, McNeil, Morrison, Baun, Beau-me: forwards: Stewart, Migay, Aidcorn. Smith. Armstrong, Sloan, Duff, Cullen. Pulford.Chicago&mdash; Goal: Hall; defense: Thomson. Cushenan, Mortson, Martin. Vasko. Pilote; forwards: Nesterenko, Lltzenberger. Lindsay, Kachur, Mickoski, Murphy. McIntyre, Skov, Lalonde, Bailey. Hull.First PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Litzenberger 1.13, Sloan. 4.06. Baun 6.54, Murphy 6.64, Cushenan 8.31. Morrison 14.04. Mortson 91.54.Second Period1&mdash;Chicago: Lindsay(Litzenberger, Pilote)&hellip;&hellip; 15.08Penalties: Murphy 5.14, Armstrong 10.50. Lindsay 10.50 Morrison 16.53. Bailey 16.53, Horton 17.18. Bailey 19.28.Third PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Beaume 1.41. Pilote 1.41, Neil 9.09, Horton 12.56, Lindsay 12.56.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10New York 3 at Detroit tNew York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Gadsby, Evans, Cahan, Howell. Fon-tinato; forwards: Bathgate. Prentice, Popein. Lewicki, Henry Foley. Creighton, Ciesla, MacDonald, Hebenton, tiendron. Sullivan.Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk: defense: Pronovost. Godfrey. Arbour. Kelly. Strate; forwards: Fielder, Howe. Wilson. Dineen. Ferguson, Dea, Kennedy, Ullman. McCarthy, Delvgcuhio, Reibel, Burton.First Period1&mdash;Detroit: Ferguson (Wilson) 12.222&mdash;New York: Henry(Gendron. Bathgate)&hellip;&hellip; 13.12Penalties: Fontinato (minor, misconduct) 4.00. Kennedy 6.58, Howell 11.02, Burton 12.56.Second Period3&mdash;Detroit: McCarthy(Delvecchio)&hellip;&hellip; 2.274&mdash;New York: Popein(Bathgate)&hellip;&hellip; 19.12Penalty: Barbour 2.56.Third Period1&mdash;New York: Hebenton(Gadsby)&hellip;&hellip; 2.43Penalties: Evans .23, Dineen 3.31.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10Chicago 1 at Montreal 5Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall: defense: Mortson, Thomson. Martin. Vasko, Cushe-Ben. Pilote; forwards: Litzenberger, Nesterenko. Lindsay. Skov, Kachur. Mickoski, Hull. Bailey, Murphy, LaJande, McIntyre.Canadiens&mdash;Goal: Hodge; defense: Talbut, Johnson, Harvey. St. Laurent, Turner: forwards: H. Richard. M. Richard, Moore, Beliveau. Smrke, Olmstead. Goyette. Pronovost, Provost, Marshall, Curry.First PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Mortson 5.28, Harvey 18.57.Second Period1&mdash;Chicago: Skov (Bailey)&hellip;&hellip; 3.432&mdash;Canadiens: Beliveau(Smrke Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 4.493&mdash;Canadiens: Beliveau(Moore. Harvey)&hellip;&hellip; 8.53Penalties: Mortson 8.15, Pilote 15.21.Third Period4&mdash;Canadiens: Pronovost(Goyette)&hellip;&hellip; 4.215&mdash;Canadiens: M. Richard(Moore)&hellip;&hellip; 9.276&mdash;Canadiens: H. Richard(Talbot)&hellip;&hellip; 13.03Penalties: Litzenberger .15, Moore J5, Turner (major) 16.47.SATURDAY OCTOBER 12, 1957New York 2 at Canadiens .2New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defence: Gadeby. Evans, Cahan, Howell. Fontinato: forwards. Popein, Bathgate. Prentice, Sullivan, Gendron, Hebenton. tesla, Creighton. Foley, Henry, LeWickf.Canadiens&mdash;Goals: Hodge; Talbot. Johnson. Harvey, St. Laurent. Turner. forwards: H. Richard, M. Richard. Moore. Beliveau. Smrke. Olmstead. GoyeAte, Pronovosf, Provost, Marshall, curry, Bonin.First Period1&mdash;Canadians; Marshall(Beliveau, Olmstead)&hellip;&hellip; 3.152&mdash;New York: Godeby(Creighton, Henry)&hellip;&hellip; 12.05penalties: Evans 2.00. Talbot 7.06. Richard, major. 11.12. Foley 12.38.Second Period3&mdash;Canadiens: Provost(Goyette, Talbot)&hellip;&hellip; 5.27Penalties: Pronovost 11.43, Prentice 16.57Third Period4&mdash;New York: Howell&hellip;&hellip; 3.20Penalties: Sullivan 18.21, Marshall 18.21.Detroit 5 Toronto 3Detroit&mdash; Goal: Sawchuk: defense: Arbour, Pronovost, Kelly, Godfrey. Burton; forwards: Fielder, Howe, Wilson, Reibel. Delvecchio, Dineen. Dea. Ullman, Kennedy, Strate, McCarthy, McCreary.Toronto&mdash;Goal: Charwick; defense: Resume, Morrison, Horton, Baun. MacNeil; forwards: Smith. Armstrong. Sloan, Brian Cullen, Barry Cullen. Aidcorn. Stewart, Harris, Pulford, Girard.First Period1&mdash;Detroit: Howe (Wilson.Reibel)&hellip;&hellip; 3.402&mdash;Toronto: Smith (Sloan.Horton)&hellip;&hellip; 5.21,3&mdash;Toronto: Harris&hellip;&hellip; 9.164&mdash;Detroit: Dineen (Delvecchio) 12.115&mdash;Toronto: Smith(Horton, Sloan)&hellip;&hellip; 14.536&mdash;Detroit: Reibel(Wilson, Godfrey)&hellip;&hellip; 19.27Penalties: Horton 2.55, Kennedy 5.46. Sawchuk. misconduct (served by Fielderl 14.53.Second Period7&mdash;Detroit: Reibel(Wilson, Howe)&hellip;&hellip; 11.13Penalties: Aidcorn 10.08. Fielder18.16, Sawchuk (served by Delvecchio) 19.21.Third Period8&mdash;Detroit: McCarthy(Delvecchio. Dineen)&hellip;&hellip; 3.28Penalties: Smith 5.07, Kennedy 14.20.Chicago 1 at Boston 3Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Thomson. Cuehenan, Mortson. Martin. Vasko. Pilote: forwards: Litzenberger. Nesterenko. Lindsay, Skov, Bailey, Mickoski. Hull, Kachur, Murphy, Lalande, McIntyre.Boston&mdash;Goal: Simmons; defense: Flaman, Mohns, Boivin, Armstrong. Stanley, Bionda. Hillman; forwards: McKenney, Labine. Chevrefils. Horvath. Stasiuk, Bucyk, Regan, Toppazzinl, Mackel, Peirson.First Period1&mdash;Boston: McKenney(Toppazzini, Stanley:&hellip;&hellip; 6.182&mdash;Chicago: Lindsay(Vasko, Litzenbeiger)&hellip;&hellip; 8.253&mdash;Boston: Mackell(Toppazzini, Flaman)&hellip;&hellip; 13.45Penalties: Murphy 4.32 Regan 6.55, Labine 12.59, Cushenan 15.51.Second Period4&mdash;Boston: Stasiuk(Bucyk, Horvath)&hellip;&hellip; 14.46Penalties: Labine 6.27, Mickoski 8.43.Third PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Lindsay 5.58, Boivin 11.14, 14.24, Lalande 17.55.SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1957Canadiens at Detroit 0Canadiens&mdash;Goal: Hodge: defence: Talbot. Johnson. Harvey. Turner. St. Laurent; forwards: Beliveau. Olmstead, Smrke. Curry. M. Richard. Moore, Provost. H. Richard, Bonin, Goyette. Marshall, A. Pronovost.Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk: defense: Arbour, Pronovost. Kelly. Godfrey. Burton: forwards: Fielder. Howe, Wilson, Reibel, Delvecchio. Dineen, Dea, ITullman. Kennedy, Strate, McCarthy, McCreary.First Period1&mdash;Canadiens: Moore(Beliveau, H. Richard)&hellip;&hellip; 1.422&mdash;Canadiens: M. Richard(Beliveau, Olmstead)&hellip;&hellip; 13.083&mdash;Canadiens: M. Richard(Beliveau. Olmstead)&hellip;&hellip; 17.45Penalties: Howe 0.32, Kennedy 3.15, Provost 3.15. Reibel 11.21, Talbot 19.37.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: H. Richard 6.15, Olmstead 14.09. Kennedy 14.09, Harvey 16.38.Third Period4&mdash;Canadiens: M. Richard(Olmstead, Harvey)&hellip;&hellip; 7.105&mdash;Canadiens: MooreCH. Richard, M. Richard).. 12.336 Canadiens: Moore(H. Richard)&hellip;&hellip; 19.14Penalties: Godfrey 6.12, Kennedy11.04, Provost 13.19.New York 1 at Boston 3New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Gadsby, Evans, Howell. Fontinato, Cahan; forwards: Popein, Bath, gate, Prentice. Sullivan, Foley. Mac Donald; Creighton. Hebenton, Lewicki, Gendron, Ciesla, Henry.Boston&mdash; Goal: Simmons; defense: Flaman, Mohns, Armstrong. Boivin. Stanley, Blonds, Hillman: forwards: Regan, Labine, Horvath, Stasiuk. Bucyk, Peirson.First Period1&mdash;Boston: Mackell(Mohns. Regan)&hellip;&hellip; 13.06Penalties: Bucyk 7.03, Fontinato 12.09, McKenney 14.45, Foley 18.13, Howell 19.32.Second Period2&mdash;Boston: Mohns(Mackell, Toppazzini)&hellip;&hellip; 12.49Penalty; Flaman 18.47.Third Period3&mdash;Boston: McKenney(Labine, Flamen)&hellip;&hellip; 11.424&mdash;New York: Lewicki(Hebenton. Bathgare)&hellip;&hellip; 17.43Penalties; Sullivan Horvath. PeirSl uvAmns-srii Juanauea<h2>The Point Parade</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02270/1514968-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="583" height="2872"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03212/1514961-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="579" height="646"></div>RESULTS OF GAMES PLAYED WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 13, 1957Tues. Oct. 8th-Toronto 0 at Chicago 1Thurs. Oct. 10th&mdash;Chicago 1 at Cdns 5Thurs. Oct. 10th&mdash;Rangers 3 at Det. 2Sat. Oct. 12th&mdash;Rangers 2 at Cdns. 2Sat. Oct. 12th&mdash;Detroit 5 at. Toronto 3Sat. Oct. 12th&mdash;Chicago 1 at Boston 3Sun. Oct. 13th&mdash;Canadiens 6 at Det. 0Sun. Oct. 13th&mdash;Rangers 1 at Boston 3SCHEDULED GAMES FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 20, 1957Tues. Oct. 15th&mdash;Canadiens at Chi.Wed. Oct. 16th&mdash;Boston at RangersThurs. Oct. 17th&mdash;Toronto at CdnsThurs. Oct. 17th&mdash;Boston at DetroitSat. Oct. 19th&mdash;Chicago at CanadiensSat. Oct. 19th&mdash;Boston ar TorontoSun. Oct. 20th&mdash;Toronto at DetroitSun. Oct. 20th&mdash;Chicago at RangeraIndividual scoring records are: &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01309/1515037-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="295" height="322"></div>As seen in the Montreal Herald&bull; SLAP, DAB amidst the World Series don&rsquo;t we run &rsquo; into Bill Stewart. A funny time and place to be batting, the breeze about hockey, &rsquo; some fellows may say. Bill Stewart is like that. He&rsquo;ll j make a switcheroo to the shiny pastime whenever he encounters an old friend from Canada.He was kept busy that day in lobby of New York&rsquo;s Hotel Commodore. Russ Taylor of CFCF got some of Bill&rsquo;s obervations on the Series, on hockey, about this and that, down on tape. In case you didn&rsquo;t hear it Bill wanted to be remembered to old friends, around Montreal, around Quebec City, Toronto and a few whistle-stops up and down the line.We braced him about the rumours he might tie-up with the Chicago Black Hawks, after he had put us through the third degree about Frank Carlin, Roger Leger, Jack Toupin, Rol-lie Hebert, Fred Shero and a few more in the QHL.&ldquo;I want, you to know that I never made a pitch for that job with the Chicago Black Hawks&rdquo; said Stewart, who coached Hawks to their last Stanley Cup in 1937. besides doing a long hitch as one of the National Hockey league&rsquo;s outstanding referees.Never in my entire life have I applied for a job that was held by another man. So long as another guy was working I never made the slightest attempt or approach.Stewart 22-years a National League umpire recalled that he was offered the umpire-in-chief&rsquo;s appointment by Ford Frick, when the present &rsquo;commissioner of baseball was National League prexy.&ldquo;Bill Klem, the NL Chief, was sick in hospital. He lingered eight months before he died, but I&rsquo;d never accept the appointment so long as Bill was alive&rdquo; said Stewart firmly.&ldquo;About this hockey rumor, connecting my name with the Black Hawks, I guess some old newspaper pal. who likely thought he was doing me a favor, dreamed it up.&ldquo;So far as I&rsquo;m concerned Tommy Ivan is doing a swell job. He&rsquo;s a great little guy. I wish him all the link in the world. If you see him before I then tell him I said so.&rdquo;We changed the subject to the United States amateur hockey team coached by Bill, which toured Europe last winter.&ldquo;They were the finest bunch of kids it&rsquo;s ever been my good fortune to meet" said Stewart. &ldquo;What a gang of skating sons of guns. They could go all day at top speed, never tired. And I have to say this the committee which was headed by Walter Brown of Boston gave me all-out support. From the day I took charge, there was not one tiny bit of interference. &#9632;

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Al Parsley

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;It might be considered appropriate that Royals, as the oldest member should make the conservative approach to the new Quebec Hockey League season. The Montreal entry has been around far longer than the 21 seasons of the QHL operation. Royals were formerly a power in the old Senior Group, QAHA and long before that what was essentially the same club carried the banner of MAAA.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02237/1515075-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="307" height="396"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Carlin</figcaption></div>Which seems long way round to saying that genral-manager rank Carlin t the Royals today, if ot pessimisic about his eam&rsquo;s chances of making bid for higher rank than last year, is at least cautious in all predictions.Prior to the Quebec game which lifted the lid on a new campaign Carlin was ready to admit that coach Roger Leger was blessed with a very strong coterie of forwards. Goal-keeping and back-division were question-marks. Yet there was a plethora of surplus material in camp. Several players encouraged to hang on for a while at practices might yet crash the active list.Big Mo Real AssetDown the middle the Montreal team does look formidable. Kenny Mosdell. who last season, was cut adrift by Chicago Black Hawks when not up to par through injuries, has been marked for a big season. In the training camp skirmishes &ldquo;Big Mo&rdquo; though 3 5, was stepping it as sprightly as many a junior up to a big league training whirl for the first time.He caught the eye of Coach Toe Blake of the Habs, who was openly delighted and not reticent in his views.As a matter of fact Blake picked Mosdell for Royals, in off-the-cuff discussions, long before the big blond center man had been definitely assigned to Reger&rsquo;s legionaires. It seemed Blake felt that Mosdell was like money in the bank to the NHL Habs.Blake Is Eloquent&ldquo;The way Mosdell has been going he&rsquo;s as a good as many company. &ldquo;Achy&rdquo; bagged 16 markers and helped in 41 more for Quebec Aces on their way to the QHL pennant in 195657. He&rsquo;s regarded as a playmaker de luxe.Able Right WingersThe right wingers look like a capable trio too. Denis Boucher and Glenn Cressman are returnees joined by Murray Balfour, a graduate from Cana-diens&rsquo; juniors.Lulu Denis, who is starting his eighth season with Royals, as a very versatile workman, has been shifted to left wing though he&rsquo;s a right-handed shot. Walter Bradley, stocky 21-year a center man in the big league right now. If he gets steady work with Royals he&rsquo;ll be better with every game. And what a break that will be for us. We&rsquo;ll have the assurance that any time something goes wrong with any of our guys, there&rsquo;s a big cruising puck-carrier like Mosdell to help us out. All we&rsquo;ll need to do is send down the hall for Mo.&rdquo; Blake said (Ed. Note: At the Forum. Royals&rsquo; room is in the same corridor as the Habs&rsquo; quarters).<h2>Solid Insurance</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03193/1515068-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="939" height="894"><figcaption class="caption-body">Kenny Mosdell</figcaption></div>Kelly Burnet and Gene Achtymichuk are the other two pivot men. Burnett a perennial star in the minor league is back for a third term with Royals. He was good for 22 tallies last season, has never been below the 20 mark in any full season anywhere he&rsquo;s played in pro out of Port Arthur, Ont., who hit the 20-goal mark right on the nose last season, is to middle-aisle it for another trio and John Gillis is a sophomore pro with some promise of rapid star development, &ldquo;Kayo&rdquo; Kowal-chuk. of Peterborough&rsquo; and Ottawa Canadian juniors is an added recruit who will either be carried as an extra forward, or might nudge one of the others out of steady job.Don&rsquo;t Be Too SureWe were looking over Carlin&rsquo;s shoulder as he scanned one of those little black books in which for years he has kept track of Royals&rsquo; and their deeds of der-ring do.&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t consider any of these things I&rsquo;m telling you as a firm bid." he said looking up. &ldquo;When Rochester and Canadiens shave oft a few more players we&rsquo;re likely to make several changes.For the present Charlie Hodge has the first net-keeping assignment with Claude &ldquo;Suitcase&rdquo; Pronovost as second-stringer.Only three defensemen were breveted as sure-fire starters likely to linger&mdash;Ernie Roche. Jack Bownass and Maurice &lsquo;Mo&rsquo; Mantha.Roche, 27 is a hold-over. Bownass also 27, has made the rounds. With Trois-Rivieres Lions last season, he has also served hitches with Shawinigan Falls and Chicoutimi and was at Sherbrooke when that city was represented in the circuit in 1953-54. Now that he has made Royals, the likeable redhead needs only to get a contract one of these seasons from Quebec Aces to complete the QHL cycle.The third rearguard, Mantha. is a rookie, up for his first essay as a pro. from Cincinnati Mohawks. He&rsquo;s of rugged, sinewy build, and with Leger as his mentor Mantha should show rapid development.A welcomed newcomer to Royals&rsquo; workouts early last week was Vic Fildes, who was impressive as a junior with the Royals&rsquo; Memorial Cup winners in 1948. For the past seven seasons Fildes has playing hockey in England. He&rsquo;s settling in Canada once more and is making a bid to catch on as a pro.He&rsquo;s a big citizen, weighing 190 pounds, a smoothly-striding skater, and though behind the other members of the squad in conditioning because of a late start, may be the man to fill one of those gaps on the rear platoon.Good Ones Got AwayWhile he feels Royals will make out all right once the rough edges are polished, and. the weak spots are plugged Carlin adds a note of lament that, a pretty good team is represented by those from last year&rsquo;s outfit that have moved on.Gerry McNeil is tending goal for Rochester, who also have such capable defensive performers as Walter Clune and Bob Duncan, both ex-Royals. Andre Corriveau a 30-goal man or better year after year has retired for keeps while Guy Rousseau, a nifty little left winger and Jacques Deslauriers, all-star rearguard are at Chicoutimi.Bud MacPherson, the tall butress of the 1956-57 back division just the other day was announced to be acquired by Edmonton Flyers and Phil Goyette is a regular center man with NHL Canadiens. &#9632;

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Mosdell Gives Royals Power Down Centre

<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04145/1515106-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="575" height="171"></div>THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10Royal 4 at Aces 5Royals&mdash; Goal: Pronovost; defense: Roche, Manrha, Bownass, Maroon: forwards: Kowalohuk, Achtymichuk, Boucher, Cressman, Burnett, Balfour, Denis, Bradley, Mosdell, Anderson.Quebec&mdash;Goal: Millar: defense: Crozier, Goyette, Picard, Lamirande; forwards: Hayden, Gagne, Groleau, Teal, Cherry, Johansson, Labadie, Sabourin, Gagnon, Maxwell.First Period1&mdash;Quebec: Gagnon(Johansson. Sabourin)&hellip;&hellip; 6.4 62&mdash;Quebec: Gagnon (Sabourin) 7.483&mdash;Royals: Balfour (Denis).. 16.30 Penalties: Goyette 12.33,Second Period4&mdash;Royals: Kowaichuk (Achtymichuk, Bownass).. 1.295&mdash;Quebec: Gagnon (Johansson) 9.176&mdash;Quebec: Sabourin (Johansson) 9.347&mdash;Quebec: Sabourin (Gagnon) 14.228&mdash;Royals: Bradley(Boucher, Burnett)&hellip;&hellip; 18.34Penalties: Bownass 10.15, Gagne 13.27. Picard 19.49.Third Period9&mdash;Royals: Cressman(Mosdell. Achtymichuk)&hellip;&hellip; 18.49 Penalties: Lamirande 13.44.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10Lions 3 at Cataracts 7Three Rivers&mdash;Goal: Defelice: defense: Kelly, Chevalier. Bedard. Chasczweski; forwards: Caster. Kane. Cleary. Johnson. McMurdy. Vinet, Leclere. Pepin, Thibault,, Hastings.Shawinigan falls&mdash;Goal: Johnston: defense: Amadio. Hodgson. Labrosse. Fleming. Shero: forwards: Desaulniers, Laforge. Wray. Bouchard. Mekllok, Denis, Bell. Johnson. Faulkner.First Period1&mdash;Three. Rivers. Leclerc(Hastings. McMurdy)&hellip;&hellip; 4.082&mdash;Shawinigan Falls. Denis(Faulkner. Amadio)&hellip;&hellip; 8.053&mdash;Shawinigan Falls. Faulkner(Johnson, Wray)&hellip;&hellip; 21.204&mdash;Three Rivers. Hastings(McMurdy. Kelly)&hellip;&hellip; 15.41Penalties: Thibault 6.12, Hudgson 11.44.Second Period5&mdash;Three Rivers, Kane (Bedard) 5.03 Penalties: Chasczkeski 5.12, Carter 17.41.Third Period6&mdash;Sha winigan Falls. Wray(Johnson. Faulkner)&hellip;&hellip; 9.037&mdash;Sha winigan Falls. Bouchard 10.008&mdash;Sha winigan Falls. Johnson 12.379&mdash;Shawinigan Falls, Laforge(Denis. Fleming)&hellip;&hellip; 16.0410&mdash;Shawinigan Falls, Mikilok(Bell. Shero&hellip;&hellip; 18.20Penalties: None.StopsJohnston&hellip;&hellip; 9 5 12&mdash;25Defelice&hellip;&hellip; 8 8 16&mdash;23SUNDAY, OCT. 13, 1957Three Rivers 0 at Montreal 4Three Rivers&mdash; Goal: Marcotte; defense: Kelly, Chevalier, Bedard, Mascotto, McMurdy; forwards: (hasczewski, Carter, Laplante, Clarey, Johnson, Vinet, Pepin, Leclerc, Thibault, Hastings.Montreal&mdash;Goal: Pronovost; defense: Roche, Mantha, Bownass, Marcon: forwards: Kowaichuk, Achtymichuk, Boucher, Cressman, Burnett, Balfour, Denis, Gillis, Bradley, Mosdell.First Period1&mdash;Royals: Burnett (Bownass).. 5.162&mdash;Royas: Burnett(Boucher, Bradley)&hellip;&hellip; 15.40Penalty: Mantha 16.59.Second Period3&mdash;Royals: Balfour(Mosdell, Denial&hellip;&hellip; 6.28Penalties: Mascotto 1.39. Balfour 1.39. Thibault 4.32.Third Period4&mdash;Royals: Denis(Mosdell, Bownass)&hellip;&hellip; 2.27Penalties: Maroon 6.36, Marcotte(served by Vinet) 7.57. Mantha 6.10, Balfour 19.00 Chevalier 19.00, Carter 19.44Shawinigau Falls 4 at Chicoutimi 2Shawinigan Falls&mdash;Goal: Johnston; defense: Amadio, Hodgson, Taillefer, Labrosse, Flamin; forwards: Davis, Desaulniers, Wray, Laforge, Bouchard, Shero, Michalock, Sutherland, Denis, Bell, Johnson, Faulkner.Chicoutimi&mdash;Goal: Boisvert; defense: Glaude Roy, R, Rousseau; forwards: Blaine, Allard, Locas, Perreault, Courcy, Caron, Pichette, G, Rousseau, Hicks, Michelin, Starke.First Period1&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Faulkner(Amadio)&hellip;&hellip; 10.122&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Desaulniers(Denis. Shero)&hellip;&hellip; 12.24Penalties: R. Rousseau 10.42. Laforge 15.503&mdash;Chicoutimi: LocasSecond Period3&mdash;Chicoutimi: Locas(Smrke, Blaine)&hellip;&hellip; 9.184&mdash;Chicoutimi: Glaude(Smrke, Hicks)&hellip;&hellip; 15.42Penalties: Hicks 3.44, Flamin 8.10, R. Rousseau 9.24, Johnson 14.40.Third Period5&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Michalok(Sutherland)&hellip;&hellip; 12.576&mdash;Shawinigan Falls: Laforge(Wray. Denis)&hellip;&hellip; 19.14Penalties: None.<h2>Next Week&rsquo;s Games</h2>OCTOBER16 WednesdayChicoutimi at Three Rivera17 ThursdayMontreal at ChicoutimiShawinigan Falls at Quebec20 SundayQuebec at MontrealThree Rivers at Shawinigan22 TuesdayShawinigan at ChicoutimiThree Rivers at Quebec23 WednesdayMontreal at Three Rivers. &#9632;

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QUEBEC HOCKEY LEAGUE

Jimmy Moore of the Cleveland Barons and Rookie Bill Sweeney of Providence lead the American Hockey League point race with three goals and four assists for seven points.Goaltenders Harry Lumley of Buffalo and Bobby Perreault of Hershey lead AHL goaltenders with a goals against average of two per game. Lumley has ployed in two games, Perreault, only one.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01314/1515144-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="590" height="207"></div>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1957Bears 4 at Barons 3Cleveland&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Goegan, Bouchard, Krafteheck. Arnett, Needham; forwards: Moore, Vejprava, Watson, Stearns, McLellan, Shvatz, Elik, Glover, Poliziani, Hogan.Hershey&mdash;Goal: Mayer; defense: Dewsbury, Zeidel, Hollingsworth, Price, Yanosik; forwards: Marshall, Kullman. Panagabko, Solinger, O&rsquo;Brien. Duff, Fisher, Stankiewicz, Davis, Haley.First Period1&mdash;Cleveland: McLellan(Moore, Goegan)&hellip;&hellip; 0.292&mdash;Hershey: O&rsquo;Brien(Price. Marshall)&hellip;&hellip; 6.30Penalties: McLellan 11.54, Davis 14.23, Hollingsworth 18.51.Second Period3&mdash;Cleveland: Moore (Glover) 7.194&mdash;Hershey: Marshall(Fisher, Price)&hellip;&hellip; 13.255&mdash;Hershey: Haley (Solinger) 17.26 Penalties: Goegan 1.15, Sodinger 1.43, Arnett and Stankiewicz 6.53, Stearns and Stankiewicz 11.21.Third PeriodHershey: Dewsbury(Price, Marshall)&hellip;&hellip; 17.287&mdash;Cleveland: Poliziani(Vejprava. Bouchard)&hellip;&hellip; 19.03Penalties: Hollingsworth 6.48, Zeidel 8.04, Goegan 14.22.Amerks 5 at Bisons 4First Period1&mdash;Buffalo: Hergesheimer(Watson, Corcoran)&hellip;&hellip; 4.184&mdash;Rochester: Balfour&hellip;&hellip; 11.083&mdash;Rochester: Gerard(Nykoluk. Price)&hellip;&hellip; 17.25Penalties: Hurst 6.07, Ward 13.44, Sullivan 10.31.Second Period4&mdash;Buffalo: Hansard (Gamble) 1.585&mdash;Buffalo: Lilley(Gamble. Bettio)&hellip;&hellip; 2.366&mdash;Rochester: Balfour(Aidcorn. McDonald)&hellip;&hellip; 8.55Penalties: Hurst 1.57, Burega 9.23, Price 16.40.Third Period7&mdash;Rochester: Burchell(Hurst, Mazur)&hellip;&hellip; 8.528&mdash;Buffalo: Lilley&hellip;&hellip; 11.359&mdash;Buffalo: Gerard (Collins).. 14.19Penalties: Corcoran 5.33 3.35.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9Providence&mdash; Goal: Paille; defense: Macavoy, Branigan; forwards: Swee ney. Shack, dine, Irwin, Toppazzini. Hampson, Carmichael, Pearson, Yagnesak, Keeling.Springfield&mdash;Goal: Dufour; defense: Cherry, Hillman; forwards: Pidhirnv. Beckett, Smith, Anderson. Ehman. Schinkel. J. Anderson. Boone, Johnson. Baluik, Picard, Teal.First Period1&mdash;Springfield: Ehman(Boone. Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 2.192&mdash;Providence: Carmichael. 12.47Penalties: Hillman 5.29. Smith 11.17. D. Anderson 14.27, Branigan 17.11.Second Period5&mdash;Springfield: Boone(Ehman, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 2.154&mdash;Providence: Toppazzini(Shack, Hampson)&hellip;&hellip; 6.555&mdash;Springfield: Ehman(Boone, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 7.036&mdash;Provirence: McAvoy(Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip; 7.177&mdash;Providence: Toppazzini(Pearson, Hampson)&hellip;&hellip; 11.008&mdash;Springfield: Baluik(J. Anderson, Schinkel)&hellip;&hellip; 16.50 Penalties: Carmichael 3.33, Baluik 8.14, D. Anderson 12.41, Cline 13.59.Third Period9&mdash;Providence: Shack&hellip;&hellip; 11.44 Penalties: Picard 6.27, Keeling 6.27,Picard 18.01, Irwin 19.01.<h2>The Point Parade</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03243/1515137-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="574" height="887"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02272/1515175-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bower</figcaption></div><h2>Steady Performer</h2>Hershey, Pa.&mdash;A four-letter, one syllable wordknee is the key to coach Frank Mathers&rsquo; plans for bringing the Calder Cup to Hershey for the first time since 1946-47.No less than four of his players underwent knee surgery over the off-season, including Gil Mayer, Willie Marshall, Eddie Stankiewicz and Al Nicholson. One of the quartet, Nicholson, has already had to submit to a second operation, which makes his return to action an unknown quantity.Fortunately, the other three have shown no ill effects and are cavorting about in a manner reminiscent of their prehospital days. Goalie Mayer, whose bursitis condition forced him out of action early last year and nearly cost the Bears a Calder Cup berth, has never looked sharper.Marshall, who amassed 9 5 joints on 35 goals and 59 assists last season, is now skating like the Marshall of old after taking things easy until his retread knee regained strength. For Willie, incidentally, this is the second operation. Several years ago he underwent a similar operation on his other knee.The play of Stankiewicz, who lit the red lamp 33 times for Edmonton of the Western League two years ago, also indicates he, too, is ready for a banner campaign.As the Bears began their 1957-58 Calder Cup quest, Mathers re-named Obie O&rsquo;Brien to be captain nf the club, with alternate captain assignments going to Arnie Kullman, Willie Marshall and Eddie Fanagabko. &#9632;

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4 Recoveries Vital In Bears’ Plans

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div>CLEVELAND, Ohio&mdash;Here on the south shore of Lake Erie in a metropolis populated by more than a milion people, rests the Calder Cup, emblematic of the playoff championship of the American Hockey League.&ldquo;But,&rdquo; says Jackie Gordon, the sophomore coach of the Cleveland Barons, &ldquo;to hear folks talking around the circuit you&rsquo;d think it wasn&rsquo;t going to stay very long.Buffalo Loaded&ldquo;I came away from the All Star Game at Rochester with my head full of talk about how the Buffalo team was going to wrap up the league in a blanket and throw the whole package into the ash heap.&ldquo;Why the way they are touting Buffalo, you gotta figure they should win the title by 2030 games.&ldquo;And then they give you a big buildup on Springdield and how their new tie with Boston will make them ferocious enough to scare you oft the ice.Cellar&ldquo;By the time they get down to the Barons, it seems obvious the only place for us to finish is in the cellar.&rdquo;Actually, Gordon, the slickskating, fancy playmaker of many years experience in the American circuit, expects his Barons to show up better than last year.I like Johnny Bower over Marcel Paille for steady play,&rdquo; he explains. &ldquo;Not that Paille didn&rsquo;t give us whale of a year but Bower has the poise and experience to be steadier all the way.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04215/1515206-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="264" height="401"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jackie Gordon</figcaption></div>Powerfull ShotGordon also feels that Georges Bouchard, acquired during the off season from Springfield, will be a blessing on the rear patrol.Bower, himself, exclaims that Bouchard has a powerfull shot from the blue line.&ldquo;He ought to be a handy fellow on the point,&rdquo; declares Bower.As for Bower, himself, he never has appeared in better shape.He came in at the playing weight he likes best&mdash;188. He is elated over his chance to come back to the scene of seme of his greatest crimes&mdash;against the enemy.The Cleveland Arena echoed to the cheers for Bower for years before he was kicked upstairs to the New York Rangers. Be said then if he ever left the big time it was his hope it would be back to Cleveland.That, of course, was during the reign of Fred (Bun) Cook, a great booster of Bower and one of his all-time best friends in the ice sport.Few ChangesThe balding Gordon, not yet 30, who led the Barons to a great triumph in the playoffs last year, is going in with pretty much the same club that wore the blue and white a year ago.He has kept Boris (Bo) Elik, last year&rsquo;s rookie of the year, off the thundering first platoon which last year became famous as the Barons&rsquo; GEM Line of Glover, Elik and Moore.New CombosFreddy Glover and Jimmy Moore have the veteran Johnny McLellan with them now.The Elik, transfer originated in the Calder Cup finals against Rochester when Blazing Bo and Moore had a misunderstanding.It&rsquo;s now Elik with his old North Bay teammate Don Hogan and Billy Watson.The third unit is the same thundering trio of Gordon Vejprava. Danny Poliziani and Bill (The Destroyer) Shvetz.Then there is elever Cal Slearns, the great utility man for service all around.And what of playing coach Gordon?&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll just observe,&rdquo; he says. To which this writer: can only add any club that can afford to have Gordon on the bench must be the best in the league.That, friends, is a luxury, like having a second Rolls Royce. &#9632;

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Bower And Bouchard Are Only Cleveland Changes

OCTOBER16&mdash;WednesdayNorth Bay at Soo Kitchener at Chatham18&mdash;FridaySoo at Sudbury North Bay at Whitby Windsor at Kitchener19&mdash;SaturdaySudbury at Soo Whitby at North Bay20&mdash;SundayKitchener at Windsor22&mdash;TuesdayChatham at Windsor Sudbury at North Bay23&mdash;WednesdayNorth Bay at Sudbury24&mdash;ThursdayKitchener at Soo25&mdash;FridayKitchener at Sudbury Windsor at Chatham27&mdash;SundaySoo at Windsor28&mdash;MondayNorth Bay at Sudbury29&mdash;TuesdaySudbury at North Bay Soo at Kitchener30&mdash;WednesdaySoo at Chatham,31&mdash;ThursdayKitchener at North BayNOVEMBER1&mdash;FridayKitchener at Sudbury Windsor at Chatham2&mdash;SaturdayKitchener at Soo3&mdash;&ldquo;SundaySudbury at Windsor5&mdash;Tuesday Sudbury at Kitchener Soo at North Bay6&mdash;WednesdayKitchener at Windsor Sudbury at Chatham7&mdash;ThursdayNorth Bay at Soo8&mdash;FridaySoo at Sudbury Whitby at Chatham9&mdash;SaturdaySudbury at Soo Chatham at Whitby North Bay at Kitchener10&mdash;SundayNorth Bay at Windsor11&mdash;Monday North Bay at Chatham14&mdash;Thursday Chatam at Soo15&mdash;Friday Chatham at Sudbury10&mdash;SaturdayChatham at North Bay Soo at Kitchener.17&mdash;SundaySoo at Windsor18&mdash;MondaySoo at Chatham Kitchener at Sudbury19&mdash;TuesdayChatham at Windsor Kitchener at North Bay20&mdash;WednesdayNorth Bay at Sudbury31&mdash;ThursdayNorth Bay at Soo22&mdash;FridayWindsor at Chatham Sudbury at Kitchener23&mdash;SaturdayNorth Bay at SooWindsor at Kitchener24&mdash;SundaySudbury at Windsor26&mdash;Tuesday Chatham at WindsorSoo at North Bay27&mdash;WednesdayNorth Bay at Kitchener Sudbury at Chatham29&mdash;FridayNorth Bay at Chatham Soo at Sudbury30&mdash;Saturday Sudbury at Soo North Bay at Windsor Chatham at KitchenerDECEMBER1&mdash;SundayKitchener at Windsor3&mdash;Tuesday Windsor at North Bay Kitchener at Whitby4&mdash;Wednesday Windsor at Sudbury5&mdash;ThursdaySudbury at North BayWindsor at Soo6&mdash;FridayNorth Bay at Sudbury Kitchener at Chatam7&mdash;SaturdayNorth Bay at Soo Windsor at Kitchener8&mdash;SundaySoo at Windsor10&mdash;TuesdaySudbury at North Bay Chatham at WindsorSoo at Kitchener11&mdash;WednesdaySoo at Chatham12&mdash;ThursdaySudbury at Soo Kitchener at North Bay13&mdash;FridayWindsor at ChathamKitchener at Sudbury14&mdash;SaturdayKitchener at Soo15&mdash;SundaySudbury at Windsor17&mdash;TuesdaySudbury at KitchenerSoo at North Bay18&mdash;WednesdayKitchener at WindsorSudbury at Chatham19&mdash;ThursdayChatham at North Bay20&mdash;FridayChatham at Sudbury21&mdash;SaturdayChatham at SooWindsor at Kitchener22&mdash;SundayKitchener at Windsor23&mdash;MondayNorth Bay at Sudbury26&mdash;ThursdayWhitby at Kitchener 2.30 p.m,27&mdash;FridaySoo. at SudburyNorth Bay at Chatham28&mdash;SaturdayWindsor at Chatham Sudbury at SooNorth Bay at Kitchener29&mdash;SundayNorth Bay at Windsor 31&mdash;TuesdaySoo at North BayJANUARY1&mdash;WednesdayChatham at Kitchener2&mdash;ThursdayWindsor at North Bay3&mdash;FridayKitchener at ChathamWindsor at Sudbury4&mdash;SaturdayWindsor at SooSudbury at Kitchener5&mdash;SundaySudbury at Windsor7&mdash;TuesdaySoo at North Bay8&mdash;WednesdaySudbury at Chatham ft&mdash;ThursdaySoo at WhitbyChatham at North Bay10&mdash;FridayChatham at SudburySoo at Kitchener11&mdash;SaturdaySudbury at North BayChatham at SooWindsor at Kitchener12&mdash;SundayKitchener at Windsor13&mdash;MondayNorth Bay at Soo14&mdash;TuesdayChatham at Windsor15&mdash;WednesdayChatham at North BayWindsor at Soo16&mdash;ThursdayWindsor at North Bay17&mdash;FridayWindsor at Sudbury Kitchener at Chatham18&mdash;SaturdaySoo at Kitchener19&mdash;SundayWhitby at Windsor20&mdash;MondaySoo at Chatham21&mdash;TuesdayChatham at Kitchener Sudbury at North Bay Soo at Windsor22&mdash;WednesdayNorth Bay at Sudbury-Windsor at Chatham23&mdash;ThursdayWhitby&rsquo; at Soo24&mdash;FridayKitchener at ChathamWhitby at Sudbury25&mdash;SaturdayWhitby at Sudbury North Bay at Soo Windsor at Whitby Sudbury at Kitchener 26&mdash;SundaySudbury at Windsor27&mdash;MondaySudbury at Whitby28&mdash;TuesdayChatham at WindsorSoo at North Bay29&mdash;WednesdaySudbury at Chatham14&mdash;FridayKitchener at ChathamWindsor at Sudbury15&mdash;SaturdaySudbury at Soo Windsor at North Bay Chatham at Kitchener18&mdash;TuesdayChatham at North Bay19&mdash;WednesdayChatham at SooKitchener at Sudbury20&mdash;ThursdayChatham at SudburyKitchener at North Bay21&mdash;FridayKitchener at Soo22&mdash;SaturdayWindsor at Chatham Kitchener at Soo23&mdash;SundayChatham at Windsor24&mdash;MondaySoo at Sudbury25&mdash;TuesdaySoo at North Bay26&mdash;WednesdayChatham at KitchenerWindsor at Soo27&mdash;ThursdayWindsor at North Bay28&mdash;FridayKitchener at Chatham Windsor at Sudbury29&mdash;WednesdayNorth Bay at Kitchener31&mdash;FridaySoo at Sudbury North Bay at ChathamFEBRUARY1&mdash;Saturday Sudbury at SooChatham at Kitchener2&mdash;SundayNorth Bay at Windsor3&mdash;MondayChatham at Sudbury4&mdash;TuesdayKitchener at Windsor Chatham at North Bay5&mdash;WednesdayNorth Bay at Sudbury Chatham at Soo6&mdash;ThursdaySudbury at North B7&mdash;FridayWindsor at KitchenerSoo at Chatham8&mdash;SaturdayNorth Bay at Kitchener Soo at Windsor9&mdash;SundayNorth Bay at Windsor10&mdash;MondayNorth Bay at Chatham12&mdash;WednesdaySoo at Sudbury Windsor at Kitchener13&mdash;ThursdayWindsor at Soo &#9632;

O.H.A-N.O.H.A: “Senior A”

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div>LEO THE LION&hellip; one of the most colorful and likeable guys in Northern Ontario hockey is a fellow by the name of Leo Gasperini&hellip; he dug deep into NOHA talent to bolster his Louisville (Kentucky) Rebels of the International Hockey League and snagged outstanding players like Laurie Peterson, who was the scoring rage in the NOHA Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circuit last season, along with Johnny Ubriaco and Gary Sharp&hellip; Johnny played at one time with Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds while Gary played with the Soo Indians last season&hellip; Fiori Goegan is the playing coach after turning in quite an All-Star season with North Bay Trappers last year&hellip; Leo got the one and only Maxie Silverman to coach the team for the exhibition series before the regular campaign&hellip; it was good to see Maxie back in the game because the controversial Sudbury hockey leader has contributed so much to the fine game over many decades&hellip; Northern Ontario will follow the exploits of Leo &ldquo;The Lion&rdquo; as top man in the new Louisville regime&hellip; good luck Leo!&hellip; Gus Karrys of Toronto, who played three years with Cleveland Barons, was nabbed by Bucko McDonald, coach of Soo Greyhounds&hellip; he plays defense and left wing, weighs 180 and stands just over six feet&hellip; he is considered a strong player to work into the big rebuilding job started by the Sundridge flash who made such a big name for himself in pro hockey and as coach of Sundridge Beavers&hellip; Chuck Scherza. who inked his coaching contract with North Bay Trappers recently, is also busy lining up a team which he hopes will repeat as NOHA champions&hellip; Chuck played up front with the title-winning Trappers last season and many in North Bay feel he will have a long reign as coach because of his immense popularity&hellip;STORY OF SURVIVAL&hellip; one of the most heartwarming stories along the Northern Ontario hockey front this season concerns the great community effort which saved the North Bay Trappers&hellip; just before this column was prepared the signing of papers took place which transferred ownership from the hands of Pete Palangio and George Buscemi to the hands of the recently-organized North Bay Trapper Hockey Club Limited&hellip; citizens from all walks of life bought shares to make sure that top senior hockey was kept alive in one of the finest sporting communities in the country&hellip; the sum of $10,000 was set with $5,000 turned over to the former owners immediately and the remaining $5,000 to be paid from profits over the next two years&hellip; THE HOCKEY NEWS wants to salute, first, Pete and George for their tremendous co-operation in the fund-raising, share-selling campaign which was such a huge success&hellip; and then we must salute the men and women who had a hand in the successful selling campaign&hellip; here is an example of community pride and love of our great national game&hellip; here is the way of great Canadians!!!&hellip; in fellows like Al Luft, President of the North Bay Trapper Hockey Club Limited, George Wallace, Q.C., second vice-president, and Frank Ringler, first vice-president, there is a strong community pride&hellip; and they had mighty big support from such fine people as Marion Hollows, head of the vibrant Trapper fan club, and many, many others&hellip; all of Northern Ontario is proud of the way the big problem was tackled and solved in North Bay and the success will be remembered for a long time to come&hellip; TAKE A BOW NORTH BAY!&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02240/1515292-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="288" height="406"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bo Elik</figcaption></div>TUG OF WAR&hellip; a real tug-of-war developed between North and South over Bobby Seymour of the Boston Bruins organization&hellip; Bucko McDonald of the Soo Greyhounds and Murph Chamberlain of the Chatham Maroons engaged in the tug-of-war with Murph beating Bucko out on the top prospect&hellip; Cleveland Barons have drawn heavily from NOHA talent&hellip; the Men Of Jim Hendy have picked Don Hogan and Crash Arnett from North Bay Trappers and Billy Watson of the Sudbury Wolves&hellip; Bo Elik who made the grade last season from North Bay was brilliant and we hope that Bo can keep it up this season&hellip; his all-round ability and scoring prowess made Northern Ontario very proud of him&hellip; we understand he picked up something like $8,000 last season including dough for signing, bonus, etc&hellip;. not a bad season&rsquo;s work, Bo!!!&hellip; the rabid fans in Sudbury are being kept in a state of anticipation, over who Coach Vic Lynn will finally end up&hellip; this is the season the Sudbury fans hope will be the one to bring the Nickel Capital Of The World the Ontario senior title&hellip; Lynn seems set in goal with Johnny Albani, who refused a pro contract to return to the same team he starred with last season&hellip; Jean Therrian has been impressive on defense for the Sudbury team and Lynn figures ha will be of tremendous help&hellip; holdovers from last season are big. rugged Norm Gustavsen, Lennie Speck, Normie Guimond and Andy Voykin, all on the rearguard&hellip; up front the boys back from last year&rsquo;s team are Hub Beaudry, Francis O&rsquo;Grady, Nick Tomiuk, Jim Logan. Andy Milne, Bobby Forhan and Joe Zorica&hellip; these boys played well last season and with added strength, Sudbury could be the team to watch&hellip;DENNIS IS BACK&hellip; Dennis Brodeur, one of the classiest netminders to work in the NOHA for a long time, will be back in goal for North Bay Trappers&hellip; this comes as big news to North Bay fans&hellip;. Gil St. James, who played for Soo Indians last season, has lined up with North Bay via the Cleveland Barons training camp setup in North Bay&hellip; back from last year are Stan Maxwell, Kenny Gribbons, Chester Koneczny, Rheal Lafrenier, George Gosselin, Chico Cabana, Wally Atanas and Bill Needham&hellip; as for the Soo Greyhounds, Bucko McDonald is concentrating on a young, big team&hellip; his top forward line at this writing is the Donnie McLean-Butch Ratchford-Graham Joyce combination&hellip; all three are returnees and seem much improved, although McLean was always an outstanding star in the NOHA.. hard-shooting Johnny Bailey has teamed up with Ronnie Rubic and Johnny Offidani for a. solid line, while Birley Dimma has lined up with newcomer Tommy Walker and holdover Clevland Mortson&hellip; Cliff Chalmers is also back with young Gary Vena and Lloyd Boyer trying desperately to make the team&hellip; the raging Asian influenza epidemic hit most of the Northern Ontario teams before the start of the regular season and a few exhibition games had to be called off&hellip; many took the precautionary measures of flu shots which kept them off the sick list&hellip; but it was really wicked there for a while&hellip; quite a bug this flu bug!!!&hellip; &#9632;

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NOAH Puck Parade

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04177/1515368-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Solution in next week&rsquo;s issue</figcaption></div>Across1&mdash;Pictured Boston defenseman.1&mdash;Name given one of the Habitants.6&mdash;Initials of Starr, ex-Ranger forward.8&mdash;A member of last seasons All-Star team.10&mdash;Initials of New Westminsters&rsquo; coach.11&mdash;Native province of 27 across. (abbr.)12&mdash;Players execute these.14&mdash;A meadow.16&mdash;Andy Bathgate was born in this province (abbr.)17&mdash;This former N.H.L. referee was nicknamed &ldquo;Mickey&rdquo;.18&mdash;Initials of Nagler who has announced many Red Wing games on radio.20&mdash;Bill McCreary&rsquo;s is 5&rsquo;10&rdquo;. (abbr.)22&mdash;During the summer Leo Boivin learned to water&mdash;.23&mdash;Former coach of Rochester Americans.27&mdash;New York&rsquo;s captain.29&mdash;Channel Islands (abbr.)30&mdash;A cover.32&mdash;Initials of one of the famous Kilrea brothers.33&mdash;Name given 23 across.Down1&mdash;A Toronto rookie.2&mdash;Given name of 5 down.3&mdash;Name given Mayer former Maples Leaf forward.5&mdash;Canadiens&rsquo; new owner.7&mdash;Short for first name of a former Leaf captain.9&mdash;Indefinite article.10&mdash;First name of Buller exRanger rearguard.15&mdash;Initials of Olson, ex-AHL star.16&mdash;One of the Canadiens.19&mdash;Short for given name of AHL goalie who saw little action last season due to a knee injury.21&mdash;Bob Pulford drove one during the summer.24&mdash;A high scoring member of last seasons Cleveland Barons.25&mdash;Hawk&rsquo;s goalie of last season answered to this.26&mdash;First two letters of yield.28&mdash;Not king.31&mdash;Initials of Young, former N.H.L. defense star.SolutionAcross1&mdash;Murphy.6&mdash;Sugar9&mdash;Reay12&mdash;Gord13&mdash;Larry14&mdash;A.D.15&mdash;L.N.16&mdash;Co.17&mdash;Ad.18&mdash;Ron.19&mdash;T.R.20&mdash;In.22&mdash;Can.23&mdash;One25&mdash;H.C.26&mdash;Flaman28&mdash;A.H.L.29&mdash;L.S.30&mdash;Re.31&mdash;Bisons34&mdash;DrillonDown1&mdash;Merle2&mdash;Reardon3&mdash;H.S.4&mdash;Yug5&mdash;Gardner7&mdash;Goal8&mdash;RD,10&mdash;Ea.11&mdash;Yr.16&mdash;Conacher18&mdash;Richard19&mdash;Thomson21&mdash;Ten24&mdash;No.27&mdash;Also31&mdash;B.L.32&mdash;IL.33&mdash;S.S. &#9632;

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Hockey X-Word Puzzle

FORT WILLIAM. Ont.&mdash;Mickey Hennessy has been signed as coach of the Fort William Canadiens for the sixth consecutive year.During his five year tenure at the helm of the Fort William club, his teams have finished first five times. His clubs have won the playoffs four times and have gone to the Western Junior finals twice.Some of the players he has handled who have turned pro are Lynn Davis, Kayo Koyalchuk. Walter Bradley. Max Mekilok and Eddie Kachur.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05143/1515399-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="531" height="874"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mickey Hennessy</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Ft. William Inks Mickey To 6th Term

<div class="byline">By HUGH BOWMAN</div><h2>Hawks Learn Lesson From Vasko Experience; Move Reminiscent Of New York 1952 Raid On Guelph</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0173/1515451-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="274" height="305"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0272/1515444-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="268" height="319"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0460/1515437-1-eng-US/f00c4-042.jpg" title="f00C4-04" width="531" height="868"><figcaption class="caption-body">Elmer Vasko</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0534/1515430-1-eng-US/f00c4-052.jpg" title="f00C4-05" width="545" height="856"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich</figcaption></div>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;Chicago Black Hawks, this year making an all-out bid to vacate the NHL cellar. dropped a bomb on the hockey-happy community of St. Catharines with the recent signing of Bobby Hull. Not even Rudy Pilous who invariably has a quip for any circumstance thought it was funny. Hull was the hub of the Teepee wheel that was expected to roll to an OHA championship.The signing of junior players by NHL teams is not uncommon. As far as the sponsoring clubs are concerned, that is the prime function of junior affiliates and while St. Kitts, after the initial shock wears off, will take it all in stride, it still hurts.Brilliant ShowingHull was not initially figured on in Chicago plans but he showed so well at training camp and in exhibition contests that Hawks figured he was ready.They perhaps too recalled that Elmer Vasko played a year too long in Junior ranks and they were taking no chances on Hull&rsquo;s development being retarded. The move was reminiscent of the early 1952 season when New York Rangers riddled Guelph Biltmores by promoting Harry Howell. Andy Bathgate and Dean Prentice to Rangers soon after the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; season was underway. Two other Hawk prospects John McKenzie and Ron Quenville who played on a line with Hull at the Chicago training camp will be back with Teepees however, and along with Stan Mikita give the Pilous entry a high scoring forward nucleous. Teepees, despite the loss of Hull, are still expected to be strong contendere for league honors.The majority of the league&rsquo;s entries opened their training camp, the first week in October. faced with the annual problem of age-limit hockey, replacing tike players who have graduated through age.Guelph GraduationsGuelph Biltmores were one of the hardest hit in this department. Of last year&rsquo;s OHA champtonship team, they lost eight veterans. Two complete high-scoring forward lines graduated from junior ranks along with a pair of defensemen. Bill Sweeney and Ed Shack who finished one-two in the league scoring race have caught on with Providence Reds after an impressive display ar Rangers training camp. The third member of the line. Bryan Webber is expected to play senior hockey.Bob Robinson and Danny Belisle at last report were ticketed for Rangers&rsquo; Western League affiliate, Vancouver, while the third member of that unit, Gerry Coyer. will play senior for his home town of Belleville. Defensemen Ted Maki and Ted Szydlowski are also expected to play in senior ranks this year. Szydlowski likely in the eastern division of the OHA while Mak&rsquo; after a whirl al the Chicago Black Hawks camp has inked a contract with K-W Dutchmen.Gamble ReturnsReturnees include Hatters &ldquo;kid line" of last year, Gord Brown, Dave Chambers and Doug Robinson and winger Ron Ryan from the forward, brigade. Prospects for Biltmores are brighter behind the blue line with the return of all-star goalkeeper Bruce Gamble and holdover defensemen, Ritchie Tennant. Mike Mahoney and Wally Chevrier.In the search for talent to fill the gaps left vacant by the graduates, Biltmores had close to 90 players on the roster when they opened their training camp on October 7th. The list was so large that it was necessary to operate four shifts for the first few days of the camp.St. MikesSt. Michael&rsquo;s College Majors were struck only one major blow by graduation but it was not unexpected. Frank Mahovlich. who is still eligible for another year of junior, will ply his talents with Toronto Maple Leafs this season. Unlike St. Kitts however, the Irish were not expecting Mahovlich back.MarlborosMarlboros biggest losses will be brought about by the departure of forward Ken Girard and defensemen, Ron Casey and Harry Neale.Barrie SuspensionBarrie Flyers came up with the first suspension of the season when they suspended Alvin Norrena for failing to report to camp on time. Defenseman Barry Ashbee who fell into the same category was put on the trading block. Flyers returning veterans include, Jim Josephson, Bill Forhan, Danny Patrick, Dale Rolfe, Gary Edwards. Murray Davison and goaltender Ross Brooks,OpenersThe 196 game junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; schedule gets underway on October 24th when Peterborough entertains Toronto Marlboros in the league opener. Each of the seven clubs in the league will meet the others eight times and in addition will play Ottawa Canadiens four times to make up a 52 game schedule for each teamFollowing Peterborough&rsquo;s home opener, Guelph will open at home on October 25th against Ottawa and Barrie will play host to Peterborough the same night. St. Catharines open on Saturday October 26th against St. Mikes and the for lowing day the first Sunday doublelheader at Maple Leaf Gardens will find Ottawa in against Marlboros and St. Kitts playing a return engagement with St. Mikes. Ottawa play their first home game on Tuesday, October 29th with Barrie providing the opposition and Hamilton Tiger-Cats get their season at the. Forum underway on October 31st with Guelph the visitors. &#9632;

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St. Catharines Jolted By Loss Of Hull

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.,&mdash;Coach Leo Lamoureux of the Indianapolis Chiefs Hockey Club, not satisfied with the runner-up position to Cincinnati in last season&rsquo;s championship playoffs, traveled 6500 miles throughput Canada this past summer in search of player talent to assure his team the top position in the International League race for the championship this coming season.Eight SignEight of last season&rsquo;s players have been signed to contracts including Right Wing Pierre Brillant. the League&rsquo;s leading scorer of the 56-57 season. Mare Boileau. the hustling center, has also returned. Others are Boh Bowness, left wing, Cliff Hicks, Goal, and Relief Goalie Anire Binette, who was repurchased from the Troy Club at the end of last season. Included also are Myron Stankiewicz, left wing, Lloyd McKey and Ed Calhoun, defense.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0369/1515482-1-eng-US/f00c4-032.jpg" title="f00C4-03" width="281" height="404"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pierre Brillant</figcaption></div>For the remaining seven positions to be filled Coach Lamoureux has fifteen candidates trying out Among these who stepped on the ice for the first workout were some of the best over age Juniors plus some very capable experienced players.Train At HomeGreat local interest has developed since the Chiefs decided to train at home this year. Three practice sessions have been booked for the evening, open to the public. A new ice floor was installed this summer and a Zamboni Ice Resurfacer was purchased. General Manager Mel Ross believes in Indianapolis and the future growth of hockey in this area and is sparing no expense to give the fans the best team that money can buy.Exhibition games in Canada have been set with the Chatham Maroons October 14, St. Thomas October 15 and the Windsor Bulldogs October 16, Chatham will also play a return game in Indianapolis October 19. &#9632;

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Indianapolis Brass Is Determined To Provide Fans IHL Contender

<div class="byline">By GEORGE METZGER</div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;Art Dorrington, the Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s only Negro player, will return to action with the Philadelphia Ramblers in mid-November, about three weeks after the season gets underway.Dorrington played with the Ramblers in 1955-56. But he was drafted into the U.S. Army in February of that season. When he left the club, he was leading in scoring with 61 points.Art was scheduled to be discharged from the service at the beginning of 1958. But he has saved up enough furlough time to get an early dismissal.&ldquo;Dorrington will certainly be a welcome addition.&rdquo; said coach Chirp Brenchley. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know where I&rsquo;ll use him. yet, but I can put him anywhere and he will do a good job.&rdquo;The left-handed shooter played both center and right wing before being drafted.&ldquo;Art expects to rejoin the club around November 8.&rdquo; said Brenchley. &ldquo;It will probably take him another ten days to get back in shape. But you can bet he will.&rdquo;Signs in GermanyRambler president George Davis sent Dorrington his contract in Germany where he is stationed. Art returned it signed along with a note saving how anxious he is to get back on the ice.This will be Dorrington&rsquo;s sixth year in the EHL. He broke in with Atlantic City in 1950 and later played with four other teams. In 1954-55 he scored SB goals with Washington to lead the league.U.S. CitizenThe 27-year-old skater, who is one of the few Negros in hockey, is a native of Nova Scotia. But he became a citizen of the United States in 1954. He was drafted a few months after that.In the off season. Art lives in Pleasantville N.J. ami drives a soda truck.The Philadelphia club has several all-around athletes on its roster.One of them&mdash;Reggie Meserve&mdash;will join the hockey team late this year. He is currently playing for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Big Four Football League. Although he is a halfback, Reggie confines most of Ills activity to kicking.Another two-sport performer is center Russ McClenaghan. Ha plays minor league baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm systemThis past year, Russ, who is the only left-hand hitting catcher the Pirates own. played with Grand Forks (Dakota) in the Class C Northern League. He batted .250 white hitting clean up against right hand pitcher# and sixth against lefties.Unlike Meserve, who is lata reporting for hockey because of football, McClenaghan is lata for baseball due to hockey. By the time he reports for baseball, camp is almost over.The Johnstown Jets, who ara training at Niagara Falls, took 23 players to camp. This total includes four goalies, six defensemen, five left wings, four right wings and four centers.Two of the team&rsquo;s centers worked out with higher class clubs before reporting. Chuck Stuart, who was third high scorer in the league last season, was with the Hershey Bears while Ken Coombes was at the camp of New Westminster of the Western league.Chicago Black Hawk scout scout Bob Wilson visited the Jets&rsquo; training site and promised to send some help down to them Hershey bird dog Herb Mitchel also dropped in.Johnstown general manager Jack Riley made a scouting trip to the camps of the National and American League teams before the Jets opened. &#9632;

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