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October 4, 1958

The Hockey News October 4, 1958

<h2>Must Prove Self</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02272/1649338-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="583" height="555"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Shock</figcaption></div>NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.&mdash;There are two Bathgates at the training camp of the New-York Rangel&rsquo;s here. One is famous-that would be Andy the other not so famous&mdash;that would be his big brother Frank.Frank, a centre, had a trial with the Rangers some six seasons ago and failed to make it. Now 28. he played for the Windsor Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey Association senior league last season. Andy is 26.&ldquo;The Rangers were excited about Frank&rsquo;s ability before, they ever heard of me,&rdquo; said Andy. &ldquo;So I asked General Manager Muzz Patrick if Frank could have another trial. He said &lsquo;yes&rsquo; so here we are.&rdquo; &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Andy’s Brother Frank Given Another Look Over By Blues

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0186/1650860-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="274" height="305"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0285/1650853-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="268" height="319"></div>Thursday, Sept. 18:Detroit (NHL) 4, Edmonton (WHL) 3.Friday, Sept. 19:Toronto (NHL) 7, Chicago (NHL) 0.New York (NHL) 6, Buffala (AHL) 4.Saturday, Sept. 20:Detroit (NHL) 6, Cleveland (AHL) 2.Toronto (NHL) 1, Chicago (NHL) 1.Sunday, Sept. 21:Montreal (NHL) 9, Quebec (QHL) 2.Monday, Sept. 22:Chicago (NHL) 2, New York (NHL) 1.Tuesday, Sept. 23:Chicago (NHL) 5, Cleveland (AHL) 2.Wednesday, Sept. 24:Rochester (AHL) 3, Toronto (NHL) 1.Friday, Sept. 26:Toronto (NHL) 3, New York (NHL) 1.Detroit (NHL) 6, Edmonton (WHL) 1.Saturday, Sept. 27Montreal (NHL) 7 Rochester (AHL) 2.Detroit (NHL) 2 Winnipeg (WHL) 1.Sunday, Sept. 28Montreal (NHL) 5 Chicoutimi (QHL) 2.New York (NHL) 3 Hull (EOSHL) 4.Rochester (AHL) 8 Quebec (QHL) 4. &#9632;

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Exhibition Results

WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;A familiar face on the blueline of the Winnipeg Warriors has hung up his skates for good.Defenseman Mickey Keating, a member of the Montreal Canadiens organization for many years and a star defenseman in their minor hockey organization has retired to take up a post as program director of the Weston Community Club in Winnipeg.Mickey started his job prior to the Start of the season. &#9632;

Keating Retires To Take Over Community Club Job

PETERBOROUGH, Ont.&mdash;The future of Guyle Fielder rests with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and they are going to leave him on the suspended list, at least until they can make a deal for him or until he turns up at their camp.Fielder, drafted from Seattle of the WHL by the Leafs has refused to report to the Leaf&rsquo;s.. Assistant general manager Punch lmlaeh flew to the coast to talk to the player and reported that, he had made little headway. So the Leafs have suspended Fielder.The Leafs planned to send Fielder to Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League. Fielder said he would not give up his job as an apprentice electrician to play in the east. &#9632;

Guyle Fielder Suspended By Leafs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01206/1650915-1-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 4, 1958 PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS<h2>The Stars Have Glittered To Brightly For Them &#9632;</h2>

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NHL To Show Record Rook Crop

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div>MONTREAL, Que&mdash;That old line you&rsquo;ll need a program to tell the players&rsquo; will never be truer that during the early part of the 1958-59 season. It promises to be a record one, as far as new faces are concerned.While there was a record low recorded on the trade mart. high for first season men this year. Only the Boston Bruins will fail to sport at least one rookie. However, they wilt show two new faces, who are familiar ones around the league.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02136/1650946-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="274" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ralph Backstrom</figcaption></div>The Chicago Black Hawks will display a host of new talent, some old, some new, Led by veterans Dollard St. Laurent, from the Montreal Canadiens, Al Arbour from Detroit Red Wings, Jack Evans and Danny Lewicki from New York Rangers anil Tod Sloan from Toronto Maple Leafs, the Hawks wilt also show as many as four rookies to NHL fans this season. Listed on their roster is Howie Glover, a star with the Winnipeg Warriors of the WHL last season. Glover is expected to add that much needed power to the Hawks&rsquo; attack. Glover is also the lad of whom Muzz Patrick, general manager of the New&rsquo; York Rangers has said he would give up any two of his precious kids to have Howie with his club this season. The Hawks picked up Glover via the draft Horn Cleveland.Rangers wave The MostAlso expected to show in the NHL with the Braves is voting Jack McKenzie from the St. Catharines Teepees of the OHA junior league.The New York Rangers are expected to trot out five rookies this season. Among them are Eddie Shack, the prize rookie who was with the Providence Reds last season. Also on the list, are John Hanna, a defenseman from Three Rivers. Quebec; Earl Ingarfield from Winnipeg Warriors; Les Colwill. from Sas-&rsquo; ka.toon-St. Paul, and Jim Bartlett. from Providence.Over in Toronto Billy Reay has a mixture of rookies and new-veterans to throw at the. opposition. Carl Brewer and Noel Price have moved a couple of veterans off the defense. Brewer. still young enough for junior played with the Toronto Manlies last season in the OHA junior league. Price was with the Rochester Americans of the AHL Also back in the NHL &#9632;

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Hawks, Wings And Rangers Parade Most

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The worst has happened to Eddie Shack, Ranger&rsquo;s outstanding rookie in a bumper-to-bumper rookie crop.Through no fault of his own this very large hunk of hockey has fallen prey to the biggest load of advance publicity since Clint &ldquo;Glasses&rdquo; Albright burst into camp in 1948. You will note that such notables as Andy Bathgate, Wally Hergesheimer and Lou Fontinato were bypassed in this listing. They didn&rsquo;t come close to the billing Shack already has received.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01288/1649307-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="254" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Watson</figcaption></div>Wonder of wonders is that exalted Eddie has not played a single game in the National Hockey League. At least when the great Beliveau came to stay he arrived with a superb past showing in his three game NHL tryouts.How could an untried skater like Shack achieve such a splendid press without lifting an NHL stick?In the case of Albright, the Rangers of that era were in desperate straits and needed a name to build upon up for the newspaper guys. Albright was the. one. He lasted exactly one. season, played in 5 9 games and scored 19 points. Whereupon he picked up his 6-1, 180 pound frame and returned to Winnipeg to become a metalurigical engineer.A Untried Big LeaguerShack, on the other hand, is cast in a different situation: Today&rsquo;s Rangers are not hard-up for a name. They have Bathgate, Fontinato. Worsley and Henry, just to name a few. And when things get, dull&mdash;or even when they don&rsquo;t&mdash;coach Watson is around to supply the ginger. So, it is not for want of publicity that Shack has come of name.The answer to the Shack hullabaloo lies in two factors. His immense natural ability and an abundance of native color, a la Fontinato.For, Shuck is easily is one of the hardest shooters, strongest skaters and generally talented youths to hit a Ranger camp. Also, he is tough and has a record of scraps that have gone beyond the pushing and tugging stages.One wonders, then, why as mentioned above, this is bad. Certainly, if Shack has the ability, does he not deserve a big play?Of course, he does. But one must also recognize the effect this will have on an untried big league youngster and also be aware of the problem it will present to coach Watson. Shack is liable to believe he is the greatest thing since sliced bread and not have to prove it.Shack in the past, at Guelph in the OHA Junior A loop and with Providence of the American League has proven himself an independent character. He was good enough at Guelph to try and do as he pleased. He was also good for a run-in with his coach Eddie Bush. At. Providence, under coach Johnny Crawford, Shack broke his leg early in the season. According to reports from Providence he returned to the ice wars, on his insistence, too early and re-injured the limb.Things were different for Eddie in the OHA and AHL. There, he was the wheel. He never has had a coach with the disciplinary qualities of Watson. As a matter of fact, easy-going Crawford was quite the opposite of Phil, Watson, as everyone knows, will not tolerate a &ldquo;do-as-l-damn please&rdquo; attitude. Phil&rsquo;s success is built around a stern system.Parenthetically, Watson has never had to cope with a Ranger of Shack&rsquo;s billing and personality. In his three playoffmaking seasons, Phil has had his hombres well in tow. The big names were developed under Watson or were here when he arrived and did not come to the club, as in Shack&rsquo;s case, with a load of clippings;Shack&rsquo;s chief chore, first, is to live up to his notices. There must be something to him, if after playing only half a season with Providence, he won the rookie of the year award. That is a remarkable accomplishment.If he scores at left wing, with anything approaching his past marks, then his big ballyhoo will not be as detrimental as we thought it was. At this writing, no one in Rangerville believes he can miss stardom, we&rsquo;ll wait and see. &#9632;

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Shark Won’t Be Allowed To Call Shots With Phil

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03246/1649421-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg"></div><h2>Scaling A Problent</h2>PETERBOROUGH, Ont.&mdash;Newcomers are the habitual newsmakers at hockey training camps, but seldom do they make the alarming and astonishing headlines of Toronto Maple Leafs latest acquisitions.Of the five players Leafs added to their camp invitation list this summer, only one posted a prompt RSVP after receiving his marching orders to report to the team&rsquo;s new headquarters at Peterborough.That would be Steve Kraftcheck, the rugged 29-year-old defenseman purchased from Cleveland during the summer.Doubt, mystery and frustration surrounded the remaining four newcomers and each for a unique and startling reason.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04190/1649414-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="285" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guyle Fielder</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05146/1649407-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="262" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Steve Kraftcheck</figcaption></div>Guyle Fielder the perennial major minor leaguer and minor major leaguer, indicated he would prefer to pursuit his electrician&rsquo;s apprenticeship than accept another opportunity to make the big leagues of hockey.Bert Olmstead. the 32-year-old veteran of eight NHL seasons with Montreal Canadiens, was facing a six-month jail sentence following a conviction of assault.Gerry Wilson, a former centre with Canadien juniors who was acquired along with Olmsteatj, was still suffering from the serious knee injuries he incurred as a junior.And Johnny Bower, the goalie drafted from Cleveland of the American League during hockey&rsquo;s summer meetings, had given no reason to believe his mind had been changed since he last refused to report to Leal&rsquo;s after a deal was arranged last Januarypress Hotel at Peterborough, only per of the newcomers were missing.Three days before the camp opend, stead won an appeal in Vancouver and $1,000 fine in lieu of a shorter senence. stopping off at his home in Scepter, Sask., long enough to pack his bags, he rushe Toronto to join the march on Peterborough on file deadline.Reconsidering his previous decision, B meanwhile signed a two-year contact agreed to participate in Toronto&rsquo;s plane, tern of goaltending, along with Ed Cha&ldquo;My Cleveland contract had given right to refuse any deal to a major leagal he said in explaining his change of her when Toronto then claimed me in the, there was nothing I could do. I report or be suspended from hockey along<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06100/1649400-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="276" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bower</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0754/1649393-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="259" height="385"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmsted</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Since I received a two-year conti assurance I won&rsquo;t be farmed out, I&rsquo;m here. The only reason I hesitated my age. I figured I&rsquo;d be better off look for my future out of hockey than in since I&rsquo;m 33 and can t have many years the game.&ldquo;I had made up my mind I&rsquo;d like t out my career in Cleveland, where I star where I had a lot of good friends. Now sorry I changed my mind. Everyone h good to &ldquo;me here.&rdquo;The other two doubtful staters among Leaf newcomers were, however, absent start. And though Leafs had not hope, there appeared little possibility the ever join the club.Wilson did reach Toronto. but was home after doctors examined his knees youngster who had both knees and both shoulders seriously injured in his junior days, was still suffering from disability on the one knee, on which two operations had been previously performed.&ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t given up hope entirely, coach Billy Reay cautioned. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s not hopelessly washed up. It&rsquo;s just a case of him not being able to get to camp this year. Of course it means he won&rsquo;t have the chance at camp to make a place for himself on the club. But there is still hope.&rdquo;This leaves only Fielder AWOL. The centre who caused such a sensation at Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; camp last fall only to fail and be cut shortly afterward was adamant in his refusals to report to Toronto. Indeed, he even returned Ills transportation to the camp.&ldquo;He wants to be an electrician.&rdquo; reported Leafs&rsquo; new assistant general manager. Punch Imlach. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s serving his apprenticeship now and says he will be accepted new month if he Stays at it. But he says he has been told that they don&rsquo;t accept anyone over 28 years of age and so he can&rsquo;t put it off since lie&rsquo;s 28 now.&rdquo;Imlach worked dilligently attempting to change Fielder&rsquo;s mind with nightly telephone calls and even a week end trip to Seattle. But he really was not expecting to meet with success.Despite the two absentees, Reay was delighted at the punctuality of the rest of his club.&ldquo;We knew we wouldn&rsquo;t have those two, but I must say this is the first time I ever went to camp where those we did expect all turned out and all on time,&rdquo; he said.Medical examinations by Leaf physicians. Drs. Jim Murray, Hugh Smythe and Joe Fulton, increased his elation. There wasn&rsquo;t a limp or sniffle in the group, a far cry from last season when more than half the club suffered from one ailment or another, ranging up to Asian &rsquo;flu.Indeed, only two players were even considered overweight. Ron Stewart, who always reported at 204 anyway, and Bob Nevin, who looked lean despite his 190 pounds. &#9632;

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Reay Overcomes First Problem Gathering Newcomers For Cam

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01287/1649459-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Training camp is an interesting-time of the year in the world of hockey. At that time everybody starts out equal. One pair of skates, one set of shoulder pads, one pair of gloves, no goals, no assists, no penalties.At the Queen&rsquo;s Hotel in Montreal, where the out-of-town players stay during the training session, we caught up with defenseman Bob Turner. His six foot. 175 pound frame was stretched across a single bed in room 625, as he viewed a Saturday afternoon football game between the Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats via television.&ldquo;Looks, like the West is going to take back that Grey Cup,&rdquo; he laughed. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s pretty poor football. The western clubs look much better defensively.&rdquo;&ldquo;Maybe.&rdquo; we replied, &ldquo;but what about the upcoming hockey season?&rdquo;&ldquo;Never felt better in my three years with this club. I came in a few pounds over and now I feel great. I don&rsquo;t think I have been going to well at camp, but I anticipate my best season. I&rsquo;ve been skating well. Haven&rsquo;t felt any stiffness at all.&rdquo;The young Mr. Turner is in a class by hintself with the powerful Canadiens. He&rsquo;s the only player who didn&rsquo;t score a goal with the club last season, despite the fact, the Halts scored 250 of them against five opponent teams.He Had Many Chances&ldquo;I can think of half a dozen chances I had last season&mdash;easy ones too. But I missed. Once, near the end of the season in Toronto I was killing a penalty. There was no score with about five minutes to go. I got a breakaway from our blueline. I skated in on Chadwick and as I did I started thinking about what I was going to do. I ended up by firing the puck into his pads. I was so mad I felt like breaking the stick over him.&ldquo;Naturally everybody likes to score goals, but Toe uever says much when a defenseman Blisses one. He says, &lsquo;we&rsquo;ve got enough players out there who can score goals. You defensemen keep them out. Let the forwards do the scoring.&rdquo;Apparently Turner listens to his coach. In two and a half seasons with the Habs be has scored but two goals. One came in 1955-56 and the other in 1956-57.Still Turner&rsquo;s value to the Canadiens cannot be underestimated. He played a key role in the Habs&rsquo; defense when Tom Johnson injured his knee in the latter part of the season. Bob was switched from the left defense to right and displayed some great hockey. During the season he was a standout penalty-killer.&ldquo;I was the fifth defenseman last season. No one likes to sit on the bench. So I&rsquo;m no different. I&rsquo;m hoping to become the fourth this season. I&rsquo;ve never doubted that I&rsquo;m good enough to play on this club. This season I hope to get a better chance to show the people.&rdquo;Canadiens too, must feel that Turner&rsquo;s value to the club is more than most people are ready to concede. During the off-season they sent defenseman Dollard St. Laurent to the Chicago Black Hawks. It came as a surprise to most of the fans who, if given the chance, no doubt would have dispatched Turner in Dolly&rsquo;s place. But the fans aren&rsquo;t in the hockey business. Selke, Reardon and Blake are. They see great potential in Turner, thus the trade that sent St. Laurent instead of Bob.Turner considers himself to be a lucky guy. &ldquo;Who wouldn&rsquo;t.&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;In four years of professional hockey I&rsquo;ve played on four championship teams. It&rsquo;s nice to go home at the end Of the year with that dough.&rdquo;Turner came up through the Montreal organization from his peewee days.&ldquo;Started in peewee with the Regina Pats organization. Played midget, bantam and junior with the Pats and then played one season with Shawinigan of the Quebec Hockey League. In my first season with Shawinigan we won the Edinbourgh Trophy. The next season I joined the Canadiens and we won the Stanley My second season was a Stanley cup winner and so was last year. And I can&rsquo;t see anybody beating us this year.<h2>Mr. Turner&hellip;&hellip; On The Way</h2><h2>Small Part Of Hubs&rsquo; Punch</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02238/1649452-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1045" height="1560"><figcaption class="caption-body">Turner, left, pauses for cameraman with Henri Richard</figcaption></div>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s too much spirit on our club. It helps us on the ice. We don&rsquo;t have any cliques. On an out of town trip I&rsquo;ll be standing in the lobby and &rsquo;Rocket&rsquo; will come by and we&rsquo;ll go for a walk. Or Beliveau will come by and say Tets go to a show.&rsquo; The French players and English ones get along like brothers. It helps.&rdquo;The Canadiens are likened to the Yankees of baseball, on and off the ice.&ldquo;You have to look like a big leaguer on and off the ice.&rdquo; says Bob. &ldquo;No one has ever told us how to dress when we&rsquo;re out of town. It&rsquo;s inst a tradition with our club to be well dressed at all times..&ldquo;Last season a fellow from Regina saw us play in Detroit. I didn&rsquo;t know he was there. When I got. home at the end of the season someone told me that his first comment after seeing us at the hotel was &lsquo;those Canadiens look like big leaguers on and off the ice. All business.&rdquo;Turner is one of the unsung heroes on the Habs.Does he feel bad because he doesn&rsquo;t get as much ink as most of the other players?&ldquo;Heck no,&rdquo; said Bob. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a lot of stars on our club and everyone of them deserves every line of Ink they get. Guys like the &lsquo;Rocket&rsquo;. Geoffrion and Harvey have worked hard to get where they are and they give you plenty to write about. I think I&rsquo;ll have my day, but I&rsquo;m not envious of them.&rdquo;Turner has never been noted as a hardhitting. fist-fighting type of defenseman. &ldquo;I like to play the puck. I never, or seldom get into fights because, despite how many times you hear it. a player must believe that he gets paid to stay on the ice. not in the penalty box. I&rsquo;ve had a few fights. Last season I had one with Dineen and I nearly had one with Labin-. I took him into the corner hard and as I skated back he clipped me over the head. I started to go after him but big Red Storey had his eye on me, so I let him go.&rdquo;Calls Doug Greatest Of AllBob&rsquo;s strongest forte on the Habs&rsquo; defense is his ability to come up with the puck and get it up to his forwards.&ldquo;When you&rsquo;re playing defense you have to get to know what the other player is going to do. Like a pitcher getting to know the hitters. Playing left defense I have come to know what most players will do. I know what Howe will do. or Nesterenko. Most players will make the same move when they are going in on you So you watch for the. play. Of them all Howe and Bathgate give me rhe most trouble. Yet my first season in the league I had the most trouble with Sloan.&rdquo;How much does a defenseman rely on his partner?&ldquo;Quite a lot.&rdquo; says Boh. &lsquo;They should be talking to each other all the time. Telling one to take a player out or telling him what your move is going to be. Players like. Harvey make it easy for you. We talk quite a lot. out there. Just that he talks to me more than I talk to him.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s probably the greatest defenseman ever to come, into this league. He can do everything good. He has one of the best shot in the league and can go in and score. He&rsquo;s good on the point, can rush and there&rsquo;s no better player in your own end. He can kill penalties&mdash;do anything.&rdquo;During the off-season Turner works on const ruction. He owns two houses in Regina and plays a little golf. His wife Betty, 24. is an enthusiastic hockey fan and she and Bob talk over the situation often.&ldquo;She&rsquo;s real great. If I have a bad night she meets me in front of the room and then tells me that she&rsquo;s seen other players have much worse nights. I don&rsquo;t take the game home too much. On the day of a game we talk about it. But if you think about it too much you&rsquo;ll go crazy.&rdquo;The football game was drawing to a close. We were ready to leave.&ldquo;The west will win that Grey Cup easily,&rdquo; he laugned. &ldquo;Wait and see. That&rsquo;s where the &#9632;

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Eyes Spot As 4th Canuck Defenseman Bob Has Been On Four Pro Winners

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;How did Bob Turner hear about the trade of Dollard St. Laurent to the Chicago Black Hawks?&ldquo;Betty and I were out driving. We had the radio on. The announcer said &lsquo;here&rsquo;s a sports bulletin. The Montreal Canadiens traded one of their defensemen to the Chicago Black Hawks today.&rsquo; Then he paused. Betty looked at me and I looked at her. My heart fell right into my stomach Then the announcer finished by saving St. Laurent was the one.&ldquo;No one likes to go from a top place club to a fifth place one. I was relieved. I can tell you that.&rdquo; &#9632;

Bulletin Pause, A Worrysome Moment

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 Commonwealth;$4.00 in the U.S.A, ano Foreign CountriesEntered as second-class matter. October 3, 1953. at the Post Officear Rouses Point. N.T.. under the Act of March 3rd. 1879Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department. OttawaPrinted In CanadaVOL 12 MONTREAL. OCTOBER 4. 1958 No. 1<h2>PASSING THE PUCK</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01355/1649549-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="374" height="437"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02320/1649542-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="769" height="154"></div>&bull; FRANK MAHOVLICH, the 1957-58 Calder Memorial Trophy winner, has been one of the most outstandingplayers at the Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; camp&hellip; Big Frank has been centering a line with Bert Olmstead at left wing and George Armstrong on the right side, and this trio bus been the Leafs No One unit to date&hellip; Coach Billy Reay and Assistant General Manager Punch Imlach both hoped to get Dave Creighton from Canadiens on waivers. They feel he could help the Leafs a lot this season, even though it will be his second turn with the Torontos&hellip; &ldquo;And even if he wasn&rsquo;t much help to us it would be worth our while to sit him on the bench to make sure Rangers don&rsquo;t get him back,&rdquo; added Imlach&hellip; The aggressivness of Olmstead and Armstrong appears to have rubbed off on Mahovlich&hellip; Billy Harris and Willie Marshall have been disappointments thus far in the Toronto camp&hellip; Harris has trouble getting away a decent shot&hellip; Billy seems to have a tendency to let up when making a shot&hellip; Johnny Mitchell, who was replaced by Jimmy Skinner as chief scout of Detroit Red Wings, has been appointed general manager of the Springfield Indians by Owner Eddie Shore&hellip; Mitchell coached under Shore at Springfield from 1939 to 1943&hellip; Coach of Springfield this season is Mitchell&rsquo;s son-in-law. Glen Sonmor&hellip; Sonmor coached St Catharines TeePees of the OHA Junior A League last season&hellip;Two of the best young prospects of a few years back have decided to hang up their skates for good&hellip; Pete Conacher will remain with a distillery company as a salesman and Jack Caffery will concentrate on a baseball career&hellip; A fine picher, Caffery had a 11-4 record with Cedar Rapids of the Three-I League this summer. He plans to play winter baseball in Puerto Rico.&bull; FOUR VETERAN NHL trainers will receive gold pucks at the NHL All-Star dinner on the eve of the 12th annual All-Star game in Montreal in October 3rd&hellip; The four are Tim Daly of Toronto, Win Green of Boston, Ernie Cook of Montreal and Carl Mattson of Detroit&hellip; MickeyHennessy will coach Fort William Canadiens of the Lakehead Junior League for the seventh season&hellip; Hennessy&rsquo;s Habs have won six league titles and the district championship on five occasions&hellip; New York Rangers have nine holdover forwards from last year but only five are sure off their jobs for this season&hellip; &ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be tougher than ever to cut down the roster of forwards,&rdquo; said General Manager Muzz Patrick, &lsquo;even though we lost three regular forwards in the summer draft.&rsquo;&hellip; the five players assured of sticking are Andy Bathgate, Dean Prentice. Camille Henry. George Sullivan and Andy Hebenton&hellip; The others embroiled in-a keen battle for the remaining positions are Larry Popein. Hank Ciesla, Gerry Foley, Parker MacDonald, Eddie Shack, Earl Ingartield, Les Colwill. Orland Kurtenbach, Bill Sweeney, Ted Hampson, Mel Pearson, Jim Bartlett and Danny Belisle&hellip; Johnny Bucyk has looked extremely good in Boston Bruins&rsquo; practices playing as a defenseman&hellip; Coach Milt Schmidt is still undecided whether to use Bucyk as a forward or as a defenseman this season&hellip; &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a difference between playing a new position in practice and doing it in a game. I want to take a good look at him in actual competition before I make up my mind,&rdquo; said Schmidt&hellip; Bucyk had a great season as a left wing with Bruins a year ago&hellip; Detroit has been pleased with the showing of the rookies in their camp&hellip; Centers Len Lunde, Gerry Melnyk, Gene Achtymic. huk and Charlie Burns; Wingmen Gerry Ehman. Dune Fisher, Claude Laforge and Chuck Holmes; and Defenseman Jack Hendrickson and Gordon Strate have all looked good in early season workouts.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03244/1649535-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="255" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Mitchell</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04191/1649528-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="265" height="384"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Harris</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05168/1649521-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="260" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Caffery</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06136/1649514-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="256" height="404"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Creighton</figcaption></div>&bull; FOUR OF the five clubs in the International Hockey League will operate with non-playing coaches during the 1958-59 season&hellip; This is quite a change, as in former years all the coaches were of the playing kind&hellip; Toledo Mercurys will have the sole playing mentor this year in the person of Doug Baldwin, who will be back for his second term&hellip; Three of the teams will start the season with new coaches&hellip; Ken Campbell, 35-year-old former player with Troy, will pilot the Bruins this year. This marks the first time the Troy club has ever had a non-plaving roach&hellip; Max Silverman, veteran coach and owner, will take over the reins of the &#9632;

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The Hockey News

<div class="byline">By DINK CARROLL</div>Montreal GaietteMONTREAL, Que&mdash;The Canadiens had just finished eliminating the Detroit Red Wings from the Stanley Cup playoffs last spring when Jack Adams, the Wings&rsquo; general manager, started looking ahead.&ldquo;All great hockey teams decline in time and it will happen to the Canadiens, too,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It goes in cycles. A club can stay on top for about five years. Actually, we stayed there a few years longer by bringing up younger players almost every year and mixing them in with our experienced players. We never stood pat with a winning team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07112/1649580-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="243" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The Canadiens will start to decline when Rocket Richard and Doug Harvey are over the hill. They can talk as they like about their Beliveaus and Geoffrions and Moores and Pocket Rockets and Johnsons. Sure, they&rsquo;re good hockey players. But the Rocket and Harvey are the backbone of the team. They&rsquo;re the guys who produce in the clutch and when they can&rsquo;t do it any more the Canadiens will go into a decline.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s what the man said anji it may have been wishful thinking on his part. The Rocket is 37 and he can&rsquo;t go on forever, amazing as he is, and Doug Harvey will be 3 4 in Decemoer. It could have been pointed out to Jack that the Canadiens lost the Rocket for several months through a serious injury last season and kept right on winning, but he undoubtedly would have replied that the Rocket came back to score some big goals in the playoffs.A few years ago we were in the habit of asking the coaches of NHL teams before the season started how they thought the teams would finish in the league standings. The coaches of the Boston, sew York, Toronto and Chicago clubs always gave us the same answer;&ldquo;Those two clubs (Montreal and Detroit) will finish one-two. The rest of us will scramble for the last two playoff berths.&rdquo;Last year the answer was different: Montreal would finish in front and the rest of the clubs would scramble for the last three playoff positions. &rsquo;Lynn Patrick, general manager of the Boston Bruins, was in the city briefly last week and we asked him about his own team.&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;re a little stronger than we were last year,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If we can avoid injuries to key players and if our players can play back to last year&rsquo;s form, we should do all right-.&ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t any new young players to bring up. Our farm system has Stopped producing for the time being. The new players we have we picked up in the draft. I saw a number of good youngster last season, but the story was always the same. They belonged to the Canadiens. I can&rsquo;t see anybodycoming close to them this season.&rdquo;If all the good prospects he saw belonged to the Canadiens, he might have added that he couldn&rsquo;t see anybody-coming close to them for some years to come. He was asked what he thought of Jack Adams&rsquo; statement that the Canadiens would cease to dominate the league when the Rocket and Doug&ldquo;I think I know what he means,&rdquo; Lynn said. &ldquo;Detroit was on top when he had Lindsay, Howe, Abel, Goldham, Kelly and Pavelich. Three of those fellows lost their effectiveness and retired and Kelly hasn&rsquo;t been as good in the last couple of seasons as he once was. What he&rsquo;s predicting is that the same thing will happen to the Canadiens.&rdquo;There was a time last season when Muzz Patrick, the New York Rangers&rsquo; general manager, was wondering out loud if the 1957-5S Canadiens weren&rsquo;t the greatest hoekey team of all time. We can&rsquo;t remember if it was just before the Habitants played in New York, or justMuzz might have been needing the gate. If it was just after, it might have been an alibi for a defeat.Phil Watson, his militant manager doesn&rsquo;t always follow the party line as outlined by Muzz, which sometimes confuses the scribes who cover the Broadway Blueshirts. But this season Phil is speaking his piece ahead of Muzz. In New York last week he said he had long range plans to dethrone the Canadiens as monarchs of the National Hockey League.&ldquo;But we won&rsquo;t beat them thio year,&rdquo; he was quoted as saying. &ldquo;How are you going to beat a team that&rsquo; has guys like the Richard brothers, Doug Harvey, &#9632;

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HabsWillDecline When Doug, Rock Start To Decline

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-08" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0898/1649618-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg"></div>Toronto StarTHE CONVALESCENCE OF EDDIE SHOREAMONG the many known facts about Eddie Shore are these: (a) That his name appears on everyone&rsquo;s alltime all-star hockey team, whether it&rsquo;s written in English, Chinese or Arabic, (b) That Eddie admits to being 56 years old. (c) That many of his friends and former foes were getting ready to send him bouquets he wouldn&rsquo;t smell after he was felled by ticker trouble a year ago. He had another siege last winter when he lost 27 pounds and came out of sick bay looking like a needle in a nail bag. Merely a touch of Asiatic flu, said Shore.For a man who allegedly came so close to cashing in his chips, Eddie does a remarkable job of getting around the Lakeshore arena without his wheel chair. His Springfield Indians of the American league are in training there and Shore is putting his own interpretation on the doctor s orders to &ldquo;take it easy.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0994/1649611-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="564" height="551"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Shore</figcaption></div>He spends three or four hours per day on sKates, leads off in the calisthenics and dabbles in the scrimmages. That&rsquo;s his idea of a slow-down for a fellow who&rsquo;s 56 and had a serious heart attack. The doctors, he says, advised him not to do anything unreasonable. Eddie figures that&rsquo;s just what he&rsquo;s doing&mdash;nothing unreasonable. And, thinking back on Shore&rsquo;s shinny career, the guy could be levelling.When he played for Edmonton in the old Western Canada league, before it was sold into bondage here in the east, the Edmonton team had three defencemen. In addition to Shore, there were Barney Stanley, an uncle of Al now with the Bruins, and Bobby Benson. Bobby got into only four games out of the 40 which Edmonton played. Stanley missed four games through injury. So a mathematical genius can determine how much time Shore spent on the ice. He didn&rsquo;t consider it unreasonable.Paul Revere In A Pierce-ArrowONE day, at the time when he was drawing down the heaviest loot in the game as Mr. Hockey in Boston, Shore arrived at the Boston station just late enough to see the Montreal train dwindle into the distance. This irritated Eddie because he was supposed to be on it.Among his many admirers in Boston was one who owned a huge Pierce-Arrow car equipped with four-wheel brakes (what&rsquo;ll they think of next) and a chauffeur. Soon Shore, the Pierce-Arrow and the chauffeur were en route to Montreal. They were accompanied by one of the nicest sleet storms that ever hit New England. The chauffeur complained there was nothing in his contract to cover ice boats.Shore imposed a 15 mph speed limit on the driver and curled up to get some sleep. A sensation which he likened to the down dip of a rolled coaster awakened him. The Pierce-Arrow was going down a hill in a side-slip. It took a team of horses to get them out of the ditch. For the rest of the trip, Shore did the driving.The Pierce-Arrow pulled into Montreal at 5 o&rsquo;clock the following evening. Shore grabbed a light nap&mdash;from which his roomie finally roused him by pouring ice water over him. The score was 1-0 for Boston Bruins over Montreal Canadiens. Shore shot the only goal&mdash;a wonderful wind-up to the saga of the wayward Pierce-Arrow. He got, perhaps, a bonus for devotion beyond the call of duty.&ldquo;I got fined $500 for missing the train,&rdquo; Shore laughed. &ldquo;And I didn&rsquo;t say a word. I could tell from the look in Art Ross&rsquo; eye that if I opened my mouth he&rsquo;d fine me another five hundred.&rdquo;The doctor who told Shore not to do anything unreasonable should have been more specific. &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON. Mass.&mdash;Milt SchmidtMilt Schmidt, who coached the National League All-Stars to a win over the Montreal Canadiens a year ago, is looking forward to having the pleasure again this year.But Schmidt thinks his second win will come harder than the first.Says the fiery coach of the Boston Bruins: &ldquo;Well have a harder time winning this year.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02279/1649722-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="247" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body">Milt Schmidt</figcaption></div>Pointed out Schmidt: &ldquo;The Canadiens lost last year&rsquo;s game in their own rink before their own fans.&ldquo;They have pride. They&rsquo;ll be going all-out to win this time.&rdquo;Added Schmidt with a chuckle: &ldquo;But we have pride, too. The All-Stars will be going all-out, too.&rdquo;Schmidt has attacked the personnel portion of bis coaching assignment with his customary lines and defense pairings he has maintained organizational patterns as much as possible.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03216/1649715-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="269" height="397"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Hall</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04164/1649708-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="268" height="364"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Pronovost</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Any organization which an all-star team has must he brought to the game by the players,&rdquo; expounded Milt. &ldquo;That is, it must be organization which has been developed in advance, while the players have been playing with their own teams.&ldquo;In putting this team together I&rsquo;ve kept that thought in mind. I have tried to have the best players possible while maintaining as much organization as possible. That, to my way of thinking is the keV to good play.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05112/1649701-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="253" height="398"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Gadsby</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0673/1649694-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="259" height="398"><figcaption class="caption-body">Camile Henry</figcaption></div>Working for Schmidt against the Canadiens will be four of his own players who were outstanding in the Stanley Cup playoffs last spring. His plans for using them are in keeping with the pattern of which he was talking. The four Bruins are Forwards Don McKenney and Jerry Toppazzini and Defenseman Doug Mohns arid Ferny Flaman.Schmidt will play Mohns and Flaman as a pair, as he does regularly, and he&rsquo;ll use McKenney at left wing and Toppazz. ini at right wing on the same line, ges in his squad, here is Schmidt&rsquo;s tentative Lineup io front of Goalie Glenn Hall of Chicago:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0743/1649687-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="252" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Litzenberger</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0827/1649680-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="244" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Bathgate</figcaption></div>Defense-Marcel Pronovost (Detroit) and Bill Gadsby (New York), Red Kelly (Detroit) and Dollard St. Laurent (Chicago). Mohns and Flaman.One line&mdash;Ed Litzenberger (Chicago) center, Camille Henry (New York) left wing, Andy Bathgate (New York) right wing.Another line&mdash;Alex Delvecchio (Detroit) center, Dick DuffAnother line&mdash;George &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan (New York) center, McKenney left wing. Toppazzini right wing.Another line&mdash;Bill Harris (Toronto) center. Bob Pulford (Toronto) left wing. Toppazzini, Howe. Bathgate right wing.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to know of a better defense squad in the league.&rdquo; challenged Schmidt, eyeing his lineup. &ldquo;This group has everything. Perhaps the naming of St. Laurent may be a little surprising, but he has always looked like a fine defenseman to me.&rdquo;Schmidt has extended his advance planning to his power play, in which little Henry figures to play a prominent part and his penalty-killing assignments.&ldquo;One of the reasons I&rsquo;m playing Sullivan and Toppazzini on the same line is because they&rsquo;ll be my first penalty-killing combination.&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll probably use Duff and Howe for killing penalties, too, if I need em.&rdquo;Schmidt doesn&rsquo;t think a comparison of his squad of a year ago with this year&rsquo;s squad a practical matter. On one potenlial point of comparison, however. he is most positive.&ldquo;If this team can play an well and do as well as last year&rsquo;s &#9632;

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Schmidt Expects Harder Time Winningin ’58 Than ’57

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01308/1649649-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">The original All-Stars of 11 years ago are, front row, left to right: Ernie Cook, trainer, Montreal; Bobby Bauer, Boston, Ted Lindsay, Detroit, Max Bentley, Chicago, Tony Leswick, New York, Knobby Warwick, New York, Edgar Laprade, New York, Billy Mosienko, Chicago, Doug Bentley, Chicago and the coach the late Dick Irvin. Montreal. Back row, left to right: Frankie Brimsek, Boston, Maurice Richard, Montreal, Bill Quackenbush, Detroit, Kenny Reardon, Montreal, Milt Schmidt, Boston, Butch Bouchard, Montreal, Woody Dumart, Boston, Jack Stewart, Detroit and Bill Durnan, Montreal.</figcaption></div><h2>Richard, Doug Bentley Scored In Opening Moments Of 3rd Period To Win Over Leafs</h2>MONTREAL, Que.It was eleven years ago next Week&mdash;October 13th. 1947 to be exact&mdash;that a crowd of 14, 189 fans sat in Maple Leaf Gardens and watched the greatest collection of hockey All-Stars ever assembled, take on the Toronto Maple Leafs.It was a rough, tough game la which the Stars came from behind to score twice in the third period and win 4-3. There bare been good All-Star games since, but that first one still stands out, in more ways than one. as the most memorable of all.Only 13 penalties were called by Referee King Ciancy that night, with Bill Ezinicki. Gus Mortson and Kenny Reardon gathering the bulk of them. That was the night the Leafs decided to pick on Maurice Richard. The All-Stars took a dim view of it all and played it to the hilt.It looked like clear sailing for the Leafs, after Harry Watson opened the scoring on a pass from Ezinicki. That one came at 12:29 of the opening period.Ezinicki then made it 2-0 at 1:03 of the second period, on passes from Syl Apps and Harry Watson.Max Bentley, then with the Chicago Black Hawks, put the Stars back in the game at 4.39 of the middle frame when he put Kenny Reardon s pass past goaler Turk Broda. Less than 30 seconds later Apps was back to score on passes from Watson and Mortson. That was at 5.01 and the Leafs now had commanding 3-1 lead.At 17.35 of that middle period little Knobby Warwick made it 3-2 when he took teammate Edgar Laprade&rsquo;s pass to score. Once again the hard skating Reardon started the play and drew an assist.The third period opened with the All-Stars pouring it on the Leafs. Gus Mortson picked up an early penalty and before two minutes of the period had gone by the Stars had scored twice and had taken a 4-3 lead. Maurice Richard tallied unassisted after just 28 seconds and then Doug Bentley of the Hawks made it 4-3 on passes from Boston&rsquo;s Milt Schmidt and Canadiens Richard. That was the end of the scoring and the Stars got the first official all-star game victory.<h2>The Pick Of The First Crop</h2>That was 11 years ago. That first all-star club was as potent as any ever seen on ice. Chosen on the first team were Bill Durnan in goal, from Montreal, Kenny Reardon and Butch Bouchard on defense, also from Montreal and Boston&rsquo;s Milt Schmidt at centre with Chicago s Doug Bentley at left wing and the fabulous Maurice Richadd at right.The second team was also a very talented array of stars to say the least. Frankie Brimsek, the Boston wizzard with the icewater in his veins was in goal, with the rugged Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; pair of Black Jack Stewart and Bill Quackenbush on defense. The Hawks Max Bentley was at centre, with the Bruins&rsquo; Bobby Bauer at right and Woody Dumart at left.The team was coached by the late Dick Irvin, who was then handling the Montreal Canaditns.Irvin called upon Chicago for Billy Mosienko. the Rangers for Warwick, Laprade and Leswick and Detroit for Ted Lindsay.The Leafs were coached by Hap Day and were led by Apps. Kennedy and Harry Watson, Broda was in goal, with Goldham, Stanowski, Mortson, Thomson and the late Bill Barilko on defense, Nick Metz, Bud Poile, Bill Ezinicki. Vic Lynn. Howie Meeker. Gaye Stewart. Joe Klukay and Flem Mackeli rounded out the squad.That was 11 years ago. Where are those history making allstars today?Only one who was actually picked on the all-star club by newspapermen is still active as a player in the league today. That would be Canadiens&rsquo; powerful Maurice Richard. At 37. the oldest player in the loop. Maurice still produces goals as fast and as furiously as he used to.Bill Durnan is coaching Kitchener in the OHA. Kenny Reardon, retired some years ago and has since developed into one of the brightest hockey executives around He&rsquo;s vice-president and assistant generat manager of the. Canadiens.Butch Bouchard retired two seasons ago. He is now president of the Montreal Royals baseball club of the International League, a club that this season went to the Little World Series. Butch also owns a spacious restaurant and night club in Montreal&rsquo;s east end. Milt Schmidt is the very successful coach of Boston and Doug Bentley retired to the Bentley farm in Deslisle, Sask.Frankie Brimsek went home to Minnesota and then took up residence in Chicago. Jack Stewart became owner of the Chatham hockey club until he relinquished the franchise a season ago to stick to business. Bill Quackenbush now lives in Boston, Bobby Bauer is the bossman of Bauer skates at Kitehene. Ontario and Woody Dumart is in business in Boston.Of the others called upon to fill in. Billy Mosienko is still and active player with Winnipeg of the WHL. He also owns a large bowling alley there. Knobby Warwick made fame by leading the Penticton Vs to the world championship a tew seasons ago, Edgar Laprade retired to his sporting goods business at Port Arthur, Tony Leswick was traded to the Detroit Red Wings, played with them up until last season and is now player coach of the Edmonton Flyers of the WHL while Ted Lindsay is still active with the Hawks.It might be worth mentioning too, that in that very first game, the first and only serious casualty of the 11 games took place, Billy Mosienko suffered a broken leg.Also a note worth mentioning is that Maudice Richard has played in every-all-star game since that first one. &#9632;

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All-Star Games: Rocket’s Reen In ’Em All

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div>Toronto Telegram<h2>New Rearguard?</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01378/1649767-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="567" height="573"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bucyk</figcaption></div>PETERBOROUGH. Ont.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02262/1649760-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="251" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Staff Smythe</figcaption></div>There was obvious exaggeration in Stafford Smyth&rsquo;s remark that &ldquo;Johnny Bower is the best goal tender we&rsquo;ve had in 20 years.&rdquo;Smythe made his assessment after the first three scrimmages of training Camp here.Although goal tenders normally require a week or more to recover their timing each autumn, both Bower and Ed Chadwick have been extremely sharp already.The 33-year-old newcomer from Cleveland has displayed sheer brilliance of work at close quarters and on low shots while indicating an invaluable talent for intercepting goalmouth passes before a shot can be triggered. Chad, starting his third season in the N.H.L., has meanwhile shown sharp reflexes and refused to yield those soft goals which last season brought the wrath of Reay upon him.<h2>Early Star</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03174/1649753-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="543" height="554"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bower</figcaption></div>This early excellence has nevertheless prompted no reaction of surprise from Billy the coach, who plans to platoon the two goalies all season.&ldquo;Chadwick seems to be thriving on the competition for the job,&rdquo; Reay allows. &ldquo;And I expected he would. If he couldn&rsquo;t take the pressure, he would have no place being a goalie. As for Bower, we expected the best or we wouldn&rsquo;t have drafted him.&rdquo;more respectable than last year when Chief Scout Bob Davidson wore out three pencils, a fullscap book and two fingers per day recording goals. For the defenses in front of them continued to glare as Leaf&rsquo;s weakest department. Indeed, Martie rookie Carl Brewer has been showing up the veterans here.The rivalry that this condition should foster is not present, however. On the contrary, Charwick and Bower are assisting one another.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re both working toward the same end, winning games, so I don&rsquo;t know why people expect friction,&rdquo; says Chadwick who reported leaner and sharper this season. &ldquo;I have a lot of respect for Johnny. He&rsquo;s a good &#9632;

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Bower Best In 20 Years-Smythe

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Bruins&rsquo; defense situation. until the start of preseason practice here, looked relatively free of complications.The Bruins, it seemed. would conduct a simple contest of elimination. In the contest for five defense jobs would be eight defensemen. The eight: Capt. Ferny Flaman, Larry Hillman. Leo Boivin, Doug Mohns, Bud Hillman, Dick Cherry, Bob Armstrong, Allan Stanley.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04123/1649798-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="250" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dino Mascotto</figcaption></div>Uncomplicated? Actually, only by comparison to the situation which developed with the start of practice.Simultaneously with the first workout at the Garden Coach Milt Schmidt, announced an addition to the list of defense candidates. Into the pot Schmidt tossed Johnny Bucyk, the broad-beamed youngster who scored 20 goals as a left wing a year ago.And for added seasoning the Bruins&rsquo; coach added Dino Mascotto, a willing chap who peddled his wares last season in both Three Rivers and Quebec.Thus the competition was enlarged to include 10 defensemen but the number of jobs remained the same: The training pace, it is hardly necessary to add, has been strenuous.Shakes Up DefenseUnruffled by the surplus of defensemen was Schmidt, who has given the corps almost daily shakeups. A defensemen might work with Johnny Crawford&rsquo;s Providence group in the morning, with Schmidt&rsquo;s group in the afternoon.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s nice to have some depth,&rdquo; observed Milt. &ldquo;Too many times in the past we didn&rsquo;t have enough defensemen to go around. I&rsquo;m enjoying having some extra ones.&rdquo;When Schmidt launched his Bucyk experiment it was expected to be of short duration. Instead, the 196-pound husky was still on defense after the first exhibition game, in which he played for Crawford against the Bruins.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m in no hurry to make up my mind about him,&rdquo; explained Schmidt. &ldquo;I want to take a good, long look at him on defense. After all, I know what he can do at left wing.&rdquo;Two years ago Schmidt shift ed Doug Mohns from left wing wing, Mohns has blossomed into defense. Only mediocre as a to a brilliant defenseman, one likely to be an all-star this season.Schmidt until this season usually used six defensemen. He has changed his plans, he says, at the request of the defense.&ldquo;Some of the defensemen didn&rsquo;t think they were getting enough work last year,&rdquo; he related, &ldquo;so I&rsquo;ll go along with five. We&rsquo;ll see how it works out.&rdquo;Schmidt has also been doing some tinkering with another phase of his defense department, that dealing with the Bruins&rsquo; power play. Earl &lsquo;Dutch&rsquo; Reibel has been installed at the right point position, as a. partner for the flame-throwing Mohns. Reibel, formerly of Detroit and Chicago, has been an accredited expert at the point for years.In the first exhibition which Mohns and Reibel worked as a Power play point team. &#9632;

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Milt Complicates Defense Problems By Adding Buryk

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05111/1649836-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Big Jean Beliveau, left and Maurice Richard dress for game against Rochester. Mourice scored three in 7-2 win.</figcaption></div><h2>The Power And The Glory</h2>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;It hasn&rsquo;t been much of a race at the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; training camp. Fifty-four players arrived, 18 remain. There are 15 holdovers, the other three are newcomers who, for the past twoo weeks have been standouts. They will fill the three vacant spots left by the shipping of Bert Olmstead to Toronto, Dollard St. Laurent to Chicago and the signing of Floyd Curry to coach the Quebec Hockey League Royals. The newcomers are Junior Langlois on defense, as predicted, Ab McDonald on left, wing, as predicted and young Ralph Backstrom, now playing right wing, as unpredicted..<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0694/1649829-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="248" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Junior Langlois</figcaption></div>Gone are Danny Lewicki and Dave Creighton, both drafted by the Canadiens from New York Rangers. Oddly enough both showed well enough at camp to merit a chance. At any other camp they would have made the grade. But this is the camp of the champions, a hard one to break into. When Lewicki was shipped off the Chicago it came as a surprise even to some of the players. They were sure he&rsquo;d make it on his showing. Creighton, struck around a little longer but it was just a matter of time. Had he been a right winger he&rsquo;d still be here. He&rsquo;s a centre however, and the Habs have Henri Richard, Jean Beliveau, Don Marshall, all 20-goal scorer&rsquo;s and Phil Goyette at that position. Creighton had an almost impossible task ahead of him if he hoped to claim a regular berth.Starriest of them all at the camp was Backstrom. Playing at right wing on a line with Don Marshall and Marcel Bonin, the former junior star was the leading point getter at the camp. He scored 15 goals and 16 assists for 31 points. But bis blazing speed was what amazed the onlookers. Just where Toe Blake intends to fit him in when the season starts is still unknown. However, in all probability he&rsquo;ll alternate with Ab McDonald on a line with Beliveau and Geoffrion.Blake will keep his line of the Richards and Moore intact along with Beliveau, Geoffrion and either Backsrrom or McDonald filling in at left. His third line consists of Goyette, Pronovost and Provost with Marshall and Bonin as utilitymen.His defense will include Langlois to replace St. Laurent. Junior will probably be the fifth defenseman with Turner partnering with Harvey and Johnson with Talbot. There has been no change in goal either. Plante is still there.it&rsquo;s old stuff to watch the Canadiens strut around camp now. They haven&rsquo;t changed. They still skate as fast, score as fast and hit as hard. If there was any doubt that Maurice Richard might be slowing down, they have passed by. In the clubs second exhibition, against Rochester he scored three as the Habs beat their AHL cousins 7-2.NOTES&hellip; Canadiens liked Bo Elik, whom they got in trade from Cleveland for Ed Mazur. However, there was no room for him and he was sent to Rochester&hellip; Biggest surprise at camp was a youngster named Irwin Spencer, defenseman from Peterborough Petes. Canadiens feel he&rsquo;s still two years away and he&rsquo;ll be a star&hellip; Dickie Moore&rsquo;s hand, broken last season. is in perfect condition now. Up until Saturday, September 27 all players except Doug Harvey had signed their contracts. Harvey is thinking over the terms offered&hellip; Connie Broden, who played with Whitby Dunlops In the world championships and finished out the year with the Canadiens has retired from hockey&hellip; The addition of Backstrom to the club now gives it two batchelors. Tom Johnson is the other. He was the solo batchelor last season. &#9632;

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Thirty-Five Players Find Hab Lineup Too Hard To Break Into

PETERBOROUGH, Ont.&mdash;A youngster, who won&rsquo;t be 20 until October 21st might solve a defense problem confronting the Toronto Maple Leafs. His name is Carl Brewer, and last season he played for the Toronto Marlboros of the OHA. If he doesn&rsquo;t make the Leafs he&rsquo;ll go back to the Marlies. However, the Leaf brass have liked what they have seen of him.After watching Brewer toil through three grim workouts, hockey chairman Staff Smythe said: &ldquo;It looks as it Carl is playing himself right off the Marlies onto the Leafs. He looks better and has more poise and polish than some of the veterans.&ldquo;Not only is he dealing out solid checks but. he isn&rsquo;t being faked out of position and his shift works as well here as it did in junior when he carries the puck. He could go a long way toward solving our defence problem if he keeps up that type of performance.&rdquo;Coach Billy Reay was equally as enthusiastic. &ldquo;Brewer looks too good to be true,&rdquo; praised Reay. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s playing right back to that lease-lend game in Detroit last season when he was our best defenceman.&ldquo;If he keeps going, we&rsquo;ll have no choice but to turn him pro. He and Noel Price could push two of our regulars right off the team Price still hasn&rsquo;t let himself go but I&rsquo;m satisfied &#9632;

Brewer Giving Leaf Vets A Battle

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><h2>Sloan Shines At Camp On Line With Nesterenko: Ivan Won&rsquo;t Say Who Will Be In Lineup When Club Opens Up</h2><h2>They&rsquo;ll Don Injun Feathers This Season</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01330/1649919-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="483" height="531"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dollard St. Laurent</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02297/1649912-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="544" height="556"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tod Sloan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03228/1649905-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="498" height="545"><figcaption class="caption-body">Earl Balfour</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04174/1649898-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="525" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Evans</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05121/1649891-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="497" height="545"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Arbour</figcaption></div>ST. CATHERINES. Ont.&mdash;As many as nine newcomers&mdash;a full half a team&mdash;may be in uniform when the Black Hawks open the 195859 National Hockey League schedule by playing host to the Rangers at the Chicago Stadium Wednesday night, it has been revealed by General Manager Tommy Ivan.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d hate, to say right at this point just who definitely will be in that starting lineup. We know, of course, that several of our players would he cinches to make any club,&rsquo;&rsquo; he commented here last week as rhe Hawks were working their way through quite a line of exhibition games.&ldquo;The toughest thing is to find out where they are going to work out best&mdash;both for themselves and the team as a whole. There, naturally, is where the other players come in and we still have, a pretty good number that have shown us enough to keep themselves in the picture.&rdquo;The GM lists these, skaters as rearguards Al Arbour, Jack Evans, Dollard St. Laurent and rookie Doug Barkley and forwards Earl Balfour, Tod Sloan, Howard Glover, Kenny Wharram and young Johnny McKentie. In the running for Black Hawk knits with them yet are some 13 or 14 returnees from last season.Balfour and Sloan, Toronto property until this year, have been playing good as a unit in reunion with another ex-Leaf, Erie Nesterenko. &ldquo;For me, this Balfour has been just about the most pleasant surprise of this year&rsquo;s camp so far,&rdquo; exclaimed Coach Rudy Pilous the other day.&ldquo;Sloan as been skating well and should help us in the center ice slot and big Eric, still as much of a roamer as ever, still manages to get in those sharp licks at the goal and seldom forgets that this game also includes checking and getting a. piece of your man.&rdquo;Ferguson Still In RunningWhat may be the club&rsquo;s top line might be at least two-thirds complete if Bobby Hull continues to look good at center with starry right winger Ed Litzenberger. Who&rsquo;ll be on the. other side of Hull remains a little uncertain, but Lome Ferguson is certainly in the running.Two other who have been in action as pair, but without another linemate are center Glenkov and-left winger Ron Murphy. Among those tested with them have been Kenny Whartaui, ex of Buffalo and up for third try with Chicago, and toung Howie Glover, 34 goals with Winnipeg last season.There we have, 10 forwards and there are, at least five veteran great Ted Lindsay, who has said he hopes to make amends for last year&rsquo;s strictly average showing, and three others who played through the last half of the 1957-58 slate as Hawks,They are wingers Billy Dea and Ed Kachur and Bill Dineen who can play the middle or the boards. Add to these young McKenzie who led the tough OHA Junior circuit in scoring last season with 49 goals and 50 assists. He may&rsquo; very well be given a chance to make the big jump to the NHL via Chicago.Defensively, the Black Hawks may well present a change of 50% or more since only three of the seven top candidates being considered were with last year&rsquo;s squad&mdash;big Elmer Vasko, versatile Pierre Pilote and rough lan Cushenan.. The first two can be fairly sure of their jobs.Battling Cushenan for three and maybp four other assignments along the blueline are Dollard St. Laurent, Al Arbour and Jack Evans, transferees from the Canadiens. Detroit and New York respectively. Also, young. Doug Barkley who looks even better than when be rais. &#9632;

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Hawks To Parade Nine New Braves To Opener

ST. CATHARINES, Ont&mdash;What is the future of veteran Ted Lindsay in the National Hockey&rsquo; League?Lindsay is fighting for a spot as a left winger with the Chicago Black Hawks and so far has failed to impress anyone. As a matter of fact he has been relegated to the &rsquo;B&rsquo; squad by The Hawks during practice sessions, here. He also sat out an exhibition game when the Hawks and Rangers played at Stamford:Of Lindsay&rsquo;s future with the Hawks general manager Tommy Ivan says: &lsquo;&rsquo;He Was-just one of the many changes in the lineup. We want to get a look at all the left &lsquo;wingers in camp and until we see them play with the big squad we just, don&rsquo;t know how they&rsquo;ll perform.&rdquo;Three other veterans of NHL play&rsquo; were also sent to the &lsquo;B&rsquo; squad. They are Billy Dea. Ed Kachur and Ian Cushenan. &#9632;

Lindsay’s Future Uncertain Shipped To Hawks ‘B’ Squad

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT. Mich.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0759/1650005-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="235" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body">Claude Lafarge</figcaption></div>After just two weeks at training camp general manager Jack Adams was ready to name his Red Wing squad for the 195859 National Hockey League campaign.Six newcomers&mdash;five of them forwards&mdash;were on the 19-man roster which Adams listed.&ldquo;I thought we&rsquo;d have to wait until maybe half the exhibition games were played before we&rsquo;d know which players to keep, but they came along fast this season,&rdquo; Adams pointed out.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s better this way, too. We can start getting the lines together at once so that everyone will have have the exhibition swing to get in the groovfe.&rdquo;This was the roster Adams listed:Centers&mdash;Norm Ullman, Forbes Kennedy, Charley Burns and Len Lunde.Right wings&mdash;Gordie Howe, Nick Mickoski. Dune Fisher, Billy McNeill and Jack McIntyre.Left wing&mdash;Alex Delvecchio, Claude Laforge, Johhny Wilson and Gerry Ehman.Defense&mdash;Marcel Pronovost, Red Kelly. Warren Godfrey. Gus Mortson and Pete Goegan.,Goal&mdash;Terry Sawchuk.&ldquo;There may be some changes, of course,&rdquo; Adams said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d like nothing better than find a youngster with so much hustle and ability that we have to make room for him.Melnyk Still Has Big Chance&ldquo;The only possible change that I can see now, however, might be to add Gerry Melnyk at center. That would mean carrying one player more than we can dress, but I don&rsquo;t object to that.&rdquo;Newcomers on the squad are Lunde. Burns. Fisher, Ehman. Laforge and Mortson. Mortson already&rsquo; has 12 years in the NHL and Fisher served four terms at New York and Boston. The four others are rookies.Actually, there is a fifth player present who can be classed as a rookie. Goegan played only the last 14 games a year ago after coming from Cleveland in a trade.Two of the veterans are listed at new positions. Delvecchio, for seven years an NHL standout at center, became a left wing the day camp opened and was assigned to the new Production Line alongside Howe and Ullman. Mickoski was sent to right wing after working the left boards for many seasons.the three other lines as set have Kennedy-Laforge-Mickoski, Burns-Fisher-Wilson and Lunde-McNeill-Ehman.This left McIntyre as a swing forward and his first assignment came when Mickoski dislocated a shoulder in practice. McNeill took over Mickoski slot and McIntyre filled in for McNeill.The defense pairs will lie Pronovost-Godfrey and Kelly teaming with either Mortson or Geogan.ICE CHIPS: Delvecchio got the news about bis shift to left wing from newsmen at. the first practice session&hellip; He called it &ldquo;good news to me&rdquo;&hellip; The Wings want that &ldquo;big line&rdquo; look again and are willing to plant their three top scorers on one line to do it.The hooker in the Delvecchio switch wasn&rsquo;t so much whether he&rsquo;d fit as a left wing as&rsquo; it was the replacement situation at center&hellip; The presence of Lunde, star product of the. Edmonton Flyers farm club, originally set up the shift.The surprise at training camp, however, was Burns making his first bid for a pro job. Burns played for Whitby Dunlops. Canada&rsquo;s world amateur championship team last winter, and was plucked by the Wings after, the team returned home from Europe&hellip; A one-time member of the Toronto organization Burns suffered a fractured skull four years ago and it was supposed to end his playing career&hellip; He has a steel plate in his head and wears a helmet when he plays.Viewed, as a likely candidate for the Edmonton &#9632;

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Wings To Take Off Using Six Foreign Faces

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>Toronto StarST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0685/1649974-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="263" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rudy Pilous</figcaption></div>Rudy Pilous, the multi talented man who coaches the Chicago Black Hawks, has turned inventor. He has developed an apparatus designed to save wear and tear goaltenders and, while he has not taken out a patent on it yet, the thing ought to become standard equipment with all hockey teams. Hawks&rsquo; allstar goalie, Glenn Hall, swears by it.Pilous had decided it didn&rsquo;t make sense to let high-priced talent like Hall act as a target in training and practice scrimmages, so before he opened training camp here, he went to work with hammer and saw and built a shield for the. front of the nets.Heavy planking blocks the whole front of the cage except the four corners and slender spaces beside the posts, under the cross bar and along the ice. During most Hawk drills, this contraption tends goal while Hall and his understudy, Roy Edwards, skate around and loosen up.&ldquo;I figure we Haven&rsquo;t been giving goalies a chance, especially in training.&rdquo; Rudy explains. &ldquo;As soon as a workout starts, the goalie always has had to take his position. He may be out of condition, his reflexes may be oft, certainly he isn&rsquo;t even warmed up. Meanwhile, the forwards are ready&rsquo; to fire their best shots. How can you justify putting a fellow like Glenn Hall into a spot like that? Furthermore, a lot of any practice is just target practice and why expose your top goalie, or any goalie, to that?&rdquo;Pilous likens his invention to the mechanical pitchers baseball teams use in training. These machines serve up pitches all day, as long as the batters wish to practice and no matter how many of them there are, and the club&rsquo;s mound staff doesn&rsquo;t get worn out.&ldquo;Besides.&rdquo; says Pilous&rsquo;, &ldquo;having just the corners and edges to shoot at sharpens, the for; wards up. as much as a real life goalie, would.&rdquo;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great idea,&rdquo; Hall testifies. &ldquo;I was able to warm up and then go into the nets for maybe 15 minutes the first day, It&rsquo;s surprising how much better I feel this, year from having been able to come along gradually; instead of being stuck into game.&ldquo;This thing is too good,&rdquo; Edwards added. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the best goalie in camp. They might decide they can get along without us.&rdquo;&ldquo;First goalie I ever saw that couldn&rsquo;t be deked,&rdquo; Hall contributed.&rdquo;Actually, the Pilous invention isn&rsquo;t a complete innovation. It was tried once before on a minor league team, until one day when a key forward broke in on goal and let fly a sizzling shot. The puck ricocheted from the board and hit the player right on the head opening up a bad cut. The mechanical goalie was scrapped there and then. &#9632;

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Rudy Invents Apparatus To Save Goalers

<h2>No New Faces&hellip;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01363/1650050-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="557" height="560"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toe Bloke</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02300/1650043-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="553" height="565"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Watson</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03232/1650036-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="554" height="557"><figcaption class="caption-body">Milt Schmidt</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;General Manager Frank Selke of the Montreal Canadiens calmly quotes figures in dollars and cents when he&rsquo;s criticized for tying up junior hockey players.In an interview with Andy O&rsquo;Brien of Weekend Magazine Selke told him that his empire would crumble &ldquo;within five years if we decided to sit pat with our accumulated talent and cut down on minor hockey development which last season cost us $229,000. But we&rsquo;re not.&rdquo;O&rsquo;Brien, in his story says the Canadiens hate spent $1,800,000 on their farm system since Selke took over 12 years ago.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been called the Octopus Ind. of hockey,&rdquo; comments Selke, &ldquo;but if anybody wants to undertake the financing of our minor teams we&rsquo;ll gladly step out, as we did at St. Boniface, Man., where we had 12 teams corraled instead of spending $229,000 as we did last year, it would be cheaper to divide $100,000 into 10 bundles of $10,000 and use those bundles to pick up ten good players.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Selke Has Spent Nearly $2,000,000 On Hub’s Farm In 12 Years With Club

PETERBOROUGH, Ont.&mdash;Take it from new Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; assistant general manager Punch Imlach, there is going to be an untying of juniors in the Province of Quebec.Imlach, here for the Leafs&rsquo; training camp says the Canadiens are tying up all the Quebec junior clubs except in the Lake St. John area. The area he talked about is close to Chicoutimi, where the Leafs have a working agreement with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens of the Quebec Hockey League.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to fight them on their own grounds,&rdquo; said Punch, &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t afford to let Canadiens sew up Quebec.&rdquo;&ldquo;I know we can&rsquo;t outbid Canadiens but maybe if we give the clubs financial and coaching assistance we may break the Canadiens&rsquo; stranglehold.&rdquo;Imlach, who was general manager of the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League last season, contended that the Canadiens give money to every team except those sponsored by the Sagueneens, although they are allowed only-one sponsored club.&ldquo;Those teams then release their best men to the Canadiens&rsquo; farm system,&rdquo; he said.<h2>&hellip;In Six Coaching Places</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04174/1650095-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="529" height="540"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05124/1650088-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="535" height="546"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rudy Pilous</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0695/1650081-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="550" height="546"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Reay</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Imlach Promises All-Out Battle With Canadiens For Quebec Kids

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0772/1650133-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg"></div>ST. CATHARINES, Ont,&mdash;An exhibition hockey game. many may assume, provides a display of the fundamentals &rsquo; and fine points as well as chance to practice for the players. If these be facts then bodycheeked right out of the rinks here and at Peterborough, Ont., September 19 and 20.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0855/1650126-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="288" height="449"></div>The Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leafs launched their exhibition schedules with a training camp &ldquo;home and home&rdquo; series that should go down in history as the roughest and wildest exhibition set ever played. An amazing 60 penalties, 20 of them majors, were called.Brawl after brawl pushed the business of playing hockey into the background and coaches tie chance to accomplish what they want to do most.&mdash;judge the play of the candidates for their teams this season as accurately as possible.Through it all it was a miracle that, no one was seriously hurt although four skaters had to be sewed up with something like 30 stitches and Leaf Barry Cullen was sidelined with a twisted knee in the 1 to 1 second game that attracted over 3,400 fans at St. Catherines&mdash;the largest exhibition crowd in 11 years.The game at Peterborough, won easily by the host Torontos, 7-0, when Frank Mahovlich of the winners was banished with a major for high sticking and drawing blood on Eric Nesterenko of Chicago.Referee Dalton McArthur threw eight, players off the ice in a span of 2 8 seconds in the second stanza after Hawk Ted Lindsay and Tim Horton of Toronto got mixed up against the boards at 5.31. A general, free-swinging melee involved all the skaters on the ice save goalies Glenn Hall (Chicago) and Jhon Lindsay was banished for high sticking and, along with teammates Ian Cushenan and Bobby Hull, also got a major for fighting. Fighting majors also subtracted Leafs Horton, George Armstrong and Willie Marshall from the ice. Armstrong also got a minor for charging.A few moments of calm then settled on the scene before Tod Sloan of Chicago and Toronto rookie Noel Price were shipped to the penalty box for a brief. &#9632;

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Hawks-Leafs Stage 60-Penalty Exhibition Games

<div class="byline">By LYALL SMITH</div>Sports Editor, Detroit Free PressDETROIT, Mich&mdash;Someone once described Jack Adams as a man so enthusiastic about hockey that he bounces on tiptoes every time the word is mentioned.Today, at 63, it is a trifle difficult for Adams actually to get on tiptoes even if he has cut his weight 23&frac12; pounds (to 228) under the $50-a-pound reducing offer by his young boss, Bruce Norris.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01348/1650171-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="283" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jock Adams</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02326/1650164-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="257" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>Yet, there is no disputing the enthusiasm. Weather and calendar to the contrary, Adams is convening his Stick, Skate & Puck Set daily at Olympia. It&rsquo;s the start of his 32nd year as general manager of the Red Wings, and Jack is as keyed up about it as the rawest rookie.&ldquo;Come on up here, it&rsquo;s a little warmer and you can see better.&rdquo; he waved in greeting from his box seat a fewrows back of the Red Wing bench.Hazards of standing next to the boards already had been defined. First there was a jolting elbow from a frolicking redshirt easily identifiable as Gordie Howe.&ldquo;Sorry,&rdquo; Gordie yelled as he skated away. A minute later the blade of a hockey stick dumped a shower of ice, and by this time it was evident that the playful Howe wasn&rsquo;t as sorry as he said.&ldquo;The greatest ever,&rdquo; Adams laughed, echoing a phrase he had used before in discussing Howe. &ldquo;Hockey is just a game for him and he never quits enjoying it. How I wish some of the youngsters could catch his spirit even if they never can match his ability.&rdquo;Howe, Detroit&rsquo;s new captain, and some 20 of his teammates were frisking through the first contact tinder Sid Abel&rsquo;s insistent whistle. They&rsquo;d zip in a scrimmage for a while, then Abel would call a halt and quietly talk over a couple of errors with offenders.After another few days of this sort of thing there will be a swing of nine exhibition games. Then the Wings will investigate their 1958-59 future in the 70-game National League schedule.&ldquo;We can finish anywhere from second place to last.&rdquo; Adams answered bluntly when asked what the future might hold.&ldquo;I have a rule of thumb that you need two. three new players to develop every year. Last year we drew a blank so now we&rsquo;re trying to catch up with five or six new boys.&ldquo;You tell me how many will click and how well they&rsquo;ll click and I can tell you a lot more about where we&rsquo;ll finish.Defense Isn&rsquo;t As Bad As They Say&ldquo;Right now I&rsquo;d say that Len Lunde can&rsquo;t miss. He&rsquo;s that big center out there, only 21. Maybe he was ready a year ago but we gave him a full season in the minors to develop and he&rsquo;s come along well.&ldquo;Then there&rsquo;s Gerry Melnyk, another center from Edmonton who has been in camp three years as a pro but never looked this good. If he and Lunde both force themselves in as centers, then we&rsquo;ll be able to keep Alex Delvecchio on the new Production Line with Howe and Norm Ullman.&ldquo;Same with some of the new wingers. Dunc Fisher and Gerry Ehman were the class of the American League last season and ought to be able to play NHL hockey.&ldquo;We bought Claude Laforge and Gene Achtymichuk from the Montreal system last spring, Laforge is a tough little guy who&rsquo;ll play on the line with Forbes Kennedy&mdash;what a rugged pair&hellip; they&rsquo;ll keep a lot of players honest on the ice.&rdquo;Adams bristled a bit when questioned about the report that Detroit&rsquo;s most grievous weakness is the defense.&ldquo;They aren&rsquo;t talking about Terry Sawchuk. I hope. He&rsquo;s the best goalie in&rsquo; the league.&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be too certain about our defensemen being weak, either. Young Pete Goegan came along fast after we got him front Cleveland late last season. Warren Godfrey is a solid NHL defenseman and Marcel Pronovost was good enough to make the second All Star team.&ldquo;Sure, Red Kelly had a bad season. He&rsquo;s the first to admit it, too. But he&rsquo;ll bounce right back again, just watch.&ldquo;Now we&rsquo;ve got Gus Mortson for insurance and there are some rookies like Jack Hendrickson and Gord Strate who will make the veterans hustle to keep their jobs.&rdquo;Pausing for breath, Adams skated back to the starting point:&ldquo;See what I mean about finishing anywhere from first to sixth? We&rsquo;ve got the makings. Now we need a few breaks in developing these boys.&rdquo; &#9632;

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“We Can Finish Anywhere From 2nd To Last,” Adams

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div>PETERBOROUGH, Ont.&mdash;Neither Britain&rsquo;s commandos, nor America&rsquo;s Marines would dare to compare their records for courage, fortitude and daring against those of a hockey club&rsquo;s executive before the first shot is fired in anger.Take for example the Toronto Maple Leafs, who finished in the National League cellar, last season for the first time in their history.Coach Billy Reay has predicted a sensational recovery to second place. Assistant General Manager Punch Imlach has modified that only slightly in forecasting a third-place finish. And the balance of the front office is even more confident of a place in next springs Stanley Cup playoffs.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m looking to finish as high as second place,&rdquo; were the words Reay used to greet his players as they set out for the team&rsquo;s new camp headquarters in Peterborough. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m expecting a 25 per cent improvement, with 12&frac12; per cent more goals scored by us and 12% per cent fewer against.&rdquo;Imlach didn&rsquo;t break down his forecast so finely. But for a man who had never before seen most of the athletes with whom he is dealing, Punch was equally bold in his prognostication.&ldquo;Third place is the target.&rdquo; he said. The potential is here to do it. and third place is the best spot for the playoffs. You get a first crack at the champions there and if you can&rsquo;t beat them in the first round, you won&rsquo;t in the second.&rdquo;Smythe Expects Good ShowGardens president Conn Smythe was slightly more reserved and less definite, but equally confident.&ldquo;All you people who expect the worst of Leafs are going to be disappointed.&rdquo; he told the press and players at a luncheon preceding the opening of training camp.Behind this overwhelming wave of optimism there has to be some ground. It includes:1. An anticipated improvement in goalkeeping through the drafting of Cleveland&rsquo;s Johnny Bower, to be platooned with regular Ed Chadwick.2. Addition of forward strength in Bert Olmstead, acquired from Montreal Canadiens, and possibly in Willie Marshall, the All-Star American League centre from Hershey.<h2>He Says Second</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03279/1650202-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="271" height="471"></div>3. Added defensive manpower in the person of another AHL All-Star, Cleveland&rsquo;s Steve Kraftcheck.4. Anticipated maturing of some of the Leaf youngsters who should know their way around the NHL by now.And a great belief in miracles!There is no doubt that Leafs will be improved over the sorry spectacle that shone for a few weeks last December and then plummeted out of sight. But fourth place would be a more appropriate target than second or third. And fifth place is the most likely destination of all.Holdovers Are The KryThe men who could change such a destiny are holdovers Frank Mahovlich, Dick Duff, Billy Harris. George Armstrong and Ed Chadwick, newcomers Bower. Kraftcheck, Olmstead and rookie Carl Brewer and the defense in general.Mahovlich, the Calder Cup winner who sizzled for a few weeks in the middle of his rookie campaign, gave the forecasters grounds for hope with his added aggressiveness in the first two weeks of training camp. His lack of fire was the only criticism levelled at the Big &rsquo;M&rsquo; last season, and Reay hopes to overcome that by exposing bin to more aggressive wings this season. Accordingly the coach has United him with Omstead &#9632;

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Reay Forecasts 2nd, Punch 3rd, Fifth Most Likely, Says Scribe

PETERBOROUGH. Ont.&mdash;Dick Duff has been given the needle, but the rest of the Maple Leaf hockey players are feeling the jabs.Since coach Billy Reay delivered a &ldquo;Get Rough, Duff&rdquo; edict, in only slightly gentler terms, the capable little left winger has been throwing his weight around as if he had more than 160 pounds of it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04238/1650233-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="545" height="565"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Duff</figcaption></div>Ending two years of almost saintly conduct, Dick has recovered the dead-end stature that made him look like another Ted Lindsay and potential all-star in his freshman season.Bob Baun, Jim Morrison, and anyone else who has had the misfortune to play opposite him in training camp scrimmages here, can testify to this.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really not mad at anybody.&rdquo; Dick shrugs when confronted with charges of assault. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;ve been told I&rsquo;ll help the team more if I&rsquo;m aggressive, like I was that first year. I didn&rsquo;t get as much of a raise this year as I&rsquo;d hoped for, and to get the rest, we have to make the playoffs. I get it in a bonus then.&rdquo;Dick has shown such a willingness to co-operate that the targets of his treachery have caught the same fire&mdash;in self defense if nothing else.&ldquo;Everybody&rsquo;s getting a little hungrier and tougher,&rdquo; realizes Duff, who prepared for this season with heavy summer construction work. &ldquo;In fact this is the best camp I&rsquo;ve ever attended. For a change the team has some spirit and fire.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Duff Gets Rough, Must Moke Playoffs For Bonus Payoff

Formidable in size, the new line was appropriately successful in production from its inception in the second week of training camp. Army, who weighs less and works more than in other recent camps, and Olmstead, noted for his heady aggressive play, have set the pace as expected with the desired effect on Mahovlich.Toronto&rsquo;s other &rsquo;lines, however, continue to show gaping holes which could be offset only if Harris and Duff develop as expected. Harris, one of the league&rsquo;s best playmakers, is still battling to develop an effective shot that would make him a key man in Toronto&rsquo;s future. But Dick Duff, another potential star has recovered the fire he showed as a freshman and seems determined to spread it to his teammates, if only in their own self defense during scrimmages.Defense Has ImprovedThe forward picture received a setback when Barry Cullen suffered torn knee ligaments upon being checked by Chicago&rsquo;s Jack Evans in an exhibition game. And his loss curtails the ability of his brother and centre, Brian Cullen, who had become accustomed to Barry constantly being in the right position. But Barry is expected to miss only the first few games of the campaign.The defense, which was Toronto&rsquo;s biggest weakness last season, has meanwhile given Reay some encouragement. Although he was not seriously figured in Toronto&rsquo;s plans, the 20-year-old Brewer from Marlboro juniors has become the toast of training camp with his poise, speed, and expert clearing, passing and cheeking. Tint Horton has recovered his old drive; Marc Reaume is finally showing the poise and confidence of a veteran; Kraftcheck, the needed talent for passing and clearing and Al MacNeil, the fruits of a season in Rochester.Through the first two exhibition games, the defense excelled. And Bower, who is quick and particularly sharp on close shots, and Chadwick, trimmer and apparently thriving on the job competition, combined to hold Black Hawks to one goal in the two games while Leafs scored eight.Exhibitions, however, don&rsquo;t count. Seventy league games will make or break the Leaf brass as forecasters.<h2>He Says Third</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05183/1650264-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="539" height="553"></div> &#9632;

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Imlach Says Third Place Is Best Spot To End—Take On Champs First

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div>NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.&mdash;It&rsquo;s nice to win championships?&mdash;But.The Hershey Bears brass today will tell you&mdash;at the drop of the puck&mdash;that garnering cups and titles can raise havoc with a club&rsquo;s player ranks.Capturing both the American League and Calder Cup trophies resulted in Hershey being hit hard by trades, retirement, et al, in the ranks of its stars.The Bears lost Willie Marshall and Dunc Fisher, the one-two scoring punch of the circuit. Marshall was snapped up by Toronto, while Fisher was grabbed by Detroit. Hershey had no alternative but to trade the pair who were certain to be drafted by the NHL.When those two whiz-bang skaters left they took 192 points with them. Marshall won the loop&rsquo;s individual scoring title With 40 goals and 64 assists; Fisher was second with 41 markers and 47 set-ups.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01362/1650302-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="275" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hec Lalonde</figcaption></div>Added to this defenseman Al Dewsbury hung up his skates for keeps; Boston reclaimed forwards Eddie Panagabko and Lome Davis. while Cleveland obtained backliner Bucky Hollingworth in a mid-season trade with Detroit.As coach Frank Mathers put his charges through the paces in training camp here, he&rsquo;s faced with a rebuilding program.One of the key chinks in the club&rsquo;s armor at the moment is the right wing brigade. Two of the four skaters bucking for a right side spot are holdovers Eddie Stankiewicz and Lett Haley, the latter a 30-goal scorer as a rookie. Stankiewicz potted 13 goals last season. The two newcomers are Jacques Gagnon, runner-up for Quebec League scoring honors with the Quebec Aces, and Ken Coombe, who skated with Johnstown in the Eastern Amateur circuit. Gagnon closed out the 1957 campaign with 33 goals.The strongest feature of the club&rsquo;s makeup is the goal, where two veterans Gil Mayer and Bobby Perrault hold fort. Mayer, bugged with injuries for the last two years, is in tip-top shape and anxious to bump Perreault out of a job. who seems to improve with age, sported a 2.7 2 goals against average for A7 season games. In the playoffs, the stubby netminder came up with some clutch performances. He allowed 31 goals in 11 games, stopped 240 shots and had a 2.81 goals against mark.No less than a half-dozen defensemen are in the fold with the corps including Mathers, Larry Zeidel, Jackie Price, Howie Yanosik, John Hendrickson and Gordon Strate. New faces are Hendrickson and Strate. both of whom were sent here by the parent Red Wings. Hendrickson skated for Edmonton last season, while Strate was with both Cleveland and Detroit. Yanosik saw light duty with Hershey before being farmed out to Edmonton.Four centers are at hand. Hec Lalande, Mike Nykoluk. Arnie Kullman and Walt Boyer, Lalande was grabbed by Hershey from Detroit in the Fisher deal, while Nykoluk was part of the Toronto deal involving Marshall. Lalande, who hooked on with the Bears near the close of the year, was sensational and a driving force behind the club winning all the blue chips. Boyer came to Hershey from the Toronto Marlboros, while Kullman is in his tenth season with Hershey.The left wingers include Capt. Obie O&rsquo;Brien, Bob Solinger, Les Duff, and Don Poile. All but Poile are holdovers. He came to the Bears, along with Lalande. in the Fisher trade. Poile skated sparingly for the Red Wings last season.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02301/1650295-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="2801" height="1757"></div> &#9632;

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Trades, Draft, Retirements Clawed Bears To Pieces

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>HULL, Que.&mdash;The Rochester Americans have their third coach in as many seasons in the American Hockey League.He&rsquo;s Wilfred (Bucko) McDonald, 46-year-old veteran National League performer.McDonald replaces Roly McLenahan as skipper of the Amerks. Billy Reay, now coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs guided the fortunes of the Rochester entry in 1956-57, with McLenahan taking over for last season.Rochester wound up third in its initial season since rejoining the AHL, but slipped to fifth place in 1957-58.McDonald may be a stranger to Rochester hockey fans since his active career concluded in 1945, but he certainly is not a stranger to Canadian followers of the sport.The hefty McDonald,&mdash;he stands 5-11 and weighs about 225 pounds&mdash;played 10 seasons as a defenseman in the National League.Before turning to pro hockey, Bucko was one of the greats in Canadian lacrosse. In fact, it was lacrosse that got him into hockey. The Toronto Maple Leafs wanted to sign McDonald to a lacrosse contract, and he signed only after demanding and getting a hockey contract, also.<h2>New Leader</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03255/1650333-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="503" height="839"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bucko McDonald</figcaption></div>The Leafs shipped him to Buffalo where he made his pro hockey debut as a left winger in 1933 in the old International League. But McDonald didn&rsquo;t do much as a left winger, and soon was cut loose by the Leafs in a telephone conversation in which Conn Smythe of Toronto reportedly told him. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re all washed up like a February thaw.&rdquo;Buffalo immediately signed Bucko and he got a chance to play defense when one of the Bisons was injured. That was the answer. He became a star overnight.His play on defens with the Bisons earned him a shot in the big time. Detroit acquired McDonald in a trade on January 1, 1935. Bucko played on two Stanley Cup championship teams with Detroit and later was purchased for $50,000 by the man who had given him away for nothing&mdash;Conn Smythe.McDonald played on the Stanley Cup champion Leaf club of 1942&mdash;the team that dropped the first three games to Detroit before coming to back to take the next four, He won second All-Star team honors for his play that season. &#9632;

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Amerks Sign Third Coach; Bucko Succeeds McLenahan

HULL, Que.&mdash;The signing of Bucko McDonald to coach the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League came as somewhat of a surprise to many.General Manager Paul Bibeault of the Americans explained at the official announcement: &ldquo;Bucko didn&rsquo;t apply tor the job. We went to him.&rsquo;&rsquo;Bibeault said half a dozen men were considered for the job including Rudy Migay and Jim Thomson. Migay played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Americans last season, and Thomson, a former Leaf, was with the Hawks. &#9632;

Bucko Won Job Over Migay, Thomson

<div class="byline">By AL OSTROM</div>SEATTLE. Wash.&mdash;Feverish negotiations and dealings to assure championships in March were the prime early October concerns of the nine Western Hockey League coaches as they prepared for their respective 1958-59 openers a few days hence.As usual, the coaches, general managers and owners were still looking for &ldquo;a good defenseman,&rdquo; &ldquo;a right wing who can score goals,&rdquo; and the elusive one or two players who can &ldquo;put us in the running for the title.&rdquo;All clubs, of course, were awaiting the final cuts from the National League before declaring themselves &ldquo;set&rdquo; tor the season, but in most cases from Winnipeg to Victoria the pattern already had been established and what they will get from the NHL will simply be frosting on the cake.At this writing it appears that the power in the West will be gathered in Vancouver, even though the champion Canucks arc undertaking an experiment of major proportions.Bruce Gamble of the Guelph Juniors and who led Ottawa to the Memorial Cup title, is to be installed in goal The gay Frenchman, Marcel Pelletier, is back in Victoria after a big year on the mainland.The step from juniors to WHL pro represents a tremendous leap, but cagy Coley Hall and Art Chapman, who mastermind the Forum hockey dynasty have never played a bad goal card.Gamble will follow on the heels of such goalies as Pelletier, Mikulan, Bower. Worsley and Francis. Vancouver, in other words, is a haven for goaltenders, so if Gamble has any luck at all he should manage right well.Calgary, which went into the WHL playoff finals against Vancouver (and down to defeat in four straight games), may also come up with a similar Great Experiment in goal. Coach Gus Kyle has lined up young Ray Edwards to replace the veteran Al Rollins. The latter, however, was ready to be &ldquo;replaced&rdquo; annually at Chicago but managed to stick it out for five long years with the Hawks.Canucks Tough on DefenseStampeder fans aren&rsquo;t counting out Rollins, but then again there is a limit to the longevity of the best&hellip; even Rollins. Edwards comes highly rated on. the strength of leading Whitby to the World championships in Sweden.The remainder of the WHL clubs are expected to line up with seasoned goal tenders&mdash;Lucien Dechene at Saskatoon; Ray Mikulan at Winnipeg; Dennis Riggin at Edmonton; Pelletier at Victoria; Bev Bentley at New Westminster; Emile (The Cat) Francis at Spokane, the league&rsquo;s new entry; and Billy Tibbs at Seattle.The Canucks, seldom a scoring power but always tough defenders, are expected to have their usual big guns on the blue line. Hugh Currie and Brent Macnab from a solid pair, while the second unit is expected to be Jack Bownass and Frank Sullivan, acquired through the New York Rangers. Ray Chevrier also is at hot prospect. Phil Maloney and Jackie McLeod form the hard core on the front lines.New Westminster&rsquo;s foxy Hal Laycoe, who speaks softly but plays a big game, could come up with the surprise in the Coast Division, providing he is successful in rebuilding his defense. Steve Hrymnak has retired, Bob Bergeron has been thinking about a coaching job in the Okanogan League and Ron Matthews, one of the best in-the West, has a bright future in a department store and is weighing it against hockey career.Fred Creighton and John Yanchuk are the only sure regulars with possible help from coming from Howie Young and Norm Ryder of Hamilton and Bill McDowell of Winnipeg.Gordy Fashoway, the old reliable, is good for another 30 goals as usual, and he&rsquo;s backed by Max McNab, Art Jones, Pat Hannigan, Hugh Barlow, Arlo Goodwin and Arnie Schmautz and Dick Van Impe.Jones had a big season as a rookie and appears to have a bright future. Barlow might well emerge as the Royals&rsquo; top gunner. Gary Edmundson, the WHL&rsquo;s penalty leader and the Royals&rsquo; fearless policeman, has followed such Western aces as Colin Kilburn, Dennis Olson. Dave Duke, Kent Douglas and Bill McCreary to Eddie Shore&rsquo;s Springfield club in the American League.Pat Egan has a big job cut out for him at Victoria, where he&rsquo;s desperately trying to rebuild from last season&rsquo;s disastrous campaign, in which the Cougars lost 50 of their 70 games, a WHL record.<h2>To Play On The Coast</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01361/1650433-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="265" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Bowness</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02320/1650426-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="242" height="392"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Lund</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03258/1650419-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="247" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cummy Burton</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04207/1650412-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="238" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Benny Woit</figcaption></div>Pelletier will help immeasurably, as will Enio Selisizzi, obtained along with Georg* Ford and Murray Wilkie in a trade for Eddie Dorohoy But to Loss. ductive centerman, will be difficult to resolve. Kilburn, shuffled off to Edmonton last year, also appears tough to replace.Doug Macauley, long an underrated WHL player, could have booming season if placed on a good line add allowed to remain there.Much of the remainder of the Cougar lineup was a deep, dark question at press time. Egan expected a flock of players from Boston.Spokane, fresh from its annual cleanup of the Western International League, has lined up a club comprised of some amateur holdovers mixed with some old hands and untried youngsters.Cat Francis will work behind Benny Woit, former Red Wing and Black Hawk, former Canuck all-star Jack Lancien, Walt Clune and youngsters Larry McLaren and John Hodges.Ex-amateur forwards trying out are Lome Nadeau, well known in the WHL and Frank Kubasek, another WHL veteran of a few years ago. Tick Beattie, Lloyd Maxfield and Buddy Bodman also are up from the Allen Cup finalists of two years ago.Bev Bell, Walt Bradley, Glen Cressman, Joe Lund and Delvin Topall, and Bill Sutherland round out the pre-season roster. Sutherland is a promising center ice candidate up from Cincinnati of the IHL.While there appears to be no great accumulation of power on the club, no city in the WHL can compare to Spokane for frenzied hockey fans. They&rsquo;re teriffic. &#9632;

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Canucks, Flyers Get Call For WHL Flags

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;A youngster, drafted by the Detroit Red Wings from the Cincinnati Mohawks of the International Hockey League has caused quite a lot of excitement with his fine training camp play here. His name is Louis Marcon.&ldquo;He reminds me a little of Jack Stewart tvhen he first came up,&rsquo; says General Manager Jack Adams of the Wings.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s not a flashy player, but he&rsquo;s always coming up with the puck. He dives for the puck like Bob Goldham. We had such good reports on him that we had Hershey draft him. We have a working agreement with Hershey and it looks as though it&rsquo;s going to work to Edmonton&rsquo;s advantage.&rdquo;The Wings have sent Marcon to the Edmonton Flyers of the WHL. &#9632;

Marcon Of Flyers Reminds Adams Of Big Jack Stewart

OCTOBER10&mdash;Victoria at Vancouver Calgary at Edmonton Saskatoon at Winnipeg11&mdash;Seattle at Spokane Vancouver atNew Westminter Edmonton at Calgary Winnipeg at Saskatoon12&mdash;Spokane at Seattle13&mdash;Calgary at Victoria14&mdash;Calgary at Seattle Edmonton at Saskatoon15&mdash;Calgary-New Westminster Edmonton at Winnipeg17&mdash;Calgary at Vancouver Saskatoon at Edmonton18&mdash;Calgary at Spokane Vancouver at Victoria Seattle at New Westminster Winnipeg at Saskatoon19&mdash;New Westminster at Seattle Victoria at Vancouver21&mdash;New Westminster at VictoriaCalgary at Saskatoon22&mdash;Edmonton at Spokane Victoria atNew WestminsterCalgary at Vancouver24&mdash;Edmonton at Vancouver Saskatoon at Calgary25&mdash;Vancouver at Spokane Seattle at Victoria Edmonton atWestminster26&mdash;Edmonton at Seattle28&mdash;Edmonton at Victoria New Westminster at Winnipeg29&mdash;New Westminter at Saskatoon31&mdash;Victoria at Seattle New Westminster at EdmontonVancouver at WinnipegNOVEMBER1&mdash;Victoria at Spokane New Westminster at Calgary Vancouver at Saskatoon2&mdash;Spokane at Seattle4&mdash;Vancouver at Calgary Edmonton at Winnipeg5&mdash;New Westminster at SpokaneSaskatoon at Victoria Vancouver at Edmonton7&mdash;Saskatoon at Seattle New Westminster atVancouver Winnipeg at Edmonton8&mdash;Seattle at Spokane Vancouver at Victoria Saskatoon atNew Westminster Winnipeg at Calgary9&mdash;Spokane at Seattle Saskatoon at Vancouver11&mdash;Seattle at Edmonton Victoria at Winnipeg12&mdash;Seattle at Calgary Victoria at Saskatoon14&mdash;Spokane at Vancouver Victoria at Edmonton Seattle at Winnipeg15&mdash;Spokane atNew Westminster Victoria at Calgary Seattle at Saskatoon16&mdash;Edmonton at Spokane New Westminster at Vancouver19&mdash;New Westminster at SpokaneEdmonton at Victoria Calgary at Winnipeg20&mdash;Calgary at Saskatoon21&mdash;Spokane at Seattle Edmonton at Vancouver22&mdash;Seattle as Spokane Vancouver at Victoria Edmonton atNew Westminster Winnipeg at Calgary23&mdash;Edmonton at Seattle Victoria at Vancouver24&mdash;Winnipeg at Saskatoon25&mdash;New Westminster at VictoriaSpokane at Calgary26&mdash;Victoria atNew WestminsterSpokane at Edmonton28&mdash;Seattle at Vancouver Calgary at Edmonton Spokane at Saskatoon29&mdash;Seattle at Victoria Vancouver atNew Westminster Edmonton at Calgary Spokane at Winnipeg30&mdash;New Westminster at SeattleDECEMBER1&mdash;Spokane at Winnipeg2&mdash;Spokane at Edmonton Victoria at Saskatoon3&mdash;Spokane at C algary.5&mdash;New Westminster at VancouverVictoria at Edmonton6&mdash;Winnipeg at Spokane Seattle at New Westminster Victoria at Calgary Edmonton at Saskatoon7&mdash;Winnipeg at Seattle10&mdash;Spokane at Victoria Winnipeg at New Westminster11&mdash;Calgary at Saskatoon12&mdash;Winnipeg at Vancouver Saskatoon at Edmonton13&mdash;Seattle at Spokane Winnipeg at Victoria Vancouver atNew Westminster Saskatoon at Calgary14&mdash;Spokane at Seattle New Westminter at Vancouver16&mdash;New Westminster at EdmontonSaskatoon at Winnipeg17&mdash;Victoria at Spokane New Westminster at Saskatoon19&mdash;Calgary at Edmonton New Westminster at Winnipeg20&mdash;Vancouver at Spokane New Westminster at CalgaryEdmonton at Saskatoon21&mdash;Vancouver at Seattle25&mdash;Spokane at Winnipeg26&mdash;New Westminster at VictoriaSeattle at Vancouver Winnipeg at Edmonton Spokane at Saskatoon27&mdash;Victoria atNew Westminster Winnipeg at Calgary Spokane at Saskatoon28&mdash;New Westminster at Seattle29&mdash;Victoria at Vancouver30&mdash;Calgary at Winnipeg31&mdash;Victoria at Seattle Spokane at Edmonton Calgary at SaskatoonJANUARY 19391&mdash;New Westminster at VictoriaSpokane at Calgary Edmonton at Winnipeg2&mdash;New Westminter at VancouverSeattle at Edmonton3&mdash;Victoria at Spokane Vancouver atNew Westminster Seattle at Calgary Winnipeg at Saskatoon4&mdash;Victoria at Spokane6&mdash;Seattle at Edmonton7&mdash;Spokane atNew Westminster Saskatoon at Calgary Seattle at Winnipeg 9&mdash;Spokane at Vancouver Saskatoon at Edmonton Seattle at Winnipeg 10&mdash;Vancouver at Spokane Victoria atNew Westminster Edmonton at Calgary Seattle at Saskatoon12&mdash;Seattle at Saskatoon13&mdash;Vancouver at Edmonton Saskatoon at Winnipeg14&mdash;Spokane at Victoria Seattle at Calgary15&mdash;Vancouver at Saskatoon16&mdash;Vancouver at Winnipeg17&mdash;Edmonton at Spokane Seattle at Victoria Saskatoon atNew Westminster Vancouver at Calgary18&mdash;Edmonton at Seattle20&mdash;Saskatoon at Vancouver21&mdash;Saskatoon at Victoria Edmonton atNew Westminster Calgary at Winnipeg23&mdash;Saskatoon at Seattle Edmonton at Vancouver Calgary at Winnipeg24&mdash;Saskatoon at Spokane Edmonton at Victoria Vancouver atNew Westminster Winnipeg at Calgary25&mdash;Victoria at Seattle27&mdash;Calgary at Spokane New Westminster atVictoriaSaskatoon at Winnipeg28&mdash;Spokane at SeattleCalgary atNew Westminster Winnipeg at Edmonton 30&mdash;Calgary at Vancouver Edmonton at Saskatoon 31&mdash;Seattle at Spokane Calgary at Victoria WinnipegNew Westminster Saskatoon at EdmontonFEBRUARY1&mdash;Calgary at Seattle Winnipeg at Vancouver4&mdash;New Westminster at SpokaneWinnipeg at Victoria Saskatoon at Calgary6&mdash;Winnipeg at Seattle New Westminster at VancouverCalgary at Edmonton7&mdash;Winnipeg at Spokane Vancouver at Victoria Seattle atNew Westminster Calgary at Saskatoon8&mdash;Winnipeg at Spokane New Westminster at SeattleVictoria at Vancouver10&mdash;Winnipeg at CalgaryNew Westminster at Edmonton11&mdash;Spokane at Victoria12&mdash;New Westminster at Saskatoon13&mdash;Spokane at Vancouver Saskatoon at Edmonton New Westminster at Winnipeg14&mdash;Vancouver at Spokane Seattle at Victoria New Westminster at CalgaryEdmonton at Saskatoon15&mdash;Vancouver at Seattle16&mdash;Edmonton at Winnipeg17&mdash;Calgary at Victoria18&mdash;Calgary at Seattle Victoria atNew Westminster19&mdash;Saskatoon at Winnipeg20&mdash;Calgary at VancouverWinnipeg at Saskatoon21&mdash;Seattle at Spokane Vancouver at Victoria Calgary atNew Westminster Winnipeg at Edmonton22&mdash;Calgary at Spokane New Westminster at SeattleVictoria at Vancouver24&mdash;Winnipeg at Edmonton Victoria at Saskatoon25&mdash;Spokane atNew Westminster Edmonton at Calgary Victoria at Winnipeg27&mdash;Seattle at Vancouver Victoria at Edmonton Calgary at Winnipeg 28&mdash;Saskatoon at Spokane Vancouver atNew Westminster Victoria at CalgaryMARCH1&mdash;Saskatoon at Spokane Vancouver at Seattle2&mdash;Winnipeg at Calgary4&mdash;Saskatoon at Victoria Winnipeg at New Westminster6&mdash;Saskatoon at Seattle Winnipeg at Vancouver Calgary at Edmonton7&mdash;Winnipeg at Victoria Saskatoon atNew Westminster Edmonton at Calgary8&mdash;New Westminster at SpokaneWinnipeg at Seattle Saskatoon at Vancouver10&mdash;Saskatoon at CalgaryVancouver at Edmonton11&mdash;Spokane at Victoria12&mdash;Vancouver at Saskatoon13&mdash;Victoria at SeattleVancouver at Winnipeg14&mdash;Seattle at Victoria Spokane atNew WestminsterVancouver at Calgary Saskatoon at Edmonton15&mdash;Spokane at Seattle 17&mdash;Vancouver at SpokaneEdmonton at Saskatoon19&mdash;Seattle at Spokane20&mdash;Spokane at Vancouver Calgary at Edmonton Saskatoon at Winnipeg21&mdash;Spokane at Victoria Seattle atNew Westminster Edmonton al Calgary Winnipeg at Saskatoon22&mdash;Seattle at Vancouver &#9632;

Western Hockey League Schedule 1958-59 SEASON

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01357/1650536-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Floyd &ldquo;Busher&rsquo; Curry</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Pursuing a policy by now firmly established, the Montreal Royals named a retired Canadien NHL star as coach for the 1958-59 season in the revamped Quebec Hockey League.Floyd &ldquo;Busher&rdquo; Curry is not only an alumnus of the Stanley Cup Habitants, winners of the fabulous trophy the past three seasons, but he&rsquo;s a graduate of Royals.Curry last played for the Quebec Leaguers in 1946-47 when they won the Allan Cup under the piloting of Frank Carlin, now general manager of the club. Now well-established on his own account in the oil and fuel business in Montreal, Curry took a little time to deliberate on the offer, but on the advice of Carlin and other close friends finally accepted.He suits the general outline of qualifications set as a standard by Frank Selke. managing director of the Canadian Arena Company Ltd. (The Forum) and Canadiens extensive hockey operations on all counts.In succeeding Roger Leger, coach of the team last season, who has been assigned to a coaching role for Canadiens in the Northern Quebec area, Curry brings 10-years experience in the NHLUsually a right-winger, though often assigned to penalty-killing roles Curry was so efficient in the latter chores that he was dubbed &ldquo;The Honest Blocker&rdquo; by hockey writers. He came up to the Canadiens along with Doug Harvey, Gerry McNeil among others Royals who have long since departed from the major hockey scene.<h2>&lsquo;Honest Blocker&rsquo; In New Role</h2>Last season Curry was given a &ldquo;night&rdquo; by friends and admirers at the Forum, an honor accorded few stars in any sport in Quebec&rsquo;s blase metropolis.First Player-Coach For ClubBorn in Chapleau, Ont., now 33, Curry will be the instigator of a new policy with Royals who have always employed a &ldquo;bench&rdquo; coach in the past. Carlin, under whom Curry played in the old Quebec Senior Hockey League, was a bench pilot tor 18 years. When Carlin was elevated to the general manager&rsquo;s post he was succeeded by Pete Morin, who also managed from the sidelines and Morin in turn was followed by Elmer Lach.When business pressure which included much travelling caused Lach&rsquo;s resignation immediately prior to the 1957-58 season, Leger, who had coached the Cataracts at Shawinigan Falls for a number of years, took over.It&rsquo;s likely that Curry may adjust one of the forward lines so that there is a position open for him at right wing. Or, he may elect to confine his energies to &ldquo;penalty-killing&rdquo; a job he handled with such efficiency with the Habs.Behind him he leaves a fine record in the big league. He was noted for years as a rugged, fearless but clean type, seldom embroiled in altercations with officials. Thus he has the proper disposition for a coach, and the temperament to carry the dual burdens of playing along with the coaching responsibilities.His retirement from the NHL may have been swayed because he felt that he could no longer maintain the major league pace, but those close to affairs in the QHL have no qualms that he won&rsquo;t give a good show in minor league competition. &#9632;

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‘Busher’ Goes Back To Where He Started, But This Time As Coach

1958OCTOBER8&mdash;WednesdayRoyals at Quebec9&mdash;ThursdayRoyals at ChicoutimiQuebec at Three Rivers12&mdash;SundayThree Rivers at RoyalsChicoutimi at Quebec15&mdash;WednesdayRoyals at Quebec16&mdash;ThursdayThree Rivers at Chicoutimi19&mdash;SundayQuebec at ChicoutimiRoyals at Three Rivers23&mdash;ThursdayRoyals at ChicoutimiQuebec at Three Rivers25&mdash;SundayChicoutimi at RoyalsThree Rivers at Quebec28&mdash;TuesdayThree Rivers at Royals29&mdash;WednesdayChicoutimi at Quebec30&mdash;ThursdayThree Rivers at ChicoutimiNOVEMBER1&mdash;SaturdayQuebec at Chicoutimi2&mdash;SundayQuebec at RoyalsChicoutimi at Three Rivers5&mdash;WednesdayThree Rivers at Quebec6&mdash;ThursdayRoyals at Three Rivers7&mdash;FridayThree Rivers at Royals9&mdash;SundayThree Rivers at ChicoutimiRoyals at Quebec13&mdash;ThursdayChicoutimi at Three Rivers15&mdash;SaturdayQuebec at Three Rivers16&mdash;SundayRoyals at ChicoutimiThree Rivers at Quebec18&mdash;TuesdayQuebec at RoyalsChicoutimi at Three Rivers19&mdash;WednesdayChicoutimi at Quebec20&mdash;ThursdayThree Rivers at Chicoutimi23&mdash;SundayChicoutimi at RoyalsQuebec at Three Rivers26&mdash;WednesdayThree Rivers at Quebec28&mdash;FridayQuebec at Royals30&mdash;SundayQuebec at ChicoutimiRoyals at Three RiversDECEMBER2&mdash;TuesdayChicoutimi at Three Rivers3&mdash;WednesdayRoyals at Quebec4&mdash;ThursdayRoyals at Chicoutimi5&mdash;FridayChicoutimi at Royals7&mdash;SundayThree Rivers at Royals Chicoutimi at Quebec10&mdash;WednesdayRoyals at Queltec11&mdash;ThursdayQuebec at Chicoutimi Royals at Three Rivers12&mdash;FridayQuebec at Royals14&mdash;SundayRoyals at ChicoutimiQuebec at Three Rivers17&mdash;WednesdayThree Rivers at Quebec18&mdash;ThursdayChicoutimi at Three Rivers19&mdash;FridayChicoutimi at Royals21&mdash;SundayThree Rivers at Royals Chicoutimi at Quebec23&mdash;TuesdayThree Rivers at Chicoutimi26&mdash;FridayChicoutimi at Royals Three Rivers at Quebec28&mdash;SundayQuebec at Chicoutimi Royals at Three Rivers1959JANUARY2&mdash;FridayThree Rivers at Royals Chicoutimi at Quebec4&mdash;SundayChicoutimi at Royals Three Rivers at Quebec6&mdash;TuesdayRoyals at ChicoutimiQuebec at Three Rivers9&mdash;FridayQuebec at Royals11&mdash;SundayChicoutimi at RoyalsQuebec at Three Rivers14&mdash;WednesdayChicoutimi at Quebec15&mdash;ThursdayChicoutimi at Three Rivers16&mdash;FridayQuebec at Royals18&mdash;SundayThree Rivers at ChicoutimiRoyals at Quebec21&mdash;WednesdayChicoutimi at Quebec22&mdash;ThursdayQuebec at ChicoutimiRoyals at Three Rivers23&mdash;FridayThree Rivers at Royals25&mdash;SundayQuebec at Royals Chicoutimi at Three Rivers29&mdash;ThursdayRovals at ChicoutimiFEBRUARY1&mdash;SundayQuebec at Chicoutimi Three Rivers at Royals3&mdash;TuesdayThree Rivers at Chicoutimi5&mdash;ThursdayChicoutimi at Three Rivers6&mdash;FridayChicoutimi at Royals8&mdash;SundayRoyals at Three RiversChicoutimi at Quebec11&mdash;WednesdayThree Rivers at Quebec12&mdash;ThursdayQuebec at Three RiversRoyals at Chicoutimi15&mdash;SundayThree Rivers at ChicoutimiRoyals at Quebec17&mdash;TuesdayQuebec at Royals18&mdash;WednesdayThree Rivers at Quebec19&mdash;ThursdayQuebec at ChicoutimiRoyals at Three Rivers22&mdash;SundayThree Rivers at RoyalsChicoutimi at Quebec24&mdash;TuesdayThree Rivers at Chicoutimi25&mdash;WednesdayThree Rivers at Quebec26&mdash;ThursdayQuebec at Royals Chicoutimi at Three RiversMARCH1&mdash;SundayRoyals at ChicoutimiQuebec at. Three Rivers3&mdash;TuesdayThree Rivers at Royals5&mdash;ThursdayRoyals at Three RiversQuebec at Chicoutimi&rsquo;8&mdash;SundayChicoutimi at RoyalsQuebec at Three Rivers11&mdash;WednesdayRoyals at Quebec12&mdash;ThursdayRoyals at Chicoutimi13&mdash;FridayQuebec at Royals15&mdash;SundayChicoutimi at Quebec Three Rivers at Royals17&mdash;TuesdayChicoutimi at Three Rivers18&mdash;WednesdayRoyals at Quebec19&mdash;ThursdayQuebec at Chicoutimi Royals at Three Rivers20&mdash;FridayChicoutimi at Royals22&mdash;SundayThree Rivers at ChicoutimiRoyals at Quebec &#9632;

Quebec Hockey League Schedule 1958-59 Season

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02320/1650598-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="257" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Gallagher</figcaption></div>TOLEDO, O.&mdash;Frank Gallagher, president of the International Hockey League, said this week the league will operate this season with five teams&mdash;Indianapolis. Toledo, Troy, Fort Wayne and Louisville.Memphis, which had been dickering for a franchise since early summer through Jim Mattsan of Sarnia, Ont., failed to come up with a $5,000 bond guaranteeing participation and was dropped from franchise consideration. Gallagher said.&ldquo;We had extended the deadline time for posting the bond for Memphis. They didn&rsquo;t come up with it so we couldn&rsquo;t take the gamble any further. If they had been able to post bond most likely they would have been added.&ldquo;I think the league will work out all right with five teams. There&rsquo;ll be a few weekend open dates for some teams but that should work out evenly all around. We started today on a draft of the schedule.&rdquo; Gallagher said.Gallagher said the league will operate on a 30-game schedule. A meeting to iron out the schedule will be held in Toledo.The Toledo Mercurys will open their season at home on Nov. 1 against the Troy Bruins. &#9632;

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Memphis Out-IHL Set To Play With Five Team League

<div class="byline">By FRANK ORR</div>CORNWALL, Ont.&mdash;For the first time in Canadian senior hockey history, three championship teams are set to go to the post in one league.Whitby Dunlops, the world champs, Belleville MacFarlands, the Allan Cup winners, and the Memorial Cup champion Ottawa-Hull Canadiens have all entered the Eastern Division of the Senior OHA for another year.The three champions along with Pembroke Lumber Kings, Kingston Merchants and Cornwall Chevies give the league its strongest alignment yet.The Belleville Macs play a full schedule before leaving in February for the World Tournament in Prague. However, they will not take part in the playoffs.The Ottawa-Hull club, which has entered the league for a partial schedule of exhibition games while a junior club are entering as a full member this year with a senior team. All games will be played in Hull, Quebec.This season sees the salary limit in force for the first time. The clubs all 103t money last year and the main reason was the high payrolls that many of the clubs had. This year, in an effort to keep senior hockey alive, the teams agreed to stick to a maximum weekly payroll of $l,500. A limit was set on what an individual player could make and how much a first year senior A player could be paid.The teams all appear earnest in the efforts to adhere to the limit as none of them can afford not to.The only club that is on shaky footing is the Pembroke Lumber Kings. Wally Lenser, who owned and operated the club last year, pul the team up for sale last week in whole or in part as he said the financial burden of operating the Lumber Kings was too great for one man to bear. He said that he would definitely have a team even if he didn&rsquo;t have a buyer.<h2>Back To Dunnies</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01362/1650567-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="525" height="829"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted O&rsquo;Connor</figcaption></div>The Lumber King coach and manager, Bucky Buchanan, quit the team. Bucky took over last season and was retained in the dual capacity by Lenser.Lenser has made no announcement about a successor.He also became embroiled in a waiver dispute with three of last year&rsquo;s top players Jim Maxwell, Jim Farelli and Jack Douglas.Lenser placed all three on waivers when apparently they refused to sign for under the salary limit.Maxwell had a release. Farelli had a two year contract while Douglas had a deal with Lenser that allowed him to buy his own release.The other clubs are going about the job of lining up players.Interest is centred on Belleville where the MacFarlands are shaping up their club for the world tournament trek. Russ Kowalchuk was placed on waivers and he is seeking a berth with Kelowna. Gerry Cover will also line up with the Western team.The Macs added Johnny McLellan from the Cleveland Barons. He is a thirty year old veteran centre of the American League. They also purchased Andy Milne from the Windsor Bulldogs. Signed from last year&rsquo;s team are goalie Gordie Bell, defencemen Floyd Crawford and Moe Benoit and forwards Minnie Menard, Jean-Paul Payette, Eddie Marineau and Wayne &ldquo;Weiner&rdquo; Brown.The Whitby Dunlops, with manager Wren Blair, assuming a dual role at Whitby and Clinton as MG, have signed most of last year&rsquo;s great club. Long John Henderson ended speculation that he would be traded. The lanky netminder inked his 195859 contract a few weeks ago. Also in the fold are last year&rsquo;s stars Bobbie Attersley and Ted O&rsquo;Connor. Newcomers this year include Gord Brown, with Guelph Biltmores last season, and Larry Stacey, the Intercollegiate League all-star defenceman.In Kingston, where Wally Bra-bin and Bus Gagnon have taken over as manager and coach of the club, the team has changed its name to &ldquo;Merchants&rdquo; Twenty Kingston business firms will help sponsor the club.The Kingston club have landed Jim Maxwell from Pembroke and are currently dickering with Cornwall for star centre Moe Savard. At writing time, the clubs are still trying to complete a deal for Savard.Lynn Davis will likely be the Kingston goalie this year.In Cornwall, Bob Bingley has been retained as playing-coach tor this year. Bingley took over the club last December from Joe Lepine and guided them to a fifth place finish. The club executive decided to give him a chance from the start of the season.The Chevies have reached an agreement with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs will farm out their younger players to Cornwall for seasoning. Punch Imlach of the Leafs and Chevies GM Ray Miron sealed the deal a few weeks back after several talks.The Chevies will go along with Gerry Devaney as goalie and it looks as if Ray Frederick will be sold to Sudbury.The new Ottawa-Hull team has been granted six imports by the CAHA and will likely use members of the defunct Cincinnati team of the International League&rsquo;. Rumours in Ottawa have Billy Goold a sure bet as coach tor the Hull entry.Jean Gauthier, with Kingston last year, will anchor the defence that will include Butch McKay, John Longarini and Nick Foster. Glem Ramsay is a possible goaltender. &#9632;

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History Made—Three Champs Set To Play In Eastern OHA

<div class="byline">By CHICK APPEL</div>WINDSOR, Ont.&mdash;With the decks cleared for action it would appear that there may be considerable skirtmishing in both groups of the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA the coming season. While Wren Blair, manager of the Whitby Dunnies, and his former assistant, Wally Brabin, now manager of the Kingston team, are firing barbs at each other to stir up the earstern group. Murph Chamberlain, who quit Chatham Maroons&rsquo; coaching job to assume similar duities with the Windsor Bulldogs, is sparring with the Kitchener Dutchmen and could be joined by Johnny Horeck, new Chatham coach, who is noted as just a real holler guy as Chamberlain.In the northern section of the NOHA-OHA group, they have finally settled their coaching array, with the execption of North Bay Trappers. where Chuck Scherza is expected to be re-engaged.Bucko McDonald was fired as coach of the Soo Greyhounds after one complete season, and has been succeeded by Don Grosso, and McDonald, in turn, was appointed coach of the Rochester club in the American Hockey League, a few short hours later, where he succeeds Roly McLenahan. former Sudbury player.Grosso had a previous tenure as coach of the Greyhounds from 1950 to 1954, winning three straight NOHA titles. He was fired midway through the 1953-54 season following a dispute with some of the Soo club&rsquo;s executive members. Grosso was replaced by Roy Heximer, Niagara Falls. Ont. native another former Sudbury player.<h2>Stirs Up Storm</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03289/1650629-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="526" height="846"><figcaption class="caption-body">Murph Chamberlain</figcaption></div>The Soo Greyhounds have now-made seven coaching changes in the last seven years. Following Heximer came Johnny &ldquo;Peanuts&rdquo; O&rsquo;Flaherty, who will be at the helm of the Sudbury Wolves lor the second straight season. Then followed in order Sugar Jim Henry. Bun Cook, Kingston coach last season; Bucko McDonald, former M.P. for 12 years, and now Grosso again. O&rsquo;Flaherty steered the Greyhounds to two straight top-place finishes in the NOHA, while Henry finished fourth, Cook and McDonald second.Sudbury Wolves real problem, from a player standpoint, it would appear, is to laud a capable goalie, and if they can find an acceptable job for Ray Frederick, he will probably don Wolves&rsquo; regalia. Frederick is presently employed in Cornwall, and Sudbury is willing to gamble on him in the hope that coach O&rsquo;Flaherty can handle him. The prospective netminder is classed as a top-grade puck fender but difficult to control at times, and has a background of walking out on clubs while in the Quebec League.Max Silverman of Sudbury, who got booted out of the NOHA some years ago, meantime is busy rounding up talent for his Indianapolis entry in the International League, and has been scouting his old stamping grounds in search of reinforcements. He has goalie Cliff Hicks in tow, which will not please Sudbury Wolves too much, because they were also after Hicks. In addition, Silverman has inked Bob Blackburn, a starry defenceman with Barrie Flyers in junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; ranks last season. Silverman also hopes to corral some key members of the disbanded Cincinnati Mohawks of the International League.Chamberlain adds spice to what shapes up like a keen contest the coming season by likening the Kitchener Dutchmen to cry babies, who get all the breaks from the referees, and get away with more highsticking than any other club. Murph says this season it is going to be different. because his Bulldogs will play the Dutchmen at their own style, and they will not be &ldquo;the Chosen few&rdquo; again.Incidentally, the Windsor club has been re-organized and the assets of the defunct club owned by A. E. (Tony) Wisne, Detroit manufacturer, reportedly to have dropped $30,000 last season. The new Windsor organization is known as Windsor Sports Limited.The first move Chamberlain made was to place five of last year&rsquo;s players on the auction block, coupled with the announcement that he intended to replace them with younger talent that would be trying all the time, instead of veteran players, whom. Murph claims, were not in condition last season.One of the Windsor players, center Frank Bathgate, has gone to Stamford, Ont. to attend the New&rsquo; York Rangers&rsquo; training camp, and his brother Andy of the Rangers believes that Frank can make the grade with the NHL team if he gives it the old college try.The limit of 14 signed players, which must include two boys without senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; experience makes it imperative that all senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; clubs must reduce their roster from 18 or more, and Chamberlain seems to be the first manager to start reducing.Chatham Maroons, too. have their problems, and it was only via a last-minute decision of the Chatham Hockey Association that they remained in senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey, when the probability was that they would revert to senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; classification.The Chatham organization reported an official deficit of $6,283.30 on last season&rsquo;s operations, but this figure did not include a surplus of $4,470.23 from the previous season&rsquo;s operations which was also gobbled up. It is explained as well, that these figures did not include private donations during last season from associations &ldquo;on the quiet&rdquo; to keep the team going. &#9632;

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Murph Starts Firing Players And Guns As OHA-NOHA Ready

<div class="byline">By HUGH BOWMAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01358/1650660-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="253" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Bush</figcaption></div>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;The 1958-59 OHA Junior A campaign will kick off in Barrie on Oct. 16 th, with the Flyers hosting Guelph Biltmores, and the 54 game trail will end with a doubleheader at Maple Leaf Gardens on March 1st.The season gets underway some 10 days earlier than it has in recent years and the schedule is two games longer than it was last year. Last season the seven clubs in the OHA loop met one another eight times plus four interlocking games with Ottawa-Hull Canadiens. This season the seven clubs will clash nine times; Canadiens are out.The decision to abandon the Laurier Cup series was made last April by the Junior A Council hard on the heels of a CAHA decision that permitted Guelph Biltmores All-Star goalkeeper Bruce Gamble to play for Canadiens in the Eastern Canada and Memorial Cup finals.Canadiens will play in the Eastern division of the Senior OHA but will ice a junior team for the Memorial Cup which they won last year.As is invariably the case in age-limit hockey there&rsquo;ll be a host of newcomers in the league. Particular attention however will be focussed on the in are Johnny Bower, who will tendive level.Five of last year&rsquo;s seven coaches will be back. Gerry Brown returns to Hamilton. Turk Broda to Toronto, Ed Bush to Guelph, Hap Emms to Barrie and Bob Goldham to St. Michael&rsquo;s.Glen Sonmor who took over the St. Catharines Teepee reins when Rudy Pilous was elevated to Chicago Black Hawks will not be back nor will Ted Kennedy who made his coaching debut last season with Peterborough Petes. Sonmor goes to Springfield where he&rsquo;ll coach the Indians in the American League and Kennedy is retiring to the comparatively same business world.Moving into Rex Stimer&rsquo;s playground will be former NHL star Harry Watson. Watson who started his pro career in 1941 with Brooklyn Americans and ended it as player-coach of Buffalo Bisons last season will be making his first start as a junior coach. Until he turned to coaching with Buffalo last season Harry had never played anywhere except the NHL and with waystops at Detroit, Toronto and Chicago compiled a fat 236 goals in 14 years of campaigning.With many of last year&rsquo;s Teepees graduating through age, Watson is faced with a formidable rebuilding task. He excepts however to stay around St. Catharines more than long enough to complete it.At the time of writing the Peterborough job had not been filled. Scott Bowman, for several seasons Sammy Pollock&rsquo;s righthand man with the Canadien juniors, has been offered the post however and it&rsquo;s expected he&rsquo;ll take it.In Guelph Eddie Bush will handle the double duty of coach and general manager. Bush was given the twin task when Roy Mason, who has been GM since Bilts re-entered Junior hockey in 1948, announced his retirement. Mason&rsquo;s retirement ended, temporarily we hope, a connection with hockey that goes back over 35 years.One of the handful of men who hold OHA Gold Stick Awards, Mason in the last decade alone has had three OHA Championship teams and one Memorial Cup winner. It&rsquo;s an understatement to say that his presence will be missed by his host of friends throughout the league.NOTES.&mdash;St. Catharines Teepees high-scoring line of Ed Hoekstra, John McKenzie and Matt Ravlich have been impressive at Chicago&rsquo;s camp &hellip; Likewise Ed Shack and Bill Sweeney of Biltmores OHA championship of two seasons ago at Rangers camp &hellip; Carl Brewer, who is still eligible for another year of junior with Marlboros has been a standout with Toronto Maple Leafs &hellip; Ron Brain, who led Guelph in points with 55 last season has been appointed team captain tor the upcoming season&hellip; &#9632;

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Huge Rebuilding Job Faces Harry At St. Catharines

ANN ARBOR, Mich.&mdash;The same Russian hockey club that toured Canada last season, will visit the United States this year.The United Slates slate department has cleared the way for the visit. Among the teams that will play the Reds is the University of Michigan club. They will meet the Russians in a game at Detroit&rsquo;s Olympia on January 6th.The Russians are scheduled to play in several other US cities as well. &#9632;

Russians Set For US Tour; Play Michigan At Olympia

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03205/1650715-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="501" height="837"><figcaption class="caption-body">Willie O&rsquo;Ree</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02276/1650722-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="225" height="398"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rollie Hebert</figcaption></div>Royals and Aces will follow a precedent by acting as lidlifters of the 1958-59 Quebec Hockey League season at the Quebec Coliseum on Wednesday, October 8. Next night all four teams will be in action. The Royals move on to Chicoutimi for an engagement with the Sagueneens, and the Aces go up-river to Trois-Rivieres to beard the Lions in their den.The schedule, released by league secretary-treasurer Syd Holstead recently, shows many departures from the older established alignment.For one thing, Friday night has been set as new posting for the Royals at the Montreal Forum. Floyd Curry&rsquo;s men book 14 Fridays against the other three clubs, and the Montreal club&rsquo;s 31 home games will be further divided between one Thursday, three Tuesdays and 13 Sundays.The Friday billing is regarded as extra bait for the younger-fry. Royals have always enjoyed big patronage from school children on weekends and it is thought they&rsquo;ll reap another small harvest on Friday nights with most youngsters having no Saturday classes.The out-of-balance schedule (62 games) was made because the Quebec club wanted 33 dates at the Coliseum. As a compromise 31 home dates was agreed upon. To make up the extra dates Aces and Sagueneens are to play an added home and home series while Royals and Lions do likewise.Royals Have 36 PlayersRoyals have had 36 players working out under Floyd Curry at the Forum, this list featured by holdovers Ken Mosdell, Wally Clune, Ernie Roche, Denis Boucher, Glenn Cressman, Lulu Denis and Kelly Burnett and sub-goaler Claude &ldquo;Suitcase&rdquo; Pronovost. Regular goaler Charlie Hodge is regularly filling a net for Canadiens in the NHL club&rsquo;s practises and exhibition travels.There&rsquo;s been a host of talent on hand with Jean Paul Denis. Dick Wray, Gerry Desaulniers, Ted Hodgson and Pete Taillefer of the disbanded Shawinigan Cataracts taking prominent part. Skippy Burchell, from Rochester, Fern Perreault and Boh Courcy from Chicoutimi were also present joined by junior stars John Annable, Brian McKay, Ches Melski, Norm Doyle, Jacques Begin and Les Ramsay. The latter tended goal for Chicoutimi several times last season.<h2>To Reds Or Aces?</h2>Club GM Frank Carlin said this list was due for a severe &ldquo;cut&rdquo; any day now, so that the squad would be in workable size for Coach Curry.At Quebec a unique situation occurs. Phil Renauld. former defence star with Aces, but last year coach and manager at Chicoutimi has been installed as Aces&rsquo; coach and Joe Crozier who will serve as general-manager. since he&rsquo;s a club shareholder. will be an active defenseman.Renauld. 38. piloted the Sags the past two seasons, but was let out when a new directorate took over the club at Chicoutimi. where Rollie Hebert, one of the new owners, is expected to run the team.Renauld played with Aces from 1 936 to 1953.Before they had benefit ted by much practise the Aces were soundly trounced 9-2 in an exhibition game by NHL Canadiens.Important newcomers with the Acemen are Bill Forham, the Panagabko brothers, Pete and Ed. Nelson Bullock and Allan Nicholson.Reds May Hurl AcesThe situation is a little vague since it&rsquo;s calculated that Providence Reds of the AHL, with whom the Boston Bruins made a new working agreement, may skim the cream of talent made available by the Hub NHL organization. It&rsquo;s understood that the club brass in Providence might like to take Billy O&rsquo;Ree and Stan Maxwell as a gate attraction. No negro hockey players have previously played in Providence. But GM Joe Crozier is still hoping that the two colored boys will be back with the Quebec forces.Skip Teal, busy with the Canadian lacrosse finals was expected back in the Ancient Capital early this week while Floyd Hillman and Dino Mascot to are likely returnees to Aces rearguard.There was another report that Orval Tessier might return, bur. neither Crozier or Renauld were counting on this player who remained out of hockey most of last year. And Lou Smrke and Jean Paul Lamirande were regarded as holdouts.At Three Rivers it is reported that Jacques Toupin may restrict his energies to the general manager&rsquo;s role and the Lions will have a playing coach. Lions, like the Chicoutimi Sagueneens were slightly behind Quebec Aces and Montreal Royals in early training activity. &#9632;

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Player Race On As QHL Awaits Cuts From NHL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01334/1650753-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Solution Next Week</figcaption></div>ACCROSS1&mdash;Hawk player shown in centre.4&mdash;Name given 3 down.6&mdash;Initials of Haun of the Rochester Americans.7&mdash;Name given McDonald who played for Canadiens in 1957-58 play-offs.8&mdash;First name of Leger former Hab defenseman.10&mdash;Former N.H.L. referee.11&mdash;A Boston defenseman answers to this.12&mdash;Number of goals Guy Gendron scored last season.14&mdash;Mrs. Elmer Lach.16&mdash;Initials of Laprade, ex Ranger centre star.17&mdash;Initials of Mepham, former N.H.L. lineman.18&mdash;&ldquo;Bucko&rdquo; McDonald is one (abbr.)20&mdash;Another name for the famous &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Horner.22&mdash;Comparative ending.23&mdash;Sun God.24 Pictured star has been one since 1946-47. (abbr.)25&mdash;Name given a Toronto rearguard26&mdash;A Boston forward answers to this.29&mdash;Initials of Brewer who played one game for Toronto last March.30&mdash;&ldquo;Gump&rdquo; Worsley&rsquo;s birthplace.33&mdash;N.H.L. team with whom Jack Portland played in 1938-29. (abbr.)34&mdash;Mrs. Bill Ezinicki.35&mdash;Given name of a Detroit defenseman.DOWN1&mdash;Played for Detroit last season.2&mdash;One has been in-tailed in Maple Leaf Gardens.3&mdash;An N.H.L. coach.b&mdash;Pictured star&rsquo;s nickname.5&mdash;Lewicki answers to this.9&mdash;Lindsay&rsquo;s initials.13&mdash;First name of 1945-46 N.H.L. scoring champion.15&mdash;Don Marshall married one.19&mdash;A member of the Montreal Canadiens.21&mdash;This former Hab played hails from Moncton. N.B.24&mdash;Initials of Masnick who played for Toronto last season.27&mdash;Opposite to out.28&mdash;&ldquo;Tiny&rdquo; Thompson&rsquo;s initials.30&mdash;Ken Mosdell&rsquo;s nickname.31&mdash;Initials of Jenkins, ex member of the Black Hawks.32&mdash;Harry Lumley once sustained a severe cut to one.33&mdash;How Pulford of Toronto might sign his initials. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">By GEORGE METZGER</div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;Upon taking over the Washington franchise in &rsquo; the Eastern Hockey League, Lou Pierri,. owner of the Providence Reds, announced that the Presidents will play &ldquo;three or four games&rdquo; in the American League city.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03269/1650791-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="278" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Riley</figcaption></div>He emphasized, however, that the Presidents will still play their other home games in the nations capital.It was reported that Pierri bought the Eastern League frachise ag developing ground for American players. Pierri feels that it is getting too difficult nailing down the top Canadian prospects since they are so closely soughtPierri apparently feels that if he can sign some American boys and play them at Washington for a season or two, he may wind up with some top material for his Providence club.Most of the other six club owners feel the addition of Pierri to their league gives a little more &ldquo;big league&rdquo; quality.The new entry in the loop, the New York Rovers, who disbanded in 1954 after playing many seasons in Madison Square Garden, will actually play their home games in Long Island&mdash;45 miles from New York City.The arena, which has been planned for three years but was held back due to lack of construction priority is located in Commack.Tom Lockhart, owner of the Rovers who doubles as Eastern League president, points out how his plant is located on two parkways, thereby making it easily accessable to New York City.Lockhart said the seating capacity of the new arena Will be &ldquo;slightly under 4,000 at the start.&rdquo; He pointed out that more seats may be added later.Tom was not sure whether or not the dressing rooms will be complete in time for the EHL season. But this does not present as big a problem as one may think. &ldquo;We have a motel right across the street where the boys can dress,&rdquo; he said.The visiting teams are expected to stay at. the motel just as they do at Charlotte, where one is located right at the Coliseum.EASTERN ITEMS: In addition to owning the Providence Reds, Pierri has a part interest in the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association&hellip; Jack Riley, general manager of the Johnstown Jets is all smiles about his club running ahead of last year in season ticket sales&hellip; One of the first moves Doug Adam made in taking over as coach of the Philadelphia Ramblers was cut Gil MacNeil, who played him man-tor-man for two seasons&hellip; Ivan Walmsley, goalie on the Ramblers. was reported to be holding out.. So was teammate Rocky Rukavina.. One report out of New York had Lloyd Ailsby, former Johnstown coach, taking over the Rovers&hellip; Riley however said this isn&rsquo;t likely&hellip; Chirp Brenchley who quit as coach of Philadelphia two days after the season ended, is still out of a job.<h2>New Owner</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02295/1650784-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="496" height="1131"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Pierri</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Lou Shifts Some Washington Games Into Providence

<div class="byline">By GEORGE METZGER</div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;The Eastern Hockey League will go with seven teams this year.In a surprise move, the champion Washington Presidents will remain in the circuit. They were suppose to drop out due to internal strife in the front office between two factions. In fact, the other owners drew up the schedule excluding Washington.However, a third party&mdash;Lou Pierri, owner of the American League Providence Reds&mdash;applied to take over the fran chise and the league owners, after much discussion approved the move.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04220/1650822-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="271" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Lockhart</figcaption></div>This brought the EHL membership to seven since the New York Rovers, of league president Tom Lockhart, had previously been admitted.The league moguls came to these decisions at a marathon meeting that lasted 15 hours in Philadelphia on September 18.In addition to Washington and New York, the other clubs in the EHL this year will be Clinton, Johnston, Philadelphia, Charlotte and New Haven.The schedule, which must now be drawn up-all over again, is tentatively set to open Thursday, October 23 with Clinton at Johnstown.Seven teams is the largest number of members the Eastern League has ever bad. However, each team will still play 64 games as before. But instead of facing some clubs 12 times and others 14, each team will face their league opponents 10 or 12 times.Prexy Lockhart announced that the playoff system will remain the same with the first place team meeting the third and the number two club facing the fourth. The two survivors of these seven game series will then play each other another set of seven.In other action at the meeting, the owners set up plans to have an insurance plan to take care of injured players. Previously, the league administered its own fund.The family feud that threatened the champion Presidents ibis year was between Paul Rothgeb. owner of Uline Arena, home of the Prexys, and the club owners.However, after spending most of the day on the telephone between Rothgeb, the Washington owners and Pierri, the other owners decided to award the franchise to the latter after he met the league&rsquo;s demands for financial security.At first several owners were dead set against readmitting a Washington team because &ldquo;it was getting pretty late 40 start fooling around with the schedule.&rdquo; However, Nate Podoloff, president of the New Haven Blades, started a counter-movement aimed at retaining Washington. His motion gained momentum.The owners were set to draft players from the Washington team at the meeting, figuring it was going to slipt up. New York was to get first pick followed by last place Clinton and fifth place Philadelphia.New York had indicated its intentions of plucking off Nick Pidsodny, goaltender on the champion club last year. He was generally regarded as the cream of the league. Clinton and Philly also had &ldquo;their&rdquo; players picked out. However, with the retention of Washington, this went by the boards.One interesting sidelight of the addition of New York and readmission of Washington is both owners&mdash;Lockhart and Pierri&mdash;have the same playing coach picked out. He is a member of the Providence RedsLockhart admitted, however, that if Washington was admitted (as they later were) they would have first claim on the coach. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know who I&rsquo;ll get then,&rdquo; Lockhart said. &ldquo;I could even end up coaching the team.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Pierri Takes Over Washingtons’ EHL Franchise:Is 7 Team Loop

MELLEVILLE. Sask.&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League have announced that they will sponsor the Melleville Millionaires of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League this coming season.No details of just what type of help will be given the Millionaires by the Leafs were announced by Leo McCabe, president of the athletic association which sponsors the club. However, he expressed satisfaction with the arrangements made with the NHL club. &#9632;

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