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April 23, 1960

The Hockey News April 23, 1960

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The Canadiens coasted to an unexpectedly easy 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs here, taking a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final series and virtually stowing the Stanley Cup away for an unprecedented five consecutive seasons.They were never behind in this game. They led 1-0 at the end of the first period on a goal by Don Marshall. They added two more in the second period on markers by Phil Goyette and Henri (Pocket) Richard before Johnny Wilson scored the Leafs&rsquo; first goal. Phil Goyette and Maurice (Rocket) Richard tallied again for the Habitants in the final period while Bert Olmstead counted for the Leafs.This was really no contest. The Canadiens won just about as they pleased. The first goal was tainted and the second came while the Canadiens were shorthanded and the issue already decided.Jean-Guy Talbot was fenced for tripping in the first period and while he was off the Leafs put on the pressure, but Jacques Plante came up with a big save from Ron Stewart.That was the best scoring chance until Don Marshall netted the puck for the Canadiens at 13:54 of the period. He took a pass from Billy Hicke, faked a shot and forced Bobby Baun to his knees. When Baun went down Don pulled the trigger and beat Johnny Bower with a low screened shot from about 20 feet out.The Canadiens were back with their second goal of the game after only 21 seconds of the second period. Phil Goyette combined with his linemates, Claude Provost and Andre Pronovost, to go in on Bower and persuade him to make the first move. Bower hit the deck and Goyette dug the puck up over him into the rigging.Ralph Backstrom was thumbed off for tripping and Plante again came through with big saves from Bert Olmstead and Ron Stewart.At 15:27 Henri (Pocket) Richard picked up a loose puck, coasted in from left wing and beat Bower cleanly with a backhander.The Leafs got part way back in contention at 16:19 of the period on a disputed goal by Johnny Wilson. Plante had saved from Carl Brewer and the rebound appeared to strike Wilson on the chest and carom into the net.The Canadiens protested that Wilson was in the crease and, in no time at all, there were a couple of brawls. The linesmen got the combatants separated. The Pocket and Baun were given major penalties for fighting.Phil Goyette made it 4-1 for the Habitants at 8:57 of the third period when he got the draw on a faceoff with Baun and fooled Bower.It remained for Maurice (Rocket) Richard to notch the Canadiens&rsquo; last tally of the night at 11:07 when he banged in the rebound from Dickie Moore&rsquo;s shot with the Pocket also picking up an assist. The Rocket had had a number of good scoring chances up to this point, but Bower had managed to make the saves.The Leafs&rsquo; second counter came at 19:47 with the Pocket in the penalty box for hooking Red Kelly. Bert Olmstead was the sniper and assists went to Red Kelly and Gary Edmundson.Jacques Plante, who looked considerably better in the nets than Johnny Bower, had 34 shots to handle compared with 31 for Bower.Referee Frank Udvari called eight penalties, including two majors, which were evenly divided. One of the minors against the Habs paved the way for the Leafs&rsquo; second goal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01382/1793964-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="542" height="557"><figcaption class="caption-body">Snipes TwoPhil Goyette</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Goyette Sparks Habs To 5-2 Win And 3-0 Bulge

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll Montreal Gazette</div><h2>Mariucci Clarifies Stand</h2>Johnny Mariucci, the old Chicago Black Hawk who now coaches the University of Minnesota hockey team, was in Chicago during the Stanley Cup semi-final series between the Canadiens and the Hawks. He was asked if it was true, as had been reported, that he was against hockey scholarships for Canadian boys attending universities in the United States.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s not exactly true,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m against the proselyting of Junior-A Canadian players by some universities for the sole purpose of winning tournaments. I love the Canadians. Let them help us play better hockey, but don&rsquo;t let them shove American boys out of the game. Now we&rsquo;re just propagating the sport for Junior-A Canadian boys in American colleges.&rdquo;One coach who has been accused of loading his team with Canadian boys is Murray Armstrong, coach at Denver University. For nine years, Armstrong handled the Regina Pats junior team, an affiliate of the Canadiens. Frank Seike was reported to have been a bit unhappy when Murray left Regina back in 1957 because he took some prize prospects with him.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s bad enough when a coach quits you,&rdquo; Frank told Leo Monahan in Boston last month, &ldquo;but it&rsquo;s worse when he takes all your top players, too.&rdquo;Armstrong, who played for Detroit, Toronto and the old New York Americans, takes a different attitude.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m all for a kid getting an education,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Even at Regina, I&rsquo;ll bet I sent over 40 kids to American colleges. I started some pretty good pros, too: Eddie Litzenberger, Billy Hicke, Bob Turner and Lorne Davis, to name just a few.&rdquo;One of Armstrong&rsquo;s biggest selling points when he played Pied Piper to kids from Western Canada was the benefit of a college education.<h2>Armstrong&rsquo;s Selling Point</h2>&ldquo;I tell them to make sure of an education first, then try the pros if they still have a longing,&rdquo; he declares. &ldquo;These kids are only 22 or 23 when they get out of school. They still have time for pro hockey. Look at Red Hay with the Chicago Black Hawks. He&rsquo;s a Calgary kid who played at Colorado College and he&rsquo;s a cinch for the top rookie in the NHL this season.&rdquo;Armstrong had seven stalwarts from Regina on his Denver team this year. One of the brightest of his prospects is George Konik from Flin Flon, Man., a huge defenseman. Konik played for the Flin Flon Bombers when they won the national junior title in 1957. Flin Flon is a New York Ranger affiliate and if there&rsquo;s one NHL team that can use defensemen, it&rsquo;s the Rangers.Jack McCartan, the U.S. Olympic goal-tending hero, played against Denver, which had an unblemished record against the United States, Russian, Swedish and West German Olympic teams. McCartan was here last week.&ldquo;Canada would have been better off taking the entire Denver club as its Olympic entry,&rdquo; he said.Armstrong concentrated on the Prairie Provinces&mdash;Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta&mdash;in recruiting players for Denver. He left Ontario and Quebec for teams like Michigan Tech., another U.S. college team which listed 20 Canadians, mostly from Ontario, on its 23-man roster. Occasionally a stray wanders off to a New England or upstate New York college.<h2>Benefits Of An Education</h2>Armstrong had plenty to say at the annual meeting of the American Hockey Coaches Association in Boston last March 17.&ldquo;If a boy doesn&rsquo;t know any better, he&rsquo;ll play professional hockey for whatever price they offer him,&rdquo; he asserted. &ldquo;But if the boy is educated&mdash;well, let me give you an example.&ldquo;The New York Rangers wanted to sign John McCartan for a tryout after the United States team won the Olympics. So they offered him $400.&rdquo;McCartan, according to Armstrong, went to the University of Minnesota and talked with some of his former teammates. Said Armstrong :&ldquo;He contacted Johnny Mayasich, another United States Olympic player who also went to Minnesota and who knows his way around. Mayasich told him to ask the Rangers for $1,000 a game. He did, and he got it.&ldquo;Remember that McCartan could bargain with New York. As a college grad, he could get another job. He didn&rsquo;t have to play hockey for a living.&rdquo;The National Collegiate Athletic Association hasn&rsquo;t done anything yet to curb the recruiting of Canadian players, but Johnny Mariucci is still campaigning.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a school in our Western Hockey League that has a fund of $50,000 to recruit Canadian players,&rdquo; he said in Boston last month. &ldquo;But we can&rsquo;t do all the protesting without being accused of sour grapes. I hope the Eastern people will help us legislate to give the American boys a break.&rdquo;In the meantime, Murray Armstrong says he isn&rsquo;t worrying about anything. He was hired to do a job and he&rsquo;s doing the best he can at it. If the pros want the kids after he&rsquo;s through with them, it&rsquo;s all right with him. &#9632;

playing the field

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;The New York Rangers, struggling through the second-division desert, may find an oasis of player talent for themselves on the Montreal Canadiens.Frank Selke, general manager of the Canadiens, told the HOCKEY NEWS that he would &ldquo;be happy to talk with Murray Patrick&rdquo; if Patrick contacts him for players.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0263/1795015-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="270" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Selke</figcaption></div>The tenor of Mr. Selke&rsquo;s conversation firmly indicated that the Rangers could corral a couple of Canadien lesser lights for cash or a trade that would bolster a Montreal farm club or even the Canadiens.If a Ranger-Canadien deal is made, it would be the first time in more than a decade that the clubs engineered a big swap.Montreal helped put the Rangers back into the playoffs in 1947-48 when it sent Buddy O&rsquo;Connor and Frankie Eddolls to Broadway.Now, unlike then, the Canadiens were not threatened with a draft. With outstanding players like Gilles and Jean-Claude Tremblay ripe for NHL pucking &mdash; Boston&rsquo;s Lynn Patrick likes Gilles, a left wing &mdash; Selke must protect his best.&ldquo;I would have liked to keep (Ralph) Backstrom and (Billy) Hicke in Rochester for another year for more experience,&rdquo; Selke said, &ldquo;but we had to think about the draft, we didn&rsquo;t want to lose them so we had to carry them with the big club.&rdquo;Informed sources in Montreal report that the most likely Canadiens to be left unprotected are left wing Ab McDonald, who was not dressed during the playoffs, defenseman Bob Turner and right wing Andre Pronovost.Of the three, Turner, an efficient, thinking defenseman, is the one the Rangers could most use. An effective puck-carrier, who also is a good penalty-killer, Turner is experienced and competent, though a non-hitter.McDonald young and very big, never would win himself a &ldquo;night&rdquo; in Montreal. However, it is suspected that with another club he might be more useful.It is doubtful whether the Rangers would go for Pronovost, a low-scoring forward, even if he were available.Another question is whether the Rangers will simply draft players or whether they&rsquo;ll purchase some &mdash; the Black Hawks bought Red Hay and Murray Balfour from Montreal last year &mdash; or whether they&rsquo;ll actually trade.The Canadiens are known to be interested in obtaining a solid left winger. Up until recently Eddie Shack of the Rangers was available.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to have him,&rdquo; Canadien vice president Kenny Reardon has told this reporter more than once.But since Shack closed the last month of the NHL season with a flourish, Patrick has become reluctant to trade Shack.&ldquo;I was never down on Shack,&rdquo; Patrick said the other day. &ldquo;I always said that we must be patient with a boy like him. He hasn&rsquo;t realized his potentialties yet&hellip; and we don&rsquo;t know if he ever will.&rdquo;This much is certain. The Rangers want and need new players. Garden president Ned Irish reportedly began the leg-work with a visit to Montreal recently. Now that Selke has indicated his willingness to deal with the Rangers there is a strong likelihood of player action soon.Chances are the Rangers will resort to the draft and may purchase a player or two from Mont real and, as a longer shot, might possibly indulge in a trade with Habs.This just might be the oasis the Blueshirts are looking for. &#9632;

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Rangers’ Boss Will Find Him Open For Bids

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09150/1794532-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="567" height="265"></div>APRIL 23 TO APRIL 2923&mdash;Dave Amadio, Sudbury, defense, 1939.24&mdash;Phil Watson, Ranger farm club supervisor, 1914.25&mdash;Pat Egan, Springfield, coach, 1918.26&mdash;Al Nicholson, Winnipeg, forward, 1936.27&mdash;Alain Caron, Quebec, forward, 1938.28&mdash;Claude Evans, Three Rivers, goaltender, 1933. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to You

THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; annual awards, generally announced in the last edition of the paper, will not be made known until next October.This is the decision of the editors. Instead of publishing the names of THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; outstanding awards winners this spring, the 1959-60 awards will be published in the first edition next September.A change in the categories is being made as well. We will announce an outstanding player and coach as well as executive from each pro league. Previously we chose an Outstanding Player, Outstanding Coach and Outstanding Executive from professional hockey.This is the last weekly edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS, however, our first summer edition&mdash;the May issue&mdash;will be published next week and will be on sale for the month of May.Our June edition will carry complete and final statistics of all hockey leagues. &#9632;

HN Awards Winners In First Edition

<div class="byline">By RED FISHER In The Montreal Star</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0174/1794960-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">A Shining Example&hellip; &hellip;A Winning SmileVeteran Captain Maurice Richard accepts the Stanley Cup in Toronto after the Canadiens defeated the Leafs in fourth game 4-0. Star of the series Jacques Plante happily listens to Richard thank President Campbell and Montreal and Toronto fans.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&ndash;If Canadiens coach &ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake&mdash;five-times Stanley Cup winner, if you please&mdash;had his way, the team&rsquo;s four-game sweep over the Toronto Maple Leafs, climaxed by a cup-winning 4-0 effort in Toronto on that Thursday night, was nothing less than a team effort.But if he were really pressed to single out one man, he&rsquo;s prepared to compromise and pick two: goalie Jacques Plante and Henri Richard.&ldquo;They were my big men,&rdquo; he admitted (as team prepared for their annaul, Stanley Cup photo at the Forum). &ldquo;Without their contributions,&rdquo; he sighed, &ldquo;who knows?&rdquo;For one thing, he agreed that the series would still be on.&ldquo;Plante was magnificent in that Thursday night&rsquo;s game, and he was that way all through the series.&ldquo;He made one key save after another, and it saved us.&rdquo;As for young Richard :&ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t play a bad game either against Chicago or Toronto. Where he got the stamina to keep skating the way he did, I&rsquo;ll never know,&rdquo; said Blake.Richard, who scored three goals and assisted on nine more, was one of the goal-scorers for Canadiens on Thursday. Jean Beliveau and Doug Harvey gave the Habs a 2-0 lead in the first period. Richard scored in the second, and Beliveau added his second goal in the third period.&ldquo;If Plante doesn&rsquo;t make a key save on Frank Mahovlich in the first period, it&rsquo;s a 2-1 hockey game, and anything can happen after that,&rdquo; said Blake.But, as the coach points out, Plante made the saves, and thus all the Canadiens need worry about today are little things like travelling to Florida or fishing trips to parts of Canada.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;d like to do right now,&rdquo; said Blake, &ldquo;go somewhere where there&rsquo;s no telephone service and do some fishing.&rdquo;The Stanley Cup triumph means something like $4,000 for each member of the Canadiens, and it also means that the club&rsquo;s front office now must sit down and attempt to decide what lies ahead for the team.The first item on the agenda, of course, is to decide what players will be on the team&rsquo;s list of 18, that is, the players they will protect from the annual draft.Two newcomers are certain to intrude on the list. One is Gilles Tremblay, a left-winger from the Ottawa-Hull Canadiens, and the other is J. C. Tremblay, a defenceman with the same team.At this stage of the game, nobody can say whether either can make the team next season, but it is certain that they will be protected &mdash; unless there&rsquo;s a last-minute change of heart concerning defenceman Tremblay. The left-winger, though, is a certainty for the protected list, and probably will be the only new face on the big club next season.It&rsquo;s likely that if J. C. is protected, he will be optioned out to a minor league club for one season, which is proper and legal under league regulations.The addition of both Tremblays to the protected list means, of course, that two of the current names on the list must be dropped. The possibility is there, of course, that &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard will decide to retire, which seems likely right now, in which case only one of the athletes currently with the team will be left open for the draft. The likehood is, though, that a sale or a trade will be made before the draft meeting.Every club in the league is ready to reach out for any existing member of the Canadiens.Chicago, for example, would dearly love to buy a left-winger like Ab McDonald, who didn&rsquo;t see any action in the Stanley Cup finals. The team also is said to be interested in Reg Fleming, who played with the Kingston team in the Eastern Professional Hockey League this past season.Boston wants only two players from the Canadiens chain.&ldquo;Give me that left-winger Tremblay and Wayne Connolly, and I&rsquo;ll be happy,&rdquo; says Boston generalmanager Lynn Patrick. Connolly, a junior out of Rouyn, Que., played with the Peterborough junior team this past season, and now is with the Royals in their Eastern League final series.Patrick, of course, admits that he doesn&rsquo;t have a chance of getting either player from the Canadiens. He is said to have offered Guy Gendron and $25,000 for the services of Tremblay.All of which doesn&rsquo;t concern coach Blake unduly. His duties more or less end once the playoffs are over, with most of the work concerning protected players and so on falling under the aegis of managing-director Frank Selke.Blake, of course, is walking on air now that the team has won its fifth straight Stanley Cup, an unprecedented feat. Blake has coached all of the Cup winners.Finishing the series in Toronto was another source of satisfaction to him, With the team winning eight games in a row against Chicago and Toronto, the feat equalled that of the Detroit Red Wings, in 1951-52.P.S. The fall training season opens five months from now. &#9632;

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Toe Names Pocket, Plante Top Men In Final Series

<div class="byline">By DINK CARROLL In The Montreal Gazette</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Maurice (Rocket) Richard&rsquo;s gesture in picking up the puck after he. scored in Tuesday&rsquo;s game in Toronto has caused considerable speculation. Did it mean that he is retiring when this final series is over? The Rocket himself gave an evasive answer.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why I picked it up,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t got the puck that was used when I scored my first playoff goal, but I&rsquo;d like to have the one that was used when I scored my last one. If I get another playoff goal I&rsquo;ll keep it, and some kid can have this one. But that doesn&rsquo;t mean I&rsquo;m going to retire because. I don&rsquo;t know for sure what I intend to do.&rdquo;After 17 years in the league, the Rocket is getting near the end of a phenomenal career. There has been a rumor that when he decides to hang up his skates he will call a press conference and make the announcement himself. But before the final series with the Leafs started it was printed in a Toronto paper that Frank Seike would make the decision and the announcement.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01340/1793553-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="524" height="535"><figcaption class="caption-body">Future UncertainMaurice Richard</figcaption></div>The feeling here is that the Rocket will not make the decision at the end of a season. He will make it at the start and it will depend on whether or not he feels he is in good enough physical condition to continue.He now has trouble controlling his weight. When he was at his peak he weighed around 185, but in the last couple of seasons he has sometimes scaled over 200. Then there are the painful injuries he&rsquo;s suffered in each of the last three seasons.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve felt awful for the last three years,&rdquo; he told the press in Toronto. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not that I&rsquo;m sick, but that I&rsquo;ve been hurt so often. I just can&rsquo;t keep up the pace any more. Some of the younger fellows can skate all night. I can&rsquo;t.&rdquo;Those injuries have made it difficult for him to keep in condition. Like any other player, when he is unable to skate he puts on weight and then there is that arduous business of taking it off again.He has said more than once in the past that he will quit when he doesn&rsquo;t score 20 goals in a season. He hasn&rsquo;t scored 20 in the last three seasons, but he undoubtedly would have if he&rsquo;d managed to avoid injuries. He scored 19 during the regular schedule this year. He missed 19 games because of a fractured cheekbone, but when he returned to action the only fellow in the league who scored more goals was Bobby Hull, who wound up with the individual scoring championship.Jack Adams, the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; general manager, has often expressed admiration for the Rocket.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s pride that makes him go&mdash;pride in his ability to play hockey,&rdquo; said Jack. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s what makes him great, too.&rdquo;Punch Imlach, the Toronto Leafs&rsquo; manager-coach, says something similar.&ldquo;The Rocket has never been content to be just good&mdash;he&rsquo;s wanted to be the best and he wouldn&rsquo;t settle for anything else,&rdquo; said Punch. &ldquo;An ordinary hockey player who was injured as often and as seriously as the Rocket would have quit long ago.&rdquo;The Rocket doesn&rsquo;t need the money he makes from hockey. By that, we mean his salary from the Canadiens, though there was a time when he was fearful that he might finish his career without being financially independent.<h2>Richard Now Has Other Interests</h2>&ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t think that way any more,&rdquo; coach Toe Blake said before the start of the current season. &ldquo;But hockey has been his whole life and I guess he finds it hard to imagine what life would be like without it.&rdquo;He now has a half interest in a firm which sells gas accessories for heating and cooking. He has a public relations job with a brewery, an income from endorsements of hockey equipment and works as a wrestling referee in the off-season. Recently he purchased a tavern, which will be called No. 9 after the numeral on his sweater. The average citizen in the same position would consider himself loaded.The Rocket doesn&rsquo;t want to overstay his leave in hockey to the point where he may be booed by supporters of the Canadiens, as happens to all athletes, no matter how great they were, if they don&rsquo;t get out in time. Frank Seike doesn&rsquo;t want it to happen, either, and he will undoubtedly advise the Rocket and protect him from the ignominy.Several years ago, the Rocket expressed the desire to become a referee when his playing days are over. He has since discarded that idea and he has no desire to be playing coach of the Quebec entry in the AHL, a job that is reported to have been offered him.The Rocket injured his foot in Tuesday&rsquo;s game and Ken Reardon, vice-president of the Canadiens, said this afternoon that both the Rocket and Ab McDonald would dress for tonight&rsquo;s game. &#9632;

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Rocket’s Puck Grab Leaves’ Em Guessing About 1960-61 Plans

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02323/1793584-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rocket In Orbit AgainCaptain Maurice Richard smiles for cameramen after receiving the Stanley Cup from NHL President. It was third time as captain of the club that he took possession of the trophy. It may be his last.</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;If the Montreal Canadiens leave Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard unprotected in the draft, the New York Rangers would claim him for $20,000.That is the word of Muzz Patrick, general manager of the Rangers, who says the inimitable Rocket &ldquo;still is a helluva hockey player.&rdquo;&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t expect to get him,&rdquo; Muzz told the HOCKEY NEWS, &ldquo;but if I could get the Rocket I would. I doubt that anyone would snub his nose at him.&rdquo;Patrick&rsquo;s response was provoked by the possibility that the Canadiens might leave the Rocket unprotected in the draft in order to cover younger players.&ldquo;But even if the Rocket was a draft choice Patrick doubted that Richard would play for any team other than the Canadiens.&ldquo;That,&rdquo; says Muzz, &ldquo;is why I don&rsquo;t expect to get him.&rdquo;Even at 39, the Rocket in a Ranger uniform could hypo the Garden gate.&ldquo;It really would show in the first two games,&rdquo; a Ranger official said. &ldquo;Opening night and the first Sunday game would be terrific. After that it would depend op how much he can help the club.&rdquo;Although Patrick still raptures over the Rocket &mdash; &ldquo;He scored 19 goals, didn&rsquo;t he ?&rdquo; &mdash; another member of the Blueshirt organization doubted he alone could help the Rangers.&ldquo;He certainly has lost his spark,&rdquo; the Ranger spokesman said. &ldquo;His value depends on the men he plays with. If they&rsquo;re good, the Rocket will help you. If not, he can&rsquo;t do it alone.&rdquo;But nobody in New York really thinks the Canadiens would ever turn the Rocket loose. He&rsquo;ll either retire or keep playing for Montreal.&ldquo;If they don&rsquo;t protect him, it&rsquo;ll be a calculated risk on the Canadiens part,&rdquo; the Ranger man said. &ldquo;They know he won&rsquo;t play for anyone else but they also would be offending the Rocket and a lot of people by exposing him to the draft.&ldquo;It would be an affront to Richard. The Canadiens wouldn&rsquo;t do that.&rdquo;The feeling in Rangerville is that New York fans have seen the last of Maurice Richard.But, then again, they&rsquo;ve been thinking that for the last five years and look what happened.RANGERABILIA: The Goal tender&rsquo;s Union held an off-season meeting last weekend when Gump Worsley visited Arnee Nocks&rsquo; Pennsylvania villa &hellip; Arnee&rsquo;s the Ranger practice goalie &hellip; Muzz Patrick&rsquo;s West Coast visit included a look at goalie Hank Bassen. Muzz said the former Chicago goalie was &ldquo;just fair&rdquo; &hellip; Patrick hasn&rsquo;t forgotten Billy McNeill, the Detroit winger who &ldquo;retired&rdquo; when the Red Kelly to New Cork deal died &hellip; McNeill still belongs to the Wings and may&mdash;we said MAY&mdash;be involved in a New York-Detroit package. Include Parker MacDonald in the trade, if it goes through &hellip; Jack McCartan, the Olympic goalie, was in Montreal for the first playoff game and said some nice things about Les Canadiens &hellip; like he was glad he didn&rsquo;t have to play against him &hellip; Alf Pike is looking for a home in Kings Point, Long Island. &#9632;

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Muzz Itching For Chance To Hook Rocket In June Draft

TORONTO, Ont. &mdash; After the final Stanley Cup final game, Captain Maurice Richard sat in a corner, wiping the sweat off his forehead. About his future, he said :&ldquo;Maybe I&rsquo;ll be around next year. I don&rsquo;t know though. I&rsquo;ll take all summer to think about it.&rdquo; &#9632;

Richard Will Take Summer To Think About Next Year

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N. Y. &mdash; Will Maurice Richard retire ?Never since the Great Man first cut a swath through the National Hockey League in 1942-43 has the question so stirred the minds of fans.Never since the flaming Rocket snapped his ankle after his first 16 games in the NHL have the thoughts of hanging up his boots so tortured Maurice Richard.For the fan it almost is impossible to believe that Maurice Richard may never play NHL hockey again.For the man among men, who learned the game on the treacherous Riviere des Prairies in his beloved Montreal, who became the supreme scorer, the regal of the rinks, abdication is considered realistically&hellip; but it hurts.Now that another Stanley Cup series is over, Maurice Richard must search his mind and decide whether or not to continue.He will X-Ray his conscience and discuss the problems with his wife Lucille, the daughter of George Norchet, the Rocket&rsquo;s Intermediate League trainer. Lucille, who inspired her husband through hours of triumph and defeat, will help him decide.So will Frank Selke, the Canadiens general manager, who guided Maurice Richard through most of his big league career. And Toe Blake, his coach and former teammate&hellip; and one thinks, too, the spirit of the late Dick Irvin, who in 1942 promoted Maurice Richard from the Montreal Royals and said, &ldquo;Kid, work on your backhand and you&rsquo;ll be all right&rdquo;.All will influence him but only Maurice Richard will decide.The Rocket will ask himself these questions :&bull; &ldquo;Do I still have the reflexes, the stamina ?&rdquo; &bull; &ldquo;Have my injuries healed satisfactorily ?&rdquo; &bull; &ldquo;Can I score 20 goals ?&rdquo; &bull; &ldquo;Will I help the team ?&rdquo;If the answers are &ldquo;yes,&rdquo; Maurice Richard will report to the Montreal Canadien training camp in September and at the age of 39 years will begin his 18th year in the only league he knows &hellip; the big one.One gathers, at a glance, that the Rocket does not have the reflexes or stamina to go another 70 games but this may be deceiving. For he returned to action this past season after a lengthy layoff. It is conceivable that with a full Summer to get into shape, he will be able again to hone himself to sharpness.It had appeared in the late games of the season that Maurice Richard&rsquo;s many injuries had dulled his skills; that he no longer burst around the defense like the Canadien Cannonball; nor whipped a backhander into a corner or carried an opponent on his back while scoring.Still the Rocket scored 19 goals though he missed 19 games and would have had 20 on the final night of the season had Al Rollins not robbed him blind. His stick is still a potent weapon.Can Maurice Richard help the Canadiens anymore ? Probably more as an inspiration factor than anything else. As it becomes more difficult for the Rocket to turn up a head of steam his linemates, Henri Richard and Dickie More have had to take up the burden for the Great Man.The Rocket&rsquo;s decision will be made soon to permit the Canadiens to protect him in the NHL draft if he returns.So far Maurice Richard has remained silent. Only his friends speak.&ldquo;He will quit,&rdquo; says one. &ldquo;He has a few good business going for him. Maurice knows he&rsquo;s at the end of the trail.&rdquo;&ldquo;No,&rdquo; says another. &ldquo;Hockey is in his every vein and artery. He will play as long as Canadiens offer him a contract.&rdquo;&ldquo;Will the Rocket retire ?&rdquo; the hockey world asks in disbelief as it anxiously awaits the answer.Only Maurice Richard knows. And he soon will tell. &#9632;

Fans Can’t Believe “Rock” May Not Return To Canucks

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01339/1793670-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mr. Everything Of The BirdsGordie Howe &hellip; &hellip; Needs Help</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Will Gordie Howe ever have another 40-goal season ?The consensus around the league is that Howe can do it. But whether he will or not is another matter. Conditions Howe can&rsquo;t control hold the answer &mdash; ice time, linemates and luck.The Red Wing captain hasn&rsquo;t been close to 40 goals in three seasons, not since Ted Lindsay was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks.In the last year of the Howe Lindsay partnership, Howe clicked 44 times and led the league in scoring. Lindsay had 30 goals. It was the fourth 40 goal season for Howe, matching the number of times Maurice (Rocket) Richard went over the 40 mark.Since the Howe-Lindsay combination was broken up, Howe&rsquo;s goals dropped to 33, then 32 and finally 28 this season.Howe&rsquo;s had an assortment of linemates since Lindsay left but none has posed the threat that Lindsay did. As a consequence, the opposition can concentrate more on Howe.Another factor is the claim heard around the league that the Wings play Howe too much. The Wings deny they are burning out their superstar. They say they can hardly keep him on the bench.But it&rsquo;s true that as the season progressed, with Detroit in a slump and not sure of making the playoffs, the 32-year-oId winger took his regular turns, was on the power play, was a penalty killer and was on the ice for the last few minutes of nearly every period in a tight game.<h2>Stop Howe, Stop The Wings</h2>Howe&rsquo;s best year was 1952-53 when Detroit had a multitude of stars and Howe wasn&rsquo;t called in every emergency. He pumped in 49 goals, one short of the Rocket&rsquo;s record.That&rsquo;s changed. Now the axiom is &ldquo;Stop Howe and you stop Detroit.&rdquo;And it works. Gordie scored on his first shot of the playoff semifinals against Toronto. He didn&rsquo;t get another in the six-game set.&ldquo;Howe could break my record if he only had to take regular turns and be on the power play,&rdquo; the Rocket has said repeatedly.Bert Olmstead, the Toronto &ldquo;shadow&rdquo; detailed to follow Howe in the playoffs, said &ldquo;the Wings overplayed Howe all season. He&rsquo;s tired, just too tired.&rdquo;Olmstead was talking after the Leafs bumped the Red Wings in the semi-finals.&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t take a thing away from him. He&rsquo;s easily the greatest player in the league.&ldquo;No other man, not (Jean) Beliveau, not (Bobby) Hull would have been standing on his feet and available for this series. He&rsquo;s just too tired. You can see it in his face,&rdquo; Olmstead said.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02274/1793663-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1739" height="1175"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Howes In A Relaxed MomentGordie Howe relaxes at home with wife Colleen after a tough season. He&rsquo;ll holiday in Florida then return to business in Detroit. This season he looked more tired than ever, although he says he&rsquo;s had tougher years.</figcaption></div>&ldquo;If Howe had help, if he wasn&rsquo;t so tired, not from the series but from the whole season, well&hellip;&rdquo;Howe said he&rsquo;d been more tired at the end of other seasons.&ldquo;That year I played with the cracked ribs. I was never so tired in my life. Every game. Every day.&rdquo;.There&rsquo;s evidence that in the closing week of the regular season the Wings decided Howe was feeling the effects of too much duty. He&rsquo;d been in a slump and didn&rsquo;t have the vigor of old.Coach Sid Abel put Vai Fonteyne with Norm Ullman on the penalty killing team and Fonteyne did a good job. He worked in so well that general manager Jack Adams said he could make the club on that basis alone next season.Howe needs help from his linemates too. More and more he was the playmaker and not getting the shots. It was Howe that was doing the digging and not the shooting.Alex Delvecchio and Murray Oliver were Howe&rsquo;s mates in the last half of the season. Oliver collected 20 goals and Delvecchio 19. But Delvecchio did little until the last few weeks. He&rsquo;s still never fulfilled the deeds expected of him.<h2>He&rsquo;s Too Unselfish</h2>Only once all season did Howe score as many as two goals in a game and when a player hits 40 goals he usually has some of them in clusters of twos and threes along the way.&ldquo;You have to have luck and you have to shoot,&rdquo; Adams said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think Gordie has been shooting as much as he should. He tries to work the puck in or set up someone else.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s an unselfish guy. I&rsquo;ve told him that he can hurt the club by being unselfish.&ldquo;Look at his big nights in the past. Those were the times when he&rsquo;d shoot all the time. He&rsquo;d take a lot of shots from 25 feet. That&rsquo;s what he has to do now.&ldquo;Oliver&rsquo;s had a year&rsquo;s experience now and that should help Gordie next year,&rdquo; Adams said.Howe can have a big year again any time,&rdquo; Adams concluded.With a little bit of help. &#9632;

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Needs More Aid From Linemates To Hit 40 Again

DETROIT, Mich. &mdash; Hockey players generally are the most accomodating athletes for autograph seekers.It&rsquo;s not unusual for baseball players to brush past fans after losing a regular season game. But that&rsquo;s rarely done in the National Hockey League.After losing the fifth game of the Stanley Cup playoff semifinals at Toronto, 5-4, Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe was besieged for autographs. The bus taking the team to the airport was waiting outside Maple Leaf Gardens but Howe signed &ldquo;40 or 50&rdquo; autographs. Finally he said he had to go &mdash; he was the last one on the bus.&ldquo;Whatsa matter ? Ya snobby?&rdquo; a disgruntled youngster yelled at Howe. &#9632;

Gord Finds You Just Can’t Satisfy All The Followers

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL (As seen in The Toronto Star)</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05216/1793784-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div><h2>From A Haven In A Horse Park</h2>Some people take to the bottle &hellip; a few are driven to the pipe&hellip; Rudy Pilous sought solace in a horse park when his dream world crashed. Since he&rsquo;s a paid part-time publicist for the Jockey club, Rudy is able to pick up a rupee or three while he&rsquo;s striving to forget. Nevertheless, Pilous is still in pain. He still has some of those Montreal arrowheads buried in his hide. The same hockey horde which overturned Rudy&rsquo;s teepee is now rattling Punch Imlach&rsquo;s gate. As a fellow-member of the coaches&rsquo; lodge, Rudy knows how Imlach must feel.&ldquo;Punch probably has one thing going for him which I lacked,&rdquo; Pilous mused recently, as he pictured Punch loading up the sling shots for a gallant do-or-die stand. &ldquo;As I get it, the Leafs are healthy. My club (the Chicago Black Hawks, in case some person hasn&rsquo;t heard) were not healthy.&rdquo;Like Imlach, Rudy sailed out to shoot the Habs off their own pond. After two tries, he had two defeats&mdash;but they were good tries, so everyone expected a few Habs would lose their forelocks when the Black Hawks retreated to Chicago with Canadiens in hot pursuit. The orderly retreat became a rout. Rudy&rsquo;s braves didn&rsquo;t even get a goal in two home games.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s frustrating for a coach to lie awake at night, planning how he&rsquo;s going to meet certain situations,&rdquo; Rudy shuddered. &ldquo;I think we come up with some pretty good thoughts, too. One of my decisions was that somebody had to tie up Jean Beliveau. Glen Skov did a pretty good job, I thought. Ted Lindsay accomplished a similar mission by keeping Boom-Boom Geoffrion in check. So what happens? Somebody named Hicke came off the bench and scored. Everything we tried-even if it worked&mdash;was no good. We thought we did well in Montreal, considering the injuries we had. Maybe we got too high on ourselves. In Chicago, we couldn&rsquo;t come close. That&rsquo;s where Canadiens played their best.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06178/1793777-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="578" height="1009"><figcaption class="caption-body">Punch Imlachn</figcaption></div><h2>The Role Of The Pocket Rocket</h2>Circumstances surrounding the two sieges&mdash;Chicago and Toronto&mdash;are so similar that even a goal judge would see them. Leafs likewise escaped from the Forum with respectable scores. They were beaten a total of three goals in two games&mdash;including one they scored in their own net. The Hab who hurt them most was one who harrassed the Hawks.&ldquo;That Henri Richard killed us,&rdquo; Pilous lamented. Imlach could tell the same story. The Pocket Rocket has controlled the puck as if he owned it. In the opening skirmish at Montreal, he figured in all the Habs&rsquo; goals.&ldquo;But, if Leafs are healthy, as I&rsquo;m told they are, Punch still has a chance,&rdquo; Pilous cautioned. &ldquo;We had so many injuries that we didn&rsquo;t even give out the news when Bobby Hull suffered a Charley horse. Anyway, we didn&rsquo;t want to let Canadiens know how badly we were hurt. Hull, as you know, missed the first game. In the second game, Beliveau stuck a knee into him as Bobby came from his own end. I screamed murder from the bench, but there was no penalty on the play.&rdquo;By the end of the game, Hull was on the limp. In the third game, at Chicago, a shot hit him on the inside of the knee, causing another bruise to the damaged leg. Hawks&rsquo; trainer Nick Garen kept him mobile by rubbing hot liniment into the pin during Bobby&rsquo;s breathers on the bench. Maybe Hull&rsquo;s injury wasn&rsquo;t what caused the Chicago collapse, but it didn&rsquo;t help.&ldquo;People tell me Canadiens are a lucky hockey club,&rdquo; Pilous murmured. &ldquo;Maybe they are lucky. They&rsquo;re also good. A big difference I see is that they don&rsquo;t give the puck away nearly as often as other teams do.&rdquo;Meanwhile, back at the Gardens, the hammers of workmen were ringing as new pews were installed in the most distant terrace of the grays. These will be reserved for Montreal partisans who came in with their club. They&rsquo;re Conn Smythe&rsquo;s version of &ldquo;nosebleed alley.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s the name he gave to Forum seats which he said were reserved for his friends. &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st 1947Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd., 1434 Ste Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que.Ken McKenzie, PublisherLen Bramson, Editorin-ChiefWill V. Cote, General ManagerYearly Subscription Rates : $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4 00 in the U.S.A and Foreign CountriesEntered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in CanadaVol. 13 MONTREAL, APRIL 23, 1960 No. 30<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01405/1793746-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="382" height="435"></div>&bull; MONTREAL CANADIENS won their fifth straight Stanley Cup without working up a good sweat &hellip; It was by far their easiest Cup victory yet &hellip; Canadiens dominated things so much it looked like big men playing against little boys &hellip; The question everyone is now asking is: How long will Canadiens supremacy continue? &hellip; Toronto made a better series in losing to Canadiens in five games a year ago &hellip; Certain hockey people are wondering if Canadiens are that good or if the other clubs are that bad &hellip; Because never before has one team dominated the National Hockey League by so large a margin and for so long a period as have the current Canadiens &hellip; By defeating Toronto in four straight, Canadiens won their sixth Stanley Cup in 10 years &hellip; and they were Cup finalists in the other four years &hellip; No other team has ever won the Cup five years in a row &hellip; and Coach Toe Blake is still batting a 1.000 &hellip; Toe has led Canadiens to five Stanley Cups in the five years he has been coach of the team &hellip; Canadiens have won the NHL championship and accompanying Prince of Wales Trophy for four of the last five years &hellip; Detroit nosed them out of the title in 1956-57 &hellip; Just as an illustration of the strength of the team &hellip; Ralph Backstrom, the National Hockey League&rsquo;s top rookie last season and rated by everyone as the speediest skater in the circuit, saw very limited action in the Cup playoffs &hellip; Backstrom would be a full-fledged star with any of the other five clubs in the loop &hellip; It&rsquo;s getting monotonous Canadiens winning the Cup every year and there was very little hoop-de-do-da in their dressing room following the final game. Victories and Cups are accepted right in stride with this team &hellip; just as if it was their normal right &hellip; Bert Olmstead, as is usual, was the hardest loser on the Toronto squad &hellip; Usually the last player to leave the dressing room, he was the first to leave after the Leafs were eliminated &hellip; He probably started back to Saskatchewan that night.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02371/1793739-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="278" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toe Blake</figcaption></div>&bull; MANY former hockey greats and veteran hockey writers think Canadiens are the greatest team of all times &hellip; And if not the greatest they all agree that no team ever had more depth and possessed as many good players as do the Montrealers &hellip; Former scoring star Gordie Drillon had this to say: &ldquo;I thought the 1940 New York Rangers were the best club I&rsquo;d seen, but these guys are better. They&rsquo;ve been winning for five years steady and now they&rsquo;ve only got one player who is considering retirement and that&rsquo;s the Rocket. Harvey looks good for another three years and the rest should be good for several years.&rdquo; &hellip; Hap Day and Milt Schmidt were more conservative in their praise &hellip; Day coached the Leafs to three successive Stanley Cups, 1947, 1948 and 1949. Hap said: &ldquo;They are certainly the best of this era, but you can&rsquo;t make accurate comparisons. My teams in 1947 and &lsquo;49 and the Boston team in 1938 would give them a run.&rdquo; &hellip; Schmidt agreed on the selection of the &lsquo;38 Bruins, a club that finished far ahead of its competition that year, but noted: &ldquo;No team has even been out in front for so long. Canadiens never make mistakes. They force the opposition to make mistakes and when they do they&rsquo;re dead&rdquo; &hellip; Conn Smythe figured Johnny Bower should receive the Victoria Cross of the Stanley Cup playoffs &hellip; Someone asked Al Rollins recently how he figured was the best way to win the V&eacute;zina Trophy&hellip; &ldquo;Thats easy,&rdquo; Rollins said, &ldquo;just get traded to the Montreal Canadiens&rdquo; &hellip; Toe Blake operates a tavern near the Forum when not busy with hockey. It is one of the few places where United States currency has been accepted at par. A few days ago a waiter walked into Toe&rsquo;s office to tell him that a customer had given him an American bill to pay for a beer. &ldquo;You know our policy, no discount,&rdquo; said Toe. &ldquo;But Mr. Blake, it&rsquo;s a $100 bill,&rdquo; said the waiter &hellip; &ldquo;Give him back the bill,&rdquo; said Toe. &ldquo;The beer is on the house.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03295/1793732-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="272" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hap Day</figcaption></div>&bull; HENRI RICHARD emerged from this year&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs as Hockey&rsquo;s New Super Star &hellip; He was sheer artistry in motion every time he came in contact with the puck &hellip; Right now he is the most valuable player on the Canadiens &hellip; and the player they could least afford to lose &hellip; He does everything a center is supposed to do and does it better and with more grace than anyone around at the moment. Besides all the natural ability, Richard is blessed with a great deal of stamina. He never seems to tire and can skate on and on in that smooth effortless style of his &hellip; Barring injuries Henri Richard will dominate things in the NHL for the next few years &hellip; Most people feel Maurice Richard will retire now. He scored one goal in the eight playoff games and he made sure to retain both the puck and the stick with which he scored this goal, which incidentally, was his 82nd playoff marker.He played well in the two games in Toronto and everyone was happy to see him score his goal &hellip; There isn&rsquo;t a better utility player anywhere in the NHL than Marshall. Or we might add a more polite player off the ice, either &hellip; Claude Provost, another unsung hero in the Habs&rsquo; camp, teamed up beautifully with Marshall in killing off penalties &hellip; Jean Beliveau and Boom Boom Geoffrion came through in the final game of the series just as everyone expected they would&hellip; Not a poor player on the team &hellip; A different player stars every game &hellip; Perce LeSueur, former star goalkeeper and a Hamilton sportscaster in recent years, is confined to the Hamilton General Hospital with a fractured hip. Perce would appreciate hearing from his old buddies.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04240/1793725-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="286" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Marshall</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01360/1793878-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="550" height="547"><figcaption class="caption-body">Veteran Leafs &hellip; &hellip; Still On The GoJohnny Bower</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02328/1793871-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="522" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmstead</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03260/1793864-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="532" height="539"><figcaption class="caption-body">Allan Stanley</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04191/1793857-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="522" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body">George Armstrong</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05131/1793850-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="540" height="543"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tim Horton</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Regardless of the outcome of the Maple Leafs&rsquo; Stanley Cup series against Montreal Canadiens, this spring&rsquo;s playoffs have underlined an urgent problem concerning Toronto&rsquo;s immediate future in big-league hockey.Old age is becoming a worry, although manager-coach Punch Imlach hasn&rsquo;t admitted it. In the money matches, most of the productive work came from players whose major league careers definitely are on the wane.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0682/1793843-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="257" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Regan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0748/1793836-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="242" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Wilson</figcaption></div>Goalie Johnny Bower and defenceman Allan Stanley, most consistent blockers of opposition offence, both are 34 and feel it. Bert Olmstead is 33. Red Kelly is 32. Johnny Wilson and Tim Horton are 30. George Armstrong and Larry Regan will be 30 next summerIf those aren&rsquo;t alarming statistics, then name some.Because if you subtract Olmstead and Kelly from the Leaf attack, you have very little left. And if you take away Bower, Stanley and Horton, you have a field day for the foe. And no team in the league has a sounder leader than Armstrong, the Big Chief. And Regan and Wilson are extremely useful utility workers, as well as well-worn veterans who do their best when the going&rsquo;s toughest.You&rsquo;ll notice that except for Army and Horton, these old-timers all are relative newcomers to the Toronto roster. Imlach has shopped shrewdly to acquire the operators he thinks will bridge the gap between the depleted last-place team of 1958 and the squad of the future which will be manned with fine young players.Along with coaching Leafs and making trades and purchases Imlach has been rebuilding the farm system, so that it will produce more youth for future use.He smoothed out what once was an unsatisfactory arrangement with Rochester Americans, Leafs&rsquo; number one farm team. He lined up a working agreement with Sudbury Wolves of the Eastern Professional league. One of his first post-season projects will be finding a man to operate the Marlboro juniors and their subsidiary teams.Additionally, Punch will be looking for a coach. He doesn&rsquo;t feel his health can stand another campaign of managing and coaching the club simultaneously. And besides, hiring a full-time coach would enable him to devote all his time to the executive work.There will be plenty of it. Imlach has indicated he plans some changes before the 1960-61 schedule begins. What they might be, one can only guess at. Trades, probably, because as second-place team, Leafs get fifth shot at the draft pool in June.It might become necessary to find a replacement for Johnny Bower, who has been dropping retirement hints here and there. This probabaly would require a deal, because the Leaf farm system doesn&rsquo;t seem to contain a goalkeeper of National league calibre at this time.<h2>Stanley And Bower In Dubious Category</h2>Other than Bower, the only veteran in the dubious category might be Sam Stanley, who has many physical ailments. At 34, he doesn&rsquo;t figure to shed any of them, either.But there&rsquo;s little doubt that Olmstead, Kelly, Wilson, Horton, Armstrong and Regan are good for another campaign, at least.The 1959-60 season was a bit of a loss in that Leafs failed to uncover one top-notch rookie. Duke Edmundson was their one freshman and while he created plenty of stir when he was sent on the ice, he counted only four goals.On the other hand, youngsters like Bobby Baun, Carl Brewer and Bob Pulford demonstrated that they have long lives of NHL stardom ahead of them.And one other thing that was amply illustrated during the term&mdash;Leafs&rsquo; one chance of success is their ability to get first-rate performances from their talented left-wing pair, Dick Duff and Frank Mahovlich. When those two don&rsquo;t go, Leafs are stalled.There is no reason to think this won&rsquo;t continue to be the case.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0832/1793829-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="1776" height="722"><figcaption class="caption-body">A Serious SituationAs the minutes tick on to the Stanley Cup, the seriousness of the job at hand shows on Habs big three. Left to right: Geoffrion, Beliveau and Bonin.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0920/1793822-1-eng-US/f0005-092.jpg" title="f0005-09" width="1765" height="939"><figcaption class="caption-body">Signing The Golden BookAll over but the cheering. Defenseman Doug Harvey signs the golden book at Montreal&rsquo;s city hall. Looking on are, left to right: Jean Beliveau, Mayor Sarto Fournier, Maurice Richard and Jacques Plante.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-1013/1793815-1-eng-US/f0005-102.jpg" title="f0005-10" width="1746" height="681"><figcaption class="caption-body">Smiling Beauties At City HallHockey wives at city hall. Mrs. Plante, Mrs. Geoffrion, Mrs. Henri Richard and Mrs. Maurice Richard.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Eight Leafs 30 Yr Over And Most Are Big Stars

<div class="byline">ELMER FERGUSON In The Montreal Star</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01430/1793933-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Big Man in The SeriesGoaler Jacques Plante gazes into space after first victory against Leafs in Toronto. He was spectacular in series, called the &lsquo;outstanding player&rsquo; by most observers.</figcaption></div>Looking backward over the brief sweep of Canadiens to their fifth Stanley Cup &hellip; standout of the entire series, to this agent&rsquo;s mind, was goaler Jacques Plante, the Masked Marvel &hellip; mathematically, he didn&rsquo;t equal some shut-out feats compiled in series of the past, but his performances right down the, line were little, if at ail, short of magnificent &hellip; that he handed the Leafs the unwelcome goose-egg in the final game, was of less importance than that, with his unbelievable keenness of eye, he broke up one torridly desperate Leaf attack after another, before a crowd which was begging the Toronto team not merely for a win, which was too much to expect, but at least to get a goal &hellip; in the first game in the great Toronto Gardens, Plante was scored on twice, once by a goal kicked in, or bouncing in off a Leaf player&rsquo;s leg, the other when Habs were short a man &hellip;Conn Smythe, a fiery leader in his day when Frank Selke was discovering the talent, Leafs were often inspired to high pitches of inspiration through the pre-game biting eloquence of Conn, whose keen-edged tirades frequently stirred his players to such heights of rage that they went out there fighting-mad &hellip; but Conn is now more interested in thoroughbred race-horses than hockey &hellip; and as a sign that he&rsquo;s shed some of the pungency of other days, he has abandoned the pearlgrey hat that once was his trade-mark, regardless of current styles, a hat so light in color you could spot him in his seat, from which his sharp eyes observed everything &hellip; now he wears a hat of dark grey &hellip; &ldquo;I got the idea of the pearl-grey hat from Leo Dandurand&rdquo; he was telling us the other night, chatting in the Leaf press-room, amazingly placid on the eve of what proved to be the final game &hellip; &ldquo;I think Leo was the best-dressed leader we ever had in hockey&rdquo; declared Smythe &hellip; &ldquo;I was struck one night by the sporty light-grey hat he wore when coaching Canadiens, went out and bought one, and wore that type of hat during my whole career in hockey &hellip;&rdquo;We asked Conn if he thought of going into the Leaf room and bursting into one of his great inspirational speeches &hellip; he said &ldquo;No, definitely not &hellip; Punch and Clancy are running the team, and to my way of thinking they&rsquo;ve done great jobs &hellip; they brought the Leafs from last place, in the season before this, and into the Cup finals &hellip; this season, we&rsquo;re in the Cup finals again &hellip; who could do more? &hellip; and how would speeches help? &hellip; we&rsquo;re playing against the greatest team of all time, and if you want my opinion, the greatest player on the team is that little Pocket Rocket &hellip; he was blinding speed, competitive spirit, skill, a great shot &hellip; I would tab him as the outstanding star of the future in major league hockey&rdquo; &hellip; we told Conn that in the N.H.L. press-room the night before, Andy O&rsquo;Brien of Week-end had propounded this query: &ldquo;If you had Howe, Beliveau and the Poeket to select from, who would you take?&rdquo; &hellip; the answers were varied &hellip; but Smythe said, promptly &ldquo;I&rsquo;d take the Pocket &hellip;he has youth in addition to class&rdquo; &hellip; &#9632;

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The Gist And Jest Of If

<h2>Rocket Missed Only Once</h2>Only once in his brilliant career has Maurice Richard failed to score at least one goal in the playoffs. That was last season when he failed to score in four games against Toronto. Prior to last season he had netted once in the last 13 reasons Canadiens made the playoffs.<h2>Harvey Best In Assisting</h2>Despite the fact he failed to pick up an assist in seven playoff games. Defenseman Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens still holds the record for the most assists in playoff history. Harvey has accounted for 58 assists in his career. Closing in on him is teammate Dickie Moore who now has 51 to his credit.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><h3>SERIES &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h3>(Best-of-seven semi-final)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03274/1794016-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="588" height="82"></div>Thursday, March 24 : Montreal 4, Chicago 3.Saturday, March 26 : Montreal 4, Chicago 3 (overtime).Tuesday, March 29 : Montreal 4, Chicago 0.Thursday, March 31 : Montreal 2, Chicago 0.<h3>SERIES &ldquo;B&rdquo;</h3>(Best-of-seven semi-final)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04209/1794009-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="593" height="81"></div>Wednesday, March 23 : Detroit 2, Toronto 1.Saturday, March 26 : Toronto 4, Detroit 2.Sunday, March 27 : Toronto 5, Detroit 4 (overtime).Tuesday, March 29 : Detroit 2, Toronto 1 (overtime).Saturday. April 2 : Toronto 5, Detroit 4.Sunday, April 3 : Toronto 4, Detroit 2.<h3>FINAL SERIES</h3>(Best-of-seven)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05141/1794002-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="593" height="80"></div>Thursday, April 7 : Montreal 4, Toronto 2.Saturday, April 9: Montreal 2, Toronto 1.Tuesday, April 12 : Montreal 5, Toronto 2.Thursday, April 14 : Montreal 4, Toronto 0.<h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Final Playoff Statistics)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0697/1793995-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="590" height="1285"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<h2>TUESDAY, APRIL 12</h2>Montreal 5 at Toronto 2(Montreal leads best-of-seven final 3-0)Montreal &mdash; Goal : Plante; defense : Harvey, Langlois, Johnson, Talbot, Turner; forwards : Goyette, Provost, Pronovost, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Bonin, H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Backstrom, Hicke, Marshall.Toronto &mdash; Goal: Bower; defense : Stanley, Horton, Baun, Brewer; forwards : Armstrong, Duff, Regan, Kelly, Mahovlich, Wilson, Pulford, Olmstead, Harris, Edmundson, James, Ehman, Stewart.Referee : Frank Udvari; linesmen : George Hayes, Bill Morrison.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02349/1794047-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="592" height="592"></div> &#9632;

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Third Game Statistics

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash; Goaler Jacques Plante will go down in National Hockey League history as one of the greatest clutch goalers in hockey history.The late Dick Irvin used to call Turk Breda and Gerry McNeil the greatest clutch goalers he ever saw. It&rsquo;s too bad he didn&rsquo;t have a chance to see Plante in the playoffs this season. He would have listed him with the other two without hesitation.After the Canadiens whipped the Chicago Black Hawks four straight in the Stanley Cup semi-final series, Plante predicted that if the Canadiens continued to play that way they would knock off the Leafs in four, as well. Nobody listened, but Jacques was serious. And the Canadiens did play that way against the Leafs and the Canadiens did knock off the Toronto club in four straight. But it was Jacques who made it all possible. Had it not been for his brilliant work in the third and fourth games the series would have gone much farther.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0947/1794078-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="268" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Plante</figcaption></div>Canadiens got all the breaks of the final series, but you have to be good to be lucky and they were good. But the outstanding man in the series was Plante. Once he robbed big Frank &ldquo;Mahovlich of a sure goal when the Leaf star skated in all alone and blasted one. Jacques took it on the arm, deflected the puck and then skated to the dressing room for repairs to the arm. And there were many other sure goals Plante saved. In the last game he took goals off of Brewer, Stewart and Duff. Both Duff and Brewer hit the post or crossbar.Turk Broda, on hand for the series, called Plante one of the greatest he&rsquo;s ever seen. &ldquo;He covers those angles perfectly,&rdquo; said Turk.Plante, who started a trend in goaling, by coming out of his net to stop puck behind his goal, now is being copied by all other NHL goalers. His mask, a bone of contention during the season, is here to stay. He proved in the playoffs that it was not to blame for some of those poor games during the season. He just let down.But when the money is on the table, you can count on him to be up for every game. That&rsquo;s why he&rsquo;ll go down in history as one of the all time greats. &#9632;

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Player - of - the - Week

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for an unprecedented fifth year in a row by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-0, and tieing the mark set by Wings in 1952 by making an eight-game sweep of the playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0768/1794109-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="271" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption></div>This was an easy game for the Canadiens. They went ahead in the first period on goals by Jean Beliveau and Doug Harvey, added another by Henri (Pocket) Richard in the second and still another by Beliveau in the third.The 13,327 spectators waited for the Leafs to get untracked, but they just couldn&rsquo;t keep up with the Flying Frenchmen. The latter finished off their plays well and checked effectively at the same time, being careful not to leave any loose pucks lying around inside their blue line.Jacques Plante came up with his third shutout of the playoffs and the first of the final series. He was tested severely at times, as the Leafs had 30 shots on him, some of them from in close. But Plante was at his starry best which is the best there is. The Canadiens had 32 shots on Johnny Bower. &#9632;

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Plante Stars, Habs Win 4-0 And Take 5th Straight Cup

<h2>THURSDAY, APRIL 14</h2>Montreal 4 at Toronto 0(Montreal wins best-of-seven Stanley Cup final 4-0)Montreal &mdash; Goal : Plante; defense : Harvey, Pronovost, Turner, Johnson; forwards : Goyette, Langlois, Provost, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Moore, H. Richard, M. Richard,. Bonin, Backstrom, Hicke, Marshall Talbot.Toronto &mdash; Goal : Bower; defense : Stanley, Horton, Baun, Brewer; forwards : Kelly, Mahovlich, Edmundson, Pullford, Olmstead, Stewart, Duff, Armstrong, Harris Ehman, James, Regan, Wilson.Refeee : Eddie Powers; linesmen : George Hayes, Loring Doolittle.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0857/1794140-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="592" height="512"></div> &#9632;

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Fourth Game Statistics

Referee Eddie Powers called nine penalties, five against the Canadiens, including a 10-misconduct to Junior Langlois. None of them figured in the scoring.Jean Beliveau opened the scoring at 8:16 of the first period when he took a pass from Junior Langlois and let go a bullet from near the blue line that wound up in the net. It looked as though Bower&rsquo;s view of the puck was screened.The Habitants were back with another goal 29 seconds later, this one going to Harvey. Geoffrion and Junior Langlois picked up assists.Plante made a big save from Frank Mahovlich early in the second period when the latter was right in on him. He hurt his arm on the play and had to retire for repairs while the crowd hooted.Canadiens came through with the only goal of the period at 16:40 to make the score 3-0. Dickie Moore fed the puck to Maurice Richard, whose pass to Henri (Pocket) Richard put the latter in behind the Toronto defense and he had no trouble in beating Bower.Canadiens kept pressing and at 1:21 of the third period, Jean Beliveau scored as the culmination of a three-way passing play involving his linemates, Marcel Bonin and Boom Boom Geoffrion. It was real checkerboard stuff.Coach Punch Imlach dumped on his Wreckling Line &mdash; Gary Edmundson, Gerry James and Johnny Hilson &mdash; and you wondered why he waited so long if he was figuring to slow down the Habitants, since the game was already in the satchel.The moment the game was over, Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League, and Cooper Smeaton, trustee of the Allan Cup, presented the Cup to Rocket Richard, captain of the Canadiens, in a ceremony at centre ice. The Rocket thanked the Toronto crowd for their appreciation of good plays no matter which team made them. &#9632;

Beliveau Scores Two, Doug And Pocket Blast Others

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01415/1794293-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ex-Leaf Coach Billy Reay, left and former Leaf star Gaye Stewart meet In press room In Gardens. Both played with the Canadiens during NHL careers.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02349/1794286-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1482" height="1156"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stars of key third game in Toronto are left to right; Phil Goyette, who scored two, Henri Richard, Maurice Richard and Don Marshall. Score was 5-2 and gave the Canadiens 3-0 lead in the series.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03275/1794279-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="970" height="1175"><figcaption class="caption-body">Veteran Red Kelly of the Lei mets up with Henri Richard outside Leafs room furth game. Both were stars in the series. He roked up point or more in each of games</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04213/1794272-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="1594" height="1167"><figcaption class="caption-body">Despite four straight losses to powerful Montrealers, these men did magnificent job in getting the Leafs into second and Into Cup finals. Left to right: President Conn Smythe congratulates son Stafford Smythe for fob well done. General Manager-Coach Punch Imlach in the middle.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05158/1794265-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="1006" height="1161"><figcaption class="caption-body">General Manager-Coach Punch Imlach congratulates Captain Maurice Richard after final game. Rocket played best game of the series in that one that saw Habs take 4-0 win.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06124/1794258-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="1062" height="1162"><figcaption class="caption-body">Judging by the stra rocks one would think the Chicago Black Hawks were the beating from the Canadians. Hand under chin is Rudy Pilous of the Hawks. In the centre is Owner Jin who flew in from Florida to see the game. His General Tommy Ivan.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0798/1794251-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="1135" height="1233"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stain of Stanley Cup series shows on Jacques Plante&rsquo;s face. He lost many pounds during the series, but was outstanding star. He racked up three shutouts In eight games.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0881/1794244-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="1126" height="1107"><figcaption class="caption-body">Former Leaf coaches and players get together to talk over series. Hap Day and King Clancy were stars of the Leafs of the thirties. Clancy followed Day as Toronto coach.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0966/1794237-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="1088" height="1103"><figcaption class="caption-body">Keeping an eye on things: Presidarence Campbel of the NHL, uses binoculars to watch at other end of the rink. Seated beside him Is Ref Chief Cari Voss. Campbell made presentation of Cup canadiens for first time in Toronto.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01400/1794230-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="1693" height="1173"><figcaption class="caption-body">No pressure of the playoffs on this foursome. Smiles outside, unhappy inside are these hockey people. Coach Milt Schmidt of the Bruins, Coach Alf Pike of the Rangers, General Manager Lynn Patrick of the Bruins and General Manager Mu?? Patrick of the Blues.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02378/1794223-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="997" height="1173"><figcaption class="caption-body">Coach Toe Blake shows cameraman his favorite number in fingers. He indicates five for five straight Stanley Cups and NHL record. He has won it in every year as big league coach.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03327/1794216-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="866" height="1158"><figcaption class="caption-body">Goaler Jacques Plante discusses shot that hit him on the arm in the final game. Plante went to dressing room for repairs. Shot came off the stick of Frank Mahovlich.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04278/1794209-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="1504" height="1173"><figcaption class="caption-body">While Plante is having repairs Veterans Doug Harvey (A) and Tom Johnson discuss the situation. They are backbone of powerful defense of the Champions.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05216/1794202-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="1469" height="1108"><figcaption class="caption-body">Newspapermen swarmed around Coach Toe Blake after series. Habs. room was like turkish bath, but players soon dressed and made their way to the train. Celebrations took place on board. Above, newspapermen talk with Blake in room.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06181/1794195-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="1129" height="1242"><figcaption class="caption-body">Boom Boom Geoffrion loosens skate for last time in 1959-60 season. He was star of both series. Spectacular stickhandling baffled Leafs game-after-game. He ended among leaders in the NHL playoff scoring race.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Cheers and Tears In Stanley Cup Finals. … … Hockey Men From Near And Far On Hand

<h2>Cook Coach Of Champs</h2>When it comes to champion coaches in the American League few can come close to Bun Cook, ex-Ranger star. Cook, in his coaching career was at the helm of no fewer than 10 AHL regular season champions. They included three titles at Providence and seven at Cleveland.<h2>Two In Race For First</h2>Rochester Americans and Springfield Indians both have one thing in common when it comes to final playoffs. Neither has ever one such a series. Both clubs have been playoff finalists once, neither has ever won a Calder Cup. Springfield has played in 10 semi-finals, Rochester in one other.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><h3>SERIES &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02349/1794390-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="591" height="83"></div><h3>SERIES &ldquo;B&rdquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03292/1794383-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="589" height="80"></div><h3>FINAL SERIES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04225/1794376-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="589" height="82"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13</h3>Rochester 2 at Springfield 3(Springfield leads best-of-seven series 1-0)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05174/1794369-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="599" height="488"></div><h3>SATURDAY, APRIL 16</h3>Rochester 2 at Springfield 3(Springfield leads hest-of-seven series 2-0)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06143/1794362-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="592" height="488"></div><h3>SUNDAY, APRIL 17</h3>Springfield 2 at Rochester 7(Springfield leads best-of-seven series 2-1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07107/1794355-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="589" height="817"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-08" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0884/1794421-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Big Man Of The AmerksSTAN SMRKE</figcaption></div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;Whatever happens in the Calder Cup final series between the Rochester Americans and Springfield Indians will be strictly anti-climatic for Amerk fans.Limp is about the only way to describe how the fans here were left when the Amerks finally out-lasted Cleveland in the best-of-seven semi-final series.It wasn&rsquo;t that the Amerks won the set 4 games to 3, but rather how they went about accomplishing that feat.The Amerks, who finished second during the American Hockey League&rsquo;s regular season, were rated as favorites when the semifinals started here on March 29.Cleveland grabbed a 2-0 triumph in that one. But the fans didn&rsquo;t get too upset, figuring their heroes would break loose in the next game.They didn&rsquo;t break&rsquo; loose, however, and the Barons made it two in a row on Rochester ice with a 2-1 decision. And when the Americans blew a 3-1 lead to eventually lose a 7-5 verdict in Cleveland on April 2, it appeared the Amerks would be eliminated in four straight.And even if they won the fourth game, played in Cleveland on April 3, nobody gave them a chance of winning the series simply because no team in AHL history ever had rallied with four consecutive wins after losing the first three games of a playoff series.So, when Rochester snared a 5-3 win in Cleveland, local followers felt it was very nice, but still wouldn&rsquo;t stop Cleveland from gaining the finals.Only 3,233 showed up here on April 5 for the fifth game. They saw the Amerks skate off with a 4-1 triumph, but everyone still figured the Barons would finish matters on their home pond on April 9.Everyone, that is, except the never-say-die Amerks. They battled their way to a 5-3 decision in &ldquo;pivot&rdquo; game in Cleveland, then made AHL history the following night here with a 4-1 victory.Whereas 3,233 were on hand for the fifth game here, a record War Memorial hockey crowd of 7,762 crammed every available seat and standing area for the seventh game.Tickets weren&rsquo;t put on sale until 10 a.m. on the morning of the game, because a loss Saturday night would have meant no game. Ticket buyers were lined up for hours, and it took just six hours to sell all of the 7,100 seats.Standing room went on sale shortly before game time. It is estimated that at least 2,000 were turned away at the door.The 7,762 who were lucky enough to get inside saw the local icemen become the first team in the 24-year history of the AHL to turn the trick after losing the first three. In fact, only three teams ever were down 3-1 in games and came on to win the series.Every player had a hand in lifting the &ldquo;Comeback Kids&rdquo; to the stunning triumph. In the goalscoring department, Stan Smrke netted five in six games. The 40-goal scorer during the regular season missed one game when he attended the funeral of his 38-year-old non-hockey playing brother in North Bay, Ont.Smrke played the final two games despite a painful groin injury on the right side and a broken blood vessel on his left knee.The line of Rudy Migay, Guy Rousseau and Pat Hannigan contributed the first three goals in both of the last two games. Hannigan played with his injured left foot deadened by a shot of novocain.Goalie Ed Chadwick, who had a bad night in the 7-5 loss, was sensational the rest of the way and proved to be the difference in the series.Trailing Smrke&rsquo;s five goals were Bobby Nevin and Rousseau each with four and Migay and Hannigan each with a pair.Like we said, whatever happens now is anti-climatic. &#9632;

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Never - Say - Die Amerks Make Almost Impossible Comeback

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div>CLEVELAND, O. &mdash;Editor&rsquo;s Note: This piece was written as a letter to Coach Jackie Gordon and General Manager Jim Hendy following the Barons&rsquo; elimination from the Calder Cup playoffs by the Rochester Americans.Dear Jim and Jack : What a shock it must have been to you both. To have swept three straight in a best-out-of-four series and then be kayoed is enough to make strong men weep.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01414/1794324-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="274" height="396"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jackie Gordon</figcaption></div>But by now the pain must have subsided, the tears must have dried, and the common sense has surely returned.Certainly now, in the light of relaxed, calm thinking it becomes less of a nightmare, less of a heartache.Your Barons went just about as far as they were physically and artistically capable of going.They did not have the speed of the Rochester Americans. They did not have the skill of the Rochester Americans.Your hockey team, despite severe setbacks in injuries, suspensions and one major incident of desertion gave you excellent mileage.The Barons fought the good fight in gaining the playoffs. They overcame the strong bids of tough Buffalo and Hershey to gain fourth place and a shot at the Calder Cup gold.Feats of magic are not unknown to you, Jim Hendy. You have pulled some wonderous accomplishments from your bottomless bag of tricks.But the job was too tough this time &mdash; even for a magician more skilled than you and even for a coach with a magic lamp which poor Jackie Gordon did not have.You both had to contend with the worst goal tending headache to strike a Cleveland hockey team in the memory of this writer. What was the number of goalies you sent out to cover your cage ? Was it five or six or 19 ?When you lost Bob Bailey, who jumped the team at Hershey, you saw the toughest, strongest centerman on the roster bid goodbye You could not afford to lose the likes of Bailey. Of course, in the light of what developed later when Bailey&rsquo;s injury finished him off at Buffalo, maybe you ended up with the best of that deal.Nevertheless Bailey&rsquo;s desertion hit the club hard at a time when they were having all sorts of troubles. It was a blow that both of you and the club could well have done without.And the sad decline of Bill (ExDestroyer) Shvetz.Shvetz was possibly the greatest single loss suffered by the Barons. His heavily-muscled body was the one big gun the Barons could have used to great advantage.But Shvetz, his injuries falling one upon the other, proved to be one of the biggest losses of the season.Minus Bailey and Shvetz, the heavy hitters, the Barons did a remarkable job of staying alive at all.There was no policeman after that. There was not even a threat to cause an opposing forward to keep his head up when roaring through the Cleveland defenses. The opposition had no fear of being hit and the likes of Springfield, Providence &mdash; and finally Rochester &mdash; just romped loose as a goose.You Jackie, deserve a special citation for getting your club up so high that they defeated Rochester three straight games in the opening round of the playoffs.The Barons were magnificent in those first three. Some of us up in the Press Box declared that they had the look of a horse that had been given the needle.One of the finest games ever played by a Cleveland Barons team in the Cleveland Arena in recent years was that 7-5 triumph in the third game. Earlier, at Rochester, the Barons were outstanding in defeating the Americans, 2-0 and 2-1.But the bubble was destined to burst, men. They had gone to the well once too often.Steve Kraftcheck, your ex-playmate at Cleveland, playing it cool under fire and with his back to the wall, managed to get his boys to rally around the flag in the nick of time.Then, it was nothing more than justice being served.In the regular season, they finished second and you finished fourth. They had players named Rudy Migay, Hank Ciesla, Dave Creighton, Bob Nevin, Pat Hannigan, Stan Smrke and Guy Rousseau to send at you from the launching pad. And they had that wall-like Ed Chadwick back there in the hole, tougher than ever.You might have nightmares for a while, fellows, wondering how you managed to blow this one after being ahead three games to none.But, take it from me, you have to evaluate your season on the basis of the full route. You did pretty well with what you had.As a matter of fact, Rochester had to set a 24-year record to beat you. No other club ever came from three behind. &#9632;

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Barons Went As Far As They Could With The Talent On Hand

<h2>Both Three Time Entrants</h2>This is the twelfth Presidents Cup playoff series and the third time that both Vancouver and Victoria have reached the finals. In 1951 Victoria won and in 1952 they lost. In 1956 Winnipeg defeated Vancouver and in 1958 the Canucks took four straight from Calgary.<h2>Two Full Length Series</h2>Only twice in the eleven previous present Cup playoff has the final series 3 the limit of seven games. In 1950 New Westminster defeated Los Angeles games to three and in 1954 Calgary started Edmonton in seven games to the series.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><h3>SERIES &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01413/1794501-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="602" height="111"></div><h3>SERIES &ldquo;B&rdquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02369/1794494-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="599" height="109"></div><h3>FINAL SERIES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03302/1794487-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="599" height="104"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6</h3>Vancouver 2 - Victoria 4(At Los Angeles)(Victoria leads best-of-seven series 2-0)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04244/1794480-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="582" height="517"></div><h3>THURSDAY, APRIL 7</h3>Victoria 2 - Vancouver 3(At Los Angeles)(Victoria leads best-of-seven series 2-1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05206/1794473-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="585" height="390"></div><h3>SATURDAY, APRIL 9</h3>Vancouver 6 at Victoria 2(Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06184/1794466-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="580" height="620"></div><h2>The Point Parade</h2>(Including Game of Sat., April 9)<h3>VANCOUVER</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07164/1794459-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="592" height="426"></div><h3>VICTORIA</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08159/1794452-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="591" height="421"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;The second application to move a Western Hockey League franchise to Los Angeles will be made by Victoria Cougars&rsquo; Owner Jim Piggott when the league directors hold their meeting in Calgary on May 11.Piggott, former owner of the Saskatoon club in the WHL, bought the Victoria franchise last season. He is a contractor from Saskatoon.Last week Victoria and Vancouver played two of the Western League&rsquo;s final games in Los Angeles. The club&rsquo;s split the pair, but Piggott was enthusiastic about the reception the games received. Upon return to Vancouver he told reporters that he definitely will seek permission to move the club into the California city. However, shifting the Cougars to Los Angeles does not mean that Victoria would be without a franchise next season.Piggott is one of three people bidding for the right to hockey in Los Angeles. The others are Los Angeles Businessman Jack Dempsey and Art Edwards. Dempsey was on hand for the NHL meeting in Florida recently, and made a bid for a major league team for Los Angeles.Piggott was turned down in his bid to move last season because league directors felt San Francisco was not ready for a Western Hockey League team. Even now, some directors feel the city is not ready and doubt that the league will expand into California by the 1960-61 season.<h2>&rsquo;Frisco Ready Right Now, He Says</h2>Piggott will get an okay only when San Francisco becomes ready for a team. Piggott believes that city is ready right now.As far as Los Angeles is concerned Piggott says : &ldquo;Everybody knows that I&rsquo;m interested in Los Angeles. They knew that I tried to move last year and I&rsquo;m still interested. If I can make the move to Los Angeles this year I intend to do so.&rdquo;Piggott owns six of the players presently playing with the Victoria team. But he also owns several others playing with other WHL clubs. When the Saskatoon franchise was suspended the players were loaned to other teams.It is expected that Portland will operate in the Western League in 1960-61. That city is expected to get the franchise formerly run in New Westminster.The Western League is now made up of teams from Vancouver, Seattle, Spokane, Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg. &#9632;

Piggott To Bid For Okay To Move Cougars To Los Angeles

VICTORIA, B.C. &mdash; The Victoria Colonist says Cougars&rsquo; Owner Jim Piggott has already negotiated for playing dates in Los Angeles&rsquo; new 11,400 seat Memorial Sports Arena for the 1960-61 season. He proposes to shift the present Victoria Cougars&rsquo; franchise into the California city.While the report was not confirmed, it has not been denied either. In fact Manager-Coach Hal Laycoe said Piggott has asked him if he would be interested in moving to Los Angeles to handle the Cougars.&ldquo;He also asked if I would think of remaining in Victoria next season,&rdquo; Laycoe said.Piggott is expected to make a formal, bid to shift his Victoria franchise to Los Angeles at a league meeting in Calgary on May 11. An application for a franchise in San Francisco will also be discussed at that meeting. The big problem facing San Francisco is an ice plant. There isn&rsquo;t one in the huge Cow Palace. Only one person Oakland Automobile Dealer Bill Jackson, who failed in his bid for an American Football League franchise, is interested in the possibilities of a franchise for San Francisco.It is expected that a bankroll of about half a million dollars would be necessary to put a team in that city next year. &#9632;

Piggott Reported To Be Set On Dates For LA For ’60-61

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div>FT. WAYNE, Ind.&mdash;The St. Paul Saints lead the Ft. Wayne Komets in the International Hockey League&rsquo;s best of seven final playoff series for the Joseph Turner Memorial Trophy, two games to one, but&hellip;Freddie Shero&rsquo;s Saints took the first two encounters in St. Paul, 5-3 and 3-0, but when the set moved over to Ft. Wayne, the Komets bombarded Glenn Ramsay with eight goals. This could be a demoralizing factor the remainder of the series.Johnny Bailey, St. Paul&rsquo;s hard-shooting left winger continues to lead players throughout the playoffs in three departments&mdash;goals (8), points (13) and penalty minutes (42) and is tied with teammate Elliott Chorley for winning goals with three.The Saints Fred Brown is tops in assists with eleven, while in the goaltending department, Reno Zanier of Ft. Wayne has a 1.89 goals against average in nine games, having allowed 17 goals. Zanier and Ramsay are deadlocked in shutouts with two apiece.In the Ft. Wayne-St. Paul skirmish, Ft. Wayne forward Bobby McCusker is ahead on points with five, on two goals and three helpers, while Komets Len Thomson, Lloyd Maxfield, Eddie Long and Len Ronson follow with four points each.St. Paul gained a berth in the finals by whipping Minneapolis, four games to two and Ft. Wayne bested the Louisville Rebels by the same margain.<h2>Series &ldquo;C&rdquo; Ft. Wayne and St. Paul</h2>Ft. Wayne jumped off into a 1-0 lead in the opening stanza of the first encounter&hellip; the goal was disputed hotly by the Saints &hellip; Tally was made by Thomson, with Ronson and Andy Milne assisting &hellip; St. Paul bounced back for five scores in the middle session &hellip; Wayne Larkin led the parade with two, followed up on singletons by Aggie Kukulowicz, Elliott Chorley and Bailey &hellip; Long scored for the Komets at 17:11 of the period and 5:37 of the finale, but the damage had been done &hellip; 5147 witnessed the game.The Saints made it 2-0 on the series, when Ramsay shut the Komets out, 3-0&hellip; Ramsay&rsquo;s exhibition was labled &ldquo;tremendous&rdquo;, as the lanky netminder kicked out 39 shots as compared to Zanier&rsquo;s 27 &hellip; Chorley put St. Paul out in front, in the opening 20 minutes on relays from Bailey and Joe Lund &hellip; Danny Summers and Lionel Repka were waived off by officials Billy Clements and Jack Paterson for fighting in the period &hellip; Bailey at 4:25 and Kukulowicz at 15:33 of the second session scored for St. Paul to wrap up matters &hellip; Ft. Wayne put the pressure on in the last period, but Ramsay &ldquo;made like a China Wall&rdquo; in making 17 saves &hellip; crowd was 7249.Ken Ullyot had his Komets up for the third game, winning it 8-0 &hellip; Ft. Wayne&rsquo;s first three goals were of the &ldquo;cheap&rdquo; variety, but they still count just the same as goals on the scoreboard &hellip; Ronson put the Komets out into a 1-0 first period lead, increased the margain 4-0 at the end of two, when McCusker (twice) and Thomson dented the twine &hellip; In the third period Maxfield had two goals with Thomson and Milne adding one each &hellip; Zanier played well in the nets for the Komets &hellip; Ramsay was good in goal for St. Paul&hellip; his defense didn&rsquo;t do a good job in protecting him &hellip; 3521 saw the Ft. Wayne opener.IHL NOTES&hellip; Komet CoachGeneral Manager Ken Ullyot&rsquo;s wife, Vi, is expecting a new born any day now&hellip; It will be the third for the Ullyots who have a girl, Donna (in her middle teens) and a boy, Ronnie (in his early teens) &hellip; During the regular season, Ft. Wayne won six out of eight games from St. Paul&hellip; The IHL monthly meeting is scheduled for April 30 and May 1 in Chicago &hellip; President Frank Gallagher said he has yet to receive any new applications, although he has had a few queries on a few&hellip; Although he has scored but one goal in nine games, Komet husky left winger, Johnny Ferguson playing steady game &hellip; one of hardest hitting wingers in league &hellip; Fergie and Bailey threw a. few punches and a few words in opener at Ft. Wayne. &#9632;

St. Paul Grabs Early Toehold On IHL Crown Against Komets

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div>STRATFORD, Ont.&mdash;Before the all-Ontario senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey finals between Rouyn-Noranda Alouettes, NOHA winners, and Chatham Maroons, OHA winners, started, coach Johnny Horeck was quoted as saying that the Alouettes couldn&rsquo;t make the OHA junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; playoffs and that Alouette right winger Cliff Connelly couldn&rsquo;t make the Chatham team, which he subsequently denied quite vehemently. Then after Alouettes had chalked up 3-2 and 10-2 wins on home ice, Horeck came in for some ridicule, the cry being &ldquo;Alas, Poor Horeck.&rdquo;In refutation, Horeck is quoted as replying, &ldquo;I said nothing of the kind. I might have said something like that in the dressing room before the game when I was trying to get my players &lsquo;up&rsquo; for the game, but I didn&rsquo;t say anything to the reporters. I have a lot of respect for this team. They&rsquo;ve got more spunk than we have. Connelly (no relation of Jim Connelly of the Maroons) is a whale of a hockey player. He scored five goals in two games against us, so he must be pretty good.&rdquo;.However, that&rsquo;s all water over the dam now, as Chatham fired back with three straight victories on their home ice, by scores of 7-0, 3-2 and 5-0, to take the series. They now clash with Hull Legionnaires for the Eastern Canada title, the winners to meet Trail B.C. Smoke Eaters, western Canada winners, for the Allan Cup, with all final games being staged out west. Not since Kirkland Lake Blue Devils won the Allan Cup in 1939 had a team from the northern group of the NOHA played for the all-Ontario crown. Rouyn-Noranda&rsquo;s 3-2 victory in the first game against Chatham marked the first time a team from the northern NOHA group had defeated and OHA squad in the playoffs. Abitibi Eskimos came the closest last season when they tied Kitchener Dutchmen 3-3.But what of the future insofar as the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA group is concerned ? Well, there are a lot of unconfirmed rumors wafting around, and one of them still persists that Kitchener Dutchmen will not be back, but will probably link up with pro or junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey, which has been emphatically denied by Bob Crosby, manager of the Kitchener auditorium. George S. Dudley, secretary-manager of the CAHA and treasurer of the OHA, was quoted as saying : &ldquo;We have lost complete control, and we&rsquo;d be better off not to have a league than the one we had this year.&rdquo; Later Dudley is reported to have retracted the statement, explaining that &ldquo;it was said in the heat of argument.&rdquo;The Kitchener, Windsor and Belleville clubs voiced gripes over some of the OHA legislation but the troubled waters appear to be calm now. But Maxie Silverman, bossman of the Sudbury team, ousted from the NOHA playoffs by the Rouyn-Noranda Alouettes, still has a protest pending over the use of six players from other clubs in the NOHA group by the Alouettes, which will be decided by a vote of the CAHA executive members, who are reported to have ruled that the six players were ineligible to play for Rouyn-Noranda. But they played just the same with the blessing of the NOHA, according to the reports What the outcome of that vote will be at this belated hour is not known, but it does raise the question as to whether the CAHA is going to allow any affiliate to dictate policy.The intimation is that Montreal Royals may fold owing to severe financial setbacks. It seems that the Royals, although qualifying to meet Sudbury Wolves in the East ern Professional League, did not attract sufficient fans in a city that has a drawing card like the Montreal Canadiens, and Kitchener Dutchmen are the team being courted as a replacement next season.An Ottawa sports writer comments : &ldquo;The next season may see a change or two in the Eastern League setup. There is still a lot of talk that Kitchener-Waterloo may come into the circuit. If they do, they&rsquo;d likely replace the Montreal Royals, who experienced most difficult financial troubles while trying to compete with the powerful National League Canadiens. The Eastern League would not want to borrow any of the OHA&rsquo;s troubles, but Kitchener-Waterloo would be a very logical replacement, if the Royals decide not to operate. However, the latter have made no such announcement, and it will likely be several weeks before there is anything definite.&rdquo;Another eastern sports writer views it this way: You cannot blame the pro interests for looking with perhaps envy at the Kitchener setup. The city has one of the best, if not the best arenas between Toronto and Montreal. It seats some 7,600 and can accommodate over 8,000. It is the centre of a tremendous &lsquo;drawing&rsquo; area, and one of the best known hockey cities in Ontario. It is no secret that the Kitchener Dutchmen were more or less disgusted with the turn of the OHA events after their return from the Olympics at Squaw Valley.So, with this in mind, the Dutchies might be tempted by a glittering pro offer. But like Kingston, they might discover that all that glitters is not gold. Reports out of the Limestone City during the season had it that the Frontenacs pro club &lsquo;was let down&rsquo; by the sponsoring Boston Bruins insofar as player help was concerned. The Frontenacs finished in last place with attendance at a minimum. That might be the case in the majority of the clubs of the Eastern circuit, but Kingston, like the amateur clubs in the OHA neck of the woods, has discovered that fans like a team that can win its share of games, regardless of personnel, or television and radio ratings get a sudden upsurge.&rdquo; &#9632;

Maroons Skate Past NOHA Champs, But Had Troubles

<h2>Heard In Montreal</h2>All the EPHL finals played in Sudbury were heard in Montreal over the new metropolitan radio station CFOX. The spieler was Joe Spence of Sudbury&rsquo;s outlet, CHNO. A Montreal crew picked by CFOX has been working all finals and semi-finals in which Royals&rsquo; engaged with Al Trottier of the Forum publicity staff as chief commentator.<h2>Plaque For Tessier</h2>In recognition of his pro hockey league scoring records (59 goals and 126 points) collected with the Frontenacs in the EPHL this season, Orval Tessier was recently presented with a plaque by Kingston, Ont., mayor W.T. Mills. A fete is planed for Tessier by the home-town citizens in Cornwall. Ont., later this month.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><h3>SERIES &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02363/1794739-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="594" height="117"></div><h3>SERIES &ldquo;B&rdquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03331/1794732-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="595" height="116"></div><h3>FINAL SERIES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04299/1794725-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="598" height="116"></div><h3>MONDAY, APRIL 11</h3>Montreal 0 at Sudbury 3(Best-of-seven final series tied 1-1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05255/1794718-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="586" height="406"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13</h3>Montreal 4 at Sudbury 2(Montreal leads best-of-seven series 2-1)Montreal &mdash; Goal: Mcneil; defense: Thurlby, Deslauriers, Clune, Mantha; forwards: Mosdell, Denis, Sawicki, Burchell, Connelly, Sutherland, Burnett, rigg, Black, Sarrazin.Sudbury &mdash; Goal: McNammara; defense: Amadio, Odrowski, Roche, Healey, Hendrickson; forwards: Bettio, McCarthy, Moore, Chevrefils, Mortson, irard, Boyer, Sleaver, Ubriaco.Referee: Dalt McArthur; linesmen: Basubeck, Siegman.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06216/1794711-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="584" height="492"></div><h3>FRIDAY, APRIL 15</h3>Montreal 2 at Sudbury 5(Best-of-seven final series tied 2-2)Sudbury &mdash; Goal : McNamara; defense : Roche, Odrowski, Amadio, Hendrickson; forwards : Mortson, Chevrefils, Kenn, McCarthy, Bettio, Martin, Sleaver, Boyer, Ubriaco, Moore.Montreal &mdash; Goal : McNeil; defense : Clune, Deslauriers, Mantha, Roberta; forwards : Mosdell, Denis, Burchell, Sutherland, Burnett, Black, Grigg, Sawicki, Mork, Sarazin.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07203/1794704-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="588" height="542"></div><h3>SUNDAY, APRIL 17</h3>Sudbury 5 at Montreal 3(Sudbury leads best-of-seven series 3-2)Sudbury &mdash; Goal: MacNamara; defense: Amadio, Odrowski, Roche, Hendrickson, forwards : Mortson, Keon, McCarthy, Sleaver, Boyer, Chevrefils, Bettio, Martin, Ubriaco.Montreal &mdash; Goal: McNeil; defense : Mantha, Thurlby, Clune, Deslauriers; forwards : Black, Sawicki, Sutherland, Burchell, Connelly, Burnett, Denis, Grigg, Sarrazin, Mosdell, Rivard.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08192/1794697-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="586" height="510"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09186/1794690-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="590" height="189"></div> &#9632;

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;If Erwin Groves (Murph) Chamberlain was ever exposed either by written or spoken word to some of the old credos about fair play, good sportsmanship, admire your opponent for his skill and courage, and all that sort of thing, he&rsquo;s forgotten all such sweet doctrine&mdash;and completely.&ldquo;Hate those Royals. Hate &lsquo;em, hate &lsquo;em, hate &rsquo;em !&rdquo; was the text of a sermon preached by the coach of the Sudbury Wolves as they launched the first final series for the brand new Tom Foley Memorial Trophy against the Montreal Royals.Murph, harbouring a well advertised ambition to score his greatest glory as a coach in Montreal, or rather against, a team representing the city in which he, Chamberlain, spent the greatest part of his 10 years service as a major league player, figures this is just cause for him to be a personal hater.Furthermore he believes that two of his hired help, Ernie Roche and Wally Boyer, who played for the last of Royals entries in the old Quebec League, should hate because they want nothing good for their old friends or their old bosses.To innoculate the hate virus among the remainder of his gladiators, Chamberlain employs one of the old ingredients &lsquo;hate the rich.&rsquo; He asks the employees of the Sudbury club never to forget that Gerry McNeil, Royals&rsquo; goalie, who balks their personal and collective quests for honors and gold via the playoff final is filthy rich.&ldquo;McNeil,&rdquo; Chamberlain says, &ldquo;makes $12,500 a year. He&rsquo;s the highest paid net-keeper in minor league hockey, and has no business playing in the EPHL. He should be in the NHL.&rdquo;Blithely, albiet, with tongue in cheek (who knows ?) the Sudbury ear correspondents fell in stride.&ldquo;McNeil Is Backbone of Royals&rsquo; One-Man . Team&rdquo; &mdash; banner-lined The Sudbury Star.<h2>Curry Mad, Too</h2>Floyd Curry, took a more sophisticated view, though his beefs about the refereeing of Matt Pavelich in the first game at the Forum, had a familiar ring. However, it&rsquo;s usually the beaten coach that complains about officiating, so Curry likely rates a big &lsquo;0&rsquo; for originality.&ldquo;My two smallest, thinnest men, Skippy (Burchell) and &lsquo;Sudsie&rsquo; (Sutherland), gave me the greatest exhibition of pure &lsquo;guts&rsquo; and nonstop effort I&rsquo;ve ever seen from a couple of little guys in pro hockey,&rdquo; Curry said in his dressing room afterwards.&ldquo;But how long have we got to take that kind of carving, hooking and canal-hockey stuff that Pavelich lets them get away with out there today ?&rdquo;Everyone with a flair of the dramatic was ready to rave about the job Skippy Burchell did when he made his comeback after a trip to the Forum clinic.Early in the third period Burchell was upended by giant Dave Amadio, who put a hockey stick between the little guy&rsquo;s leg, then pitch-forked Burchell up in the air and down on his noggin. &lsquo;The skipper&rsquo; took a Chicago count (extra long), then was carried off the ice by a couple of burly Forum ushers and one linesman.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10180/1794770-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="535" height="717"><figcaption class="caption-body">Comeback KidSkippy Burchell</figcaption></div><h2>A Thriller-Diller</h2>It looked as if Burchell wouldn&rsquo;t be back before Tuesday. But in about three minutes, when there was a whistle-stop Skippy came through the gate way of the goal&rsquo; judges&rsquo; cage. He skated over to Royals bench, a few seconds later was taking a regular shift on the ice.Moe Mantha set up Wayne Connelly. The Peterborough pride blazed down the ice, gave a pass to Burchell who had moved in closer. In a half-pirouette Skippy lifted a hopper into the far corner of the cage. Much to the disgust of tall twine-tender Gerry McNamara who said later &ldquo;That puck took a bad a hop, but Burchell shoots like that all the time.&rdquo;The whole incident was worthy of a chapter in one of the old Frank Merriwell books we used to read as a kid. &#9632;

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Murph Starts “Hate Montreal” Campaign For Hungry Wolves

<div class="byline">Al Parsley</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01405/1794659-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="303" height="332"></div>&bull; THE BRASS of two of the Eastern Pro League&rsquo;s NHL sponsor-clubs was out in full force for that first Sudbury-Royals &lsquo;finals&rsquo; game staged at the Forum, which drew 10,051 customers.Seated in the box seat area usually occupied by Frank Selke and his family for all Forum attractions, were Jack Adams, generalissimo of Detroit Red Wings, team coach Sid Abel, and Elliott Trumbull, publicist of the Detroit Hockey Club.A tape-recorder, or a real swifty at shorthand might have grabbed many terse and interesting comments about the athletes, chattels of both the NHL Detroiters and the Montreal Canadiens cavorting out there on the ice. Of necessity some of said comments were off the record, because speakers were not expecting publication. Adams and Selke, and from a row up behind, Kenny Reardon, vicepresident of the Habs, kept up a running-exchange of opinion as they assessed some of their stars of the future in bluntest terms.Wayne Connelly, the 20-year-old phenom, up from Peterborough juniors, with a sensational record of 48 tallies in 47 games, drew warmest admiration on all sides. This average height, well-set youngster handled himself like a veteran and when he scored a goal and drew lusty huzzas from the big crowd, the major league chiefs took notice. Frank Selke smiled broadly.&ldquo;And this is only his fifth pro game,&rdquo; exhulted Selke. &ldquo;You can imagine how good that kid will be when he gets to know his way around in a league of this style.&rdquo;If he was envious at all that the Canadiens had made such a great discovery, Adams, took solace in the great defenceman out there on the ice in one of the green sweaters of the Wolvs. All eyes that looked for excellence in a rearguard were peeled on the youngest ball-pate in hockey, 21-year-old Gerry Odrowski.He does everything just nearly right, makes that back-division work look easy, and he can break and take the puck out of his own end,&rdquo; opined Adams.&ldquo;Like Doug Harvey ?&rdquo; said someone nearby in bantering style. It&rsquo;s become a shopworn cliche to compare any kid who displays the slightest sign of proficiency to Harvey.&ldquo;Well we won&rsquo;t say that yet,&rdquo; cautioned Adams.&ldquo;And only 24 years old ?&rdquo;&ldquo;No, he&rsquo;s 23,&rdquo; countered someone else. (Edi. Note &mdash; Sudbury scribes who should know, insist Odrowski is only 21.)&ldquo;Well, anyway, he&rsquo;s the youngest ball-head I&rsquo;ve seen around here or anywhere else in hockey since Johnny Crawford played for the Bruins,&rdquo; Adams broke in.&ldquo;Yeah! But a lotta people didn&rsquo;t know Crawford was so bald. He always wore one of those lightweight helmets that were adopted by most clubs after the Ace Bailey affair,&rdquo; suggested this reporter.&ldquo;Well, what do you say. Shall we get this kid Odrowski a &lsquo;rug&rsquo;, said Adams, flippantly. (&lsquo;Rug&rsquo; is the show business term for a wig or toupee in case you didn&rsquo;t know).&ldquo;That is,&rdquo; Adams continued gaily, &ldquo;we&rsquo;ll get him a &lsquo;rug&rsquo;. Then he&rsquo;ll be just as popular in hockey as Bing Crosby has been all his life in show business.&rdquo; &#9632;

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ON THE SIDELINES

<div class="byline">By HERB ELK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01401/1794801-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="262" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Mitchell</figcaption></div>JOHNSTOWN, Pa.&mdash;The Johnstown Jets, who turned in the best record during the regular season, captured the Eastern Hockey League playoff title by whipping New Haven, four games to one in their best-of-seven set.It was Johnstown&rsquo;s first EHL championship since 1951-52 and the third in the club&rsquo;s history. Last season, their first under coach Steve Brklacich, the Jets were beaten by Clinton, four games to three.Their first championship club&mdash;1950-51&mdash;was coached by Wally Kilrea. And, of the current crew, only captain Don Hall was with the previous winners.Johnstown captured the opening game of the series, 4-2, in New Haven, March 30. Player-coach Wally Kullman put the Blades ahead with a first period goal but Hall, Ken Coombes and John Lumley tallied for the Jets to clinch the verdict. Claude Boileau cut the deficit to 3-2 before Stan Parker added the insurance goal. The capacity crowd of 3,800 voiced strong disapproval when referee George Harrison disallowed a goal by Don Davidson, claiming the Blades&rsquo; center had his stick above his shoulders when he rammed in Ray Crew&rsquo;s pass.New Haven took the second game, 2-1, with Gaetan Dessu-reault&rsquo;s strong netminding holding off repeated Johnstown thrusts. Another capacity crowd sat in at the Arena for this contest.The Jets went ahead, 2-1, with a 2-1 win in Johnstown, April 2. Ray Crew&rsquo;s goal with 1:10 remaining saved the Blades from a shutout after Brklacich and Remi LeSage had tallied for the Jets.Johnstown made it 3-1 with a 4-1 victory the following afternoon. Coombes, LeSage, Parker and Clare Wakshinski were the scorers. Ed Johnston was brilliant in the Jet nets, as he had been all season.An unexpected snow storm failed to keep the crowd away and 2,900 sat in on the fifth and final game of the series April 5. Gordie Stratton put the Blades one up with a first period marker and kept their playoff hopes alive. However the Jets rallied for three unanswered tallies in the middle session &mdash; two by Lumley and one by Dick Roberge &mdash; and then swapped third period tallies with the Blades. Hugh &ldquo;Rip&rdquo; Riopelle notched the New Haven goal and Frank Dorrington lit the red lamp for the Jets.The championship was a team effort all the way. To pick out one player as the star would be impossible. Johnston was brilliant in the nets throughout the entire year. The defense corps, especially Brklacich, was the strongest irr the circuit. And, the three lines all carried their share of the attack.Now, all the Jets have to do is repeat next season and you can be sure Brklacich and manager Johnny Mitchell are working on that project now. &#9632;

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Jets Power Way To First EHL Crown Since 1951-52

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01377/1794832-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Maple Leaf player shown in centre.6&mdash;Turk Broda recently retired as a coach in this league (abbr.)8&mdash;Teammate of pictured star.12&mdash;Short for given name of pictured star.13&mdash;Initials of Langelle, ex N.H.L. centre star.14&mdash;Requisite for boating.16&mdash;Number of assists amassed by Canadiens Bill Hicke in 1959-60 schedule.18&mdash;Initials of Edmonton&rsquo;s coach.19&mdash;Initials of player who wears No 7 for Chicago.20&mdash;Position played by Howie Glover (abbr.)21&mdash;Short for given name of Hunt of Seattle Totems.24&mdash;Time before an event.25&mdash;There always has to be one in a Stanley Cup final.27&mdash;Initials of a Chicago rearguard.28&mdash;Doug Harvey had a chipped one in his ankle last October.30&mdash;Vancouver&rsquo;s goalie.33&mdash;Nickname of New York&rsquo;s Spencer.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;A Ranger forward.2&mdash;Gerry James sold this while recuperating from leg injury last year.3&mdash;Native province of pictured star (abbr.)4&mdash;An N.H.L. linesman.5&mdash;Former member of the Red Wings.7&mdash;initials of Newhouser, former Baseball great.9&mdash;Artifical language.10&mdash;Street (abbr.)11&mdash;Initials of pictured star.15&mdash;Month in which Syl Apps was wed (abbr.)17&mdash;Number of seasons Tom Johnson has played with Canadiens.22&mdash;Number of goals Pierre Pilote scored in 1959-60 season.23&mdash;Name given an N.H.L. coach.26&mdash;Tim Horton is noted for this type of shot.28&mdash;Former Red Wing, Woit, answers to this name.29&mdash;Number of N.H.L. teams with whom pictured star has performed.30&mdash;Initials of Smith of Detroit.31&mdash;Nickname given ex - Black Hawk, Earl Siebert.32&mdash;Tin (Sym.)LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;McCartan7&mdash;L.L.8&mdash;June10&mdash;Smith12&mdash;Fats13&mdash;R.I.14&mdash;Dec.15&mdash;Two17&mdash;Oakl8&mdash;Tor.19&mdash;Gus.20&mdash;M.O.22&mdash;Ten23&mdash;Gardner26&mdash;On27&mdash;Hall29&mdash;Actor31&mdash;Lynn32&mdash;Byng.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Mascotto2&mdash;Clifford3&mdash;Alta.4&mdash;T.J.5&mdash;Aug.6&mdash;NN9&mdash;Erickson11&mdash;Ht.13&mdash;Reaume14&mdash;Dog16&mdash;W.O.21&mdash;Nancy22&mdash;Tracy23&mdash;Goal.24&mdash;Dion25&mdash;E.H.28&mdash;Leg30&mdash;Tn. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<h2>In The West</h2><h3>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6</h3>Edmonton 4 at Brandon 6(Brandon leads best-of seven western final 1-0)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02335/1794905-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="872" height="524"></div><h3>FRIDAY, APRIL 8</h3>Edmonton 2 at Brandon 7(Brandon leads best-of-seven western final 2-0)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03297/1794898-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="875" height="555"></div><h3>MONDAY, APRIL 11</h3>Brandon 2 at Edmonton 5(Brandon leads best-of-seven series 2-1)Brandon &mdash; Goal : Holmes; defense : McCallum, Peary, Rice, Wilson, Dickie; forwards : Hextall, Ehrenverth, Gurba, Hill, Taylor, Baryliuk, Vachon, Matheson, Fawcett.Edmonton &mdash; oal : Gillow; defense : Muloin, Braithwaite, Passutto, Roberge; forwards : Chiz, Sampson, Goebel, Demchuk, MacGregor, Lund, Joyal, Marik, Burgess, Cox.Referee : Bill Hodgson, Fort William; linesmen : Curly Brault and Dutch Van Deelen, Edmonton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04240/1794891-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="866" height="416"></div><h2>In The East</h2><h3>SUNDAY, APRIL 10</h3>St. Catharine 5 at Brockville 2 (In Montreal)(St. Catharines leads best-of-seven eastern final 1-0)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05188/1794884-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="876" height="422"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13</h3>Brockville 3 at St. Catharines 5 (St. Catharines leads best-of-seven series 2-0)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06162/1794877-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="876" height="443"></div><h3>FRIDAY, APRIL 15&rsquo;</h3>St. Catharines 6 at Brockville 4 (In Montreal)(St. Catharines leads best-of-seven final series 3-0)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07151/1794870-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="877" height="438"></div><h3>SUNDAY, APRIL 17</h3>Brockville 4 at St. Catharines 3 (In Toronto)(St. Catharines leads aest-of-seven series 3-1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08139/1794863-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="871" height="389"></div> &#9632;

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1959-60 Memorial Cup Story

<div class="byline">By Ron Glover In The Edmonton Journal</div>BRANDON &mdash; HE&rsquo;D UP THE AGE LIMIT &mdash; Among those assembled here is Frank Boucher, commissioner of the Saskatchewan Junior League, en route to watch Canadiens retain the Stanley Cup.Boucher, who leaped back into the headlines a couple of weeks ago by clipping Flin Flon with a $2,000 fine in the Pennington case, is chewing on an old bone.He wants the age limit for junior hockey upped to 21 &mdash; something he has advocated for years and something he says that could be the &ldquo;saviour of the junior game.&rdquo;Boucher, former New York Ranger boss, acknowledges he has more than a few knockers. Still he insists &ldquo;it would work wonders for us &mdash; both at the gate and in calibre of play.&rdquo;Those who can&rsquo;t agree with Boucher&rsquo;s line of thinking, point out that by having a 21-year-old never-has-been in the lineup he would merely be depriving a promising younger prospect a chance to learn the trade.&ldquo;The new rule,&rdquo; says Frank, &ldquo;would have no effect whatsoever on those outstanding boys like Bobby Hull who jump straight from junior to the National League &hellip; But it would keep a lot of the fans&rsquo; favorites around for another year and give us a shot in the arm at the gate.&rdquo;&ldquo;It would also add a little more class to the production and everybody, players included, would benefit &hellip; you know there are a lot of boys who could use another year to fully develop&hellip; it&rsquo;s a great idea, I think.&rdquo;PROS SHOULD PICK UP THE TAB &mdash; Another move Boucher is talking up is the one that would have the professional teams toss more money into the kitty and sponsor more junior clubs.A story out of Winnipeg had Boucher pushing for a &ldquo;junior professional loop&rdquo; in the West but he says this is not the case.All he wants, aside from tacking a year on the age-limit, is a break with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and an agreement that would have the bigleaguers accept sole responsibility for the operation.&ldquo;After all, it&rsquo;s the NHL teams who stand to gain the most from the juniors and there Is no excuse why they souldn&rsquo;t pay the shot.&rdquo;Boucher would also like to see new teen-age outfits springing up all over the west. &ldquo;Alberta should have at least four teams &hellip; and Manitoba and the Lakehead could add another couple each.&rdquo;&ldquo;The more boys you have playing the better off you are&hellip; it cuts down the odds against finding a major leaguer, which after all is the main interest of the professionals.&rdquo; &#9632;

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April 23, 1960

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