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October 24, 1964
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Green Seen Most Improved Bruin, Thriving On Reaular Ice Time
BOSTON, Mass. When Edward Jose] ‘Teddy’ Green played li first game for the Bruin teammates snickered in the dressing room as he taped his stockings with bicycle tape. Most National League use white adhesive tape for this chore. This was just one of the things Ted Green had learn. He was, in fact green as grass. He address railroad conductors—to the dismay — as ‘Say, Porter’ — and committed other little blunders normal to a rookie. well, mr green has learned and right now he’s not only the bellwether of Boston’s defense, but also one of the most underrated players in the NHL. Ted’s problem, of course, is that he built a reputation as a rude and crude player. He’s still a toughie, to be sure, but now at 24 years of age…
Western Ad Lib
LOS ANGELES, Calif.— As population patterns vary over the years, expansion in major sports leagues has been and will continue to be inevitable. However, the shifting of franchises is a poor substitute for expansion and provides an instability which is threatening public loyalty to and faith in these leagues. Baseball provides an excellent example with Milwaukee, Cleveland and Kansas City in real danger of joining cities which have lost their franchises. Milwaukee has held and Cleveland still holds the season attendance records in their respective leagues. Milwaukee and Kansas City have had their franchises for only limited periods. one wonders why league officials and owners prefer to blame the cities for attendance failures rather than their products or the way they package them? There was one franchise shift in the Western Hockey…
Sullivan Says Plante Still Rangers’ Goalie If And When-Paille Comes Throuuh In Pinch
NEW YORK. N.Y. — Regardless of how Marcel Paille does in subsequent games this v season, the pudgy Ranger goaltender laid a ghost to rest when he back, stopped the Rangers to a 6-2 victory over Boston in their opener. Paille carried a double burden into the nets that night. Boston had been his “jinx” team, and the metropolitan papers had been generally unkind when the Rangers hurriedly called him back from Vancouver’ four days before the season opened. Marcel Faille Jacques Plante and his ailing knee ligaments were sent to Baltimore for recuperation and Gilles Villemure, slated to bv Plante’s stand-in this season, hadn’t measured up. so there was a desperate note to the call for paille. The 31-year-old Paille had never lived down the six goals in 6% minutes pasting that Boston…
Blades’ Johnson Sizzles
LOS ANGELES, Calif.— For his outstanding scoring output in the opening games of Western League, player-of-the-week honors went to Los Angeles Blades’ centreman Norm Johnson. Johnson was par-ticularly effective in the second game against the Victoria Maple Leafs as he figured in five of the six goals scored by his team as they debated the Leafs, 6-3. Johnson scored once and assisted on four others for a five-point night. Special mention should be given to Portland’s Tommy McVie, who also had a five point night against San Francisco. McVie scored two goals and assisted on three others as he led his mates to a 7-2 win over last season s defending Champions. The first goal of the new season was scored by newcomer Brian Smith of the Los Angeles Blades. Smith dented the…
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