CENTRAL LEAGUE

Don’t be vague…… say HAIG&HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY Don’t be vague…… say HAIG&HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY How They Stand GAMES COMPLETED Tues. Jan. 24 St. Louis 2 at Houston 2 Wed. Jan. 23 St. Louis 5 at Oklahoma City 3 Fri. Jan. 27 Houston 6 at Memphis 0 St. Louis 3 at Omaha 2 Sat. Jan. 28 Houston 5 at St. Louis 5 Memphis 1 at Oklahoma City 2 Omaha 7 at Tulsa 2 Sun. Jan. 29 Oklahoma City 3 at Tulsa 3 Houston 2 at Omaha 3 GAMES TO COME Tues. Jan. 31 Memphis at Houston Wed. Feb. 1 Tulsa at Omaha Memphis at St. Louis Houston at Oklahoma City Thurs. Feb. 2 St. Louis at Memphis Oklahoma City at Houston Fri. Feb. 3 Omaha at Tulsa Central Hockey League Summaries Tues. Jan. 10 ST. LOUIS 4 at MEMPHIS 3 FIRST PERIOD 1—Memphis, Anderson (Libett, McCann).. 7:26 2—St. louis, Stanfield (Gaudet, Melnyk).. 10:39 3—St. Louis, Stanfield (Gaudet, Miszuk).. 13:32 Penalties: Maki 3:32, Lemieux 9:13, Daley 10:31, Marcon 14:06,…

NHL Point Race

The Player Of The Week

Stan Mikita of the Chicago Black Hawk* was ’Mr. Everything’ in the first half of the National Hockey League schedule. You name it and the Chicago winger accomplished it. Mikita, who is streaking towards his third scoring title in the last four years, this week picked up six more scoring points to raise his season total to 64, a 17-point bulge over runner-up Norm Ullman of Detroit. Mikita emerged as the All-Star center as well last week and topped off his great first-half performance by grabbing the lead in the voting for both the Lady Byng and Hart trophies. Mikita’s ’Scooter Line’ is also the top scoring unit in the NHL and when you mention the Black Hawks’ tremendous successes this first half of the schedule, don’t forget to put the name of Mikita at…

Player Trades Backfiring On Bentley With Knoxville Knights Still In Cellar

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— Doug Bentley, Knoxville mentor, thought he was solving a lot of his personnel problems when he made a series of late-season transactions designed to bolster his club’s chances of gaining the Eastern Hockey League playoffs. Little did he realize that there would be so many complications. First off, Ted Baylis, the Charlotte defenseman involved in the trade for Chuck Stuart, balked at the deal and instead of reporting to the Knights, he went home to Lindsay, Ont. Only some powerful persuasive talking by Bentley induced the defenseman to come here and help a defense corps that had been riddled with injuries. Then Gerald Firn, the Jersey Devil acquired for Don Newman, became a real independent lad after the deal. Firn wanted a hefty raise and his release at the end of the…