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April 2, 1960
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Californians To See WHL Teams In Action
SEATTLE, Wash.—Two games of the Western Hockey League playoffs will be played in Los Angeles, California on April 6th and 7th. In making the announcement League President Al Leader said the games will be part of the league’s best-of-nine final series to determine the loop’s champion. The series has been increased from a best-of-seven to accommodate the Los Angeles games without reducing the number of games to be played in the cities of the two competing teams. Leader said that the players making the trip to Los Angeles will be guaranteed a fixed sum for the games, in addition to the regular playoff pool payments. The games are being arranged by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Meanwhile, the two clubs who missed WHL playoff berths, Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Warriors have announced…
PASSING THE PUCK
• WHEN THE current Stanley Cup playoffs started, Montreal Canadiens were made odds-on favorites to capture their fifth straight Stanley Cup by the betting fraternity…If a gent wishes to wager on Canadiens going all the way he had to put up five dollars to win two…On the other hand, if you liked Toronto, one dollar returned five…A dollar on Detroit would have returned twelve, and one on Chicago would get you back seven…provided these clubs go all the way to the Cup…Detroit’s 2-1 win over Toronto in the opener was quite a shocker to the Maple Leaf fans…although the 12,853 fans on hand in Toronto for this game were an apathetic throng…There wasn’t much in the way of cheering or booing considering what an exciting game was played…Terry Sawchuk and…
Blues’ Cord Post All Al’s To Take
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The Rangers have formally invited Al Rollins to Fall training camp and all indications are that the lanky one will be the Blueshirt goalkeeper next year…if he accepts the invite. “If he wants to come back,” said general manager Muzz Patrick, “we want him. All we need is Al’s okay and we’ll make a deal for him.” Both Winnipeg Warriors and Chicago Black Hawks have strings on Rollins who was on loan to the Rangers this season. But the Blueshirts don’t anticipate difficulty in unraveling the red tape. Patrick’s problem is to con Rollins into coming back. Al’s indecision is based on demands of his hotel supply business and his family. If he moves to New York, it’ll mean another year away from work and it’ll mean he’ll have to move his…
Speaking on Sport
Rudy Can’t Signal The Retreat Rudy Pilous is a team man who would bench his brother in a pinochle playoff—but ingratitude isn’t one of his sins. He was put to the test at the Gardens in the second to last game of the season. With his Black Hawks losing, one to nil, and the clock running out, the book called for Rudy to derrick his goalie, so he could throw another shooter into the attack. Like the drummer boy who never had learned to beat the retreat, Pilous didn’t get around to giving his goaler the sign to retire. The reason, of course, was a G-note and the Vezina vase, both of which were at the fingertips of the Black Hawks’ elongated backstop, Mr. Glenn Hall. The out-of-town scoreboard showed that Boston…
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