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November 5, 1947
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New York Hockey Writers Association Plans Expanded Program This Season
NEW YORK—Gene Ward of the Daily News was elected president of the New York Hockey Writers Association at the first meeting of the season prior to the opening Ranger home game on Oct. 29. Gene succeeds Jim Burchard of the World Telegram, who held the post since before the war. Joe Nichols of the New York Times was named vice-president, succeeding Ward, and Bill Powers, New York hockey correspondent of La Patrie, Montreal, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. The new board of governors is composed of Herb Goren, Sun; Ben Epstein, Daily Mirror; Barney Kremenko, Journal American and Burchard. Ward broke into hockey writing at the start of his newspaper career in New York, making all road trips with the Rangers for the News. The team treated him like “any other rookie,” as Neil…
Imports Help Halifax Team
HALIFAX— The Halifax Crescents, who opened the Maritime Senior Hockey League season with the Truro Bearcats at the Forum on Saturday, have popped back for another winter campaign with a stronger club. The Crescents have added seven new players to their roster and the club looks to be better balanced from the goal on out. Pete Gaudet, the Valleyfield boy whose status was questioned after he had turned out with the Braves of the Quebec Senior Hockey League, has been working out with the Crescents. He was with Crescents last season and after a slow start he turned out to be one of the best scorers on the club. Sham Hanrahan, who guided the Halifax entry in the Big Four last winter, is back as coach again this year. He stated that he…
Los Angeles Monarchs Rated Strong For P.C.H.L. Season
LOS ANGELES— Johnny Polich and his champion Los Angeles Monarchs have already started back along the trail in defence of the Pacific Coast Hockey League championship they captured last year. After winning the coast crown last year they bowed to the Boston Olympics in the national finals. Coach’ Polich had his club start workouts on the first day of October at the Polar Palace. They were forced to drill there because their home Pan-Pacific rink was occupied by an ice show. The Monarchs opened the P. C. H. L. schedule against Fresno last Tuesday after having a three-weeks training period under their belts. Rated Strong Los Angeles is presently being rated as one of the top teams in the league. Polich’s club looks headed for another championship season. The Monarchs have only one doubtful…
Young Players Heed Demand For Talent
PORT COLBORNE, ONT.— When the Port Colborne junior Sailors posted a call for hockey talent recently a total of 37 junior and juveniles turned out to register. Young players from here, Wainfleet Township, Crowland, Crystal Beach, Ridgeway and several others who had played with junior hockey clubs in Ottawa and Quebec leagues answered the call and the club president, Merrick L. Robinson, stated that he was fairly confident that a strong club could be iced. He also said that as soon as Ice was available in Port Colborne, the players would be notified about the time of the initial practice. Nels Stewart, the former great National Hockey League star, will probably do the coaching this season. F. W. Moore, past president of the O.H.A. told the meeting that a four-team league in the Niagara…
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