The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

October 8, 1947

The Hockey News October 8, 1947

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09275/8319082-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg"></div>Lineups for the N.H.L. All-Stars for Monday night&rsquo;s game in Toronto: No. First Team Position No. Second TeamSpares:&mdash;Mosienko, Chicago (6); Lindsay, Detroit (11); Laprade, Rangers (10); Leswick, Rangers (18); Warwick, Rangers (8).Referee:&mdash;King Clancy; linesmen, Jim Primeau and Eddie Mepham. &#9632;

f0009-09

IN THIS ISSUE

Here’s How They Line Up

<div class="byline">By EDDIE COEN</div>CLEVELAND&mdash;A big rugged defence which bristles with weight and power held the key to the Cleveland Barons&rsquo; bid for another American Hockey League championship as Coach Fred &ldquo;Bun&rdquo; Cook looked over his charges in their pre-season drills at Winnipeg, Manitoba, and then at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Cook, the famed New York Ranger of yesterday. along with Frankie Boucher and his brother Bill Cook, is leading the Barons for his fifth straight season.Last year, the Barons won the regular season championship in the American loop by an almost invisible margin&mdash;on the basis of having won more games than the Hershep Bears&mdash;but when it came to the playoffs the Bears raced through Cleveland in four straight games and then went on to win the American League championship by whipping Pittsburgh in the finals.<h2>Rugged Rearguard</h2>The Barons, who wind up their training activities on Sunday, October 12 in Cleveland against the Detroit Red Wings, should have a defence second to none. First of all owner Al Sutphin purchased huge Walter &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; (6&rsquo; 2&frac12;&rdquo;) from Boston and then added the veteran Joe Cooper (6&rsquo; 1&rdquo;). This pair added to the veteran bone crushers of Danny Sprout, Gordie Davidson, Julian Sawchuck and Bill Alluni gives the Barons a tough blue line corps. Then there is Rollie Mc-Lenahan, who saw considerable action last year.At centre ice, the Barons again have the Hamilton, Ont., &ldquo;Hammer&rdquo; in Johnny Holota who set a new loop record for goals scored last season when he sank the puck 52 times. Other hold-over centres are Freddie &ldquo;The Fox&rdquo;, Thurler, the Granby, Que., smoothie, Normie Burns, and Ab DeMarco purchased from the New York Rangers. So a definite scrap is in sight before the fight for a berth is nettled, when one considers that clever Jack LaVoie is back also.<h2>Plenty Of Wingers</h2>Missing from a left wing spot is the brilliant Bobby Carse who now is with the Montreal Canadiens, but George Allen, a combination winger and defenceman purchased from Chicago after playing with Montreal last season is expected to fill the bill. Tony Bu-kovich, who played with Indianapolis last season, is listed for left wing duty, while newcomers who may make the grade are Walt Atanas, with Minneapolis last season, and several other rookies.Right wing will be covered by holdovers Pete Leswick and Roger Gagne, as well as the United States League&rsquo;s all-Star right la-ner, George &ldquo;Wingy&rdquo; Johnston who was with Kansas City last season. Leo Gasparini and Roy Kelly may make the grade.Missing this year&mdash;at least until mid-January is big Hank Goldup, the hard shooting left laner, who suffered a fractured knee cap in a softball game in Toronto this past summer.The Barons, who used an alternating system of goalies last season, will probably resort to the same practice this year, with 22-year-old Johnny Bower back as well as the veteran Roger Bessette.<h2>Babe Pratt</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-011748/8319378-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="563" height="876"></div> &#9632;

f0011-01

Defence Behemoths Boost Baron Stock

KINGSTON, ONT.&mdash;When the Hockey Hall of Fame was first given approval by the National Hockey League and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, representing professional and amateur puck teams in Canada and the United States, nine of the greatest names in the sport were voted to a place in the shrine and listing in the Scroll of Honor which will be a prominent feature of the monument when built.The Who&rsquo;s Who of the sport included Howie Morenz, Georges Vezina. Frank McGee, Eddie Gerard, Hod Stuart, Tom Phillips, Hobey Baker, Harvey Pulford and Charles &ldquo;Chuck&rdquo; Gardiner.Those nine players, the immortals of the game, included two of the finest goaltenders&mdash;Vezina of the early days and Gardiner of a more modern era&mdash;and the two greatest centres. McGee and Morenz.<h2>Immortal McGee</h2>Great hockey players may come and go, but McGee probably ranks as tops in any book. Ask the average fan who was the greatest of them all, and he probably will reply &ldquo;Frank McGee.&rdquo; Game and courageous. McGee played most of his career with only one eye. A stray hockey stick tore the other from its socket during a game. A star of the fabulous Ottawa Silver Seven, McGee was rover or centre ice playmaker in the days of seven-man hockey. Probably his greatest claim to fame was his 14-goal performance in a Stanley Cup game in 1904.When war broke out in 1914, he answered the call to arms and was killed on the Somme in 1916.<h2>Morenz Speedster</h2>The quality that made Morenz famous&mdash;speed&mdash;also took his life and put an end to one of the most colorful and exciting careers in hockey annals. Howie died a few months after he crashed into the boards in the Montreal Forum, breaking his leg and halting a gallant comeback in the autumn of his plaving days.The &ldquo;Stratford Streak.&rdquo; as he was known, rose to fame with Montreal Canadiens on his glittering speed, and scored 270 goals. Although he never tangled in a fight during his career, he was a hard-driving, courageous sportsman with a warm personality that won everyone he met.<h2>Rushing Defenceman</h2>Hod Stuart&rsquo;s name was on everyone&rsquo;s lips around the turn of the century, when the rushing, hard-checking defenceman was at his peak. A fast skater, a good stickhandler. Montreal Wanderers signed him. and with his help wrested the Stanley Cup from Kenora in 1907. His career was ended abruptly that summer when he lost his life by drowning near Belleville, Ont.Another brilliant defenceman was Eddie Gerard, who started as a winger but moved back to the rearguard to team with Sprague Cleghorn on the old Ottawa Senators. One of the most durable players ever produced, Gerard took over as coach of the Senators in 1923, and two years later he moved to Montreal Maroons and guided them to the world championship. He ended his career with St. Louis in 1935 because of ill health and died two years later in Ottawa.<h2>Giant Killer</h2>Tom Phillips was a star of the early part of the 20th century, who rose to fame with the great Rat Portage team of 1905. A speed demon who never took a backward step, he sparked the Portage team that came east to defeat the formerly invincible Ottawa Silver Seven. He was known as the man who stole the thunder of the stars, and was said to have been as well known as Canada&rsquo;s Prime Minister.Harvey Pulford, who played with Silver Seven, was considered by old-timers the greatest allround athlete Canada has ever known. A giant of a man. six feet in height, Pulford was a boxer, a rugby wingman and a great oarsman.Vezina was probably the greatest netminder who ever lived, and his name is still honored by the annual award of the trophy named after him.<h2>Peerless Goalies</h2>Montreal Canadiens, with whom Vezina played his brilliant career, were on a barnstorming trip that took them to Chicoutimi, Que., when they discovered Vezina. A tall, poker-faced youngster in the Chicoutimi nets, Vezina thwarted such stars as Newsy Lalonde, Pitre, and Lavio-lette by his cool work. That won him a contract with Canadiens. tnd he became a hockey tradition for 15 years.He died in 1926 from tuberculosis.The Vezina of modern-day hockey was Chuck Gardiner, the Chicago Black Hawks peerless goaler. Born in Edinburg, Scotland, he learned his hockey in the Canadian west before turning professional with Winnipeg Maroons, who sold him to Hawks. His best year was the 1933-34 season when only 83 goals got past him in 48 games. He died in Winnipeg in 1934, only 30 years of age.Completing the Hall of Fame roster is Hobey Baker, the only American-born player in the honor list. An amateur, he played with Princeton University teams and refused many bids to turn pro. &#9632;

McGee, Morenz, Vezina Among The Stars Named In First Group To Hockey’s Hall

New York.&mdash;Four former members of the New York Rangers were appointed to coaching jobs in the off-season&hellip;Clint Smith received appointment as coach of Tulsa Oilers in the United States Hockey League; Mac Colville signed up to pilot Vancouver Canucks in the Pacific Coast League; Leroy Goldsworthy took on the job of masterminding Buffalo Bisons of the American League; and Art Somers was appointed guide of the Winnipeg Black Hawks of the Manitoba Senior circuit. &#9632;

Coaching Spots

<div class="byline">&#x2026;by Kavetski</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-011017/8320189-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div> &#9632;

Cover-01

Stage Set For Great Battle Of Stars

TORONTO&mdash;It&rsquo;s gala night at Maple Leaf Gardens Monday night, and gala dress is the order o&pound; the day for the National Hockey League AllStars who meet Toronto Maple Leafs in the first of the league-sponsored Annual All-Star Games.Dick Irvin&rsquo;s select crew, chosen from the five other teams in the league to meet the Stanley Cup champions, will sport brilliant scarlet sweaters for the game. The uniforms are decked with white stripes on the arms and rows of white stars across the shoulders.Leafs, the home team, will wear their showy white uniforms with blue markings that have become so familier to fans in Toronto and across the nation through the years. The All-Stars regular goalie, Bill Durnan of Montreal Canadiens who has led the league&rsquo;s netminders the past four seasons, will sport the uniform wearing the traditional number &ldquo;1&rdquo; of cage custodians, Boston&rsquo;s Frankie Brimsek, who won the second team berth on the coaches&rsquo; All-Star selections, will have the number &ldquo;O&rdquo; on his uniform as reserve goaler.One unusual feature of the All-Stars defence is the fact that the four rearguards represent combination acts from two teams. Kenny Reardon and Butch Bouchard performed as a unit with Canadiens last winter, while Jack Stewart and Bill Quackenbush operated toge-ther for Detroit.The forwards include three complete lines. Boston has the Kraut Line of Milt Schmidt, Porky Dumart and Bobby Bauer&mdash;the latter playing his last game in the big time, since he has retired from active duty as a player.Chicago Black Hawks top trio of Bill Mosienko and Doug and Max Bentley, and New York Rangers threesome of Edgar Laprade, Grant Warwick and Tony Leswick are the other threesomes. Maurice Richard of Canadiens and Ted Lindsay of Detroit round out the All-Star team. &#9632;

Scarlet Uniforms, White Stripes and Stars For League Representatives

<div class="byline">By ED FITKIN</div>TORONTO&mdash;Hockey&rsquo;s biggest show in years comes up for customer approval on Monday, October 13, when the world champion Toronto Maple Leafs and the National Hockey League All-Stars usher in the 1947-48 season at Maple Leaf Gardens.Judging by fan interest already manifested, the S.R.O. sign will be hung out quickly and some 15,000 citizens will be on deck, thus assuring the N.H.L. Players Pension Fund and the humanitarian Community Chest welfare project of substantial financial returns. Entire proceeds of the game go to these two funds.Premier George Drew of Ontario. Mayor Saunders of Toronto and the most glittering cast of hockey celebrities ever brought together will be in attendance, both at the game and at the pregame Victory-All-Star dinner to be provided by the Toronto management.<h2>HONOR ALL-STARS</h2>Details are still being mapped out regarding the ceremonial part of the hockey game. But it has been tentatively established that Premier Drew of Ontario and President Clarence Campbell of the N.H.L. will participate in the opening face-off.Presentation of awards to the N.H.L. All-Stars of the 1946-47 season will be made, each member of the first team receiving an engraved gold puck. In addition special honor will be conferred upon the Toronto team&rsquo;s 11 AllStar award winners since the selection were first inaugurated in 1931.Slated to receive gold pucks in this respect are:Dave (Sweeney) Schliner, Charlie Conacher, Lorne Carr, Gordie Drillon, Syl Apps, Wally Stanow-ski, King Clancy, Gaye Stewart, Harvey Jackson, Turk Broda and Babe Pratt.Howie Meeker, chunky rightwinger who stepped from amateur ranks to stardom with the Leafs in one jump, will receive the Calder Memorial Trophy as the 19464 7 season&rsquo;s Rookie of the Year.<h2>GUESTS OF LEAFS</h2>Prior to the game the Leafs, All-Star and hockey notables will be guests of the Maple Leaf Management at the Thanksgiving Day football game at Varsity Stadium and at the combined Victory and All-Star dinner at the Royal York Hotel.The Ontario Government, which held a dinner in honor of the Leafs last spring is presenting each of the players with a set of gold cuff links bearing Ontario&rsquo;s coat-of-arms.The Stanley Cup which was not available last spring when the Leafs defeated Canadiens in the final game of the playoffs in Toronto, will be presented to the champions on October 18 when they open the N.H.L. season against Detroit Red Wings at the Gardens.Hockey notables expected to attend the dinner and All-Star game are: President Clarence Campbell of the N.H.L.; Gen. John Reed Kilpatrick, Lester Patrick and Thomas F. Lockhart of New York Rangers; James A. Norris, and Jack Adams of the Detroit Red Wings; Hon. D. Raymond, William Northey, Frank J. Selke of Montreal Canadiens; Weston W. Adams and Arthur H. Ross of Boston Bruins and William J. Tobin of Chicago. &#9632;

Teams Prepare For Monday’s All-Star Game

<div class="byline">By GARTH BYARD</div>TORONTO&mdash;Once upon a time&mdash;to use the standardized fairy tale introduction to a story&mdash;it used to be pretty much an accepted fact that goaltenders were small men. Big goalies were regarded as something akin to sideshow freaks.Just why this should have been so is difficult to trace down. One common explanation was that the smaller kids found that they couldn&rsquo;t hold their own on the ice in other positions. They&rsquo;d get bumped all over the place if they at-tempted to play centre or on the wing. And very few little men have made good at defence posts.That left only one place for hockey-loving mites to go-between the pipes. As a result, if we can take the above explanation as the truth, such little guys as Alex Connell, John Roes Roach, Roy Worters, Normie Smith, Wilfie Cude, the late Charlie Gardiner, George Hainsworth and a score of others found themselves occupying the net custodian position.In recent years, however, more and more big men appear to have gravitated towards the net job. And two of the very best of these big fellows&mdash;Bill Durnan of Montreal Canadiens and Walter &ldquo;Turk&rdquo; Broda of Toronto Maple Leafs&mdash;will be battling it out at opposite ends of the rink in the All-Star game at Maple Leaf Gardens here on October 13.<h2>Great Competitors</h2>&ldquo;Battling it out&rdquo; is an apt phrase, too, because it&rsquo;s a foregone conclusion that both Durnan and Broda will be giving everything they&rsquo;ve got to stop pucks even though, theoretically, there is nothing at stake in the. AllStar contest. They&rsquo;re both great competitors as anyone who recalls last year&rsquo;s Stanly Cup final will realize.Broda came out on top in that duel since the Leafs won the Cup with four victories against two for Canadiens, The pudgy Toronto netminder&mdash;&ldquo;The Fat Man&rdquo; as some have called him scaled the goaltending heights against the Flying Frenchmen.When the final gong went in the sixth game, with the Leafs victors by 2-1 for the championship, Toronto players swarned around Broda, clapping him on the back, hugging him, shaking his hands, mussing his hair and generally showing how they felt about his great performance.A little while later, in the dressing room, the boss of Detroit Red Wings&mdash;Jack Adams&mdash;looked at Broda and said: &ldquo;They sure owe it all to you, boy.&rdquo; Which was Jack&rsquo;s way of saying that, so far as he was concerned, Broda had been the man primarily responsible for Toronto&rsquo;s triumph in the Stanlay Cup fnial.<h2>Broda Was Hot</h2>Broda&rsquo;s record against Canadiens in the final was little short of sensational from the second game on. Canadiens swamped their Dominion rivals 6-0 in the first game of the round in Montreal but those half-dozen goals couldn&rsquo;t be blamed on Broda. The Leafs simply had a non-existent defence that night. But in the next five games Broda held the goal-hungry Canadiens to seven tallies. Goaling of that type is bound to win games.It&rsquo;s odd to recollect, in the light of the way Broda performed in the Cup final against Canadiens, that the bulky 33-year-old native of Brandon, Man., considered retiring&mdash;or was said to have expressed the intention of doing so&mdash;a couple of years back. That was the story that came out of England, while Broda was overseas&mdash;in the Canadian Army, following a hockey mishap that cost the netman a few teeth.Broda was struck in the mouth by the puck, shedding a few molars in the process. As he wryly commented at the time: &ldquo;I just forgot to duck.&rdquo;Broda was quoted as saying that when a goalie reached the stage where he couldn&rsquo;t bob his head fast enough to avoid flying pucks then it was time for him to quit. Any thoughts he might have had of leaving hockey must have vanished, however, as soon as he walked down the gangplank of the troop transport that carried him back to Canada because he didn&rsquo;t waste any time in turning out once again with the Leafs.<h2>Stingy Durnan</h2>Durnan took down his share of honors last season, not only during the regular schedule but also in the playoffs. His goaltending against the Leafs was of top calibre throughout the series. And he emerged as a winner of the Vezina Trophy awarded annually to &ldquo;the goalkeeper who has played the most number of games for the team with the least number of goals scored against them.&rdquo; In carrying oft the prized goaling award Durnan only allowed 138 goals to be scored on him in 60 games for a goals-against average of 2.30. &#9632;

Good Goalies All Peewees? Durnan, Broda Bury Legend

MONTREAL&mdash;As just one more indication of Bill Durnan&rsquo;s net wizardry, there&rsquo;s the fact that the Montreal Canadiens netminder was the only goalie in the N.H.L. last season who didn&rsquo;t allow a &ldquo;hat trick.&rdquo; Some players managed to get the puck by Durnan twice in a single game but no player succeeded in ringing up that allimportant third goal.All other N.H.L. goalies&mdash;Paul Bibeault of Chicago (succeeeded late in the season by Emile &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; Francis), Charlie Rayner of New York, Harry Lumley of Detroit, Frank Brimsek of Boston, and Turk Broda of Toronto&mdash;were &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; victims.<h2>Return Bout-Big Bill vs The Turk</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-011624/8318156-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="545" height="897"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL DURNAN</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-021371/8318149-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="566" height="910"><figcaption class="caption-body">TURK BRODA</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0002-01

Durnan Not “Hatted”

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05513/8318187-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg"></div> &#9632;

f0002-05

Vezina Trophy Winners

ST. CATHARINES, ONT.&mdash;Syl Apps, Province of Ontario athletic, commissioner and member of the Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs, is a busy man these days. The veteran Leaf captain has become more than an arm-chair official in his new government post.Apps is devising a plan whereby hockey, football and baseball coaches will attend schools to be instructed by competent sportsmen.&ldquo;That way these coaches can broaden their athletic knowledge and help further sport throughout the Dominion,&rdquo; said the popular Leaf.Apps hopes this system will solve the problem of proper coaching in various minor sports. &ldquo;Most of these minor coaches are good fellows who had their jobs wished on them only because others were too busy,&rdquo; said Apps. &lsquo;They lack inside knowledge of sport in most cases. If we can teach them what their particular sport is all about, then we&rsquo;ll have real coaches for the up and coming kids.&rdquo; &#9632;

Organized Schools Will Help Coaches

TORONTO&mdash;It might have been a surprise to quite a few customers, especially around the arch-rival City of Montreal, when Happy Day led Toronto Maple Leafs to the Stanley Cup last spring. But to his friends and to anyone who studied the records closely, it didn&rsquo;t come as too much of a shock when Day brought his band of youngsters and aging veterans to hockey&rsquo;s pinnacle.Clarence Henry Day, as he was christened some 46 years ago, isn&rsquo;t the exuberant, over-talkative type, but in his own quiet fashion he gets things done. No better proof of that is available than his feat last year&mdash;leading a rebuilt, raw-with-youth team from its fifth-place finish in 1945-46 to the top, in one year. Leafs staged a rare battle with Canadiens all through the 1946-47 campaign, finishing second, and then beat their inter-city foes four games to two in a hectie Cup final.<h2>His Teams Win</h2>Day has led Leafs to the Stanley Cup three times in six years&mdash;last season, 1944-45 and 1941-42. That&rsquo;s better than par for the course. In addition, Toronto has been runner-up on two occasions, and have been eliminated once in the semi-finals by the team that eventually won the trophy.Before taking over the masterminding of the Leafs, Day piloted the West Toronto Juniors to Memorial Cup heights. Following this he led the Toronto Dominions to the Ontario Hockey Association Senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; title. They were later eliminated by the Sudbury Tigers, who went on from there to win the Allan Cup.<h2>Top Defenceman</h2>Day hasn&rsquo;t restricted his actions to coaching alone. As a player he knew all the tricks of the trade. His lifetime record stands at 86 goals and 116 assists. He played with Toronto St. Pats from 1924 to 1927, then when the Maple Leafs started the season of 1927-28, he joined them, and remained until 193738. That year he played several games with the New York Americans, before hanging up his skates.As a player, Day kept himself in top physical condition. Never known to smoke or drink, he set an example for younger players to follow.The worst set-back he received as a player occurred in the season of 192&rsquo;9 when a tendon in the back of his ankle was severed by a skate slash. It was feared that he would be out of hockey for good, but he returned the next year and played on the Stanley Cup winners.MONTREAL&mdash;Back in the early years of the century, a hockey team from Ir. vin&rsquo;s Butcher Shop was battling another group of youngsters on a Winnipeg backyard rink. A rail, bird, supporting Irvin&rsquo;s team, leaned over and spoke to a lanky youngster, offering him a dollar for every goal he scored. The youngster said &ldquo;Sure,&rdquo; stepped into action and batted in five scores before the game ended.That five dollars was the first money James Dickenson Irvin collected from hockey, but since then the silver-thatched Dick has garnered quite a bit of cash from the game and has racked up a record for winning teams surpassed by no coach active in the game today.Irvin leads the League AllStars into action against the CUDwinning Toronto Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens October 13 in the first official &ldquo;dream game&rdquo; staged by the senior professional hockey circuit.<h2>His Teams Fight</h2>The serious, hard-driving coach, who was no slouch as a player himself in his younger days, has led his teams in 112 playoff games since he started with Chicago Black Hawks as a masterminder back in 1928-29. In that time he has brought home three Stanley Cups&mdash;two with Canadiens and one with Maple Leafs.His feat of coaching Canadiens to four league titles in a row was never before accomplished in the bigtime circuit, but Irvin takesit all in his stride as something his boys are entitled to. Restless and nervous in action, Dick plays every game to the hilt and loses hard.Dick gives everything he has in the effort to down Leafs, the team he took over and molded from a sorry squad to a Cup-winner in his first season, and then left after a clash with Conn Smythe. Dick has instilled that urge to down Toronto in his players, and every game between the two Canadian rivals is sure to be a knock-down, drag-out affair.<h2>Adopted Westerner</h2>Born at Limestone Ridge, Ontario, a mile from Hamilton, Irvin moved to Winnipeg with his family at the age of seven and learned his hockey on the flint-hard ice of the west.Irvin&rsquo;s father was a butcher, and Dick and his brothers helped around the store&mdash;when they weren&rsquo;t playing hockey, at which they all were expert. His brothers, Alex, Dick, &ldquo;Chum&rdquo; and Pete all were top players, but never reached the peaks James Dickenson did.<h2>&ldquo;Happy&hellip;&hellip;Meet Dick&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-031018/8318249-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="555" height="896"><figcaption class="caption-body">HAPPY DAY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04771/8318242-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="549" height="888"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK IRVIN</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0002-03

Rival All-Star Coaches Both Fight Hard To Win

<h2>Conn Smythe</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-021548/8318311-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="599" height="885"></div>TORONTO&mdash;There is nothing more formidable than an Irishman who can talk as well as fight&mdash;and Conn Smythe, Managing Director of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens, is an Irishman of that mold.His father came from Ballymena in Northern Ireland, and at one stage in his career he was a hungry newspaperman and poet. That probably explains from whence son Conn inherited his battling qualities and his flair for coining those neat, crisp phrases that punctuate anything he has to say about the passing hockey parade.<h2>Energy Plus</h2>Hockey is Smythe&rsquo;s life blood. For three decades or more he has been actively wrapped up in the sport he calls the greatest game in the world&mdash;first as a tackweight player, next as a driving coach, then as an irresistible crusader for the &ldquo;best hockey team in the world,&rdquo; and finally as the battling Managing Director of that team, the Toronto Maple Leafs.No man connected with the Maple Leaf organization in its 20-year history has poured more energy, more enthusiasm or more sweat, toil and tears into an undertaking.A born battler, as he has proved in two wars and through his long and turbulent association with hockey, Smythe has been a dramatic force in the destiny of the Maple Leafs and the N.H.L. as well. His dismissal as coach of the New York Rangers before the start of the 1926-27 season, after he had herded together a select band of puckchasers destined for great successes, was one of the greatest disappointments of his life. Yet, as it turned out, that rebuff was the turning point in his career. Out of that grew the Toronto Maple Leafs, Maple Leaf Gardens and a hockey history that is second to none.<h2>Canny Gamble</h2>Smythe, a man of firm convictions, scoffs at the impossible, gets things done, is always willing to take a chance. A shrewd appraiser of talent, he has been the selector of Toronto players down through the years, has built, dismantled and rebuilt teams, gambled on youth and aggressiveness, risked customer appeal by trading popular stars, in deals that seldom have boomeranged.Typical Smythian project was the rebuilding of the 1945-46 team, the first Toronto squad in 16 years to miss the playoffs. People looked askance when Conn traded Pratt to Boston and Billy Taylor to Detroit and then iced a team that averaged 24.1 years per man and contained six rookies in its lineup.Long before the 1946-47 season got underway, Smythe announced that he was personally responsible for the selection of the team, and if it failed he would be to blame. Fans don&rsquo;t need to be refreshed on what happened.Born in Toronto, Smythe was educated at Jarvis Collegiate, Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, from which he graduated in engineering. In his younger days he captained city championship teams in football and hockey, was a standout tennis player, and later captained Varsity juniors to their first Ontario Hockey Association championship.<h2>Coached Varsity Grads</h2>After the First World War he resumed coaching at the University of Toronto and wound up with two Allan Cup championship teams (one of which was the famed Varsity Grads, later world champions); took time out to get married and then in rapid sequence, organized the C. Smythe Sand and Gravel Company, took over the Toronto St. Pat&rsquo;s, changed the team name to Maple Leafs, threw his heart and soul behind the erection of Maple Leaf Gardens during the height of the depression, and from there continued on to one of the most amazing and colorful careers in sport annals.Smythe, in two world wars, has served with distinction. In the First World War as an observer in the Royal Air Force he was shot down and interned in a German prison camp, escaped and was promptly recaptured when his buddy stopped to patch a rip in his trousers.<h2>Good War Record</h2>In the Second World War, he formed the 30th Battery (antiaircraft, from the ranks of some of Ontario&rsquo;s finest athletes and served in Canada, England and in France with his men until German planes bombed one of the Battery&rsquo;s ammunition trucks in July, 1944. Major Smythe was severely wounded in the back by shrapnel. In fact, he missed total paralysis of the lower portion of his body only by a fraction of an inch, and still walks with a slight limp.He spent several months id hospital, both overseas and in Canada, after being invalided home. But you can&rsquo;t keep a Fighting Irishman down, and by the time the 1945-46 hockey season rolled around he was back at the helm and rarin&rsquo; to go. &#9632;

f0003-02

‘Fighting Irishman’ Welded Powerful Leaf Organization

<div class="byline">By ED FITKIN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-011946/8318280-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">OPENING NIGHT AT TORONTO&rsquo;S MAPLE LEAF GARDENS, NOVEMBER 12, 1931</figcaption></div>TORONTO&mdash;Take it from me, chums, the Toronto Maple Leafs are a fabulous hockey team and Maple Leaf Gardens, where this year&rsquo;s AllStar game will be played, is a fabulous place.Fabulous? That&rsquo;s right&mdash;even though Webster defines that oft-used word as &ldquo;fictitious; mythical.&rdquo; When you look back on what the Maple Leaf organization has accomplished in &ldquo;Twenty Years of Thrills&rdquo; you know what Philosophers mean when they say &ldquo;truth is stranger than fiction.&rdquo;Horatio Alger and the Merri-well brothers were minor leaguers in comparison. And you must have read, at some time or other, of their magical accomplishments.Winning the Stanley Cup last season&mdash;with the youngest team ever to hit the N.H.L. ice lanes&mdash;was just one more gaudy feather in the well-decorated caps worn by the Toronto executive.But, as Archie of Duffy&rsquo;s Tavern might say, leave us preview the evidence.<h2>Born In Torrid 20&rsquo;s</h2>The Maple Leafs were born, significantly enough, in the richest sports era in world&rsquo;s history&mdash;the Torrid Twenties. The best known people in those golden days and nights were sports celebrities like Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Walter Johuson, Bill Tilden, Bobby Jones, Red Grange, Tex Rickard, Gene Tunney, And so on.The year was 1927&mdash;the same year that a string-bean, bashful bucko by the name of Lindbergh flew the Atlantic in &ldquo;The Spirit of St. Louis.&rdquo;Glittering company to step into&mdash;and yet within five years of their actual invasion of the sports scene the Toronto Maple Leafs were the most talked about team in hockey&mdash;men like Charlie Co-nacher, Busher Jackson, and Red Horner and Ace Bailey were as prominent in the sports headlines and as well known as most of America&rsquo;s big name sports stars.<h2>The House That Smythe Built</h2><h2>&ldquo;Miracle Workers&rdquo;</h2>Because in five years the Maple Leaf management, headed by three youthful dynamos by the names of Conn Smythe, Peter G. Campbell and E. W. Bickle, up and worked a miracle.The N.H.L. franchise in those days was operated by a group of Toronto businessmen under the banner of the St. Patrick&rsquo;s Club. They weren&rsquo;t very happy about the whole thing. St. Pat&rsquo;s were in the cellar, interest in pro hockey in Toronto&rsquo; was virtually nil. The amateurs were packing &lsquo;em in.Smythe, Campbell and Bickle put their heads together, decided to purchase the St. Pat&rsquo;s franchise. The sale price was set at $160,000. Working feverishly they rounded up the shekels and took command of Toronto&rsquo;s pro hockey destiny in February, 1926.<h2>How Team Was Named</h2>The New Order commenced with the 1927-28 season. Smythe was appointed manager. He wielded a devastating broom. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to build a team that not only Toronto but all Canada will be proud of,&rdquo; Smythe vowed. &ldquo;And for a team like that there&rsquo;s only one appropriate name&mdash;the Maple Leafs.&rdquo;That name was adopted officially the club colors were changed from green and white to blue and white. Deals were made with such rapidity that Smythe was christened &ldquo;The David Harum of Hockey.&rdquo; The fans sat up and took notice. More important, they came out to see what the pro hockey boys were doing.Out of the playoffs in their first full season, the Leafs, bolstered by an ever-changing array of new faces, sent pro hockey enthusiasm rocketing in 1928-29 by reaching the Stanley Cup semifinals.<h2>Youth. Paid Off</h2>Then followed Smythe&rsquo;s &ldquo;Accent on Youth&rdquo; program. Fresh from junior ranks came kids like Red Horner and Charlie Conacher. Leafs missed the playoffs that year&mdash;1929-30&mdash;but from then until 1945-46 they hit &lsquo;em every year.Their success began with the 1930-31 season. That was the year Conacher, Jackson and Pri-meau were moulded into &ldquo;The Kid Line&rdquo; that was the year Red Horner blossomed into a rugged, spectacular defence star and that was the year the Leafs got King Clancy.The coming of Clancy fanned the flame of fan enthusiasm to wildfire. The King cost the hard-pressed Leaf management $35,000 and two players (valued at another $15,000) but it was a deal that paid golden dividends.Toronto&rsquo;s hockey public, captivated by the battling youngsters in Leafian livery, bulged the old Mutual Street Arena in unprecedented (for pro hockey) numbers as the Blue and White fought their way into the playoffs&mdash;only to suffer unexpected elimination in the first round by Chicago.<h2>Packed &lsquo;Em In</h2>A letdown, naturally, but the crowds and enthusiasm convinced the Toronto directors that, given a fighting team, Queen City fans would support pro hockey in major league style, though it was quite plain that one of the major requisites was a new arena. The Mutual Street emporium was inadequate, too small, out-dated.But wait&mdash;the depression was on in earnest. People weren&rsquo;t spending money&mdash;they were searching frantically for it. Stock markets had crashed, big men and little men had been wiped out. Jobs? There weren&rsquo;t any.Breadlines made the headlines.And yet, even in the face of this disillusioning panorama, the Toronto directors went ahead with their dream of a new arena.<h2>Dream Came True</h2>Aided by astute financial men like J. P. Bickell, big business concerns and a host of the &ldquo;little men&rdquo; of industry, beautiful Maple Leaf Gardens became an actuality in 1931.Fabulous, indeed. And like a myth, too, in those grim days. No one could quite believe such a place could be constructed-and its construction was a miracle of cooperation. Thompson Brothers, who handled the contract, erected Maple Leaf Gardens in FIVE MONTHS from the time the ground was broken.<h2>Built To Last</h2>Delving into old files, we came across some interesting statistics, as compiled by a Star sportswriter, regarding the construction of the Gardens. He found:The seating capacity then was 12,473. (It is now 12,586). The building covers approximately 100,000 square feet. Almost 1,000 tons of steel were needed in erecting the roof; 11,000 tons of gravel, 70,000 tons of sand, $50,000 feet of lumber were used in the construction of the edifice. Bricks? Well, it was estimated then that if they were placed end to end the bricks would stretch from Toronto&rsquo;s City Hall to Oakville, 23 miles away-although somehow we doubt that anyone tried it.Nails? Some 540 kegs of &lsquo;em, ranging from one to six inches in length, were used up. Haylite blocks close to 230,000 and the four ceiling arches, stretching to each corner of the building, weighed 35 tons each.The Star statistician also discovered that approximately 10 miles of piping were installed for freezing purposes, and ice thickness ranged from &#8542; this to 1&frac12; inches. In those days it required 10 hours to remove and replace the ice. Nowadays it can be done in eight. And, by the way, the distance from the ice surface to the dome of the arena is 150 feet. The broadcasting booth where Foster Hewitt has spent so much time since 1931 is 60 feet from the surface.Interesting? Yes&mdash;and the kind of figures that accentuate the nature of the miracle behind the construction of such a sports palace in depression days. Work commenced in June. On November 12, 1931 the. doors swung open to a record-breaking Canadian hockey crowd.It was a memorable night in Toronto&rsquo;s hockey history. It was a dream come true for Conn Smythe, Pete Campbell and Ed Bickle. And even though the Chicago Black Hawks spoiled the gala opener by winning 2-1 that night, the Leafs celebrated that first season in their new surroundings by winning the Stanley Cup&mdash;the first for Toronto in 10 years.<h2>Gala Opening Night</h2>Since that great night the history of the Maple Leafs has run the full course of thrills, high drama, great victories, disappointing defeats.In 20 seasons, the Leafs have won the Stanley Cup four times (1932, 1942, 1945 and 1947) and have been runners-up on six other occasions. From the 1930-31 season until the 1945-46 season, they gained the playoffs without fail. They&rsquo;ve been N.H.L. champions (topping the league) three times (1933, 1935 and 1938).<h2>Stars Through The Years</h2>Maple Leaf players have been crowned N.H.L. scoring champions on five occasions. Charlie Cona-cher, with the bullet-shot that all goalies feared, won the honor twice in succesion, 1934 and 1935. Ace Bailey was the first Leaf to turn the trick, topping the league in 1929. Jackson won it in 1932 and Gordie Drillon in 1938. Though he failed to win the scoring title, Gaye Stewart set a record for Leaf players in goal-getting by bagging 37 goals in the 1945-46 season, topping Cona-cher&rsquo;s 1935 mark of 36.Indicative of the success of the Leaf management&rsquo;s willingness to gamble on youth is the fact that Toronto leads all clubs in producing Calder Trophy winners. The Leafs have provided the &ldquo;Rookie of the Year&rdquo;five times since the late Frank Calder donated a trophy for gentlemanly play. Babe Pratt holds the distinction of being the only Toronto player to win the Hart Trophy, winning the most valuable player award in 1944, and Turk Broda is the only Leaf goalie to win the Vezina Trophy, an honor he won in 1941.Eleven Leaf players have gained 20 All-Star berths in the club&rsquo;s history. Busher Jackson heads the list earning the All-Star leftwing spot on four occasions. Conacher was All-Star right-winger three times, while Clancy, Drillon, Apps and Lorne Carr were selected in their respective positions twice each. Broda, Pratt, Wally Stanowski, Dave Schriner and Gaye Stewart are the other Leaf All-Stars.<h2>A Romantic Story</h2>This, then, is a brief glimpse into the history of the Maple Leafs. It hardly scratches the surface of the rich lore of a romantic sports saga seldom paralleled. Through lean years and years of plenty the Maple Leafs have been always in the spotlight. Through their deeds on the ice and the magic of radio they have become a national institution. Twenty years ago, Conn Smythe pledged:&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to build a team that not only Toronto but all Canada will be proud of. And for a team like that there&rsquo;s only one appropriate name&mdash;the Maple Leafs.&rdquo;How well the management of the Toronto Maple Leafs succeeded is written glowingly into hockey&rsquo;s annals, Theirs is a fabulous story, indeed.Gardens Built During Depression Fans&rsquo; Support Has Repaid Optimism &#9632;

f0003-01

Faith In Hockey Future Built Home Of Champions

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-011900/8318342-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"></div> &#9632;

f0004-01

N.H.L. All-Star Teams, 1930-31 to 1946-47

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-021597/8318373-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">MAPLE LEAF GARDENS, TORONTO, where the first Alt-&rsquo;.rar Game was played in 1934, and where the best in the game play next Monday night.</figcaption></div>Tangible mementoes of past successes are being given all National Hockey League players who were voted to places on the annual All-Star teams, and those making the &ldquo;glory sixes&rdquo; in the future, Donated by the league, these mementoes consist of a small gold puck, complete with gold chain, and one is being given each player.Members of Toronto Maple Leafs, present and past, who were All-Star material, will receive theirs October 13 in cere-monies before the All-Star Game in Maple Leaf Gardens, along with members of the 1946-47 squad.The gold pucks, about three-quarters of an inch in diameter. are engraved with the letters &ldquo;N.H.L.&rdquo; with a tiny pair of crossed hockey-sticks, and a diamond chip below. On the reverse side are the player&rsquo;s name and the season, or seasons in which he was voted to a place on the team.Altogether, 52 players and five coaches are being honored by the league. Two of the coaches, Frank Boucher of New-York Rangers and Paul Thompson of Chicago Black Hawks, made the teams both as players and later when on bench duty. Boucher won the coaching spot in 1941-42, and Thompson was selected All-Star coach in 1939-40.<h2>Where Stars Meet &#9632;</h2>

f0004-02

Gold Pucks For NHL All-Stars First Ones Awarded Next Week

Conn Smythe, head man with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has valued the group of hockey players that will participate in the All-Star classic at the Maple Leaf Gardens October 13, at close to $1,000,000.Smythe admitted that it sounded like a lot of money but he pointed out that two years ago he had offered $75,000 for the Canadiens&rsquo; Maurice Richard, and he added &ldquo;it still stands&rdquo;. He also disclosed that he once was willing to pay $40,000 for Terry Reardon and $35,000 for the Bruins&rsquo; Milt Schmidt. &#9632;

Worth A Million!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-011904/8318428-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div>MANY OF HOCKEY&rsquo;S BIG NAMES took part in the Ace Bailey Benefit Game played in Toronto on February 14, 1934. In this first All-Star game in the history of professional hockey, Leafs defeated N.H.L. All-Stars 7-3. Standing from left to right: BOBBY HEWITSON, referee, BILL O&rsquo;BRIEN, trainer. HEC KILREA, EDDIE SHORE, CHARLIE CONACHER, BILL COOK, BOB GRACIE, LIONEL CONA-CHER, ANDY BLAIR, ALLAN SHIELDS, HAROLD &ldquo;BALDY&rdquo; COTTON, NELS STEWART, HARVEY &ldquo;BUSHER&rdquo;JAC&rsquo;KSON, CHING JOHNSON, TIM DALY, trainer, MIKE RODDEN, referee. Middle row, left to right: FRANK SELKE, RED DUTTON, HAPPY DAY, HOOLEY SMITH, LEO DANDURAND, LESTER PATRICK, the late FRANK CALDER, first president of the N.H.L., CONN SMYTHE, DICK IRVIN, HOWIE MORENZ, KING CLANCY, JIMMY WARD. Front row, left to right, GEORGE HAINSWORTH, KEN DORA-TY, LARRY AURIE, BILL THOMS, NORMIE HIMES, ALEX LEVINSKY, FRANK FINNEGAN, RED HORNER, BUZZ BOLL, HERBIE LEWIS, JOE I&rsquo;RIMEAU, AUREL JOLIAT, CHARLIE GARDINER. &#9632;

f0005-01

Galaxy Of Stars At Ace Bailey Game

<div class="byline">By SYD THOMAS</div>TORONTO&mdash;There will be bands and bunting, glamour and glory aplenty, when Toronto Maple Leafs and the best in the National Hockey League meet here next week in the first official All-Star Game but for sheer drama and heart-warming appeal it can&rsquo;t approach that first time 13 years ago when Toronto and the glittering stars from the other teams met in the same Maple Leaf Gardens in the Ace Bailey Benefit Game.Nor will it have the aura of sadness and sentiment that surrounded those two other contests in Montreal, the Memorial Games for the great Howie Morenz and the stouthearted &ldquo;Babe Siebert, whose deaths saddened the hockey world&mdash;Morenz as a result of an injury in the Montreal Forum, and Siebert in a tragic drowning.Out it will be a great game for 11 that&mdash;this first of an annual series of contests that will bring the greatest stars of the game together on one sheet of ice each season in a display of hockey the fans dream about and talk about for years.<h2>Leafs Won In &lsquo;34</h2>In that memorable game in Toronto on February 12, 1934, the fans jammed the Gardens to the roof to aid the Toronto star whose career had been cut short by the much publicized incident in Boston when Bruins defenceman Eddie Shore crashed him to the ice with a fractured skull. Maple Leafs played great hockey to whip the All-Stars 7-3, even though the great Chuck Gardiner was guarding the nets for the league brilliants.But in the Morenz and Seibert Memorials the tables were turned. On November 2, 1937, the All-Stars nipped out a 6-5 win over a team from the combined Montreal Maroons and Montreal Canadiens rosters as the fans honored Howie Morenz. And the next year, on October 29, 1939, once again it was the All-Stars in front by a 5-2 score over Montreal Canadiens, the last team Siebert played with. The &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; drowned in Lake Huron in the summer of 1939, and the ac cident was the more tragic since the Babe had been appointed coach of Canadiens a short time before and was looking forward to his new job in the coming season.The Bailey Benefit Game drew the largest gate, as the fans poured $20,900 into the ticket window tills&rsquo; Receipts from the Morenz game sales and incidentals brought in 112,000, although other donations brought the fund up to about $25,000. Siebert&rsquo;s widow and children benefited by $15,000 from the 1939 game.For stark melodiama there was nothing quite like that 1934 game. It had all the elements to stir the crowd.For on the All-Stars lineup was Eddie Shore, that stormy petrel of Bruins, about whose head for weeks had raged a storm of bitter comment and controversy. Two months before, when Shore had rolled into Bailey with a staggering check that crashed him to the ice surface, and for weeks after as &ldquo;Ace&rdquo; waged a grim fight against death. Shore had been perhaps the most hated man in hockey. Booed and villified and threatened in Toronto especially, Shore had been the villain.<h2>Crowd Cheered Shore</h2>Yet before the game started, as Bailey walked on the ice. dressed in an overcoat and with head&rsquo; bared, and walked over to shake hands with Shore, the rink rocked with a storm of echoing applause. Throughout the game, although Eddie played his usual rushing, aggressive game he was applauded warmly in a sporting gesture that moved even flinthearted sport writers.After that, the result of the game was relatively unimportant, although Leafs after a slow start began rolling and battered out a 7-3 win over the team that contained such great stars as Morenz. Gardiner, Shore, Ching Johnson, Aurel Joliat, Bill Cook. Lionel Conacher and Nels Stewart.That was the first time in the history of the Big League such an All-Star team had been gathered on the ice. And as If that wasn&rsquo;t drama&rsquo;enough for one game, looking back in retrospect the contest gained as&rsquo; the years went by.Although those in the rink didn&rsquo;t know it at the time, they were seeing the great Charlie Gardiner for the last season. Gardiner, who in the following spring led Chicago Black Hawks to the Stanley Cup, died in June. He went out at the peak of his career, and few knew that in the Cup playoffs that year he was already sick, but his great heart carried him through.And no one present could dream that a little more than three years later, N.H.L. All-Stars would take the ice again to honour little Howie Morenz, who played in the Bailey Benefit as a star at the top of the heap.Howie, the &ldquo;Stratford Streak,&rdquo; whose speeding skates and swift forays up and down the Ice made him one of the game&rsquo;s immortals, died virtually in the midst of action. Making a gallant comeback with the team he started with, Montreal Canadiens, after he had spent two years with Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers after an earlier Montreal management thought his usefulness at an end. Morenz again was showing his glittering speed.He was before friends that night of January 28, 1937. playing in the Montreal Forum that was the scene of so many om his triumphs. Dashing down right wing as Conadiens played Black Hawks, Howie sidestepped defenceman Earl Seibert, slipped and went sliding into the boards, snapping his leg. Ho died in hospital March 8, 1937, from complications that set in though many said the cause was the breaking of a lion-sized heart as he saw he had reached the end of the trial in the sport he loved. &#9632;

Drama Of Other All-Star Shows Recalled

<h2>Bailey Benefit</h2>Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens, February 14, 1934.All-Stars: Goal, Cardiner, Chi cago; Defence, Johnson, Rangers and Shore, Boston; Centre, Morenz, Canadien Wings&rsquo;, W. Cook, Rangers, and Joliat, Canadiens; Subs: Shields, Conacher, Dutton. Smith, Ward and Stewart, Maroons; Aurie and Lewis, Detroit; Himes, Finnigan, Ottawa;Toronto: Goal, Hainsworth; Defence, Clancy, Horner; Centre, Primeau; Wings, Sands and Jackson; Subs: Day, Levinsky, C. Conacher, Blair, Cotton,, Doraty, Kilrea, Boll, Thoms.Referees: Mike Rodden and Bobby Hewitson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-021354/8318497-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="585" height="889"></div><h2>Siebert Memorial</h2>Montreal Forum, October 29, 1939.All Stars&mdash;Goal, Brimsek, Boston; Goodfellow, Detroit and Seibert, Chicago; Centre, N. Colville, Rangers; Wings, Drillon, Toronto, and Anderson, Americans; Subs: Shore, Clapper, Bauer. Boston; Coulter, Rangers; Gottselig, Chicago; Jackson, Americans; Howe, Detroit; Apps Toronto.Canadiens: Goal Cude; Defence Buswell, Wentworth; Centre Getliffe; Wings. Blake and Robinson; Subs: Drouin, Lorrain Trudel, Young. Haynes, Mantha, Gagnon, Goupille, Mondou.Referees Bill Stewart and King Clancy.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03878/8318490-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="606" height="742"></div><h2>Morenz Memorial</h2>Montreal Forum, November 3, 1937.All Stirs: Goal, Thompson Boston; Defence, Goodfellow, Detroit, and Horner, Tornoto; Centre Boucher, Rangers; Wings March, Chicago, and Schriner, Americans; Subs: Smith, Barry, Detroit; Shore, Clapper, Boston; Conacher, Jackson, Toronto; Chapman Day, Americans; Gottselig, Chicago; Dillon, Rangers.Montreal: Goal, Cude, Canadiens; Defence, Seibert, Canadiens, and Wentworth, Maroons; Wings, Gagnon, Canadiens, and Northcott, Maroons; Subs: Beveridge, Clancy, Ward, Robinson, Trottier, Maroons; Joliat, Buswell, Lepine, Haynes, Blake, Mantha, Canadiens;Referees: Albert Leduc, Mickey Ion and Eusebe Daignault.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04554/8318483-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="585" height="874"></div> &#9632;

f0005-02

Summaries Of Three Previous Contests

<div class="byline">By Syd Thomas</div>With so much attention focussed on the N.H.L. All-Star Game in Toronto, another nearly as significant hockey development is receiving less than the notice it deserves. That&rsquo;s the junior &ldquo;round robin&rdquo; series which got underway at the Montreal Forum Sunday afternoon with a doubleheader bringing together four of Canada&rsquo;s crack younger-fry teams.The pre-season series, sponsored by the Montreal Sportsmen&rsquo;s Association, is noteworthy because it is another step to encourage the youngsters and build hockey players for the future. It can&rsquo;t take the place of the Memorial Cup playoffs staged each spring for Canada&rsquo;s junior championship, but can de plenty to promote good will and friendship among the boys.Played before the regular season starts, and without any of the tension and all-out drive to win associated with the playoffs, the juniors meet on equal footing and in an easy friendship that will mean much to them in their careers. Also, by pitting weaker teams against some of the best squads in the country&mdash;teams they normally wouldn&rsquo;t meet in the playoffs&mdash;it should benefit the boys by giving them a crack at stiffer opposition.<h2>SPRAGUE IS BACK</h2>A famous name is back in the hockey spotlight again with the return of Sprague Cleghorn to coaching duties with Cornwall Cougars of the Quebec Provincial Hockey League. Sprague, one of the most colorful and capable players of three decades&rsquo; ago&mdash;the fabulous era of the Cleghorns, Sprague and Odie, the Bouchers, Billy and Buck, the Patricks, Lester, Frank and Guy, and numerous others&mdash;have been inactive for several seasons.As coach of Providence of the American Hockey League, Boston and Montreal Maroons of the N.H.L., at various times Sprague had a record nearly as good as that of his playing days&mdash;and equally as colorful. Cleghorn-coached teams, while perhaps not ranking among the greatest, at least have never failed to win a playoff hearth.<h2>OLYMPICS?</h2>Canada&rsquo;s Olympic hockey situation, befuddled ever since the outcry over &ldquo;amateurism&rdquo; arose, doesn&rsquo;t seem to be clarifying very rapidly. At the time of writing, the question of sending a Canadian team to the winter games in Switzerland was still up in the air,&rdquo; to quote President Al Pickard of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.With the Allan Cup winners, Montreal Royals, and most other &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; teams in the Dominion disqualified because they don&rsquo;t measure up to the Olympic definition of amateurism, executives of the C.A.H.A. were being polled to determine their views on sending over an all-star team of simon-pures. Bucko McDonald, former N.H.L. star and now an august member of Canada&rsquo;s&rsquo; parliament, is being considered as coach of such a team&mdash;if one is sent to the Olympic Games.While Canada is still in a tizzy over the question of Olympic hockey, the United States is going right ahead with its pians. The U.S will send a team-apparently with the full blessing of the Olympic body&mdash;and with none of the fuss attending Canada&rsquo;s&rsquo; problem. John Garrison of Lincoln, Mass., a defen-cemah on the 1932 and 1936 U.S. teams, will coach this year&rsquo;s entry. &#9632;

Round the Rinks

Sports Editor, Toronto Evening Telegram andFormer N.H.L. RefereeMany athletes and many sport fans have hobbies, such as collecting autographs of athletes or mementoes of certain games or certain incidents in sport. Like autographed hockey sticks, baseball, footballs or such. Or a hockey stick that scored an important winning goal, a baseball that soared for an important home run, or a football that brought about a winning touch-down.In our case, collecting autographs or mementoes in sport never developed to any great extent. Our memories of sport are those that linger with us in reflection, of looks back at great events we have seen, great athletes whom we have known.But of course there are always exceptions.In our recreation room for instance there is a hockey stick. It&rsquo;s 15 years or more old is this particular stick. It&rsquo;s still brand new because a puck has never touched it. On it is printed the words &ldquo;N.H.L. All-Stars 1933-34&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s autographed by great players, by great officials of the league, and of the league teams.Then there&rsquo;s a picture in that same recreation room. A picture of great players who took part in the first All-Star game in National League history. That was the Ace Bailey Benefit contest played at Maple Leaf Gardens, on February-14, 1934, the game, of all the games that yours truly ever refereed that stands fondest in all our memories. Because for that affair we had the honor along with Mike Rodden&mdash;of being chosen referee. We are in that picture and we were proud then to be in it&mdash;and still very proud to be in.And there&rsquo;s a dark blue sweater with the initials N. H. L. sewn on that, was given specially to the referees for that night.White sweaters were the vogue then for the officials as they are now, for that special occasion the late Frank Calder supplied the dark blue.So of that great game in 1934 we have three prized possessions, actually the only possessions&mdash;aside from many pleasant memories&mdash;that we have of our refereeing days in the National Hockey League.Yes, Toronto had the honor of staging the first All-Star game. There have been two others, the Howie Morenz Memorial in the Montreal Forum on November 2, 1937 and the Babe Seibert Memorial at the same Forum on October 29, 1939.All three were benefit games for great individual hockey players, one injured and two dead. But this game being plaved at Maple Leaf Gardens on October 13 is different than these. This is for the game of hockey, for the future of the hockey player in aid to their pension fund, and for help to the needy of some very worthy cause.The only criticism that can offered of this first annual All-Star affair is that the National Hockey League was a long time getting around to it. It should have been going on for years, but just never did. Canadians have never been the showmen our good friends and neighbors to the south have been. But we now are getting to be showmen, are realizing that the fans like color, like the gathering of the stars, like something different.That&rsquo;s why he coming All-Star game at maple Leaf Garden&rsquo;s should be the beginnig highlights of the hockey season be one of the highlights of the hockey season. Whether it should be held early, as this one is being held, in the middle of the season, when fan interest alive end of the season question, best there&rsquo;s no reason three cannot be tried to find which is the best. Baseball has found mid-season is ideal and hockey so it seems to us, will probably find the same.So it is predicted that ere long the mid-season game will be or one selected as most suitable sometime, say late in January beginning to drag a bit up again put them on the bit for the drive towards play would lift the fans and the stanley cup to follow.And the selection of the teams by the fan some most likely will continue to be the stanley cup setup of this game Whether it squad is open to question the Stanley cup champions against an All-Star Question. True the Stanley Cup winners are entitled to much recognition. But the fans must be taken in to this All-Star business to gain its, full momentum in public appeal. Too little the fans have a chance to show how they feel about the players. At least the players they like best. Thus arguments are created, They like to select their own individual stars, or if not stars, then hockey talk is kept alive, and the winter sport is the main subject of conversation. All that spells box office appeal and there&rsquo;s no doubt about it that hockey, like all other sports, and other business too, will need box appeal in years ahead. The days of simply throwing open the gates and knowing the fans will walk in no matter what the offering is, are fading out.That Totonot is getting this first all-star game. the first is not arranged for the benefit of an individual player or his family is a credit to Toronto That Maple fans will put it over in typical Totonto Conn Smythe and his associates are not known to go at assured, less they go at it whole-heartedit the success of the anything un-and of the Maple Leafs as a hockey team For this game it is fitting that being in Toronto it should of to that.For the fans as coaches of the two&rsquo; respective team, it should of men who ever coached Toronto Maple leaf team event for an who had less than 3 month at the helm when teams, except for Art opened when the Gardens opened up.Dick Irvin is a great hockey of that there is no question as no surprise Cast aside at player so his success as a coach came team had run into an early Chicago he came to when the power of Smythe and the early losing streak But with the driving Stanley Cup and in three straight of Irvin that Leaf team won the York Rangers team won the stanley cup, and in three games from a then great New York Rangers team.When Dick left the Leafs and Hap Day took it over, the job Dick took with Canadiens was no easy one. They had had some very bad seasons. They had very little hockey talent. Dick was definitely on the spot. Many of his friends, even friends who had great faith in Dick as a coach, felt that his years with Canadiens would be few. But he surprised everyone. It was a long, hard grind he faced, but Dick was not the one to shirk long, hard grinds. He built, built and built and finally reward came with a great Canadiens team that stood the test for many years.As for &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; Day, there were those who felt that his new job with Leafs should not be easy either. Yet he too made good, though during the war years the talent available was well thinned out. Three Stanley Cups during his tenure of office from 1939 is a record of which indeed he can be proud.,Yet &ldquo;Hap&rdquo; is not a boaster. He knows that the ~,port trail does take some funny twists, and a coach must be prepared for them all. He accepts his victories gracefully, knowing that defeat may be just around the corner and that boasting has a very, unhappy knack of coming back and slapping you in the face. He takes his defeats with good grace and never complains.Those then are the fellows who will coach the two teams in the big game at the Gardens on October 13, the fore-runner of an era of annual All-Star games that should be the highlight of every season. &#9632;

Bobby Hewitson

KINGSTON, ONT.&mdash;The origin of hockey in Canada was traced back to this Ontario city by Captain James T. Sutherland, as having first been played here in 1855 and maybe as early as 1783. Despite the persistent claims of Montreal and Halifax, the International Hockey Hall of Fame was awarded to Kingston.No building has yet been erected to commemorate the memory of hockey&rsquo;s immortals, but this matter is currently occupying the attention of the Hall&rsquo;s committee, who hope to commence construction on a building by the spring of 1948.In 1941 the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association appointed a three-man committee, which consisted of W. A. Hewitt, George Slater and Capt. Sutherland, to make a thorough investigation into the origin of hockey both in Europe and in Canada.<h2>Soldiers First Players</h2>The committee reported that the first hockey was played by the Royal Canadian Rifles, an Imperial Army unit stationed in Halifax and Kingston, in 1855. It is possible that troops billeted here from 1783 to 1855 participated in hockey games as there are papers, letters and other evidence to strengthen this claim. Montreal&rsquo;s hockey records date back to 1874. Ottawa first saw Canada&rsquo;s national sport in the early 80&rsquo;s. Hockey was introduced to the United States in 1897 with McGill University of Montreal and Queen&rsquo;s University of Kingston playing a game in New York on artificial ice.<h2>&ldquo;Captain Jim&rdquo;</h2>Captain Sutherland is recognized as the founder of the Hall of Fame. He has devoted a great deal of his life to hockey. Jim, who is crowding 77 years, has his heart and soul set on two things. First, is to raise sufficient funds tn finance the erection of a Hall of Fame building, and second to be on hand the day the doors first swing open.Sutherland, himself an honored member of the Hall, has the active management of the Hall of Fame movement, as its president. A board of governors has been appointed to help in the guidance of the Hall. Art Ross. Conn Smythe, Leo Dandurand and Baz O&rsquo;Meara are among the governors.<h2>Fund Being Raised</h2>The Hall of Fame has the formal acceptance of both the National Hockey League and the C.A.H.A., who have contributed funds. Professional and amateur teams alike perform on behalf of the Hall with entire proceeds of games going into a special building fund, which already has passed the $50,000 mark.Last season the New York Rangers. Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators, in addition to a Kingston club, played exhibitions here. This season the Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs will face the Montreal Royals, winners of the 1946-47 Allan Cup honors.There are no barriers in the Hall of Fame. Players and executives both can gain admittance. There is also a place here for outstanding amateur hockeyists as well. The selection of Russell Bowie, a Montreal amateur star many years ago, is indicative that the Hall does not consider only professional players.<h2>Three Among The Great</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-011917/8318614-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="568" height="900"><figcaption class="caption-body">HOWIE MORENZ</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-021274/8318607-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="586" height="936"><figcaption class="caption-body">LESTER PATRICK</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03790/8318600-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="554" height="916"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK MCGEE</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0007-01

Plan To Erect Hall Building In Spring ‘48

Even today, American-born players are rare in hockey&rsquo;s big professional leagues, which makes more surprising the fact that hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame includes one United States citizen.The great Hobart &ldquo;Hobey&rdquo; Baker was born in Wissahickon, Pennsylvania, in 1892 and was a graduate of Princeton University. He played with St. Paul&rsquo;s School, Princeton, and with St. Nicholas Athletic Club in New York City. His easy, graceful skating style, spectacular stickhandling and his rare competitive ability did more to advance hockey on the United States side of the border than any man before him.Professional scouts were constantly on his trail, and he turned down attractive offers because he wanted to remain-an amateur. Like the immortal Frank McGee, &ldquo;Hobey&rdquo; went overseas in the First World War and was killed in France in 1918. &#9632;

Hobey Baker Only American Honored

KINGSTON, ONT.&mdash;The best in the professional hockey world and the best among the amateurs meet here October 15 when Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Royals play an exhibition game to help raise funds for building hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame.Leafs. Stanley Cup winners, and Royals, amateur champions of Canada, will tangle in the first such meeting of champions in the history of the game. Often before, fans have debated long and loudly over the respective merits of an Allan Cup winner and the profes-sional top-flight team of the same year, but the two have never been thrown into the same rink together until this year.The game will be refereed by Mike Rodden, old-time referee and presently sports editor of the Kingston Whig-Standard. &#9632;

Two Champions Meet To Aid Shrine Fund

KINGSTON, ONT.&mdash;Hockey stars of the early modern era, and several of the oldtime greats who had missed out on the first poll, were added to the ranks of Hall of Fame members last winter. Aurel Joliat, who played his last season with Montreal Canadiens in 1937-38, and Boston&rsquo;s Eddie Shore, who hung up his skates in 1939-40, were the modern players so honored.Added to the honor rolls&rsquo; also were Lester Patrick, former player and coach-manager of New York Rangers, Capt. Jim Sutherland father of the Hall, Frank Nighbor, Cyclone Taylor, and&rsquo; Russell Bowie.Shore holds the distinction of being the last active player granted a niche in the proposed Kingston monument&mdash;that is, he was playing at a later date than any of the others.<h2>Ex-Cowboy Shore</h2>The bustling tough defenceman was one of the most applauded&mdash;and booed&mdash;players in the N.H.L. Big and rugged, weighing in at 190 pounds in his playing days, Shore was a cowboy on his fathers&rsquo; ranch at Qu&rsquo;appelle, Sask. That hard-life toughened him for the hockey career that commenced in 1926 with Boston and ended with New York Americans in 1940. He won the Hart Trophy four times, made the first All-Star Team seven times, and holds the N.H.L. individual scoring record for defencemen with 283 points.Joliat, one of the great leftwingers of all time, was a master stickhandler who performed 16 years with Canadiens, teaming with Howie Morenz. During his long and dashing career he shot 270 pucks past opposing netminders&mdash;although they always insisted his feeble shot &ldquo;couldn&rsquo;t break a pane of glass.&rdquo; Complete with his famous black peaked cap, &ldquo;Quett&rdquo; used to draw the goalies out of position and then flip the rubber with deadly accuracy into an unprotected corner.<h2>Great Hockey Name</h2>Lester Patrick, the &ldquo;Silver Fox&rdquo; of hockey has been connected with the game for more than 40 years, as player, manager and executive. Along with his brothers, Frank and Guy, he made the name Patrick almost synonomous with hockey. The three brothers formed the old Pacific Coast professional league in 1911, and Frank was active in that loop after Lester went east to the National circuit.One of the great players who performed on the coast in the Patrick league was Fred &ldquo;Cyclone&rdquo; Taylor, a reconverted defencemen who in later years turned out to be one of the fastest centre icemen in the game, as well as being a prolific point-getter. A speedster from the word go, Taylor started his career with Renfrew Millionaires before going west to Vancouver.<h2>First Gentleman</h2>Another great alltime pivot man was Frank Nighbor, the &ldquo;Pembroke Peach,&rdquo; considered the greatest poke checker of them all. They used to say it was like having two extra defenceman on the ice when Nighbor was around. He played with Toronto and Ottawa Senators from 1914 to 1930. It was his gentlemanly conduct on the ice that prompted Lady Bying to donate the trophy that now bears&rsquo; her name.Bowie the amateur, a contemporary of Frank McGee, thrilled the fans for 22 years with, his stickhandling prowess and scientific play. He performed with the old Montreal Victorias in the early 1900&rsquo;s and once led the Eastern Canada Hockey League with 31 goals in 10 games&rsquo;, playing against such men as Art Ross, Frank Patrick and Ernie Russell. &#9632;

Shore, Joliat Patrick Among New Selectees

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-012004/8318741-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">THU 1946-47 STANLEY CUP CHAMPION Toronto Maple Beats pose for their championship group photo with the coveted Cup very much in prominence. Back row, left to right&mdash;Howie Meeker Vic Lynn, Jimmy Thomson, Garth Boesch, Gus Mortson, Joe Klukny, Bill Barilko. Middle row, left to right&mdash;Cliff Keeling (assistant trainer), Bill Ezinicki, Wally Stanowski, Harry Watson, Walter&rsquo;Turk&rsquo; Broda, Bob Goldham, Bud Poile, Gus Bodnar, Tim Daly (trainer). Front row, left to right&mdash;Gaye Stewart, Ted Kennedy, Conn Smythe (managing-director), Happy Day, (coach), Syl Apps, (captain), E. W. Bickle, (president), W. A. H. MacBrien, (vice-president), Nick Metz, Don Metz.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0008-01

They Copped The Cup

BOSTON.&mdash;Two weeks before the National Hockey Beague season opens here, Boston Bruins&rsquo; business office announced that all season tickets had been sold, if you want to see a game in Boston from now on, and haven&rsquo;t a reserved seat, you&rsquo;ll have to wait in line for one of the 2,000 standing-room seats the management holds for each game. &#9632;

Standing Room Only

Hockey fans throughout Canada who won&rsquo;t be able to attend the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the N.H.B. All-Stars at Maple Leaf Gardens on Monday, October 13, will be able to &ldquo;take it in&rdquo; via radio. Through the courtesy of the Carnation Co., which relinquished its time for &ldquo;The Contented Hour&rdquo; program, the CBC has arranged to carry a broadcast by Foster Hewitt on its Dominion network. This broadcast will be made available to all stations in Canada, starting at 9 o&rsquo;clock, (E.S.T.) and also may be carried by the American Broadcasting Company.Officials of the CBC and the organization are working together to accentuate the Chest campaign&rsquo;s drive across Canada through the medium of this special hockey broadcast. Wes McKnight, Bobby Hewitson. Harold Cotton and Elmer Ferguson, regular Hot Stove Beague gossipers, will be joined by a special guest, in all likelihood Joe Primeau. &#9632;

All-Star Tilt On Air Mon. Night At 9 p.m.

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-021499/8318820-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg"></div>Gen. John R. Kilpatrick. President, Thomas F. Lockhart. Business Manager.Frank Boucher, Team Manager and Coach Tom McKenna, Trainer. &#9632;

f0008-02

New York Rangers Roster

One of the founders of professional hockey in the and one of its staunchest supporters, Charles, F. Ada October 2 in his 71st year. Mr. Adams, known affectionately &ldquo;Pop&rdquo;, was a friend of all sports.Organizer of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League, Mr. Adams was also Greater Boston&rsquo;s best-known sports promoter He helped found Suffolk Downs race track and at on controlling interest in the Boston Braves National Beague baseball franchise.Death came to &ldquo;Pop Adams after a week&rsquo;s severe illness which climaxed 10 years of poor health. He was forced to retire from active duties with his beloved Bruins 10 years ago after suffered a stroke, but had maintained an office in downtown Boston where he liked to drop in as frequently as possible.In the early 1920&rsquo;s while director of the Boston Arena, Mr. Adams was bitten by the hockey bug. He first formed an amateur team, importing players from Eastern Canada to carry the Boston colors, and then in 1924 he formed the Boston Professional Hockey Association and obtained an N.H.B. franchise.He took as his right-hand man, Art Ross, who has been with Bruins ever since and has molded the team into one of the most feared in the league. Bruins won their first Stanley Cup in the 1928-29 season, and have won twice since then, in 1938-39 and again In 1940-41.When Boston Braves ran on rocky financial ground in 1929, Mr. Adams reorganized the club and became its principal stockholder. Due largely to his efforts, Sunday baseball was legalized in Boston.A few years later, when the Massachusetts ban on horse racing was lifted, he forced a syndicate to build Suffolk Downs, giving up his baseball interests In 1935 when Judge Kensesaw Mountain Bandis, the late high commissioner of baseball, ruled that baseball club owners must have no connection with racing. He served as director at the Downs until two years ago when it was sold to a syndicate for $4,000,000.During recent years, active front-office management of the Bruins was in the hands of his son, Weston Adams, with Ross as vice-president and general manager.Born in Newport, Vermont, Mr. Adams was the son of a lumber, man. After working as a groceryclerk and salesman, he founded the First National Stores, largest New England-owned grocery chain.<h2>Charles Adams</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-031052/8318851-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="612" height="874"></div> &#9632;

f0008-03

Charles F. Adams Dies At Boston Hockey Loses Staunch Supporter

New York Rangers embark on the second leg of a five-game preseason exhibition schedule Wednesday night, October 8, when they meet Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Senior Hockey League here. Rangers and Senators play again here October 11 then move to shawinigan Falls Que., for games with those two other Q. S. H. L. clubs.The Rangers-Senators&rsquo; clashes pit a pair of brothers against one another, as Gearge Boucher will be handling Ottawa, while brother Frank is coach of the New Yorkers their Broadway Blues opened their exhibition series last Saturday night at Lake Placid, N. Y. Hockeythey met therir American Hockey League farm club, New Haven Ramblers. &#9632;

Boucher Bros. Meet In Exhibition Tilt

The American Hockey League&rsquo;s referee-in-chief, Bill Stewart, is a pretty busy man all-year round. The former Chicago Black Hawk manager, who piloted the Windy City club to a Stanley Cup championship in 1937-38. finds time to referee professional hockey and umpire major league baseball games during the course of a year.Stewart has been tooting a whistle since 1926 when he officiated in the old Canadian-American League. During one of Bill&rsquo;s more hectic seasons he refereed 90 games and during the 1946 baseball season handled 178 National League, All-Star and world series games.<h2>All-round Referee</h2>Hockey and baseball are not the only sports in which Stewart acts as official. He also handles professional and amateur football and basketball.Stewart&rsquo;s philosophy is good advice to the young, ambitious official who is seeking a career as a referee. He knows there are two ways of thumbing a man off the ice. You can blow your whistle in a half-hearted manner and motion a man off. But if you do it in the Bill Stewart manner there is never any doubt about the whistle having been blown nor what the official means, and when a player knows that he&rsquo;ll usually obey, thus speeding up and improving the quality of the Play and the officiating. &#9632;

Tootin’ Chores Keep Bill Busy

Memories of last spring&rsquo;s hard-fought Stanley Cup final between Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens will be stirred at Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens October 13, when the Cup-winning Leafs tangle with the National Hockey League All-Stars. Although it will be Toronto against the league, four of the All-Stars will be members of last year&rsquo;s Canucks who staged such a gallant battle.Habitant players monopolized positions on the first All-Star team for 1946-47 selected by coaches of the six teams, taking positions at goal, both defence posts and right wing. Boston and Chicago got the other first team bids, while the champion Leafs failed to garner a single position on the &ldquo;dream teams.&rdquo;A further note of authenticity will be added since the All-Stars will be led into battle by Coach Dick Irvin of Canadiens, while Leafs of course will be handled by Coach &ldquo;Happy Day, who played under Irvin when the grey-thatched mentor handled the Toronto crew.<h2>Irvin Selects Spares</h2>Irvin&rsquo;s All-Stars will be made up of the six men on the first team selected by the coaches, the six who drew second choice and five more selected by the Canadiens coach. That brings the league representatives to the 16-man limit allowed, plus a spare goaltender, Boston&rsquo;s Frank Brimsek.The five extra players chosen by Dick were Ted Lindsay, Detroit, left wing; Bill Mosienko, Chicago, right wing; and three members of New York Rangers, Edgar Laprade, centre, Tony Leswick, left wing, and Grant Warwick, right wing.That gives Canadiens and Boston four men each on the superteam, while Rangers, Chicago and Detroit have three each. Leafs, of course, are not represented.<h2>Strong On Defence</h2>The starting line-up, the first All-Star sextet, will be Montreal out of the blue line. Vezina Trophy winner Bill Durnan Is between the pipes and Butch Bouchard and K. Reardon on the defence line. At centre is Boston&rsquo;s great centre and utility man, Milt Schmidt, while Maurice Richard of Canadiens will patrol the right boards and Doug Bentley of Chicago Black Hawks will be on left wing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-011838/8318972-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="311" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Reardon</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03765/8318965-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="309" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Durnan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05437/8318958-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="291" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bouchard</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-021261/8318951-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="311" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Richard</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04583/8318944-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="311" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Schmidt</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06369/8318937-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="278" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">D. Bentley</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07319/8318930-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="286" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Brimsek</figcaption></div>As alternates Irvin will havt Detroit&rsquo;s durable defence pair of Jack Stewart and Bill Quackenbush, who placed on the second team, Chicago&rsquo;s Max Bentley as centre and Boston&rsquo;s Bobby Bauer and Porky Dumart as wings. Brimsek won the second team goalie&rsquo;s position.On the defence, the All-Stars are well heeled with the league &lsquo;s topranking puck-stopper in the nets and probably the toughest blueline pair in the league in front of him. Bruising Butch Bouchard and col-ful Kenny Reardon have been two of the big reasons why Durnan&rsquo;s goals-against record has been so good the past four seasons. Last year, for instance, opposiftg players got only one-third of their goals against Canadiens while that pair was on defence. Stewart and Quackenbush form a formidable barrier for opposing players to pass.<h2>Snipers Up Front</h2>On the firing line, the first team trio of Schmidt, Richard and Doug Bentley had a combined total of 93 goals and 95 assist last season, with Richard getting 45 goals, Schmidt 27 and Bentley 21. The second-stringers were right on their heels, with 83 goals and 95 assists. Bauer collected 30 tallies Max Bentley 29 and Dumart trailed with 24. The All-Stars include six of the league&rsquo;s top scorers of 1946-47, a fact which promises to give Toronto goalie Turk Broda no little trouble. &#9632;

f0009-01

Dick Irvin Powerhouse Awaits Toronto Classic

MONTREAL&mdash;The once-powerful Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors who swept through all oppsition to capture the Memorial Cup and Canadian junior hockey Championship the weekend spring, bit the dust here over Nationale walloped them 8-2 in the Sportsmen&rsquo;s Association pre-season series.St-Mike&rsquo;S, with only one player left from last season&rsquo;s steamroller squad, were but a shadow of the great team that didn&rsquo;t lose a playoff game last spring.Oshawa general trounced Montreal Royals Juniors 9-3 in the other half of a Sunday doubleheader. Generals next week Canucks in the St. Mary&rsquo;s tangle with Edmonton Canucks in the semi-final round of knockout play. &#9632;

Weakened St. Mike’s Bow To Nationale Oshawa Downs Royals In Junior Play

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-08" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08289/8319027-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg"></div>Senator Donat Raymond. President Frank J. Seiko, General Manager.Dick Irvin. Coach, Ernie Cook, Trainer. &#9632;

f0009-08

Montreal Canadiens Roster

REGINA, SASK.&mdash;The National Hockey League, for the first time in its history, has an American-born player as captain of a team. That came about when Johnny Mariucci was named captain of Chicago Black Hawks while the team was in training here.Mariucci claims as his hometown the &ldquo;hockey capital&rdquo; of the United States&mdash;Eveleth, Minnesota, where Frankie Brimsek of Boston Bruins and Mike Karakas, former Hawk goalie, learned their hockey. &#9632;

Eveleth’s Mariucci First Yank Captain

Veterans and youngsters, a combination for real strength, make up the 194 6-47 All-Star team picked from American Hockey League teams by hockey writers and sport-casters around the circuit.Former National Hockey League stars aj-e much in evidence on the select six, with all except one member of the team a former big leaguer.In goal the All-Stars have &ldquo;Baz&rdquo; Bastien of Pittsburgh Hornets, who played five games with Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1945-46 season before going down to Hornets.On Defence are Ernie Dickens of Pittsburgh, another former Leaf, and Hugh Millar of Indianapolis. Dickens played with Toronto in 1941-42, then spent three years in the armed services before coming back to Leafs for a brief stop in the 1945-46 season before he was assigned to Pittsburgh.Millar has least big league experience of any member of the team. He played a few games for Detroit last season. He broke in with Omaha of the American Hockey Association, now the United States Hockey League, in 1941-42, went into service, then came back to join Indianapolis.Up front is a high-scoring line that accounted for 127 goals and 140 assists or a total of 267 points In the regular season. Johnny Holota of Cleveland is at centre, with Phil Hergesheimer of Philadelphia, the league&rsquo;s&rsquo; leading scorer, on right wing and Bobby Carse of Cleveland at leftCarse finished second in the scoring race and Holota was third. Carse was a much-travelled player in his first years in hockey, shuttling back and forth between Chicago of the N.H.L. and the minor leagues from 1939 to 1943 when he entered the armed services.On the second team the selectors picked Harvey Bennett of Hershey, former goaltender with Oshawa Generals junior team, with Elwyn &ldquo;Moe&rdquo; Morris of Pittsburgh and Toronto and Ott Heller of New Haven on defence. Bennett has since been sold to Providence.The second-string forward line has Les Douglas of Indianapolis at Centre, Pete Leswick of Cleveland on the right wing and Cliff Simpson of Indianapolis at left wing.Holota whose 52 goals set a record last winter played with Detroit Red Wings in 1942-43. Hergesheimer, a 33-year-old veteran, played with Chicago, Boston, then Chicago again in his four years In the big top from 1939 to 1943. &#9632;

Former Big Leaguers Among AHL All-Stars

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-011973/8319137-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"></div> &#9632;

f0010-01

A.H.L. All-Stars, 1946-47

BOSTON&mdash;Presenting the Number One Gentleman of the National Hockey League for the 1946-47 season&mdash;Bobby Bauer of Boston Bruins.Bobby, now retired from active hockey duties to help manage his father-in-law&rsquo;s skate factory at Kitchener, Ontario, and coach the junior squad at Guelph on the side, was last season&rsquo;s winner of the Lady Byng Trophy for clean and sportsman like play.Born in Waterloo, Ontario, February 16, 1915, of a German father and an Irish mother, one of 11 children, Bauer won the coveted trophy twice before, in 193940 and 1940-41.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-021427/8319168-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="259" height="394"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Bauer</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0010-02

Fancy Blade Wielder Now Making Skates

TORONTO&mdash;The serious-faced youngster with the crew haircut and the choppy, ice-covering stride by rights shouldn&rsquo;t have been playing at all. But 22-year-old Howie Meeker was the cream of the rookie crop in the National Hockey League last season and walked off with the Calder Memorial Trophy for first-year men by a country mile.Meeker, born in Kitchener, Ontario. was severely wounded with the Canadian Army overseas, when a live grenade exploded at his feet. His legs torn by shrapnel, Howie wondered if he would ever play again, but he returned to Canada at the end of 1945 and courageously fought his way back to hockey form while finishing the 1945-46 season with the senior amateur team at Stratford. Ontario.<h2>Top &lsquo;Debutante&rsquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03889/8319199-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="585" height="920"><figcaption class="caption-body">HOWIE MEEKER</figcaption></div>He was called up by Leafs at the beginning of last season, sprinted to the forefront of the youngsters, scored five goals in one game to set a freshman record and wound up the year with 27 goals and 18 assists for 45 points, 12 th in the league.Just a week before he learned he had won the rookie award, Howie&rsquo;s wife presented him with an even better trophy&mdash;their first baby, a glamorous gal. &#9632;

f0010-03

Leaf Youngster Was Ace Rookie Last NHL Season

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.&mdash;Two second-year men and four veterans of the big league won spots on the 1946-47 All-Star team for the United States Hockey League, the booming eight team loop in the American midwest and that &ldquo;nation within a nation,&rdquo; Texas.The sophomores are Harvey Jessiman in goal and Don Morrison at centre ice, both members of the Omaha team that won the league title but bowed to Dallas in the finals.Others members of the team, selected by the eight coaches, are Bob Dill of St. Paul and Doug Baldwin of Kansas City on defence and George (Wingy) Johnston of Kansas City and Ralph (Bus) Wycherley of Tulsa on the wing spots.Morrison, who hails from Saskatoon, Saskachewan, not only won a spot on the coveted topflight sextet, but also paced the league&rsquo;s point-getters with 32 goals and 44 assists. Jessiman, who like Morrison was playing his second year in professional ranks with Omaha, was the league&rsquo;s leading goalie, and winner of the Charles Gardiner Memorial Trophy.Baldwin broke into professional ranks with Pittsburgh of the American Hockey League in 19454 6 and played 15 games with Toronto Maple Leafs that year.Dill, the other rearguard, is a veteran of two years with New York Rangers of the N.H.L., in the 1943-44 and 1944-45 seasons, playing the full schedule in his second season.Wingy Johnston played with Chicago Black Hawks before being shipped to Kansas City.Bus Wycherley, the leftwinger, made a sparkling comeback effort in his first professional season after four years of war service, racking up 54 points to finish in 16th place in the point race as well as copping the All-Star spot. Wycherley played with New York and Brooklyn Americans before enlisting in 1942.The second, or alternate, team has Harry McQueston of Minneapolis in goal with teamate Tom Williams and Alex Sandalack of St. Paul on defence. On the forward line are Ken Davies of St. Paul, a first-year man who finished fourth in the scoring race with 64 points and was voted the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie, and John McKenzie of Dallas and Hal Brown of St. Paul as his linemates. &#9632;

Omaha Sophomores Make U.S.H.L. Team

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04605/8319254-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg"></div> &#9632;

f0010-04

U.S.H.L. All-Stars, 1946-47

MONTREAL&mdash;When a red-white-and-blue-clad figure streaks down the ice, swerves in front of the goal and lets a blistering shot go, the Montreal Forum awakes to raucous yells and you know that&rsquo;s Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard on the warpath.Richard, Montreal-born and idol of the Canadiens fans, was last year&rsquo;s winner of the Dr. David A. Hart Trophy, presented annually to the player judged most valuable to his team. It&rsquo;s the most coveted individual award in the National Hockey League.Richard, now only 26 years old, holds the record for most goals in a season&mdash;50 in 1944-45&mdash;most goals in a playoff series&mdash;12 in 1943-44&mdash;as well as the mark of five in a single game in that year&rsquo;s Stanley Cup eliminations.He also holds the records for most points in single game, when he scored five goals and had three assists against Detroit Red Wings February 28, 1945.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05438/8319285-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="321" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Maurice Richard</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0010-05

Idol Of Montreal “Richard Sont-La”

MONTREAL&mdash;They used to call Frankie Brimsek of Boston Bruins &ldquo;Mr. Zero&rdquo; in pre-war days, but now they tag Bill Durnan of Montreal Canadiens &ldquo;Mr. Sub-Zero.&rdquo;Lanky, unflustered Bill has made the race for the Vezina Trophy a one-man affair lately, winning it in 1946-47 lor the fourth time in a row, the first time that had ever been achieved. It eclipsed the great Georgs Hainsworth&rsquo;s feat of winning three in a row for an earlier Canadiens six. Only Cecil (Tiny) Thompson, former Boston goalie, has won the Cup as many as four times, and his wins were spread over a span of eight years.Last year. Bill allowed only 138 goals in 60 games, an average of 2.30 per game, far outdistancing Turk Broda of Toronto, his nearest rival who missed 172 pucks.Bill&rsquo;s interests spread beyond hockey, and in the off season he is ranked as one of Canada&rsquo;s best softball pitchers, breezing them by the batters as easily as he knocks out pucks in winter.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06333/8319316-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="287" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Durnan</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0010-06

Vezina Cup Winner Now Mr. “Sub-Zero”

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07238/8319347-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg"></div> &#9632;

f0010-07

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE SCHEDULE—1947-1948

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.&mdash;Nick Damore, 31-year-old goalkeeper of the Philadelphia Rockets of the American Hockey League, has been forced to retire from active playing on the advice of his doctors.The former A.H.L. all-star goalie has been bothered by an old spinal injury that prompted specialists to advise Damore to quit playing.The Philadelphia netminder was the outstanding goalie of the 194546 season with Hershey Bears and has been named to four all-star teams in his eight-year sojourn in the American League.A native of Niagara Falls, Ont., Damore came to Providence in 1938-39 moving over to Hershey for the next seven years. The Bears traded him to the Rockets last season. &#9632;

Nick Damore Retires From Competition

PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Activity on the American Hockey League front in Philadelphia is at a high point under the new regime headed by Walter Annen-berg, publisher and radio station owner. The Rockets have been busy with plans for the 1947-48 season.General Manager Pete Tyrell of the Rockets, as one of his first moves under the new set-up, obtained the services of Wally Kilrea as coach. Kilrea needs no introduction to hockey fans around the A.H.L. Wally holds the league scoring record, a mark of 99 points registered in 1942-43 while playing with Hershey.Another move by Tyrell was to sign Max Kaminsky as business manager when the latter left Pittsburgh Hornets. One of Kaminsky&rsquo;s major duties will be to build up an elaborate farm system for the Rockets.<h2>Hergeshelmer Relieved</h2>As coach of the Rockets, Kilrea succeeds Phil Hergesheimey who was named playing-coach in midseason during the 1946-47 campaign. Hergesheimer expressed a wish to be relieved of the coaching duties this season so that he could concentrate on the playing end. He figures that he still has a few seasons of good hockey left.Wally is one of four brothers who made a name for themselves in hockey. John, oldest of the brothers, never turned professional but he was an outstanding amateur who turned down several pro offers. Hurricane Hec, a star for many seasons with Detroit Red Wings and later with Indianapolis, became the best known of the Kilrea clan. Hec turned pro with the Ottawa Senators in 1925 before he was 18 years old. He served with the American ar-my in the Second World War, winning the Distinguished Service Cross while fighting in France.Wally, who also served in the American army, turned pro in 1928. The fourth brother, Ken, will play under Wally this season with the Rockets. He is the youngest and biggest of the brothers and turned professional in 1938. &#9632;

Rockets Under New Direction

<div class="byline">By DICK FORTUNE</div><h2>Eddie Cutts</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-021249/8319457-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="573" height="884"></div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;Although it will be a difficult job to better last year&rsquo;s great record-breaking achievements, opti mism is the keynote around the Pittsburgh Hornet camp as the team prepares for the opening game of the season against the St Louis Flyers in the Mound City October 14.Last years the Pittsburgh puckchasers were just one game away from top honors in the American League&mdash;the best record the club ever made. This was in addition to a record 19-game skein without a defeat; a new mark for goals scored in a single game; a new record for season victories by a Pittsburgh sextet, and numerous other marks that make the 1946-47 season hard to beat.<h2>Hope for Good Year</h2>However, the Hornet management and the players are looking forward to a great new season. Ever since the first rookies reported at camp, September 15. there has been keen enthusiasm in the pre-season drills and last year&rsquo;s veterans realize that the likely looking crop of newcomers means there will be a battle for every position.Aldege &ldquo;Baz&rdquo; Bastien, all-star goalie of the A.H.L. last year, should clinch the twine-tending chores, but Ernie Dickens, rangy defenceman who also won all-star honors, will have to beat out some stalwart youngsters who are playing a rock-&rsquo;em, sock-&rsquo;em style in camp. Among the youngsters seeking back-guard posts are Eddie Cutts, Phil Samis, Bob Dawes, Gerald Scott. George McLagan, Orval Lavell and Alan Bathe. These fellows may find it hard to take over the jobs of such hard campaigners as Elwin (Moe) Morris, Stan Kemp and Pete Backor, as well as Dickens.<h2>Strong Offensively</h2>The Hornets&rsquo; attack should be even stronger than last year.Among those expected to win regular berths on the forward lines are Tod Sloan, whose work in his freshman year was one of the highlights of the A.H.L. playoffs; Harry Taylor, a rough-riding youngster who was handicapped most of last season by injuries; Syd Smith, another freshman star last season; Armand Lemieux, an aggresssive winger, plus such talented veterans as Jackie Hamilton, Mel Hill, Pete Langelle, Billy Benson and Don Metz.Among the outstanding aspirants are Harold Brayshaw, a star with last year&rsquo;s Hollywood Wolves; Joe Barbe of the Los Angeles Monarchs; Fleming Mackell and Les Costello, two of the outstanding Canadian junior amateurs last year with Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s.Not the least of the causes for optimism among Hornet boosters is the fact that Bob Davidson, former Toronto Leaf star, will be coach of the team. Bob, a likeable fellow, had 11 years service with some of Connie Smythe&rsquo;s best sextets and is a great believer in aggressiveness. &#9632;

f0011-02

Rookies Spur Hopes Of Hornet Officials

<div class="byline">By CHARLES BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;When General Manager Art Chapman led his American League Buffalo Bisons into their Owen Sound, Ont., training camp this fall, the Bisons&rsquo; head man let it be known that he considers his club a definite Calder Cup contender this season,&ldquo;The team we have lined up should put us into a playoff spot, and make us a strong contender for the Calder Cup,&rdquo; said Chapman, as together with his newly-acquired coach, Leroy Goldsworthy, and Chief Scout Rudy Pilous, he put the latest edition of the Bisons through their training schedule.In addition to a number of tried professionals, and a dozen amateurs who are fighting for places in the line-up the Herd this season will be led by a new coach.<h2>Meet the Coach</h2>An outstanding professional player since 1925, and through his lengthy playing career with every club in the N.H.L. excepting the Toronto Maple Leafs, Leroy Goldsworthy recently was named coach of the Bisons. A member of the 1933-34 Chicago Stanley Cup winners, Goldsworthy comes back to Buffalo where he closed out his active playing days with the 1941-42 Bisons. Turning to coaching. Goldsworthy has since spent two years each with both the Dallas Texans of the United States Hockey League, and the Baltimore Orioles of the Eastern United States Amateur Hockey League.Following sales which sent Johnny Mahaffy and Jack Portland to the Philadelphia Rockets of the A.H.L., General Manager Chapman has since acquired four players in deals with a trio of major league clubs. From the Detroit Red Wings have come Les Douglas and Harold Jackson, in the deal which sent ex-Bison Jimmy McFadden to the Red Wings at the close of the 1945-46 season.<h2>Bibeault With Bisons</h2>Paul Bibeault, one-time goaltender of the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs, and more recently with the Chicago Black Hawks, has been purchased by the Bisons. Leo Lamoureux, for a number of years a member of the Montreal Canadiens, will this season take up a defence position with the Herd.Two rookies, Bobby Thorpe and Ken McKenzie, left and right wingers respectively, up from the Dallas Texans, are expected to make bold bids for regular berths this season. Looking for youth, and the speed that comes with it, Chapman feels that in Thorpe and McKenzie he has a pair of speed artists who will help make the club go at top clip all the way.Of the fourteen senior amateur players who attended the Owen Sound training camp sessions, Chief Scout Rudy Pilous looks upon Jackie Giesebrecht, a twenty-two-year-old rightwinger, as the find of the year. Standing 5&rsquo;10&rdquo;, and weighing 180 pounds, Giese-brecht, who last season played with the Ottawa Senators in the Quebec Senior league, is expected to draw down a regular assign ment in this, his first step intc the pro ranks.<h2>Amateurs Farmed Out</h2>Those senior amateurs not signed to pro contracts but who are to be retained within the Bisons organization, will be sent to the San Diego Sea Hawks, the Buffalo farm club in the P.C.H.L.The Bisons, who have won the Calder Cup on three occasions in the past, and who finished one point behind, the league-leading Cleveland Barons last season, and then were beaten out in the playoffs by the Pittsburgh Hornets, look to be a well-balanced club, as they make ready for the coming campaign. The last time the Bisons won the Calder Cup was the 1945-46 season.<h2>Ice Pics Meet Royals</h2>BOSTON&mdash;The Canadian amateur hockey champions, Montreal Royals, holders of the Allan Cup, will play here in the Boston Garden against the Olympics on Friday, October 24 in the first home game for the Ice Pics since their entrance into the Quebec Senior Hockey League.The Olympics, 1946-47 United States amateur hockey kings, open the season in Montreal on Sunday October 19 against the Royals. &#9632;

Chapman ‘Bullish’ On Charges; Stamps Herd ‘Title Contender’

<div class="byline">By JACK WELLS</div>WINNIPEG, MAN.&mdash;Last May they wound up the Allan Cup series with Montreal Royals defeating Calgary Stani-peders for what sportswriters so quaintly term the battered old Mug. That was the longest run on record, but it won&rsquo;t stand up for long, at least in Winnipeg where the shinny players got away to a real early start this fall.Squire John Peterson, major domo of the ancient Amphitheatre Rink, had the freeze in September 12 and the first flood had scarcely tightened when Herb Gardiner of the newly-formed Philadelphia Maroons had a host of young talent on the ice for their first spin. Since Maroons started it, Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League, and Minneapolis and St. Paul of the United States Hockey League all unravelled the kinks on Winnipeg ice.There&rsquo;s no doubt but that fans in this part of the country will have their fill of hockey by the time spring and playoffs roll around.<h2>Minor Hockey Booms</h2>The so called &ldquo;amateur hockey&rdquo; in Manitoba will be confined to the young fry from peewee age up to juvenile, and juvenile is a doubtful category, for strong indications point to some juvenile teams giving their star players mere than just a sweater and stick in return for their services.Even before the season gets under way the Manitoba Junior League has been slashed to four clubs 3 in Winnipeg and one in Brandon. Portage laPrairie, a city of less than 8,000 people has tossed in the junior sponge. The financial burden was too great, and they were unable to secure assistance in the way of sponsorship from the pro clubs.The Terriers in the past have had some sort of affiliation with Percy Nicklin in the English league, but the past three seasons have been far from lucrative. They reached their peak when Portage annexed the Memorial Cup in 1941.<h2>Four Junior Entries</h2>The M.A.H.A. has yet to meet for their fall clam bake, and haven&rsquo;t indicated whether the Portage Franchise will be snapped up But it&rsquo;s a safe bet that the Manitoba Junior League will have only four entries this year with the Monarchs, Canadians and the newly christend Hawks, formerly the rangers, all from Winnipeg, and the Brandon Elks, last years Manitoba champions.The personnel of the junior clubs is as tight a secret as the atom bomb. The junior clubs in these parts don&rsquo;t trust each other across the street, and-it&rsquo;s a mad scramble for talent every year, with the usual ibckering wail for transfer, and many accusations of raiding.All four clubs in the junior league are now tied up with pro outfits. The Chicago Black Hawks have the biggest &ldquo;stake&rdquo; financing teams from bantam up to senior, and the Rangers were rechristened the Hawks. The Monarchs have a direct telephone line to Conn Smythe&rsquo;s private inner sanctum in Maple Leaf Gardens, the Canadians are bank-rolled by the Montreal Canadiens, and Brandon Elks receive more than a friendly hand shake from Minneapolis.Walter Monson, who guided the Monarchs to the &ldquo;throne room&rdquo; two years ago will start his third season with the Regals, &ldquo;Hoss&rdquo; Nicholson who had an unhappy winter with Brandon last year has been signed to coach the Canadians.Bill McKenzie, with long experience in the N.H.L. and the American League, steps out in his first! junior coaching assignment with the Brandon Elks. Brandon are installing an artificial ice plant that will be in operation this month, and their new executive has been on a&rsquo; &ldquo;talent hunt&rdquo; for weeks. Not lacking in financial scratch, the Elks have swept far a-field for players.<h2>Senior Picture Unclear</h2>The revival of senior hockey in Manitoba is causing the junior nabobs more than a little concern. Indications point to a strong three team league in operation. with Chicago tossing their backing into setup. Headed by Baldy North-cott, the Hawks&rsquo; talent scout in this precinct, the senior Hawks will draw on material that fails to make the N.H.L. Hawks or the Kansas City Pla-mors. Art Somers, without a doubt one of the bests coaches in the country, will boss the seniors. Reo Flyers, last season&rsquo;s senior champions of Manitoba, will be back with most of the year&rsquo;s players, coached by Art Barnett. &#9632;

Manitoba Set For Long Puck Year Senior Revival Showing In Cards

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-011924/8319550-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="627" height="1527"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-021513/8319543-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="624" height="1524"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03987/8319536-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="633" height="1533"></div> &#9632;

f0012-01

W.C.S.H.L: Schedule, 1947-48

OSHAWA, ONT.&mdash;Tommy Anderson, former N.H.L. defenceman, took over as coach of Oshawa Generals of the Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; O.H.A. in mid-September, succeding Charlie Conacher. Pressure of business was the reason. Conacher had been mentor of the Motor City club for some seasons.Anderson, a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, played last season with Hollywood Wolves of the Pacific Coast League. Prior to that he had performed for the Leafs and the old New York Americans of the N.H.L. Anderson, who is 37, is a native of Drumheller, Alta. &#9632;

Anderson Gets Oshawa Coaching Job

<div class="byline">By LLOYD SAUNDERS</div>REGINA, SASK.&mdash;Last year&rsquo;s Western Champions, the Calgary Stampeders are beginning to round into shape following a week of arduous drills. Coach Jack Arbour has formed at least three, potential lineups among the crop of players trying Out this year for berths on the 1946-47 Dominion finalists.The railbirds seemed impressed with the goings on at the Victoria Arena last week and they were of the belief that the Stamps would be the team to beat.Forming one unit on the team are Ken Hunter, Bob Brownridge and Dune Grant. Arbour has Archie Wilder Bunny Dame and Tony Desmarais working together while Don Cully and Stan Devicq. newcomers to the Stamps are combining their efforts with Doug French.Fronting Russ Dertell in the nets will be the veteran Ken Stewart and youthful Bud Emery, while Barefoot and Freddy Hergert are working as another defence unit. Both Butch McDonald and Doug Cairns were missing from the drills but are expected to be around when rearguard posts are handed out.Coach Bobby Kirk of the Saskatoon Quaker Hockey club has some bright prospects for this year&rsquo;s.team. Heading the newcomers will be Gerard (Git) Rempel former Saskatchewan Huskie star who has in the past few weeks been working out with the Detroit Red Wings. Rempel has inked a contract with the Quakers.<h2>Coley Hall Protests</h2>Farther west in the Pacific Coast Hockey League, Coley Hall, manager of the Vancouver Canucks has commenced festivities by launching a protest with the British Columbia Hockey Association against the transfer of three of last year&rsquo;s Canucks to Alberta clubs.The three players involved are Andy Clovechuck, scheduled to play with the Edmonton Flyers, Don Culley with the Stamps and goalie Al Rollins, turning out with the Edmonton Flyers.Doug Grimston, president of the B.C.H.A. has forwarded the protest to Al Pickard of the C.A.H.A.The Canucks mentor however is willing to release Clovechuck on condition that Bob Love, who played with the Lethbridge Maple Leafs last year signs up with Vancouver.Love has let it be known that he would probably play with the New Westminster Royals. &#9632;

Western Senior Teams Commence Heavy Drills

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;With the dropping of the Hollywood Wolves the Pacific Coast Hockey League now contains 10 clubs&mdash;five in the Northern Division and a like number in the Southern Division.Vancouver, New Westminster (B.C.), Seattle, Tacoma and Portland are in the Northern Sector and San Francisco, Oakland, Fresno, Los Angeles and San Diego make up the Southern group.Several cnanges in team ownership, coaches and management have taken place during the summer. Starting with Vancouver in the north and extending to San Diego in the south they are:Mac Colville, brother of Neil, and a member of the famous &ldquo;Bread Line&rdquo; of the New York Rangers&mdash;Neil and Mac Colville and Alex Shibicky&mdash;is the new coach at Vancouver. Colville replaces another former N.H.L. great in the person of Paul Thompson, erstwhile Chicago Black Hawk coach and player. Thompson led Vancouver to the U.S. National title in 1945-46. Coley Hall remains as manager.Only 15 miles away is New Westminster, where Ken McKenzie is manager and president of the Royals. Up to the time of writing no coach has been named to replace Bobby Kirk. Kirk is the new mentor of the Saskatoon Elks of the Western Canada league.<h2>Dotten With Seattle</h2>Skipping across the border we come to Seattle and manager Frank Dotten, who will be serving his fourth term as bossman of the Ironmen. He led them to a National title in 1944-45. Last season Eddie Dartnell doubled in brass. When not playing he helped Dotten with the coaching chores.Another old timer is Jimmy Ward, coach of the Portland Eagles. This will the former Montreal Maroon star&rsquo;s fourth yaer at the helm of the Oregon sextet. Last campaign Ward&rsquo;s club won the Northern Division championship but dropped four straight to the Los Angeles club in the P.C.H.L. playdowns. Back as manager of the club is Oscar Johnson. Johnson is on half of th famous ice skating act of Shipstad and Johnson, Ice Follies of 1948.Marking their sophomore year in the P.C.H.L. are Ron Moffatt&rsquo;s Tacoma Rockets. Dave Downie remains as coach.We next swing into the Southern section of the far-flung Pacific Coast loop. San Francisco has a new deal. Hooking up with the Cleveland Barons of the A.H.L. the Shamrocks will be coached by Les Cunningham, Baron great. Cunningham replaces Al Murray,&rsquo; former N.Y. American defenceman. Phillip Ehrlick is the new manager of the Bay City club.<h2>Shore buys Oakland</h2>Eddie Shore has taken over the Oakland Oaks franchise. Selling out his interest in the San Diego club, Shore bought the Oaks. The Hall of Famer&rdquo; will bring several of his boys from San Diego with him to Oakland and the remainder of the club will come from his teams at Springfield (A.H.L.) and Forth Worth (United States League). First thing Shore did was move the Oakland franchise to Berkeley.Although continuing to carry the same name&mdash;Oakland&mdash;the club will play out of the Berkeley rink. East Bay Iceland. The new rink is next to the University of California campus, has a larger seating capacity than Oakland, 4,200 against 2,500, and is considered one of the better rinks on the West Coast.Tony Hemmerling who coached Fresno last season will be the new mastermind at Oakland, succeeding Mel Harwood. Shore will act as manager.<h2>Gracie Coaches Fresno</h2>At Fresno Bob Gracie is the new mentor. Grade&rsquo;s Hollywood Wolves were disbanded only a short time ago and he was faced with the task of finding a new spot. Hemmerling&rsquo;s move to Oakland left a vacancy at Fresno and manager Fred Bergin lost no time in signing Gracie. The Falcons will be affiliated with the St. Louis Flyers of the A. H. L., who last year had a working agreement with Oakland.The P.C.H.L. champs, Los Angeles, will again be led by playing coach Johnny Polich. Ray Rice is the new manager and Lyman Johnson is president.There&rsquo;s a new lineup at San Diego. James Forsythe is the manager and up to this date no coach had been designated. Last year Paul Runge, one time Montreal Maroon player, coached. It was not known whether Runge would return under the new owners or not.The Skyhawks are affiliated with the Buffalo Bisons.On October 21 the PCHL blows the lid on its fourth season, which has all the earmarks of being, bigger and better, than ever. &#9632;

Numerous Changes in P.C.L. As Loop Eyes Opening Game

TULSA, OKLA.&mdash;Tulsa Oilers are starting anew this season after severing working relations with Toronto Maple Leafs in addition to dropping their 1946-47 coach, Gus Marker. Manager Jack MacDonald announced that Clint &ldquo;Snuffy&rdquo; Smith, former N.H.L. veteran with Rangers and Chicago, will pilot the club this season. Between 30 and 40 players reported to fall training camp at Midland, Ont., on September 20 and will work out there until the club breaks camp on October 9.Smith, a 10-year man under the big top and twice winner of the Lady Byng Trophy, will have to do a little rebuilding to improve the club&rsquo;s position over last season when it finished third in the four-team Southern Division of the U.S.H.L. under Marker. The Oilers and the Maple Leafs were at loggerheads last seaso&rsquo;n over what Tulsa considered was Toronto&rsquo;s failure to send adequate player replacements for the U.S.H.L. teams gruelling 60-game schedule. Consequently the Leafs quit Tulsa, stating it was too far from Toronto to send or recall players.<h2>Five Conditioner Games</h2>The Oilers have lined up five pre-season exhibition games with Springfield, Buffalo, Dallas and Washington. There will be 11 holdovers in addition to several newcomers to form the nucleus of the 1947-48 squad. Returning from last season will be Goalie Bud Lamarche, Nick Knott, Emile Dagenais, Jack Morrow, John Ubriaco, Buddy Hellyer, Joe Sadler, Clare Dillon, Alvin Jones, Morris Hamilton and Eddie Emerton.As well as the usual flock of amateur hopefuls there will be newcomers Tom Fowler, purchased from Chicago during the off-season, Andy Chakowski picked up from Kansas City, Ed. Young and A. Brown.The Oilers have lost several players to the National and American Leagues including their allstar winger of last year, high-scoring Bus Wycherly, Hughie Mair, Doug McMurdy, Wally Wilson and Pete Kapueta. With all these stars gone Smith has his work cut out for him at Midland in his efforts to rebuild the club and make it a contender for U.S.H.L honors. &#9632;

Oilers Setting Sights On Revamping Task

Every year before the final home game of the Detroit Red Wings at the Olympia, members of the N.H.L. club are honored with a trophy night at which four awards are made to the Red Wing players. The Detroit Hockey Writers&rsquo; Award goes to the most valuable player on the club, while the Harry Gormley Trophy is offered for the team&rsquo;s leading scorer. The Frank Murphy and the J. M. Catron trophies are awarded to the leading goal getter and most sports-like player respectively on the club. &#9632;

Trophy Night

TORQNTO.&mdash;The Ontario Hockey Association Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; group will operate with seven teams in the 1947-48 season, while 10 junior entries will make up the Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; grouping.The senior squads will be, Toronto Marlboros, Hamilton Tigers-champions the past two years&mdash;Hamilton Patricias, Owen Sound Mercuries, Stratford Indians, Kitchener-Waterloo Combines and Brantford Redmen.The junior entries will be the Dominion champions, Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors, Oshawa Generals, Galt Red Wings, Stratford Kroehlers, St. Catharines T-P Bruins, Barrie Fliers, Toronto Young Rangers, Windsor Spitfires and Guelph Biltmores. &#9632;

OHA Senior, Junior Leagues Lined Up

HAMILTON, ONT.&mdash;Albert Ernest Stafford Smythe, father of Conn Smythe, Managing Director of Toronto Maple Leafs, died in hospital here last week. Funeral services were held in Toronto Monday afternoon. &#9632;

Conn’s Father Dead

<h2>INDIVIDUAL SCORING & PENALTY RECORDS</h2><h3>Regular Schedule</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-011903/8319777-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="927" height="4236"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-021446/8319770-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="935" height="228"></div>The following played in less than 10 games, and did not enter the scoring or penalty columns:-John Lancien, Norm Larson and Sherman White, Rangers; Thain Simon, Doug Baldwin, Hugh Millar, Cal MacKay and Steve Wochy, Detroit; Doug. Lew is, George Parget er and Frank Eddols, Canadiens; John Peirson and Dit Clapper, Boston; and Bob Dawes, Toronto.<h2>INDIVIDUAL SCORING & PENALTY RECORDS</h2><h3>Stanley Cup Play-Offs 1040-47</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-031007/8319763-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="935" height="2633"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><h3>Regular Schedule</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04698/8319756-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="933" height="632"></div><h2>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY TEAMS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05472/8319749-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="679" height="214"></div> &#9632;

f0014-01

N.H.L PLAYER STATISTICS 1946-47 SEASON

Like a good wine, Murph old &ldquo;Hardrock&rdquo; Cnamberlain of Montreal Canad lens seems to improve with age.More than one hockey follower sniffed disdainfully when the Habitants took Murph into the fold at the start chamberlain of the 1943-44 season. But the scoffers, who had insisted that he was all washed up, had to eat their words as Murph turned into one of the mainstays of a club that has established a brilliant record in the last four seasons.Canadiens have won the National Hockey League title for the last four seasons and not a little of the credit for this fine showing must go to the fighting Irishman who doesn&rsquo;t know what the word &ldquo;quit&rdquo; means.Murph hasn&rsquo;t got a hard shot; a lot of players are faster and skate better. But Murph doesn&rsquo;t yield an inch to anybody when it comes to aggressiveness. He&rsquo;s the type of playey who is likely to come through with a goal while lying flat on his back on the ice after a stiff bodycheck. He&rsquo;s always in there trying and many of his tries pay off.Probably not many hockey fans know that his real name isn&rsquo;t Murph. The record books show him to be Erwin Groves Chamberlain born at Shawville, Que., on Feb. 14, 1915. Murph has played with more N.H L. clubs than any other player still in the league. Over his major league career he has worn the livery of four teams&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Americans, Boston Bruins, and Canadiens.<h2>Nickname</h2>The nickname &ldquo;Hardrock&rdquo; pinned on him by Montreal sports writers&mdash;is a &ldquo;natuiral&rdquo; where Murph is concerned. First, he plays a slam-bang, devil-take-the consequences type of game. Second, he wound up his amateur career with the Sudbury (Frood Mines) Tigers, winners of the Allan Cup in the 1936-37 season.It&rsquo;s small wonder, then, that the sports writers simply associated his style of play with the fact that he once displayed his hockey wares in a mining district and came up with the name &ldquo;Hardrock&rdquo;.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06372/8319808-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="299" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chamberlaln</figcaption></div>Coach Dick Irvin makes no bones about the fact that he likes to have men like Chamberlain on his club. Irvin had been coach of the Maple Leafs when Chamberlain was with the Toronto team and he knew Murph to be the type who is a real sparkplug. So Irvin didn&rsquo;t hesitate a minute in giving his approval when Canadiens had the chance to pick up Chamberlain from Boston Bruins in 1943.&ldquo;Chamberlain has so much get-wp-and-go that he&rsquo;s a valuable man to have on your team,&rdquo; says Irvin. He&rsquo;s a good backchecker, he scores a lot of important goals and he&rsquo;s always trying That last factor is important. I don&rsquo;t want men on the club who admit defeat. They&rsquo;ve got to be out there giving all they&rsquo;ve got whether we&rsquo;re taking a licking or winning the game.&rdquo;<h2>Great Heckler</h2>Irvin also figures that a player like Chamberlain is good to have around to keep the morale of the team high. Chamberlain and Ken Reardon engage in so many verbal duels that there&rsquo;s never a dull moment when they&rsquo;re around and the result is that Canadiens are always a team in good spirit.In the dressing room before a game, as they pull on their hockey armor, Chamberlain and Rear-don usually manage to liven the proceedings with their banter. They heckle one another continuously; nor are the other members of the team in the clear when it comes to taking a ribbing. They regard everybody as &ldquo;fair game.&rdquo;Since they dress in opposite corners of the room, Chamberlain isn&rsquo;t always certain that one of his choice remarks bas been heard by Reardon over the hub-bub that generally ensues. (Or maybe it&rsquo;s Reardon who figures that Chamberlain has missed out on a wise-crack.) At any rate, they generally wind up facing one another in the centre of the room, talking to one another a mile a minute.Reardon once remarked to a reporter that his greatest thrill in hockey had not been winning the Stanley Cup with Canadiens in 1945-46 season but in playing with the Ottawa Commandos when the army team won the Allan Cup in 1943-44. Reardon went on to explain that the Allan Cup triumph had marked the first time he had played with a team that had won a major title. That was his reason for calling it his &ldquo;biggest thrill.&rdquo;&ldquo;Holy Smokes!&rdquo; cried Murph. &ldquo;You fellows should have been ashamed of yourselves it you hadn&rsquo;t won the Allan Cup that season. Why&hellip;you had fellows like Mac and Neil Colville, Joe Cooper Sugar Jim Henry, Alex Shibicky and a bunch of other former pros on the cluib. Now&hellip;when I was with Sudbury and we took the Allan Cup..<h2>Friendly Rivalry</h2>Murph then launched into all explanation of how much more outstanding a feat it had been for the Tigers to capture the coveted amateur trophy than the Commandos. But he wasn&rsquo;t able to change Reardon&rsquo;s mind about what constituted the latter&rsquo;s big thrill at the ice sport.But Reardon gives as good as he takes from Chamberlain. The N.H.L. clubs usually patronize a certain restaurant in each city around the circudt with the result that the players get to be known quite well by the waitresses ess. Reardon says that he has usurped Chamberlain&rsquo;s role as the &ldquo;fair haired boy&rdquo; of the Montreal team.&ldquo;It used to be that the waitresses would pay hardly any attention to anybody but Chamberlain when we&rsquo;d go in to eat.&rdquo; says Reardon. &ldquo;It would be Mr. Chamberlain this and Mr. Chamberlain that&hellip;and have you enough butter Mr. Chamberlain?&hellip;and would you like another lump of sugar for your coffe, Mr. Chamberlain? But that&rsquo;s all changed now.&ldquo;When we go in these sama restaurants now well Chamberlain gets virtually no attention. All the service comes my way. I get the extra piece of butter and the extra lump of sugar for my coffee. Chamberlain is the forgotten man.&rdquo; &#9632;

f0014-06

‘Will-To-Win’ Is One Reason That ‘Hardrock’ Gets Praise From Skipper Of The Canucks

Zurich, Switzerland&mdash;Less than half of the 20 countries that belong to the International Ice Hockey Federation will participate in the 19488 Olympics, it was revealed at the five-day Switzerland meeting.Taking part in the St. Moritz tournament will be Austria, France, Poland, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, United States and Czechoslovakia, winners of the Europeans hockey tournament at Prague in February.Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and South Africa are not entered, while Britain, Finland, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia are still debating their entries. Belgium is entering conditionally. Holland is seeking the financial support of The Netherlands Government. &#9632;

Eight Sure Starters

QUEBEC&mdash;The choice of &ldquo;Punch&rdquo; Imlach as coach of Quebec Aces to replace Lex Cook, who left to take a position as General Manager of the Dallas Hockey Club, was no surprise to local hockey fans, although some of them had felt that Lionel Bouvrette would be named.Lionel did not seem disappointed when queried during Exhibition Week at the local race track, where he holds forth as timekeeper of the pacers and trotters for the Quebec Racing Club.Aces have reached a &ldquo;gentleman&rsquo;s agreement&rdquo; with Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League, which will add some new players to the Quebec lineup. As a start, Wings will send down defenceman Clarence Raglen, last winter with Toronto Marlboros seniors, and other players will follow.There was a wild rumor around town that the Aces had a well known centre who performed with an N.H.L. club last season, in view, but nothing more was heard of it. &#9632;

COOK TEXAS-BOUND; IMLACH LEADS ACES

During the 1934 Stanley Cup playoffs between Detroit and Toronto, Manager Jack Adams was somewhat dissatisfied with the showing of three seasoned veterans. A born strategist. Jack bounced the veterans and brough up three inexperienced rookies, Marker, Carrigan and Moffat from the minors. The Wings won the series from the Leafs.Players already under contract are goaler Johnny Marois, defenceman Phil Renaud and Guy Labrie, newcomers Guy Roach and Tom Jamieson. On the front line Ludger Tremblay, Freddie Kovalchuck, Jimmy Planche, Ray Marshall have signed their contracts.Aces hope Quebec-born Laval Poulin will shape up. He played in the Intermediate League last year, looked like a real prospect. Nil Tremblay has been playing tennis getting back into shape after having his leg broken in an automobile accident last spring. He expects to play before Christmas. Nil will be missed at center ice since he was a great play-maker. Freddy Kovalchuck has been busy as backfield coach of Quebec Swimmers football team, a task which will aid in conditioning him for the forthcoming hockey season. &#9632;

Taking a Chance

LOS ANGELES&mdash;One of the oldest rinks in Southern California&mdash;oldest in Los Angeles&rsquo;&mdash;is the Polar Palace located on-N. Van Ness Ave., a stone&rsquo;s throw from the famous Paramount Picture Studios. This is the training camp of the PCHL champion Los Angeles Monarchs for the next three weeks.Scene of some of the most exciting and roof-raising hockey games in the past is this historic hockey arena. Hockey got its&rsquo; start in this 235&rsquo; &times; 90&rsquo; ice surface rink many years ago, and whenever hockey is discussed the name Polar Palace is always mentioned.<h2>College Games Stopped</h2>Polar Palace has special significance to students of the University of Southern California and Loyola. Because, not once or twice, but countless times it was necessary to call for the riot squad to quell the over ambitious collegians. And so intense did the rivalry between these two schools come that it became necessary to abolish the U.S.C.&mdash;Loyola games.It is said by those were around, that the never-to-be-forgotten U.S.C.&mdash;Loyola hockey &lsquo;epics&rsquo; was the start of hockey in these parts and the forerunner of the present P.C.H.L.With a seating capacity of only 2,500 the Polar Palace&rsquo; was too small for hockey and when the Pan-Pacific came into being the old rink returned to ice skating and ice shows.However, for several of the present day Monarchs&mdash;Johnny Polish, Harry Black, Jack Carney and Jack Richardson it will bring back memories of their college days. You see, Black, Carney and Richardson used to wear the Cardinal and Gold of U.S.C. while Polich was the &ldquo;Big Gun&rdquo; of the Lions of Loyola. They are now on the same side. &#9632;

Polar Palace Recalls Many Old Memories

MONCTON, N.B.&mdash;With a Dominion-wide intermediate hockey playoff a distinct possibility for next spring, the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association is laying plans to be in there with a qualified representative when the time comes.After Hanson Dowell of Middleton, N.S., ex-president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, revealed that a motion was in prospect for the semi-annual C. A. H. A. meeting to authorize such an intermediate elimination, the M.A.H.A. at a recent meeting here decided to establish senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; and senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; classifications, subject to final approval by the executive.The main reason for this, it was shown, was that small centres, catering strictly to &ldquo;homebrews&rdquo;, could not afford to compete with other teams in the Big Four who import several Western players.<h2>Executive Will Study</h2>It was left to the jurisdiction of the governing body as to what would be called a senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; loop and what would be classified as Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo;.Two young fry of the hockey picture came in for some attention when it was motioned that a midget playoff be held in the Maritimes, but this matter was later dropped.A special resolutions committee, appointed by President Charles E. Campbell of the M.A.H.A., presented several resolutions of which the most important concerned unaffiliated clube in the district.<h2>Early Registration</h2>A new ruling was adopted and read, &ldquo;Any team not playing in a league shall be required to register with the association not later than January 20th and may be required to participate in playoffs prior to February 15th. The admission of such a club shall be left solely to the discretion of officers of this association.Close to 45 delegates were on hand for the proceedings, which saw President Charles Campbell, vice-president B. M. Love, second vice-president Walter Lawlor and James O&rsquo;Brien all re-elected to office. It was Campbell&rsquo;s third terr, in office and he was unani-mously re-elected. &#9632;

Maritimes Plan Senior ‘B’ Group Dominion-wide Playoff Possible

MONCTON, N.B.&mdash;Play gets underway in the Maritime Senior Hockey League, the &ldquo;Big Four,&rdquo; on November 1st, with all teams strengthened and the fan looking for a rousing, down-to-the-wire battle.Moncton Hawks play the Beavers at Saint John in one opening game, while Halifax Crescents go to Truro to meet the Bearcats in the other playing date.Final approval still has to be given to the league schedule, which will be announced fol-lowing a meeting of the executive. &#9632;

Maritime Big Four Opens November 1

Canadiens: Traded Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, forward, and Frankie Ed dols, defenceman, to Rangers for Hal Laycoe, defenceman, Joe Bell and George Robertson forwards.Sent Leo Lamoureux to Buffalo of the American Hockey League.Boston: Sold goalie Harvey Bennet of Hershey Bears, to Pro-vidence Reds of the A.H.L.Bought Wally Wilson from the Toronto Maple Leafs.Chicago: Signed Cy Thomas, wingman with Edmonton Flyers last season.Signed Doug Jackson, goalie from Kansas City, of the United States League.Toronto: Sold Eddie Cutts, defence, and Scotty Mair, forward, to Washington Lions of the A.H.L.<h2>American Hockey League</h2>Philadelphia: Acquired Ken Kilrea, centre, from Fort Worth of the U.S.H.L.Acquired defenceman Alex Motter from Springfield.Signed Jack Portland and Johnny Mahaffy, ex-Buffalo Bisons.Signed Ralph Buchanan, from San Francisco of the Pacific Pacific Coast League.Cleveland: Bought Babe Pratt, defenceman, from Boston Bruins.Bought Ab Demarco from New York Rangers.Bought George Allan, winger and defenceman, from Chicago.Bought Tony Bukovitch from Indianapolis.Bought Walt Antanas from Minneapolis of the U.S.H.L.Acquired George &ldquo;Wingy&rdquo; Johnson from Kansas City of the U.S.H.L.Buffalo: Acquired Les Douglas and Harold Jackson from Detroit Red Wings in a deal which sent ex-Bison Jimmy McFadden to the Red Wings at the close of the 1946-47 season.Bought Paul Bibeault, one time goaltender with the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, and more recently with the Chicago Black Hawks.<h2>United States Hockey League</h2>Tulsa: Announced dropping of Coach Gus Marker for Clint &ldquo;Snuffy&rdquo; Smith, former National Hockey League star with the New York Rangers and the Chicago Black Hawks.Purchased Tom Fowler from Chicago.Acquired Andy Chakouski from Kansas City.Purchased Doug McMurdy, defenceman, from Toronto. &#9632;

PLAYER DEALS

MONCTON, N.B.&mdash;For a while it looked as though the combined efforts of Sherlock Holmes, Nick Carter and Ellery Queen would never solve the mystery of the Case of the Starr Trophy, emblematic of Maritime senior hockey supremacy. But the case has been broken, delegates to the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association meeting here was told, and the cup has been found after 35 yearsThe trophy was put up for competition in 1897. The last team to win it was the Moncton Victorias, in 1911, and then it disappeared. At the meeting here, A. Stoyles, a former Victoria player, returned the cup which had been hidden in his cellar. He admitted hiding the trophy when it appeared hockey was taking a turn to-war &ldquo;professionalism.&rdquo; &#9632;

Disliked Hockey “Professionalism” Fan Hid Maritime Trophy In Cellar

ALL EYES ARE ON TORONTO AND THE FIRST ANNUAL ALLSTAR GAME.See Page 12 for Subscription Blank to the HOCKEY NEWSWith the opening of the National Hockey League season just around the corner&mdash;one week from today&mdash;all six of the professional clubs in the circuit are going all out and coaches are sending their charges through the paces.Last year Stanley Cup winners, the Toronto Maple Leafs, are working out at St. Catharines and priming themselves for the preseason game with the N.HL. All-stars at the Maple Leaf Gardens.Manager Conn Smythe of the Leafs has been on hand to eye his boys and seems particularly pleased with the line of Harry Watson, Captain Syl Apps and Bill Ezi-nicki. Watson has been the big gun on the line to date.Gaye Stewart, who was disappointing to Leafian fans at times last year, is showing definite signs of improvement this year.Ted Kennedy, whose foot was cut in recent workouts, was sidelined with injuries and Bud Poile was used between Vic Lynn and Howie Meeker.<h2>LEAFS TRY ROOKIES</h2>Smythe predicted that the Leafs would finish no worse than third this year and he expected that the Canadiens would be more powerful than they were last year.Former St. Mike&rsquo;s star Tod Sloan will be given every opportunity to make the team. A possible line shaping up for this season with the Leafs will be Nick and Don Metz and Joe Klukay.Over in the New York Rangers&rsquo; Lake Placid training Camp Coach Frank Boucher expressed himself as &lsquo;highly elated&rsquo; with the shownig of his players.Eight players have been signed to contracts with a host more expected within the next week. Those signed include Buddy O&rsquo;Connor, Frankie Eddolls, Phil Watson, Harry Bell. Neil Colville, Edgar Laprade, Bill Moe, and Rene Trudell.Boucher believes that newcomer Harry Bell who saw action with the New York Ramblers and New York Rovers last year may prove a valuable addition to the Blueshirts defence.<h2>SLOWINSKI SIGNS</h2>Chuck Rayner, Rangers regular goalkeeper and a strong candidate for the Hart Trophy last season, will again be playing a prominent role for the Broadway Blues. Jim Henry, Rayner&rsquo;s understudy will again play for New Haven Ramblers in the A.H.L.It appears as if Eddie Slowin-iski, who last year was with the Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Senior Hockey League will find a position on a line with Buddy O&rsquo;Connor and Bryan Hextall. Slo-winski inked a Ranger contract the other day.Montreal Canadiens, working out at their home grounds, the Montreal Forum, will this year see several changes in the lineup.The rookies on hand have shown creditably and coach Dick Irvin is shifting his lines about in an attempt to find smooth working combinations.<h2>NEW PUNCH LINE</h2>Bobby Carse, who was second in the point parade in the A.H.L. last year while playing for Cleveland, may find a spot with Elmer Lach and Maurice Richard on the punch line, with Toe Blake going on another trio.The defence berths are being hotly contested, with Kenny Reardon, Butch Bouchard, Roger Leger, Doug Harvey and former Ranger Hal Laycoe showing promise.However the big question in the Canadiens training camp is their star netminder, Bill Durnan, who has been sidelined since the training camp opened. Bill, who underwent an operation on his knee, has been out several times limbering up his limb. In the meantime Gerry McNeil, custodian with the Allan Cup champion Montreal Royals has been filling in.Seyeral junior players have been given a chance to strut their stuff. for Hab coach Dick Irvin while1 a few of the regulars were missing. Jimmy Peters. Who holds down a regular right wing post with the Canucks, required four stitches to close a knee cut sustained during one of the practices.Floyd Curry, who was a member of last year&rsquo;s Allan Cup champions has signed a blank contract with the Canadiens and will play at right wing on opening night October 16. Curry is a smooth skater and should add punch to the attacking force.<h2>BRUINS LOSE STARS</h2>Not much news has been emanating from the Boston Bruins&rsquo; training camp at Hershey. Players with the club last year who will not be seen this season are Bill Cowley, Bobby Bauer, Eddie Barry, Bill Shill and Terry Reardon. Reardon has taken up the coaching reins of the Providence Reds in the American Hockey League and Bauer has retired.Veterans of last year&rsquo;s Detroit Red Wings have been criticized by railbirds at the workouts for not backchecking. The Wings have a horde of rookies on hand which should make the veterans hustle.Manager Jack Adams, who has been replaced this year in the coaching department by Tommy Ivan, said that at least two rookies would see action with the Wings this year. They are Leonard &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Kelly, rushing rearguard with Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s last year and Max McNabb, slender centre from Saskatoon.The Chicago Black Hawks are currently engaged playing exhibition games with their farm team, the Kansas-City Pla-Mors on the Canadian Prairies.Doug Jackson of the Pla-Mors has signed a Hawk contract while to date, the performance of Jim Bedard of Saskatchewan who saw action last year with the Moose Jaw Canucks has caught the fancy of Johnny Gottselig and Reg Hamilton, who is handling the Pla-Mors. &#9632;

N.H.L. Squads Preparing For 60-Game Grind

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-01263/8320055-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="613" height="286"></div><h2>October 8 to 14.</h2>8&mdash;Vernon Jones, Springfield, right wing, 192G.9&mdash;William Allum, Cleveland, defence, 1916; Jack Keating, Indianapolis, left wing, 1916.10&mdash;Edgar Laprade, Rangers, centre, 1919.11&mdash;Grant Warwick, Rangers, right wing, 1921.13&mdash;Norm Larson, New Haven, right wing, 1920; John Ubriaco, Tulsa, centre, 1924.14&mdash;Harvey Fraser, Providence, centre. 1918; Gordon Tottle, Fort Worth, defeoe 1925. &#9632;

C0004-01

Happy Birthday to you

<div class="image-hero"><img title="C0004-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-02152/8320086-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">TORONTO&rsquo;S GAYE STEWART, who made a disappointing showing last season after leading the N.H.L. with 87 goals in 1945-40, is showing better form in Maple Leafs training this fall and may be on the way to a comeback. Stewart scored 24 goals in 1942-43 before spending three years in the Armed Forces. He had 37 goals and 15 assists for 52 points in 1945-46, bnt last year scored only 19 while assisting on 14 others.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL&mdash;Five members of Montreal Royals, last season&rsquo;s Allan Cup winners, signed with Montreal Canadiens of the N.H.L., leaving Frank Carlin a husky gap to close in the ranks of the Canadian amateur champions.Royals who have signed pro contracts are defenceman Doug Harvey, and forwards Floyd Curry, Tod Campeau, Jacques Locas and &ldquo;Rip&rdquo; Riopelle.Addition of the five Royals is part of the rebuilding program Coach Dick Irvin has launched to rejuvenate the aging Canuck team that finished on top of the league standings last spring but lost to Toronto in the Stanley Cup finals.Locas notched a goal over the weekend as Canadiens played a pair of exhibition tilts with Buffalo Bisons of the A.H.L. Bobby Carse, who led the A.H.L. with 61 assists last season, also scored once, while veterans Toe Blake and Murph Chamberlain collected two each and Johnny Quilty and Butch Bouchard got one apiece as Canadiens won by scores of 4-0 and 4-1.<h2>Making Comeback? &#9632;</h2>

C0004-02

Canadiens Add Five Ex-Royals To Aging Team

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.&mdash;What is believed to be the first formal Referees&rsquo; School ever operated by a hockey league began on Tuesday, October 7. at Minneapolis Arena. (King Clancy is touring Western Canada this fall, giving instruction to referees at various points, but the system differs from the formal school inaugurated by the U.S.H.L.)The school, which will be conducted by William J. (Bill) Stewart, will last for one week and its principal objective will be the accurate and uniform interpretation of the rules by all referees.The 1947-48 season, which gets under way on October 14 with Minneapolis visiting Tulsa, will see the inauguration of the two referee system in this league.During the past two seasons one refree and one linesman were in charge, with the linesman calling offsides only. The League directors believed that two referees, each with equal authority, would have better control over the game and, although it meant a sharp increase in the cost of officiating, decided to adopt the new method.Amateur referees, newspapermen and sportscasters were invited to attend the school as guests of the United States Hockey League. &#9632;

U.S.H.L.Starts ‘Refs College’ As Innovation

CALGAR1,ALTA.&mdash;Five teams have been entered in the Southern Alberta Junior Hockey League, which will play a rugged 40-game schedule this winter, with the season getting underway October 15.The teams, all of junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; calibre, are Lethbridge Native Sons, Drumheller Miners, Calgary Buffaloes, Medicine Hat Tigers and Bellevue in the Crow&rsquo;s Nest Pass district. Lethbridge is considered by puck observers here to be one of the strongest Memorial Cup threats Alberta has produced in many years. loop last winter. Bellevue and Medicine Hat are the new ehtries.Medicine Hat will ice an &ldquo;AllStar&rdquo; team, importing puckchasers from Manitoba and Saskatchewan to form a powerful crew. &#9632;

Search for your favorite player or team

October 8, 1947

Here’s How They Line Up

Defence Behemoths Boost Baron Stock

McGee, Morenz, Vezina Among The Stars Named In First Group To Hockey’s Hall

Coaching Spots