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November 23, 1963
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‘Frisco’s Seals Leading Tight League Race; Fielder Hot Scorer, Burns Just Hot Tempered
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif. — One of the tightest races ever is developing in the Western League, as was predicted in preseason diagnostications. There were but six points separating the six clubs at last count, and not one of the teams shows a sign of turning patsy. Normally, after a dozen or so games, a couple of the clubs commence to stretch out and a couple of others start fighting for the cellar. Not so this time around. The bottom teams are beating the top ones with regularity, and the pack is tightly bunched. San Francisco remains topside with 16 points, and Vancouver is on the bottom with 10. In between, the standings read Seattle 14, Denver 13, Los Angeles 12 and Portland 11. The race seems even tighter when you consider that no team ha" won…
Seike Predicts NHL Expansion By ’68
Sees ‘8-Team’ Major League In Five Years MONTREAL, Que.- Frank J. Selke, managingdirector of the Montreal Canadiens, believes National Hockey League expansion is less than five years away. Selke, who has long advocated the expanding of hockey’s sole major league, declared that he sees the day coming - possibly by 1968 - when the NHL will have eight teams. Visiting Cincinnati recently to launch the new Cincinnati Wings entry in the Central Professional Hockey League, Selke said, "the NHL will consider new teams when the right parties come along with the necessary money to finance a big league club." He added the operation would cost in the neighborhood of $2,000,000. Selke was adamant that the NHL should not expand by more than two teams. He singled out Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and St. Louis…
Chadwick’s Play Bright Spot For Bears
HERSHEY, Pa. — Ed Chadwick may be far down the list of American League goaltenders with a 3.5 average after a dozen games, but the veteran backstop canhardly be faulted for the HersheyBears shaky start. The 30-year-old Chadwick has turned aside 351 shots, while permitting only 40 to escape hi clutch. Outside of four games, no opponent club has nicked him for more than three goals In any one contest In the five game Hershey has won, the Bears can attribute three of the victories directly to his efforts. What has been plaguing Hershey has been the lack of a consistent offensive punch, considering it has lost four games by two goals or less. Two of the one-goal defeats came at the sticks of the high-flying Pittsburgh Hornets who came off the deck in…
Duane Rupp Turns Jeers Into Cheers With Clippers
BALTIMORE, Md. — It’s a good thing for Baltimore defenseman Duane Rupp that the choice of players on a team is not left up to. the fans and press. Otherwise, Rupp, who now is being hailed among the most valuable players on the Clippers’ squad, may be out of hockey. The 25-year-old Rupp, a six-foot one inch 195 pounder with a delibérate style, had a hard time getting started in training camp this year. And, even though he was a regular with the Cinderella — performing Clippers of last season, his chance of holding a job was questionable. The pressure of each squad cut didn’t help Duane to unwind. First the press, then the fans started to get on Rupp, a product of Flin-Flon, Manitoba. But that was all during the early going. Since then,…
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