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October 29, 1947

The Hockey News October 29, 1947

The most coveted piece of hardware awarded to National Hockey League players for their individual feats is the Hart Trophy. This cup, presented each year to the player voted the most valuable to his team, was-donated by Dr. David A. Hart, father of Cecil Hart, who coached Montreal Canadiens for many years. It has been in circulation since the season of 1923-24, and inscribed on it are some of hockey&rsquo;s most famous names.Here are the winners down through the years:&mdash;1923-24 Frank Nighbor, Ottawa Senators1924-25 Billy Burch, Hamilton Tigers1925-26 Nels Stewart, Montreal Maroons1926-27 Herb Gardiner, Montreal Canadiens1927-28 Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens1928-29 Roy Worters, New York Americans1929-30 Nels Stewart, Montreal Maroons1930-31 Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens1931-32 Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens1932-33 Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins1933-34 Aurel Joliat, Montreal Canadiens1934-35 Eddie Shore Boston Bruins1935-36 Eddie Shore, Poston Bruins1936-37 &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; Siebert, Montreal Canadiens1937-38 Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins1938-39 &ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake, Montreal Canadiens1939-40 Ebbie Goodfellow, Detroit Red Wings *1940-41 Bill Cowley, Boston Bruins1941-42 Tommy Anderson, New York American!1942-43 Bill Cowley, Boston Bruins1943-44 &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; Pratt, Toronto Maple Leafs1944-45 Elmer Lach, Montreal Canadiens1945-46 Max Bentley, Chicago Black Hawks1946-47 Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens.<h2>PLAYER DEALS</h2><h3>A. H. L.</h3>Hershey&mdash;Purchased Harvey Teno, goaltender from Cleveland Barons of A. H. L. Teno played with Minneapolis of the United States Hockey League last season.Washington&mdash;Purchased Jack Portland, defence, from Philadelphia of A.H.L., who obtained him from Buffalo last June.Buffalo&mdash;Sold Mike Shabaga, centre, to the Saskatoon Quakers of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League. &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

Hockey’s Hart Trophy Winners

TORONTO&mdash;One of the bitterest rivalries in the National Hockey League will be resumed here tonight, October 29, when the Montreal Canadiens tangle with the Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs for the first time since their memorable struggle in last year&rsquo;s final playoffs.The game will mark the Canadiens&rsquo; first visit to the Maple Leaf Gardens since they were forced out of the Stanley Cup playoffs here on April 19 when the Leafs clinched the world hockey crown with a 2-1 victory.So tonight the feud between the two clubs will start again, and two of the players who battled it out tooth-and-nail last season&mdash;Bill Ezinicki of the Leafs and Canadiens&rsquo; Maurice Richard&mdash;will again meet up face to face on the Garden ice. It was during last season&rsquo;s playoff that Richard drew a suspension and a fine from League President Clarence Campbell for crowning the rough and tough Ezinicki over the head with his stick.<h2>STARTED IN TIE</h2>Last year wiien the two clubs started the season off against each other on November 1 at Montreal the game ended in a 1-1 deadlock.Over the regular 1946-47 slate of encounters, the league champion Habitants held the edge in games&rsquo; over their rival Torontonians. In the 12 times the Habs tangled with the Leafs, Dick Irvin&rsquo;s club won five games, lost three and four ended in ties. The Canadiens also outscored Toronto by 31 goals to 23, with Coaler Bill Durnan hanging up two shutouts to Turk Broda&rsquo;s one.When the two enemies of the ice lanes tangled in the Stanley Cup final series it was a different story, as the Leafs took the best-of - seven series four-games-to-two.<h2>HABS ADD ROOKIES</h2>Now the Canadiens are back in Toronto with almost the same club that met its Waterloo less than a year ago. The Habitants have added such rookies as Doug Harvey, Jacques Locas, Floyd Currie along with the A.H.L. veteran Bobbie Carse. The Leafs will probably have only one new face since they copped hockey&rsquo;s highest award last spring. He is young Fleming Mackell up from the St. Michael&rsquo;s College club. &#9632;

Canadiens and Leafs Resume Stanley Cup Feud at Gardens

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04586/8395774-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">THIS PAIR OF RUGGED CUSTOMERS guard the blueline for Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League, handing out rugged bodychecks to incoming forwards. Left is Elwyn (Moe) Morris, who has held down rearguard duties with Toronto Maple Leafs, and right is his mate on Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Murderer&rsquo;s Row, Ernie Dickens.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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They Sting, Too!

EDMONTON&mdash;Just like the operator of the small railroad who bragged that: &ldquo;By gum, my line may not be as long as yours, but it&rsquo;s just as wide as any in the world,&rdquo; most rinks in the Western Canada Senior Hockey League don&rsquo;t take a back seat to many as far as size of the ice surface goes.As for seating capacity, that&rsquo;s a different matter. But the Edmonton rink, for instance, has an ice surface 210 feet long and 85 wide&mdash;exactly the size of that at Detroit&rsquo;s Olympia.The smallest rink, that at Lethbridge, is 186 by 80 feet. That isn&rsquo;t much less than the N.H.L.&rsquo;s smallest&mdash;New York&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden, which measures 186 by 86.Here&rsquo;s how the western rinks stack up:&mdash;<h2>ICE SURFACES:</h2>Edmonton. 210 ft. by 85 ft.Calgary, 208 ft. by 83 ft. 6 Ins.Regina, 192 ft. by 84 ft.Saskatoon, 185 ft. by 85 ft.Lethbridge, 186 ft. 6 ins. by 80 ft<h2>CAPACITIES:</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08268/8396715-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="607" height="181"></div><h2>Wheat Farmers</h2>Don Metz, crack forward of Pittsburgh Hornets, operates a 600-acre wheat farm at Wilcox, Sask. Don, with his two brothers, looks for a bumper crop from the&rsquo; farm along with another good crop of goals this season. Don&rsquo;s brother Nick is back with the Leafs this season. &#9632;

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Western Rinks Stack Up Well For Ice Size

AMSTERDAM, HOLLANDFrom all appearances it looks as if Holland will be one of the few countries whose winter hockey season will not be climaxed with an entry in 1948 Olympic Games.The &ldquo;no hockey&rdquo; rule springs from a rule passed by the Netherlands government. The government will appropriate funds only for those athletes thought able to survive the first rounds of Olympic competition and since the Dutch hockey players were not considered strong enough for world play they were dropped from the Olympic entry list.Holland&rsquo;s decision was officially announced at the meeting of the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace at Zurich by Hans Bieranbroodspot, president of the Netherlands Ice Hockey Association. His announcement came as a disappointment to the delegates who thought that Holland&rsquo;s participation in the Games would have made the competition more interesting.Officials of the N.I.H.A., however, plan to play exhibition games with foreign teams passing through Holland after playing in the Olympic Games, Sweden and Czechoslovakia are expected to play against the Dutch squad and it is also hoped that play for the West European Cup will be resumed again this winter.There are 50 hockey clubs in the Dutch ice organization, but many of these are forced to depend on natural ice for their games while four clubs have the advantage of artificial sheets. Two in this city and one in The Hague, while the fourth is an uncovered rink in Tilburg.But hockey is on the decline in Holland due to the loss of many of the game&rsquo;s stars who have now retired and younger players have been hard to find. Much of the trouble is due to the war, as the younger men who should be playing today have lost from five to six years of training and practice during the war years.Holland is now looking to the youngsters for her future ice stars so that she will be able to take up her place in the hockey world. &#9632;

Dutch Veto Team For Games, Not Enough Good Players

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-011023/8396932-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURPH CHAMBERLAIN (No. 12) lias just poked the puck past FRANKIE BRIMSEK, Bruinsh coaler in Saturday night&rsquo;s game between Boston and Canadiens. Others to be seen in the picture are No 6 Jack Crawford, No. 10 Fern Flamon and the Canadlen player with elbows raised is Jimmy Peters Bruin player between Crawford and Flamon is Milt Schmidt. The Canadiens won the game 5-0.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL&mdash;The tempest in a teapot over the suspension of two amateur players in Quebec province subsided over the weekend, when the puckchasers were removed from under the ban and the Senior Provincial Hockey League voted down a proposal by some directors that the loop split from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.The suspended players, Gilles Dube and Adjutor Cote of the Sherbrooke Club, were blacklisted after they accepted money from Montreal Canadiens and signed agreements, then decided to return to their home team and continue in amateur ranks.Immediate suspension by the C.A.H.A, followed, and certain league directors immediately proposed that the P.H.L. split from the amateur ranks and become a &ldquo;minor professional league&rdquo;<h2>SUSPENSION CANCELLED</h2>The fact that the Dube-Cote dispute was ironed out satisfactorily with Canadiens general manager Frank Selke requesting cancellation of the suspension, brought at least temporary peace to the amateur league.The fact remains, though, that if the senior loop did split from the C.A.H.A., it would immediately become an outlaw league, recognized by neither amateurs nor professionals. Under the working agreement between the governing amateur body and the professionals, any league splitting from the C.A.H.A. would Immediately lose all rights of protection granted under the arrangement and would be subject to raiding by any club.<h2>LEAGUE WOULD SUFFER</h2>&ldquo;The final result would be chaos, pure and simple,&rdquo; said Clarence Campbell, president of the N.H.L., over the weekend, commenting on the proposed move by the P.H.L. The amateurs and pros wouldn&rsquo;t recognize them, players would be jumping from team to team, aid any club would raid them without redress.&rdquo;Ernest Comte, president of the Provincial League, had protested to Azarie Choquette, Quebec Amateur Hockey Association president, over what he termed needless raids by pro clubs on amateur talent. He suggested that what hockey needed was a commissioner as baseball has, to adjudicate in all cases where players were disputed.In commenting on this, Mr. Campbell said, &ldquo;We (the professional hockey organizations) always bend over backward to give the player everything he is entitled to, and see that he gets fair play But some times we would like to see the players do what they agree to.&rdquo;The background of the matter is that both Dube and Cote had trained with Canadiens this fall, accepting $40 a week for their services while doing so, and had signed &ldquo;C,&rdquo; forms which gave the Montreal N.H.L. entry the rights to their services.<h2>&lsquo;Hard Rock&rsquo; Fools Brimsek</h2>Canadiens wanted to send them to some club in another pro league, such as Buffalo of the A.H.L. or Houston of the U.S.H.L., but Dube and Cote decided to return to Sherbrooke and play the season there. Suspension followed as a result, when they failed to honor the agreements they had signed.<h2>AGREEMENT REACHED</h2>Over the weekend, officials of the Sherbrooke club held conferences with Mr. Campbell and with Mr. Selke, and reached an amicable agreement when the Canadiens G.M. requested that the suspensions be lifted and the men allowed to play with Sherbrooke if that was their desire, thus nullifying their agreements with the pro club.Mr. Selke, speaking of the amateur-professional agreement, said it seemed to be &ldquo;rather one-sided&rdquo; insofar as the construction the amateur clubs put on it.Under its terms, professionals clubs are given up until November 1 each year to sign any likely prospects from amateur teams at their training camps. After that, they must leave the amateurs alone, unless they have the full consent of the club owning the contracts of the players concerned.This protects the amateur squads from raiding, and allows them to remain at full strength until the playoffs are ended. For this privilege of signing amateurs the pro leagues pay the C.A.H.A. the sum of $30,000 annually, divided on a pro rata basis between the play-for-pay clubs concerned.According to Mr. Selke, what frequently happens is that the amateur clubs sign up players before they ever get to the pro camps, and when the professionals offer contracts in good faith, some puckchasers take the money offered and then return to the amateurs.<h2>WORKS BOTH WAYS</h2>&ldquo;However, most of the amateurs are living up to the letter of the law,&rdquo; said Mr. Selke. &ldquo;It the agreement worked only one way, we might as well throw the whole thing out of the window, stop giving the amateurs $30,000 a year for developing players for the N.H.L. and the professionnel leagues, and take what players we want any time.&rdquo;That latter is just What the reputable amateur clubs want to avoid, and is the reason for the agreement between them and the pros.Another battleground between the P.H.L. and the pros concerns Art Lessard, who is the property of Buffalo Bisons of the A.H.L., but who wants to play for St. Hyacinthe of the provincial circuit. He also is under suspension, and at present it looks as through the suspension will not be lifted, unless the amateur club is willing to take over his contract.Saskatoon Quakers of the West-am Canada Senior Hockey League obtained the services of Mike Shabaga by that method. Shabaga whose contract also was owned by Buffalo, refused to play with the Bisons and wanted to line up with the Quakers. He was suspended by the C.A.H.A. but last week Buffalo sold him to Saskatoon and the suspension was lifted. &#9632;

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Amateur Loop Vetoes Break Into Outlaws

As the professional circuits rolled into the third week of their 1947 - 48 schedule, the standings in the National League were beginning to take on a familiar aspect with Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins deadlocked at the top, Detroit and Toronto following closely behind and Rangers and Chicago&mdash;the two teams that finished out of the money last spring&mdash;bringing up the rear.Oyer in the American League, as the weekend games were cleaned off the slate, the surprising Washington Lions were setting the pace at the top of the Eastern Section, while Buffalo Bisons headed the Western Section to live up to the rosy pre-season predictions voiced by Coach Art Chapman.Minneapolis and Fort Worth led the pack in the Northern and Southern Divisions respectively of the United States League, while the champion Kansas City Pla-Mors were bogged in third place with but a single win and a tie in four starts.<h2>BRUINS CLICKING</h2>Boston Bruins, with a new fighting spirit this season, are tied with Canadiens but have played one game less.After a slow start, the four - in - a - row league champion Canadiens clicked over the week-end with victories over Boston and Detroit to deadlock with Bruins and head the scoring parade with 15 goals pounded into opposing nets. Detroit and Toronto, the next nearest, had 10 goals apiece.Injuries that hurt the Canucks all last season, began harrying them again as rookie &ldquo;Rip&rdquo; Riopelle and veteran Murph Chamberlain were knocked out by injuries.But the return to old-time eftectiveness of Canadiens&rsquo; Punch Line of Richard, Blake and Lach more than made up for any deficiencies down the line.<h2>KEEN GOALTENDING</h2>Feature of the early race in the N.H.L. was the tight hockey turned in during most games, and the sparkling goaltending chores. Until the weekend, Frankie Brimselc of Boston had allowed only two goals in two games. But a bad time on Saturday and Sunday, in which seven goals went past him, put Frankie right back among the pack. Toronto&rsquo;s Turk Broda, who led Leafs to the Stanley Cup last spring, was in the van of the Vezina Trophy race, allowing only six goals in four games.Washington of the A.H.L., resuming professional hockey for the first time in four years, was clicking in high gear in the Po-doloff circuit and more than holding its own against stiff competition. The Lions, who finished second in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League last season, only to take a trouncing in the playoffs, came back to the A.H.L. to resume their franchise this are led by Coach Jack Riley, who handled them last season.Lions are getting considerable attention around the pro loops, since it&rsquo;s a well-known fact that they have a working agreement with Len Peto&rsquo;s proposed Philadelphia team, which may enter the National League with the old Montreal Maroons franchise if playing accommodations can be found.Washington is being used as a training ground for the Philadelphia entry, and if Peto ices a team many of this season&rsquo;s Lions may well be showing their paces in the senior circuit some time in the future. Lions have been hitting the net frequently, banging home 26 goals to tie with Buffalo Bisons in that department, although they have had 25 goals scored against them in seven games.In the United States League, Harry McQueston of Minneapolis Millers, who finished second among the league&rsquo;s regular goaltenders last winter and was voted the netminding job on the second All - Star Team, is turning in a scintillating job this winter, In his first four games, up to last Saturday. McQueston had allowed only nine goals. That feat, along with his mates&rsquo; efforts in racking up 21 counters in that same period, got the Millers away to a fast start. &#9632;

Team Leading Pack In Return To Pro Hockey

<div class="byline">By DAVE FARRELL</div>BOSTON&mdash;After 13 colorful seasons in the National Hockey League, William Mails Cowley, veteran playmaker of the Boston Bruins, has hung up his skates. Bald Bill, as he is affectionately known to Boston fans, has finally made good his annual threat to quit hockey. The greatest playmaker and stickhandler of his era, Cowley had an amazing career, in the National Hockey League.Born in Bristol, Quebec, on June 12, 1912, Bill began his brilliant hockey career with Halifax in the Maritime Senior League. In 1934 he made the big jump to St. Louis in the National Hockey League. Lack of support by the fans forced the team to spend most of the 1934-1935 season on the road, and as was expected, the club folded at the end of the season. Cowley&rsquo;s contract was purchased by Art Ross of the Boston Bruins, the team with which Bill was to star for the next 10 years.<h2>Soon Became Star</h2>Cowley immediately became favorite with the Boston fans. His clever stickhandling and dead passing soon established him a one of the game&rsquo;s stars. His remarkable play during the 1938-1939 season left little doubt that he was hockey&rsquo;s greatest playmaker.In a game against the Chicago Black Hawks on December 6th. 1938, Bill wrenched his knee and was out of action for 15 games. During the 33 games he played that season, he scored eight goals and had an Impressive total of 34 assists. He went on to lead the Bruins to their first Stanley Cup in 10 years by scoring three goals and 11 assists for a playoff record, later broken by Toe Blake of Canadiens.In that, close series with the Rangers, Cowley set up Mel Hill&rsquo;s three game-winning goals in sudden-death overtime.It was certainly a great surprise in Boston when National Hockey League selectors chose Toe Blake as the League&rsquo;s most valuable player for that season. Blake, playing a full season with the sixth - place Montreal Canadiens, led the league in scoring with 47 points. Despite the fact that he missed almost a third of the season, Cowley amassed a total of 42 points, leading Bruins to a National Hockey League Championship and the Stanley Cup.Bill finally achieved official recognition when he was awarded the coveted Hart Trophy for the 1940-1941 season when he led the Bruins to their third straight N.H.L. championship. During that season he made 17 goals and 45 assists to walk away with scoring honors. Two years later, when he scored his season&rsquo;s high of 72 points, he was again voted the League&rsquo;s most valuable player.<h2>Breaks Record</h2>On February 12, 1947, Dit Clapper Night at the Boston Garden, Cowley broke the all - time point - getting mark set by Syd Howe of the Detroit Red Wings.<h2>Leads &rsquo;Em All</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-021375/8394912-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="566" height="1495"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL COWLEY</figcaption></div>Entering that game with the Rangers, Bill had totalled 572 points in National Hockey League competition; this placed Mm in a tie with Howe. Midway through the second period, Cowley picked up a loose puck and started up the ice with the speedy Milt Schmidt.As he crossed the blue line, the veteran playmaker paused, and in typical Cowley style, dropped a pretty pass through the Ranger defence to Schmidt, who smashed it past Rayner into the net.It was fitting that Cowley should break the record with such a classy play. He finished the season with 38 points which, together with two assists in the playoffs, gave him a lifetime total of 594.Injuries have constantly plagued him throughout his hockey career. A shoulder separation in the middle of February, 1944, not only cost him the scoring championship, but also prevented him from establishing an all &ndash; time scoring record for a season. Before he sustained the injury, he was well out in front of his nearest rival, teammate Herb Cain. The shoulder separation forced Cowley out of action for the remainder of the season.Meanwhile, Cain proceeded to win the scoring championship and set a record of 82 points for a season Playing only 36 games that year, Cowley scored 30 goalsand 41 assists for a total of 71 points. He thus averaged only a fraction under two points per game; had. he not been injured, he perhaps could have easily totalled 90 points and might conceivably have crashed the 100 mark.<h2>Always The Sportsman</h2>The amiable Cowley, who once asked the league president to remove an assist from his record which he felt he didn&rsquo;t justly deserve and which eventually cost him a, tie with, Doug Bentley for the 1942-19423 scoring championship, thinks that hockey is getting out of hand.His charge that there is too much high-sticking, holding, and charging was certainly sustained in last season&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs. The games between the Canadiens and Bruins and, the finals between the Maple Leafs and Canadiens were the roughest and goriest matches in many years; excessive charging, holding, and high - sticking featured these games.<h2>Much-Checked Player</h2>Ever since his rise to stardom, the medium-statured, slow-skating Cowley has always been closely checked and bottled up whenever possible. It was no surprise when he defended Maurice Richard&rsquo;s actions in that wild playoff game last April 10 when the Canadien Comet jammed his stick in Vic Lynn&rsquo;s face and cracked his weapon over Bill Ezinicki&rsquo;s head, drawing blood in both instances.What seemed amazing to Cowley was the fact that the Rocket&mdash;shadowed, haunted, and ridden very hard all season&mdash;had not blown his top long before that. Cowley, for a long time haunted, shadowed, and bottled up by opposing players, certainly can understand Richard&rsquo;s position better than anyone else.<h2>Bitter Parting</h2>Cowley bowed out of Boston hockey on the same discordant note that marked the sale of Tiny Thompson and Eddie Shore by the Bruins. At the conclusion of the 1947 Cup playoffs, the Bruins were to go on a barnstorming tour of western Canada and United States with Canadiens. The Bruins&rsquo; squad was to be selected by the players themselves. Apparently making plans for the 19471948 season, Art Ross and Weston Adams, owners of the Bruins, decided to select the team.Realizing that Cowley and a few of the other players did not fit into Bruins&rsquo; plans for the coming season, Ross omitted them from the squad. Cowley, who had just been married, intended to use the trip as a honeymoon.<h2>Cowley&rsquo;s A Piker!</h2>Les Cunningham, coach of San Francisco Shamrocks in the Pacific Coast Hockey League, holds the all-time professional hockey scoring record. The former veteran frontliner of Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League, who served briefly with Chicago and New York Americans of the N.H.L., has 715 points to his credit in 13 years of pro experience. That&rsquo;s 121 more than Bill Cowley, the leading man in the N.H.L., racked up before he retired at the end of last season. &#9632;

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Veteran Pivot Popular With BostonFandom

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-011628/8394943-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"></div>Here&rsquo;s the complete scoring record, for 13 seasons In the National Hockey League, of William Mails Cowley, 35-year-old former Boston Bruins centre star and leading point-getter-of the N. H. L. &#9632;

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In 13 Years - 594 Points

This is the first in a weekly series, prompted by readers requests, of records set by teams and players in the National Hockey League.<h2>TEAM RECORDS</h2>Most goals scored by one team in one game-(15)&mdash;Detroit Red Wings scored 15 goals on January 23, 1944 Detroit as the Red Wings defeated New York Rangers 15-0.Most total points amassed in a single game (44)When Detroit Red Wings defeated Boston Bruins 10-9 at Detroit on March 16, 1944 the game produced a total of 44 scoring points. Each team accounting for 22 points.Highest scoring total for a single game by one team-(37)Red Wings scored 15 goals and had 22 assists for a total of 37 points on January 23, 1944. The score of the game was Detroit 15, Rangers 0. &#9632;

Who Holds That Record?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-031021/8395019-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg"></div>MRS. MARY WESTWOOD of Medicine Hat, Alta.,heroic despite broken leg, cuts, bruisesThe winding country road along which Mrs. Westwood was driving with her sister was loosely covered with gravel. They were just passing a point where the road is bordered by a near-vertical cliff. Suddenly, the car wheels struck an extra thick gravel patch.Mrs. Westwood was powerless as the car swerved and then hurtled into space. When it finally struck the ground, it burst into flames&mdash;but, miraculously, the two women were still alive.<h2>HEROIC RESCUE</h2>In spite of severe bruises, a four-inch gash in her head, and a broken leg, Mrs. Westwood was able to move. But her sister, who also had a broken leg, was helpless in the burning car. It was then that 70-year-old Mrs. Westwood showed such amazing courage and fortitude. She fought her way out of the fire through a broken window, and then, after a desperate struggle, managed to pull her injured sister through to safety.We believe everyone will share our admiration of Mrs. Westwood of Medicine Hat, Alta. We are proud to pay tribute to her bravery through the presentation of The Dow Award.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06385/8395012-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="667" height="389"></div>THE DOW AWARD is a citation for outstanding hero ism and includes, as a tangible expression of appreciation, a $100 Canada Savings Bond, Winners are selected by the Dow Award Committee, a group of editors of leading Canadian daily newspapers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04774/8395005-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="600" height="504"></div>The car skidded in the loose gravel. Before Mrs. Westwood could regain control it had plunged over a precipice.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05516/8394998-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="608" height="590"></div>When help came both women were rushed to hospital, where they are now recovering. &#9632;

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Severely Injured Woman 70 Drags Sister From Blazing Car WINS DOW AWARD

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-011962/8395050-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">VETERAN MAPLE LEAFS go through their paces for the camera with plenty of the old vim and vigor, despite their age. Above left, Turk Broda does the splits as he kicks one out, with the greatest of ease. To his right, that old wheat farmer, Nick Metz, grabs the rebound and starts down the ice with blood in his eye. At bottom left, Syl Apps, captain of the Smythe crew, clutches the Stanley Cup which Leals captured last spring.</figcaption></div>TORONTO&mdash;There are three veterans of hockey warfare shouldering the blue and white of the Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs who can be credited with holding the Leafs together. It wouldn&rsquo;t be wrong in saying that Turk Broda, Syl Apps and Nick Metz have together formed the backbone for the club&rsquo;s great successes over the past years.All three are now over 30 years of age. To many players that&rsquo;s the age when they have usually handed in their equipment, but not the three musketeers of the Queen City club. From all appearances to date, Apps, Broda and Metz are still moving on all cylinders and appear headed for another great year at Maple Leaf Gardens.As one Toronto writer summed it up:&ldquo;As Syl, Nick and Turk go this year so will go the Leafs&rdquo;, he said, and the writer should know because he&rsquo;s on the inside looking out. At the start of the 1946-47 N.H.L. season it was common talk in the rink lobbies that these three great stars were just about washed up. They had reached the end of a glorious hockey trail.Everyone was saying that Apps was going to hang up his blades the end of, the season, and as for Metz, well he would still be around hut only for utility work. Broda would never regain his eye after a long stay in the Canadian Army, some said.But what happened? Well, look in the record books and find out. Broda&mdash;the man who was said to have lost his touch&mdash;jumped back to haunt his riders. He came back to the Leafs in 1945-46 and played in only 15 games. But in fall training last year he was still a better puck-blocker than all the young candidates for the job vacated by Rookie Frank McCool.So Broda got the post for another year and he, together with the two other members of Toron-to venerable threesome, sparked the Leafs to their second Stanley Cup in three years.<h2>Broda Backboned Leafs</h2>Turk didn&rsquo;t miss a game with the club and his goal-against average was 2.86, with 172 goals scored against him in the 60 league outings. He had four shutouts to his record. The year before with McCool, Gordie Bell, Baz Bastien and Broda all taking a turn between the posts, the I.eafs failed to register a shutout in the 50 league encounters.In the Stanley Cup finals against the Canadiens, the Fat Man was jinx for the Habs for the rest of the series. After the Canadiens took the first game by a 6-0 rout Turk said, &ldquo;They won&rsquo;t do that again&rdquo;. And they didn&rsquo;t. The next game Broda turned the tables on the Canucks by blanking them 4-0. From then on until the Leafs clinched the Cup, the bulky Broda was invincible.<h2>Apps Still Rolling</h2>As for Apps, the man who was not expected to be able to keep-up with the fast pace of National League hockey for another year, was an out-and-out inspiration to the club. Working between Harry Watson and Billy Ezinicki on the Leafs&rsquo; first line, Sylvanus collected 25 goals and 24 assists to finish tenth in the scoring race. That was only 14 points less than the team&rsquo;s leading point-maker. Teeder Kennedy.After he was a headliner in the playoff series with both Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings, a rumor leaked out that Apps was finished as a hockey player. When Conn Smythe got word of the rumor he and Apps got together for a little chat. And what was the result of that huddle with the Leaf boss? Look at the summaries. Apps is still at his old centre spot.Said Smythe, &ldquo;Imagine a man like Apps slowing down a hockey team,&rdquo; after Apps thought he was too old for the game. &ldquo;I only wish I had five more players slowing down a team the same way,&rdquo; continued Smythe.<h2>Inspired Hockey</h2>Apps was nothing short of a hero in the finals against the Montrealers. In fact it was said that Slippery Sylvanus played the greatest game of his life in the fourth game of the series when the Leafs all but eliminated the powerful Habitants by taking a 3-1 lead on the series. The Leafs won 2-1 on Apps&rsquo; overtime marker.When Metz reported to the Toronto training camp at the start of last season&rsquo;s campaign, he didn&rsquo;t think he had a chance to make the club with all the good looking rookies that flooded the St. Catharines site.When he landed there, Smythe told him that he would be used only for utility purposes. But as it turned out, Nick never played more hockey in one season. He was the club&rsquo;s jack-of-all-trades playing in many different positions, and he mastered them all.He played in 67 consecutive games before being injured in the opener against the Canadiens in the finals. During the regular season he scored an even dozen goals and assisted in 16 others.Apps, an all-rouud athlete who starred at track and field in his school days, came to Leafs from Hamilton Tigers in the 1936-37 season and immediately burned up the league. The native of Paris, Ont., only 21 years old at the time, scored 16 goals and assisted<h2>Sugared Off</h2>At an early point in the season, the New Haven Ramblers built up an impressive record on defence, as they held the opposition scoreless through 109 minutes and 13 seconds of play during part of the first three games on the schedule.Providence tallied against Jim Henry at 7:3,1 of the second period in the first, game of the season and no player could dent the twines until Mike Narduzzi of the Philadelphia Rockets whistled a drive through the fog and into the nets two games later at 16:44 of the first period.<h2>They Act Like Rookies! &#9632;</h2>

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Apps, Broda, Metz, Bulwark Team

When Lester Patrick the &ldquo;Silver Fox&rdquo; steps out and says that he will offer no less than $100,000 for one player, the sought-after puckchaser must have morethan a pair of skis and a stick.Well that&rsquo;s what the brain behind the Rangers says he would push across the counter for Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; great right winger Maurice &ldquo;The Rocket&rdquo; Richard.Patrick&rsquo;s $100,000 offer was a new all-time high ever put up for the services of one player. But before the start of this year&rsquo;s National Hockey League campaign, Patrick was quoted as saying that Richard would be worth it to the Rangers.Said Patrick, &ldquo;Take him away from Canadiens and they would lose eight more games without him. We win eight or 10 more with him and we&rsquo;re right in the Stanley Cup race.&rdquo;He thinks that the Rocket is the greatest player in the game today.<h2>Sound Reasoning</h2>&ldquo;All you have to do is to look over the scores in recent years and you&rsquo;ll see where Canadiens, winning by a single goal, can thank Richard for that margin 80 per cent of the time.&rdquo;Patrick maintains that what a coach needs for the nucleus of a winning team is a goalkeeper who can kick them out and a man up in the front who can put them in. &ldquo;If you got those two players you can fill in the middle;&rdquo; he claims.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s too much sentiment for wholesale trading or sales. A baseball team in the &ldquo;red&rdquo; will part with a couple of stars to get into the black, but not hockey. They hate to let their good players go.&rdquo;Patrick said that he had once offered Toronto Maple Leafs $50, 000 for Harvey &ldquo;Busher&rdquo; Jackson. That was big money in those days but the Leafs turned him down.Patrick probably thinks that with Richard banging &lsquo;em in and Charlie Rayner booting &lsquo;em out, the Rangers would be well on their way towards another Stanley Cup championship. The New Yorkers haven&rsquo;t won the Cup since the 1939-40 season and since then the club has not been able to finish better than fifth place. &#9632;

Too Much ‘Sentiment’In Hockey, Clubs Won’t Give Up Star Players

In 29 more to rack up 45 points and win the Calder Trophy for rookies by a comfortable margin. He led the league in assists, and came within one point of tying the league&rsquo;s top point-getter. Sweeney Schriner of New York Americans.His 29 assists the next season was good enough to top the league again, and in succeding years he was well up among the leaders, capturing the Lady Byng Trophy for clean and effective play in the season of 1941-42.<h2>Get Those Goals</h2>In 1942-43, although he was still Johnny-on-the-spot when it came to setting up plays, Apps began sinking more goals. For the first time in his N.H.L. career, he notched more goals than assists. Then came two years in the Armed services, and on his return in 1945-46 he once more batted home goals, 24, than assists, of which he had 16. Last season, while finishing twelfth among the league&rsquo;s point-getters, he had 25 goals and 24 assists.Metz has never astonished the league as a whirlwind goal-getter, but he has1 always been a consistent, reliable player of the type a coach always likes to have around. He hasn&rsquo;t been any slouch in his 11 years with Leafs, either, although his best seasons were 1940-41 and 1944-45, in each of which he stacked up a total of 35 points. The seasons&rsquo; of 1944-45 was his first after returning from two years of war service, and he surprised many observers who thought that he should be all through, since he was nearly 30 years old.<h2>Twenty Point Man</h2>But he collected 22 goals that winter and id 13 assists to make everyone sit up and take notice. Except for the year he broke in With Leafs&mdash;in 1934-35 when he nlaved most of the season with Pittsburgh of the A.H.L. Metz has gone below 20 points on only two occasions. They were in 1939-40 and last season, when he had 12 goals and 16 assists.The big, durable Broda has been Toronto&rsquo;s mainstay in the nets ever since the 1937-38 season, playing every game of the schedule except for the two years he was wearing a uniform and his comeback year of 1945-46, when he played only 15 games and split the goaltending jobwith Baz Bastien and Frank McCool.In seven full seas&rsquo;ons, he has kept his goals-against average below three a game, except for the 194M3 semester when he slipped to 3.18 a game as 159 pucks slid by him in 50 contests. His best year was 1940, when he allowed only 99 goals in 48 games&rsquo; and won the Vezina Trophy.So this is another season and the three old vets still keep rolling along like 01&rsquo; Man River, and if the Maple Leafs have a season like that of 1946-47 you can bet your last dollar that Broda. Metz and Apps will be in there fighting every inch of the rocky road to another Stanley Cup.<h2>Where it Go?</h2>Anything can and usually does happen in a hockey game. In the Arena opener with Providence furnishing the opposition for the New Haven Ramblers, the Blueshirts were playing with one man in the penalty box when Goalie Jim Henry took a swipe at a loose puck and batted it into the rafters. The disc lodged in the storage loft while the players milled around on the ice waiting for it to reappear somewhere on the playing surface. &#9632;

Coach Hap Day Relies On Trio To Steady Team

October 16th, 1947Mr. Azarie Choquet, PresidentQuebec Amateur Hockey Association Inc.,2055 Mansfield Avenue,Montreal, Que.Dear Sir:The resuming of hockey activities brings again unfortunate Incidents which prove that hockey players are subdued by professional hockey clubs. Most of these players have at some time or other signed agreements, the importance of which was not always fully stressed. Our athletes were often influenced by a cheque when signing. Many of them felt they were given a gift, not realizing that this money was handed to them for the sole purpose of giving a legal binding aspect to their contracts.Professional hockey organizations operate aggregations affiliated with our Association, even in junior categories. As a result many promising junior hockey players signing as amateurs with such chain clubs do not fully realize the extent of the proprietorship rights of professional clubs on their future in hockey. The players eventually lose the privilege of planning their own hockey career and find themselves in a slavery entanglement. This situation is to be deplored and would not be tolerated in labor circles.It is my humble opinion that we should endeavour to avoid the repetition of cases of this nature. We should inform our players who are too often inexperienced in business matters and unaware of the regulations involving them when dealing with professional hockey clubs.It is true they may appeal their case to the President of the National Hockey League. This Executive enjoys a fine record as to integrity and fairness, but it is felt that he is not in a position to render an unbiased decision in cases of this nature. The setup of his appointment to the presidency being of an elective nature puts him at the mercy of the professional hockey magnates, who are often members of the second part in cases brought to his attention.I respectfully urge the Executive of our Association to study the possibility of forming a Committee for the purpose of educating any amateur player who may be contemplating dealings with professional hockey clubs and their affiliated teams operating within our Association in various categories.Yours respectfully Ernest R. Comte PresidentSenior Provincial Hockey League Incorporated. &#9632;

Letter That Stirred Amateur Row

NEW YORK&mdash;The two American Hockey League scheduled games postponed due to fog and mist hanging over the ice will be replayed on October 30 and November 4 respectively, League President Maurice Podoloff announced last Wednesday.The Philadelphia-Springfield contest that was halted on October 18 will be played at Springfield on October 30 and the Hershey - Washington game that was called off on October 17 will be played November 4 in Washington. &#9632;

Replay Games

NEW HAVEN&mdash;A &ldquo;Pee Wee&rdquo; hockey school, conducted by manager Lynn Patrick of the New Haven Ramblers, has been started at the Arena here. The class is open only to youngsters who will not have reached their 14th birthday by November 1.It is Patrick&rsquo;s contention that American boys can become as good hockey players as Canadians and the school is going to be his attempt to prove this. At first, the youngsters will be given the fundamentals of the game and a lot of skating. After that, a four-team league will be organized to play games each week.Candidates will be required to bring proof of their age to the opening session. In view of the early enthusiasm shown in the class, only 60 candidates will be kept by Partick after he has given them tryouts on Saturday morning. The class will be held for two hours each Saturday morning for the remainder of the Winter. &#9632;

Lynn Patrick Conducts Puck School For Youngsters At New Haven Arena

INDIANAPOLIS&mdash;Indianapolis Capitals, who finished fourth in the Western Division last spring, are banking on youth, drive and fire this season in their campaign to move into contention in the American Hockey League race.Three veterans performers, Hal Jackson, Jerry Brown and Les Douglas, were traded to Buffalo Bisons this summer as part of the accent on youth program.Douglas, a member of the first Indianapolis hockey club eight years ago, led the individual point getters on the Caps roster last season as a smooth centre ice playmaker, but was shifted to help make way for some of the promising young talent moving up the ladder in the Detroit-Indianapolis-Omaha chain. The same is true of Jackson and Brown.Coach Johnny Mowers, former Red Wings goalie, is driving his youthful charges to smooth off the rough edges and develop the smooth offensive play he wants. &#9632;

Indianapolis Capitals Bank On Youth To Get Them In Winning Ways

PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Coach Wally Kilrea is having plenty of worries these days as his Philadelphia Rockets are not only in fifth position in the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Eastern Division but several of his best players are on the shelf with injuries.The injury jinx has hit the Rocket camp and Coach Kilrea stated that It&rsquo;s this jinx that has to be licked first. The Rockets have been icing a makeshift lineup these days and it is all due to the many mishaps suffered by the club to date. The club&rsquo;s brightest star, Phil Hergesheimer, has been sidelined since he was injured in a pre-season exhibition game. The Philadelphia club is pinning much of its hope of climbing in to the first division on Hergesheimer&rsquo;s shoulders.The loss of Phil has shaken-up the team considerably since he was the league&rsquo;s leading scorer last season with 92 points. But there are two other valuable men on the injured list. They are Johnny Mahaffy and Harold Bangay.Kilrea is now like a chicken on a hot griddle. Although he still has the 12 new players the Rockets signed this season, the three injured stars would greatly help the slipping Rocks. However Coach Kilrea is still confident that his Philadelphia club will finish up the season with a better record than last year&rsquo;s five wins and 52 losses.The Rockets&rsquo; best attacking trio has been Walt Stefaniew at centre with Mike Narduzzi and Steve Wochy on the flanks. Wochy is one of the new imports. The Rockets got him from Indianapolis and he played for the Detroit Red Wings. Stefaniew came to the Rockets from the Minneapolis club of the U.S.H.L. while Narduzzi is a holdover.Ken Kilrea centres the club&rsquo;s second line with wingmen Chuck Kraiger on the left side and Augie Herchenratter covering the right wing.Kilrea played last season with. Springfield and Herchenratter was with Hershey Bears last winter. Kraiger is a rookie on the squad. The Rockets also secured two new defencemen&mdash;Eddie Bush from Providence and Jimmy Drummond from Cleveland. &#9632;

Injury Jinx Hits Philadelphia Hard Three Stars Fretting On Sidelines

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div>Dick Irvin may have his left wing troubles, Johnny Gottselig may have headaches replacing injured Billy Mosienko and Frank Boucher may have a hard time getting his New York Rangers into the playoffs this season.Taking all these great coaches and their troubles, and matching* them against the troubles that the British managers and coaches are having in trying to induce young Canadians to pack their grips and move to the land of the fog to play hockey this season, there just isn&rsquo;t any comparison. The British coaches are really having trouble.Because of the independence of these young Canadians, Britain&rsquo;s revival of the fastest gam&reg; on earth is not returning to its prewar standard as soon as it was thought. Players with a half decent background in the hockey world are not making any quick decisions that they will be sorry for in their future with the ioe game.The dollar situation is another question that sticks in the minds of these youngsters. Many of them have been told that it would be impossible to transfer any dollars that are earned in the old country back to Canada. This definitely is not so. Many players who are in England at this moment have already made arrangements with their branch banks in England to transfer monthly remittances home to accounts across Canada.<h2>He Graduated</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-011922/8395256-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="582" height="908"><figcaption class="caption-body">DEO LAMOUREUX</figcaption></div>Besides these points, it must be remembered that many players who have had a few fair years in hockey, have a highly overrated opinion of themselves, and are inclined to bid for the sky when they are asked to play in the British Leagues. The facts that they don&rsquo;t yet realize are that hockey was in such great demand during the war, and with such a shortage of good talented junior and senior teams who were used to having the best of the players had to make do with the wartime ones just as the professional did.<h2>Good Training Ground</h2>Pre-war British hockey, which was rated on a par with the best senior leagues in Canada, has produced many professional players for both the National and American hockey leagues. Such players as Des Smith, former Boston Bruin, Rene Trudel of the New York Rangers and Dutch Hiller and Leo Lamoureux, former Montreal Canadiens defenceman and numerous others, graduated from the ranks of British Hockey into the money circles on this side of the ocean.<h2>Britain&rsquo;s Kid Line</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-021372/8395249-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="1793" height="1253"><figcaption class="caption-body">THESE CANADIAN YOUNGSTERS made good in the British Hockey League with Wembley Monarchs, and formed one of the highest-scoring threesomes in the Old Country, brom left to right are Les Anning of Ottawa, &ldquo;Kid&rdquo; Kauppi of Copper Cliff, Ont., and George Steele or Anning, the first post-war graduate of the British League to return to the big time in Canada, has sinned with Montreal Royals of the Quebec Senior Hockey League.</figcaption></div>Britain has already produced its first player since the war for the Canadian big leagues, when Les Anning, the fast skating &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; of the British Hockey League, signed a coptract with the Montreal Canadiens organization.Anning, a one time Ottawa St. Pats Junior moved to Britain at his first opportunity when he was told that experience would help him tremendously in his hockey career. It was not long after Anning had settled down for a great season with the Wembley Monarchs that he was receiving many offers from this side of the ocean.<h2>Profitable Venture</h2>Many players who were in the old country last season returned home with considerably more money than many who played in the United States and Canada.The facts on the British Hockey League, and the conditions under which the boys are playing have never really been told to prospective players in Canada.The Wembley organization is currently leading the field in salaries and bonuses paid in the British Leagues. They are offering from 15 to 18 pounds a week (about 60 to 75 dollars) and to make the boys more enthusiastic have returned to the old system of the win and draw bonus., Five pounds (about $20) is paid to the boys for each exhibition game, win or lose, as many as 15 such games are played throughout the season. Fifty pounds is also paid for any player Wembley thinks might dish out the right kind of hockey. This is received before the season starts.<h2>Can Make Money</h2>Totalling up these additional bonuses and exhibition fees, and adding them to a weekly salary, and then throwing in a_ sizeable end of season bonus, 75 to 100 pounds, a player can end up the season with quite a fat bank roll.The entertainment and food situation is another point which sticks in a candidates mind before signing on the dotted line to play in Britain. The boys last season found that although there was not as much variety in the food, they never actually went short of anything essential to the diet of a hockey player.Trips to France were arranged, and the boys were flown over to Paris to play the famous Palais de Sport pucksters. Besides this, parties and shows were staged for the boys and a double pay check was found waiting for them at Christmas.As in Canada, British hockey is broadcast on Saturday nights. Through these broadcasts and mentioning of the Individual players names, their company was in great demand. Many of the boys have become so popular in the parent country that a hockey player&rsquo;s life is almost like that of a film star&rsquo;s.The real dyed-in-the-wool hockey fan is situated right in England. The rabid British hockey fan who once starts cheering for a team will take an atom bomb to convince him that his team and players are not the best in the league, even though his team may be in the cellar.The traditional wearing apparel of the cricket fan isn&rsquo;t relinquished when the hockey season rolls around and it is not unusual to see spectators wearing long scarves wrapped around their necks, bleeding with the colors of their favourite team.Said to be one of the most beautiful and most modern arenas on either side of the ocean, with a seating capacity of from 8,000 to 10,000 the former swimming pool of Wembley has been converted into a full-sized hockey rink.The game can be seen from anywhere in the house and there are no pillars or obstacles inside the rink. The beautiful fawn-colored arena with its 100-yard concourse in front, and plate glass roof, is truly a magnificent sight to anyone viewing the place for the first. time. It is in very, few rinks that a spectator can sit and eat a meal and watch a game at the same time as can be done in Wembley. A 12-piece orchestra provides pre-game entertainment, and free skating is allowed after the game.<h2>Unique Announcements</h2>Another effort to provide the hockey fan of Britain with the best, is the movie-like screen at the west end of the rink where slides draw the fans&rsquo; attention to the players skating to the ty box, or the name of the player and the-time that a goal was scored.This season Wembley is offering the boys the chance to stay over a few months and see theOlympic games. They are offering them jobs in the ticket office and as ushers.Any young fellow need not think twice about going overseas to play hockey.During the six months that I spent there last season watching the British League in action, I never once hear a grumble from the young Canadian visitors who had a whale of a time providing hockey entertainment in the sport they love. &#9632;

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Overseas Game Lures Canucks With Good Pay

In an effort to provide Canadian players in Wembley with the best in both recreation and training facilities, a well rigged gymnasium has been set aside for their own private use.Included in the gym is a small ring, two punching bags, mats and dumbells to keep the boys in shape.A regulation table tennis set is also included in the paraphernalia and tournaments are held throughout the season to find a diampion. Lou Bates, coach of Wembley is the snooker champion around the gym and finds it a hard job to get a suitable opponent to help him sink the balls on the small table that is well known by such pre-war players as Jimmy Haggerty and ex-Montreal Royal Frankie Leblanc.<h2>Everything Modern</h2>Adjacent to the gym is the medical room, which can be compared with the medical room at the Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens or the Montreal Forum. Handled by a capable practitioner, who was a one-time trainer with a famous British football team, he can be seen at any time of the day giving the boys a rubdown, or pulling stitches out of their cuts. &#9632;

Modern Gym At Wembley Arena Has Everything

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1, 1947Published byHockey News Company, 803 Dominion Square Building, Montreal, Que.Subscription Price $2 for 30 Issues in Canada-$3 in U.S.A. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.Vol. 1, No. 5. Montreal, October 29, 1947. Printed in Canada<h2>TRADE WINDS BLOW</h2>In the fiercely competitive orbit of modern-day professional hockey, trades of major proportions are the exception rather than the rule, and trades of any kind make the headlines. Strong teams are more apt to hold on to their major stars than let them go, no matter how attractive the offers made by other clubs.Weaker teams thus find it difficult to strengthen, no matter how heavy the moneybags they carry. Lester Patrick, grand old man of hockey who now is &ldquo;taking it easy although still acting as the counselling genius behind New York Rangers, summed it all up very neatly the other day when he said there was &ldquo;too much sentiment&rdquo; in hockey.By that he meant that as far as the big professional clubs are concerned, once a player reaches stardom and carves a niche in the hockey world of his particular city, he is usually sure of a job there until his physical powers give out. And even them, in the majority of cases, he still remains a member of the organization, since a spot is generally found for him as a coach with an affiliated team, or as a scout, or perhaps in the &ldquo;front offices.&rdquo;The average club owner doesn&rsquo;t dare face the wrath of the fans by letting a popular idol go to some rival club. Hockey is probably more personalized than any other sport, and the hockey followers take their heroes very seriously.Lester Patrick said he would be glad to give $100,000 a staggering sum even by modern standards&mdash;for Maurice Richard, great right wing star of Montreal Canadiens. He would be willing to pay that much, but still no formal offer has ever been made, since it is a well-known fact that would be a useless gesture. Montreal Canadiens wouldn&rsquo;t part with Richard for any sum.The memory of a trade of a few years, ago still haunts Canadiens supporters. That was when the incomparable Howie Morenz was traded away in the twilight of his career. The Canadiens owners realized their mistake and Morenz returned to his old team to finish his career in the National Hockey League. That mistake won&rsquo;t be repeated with Richard, who in his brief and meteoric career has carved himself a place alongside Morenz in the hearts of French Canadians.The same thing applies in equal or less measure to other great stars with other clubs. That leaves talent-shoppers just one opportunity, to find a player who is dissatisfied with conditions under his present employers and isn&rsquo;t giving his best for them. Such a case was that of Roy Conacher of Detroit Red Wings. The season&rsquo;s outstanding holdout, big Roy demanded more money and his employers turned him down. New York Rangers, hungry for a chance at a playoff spot they have sought for five long years, were fortunate enough to seize the chance to obtain a proven player like Conacher, giving in exchange an untested rookie, Eddie Slowinski from amateur ranks, and another player to be chosen at the end of the season.<h2>A HOCKEY COMMISSIONER?</h2>Talk of the necessity of a high commissioner to have jurisdiction over all player dealings and relations in professional and amateur hockey recurs frequently with the proposal drawing support both pro and con. The matter came up most recently during the difficulties between the Senior Provincial Hockey League in Quebec and professional teams. Ernest Comte, president of the amateur loop, came out strongly for such a commissionership.The talk steamed into a minor crisis when, two Sherbrooke players, Gilles Dube and Adjutor Cote, signed agreements with Montreal Canadiens of the N.H.L., accepted money for the three weeks they spent at the pro training camp, and then decided to play with Sherbrooke after all.The offending players were suspended by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and Sherbrooke protested vehemently. Much of the steam was taken out of the commissionership proposal, however, when the Sherbrooke club and Canadiens came to an amicable agreement.There seems no doubt that at some time in the future, if hockey continues its remarkable expansion and new leagues are formed, that the sport may feel the need for &raquo; commissioner to keep track of the many and varied, problems. But until such time, most difficulties can evidently be straightened out by some good old fashioned arbitration, a little give-and-take, and the willingness of both parties&mdash;and the players&mdash;to live up to their responsibilities and honor any written agreements. &#9632;

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>Hockey&mdash;a game In its early infancy when compared to such well-established sports as baseball, football, boxing and racing&mdash;has made tremendous strides of advancement in the past few years&mdash;and more particularly within the past year. As so many top flight. American sports writers have been heard to remark recently, &ldquo;Hockey is just starting to to go big time.&rdquo;And keeping in step with hockey&rsquo;s advent into the big time are the numerous publications on the world&rsquo;s fastest game which are now making their appearance. It wasn&rsquo;t many years ago that the only regular publication on hockey was Jim Hendy&rsquo;s splendid Hockey Guide which came out annually near the start of each season. Wes McKnight, ace Canadian sports announcer and authority on sporting matters also used to put out a hockey record book. There have been other books on hockey that came out periodically, but for the most part they were more or less run-of-the mill, and lacked the originality and authoritativeness of the books coming off the presses today.<h2>FINE PUBLICATIONS</h2>One of the finest of the new&rdquo; books is &ldquo;The Rangers&mdash;The Story Inside the Blue Shirt,&rdquo; a 96-page historical and statistical record of thee New York Rangers hockey club. Compiled and edited by Stan Saplin, Rangers publicist, the book details the careers of each of the 169 men who have participated in championship National Hockey League games for the club since It was organized in the fall of 1926.Frank G. Menke, prominent sports writer and author of &ldquo;The Encyclopedia of Sports&rdquo; has written the forward. Kerr N. Petrie, senior New York hockey writer and Gene Ward, a colorful Manhattan sports scrivener, have penned interesting articles for the book.<h2>BOOK TO ENJOY</h2>In his foreward Mr. Menke says &ldquo;The Rangers, by their fine play, their grand sportsmanship, their remarkable exploits on ice, have done much to advance the interests of the world&rsquo;s fastest game&rsquo; in the United States.&rdquo; He concludes with, &ldquo;It is a book which every man who has followed the career of the Rangers, of gay ad-adventure and heroic deeds, will enjoy and always will treasure because of. its historic value.&rdquo;The front cover shows a Ranger shirt in its true colours, blue red and white, and is accompanied by photographs of Lester Patrick, who managed the team for 20 years, and Frank Boucher, his successor. The back cover depicts the back of the shirt, with a big numeral &ldquo;1&rdquo; Rather than implying any given player, the number indicates the first issue of the publication. If, in future years, other editions are published, succeeding numbers such as &ldquo;2&rdquo;, &ldquo;3&rdquo; and so on will adorn the back of the shirt.Another publication to be out soon is &ldquo;The Story of the Boston Bruins.&rdquo; Herb Ralby and Harold Kaese, that competent pair of Boston sports writers published &ldquo;The Boston Bruins&mdash;23 Years A Great Hockey Team&rsquo; last season and &ldquo;The Story of the Boston Bruins&rdquo; is the second edition of their excellent book of a year ago.Sport Magazine, the slightly-more than one year old monthly, which has shattered all previous circulation figures for a sports magazine is becoming more hockey minded all the time. In their November issue, which is now on the newstands, is a well-written featurette by Bruce Jacobs on &ldquo;Big Bill Durnan&mdash;Hockey Realist.&rdquo; Like all player personality stories that appear in Sport Magazine, it is intimate and informative. It gives you an insight on just how Durnan won the Vezina Trophy, as the N.H.L.&rsquo;s outstanding goalie for four straight years. &#9632;

Round the Rinks

Letters are pouring in from readers at such a great rate, the Editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS have found it necessary to increase the space allotted to the Hockey Fans&rsquo; Forum. Many thanks to you interested fans.Dear Sir&mdash;This is just a line to tell you how much I enjoyed your HOCKEY NEWS. I have been waiting a long time for something of this nature and after reading your first three issues my waiting was rewarded.Is it possible to have some action pictures in your weekly along with full sized shots of players.George Mackenzie Hantsport, Nova Scotia.(You will find one or more action shots in each edition from now on.)Dear Sir&mdash;After reading my third issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS from cover to cover, I feel I must write you to compliment you on what I would call a hockey fan&rsquo;s dream come true, having been a follower of this great winter sport for some time. I have often wondered why some one wouldn&rsquo;t print a paper just like THE HOCKEY NEWS.I hope every reader will send in their letters so the Hockey Fans&rsquo; Forum will continue.Here is my suggestion. How about all readers of your great paper picking the all-star N.H.L. teams. Each reader would make up his choice and send it to the editor some time during the month of February and the team would be published some time before the playoffs. Also pick the rookie of the year, etc. Then it could be called &ldquo;THE HOCKEY NEWS Selections&rdquo;.George Little. Jemseg, Queens Co., N.B.(Mr. Little, that is a fine idea you have and it might come true before the present season is completed.)Dear Sir&mdash;Your first edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS was wonderful, and the next two were even better. It&rsquo;s what the hockey world has needed for a long time.I will always keep my editions handy to refer back to for records. Wonderful suggestion by that fan in earlier edition concerning radio stations and times of broadcasts of games. Hope to see them in future editions.Again, congratulations on the pa/per.Hubert Labre. Chesterville, Ont.(That, Mr. Labre, is another plan we are thinking about for future editions of THE HOCKEY NEWS).Dear Sir&mdash;Your publication of THE HOCKEY NEWS is the best thing that ever happened to the hockey world. I have now read every word of your first three editions and if the following editions are as good I know I&rsquo;ll be reading THE HOCKEY NEWS for years to come.I sincerely believe that your Hockey Fans&rsquo; Forum should be kept but definitely. I can foresee that column being an Important link on a chain, as there are many hockey fans who would jump at the opportunity to write to your paper to express their ideas.I recommend that you Install a beef column either in conjunction with your Hockey Fans&rsquo; Forum as aside from it. This column would be used for gripes about hockey rules, players, managers, etc., and not complaints (if any) about THE HOCKEY NEWS.As an example. I would like to recommend that the Board of Governors of the N.H.L. meet and decide to have the All-Star game played at the close of the season. Under this plan an incident such as what happened to Bill Mosienko would not injure a team as the player, would have the summer to recuperate.Wishing you continued success, and thank you for many entertaining reading hours.Paul M. Ruskin. Bronx 58, New York. N.Y.About your idea for a &ldquo;beef&rdquo; column, Mr. Ruskin, we think you have something there and the game might possibly be Improved by some fan&rsquo;s plan. You never know. But about the All - Star game, we&rsquo;ll let the Board of Governors iron that one out).Dear Sir&mdash;A good suggestion would be to get a certain hockey star every week to give a little summary of the greatest hockey thrill of his career.F. H. Purchase. Halifax, Nova Scotia.(Many thanks to Reader Purchase, and he and other readers of THE HOCKEY NEWS are assured that their suggestions are welcomed and the best of them will be put into effect in this hockey weekly).Dear Sir&mdash;I have read through your issues of THE HOCKEY NEWS and I want to congratulate your entire staff for turning out the paper. Every article in the paper has that certain quality which would delight any hockey fan.What I enjoy reading most is hockey behind the scenes and articles about players, coaches and managers. Down here in Buffalo we very rarely ever get a complete account of National League games. We have had players performing down here that are now in the big ranks. Jim McFadden of Detroit, Roger Leger, Cana-Frankie Eddolls, Rangers, and Vic Lynn, Toronto to name only a few.I know hundreds of other fans who would enjoy hearing more about these boys, and I hope it is possible to include this in your fine paper. In the meantime I will be looking forward to reading and enjoying THE HOCKEY NEWS every week.Ann Mardel Buffalo, N.Y.Dear SirCongratulations on a paper that my opinion and probably a great many others is a great success. I think that the Alpacama Award for the most valuable player in the N.H.L. each week is an excellent idea.There is a question that I would like to ask. Are Phil Watson of New York Rangers and Harry Watson of the Toronto Maple Leafs any relation?Walter F. Pastuck Toronto, Ontario.(No, the two Watsons are not related. Phil was born in Montreal while Harry is a product of the &lsquo;west with his home town being Saskatoon. There is a difference of nine years in their ages). Dear Sir&mdash;Could you possibly inform me as to the highest scoring line in the National Hockey League past and present.William Neale. Ottawa, Ont.(There are no available records on the all - time scoring champions but for the most points in a regular season&rsquo;s play, the present Punch Line of Maurice Richard, Toe Blake and Elmer Lach, holds the record with 220 points) &#9632;

Hockey Fans Forum

Sanford&rsquo;s FirstBouton&rsquo;s highly-rated new rookie, Eddie Sanford, scored his first N.H.L. goal on Sunday night as the Bruins toppled the Chicago Black Hawks in Boston 2-2.&ldquo;Hard Rock&rdquo; HurtMurph Chamberlain will probably be out of action for the rest of the season as he suffered a possible fractured leg during a mix-up with the Red Wings in Detroit on Sunday.<h2>NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-011934/8395439-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="605" height="190"></div><h2>Last Week&rsquo;s Results</h2>October 22 - Boston3, Canadiens 1; Toronto 3. Rangers 1.October 25 - Canadiens 5, Boston 0; Toronto 5, Chicagol.October 26 - Canadiens 4, Detroit 2; Boston 3. Chicago 2.October 29 - Canadiens at Toronto; Boston at Rangers; Detroit at Chicago.November 1 - Boston at Toronto; Detroit; at Rangers.November 2 - Boston at Detroit; Toronto at Rangers; Canadiens at Chicago.It&rsquo;s the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins who lead the National Hockey League race in a neck-and-neck fight after the second complete week of the schedule. After the club&rsquo;s two weekend games the Canucks and the Bruins hold a one-point lead over the second place Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs with six points.The Flying Frenchmen climbed into the top spot by splitting a home-and-home series with the Bruins dropping the first game in the Beantown 3-1 rallied in Montreal on Saturday winning out 5-0.Canadiens remained on the winning trail when they went into Detroit Sunday to floor the Red Wings 4-2 whie the Rossmen were edging out the slipping Black Hawks of Chicago 3-2. on Sunday night.After only gaining one point in their first two encounters of the season, the Champion Toronto Ma ple Leafs scored two wins last week to move into a second place tie with the Red Wings. On Wednesday, the Leafs halted the Rangers 3-1 and Saturday the Black Hawks&rsquo; suffered their third straight setback falling before the Toronto club 5-1.The league&rsquo;s weak sister, the Black Hawin. &ldquo;till failed to record their initial win of the year and they are now resting in the cellar position with four losses in four starts.<h2>WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 22</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Before 12.970 Fans, the champion Toronto Maple Leafs chalked up their initial N.H.L. Victory of the season by tripping the New York Rangers. 3-1.Tony Lcswick&rsquo;s goal near the halfway mark of the first period shot the Rangers into a one-goal lead but after five minutes of the second frame Gaye Stewart evened the ocunt. Ten minutes later Vic Lynn drilled home the goal that proved the winner. It came with Rangers&rsquo; Bill Judzo and Neil Colville sitting in the cooler. Howie Meeker drew an assist on Lynn&rsquo;s tally Leafs outshot the Blueshirts hy 32 to 24.New York&mdash;Goal. Rayner; defence, Eddolls, &laquo;. Colville; centre, Laprade; wings, Warwick, Leswick. Subs.: Shero, Trudell, O&rsquo;Connoi, P. Watson, Slowinski, Rextall, Russell, Gardner, Juzda, Moe.Toronto&mdash;Goal. Broda; defence, Stanowski, Barilko; centre, Apps; wings, Ezinicki, Watson. Subs.: Boesch, Mort-son, Thomson, Kennedy, Meeker, Lynn, N. Metz, D. Metz, Klukay, Stewart.Refernerec: George Haves, Linesmen, Jim Primeau. Butch Keeling.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-021289/8395432-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="604" height="409"></div>BOSTON&mdash;Despite the fact that they outshot the Bruins by wide margin of 33 to 13, the Montreal Canadiens lost their second game in three starts as the Boston club won out 3-1 before a home crowd of 13,900. Referee Bill Chadwick handed oct16 penalties, including three majors. After Johnny Quilty ended Frank Brimsek&rsquo;s shutout hopes early in third period, the Canadiens surged over the Bostor line for the tying marker but Rookie Pete Babando broke loose for the clincher at 18:00,Canadiens&mdash;Goal, Durnan; defence, Reardon, Bouchard; centre, Quilty; wings, Pours Chamberlain. Subs.: Lach, Richard, Blake, Harmon. Harvey, Reay, Curry, Carse, Locas, Leger.Boston - Goal, Brimack; defence, Flaman, Crawford; centre. Taylor; wings Babando. Gallinger; Subs.: Schmidt, Dumart, Carveth, Henderson, Egan, Martin, Sa id ford, Harrison, Wilson, Smith.Referee&mdash;Bill Chadwick, Linesmen, Herb Gallagher and Sam Babcock.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03799/8395425-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="604" height="414"></div><h2>SATURDAY. OCTOBER 25</h2>TORONTO.&mdash;After trailing 1-0 In the first period, the Toronto Maple Leafs opened to with a four-goal outburst tn the middle session and then went on to whip the slowly Chicago Black Hawks 5-1 before 13.493 at the Gardens.Adam Bro vn put the Hawks ahead In the opening frame, hut markers by Ted Kennedy, Bill Ezinicki, Gus Mort-son and Howie Meeker in that order in the second was all the champions needed to Win. Joe Klukay added the fifth Toronto goal early in third period.Chicago: goal, Francis; defence, Gads-by, Nattrass; centre, M. Bentley; wings, Butler. D. Bentley subs: Mariucci, Baldwin, Michaluk, Kaleta, Brown, Hamill, Prystai, Gee, Thomas, Blade.Toronto: goal, Broda; defence, Thomson, Monson, ventre, Kennedy; wings. Meeker, Lynn; subs: Boesch, Barilko, Stanowski, Apps, Ezinicki, Watson, N. Metz, Mackeil, Stewart, Klukay.Referee George Gravel; linesmen: Butch Keeping, George Hayes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04515/8395418-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="599" height="571"></div>MONTREAL&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens more than atoned for the beating they took earlier in the week by coming back to shutout the Boston Bruins 5-0 before a packed Forum gallery as Bill Durnan got his first blanking of the year.Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach put the Canucks in front in the first period and Kenny Reardon&rsquo;s goal at 2.12 in the second increased the lead to 3-0. Tallies by Murph Chamberlain and Rookie Doug Harvey brought the count to five.Boston: Goal, Brimsek; defence, Henderson. Martin; centre, Schmidt; wings, Carveth, Dumart. Subs.: Egan, Crawford, Fiamon, Gallinger, Taylor, Harrison, Smith, Wilson, Babando.Canadlcr.o: Goal, Durnan defence, Bouchard, Reardon; centre, Quilty; wings, Peters, Chamberlain, Subs.; Harvey, Locas, Blake, Richard, Lach, Camptau, Reay, Curry, Carse, Leger.Referee, Bill Chadwick. Linesmen, Sibby Mundey and Ray Getliffe.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05354/8395411-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="598" height="535"></div><h2>Sunday. October 26th</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Paced by Maurice Richard and Glen Harmon who scored all the Canadiens&rsquo; goal between them, the Montrealers won their second N.H.L. tussle in as many nights by toppling the Detroit Red Wings 4-2. The Habs moved into a first mace tie with Boston.Richard and Jim Conacher scored in the first period and Conacher&rsquo;s second tally at the 10.01 mark of the second put Detroit ahead but Harmon, the converted defenseman tied the score seven minutes later on a play with Jimmy Paters am Kenny Reardon. Two minutes after Hamon popped back with the winner with Peters and Johnny Quilty assisting. Richard netted his second goal with minutes left in the game.Canadiens: Goal, Durnan; defence, Bouchard, Reardon; centre, Lach; wings, Richard, Blake; ubs: Campeau Harvey, Harmon, Quilty, Carse, Chamberlain, Reay, Curry, Peters, Leger.Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence Quackenbush. Stewart; centre, Abel; wings, Lindsay, Braneteau; subs.: Kelly, Lundy, Conacher, Howe, McFadden, Guidolin, Horcck, Couture, Reise, McCaig.Referee, George Gravelle; linesmen, George Hays and Melville Keeling.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-06275/8395404-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="598" height="413"></div>BOSTON&mdash;The bouncing Boston Bruins moved into a first-place deadlock with the Montreal Canaaieus by edging out the Chicago Black Hawks 3-2 on Joe Carveth&rsquo;s third-period marker. It was Chicago&rsquo;s fourth straight setback.After Doug Bentley and Kenny Smith swapped goals in the initial canto, Max Benthey ssot the Hawks ahead at 5.37 of the second period. The Bruins soon came back when rookie Eddie Sanford tied the score opening the way Carveth&rsquo;s clincher in the last Panic.Boston; gear Brimsek; defence; Fiamon. Crawford; centre, Taylor; wings, Babando, Gallinger; subs: Schmidt, Duniart Uarvetn Egan, Henderson, Martin, Sandford, Harrison, Wilson, Smith.Chicago: goal, Francis, defence, Baldwin, Malucci centre. Gee; wings, Kaleta Brown; subs: M. Bentley, D. Bentley, Butler, Gradsby, Nattrass, Blade, Prystai, Michaluk, Hamil, Thomas.Officials: Frank Clancy, referee; Sam Babcock, Herb Gallagher, linesment.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-07213/8395397-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="596" height="494"></div><h2>Plante Shifts</h2>Goalie Jacques Plante of Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, who had turned out for practice with the Montreal Canadiens at the season&rsquo;s start has signed up with the Quebec entry in the junior &lsquo;A&rsquo; division.<h2>PLAYER RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-09128/8395390-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="600" height="2988"></div><h2>Penalties in Minutes by Clubs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-10103/8395383-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="540" height="176"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THE RACE GOES

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-08169/8395470-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="310" height="468"></div>The ALPACAMA9 AWARD for the week ending October 26 in the National Hockey League goes to Maurice Richard, comet - footed rightwinger of Montreal Canadiens. Richard who has topped the league&rsquo;s goal-getters the past two seasons, finally found the range over the weekend after being held out of the goal column in his first three games. Richard slapped in a goal Saturday night as Canadiens humbled Boston Bruins 5-0 and added two more Sunday night as the Montrealers trimmed Detroit 4-2.By his outburst, Richard took over the leadership among the league&rsquo;s point-getters. His three goals, added to the four assists he picked up previously, gave him seven points.Last winter Richard scored 45 goals&mdash;just five less than the N.H.L. record of 50 he set in 1944 - 45. He also missed the point - scoring championship by a single point, as he was edged out by Max Bentley of Chicago Black Hawks by that margin.The &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; also won the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player to his team during the 1946 - 47 season. &#9632;

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ROCKET RICHARD WINS AWARD

NEW YORKMore than 1,000 members and friends of the West Side Association of Commerce will celebrate &ldquo;West Side Association Night&rdquo; at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, November 12.That night the association will place on exhibition the sterling silver bowl which is awarded annually to the New York Rangers player who performs most creditably during the season. The decision is made at the end of the National Hockey League season by the New York hockey writers.This season will mark the seventh time that the bowl has been awarded. It was won the first two years by Lynn Patrick, the third year jointly by Bryan Hextal and Ott Heller, the fourth year by Ab DeMarco, and Chuck Rayner has taken it for the past two seasons.The bowl will be placed on exhibition by Harold W. McGraw, chairman of the board of the association, and will be accepted by General John Reed Kilpatrick, president of the Garden and Frank Boucher, coach of the Rangers? On that night the Rangers play hosts to the Boston Bruins. &#9632;

Manhattan Association Plans Gala Presentation

HERSHEY, PA.The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League announced the purchase of Goaler Harvey Teno from the Cleveland Barons. Teno hails from Windsor, Ont., and last season he played for the Minneapolis Millers of the United States Hockey League.He was a member of the St. Michael&rsquo;s College club that won the Canadian junior championshin in 1933-34. &#9632;

Bears Buy Teno

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-012023/8395549-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">TWO STAR PRODUCTS of the Saskatoon Pee-Wee League are shown here talking to Al Hulme, father of the juvenile organization. Taken during the 1946-47 Stanley Cup finals, the picture shows Harry Watson, left, and Vic Lynn, right, members of Toronto Maple Lea&rsquo;s who learned their hockey with the Pee-Wees.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Pee-Wee Alumni

<div class="byline">By LLOYD SAUNDERS</div>SASKATOON, SASK.&mdash;When the average hockey fan sits comfortably in his seat during a hockey game, he rarely thinks about the time and coaching that went into operation before his favorite hockey star made the grade. Every city has some type of commercial league, Y.M.C.A., church, school, or what have you. Of late major cities throughout the Dominion are more and more taking to Pee Wee Leagues inaugurated out here in the west. The story of Saskatoon&rsquo;s league is unique, and the players they have introduced to hockey fans throughout Canada and the United States are almost too numerous to mention.Pee Wee Hockey was originated out in western Canada by a Roman Catholic priest named Father Levique. In 1935 or thereabouts Father Levique organized teams in Winnipeg, consisting of boys ranging in age from 10 to 14. However, after a few years of operation the setup disbanded but after a few years of inactivity it is now back in full swing.<h2>Idea Is Born</h2>Al Hulme, an outstanding newspaperman in Saskatoon and known as one of the west&rsquo;s most ardent sports followers, was the man who first introduced the thought of Pee Wee Hockey to the Hub City of Saskatoon. He presented his ideas to the Kinsmen Club, of which he was the president, in 1938. The rest of the service clubs fell for the idea, hook, line and sinker and from this was born-possibly the most active lot of Kinsmen members in Canada.The task of organization was great. First the League had to arrange for ice. Mr. Hulme contacted officials of the newly constructed Saskatoon Arena and told them of his plan. He managed to get Friday night as Pee Wee Hockey night. There were two games, followed by public skating. This set up still exists today, and thousands of youngsters who would never have the opportunity of skating in the Hub ice palace now make it a regular Friday date. They see two top games, and they enjoy public skating. With ice available, A and three ardent workers Ker Mahan, Johnny Gordon and Pau Carpenter (now of Edmonton) se out for their big effort.Al contacted big league managers Conn Smythe, Lester Patrick, Tommy Gorman, and Jack Adams asking for permission to use the identical colors of their big top clubs. Naturally, with a chance to develop players in view, the major league moguls okayed the idea wholeheartedly. Thus the four teams that still play Pee Wee Hockey in Saskatoon were named Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, and Montreal Canadiens In the first year of play, players in the little bigtime loop used players names in the big time. In so doing they copied their namesakes style of play.Al Hulme claims that as soon as businessman saw the future of such a league they immediately&rsquo; began offering trophies and such. But after much consultation the Kinsmen Club decided not to let the commercial aspect enter into the picture. At the moment two trophies are up for competition. The Gordon Munro Memorial for the winning team and the Al Hulme Trophy for the team producing the best record off and on the ice during the regular season.<h2>Donations Help</h2>Mr. Hulme also said that several business firms made donations anonymously of sweaters and sticks to help the league get off to a flying start. The first head coach of the Pee Wee League was Heck Fowler, who stayed with the league for two years.The development of the ideals of good citizenship in the boys is the most important feature of the operation of the Pee Wee Hockey League. The executive of the league is primarily interested in the development of those qualities of character that tend to develop trustworthy and dependable future citizens of Canada.As a secondary feature, the boys are trained in playing hockey, but this hockey is definitely subsidiary to the main idea of the league. Various members of the club coach the boys, the club supplies the best of equipment and games are always under close supervision. Before participating in the Kinsmen League, each boy is required to subscribe to a code of ethics.<h2>Graduates Galore</h2>In their years of pee wee hockey, the Saskatoon Kinsmen club have seen more graduates reach senior or big time hockey than possibly any other league of its kind in Canada. Last year when the Stanley Cup Playoffs got underway there were several boys who shone in the Pee Wee League in its early days. For Toronto there was Vic Lynn and Harry Watson, two original members of the league. For Detroit Gordie Howe, Pat Lundy and Gerry Couture all are graduates.Then we must not forget red headed Ralph Almas who tended the pipes for the Wings in the semi finals. His first goal job was with Toronto Leafs in the Pee Wee Loop.<h2>Leswick Alumnus</h2>The New York Rangers will have former Pee Wee star Tony Leswick chasing pucks for them in this winter&rsquo;s campaign.Over in the American Hockey: League Pee Wee stars also play big roles for their clubs on the cold surface. Hershey boasts the presence of Hymie Buller (one of the few Jewish born players in the game); Providence has Clayton Laveil; and Springfield carries ex-Pee Wees Keith Allen, Wimpy Jones, Eddy Kobussen and Bob Dawes who was sold to the Toronto Leafs last fall while playing out the season with Buffalo.Over In the United States hockey league here are the former Saskatoon Pee Wees on display; Tommy Williams with Minneapolis; Max McNab now graduated to the parent Red Wings played with Omaha last year as did Don and Rod Morrison (Don was the leading point getter); Johnny Harms who led the Pee Wee loop during his stay played for Kansas City while Fort Worth had Freddy Weaver (other star in his youth) Al Turner, Paul Waldner, Bill Jones, Stan Jones, and Otto Schmidt. &#9632;

Many Stars Are Graduates Of Saskatoon’s Pee-Wees

George &ldquo;Buck&rdquo; Boucher, who last winter piloted the Ottawa Senators to the finals of the Quebec Senior Hockey League playoffs, will pick the players that will compose the 1948 Olympic Hockey team to represent Canada at Switzerland next year.Boucher will be responsible for the composition of the team and its coaching until it leaves the country. He will not journey to the other side with the team. His son, Corporal Frank Boucher, who is in the Air Force, will look after the coaching duties while the team is at St. Moritz.Although not the topmost-ranking representatives of Canadian &ldquo;Amateur&rdquo; hockey, the Air Force team will be able to take the Olympic Oath, and that&rsquo;s what counts.<h2>Hand-picked Team</h2>The team will be hand-picked by Boucher, who is donating his time and talents to the Canadian cause, from over 30 candidates on hand, and it will train at the Ottawa Auditorium. It was mentioned earlier that the team should be composed of the three services, that is include the Army and Navy as well, but Defence Minister Brooke Claxton said that due to added complications, they will stick with the Air Force. Should the squad show any weakness while training, however, consideration might be given to the above suggestion.Several hockey authorities believe that it Canada cannot send its best team to the Olympics then there is no reason to send one at all. while others believe that a senior amateur team, below the existing standards now in Canada, is better than nothing at all.&rdquo;<h2>C.A.H.A. Pays Cost</h2>The composition of the team is not known, for extensive research among the Dominion&rsquo;s many Air Force stations has yet to be completed. It has been determined that $12,000 will cover the expenses of the team. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association will foot the bill.When the team has been determined it will make a cross country tour.Before the choice of George Boucher as coach for the team in the Dominion was announced by the C.A.H.A. former National Hockey League president Mervyn &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Dutton was considered as a likely coaching prospect but this was forgotten when Boucher offered his services.Besides coaching the Olympic squad, Boucher will have his hands full with his own Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Senior Hockey League.<h2>Goaltender Mentioned</h2>Bert Paxton, substitute goaltender with Calgary Stampeders last season, has been mentioned as a possible choice for the netminding duties. Paxton holds the rank of Flying Officer.The Olympic team will comprise 17 men, including the coach, but Boucher indicated he wouldn&rsquo;t make the final decision on who would make the trip until some time shortly before Christmas. The team doesn&rsquo;t leave Canada until January.In the meantime., the R.C.A.F, squad will play in the Ottawa City League. &#9632;

Buck Boucher Is Picking Canada’s Olympic Puckmen

A widespread search for amateur hockey talent in Britain is presently being conducted in the hopes that it will produce an Olympic Hockey entry capable of playing with the best of them.John Ahearne, secretary of the British Ice Hockey Association is conducting the large-scale hunt for hockey talent in England and Scotland.As Britain signified its intention of entering a team, it follows on the heels of Canada&rsquo;s decision to enter a squad in the Olympic competition at St.-Moritz next year.With the inclusion of Britain the defending champions, there are now 10 teams entered. The others are Canada, Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.To celebrate the 40 th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Hockey Federation, a special tournament will be held from February 10 to 15 at Zurich or Basel. &#9632;

Ten Teams Entered For Olympic Games

Rossignol HurtThe Providence Reds will probably lose Roland Rossignol for the season after he collided with Jackie Hamilton of the Pittsburgh Hornets in Providence on Sunday.Schultz InjuredWashington lost the service of its ace centre star, Kenny Schultz, in Friday&rsquo;s game with Providence. - Schultz suffered a broken jaw when he collided with goaler Nadon of the Reds.STANDING ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2G<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2><h3>Eastern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-011855/8395743-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="603" height="193"></div><h3>Western Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-021271/8395736-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="607" height="198"></div>(Last week&rsquo;s results)October 23&mdash;Buffalo 2 Indianapolis 8; Washington 2, New Haven 3.October 24&mdash;Springfield 0, Washington 6.October 25&mdash;Providence 2, Cleveland 6: New Haven 2, Hershey 3; Philadelphia 2. Pittsburgh 3; Buffalo 4, St. Louis 3; Washington 7, Springfield 5.October 26&mdash;St. Louis 1, Buffalo 1; Philadelphia 2. Indianapolis 4: Springfield 5. New Haven 7; Pittsburgh 2, Providence 2.(Games of coming week)October 30&mdash;Providence at Indianapolis.November 1&mdash;St. Louis at Cleveland; Indianapolis at Hershey; Washington at Philadelphia: Providence at Pittsburgh; Buffalo at Springfield.November 2&mdash;Washington at Buffalo; Springfield at Indianapolis: Philadelphia at New Haven; Hershey nt Provldnece; Pittsburgh at St. Louis.November 4&mdash;Springfield at St. Louis.November 5&mdash;Providence at Buffalo: Cleveland at Hershey;. Indianapolis at Philadelphia; Springfield at Pittsburgh.The Washington Lions and the Buffalo Bisons are presently the two top teams in the American Hockey League campaign as they now hold down the leading positions in the Eastern and Western Sections respectively.The Lions won three of their four scheduled games last week starting on Tuesday when they topped New Haven 4-3. They traveled back to the Ramblers&rsquo; home rink Using 5-2 but then walked off with their next two encounters.Roth clubs hold a one - point lead in the two sections. Trailing the Lions in the Eastern Section by a single point are the Providence Reds who were held to a 2-2 deadlock by Pittsburgh on Sunday. The Hornets and Indianapolis are on an even footing in their section trailing Buffalo by one point.The defending champion Hershey Bears are lodged in third spot in the Eastern circuit with two wins two losses and a tie. Next in line come the New Haven Ramblers who whipped Springfield 7-5 Sunday after losing to Hershey 3-2 Saturday.The Springfield Indians and the Cleveland Barons have the honor of being the low men in the two divisions. The Braves only been able to gain one win six games while Cleveland lias one win and one tie in four starts.<h2>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22.</h2>HERSHEY&mdash;The Springfield Indians pitted-in three third period goals past Goaler Jim Henry to defeat the champion Hershey Bears 4-1 belore 5,165 spectators. It was Hershey&rsquo;s third straight game on home ice without a win.Hershey&mdash;Goal, Henry; defense, Slobodian, Buller; centre, McGill; wings, Bruce Lund; alternates, Matthews, Bronigan, Mario, Gronrdahl, McAtee, Marquess, Tustin, Schnurr, McLenehan.Springfield&mdash;Goal, Nadon; defense, Grigg. Johnstone: centre, Courteau, wings, Gooden, Summerhill; alternates, Tottle, Ung-r, Eiscnzoph, Hayden, Frost, Webster, Kobussen, Lofvendahl.Officials&mdash;Rabbit McVeigh and Frank Elliott.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03771/8395729-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="599" height="419"></div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;The Pittsburgh Hornets and the Barons from Cleveland battled to a 1-1 deadlock here. Peanuts O&rsquo;Flaherty drove home the Hornets&rsquo; goal before the 4,300 were hardly able to get seated. The goal came after 15 seconds of play in the opening period.After a scoreless second canto, Eddie Wares scored the equalizer on a play with Johnston and Gagne.Pittsburgh&mdash;Goal, Bastien; defense, Dickens, Moils; centre, Langel1; wings, Smith, O&rsquo;Flaherty; alternates, Samis, Kemp, Bockor, Bodnar, Hamilton, Hill, Sloan, Dawes, Costello, Goldham.Cleveland&mdash;Gool, Bessette; defense, Davidson, Sprout; centre, Holota; wings, Allen, Leswick; alternates, Pratt, Shaw-chuck, Demarco, Lavoie Thurier, Gagne, Johnston, Solinger, Kelly Wares.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05440/8395722-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="599" height="387"></div><h2>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23</h2>NEW HAVEN&mdash;The New Haven Ramblers were never behind as they defeated the Washington Lions by a 5-2 count. The Ramblers&rsquo; goals were divided between Fisher, Lancien, Denis, Robinson and Davies while Wilson and Harris hit the cords for the Lions.Washington&mdash;Goal, G. Bell; defense. Portland, Archambault; centre, Schultz; wings, Cluman, Muir; alternates, Walton, Babey, Carr-Harris, Raney, Slater, Mure-tich, Wilson, Foley, Mousscau, F. Porteous, D. Porteous.New Haven&mdash;Goal, Henry; defense, H. Bell, Heller; centre, Cameron; wings, Webster, Kullman; alternates, Lancien, Lamlrande, Hrymnak, Gordon, Davies, Fisher, Mackintosh, White, Robinson, Denis.Officials&mdash;Bernie LeMaitre and Sparky Vall.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06371/8395715-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="595" height="484"></div>INDIANAPOLIS,&mdash;With 7,209 looking on, the Buffalo &bull; Bisons lost out to Indianapolis Capitals 5-2. With the score tied at 1-1 in the first period, the Caps scored two goals In tha last two periods to clinch the game. Podolsky, Millar, D. Morrison Sullivan and Simpson scored the Capitals&rsquo; tallies. Goalgetttrs for Buffalo were Brown and Bell.Buffalo&mdash;Goal, Bibeault; defense, Laycoe, Lamoureux; centre, Douglas; wings, Cooper, Bell; alternates, Jackson, Currie, McKay, Thorpe, Brown, Gravelle, Fillion, Lewis, Holderson.Indianapolis&mdash;Goal, Almas; defense. Summers, Millar; centre, Simpson; wings, Giuthier, Sclisizzi; alternates, Dewsbury, Nicholson, R. F. Morrison, D, Morrison, Bu Jette, Doran, Sullivan, Pavelich Podolsky., Fogolin.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07321/8395708-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="599" height="574"></div><h2>FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24,</h2>WASHINGTON&mdash;Playing one of their best game of the A.H.L. season to date, the Washington Lions blanked the Springfield Indians 6-0 and moved Into a first place tie with the idle Providence Reds in the Eastern Division.But there was a sad note to the Jungle Kings&rsquo; victory as they lost Henry Schulz, the club&rsquo;s smooth centre, with a possible fractured jaw.<h2>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25,</h2>PITTSBURGH&mdash;Jackie Hamilton&rsquo;s goal at the 16.41 mark of the third period, enabled the Pittsburgh Hornets to defeat the Philadelphia Rockets 3-2.Philadelphia&mdash;Goal, Courteau; defence, Motter, Shewchuk; centre, Kilrea; wings&rsquo; Kraiger. Het chenratter; alternates. Bush,&rsquo; Drummond, Waldriff, Tolton, Stefaniew, Narduzzi, Wocky, Richard, DeFelice. Hnatiuk.Pittsburgh&mdash;Goal, Bastien; defence, Dickens, Morris; centre, Langelle; wings, Smith, O&rsquo;Flaherty; alternates Goldham Samis, Backor, Kemp, Bodnar, Hamilton, Hill, Dawes, Costello, Sloan.Officials&mdash;Hugh, McLean and Sparky Vail.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08291/8395701-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="593" height="428"></div>HERSHEY&mdash;The Hershey Bears edged out the New Haven Ramblers 3-2 on a three-goal spurt in the last period. TV ailing 2-0 on goals by Cameron and Fisher, the Bears netted three in a row by Schnurr, Bruce and Marquess.Hershey&mdash;Goal. G. Henry; defence, Branigan, Slobodian; centre, McGill; wings, Lund. Bruce; alternates, Mario Gronsdahl, Buller, McAtee, Marquess, Larose, Tustin, Schertze), Schnurr, Mr-Lenahan.New Haven&mdash;Goal, J. Henry; defence. Holler, Hrymnak; centre, Cameron; winss Kullman, Webster; alternates, Bell, Lancien, Lamlrande, Gordon Davies, Fisher, Mackintosh, White, Roblnson, Denis.Officials&mdash;Bernie LeMalre and Des Smith.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09277/8395694-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="596" height="519"></div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;The &ldquo;Washington Lions toppled Springfield&rsquo;s Indians in a free-scoring A.H.L. game here 7-5 after the Indians had taken a three-goal lead in the first period.&ldquo;Washington&mdash;Goal, Bell: defence, Archambault, Portland; centre, Raney; wings, Mair, Cluman; alternates Snelle, Walton, Babey, Johnson, Slater. Wilson, Foley, Mousseau, F. Porteous, D. Porteous.Springfield&mdash;Goal, Nadon; defence. Johnstone, Grigg; centre, Kobussen; wings Frost, Hayden; alternates, May Tottle, Courteau, Eiscnzoph, Summerhill, Voll, Gooden, Woodward, Lofvendahl, Warwick.Referees&mdash;Rabbit McVeigh and Fitz Patrick.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10254/8395687-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="598" height="877"></div>CLEVELAND&mdash;Paced by Johnson with two goals, the Cleveland Berons dropped the Providence Reds 5-2. Besides Johnson&rsquo;s brace, other Baron scorers were Demarco, Leswick and Kelly Prokop and Taylor tallied for the Reds.Providence&mdash;Goal, Bennett; defence. Church, Stanley; centre, Fraser; wings&rsquo; Bedard, Liscombe; alternates, Reardon, Arcand, Chad. Laplante, Rossignol Scherza, Prokop, Collings, Taylor, Rapusta.Cleveland&mdash;Goal, Bower; defense, Sprout, Davidson; centre, Holota; wings, Leswick, Allen; alternates, Pratt, Sawchuk. Demarco, Lavoie, Thurier, Gagne, Johnson, Solinger, Kelly, WaresReferees&mdash;Walton Russell and Norm Locking.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-14133/8395680-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="601" height="589"></div>ST. LOUIS&mdash;The Buffalo Bisons held off a third period rally by the St. Louis Flyers to win out by a 4-3 count here. Trailing 4-2 late in the final frame, Lane drove one past Paul Bibeault but the Flyers couldn&rsquo;t sink the tying goal. Hal Laycoe scored two for Buffalo and Douglas and McKay notched singles. McComb and Olson scored St. Louis&rsquo; other two goals.Buffalo&mdash;Goal, Bibeault; defense, Jackson, Currie; centre, Brown; wings McKay, Gravelle; alternates, Lamoureux Laycoe, Douglas, Cooper, Bell, Thorpe, Fillion, Lewis, Halderson.St. Louis&mdash;Goal, Highton; defense, Shewchuk, Lane; centre, Grosso; wings, Gladu, Wilson; alternates, Kampman, Lund, Black. Olson, McAtee, McComb, Brayshaw, Pozzo, Raynak, Backor.Referees&mdash;Pat Callighen and Teddy Graham.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-15106/8395673-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="595" height="485"></div><h2>PLAYER RECORDS</h2>(Includes games of Sunday October 19) leading Scorers<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11222/8395666-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="587" height="491"></div><h2>Leaders</h2>Goals&mdash;Murdo McKay, Buffalo 4Leo Gravelle, Buffalo 4John Carr-Harris, Wash. 4Assists&mdash;Wally Stefan lew, Phlla, 5Three goals in one gajne&mdash;John Carr-Harries, Washington.Penalties&mdash;joe Bell, Buffalo, 16 min.Shutouts&mdash;Jim Henry, New Haven, I Bas Bastien, Pitts. 1.Goaltenders Records<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12183/8395659-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="593" height="358"></div>Team Total Penalty Minutes *<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-13163/8395652-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="592" height="381"></div> &#9632;

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NEW HAVEN&mdash;Manager Lynn Patrick of New Haven Ramblers has started to uncover the faults of his rookie players under game conditions against more experienced teams. Although hustling all the way, the Blueshirts have on two occasions now taken a back seat when it came to hockey know how,This was certainly true against the Philadelphia Rockets in a fog shrouded contest last week Although the visitors had as much trouble following the course of the puck as the Patrlckmen, their veterans were just one step ahead of the Blueshirts in that they were grabbing every faceoff and keeping possession of the disc.Patrick has, of course, gone to work on the mistakes and in the long workouts has stressed such fundamentals as receiving and making passes, The rookies are working hard and it is a certainty that the New Haven club is going to Improve rather than decline as the season carries on. &#9632;

Lynn Patrick’s Rambler Tyros Gaining Savvy

<div class="byline">By ARNIE JONES</div>Hockey players are no exceptions to the habit. They too, like other amateur or professional athletes, have their little superstitions, oddities and idiosyncrosiesSome of the greatest players that ever laced up a pair of skates in National Hockey League competition had odd habits that they maintained throughout their long careers in the fastest game in the world.Today, as in the years gone by, the players in the big money company have superstitions. Some are silly, yet on the other hand some are not. Many players never even give the subject a thought. One is Frankie Brimsek, the great Mr. Zero of the Boston Bruins.Frank claims he doesn&rsquo;t own such a thing as a superstition. When asked about it, he stated, &ldquo;But I always dress the same way&rdquo;. Brimmie claims that it is not because the same procedure will help him in any way during a game but it&rsquo;s because he finds it the easiest way to put on all his equipment.<h2>Valuable Eyes</h2>Says Brimsek, &ldquo;For instance, I have to put on my skates before I put on my pads, and I always put the left pad on first. That&rsquo;s because the left one is harder to buckle and takes longer.&rdquo; Many fans who have watched Frigid Frank in action have always wondered why he continually keeps biting his glove. But he has an answer for that one, too. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s only to pull the webbing out.&rdquo;The great Chuck Gardiner of the Chicago Black Hawks, who was awarded the Vezina Trophy in 1933-34 and was an originalmember of hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame carried a superstition through his outstanding puck - stopping life.Throughout the entrie hockey season, Gardiner never once attended a movie and on the day of a game he always rested in a darkened room. He claimed it rested his eyes for the game.Another great National League netmlnder and Gardiner&rsquo;s successor, the sad-eyed Lome Chabot, would always give himself a shave before game time. The logical reason&mdash;&rdquo;I stitch better if I am cut.&rdquo;<h2>Brought Him Luck</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-011992/8395829-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="556" height="924"><figcaption class="caption-body">DIT CLAPPER, coach of Boston Bruins, who always carried a rabbit&rsquo;s foot for luck. It must have helped, because Dit lasted 20 years in the N.H.L.</figcaption></div>Even Eddie Shore, one of the greatest defencemen of all time, had a strange habit. He always had to have a towel on his chair and the club&rsquo;s assistant trainer, Hamie Moore, had to pull off his sweater after a game.Two members of the Kraut Line went through odd tactics before the opening whistle. Porky Du-mart never dons his sweater until the dot of eight o&rsquo;clock, not a second before or a second after. Milt Schmidt, the pivotman of the once smooth-working trio&mdash;now broken up due to the retirement of Bauer&mdash;always glanced over his right shoulder before stepping on the ice.Schmidt also wipes the blades to talk of the league. The Boston the left, when he first reaches the ice. That&rsquo;s to avoid having tape or such stick to the blades. Bauer claimed, however, that he never. believed in such goings-on.Dit Clapper&rsquo;s rabbit&rsquo;s foot was the talk of the league The Boston coach always carried the token along with him in a game. Well, he played 20 seasons with Bos ton, thereby setting a new long service record. What role did that rabbit&rsquo;s foot play in that lengthy stay? Maybe Dit can answer that one!A little piece of black headwear also played the part of a good omen. Nels Stewart, the great centre of the Montreal Maroons, Boston and New York Americans, always wore a baseball cap. It might have looked odd but how many players have scored 323 goals? Old Poison holds the record for the most goals scored by an individual player.<h2>Lucky Caps</h2>Like Stewart, Aurel Joliat, the Canadiens&rsquo; mighty mite, was another great oldtimer who liked wearing a little black cap. Both players were known to break into a rage if someone so much as touched their caps. To get a puck for a referee was worse than death to Joliat. He would let the official skate from end to end all night before retrieving the disc.The Thompson brothers, Paul and Tiny, also took a place in the &ldquo;parade of oddities.&rdquo; This is more of an oddity than a superstition, but Paul was never able to score more than one goal in a season against his brother when the latter was kicking them out for the Bruins.Paul was always a trouble shooter and during his days as a player with the Black Hawks there were always two opponents who fell victims to his antics. They were Hec Kilrea and Joe Lamb, and Paul was always successful in luring them into taking penalties.<h2>Bep&rsquo;s Little Act</h2>Bep Guidolin, who was recently traded to Detroit by Boston for Billy Taylor, will never get dressed for a game unless he has his stick lying right beside him on the bench. There also existed a two-man superstition on the old Bruin club. Tiny Thompson would always let Cooney Weiland flip the puck into the open cage before the game, It was considered bad luck if Tiny so much as even touched the puck.The Bentley brothers have a procedure that they never change As the players file from the dressing room, Doug always takes the lead and brother Max follows. When Mush March was patrolling the right side for the Hawks he insisted on being the first man on the ice.<h2>Like Dad, Like Son</h2>Two sons of famous fathers are in the minor league news. Joe Patrick, son of that old hockey gladiator, Frank Patrick, is working as a referee in the American Hockey League this season, while Bun Cook&rsquo;s son, Buddy, has signed an option agreement with his dad&rsquo;s team, Cleveland Barons of the A.H.L. Buddy won&rsquo;t be playing in the minors for a couple of years, anyway&mdash;he has to finish school first. &#9632;

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National League Players Have Many Superstitions, Oddities

<div class="byline">By ED McAULEY</div>To know the late Tom Callary was an adventure in sport.There have been sportsmen in the past who have passed away and left behind them a host of friends, but never with such deep feelings for the departed as those of Tom Callary.Our only regret is that we had not met Tom sooner than we did for from our short association with him we learned the true meaning of the word sport, a meaning which will be remembered for a long to come.It was a rude shock to the sports world last week when it learned of Tom Callary&rsquo;s death When we heard of this we naturally of Frank McGee, the intriguing oddities of the Sport of Kings, the adventure to be found in boxing, the glory that was associated with Notre Dame and the many tales that were connected with sport on this continent. All these would now be missing.Thomas James Callary was born and raised near Dufferin Square in this city. As a youth he acquired a taste for boxing, participating in several bouts himself before deciding to take up a ringside post. He loved the sport and followed it closely. Among his top all - time boxers were &ldquo;The Buff&rdquo; Costello, the late Alfie Lynch of Quebec and Frankie Fleming.He worked with the Canadian Pacific Railways and at one time he was the personal secretary to the late Lord Shaughnessy. His association with racing started with his care of the horses in the Shaughnessy stable.<h2>Vast Sports Knowledge</h2>Over the years Tommy accumulated a vast store of sport facts and he undoubtedly possessed a phenomenal memory for names, faces, and dates. He enjoyed taking part in the fanning bees with members of the local newspapers in the wee hours of the morning.Tommy possessed a keen sense of humor and was forever keeping you guessing as to what was coming next. No one doubted Tommy, for he was so sincere in everything he did. And if he thought that you were the least bit dubious he would without hesitation rifle through his pockets and produce some sort of proof as to the validity of his statement.<h2>Great Storyteller</h2>It would take a book to relate to you the many tales told and retold by Tommy Callary. In our opinion the most interesting concerns a race horse by the name of Equipoise and how this horse helped a colored boy to a better life.It so happened that a colored boy by the name of &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; Lynch had been sentenced to a stiff term in a Maryland prison and Tom thought that the sentence was rather heavy for the offence. However &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; never gave up hope that he would be pardoned.With racing opening at Arlington, Tommy went down for the meeting and decided to visit &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; in prison, Now Lynch had always held Tommy in esteem and when he saw him in Maryland. &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; immediately set out to convince the warden of Tommy&rsquo;s greatness in racing circles.<h2>Ekky Came Through</h2>In order to keep &ldquo;Babe&rdquo; quiet, Tommy said that a horse by the name of Equipoise in the fourth race at Arlington was a good bet. Now Equipoise had been ill for quite some time and this was the horse&rsquo;s first attempt at a comeback.Equipoise trailed at the turn but came thundering down the stretch to win and pay a handsome reward to its backers.<h2>Sport&rsquo;s Loss</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-021440/8395884-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="546" height="778"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM CALLARY</figcaption></div>&lsquo;Babe&rdquo; was later pardoned, perhaps due to this, and never failed to send Tommy a Christmas card, which was one of Tommy&rsquo;s prize possessions.Equipoise went on later to establish a new world&rsquo;s mark for the mile at 1.34 2/6 on June 30, 1932.<h2>McGee His Favorite</h2>In Tommy&rsquo;s estimation no one could skate on the same ice as the immortal Frank McGee of the old Silver Seven. He was forever referring to McGee in a catchy ditty such as the following:One and all were glad to BeeThe Rocket on a scoring spree. And they jumped with joy, And they laughed with glee, But O for the days of Frank McGee!Whenever anyone would mention some outstanding feat performed by one of the hockey greats of today, Tommy would, bring McGee&rsquo;s record to the fore and then the arguments would start.<h2>Saw Them All</h2>His associates in hockey included King Clancy, Jack Adams, the Patricks and many others too numerous to mention here. He was on hand when Clancy broke into hockey at the age of 17 at Ottawa, and he watched his rise through the ranks.In late years, he had a strong feeling towards the Red Wings because of his friendship with Adams. If the Wings failed to make the grade, he always had a comeback and whether you liked it or not you had to take it.Tommy could recall in detail many of the pranks played on teammates by Charlie Conacher, Happy Day or King Clancy. It all seemed to fit in with his humorous way of life.But there was another side to Tommy, too. He would never see anyone destitute. He was known as the unofficial Mayor of Chinatown and he would make numerous sojourns to that section of the city in order to keep up his many acquaintances.There is no doubt about it, they&rsquo;re going to miss him around the circuit this year and for many years to come. One thing we are certain of&mdash;there will never be another Tom Callary.<h2>Mourns Friend</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Jack Adams, general manager of Detroit Red Wings, who had a long and close friendship with the late Tom Callary of Montreal, paid tribute to his old friend as he had mass said for the sportsman in a Detroit cathedral. &#9632;

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Tom Callary’s Many Tales Of Bygone Sport Recalled

<div class="byline">By GLEN GARRY</div><h2>STANDENG ON SATURDAY. OCT. 25</h2>UNITED STATES I.EAGUE<h3>Northern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-011764/8395999-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="618" height="142"></div><h3>Southern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-021263/8395992-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="618" height="110"></div>Games of ComingWeek October 30-Kansas City at Fort Worth; Dallas st Tulsa; Omaha at St. Paul.November 1-Fort Worth at Dallas; Kansas City at Tulsa; Houston at Minneapolis; St. Paul at Omaha.November 2-Dallas at Fort &lsquo;Worth; Housfton at St. Pau).November 6-Omaha at Dallas; Houston at Kansas City.November 6-Omaha at Fort Worth; Houston at Tulsi; Kansas City at St&rsquo; Paul.MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;The way things are shaping up now the United States Hockey League stands to draw the largest&rsquo; gates in its brief history or in the annals of its predecessor, the American Hockey Association.Capacity or near capacity crowds have been the order throughout the circuit. The Fort Worth Rangers played before a standingroom crowd of nearly 7,000 for the first time in the history of the club. The beautiful Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum was literally &ldquo;jammed to the afters&rdquo;, with many people being turned away.The honor of turning in the first shut-out of the season went to Bill Cook&rsquo;s Minneapolis Millers, with the veteran goaltender, Harry McQueston. in the nets.Two nights later in Fort Worth Phil (Red) McAtee, fiery netminder of the Rangers, turned in a brilliant exhibition as he kicked out shot after shot, to whitewash the powerful Houston Huskies.Every team In the League has come up with some brilliant prospects. Leonard Mutcheson, 190 pound 6 ft., left wing of the Fort Worth Rangers, is one of the fastest men to come along In years. He showed a terrific shot in the opening game against Houston when he netted two goals and set up two others in his first game in professional ranks.Young Walter Hergesheimer of the Minneapolis Millers, brother of Phil Hergesheimer who led the American Hockey League last season, seems destined to follow in his brother&rsquo;s footsteps. The youngster is poison around the nets and has shown flashes of developing into a brilliant stickhandlerHouston&rsquo;s Jackie Giesebrecht, another member of a famous hockey family, is holding down a right wing berth for the Huskies in convincing style., Coach George Boothman thinks that before the season is over that Jack will have established himself as a forward equal to his brother, Gus, who was a regular with the Detroit Red Wings for several years before the war.<h2>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15</h2>HOUSETON-The Minneapolis Millers halted a late third period goal rally by the Houston Huskies and went on victory ever the home club before elose to 7.000 fans. The Millers built up a 6-1 lead at the half way mark of the last period but the Huskies rallied with three quick goals.Minneapolis&mdash;Goal, McQueston; Defence. Milne Fraser: centre. Burns; wings, Wycherly, Melnyk. Alternates, Forgie Antanas, Robertson, Strobel, Hergesheijner, AJlum, Kaiser, Gasparini, Tomluk, Williams.Houston&mdash;Goal, Gauthier; defence. Melong McIntosh; centre, Macey; wings, McKenzie, Hickey. Alternates, McMahon Mager, Agar, Mundrick, Dheere. Gies-brecht, Pargeter, Skinner, McArthur Thibeault.Officials&mdash;Morrison and Reynolds<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03838/8395985-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="612" height="628"></div>KANSAS CITY&mdash;Before a crowd of 4,092. the Dallas Texans rapped In five goals In the first two frames to hand the Kansas City Pla-Mors a 6-2 defeat in a hectic U.S.H.L. game that saw 17 players trip to the cooler.The Texans averaged a goal every 35 seconds in the middle heat. George Allen was the high scorer for the Dallas crew with two goals.Kansas City&mdash;Goal, D. Jackson; defence, Mitchell. Hunchuck; centre. Miller; wings, Wilson, Lovett. Alternates. Tarala, J. Jackson, Powell, Harms, Silvestri, Ashworth. Olmstead, Groves. Conn.Dallas&mdash;Goal, Pidsodny; defence, McKay. Flnkbelner; centre, Petrie: wings Horeck, Allen. Alternates: Milford, Hockey, Sinh, Homenuk, Smerke, Belie-marre, Poitals, Medynski, Bouchard,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04644/8395978-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="610" height="532"></div><h2>THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 16.</h2>FORT WORTH&mdash;Fort Worth New Rangers downed the Houston Huskies 8-0 here in their league opener before a sellout crowd. Main goal getters for the Rangerer were veteran Guss Kopak, Vernon (Wimpy) Jones and rookie Len Mutcheson with two goals apiece. Phil (Red) McAtee earned the shutout on his brilliant performance in the Rangers&rsquo; nets.Fort Worth&mdash;Goal, McAtee; defence, Kaiser, Kane; centre, Kopak; wings, Mutcheso, Bedard. Subs.: Brodeur, Drainville, &lsquo;Hursley, Terry, Ritson, Jones, Schmidt, Weaver, Hewson, Platz.Houston&mdash;Goal, Gauthier; defence. McMahon, Maher; centre, Agar; wings, Mundrick, Dheere. Subs.: Melong McIntosh, Macey, McArthur, McKenzie, Pargetter. Hickey, Giesbrecht, Skinner.Officials&mdash;Harry Ornst and Jim Dunn,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05506/8395971-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="607" height="502"></div>ST. PAUL&mdash;Three late goals in the third period, two of which were sunk by Gus Schwartz, enabled the St. Paul Saints to end on top of a 6-4 score over the Omaha Knights. It was the third straight year that the Saints opened the season with a win over the Knights. Rookie Morrie Dowling playing his first pro game scored a brace for the Saints in the first period.Omaha&mdash;Goal, Jessiman; defence, Forbes, Lavitt; centre, Glover; wings, Kennedy, Mackay. Subs.: Boyce, Senlck, Simon, Reigle, Strongman, Wiseman, Iammare; McLean, Bak.St. Paul&mdash;Goal, McGill; defence, Ailsby, Dill; centre, Bend; wings, Trainor, Dowling. Subs.: Read, Brown, Schwartz, Sandlock. Woloch, Delminte, Rozzini, Rowe, Pechet, N. Smith.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06435/8395964-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="611" height="611"></div><h2>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18</h2>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;The Millers recorded their third straight U.S.H.L. triumph by swamping the Dallas Texans 8-1. Both clubs played on an even scale in the first period but the Millers went. ahead to stay with three goals in the second. They added four more in the last frame. Walt Antonas, forler Ranger, was the only man to score more than one goal.Dallas&mdash;Goal, Pidsodney; defence, Rockey, Milford; centre, Shill; wings, Homenuke, Smrke. subs.: Finkbeiner, McKay, Poitras, Horeck, Bellemare, Medynski, Allen, Bouchard, Petrie.Minneapolis&mdash;Goal, McQueston; defence Frazer, Milne; centre. Burns; wings. Bartholome, Melnyk. Subs.: Williams Kaiser, Sheiritt, Hergesheimer, Robertson, Tomluk, Antanas, Gasparini, Forgie, Stobel.Officials: Tuten and McGlone.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07389/8395957-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="605" height="548"></div>TULSA&mdash;Tho Tulsa Ollers lost their second straight home game of the young season when they bowed to the Fort Worth Rangers by a 6-3 count.Clint Smith&rsquo;s club trailed by three tallies in the first canto but notched two in the second and a single In tho finale. The Rangers&rsquo; starting &lsquo;forward line scored five of the club&rsquo;s six goals.Tulsa&mdash;Goal, LaMarche; defence, Dick, Knott; centre, McMurdy: wrings. Fowler Chakowski. Subs.: ODillon, Young B. Jones, Wilson, Ubriaco, Smith, Hellver. Sadler, Emnierton, Thompson.Forth Worth&mdash;Gool, McAtee; defence. Hursley, Draiiiville; centre, Ritson; wings Hewson, Mitcheson. Susb.: Brodeur, Terry, Kopak, Kaiser, V. Jones, Schmidt. Bedard, Platz, Kane.Officials&mdash;Reynolds and Morrison,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08354/8395950-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="608" height="554"></div><h2>SUNDAY, OCTOBER, 19</h2>KANSAS CITY&mdash;Goalie Doug Jackson racked up a shutout for the Kansas City Fla-Mars as hie teammates scored seven goals to down the Fort Worth Rangers 7-0. Ray Powell lend tho pointgetters with two goals and an assist.Kansas City&mdash;Goal, D. Jackson; defence, Mitchell, Conn; centre, Powell&rsquo; wings Harms, Silvestri. Subs.: Wilson, Lovett Miller, Ashworth, Olmstead. Groves Hunchuck, Trnala, J. Jackson. RobertsomFort Worth&mdash;Goal, McAtee; defence, Kaiser, Kane; centre, Jones; wings, Schxnidt, Platz. Subs.: Brodeur, Drainvllle, Terry, Bedai&rsquo;d, Mutcheson, Kopak, Ritson, Hursley, Hewson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11273/8395943-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="609" height="539"></div>ST. PAUL&mdash;The St. Paul Saints and Dallas Texana battled trough three periods to a 4-4 tie. Saints had a comfortable lead of three goals before the Texans decided to get into the game. They hammered home three goals in the third period having countered one earlier while the Saints were only able to get one point.Dallas&mdash;Goal, Pidsodney; Defence, McKay, Finkbeiner; centre, Bouchard; wings, Poitras, Bellemare. Subs.: Rockey, Milford, Allen, Petrie, Horeck., Medynski, Smrke, Shill, Homenuke.St. Paul&mdash;Goal, McGill; defence, Sandalack, Wolock; Centre, Bend; wings. Bowling. Trainer. Subs. Ailsby, Dill Schwartz. Read, Pechet, Smith, Del Monte, Rozzini, Rower Brown.Referees, Bill McGlone and Tutem.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12243/8395936-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="604" height="652"></div>HOUSTON&mdash;Chalking up three goals in the first period, the Houston Huskies coasted to an 8-1 victory over the Tulsa Oilers. It was the first win of the season for the Ollers. The scoring for the night were evenly divided. The lone Tulsa goal was scored by Joe Sadler, 30 second after the third period had started Both goalies, Al Pickard and Bud Lamarche turning in creditable performances.Tulsa&mdash;Goal. Lamarche; defence, Young, Jones; centre, Bud Hellyer; wings, Wilson, Smith. Subs.: Dick, Dillon, Knott, Emerton, Brown, Chakowski, Ubriaco, McMurdy, Fowler, Sadler.Houston&mdash;Goal, Pickard; defence, Maher, Melong; centre, Agar; wings, Dheere, Mundrick. Subs.: McMahon, McIntosh, Macey, Hickey, Geisbrecht, Skinner, McArthur, Pargeter, Thibault.Officials&mdash;Dunn and Ornst.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13191/8395929-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="602" height="583"></div><h2>PLAYER RECORDS</h2><h3>U.S.H.L.</h3>(Includes games of SurMay, October 19)<h3>THE LEADERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09335/8395922-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="607" height="261"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10303/8395915-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="612" height="790"></div><h2>Real Fan</h2>TULSA, OKLA, -Although he is connected primarily with baseball, Grayle Howlett drove 520 miles to see the home opener of the Tulsa Oilers at the Coliseum here. He came from Alexandria, La., where he &ldquo;was looking over a training site for his baseball Oilers. &#9632;

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HOW THE RAGE GOES

MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;As just another Indication of the mounting cost of keeping a hockey club going and the inflationary spiral of player values in the past few years, Lyle Wright has valued his Minneapolis Millers at a cool 3250,000.That may not be so much, compared with the value of stars in the National Hockey League, but it&rsquo;s a pretty bundle of hay for a club in a minor professional league like the United States circuit.Wright explained the club could gross an even quartermillion on the open market, by sale of his players at prices other clubs were willing to pay. But, with topflight hockey players as scarce as they are, it&rsquo;s a very unlikely possibility that the Millers would be put on the block&mdash;. even for a quarter million.One player, whom Wright didn&rsquo;t name, cost the club $10,000 to obtain his services. That doesn&rsquo;t include salary, either. &#9632;

Millers Worth Quarter-Million

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-011942/8396054-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div>Emory D. Jones, President George W. Carson, General ManagerEbble Goodfellow, Coach Al Shock, Publicity Director &#9632;

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St. Louis Flyers Roster

<div class="byline">By ERIC BISHOP</div>TRAIL, B.C.&mdash;The Western International Hockey League gets underway November 1, with Nelson Maple Leafs entertaining their bitter rivals, the Trail Smoke Eaters, in the first game of an 84-contest schedule that will wind up March 3-0.The four Kootenay clubs are currently in the middle of their training grinds with the axes of the respective coaches falling regularly.The final weeding-out processes were completed over the weekend as Spokane played hosts to Lethbridge Native Sons in a two-game exhibition series, while Trail, Nelson and Kimberley played intrasquad games with the Veterans opposing the Rookies.Gordon McKenzie&rsquo;s Nelson Maple Leafs appear to be the question mark club at this writing. The Leafs lost three of last winter&rsquo;s key men. and while there are many hopefuls drilling with the Leafs they are all of an unknown quality. Rookie Nick Moski. a big, speedy winger, has impressed Nelson railbirds while the news that veteran centre Billy Kilpatrick will play another season has brought joy to Leaf followers.<h2>Spokane Stock Rises</h2>Joe Benoit&rsquo;s Spokane Spartan stock rose this week when &ldquo;Meanie&rdquo; Mayer Flett and B. Haldane inked contracts. Flett, a rugged rearguard with a wicked shot, played with Los Angeles Ramblers last winter and should fill the slot left vacant when Norm Grinke decided to stay with Regina Caps this season. Haldane is a fast, skating left winger who was one of the bright spots of a dull Spokane outfit last year.Railbirds in Trail have been enthusing over the antics of fiery Frank Turik, a Trail lad, who played with Ottawa the past two years. Turik has been a regular ball of fire centring Terry Cavanagh and Zeke Clements. Coach Ab Cronie has cut his original 45-man squad to 22 and figures tc lop four more men off.The 1946-47 champion Kimberley Dynamiter clan is keeping silent about the new material on hand. President Jimmy Livingston and coach Ralph Redding expect big things from this winter&rsquo;s edition. The coach has such capable performers as Butch Swaney, JacK Forsey, Buck Cavanaugh and Sully Sullivan on hand. Goal tending chores will be handled by young Sammy Quigley this season as Jackie Nash is hanging up the blades. &#9632;

November 1 Break From Barrier Set For Far Western Puck Loop

VANCOUVER&mdash;Doug Grimston, vice-president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, announced last week that player transfers from one amateur league to another will get a complete overhaul in the west before the end of the season. The transfers have long been a problem in Western Canada hockey circles.He stated that an agreement would soon be reached between the Western Canada leagues and those on the Pacific Coast. The two centres have had many transfer troubles. The latter will likely be taken up at the C.A.H.A. meeting in Regina in January.To solve the problem it has been suggested that a team on the coast should be permitted to import one player from the west and the west should be allowed to do likewise. But on the other hand the transfer system cOuld be scrapped and the clubs would operate on a free-for-all basis. &#9632;

C.A.H.A. May Settle Transfer Problems

OTTAWA, ONT.&mdash;&ldquo;We should have one of the finest winters in the history of the Quebec Senior Hockey League,&rdquo; said George Slater, president of the strong Quebec senior amateur circuit.After hesitating in the early months before either the New York Rovers or the Boston Olympics were admitted into the Q.S. H.L., Slater did not look forward to having the two American clubs in the league. He was then of the opinion that the travelling expenses to the two American cities would prove too heavy for several of the clubs and that neither Boston nor New York would be able to Ice a team strong enough to compete against the Montreal Royals, winners of the Allan Cup, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Aces, Valleyfield Braves and Shawinigan Cataracts.But now the league prexy is much more optimistic since suitable arrangements were completed for the U.S. trips and that a few of the New York home games have been transferred to Canadian rinks.Said Slater, &ldquo;Both American teams have been handicapped through lack of practice, but they have plenty of good material and will be championship factors in the near future.&rdquo;Slater had praise for Hal Gordon, Rovers&rsquo; netminder, and thinks that he has a fine defence in front of him.&ldquo;Their presence&rdquo;, said Slater, &ldquo;gives the circuit an international coloring and I know that they will produce first class teams. With Madison Square Garden backing the Rovers and the Boston Garden behind the Olympics, the Q.S.I.T.I., is now in a sounder financial position than ever before&rdquo;.The. five Canadian: clubs of the Senior Group will receive 10 cents per head when they play at Boston and a straight guarantee of $800 when scheduled at Madison Square Garden.The Rovers will play two of their home games in Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Valleyfield and Shawinigan Falls while the Olympics will play all their home games in Boston. &#9632;

Prexy Of Q.S.H.L. Thinks Successful Year In View

MONTREALThe second Sportsmen&rsquo;s Cup Hockey series in the junior ranks went to the Montreal Royals when they dropped the Verdun Maple Leafs 11-4 recently.Pacing the winners was the club&rsquo;s No. 1 line of Lulu Denis, Neale Langill and Bobby Frampton. It appears as if the Royals will be the team to beat this season in the J.A.H.A. judging by their pre - season Play.The shots on goal record told the story. Marcel Pelletier, who despite the ten goals scored against him turned in a creditable performance, had 55 shots on goal, while the Royal custodian, Jack Donlevy had but 19 pucks to handle.It was the roughest junior game of the year to date with a total of 27 penalties handed out.The junior schedule this year calls for 180 games, which should keep them busy until Memorial Cup playdown time comes around. &#9632;

Junior Royals Take Sportsmen Trophy

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-011768/8396181-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">MONTREAL ROYALS AND NEW YORK ROVERS engage in a mad scramble during a recent Quebec Senior Hockey league match in Montreal. Rovers, along with Boston Olympics, entered the Q.S.H.L. this season to make it the top international amateur circuit in the east.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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International Battle

<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDING ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-021238/8396268-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="610" height="217"></div><h2>Last weeks results</h2>October 22-Ottawa 10. New York 2; Bhawinigan 1, Quebec 1.October 23-Snawinigan 7, New York 2; Quebec 3, Valleyfield 1,October 24-Montreal 3, Boston 1.October 2T-Ottawa 9, Bhawinigan 1.October 26-Quebec 2, Montreal 1; Ottawa4, Bhawinigan 1; Valley field 6, New York 3<h2>Games of coming week</h2>October 29-Valleyfield at Ottawa; Boston at Quebec.October 30-Boston at Bhawinigan; Montreal at ValleyfieldkNovember 1-Montreal at Ottawa; Quebec at Boston.November 2-Montreal at Bhawinigan; Quebec at New York; Ottawa at Valleyfield.<h2>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22.</h2>OTTAWA&mdash;The Ottawa Senators completely overpowered the New York Rovers here with a 10-2 shellacking In o Quebec Senior Hockey League tilt. Jockie McLeon and company Tudin were the big gangsterthe IM&hellip;rb ETAT the big guns for the Senators with two goals each while the others were evenly divided. The Rover goals were scored by Larry Kwong and Al Blrukow.New York Rovers: goal, Gordon; defense, McKay, Ellokas; centre, Birukow; wings, Kwong, Anslow; subs: Glaud, Swarthout, Wood, Delory, Toole, McKosky, Kotanen, Lombrecht.Ottawa Senotors: goal, Fraser; defense, Copp. Trainor; centre, Check; wings, Smith, McLean; subs; Stahan, Mathers, Greene, Irvine, Reagan, Smart, Tudin, Watson.Officials: Hap Shoudice and George<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03906/8396261-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="601" height="723"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04748/8396254-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="604" height="162"></div>QUEBEC&mdash;A late third period goal by Hal Dewey gave Shawinigan Foils Cataracts a 1-1 tie with the Quebec Aces the deadlock as Red Mackenzie&rsquo;s squad remained unbeaten. The game was featured by the brilliont netmindlng of both here. The overtime period failed to break Johnny Marois of Quebec and newly acquired Bill Glggey of Shawinigan. The lone Quebec tally came off the stick of Freddie Kovalchuck.Quebec: Goal, Marois; defense Labrie, Renaud; centre. Hale; wings. Kovalchuck Plante; subs, Jamieson, Zeidel, Marshall, Stoddard, Petit, Imiach, Raglen, Tremblay.Shawinigan Falls: Goal, Giggey; defense, Bergeron, Bennett; centre, Maloney; wings, Gagnon, Buchanan; subs; Carthy, Deslongchamps, Dewey, Campbell, Kosick, Filion, Pilon, The berge, Murphy.Officials: Albert Paquet and Len Corriveau.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05587/8396247-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="604" height="409"></div><h2>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23</h2>SHAWINIGAN FALLS&mdash;Red Mac-Kenzle&rsquo;s surprising Cataracts of Shawinigan Falls maintained their Q.S.H.L. unbeaten streak by whipping the New-York Rovern in easy fashion 7-2. It was the Cataracts third straight victory.The former Toronto college star, Bill Kosick, was the leading scorer with a brace while singles were notched by Maurice Deslongchamps, Gerry Bergeron, Jack Carthy, Hal Dewey and Bucky Buchanan. Larry Kwong and Nick Nickosi crashed through for the Rovers.New Yoik&mdash;Goal: Decourcy; defence, McKay, Glikas; centre, Toole; wings, Swarthout, Wood; subs.: Claude, Cote, Kwong, Perreault, Kotanen, Lambrecht, Hogge. Nickoskl.Shawinigan&mdash;Goal, Giggey; defence, Bergeron, Limoges; centra, Moloney; wings, Gagnon, Buchanan; subs.: Carthy, Dewey, Deslongchamps, Campbell, Kosick, Filiin, Theberge, Pilon.Officials&mdash;Turgeon and Glgnac.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06491/8396240-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="605" height="351"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07447/8396233-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="606" height="313"></div>VALLEYFIELD&mdash;Jack Stoddard&rsquo;s two goals were more then enough to hand the Quebec Aces a 3-1 win over the the Valleyford Braves before a packed gallery here. Bougie&rsquo;s tally in the first period put the Braves ahead 1-0, but Stoddard teamed-up with Ray Marshall in the second for two goals within 11 esconds. The veteran Nil Tremblay broke through with the clincher at the 12:31 mark of the last period.Quebec&mdash;Goal. Marois; defence, Renaud, Labrie; centre, Heale; wings, Kovalchuk, Blanche. Subs.: Jamieson, Ziedel, Stoddaid. Petit, Raglan, Poulin, Tremblay, Marshall.Valleyfield&mdash;Goal, Tomori; defence, Barilko, Ernn; centre, Joannette; wings, Bisaillon, Bougie, Subs.: Sarrebournet, Cameron, White, Bessette, Boyer, Bergeron.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08414/8396226-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="602" height="344"></div>BOSTON&mdash;A two-goal outburst mod-woy through the third period gave the Montreal Royals a 3-1 victory over the Boston Olympics before a crowd of 8.951 at the Boston Garden. Gerry Pla-mondon led the scoring parade for the Canadian Allan Cup Champs by sinking two goals while Pete Morin also bested goaltr Pat Boehmer. Marcel Fillion scored Boston&rsquo;s, lone tally at 2:29 of the middle heat.Royal&mdash;Goal. McNeil; defence, Laforce, Galbraith; centre, Casavant; wings, Malone, Plamondon. Subs.: Lepine, Haggarty, Pepin, Morin, Morenz, Anning, Robertson, Fryday.Boston&mdash;Goal, Boehmer; defence, Thompson, Shill; centre, Dumond; wings, Fillion, Barry. Subs. Bettio, Gaber, Manzon, Telford, Irwin, Wallington, Meldrum, Folk.Officials&mdash;Poddy Byrne, Herb Gallagher.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09382/8396219-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="602" height="390"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10359/8396212-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="607" height="279"></div> &#9632;

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QUEBEC SENIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By DAVE FARRELL</div>BOSTON&mdash;Leland K. Harrington, better known to the hockey world as &ldquo;Hago&rdquo; Harrington, is starting his 11th year as coach of the Boston Olympics. During his 10 years with the Pics he has established a very impressive record. Having gained invaluable experience playing with the Bruins, Canadiens, New Haven and Providence Reds, Hago was well equipped to take over the Pics in 1937. He entered his team, in the Quebec Senior Provincial League and when that league temporarily folded in 1940, he switched to the Eastern League which the Pics have dominated ever since. Under his guidance the Pics have finished first five times and have been runners-up twice. Because of a very poor start last season, they finished second to New York Rovers in regular season play; however, they went on to win the Eastern League playoffs and romp through the Los Angeles Monarchs for the amateur chamionship of the United States. &#9632;

Olympics, TopsInU.S. Prep For QSHL Race

SASKATOON, SASK.&mdash;The Saskatoon Quakers&rsquo; suspended centre player Mike Sha-baga was re-instated last week following the purchase of his contract from the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League. He was cold for an undisclosed amount.Shabaga was suspended recently by both the National Hockey League and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association for his failure to report to the Buffalo club. &#9632;

Shabaga Reinstated

CALGARY, ALTA.&mdash;Former teammates, Fred Hergert of Calgary Stampeders and Coach Sweeney Schriner of Lethbridge Maple Leafs, are throwing the banter back and forth at one another these days. Hergert, once member of the most-feared forward line in western hockey a tew years ago along with Schriner and Art Luft, is playing defence for the Stamps after a tour in the minor leagues.Schriner moved into the N.H. L. as a star with the old New York Americans and later the Toronto Maple Leafs, while Luft tried out briefly with the pros but didn&rsquo;t stick. &#9632;

Linemates Now Foes

&#9733;For the 1 man in 7 who shaves daily&#9733;Modern life demands at least 1 man in 7 shave every day&mdash;yet daily shaving often causes razor scrape, irritation. To help men solve this problem, we perfected Glider, a rich soothing cream.Glider protects your face while you shave. It enables the razor&rsquo;s sharp edge to glide over your skin, cutting whiskers close and clean without scraping or irritating. It&rsquo;s quick and easy to use. Needs no brush not sticky or greasy.<h2>SEND FOR GUEST-SIZE TUBE</h2>Get Glider at your regular dealer&rsquo;s. Or send us your name and address&mdash;and we&rsquo;ll mail you a guest-size tube, enough for three full weeks. The J. B. Williams Co., (Canada) Limited, Dept. HN-2, LaSalle, Montreal.Now that the Pics are a member of the Quebec Senior Hockey League, Harrington faces the difficult task of rebuilding the team for the tough grind ahead. Only Tommy Brennan, Marcel Fillion, Al Shill, and Cliff Thompson are holdovers from last season&rsquo;s squad. Eddie Barry, who played with the Bruins last year, has been retired by the National Hockey League and is back with the Pics.An ex-Pic, Fishy Dumond, who played with the Los Angeles Monarchs last year, is back in the field, The rest of the team will be made up of rookies who worked out at the Bruins&rsquo; training camp at St. Catarines, Ontario, early last month.One of the most promising of these rookies is Syl Bettio, a rugged left winger who played for the Copper Cliff Redmen in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association last season. Only 18 years old, the 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; 187 lb. rookie who plays centre as well as wing, is an excellent prospect.<h2>Slow Starting</h2>When interviewed by THE HOCKEY NEWS as to his team&rsquo;s chances in the Quebec League, Harrington said: &ldquo;We will be slow starting this year. We are in a new league which is considerably faster than the Eastern League. And we have a lot of new kids on our team. It will take time for us to get going.&rdquo; &#9632;

A SPECIAL PREPARATION FOR SHAVING

WINDSOR, ONT.&mdash;Coach Jimmie Skinner ot the Windsor Spitfires Juniors has a most unusual complaint&mdash;he says he has more good players than he knows what to do with.Skinner, a westerner by birth and a keen hockey man by Inclination, has a powerful squad lined up for play in the Ontario Hockey Association junior race, but his big worry right now is finding out just what puckchasers he should keep.When he weeded out and selected players during fall training he still had 19 high-grade juniors, all of about the same calibre, and he was tearing his hair out trying to decide which ones would go on the lineup and which would move on.<h2>Detroit Tieup Helps</h2>The Spitfires, who are affiliated with Detroit Red Wings of the N. H. L. and consequently don&rsquo;t have to worry about reserve strength, promise to throw a scare into the other O.H.A junior entries this winter, Skinner, who hails from Selkirk, Manitoba, is sitting back rubbing his hands in glee at the prospect.Carson Cooper, Detroit scout, has been kidding Skinner about the wealth of playing strength he has on his hands.&ldquo;With everyone else screaming for players, Skinner, here you&rsquo;ve more than you know what to do with,&rdquo; Cooper told him.Promising youngsters are recruited from all over Canada by Wings for their various farm teams, and some of the best have been sent to Windsor.That gives Skimmer lots of material to choose from, and makes it all the tougher for his rivals, who don&rsquo;t have such strong backing.In a pre - season exhibition game, the Spits trounced Toronto Marlboros Juniors, coached by Conn Smythe&rsquo;s son Stafford, by an 8-3 count. Starring in that game were Jack Taylor, a western speed artist, Bruce and Bert Geisbrecht of the numerous clan which has five members on the Detroit, string Gordon Haldy and Doug McKay. &#9632;

Coach Has Worries—More Men Than Needs

PORT ARTHUR, ONT.&mdash;The latest move in the battle over two former St. Michael&rsquo;s College juniors has brought them to Port Arthur&rsquo;s West End Bruins, with Brandon Elks still laying claim to the youngsters.Benny Woit and Rudy Migay, members of last spring&rsquo;s Canadian junior champions, had their transfers to Brandon Juniors approved just recently, but now they intend to line up with Bruins.Bruins claim they signed agreements with Port Arthur &ldquo;some time before&rdquo; they took out playing cards with Brandon. &#9632;

Junior Squabble

KITCHENER, ONT.&mdash;Bill &ldquo;Flash&rdquo; Hollett, former defenceman with the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and now coach of the K-W Flying Dutchmen of the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s senior series, was granted his formal release by the N.H.L. last Wednesday.Hollett now becomes eligible to return to amateur ranks and was in the lineup against the Toronto Marlboros in the opening game of the season.He spent 13 years in the N. H.L., breaking into the league in 1933 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Three years later he was sold to the Bruins where he played seven full seasons. In 1943-44 he was traded to the Red Wings by the Bruins for Pat Egan.His N.H.L. scoring record is 140 goals, 209 assists for a total of 34-9 points.<h2>Roughrider Once</h2>Jimmy Red Dunn, 6 ft. 200 pound referee in the U. S. Hockey League, was one of Canada&rsquo;s greatest football stars. A former centre for Ottawa RoughRiders and Hamilton Tigers, played on four Big Four championship teams&rsquo; and on two clubs which took Eastern Canada honors. &#9632;

Hollett Is Granted Official Release

<div class="byline">By DUKE McLEOD</div>VANCOUVER&mdash;Pre-advertised as sure. fizzles, the Tacoma Rockets squatted atop the Pacific Coast Hockey League standings winners of two games without loss, as of Friday, October 24.The Canucks&rsquo; of Vancouver were second through winning their only contest, while Seattle had taken one game and lost another. New Westminster lost its only start and Portland went down twice.The Rockets were such a scrubby appearing lot before the season started that sports writers about the northwest referred to them as worse than last year. The Tacomans, finished in the basement at that time as though they intended digging through to China.Hardly In keeping with the rest of the squads is their roster which ranges from 37-years-old Roger Jenkins&rsquo;, the former National League defenceman, to another old-timer, Dude Klein, with a bunch of kids tossed in here and there.First the Tacomans banged out a 6-1 triumph over Portland. The Portlanders, who lost half their team of last season forgot to have their new men formally introduced to the several holdovers&mdash;Butch Marchant, Phil Dalgleish, Larry Reardon and Pat Desbiens.Then the Rockets journeyed to New Westminster for their second win in two evenings. The count this time was 4-2 with 2,800 on hand despite a streetcar and bus strike. As the Royal City made a dismal attendance showing hast year, the large turnout seems an indication of better times In Fras&rsquo;ertown.The best game of the week was at Seattle in which Vancouver&rsquo;s Canucks edged the Ironmen, 3-2, not taking over until the third period. Outstanding for the Canucks was Les Colvin, ex-Sha-winigan Falls goali and Bill Carse, one-time Chicago Black Hawks centre. A line composed of Roy McBride, Maurice Duffy and Cy Rouse, the latter new from Saskatoon, were most effective for the losers.Portland&rsquo;s second loss came Thursday against Seattle with the Ironmen triumphing, 7-3. &#9632;

Tacoma Rockets Burn Up P.C.H.L. In Early Drive

Since our last meeting, we&rsquo;ve had a pretty good opportunity to watch our favorite team in action and draw our own conclusions! Detroit and Boston look like the teams at the moment, but all&rsquo;s fair in love and hockey, and you never can tell! Rangers, Canadiens and Leafs are all uncertain quantities right now, but they are the kind of hockey clubs which are quite likely to pull something out of the hat before you can say &ldquo;We like the Boston Bruins to come out on top of the N. H. L. race this year!&rdquo; Yep, that&rsquo;s the truth&mdash;so help me! We had Ken MeKenzie, the genial publicity director of the National Hockey loop on our sport show the other night and here&rsquo;s the way he picked them: Ken says they&rsquo;ll endup thusly&mdash;Toronto, Detroit, Canadiens, Rangers, Boston, Chicago. Ken threw the ball right back at us, so here&rsquo;s the extent to which we went out on the branch: Boston, Detroit, Canadiens, Rangers, Toronto an Chicago!<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-011921/8396491-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="274" height="454"></div>You&rsquo;ll disagree, natch, natch, but that&rsquo;s the way we see It this year and regardless of Monsieur McKenzie, we still like those bumping bruising Bruins!Speaking of Bruins, seems that &ldquo;Zero&rdquo; Brimsek is out for another good season&mdash;when Bruins stopped the Canadiens 3-1 the Canucks had a big edge in shots on goal, but Frankie saved the day. Might be too early to speak up, but he looks good.Don&rsquo;t get the wrong slant&mdash;we&rsquo;ve not being paid off by Bruins to boost their stock, we just like the looks of the club, same as we like Detroit. Of course, we keep a soft spot for the colorful Canadiens!We&rsquo;ve an early season hunch that the Canadiens will torn out to be the most &ldquo;up and down&rdquo; club of the circuit this year. There are many items to consider when you look over the Canadiens&mdash;how will big Bill Durnan shape up; it would be nice to see Bill grab of another Vezina Trophy? How will &ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake make out&mdash;he&rsquo;s starting good, can he keep it up (with no slur meant on a great hockey player), incidentally, speaking of Les Habitants, don&rsquo;t be surprised it Leo Gravelie comes back to roost with the Montrealers before too long.Many fans point out that the Rangers will be the club to beat this year. That&rsquo;s possible, although improbable. They point out Rangers&rsquo; 2-1 victory over nucks in the Montreal opener, but they forget to recall that Rangers were a &ldquo;jinx&rdquo; team for Les Canadiens last year!The boys have finished taping their sticks and hitching their breeches after the first round robin of the N. H. L. season, and we&rsquo;re going out on that proverbial limb again. Looking into our famed &ldquo;Cracked Crystal&rdquo; we like Jacques Locas for the Rookie of the Year Award.See, the idea is this, if you pick enough trophy winners and what have you very early in the season and happen to hit one, you&rsquo;ve got something to crow about!We&rsquo;ll be running some sort of contest later on in the hockey year in conjunction with naming an All-Star team, but it&rsquo;s mighty early to look into this. We just thought we&rsquo;d mention it, so fellas, keep watching the top performers. We&rsquo;ll have a mighty useful prize to offer (when we find a donor).So&rsquo;long for this time, see you next week.Incidentally, Rip Riopelle is doing fine! &#9632;

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Rambling with Ron Morrier

FORT FRANCES, Ont.&mdash;There are probaoly many hockey followers who have never even heard of the Northern Amateur Hockey League but it is one of the biggest little hockey loops in the country.The four-team circuit is made up of three American clubs and the Canadian team from Fort Frances. The United States entries are Hibbing, Duluth and Eveleth in the state of Michigan. Eveleth has produced many topflight National Leaguers including the great Frank Brimsek.Since the war the league has been reorganized and is now a member of the United States Amteur Hockey Association. The officials of the league plan to send their winning team to the U.S. amateur playoffs next spring.<h2>High Class Hockey</h2>The class of hockey compares with many of the big senior hockey leagues in the United States and Canada, as last year&rsquo;s league champions, Fort Frances, defeated the Port Arthur Bearcats in two exhibition games and also won over the Reo Flyers of the Winnipeg League.Fort Frances entered the Allan Cup playdowns last year but were knocked out of the running by the same Bearcats. The club dropped hnt six of their regular 30-league games last season. Gordon Fraser, who coached Fort Frances last winter, will be back at the helm this year.Hibbing, however, is the only club in the N.A.H.L. that has a rink with artificial ice, and the league is unable to start play until well on in December, winding up early in March.Playing between the pipes for the Duluth team is Sam LoPresti, who at one time played for the Chicago Black Hawks. Among the other better known players performing in the Northern league is Hugh Gustafson, former Providence player, who is the playingcoach of the Hibbing club.Ray Fredricks, who played goal for the Brandon Elks junior squad last season, will be wearing the pads for the Forts this winter. He is the only import on the club.<h2>No-hit Bennett</h2>Harvey Bennett, goaltender of the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League, turned in a no-hit no-run game while pitching for the Regina St. Mary&rsquo;s against the Minot, North Dakota, Elks, last summer. Just like Bill Durnan! &#9632;

Little Known League Produces TopHockey

HAMILTONThe Senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; division of the Ontario Hockey Association has undergone many changes this year and the league is looking forward to a highly successful season.Last year&rsquo;s league champion Hamilton Tigers have retained, much the same team as they had last season and they figure they should be tops again. In a preseason contest, the Bengals lost out to the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League 9-5.The defence looks solid enough with Russ Ham, Bill Sherry, Bill Dinning and Bert Peer, scheduled to do blueline chores. Up front the No. 1 line to date has been Clare Shillington, Swat Mason and Frankie Liscombe. Another forward combination that had been working well together is the Glass, Johnny and Ab Conick combination. A third unit is made up of Todd Miller, Jack Luckman, and Murray Comfort.But one of the Tigers star performers, Doug Runions, will not be with the team this year. Runions has taken over the playingcoach position of the Hamilton Patricias. There has also been a change in the management of the Pats this season. President Andy Brown has transferred all assets to Bill Hutchinson and Duke Hann.With the idea of improving the calibre of play on the Toronto Marlboros club, Conn Smythe issued a statement to the effect that the O.H.A. entry will be just one step below the American Hockey League Pittsburgh Hornets. &#9632;

Runions Coach Of Hamilton’s Pats In O.H.A.

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Providence Reds Roster

<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDING ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22 Western Canada League<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-021260/8396636-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="610" height="164"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15</h2>REGINA&mdash;Reg Bentley, older brother of the Black Hawk smoothies, whipped home three goals as Saskatoon Quakers trounced Regina Caps 7-2 tn the ipenlng Western Canada Senior Hockey League game for both squads. Ken McAuley in the Quaker goal turnel aisdo repeated thrusts by the desperate Caps In the late stages, and kept them all at bay except for Lou Hauck and playing coach Joe Fisher, the only scorers.Regina&mdash;Fodey, Ginkle, G. Kyle, B. Kyle, McDougall. Van Deelan; subs.: Barnes, Wilkie, Fisher, Schmidt, Brown, Hauck, Fairburn. Hyrciuk.Saskatoon&mdash;McAuley; Dutchak. Craig; Ohara; Benuey, Snider; subs, Richardson, Van Daele, Fenn, Remple, Jenkins, Burgess, Brennan.Referee&mdash;Sten Fuller, Regina; linesmen. G. Porter, C. Little, Regina.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03887/8396629-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="605" height="460"></div><h2>FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17</h2>EDMONTON&mdash;Frank Currie&rsquo;s Edmonton Flyers notched their first win of the season ts they toppled Lethbridge Maple Leafs 5-3 as Johnny Black scored a pair of goals and Alex Pringle, Freddie Smitten and Bud McPherson got the othert. Roy Heximer, former Ouebec Aces stor, got one tally for Sweeney Bchriner&rsquo;s Leafs, while Grant Hall and Jack Taggart sank the otheraLethbridge&mdash;Hughes; Gray, Boorman; Latoski; Heximer, Hall. Subs.: Taggart, Gibson. Menzies, Negrello, Maxwell, Luke, Simpson, Rlmstad.Edmonton&mdash;Rollins; Liung, Watt; Kreller; Smitten, Merluk. Subs.; Hettinger, Maher, Priugle, McPherson, Black, Clovechok, Holmes.Officials&mdash;Referee, Pep Moon; Linesmen, Bib Haxby and Cam Smith, all of Edmonton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04654/8396622-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="609" height="465"></div><h2>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18</h2>SASKATOON&mdash;Playing Coach Joe Fisher was the big gun, rattling in three goals, as Regina Capitals downed Saskatoon Quakers 5-4 for their first victory of the season. Fisher&rsquo;s winning goal was hotly disputed by Saskatoon goalie Ken McAuley, who claimed Fisher had pushed the puck in with his hand, but the tally was ruled legal.Regina&mdash;Fodey; Grlnke, G. Kyle, W. Kyle, McDougall, Van Deelan. Subs., Barnes, Wilkie. Fisher, Schmidt, Brown. Hauck, Fairburi, Staseson.Saskatoon&mdash;McAuley; Dutchak Craig, O&rsquo;Hara, Snider, Bentley. Subs.: Richardson, Van Daele, Fenn, Burgess, Rempel, Jenkins, Forrey, Brennan.Officials&mdash;Hedley McDonald, Bill McPhail and Buck Crawford of Saskatoon.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05456/8396615-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="609" height="521"></div><h2>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21</h2>REGINA&mdash;Regina Caps handed Edmonton Fly re their second defeat In three games this season, as Ab Mc-Dougall smacked home the winning goal with five minutes to go and gave Regina a 4-3 victory. Morey Rlmstad, Freddy Smitten and Andy Clovechok scored the others for Flyers, while Regina marksmen were Brown, Bill Kyle and Jimmie Fairburn.Regina&mdash;Fodey; Grinke, G. Kyle; B. Kyle; McDougall, Van Declan: Subs.: Barnes, Wilkie, Fisher, Schmidt, Brown, Houck, Fairburn, Staseson.Edmonton&mdash;Rollins; Young, Watt; Krellet; Smitten. Harrison, Subs.: Pettinger, Mahar, Pringle, Clovechok, Rimstad. Buttrey.Officials&mdash;Refe: ee, S. Fuller, Lineman, C. Little, ana G. Porter, Regina.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06364/8396608-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="608" height="468"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22</h2>SASKATOON&mdash;Saskatoon Quakers rammed two goals in the third period to tarn a 2-2 overtime tie with Edmonton Flyers in a Western Senior Hockey league game before 2,500 paying customers As a result, Quakers and Flyers are deadlocked for second place in the standing with three points, one behind the Regina Caps and Calgary Stampeders, who have four points apiece.EDMONTON&mdash;Rollins; Young, Watt; Kreller, Pringle, Rlmstad. Subs: Pettlnger, Maher, MacPherson, Black, Smitten, Harrison, Holmes, Buttrey.SASKATOON&mdash;McAuley; Craig, Dutchak; Shabaga, Bentley, Snider. Subs: Rempel, Fean, Burgess, O&rsquo;Hara, Forsey, Bcnnan.Officials&mdash;Hedley MacDonald, Buck Crawford and Mill McPhail.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07306/8396601-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="606" height="513"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN CANADA SENIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE

MOOSE JAW, SASK.&mdash;Hockey is hot stuff out west, and the Saskatchewan Hockey Association reports the most successful hockey season In the 35-year-old history of the body. The association revealed at a special meeting that there were 129 teams affiliated with the association and almost 2,000 players were registered for a new all-time high.Another record was reported when the association ended the season with a surplus of over $4,800 in the till. But the delegates don&rsquo;t plan to have this money resting around doing no good. The Saskatchewan junior league will receive a $1,500 grant. Anothe $1,000 will be set aside for juveniles, midgets and bantams and it will be added to the $2,000 annually granted by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. A total of $1,500 was paid Saskatchewan clubs during the year for those players who entered professional ranks.At the meeting, W. J. &ldquo;Bill&rdquo; Quinn, a prominent sportsman in Prince Albert, was elected president. He succeeded C. N1 Henderson of Moose Jaw. Henderson was credited with leading the association through two of its best seasons.<h2>Elect Officers</h2>The election of officers for the coming season was unanimous as Quinn was put into the president&rsquo;s seat and R. H. &ldquo;Rick&rdquo; Smith of Weyburn was elected vice-president. The two changes in the executive were Beattie Ramsay of Regina and Cliff Anderson of Swift Current. They will assist Lou Withers of Melville, Father Murray of Wilcox, Ken Mayhew of Yorkton, Rusty Govenlock, Nip-awin, Russ McQuarrie and Bill Hoy, both of Saskatoon. The secretary-treasurer for this year will be Dave Dryburgh of Regina.The six transfers sought by the new Medicine Hat club from Sas-katoon and Regina will not. be granted until such time as Al Pickard, C. A. H. A. president, rules on how many inter-branch transfers Medicine Hat could claim.Two players were re-instated. They were Harvey St. Jean of Biggar and George Beach from &#9632;

All-Time High Registration Revealed By Saskatchewan Hockey Association

DETROIT&mdash;There&rsquo;s no holiday for the stork around Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; camp during the off season.No less than four Wings became proud pappies before the season started. Johnny Mowers, now coaching Detroit&rsquo;s farm club at Indianapolis in the American Hockey League, has a baby daughter, Leo Reise and the Mrs. turned up with a boy&mdash;by name Leo Gerald&mdash;and a pair of rookies also got into the act. Jim Denneny and Bernard Smith are new fathers.Just to keep the vital statistics up to date, Pat Lundy the Wings&rsquo; sturdy frontline man, got married, as did Nelson Boyce, the pint-sized winger at Omaha in the United States Hockey League. &#9632;

Detroit Red Wings Keep Stork Hopping

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-01267/8396760-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="260" height="298"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-02156/8396753-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="320" height="318"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0391/8396746-1-eng-US/c0004-032.jpg" title="C0004-03" width="1152" height="1551"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARVEY BENNETT, now with Providence Reds of the American Hockey League, is shown as he appeared last winter when tending the twines for Hershey Bears of the same league. Bennett, a smooth-working backstop, was traded to Providence in the off-season after performing brilliantly in the 1946-47 campaign as the Bars annexed their first A.H.L. title in history.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Bennett Bats Them Out

DETROIT&mdash;Jack Adams finally dropped the axe on Roy Conacher&rsquo;s head and the latter&rsquo;s extended holdout from the Detroit Red Wings lineup came to an end last week when it was announced that the Red Wings had traded the veteran to the New York Rangers for Rookie Eddie Slowinski.Conacher&rsquo;s holdout started right from/the time the Red Wings opened training for the 1947-48 National Hockey League campaign and he did not play in any of the Detroit games this year. The deal came as no surprise, as Conacher appeared headed for the auction block after failing to come to salary terms with the Detroit club.On securing Roy from the Wings, Coach Frank Boucher of the Rangers stated that he did not expect to have any trouble in signing the Toronto-born player.The trade is expected to benefit both clubs. It has been no secret that Conacher was dissatisfied at Detroit, and the change to a new camp should do him good.Rangers, gambling on producing a winning team this winter to grab a berth in the playoffs, feel that the addition of a veteran like the husky, portsider will benefit them immediately. United with two other puck-wise ice travellers like Buddy O&rsquo;Connor and Bryan Hextail, the former Red Wing is being counted on to produce some goals in a hurry and bring the Rangers in to the winning column.With O&rsquo;Connor to set up the plays and Conacher and Hextali to sink them, Rangers Veteran Line might surprise the league. If they can do that, Coach Frankie Boucher will be happy, since the New York fans want a winner now and don&rsquo;t want to wait patiently a few more years while a band of rookies gain experience.<h2>Rangers Get Him</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0533/8396815-1-eng-US/c0004-052.jpg" title="C0004-05" width="534" height="842"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROY CONACHER</figcaption></div>Detroit, on the other hand, with a powerful team clicking in high gear, can afford to take a chance on a newcomer like Slowinski, who can be fitted into the machine by gradual stages until he reaches his full effectiveness.Slowinski, a powerfully built player, has the ruggedness that Detroit teams have always favored, and even if he takes two or three years to develop, Wings will still have the advantage since Conacher by that time will be past his peak. The other player, not yet named, also can be expected to fit into the Detroit pattern, since Jack Adams can afford to wait, he has enough reserves.Conacher, whose last season record stood at 30 goals and 24 assists, is the youngest member of the famed Toronto hockey family which included Lionel and Charlie. Kid brother Roy started in the N.H.L. with the Boston Bruins in 1938 and went to Detroit last season in a trade for Joe Carveth.The trade marked the second major deal that the Rangers have made so far this year. Endeavoring to bolster their club with a few name players that they might grab a playoff spot for the first time in. five years, the Blueshirts swapped Joe Bell, Hal Laycoe and George Robertson to the Montreal Canadiens for centre Buddy O&rsquo;Connor and defenceman Frank Eddolls. It was also Detroit&rsquo;s second trade of the year as they sent Billy Taylor to the Boston Bruins for Bep Guldolin.<h2>SLOWINSKI CAN SCORE</h2>In Slowinski, the Wings secure the biggest froward in the N.H.L. today. The 25-year-old winger who weighs 190 pounds, was called up by the Rangers this year from the Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Senior Hockey League.Slowinski led the Quebec league in goals scored last year and he should fit in well with Jack Adams&rsquo; new &ldquo;youth plan&rdquo; for Detroit. In parting wtih Conacher, Adams loses a 31-year-old veteran of six N.H.L. seasons who was the league&rsquo;s longest holdout.Adams said last Tuesday that Conacher had asked him for a contract calling for $8,500 for the season plus bonus money but that the Detroit club offered him $7,500 plus bonuses which would be about $500 more than he received last year. &#9632;

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Wings Solve Conacher’s HoldoutBig Forward Goes To Rangers Camp

Detroit Red Wings got rid of Roy Conacher&rsquo;s holdout-problems, but New York Rangers have taken them over. Just at press time, Coach Frank Boucher of Rangers, who received Coacher in a trade last week, announced that Conacher was reluctant to turn out with the Manhattan Men.Boucher said the difficulty was not over money&mdash;which caused Conacher&rsquo;s holdout at Detroit&mdash;but that the left winger said be wanted to retire from hockey completely.<h2>Wings Get Husky</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0629/8396846-1-eng-US/c0004-062.jpg" title="C0004-06" width="554" height="920"><figcaption class="caption-body">EDDIE SLOWINSKI</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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ROY BALKS AGAIN

<div class="byline">By HERB RALBY</div>BOSTONAfter his Canadiens had dropped a 3-1 decision in Boston. Wednesday, Dick Irvin commented:&ldquo;This is the hardest fighting Boston team I&rsquo;ve seen in years.&rdquo;Spirit and aggressiveness is something which the Bruins have plenty of this season. It comes from their coach, Dit Clapper, one of the N.H.L.&rsquo;s greatest competitors, who has whipped the Boston squad into the best condition, at this early date that a Bruins team has been in years.But chiefly it comes from the enthusiastic rookies who predominate on the Bruins roster this year. Up front Boston has four freshmen who never played an N.H.L. game until this year. They are, Pete Babando, Ed Sandford, Ed Harrison and Wally Wilson. Of the quartet, Wilson is the only one with an extensive minor league experience and his pro career is but three full seasons. But Wally always had a burning desire to play in the N.H.L. and he is giving everything he has to make good.On the defence the Bruins have two newcomers, Fernie Flaman and Clare Martin, who were introduced to the N.H.L. during last season, when the Bruins were floundering. The experience they gained in those final games and in the bitterly contested Canadiens playoff series was invaluble.<h2>BABANDO IMPRESSES</h2>Of the rookie forwards, Babando has been the most impressive so far. A left-hand shot, Pete has been playing right wing on a line with crafty Billy Taylor and Don Gallinger. His two-way play has been so strong, Clapper has used him with Ken Smith killing oft penalties. In the opener with Rangers, he passed to Gallinger for a goal and then against Canadiens scored his first N. H. L. tally, a marker which clinched the 3-1 verdict for the Bruins.A year ago there was little life on the Boston club after they scored a goal. Their team spirit reached its lowest ebb when players stood by and let Terry Reardon take a pounding in a fight with Butch Bouchard of Canadiens in Boston.But this is a different squad. They scrap for everything on the ice. They pound the boards with their sticks and hug the goalgetter when he lights the red lamp. Against Canadiens they proved no Bruin is gong to lack help in any scuffle with an opposing player or players. Every jam&mdash;and there were several of them Wednesday&mdash;found all Bruins on the ice rushing into the middle to aid a teammate.Toronto won the Stanley Cup I with just such spirit last spring. &#9632;

Boston Bruins Fighting Crew Under Clapper

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0452/8396901-1-eng-US/c0004-042.jpg" title="C0004-04" width="598" height="283"></div>October 29 to November 429&mdash;Hank Goldup, Cleveland, left wing, 1918; Bill Juzda, New York Rangers, defence, 1920; Johnny Mowers, coach Indianapolis Capitals, 1916.30&mdash;Cal Gardner, New YorkRangers, centre, 1920.1&mdash;Thomas Forgie, Minneapolis, centre., 1916.2&mdash;Doug Baldwin, Kansas City, defence, 1922; Bill Mosienko, Chicago Black Hawks, right wing, 1921.4&mdash;Pete Langelle, Pittsburgh, centre, 1917. &#9632;

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