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July 1, 1961
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New Interpretation Of Amateur Could Bar Canada From Hockey
TORONTO, Ont. Canada’s participation in future Olympic hockey competition could be ended by the new amateur code edict issued by the International Olympic Committee at its recent meetings in Athens, Greece. The code now requires that amateur athletes must “never have received any payment for taking, part in any sports competition.” Gordon Jukes, secretary-manager of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, admitted that “if the Olympics were held this year, we couldn’t enter a team.” Jukes and Jim Worrall of Toronto, president of the Canadian Olympic Association, agreed that the new regulations, if interpreted strictly, also could affect athletes of any country accepting athletic scholarships, or attending special training camps. They said that it would be necessary to wait until a special committee set up by the IOC to interpret its own rules makes a report…
New Brunswick Ponders Break From MAHA
SAINT JOHN, N.B, When the 1961-62 hockey season opens in New Brunswick next year don’t expect the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association to be as strong as it was last season. Plans are well underway to form a New Brunswick unit and the man behind the move, H. O. Schryer of Bathurst, has already mailed out details of the proposed break from the MAHA and ballot forms. Some 40-odd provincial hockey officials have received the proposal and a ballot form and Schryer claimed total returns show a 14-2 count favoring the break. All he needs is a two-thirds majority. If New Brunswick does vote to pull out of the MAHA, Schryer plans to take the idea to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and ask CAHA permission to withdraw from the MAHA. A CAHA rule allows one…
First Referees Enter Hall Of Fame
— MONTREAL, Que. Hockey’s ‘forgotten’ men have finally been remembered by the National Hockey League and the International Hockey Hall of Fame. In an unprecedented move this year, the selection committee of the hockey shrine voted to admit three oldtime referees for the first time. They are Mickey Ion, Cooper Smeaton and the late Chaucer Elliott. Ion, a native of Brantford, Ont., but now in ill health as the result of losing his legs on the West Coast, was regarded as one of the best officials of all time. He refereed in both the WHL and the NHL and was regarded as a great lacrosse player. Frank (King) Clancy, assistant Toronto general manager told of the time he made his first appearance as an official in the NHL and Ion was the referee. “He told me…
Hockey Popular With Swiss. Italians
BASEL, Switzerland Switzerland, a country of five million people, has more ice rinks than any country in the world with a similar population. By the time the 1961-62 season starts in Switzerland there will be no fewer than 52 artificial rinks in operation. The wealthy and progressive Swiss have made vast strides in the development and popularity of hockey during the past few years, and the leader of this uptempo in hockey is a 42-year-old lawyer by the name of Dr. Max Thoma. Formerly a star goalkeeper with the Swiss National Team, Dr. Thoma has been president of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation for the past 11 years. Before that he was head of the Financial and Organizing Committee of hockey in the Land of the Alps. Dr. Thoma told me this when…
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