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November 21, 1959

The Hockey News November 21, 1959

<div class="byline">Al Parsley</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01457/1949912-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="307" height="337"></div>&bull;A $2,000,000 rink is under construction in London, Ont. And long before the roof is on, sports buffs in the area are wondering what kind of hockey they&rsquo;ll be privileged to look at next winter.London was a thriving minor pro hockey town back in the lush 1920s. Goldie Prodgers, who earned certain fame with Quebec, Canadiens and Montreal Wanderers teams in the old National Hockey Association, forerunner of the NHL, was the manager, and at the time he was getting together a London team players were imported from Montreal, Toronto and other big cities. Prodgers was a native of London, Ont.In recent years in an old rink the city which supports a big time Canadian college football team at University of Western Ontario and has a baseball entry in the Inter-Counties League, besides a Senior ORFU grid squad, has had no hockey of higher standard than Junior B.All of which has caused the men close to action in the Eastern Pro Hockey loop to speculate thoughtfully on the possibility of London, Ont., sportsmen backing an entry in their new circuit. It&rsquo;s not that this young hockey league has already developed growing pains, when it&rsquo;s scarcely off the ground for little more than one sixth of its first orbit. It&rsquo;s just that many who try to peer into the crystal ponder that one of the weaker members of the present set-up may not be able to survive.Sudbury, Kingston and Sault Ste. Marie are not doing too badly at the gate. The same goes for the Hull-Ottawa operation at the almost brand new Hull Arena. Montreal Royals are getting good Sunday crowds. Not so on week days, but, then, it&rsquo;s generally thought that Royals will always be subsidized by the parent NHL Canadiens&rsquo; organization as the finishing school in the player development program of the four time Stanley Cup winners. Of course, it could be we&rsquo;re being pretty free with other folks&rsquo; money, at least in our daydreams. Some fears are held for continued operation in Three Rivers.One of the keenest thinkers on this subject is Paul Patton, erudite sports columnist in The Sudbury Star. As he sees it, Toronto Maple Leafs might in the very near future be prepared to move into minor pro hockey. Patton believes that Leafs would have been ready to support a team in the Senior OHA this current season&mdash;only nobody asked them (the Leafs&rsquo; owners) nicely.If the Leafs&rsquo; money-men had done a little deep thinking on their own they might have made such a move long, long ago. They have only to make a little canvass of the personnel of the NHL Canadiens and they-11 find that something more than 75 per cent of these players who are &ldquo;world champs&rdquo; hockeywise, were developed by senior or minor pro teams&mdash;like Shawinigan Falls and Royals&mdash;which were given some financial support, if not full bankrolling by the Montreal Forum and NHL Canadiens, on the initiative taken by Frank Selke.Getting back to Paul Patton. He says that in the event of one of the present cities backing an EPHL team weakening, an ideal solution would be for Conn Smythe and his directors &ldquo;to put the junior Marlboroughs in London, and back a minor pro team at the same time which would also draw well.&rdquo;Envisioning minor pro-hockey in London on Sunday afternoons, Patton winds up his inspiring pillar:&ldquo;Can you imagine&hellip; a league with teams from Toronto and Montreal coming in? The, Wolves are the best draw on the road in most cities in the Eastern League right now, but here in Sudbury, the Royals are worth an extra 1,000 fans every time. And a Toronto entry might be the same, too.&rdquo; &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

ON THE SIDELINES

<h2>Canucks Undefeated At Home</h2>Vancouver is the only team to have a perfect record at home. The Canucks have won all seven of their home games. Edmonton lost their first game at home the past week when Calgary beat them 3-2 Friday night Nov. 6. Victoria lost its opening game at home and have not tasted defeat on their own ice since winning seven and tieing one.<h2>Fielder Collects No. 700</h2>Guyle Fielder, Seattle centerman, scored his 700th point in Western Hockey League regular games Sunday night, Nov. 8 in Seattle against Victoria. Fielder has played 481 games which gives him an average of 1.46 per game unequalled in professional hockey. He has scored 179 goals and assisted in another 521.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2>(Standings On Tues., A.&Mu;., Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01470/1949639-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="600" height="215"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Including Games Of Sunday, Nov. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02426/1949632-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="598" height="375"></div>(The Leaders)MOST GOALSMarc Boileau, Seattle, 11Sid Finney, Calgary, 11MOST GAME WINNING GOALSArt Jones, Victoria, 3Warren Hynes, Edmonton, 3MOST ASSISTSRudy Filion, Seattle, 15MOST GAME WINNING ASSISTSRay Cyr, Vancouver, 3Danny Belisle, Vancouver, 3MOST FIRST GOAL OF GAME4 tiedMOST HAT TRICKS4 tiedMOST SHUT OUTSHank Bassen, Vancouver, 2MOST PENALTIESLarry Cahan, Vancouver, 56Frank Arnett, Seattle, 50<h3>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Winnipeg 1 at Vancouver 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03355/1949625-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="578" height="365"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Seattle 2 at Spokane 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04289/1949618-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="575" height="445"></div><h3>Winnipeg 5 at Victoria 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05247/1949611-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="587" height="698"></div><h3>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Winnipeg 1 at Seattle 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06220/1949604-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="578" height="572"></div><h3>Victoria 0 at Vancouver 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07200/1949597-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="577" height="423"></div><h3>Calgary 3 at Edmonton 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08194/1949590-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="580" height="369"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Winnipeg 4 at Spokane 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09184/1949583-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="573" height="496"></div><h3>Vancouver 1 at Victoria 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10164/1949576-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="585" height="572"></div><h3>Edmonton 4 at Calgary 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11142/1949569-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="585" height="449"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Winnipeg 6 at Spokane 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12131/1949562-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="585" height="600"></div><h3>Victoria 4 at Seattle 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13109/1949555-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="575" height="339"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

(Standings On Thurs., A.M., Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02377/1950260-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="585" height="212"></div> &#9632;

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OHA JUNIOR ‘A’ STANDINGS

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01397/1948563-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">When John Hanna, centre, turned up at NY training camp at Niagara Falls, N.Y., he was the 6th defenseman on the Rangers&rsquo; totem pole. Unsure of a job, he worked hard, ousted rook Irv Spencer, right, from his job and now threatens Ian Cushenan, left, as first stringer.</figcaption></div><h2>Cutting Up&hellip;&hellip;For Blues</h2>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The way it&rsquo;s been for John Hanna, he could find himself traded to another club by the time this hits the stands. Always for John, the unexpected happens.After a successful freshman year, the backliner who gives the impression of a fast-moving water buffalo, surprisingly found himself low man on the Ranger pole.There was Bill Gadsby, Lou Fontinato, Harry Howell, Ian Cushenan and Irvin Spencer gracing the blue lineup. Nobody mentioned Hanna as a starter or even a finisher.&ldquo;It didn&rsquo;t bother me at all,&rdquo; says John in a voice that is a cross between Andy Devine and Mel Torme. &ldquo;I had no idea whether I&rsquo;d made the club or not but I knew if I worked hard I&rsquo;d be all right.&rdquo;The chance came quickly. Fontinato and Gadsby were rendered hors de combat in exhibition games and Hanna was called upon to fill the breach. He started the season as a regular which is all that the man wanted.<h2>Scored Twice In 1st Month</h2>Within the first month Hanna had scored twice as many goals&mdash;last year he tallied once&mdash;as in 1958-59 and almost half as many points. He was a particularly effective offensive-defenseman in Madison Square Garden games.&ldquo;I always was a puck carrier in my younger days,&rdquo; says John who is a doddering old 24 years, &ldquo;up here, though, it&rsquo;s tougher to get around the opposition so I didn&rsquo;t do much rushing last year.&rdquo;As far as this man of Syrian ancestry was concerned, last season was merely a &ldquo;dry-run&rdquo;. Now he has the feel of the league.&ldquo;That Spring European tour meant all the difference in the world to me,&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;Gave me a chance to try out some of the moves I was a little afraid of doing in regular games. It gave me experience. Now I know I have the moves to make a good defenseman.&rdquo;Hanna&rsquo;s talents are almost unique. For a 5-10, 180 pounder, one would expect more of a lumbering type. Instead, the native of Sydney, Nova Scotia, moves with agility, and shows promise of bigger and better rink length dashes. In that respect there is a touch of Doug Harvey in him.<h2>Gadsby Predicts Stardom</h2>&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll be real good in a couple of years,&rdquo; says Bill Gadsby, who has to rate as a connoisseur of the basis of three first All-Star nominations. &ldquo;Give him three or four years to iron out those mistakes. It always takes longer for a young defenseman to develop than a forward.&rdquo;Gadsby&rsquo;s motion was seconded by the Blueshirt brass.&ldquo;I like him,&rdquo; says Phil Watson, &ldquo;particularly the ways he gets that shot off.&rdquo;&ldquo;He can be very good,&rdquo; adds general manager Muzz Patrick, &ldquo;except that he blows hot and cold. There are times when he looks like a world-beater.&rdquo;The Rangers invested $15,000 in Hanna in 1957 when they drafted him from the Montreal-owned Chicoutimi six of the Quebec League. He spent most of the 57-58 season with Three Rivers, was hauled to Providence in the tail end of the year. When the Blues lost Jack Evans in the NHL draft last season, up came Hanna to fill the void.His play last year was earnest if not excellent. As John puts it, he was playing it cool. Occasionally he&rsquo;d bust loose with a notable game and often his pugnacity was evident particularly against his former Canadien cousins.Perhap&rsquo;s Hanna&rsquo;s most memorable tilt was with Montreal rookie Ralph Backstrom, who John accused of &ldquo;kicking skates,&rdquo; a maneuver he takes a particularly dim view of. Backstrom&rsquo;s penalty was a solid lathering from Hanna. John also had a few non-social exchanges with Dickie Moore, in a negative relationship that seems to be carrying over into the current campaign.<h2>One Bachelor On Club</h2>If John has any claim to fame at the moment, it is the title of &ldquo;one-and-only-bachelor-on-the-Rangers&rdquo;, a sobriquet he automatically inherited when Irv Spencer and Eddie Shack were dispatched to Springfield.John&rsquo;s parents were born in Sydney, a Syrian center in Canada. Hanna still spends the off-season in his home-town where he operates a service station for his uncle Simon Haddad. The job has its advantages.&ldquo;When things get dull I take a day off and do some water skiing,&rdquo; Hanna says. &ldquo;I did plenty of it last Summer and, believe me, it helped keep the legs in shape. In fact, I wouldn&rsquo;t be surprises if that was what got me off to a good start.&rdquo;The swarthy backliners also moves well around the dance floor.&ldquo;In town, we have dances every single night of the week,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I settle for about three times.&rdquo; A little on the squarish side, John digs waltzes the most, also goes for lilting melodies but considers, bop for the birds.<h2>Come From Hockey Family</h2>Like teammate Camille Henry, Hanna comes from a hockey-playing family. His father was a left defenseman for 13 years. The Hannas are avid Ranger fans&mdash;what else?&mdash;and follow the club on radio. John often calls home to clue the folks in on the latest Blueshirt doings.When the Rangers acquired Hanna he was as a new Louie Fontinato. However, John lacks Louie&rsquo;s flamboyancy, the flair for the dramatic. He is less emotional than Fonty but no less tough.His defects are concentrated into defensive lapses around the net. As a puck carrier, he rates highly, his bodychecking is effective although he still has that penchant for tossing the unecessary wallop which pulls him &lsquo;way out of position. His philosophy, proven with deeds, is &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t let anyone walk over you.&rdquo;So far, John has worked with almost every Ranger defenseman but more with Lou Fontinato than anyone else. As a unit they have been effective though not sensational.During the season, John lives with relatives in Queens, subways to the Garden for home games. He has a soft spot for New York City.&ldquo;Before I came here,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;I expected all New Yorkers to be cold and impolite. But that&rsquo;s just not so.&rdquo;John has one brother and three sisters. He not only speaks English articulately but also is a master of repartee in French and Syrian. How many hockey players can make that statement?<h2>Looks Fearsome On lce</h2>He is a right handed shot and in that sense, an oddity among Ranger defenders.There&rsquo;s something fearsome about him on ice. He wears bulky padding and has an aggravated crouch which gives him almost a hunchback appearance. At times it looks like he&rsquo;s just aching for trouble but his penalty record is not high.John Hanna was a forgotten man when Fall training opened. The big plays went to the new faces Cushenan and Spencer. John said little, played hard. Spencer wound up in Springfield for more seasoning and Hanna bids fair to displace Cushenan as a starting defenseman.Of course, there&rsquo;s always the chance he&rsquo;ll be traded but only because the opposition is aware that John Hanna is a good property.<h2>Flying Syrian</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02321/1948556-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="531" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Hanna</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03209/1948549-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1155" height="1762"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN HANNA&hellip;&hellip;IN THREE RIVERS</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hanna, Started In 6th, Moving Up Fast

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The Man With The Abel Power

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The New York Rangers were coachless for just one game. As such they were as successful as they had been all season with a tutor.When Coach Phil Watson was sidelined for an indefinate period with an active bleeding ulcer, technically known as the duodenal peptic variety, General Manager Muzz Patrick took over behind the bench. The club won its one and only game with Muzz guiding them, defeating the Boston Bruins 6-3.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02202/1950577-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="274" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Bathgate</figcaption></div>But Patrick had no intention of doing what Punch Imlach has been doing with the Leafs&mdash;becoming a coach as well as handling the GM&rsquo;s duties. Instead he went hunting for a replacement for Watson.Phil underwent surgery last monday. He will be hospitalized for two weeks and them there will be another two weeks of convalescing at home. Even after that the doctors advised him not to return to the rigors of coaching the club again.So Patrick did what comes naturally in the New York organization. He scanned the list of ex-Rangers with coaching ability. He came up with Alf Pike, former Ranger, ex-coach of the Guelph Biltmores and coach of the Winnipeg Warriors of the Western Hockey League when the call for bigger and better things arrived.<h2>Pilous, Phil Okayed Traded</h2>Watson&rsquo;s ailment, which has plagued him for a couple of years, was aggravated by the Rangers&rsquo; disasterous October and early November run, a 4-1 loss to Toronto and climaxed by an 8-2 avalanche at the hands of Montreal on the week end of Nov. 8th.So peeved was Phil at his boy&rsquo;s deportment in Toronto that he lifted his vow of silence and blasted his club to the ends of the earth. He also ordered a heart-to-heart players meeting.Phil then sat down with the equally harassed Rudy Pilous, coach of Chicago, to see if a deal be cooked up. They agreed on a one-for-one trade but when Tommy Ivan, the Hawk g.m. was asked to give his seal of approval Ivan promptly declined.Meanwhile, trade rumors were as common place around Madison Square Garden as the honking of taxicabs.It started with Andy Bathgate to Chicago for Ed Litzenberger and Pierre Pilote with an unnamed Ranger thrown in for good measure.Then, a deal with Detroit was mentioned followed by more serious mention of an exchange with Toronto.Later Patrick said Bathgate was not involved in a second Chicago deal but declined to say whether Andy was involved in the Toronto talks. Muzz said that almost every time he talks trade, Bathgate&rsquo;s name is brought up by the opposition.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d trade Andy,&rdquo; Muzz says, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;d have to get a lot in return.&rdquo;Toronto players who are thought likely possibilities are Dick Duff, Frank Mahovlich and Tim Horton.While trade action remained in limbo, Patrick shipped left wing Eddie Shack to Springfield and brought up left wing Parker MacDonald and center Bill Sweeney.&ldquo;I had to do something to shake the team up a bit,&rdquo; Muzz explained. &ldquo;Sweeney deserves it. Everybody says he&rsquo;s too slow for this league.Maybe he is. But from his minor league record, he&rsquo;s got to get a chance.&rdquo;Touted in the HOCKEY NEWS last year, Sweeney, a 5-10, 165 pounder tallied 31 goals. He is known as a soft-passing excellent playermaker who had 8-9-17 record when the Rangers elevated him.He also has been highly endorsed by Lou Fontinato, his Guelph neighbor and golf buddy.MacDonald, a former Ranger, was brought back to exploit scoring potential which the brass feels was not put to good use two years ago. &#9632;

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Big Deals On The Fire For Rangers Andy Bathgate Centre Of All Trade Chatter

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Bronco Horvath, hockey&rsquo;s hottest scorer this season, has a, modest philisophy about the whole affair.In Detroit to fatten his already impressive total at Red Wing expense, Horvath had casual but frank answers for interviewers.Asked about his chances to win the scoring title, Horvath took this calm attitude:&ldquo;If it&rsquo;s meant to be, then it will happen that way.&ldquo;Truthfully, I know there are many greater hockey players in the league, and that includes several centers.&rdquo;Asked whom he&rsquo;d pick ahead of himself as a pivot man, Horvath rattled off a list that started &ldquo;Jean Beliveau, Henri Richard, Red Sullivan&hellip;&rdquo;Pressed for details about some of his goals, Bronco headed down another road:&ldquo;I&rsquo;m having a lot of luck right now. I figure that on a good night I get maybe two or three real scoring opportunities. Lately I&rsquo;ve been scoring on some of those opportunities, but who knows when the goalie will start stopping them.&ldquo;Then I&rsquo;m also getting those lucky goals&mdash;the ones out of scrambles, on rebounds, tip-ins and deflections, and some screen shots. You never know how long that kind will keep coming.&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to consider the luck. Sure I&rsquo;m working hard and trying hard, but so does everyone else. I&rsquo;m just having the luck.&rdquo;Having exhausted that avenue, Horvath then thought of another reason why it is just a coincidence that he&rsquo;s parked way out in front:&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got a couple of wingers who deserve the real credit. Vic (Stasiuk) and Johnny (Bucyk) keep talking it up with me. They give me the confidence I need to keep going.&rdquo;Horvath was in the Red Wing system for one year. He was drafted away from Eddie Shore&rsquo;s Syracuse team in 1954 for use at Edmonton. He led the league in goals and assists that season while teaming on a line with, of all people, Bucyk and Stasiuk.The following summer Jack Adams let Horvath go to New York in a sympathy deal. That was shortly after Ross Lowe, New York&rsquo;s prize center prospect, drowned. The Rangers played Horvath little for two years, and he turned up at Boston three seasons ago.The Bruins reunited him with Bucyk and Stasiuk, a couple of question marks peddled by the Wings, and all three promptly started clicking.They haven&rsquo;t stopped yet. &#9632;

“Lots Of Luck,” Says Bronco About Spree

<div class="byline">By CHARLIE HALPIN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01398/1948415-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="529" height="539"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Hicke</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02380/1948408-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="549" height="556"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Goyette</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03345/1948401-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="529" height="536"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ralph Backstrom</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Canadiens&rsquo; steaming dressing room scene was noticeably a little more vibrant than normal one night last week but no one seemed to mind the extra clattering, least of all the players.Apparently is isn&rsquo;t every night the Stanley Cup champs can flex their muscles and puncture their opposition for eight goals. Nor is it every day that three of their compatriots break the ice and score their first goals.The onrushing Habitants pummeled the lowly New York Rangers 8-2 and by this particular drubbing they extended their undefeated streak to nine in a line to remain atop the NHL standings. But more significant was the fact it ignited the explosive Montreal offense that had been somewhat restrained and allowed Billy Hicke, Phil Goyette and Ralph Backstrom to get on the scoresheet for the first time this season.Yes, the Canadiens finally unloosed their great scoring prowess and it goes without saying the impact probably gave Phil Watson another attack of ulcers.<h2>Hicke Grabs A Souvenir</h2>It was a sterling moment in the life of young Hicke, the Habs&rsquo; new rookie acquisition from Rochester of the American League. Hicke had been wondering out loud if it would never happen. After all he had scored 41 in 69 games last season and it was high time he got started this year. Finally after 13 unsuccessful tries, the elusive goal came along and Hicke wasn&rsquo;t standing around waiting for someone to present him the puck as a souvenir. He scurried into the New York net to retrieve it for posterity.Goyette got two in the game and Backstrom one and it represented their first for the current season.The Canadiens, too, were beginning to demonstrate their old time superiority on power plays and the result brought a twinkling to Toe Blake&rsquo;s eye. The Habs&rsquo; coach wasn&rsquo;t particularly happy with the team&rsquo;s low scoring production when they had the advantage in manpower. In fact he wasn&rsquo;t pleased at all. Extra practice sessions were ordered and it brought the desired effect.<h2>Power Play Pays Off</h2>After swamping the Rangers and tieing the Black Hawks 2-2, the Habs posted five of their tallies from the &lsquo;points&rsquo; for a .500 average. Both goals in the stalemate with Chicago were the result of the power play in Montreal.Unlike many NHL camps, all was frosting on the cake for Blake and his hirelings. They had gone 10 straight games without losing to move to within three of equalling their best Unbeaten sprint of the 1958-59 season. The team was nestled in first place by a good five points. Jacques Plante was steadily creeping up on Terry Sawchuk for the Vezina Trophy lead among the goalkeepers and Bernie Geoffrion was still the big gun on the attack among Les Canadiens with 10 goals and 10 assists in his first 14 games.The leading Habs were bracing themselves for an impending four-game road safari while an ice show moved into their playing quarters at the Forum. The outlook looked bright, too, with injured defenceman Bob Turner ready to shed his cast on a cracked ankle bone and start skating again. It mean&rsquo;t the Canadiens would soon be at 100 percent strength and ready for all comers.<h2>Bruins Biggest Competition</h2>Everyone was cautioning that someone had better start doing something about corralling the Canadiens before they got too far ahead. But who?The Boston Bruins, with their inspired &lsquo;Uke&rsquo; line, seemed to be the best qualified at the moment and with a weekend back-to-back series against the Habs in the offing, it was relatively certain the hockey world would soon have its answer. &#9632;

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Hab Kids Flash 1st Red Lamps At Blues’ Expense

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Jacques Beauchamp, an ardent follower of the Montreal Canadiens through his travels as a French-language paper sports columnist and NHL correspondent, believes in getting his news first hand. So he joined the team as sub goalkeeper.The portly scribe was signed by the Canadiens to act as emergency goaler for games on the road only in the event regular netminder Jacques Plante becomes incapacitated through injury or illness. The move was effected so that the Canadiens would not have to take their Montreal stand-by puck-stopper, Gerry McNeil, on the road.The 31-year-old Beauchamp is actually no slouch as a netminder. He has had previous junior experience and was alternate goaler when the Montreal Royals won the Memorial Cup back in the late 40&rsquo;s.Beauchamp is the second known sports writer to become an actual member of an NHL team in modern times. During the war years, Frank McCool was coaxed away from his Western Canada typewriter to lend goal for the Toronto Leafs and the record books show he was a member of a Stanley Cup winner in 1944-45 with the Leafs.Interviewed after his appointment by the Canadiens, the fun loving Beauchamp was asked how he rated himself as a substitute goalie in the NHL?&ldquo;I am not good,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;but I am ready.&rdquo; &#9632;

Champs Sign Beauchamp As Spare Goaler On The Road

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens turned down an offer by the New York Rangers to trade Camille Henry for Don Marshall, last week.The offer to make the trade came from General Manager Muzz Patrick of the New York club.In turning down the offers General Manager Frank Selke pointed out that the Canadiens are the most prolific power play club in the league now and: &ldquo;Henry&rsquo;s value is largely on the power play. To take Henry would be tantamount to saying we would have to bench someone like Bernie Geoffrion, Dickie Moore or Henri Richard to make room for Henry on our own power play.&rdquo;The Hab&rsquo;s GM paid tribute to Marshall&rsquo;s ability as a penalty killer.&ldquo;We are fortunate in having a player of Marshall&rsquo;s type in killing off penalties and I have no thought of letting him go,&rdquo; he said. &#9632;

Henry For Marshall—Habs Turn Down Rangers’ Offer

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;At the racetrack, they call certain horses &ldquo;honest&rdquo;.An honest horse is one which gives one hundred per cent of its resources every time it runs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04264/1948494-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="399" height="658"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmstead</figcaption></div>By those standards, Bert Olmstead of the Maple Leafs is a thoroughly honest hockey player. He has been a leader in every way ever since he left the Canadiens&mdash;a bit reluctantly, he admits&mdash;at the conclusion of the 1957-58 season and joined the Toronto club.Manager-coach Punch Imlach is given most of the credit for Leafs&rsquo; surge from the cellar to the Stanley Cup playoffs last season. Olmstead deserves a share. His playmaking helped make 20-goal men out of his linemates, Bob Pulford and Ron Stewart; his digging made the power play click; he was a skilful penalty killer; and his inflammatory dressing room speeches, plus a few man-to-man harangues kept the team on fire.The way Olmstead pitched in and labored for Toronto is a tipoff on the kind of athlete he is. At 32, he&rsquo;d been scrapped by a championship club and had been sent to a struggling second division team. A declining points output seemed to indicate he was in the twilight of his career. The natural step, especially for a successful Saskatchewan wheat farmer, seemed to be to give up the game.In the strange jersey, Bert came out scrapping. He had a reasonably good year, too, counting 10 goals and 31 assists. Significantly, his linemates surpassed 20 goals for the first time in their lives. Centre Bobby Pulford got 23 and right-winger Ron Stewart shot 21. This was Leafs&rsquo; most important line. Imlach pitted them against the opposition&rsquo;s most dangerous attackers and they became scoring threats themselves.Olmstead&rsquo;s assignment was to check the best right-wingers in the league, men like Bernie Geoffrion, Gordie Howe, Andy Bathgate and Vic Stasiuk. This was why former Leaf coach Billy Reay had insisted on acquiring Bert. He&rsquo;d observed Olmstead&rsquo;s checking ability and had also noticed the fact his flankers always wound up with high point totals.The Canadiens seemed to think Olmstead had outlived his usefulness in the spring of 1958. He&rsquo;d compiled only 37 points that season, compared to totals like 58 and 70 during his better days. Anyway, they were willing to sell him to the Leafs. And Leafs wanted him.Now 33, Olmstead is away to his best start in years. He counted six goals, best on the Leaf team, in the team&rsquo;s first 12 games.This took Bert back to the 1949-50 campaign, his first full year in the National League. He counted 20 goals for Chicago that season. He&rsquo;d become Hawk property in 1946 when he turned professional with Kansas City of the U.S. league, after playing junior hockey in Moose Jaw.<h2>Hockey Attitude Similar To His Farming One</h2>In December, 1950, the Hawks wrapped Olmstead up in a package with Vic Stasiuk and traded the works to Detroit Red Wings for Steve Black and Lee Fogolin. Wings kept him for only nine days, then dealt him to Canadiens in exchange for Leo Gravelie.With the Habs, Bert was twice picked second all-star left wing and in 1955-56, set a league record by totalling 56 assists. He was on four world championship teams. He never was seriously considered for the Lady Byng trophy.Bert presently operates a large farm near his home town. Sceptre, Sask. As a matter of fact, harvesting made him a little late for training camp in September. But when he did report, his lean, six-foot-two frame (at Montreal, he was nicknamed &ldquo;Picket&rdquo;) was in top shape.His crops escaped the blizzards which ruined so much wheat out west in September.&ldquo;Too many farmers insist on working an-eight-hour day,&rdquo; says Bert. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t do it. When that wheat&rsquo;s ready, you&rsquo;ve got to bring it in, no matter how many hours it takes.&rdquo;This, essentially, is Olmstead&rsquo;s attitude toward hockey.And it&rsquo;s the reason he&rsquo;d make an excellent coach&mdash;with two its: if he ever retires and if he can be pried away from the farm. &#9632;

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Olmstead Unsung Hero In Leafs ‘Come-To-Life’

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;&ldquo;If they were voting for the Hart Trophy right now, that Olmstead would be a shoo-in.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s what General Manager-Coach Punch Imlach of the Toronto Maple Leafs will tell you when you ask him who the MVP in the league is at the moment.Horvath, Howe, Geoffrion, Beliveau?&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think any one of them has been as important to his club as Olmstead has been to the Leafs in our first 12 games,&rdquo; says Punch.&ldquo;Bert has done a superlative job. He&rsquo;s scored six important goals and has made plays for three other big ones. In addition, he kills penalties, checks the other club&rsquo;s top right wingers and takes part in our ganging attack.&ldquo;But what you don&rsquo;t see is the important part he plays on the bench and around the dressing room.&ldquo;He never stops dishing out advice, criticism and pep talks. His tongue-lashings are classics. When he gets finished chewing a guy out it calls for plasma.&ldquo;The younger fellows resented him at first. But now they know he&rsquo;s using that verbal needle to keep them moving in a league where it is suicide to stand still.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d hate to think of where this club would be without him. I just hope he stays healthy.&rdquo; &#9632;

Punch Campaigns ‘Bert For Hart’

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04129/1948594-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="572" height="267"></div>November 14 to November 2014&mdash;Bruce Cline, Springfield, forward, 1931.16&mdash;Dick Gamble, Buffalo, forward, 192818&mdash;Rudy Migay, Rochester, forward, 1928.19&mdash;Floyd Hillman, Providence, defense, 1933. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to YOU

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st, 1947Published Weekly, except monthly May through September byKen-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.,1434 Ste. Catherine Street West,Montreal 25, Que.Ken McKenzie, Len Brannon, Will V. Cote,Publisher Editor-in-Chief General ManagerYearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign CountriesEntered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in CanadaVol. 13 MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 21, 1959 No. 8 &#9632;

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01461/1948670-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div>&bull; THE USUALLY reliable and informative Max Kase, sports editor of the New York Journal-American, wrote the following in his breezy column &ldquo;Briefcase&rdquo; last week: &ldquo;Maurice Richard, hockey&rsquo;s number one man, is working out the final years of a five-year contract at $15,000 a year. It&rsquo;s a small wage for one of Maurice&rsquo;s great skills and turnstile appeal. But there&rsquo;s a novel kicker in the contract. Whenever Richard&rsquo;s playing days are over, he&rsquo;ll be kept on the same $15,000 salary for a minimum of five years and for any additional years he&rsquo;s an active player after the present pact is ended. First time I&rsquo;ve ever heard of such a contractual gimmick&rdquo;&hellip;First time we&rsquo;ve ever beard of such an arrangement, too&hellip; Fern Flaman, captain of the Boston Bruins, and a partner have a new dog-food on the market&hellip; Andy Bathgate lined up for a TV commercial featuring such athletes as Yogi Berra, Frank Gifford and Bob Cousy. It&rsquo;s the one about the &ldquo;man in the sand paper mask&rdquo;&hellip; Andy should have borrowed the one used by Jacques Plante&hellip; Prediction: More and more goalies will be copying Canadiens&rsquo; great goalkeeper and wearing masks in the future&hellip; Lou Fontinato&rsquo;s hair is starting to turn grey&hellip; Two excellent articles appear in the November issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL&hellip;&ldquo;When Will the NHL Expand&rdquo; is a dandy story written by our own Stan Fischler&hellip;Roger Tetreault, youthful free-lance Montreal sportswriter, has an equally fine piece on &ldquo;The Story Behind Canadiens&rsquo; Power.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02428/1948663-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="291" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Maurice Richard</figcaption></div>&bull; ALF PIKE, new coach of the New York Rangers, centered one of Canada&rsquo;s greatest junior combinations&hellip; It was the brilliant Winnipeg Monarch unit of Pike, Johnny McCreedy and Dick Koweinak that led the Monarchs to the Memorial Cup in 1937&hellip; Pike signed on as coach of the Rangers exactly 20 years after he signed as a player&hellip; He made a fine reputation for himself as a junior coach and in later years with the Winnipeg Warriors of the Western Hockey League&hellip; Don Simmons of Boston and Camille Henry of the Rangers are the lightest players in the NHL this season. The Boston goalkeeper weighs 150 pounds while the diminutive Henry weighs 151&hellip; Half as many shutouts were registered this season-after 43 games than for the same number of games a year ago&hellip;Last season six shutouts were turned in by Jacques Plante, two; Don Simmons, Eddie Chadwick, Johnny Bower and Terry Sawchuk&hellip; Three shutouts were recorded this season&hellip; two by Sawchuk and one by Bower&hellip; Boston&rsquo;s Bronco Horvath scored nine of his 15 goals (in games up to November 12) from the Bruins&rsquo; famed power play&hellip;The Bruins scored 13 of the 53 goals they had on the morning of November 12 as a result of the power play&hellip;The &ldquo;Uke Line&rdquo; of Horvath, Johnny Bucyk and Vic Stasiuk scored 30 of Boston&rsquo;s 53 goals&hellip;Leo Gasparini, who runs the Louisville Rebels in the International Hockey League, brought Louisville a championship last season in his first year with the club&hellip;Leo was made a Kentucky Colonel by Governor A. B. &ldquo;Happy&rdquo; Chandler, which probably makes him the first Canadian to be so honored.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03352/1948656-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="291" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alf Pike</figcaption></div>&bull; RAY MIRON, former manager of the Cornwall Arena and Cornwall hockey teams is now the general manager of the Washington Presidents of the Eastern Hockey League&hellip;One of hockey&rsquo;s more astute younger executives, Miron advises that Rudy Fillion, current scoring leader in the Western League, Billy Carter, top scorer in the Eastern Pro circuit and Moe Savard, top scorer in the Eastern League, are all Cornwall products. All three were born and raised in Cornwall&hellip;Orval Tessier, another top point producer in the Eastern Pro League, is also from Cornwall&hellip;Jim Geiger of Sacramento, California, writes us about a blossoming hockey league in Northern California known as the Sacramento Ice Hockey Association&hellip; It is a four-team league sponsored by local businessmen. Games are played at Iceland in North Sacramento&hellip;The fine new International Hockey League Year Book is now ready and any fan desirous of obtaining a copy should send 50 cents to Howie Newstate, International Hockey League, 2250 Seymour Ave., Cincinnati 12, Ohio&hellip;New York&rsquo;s Andy Bathgate is finding it hard to locate the goal this season&hellip;Last season he scored 40 goals&hellip;Chicago is reputed to have turned down a trade involving Bathgate for Pierre Pilote and Eddie Litzenberger.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04296/1948649-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="270" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pierre Pilote</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By WES GAFFER</div>In The New York Daily NewsNEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;As a winning coach, Muzz Patrick had nothing to say. As the Rangers general manager, he ended a week&rsquo;s speculation last week by naming former Blueshirt Alfie Pike as his immediate replacement as coach.Muzz took over the coaching reins when Phil Watson&rsquo;s ulcers required surgery. Phil was operated on Monday at Polyclinic Hospital. When he is well again, Watson will move into the front office as assistant GM.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05268/1948701-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="295" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Watson</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We have 14 pro teams in our organization,&rdquo; Muzz sait at the Hockey Writers luncheon at Leone&rsquo;s here. &ldquo;Phil will supervise our farm system and act as our trouble shooter.&ldquo;If we have trouble in Flin Flon or Three Rivers, he will shoot right up there and get things running smoothly again. He knows as much about our system as I do. We&rsquo;ve needed a man for that job and Watson fills the bill.&rdquo;It will take at least six weeks before Watson can return to work. His doctors warned against anything as arduous as coaching a hockey team so soon after the removal of a peptic ulcer. Pike&rsquo;s appointment ended Watson&rsquo;s five-year reign in which the club three times made the NHL playoffs.Patrick stated emphatically that Pike&rsquo;s appointment was not a temporary measure. &ldquo;Starting now, he is THE coach. What happens next year depends upon what he does with the club this season.&rdquo;The new coach took over immediately, but Patrick was with him on the bench for his first game with Detroit and Sunday&rsquo;s affair with Toronto, both in the Garden.Pike, 42, follows a Ranger pattern. Only men who have played for the Blues have coached and, counting Muzz, he is only the 10th man to run the team. He joined the club in 1939-40, the year they last won the Stanley Cup. He played all three forward positions and even took a turn on the defense before ending his playing career in &lsquo;47.Although the league is new to Pike as a coach, eight of the Rangers players aren&rsquo;t. At Guelph, Ont., he was instrumental in the development of Andy Bathgate, Lou Fontinato, Harry Howell, Dean Prentice and Bill Sweeney, guiding the players and the team to amateur hockey&rsquo;s Memorial Cup. Coaching at Winnipeg, the team he leaves for the Rangers, he had new comers Brian Cullen, Noel Price and Earl Ingarfield.Pike&rsquo;s selection wasn&rsquo;t a spur of the moment decision by the Ranger brass. He was one of the four men under consideration at the time Watson was chosen. His ability as a coach was appreciated by the Toronto Maple Leafs, who tried to secure his services last season when Billy Reay was fired, but the mortality rate among Toronto coaches was a major factor in Pike&rsquo;s refusal. &#9632;

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How Pike Makes Out In ‘60 Will Decide His Fate With Club

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06228/1948739-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg"></div>Toronto Star<h2>The Man Who Unloaded The Ukes</h2>By rights, Jack Adams should get sore when some person asks him&mdash;as nearly everyone does&mdash;how he likes to read in the papers that the hottest line in hockey is Stasiuk, Bucyk and Horvath, who do their shooting for the Boston Bruins. At one time, all three were bonded and branded by Detroit Red Wings, of whom Adams long has been the general manager. In one way or another, Jack unloaded all three of them. The Uke Line, as some genius in Boston tagged the threesome, would look pretty good in Red Wing jerseys now&mdash;or Toronto jerseys, for that matter. There just doesn&rsquo;t happen to be enough gold outside of Fort Knox to buy them.So why didn&rsquo;t Adams keep the three players when he had them? It&rsquo;s a good question. Why didn&rsquo;t Max Hirsch keep Stymie? After Hirsch, Jacobs claimed the horse for $1,500, it won close to a million. Why didn&rsquo;t Baltimore keep Don Larsen? After they unloaded him to the Yankees, he pitched the only perfect game in world series history. In professional sport, a player seldom spends his career with one club. Only a few top horses do all their running for one stable.&ldquo;Horvath, Bucyk and Stasiuk never played for the Wings as a line,&rdquo; Adams reminded a heckler here. &ldquo;They did play as a line for our farm at Edmonton. But we were winning championships then, so we couldn&rsquo;t have been too bad at Detroit. When Stasiuk joined our club, he was a fourth-line man. We finally traded him to Boston.&rdquo;Horvath was shipped from the Edmonton farm to the New York Rangers, who apparently didn&rsquo;t consider themselves unduly fortunate. They dealt him to Montreal Canadiens, for use with their Rochester club. Canadiens didn&rsquo;t even bother to protect him in the draft. That&rsquo;s how Boston got him&mdash;for $20,000.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07188/1948732-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="1127" height="873"><figcaption class="caption-body">General Manager Jack Adams, left and General Manager Lynn Patrick, right of the Wings and Bruins respectively, made the deal that sent the &lsquo;Ukes&rsquo; into orbit as a line once more.</figcaption></div><h2>Bucyk Gave Patrick An Idea</h2>Adams was loaded with centres when he sold Horvath to the Rangers. The New York club had intended to try Ross Lowe, who was drowned in a mid-summer swimming tragedy. Rangers were badly in need of new talent. Their old stars were getting shopworn. Adams sold them Horvath and Dave Creighton for cash, plus some minor leaguers.As far as the Bruins were concerned, the key man was Bucyk&mdash;due to pure circumstance. It wasn&rsquo;t until they got Bucyk that Lynn Patrick remembered the old line at Edmonton. He already had Stasiuk. Now he went looking for Bronco, so he could put the three refugees together again.The reason Adams let Bucyk go was that goalie Terry Sawchuk, who had walked out on the Bruins in mid-season, was available to the Red Wings. It was a good deal for the Red Wings. It turned out to be even more beneficial to Boston.Bucyk had been a useful player to the Wings but not an outstanding one. In his one season at Detroit, he produced 10 goals. With the kind of shooting the Wings were doing then, a player with 10 goals was a fringe employee. Another rap against Bucyk was that he didn&rsquo;t get money goals. He still isn&rsquo;t getting them for Boston. His playoff record is three goals in 34 games as a National leaguer.Everyone&mdash;including Adams&mdash;knows now that the Ukes must operate as a unit. Individually, they are just three men on skates. As a line, they&rsquo;re stealing the spot which the Krauts held in the affection of Boston&rsquo;s populace. Horvath even threatens to lead the league in scoring.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s always in position around that net,&rdquo; Adams praised. &ldquo;When he gets the puck, he shoots it. We&rsquo;ve been trying to get our guys to do the same thing. What gets into a hockey player&mdash;even a good one? When he gets that puck, he never wants to shoot. He wants to make one more deke. That&rsquo;s when he loses it.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By GEORGE McGANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01418/1948777-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Writer Jim Burchard has done what most men dream of. He raced in swift racing cars, pitched baseball, played hockey, wrestled, boxed and played tennis, all with and against the greatest. Above, Jim poses for cameraman in New York Americans&rsquo; sweater, in earlier days of his career.</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;This article is reprinted by special permission from the current issue of World. Tennis, the leading magazine in its field. It was written on the occasion of a signal honor for James A. (Jimmy) Burchard&mdash;he was voted the Mary Chess trophy as the game&rsquo;s &ldquo;livelest columnist.&rdquo;Jimmy Burchard, the ascerbic, witty, he-man columnist for the New York World-Telegram and Sun, is a Walter Mitty with a difference. Whereas Mitty only dreamed of performing feats of derring-do, Burchard has gone out and done them. His good friend Willard Mullin, cartoonist on the &ldquo;World-Tel,&rdquo; the newspaper which has been running Jimmy&rsquo;s sports byline for 30 years, put Jimmy&rsquo;s fabled accomplishments into a memorable cartoon.Mullin created his drawing on the occasion of Jimmy&rsquo;s entrance into the armed forces in 1942, an event viewed with some misgivings by those concerned for the maintenance of traditional military discipline and morale. Those misgivings proved groundless inasmuch as Our Hero rose from the status of private to the exalted rank of Captain before the Nazis and Japs called it quits. The cartoon, which hangs in a place of honor (above the bathtub) in Jimmy&rsquo;s Green-which Village apartment, carries the following caption:&ldquo;LOOK OUT ARMY! Here comes the one and only James A. Burchard, pinball expert, high and fancy diver, crewman, outboard addict (he drove in the Albany-New York outboard race), baseball pitcher (he fanned 22 men and batted clean-up), narrator of tall tales, bowler (his 296 is a Madison Square Garden alley record), poet of parts, hypnotist, dog fancier, bridge shark (he finessed jacks past Ely Culbertson), wrestler (he once pinned Max Schmeling at Der Moxie&rsquo;s training camp), swimmer for Syracuse University, the Illinois AC, and the Cleveland AC, (and once swam the Hudson River, slightly high, to keep a breakfast date), track man who competed in five events for Syracuse U. and won a bet from Olympic coach Lawson Robertson on his shot putting, discuss and javelin-throwing ability, and tennis exponent who beat more than one pro on a bet.&rdquo;This formidable listing, comprehensive though it may seem to the layman, by no means encompasses all of Jimmy&rsquo;s attainments or accomplishments. It does not mention his ukulele playing, trumpet blowing or ballet-dancing.But we seem to be straying from the subject of the Mary Chess award. Jimmy, above all, is a tennis writer&mdash;one of the most hated, one of the most admired but, above all, one of the most widely read. He has an observant eye, one that never misses the significant detail; a genius for spotting phonies and &ldquo;stuffed shirts&rdquo; (his favorite phrase for U. S. Lawn Tennis Assn. officials), and a gift for acid comment which has left ineradicable scars on the hides of several generations of tennis players, hockey players and oarsmen&mdash;the principal categories of sportsmen he has covered and uncovered since he took up journalism as a student at Syracuse University.&ldquo;I decided to study journalism,&rdquo; Jimmy confesses, &ldquo;because it was the only course I could find that didn&rsquo;t require mathematics.&rdquo;Jimmy, who was born down in Denton, Md., and moved to Cleveland as a boy, went to Syracuse on the athletic scholarship in track and swimming. To help augment his income he got a job as campus correspondent for local newspapers and the United Press. In that capacity he covered his first tennis tournament, the New York State championships in Syracuse in 1923.&ldquo;I knew something about almost every sport,&rdquo; Jimmy recalls, &ldquo;but what I knew about tennis 1 could have stuck in my right eye.&rdquo;Five years later, when Jimmy was a budding writer on the New York World, he got the assignment as tennis reporter and covered his first national championships at Forest Hills.&ldquo;It was the year Cochet defeated Hunter in the finals,&rdquo; Jimmy remembers. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll never forget that year, but the greatest match I ever saw was in 1930, when Johnny Doeg beat Bill Tilden in the semi-finals in five sets at Forest Hills. It was a highly dramatic victory for Doeg. Bill had the greatest reputation in the game and was making a comeback after having been suspended by the tennis brass for writing for dough while competing in tournaments.Jimmy looks back with nostalgia on those early days along the tennis circuit and to the players of that era. &ldquo;The players nowadays&mdash;and this goes for other sports, too&mdash;are businessmen,&rdquo; Jimmy contends. The old-timers like Tilden, Mangin, and Vines (even though he hated to part with a dime) liked playing cards as much as they did playing tennis. When I started covering tennis, card-playing was a principal part of the assignment.&rdquo;Jimmy&rsquo;s forthright comments on players&rsquo; behavior on and off the court have embroiled him in some notable feuds. Ted Schroeder took frequent umbrage at Jimmy&rsquo;s written criticsms during his career. But Ted really exploded the year after his last Davis Cup appearance when he got an assignment to do a radio broadcast of the challenge round for an Australian radio network. Wrote Jimmy: &ldquo;We can be thankful that Ted is going to Australia to go on the air, not to go on the court. Ted read this remark in a clipping mailed to him by a friend. He got on the phone in Los Angeles and called Jimmy at his home in New York at 2 a.m.&ldquo;He cussed me out for half an hour straight,&rdquo; Jimmy says. &ldquo;Then I got worried. I broke in and said, &lsquo;Ted, are you paying for this call or have you secretly reversed the charges&rsquo;&rsquo; When he said he was paying I let him rave on. It cost him $46 to get it off his chest. At the end he threatened to punch me in the nose the next time he saw me. We met again at the nationals in Forest Hills. We looked at each other and both laughed. We shook hands and are good friends now.&rdquo;Tilden, who was notoriously thin-skinned when it came to printed criticism although no mean man with the needle himself, often tried to get Burchard fired from his job.&ldquo;He used to call my editor after every article of mine that displeased him,&rdquo; Jimmy says. &ldquo;He did the same with every writer. Nobody ever paid any attention to him.&rdquo;Lots of players have threatened Jimmy with bodily harm but none ever has actually tried to carry through. (He stands 6 feet and weighs &lsquo;over 211 pounds.) One player threatened to crack his racquet over Jimmy&rsquo;s skull as the writer passed through the locker room on his way to the bar. Jimmy laughed and kept going. He reappeared a few minutes later, his hands filled with drinks he was carrying to colleagues in the press room. He stopped at the player&rsquo;s locker, nodded at his hands, and said, &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re going to have a crack at me, now&rsquo;s your chance.&rdquo; The player fumed but did nothing.Jimmy inspired friend Mullin to draw an unforgetable picture of Harry Hopman, the Australian Davis Cup team captain, in the role of slave driver, cracking a huge bullwhip over the manacled, cringing bodies of Hoad, Rosewall, Sedgman and the rest of the Australian Davis Cup team. The cartoon led to widespread articles and criticisms of Hopman as a cruel martinet who drove his players as mercilessly as the boss of a Southern chain-gang. Hopman, needless to say, objected violently to this line of criticism and resented Burchard for his part in inspiring it.Matters came to a head between Hopman and Burchard in 1953, when the Australians suffered a series of early disasters in the national championships and failed to&rsquo; reach the final round of the tournament. After the semi-finals, when the last Aussie had been eliminated, Burchard sat down and wrote a telegram to Hopman, with instructions that it be delivered to the Australian captain at 4 a.m.The delivery boy arrived on schedule, awakened Hopman and handed him this telegram: &ldquo;Sorry old boy, you are batting on a sticky wicket.&rdquo; The telegram was unsigned but Hopman had no doubt who sent it. Next day he sought out Burchard and threw the crumpled message in the writer&rsquo;s face, saying, &ldquo;I knew you did this, you dirty so and so.&rdquo;<h2>A Walter Mitty Who Did</h2><h2>Jim Knew &lsquo;Em All</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02385/1948770-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="1167" height="885"><figcaption class="caption-body">Burchard, lower right, interviews players from the 1934 Montreal Canadiens. He talks to late Lome Chabot while Johnny Gagnon listen in the lower left. In the back row, late Howie Morenz looks on with Aurel Joliat and Wildor Larochelle.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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New York Writer Has Done In His Career What Mythical Character Dreamed Of

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03267/1948843-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="536" height="547"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bronco Horvath</figcaption></div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Was Feller faster than Grove? Could Marciano have beaten Louis? Is Brown Harder to stop than Nagurski?Those are sports topics good for argument anytime, anywhere. They-re matters of opinion.Here&rsquo;s another:Is the &ldquo;Like Line&rdquo; better than the &ldquo;Kraut Line&rdquo;?In their three years as a Bruins&rsquo; line the Ukes&mdash;Bronco Horvath, Johnny Bucyk and Vic Stasiuk&mdash;have become the darlings of New England&rsquo;s hockey fans.The Ukes specialize in the spectacular rally, the picture passing play, the fast break on ice.They&rsquo;re the hottest hockey items here since the Krauts.And the coach of the Bruins says they&rsquo;re better than the Krauts.&ldquo;The way they&rsquo;ve been producing for us this season,&rdquo; declared Milt Schmidt, &ldquo;they&rsquo;re better than the Krauts.&ldquo;They&rsquo;re the greatest line I&rsquo;ve ever seen.&rdquo;Schmidt is the creator of the Uke Line, so-called because Bucyk and Stasiuk are of Ukranian ancestry. The Bruins&rsquo; coach assembled the line in pre-season training in 1957.Bucyk, the left wing, had been acquired in a trade with Detroit a few weeks earlier.Horvath, the center, had been bought from Montreal in the offseason draft.Stasiuk, the right wing, had played left wing here for two seasons when Schmidt shifted him.So Schmidt can speak with authority on the ability of the Ukes, who scored 72 goals two years ago, 70 goals last season and 28 goals in the Bruins&rsquo; first 14 games this season.The Bruins&rsquo; boss is also well acquainted with the Kraut Line, which skated here from 1937 to 1947 with time out for service in World War II. Schmidt was the Krauts&rsquo; center, Woody Dumart the left wing, Bobbie Bauer the right wing.As a line the Krauts made 374 goals. 433 assists and 807 points. The three and one-half seasons they lost in the service came when they were in their prime.<h2>&ldquo;Ukes&rdquo; Have Carried Bruins</h2>Are the Ukes better than the Krauts? That&rsquo;s a curve ball question to pitch at Schmidt. A negative answer and he stands accused of being vain, since he led the Krauts. An affirmative answer and those who remember the Krauts leading the Bruins to two Stanley Cups question his sincerity.But Schmidt doesn&rsquo;t dodge questions ever&mdash;and he boosts his own players with his blunt honesty when boosts are in order.Said the coach:&ldquo;Two years ago the Ukes carried us on offense for most of the season, even though the other teams used checking lines against them in game after game.&ldquo;Last season Horvath missed 25 games with a broken jaw, or the line&rsquo;s record would have been improved.&ldquo;This season (after 14 games) the Ukes have been the greatest line I&rsquo;ve ever seen. I mean that. They&rsquo;ve been far better than last year or the year before.&rdquo;Schmidt attributes the improvement he has seen in the Ukes to individual improvement.&ldquo;Horvath has the poise and confidence of a great scorer and he&rsquo;s free of the face mask which bothered him for much of last season,&rdquo; the coach pointed out.&ldquo;Bucyk has become extremely effective at moving the puck into the other team&rsquo;s zone and he doesn&rsquo;t lose it as he once did.&ldquo;And Stasiuk has completed the difficult adjustment to right wing to the point where there&rsquo;s no one better.&rdquo;With one-fifth of the schedule played, the Ukes owned a total of 58 points. They were better than one-quarter of the way to a new Bruins&rsquo; record for points in a season by a line. That record was set at 197 points 15 years ago by a line of Bill Cowley, Herb Cain and Buzz Boll.Horvath with 15 goals was well ahead of the rest of the National League field. At that point in the schedule Bronco had scored in 10 games, making two goals in four different games.That&rsquo;s when Schmidt gave Bronco and his Busters his endorsement as &ldquo;the best ever&rdquo;&mdash;without excluding the Krauts.<h2>Are &ldquo;Ukes&rdquo;&hellip;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06124/1948836-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="540" height="550"><figcaption class="caption-body">Milt Schmidt</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04183/1948829-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="563" height="902"><figcaption class="caption-body">Vic Stasiuk</figcaption></div><h2>&hellip;Better Than&hellip;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0765/1948822-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="545" height="1082"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bauer</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05155/1948815-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="566" height="565"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bucyk</figcaption></div><h2>&hellip;This Trio</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0834/1948808-1-eng-US/f0006-082.jpg" title="f0006-08" width="543" height="551"><figcaption class="caption-body">Woody Dumart</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Schmidt, Ex-Kraut, Calls “Ukes” Better Line Than “Kraut” Trio

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;If the Black Hawks seek any aid from their farm clubs, it&rsquo;s likely to be in the form of a defenseman or two and General Manager Tommy Ivan has the skaters in mind. They&rsquo;re promising youngsters Wayne Hillman, younger brother of Larry and Floyd in the Boston chain, and Rino Robazza.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01488/1948881-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="276" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rino Robazza</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Mind you,&rdquo; Ivan pointed out this week, &ldquo;we don&rsquo;t plan on elevating them as long as we&rsquo;re in the slump we&rsquo;re in and trying to get a few wins in any way. We just don&rsquo;t feel it would be fair to break them in under such circumstances, but you will probably see either or both of them before the season ends.&rdquo;Hillman, over six feet in height and a solid 200 pounds-plus, has just turned pro after playing standout amateur hockey with the St. Catharines TeePees the past three years. Generally regarded as one of Canada&rsquo;s top amateur rearguards the last two years, he&rsquo;s now with Buffalo in the American League.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s by no means a Doug Harvey yet,&rdquo; remarks Ivan, &ldquo;but he plays much like the Canadien rearguard with more speed than you think he&rsquo;d have for his size. He is also much like Doug in that he skates with his head up most of the time and yet knows just where the puck is and is going.&rdquo;<h2>Wayne Better Than Brothers</h2>&ldquo;I have watched him several times at Buffalo and I think he is better than either of his brothers right now, but as I said, we don&rsquo;t want to take the chance of wrecking any young skaters outlook, confidence or what have you by rushing him into a bad or very tough situation.&rdquo;Robazza, a year ahead of Hillman in pro playing tearms, broke in with Calgary in the Western League last season upon graduation from St. Catharines. He is not as well equipped as Hillman in several ways, but has the praise of Hawk Coach Rudy Pilous for &ldquo;his heart.&rdquo;<h2>Another Doug?</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02369/1948874-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="527" height="539"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Hillman</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Tommy Schedules Hawk Trials For 2 Farm Products

CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; management gave Coach Rudy Pilous a vote of confidence last week, as General Manager Tommy Ivan reported that Rudy will not be fired as coach.Under Pilous this year, the Hawks, called for a playoff berth by the experts before the year started, have won only one game and tied a pair.Said Ivan: &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve given no thought to getting a replacement for Rudy Pilous.&rdquo;The Hawks&rsquo; General Manager was commenting on a report that the Chicago management was seriously considering replacing their coach by either veteran Ted Lindsay or Calgary farm coach and manager Gus Kyle. &#9632;

Ivan Denies Pilous To Be Replaced As Hawks’ Coach

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t go overboard on the kid,&rdquo; said Muzz Patrick, prophetically, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s too soon to tell whether he&rsquo;s got it or not.&rdquo;It was late September and the general was telling a reporter to lay low on Eddie Shack, the Rangers&rsquo; blustering left winger who was to be the subject of a magazine story. Today, Shack is in Springfield, his dreams of glory at least temporarily shattered.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02405/1948936-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="286" height="470"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Shack</figcaption></div>Everyone thought it only a matter of time before the husy kid out of Sudbury, Ont., would stand the NHL on its ear. There was a heavy shot, a relentless skating style and plenty of power going for Eddie.Even Gump Worsley, who is as reluctant to give up compliments as he is goals, touted Shack as a potential great when they played together in Providence two season&rsquo;s back.But Eddie never swung into high gear with Rangers. He started on the wrong foot as a holdout in 1958 training camp, did nothing to redeem himself during the season. His most notable effort was a splendid job of shadowing Gordie Howe. Unfortunately, the Blueshirts were paying Shack to score goals and his total of seven tallies was hardly commendable.<h2>Played Him With Everybody</h2>They tried him with everybody, Sullivan, Bathgate, this year with Schinkel and Ingarfield. He had one goal and two assists plus the usual quota of unnecessary penalties. Ironically, two days before he was dispatched to Springfield, Shack was lauded by Toronto writers as one of the best Rangers in a 1-4 loss to the Leafs.This raises the question: why does a player with Shack&rsquo;s talent fail, where less gifted athletes succeed? Patrick had and answer&hellip; Eddie&rsquo;s attitude.&ldquo;Shack was asking to be sent down,&rdquo; Muzz admitted, &ldquo;the way he was playing. Eddie is too big for his boots. He wasn&rsquo;t following instructions. He&rsquo;ll know now he has to do what he&rsquo;s told. I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;ll be back before the end of the season and he&rsquo;ll help us.&rdquo;It didn&rsquo;t take Shack long to get in his coach&rsquo;s or teammates doghouse last season. Once there he locked himself in.Watson objected to Shack&rsquo;s braggadocio, the players often found him uncooperative despite offers on their part to help.&ldquo;We were in the playoffs all the time until he came to the team,&rdquo; said Watson earlier in the campaign.Others marvelled at Shack&rsquo;s assets. Ken Reardon, the Montreal assistant general manager, put a &ldquo;can&rsquo;t miss&rdquo; tag on Eddie last year.Boston g.m. Lynn Patrick thought the same thing but cautioned that it will take Shack longer to develop than the average player &ldquo;Shack looks great until he gets near the net,&rdquo; Lynn said, almost sorrowfully, &ldquo;I think he needs someone to teach him what the goal is for.&rdquo;Perhaps Eddie will learn in Springfield. He started out reasonably well scoring in his second AHL game. It gave his club a 1-1 tie.His boss, Muzz Patrick, has not given up on him. The hope in Rangerville is that Shack has not given up on himself. &#9632;

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“Too Big For Boots” Says Muzz, Shipping Eddie Shack To AHL

<div class="byline">By BUD SMOOTH</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Frustration&hellip; That&rsquo;s the latest and probably best word that can be used in painting a verbal picture of the truly mystifying showing to date of the Black Hawks. The club&rsquo;s sag in National League ratings is as lengthy as any registered in organized hockey in recent years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01439/1948967-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="279" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Litzenberger</figcaption></div>The frustration has set in with countless bad breaks that have, of course, been headed by final scores that just did not seem &lsquo;just&rsquo; at least a half dozen times. &ldquo;In Detroit the newsman described the Red Wing victory as a gift,&rdquo; explaimed Tommy Ivan, Hawk general manager.&ldquo;These past three games were all well-played by the club and we had cur share of scoring chances and them some. But we just couldn&rsquo;t cash in,&rdquo; he added last week as Chicago found its winless streak extended to 13 games via a 3-1 loss to Toronto at home.The Maple Leaf game found the once potent &ldquo;Pappy Line&rdquo; back in action as a unit after missing two games and Capt. Ed Litzenberger, Tod Sloan and Ted Lindsay emerged, though held scoreless, as the best attacking forwards on the ice. &ldquo;Litz&rdquo; and Eric Nesterenko had just completed a week&rsquo;s rest.This forced vacation was just another attempt by Ivan and Coach Rudy Pilous to find a solution to what is rapidly be-coming a crutial situation in Chicago hockey. The layoff seemed to help both men considerably as they played forceful games, but the frustration was still ever present.Obviously feeling that good hockey can not go on unrewarded forever, Pilous said he plans to stick with the same lineup units for at least the present. In Toronto this presented a full four lines in action with results that weren&rsquo;t by any means bad in terms of effort.A new checking line has the veteran Glen Skov between the two Balfours, Murray and Earl. The two other units find the pleasing Phil Maloney between Nesterenko and Bobby Hull and young &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Hay centering for Kenny Wharram and Ron Murphy. Stan Mikita steps in regularly for Sloan and Maloney.CHICAGO CHIPS: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hay journeyed all the way from Calgary to Chicago to see son Bill in action in the NHL for the first time. Charley was a top flight goaltender with th&eacute; old Regina Pats years back.The Chicago Stadium ice continues to be unrivaled in terms of missile attraction and something new arrived during a player fistic battle in the Toronto game last week. Fireworks plopped to the ice near the melee, sparkled briefly and then erupted in a hundred, skyrocket-like sparks. Fortunately, no one was hurt.<h2>Hal&rsquo;s Buy Now, Pay Later Plan Aids Victoria Gate</h2>VICTORIA, B.C.&mdash;What is probably a unique credit card system in sport, is paying off for the Victoria Cougars of the WHL.General Manager Hal Laycoe decided to issue credit cards to fans when the schedule kept the Cougars at home for four games in a week. It put a heavy burden on the fans&rsquo; pocket.The fans have now received a card which enables them to charge a seat they want. They are billed for it at the end of the month.Laycoe reported that he has already issued over 900 of the credit cards since he introduced them three weeks ago.Said Laycoe: &ldquo;One thing it proved is that people were not staying away because they didn&rsquo;t have the money.&rdquo; The GM said he believes his credit system will grow.Victoria drew only 7,000 people to their first three home games. Since the cards were introduced they&rsquo;ve been averaging 2,500 per game. To break even the club must draw 3,000 people per game. &#9632;

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Pilous Sees Signs Of Hawks Snapping Out Of It Shortly

CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;While Captain Ed Litzenberger and Eric Nesterenko were sitting out their forced rest, the Hawks came up with their best game of the year when they held the Canadiens to a 2-2 draw in Montreal. Most Montrealers thought the Injuns deserved a win.And while Nesterenko was resting, there was every indication the Chicago management was trying to make a deal for him.&ldquo;We offered him to the Rangers, but they didn&rsquo;t want him. As a matter of fact no one in the league wants him,&rdquo; says Rudy Pilous. &#9632;

Chi Tries To Deal Nester But No One Is Interested

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03323/1949022-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Ullman</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;It&rsquo;s been many years since anyone other than Gordie Howe has held the &ldquo;Mr. Big&rdquo; title among the Red Wings.Now along comes the twosome of Norm Ullman and Alex Delvecchio, taking over as Detroit&rsquo;s scoring leaders.In one stretch of five games, these two linemates shared at least one goal in each contest. Twice they got all the Detroit goals. Their two-man total for the five-game stretch was seven goals and six assists.It was a particularly impressive performance since the Wings counted only five other tallies over the stretch. In case you weren&rsquo;t looking, Detroit is an ultra-low scoring outfit this season.<h2>Cullen Hasn&rsquo;t Helped Much</h2>They opened up with a 2-2 tie at Montreal, Ullman getting the first and Delvecchio the second. Next came a 2-1 triumph over Chicago with Alex potting the winner. In that 8-3 rout by Boston, Ullman managed one of the tallies. A 2-2 deadlock in Toronto followed with Ullman and Delvecchio each scoring. Ullman counted the eventual tying tally in a 3-3 affair with New York.The aggregate was four goals, four assists for Ullman plus three goals and two assists for Delvecchio.Lost in the shuffle was their regular linemate, Barry Cullen. Suffering with numerous injuries, Cullen has not been able to patrol his wing on a full-time basis. Still he came up with three assists. Others who saw right-wing action in Cullen&rsquo;s spot were John McKenzie, Len Lunde and Jack McIntyre.It is no surprise to find Ullman and Delvecchio in the front ranks among snipers on this team.Delvecchio is a nine-year regular who hit the season with 140 goals after twice topping the 20-goal plateau&mdash;his current aim again after just 19 last season. An established center, he is working left wing on a full-time basis now.Ullman is the stocky little center who picked up 70 goals his first four seasons here. He was over the 20-goal mark both of the last two seasons.There&rsquo;s no question around here about the veteran Howe being the mainstay of the Detroit team.<h2>Norm&rsquo;s Goal A Picture One</h2>But there also is no secret that any ambitions the Wings have for getting back into the playoffs again depend upon Howe getting support from others&mdash;and Ullman and Delvecchio are the leadoff men.Ullman is credited with the fanciest one-man scoring operation on Olympia ice this season&hellip; It was his unassisted effort for a picture goal in a 3-3 tie with Rangers.Toiling at his speciality of fore-checking, Ullman poked the puck away from New York captain Red Sullivan and fired a quick 30-footer, Bill Badsby dropped and blocked it with his chest, Gump Worsley snaked out to get the loose puck but Ullman hooked it away from both Gadsby and Worsley, flashed across the goal mouth and backhanded home a 10-footer that beat the scrambling Ranger goalie.ICE CHIPS&hellip; The surprise team in the league with their five straight victories early, the Wings went into a skid which saw them win only once in eight games&hellip; Yet they stayed among the NHL leaders thanks to a flock of ties&mdash;four deadlocks in the eight-game stretch.When the Detroiters had a bad night, they went all the way&hellip; It ended in an 8-3 beating from Boston, which scored five times in the middle period&hellip;Until that game Terry Sawchuk never had allowed more than three goals in any game and had permitted a total of only 15 in 11 games.Lewis H. Walter, long-time hockey writer for the Detroit Times, began his account of that game the next day with this lead:&ldquo;For 11 games goalie Terry Sawchuk played in the Detroit nets like a quiz expert with all the answers in his hip pocket. But when the Boston Bruins broke into his isolation booth at Olympia last night, they found that without some outside help Sawchuk has to be a loser.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Norm, Alex Swipe “Mr. Big” Titles In Wings’ Takeoff

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Gordie Howe passed another scoring milestone when he registered his 1,000th point as a Red Wing.After scoring a goal in the Nov. 5 game against Boston for point No. 999, Howe quickly added an assist to reach the 1,000 mark. The veteran right winger&rsquo;s total then read 460 goals and 540 assists, of which 36 goals and 48 assists came in playoffs.Howe was only the second player in National Hockey League history to reach the 1,000 level. Montreal&rsquo;s Rocket Richard did it two years ago and Richard had a total of 1,062 the night Howe hit 1,000. &#9632;

Howe Second Player in NHL History To Hit 1,000 Mark

<h2>Wings Called The Least</h2>The Detroit Red Wings, once the league&rsquo;s tough guys, were assessed the least misconduct penalties during the 1958-59 season. They collected only three during the year. They also had the least minutes in penalties when referees called but 613 total minutes against them. Boston, the league&rsquo;s tough team, had the least majors with ten.<h2>Hawks Real Badmen</h2>The Chicago Black Hawks picked up the most misconduct penalties during the 1958-59 season. The Hawks were assessed no fewer than 17 10 minute penalties for misconduct. The Canadiens had the most major penalties when the incurred 21. The Hawks had the most minors dung the year. They had 338 called against them.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2>(Standings On Mon., A.&Mu;., Nov. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04256/1949168-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="591" height="193"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01473/1949161-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="611" height="2724"></div><h3>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1959-60</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02406/1949154-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="600" height="263"></div><h3>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS:</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03326/1949147-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="595" height="165"></div><h3>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Toronto 3 at Chicago 1</h3>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Brewer, Baun, Regume, Horton, McNeil, Stanley; forwards: Armstrong, Regan, Duff, Stewart, Hampson, Harris, Olmstead, Ehman, Edmundson, Pullford, Mahovlich, J. Wilson.Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; forwards: Arbour, St. Laurent, Pilote, Vasko, Evans; forwards: Lindsay, Sloan, Litzenberger, &Mu;. Balfour, Murphy, Hay, Skov, Nesterenko, Hull, Wharram, Maloney, E. Balfour, Mikita.Referee: Ed Powers; linesmen: Geo Hayes, Neil Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05198/1949140-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="595" height="470"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Boston 3 at New York 6</h3>Boston&mdash;Goal: Simmons; defense: Aimstrong, Boivin, Flaman, Mohns, Erickson, Ward; forwards: Horvath, Stasiuk, Bucyk, McKenney, Labine, Mackell, Toppazzini, Gendron, Leach, Meissner, Mickoski.New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Hanna, Fontinato, Cushenan, Howell, Gadsby, Price; forwards: Sullivan, Henry, Hebenton, Sweeney, Bathgate, Macdonald, Cullen, Prentice, Schinkel, Popein, Batlett, Inqarfield.Referee: Frank Udvari; linesmen: Jack Paterson, Loring Doolittle.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06161/1949133-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="595" height="809"></div><h3>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Toronto 0 at Montreal 3</h3>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Horton, Stanley, Reaume, Macneil, Brewer, Baun; forwards: Pulford, Stewart, Olmstead, Regan, Duff, Armstrong, Hampson, Harris, Ehman, Wilson, Edmundson, Mahovlich.Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Langlois, Johanson, Talbot, Tremblay; forwards: H. Richard, &Mu;. Richard, Moore, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Bonin, Backstrom, Hicke, McDonald, Goyette, Provost, Pronovost, Marshall.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07133/1949126-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="582" height="341"></div><h3>Detroit 6 at Boston 5</h3>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Kelly, Morrison, Goegan, Pronovost, Dodfrey; forwards: Howe, Lunde, Aldcorn, Cullen, Delvecchio, Fonteyne, W. McNeill, McIntyre, Kennedy, McKenzie.Boston&mdash;Goal: Simmons; defense: Flaman, Mohns, Armstrong, Ericksen, Ward, Boivin; forwards: Mackell, Leach, Toppazzini, Stasiuk, Horvath, Bucyk, Mickowski, Burns, Labine, McKenney, Meissner, Gendron.Referee: Vern Buffey; linesmen: Neil Armstrong. Georae Hayes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-08114/1949119-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="597" height="791"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Boston 1 at Montreal 8</h3>Boston&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Armstrong, Boivin, Flaman, Mohns, Erickson, Ward; forwards: Leach, Toppozzirri, Mackell, Horvath, Stasiuk, Bucyk, McKenny, Labine, Gendron, Mickoski, Meissner.Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Langlois, Johnson, Talbot; forwards: H. Richard, &Mu;. Richard, Moore, Beliveau, Geofirion, Bonin, Backstrom, Hicke, McDonald, Goyette, Provost, Pronovost. Marshall.Referee: Dalton McArthur, linesmen: Georges Hayes, Dave Clutsam.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0994/1949112-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="600" height="819"></div><h3>Chicago 3 at Toronto 3</h3>Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Arbour, Evans, St. Laurent, Pilote, Vasko, forwards: Murphy, Nesterenko, Hull, Sloan, &Mu;. Balfour, E. Balfour, Wharram, Skcv, Hay.Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Horton, Stanley, Baun, Brewer, Reaume; forwards: Regan, Duff, Armstrong, Pulford, Stewart, Olmstead, Harris, Ehman, Mahovlich, Hampson, Edmundson, Wilson.Referee: Frank Udvari; linesmen: Neil Armstrong, lack Patterson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1080/1949105-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="598" height="576"></div><h3>Detroit 4 at New York 0</h3>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Kelly, Morrison, Pronovost, Godfrey, Coegan; forwards: Ullman, Barry, Cullan,Delvecchio, Howe, Aldcorn, Lunde, Fonteyne, McNeill, McIntyre, Kennedy, McKenzie.New York&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Gadsby, Hanna, Howell, Fontinato, Cusheman, Price; forwards: Sullivan, Hebenton, Henry, Sweeney, Bathgate, Prentice, Popein, Bartlett, Schinkel, Ingarfield, Brian, Cullen, Macdonald.Referee: Powers; linesmen: Morrison, Frampton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1168/1949098-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="592" height="401"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Montreal 4 at Boston 1</h3>Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante: defense: Harvey, Langlois, Johnson, Talbot; forwards: H. Richard, &Mu;. Richard, Marshall, Beliveau, Moore, Bonin, Goyette, Prevost, Pronovost, Hicks, McDonald, Backstrom.Boston&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Flaman, Mohns, Armstrong, Boivin, Ward, Erickson; forwards: Horvath, Stasiuk, Bucyk, McKenney, Labine, Gendron, Leach Toppazzini, Mackell, Meissner, Mickoski.Referee: Eddie Powers; linesmen: George Hayes, Dave Clutsam.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1252/1949091-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="599" height="534"></div><h3>Detroit 3 at Chicago 5</h3>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Kelly, Coegan, Godfrey, Morrison; forwards: Cullen, Ullman, Delvecchio, Howe, Aidcorn, Fonteyne, Mc Neil, McIntyre, Kennedy, Lunde, McKenzie, Oliver.Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Arbcur, Evans, Pilote, Vasko, St. Laurent; forwards: Nesterenko, Hull, Murphy, Lindsay, Murray, Balfour, Sloan, Hay, Litzenberger, Skov, Wharren, Maloney, Earl, Balfour, Mikita.Referee: Frank Udvari, Linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Jack Paterson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1343/1949084-1-eng-US/f0008-132.jpg" title="f0008-13" width="616" height="702"></div><h3>Toronto 2 at New York 2</h3>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Horton, Stanley, Reaume, Brewer, Baun; for. wards: Regan, Duff, Armstrong, Stewart, Hampson, Harris, Olmstead, Ehman, Wilson, Pulford, Mahovlich.New York&mdash;Goal Worsley; defense: Gadsby, Hanna, Cushnan, Howell, Fontinato, Price; forwards: Sweeney, Bathgate Prentice, Sullivan, Ingarfield, Hebenton, Cullen, Macdonald, Schinkel, Henry, Bartlett, Popein.Referee: Vera Buffey, linesmen: Bill Morrison, Bob Frampton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1431/1949077-1-eng-US/f0008-142.jpg" title="f0008-14" width="590" height="437"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;A state of amiable hostility exists between manager - coach Punch Imlach and his Leaf players A stranger who walked into one of their workouts would think the team is torn with dissension. The language the players use on Imlach is almost as profane as the language he uses on them.All the shouting and cursing is based on healthy respect. The players believe in Imlach. If he orders extra wind sprints, they may complain loudly but they&rsquo;ll do them as though their very lives depended on it.At one practice lately, Imlach, coaching from the box seats, laughed aloud when goalie John Bower berated Ted Hampson for shooting a puck past his skull.Bower pitched his goal stick at Imlach and shouted: &ldquo;Here, you try stopping a few of those high, hard ones&rdquo;.But just don&rsquo;t try knocking Imlach in Bower&rsquo;s presence. &#9632;

Amiable Hostility Exists Between Leafs And Imlach

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Assitant General Manager King Clancy of the Toronto Maple Leafs once called Goaler Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens one of the greatest of all time, and the player who could spell the difference between a playoff position and a fifth place finish for any NHL team.On the other hand General Manager Lynn Patrick of the Boston Bruins is inclined to give Plante&rsquo;s defense more credit than Jacques for the Habs&rsquo; brilliant goals against record. &ldquo;That club might finish last if you could ever get any shots at Plante,&rdquo; Patrick was once quoted as saying. Such are the divided opinions of the colorful Montreal goaler. A slim, poker-faced individual with nerves of iron, Plante is once again proving to the experts that Clancy is right&mdash;Jacques rates as one of the best.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1516/1949223-1-eng-US/f0008-152.jpg" title="f0008-15" width="268" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Plante</figcaption></div>After six weeks of action Plante once again was leading the Vezina Trophy race with the fewest goals against. Six weeks ago he was over 20 behind Terry Sawchuk.Three weeks ago Jacques was hit on the mouth by a flying disc. It happened in the first period in New York. After being stitched Plante returned to the ice wearing a full-face mask he designed. It was the first time in NHL history that a goaler had worn a mask in regular play. That was six games ago. The Canadiens haven&rsquo;t lost a game since he decided to wear it. In those six games Plante allowed just seven goals. He racked up one shutout, and allowed two goals against Chicago in a 2-2 draw.Last week the Canadiens played three games and won them all. Plante, allowing two goals in those games, was brilliant as the Canadiens whipped the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 and then followed up by knocking off the Boston Bruins twice 8-1 and 4-1.Some of the experts will tell you that anyone could play goal for the Canadiens, considering the defense out in front. However, this lean Frenchman must have something. He&rsquo;s won the Vezina Trophy four years in a row and had a spectacular 2.01 goal against average in 321 NHL games, starting the current year. In his last three seasons he&rsquo;s racked up 27 shutouts, high for the league in each case. &#9632;

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Jacques Plante……Montreal Canadiens

<h2>Migay Nets 300th Point</h2>Rudy Migay, veteran captain of the Rochester Americans scored the 300th point of his AHL career, when he registered a goal against the Hershey Bears in Hershey on November 7. Migay has also accounted for 151 points in 417 games with the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs.<h2>Fred Glover Likes Americans</h2>Freddie Glover of the Cleveland Barons is making quite a habit of scoring against the Rochester Americans this season. He collected both Barons&rsquo; goals in his club&rsquo;s 8-2 loss at Rochester on October 13. He then scored four in Barons 8-7 overtime win, also in Rochester, November 8.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2>(Standings On Tues., A.&Mu;., Nov. 17)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01458/1949345-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="602" height="216"></div><h3>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Hershey 3 at Providence 2</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02432/1949338-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="589" height="579"></div><h3>Springfield 7 at Quebec City 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03380/1949331-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="599" height="739"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Rochester 4 at Buffalo 7</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04320/1949324-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="599" height="788"></div><h3>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Buffalo 2 at Rochester 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05252/1949317-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="597" height="497"></div><h3>Hershey 2 at Springfield 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06215/1949310-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="598" height="579"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Rochester 3 at Cleveland 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07198/1949303-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="589" height="449"></div><h3>Quebec 0 at Hershey 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08184/1949296-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="585" height="370"></div><h3>Providence 2 at Springfield 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09180/1949289-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="600" height="451"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Quebec 3 at Providence 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10166/1949282-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="595" height="495"></div><h3>Buffalo 1 at Cleveland 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11143/1949275-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="595" height="522"></div><h3>Springfield 3 at Rochester 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12111/1949268-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="584" height="348"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Including Games Of Sun., Nov. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1481/1949261-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="598" height="371"></div><h2>(LEADERS)</h2>Most Gcals&mdash;Floyd Smith, Spr., 11.Most Assists&mdash;Art Stratton, Spr., 18.Most Penalized Player&mdash;Ron Hurst, Hers., 67 mts.Most Penalized Club&mdash;Hershey, 415 mts.<h2>(GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1563/1949254-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="598" height="320"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;As the Springfield Indians moved out in front of the American Hockey League, their ace right winger Floyd Smith was leaving the rest of the AHL snipers behind in the individual scoring race.Smith, a 24&#8210;year old chattel of the Boston Bruins for many years, swept to the front of the race by scoring four goals and adding four assists last week, in four games. His league leading total was 11 goals and 17 assists for 28 points. His 11 goals was high in the league as well.This is Floyd&rsquo;s fifth season in the pro hockey ranks. He graduated from the Galt Red Wings of the Ontario Junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; League in 1955-56, and joined the Hershey Bears that season. In 1954-55 he was given a three game trial by the Bruins and in his initial trial under the big tent he picked up one assist.He had a second whirl in the big time with the Bruins in 1956-57, when he performed in 23 games. He didn&rsquo;t hit the score sheet once, and was dispatched to Hershey again.Smith was never noted as a scorer until he hit the Springfield Indians&rsquo; lineup. Then he suddenly developed into the goal scorer he was as a junior.In 1957-58 he scored 25 goals with the Indians and last season he duplicated the feat. In his first year with the Braves he also picked up 50 assists for a total of 75 points. Last season he garnered 32 assists for 57 points.This season looks as though he might pass both those years.The 5&rsquo;9&rdquo;, 155 pounder from Perth, Ontario went on quite a spree last week. He hit the score sheet in three of the Indians&rsquo; four games.On November 10th he scored two goals and added one assist for a three point night as the Indians swamped the Quebec Aces 7-3. Two nights later he picked up a pair of assists as the Braves beat the Hershey Bears 4-2. On November 15th, he had a hand in all the Injuns&rsquo; goals as they defeated the Rochester Americans 3-1. He scored a pair and picked up an assist.This looks like it could be the finest season in Springfield&rsquo;s history. They&rsquo;ve been waiting a long time for a winner, and as long as Smith keeps potting them the Indians&rsquo; fans will have something to cheer about. And by the looks of it the only thing that will stop him from bagging more will be elevation to the National League. And that might come sooner than you think. &#9632;

Floyd Smith……Springfield Indians

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Other teams in the American Hockey League are finding the 1959-60 Rochester Americans a much more difficult team to match lines with than last season&rsquo;s Amerk aggregation.If a team stopped the (W)HAM Line of Billy Hicke, Gary Aldcorn and Rudy Migay last season, they stopped the Amerks. That trio accounted for 102 of Rochester&rsquo;s 242 goals. And adding in what the defensemen netted, the (W)HAM Line contributed about half of the entire output by an assorted forward group numbering 20 other skaters who were here for varying lengths of time.But balance is the identifying feature of the Americans this season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1398/1949400-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="267" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Chadwick</figcaption></div>For the first 11 games, Rochester collected 49 goals&mdash;with the Dave Creighton-Stan Smrke-Bob Nevin line accounting for 17, the Migay-Pat Hannigan-Dick Van Impe line collecting 15, and Cecil Hoekstra, Guy Rousseau and their third man totaling 16. Gary Collins, Bill Saunders, Hank Ciesla and Reg Fleming all have done some work with Hoekstra and Rousseau. The other Rochester goal was scored by defenseman Dick Mattiussi.It&rsquo;s true that a few of the above goals were scored on a power play, but it all averages out the same anyway.In addition to being able to score (49 goals in 11 games is an average of nearly 4&frac12; per contest) the well-balanced Rochester squad had been given excellent defensive work by player-coach Steve Kraftcheck, rookie Dick Mattiussi and goalie Ed Chadwick. Until Cleveland exploded for eight goals here in an 8-7 overtime win on Nov. 8, Chad had been touched for only 20 goals in 10 starts and had allowed only eight goals in seven previous home games.The Cleveland victory ended the Americans&rsquo; undefeated home streak at 22 games. Rochester hadn&rsquo;t lost a league game on the War Memorial ice here since Jan. 16 and had won all seven previous home starts this year.It must have seemed funny to Gilles Boisvert, Cleveland goalie, when he skated on the ice here that night. You see Boisvert was the spare netminder for the Amerks from Feb. 14 to the end of the season in 1957. He played one period in the goal&mdash;but that was in Buffalo in the final game of the campaign. So Boisvert, who sat around the Memorial as a member of the Amerks for more than a month, never had played in an AHL games here until he came in with the Barons.<h2>Ciesla Gets His First</h2>Hank Ciesla, acquired recently by Toronto from the New York Rangers and sent to the Amerks, made his first appearance in the minor leagues here against Providence on Nov. 6. Hank made the jump from junior hockey to the National League in 1955.Always a center in previous years, Ciesla is being used on defense by the Americans. But 10minute misconduct penalties to Hannigan and Saunders left the Amerks short of forwards for a spell against Cleveland, and Hank moved back up front. He promptly scored a pretty goal that started an Amerk third-period rally.In the it&rsquo;s hard to figure department try this: Friday night&mdash;Rochester beats Providence here, 8-1; Saturday night&mdash;Providence beats Cleveland, 4-0, in Cleveland; Sunday night&mdash;Cleveland beats Rochester, 8-7, here. &#9632;

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Same Power, But Spread Around Is Story Of Americans’ Success

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.-Like the magician who pulled a trumpet playing elephant out of his hat, the Buffalo Bisons have forced their audiences and opponents to sit up and take notice this American Hockey League season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01472/1949431-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="287" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dit Clapper</figcaption></div>And, too, like the absent-minded professor who left his raincoat in his locker, the Bisons have been inundated by their own mistakes, mental and physical.Take for example, a recent four-game span. Coach Dit Clapper&rsquo;s crew belabored the Cleveland Barons twice in as many nights, then took a pair of comfortable wins from Quebec on the Aces&rsquo; home ice.But just as the applause was reaching its peak, and the elephant was trumpeting &ldquo;Happy Days Are Here Again,&rdquo; the Bisons suffered a memory lapse.Springfield bested the Bisons by three goals. The next night, Providence rained nine shots into the Buffalo net as the fundamentals of skating and checking were left in the dressing room by the Bisons.What does the future hold? Will the Bisons be magicians or faulty thinking professors?Clapper, who made audiences and opponents take notice of him through a 20-year career with Boston, isn&rsquo;t likely to standstill for the professor routine.Prior to departing for the four-game road trip which began in Quebec and ended in Providence, he made it clear that he&rsquo;s now ready to assert himself as coach.After a 10 year absence from the game, Clapper &ldquo;felt&rdquo; his way along in training camp, studying the changes in style of play as well as player makeup.He made no drastic moves, preferring to let the players get to know him without the barrier the drive-them-till-they-drop type coach erects.&ldquo;But now we&rsquo;ve had time to get acquainted,&rdquo; he stated, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;m ready to make things uncomfortable for the fellow Who desn&rsquo;t think in terms of winning effort.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s all I ask. The best that is in each individual. What some have to offer may not be much better than what another can accomplish by half-hearted effort.&ldquo;But it will be the fellow who tries that will play. The other fellow will sit&mdash;or pay, right out of the pocket.&ldquo;I figured it out. A forward who plays a regular trick in all 72 of our games puts in only a full 24 hours during the season.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not asking too much of any hockey player to give full return for his pay check over that period. And, I&rsquo;m not asking for it&mdash;I&rsquo;m demanding.&rdquo;Bison Briefs&hellip; As the Bisons left for their recent road trip, defenseman Rino Robazza was optioned to Sault Ste. Marie in the Eastern Pro League. He had been used sparingly in five games&hellip;Pete Conacher, who made the trip after signing, did not see action but worked out every day&hellip;The bad start of the parent Chicago Black Hawks continues to hold up plans to dispatch a forward to the Bisons. &#9632;

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Herd Flickers, Then Sags; Dit Ready To Roll Heads

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div>CLEVELAND, O&mdash;Gil Mayer will go back into act on in the Cleveland nets, his shattered jaw protected by a specially designed mask. It will be aluminum, padded inside with foam rubber.Mayer&rsquo;s jaw was shattered in five places when struck by a shot from the stick of Eddie (Spider) Mazur during a Cleveland workout two weeks ago.The mask designed for Mayer, will be different than anything seen before. Unlike the protection worn by Montreal&rsquo;s Jacques Plante, the Mayer mask does not cover the entire face. It has been designed to afford protection for the jaws and nose.An original mask of plastic, designed by Cleveland Dr. Robert E. Gneuhs, will be replaced by an aluminum creation which will weigh only five ounces. Mayer expects to use it for the entire season. Dr. Gneuhs performed an unusual operation on Mayer, using surgery to do a direct wiring job on the bone. The mask is T-shaped across the forehead and down the nose, blossoming out to either side of the jaw with butterflys.With Mayer out of action, the Barons have floundered. The Cleveland hockey club, playing with stop-gap goalies, was swamped with 38 goals in seven games.Don Rigazio, the top-flight amateur goalie who serves as spare netminder for the Barons, was showered with 22 goals in the three-games he played.Gilles Boisvert, obtained on loan from Sudbury, fished 16 biscuits out of the coop during a four-game tour of duty.All of the Cleveland troubles did not stem from their goaltending, however. There was a glaring weakness on the part of the defense. Loose pucks roamed the danger zone in front of the Cleveland cage as the Cleveland defenders stumbled and groped pathetically.A solid oak barricade would have trembled and splintered under the impact of some of the attacks that eluded the Barons&rsquo; defenders.General Manager Jim Hendy continued rushing about the Canadian front seeking someone who might help the cause of the beleaguered Barons.There was reason to suspect that the return of Mayer would in itself transform the Barons into a much tougher club. Mayer&rsquo;s average of 3.22 is considerably more impressive than the 4.10 held by his two replacements.But even the loose defensive play could not cast a pall over the brilliance of Captain Fred (No Kid) Glover.The veteran right wing, who was benched by his close friend, Coach Jackie Gordon, for part of one game late in October, came roaring back to lead the Barons with a thrilling exhibition of hockey skill.Gordon benched Glover because the Cleveland captain was continuously becoming involved with the officials. Glover was ringing up a costly list of misconducts.But the tough, relentless winger reacted to the reprimand admirably. He drew only one minor penalty in the next five games and on the night of Sunday, November 8 at Rochester flashed his natural brilliance.In a game won by the Barons. 8-7. Glover rammed four goals past Ed Chadwick, capping the burst with a &ldquo;sudden death&rdquo; thrust that brought victory to Cleveland and the first defeat to Rochester in 23 regular season games on their War Memorial ice.Hendy&rsquo;s success or failure in searching for help, of course, would be a vital factor in determining how soon the Barons could make a move from the depths.But whether or not help came, many of Gordon&rsquo;s problems would certainly be alleviated by the return of two players named Mayer and Bill (The Destroyer) Shevtz, sidelined for several games with a knee injury.<h2>Fitted For A&nbsp;&ldquo;T&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02403/1949462-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="557" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gil Mayer</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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GA Soar, Barons Rush Gil Back To Webbing

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04256/1949493-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg"></div>Here&rsquo;s a handy pocket-size rule book that&rsquo;s perfect for checking all questions. Fill in coupon below and enclose 25 cents for handling and mailing. &#9632;

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RULE BOOKS AVAILABLE

<div class="byline">By BUSTER CLEGG</div>PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;What creates interest in any sport is a keen rivalry between competing teams. Over the years, the American Hockey League has developed several of these rivalries, outstanding of which is the classic season series between the Rhode Island Reds and the Springfield Indians.In the New England area, then, representing minor league hockey, the AHL has developed two of the most historically colorful and spectacular hockey towns in the country. With a distance of approximately only 80 miles seperating these two enthusiastic hockey cities, it is no wonder the Springfield-Providence rivalry, considered by some the hottest rivalry in hockey, has reached its great intensity.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03336/1949524-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="288" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pat Egan</figcaption></div>The more physical proximity of the two cities&mdash;the short jump from Springfield to Providence&mdash;has called for the scheduling practice of weekend doubleheaders on a home-and-home basis. These weekend series have become something of a legend in the AHL. The Saturday night game at the Springfield Coliseum&mdash;Reds vs. Indians&mdash;is as matter-of-fact as Saturday pork and beans. The return journey to the R. I. Auditorium on Sunday&mdash;Indians vs. Reds&mdash;is as natural as the Sunday afternoon drive. Fans in both cities think nothing of travelling 80 miles into enemy territory to watch their favorites.During World War II, Springfield dropped from the AHL, hushing the rivalry for 4 full seasons until the Indians returned in 1946-47. The rivalry gained momentum from that point, with such colorful stars as Springfield&rsquo;s Gordie Tottle and Sam Casanato, and the Reds&rsquo; Chuck Scherza and Roger Bedard wheeling out wild, action-filled performances, drawing hoots and jeers from partisan enemy audience.The great rivalry was again interrupted and almost destroyed in 1951-52 when the Indian franchise was shifted to Syracuse, N.Y. For the next three seasons Eddie Shore&rsquo;s hockey club operated out of the N.Y. town, and again the rivalry was hushed.AHL hockey returned to Springfield, Mass. in 1954-55, the great restoration began, and interest picked up in both cities as a result of the shift. Inducing a rebirth of the old rivalry was the inception of the Tommy Filmore Memorial Trophy, to be given to the season series winner each year.The Springfield-Providence rivalry should reach an all-time high this season. As top farm club of the Rangers, Springfield has the playing services of such talent as Marcel Paille, Bill McCreary, Eddie Shack, and Bruce Cline, all former Reds who played at Providence two years ago when the Rhody capitol was affiliated with the Blueshirts of Broadway. To add to the Indian-Red flavor, coaching at Springfield is Pat Egan, ex-Reds&rsquo; player and coach and one of the most colorful persons in the AHL. Those factors alone should assure the continuance of the hottest rivalry in hockey. &#9632;

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Reds-lndians Rivalry Flashes Across Short 80 Mile Horizon

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1485/1949670-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="537" height="664"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marc Boileau</figcaption></div>SEATTLE, Wash.&mdash;Marc Boileau, Seattle right winger, took over first place in the individual scoring race the past week with 22 points on 11 goals and the same number of assists. Marc&rsquo;s eleven goals ties him for the leading goal getter with Sid Finney of Calgary. Rudy Filion of Seattle leads the playmakers with 15 assists and is second in scoring with 21 points.Art Jones of Victoria and Warren Hynes of Edmonton have scored the most game winning goals, 3 each. Ray Cyr and Danny Belisle of Vancouver have assisted in 3 game winning goals each to lead in this department. Art Jones of Victoria has scored five goals when the opposition was shorthanded due to penalties.Hank Bassen of Vancouver regained first place in the goalkeepers standings the past week and now has a goals against average of 2.25 per game against Marcel Pelletier 2.33. Bassen also picked up his second shutout of the season blanking Victoria 6-0 Friday night in Vancouver. Pelletier has made the most saves, 434 in 15 games.Larry Cahan of Vancouver continues to set the pace for the bad-men and now has spent 56 minutes in the cooler. Frank Arnett of Seattle is a close second with 50 minutes against him. &#9632;

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Marc Boileau Moves Into 1st In Shuffle Of WHL Scoring Bottlers

<div class="byline">by KAYE CORBETT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1566/1949701-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="238" height="365"></div>Ladies and&hellip; men, Norman Robert (Bud) Poile would like to say a few words.Mr. Poile if you please&hellip;&ldquo;Girls hinder the careers of modern professional athletes.&rdquo;Is that so?&ldquo;Yes, it&rsquo;s very seldom today that you&rsquo;ll find even a young pro athlete who is obsessed with improving himself and his team.&rdquo;&ldquo;His mind is on too many other things, and it&rsquo;s the so-called weaker sex I blame. Specifically, wives and girl-friends in a desire to become &lsquo;social butterflies&rsquo; keep players out late at dances, parties and movies.&rdquo;Mr. Poile, general manager and coach of the WHL&rsquo;s Edmonton Flyers told this to a businessmen&rsquo;s association meet the other day.After hearing about the speech, Calgary Stampeder bossman Gus Kyle continued the two coaches&rsquo; rivalry with the tongue-in-the-cheek remark: &ldquo;That guy&rsquo;s jealous, when he was young the girls threw stones at him.&rdquo;A witty comment credited to Poile occured recently, seems Flyer defenceman Dave Amadio tried to ram Stamps&rsquo; Jackie McLeod in front of the Flyer bench. McLeod pulled up fast and Amadio missed. Poile then leaned over and yelled at Kyle: &ldquo;Eh, Gus pass me a shield, there&rsquo;s a lot of snow coming in here.&rdquo;DIS AND DAT: Eddie Dorohoy who toils for Vancouver is only 11 shy of having 800 points in WHL play&hellip; Seattle&rsquo;s Guyle Fielder already has passed the 700 mark while Calgary Sid Finney has 504&hellip; of the newer crop of rookies this season Winnipeg&rsquo;s Norm Waslawski seems the most promising, Calgary&rsquo;s Jim Brown from the University of Denver also has been impressive&hellip; Warriors Elliot (Specs) Chorley has been skating himself into shape he&rsquo;s lost 17 pounds since the season started&hellip; also in Alf Pikes&rsquo; camp, rearguard Bill Folk has been sidelined with a very badly bruised ankle.Dallis Beck, Winnipeg Tribune&rsquo;s shinny writer passes on this information&hellip;Winnipeg&rsquo;s GM Jack Perrin has said several times that there might be a western division to the National Hockey League found out recently Vancouver&rsquo;s Art Chapman agrees with him.&ldquo;Of course this could happen,&rdquo; Chapman said. &ldquo;Never mind distances, this is a small world and the age of the airplane. They didn&rsquo;t have much trouble running off a world series between Chicago and Los Angeles did they?&ldquo;It&rsquo;s strictly a case of rinks,&rdquo; Chapman said. &ldquo;Rinks are built or being built in L.A. Portland and Seattle and it shouldn&rsquo;t be too long before the NHL stretches from coast to coast.&rdquo;Could be. &#9632;

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Western Roundup

<div class="byline">By LARRY ROSE</div>VICTORIA, B.C.&mdash;As one of a vanishing race of colorful personalities who make their living from professional hockey, Norman (Bud) Poile is also a modest, self-styled authority on women.It was only a few days ago that Poile addressed a businessmen&rsquo;s association meeting in his capacity as general manager and coach of Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League.Poile&rsquo;s subject was women and their effect on modern professional athletes. He gave a vivid and wordy description of how girl friends and wives hinder athletes, mainly hockey players.The following quote from Poile&rsquo;s address summed up his opinion on the matter and appeared in newspapers from coast to coast.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s very seldom that you&rsquo;ll find even a young pro athlete who is obsessed with improving himself and his team. His mind is on too many other things, and it is the so-called weaker sex I blame.&rdquo;Poile gave several examples such as players shopping with their wives, dances, parties, movies, baby-sitting.Many will agree with Poile. One who will not is manager-coach Hal Laycoe of the Victoria Cougars who played against Poile while in the National Hockey League.&ldquo;What&rsquo;s that man going to do next to get his name in the papers?&rdquo; roared Laycoe when he read the item.Laycoe paused from his regular activities for an hour at Memorial Arena and, while confessing he is far from an authority on women, readily gave his views.&ldquo;There may be some hockey players who let their outside interests have an adverse affect on their hockey but this happens to sportswriters, insurance salesmen, clerical workers and men in all occupations,&rdquo; mused Laycoe.&ldquo;Life is based on moderation. I don&rsquo;t know of any sport where an athlete needs to relax more than in professional hockey and that&rsquo;s where dances, parties and movies actually help them.&rdquo;Laycoe continued, &ldquo;As far as I&rsquo;m concerned, the best kind of hockey player is the one with a steady girl friend or with a wife and family. In my four years of managing, I&rsquo;ve had far less difficulty with the married men.&rdquo;&ldquo;Single players just don&rsquo;t have enough interests in which to occupy their spare time.&rdquo;<h2>Friend Of Female</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01458/1949732-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="559" height="590"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hal Laycoe</figcaption></div>Laycoe conceded Poile one point. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll buy Bud&rsquo;s claim that shopping doesn&rsquo;t help the players. A good place to lose a hockey game is marching through a department store. I think there should be a clause in a player&rsquo;s contract stating that he can&rsquo;t go shopping with his wife or girl friend,&rdquo; said Laycoe.Poile also contended that players inclined to relax more while on road trips. Laycoe teed off on that one.&ldquo;Why is it that every club in pro hockey has a far better record at home than on the road? Maybe they do what Poile thinks is right while on the road but they don&rsquo;t accomplish half as much,&rdquo; stated Laycoe.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m of the opinion that girl friends and wives have helped more players reach the National Hockey League than they have kept out.&rdquo;&ldquo;If I remember right, Bud Poile did his share of courting and it&rsquo;s funny that he should bring up this matter the way he did,&rdquo; added Hall.The Victoria coach&rsquo;s final words may make him a lifelong enemy of Poile but they couldn&rsquo;t be ignored.Laycoe finished with, &ldquo;If I didn&rsquo;t know Bud was happily married with a wonderful wife and family, I would think those were the words of a fella who had just lost his best girl to a hockey player.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Laycoe Debunks Bud’s Theory That Females Hinder Ice Athletes

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div>STRATFORD, Ont.-It would appear that there are two teams in senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey which are having trouble of a different nature. Belleville, for instance, had won but one game in their first ten, and then goalie Gordie Bell, who played so brilliantly for them during the World tournament at Prague, Czechoslovakia last February, may have had his hockey career cut short. Belle suffered a lacerated eyeball when struck by a flying puck, and like Howie Lee, former Kitchener Dutchmen defenceman, has a black spot in front of the injured optic and only has 30 per cent vision. Belleville used their trainer and sub-goalie in one game and the opposition parked ten pucks behind him.To add to their grief, Belleville has been angling for the services of goalie Marve Edwards, who accompanied them to the 1959 World tourney, but Kitchener Dutchmen claim that Edwards is signed and registered as a member of their club, although he has been playing &ldquo;illicitly&rdquo;, the Kitchener club contends, with Milwaukee of the International League.The Dutchmen are prepared to release Edwards when they get $150 they figure it cost them to handle his case, look after him at training camp, etc. Once released by the Kitchener club, Edwards, according to the rule, would have to be waived by the other Canadian senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; clubs before he could join Milwaukee, and this might produce complications, because Belleville would be almost certain to claim him. In the emergency, Belleville called upon Cesare Maniago, former Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s junior, now Kitchener Dutchmen&rsquo;s alternate netminder.But here again Belleville ran into more grief when Maniago sustained a face gash during practice, although he did play against Whitby and lost 3-2, and has continued to play to date despite his injury.The other club, Chatham Maroons, who headed the class a couple of weeks ago, are having problems, too, although at time of writing they were still tied with Whitby Dunnies for second place, one point to the rear of the Kitchener Dutchmen. When Whitby walloped Chatham 10-1 and Kitchener handed them a 5-0 shutout, Coach Johnny Horeck hit the roof, and tacked $75 fines on 12 of his players. It must have had some effect, because the Maroons went right into Windsor in their next games and knocked off the Bull dogs, 2-1. Horeck promptly remitted the fines.Wren Blair, manager of the Whitby Dunnies, had expressed his displeasure at some of his players, and followed up a threat that if they didn&rsquo;t shake their slump, changes would be made. Blair didn&rsquo;t hesitate very long before recalling Eric Pogue for Belleville&rsquo;s game with their arch rivals, Belleville McFarlands. Pogue came through with one of the Whitby goals in their one-goal victory over Belleville and scored two in a game at Chatham. Whitby apparently, is not suffering from lack of patronage, because the voters will be asked to approve or disapprove a $150,000 money by-law for renovations and extensions of their rink at next month&rsquo;s municipal elections.<h2>Back In Harness</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02375/1949770-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="507" height="513"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eric Pogue</figcaption></div><h2>OHA SENIOR &lsquo;A&rsquo; STANDINGS</h2>(Standings On Thurs., A.M., Nov. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03286/1949763-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="602" height="161"></div> &#9632;

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Flying Puck Kayos Bell With Permanent Injury To Eyeball

SPOKANE, Wash.&mdash;The Spokane Comets of the Western Hockey League last week picked up right winger Eddie Stankiewicz from Seattle. It was a deal that was three cornered and included Vancouver, Seattle and the New York Rangers.General Manager Roy McBride explained the deal was made to help Spokane, following a commitment by the New York Rangers to aid the Comets. The Rangers sent right winger Jim Powers to Spokane from Vancouver and then the Comets sent Powers to Seattle for Stankiewicz.Powers was shipped out by Vancouver when they acquired Defenseman Dale Anderson, last week. &#9632;

Spokane Gets Stankiewicz In A Three Cornered Deal

<h2>Royals Three-S Line</h2>Skippy Burchell&rsquo;s absence, granted to attend a union meeting, when Royals met Kingston Frontenacs at the Forum caused creation of a Three-S Line by coach Floyd Curry. Bill Sutherland, usually wingman pivoted Yves Sarrazin and Roger Sawicki who had ioined the club only that day from Hull-Ottawa.<h2>Third Negro In EPHL</h2>With Sudbury Wolves on a five-game pro tryout is forward liner John Utendale, a flashy Negro player from Windsor Bulldogs. He was with the Bulldogs in the Senior OHA last season under Murph Chamberlain, before that with North Bay Trappers. The only other colored players in pro hockey are also playing the EPHL&mdash;Billy O&rsquo;Ree and Stan Maxwell with Kingston Frontenacs.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2>(Standings On Tues., A.&Mu;., Nov. 17)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14118/1949881-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="590" height="187"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Including Games Of Sun., Nov. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06253/1949874-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="612" height="346"></div><h3>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Hull-Ottawa 6 at Kingston 3</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07239/1949867-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="580" height="654"></div><h3>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Montreal 0 at Three Rivers 6</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08225/1949860-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="573" height="604"></div><h3>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Three Rivers 2 at Montreal 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09218/1949853-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="575" height="394"></div><h3>Sault 3 at Sudbury 4</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10208/1949846-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="599" height="651"></div><h3>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Sudbury 6 at Kingston 5</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11187/1949839-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="586" height="628"></div><h3>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Montreal 1 at Hull-Ottawa 1</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12167/1949832-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="584" height="442"></div><h3>Sudbury 1 at Three Rivers 8</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13137/1949825-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="576" height="699"></div> &#9632;

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>MONTREAL, Que.-When the savants of the Eastern Pro Hockey League were framing their strategy for the launching, they decided upon a policy of developing rookie talent. To make the idea take glue they put a rule into their code which insists that each club must send at least three freshmen into every game.Now, encouragement of talent raw-to-pro progress and hazards, has been given whole-hearted support by the Montreal Royals. Frank Carlin, the club G.M. and Floyd Curry, the coach, who mastermind minor league matters for Les Canadiens of the NHL at the Forum have doubled the ante with a kicker added.They have eight &lsquo;rooks&rsquo; on their list, seven actually signed to pro contracts after. the required five game trial, and one as good as signed. For Joe Szura, subject of the last reference is getting the money and will likely indite the official papers as soon as his cracked collar-bone knits.Let&rsquo;s make a roll-call of Royals&rsquo; brilliant young prospects: On defence there&rsquo;s Tom Thurlby and Andre Tardiff. Both are out of the Canadiens&rsquo; board farm acres.<h2>Two Sound Defenders</h2>Thurlby, Kingston born, 21-years-old, stands just under six feet weighs 170 pounds, and might add to his avoirdupoids in a year or two. He is an agressive backliner with a good turn of speed on breakaway runs. He played last year in Peterborough, and as a junior was eyed closely by NHL scouts who averred that here was a kid who certainly was future big league material.Tardiff, from Quebec City, is 185 on the scales, 5&rsquo;10&rdquo; a left hand shot who is at home at either side of the rearguard. He had four years of good grooming and instruction with the Baby Habs under Sammy Pollock and Scotty Bowman and has come along very fast. Quietly competent he does his job without too much flash, is a rugged performer at all times.Reggie Grigg, a right-winger, at 29 is likely the oldest rookie ever to append his name to a minor pro hockey contract. He was a junior with Montreal Canadiens, back when they won a Memorial Cup with such entrepreneurs as Dickie Moore in the cast. After five years with Cincinnati Mohawks in the IHL and two more with Cornwall in Senior OHA conflict Grigg is more than ready.Coach Curry likes him for his polished efficiency and the fact that Grigg scored eight goals, helped in nine more in his first twelve games makes him worthy of a citation.Yves Sarrazin is another 21-year-old who blazes on right wing with considerable flair. Like Tardiff he was a Junior B jobbie at 13, Sarrazin with the Hochelaga team in Montreal&rsquo;s east end. At 15 he was with a Junior team of superior class, Nationales, coached by Denys Casavant, a former Royal of the Allan Cup days (1947). He had bagged four tallies and helped in nine, in the first twelve contests.Another fellow named Yves has Locas as a surname. He&rsquo;s a younger brother of Jacques Locas, for years a top goal-getter in the now defunct Quebec League.This younger Locas, is from St. Jerome, Que. At 21, 5&rsquo; 10&frac12;&rdquo; he weighs 174 pounds as a Metropolitan Leaguer it was natural that he should play for the home team.<h2>Kids In Royal Coop</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02414/1949964-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="271" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Yves Sarrazin</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03378/1949957-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="262" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tom Thurlby</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04343/1949950-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="266" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andre Tardif</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05293/1949943-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="274" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ernie Dupuis</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Royals’ Rook Corps Pick Up Pointers Fast

<div class="byline">By GEORGE METZGER</div>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;This is Dougie Adam&rsquo;s second season as coach of the Philadelphia Ramblers in the Eastern Hockey League. And it looks like he finally has &ldquo;his kind of team.&rdquo;When Owner George Davis plucked Adam from the Charlotte Clippers at the close of the 1957-58 campaign to replace the ousted Edgar &ldquo;Chrip&rdquo; Brenchley as the Ramblers&rsquo; mentor, Doug inherited a roster that was built by his predecessor.He made some changes last year&mdash;his first anywhere as a coach&mdash;to try and transform the team into one that would play his type of hockey&mdash;which is the direct opposite of Brenchley&rsquo;s control and defense method.<h2>Rukavina Back In Fold</h2>Now Doug feels his rebuilding Job is over and is ready to settle down and make a serious threat for the EHL crown. There are only three players on the Ramblers&rsquo; roster this season that played here under Chrip.They are goalie Ivan Walmsley and forwards Reggie Merserve and Rocky Rukavina. The latter did not play here under Adam last year but stayed in Canada. But Adam wanted him back this season as the firebrand to lead the Ramblers and instill some fight into them.Doug feels the 5&rsquo;4&rdquo; hustler is just the leader the doctor ordered to take charge of the club in the spirit department.The sophomore coach who is still one of the most feared shooters in the league added six more newcomers this season in his search for &ldquo;his kind of team.&rdquo;And judging from the start the Ramblers have made, he has found it.Larry McLaren and Norm Gustavsen are the two new defensemen. These two along with Hughie Campbell and the hard-shooting Jerry Frizzelle give the Redshirts one of the best blueline corps in the eight-team wheel.In case he is needed on defense, Carl Kaiser, who was obtained from Victoria after the season opened, can play there too. But Carl is primarily a forward.The three other new faces on the forward line are Blinky Boyce, who is termed &ldquo;another Rukavina;&rdquo; Bryan McLay, formerly with the Cincinnati Mohawks, and Graham Joyce, a veteran journeyman.They will team with holdovers Vip Palladino, Frank Kubasek, Garry Luyben, Rukavina, Adam and Meserve.As for Walmsley, the Ramblers have one of the top netminders in hockey. Fans are waiting to see if the 31-year-old veteran will improve any this season since he was married in the off-season.Before summing up the Ramblers&rsquo; chances, a word of explanation:Despite the fact other teams get more coverage in this column, everytime the Philadelphia Ramblers are mentioned, some people mumble: &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the only team that gets coverage because the writer lives there.&rdquo;This is not true. Actual count from last year shows the Ramblers ranked fourth in stories printed in Hockey News. But the Ramblers can not be penalized because of this injust criticism and left out of the news columns when they deserve it.So, with this in mind, here goes:With Adam having a little more knowledge of the coaching dodge and having the personnel he desires, it looks like the Philly six is in for a real good season. They were tied with the defending champion Clinton Comets for first place at this writing.Don&rsquo;t be surprised if the club wins its first championship in its fifth year of existence.<h2>New In Philly</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01452/1949995-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="498" height="837"><figcaption class="caption-body">Carl Kaiser</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Philly Good Bet To Take It All In EHL

(Standings On Tues., A.&Mu;., Nov. 10)<h2>NORTHERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02359/1950033-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="597" height="135"></div><h2>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03270/1950026-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="600" height="133"></div> &#9632;

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EHL STANDINGS

<div class="byline">Appel</div>STRAFOLD, Ont.&mdash;The defection of goalie Marve Edwards to the International League, without, as alleged, having received a release from Kitchener and the other Ontario senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; clubs, is just another instance that the International Leagues are continuing to ignore regulations agreed upon by United States and Canadian amateur organization. The Chatham club is also peeved because Marcel Goyette and Augie Kukulowicz, secured by the Maroons from the now defunct Cornwall club of the former eastern Ontario senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; group, are now playing in the eastern amateur league of the U.S.A.Shatham argues that they drafted both players when the Cornwall club folded, and have asked the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, which is affiliated with the Eastern and Western Amateur Leagues via the International Ice Hockey Association, to suspend Goyette now with the Louisville Rebels of the Eastern League and Kukulowicz, who is playing for Denver of the United States Western Amateur League. &#9632;

USAHA Ignoring Agreement Charges OHA Senior Clubs

<div class="byline">By VINCE LEACH</div>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;With four victories in their first five starts, St. Boniface Canadiens have pulled into the van of the Manitoba Junior Hockey league race and it is going to take a lot of hard work to dislodge them. Brandon Wheat Kings, who were regarded as the main challengers for the MJHL top spot, dropped a 2-1 decision to the Canadiens in Winnipeg, but the Wheaties are well-nigh invincible at home, having drubbed the defending champion Winnipeg Braves and Winnipeg Rangers handily in the Wheat City Arena.Bingos and auto shows have somewhat delayed the Manitoba Junior league schedule, especially for Braves and Rangers who operate out of the Winnipeg Arena.Monarchs have again stumbled away to a bad start. The Regals, one of the country&rsquo;s better-known junior names, lost their first three starts and it looks like another bleak season for the club which won Memorial cups in 1936, 1937 and 1946.Canadiens&rsquo; Johnny Rodger is the league&rsquo;s leading point-maker up to Nov. 5, according to league secretary-manager Terry Hind. Rodger had five goals and four assists for nine points. This is John&rsquo;s third season with the Canyens and Coach Bill Juzda hopes for a big season from him. &#9632;

St. Boniface Juniors Take Over MJHL Lead

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div>LOUISVILLE, Ky.&mdash;A bright smile comes to the face of rookie Louisville Rebel coach, Sonnie Spang, when someone mentions his second line, an all-rookie trio, better known as the &ldquo;Jet Line&rdquo; of Ronnie Brain at center, George Usitalo at left wing and Ted Wright on right flank.&ldquo;These kids have been responsible for two of our four wins,&rdquo; commented Spong. &ldquo;They are one of the reasons why we are tied for Ft. Wayne in the Eastern Division&rsquo;s first place.&rdquo;All three participated in the Jr. OHA last season. Brain, a 20&#8210;year old from Galt, Ont. played for the Guelph Biltmores as did Usitalo, also 20, who hails from Sudbury, Ont., while the third member of the brigade, a 21&#8210;year old native of Sudbury, Wright, seasoned with the St. Catharines Tee Pees. Wright, leads the IHL in penalty minutes with 32.Coach Spong centers the Rebels, number one line of Chick Chalmers at left wing and Eddie Dudych at right. Chalmers is the league&rsquo;s leading scorer with 11 points and goals with seven. Dudych has helped things along with four tallies.The third set of forwards has Warren Back pivoting for Mike Ratchford and Joe Kastelic. Kastelic is three points behind Chalmers in the scoring race, having a pair of goals and six assists for eight points. It looks as if the husky native of Kirkland Lake, Ont. is in for his best season in six IHL campaigns.The defensive alignment has veterans Grant Morton and Guy James back for another season along with another part-veteran, Marcel Goyette. Goyette played with Cornwall of the Eastern OHA last season, but was with the Rebels prior to that.&ldquo;The John Barrymore of the ice lanes,&rdquo; the colorful Lou Crowdis (to his teammates he is known as the &lsquo;Coke Kid&rsquo;) is between the pipes. Crowdis, one of the real veterans of hockey decided to give it one more fling before retiring. He still claims to be 29-years of age and 175 pounds playing weight. General manager Leo Gasparini opined that Crowdis is growing with the city of Louisville.IHL NOTES&mdash;Murray Massier of Denver leads the loop in assists with 8&hellip;Reno Zanier, Ft. Wayne&rsquo;s quick reflexed goalie has two shutouts to his credit in addition to a 1.40 goals against average. Both are league leading marks&hellip; St. Paul&rsquo;s Glenh Ramsay is second in the goalieing dept with a 1.60 average in five games&hellip; Two match penalties have been called this year. Louisville&rsquo;s Goyette hit Toledo&rsquo;s Stan Konrad over the head and Omaha&rsquo;s Bob Cowan pushed and shoved official Bill Quenville. Both were suspended for one game by President Frank Gallagher. &#9632;

Rook Line Carries Rebs To Top Of IHL East Div

(On Wed., A.&Mu;., Nov. 10)<h2>EASTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04204/1950143-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="598" height="137"></div><h2>WESTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05157/1950136-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="598" height="134"></div> &#9632;

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IHL STANDINGS

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NHL PRESS & RADIO GUIDE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01429/1950205-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Former Ranger defenseman pictured in centre.6&mdash;Number of times trophy mentioned in 8 across may be won by one player.8&mdash;Trophy won by 1 down in 195859 season.12&mdash;Initials of a Montreal forward.13&mdash;Milt Schmidt&rsquo;s Ontario birthplace.15&mdash;Denotes number of goals scored by Brian Cullen last season.16&mdash;Gary Edmunson&rsquo;s new club (abbr.)18&mdash;Initials of 1958-59 N.H.L. scoring champion.20&mdash;Initials of Chrystal, ex Ranger star.21&mdash;This former N.H.L. forward is called Billy.22&mdash;Nickname of Heller, former Ranger.24&mdash;French (abbr.)25&mdash;Another name for former Leaf, Elwin Morris.26&mdash;Pictured star could be so described.27&mdash;Nickname of a Canadian defense immortal.30&mdash;You can get this at Butch Bouchard&rsquo;s restaurant.31&mdash;Jean Beliveau&rsquo;s daughter.33&mdash;Land measure.34&mdash;Initials of Murphy of Chicago.37&mdash;Netminder on 1943-44 All-Star team.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;A member of the Montreal Canadiens.2&mdash;&ldquo;Babe&rdquo; Pratt&rsquo;s given name.3&mdash;Some injuries leave players feeling like this.4&mdash;Stannum (Sym.)5&mdash;Former New York netminder.7&mdash;This player recently announced his retirement from the N.H.L.9&mdash;Coach&rsquo;s expect players to be in this condition during schedule (slang.)10&mdash;Initials of Creighton, ex N.H.L. centre.11&mdash;Initials of player mentioned in 22 across.14&mdash;Northern Ireland (abbr.)17&mdash;Month in which Earl Ingarfield celebrates his birthday.19&mdash;Pictured player&rsquo;s wife.23&mdash;Once played for Boston, nicknamed &ldquo;Skip.&rdquo;26&mdash;Leafs&rsquo; Billy Harris hopes to get one eventually (abbr.)28&mdash;Besides being an ex-Ranger, this man is also Bryan Hextall&rsquo;s cousin.29&mdash;Initials of a Chicago forward.31&mdash;Any member of the Montreal Canadiens (abbr.)32&mdash;To make mistakes.35&mdash;Initials of Nykoluk of Hershey Bears.36&mdash;Upon.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Mickoski7&mdash;Paris9&mdash;Kennedy11&mdash;Ten12&mdash;Tor.14&mdash;Art.15&mdash;Ace16&mdash;O.D.18&mdash;Eng.20&mdash;Wed22&mdash;Na.23&mdash;Stu.24&mdash;Tommy26&mdash;Orb27&mdash;Reise30&mdash;L.D.32&mdash;Edward<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;Mikita2&mdash;Centre3&mdash;Open4&mdash;Sad5&mdash;Kryzanowski6&mdash;118&mdash;Smith10&mdash;N.E.13&mdash;O&rsquo;Connor17&mdash;Det.19&mdash;Gamble21&mdash;Duke24&mdash;Tour25&mdash;Yr.28&mdash;Era29&mdash;Sid31&mdash;D.D. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors continue to make the &ldquo;experts&rdquo; look good as the Ontario Hockey Association heads into its third week.Picked by the majority of the sportswriters and sportscasters in the six OHA junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; cities to be &ldquo;the team to beat&rdquo; this season, the Majors held grimly to first place although there was a definite stirring of the opposition directly behind them.After three consecutive victories, St. Mike&rsquo;s finally went down to their first defeat in St. Catharines.However last year&rsquo;s pennant-winning Teepees couldn&rsquo;t hold a 2-1 lead in the third period the following afternoon in Toronto and the Majors promptly got back on the win-track with a close 3-2 victory.One of the chief reasons for the Majors&rsquo; success so far this season has been the brilliant play of rookie goaltender Jerry Cheevers.Standing in the wings for St. Michael&rsquo;s the past two years while all-star goalie Cesar Maniago held down the regular netminding position, Cheevers finally got his chance this year.In the first five games he had a goals against average of 1.8, best in the league and Coach Bob Goldham insists that he has been the key to much of the Majors&rsquo; success in their rise to the top.While the Majors hold the lead in both goaltending and team standing, Guelph Biltmores have two players leading the individual scoring race.Rod Gilbert, now in his third season of junior &ldquo;A&rdquo;, heads the list with 14 points on seven goals and seven assists while his linemate Jean Ratelle is second with one goal and 10 assists.Wayne Boddy of Peterboro is third with nine points, Pierre Gagne of Barrie and Larry Keon of St. Michael&rsquo;s are tied in fourth, each with eight points.The early-season leader, Larry Jeffrey of Hamilton, missed his team&rsquo;s last two games through a leg injury and dropped to sixth place with seven points.An indication of the well-balanced league this year is given in the results of the first two weeks which showed six of the 18 games decided by one goal, another game finished in a tie and three were decided by just two goals.Even Barrie Flyers, picked by Coach Hap Emms (and many others) to be a weak link in an otherwise strong league, have proven to be far from &ldquo;patsies&rdquo;.After two weeks of hockey they were tied in second place, just two points behind St. Michael&rsquo;s. &#9632;

Collegians Making Experts Look Good

<div class="byline">By BOB GIORDANO</div>KELOWNA, B.C.-&lsquo;The Penticton Vees, who just a few seasons back captured the imagination of the entire country, by bringing to the O.S.H.L. it&rsquo;s first Allan Cup and World Hockey Championship, were just about to bring another first in sport last week when reports circulating out of Penticton indicated the Vees were on the brink of disbanding.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03327/1950291-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="280" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Orval Lavell</figcaption></div>It no doubt would have gone down as somewhat of a record&mdash;when a team quits before it&rsquo;s fans do.The Vees who have won only one game in ten starts, and majority by lopsided scores, cannot accuse their fans for lack of support, they have been outdrawing the three other clubs by a large majority, averaging well over a thousand per game.The peach city club is in had need of quality and quantity.League meetings have failed to solve the problem as the Vees had hoped for help from the three other clubs, however with the league ruling of only 12 players this season other clubs could not assist.Since last August the Penticton Club has had no less than two coaches from one time or another, and made it three this week, with the announcement that Orval Lavell, the former Packer defenseman who retired two seasons ago, had been signed as their new playing-coach.Lavell, who brings to Penticton a wealth of hockey savvy, has already gone to work and promises player help almost immediately. The one time American and Western Hockey League performer has been the brightest thing to happen in the Penticton hockey circles this season.Lavell who makes his home in Kelowna is known to be the kind of a guy who will not only give the team a big boost on the ice, but will put an entire new light in the dressing room with his fight and get up and go attitude. Friday night the Vees played their first game with Lavell at the reins, and came up with one of their best efforts to date. Although going down 6-2 to Kamloops Chiefs, the fans roared their approval the fight and desire in which Lavell has already installed into the lineup. This could be the best move Penticton has made since the departure of the unforgetable Warwick brothers.Elsewhere throughout the league, he Kelowna Packers continue to remain atop the OSHL ladder, and lead the league with 16 points, made up of 8 wins and only two losses, while Vernon Canadians hold down second spot with five wins for ten points, followed by Kamloops and Penticton. &#9632;

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Vees Hire Lavell In Last Ditch Try To Stay Alive

(Standings On Fri., A.M., Nov. 6)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04255/1950329-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="583" height="130"></div>(TOP TEN SCORERS)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05196/1950322-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="584" height="289"></div> &#9632;

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OSHL STANDINGS

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HOCKEY

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02126/1950391-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="247" height="291"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01128/1950398-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="237" height="276"></div>International League Schedule 1959-60THU., NOV. 19Indianapolis at St. PaulFRI., NOV. 20Indianapolis at MilwaukeeOmaha at ToledoFt. Wayne at LouisvilleSAT., NOV. 21Louisville at Ft. WayneSt. Paul at DenverMilwaukee at ToledoOmaha at IndianapolisSUN., NOV. 22St. Paul at DenverFt. Wayne at MilwaukeeOmaha at LouisvilleTUE., NOV. 24Indianapolis at Ft. WayneMilwaukee at St. PaulToledo nt DenverWED., NOV. 25Omaha at IndianapolisTHU., NOV. 26Toledo at DenverSt. Paul at OmahaIndianapolis at MilwaukeeFt. Wayne at LouisvilleSAT., NOV. 28Toledo at OmahaLouisville at Ft. WayneMiIwaukee at St. PaulDenver at IndianapolisSUN., NOV. 29Toledo at OmahaDenver at LouisvilleSt. Paul at MilwaukeeTUE., DEC. 1Denver at Ft. WayneToledo at St. PaulMilwaukee at OmahaWED., DEC. 2Toledo at St. PaulDenver at IndianapolisFRI., DEC 4Ft. Wayne at MilwaukeeOmaha at LouisvilleDenver at ToledoSAT., NOV. 5Omaha at Ft. WayneDenver at ToledoLouisville at IndianapolisSUN., DEC. 6Denver at LouisvilleSt. Paul at MilwaukeeTUE., DEC. 8Denver at Ft. WayneOmaha at ToledoWED., DEC. 9Milwaukee at St. PaulOmaha at IndianapolisFRI., DEC. 11Milwaukee at LouisvilleSAT., DEC. 12St. Paul at DenverOmaha at ToledoMilwaukee at Ft. WayneSUN., DEC. 13Omaha at LouisvilleDenver at St. PaulToledo at IndianapolisTUE., DEC. 15Omaha at Ft. WayneWED., DEC. 16Omaha at IndianapolisTHU., DEC. 17Louisville at DenverFRI., DEC. 18Louisville at DenverMilvraukee at St. PaulSAT., DEC. 19Ft. Wayne at ToledoLouisville at OmahaMilwaukee at IndianapolisSUN, DEC. 20Louisville at OmahaToledo at MilwaukeeSt. Paul at DenverTUE., DEC. 22Milwaukee at Ft. WayneWED., DEC. 23Louisville at St. PaulOmaha at MilwaukeeToledo at IndianapolisFRI., DEC. 25Louisville at St. PaulOmaha at DenverIndianapolis at MilwaukeeSAT., DEC. 26St. Paul at OmahaToledo at Ft. WayneLouisville at IndianapolisSUN., DEC. 27Toledo at LouisvilleMilwaukee at DenverOmaha at St. PaulTUE., DEC. 29Ft. Wayne at ToledoDenver at OmahaTHU., DEC. 31Omaha at St. PaulToledo at Ft. WayneLouisville at IndianapolisMilwaukee at DenverFRI., JAN. 1Ft. Wayne at LouisvilleDenver at St. PaulIndianapolis at ToledoMilwaukee at OmahaSAT., JAN. 2Indianapolis at Ft. WayneLouisville at ToledoMilwaukee at OmahaSUN., JAN. 3Ft. Wayne at IndianapolisOmaha at DenverSt. Paul at LouisvilleToledo at MilwaukeeTUE., JAN. 5Milwaukee at Ft. WayneSt. Paul at ToledoWED., JAN 6Toledo at IndianapolisTHU., JAN. 7St. Paul oFRI., JAN. 8Omaha at MilwaukeeSt. Paul at LouisvilleSAT., JAN. 9St. Paul at Ft. WayneDenver at OmahaMilwaukee at IndianapolisLouisville vs. Toledo at ColumbusSUN., JAN. 10Denver at MilwaukeeToledo at LouisvilleSt. Paul vs. Indianapolis at CincinnatiTUE., JAN. 12St. Paul at Ft. WayneDenver at OmahaWED., JAN. 13Milwaukee at LouisvilleSt. Paul at IndianapolisFRI., JAN. 15Denver at St. PaulSAT., JAN. 16St. Paul at OmahaLouisville at MilwaukeeDenver at Ft. WayneIndianapolis vs. Toledo at ColumbusSUN., JAN 17Omaha at St. PaulDenver at IndianapolisLouisville at MilwaukeeFt. Wayne vs. Toledo at ColumbusTUE., JAN. 19Louisville at Ft. WayneDenver at ToledoWED., JAN. 20Denver at IndianapolisTHU., JAN. 21Milwaukee at St. PaulFRI., JAN. 22Denver at LouisvilleOmaha at MilwaukeeSAT., JAN. 23Denver at LouisvilleSr. Paul at OmahaFt. Wayne at IndianapolisMilwaukee vs. Toledo at ColumbusSUN., JAN. 24Denver at Ft. WayneOmaha at St. PaulMilwaukee vs. Indianapolis at CincinnatiTUE., JAN 26Ft. Wayne at OmahaDenver vs. Toledo al ColumbusWED., JAN. 27Tolado at St. PaulLouisville at IndianapolisTHU., JAN. 28Ft. Wayne at DenverTolado at St. PaulFRI., JAN 29Ft. Wayne at DenverToledo at MilwaukeeIndianapolis at LouisvilleSAT., JAN. 30Ft. Wayne at OmahaSt. Paul at MilwaukeeSUN., JAN. 31Toledo at LouisvilleMilwaukee at IndianapolisTUE., FEB. 2Toledo at DenverIndianapolis at Ft. WayneMilwaukee at OmahaWED., FEB. 3Toledo at DenverFt. Wayne at St. PaulLouisville at IndianapolisTHU., FEB 4Ft. Wayne at St. PaulFRI., FEB. 5Toledo at OmahaIndianapolis at LouisvilleDenver at MilwaukeeSAT., FE3. 6Toledo at OmahaFt. Wayne at MilwaukeeSt. Paul at IndianapolisSUN., FEB. 7St. Paul at LouisvilleOmaha at Denver&hellip;Ft. Wayne vs. Indianapolis at CincinnatiTUE., FEB. 9Indianapolis at Ft. WayneDenver at OmahaSt. Paul at LouisvilleWED., FEB. 10Denver at MilwaukeeSt. Paul at IndianapolisTHU., FEB. 11Omaha at DenverSt. Paul vs. Toledo at ColumbusSAT., FEB 13St. Paul at Ft. WayneLouisville at OmahaToledo at IndianapolisMilwaukee at DenverSUN., FEB. 14Louisville at OmahaMilwaukee at DenverSt. Paul vs. Toledo at ColumbusTUE., FEB 16St. Paul at Ft. WayneLouisville at DenverWED, FEB. 17Louisville at DenverFt. Wayne at IndianapolisTHU., FEB. 18Omaha at St. PaulFt. Wayne vs. Toledo at ColumbiaFRI., FEB. 19Indianapolis at MilwaukeeToledo at LouisvilleSAT., FEB. 20Milwaukee at OmahaToledo at Ft. WayneLouisville at IndianapolisSUN., FEB. 21Denver at St. PaulFt. Wayne at LouisvilleOmaha at MilwaukeeIndianapolis vs. Toledo at C.TUE., FEB 23Ft. Wayne at St. PaulWED., FEB 24Ft. Wayne at St. PaulToledo at IndianapolisFRI., FEB. 26Louisville at MilwaukeeFt. Wayne vs. Toledo at Column&rsquo;sSAT., FEB. 27Denver at OmahaLouisville at MilwaukeeFt. Wayne at IndianapolisSUN., FEB. 28Indianapolis at St. PaulMilwaukee at Ft. Wayne Louisville vs.Toledo at ColumbusMON., FEB. 29Indianapolis at St. PaulTUE., MAR. 1Toledo at Ft. WayneMilwaukee at OmahaWED., MAR. 2Indianapolis at DenverOmaha at MilwaukeeTHU., MAR. 3Indianapolis at DenverFRI., MAR. 4Mil vaukee at LouisvilleSAT., MAR. 5Indianapolis at OmahaSt. Paul at DenverMilwaukee vs. Toledo at ColumbusSUN., MAR. 6Indianapolis at OmahaLouisville at Ft. WayneMilwaukee vs. Toledo at ColumbusTUE., MAR. 8Ft. Wayne at OmahaWED., MAR. 9Ft. Wayne at DenverIndianapolis at LouisvilleTHU., MAR. 10Ft. Wayne at DenverIndianapolis vs. Toledo at ColumbusFRI., MAR. 11Ft. Wayne at OmahaSAT., MAR. 12Denver at MilwaukeeSt. Paul at OmahaToledo at LouisvilleSUN., MAR. 13Denver at MilwaukeeIndianapolis at Ft. WayneLouisville vs. Toledo at ColumbusMON, MAR. 14Louisville at St. PaulTUE., MAR. 15Louisville at St. PaulDenver at OmahaToledo at Ft. WayneWED., MAR. 16Ft. Wayne at IndianapolisFRI., MAR. 18Indianapolis at LouisvilleSAT., MAR. 19Louisville at Ft. WayneToledo at IndianapolisSt. Paul at MilwaukeeSUN., MAR. 20Ft. Wayne at LouisvilleOmaha at MilwaukeeIndianapolis vs. Toledo at Columbus &#9632;

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The Hockey News VOLUME 13 MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 21, 1959 No. 8

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div>SASKATOON, Sask.-Regina Pats were one of the few clubs in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League to make any headway last week, earning five of a possible six points in a trio of games.Close victories over last place Moose Jaw Canucks and a 2-2 deadlock with Estevan pushed Frank Mario&rsquo;s well-schooled Pats three points in front of the sliding Prince Albert Mintos, early season leaders.Tight defensive work, with Terry Harper as the key, has been a big reason for Regina&rsquo;s success. Despite a rookie goal tender, Pats have still lost only once in all starts and have allowed only 26 goals against.While Pats were slowly climbing to the top, the next four clubs were busy knocking each other over.Flin Flon Bombers, defending champions, climbed into a third place tie with Melville by whipping the Moneymen 9-4 and stopping Saskatoon Quakers 6-2.Bombers&rsquo; first southern swing finished a profitable one with four wins, a tie and two losses. They remain in Flin Flon now until Nov. 30.Winger Gerry Wilkie has accompanied Regina in their climb to the top and has taken over the individual scoring lead from Prince Albert Minto centre Chick Balon.The Pat smoothie has amassed 25 points on nine goals and 16 assists. Balon has 23 points, one better than linemate Billy Wilkes.Last week featured two of the season&rsquo;s biggest individual scoring outbursts by captain Marcel Rochon of Flin Flon and Ernie Dyda of the Estevan Bruins.Rochon triggered five of nine Bomber goals during the club&rsquo;s rout of Melville and Dyda collected seven points&mdash;four goals and three assists&mdash;in an 8-1 Bruin victory over Moose Jaw.The spurt shot Dyda into fourth spot in individual scoring, five points shy of Wilkie&rsquo;s pace. Dyda and Balon are tied for the most goals, 11, while Wilkes is the leading playmaker with 14 assists.<h2>Rook Tops In Goals</h2>Art Koberinski of Regina, one of two rookie netminders in junior company, heads the goaltenders with a 2.2 goals-against average in 10 games. Gary Bauman of Prince Albert is next in line with a 3.2 mark.At this early date it is generally conceded that Regina has a strong claim to the title and Moose Jaw is a good bet to finish in the cellar.This leaves five clubs&mdash;Prince Albert, Flin Flon, Melville, Saskatoon and Eatevan&mdash;in the race for three playoff spots. The league reduced its post-season series this winter from seven to four clubs.League commissioner Frank Boucher of Saskatoon investigated the Scotty Munro incident at Prince Albert during the week and as far as he is concerned the &ldquo;case is closed.&rdquo;A news report out of Prince Albert had alleged that Munro had scuffled with referee Hughie Johnson after his club, Estevan, had lost 6-1 to Mintos. Munro denied the report.The referee&rsquo;s statement to Boucher on the game made no mention of the Munro episode and, after investigating the case, Boucher found no grounds for further action. However, it did turn out that Munro had had words with the referee in the officials room.During the same game Bruin coach Howie Milford was ejected in the second period and he has been reprimanded by Boucher and warned to &ldquo;lay off the referees and linesmen in the future.&rdquo;<h2>Flin Flon Flash</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-03121/1950429-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="501" height="753"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Rochon</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Regina Dashes Into SJHL Tower With 1 Loss In 11

(On Mon. A.&Mu;., Nov. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-04100/1950460-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="599" height="241"></div> &#9632;

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SJHL STANDINGS

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November 21, 1959

ON THE SIDELINES

WESTERN LEAGUE

OHA JUNIOR ‘A’ STANDINGS

Hanna, Started In 6th, Moving Up Fast