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February 29, 1964
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Cincinnati Wings Start To Hum As Player Acquisitions Pay Off
CINCINNATI, Ohio— The Wings are starting to hum after acquiring Barrie Ross and Chick Balon from the St. Paul Rangers. Barrie joined brother Ray on the same line and the two began scoring from the first game they played together. Although the Wings know they are not going anywhere toward a playoff spot, they still show a fire and determination that is becoming the nemesis of the Central Pro League. Barrie Ross, who started the season for Vancouver in the Western League, came to the St. Paul club and then was traded to the Wings. Balon saw duty with Baltimore and Sudbury last season. He is expected to give a lift to the Wings center position. Balon is still the property of the Rangers and remains on the Baltimore list. ST. LOUIS — The…
Howell Wins Overdue All-Star Votes
NEW YORK, N.Y — In Glen Oaks, a neat middle - income section of Queens, the Harry Howells have a running gag about the NHL All-Star Team. The Howells joke about it because, basically, they’re happy people who treat annoying subjects with good humor. The All-Star vote is annoying. “I always felt Harry was overlooked because he wasn’t a scoring defenseman,” Marilyn Howell once explained. “Voters tend to vote for the offensive - defensemen.” Argue with Marilyn Howell? Never. Last year’s number one All-Star was Pierre Pilote. Number two, Carl Brewer. Many offensive points there. Ordinarily, the Howells wouldn’t think twice about the vote, except that this season several enlightened (sic) writers noticed Harry and amassed 15 votes in his honor. This was a mere two votes behind Bobby Baun, who made the first-half second…
Canucks, Hawks Could Write Hockey History With NHL Tie
MONTREAL, Que. If the seesaw battle for first place between Montreal and Chicago doesn’t get settled by the end of the season, there’ll be another new record in hockey. Never, in the 47-year history of the NHL, have two teams wound up in a tie for the top spot. Montreal and Chicago were still locked in a titanic struggle to gain the top of the standings, with roughly a dozen games to play. Should they still be tied at the end of the regular schedule, the NHL would follow a laid-down procedure for determining a winner. According to the NHL’s Ron Andrews, if points are even the team having the highest number of wins would get the edge. If they each had the same number of wins, as they did after 69 games, the…
Large Rinks In Russia Tired Stars
CHARLOTTE, N.C. The general opinion of those who took the recent jaunt to Russia with the Eastern Hockey Stars is simply this—they were glad they went but they’d hate to have to live there. Most of the men lost weight on the tour, with Reggie Meserve of the Philly Ramblers dropping ten pounds among others. Jim McNulty, said Red Murphy, of Nashville, was the toughest performer on the ice. “Red kept us shorthanded a lot of the time by fighting. Red fought Russians if they even frowned at him,” McNulty said. “I think the reason Red was so irritable was that he and I have ulcers and we couldn’t get milk over there. We got in pretty bad shape.” The tour was an artistic failure for the Americans as they lost seven of the…
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