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October 15, 1960

The Hockey News October 15, 1960

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IN THIS ISSUE

Change of Address

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll Montreal Gazette</div><h2>The Big Question</h2>All around the National Hockey League the question is being asked: Is this the year that will mark the end of the Canadiens long domination of the NHL?Despite the fact that they are going to be without the services of Maurice (Rocket) Richard, the greatest scorer in history, they are still the team to beat. Jack Adams, general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, says that the greatest hockey teams disintegrate after five years and then must be rebuilt. According to him, this should be a crucial year for the Habitants, as they have won the Stanley Cup the last five years in a row. Punch Imlach, manager-coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has this to say about the Canadiens:&ldquo;It&rsquo;s their strong defense that has kept them on top. When it starts to crack the other clubs will catch up to them.&rdquo;Even without the Rocket, the team has more than&rsquo;enough scoring power. But Coach Toe Blake admits he&rsquo;s worried.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m worried about our defense,&rdquo; he said recently. &ldquo;I mean our overall defense. If one player on the team lets down, we&rsquo;re in trouble.&rdquo;General Manager Frank Seike shares the coach&rsquo;s worries.&ldquo;Some of our players have been lackadaisical in the practices,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They can&rsquo;t play like that in league games and win.&rdquo;Coach Blake&rsquo;s biggest problem will be how to prevent complacency from setting in. The other clubs are hunry. The Canadiens have been on top so long they may have grown fat in the process.The Chicago Black Hawks would seem to offer the biggest challenge to the Canadiens this season.<h2>Hawks Offer Challenge</h2>They have a sound goalkeeper in Glenn Hall &mdash; you can&rsquo;t win without one &mdash; and an adequate defense in front of him. Bill Hay and Stan Mikita, last year&rsquo;s good rookies, should be just that much better after a year&rsquo;s experience, and the Hawks have last season&rsquo;s leading scorer in Bobby Hull. Also present are Ab McDonald, secured from the Canadiens, and two rookies, Bob Courcey and Cecil Hoekstra.The Toronto Maple Leafs are being picked to finish no worse than third, but a lot will depend on Johnny Bower, their veteran netminder. He is on record as saying that he doesn&rsquo;t want to play a full schedule and the Leafs don&rsquo;t seem to have a capable replacement.The Leafs were satisfied with their defense last season, though they admitted they were a little shy of firepower. Coach Punch Imlach was asked last week-end if he&rsquo;d added any scorers.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a kid named Dave Keon up from the juniors who may help us,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And I expect some of the fellows &mdash; Dickie Duff is one &mdash; to score more goals than they did last year.&rdquo;The Detroit Red Wings have a number of youngsters who seemed to come of age in the playoffs last spring. Even a man as hard to please as Jack Adams expressed satisfaction with them.<h2>Adams Is Optimistic</h2>Murray Oliver, Vai Fonteyne, Len Lunde and Jerry Melnyk are the players who earned the plaudits of the Wing&rsquo;s general manager and he has had some nice things to say about Gary Aidcorn and John McKenzie. Howie Glover, obtained in a trade from Chicago, has looked promisin pre season exhibition games. The Wings&rsquo; fifth defenseman this season will be Gerry Odrowski, up from Sault Ste. Marie.Although the Wings regarded last year as a rebuilding year, they made the playoffs and figure they may finish higher this season.The Boston Bruins have been shopping around for a goal-keeper, but they haven&rsquo;t been able to get one and they&rsquo;ll start the season with Don Simmons in the nets. If he falters, he will be quickly replaced by Bruce Gamble.&ldquo;Gamble isn&rsquo;t a good practice goalie, but he played well for us in a pre season exhibition game,&rdquo; said Lynn Patrick, general manager of the Bruins. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to tighten our defense. We could put the puck in the net last season, but we couldn&rsquo;t keep it out.&rdquo;Billy Carter, Dallas Smith, Jim Bartlett and Orval Tessier will be newcomers with the Brunis. The fellow who is expected to provide the most help is Smith, a defenseman.Muzz Patrick, general manager of the New York Rangers, has been quoted as saying that the Rangers are a better team than the Boston Bruins or the Detroit Red Wings and about on a par with the Toronto Leafs, but he won&rsquo;t find anyone outside the Ranger organization to agree with him. He bases his estimate on the enthusiasm shown by veterans in pre-season training, but that enthusiasm has petered out in the second half of the schedule in recent years. &#9632;

Playing the field

<div class="byline">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, President and Publisher Len Bramson, Editor-in-Chief Will V. Cote, General ManagerYearly Subscription Rates : $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879 Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in CanadaVol. 14 MONTREAL, OCTOBER 15, 1960 No. 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01432/1865620-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="361" height="418"></div>&bull; ORVAL TESSIER is making his second try with the Boston Bruins &hellip; The 27-year-old forward played 23 games with the Bruins five years ago&hellip; Last season he established a professional point record when he scored 59 goals, had 67 assists and accumulated a total of 126 points while playing with Kingston of the EPHL&hellip; Tessier will play right wing for the Bostons on a line with Doug Mohns at left and Don McKenney at center&hellip; Chicago Black Hawks have nicknamed their new forward unit of Ab McDonald, Stan Mikita and Ken Wharram the Scooter Line &hellip; McDonald plays left wing, Mikita is center and Wharram patrols the right side&hellip; Reg Fleming, who came up in the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; organization and starred with Kingston last year, will be the Hawks&rsquo; utility man this season. He can play both forward and defense although it is at the latter position where he will no doubt play most&hellip; Terry Sawchuk is reported to have sold his bar which promptly started a rumor that he was about to be sold or traded by Detroit&hellip; Bep Guidoin, former NHL&rsquo;er, will coach Omaha in the International Hockey League this season &hellip; Larry Wilson, high-scoring center of the AHL Buffalo Bisons, has been a holdout&hellip; The saying around Toronto is that As Goes Bower&hellip; so go the Leafs&hellip; The veteran goalkeeper holds the key to the Leaf fortunes this term&hellip; It was Billy Reay who first summoned Bower to Toronto&hellip; Frank Gallagher is now the full-time Commissioner of the International Hockey League &hellip; Gallagher makes his home in Detroit and runs the IHL office from that city&hellip; The Official National Hockey Annual for 1961 will not be off the press until mid-November&hellip; but the NHL Press and Radio Guide for the 1960-61 season is selling like the proverbial hot cakes&hellip; so don&rsquo;t get crowded out&hellip; Get your order in early.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02398/1865613-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="271" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Orval Tessier</figcaption></div>&bull; MONTREAL started the new season without a new face in their lineup&hellip; When Richard retired and McDonald went to Chicago, the Canadiens decided to operate with two players less this season&hellip; This means that players like Don Marshall, Ralph Backstrom and Bill Hicke will now play regularly. The Canadiens will use three lines instead of four and it should work out much better&hellip; if such a thing is possible&hellip; Last season the Canadiens carried two extra players and one player had to sit out each game &hellip; New York Rangers will ice one of the fastest teams in the NHL this year. These same Rangers will also be one of the smallest teams in the loop&hellip; The New Yorkers are speedy little types like Camille Henry, Red Sullivan, Larry Popein, Brian Cullen and Ken Schinkel&hellip; but there is definitely a lack of heft on the club&hellip; Sullivan and Andy Bathgate will be the players to lead the club&hellip; Bill Gadsby, who will be playing his 15th season in the NHL is Still the best defenseman on the Rangers&hellip; Elliott Trumbull, Detroit Red Wings publicist, did a nice job on the Red Wing Year Book&hellip; This is a new book put out by the Red Wings and sells for 50cents&hellip; Interested parties should write to Red Wing Year Book, Olympia Stadium, 5920 Grand River, Detroit, Michigan &hellip; After a number of years of starting their Saturday night home games at 8:15, the Canadiens will start at 8 this year&hellip; They will continue to start weekday games at 8.30 p.m&hellip;. Gordie Howe missed his first opening game of a new season in 15 years when his wrenched knee kept him out of action as the Wings opened at Chicago .. Hap Emms is heading a move to have the Ontario Hockey Association retain Bill Hanley as business manager &hellip; Bill resigned recently over internal trouble in the organization and the OHA junior leaders are all anxious for him to reconsider his move and carry on with the job he has done so well over the years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03322/1865606-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="255" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hap Emms</figcaption></div>&bull; WHEN CHICAGO held their puck-carrying race prior to the season&rsquo;s opener, a surprise winner was Reg Fleming, the rookie defenseman &hellip; Fleming circled the Chicago Stadium pushing the puck ahead of him with his stick in 14 seconds flat&hellip; He finished in better time than a speedster such as Bobby Hull&hellip; Every one of the 18 selectors who voted on THE HOCKEY NEWS annual pre-season poll picked Montreal Canadiens to finish first&hellip; It&rsquo;s the first time every single nominator made a club a unanimous choice &hellip; Usually there are one or two homers among the selectors who wouldn&rsquo;t dare pick any team but their own for first place&hellip; Most selectors told me that the toughest team to pick was Detroit&hellip; These writers figured that the Red Wings could finish anywhere from third place to last&hellip; Jimmy Bartlett of the Bruins is recovering from a punctured ankle&hellip; Jerry Toppazzini will play center for Boston this year&hellip; Johnny Bucyk has lost over 10 pounds and the weight reduction is expected to help him.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04266/1865599-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="259" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jerry Toppaziini</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><h2>Blames Bad Shoulder, Loss Of Weight For Rapid Drop</h2>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The famous evil spirit known far and wide as the &ldquo;Sopho more Jinx&rdquo; has been declared null and void by Ken Schinkel, New York Rangers right wing.Not that Schinkel is prejudiced or anything like that but it so happens that he&rsquo;s a sophomore &hellip; and nobody is going to jinx him.Last year Ken scored 13 goals and 16 assists for 29 points in 69 games. It was considered a respectable total for a 28 year old who didn&rsquo;t figure to make the club when training camp opened.There was only one catch. After an exciting start last season, Schinkel, like old soldiers, just seemed to fade away.And those, like this observer, who earlier were touting him as a potential rookie of the year award winner conveniently forgot about the whole thing.Schinkel blamed the poor last half of the season on a couple of annoying things, namely his injured (now healed) shoulder and a severe loss in weight.The rook wanted to stick with the team so badly he kept his yap shut about the shoulder until it got so bad he hardly could move, let alone check.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02296/1865568-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="553" height="558"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN SCHINKEL</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It was bothering me right from the start,&rdquo; Ken said in his slow, deliberate manner. &ldquo;It was a separation, dropped three-quarters on an inch. The thing really had me strapped at the end of the year.&rdquo;<h3>Got In Shape Fast</h3>During the Summer,, Ken lifted 50 and. 100-pound weights and threw a baseball around with his kid brother, David, at his Fonthill, Ont. home.&ldquo;That did the-trick,&rdquo; Ken says. &ldquo;The shoulder tightened up and I feel fine.&rdquo;He was asked about the weight problem.&ldquo;By mid-season I was down to 167 pounds,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s bad business for me. I like to keep it around 172-173.&rdquo;<h2>Was Leading Rookie Then Ken Just Quit Producing For NY</h2>The answer to that was simple. Ken came to camp weighing 177 pounds.&ldquo;At worst,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll lose a couple of pounds in six months. That should do the trick.&rdquo;Schinkel won&rsquo;t have an easy time this season, sophomore jinx or no sophomore jinx, His linemates are slated to be Ted Hampson and Len Ronson, both rookies.Hampson, is the very fast, small fellow who centered for Toronto early last year and wound up centering for Rochester. Ronson played for Fort Wayne last year and scored 62 goals. &lsquo;Nuff said.It&rsquo;s trouble enough being a sophomore, but a sophomore who has to play with two rookies has a lot on his hands. Schinkel treats it casually.&ldquo;I have to concentrate more on backchecking he says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a little afraid of getting caught up ice. But the rookies are hustling and we may have a pretty good line.&rdquo;Ken says his objective for this season is 25 goals, but he&rsquo;ll settle for 20.&ldquo;What about the sophomore jinx?&rdquo; he was asked.&ldquo;Never heard of it,&rdquo; he replied. &#9632;

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Schinkel Sees No Second Half Fade Ahead Playing-With Rooks

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0181/1866789-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rocket Gets His Last Piece Of SilverwareThis is farewell for one of the greatest brother combinations in the history of the National Hockey League. At the 1960 All-Star banquet retired Maurice Richard, ex-captain of the Montreal Canadiens was joined by this brother Henri at the presentation table. Rocket, right, smiles for cameraman while he and Henri hold gift from NHL for winning fifth straight cup.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Take it from 18 newspapermen and radio announcers, It&rsquo;ll be a two division race In the NHL in the 1960-61 season.In its 14th annual poll, THE HOCKEY NEWS this week discovered just what the experts think will happen in the NHL this season.We polled three men in each city, each who cover the hockey beat for their respective papers or radio and TV stations. All agree that Chicago has Improved, but the 18 also agreed that no One is going to catch the runaway Flying Frenchmen this season. The 18 unanimously called fhe Canadiens to win the title, it is the first time in NEWS history that a team has been chosen to win the marbles in such a Unanimous fashion. The writers, looking over the Canadiens power, both on offense and defense, can&rsquo;t see any other club Seriously challenging the Habs for the bunting this time. With Jacques Plante,&rsquo; Vezina Trophy winner in goal and their power, ful defense corps, led by Captain Doug Harvey, the Canadiens could make this the greatest runaway in NHL history.The experts see only the Chicago Black Hawks giving the Canadiens any kind of trouble this season. They picked the Braves to finish second, with only one of the 18 giving the Indians the nod for anything lower. One picked them for third. If the Hawks are to finish in second then they certainly must be able to take the Canadiens on occasion. However, the men of the fourth estate, don&rsquo;t see it happening too often. They pick the Hawks for second because they ars just that much better than the other four clubs, but nowhere rear good enough to supplant the Canadiens. They call the Hawks on the strength pf their great gcaler Glenn Hall and an improved defense led by all-star Pierre Pilote.The Hawks have offensive power, but net enough of it to be a serious threat to the top position.Hull, Hay and Balfour must come through again if the Braves are even to hit second. Biggest question mark on the team is Ed Litzenberger. If the lanky Litz can comeback to his 1958-51 play then the Braves might just end up laughing at the rest.Toronto got one vote for second and 11 for third, four for fourth and two for fifth. Picked on the strength of their finish last season, there is no telling what the Leafs can do to an opponent on a given night. This is a hot and cold group of players. Their biggest question mark is goal. Veteran Johnny Bower is getting on in age. He has admitted that he wouldn&rsquo;t like to play a full schedule of games this s&rsquo;eason. But the Leafs don&rsquo;t have another goaler of NHL calibre to spell him.Leafs defense is good and bad. Brewer and Baun show signs of brilliance at times, at others, they look as thought they just don&rsquo;t belong.Up front much depends on Captain George Armstrong, Frank Mahovlich and Veteran Bert Olmstead. Conclusion is that the Leafs must tighten up defensively to challenge the Hawks for second.Detroit for fourth, say the experts. Five picked them for third, four for fourth, four for fifth and five for last.This club could finish anywhere from third to last, depending on how Howe plays. They have a better defense that Toronto but offensively they don&rsquo;t have the necessary power. Ullman and Delvecchio have never played to their full potential. Should they this season the Wings might surprise.The Boston Bruins have been relegated to fifth again. Here&rsquo;s a club, the experts say that has the offensive power to kill any team In the league, but their defense is what ails them. Seven experts picked the Bruins for fourth, sixth for fifth and five for last.Coach Milt Schmidt is the first to admit that his defense is what killed him last season. He had the producers up front, but they failed to do the checking job necessary in 70 games to make the playoffs.Schmidt thinks he has cured his defensive ills this season, with the addition of young Dallas Smith on his blueline. Smith will play with another youngster, Autrey Erickson on the defense. He will give veteran Fern Flaman a chance to rest, there-fore keeping Ferny in good shape throughout the schedule. Flaman tired noticably at the tail end of last season.The New York Rangers Just don&rsquo;t have it up front or on the blueline, say the 18 experts. Only four of the 18 picked the Blues to make the playoffs. One picked them for third, three for fourth, six for fifth and eight for sixth.Rangers problems are twofold. They don&rsquo;t have enough power up front. Only Bathgate and Prentice are real threats. Hebenton blows hot and cold, as do most of the other Rangers.On defense the Rangers will have to get an excellent year out of Harry Howell and Lou Fontinato and Gump Worsley to make the jump upwards.Ironically enough only one of the 18 experts picked his homo town team to finish out of the playoffs. Ben Olan, Associated Press writer in New York picked the Rangers to end in fifth. &#9632;

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Champs Unanimous Chokes To Grab Another Bunting

<h2>Nick Delninno</h2>Boston Traveler1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;Detroit6&mdash;New York<h2>John Peirson</h2>Radio WHDH Boston1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Detroit<h2>Frank Fallon</h2>Radio WBOS Boston1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Detroit<h2>Stan Fischler</h2>The Hockey News1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;New York4&mdash;Toronto5&mdash;Boston6&mdash;Detroit<h2>Dave Anderson</h2>NY Journal American1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;New York5&mdash;Detroit6&mdash;Boston<h2>Ben Olan</h2>Associated Press NY1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Detroit<h2>Charles Bartlett</h2>Chicago Tribune1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Detroit4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;Toronto6&mdash;New York<h2>Jack Griffin</h2>Chicago Sun Times1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;Detroit6&mdash;New York<h2>Dan Moulton</h2>Chicago American1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Detroit4&mdash;Toronto5&mdash;Boston6&mdash;New York<h2>Red Fisher</h2>Montreal Star1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Toronto3&mdash;Chicago4&mdash;New York5&mdash;Detroit6&mdash;Boston<h2>Dink Carroll</h2>Montreal Gazette1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Detroit5&mdash;Boston6&mdash;New York<h2>Jacques Beauchamp</h2>Montreal Matin1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Detroit5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Boston<h2>Lewis Walter</h2>Detroit Times1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Detroit4&mdash;Toronto5&mdash;Boston6&mdash;New York<h2>Matt Dennis</h2>Windsor Star1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Detroit4&mdash;Toronto5&mdash;Boston6&mdash;New York<h2>John Walter</h2>Detroit News1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Detroit4&mdash;Boston5&mdash;Toronto6&mdash;New York<h2>Rex McLeod</h2>Toronto Globe and Mail1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Detroit5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Boston<h2>Fred Cederberg</h2>Toronto Telegram1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;New York5&mdash;Boston6&mdash;Detroit<h2>Red Burnett</h2>Toronto Star1&mdash;Montreal2&mdash;Chicago3&mdash;Toronto4&mdash;Detroit5&mdash;New York6&mdash;Boston &#9632;

How They Picked Them

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01368/1865458-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"></div>Scoring six points for a first place vote, five for a second, four for a third, three for a fourth, two for fifth and one for a sixth, below is the final tabulation, showing the number of votes for each position, multiplied by points per position. &#9632;

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The Points Tabulation

1&mdash;MONTREAL &mdash; Have the power and defense. With Plante, Harvey, Beliveau and Richard in shape they have little to stop them in quest for sixth straight.2&mdash;CHICAGO &mdash; Building, but still do not have the depth that Can-adiens have. Key men are Hall in goal. Pilote on defense and &lsquo;Million Dollar&rsquo; trio of Hull, Hay and Balfour. Much depends on defense and Litzenberger&rsquo;s comeback.3&mdash;TORONTO &mdash; Blow hot and cold. Lack a leader and 40 goal scorer. Bower is key to success and so are veterans Olmstead, Kelly and Stanley. Defense not strong enough to hit second. Have speed, not enough offensive power for anything better than third.4&mdash;DETROIT &mdash; On strengh of Howe and Pronovost, this club should make fourth. However, loss of Howe at start of season could put them in tough position of having to catch up. Young rookies Johnson, Odrowski, Glover, Smith must produce to help get club in. Too many question marks on offense and defense to make them challengers.5&mdash;BOSTON &mdash; Bruins have the offensive power but are woefully weak on defense. Newcomers Smith, Tessier and Carter won&rsquo;t be able to help them keep puck out of their own net. Offensively they count on McKenney and Ukes. Defensively Flaman and Armstrong will have to carry big load. Biggest question mark is Don Simmons.6&mdash;NEW YORK &mdash; Too weak on both offense and defense to get to a playoff position. However, they could surprise if Worsley turns in good season and Gads-by and Fontinato have good years. On offense Bathgate and Prentice are only scoring threats. Need more offensive power, one solid defenseman. &#9632;

Why They Picked Them

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash; Marshall Dann, who covered the Detroit Red Wings for the Detroit Free Press, and who also doubled as our correspondent in the Motor City last season, came closest to picking the correct finish for the 1959-60 season.In our poll last season Dann had the first four teams right, but put New York in fifth and Boston last.The teams ended up as follows I Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, New York. &#9632;

Dann Came Closest To The Correct Finish In 1959-60

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01367/1865537-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rock-And-Roll Kid Of The Blues</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Warning to 50 forwards in the National Hockey League :Hurricane Louie is on its way. Prepare for heavy damage from mid-October until early April.Now that storm warnings have been posted, it is only fair that Hurricane Louie be identified as the one and only leapin&rsquo;, rock &lsquo;n roll kid of bygone years, Louis Fontinato.Last year, Hurricane Louie blew hot and cold with the result that the Rangers were left frigid. And this year, will Louie be hitting ?&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to play the best hockey that I&rsquo;m capable of,&rdquo; Guelph&rsquo;s famous product says earnestly.&ldquo;Does that mean you&rsquo;re going to be hitting ?&rdquo; he was asked.&ldquo;If there&rsquo;s gotta be hitting to be done, you can bet I&rsquo;ll be doing it.&rdquo;It wasn&rsquo;t what Hurricane said, it was the way he said it. Rough, no fooling around, like he&rsquo;s a little &lsquo;mad at the world.A Summer of construction work didn&rsquo;t hurt Fontinato who reported to camp at 191 pounds, his standard destructive-playing weight.&ldquo;I worked lige a beaver in a construction job,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Also fixed up my apartment and renovated my parents&rsquo; house. Never felt better.&rdquo;Few critics, particularly Fontinato detractors, realized that Louie opened last season with a badly damaged knee. And, brother, if you&rsquo;ve ever had one, you know what trouble that is.Louie bashed through camp this year with nary a band-aid and some new optimism. His new linemate, Jim Morrison, has helped make Louie a happier man.<h2>Likes New Partner</h2>&ldquo;We worked together since training camp opened &lsquo;, he said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a helluva puck carrier and a good shot. And he&rsquo;s got a lot of experience&rdquo;.Fontinato was asked whether this meant he will forsake his drive to break Rocket Richard&rsquo;s record of 50 goals in a season.&ldquo;I may be laying back a little more this year,&rdquo; he said laconically.Twice during the conversation, Fontinato pointed out that there was &ldquo;a lot of harmony on this club.&rdquo; Read what you like into that.He also suggested that the Rangers would be a solid outfit if &ldquo;all 18 guys pull together.&rdquo;&ldquo;If exhibition games mean anything, we&rsquo;re going to do a lot of winning,&rdquo; he said.The other put in that exhibition games are no barometer to judge hockey teams, and Louie seemed to agree.The reporter-mentioned to Fontinato that a lot of people were counting on him this season.&ldquo;What do you mean ?&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;I mean that they feel that if you have a really good season, it could make a big difference to the club.&rdquo;&ldquo;I say this,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We need an 18-man effort. One guy can&rsquo;t do it alone. Remember, I&rsquo;m no Gordie Howe.&rdquo;No, but he is Lou Fontinato and when Lou Fontinato is right, the Rangers usually are a winning hockey club.RANGERABILIA : During the Summer, Fontinato&rsquo;s wife, Margie, gave birth to their first child, Paula, who&rsquo;s now an 11-week old beauty. Takes after the mother &hellip; Louie vows not to worry about his penalty minutes this years &hellip; Couple of Ranger fans, led by jazz critic, Ira Gitler, write suggesting that the Blueshirts brass hold an &ldquo;Old-Timers Night&rdquo;, like the New York Yankees&rsquo; shindig &hellip; Many of the married Rangers are moving to Long Beach, a suburh of Man hattan on Long Island. &#9632;

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Rougher, Tougher Fontinoto Ready To Hit Them All

<div class="byline">By Roger BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Milt Schmidt is not a subscriber to the opinion that the Montreal Canadiens will not miss Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard this season.Schmidt believes the defending National Hockey League and Stanley Cup champions will miss the man who was their scoring star for 18 years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05238/1865651-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="282" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Maurice Richard</figcaption></div>&ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t think they&rsquo;ll miss just his goals,&rdquo; declared the coach of the Boston Bruins. &ldquo;What they&rsquo;ll miss most is his leadership.&ldquo;Richard for many years set the pace for the younger Montreal players. If the Canadiens needed a big goal, they could always say to themselves, &lsquo;Well, The Rocket will go out there and get it for us&rsquo;.&ldquo;And more often than not,&rdquo; said Schmidt, &ldquo;he did.&ldquo;The other members of the Canadiens always knew they had him and it gave them something extra. Call it anything you want, but I call it a form of leadership.&ldquo;They may be as good without him,&rdquo; added Schmidt, &ldquo;but I think they&rsquo;ll miss him, very definitely.&rdquo;Schmidt was in the Royal Canadien Air Force for World War II when Richard broke into the National League. But from 1945, when Milt returned, until he became coach of the Bruins during the 1954-55 season, he and Richard were opponents. Sometimes they were bitter opponents. Schmidt has never allowed his personal feelings to prejudice his opinion of Richard as a player, however.Since the announcement of Richard&rsquo;s retirement last month some hockey experts have pronounced the move a benefit to the Canadiens, on the grounds that it will permit the use of a younger, faster player in the Montreal line-up. Richard scored 19 goals last season although he missed 19 games through injury. &#9632;

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Milt Sees Hobs Missing Richard

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Detroit Times will sponsor the Detroit Red Wing games on radio this season according to an announcement by general manager Jack Adams.The Times will sponsor all 35 home games and live in their entirety over Detroit radio station WKMH.The station will also carry a 15-minute resume program after each gome. It will mark a new departure in hockeyradio sponsorship by on individual newspaper in Detroit, or in any other N.H.L. centre for that matter. &#9632;

Detroit Poper Sponsors Wings Gomes On Radio

<div class="byline">By Stan RISCHLER</div>(Veteran New York hockey writer, Stan Fischler, has started a new feature in the HOCKEY NEWS. He will analyse the news as he takes you behind the scenes in the latest happenings in professional hockey. Read what the experts have to say.)NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;There is more to the imposition of $100 fines on Lou Fontinato and Frank Mahovlich for flailing sticks at each other&rsquo;s craniums than meets the eye.The National Hockey League certainly is not hard up for the $200 which the players reluctantly parted with for their efforts to intimidate each other.However, President Clarence Campbell&rsquo;s action indicates that the NHL is fed up with stick-swinging; a nauseating maneuver which has, unfortunately grown in popularity in the past decade.Of course, five will get you ten that somebody will pipe up that stick-swinging goes back to the first shinny game. And somebody else is bound to point out that Bill Cook and Nets Crutchfield pit on a classic head hunting display in the Thirties. This is undeniable.But, these were isolated incidents, the exception to the rule. And what, you may ask, was the rule? That was easy &mdash; if a hockey player wanted to fight, he&rsquo;d drop his stick, his gloves and he&rsquo;d fight.Most of the time, the harm was limited to the loser&rsquo;s feelings. Hockey fights are generally painless exercises which give players a good chance to explode and also provide excitement to the spectators. Fights are not exactly extinct, a point well-proven by Gordie Howe and Lou Fontinato, but indications have been that the good old-fashioned fight has given way to the stick-swinging vendetta which nobody seems to care for.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06199/1865727-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="273" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Fontinato&hellip; Needs no Stick</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07166/1865720-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="276" height="475"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich&hellip; Gets $100 Fine</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08134/1865713-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="276" height="474"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Murphy&hellip; Dron&rsquo;t Drop Nood</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-09120/1865706-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="273" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bernie Geoffrion&hellip; He Hit Second</figcaption></div>Why, then, has this happened?Our theory is that stick-swinging is an outgrowth of hockey&rsquo;s accent on speed. The introduction of the red line in 1943-44 encouraged &ldquo;FIRE-WAGON&rdquo; hockey and, consequently, discouraged hipchecking. This, in turn, led to stick-checking as a substitute.Once stick-checking became a matter of habit, it was inevitable that players who chose to harass an opponent always could do so by swinging a stick.One Ranger we knew in the early fifties &mdash; a persistent check of Rocket Richard &mdash; confided to us that he NEVER would drop his stick in a fight. &ldquo;They can&rsquo;t hurt me that way&rdquo;, he said. The stick turned out to be the great equalizer.What he didn&rsquo;t say was that he might so provoke his rival &mdash; as he did Richard &mdash; that the rival might just conk him one.By the simple process of evolution, others found that the hockey stick was a pretty effective weapon for both attack, defense, and retaliation.When Bernie Geoffrion bopped Ron Murphy, with his stick, he did so only after Murphy persisted in high-sticking, long after the Canadien had dropped his shellalagh. Had Murphy immediately dropped his stick, chances are that no trouble, other than the common fight, would have taken place.Even more disturbing is the fact that some of the NHL&rsquo;s well-known strong-boys have stooped &mdash; and we repeat, stooped &mdash; to the loathsome sport of stick-swinging. Bobby Hull and Fontinato, two pretty good men with the dukes, had a vicious go at it last season in New York and it&rsquo;s a wonder they both came out of it unscathed.Remember, though, there is a reason why even the genuine tough guys, like Hull and Fontinato, lowered themselves to the level of stick-swinging.Players have not been taught that stick-swinging is gutless, ruthless and senseless behavior.Somebody has to knock it into their heads that stick swinging must be as taboo in hockey as touching a ball with one&rsquo;s hands is in soccer.Once this is made clear, hockey players again will drop their sticks, their gloves and swing away like good men should.That is why President Campbell&rsquo;s ruling is to be lauded all the way from Boston Garden to Vancouver Arena. It is hoped that it will turn out to be the opening wedge in the drive to wipe out stick-swinging. &#9632;

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Stick Swingers Take Notice Boom May Be Lowered In ‘61

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01388/1865765-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="573" height="876"><figcaption class="caption-body">On The LimpGordie Howe</figcaption></div>The worst possible thing that could happen to the Detroit Red Wings would be to lose Gordie Howe, again last season adjudged the most valuable player in hockey for the fifth time.The worst happened at the seven-minute mark of the first period in the All-Star game at Montreal. Howe was checked at the blue line by Montreal&rsquo;s Tom Turner and he twisted as he went down, wrenching his left knee and straining ligaments.Examination in Detroit the next morning brought the diagnosis by Dr. Charles J. Karibo that Howe would miss the Wings&rsquo; road and home openers Oct. 5-6 against Chicago and possibly a couple more games.Howe was diskusted. He had a fine training camp and was the club&rsquo;s high scorer in 11 games with 11 goals and 14 assists for 25 points.General manager Jack Adams sent the call to Edmonton for Len (Comet) Haley, the likeable right winger who was the spark of the Nothing Line in the Stanley Cup semifinal series against Toronto. Haley was tagged for duty in Howe&rsquo;s spot with Murray Oliver at center and Vai Fonteyne on left wing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03284/1865758-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="555" height="559"><figcaption class="caption-body">Earns PromotionVal Fonteyne</figcaption></div>Howe&rsquo;s injury overshadowed Fonteyne&rsquo;s promotion to the first unit. Fonteyne, a third liner last season, won the new job after Adams decided Tom McCarthy couldn&rsquo;t make the club. In his first night on the Howe line Fonteyne registered three goals against his old club, the Seattle Totems.The next night it was two goals against Vancouver at Penticton and he collected another the next night against the Canucks in Vancouver for six goals in three nights.The 26-year-old westerner &mdash; he&rsquo;s from Wetaskiwin, Alta. &mdash; was the high point of last year&rsquo;s training session but faded at mid-season when he seemed to tire. He started coming strong at the end of the season and with Norm Ullman formed a topnotch penalty killing team.Fonteyne finished up the 1960 exhibition tour as Detroit&rsquo;s leading goal scorer. He clicked off 12 goals and assisted on five in 10 of the dozen games the Wings played.Vai was withheld from the final contest, Oct. 2 in Olympia against the Hershey Bears, because of a sore back muscle sustained on the western tour.<h2>Gord Has Never Missed An Opener</h2>Being without Howe in the opener was a first for the Wings, one they could have done without. Since Gordie joined the club in 1946-47, publicist Elliott Trumbull said he couldn&rsquo;t find a record of Howe missing the opener.Howe is an amazingly durable player. Since he&rsquo;s the Wings&rsquo; No. 1 man he&rsquo;s marked for more attention by the other slubs. Yet going into this season, Howe had missed only a dozen games in the last 11 seasons. He was working on a string of 169 straight in regular season and playoffs since being sidelined for six games in 1957-58 by a rib injury.In 14 campaigns, big Gordie has missed only 34 regular season contests.Howe&rsquo;s injury ended the triumphant exhibition tour on a sour note.The Wings breezed through a dozen tuneups. Their smallest victory margin was two goals against the Calgary Stampeders and the highest a pair of seven goal spreads over Vancouver and Hershey.The record for three western tours now stands at 28-0 for the National Leaguers. Last season the tour had the Wings in sharp condition for a quick start. The fast getaway enabled the Wings to stand off Boston in the closing weeks of the season and gain the playoffs after a year&rsquo;s absence.Despite a rugged travelling schedule that included several long bus rides and 10 games in 11 nights in 10 different cities, the Wings seemed prime to jump out again.The question as they opened the 1960-61 campaign at Chicago, a club generally picked to finish second, was how would they fare without Howe.In his last two absences the Wings didn&rsquo;t do too badly. In 195455 they won three and lost three and in 1957-58 they won three, lost two and tied one.&ldquo;How long Gordie is out depends on how fast a &lsquo;healer&rsquo; he is&rdquo;, Dr. Karibo said after the initial examination Oct. 2. &ldquo;In the past he&rsquo;s always recovered very fast.&ldquo;There wasn&rsquo;t any swelling on the outside of the knee &mdash; they wrapped it quickly in the Forum Clinic to reduce the swelling. But there was some swelling inside the knee.&rdquo;Karibo prescribed twice daily treatments for the knee. He said there was a possibility that Howe could play against Toronto Oct. 9 but on the other hand said if the injury proved stubborn, Howe could miss the first five games.ICE CHIPS &mdash; A year has made a big difference in the Red Wing lines&hellip; not one was intact not only from the club that started last season but from the one that lost the playoff semifinals to Toronto.With Howe out, not one of the first liners is a veteran from the 1959-60 opener. Fonteyne was with the third line then and Oliver and Haley were at Edmonton.The second line this year has a newcomer in Glover on the right side of Aidcorn and Ullman. Glover snapped off six goals in 12 exhibition games. He was with Buffalo in the American League last year.The third unit for the Chicago doubleheader was Alex Delvecchio at left wing, Jerry Melnyk at center &mdash; the same post he had last year, and Brian Smith at right wing. Adams and coach Sid Abel formed a fourth line of Parker MacDonald, Len Lunde and John McKenzie with Allan Johnson a spare.MacDonald, one of the four newcomers to the Red Wings, scored five goals in 10 pre-season starts.Terry Sawchuk still doesn&rsquo;t care for a mask. The veteran goaler tried it again in several exhibition games and then discarded it for regular game use. He does use one during practice.The fifth annual benefit game for the Leader Dog School for the Blind at Olympia drew 6,124 fans. They saw the Wings bomb Hershey, which also trained at Olympia and has a working agreement with Detroit, by a 7-0 count, the only shutout the Wings had in preseason play. It was the only exhibition game the Wings played at home. &#9632;

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Crash With Turner In All-Star Tilt Proves Costly For Detroit—Haley Gets Nod To Replace Him In First Games

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Ted Lindsay, former great left winger for the Red Wings, is turning television commentator.Lindsay will have a 15-minute program preceding the Saturday night showing of Toronto Maple Leaf games on Windsor&rsquo;s CKLW-TV.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02355/1865796-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="275" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Lindsey</figcaption></div>Although retired as a player, Ted hasn&rsquo;t given up hockey. Last summer he ran a very successful hockey school at a local rink with former teammate Marty Pavelich.The Toronto games will furnish the only televised hockey for Detroit-area fans who had become accustomed to the best hockey TV diet in the NHL. In addition to the Saturday night games from Toronto, Detroit-area fans also saw the weekly Saturday matinee game from American cities plus a 30-minute taped highlights film of Red Wing home games following completion of the games.But the network show was cancelled and now the Wings have lost their own TV sponsor.JACK BERRY &#9632;

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Ted Gets Own Show

DETROIT, Mich. &mdash; Windsor, Ont., hockey fans gave Montreal Canadians a great welcome when the Stanley Cup champions played an exhibition game in Windsor Arena Sept. 29 against the Hershey Bears. The Habs won the game 3-2.A &ldquo;Meet-the-Canadiens&rdquo; reception for Windsor school children was set up at Cleary Auditorium in the civic center from 4-5 p.m. Officials thought the turnout might be slim since the youngsters didn&rsquo;t get out of school until 4 p.m. and the fact that they can always see big league hockey players across the river in Detroit&rsquo;s Olympia.They were astounded by the crowds. The youngsters formed a long line a city block long and around behind the auditorium. There were so many that Canadians had to stop giving autographs or else they wouldn&rsquo;t have got to the rink in time for the game. &#9632;

Windsor School Children Swarm To Meet Champions

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Bruins of the past several seasons have fitted that old baseball descriptive of years ago : &ldquo;Good hit, no field&rdquo;.Scoring goals hasn&rsquo;t been a problem for them, but preventing the other teams from scoring more has.That unbalanced record is the basis of the objective which Milt Schmidt has set for the Bruins for this season.And the enthusiasm with which his players have trained toward the objective has put the Bruins&rsquo; coach in an optimistic frame of mind toward his team&rsquo;s prospects for the year.&ldquo;Our objective is to improve our defensive record substantially,&rdquo; said Schmidt on the eve of the Bruins&rsquo; opening game of the National League season, &ldquo;and I think we&rsquo;ll accomplish it.&ldquo;Last season we had 241 goals scored against us. I have the exact figure right on the tip of my tongue. And I still shudder when I think of some of the high scoring games we lost.&ldquo;So when we began pre-season training I told the players that improving our defensive play came first. They&rsquo;ve really worked hard for defensive improvement this fall, and I feel we have improved. As a result, I look at our prospects for the year with high optimism.&rdquo;<h2>Have The Offensive Punch</h2>The Bruins, Schmidt pointed out, haven&rsquo;t lacked for scoring punch,. Since 1956-57 they&rsquo;ve scored at least 195 goals a year. A year later they had six 20-goal scorers &mdash; Jerry Toppazzini, Bronco Horvath, Fleming Mackell, Vic Stasiuk, Johnny Bucyk, Don McKenney &mdash; the first time a major league team ever had as many.Last season the Bruins scored 220 goals, only 35 less than the Montreal Canadiens. But Montreal finished first, the Bruins fifth, 28 points behind. And the Bruins had 63 more goals scored against them.Schmidt does not feel he can pinpoint the sources of improved defensive play by the Bruins and cover the subject thoroughly.Said the Bruins&rsquo; coach : &ldquo;I&rsquo;m expecting an over-all improvement for the whole season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04208/1865851-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="531" height="533"><figcaption class="caption-body">New In HubBill Carter</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Oh, some players have pleased me particularly with their defensive work &mdash; Orval Tessier, Bucyk and Toppazzini to mention some &mdash; but the response by the whole team has been excellent. That&rsquo;s what peps me up, the team improvement.&rdquo;Schmidt maintained a &ldquo;Show me&rdquo; attitude toward Don Simmons as the Bruins moved against NHL opposition. Or it would be more proper to say a &ldquo;Continue to show me&rdquo; attitude.&ldquo;Simmons has worked harder this fall than I&rsquo;ve ever seen a goalkeeper work,&rdquo; declared Milt, &ldquo;and as long as he continues to do the job it is his. He knows that just as well as I do. Naturally, I&rsquo;m pulling for him to have a great season.&rdquo;There were four new players on the Bruins&rsquo; roster for their opening game, although only one of the four was actually new to the NHL scene.Billy Carter, a 22-year old center drafted from Montreal during the summer, is the NHL novice.Dallas Smith, who has just observed his 19th birthday, played five games here late last season. That&rsquo;s the extent of the young defenseman&rsquo;s professional experience.Tessier, a 27-year old right who was the highest scorer in professional hockey last year with the Kingston Frontenacs, played here for 23 games in 1955.Jimmy Bartlett, drafted from New York during the summer, appeared here frequently with the Rangers.Toppazzini opened at center after having played right wing largely for the past four years, but the veteran Topper isnt new to the position. In his nine years in the majors he has played all six positions, and he was a regular Bruins&rsquo; center for the last half of the 1955-56 season. &#9632;

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Only Time Will Tell If Milt Has Plugged Bruins’ Leaky Defense

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div><h2>In The Past Chicago Hasn&rsquo;t Been Able To Get Set Crew Until At Least Xmas Time</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01458/1865927-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="569" height="872"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rudy&rsquo;s New &lsquo;Scooter Line&rsquo;Ab McDonald</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02339/1865920-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="521" height="868"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stan Mikita</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03241/1865913-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="517" height="780"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Wharram</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;For the first time in his three seasons as coach of the Chicago Black Hawks, Rudy Pilous is starting the year with a fairly set lineup.If for no other reason than this, the 1960-61 edition of Chicago&rsquo;s National Hockey League entry figures to be an improved team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04164/1865906-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="237" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Reg Fleming</figcaption></div>&ldquo;In other seasons we&rsquo;ve experimented with our forward lines all through training camp and usually up until Christmas time,&rdquo; said Pilous before the team&rsquo;s opening game against Detroit in Chicago Stadium, Oct. 5.&ldquo;Last year, as an example, we didn&rsquo;t put Bobby Hull, Bill Hay and Murray Balfour together until Dec. 26. After that they were the hottest line in the league, scoring 50 goals over the last 50 games of the season. This year they&rsquo;ll be together from the start of training camp,&rdquo; said Pilous.The three forward lines, which have been together virtually since the first day of training camp, line up as follows :1&mdash;The &ldquo;Million Dollar Line&rdquo; with rookie-of-the-year Bill Hay at center, league scoring champion Bobby Hull (39 goals) on left wing, and sophomore Murray Balfour at right wing. Hay and Balfour each tallied 18 goals last season. The ages of this trio are Hull 21, Balfour 23 and Hay 23.2&mdash;An all-veteran line of Ed Litzenberger at center, Ron Murphy at left wing and Eric Nesterenko at right wing.3&mdash;The &ldquo;Scootter Line&rdquo; with Stan Mikita at center, newcomer Ab McDonald at left wing and Ken Wharram at right wing. The ages of this trio are Mikita 22, McDonald 24 and Wharram 26.In pre-season figuring Pilous and General Manager Tommy Ivan shifted veteran Litzenberger from his normal right wing position to center ice. This move has paid off with Litz and his linemates, Nesterenko and Murphy, working together well from the start.The Mikita line has lots of young legs and hustle and potential scoring punch as well. Mikita as a rookie last year bagged only eight goals but was playing much of the tirpe on a defensive unit. Wharram, while playing full-time only parts of the last two seasons, has scored 10 and 14 goals.McDonald, obtained from Montreal in the off-season, has fit in well with the other two and is rated as one of Chicago&rsquo;s potential top scorers. With his size and rugged play he gives the line strength and aggressiveness to go with the speed and maneuverability of the smaller, lighter Wharram and Mikita.&ldquo;Last year,&rsquo; says Pilous, &ldquo;when the other team stopped the Hull-Hay-Balfour line they pretty well contained our offense. This year we have three good scoring lines to throw at them. Its the best balance we&rsquo;ve had since I came to Chicago.&rdquo;Rounding out the forwards are untility man Earl Balfour and veteran Tod Sloan. Balfour, of course, is the Hawks&rsquo; key penalty killer and will specialize in that important role. Sloan is the tipoff to Chicago&rsquo;s potential power this season.<h2>Using Tod As An Alternate Gives One Idea Of Club&rsquo;s Potential Power In 1960</h2>&ldquo;When you have a 20-goal scorer as an alternate forward you know you have real depth,&rdquo; said Pilous.BLECK HAWK BRIEFS&hellip; The two newcomers to the Black Hawks this year are McDonald and Reg Fleming &hellip; Fleming is being carried as a defenseman but is also capable of playing forward &hellip; This versatility was one of the major reasons he was kept on the Black Hawk squad over center Cecil Hoekstra, defenseman Doug Barkley and right winger Bob Courcy &hellip; The latter&rsquo;are all at Chicago&rsquo;s Buffalo farm team &hellip; Fleming is a 190 pounder who played defense and forward at Kingston in the Eastern League last season &hellip;Missing from last year&rsquo;s opening game squad are veterans Glen Skov and Ted Lindsay &hellip; With the departure of Skov, Earl Balfour will pair with Murray Balfour, Ron Murphy and Eric Nesterenko, depending on the game situation, to kill penalties &hellip; If a deefnsive line is needed, Coach Pilous may use Mikita at center along with Fleming at left wing and Balfour on right wing&hellip; Fleming also will be used as a swing man on the forward line if injuries crop up &hellip;The Black Hawks defense now lists six players, including Fleming &hellip; Pete Pilote and Moose Vasko will team together as a unit with Dollard St. Laurent and Jack Evans a second tandem &hellip; Al Arbour and Fleming will be worked into the St. Laurent-Evans combination as the occasion demands&hellip; The Black Hawks were 8-21 for their exhibition slate &hellip; &ldquo;It was a good training camp,&rdquo; said Pilous. &ldquo;Not like last year when we had contract problems, overweight players and listless workouts. We&rsquo;re very pleased with the condition of our team and certainly anticipate an improved start over last season when we got only three points in our first 13 games.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Set Lineup Makes Braves Much Better Warriors Than In 1959

CHICAGO, Ill. &mdash; The Chicago Black Hawks, with the largest crowd capacity in the National Hockey League (20,004 including standees) are enjoying their best advance ticket sale in 15 years, according to publicity director John Gottselig.To date the advance sale is $150,000.00 &mdash; twice as much as a year ago and four times as much as two seasons ago. &#9632;

Chicago Doubles Advance Ticket Sale Over 1959-60

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01409/1865982-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Best Leaf At CampRed Kelly</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;As the Maple Leafs prepared for last week&rsquo;s 1960-61 National Hockey league opener, two rookies had given them the kind of balanced attack they haven&rsquo;t possessed since their strength-Up-the-middle Stanley Cup days, when Syl Apps, Max Bentley and Ted Kennedy were playing centre.Bob Nevin, finally arriving as a major-leaguer after two seasons In the minors, seemed to be the right-wing partner Frank Mahovlich and Red Kelly have needed So badly.And Dave Keon, jumping all the way to a Leaf job from St. Michaels college juniors, appeared to have won the assignment as center Dick Duff and George Armstrong.These two nicely-balanced units, together with the established Bert Olmstead-Bob Pulford-Ron Stewart wave, gives Leafs well-distributed offensive punch. A fourth line has been made up of Gerry Ehman, Bill Harris and Johnny Wilson, with Duke Edmundson and Larry Regan considered spare forwards.With these arrangements fairly well settled, coach Punch Imlach&rsquo;s only problem was on defence where the continued absence of Tim Horton left him a little thin. He had only four &mdash; Cart Brewer beside Bobby Baun and newcomer Larry Hillman working Horton&rsquo;s spot alongside Allan Stanley.<h2>New Line Big News</h2>Then Horton reported for Leafs&rsquo; Oct. 2 exhibition game in Buffalo and everything was ship-shape, except that Horton Stewart, Keon, Harris and Duff hadn&rsquo;t signed their contracts and the first scheduled game in Montreal was only four days away. However, Imlach breezily predicted that all five would be Signed long before the deadline.After beating the Buffalo Bisons, 5-0, Leafs returned to Maple Leaf Cardens to resume practices Oct. 3.Development of the Mahovlich-Kelly-Nevin line is the big news. It shows signs of becoming a highly productive threesome, if exhibition games can be regarded as a criterion.On Tuesday, Sept. 27, Leafs defeated Soo Thunderbirds of the Eastern pro league, 4-0. Mahovlich scored two goals and he and Kelly assisted on another by Stanley.The following evening, if a 4-4 tie with Sudbury Wolves, Nevin and Kelly each counted once.Two days later, the line scored twice in the third period &mdash; Nevin from Kelly and Mahovlich, Mahovlich from Nevin and Kelly &mdash; to provide Leafs with a 3-2 margin over Hull-Ottawa Canadiens.Then after the break for the NHL&rsquo;s annual all-star game, it was 5-0 over Buffalo, with two goals by Kelly and one each by Mahovlich and Nevin.Imlach stated without hesitation that Kelly had been the best player in the Leaf camp this fall.The Redhead had been close to that last spring, after coming to Leafs in a trade which sent Marc Reaume to Detroit Red Wings. He and Mahovlich were Leafs&rsquo; most dangerous attackers. But they lacked an adequate right-winger to complement.Kelly&rsquo;s intelligent manipulations at centre and Mahovlich&rsquo;s swooping rushes off the left boards.Nevin has been able to fill the bill.When he was with Toronto Marlboro juniors, Nevin had all the earmarks of a big-league operator. He was heavy and strong, enjoyed contact and was an adept scorer. But his final season in junior hockey was a waste. He was so vastly superior to his opponents that he became bored and his play suffered as a result.In 1958 and &lsquo;59, he played part of a season with Rochester in the American league and 35 games with Chicoutimi of the Quebec league. His performance in each place was undistinguished.Last season, however, he was his old self and compiled 32 goals plus 42 assists in 71 games at Rochester. Leafs could hardly wait to get him to their training camp.Kelly, of course, was a standout in the 18 games he played for Toronto after leaving Detroit last spring. And he was even better in the playoffs, counting three goals and eight assists in 10 games.Mahovlich had, for him, only a so-so season in 1959-60 when his point output declined by 10 from the previous campaign. Leafs are hoping that with a solid pair of linemates, he&rsquo;ll attain some of the things that have been predicted for him since he turned professional in 1957.As for Keon, he was all-star centre in the Ontario Hockey association&rsquo;s junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series for three consecutive seasons. Some folks thought his five-foot-nine, 165-pound physique might prove a handicap against experienced opposition.So far, though, nad this judgment was made before Leafs had played a league game, he seems to have made the transition without difficulty. He was Leafs&rsquo; leading goal-scorer, with eight, during their exhibition schedule.In Armstrong and Duff, he has tough, seasoned wingmen who will smooth out the rough going for him.Notes: Keon, by the way, is a cousin of Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; Tod Sloan&hellip; It was a certainty that some Leafs were in line for demotion just to cut the roster to proper size and with Nevin and Keon in the starting lineup, there was a lot of guessing as to who would go&hellip; A trade in which four Leafs would be dealt in exchange for two Chicago Black Hawks was one rumored solution. Managercoach Imlach also conferred with Boston&rsquo;s Lynn Patrick while he (Imlach) was in Montreal to coach the all-stars to their victory over Canadiens. &#9632;

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Imlach Pins Hopes On Newest Combo For Much Needed Punch

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich&mdash;When they speak of the Continental around Olympia they don&rsquo;t mean the dance, they mean Gary Aidcorn.Aidcorn, left wing on the Red Wings&rsquo; No. 2 line with center Norm Ullman and right wing Howie Glover, spent the past summer touring Europe.And Aldcorn really toured it&mdash;he didn&rsquo;t just poke around the usual tourist attractions like the Tower of London arid the Eiffel Tower.Aidcorn went with former Toronto mates Bob Pulford, Billy Harris and Bobby Nevin. They sailed from Montreal on May 15 and didn&rsquo;t return until the week before Red Wings opened training on Sept. 1. Gary was the only veteran&mdash;he had been to Europe before.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02375/1866020-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="274" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Harris</figcaption></div>Their itinerary ranged from bull fights in Spain to ancient Greek drama in Athens, from the Passion Play in Oberammergau to Hitler&rsquo;s bunker in Berlin.&ldquo;We had an automobile for the whole trip and took along sleeping bags and air mattresses,&rdquo; Aidcorn said. &ldquo;For the first month and a half we slept outdoors about four out of every five nights.&rdquo;The quartet didn&rsquo;t have too much language difficulty. They had the proper language dictionaries and some knew a little French. And they knew something about the sights.&ldquo;Pulford and Harris took some archaelogy courses in college and they knew quite a bit about the old ruins in Greece and Italy. Harris took 700 pictures&mdash;he had enough to make a movie.&ldquo;The city that impressed me most was Berlin. We were there for three days and drove over from West Germany on the autobahn. We didn&rsquo;t have any difficulty.&ldquo;In East Berlin it seems like the war just ended, so many of the buildings are still in ruins.&ldquo;The Russians have a big cemetery in a park that used to be one of the most festive in Berlin before the war. Now it&rsquo;s row after row of graves and they have two Soviet flags at half mast at the entrance.&ldquo;The whole setting makes it seem so powerful.&rdquo;The tourists saw ruins of another sort in Greece.Aidcorn, Harris, Pulford and Nevin started their tour in England and then sailed to France and drove through Spain and Italy, sailed from Naples to Greece and drove through Yugoslavia, went to Switzerland and Austria and then headed back north.They hit Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and returned to Scotland and Ireland before coming back. They visited countries that are far off the usual tourist track.&ldquo;We talked to people in Austria, Switzerland and southern Germany about hockey,&rdquo; Aidcorn said. &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t know too much about Canadian hockey but they are very interested in it.&rdquo;It was school of a different sort than they&rsquo;ve been used to the past summers. Pulford and Harris have attended summer school the last five summers and have about a year and a half to go before receiving their college degrees.Aldcorn needs 10 more credits for his degree. Awaiting him at Olympia when he returned was a political science correspondence course from the University of Manitoba. And he also plans to take a night course at Assumption University in Windsor, across the river from Detroit.But now the No. 1 thing is to do as well or better for the Red Wings than he did last season when he fired 22 goals after being drafted from Toronto.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03294/1866013-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="1171" height="1216"><figcaption class="caption-body">Land Bound From EuropeGARY ALDCORN</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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European Summer Real Top Show For Aidcorn

<h2>Habs Draftees Make Good</h2>Three players, drafted from the Montreal Canadians organization during the summer will play in the NHL this year. At Detroit the Wings have signed Allan Johnson who was with Spokane. The Hawks will play Reg Fleming from Kingston and the Bruins will play Bill Carter from Ottawa-Hull.<h2>Howe Miss His First</h2>When Gordie Howe was injured In the All-Star game In Montreal last week, few fans on hand remembered the Incident. He crashed with Defenseman Bob Turner at the north end of the rink and injurea his knee. Howe missed his first opening game In his long tenure as a member of the Wings.<h2>How The Race Goes</h2>Standings On Sat. A.M., Oct. 8<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01443/1866086-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="601" height="159"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5</h3>Detroit 1 at Chicago 1Detroit &mdash; Goal : Sawchuk; defense : Goeqan, Prcnovost, Reaume, Godfrey Odrowski; forwards : Aidcorn, Ullman Glover, Oliver, Delvecchio, Fouteyne, Melnyk, Smith, Johnson, Macdonald, Lunde, Mckenzie, Haley.Chicago &mdash; Goal : Hall; defence : Pilote Vasko, Arbour, Evans, Fleming, St. Laurent; forwards : Hall, Hay, M. Balfour, Sloan, Murphy, Litzenberger, Nesterenko, Wharram, E. Balfour, Mikita.Referee &mdash; Buffey; linesmen : Sims ond Armstrong.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02376/1866079-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="604" height="384"></div>Boston 1 at New York 2Boston &mdash; Goal: Simmons; defense : Armstrong, Smith, Erickson, Flaman, Boivin; forwards : Horvath, Stasiuk, Bucyk, Carter, Labine, McKenney, Tessier, Mohns, Toppazzini, Meissner, Gendron, Eaitlett.New Ycrk &mdash; Goal : Worsley; defense : Morrison, Howell, Gadsby, Johns, Fcnti-nato, Spencer; forwards : Sullivan, Bathgate, Ingarfield, Balcn, Hebenicn, Cujien, Ronson. Schinkel, Popein.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03298/1866072-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="603" height="515"></div><h3>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6</h3>Toronto 0 at Montreal 5Toronto &mdash; Goal : Bower; defence : Stanley Horton, Brewer, Hillman, Baun; forwards : Kelly, Nevin, Mahcvlich, Armstrong, Stewart, Keon, Harris,. Olmstead, Ehman, Pulford, Edmundson.Montreal &mdash; Goal : Plante; defence : Johnson, Talbot, Harvey, Langlois, Turner; forwards : Beliveau, Geoffrion, Bonin, Richard, Hicke, Moore, Goyette, Prevost, Marshall, Backstrom.Referee : Frank Udvari; linesmen: Georae Hayes and Shorty Wicks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04232/1866065-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="597" height="587"></div><h3>Chicago 4 at Detroit 2</h3>Chicago &mdash; Goal : Hall; defense : Pilote, Vasko, Evans, Fleming, St. Laurent; forwards : Litzenberger, Murphy, Nesterenko, M. Balfour, Sloan, Hay, Hull, Wharram, E. Balfour, Mikita.Detroit &mdash; goal: Sawchuk; defense : Goegan, Pronovost, Reaume, Godfrey, Cdrowski; forwards : Melnyk, Delvecchio, Smith, Ullman, Olivier, Aidcorn, Fonteyne, Glover, Johnson, Macdonald, Lunde, McKenzie, Haley.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05175/1866058-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="598" height="561"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06140/1866051-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="2266" height="1459"><figcaption class="caption-body">A Couple Of Presidents In Star PlayHOCKEY NEWS PRESIDENT and Publisher Ken McKenzie presents Senator Hartland D. Molson, president of the champion Montreal Canadiens with awards at the all-star dinner in Montreal last week. McKenzie, as publicity director of the league was on hand to present players and executives with silverware for 1959-60 season.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07114/1866117-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="567" height="264"></div>October 15 to October 2115&mdash;Hank Ciesla, Rochester, forward, 1934.15&mdash;Willie O&rsquo;Ree, Kingston, forward, 1935.17&mdash;Bo Elik, Providence, forward, 1929.19&mdash;Don Ward, Providence, defense, 1935.20&mdash;Doug Anderson, Victoria, forward, 1927.21&mdash;Carl Brewer, Toronto, defense, 1938.21&mdash;Del Topoll, Spokane, forward, 1933. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to YOU

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The mask-wearing branch of the goalkeeping family lost a member shortly before the opening of the National League season.Don Simmons of the Boston Bruins stopped wearing his mask in games at the request of Milt Schmidt.&ldquo;I asked him to stop wearing it,&rdquo; said Schmidt, Bruins&rsquo; coach. &ldquo;He can wear it in practice, as far as I&rsquo;m concerned, but I&rsquo;d prefer not to have him wear it in games.&rdquo;Simmons began wearing his own version of the Jacques Plante mask last season and wore it in pre-season exhibition games this fall until Schmidt asked him to discard it. &#9632;

Simmons Discards Mask On Request By Milt Schmidt

Jacques Plante Montreal-CanadiensMONTREAL, Que. &mdash; If the Montreal Canadians have to fear complacency this season it didn&rsquo;t show in their first. They wallopped the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-0, and made it look easy. They skated as though they hadn&rsquo;t had a break from the 1959-60 season and so outclassed the Leafs that it wasn&rsquo;t a contest after the first few minutes of the second period.Although he had only 19 shots to stop during the game, one of the outstanding men on the ice was Goaler Jac-ques Plante. Plante, often called the biggest actor in the NHL, put on a brilliant display of stopping puck. He stopped every Leaf thrust with ease.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0896/1866196-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="277" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques Plante</figcaption></div>Plante takes a back seat to no one when it comes to hockey. He tells you he&rsquo;s the best goaler in the League and looks you square in the eye while doing so. No man ever played with more confidence: He is what is called a student of the game. Every move Is calculated to improve his game and aid his team. He was the first to skate to the back of the net and stop the puck for an oncoming teammate. Hie mask has created discussion from one end of the country to the others yet Plante continues to wear it and win.Against the Leafs the Canadiens thawed their root power backed up by some solid defensive work. In racking up the first shutout of the young NHL season, Plaine also racked up his 48 of his NHL career. &#9632;

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Player - of - the Week

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;By the time this is read, the Rochester Americans will be four games Into the 1960-61 American Hockey League schedule.But, as this Is written, the Amerks couldn&rsquo;t even put a team on the ice for a league clash. The reason &mdash; contract troubles.Less than 48 hours before Rochester opened its campaign in Buffalo on Oct. 5, no less than seven of the 16-man Amerk squad still were unsigned.Any players who are unsigned and have been offered a &ldquo;decent&rdquo; contract in front of a witness are ineligible to play in a league game and are automatically suspended.So General Manager Jack Riley, who did manage to bring his three major holdouts into line within a week, had a tough task just getting his team together for the opener. The &ldquo;Big Three&rdquo; in the holdout department were goalie Ed Chadwick and wingers Guy Rousseau and Pat Hannigan.Still unsigned two days before the opener were defensemen Dick Mattiussi, Roger Cote and Bill White and forwards Hank Ciesla. Dick Van Impe, Billy Saunders and John MacMillan. Cote and White, both juniors last year, have agreed to money terms for the season but still aren&rsquo;t happy with the money Toronto has offered them to turn professional.Although some help&mdash;in the persons of two or three forwards&mdash;is expected from Toronto, Rochestei probably will go through the first weekend of the season with the same lineup it used in the six game exhibition schedule.That means six rookies will be counted upon to get the Amerks off to a fast start. The first-year men are defensemen Cote, White and Mike Donaldson, left winger MacMillan, right winger Jim Pappin and center Wally Boyer.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01428/1866234-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="525" height="532"><figcaption class="caption-body">Held OutHonk Ciesla</figcaption></div>Joining them are returnes Chadwick, defensemen Steve Kraftcheck and Mattiussi, left wingers Rousseau, Stan Smrke and Van Impe, right wingers Hannigan and Saunders and centers Ciesla and Dave Creighton.The Americans completed their exhibition slate with three wins and three defeats&mdash;the three losses coming after three straight victories.Rochester actually performed better in one of its losses than it did in the wins, however. That was in Montreal On Sunday, Sept. 25, when 7,898 spectators turned out at the Montreal Forum to watch the world champion Canadiens try and slaughter the Rochester Americans &mdash; a pre-season custom established by the Habs five years ago.But the Amerks thwarted every thrust by the Canadiens and held a 1-0 edge entering the final period. Three goals in little more than a minute midway through the wind up finally won for Montreal, bul Rochester was not at fill disgraced in the defeat.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05233/1866227-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="1102" height="1162"><figcaption class="caption-body">Still Going StrongFRED GILOVER&hellip; &hellip; 13th Year A Pro</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Holdouts Hold Up Amerks-Will Use Six Rooks In ‘60

<h2>Labrosse Clipped Flrat</h2>Fern labrosse, defenseman of the Quebec Aces, who last season performed with tho Rochester Americans, drew the first penalty of the 1960-61 American League season at the : 50 second mark of the opening period of the opening geme he was thumbed off.<h2>Gardner Gets First</h2>First goal of the 1960-61 American League season wes scored by a Cleveland veteran in the second period of the first game. Cal Qardnor, a veteran of years with Now York, Toronto, Boston and Chicago scored at 1:23 of tho second as Cleveland won 4-2 at Quebec.<h3>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4</h3>Cleveland 4 at Quebec 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02404/1866279-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="579" height="650"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5</h3>Rochester 4 at Buffalo 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03352/1866272-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="583" height="772"></div>Providence 0 at Hershey 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04296/1866265-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="577" height="618"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;Dick Gamble, who with his linemate Larry Wilson qualifies as the elder statesman of the Buffalo Bisons, has a theory about the club&rsquo;s chances in this year&rsquo;s American League race.&ldquo;I feel that it&rsquo;s up to us older players get to off to a good start so that the young players breaking in wont&rsquo;t feel too much pressure,&rdquo; he began.&ldquo;We had a good training camp. Frank (Coach Eddolls) has the team in good shape. I know I personally feel I&rsquo;m going to have a good season.&ldquo;If those of us with a few years behind us come through to start, it will give the youngsters like Chico Maki and the others a chance to come into their own without carrying the club.&rdquo;Maki, incidentally, if his preseason games showing is any criterion, will be one of the outstanding rookies in the AHL this season. The young right winger, who was the leading scorer in the Junior A Ontario Hockey Association last year, has a strong shot, skates well and is not inclined to take any guff.Eddolls also is sold on goaltender Roy Edwards, who only a year ago this time was the question mark on a veteran-laden team.Edwards no longer is under the pressure of being the successor of Marcel Paille, who stopped pucks for a championship team in 1958-59. He also has overcome his tendency to go to the ice needlessly to make stops&mdash;and, ironically, may in his sophomore year be the strong man behind a young and relatively inexperienced defense.Edwards played well in the exhibition schedule and beat out the well-regarded Dennis DeJordy for the Buffalo job.If Edwards&rsquo; improvement should continue apace, he&rsquo;ll be ready to take over for the Chicago Black Hawks the day Glenn Hall ceases to be the outstanding performer he is now.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06197/1866310-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="526" height="1432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Set To GoDick Gamble</figcaption></div>BISONS BRIEFS&hellip; Rookie defenseman Gary Bergman has impressed Eddolls with both his speed and willingness to mix. &ldquo;We rohnd off some of the rough edges in Gary&rsquo;s play and we&rsquo;ve got a fine prospect,&rdquo; Eddolls states&hellip; Gus Mortson, now in retirement, was a visitor at the Buffalo-Toronto exhibition game Oct. 2. It was with the Maple Leafs that Gus first earned National League fame and he closed out his pro career last winter as captain of the Bisons &hellip; Another ex NHLer and onetime Buffalo defenseman, Mike McMahon, is again looking his robust and healthy self. McMahon suffered a serious heart attack two years ago. &#9632;

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Bisons Chances Up To How Swift Veterans Start

<div class="byline">By DON FLEMING</div><h2>WHL Prexy Asked To Play Part As Mediator In The 1960-61 Contract Dispute</h2>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;For the second time in 11 years, Al Leader was called in as a mediator when a number of the Calgary Stam-peders couldn&rsquo;t get together with the management over salary&rsquo; figures.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01442/1866348-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="277" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Leader</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not so serious as you might make out,&rdquo; declared Mervyn (Red) Dutton, president of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede that operates the Stamps.&ldquo;I just wanted Mr. Leader to tell the players what we are up ogainst.&rdquo;Leader took a quick look, declared the salary offers &ldquo;very liberal&rdquo;, and predicted the differences would be quickly resolved.What he was more concerned about was that the league should not price itself out of existence.&ldquo;I think the salaries paid in the Western League, in comparison to what we draw at the gate,&rdquo; Leader oaid, &ldquo;are higher than in any hockey league in Canada or the United States.&rdquo;The WHL gave a salary limit a try some years back, but abandoned it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02374/1866341-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="541" height="820"><figcaption class="caption-body">He ExplainsRed Dutton</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It just didn&rsquo;t work out,&rdquo; he stated. &ldquo;It encouraged bad habits.&rdquo;Presumably, the WHL prexy referred to under-the-table tactics employed by the more prosperous clubs. If the player were to get the extra dough anyway, why not make it above board ?The hitch is, how much ?Ever since they came into the league in 1952, the Stampeders bathed regularly in blue ink, until last year. For the first time, crowds dropped off alarmingly in the Corral. Other clubs had been having their troubles, but not the Stampeders.Obviously, Dutton and his cohorts meant to take hold of the situation in their own bailiwick, once it was apparent they needed to hitch up their belts.&ldquo;Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw and New Westminster were priced out of existence,&rdquo; Dutton said. &ldquo;The rest of us must take care it doesn&rsquo;t happen to us.&ldquo;Nobody (among the players) is mad at me, and I&rsquo;m not mad at anybody. I wouldn&rsquo;t give a hoot for anybody who doesn&rsquo;t want to make more money, but I want to make sure these fellows understand our position.&rdquo;The volatile redhead wanted it to be a team effort all the way down the line. If the club does well, then everybody does well.&ldquo;I could have signed them all in one minute at the salaries tney wanted,&rdquo; Dutton explained, &ldquo;but I can&rsquo;t recommend these prices to the board.<h2>Must Watch Out Or We May Price Ourselves Out Of Business, Comments Red</h2>&ldquo;So I offered them incentive bonuses, based on production and attendance, and they have a chance to make as much money as they made last year.&rdquo;ICE CHIPS &mdash; The Western League loses a colorful figure in Al Rollins, who has retired to concentrate on his sanitary supplies business, that has branches in Calgary and Edmonton and shortly will open another in Winnipeg &hellip; Rollins kept the scribes and sportscasters happy with his running feud with Calgary bossman Gus Kyle and his holdouts with Jack Perrin&hellip; The latter has come up with another National League veteran to replace Rollins, just turned 34. Now in the nets for the Warriors will be Harry Lumley, who is a month younger&hellip; Out in Vancouver, owner Coley Hall blew his top when the barnstorming Detroit Red Wings poured it on for a 10-3 exhibition victory over the Canucks in the sold-out Forum&hellip; Apparently, Coley would have liked the Wings to have let up a bit. &ldquo;We had been on ice for only 10 days,&rdquo; Hall wailed &hellip; &ldquo;Hall told me after that game he&rsquo;d never ask us back again for an exhibition,&rdquo; said Wings&rsquo; Jack Adams. &ldquo;What do you think of that ?&rdquo; &hellip; What are we supposed to do ? chorused Detroit coach Sid Abel. &ldquo;I sat out Gordie Howe for a couple of shifts in the second period when I was experimenting with new lines, and all those Vancouver fans around us started to scream that they had paid good money to see Howe, and were entitled to see him. So they were !&rdquo; &#9632;

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Dutton Takes Stamp Players To Leader To Settle Money Beefs

<div class="byline">By Vern DeGeer In The Montreal Gazette</div>MR. HOCKEY AILING &hellip; Word comes from Springfield, Mass., that Eddie Shore, one of the all time greatest of modem professional hockey, has suffered another in a series of heart attacks and is in serious condition.The news wasn&rsquo;t surprising. This once hard-rock athlete has been in poor health more than a year, but with the same stubbomess that has characterised his career as a player, coach, manager and club owner, he has rebelled at medical attention.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03311/1866379-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="281" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Shore</figcaption></div>Tipoff on the seriousness of Mr. Hockey&rsquo;s condition came last Spring when he wasn&rsquo;t able to attend a meeting of National Hockey League and American Hockey League executives in Quebec City. It was the first session of the A.H.L. he&rsquo;d missed since becoming owner of the Springfield franchise almost two decades ago. As a result the conference was one of the quietest in many years.Things were never dull when Shore was in committee session. In fact they were downright stormy.Hockey never produced a more colorful figure through a period between the early 1920&rsquo;s and his retirement in the late 1930&rsquo;s than Edward William Shore.A native of Fort Qu&rsquo;Appelle, Saskatchewan, and Cupar-adopted, Shore was a headline catcher from his intermediate hockey days on the prairies. He was a right winger with Melville Millionaires in his last season as an amateur. He paid his own way to Vancouver for a tryout with the late Frank Patrick&rsquo;s entry in the old Pacific Coast-Western Canada League, failed to make the grade but caught on with Regina Capitals, another pro outfit. He was sold to Portland, Oregon Rosebuds, along with the late Dick Irvin but was traded to Edmonton before reaching the City of Roses. Boston Bruins bought him from Edmonton in 1925-26 and he was on his way to stardom. By this time he had been switched from right wing to a defense job. At this spot he won the coveted Hart Trophy (most valuable player award), four times. He also became an early Hockey Hall of Fame selection.FIRST GREAT BOSTON TEAM &hellip; Shore was the spark plug of the Boston Bruins of 1928-29 &hellip; this was a team manager-coach-part owner Art Ross considered one of the mightiest ever assembled &hellip; the roster included Tiny Thompson, Hal Winkler (sub goalie), Shore, Lionel Hitchman, Perk Gailbraith, Eric Pettinger, Frank Frederickson, Mickey Mackay, Red Green, Dutch Gainor, Harry Oliver, Eddie Rodden, Dit Clapper, Cooney Weiland, Deed Klein, Cy Dennenav, Bill Carson, Myles Lane.Oddly enough the Boston team of the following season set a remarkable league record, winning 38, tieing one and losing only five games in a 44-game schedule, but was defeated two straight in the Stanley Cup final by Canadiens.Shore was an amazing, contradictory character, on and off the ice. He was a fierce competitor; a demanding coach: centre of countless controversies at pro hockey meetings and certainly not popular.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t invest my life savings in hockey and figured I could succeed by trying to win popularity contests,&rdquo; he said on a visit to Montreal two years ago for the annual Sportsmen&rsquo;s golf tournament at Lachute. He was a frequent competitor, just as capable on the links as on a rink, and was always up with the tournament&rsquo;s leading scorers. At these gatherings he was a jolly figure; lively raconteur; a genial host; and made many friends. Even his severest critics marvelled at this other side of an amazing sport character.This department has known the dynamic Eddie Shore since his rollicking days with the Melville Millionaires, when he was a freight engine fireman between games. He was and is, one of the most fascinating fellows ever encountered along the sport trails. &#9632;

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Good Morning

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;When lively incidents were predicted for the second season of the Eastern Pro Hockey League incidental to the appearance of four new coaches in the circuit, this was probably the understatement of the twelve months.When Blair, general-manager and coach of the Kingston Front-enacs likely dealt trumps in the &lsquo;lively league&rsquo; when he lopped four of last year&rsquo;s regulars off his roster two days before the schedule opened.Blair who has the gift of words as well as a ruthless approach to his Chores, was quoted in the wire services: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to seem like a monster, but I have to get a good hockey club together.&rdquo; Very likely the four hombres concerned are calling him other things besides monster, only in stronger terms.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01440/1866424-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="253" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wren Blair</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02396/1866417-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="249" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Charlie Burns</figcaption></div>He sent winger Barney Krake and defenceman Bob Blackbury to the Western League Portland club, and told veterans centerman Skip Teal and Don Anderson that they could just go home.It seems that Blair has neither time nor patience to await a demonstration of earnestness by old established minor pros, or to coddle sophomores along with the hope that they&rsquo;ll sooner or later show expected potential.The Frontenacs are in the process of building, of course, as befits a team that finished beyond the pale when playoff action was going last spring.<h2>Whitby Reliables&rsquo;</h2>It&rsquo;s indicated that he&rsquo;s going to depend a lot in his rebuilding of a younger and faster team on some of his old proteges at Whitby. He already had Harry Sinden and Jean-Paul Lamirande off the team that was a real powear in the Senior OHA under his management at Whitby. Charlie Burns, the helmeted center is another of the old brigade, and the past week Alfie Treen was announced as an acquisition. It was reported earlier in the autumn ice exercices that Treen had signed with Rouyn-Noranda club (seniors) but Wren Blair will not likely allow this to disturb negotiations.It seems that Blair has a pretty good rearguard under construction with the former Montreal Royal Tom Thurlby to go along with Sinden and Lamirande.He explained to Kingston scribes that the good work of Billy Colvin had made it possible to drop Teal. For center ice he already had Burns, Stan Maxwell and Tom Williams, former United States Olympic star. Colvin makes four.Gord Turlik had been tagged for Clinton, N.Y. where the Boston Bruins are establishing a finishing school for overage juniors, not thought ready for the jump to pro. But Blair announced that he was going to keep the former high scoring junior for a five-game pro trial. And the same deal was being offered Billy Colvin and Jean-Marc Picard.A wierd deal that was in the making during the past week misfired. Sudbury Wolves&rsquo; Murph Chamberlain and Kingston&rsquo;s Blair proposed to trade defenceman Ernie Roche and Danny Blair even up. It was added in the press announcement that the two gents should change clubs, but if either didn&rsquo;t like his new surroundings he could return to his former club. And the same alternative was to effective if either manager wasn&rsquo;t content.The deal seemed to be stalled when neither Roche or Danny indicated enthusiasm for a change of scenery or paymaster.<h2>A Hull Capture</h2>Sammy Pollock and Glen Skov made a good capture when Montreal&rsquo;s NHL Canadiens signed Cliff Pennington, Winnipeg center, of considerable promise and promptly turned him over the Hull-Ottawa EPHL entry.Winnipeg Warriors were concerned in the deal since they owned minnor league rights to Pennington, whereas the Habs held the major league rights. So Frank Seike sent Warriors a tidy cheque.Pennington was with Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen in their ab-hortive Olympic title quest last year. Before that he played for Flin Flon Bombers of the Saskatchewan Junior League. He grew up and learned his hockey in the &rsquo;Peg.Murph Chamberlain was far from settled in his mind about his Sudbury Wolves even though he had his 40-goal man back when Tom McCarthy w&rsquo;as &lsquo;cut&rsquo; by Detroit Red Wings. He&rsquo;ll have his 100-goal forward line intact again since McCarthy (46) joins Bettio (45) and Keke Mortson (25) as the No. 1 attacking unit.That&rsquo;s how is seemed, until word came out of the Nickel belt that Mortson was having a hassle with owner Ted Hill over contract terms and Hill was quoted in the local despatches to the effect that Mortson could go back home to North Bay and chop wood for all he, (Hill) eared.When Al Trottier, press-liason man of the Montreal Forum long-distanced Chamberlain for a line-up for the Wolves&rsquo; first appearance at the Forum. Chamberlain said his roster was far from settled.&ldquo;Well just give me ten names so I can make a showing in our program,&rdquo; said Trottier.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure of any ten we&rsquo;re going to keep,&rdquo; said Chamberlain.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03326/1866410-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="1102" height="1696"><figcaption class="caption-body">Veteran Switches ClubsREAL CHEVREFILS &hellip; &hellip; With Kingston Frontenacs</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Taking No Chances, Wren Axes Vets — Wants Kids At Kingston

<div class="byline">By HERB ELK</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The Greens boro Generals enter their second season in the Eastern Hockey League with a new manager and new coach and, undoubtedly many new skaters.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01429/1866462-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="250" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ray Miron</figcaption></div>Pete Hendy, who worked for his dad, Jom, in the Cleveland Barons&rsquo; organization, is the new manager. He will probably pick up several players from the AHL Barons before the EHL season gets under way, October 21st. Hendy replaces Ken Wilson, now with Omaha (IHL).Assuming the coaching post will be Roland Spong, a veteran of both the EHL and International Hockey League. Spong was with Louisville of the IHL last season and he replaces Roly McLenahan as pilot of the Generals.Spong played in the EHL with Washington and Springfield before moving over to the IHL. In 109 EHL contests (1951-52 and 1952-53) Spong scored 28 goals and assisted 71 times for 99 points.In the IHL he saw service with the Milwaukee Chiefs (1953-54), Grand Rapids Rockets (1954-55 and 1955-56), Huntington Hornets (1956-57) and Louisville Rebels (.1957-58 thru 1959-60).<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02348/1866455-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="541" height="544"><figcaption class="caption-body">He&rsquo;s BackDon Hall</figcaption></div>Spong, who is nicknamed Ron, served as captain and coach in Louisville while centering the Rebels&rsquo; first line. He had 58 assists in 1958-59, as the Rebels won the Turner Cup (IHL championship) and set up 64 tallies last season when he finished with 88 points. A scrapper, Ron spent 117 minutes in the penalty box last Winter.Hendy and Spong hope to improve on the team&rsquo;s third place finish of last season and are busy hunting up new talent to go with last season&rsquo;s holdover players.Johnstown&rsquo;s 1959-60 EHL championship team may have to go into the 1960 61 campaign without two of their star players. All-Star goalie Ed Johnston has been with Hull-Ottawa Canadiens of the Eastern Pro Hockey League and defenseman Jim Mikol is currently with the Cleveland Barons the AHL.Johnston, who replaced the injured Jim Shirley after the second game last season, had previously played in the Quebec and Western Hockey-Leagues. Mikol joined Steve Brklacich&rsquo;s Jets from North Bay of the NOHA.Captain Don Hall, the EHL&rsquo;s all-time scoring leader, will be back with Johnstown again this season. Every-time Hall picks up a point he sets a new league mark.Player-coach Brklacich and Dave Lucas, last year&rsquo;s second All-Star team defensive choices, will be back on the blue line. And, if Danny O&rsquo;Connor&rsquo;s leg is properly healed, the Jet rear-guard will be one of the best in the circuit.Haddonfield (New Jersey), the newest member of the EHL, have selected &ldquo;Jersey Larks&rdquo; as their nickname for the coming season.Ray Miron, who will double as manager and coach (replacing Clare Raglan in the latter capacity), has several new boys up from the junior ranks coming into camp.Miron has invited Jacques Caron back, but the Leaf chattel will have a battle for the goal-tending job.Haddonfield will play its home games in the 5,000 seat Haddonfield Ice House with Tuesday and Friday nights consisting of most of the local dates.Doug Adam still is undecided as to whether he&rsquo;ll be player or bench coach this semester. If he hangs up skates Ramblers will have a rough time making up the 46 goals he netted last season. Philadelphia goalie Ivan Walmsley also mentioned retirement, but don&rsquo;t bet on it. &#9632;

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Eastern League Preps For Opening Oct. 21st: Spong At Greensboro

MUSKEGON, Mich.&mdash; An industrialist&rsquo;s generosity and the support of a progressive city commission are giving this city of 50,000 one of the finest sports and exhibition centers in the nation.Strategically located on the edge of the port city&rsquo;s business district, the $1,500,000 L. C. Walker Sports Arena was open for action Oct. 1, and will be formally dedicated Oct. 27 by Vice President Nixon.Failing health will precent Louis C. Walker, 85, the man whose vision and money made the building possible, from attending the dedication event. He is president and chairman of the board at Muskegon&rsquo;s Shaw-Walker Co., nationally known manufacturer of office equipment.But the dedication program is centered around the theme of recognizing his foresight and benefaction, which give this Lake Michigan community a civic center second to none.The sunken bowl structure will be the home of a new International League hockey team and will open up a wide vista of entertainment for Muskegon&rsquo;s metropolitan population of 150,000 and for the rest of western Michigan.More, important, the massive building will give youth of the community a huge indoor center. This is one of the principal aims of the benefactor.The building contains 4,043 permanent seats which ring the 200 by 90-foot floor. In addition, 2,000 bleacher seats can be erected on the concourse which circles the structure. Another 1,500 more can be put up on the arena floor if the event is held from a portable stage, or centers on a boxing or wrestling program.Parking&mdash;one of the principal pitfalls in staging spectator events &mdash;will be no problem. New municipal lots being developed adjacent to the building will accommodate between 1,000 and 1,200 cars.But a city survey has disclosed there is a total of about 4,500 parking spaces within a three-block radius of the giant center on municipal and private off-street parking lots, and in on street areas.Sports fans are elated by the fact the arena will give the port city big-time hockey in the form of an International Hockey League team.The new Muskegon international team, still unnamed, opens the season Oct. 21, competing with Toledo. Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha.But the arena is also adaptable for a variety of other uses. Sound engineers say it will be well-suited for &ldquo;name band&rdquo; dances, variety shows and a host of other events which demands good sound as well as sight.Conventions will find the structure a natural rendezvous for mass gatherings, exhibits, demonstrations and major assemblies. &#9632;

Contains 4,043 Permanent Seats for IHL followers

<div class="byline">By VINCE LEAH</div>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;Manitoba&rsquo;s Junior Hockey league marked time as club operators pondered the outcome of Jack Perrin&rsquo;s decision to exercise his privelige of barring two NHL&mdash;sponsored teams from operating in his territory.Charging Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers with &ldquo;lack of co-operation&rdquo;, the Winnipegg Warrior boss has declined to allow the Winnipeg Monarchs, sponsored by Toronto and Winnipeg Rangers, sponsored by New York, to operate here under the rules requiring the home pro club to grant permission for any other pro club to sponsor a team within its territory.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01428/1866517-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="275" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry James</figcaption></div>Perrin operates the other two teams in the circuit, St. Boniface Canadiens and Winnipeg Braves. Brandon Wheat Kings are the other member.It is felt here that the pro leagues themselves, Western and National, will eventually straighten out the problem. The two &ldquo;banned&rdquo;clubs have started training anyway in anticipation that the&rsquo;ll be allowed to play.Perrin feels there is nothing to be gained in allowing other pro clubs to take players out of Winnipeg that are developed here. It is reported that Perrin also would have appreciated the services of Gerry James of the Maple Leafs when his football chores are finished with the Blue Bombers and Jack Bownass, veteran Winnipeg-born defenceman who was with New York last season for the Warriors of the Western league.Perrin&rsquo;s edict was the only cloud hovering what looks like a mighty fast junior league. Rangers have practically everybody back from last season&rsquo;s surprising club and would be strong championship contenders.Rangers have returned Defenceman Bill Taylor to Guelph. The Winnipeg-born star of Newfoundland junior hockey is a potential great.St. Boniface Canadiens have lost goalkeeper Paul Sexsmith to Estevan Bruins. Paul&rsquo;s suspension was lifted by the Manitoba Amateur Hockey association but he was fined $100 for his role in kicking a Ranger player in last season&rsquo;s playoffs. Sexsmith had drawn a year&rsquo;s suspension. Johnny Rodger of the Habs is slated for the Bruins, too, but Scotty Munro may not get Ken Stephanson who should catch with the Warriors. Canadiens also have lost Bill Staub and Rich Panson to American colleges and Gerry Kell wants to move, too. Manager Percy Segal offered him to Brandon in a trade but Brandon boss Jake Milford hadn&rsquo;t decided if it was worth it.Braves lost Defenceman Johnny Sutherland to college hockey, but the Braves have just about everybody else on hand. Braves were heartened at the complete recovery of Bobby Leiter who suffered a severe knee injury in last season&rsquo;s playoffs &hellip; Monarchs have not named a coach to replace Mickey Keating, veteran Western and AHL defender of yore, who finished the season with St. Paul of the International league last term. Mickey is busy selling insurance. &#9632;

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Perrin-NHL Fight Over Rights Of Sponsorship

<div class="byline">By HOWIE NEWSTATE</div>FT. WAYNE, Ind.&mdash;All eight International Hockey League teams opened their 1960 fall training camp, Monday, October 10, with some 112 players trying their best to make the league.Every club will train in their respective cities, with the exception of St. Paul and Omaha. St. Paul will drill at Brandon, Manitoba and Omaha at Rockton, Illinois.Only three coaches return from last years brigade. Ken Ullyot (Ft. Wayne), Fred Shero (St. Paul) and Chirp Brenchley (Toledo) were rehired for the &lsquo;60&rsquo;61 campaign.Leo Lamoureux, after a two years absence from the coaching ranks, leads Indianapolis, while Minneapolis hired Ken Yackel, former American Hockey Leaguer. Other new faces are Walt Pawlyshyn at Milwaukee, Ken Campbell at Omaha and Moose Lallo at Muskegon. Campbell and Lallo have had coaching experience in the MIL, with Troy and Grand Rapids, respectively.Ft. Wayne &hellip; Will have goalie Reno Zanier back &hellip; Defenseman Con Madigan and left wine John Ferguson have received American League tryouts with the Cleveland Barons &hellip; Star winger Bob McCusker signed contract with Spokane of Western League &hellip; Coach-G.M. Ullyot expects to have only Lionel Repka, Andy Voykin, Len Thomson and Eddie Long back from last years squad along with Zanier.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02386/1866548-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="277" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Yackel</figcaption></div>Indianapolis &hellip; Coach Leo Lamoureux expects to have about 25 men in camp &hellip; will be the largest turnout in the Chiefs history.Omaha &hellip; Coach Ken Campbell expects to have about 20 players in camp for two-a-day practice sessions &hellip; Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum, home of the Knights, will have a new artificial ice plant and floor &hellip; G.M. Ken Wilson has Dawson Schreader, Dave Gordichuk and Bep Guidolin, former N.H.L. star in the fold&hellip; The Knights announced that defenseman Rudy Ba-lone has been sold outright to the Charlotte (EHL) Clippers.Toledo &hellip; will hold training at Sports Arena in Toledo for the first time in about twelve years &hellip; Coach Chirp Brenchley indicated that he will have between 25 and 30 players in camp&hellip; G.M. Andy Mulligan is reported dickering with several pro clubs for players, namely the Montreal Canadians, but whether he gets Canadian help, it remains to be seen.IHL Notes &hellip; each club can carry fourteen men &hellip; will have a one referee and two local linesmen system for officiating this season &hellip; The IHL yearbook will be out sometime around the first part of November. This year team and action shots will be featured, in addition to features on players, statistics and records of the past and present&hellip; look for some top notch player talent to enter IHL this season &hellip; Commissioner Frank Gallagher, now on a full time basis, is looking ahead for a fine future this season. &#9632;

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Lamoureux, Campbell, Yackel And Lallo Newest Mentors

<div class="byline">By BOB GIORDANO</div>KELOWNA, B.C.&mdash;Where else in senior organized hockey, other than the Okanagan Senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; Hockey League can yqu attend a game for 52 cents ?That&rsquo;s exactly what it will cost season ticket purchasers in Vernon and Kelowna.The all time low price of 52 cents is based on the $12.50 price of a season ticket for 24 home games of the schedule.Last season all teams in the O.S.H.L. sold season tickets for no less than $20.The Vernon Canadians, who introduced the plan two months ago, report sales to be brisk, with close to 500 tickets already sold.Meanwhile at Kelowna, the hometown Packers are back under a co on system.At a public meeting last Spring the meeting elected a three man directorship, however this came to an end last week when a special meeting was called, and attended by the players and coach Ray Powell. The club was turned over once again to the players, and one of the directors, Don Culley, ex Kelowna Packer Centre, was appointed team manager.The outgoing Kelowna directorship had announced season tickets to be sold under a family plan, however the players abolished this and adopted the Vernon scheme. Latest reports indicate tickets are moving steadily.Training camps of all five clubs have just got under way, and many of last seasons players including a number of veterans have returned to the fold.The league as a whole is in immediate need of some top flight players, mainly&rsquo; of senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; calibre. This has prompted the coaching staff to head out for training camps of professional clubs.Ex-American League great Ray Powell, in his first season as a coach, at Kelowna, is presently on the prairies, and coach Jack O&rsquo;Reilly of Penticton Vees has two or three good looking prospects coming in.Odie Lowe, the rookie coach at Vernon has the majority of last years club in camp, but he too is expected to be bringing in help from outside points.Kamloops Chiefs under newly appointed coach Willie Schmidt, an O.S.H.L. veteran defenseman are reported to have at least 25 players attending camp. And the Merritt Grand-Luckies, new entry into the league have many of their last years intermediates, along with a few new faces from junior leagues. Their goaltending job has been settled with ex-Kamloops netmind-er Ken Kuntz checking into camp. &#9632;

Cut Raute Ducat Tab Gets Rush In OSHL

<div class="byline">By BRUCE W. HOGLE</div>TRAIL, B.C.&mdash;The World Hockey Championship-bound Trail Smoke Eaters are breathing easier now that Harry (Hurricane) Smith has decided to forsake a professional career for one more amateur season in order to play with Smokies this semester.Smith, who came to Smokies in a trade with Kelowna Packers for Warren Hicks, has been the big man on the blueline for Trail. Regarded by all as one of the top amateurs in the game today, the 24-year-old former Edmonton Oil King smoothie has been in two Allan Cup finals (with Kelowna and Trail) and has already served his apprenticeship in world hockey championship company.Hal Laycoe of Portland Buckaroos was trying to lure Smith into his fold.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01423/1866603-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="281" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Max McNab</figcaption></div>Smoke Eaters, meanwhile, have started professional gymnastic training twice weekly under the direction of Roberto Holicza, former instructor of the Hungarian Olympic gymnastic team.Team physician Dr. Jack Golbert is also planning a special diet for the team, which leaves at the end of January for a 17-game exhibition tour prior to the championsnips. inis exnioition series is so arranged tnat three games will be played with top Russian teams near the start of the tour so CAHA officials can see how strong the Smokies are.Trail, Rossland Warriors and Nelson Maple Leafs all start practicing this pionth for the start of their regular schedule Nov. 1.Leafs are counting on securing services of former B.C. players who performed in the now defunct English League. Included in this category is Gus (The Greek) Adams, formerly of Brandon Wheat Kings, and Billy Taylor.All three teams in the WIHL are participating in a player pool system this season. The days of high salaries are gone.One good example of this is the speculation that Max McNab, former NHL player and WIIL star, is considering lining up with Smokies. The 36-year-old centreman, who makes his home in New Westminster, has declined an opportunity to return to the WHL but may line up with Trail because he has never participated in a world championship. &#9632;

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Smokies Get Hurricane Back… Start Training For World Title

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;The Rangers were encouraged by the debut of four rookies&mdash;Len Ronson, Dave Balon, Rochefort and Don Johns&mdash;in their opening game against the Boston Bruins. &ldquo;The kids were great out there, not nervous at all,&rdquo; said Bill Gadsby. &ldquo;They figured to be a little nervous, but they were hollering for&rsquo; the puck all night so I knew they were okay. They kept skating, that&rsquo;s the thing.&rdquo;Len Ronson has already been nicknamed &ldquo;The Lighter.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s also unique&mdash;the only man in the NHL with a left-arm tatoo dedicated to &ldquo;Mom and Dad.&rdquo; &#9632;

Rangers’ Rookies Impress

Friday, October 21St. Paul at MilwaukeeOmaha at MuskegonFt. Wayne at ToledoIndianapolis at MinneapolisSaturday, October 22Omaha at Ft. WayneToledo at MuskegonIndianapolis at St. PaulMilwaukee at MinneapolisSunday, October 23Indianapolis at St. PaulTuesday, October 25Omaha at ToledoWednesday, October 26Omaha at Ft. WayneIndianapolis at MinneapolisFriday, October 28Indianapolis at St. PaulFt. Wayne at MuskegonSaturday, October 29Omaha at MuskegonToledo at Ft. WayneIndianapolis at MilwaukeeSunday, October 30Minneapolis at St. PaulIndianapolis at MilwaukeeTuesday, November 1Omaha at ToledoWednesday, November 2Muskegon at Ft. WayneThursday, November 3Indianapolis at OmahaFriday, November 4Ft. Wayne at ToledoMilwaukee at MuskegonMinneapolis at St. PaulSaturday, November 5Indianapolis at OmahaMilwaukee at Ft. WayneSt. Paul at MinneapolisMuskegon at ToledoSunday, November 6Toledo at IndianapolisOmaha at St. PaulMinneapolis at MilwaukeeFt. Wayne at MuskegonWednesday, November 9Indianapolis at Ft. WayneThursday, November 10Ft. Wayne at IndianapolisFriday, November 11Milwaukee at St. PaulIndianapolis at MuskegonOmaha at MinneapolisSaturday, November 12Muskegon at IndianapolisSt. Paul at Milwaukee(*)Toledo at Ft. WayneMinneapolis at OmaheSunday, November 13Omaha at St. PaulMuskegon at MilwaukeeTuesday, November 15Muskegon at OmahaFt. Wayne at ToledoWednesday, November 16Milwaukee at MinneapolisThursday, November 17Toledo at IndianapolisMuskegon at OmahaFriday, November 18Muskegon at St. PaulIndianapolis at ToledoMinneapolis at MilwaukeeSaturday, November 19Indianapolis at Ft. WayneMuskegon at MinneapolisMilwaukee at ToledoSt. Paul at OmahaSunday, November 20Muskegon at St. PaulFt. Wayne at IndianapolisToledo at MilwaukeeTuesday, November 22Omaha at MilwaukeeToledo at Ft. WayneMuskegon at MinneapolisThursday, November 24St. Paul at MinneapolisFt. Wayne at MuskegonMilwaukee at OmahaIndianapolis at ToledoFriday, November 25Toledo at MinneapolisSaturday, November 26Muskegon at IndianapolisTo&rsquo;edo at St. PaulMilwaukee at Ft. WayneMinneapolis at OmaheSunday November 27Toledo at MinneapolisOmaha at St. PaulFt. Wayne at MilwaukeeIndianaoolis at Muskegon (afternoon game)Tursday, November 29Minneapolis at MuskegonWenesday, November 30Minneapolis at Ft. WayneThursday, December 1Minneapolis at IndianapolisFt. Wayne at MuskegonFriday, December 2Toledo at St. PaulOmaha at MilwaukeeSatrday, December 3Muskegon at IndianapolisToledo at OmahaMinneaoolis at Ft. WayneMilwaukee at St. PaulSundav, December 4St Paul at Milwaukee(*).Minneapolis at MuskegonToledo at OmahaTuesday, December 6Ft. Wayne at OmahaWednesday, December 7Toledo at MuskegonThursday, December 8Minneapolis at IndianapolisWayne at OmahaFriday, December 9Minneapolis at ToledoIndianapolis at St. PaulSunday, December 10Minneapolis at ToledoMuskegon at Ft. WaynaMilwaukee at OmahaSunday December 1Minneapolis at MinneapolisOmaha at MilwaukeeTuesday, December 13Minneapolis at OmahaWednesday, December 14Muskegon at Milwaukee(*)Toledo at Ft. WayneMinneapolis at St. PaulThursday, December 15Minneapolis at OmaheFriday, December 16Indianapolis at MinneapolisFt. Wayne at St. PaulMilwaukee at ToledoSaturday, December 17Milwaukee at IndianapolisSt. Paul at OmahaMuskegon at ToledoSunday, December 18Minneapolis at MilwaukeeToledo at MuskegonFt. Wayne at St. PaulWednesday, December 21Ft. Wayne at MinneapolisThursday, December 22Ft. Wayne at MinneapolisFriday, December 23Milwaukee at MuskegonSunday, December 25Omaha at IndianapolisMinneapolis at St. PaulMilwaukee at ToledoMuskegon at Ft. WayneMonday, December 26Omaha vs. Indianapolis (at Cincinnati)St. Paul at MinneapolisMuskegon at ToledoFt. Wayne at MilwaukeeTuesday, December 27Omaha at MuskegonWednesday, December 28Omaha at Ft. WayneFriday, December 30Omaha at ToledoMinneapolis at St. PaulMuskegon at MilwaukeeSaturday, December 31Toledo at IndianapolisMuskegon at Ft. WayneMilwaukee at St. PaulMinneapolis at OmaheSunday, January 1Ft. Wayne at MuskegonIndianapolis at ToledoMilwaukee at MinneapolisMonday, January 2Muskegon at IndianapolisMilwaukee at OmahaWednesday, January 4Toledo at MuskegonOmaha at Ft. WayneSt. Paul at MinneapolleFriday, January 6Omaha at MuskegonFt. Wayne at MilwaukeeMinneapolis at St. PaulSaturday, January 7Omaha at IndianapolisMuskegon at Ft. WayneMilwaukee at ToledoSunday, January 8Ft. Wayne vs. Indianapolis (at Cincinnati)Minneapolis at Milwaukee(*)St. Paul at Omaha&mdash;7:00 P.M.Muskegon at ToledoTuesday, January 10Toledo at OmahaWednesday, January 11Milwaukee at Ft. WayneThursday, January 12Ft. Wayne at IndianapolisToledo at OmahaFriday, January 13Toledo at MinneapolisIndianapolis at MuskegonMilwaukee at St. PaulSaturday, January 14Indianapolis at Ft. WayneMilwaukee at MuskegonMinneapolis at OmahaSunday, January 15Muskegon at IndianapolisFt. Wayne at Milwaukee(*)Toledo at St. PaulTuesday, January 17Indianapolis at Ft. WayneMilwaukee at OmahaWednesday, January 18Toledo at MinneapolisThursday, January 19Ft. Wayne at IndianapolisFriday, January 20Toledo at St. PaulOmaha at MinneapolisSaturday, January 21Toledo at IndianapolisFt. Wayne at MuskegonSt. Paul at MilwaukeeMinneapolis at OmaheSunday, January 22Omaha at St. PaulToledo at Ft. WayneIndianapolis at MuskegonMilwaukee at MinneapolisTuesday, January 24Omaha at ToledoFt. Wayne at St. PaulWednesday, January 25Ft. Wayne at MinneapolisThursday, January 26Omaha at IndianapolisFt. Wayne at St. PaulFriday, January 27Ft. Wayne at MinneapolisToledo at MuskegonOmaha at MilwaukeeSaturday, January 28Milwaukee at MuskegonFt. Wayne at OmahaIndianapolis at ToledeSunday, January 29Milwaukee at IndianapolisSt. Paul at MinneapolisMuskegon at ToledoFt. Wayne at OmahaTuesday, January 31St. Paul at ToledoWednesday, February 1Indianapolis at Ft. WayneSt. Paul at MuskegonThursday, February 2St. Paul at IndianapolisFriday, February 3Minneapolis at MilwaukeeSaturday, February 4Milwaukee at IndianapolisSt. Paul at MuskegonMinneapolis at OmaheFt. Wayne at ToledoSunday, February 5St. Paul at ToledoMuskegon at MilwaukeeOmaha at MinneapolisTuesday, February 7Indianapolis at Milwaukee(*)Wednesday, February 8St. Paul at Ft. WayneToledo at MuskegonMilwaukee at MinneapolisThursday, February 9St. Paul at IndianapolisOmaha at MilwaukeeFriday, February 10Indianapolis at MuskegonSaturday, February 11St. Paul at Ft. WayneMinneapolis at MuskegonMilwaukee at OmahaIndianapolis at ToledoSunday, February 12St. Paul at MilwaukeeFt. Wayne at ToledoMinneapolis at IndianapolisTuesday, February 14Minneapolis at ToledoWednesday, February 15Indianapolis at Ft. WayneMilwaukee at St. PaulThursday, February 16Minneapolis at IndianapolisFriday, February. 17Minneapolis at MuskegonOmaha at St. PaulToledo at MilwaukeeSaturday, February 18Milwaukee at IndianapolisMinneapolis at Ft. WayneMuskegon at ToledoSt. Paul at OmahaSunday, February 19Muskegon at Omaha&mdash;7:00 P.M.Minneapolis at ToledoMilwaukee at St. PaulTuesday, February 21Muskegon at OmahaIndianapolis at ToledoMinneapolis at Ft. WayneWednesday, February 22Muskegon at St. PaulThursday, February 23Ft. Wayne at IndianapolisMuskegon at MinneapolisSt. Paul at MilwaukeeSaturday, February 25Muskegon at MinneapolisSt. Paul at OmahaToledo at MilwaukeeSunday, February 26Toledo at IndianapolisMuskegon at St. PaulMilwaukee at Ft. WayneOmaha at MinneapolisWednesday, March 1Omaha at Milwaukee(*)St. Paul at Ft. WayneIndianapolis at MuskegonThursday, March2St. Paul at IndianapolisFriday, March 3Toledo at Milwaukee(*)St. Paul at MuskegonOmaha at MinneapolisSaturday, March 4St. Paul at MuskegonMilwaukee at OmahaSunday, March 5Toledo at IndianapolisSt. Paul at Ft. WayneMilwaukee at MinneapolisTuesday, March 7St. Paul at ToledoWednesday, March 8Muskegon at Ft. WayneThursday, March 9St. Paul at IndianapolisToledo at MuskegonFriday, March 10St. paul at ToledoIndianapolis at MilwaukeeOmahe at MinneapolisSaturday, March 11Milwaukee at OmahaMuskegon at ToledoSt. Paul at MinneapolisSunday, March 12Muskegon at IndianapolisToledo at Ft. WayneMinneapolis at MilwaukeeSt. Paul at OmahaTuesday, March 14Ft. Wayne at ToledoOmaha at St. PaulWednesday, March 15Indianapolis at Ft. WayneSt. at MinneapolisThursday, March 16Ft. Wayne at IndianapolisMinneapolis at St. PaulOmaha at Milwaukee(*)Will be played at Milwaukee Arena &#9632;

International League 1960-61 Schedule

<div class="byline">By Jack Thomson</div>FOR WILLIAM, Ont.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01400/1866682-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="247" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leo Boivin</figcaption></div>The last two pro exhibition games were played in the Fort William Gardens with the two games drawing a total of six thousand fans. Boston and Winnipeg were featured in the last game and Boston&rsquo;s Leo Boivin, who played junior here with the Port Arthur West End Bruins, renewed many old acquaintences in the two days the Bruins were at the Lakehead &hellip; The three Lakehead Junior clubs hope to start practices on October twenty first, playing their first league game on November sixth &hellip; Norm Berglund last years coach of the Champion Fort William Hurricanes, who was given a years suspension for not leaving the bench when told to do so by the official, here&rsquo;s via the grape vine that he may have his suspension lifted at the Semi-annual metting of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in January&hellip; Speaking of the C.A.H.A. their annual meeting will be held in Port Arthur in May and the Thuder Bay Association have appointed Frank Sargent and Charlie Boyle to make all the necessary arrangements &hellip; The annual meeting of the North Shore is being held this month, with their main topic of discussion centering around an interlocking shedule with the Lakehead senior clubs &hellip; Charlie Rayner who has coached the Kenora Thistles for the last three years, sez this year he is going to retire from active competition and relax, although anyone who knows Charlie, will agree that this will be hard for the ex New Yorker to do&hellip; Chris Asseff and Mickey Hennessey of the Fort William Canadians have been very busy lineing up talent for the coming season, and Asseff has come up with the same gimick the Fort William Hurricanes used last year when they brought Tommy Williams from Duluth for the Playoffs. They have signed Tinker Mitrush to a junior card, and although he will be attending the University at Duluth he will be available to the Canadians for the playoffs &hellip; The Warroad Lakers, American entry in the Ontario Minnesota League have been accepted into the Canadian playoff picture by the Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association, but they are now awaiting approval from theC.A.H.A. &#9632;

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News From The Lakehead

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02353/1866713-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg"></div>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Montreal player shown in centhe.5&mdash;Name given Lalande, ex Black Hawk.7&mdash;Victoria Cougars&rsquo; coach.8&mdash;Scoreless tie.9&mdash;Number of times the late Howie Morenz won the Hart Trophy.10&mdash;In hockey terms, Johnny Bower is one.12&mdash;Ching Johnson was an out-standing defenseman of his&mdash;.13&mdash;To make mistakes.15&mdash;Ross of Providence answers to this.16&mdash;Stannum (Sym.)17&mdash;Initials of one of the Kilrea brothers.18&mdash;Number of goals scored by Gordie Howe in 1959-60 playoffs.20&mdash;Month in which Bob Kabel celebrates his bithday (abbr.)21&mdash;A recently retired Black Hawk answers to this.2&mdash;Initials of a Chicago rearguard.23&mdash;Sid Abel once played this position.25&mdash;N.H.L. team with whom Bert Olmstead first played (abbr.)26&mdash;Former Red Wing.27&mdash;Possess.29&mdash;Detroit drafted this player last summer<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Canadiens&rsquo; captain.2&mdash;Inside Guard (abbr.)3&mdash;Red Kelly once had this title while with Detroit.4&mdash;Initials of Canadiens&rsquo; Vice-President.5&mdash;Former Toronto captain.6&mdash;This player scored 5 goals for Providence last season8&mdash;League in which 29 across last played amateur hockey (abbr.)9&mdash;Initials of brother of 4 down11&mdash;Initials of Robertson former N.H.L. netminder.14&mdash;Goalie on 1948-49 Alternate All-Star team.16&mdash;This ex-N.H.L. star is now playing-coach of Ottawa-Hull Canadiens.17&mdash;Andy Bathgate wears a brace on one.18&mdash;Toronto&rsquo;s Larry Regan makes his summer home here.19&mdash;Garden of &mdash;.23&mdash;Former Black Hawk, first name Johnny.24&mdash;Initials of Iverson, former Chicago coach.25&mdash;Name given Hoekstra, ex Canadien.26&mdash;Initials of Anderson who played with Victoria last season.27&mdash;Upon.28&mdash;League in-which King Clancy refereed (abbr.)<h2>SOLUTION</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Bartlet6&mdash;Geo8&mdash;Stuart12&mdash;N.R.13&mdash;Tessier15&mdash;Cal.17&mdash;D. A.18&mdash;H.R.19&mdash;Lou.20&mdash;Ab21&mdash;W.C.22&mdash;Roy24&mdash;Verdun26&mdash;Loss28&mdash;Ere29&mdash;U.S.A.32&mdash;Worsley<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;Boston2&mdash;Rousseau3&mdash;Lori4&mdash;T.G5&mdash;Ten7&mdash;Orval9&mdash;Te.10&mdash;A.S.11&mdash;Te.14&mdash;Richard16&mdash;Arbour17&mdash;Doctor19&mdash;L.W.23&mdash;Y.N.24&mdash;V.S.25&mdash;Ross26&mdash;Leg27&mdash;Sew29&mdash;U.R.30&mdash;Al31&mdash;H.Y. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02260/1866751-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="271" height="310"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01321/1866758-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="231" height="294"></div>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;It figures to be a real battle for the last playoff berth in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League this winter. Flin Flon, Regina and Estevan are the logical preseason choices for the upper brackets, which leaves four clubs scrambling for the bottom rung on the playoff ladder.The team picked to show the greatest improvement is Scotty Munro&rsquo;s Bruins. Fifth-place finishers last year, Bruins are conceded at least a third, and possibly higher, rating in 1960-61.Ten holdovers gives coach Howie Milford a strong nucleus and he&rsquo;ll be strengthened by three Manitoba juniors, obtained as compensation for the departure of defenceman Dallas Smith to Boston Bruins.One of the newcomers is Paul Sexsmith, a starry goalie who recently had a one-year MJHL suspension lifted in favor of a fine and performance bond. Milford also has last year&rsquo;s goalie, Jack Norris, back in harness.On paper, nobody can justify a Flin Flon-Regina battle for league honors, but everybody has to go along with it because that&rsquo;s the way it generally works out.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03198/1866744-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="249" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Kirk</figcaption></div>Bobby Kirk and his defending champion Bombers have only four players listed as returnees. However, ideal conditions in Flin Flon, plus the fact that most of the club&rsquo;s talent is drawn from Manitoba. keeps the mining center a perennial contender.Regina Pats and Frank Mario boast a similar story&mdash;despite heavy annual graduation the Queen City is always a threat. Pats also count 10 holdovers, which could provide them with the edge necessary to displace Bombers.In the battle of the also-rans for fourth place, Prince Albert Mintos and coach Bill (Legs) Fraser appear to have the edge. Fraser lost some of his big point men, bute ven last year the club surprised with its hustle and more of the same will help considerably once again.Saskatoon Quakers and Doug Bentley suffered the heaviest in goal-production loss, being relieved of four boys who last year accounted for 15&rsquo; goals and 330 points. Only seven players will be back, the main one goalie Gary Waugh, Who starts his third term.Moose Jaw and Melville, the tailenders last year, have both changed coaches and both put more effort into between-season scouting.<h2>SPORTS PHOTOS !</h2>Thousands of different 8 x 10 glossy photos. Ideal for your bar, den or dubroom. &ldquo;60 cents each.SPECIAL OFFER10 Hockey Hall of Famers $4.00Send for FREE LIST.ALL SPORTS PHOTOSBox 267 Freeport, N.Y. &#9632;

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October 15, 1960

Change of Address

Playing the field

PASSING THE PUCK

Schinkel Sees No Second Half Fade Ahead Playing-With Rooks