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November 12, 1947

The Hockey News November 12, 1947

<p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>Emerging from the ranks of the New York Rangers&rsquo; extensive chain of farm clubs is a young Chinese player who at present is the only member of his race getting careful grooming by a professional hockey club.</p><p>He is Larry Kwong, presently playing with the Rangers&rsquo; farm club, New York Rovers of the Quebec Senior Hockey League, and the United States Eastern Amateur loop. Since Larry came to the Rovers last season from the Trail Smoke Eaters of the Western International League, he has been the victim of a nick-name campaign by the New York hockey writers. One writer placed the &ldquo;King&rdquo; Kwong label on him and he has also been tabbed &ldquo;The China Clipper&rdquo;. But now he is being generally referred to as &ldquo;King&rdquo; Kwong, a takeoff on a fabulous Hollywood picture of a few years ago.</p><p>&ldquo;Big Time&rdquo; hockey&rsquo;s only Chinese player was born June 27 in Vernon. British Columbia, 24 years ago. Since then he has come a long way along the rocky trail that leads to the National Hockey League.</p><h2><b>Broadway&rsquo;s Got Him</b></h2><p>Larry, who stands five feet, &lsquo;six inches and weighs 155 pounds, is in the trucking business during the off season and if he remains in the New York chain he hopes to make his home amid the bright lights of Broadway.</p><p>When he graduated from the junior ranks in British Columbia, Kwong joined the Trail Smoke Eaters of the Kootenay circuit in 1941-42. After a full season with Trail he moved over to the Nanaimo Clippers of the same circuit.</p><p>The following year Larry was playing in the Alberta League with the Red Wheelers and the next year he gave up hockey to join the Canadian Army. When the Smoke Eaters from Trail reached the Western Canada, finals in 1946, &ldquo;The King&rdquo; was a member of that club, returning to his old skating grounds.</p><p>But Kwong&rsquo;s sport life isn&rsquo;t entirely devoted to hockey. He is also a better than average tennis player and in 1940 he was crowned the junior tennis champion of interior British Columbia. Track is another of Larry&rsquo;s favorite pastimes and in the 100-yard dash over a cinder track, he has been timed in 10 seconds flat.</p><p>As a member of the Rovers last year, Kwong was one of the club&rsquo;s leading scorers. He played in a total of 57 games for the Eastern United States Amateur Hockey League champions, scoring 26 goals and garnering 21 assists.</p><p>Back with the Rovers this year, Larry is expected to have another good year with the club in the stronger Quebec senior loop. It wouldn&rsquo;t be wrong in saying that some time in the near future Kwong might be sporting a Ranger uniform, as his speed and goal-getting ability have him ticketed as a good-looking prospect for Frank Boucher&rsquo;s Broadway Blues.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

Speedy “King” Kwong Of N.Y. Rovers Mooted As Future Rangers Prospect

<p class="dropcap"><span>A</span> misconduct penalty in the United States Hockey League carries an automatic $25.00 fine, and as most misconducts are called for abusing the referees this pastime has now lost most of its attractiveness to the players.</p><p>A player drawing a second major penalty (five minutes) also gets an automatic 10-mi nute misconduct penalty and a $25 fine. Should he be so rash as to commit a third Major foul he is ruled off the ice for the balance of the playing time, but a substitute shall be permitted after, five minutes have elapsed. He also receives an automatic $50 fine.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Quiet Please

<div class="byline">By SYD THOMAS</div><p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>entre of the stormiest incident in what is shaping up as a storm year in the National Hockey League, &ldquo;Wild Bill&rdquo; Ezinicki of Toronto Maple Leafs appears to be slated for the unenviable role as villain of the league. The husky, hard-scrapping rightwinger of Conn Smythe&rsquo;s crew, who brought his reputation as a tough customer into the N.H.L. from the junior ranks with Oshawa Generals, solidified his position as &ldquo;bad man&rdquo; in the minds of the fans following Saturday night&rsquo;s Ranger-Toronto game in which Edgar Laprade was injured and Coach Frank Boucher of the Manhattanites lodged a protest with President Clarence Campbell of the N.H.L.</p><p>Although his Toronto teamates asserted it was a legal check that Ezinicki downed Laprade with, and Referee George Gravel reported he had seen no illegal play, Ezirilcki&rsquo;s rough and tough reputation made him the target for Boucher&rsquo;s protest.</p><p><b>PRESIDENT REVIEWS CASE</b></p><p>Laprade suffered a concussion from the fall when Ezinicki checked him midway through the second period, but he was released from hospital in Toronto yesterday after a chek-up.</p><p>Gravel, and linesmen Ray Get-liffe and Sibbey Mundey met President Campbell Tuesday to report on the incident, but it wasn&rsquo;t anticipated any action would be taken against the player, Ezinicki, on the basis of reports from the referee and rinkside observers.</p><p>It was even hinted that President Campbell might be forced to caution Boucher against any further such outbursts against Ezinicki or other players. Boucher&rsquo;s action, it was felt in some quarters, has a harmful effect since it branded Ezinicki as a &ldquo;dirty&rdquo; player and would probably stir reprisals in kind by other puckchasers who would be out to &ldquo;get Ezinicki.&rdquo;</p><p>Boucher&rsquo;s telegram. which stirred the hottest rumpus of the 1947-48 season, follows:</p><p>&ldquo;Laprade in hospital with concussion from charge by Ezinickl after whistle on offside play. Referee George Gravel did not see offence. How much longer is Ezinicki going to get away with elbowing, high sticking, and deliberate injury to opponents? Believe curb must be put on this player imediately.&rdquo;</p><p>Frank Boucher</p><h2><b>ROUGH SEASON SO FAR</b></h2><p>The incident was the most celebrated of the young N.H.L. Season, which has started out in rough fashion with injuries and penalties galore marking nearly every game. Already this fall a total of G59 minutes in penalties have been handed out, compared with 371 minutes at the same stage of the race last season. Leafs were leading the penalty parade last fall, but this year is a different story with Canadiens the biggest penalty-collectors in the circuit.</p><p>Ezinicki, though termed a bad man, has gathered only 15 minutes in penalties this fall&mdash;well behind the 85 for Jacques Locas of Canadiens and the 32 minutes Leaf teammate Bill Barilko has piled up.</p><p>Ezinicki&rsquo;s reputation So far has been founded more on the talk that has circulated about him and the celebrated incidents he has been involved in rather than any real mean streak in him. Although he is termed the No. 1 villain around the circuit today, he still has a long way to go to reach the marks set by such tough hombres of the past as Eddie Shore&mdash;in his time probably the most-hated man in the league but still one of the best players&mdash;Red Dutton, Red Horner and others of the thumping thirties.</p><p>The Toronto bad boy, who in the summer months takes his spite out on a golf ball&mdash;he is one of the top amateur golfers in the country and went to the Canadian finals last summer&mdash;is a hard player who takes as many bumps as he hands out.</p><p>In Saturday&rsquo;s game, for instance, Grant Warwick of Rangers rushed to Laprade&rsquo;s aid after Ezinicki had checked him, and ripped open a gash in his chin that had been laid open earlier this season.</p><p>Ezinicki is a marked man who usually has every man on the opposing team laying for him whenever he steps on the ice, but he has never been noticed to back away from a fight when one starts</p><p>Play in the N.H.L. has been rough this season, and there have been demands for closer supervision and refereeing to prevent unsavory incidents from breaking out. But the fact that the penalties have been so heavy is an indication that the officials aren&rsquo;t letting too much by without chastising the offenders.</p><p>Probably a more nearly accurate reason for the bad blood that has developed is that the league is so well balanced this year, with the teams staging knock-down, close battles every time they meet that tempers flare more frequently and fights break out easily. With troit, Boston, Toronto and Canadiens bunched in a tight knot, nearly every game in which they - take part has almost as much tension as a Stanley Cup battle.</p><h2><b><i>Stormy Petrel</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02548/8549896-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="614" height="1511"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL EZINICK</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

Cover-02

Rangers Protest Follows Check That Injured Edgar Laprade

<p>VANCOUVER&mdash;Leo Nicholson, dean of western Canadian sports announcers, died here recently following a lengthy illness.</p><p>At one time he broadcast National Hockey League games from Montreal and for several years wrote a sports column for the Vancouver News Herald<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Sportsman Dies

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-011049/8549841-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><i><b>THEY&rsquo;RE EITHER DANCING or playing London Bridge Is Falling Down, you&rsquo;d think at first glance. But actually it&rsquo;s a scene from last week&rsquo;s Toronto Maple Leafs-Montreal Canadlens game, at the extreme left is Butch Bouchard of Canadlens, wearing number 8. Next to him is Toronto&rsquo;s Gus Mortson, with his stick high over his head; Leaf rookie Cy Thomas (22); Elmer Lach of Canadlens, pushing Thomas; Jim Thomson (20) of Toronto; and Montreal&rsquo;s Kenny Reardon prowling around the corner. Referee Bill Chadwick is looking on, and the rest of the players are Jamming it somewhere in the middle of the heap.</b></i> <span class="photo-credit">((Hockey News—Edmonds and Higgins))</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>Jam Session At Montreal</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Toronto’s ‘Wild Bill’ Stirs Hockey Rumpus

<p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK&mdash;Comebacks are usually reserved for old-timers, but if Don Raleigh makes the grade with New York Rangers this season he will be making a return call in the National Hockey League after a three-year absence&mdash;and at the ripe old age of 21. He made a good start at it, notching two assists in his first game Sunday.</p><p>Raleigh played 15 games with the New Yorkers in the 1943-44 season, before he had even reached his 18th birthday, and showed a lot of promise. But a broken jaw temporarily halted his career, and he decided to go back to college in Winnipeg, rather than stay in professional ranks. No amount of fast talking by Rangers Coach Frank Boucher could change his mind.</p><p>Although Raleigh attended Rangers training school for young talent in Winnipeg last spring, Boucher couldn&rsquo;t get him to ink a contract, but last week he finally turned the trick. He will be playing his second game of his &ldquo;comeback&rdquo; effort tonight when Rangers tangle with the bustin&rsquo; Boston Bruins.</p><p>A left-hand shot who can play either left wing or centre, Raleigh has added 20 needed pounds of sinew to the 145 he sported when he last appeared in a Broadway union suit.</p><p>The youngster is reported to be a whirlwind on the blades and a potent man on goal-sniping.</p><p>Last winter he played more than 80 games and scored over 200 goals. That looks like an impossible feat, until you learn he played with the Winnipeg Flyers seniors, as well as with the Brandon Elks juniors and the University of Manitoba Bisons.</p><p>He also played with the Brandon College team and coached them, as well as turning out with two other Winnipeg teams. On that showing, he should be as good as. a pair of forwards for Frankie Boucher, who needs something to get his Broadway Blues in winning ways.</p><p>A science student, Raleigh has signed a two-year contract with Rangers and hopes to collect enough money in that time to return and finish his college course. Always a studious type, Raleigh spent most of his spare time touring the museums and libraries the last time he was in the Big Town.</p><p>He is reported to be a go-getter type of player, as good on the passing plays as he is in sniping goals, and who can backcheck with the best of them. Boucher thinks he will be just what the doctor ordered.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Winnipeg Youth Makes “Comeback” With N.Y. Rangers Though Only 21

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>ast Saturday&rsquo;s fracas in Toronto between Edgar Laprade of the Rangers and Wild Bill Ezinicki of the Toronto Maple Leafs has brought about another big controversy about the roughness in hockey today.</p><p>In official figures released by the National Hockey League office, the list shows that the total number of penalties this season compared with those of the same time last year have just about been doubled.</p><p>Last season at this time, the players on all six clubs had together spent a total of 371 minutes in the penalty box. But. this year that figure has already soared to 659 minutes.</p><p>Here is the way the clubs stood last year at this time in total penalty minutes: Chicago 42; Boston 55; Rangers 59; Detroit 63; Canadlens 71 and Toronto 81.</p><p>Now here are this season&rsquo;s totals: Chicago 77; Boston 91; Rangers 104; Detroit 98; Canadiens 154 and Toronto 135.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

PENALTIES DOUBLE WITH ROUGH PLAY IN NATIONAL LOOP

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>his is the third in a series of individual and team records set in both the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League. This week we have individual records by players of the A.H.L.</p><h2><b>A.H.L. INDIVIDUAL RECORDS</b></h2><p>Most goals scored, all time&mdash;(233)&mdash;Scored by Les Cunningham of the Cleveland Barons.</p><p>Most assists, all time&mdash;(346)&mdash;Scored by Les Cunningham of Cleveland Barons.</p><p>Most goals scored by one player in one season&mdash;(52)&mdash;Set by Johnny Holota of the Cleveland Barons in 1946-47</p><p>Most points scored by one player in one season&mdash;(99)&mdash;Set by Wally Kilrea of the Hershey Bears in 1942-43.</p><p>Most assists scored by one player in one season&mdash;(68)&mdash;Set by Wally Kilrea of the Hershey Bears in 1942-43.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Who Holds That Record?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-031030/8547868-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg"></div><h2><b>WINS DOW AWARD</b></h2><p><b>Mrs. HENRY CHESLOCK</b></p><p><b>OF TAVISTOCK, ONT.,</b></p><p><i><b>battles animal in courageous rescue</b></i></p><p>Henry Cheslock was about to lead the animal from a root cellar to its pen in the barn. He had just taken the bull by its nose ring when, for no apparent reason, it became enraged. A toss of its head knocked Cheslock to the ground. Before he had a chance to get up, the bull bad butted the helpless man repeatedly. It then tossed him over its head, and rolled him against the cellar wall.</p><h3><b>WIFE GOES TO RESCUE</b></h3><p>Fortunately for Cheslock his wife heard his shouts for help. Without thought for her own safety, she ran screaming into the cellar to draw the bull&rsquo;s attention from her husband. As the bull turned on her, she seized a pitchfork.</p><h3><b>FIGHTS BULL WITH PITCHFORK</b></h3><p>While holding the dangerous animal at bay with the pitchfork, she began to drag her injured husband out of the cellar across the barnyard. The bull attacked all the way, but gallant Mrs. Cheslock managed to hold it <i>off</i> until she finally brought her husband to safety.</p><p>We are proud to pay tribute to the exceptional courage of Mrs. Henry Cheslock of Tavistock, Ontario, through the presentation of The Dow Award.</p><p>THE DOW AWARD <i>is a citation for outstanding heroism 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.</i></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04783/8547861-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="570" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Henry Cheslock lay defenceless and injured on the ground. His wife, hearing his shouts, rushed to the rescue.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05522/8547854-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="568" height="498"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Courageous Mrs. Cheslock pulled her husband to safety while keeping the bull at bay with a pitchfork.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06389/8547847-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="646" height="372"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Woman Fights Off Mad Bull Saves Injured Husband

<div class="byline">By ED FITKIN</div><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>alk about all the first-year men you like in the N.H.L. this semester, but the fact remains that the No. 1 candidate for the Calder Trophy, and a slightly overlooked candidate at that, is Bashin&rsquo; Bill Barilko, young defenceman of the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>Though he isn&rsquo;t a newcomer this season, the swivel-hipped, 20-year-old Barilko qualifies as a Rookie-of-the-Year possibility as a result of the league&rsquo;s new policy of permitting a first-year player to play 20 games in the N.H.L. before losing his neophyte status.</p><p>Barilko, who joined the Leafs last February, played only 18 games In the 1946-47 season, and thus is eligible for 1947-48 reckoning. And right now, he not only is a top candidate for Calder consideration but a top star with the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><h2><b>Rags To Riches</b></h2><p>The story of young Barilko is one of those Rags-to-Riches yarns that Horatio Alger used to pen. It smacks, too, of the Merriwell motif and a dash of the old Believe-it-or-not-Ripley. For his was such a sensational rise from nowhere that even now the good burghers of Timmins, Ontario, who thought they knew every good player turned out in the town, are still trying to figure out where Barilko popped from.</p><p>The records say that Barilko played for the Timmins Canadians Juveniles in 1944-45 and that&rsquo;s all. Johnny Mitchell, Pittsburgh manager, saw him the first season and the first time he saw him, Barilko was all alone on defence with two enemy forwards bearing down on him.</p><p>What did Barilko do? &ldquo;Well,&rdquo; says Johnny, &ldquo;instead of trying to outwit them he stepped into the puck-carrier and started a battle. I liked his moxie, and figured if he ever learned to skate he might make the pro grade.&rdquo;</p><p>That was a Barilko bugaboo in his early years&mdash;his lack of skating gracefulness. Ten years ago he couldn&rsquo;t skate a lick, and they made him play goal. One year of netminding was enough for Bill.</p><p>&ldquo;I nearly froze to death,&rdquo; he grins in reminiscence.</p><p>On top of that Charlie Conacher was his idol&mdash;not Brimsek or Broda or Davie Kerr. Barilko idolized Conacher to such an extent that he wouldn&rsquo;t miss a broadcast of a Leaf game, and he pretended that he was Conacher in the games he played around his home. But to be a Conacher, he knew, would require skating skill, so young Barilko determinedly started to learn to skate. Morning, noon and night he would be skating, and gradually improving. Finally, he picked up enough pointers to gain a defence position with the Timmins Canadians.</p><h2><b>Smythe Liked Him</b></h2><p>Barilko journeyed to Maple Leaf Gardens with a combined Northern team to play against St. Mike&rsquo;s in the sipring of 1945. Johnny Mitchell was there, and he couldn&rsquo;t believe his eyes when he saw how much better Barilko was skating. Conn Smythe was there too, and Conn liked Barilko&rsquo;s style and his skating, so he put him on the Toronto negociation list.</p><p>That was just the beginning for Bashin&rsquo; Bill. The next season he was invited to join the Oshawa Generals in the big league of junior hockey&mdash;the O.H.A. But, for monetary reasons, Barilko and the Generals couldn&rsquo;t get together and Barilko hopped the train for California and a fling with the Hollywood Wolves. He did very well, too, so well, in fact, that he was invited to attend the Maple Leaf school for amateurs that was held prior to the start of the 1946-47 season.</p><p>The Leaf management tabbed Barilko as &ldquo;a kid to watch&rdquo; but sent him back to Hollywood for additional seasoning. With Holly-wood, too, was Cowboy Tommy Anderson, former star of the Amazing Amerks and a Hart Trophy winner in his final N.H.L. season, in 1941-42. Barilko and Anderson were paired on defence with the Wolves and under Tommy&rsquo;s guidance, Bill&rsquo;s hockey greenness began to fade like foliage in the fall.</p><h2><b>Fate Steps In</b></h2><p>Then fate stepped in. Up in the &ldquo;Big Time&rdquo; the parent Toronto Maple Leafs, with a youthful team that was perpetrating amazing feats, suddenly ran into a string of defence injuries. First Bob Goldham was sidelined, then solid Garth Boesch, and finally whirlin&rsquo; Wally Stanowski. Only two rookies, Jim Thomson and Gus Mortson, remained of the regular defence corps. Though aided by forward Pud Boile who dropped back in the emergency, the pace was beginning to tell on even such willing workmen as these two.</p><p>The Leaf management had capable defence replacements at Pittsburgh but, by an arrangement between the two clubs, they could not bring up a player from the Hornets without sending down a man of equal ability. It was a beautiful stymie, indeed, until Smythe suddenly remembered the hardhitting kid who had looked promising at camp and had been sent to Hollywood. Whether he remembered young Barilko&rsquo;s name is neither here nor mere, but he was on the Hollywood line in a hurry to check with Anderson&rsquo; on the kid&rsquo;s progress.</p><h2><b>Fast Plane Ride</b></h2><p>Anderson had words of praise. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s pretty green,&rdquo; he told Smythe, &ldquo;but he&rsquo;s got lots of confidence, bangs &lsquo;em around and has plenty of fight. He learns fast, too.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Do you think he could help us for a few games?&rdquo; Smythe wanted to know.</p><p>&ldquo;Sure,&rdquo; said Anderson. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll make plenty of mistakes&mdash;but he won&rsquo;t back down from anyone.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Okay,&rdquo; Smythe said. &ldquo;Get him here as fast as you can.&rdquo;</p><p>Barilko reached Toronto just as quickly as a plane, train and taxi could accomplish the journey. He landed in the Queen City at a time when Toronto was snowbound, colder than a polar bear&rsquo;s nose and wrapped in winter gloom. But there was no gloom in young Barilko&rsquo;s heart. As refreshing as a crate of oranges from Sunny Cal, he rubbed his hands in glee at the thought of being with the Leafs and with a big grin declared:</p><p>The sun is shining.&rdquo;</p><p>He made his debut against Canadiens at the Montreal Forum, and it was a sad night for the Leafs. The Habitants ran riot to post an 8-2 victory, and Barilko was guilty of defensive lapses that enabled Canadiens to pick up three of their goals. It was a rugged evening all told, for that was the night Elmer Lach was injured when checked by Don Metz.</p><h2><b>Learned Fast</b></h2><p>From that game on, Barilko showed steady improvement. Hap Day, who has no peer in coaching defencemen, worked painstakingly with him, and Barilko learned fast. In the 18 games he played toward the tail-end of last season, Bill scored three goals, drew seven assists for 10 points and spent 33 minutes in the penalty box. In the playoffs, he picked up three assists and 18 minutes in penalties.</p><p>But it was his heavy hitting that stamped the youngster as a coming star, and veteran observers were predicting a brilliant future for him. They pointed out that few 19-year-old defencemen had stepped into N.H.L. company and performed as capably as Barilko. They likened his defensive style to the swivel-hipped way Bucko McDonald used to belt opponents to a fare-three-well in pre-war days.</p><p>Typical of the young man, however, was the way he prepped for the current season, Not content to rest on his laurels, he took advantage of summer skating at MacIntyre Arena to polish up his blade technique&mdash;with the result that he was a greatly improved, skater,&mdash;one of the best on the team&mdash;when he arrived at the Leaf camp this fall. And right from the outset it was quite plain to see that Barilko was almost assured of one of the four regular defence berths. Since then he has been one of the standouts of the Toronto team&rsquo;s early successes.</p><p>On the personal side, Barilko is of Russian-Canadian parentage. He&rsquo;s an inch shy of six feet, but still growing, and scales 182. Has blond hair and an infectious smile and, thanks to the Hollywood atmosphere, has acquired quite a sartorial taste. He calls himself &ldquo;The Kid&rdquo;-and though confident, is not brash or cocky. Which reminds us of a story George(Squib) Walker, chief scout of the Leafs, tells of Barilko.</p><h2><b>Here To Stay</b></h2><p>The first night Barilko spent in Toronto after arriving from Hollywood found him wondering what to do. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a wrestling show at the Gardens.&rdquo; Squib told him. &ldquo;Here&mdash;you&rsquo;d better take my pass or the gateman won&rsquo;t let you in.&rdquo;</p><p>Barilko shook his head. &ldquo;I won&rsquo;t need the pass,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I can take care of myself. I&rsquo;m here to stay&mdash;and the gateman might <b>as</b> well get hep to that right now.&rdquo;</p><p>On the evidence, it seems that Mr. Barilko is right. He apparently is here to stay, and don&rsquo;t be surprised if he becomes the first defenceman in N.H.L. history to wind up as a Calder Trophy winner. That&rsquo;s Bashin&rsquo; Bill&rsquo;s latest objective.</p><h2><b><i>Husky Leaf</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-011646/8547792-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="550" height="1297"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL BARILKO</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>&ldquo;Bigger They Come&hellip;&rdquo;</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-021390/8547785-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1165" height="700"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BRASH YOUNG REARGUARD with Toronto Maple Leafs, Bill Barilko fails to show proper respect for his elders as he flips Boston&rsquo; veteran Milt Schmidt over his shoulder. Doesn&rsquo;t Milt look surprised?</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Would Be First Rearguard Ace To Capture Cup

<div class="byline">By ARNIE JONES</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>mid the hustle and bustle which is synonymous with the everyday activity of a hotel lobby, the little man from the prairies hunched himself down in a colonial chair and calmly began to relate some of the inside happenings connected with one of the biggest over-the-counter player deals in National Hockey League history.</p><p>He was Max Bentley, with the dark piercing eyes resembling those of an eagle. The nattily dressed-star centre player who made the sport page headlines all over the country when he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Rookie Cy Thomas for five Toronto players, Gaye Stewart, Gus Bodnar, Bud Poile, Ernie Dickens and Bob Goldham didn&rsquo;t appear at all flustered when asked by THE HOCKEY NEWS to give a few of his own opinions concerning the sensational trade. It was a trade that might possibly alter his future hockey career, and abruptly ended hockey&rsquo;s greatest brother act since Bill and Bun Cook hung up their skates a decade ago.</p><p>Asked how he felt about the whole affair, Max had this to say.</p><p>&ldquo;Well, I think it&rsquo;s a good break for the, and Doug too, in a way. Frankly, I was startled when I first heard that I was the one to be traded and I know Doug took it hard, but when we both talked it over We both agreed it was for the best.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Came As Shock</b></h2><p>He continued, &ldquo;you know when you have been playing with some one for over 15 years it&rsquo;s like losing your right arm when you have to be separated. I thought that if I was traded Doug would come along with me, but it didn&rsquo;t work out that way. But I guess things will work out O.K. for the both of us now.&rdquo;</p><p>I could see at this point of the interview that Mercurial Maxwell wes getting restless. After all, ever since the news broke that memorable Monday evening, Max had been interviewed and photographed more than a Hollywood star.</p><h2><b>Pressure Is Off</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Are you satisfied with the deal. Max?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Well, in a way, yes. I&rsquo;m glad to go any place and now I&rsquo;m getting on a good team. It&rsquo;s been pretty tough playing with Chicago these past years. When Doug and I were on the ice that&rsquo;s the only time the other clubs had to worry and they really shadowed us. When we went off the other boys on the club just didn&rsquo;t seem to be able to score. Now that we&rsquo;re separated 1 think it will take a lot of pressure off both of us.&rdquo;</p><p>When asked what he thought the future held in store for him in Toronto, Max said, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know yet because it&rsquo;s a little early to say but I know that I&rsquo;ll always be out doing my best. I also know that everybody will be watching me. But I&rsquo;ve got to make good because after all it&rsquo;s my living.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Always Liked Leafs</b></h2><p>To Max himself, however, the recent trade may be a long-lost dream come true. Ever since he was a young boy he had always wished to play for the Maple Leafs. How he came to the Black Hawks was through the untiring efforts of his older brother, Doug. Soon after Doug landed with the Hawks in 1939, he began raving about his younger brother Max to Bill Tobin until the latter finally consented to give Max a look.</p><p>That season Max remained out west for another fling with the Saskatoon Quakers and it was the only year that the two boys ever played apart. Max joined his brother the following autumn.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s too bad the Hawks were so weak,&rdquo; said Bentley, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s bad for the league but those five new players will definitely strengthen the team.</p><p>&ldquo;Dickens and Goldham will be a big help because it was the defence that was the weakest spot on the team.&rdquo;</p><p>We were wondering why the Hawks were in such a desperate need for players and Max was just the man who could supply the information at the moment. He obliged with, &ldquo;They (the Hawks) have had a tough time with the rookies they have brought up. They have a farm system all right but they just haven&rsquo;t had much luck with it.</p><p>&ldquo;Now take the Leafs for instance. Last year they brought up a batch of young players and everything worked out fine. They all scored goals and the club won the Cup. But with those Chicago rookies, everything seems to go wrong.&rdquo;</p><p>Bentley thinks that the best looking prospect the Hawks have now is young Metro Prystai but he claims that they brought him up too early.</p><h2><b>Bentleys and Hockey</b></h2><p>Max was just about born with a pair of skates on his feet and his six brothers and five sisters all played hockey. At one time his sisters had a team of their own. Max&rsquo;s 74-year-old father&mdash;a speed skater himself in his younger days&mdash;was sorry to hear about the family breakup. Max said that he had not contacted his father as yet but when he does, he said, &ldquo;he&rsquo;ll understand.&rdquo;</p><p>The N.H.L. scoring champion has always claimed that he plays better when his family are all with him so as soon as he gets settled in. Toronto he plans to bring his wife Betty and their two children, Lynn five and Gary two to the Queen City.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s one of my big worries,&rdquo; said Max, &ldquo;I hear it&rsquo;s plenty tough to get living accommodations in Toronto.&rdquo;</p><p>Some of the Toronto players were already heading for taxis to take them out to the Forum for the game with the Montreal Canadiens and Max appeared eager to get into action in the new atmosphere. There was only one more question to ask, so I asked it.</p><p>&ldquo;Practice Makes Perfect&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;What advice would you give to a young player starting out. Max?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Well, the only advice I would give to a young boy would be to practice every single day. Practice makes perfect you know.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll tell you a little secret that Doug and I used to do when we were at home. When we couldn&rsquo;t find any ice to play on we would get an old tennis ball and play on the street. It develops your stickhandling.&rdquo;</p><h2><b><i>Recognize Him?</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-011997/8547899-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="576" height="1025"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MAX BENTLEY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bentleys From Delisle Most Brilliant Since Cooks

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>rading of Max Bentley to Toronto Maple Leafs brings up the question about that new automobile President Bill Tobin of the Black Hawks had promised him if he won the N. H. L. scoring championship again this winter. Does the offer still hold good, or will Conn Smythe come through with a gas buggy for Max it he makes it three in a row?<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Wot, No Car?

<div class="byline">&#x2026;by Kavetski</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-021577/8547954-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Parting Of the Ways

<p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>t&rsquo;s speed, color and thrills the modern hockey fan demands&mdash;and it was speed, color and thrills the Bentley brothers dished out in large measure to Chicago Black Hawks followers and puck addicts around the National Hockey League since the 1940-41 season.</p><p>Max and Doug Bentley were Delisle, Saskatchewan&rsquo;s gift to the game, and for sheer class and ability they ranked right up there with other great brother acts of hockey history. Old-timers will dispute they rated with family combinations like Guy and Lester Patrick, Charlie and Lionel Conacher, Buck and Billy and Frank Boucher, to name a few&mdash;but the Bentleys unquestionably were the greatest brother act performing as a unit on any team since Bill and Bun Cook of New York Rangers hung up their skates more than 10 years ago.</p><p>With &ldquo;Wee Willie&rdquo; Mosienko, the Bentleys formed one of the smoothest-working attacking units in the N.H.L. during recent years.</p><p>They have been one of the biggest assets to hockey in many a moon. They were exponents of sheer speed and a razzle-dazzle brand of puckchasing that is seen all too rarely. They had played together for years, and each one virtually knew what the other was thinking and on what particular piece of the ice surface he would be at a given moment.</p><p>The Bentleys have been enough for the price of admission into one of the circuit rinks. They alone have practically packed the Chicago Stadium to the rafters for the past few seasons with their dazzling play and point-scoring punch.</p><p>Born in the little farm town of Delisle, Saskatchewan, Max and Doug are only two members of 13. But the two boys didn&rsquo;t break into the professional ranks together. Doug, now 31, came into the big company in the 1939-40 season and after a year of boasting about his younger Max to Bill Tobin of the Hawks, Max joined the Chicago fold the following autumn.</p><p>The Hawks nearly missed landing the two Delisle dandies the year before Doug went to Chicago. It seems Doug wandered into the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto to look over a Leaf workout but was told by Dick Irvin, then piloting the Toronto club, to come back for pre-season training the following year.</p><p>Doug has been with Chicago for seven seasons, and his point total soars at 335 points made up of 152 goals and 183 assists. Younger Brother Max has scored 110 goals and 147 assists for 257 points. Together they have earned a grand total of 592 points for the Hawks.</p><p>Last season was Max&rsquo;s best year. He won the scoring crown from Canadiens&rsquo; Maurice Richard in a thundering race down the home strech, edging out the Rocket by one point. Max&rsquo;s triumph marked the second time in his five-year career that he had won the scoring honors. The year before he finished on top with 61 points. Brother Doug also copped the scoring honors back in 1942-43 with 73 points. So the Bentleys have carried off three scoring titles in the last five years.</p><p>To add to his record, Max has won both the Hart Trophy and the Lady Byng Trophy. In 19424 3 he carried off the Byng award being voted the most gentlemanly player in the league and 1945-46 was the year he earned the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player to his club.</p><p>In the annual All-Star poll, Doug has been placed on the First Team twice and once on the second team. Max has also come in for his share of All-Star rating with a first place vote in 1945-46 and a second team spot last season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Saskatchewan Speedsters Razzle-Dazzle Puckchasers; Teamed Together Like Clockwork, Filed Up Points

<div class="byline">By KERR N. PETRIE</div><p>(New York Herald Tribune)</p><p>Bill Cowley is quoted as saying the type of hockey being played today prolonged his stay in the big league by several years. Bill, who is now out of hockey, will be criticized by the younger school as another of those old guys just sounding off. The Ottawa Oyster has a good case nevertheless. Not many of those who played between Cowley&rsquo;s time and &ldquo;away back when&rdquo; will accuse Bill of using intemperate language.</p><p>Jersey Jones, quondam tub thumper for. the Madison Square Garden hockey interests, has something to answer for in turning that &ldquo;stream-lined hockey&rdquo; phrase. Jersey, of course, could not have committed his crime had not the National Hockey League sharpened the knives for him by hiking the number of players on a team and thereby changing the complexion of a club every two minutes. That gave the youngsters the impression they were a bunch of speed demons and the self-satisfied notion (it happens in the life of everyone) that the gushers of genius weren&rsquo;t even tapped until they came along.</p><p>Those old gaffers couldn&rsquo;t have played in their league! Overlooking the fact, perhaps, that the Howie Morenzes, the Bill Cooks, the Frank Bouchers, the Eddie Shores, and dozens of other players of their time and before could lam It with the best of today&rsquo;s skaters. And why not? They weren&rsquo;t always in the old gaffer class. Bill Cowley will do for an answer.</p><h2><b>LOOK AT CLAPPER</b></h2><p>If Cowley is not old enough to be ranked as a gaffer, suppose we reach into that same team of Boston Bruins and knock all argument down with a roundhouse slapper from Dit Clapper. Suppose they didn&rsquo;t do any back checking when you were in knee breeches, son? How would you like to check back on Howie Morenz? Ever see Frank Nighbor stop a rush with that hook check?</p><p>A few weeks back, after the Rangers had beaten the Senators in Ottawa rather thoroughly Old Gaffer Clint Benedict was heard to remark and sadly repeat: &ldquo;They can&rsquo;t skate backward?&rdquo; Many old timers are at one with the old Maroon goalie in feeling that too many are learning to play hockey before they learn to skate, which is not so much a paradox as it may seem.</p><p>We don&rsquo;t wish to get too deeply involved in this, having never forgotten the rebuke to the New York &ldquo;experts&rdquo; printed in a Montreal Forum program. But we are on solid ground in quoting the old gaffers because it is probably 10 years ago since Jack Adams pointed out what he considered to be this fatal deficiency in his club and gave the order that it should be remedied if not altogether rectified, as was scarcely possible at such short notice.</p><h2><b>NOT AS MUCH SCIENCE</b></h2><p>But to leave Bill Cowley to stew in his own juice, so to speak, what ever happened to our Roy Conacher? And. in the same breath, whatever happened to our Rangers who slugged the Red-Wings and the Maple Leafs on successive nights without that expected aid from Conacher. It all goes to prove, in our opinion (there we are sticking out our chin again) hockey is not nearly the exact science it used to be (and how near at any time it came to being an exact science not even Einstein could say.)</p><p>We saw the Rangers win the first game of the season in Montreal and thought they were a bit lucky. They lost the next three and Frank Boucher assures us that with a wee bit of luck they could have won these.</p><p>Detroit came to town with a big reputation and didn&rsquo;t look too hot. The next night Toronto blew in with a bigger reputation and looked even worse.</p><h2><b>WHAT ABOUT CONACHER</b></h2><p>Before this appears in print the Rangers may have paid for their two big nights with the home folk. No one believes they are as good as they looked against Detroit and Toronto, unless that is how the Detroits and the Torontos really are.</p><p>We would like to see Roy Conacher with Rangers. Not-with-standing all that the decision entails, sacrifice of a season&rsquo;s hockey income, loss of that N.H.L. player&rsquo;s pension, and what not, Roy appears determined to quit hockey. Incredulous as Roy&rsquo;s stand appeared at first things begin to make more sense as insurance salesmanship and gold mining interests and two well-heeled brothers are woven into the story. Badly mauled in the wage hold out argument with Jack Adams and at the end told he wasn&rsquo;t wanted anyway, Roy might have been excused for taking a good pout to himself.</p><p>&ldquo;For often a man&rsquo;s own pride Is cap and bells for a fool.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED</b></h2><p>Reverting to the great mystery of hockey, the inconsistency of form, we found the Quebec Aces making a sucker out of us the other Sunday when they had to go overtime to defeat the New York Rovers 2 to 1. The Rovers were playing their first game of the new season. In Quebec we saw those Aces give the Rangers what we thought was a whale of a battle and on the strength of that had predicted an overwhelming victory for the Imlachlans.</p><p>The trip was probably less exciting than the one made with the Rangers last February wherein the Blue Shirts shut-out the Maple Leafs for the second consecutive time. Dropped in at Kingston for the Hall of Fame benefit game, then slid through to Ottawa by bus. This peripatetic paragrapher missed on this occasion the magnificence of the Jim Sutherland filibuster which held Mike Rodden pinned down spechless for several straight hours. He was also slightly distressed at having to call in Phil Watson as interpreter in Shawinigan Falls.</p><h2><b>GORMAN THE MAGNIFICENT</b></h2><p>Ottawa, we are able to report, is about the same as Montreal. I&rsquo;ll bet there is less commotion in the latter and more in the former. The reason, of course, is Tommy Gorman, now the Tex Rickard of the Canadian capital. Tommy has done a wonderful job in the Auditorium and on game nights probes the sky with a huge searchlight as if hopeful that one of these nights he will find a couple of Martian hockey fans sliding down the beam to take a look at his Ottawa Senators.</p><p>Toronto wil have to wait for another time. But Roy Worter&rsquo;s thirst emporium is still on our list, and that other spot In the country where one is apt to fall down on the ice getting out of the car as a preliminary to being used as a guinea pig for that little guy who insists he was a great boxing champion in his day and is ready to go as far as the law will allow to prove it.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Is Today’s Hockey As Good As That Played Yesterday?

<div class="byline">By TRENT FRAYNE</div><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>ill-o&rsquo;-the-wisp Max Bentley, who has been visiting this town&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens since 1940 without encountering an undue number of newspapermen, found himself knee-deep in the pesky fellows last week when he arrived to take over permanent residence in Bud Poile&rsquo;s old No. 7 Leaf sweater.</p><p>It was astonishing the number of things no one knew till now about mercurial Maxie. For instance, he has two children. He batted. 310 in the Northern Saskatchewan Baseball League last summer, playing centre field for Delisle. He is five feet nine. He weighs 160 pounds, which is 10 pounds more than he weighed last season. He wanted to play for the Leafs as a kid when he used to listen to Foster Hewitt. The last time he played hockey without Brother Doug was in 1939 when Doug joined the Hawks and Max stayed on for another year of senior stuff with the Saskatoon Quakers.</p><h2><b>Surprise Statement</b></h2><p>Of more pertinent interest to the world&rsquo;s hockey fans, however, was the disclosure that mild Max would not have reported had he been traded to Boston or the Rangers. He refused to elaborate on this point. He said he was astonished when he learned he had been swapped. He had always felt that if the Hawks were to let him go they would also part with Brother Doug.</p><p>The fact that Chicago would then be left with absolutely nothing but a bunch of sweaters and the organist in the Stadium apparently had never occured to him. His parting with Doug, one gathered, was like parting with a right arm and only slightly less painful.</p><h2><b>Diplomatic Max</b></h2><p>Maxie, whose locker in the dressing room is next door to that of Turk Broda, tugged at his equipment after his first practice with the Leafs and proved himself perfect diplomat as he replied to a barrage of questions from the nosey journalists.</p><p>&ldquo;The toughest goal-keeper?&rsquo; pondered Max, &ldquo;why I&rsquo;ve always found Turk, here, the toughest.&rsquo;</p><p>&ldquo;You have?&rdquo; beamed the in credulous Broda. And then, rapidly getting into the act, Sir Walter ventured: &ldquo;You know, thassa funny thing. I allus found Maxie here, the toughest forward to outguess.&rdquo;</p><p>Maybe Broda was levelling, at that, because he amended thought fully: &ldquo;He has the damnedest knack of keeping a defencemar between himseif and the goalkeeper. His shot always seems to be coming out of some place where you can&rsquo;t see it, see what I mean?&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Newspapermen Find New Leaf DiplomaticBoy

<p>OTTAWA&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>hose who think that since the New York Rovers and the Boston Olympics are now competing in the Quebec Senior Hockey League this year it is something new, should lend an ear when one veteran hockey follower relates when and where international amateur hockey was played back when.</p><p>It was 35 years ago when international ice competition operated on a small scale between Canadian and American amateur clubs. Ottawa college clubs and city amateur organizations often made excursions to Pittsburgh, New York and Cleveland for exhibition games.</p><p>Old clubs like Ottawa College and McGill University of Montreal iced their teams in the old St. Nicholas Rink in New York to play American college teams like Princeton and Harvard over the Christmas holidays.</p><p>New York amateur clubs such as the Knickerbockers and St. Nick&rsquo;s also competed against Canadian squads in exhibition encounters and Ottawa University were regular visitors to Gotham and played regularly against Princeton. Princeton then had the immortal Hobey Baker, rated as the greatest American hockey product prior to the advent of professional hockey in the U.S.A, and a member of hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame.</p><p>One of the men responsible for promoting Canadian - American contests, the late Rev. William J. Stanton, football and hockey director at the Ottawa institution, often took his collegians south of the border to pack the new York, Pittsburgh and Cleveland rinks.</p><p>Roy Schooley, head of the Duquesne Gardens and founder of the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets, saw possibilities in the game and invited many Canadian college and city teams for games there.</p><h2><b>Princeton Started It</b></h2><p>He was the man behind the Yellow Jackets&rsquo; great amateur record and fostered Pittsburgh&rsquo;s debut into the N.H.L. After two hectic seasons in the big company the Pittsburgh club dropped info minor ranks, after shifting to Philadelphia.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Oldsters Recall How Int’l Contests Began

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-011958/8548136-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-021402/8548129-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="1171" height="1471"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>READY FOR ACTION on the ice, in rinks of the major professional circuits and for amateur teams, youngsters and oldsters in all parts of the world are these 15,000 hockey sticks stacked up ready for shipment in the picture at the left. Finishing touches are being put on war clubs in the picture at the right, where a workman at the Choquette factory in St. Johns, Quebec, is spraying them with moisture-proof lacquer to keep them in first-class condition until they reach the hands of their eventual users. The blade some youngster plays with on a corner rink is as good as the pro&rsquo;s.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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They’ll Be Swinging These……In Rinks Around the Globe

<p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>ockey, like any other business or sport, has felt the weight of the modern world of science, and men in the game have come up with many new inventions that have added more color and speed to the game along with safety for players and spectators. But a few of these brain-gifted gentlemen have gone a little too far with regard to the improvement of hockey sticks.</p><p>Since the first game was played the contestants have always used a wooden war-club. Naturally there have been many improvements in the making of sticks. The manufacturers of sticks used in hockey today take great pains in the grade of wood that goes into them. But all the same, they are still made of wood.</p><p>Not long ago there appeared in many of the stores across the country something new. It was a plastic stick and according to the inventor, this special stick was going to revolutionize the game of hockey as it is played today.</p><p>This particular stick was said to be lighter and more durable. But it never got into the big leagues. In other words it was farmed out for good</p><p>Now there is talk about experimenting with an aluminum stick that is also said to be much lighter than the standard weapon. But let&rsquo;s have a little thought for the boys who wield these articles. Just think a moment as to where Wild Bill Ezinickl would be today it the mild and meek Maurice Richard had been lugging an aluminum branding-iron around in his hands during the Stanley Cup finals last spring.</p><p>The National League would have had to plan a benefit game for Wild William or any other player who happened to get into the path of one of these wicked pieces of hockey equipment. At least, a wooden war club will break!</p><p>Although Herculite glass, the red centre-ice line, usherettes, neon scoreboards and many other innovations have been made a part of the game, hockey&rsquo;s big-wigs will have to do plenty of thinking before they substitute the wooden hickory with such material as plastic or aluminum.</p><p>Since the war when inferior wood was used in the making of sticks, manufacturers have striven to cut down breakage to a minimum. Now that the sticks are back to a pre-war standard, you may hear a player growl at a referee but it is very seldom that he beefs about his stick.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Imagine Being Beaned With A Metal Stick!

<div class="byline">By VIC BAKER</div><p class="dropcap"><span>U</span>p and down the ice race the opposing forwards, darting and swooping across the rink&hellip;The puck clicks from stick to stick, flips through the air and thuds against the boards&hellip;Suddenly quick passing play brings three players speeding in on the goal crease&hellip;A fake shot, the goalie lunges and the puck darts into the net for a score&hellip;The crowd leaps to its feet with a deafening roar.</p><p>In half the countries of the world this scene is becoming commonplace as our national sport spreads from Canada&rsquo;s iceways to every continent on the globe. Ice hockey has now become a popular sport in almost every country in Europe, in parts of Asia and even in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.</p><p>Where natural ice conditions are not available the hockeyists enjoy the Canadian sport on artificial ice, and whether professionals, major league stars, amateurs or rank beginners, the majority of the players in most of these countries are playing the game with Canadian - made equipment. Almost like a geography book index reads the export shipping record of the C. C. M. Choquette Wood Products plant at St. Johns, Quebec, one of the world&rsquo;s largest manufacturers of ice - hockey sticks&mdash;whose product is distributed by the world-wide C.C.M. organization. Thousands of sticks every year leave this factory for the towns and cities of most foreign lands where ice-hockey is played.</p><h2><b>Canadian Wood Best</b></h2><p>These countries buy their stick supplies here because the most suitable types of wood for this purpose grow in Canada. Second growth rock elm, grey elm and ash, averaging from 15 to 30 inches in diameter, have been found to be the best for hockey Stick lumber; the elm because of its soft, workable and fibrous texture, the ash because of its straight grain, lightness and stiffness.</p><p>Great stands of ash are to be found in the rugged, coarse soils of Quebec&rsquo;s Eastern Townships, while the extensive limestone areas of Eastern and Northwestern Ontario produce fine rock and grey elm.</p><p>The choice of lumber is a most important factor in the manufacture of high grade hockey sticks, especially when they are destined fqr a world-wide market where temperatures vary to both extremes of the thermometer. Wood experts employed by the stick manufacturers actually go into the areas where the ash and elm are available, mark the trees to be cut, follow the logs through the mill and direct the sawing operations to ensure care in each step.</p><h2><b>Selection Important</b></h2><p>Nor is the task of choosing the most suitable trees an easy one. It is not advisable, for instance, to use lumber grown on low land or very old trees where deterioration may be hidden in the fibrous texture, because it is difficult to detect old or partially dead wood once it has been cut into billets short lengths of lumber&mdash;and air-dried.</p><p>Hockey stick lumber must be taken as close to the tree bark as possible. Therefore, light slabbing of the logs is important, as is the sawing into billets to insure flat, straight grain in the finished blade.</p><h2><b>Scientifically Dried</b></h2><p>Perhaps the most important operation in the life of the stick is the scientific removal of the moisture from the lengths of lumber before they are stripped into hockey stick blanks. This operation is vital to prevent the wood from working and warping. If dried too fast in the specially constructed curing kilns, the pores on the outside surfaces will close or case-harden and prevent the removal of the moisture from the centre or core of the billet.</p><p>After the bone-dry lumber has passed through the chain of operations which turns it into a finished hockey stick, precautions must be token to guarantee the finished product retaining its proper moisture content and thus remaining stiff and free from war-page. A special moisture-proofing process performs this task and is applied to the three best grades of the sticks produced by the Choquette Company.</p><p>They are finished in C-I-L Clear Wood Lacquer which ensures the stick reaching the hands of the hockey player anywhere with the same moisture content as when it passed through the trained hands of the inspector at the St. Johns factory. In addition, the lacquer finish gives the sticks style and smart appearance and complete protection from dirt in handling and shipping.</p><h2><b>Lengthy Process</b></h2><p>The average 20-ounce hardwood shillelagh starts life in the raw as a 12-pound piece of green lumber, Skilled machinists and modern machinery convert the log of ash or elm into a finished stick through a chain of varied operations.</p><p>The job of supplying tne general market is comparatively simple because the one-piece sticks are all of standard patterns. The difficulty enters the work when custom-made sticks are made for the professional hockey players, especially the players in the National Hockey League, who demand no less than 125 distinctly different models.</p><h2><b>Special Styles For Pros</b></h2><p>The blades required by the pros vary in all possible ways&mdash;in length, thickness, width, shape and weight of handle and blade. The weights required range from 19 to 25 ounces and in length from the short 49-inch sticks to the long 55-inch models.</p><p>With each of the six N.H.L. teams using an average of 400 sticks per season and each player averaging about 30 per year, the manufacturers are busy all year round producing these special made-to - order models for the pros, semi - pros and amateurs throughout the country.</p><h2><b><i>Absent Goalie</i></b></h2><p>In those days when a hockey goaltender could be sent to the penalty box, an old time major league netguardian, Hec Fowler served 22 minutes in the bastille one season. In those days the goaltender was not protected by the &ldquo;crease&rdquo; and attacking players stormed in on him frequently roughing him up. To protect themselves goalies used to swing their heavy clubs at the ankles of any opponent within hitting distance.</p><h2><b><i>Icing Taboo</i></b></h2><p>The &ldquo;Icing the Puck Rule in hockey was put in some 10 years ago after the Boston Bruins and New York Americans had gone through a siege of &ldquo;icings&rdquo;. The Americans, not too strong, on a visit to Boston played defensive hockey, and according to manager Art Ross of the Bruins, iced the puck 97 times in the game. Back in New York the next night the Bruins retaliated by icing the rubber the same number of times.</p><p><b>Manufacturers Take Steps To Hold Proper Moisture</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Canadian Hockey Sticks Go All Over World

<p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p>Founded October 1, 1947</p><p>Published by Hockey News Company, 803 Dominion Square Building, Montreal, Que.</p><p>Subscription Price $2 for 30 Issues in Canada-$3 in U.S.A.</p><p>Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.</p><p><b>Vol. 1, No. 7. Montreal, Nov. 12, 1947. <i>Printed in Canada.</i></b></p><h2><b>ANOTHER MAJOR LEAGUE?</b></h2><p>The largest professional hockey league in action today&mdash;and the fastest-growing&mdash;is the American Hockey League, that progressive, far-thinking organization which now comprises 11 teams and has even more ambitious plans for the future. At least one more city, Cincinnati, may well be playing in the circuit headed by energetic Maurice Podoloff when another season rolls around, and there are optimistic forecasts that the league may contain 14 clubs before too many years slip past.</p><p>President Podoloff has termed the 1946-47 campaign the most successful in the league&rsquo;s history, and he and the 12 present Governors (Cincinnati has a member on the Board of Governors) are looking into the future with optimism and hope. Their eventual aim is to obtain full recognition as a second major league, with equal rights and privileges with the old, long-established National Hockey League.</p><p>In the minds of the President and the Governors there is no doubt but that today the A.H.L. is a full partner of the N.H.L., but the senior league has not seen fit to grant formal recognition, along with equal status. Players from the N.H.L. are still sent to A.H.L. clubs, subject to instant recall. The players themselves, in addition, still regard the N.H.L. as the superior league, and the ambition of most of them is to play with some team in the older pro circuit.</p><p>While such conditions prevail, the American League labors under a certain handicap, which will only be removed, its Governors feel, by the granting of major league status. Then hockey would step in stride with baseball, which has two major circuits, and eventually the winter sport might have its own &ldquo;World Series.&rdquo;</p><p>But there are many difficulties in the way. Up to now, these have included attendance figures and salaries. Some of the American League rinks are small, in comparison with those of the National League. Cities with smaller rinks have been unable to pay large enough salaries to lure players who have set for themselves the goal of playing in the N.H.L..</p><p>Construction of larger arenas will help that problem immeasurably. Plans are on the drawing boards for large rinks at cities like Cincinnati, and eventually other A.H.L. clubs will erect modern stadia with greater seating capacities. There is no fault to be found with the enthusiasm of the fans in the league, since they usually pack the rinks to the doors.</p><p>Such enthusiasm cannot long be denied, and if the American League continues its phenomenal growth the day may not be long distant when it will be considered a full-fledged major partner in the grand winter sport. When this comes about it will be the greatest thing that ever happened in professional hockey.</p><p>The National League in baseball at first fought the efforts of the upstart young American League to gain footing as a major league. But when recognition finally was granted, and the two circuits stood side by side, baseball moved on to even greater successes than it had ever known.</p><p>Full major league status carries with it responsibilities&mdash;the ability to pay the top salaries, a willingness to work in amicable agreement with the other partner, and friendly and just relations with minor circuits to further the interests of the game and aid in the development of young players moving up the ladder. If the American League can measure up to those requirements, there is no reason why the circuit shouldn&rsquo;t be welcomed with open arms as a fully-qualified major hockey circuit.</p><h2><b>EXPANSION THE KEYNOTE</b></h2><p>The American Hockey League has come a long way from the days of two decades ago when it had its original inception in two small leag&rsquo;ues, the Canadian Professional and the Canadian-American circuits. These were both organized in 1926.</p><p>The Canadian - American League originally included teams in New Haven, Springfield, Quebec City, Boston and Providence. Philadelphia, Newark, The Bronx subsequently entered clubs. The Canadian Professional League had teams in Stratford, London, Hamilton, Windsor and Niagara Falls in Ontario, and later added Detroit Olympics, Kitchener, Toronto Millionaires and Buffalo. The name was changed to the International Hockey League before the 1929-30 season and Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Rochester subsequently were granted franchises.</p><p>The two leagues were merged in the fall of 1936, and the name became the International-American League. Philadelphia, Springfield, Providence, New Haven, Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Cleveland operated franchises the first season. In 1939 the league executives agreed that, since the league was no longer international since Canada was not represented, that it should be known simply as the American Hockey League, the name by which it has been known since then.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News

<div class="byline">By HERB RALBY</div><p>BOSTON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>ecause Coach &ldquo;Dit&rdquo; Clapper believes In the adage &ldquo;an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure&rdquo;, the Bruins averted defeat and gained a 1-1 stalemate with the Maple Leafs in their first Toronto invasion of the season.</p><p>It wasn&rsquo;t just as the result of a mad scramble that the Bruins registered the equalizer with but seven seconds remaining. It came on a play which the Bruins had practiced, and ironically was one which Toronto had introduced last season for just such last-ditch efforts as this.</p><p>The play resembles a football charge. It is used only in the final seconds when only one goal In arrears. It calls for a faceoff in the opposition&rsquo;s end. Then the goalie is removed in favor of a sixth skater.</p><p>Usually the five biggest men are placed on the line opposing the defenders with the centre required to get the drop on the faceoff and whip the puck back to the sixth skater, the &ldquo;quarterback&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>LIKE FOOTBALL</b></h2><p>As the puck is dropped the four &ldquo;linemen&rsquo;&rdquo; charge the opposition just as in a football scrimmage play. The centre charges also as he attempts to send the puck back to the &ldquo;quarterback&rdquo;.</p><p>In the ensuing scramble in front of the cage, the goalie&rsquo;s vision is obscured by the 10 burly bodies and he is a &ldquo;sucker&rdquo; for a shot on the net.</p><p>Last season Toronto employed this play effectively. Although the other N. H. L. teams hollered it was illegal because the Leafs held and interfered, no penalty was ever dealt out on the play. Toronto used it again this season in a lastditch effort to tie up the All-Star game. There was a wild scramble as the All-Stars foiled the play and again no penalty was given.</p><h2><b>BRUINS SOLVE PROBLEM</b></h2><p>That set Clapper to thinking. Might as well, he figured, get a defence for it as there was no telling when the Leafs might try it. against the Bruins. So, in a practice session at Hamilton, Ont., just before the Bruins returned to Boston from their pre-season exhibtion tour. Dit set up a defence against it.</p><p>For 30 minutes the Bruins lined up on opposite sides, and jumped at each other as they drilled on the play.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s fine.&rdquo; said Clapper, &ldquo;I think we have a defence down fine. Now what&rsquo;s to stop us from using it ourselves offensively if we are in a jam in the last minute.&rdquo;</p><p>So for another half hour, the Bruins worked out the play on offence. On the charging line were the burly Bruins. Clare Martin, Murray Henderson, Woody Du-mart. Pat Egan and rookie Ed. Sandford at centre. Fernie Flamon andJohnny Crawford alternated with two of the five so that two would be grounded in the play. Milt Schmidt was the quarterback. Back home they again worked on the play.</p><h2><b>PLAY WORKS FINE</b></h2><p>Their first occasion to try it was against Toronto. Trailing 1-0 with only 20 seconds to play, the Bruins forced a faceoff in the Leafs end and off went goalie Frankie Brim-sek. A sixth skater came on. There was a wild scramble after the puck was dropped. The rubber was batted out of the rink and there was another faceoff. This time the B&rsquo;s middle man got the disc back to Schmidt. Milt fed Murray Henderson whose shot amid the confusion landed in the net for the equalizer.</p><p>The Bruins were bruised and tired after those rugged sessions in Hamilton and Boston, polishing up on the play. But after their success with it they figure it was well worth their trouble.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bruins Find Way To Foil Six-Man Play

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>his is the fans&rsquo; column, the &ldquo;Town Hall&rdquo; of hockey. If there is something you don&rsquo;t like&mdash;write and tell us. If you would like to see some special feature in THE HOCKEY NEWS, tell it to the FANS&rsquo; FORUM. We&rsquo;ll do our best to fill the bill.</p><h2><b>HOCKEY SUPERMAN</b></h2><p>Dear Sir&mdash;</p><p>It would be Interesting to note that Ed Slowinski appeared in the lineup of two teams playing 700 miles apart on the same night. He was number 16 on the Detroit Red Wing&rsquo;s lineup and was really in New York helping the Rangers beat Leafs, 7-4. He also got a goal in that game, I believe.</p><p>Samuel Breck<br>Detroit, Mich.</p><h2><b>SHORE TO THE FORE</b></h2><p>Dear Sir&mdash;</p><p>I have a question I would like to have answered. Did Eddie Shore ever win the Lady Byng Trophy?</p><p>Dave Francey<br>Prince Albert, Sask.</p><p>(No, he never won the Byng Trophy. He won the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player to his team seven times, more than any other player).</p><h2><b>PUBLICATION DATA</b></h2><p>Dear Sir&mdash;</p><p>I think the Calder Trophy given each season to the &ldquo;Rookie of the Year&rdquo; ought to be given this season to THE HOCKEY NEWS. This is its first season in hockey and it is doing a magnificent job. Keep it up!</p><p>I read in Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s column &ldquo;Round the Rinks&rdquo; where a book was written about the Rangers. I wonder if you could tell me where I could obtain one.</p><p>I also would like to know if the National Hockey Guide and the Who&rsquo;s Who in Hockey are separate books.</p><p>Joe Sehrno<br>Town of Mount. Royal, P.Q.</p><p>(Yes, the latter two are separate books. You can obtain the latest Ranger publication by mailing 50c in coin, cheque or money order (not stamps) to Ranger Book, 307 West 49th Street, New York 19, N.Y.)</p><p>Dear Sir&mdash;</p><p>I discovered an error in the October 29 issue in an article on Lester Patrick on page three. It was stated, &ldquo;The New York Rangers haven&rsquo;t won the Cup since the 1939-40 season and since then the club has not been able to finish higher than fifth.&rdquo; In 1940-41 the Rangers ended up fourth and the following season they wound up first.</p><p>Incidentally, Ken McKenzie, in his article mentioned a book published last year, &ldquo;Boston Bruins&mdash;23 years a great hockey team.&rdquo; I would like to know how and at what price this book can be obtained.</p><p>Roy Christenson<br>Camrose, Alta.</p><p>(You, Mr. Christenson, must be a Ranger fan. But you&rsquo;re correct to the letter. About the Boston book we have not as yet been able to obtain the correct address. Keep an eye on this column as we will publish it soon.)</p><p>Dear Sir&mdash;</p><p>Congratulations on your HOCKEY NEWS. I have received your third issue of the weekly and find it very interesting. I would like to see features on Gus Bodnar and Wally Stanowski, my two favorite players, but above all a printed list of the radio stations carrying hockey broadcasts and times they can be heard.</p><p>Mike Vasil Arvida,<br> Quebec</p><h2><b>WE BLUSH FOR SHAME</b></h2><p>Dear Sir&mdash;</p><p>I would like to make one correction in your latest issue. In giving the N.H.L. players&rsquo; ages, you print Neil Colville&rsquo;s age as 31. In an earlier issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS containing the teams&rsquo; rosters, Colville&rsquo;s birthdate is given as August 4, 1914, which would make him 33 years of age. This checks with other hockey publications I have consulted.</p><p>I have one question to ask. What is the lifetime N.H.L. scoring record of Sylvanus Apps of the Toronto Maple Leafs?</p><p>Donald E. Burton.<br> Toronto, Ont.</p><p>(Very sharp eye, Reader Burton, you should be a goalkeeper. You are right on that score about Colville. Since Apps broke into the N.H.L. with Toronto in 1936-37, he has scored 196 goals and 22S assists. This is up to and including last season&rsquo;s playoffs.)</p><h2><b>ANOTHER ANGLE</b></h2><p>Dear Sir&mdash;</p><p>One hockey fan (Paul Ruskin, New York) suggested that the All-Star game be played at the close of the season so that injuries like that of Mosienko would not harm the clubs. However, if a star player on a team in the playoffs was injured, it may mean the team&rsquo;s chances for the Stanley Cup. And if the game was played after the playoffs then players not on playoff teams would be idle for a month.</p><p>I would like to communicate with fans in other National Hockey League cities. I also would like to thank the editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS for publishing such a fine descriptive hockey paper.</p><p>Ronald Longstaffe<br>Toronto, Ont.</p><h2><b>SELF-INFLICTED GOALS</b></h2><p>Dear Sir&mdash;</p><p>When a player puts the puck into his own nets, and scores a goal for his opponents&hellip;I would appreciate it if you would tell me just how this situation Is handled.</p><p>William MacKnight Bridgeport,<br> Connecticut.</p><p>(The goal is credited to the last member of the opponents&rsquo; team handling the puck before it is upped or deflected into his own nets by a member of the defending team. No assists can be credited on such a play.)</p><p>Dear Sir&mdash;</p><p>I would like to see a large picture of my favorite stars (head and shoulders) every so often in THE HOCKEY NEWS&mdash;something you could frame. I would also like to see an article oh my favorite player, Syl Apps.</p><p>Garth Nelson MacGregor,<br> Manitoba</p><p>(We can&rsquo;t promise head-and-shoulder pictures of that size, but plan to use frequently large, fulllength shots like that of Milt Schmidt last week. About your favorite star&mdash;did you see the October 29 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS?)</p><h2><b>GET SUBSCRIPTION HERE!</b></h2><p>Dear Sir&mdash;</p><p>I would like to know if you could inform me how I may purchase THE HOCKEY NEWS every week.</p><p>Harry Hodgson<br>Niagara Falls, Ontario.</p><p>(A subscription blank will be found on Page 12.)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hockey Fans’ Forum LETTERS FROM READERS

<p><b>Keep Rolling</b></p><p>Their repartition doesn&rsquo;t seem to have bogged them down as jet. In the Hawk first win of the rear, Doug Bentley scored two goals and the same night brother Mat scored his first goal as a Maple leaf.</p><p><b>More Trouble</b></p><p>When the club&rsquo;s star centre player, Edgar Laprade suffered a concussion Saturday night when checked by Bill Ezinicki, it was the Rungers&rsquo; first serious mishap of the NML season.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDING ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-011970/8548357-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="601" height="196"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>November 5&mdash;Boston 2, Chicago 1.</p><p>November 6&mdash;Canadiens 3, Toronto 0; Detioit 2, Rangers 1.</p><p>November 8&mdash;Detroit 3, Canadiens 1; Toronto 6, Rangers 2.</p><p>November 9&mdash;Toronto 6, Detroit 0; Chicago 8, Rangers 6.</p><h3><b>Games of Coming Week</b></h3><p>November 12&mdash;Chicago at Toronto; Boston at Rangers.</p><p>November 13&mdash;Chicago at Canadiena</p><p>November 15&mdash;Boston at Canadiens; Detroit at Toronto; Chicago at Rangers.</p><p>November 16&mdash;Detroit at Boston; Canadiens at Kangeis; Toronto at Chicago</p><p>The National Hockey League picture took on a slightly different look since this time last week as two of the clubs that held commanding positions in the race have slipped down. The Detroit Red Wings, with two victories in three games last week, held on to their first place position but the club that benefited by the week&rsquo;s play was the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>The Leafs are now entrenched in second place one point behind the pace-setting Wings. After being blanked by Canadiens Thursday, the Leafs came back to wallop the Rangers 7-2 Saturday and then moved to Detroit to zero Red Wings 6-0.</p><p>The Boston Bruins, idle over the weekend, were forced to drop &ldquo;into third place one point better than Canadiens. The Rangers lost ground by dropping all three of their games last week besides losing the services of Edgar Laprade Saturday night. The Chicago Black Hawks finally snapped out of their seven-game slump by topping the New Workers 8-5.</p><p>(Bill Duruan of Canadiens and Toronto veteran Turk Broda registered shutouts while Harry Lumley of Detroit missed a &ldquo;horse collar in Montreal Saturday night.</p><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5</b></h3><p>CHICAGO.&mdash;Even with the help of their five new players from the Toronto Maple Leafs&mdash;the new forward line scored their only goal&mdash;the Chicago Black Hawks dropped their seventh straight loss, bowing to Boston Bruins 2-1 before 16,208. The Victory put the Bruins back into sole possession of first place.</p><p>After one minute of play, Joe Carveth shot the Bruins ahead and Woody Du-mart&rsquo;s marker at the 16 second mark of the second period was the winner, Gaye Stewart with help from Gus Bodnar and Bud Poile scored Chicago&rsquo;s goal also in the same period.</p><p>Boston: goal, Brimsek; defence, Flamon, Crawford; centre, Schmidt; wings, buinart Carveth; subs: Bgan, Sandford, Henderson, Gal linger, Taylor, Harrison, Smith, Martin, Wilson, Babando.</p><p>Chicago: goal, Francis; defence, Mariucct Goldham; centre, Gee; wings, Bentley Hamil; subs: Dickens, Bodnar, Prystai, Butler, Brown, Kaleta, Stewart, Gadsby, Nattrass, Poile, Mlchaluk.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Frank Clancy, referee; Harold March and Joe Springer, linesmen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-021314/8548350-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="598" height="393"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6</b></h3><p>MONTREAL&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens squared this year&rsquo;s series with thE champion Toronto Maple Leafs as the Habs blanked the visiting Leafs 3-0. 1 It was Goaler Bill Durban&rsquo;s second shutout of the season.</p><p>Elmer Lach, who scored two goals. Bunk the first in the opening period and the Canadiens moved in front 2-0 early in the second frame on a goal by Bobby Carse. At 10.17 of the same period. Lach notched his second from Maurice Richard.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal, Broda; defence, Barilko. Boesch; centre Apps: wings Ezlnicki, Watson. Subs: N. Metz, Bentley Kennedy. D. Metz, Lynn, Meeker, Klukaq, Mortson, Thomson, Thomas.</p><p>Canadiens:&mdash;Goal, Durnan;; defence, Bouchard, Reardon; centre Lach; wings, Richard, Blake. Subs.: Harvey, Leger, Rlopelle, Locas, Harmon, Quilty, Reay, Curry, Peters, Carse.</p><p>Referee: Chadwick. Linesmen, Hayes and Keeling.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03820/8548343-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="604" height="382"></div><p>DETROIT&mdash;The Red Wings moved back into a first place tie with the Boston Bruins by edging out a 2-1 N.H.L victory over the New York Rangers as 11,265 fans looked on.</p><p>All the scoring was confined to the first period and at 2.42 the Wings scored their first tally when Jimmy McFadden raped home Bep Guldolin&rsquo;s rebound. Fred Shero&rsquo;s 40-foot shot tied the score but six minutes later Max McNab and Jim Conacher teamed-up to produce the winner.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal, Lumley; defence. Quackenbush, Stewart; centre. Abel: wings. Lindsay. Howe. Subs: McCabe Relse, Couture. Horeck, Guidolln, Bruneteau, McFadden, Conacher, McNab, Kelly.</p><p>New York&mdash;Goal. Rayner: defence. Bdrtolla Colville: centre. O&rsquo;Connor: wines. Watson. Hextali. Subs.: Shore Trudell. Warwick. laprade. Slowlnski. Russell, Gardner. Deswlck. Juzda. Moe.</p><p>Referee: King Clancy: linesmen: Joseph Springer and Harold Marsh.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04528/8548336-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="595" height="412"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 6</b></h3><p>MONTREAL&mdash;Paced by the Ted Lindsay, the Detroit Red Wings were too good for the Montreal Canadiens dropping the home club 3-1 before 11.158 spectators. Ted scored two of Detroit&rsquo;s three goals.</p><p>Both of his goals came In the first period within less than two minutes of each othe&hellip;The Wines took a 3-0 lead early in the third period on Gordon Howe&rsquo;s tally eight minutes before Rookie Jacques Locas fired home Canuck&rsquo;s only goal.</p><p>Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence Quaeken hush, Stewart; centre, AbeI, wings. Howe Lindsay; subs: McCaig. Reise. Couture. Horeck. Guidolln. Bruneteau McFadden, Conacher, McNab,-Kelly.</p><p>Canadiens Goal, Durnan; defence, Bouchard, Reardon: centre, Reay; wings, Locas, Riopelle; subs: Harmon, Leger, Laeh. Blake. Richard, Quilty, Campeau, Curry, Peters, Carse.</p><p>Referee. King Claneys linesmen, Butch Keeling ana George Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05365/8548329-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="600" height="354"></div><p>TORONTO&mdash;The Champion Maple Loafs went on a scoring rampage here sewing a 7-2 N.H.L. victory over the New York Rangers. In a rough game, the rangers lost Edgar Laprade who was put out of action with a concussion.</p><p>Syl Apps was the only Leaf to bag two goals while singles were potted by Bils Ezinicki, Ted Kennedy, Harry Watson, Vic Lynn and Bill Barilko. Buddy O&rsquo;Connor accounted for both Ranger markers.</p><p>New York. Goal, Rayner; defence, Colville. Eddolls; centre, O&rsquo;Connor; wings, Hextall, P. Watson. Subs: Shero Trudell, Gardner, Russell, Laprade, Warwick, Leswick, Judza, Moe, Slowlnski.</p><p>Toronti: Goal, Broda; defence, Barilko, Stanowski; centre, Apps, wings, Ezinicki, H. Watson. Subs: Mortson, Thomson, Kennedy, Meeker, Lynn, M. Bentley, Klykay, N. Metz. D. Metz, Thomas.</p><p>Officials: George Gravel, referee: Ray Getliffe and Sibby Mundey, linesmen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-06284/8548322-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="593" height="696"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9</b></h3><p>DETROIT&mdash;Thu Toronto Maple Leafs moved into second ploce in the N.H.L. standing by scoring a 6-0 shutout over the league leaning Detroit Red Wings. It was Toronto&rsquo;s second win In as many starts.</p><p>Toronto&rsquo;; scoring was evenly shared by Vic Lyn, Joe Klukay, Bill Barilko, Wally Stanowski, Max Bentley and Howie Meeker.</p><p>Toronto: Goal, Broda; defence, Boesch, Barilko; centre, Kennedy wings. Meeker, Lynn; subs: Stanowski, Watson, Bentley, Apps, N. Metz, D. Metz, Ezinicki, Klukay, Thomson, Thomas.</p><p>Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence, Quackenbush, Stewart; centre, McFadden; wings. Horeck. Guldolto. Subs; Kelly McNab, Conacher. Bruneteav, Abel, outure Howe. Lundy, Lindsay, MrCaip.</p><p>Refarae. Bill Chadwick: llnesmvn, Bay Getliffe and Silbby Mundfy.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-07222/8548315-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="590" height="354"></div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;The lowly Chicago Black Hawks finally ended their seven game losing streak by whipping the New York Rangers 8-6 for their first home win since last February 19.</p><p>The Hawks line of Gus Bodnar. Gaye Stewart an Bud Poile drew credit for three of the club&rsquo;s eight points. All three new players scored once. Doug Bentley led the Hawks with two goals.</p><p>New York: Goal, Rayner; defence. N. Colville. Eddolls: Centre, O&rsquo;Connor; wings, Watson, Hextall: subs: Shero, Trudell, Warwick. Slowlnski. Russell Gardner. Leswlick, Juzda, Moe, Raleigh.</p><p>Chicago: Goal, Francis; defence, Dickens. Goldham; centie. Bodnar; wings. Stewart. Poiie: subs: Mlrluccl. Prystai, D. Bentley, Gee, Brown. Hamill, Kaleta. Gadsby, Nattross, Michaluk.</p><p>Officials: George Gravel, referee; Doug Young and Stan McCabe, linesmen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-08177/8548308-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="594" height="696"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Includes games of Sunday, Nov.9)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-09135/8548301-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="605" height="2758"></div><h3><b>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-10109/8548294-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="595" height="189"></div><h3><b>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1190/8548287-1-eng-US/f0007-112.jpg" title="f0007-11" width="472" height="168"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO&mdash;A former great National Hockey League star, Harold &ldquo;Baldy&rdquo; Cotton, announced here recently that he will devote all his time to his duties as chief scout of the Boston Bruins. He resigned his position with a Toronto dairy company.</p><p>Baldy, as Canadian representative of the Bruins, will travel throughout the Dominion in search of young talent for the Boston clubs. His big aim is to pick up lots of promising amateurs for the Bruins and therefore strenghten the chain of farm clubs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

To Trap Bears

<p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>anky Bill Shill, who looked like one of the finest rookies to come along in years when with the Boston Bruins in 1945-46, is fast regaining his form under the capable handling of coach Lex Cook of the Dallas Texans In the U.S.H.L.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Shill Is Flying

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen asked how he thought the teams would finish the N.H.L. season next spring, genial Jack Adams, general-manager of the league-leading Detroit Red Wings, made it quite clear he was not going out on any limb.</p><p>After being probed a little further, however, the portly major-domo of Red Wings picked the clubs to finish as follows&mdash;Canadiens, Toronto and Boston in the first three spots, with the fourth and final playoff position a wide-open race between the three other clubs in the Campbell circuit.</p><p>Judged by the excellent play of the Motor City sextet thus far this season, it looks as though Jolly Jawn Is being a little modest in not picking his well-balanced Wings to finish higher up the ladder.</p><p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t tell a thing this early in the season,&rdquo; said Adams. &ldquo;Every club in the league has a good chance to finish in first place.</p><p>When asked it that included Chicago&mdash;presently a dismal last&mdash;he snapped &ldquo;Yes, even Chicago.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;This will be a dog-eat-dog race right down to the wire, and every team is a threat at this stage of the season,&rdquo; added the gent who is called Mr. Hockey in Detroit.</p><h2><b><i>&ldquo;Open Handed&rdquo;</i></b></h2><p>This season a hockey player may stop or &ldquo;bat&rdquo; the puck in the air with his OPEN hand, or push it along the ice with his hand, and the play shall not be stopped unless in the opinion of the referee he has deliberately directed the puck to a teammate in which case there will be a faceoff.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Jack Adams Picks Canadiens On Top; Every Club - “Even Chicago” - In Race

<p class="dropcap"><span>O</span>utstanding scoring feat of the week&rsquo;s play in the National Hockey League was turned in by George Gee of Chicago Black Hawks Sunday night as he scored two goals and assisted in two more. That effort, which helped the sixthplace Black Hawks garner their first win in seven starts this season qualifies the season centre ice puckchaser from Stratford, Ont., for nomination as the player of the week.</p><p>Gee, who tips the scales at 170 pounds and measures five feet, 11 inches, Is in his third season with the Hawks, which he joined in the 1945-46 schedule after two years with Kansas City Pla-Mors of the United States Hockey League and three years in war service.</p><p>Until his scoring splurge Sunday that started the resurgence of the sagging Hawks, Gee had collected but three assists in six previous games.</p><p>In a full season of 60 games last winter, Gee scored 20 goals and had 20 assists. In his first year, 1945-46, he had 14 goals and 15 assists In 35 games with the Windy City rew.</p><p>Before joining Kansas City in 19 41-42, Gee played amateur with the Sudburry Frood Mines crew the proceeding winter. He is a left-hand shot.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK

<div class="byline">By HAROLD FLACHSBART (St. Louis Post - Dispatch)</div><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>ay out on the western and southern tip of the American League circuit lies one of the hottest hockey towns in the United States, even if St. Louis hasn&rsquo;t had a winner since the days of the city&rsquo;s old American Association franchise.</p><p>Although the Flyers finished a bad last in three previous seasons in the American Hockey League, St. Louis has always ranked with the attendance leaders. Last year almost 230,000 fans filed through the turnstiles at the Arena to see the fastest game in the sport world, and the winter before that the total was over 240,000.</p><p>The fans are rabid. They bring cow bells, trumpets, sacks of coffee&mdash;yes, even torpedoes, which sometimes explode on the ice in the vicinity of a fist fight. It does not make any difference if the Flyers are losing by four or five goals, the fans will cheer every move a star-spangle garbed player makes.</p><p>There&rsquo;s an active Flyer Booster Club, under the wide-awake direction of a gent named Norman Wynne, and it was only natural that this cheer section (which meets even during summer months) should use the slogan &ldquo;Win with Wynne.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Loyal Supporters</b></h2><p>The Boosters in the past have made several trips to other cities to see the Flyers play, but this fall their first <b>BIG</b> trip is going to be a 600-mile train ride to Pittsburgh Nov. 22 to see the Flyers play in the Hornets&rsquo; home nest. And there are strong indications that as many as 200 or 250 will make that trip! That&rsquo;s fan loyalty if there ever was.</p><p>You can never tell, but just about that time the Flyers may need a little sympathy and rooting from friendly stands, for the Pittsburgh stop is the last leg of one of those back-breaking road campaigns, with play every night or other night on eastern rinks. The team&rsquo;s journey starts from St. Louis with Springfield, Mass., as first stop Nov. 12. Then it&rsquo;s the following night at Providence, at Philadelphia Nov. 15, at New Haven Nov. 16, at Washington Nov. 18, at Hershey Nov. 19 and then to Pittsburgh.</p><p>If Ebbie Goodfellow&rsquo;s squad comes out of that trip alive, it may make lots of noise in the Western Division standings.</p><p>St. Louis General Manager George Carson last spring signed Goodfellow, the same Ebbie who burned up the National Hockey League for many years, to a two-year coaching contract. Critics were skeptical when Ebbie came back from training camp with 13 holdovers players from the squad which finished the 1946-47 season, and only five newcomers. Was this going to be the same old losing squad?</p><h2><b>Goodfellow Works Magic</b></h2><p>But the critics seemed to forget that several deals made late last season had put the accent on youth, they forgot that the Flyers really did pretty well the last two weeks of March for a tail-end squad, and what they mostly failed to take into consideration was the magic of Goodfellow.</p><p>Ebbie had his forwards back checking and helping a defence that had been shaky as long as A.H.L. warfare was seen in St. Louis. Goalie Hec Highton took a new lease on life and in the early games this year was the sensational net-guardian most hockey men knew he could be.</p><p>That showing just helped to bring out more than 40,000 fans to those first four games, only two of which were week-end affairs. And the fans were seeing a type of hustling by their favorites they seldom had seen before.</p><p>One of the five newcomers is Don Grosso, the former Detroit Red Wing who helped Hershey to last spring&rsquo;s playoff championship. Grosso fits In nicely here on a line with the flying Paul Gladu and Ronnie Wilson. Don even held the league&rsquo;s individual scoring lead for a time last month.</p><p>Then there is the addition of Joe Lund on defence. A husky 20-year-old six-footer from the Head of the Lake area, Lund came back to St. Louis with the Flyers from camp in 1946 but didn&rsquo;t break into the lineup. He was farmed out to Dallas for more experience and now he looks ready for big time play.</p><h2><b>Kid Line Impresses</b></h2><p>Change that pleased the public more than anything else, however, was the importation of a kid line from Oakland of the Pacific Coast League. Left wing Steve Block, Centre Hank (Pop) Backor and Right Wing Johnny Raynak were the sensations of the Coast with a last-place club, scoring 106 goals among them, but there was some doubt if they were ready for A.L. competition.</p><p>Goodfellow answered that one. He brought them up and said if these shy youngsters aren&rsquo;t ready now, they never will be. Naturally nervous at first, partly because of big crowds, the kids (who grew up together in Port Arthur) are fitting in nicely. Backor, incidentally, is a brother of Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Pete Backor.</p><p>Back from last year are Ernie Trigg, Eddie Olson and the aggressive Hec Pozzo on one forward line, and also Billy McComb, Jud McAtee and Buz Brayshaw. Bingo Kampman, Jake Shewchuk and Doug Lane man the blue line with Lund. Don Clark, promising rookie last winter, was out since the start of the season with a groin injury.</p><p>So, it&rsquo;s a mixture of veterans and youngsters, newcomers and holdovers, which Goodfellow has moulded into a spirited St. Louis team. And if the Flyers could ever make noise enough to reach the playoffs, the town would go wild and those Booster Club peteers would no longer play the &ldquo;St. Louis Blues.&rdquo;</p><h2><b><i>Club President</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-012060/8548484-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="567" height="914"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>EMORY JONES</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Flyers Get Loyal Support; Mound City Fans Are Rabid

<p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>T. LOUIS&mdash;When Pat Callighen and chubby Ted Graham refereed for the first time in St. Louis last month, they noted with interest the new press box in the Arena high on one side, near the roof which covers centre ice.</p><p>&ldquo;Boy, I&rsquo;ll bet an official could see more off-sides from up there than on the ice,&rdquo; said Callighen. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s where we ought to have a third man.&rdquo;</p><p>He&rsquo;s right. The St. Louis reporters frequently see lots of things the officials don&rsquo;t see. But ain&rsquo;t that the case everywhere?<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bird’s Eye View

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-021538/8548539-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LEADING SCORING THREESOME of St. Louis Flyers represent Potent poison for other teams in the American Hockey League. Left to right they are Ronnie Wilson, right wing, Don Grosso centre Paul Gladu, left wing. Pivot man of this combination, &ldquo;Count&rdquo; Grosso is the smoo-thie who sparkled so many years with Detroit Red Wings. Gladu scored 30 goals last season, leading all Flyers.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Jet-Propelled Flyers

<div class="byline">By JIM ELLERY</div><p>WASHINGTON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>n this present day and age of fast action and high scoring hockey, the officials, scorekeepers and referees have many problems to deal with in performing their usual efficient assignments. Their task was not made easier this season with the introduction into the American Hockey League of a pair of twin brothers.</p><p>The look-a-likes are Danny Porteous and his brother Frank, playing with the Washington Lions in the American Hockey League. The Porteous brothers have already caused confusion and consternation in the ranks of the scorekeepers over which one scored the goal and who assisted. Most hockey players being team players and not individualists, they are loathe to raise a complaint when another player is awarded a point they rightfully deserve.</p><p>However, it is doubtful if anyone would serve a penalty that was caused by an infraction of rules by another, so it is assumed that Danny Porteous would raise strenuous objection if he had to &ldquo;sit out&rdquo; valuable playing time for some dastardly act of brother Frank. Thus it is fairly certain that penalties will always be recorded correctly.</p><h2><b>First Of Its Kind</b></h2><p>This twin combination on the same team is the first of its kind in the history of professional hockey, in the opinion of Lester Patrick whose knowledge of hockey players no one will dispute.</p><p>The Porteous twins were born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, and were inseparable companions both on and off the ice until they reached their 21st birthday. Then Frank turned to the professional ranks, with Omaha in the United States League, and brother Dan entered McGill University in Montreal. Now three years later, at the age of 24, they are re-united and aiding the Washington team inmmeasurably in their surprise showing In the American League.</p><p>During their period of separation, Frank compiled an admirable record in the United States League, scoring 21 goals last season. Brother Dan spent a year in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and last season returned to hockey action with Valleyfield Braves in the Quebec Senior Hockey League. Both welcomed the opportunity to play together again in the &ldquo;pro&rdquo; ranks as they had in the amateurs, and when offered the chance, Dan was eager to enter the monied ranks with the Lions. Frank had been obtained by Lion coach Jack Riley in a deal with Omaha.</p><p>Danny, a centre, Is the play making half of the duo and Frank receives his passes in his right wing position. The forward line of Washington is completed by Winfield Mousseau at left wing. The Porteous boys are both six footers and their playing weight ranges between 160 and 170 pounds.</p><h2><b><i>Reds In The Air</i></b></h2><p>PROVIDENCE, R.I,&mdash;Faced with a four-game grind in the space of one week, Providence Reds took to the air for the trip to Buffalo where they met Bisons in an American Hockey League fixture last Wednesday. Making the trip with the team were owner Lou Pieri and several Rhode Island newspapermen.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Porteous Twins Of Washington Giving Scorers Double Trouble

<p>HERSHEY&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>aurice Podoloff, president of the American Hockey League says that the 1946-47 A.H.L. season was &ldquo;by far the most successful in the history of the league.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;New attendance records were established in practically every city in the circuit,&rdquo; continued Mr. Podoloff. &ldquo;With the return to pre-war playing form of so many players who had been out of professional hockey for several years the brand of play was greatly improved and the competition was, in most instances, the keenest to be found anywhere.&rdquo;</p><p>The league prexy went on to say that the American Hockey League will continue to use the &ldquo;two refree&rdquo; system. And while no one has yet discovered the perfect method of handling hockey games, the vast majority of hockey men including many in circuits which do not employ the system, Podoloff claims, &ldquo;they have acclaimed it as being the best in current use.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Eleven On Staff</b></h2><p>Podoloff stated, &ldquo;A staff of 11 carefully selected referees handled our games last year and William J. Stewart, nationally known hockey and baseball official, supervised their activities.&rdquo;</p><p>The A.H.L. chief remarked on how professional hockey was on the upgrade in the United States. He thinks that the present 11-team setup in the American League cannot help but grow in future years.</p><p>Several cities which heretofore have never seen professional ice hockey are planning to build arenas. They have indicated their desire to join the American Hockey League and one of these, Cincinnati, has already been granted a franchise.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Building Halted</b></h2><p>It is not known definitely as yet whether or not the Cincinnati franchise will be put into operation next year, as the shortage of materials and excessively high cost of building construction have been the principal factors holding up activities.</p><p>However, Mr. Podoloff hopes that by the end of the 1947-48 season ground will have been broken, foundations sunk and steel will be going up for the new hockey emporium in Cincinnati.</p><p>&ldquo;Two other cities,&rdquo; said Podoloff, &ldquo;already members of the American Hockey League, have new plans drawn and engineered and sites selected and It is merely a matter of building materials and costs of labor which is temporarily holding up construction.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

A.H.L. Head Calls 1946-47 Best In League’s History

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<p>HERSHEY, PENN.&mdash;</p><p>One of the big reasons Hershey Bears are so tough on their opponents in the American Hockey League is burly, bruising Hymie Buller, their high-scoring defenceman.</p><p>Playing the right rearguard position for the Chocolate Bears, Buller had a good part in helping the team to their first playoff championship in history and possession of the prized Calder Cup.</p><p>He played in 63 of the 64 scheduled games Hershey took part in, and scored 12 goals and had 32 assists for a point total of 44. That&rsquo;s a good indication of Buller&rsquo;s play, showing he is a streamlined defenceman who carries the puck when opportunity presents itself and knows how to set up plays for his mates on the forward lines. He isn&rsquo;t a puck hog. by any stretch of the imagination.</p><h2><b>Pee-Wee Product</b></h2><p>Hymie, one of the few players of Jewish parentage in pro ranks, was born in Montreal March 15, 1926, but moved out west with his family at an early age, and settled in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.</p><p>He learned his hockey in Saskatoon&rsquo;s Pee-Wee League, that great developer of young talent. He played with the Pee-Wees from 1937 to 1940, and moved up to the Saskatoon Embassy Club Midgets for the 1940-41 season. He made the Junior Saskatoon Quakers in the following season.</p><p>New York Rovers, the amateur farm club of the N.H.L. Rangers, gave him a chance in the 1942-43 puck semester, and from then on he moved up fast.</p><h2><b>Tried With Detroit</b></h2><p>After his New York Rover experience, he went to the Indianapolis Capitals of the A.H.L., in the season of 1943-44, and went up to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.</p><p>The following season became to Hershey Bears and in 41 games, scored five goals and 17 assists for 22 points. In his second season, that of 1945-46, he had eight goals and 19 assists for 27-points.</p><p>He is a hard hitting defenceman and is able to capitalize instantly on scoring opportunities.</p><p>He met romance in Hershey, and is one of 10 Hershey players who have married girls in Hershey or the vicinity of Hershey. On May 19, 1946, at the close of the hockey season, he married Miss Elaine Witten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Witten of Harrisburg.</p><h2><b><i>Bouncing Bear</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-012029/8548838-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="558" height="1235"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HYMIE BULLER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hershey’s Hy Buller Key Rearguard; Rushing Style Of Play Helps Bears

<p class="dropcap"><span>E</span>ldie Kobussen, leading scorer of the Springfield Indians in the AmeMcan Hockey League last season was voted the most popular player in that city. One of his awards was a complete set of lootgear; from bedroom slippers to boots.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Well Heeled

<div class="byline">By GLEN GARRY</div><p>HOUSTON, TEXAS&mdash;</p><p>The United States Hockey League, which stretches from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to Houston, Texas, includes cities where ice hockey is a completely foreign game.</p><p>Texas, for instance, where men are still men and more six-shooters are carried than in any other state of the union, presents many problems. The Texans love their sports rough. Rugged citizens themselves, they nevertheless are a little startled at the vigorous way in which a hockey game is contested.</p><p>When the Omaha Knights, piloted by Mud Bruneteau, made their first visit to Houston to play the Huskies this season several incidents came out of the match. The game itself was not particularly rough. A few butt-ends and the odd high sticks or two were exchanged, not to mention a few harsh words, but the Houston fans who, like most fans, hate to see their team beaten) took exception to the Knights.</p><p>They claimed the boys from Omaha had applied the wood a trifle too vigorously to such citizens as Bould Michael McMahon, Hub Macey, George Agar and other lads who have been around for quite a few years.</p><h2><b>Beware, He Says!</b></h2><p>The Knights remained over in town for a second game three days later and during the interval Mud Bruneteau was the recipient of a number of anonymous telephone calls and letters. Mud picked up the phone the day following the first game and the conversation went like this:</p><p>&ldquo;Is this Mr, Bruneteau the coach of the Omaha Hockey Club&rdquo;</p><p>Mud cautiously allowed that it was, and the party at the other end continued: &ldquo;Well this is a local sportsman who represents a group of Houston hockey fans. We don&rsquo;t like the way your boys banged the Huskies around last night, and if you think you can come into Houston and get away with that kind of dirty play you are mistaken. I want to warn you that if you try it again we will show you a little Texas hospitality in reverse.&rdquo;</p><p>Before Mud could protest that he had been one of the most gentlemanly players in the history of the N.H.L. and that he had taught his boys to play hard clean hockey the Texan had hung up. The letters and other phone calls were in the same vein; &ldquo;Cut out the dirty play, or else!&rdquo;</p><p>Bruneteau, who doesn&rsquo;t scare easily, didn&rsquo;t pay any attention to the letters and calls and nothing came of it.</p><p>The Houston fans, who are now watching their second season of hockey, are enthusiastic about the game. Like most folks who are new to the game they know nothing about It and when they see one of their players driven into the boards they just naturally reach fort the old shooting iron.</p><p>Sam Houston Coliseum, home of the Huskies, is one of the finest arenas in the country. A city-owned arena it can comfortably seat 9,200 for hockey. It is a modern, concrete and steel structure and its eye level makes every seat a good one. Despite the warm and at times humid weather of the Gulf Coast it seems a safe prediction that the game will prosper there.</p><p>L.D. (Red) Webster, president of the Huskies, is <i>a</i> tall, likeable Texan who was for many years the sports editor of a Dallas daily. Red knows sports and he understands publicity and promotion. If any one can put the game over in Houston it is the dynamic redhead who seems to know everyone in Houston and is well-liked by public and press.</p><h2><b>Fort Worth Is Keen</b></h2><p>Over in Fort Worth, Eddie Shore&rsquo;s Rangers, which are operating under the managerial wing of Gordon (Tony) Savage, have started off well. In charge of the publicity and promotion for the Rangers is Jack Butterfield, nephew of Eddie Shore and as energetic a youngster as has come along in hockey in some time.</p><p>Jack has made friends with a host of folks in Fort Worth since his arrival last season. Texans are Just naturally clannish people, and although there is no state in the union where the natives are more hospitable, nevertheless a man must have something extra on the ball to get along with them as well as Butterfield is doing.</p><p>The Fort Worth arena, which is known as the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum, is second only to the Hershey Arena as the most beautiful sports palace in North America, and this does not exceed any of them. It is situated in a park setting which is easily reached. It is a marble, concrete and steel building which seats 6.500 and the seats are so arranged that a good view of the ice may be had from every seat in the house.</p><p>For the opening game Butterfield packed the house with nearly 7,000 enthusiastic fans, at least 50 per cent of whom, were witnessing their first hockey game. Jack did everything he could think of to explain the game to the newcomers, but he forgot one thing. He &ldquo;neglected&rdquo; to tell them that a hockey game consists of three 20-minute periods and in the event of a tie, that in the U.S.H.L. a 10-minute overtime period would be played.</p><p>Fort Worth got off to a great start and at (he end of the second period were leading the Houston Huskies by 4-0. As the second session came to an end most of the folks got to their feet and moved out to the lobby. Some gathered around the refreshment stands, but many of them left the building with impression that the game was over and Fort Worth had won 4-0.</p><p>These people know their football. Texas is one of the real hotbeds of the pigskin sport in the United States and when they saw the game was played in periods they assumed that there were just two and left.</p><h2><b>Even Radio Man Left</b></h2><p>Adjoining the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum is a high school football stadium (a modern concrete and steel one seating 25,000 which would make many colleges bow their heads in shame). A high school football game came to an end as the second period, of the hockey game finished and many of the hockey fans mingled with the people leaving the football game. The radio technician, who had worked the football game, was supposed to come over and set up the instruments to broadcast the last period of the hockey game met the people leaving the Coliseum and asked what was doing.</p><p>&ldquo;Oh, it&rsquo;s all over,&rdquo; they informed him, and the technician, a little puzzled, neverthless went home. When the frantic announcer caught up with him after the third period was nearly over he was greeted with the news that the game was over and Fort Worth had won 4-0. Actually the final score was 8-0 after the Rangers got rolling in the final stanza.</p><h2><b>Dallas Hustling</b></h2><p>Dallas, which has had hockey longer than either Fort Worth or Houston, is a good hockey town. The Dallas Arena is located right, in the Fair Grounds where one of the biggest fairs in the United States is held annually. It is not an ideal building for hockey, but it is the best available and is far from the worst being used in professional hockey today.</p><p>It accommodates 5,200 people and practically every game is played before capacity crowds.</p><p>The Texans, as the Dallas team is called, is coached this season by Lex Cook, widely known developer of amateur talent in Canada. Lex has a hustling club but will encounter considerable trouble in finishing at the top of the division this season because of the greatly improved teams at Fort Worth and Houston.</p><p>Clarence E. Linz, former Dallas newspaper publisher, is the owner of the Dallas club and has done a good job of putting the game over. Bill Sherrill, former newspaperman who has his own publicity firm in Dallas is taking care of the drum-beating for the team.</p><p>The fourth club in the Southern Division is the Tulsa Oilers. The Oilers are owned by a hustling businessman named Sam E. Avey who owns the Tulsa Coliseum, a bank, radio station and many other business enterprises and who cut his eye teeth in the sports world by promoting wrestling in several Oklahoma cities.</p><p>Sam is reputed to once have told a gathering of hockey moguls that he had always heard that wrestling impressarios could squabble about nothing more than any other group but that since he had become the owner of a hockey team he must advise his wrestling associates that they were being slandered.</p><p>Tulsa has had hockey since 1929. Back in those days such players as the great Duke Keats, Tommy Cook and Louis Napoleon Trudel trod the, ice for &ldquo;oil city&rdquo; fans. They know their hockey down that way and everyone of the Coliseum&rsquo;s 4,500 seats could be sold in advance for the entire season if Avey would permit it. He prefers, however, to have 1,000 &deg;eats placed on sale the day of the game so as to develop new followers.</p><p>When this reporter was in Tulsa recently he remarked that, although the newspaper publicity was good, there was nothing on the marquee nor any posters around the building to indicate that a game of hockey &bull;would be played there that night,</p><p>Avey, who really knows his way around in the sports promotion world, said: &ldquo;I have enough trouble trying to satisfy the thousands I have to turn away every game now without trying to entice new fans into the Coliseum.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>No More Customers!</b></h2><p>Coaching the Oilers this season is that canny center-ice-man of the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers, Clint Smith. Clint has had a little difficulty in getting his boys in the groove but he is the type who is a true student of the game and his team will improve steadily.</p><p>In the front office of the Oilers is Jack McDonald who was born in Scotland but has been around hockey teams for many years and is aware of the score at all times. The combination of Avey. McDonald and Smith is a sound one which should lead Tulsa to many winning seasons.</p><h2><b><i>Look Out, Mud!</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-011790/8548893-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="533" height="886"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>OMAHA KNIGHTS COACH, Mud Bruneteau, who had to duck for cover when decidedly irked Texans said his crew was being too tough on their Houston Huskies. Mud&rsquo;s theme song these days is: &ldquo;Lay that pistol down!&rdquo;</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Fans Irked When Favorites Bumped; ‘Lay Off, Or Else Patrons Warn

<p>The eight teams of the United States Hockey League have Arenas that seat from 5,000 to 9,500 spectators.</p><p>The largest arena is the Sam Houston Arena used by the Houston Skippers, seating 9,500 people.</p><p>The second largest is that of the Omaha Knights, the arena known as Ak-Sar-Ben, (spelled backward that&rsquo;s Nebraska), holding 7,000 fans.</p><p>An audience of 6,700 fills the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum the home of the Fort Worth Rangers.</p><p>The Tulsa Oilers and the St. Paul Saints teams are housed in Avey&rsquo;s Coliseum and the Auditorium, both having seating capacities of 6,500.</p><p>The arena of the Minneapolis Millers holds 6,000; Kansas-City Pla-Mors, 5,977; and the Dallas Ice Arena, home ice of Dallas Texans, 5,900.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

U.S.H.L. Rinks Seat 53,177 Customers; Largest, At Houston, Will Hold 9,500

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDING ON SATURDAY, NOV. 8 UNITED STATES LEAGUE</b></h3><p><b>Northern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-021286/8548969-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="594" height="141"></div><p><b>Southern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03857/8548962-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="587" height="116"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Includes games of Sunday, Nov. 2)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04656/8548955-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="598" height="670"></div><h3><b>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05514/8548948-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="597" height="322"></div><h3><b>LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Goals&mdash;</b>Len Mutcheson, Ft. Worth and Tom Forgie, Mpls. each 8.</p><p><b>Assists&mdash;</b>Ants Atanas, Mpls., 12.</p><p><b>Sixntouts&mdash;</b>Phil McAtee Ft. Worth, 2.</p><p><b>Penalties&mdash;</b>George Agar, Houston, 29 minutes.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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UNITED STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By BUNNY MORGANSON</div><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s getting hot, red hot, in the famous O.H.A, Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Series and before the season is a month old.</p><p>Already, pre - season favorites have fallen by the wayside, at least temporarily, and unexpected strength has exerted itself.</p><p>Scoring &ldquo;hat tricks&rdquo; among the juniors have been a dime a dozen, three players accomplished this unusual scoring feat on the same night and topping everything Gil St. Pierre with Barrie Flyers hauled off a five-goal performance in his club&rsquo;s recent 10-1 win over Young Rangers of Toronto.</p><p>But the big surprise, so far, has been the four game winning streak of the Windsor Spitfires. But since they have lost Goalie Terry Sawchuk, who turned professional with Detroit and was immediately shipped off to Omaha, the other nine clubs are hoping that Windsor may not be quite so effective. Another shock to the regular junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; fans, especially the faithful followers of St. Michael&rsquo;s College Majors of recent years, has been the utter collapse of any championship desire on the part of this year&rsquo;s edition under Joe Primeau&rsquo;s direction.</p><h2><b>Out of the Race</b></h2><p>To be quite frank, Toronto doesn&rsquo;t look to be in the Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Series race at all this season. St. Michael&rsquo;s and Young Rangers have displayed nothing impressive in their early games and Stafford Smythe will tell you that he is rebuilding the Marlboro Junior machine for a year hence.</p><p>That name Stafford Smythe sounds familiar. Yes, he is the son of the one and only Conn Smythe, General Manager of the Maple Leaf Gardens and the Maple Leaf Stanley Cup champions.</p><p>Like his father, Stafford is making his coaching start with the teenagers. Last season he led the Varsity Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; group through a whirlwind campaign &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t count on us this season,&rdquo; Stafford reports. &ldquo;But look out next year or perhaps the year after that. The Marlboros Juniors are definitely building for a future Memorial Cup winner.&rdquo;</p><p>Oshawa Generals, after winning their first three home games, despite a weak defence, took to the road and dropped their first game on &ldquo;away ice&rdquo; to the Kroehlers in Stratford. Galt Rockets with Alfie Moore, of goal-tending fame, as coach, found a winning combination but they had to play away from home to accomplish the stunt, defeating Art Jackson&rsquo;s Tee Pees in St. Catherines&rsquo; Garden City Arena.</p><h2><b>Buckley Takes Over</b></h2><p>Taking over in goal for Sawchuk in the Windsor net is young Al Buckley from the Ottawa district. A good goalie in his own right and he&rsquo;ll have plenty of chance to prove the point. Up front Windsor is loaded with experienced junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; players and they may give Jimmy Skinner&rsquo;s crew quite a bulge on the others. There is Jimmy Uniac, Bert and Bruce Giesebrecht, Ray Cooney, all with Galt last winter. Dougie McKay, who had a whirl with Oshawa, is also wearing the Windsor colors.</p><p>Tommy Anderson of the Old Amerks is Waving quite a time rounding up a strong defence for his Oshawa Generals. Pete Piquette appears to solve the goaltending problem. Just another goalie Oshawa has snared from Eastern Ontario. Bill Heggie recently joined the Generals&rsquo; defence after a brief trial with Marlboros. The Toronto lad has plenty of bounce in his checking and he may fill the bill for the Oshawa fans.</p><p>Generals have a real comer in Doug &ldquo;Dusty&rdquo; Blair, Charles&rsquo; young brother, Olie Olesuik, Bill Scott, Ross Lowe, another hold-over from last year, and Ted O&rsquo;Connor have displayed enough hockey class to merit attention. Generals came up with Frenchy Mayer this season and the former Galt Red Wing, who played last season in San Francisco, quickly proved his value to Anderson&rsquo;s annex with a string of eight point sin his first four games.</p><p>Emerson Emms is quite the &ldquo;happy fellow&rdquo; in Barrie as his Flyers, with ten hold-over players from last season, continue to play solid hockey at home and better than average on the road. Ray Garpiey bids fair to becoming the outstanding defence player in the OHA Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series this winter. He is still on the ground side, but the addition of hockey leadership and ability to lug the puck out of his own end of the rink has proved to be of great value to the Flyers. Bill Long, Gil St. Pierre, Rusty Aikins. Bill Barrett, Whit Mousseau, &ldquo;Speed&rdquo; Meger, Bruno Favero and Joe La France are all tried and true junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; players, having been with Barrie last season.</p><h2><b>Moore Is Coach</b></h2><p>Alfie Moore, former goalie in the N.H.L. and American League, really stepped into something when he took over the coaching chore for Galt Rockets. But Alfie never was one to let a few preseason worries get him down and he has finally sorted out his players. Orval Kelly and Harry Marchand came from Windsor in settlement for the Giesebrecht brothers tangle. Alan Singleton and Bob Robertson appears to make the best defence with Joe Tra-chuk back from Winnipeg and doing a fine two-way bit as relieving defenceman. Newcomers with Galt include Harry Pidherney from Toronto Young Rangers, Harold Hooper and Ronnie Bell, also graduates from Toronto minor teams. Donald Dougall from Kingston already has made Galt fans forget about Sawchuk, their goalie ace of last season. Sam Mulholland is another Kingston lad making good for the Rockets. Lyal Gibson from Smith Falls, George Bercham from Port Dover, and Stratford&rsquo;s Whitey Malcho are all going very well at this reading. Galt&rsquo;s native son on the team is Wiggie Wylie, last year&rsquo;s prize rookie. Kenneth McNally came to Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey for the Galt folks after a session with St. Michael&rsquo;s &ldquo;B&rdquo; junior Buzzers.</p><p>Not only have Stratford Kroehlers bounced back into the Junior &lsquo;A&rdquo; race with a well - balanced team but they made a ten strike in signing Wilbur &ldquo;Dutch&rdquo; Hiller as their coach. Bringing to Stratford a world of hockey experience &ldquo;Dutch&rdquo; is well fortified with several good players including Duncan Daniels from Winnipeg, Joe Beda, Pierre Cadieux, who starred for the last-place Hamilton Szabos last winter, and &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Armstrong, who has stepped right into the scoring swing with Cadieux. The youthful &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Mitchell is in his second junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; season with Kroehlers and playing much better. Topping a strong team out front, Stratford has Donnie Campbell in goal and the former De LaSalle junior &ldquo;B&rsquo; championship goalie has maintained the good work in higher company.</p><h2><b>Bauer Heads Bilts</b></h2><p>Boston&rsquo;s famous Bobby Bauer is now headman for the Guelph Biltmores and already they are rated as a team to be feared. Bun Marton and Len Speck handle most of the defence work. That famous flying duel from Falconbridge &ldquo;Yacker&rdquo; Flynn and &ldquo;Teeder&rdquo; McLellan have been snared by Guelph and paired with Glen Sonmer from Hamilton&rsquo;s junior &lsquo;B&rdquo; team of last season. Bobby Ewing, Eddie Bolan, Norm Martin, Neil Gordon, Ron Plumb. Lome Ferguson and &ldquo;Bing&rdquo; Miller along with &ldquo;Do-do&rdquo; Difilllppo have all responded to the Bauer treatment.</p><p>Art Jackson&rsquo;s St. Catharines&rsquo; Tee-Pees have won put one gam&reg; in four starts and the Garden City grief is terrific. But with Tommy Buck, Fiori Geogan, Bill Buschlen and Jimmy Maxwell along with Goalie Herman Gruhl on hand, things are bound to improve. Jackson has several new players in St. Kitts, thanks to their Boston affiliation, with Wayne Service and Bill &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Mullins of Toronto as the most prominent. Fred Hildebrand, brother of Ike with Marlboro Seniors, along with Topper Toppozzino, Johnnv McIntyre from List owel.-Joe Krahulec, George Sullivan and Douglas Houston, have yet to find their stride.</p><h2><b>Primeau Rebuilds</b></h2><p>Joe Primeau, who has coached St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors team to several O.H.A. titles and to three of C.A.H.A. Memorial Cup finals, winning two of them, faces the task of rebuilding. Best of the current Irishers are Tommy Horton, a hard-hitting youth on the defence and Gordon Hannigan up front. He is a brother to Ray Hannigan of last year&rsquo;s champions. Bill McNamara, Ron Barry, Peter Whelan, Eddie Clune, Joe Primeau Jr., Fitzie Fitzhenry, Brain McAllister and Joe Decourcy appear to be the best of the remainder. The Irish have a future goalie star in Teddy Shea, who jumped from New Toronto juveniles to the College team in. one short season.</p><h2><b><i>Junior Mentors</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-021549/8549007-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="544" height="914"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-031010/8549000-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="546" height="902"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FORMER N.H.L. PUCKCHASERS now coaching squads in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circuit are Art Jackson, left, and &ldquo;Dutch&rdquo; Hiller, right. Jackson, who played with Toronto, Boston and New York Americans, now leads St. Catharines Tee Pee Bruins. Hiller who flipped around the N.H.L. with Canadiens, Bruins, Rangers and Detroit, is masterminding Stratford Kroehlers.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Windsor And Oshawa Clubs Rated Top Dogs Of O.H.A. Junior Loop

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-011972/8549045-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><p>Arthur M. Wirtz, President Richard E. Miller, General Manager</p><p>John Mowers, Coach Al Bloemker, Publicity Director</p><h2><b>Subscribe Today</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04605/8549038-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="1191" height="1254"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Indianapolis Capitals Roster

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDING OF SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-011792/8549139-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="605" height="220"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s games</b></h3><p>November 6&mdash;Quebec 6, Shawinigan 3.</p><p>November 6&mdash;Shawinigan 8, Quebec 3; Valleyfield 9, Boston 2.</p><p>November 9&mdash;Valleyfield 6, Quebec 6; Royals 7, Shawinigan 2; Ottawa 6, Boston 1.</p><h3><b>Ganics of Coming Week</b></h3><p>Noverabe&rdquo; 12&mdash;New York at Quebec; Shawin&rsquo;gan at Valleyfield.</p><p>Novefber 13&mdash;Valleyfield at Shawingan.</p><p>November l6&mdash;Quebec at Shawinigan; Boston at New York; Ottawa at Royals.</p><h3><b>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1</b></h3><p>BOSTON&mdash;Punch Imlach&rsquo;s Acemen from Quebec scored a brace of goals in first two periods and then held off the Boston Olympics to win out 4-3. Heale cored twice for the Aces and Imlach and Planche bagged the other two goals. Barry scored two of Boston&rsquo;s markers and Manson the other,</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Boehmer; defence, (Thompson, Shill; centre, Kullman; wings, Gaber, Bettio. Subs: Dumond, Brennan, Barry, Fillion, Folk, Irwin, Manson, Meldrum.</p><p><b>Quebec:</b> Goal), Marois; defence, Renault, Labrie; centre, Heale; wings, Kovalchuk, Planche. Subs: Jamieson, Petit, Raglen, Imlach, Poulin, Ziedel, Marshall.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-021257/8549132-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="605" height="585"></div><p>OTTAWA&mdash;The two Q.S.H.L. bitter rivals hooked up for the first time this year and the league-leading Ottawa Senators walloped the Montreal Royals 10-5 before 8,000 fans.</p><p><b>Montreal Royals:</b> Goal McNeil&rsquo;; defence, Galbraith, Orlando; centre, Haggarty; wings, Pepin, Morin. Subs: Lepine, Fryday, H. Morenz Jr., Casavant, Malone. Laforce, Plamondon, Robertson.</p><p><b>Ottawa Senators:</b> Goal, Fraser; defence, Trainor, Copp; centre, Creek; Wings, McLean, Smith. Subs: Stahan, Mathers, Greene, Irvine., Regan, Smart, Tudin, Watson.</p><p>Officials: George Seed and Arnie Peter kin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03920/8549125-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="613" height="701"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2</b></h3><p>VALLEYFIELD&mdash;The Powerful Ottawa Senators hung up their second weekend win by defeating the Valleyfield Braves 5-2 to hold a firm grip on first place in the Q.S.H.L. standing.</p><p><b>Ottawa:.</b> Goal, Fraser; defence, Stahan, Mathers; cnetre, Check; wings, McLean, Smith. Subs: Copp, Trainor, Greene. Irvine, Regan, Smart, Tudin, Wayson, Murphy (sub-goal).</p><p><b>Valleyfield:</b> Goal, Tomori; defence, Barilko, Cameron: centre, Joannette; wings, Belanger, White. Subs: Ernst Bisaillon, Bougie, Sarra-Bournet, Bessette, Boyer, Corriveau Bergeron.</p><p>Referees&mdash;Ken Murray and Bill Barrette.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04759/8549118-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="605" height="304"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05597/8549111-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="604" height="262"></div><p>Followers of the great Howie Morenz in the National Hockey League during the star&rsquo;s brilliant craeer find the scoring summaries of the Quebec Senioh Hockey League familiar these days as Howie jr. burns up the loop.</p><p>The youthful Morenz, who is attempting to follow his famous father&rsquo;s footsteps&mdash;and eventually fill that long-vacant number &ldquo;7&rdquo; sweater of the Habitants scored the hat trick Sunday as Montreal Royals plastered Shawinigan Falls Cataracts 7-2 before 10,000 fans in Montreal.</p><p>Young Morenz&rsquo;s speedy skating and stickhandling and his ability to draw the goaler out of position before he takes aim and sinks his shot have the old-timers talking about Howie senior these days.&mdash;and a doubly-tough handicap to hurdle by the faet of wearing that famous Monrezn mantle.</p><p>Gerry McNeil, star goalie of Royals, last season&rsquo;s Allan Cup winners and Canadian senior titlists, was knocked out of action with a badiy-gashed eye in the Sunday game. Buck Buchanan of Cataracts slashed him around the optic when he swung at a high-bouncing puck anl got McNeil full in the face. He drew a major penalty for that.</p><p>SHAWINIGAN FALLS&mdash;Gerry Pla-mondon&rsquo;s three goals was the big factor in Montreal Royals&rsquo; 6-2 win over the Shawinigan Cataracts. The victory moved Royals into fourth place in the senior race. Pete Morin scored two and Jimmy Orlando one for Montreal.</p><p><b>Montreal:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence Galbraith, Laforce; centre, Haggerty; wings, Pepin, Morin. Subs: Orlando, Malone, Casavant, Plamondon, Lepine, Morenz, Robertson.</p><p><b>Shawinigan:</b> Goal, Murphy; defence, Limoges, Theberge; centre. Carthy; wings, Dewey, Deslongchamps. Subs: Bennett, Bergeron, Campbell, Fllion, Kosick, Maloney, Gagnon, Buchanan,</p><p>Referees&mdash;Dodds and Turgeon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06498/8549104-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="607" height="547"></div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;Playing their first Q.S. H.L. game on home ice, the New York Rovers again failed to win their initial contest of the season as the Quebec Aces took the New Yorkers into canjp 2-1. Andy Lambrecht scored first for the Rovers but Jim Blanche&rsquo;s goal evened the score. An overtime point by Joe Petit gave the Aces victory.</p><p><b>Quebec:</b> Goal, Marois; defence, Renault, Labrie; centre, Heale; wings, Kovalchuk, Planche, Subs.: Jamieson, Petit, Raglan, Imlach. Poulin, Ziedel, Tremblay, Renauld.</p><p><b>New York:</b> Goal, Gordon; defence, Giokas, McKay; centre, Toole; wings, Pervault, Swarthout. Subs: Gloude, Birukow, Kwong, Kotanen,. Anslow, Lanbrocht, Mickoski, Cote.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Sam Babcock, referee; Bill Scheer, linesman.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07453/8549097-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="601" height="314"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5</b></h3><p>QUEBEC&mdash;Rags Raglen scored two goals In the third frame to spark the Quebec Aces to a 6-3 Q.S.H.L. victory over the Shawinigan Falls Cataracts. Trailing 5-0, the Cats scored all their goals in the final period before the Aces&rsquo; defence tightened up.</p><p><b>Shawinigan:</b> Goal, Murphy; defnece, Bennett, Bergeron: centre. Carthy; wings, Dewey, Delongchamps. Subs: Pilon, Theberge, Buchanan, Kosick, Gagnon, Filion, Campbell, Maloney.</p><p><b>Quebec:</b> Goal, Marois; defence Renaud. Labrie; centre, Imlach; wings, Tremblay. Petit. Subs: Jemleson, Zeldel, Heale, Planche, Kovalchuk, Raglen, Stoddard.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Bob Barrette and Leo Murra.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08419/8549090-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="608" height="619"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6</b></h3><p>SHAWINIGAN FALLS&mdash;With Bill Kosick scoring three goals, the Shawinigan Falls Cataracts walloped the Quebec Aces 8-1 in a Q.S.H.L. game. Maloney, Deslongchamps, Dewey and Buchanan scored the other Shawinigan goals with Stoddard supplying Quebec&rsquo;s counter.</p><p><b>Quebec:</b> Goal, Marois: defence, Labrie Zeidel; centre, Heale; wings, Kovalchuck. Subs: Rlnfret, Jamieson, Stoddard, Petit, Poulin, Tremblay, Matteau, Gagnon, Renaud.</p><p><b>Shawinigan Falls:</b> Goal, Murphy; defence, Bergeron. Bennett; centre, Carthy; wings. Buchanan, Gagnon, Subs: Limoges, Theberge, Deslongchamps, Dewey Maloney, Kosick, Campbell, Callahan,</p><p><b>Referees:</b> Ken Mullins and peorge Mallinson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09387/8549083-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="605" height="550"></div><p>VALLEYFIELD&mdash;The Boston Olympics dropped deeper into the league basement along with their American cousins New York Rovers as the Valleyfield Braves humbled the Pics 9-2. It was Boston&rsquo;s fifth loss in six starts.</p><p>Andre Bisaillion was the leading scorer fcr Valleyfield with three goals.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Boehmer; defence, Folk, Irwin: centre, Kullman; wings, Gaber, Bettio. Subs: Thompson, Telford, Barry. Brennan, Manson, Meldrum, Filion, Dumond.</p><p><b>Valleyfield:</b> Goal, Tomori; defence, Barilko, Boyer; centre; Corriveau; wings, Bisalilion, Bougie. Subs: Cameron. Erinst, Belanger. Joanette, Bessette, White, Sarabournet, Bergeron.</p><p>Referees&mdash;Leo Murray and Bob Barrette.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10364/8549076-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="603" height="782"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE

<p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen it comes to pleasant summer occupations, Paul Gladu, star forward of the St. Louis Flyers of the American Hockey League, seems to have picked out the best. Paul aids hie father in the operation of a lovely little oasis at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, from which flows an amber fluid which is cool and delicious.</p><h2><b><i>Broken Stick</i></b></h2><p>A player whose stick is broken may participate in the game provided he drops the broken portion. A minor penalty shall be Imposed on a player continues to play with a broken stick.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

A Cool One

<h2><b><i>China Clipper</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11331/8549218-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="562" height="1019"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LARRY KWONG</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO&mdash;If the Chicago Black Hawk supporters can believe what Bud Polle said when hearing about the sensational five-for-two deal, then all will be fine in the huge Stadium for the remainder of the N. H. L. season.</p><p>Poile, who was one of the five players the Toronto Maple Leafs swapped to Chicago for Max Bentley and Cy Thomas, said before he left for Toronto, &ldquo;I was certainly surprised but I think it&rsquo;s for the best. We&rsquo;ll get Chicago back into the playoffs or bust our gussets.&rdquo;</p><p>With Poile go Gaye Stewart and Gus Bodnar. These three players made-up Toronto&rsquo;s Flying line, as al hail from Fort William, Ont.</p><p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s a break&rdquo;, said Bodnar. &ldquo;With Chicago I&rsquo;ll get regular play and I&rsquo;m confident I can prove that I belong in the majors. The way Dickens and Goldham were going in Pittsburgh they&rsquo;ll help the Hawks.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Playoffs Or Bust

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he former Montreal Canadien player Joe Benoit has his Sparans from Spokane resting in first place in the Western International Hockey League race. The Spartans lead the four-team circuit with four points with the Trail Smoke Eaters in second with two points.</p><p>Spokane opened the W.I.H.L. schedule with a 3-1 victory over the Nelson Maple Leafs and the following night they trampled the Leafs again 5-3.</p><p>The Smoke Eaters have played only one game so far this year. In their opener they dropped the Nelson Maple Leafs by 3-1. Leafs have yet to gain a win in three outings. However the game was costly for the Smoke Eaters who lost their ace winger, Zeke Clements. He suffered a fractured wrist.</p><h2><b>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1</b></h2><p>NELSON-&mdash;Trail&rsquo;s-speedy Smoke Eaters opened the 1947 - 48 Western International season with a convincing 3-1 win over Nelson Maple Leafs. The winners, who outplayed the Leafs from whistle to whistle, rapped home all three tallies in the first stanza while Nelson&rsquo;s counter came In the final session. The Smoke Eaters win was a costly one as their ace right winger Zeke Clements broke his right wrist when he was bodied by a Nelson rearguard on the second rush of the game.</p><p>Trail: Scodellaro: Shearer, Edwards; Turik; Cavanagh, Clements. Subs: De-Poalis, Christensen, Scott. L. Smith, Nicol, Gardner, Sammartlno, Irctfhdia, Hanson.</p><p>Nelson: Seaby: Gibson, Huddlestone; Irvine; McLean. Tatchell. Subs: Koehle Haldane, Larsen, Fargher, Winlaw, Vickers. Allen, G. Smith.</p><p>Officials&mdash;G. Sparrow of Nelson and M. Wellock, Trail</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-011948/8549270-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="590" height="356"></div><h2><b>Standing on Monday, Nov, 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-021474/8549263-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="597" height="173"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2</b></h2><p>SPOKANE&mdash;Joe Benoit&rsquo;s Spartans opened their season with a 3-1 victory over a battling band of Nelson Maple Leafs. The visitors drew first blood early in the first frame when Spence Tiatchell slapped one home. Spokane&rsquo;s Johnny Ursakl squared accounts nine minutes later and Sonny Barchyn notched the winner in the second stanza and passed to Bob Porter for the clincher in the final period. Spokane outshot the Maple Leafs 36 to 18.</p><p><b>Nelson:</b> Seaby; G. Smith, Huddlestone; Irvine; McLean, Tatchell. Subs: Gibson, Vickers, Allen, Winlaw, Koehla Larsen, Haldane, Fargher.</p><p><b>Spokane:</b> Kneeshaw: Nadeau, Krizan; Petrucci; Scott, Ursoki. Subs: Steeves, Flett, Blackett, McLellan, Porter. Anderson, Barchyn.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Gallipeau and Zarowny of Spokane.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-031024/8549256-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="595" height="348"></div><h2><b>MONDAY. NOVEMBER 3</b></h2><p>SPOKANE&mdash;Nelson Maple Leafs dropped their third game In as many nights by blowing a two-goal lead in the third period and losing to Spokane Spartans 5-3 in overtime. It was a bitterly contested tiff with players on both teams carrying their sticks high and bumping at every opportunity. Johnny Ursacki drove home the winner in the overtime frame while Lome Nadeau added the clincher.</p><p><b>Nelson:</b> Seaby; G. Smith, Huddlestone; Koehle; McLean, Tatchell. Subs: Gibson, Vickers. Allen, Winlaw, Haldane, Larsen. Fargher. Irvine.</p><p><b>Spokane:</b> Kneeshaw; Nadeau, Krizan; Petrucci; Scott, Ursacki. Subs: Steeves Flett, Blackett, McLellan, Porter, Barchyn. Anderson.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Gallipeau and Zarowny of Spokane.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04710/8549249-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="596" height="478"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Joe Benoit’s Spartans HeadingWestemLoop

<div class="byline">By DUKE McLEOD</div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he continued brilliancy of the league-leading Seattle Ironmen and the passing of famed hockey announcer Leo Nicholson took the headlines on the coast.</p><p>Seattle&rsquo;s red-shirted Ironmen had won eight games in 10 tries up to Friday to top the Northern Division of the Coast ice circuit by eight points over Tacoma.</p><p>Showing mid-season form while their opponents all appeared to be slowly working into shape, the men of Frank Dotten had things their own way continuing to win even though playing five games in six evenings.</p><p>Meanwhile, Vancouver&rsquo;s highly-touted Canucks were floundering in third place while coach Mac Colville darkly hinted that a shake-up would be due unless his lads won a game or two.</p><p>However, Vancouver&rsquo;s plight was not as severe as that of New Westminster, first team to take the long jaunt to California where the squads are asked this season to average five games inside eight or nine days and travel, too.</p><p>The Royals had lost their first two starts in the schedule and by week&rsquo;s end only showed one victory on their sheet.</p><p>Vancouver turned out en masse during the week for the funeral of sportscaster Nicholson, who passed away Tuesday afternoon.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDING ON SUNDAY, NOV PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE</b></h3><p><b>Northern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05483/8549420-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="591" height="160"></div><p><b>Southern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06381/8549413-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="578" height="137"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24</b></h2><h3><b>New Westminster 3. at Vancouver 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07297/8549406-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="601" height="548"></div><h3><b>Fresno 7, at Oakland 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08245/8549399-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="598" height="572"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY. OCTOBER 25</b></h2><h3><b>Vancouver 2, at Tacoma 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09214/8549392-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="599" height="287"></div><h3><b>Seattle 4, at New Westminster 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-10193/8549385-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="605" height="117"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-11168/8549378-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="606" height="217"></div><h3><b>Oakland 3, at Fresno 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-12154/8549371-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="600" height="390"></div><h3><b>Los Angeles 1, at San Francisco 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-13133/8549364-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="590" height="290"></div><h2><b>Sunday, OCTOBER 26</b></h2><h3><b>Vancouver 3, at Portland 1</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-14111/8549357-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="598" height="292"></div><h3><b>New Westminster 6, at Seattle 9</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-15101/8549350-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="592" height="802"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28</b></h2><h3><b>New Westminster 3, at Tacoma 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1687/8549343-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="589" height="396"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29</b></h2><h3><b>Portland 3. at Seattle 10</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1958/8549336-1-eng-US/f0014-192.jpg" title="f0014-19" width="593" height="704"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1</b></h2><h3><b>Oakland 4. at Los Angeles 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2055/8549329-1-eng-US/f0014-202.jpg" title="f0014-20" width="596" height="338"></div><h3><b>Seattle 3, at Tacoma 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2149/8549322-1-eng-US/f0014-212.jpg" title="f0014-21" width="598" height="516"></div><h3><b>Fresno 2. at San Francisco 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2246/8549315-1-eng-US/f0014-222.jpg" title="f0014-22" width="595" height="448"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Includes games of Sunday, Nov. 2)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1783/8549308-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="608" height="1103"></div><h3><b>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1863/8549301-1-eng-US/f0014-182.jpg" title="f0014-18" width="601" height="342"></div><h3><b>THE LEADERS</b></h3><p>Most Goals&mdash;Paul Rheault. Fresno. 7. Most Assists&mdash;Nic Cinor. Fresno, 7.</p><p>Hot Tricks&mdash;&ldquo;Bush&rdquo; Jackson, S.F.: Fred Gibbon. Oak.: Star Jones, Oak.; Dick Milford, Tacoma, each 1.</p><p>Penalties&mdash;Al Papike, L.A. 32 min.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

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Springfield Indians Roster

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE STANDING ON FRIDAY, NOV. 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-011774/8549545-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="600" height="163"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Results</b></h3><p>November 1&mdash;Regina 9, Edmonton 4.</p><p>November 3&mdash;Regina 2 Lethbridge 8.</p><p>November 4&mdash;Saskatoon 7, Calgary 2.</p><p>November 5&mdash;Regina 5, Calgary 4.</p><p>November 7&mdash;Saskatoon 5, Calgary 4.</p><h3><b>Games of Comink Week</b></h3><p>November 12&mdash;Lethbridge at Saskatoon; Edmonton at Calgary.</p><p>November 14&mdash;Lethbridge at Rpgina, 6; atoon at Edmonton.</p><p>November 15&mdash;Saskatoon at Calgary.</p><p>November 17&mdash;Saskatoon at Leth-brigem</p><p>The Regina Capitals head the Western Canada Senior Hockey League race with six wins in nine games and they lead the second place Saskatoon Quakers by two points.</p><p>The defending champion Calgary Stampeders, last year&rsquo;s Allan Cup finalists, have lost their last three games and are now lodged in third place two points over the fourth place Lethbridge Maple Leafs.</p><p>On taking to the road, the Stamps lost the opener away from home to the Quakers 7-2 and when they went on to Regina they bowed to the Caps 5-4. Back at Saskatoon two nights later, the Stamps were again edged out 5-4.</p><p>In last place with but one win in eight outings are the Flyers from Edmonton. Their four points were earned by a win and two ties with Saskatoon.</p><h3><b>WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 29</b></h3><p>SASKATOON&mdash;Before a crowd of 3.000 the Regina Capitals moved into first place in the W.C.S.H.L. race by whipping the Saskatoon Quakers 8-2. It was the Caps&rsquo; fourth win against one setheck High scorer of the game was Ab McDougall of Regina with three goals.</p><p>Regina&mdash;Goal, Fodey: defence, Barnes. Wilkie: centre, W. Kyle; wings. McDougall. Van Deeian. Suhs; Fisher, Brown. Bnivk. Staseson, Schmidt, Fairburn. B. Kyle.</p><p>Saskatoon: Goal, McAuley; defence, Vandaele, Craig; centre, Snider; wings, Bentley, O&rsquo;Hara. Subs: Fenn. Rempl, Jenkins. Burgess. Shabaga. Dutchak.</p><p>Officials: Buck Crawford, Bill Mc-Phailand D. Keough.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-021278/8549538-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="602" height="525"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30</b></h3><p>LETHBRIDGE&mdash;A goal by youthful Billy Gibson with but 43 seconds left tn the game, gave the Lethbridge Maple Leafs a 8-2 win over the Edmonton Flyers. The win enabled the Leafs to move into a third place tie with the Flyers.</p><p>Edmonton: Goal. Rollins; defence, Watt, Young; centre, Rimstad; wings. Pringle,. Clovechock. Subs: Pettinger Mahar, Black. McPherson, Buttrey, Harrison, Smitten, Krell er.</p><p>Lethbridge: Goal, Hughes; defence, Luke. Taggart: centre, lyatoskl; wings, Heximer, Hall. Subs: Gray. Norden, Boorman, Gibson, Simpson. Menzies.</p><p>Officials: Mel Friend. Elmer Reynolds and Eric Dolighan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03897/8549531-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="598" height="476"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31</b></h3><p>CALGARY&mdash;Bursting open with four goals in the first frame, the Calgary Stampeders went on to defeat the Regina Capitals 9-5. The Champion Stamps moved into first place in the Western Canada League standing with the victory.</p><p>Regina: Goal, Fodey: defence. Grinke. W. Kyle: centre, B. Kyle: wings, B. Ky&rsquo;e. McDougall. Subs: Barnes. Wilkie, Fisher Schmidt, Brown, Hauck, Fairbum Staseson.</p><p>Calgary: Goal, Dertell; defence, Hergert, Hunter; centre. Hunter; wings. Grant, Brownridge. Subs: Emery, Dame, McDonald, Culley, Wilder, Desmarais French, Defico.</p><p>Officials: Bill Layton. Poffenroth and Souter.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04662/8549524-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="596" height="741"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1</b></h3><p>EDMONTON&mdash;Scoring six second period goals, the Regina Capitals smothered the last-placed Edmonton Flyers 9-4 to move Into first place in the Weston Canada Senior Hockey League standing. Bill Kyle led the Caps&rsquo; attack with two goals.</p><p>Regina&mdash;Fodey; Gus Kyle Grinke; Bill Kyle, McDougall, Van Deeian. Subs: Barnes Wilkie, Fisher, Schmidt. Brown. Hauck, Fairburn. Staseson.</p><p>Edmonton&mdash;Rollins; Young. Watt; Mahar, Kreller, Bln--R. Subs; Pettinger, Buttrey, Pringle. Ciovechok, Rimstad, Smitten, Merluk. Holmes.</p><p>Officials: Referee, Reg. Moon; linesmen. Riley Mullins and Bob Haxby, all of Edmonton.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05464/8549517-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="594" height="601"></div><h3><b>MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3</b></h3><p>LETHBRIDGE&mdash;The league - leading Regina Capitals took their worst drubbing of the year when they were defeated by the Lethbridge Maple Leafs 8-2 in a W.G.S.H.L. contest.</p><p>Regina: Fodey; W. Kyle, Grinke; B. Kyle; McDougall, Van Deeian. Subs: Wilkie, Barnes, Fisher, Brown Hauck. Staaeson, Fairburn, Schmidt.</p><p>Lethbridge: Hughes; Taggart. Luke; Latoski; Heximer, Hall. Subs: Gray, Boorman. Kirkpatrick, Negrello, Nordin, Gibson. Simpson. Menzies.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Referee, Mel Friend; linesmen, Eric Dolighan. Dave Gibson, all of Lethbridge</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06372/8549510-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="589" height="581"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4</b></h3><p>SASKATOON&mdash;The powerful Calgary Stampeders were bowled over by the Saskatoon Quakers 7-2 and the home club moved into a second place tie with the Allan Cup finalists.</p><h2><b><i>Rough On Max</i></b></h2><p>The Boston Bruins have been rough on Max Bentley. During the past two years he has scored a total of 133 points. Only 18 of these have been garnered against the Bruins in that two year period. During the 1945-46 season when he led the league with 61 points, he managed to get only three goals and two assists against the Bruins. Last season he scored seven goals and six assists against them as he led with 72 points.</p><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07314/8549503-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="599" height="398"></div><p><b>Calgary:</b> Dertell; Stewart, Hergert; Hunter. Brownridge, &bull; Grant. Subs: Devicq. McDonald, Culley. Wilder, French, Barefoot, Dame, Emery.</p><p><b>Saskatoon:</b> McCauley; Dutchak, Craig; Shabaga, Bentley, Snider. Subs: O&rsquo;Hara, Brennan, Jenkins Burgess, Fenn, Rempel. Vandaele, Richardson.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Vic Lindquist, Winnipeg; Hedley McDonald and Buck Crawford, Saskatoon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08273/8549496-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="600" height="346"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY,. NOVEMBER 5</b></h3><p>REGINA&mdash;Before one of the largest crowd of the senson, the league leading Regina Capitals moved four points ahead in the league standing by edging Calgary Stampeders 5-4. It was Coach Joe Fisher&rsquo;s goal 35 seconds before the overtime period ended that gave the Caps their; triumph,</p><p>Kerirni&mdash;Foday: Walter, Kyle; Grinke; Bill Kyle; McDougall, Van Deelan. Subs. hBarncs, Wilkie, Fisher Schmidt, Brown. Hauck. Fairbum. Statcson.</p><p><b>Calgary&mdash;</b> Dertell; Stewart. Hergert; Hunter; Brownrdige. Grant; Subs: Finery, Barefoot. Dame. McDonald, Culley; Wilden. French, Devicq.</p><p>Offeifals&mdash;V. Lindquist. Winnipeg, C. Little, G. Porter Regina.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09245/8549489-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="593" height="595"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7</b></h3><p>SASKATOON&mdash;Before 4. R59 spectators the champion Calgary Stampeders lost their third straight W.C.S.H.L. tussle by bowing out 5-4 to the Saskatoon Quakers The win put the Quakers into second place two points behind the leading Regina Capitals.</p><p>Calgary&mdash;Dertell; Stewart, Hergert; McDonald. Devicq Culley. Subs.: Hunter. Brawnridge. Grant. Emery, Baref opt. Dame, Wilder. French.</p><p>Saskatoon&mdash;McCauley: Durchak. Craig; Shabaga; Bentley Snider. Subs: Vandaele. Richardson. O&rsquo;Hara. Forsey, Fenn. Brennan. Jenkins.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Lindquist. Winnipeg; Bill McPhail. Buck O-awford. Saskatoon.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10217/8549482-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="598" height="520"></div><h2><b><i>Start Rink Drive</i></b></h2><p>BRAMPTON, ONT.&mdash;</p><p>The campaign to raise $50,000 by public subscription to cover the costs of building a new artificial rink in this city was started during the first week of November. The arena will be part of the community&rsquo;s war memorial centre.</p><p>The arena will be used for the home games of the Brampton lacrosse team In the summer, and next winter it is hoped that the erection of the new building will revive O.H.A. hockey in Brampton. Since the old rink was sold In 1933, this city has been without indoor hockey facilities.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WESTERN CANADA SENIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="byline">&#x2026;by Graczak</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-11192/8549576-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>&ldquo;Anxious to get back into the game, isn&rsquo;t he!&rdquo;</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><p>HALIFAX.&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he renovated Halifax Forum is definitely the talk of the town. Just about a year ago City Council took over the old Nova Scotia Exhibition premises and promised improvements in the ice rink &ldquo;within a year&rdquo; But few expected the Council to go as far as It did.</p><p>The opening game in Halifax, brought &lsquo;rave&rsquo; notices from all over, when the rebuilt Crescents defeated the champion Moncton Hawks 6-4, attracted a paid crowd of 5,752 and gave the customers a first look at the improvements.</p><p>Right now there are twice as many lights as ever before. The ice is better than ever before. There are new entrances and exits, new dressing rooms, new canteens and paint has been artistically applied all over the plant.</p><p>And there is more to follow. The Forum, built in 1927 for Exhibition purposes&mdash;the artificial ice plant was installed as an after thought&mdash;had high walls between the rails and the seats. Now the walls are to crumble for box seats.</p><p>Along with the new Forum improvements are the satisfying antics of the rebuilt Crescents. Last season the Crescents blew hot and cold, usually the latter on home ice. They finished fourth and last behind the Moncton Hawks Saint John Beavers and Truro Bearcats. Attendance dropped and interest flagged generally in mid-season, with the usual upswing for the brief playoff series between Crescents and Moncton.</p><p>Now Crescents rate with the bets. With only two practices under their belts they held the strengthened Bearcats to a 5-5 tie in Truro and defeated the champion Moncton Hawks 6-4 in their Halifax opener. They have added new players all down the line and the critical fans, who flocked through the turnstiles for the opening game, said enthusiastically that they liked what they saw.</p><p>Billy Hannon, who played with New York Rovers before the war, with Royal Canadian Navy and Sydney Millionaires during the war years and with the Baltimore Clippers last season, has been installed as playing coach. He&rsquo;s a local boy, a star In baseball and hockey.</p><p>Bench manager is Gerald (Sham) Hanrahan, who served as coach last winter. Sham, as he is popularly known, was a senior hockey star at the tender age of 16 and has been around the hockey fronts for 30 years.</p><h2><b><i>Millionaires Build</i></b></h2><p>There are three new faces with the Sydney Millionaires this season.</p><p>A product of Winnipeg. Jack Gibson, who played with his hometown Monarchs when they captured the Memorial Cup two years ago, has lined up with the Maritime squad. Winger Bruce Gallagher and defenceman Sander MacDonald of Antigonish, N.S., are also with the club.</p><h2><b><i>How It&rsquo;s Done</i></b></h2><p>A hockey player skating in for a shot looks quickly at the net and goalie, photographs the image of his target on his mind, looks down at the puck and shoots. Most people think he looks at the net when he fires but he doesn&rsquo;t. Watch this play the next time you are at a game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Halifax Crescents Enjoying New Deal With Strong Team, Rink Improvements

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<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-01280/8549669-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="262" height="288"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-02168/8549662-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="269" height="300"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-03102/8549655-1-eng-US/c0004-032.jpg" title="C0004-03" width="1795" height="770"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pittsburgh Hornet Goalie Baz Bastien comes out of the case to clear a shot in American Hockey League game at St. Louis. The St. Louis Flyers, under Coach Ebbie Goodfellow downed Bob Davidson&rsquo;s Pittsburgh Hornets 4-2. Pittsburgh players in white jerseys are No. 5 Pete Backor, No. 3 Stan Kemp, No. 11 Pete Langelle, No. 17 John O&rsquo;Flaherty and No. 1 Bastien. Flyer players are Don Grosso, nearest goal, Ronnie Wilson in foreground and Paul Gladu in background.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bastien Stopped This One

<div class="byline">DAVE FARRELL</div><p>BOSTON&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;What are you aiming at this year?&rdquo; Max Bentley was asked the last time he played here with Black Hawks, before the epic trade that took him to Toronto.</p><p>&ldquo;I just want to win the scoring championship again, he answered. &ldquo;That will suit me fine. If I lead the league, then it will be a new record. No player has ever won the scoring championship three years in a row. I sure would like to turn the trick this year.&rdquo;</p><p>I wasn&rsquo;t aware of the fact that the 26-year-old centre from Delisle will establish a new record if he cops scoring honors this year. Only Charlie Conacher and Dave Schriner have succeeded in topping the league two years in succession. It will be a great tribute to Max if he can do it.</p><p>Talking about records, I mentioned Herb Cain&rsquo;s high total of 82 points for a season.</p><p>I&rsquo;m not out to break that record,&rdquo; he said very seriously. &ldquo;That doesn&rsquo;t mean that I wouldn&rsquo;t like to. I would. It&rsquo;s a tough mark to break. There will be more competition this year than the past two years. In winning the scoring championship last. season, I got 72 points and the year before I won it with 61 points. I&rsquo;m not aiming at any particular total this year. I just want to lead the league.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Max Doesn’t Want To Set Any Record; Just “Win That Scoring Championship”

<p>CHICAGO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>Y</span>ou can&rsquo;t judge this soon, but on their showing to date the &ldquo;exiles from Toronto&rdquo; who were sent to Black Hawks in the trade for Max Bentley have given Chicago fans all the best of things so far.</p><p>While Max Bentley, leading point-maker in the National Hockey League the past two seasons, has collected just one goal since he went to Maple Leafs, along with rookie Cy Thomas, the five ex-Leafs have been going great guns with the tail-end Hawks.</p><p>Gaye Stewart, a former rookie-of-the-year in the N.H.L. collected Chicago&rsquo;s only goal last Wednes-lay as Boston Bruins nudged hem 2-1. Then, on Sunday night is Black Hawks got their dander up and collected their first win of the 1947-48 season, the three Toronto tradees garnered three nore goals.</p><p>Each member of the &ldquo;Flying Ports&rdquo; line from Fort William, Ont., got a goal in that Chicago rompaway. Stewart got his second In new livery, while Gus Bodnar&mdash;another Calder Trophy winner&mdash;and Bud Poile found the range as Hawks sank Rangers 7-4.</p><p>Besides that full frontline trio which Conn Smythe sent to the Windy City in the year&rsquo;s biggest trade, the pair of defenceman save proved their worth in bolstering Chicago&rsquo;s weak rearguard In front of Emile Francis. The pair. Ernie Dickens and Bob Gold-ham, have added the needed bumping strength to the blueline brigade.</p><p>Bentley can&rsquo;t be judged on his showing yet, since he has to work himself into scoring efficiency in an entirely new environment and with all new team mates, whereas the Leaf players have been working as a unit.</p><p>Max undoubtedly misses his old linemate, brotner Doug, since the pair have been-working together as a smooth-clicking unit for several years. Each helped the other immeasurably, and the question occupying N.H.L. fans right now is just how Max will get along on his own. Given a pair of wingers like he had with Chicago, there&rsquo;s no reason why he shouldn&rsquo;t be as good as ever.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Chicago Hawks Take 4-1 Goal Edge In Trade

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>wice as many National Hockey League players were born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, than in any other city in the world, After checking the birthplaces of the 102 current players it is found that 12 of these players first saw the light of day in Winnipeg. Toronto is the next most productive city, having sired six National Leaguers.</p><p>Winnipeg, a city of less than half the population of Toronto, has long been the most fertile field for developing major league hockey players. Montreal has been the birthplace of five players, while Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, has four of its native sons performing In the National Hockey League.</p><p>Many Canadian cities, among them Saskatoon,. Toronto and Montreal, have developed many players presently campaigning in the National League, but when it comes to actually being the birthplace of the greatest number of National League players, Winnipeg wins hands down.</p><h2><b>Ontario Leads Way</b></h2><p>The Province of Ontario leads a 11 Canadian Provinces in the production of players, with 34 N.H.L. players being born in Ontario. There are 24 Saskatchewan-born players dotting the lineups of the six clubs, while Manitoba-bred pucksters total 18. Quebec has 10 native sons in the League, Alberta has six, and Nova Scotia one. There isn&rsquo;t a single player in the League who was born in either of the three remaining Canadian provinces, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia.</p><p>Four of the present N. H. L. players were born in the United States, with Eveleth, Minnesota, being the birthplace of two of these. &ldquo;Frigid Frankie&rdquo; Brimsek, Boston Bruins&rsquo; great goalkeeper, and Johnny Mariucci, captain of Chicago Black Hawks, were born in Eveleth. Pete Babando, Boston&rsquo;s classy-looking rookie wingman, was born in Braeburn, Pennsylvania, while Bill Moe, New-York Rangers&rsquo; rugged rearguard, made his debut into the world at Danvers, Mass.</p><p>Four players were born in Great Britain&mdash;two in Scotland and one each in Wales and Ireland. Detroit Red Wings have two of the Old Country-born players on their roster, Jimmy Conacher was born, in Motherwell, Scotland, while Belfast, Ireland, is the birthplace of Jim McFadden.</p><p>Rookie Cy Thomas, who was traded along with Max Bentley to Toronto from Chicago, in hockey&rsquo;s biggest trade, started out in life in Dowlais, Wales. Adam Brown of Chicago was born in John-gtone, Scotland.</p><p>No less than 52&mdash;which is over half of the players presently campaigning in the National Hockey League&mdash;were born in Western Canada. This area has long been known as hockey&rsquo;s richest breeding ground. It is indeed remarkable when one considers the ratio per capita of the three Prairie Provinces to the more densely-populated provinces of Ontario and Quebec.</p><h2><b><i>Chicago Yankee</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0536/8549755-1-eng-US/c0004-052.jpg" title="C0004-05" width="566" height="898"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHNNY MARIUCCI</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>Scottish Hawk</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0631/8549748-1-eng-US/c0004-062.jpg" title="C0004-06" width="546" height="822"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ADAM BROWN</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Winnipeg Tops Cities Sending N.H.L. Players

<p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ELISLE, SASK.&mdash;William Bentley didn&rsquo;t think that his two sons, Max and Doug, should have been separated after he heard that Max had been traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>&ldquo;If I were they I wouldn&rsquo;t have broken them up,&rdquo; he was quoted as saying after the deal between the two National Hockey League clubs.</p><p>The cause of Mr. Bentley&rsquo;s disappointment was probably due to the fact that Bentleys specialized in family teams. The seven Bentley daughters along with a neighbor formed a terrorizing female hockey team.</p><p>Mr. Bentley doesn&rsquo;t think that either of the boys will play as well since Max has left the Hawks.</p><p><b>N.H.L RULE BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE</b></p><p>National Hockey League fans can obtain copies of the Official Rule Book bv writing to Dept. HN, National Hockey League. 603 Sun Life Building, Montreal, and enclosing ten cents to cover the cost of mailing.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bentley Senior Is Sorry About Trade

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0459/8549810-1-eng-US/c0004-042.jpg" title="C0004-04" width="602" height="278"></div><h2><b>November 12 to November 19</b></h2><p>16&mdash;Ray Powell, Kansas City centre, 1925; Thomas Wilson, St Louis, goalkeeper, 1921.</p><p>17&mdash;William Warwick, Philadelphia, left wing, 1924.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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