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October 30, 1965
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Brewer Turns In His Leaf Suit, Was Anyone To Blame?
(As seen in The Toronto Star) IT’S WRONG TO PRESUME there always is merriment at the mint. Stafford Smythe runs a mint called Maple Leaf Gardens. He wasn’t merry when he got the word that a $100,000 shinny player (estimated), named Carl Brewer, had waved a fond farewell to the money mill. When you say Brewer is a $100,000 hockey player, it’s like saying Roy Thomson owns a newspaper. Nobody knows what a serf of Brewer’s skill is worth on the hoof. The only time you ever get a player of his calibre for mere cash is when he’s 39 years of age and has lost his contact lenses. Brewer is 27 and his peepers are adequate for his profession. He wears cheeters when he’s off the ice. When he’s on the ice,…
Boston’s Problem Where To Play Bobby Orr?
OSHAWA, Ont. Hockey experts who have watched Bobby Orr in action are virtually unanimous in their opinion that the 17-year-old whizz, currently playing his fourth season of junior A hockey, will be of inestimable value to the Boston Bruins. He’d be a decided asset of’course to any National Hockey League team. However, to the talent-shy Bruins he’ll be as welcome as a lifebelt tossed to a non-swimmer. Where hockey men disagree though is what position Orr will play when he finally becomes eligible for a professional trial when he reaches his 18th birthday next March. Two years ago, when he was only 15 years of age, he was the unanimous choice as all-star defenseman, winning even more votes than St. Catharines Black Hawks’ Doug Jarrett. And Jarrett is now with the Chicago Black Hawks. Last year Orr…
Abel Would Like To Have Lindsay But Veteran Must Sit Out Year
DETROIT, Mich.— Sid Abel said he’d be interested in Ted Lindsay returning, feeling he still can help the club but chances of another comeback by the youngest 40-year-old in sport are dim. Even if Lindsay did get talked into it/or talk himself into it, it would require the unanimous consent of every club since he retired last spring prior to the draft and thus didn’t go through the waiver procedure. Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League, explained that the rule concerning the voluntary retired list “is the same rule that has been in effect for at least 20 years. No words have been changed in it at all.” Lindsay was placed on the voluntary retirement list after a successful comeback with Wings last season. Campbell said Lindsay was “very anxious” about making sure…
Abel’s Concern Over Defense Magnified As Habs Pump 8 Past Crozier In Opener
DETROIT, Mich.— Still a little concerned over his defense, Red Wing manager-coach Sid Abel is jumping into the season with the idea that the Wings can keep the Prince of Wales Trophy in Detroit. There’s no worry about the first three rearguards—Bill Gadsby, big Doug Barkley and swift, spunky Gary Bergman. But there is some worry after that. The Montreal Canadiens helped convince Sid he might be right after pumping in eight goals in the NHL opener at Montreal. “I had hoped that Bryan Watson would get a little more work in the exhibition season but he got hit in the mouth by a shot and lost six pounds and he can’t afford to lose six pounds.” Watson will be the NHL’s smallest rearguard this season at 5-9, 160. He’s the Wings’ only rookie although the…
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