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December 4, 1965
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Victoria Leafs ‘Hot’ Club In Race
VICTORIA, B.C. Winning four straight in the last seven days as this is written, running their latest winning streak to five, having gone unbeaten in the eight home games they have played to date, and having lost only two of their first 16 games, the Victoria Maple Leafs were living up to their billing and had surged ahead of the defending champion Portland Bucks in the WHL pennant race. Victoria scored 22 goals in its Tour wins. “This is virtually the same team than ran away with the pennant two seasons back and it has been tremendously strengthened,” Portland coach Hal Laycoe said of the Leafs. As to his own team’s surprisingly good showing, Laycoe said, “Well, we’ve been at home.” In the midst of an eight-game road swing, that included six…
Movement Of Players
Following are the latest player movements in hockey: NATIONAL LEAGUE TORONTO—Eddie Joyal, forward, optioned to Rochester of AHL. Brian Conacher, forward, recalled from RoChester. BOSTON—Barry Ashbee, idefenseman, recalled from Hershey of AHL. John Arbour, defenseman, called up from Niagara Falls of Junior OHA for pro tryout. DETROIT—Gary Bergman, defenseman, recalled from Memphis of CPHL. Bob Wall, defenseman, returned to Pittsburgh of AHL. CHICAGO—Pat Stapleton, defenseman, called up from St. Louis of CPHL. AMERICAN LEAGUE PITTSBURGH—Irv Spencer, defenseman, sent to Memphis of CPHL ROCHESTER—Barry Watson and Doug Dunville, forwards, called up from Toronto Marlboros of Junior OHA for pro tryout. BALTIMORE—Traded Dave Creighton, forward to? Providence of AHL, in exchange for Ed MacQueen, defenseman. CENTRAL LEAGUE TULSA—Ray DuPont, defenseman, recalled from Knoxville of EHL. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE MUSKEGON—Jacques Mercier, forward, released. DAYTON—Sold George Boychuk, forward, to Seattle of WHL. EASTERN LEAGUE CHARLOTTE—Sold Lloyd Leslie, forward, to Johnstown of…
Leafs’ Vet Bower Like Beatles, He Sings And Makes Records
TORONTO. Ont.— Johnny Bower, Maple Leafs’ antique goaltender, has embarked upon a completely new career. He’s become, of all things, a singer and has his first record on the market now to capture Christmas business. The title: “Honky, the Christmas Goose.” On the flip side is “Banjo Mule.” Bower’s partner on the recording is 11-year-old John Jr., and a local group called the Rinky Dinks. It’s just the kind of lightweight, nonsense stuff that could become a seasonal hit along the lines of “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” and “All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth.” The song was written by Toronto story teller Chip Young and he decided on Bower as a Canadian public figure who was well-known for being warm, friendly and popular. It turns out Bower, whose previous singing had…
WESTERN LEAGUE
How They Stand (Standings on Tues., Nov. 30) GAMES COMPLETED Tues., Nov. 23 Los Angeles 5 at Victoria 9 Wed., Nov. 24 Vancouver 3 at San Francisco 1 Portland 1 at Buffalo 5 Los Angeles 2 at Seattle 5 Thurs., Nov. 25 Vancouver 3 at Los Angeles 1 Fri., Nov. 26 Victoria 4 at San Francisco 3 Sat., Nov. 27 Victoria 1 at Los Angeles 3 Springfield 1 at San Francisco 4 Portland 0 at Pittsburgh 5 Vancouver 3 at Seattle 3 Sun., Nov. 28 Portland 3 at Rochester 4 Springfield 3 at Seattle 4 GAMES TO COME Wed, Dec. 1 Seattle at San Francisco Springfield at Victoria Thurs, Dec. 2 Seattle at Los Angeles Vancouver at Quebec Fri, Dec. 3 Los Angeles at San Francisco Sat, Dec. 4 San Francisco at Los Angeles Portland at Hershey Vancouver at Springfield Seattle at Victoria Sun, Dec. 5 Portland at Springfield Vancouver at Providence Victoria at Seattle Point Race (Scoring records as of November 22)…
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