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October 18, 1958

The Hockey News October 18, 1958

<div class="byline">By ELMER FERGUSON</div>In The Montreal StarMONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The beys were sitting around the office of Frank Selke yester day, which is a rarity. As the N.H.L. opening gets closer, the general manager of the club hasn&rsquo;t time to entertain visitors, which is tough on the visitors. They miss Frank&rsquo;s casual chats, his interesting anecdotes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07114/1654125-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="268" height="406"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Seiko</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It must be the calm before the sorm.&rdquo; mused Frank Selke. &ldquo;For Thursday&rsquo; night, we&rsquo;re off and running, with Boston Bruins here.&rdquo;&ldquo;Which team,&rdquo; enquired, a faithful believer in the prowess and power of Canadiens, &ldquo;de you think will finish second?&rdquo;&ldquo;I hope it won&rsquo;t be Canadiens,&rdquo; said Frank Selke. &ldquo;But you never know about these things. We lose a couple of key men, and we can go the way of all flesh.&rdquo;Sschmidt Fine Coach&ldquo;Boston, in my opinion, is the team to beat,&rdquo; offered Kenny Reardon. &ldquo;Milt Schmidt is a fine coach. After his first season, he made the Bruin training camp a real hard, tough affair, no fooling around, no nights off. No matter if the players lived right in Boston, they didn&rsquo;t go home. They checked in at a hotel close by the Gardens, and remained there. It&rsquo;s a good, sound hockey club, might be even better than last year, what with goaler Don Simmons having another season&rsquo;s experience in the Big Time.&rdquo;Someone spoke of the Rangers, who that night played a 1-all draw with the Hawks in Chicago to open the season. &ldquo;I picked Ca-nadiens-Boston 1-2 on the radio the other night,&rdquo; said Reardon, &ldquo;and it was a scramble between the other four. But those Rangers&mdash;who can tell? Every year, I pick them to be fourth or fifth. What happens? They finish right up there. You&rsquo;ve got to give credit to that Watson. He keeps driving them all the time. He has scorers in Henry and Bathgate, a goaler in Worsley.&rdquo; &ldquo;Those Black Hawks,&rdquo; said Frank Selke. &ldquo;could be dangerous. if it wasn&rsquo;t for one thing.&rdquo;What one thing would that be?&rdquo;&ldquo;Well,&rdquo; said the Hab leader,&rdquo; &ldquo;a lot of them have played with other clubs on the circuit. They can&rsquo;t seem to shake off old loyalties. old friendships, all that sort of thing. If they could remember they&rsquo;re drawing salaries from the Black Hawk club, that team could finish second, or third in the race.&rdquo; &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Habs’ Brass In Agreement, Hub Will Be Tough

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;The Buffalo Bisons are hopeful history will repeat itself. Not in respect to the way the Herd finished in the American League standings the last two seasons. A third season out of the playoffs would be disastrous.The &ldquo;hopes&rdquo; concern the play of goaltender Marcel Paille. Bison brass look to Paille to emu late the work of two previous Buffalo goalies who were French-Canadian&mdash;Connie Dion and Jacques Plante.Dion and Plante standout as the two most successful puckstoppers of the 43 Buffalo has tried between the pipes since 1940.Dion&rsquo;s chief contribution to the Buffalo cause during six years as a Bison was his steadiness. Plante, on the other hand, gave two Bison teams a lift with his spectacular style of keeping the opposition from scoring.Has Different StyleIn style&mdash;and appearance&mdash;Paille is unlike either of his predecessors. Dion Was diminutive; Plante angular and thin. Marcel is rotund and of average height.Once between the pipes pail-a mask hull &ldquo;shows Jackie Gordon, for &rsquo;whom Paille played in Cleveland two years ago, gained much respect for the New York Ranger chattel.<h2>Now A Bison</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06134/1655015-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="553" height="555"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Paille</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The big thing I liked about Paille was that he never quit,&rdquo; Gordon comments. &ldquo;If he got beat a few times and was having a bad night, he didn&rsquo;t give up. He Just tried to work his way back into the proper groove.&rdquo;In joining the Bisons, Paille moved into the lineup of his third AHL club in as many seasons. He spent a portion of last season with Providence under New York option.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure that both Cleveland and Providence would be glad to have Marcel playing for them this season&mdash;but we&rsquo;ve got Now&mdash;if history only repeats itself.Bison Doings&hellip; Bill Sweeney is one new Bison who didn&rsquo;t have to go house hunting. He rented the home of Pierre Pi-lote as the Chicago defenseman decided to take his family to the Windy City with him Trainer Frank Christie is attending to the Bisons&rsquo; pains and pills for the 11th campaign&hellip; Bobby Kirk is the 11th coach the club has had. &#9632;

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Herd Brass See Polished Paille As Pot-O-Gold A La Dion, Plante

NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;Five of lhe six members of the AHL All-Star squad have gone to National League clubs and the sixth is still in the league, but in new surroundings.Johnny Bower, the goaler has gone to Toronio while defenseman Steve Kraftcheck went to the Leafs as well. Centre Willie Marshall is also in Toronio while left wing AllStar Gerry Ehman is in Detroit with the right wing choice Dune Fisher.Ivan Irwin, the other defense choice has gone to Buffalo from Providence. &#9632;

Five of Six AHL All-Stors Now In The National League

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01208/1655566-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div>The Hockey NewsTHE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVOL. 12-No. 3 Entered as a second Class Matter Post Office Rouses Point N.Y. MONTREAL, OCTOBER 18, 1958 PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS<h2>It&rsquo;s A Small World&hellip; &hellip; By Collins &#9632;</h2>

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HN POLL CALLS HABS IN ROMP

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div>MONTREAL, Que&mdash;A poll of 17 hockey experts from around the six National Hockey League cities, asked by The Hockey News editors this week to pick the finish of the 1958-59 season, have u na ni mously chosen the Montreal Canadiens to run-away with the race.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02138/1655597-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="286" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>Each of the 17 picked the Champion Canadiens to finish out the new season on top of the heap. In order of preference they picked the Boston Bruins for second. New York Rangers for third. Detroit Red Wings for fourth. Chicago Black Hawks for fifth and Toronto Maple Leafs for last.No amount of pre-season uo-toriarity on the part of the Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs can change the minds of the experts. No matter how much drafting, trading and purchasing they do. the writers and sportcasters can&rsquo;t see much change in their-status come next March 22nd, the final day of the 1958-59 season. They insist that the Hawks will finish fifth again and the Leafs will be looking up at the rest of the league.Bruins will ImproveHowever, they do predict a change in the finish as far as the Rangers, Wings and Bruins are concerned. No fewer than 12 of the pollers picked the Bruins for second, while nine picked the Rangers for third and five chose the Wings to end in fourth.The Rangers finished second last season. Only one expert picked them to repeat this year.The Wings finished third last season.Only two experts picked them to finish there this season. The Bruins, finished fourth last season. Two experts picked them to-end there again, while two more feel they will finish in third and 12 predicts they will improve two positions to second. One writer picked them to end in last place.The Detroit Red Wings are a club the experts can&rsquo;t make up their minds about. Five picked the Wings for fourth which was high for that post as well. Four picked them to end in second and a pair of the know-it-alls picked them to end in third. The inability of the experts to find the proper position for the Wings only confirms what the club&rsquo;s general manager said not too long ago. Said Jack Adamk: &ldquo;We can finish anywhere from second to last.&rdquo; No one takes him too seriously about his club finishing in the cellar, but they do believe it could finish fifth without too much trouble.Habs Have Tlie DepthWhat do the experts base their opinions on?Says Roger Barry of the Quincy Patriot Ledger: &ldquo;If i Harvey, Geoffrion and Beliveau stay healthy the Canadiens should set some records. Barry also predictics that Geoffrion will win the scoring title and further predicts that the Boomer&rsquo; will net himself 108 points this coming season.Barry calls the Rangers to repeat in second. &ldquo;They finished second last season with a handful of good players. The handful should do a little better with a more muscular supporting last. plus the brilliant personable Watson.&rdquo;What about Barry&rsquo;s Bruins from Boston: &ldquo;The Bruins have experience and strength but their legs are a year older.&rdquo;Of the fourth place Detroit Red Wings Rogers says: &ldquo;Howe, Delvecchio, Pronovost and Sawchuk are better than Toronto and Chicago.&rdquo;Of the fifth place Leafs Roger is quoted as saying: &ldquo;The Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; personal is similar to that of recent Boston Red Sox baseball teams. It is always a year away.&rdquo;Nichols Likes The BruinsJoe Nichols of the New York Times calls upon Geoffion and Maurice Richard to provide the spark for the Habs on offense and calls Harvey the best of the blueline corps.Says Joe: &ldquo;The Boston Bruins seem to be the second place team. Milt Schmidt is a sound coach and Lynn Patrick is sound general manager. They have traded judiciously and if their newcomers stand up they may bother the Canadiens.&rdquo;Of the Rangers, the club he picks third. Nichols says: &ldquo;Although they permitted themselves to be outbid in the draft, manager Muzz Patrick and coach Phil Watson are confident they will make the playoffs with little trouble. Their new &ldquo;Phenom&rsquo;&rsquo;. forward Eddie Shack, figures largely in their plans, but more conservative appraisers fee] that Lome Worsley. Lou Eontinato and Andy Bathgate will again provide the real st rength.&rdquo;Jim Burchard of the New York World Telegram and Sun says the Canadiens still pack the scoring power and should romp away with the race. &ldquo;It wouldn&rsquo;t surprise me if they duplicated last season&rsquo;s runaway,&rdquo; says Jim.Of the Bruins Burchard says: &ldquo;Boston had six 20-goal men. and should take up where-they left off last-season. They staged a terrific homestretch race, and, in mv book look just a bit stronger than the Rangers. It remains to be seen how the Rangers&rsquo; rookies develop. However Shack, lngarfield and Colwill will no doubt need one full season in the big time to hit top stride. Toronto, Detroit and Chicago will put on a scramble for fourth. But 1 feel Toronto will have profited by last&rsquo;s year&rsquo;s experience. And I doubt Gordie Howe can get Detroit into the playoffs single-handed. Chicago doesn&rsquo;t impress me.&rdquo;Time May Help RangersMost of the experts feel the same way. The power of Maurice Richard, Boom Boom Geoffrion, Jean Beliveau plus the brilliance of Doug-Harvey on the defense should make it a romp for the Canadiens with the Bruins not quite strong enough to catch them. The Rangers are the club that time&rsquo; will play an important part with.Detroit for fourth, mostly on the strength of Gordie Howe. Chicago will remain in fifth and Toronto is too weak on the defense to climb out of the cellar. &#9632;

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Pick Boston, Rangers And Wings 2, 3, 4

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Of the 17 hockey experts called upon by the editors of The Hockey News for their lineup on how they predict the National Hockey League 19 58-59 race will finish, only one picked his borne town club to finish out. t&gt;f the&rsquo; playoffs.Stau Houston, hockey writer of the Toronto. Telegram and also The Hockey News&rsquo; Toronto correspondent picked the Toronto Maple Leafs to finish In fifth place.Houston picked the Canadiens on top with Boston second. New York third. Detroit, fourth. Toronto fifth and Chicago in last place. &#9632;

Only Houston Picked Home Club Out Of The Playoffs

<h2>They&rsquo;ll Keep The Habs On Top, Say Experts</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01290/1653855-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="549" height="565"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Harvey</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02274/1653848-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="555" height="556"><figcaption class="caption-body">Maurice Richard</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03248/1653841-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="539" height="563"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04192/1653834-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="565" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bernard Geoffrion</figcaption></div><h2>The Breakdown</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05148/1653827-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="565" height="275"></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Not one of the 18 experts polled before the start of the 1956-5 7 predicted the correct finish of the race. As a matter of fact very few were even close.One look at how the clubs finished will tell you that the experts were crossed up by one club&mdash;the New York Rangers.For the first time since before the war the Rangers ended up in second place in the race. The highest any one of the 18 predictors called the Rangers to finish was fourth. Three did that. They were Leo Monahan of the Boston Record. Stan Flschler of the New-York Journal American and Bud Lynch, hockey telecaster out of Detroit.All but one of I he 18 picked the Canadiens to finish first,. They were right there. The Rangers finished second. The experts called the Wings for that position. They predicted the Chicago Black Hawks would end up In third place. The Hawks improved, but nol that much. They finished in fifth. Four of the experts picked the Bruins to finish fourth. That they did. The remainder gave the Bruins either second or third position.The fifth position, according to Pur panel was all the New York Rangers. But. as everyone knows Mr. Watson didn&rsquo;t feel lhat was the proper position for a team representing the world&rsquo;s largest city. He led them into second place.The wise guys were right when they called the Toronto Maple Leafs to end last. That they did. Eleven of the writers and broadcasters predicted such a poor finish for Billy Reay and the Leafs. &#9632;

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Experts Were Off In ’57-58

STAN HOUSTONToronto Telegram1. Montreal2. Boston3. New York4. Detroit5. Toronto6. ChicagoSCOTT YOUNGToronto Globe end Mell1. Montreal2. Boston3. Toronto4. New York5. Detroit6. ChicagoED FITKINCJBC Toronto1. Montreal2. Boston3. Chicago4. Toronto5. Detroit6. New YorkANDY O&rsquo;BRIENWeekend Magazine1. Montreal2. Detroit3. New York4. Boston5. Chicago6. TorontoDICK BACONUnited Press&mdash;Mtl.1. Montreal2. Boston3. New York4. Chicago,5. Detroit6. TorontoRUSS WHEATLEYCanadian Press&mdash;Mtl.1. Montreal2. Boston3. New York4. Detroit5. Chicago6. TorontoLEO MONAHANBoston Record American1. Montreal2. Boston3. Detroit4. New York5. Toronto6. ChicagoTOM FITZGERALDBoston Globe1. Montreal2. Boston3. New York4. Detroit5. Chicago6. TorontoROGER BARRYQuincy Patriot Ledger1. Montreal2. New York3. Boston4. Detroit5. Toronto6. ChicagoFirst<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06102/1653921-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="720" height="492"></div>Second<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0756/1653914-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="696" height="618"></div>Third<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0836/1653907-1-eng-US/f0002-082.jpg" title="f0002-08" width="507" height="507"></div>Fourth<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0924/1653900-1-eng-US/f0002-092.jpg" title="f0002-09" width="723" height="354"></div>Fifth<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-1013/1653893-1-eng-US/f0002-102.jpg" title="f0002-10" width="486" height="447"></div>Sixth<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-119/1653886-1-eng-US/f0002-112.jpg" title="f0002-11" width="425" height="452"></div>LEW WALTERDetroit Times1. Montreal2. Detroit3. New York4. Boston5. Chicago6. TorontoJOHN WALTERDetroit News1. Montreal2. Boston3. Detroit4. New York5. Chicago6. TorontoMARSHALL DANNDetroit Free PreM1. Montreal2. Detroit3. Boston4. Chicago5. New York6. TorontoJIM BURCHARDNew York World Telegram and Sun1. Montreal2. Boston3. New York4. Toronto5. Detroit6. ChicagoSTAN FISCHLERNew York Journal America*1. Montreal2. Boston3. New York4. Detroit5. Toronto6. ChicagoJOE NICHOLSNew York Times1. Montreal2. Boston3. New York4. Chicago5. Detroit6. TorontoED SAINSBURYUnited Press&mdash;CM.1. Montreal2. Detroit3. Toronto4. Chicago5. New York6. BostonBUD BOOTHHockey News Correspondent1. Montreal2. Boston3. Chicago4. New York5. Detroit6. Toronto &#9632;

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HERE’S THE NEW FORM CHART

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Phil Watson, although his name is as English as you can get. is still a French Canadian, and often gets his tongue twisted on English words and sayings.One night Watson was being interviewed by Maggie McNelliB over a New York radio station. The show was originating from a famous restaurant.Maggie asked Phil many questions pertaining to hockey and his coaching profession. Then she brought up the name of one of his arch enemies.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s guy.&rdquo; said Watson, &ldquo;is just a been has.&rdquo; &#9632;

An English Tongue Twister Didn’t Stop Fiery Watson

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;There have been many embarrassing moments in the life of Phil Watson. One came the night he was filling in as coach for Frank Boucher.Boucher had been coaching the Rangers for many years when he was suddenly taken ill in Detroit. Watson flew in to take over for the night.Now Phil, as everyone knows, hates everything who isn&rsquo;t a player for the Rangers or in some way connected with them. And this night, as he was standing beside the bench the referee called a play which he didn&rsquo;t like. He flow into a rage showing the crowd that, although he was just a stand-by coach, he still had the Rangers&rsquo; good at heart every moment of the game.Phil continued to berate the referee. Suddenly he stopped, called his players around him and the next thing the crowd saw the Ranger players down on their hands and knees.Watson, in all of his tur-bulance had lost his uppers. &#9632;

Ref’s Bad Call One Of His Most Embarrassing Moments

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;Depending on where you sit, Phil Watson is either the best or worst thing that has happened to the Rangers since the invention of the puck. There also are some in bet weens on the subject from such sources as the Rangers&rsquo; stick boy and Muzz Patrick, the man who hired Watson to coach his team.The reason why there can be little leeway in a reaction to Watson is that he himself brooks no compromise. When Phil is right, he&rsquo;s all right and when he&rsquo;s wrong, yop, he&rsquo;s all wrong&hellip; and often doesn&rsquo;t mind admitting it.Embarking on his fourth voyage into the turbulent NHL season. Watson&rsquo;s enemies can generally be classified as those chaps associated with any of the other five NHL teams, their writers, trainers, anybody who in some way stands in the way of Ranger victory, whether in reality or not. That is not to say that Phil will not talk, for instance, to a Montreal writer or writers. Naturally, he will and does, but his overwhelmingly intense love for the name Rangers and passionate distaste for anything remotely connected with the opposition puts Phil in an anti-anything-but-New York frame of mind.Smythe His FriendWatson&rsquo;s friends are those who have an interest in the welfare of hockey in New York. That can include thousands of New York fans, writers, players and even. Conn Smythe, ice monarch of Toronto.&ldquo;If there are any accolades to be given out in the National Hockey League they should go to Phil Watson,&rdquo; Smythe said.&ldquo;That Watson has done a remarkable job with those Rangers. I would have io call it one at the greatest coaching jobs I&rsquo;ve ever seen.&ldquo;Last year, Phil had 10 guys on his club that no other team wanted and he still kept winning. And he has plenty of spirit on his team too, I know that four of the owners are mighty impressed with the job he&rsquo;s doing.&rdquo;While it might seem strange for a once-harsh fellow, now mellow but objective, like Smy the to blow a high-C for Watson, it is not without basis.<h2>Phil On One&hellip;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01289/1653980-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="517" height="865"></div><h2>Rangers&rsquo; Big Protecters</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02240/1653973-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1679" height="1456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Coach Phil Watson, wearing champion New York Yankees&rsquo; hat laughs it up with Lome &rsquo;Gump&rsquo; Wors-ley, left and Marcel Faille, right. Watson&rsquo;s fierce desire to win all the time, plus a hate for anything not Rangers, is one of his biggest assets. Last season he fought with many people, including Worsley. He&rsquo;s a hard guy to predict, but colorful enough to be profiled in New Yorker Magazine.</figcaption></div>Anyone wanting to dispute the worthiness of the Rangers coach runs right into this formidable argument. Since he took over the helm of the Blues, in 1955-56, his club has reached the playoffs every year, and last season climbed to second place. Both feats were New York firsts since before the war.Just about the best argument against Watson&mdash;if you want to consider it a good argument&mdash;-is that Phillipe Henry is both impulsive with and harsh on his players therefore producing a squad of malcontents. This was a theory this writer operated on for a spell but has since dispelled for this reason:It is highly doubtful that anyone, be it Watson or Casey Stengel, could maneuver a team of disgruntled skaters to the position Watson has. The secret io the Watson success story is respect. His players may not have complete rapport with the coach and they may not take kindly to his severe practices, etc., but they respect his will to win. his desire to keep the club on top and his interest in hockey above all.&ldquo;Got Us In Playoffs&rdquo;-LewickiA good indication of this inner admiration for Watson was provided by Danny Lewicki who toiled for Watson for three seasons before being moved to Montreal and now Chicago. No longer fetter-by Phil Lewicki could very well have put the old rappo on his coach when asked about Watson in a recent interview.<h2>Can Smile Too</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03160/1653966-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="512" height="720"><figcaption class="caption-body">Watson&hellip; Color Plus</figcaption></div>&ldquo;He got us into the playoffs three years running.&rsquo;&rsquo; was Danny&rsquo;s reply. &ldquo;That meant more money in my pocket and more for the other guys. You don&rsquo;t think we dislike that do you.&rdquo;<h2>&hellip; Of His&hellip;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0498/1653959-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="497" height="871"></div>Watson is an amazing person. He often is so rasping, loud and impulsively incoherent after a Ranger loss, one wonders whether this man is capable of coaching a team. It is an electric reaction to loss on his part. one that hardly can be duplicated by any player or coach in the world of hockey. There is nothing like the searing Watson in his frenzied, emotional moments. That is why newsmen converge ou him like wolves to devour his quotes for serving the following day. They, then, give the impression of this totally wild man. which actually is true but only for a fleeting half hour or so after the game.What is overlooked Is Watson the hockey man. A keen one. strategist, propagandist who has put in enough study of the game to have earned his P.H.D. let alone his Masters Degree in stickhandling technique. Watson is a man with infinite charts, meticulously maintained, to keep a radar-like track of his own players as well as the opposition. Apart from that brief post-game explosion&mdash;widen, incidentally. does not Happen THAT often&mdash;Watson studies the hockey scene like his life depended on it. And with him. it does.Watson, who is the only hockey player ever profiled in the famed New Yorker magazine, has had his colorful fends since entering the coaching ranks. Some are real, like the annual verbal tiff with Rocket Richard, and others are half-real like the arguments between Phil and Lynn Patrick, which are&rsquo;sincere but reconciled at the end of the season because the two are. office, good friends. Another popular feud has been between Watson and his goaltender Gump Worsley. In fact, Phil nearly had a fist fight with Red Sullivan when the Blue captain was with the Chicago Black Hawks, so you can see how turbulence is attracted to him.Gardens Up In BusinessThis tiff business would be for the birds were it not for Watson&rsquo;s coaching ability. Since Watson became coach, attendance at Madison Square Garden hockey has increased. Last year, it was learned, the Rangers enjoyed their best money-making season in the club&rsquo;s entire history. Under Phil, the Blues have not only restored the old-time dignity to the name &ldquo;Rangers&rdquo; but they have regained a solid publicity hold in the New York press. Jong denied during the Manhattan hockey depression of the early forties.In his eulogy, Smythe said that four other NHL owners were very impressed with Phil&rsquo;s work, which may be another way of saving Phil could get another NHL coaching job whenever he wanted it. That cannot be doubted but it is no secret that Watson has achieved his ultimate hockey happiness in New York. Except for one season during the war when he played for Canadiens. Watson has spent his entire NHL career with Rangers. It&rsquo;s gotten into his blood. He talks of his old boss, Lester, Patrick, with a reverence that goes beyond imagination.Phil is endeared with New York and the vice is versa. Were it not for Casey Stengel, he easily would be the most colorful sports personality heareabouts. He has made permanent residence in the Bronx with his charming wife. Rosemary, and four-year old son, Peter. He likes the Yankees, television and winning be It hockey or solitaire.He has done much for hockey and his players. Under Watson&rsquo;s wing, Andy Bathgate has become an international star; Lou Fontinato. from a bumbling defenseman to an adept as well as colorful backliner and, despite the occasional quarrels, Watson has helped Worsley&rsquo; become one of the best NHL goaltenders.He doesn&rsquo;t mind popping off for the good of hockey and last year campaigned for an end to spearing which, he said, never existed when he played for Rangers.After three years, his zest for hockey has not abated. He has two ambitions to fulfill, to coach a first-place team and a Stanley Cup winner.Whether he does or not it cannot, be denied that Phil Watson has earned his plaudits as an NHL coach. He does more than merely open and shut the players gate&hellip; much more!<h2>&hellip; Bad Nights</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0566/1653952-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="501" height="849"></div> &#9632;

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Watson Hates Everyone Not In Ranger Hut Only Stengel Tops Him For Color Honors

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 Officeat Rouses Point, N.T., under the Act of March 3rd. 1879 Authorized as second-class mail. Post Offlee Department. OttawaPrinted in CanadaVOL. 12 MONTREAL. OCTOBER 18, 1958 No. 3<h2>Passing the Puck</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01357/1654094-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="374" height="437"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02322/1654087-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="769" height="154"></div>&bull; CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS have no less than nine newcomers with their team this season&hellip; They are Defensemen Dollard St. Laurent, Jack Evens and Al Arbour and Forwards Danny Lewicki, Tod Sloan, Ken Wharram, Howie Glover, Earl Balfour and John McKenzie&hellip; All played in the NHL last season except Wharram, Glover, Balfour and McKenzie&hellip; Wharram and Balfour were in the American League with Buffalo and Rochester respectively, while Glover was with Winnipeg of the Western League&hellip; McKenzie is breaking into the National Hockey League straight from junior ranks. He was a star last season with St. Catharines TeePees&hellip; Detroit Red Wings drew so many people on their Western barnstorming trip prior to the season&rsquo;s start that they made enough money to pay for their entire training camp&hellip; The Wings set record crowds everywhere they played&hellip; The biggest crowd was at Winnipeg where they drew 9,200. They had 8,000 at Edmonton, 7,100 at Calgary, turned away 1,000 at Saskatchewan where the rink holds 5,500&hellip; Gordie Howe&rsquo;s home town of Saskatoon turned out in full force to welcome Detroit&rsquo;s captain. Even the Mayor was on hand&hellip; The Wings were treated to official receptions in four of the six stops on the tout&hellip; Ed Reigel has returned to Sweden for another season as coach of the Swedish national hockey team&hellip; Hazards of a pro puck career&hellip; Allan Stanley and his bride spent two weeks locating an apartment in Boston. They lived in it less than a week when he was traded to Toronto. Now the Stanleys have to start looking for a place all over again. Stanley is happy with the trade, however, and believes he will play more with the Leafs than he did with the Bruins. It also marks the first time in 13 years that he&rsquo;s been with a Canadian team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03246/1654080-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="260" height="403"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Stanley</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04193/1654073-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="288" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Danny Lewicki</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05170/1654066-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="231" height="386"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Bartlett</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06138/1654059-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="480" height="761"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lynn Patrick</figcaption></div>&bull; CLEVELAND BARONS&rsquo; new goalkeeper, Johnny Albani, has been one of the major surprises at the Barons&rsquo; training camp. The 24-year-old goalie has been sensational in exhibition games and it may be that Jim Hendy has come up with another one of his many finds&hellip; New York Rangers have five eligible Calder Memorial Trophy candidates on their roster this year. They are Eddie Shack, John Hanna, Earl Ingarfield, Les Colwill and Jim Bartlett&hellip; Bartlett is the only one of the five to have ever played in the NHL and he played in just 12 games back in 1955-56&hellip; Shack and Bartlett both played with Providence a year ago, while Colwill and Ingarfield played in the Western Hockey League, with Saskatoon-St. Paul and Winnipeg respectively&hellip; Hanna, the sole defenseman among the Ranger rookies, divided his time between Three Rivers of the Quebec League and Provindence&hellip; Parker MacDonald complained so much about his sore shoulder that he was accused of having the soreness in his head&hellip; Recently, however, a surgeon opened up the shoulder&hellip; and the operation revealed that Parker had been carrying around a tiny drill left behind in a previous shoulder operation&hellip; &ldquo;I knew the drill was there,&rdquo; Parker informed, &ldquo;but I was told not to worry about it. That it wouldn&rsquo;t hurt. Only trouble is it pained me every time I was bumped,&rdquo; he said&hellip; Finest book obtainable for a young hockey player seeking to improve his play is &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Play Hockey&rdquo;&hellip; This excellent instructional book was authored by Lynn Patrick, general manager of the Boston Bruins&hellip; It explains clearly and with illustrations all the finer points of the game.&hellip; &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Play Hockey&rdquo; may be obtained at all the leading book and department stores throughout Canada and the United States.&bull; THEY TELL HUNDREDS of stories, and all of them rib-tickling, about Joseph Chesterfield Farrell, that grand old gentleman who died last week at the age of 82&hellip; Known as the Voice of the Black Hawks and a pioneer sports publicist, or publicitor as they called him in Chi-cago, Farrell did as much, if not more, than anyone to sell hockey to Chicagoans back in the late twenties and early thirties&hellip; In later years when hockey became big business at the Chicago Stadium and Joe received hundreds of requests for tickets, un-suspecting citizens who merely wanted to greet him would find Joe turning on them and roaring &ldquo;No!&rdquo;&hellip; The facile-minded Farrell devised a personalized match pack bearing on one side, Joseph C. Farrell&rdquo;, and on the other, &ldquo;No!&rdquo;&hellip; Whenever was around, there was life&hellip; and there were laughs. &#9632;

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The Hockey News

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Detroit Red Wings have made a switch in road hotels in Montreal.In previous years the Wings had stayed at the Sheraton Mount Royal, on Peel Street in the heart of the city. This year the Wings switched to the Queen Elizabeth, the multimillion dollar Hilton Hotel which opened during the summer months.So far there has been no indication from other clubs that they will also switch.One of the reasons for the switch was said the he the fact that the Queen Elizabeth manager, Art Mumford is a close friend of general manager Jack Adams. &#9632;

Detroit Switches Montreal Hotels To Queen Elizabeth

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll</div>(As seen in the Montreal Gazette)A Loaded Hockey TeamOne job in sport we wouldn&rsquo;t particularly care to have is Toe Blake&rsquo;s. Toe is coaching the greatest hockey club in the world and you may ask, &ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong with that?&rdquo;The only thing wrong with it is that everybody expects the Canadiens to win the N.H.L. championship again and retain the Stanley Cup. If they do as expected, the public will say, &ldquo;So what?&rdquo; If they lose, Toe will have to take the blame. In a sense, he can&rsquo;t win, if you follow us. which is sometimes hard to do.This is a loaded hockey team, to be sure, but much can happen to wreck a loaded team. Such things as injuries, illness, and the failure of certain players to play up to the form expected of them. Last season if you mentioned to the coach Of a rival club that Toe was worried because several of his stars were out of action because of injuries, the reply was always the same:&ldquo;I should have his worries.&rdquo;This is virtually the same team that won it all last spring. Only three players who were with the team then&mdash;Bert Olmstead, Dollard St. Laurent and Floyd Curry&mdash;weren&rsquo;t with it when it opened the season here last week against the Boston Bruins. They will be replaced by Ab McDonald, Ian Cushenan and Ralph Backstrom.The Habitants should finish on top of the league standings again&mdash;&ldquo;they got a lock on everything,&rdquo; says King Clancy, of the Toronto Maple Leafs&mdash;but Toe will be keeping bis fingers crossed against the aforementioned danger of injuries and against complacency, which is always a threat to championship clubs in any line of sport.&ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t matter how good you are&mdash;you can&rsquo;t let down,&rdquo; is one of the tenets in his credo. &ldquo;If you do, they&rsquo;ll beat you.&rdquo;The Brums Are StrengerThe Boston Bruins are favored by most observers to finish in the runner-up spot. They won&rsquo;t have many changes in their personnel, either.&ldquo;We aren&rsquo;t bringing up any young players,&rdquo; General Manager Lynn Patrick said a week Or so ago. &ldquo;Our farm system hasstopped producing temporarily. The new fellows with us are players we claimed in the draft.&rdquo;The new guys are Dutch Reibel. drafted from the Chicago Black Hawks, and Guy Gendron, claimed from the New York Rangers. Coach Milt Schmidt thinks his club is a little better than last year&rsquo;s because it has more depth. Real Chevrefils. now on his good behavior, is back with the Bruins and he could make a big difference, if he recovers his scoring touch.it&rsquo;s hard to assess the strength of the other four clubs. Jack Adams, the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; g.m., saye his team could finish as high as second or as low as sixth, which is his way of predicting that the Canadiens will finish on top and the other five teams will scramble.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08100/1654201-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="257" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Reay</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0996/1654194-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="276" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toe Blake</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1083/1654187-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="237" height="380"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Arbour</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1156/1654180-1-eng-US/f0004-112.jpg" title="f0004-11" width="256" height="404"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Creighton</figcaption></div>The talk of the Wings&rsquo; training camp has been Charlie Burns, who was with the Whitby Dunlops last season. He has been described as &ldquo;a Marty Pavelich with finesse.&rdquo; But when the Wings picked up the veteran, Gus Morison, it was the tipoff that their defense is still weak.The New York Rangers lost a number of experienced players by failing to protect them against the draft, which means they are going to have quite a few rookies in their lineup.Rookies A Question Mark&ldquo;Rookies are always a question mark,&rdquo; Toe Blake remarked yesterday. &ldquo;You never know how they&rsquo;re going to turn out.&rdquo;It must be that the Rangers felt the youngsters they protected were better than the veterans they left exposed, and if the kids produce they could have a very good club. But they may have trouble replacing Dave Creighton, who had his best year last season with 17 goals and 35 assists for 52 total points. A hockey player gets paid this season for the work he did last season, and it may be that the Rangers and Creighton had asalary dispute. If Creighton hadn&rsquo;t been drafted, the Rangers would have been in a better bargaining position.Billy Reay thinks his Toronto Leafs will make the playoffs this season. He has put Bert Olmstead on a line with Frank Mahovlich and George Armstrong, a move he believes will give his team more punch. He feels that Ed Chadwick let the team down last season, and he hopes he has come up with a consistent netminder in Johnny Bower.The Chicago Black Hawks acquired Dollard St. Laurent, Jack Evans and Al Arbour in an effort to strengthen their defense. What they really needed was more firepower, as they were the low&rsquo;est scoring team in the loop last season. They have picked up two experienced forwards in Earl Balfour and Tod Sloan, who may be able to help them.The guess here as to the order of the finish is Canadiens, Boston, Detroit, New York, Toronto and Chicago. &#9632;

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playing the field

STATEMENT of the ownership. manaeeniriil. etc.. of THE HOCKEY NEWS, a weekly and monthly paper. published in Rousses Point. N.Y.The name of the editor is Kenneth W. McKenzie: buaineaa manager, Will V. Cote, both of Montreal. Canada.The publishing company is Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd., Montreal. Qnt., a Limited Company.There are Will V. Cote, 4X81 Montclair Ave.. N.D.G Montreal. Que.: Ken McKenzie. 4226 Kingston Ave.. Montreal Que. There are no bond holders, mortgages or other security holders.The average number of copies of each weekly mid monthly issue nf the publication sold and distributed, through the mails or otherwise. to paid subscribers during the twelve months preceeding the date shown is 30,000 and 9,000 copies respectively.Sworn to by Will V. Cote on the 8th day of October, My Commission is for life.CHAR LES WARNER.Commissioner of the Superior, Court District of Montreal. &#9632;

STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Encouraging&hellip; frightening.Either reaction is understandable after studying Gordie Howe&rsquo;s role in the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; scoring during the preseason exhibition whirl.Long ago the hockey world learned that Howe is the &ldquo;bell cow&rdquo; of Detroit&rsquo;s hockey herd.&ldquo;Stop Howe and you stop the Wings,&rdquo; is a familiar saying around the National Hockey League.,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01310/1654263-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="281" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Nick Mickoski</figcaption></div>It is highly debatable if another player in the NHL means as much to his club as Howe does to the Wings. Certainly not last season.Howe was picked as winner of the Hart Trophy as the league&rsquo;s most-valuable player. It was the fourth time he won the award.While the clue to stopping the Wings is obvious, it has not been easy to follow. Stopping Howe is one project no club over has managed for long.During the past 19 years the easy-going Westerner from Saskatoon has figured in approximately one-third of all Detroit goals. A slope-shouldered, heavily muscled giant of 205 pounds, he packs power in every department, can shoot with either hand and has a wicked shot.Last season Howe finished &bull;lightly below normal with only 33 goals. He also had 44 assists for 77 points&mdash;thus a hand in 77 of Detroit&rsquo;s 177 goals.It was enough to win the All Star spot of right wing, a position which he has earned six times in the last decade even though the great Rocket Richard also has been contesting for the same position.Every time a new season rolls around, it is only natural that considerable concern should be focused on Howe&hellip; his health, his speed, his stamina, his power and his shooting eye.Starts 18th SeasonThere was extra concern this fall. Howe had turned SO in the meantime and that&rsquo;s the age when hockey players are supposed to show signs of wear and tear. Gordie Was headed into his 13th NHL campaign.After what has happened during the exhibition campaign, however, any fears along that lias have been wiped out. Yes, Howe definitely is wearing well With no evident loss in effeo-tivoness.In running up eight straight Victories over minor-league opposition, the Detroiters scored 50 goals. Howe had 14 and assisted on eight others. The 21 points credit him with playing part in more than 40 percent of the goals.His 14 goals were way out in front in team scoring. Norm (Ulman was next with six while Dune Fisher had five.That is the encouraging part of the Howe picture.The frightening part? Well, what would happen if the Wings had to work their way along without any Howe in the lineup?The shift of Alex Delvecchio to left wing has produced the desired &ldquo;big line&rdquo; punch in the Offense&hellip; The production Line of Ullman-Howe-Delvecchio made 2 4 of Detroit&rsquo;s 50 exhibition goals.Next is 11 goals off the line to Charlie Burns (3 goals), Fisher (5) and Johnny Wilson (3)&hellip; The third line now lists Leu Lunde (3), Billy McNeill (1) and Claude Laforge (1)&hellip; The fourth line has Forbes Kennedy (1), Jack McIntyre (1) and Gerry Ehman (2).While other NHL clubs were working against big-league op-poueuts, the Wings stuck to Western League and American League opposition&hellip; General manager Jack Adams explained that he saw no real benefit in in the Wings preseason setup.The Detroiters flew to the prairies for a six-game stand in seven nights&hellip; It cost $10,000 to charter a TCA plane for the week but enough revenue came in, according to Adams, to pay not only trip expenses but also training-camp expenses.Top crowd on the tour was 9,200 at Winnipeg&hellip; There were 8,000 at Edmonton, 7,100 at Calgary, 6,100 at Fort William and 5,500 at Saskatoon where another 1.000 were turned away&hellip; In their first eight exhibition games Detroit played before 48,300 fans&hellip; Included was a turnout of 8,417 for the lone stand at home against Cleveland.&ldquo;Coast-to-coast TV hockey on Saturday did it,&rdquo; Adams said when asked why the big turnouts&hellip; &ldquo;They had seen the players on TV and now wanted to see them in person.&rdquo;Detroit&rsquo;s eight exhibitions scores, in sequence, were 6-2 over Cleveland at St. Thomas; 6-1 over Edmonton at Fort William; 2-1 over Winnipeg; 7-1 over Winnipeg at Grand Forks, N.D.; 10-3 over Saskatoon; 6-1 over Edmonton; 7-1 over Calgary, and 6-2 over &rsquo; Cleveland in Detroit.Nick Mickoski made the trip but went directly to Winnipeg and stayed there at home the full week&hellip; Then he flew back with the team&hellip; His shoulder injury mending rapidly, Nick was due to play in the NHL opener.Also expected back for the first game was Gus Mortson&hellip; A knee injury stiffened and he flew back alone after the first two games in the west in order to get better treatment here.Mortson will team with Red Kelly, while Marcel Pronovost will team with Warren Godfrey is the regular defense assignments&hellip; Pete Goegan will become the fifth defenseman.Terry-Sawchuk has drawn only praise from Adams and coach Sid Abel after holding the<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02281/1654256-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="1686" height="1276"><figcaption class="caption-body">This is the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; newest &rsquo;Production Line. Left to right: Alex Delvecchio, recently moved to left wing by coach Sid Abel; centre is Norm Ullman and on the right side is Gordie Howe, the club&rsquo;s key guy. Howe has figured in most of the club&rsquo;s exhibition goals this season.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Dow Red Wings Do Depends On How Howe Does

SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;This is Gordie Howe&rsquo;s home town, and they&rsquo;re proud of it. The great right winger of the Detroit Red Wings learned.his corner-lot hockey here before moving east to hook on in the Red Wing&rsquo; organization.The last time Gordie Howe appeared in a game here was back in 1944.He returned with the Wings in their exhibition tour recently and drew a capacity house. He made it a night his home town fans will never forget either.Howe scored five goals for the Wings as they defeated the Saskatoon club 10-3. &#9632;

Gord Gives Saskatoon Fans Chance To Cheer—Nets Five

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON. Mass.&mdash;Who will be Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s bar-gain buy for the 1958-59 hockey season?For the years he has been doing the Boston Bruins&rsquo; shopping Patrick has an unequalled record for making shrewd purchases.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03218/1654332-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="267" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cal Gardner</figcaption></div>Sugar Jim Henry&hellip; Cal Gardner&hellip; Allan Stanley&hellip; Larry Regan&hellip; Brone o Horvath&mdash;they&rsquo;re players who have produced handsomely for the Bruins after being picked up by Patrick for relative peanuts.Regan was an unknown forward, even by Quebec League standards, when Patrick bought him from the Quebec Aces in 1956.But by the end of the 195657 season Regan owned the Calder Trophy, as the National League&rsquo;s rookie-of-the-year.Horvath had been discarded by New York, Detroit and Montreal when the Bruins drafted him from Rochester of the American League a year ago last summer.Scored in Minors&ldquo;Why did the Bruins buy him?&rdquo; asked the hockey world.Horvath answered the question emphatically last season by scoring 30 goals and Patrick added to his stature as hockey&rsquo;s most discriminating shopper..Who will be Patrick&rsquo;s bargain buy for this season? Well, the Bruins&rsquo; manager&rsquo;s most logical candidate is Jean-Guy Gendron.A 23-year-old forward, Gendron represents a Patrick investment of $15,000, the sum it cost the Bruins to draft him from the New York Rangers.There&rsquo;s nothing &lsquo;overly impressive about Gendron&rsquo;s record for his three seasons with New York. He scored a total of only 24 goals, 10 a year ago.But with tha Rangers little Gendron was used almost exclusively as a penalty-killer. Penality Toppazzini and Fleming Mackell excepted.With the Bruins. Gendron will do. more than kill penalties. And they think hell score more goals.&ldquo;He scored them for us before he went to New York,&rdquo; observed Terry Reardon. Providence general manager and a Gendron booster. &ldquo;He scored 2 4 goals for us during the 1954-55 season. He was only 20 years old at the time and in his first season as a professional. And he played only 47 games.&rdquo;&ldquo;I think he can score,&rdquo; opined Milt Schmidt, Bruins&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;He surprised me very much ill pre-season training with his shot. He has a good, hard, accurate shot and he can get it away.Starred In Playoffs&ldquo;Only time will tell if ha can make goals with it during the regular season but I intend to give him the chance. He&rsquo;ll be out there on a wing.&rdquo;.Gendron&rsquo;s splendid season with Providence was ended abruptly by a broken arm. The injury also terminated interest in him by his home-town team, the Montreal Canadien3.&ldquo;The Canadiens were interested in him to the point where they were just about ready to dicker for him,&rdquo; revealed Reardon. &ldquo;Then he broke hia arm and I didn&rsquo;t hear any more about him from them.&rdquo;Gendron, a sturdily-built 156-poHnder, is a tireless skater and a durable little fellow. A determined digger, he bounces like a rubber ball when he&rsquo;s knocked down.The Bruins were well aware of his resiliency after their semi-final play-off series with New York last spring. T h e y bounced Gendron around like a yoyo but he kept getting up. At the series&rsquo; end the Bruins chose as the best New York players Dave Creighton&mdash;and Gendron.In the long run another Patrick purchase&mdash;Dutch Reibel, Gordon Redahl, Dan Poliziani, the Minneapolis muscleman Yen Yackel&mdash;may prove to be of more worth to the Bruins this season than Gendron.But right now the bewhiffled ex-Ranger looks like the best bet to maintain Patrick&rsquo;s fantastic record as a shopper.<h2>Cost Little, Produced Big</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05114/1654325-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="543" height="550"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0675/1654318-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="537" height="532"></div> &#9632;

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Milt To Give Gendron Chance To Be Bruins’ Bargain Buy Of 1958

<h2>Makes Impression</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04166/1654363-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="529" height="535"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guy Gendron</figcaption></div>QUEBEC CITY. Que.&mdash;Coach Milt Schmidt doesn&rsquo;t like losing a game&mdash;even exhibitions.The Bruins played the Toronto Maple Leafs In a two game series in this area. In the first game, played in the Coliseum here the Leafs shutout the Bruins 5-0.So ired was Schmidt that he had his players out of bed at 6 a.m. the next morning and on the ice at eight for practice.The Bruins made no mistake in the next game in Chicoutimi. They won 5-3. &#9632;

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Bruins Out Of Sack At 6 A.M. For Workout After 5-0 Loss

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The third, and youngest of th e R i-ehard Broth-e r s, Claude will not play hockey in the Western Hockey League for the Spokane Flyers as originally reported. He was supposed t o go to the Flyers for a pro trial. He was assigned to the team, but the following day Claude decided he&rsquo;d like to play closer to home.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02264/1654425-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="237" height="403"><figcaption class="caption-body">Claude Richard</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I thought Richard wanted to go somewhere where his older brothers wouldn&rsquo;t overshadow him and thought Maurice wanted him to go.&rdquo; Kenny Reardon said.Brothers Maurice (The Rocket) and Henri (Pocket Rocket) are Montreal mainstays.&ldquo;I made the plane reservations and the older brothers called the kid. I guess he got panicky. He speaks very little English and Spokane seemed an awfully long way from Montreal,&rdquo; Reardon told Spokane officials. &ldquo;The Rocket changed his mind and decided it might be better to have the kid closer to home and the family.&ldquo;Of course, the Canadiens could force Richard to go but he&rsquo;s not that good a hockey player yet. It wouldn&rsquo;t be worth it, so I think he&rsquo;ll play amateur again this year.Young Richard led Ottawa Canadiens to the Memorial Cup, symbol of Canadian junior hockey supremacy last year. &#9632;

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Claude Richard Refuses To Go To WHL Flyers

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The refusal of young Claude Richard brother of Maurice and Henri, to report to the Spokane Flyers of the WHL brings to mind the fact that none of&rsquo; the Richards boys ever moved far from home base when it comes to earning a living.Maurice played all of his hockey, junior, senior and pro in Montreal.Brother Henri played schooljunior B and Junior A hockey in Montreal before graduating to the Montreal Canadiens.There was another brother, Jacques Richard who also played. He performed with a junior A club in Montreal and then went on to play with the Chicoutimi club of the Quebec Hockey League. &#9632;

Richard Brothers Never Stray Far From Montreal

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><h2>Phil Has Only One Experienced Line Going For Him</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03176/1654508-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="248" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY BATHGATE &hellip; Key Guy</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04125/1654501-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="263" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY POPEIN &hellip; in His prime</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05112/1654494-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="241" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">EDDIE SHACK&hellip; The Lost Chord</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0695/1654487-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="243" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY HEBENTON&hellip; Minds His Business</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0742/1654480-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="258" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">HANK CIESLA&hellip; He&rsquo;s Learning</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;What kind of year will it be for the New York Rangers?It will be a year when coach Phil Watson will have only one veteran line going for him. A year when four rookies will be asked to do a man&rsquo;s job of scoring. When Camille Henry will be minus his competent, dependable centerman of yore and when Red Sullivan and Andy Hebenton will have a left wing like they&rsquo;ve never skated with before&hellip; ever.In an effort to retain their prize rookies, discard incompetents and weld a playoff team of the present and a championship team of the future. Blueshirt manager Muzz Patrick presents a Ranger team of great promise but one with a Gargantuan question mark hovering above it.Returned as the flagship line is Andy-Bathgate-Dean Prentice-Larry Popein. This is the dependable, no-doubts-about-it crew, who in the face of possible failures below-is expected to carry the big weight of the team. For good reason, too. Bathgate, now, is one of the best forwards in the league. He is versatile, doubling on the power play, can center of play right wing and is hefty and durable to a point. The point is that line which permits his unpredictable knee to hold up. If Andy&rsquo;s knee goes, it&rsquo;s ta-ta to plenty of Ranger goals. Last year it presented little trouble.Left-winging it for the big line is Dean Prentice, who is an accomplished portsider. His lust for reckless abandon along the boards has not abated. His shot is deadly-hard and he goes both ways. He is a very important player in the prime of bis career.Sullivan Hit By Injuries In PastAt the beginning of every season there&rsquo;s talk about getting a replacement for Larry Popein as center on the big line. And every year it turns out to be fust that&hellip; talk. The Pope has worked with Andy and Dean&rsquo; long enough to know their moves backwards, which he does. Pope doesn&rsquo;t score much and sometimes he goes stale but he remains an efficient workman and the best centerman to go with Bathgate and Prentice so he&rsquo;ll stay there. At 28 years, Pope too is in his prime. There is no reason to expect anything to interfere with another workmanlike year from him barring injury.Watson has the makings of a superior line with captain Red Sullivan at center, Andy Hebenton on right wing and rookie Eddie Shack on left wing.For two years, the coach experimented with left wingers to round out the ambitious play of Hebenton and Sully. Parker MacDonald was not up to it last year, nor was anyone else outstanding in that spot. Now, along comes Shack, flamboyant, bombastic, talented and, possibly, the lost chord for those two choristers, Andy and Red.Sully&rsquo;s career as a Ranger has been marked by severe injuries, first the spleen, and last year the jaw. Neither injury should make. a shy-boy out or the captain whose indomitable spirit makes up for other talent shortcomings. The redhead puts out 100 per cent for the club and, as such, is an asset. His best has been good for the club. He is not likely to change in 1958-59.Andy Hebenton is 2.9 years old the oldest Blue forward but not old enough to worry about his age. The Heb, like Prentice is the mind-his-business type guy who diligently does his job. He scores goals, and backchecks. He&rsquo;s big and once in a while throws his muskox frame around. He will be dependable as usual.Shack replaces Danny Lewicki. The club feels it is an improvement. Danny was a oneway player and not a bodychecker. Shack hits.The question is how will Shack fit in with the vets. After about half a season, if not sooner, it could be a perfect marriage of the three. Shack is hot tempered, will get a heckuva lot of cheap penalties and will get in plenty of hot water, based on past performances. Fortunately, there is too much raw talent to suppress and with the help of vets like Sully and Heb, he should mature into an extraordinary player and lift the line to a new stature.Most indefinite would be the way to describe the third line centered by either Hank Ciesla or Earl Ingarfield with Camille Henry on left wing and Les Colwill on right. Minus Dave Creighton, it is doubtful whether Henry can achieve his 30-plus goal productivity of last year. However, it should be noted that most of Camay&rsquo;s tallies were made not as a regular lineman but on the power play. Henry will be on the power play again and there he should again excel, except for the fact that he will be eyed and hacked more severely this year by the loop&rsquo;s hatchet-men. This, too. may cut into Henry&rsquo;s goal scoring. Otherwise. Camay is in his prime, smart and determined more than ever now that he has a wife to support and a bonus for goals over 30.About 30 games will give an indication how well Colwill and Ingarfield fit in. They will be improvements over the hard-working but inferior Gerry Foley and should not be any worse to the team than Guy Gendron or MacDonald. Then, again, there is the possibility the kids will shine. As a substitute left wing, the coach can go to Jimmy Bartlett, who this reporter always likened to a latter-day Bill Ezinicki.Jeems loves to hit, he skates extremely well and sometimes scores. It would not surprise us if he gains a regular spot, provided he forsakes loafing on ice and concentrates on hockey.Many Things Could Happen To ClubCenter Hank Ciesla can not match Dave Creighton in ability or experience. However, Hank is young and intelligent and learning. Like Creighton, he is big and was good enough in the juniors to be considered a solid future NHL citizen. Ciesla was rushed to the big time too fast and it has told. Given a chance to play regularly in the playoffs last year, he did well. It could be a portent of better things from big Hank.How good and bad can the forwards be? First the worst: Andy Bathgate could aggravate his knee and Larry Popein slump, thus ruining the first line. Hebenton is due for a slump, injuries may have slowed Sullivan and Shack may not be ready for the big league, killing the second unit. With Creighton gone, Henry&rsquo;s effectiveness could be hampered and the kids, Colwill and Ingarfield may be too green. And Ciesla may not improve. That is the ultimate in pessimism but must be evaluated as a possibility that could drop the club to sixth.On the other hand, there are indications of a reincarnation of a team similar to the Toronto Leafs of 1946-47, which finished second and won the Cup with dynamic rookies like Kennedy, Meeker, Lynn, Ezinicki and Klukay on the front line.It is very possible that Shack, Colwill, Ingarfield. Bartlett etc. could, with Watson&rsquo;s encouragement, reach the spirited peaks attained by Leafs. Then, with the other troops holding up, the Rangers would be a distinct threat to the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins for the first rung&hellip; in scoring. &#9632;

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Rangers Mixture Of Vets And Kids; Can They Repeat Leafs Chore Of ’47?

<div class="byline">By STAN HOUSTON</div>TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;Bower&rsquo;s in power, but Chad isn&rsquo;t bad.This could be considered Billy Reay&rsquo;s theme as he launches the 1958-59 NHL campaign with newcomer Johnny Bower in goal and holdover Ed Chadwick in the wings.The Toronto Maple Leaf coach, who figures goaltending is the biggest single factor influencing a team&rsquo;s destination, is certain that this season he has the tools to make the playoffs.Although he has not yet adopted any special format for his proposed platoon system of goaltending, Reay feels he can&rsquo;t go wrong if Bower and Chadwick continue to perform as they did in the Toronto training camp and exhibition series.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01380/1654394-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="237" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bower</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Eddie is already, looking much better,&rdquo; the coach estimates. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s in better condition and working harder. And Bower is certainly living up to my expectation&mdash;which were high from the start.&ldquo;I always figured Johnny belonged in the NHL and I think a lot of other people will agree after they&rsquo;ve seen him a few times.&rdquo;Acquired from Cleveland Barons of the American League during the summer, Bower indeed lost no time in making such an impression on anyone who saw him in training. Through four complete exhibition games and half of four others, he yielded only 10 goals in 360 minutes for an outstanding 1.66 goals against average.And when Reay announced his choice of Bower to start the season, the 33-year-old promptly rewarded the coach&rsquo;s faith by registering successive shutouts in his next two exhibition contests, against Rochester Americans and Boston Bruins.In avenging that blanking, it was Bruins who pushed Bower over a one-goal average by beating him five times during Leafs&rsquo; final exhibition game, in Chicoutimi, Que. Yet he still emerged with the best Leaf training camp record in years, that 1.66 average that was just half the yield of last year&rsquo;s last-place club.IS No Stay At HomeIt was not this fine average, however, that prompted Reay to select Bower as his starting goaltender. Johnny&rsquo;s ability to clear pucks and intercept passes was the chief influence.Wielding his stick like it were a flyswatter, Bower bats down flying pucks before they can reach a destination, poke-checks the puck from attacking players and sweep-checks the crease clear of all bric-a-brac that might reflect on his reputation as a good housekeeper.And though he may not rival Montreal&rsquo;s Jacques Plante as a nomad, Johnny indicated he is no stay-at-home. If he is screened on a play, instead of guessing. he steps around the screen to improve his view. And if he cannot find an ally to accept his clearing passes, he&rsquo;ll set out on his own rushes until someone appears.That night he blanked the Bruins, he started enough such sorties that it probably would not have surprised Quebec City fans had he tried a complete end-to-end rush.His greatest asset, in Reay&rsquo;s estimation, is that excellence at clearing. It was this factor that gave him the nod over Chadwick for the starting assignment.&ldquo;I think Johnny&rsquo;s example at clearing will be a big help to Eddie,&rdquo; Reay says. &ldquo;I remember that Johnny used to have the same clearing trouble that Chadwick has now. I figured it was his only fault when he played in the Western League. But he has certainly overcome it.&rdquo;the same end. Reay ip planning to obtain a weighted stick for the 25-year-old veteran of two campaigns in the Leaf nets.&ldquo;After he uses the weighted stick in practices for awhile, he&rsquo;ll find the regulation stick is like a toothpick,&rdquo; Reay realAlthough Chadwick starts the season in the role of understudy to Bower, Reay promises the Blond Iceberg he won&rsquo;t rust for want of work.&ldquo;I want one good job from two big men,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve told, them both that, so there is&ldquo;I still don&rsquo;t know just how changes will be made, but. I do know that modern hoqkey makes is necessary to have two goalies around. A goalie has the toughest job in hockey. There is no one behind him to cover up his mistakes, so the pressure is always on him. Taking that pressure for 60 minutes a game for 70 games is too much the way attackers come in on goalies today.&ldquo;I believe that was ail that hurt Chadwick last year&mdash;he went the full season for the second year in a row&mdash;140 straight games without a rest.&ldquo;Rangers showed last year just how valuable a second man can be when they relieved (Gump) Worsley with (Marcel) Paille and then Paille with Worsley. Boston got the job done by using more than one, even though injuries forced them to changes. So did Canadiens.&ldquo;Now we&rsquo;re going to get modern and do the same thing.. Bower has the experience and Eddie can benefit by watching him when he&rsquo;s not playing. Then when Chadwick himself plays, he can make use of what he has learned.&ldquo;Say what you want about this club With such a big im &#9632;

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Chad Wins Praise But Bower The Nod As Leafs’ Starter

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, Ilk&mdash;The most powerful and successful Black Hawks team in over a decade has rolled into the finals in Stanley Cup hockey play after finishing a stout third during the regular 70 same National League schedule and then rolling through cup semi-finial action with comparative ease&hellip;A rather premature accounting to be sure, however, one that may be written in just such words or something very similar in another six months. The 1958-59 edition of the Chicago puck squad looks good and few around will deny that the team won&rsquo;t be in the thick of this NHL race.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m still a rookie in the big league&mdash;especially when it comes to something like predicting, but I do know that we&rsquo;re starting the season and will finish it too&mdash;and that finish won&rsquo;t be in last place.&rdquo; assures Rudy Pilous as he embarks on his first full term as coach.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01332/1654553-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="289" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Wharram</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I feel pretty sure that we have an improved team and its one that should be good enough to give them all more than a little trouble right down to the wire provided the boys can play the honest brand of hockey they are capable of and give it the 199% effort deserved:&rdquo;The Black Hawks have begun the new campaign with a full allowable compliment of 19 skaters&mdash;goalie, five defensemen and 13 forwards, but General Manager Tommy Ivan indicated during training two weeks ago that he plans to carry only three regular lines and two spare forwards&mdash;two less men that at present.<h2>Chief And Chief Brave</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02299/1654546-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1086" height="1131"><figcaption class="caption-body">Coach Rudy Pilous left, predicts a rise in the Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; fortunes on the strength of the power he added to the club through drafts and trades during the off-season. One of the big guns on the clubs&rsquo; defense will be Dollard St. Laurent, acquired from the Montreal Canadiens in the summer months. Pilous chats with Dolly, above.</figcaption></div>&ldquo;That plan still sticks,&rdquo; he reveals. &ldquo;We think we have the lines: picked for at. least the present with Bobby Hull between Ed Litzenberger and Lome Ferguson, Tod Sloan between Eric Nesterenko and Earl Balfour and Danny Lewicki doing the middle job for Ron Murphy and Ken Wharram.Skov Inside Track On Job&ldquo;It is between the other four forwards on the roster for the remaining two spots on the club and it shouldn&rsquo;t take too many games for us to make a decision,&rdquo; Ivan indicates. The quartet is made up of veterans Ted Lindsay and Glen Skov and rooks Johnny McKenzie and Howard Glover.Skov would seemingly have an inside track far one of the &bull;pots due to his value as a back checker and penalty killer. It<h2>Job In Peril</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03230/1654539-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="507" height="1075"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Lindsay</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rudy Promises ’Injun Troubles In 1958-59 Race

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;Same 5,000 mid westerners were. treated to a. pair of sneak preview&rsquo;s starring the 1958-59 edition of the Black Hawks just before the season start ed. Scenes of these special events were home ice at the Chicago Stadium and the Wagon Wheel, plush year around resort at Rockton, III., 90 miles north-west.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04175/1654584-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="263" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Hall</figcaption></div>The preview at the Wagon Wheel&mdash;more accurately the resort&rsquo;s Palace ice skating rink&mdash;drew a packed house Many present were seeing real&rsquo; hockey for the first time and got a big thrill from the intra-squad game. The visit to the Wagon Wheel may become an annual affair.Referee for the game was the famous Mush March, a star Black Hawk of yesteryear an! later top linesman in the National Hockey League He is now referee-in-chief and general guidance director of the Illinois Amateur Ice Hockey league in Chicago.After the exhibition Walter Williamson, owner of the Wagon Wheel, was a very gracious host to the Black Hawk, party of players, officials, families and friends over a delicious steak dinner in one of the establishment&rsquo;s several large dining rooms.Over 2,000 Hawk fans attended the second annual hockey clinic the following evening at the Stadium. The players&mdash;new and old&mdash;were officially introduced, went through a se-ries of maneuvers and drills and then partook of a 30-minute scrimmage session.A speed lap against the clock was won by Kenny Wharram in the rapid time of 14.5 seconds. Big Elmer Vasko was second fastest, skater. It was disclosed afterward that Kenny, making a fourth try to stick with the Hawks, streaked around the ice despite a bothering charleyhorse.Goalie Glenn Hall looked exceptionally good in a test of shooting for his teammates which was won by Ed Litzenber-ger, only man in the group to Rearguard Dollard St. Laurent was the only skater to do it twice.Fans thoroughly enjoyed the clinic once again while also get sneak preview programs were arranged by the old NHLer, Johnny Gottselig, now veteran public relations directors for tlie Hawks. He also served as &#9632;

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Hawks In Clinic For Fans; Smash Hit In Suburbs

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>For the third straight year the Boston Bruins have added a defenseman on the eve of their opening National Hockey League game.Two years ago they bought tall Allan Stanley from the Chicago Black Hawks.A year ago they purchased blond Larry Hillman from the same Chicago team.This fall they got Jim Morrison from the Toronto Maple Leafs in return tor Stanley.Stanley and Hillman stepped right. into the Bruins&rsquo; lineup on arrival. So has Morrison.&ldquo;He can play both left and right defense,&rdquo; declared Coach Milt Schmidt, &ldquo;so I&rsquo;ll Use him as a swing man. I&rsquo;ll play him on both sides.&rdquo; Schmidt has been doing just that.The Stanley-for-Morrison trade came in the nature of a surprise here, for it seemed to commit Schmidt to a squad of six defensemen. The Bruins&rsquo; coach had announced earlier than he&rsquo;d use only five.On that basis it seemed likely that Stanley would be playing, at the start of the season at least, with the Providence Reds, the Bruins&rsquo; American league affiliate.Jim Originally a BruinMorrison, who had been training with the Rochester&rsquo; Americans of the AL, boosted the Bruins&rsquo; defense squad to the six-man figure Schmidt had said earlier he didn&rsquo;t want. The other five were Capt. Ferny&rsquo; Flaman. Doug Mohns, Bob Armstrong, Leo Boivin and Hillman.Stanley, a 32-year old political science student who first came here as a teen-ager, gave the Bruins two effective seasons. The six-foot two-inch veteran with the personable nature was a key defenseman two seasons ago until he sustained a late-season knee Injury which knocked him out of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He was the scoring leader of the defense corps a year ago and eighth scorer on the team.Morrison, originally a forward, is a product of the Bruins&rsquo; farm system. He played for the junior Barrie (Ont.) Flyers with Jerry&rsquo; Toppazzini. Leo LaBine, Doug Mohns and Real Cheyrefils and prepped as a pro at Hershey&rsquo; under Johnny Crawford. who now coaches Providence.The Bruins brought him up briefly&rsquo; but traded him to Toronto in January of 1 952 for Fleming Mackell. one of the finest trades they&rsquo;ve ever made. Morrison put in six seasons with the Maple LeafsNow 27. Morrison is only medium-sized as defensemen go. But he&rsquo;s a good skater and he has a physique developed by canoeing, a sport at which he owned or shared several Canadian championships.<h2>Back To Hub</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05122/1654622-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="519" height="856"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Morrison</figcaption></div><h2>On To Leafs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0686/1654615-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="534" height="862"><figcaption class="caption-body">Allan Stanley</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Morrison Deal Commits Milt To Six Defensemen

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;President Clarence Campbell of the NHL sees the 1958-59 races as one which could produce many surprises and upsets&mdash;certainly one with much more balance.Without saying so Campbell told reporters that the Canadiens should repeat them flag race of 1957-58.<h2>Happy Outlook</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03233/1654698-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="503" height="815"><figcaption class="caption-body">Clarence Campbell</figcaption></div>&ldquo;There is no doubt that at least five teams will be better balanced and there is every indication of good public response.&rdquo; Campbell said prior to the opening game. &ldquo;Canadiens have a pretty. solid team and a great backlog of material. They don&rsquo;t figure to be any weaker and may have a definite advantage in the early stages.&rdquo;Asked how he would forecast the finish of the race, the NHL boss sidetracked a. direct answer by saying the Canadiens are &ldquo;in a very formidable position.&rdquo;&ldquo;They have five of the 12 NHL All-Stars on their team, and that&rsquo;s a high percentage. They are real AllStars. too; not just fringe. In addition, Canadiens have Maurice Richard, who didn&rsquo;t make the All-Star team last season.&rdquo;&ldquo;We are primarily concerned with balanced competi tion,&rdquo; said Campbell. &ldquo;It has been coming about definitely if slowly.&ldquo;The test of a good season is a reduction of spread. You can have one or two teams in front but to have a good league the smaller the spread the better.&rdquo;The NHL Prexy says he looks &rsquo;for improvement from five clubs but can&rsquo;t see the powerful Montrealers having a very hard time making the playoffs.&ldquo;Three clubs definitely are going to go with younger material&mdash;New York, Toronto and Detroit. Perhaps they can&rsquo;t be expected to produce all at once and may take time to shake down.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Prexy Ducks Direct Answer, But Indicates Habs 1st, Then Anyone

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash; The fact that everyone has picked his Montreal Canadiens to repeat their NHL sweep doesn&rsquo;t make coach Toe Blake too happy.&ldquo;Everybody is saying we&rsquo;ll win but if we do &mdash; and I say if&mdash;we&rsquo;ll have the toughest kind of competition,&rdquo; said Blake.&ldquo;I figure there are two teams to beat &mdash; Boston and Detroit. I say Boston because the Bruins gave us a battle in the playoffs, and Detroit because the Red Wings have plenty of good players, four or five old pros.&ldquo;New York looks to be the mystery team of the season with so many rookies. Before the season is over I think the Rangers will lament letting Dave Creighton get away from them.&ldquo;Chicago will be improved and Toronto got a couple of good players in Creighton and Bert Olmstead.&rdquo; &#9632;

‘Toe’Expects Rough Ride To Wire

CHICAGO, III.&mdash;It never fails to happen. Trade a would be star or a player who is supposed to be oyer the hill, and what happens? He&rsquo;ll come back and haunt you every time.Such is the cose of Chicago&rsquo;s Tod Sloan.Sold during the off-season by the Toronto Maple Leafs, Sloan went back into Toronto last week and created havoc for the Leafs. He scored two goals as the Black Hawks came from behind to whir, the Leafs 1-1The next night back in Chicago Sloan, or the &rsquo;Stinker as he was known in Toronto, potted two more as the Hawks stretched their unbeaten streak to three.At the beginning of the Sloan told reporters that all he wants to do is to play well for the Hawks. "I have a special urge pushing me a little now&hellip; I want to score 200 goals or more before I hang &rsquo;em up."The Hawks, in picking up Sloan this season were hoping to get that added goal scorer. The one who could notch them about 20 goals a year and help them win some of those close ones they lost by a goal last season.It looks like Sloan may be their mon. Playing on a line with Earl Balfour and Eric Nesterenko, he has sud-denly taken on a new lease on life.Sloan was a big gun for the Leafs in three of his eight seasons with the club. In 1950-51 he scored 31 goals and the following season he netted 25. Four bad seasons in a row were on the books for him before he came back with his greatest year in the NHL. In-1955-56 he scored 37 goals and added 29 assists for 66 points. He finished in a tie with Bert Olmstead for fourth in NHL scoring and was voted to the centre spot on the second all-star team.Two bad seasons in a row and Sloon was traded to Chicago. Here Tommy Ivan and Coach Rudy Pilous are hoping he can lead the way for the Hawks. Off their first three games and his fine efforts one would have to say he looks like the man to do it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04175/1654753-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="258" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tod Sloan</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Player-of-the-week

Pilote&rsquo;s Two FirstsDefenseman Pierre Pilote of the Chicago Block Howks con put two firsts into his little block-book under 1958-59 season. He drew the first penalty of the season at 1:23 of the first period os scored the first goal of 15:54.Leo&rsquo;s Worst SeasonLeo LoBine of the Bruins will be trying to wipe out memories of his poorest seoson in six year with the Bruins. Last season in 62 games Leo scored only seven goals and 14 assists for 21 points.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01365/1654667-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="561" height="229"></div>Results Of GameWednesday, October 8New York 1 at Chicago 1Thursday, October 9Boston 2 at Montreal 3Saturday, October 11Detroit 0 at Montreal 2Chicago 3 at Toronto 1New York 4 at BostontSunday, October 12Montreal 2 at Boston 4 New York 0 at Detroit 3Toronto 2 at Chicago 5Next Week&rsquo;s GamesWednesday, October 15Boston at New YorkThursday, October 16Toronto at MontrealChicago at DetroitSaturday, October 18New York at MontrealBoston at TorontoDetroit at Chicago(Afternoon Gnw on TV)Sunday, October 19Montreal at New YorkToronto at DetroitBoston at Chicago<h2>The Point Parade</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02301/1654660-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="565" height="509"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02321/1654653-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="569" height="2003"></div>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8thNew York 1 at. Chicago 1CHICAGO Ill.&mdash;A second period goal by Camille Henry while Lome Ferguson was sitting out a minor penalty, gave the New York Rangers a 1-1 tie in (he 1958-59 NHL opener &rsquo;Che Hawks took a. 1-0 lead on a goal by defenceman Pierre Pilote from 30 feet out.New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Fontink-to, Cahan, Hanna, Gadsby; forwards: Bathgate, Po-pein, Prentice, Shack. Ingarfield, Hebenton, Ciesla. Col will. Henry, Bartlett, Sullivan.Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Pilote. Vasko Arbour, Evans, St. Laurent; forwards: Litzenberger, Hull, Ferguson, Lindsay, Lewicki. Sloan, Murphy, Skov, Nesterenko, Wharram, Glover. Balfour, McKenzie.Deferee: Eddie Powers; linesmen:George Hayes. Art Skov.First Period1&mdash;Chicago: Pilote(Hull, Fetgusog)&hellip;&hellip; 15.54Penalties: Pilote 1.23. Fontinato4.16 Wharram 7.14, Sullivan 11.15, Howell 16.19.Second Period2&mdash;New York: Henry(Bathgate. Gadsby)&hellip;&hellip; 16.55Penalties: Arbour 1.39, Nesterenko 4.47, Howell 7.08, Ferguson 15.06.Third PeriodScoring: None.Fenaltity: Hebenton 8.44.Hall&hellip;&hellip; 19 18 8&mdash;29Worsley&hellip;&hellip; 11 7 15&mdash;33THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9Boston 2 at Montreal 3MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Boston Bruins put on a tremendous last period effort to catch the Montreal Canadieus in the opening game here. The Bruins, behind 3-0 with a little more than five minutes to go, scored two last goals hut couldn&rsquo;t get the equalizer.Moore, the. league&rsquo;s leading scorer last season, opened up a 1-0 Hah lead, scoring Whiie Flaman was serving a major for drawing blood. Pronovost made it 2-0 in the second period and Doug Harvey made it 3-0 in the third, scoring while Morrison was serving a minor for hooking.Toppazzini made it 3-1 at 13:02 of the final period on a pass from Me-Kenny and than Stasiuk made it a 3-2 game one minute and 44 seconds later an a pass from Flaman.Boston&mdash;Goal: Simmons; defense: Flaman, Mohns. Armstrong, Morrison, Boivin. Hillman: forwards: McKenney, Toppazzini, MacKell, Horvath. Stasiuk, Bucyk, Reibel, Labine, Chevrefils, N. Johnson, Regan, Gendron.Canadiens&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: T. Johnson. Talbot, Haney, Turner, Cushertan; forwards: H. Richard, M. Richard. Moore. Beliveau. Geoffrion, McDonald. Goyette. Prono-vost. Provost, Marshall, Backstrom, Bonin.Referee: Red Storey; linesmen Bill Morrison, Rodger Strong.First Period1&mdash;Canadiens, Moore(H. Richard. Geoffrion)&hellip; 6:56Penalties: Flaman, major and minor. 1:12, Pronovost 4:12, Canadiens bench penalty served by Cushenan 8:29, Armstrong 11:39, McKenney, misconduct 11:39, Horvath, misconductgame penalty 16:37, Beliveau 17:56.Second Period2&mdash;Canadiens. Pronovost (Provost, Goyette)&hellip;&hellip; 3:26Penalty; Flaman 18:46.Third Period3&mdash;Canadiens, Harvey 7(H. Richard, M. Richard).. 4:584&mdash;Boston, Toppazzini(McKenney)&hellip;&hellip; 14:025&mdash;Boston. Stasiuk (Flaman). 15:46Penalties: Morrison 6:23, HHIrnsn (Boston bench penally) 17:67.Simmons&hellip;&hellip; 11 16 12&mdash;39Plante&hellip;&hellip; 8 3 11&mdash;22SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11Detroit 0 at Montreal 2MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;The Detroit Red Wings opened their 1958-59 campaign by being shutout by the Stanley Cup Montreal Canadiens 2-0. It was the first NHL shutout of the season and he second victory in row for the Champions.A crowd of 13,763 saw the Hobs score twice in the first period and then hold off the Wings the rest of the way.Andre Pronovost put the Canadiens into a l-0 lead when the slapped in a rebound at 3.46 of the first period. At 9.45 Don Marshall took rookie Ralph Backstrom&rsquo;s goal mouth pass and scored to make it 2.0.Detroit&mdash;Goal: flawchuk; defense: Kelly, Godfrey. Pronovost. Morison, Goegan; forwarder Howe, Ullman, Delvecchio, &rsquo;Burns, Fisher, McNeill, La-forge., Lunde, Ehman, Kennedy, McIntyre. Wilson.Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante: defense: Harvey Turner, Johnson. Talbot, Cushman; forwards: M. Richard. Moore, Beliveau. Geoffrion, McDonald. Provost, Pronovost, Goyette, Marshall, Bonin, Backstrom.First Period1&mdash;Montreal: Provost(Johnson, Goyette)&hellip;&hellip; 8.462&mdash;Montreal: Marshall(Backstrom, Bonin)&hellip;&hellip; 9.45Penalties: Mortson 5.53. Talbot and Ullman 14.08. Moore 14.47.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: None.Third PeriodScoring: None.Penaties: Talbot 2.11, Ullman 4.14, A. Pronovost 7.18, M. Pronovost 10.21, Johnson 12.55.Sawchuk&hellip;&hellip; 8 10 8 26Plante&hellip;&hellip; 12 9 10 31Chicago 3 at Toronto 1TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Tod Scan. sold by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Chicago Black Hawks during the offseason. came back to haunt hie old over the Leafs. It was the Leafs home opener. The win gave the Hawks a record of one win and one tie in two games.The Hawks scord all of their goals in the final period to overcome a 1-0 Toronto lead. Bobby Hull scored the Hawks&rsquo; other goal.Steve Kraftcheck, drafted by the Leafs from Cleveland scored Toronto&rsquo;s only goa-1 at 1.39 of the second period while Al Arbour was serving a penalty.Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall: defense. Evans, Arbour, St. Laurent, Vasko, Pilote; forwards: Sloan. Nesterenko, Litzenberger, Hull, Murphy, Skov, Lindsay, McKenzie, Glover, Ferguson, Balfour, Wharram.Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Kraftcheck. Baun, Stanley, Horton. Reaume; forwards: Olmstead. Maliov-llch, Armstrong. Duff, Harris. Pulford, Brian Cullen, Marshall, Creighton, Stewart.First PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Vasko 2.27, Horton 8.50, Pilote 12.11.Second Period1&mdash;Toronto: Kraftcheck(Olmstead. Creighton)&hellip;. 7.39Penalties: Arbour 0.58, Evans 5.35, Ferguson 12.19, Pulford 12.19, Horton 15.11.Third Period2&mdash;Chicago: Sloan(Nesterenko. Murphy)&hellip;&hellip; 9.003&mdash;Chicago: Sloan(Nesterenko, Litzenberger) 15.014&mdash;Chicago: Hull&hellip;&hellip; 16.59Penalities: Horton 7.44, Stanley 13.33,Nesterenko 19.40.Hall&hellip;&hellip; 8 7 7 22Bower&hellip;&hellip; 5 8 12 25New York 4 at Boot on 4BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Veteran. Andy Hebenton scored with two minutes and thirty-six seconds to play to give the New York Rangers a 3-3 tie with the Boston Bruins in the latter&rsquo;s home opener. It marked the second straight He the Rangers have played on the road.The Rangers jumped into a three goal lead in the first period as a and Andy Bathgate scored. The Bruins got one back in the second when farmer Ranger Jean Guy Gendron tipped in Fla man&rsquo;s backhander. The lest two Boston goals came within 29 second of each other, one from Mohns and one from Regan. Real Chevrelite scored the Bruins second goal.Boston&mdash;Goal: Simmons; defense; Flaman, Morrison, Boivin, Mohns. Hillman. Armstrong: forwards: Horvath. Bucyk. Stasiuk. Mackell. toppazzini, McKenney, Chevrefils, Labine, Regan, Johnson, Reibel, Gendron.New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense; Fontinato, Gadsby, Hanna, Cahan. Howell: forwards: Bathgate. Popein, Prentice, Henry, Ingarfield, Cowill, Bartlett, Sullivan, Hebenton, Cisla, Shack.First Period1&mdash;New York: Shack(Hebenton, Sullivan)&hellip;&hellip; 3.242&mdash;New York: Henry(Gadsby. Bathgate)&hellip;&hellip; 7.563&mdash;New York: Bathgate(Prentice. Popein) 12.88Penalties: Boivin 7.21, Mohns 14.10, Fontinato 18.01.Second Period4&mdash;Boston; Gendron(Flaman Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 5.14Chevrefile, 7.53, Shack 12.10. Bartlett 17.41.Third Period5&mdash;Boton: Horvath(Chevrefils. Slasiuk)&hellip;&hellip; 2.045&mdash;Boston: Mohns(Resan, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 8.427&mdash;Boston Lehin)&hellip; 9.118&mdash;New York: Hebenton(Sullivan. Henry)&hellip;&hellip; 17.21Penalties: Tooazzinf 4.59 Bartlett (misconduct) 16.04,Worsley&hellip;&hellip; 10 12 8 30Simumns&hellip;&hellip; 15 7 5 27SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12BOSTON, Mass&mdash;The Boston Bruins scored three goals In less than five minutes in the second period to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2. Goals by Toppuzznd&rsquo; at 11.09. Bncyk at 13.43 and McKenney at 15.39 gave the Bruins a 3-1 lead Maurice Richard opened the scoring at 3.59 of the first period.The Canadiens got back in the game in the third period when Dickie Moore put a back handed 15 foot screen shot behind Simmons. The Bruins got the insurance marker at 17.32 of the Iasi period, when Toppazzini got his second of the night.,Canadiens&mdash;plante; defense: Johnson, Talbot. Harvey. Turner, Cu-shenftn: forwards: H. Richard, M. Richard. Moore. Beliveau, Geoffrfon, McDonald. Goyette. Provost, Pronovost. Marshall. Backstrom. Bonin.Boston Goal: Simmons; defense; daman. Mohns. Boivin, Armstrong. Hillman, Morrison; forwards: Johnson, Itabine. Chevrefilp, Horvath, Stasiuk, Buryk, Mackell, Toppazzini, McKenney. Reibei, Gendron.First Period1&mdash;Canadiens: M, Richard(Gaoffrion. Harvey) 8.59Penalties: Moore 1.15, Labine 1.15, Armstrong 5.57. Armstrong 14.48.Second Period2&mdash;Boston: Toppazgini (Boivin) 11.093&mdash;Boston: Buc.yk(Stasiuk, Horvath 1 13.394&mdash;Boston: McKenney(Johnson, Labine)&hellip;&hellip; 15.39Penalties: H. Richard 1.37, Flaman 9.02, Pronovost 17.48.Third Period5&mdash;Canadiens: Moore (Provost) 13.066&mdash;Boston: Toppazzini(Mackell, Mohns&hellip;&hellip; 17.32Penalties: Moore 0.14, Lahine 0.14, Horvath. 7.4 2, Bonin 11.00.Toronto 2 at Chicago 5CHICAGO, 11&mdash;Forner Toronto star Tod Sloan scored two more goals against his former teammates to give the Chicago Black Hawks a 6-2 win over the Leafs. It was the second time. in as many nights that Sloan hart scored a pair of goals against tie to their credit; Danny Lewickl also scored a pair the Hawks while Bobby Hull got a single.George Armstrong scored both goals&rsquo; for the Leafs&hellip;.Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall: defense: Piotr. Aryour,..vans. Vasko, St. Laa-rent; forwards:. Sloan, Murphy. Nesterenko. Lindsay. Lewicki. Fergusof, Litzetiberger. Skov. Hull. Wharram, Glover. Balfour. McKenzie.Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense:, iloruxft Stanley. Resume, Kraftcheck, Brewer; forwards: Harris. Duff. Stew-ar;, Marshall, Armstrong, Nevin, Olmstead. Pulford, Creighton. Mahovlicta.First Period1&mdash;Toronto: Armstrong(Stanley. Creighton)&hellip;&hellip; 1.152&mdash;Chicago: Bloat (Litzetiberger) 10.353&mdash;Chicago: Hull(Lindsay, Pilote)&hellip;&hellip; 15 47Penalties: Evans.26. Sloan 2.36,Horton 2.36. Hull 6.53. Stanley 9.08.Second Period4&mdash;Chicago: Lewicki(Liezenberger, Ferguson). .315&mdash;Chicago: Lewicki(Litzenberger)&hellip;&hellip; 9.466&mdash;Chicago: Sloan(Arbour, Murphy)&hellip;&hellip; 13.43&rsquo;Penalties: Lindsay 3.54, Litzenbeiger 9.67, Resume 15.14, Mahovlich 18.46, Arbour. 18.45, Sloan 19.09, Pulfold 19.09.Third Period7&mdash;Toronto: Armstrong(Olmstead. Marshall) 19.38Penalties: Stanley 2.06, Nevia 9.19, Lindsay 12.29.New York 0 at Detroit 3DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Detroit Rad Wings opened their 1958-59 home season with a 3-0 win over the New York Rangers.Gordie Howe led the Wings with, two goals and Marcel Pronovost got ftie other.The game was marred by a third period injury to Rangers goafer. Gump Worsley. Howe was tripped near the New&rsquo; York goal and went sliding into the goal. Worsley fell over him and suffront a badly pulled tendon in his left leg and was carried off the ice on a stretch er.A crowd of 10.633&rsquo; saw (be Wingo gel the win. their first of the season.Julian Klymkiw replaced Worsley m the goal after his injury. He is Detroit&rsquo;s assistant trainer and sub-goalerNew York&mdash;Goal Worsley; defense: Howell, Fontina to, Caban, Ga-dsby, Hanna; forwards: Bathgate, Prentice, Pppein, Bartlett, Henry. Cicala, Hebenton. lngarfield, Sullivan, Shack, Col will.Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Kelly, Mortson, Goegan, Pronovost, Godfrey; forwards: Ullman. Howe, Delvecchio,-Wilson. Fisher, La forge, McNeill, McIntyre, Kennedy. Bhutan, Lunde, Burns.First PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Hanna 10.11, Ciesia 15 H, Godfrey 19.54.Second Period1&mdash;Detroit: Howe (Pronovost) 3.56Penalties: Ehman 6.50, 19.56, Hanny 9.59, Gahan 15.36, Fontina to 18.32.Third Period1&mdash;Detroit: Provost&hellip;&hellip; 6.11 &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

First PenaltyRookie Bill Dobbyn of the Pro* vidence Reds drew first penalty blood in the AHL this season. Dobbyn, who played in the Western Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks was thumbed to the penalty box after just 39 second in his first AHL game.First GoalThe first rookie to score a goal in the AHL this season was Claude Lobrosse, defenseman with the Rochester Americans. Claude, who ployed with the Showinigon Falls lost season scored at 1:32 of the first period of his first game.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02328/1654784-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="561" height="217"></div>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8thRochester 2 at Buffalo 3First Period1&mdash;Rochester, Labroaee(Brewer, AMcornl&hellip;&hellip; 7:32Penalties: Dobbyn:39, Fleming 4117, Cline (major) 4:49. Migay 11:25, Bilk 16:25.Second Period2&mdash;&rsquo;Rochester, MigayNevins 7:56, Barclay 8:26. Migay 13:56, MacNelll 14:18.Third Period3&mdash;Buffalo, Dineen(Kurtenbach, Kachur)&hellip;. 15.524&mdash;Buffalo, Dea(Sweeney, Cline)&hellip;&hellip; 16:38Penalties: Balfour:21, Dobbyn 12:45, Brewer 16:57.Overtime5&mdash;Buffalo, Irwin(Cline. Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip; 8:00Penalty: MacNelll 6:20.Providence 0 at Spring-field 4First Period1&mdash;Springfield, Pidhirny(Schinkel. Carmichael)&hellip; :432&mdash;Springfield, McCleary(Olson, Kilburn)&hellip;&hellip; 15:26Penalties: McCord, Edmundson. Boone 6.07, Schneider 12:. 4.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Edmundson 5:58, Poli-ziani 8:41, Bedard 11:14, Edmundson 11:14, Sullivan 13:31, D. Cherry 17:10.Third Period3&mdash;Springfield, D. Cherry(Olson)&hellip;&hellip; 3:004&mdash;Spring field, Carmichael(Schneider, Sullivan) 15:26Penalties: Sullivan 3:44, R. Cherry 11:57, Redhal 12:00.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10Buffalo 6 at Providence 1First Period1&mdash;Buffalo: Dea (Cline)&hellip;&hellip; 2.572&mdash;Buffalo: Gamble(Wilson, Hergcsheimer)&hellip; 5.35Penalties: D. Cherry 0.17, Cline major &rsquo; and Misconduct 7.23, McDoriald 8.05.Second Period3&mdash;Buffalo: Kurtenbach(Foley, McDonald)&hellip;&hellip; 2.154&mdash;Buffalo: Sweeney (Dea)&hellip; 3.535&mdash;Providence: Poliziani(Yackel, Gardner)&hellip;&hellip; 8.30Penalties: Irwin 8.05, 9.54.Third Period6&mdash;Buffalo: Kachur(Dineen, Martin)&hellip;&hellip; 5.567&mdash;Buffalo: Wilson(Bia relay, McDonald)&hellip;&hellip; 7.56Penalties: None.SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11Providence 0 at Hershey 3First Period1&mdash;Hershey: McCarthy(Stankiewicz. Boyer)&hellip;&hellip; 3.002&mdash;Hershey: Kullman (Mathers) 11.453&mdash;Hershey: Nykoluk&hellip;&hellip; 19.06 Penalties: Mascotto 2.34. Yackel 6.17.Redahl 10.24, Nykoluk 10.24, Gardner 10.55, Strate 18.29.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Yanosik 3.24, Mascotto9.53, Gardner 9.53, Cherry 10.30, Mascotto 13.53 and 19.35, Nykoluk (major) 19.55.Third PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: None.Buffalo 4 at Springfield 3First Period1&mdash;Buffalo: Wilson(Irwin, Hergesheimer)&hellip; 11.332&mdash;Buffalo: Sweeney(Martin, Bownaas)&hellip;&hellip; 13.18Penalties: Martin 7.4 9, Cherry 10.31, Dobbyn (major and Minor) 12.09,Schinkel (major and minor) 12.09, &rsquo; Pidhirny 12.09.Second Period3&mdash;Springfield: Anderson(Edmundson, Smith)&hellip;&hellip; 0.524&mdash;Springfield: Sullivan&hellip;&hellip; 6.185&mdash;Buffalo: Bownass(Gamble, Martin)&hellip;&hellip; 10.18Penalties: Irwin 9.30, Kilburn 9.30, Foley 18.00.Third Period6&mdash;Buffalo: Kachur(Dea, Dineen)&hellip;&hellip; 8.267&mdash;Springfield: Kilburn(Olson, Harris)&hellip;&hellip; 18.31Penalties: Martin 2.59, Dineen 5.47, Pidhirny 9.03, Irwin 10.04. Irwin 18.48.Rochester 5 at Cleveland 5First Period2&mdash;Clevland: Shvets(Vajprava, Moore)&hellip;&hellip; 11.013&mdash;Cleveland: Glover(Moore. Mazur)&hellip;&hellip; 11.594&mdash;Rochester: Labrosse(Rousseau, Migay)&hellip;&hellip; 15.135&mdash;Rochester: Hoekstra(D. Bouchard, Tremblay).. 16.13 Penalties: Moore 0.50, Vejprava 8.54, Alcorn 12.42. Glover 12.42. Labrosse 17.35, Hollingsworth 17.54, Shvetz 19.41.Second Period6&mdash;Rochester: Hicke(Labrosee, Alcorn)&hellip;&hellip; 6.097&mdash;Rochester: Aldcorn(Hicke. Carter)&hellip;&hellip; 6.32Penalties: Balfour 3.46 and 15.03,Carter 7.37, Hollingsworth 14.00.Third Period8&mdash;Cleveland: Stratton(Shvetz. Hogan)&hellip;&hellip; 5.039&mdash;Rochester: Migay(Fleming. D. Bouchard)&hellip; 6.5210&mdash;Cleveland: Moore 7.19.Penalties: Labrosae 8.07. 13.13, G.Bouchard 18.17, Alcorn 18.55, Fleming 19.50. &rsquo;Overtime PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: MacQueen 3.56, Williams 7.46.SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12Cleveland 3 at Rochester 81&mdash;Rochester: Calter(Hicks, AIdcorn)&hellip;&hellip; 2.592&mdash;Cleveland: Shvetz&hellip;&hellip; 6.00Penalties: G. Bouchard 0.56, 19.19,Tremblay 13.22. Moore 13.52.Second Period3&mdash;Cleveland: Stratton(Shvetz, Hogan)&hellip;&hellip; 9.034&mdash;Rochester: Tremblay(Hicks. Mekilok)&hellip; 12.075&mdash;Rochester: Migay(Labrosee, Rousseau)&hellip;&hellip; 13.306&mdash;Rochester: Hoekstra (Elik) 15.06. Penalties: Carter 1.36, Hollingsworth 12.15, Elik 16.36.Third Period7&mdash;Rochester: Migay(Rousseau, Bouchard)&hellip;&hellip; 0.198&mdash;Cleveland: Mazur (Glover) 6.439&mdash;Rochester: Hicke(Carter. Aidcorn)&hellip;&hellip; 18.3010&mdash;Rochester: ba browse(Hoekstra)&hellip;&hellip; 8.4211&mdash;Rochester: Balfour(Hoekstra)&hellip;&hellip; 19.00Penalties: Anderson 4.26, Aldcorn 2.25, Hollingsworth 19.00.Providence 2 at Springfield 1First Period1&mdash;Springfield: Smith&hellip;&hellip; 8.23Penalties: Yackel 2.27, Dick Cherry 7.42, Anderson 8.4 2, Dun Cherry 11.04, Providence&rsquo; team penalty, (too many men on ice) 14.33.Second Period2&mdash;Providence: Gardne (Toppazzini) 18.30Third PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Bedaid 5.09. Edmundson 8.29. Pidhirny 10.13, beach 12.52, Schneider 16.30.Overtime Period3&mdash;Providence: Boone(Panagabko, Leach)&hellip;&hellip; 2.08Penalties: None.Hershey 1 at Buffalo 4First PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Dobbyn 1.42. McCarthy 2.34, Stankiewicz 8.13, Kurtenbach 18.10.Second Period1&mdash;Buffalo: Hergeshejmer(Sweeney. Dea)&hellip;&hellip; 7 502&mdash;Buffalo: Dea (Sweeney)&hellip; 8.123&mdash;Buffalo: (Tine(Dea, Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip; 9.24Penalties: Boyer 1.47, Sweeney 2.44,Hergeaheimer 5.43. 12.42. 16.55. Price 5.43. Kurtenbach 10.11, Hendtrickson 21.01, Strait 14.42.Third Period4&mdash;Buffalo: Kachur &bull;Dineen).. 5.335&mdash;Hershey: Stankiewicz.(McCarthy)&hellip;&hellip; 14.32Penalties: Hownass 4.52. &#9632;

f0009-02

AMERICAN LEAGUE

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;At least one player from each of the six American League clubs graduated to the NHL this season. There are 17 players in the National League who last season per-, formed in the AHL or for part of the season.The Rochester Americans sent five, Cleveland three. Providence three. Springfield three, Hershey two and Buffalo one.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03281/1654846-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="263" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Earl Balfour</figcaption></div>From Buffalo went Kenny Wharram to Chicago. From the Cleveland Barons went Steve Kraftcheck and Johnny Bower to Toronto and Pete Goegan to Detroit. Goegan went to the Wings at the tail end of last season.Hershey sent Dune Fisher to&rsquo; the Wings and Willie Marshall to Toronto while the Providence Reds shipped Jim Bartlett, Eddie Shack and John Hanna to the Rangers. Hanna played a. part of the season in Providence.The Rochester Americans lost Ab McDonald and Junior Langlois to Canadiens, Earl Balfour to Chicago, Noel Price to Toronto and Claude Laforge to Detroit. Springfield sent Gerry Ehman to Detroit, Norm Johnson to Boston and Real Chevrefils to the Bruins as well. Johnson joined the Bruins at. the end of last, season and Chevrefils was sent to the Indians from Boston for the latter part of the season.The 17 players, wlio are in the NHL scored a total of 297 goals amongst them last season. Leaders were Hershey&rsquo;s Dune Fisher with 41 and Willie Marshall with 40. Wharram scored 31 with Buffalo and McDonald 30 with Rochester. &#9632;

f0009-03

AHL Sends 17 Players To The NHL For Coming Year

BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;The first player-of-the-week honors for the American League go to sophomore Bill Sweeney of the Buffalo Bisons, the league&rsquo;s leading club.Sweeney, now 21 years of age racked up two goals and five assists for seven points in the Bisons first four games.Named the Rookie-Of-The-Year in the American League last season, Sweeney has been called a guy who can&rsquo;t skate fast enough in pro company to move into the NHL. But the Rangersare keeping an eye on him and if he continues the set the pace in the race he will almost certainly be given a shot this season.The Bisons, last place finishers lost season are the power in the AHL this season. With their tieups with Chicago and Rangers they have been supplied with the finest talent from both organization. Sweeney is one player they had their eye on when the Rangers started cutting down at their training camp.Born at Guelph, Ontario, Billy started playing his outdoor hockey there and in time graduated to the Guelph Biltmores of the OHA Junior league.The five foot ten inch 165 pounder who shoots left and plays centre looks like the next member of the Bilts to join the Rangers. If he does he will be joining such Guelph graduates as Andy Bathgate, Lou Fontinato. Harry Howell, Eddie Shack and Dean Prentice.The Bisons in their first four games beat Rochester in overtime, then defeated Providence, Springfield and Hershey. They are undefeated. The only club they haven&rsquo;t net thus far is their arch rivals the Cleveland Barons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04240/1654901-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="268" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Sweeney</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0009-04

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The six American League clubs used up 16 goalers during the regular season and playoffs in 1957-58.The Buffalo Bisons were high in use of cage defenders. During the year they used four different one. Gerry McNamara started the season with them. He was lost through injury and in came Harry Lumley. He went to Boston and AT Millar tilled in for 19 games and Dennis Brodeur for five.Cleveland used Johnny Bower for most of the seasons and then lost him and picked up Lucien Dechene from Saskatoon.Hershey alternated between Bobby Perreault and Gil Mayer for most of the season with Ivan Walmsley-taking over for one game, and George Dermksian for anotherProvidence used Marcel Paille and Lome Worsley when one of the two weren&rsquo;t in New York.Rochester had Gerry McNeil tor all but two games of the season and in those two Jerry Fleury stepped in.At Springfield Claude Evans was the regular janitor Al Millsr alternating with him at the beginning of the year. Clande Dufour also got in three games &#9632;

AHL Used Up 17 Goalers In 1957-58: Bisons Needed Four

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.&mdash;Magistrate Johnstone Roberts, president of Niagara Falls junior hockey club, slapped a $200 fine on Hershey Bears&rsquo; defenseman Larry Zeidel for assulting a police officer during a brawl at Stamford Arena on October 2nd. He was also given a suspended sentence on a charge of causing a distrurbance by fighting.Said Magistrate Roberts: &ldquo;nolicemen are empowered to keep the peace and there is no immunity for hockey; players fighting on or off the ice.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01350/1654815-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="270" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Zeidel</figcaption></div>Zeidel&rsquo;s teammate, Obie O&rsquo;Brien, captain of the Bears was acquitted on a charge of obstructing a police officer in the execution of his duties.Magistrate Roberts suggested that hockey officials take the right steps to cut down fighting and brawling by the players. &ldquo;One wonders whether those responsible for coaching and managing the hockey organizations are deeply concerned about the frequency with which this happens, or whether they are concerned enough to put a stop to it once and for all. which they could well do.&rdquo;Also charged with creating a disturbance by fighting was rookie New York Ranger forward Eddie Shack. The 21-year old player is now on $100 cash bail and will apear on October 31st to answer charges.The charges came out of a brawl that started between Zeidel and Shack in the arena stands during an exhibition game between the Rangers and Bears.Zeidel Takes 10 Stitches In HeadEarlier both players had been thrown out of the game after a stick-swinging duel that cost Zeidel ten stitches, in two head cuts.Zeidel, in court pleaded not guilty of asstilt and guilty of the charge of creating a disturbance.In court, constable William Gillies said he saw Zeidel grab Shack and start battling in the passageway. This was after both players had been ejected from the game. They were in their street clothes at the time. The constable said he wrestled Zeidel to the floor while 16 year old William McIntyre held Shack.&ldquo;Someone pulled me off Zeidel and he got up and punched me in the month,&rdquo; said the police officer.Another police officer, Sgt. Jack Quick said O&rsquo;Brien arrived with an unidentified player. Both were in uniform. Quick reported that O&rsquo;Brien shoved him and Gillies away from Zeidel saying &ldquo;you aren&rsquo;t taking anyone from here. &ldquo;Gillies then quoted O&rsquo;Brien as saying &ldquo;this game is for men, you. keep your nose out of it.&rdquo;The Hershey defenseman denied that he pushed Gillie. He said he feared the crowd was hositle towards him and he &ldquo;just wanted to get out of there&rdquo; after Gillie had fallen to the ground with him.O&rsquo;Brien said he went into the stands to &lsquo;quiet down&rsquo; his teammate and denied the statements attributed to him by the police.Meanwhile Brian Doherty of Niagara Falls, counsel for Zeidel and O&rsquo;Brien said the Hershey Hockey Club regretted the incident. He said Zeidel was in a state of concussion because of the bead cuts and not acting in a normal manner. &#9632;

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Zeidel’s Pier Sixer With Shack Nets Him $200 Fine And Suspended Sentence

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01364/1654984-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="536" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body">Reg Fleming</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02303/1654977-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="537" height="550"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bo Elik</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03256/1654970-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="527" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guy Rousseau</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04199/1654963-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="540" height="541"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Nevin</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05158/1654956-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="536" height="540"><figcaption class="caption-body">Claude Labrosse</figcaption></div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;The Rochester Americans embarked on their 1958-59 American Hockey League campaign with only three veterans returning from the club which finished fifth last season.Gone from the 1957-58 team is the coach and the five leading scorers from a squad which wound up with the poorest offensive record in the six-club circuit.Bucko McDonald, ex-NHLer noted for his bodychecking, has assumed the coaching role in replacement of Roly McLenahan.Because the Amerks are tied up with both the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club wasn&rsquo;t set even as the AHL season opened for Rochester in Buffalo Wednesday, Oct. 8th.Therefore, the following rundown on the Americans is subject to addition and correction, bur will approximate the group of icemen destined to determine the success &lsquo;or failure of the team this season.Back in the goal is Gerry McNeil, the former Montreal Canadlen cage cop who played here last year. McNeil reported for training camp about 10 pounds lighter than at the close of last season, and his performances daring the exhibition games showed the results. He was very impressive in the drills, especially in an exhibition game against the Canadians in the Montreal Forum.The other two returnees are defensemen Al Mae-Neill and Tommy Williams. Joining Williams and MacNeill on the backline are Reg Fleming, a stocky rock&rsquo;em. sock&rsquo;em rearguard, and Claude Labrosse. Both played for Shawinigan Falls in the Quebec League last season.Toronto was expected to send in another pair of defensemen in time, for the opener, but theirRousseau Tabbed A Fine ProspectLeft wings are Bo Elik, Gary Atdcorn and Guy Rousseau. Elik, the AHL&rsquo;s rookie of the year two seasons ago while with Cleveland, was obtained from the Barons in an off-season deal for Ed (Spider) Mazur. Bo. who incidentally wax &ldquo;discovered&rdquo; and developed by McDonald, tallied 31 goals and 37 assists with Cleveland last year.Aldcorn is the jack-of-all-trades who spent only 11 games with Rochester last year-before being recalled by the Leafs. He bad two goals and 10 assists with the Amerks and 10 goals and 14 assists with Toronto.Although standing only 5&rsquo;5&frac12;&rdquo; Roussau is tabbed as a fine prospect. Listed as a left winger. Guy was shifted to center at Chicoutimi in the QHL. last season and responded with 29 goals and 41 assists for 70 points.The center position, like the defensive spots, is cloudy, at this writing, because of expected help from Toronto. The Leafs were scheduled to send both Willie Marshall, the AHL&rsquo;s leading scorer while with Hershey last year, and Rudy Migay to the Americans for the opener, but how long either or both was supposed to stay hasn&rsquo;t been announced.Other centers definitely with the club are Bill Carter, up from the Ottawa Juniors; Cecil Hoekstra, the big blond skater who played 13 games here and the rest with the Montreal Royals in the QHL; and Max Mekilok. a 24-52&mdash;76 scorer with Shawinigan Falls.On the right wing, the Amerks have Bobby Nevin, Murray Balfour, Dickie Bouchard and Bill Hicke. Two&mdash;Nevin and Hicke&mdash;are just out of Junior. Nevin was with the Toronto Marlboros and Hicke with the Regina dub. Both Balfour (no relation. to ex-Amerk Earl Balfour who is playing with Chicago) and Bouchard competed In the Quebec League in 1957-58 and each garnered 23 goals.This is a young Rochester club. It probably will make a number of mistakes.But if McDonald keeps his charges hustling ax much during the season as he did during the training drills, the Rochester Americans should earn a playoff berth in the American Hockey League this season. &#9632;

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Newcomers To Americans’ Family In 1958-59 Season

Two New CoachesThere are two new coaches in the Quebec Hockey League this season. Both will be active players os well. The Royols have Floyd Curry and Three Rivers signed Gerry Desaulniers.Two Join NHLTwo rookies in the NHL this season graduated from the Quebec Hockey League, In Detroit the Wings signed Claude Laforge to a contract. The Rangers signed defenseman John Hanna.<h2>Gravel May Stay As QHL Referee</h2>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Georges Gravel, ousted as chief referee of the Quebec Hockey League in an economy drive said last week he is considering an offer to remain with the league as an ordinary ice official.Gravel, 49, had been head referee since the QHL became a professional league in 1951. He was formerly a referee in the National Hockey League for 10 seasons.Sid Holstead, QHL secretary-treasurer, will handle appointments of referees and linesmen for the league&rsquo;s 268-game schedule which opened last week at Quebec City.Gravel said he will make known this week his decision on Whether or not he will remain with the QHL. &#9632;

QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01363/1655070-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="291" height="316"></div>On The SidelinesBRITISHERS talk of the century in cricket in awed tones. It means that a batsmen in this revered game has batted in 100 or more runs. We have many hockey stars who have scored a 100 or more goals of course, and the mighty man of them all, Rocket Richard, is rapidly approaching 600 if tallies counted in regular season, plus playoff markers are audited.But, so far as we know there has never been a front rank trio in hockey that has been flubbed &ldquo;The Century Line&rdquo;. For this nomination Royals&rsquo; veteran troupers, Fernand Perreault, left wing; Ken Mosdell, eenter and Jean Paul Denis right wing here with are proposed. The citation is offered not for prodigious scoring feats, which may be dealt with later, but because the three veterans age-wise total over 101 years.Denis, Montreal born is 34. Mosdell another Montrealer is 36 and Perreault, from Chambly Basin, Que., is 31. Though they were thrown in with a stack of rookies during the early muscle-flexing at the Montreal Forum, these three old pros demonstrated such a lively step that most observers nodded approval and Floyd &ldquo;Busher&rdquo; Curry, in his first essay as a coach, told all-comers that this was the, best line exhibited at any of his practise sessions.Excepting brief ventures with New York Rangers in 1946-47 and the 1949-50 campaigns, Denis has put in most of 11 seasons as a pro hockey player in the minors, his service divided between the AHL and the Quebec League. The campaign just passed with Shawinigan Cataracts was likely his most distinguished of all. He topped the QHL goal-scorers with 39, added 50 assists to give him a total 89 points, and thus became the accredited champion for the President&rsquo;s Cup.Mosdell put in 13 seasons with Brooklyn Americans and Montreal Canadiens, retired temporarily after an early whirl with Chicago Black Hawks in the 1956-57 safari, and last year hooked up with Royals. When skeptics feared &ldquo;Big Moe&rdquo; was washed up he held the last hearty laugh by putting in a glamorous season in which he logged 27 markers and helped in another 42 to give him sixthplace ranking in the points parade.Perreault with Chicoutimi Sagueneens in last season&rsquo;s hunting accounted for 30 goals, helped in another 23 for 53 points. So he wasn&rsquo;t far down the ladder among aristocrats of the QHL.Thus as you take Denis&rsquo; 39 goals. Mosdell&rsquo;s 27 and Perreault&rsquo;s 30, you reach a total of 96 tallies. That was last year&rsquo;s production when of course all three of these hombres was one year younger and so boasted a combined age of 98. In other words they practically scored on a basis of a goal per year in a combined sense. Moreover they were all toiling for different masters. Now they are together they could astound all beholders with scoring feats of astronomical dimensions.Some who read here may quibble that there is grave danger that three such specialists at putting pucks into nets may suffer deterioration in efficiency marksmanship now that they are travelling as a trio. Cases where great stars don&rsquo;t orbit with the same flair when forces are joined, may be advanced in testimony.But Busher Curry suffers no qualms of uneasiness. He might suggest in rebuttal that whereas these three crack shots have been prolific as scorers, they have also shown as adept playmakers. Their tallies last year totalled 96 but they. &#9632;

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AL PARSLEY

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02321/1655108-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="561" height="178"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03259/1655101-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="561" height="966"></div>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8Royals 6 at Quebec 1First Period1&mdash;Quebec: Panagabko(Crozier)&hellip;&hellip; 16.21Penalties: J.P. Denis and Bullock 11.02. and Curry 18.21, Le-clair two minors 18.21.Second Period2&mdash;Royals: Mosdell(Perreault. J.P. Denis).. 1.063&mdash;Royals; Burnett&hellip;&hellip; 17.01Penalty: Bullock 14.26.Third Period4&mdash;Royals: Kowalchuk(Mantha, L. Denis)&hellip;&hellip; 3.465&mdash;Royals: Gray (Sutherland) 4.186&mdash;Royals; Mantha&hellip;&hellip; 6.327&mdash;Royals. Gray(Sutherland, Burchell)&hellip; 9.37Penalties: None.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9Royals 5 at Chicoutimi 1First Period1&mdash;Royal. Sutherland(Burchell, Gray)&hellip;&hellip; 3:442&mdash;Royals, Mosdell(Spencer, L. Denis)&hellip;&hellip; 16:02Penalty: Roy 15:26.Second Period3&mdash;Chicoutimi, Caron(Roy. Martel)&hellip;&hellip; 4.584&mdash;Royals, Mantha(Mosdell. Perreault)&hellip;&hellip; 14:515&mdash;Royals, L. Denis(Burnett. Clune)&hellip;&hellip; 19:54Penalties: Clune 4:22, Perreault 14:56.Third Period6&mdash;Royals. Perreault(Mosdell, J.P. Denis)&hellip; 14:55 Penalty: Hicks 14:21.Quebec 1 at Three Rivers 2First PeriodNo scoring.Penalties: O&rsquo;Ree 1:20, Wilson 12:30, Three Rivers team penalty served by Leclerc 19:09.Second Period1&mdash;Quebec, Panagabko(O&rsquo;Ree. Maxwell)&hellip;&hellip; 10:202&mdash;Three Rivers, Corcoran(Hoekstra, Ravlich)&hellip;&hellip; 16:37Penalties: Davidson 7:00, Syverson 9:28, Crozier 15:21.Third Period3 Three Rivers, Corcoran(Hoekstra, Ravlich)&hellip;&hellip; 9:50Penalty: Teal 13:42.SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12Three Rivers 2 at Royals 2First Period1&mdash;Three Rivers: Leclerc(Sabourin)&hellip;&hellip; .462&mdash;Royals: Burchell(Gray, Clune)&hellip;&hellip; 12.43Penalties: Sutherland 13.06, Syverson 16.30.Second Period3&mdash;Royals: Clune (Burnet)&hellip; 13.34 Penalties: Desaulniers 13.23, Collins 1959.Third Period4&mdash;Three Rivers: Corcoran(Tessier, Desaulniers)&hellip;&hellip; 19.28Penalties: Hodgson 6.45, Syverson, misconduct, 8.40, Collins 11.14, Wilson and Spencer 19.13. Sabourin 19.53. Overtime PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: J.P. Denis and Corcoran .47, (2 minor) Mantha 3.59.Chicoutimi 3 at Quebec 4First Period1&mdash;Quebec: Bullock(Forham, Leclair)&hellip;&hellip; 13.502&mdash;Chicoutimi: Serviss (Locas) 19.53Penalties: Roy 0.55, misconduct 16.21, Bullock 3.36. LeClair 8.04, minor and major 14.07, Desjordy 11.43, Harvey 11.59, two minors 16.21, Amadio major 14.07, O&rsquo;Ree 16.21, Forham 18.4 4.Second Period3&mdash;Chicoutimi: Locas(Amadio, Hicks)&hellip;&hellip; 0.254&mdash;Quebec: Maxwell(Panagabko, O&rsquo;Ree)&hellip;&hellip; 16.45Penalty: Blackburn 2.57,Third Period5&mdash;Chicoutimi: Amadio&hellip; 0.176&mdash;Quebec: Desjordy (Forham)&hellip;&hellip; 1.497&mdash;Quebec: Maxwell. &#9632;

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How The Race Goes

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>Send Curry&rsquo;s Club Sharp Rookies And Vets From The Shawinigan Club; Look For New Defenseman From AHL<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04208/1655139-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="269" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Floyd Curry</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The annual pessimistic prediction: &ldquo;Royals are loaded&rdquo; is being shouted in all points of the Quebec Hockey League outside of Montreal. In this case it&rsquo;s evident that the opposing coaches are not getting ready with the built-in alibi, because an examination of the playing talent the top-brass of Canadiens&rsquo; NHL organization has gathered to ease Floyd Curry&rsquo;s burdens in big first year as coach makes the &ldquo;loaded&rdquo; refrain ring true.Not only have Royals mustered for the first go-round some high scoring veterans of the stripe shown by Jean Paul Denis, Ken Mosdell, Fern Perreault, Kelly Burnett: even the rookie brought formidable reputations as high-geared goal-getters to camp.Bill Sutherland who bagged an impressive 55 tallies for Cincinnati Mohawks in the International Loop last year is a winger along with Terry Gray, noted as a junior sniper to flank Fred &ldquo;Skippy&rdquo; Burchell.It would be a horrible mistake* to class The Skipper as a recruit, since he played three big seasons with Royals, a couple more at Winnipeg and one in Rochester, but it&rsquo;s the truth that he has added rifle-fire to the Montreal cause this season. Burchell hit the rigging for 20 tallies and had 40 helpings for the Rochester Amerks last season.Lulu&rsquo;s 11th SeasonBurnett, the affable golfer-hockeyist centers Lulu Denis, around for his 11th season with Royals, and John Kowalchuk, who became a sensation down the schedule stretch and in the playoffs last spring. Kowalchuk wound up with a very creditable rookie performance of 23 goals, 15 assists&mdash;38 points.On defence these Montreal QHL-ers show experience leavened by youth and buoyancy. Walter Clune and Ernie Roche supply the savvy accumulated by long service. Moe Mantha, in his sophomore season as a pro caps up from the Junior OHA Peterborought to give the back division a volatile spark.Spencer drew approving nods from Royals&rsquo; GM Frank Carlin and other expert assayors during a few games he filled emergency roles with Royals last season. He&rsquo;s looked upon as one of the brightest of rearguard prospects in Canadiens&rsquo; far-flung hockey empire.Fleming Sells TicketsIt may all be wishful thinking but the notion has been advanced in Royals&rsquo; camp that another rearguard might be drawn from Rochester Amerks before the season is far along.Reggie Fleming and Fern Labrosse are the names most mentioned.Labrosse was scratched as a likely acquisition by the Curry Clan when he scored one of the goals as the Amerks bowed 3-2 to Buffalo in an American loop lid-lifter.One hardly needs to be clairvoyant to believe that Bucko McDonald, in his new chore as Rochester coach, will abruptly release a larrigan who indicates such early promise.So the finger points at Fleming, the swashbuckling kid who was the center of so many scenes at the Forum in the past two seasons when he wore the livery of Shawinigan Cataracts. Fleming, only 22, who packs a 170 pounds on a 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; chassis, is one of the most willing scrappers to adorn the battle-pits of the Quebec League in many a season. He takes on all-comers with remarkable gusto.In the &rsquo;56-&rsquo;57 campaign with the Cataracts he drew 109 minutes in the hoosegow. and last season upped his string of misdemeanors so that he became an idler during the astounding total of 227 minutes of pennance. His faults included nine 10-minute misconducts and two game misconducts.Frank Carlin, who coached the Royals for 17 seasons before he was elevated to the general-manager&rsquo;s chair five years ago has been inclined to view Fleming&rsquo;s antics in the past with an opaque eye. For this reason, when Carlin suggested in free conversation the other day that Fleming might be a Montreal hired hand this Season. what with the suspension of QHL operations in Shawinigan. it was mentioned that the crew-cut firebrand might be undesirable.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t look at it that way&rdquo; said Carlin. &ldquo;This kid is afraid of nobody, and there are hundreds of fans who have keenly enjoyed his robust tactics. Sure, Royals&rsquo; supporters vented their hate upon him when he was playing for the opposition, but it he&rsquo;s on our side they may take an entire different view of his didoes. Anyway I&rsquo;m inclined to think he&rsquo;s the kind of guy who will put a few more people in the rink&rdquo;.Cry for Help! Help!So this Royal team looked upon as loaded an all fronts outside of the Forum, is conceeded as the team to beat as the QHL clubs level off after the first break out of the starter&rsquo;s gate.It&rsquo;s been that way before. Usually Royals show better early condition than other clubs in their league, as it the talent gets added glitter from the fine direction of a well-run training camp. Many of the players have had much more skating than the athletes in Chicoutimi, Quebec and Trois Rivieres. A few have enjoyed sterner brand of competition with and against stars of the NHL Habitants.But once the teams get three to four weeks of league competition under their belts, and weaknesses that are early apparent are corrected, Royals don&rsquo;t find the going quite so cosy.Whereas Royals this season will get more direct aid from NHL Canadiens as the only QHL farm link of the Habs. the other three clubs in the circuit have all acquired sponsorship from NHL organizations, Thus Trois-Riviers. again have the backing of New York Rangers, Quebec Aces have their working agreement with Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs have entered the picture as sponsors of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.It&rsquo;s clearly indicated that as soon as a cry for help goes up. an anguished wail that Royals are making it a runaway, aid will be forthcoming to the Lions, the Aces and the Sagueneens.On the executive level there are a few changes. Shareholder and general-manager Joe Crozier has stepped down as coach of the Aces, will henceforth be a defenceman taking orders from Phil Renauld, former Quebec defence star, who the last two seasons was coach at Chicoutimi.In Trois Rivieres Jacques Toupin who also coached Lions last season will confine his activities to the general-manager&rsquo;s role and Gerry Desaulniers last year captain of the Cataracts will be playing coach of Lions. And at Chicoutimi the Sagueneens are to be piloted. &#9632;

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Habs Load Royals, Looking Big Increase In Attendance

<div class="byline">By AL OSTROM</div>SEATTLE. Wash.&mdash;&ldquo;You know,&rdquo; said Hal Laycoe, &ldquo;this guv is just what I really needed&mdash;a cop.&rdquo;The bespectacled New Westminster boss man was watching a chap named George McAvoy as the Royals engaged in a lively practice session.Now, McAvoy is a big boy and can take care of himself, but the casual observer undoubtedly would pick either Fred Creighton or one of the other big bruising defensemen if asked to select the Royal &ldquo;policeman.&rdquo;However, Laycoe has a theory.&ldquo;A few outspoken fans already have told me I&rsquo;m looking at the wrong guys&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But I know defensemen pretty well and I think McAvoy is going to acquire a good deal of authority around the Western League.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m expecting George to keep us free of those petty arguments that sometimes wind up getting out of hand. He&rsquo;s got a lot of stature out there, enough to keep some of the league&rsquo;s habitual trouble makers from creating minor disturbances.&ldquo;McAvoy reminds me a lot of Pete Durham,&rdquo; Laycoe continued. &ldquo;Pete was outwardly calm, too, but I never had a lot of minor trouble when he was around. When there was a fracas, it was a lulu, but there was very little of that petty nonsense. I figure McAvoy will have the same effect.&rdquo;The new Royal &ldquo;cop&rdquo; came to New Westminster after acquiring a solid reputation with the Penticton V&rsquo;s of the Okanagan Senior Hockey League, after which he continued his education in Providence.Laycoe, for the first time in his three-year tenure at New Westminster, lias a corps of &ldquo;tough&rdquo; blue liners. In addition to McAvoy and Creighton, who is a much improved player over last year, the&rsquo; Royals also have Howie Young, a Toronto fairhaired boy whom the Leafs are grooming for big things.Other season starters were John Yanchuk, Bill McDowell and Norm Ryder, the latter pair also Maple Leaf chattels, and all-star Ron Matthews.Missing from Queen&rsquo;s Park Arena for the first time since the WHL was formed in 1948 is Bob Bergeron, who finally tossed in the pro towel and is now cavorting with the Kelowna Packers of the Okanagan League.With the Royals&rsquo; Ollie Dorohoy also having departed, the league now is left with but one lone veteran of &rsquo;48&mdash;goaltender Lucien Dechene.Big Luce, an institution in the WHL, has played for five clubs, Rudy Filion joined Seattle as a rookie in 1948, and is still with the club, but the lean centerman, regarded by many an opponent as one of the smartest men in the league, missed the 1954-55 season when Seattle was not in the league.<h2>Coming&hellip; &hellip; Going</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01358/1655177-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="533" height="540"><figcaption class="caption-body">George McAvoy</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02282/1655170-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="534" height="543"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Bergeron</figcaption></div>WESTERN LEAGUERS&mdash;Short on height but long on courage, Spokane&rsquo;s Blinky Boyce started the 1958-59 season as the highest-scoring rightwinger in the history of the WHL. Blinky 5-2&frac12; began with 471 points, logged over a nine-season span with five different teams&hellip; all-time leader in total points is Calgary center Eddie Dorohoy (665), picked up in nine campaigns at Victoria and Seattle while Gordy Fashoway had the most goals (307), accumulated in eight seasons at New Westminster&hellip; every club in the WHL is stocked with a raft of rookies, this season destined to become the most productive ever for new talent&hellip; Vancouver is running with a highly regarded trio in Ted Hampson. Danny Belisle and Mel Pearson. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll be in New York within two years,&rdquo; said Ranger GM Muzz Patrick&hellip; Johnny Utendale, ex-Edmonton Oil King ace, suffered a cracked rib at the Royals&rsquo; training camp&hellip; Arnie Schmautz must have been on a starvation diet last summer. He checked into the NW camp at a gaunt 125 and immediately zoomed to 136&hellip; and then there&rsquo;s the poor announcer who has to contend with the Flyer line of Stankiewicz, Achtimychuk and Kinasewich&hellip; among the many frisky young belters coming up this season is Winnipeg&rsquo;s Ed Zemrau, the &ldquo;new Bill Juzda&rdquo;&hellip; WHL referees this season are Scotty Morrison, Vern Duffey. Allen Paradice and newcomer Bing Juckes, the latter moving up from the Western International League&hellip; what ever happened to the playing-coach.? Of the nine teams in the WHL no less than seven are master minded from the bench&mdash;Art Chapman at Vancouver, Pat Egan at Victoria, Hal Laycoe at New Westminster, Keith Allen at Seattle, Roy McBride at Spokane, Gus Kyle at Calgary and Alfie Pike at Winnipeg. Jackie McLeod of Saskatoon and Tony Leswick of Edmonton are the league&rsquo;s lone representatives on the ice, although Frank Boucher pulls most of the Quaker strings and Bud Poile is never too far away from the Flyer trenches&hellip; &#9632;

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Hal Looks To Tough McAvoy To Take Over Royal Policing

SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Line mates of Totem center Gyle Fielder have done pretty well the past six seasons. At least one of Fielder&rsquo;s two wings scored 40 or more goals every year except 1955-56 when he centered for a collection of different partners; however, three different left wingmen who logged some time with Fielder during 55-56 wound up with a total of 52 goals between them, and one man, Ollie Dorohoy, played only 48 games&hellip; with Ray Kinasewich playing for Edmonton this year Alex Kuzma, a 20-goal right winger for several seasons, has moved up to the Totems&rsquo; elite line; Fielder flatly predicts Kuzma will get 35 goals&hellip; all-star left wing Val Fonteyne has started his fourth season with Fielder; his goal output has been 18, 4 and 34 and he has his sights set on 40 this year&hellip; &#9632;

Fielder Predicts New Mate Kuzma Will Score 35 Goals

<div class="byline">By GEORGE METZGER</div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;Of the seven teams ready to open the Eastern Hockey League next weekend, six of them will have new coaches at the helm this year.The only pilot back with the team he closed the season with in March is Andy Brown of the Charlotte Clippers. And he took over for Stan Warecki with half the season remaining.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03218/1655232-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="269" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lyold Alisby</figcaption></div>Some of the changes were real earth shakers.The first switch came just after the close of the playoffs last year. Dougie Adam, high scoring forward of the Charlotte Clippers signed to be playing-coach of the Philadelphia Ramblers, replacing Chirp Brenchley who resigned.Next. Steve Brklacich, who guided the Washington Presidents to the championship last campaign, switched to the Johnstown Jets, taking over tor Lloyd Ailsby, who retired to his farm in Canada.Ducky Skinner, the general manager of the New Haven Blades, then sent his playing-coach Don Perry to the Charlotte Clippers, for whom he will play defense. Skinner, brother of Jimmy Skinner, decided he will handle the coaching reins this year.Clinton, which is shaking its team up all around hoping to have the same success as the rejuvenated Washington club did so by following this plan in 1957-58, hired Bill Watson front the Cleveland Barons to do the coaching.At this writting, New York and Washington did not have their coaches signed yet. Both owners. Tom Lockhart, who doubles as EHL president, and Lou Pieri, owner of the Providence Reds who bought Washington, are reportedly seeking the same man. Of course, only one can have him.Of the five coaches known to date, three of them will ba playing coaches while the other two will be bench bosses. The players will be Adam, Watson and Brklacich, while Brown and Skinner work in street clothes.NOTES&hellip; The Philadalphia Ramblers reportedly have a deal set to obtain the hard-hitting defenseman, Moose Llalo from the Washington Presidents in a three-way deal which sent Gil McNeill to the New York Rovers.Adam hinted that he will go with only three defensemen this season. These would be Llalo, Ray Crew and Jack Higgins&hellip;Teddy Harris, who played defense for Philly for the past two years and made the all star team doing it, will not return this season. He was moved up to the American League by the Springfield Indians who own him.George Davis, owner of the Ramblers, was a newcomer to the sport when he bought the franchise four years ago. But he is doing quite well since taking over the chores of general manager. He has risen to the point were he can dicker with some of the top hockey &ldquo;brains.&rsquo;&rsquo;Reports out of New York say that Chirp Brenchley, coach of the Ramblers last year, will remain in Niagara Fails this winter and handle the Senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; club there. He spends his summers giving tours of the falls.The Ramblers have scheduled three exhibition games with the Charlotte Clippers. The first of these will be played today (October 18) at the Ramblers&rsquo; training site in Valley Forge, Pa. with the other two slated for next week in Raleigh, N. C.This city was supposed to be admitted to the EHL this year, but for some reason, plans fell through. Could it be the Ramblers and the Clippers are being sent there for these two games to &ldquo;case the joint&rdquo; and feel the fans out? &#9632;

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EHL Lid Openers To Show Off Six New Bench Pilots

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01363/1655263-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="796" height="1536"></div>Veteran Trainer Tim Daly of the Toronto Maple Leafs wo ordered to stop seeing visitors at Toronto General Hospital last week. The doctors posted the &ldquo;No Visitors&rdquo; sign after the 72 year old hockey trainer collapsed on a downtown Toronto street. He was taken to General Hospital, believed to be suffering from a ruptured intestinal ulcer.Doctors emphasized that the likeable Tim was in no immediate danger. The ban against visitors was to keep him quiet Daly, one of the most colorful personalities in sport, had been entertaining hospital personel with hockey, baseball and boxing stories.Only recently Tim was honored at the NHL all-star game in Montreal. He and three other trainers were given gold pucks in recognition of their long service. The following day he celebrated his 30th wedding anniversary. &#9632;

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On The Sidelines

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The 1958-59 schedule of the Eastern Hockey League has been delayed in being released due to the late readmission of Washington to the circuit.It was understood that the champion Presidents would not compete in the EHL this year because of &ldquo;family troubles&rdquo; in the front office.The New York Rovers of League President Tom Lockhart were admitted, however. The club owners thought they were going to go with six teams again this year.The owners went ahead and drew up the schedule including New York, but excluding Washington. It was all set to be released when Washington was readmitted at a meeting in Philadelphia on September 18.THE HOCKEY NEWS will publish the entire Eastern League schedule as soon it is released&mdash;probably in next week&rsquo;s issue. &#9632;

Washington’s Readmission To EHL Holds Up Schedule

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Eddie Shack, the New York Rangers&rsquo; million dollar baby, became the first NHL rookie to score a goal in the 1958-59 season.Shack, a graduate of the Guelph Biltmore of the Ontario Junior League anti the Providence Reds of the AHL scored the Rangers first goal in their second game&mdash;a 4-4 tie with the Boston Bruins.Shack took a pass from linemates Andy Hebenton and Red Sullivan to beat Don Simmons from close in. The time was 3:24 of the opening period. It started the Rangers off to a 3-0 lead. But the Bruins came back to take a 4-3-lead before Andy Hebenton tied it up with minutes to go.Shack also picked up his first NHL penalty at 12:10 of the middle period. &#9632;

Shack First NHL Rookie To Score

OCTOBER24&mdash;Windsor at Chatham24&mdash;Soo at Sudbury25&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener25&mdash;Soo at North Bay26&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor28&mdash;Chatham at Windsor29&mdash;Sudbury at Soo29&mdash;Windsor at Kitchener30&mdash;Kitchener at North Bay31&mdash;Kitchener at SudburyNOVEMBER1&mdash;Kitchener at Soo1&mdash;North Bay at Chatham2&mdash;North Bay at Windsor4&mdash;Sudbury at North Bay5&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham5&mdash;Windsor at Sudbury6&mdash;Windsor at North Bay7&mdash;Windsor at Soo7&mdash;Sudbury at Chatham8&mdash;Sudbury at Kitchener8&mdash;North Bay at Soo9&mdash;Sudbury at Windsor11&mdash;Chatham at Windsor12&mdash;North Bay at Sudbury13&mdash;Chatham at Soo13&mdash;Sudbury at North Bay14&mdash;Chatham at Sudbury15&mdash;Chatham at North Bay15&mdash;Soo at Kitchener16&mdash;Soo at Windsor17&mdash;Soo at Chatham19&mdash;Windsor at Kitchener19&mdash;Soo at Sudbury20&mdash;Soo at North Bay21&mdash;Windsor at Chatham21&mdash;North Bay at Sudbury22&mdash;North Bay at Soo22&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener23&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor25&mdash;North Bay at Windsor26&mdash;Windsor at Chatham26&mdash;North Bay at Kitchener26&mdash;Sudbury at Soo28&mdash;North Bay at Chatham28&mdash;Soo at Sudbury29&mdash;North Bay at Kitchener26&mdash;Sudbury at Soo30&mdash;Chatham at WindsorDECEMBER1&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham3&mdash;North Bay at Soo3&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener4&mdash;Kitchener at North Bay5&mdash;Kitchener at Sudbury5&mdash;Windsor at Chatham6&mdash;Kitchener at Soo6&mdash;Sudbury at North Bay7&mdash;Chaiham at Windsor8&mdash;Soo at Sudbury9&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor10&mdash;Sudbury at Soo10&mdash;Windsor at Kitchener11&mdash;Soo at North Bay12&mdash;Sudbury at Chatham13&mdash;Sudbury at Kitchener13&mdash;North Bay at Soo14&mdash;Sudbury at Windsor16&mdash;Sudbury at North Bay17&mdash;Windsor at Soo17&mdash;North Bay at Sudbury17&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham18&mdash;Windsor at North Bay19&mdash;Windsor at Sudbury19&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham20&mdash;Sudbury at Soo20&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener21&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor23&mdash;Soo at North Bay23&mdash;Chatham at Windsor26&mdash;Windsor at Kitchener (2 p.m.)26&mdash;North Bay at Sudbury27&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham27&mdash;Sudbury at Soo28&mdash;Chatham at Windsor30&mdash;North Bay at Soo31&mdash;Windsor at ChathamJANUARY1&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener (2 p.m.)1&mdash;Sudbury at North Bay2&mdash;North Bay at Sudbury2&mdash;Soo at Chatham3&mdash;Soo at Kitchener3&mdash;Sudbury at North Bay4&mdash;Soo at Windsor6&mdash;Soo at North Bay6&mdash;Chatham at Windsor7&mdash;Soo at Sudbury7&mdash;Windsor at Kitchener8&mdash;Chatham at North Bay9&mdash;Chatham at Sudbury10&mdash;Windsor at Kitchener10&mdash;Chatham at Soo11&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor13&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener13&mdash;Sudbury at North Bay14&mdash;North Bay at Soo15&mdash;Kitchener at North Bay16&mdash;Windsor at Chatham16&mdash;Kitchener at Sudbury17&mdash;Kitchener at Soo18&mdash;Chatham at Windsor19&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham20&mdash;Sudbury at North Bay21&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener21&mdash;Soo at Sudbury22&mdash;Soo at North Bay23&mdash;Sudbury at Chatham24&mdash;North Bay at Soo24&mdash;Sudbury at Kitchener25&mdash;Sudbury at Windsor27&mdash;Windsor at North Bay28&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener28&mdash;Windsor at Sudbury29&mdash;Windsor at Soo30&mdash;North Bay at Sudbury30&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham31&mdash;Sudbury at Soo31&mdash;Windsor at KitchenerFEBRUARY1&mdash;Chatham at Windsor2&mdash;Windsor at Chatham3&mdash;Soo at North Bay4&mdash;Soo at Sudbury4&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham5&mdash;Sudbury at Soo5&mdash;Chatham at North Bay6&mdash;Chatham at Sudbury7&mdash;Chatham at Soo7&mdash;Windsor at Kitchener10&mdash;Soo at Windsor11&mdash;Soo at Kitchener11&mdash;North Bay at Sudbury12&mdash;Sudbury at North Bay13&mdash;North Bay at Sudbury13&mdash;Soo at Chatham14&mdash;Windsor at Kitchener15&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor17&mdash;Soo at North Bay17&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor18&mdash;North Bay at Soo.18&mdash;Chatham at Kitchener20&mdash;Soo at Sudbury20&mdash;North Bay at Chatham21&mdash;North Bay at Kitchener21&mdash;Sudbury at Soo22&mdash;North Bay at Windsor23&mdash;Soo at Sudbury24&mdash;Soo at North Bay24&mdash;Kitchener at Windsor25&mdash;Windsor at Chatham26&mdash;North Bay at Soo27&mdash;North Bay at Sudbury27&mdash;Kitchener at Chatham &#9632;

OHA-NOHA SENIOR ‘A’ SCHEDULE 1958-59 Season

CALGARY. Alt.&mdash;The first Chinese hockey player to coach a hockey club in Switzerland will be 33-year old Larray Kwong. The little right winger left Canada last week for Ambri Piotta, Switzerland where he will coach Ambri Piotta is just outside Zurich.Last season Larry played with the. Nottingham Panthers of the English League. Prior to that he played two seasons with the Valleyfield Braves in the Quebec Hockey League. He was the all-star right winger the season Toe Blake, now coach of the Montreal Canadiens won the Canadian senior championship with the Braves.Kwong, no relation to Edmonton&rsquo;s famous footballer Normie Kwong, had two tryouts with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. That was back in 1947 and 1948. He played a few games with the Blues. Kwong born in Vernon. B.C., played most of his hockey in eastern Canada. Another Club he performed with was the New York Rovers.Last season Larry was approached by Swiss interests and signed a one-year contract to coach.The Swiss league has 24 teams, eight in each of three divisions. Each team has a Canadian coach, but most of the players ace Swiss.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01359/1655366-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="530" height="614"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Kwong</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Chinese Canadian To Coach Swiss

<div class="byline">By CHICK APPEL</div>STRATFORD. Ont.Now that Bill Durnan has been re-hired as coach of the Kitchener Dutchmen, the six teams in the NOHA-OHA senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; amalgamated group are pretty well set insofar as pilots are concerned. Johnny Horeck succeeds Murph Chamberlain at Chatham, and the latter takes over at Windsor. Don Grosso supplants Bucko McDonald at Sault Ste. Marie. Ont.; &ldquo;Peanuts&rdquo; O&rsquo;Flaherty is back for his second season at the helm of the Sudbury Wolves, and Chuck Scherza is almost certain to remain as coach of the North Bay Trappers.Personnel of the rosters is being revamped almost daily, although the clubs are not revealing the nature of the irons they have in the fire to any great extent. But with the maximum number of players limited to 15 this season, including two who did not play senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey last season, it means that all clubs will have to cut five players from the former 18-man squads.There seems to be some uncertainty regarding the two players who must be carried this season. Some clubs are of the opinion that this means two graduates from junior ranks, while others figure it means the pair can be former senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; or intermediate talent. Latest word is that the two players can be graduates from any former status, except senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; or professional. All reinstated pros must sit out an entire season.Agree To Respect ContractsAll Ontario clubs, whether in the eastern Ontario group or the NOHA-OHA group have agreed to respect each other&rsquo;s players of last season. which means they must secure a release or figure in swap from the former clubs. Not so. the western Canada group and in this respect Kelowna Packers, Allan Cup finalists against Belleville McFarlands in a losing cause last year, have been doing some raiding of eastern Canada clubs.<h2>To The Wolves</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02277/1655397-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="516" height="925"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ray Frederick</figcaption></div>The union of the NOHA and OHA groups was not successful from a monetary point of view last season, when all six clubs finished in the red. and the NOHA as a whole had its treasury nicked for a $10,000 loss, according to Lorne Miller, league secretary, which he blamed strictly on the increased traveling expenses from northern Ontario to southern Ontario and vice versa.However, the NOHA still has a surplus of $20,300, made up of $10,000 in the bank, $8,500 in Dominion of Canada bonds and $1,800 in its minor hockey account. But, besides the $10,000 loss that season the NOHA. which comprises northern and southern senior groups, $3,000 was loaned to the North Bay club to keep it alive when a couple of games were postponed, and so far it has not been repaid. Pete Palangio, who is again operating the North Bay franchise, contends that he should not be held responsible for debts contracted by his predecessors, which seems to make sense.A number of players&rsquo; names are being bandied around, with more than one club claiming their services, which had left the NOHA-OHA in a somewhat confused condition. For instance, Frank Bathgate of the Windsor Bulldogs was reported going to the Sudbury Wolves in a trade for defenceman Lennie Speck, but from Belleville comes another report that he has signed with the Allan Cup champions and will accompany them to Prague, Czechoslovakia, for the 1959 world tournament.Albani Goes To BaronsThe Wolves, of course, have lost goalie Johnny Albani to the pro Cleveland Barons, but anticipate replacing him with Ray Frederick of the Cornwall club, and word is that Cornwall is prepared to release him&rsquo; for a consideration. amount of which they did not reveal. Cornwall is also endeavoring to deal off Moe Savard and George Aitken, with Kingston ready to sign Savard to join his former teammate at. Cornwall. Bus Gagnon, who is now playing-coach of the Kingston Merchants (new name for that club). Windsor and Chatham have also been talking to Ray Miron. Cornwall manager, who says he will have no trouble making a deal for Aitken.Defenceman Ed Palamar, who is a free agent after playing for Windsor Bulldogs, has been drafted by the Sudbury Wolves, who also figured on having Fiori Geogan to bolster their rearguard. but he too. is said to have signed with the Belleville club, to make the trip overseas for the world tourney.Andy Senick, the Sudbury player, who was said to have been lured to Kelowna. B.C., with the big attraction being a. tour of Russia with the Packers, is now ticketed to return to the Wolves, although he will be a late arrival owing to his job.A proposed deal which would have sent Ron Rubic and John Bailey of the Soo Greyhounds to the Chatham Maroons, has also struck a snag, but Johnny Horeck, Chatham coach, has not been idle in his effort to strenghthen his Maroons. &#9632;

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OHA-NOHA Deals On Fire; Loop Gets Set To Cook Once Again

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01335/1655428-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Solution Next Week</figcaption></div>Across1&mdash;Pictured Detroit player.6&mdash;Bronco Horvath played 67 of these last season.9&mdash;Gord Howe played his first pro season here.11&mdash;Pictured star&rsquo;s is 31.12&mdash;Name given 29 across.13&mdash;Number of goals Phil Goyette scored last season.14&mdash;Iridium (Sym.)15&mdash;Initials of Gamble former Canadian player.17&mdash;Initials of Trottier, ex-Detroit star.19&mdash;Member of the horse family.21&mdash;Players usually miss games when they do this.22&mdash;Old Testament (abbr.)23&mdash;Number of N.H.L. teams with whom Red Kelly has performed.24&mdash;Nickname of Guidolin former Boston player.25 Chicago defenseman.29&mdash;One of the Maple Leafs.31&mdash;First two letters of owe.33&mdash;Month in which Ian Cushenan was born (abbr.)34&mdash;Mrs. Bill Gadsby.Down1&mdash;Bob Turner holidayed here last spring.2&mdash;Name given Long former member of the Buffalo Bisons.2&mdash;Victoria&rsquo;s coach.4&mdash;Sun God.5&mdash;Coach&rsquo;s Montreal Royals.7&mdash;Billy Reay&rsquo;s native province (abbr.)8&mdash;Selenium. (Sym.)10&mdash;One of the Red Wings.16&mdash;Ken Girard was one during the summer (two words).18&mdash;Wears No. 17 for Canadiens.20&mdash;Short for first name of a Toronto rearguard.23&mdash;This member of Victoria Cougars is called Denis.26&mdash;Initials of Whitney of Hershey Bears.27&mdash;Goalies frequently make a sensational one.28&mdash;Initials of Canadiens&rsquo; vice-president.30&mdash;Number of goals Marcel Pronovost scored in 1957-58.32&mdash;Initials of Aidcorn of Toronto.<h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Answers</h2>Across1&mdash;Bower4&mdash;Two7&mdash;Oil8&mdash;Sandford11&mdash;Ten12&mdash;Noel14&mdash;Tan15&mdash;QE.16&mdash;Aug.18&mdash;ME.19&mdash;Dec.21&mdash;Am.22&mdash;Arm25&mdash;B.H.26&mdash;Detroit29&mdash;Ice30&mdash;Blood32&mdash;DuttonDown1&mdash;Boston2&mdash;Winnipeg3&mdash;Ref.4&mdash;Toronto5&mdash;Wide6&mdash;O.L.9&mdash;AE.10&mdash;On13&mdash;Lynn15&mdash;Quebec16&mdash;Amadio17&mdash;Feb.20&mdash;Chad.22&mdash;A.R.23&mdash;Robt.24&mdash;Milt.27&mdash;Ted28&mdash;Too31&mdash;On &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">By FRANK ORR</div>CORNWALL, Ont&mdash;The Eastern Division clubs in the senior OHA are all down to the serious business of training for the season which is just around the corner.Training camps and exhibition schedules are in full blast as the clubs start to trim their rosters to the 15 players allowed by the league this year.The first club to start training were the Belleville Macs, Canada&rsquo;s representative in the World Hockey Championships in Prague. The Macs hit the ice in late September to prepare for their lengthy exhibition schedule. Next to start were the Whitby Dunlops. Kingston Merchants opened camp on October 4th with the Cornwall Chevies making their bow in the 5th. Pembroke is slated to start around Oct. 13th.The Ottawa-Hull Canadiens got their team together for an exhibition tour of Quebec but most of their players had been on the ice since early September with the pro clubs.The only shaky club, Pembroke, will definitely operate according to Wally Lenser, the much discussed owner of the Lumber Kings. However, there has been very little concrete information out of the &rsquo;up north&rsquo; city.Higginson Made Kings ManagerLenser has cut off the Pembroke newspaper and radio station from all publicity and news from the hockey club. He figures that he will get people wondering and pack the rink for sure.A few bits have leaked out. Bill Higginson, for several years the trainer of the Kings has been appointed manager for this year by Lenser.However, Lenser has guaranteed the league that he will have a club ready to go and one that he feels will be definite contender.A coach has not been named as yet although there are several in the running. The Giese-brechts, Bert, Bruce and Jackie are still in Pembroke. Jack Douglas, Jim Farlli, Dennis Menard and Frank Chiarelli are all available. Goalie Andre Payette, who finished the season with the Kings has indicated that he will be returning there for another season.Hull Canadiens had a very successful tour of Quebec winning three games. Before the left, they tripped the New York Rangers 4-3 and they returned to meet Montreal Canadiens with the parent club a 9-0 winners.The Hull squad will have many of last year&rsquo;s junior aces back as well as six imports allowed by the CAHA. These will come mainly from Cincinnati. Glenn Ramsay will be between the pipes.Kingston have Lynn Davis in the nets again as he was cut from the Canadiens pro camp. He played with the Limestone City club last year and was one of their few bright lights in a dismal season. Coach Bus Gagnon has his two lines set. He will play right wing with Billy Colvin, the loop scoring king at centre and Roy Partridge on left wing. Moe Savard recently picked up from Cornwall will centre Ted Toppazzini and Jim Maxwell.<h2>Being Recalled</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02296/1655459-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="804" height="1405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bingo Ernst</figcaption></div>The Cornwall Chevies will have more new faces than any other club. Gerry Devaney returns to the nets as Ray Frederick has been sold to Sudbury. Devaney led the league in goaltenders average two years agoThe Chevies are trying to lure veteran Lloyd &rsquo;Bingo&rsquo; Ernst out of retirement. Dick Mattiussi and Gerry Serviss from the Toronto chain will also he blueline candidates.The Chevies have Germain Leger, with Indianapolis, Bill Saunders with Regina, and Chester Melski, with Cincinnati, in the lineup. &#9632;

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Lumber Kings Give Fans Silent Treatment On Shaky EOHA Start

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0188/1655497-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="274" height="305"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0287/1655490-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="268" height="319"></div>VOLUME 12 MONTREAL, OCTOBER 18, 1958 No. 3<h2>Second Annual OHA Jr. All-Star Game Set For Jan. 7th</h2>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The Ontario Junior A All-Star game will be played on January 7th in the home rink of the team leading the league on January 4th, the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s junior A council decided at a meeting last week. It will be the second annual game.The council decided that the team leading the league at that time will play against a team of all-stars comprised from the six other teams in the league. Last season St. Catharines played the All-Stars and won. &#9632;

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<div class="byline">By HUGH BOWMAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0382/1655535-1-eng-US/f00c4-032.jpg" title="f00C4-03" width="277" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hap Emms</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0473/1655528-1-eng-US/f00c4-042.jpg" title="f00C4-04" width="261" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Carl Wetzel</figcaption></div>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;Working, perhaps, on the theory that there&rsquo;s safety in numbers Hamilton Tiger-Cubs reached into the far-flung regions of the Detroit Red-Wings scouting system to come up with 110 candidates for this year&rsquo;s edition. Out of this galaxy of hopefuls coach Gerry Brown was hopeful of coming up with adequate replacements for such departing stars as Murray Oliver and Jerry Sullivan who gained 67 goals between them last year with Oliver finishing third in the leauge point derby with 90 points. These won&rsquo;t be the only ones of courge, that Cubs will miss. Also gone from the attacking brigade that took Hamilton to a second place finish are 24 goal scorer Brian Smith. Don Blackburn and Gary Luyben. Brown also losing hard hitting defencemen Hank Akervall and Dave Amadio.Cubs will have 10 returning holdovers but in Sullivan. Smith and Oliver he loses three players who accounted for almost half of the 200 goals Cubs scored last season.Offsetting this loss of scoring punch however will be the return of goalkeeper Carl Wetzel, who at this stage, shapes us as the outstanding netminder in the league. Wetzel will be backed by the capable Denny Jordan to give Cubs what should be the best goalkeeping in the league. Brown has three defensemen coming back in Brad Graham, Lloyd Haddon and Ray Preston but he&rsquo;s lost his top two.Returning forwards include Pat Baker, Ed Cooke, Don Wilcox, Keith Walsh and Stu McNeill. McNeill had goal-scoring problems last year, netting only 11, but he racked up 27 assists and could be Cubs key. performer up front.With 1.10 prospects at camp however, last year&rsquo;s regulars are going to have to hustle for berths. Among the top candidates are three graduates of a good Burlington B team who saw some action in &ldquo;A&rdquo; ranks, in the persons of Blair Constantin. Larry Jeffrey and Bob Dillabough.Coach Brown is predicting a fourth place finish for Cubs and his major problem would appear to be replacing the graduating goal scorers.Up along the shores of Lake Simcoe the dean of Junior coaches, Hap Emms, is looking for an improvement over his Barrie Flyers sixth place finish of last year.Unless the wily Emms comes up with some fire-power from the fifty-odd hopefuls at the Flyers camp he&rsquo;ll have to depend on a strong defence to do it.Baek of the blueline Mr. Emms is in excellent shape. He has four of last year&rsquo;s regulars coming back. In Dale Rolfe, Mary Rutledge, Wayne Haig and all-star Ed Westfall he&rsquo;ll have the most experienced rearguard in the league. He also has three promising newcomers in Barry Ashbee, who has seen some Junior A action, up from Lakeshore Bruins, Tom Maloney from New Liskeard Juveniles and Raymond Dupuis from Flyers Junior C farm club in Newmarket.With Normand Jacques returning for another shot at the netminding job Emms isn&rsquo;t expected to have any major problems back of his own blueline.Up front however the picture is not quite so bright. Of his top five scorers of last season only the number three man, Danny Patrick, is back. Patrick had 19 goals and 40 assists last season for a healthy 59 point output. Gone will be 44 goal&mdash;scorer Billy Forhan, 39 goal scorer Pete Panagabko, 27 goal scorer Bernard Cote and 39 point man Bob Blackburn.A couple of performers of Patrick&rsquo;s calibre look like a &ldquo;must&rdquo; or the burden may be too heavy for Flyers solid defence.Paul Meger, a former Flyer star who spent three seasons with Montreal Canadiens before an unfortunate head injury cut short his promising NHL career, lias been appointed assistant coach of the Flyers.Teep Stars Are GoneIn St. Catharines, Harry Watson is faced with the task of finding replacements for the high-scoring line of Ed Hoekstra, John McKenzie and Matt Ravlich. McKenzie and Hoekstra were one-two in the league scoring race last season. John topped the lamp-lighters with 48 and Ed the playmakers with 58 assists. They had 99 and 93 points respectively while converted defenceman Ravlich finished 7th with 73 points.A solid nucleus of holdovers however will ease Watson&rsquo;s job and pre-season indications are that last year&rsquo;s flag winners will be well up in the first division.Like Barrie. Teepees will be a power behind the blueline. Denny Dejordy who finished second among the loop&rsquo;s regular netminders with a goals-against average of 3.36 is back and he&rsquo;ll be fronted by Jim Hayward, Terry McGuire and. smooth two-way performer Wayne Hillman. The latter, a wasn&rsquo;t too far from being the outstanding defenceman in the league last year.Up front, despite the loss of the &ldquo;big&rdquo; line things are far from gloomy in Stimer&rsquo;s stamping ground. Trigger-tempered Stan Mikita heads a tour man veteran brigade. Mikita was fourth in the league last year with 31 goals and 47 assists for 78 points. Other returnees include 21 goal scorer ChicMaki, Bob Corupe and Ed Wright.There are over 50 hopefuls at the Black Hawk junior camp and all are reported to be big and fast. Chicago&rsquo;s chief scout. Bob Wilson, has been in the habit of keeping Teepees welt-stocked with impressive talent and there&rsquo;s no reason to believe that this year will be any different. &#9632;

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October 18, 1958

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