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April 4, 1959
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Ullman Takes $1,000 CBS Prize As Top TV Skater
DETROIT, Mich. — Norman Ullman of the Detroit Red Wings has won the $1,000 grand prize in the season-long series of man-against-man hockey contests which preceded the Columbia Broadcasting System’s televised games of the week. Ullman completed the obstacle course in 30 seconds in his contest with George “Red” Sullivan of the New York Rangers which completed the filmed series. Ullman’s winning time was announced by Bud Palmer, master of ceremonies for the competitions, and he received his check from Fred Cusick between periods of the final Detroit-New York game. The Detroit center also received another check for $200 for beating Sullivan. The leader until the final contest was Eddie Litzenberger of the hicago Black Hawks, whose was 30.2 seconds. Doug Mohns of the Boston Bruins finished third with a time of 30.3…
Phil Points Finger At Gump As Blues Laid A way To Rest
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Today, almost two weeks after’ the remains of New York gangers were buried at Madison Square Garden, mourners were seen wandering about the Manhattan mausoleum mumbling something about “They said it couldn’t be done.” But the grating fact here is that Toronto Maple Leafs DID do it—with unparalleled cooperation from the very same Rangers—and for that, March 22, 1959 will go down as the blackest in New York hockey history. Why the Rangers blew a fat seven-point playoff lead to the Leafs with five games remaining is a question that will be discussed by every ice expert in the Gotham and his Uncle Dudley for an eternity. What is certain is this. The disslution of Rangers was the club’s worst and likely the most colossal in NHL history. Even worse than…
Hawks’ 2nd Line Runs Cold; Murphy Is Missing Link
MONTREAL, Que.— The injury to Ron Murphy has hurt the Chicago Black Hawks in their current Stanley Cup semi-final series with the Canadiens, as Tommy Ivan, the Hawks general manager, pointed out’ before the series started. “Murphy had been playing very well for us,” Tommy said. “He was playing on the line with Bobby Hull and Eric Nesterenko and the line was getting some goals. That gave us two lines that could score. “But when Murphy got hurt the line stopped scoring, which makes it look as if Murphy was the fellow who was making it go. We tried other guys on the line, but none of them have fitted in and we’ve had to make a lot of changes.” One of the moves Coach Rudy Pilous made was to put together a brand-new…
Barons 2nd Place Finish Real Great Team Effort
CLEVELAND, O.— A couple of hockey brain trusters from Cleveland will rate a place in the history books after this hockey season blows away, regardless of what happens in the Calder Cup playoffs. General Manager James C. Hendy, who first threw his ample framework into a front office chair at the Cleveland Arena ten years ago, will be after what he calls “a 500 per cent average” in this Calder Cup series. Hendy has now had ten seasons as head of the Barons and in that time he has seen his ice screws win four Calder Cups and three American Hockey League regular season titles. “If I win one more this year,” he exclaims, “it will be five Calder Cups in ten seasons, not a bad record at all.” The other fellow who is making…
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