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July 1, 1958
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Boston Draftees Reibel, Gendron To Win Stripes As Specialists
BOSTON, Mass.— The specialized talents of Earl “Dutch” Reibel and Guy Gendron have resulted in their acquisition by the Boston Bruins through the off-season draft. Reibel, a 27-year old center, was purchased from the Chicago Black Hawks. Gendron, 23-year old forward, was obtained front the New York Rangers. Reibel and Gendron represent more than 50 per cent of a draft investment of $55,000 by the Bruins. The remainder of the sum was used by Manager Lynn Patrick for Forwards Gordon Redahl and Dan Poliziani, drafted from Winnipeg of the Western League and Cleveland of the American League respectively. Patrick pointed to the qualifications of Reibel and Gendron as specialists in discussing their coming to the Bruins. “Reibel in my opinion is one of the most effective point men on power plays I’ve ever seen,” observed the…
Sloan, Glover, Balfour Keys To Playoff Door In 100 G Hawk Shellout
CHICAGO. III.— Arthur Wirtz and James Norris, the men who supply the money for what’s hoped will soon be a championship hockey contender in Chicago, have gone well over the $100,-000 mark in spending again in preparation for the approaching 1958-59 National League campaign. The Black Hawks eluded the cellar for the first time in four years last season and if the newest players come through in accord with past performances the team managed by Tom Ivan and bossed from the bench by Rudy Filous should move up one or two more notches on the NHL ladder to make the playoffs. The key newcomers in such improvement estimates are defenseman Dollard St-Laurent, late of the Canadiens, and Al Arbour, drafted from Detroit, and veteran forward Tod Sloan whom Toronto reportedly had decided to…
NOW! A Portable Radio that WORKS ANYWHERE Without Batteries, Without Tubes and Lasts a Lifetime. Fits in Pocket!
HOW THIS AMAZING POCKET RADIO WORKS—THE SECRET IS AIR! “At this point, you’re probably wondering “how in the world can portable radio possibly work without batteries and tubes?" … and how can it possibly cost so little? The answer is simple: Recently, while working on a military problem, scientists developed a new type of self-powered rectifier called a GERMA-NIUM-DIODE, the same miracle invention now being used on all radar and sonar equipment. This new invention actually generates its own power by drawing electric waves RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR just, like a magnet, and converts those waves into power-producing electricity! And it is this amazing electronic discovery that finally makes it possible for you as a civilian, to own a lifetime pocket radio that uses no batteries, no tubes, no transistors.…
Rangers’ Playoff Circus Ends On Happy Note
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The Rangers, for 32 years made to look like donkeys by a bunch of elephants, today are laughing like hyenas now that a deal has been completed permitting the Blues to play all home playoff games in New York even though the circus is in town. The official word from Madison Square Garden, that the Blues and the beast will be able to share the same roof in the Spring 1959, confirms a HOCKEY NEWS story of April 26 by this writer. There are three keys to the solution of the problem. They are: Improvements in the rigging of the circus, including the use of easily removable floor mats, will enable the three rings to be wrapped up in short order and permit a hockey surface to be laid over night. Second,…
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