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June 1, 1959

The Hockey News June 1, 1959

<div class="byline">By GEORGE METZGER</div><p>GREENSBORO, N.C.&mdash;</p><p>This city of 90,000 is the latest one to be granted a franchise in the wonderful world of hockey.</p><p>And the bug is expected to bite hard. As usual.</p><p>Greensboro became the seventh team to be added to the Eastern Hockey League and is the second city in the state of North Carolina to join the EHL.</p><p>The other team in this state is the Charlotte Clippers. Ironically, that was the last city before Greensboro to be granted an EHL franchise. It was three years ago.</p><p>Hockey people here&mdash;they are new at the game, but hopeful are expecting the ice sport to catch on, but good. The first two years the Clippers were in action they set all kinds of gate records.</p><p>The arena here can seat 7,000 people, which makes it one of the biggest in the league. A committee of nine citizens will head the operation.</p><p>In their first move, the committee hired Kenny Wilson, late of the Troy, Ohio club in the International League to handle the whole show for them. He is a sound hockey man.</p><p>But Wilson is faced with a huge problem right off the bat. He must go out and dig up a team to fill the uniforms that will be purchased.</p><p>Charlotte did not have this problem since the Baltimore team was simply transferred there late in 1956 when their rink there burned down.</p><p>The committee is confident that Wilson is the man for the job.</p><p>The six others owners in the league were more than anxious to admit Greensboro since the trip here can be made for practically nothing extra. Reason is the teams must now go to Charlotte and it is just a matter of stopping off here. Until now, the five northern teams had to travel all the way to this state just to play one team.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

Greensboro Admitted To Eastern Ice Loop

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03398/2166555-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg"></div><h2><b>FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS</b></h2><h2><b>SCORING AND PENALTY STATISTICS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04312/2166548-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="1205" height="1510"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01540/2166541-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="1208" height="3268"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS FOR SEASON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02513/2166534-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1212" height="491"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPER&rsquo;S RECORDS FOR PLAYOFFS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03458/2166527-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="1200" height="263"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE FINAL REGULAR, PLAYOFF SCORING STATISTICS (1958-59)

<p>TORONTO, Ont &mdash;</p><p>The Whitby Dunlops won senior amateur hockey&rsquo;s most coveted award, the Allan Cup, for the second time and the Winnipeg junior Braves climaxed a wonderful season by capturing the blueribbon of junior hockey, the Memorial Cup, to dominate the Canadian amateur ice scene for 1958-59.</p><p>Whitby by winning the national title for the second time in the past three years appeared almost sure bets to represent Canada on a European exhibition tour next fall.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07223/2165939-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="267" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Smith</b></figcaption></div><p>The Dunnies wrapped up the title again by defeating Vernon Canadiens 4-1 in a best-of-seven final which drew only 12,703 fans for the five games played in Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens. The public just didn&rsquo;t take to the series and it proved a financial flop.</p><h2><b>Made History</b></h2><p>Dunlops also became the first team to win the cup the year after capturing the world amateur hockey championsip. Cup winners in 1957, Whitby followed with a world title in 1958. Belleville McFarlands, also from the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s senior A eastern division, were Allan Cup champions in 1958 and this year retained the world title for Canada.</p><p>The game was a swan song to hockey for Whitby playing-coach Sid Smith and his counterpart with Vernon, George Agar. Both said they were hanging up their skates.</p><p>There wasn&rsquo;t much doubt Whitby will be picked to tour Europe for two or three weeks next fall.</p><p>George Dudley, secretary-manager of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, said:</p><p>&ldquo;We have been invited to send a team to Europe this year and I said before this Allan Cup series that the winner should have first chance to make the trip.&rdquo;</p><p>The Winnipeg Braves brought the Manitoba City its first Canadian junior hockey title since the Monarchs won in 1946. They dropped the opener of their best-of-seven final to the Peterborough Petes but came storming back to win four straight games to grab the cup.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WHITBY HEADED FOR EUROPEAN HOCKEY JUNKET

<div class="byline">By DINK CARROLL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01479/2165811-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Andy Popular On And Off The Ice</b></p><p><b>Andy Bathgate and wife Merle read Ranger Fan Club review for story of star&rsquo;s selection as mast popular player on New York team.</b></p></figcaption></div><p><b>Montreal Gazette</b></p><p><b>Attitude Only Detriment To New York Owners; Ace Scorer Kept Going Despite Many Injuries</b></p><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Andy Bathgate, the New York Rangers&rsquo; ace right-winger, is the winner of the Hart Trophy, which goes to the player adjudged to be most valuable to his team. He scored 40 goals and picked up 48 assists far 88 total points, which made him a valuable man for the Broadway Blueshirts, though they failed to make the playoffs.</p><p>Back last January we asked Muzz Patrick, the Rangers&rsquo; general manager, if he would trade Bathgate even-up to the Detroit Red Wings for Gordie Howe. Muzz had already gone on record as proclaiming Howe the best hockey player in the league, and this looked like a chance to have some fun.</p><p>&ldquo;Now I&rsquo;d have to think about that,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Howe&rsquo;s five years older than Bathgate, you know. Anyway, I don&rsquo;t think Detroit would trade Howe any more than the Canadians would trade Rocket Richard. Howe&rsquo;s an athletic idol in Detroit.&rdquo;</p><p>Early in March, there was a story out of New York that Bathgate was thinking of retiring from hockey to become a professional golfer. He has a silver plate in his left knee and his right knee was starting to give him so much trouble that he might have to have an operation on it, if he continued to play hockey.</p><p>The players were heading into the stretch and everybody was tired, so nothing much was said of Bathgate&rsquo;s suggestion that he might give up hockey for golf. But when the Rangers failed to make the playoffs, there were rumors that the Ranger brass weren&rsquo;t too happy over their star right-winger&rsquo;s attitude.</p><p>That can be ascribed to temporary disappointment. Bathgate had a great year, handicapped as he was by injured knees and a jammed wrist in the closing weeks of the schedule, and without him the Rangers wouldn&rsquo;t have come within one point of making the last playoff spot.</p><h2><b>It Wasn&rsquo;t Bathgate&rsquo;s Fault</b></h2><p>We were in New York on the way back from Florida on the last Friday of the regular schedule. The Rangers had two more games to play, one in Detroit the next day and the last one in New York on Sunday against the Canadians. There was, as you might expect, a lot of tension in the Ranger office and the only fellow who appeared to be at all loose was Herb Goren, the club&rsquo;s publicity director. The Rangers were only one point ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who also had two games to play.</p><p>We asked Herb what had happened to the Rangers. Was Bathgate responsible for the team&rsquo;s slide?</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not Bathgate&rsquo;s fault,&rdquo; he replied. &ldquo;The man has scored 40 goals. The defense has sprung a few holes. The way I see it now we&rsquo;ve got to win both games. I think we can win in Detroit, but it&rsquo;s going to be hard to beat the Canadiens here on Sunday. Big Beliveau has been the best player in the league for the last six weeks.&rdquo;</p><p>The Rangers didn&rsquo;t win both games. They beat the Red Wings in Detroit, then dropped the Sunday game in Madison Square Garden to the Canadians. The Toronto Leafs won both their games to nose out the Blueshirts.</p><p>Bathgate&rsquo;s closest pursuer for the Hart Trophy, and he wasn&rsquo;t very close, was Gordie Howe with Jean Beliveau in third place. Behind Beliveau was Terry Sawchuk, the Red Wings&rsquo; goalkeeper.</p><h2><b>Styles And Temperaments</b></h2><p>If it&rsquo;s a little unusual for a Hart Trophy winner to be on a team that failed to make the playoffs, it&rsquo;s also unusual for the fellows who finished second and fourth in the voting to be on a team that finished in the cellar.</p><p>This is the first time Bathgate has won the Hart, though Howe has won it four times. Jean Beliveau has won it once and if he continues to play as he did in the last couple of months of the season just concluded, he will be a big winner in the next few years.</p><p>It has been pointed out before that Bathgate and Howe are somewhat alike in style. Both can carry the puck, make plays and score goals. Both play all over the ice. Both are used on power plays and to kill off penalties. Years ago when Tommy Ivan was coaching the Detroit Red Wings we heard him make the following remark about Howe:</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;d be even more effective if he weren&rsquo;t so unselfish. I&rsquo;d like to see him shoot more instead of trying to set up somebody else.&rdquo;</p><p>A couple of years ago Phil Watson made the same observation about Bathgate. Both are great players, unselfish or ortherwise.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Would Muzz Trade Bathgate For Howe?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01359/2167029-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Montreal Canadians, winners of their fourth successive Stanley Cup, in 1958-59. First row, left to right, sub-goaler charlie Hodge, Dickie Moore, Ken Reardon, vice-president, Hon. Hartland de M. Molson, president, Captain &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard, Frank Selke Sr., managing director, Coach Toe Blake, Bernie Geoffrion, Goalie Jacques Plante. Second row, publicist Camil DesRoches, Henri Richard, Jean-Guy Talbot, Doug Harvey, Ken Mosdell, Jean Beliveau, Ab McDonald, Tom Johnson, Bob Turner, Claude Provost, publicist Frank Selke Jr. Third row, trainer Hector Dubois, Billy Hicke, Ralph Backstrom, Don Marshall, Junior Langlois, Ian Cushenan, Phil Goyette, Andre Pronovost, Marcel Bonin, ass.trainer Mickey Aubut.</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Canadiens Win Record Fourth World Title</b></h2><h2><b>Hershey Pulls Off Second Straight AHL Title Win</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02249/2167022-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="2801" height="1133"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Hershey Bears, &ldquo;Cinderella&rdquo; champions of American League for 1958-59. Front row, left to right, Len Haley, Hec Lalande, id Stankiewicz, Bob Perreault, Coach Frank Mathers, Gil Mayer, Larry Zeidel, Howie Yanosik, Arnie Kullman. Second row, Tom McCarthy, Obbie O&rsquo;Brien, chief scout Herb Mitchell, general manager Lloyd Blinco, business manager Baz Bastien, trainer Scotty Alexander, publicist Richard 2McCrone, arena mgr. George Bartels, Bud MacPherson, Gordon Strate. Third row, Willie Marshall, Less Duff, Dune Fisher, Bob Solinger, Mike Nykoluk, Ron Hurst, Jack Price.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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STANLEY, CALDER CUP CHAMPIOND CROWNED

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Ralph Backstrom, brilliant 21-year old center and left wing of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadians, won the Calder Memorial Trophy for 1958-59 in a breeze. Backstrom earned more than twice as many points as Carl Brewer, Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; defenseman, who was runner-up in the voting.</p><p>Backstrom polled 141 points to Brewer&rsquo;s 67. Ab McDonald, a teammate of Backstrom&rsquo;s on the Canadiens, finished third in the voting with 32 points. In winning the trophy which is presented annually to &ldquo;the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League,&rdquo; Backstrom will receive $1,000 from the National Hockey League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01480/2165615-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="543" height="551"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Easy Winner</b></p><p><b>Ralph Backstrom</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Other players besides Backstrom, Brewer and McDonald to poll points from the selectors were: Charlie Burns, Detroit, 25; Norm Johnson, Boston Chicago, 18; Len Lunde, Detroit, 18; Jim Bartlett, Rangers, 12; John Hanna, Rangers, 5; Larry Leach, Boston, 3; Gerry Ehman, Toronto, 3. The selectors were hockey writers, broadcasters and telecasters from the six N.H.L. cities and points were awarded on the basis of five for a first choice, three for a second and one for a third. A unanimous choice would poll 180 points &mdash; 90 for each half. The balloting was divided into two halves. The first half was for games up to and including those of December 31, 1958. The second half consisted of games after that date until the end of the regular championship schedule.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02459/2165608-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="538" height="549"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Runner-Up</b></p><p><b>Carl Brewer</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Ralph Backstrom of Canucks Breezes To Calder Cup

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>No one will ever accuse Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; coach Rudy Pilous of not being at his sartorial best at all times. Even in a Stanley Cup game when most fans thought he was giving the &ldquo;choke up&rdquo; sign, Rudy says all he was actually doing, &ldquo;was straightening my bowtie.&rdquo;</p><p>Pilous was accused of making the sign in that wild and wooly Stanley Cup game between Montreal Canadiens and the Black Hawks in Chicago.</p><p>Where ever the affable Pilous treads, they ask him the obvious question and he jokingly reviewed it at a Western hockey playoff game.</p><p>Asked why he wasn&rsquo;t fined by Clarence Campbell, National Hockey League president, after his choke-up exhibition, Pilous explained it this way:</p><h2><b>Passing The Buck</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Mr. Campbell sent a letter to Chicago owner Jim Norris. He initialled it and passed it on to Tommy Ivan, our general manager. Tommy initialled it and passed it on to me.&rdquo;</p><p>And then what happened?</p><p>&ldquo;Shucks, I initialled it too,&rdquo; Pilous said.</p><p>Rudy went on to say he didn&rsquo;t give any suggestion that Stprey had choked up when the Black Hawks&rsquo; Bobby Hull was dumped by a Montreal player.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a rule in the NHL that says our coaches have to look immaculate behind the bench. I was merely straightening my bowtie.&rdquo;</p><p>The Chicago game, played April 4, which Canadiens won 5-4 to advance into the Cup final, had an unhappy aftermath.</p><p>Storey, the NHL&rsquo;s most efficient and chief referee, quit his $10,000 a year job after an Ottawa newspaper columnist blew the thing wide open by quoting Campbell as saying he (Storey) &ldquo;froze&rdquo; on a call.</p><p>The big readhead walked out on the semi-final Stanley Cup series and both Frank Udvari and Eddie Powers had to complete the playoffs in Storey&rsquo;s place. Storey has since accompanied the Rangers and Bruins on their European tour and is reported that despite his claim he was quitting for all time, he will be back on the ice lanes again next season at the urgence of the NHL.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Just Straightening His Tie Chicago’s Rudy Pilous Says Of Famous ‘Choke Up’ Sign

<p>LONDON England&mdash;</p><p>The Swiss angel who picked up the tab tor the world hockey tour of the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins isn&rsquo;t the least bit dismayed by the fact it all laid an egg at the box office.</p><p>Quite the contrary. He plans to bring back two other National Hockey League teams next year.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03412/2165684-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="275" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Leo LaBine</b></figcaption></div><p>Othmar Delnon of Switzerland, a former European amateur hockey player for 15 years, who promoted the recent tour, blamed the unseasonable weather on the continent for the poor attendance than ranged from a high of 11,000 in Geneva for the third game to a low of 500 at the seventh game in Antwerp.</p><p>The overall 23-game series attracted 71,000 fans for an average of little more than 3,000 per game, hardly enough to meet the expenses. However, each membes; of the Rangers and Bruins had little worry about finances since the promoter deposited a $1,000 per player in a New York bank before the teams left the United States.</p><p>Many of the players were of the belief that poor advance publicity &mdash; there was no notification in the London press of the two games to be played in Wembley Pool that launched the tour &mdash; and too high prices, ranging up to $7 for the best seats in Berlin, were responsible for the small turnouts in many cities.</p><p>The Rangers emerged with team honors winning 11 games to nine for the Bruins with three ending in ties. Rangers outscored the Boston team 104-101 on the tour, which featured unusually high scores for NHL teams. Goalie Lorne Worsley, who along with Boston&rsquo;s Don Simmons drew raves from European press for their netminding performances, recorded the lone shutout of the 23 games.</p><h2><b>LaBine High Scorer</b></h2><p>High scorer on the tour was Leo LaBine, the &lsquo;buffoon&rsquo; of the Bruins, who scored 18 times. Eddie Shack and Bobby Hull, loaned to the New York team to augment their squad when several of their regulars declined to make the trip, each scored 14 goals to lead the Rangers.</p><p>Other high scorers for Rangers were Dean Prentice, 12, Eddie Litzenberger, another Black Hawk who joined the Rangers for the tour, got 12, Bill Sweeney, 11, Jim Bartlett, 9, and Red Sullivan, 8. For Boston, Johhny Bucyk and Don McKenney each had 11, Jean Guy Gendron, 8, Bronco Horvath, 8, and Vic Stasiuk, 8.</p><p>Hull carried off high game honors when he counted four times as New York edged Boston 7-6 in the 10th game at Zurich before 5,000 fans. Bucyk and LaBine each shot two hat tricks, Litzenberger, Shack and LaBine one each.</p><p>The biggest crowd of the tour was in the third game when 11,000 Swiss fans watched Rangers beat the Bruins 4-3 at Geneva. In all 26,500 paid to see four games in Switzerland, the best of the tour. The closing three games in Vienna drew 14,000, with two of the contests ending in ties including the windup Sunday, May 24.</p><p>Muzz Patrick, the general manager of the Rangers, felt that while the tour wasn&rsquo;t too successful financially, it was a howling &lsquo;sportive success&rsquo;.</p><p>&ldquo;We think the tour was a sportive success,&rdquo; Patrick said. &ldquo;The boys played good hockey and the Europeans, who have little if any professional material, were impressed.&rdquo;</p><p>Among those most impressed were a group of Czechoslovak amateur players who came out from behind the Iron Curtain for eight hours to see the Rangers and Bruins work out in Vienna. The Czechs said the two NHL clubs would sweep European amateur teams off the ice.</p><h2><b>How They Fared On Tour</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04311/2165677-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="995" height="889"></div><h3><b>FINAL STANDING OF TOUR</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05220/2165670-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="937" height="159"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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World Ice Tour ‘Sporting Success’ But Flops At European Box Offices As Rangers Hold Edge Over Bruins

<p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>Julian Klymkiw, spare goaltender and assistant trainer for Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League last season, suffered a double fracture of the right leg while playing soccer here recently.</p><p>Klymkiw&rsquo;s leg was broken in two places between the knee and ankle when he was tackled in the first five minutes of a practice game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Red Wings’ Spare Gaoler Suffers Fracture Of Leg

<p>LOS ANGELES, Calif</p><p>Hockey fans here will get a glimpse of big time hockey next fall when the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and their No. 1 farm club, the Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League, stage three pre-season exhibition games.</p><p>Bill Nicholson, manager of the L. A. Coliseum, said details had been worked out with the Wings and Bud Poile, general manager of the Edmonton club by telephone.</p><p>The dates are Sept. 22, 23 and 24 or Sept. 27, 28 and 29. The final decision will be made shortly on the matter.</p><p>Nicholson has reiterated his previous statement that Los Angeles would not be interested in a Western Hockey League berth if the league did not include Edmonton and Calgary.</p><p>The WHL has delayed for one year a decision on accepting entries from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, Ore.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

RED WINGS PLAN THREE EXHIBITIONS FOR LOS ANGELES

<p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>Scotty Bowman, the coach of the vanquished Peterborough Petes in the Memorial Cup junior final, has decided the grass isn&rsquo;t greener in the other fellow&rsquo;s field after all.</p><p>He is going to maintain his allegiance to the Montreal Canadiens and remain in their organization.</p><p>Bowman said he did not plan to accept an offer from the Toronto Maple Leafs to pilot their Marlboros&rsquo; junior farm club in the OHA.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bowman Rejects Leafs’ Bid To Remain In Habs’ Chain

<p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>ormer professional hockey player who has spent the past nine years as Assistant to the General Manager of a large Arena and hockey club desires position as Manager. Experienced in promotion, box office procedure, coaching and all around arena operation. My current employer knows of this ad and will furnish excellent references. Box CB c/o Hockey News, Box 248, Montreal, Canada.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

EXPERIENCED ARENA MANAGER AVAILABLE

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Andy Bathgate, the National Hockey League&rsquo;s All-Star right winger, is the winner of the Hart Trophy for 1958-59. The 26-year-old New York Rangers&rsquo; star polled 133 points in winning the trophy which is presented annually to &ldquo;the player adjudged to be most valuable to his team.&rdquo;</p><p>Bathgate&rsquo;s 133 points were more than double those polled by Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe, who was runner-up. Howe polled 60 points. Jean Beliveau of Montreal Canadiens finished third in the balloting with 36 points. Bathgate was a solid favorite for the trophy which is rated tops among the individual achievement awards. He polled 67 points in the first half voting and 66 in the second half. He led the way in bath halves. Howe had 36 points in the first half and 24 in the second, while Beliveau picked up his 36 points all in the second half. He did net receive a single point in the first half balloting.</p><p>Other players besides bathgate, Howe and Beliveau to receive one or more points in the voting were: Terry Sawchuk, Detroit, 34; Dickie Moore, Canadiens, 11; Tod Sloan, Chicago, 10; Eddie Litzenberger, Chicago, 7; Ted Lindsay, Chicago, 7; Don McKenney, Boston, 6; Jacques Plante, Canadiens, 5; Glenn Hall, Chicago, 3; Doug Harvey, Canadiens, 3; Bernie Geoffrion, Canadiens, 2; Tom Johnson, Canadiens, 2; Henri Richard, Canadiens, 2; Doug Mohns, Boston, 1; Marcel Pronovast, Detroit, 1; and George (Red) Sullivan, Rangers, 1.</p><p>Bathgate and Howe reversed their positions this year. A year ago Howe won the Hart Trophy and Bathgate was runner-up. This marked the first time that Bathgate had captured one of the N.H.L. trophies. It also was the first time he had made the First All-Star Team. Here again he reversed places with Howe. Gordie was right wing on the First Team a year ago and Andy held down the same position on the Second Team. As a result of making the First All-Star Team in 1958-59 and for winning the Hart Trcphy, Bathgate will receive $2,000 in bonuses from the N.H.L. He receives $1,000 for winning the Hart Trophy and $1,000 for making the First All-Star Team.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02382/2165842-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="270" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><p>Andy Bathgate was the first member of the New York Rangers to win the Hart Trophy since Charlie Rayner won it in 1949-50. In fact only three Rangers have ever won this award. They were Buddy O&rsquo;Conner in 1947-48, Rayner and Bathgate. Howe, this year&rsquo;s runner-up, has won the Hart Trophy four times to share the record with Eddie Shore, former Boston great.</p><p>Bathgate was born in Winnipeg, Man., on August 28, 1932. He stands an even six-feet in height and weighs a trim 175 pounds. His last amateur club was the Guelph Biltmores, He was one of the mainstays of that team in their march to the Memorial Cup in 1951-52. Andy now makes his summer home in Vancouver, B.C., and is considered one of the best golfers among the N.H.L. players.</p><p>Bathgate was the third top point-getter in the N.H.L. during 1958-59 with a total of 40 goals, 48 assists, 88 points. His 40 goals were the third best in that department, too. He accounted for 20 per cent of the New York goals this season.</p><p>Hart Trophy selectors were hockey writers, broadcasters and telecasters from the six N.H.L. cities. Points were awarded on the same basis as employed in picking the All-Star Team and all of the Individual trophy awards &mdash; five for a first choice, three for a second and one for a third. A unanimous choice would poll 90 points for each half, or a perfect 180 for the season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bathgate Doubles Number Of Votes In Beating Out Howe For Trophy

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p><b>Founded October 1st 1947</b></p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by</b></p><p><b>Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</b></p><p><b>1434 Ste. Catherine Street West Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries</b></p><p><b>Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879 Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada</b></p><p><b>VOL. 12 MONTREAL, JUNE, 1959 No. 32</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01543/2165908-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="369" height="441"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02508/2165901-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="584" height="179"></div><p>&#9679; MAURICE RICHARD wishes Andy Bathgate would refrain from worrying about his career and concentrate on looking after his own&hellip;Hockey&rsquo;s famous Rocket took exception to Bathgate&rsquo;s statement recently in which the New York Rangers&rsquo; All-Star right winger said he thought it was time Richard should retire&hellip;&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be the first one to know when that time arrives,&rdquo; Richard informed us &hellip;It may be a long time before National Hockey League teams tour Europe. The Boston Bruins-New York Rangers exhibition series has been far from a success. The crowds were a big disappointment in every country but Switzerland. Whether the tour lacked good advance publicity, whether the prices were too high, or whether the European hockey fans weren&rsquo;t interested in the professional variety, are the chief causes advanced as to the lack of patronage and interest displayed by the European fans &hellip;Few players have led the National Hockey League in scoring during the regular season and also during the Stanley Cup playoffs in the same season&hellip;but Canadiens&rsquo; Dickie Moore did it in 1958-59 &hellip;The All-Star left winger won both the regular season scoring championship and the playoff scoring race by a clear margin. In past years the odd time it has happened that a player who led the League during the regular schedule finished in a tie for first place among the playoff scorers&hellip;but no one had such a clean-cut lead as Moore did this past season &hellip;Elmer Ferguson missed his first NHL game in 50 years when he was unable to attend the final game of the Stanley Cup finals due to a severe arm infection. Fergy has been hospitalized in Montreal over a month &hellip;It&rsquo;s been a tough Spring for hockey writers. Andy O&rsquo;Brien, sports editor of Weekend Magazine, is presently recuperating form a gastric ulcer attack. Andy was rushed back from Europe to his home in Montreal when his unruly old ulcer kicked up&hellip;Saddest blow of all, however, was the untimely death of Doug Vaughan, 48-year-old sports editor of the Windsor Daily Star, who died of a heart attack while watching TV in his living room&hellip;Doug Vaughan was an extremely competent hockey writer and one of the nicest fellows covering NHL hockey and he will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03432/2165894-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="262" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Andy Bathgate</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04373/2165887-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="279" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Maurice Richard</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05338/2165880-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="254" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Alex Delvecchio</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06284/2165873-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="263" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ken Ullyot</b></figcaption></div><p>&#9679; IT APPEARS right now as if the UBS will televise 11 games during the 1959-60 season. Last season they televised 20 games and the season before they did 21&hellip;First game of the proposed new setup will take place the second Saturday in January&hellip;Everyone connected with the International Hockey League is loud in their praise of the marvellous job performed by Ken Ullyot, general manager and coach of the Fort Wayne Komets, this past season &hellip;Ullyot, who was an outstanding player in the Western Hockey League for many years, did a terrific job of selling himself and hockey to the fans of Fort Wayne. Ullyot proved a real gentleman and was respected by everyone he did business with&hellip;Ruby Pastor, owner of the Buffalo Bisons and Executive of the Year as selected by THE HOCKEY NEWS, has been receiving lots of congratulations on his achievement. Ruby is a popular figure in the hockey world</p><p>&#9679; NOTHING LESS than Dick Duff or Ron Stewart will do if the Toronto Maple Leafs are to make a deal with Detroit Red Wings, according to Jack Adams &hellip;That&rsquo;s what Adams said when someone mentioned a trade involving the Cullens, Barry and Brian, Noel Price and Marc Reaume, for Alex Delvecchio &hellip;&ldquo;Anyway,&rdquo; says Jack, &ldquo;we might be able to get some of that quartet in the draft,&rdquo;&hellip;Punch Imlach shouldn&rsquo;t be too interested in Delvecchio anyway, for didn&rsquo;et he say something about not wanting a Lady Byng winner on his team &hellip;but as George Dulmage of the Toronto Telegram points out, there have been some pretty Lady Byng Trophy winners over the years &hellip;There were Bobby Bauer, Syl Apps, Max Bentley, Toe Blake, Gordie Drillon, Marty Barry, Frank Boucher and Joe Primeau, to mention a few &hellip;The Red Wings are thinking of moving their game starting times up from 8:30 to 7 on Sundays and from 8:30 to 7:30 or 8 on weekdays, providing they can straighten out some radio and TV commitments&hellip;The earlier starting times have worked out success, fully for every team making the change.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL</div><p><b><i>Toronto Star</i></b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08170/2165984-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="306" height="362"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-09149/2165977-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="288" height="334"></div><h2><b>Help Yourself To A Hob</b></h2><p>For sake of argument, let&rsquo;s say your name is Frank Selke, Sr., and you are managing director of the world&rsquo;s greatest shinny club. You are surrounded by your enemies. They all want to steal something you&rsquo;ve got&mdash;players&mdash;and give you nothing in return, exceot money. Because of a gimmick called the draft, the Have Nots of hockey, once a year, get a chance to steal something from the wealthy. This year, the situation is simplified. Only one club, Montreal Canadiens, is really well heeled in manpower. The other five clubs are prowling around to see what they can grab from the Habitants.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-10108/2165970-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="536" height="871"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Frank J. Seike</b></figcaption></div><p>It works like this: Selke can put the names of 18 players on his protected list. Obviously, he is going to start with super-star such as Jean Beliveau, Dickie Moore, the two Richards and Doug Harvey. By the time he has written down the names of his present team&mdash;champions of the world, remember&mdash;he will have exhausted his quota.</p><p>But what about new talent which is regarded as good enough to make next year&rsquo;club Billy Hicke is such a boy.</p><p>He won the scoring championship of the American league in his rookie season at Rochester. And there are a few others.</p><p>If your name is Selke, it&rsquo;s up to you to decide which of your present players will be dropped from your list, in order to protect Hicke and others. That&rsquo;s not a soft decision to make. After all, the serfs you have now did a pretty good job for you. The ones you propose to protect were whiz-bangs in the minors but you can&rsquo;t tell what they&rsquo;ll do in the big-time.</p><h2><b>Detroit Gets First Pick</b></h2><p>Let us suppose you finally decide to scratch the names of Andre Pronovost and Jean-Guy Talbot from your list of 18&mdash;so you can write in Hicke and another player. Now comes the draft meeting early in June. Detroit Red Wings, who finished last in the league, get first chance to claim one of your unprotected Habs. They shell out $20,000 and take Pronovost. New York Rangers are next in line for the grab-bag. Rangers are hurting on defence, so they claim Talbot. Toronto takes a third man. Canadiens expect to lose four or five, so it is not improbable that every other team in the league will lift at least one player off them.</p><p>Stafford Smythe, chairman of the Leafs&rsquo; hockey committee, probably summed up the sentiment of the Have-Nots when he said: &ldquo;We will grab anything we can get off Canadiens. If a man is good enough to play for the Stanley Cup winner, he must be good enough to help a team which couldn&rsquo;t win it.&rdquo;</p><p>Your name still is Franke Selke, Sr., remember, so why wouldn&rsquo;t you make some deals before the draft? Your minor league club at Rochester needs help. So why not trade off one of the big leaguers whom you can&rsquo;t protect? Get yourself a couple of established minor leaguers for Rochester, plus a piece of cash in the transaction.</p><p>&ldquo;I thought of that, too,&rdquo; Selke says, &ldquo;but no person seems interested in a deal at the present time. Jack Adams of Detroit is the only one who has approached me. He wasn&rsquo;t able to give what we wanted. The others are shunning me.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01500/2166015-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ALEX DELVECCHIO&hellip; &hellip;Surprised Them All</b></figcaption></div><p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p><b>NHL - AHL STATAISTICAL ISSUE WHL - QHL</b></p><p><b>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</b></p><p>Alex Delvecchio of Detroit nosed out Andy Hebenton of New York by half a point in the balloting for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for 1958-59. This rates as one of the biggest upsets or surprises to take place in the history of these trophy awards. Never before has a trophy been awarded by so close a margin.</p><p>Delvecchio received 86.8 points in the balloting while Hebenton received 86.3 points, which works out to 87 points for Delvecchio and 86 for Hebenton.</p><p>Hebenton, winner of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1956-57, polled 68 points in the second half to 33 for Delvecchio, but it was in the first half voting that Delvecchio picked up the edge.. The fast-skating Detroit forward polled 54. points in the first half to 18 points for Hebenton.</p><p>Camille Henry of the New York Rangers, last year&rsquo;s Lady Byng winner, finished third in the voting with 66 points. It was the first time that the 27-year-old Delvecchio had won one of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s major trophy awards. Delvecchio, was selected to the left wing position on the Second All-Star Team this year, too.</p><p>By winning the trophy which is awarded annually to &ldquo;the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability during the season, Delvecchio will receive $1,000 from the National Hockey League. This brings his bonus pay to $1,500 this season, as he received $500 from the League for making the Second All-Star Team.</p><h2><b>McKENNEY PLACES FOURTH</b></h2><p>Other players besides Delvecchio, Hebenton and Henry to receive points in the voting for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy were: Don McKenney, Boston, 31; Andy Bathgate, Rangers, 18; Eddie Litzenberger, Chicago, 13; Ron Murphy, Chicago, 6; Ralph Backstrom, Canadiens, 3; Johnny Bucyk, Boston, 3; Jean Beliveau, Canadiens, 3; Don Marshall, Canadiens, 3; Red Kelly, Detroit, 3; Henri Richard, Canadiens, 1; and Johnny Wilson, Detroit, 1.</p><p>The hard-working Hebenton finished the 1958-59 season with 33 goals and 29 assists for 62 points. Delvecchio had 19 goals and 35 assists for 54 points. Both players took part in all 70 games played by their teams. The 1958-59 season was the most productive yet for the 28-year-old Hebenton in a scoring sense. His 33 goals were the fourth highest in the N.H.L. this season, and his 62 points made him the eighth best point-getter in the League. Delvecchio had 14 goals less and eight points less. He had six assists more than Hebenton.</p><p>Alex Delvecchio has just completed his eighth full season in the National Hockey League. The youthful veteran broke into the Red Wings&rsquo;rsquo; ranks in 1951-52. During that time he has played for three Stanley Cup champions. He was born at Fort William, Ont., on December 4, 1931, and makes his year-round home there. He stands five-feet, 1 1 inches in height and weighs 190 pounds. Last season and also in 1952-53 he picked up 59 scoring points. His best goal-scoring season was in 1955-56 when he tallied 25 counters.</p><p>Delvecchio and Hebenton are both very clean players. Delvecchio had six minutes in penalties in 1958-59 while Hebenton had eight minutes. Andy Hebenton was born in Winnipeg, Man., on October 3, 1929. He now makes his yearround home in Victoria, B.C. An ideal Lady Byng type of player, the Ranger winger carries a solid 182 pounds on a five-foot, nine inch frame.</p><p>The voting for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy was conducted by a panel of hockey writers, broadcasters and telecasters from the I six National Hockey League cities. There was a minimum of three selectors from each city but there were more than three in some cities. However, the votes are weighted so that each city has the same strength in the selections. Points i were awarded on the basis of five points for a first choice, three for a second and one for a third. A unanimous choice polls 180 points &mdash; 90 points for each half. The balloting is divided in two halves. The first half consisted of games up to and including those of December 31, 1958. The second half was comprised of games after that date until the completion of the regular championship schedule on March 22, 1959.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Delvecchio Won ‘Byng’ By Scant Point

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>.H.L. for this achievement. The 1958-59 season was Johnson&rsquo;s most successful in every way. He made the N.H.L. First All-Star Team for the only time in his career and the Norris Memorial Trophy was the first of the individual N.H.L. trophies that he has won. Besides that Canadiens won the National Hockey League championship and the Stanley Cup. Johnson pocketed a total of $6,000 in bonus money. He received $4,000 for being a member of a team that won the N.H.L. title and then went on to win the Stanley Cup, a $1,000 for being selected to the First All-Star Team and the $1,000 for winning the James Norris Memorial Trophy.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02463/2166046-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="545" height="556"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tom Johnson</b></figcaption></div><p>The six-foot, 180-pound Johnson was born in Baldur, Man. February 13, 1928. He is single and makes his off-season home in Winnipeg, Man. During the 1958-59 season he scored 10 goals and had 29 assists for 39 points.</p><p>Bill Gadsby, runner-up to Johnson for the Norris Memorial Trophy, was the leading point-getter among the rearguards. He had five goals and 46 assists for 51 points. He set a new N.H.L. record for most assists by a defenseman with his 46 assists. Gadsby was runner-up to Harvey last year in the balloting for this trophy. The New York defenseman also made the First All-Star Team this season for the second successive year and the third time in four years.</p><p>In the first half voting (games up to and including those of December 31, 1958) Johnson polled 38 points, Pronovost polled 34 and Gadsby, 31. In the second half voting Johnson picked up 54 points to 36 for Gadsby and 24 for Pronovost. Like the balloting on all trophies the points were awarded on the basis of five for a first choice, three for a second and one for a third. The voting was handled by a panel of hockey writers, broadcaster and telecasters from the six National Hockey League cities.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Tom Johnson Ends Harveys Hold On Norris Trophy Award

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01569/2166119-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><h2><b>INDIVIDUAL SCORING & PENALTY RECORDS</b></h2><p><b>Regular Schedule</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02442/2166112-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="605" height="1825"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03327/2166105-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="601" height="1830"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><p><b>Regular Schedule</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04222/2166098-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="1213" height="491"></div><h2><b>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05181/2166091-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="1223" height="97"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06138/2166084-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="552" height="548"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>TOP POINT SCORERS</b></p><p><b>Dickie Moore</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0772/2166077-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="564" height="599"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Marcel Bonin</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE OFFICIAL RECORDS REGULAR SEASON (1958-59)

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p><b>Toronto Star</b></p><p>TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Big-league hockey never has known a coach like Toe Blake. In four seasons behind the bench of the Montreal Canadiens, he&rsquo;s, won four world championships. That never had been done before, which makes Blake the greatest gateopener of all time.</p><p>Some folks might put Blake&rsquo;s record down a bit by pointing out big-league hockey never has known a team like Les Canadiens. But can you penalize the coach because of the club he&rsquo;s in charge of? The man&rsquo;s record speaks for itself.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0838/2166150-1-eng-US/f0006-082.jpg" title="f0006-08" width="547" height="552"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>&lsquo;OWNS&rsquo;COP</b></p><p><b>&lsquo;Toe&rsquo;Blake</b></p></figcaption></div><p>In four seasons, during which time Les Habs have been first three times, second once and have won the Stanley Cup every spring, Blake&rsquo;s overall record reads 194 victories, 82 losses and 45 ties. In the playoffs, he&rsquo;s won 32 and lost nine.</p><p>Cup number four was the one Blake, a man of Simple tastes, wanted most of all. Hap Day had won three straight with the Maple Leafs of the late forties and Toe wanted his name to go into the record books. He got his wish last week when his Canadiens outclassed the lively Leafs in the final series. Afterwards Toe beamed and told the television millions:</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;ll take anybody five years to beat me.&rdquo;</p><p>And, of course, he could beat the record himself because only wishful thinkers detect signs of wear in the Montreal machine. The Canadiens&rdquo; reserves are so strong that the age of men like Rocket Richard, Doug Harvey and Tom Johnson presents no problem whatever. All are well past 30 but the replacements are being groomted right now.</p><p>Never mind the record, you say, who couldn&rsquo;t make a success of coaching the Canadiens?</p><p>Well, it&rsquo;s true that having such a vast quantity of talented personnel helps somewhat. But remember that the Canadiens have sup&gt; been afflicted with an incredible i series of juries to key men over the years Blake has been in charge. Rocket Richard and BoomBoom Geoffrion have been in and out of sick bay for years. Those are only the most notable.</p><p>Again, he&rsquo;s made NHL stars out of players who weren&rsquo;t much when he took over&mdash;Dickie Moore, Tom Johnson and Bob Turner, to name three.</p><p>In Canadiens, Blake also has to deal with some of hockey&rsquo;es most accomplished tragedians and most sensitive artists. He handles them beautifully. He is responsible, for example, for transforming the Rocket from a popoff to a wise, respected elder statesman of the game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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‘TOE’ BLAKE NOW HOCKEY’S MOST WINNING COACH

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0923/2166230-1-eng-US/f0006-092.jpg"></div><p><b>(1958-59)</b></p><h2><b>SERIES &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h2><p><b>Between teams which finished first end third, best four out of seven Wednesday March 25 Rochester 2 at Buffalo 3 (Foley - 12:33 Third)</b></p><p>Saturday March 28 Rochester 0 at Buffalo 2 (Gamble - 1:42 Overtime)</p><p>Friday April 3 Buffalo 1 at Rochester 4 (Johnson - 6:35 Second)</p><p>Sunday April 5 Buffalo 3 at Rochester 2 (Sweeney - 2:07 Overtime)</p><p>Tuesday April 7 Rochester 2 at Buffalo 3 (Gamble - 3:05 Second)</p><p><b>Buffalo won series, 4 games to 1, and advanced to Series &ldquo;C&rdquo; - Finals</b></p><h2><b>SERIES &ldquo;B&rdquo;</b></h2><p><b>Between teams which finished second and fourth, best Four out of seven Wednesday March 25 Hershey 6 at Cleveland 2 (O&rsquo;Brien - 15:10 Second)</b></p><p>Saturday March 28 Hershey 1 at Cleveland 3 (Glover - 7:53 Second)</p><p>Wednesday April 1 Cleveland 1 at Hershey 2 (Fisher - 16:38 First)</p><p>Saturday April 4 Cleveland 2 at Hershey 0 (Bailey - 16:09 Second)</p><p>Wednesday April 8 Hershey 4 at Cleveland 3 (Nykoluk - 18:24 Third)</p><p>Saturday April 11 Cleveland 3 at Hershey 1 (Bailey - 11:24 Third)</p><p>Sunday April 12 Hershey 4 at Cleveland 3 (O&rsquo;Brien - 12:50 Second)</p><p><b>Hershey won series, 4 games to 1, and advanced to Series &ldquo;C&rdquo; Finals</b></p><h2><b>SERIES &ldquo;C&rdquo;</b></h2><p><b>FINALS-Between winners of Series &ldquo;A&rdquo; and &ldquo;B&rdquo; best fopr out of seven</b></p><p>Wednesday April 15 Hershey 2 at Buffalo 5 (Kachur - 15:38 Second)</p><p>Saturday April 18 Hershey 2 at Buffalo 0 (Lalande - 5:15 First)</p><p>Wednesday April 22 Buffalo 1 at Hershey 2 (Stankiewicz - 2:39 Third)</p><p>Saturday April 25 Buffalo 2 at Hershey 4 (Stankiewicz - 16:38 Third)</p><p>Sunday April 26 Hershey 4 at Buffalo 9 (Dea - 19:56 Second)</p><p>Tuesday April 28 Buffalo 2 at Hershey 5 (Stankiewicz - 2:20 Third)</p><p><b>Horshey won series, 4 games to 2, for Calder Cup Playoff Championship Name and time in parentheses indicates player who scored end time of winning goal.</b></p><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><h2><b>GOALTENDER RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-1013/2166223-1-eng-US/f0006-102.jpg" title="f0006-10" width="1219" height="210"></div><h2><b>TEAM TOTALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-1112/2166216-1-eng-US/f0006-112.jpg" title="f0006-11" width="1217" height="204"></div><h2><b>INDIVIDUAL PLAYER RECORDS</b></h2><h2><b>Buffalo Bisons</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-1210/2166209-1-eng-US/f0006-122.jpg" title="f0006-12" width="1217" height="310"></div><h2><b>Cleveland Barons</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-1310/2166202-1-eng-US/f0006-132.jpg" title="f0006-13" width="1225" height="281"></div><h2><b>Hershey Bears</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-147/2166195-1-eng-US/f0006-142.jpg" title="f0006-14" width="1230" height="312"></div><h2><b>Rochester Americans</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-157/2166188-1-eng-US/f0006-152.jpg" title="f0006-15" width="1222" height="318"></div><h2><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE FINAL RECORDS FOR 1958-59 YEAR</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-167/2166181-1-eng-US/f0006-162.jpg" title="f0006-16" width="1209" height="439"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Calder Cup Playoffs Results And Scoring

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01521/2166317-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>FINAL TEAM STANDINGS</b></h2><h2><b>INDIVIDUAL PLAYER RECORDS</b></h2><h2><b>BUFFALO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02481/2166310-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="604" height="606"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03389/2166303-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="609" height="680"></div><h2><b>HERSHEY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04296/2166296-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="606" height="789"></div><h2><b>PROVIDENCE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05207/2166289-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="610" height="818"></div><h2><b>ROCHESTER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-06156/2166282-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="599" height="1007"></div><h2><b>SPRINGFIELD</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-07115/2166275-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="598" height="734"></div><h2><b>FINAL LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0893/2166268-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="594" height="560"></div><h2><b>FINAL GOALTENDER RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0975/2166261-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="597" height="566"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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American League Final Standing And Scoring (1958-59)

<p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>The Hershey Bears and Buffalo Bisons, the two teams who battled for the Calder Cup in the recent American Hockey League final playoffs, each will receive $23,965 as their share of the record playoff money pool.</p><p>Jim Ellery, who is the secretarytreasurer of the AHL, made the announcement from his Hempstead, Long Island headquarters.</p><p>The total pool amounted to $68,473 compared to last year&rsquo;s total of $58,136.</p><p>The Cleveland Barons will receive $10,955 as their share of this year&rsquo;s playoff money and the Rochester Americans will split up $e9,586. Both Cleveland and Rochester were eliminated in the semi-finals.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

AHL’s Calder Cup Finalists Get Record $23,965 Payoff

<p>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>To the surprise of no one who saw him perform, or read about his feats during the past season, Billy Hicke, 21-year-old rightwing of the Rochester Americans was chosen as the most outstanding rookie player of the American Hockey League or 1958-59. There probably won&rsquo;t je any words of disagreement voic&rsquo;d either over the fact that the league&rsquo;s press, radio and television representatives made him a unanimous selection with a first place vote in all six cities. He was that good.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1059/2166372-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="270" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Billy Hicke</b></figcaption></div><p>In addition to a league cash bonus of $300.00, Hicke was also presented with the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Trophy for his permanent possession. Having been voted to the first all star team, the leading rookie and most valuable player as well as being the league&rsquo;s leading scorer during the season, each of which distinctions gave him $300.00, his extra remunerations for his stellar play reached a record $1,200.00.</p><p>Hicke had no close competition in gaining his rookie honor, as the nearest to his 30 points compiled for unanimous choice, was the 14 points voted to Art Stratton, Cleveland Baron center.</p><p>Four other rookies were given consideration by the voters with Colin Kilburn of Springfield receiving 4 points, Orland Kurtenbach of Buffalo 3, Cecil Hoekstra of Rochester 2 and Mike Labadie of Cleveland 1.</p><h2><b>Can&rsquo;t Miss With Pros</b></h2><p>Hicke is rated as a &ldquo;can&rsquo;t miss&rdquo; candidate for long time starring honors in professional hockey. He is the first rookie to ever lead the American Hockey League in scoring for a season in its twenty three year history. In the process, he tallied 97 points on 41 goals and 56 assists in 69 games, missing just one contest. His point total established a new record high for a first year player, surpassing the 94 scored by Don Marshall for Buffalo ass a rookie in 1953-54. His 41 goals just failed by one to equal the rookie record of 42 set by Wally Hergesheimer of Cleveland in 1950-51.</p><p>Veteran center Rudy Migay and Hicke, both were voted to a complete tie for the Most Valuable Player Award for 1958-1959. Il was the first time since the league has been presenting its special awards for outstanding achievement, that two players were dead locked in voting points for any of the special honors.</p><p>Migay and Hicke each compile: 10 out of a possible 30 points, and each of them gathered their ere dits with a pair of first place se lections, with no other votes given Another Rochester star, playing coach Steve Kraftcheck, almos made it a three way tie by having 9 points, missing his teammates by a single marker.</p><p>Kraftcheck was named the out standing defenseman of the season as well and becomes the first winner of the newly presented Eddl Shore Award. The selection of the Americans&rsquo; playing coach gives Rochester, a third place team, the amazing distinction of having the winners of all the league&rsquo;s special awards on its playing roster.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AMERKS’ HICKE MAKES SHAMBLES OF AHL AWARDS

<p><b>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;</b></p><p>Players of the first place Buffalo Bisons and the third place Rochester Americans completely dominated the American Hockey League first All Star team for 1958-59. Marcel Faille, Bison goaltender and his staunch protector, Ivan Irwin on defense were the representatives of the regular season title holders. Steve Kraftcheck, playing coach, at defense, and the complete forward line of center Rudy Mi&rsquo;jay, leftwing Gary Aldcorn and rightwing Bill Hicke were voted to the top team from Rochester, which was defeated by Buffalo in the playoff semi-finals.</p><p>The Calder Cup playoff champions, Hershey Bears, placed two players, goaltender Bobby Perreault and defenseman Larry Zeidel on the second squad. The Springfield Indians, which finished fifth, out of the playoffs also had two members on the alternate team, center Harry Pidhirny and rightwing Ken Schinkel. Frank Martin of Buffalo on defense and Eddie Mazur of Cleveland at leftwing&rsquo; rounded out the second team. The Providence Reds were the only team which failed to place a player on either team.</p><p>Each of the players chosen for the first team receives a league bonus of $300.00 and a gold miniature hockey puck, while the second team selectees are the recipients of $200.00 each and silver pucks.</p><p>With voting points from the league&rsquo;s press, radio and television representatives awarded on a 5 &mdash; 3 &mdash; 1 basis for a first, second and third place choice, the most points possible for any position was 30. Migay was the only unanimous choice, receiving a first place vote from each of the six league cities. Kraftcheck and Aldcorn each poled 28 points to just miss a unanimous choice, while Irwin and Hicke had 26 each.</p><p>Kraftcheck and Irwin are repeaters from last season&rsquo;s first team, while Perreault was on the second team for the second year in a row. For Kraftcheck it was his third consecutive year on the first team and he also was selected to the second team in 1955-56. Irwin made the alternate team in 1956-57.</p><h2><b>How They Picked Em</b></h2><p>Marcel Paille, Buffalo (24) <b>Goaltender</b> Bobby Perreault, Hershey (20)</p><p>Steve Kraftcheck, Roch. (28) <b>Defense</b> Larry Zeidel, Hershey (18)</p><p>Ivan Irwin, Buffalo (26) <b>Defense</b> Frank Merlin, Buffalo (13)</p><p>Rudy Migay, Rochester (30) <b>Center</b> Harry Pidhirny, Spring (12)</p><p>Gary Aldcorn, Rochester (28) <b>Left Wing</b> Eddie Mazur, Cleveland (16)</p><p>Bill Hicke, Rochester (26) <b>Right Wing</b> Ken Schinkel, Spring (22)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Rochester, Buffalo Stars Dominate American Loop 1958-59 ‘Dream Teams’

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01555/2166434-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>INDIVIDUAL STANLEY CUP SCORING & PENALTY RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02484/2166427-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1212" height="1276"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF RECORDS (1958-59)

<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div><p><b>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;</b></p><p>Hockey&rsquo;s hot-stove leaguers in years to come will have plenty to talk about when reviewing the 1958-59 American League season and the historic comeback of the Hershey in the Calder Cup championships.</p><p>The Bears became the first team in AHL history to close out fourth in regular season play, then bounce back to capture the coveted silver mug. The only other club in pro hockey to match this feat was the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1947-48.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05248/2166496-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="272" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bud MacPherson</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06206/2166489-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="261" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Frank Mathers</b></figcaption></div><p>They said it couldn&rsquo;t be done when the Bears squared off in the semi-final round against the Cleveland Barons. But Hershey ignored the tremendous odds, whipping the Barons 4-3 in games, winning three of four on foreign ice. This, incidentally, was another AHL first in playoff action.</p><p>Then it was on to Buffalo to face the AHL champs. Here was a club with a dozen ex-National Leaguers. Hershey again shrugged off the odds and took out the Bisons 4-2 in games, beating Buffalo three straight times in the short stretch.</p><p>What put the fire under the Bears Wasn&rsquo;t this the same team that went through the last ten games of the season without a victory? The same outfit that started the month of March a point out of first only to tumble into fourth It was, indeed.</p><p>When the tumult and shouting died down, Coach Frank Mathers, sidelined for ten of the 13 games with a broken right hand, said:</p><h2><b>Won On Guts</b></h2><p>&ldquo;The club won the Cup on guts. Nothing but guts. It wasn&rsquo;t a great skating team, but when the going was the roughest the guys had what it took. They just wouldn&rsquo;t be beat. They were hungry and they wanted to prove that they were the best team in the league and that the losing streak was just a fluke. They proved it, too.&rdquo;</p><p>During both series Mathers, and his righthand man, Baz Bastien, a shrewd business manager, refused to talk about the injuries which hit the club through the tailend of the season and continued in the playoffs.</p><p>&ldquo;What was the sense of bringing up injuries,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;The other clubs had injuries, too.&rdquo;</p><p>Added to this club suffered the usual bumps and bruises and cuts that hockey players shake off during a regular campaign.</p><p>The injuries, however, totalled up to 162 days!</p><p>Right in the middle of the Cleveland series Mathers broke his hand and Bastien came up with a replacement in Bud MacPherson, who turned out to be a lifesaver in the clutch. The burly 6-3, 205-pound defenseman from Edmonton played in ten games and his work was flawless. Bastien had the pick of three defensemen from the West, but on the word of Bud Poile grabbed MacPherson, who played five years for the Montreal Canadiens. It was a key deal as MacPherson fitted Hershey&rsquo;s system perfectly.</p><p>The fellow who had himself a hot finals was Stankiewicz, a hardnose right winger. The ex-National Leaguer came up with three game winning goals against Buffalo. This, after going through the last 11 games of the season without lighting the red light.</p><p>And last, but not certainly least, was the goal tending of the balding, chubby Bobby Perreault. The off-season bartender from Three Rivers, who, according to Punch Imlach, has the &ldquo;fastest glove hand in hockey today,&rdquo; played superbly.</p><p>In 13 games he allowed 35 goals, it had one shutout and made 321 saves, an average of a stop every other minute.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hershey Truly A ‘Cinderella Team’ By Capturing Calder Cup In AHL After Ending Season In 4th Place

<p>SEATTLE, Wash&mdash;</p><p>League president Al Leader announced that improved crowds at Calgary, Seattle and Saskatoon, contributing factor.</p><p>The nine-team circuit drew 1,012,883 in league and playoff games, an increase of 82,057 over the previous season when eight teams competed. Its highest total attendance came in 1952-53 when the league also consisted of eight cities.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04392/2166586-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="270" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Leader</b></figcaption></div><p>Playoff attendance in 23 games was 101,237 and it produced one of the best player-pool payments in several seasons, giving the players $64,385 to split up.</p><p>Members of Seattle Totems, who knocked off Calgary in the league final, each got $1,373 while Stampeder players took $1,116 apiece.</p><p>Seattle showed the largest attendance increase over the previous season, drawing 93,321 in 35 home games, up 24,237 over the 1957-58 total.</p><p>Calgary Stampeders, playing 32 home games instead of the 35 the previous season, showed an increase of 12,162 while Saskatoon Quakers, with 32 home games, were 22,033 better than the previous year.</p><p>Calgary had the highest attendance with a 149,225 total, followed by Winnipeg with 128,469 and Spokane &mdash; new entry in 1958-59 &mdash; which drew 112,594.</p><p>Edmonton pulled 106,732, Seattle 93321, Vancouver 90,413, Victoria 83,782, Saskatoon 77,635 and New Westminster 69,475.</p><p>Vancouver showed the biggest drop, 18,955 below the previous year, while New Westminster, with 18,580 fewer fans, ran a close second.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WHL SURPASSES ‘MILLION’ MARK FOR ATTENDANCE

<p>SEATTLE. Wash &mdash;</p><p>The Western Hockey League will maintain the status quo, continuing as a nine-team, two-division circuit next season.</p><p>However, the WHL has left the path open for entry.</p><p>It was decided at the annuel meeting here that the WHL set aside for a year bids to move into San Francisco and Los Angeles because time was not adequate to prepare facilities at San Francisco.</p><p>The meeting reportedly was plunged into a confused uproar when directors, in a secret ballot, decided to delay action on the two California cities.</p><p>Prior to the meeting the entry of the California centers had been presumed almost certain.</p><p>Jim Piggott, owner of the Saskatoon Quakers, had intended moving to Los Angeles and Winnipeg owner Jack Perrin wanted to shift to San Francisco. With these moves postponed, Piggott became undecided on whether to continue in Saskatoon, but by midafternoon he agreed to keep the Quakers operating.</p><p>This made keeping Winnipeg in the circuit a simpler problem, overcoming part of the argument against the high transportation cost for clubs traveling to the Manitoba center.</p><p>When the meeting ended it appeared a certain bet that San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland will replace Saskatoon, Winnipeg and New Westminster in the 1960-61 season.</p><p>Los Angeles has a 16,000-seat arena ready for the coming season. An ice plant is to be installed in the Cow Palace giving San Francisco 15-20,OOO-seats for hockey and Portland will have a 12,000-seat building for 1960-61.</p><p>Fred Hume, operator in New Westminster, decided to continue in the coming season in order to maintain a strong position for his franchise to move to Portland.</p><p>Piggott, Perrin and Hume are in favored positions to obtain the new franchises in 1960-61.</p><p>Outside the meeting, some directors told reporters that resolutions had been passed giving Piggott first, preference in Los Angeles and Hume the same deal in Portland.</p><p>Perrin is continuing to lay plans for the San Francisco operation and being a member of the league has the inside track over any competitors.</p><p>Piggott told reporters that he insisted that he get the preference resolution as a condition of his operating again in Saskatoon, where over the last several seasons he has lost heavily financially.</p><p>The decision was a bitter disappointment to league president Al Leader, whose long-time dream has been one of getting the California cities into the league as a first step toward major league status for the WHL&hellip;</p><p>Leader, Perrin and others, however, said after the meeting they do not believe the one-year delay will hurt the league&rsquo;s chances of eventually becoming major.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Los Angeles, Frisco Bids For Entry Put Off A Year By Western Hockey League

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01554/2166662-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><h2><b>FINAL SEASON SCORING RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02481/2166655-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1219" height="1635"></div><h2><b>FINAL PLAYOFF RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03403/2166648-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="1029" height="253"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF SCORING RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04309/2166641-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="1207" height="563"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Quebec Hockey league Final Regular, League Scoring Statistics (1958-59)

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Pay television may be closer than you think, warns president Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League.</p><p>His advice to sports fans is to relax and enjoy the spectacles on TV while they can get it for nothing.</p><p>Campbell, in an address to the Toronto Metropolitan Home Builders&rsquo; Association, said increasing production costs in the televising of sport might well lead to subscription viewing in the near future.</p><p>&ldquo;Closed-circuit television may be the final answer to the problem of costs which neither the sponsor nor the Canadian taxpayer is willing to pay,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>The amount the sponsors are able to pay was reaching its limit.</p><p>On sports trends in general, Campbell praised the NHL policy of what he called trying to maintain an even balance of skill between teams. Uncertainty as to the results of games would produce a greater interest.</p><p>Today, most advantage publicity is devoted not to the skill of the participants, but to the prospects of victory. Reports of games are concerned not with what happened but with why it happened. If the home team loses, the coach must explain why he failed to produce the victory promised by the promoters.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

CAMPBELL FORESEES PAY TV

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The Montreal Royals are officially in the hunt for an American Hockey League berth next season.</p><p>Frank Carlin, general manager of the Quebec Hockey League team, confirmed that Royals had forwarded a formal letter of application to president Richard F. Canning of the AHL.</p><p>Royals thus become the second QHL team to cast their eyes in the direction of the top-level minor hockey league in recent weeks. The Quebec Aces took the first step when they announced they had applied to the AHL for entry for the 1959-60 campaign.</p><p>It has been speculated for many months that both the Royals and ices were &ldquo;working together&rdquo; to get into the AHL and the disclosure that the Montreal dub has made an official bid, confirms hat both teams are ready to throw over the distraught Quebec loop or the more solvent American League.</p><p>Dwindling attendance has reduced the QHL from a once-flourishing six-team circuit to four struggling clubs as evidenced last leason when all teams lost money in their operations and the Chicoutimi Sagueneens diverted from my further financial strain by quitting the loop in the playoffs.</p><h2><b>Pro Leagues Meet</b></h2><p>The applications of both the Aces and Royals will likely be considered when American League delegates arrive here early this month for the professional leagues meeting. The AHL&rsquo;S annual confab is slated for June 18 in the U.S.</p><p>The AHL operated successfully at the box office last season with six teams &mdash; Hershey, Cleveland, Springfield, Providence, Rochester and Buffalo &mdash; and it is understood both QHL dubs will have to meet high standards to gain entry into the AHL.</p><p>Royals and Quebec on the other hand have a few demands of their own to make before they desert the QHL. of which they have been members since as far back as the 30&lsquo;s. Both dubs will want an equal share of Sunday dates, their main source of attraction down through the years.</p><p>Admittance of the Royals to the AHL would necessitate the dissolution of the Canadiens&rsquo; current holdings in Rochester, likely in favor of the Toronto Leafs, who hold a joint interest in the Americans with the Habs, Royals would automatically become the Stanley Cup champions No. 1 club in the AHL.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Royals, Quebec Aces Make Pitch for fairy Into American League

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div><p>STRATFORD, Ont &mdash;</p><p>What&rsquo;s the future of senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey in Ontario That&rsquo;s a good question and one that may not be answered for some time. The marriage of the NOHA and OHA clubs seems to be destined for dissolution, because the Kitchener, clup in the south claims that Sudbury in the north still owes them some money from, the fifth and what turned out to be the last playoff game between the two teams in March.</p><p>Under the prevailing rules, Kitchener was to receive 50 per cent of Sudbury&rsquo;s share of the receipts. The Wolves&rsquo; share was 50 per cent of the net gate after taxes. The Kitchener claim is that the Sudbury club still owes them money, because the NOHA teams were; subject to the provincial Hospitals</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0989/2166741-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="258" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bus Gagnon</b></figcaption></div><p>Tax Act while the OHA clubs evaded it by keeping within the stipulated salary maximum for players.</p><p>Sudbury&rsquo;s counter contention is that they paid Kitchener half of the club&rsquo;s take, which amounted to 25 per cent of the net gate, plus 8100 extra for staying over in Sudbury for the fifth and final game. The understanding between the northern and southern Ontario clubs was that the six clubs would share the Hospital Tax Act impost for games between the two groups.</p><p>It would appeal that any thought of the eastern and western Ontario clubs joining forces rates little consideration, since Wren Blair, chief spokesman for the eastern clubs, has stated that they will not amalgamate under any circumstances. Besides the Sudbury prexy points out that Kitchener will be going to the Olympic Games tourney and Whitby of the east will likely make the annual trek to Europe next season.</p><p>He adds that the current three NOHA clubs are in much better shape than the western Ontario clubs, because he has been informed they &ldquo;can put a team into Soo, Mich., any time we want. All we have to do is talk to the people there, because they want to come back.&rdquo; North Bay and Soo, Ont., are said to be &ldquo;all set to go,&rdquo; and Sudbury is &ldquo;going to be more than all right.&rdquo;</p><p>Apparently, Kitchener, Windsor and Chatham are not seriously figuring on another NOHA-OHA setup, although Hill points out that &ldquo;they&rsquo;re not set in Windsor, and Chatham&rsquo;s not that sure either. All they&rsquo;re doing is hurting hockey.&rdquo; Assuming that divorce proceedings between NOHA and OHA dubs will be instituted before many more weeks, the western Ontario clubs are looking to other fields for the formation of a new group that would embrace senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; clubs from Welland-Crowland, Niagara Falls, Strathroy, St. Thomas and Oakville to be elevated to senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; status and continue to play together as a group. The present senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; teams from Windsor, Chatham and Kitchener would continue to compete in their own section.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Ontario Senior Hotkey At Cross-Roads

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05230/2166835-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg"></div><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><h2><b>GOALKEEPER'S RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06183/2166828-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="994" height="647"></div><h2><b>TOP TEN SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07141/2166821-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="1005" height="303"></div><h2><b>INDIVIDUAL SCORING AND PENALTY RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-08113/2166814-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="1200" height="343"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01551/2166807-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="607" height="613"></div><h2><b>LOUISVILLE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02504/2166800-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="603" height="480"></div><h2><b>TOLEDO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03431/2166793-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="598" height="197"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04355/2166786-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="599" height="566"></div><h2><b>TROY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05301/2166779-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="595" height="731"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF SCORES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06270/2166772-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="1132" height="699"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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International League FinalLeague, Playoff Statistics 1958-59

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div><p>LOUIVILLE, Ky.&mdash;</p><p>The International Hockey League has tentatively admitted Omaha, Neb., and St. Paul, Minn., in addition to its present members, Ft. Wayne, Indianapolis, Louisville, the league champions, and Toledo.</p><p>The league lost Troy, which dropped out to enter the Eastern Hockey League at Greensboro, N.C.</p><p>President Frank Gallagher said, &ldquo;We think that we have made two fine additions to our setup. We realize that Omaha and St. Paul are a little far away from our present cities, but we need some good hockey towns and I think we have them in Omaha and St. Paul.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;We still have strong hopes of Cincinnati (returning after a one year&rsquo;s absence) and St. Louis entering into our plans for the 195960 season. Both of these cities I think could support a team. St. Louis has been without hockey (AHL) since the 1952-53 season, while Cincinnati dropped out last year.&rdquo;</p><p>Gallagher said that probably Toledo would play half of a season in Columbus, Ohio at the Fairgrounds because of the bowling tourney being booked in the Toledo Sports Arena in February of 1960. Representatives from Canton, Ohio gave expressed a desire to enter the IHL. Canton is a town of around 100,000 with Akron and Cleveland close by. Gallagher opined, &ldquo;The drawing power in this area (Canton) is terrific.&rdquo;</p><p>The International League board of directors met in Louisville, Ky., to discuss plans for the coming year and finish up old business from the past campaign.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IHL Expands To Six Clubs, Maybe Seven

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07246/2166939-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg"></div><h2><b>FINAL STANDING</b></h2><h2><b>INDIVIDUAL SCORING BY TEAMS</b></h2><h2><b>KITCHENER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08236/2166932-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="596" height="454"></div><h2><b>CHATHAM</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09226/2166925-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="593" height="457"></div><h2><b>WINDSOR</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10205/2166918-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="600" height="530"></div><h2><b>NORTH BAY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11180/2166911-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="592" height="117"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12167/2166904-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="609" height="603"></div><h2><b>SUDBURY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13141/2166897-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="602" height="505"></div><h2><b>SAULT STE. MARIE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-14113/2166890-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="597" height="507"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NOHA-OHA Final Records For 1958-59 Puck Year

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-02136/2166984-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="268" height="301"></div><p>VOLUME 12, MONTREAL, JUNE 1959 No. 32</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-01141/2166991-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="236" height="297"></div><h2><b>Seattle Surprise Western Hockey League Champs</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-03131/2166977-1-eng-US/f00c4-032.jpg" title="f00C4-03" width="2772" height="1644"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Seattle Totems, 1958-59 Western Hockey League winners. First row, left to right, Marc Boileau, Gordon Sinclair, Bev Bentley, Rich Hardon, asst, trainer, Tommy McVie, Guyle Fielder. Second row, Dick Bielous, trainer, Dave Rimstad, Don Chipuka, Frank Arnett, Val Fonteyne, Keith Allen, General Manager and Coach. Third row, Bill Davidson, Gerry Leonard, Gerry Goyer, Rudy Filion, Bill McFarland and Les Hunt.</figcaption></div><h2><b>Royals Carry Off Quebec Hockey League Honors</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-04103/2166970-1-eng-US/f00c4-042.jpg" title="f00C4-04" width="2750" height="1482"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Montreal Royals, who won it all in Quebec Hockey League for 1958-59. First row, left to right, R. E. Condon, treasurer, Lulu Denis, captain, Frank Carlin, General Manager, Floyd Curry, playing coach. Claude Pronovost, goaler, Ernie Hamilton, president, Ken Mosdell, Albert Trottier, publicist. Second row, Andy Galley, trainer, Fern Perreault, Ernie Roche, Moe Mantha, Jacques Deslauriers, Kelly Burnett, Wally Clune. Third row, Irwin Spencer, John Kowalchuk, Billy Sutherland, Skippy Burchell, Jean Paul Denis, John Annable and Wally Boyer.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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