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January 18, 1958
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Rangers’ Fan Club Grows Up To 2,000; May Sponsor Loop
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The biggest hockey fan club in the world, the Rangers Fan Club, is eight years old today, but the Blues boosters won’t start celebrating until January 25 th. That’s when approximately 300 members embark on their greatest venture, a 500mile trip to Toronto to see their favorites battle the Maple Leafs. Chances are there would be more aboard but Maple Leaf Gardens, with most seats sold on a season plan, can accomodate only a limited number of visitors. There are more than 2,000 members in the Rangers Fan Club with 3,000 the membership goal for 1958. Such an imposing registration would have been unthinkable during the 19 50-51’ campaign when the Fan Club was founded. Boucher Started It All The fact that the club was able to get off the ground is a tribute…
NOHA Puck Parade
PETE’S HERE … chalk still another surprise for Northern Ontario major hockey — Pete Babando’s coming North via Sault Ste. Marie … of course, Pete’s a long-time Northerner having lived in South Porcupine for a number of years … the Sault Ste. Marie Grey hounds bought Pete from Buffalo Bisons of the AHL after he refused to report to the WHL … Pete is six-year veteran of the NHL and Coach Bucko McDonald of the Hounds feels he will aid the team in its all-out drive to win the Allan Cup … he’s a right-winger but shoots from the left side … the’Hounds were able io acquire Pete because they had one pro card open … they released Gus Karrys to North Bay Trappers and this left Ivan Tennant as…
New Bill Would See Game ‘Sport’ Not A Business
THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY VOL 11 No. 16 Entered as Second Class Matter post Office. Rouaea Point, N.Y. MONTREAL, JANUARY 18, 1958 PRICE : FIFTEEN CENTS BOWER SAYS NO TO ANOTHER NHL BID WASHINGTON. D.C.— Representatives Emanuel Celler, Democrat of New York and Patrick J. Hillings, Republican of California, who have been working to bring baseball under the anti-trust laws say they now favor legislation that would exempt all except the purely business aspects of all professional team sports from anti-trust regulations. Up Until now baseball alone had been exempt from the laws, since the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision calling baseball a sport and not a business back in 1922. Will Rescue Hockey Celler told reporters that a compromise bill favoring legislation to the effect that baseball, football, hockey and I…
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Ex-Leafs Three coaches currently in AHL played in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs. They are Harry Watson of the Buffalo Bisons, Cal Gardner of the Spring-field Indians and Frank Mothers of the Hershey Bears. Four Goals Players Four players in the AHL last season scored four goals in one game. They are Camille Henry (Providence, New York), Don Poliziani (Cleveland). Ed MacQueen (Cleveland), Harry Pidhirny of the Springfield. Indias. Player-of-the-week CLEVELAND, O. — Another Moore hit the hockey headlines this week, only in the American Hockey League. His name is Jimmy, and he’s an older brother to Montreal Canadiens’ star Dickie. Just as Dickie is having a great season in the NHL, so his brother is having one of his greatest in the AHL. Jim climbed into a second place tie in the…
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