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January 20, 1962
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Hockey News And Old Spice Salute Toronto
TORONTO. Ont— This is the golden jubilee season for juvenile hockey in Toronto. It’s the 51st winter for the Toronto Hockey League, which opened for business Dec. 29. 1911, with a game between Waverley Road Baptist Church Young Men’s association and Coxwell Athletic club. Today, it embraces 900 teams and an estimated 13,000 players, to say nothing of affiliated suburban leagues. The secretary schedules 6,000 games annually, exclusive of playoffs. The THL’s juvenile section was established for the 1912-13 term and always has been a key department of this staggeringly huge sports organization. First of the great Toronto juvenile clubs was the Century Baptist Rovers, a Sunday School class of all things, which won the 1916-17 title. The late Lionel Conacher was the key player, just starting on a career that would see him…
Satisfied In AHL, Willie Would Nix Another Chance In National League
HERSHEY. Pa.— Willie (The Whip) Marshall, fast approaching another milestone in his American Hockey League career, says he wouldn’t be interested in another shot at the National League. The 30-year-old Hershey Bears center, who on Jan, 4 was just six points short of becoming the second greatest scorer in league history. claims it wouldn’t pay him to take another whirl at the major leagues. “I had four chances, all with Toronto,” said Willie, “and the most ice time I ever got in any game was about three minutes. It wouldn’t pay me to try and make the NHL again. “The best I could hope for if I ever got another chance would be about two years in the NHL and it wouldn’t be worth it. I’m happy at Hershey and I like the American…
AHA Names US National Youth Hockey Week
BOSTON, Mass.—The period beginning January 20 and ending January 28 has been proclaimed Youth Hockey Week in this country. Youth Hockey Week—USA is sponsored by the Amateur Hockey Asociation of the United States and its affiliates. Its purpose is to promote hockey at the youth level. A promotional campaign has been kicked off by the publication of an informative folder defining Youth Hockey Week’s objectives, suggesting slogans for use by cooperating organizations and detailing means of participating in the program. State and district associations have joined the national organization, of which Thomas Lockhart of New York is president, in sponsorship. Said the AHA: “In the not too distant past, ice hockey in the United States was almost exclusively confined to the northern, midwestern and New England areas, but today with the advent of numerous artificial ice…
Seattle Set To Close Deal With Edmonton For McNeill
EDMONTON, Alta.— Last time we consulted Billy McNeill on the subject, he insisted that his active days in the hockey arenas were forever behind him. This had to be as good as gospel that he contemplates unretiring himself. This was the way it was just a year ago, and we are presented with an identical set of circumstances. There could be one variation, however. Keith Allen, Seattle coach, admits to a particular interest in the right winger with a dramatic way of going. “We are near enough to closing a deal for Billy, for us to say that the situation is encouraging, Allen said last week. Two players he would give up for one, the way we get it. Mum’s the word from the Flyer camp, and McNeill is going along with the gag. Billy,…
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