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October 1, 1947
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Czech Ace Nixes U.S. Offer For Olympic Games Chance
MONTREAL— Hockey’s loss is a gain for tennis in the case of Jaroslav Drobny, the netter who was the backbone of the Czechoslovakian Davis cup team. Not that the solidly-built Drobny intends to forsake the ice game—it’s just that he definitely puts it secondary to tennis. This is understandable when one realizes that Drobny, at 25. is one of the foremost figures in world tennis. It’s reported that he is better than average at hockey, good enough to have received a bid to turn out with the Boston Olympics, but he undoubtedly feels that he can go farther in tennis than in hockey A HOCKEY NEWS reporter talked to Drobny while the Czech star was in Montreal some weeks ago to compete against Australia in the round immediately preceding the Davis Cup final.…
Puckster Paddles
SYDNEY, N.S.— Harry Poulton, first string forward with Sydney Million-naires and a high scoring member of the Navy team here in the Services Hockey Leagl during the Second World War was named recently as a member of the five-man canoeing team to represent Canada in the 1948 Olympics. Poulton placed second in Canadian Olympic canoeing trials in the one-seat Kayak single blade events. Canoeing events in the Olympic Games to be held at London, Eng., next summer will be run off at Henley-on-Thames, Aug. 11 and 12.…
Flyers Piloted By New Mentor
ST. LOUIS— The St. Louis Flyers of the American Hockey League have a wealth of experience in their coaching department this season with the veteran Ebbie Goodfellow slated to handle the Flyers reins for the 1947-48 season. In Goodfellow, St. Louis will have a man who gained fame as an ice “general” of the great power plays of the Detroit Red Wings for 13 seasons under the big top. Ebbie performed professionally for 14 years for Detroit clubs after coming out of senior amateur ranks way back in the fall of 1927-28 from the Ottawa Montagnards. Goodfellow started his career as a centre ice man before being shifted back to the defence where he skyrocketed to even greater fame for his effectiveness back of the blueline. Was High Scorer A sensation from the very start…
1947-48 N.H.L. Schedule Gets Approval After Fourth Draft Made By President
MONTREAL A National Hockey League schedule isn’t the kind of thing that somebody dreams up overnight. A great deal of time and work go into the preparation of a schedule. In fact, one season is barely over before the club magnates, rink officials and N. H. L. staff members put on their thinking caps, whip out calendars and get busy on the task of the schedule for the next season. Take the new schedule as an example. Last season’s Stanley Cup final between Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens wound up on April 19 and almost immediately afterwards work was started on the schedule for the 1947-48 season. Four drafts were required before Clarence Campbell,. the N.H.L. president, found a schedule that was given an okay by all six clubs. The clubs start the…
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