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December 19, 1959

The Hockey News December 19, 1959

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IN THIS ISSUE

OHA JUNIOR ‘A’ STANDINGS

<p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&ndash;</p><p>Vancouver continues to run away with the league race and although on the road all week maintained their nine point lead over second place Seattle. The Canucks defeated Winnipeg twice on the laters ice the past week and now hold a 5-1 margin over Winnipeg in the six games they have played. They have defeated Spokane 4 times against a loss and a tie, Victoria also four times against two losses and a tie. They have a 3-2 margin over Seattle and a 2-1 edge on Calgary. Edmonton is the only club to have broken even with them. Each club has won one game of the two played to date.</p><p>Guyle Fielder, Seattle center, moved into first place in the individual scoring race with 39 points on 16 goals and 23 assists, followed by teammate Bill MacFarland with 38 points on 18 goals and 20 assists. Fielder also took over the lead in assists, 23 being tops. Sid Finney of Calgary moved into first place in goals scored with 19, one more than MacFarland. Danny Belisle leads in scoring the first goal of the game with five. Art Jones of Victoria leads in game winning goals with four. Four players are tied in most game winning assists, four; Ray Cyr, Colin Kilburn and Belisle of Vancouver and Marc Boileau of Seattle.</p><p>Hank Bassen of Vancouver picked up his third shutout of the season in Winnipeg to lead in whitewashing jobs. He also leads the individual goalkeepers with a goals against average of 2.44 per game followed by Marcel Pelletier of Victoria with 2.60. Emile Francis of Spokane has stopped the most shots, 774.</p><p>Larry Cahan of Vancouver and Frank Arnett of Seattle continue to set the pace in the penalty box, Cahan with 68 minutes and Arnett with 67. Fred Creighton of Spokane is next with 60 minutes in the cooler.</p><p>Bill MacFarland of Seattle picked up his second &ldquo;Hat Trick&rdquo; of the season scoring 3 times against Spokane. Lou Jankowski of Calgary and Gordie Haworth of Victoria each scored a hat trick the past week. Jankowski against Vancouver in Calgary and Haworth against Spokane in that city.</p><h2><b>League Leader</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1441/1700694-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="556" height="864"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Guyle Fielder</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Canucks Maintain Nine Points Bulge In Western Loop Runaway

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03191/1699881-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="585" height="274"></div><p><b>December 12 to December 18</b></p><p>12&mdash;John McKenzie, Detroit, forward, 1937.</p><p>12&mdash;Les Duff, Hershey, forward, 1934.</p><p>13&mdash;Doug Mohns, Boston, defense, 1933.</p><p>13&mdash;Don Johns, Winnipeg, forward, 1937.</p><p>14&mdash;Hugh Coflin, Edmonton, defense, 1928.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to YOU

<div class="byline">AL PARSLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01379/1700950-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="308" height="336"></div><p>&bull; A SUDBURY hotel owner, Adam Borovich, has offered a trophy to the Eastern Professional Hockey League. It has been accepted by league president Edward Houston, who has reserved the right to designate the category for which the award will be made.</p><p>Mr. Borovich doesn&rsquo;t want things that way, evidently. He&rsquo;d like his trophy to be for the league championship nothing else. While Mr. Houston is deliberating this matter, in which this writer of THE HOCKEY NEWS takes no sides in debate, this agent thinks it&rsquo;s high time to point out that there are a few old Quebec League Trophies around and about.</p><p><b>Something should be done about these. While the QHL is defunct with no dark arm bands or widow&rsquo;s weeds worn in mourning, it might be worth mentioning that most of the donors of trophies in the old QHL centers are enthusiastically backing the new EPHL circuit and grout it their whole-hearted support.</b></p><p>The big prize for teams in the old circuit was the Thomas O&rsquo;Connell Memorial Trophy. This went to the team winning the playoffs and so the accredited full-fledged champions, of the Quebec Hockey League, and its fore-runner the old Quebec Senior Hockey League which was incorporated in 1937.</p><p>The &ldquo;O&rsquo;Connell&rdquo; Trophy was presented to the QSHL in 1939 by D&rsquo;Arcy and Daniel O&rsquo;Connell to perpetuate the memory of their father, Thomas O&rsquo;Connell, famed Montreal sprotsman and long time Montreal city councillor. D&rsquo;Arcy and Daniel were both outstanding athletes at college and D&rsquo;Arcy for some years played in the Quebec loop.</p><p>Royals are presently custodians of the &ldquo;O&rsquo;Connell&rdquo; Trophy and would likely present same to some hall of fame or retire it in the show cases of the Montreal Forum, were it not kept in circulaton.</p><p>Royals also hold the Emile Genest Trophy, the award for the team finishng first in the regular league schedule. This is a beautifully appointed production of the jewellers&rsquo; and silversmiths art, donated in 1957 by Emile Genest, one of the Province of Quebec&rsquo;s most talented television and radio artists, who has also done much sports broadcasting on both me-diums. He&rsquo;s a regular visitor to the Forum press-gallery.</p><p><b>Mr. Genest wishes his trophy kept in circulation. He seldom misses one of Royals&rsquo; games, would like to have his award continue to function for its original symbolism, without any commercial attachment. It cost</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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ON THE SIDELINES

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01223/1701384-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><h2><b><i>Dial &ldquo;M&rdquo; For Mahovlich Or Murder</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02150/1701377-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="2294" height="1546"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Frank Mahovlich of the Toronto Maple Leafs came out of his slump against the New York Rangers in Toronto last week by picking up two goals and two assists in 6-3 win. It was biggest output of the year for Big &lsquo;M&rsquo;. In the top picture Mahovlich notches his first against Marcel Paille in the NY goal. Ranger defense twosome look back in anger. They are Rookie Irv Spencer (16) and Veteran Bill Gadsby (4). Leaf in the shot beside &lsquo;M&rsquo; is Ehman. Official is Udvari. In the lower shot; Frank skirts around Defenseman Red Bownass for his second goal. On its way into the cage is the puck as Paille stretches too late. Udvari is official again.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Muzz Tabs Players Too High For Lynn

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&ndash;</p><p>If the manager of the New York Rangers covets Goalkeeper Don Simmons of the Bruins, he hasn&rsquo;t mentioned the matter to the manager of the Bruins.</p><p>A recent HOCKEY NEWS story from New York suggested the Rangers wanted to trade Goalkeeper Gump Worsley for Simmons.</p><p>But manager Lynn Patrick of the Bruins denies having discussed the subject, saying, &ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t made a trade with Muzz (Patrick, New York manager) yet and I haven&rsquo;t talked to him about a trade. Nor do I intend to.</p><p>&ldquo;I have found him a hard man with whom to talk deals,&rdquo; added the Bruins&rsquo; boss. &ldquo;He puts too high a tag on his players.&rdquo;</p><p>Patrick and Tommy Ivan, dapper Chicago manager, talked multiplayer trades when the Black Hawks were here last with no developments. The Bruins&rsquo; manager sought a prospective line of Ron Murphy, Bill Hay and Ed Litzenberger from Chicago.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0362/1701415-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="274" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Litzenberger</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Has Never Been In Conference On Goaler Deal

<p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>OSTON, Mass.&ndash;&ldquo;Not how but how many&rdquo; sums up the three-goal &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; which Chicago&rsquo;s Bobby Hull made against the Bruins at Boston Garden.</p><p>Hull received credit for his first goal as the author of a pass from behind the Bruins&rsquo; net which was intercepted and flipped by Goalie Harry Lumley by one of his own defensemen.</p><p>The second goal by the energetic Black Hawk was a long shot along the ice which changed direction on Lumley when it caromed off the skate of a Bruins&rsquo; forward.</p><p>The third goal was a clean cut blazer from 15 feet by Hull, who retrieved the souvenir of his first major league hat trick.</p><p>The three-goal night was the first here by a Bruins&rsquo; opponent since February 10, 1950, when Gerry Couture scored four goals and Gordie Howe three as Detroit beat the Bruins, 9 to 4.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hull’s Hat First In Hub By Foe In Nearly 10 Yrs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01306/1699227-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Montreal&rsquo;s hockey fans paid tribute to one of hockey&rsquo;s greatest and most popular guys last week, when they heaped gift after gift upon Doug Harvey and his family. Top left, Doug accepts handshake from former teammate Butch Bouchard, who drove 1960 station wagon onto the ice. The wonderful Harvey family received a thunderous ovation from the packed Forum. Doug holds Diane while Nancy, Doug Jr., Mrs. Ursala Harvey and Darlene beam for cameraman. On the right, little Linda Geoffrion, daughter of teammate Boom Boom Geoffrion presents Mrs. Harvey with bouquet of flowers while Doug looks on attentatively.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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The Harvey Clan Gets Full Treatment

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ONTREAL, Que.&ndash;Doug Harvey of the Canadiens has always been a little apprehensive about having a night in his honor and now the public knows why.</p><p>It usually brings out the worst in a player it seems.</p><p>While 14,500 fans cheered him to the rafters of the Montreal Forum the night of Dec. 3 and showered him with an estimated $13,000 worth of gifts, Doug found it all a little too overwhelming when it got back to the business of the hockey game with the New York Rangers.</p><p>The Blues won 7-4 and Harvey was so ineffective that the Rangers scored six times while he was out on the ice patrolling his defense post.</p><p>But Harvey, seven-times all star defenceman in the NHL, had a few &ldquo;goodies&rdquo; like a shiny new 1960 station wagon, a portable bar, and electric sewing machine, a giant refrigerator, a washing machine, an electric stove and sundry other gifts to soothe his shattered pride.</p><p>&ldquo;You know,&rdquo; he confessed to intimates, &ldquo;a night like that can make up for a bad hockey game.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

BIG NIGHT REALLY BAD ONE FOR DOUG

<div class="byline">By CHARLIE HALPIN</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&ndash;</p><p>While the higher echelons of the Montreal Canadiens were busily shrugging off charges some of their first-line stars were guilty of &lsquo;spearing&rsquo; in the National Hockey League, Toe Blake was having his own troubles at the coaching level.</p><p>Toe&rsquo;s dilemma was how to get the Canadiens back on the winning track once again.</p><p>After an intrepid 18-game spree that thrust the hockey world at his feet, Blake awoke to discover his Habitants suddenly clutching at their rivals in a desperate attempt to produce a victory.</p><p>It was the inevitable letdown after a successful run, chorused die-hard Montrealers. But Blake didn&rsquo;t see it that way.</p><p>&ldquo;We just stopped skating, that&rsquo;s all,&rdquo; blared Toe. &ldquo;And When you stop skating in this league you stop winning, too,&rdquo; he added.</p><p>Blake doesn&rsquo;t look kindly on a team that hasn&rsquo;t won once in its last four games even if it&rsquo;s the Canadiens. It&rsquo;s dog eat dog in the NHL as the worrisome Blake well knows. You&rsquo;ve got to keep winning.</p><p>Toe reportedly delivered some stinging tirades at his high-salaried hirelings after the Habs flubbed a 7-4 game to the Rangers and then two nights later had to battle for their lives to get a 2-2 tie with the listless Black Hawks.</p><h2><b>Everyone Played Badly On Doug&rsquo;s Night</b></h2><p>What rancored the Canadiens&rsquo; coach was that both teams limped into the Forum after being battered from pillar to post by other NHL clubs and took their vengeance out on the Habs.</p><p>Blake did a slow burn after the Ranger defeat, which was part of the night honoring defense star Doug Harvey.</p><p>&ldquo;We played badly everywhere,&rdquo; said Blake. &ldquo;No one was back-checking and we left those guys open all over the ice.&rdquo;</p><p>Blake&rsquo;s dressing-room harangue had the desired effect when the Habs went on the road and battled back from <i>a</i> two-goal deficit to ultimately get a 4-4 tie in Detroit with the pursuing Red Wings.</p><p>There were rumblings that the Canadiens were strongly eyeing some of their top line minor league chattels to inject some new blood into the club&rsquo;s &lsquo;tired looking&rsquo; attack. One player prominently mentioned was forward Cec Hoekstra from the Rochester Americans, who is reported to be the No. 1 choice in the event the Canadiens have to dip into their farm system for an attacker.</p><p>But Blake was ready to call Hoekstra only as a last resort. The quick return to action of injured Bernie Geoffrion probably influenced the coach in his decision to leave the rookie replacement in the minors. The &lsquo;Boomer&rsquo;, out seven games with a cut tendon, came back to collect three assists and step up as the club&rsquo;s No. 2 point-getter behind big Jean Beliveau, who shot his 13th and 14th goals during the Habs&rsquo; two weekend stalemates.</p><h2><b>Injury Jinx Continued To Stalk Them</b></h2><p>The injury jinx continued to stalk the Habs forcing Blake to shuffle and re-shuffle his attackers as well as his defense. Norris Trophy winner Tom Johnson suffered a shoulder separation and Junior Langlois was still hobbling around on a sore ankle forcing Blake to recall rookie rearguard Jean Claude Tremblay from the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens in the EPHL.</p><p>Maurice Richard was still out with a broken cheekbone and Marcel Bonin strained his back in a recurrence of an injury he picked up six years ago in the Western League with Edmonton.</p><p>Of the Canadiens&rsquo; 18 regulars, eight have been sidelined at one time or another this season with injuries and several more were playing under the strain of minor sprains and bruises like Dickie Moore and Jacques Plante.</p><p>While the Canadiens were outwardly showing the stress of their 18-game run it wasn&rsquo;t exactly reflected in their position atop the NHL standings. In fact, they still managed to hold a commanding lead as the Toronto Leafs emerged as the new threat to their domination of the league, momentarily replacing the Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>Some of the Canadiens, too, had lost ground in the individual scoring race although Plante was still the No. 1 netminder among NHL puck-stoppers and the Canadiens were also the most prolific goal-getting club in the circuit.</p><p>As one hockey observer put it, the Canadiens are still the Canadiens. They may have slipped a little but they really haven&rsquo;t lost anything.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02290/1699282-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="302" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Cec Hoekstra</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hub Slump? “We Stopped Skating,” Says Toe

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ONTREAL, Que.&ndash;When Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens designed his face mask, he may have started the wheels of a brand new industry in motion.</p><p>Plante&rsquo;s mask was designed by himself, with the aid of fibre glass salesman Bill Burchmore of Montreal. The mask, or similar types are now being used by other professional goalers.</p><p>In Montreal last week, Wilson discussed his mask. &ldquo;I read in a Montreal paper this morning where this guy who invented Plante&rsquo;s mask says he&rsquo;s afraid some shrewd operator may try to make some kind of a cheap plastic mask just to capitalized on the publicity.</p><p>&ldquo;Who&rsquo;s he trying to kid. He charges $300 for a mask. Here, this is the same thing and it cost me between $75 and $100. And it took only six hours to make. I&rsquo;m going to make one for everyone of the goalers in our chain, and I&rsquo;ll market it for one third the price that guy is going to charge here in Montreal.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03264/1699313-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="300" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lefty Wilson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Wings Trainer To Market Mask At One Third Price

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04206/1699344-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>This is Coach Toe Blake of the Canadiens trying to snap his players out of their worst slump of the season. &ldquo;When you stop skating in this league you stop winning, too,&rdquo; he says.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Blake—A Worried Man Sings A Worried Song

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Oliver; A Flop On Diamond–Gem On Ice

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&ndash;</p><p>Murray Oliver had a strange parlay working to get him into the National Hockey League&mdash;a broken arm and pro baseball.</p><p>The handsome, courteous 22-year-old is looking like the answer that has perplexed Red Wings for several years&mdash;center on the Gordie Howe line.</p><p>But Murray&rsquo;s trip to the big time was a devious one. Brian Smith was the fair-haired boy of the farms. Smith and Oliver were two different types. Smith a husky, solidly-built winger and Oliver a lightweight center of the Henri Richard style&hellip;5-9&frac12; and 170 pounds.</p><h2><b>Decided To Prove His Ability</b></h2><p>&ldquo;There never was much said about me,&rdquo; Murray said &ldquo;so I decided I would prove to them that I could make the grade.&rdquo;</p><p>Murray&rsquo;s first shot with the Wings was one of those coffee stops.</p><p>&ldquo;It was in the 1957-58 season,&rdquo; Oliver said. &ldquo;Gordie was out with rib injuries and they called up Brian Smith and myself from Hamilton Junior Cubs for a weekend series with Toronto.</p><p>&ldquo;I knew it was just for a trial I knew I wasn&rsquo;t part of the big and while everyone was nice to me, club.&rdquo;</p><p>Still, Murray managed to get his first NHL assist.</p><p>&ldquo;I only played in Saturday&rsquo;s game. I think Red Kelly got the goal. I passed back to him on the point and he blasted it into the net.&rdquo;</p><p>Murray was enjoying his best season in juniors that year, scoring 34 goal with 56 assists and winning as the league&rsquo;s Most Valuable the Red Tilson Memorial Trophy Player.</p><p>&ldquo;The year before, the Cleveland Indians invited me down to Vleveland for the Labor Day weekend and I worked out with them.</p><p>&ldquo;They signed me to a contract with Batavia (N.Y.) of the Class D Pony League,&rdquo; Oliver said.</p><p>Murray&rsquo;s signing with pro baseball had Wings worrying&hellip;and served to make them take more note of Oliver. Then, in the playoffs with Hamilton, Oliver broke his arm.</p><p>&ldquo;After those two things Detroit seemed to be more interested in me,&rdquo; Oliver said wonderingly.</p><p>Murray recovered from the fracture and started playing ball.</p><p>&ldquo;I played shortstop in the Inter-County League in Ontario and a Cleveland scout saw me when we won the Ontario championship. They also signed our catcher, Jimmy Lawrence and he&rsquo;s still playing in the States,&rdquo; Oliver said.</p><p>When Murray went to Cleveland for his tryout he was told he would be switched from short to second with Batavia because his arm wasn&rsquo;t strong enough to go into the hole and make the long throw to first.</p><p>&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t exactly sensational,&rdquo; Oliver laughed. &ldquo;In seven games I made seven errors and couldn&rsquo;t even hit my weight&mdash;I was hitting about .200.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;When they gave me my outright release it was the happiest day of my life. I didn&rsquo;t like the life one bit. We got so little meal money we used to eat a lot at hot dog stands and everywhere we played, we went by car.</p><p>&ldquo;We might have a three-game series with Geneva. The first game would be there at night. Right after the game we&rsquo;d drive back to Batavia and play the second game there the next night and for the third game we&rsquo;d drive back to Geneva.&rdquo;</p><p>But the two seeming misfortunes worked to Oliver&rsquo;s advantage. That fall he turned pro with Edmonton.</p><p>Murray&rsquo;s debut with the Flyers was little short of spectacular. He triggered 33 goals and assisted on 34 to tie teammate Jerry Melynk as Edmonton&rsquo;s leading scorer.</p><h2><b>Scored Fast As A Wing</b></h2><p>There was a new awareness of Oliver at Red Wings&rsquo; training camp in September. He was sent back to Edmonton at the start of the campaign for more seasoning which was fine with Murray&hellip;&ldquo;as they say, I came to play,&rdquo; he grinned.</p><p>&ldquo;When Detroit called me up I asked if I would be working regularly. I told them I would rather play in Edmonton than sit on the bench in Detroit.&rdquo;</p><p>Murray&rsquo;s big moment came on his 22ud birthday, Nov. 14, when Detroit sent for him.</p><p>At first, Murray alternated at center with Forbes Kennedy. Then, with Len Lunde off to a bad start, Sid Abel put Oliver between Howe and Gary Aldcorn at Boston Garden.</p><p>&ldquo;I was real lucky and scored right away,&rdquo; Oliver said. Gordie had the puck at the blue line and passed it to Gary. When the defense rushed Aldcorn he passed to me and bang! It was over and I had my first National League goal.</p><p>&ldquo;I had about three feet of the net and no time to think about it&hellip;I just shot. That gave me confidence and relieved the pressure. Then I started carrying the puck more and shooting.</p><p>&ldquo;I never expected to be playing on the same line with Gordie. That&rsquo;s one of those things that you hope for but don&rsquo;t take too seriously.&rdquo;</p><p>Does Howe&rsquo;s habit of being all over the ice unnerve Oliver? One centerman who didn&rsquo;t make it with Wings said he couldn&rsquo;t keep track of Howe.</p><p>&ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t bother me,&rdquo; Oliver said. &ldquo;If Gord is at center I take his wing. Gordie makes everything look so easy&hellip;and if you&rsquo;re in trouble you pitch him the puck and he zooms it out of there.&rdquo;</p><p>One facet of National League play did get Oliver at first.</p><p>&ldquo;You have to skate all out in this league. In the Western League I was on my regular line, the power play and penalty killing team. If you were tired you could loaf a shift and get away with it. But you can&rsquo;t do that here.&rdquo;</p><p>Murray&rsquo;s size made him the target for a few &ldquo;greeting&rdquo; checks when he first came up.</p><h2><b>Evans, Flaman Checked Him</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Fern Flaman came in on me in Boston looking as though he was going about his business and all of a sudden I got an elbow in the jaw&hellip;I thought it was broken.</p><p>&ldquo;But Jack Evans gave me my first introduction in Chicago. He was probably thinking &lsquo;Here&rsquo;s a little rookie I&rsquo;ll show that it&rsquo;s all about and he practically lifted me up and carried me into the boards.</p><p>&ldquo;They play more body up here but it&rsquo;s not as rough as juniors where you get a lot of characters who never turn pro and just do a lot of busting. As you get up higher there&rsquo;s more finesse, stickhandling and thinking.&rdquo;</p><p>Murray&rsquo;s rise to the NHL started at Burlington, Ont., where he was teammed with Reg Morelli and Danny Farrell and the line led Burlington to the OHA Junior B championship.</p><p>Morelli is playing at the University of North Dakota and was named the outstanding player of the NCAA tournament last winter. Farrell is playing hockey and going to school at Michigan Tech.</p><p>In the off-season Murray still plays baseball in the Inter-County League and works as a carpenter for his uncle, a Hamilton contractor.</p><p>It was as a carpenter that Murray had his most serious injury.</p><p>&ldquo;I was on a ladder, about 15 feet off the ground, when I leaned back a little too far and all of a sudden I was on the ground with a broken thumb and vertebra.&rdquo;</p><p>But his big break&hellip;both arm and chance with the Wings&hellip;was yet to come.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Baseball Shift Paved Way For His NHL Career Experts Calling Him Best Center For Howe In Yrs

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&ndash;Hockey is Murray Oliver&rsquo;s sport although he had a brief fling at professional baseball.</p><p>But his boyhood idol wasn&rsquo;t Rocket Richard&hellip;Gordie Howe&hellip;Ted Lindsay&hellip;or the Bentleys.</p><p>&ldquo;I was always a Mickey Mantle man,&rdquo; Oliver said. &ldquo;He sure has the power and speed.&rdquo;</p><p>One of Oliver&rsquo;s big disappointments came on a rainy September afternoon in 1958 when the New York Yankees were in Detroit.</p><p>&ldquo;The weather was bad and we didn&rsquo;t expect them to play so we didn&rsquo;t go to the park,&rdquo; Oliver said. &ldquo;That was the day Mickey had one of his longest tape-measure homers, one that cleared the third deck in right field and went out of the park.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hockey His Game, But Mantle His Idol

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&ndash;Murray Oliver is a batchelor but he knows how to pick his roommates.</p><p>&ldquo;At Edmonton I batched with Louie Marcon and we ate like kings. Louie is quite a cook. He&rsquo;d fix steaks and chops with the best of them.</p><p>&ldquo;Of course, with Louie cooking I was the chief bottle-washer and pots and pans man but it was worth it.</p><p>,&rsquo;And even though Louie is Italian, we only had spaghetti once.&rdquo;</p><p>Oliver fared even better when Marcon was called up to Red Wings late last season. Lloyd Haddon, another rearguard with culinary talents, moved in with him.</p><p>&ldquo;Lloyd baked a mean roast on Sundays and that&rsquo;s one thing that Louie never attempted,&rdquo; Oliver said.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Murray Picked Roomies Well In WHL

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p><b>Founded October 1st, 1947</b></p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd., 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p>Publisher<b>Ken McKenxie,</b></p><p>Editor-in-Chief<b>Len Bramson,</b></p><p>General Manager<b>Will V. Cote,</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries</b></p><p>Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879 Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada</p><p><b>Vol. 13 MONTREAL, DECEMBER 19, 1959 No. 12</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">By Ken Mc Kenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01372/1699523-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="388" height="443"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>S</span>PRINGFIELD&mdash;THE HOMETOWN</b> Indians had too much power for the American Hockey League All-Stars in the sixth annual AHL All-Star Game played here December 10&hellip;More goals were scored in the 8-3 Springfield victory than in any previous AHL All-Star tilt&hellip;Lorne (Gump) Worsley played brilliantly in the winners&rsquo; goal&hellip;Dave Anderson reported in a New York Journal American story that Worsley might end up as goalie of the Boston Bruins in a Worsley for Don Simmons trade&hellip;This swap was denied by both Muzz and Lynn Patrick, general managers of New York and Boston respectively&hellip;Frank Mathers, Hershey Bears&rsquo; coach and coach of the All-Stars, has played a key role in all six AHL All-Star Games&hellip;The American League Board of Governors held a meeting during the day of the game. A fine luncheon was held at the Shelton Hotel for both teams, AHL officials and mebers of press, radio and TV&hellip;Newspapermen from various AHL cities were on hand for the occasion&hellip;Lynn Patrick thinks two of his players, Center Bronco Horvath and Defenseman Bob Armstrong, should make the First Half NHL All-Star Team&hellip;Patrick liked an all &ldquo;H&rdquo; forward line for the Stars&hellip;Horvath at center, Gordie Howe at right wing and Bobby Hull at left wing&hellip;Our good friend Andy O&rsquo;Brien is currently recovering from a serious stomach operation&hellip;The veteran sports editor of Weekend Magazine is expected to be back in action early in 1960&hellip;The Toronto Maple Leafs Fan Club are planning a trip to Detroit in February&hellip;Jerry Brown has replaced Don Grosso as coach of the Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds of the Eastern Pro League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02337/1699516-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="307" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Frank Mathers</b></figcaption></div><p><b>HERSHEY&rsquo;S WILLIE MARSHALL</b> scored the 12th Hat Trick of his American Hockey League career recently&hellip;Dunc Fisher, also of Hershey, tallied his 300th AHL assist last month&hellip;The Hillman brothers, all defensemen, get progressively taller and heavier&hellip;All three are standout American Hockey League defensemen&hellip;Floyd, the oldest, plays with Providence. He is 26, stands 5&rsquo;, 11&rdquo; tall and weighs 175 pounds&hellip;Larry, also with the Reds, is 22, six-feet even and weighs 185 pounds&hellip;The kid brother is Wayne, who plays for Buffalo. He is 21, is 6&rsquo;, 1&rdquo; tall and weighs 202 pounds&hellip;Johnny Wilson, spot player for the Toronto Maple Leafs has the most accurate shot in the National Hockey League. Or at least he did for the first third of the 1959-60 schedule&hellip;It took Wilson 3.33 shots to score a goal&hellip;He scored nine goals on 30 shots&hellip;Boston&rsquo;s Bronco Horvath had the second most accurate shot&hellip;He scored 21 goals on 94 shots which worked out to 4.48 shots for every goal scored&hellip;Chicago&rsquo;s Bobby Hull had the most shots on goal during the first third of the season&hellip;Hull had 118 shots on goal for 11 goals and a 10.73 shots per goal average&hellip;Gordie Howe had 13 goals on 106 shots for a 8.15 mark&hellip;Rudy Migay scored a goal for Rochester against Quebec after only seven seconds of play&hellip;This is not a league record, however&hellip;Hec Kilrea, while playing for Indianapolis in 1943 scored two seconds after the game started&hellip;His brother Wally with Hershey in 1938 scored three seconds after the beginning of the third period&hellip;Send 50 cents to THE HOCKEY NEWS for a copy of the American Hockey League Year Book for 1959-60.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03261/1699509-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="298" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Larry Hillman</b></figcaption></div><p><b>HORVATH</b> stands an excellent chance to score more goals than any member of the Boston Bruins&hellip;Most goals scored by a Bruin is 36 and these were scored by Herbie Cain, who played left wing on the 1943-44 team&hellip;Since then only five members of the Bruins, including Bill Cowley who scored 30 goals as Cain&rsquo;s linemate in 1943-44, have scored 30 or more in a season&hellip;The five are Don McKenney, 32 last year; Cain, 32 in 1944-45; Real Chevrefils, 31 in 1956-57; Bobby Bauer, 30 in 1946-47; and Horvath, 30 in 1957-58&hellip;Marshall Dann is doing a sports show five nights a week over WXYZ-TV in Detroit&hellip;The ace Detroit Free Press hockey and golf writer has a bright future in the television medium&hellip;In the same issue of the Toronto Daily Star two former greats with the Toronto Maple Leafs are shown playing other sports&hellip;Syl Apps is pictured giving his wife a curling lesson&hellip;and Red Horner is being congratulated after a hole in one during a recent golf game in Bermuda&hellip;Incidentally, it was Horner&rsquo;s fourth hole in one&hellip;CBS will start televising NHL games on January ninth, and will continue every Saturday right through until the end of the regular 1959-60 schedule.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04207/1699502-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="306" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Herbie Cain</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.</p><p>Jame Baker Bartlett of Verdun, P.Q. and Long Beach, L.I., celebrated the happiest night of his NHL life face down on an immaculate white rubbing table in the New York Rangers dressing room.</p><p>&ldquo;Yeeeeooow,&rdquo; was the commentary from the rambunctious left wing, who wasn&rsquo;t yelling about his first big league hat trick against Toronto Dec. 6.</p><p>&ldquo;Yeeeow,&rdquo; he repeated again, this time less enthusiastically as Dr. Kazuo Yanigasawa applied an antiseptic to Bartlett&rsquo;s skin. There were two rosecolored welts on Jimmy&rsquo;s back. Each was about two inches long and gave the impression that Bartlett was permanently scared by a Maple Leaf branding iron.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know who did it,&rdquo; the hard little guy said, turning his head awkwardly to face an interviewer. &ldquo;All I know is that if I shoot instead of trying to deke (Johnny) Bower, I&rsquo;d have four goals and no bruises.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;d trade a couple of welts for every hat trick you could get,&rdquo; someone cracked and Bartlett weighed the idea like he would the decision to shoot or fake a goalie.</p><p>&ldquo;Guess I would,&rdquo; he replied although it didn&rsquo;t really sound like he meant it because the welts had the look and feel of a whiplash.</p><p>This is the price Jimmy Bartlett has had to pay for a step toward NHL recognition. He hasn&rsquo;t reached that promised land yet but it&rsquo;s closer than ever.</p><h2><b>Linemates Are Better Players</b></h2><p>&ldquo;I have to call this my best year so far,&rdquo; he says. And he&rsquo;s right. Last year Bartlett scored 11 goals and 20 points in 70 games. He also collected 118 penalty minutes, many of which were considered a detriment to the club. The hat trick put him considerably ahead of the 1958-59 record, with a chance for stardom.</p><p>This is why:</p><p>Bartlett has the basic talent to be an effective hockey player if he puts his mind to it. He is a strong skater, a fearless puck carrier and has a decent shot. Then, the question, why has his NHL career been shrouded in mediocrity?</p><p>&ldquo;I never had linemates like I have now,&rdquo; Bartlett explains, referring to Andy Hebenton at right, Red Sullivan at center. Also, Larry Popein, who helps kill penalties with Bartlett.</p><p>&ldquo;With Red and Heb, you really have to skate because you know they&rsquo;re going to get the puck for you. They make all the difference in the world.&rdquo;</p><p>Last season Bartlett was saddled with Hank Ciesla and Les Colwill, two high order gentlemen but who were not calculated to bring out the best hockey Jimmy can produce. But put him with a couple of aces and watch him go.</p><p>The pain was ebbing now as this 5-9, 165 pound digger got up from the rubbing table.</p><p>A friend dropped over and asked Bartlett about his third tally when he went in alone to beat Bower. Was he thinking about the hat trick as he cruised in?</p><p>&ldquo;No, it was a toss-up in my mind whether to pull him out or shoot,&rdquo; Bartlett said. &ldquo;He gave me the far side but I decided at the last minute to pull him. When I did, I made bloody sure it was in.</p><p>With six goals in tow and more than half-season to go, Jim says he&rsquo;ll settle for 15&hellip;and, with luck, 20 red lights. &ldquo;I figure if I get 10 by Christmas I can get 10 in the rest of the season.&rdquo;</p><p>Jimmy removed an ace bandage from around his stomach, shook hands with a visitor and headed for the shower stall. Welts or no welts, it was a night to remember.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05184/1699554-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="294" height="472"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Bartlett</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Jimmy Finds Bumps And Bruises Worth His 1st Hat Trick

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06150/1699592-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg"></div><p>Toronto Star</p><h2><b>Love Me, Love My Hockey Brother</b></h2><p>You&rsquo;ll have to pardon our hockey Leafs if they don&rsquo;t subscribe to the doctrine that an athlete should be his brother&rsquo;s keeper. The Gardens bigwigs shake their shaggy heads when they see draftee Johnny Wilson topping all their higher-priced serfs in goal production. Wilson was plucked from the grab when Detroit Red Wings left him unprotected.</p><p>For $20,000, Leafs got a player who wasn&rsquo;t spectacular but who had the reputation of being an honest workman. He was regarded as insurance at left wing against the collapse of veteran Bert Olmstead. All of which is something of a laugh at the moment. In the goal-shooting department, the leading Leafs, in order of merit, are the Messrs Wilson and Olmstead. Both are Toronto employees because of the draft, a device which leaves a journeyman hockey player little choice as to where he will earn his living.</p><p>Wilson, as a matter of fact, made a career out of ducking the Leafs any time they attempted to lassoo him. This made them suspicious he didn&rsquo;t like Toronto. It will come as a surprise to hear he loved the Leafs all along. The reason he avoided them was that they didn&rsquo;t show the proper respect for the talents of his brother, Larry.</p><p>Johnny always figured his younger brother was a better player than you&rsquo;d guess by reading his performance charts. Larry has looked like a big leaguer in the minors and a minor leaguer in the NHL, if you&rsquo;re permitted to tamper with one of Branch Rickey&rsquo;s old cliches. Larry seldom has been below 20 goals for a season in the minors. A few years ago, he potted 39 goals for the Buffalo Bisons. Detroit and Chicago both tried him and gave up. Meanwhile, Johnny was always trying to play along with Larry.</p><p>He managed it for a spell&mdash;at Omaha and Indianapolis. The statistics made it pretty clear which was the better player. When Johnny scored 41 goals for Omaha, Larry managed 22. When Larry got a dozen goals for Indianapolis; the book showed 34 for Johnny. After that, Larry always seemed to be departing when Johnny was arriving. Johnny landed with Detroit; Larry was off to Edmonton. Johnny was traded to Chicago. Larry left Chicago for Buffalo.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07127/1699585-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="553" height="897"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Johnny Wilson</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>One For Leafs, One For The Wings</b></h2><p>All this time, Johnny still hoped he&rsquo;d get the chance to help Larry prove he was a big leaguer. From the start, he had been frustrated by hockey&rsquo;s intelligence services. One day, during a playoff game at Quebec, both brothers came under the scrutiny of professional scouts. This was when they still were in junior hockey. Jo-Jo Grabowski, who was snooping in behalf of the Maple Leafs, rushed to a phone and placed the name of Johnny Wilson on Toronto&rsquo;s negotiation list. Marcel Cote went to another phone and tagged Larry Wilson for future delivery to Detroit.</p><p>Johnny never did business with Leafs because he was anxious to skate along with Larry. They went to the Windsor Spitfires, a powerful junior club then operated by the Red Wings. Bob Davidson, head scout for the Leafs, went to Windsor and attempted to lure Johnny into the Toronto zone of influence. Davidson offered him a chance to study and play hockey at St. Michael&rsquo;s college. In a second try, Davidson proclaimed the advantages of playing for Marlboros. Johnny shrugged him off and Leafs finally surrendered.</p><p>A dozen years later, Leafs got their man. They weren&rsquo;t sure they wanted him now, but if he didn&rsquo;t stick with the big club, they knew he would be a valuable asset to the farm team at Rochester. Manager-coach Punch Imlach started him off as a penalty-killer. Now, Wilson has a regular berth and keeps rapping in goals at a pace which indicates this could be his most productive season. His high-water mark was 24 goals in 1955-56 for Chicago. He&rsquo;s enjoying the scenery here. Somewhere along the line, he accepted the painful fact that brother Larry never will be a major leaguer.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&ndash;</p><p>Recollections of some periodical comments and appraisals by Tommy Ivan, general manager of the Black Hawks.</p><p>Subject: rookie center William &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Hay, 24, Saskatoon, Sask.</p><p>Calgary, February, 1959: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a real good-sized boy. Seems to know what he wants to do. I don&rsquo;t know, though, what about his skating</p><p>Chicago, August, 1959: &ldquo;Yes, we&rsquo;ve shelled out $20,000 each for &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Hay, Murray Balfour and Terry Gray from the Canadiens. Hay is a real big boy and I think Chicago will like him. He&rsquo;s a college boy and has it &lsquo;upstairs&rsquo;, I&rsquo;m sure.&rdquo;</p><p>St. Catherines (training campg, September 1959: &ldquo;At first I wasn&rsquo;t too sure he could skate well enough, but he&rsquo;s changed my mind on that. He&rsquo;s a fellow that I think we are going to have to be a little patient with.&rdquo;</p><p>Chicago, October, 1959: &ldquo;The team just hasn&rsquo;t been going well, but Hay has been one of the bright spots he is continuing to improve. He uses his head and makes excellent moves.&rdquo;</p><p>The Black Hawks first started noticing Bill Hay when he began piling up points with Calgary, a Chicago farm club in the Western League. His record there last year included 24 goals and 30 assists for 54 points in 53 games. Montreal had signed him earlier and loaned him to the Stampeders.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01326/1699630-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="534" height="542"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Hay</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Started To Move With Hull</b></h2><p>Ivan pulled what may become a genuine master stroke when he used a fistful of Norris-Wirtz cash to purchase young &ldquo;Red&rdquo; before the player drafts got underway last fall. A quiet, uneffected skater, Red showed well in training camp and has gradually worked his way upward in the Hawk lineup.</p><p>He was used sparingly at first&mdash;especially due to the early season slump by the Hawks. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t like to rush these kids into pressure situations right from the start,&rdquo; it was pointed out by Coach Rudy Pilous at the time. When he did play, Hay found his linemates different almost every time.</p><p>This was until about five weeks ago when he found himself suddenly inserted into a line with Bobby Hull and Eric Nesterenko at his sides as a fill-in for veteran Phil Maloney. He seemed to like it from the start and was a victim of a genuine robbery at the end of the game.</p><p>He succeeded in popping the puck past Jacques Plante and it normally would have brought Chicago to a satisfying 2-2 tie with the Canadiens, but Referee Eddie Powers, following consultation with timekeeper Steve Meuris, had to call it off for the game had officially ended a second earlier.</p><p>Hay was bounced around a few more time before finally being installed between Bobby and &ldquo;Nester&rdquo; for good and it only took a few games to prove that his late goal was no fluke. Recently, in fact, these three have taken over top scoring honors with the Hawks.</p><p>During a five game undefeated streak through the middle of last week their production ran something like this:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02296/1699623-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="604" height="156"></div><p>The big redhead is at the bottom, but still has eraned the approval of both Ivan and Pilous for his veteranish savvy both on the attack and defensively and it must be admitted that any first year man with such qualities will certainly be around for more than a few seasons.</p><p>Hull&rsquo;s flash to a contending spot in the NHL scoring race has earned a big assist for Hay from Pilous who points out, &ldquo;Bobby seems to be enjoying wing (he&rsquo;s an ex-center) for the first time since he was changed and &lsquo;Red&rsquo; already has set him up beautifully a number of times.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Prying Hay Off Habs Farm Now Paying Off In Black Hawks Barn

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, IlI.&ndash;For the first time in club history, the Black Hawks have not one, but two centers in the definite running for top rookie honors in the National League this year. The pair are big &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Hay and cagey Stan Mikita.</p><p>As of the moment, their opponents for the Calder trophy appear to be Ken Schinkel of the Rangers, Murray Oliver and Val Fonteyne of Detroit, Ted Hampson of Toronto, Bill Hicke of the Canadiens and possibly Bob Kabel of New York.</p><p>Only three skaters in Hawk history have acheived the Calder recognition&mdash;goalie Mike Karakas in 1935-36 and forwards Cully Dahlstrom and Ed Litzenberger in 1937-38 and 1954-55 respectively.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hay, Mikita 1st Chi Pivots In Race For Rook Ribbons

<p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, Ill.&ndash;The city of Regina, Saskatchewan, has produced many great hockey players in its time. As a hotbed for Montreal Canadiens farmhands, Regina has also been a big producer for the Chicago Black Hawks, but indirectly.</p><p>The Canadiens breed them, the Hawks buy them. That&rsquo;s the story for three successful Chicago players. As member of the Regina Pats Junior club Ed Litzenberger, Red Hay and Murray Balfour all were highly regarded in the Montreal chain. Both Litzenberger and Balfour wore Habs sweaters at one time or another. Hay never did. Red trained with the Canadiens but played amateur at Colorado College and then turned pro with Calgary Stampeders of the WHL. He was on loan to that club from the Canadiens. Litz was born in Neudorf, Saskatchewan, but lived much of his life in Regina. Both Hay and Balfour were born there. Balfour played for Pats before he joined Ottawa Junior Canadiens.</p><p>Other NHL players who started with Regina Pats are Canadiens Bob Turner and Billy Hicke. Both were born in Regina. Lorne Davis of Providence and Tony Schneider of Springfield are also Regina Pats grads.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Habs Breed Them In Regina But Then End Up As Injuns

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&ndash;</p><p>You almost could cut the skepticism with a knife when Muzz Patrick quietly announced that Bob Kabel was being imported from Vancouver to see if he could help the Rangers.</p><p>&ldquo;Bob who?&rdquo; one reported winced.</p><p>&ldquo;Kabel,&rdquo; we advised, &ldquo;kid used to play for the Saskatoon Junior Wesleys. He&rsquo;s pretty big and rough.&rdquo;</p><p>That impressed nobody and nothing much more that was said contributed to Kabel popularity.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll play him at forward,&rdquo; Patrick said in a way that led you to think the 25-year-old would have to be pretty terrific to stick. &ldquo;Alf&rsquo;ll decide where he fits in.&rdquo;</p><p>Alf decided to put Kabel at right wing with Andy Bathgate at center and Dean Prentice at left.</p><p>Smash, bam, allakazam! In three games this nobody, this kid from Dauphin, Man. (pop. 7,000, in a good year) scores two goals and two assists and Rangers win two of three.</p><p>This doesn&rsquo;t make him a fixture in the Gotham but that 6-0, 180 pounds is the kind of sirlon Patrick likes to have around.</p><p>Kabel, himself, is a smiling youngster who fully appreciates the break he&rsquo;s getting.</p><p>&ldquo;They weren&rsquo;t even asking me to report for training,&rdquo; he said ebulliently. &ldquo;Then I get this chance. I almost dropped dead when they told me. It feels wonderful.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Must Get Into Shape</b></h2><p>Joyous he is, naive Kabel is not. The challenge is before him.</p><p>&ldquo;I gotta get in better shape,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been in minor league shape. Major league shape is different&mdash;it&rsquo;s a step faster here. So far, I&rsquo;ve found that I&rsquo;ve been getting tired quickly. I used to be able to pace myself at Vancouver. Up here you have to give out all the time.&rdquo;</p><p>Kabel made his debut in Montreal, of all places, and comported himself like he had a mortgage on the Forum.</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe it was the 50 telegrams I got from home that did it,&rdquo; he said fingering his Ivy League suit. &ldquo;Toronto was another story&hellip;I was scared.&rdquo;</p><p>Kabel&rsquo;s presence seemed to ignite Prentice and Bathgate. Whether it&rsquo;s a temporary flare remains to be seen.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s good and he listens,&rdquo; says Bathgate. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s making the check so our defense&rsquo;s real good. They only scored one goal in three games against our line. Usually in three games I can get a sunburn.&rdquo;</p><p>Just to prove the Mutual Admiration Society was still in business, Kabel returned the kudo.</p><p>&ldquo;How can you go wrong with two of the best players telling you what to do?&rdquo;</p><p>Bob&rsquo;s scoring tendencies already have endeared him to Gotham fans who launched a &ldquo;We Want Kabel&rdquo; chant in the third period at the Garden. Wait&rsquo;ll they see his bodychecks.</p><p>&ldquo;I always went out of my way to check,&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;In the minors I hit everyone but the coach&mdash;and at times I felt like hitting him too.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Rangers Get Kabel’s Message—‘Wait Until I Get Into Shape’

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03230/1699733-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Kabel, right played his first game in the Montreal Forum, picked up an assist and played a standout game. It was Doug Harvey night at the Forum and in between periods Kabel and Goaler Marcel Paille were caught by HN cameraman enjoying the festivities from a cold position.</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK, N.Y.&ndash;Bob Kabel, the Rangers newest rookie arrived in New York from Vancouver of the Western Hockey League while the Rangers were on the road. Interviewed by a couple of NY newspapermen, before leaving to catch up with the club, Kabel showed himself to be a confident young man with a complete lack of humility. They asked Bob if he was worried about breaking into the NHL against the Canadiens the next night. He stunned them by replying: &ldquo;Not really. Those fellow also put their skates on one at a time.&rdquo;</p><p>Up until that point, Bob&rsquo;s most distinguishing feature had been a large &ldquo;Joann&rdquo; tattooed on his arm.</p><p>He explained that his wife&rsquo;s name was Joann but that the tattoo was for a childhood sweetheart with the same name.</p><h2><b>Watching The Stars Go By</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Bob Gets Off On Right Skate In NY

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&ndash;</p><p>Players come and go but it&rsquo;s still the Old Pro that makes the Red Wings perk&mdash;Gordie Howe.</p><p>The husky, slope-shouldered right winger, fondly called &ldquo;the big guy&rdquo; by general manager Jack Adams, has Detroit in playoff contention again.</p><p>Gordie&rsquo;s work load has slacked off a bit&mdash;he doesn&rsquo;t handle penalty killing chores as much with Alex Delvecchio and Norm Ullman doing standout jobs there&mdash;-but he&rsquo;s still around to either get or set up the big goals.</p><p>In a weekend home doubleheader against Boston and Montreal, Howe notched one goal and assisted on three others as Wings edged Bruins, 4-3, and then rallied for a 4-4 standoff with Montreal.</p><p>Howe is in his 14th season in the National League, all with Wings, and passed two more milestones early in the season when he got his 425th regular season goal and 1,000th point.</p><p>And, with Maurice (Rocket) Richard sidelined by injury and Andy Bathgate down in goal production and Rangers off to a bad start, Howe again seems the likely contender for first All-Star team in the first half voting.</p><p>Howe snapped off 14 goals and 16 assists in his first 26 games and is headed for his 11th straight campaign of 20-plus goals.</p><p>His 14th broke a 1-1 tie with Bruins in the middle period and was a typical Howe goal&mdash;a 15-foot cannon shot that Harry Lumley couldn&rsquo;t hold.</p><p>Ironically, Howe only had one turn in the first 10 minutes of play as Milt Schmidt and Sid Abel tried to outmaneuver each other.</p><h2><b>Keep Howe On Bench Hub Strategy</b></h2><p>Schmidt and Abel started the game with their No. 2 units, then sent out third lines and finally the fourth. They made the 2-3-4 rotation again before the stars made their appearance over the boards.</p><p>At that, Bronco Horvath was on the ice only 11 seconds before Schmidt called back the NHL&rsquo;s leading goal man.</p><p>Then the jockeying for position started again with the second, third and fourth lines, resulting in a total of 10 switches in as many minutes.</p><p>&ldquo;If I can keep Howe on the bench that way, I&rsquo;ll gladly keep Bronc on the bench when we&rsquo;re in Detroit, Schmidt explained after the game.</p><p>Howe&rsquo;s marker put Wings ahead for good and although Detroit had to stave off a flourishing Bruin finish, the Redshirts counted their first victory against Lum in their last seven attempts.</p><p>Despite a pair of assists by Howe and two goals by young Murray Oliver, Wings still couldn&rsquo;t beat Montreal the next night. Injury-riddled Canadiens grabbed a tie and would have had a victory but for veteran Doug Harvey being in the wrong spot at the wrong time&mdash;a rare occasion.</p><p>Marcel Pronovost&rsquo;s 50-footer was well off-target with 3:54 to play but Harvey, trying to block it, deflected it into the cage.</p><p>Canadiens thus boosted a pair of streaks over Detroit a notch apiece&mdash;12 straight on Olympia ice without a setback and 10 in a row without a defeat either in the Forum or Olympia.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS:</b> Terry Sawchuk&rsquo;s first two appearances after a bout with virus neuritis resulted in seven goals for the opposition but Wings still picked up three points on a victory and a tie&hellip;&ldquo;I was dead tired,&rdquo; Sawchuk said after returning to the nets against Bruins. Sawchuk missed three games due to the illness.</p><p>Detroit&rsquo;s rearguard foursome of Red Kelly, Marcel Pronovost, Warren Godfrey and Jim Morrison has experienced plus&mdash;some 40 years of it&hellip;the 32-year-old Kelly, highest scoring defenseman in NHL history, tops the list with 13 seasons&hellip;Pronovost, 29, is in his 10th campaign&hellip;Godfrey, 28, in his eighth and Morrison, also 28, in his ninth.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04172/1699764-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="302" height="470"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Howe</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Wings Story? A Guy Named Howe And Howe But Howe

<div class="byline">By Dink Carroll</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01396/1699795-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Coach Toe Blake, right, in one of his nastier moods as he lets off steam on an official. He calls present day team best of all Hab clubs.</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Montreal Gaxette</b></p><h2><b>Two Great Hockey Teams</b></h2><p>Not so long ago&mdash;nine games back, to be exact&mdash;the Canadiens were breezing along with the breeze, the wind at their backs, and they had gone 15 games in a string without a setback. Now they were in Detroit for a Thursday night game and the hockey writers had a few questions to ask Toe Blake.</p><p>How does this team compare with the fabulous 1944 team that lost only five games in the entire season?</p><p>&ldquo;The 1944 team was an outstanding team,&rdquo; replied Toe, &ldquo;but we didn&rsquo;t have the players on it to compare with the likes of Jean Beliveau, Boom Boom Geoffrion, Dickie Moore, Henri Richard, Doug Harvey and the others on this year&rsquo;s team.&rdquo;</p><p>Toe was active then, playing left wing on the Punch Line with Elmer Lach at centre and Maurice (Rocket) Richard at right wing. He could still put the puck in the net with enough consistency to earn the soubriquet of the &ldquo;Old Lamplighter&rdquo;, tough the Rocket was starting to come up.</p><p>&ldquo;I would have liked to see the &lsquo;44 club play against the great teams Detroit later produced, or against Boston or Toronto when they were ruling the National Hockey League,&rdquo; said Toe. &ldquo;V/e were never under real pressure that season, never really extended. Three of the defeats were to Boston, a team that wound up in fifth place. Toronto beat us twice.&rdquo;</p><p>The Canadiens won 38 games, tied seven and lost five in the 50-game schedule of that year. In the playoffs, they climaxed their triumph over Toronto in the semi-final series with an 11-0 victory that still stands as a playoff game record. Then they licked Chicago for the Stanley Cup, four games to one.</p><h2><b>The 1944 Team</b></h2><p>Who else was on that 1944 team besides the Punch Line?</p><p>Well, there was a lanky rookie goalkeeper who handed the Red Wings their first shutout in 66 games in Detroit Olympia. His name was Bill Durnan and he went on to win the Vezina Trophy six times.</p><p>Then there was the Gabby Line with Phil Watson pivoting Ray Getliffe and Murph Chamberlain. It was the one season Watson played with the Canadiens, sandwiched in between a 12-year career with the Rangers. The third line had Buddy O&rsquo;Connor at centre flanked by Gerry Heffernan and Fern Majeau. Bobby Fillion was the extra forward.</p><p>The defensemen were Butch Bouchard, Glen Harmon, Sliding Leo Lamoureux and Wide Mike McMahon. Tommy Gorman was the manager and Dick Irvin the coach.</p><p>It was a fine team, no doubt about that, but it wasn&rsquo;t as good as some that have since worn the bleu, blanc, rouge of the Habitants. On the train coming up from Boston a year ago last April, the Rocket was asked to compare the 1944 team with the one that had just won the Stanley Cup from the Bruins.</p><p>&ldquo;This is a better team,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The 1944 team only had one line that could score. This team has three.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>The Best Ever</b></h2><p>Toe Blake thinks this year&rsquo;s team is the best ever, or at least he did a couple of weeks ago.</p><p>&ldquo;Sixty per cent of our club this year is improved over last season,&rdquo; he observed. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re a year older in lots of places where it helps. Players like Ralph Backstrom, Claude Provost, Phil Goyette, Andre Pronovost, Don Marshall and Marcel Bonin are improved.</p><p>&ldquo;The proof of this team&rsquo;s greatness is the ability to play over the injuries to such players as Geoffrion and Bob Turner. It proves it&rsquo;s a team effort that carries them through. Hockey is a funny game. Detroit was sixth last season and look what a few changes have done to it. You ask me if this Montreal team is going to finish first again this year? I&rsquo;m not even thinking about that. We&rsquo;ve got a game to win tonight. That&rsquo;s what counts.&rdquo;</p><p>The Canadiens won that night though they lost the Rocket through an injury before it was over. They extended their skein of unbeaten game to 18 before dropping a 1-0 decision to the Leafs in Toronto.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Playing the field

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&ndash;</p><p>Since National Hockey league teams play 70-game schedules, it may be stretching a point to single out one particular contest and call it significant.</p><p>However, coach Punch Imlach feels Leafs&rsquo; 1-0 victory over the rampaging Montreal Canadiens in Maple Leaf Gardens Dec. 2 was the most important recorded by the Toronto club since it defeated Boston in the deciding game of last spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup semi-finals.</p><p>It was a tremendous exhibition of hockey and a tremendous effort by Leafs. Canadiens had won eight straight, were undefeated in 18 and were playing somewhere near their best. Leafs wore them down with tireless checking in both ends, kept them off-balance with bodychecks and didn&rsquo;t let up for a second in making a first-period goal by Frank Mahovlich stand up.</p><h2><b>Were To Cocky Before</b></h2><p>Imlach was delighted that his team could handle the mighty Montrealer in playoff-type hockey. As reecntly as last spring, Leafs had been no match for Canadiens in the tough, chips-down brand of hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;We may have come of age as a hockey team,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Now the fellows know that if every man gives out, we can beat the Canadiens.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;It was our first all-out effort since the Boston series last spring.&rdquo; said Bert Olmstead. &ldquo;You know, I was pretty sure we could have beaten Canadiens last spring. But we went out with the wrong idea. We&rsquo;d beaten Boston and were too cocky. This game proves my point. We can handle them but it takes hard work by every guy on the club.&rdquo;</p><p>Frank Selke, Canadiens&rsquo; boss, agreed with Imlach and Olmstead. &ldquo;For a hockey man, there&rsquo;s something significant about a 1-0 score,&rdquo; he told newsmen, &ldquo;especially when the goal comes in the first period.</p><p>&ldquo;It tells you a lot about the club that wins,&rdquo; he went on. &ldquo;You may get licked 3-0 or 5-1 and write it off as a bad night. But when you play well and still can&rsquo;t get back a goal which was scored in the first period, it means you&rsquo;re up against a tough team.&rdquo;</p><p>There were a couple of changes for Leafs in that game, which, incidentally, was attended by a record Gardens crowd of 14,632.</p><p>One shift was forced on Imlach. Defenceman Bobby Baun was sidelined with an infected elbow. Imlach filled the gab by moving Carl Brewer into Baun&rsquo;s right defence slot and putting Marc Reaume on the left flank, where Brewer usually works. Things worked out surprisingly well. Brewer seemed even better on that side and Reaume had fewer of his lapses.</p><p>The other switch was a sudden improvement in Mahovlich, who&rsquo;d been mired in a disastrous slump. Just the day before, Imlach had said Leafs would be able to beat Canadiens, if he could get the Big &ldquo;M&rdquo; rolling.</p><p>Frankie played well, made no mistake about flipping a rebound over Jacques Plante and looked interested in his work for the first time in weeks.</p><p>The following Saturday evening, he shot two goals and two assists, as Leafs beat Rangers and extended their undefeated streak to six games. Then they went to New York and were clobbered, 6-0, the worst defeat since Imlach took over as coach. It was the first time since Nov. 1 that any team other than Canadiens had beaten them.</p><p>It was such a thorough trouncing that Imlach was a bit concerned.</p><p>But he couldn&rsquo;t be too worried. Leafs&rsquo; hot streak had carried them to the comfort of second place and they were 16 points ahead of Chicago and New York, which were tied for fifth place&mdash;or, if you prefer, sixth.</p><p><b>NOTES:</b> Leafs&rsquo; Bobby Haggert, youngest trainer in the NHL, celebrated his 25th birthday Dec. 5&hellip;The entire team saw My Fair Lady when they stayed in New York following their Dec. 6 game there. The Toronto party, which included team executives, also were dinner guests at Leones&hellip;Johnny Bower was fantastic in Leafs&rsquo; win over Montreal. The big stop was on Marcel Bonin&rsquo;s clear breakthrough&hellip;In the Dec. 6 game in New York, Leafs used Gary Edmundson regularly on a line with Ted Hampson. Edmundson plays the game rough&hellip;Imlach has been toying with the idea of working Ron Stewart on defence. He tried it in New York and Stew looked good back there. He drew plenty of all-star votes last time he played on the rearguard.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02280/1699826-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="300" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bert Olmstead</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Dec. 2 Night Leafs To Remember In Next Playoffs Against Habs

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&ndash;It was hockey night in Toronto, Dec. 5, and Leafs were trailing Rangers, one goal to two, at the end of the second period.</p><p>Punch Imlach, coach, manager and psychologist, fired up his sagging warriors with a dressing room ultimatum. If they lost, their upcoming holiday in New York would be cancelled.</p><p>Leafs, after playing Rangers in Gotham the next night, were to enjoy a layover until Tuesday morning when they&rsquo;d travel to Boston for a Wednesday engagement.</p><p>Instead, Imlach proposed to fly them back to Toronto and hold practices Monday morning and Monday afternoon.</p><p>The result: Leafs charged out and fired five goals in 20 minutes to whip Rangers, 6-3.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Third Period Rush Saves Leafs’ NY Holiday

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04133/1699912-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg"></div><p><b>The 1959-60 N.H.L. Press and Radio Guide also includes Hendy&rsquo;s Who&rsquo;s Who In Hockey, and is the finest Hockey Guide published.</b></p><p>This compact 228-page book answers every question imaginable about the National League. Gives complete professional records of every player in the National, American, Western and Eastern Leagues.</p><p>Very Limited supply, so get your order in early I All This Tor Only $1.00 (Postage Paid)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NHL PRESS & RADIO GUIDE

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&ndash;</p><p>It took Marcel Pronovost to do What the best-laid defensive plans of Bruins&rsquo; opponents had failed to accomplish.</p><p>That&rsquo;s putting a stop to the sensational scoring of Bronco Horvath.</p><p>Horvath made 21 goals in his first 26 games this fall. He was scoring against every team, in every rink.</p><p>Then in an afternoon game in Detroit he tried to jump out of the way of a long shot by Pronovost, Detroit defenseman. Instead of jumping clear of the shot he jumped right into it. The shot broke a big toe.</p><p>The snapshooting center couldn&rsquo;t play again in that game, and he couldn&rsquo;t play in the next Bruins&rsquo; game&mdash;with the Chicago Black Hawks&mdash;at all. His swollen foot wouldn&rsquo;t fit into the boot of his skate.</p><p>&ldquo;I broke the other toe last season but I didn&rsquo;t miss any time,&rdquo; fumed the disgusted Horvath, &ldquo;but there was enough time between games for the swelling to go down. But I&rsquo;ll be ready for the next one.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Won&rsquo;t Affect All-Star Rating</b></h2><p>The Horvath injury was considered by Tommy Ivan hardly likely to affect his candidacy for the National League&rsquo;s all-star team.</p><p>Said the Chicago general manager, who has a prime left wing candidate in bumptious Bob Hull, &ldquo;How can anyone overlook Horvath&rsquo;s record? He&rsquo;s fantastic! He made a goal against us in Chicago when he has less than a foot of opening at which to shoot. He put the shot right through the opening.&rdquo;</p><p>When Johnny Bucyk sustained a shoulder separation and torn muscles in his back after a seemingly harmless board check by Montreal&rsquo;s Maurice Richard, the Bruins&rsquo; famed Uke Line became this:</p><p>Forvath, center; Guy Gendron, lc wing; Vic Stasiuk, right wing.</p><p>I after Horvath&rsquo;s injury this was the Uke Line: Larry Leach, center; Gendron, left wing; Stasiuk, right wing.</p><p>For Milt Schmidt, Bruins&rsquo; coach, the loss of Horvath even for only two games was a blow. The Bruins were playing at the time without Defenseman Ferny Flaman or Bucy.</p><p>With Horvath absent Schmidt was able to ice only one line with more than a week&rsquo;s experience as a unit. That was a line of Don McKenney at center, Doug Mohns at left wing and Leo LaBine at right wing. As a result, the Bruins floundered into December as they had floundered out of November.</p><p>Besides the fantastic scoring pace of Horvath, another bright spot was the scoring of Mohns, an emergency transfer from defense. In his first seven games at the position he played originally with the Bruins blond Doug scored five goals.</p><p>In addition, the strongarmed defenseman had an obvious beneficial effect on McKenney, who hadn&rsquo;t been scoring as he did a year ago. The slippery center showed definite signs of regaining his touch with Mohns and LaBine for company.</p><p>Although the Bruins were having trouble winning here as well as elsewhere, their attendance maintained its record rate. After 12 home games the attendance was running 12,000 ahead of a year ago, when the team played to an all-time (for 35 games) record of 441,615 spectators.</p><p><b>BEAR FACTS&mdash;</b>The young Bucyks have been taking turns being patients. The big left wing had the bulky cast removed from his injured shoulder the day Horvath sustained his broken toe. That night Mrs. Bucyk underwent an emergency appendectomy in Salem (Mass.) Hospital. So after two weeks of nursing by his wife Johnny became the nurse. The Bucyks live in Boxford, more than 25 miles north of Boston.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01348/1699943-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="289" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bronco Horvath</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bronco’s Big Toe Slows Down Dash To Record Figure

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Rangers Put Foot On Gas, Pike ironing Out Bumps On The Way

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&ndash;</p><p>Alf Pike has seen enough of the Rangers to conclude that:</p><p>(1) Two victories in three games does not make his team champs, (2) a hat trick does not insure any player a regular turn, (3) last year&rsquo;s reputation is worthless today, and (4) you can&rsquo;t judge a rookie in a week.</p><p>This was proven after the Blues copped two of three, Jim Bartlett performed the hat trick, Lou Fontinato warmed the bench and freshman Bob Kabel tallied four points in three games.</p><p>A few impulsive types figured Pike would get excited after his Blues whomped Montreal, 7-4, at the Forum and panfried Toronto, 6-0, in New York within four days.</p><p>However, Pike remained cautious because in between the wins, his troops beat a hasty retreat at Toronto, losing 6-3. It could have been a big win for Rangers.</p><h2><b>Everybody&rsquo;s A Regular</b></h2><p>Pike was less than enthusistic about his defense, specifically, and the team generally for a third-period tightening-up that enabled Toronto to come from behind and win.</p><p>Thanks to Bartlett&rsquo;s philanthropy the next night, the Blues won their first home game for Pike. Did that mean Jimmy had won himself a regular job, free from penalty-killing? Don&rsquo;t be silly.</p><p>&ldquo;Everybody&rsquo;s a regular on my team,&rdquo; Pike said forcefully as if this was an obvious point. &ldquo;Besides, I didn&rsquo;t play Bartlett in the entire game.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Why not?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I took him off because he didn&rsquo;t do as he was told,&rdquo; Alf said. &ldquo;He was watching the puck instead of taking out the man at the point.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s the point. Pike has a system. If players, like Bartlett digress from it&mdash;snap!&mdash;they&rsquo;re pulled off the ice.</p><p>Lou Fontinato, who played for Pike at Guelph, learned the same. Louis is a chap with a reputation for competent defensive work. One would have expected Pike to play him regularly. Instead, Fonty has been conspicuous by his absence from the ice.</p><p>&ldquo;He wasn&rsquo;t playing so good,&rdquo; Pike put it bluntly and was immediately asked whether this was to be construed as a move to move Louis to anger.</p><p>&ldquo;Nope,&rdquo; said Pike, &ldquo;he gets mad enough without me trying to get him mad.&rdquo;</p><p>As for Bob Kabel, the rookie who collared four important points in three days, Pike sagely asks for more time to watch the right wing.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a nice boy,&rdquo; says Alf, &ldquo;and he wants to stay. I like his attitude but I don&rsquo;t want to judge a player in such a short time.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Spirit On Club Is High</b></h2><p>Pike&rsquo;s reluctance to clamber out on a limb is founded on his team&rsquo;s inability to emerge from the second division and, further, to put four straight wins together&mdash;hallmark of a playoff-bound club. Pike is not pessimistic, just hopeful. Meanwhile, his players are taking a turn at optimism.</p><p>&ldquo;We can be in fourth&hellip;or in striking distance by Christmas,&rdquo; said leading scorer Andy Bathgate. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re playing better. The key for us will be that trip in January.&rdquo; &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a question of breaks,&rdquo; added John Hanna, &ldquo;that old bounce wasn&rsquo;t coming&rsquo; our way. Maybe we&rsquo;ll get it now.&rdquo;</p><p><b>RANGERABILIA</b>: There must be something to this Bartlett. He&rsquo;s the only Ranger with his own fan club. Why, they&rsquo;re even throwing a dinner for him&hellip;Marcel Paille was asked whether he was thinking about his first NHL shutout of the season in the closing minutes of the Dec. 6th, 6-0 win: &ldquo;I never think about a shutout,&rdquo; he grinned sheepishly. &ldquo;When you think about it, that&rsquo;s when it goes.&rdquo;&hellip;Eddie Shack has played better hockey since returning from Springfield, &ldquo;but,&rdquo; says Pike, &ldquo;he plays two good games and four bad ones.&rdquo;&hellip;First solid fight of season in New York: Bathgate vs. Bert Olmstead. No damage done&hellip;Phil Watson returned to the Garden Dec. 6th and was all smiles, looked better than ever and dropped into the dressing room to congratulate Rangers after the win&hellip;Ken Schinkel is unobstrusively making a bid for the Calder (Rookie) Cup&hellip;AHL publicist Jim Ellery advises that his once high-scoring circuit has become as low-scoring as the NHL. Not only that but the AHL has had more shutouts than the NHL so far this campaign. End of references to the American loop as &ldquo;wideopen&rdquo;, &ldquo;defensively weak&rdquo;, etc&hellip;. Earl Ingarfield was sent to Springfiel to make way for Kabel&hellip;Meanwhile, Ron Howell, Harry&rsquo;s brother, buzzed in from Hamilton to work out with the Blues. Chances are he&rsquo;ll be farmed to Vancouver.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02315/1700005-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="301" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Kabel</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Alf Cautious About Blues’ Crank Up; Not Enthusiastic About The Defense Corps

<p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK, N.Y.&ndash;When the New York Rangers won their first home game for Coach Alf Pike, there was a flurry of comments on the victory. They blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-0 in Madison Square Garden. The win upped their scoring to 16 goals in three games. They topped the Canadiens 7-4, lost 6-3 in Toronto the night before the 6-0 shutout.</p><p>Said Pike: &ldquo;It was only the second time since I took over as coach that they have played three periods of hockey. The other time was in Montreal when we won 7-4. We could have beat the Leafs in Toronto (they lost 6-3) but we fell apart in the third period. I think some of our guys are finally starting to realize that a hockey game is made up of three periods.&rdquo;</p><p>From Defenseman Bill Gadsby came the surprised remark: &ldquo;Two wins in our last three games. We must have lost our heads.&rdquo;</p><p>The Leafs weren&rsquo;t so sure the Rangers won. They felt the Leafs lost.</p><p>Said Bert Olmstead: &ldquo;They didn&rsquo;t score six goals against us. We just gave them six goals.&rdquo;</p><p>Said General Manager-Coach Punch Imlach: &ldquo;I knew we would have to have a game like that sometime. Well, it couldn&rsquo;t have happened in a better town. That&rsquo;s the only good part about it. Rangers needed a win.&rdquo;</p><p>Said ex-Ranger Coach Phil Watson: &ldquo;They just removed half my stomach, but I&rsquo;ve still got my guts. That&rsquo;s why I came to see Leafs play.&rdquo;</p><p>Said Assistant General Manager King Clancy of the Leafs: &ldquo;Most of our guys just came along for the oranges.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

RANGERS 6-0 WIN BRINGS OUT UNUSUAL COMMENTS

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&ndash;&ldquo;Hockey Stars of 1960&rdquo; is the latest addition to hockey&rsquo;s growing library.</p><p>Featuring cartoon-style drawings of the leading players in the National Hockey League, the book is being published here for sale in this country. I twill be distributed in Canada shortly.</p><p>The artist-author is Leo White, sports cartoonist of the Boston Evening American. White, formerly a noted distance runner and a good amateur golfer, has been sketching the greats of the sports world for the American for the past 12 years. A keen follower of hockey, he is in attendance at most Bruins&rsquo; games here.</p><p>All six NHL teams are represented in the 30 pages of the book. White has supplemented his perceptive artwork with pertinent biographical date on his player subjects.</p><p>Hockey Stars, selling for 50 cents, is on sale at Boston Garden and may be purchased through the Garden&rsquo;s concessions department. The author has already prepared a copy for hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

“Hockey Stars Of 1960” Is Soon Ready For Ice Fans

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&ndash;Don Simmons of the Bruins has joined hockey&rsquo;s Masked Marvels club, of which Montreal&rsquo;s Jacques Plante is the founder.</p><p>Simmons, who shares the Bruins&rsquo; goa1-keeping with Harry Lumley, has been fitted for and equipped with a fibre glass mask of improved design.</p><p>The mask was made here from a mold of Simmons&rsquo; face. It differs from the Plante model by providing more coverage of the temples and forehead and having slanted rows of holes for ventilation across both cheeks. The interior has been treated with a substance which neutralizes perspiration.</p><p>Preliminary tests have shown Simmons that his field of vision is approximately the same while wearing the mask as it is when he doesn&rsquo;t wear it.</p><p>Don wasted no time in beginning the training he believes necessary before he wears the mask in a National League game.</p><p>&ldquo;Plante has developed complete confidence in his mask by using it first in practice,&rdquo; Simmons pointed out. &ldquo;He has conditioned his reflexes on that basis. I&rsquo;ll have to do the same thing if I&rsquo;m going to get the most possible benefit from wearing it.&rdquo;</p><p>Simmons spoke in support of Plante last spring when the Montreal goalkeeper announced his intention of experimenting with a mask.</p><p>Commented the Bruins&rsquo; goalie, &ldquo;He has taken the danger of the screened shot out of goaltending. That&rsquo;s every goalkeeper&rsquo;s worry&mdash;the shot he doesn&rsquo;t see.&rdquo;</p><p>College, high school and amateur goalkeepers have worn masks in this part of the country for many years, the protection being compulsory at the school levels.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04185/1700060-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="293" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Don Simmons</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Simmons Backs Plante—Has Mask For Practicing

<h2><b>Beliveau, Moore Loved Wings</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>J</span>ean Beliveau and Dickie Moore of the Canadiens liked the Detroit Red Wings more than any other club, when it came to scoring goals last season. The Canadians scored 67 goals against the Wings in 14 games. Beliveau and Moore accounted for 23 of them. Beliveau scored 12, Moore 11.</b></p><h2><b>Litz Had Sweet Revenge</b></h2><p><b>Eddie Litzenberger of the Chicago Black Hawks was originally a member of the Montreal Canadiens organization. He was sold to the Hawks during the 1954-55 season. He gained some measure of revenge for being dealt away by scoring more goals against the Habs last season than any other player in the league. He scored eight times against the Canadiens.</b></p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p><b>(Standings On Wed., A.M., Dec. 16)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05134/1700192-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="606" height="192"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 Detroit 2 at Chicago 0</b></h3><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Kelly, Morrison, Godfrey, Marcon; forwards: Howe, Ullman, Delvecchio, Cullen, Aldcorn, Fonteyne, M Melny, McNeil, McIntyre, Oliver, Lunde, McKenzie.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Arbour, Evans, St. Laurent; forwards: Nesterenko, Hay, Hull, Lindsay, M. Balfour, Sloan, Litzenberger, Skov, Wharram, E. Balfour, Mikita.</p><p>Referee: Vera Buffey; linesmen: Jack Paterson, Neil Armstrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04187/1700185-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="603" height="328"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 Toronto 3 at Boston 6</b></h3><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Horton, Stanley, Brewer, Reaume; forwards: Stewart, Olmstead, Pullford, Regan, Dutf, G. Armstrong, Hampson, Harris, Ehman, Wilson, Edmundson, Mahovlich.</p><p>Boston&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Erickson, Boivin, R. Armstrong, Ward, Mohns; forwards: Stasiuk, Gendron, Hor-vath, Burns, Labine, McKenney, Toppaz-zini, Meismer, Leach, Baluk.</p><p>Referee: Powers; linesmen: Doolittle, Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06103/1700178-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="604" height="787"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 Detroit 3 at Montreal 2</b></h3><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Kelly, Morrison, Godfey, Marcon; forwards: Ullman, Howe, Delvecchio, Oliver, Cullen, Fonteyne, Melnyk, Aldcorn, McNeill, Lunde, McIntyre, McKenzie.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Turner, Talbot, Langlois, Fleming; forwards: H. Richard, Geoirion, Moore, Beliveau, Hicks, Marshall, Goyette, Provost, A. Proncvost, Backstrom, McDonald.</p><p>Referee: Frank Udvan; linesmen: John Ashley, Bill Morrison.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0780/1700171-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="604" height="467"></div><h3><b>Chicago 4 at Toronto 2</b></h3><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Vasko, Pilote, Arbour, Evans, St. Laurent; forwards: Hay, Hull, Nesterenko, Lindsay, Sloan, Litzenberger, Skov, Wharram, Mikita, M. Balfour, E. Balfour,</p><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal; Bower; defense: Stanley Horton, Brewer, Reaume; forwards: Pulford, Stewart, Olmstead, Regan, Arm-strong, Buff, Harris, Ehman, Mahovlich, Hampson, Edmundson, Wilson.</p><p>Referee: Vern Buffey; linesmen: Nell Armstrong, Bruce Sims.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0863/1700164-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="601" height="568"></div><h3><b>New York 4 at Boston 3</b></h3><p>New York&mdash;Goal: Paille; defense: Howell, Fontinato, Hanna, Bownass, Gadsby, Spencer; forwards: Sullivan, He-benton, Bartlett, Shack, Bathgate, Cullen, Kabel, Prentice, Schinkel, Popein, Henry,</p><p>Boston&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Erickson, Boivin, Armstrong, Hillman; forwards: Labine, McKenney, Gendron, Horvath, Stasiuk, Bucyk, Mackell, Tcp-pazzini, Meissner, Leach, Baliuk.</p><p>Referee: Lou Farelli; linesmen: Loring Doolittle, George Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0948/1700157-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="606" height="520"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 Montreal 4 at Chicago 4</b></h3><p>Montreal&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Langlois, Turner, Talbto, Fleming; forwards: Geoffrion, Beliveau, Moore, Backstrom, Hicks, Provost, McDonald, H. Richard, Goyette, Marshall, Pronovost.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal: Hull; defense: Pilote, Vasko, Arbour, Arbour, Evans, St. Laurent; forwards: Nesterenko, Hay, Hull, Lindsay, M. Balfour, Sloan, Litzenberger, Skov, Wharram, E. Balfour, Mikita.</p><p>Referee: Dallon McArthur; linesmen: Hal Jackson and Neil Armstrong.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1037/1700150-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="604" height="786"></div><h3><b>Toronto 2 at Detroit 4</b></h3><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Horton, Stanley, Reaume, Brewer; forwards: Pullford, Stewart, Olmstead, Reaan, Duff, Armstrong, Hampson, Harris, Ehman, Wilson, Edmundson, Mahovlich.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defense: Pronovost, Kelly, Morrison, Godfrey, Marcon; forwards: Ullman, Howe, Delvecchio, Cullen, Aldcorn, Fonteyne, Melnyk, McNeill, McIntyre, Oliver, Lunde, McKenzie</p><p>Referee: Frank Udvari linesmen: Bill Morrison, Bruce Sims.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1131/1700143-1-eng-US/f0008-112.jpg" title="f0008-11" width="600" height="546"></div><h3><b>Boston 3 at New York 4</b></h3><p>Boston&mdash;Goal: Simmons; defense: Armstrong, Boivin, Erickson, Hillman; forwards: Stasiuk, Gendron, Labine, Mc-Kenney, Mohns, Toppazzini, Meissner, Leach, Bucyk.</p><p>New York.&mdash;Goal: Paille; defense: Gadsby, Hanna, Bownass, Howell, Fontinato, Spencer; forwards: Bathgate, Kabel, Prentice, Shack, Sullivan, Hebenton, Cullen, Schinkel, Popein, Henry, Bartlett.</p><p>Referee: Eddie Powers; linesmen: Georges Hayes, Loring Doolittle.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1217/1700136-1-eng-US/f0008-122.jpg" title="f0008-12" width="608" height="693"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sun., Dec. 13)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01381/1700129-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="620" height="2400"></div><h3><b>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1959-60</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02317/1700122-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="604" height="463"></div><h3><b>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS:</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03247/1700115-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="604" height="160"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&ndash;It&rsquo;s Vice President Lynn Patrick of the Boston Bruins, now.</p><p>The Bruins&rsquo; manager was elected a &ldquo;veep&rdquo; at the annual meeting of the club&rsquo;s stock-holders and directors here.</p><p>Walter A. Brown was reelected Bruins&rsquo; president and Edward J. Powers reelected vice-president and treasurer. Weston W. Adams, Brown, Powers and Patrick were reelected directors, with Adams as holdover chairman.</p><p>Patrick, a former player with the New York Rangers, came here as Bruins&rsquo; coach in 1950. He became full-time manager in 1955.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bruins Stock-Holders Name Patrick As Vice President

<p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK, N.Y.-The New York Rangers, mired deep in the National League cellar not too long ago, have made many changes over the first half of the season. Probably the biggest and most important was the hiring of Alf Pike to coach the squad. The second move that must rate almost as important, in view of their recent showings, is the one that brought handsome young Bob Kabel to the Rangers from Vancouver of the Western Hockey League. Pike put Kabel at right wing with Andy Bathgate at centre and Dean Prentice at left. It started the Rangers moving and in five games they won four and scored 24 goals. It was a hockey club playing with more spirit and drive than had been seen at any time this season. One of the biggest reasons for the club&rsquo;s success as well has been the hustle and scoring of left winger Dean Prentice. One of the speediest men in the league and a clever stickhandler with a fine shot, Dean has been playing his position as well as the best of them this year. In 28 games this year he score 14 goals, ten less than his best year in the NHL. That was in 1955-56 when he scored 24 goals in 70 games. At his current rate he will score 35 goals.</p><p>Dean recently tallied his 100th goal of his seven year NHL career. At 27 he stands a good chance of joining the 200 goal club someday.</p><p>Last week the Rangers scored eight goals and Dean picked up three and assisted on another. The Rangers defeated the Boston Bruins in Boston on Saturday night, December 12. He scored one goal in the 4-3 win. The next night in New York the Rangers again pulled out a 4-3 victory. Two first period goals by Prentice started the Rangers on their way to their third straight win. He also set up Andy Bathgate for the club&rsquo;s third goal.</p><p>Dean, a product of Schumacher, Ontario, is a graduate of the Guelph Biltmores of the OHA Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series. He came off the same club that produced such stars as Andy Bathgate, Lou Fontinato, Ron Murphy and Harry Howell. He jumped right into the NHL from the junior ranks but didn&rsquo;t hit his stride until his third year in the league. He scored 16 goals in 1954-55 and added 24 the next season. The following year he scored 19 and then the injury jinx hit him. In 1957-58 he played only 38 games and scored 13 goals. Last season in 70 games he scored 17.</p><p>This looks like the year that he will smash his record 24, and the Rangers, led by Prentice, Bathgate and Bob Kabel will revenge their early season showings by proving that their play in previous years was no fluke.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1312/1700247-1-eng-US/f0008-132.jpg" title="f0008-13" width="326" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dean Prentice</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Player-of-the-Week

<h2><b>Kullman Plays 700th Game</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>V</span>eteran Arnie Kullman of Hershey played in his 700th regularly scheduled American Hockey League game on November 18. He is the third player in league history to reach that mark, and the second this season, as Harry Pidhirny of Springfield attained it on October 17th. The all time record holder is the retired Andy Branigan who participated in 859 games before his retirement</b></p><h2><b>Smith Follows In Douglas&rsquo; Shoes</b></h2><p><b>If Floyd Smith the present scoring leader should continue on top, he will be the second league scoring champion to be born in Perth, Ontario. Les Douglas who led the league twice, with Indianapolis in 1945-46 and with Cleveland in 1949-50 also was born in Perth.</b></p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p><b>(Standings On Tues., A.M., Dec. 15)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02344/1700355-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="604" height="216"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 Hershey 2 at Quebec 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03297/1700348-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="615" height="618"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 Springfield 5 at Hershey 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04254/1700341-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="603" height="593"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 All-Stars 3 at Springfield 8</b></h3><p>All-Stars&mdash;goal: Perrault (Hershey), Chadwick (Rochester); defense: Kraftcheck (Rochester), Irwin (Buffalo), L. Martin (Buffalo); forwards: Migay (Rochester), Glover (Cleveland), Mazur (Cleveland), Gamble (Buffalo), Wilson (Buffalo), Fisher (Hershey) Marshall (Hershey), Ross (Providence), Laforge Hershey), Jean Marie Cossette (Quebec).</p><p>Springfield&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Price, Harris, McCord, Douglas, Cherry, Cushenan; forwards: Stratton, Ingarfield, Anderson, Pidhirny, Cline, McCreary, Sweeney, Kilrea, Macdonald, Olson.</p><p>Referee: Dalton McArthur; lenesmen: Walter Atanas, Bill Cote.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07154/1700334-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="600" height="695"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 Buffalo 3 at Cleveland 8</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08143/1700327-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="600" height="734"></div><h3><b>Providence 2 at Hershey 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09138/1700320-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="604" height="416"></div><h3><b>Rochester 3 at Springfield 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10125/1700313-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="600" height="544"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 Hershey 2 at Buffalo 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11103/1700306-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="604" height="460"></div><h3><b>Springfield 4 at Providence 0</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1271/1700299-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="601" height="416"></div><h3><b>Rochester 8 at Quebec 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1359/1700292-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="598" height="676"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sun., Dec. 13)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05196/1700285-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="606" height="425"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06165/1700278-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="597" height="295"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>S</span>PRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;Center Bill Sweeney, playing his third season in the AHL and his third AHL club, doesn&rsquo;t let the fact that he hangs his hat in a different rink each year have any bearing on his career. He turned pro with the Providence Reds in 1957-58 and promptly won the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Trophy as the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie. That season he scored 31 goals and added 46 assists for 77 points. Last season as the New York Rangers switched their AHL affiliation to Buffalo, Sweeney continued to be consistant, to say the least. With the Bisons he scored 31 goals and added 44 assists for a total of 75 points. This season the Rangers once again moved their working agreement, this time to the Springfield Indians. With the switch Sweeney packed his bag and moved on to the Indians as well. The climate, city and pay agree with him there as well, just as it did in the previous two cities. In his first 24 games he scored 17 goals and added 24 assists for a total of 42 points. This undoubtedly will be his finest season.</b></p><p><b>Last week the Indians won three, scored 14 goals and jumped into a commanding lead in the AHL. Sweeney figured in ten of them. To be exact, he scored three and assisted on seven.</b></p><p><b>On December 9, in a 5-2 win against Hershey he picked up three assists. On December 12 the Indians whipped the Rochester Americans 5-3. He scored three goals and assisted on the club&rsquo;s other two. On Sunday, December 13 the Springfielders scored a 4-0 shutout over the Providence Reds. Sweeney picked up a pair of assists.</b></p><p><b>Although it won&rsquo;t show in the official scoring, Bill also picked up two goals and assisted on another when the Indians defeated the AHL All-Stars last week 8-3.</b></p><p><b>Sweeney, like so many other members of the New York organization, is a graduate of the Guelph Biltmores. The 5&rsquo; 10&rdquo;, 165 pounder was a teammate of Eddie Shack, now with the Blues. As a matter of fact Sweeney beat out Shack for the AHL rookie award two seasons ago.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01366/1700386-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="280" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Sweeney</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-15" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1529/1700417-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg"></div><p><b>(Second Annual Edition)</b></p><p>&bull; Contains complete professional records of all American Hockey League players, both present and past.</p><p>&bull; Complete team and individual records for the twenty-two year history of the American Hockey League.</p><p>&bull; Pictures of league officials, championship teams, trophies and star players of the past and present.</p><p><b>AVAILABLE FOR ONLY 50 cents PER COPY</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE YEAR BOOK FOR 1959-60

<div class="byline">By BUSTER CLEGG</div><p>PROVIDENCE, R.I.&ndash;</p><p><b>After a lapse of 20 years since the last &ldquo;French Night&rdquo; in Providence, the Rhode Island Auditorium celebrated another such &ldquo;Night&rdquo; on Saturday, December 5, 1959. Guests of the unusual &ldquo;French Night&rdquo; were the league&rsquo;s newest entrant, the Quebec Aces.</b></p><p>It was 34 years ago, in the 1926-27 season that the Rhode Island Reds and the Quebec hockey club, then the Beavers, played the opening game of the new Canadian-American Hockey League. From that point, both teams grew hockey traditions unsurpassed by any minor league cities in America.</p><p>The Rhode Island Reds since have competed in 34 consecutive seasons of professional hockey, longest in the minor leagues. Quebec, although forced to leave the Can-Am scene in the early 30&rsquo;s, maintained a high level of hockey activity and interest.</p><p>December 5th&rsquo;s &ldquo;French Night&rdquo; at the R. I. Auditorium featured the AHL game between the Quebec Aces and R. I. Reds. It was Providence&rsquo;s tribute to the Quebec hockey club returning to the American Hockey League.</p><p>On hand at pre-game ceremonies were two members of the original Quebec and Providence teams which played that first pro game back in 1926. Johnny Gagnon, the &ldquo;Black Cat of Chicoutimi&rdquo;, and Dr. C. W. &ldquo;Brick&rdquo; Morrison, who played with the Beavers and Reds respectively, brought back memories of the &ldquo;old days&rdquo; when hockey was in its infancy in Providence.</p><p>Visiting dignitaries from the Province of Quebec were present at the gala &ldquo;French Night&rdquo;. A color exchange between the Quebec Province and the State of Rhode Island featured the pre-game ceremonies. United States and Rhode Island flags were presented to the Hon. Gerald Martineau, member of the Quebec Legislative Council, representing the Quebec government. Bob Martineau, General Manager of the Aces, presented the Quebec flag to Lou Pieri, owner of the R. I. Reds.</p><p>The 1959 edition of &ldquo;French Night&rdquo; turned into a fine event. Much of the good-will and friendship which has grown over the years between the State of R. I. and the Province of Quebec was honored and strenghtened.</p><p>Any hospitality which the State of R. I. attempted to extend to the visiting Quebec group ceased, however, when the puck was dropped for the Aces-Reds game. The Reds were not so hospitable as the State. They whipped Quebec, 6-3.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1443/1700448-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="308" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Johnny Gagnon</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Aces-Reds ‘French Night’ Recalls Days From 1926

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div><p>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&ndash;</p><p>Just how good are the Rochester Americans?</p><p>Much of the answer will be forthcoming before the home folks get another look at their heroes.</p><p>The Amerks left town December 5th with 13 wins and 8 losses&mdash;good enough for third place in the Americans Hockey League standings. The Americans trailed front skating Springfield by seven points and runnerup Providence by six.</p><p>Before the Amerks play at home again (their home start is scheduled for Christmas Night), they&rsquo;ll have visited five cities for six games that could &ldquo;make or break&rdquo; the club.</p><p>Steve Kraftcheck, Rochester&rsquo;s player-coach, said before leaving on the road trip that we wouldn&rsquo;t be satisfied unless his team brought back eight points. That figures to four wins in the six games&mdash;a pretty fair road record.</p><p>It didn&rsquo;t take his charges long to start collecting the points, either. Two nights after leaving Rochester the Amerks piled up a 7-4 triumph in Providence&mdash;scoring the most. goals an opponent has scored in the Rhode Island city since the Americans joined the league in 1956-57.</p><p>Still to be played, at this writing, are single games in Spring field, Cleveland and Buffalo and two in Quebec City.</p><p>The season&rsquo;s biggest turnout here&mdash;6,521 (swelled by 3,000 tickets distributed through a local grocery chain)&mdash;watched the Amerks nip Springfield here on December 4th. It was the first win for Rochester over the Indians this season and the winning goal was provided by defenseman Al MacNeil&rsquo;s first scoring effort of the year.</p><p>Guy Rousseau, pesky little winger who rates as the most popular (fanwise, anyway) member of the club, missed both games. He was recovering from pneumonia that flattened him on December 1st. Rousseau spent a week in a hospital here, but should be back in action by the time this reaches print.</p><p>And Amerk fans had a few anxious minutes here December 4th when goalie Ed Chadwick was hit in the face by a deflected puck. Chad spun around and fell on all fours in the goal, blood dripping from a cut.</p><p>A dressing-room examination showed a cut over the right eye that needed four stitches to close. Had the puck hit Ed an inch or so lower, serious damage could have resulted.</p><p>Chadwick returned after getting sewed up and was unbeatable the rest of the way as the Indians pressed. And Chad faced 40 shots two nights later in Providence. He saved on 36 of them.</p><p><b>ICICLES&mdash;</b>The team&rsquo;s scoring balance still is almost unbelievable. Seven members of the squad had eight or more goals for the first 22 games. Stan Smrke was tops with 11, followed by Pat Hannigan, Dick Van Impe, Bob Nevin and Cecil Hoekstra with nine each, and Rudy Migay and Rousseau with eight apiece.</p><h2><b><i>Lost To Amerks</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01380/1700479-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="560" height="720"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Guy Rousseau</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Four Wins On XMas Road Show All That Will Make Steve Merry Amerk

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div><p>CLEVELAND, O.&ndash;</p><p>December, 1959 will find the record books of the American Hockey League re-written by the cutting edge of the sticks and skates of Frederick Austin (No Kid) Glover, one of the all-time greats of the pro ice game.</p><p>Nothing, but injury, can stop this 160-pound 32-year-old right wing from carving a new all time scoring record into the books. One mark that will fall under Glover&rsquo;s relentless attack is the total point record of 744 that has been held by another former Baron star, Fred (The Fox) Thurier.</p><p>Thurier could be on the ice when it happens since he is now a linesman at games played in the Cleveland Arena.</p><p>As of Friday, Dec. 11, Glover was two points short of the Thurier total points record of 744. He was six goals short of Thurier&rsquo;s all-time record of 319. He was five points short of the all-time assist mark of 434, held by his coach, Jackie Gordon.</p><p>For the awkwark, slow skating Fred Glover who is as close to a wildcat, pound for pound, as anything on ice, the ceiling is still a long way off.</p><p>A fighter who has never learned to take defeat gracefully, Glover continues to figure solidly in the long-range plans of the Barons.</p><p>Ever since he first strapped on the skates as an amateur with the Galt Red Wings Juniors Glover has never been willing to compromise with anything less than total victory.</p><p>A snarling, fierce competitor, he has already set a new all-time record for penalty time in the American League. Since the day he joined the Indianapolis Capitals he has piled up nearly 1,200 minutes in penalties.</p><p>It seems possible that had Glover spent fewer hours in confinement during his 12 seasons in the league he might now have many more goals and assists.</p><p>But there are those observers who insist that this native of Toronto cannot play good hockey with kid gloves.</p><p>This agent happens to be one of these who thinks Glover is at his best as a dangerous scoring weapon when he takes off the kid gloves and plays it rough and ready. It was for this reason that some ten years ago the writer dubbed him with the nickname &ldquo;No Kid.&rdquo;</p><p>A month back, with Glover well on the way to taking over the league penalty lead once again, Jackie Gordon suddenly yanked Glover to the bench after he came out of the penalty box where he had served a misconduct infraction.</p><p>Gordon said at the time that he was trying to cool off the vitriolic captain of the Barons. From that moment, Glover suddenly went on good behavior, picking up only four minor penalties in the next ten games.</p><p>It certainly didn&rsquo;t rob him of his power in this instance since a few nights later at Rochester he rammed four goals past the accomplished Ed Chadwick, including the &ldquo;sudden death&rdquo; shot that won the game for Cleveland.</p><p>Still watching his tongue and sharp elbows, Glover rapped two more in against Hershey&rsquo;s Bobby Perreault on Dec. 4.</p><p>While he has always been a battler and forked-tongue operative on ice, Glover rarely seems to be upset by anything said in print about him. He takes abuse or praise with equal show of unconcern.</p><p>How long Glover will continue to keep his good conduct badge untarnished remains to be seen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02319/1700517-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="308" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fred Thurier</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>Crashing Carrier</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03272/1700510-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="584" height="904"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fred Glover</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Fred Glover On Verge Of Rewriting AHL Record Log

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&ndash;</p><p>Phil Maloney put in his initial appearance as a Buffalo Bison on Sunday Dec. 6. By the end of a victorious clash with the Springfield Indians, he was a solid favorite with the 6,000 fans on hand.</p><p>Maloney&rsquo;s clever stick-handling, playmaking and general puck hounding gave promise of making the Herd the strongest American League team at center ice. Dangerous Dan Lewicki and Larry Wilson, who returned to the lineup the same night after missing eight games, are the Bisons&rsquo;s other playmakers.</p><p>What the fans didn&rsquo;t know was that Maloney was far from the happiest person in Memorial Auditorium as he took the ice.</p><p>He felt, and apparently with some justification, that he had played sufficiently well enough to warrant remaining on the Chicago roster.</p><p>But he did not allow his disappointment at the option prevent him from going &ldquo;all out&rdquo; each time Coach Dit Clapper sent him over the boards.</p><p>He scored one of Buffalo&rsquo;s goals in a 5-3 conquest of the Indians, centering a line with two other ex-National Leagues&mdash;Lorne Ferguson and Wally Hergesheimer on his wings.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll help us,&rdquo; a smiling Hergesheimer commented in the dressing room. &ldquo;Just let me on the ice with him and old Hergy will get a few&mdash;he puts you in that often.&rdquo;</p><p>The game marked the first time the graying Maloney was on skates in five days which led one of his teammates to say kiddingly: &ldquo;Just wait until he gets his wind!&rdquo;</p><p>Buffalo&rsquo;s winning and insurance goals&mdash;a pair of blistering slap shots which Gump Worsley had no chance on&mdash;were triggered by Eddie Kachur, who had abandoned the bachelor ranks some 36 hours before.</p><p>The game also produced the wildest fistic scene of many a season in Buffalo. Buffalo&rsquo;s Bob Bailey and Springfield&rsquo;s Ted Harris were the chief combatants. However, Don Cherry and Big Ivan Irwin also ended up in a punching session.</p><p>It was late in the first period. Bailey, attempting to go around Harris coming out of the Bison defensive zone, was cross-checked under the right eye.</p><p>He turned and charged the Springfield defenseman from behind, then threw him to the ice. Bailey landed several hard punches before players from both teams were able to pull him off Harris.</p><p>The two twice resumed fighting during the general milling. Meanwhile, a grinning Irwin held Cherry at arm&rsquo;s length to the delight-of the crowd while linesman Bobby Barnes tried to push them apart After Cherry reached over Barnes&rsquo; shoulder and caught Irwin with a left hook, Ivan stopped grinning&mdash;and started belting. Cherry came out of the setto with a two-stitch cut between his eyes.</p><p>Bailey was banished with a match penalty by Referee Art Skov while Harris drew a cross-checking and fighting penalty and Cherry and Irwin fighting majors.</p><p>Harris, who remained in the game, had a badly bruised face with his left eye nearly swollen shut.</p><p>Bailey&rsquo;s banishment carried with it possible suspension and, at least, a $100 fine. Ten Springfield and six Buffalo players drew automatic $25 fines for leaving the player benches to join in&mdash;or, in some cases, break-up&mdash;the fights.</p><h2><b><i>Herd Call</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04211/1700548-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="570" height="1110"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Phil Maloney</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Maloney Gives Bisons What They Need—Added Strength Down Middle

<h2><b>MacFarland Nets 100th Goal</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>B</span>ill MacFarland of Seattle scored his 100th goal in the Western Hockey League Sunday night December 6th against Victoria in Seattle. Bill has played three and one third seasons and has taken part in 234 games exclusive of play-offs.</b></p><h2><b>Jankowski Has Big Night</b></h2><p><b>Lou Jankowski of Calgary was the second player of this season to pick up five points in one game. He scored the three goal &lsquo;&lsquo;Hat Trick&rdquo; and assisted on two more Wednesday December 2nd while Calgary was defeating Vancouver 7-2 In Calgary. Marc Boileau of Seattle picked up five points earlier in the season in a game against Spokane.</b></p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p><b>(Standings On Tues., A.M., Dec. 8)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01379/1700663-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="606" height="217"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 Winnipeg 3 at Edmonton 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02336/1700656-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="601" height="447"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 Victoria 5 at Spokane 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03274/1700649-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="587" height="471"></div><h3><b>Vancouver 2 at Calgary 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04220/1700642-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="597" height="573"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 Spokane 2 at Seattle 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05183/1700635-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="592" height="604"></div><h3><b>Vancouver 6 at Winnipeg 0</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06164/1700628-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="604" height="470"></div><h3><b>Calgary 4 at Edmonton 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07146/1700621-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="589" height="456"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 Victoria 2 at Spokane 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10115/1700614-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="598" height="606"></div><h3><b>Edmonton 1 at Calgary 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1195/1700607-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="602" height="514"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 Victoria 0 at Seattle 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1285/1700600-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="604" height="460"></div><h3><b>Vancouver 3 at Winnipeg 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1363/1700593-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="604" height="428"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sun., Dec. 6)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08141/1700586-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="604" height="402"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09133/1700579-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="604" height="280"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><p>MOST GOALS</p><p>Sid Finney, Calgary, 19</p><p>MOST GAME WINNING GOALS</p><p>Sid Finney, Calgary, 4</p><p>Art Jones, Victoria, 4</p><p>MOST ASSISTS</p><p>Guyle Fielder, Seattle, 23</p><p>MOST GAME WINNING ASSISTS 4 tied, 4</p><p>MOST FIRST GOAL OF GAME</p><p>Danny Belisle, Vancouver, 5</p><p>MOST HAT TRICKS</p><p>Bill MacFarland, Seattle, 2</p><p>MOST SHUT OUTS</p><p>Hank Bassen, Vancouver, 3</p><p>MOST PENALTIES</p><p>Larry Cahan, Vancouver, 68</p><p>Frank Arnett, Seattle, 67</p><p>Fred Creighton, Spokane, 60<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<p class="dropcap"><span>V</span>ANCOUVER, B.C.&ndash;Canadian Football star Ron Howell will not join the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League, according to General Manager Coley Hall of the WHL team. He says he is not interested in having Howell&mdash;at least not right now.</p><p>Howell last week joined the New York Rangers in practice and it was expected that the Blues would ship him to their West Coast farm club after a week&rsquo;s workouts with the NHL club. Howell, a speedy backfielder with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Big Four Football League, had asked to be sent to Vancouver.</p><p>Hall declined Howell because: &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t be justified in cutting somebody else from a winning team.&rdquo; Vancouver is leading the WHL by nine points.</p><p>Hall suggested to the Rangers&rsquo; General Manager Muzz Patrick that the 185 pound gridder be shipped to Three Rivers of the Eastern Professional Hockey League, another Ranger Farm Club.</p><p>Patrick later reported that Howell may join the Springfield Indians of the AHL.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Vancouver Nixes New York Bid To Send Them Howell

<div class="byline">By BOB GIORDANO</div><p>KELOWNA, B.C.&ndash;</p><p>The Moscow Selects, who will pa participating in the Olympic games at Squaw Valley California in February, will make two stopoffs and play exhibition games in the interior of British Columbia, in late January.</p><p>Plans for the forthcoming tour were announced over the weekend by Leo Atwell, president of the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association, at Nelson, B.C.</p><p>Mr. Atwell stated the Soviet team will play a game in the Western International League, and another in the Okanagan Senior League.</p><p>At the same time the B.C.A.H.A. prexy said the team that is in first place in it&rsquo;s respective league by December 12th will be the club who will play the Russians. That has now been established and Trail Smoke Eaters of the WIHL and Vernon Canadians of the OSHL will supply the opposition, but must strengthen their clubs by six players from within their own league.</p><p>The games will be played in Trail and Kelowna.</p><p>This will mark the first time an overseas team has played in the British Columbia interior, and indications point to packed houses.</p><h2><b>Settle Player Dispute</b></h2><p>Meanwhile the long drawn out player dispute between Trail and Kelowna, involving players Harry Smith and Warren Hicks has been settled.</p><p>At an executive meeting called by the BCAHA last weekend at Penticton, the branch ruled that Trail Smoke Eaters must pay Kelowna $125.00 for Smith&rsquo;s card, plus the release to the Packers of Warren Hicks. Further to that, should Harry Smith join the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen for the Olympic games, the CAHA draft rule of $500.00 which is to be paid by Kitchener to the club in which the player came from, will be split equally between Kelowna and Trail.</p><p>Smith, rated one of the best senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; defenseman in Canada today, was one of the eighteen players selected by Kitchener to bolster their lineup for the forthcoming games. Smith has indicated he would like to make the move, but would not care to jeopradize his job in the Smelter City, but feels arrangements could be made for leave of absence, if he could return to Trail after the Olympic games.</p><p>As this is being prepared, the well balanced Agar&mdash;coached crew from Vernon have taken over sole possession of first place in the O.S.H.L. by virtue of two straight wins over the runner up Kelowna Packers, and lead the four team league by four points. Kamloops Chiefs are in third spot, just three points back of the Packers, while Penticton Vees are buried in the basement with only two wins and one tie.</p><p>Greg Jablonski, the Packers big winger, continues to set a torrid has 26 goals and 22 assists in 20 games. Linemate Bill Jones is nine points back with 12 goals and his 27 assists are tops in the league. Bill Hryciuk, the peppery playing coach of the Kamloops Chiefs, who last season ran away with the OSHL scoring championship with 118 points, has started to roll after a slow start and is chasing the leaders with his 38 points made up of 15 goals and 23 helpers.</p><p>pace in the scoring race, and now<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Vernon, Trail To Oppose Russians In Exhibitions

<div class="byline">By HERB ELK</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&ndash;</p><p>Jacques Allard, the newest addition to the New York Rovers&rsquo; lineup, bears a strong facial resemblance to the great &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard. And, the 21-year-old Ranger chattel has been popping in goals much in the fashion of the same Mr. Richard.</p><p>Jacques, a native of Metabetchouan, Que., played for Chicoutimi of the old Quebec Hockey League last year and did little to distinguish himself. In 52 QHL tilts he scored but five times and was credited with only 13 assists.</p><p>During the past Summer, Allard broke an ankle playing softball. The injury kept him from reporting to the Rangers&rsquo; Niagara Falls camp this past September and of course cost him any chance of a berth with one of the Blues&rsquo; minor league affiliates.</p><p>When the ankle came around, Allard was ready and he was also a reinstated &ldquo;amateur&rdquo;. So, General Manager Muzz Patrick of the Rangers sent him out to Commack, Long Island, and Andy Branigan&rsquo;s Rover sextet.</p><p>The 5&rsquo;9&rdquo; winger scored a goal in his debut, as the Rovers picked up a 5-4 overtime verdict in Washington, their first road triumph of the campaign. The Clinton Comets beat NY in the next game, but Allard managed to score goal No. 2. Game No. 3 saw the raven-haired hustler pick up another goal and an in game 4&mdash;another road victory&mdash;Jacques scored twice.</p><p>Game 5, and another brace of goals off the stick of Jacques Allard, and another Rover victory. The Redshirts lost the next game, 4-1, as Jacques finally drew the collar, but in game seven the flying Frenchman again found the range for goal eight and the Rovers&rsquo; third victory in their last four outings.</p><p>From here on in it looks as if Jacques Allard and the NY Rovers have found the way and are going to be mighty tough to stop.</p><p>CLINTON&mdash;The Whitby Dunlops visited Clinton on Sunday, Dec. 13. Both teams have Wren Blair as GM and the tilt should be an interesting one&hellip;Ex-EHL defenseman Bernie Hill is working the lines at Comet home games and is also with the &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; Clinton Stars, coached by another ex-Comet, George Steele of Ottawa&hellip;Dick Wray of Comets No. 2 in league scoring behind Philly coach Doug Adam.</p><p>CHARLOTTE&mdash;Clippers won both their games during past week, topping Clinton and New Haven&hellip;John Brophy drew four minors in tilt with Comets&hellip;Herve Lalonde, Jim McNulty and Capt. Gordie Tottle led attack&hellip;Bill Sinnett picking up the assists and leads league in that department.</p><p>GREENSBORO&mdash;Bud Syverson&rsquo;s pay check will be light this week. He was tagged with match penalties on Dec. 6 against Rovers and Dec. 8 in Philadelphia. Bud also had a post game battle with Dan O&rsquo;Connor in Johnstown on Dec. 5 and ended up swapping punches with linesman Elmer Shawley&hellip;Cliff Hicks was borrowed from Indianapolis of IHL for Dec. 3 game with Clinton. Generals&rsquo; regular netminder, Don Campbell, was hospitalized with virus&hellip;Butch MacKay injured toe and missed last two Greensboro tilts.</p><p>JOHNSTOWN&mdash;Sam Gregory going after badman title, picked up four minors Dec. 5 and also had post game battle&mdash;a draw&mdash;with Greensboro&rsquo;s Pat Kelly&hellip;Jets drew over 5,200 for two weekend battles&hellip;A 4-2 loss to Clinton snapped their seven game home-ice win streak&hellip;Ed Johnston had shutout until 17:58 of final period as Jets topped Greensboro, 2-1, Dec. 5&hellip;Bobby Dawes and John Lumley doing fine job for Steve Brklacich&rsquo;s Southern Division leaders.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01373/1700787-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="296" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Dawes</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>EHL STANDINGS</b></h2><p><b>(On Tues., A.M., Dec. 8)</b></p><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02296/1700780-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="602" height="134"></div><h3><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03229/1700773-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="598" height="136"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Rovers Bark On Allard’s Bite—Just Like A Rocket

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div><p>STRATFORD, Ont.&ndash;</p><p>What heretofore has been a three-team battle in the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA has developed into a four-horse race, with the recent upsurge of the Windsor Bulldogs, who won their sixth game in the last seven starts, to place them but two points behing third-place Chatham Maroons. Playing five games in six nights, including a tiring 300-mile trip to Chatham for a Friday night game, then reversing the field for another 100-mile trip back to Kitchener for a Saturday night game, and then retracing their steps for a Sunday afternoon game in Windsor, a distance of about 125 miles, took its toll of Belleville McFarlands, and left them deep in the mire with but four victories in 22 games.</p><p>The Belleville club did manage to win two games this week, one at Belleville and the other at Kitchener. Their other pair of wins were at Whitby, but the strange angle of their series with Whitby Dunnies is that they won two of their four wins on Whitby ice, but have lost all three games to Whitby on Belleville ice. The addition of Ken Gribbons and Denis Boucher has added a punch to the Belleville offensive, but they still trail the field by plenty, being 12 points to the rear of the fourth-place Windsor Bulldogs.</p><p>Whitby is four points up on the Kitchener Dutchmen, who were nosed out by the lowly Belleville team in their last start right on their own back yard. Chatham Maroons, only one point in arrears to the Dutchmen, threaten to take over second place, but coach Johnny Horeck will have to inspire his charges into a yeoman effort because they have three games in four nights, two of them at Belleville and Kitchener and the other on home ice.</p><p>Belleville&rsquo;s plight is not a happy one, but, unlike Chatham, there has been no suggestion that they will fold. Being reigning OHA, Allan Cup and world champions, Belleville McFarlands have a record they must defend, and they evidently have sufficient pride to stick in there despite whatever the future holds for them, and certainly the outlook is anything but rosy.</p><p>Perhaps more important in senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey is the kind of team Kitchener Dutchmen Will be able to ice for the 1960 Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley, Calif., Feb. 18-28, when they will represent Canada in the world hockey championship tournament. They made a previous appeal for public donations to finance expenses, which amount to $3,700 over and above the money furnished by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. In the club&rsquo;s campaign they are within sight of the goal, because the donation of a prizewinning steer, donated by a Kitchener packing plant, which brought approximately $300 in a sale, they now have reached a $3,000 total.</p><h2><b>Not Strong Enough</b></h2><p>But the financial aspect certainly is not the most important one, because, as at present constituted, the Dutchmen are not considered strong enough to defeat such teams as those competing from Russia, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and possibly the United States. They seem well fortified in goal with the veteran &ldquo;Boat&rdquo; Hurley and Cesar Maniago, who has been substituting for the injured Gordie Bell of the Belleville McFarlands. But their goal-scoring record in senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA games to date does not suggest that they are a power-packed team. At time of writing they have registered 81 goals in 21 games, an everage of less than 3.09 per game, and a couple of their victories were by lopsided scores.</p><p>With the return to action of the veteran defenceman Ralph Hosking and the oldster centre Bill Wylie, the Dutchmen have added experience and skill, but both of these players played pro hockey at one time or another, consequently they are ineligible for Olympic competition, unlike other years when only the world championship is at stake. The addition of the University of Toronto&rsquo;s Mike Elik has bolstered their attack, and the thought is that Kitchener, may be able to pry centre Bobby Attersley and defenceman Harry Sinden from the Whitby Dunnies, two players eligible under Olympic Games amateur status, and replace them with Wylie and Hosking for the duration of the world tourney. Kitchener also landed Al Cleary, but with the return of Wylie they released the young forward to the Chatham Maroons.</p><h2><b><i>Kitchener Bound?</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04169/1700818-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="510" height="830"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Attersley</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Windsor Gallop Makes Seniors 4 Horse Race

<h2><b>Lynn Scouts Sutherland</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>W</span>ithout previous knowledge of any of the Canadians&rsquo; NHL brass, Lynn Patrick, general-manager of the Boston Bruins was spotted seated all alone in an aisle seat up in the &ldquo;Blues&rdquo; at the Montreal Forum at a recent game. It was agreed Patrick was eying high scorer Bill Sutherland.</b></p><h2><b>Mortson&rsquo;s Hard Luck</b></h2><p><b>Out of action with shoulder separation, likely an injury to sideline him a month to six weeks all told. Keke Mortson, star pivot of Sudbury Wolves big production line&mdash;McCarthy, Mortson and Bettio, has been practically eliminated from the hot-race for the EPHL scoring title. Mortson was running third with 41 points, behind Billy Carter of H.-O. Canadians, 49.</b></p><h2><b>How The Race Goes</b></h2><p><b>(Standings On Tues., A.M., Dec. 15)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02337/1700919-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="608" height="190"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 Hull-Ottawa 2 at Three Rivers 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05234/1700912-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="602" height="362"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 Kingston 5 at Sudbury 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06199/1700905-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="608" height="442"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 Montreal 1 at Hull-Ottawa 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07186/1700898-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="600" height="616"></div><h3><b>Kingston 8 at Sault Ste. Marie 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08175/1700891-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="604" height="614"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 Sault Ste. Marie 5 at Sudbury 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09169/1700884-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="602" height="727"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 Sudbury 3 at Kingston 2</b></h3><p><b>Game called in third period because of power failure. To be completed when Sudbury next visits Kingston.</b></p><h3><b>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 Sault 0 at Three Rivers 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10163/1700877-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="604" height="286"></div><h3><b>Kingston 7 at Hull-Ottawa 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11144/1700870-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="606" height="666"></div><h3><b>Sudbury 3 at Montreal 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12127/1700863-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="608" height="519"></div><h2><b>The Point Parade</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games Of Sun., Dec. 13)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03305/1700856-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="606" height="320"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals&mdash;Orval Tessier, King., 24</b></p><p><b>Most Assists&mdash;Bill Carter, H.-O., 31</b></p><p><b>Most Penalized Player&mdash;Dino Mascotto, T. Rivers, 73 mts.</b></p><p><b>Most Penalized Team&mdash;Sudbury, 375 mts.</b></p><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04274/1700849-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="608" height="190"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&ndash;</p><p>There are several signs that the Eastern Pro Hockey League is catching on in the cities of Ontario where the full-fledged pay for play brand of shinny has been introduced for the first time this season.</p><p>A recent press release from league president Edward Houston&rsquo;s Ottawa office says in part:</p><p>&ldquo;&hellip;in Hull, Kingston, Sudbury, or Sault Ste. Marie when the top players of the EPHL teams walk down the street they are easily recognized&mdash;sought for their autographs and such off-the-cuff hockey information they care to dispense&hellip;slowly but surely the pro teams are packing the arenas in Ontario&hellip;in the not too distant past, only stars of National Hockey League rank received such adulation.</p><p>&ldquo;Perhaps this is why men like Sammy Pollock, Frank Carlin, Juan Sheridan, Jean-Louis Caron, and John Carr-Harris are extremely anxious that their new league will be a success.&rdquo;</p><p>And League president Houston is quoted: &ldquo;Many of the men currently involved in this venture (the EPHL) have over the years put a large amount of their own money into hockey&hellip;they do this because they love the game. If the league succeeds it will because these men had forsight&hellip;&rdquo;</p><p>The optimism of Sammy Pollock, who did much of the work in getting the EPHL off the lanching pad is unabated.</p><p>When he brought his team to Montreal recently Pollock waxed most enthislastic about EPHL conditions and progress in general, then took a new tack the referees.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been one of the greatest moves we could have made to ally ourselves with the NHL at the officiating level, as well as for player help and fiscal purpose.&rdquo; Pollock said.</p><p>&ldquo;Just to have NHL referees step out on that ice and start the game is at once a big boost for us. It takes our league away from any connotation of &lsquo;bush&rsquo;. The fans respect those referees, know they must be able because of their major hockey league qualifications and affiliation. There are much fewer player squanks and very few wild demonstations.</p><p>&ldquo;The people as well as the players, and above all the coaches sense that the man out there in the striped jersey wearing the red armband is capable, knows his business, and above all that he&rsquo;s the boss.&rdquo;</p><p>Early this season as the Royals and Soon Thunderbirds were taking their warm-up at the Montreal Forum for a Sunday afternoon game over the PA. System the referee was announced to be Eddie Powers.</p><h2><b>Montreal Fans Impressed</b></h2><p>Now Powers is ranked No. 1 in the NHL. He had worked the Boston Bruins&mdash;Canadiens game only the night before. Is it to be wondered that the blase Montreal fans were impressed?</p><p>It was in the Boston-Habs joust that Powers had a run-in with high-skoring, hot-tempered &lsquo;Bronco&rsquo; Horvath. The latter&rsquo;s demonstration of temperament got him a match misconduct penalty and the fine of $75. which goes with such misdemeanor in the big league.</p><p>A slight aside might be permitted here. Mario King, who does the PA spieling for EPHL game in the Forum made his usual pregarne visit to the officials&rsquo; sanctum, to check names of those working.</p><p>Spotting Powers he said in halting fashion. &ldquo;Say, Mr Powers there a fellow out there who looks like a hockey player who wants to see you says his name is Horner, Horbuth, or something like that.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;You must mean Horvath of Boston&rdquo; said Powers, his temperature rising. &ldquo;Tel him to scram, I had enough of him last night.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Friendship In Peril</b></h2><p>Carl Voss, referee-in-chief of the NHL, with whom this scribe has always been on most cordial terms, may take a dim view of such revellations on the lighter side. Let&rsquo;s hasten to get serious again. It&rsquo;s admitted that there have been a few squawks, especially by coaches, but then were coaches, anywhere, at any time ever satisfied with a referee?</p><p>We were sitting with Frank Carlin in his loge behind Royals&rsquo; bench at the Forum. Royals were playing Frontenacs.</p><p>Spotting what he considered a boo-boo by the ref, Carlin gave a faint yelp, but quickly subsided. &ldquo;Guess we&rsquo;d better not squawks, these referees this year are so much better than the men working in the QHL last season, there&rsquo;s no comparison.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13105/1700981-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="300" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Carl Voss</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NHL Officials Add Polish To Eastern Loop’s Shiney Future

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INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE YEARBOOK

<div class="byline">By JIM HUNT</div><p><b>In The Toronto Star</b></p><p>TORONTO, Ont.&ndash;</p><p>Has a father the right to determine where his teen-age sons will play hockey?</p><p>Gordon Lobsinger of Mildmay, Ontario insists he has&mdash;and threatens to take court action to protect his right. It&rsquo;s a move that could threaten the structure of hockey&mdash;amateur and professional.</p><p>George Dudley, secretary-manager of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, said last week he hoped the irate father goes through with his plan to take the case to court.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to find out if we can run our own association or if the courts are going to do it for us,&rdquo; said Dudley, a lawyer and amateur hockey&rsquo;s chief spokesman on constitutional matters.</p><p>Dudley predicted that if Lobsinger won his case it would clear the way for open raiding in the sport. He pointed out there would be nothing to stop Toronto Marlboros, for example, from grabbing players from any junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; team in the province or Kitchener from raiding the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; teams.</p><p>Lobsinger is not particularly worried about hockey in general. He is concerned because his three sons are prevented from playing in Owen Sound where they want to play.</p><p>The father of the three hockey playing boys insists the Mildmay team is stopping them from moving up from juvenile &ldquo;C&rdquo; class to the junior &ldquo;B&rsquo; team in Owen Sound.</p><p>Ken Lobsinger, eldest of the three players, said they will not play in Mildway and will sit out the season unless the transfer to Owen Sound is agreed upon.</p><p>The battle, that could well wind up in the supreme court of Ontario, began quite innocently six weeks ago. The three boys&mdash;Ken, 18, and 17-year-old twins Dave and Doug&mdash;went to Owen Sound to try out for the team. He insists they went on their own hook and were not approached by anyone with the Owen Sound team.</p><h2><b>Assured Of Release Once</b></h2><p>Ken said before leaving they received assurance from cousin Peter Lobsinger, manager of the Mildmay team, they would be given their release if they made it in Owen Sound. The boys clicked, but on asking for their releases were turned down.</p><p>Peter Lobsinger said his club is holding up the release of the boys because Owen Sound won&rsquo;t get a job for Ken and guarantee the education of the twins, now Grade XII students at Walkerton collegiate.</p><p>The boys&rsquo; father insists his cousin is wrong. He said Owen Sound had agreed to send the twins to school and get Ken, now an electrician&rsquo;s helper, a job.</p><p>The father also charges the Mildmay executive has agreed to release the boys to play junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; hockey for Kitchener. The team in that city, he claims, has offered a job for Ken and education for the twins.</p><p>The boys played six games with wen Sound before the OHA moved in and suspended Tony Simon, manager of the team. Simon said he used the boys because he felt they deserved a chance to play in a better hockey league.</p><p>Simon said he tried to buy the boys from Mildmay for the $150 per man purchase price junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; teams receive when a boy is called up by an &ldquo;A&rdquo; club. But he was turned down.</p><p>The Mildmay executive countered with a letter in which it stated losing the Lobsingers would cost the team $1,500 and the arena commission $500. Simon took this to mean Mildmay wanted $2,000 for the three players, a price no junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; team could afford.</p><p>But Pete Lobsinger, the manager, disagreed. He insisted this merely pointed out to Owen Sound what a hardship the loss of their stars would be to Mildmay. He said the figures were based on gate receipts which it was expected would drop if the three Lobsingers were missing from the lineup.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01375/1701036-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="320" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>George Dudley</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Pop Eyes Court Action If CAHA Nixes Release Of His Junior ‘B’ Kids

<p><b>(On Tues., AM., Dec. 8)</b></p><h2><b>EASTERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03216/1701112-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="602" height="136"></div><h2><b>WESTERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04167/1701105-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="602" height="135"></div><h2><b>TOP TEN SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05137/1701098-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="601" height="323"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IHL STANDINGS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06112/1701143-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>his 96-page book is jam-packed with full-length features about your favorite hockey stars&hellip;biographical sketches and pictures of over 120 National Hockey League players&hellip;birthdates and places of birth too&hellip;All at a glance! You can&rsquo;t afford to pass up the opportunity of availing yourself of a copy of this outstanding hockey publication.</p><p>SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY!&hellip;ONLY 50 CENTS (Postage Paid)</p><p><b>HOCKEY ANNUAL P.O. BOX 248 MONTREAL, QUE.</b></p><p><b>Please send copies of the 1960 OFFICIAL HOCKEY ANNUAL at 50 cents each. (No stamps or cheques please).</b></p><p><b><i>See a picture of every player in the National Hockey League</i></b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY ANNUAL 1960

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div><p>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn&ndash;</p><p>The Denver Mavericks, a former member club in the International Hockey League, are a thing of the past now. Mismanagement, high salaries to front office help and other wrongdoings caused the downfall, in what was to be a profitable organization. The Mavericks are now playing out of Minneapolis with new owners and will be known as the Millers, but with the same coach and players.</p><p>Ben Berger, former owner of the Minneapolis Lakers professional basketball team and one of the most prominent restaurant and theatre owners in the St. Paul-Minneapolis area, purchased the Denver outfit.</p><p>Bob May, coach of the old Mavericks, was named general manager-coach of the new regime. May is very popular in Minneapolis, having coached Minneapolis Roosevelt High School to a city championship a few years ago. May also appeared in the Mill City with the North Dakota University squad.</p><p>Commented May, &ldquo;As far as I&rsquo;m concerned, this means more to me coming back to Minneapolis than winning the college championship at Troy, N.Y. last year. We had nothing but trouble in Denver and I know the squad will be more than happy with the change.&rdquo;</p><p>Berger, a sports fanatic from the word go, said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always wanted to be in pro hockey and felt the International Hockey League afforded Minneapolis an opportunity to see the finest available hockey. I&rsquo;m also particularly pleased to renew after an eleven year lapse, the torrid St. Paul-Minneapolis rivalry.&rdquo;</p><p>IHL President Frank Gallagher opined that he was sorry to see the Denver franchise handled the way it was, but added that he was happy to see Minneapolis admitted as it is a real good hockey town and that it would cut down the travel cost in the Western Division considerably.</p><p>General Manager-Coach May stated that he would probably lose two of his players from the Mavericks. Gordon Cowan and Harold Ottenbreit are students at Denver University. The Millers will line up with Joe Selinger in goal, on defense Cy Whiteside, Bill Steenson, Bob Currie, Ed Pollesel, at center Joe Poole, Murray Massier and Bill Reichart, with wings Bruce Lea, Bill LeCaine and Don McLean. May is dickering with two wingmen from two IHL clubs.</p><p><b>IHL NOTES</b>&hellip;Louisville&rsquo;s Moe Bartoli will be out of action for a few weeks due to a thyroid operation&hellip;Toledo has placed Ray Dupuis a winger, and defenseman Ken Willey on waivers. The Mercs added Dave Rimstad from Edmonton of the Western League and Joe Palano from Denver&hellip;Chick Chalmers, Louisville&rsquo;s speedy left winger continues to lead the loop in scoring with 29 points. St. Paul&rsquo;s Aggie Kukulowicz, Johnny Goodwin of Omaha and Milwaukee&rsquo;s Jerry Lamoureux are in close persuit&hellip;Goodwin leads circuit in assists with 18&hellip;Bryan Derrett of St. Paul has clicked on 14 goals and i stied with two others (Eddie Dudych of Louisville and Fred Brown of St. Paul) in winning goals with three&hellip;A pair of Ft. Wayne battlers, Con Madigan and Andy Voykin, top the penalty parade with 93 and 91 minutes respectively&hellip;St. Paul&rsquo;s Glenn Ramsay is the top goaler with a stingy 2.25 goals allowed per game&hellip;Ramsay and Reno Zanier of Ft. Wayne are tied with shutouts with two each.</p><h2><b><i>Retains His Job</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02292/1701067-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="538" height="542"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob May</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Denver’s IHL Franchise Shifts To Minneapolis As The Millers

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01351/1701174-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Pictured player participated in first fourteen games Detroit played this season.</p><p>4&mdash;Initials of 22 across.</p><p>6&mdash;An N.H.L. manager.</p><p>7&mdash;Former Ranger captain.</p><p>10&mdash;Short for first name of a Red Wing forward.</p><p>11&mdash;High scoring Howe & Geoffrion use sticks of different.</p><p>14&mdash;Name given an N.H.L. referee.</p><p>15&mdash;Battalion (abbr.)</p><p>16&mdash;7 across celebrates his birthday in this month (abbr.)</p><p>17&mdash;One of Canada&rsquo;s railways (abbr.)</p><p>18&mdash;Number of N.H.L. teams with whom pictured star has performed.</p><p>19&mdash;Name given Kingston&rsquo;s coach.</p><p>20&mdash;Pictured player shoots thusly (abbr.)</p><p>21&mdash;Pronoun.</p><p>22&mdash;This Red Wing played junior hockey in Hamilton.</p><p>27&mdash;First & twenty-fourth letters of the alphabet.</p><p>28&mdash;Second highest scorer on the Ranger team last season.</p><p>30&mdash;First two letters of oyster.</p><p>31&mdash;State in which Terry Reardon makes his home (abbr)</p><p>33&mdash;Nickname of AHL team with whom Ken Schinkel last played.</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1&mdash;A Boston defenseman.</p><p>2&mdash;Johnny Wilson&rsquo;s brother.</p><p>3&mdash;Canadiens&rsquo; Don Marshall is used primarily to&mdash;penalties.</p><p>4&mdash;Cleveland&rsquo;s goalie.</p><p>5&mdash;Upon.</p><p>8&mdash;Denotes scoreless tie.</p><p>9&mdash;Initials of McQueen of Providence.</p><p>12&mdash;Given name of a Ranger defenseman.</p><p>13&mdash;Toronto acquired this player in exchange for Jim Morrison.</p><p>15&mdash;N.H.L. scoring champion of 1946-47.</p><p>16&mdash;A Vancouver forward.</p><p>17&mdash;Former Maple Leaf defenseman.</p><p>19&mdash;Initials of Stearns of Cleveland.</p><p>23&mdash;Initials of Bailey, former Toronto great</p><p>24&mdash;Name given Buffey, N.H.L. official.</p><p>25&mdash;Girls&rsquo; name.</p><p>26&mdash;Initials of a Montreal rearguard.</p><p>29&mdash;League in which linesman John Ashley first began officiating.</p><p>32&mdash;Initials of 13 down.</p><h2><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Bucyk</p><p>4&mdash;Gil.</p><p>6&mdash;Ere</p><p>8&mdash;Skinner</p><p>10&mdash;C.P.</p><p>11&mdash;Fall</p><p>12&mdash;O.L.A.</p><p>13&mdash;Day</p><p>15&mdash;B.A.</p><p>16&mdash;B.A.</p><p>17&mdash;S.B.</p><p>18&mdash;Old.</p><p>20&mdash;Ten</p><p>22&mdash;Dit</p><p>23&mdash;Mary</p><p>24&mdash;N.U.</p><p>25&mdash;Brent</p><p>26&mdash;A.K.</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Boston</p><p>2&mdash;Chicago</p><p>3&mdash;Ken</p><p>4&mdash;Gerald</p><p>5&mdash;Lumley</p><p>7&mdash;Ref.</p><p>9&mdash;N.P.</p><p>14&mdash;Alberta</p><p>15&mdash;Baliuk</p><p>16&mdash;Bodnar</p><p>17&mdash;Stan</p><p>19&mdash;D.T.</p><p>21&mdash;N.Y.</p><p>23&mdash;Metz</p><p>25--Boo</p><p>28&mdash;H.C.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div><p>ST. CATHARIES, Ont.&ndash;</p><p>Toronto Marlboros, comfortably ensconced in first place in the Ontario Hockey Association junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; league, have suddenly found their position challenged by their intra-city rivals, St. Michael&rsquo;s College Majors.</p><p>In their only two league games the Marlboros lost 6-3 to the fourthplace Guelph Biltmores and defeated Hamilton Tigers-Cubs 7-2.</p><p>Their only other game, with the touring and league-less Brockville Canadiens, resulted in a 4-1 loss. However games between OHA teams and the Canadiens don&rsquo;t count for points so even a victory here wouldn&rsquo;t have helped the Marlboro cause.</p><p>Meanwhile St. Michael&rsquo;s, like the Marlboros a farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs, played to a 5-5 draw with Hamilton and pounded out two victories over the slumping Peterboro Petes by scores of 7-3 and 4-1.</p><p>These five points moved the Majors to within one point of the leading Marlboros.</p><p>Winning action wasn&rsquo;t confined to the top of the league.</p><p>St. Catharines Teepees and Hamilton Tiger-Cubs, both in deep trouble until a week ago finally seemed to have found their bearings.</p><p>The Cubs&rsquo; 5-5 tie with St. Michael&rsquo;s was followed three nights later with a brilliant come-from-behind 6-5 win over Guelph.</p><p>It was a one-in-a-million shot which gave the Cubs their victory in Guelph.</p><p>Trailing 5-2 into the third period Hamilton tied the score with two minutes to play and won the game in the final second.</p><p>Just one second was left when Cubs&rsquo; centre Dave Leeson snapped in the winning shot from a corner faceoff.</p><p>The same night St. Catharines Teepees picked up a 4-2 victory in Barries after having suffered a 5-2 defeat to Hap Emms&rsquo; club earlier n the week.</p><h2><b>Habs Run Into Trouble</b></h2><p>The success of the Cubs and Teepees left them tied in sixth place, just six points behind the fifth place Peterboro Petes.</p><p>The Brockville Canadiens (form erly the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens who were formerly the Ottawa Canadiens who were formerly the Montreal junior Canadiens) have had only varied success in their games against Ontario opposition the past week.</p><p>Almost unbeatable at home, the Canadiens lost two of their three games on their first swing through the OHA cities.</p><p>Peterboro defeated Claude Ruel&rsquo;s Flying Frenchmen 4-1 and the Teepees followed up that indignity with a 5-3 victory in St. Catharines.</p><p>However the Canadiens atoned for those two losses with a 4-1 win over the Marlboros in Toronto Sunday afternoon.</p><p>Although the Canadiens are not bona fide members of the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circuit their name is still magic at the box office.</p><p>A crowd of 7,212, largest to see a junior doubleheader in Maple Leaf Gardens in two years, watched the Canadiens in action.</p><p>Guelph Biltmores are still in the middle of the league in team standings (fourth place) but their two high-scoring forwards Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelie continue to set a torrid points pace.</p><p>In the first 17 games of the 48-game schedule Gilbert has 15 goals, 26 assists for 41 points.</p><p>Ratelle is a solid second with 18 goals, 19 assists for 37 points.</p><p>Dave Keon, a three-year man with St. Michael&rsquo;s is third in the standing with 26 points on 15 goals, 11 assists, while Toronto Marlboros&rsquo; Jim Pappin is one point back of Keon.</p><p>The race for individual goalkeeping honors has tightened up considerably.</p><p>Jerry Cheevers of St. Michael&rsquo;s had a wide edge earlier in the season but now has a real battle on his hands from Ken Broderick of the Marlboros.</p><p>Cheevers has two shutouts and an &ldquo;against&rdquo; average of 2.47 while Broderick has a single shutout and an average of three goals against a game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Marlies Ivory Tower Suddenly Threatened By Surging St. Mike’s

<p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>ASKATOON, Sask.&ndash;A bid by Melville Millionaires to have the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoffs increased from four to six teams has been rejected.</p><p>Frank Boucher of Saskatoon, league commissioner, said that a special meeting in Regina turned down the Melville proposal five votes to two.</p><p>Millionaires are currently in fifth place in the seven team league and received their only support from last place Moose Jaw Canucks.</p><p>Last year the league introduced a six-team playoff for the first time. They reverted back to the four team system at the annual spring meeting.</p><p>Moose Jaw officials indicated at the latest meeting that their financial plight was so difficult that they may be forced to withdraw from junior hockey next winter.</p><p>Canucks returned to the SJHL after a lengthy absence in the 1958-59 season but were forced to split games between Moose Jaw, Weyburn and Humboldt because of a lack of home ice facilities. This is their first complete season in the new Moose Jaw arena.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

SJHL Thumbs Melville Bid To Run Six Team Playoffs

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div><p>SASKATOON, Sask.-</p><p>Three divisions were taking shape within the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League as the clubs past the one-third mark in a 60-game schedule.</p><p>Flin Flon Bombers, the defending champions, Prince Albert Mintos and Reigna Pats&mdash;in that order&mdash;were dominating the race for first place.</p><p>Saskatoon Quakers, Melville Millionaires and Estevan Bruins controlled the middle section while Moose Jaw Canucks appeared to have the cellar position in the bag.</p><p>Nine points separated Quakers from the third-ranking Pats. Melville trailed Saskatoon by two points and Estevan was another three points back.</p><p>Canucks, a second year club with only three wins and a tie to show for 26 games, lag Bruins by 12 points.</p><p>A fine home stand and a creditable road trip has shot the Bombers to the fore once again.</p><p>Regina spoiled the opener of an eight-game road trip 5-1 but the Bombers bounced back with seven points in five nights. They whipped Estevan 10-1 and tied them, 4-4, and took 4-1 and 9-1 triumphs from lowly Moose Jaw.</p><p>Pats had trouble with Prince Albert again, dropping a 3-2 verdict at home. Mintos in turn had to settle for a split at Melville. Pats thumped Saskatoon 5-2, stretching the Quaker losing streak to five games.</p><h2><b>Rochon, Baird Stickouts</b></h2><p>Captain Marcel Rochon and three-year veteran Jim Baird were the stickouts in the Flin Flon sweeps, however, centre Chick Balon of Prince Albert was still able to pad his individual scoring lead.</p><p>Balon pushed six points ahead of runner-up Gord Wilkie of Regina with a 48-point total from 20 goals and 28 assists. Wilkie has 42 points on 14 goals and 28 helpers.</p><p>Winger Bill Wilkes of Prinee Albert earned four points during the week and stepped to within a point of Wilkie, replacing Ernie Dyda of Estevan in the third placing.</p><p>Rochon scored five times and helped on six others to climb into a tie for fourth spot with Gord Turlik of Prince Albert, each with 36 points. Turlik has 24 goals, tops in the league, as compared to Rochon&rsquo;s 11.</p><p>Seven goals for the week, four against Estevan, increased Baird&rsquo;s output to 21 and 32 points. Baird is tied with three others for eighth position.</p><p>Don Wilson continued as Saskatoon&rsquo;s top man with 33 points although he went pointless in the club&rsquo;s only game. Sid Garant leads Melville with 31 points.</p><p>Two rookie goaltenders at Regina&mdash;Jim Letcher and Art Koberinski&mdash;are fighting for honors in that department. Koberinski has a 2.73 goals-against average in 15 games while Letcher holds a 2.77 mark in nine games.</p><h2><b><i>Bomber Standout</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01100/1701284-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="494" height="634"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Baird</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Three Division Race Takes Shape In SJHL

<div class="byline">By VINCE LEAH</div><p>WINNIPEG, Man.&ndash;</p><p>The Manitoba Junior Hockey league, which to all purposes, was developing into a two-horse race between Brandon Wheat Kings and St. Boniface Canadiens took on a new twist this past week when Rangers and Monarchs, mired deep in the cellar, started to move up.</p><p>Rangers snapped a 10-game losing streak by defeating Monarchs, 6-3 and in turn Monarchs came up with their finest effort of the season to smote Braves, 4-2. As this was written Monarchs are only six points back of the third-place Braves who have a 6-6 record in a dozen starts.</p><p>Meanwhile the Wheaties look like the business. They thumped Monarchs, 10-1 as Monarch goalkeeper Gary Campbell kicked out 55 shots, including 28 in the second period which must be something of a record in itself. They had to scramble to defeat Braves, 4-3 at home. A 2-0 loss to St. Boniface Canadiens started a three-game losing streak for Braves and Coach Bill Allum has started shuffling his squad around to revive their bid for a higher standing.</p><p>Monarchs lost Coach Mickey Keating who was removed to hospital, Dec. 4 when his ulcers started misbehaving and Manager Danny McClure took over the reins to lead the Regals to victory over Braves.</p><p>Monarch goalkeeper Campbell, a slightly-built 17-year-old, is the current sensation. In his three past games he booted away 125 shots, largly because the Regals are no world-beaters at getting the puck out of their own end. Campbell is a stand-up netman which should win him a second look from the pro scouts. Monarchs have conceded 85 goals in a dozen starts but the blame doesn&rsquo;t belong to Gary who has more then held up his end.</p><p>Brandon gave goalkeeper Zenon Moroz, who was bought from Braves his first start Dec. 5 in an exhibition with Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan league as the Wheat Kings triumphed, 5-1 in Virden&rsquo;s handsome arena before 1,600 fans.</p><p>The Virden arena, which was opened before the end of last season, is one of the finest in Canada for its size and its dressing room facilities and accoutrements would do credit to many professional rinks. It is built largely of steel with an ice surface of 200 by 80 feet.</p><p>Winnipeg&rsquo;s 19-year-old refereeing whizz, Morley Meyers made his junior refereeing debut in the Monarch-Ranger contest. Moe is a regular linesman for the WHL Warriors&rsquo; home games but for some reason or other never has had a chance to referee in junior company. He was in command all the way, despite his youth and at least one player who offered to comment on his whistling suddenly found himself serving a 10-minute misconduct penalty. Moe&rsquo;s ambition is to win a refereeing berth in the National League and don&rsquo;t bet he doesn&rsquo;t make it. He has been refereeing in minor amateur hockey since he was 13 years old and is so keen on the job he has travelled to Goderich, Ont., for the past four years to referee in the Goderich Lions&rsquo; Young Canada peewee tournament.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0298/1701315-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="286" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Mickey Keating</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Rangers, Monarchs Mired Deep In MJHL Basement, Start To Go

<div class="image-hero"><img title="C4-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0395/1701346-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg"></div><p>READ! BRONCO BUSTS LOOSE and ARE THE TOUGH GUYS HURTING HOCKEY? In the December issue on the newsstands now!</p><p><b><i>YOU SAVE 40% WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE&hellip;DO IT NOW!</i></b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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December 19, 1959

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