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May 1, 1959
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SIDELINE SLANTS
(Victoria Times) Time is a ruthless dictator that eventually writes an end to any athletic career. Even the very great must yield to its inevitable toll of skills and energy. Any professional athlete knows his playing years are numbered and there is no cruelty in the ending of a career. But there can be cruelty in the way it is terminated and it was a savage blow to Bill Dobbyn when he lost his left eye in an American Hockey League game at Hershey last Dec. 27. Dobbyn’s youthfulness and the possibility of a future National Hockey League career with New York Rangers appeared to increase the pitiless quality of the accident to the former Victoria Cougar defenceman. At 23, a promising athlete hasn’t prepared himself for the problems of starting a new way…
Player-of-the-Week
HERSHEY, Pa. — Eddie Stankiewicz, is a tough little right winger, who has had two short flings in the National League, but never gives up trying for a third. His hustle and desire make him an asset to any hockey club. Eddie, in six pro years has never been a standout star. But he gets his job done. He works every minute he’s on the ice. In the playoffs ‘Stanky’ has proven himself a valuable piece of property for Coach Frank Mathers of the He’rshey Bears. If he doesn’t score another point, his work in the fourth game between the Bears and Buffalo Bisons was enough to put his name in the tiny town of Hershey. The Bears, leading the series two games to one, were playing at home to the…
Connelly’s Hot Stick, Brilliance Of DeJordy, Spells Finis For Habs
PETERBOROUGH, Ont.— In one of the great comeback sagas of the modern junior hockey era Peterborough Petes captured their first Eastern Canada championship this season, eliminating the favored Ottawa-Hull Canadiens in seven games to advance to the Memorial Cup finals against Winnipeg Braves. TPT’s who were three times within one goal of elimination in their OHA final with St. Michael’s College Majors won their first provincial crown since 1901 after failing to win one of the first four games against the Irish. They eventually eliminated St. Mike’s in eight games and then repeated the same comeback process against the baby Habs. Peterborough lost the first two games to Canadiens and were on the brink of elimination after gaining only a 2-2 tie in the third contest. They then swept the next four games, sparked…
Dutchies Have Final Word: Winner Bv Dunnies Was Kicked Into Goal
STRATFORD, Ont.— It’s all history now, but Kitchener players and officials are far from satisfied that Whitby won the fifth and deciding game of the Ontario senior “A” title series fairly. In fact, they claim the 3-2 final victory was tainted, because the wining goal “was kicked in,” by Whitby’s George Samolenko. Goalie “Boat” Hurley of the Dutchmen, usually a mild-mannered young man who rarely disputes a decision, claims “the puck was kicked in,” and his teammate, defenceman Murray Davidson echoes the claim, as does goal judge Edward Wahl. And while the Whitby-Kitchener series is water over the dam now, with the former being conceded the better team, there could be some repercussions, because new referees were appointed after Wren Blair, manager of the Whitby club, blasted Referee Hughie McLean for what…
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