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January 28, 1948

The Hockey News January 28, 1948

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he American Hockey League All-Star race gets off to a flying start this week as the fans get their chance to vote for the outstanding goalies in the loop and help place their favorites on THE HOCKEY NEWS team of stars.</p><p>The balloting for the A.H.L. All-Star team will run for six weeks, with the defencemen, centres, right and left wingers and coaches getting their chance for selection to the fans&rsquo; own team in succeeding weeks. Ballotting for positions on the mythical crew will conclude in the March 3 issue with an announcement of the A.H.L. team slated for March 31.</p><p>You can select your favorite A.H.L. goaltender and send the ballot in now if you wish. Or, if you prefer to wait until later in the season to see how the net-minders fare over a longer stretch of competition, you may hold your ballot and send it in later, perhaps when you have clipped ballots and made selections for all positions, plus coach, on the A.H.L. All-Star sextet.</p><p>The only stipulation is that, whether you send the ballots in to THE HOCKEY NEWS individually, or wait until you have a complete team, all ballots MUST BE MAILED AND POSTMARKED NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT MARCH 11.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-011621/8234284-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="277" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harvey Bennett Providence</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-021367/8234277-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="271" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gordie Henry Hershey</b></figcaption></div><p>Procedure for nominating your is the same as N.H.L voting which began last week. You are allowed three choices, with five points going to the players na med for each first choice, three for second choice and one point for third choice.</p><p>Simply pick the goaltender who in your opinion is the best in the league, and write his name and the club he plays for in the line marked &ldquo;first choice.&rdquo; Then take the player you consider next best and write him in as second choice. Do the same for your third choice, and the Job is done.</p><p>On every ballot, be SURE YOU WRITE OR PRINT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN FULL when you send in your All-Star selections in each of the three leagues National, American and United States.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-031016/8234270-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="275" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>&ldquo;Baz&rdquo; Bastien Pittsburgh</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04769/8234263-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="273" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Connie Dion Buffalo</b></figcaption></div><p>Ballots for the A.H.L. team will be received right up to the deadline, and then the job of counting up the votes will commence The winning goalie who will be chosen for this, the first fans&rsquo; team selected by popular ballot, will be the player receiving the most points on the five-three-one basis. The A.H.L. All-Star Team will be announced in THE HOCKEY NEWS in the March 31 issue.</p><p>There are 11 teams in the A.H.L., and more than that number of goaltenders, so space does not permit us to print pictures of all of them. But four of the regular netminders are shown here, with a list of the 11 eligible candidates at the top of the page.</p><p>Please remember, though, that THE HOCKEY NEWS is not endorsing the players whose pictures appear each week&mdash;they are simply representative of the candidates in the field. If you prefer any player other than those whose pictures are shown, vote for him. you think are the best at their positions, and qualify in all respects for selection to the All-Star team.</p><p>Next week THE HOCKEY NEWS will publish the ballot for American League defencemen, when you will have the chance to choose your favorite blueline men. After that, players at other positions get their chance.</p><p>Next week, also, the first ballot for the United States League will appear, as goaltenders are chosen in that progressive loop in the American mid-west. Then the voting for all three professional leagues will be in full swing.</p><p>The second N.H.L. ballot appears on page 4 of this week&rsquo;s issue, this time for defencemen. So, sharpen up your pencils, get out your record books and statistic sheets, and start furrowing your brows over your favorites!<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

A.H.L. All-Star Vote BeginsThis Week-Take Your Pick

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03975/8234525-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>EXPENSIVE PARAPHERNALIA required by every player in the big leagues is shown graphically in the above layout. Not indicated, however, are such, things as suspenders, athletic supporters, extra pairs of stockings, sweaters, etc.&mdash;not to mention the sticks each puckster runs through in a season. Modelling the equipment is Bobby Carse of Cleveland Barons. The picture was taken while he was with Montreal Canadiens.</b></figcaption></div><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;</p><p>A survey of the Pacific Coast Hockey League at this time finds two new coaches since the league opened hostilities last October 21 and the playing mentors boosted from five to six.</p><p>Ken McKenzie, owner of the New Westminster Royals, was handling the dual job as owner and coach of his club, but vacated the latter position with the acquisition of former New York Ranger star Alex Shibicky in December.</p><p>Shibicky, left winger on the famed Neil and Mac Colville line, has lifted his Royals from the cellar, into fourth place. The Royals are right on the heels of Vancouver, coached by his former linemate&mdash;Mac Colville.</p><p>A new deal was ushered in at San Diego with the coming of the new year, George Boothman, exToronto Maple Leaf and Buffalo forward, was advanced to playing mentor with the ousting of Joffre Desilets, former Montreal Canadian.</p><p>Bob Gracie, Fresno Falcons&rsquo; coach, joined the ranks of the playing masterminds January 10, making Six of the 10 coaches active performers. The other playing coaches are: Colville, Eddie Dartnell, Seattle; Les Cunningham, San Francisco; Johnny Polich, Los Angeles: and Boothman.</p><h2><b><i>Everything Costs Money</i></b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Coaching Jobs Change Hands Over In PCHL

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDING ON MON. A.M., JAN. 26.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-15110/8235697-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="615" height="223"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>January 21&mdash;Ottawa 12, New York 3; Valleyfield 9, Boston 5.</p><p>January 22&mdash;Montreal 8, Valleyfield 6; Quebec 6, Boston 4; Shawinigan 6. New York 4.</p><p>January 25&mdash;Montreal 5, Quebec 4; Valleyfield 7, Shawinigan 4, Ottawa 7, Boston 4.</p><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21</b></h2><p><b>New York 3, at Ottawa 12 First Period</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-16100/8235690-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="609" height="738"></div><h2><b>Boston 5, at Valley field 9. First Period</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1783/8235683-1-eng-US/f0012-172.jpg" title="f0012-17" width="613" height="814"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 Valleyfield 6. Montreal 8.</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1872/8235676-1-eng-US/f0012-182.jpg" title="f0012-18" width="613" height="886"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 25</b></h2><p><b>Quebec 4 at Montreal 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1962/8235669-1-eng-US/f0012-192.jpg" title="f0012-19" width="607" height="266"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2058/8235662-1-eng-US/f0012-202.jpg" title="f0012-20" width="619" height="347"></div><h2><b>Ottawa 7 at Boston 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2143/8235655-1-eng-US/f0012-212.jpg" title="f0012-21" width="618" height="526"></div><h2><b>Valleyfield 7 at Shawinigan 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2229/8235648-1-eng-US/f0012-222.jpg" title="f0012-22" width="624" height="779"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>Including: Games of January 18</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2324/8235641-1-eng-US/f0012-232.jpg" title="f0012-23" width="618" height="651"></div><h2><b><i>Lift Suspension</i></b></h2><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;President Al Sutphin of the American Hockey League Cleveland Barons, announced the suspension of Tony Bukovich, 30-year-old, left wing, has been lifted and that the forward has been optioned to Minneapolis Milllers of the United States League.</p><p>Sutphin said no fine was imposed on Bukovich, who left the Barons without permission a month ago and returned to his home in Northern Michigan.</p><h2><b>HOCKEY PHOTOS</b></h2><p>Big glossy 8 &times; 10 genuine photographs of your favorite National Hockey League players - 50c each or 12 for $5.00 FREE catalog listing 2500 celebrities of every sport upon request. National Sports Photos, Inc. 145 West 45 St. New York 19, N.Y.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-01262/8236186-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="254" height="292"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-02151/8236179-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="262" height="308"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0387/8236172-1-eng-US/c0004-032.jpg" title="C0004-03" width="1754" height="924"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>STREAKING IN from behind to aid ids unprotected goalkeeper is George Millingen No. 20, rookie defenceman of St. Louis as Hec Highton slides out of his cage to save a goalward thrust by Philadelphia&rsquo;s Mike Narduzzi. The two St. Louis players collaborated in clearing the puck after Narduzzi drove a shot that rebounded off Highton&rsquo;s pads.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hec Lets George Do It

<div class="byline">&#x2026;by Kavetski</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-011015/8236389-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Selecting Stars

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he present plight of the once powerful Montreal Canadiens has General Manager Frank Selke more than a little worried to say the least, for now with the teams coming down the home stretch of the National Hockey League schedule all Montreal is beginning to wonder if Les Habitants will get a share of the Stanley Cup playoff melon.</p><p>The Canadiens had an excellent chance to catch the Boston Bruins last Wednesday night when they played the lowly Chicago Black Hawks in Chicago but the Canucks lost out 3-1 and followed up by bowing to the front-running Detroit Red Wings Saturdaydiens lost to the Wings, the Habitant G.M. hopped a train for Buffalo to look over the Bison stock.</p><p>When he departed for Buffalo the rumors soon started to fly that another big shakeup loomed over Montreal&rsquo;s hockey horizon and that Selke was down in the American League centre to decide just who he would bring in to reinforce his sagging N.H.L. club.</p><p>But nothing happened and when he returned here Monday he told THE HOCKEY NEWS, &ldquo;None of the Buffalo players look as good as those presently with Canadiens.&rdquo; He then stated that the club will remain as is for the present at least.</p><p>The only bit of news he had to divulge was Leo Gravelle, who played part of last season and this year with the Canadiens had been sent to the Houston Huskies of the United States League. With no one of N.H.L. calibre in Buffalo at the moment, Canadiens will carry on with their present squad.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

“Nothing In Buffalo,” Says Selke After Tour In Search Of Players

<p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;</p><p>Although they&rsquo;re holding down the cellar in the Western Division of the American Hockey league, there&rsquo;s not much the matter with St. Louis Flyers these days&mdash;except that they happen to be In the wrong part of the league.</p><p>Flyers, currently about the most consistent team in the 11-club circuit along with Cleveland Barons are zipping along at a fast pace and giving lots of trouble to the front-runners like Providence, Pittsburgh and International ment with 40 points.</p><p>That 40 points however, would be enough to place them in fourth position in the Eastern Division, within shooting distance of second-place New Haven&rsquo;s 45 points and Hershey&rsquo;s 43. But in the Western part of the league they are a good 10 points behind fourth-place Cleveland, and 17 points out of second.</p><h2><b>FLYER SNIPERS ACTIVE</b></h2><p>Playing a large part in the resurgence of Flyers is the steady scoring of Paul Gladu and veteran Don Grosso, who now hold down fourth and fifth places in the scoring race. Gladu has added 20 points to his total during the past four weeks, and Grosso has clicked for 19 to move up in the parade which is still led by high-scoring Carl Liscombe of Providence.</p><p>Ebbie Goodfellow&rsquo;s men from the Mound City were tripped up by Buffalo, 6-3, on Sunday night, but that was only their second loss in eight games. They have won five and tied one in that stretch, since January 6. Only Cleveland has an edge on them in the same period, drawing two and losing but one in the same number of contests.</p><h2><b>RAMBLERS GOING STRONG</b></h2><p>New Haven Ramblers also are showing improved form the last week or so, now that they have their goaltending problem straightened out with Chuck Rayner between the pipes. Doug Stevenson was holding down the job for a while, when Rayner was recovering from the injury that knocked him out of the New York Rangers nets and pulled Sugar Jim Henry from the New Havecitadel.</p><p>Ramblers have a new line that is showing plenty of class and worrying opposing goalies all the time. The trio, with Ken Davies at centre and Wingy Johnston and Chick Webster patrolling the boards, has proved a potent scoring combination. In Saturdiy game, when Ramblers hammered Philadelphia Rockets 11-2, the line accounted for eight goals Davies getting four and the other two apiece.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Lose But Two In Last Eight AHL Contests

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he team that scores the first goal in a hockey game usually wins. In a survey taken by the National Hockey League of 111 games played up to and including Jan. 21, the importance of scoring the first goal is vividly de-monstrated. To illustrate the significance of flashing the red light first, Toronto Maple Leafs tallied the first goal in 18 games and out of these 18 games they won 14, tied two and lost two. Toronto, therefore, won 77.7 per cent of their first goal. In the 18 games that the opposing clubs scored the first goal against the Leafs, the Torontonians were able to triumph in only four games, while tying seven and losing seven. This gave the Leafs a winning percentage of 22.9 when the opposition counted first.</p><h2><b>WINGS FAST STARTERS</b></h2><p>In 26 contests the Detroit Red Wings fired the initial goal of the game, and out of that number the Red Wings skated off as winners 17 times. They tied seven and dropped two, which gave the Motor City aggregation a total of 31 points out of a possible 52. By scoring the first goal they won 65.4 per cent of their games. When the opposition scored first against the Red Wings, which was 11 times, the Detroit sextet were only able to win twice, while losing eight and drawing one for an 18.2 per cent winning mark.</p><p>New York Rangers tallied the Introductory goal in 15 encounters and out of the 15 they won eight, lost three and tied four for a winning percentage of 53.3. In the 22 games that the Rangers&rsquo; opponents notched the first tally, the New Yorkers were able to emerge victorious on seven occasions. The opposition won 12 of the games and three were split. Rangers have the best percentage of games won when the opposition scored firsts with a 31.8 per cent mark.</p><h2><b>BRUINS SCOTCHED OFTEN</b></h2><p>Ten of the 13 games won by the Boston Bruins came about when Bruins snipers fired the initial goal of the contest. The Bruins&rsquo; record for the 15 games in which they scored first, is 10 wins, three draws and two losses. In the 21 games that the opposition scored first, Bruins won three, lost thirteen and tied five. The Bruins&rsquo; winning percentage when they scored the first goal is 66.6 while their winning percentage when the opposition scored first is a meager 14.3.</p><p>In 19 struggles with the opposition, Canadiens scored the first goal. They won 10 of these while losing four and drawing five. This gives the Flying Frenchmen a winning mark of 52.6 per cent while registering the inaugural counter in a game In 18 skirmishes Canadiens&rsquo; adversaries pumped home the first goal 18 times; Out of these 18 games, the Canucks won three, tied three and lost 12 for a winning percentage of 16.7.</p><p>The importance of scoring the first goal is very enlightening in the case of the Chicago Black Hawks. The Hawks are in the N.H.L. cellar with 11 wins, and 10 of these wins were made when the Hawks scored the first goal. In the 17 games they were able to garner the opening goal, the Black Hawks won 10 and lost seven. In the 20 games that the opposing teams scored first, the Hawks were able to win only one game while losing 17 and tying twice. This gives the Hawks a 58.5 wining percentage when they scored the first goal and an anaemic.05 per cent when the opposition tallied the initial counter.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Get There First&rdquo;</b></h2><p>If the above figures are any criterion, the six N.H.L. coaches would be wise to send their charges out on the ice with these parting words, &ldquo;Get out there and get that first goal.&rdquo;</p><p>The following tables indicate the significance of the first goal scored in the 111 games played up to and including January 21, 1948.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07323/8236358-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="598" height="814"></div><p>Difference of one game&mdash;Sunday, November 30. Toronto at Boston, ended in 0-0 tie<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Team Scoring Initial Goal Has Advantage

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>L</span>isted below are the regular goaltenders of the 11 teams in the American Hockey league, for your guidance in selecting your choice for THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star A.H.L. Team:</b></p><p>Buffalo</p><p>Cleveland</p><p>Hershey</p><p>Indianapolis</p><p>New Haven</p><p>Philadelphia</p><p>Pittsburgh</p><p>Providence</p><p>Springfield</p><p>St. Reais</p><p>Washington</p><p>Connie Dion</p><p>Johnny Bower</p><p>Gordon Henry</p><p>Ralph Almas</p><p>Chuck Rayner</p><p>Harvey Jessinian</p><p>&ldquo;Baz&rdquo; Bastien</p><p>Harvey Bennett</p><p>Floyd Pcrras</p><p>Heo Highton</p><p>Gordon Beil<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

YOUR CANDIDATES

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>FRESNO, CALIF.&mdash;</p><p>The Fresno Ice Rink, home of the Fresno Falcons in the Southern Division of the Pacific Coast Hockey League, has a seating capacity of 3.508, but that didn&rsquo;t stop, tablishing a new attendance mark recently when 3,741 sequeczed their way into the rink to see their beloved Falcons trounce invading Seattle 8-2. This was the largest crowd to ever see a hockey game in Fresno.</p><p>One week later, January 17 the second largest crowd in the rink&rsquo;s history-3,538 witnessed the Fresno-Los Angeles battle.</p><p>In the short time hockey has been played in Fresno (second season in the P.C.H.L.) the Fres-noltes have taken to the puck and stick game by leaps and founds. The man mainly responsible for the rapid&rsquo; growth of the game is Fred S. Bergin, owner and president of the club and the rink. Bergin was recently appointed chairman of the Board of Directors of the P.C.H.L. at the league&rsquo;s mid-winter meeting held in San Francisco, January 13 and 14.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Record Crowd Of Fresno Fans Jam Rink To Rafters

<p>1&mdash;Anyone can cast ballots for AllStar teams of the National, American and United States Hockey League, but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming one complete team, in each league.</p><p>2&mdash;Stories and pictures of some leading candidates for each position will appear in THE HOCKEY NEWS each week. You NEED NOT name any of the candidates mentioned, if you consider some other player better qualified for the position.</p><p>3&mdash;N.H.L. ballots commence in this! issue and will run until February 25; A.H.L. ballots from January 28 to March 3 inclusive; and U.S.H.L. ballots from February 4 until March 10.</p><p>4&mdash;Ballots for the choice of three players at each position (six in the case of defencemen) must be filled in as indicated, with the names of the players and their clubs, and the names and addresses of the voters given in the blanks provided each week.</p><p>5&mdash;Ballots may be sent in each week as published or held until all have appeared and selections for all six positions. plus coach, submitted at the same time.</p><p>6&mdash;Ballots must be mailed to&mdash;All-Star Editor, THE HOCKEY NEWS, 803 Dominion Square Building, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.</p><p>7&mdash;N.H.L. All-Star ballots must be POSTMARKED NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, MARCH 4; A.H.L. ballots NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT MARCH 11; and U.S.H.L. ballots NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, MARCH 18.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

THE RULES

<p><b>A.H.L. INDIVIDUAL RECORDS</b></p><p><b>Most times led league in goals scored&mdash;(2)&mdash;</b></p><p>Phil Hergesheimer, Cleveland in 1937-38 and 1938-39, Lou Trudel, Cleveland in 1941-42 and 1944-45.</p><p><b>Most deciding goals of all time&mdash;(34)&mdash;</b></p><p>Set by Giroux, St. Louis.</p><p><b>Most deciding goals in one season&mdash;(10)&mdash;</b></p><p>Set by Armstrong, Syracuse in 1938-39.</p><p><b>Most consecutive games scoring goals&mdash;(10)&mdash;</b></p><p>Currie, Pittsburgh in 1941-42; Trudel, Cleveland in 1944-3 and Bell, New Haven-Hershey in 1945-46.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Who Holds That Record?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05512/8234432-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg"></div><p><b>STEPHEN ARTHUR OF ANCASTER, ONT.,</b></p><p><b><i>makes quick, courageous rescue</i></b></p><p>A big transport truck was just beginning a night run to Woodstock. It was after midnight. There was little traffic on the roads.</p><h2><b>SEES TWENTY FOOT FLAME</b></h2><p>Suddenly, above the roar of his engine, Stephen Arthur heard a loud crash. Then, on rounding a bend, he jammed on his brakes. Piled up against a tree he saw the broken wreckage of a car. Before Arthur could stop his truck, a sheet of flame leaped nearly twenty feet from the wreck.</p><h2><b>OCCUPANTS UNCONSCIOUS</b></h2><p>By the time Arthur reached the car it was blazing fiercely. The gas-tank had blown up, spraying the unconscious occupants with blazing fuel. A wall of flame confronted Arthur as he wrenched open the driver&rsquo;s door. Heedless of his own safety, he reached into the fire, grabbed the driver and pulled him clear. On turning back he saw another body in the flames. Again he reached through the blazing gasoline, and hauled the man from the car. Shortly afterwards, both men were rushed to hospital.</p><p>In spite of his efforts, Stephen Arthur was unable to save the life of a third victim. This in no way lessens our admiration for his courage in saving the lives of two men. We are proud to pay tribute to Stephen Arthur of Ancaster, Ontario, through the presentation of The Dow Award.</p><p><i>THE DOW AWARD 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/f0002-06384/8234425-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="580" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Flames were already leaping from the wrecked coupe when Arthur raced to the rescue of the unconscious victims.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-07244/8234418-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="585" height="508"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>In spite of the intense heat caused by the blazing gasoline, Arthur managed to drag two men from the car. His bravery undoubtedly saved their lives.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-08121/8234411-1-eng-US/f0002-082.jpg" title="f0002-08" width="646" height="372"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Truck Driver Saves Two From Blazing Car WINS DOW AWARD

<div class="byline">By SYD THOMAS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-011935/8234463-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SPECIAL EQUIPMENT for goaltenders is shown here, along with average prices as charged in Montreal. Costs vary in Canada and the United States.</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>ust in case you have any idea of organizing a professional hockey team&mdash;or even an entry for a big amateur league&mdash;better make sure you have plenty of money in the old sock, because you&rsquo;ll need it!</p><p>Aside from the expense of travelling, rink rentals and all the rest, you&rsquo;ll need a few thousand bucks just to equip the players. It&rsquo;s bad enough when baby needs new shoes, but when a hockey player needs a new wardrobe&mdash;you&rsquo;re really in trouble.</p><p>At today&rsquo;s prices&mdash;varying of course in different cities&mdash;you&rsquo;ll need about $200 to equip each member of your team for the season, and the modest sum of $250 (or thereabouts!) to give your goalkeeper that well-dressed look. When you figure that each team in a circuit like the National League carries about 19 or 20 players, dressing 15 and the goalkeeper for each game, that runs to about $4,000 just for playing equipment.</p><p>That&rsquo;s a bare minimum required&mdash;allowing two pairs of stockings, two sets of hockey suspenders, two pairs of skates and two athletic supporters. Throw in about 10 sticks (that&rsquo;s really a minimum, the way sticks crack wide open in these frantic days of slambang hockey) and you have the arbitrary figure of around $200 for each player.</p><h2><b>That Ain&rsquo;t All!</b></h2><p>Add to that such sundries as pucks, bandages and liniment for the medical room and the like, and it gives you a general idea of what it costs to run a hockey team.</p><p>Goaltenders require special extra equipment like the bulky body protectors and leg pads, special gloves and special skates, thus running the cost higher.</p><p>Differents skates are needed for the backstops, since the regular tubuler style blades worn by forwards and defencemen wouldn&rsquo;t stand the pressure long. One steaming shot from the stick of Maurice Richard and Roy Cona-cher and the tubular skate would very likely crack into several pieces.</p><p>So specially-made blades are supplied the goalies. In appearance they are much like the plain skates used before the invention of tubes, except they have special prongs built into them to prevent a puck from slipping between the blade and the sole of the bcot. On the backyard rinks the youngsters wear a slice cut from an old inner tube and wrapped around the skate to hold out the pucks, serving the same purpose as the prongs on the special goalies&rsquo; skates shown in the layout at the foot of the page.</p><h2><b>Skates Come High</b></h2><p>Skates for forwards and defencemen run about $40 a pair, for the blades and boots, while those for boalies cost anywhere from $40 up to $60 for the very best. Goalies need all the regular equipment like uniforms, stockings, etc., although the shoulder and arm pads are slightly different from those worn by their mates, costing &ldquo;about the same. The bulky body protector can be obtained in Canada for about $7, although in the United States it may cost up to $12.</p><p>The same discrepancy in prices may be noted in other articles as well For instance the prices given in the tables accompanying this article are all based on prevailing rates in Montreal. The leg pads for goalies, which are listed as $40 in Montreal, may cost up to $60 in Boston for the best grade equipment. Goalie gloves that sell for $25 in Montreal&mdash;about five dollars more than the lighter models worn by forwards and defencemen&mdash;may be as much as $40 in some U.S. centres. But for purpose of this survey, considering that many American teams buy their equipment while visiting Canada, the $200 and $250 figures will stand as approximates.</p><h2><b>Prices Are Inflated</b></h2><p>Inflation has hit hockey equipment as much as anything else, with the result that it presently costs about twice as much to send a man out on the ice as it did before the war.</p><p>This high cost of paraphernalia, &#2404; especially for goalies, is a serious drawback to the youngster just starting out, and affects the twine-tending talent the most seriously. A youngster can pull on of mitts, stuff newspapers under his stockings, but you need protection to step into the nets and be bombarded from all angles&rsquo;. It&rsquo;s no easy thing to step in between those red-painted posts and have such crackerjacks as Cona-cher, Poile and O&rsquo;Connor pouring cold rubber in your direction. That&rsquo;s one reason why really topnotch goaltenders are so difficult to find these days ass Bill To in of the Chicago Black Hawks can tell you.</p><h2><b><i>Styles for the Goalie</i></b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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That’s Cost For Rearguard, Forward; Need $250 To Outfit Twine Tender

<p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>ere are the main items you need to put a professional hockey player on the ice for one year. This represents the minimum required, based on prices prevailing in Montreal at a re cent date, and dosn&rsquo;t Include miscellaneous items.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-021545/8234494-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="573" height="528"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Count It Up!

<div class="byline">By BILL LISTON</div><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>ere&rsquo;s another in THE HOCKEY NEWS series of quizzes on the winter sport. Test your knowledge, allowing 10 points for each correct answer, a total of 50 all told if you really know your hockey! Answers will be found on Page 15&mdash;but no peeking until you&rsquo;ve given these questions a real kicking around!</p><p>1. Philadelphia may re-enter the N.H.L. in a year or so, with the old Montreal Maroons franchise. What was the name of the old N.H.L. entry from the city of Brotherly Love?</p><p>(a) Arrows; (b) Quakers; (c) Rockets; (d) Falcons.</p><p>2. What A.H.L. goalie holds the record for most shutouts (36) all-time?</p><p>(a) Red Henry; (b) Nick Damore; (c) Baz Bastien; (d) Red Almas.</p><p>3. What is the maximum length allowed by regulations for a hockey stick, measuring from the heel to the tip of the shaft?</p><p>(a) 60 inches; (b) 46 inches; (c) 50 inches; (d) 53 Inches.</p><p>4. In the 1946-47 season, what N.H.L. player had the dubious distinction of spending 133 minutes in the penalty box?</p><p>(a) Murph Chamberlain; (b) Pat Egan; (c) Gus Mortson; (d) Johnny Mariucci.</p><p>5. What was the only N.H.L. team on the receiving end of a match misconduct penalty during the 1946-47 season?</p><p>(a) Toronto; (b) Montreal; (c) Boston; (d) &lsquo;Detroit.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

HOCKEY QUIZ

<p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>ell, fans, here is your second chance to make your choice known in THE HOCKEY NEWS parade of stars, the balloting for the National Hockey League All Star team of 1948!</p><p>Last week the ballot for selecting the All-Star goaltender for THE HOCKEY NEWS team was published&mdash;and this week you vote for your choice of defencemen in the N.H.L. Rules are just the same as they were for the goalie voting, and all details are given in the table of rules appearing on page two.</p><p>Since voting will be carried on simultaneously for both defencemen on the mytical team, this week you will have to list six players, instead of three as you did for the goaltenders. Just take the ballot shown below, decide which players you think should get the nod for the team, and write the names of the two of them under the section marked First Choice. Then, since the selection of the players is on a point system, you will need to mark in the two defencemen you would choose as second choice, and then another pair you make your third choice.</p><h2><b>Whenever You Wish</b></h2><p>You may fill out the ballot and send it in now if you wish, or you may hold it until later in the season if you want to get a line on the over-all work of the various players and their effectiveness over a longer period.</p><p>The only stipulation is that ALL BALLOTS MUST BE MAILED AND POSTMARKED NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, MARCH 4. Remeber, you can send your votes in right away, or hold the ballots until you have a complete team, plus coach, selected, as long as they are mailed before the deadline. After votes are counted and the result of the fans&rsquo; choices is determined, THE HOCKEY NEWS will announce the All-Star Team on March 24 That will be YOUR team, the first time that hockey fans across Canada and the United States have ever had the opportunity to choose the players of their choice in a popular poll.</p><p>For the selection of defencemen for this team it&rsquo;s entirely up to you. Shown here are six of the league&rsquo;s top defencemen, one from each team. They aren&rsquo;t necessarily the best defencemen in the league at the present time, and they aren&rsquo;tendorse by THE HOCKEY NEWS. We would like to show pictures of all the candidates, but space just doesn&rsquo;t permit, so we took one of the best from each team.</p><p>If you like some other players better than the ones we have shown, vote for them. The object of this balloting is to select the FAN&rsquo;S TEAM, the six players and coach in the N.H.L. deemed by the followers of the sport to be the best in their respective of most value to their teams, and having all the necessary qualifications to be an All-Star.</p><p>Just for your guidance, here are the candidates from various teams who are eligible for your votes as defencemen for THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star team.</p><p>Boston&mdash;Pat Egan, Jack Crawford, Fernie Flaman, Murray Henderson, Clare Martin.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;Ernie Dickens, Bob Goldham, Ralph Nattrass, Johnny Mariucci. Bill Gadsby.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Bill Quackenbush, Jack Stewart, Red Kelly, Leo Reise.</p><p>Montreal&mdash;Emile &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Bouchard, Kenny Reardon, Glen Harmon, Roger Leger, Hal Lay-coe.</p><p>New York&mdash;Neil Colville, Frankie Eddolls, Bill Judza, Bill Moe.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;Garth Boesch, Bill Barilko, Gus Mortson, Jim Thomson, Wally Stanowski.</p><h2><b><i>Among the Candidates</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-011885/8234615-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="311" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jack Stewart Detroit</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-031286/8234608-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="275" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Pat Egan Boston</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05849/8234601-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="301" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Kenny Reardon Canadiens</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-021583/8234594-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="302" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Thomson Toronto</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-041044/8234587-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="289" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Goldham Chicago</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06507/8234580-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="299" height="461"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Neil Colville Rangers</b></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>A Clean Club</i></b></h2><p>The Washington Lions of the American Hockey League played six of their first 38 games without being given a penalty of any kind by the referees. Two of these games were in succession on Nov. 18 and 21 when no member of the Lions received the official thumb for rule infraction.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Rearguards Eyed As Hockey News Vote Continues

<div class="byline">By ED FITKIN</div><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>EW YORK&mdash;By the time you read this the annual New York to Boston outing of Toronto newspapermen and their wives and officials and club doctors of the Toronto Maple Leafs will be something for posterity&mdash;if posterity could be interested in such goings-on.</p><p>Right now, however, I can&rsquo;t understand for the life of me how the Income Tax Department does it. Keep track of s0 many people, I mean. On this annual safari I&rsquo;ve got a mere 24 people to keep track of&mdash;and going into the third day of our five-day trip there are some I haven&rsquo;t seen since we all boarded the train in Toronto last Sat&rsquo;y night. Oh, well. They&rsquo;ll show up sooner or later. We&rsquo;ve got the expense money.</p><p>Most of the club attaches on the trip are doctors. And, as Ted Reeve remarked: &ldquo;They are all down here trying to buy sofas so they can become psychiatrists and make money.&rdquo;</p><p>The Moaner, who scintillated in his debut as M.C. of Fitkin&rsquo;s Fearless Follies at Conn Smythe&rsquo;s annual Christmas Party for the press, is also the life of this party. A born entertainer and great humorist, Reeve comes up with more laughs when he&rsquo;s holding court than Benny, Hope and Fred Allen could dream up in a winter.</p><p>A LONG with Reeve, there are Red Burnett of the Star; Al Nickleson of the Globe and Mall; Johnny Fitzgerald of the Telegram; Trent Frayne, noted magazine contributor, and that ace of hockey photographers, Nat Turofsky, sans camera. On the radio side we have Foster Hewitt and Jo-Jo Crysdale to keep us on the beam.</p><p>Then, too, Reeves brought along all his newspaper pals: Brown from the Sun; Hark from the Herald; Feathers from the Eagle; Cutts from the Blade; Bark from the Post, et al.</p><p>With all these newspapermen around us, it was only natural that we&rsquo;d wind up seeing on the stage&mdash;well, who else but the Ink Spots?</p><p>YET everybody seems to be enjoying themselves. Except in the morning of course. Down here they spell the early part of the day mourning.</p><p>Old Gotham is still a fabulous spot, though O. Henry&rsquo;s famed four million must have moved out to Long Island or Great Neck, which is a suburb and not a place where they raise ostriches.</p><p>There just doesn&rsquo;t seem to be half as many people around especially at night. The nite spot operators say they&rsquo;ve been hard hit, that business is worse now than at any time in the last four years. In one noted Broadway bar, which bears the name of a famous fighter who lost his title to Gene Tunney on a noted long count, one of the bartenders sobbed out a sad story of how tough things really are.</p><p>&ldquo;We used to have 20 bartenders,&rdquo; he chied. &ldquo;Now we&rsquo;ve got eight.&rdquo; The tears were streaming down his cheeks but he wasn&rsquo;t too blind to see that someone had placed a tip on the table. &ldquo;We used to have a six-day week. Now we&rsquo;re down to five day.&rdquo;</p><p>Yessirree, the depression has set in in earnest. In fact, it didn&rsquo;t dawn on us how greatly the nite spots are reducing their overhead until we noted(yuk, yuk) is the smallest star of them all, Little Jack Little.</p><p>THE New York scribes are keeping the Leaf-Ranger feud hot. If it should happen to cool out a bit, Stan Saplin will probably call in Gabriel Heater.</p><p>The latest blurb was some name-slinging by Genial Gene Ward. He referred to Barilko and Ezinicki as &ldquo;plug-uglies&rdquo;. Wonder when Moe and Juzda copped any titles as the handsomest hombres in hockey?</p><p>Sunday&rsquo;s game, as you&rsquo;ve probably read, was a good set-to, emphasizing speed and close-checking and goal-tending rather than the hey-rube vendettas of recent vintage. We were talking with Frank Boucher on Monday and he hadn&rsquo;t a complaint to offer.</p><p>Kidded about his so-called crying tactics, Boucher snorted: &ldquo;Well, you can&rsquo;t say it didn&rsquo;t have its effect. That 5-5 game in Toronto was the best game I&rsquo;ve seen this year.&rdquo;</p><p>Frank is worrying about his Rangers. After what happened last season (the Blues blew a nine-point lead on Detroit and missed the playoffs), Boucher isn&rsquo;t counting his chickens.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to keep winning,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been doing fine&mdash;but we can&rsquo;t shake off Boston and Canadiens. It&rsquo;s going to be quite a drive down the stretch. It should be a Lana Turner. (Honey, that is). Take the Leafs, frinstance. They were out front by three or four points when they started their amazing success streak. Yet&mdash;after losing only one game in 17&mdash;they slipped to second place behind Detroit.</p><p>They must have done it with mirrors.</p><p>Max&rsquo; Bentley&rsquo;s artistry is the talk of New York. Boucher says it was a shame he wasn&rsquo;t picked as the all-star centre last year, great as Schmidt was. He says Max is the most colorful player in the game today.</p><p>Though I thought Ted Kennedy was a super-star, also Baby-faced Jimmy Thomson, on Sunday, New York writers voted Max Bentley the star of the Leafs and as a result, Max will pocket a nifty wallet on his next trip here.</p><p>Syl Apps, who went pointless on his 33 rd birthday, was the recipient of a nice gift however. Picked as the Leaf star on the last New York trip Syl was presented with a lovely silver cigarette</p><p>Being a non-smoker, Syl probab. ly needs a lighter like Rockfeller needs a dime&mdash;but, at least, it&rsquo;s a nice souvenir.</p><p>The Commish hasn&rsquo;t much time to relax on this trip. After the game he trained back to Toronto for the McMaster Old Boy&rsquo;s Reunion and then headed right back to New York. He breezed into the hotel around 11 o&rsquo;clock, finished breakfast at 11.45, headed for the rink for a half-hour practice from 12.30 to 1.00, was interwiewed twice then departed with the rest of the squad at 4 o&rsquo;clock for Boston.</p><p>If he ever stops to figure out how tired he should be from all this activity he&rsquo;ll probably collapse in a heap of timetables.</p><p>There&rsquo;s been laughs a-plenty. Even among the hockey players. The three stage productions that intrigue the gang are Annie Get Your Gun, High Button Shoes and Brigadoon.</p><p>Going up Broadway, I&rsquo;m told, Howie Meeker, Turk Broda and Teeder Kennedy were arguing the merits of the three and which one they should take in.</p><p>As usual, Broda got tonguetied in his arguments and almost floored his mates when he excitedly snorted: &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no argument about it&mdash;the best show is Annie Button Your Shoes.&rdquo;</p><p>The boys woond up seeing Annie Get Your Gun. But for Teeder it turned out to be Annie Get Your GUM. It seems he sat in a chair on which someone had parked their Wrigley&rsquo;s.</p><p>Back at the hotel Kennedy discovered that his trousers were smeared with gum. He phoned Room Service Monday night&mdash;and sharp at 7.45 Tuesday morning a bellhop rapped them into wakefulness.</p><p>Assuring Teeder that the gum could be removed he headed for the elevator when suddenly Kennedy shouted:</p><p>&ldquo;When can I get, those back?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Tomorrow afternoon,&rdquo; the bellhop said.</p><p>&ldquo;Hey,&rdquo; Teeder yelled &ldquo;come back with those pants. We&rsquo;ll be in Boston tomorrow afternoon.&rdquo;</p><p>Oh, well. We liked the gag about Annie Get Your Gum.</p><p>Just a minute the phone&rsquo;s ringing. Hello? what&rsquo;s that? You&rsquo;re Brown from the Sun? Oh, no! Not that again, Moaner.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

FOOTLOOSE WITH FITKIN

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-011888/8234670-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GARTH BOESCH</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>ot since 1937 has the National Hockey League had a mustached player in its ranks. But when Garth Boesch, defenceman of the Toronto Maple Leafs broke in, the fact that he might be the first since Andy Blair to play with a mustache didn&rsquo;t bother him. he just wanted to be a professional hockey player. Although it has been said that Don Raleigh, young rookie of the New York&rsquo; Rangers has been doing some research in the growing of lip whiskers it is not likely that he will give Boesch any kind of competition along those lines for some time yet.</p><h2><b>Notre Dame Grad</b></h2><p>Standing exactly six feet and weighing 185 pounds, the burly rearguard is a graduate of Father Murray&rsquo;s Notre Dame College at Wilcox, Sask., also the home of the Metz brothers of the Leafs. Garth played junior hockey under Father Murray as a forward&mdash;when Al. Ritchie spotted him and put him on the New York Americans list. When they disbanded he was transferred to the Leafs. &ldquo;I think,&rdquo; said Garth, &ldquo;I was on the New York Rangers list around that time too, I&rsquo;m not sure, all I know was that I was on quite a few lists before I got a chance to play.&rdquo;</p><p>The huge defenceman is also one of the former Regina Rangers, Allan Cup winners, coached by Freddie Metcalfe who is now at the helm of the New York Rovers. Metcalfe took one look at Boesch and decided that the right place for him was at the blueline, and to the blueline he went.</p><p>Whether he would have made professional hockey as a forward is not known but the Leafs are more than glad to have him as a defenceman. The next season-the Regina Rangers were beaten out in the semi-finals of the Allan Cup playoffs. But Garth decided that he hadn&rsquo;t played enough that season so he went out to Lethbridge, Alberta, where he lined up with the Lethbridge sextet that won the provincial championship, in 1941-42.</p><h2><b>Joins Air Force</b></h2><p>About this time there was another battle going on but this time they were playing for keeps, <b>so</b> the likable gent with the mustache took off his skates and donned a pair of Air Force boots for three years.</p><p>On his return from the war, Boesch once again set his mind on the arduous task of making professional hockey his career. It was now in the 1945-46 season and a very memorable one around the Maple Leaf Gardens-That season the Leafs started to rebuild and Conn Smythe emphasized that it was youth that he wanted in this new type of hockey, youth that had the stamina and physical strength to play 60 minutes of hockey.</p><p>Among that youth was Garth Boesch, he joined the Leafs that Beason, but only played a few games and showed much promise. He was sent to the Pittsburgh Hornets for seasoning</p><p>Last season Boesch once again had his chance to make good in the National League and he knew it was now or never; he preferred the now, and stayed in Toronto. Lady Luck was against him, however, and he suffered a painful groin injury that kept him out of action for two and a half months. In the 35 games that he did play he proved. to both the Toronto hockey fans and the Leaf front office that he was big time, and in the National Hockey League to stay.</p><p>The 1946-47 season is now history, the youth that Smythe had talked so much about was beginning to pay-off. Whenever the young Leafs took to the ice it was indeed something to see; the spirit of the club was enough to win games, the young men In blue played every game as though It was a final tor the Stanley Cup. They battled their way to second position with Boesch playing a stellar part on the blueline. I don&rsquo;t have to write what happened in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Leafs were too much for the veterans of the Montreal Canadiens; they won four of the six games and the Cup.</p><h2><b><i>The Mustached Marauder</i></b></h2><p>&ldquo;How did it feel,&rdquo; we asked Boesch, &ldquo;for a group of N.H.L-rookies to be members of a Stanley Cup winner?&rdquo;</p><p>He paused for a minute, and stroking his moustache, he replied, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a big thrill, it&rsquo;s like one of those movies that you see or one of those hero books that you read, then you picture yourself in the same position. We had all the spirit stamina and will to win, we just went out there and played like our life depended on it, that overcame a lot of the butterflies and nervousness. You also have to remember that the veterans on the team were as good as anybody, guys like Apps, Kennedy and the Metz brothers gave us a lot of confidence.&rdquo;</p><p>We got around to talking about the accusations that Frank Boucher had made against Happy Day concerning Leaf tactics.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s just a lot of talk,&rdquo; said Garth-&ldquo;The only reason for our type of hockey, which is by no means dirty, is that Happy tells us to take out our man and never mind the puck. Let the wingmen take the puck, just ride your man out of the play-Of course, it all started back with the Ezinicki-Laprade affair and it&rsquo;s been built up ever since. There isn&rsquo;t any hard feelings against the players, we aren&rsquo;t at loggerheads with the Rangers or anything like that but it has struck up a terrific rivalry between the two teams.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Looking Ahead</b></h2><p>&ldquo;What about predictions for the playoffs?&rdquo; I asked.</p><p>&ldquo;I think it will be between Detroit and us for the first and second spot, with the Rangers and Boston fighting it out for third and fourth.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;And the Canadiens, where will they be?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;They gotta pull up their socks if they want to get in,&rdquo; he smiled.</p><p>Garth is married and the father of a four-year-old son. During the off-season he manages his farm in Ricetoh, Sask., and besides his farming chores, the large Leaf rearguard plays a little baseball.</p><h2><b><i>Ab Stays Clear</i></b></h2><p>Albert &ldquo;Ab&rdquo; Collings, fleet left winger of the Providence Reds, has been assessed but two minutes in penalties during his last two seasons. He took part in 66 contests last season and &ldquo;sat out&rdquo; his two minutes then. Thus far this season he has yet to receive the official thumb for rule infraction from any referee.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Garth Boesch Succeeds Andy Blair As National League Whisker King

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-021338/8234715-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg"></div><h2><b>PIN THIS UP BY YOUR RADIO</b></h2><p>You fans have requested this log of hockey broadcast times, and here it is&mdash;a little late, but still just what the doctor ordered!</p><p>Clip this out&mdash;buy a spare copy if you want to keep your collection of HOCKEY NEWS complete!&mdash;and pin it beside your radio. If you want to listen to a hockey game, consult your schedules to see who is playing any particular night. Then glance down the lists below until you find the home team&rsquo;s city and what stations will give you the play-by-play broadcast you want to hear.</p><p>Happy dial-twisting!</p><h2><b>NATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p>Key:&mdash;(x) Saturday games only; (a) third period only; (b) 5 minute rebroadcast summary only; (c) 15-minute re-broadcast summary only, 10.45 Sat., 11.30 Thurs., 11.15 all other nights; (d) French language broadcast. Note&mdash;Toronto games carried on Trans-Canada network, Montreal English broadcasts Dominion network, French broadcasts French network.</p><h2><b>AMERICAN LEAGUE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03863/8234708-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="1133" height="487"></div><p>Key:&mdash;(x) Frequency Modulation stations, wavelength In megocycles; (a) resume of games broadcast at 11 PM when club on road; (b) third period anly; (c) 8.30 Sat., 9.30 Wed.; (d) Sunday games only; (e) third period only; (f) third period only.</p><h2><b>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04539/8234701-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="1123" height="318"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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He Shoots… He Scores!

<h2><b>AN N.H L. FAN</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like very much to congratulate you on your splendid achievements with THE HOCKEY NEWS. I am also greatly pleased with the Hockey Fans&rsquo; Forum as it gives the fans a chance to express their ideas. However, I think there is too much space and time League.</p><p>Jim Hugginson <br>Toronto, Ont.</p><p>(Remember THE HOCKEY NEWS is read in American League cities and they are more interested in the A.H.L. than they are in the N.H.L.)</p><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>You have a very fine hockey paper. But could you put in a few more pictures of the junior league players. I would also like to know if Harry Taylor of the Pittsburgh Hornets is on loan to the Providence Reds?</p><p>Grant McRae <br>Katrime, Man.</p><p>(Yes, Taylor is on Ioan.)</p><h2><b>FAST SCORING</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>What I wish to bring to your attention concerns the issue of December 24 in which you had a small article on page 10 stating that Sherbrooke had scored four goals in 50 seconds on December 16, and it was stated that it was a record. I hate to disappoint you or Sherbrooke, but in the very same issue on page 12 you have the account of a game between Boston and Ottawa (December 17) in which Ottawa scored 16 goals, four of which were scored in the second period within 47 seconds.</p><p>Eric C. Dunn <br>Magdalen Islands, Que.</p><p><b>(You&rsquo;re 100 percent right. It was a record for the Provincial League, not the Quebec Senior League)</b></p><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like to know if Red Horner is still coaching a hockey team and does he live in Toronto and is he in business there?</p><p>He was my favorite Toronto hockey star. He was a great drawing-card in Toronto and although a rough hard-hitting player I have heard it said he never hit an offending player with his stick. I would like to see a full-size pic-ture of Red in THE HOCKEY NEWS some time.</p><p>J. Nicholls <br>Asbestos, Que.</p><p><b>(Horner is in business in Toronto and as far as we know he doesn&rsquo;t coach a hockey team.)</b></p><h2><b>FOUR-TIME LOSER</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Upon looking over your answers to the Hockey Quiz of the January 7 issue, I noticed a very serious mistake. You stated that two netminders in the N.H L, had won the Vezina Trophy four times-The two being Tipy Thompson, formerly of the Bruins, and Bill (Oh, he ain&rsquo;t what he used to be) Durnan of the Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>My book shows Thompson won formation from the Official N.H.L. Annual. the trophy in the following three seasons: 1932-33, 1935-36 and 1937-38, and Durnan has captured the coveted cup for the last four seasons. I obtained my information from the Official N.H. L. Annual.</p><p>Gordon Osborne <br>Town of Mount Royal, Que-</p><p><b>(You probably have the 194546, N.H.L. Annual, which contains a printing error. George Hains-worth actually won in 1926-27, 1927-28. and 1928-29;. and Thompson won in 1929-30, which was not shown in that edition. Thompson&rsquo;s other wins were in 1932-33, 1935-36 and 1937-38.)</b></p><h2><b>NUMBERED STARS</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I read the Hockey Fans&rsquo; Forum, weekly and enjoy it very much. Could you please tell me what number the following players wear: Syl Apps, Milt Schmidt, Max Bentley, Maurice Richard, Jim McFadden and Ted Lindsay.</p><p>Keith Moffatt <br>Watford, Ont.</p><p><b>(Apps wears 10; Schmidt 15; Bentley 7; Richard 9; McFadden 16, and Lindsay 7.) * * *</b></p><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I first wish to congratulate yon on your very fine paper; it is a great help to me and seems to be the same with others.</p><p>I would like to ask you a question that has been bothering me for some time-Where was Mel Hill born? Also I would like to see more pictures and articles on. the Leafs-How about some of those weekly contests that were to be In the paper.</p><p>Robert J-Sleifson <br>Glenboro, Man.</p><p><b>(Mel was born right in your home town on February 15, 1914)</b></p><h2><b>WINS THAT COUNT</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like to know what would be done, if two teams were tied for the fourth and last playoff position at the end of the schedule?</p><p>Bob Harris <br>Hamilton, Ont.</p><p><b>(The team with the most wins would step into the playoffs. If the teams had the same number of wins the club with the most goals scored would draw the nod)</b></p><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Congratulations on what I consider the finest paper published since I can remember; I have been following the National Hockey League very closely and thanks to Foster Hewitt I have enjoyed every game broadcast, also the games broadcast from New York by Bert Lee and from Boston by Frank Ryan.</p><p>My favorite team is Toronto Maple Leafs and my favorite player is Syl Apps. Could you please publish stories and pictures on Apps and Max Bentley of Toronto. Could you please tell me if Max Bentley will get a new car from Bill Tobin, his old boss, if he wins the point parade this year?</p><p>Keep up the good work on a very fine paper greatly appreciated here in Newfoundland-</p><p>Mac Randell <br>Saint Johns, Newfoundland</p><p><b>(Tobin stated he would buy Bentley a new car if lie wins the scoring title, even if he played for Toronto)</b></p><h2><b>CONFUSING. WOT?</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>In the January 7 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS under the section United States League, you have Ronnie Rowe listed as a member of the St. Paul Saints. To my knowledge Ronnie Rowe is a member of the New York Rovers; will you please tell me if there are two Ronnie Rowes or is that a misprint?</p><p>You also have Doug Stevenson as goalie on both the New Haven Ramblers and the St-Paul Saints. Will you please tell me if there are two Doug Stevensons what team he is on?</p><p>Elizabeth Ann Lust<br>West Englewood. N. J.</p><p><b>(Ronnie started the season with the Roston Olympics, was sold to New-York Rovers and sent to St. Paul for two games. Stevenson played for both clubs.)</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hockey Fans’ Forum

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZlE</div><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>ix former National Hockey League All-Stars, Howie Morenz, Babe Siebert, Aurel Joliat, Hooley Smith Toe Blake and Elmer Lach were presented with miniature gold pucks by President Clarence Campbell of the N.H.L. at a successful gathering of hockey greats of past and present in Montreal last week. The gold pucks won by Howie Morenz and Babe Siebert, two of hockey&rsquo;s Immortals, who have departed from this world, were received by Louis Letourneau and Billy Wray respectively.</p><p>Frank Selke, general manager of the Montreal Canadieins, who sponsored the dinner attended by so many old-time stars was the organizer and William Harty, Canadiens&rsquo; director, acted as chairman. Included among the galaxy of old time greats were Newsy Lalonde (Cornwall, Canadian Soo, Torontos, Canadiens, Renfrew, Canadiens again Saskatoon) Joe Malone (Waterloo, Quebec, Canadiens, Hamilton); Frank Patrick (Victorias, Renfrew, Vancouver) Tom Hodge (M.A.A.A., Wanderers) Jack Marshall (Winnipeg, M.A.A.A., Wanderers, Torontos); Walter Smail (Wanderers, Haileybruy, Ottawa, Victoria) Donald Smith (Cornwall, Renfrew, Wanderers, Victoria, Canadiens); Harry Hyland (Shamrocks, Wanderers) and Ernie Russell (Wandererh).</p><h2><b>INFORMATION WANTED</b></h2><p>Members of the present Canadiens were also present and Coach Dick Irvin drew quite a laugh when he asked the old timers, many of whom were prolific scorers in their day, if they could tell his players how to score goals. Dick remarked that his team just returned from a 3,000mile trip and all his boys could collect were two goals.</p><p>Sammy Rosen of Calgary, who is refereeing in England this season writes to say he officiated in the game between Streatham and the Canadian Olympic team which ended in a 5-5 tie. Rosen reports that he was surprised to see the Canucks so good after reading and hearing such poor reports on the team. In his opinion it will be either Canada, the United States or Czechoslovakia, who will win the Olympic hockey crown.</p><h2><b>RED WINGS NOTES</b></h2><p>Frank (Honey) Walker, Detroit Red Wings veteran trainer is taking things easy in the Motor City this season following a heart attack he suffered in the early stages of the present campaign. Walker is antedated only by Tim Daly of Toronto Maple Leafs among N.H.L. trainers&hellip;Marshall Dann, bright young hockey writer of the Detroit Free Press, who accompanies the Red Wings on many of their out of town jaunts is a great booster for the Wings&rsquo; 20-year-old rookie rearguard Red Kelly. Dann points out that Kelly plays much the same type of game on defence as does Quackenbush. Steady, unobstrusive making great plays with very little apparent effort is the way Kelly and Quackenbush operate, Both of these players very seldom visit the penalty coop. This may very well herald the approach of a new mould of decencemen.</p><p>Michel Normandin, effervescent French-Canadian sportscaster who is referred to as the &ldquo;French Foster Hewitt,&rdquo; had quite an experience last week. Managing to get his hands on a couple of ducats to the Canadiens-Detroit game on Saturday, Normandir mentioned to his listeners on his broadcast Thursday that he would like to give these two tickets away, hut to be fair and make things sporting, he would ask four questions on hockey and the letters containing the correct answers would be put in a hat and one lucky letter would be drawn for the tickets.</p><p>The questions were exceptionally simple.</p><p>Normandin was flabbergasted Friday morning when the first mail brought 2,888 letters, but when the second mail brought an additional 2,200 letters, he almost&rsquo; fainted. Just imagine, 5,088 letters in one day from fans seeking tickets for an N.H.L. game. Michel received a great deal of personal pride about the response to his one broadcast request and undoubtedly wasted little time in phoning his sponsor.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Round the Rinks

<p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>f there is one player who rightly deserves THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; weekly honor of being named the Player Of The Week it&rsquo;s the under-rated right wing star of the Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; Norman &ldquo;Bud&rdquo; Poile who came to the Black Hawks early in the season in the big Max Bentley deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He has been the most potent scorer with the Conacher-coached club this season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1182/8234947-1-eng-US/f0007-112.jpg" title="f0007-11" width="291" height="456"></div><p>Bud Is the leading Chi Hawk marksman now and on the official National Hockey League point statistics released this week, the Fort William smoothie has a total of 36 points in 34 games which places him in a third-place tie with his former Toronto teammate, Syl Apps.</p><p>In his last nine games Poile has scored at least one point and he has now 16 goals and 20 assists. During the past week he picked-up three goals and an assist and jumped from sixth place to third in the scoring race. Last Wednesday against Canadiens, Poile scored two of the Hawks&rsquo; three goals and Sunday against the Maple Leafs he potted another tally.</p><p>Said to have the hardest shot in the N.H.L. today, Poile has climbed steadily in the point parade and he together with his two other linemates on the &ldquo;Flying Forts&rdquo; line, Gaye Stewart and Gus Bodnar, have been sparking the Black Hawks since they joined the team in the deal that sent Max Bentley and Rookie Cy Thomas to the Leafs.</p><p>The 23-year-old native of Fort William, Ontario, broke into the National League in 1942-43 with Toronto and in his freshman year he scored 16 goals and 19 assists. After playing 11 games in 1943-44 with the Leafs he joined Canada&rsquo;s fighting forces where he served one year and rejoined Toronto in 1945-46. He only played in nine games that year but scored nine points. Last year in 59 games with the Leafs he registered 36 scoring points. Standing an even six feet and weighing 185 pounds Bud appears headed for his best year in the professional ranks for although he has only played 36 games to date he has equalled his 1946-47 point total.</p><h2><b>CONSISTENT SCORER</b></h2><p>NEW YORK&mdash;Bryan Hextall, New York Rangers&rsquo; veteran right winger, has scored 20 or more goals in N.H.L. competition for seven different seasons. No other player performing in the League today can match Hextall&rsquo;s scoring consistency. He scored 20 or more goals for six consecutive seasons, was put of pro hockey the next year and only played three games the following season, but he came back last term after an absence of nearly two years and scored an even 20 goals.</p><h2><b>KNOW THE RULES OF HOCKEY</b></h2><p>National Hockey League fans can obtain copies of the Official Rule Book by writing to Dept. HN, National Hockey league. 603 Ban Life Building, Montreal, and enclosing ten cents to cover the cost of malling.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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<h2><b>Strictly Assists</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he burly Jim Thomson, outstanding defenceman with the Toronto Maple Leafs, is one man who appears to rather score assists than goals. Jim&rsquo;s N.H.L. scoring record so far this season shows he has registered 19 points and they are all assists.</p><h2><b>Lamirande Recalled</b></h2><p>The New York Rangers announced earlier this week that they had recalled Defenceman Jean Paul Lamirande from the New Haven Ramblers of the American League. He started last season with the Rangers and after 14 games was sent to New Haven and then to St. Paul.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDING ON WED. A.M. JAN. 28.</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-011901/8234916-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="614" height="189"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>January 21&mdash;Boston 2, Toronto 1; Detroit 4, Rangers 3; Chicago 3, Canadiens 1.</p><p>January 24&mdash;Rangers 5, Canadians 1; Toronto 2, Chicago 1.</p><p>January 25&mdash;Toronto 4, Chicago 4; Boston 6, Rangers 2; Detroit 1, Canadiens 0.</p><h3><b>Games of Coming Week</b></h3><p>January 28&mdash;Canadiens at Toronto;</p><p>Detroit at Boston; Rangers at Chicago.</p><p>January 31&mdash;Rangers at Canadiens; Detroit at Toronto; Chicago at Boston.</p><p>February 1&mdash;Toronto at Detroit; Chicago at Rangers; Canadiens at Boston.</p><p>Tommy Ivan&rsquo;s Red Wings were as hot as an egg on a griddle last week and their sensational play in the three scheduled games cemented their hold on first place in the National Hockey League standings. The Wings scored three wins and now head the Toronto Maple Leafs in first place by one point. At this time last week the Leafs were heading the Motor City crew by two points but the picture was reversed as a result of the Wings&rsquo; three wins.</p><h3><b>Leafs Drop Down</b></h3><p>The Maple Leafs lost ground by losing to Boston 2-1 but after edging Chicago by the same score Saturday, Day&rsquo;s club was held to a 4-4 draw by the Black Hawks the following night in Chicago. Meanwhile the Red Wings were beating the Rangers 4-3 on Wednesday and followed up with a double win over the Montreal Canadiens. One bright spot on the Detroit streak was the stellar goaling of young Harry Lumley who was only scored upon four times in three games. Scoring his fifth shutout Sunday, Lumley now leads the race for the Vezina Trophy, with 93 goals in 39 games.</p><p>The New York Rangers 1 ost sole possession of third place by losing both games while the Boston Bruins took two decisions to moved into a tie with the Rangers. Both clubs now have 37 points.</p><h3><b>Canadiens Trail</b></h3><p>The Rangers and Bruins are now three points up on the sagging Montreal Canadiens who lost three games in three outings last week. The Habs were ahead of Boston this time last week but setbacks from Chicago and two from Detroit dropped them back into fifth spot.</p><p>The Black Hawks, on the other hand, showed great improvement over the week and they played heads-up hockey in toppling the Habitants in the Windy City Wednesday. Although losing 2-1 in Toronto Saturday, the Hawks shined especially in the third period, but it was the work of Turk Broda that made the difference.</p><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21</b></h3><p>NEW YORK&mdash;The New York Rangers tried everything including pulling Sugar Jim Henry out of the nets in the last minute of the game in an effort to tie the score but the Detroit Red Wings held on to win out 4-3. In dropping the Rangers before 15,445, the Wings moved into a first place tie with Toronto.</p><p>The Wings&rsquo; Ted Lindsay and Rookie Ed Slowinski of the Rangers were the stars of the game with two goals each. The league leading marksman, Buddy O&rsquo;Connor picked up two assists to fatten his total.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal Lumley; defence, Quackenbush, Stewart; centre, Abel, wings, Howe, Lindsay. Subs.: Reise, Gau-thier, Horeck, Gudiolin, McFadden, D. Morrison, Conacher, Pavelich, Kelly, R. Morrison.</p><p>New York&mdash;Goal, Henry; defence, Colville, Eddolls; centre. O&rsquo;Connor; wings, Watson, Warwick. Subs.&mdash;Trudell, Raleigh. Laprade, Hextall, Kullman, Gardner, Leswick, Juzda, Slowinski, Moe.</p><p>Referee&mdash;King Clancy, Linesmen, Ray Getliffe and Sibby Mundey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-021261/8234909-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="585" height="289"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03780/8234902-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="583" height="189"></div><p>BOSTON&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs again failed to snap their winless jinx on Boston ice as they were edged out by the Bruins 2-1 as Don Gallinger scored both goals for the winners. The Leafs have not won a game in the Garden since March 4, 1945.</p><p>Playing before 13,900 fans, the Leafs scored first on a goal by Syl Apps but before the second period ended Gallinger tied the count on an unassisted effort. At 10:27 of the last period, Gallinger beat Turk Broda again for the winner. Ted Kennedy was serving time when Gallinger sunk the winning tally.</p><p>Boston&mdash;Goal, Brimsek; defence, Henderson, Martin; centre, Sandford; wings, Dumart, Peters; Subs. Egan, Flaman, Gallinger, Wilson, Babando, Schmidt, Taylor, Smith, Harrison.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal, Broda; defence, Mortson, Thomson; centre, Kennedy; wings, Lynn, Meeker; Subs. Stanowski, Boesch, Barilko, Apps, Watson, Ezinicki, Metz, Bentley, Klukay, Smith,</p><p>Referee&mdash;Bill Chadwick; Linesmen, Sam Babcock and Bill Scherr.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04503/8234895-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="594" height="349"></div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks scored their first N.H.L. victory over the Montreal Canadiens this season when they whipped the Habs 3-1 with two goals in the opening period and a single in the third session.</p><p>Backed by a strong defence, the Hawks took 2-0 lead on goals by Bud Poile and Merto Prystat. Bill Reay scored for the Canadiens in the second period Poile put the game on, ice with his second goal of the night at 15.16 of the third period.</p><p>Canadiens&mdash;Goal, Durnan; defence, Harmon, Reardon; centre, Carveth; Bouchard, Riopelle, Locas, Richard, Campeau, Reay, Lach, Leger, Dussault, Lay-coe.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal, Francis; defence Gold-ham, Dickens; centre, Bentley; wings, Conacher, Moslenko; Subs. Mariucci, Bodnar, Prystai, Gee, Hamill, Kaleta, Stewart, Gadsby, Nattrass, Poile.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Georges Gravel. Linesmen: Butch Keeling, George Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05346/8234888-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="595" height="296"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-06269/8234881-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="576" height="108"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 24</b></h3><p>TORONTO&mdash;The Maple Leafs remained on even terms with the Detroit Red Wings in the N.H.L. race by staving off a determined last period rally by Chicago to defeat the rejuvenated Black Hawks 2-1. Max Bentley, the former Hawk, scored the winner against his old club late in the third period.</p><p>Sid Smith, with Bentley&rsquo;s aid, put the Leafs ahead at 10:47 of the first period but Bill Gadsby soon evened the score for Chicago. It was the great work of Turk Broda that held off the Hawks in the last period.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal, Francis; defence, Goldham, Dickens; centre, Bodnar; wings, Poile, Stewart, Subs.: Mariucci, Gadsby, Nattrass, D. Bentley, Mosienko, Conacher. Gee, Prystai, Kaleta, Hamill.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal, Broda; defence, Boesch Barilko; centre, Apps; wings, Ezinicki, Watson. Subs.: Stanowski, Mortson, Thomson, Kennedy, Meeker. Lynn, M. Bentley, Klukay. Smith, N. Metz.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Bill Chadwick, Linesmen, Doug Young, George Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-07207/8234874-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="594" height="302"></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;The slipping Montreal Canadiens lost a chance to move up in the standings by suffering a 5-1 setback at the hands of the Detroit Red Wings before a Forum crowd of 11,198. After the Wings shot into a 3-0 lead in the opener, the Habs were never in the running.</p><p>Bill Quackenbush, Rod Morrison and Jim McFadden scored in the first period and Rookie Red Kelly added another in the second. Ted Lindsay increased the lead to 5-0 before Hal Laycoe broke Harry Lumley&rsquo;s shutout bid at 11:39.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal, Lumley; defence, Quackenbush, Stewart; centre, Abel; wings, Howe Lindsay; subs.: Relse, Gauthier, Horeck; Guldolin; McFadden, D. Morrison, R. Morrison, Conacher, Pavelich, Kelly.</p><p>Canadiens&mdash;Goal Durnan; defence, Bouchard, Leger; centre, Lach; wings, Richard, Reay. Subs.: Laycoe Reardon, Mosdell, Chamberlain, Carveth, Campeau, Locas Riopelle, Curry, Dussault.</p><p>Referee, Butch Keeling; linesmen, Jim Primeau and Ed Mepham.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-08165/8234867-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="600" height="353"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 25</b></h3><p>BOSTON&mdash;The Boston Bruins scored a pair of goals past Sugar Jim Henry in each of the three periods as they set down the New York Rangers 6-4. It was a valuable win for the Bruins as they moved into a third place tie with the Rangers and pulled away from the Canadiens.</p><p>Woody Dumart was the Bruin big gun with two goals while Ed Sandford, Jimmy Peters, Ed Harrison and Pat Egan scored one each. Tony Leswick, Rene Trudell, Phil Watson and Edgar Laprade scored for the Rangers,</p><p>New York&mdash;Goak Henry; defence, Colville, Eddolls; centre, Laprade; wings, Kullman, Leswick; subs.: O&rsquo;Connor, Watson, Warwick, Moe Juzda, Raleigh, Trudell, Gardner, Slowinski, Hextall.</p><p>Boston&mdash;Goal, Brimsek; defence, Martin Henderson; centre, Sandford; wnigs, Peters Dumart; subs.: Schmidt, Smith, Gallinger, Crawford, Flaman, Egan, Taylor, Harrison. Wilson, Babando.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Frank (King) Clancy; linesmen, Herb Gallagher and Saxn Babcock.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-09126/8234860-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="601" height="567"></div><p>DETROIT&mdash;In a hard-hitting, closechecking game, the Detroit Red Wings scored their second win in as many nights over the Montreal Canadiens as Don Morrison&rsquo;s goal in the third period gave the home club a 1-0 win over the Habs.</p><p>Morrison&rsquo;s marker was loudly protested by the Canadiens for Morrison shot from behind the net and the puck hit Bill Durnan&rsquo;s ankle and dribbled into the cage. In recording his fifth shutout, Harry Lumley didn&rsquo;t handle a shot in the entire first period and the Canadiens were outshot 27-5.</p><p>Canadiens&mdash;Goal, Durnan: defence, Reardon. Laycoe; centre, Reay; wings. Chamberlain, Curry; subs.: Bouchard, Riopelle, Locas, Harmon, Richard, Fillion, Campeau, Lach, Mosdell, Dussault.</p><p>Detroit&mdash;Goal. Lumley; defence, Quackenbush, Stewart; centre, Abel; wings, Lindsay, Howe; subs.: Reise, Gauthier, Horeck, Guidolin, McFadden, Don Morrison, Conacher, Pavelich, Kelly, Rod Morrison.</p><p>Referee&mdash;Melville (Butch) Keeling; linesmen, Ed Mepham and Jim Primeau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-10100/8234853-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="597" height="300"></div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks knocked the Toronto club out of first place by holding the Maple Leafs to a 4-4 deadlock. Detroit&rsquo;s win over Montreal coupled with Toronto&rsquo;s tie put the Wings one point up.</p><p>Howie Meeker picked up two goals for hte Leafs and Max Bentley and Ted Kennedy scored the other two. For Chicago it was little Billy Mosienko who scored twice while Bud Polle and Roy Conacher bagged the other two.</p><p>Toronto&mdash;Goal, Broda; defence; Mortson. Thomson; centre. Kennedy: wnigs Lynn, Meeker. Subs. Stanow-skl Watson, N. Metz, M. Bentley, Apps, Ezinicki, Klukay, Boesch. Barllko. Smith.</p><p>Chicago&mdash;Goal. Francis; defence, Nattrass, Gadsby; centre, Gee; wings, Prystai, Hamill. Subs.: Mariucci, Gold-ham. Dickens, Bodnar, D. Bentley, Conacher, Mosienko Stewart, Polls.</p><p>Officials: Bill Chadwick, referee Young and Hayes, linesmen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07236/8234846-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="599" height="583"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>Includes Games of Sunday, Jan. 25.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1267/8234839-1-eng-US/f0007-122.jpg" title="f0007-12" width="618" height="2236"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-08180/8234832-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="605" height="956"></div><h3><b>GOALTENDERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-09136/8234825-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="607" height="837"></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/f0010-10113/8234818-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="481" height="161"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-011986/8234978-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>NELSON PODOLSKY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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The People’s Choice

<div class="byline">By AL BLOEMKER</div><p>INDIANAPOLIS&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>oosier hockey fans, who installed Nelson (Nellie) Podolsky as their favorite player during his freshman season in the American League a year ago, now point to the 22-year-old wingman as the most improved forward in the entire circuit.</p><p>Cold statistics support the fans opinion of them realizes the handicap &ldquo;Nellie&rdquo; had to overcome last summer in order to play hockey at all this season.</p><p>In the final game of the last campaign Podolsky crashed Into the goal posts while making one of his famous &ldquo;college tries&rdquo; which have established him as &ldquo;the people&rsquo;s choice&rdquo; in Indianapolis. He tore the thigh muscles in both legs and it was three long months before he could walk without limping.</p><p>In an effort to get his legs back into playing shape for the start of another season, however, &ldquo;Nellie&rdquo; talked Ted Lindsay of the Detroit Red Wings and Gus Mortson of the Toronto Maple Leafs into accompanying him on an extended prospecting trip in the bush country. Together they walked from 12 to 15 miles almost every day during the remainder of the summer, with the result that &ldquo;Nellie&rdquo; was in better condition than ever before at the start of the current campaign.</p><p>He became a favorite with the fans during his freshman year at Indianapolis because of his constant aggressiveness.</p><h2><b>Praised By Ivan</b></h2><p>&ldquo;The kid certainly can skate,&rdquo; said Coach Tommy Ivan a year ago. &ldquo;He zips around the rink like a high-powered motorboat on a mill pond and in another year maybe we can teach him how to put the puck into the net.&rdquo;</p><p>Tommy moved up between seasons, as coach of the Red Wings, but Johnny Mowers picked up the coaching reins at Indianapolis this fall and completed the job of showing Podolsky how to take advantage of scoring opportunities.</p><p>&ldquo;Johnny has shown me how to anticipate what the goalies are likely to do in order to keep me from scoring,&rdquo; says Podolsky, &ldquo;And he deserves a lot of credit for my Improved play.&rdquo;</p><p>Of almost equal importance, however, is the fact that &ldquo;Nellie&rdquo; has &ldquo;cut out the rough stuff&rdquo; and is devoting all of his energy to playing hockey-Last season he spent 96 minutes in the penalty box, but with the current campaign exactly half finished (the Caps played the 34 th of their 68 games Sunday, Dec-28) he has been charged with only nine minor penalties for a total of 18 minutes in the box.</p><p>His scoring record, meanwhile, has been sensatipnal in contrast to his performance of last season when he collected only eight goals and seven assists for a season&rsquo;s total of 15. So far this year (39 games) he has collected 34 points on 15 goals and 19 assists, while earning the distinction of being the third player in the entire league to score one or more goals against all rival teams.</p><p>He completed this &ldquo;grand slam&rdquo; at Washington on Dec. 16, three days prior to his 22nd birthday, and it was his goal which broke the tie and gave the Caps an 8-to-7 triumph in the highest scoring battle on the Indianapolis record this year.</p><h2><b>Ex-Sailor</b></h2><p>Podolsky played public school hockey at Kirkland Lake and &ldquo;graduated&rdquo; to the undefeated Holy Name Juveniles in 1941. Then he played with the Montreal Royal Juniors and the Galt Juniors before serving a year in the navy. While in the navy, he played with the Cornwallis team, which also included &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Almas and Enio Sclisizzi of the present Indianapolis squad, and he joined the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; Omaha &ldquo;farm&rdquo; club in December of 1945.</p><p>The next fall he came to Indianapolis and his improved play this season probably will result in a thorough trial with the Red Wings next season.</p><h2><b><i>Easing The Pain</i></b></h2><p>It is always helpful to have some element to offset the pain of any kind of injury. Most players in the American Hockey League have a very unique insurance policy, that pays them five dollars a stitch-for any sewing up job that may be required after a hectic game on the ice. After some of the hard hitting games played this season, the doctors&rsquo; needles have been working overtime on many occasions.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

FANS’ CHOICE, NELLIE PODOLSKY RANKS AS MOST IMPROVED PLAYER

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div><p>BUFFALO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>is Bisons are now pressing the Pittsburgh Hornets for the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Western Division leadership, Leroy Goldsworthy, who predicted at the outset of the present campaign that his club would really start to roll about mid-season, will let you know that no one individual, but strong, steady team-play, has enabled the Herd to maintain their winning pace. &ldquo;Our club is really working as a unit these days,&rdquo; Goldy told this HOCKEY NEWS writer</p><p>&ldquo;No one player does all of our scoring, and if one line isn&rsquo;t going too good we can almost be certain that one of the other lines will start clicking. Our team-play, and the improved defensive play of Art Lessard, with the addition of Doug Harvey back there on the defence, has really helped our club &ldquo;</p><h2><b>Keeps &lsquo;em Happy</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Probably the leading spark behind our wonderful team spirit and the let&rsquo;s-do-it-together attitude is Les Douglas, who centres Tommy Cooper and Joe Bell&rdquo;, Goldsworthy added.</p><p>&ldquo;Besides working hard every minute he is on the ice, Douglas&rsquo; fine disposition keeps the boys happy in the dressing room and on our long train hops. He is a great leader, and when we&rsquo;re down a goal, he gives the boys the added lift they need to get those goals back&rdquo;.</p><p>Widely acclaimed one of the league&rsquo;s top-notch centre ice players, General Manager Art Chapman secured Douglas for the Bisons from the Detroit Red Wings during the past summer, in the deal which also brought defenceman Hal Jackson to Buffalo and sent Jimmy McFadden to the Red Wings.</p><h2><b>Likes Les&rsquo; Work</b></h2><p>&ldquo;I have always liked Douglas&rsquo; work on the ice&rdquo;, Chapman told this reporter, &ldquo;and I knew that his spirit and his win to-win would aid our team&rdquo;.</p><p>Born and raised in Perth, Ontario, Douglas played junior amateur hockey with his home-town clubs, had one year in senior ranks with the Windsor Pontiacs, and then turned pro with the Detroit organization.</p><p>Now in his seventh year in the moneyed ranks, Douglas is playing his first play-for-pay hockey away from the Detroit organization, where he lined up with both the Red Wings and their A. H. L. Indianapolis Caps farm club.</p><p>A motor-cycle instructor in the Canadian Army for two years, Douglas has been accorded a fine reception by Buffalo hockey fans, and is presently making arrangements to establish year-around residence here.</p><p>A painting contractor during the off-season, Les would like to wield his paint brush right here in Buffalo when he hangs up his hockey stick for the summer.</p><h2><b><i>Ignites Herd</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-021486/8235033-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="614" height="1379"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LES DOUGLAS</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Les Douglas Leading Spark Behind Bison Team Spirit

<h2><b>Dawes Shelved</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>P</span>ittsburgh&rsquo;s 4-2 win over Indianapolis on January 22 cost the Hornets the services or their young centre star, Bob Dawes, Dawes injured his left leg in a centre-ice collision and at first it was thought the leg was broken. X-Ruys revealed otherwise however.</p><h2><b>Rams Unblanked</b></h2><p>After 46 scheduled A.H.L. games up to January 22, Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s New Haven Ramblers were the only team in the Eastern Division of the league that had not been shutout. Although losing 22 games, they never failed to score against rival netminders</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDING ON TUES. A.M., JAN. 27</b></h3><p><b>Eastern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-011826/8235232-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="604" height="189"></div><p><b>Western Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-021252/8235225-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="601" height="166"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>January 20&mdash;Hershey 1, St. Louis 1.</p><p>January 21&mdash;Buffalo 2. Providence 1, Cleveland 6, Philadelphia 6; Pittsburgh 7, Hershey 5 Springfield 4, Washington 3.</p><p>January 22&mdash;Pittsburgh 4, Indianapolist 2: New Haven 7, Buffalo 2.</p><p>January 23&mdash;-Washington 2, Cleveland 2.</p><p>January 24&mdash;New Haven 11, Philadelphia 2, Hershey 6, Cleveland 1; Springfield 7, Buffalp 1; Providence 7, Pittsburgh 2; St. Louis 6, Indianapolis 2.</p><p>January 25&mdash;Buffalo 6, St. Louis 3; Providence 3, New Haven 2; Indianapolis 7, Philadelphia 4.</p><h3><b>Games of Coming Week</b></h3><p>January 27&mdash;Pittsburgh at Hershey; Philadelphia at St. Louis; New Haven at Washington.</p><p>January 28&mdash;Philadelphia at Pittsburgh; Cleveland at Springfield.</p><p>January 29&mdash;Indianapolis at Providence.</p><p>January 30&mdash;Hershey at Washington.</p><p>January 31&mdash;St. Louis at Cleveland; Indianapolis at Hershey; Washington at Philadelphia; Buffalo at Pittsburgh; Providence at Springfield.</p><p>February 1&mdash;Buffalo at Indianapolis; Washington at Providence; Cleveland at St. Lou.s.</p><p>It is still a hot battle for firs spot in both divisions of the league.</p><p>Reds still top the Eastern end of the loop holding a 10 point lead over the New Haven Ramblers while the Pittsburgh Hornets managed to retain their two point lead over the Buffalo Bisons in the Western Division.</p><p>Although the pressure is being put on the leaders they are both more or less sitting in the driver&rsquo;s seat. The Reds with 55 points have three games in hand over the Ramblers from New Haven who have played 48 games and have 45 points. The Pittsburgh Hornets nave played 43 games and have a total of 59 points while the Herd from Buffalo have played two games more and have 57 points.</p><p>The Hershey Bears and the Indianapolis Capitals are still threatening to move into the second spot of the divisions. The Bears who have played 46 games are only two points behind the second place New Haven Ramblers in the Eastern Division while the Capitals from Indianapolis continue to crowd the second place Bisons in the Western loop. The Caps are now only six marks behind the herd having played 45 games for a total of 51 points.</p><p>Over in the Eastern Division, the race is not nearly as hot as in the Western Division. The Philadelphia Rockets and the Springfield Indians are all tied up in the race for the fourth slot of the East side each having 31 points with the Indians who have only played 42 games are still entrenched in the cellar of the Eastern loop with 26 points.</p><p>The Cleveland Barons are only one point behind the third place Capitals in the Western Division but hold two games in hand. The Barons have played 41 games and have 50 points. The St. Louis Flyers are still holding up the Western Division from down below having played 43 games for a total of 40 points.</p><h3><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 18</b></h3><p>PROVIDENCE.&mdash;The Indianapolis Capitols turned the tables on the league leading Providence Reds and scored three goals in the initial frame, two in the second and four more in the finale as they walloped the home club 9-4. The leading goalgetters for the Caps were Sclisizzi and Simpson with two apiece.</p><p>Indianapolis: Goal, Almas;; defence, Mckay, Bruneteau; centre, Doran; wings, Miller Summers; subs: Sullivan, Licarl, Sclisizzi, Nicholson, Fogolin, Couture, Simpson, Podolsky.</p><p>Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, Michaluk, Church; centre, Fraser; wings, Liscombe. Bedard; subs: Laplante, Prokop, Kapusta. Stanley, Arcand. Chad, Sherza, Collings. Reardon. Stoddard,</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03757/8235218-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="601" height="799"></div><p>BUFFALO&mdash;Bob Davidson&rsquo;s Hornets moved back into first place in the Western Division by tying the Buffalo Bisons 1-1. In a closely battled A.H.L. game, the Bison took the lead after 14 seconds of the third period on Joe Bell&rsquo;s goal and it wasn&rsquo;t until 18.15 of the same frame that a long screened shot by Pete Backor evened the count. The win put Pittsburgh two points up on the Pisons.</p><p>Buffalo: Goal, Dion; defence, Field, Lessard; centre, McKay; wings. Brown, Gravelle; subs: Jackson. Harvey. Douglas. Cooper, Bell, Halderson,. Hickey, Lewis.</p><p>Pittsburgh: Goal, Bastien: defence, Kemp, Morris; centre, Langelle; wings, Sloan. O&rsquo;Flaherty; subs: Samis, Backor, Hamilton, Hill, Benson, Lemieux, Dawes, Costello. Mackell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04578/8235211-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="595" height="285"></div><p>NEW HAVEN&mdash;Before 3,400 spectators the speedy Cleveland Barons nicked goals in all three periods as they defeated the New Haven Ramblers 4-2. After the score was tied at 1-1 in the opening heat, the Barons scored twice in the middle period and sunk another tally in the third. George Allen scored twice for the winners.</p><p>Cleveland: Goal, Bessette; defence. Sprout, Davidson; centre, Holota; wings, Leswick, Carse; subs: Sawchuk, DeMarco, Trudel. Thurier, Sollinger, Russell, Kelly, Wares, Buller, Allen.</p><p>New Haven: Goal, Rayner; defence, Lamirande, Lancien; centre, Davies; wings, Johnston, Webster: subs: Bell, Heller, Cameron. Juckes, Fisher, Mackintosh. White. Denis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05432/8235204-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="603" height="424"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 20</b></h3><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;Paul Ronty gave the Hershey Bears a one-goal lead early in the first period, and the Bears played air-tight hockey until the 10-minute mark of the final period when the St. Louis Fleyers scored and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.</p><p>Ronty scored after taking passes from Lund and Marquess and the Flyers goal was scored by Raynak on a play with Kampman, and Black.</p><p>Hershey&mdash;Goal, Henry; defence, Pratt, Schcrtzl; centre, Mario; wings, McGill, PeLrson; subs:&mdash;Slobodian, Branigan, Gronsdahl, Bruce, McAtee, Ronty, Marquess, Cooper. McLenahan, P. Lund.</p><p>St. Louis&mdash;Goal, Highton; defence, Grigg. Kampman centre, Grosso: wings, Gladu, Tustin. Subs&mdash;Shewchuk, J. Lund, Wilsen, Black, Olson. McComb, Pozzo, Raynak. Backor. Milligen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06364/8235197-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="596" height="310"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21</b></h3><p>BUFFALO&mdash;With all the scoring coming within five minutes and 11 seconds of the second period, the Buffalo Bisons edged out the pace setting Providence Reds 2-1. Leo Gravelie broke the scoreloss tie at 1.44 of the second period and then Len Halderson, made it 2-0 before Chuck Sherza scored for the Reds</p><p>Buffalo&mdash;Goal, Dion: defence, Field. centre. Douglas: wings. Cooper. Bell subs&mdash;Jackson. Harvey, McKay Gravelle, Brown, Halderson, Hickey, Lewis. Hunt.</p><p>Providence&mdash;Goal, Bennett; defence, Reardon. Michaluk; centre, Laplante; wings, Prokop, Kapusta. Subs&mdash;Stanley, Arcand, Fraser, Church, Chad, Liscombe, Bedard, Sherza, Collings, Stoddard.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07316/8235190-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="599" height="320"></div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;The Cleveland Barons scored two goals in the third period and gained a 6-6 deadlock with the Philadelphia Rockets before a crowd that numbered 3,000. The tie ran the Barons&rsquo; streak to six games without a defeat. Roy Kelly and Pete Leswick scored the two tying goals. Narduzzi and Mahaffy scored two each for the Rockets</p><p>Cleveland&mdash;Goal, Bower: defence. Davidson, Sprout: centre, Holota; wings, Carse, Leswick. Subs&mdash;Sawchuk, Wares, Allen, Buller. Thurier, Russell, Trudel, DeMarco. Kelly, Solinger.</p><p>Philadelphia&mdash;Goal. Jossiman; defence Motter, Bush; centre, Stefanlw: wings, Narduzzi. Hergesheimer. Subs&mdash;Waldriff. Kilrea, Wochy, Mahaffy, Jamieson, De-Felice. Kraiger, Shewchuk, Herchenratter Bangay.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08287/8235183-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="600" height="830"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;Summerhill and Frost scored singles in the middle canto to give the Springfield Indians a 4-3 A.H.L. victory over the Washington Lions as a Coliseum crowd of 3,000 looked on. Courteau and Gooden scored the other Indian tallies while the Lion goalgetters were Wilson, Slater and Carr-Harris.</p><p><b>Springfield&mdash;</b> Goal, Perras; defence, Johnstone, Allen; centre, Kobussen; wings, Jones, Kuntz. Suba&mdash;Tottle, Lamoureux, Courteau, Unger, Hoskings, Summehill, Hayden, Frost, Gooden, Thorpe,</p><p><b>Washington</b>&mdash;Goal, Bell; defence, Archambault, Wilson; centre, D. Porteous; wings, F. Porteous, Slater. Subs&mdash;Portland, Mair, Schultz. Wilton, Cuiman, Babey, Raney, Carr-Harris, Foley, Hun-chuk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09274/8235176-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="610" height="475"></div><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;The league leading Pittsburgh club held on to its lead in the Western Division by defeating the Hershey Bears 7-5. Benson was the only two-goal scorer for the Hornets while Paul Ronty of the Bears picked up three points.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh&mdash;</b> Goal, Bastien; defence, Backor, Kemp; centre Langelle; wings, Lemieux, Sloan. Subs&mdash;-Samis, Morris, Thomas, Hamilton, Hill, Benson, Dawes, Costello, Mackell.</p><p><b>Hershey&mdash;</b>Goal, Henry; defence, Pratt, Schertzl; centre, Ronty; wings, Lund, Marquess. Subs&mdash;Slobodian. Branigan, McGill, Mario, Gronsdahl, McAtee, Cooper, McLenahan, Peirson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10252/8235169-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="596" height="695"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 22</b></h3><p>NEW HAVEN&mdash;Harry Bell, Wingy Johnston and Chick Webster hit the cords twice each to pace the New Haven Ramblers to a 7-2 victory over the Buffalo Bisons in a hotly contested American League game. Before 2.800, the Rams took a 3-1 lead in the first frame and added two goals in both the second and last periods.</p><p><b>New Haven&mdash;</b> Goal, Rayner; defence, Lamirande, Lancien; centre, Davies; wings Johnston, Webster. Subs.: H. Bell, Heller, Cameron, Juckes, Fisher, White. Denis.</p><p><b>Buffalo</b>&mdash;Goal, Dion; defence, Field, Lessard; centre, Douglas; wings. Cooper, J. Bell. Subs&mdash;Harvey, McKay, Hunt, Hickey, Brown, Gravelle, Halderson, Jackson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11220/8235162-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="606" height="552"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12181/8235155-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="602" height="113"></div><p>INDIANAPOLIS ALthough Pittsburgh Hornets downed the Indianapolis Capitols 4-2 the league leaders lost centre Bobby Dawes with a fractured leg. Dawes broke his left limb in a collision at centre during the second period, Fleming Mackell and Pete Langelle stole the show by accounting for all four Hornet goals,</p><p><b>Pittsburgh</b>&mdash;Goal, Bastien; defence, Kemp, Backor; centre, Langelle; wings, Sloan, Lemieux. Subs&mdash;Hamilton, Hill, Benson, Samis, Morris. Dawes, Costello, Mackell, Thomas.</p><p><b>Indianapolis</b>&mdash;Goal, Almas: defence. Millar, Summers; centre, Simpson wings, Couture, Podolsky. Subs&mdash;Lundy, Licari. Sclisizzi, Nicholson, Foglin, Doran, Bruneteau, Mackay, Sullivan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-13161/8235148-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="606" height="401"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 24</b></h2><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;The St. Louis Flyers leading 2-1 at the end of the first period added three more in the middle frame and another in the last period to ecore a 6-2 victory over the Indianapolis Capitals. Paul-Gladu led the Flyer scorers with a pair of goals and assisted on two more while McComb, Black, Tustin and Milligan each added a goal.</p><p>Red Doran and Cliff Simpson Were the Capitals scorers.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-14132/8235141-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="588" height="177"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-011957/8235134-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="594" height="363"></div><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;The Springfield Indians stopped the Buffalo Bisons from climbing into a first place tie with the Pittsburgh Hornets when they downed the Herd 7-1.</p><p>Gooden and Jones scored a pair while Huger, Kuntz and Eddie Kobussen tallied singles. Kobussen also added three asl sists. Joe Bell scored the lone Bison goal at the halfway mark of the final period.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-021419/8235127-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="595" height="575"></div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Ken Davies of the New Haven Rainbiers scored four goals and added two assists paving the way for an 11-2 victory over the Philadelphia Rockets. Chick Webster also had six points with a brace of goals and four assists while Johnson also netted a pair and Jukes, Fisher and Denis each scored singles in the free scoring game.</p><p>Kilrea and Bush were the Rockets scorers in the second and third periods.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03882/8235120-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="587" height="358"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04599/8235113-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="598" height="498"></div><p>HERSHEY&mdash;Led by Frank Mario with a hat trick the Hershey Bears came back to defeat the Cleveland Barons 6-1 after being down 1-0 at the end of the first period. Four goals in the 2nd period and two more in the final stanza gave the Bears their six tallies. Shertzl, Gronsdahl and Marquess were the other Hershey marksmen.</p><p>Kelly scored the lone Barons marker at the 15:03 mark of the first period.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05433/8235106-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="594" height="573"></div><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;The Eastern Division leaders the Providence Reds&rsquo;led by Chad, Collings and Fraser with a brace of tallies each, scored a convincing 7-2 victory over the Western Division leaders the Pittsburgh Hornets.</p><p>Chuck Scherza of the Reds was the leading point getter of the night with four assists. The Hornets scorers were Costello and Benson.</p><p>Providence&mdash;Goal, Bennett; defence, Arcand, Stanley; centre, Lalante; wings, Prokop, Kapusta; alternates. Church, Michaluk, Stoddard, Reardon, Fraser, Liscombe, Bedard, Collings, Scherza, Chad.</p><p>Pittsburgh&mdash;Goal, Bastien; defence, Kemp, Back or; centre, Langelle; wings, Thomas, Sloan; alternates. Samis, Morris, Hamilton, Benson, Hill, Dawes, Costello, MackeLl, Lemteux.</p><p>Officials&mdash;Teddy Graham and Waldo Russell</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06329/8235099-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="591" height="698"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>Including Games of Sunday, Jan. 25</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1674/8235092-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="602" height="765"></div><h3><b>THE LEADERS</b></h3><p>Goals&mdash;C. Liscombe, Providence (35)</p><p>Assists&mdash;R. Laplante, Providence 142)</p><p>Penalties&mdash;P, Samis, Pitts. E. Bush, Phil. (111)</p><h3><b>Three Goals in One Game</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1757/8235085-1-eng-US/f0009-172.jpg" title="f0009-17" width="619" height="34"></div><h3><b>Shutouts</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1836/8235078-1-eng-US/f0009-182.jpg" title="f0009-18" width="587" height="35"></div><h3><b>Leading Goaler</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1932/8235071-1-eng-US/f0009-192.jpg" title="f0009-19" width="599" height="111"></div><h2><b><i>Victim Of Jinx</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-15105/8235064-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="566" height="926"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHNNY MAHAFFY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By FRED W. EDWARDS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1191/8235263-1-eng-US/f0010-112.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRITZ FRASER</b></figcaption></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>umbered among the top-ranking rookie defencemen making their debut in professional hockey this season can be listed the burly 205-pound, 25-year-old Orillia, Ontario, product, Ian &ldquo;Fritz&rdquo; Fraser, of the Minneapolis Millers of the United States Hockey League.</p><p>He is the solid, give-you-all-he-has-got type that every scout hopes to uncover but so seldom does. To have to sit a game out worries him to distraction. He loves to play for the love of playing.</p><h2><b>Versatile Athlete</b></h2><p>An all-around athlete, with a particular yen for lacrosse, baseball and football, &ldquo;Fritz&rdquo; has played hockey since he was old enough to don skates. Like most Canucks, he learned the game by playing it whenever the opportunity presented itself, sometimes without skates but more often with. As he grew older he followed the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association pattern of organized pee-wee, bantam, midget, juvenile, junior, intermediate and senior leagues in accordance with his age.</p><p>Scouts began taking a bit of fatherly interest in Fritz when he played and starred with the Oshawa Generals in the 19391940 and 1941 seasons, especially after the Generals won the O.H. A. championship and went on to win the Memorial Cup, emblematic of the junior championship of Canada, in the 1939-40 season.</p><p>He returned tb play the T?&raquo;W-1941 campaign with the Oshawa Generals and helped them cop the O.H.A. title for the second consecutive year, but transferred his allegiance to Brantford Lions, also in the Junior O.H.A, in the 1941-42 season, at the close of which he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force</p><h2><b>Loaned By Barons</b></h2><p>Although he played some hockey in the service it was not until the 1946-1947 season that he got back into the organized game with the Moncton Hawks in the Maritime Senior League Accepting an invitation to the joint training camp of the Minneapolis Millers and the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League, at Winnipeg last fall, he turned pro with the Cleveland Barons and was loaned to the Millers for the current season.</p><p>Of Scotch descent and married, Fritz has endeared himself to Miller fans by his steadfastness of purpose and utter fearlessness&mdash;showing opponents no quarter and asking for none.</p><h2><b><i>Medicine Hat Club Get Three Players</i></b></h2><p>MEDICINE HAT&mdash;Medicine Hat Tigers of the Southern Alberta Junior Hockey League announced they had signed three players to bolster the lineup for the balance of the season. The three are Clare Drake, Yorkton. Sask., Jack McFarland, Regina, and Christie Smith, North Battleford.</p><p>Drake and McFarland were property of Regina Pats while Smith performed with North Battleford intermediates.</p><p>Although the transfers of the three players concerned have received the blessing of the clubs involved and presumably both the Alberta and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, D. A. Scholten, club director, pointed out that before the trio could perform for Tigers in league competition permission to do so must be obtained from the other.</p><h2><b><i>Promising Newcomer</i></b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Millers’ Burly Rearguard, Fritz Fraser Highly Rated

<div class="byline">By ERIC BISHOP</div><p>TRAIL, B. C&mdash;</p><p>When the gent on the public address system tells the fans Curly Wheatley and Gerry Wheatley will be the referees, the hoots and jeers are noticeable by their absence. That&rsquo;s remarkable in this district where the customers have ridden more than one official right out of the league. But it only shows how much respect is shown the father and son whistle tooting pair.</p><p>Curly, a former hockey star of the Kootenay&rsquo;s and his son, Gerry, a 19-year-old lad who suffered an accident that snuffed out a promising puck career, have handled many games in great style and are rated the top refereeing team in the Western International League.</p><h2><b>Settled In Banff</b></h2><p>Curly, the father, was born in 1904 in Yorkshire, England. He can&rsquo;t remember living on the other side of the pond as his folks came to Canada when he was eight months old and settled at Banff, Alberta That&rsquo;s where Curly learned his hockey. He was a standout from the word go and when only 16 was a member of the Banff senior squad. When 18 Curly lit out for Blairmore where he shone in the old Crow&rsquo;s Nest Pass Senior League for a few years before coming to Trail in 1926 The rugged left winger performed with the Smoke Eaters here until 1935. He was a fiery player who asked and gave no quarter.</p><p>While still playing in senior ranks in 1929, Curly Wheatley started refereeing minor league games in Trail and when his playing days were over took up the whistle blowing chore in senior ranks as well. He has handled two Allan Cup finals, in 1941 and 1942, as well as scores of interprovincial and cup semi-finals.</p><p>Of course, the elder Wheatley has had his highs and lows as an official, but the praise and jeers never affected him and he rules with an iron hand when in action.</p><p>Curly Wheatley has also refereed lacrosse battles in the Kootenay&rsquo;s and one year handled 65 boxla games and 68 hockey games-He&rsquo;s so highly rated that recently he was chosen to head a referee&rsquo;s school throughout the Kootenay&rsquo;s.</p><p>When young Gerry Wheatley was 17 he was quite a prospect as the husky puckster was a standout in the Booster League in. Trail. Unfortunately Gerry went sleigh riding one night and hit a fire hydrant and suffered internal injuries. A kidney was removed and the lad recovered 100 percent but the doctors stated &ldquo;no rough sports.&rdquo;</p><p>Naturally the youngster was down in the dumps, but he perked up when his father asked him if he would like to referee in the Sunday afternoon intermediate league. That was late in the 1945 season. When 1946 rolled around young Wheatley showed so much promise as a whistle-tooter he handled all minor league games as well as a few senior tiffs.</p><p>This season the younger Wheatley has been taking his regular turn handling senior contests along with his old man. Although just a kid, young Gerry doesn&rsquo;t stand for any nonsense and calls them as he sees them. The players give him a wide berth, partly because he misses them seldom and partly because the elder Wheatley, who they&rsquo;ve seen in. action before, is hovering around.</p><p>Curly Wheatley has had quits a record. Hockey star, top-flight referee and president of the league for two seasons. His son won&rsquo;t be a hockey star but he&rsquo;ll certainly be a top-flight referee and who knows, perhaps league prexy soon.</p><h2><b><i>Sing For Solinger</i></b></h2><p>Robert Solinger, rookie right winger of the Cleveland Barons, 22 years old, is now the leading goal-getter of his team, and hockey fans in Cleveland are boosting him for the rookie award for the 1947-48 season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

FATHER AND SON REFEREE TEAM RESPECTED BY PLAYERS. PUBLIC

<h2><b>Largest Crowd</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen the Pla-Mors played hosts and defeated the League leading Minneapolis Millers on January 18, a throng of 4,306 filed through the turnstiles to watch the home town Kannas City club. The attendance marked the largest of the current season in Kansas City.</p><h2><b>Top Pointmen</b></h2><p>Mike McMahon&rsquo;s snipers from Houston are leading the league in goals scored so far this year. The Huskies have beaten rival netminders 185 times in 40 games. Next in line is Minneapolis, Northern Division leaders, with 174 goals in 41 games.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>Standing on Sunday A.M., Jan. 25</b></h3><p><b>Northern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-011735/8235409-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="599" height="140"></div><p><b>Southern Division</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-021241/8235402-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="600" height="113"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>January 18&mdash;Fort Worth 4, Houston 1; Omaha 4, St. Paul 2; Kansas City 5, Minneapolis 3.</p><p>January 20&mdash;Kansas City 2, Fort Worth 2; Tulsa 2, Omaha 1.</p><p>January 21&mdash;Kansas City 5, Dallas 8; Minneapolis 9, Tulsa 4.</p><p>January 22&mdash;Kansas City 4, Houston 8; St. Paul 4, Tulsa 2.</p><p>January 24&mdash;Omaha 2, Fort Worth 1; Houston 3, Minneapolis 2; Tulsa 3, Dallas 2.</p><h3><b>Games of Coming Week</b></h3><p>January 28&mdash;Tulsa at Dallas; Omaha at Minneapolis; Houston at Kansas City.</p><p>January 29&mdash;Fort Worth at St. Paul; Houston at Omaha.</p><p>January 31&mdash;Houston at Dallas; Kansas City at Tulsa; Fort Worth at Minneapolis; St. Paul at Omaha.</p><p>February 1&mdash;St. Paul at Kansas City.</p><p>While the Minneapolis Millers set the pace in the Northern Division, the Fort Worth Rangers and the Houston Huskies are setting a sizzling fight for first place honors in the Southern Division of the United States League championship race. The Millers are more or less sitting pretty atop the Northern Division and up to last Saturday they held a four-point edge over the St. Paul Saints.</p><h2><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 18</b></h2><p>ST. PAUL&mdash;Terry Sawchuk, Omaha&rsquo;s 18-year-old netminding wonder turned Tn one of his best games of the year as the Knights defeated the fast skating St. Paul Saints 4-2. Sam Lavitt and Motto McLean gave the Knights a 2-0 lead In the first frame, a lead they never relinquished.</p><p>Omaha: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Simon, Forbes; centre, McNab; wings, Boyce, Senick; subs; Dewsbury, Lavitt, Bak, Smith, Kennedy, McLean, Wiseman, Glover, lannarelli, Strongman.</p><p>St. Paul: Goal, McGill; defence, Sandalack, Allsby; centre, Trainor; wings, Dowling, Shack; subs: Dill, Levandowski, Shero, Brown, Bend, Rozzini, Pechet, Schwartz, DelMonte, Read.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03825/8235395-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="599" height="377"></div><p>KANSAS CITY.&mdash;The faltering Minneapolis Millers were handed their 14th setback of the U.S.H.L. schedule when the Kansas City Pla-Mors came out on top 5-3 before a crowd of 4,306. Jackie Miller paced the Pla-Mors with a brace of goals.</p><p>Kansas City: Goal, Jackson; defence. Tarala, J. Jackson; centre, Ashworth; wings, Groves, Butler; subs: Baldwin, Mitchell, Conn, Olmstead, Silvestri, Blade, Wilson, Powell, Harms, Miller.</p><p>Minneapolis: Goal, Karakas; defence, Williams, Allum; centre, Smith; wings, Strobel, Bartholome; subs: Sherritt, Fraser, Kaiser, Forgie, Atanas, Wycherley, Melnyk, Burns, Bukovith, Tomiuk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04636/8235388-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="594" height="265"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05499/8235381-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="599" height="218"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 20</b></h2><p>OMAHA&mdash;Clint Smith&rsquo;s Tulsa Oilers halted a six game undefeated winning streak by the Omaha clubs as the Knights were edged out 2-1. Smith and McAtee were the Tulsa scorers,</p><p>Omaha&mdash;Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Forbes, Simon; centre, McNab; wings, Boyce, Senick. subs: Lavitt, Dewsbury, Strongman, Kennedy, Iannarelli, Glover, Wiseman, W. Smith, Bak.</p><p>Tulsa Goal Little-defence Joan, Matthews; centre, McMurdy, wings, Webster, Knott, &raquo;ubs: Dillon, Dick, McAtee, Dheere. Thomson, C. Smith, Ubriaco, Chakowski, Sadler.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06429/8235374-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="600" height="394"></div><p>FORT WORTH&mdash;Before 2,700 fans, the Fort Worth Rangers and the Kansas Pla-Mors battled to a 2-2 U.S.H.L. deadlock. Harms and Baldwin were the Pla-Mors scorers while Hewson and Bedard scored for the Rangers.</p><p><b>Fort Worth</b>&mdash;Goal, McAtee; defence, Brodeur, Baby; centre, Fowler; wings, Rotson, Warwick, subs: Drainville, Lof-vandalh, Kopak, Mutcheson, Kaiser, Schmidt, Weaver, Bedard, Hewson.</p><p><b>Kansas City</b>&mdash;Goal, Jackson; defence, Baldwin, Conn; centre, Powell; wings, Miller, Harms, subs: J. Jackson, Ashworth, Olmstead, Groves, Robertson, Sill vestri, Mitchell, Blade, Butler.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07383/8235367-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="595" height="394"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21</b></h2><p>DALLAS&mdash;The Dallas defence, caved in the third period and the Kansas City Pla-Mors moved in to score three goals and defeat the Texans 5-3. The Players scored the three tallies in less the two minutes.</p><p><b>Dallas</b>&mdash;Goal, Pidsodny; defence, Finkbelner, McKay; centre, Petrie; wings, Homenuke, Smrke, subs: Rockey Shill, Allen Horeck, Peterson, Gagnon, Poitras, Bellemare.</p><p><b>Kansas City</b>&mdash;Goal, Jackson; defence, J. Jackson, Mitchell; centre, Ashworth; wings, Groves, Butler, subs: Tarala, Olmstead, Baldwin, Robertson, Powell, Silvestri, Harms, Miller Balde, Conn.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08349/8235360-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="590" height="574"></div><p>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;The Millers went on a rampage es they handed the Tulsa Oilers a 9-4 shellacking. Pinky Mel-nyk led the Millers with three goals and one assist while Norm Burns scored twice and assisted in three others.</p><p><b>Tulsa</b>&mdash;Goal, Littlle; defence, Matthews, Jones; centre, McCurdy; wings, Knott, Webster, subs: Dick, DUlon, Chakowski, Ubriaco, C. Smith, McAtee, Sadler, Dheere, Thompson.</p><p><b>Minneapolis</b>&mdash;Goal, Karakas; defence, Allum, Williams; centre, Forgie; wings, Strobel, Atanas. subs: Sherritt, Kaiser, Milne, S. Smith, Buckovich, Bartholome, Burnsk Wycherley, Melnyk, Tomiuk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09330/8235353-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="595" height="583"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-10300/8235346-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="597" height="270"></div><h2><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 22</b></h2><p>HOUSTON&mdash;The Kansas City Pla-Mors jacked their third place lead over the Omaha Knight to eight points in Northern Division by defeating the Houston Huskies 4-3 in overtime. Johnny Harms scored the winner at 8.29 of the extra frame.</p><p><b>Kansas City</b>&mdash;Goal, D. Jackson; defence, J. Jackson, Mitchell; centre, Blade; wings, Silvestri, Olmstead; subs; Tarala, Ashworth, Groves, Baldwin, Robertson, Powell, Harms, Miller, Conn, Butler.</p><p><b>Houston</b>&mdash;Goal, Gauthier; defence, Melong, Curry; centre, Agar; wings, Black, Mundrick; subs: Maher, McMahon, McKenzie, Giesbrecht, Brown, Skinner, McArthur, Eisenzoph.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-11270/8235339-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="602" height="587"></div><p>ST. PAUL&mdash;Th4 great work of Jackie McGill in the St. Paul cage was mainly responsible for the Saints snapping out of their seven game losing streak as they defeated the Tulsa Oilers 4-2. McGill was forced to stop a tptal of 36 shots.</p><p><b>Tulsa</b>&mdash;Goal, Little &ldquo;defense, Dick. DM-lon; centre McCurdy; wings, Knott, Webster; subs: Jones, Chakowski, Unriaco, C. Smith, Dheere, McAtee, Sadler, Thomson, Matthews.</p><p><b>St. Paul</b>&mdash;Goal, McGill; defence, Ails-by, Shero; centre, Rozzini; wings, Schwartz, Pechet; subs: Sandalack, Dill, Trainer, Read, Brown, Bend, N. Smith, Levandowski, Dowling, Shack.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-12241/8235332-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="597" height="499"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>Including Games of January 18</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-14147/8235325-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="604" height="668"></div><h3><b>GOALTENDERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-15119/8235318-1-eng-US/f0011-152.jpg" title="f0011-15" width="599" height="321"></div><h3><b>THE LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Points</b>&mdash;Agar, 62</p><p><b>Most goals</b>&mdash;Brown, 31</p><p><b>Most assists</b>&mdash;Agar, 39 Rozzini, 39</p><p><b>Most penalties</b>&mdash;Dick, 128 minutes</p><p><b>Most.shut outs</b>&mdash;Jackson, K.C. and McAtee, Ft. Worth, 3<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-13" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-13189/8235440-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TERRY SAWCHUK, sensational 17-year-old-goalie of Omaha Knights, makes a sparkling save as centre Stan Smith of Minneapolis Millers sails in at full steam. Despite Sawchuck&rsquo;s brilliant work, Millers won the game, 4-1.</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>UFFALO&mdash;In a surprise move the management of the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League announced earlier in the week that Leo Gravelle, regular winger with the Bisons since he was returned by the Montreal Canadiens, will be sent to the Houston Huskies of the United States League.</p><p>. Gravelle, one-time Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s College star and a member of the Montreal Royals of the Quebec Senior League, joined the Canadiens last year and played in 53 league games. The 22-year-old speedster attempted but failed to hold down a regular right wing berth with the N.H.L. club this season and was sent to Buffalo.</p><p>Nicknamed the &ldquo;Gazelle Boy&rdquo; because of his great speed, Gravelle was born in Aylmer, Ontario on June 10. 1925. His record last year in the N.H.L. was 16 goals and 14 assists.</p><h2><b><i>Sawchuk Snares Sizzler</i></b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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GRAVELLE FARMED TO HOUSTON CLUB

<p>MINNEAPOLIS&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>im Hendy, president of the United States Hockey League, wielded his whip last week when he announced from the league headquarters that the coach and six players of the St. Paul Saints had all been fined for participating in an altercation during a game with the Minneapolis Millers on January 10.</p><p>Hendy stated that Murray Patrick, coach of the Saints, had been fined $25 for leaping to the ice when the fight started and the six players were all fined $10 dollars each for also leaving the bench to take part in the battle. It all started when a fan took a sneak punch at St. Paul&rsquo;s Mitch Pechet while he and Ants Atanas of the Millers were in the penalty box and the six Saints stormed from the bench to aid their teammate.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

President Jim Hendy Levies Fines On Coach And Six St. Paul Players

<h2><b>MARITIME BIG FOUR</b></h2><h3><b>Standing: on Monday, A.M., Jan. 26</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-011908/8235579-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="603" height="136"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>Jan. 16&mdash;Truro 9, Moncton 3.</p><p>Jan. 17&mdash;Truro 13, Halifax 3; Saint John 7, Moncton 5.</p><p>Jan. 21&mdash;Saint John 8. Halifax 7.</p><p>Jan. 23&mdash;Moncton 7, Halifax 4.</p><p>Jan. 24&mdash;Halifax 1, Saint Jhon 6.</p><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS (Includes games of Jan. 19)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-021500/8235572-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="612" height="475"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC PROVINCIAL</b></h2><h3><b>Standing on Monday, A.M. Jan. 26</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03975/8235565-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="611" height="136"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>January 21&mdash;St. Hyacinthe 10, Lachine 4.</p><p>January 22&mdash;Sherbrooke 8, Victoriaville 3.</p><p>January 25&mdash;Victoriaville 8, Lachine 2;</p><p>St. Hyacinthe 8, Sherbrooke.</p><h3><b>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h3><p><b>Standing on Wednesday A.M. Jan. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04578/8235558-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="610" height="187"></div><h3><b>Leading Scorers</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05415/8235551-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="591" height="188"></div><h3><b>EASTERN U.S. AMATEUR Includes Games of Tuesday, Jan. 20</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06337/8235544-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="605" height="579"></div><h2><b>INTERCOLLEGIATE LEAGUE (CAN)</b></h2><p><b>Standing on Wednesday A.M., Jan. 28</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07284/8235537-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="600" height="139"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>Jan. 24&mdash;McGill 4, Queen&rsquo;s 2; U. of Toronto 9, U. of Montreal 0.</p><h3><b>Coming Games</b></h3><p>Jan. 30&mdash;Queen&rsquo;s at McGill; U. of Montreal at U. of Toronto</p><h3><b>MANITOBA JUNIOR LEAGUE Standing on Wednesday A.M. Jan. 21</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08240/8235530-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="609" height="136"></div><h3><b>O.H.A. JUNIOR &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h3><p><b>Standing on Monday A.M. Jan. 26</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09196/8235523-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="608" height="292"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>January 20&mdash;Oshawa 6, St. Michael&rsquo;s 3.</p><p>January 21&mdash;Windsor 6, Barrie 4; Stratford 5, Guelph 2.</p><p>January 22&mdash;Oshawa 3, Guelph 2.</p><p>January 23&mdash;St. Catharines 7, Marlboros 3.</p><p>January24&mdash;Marlboios 4, St. Catharines 1;</p><p>Stratford 3, St. Michael&rsquo;s 2; Oshawa 13, Young Rangers 2: Galt 4, Windsor 4.</p><h3><b>Leading Scorers</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-10177/8235516-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="606" height="555"></div><h3><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</b></h3><p><b>Standing on Monday A. M. Jan. 26</b></p><p><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-11163/8235509-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="606" height="178"></div><p><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-12141/8235502-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="605" height="141"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>January 21&mdash;Canadiens 3, Lachine 1 Nationale 4, ThreeRivers 1.</p><p>January 21&mdash;Verdun Leafs 4, Three Rivers 1; Cyclones 4, Valleyfield 3.</p><p>January 23&mdash;Valleyfield 6, Lachine 2.</p><p>January 25&mdash;Canadiens 4, Three Rivers 2; Quebec 3, Verdun Leafs 1.</p><h3><b>Leading Scorers</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-13127/8235495-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="608" height="578"></div><h2><b><i>Fan Club Formed</i></b></h2><p>NEW HAVEN&mdash;</p><p>A Blue Line Club, which is to be run by a group of hockey fang in New Haven, has been formed and will hold its 1st formal meeting on February 16. The group&rsquo;s purpose will be to encourage interest in hockey in the Elm City and to give the fans more of an opportunity to meet the players and officials of the different hockey interests in town. Awards to outstanding teams and individuals, whether they be school, college, or professional. will be made.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Amateur Parade At Quick Glance

<div class="byline">By ARNIE JONES</div><p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>OBBY LOAFING&mdash;It&rsquo;s certainly worth your time and trouble to take an hour off and linger in the lobby of a major league hockey city&rsquo;s big hotel-There you can watch and encounter National Hockey League personalities as they pass the time of day. Bill Cowley stopped off at Montreal on his way to the Maritimes. &ldquo;Yea, it&rsquo;s too bad about Toe Blake,&rdquo; said William, &ldquo;he was a cinch to break my record and more power to him if he does. You don&rsquo;t heal very quickly at 35 but I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;ll be back &ldquo;&hellip;Of all peop1e, Johnny Gottselig, Chicago general mgr., was also helping to hold-up the hotel wall. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really tough coaching a losing team,&rdquo; put in Johnny&hellip;Every lobby chair appeared to be the resting place for a Detroit Red Wing employee. Tommy Ivan Jias a &ldquo;glee club&rdquo; to contend with these days. The four Wing crooners are Marty Pavelich, Jim Conacher, Red Kelly and Ted Lindsay and they call themselves the &ldquo;Mumbles Quartet&rdquo; Kelly was planning to enter the priesthood while he was attending St. Michael&rsquo;s College in Toronto. &lsquo;Max Bentley claims that weight doesn&rsquo;t matter as long as you have strong wrists. Charlie Conacher thinks Doug Bentley is a better winger than he is a centre&hellip;. Eddie Froelich, Hawk trainer, will definitely move over to the Boston Red Sox this summer.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-14118/8235610-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="281" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Cowley</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Jones&rsquo; Jottings</b></h2><p>Medicine Hat junior fans are getting a little hot under the collar because they haven&rsquo;t been getting full value for their hard-earned dollar. In two games already visiting clubs have left the ice and the games had to be called off&hellip;Peace has at last come between two Manitoba junior teams and the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association over the trade of seven players&hellip;Frank Donelly has returned to play in Sydney, N.S. Frank returned to Canada after a salary beef while playing with Wembley Monarchs in England.</p><p>There are three Big Four football players playing in the Quebec junior league this season-They are Nellie Greene and Len Shaw with Quebec and Tommy Manastersky of the Royals. Manastersky was recently suspended for the remainder of the J.A.H.A. schedule for fighting and general bad conduct on the ice&hellip;Friend Alfie Mullen, former Montreal junior whirlwind, found out a few weeks ago that he had been playing for three years with a fractured shin bone&hellip;Gordie Drillon is reported ready to lineup with the Moncton Hawks of the Maritime League&hellip;. Johnny McCormack still tops the O-H-A, senior league scoring race while Pistol Pete Morin of the Montreal Royals has taken over the Q.S.H.L-point leadership&hellip;.</p><h2><b><i>Tooting Troubles</i></b></h2><p>Des Smith, who officiated the recent New Haven Ramblers-Cleveland Barons game, had some whistle trouble in the first period of the game, as anyone knows, a hockey referee without a whistle is like a ship without a rudder and so Des made steps to correct the situation. He finally, ended up by borrowing a whistle from one of the policemen standing in an exit and continued with his tooting in a much more authoritative manner thereafter.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Here and There

<h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>STANDING ON MON. A.M., JAN. 26</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-011739/8235791-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="607" height="217"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Gomes</b></h3><p>January. 20&mdash;Owen Sound 12, Brantford 4.</p><p>January 21&mdash;Hamilton Tigers 4, Stratford 2.</p><p>January 23&mdash;Marlboros 13, Brantford 2; Hamilton Tigers 4, Kitchener 1; Stratford 10, Owen Sound 1.</p><h3><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 Kitchener 4, at Owen Sound 7</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-021220/8235784-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="604" height="735"></div><h3><b>Stratford 10, at Brantford 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03892/8235777-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="604" height="549"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 20</b></h3><p><b>Brantford 4, at Owen Sound 12</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04739/8235770-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="602" height="939"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21</b></h3><p><b>Stratford 2, at Harm. Timers 4.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05582/8235763-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="585" height="423"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 23</b></h3><p><b>Brantford 2, at Marlboros 13</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06487/8235756-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="594" height="562"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08411/8235749-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="599" height="328"></div><h3><b>Kitchener 1, at Ham, Timers 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09379/8235742-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="598" height="455"></div><h3><b>Owen Sound 1, Stratford 10</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10356/8235735-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="593" height="563"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>Including games of Jan. 21</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07443/8235728-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="606" height="679"></div><h2><b><i>Sticks Not Skirts</i></b></h2><p>WATERLOO, ONT.</p><p>Six youths from nearby Till-sonburg were very peeved.</p><p>Recently they bought six tickets at this Western Ontario city&rsquo;s arena.</p><p>Restlessly, they sat through what seemed an awfully long orchestra overture. Then their eyes popped when out on the ice came a chorus line of pretty girls.</p><p>In split seconds the angry boys were pounding on the arena manager&rsquo;s door.</p><p>&ldquo;We want our money back!&rdquo; they yelled.</p><p>&ldquo;Why?&rdquo; asked the manager.</p><p>&ldquo;Why? What the heck,&rdquo; they replied. &ldquo;We came down to see Toronto Marlboros play Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen&mdash;there&rsquo;s only an ice show going on.&rdquo;</p><p>The manager wiped his brow, and explained: &ldquo;The game has been postponed. Don&rsquo;t you like the girls?&rdquo;</p><h2><b><i>Hollett Through</i></b></h2><p>KITCHENER, ONT.&mdash;Flash Hollett, former National Hockey League star with Toronto, Detroit and Boston, has been released as playing coach of the Dutchmen in the O.H.A. Senior Kitchener-Waterloo Flying &ldquo;A&rdquo; grouping. Flash had played in 14 games for the Dutchmen this season, but recent lliness prevented him from taking part. He has been succeeded by Wilf Heller, of New Haven&rsquo;s venerable old-timer, Ott.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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O.H.A. SENIOR “A”

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div><p>HALIFAX&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Truro Bearcats are making the loudest noise in the Maritime Senior&mdash;Big Four&mdash;Hockey League these frosty nights. In their last two games they&rsquo;ve scored 22 goals to protect their league lead, blasting Moncton Hawks 9-3 and Halifax Crescents 13-3, both on Truro ice.</p><p>Two weeks ago they let out Gordon &ldquo;Doggie&rdquo; Kuhn as coach not because they were dissatisfied with his work but because of small crowds they were unable to afford him. Then veteran goalie Angus &ldquo;Sonny&rdquo; McDonald, whose play this season represented the best goaltending in the league, got into the director&rsquo;s hair and was given his release. Sonny was expected to join North Sydney Victorias in the Cape Breton League, a team Kuhn had been signed to coach. When Kuhn heard Sonny was going to the Northside team, he &ldquo;Kuhn&rdquo; packed his bags and left for home. Then, to the surprise of Truro fans, McDonald wound up with the Saint John Beavers, where he has replaced Tommy Donachey.</p><h2><b>Cats Run Wild</b></h2><p>Since Sonny McDonald left the Bearcats have been running wild. Earl &ldquo;Leaky&rdquo; Boates was between the pipes in the team&rsquo;s 9-3 victory over Moncton and Dutchy Mumford, Truro native who played with Crescents last winter donned the big pads for the Crescents game, with Truro winning 13-3.</p><p>Crescents had run a winning Streak through five consecutive games when they faced Moncton Hawks at the Halifax Forum. But the Hawks, with Swede Paulsen playing brilliantly as a replacement for the injured Mike Dem-chuk, came up with a 5-3 victory. Crescents were minus Jimmy Gray the best puck-carrier and the team wasn&rsquo;t the same without him. But the worst was yet to come. Two nights later in Truro new goalie Stan Pion, who had drawn rave notices all over the circuit was beaten for seven goals in the first period and retired for the evening. It was his first Start in the small Truro rink and&rsquo; he could not find himself.</p><h2><b>Whitelock Leads</b></h2><p>Meanwhile Moncton&rsquo;s Roy &ldquo;Buck&rdquo; Whitlock continued to pace the league&rsquo;s marksmen. For the 12th consecutive week the Moncton centre was out in front. Every time a challenger appears Buck puts on a spurt to open another wide gap between first and second place.</p><p>Saint John&rsquo;s Jake Wade is the official runner-up at this time but. Lou Medynski, Truro&rsquo;s great gunsel, is closing the gap and figures to chase Whitlock to the wire. Medynski has been a prolific scorer in his three seasons with the Bearcats and this year he&rsquo;s going great guns again after a slow start.</p><h2><b><i>Ants The Fastest</i></b></h2><p>Bill Cook, coach of the Minneapolis Millers and the greatest right wing of all time, thinks that his right wing, Walter &ldquo;Ants&rdquo; AtanaS, is the fastest skater of them all. When you consider that Bill played against Howie Morenz, Hurricane Hec Kilrea and Babe Siebert when they were at their peak, this is praise indeed.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Truro Bearcats Setting Pace In Big Four League

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>idst the excitement of the drive for play-off positions, O.H.A. senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series fans are dreaming of their &ldquo;all-star selections&rdquo; at this time.</p><p>Qualification of the six senior play-off clubs is already known, has been for some time, with Brantford Redmen a dreary last-and-out of the running. However, the big push among the six clubs that are in for the extra play-off sugar, has been rolling for several weeks with positions the big prize. The first two clubs saw-off with a big four-out-of-seven-game series while the others beat each other&rsquo;s brains out with smaller series and the final winner comes up for the fare-thee-well &ldquo;swish&rdquo; with the ultimate victor of the first big round for the O.H.A senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; championship and the right to carry on for further Allan Cup glory.</p><p>Getting back to the case of &ldquo;All-Staritis&rdquo; that is sweeping the Ontario countryside in a manner more effective than the January cold wave, one gathers that most of the arm-chair critics favor Howie Harvey of Marlboros and Hamilton Tigers&rsquo; Art Childs as their two outstanding selections for the net-minding honors. There is a strong wave of approval for Owen Sound&rsquo;s Bobby Gilson. And there is no disputing the fact that the Mercurys started to climb once Gilson took over and warmed up the Georgian fans with a super-duper brand of goal-tending.</p><p>While Marlboros Harry Psutka is known as the &ldquo;badman&rdquo; around the senior OHA band-wagon, he&rsquo;s a mighty effective blue-line performer and the Kitchener-born lad has many supporters boosting him for the number one defence spot-Hamilton Tigers&rsquo; Bobby Laurent is another reliable blue-line performer who has been winning a lot of praise for his effective play for the &lsquo;01-Men of the Hamilton Mountain&rdquo; in their recent&mdash;and successful&mdash;drive to reclaim first place. Psutka and Laurent as a combination on the blue-line would be pretty hard to beat for anybody&rsquo;s &ldquo;dream team&rdquo;.</p><p>Next in line for blue-line selection comes Jerry Olinski of the Kitchener-Waterloo &ldquo;Flying Dutchmen&rsquo; and Billy Wa.lsh of the Stratford Indians. Olinski, aside from his blocking ability is also fine puck-carrier and has gained many a deserving assist in turning a defensive play into a successful offensive effort. Walsh has weight and ability in his side-The former Torontonian, who started in his OHA experience as a member of Uncle Ed Widley&rsquo;s Young Rangers and later played for the Toronto Navy seniors in the OHA service league, has always been a scoring defenceman He likes nothing better than to lug the puck out of the danger zone and&mdash;after bowling over a few opposing forwards&mdash;-regain possession to fool the goalie with a low-hard drive to the open side of the net. Walsh, aside from his individual ability, is a great team player and his work this season has been of real value for the cause of the Stratford Indians.</p><p>All six senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; clubs, who are play-off minded, are loaded with centre-ice strength. Marlboros are blessed with the top point collector in Johnny &ldquo;Whizzle-Dizzle&rdquo; McCormack. Hamilton Tigers have Clarence Shillington, who has been pouring the puck into opposing nets with alarming regularity since Christmas &ndash; time.</p><p>Dougie Gillespie is the toast, in fact the whole works for the Owen Sound Georgians and with the extra help offered by Tommy Burlington and Pat McReavy, former professionals, they have been very happy about the whole thing. Gillespie was always a solid hockey performer, the type of lad who goes all out and gives his club full value for every sixty minutes played. Already Gillespie is in the 50-point class, third highest scorer in the &ldquo;A&rdquo; series. He is definite &ldquo;must&rdquo; in the consideration league before anybody sarts naming all-star centre-ice players&hellip;</p><p>Although he has played all three front-line positions, Murray Comfort of Hamilton Pats is getting. most of his all-star support for a left-wing berth. Working with the Hugh Barlow and Dougie Runions combination for the sixth placers, Comfort has come up as several nifty game efforts and has always won special attention for his outstanding work while playing at Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens, where he seems to be perfectly at h&rsquo;ome, despite the fact he is playing for the &ldquo;away club&rdquo;.</p><p>Three very fine performers stand in the left-wing line for the All-Star applause. Hamilton Tigers&rsquo; Johnny Conick, former Ecclestone Trophy winner for high scoring, would be miles in front if he hasn&rsquo;t suffered the misfortune of running into a trick knee injury that forced a stretch of inactivity. Leo Curik of Marlboros appears to have regained his &ldquo;shooting eye&rdquo; after a mid-season slump and is also right in the thick of the race for special consideration&hellip;</p><p>And one has to stand up and give a special cheer for Johnny Blute&rsquo;s sensational front-line performance for the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen. Blute is tops in actual goals scored with a total of 34 to his credit, before the last weekend rush of games. He started out with St-Michael&rsquo;s College Majors and shared top honors with Joe Sadler, Johnny McCormack and other Irish worthies, three years ago. His senior experience around his native Toronto was a bitter experience. No matter how hard he tried, it just wasn&rsquo;t in the hockey book for Blute to come through as a senior in the Queen City. Best thing he did last fall was to take up a position in Kitchener and settle down for a bit of serious hockey training-Since the current season started, Blute has been terrific on the attack for the Dutchmen-He is definitely their key performer.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bunny Morganson Views the Ontario Scene

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>AN FRANCISCO&mdash;Professional hockey will return to the Pacific Coast next season 1948-49&mdash;for the first time since 1935-36, the last year of the old North West Hockey League (Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle and Portland). The Pacific Coast Hockey League voted unanimously Jan. 14, at its annual mid-season meeting, to give up its amateur status at the end-of this season and become the Professional Western Hockey League.</p><p>Simultaneous with the P.C.H.L. announcement was a wire report from Canada that all Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; and Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; teams&mdash;members of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association&mdash;would also vacate the amateur roll and turn professional next season.</p><h2><b>Settle Trouble</b></h2><p>These two announcements should settle once and for all the many bitter controversies over the eligibility of players, and hereafter a player will either be an out-and-out professional or strictly an amateur with the so-called semi-pros few and far between.</p><p>The move, which is bound to be royally received by puck fans up and down the coast, from Vancouver to San Diego, if early comments on the announcement are to be used as a measuring stick, was made to retain the best P.C.H.L players, some of whom are subject to options of professional teams in the N.H.L., A.H.L., and the U.S.H.L.</p><p>&ldquo;By such action,&rdquo; the board of directors said, &ldquo;we feel that the high calibre of hockey to be played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League can be maintained at its present standard &ldquo;</p><h2><b>The Cup Went West</b></h2><p>Turning professional next season West Coast fans will once more be seeing pro hockey and what may again lead eventually to representation in the major leagues. From 1914 through 1926 the old P-C.H.L. was a major league and in 1917 Pete Muldoon&rsquo;s Seattle Metropolitans won the title and then went on to defeat the invading Montreal Canadiens three in four games on the Coast for the first Stanley Cup triumph by a United States team.</p><p>The name change will be made, the board explained, because &ldquo;it is possible that inland cities may eventually be added to the league.&rdquo;</p><p>Conferring with President C. A. (Al) Leader, THE HOCKEY NEWS learned that Spokane and Sacramento are two of the cities which may become members of the professional circuit. Other possibilities are: Long Beach, Baker-field, Modesto, all in California, and Victoria, B. C.</p><p>The board, consisting of one representative from each of the 10 clubs, concluding a two-day meeting, elected Fred S. Bergin of Fresno as chairman, replacing Clift Henderson of Los Angeles. Board members at the meeting were: A J. Forsythe, San Diego; Bergin; Edward W. Shore, Oakland; George W. Campbell, San Francisco; Harry Shipstad, Portland; Frank A-Dotten, Seattle; Dave Downle, who represented Tacoma for Ron-Moffatt&rsquo;; Coleman Hall, Vancouver; Ken McKenzie, New Westminster; Lyman H. Johnson and Charles E. Cord, Los Angeles; and president, managing director and secretary G. A. Leader.</p><p>Other business dealt with at the mid-season meeting held in San Francisco had to do with the officiating system and the forthcoming playoffs.</p><p>It was decided by the board to return to the two-man system of referees and shelve the three-man system&mdash;one referee and two linesmen.</p><h2><b>Better Method</b></h2><p>This season was the first year in the league&rsquo;s four years of operation that the three-man system had been used. It was found after a thorough trial, coupled with the consensus of the board members, that the two-man method was better Most Canadian amateur leagues and the American and United States professional leagues use the two-referee system. The N.H.L. uses the three-man system</p><p>Playoffs for this season will place the first and fourth-ranking teams in each division and second and third-place teams in brackets for the best three-out-of-five games playoffs.</p><p>Winners of each division (south and north) will play the usual seven-game series for the P-C-H L. championship won last year by the Los Angeles Monarchs.</p><p>Deadline for players is February 1. Each club will be permitted to carry 18 men, exclusive of goalkeepers, but be able to dress 14 players, goalie included.</p><p>The league&rsquo;s annual meeting will be held May 1, at Vancouver, B.C., first time for the Canadian; city.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Pro Hockey To Return To West Coast League

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;</p><p>The spotlight in the Pacific Coast Hockey League shifted from the talk about the league turning professional next year&mdash;becoming the Western Hockey League&mdash;to the rejuvenation of Tony Hemmerling&rsquo;s heretofore hapless Oakland Oaks.</p><p>Notably a poor club on the road the Acorns defied the record books and proceeded to burn up the league past week defeating San Diego, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle in that order.</p><p>The current&rsquo; four game winning streak of the Oaks moved them back into fourth spot in the So. Div with 38 points, two digits more than cellar dwelling San Diego who have 36 points.</p><p>Before the Hemmerlingites headed for the great Northwest they had only five of 17 road games. And with every club in the league battling for every game it was the consensus of the experts that the Oaks would be lucky to break even on their northern trip.</p><h2><b>Best Record</b></h2><p>The Oaks have the best intersectional record in the league. Only Seattle of the five Northern Division clubs defeated Oakland at Berkeley, Seattle besting them 4-3 in overtime, Jan. 13. And at this writing the men of Hemmer-ling have won seven and lost one in eight intersectional games.</p><p>George McDermid, San Francisco&rsquo;s stellar goalie, is rapidly beginning to run away with the shutout laurels. The Sham&rsquo;s net-minder chalked up whitewash job No. 4 Jan. 21 in San Francisco as the Cunninghamers soundly shel-lacked Fresno 7-0. McDermid&rsquo;s previous collar jobs were admini-istered against Oakland, Tacoma, and Vancouver&hellip;Bev Bentley, Los Angeles, is the only other goalie in the league who has more than one shutout. Bev has two&mdash;both against Oakland.</p><p>Los Angeles continued to pace the So. Div. with 51 points. The champs split two games, losing to Fresno and defeating San Diego last week.</p><p>Second place San Francisco trail. Los Angeles by three points. The yhave 48 points. The Irish dropped two (San Diego and Fresno) and won one (Fresno) last week.</p><h2><b>Falcons Jump</b></h2><p>Fresno jumped their point total to 46 via two wins and one loss. The Graciemen split a pair with San Francisco and beat Los Angeles. They trail San Francisco by two points, Los Angeles by five markers.</p><p>Oakland with a perfect week, four wins in as many games, jumped from 30 points to 38 at the same time moved into fourth spot, two points ahead of San Diego.</p><p>San Diego won only one of its three games, that against San Francisco, losing to Oakland and Los Angeles. The Border City team has three games in hand over Oakland.</p><p>Up North there were no changes in the standings. Seattle leads with 56 points, eight more than. second place Tacoma. The Ironmen lost their two games of the week and saw the Rockets, who. won three out of four, pick up-six points on them.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDING ON THURS. A.M. JAN. 22</b></p><h3><b>Southern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-011887/8235999-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="609" height="163"></div><h3><b>Northern Division</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-021434/8235992-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="602" height="137"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 16</b></h2><h3><b>Tacoma 6, Vancouver 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03995/8235985-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="600" height="507"></div><h3><b>San Diego 2, at Oakland 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04690/8235978-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="596" height="400"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 17</b></h2><h3><b>San Diego 4, at San Francisco 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05467/8235971-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="601" height="425"></div><h3><b>Los Angeles 2, at Fresno 4</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06368/8235964-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="597" height="401"></div><h3><b>Vancouver 4, at N. Westminster 6</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07288/8235957-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="599" height="501"></div><h3><b>Portland 3, at Tacoma 5</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08236/8235950-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="597" height="425"></div><h2><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 18</b></h2><h3><b>Oakland 5, at Portland 2</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09207/8235943-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="601" height="528"></div><h3><b>Tacoina 6, at Seattle 3</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-10186/8235936-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="591" height="67"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-11163/8235929-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="603" height="562"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>Including Game of January 19</b></p><h3><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-12149/8235922-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="606" height="1163"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-13128/8235915-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="598" height="224"></div><h3><b>THE LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Pete Wywrot, SF 25; Andy Barbe, LA 25.</p><p><b>Most assists:</b> Ray Chaisson, LA 29</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Fred Gibbon, Oak, SD 2; Vince Hellyer, SD 2; Maurice Vaillancourt, SD, 2; Charles Corrigan. Fies 2; Andy Barbe, LA 2.</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs:</b> George McDermid Most Hat Tricks Against: V. Polich LA</p><p><b>Most Shots Saved:</b> George McDemid, an SD. 1202.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-14106/8235908-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="602" height="201"></div><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1596/8235901-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="605" height="1176"></div><h3><b>GOALEEPEKS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1683/8235894-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="600" height="245"></div><h3><b>THE LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Pat Desbiens, Port 37</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Bernie Bathgate, Vane 39</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks:</b> Eddie Dartnell, Sea 3j Herman Gruhn, Vane 3</p><p><b>Most Shut Outs:</b> Dinny McManus, NW 1: Les Colvin, Vane 1; Jerry Cotnoir, Tac 1</p><p><b>Most Hat Tricks Against:</b> Dinny McManus, NW, 8; Jerry Cotnolr, Tac 8</p><p><b>Most Shot Saved:</b> Dinny McManus, NW 1176</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Pete Tailllfer, Tac 24, 135; Butch Marchant, Port 41, 133; Joey Johns, Tac 39, 88: Dutch Evers, Sea 40, 85; Doug Carrigan, Port 39, 78; Pat Bastien, Vane 40, 74.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANDING ON THURS. A.M., JAN. 22</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-011721/8236086-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="604" height="165"></div><h3><b>Last Week&rsquo;s Games</b></h3><p>January 15&mdash;Saskatoon 4, Edmonton 3.</p><p>January 16&mdash;Calgary 6, Lethbridge 5; Regina 10, Saskatoon 2.</p><p>January 17&mdash;Edmonton 11, Lethbridge.</p><p>January 20&mdash;Edmonton 6, Lethbridge 5.</p><p>January 21&mdash;Regina 3, Calgary 1.</p><p>The leadership of the Western Canada Senior League is all tied up again as a result of last Wednesday&rsquo;s 3-1 victory for the Regina Caps over the champion Calgary Stampeders. Trailing the Stamps by two points in the senior race, the Caps took advantage of their home ice to whip Calgary and move back into a first place deadlock.</p><p>The Stamps and the Caps are now all even with 37 points but the latter have a game advantage. Frank Currie has been cracking the whip over his Edmonton Flyers and the club is really flying. After losing out to the Saskatoon Quakers by the narrow margin of 4-3 on January 15, the Flyers came back to whip the last place Lethbridge Leafs twice in three nights and moved to within one point of the two league leaders.</p><p>The Flyers have won 17 and lost 14 for 36 points and they presently lead their nearest rivals from Saskatoon by eight points. The Quakers have won 13 and lost 19 for 28 points while Sweeny Schriner&rsquo;s Lethbridge club are two points behind the Quakermen with 26.</p><h2><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 Edmouton 3, at Saskatoon 4.</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-021233/8236079-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="585" height="457"></div><h2><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 Lethbridge 5, at Calgary 6.</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03865/8236072-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="603" height="637"></div><h3><b>Regina 10, at Saskatoon 2,</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04635/8236065-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="595" height="712"></div><h2><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 Lethbridge 5, at Edmonton 11</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05442/8236058-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="586" height="417"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06353/8236051-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="600" height="619"></div><h2><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 Edmonton 6, at Lethbridge 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07296/8236044-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="603" height="700"></div><h2><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21 Calgary 1, at Regina 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08260/8236037-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="600" height="353"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>Including Games of January 20</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09236/8236030-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="602" height="971"></div><h2><b><i>Leafs Cut Loose</i></b></h2><p>LETHBRIDGE&mdash;Hec Negrel-lo and Whitey Rimstad have been given their unconditional release by Lethbridge Maple Leafs of the Western Canada Hockey League, and another Leaf forward&mdash;whose identity has not been released&mdash;has been informed he too will be released if his playing does not materially improve within the next week, Coach Dave (Sweeney) Schriner announced.</p><p>Leafs are in last-place behind Saskatoon Quakers in the five-team loop. Changes in the Lethbridge club&rsquo;s lineup have been rumored for the last few weeks.</p><p>It is known that the club&rsquo;s executive has not been satisfied with its showing, particularly on the road, where its record shows only one victory in 10 games.</p><p>Schriner said he was releasing Rimstad and Negrello because they &ldquo;do not measure up to the standard of play now in evidence in the Western League.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WESTERN CANADA SENIOR

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>rom the office of the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association last week came the official announcement of the start of the Allan Cup and Memorial Cup playoffs for Eastern Canada.</p><p>At an executive meeting here it was decided that play for the Allan Cup, presently held by the Royals of this city, will get under way on March 20-The juniors will start battling for the Memorial Cup, now held by Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s College, will start on March 23-Both series will be inaugurated in the Maritime provinces.</p><p><b>Playoff draw</b> in Eastern Canada for the Allan Cup:</p><p><b>Series A</b></p><p>Ottawa and district vs Maritimes in a best-of-five series; dates, March 20, 22, 25 in the Maritimes, March 27, 29 in Ottawa-</p><p><b>Series B</b></p><p>Winners of Series A vs OHA champions in a best-of-five series; dates, April 1, 3, 5. If Maritimes win, all games will be played on OHA ice. If Ottawa District wins, first game will, be on OHA ice and balance of games on Ottawa ice.</p><p><b>Series C</b></p><p>Winners of Series B vs OAHA champions in a best-of-five series; dates, April 8, 10, 12, 14, 16. If Maritimes win series B, all games will be played on OAHA ice. If Ottawa or OHA wins, games will alternate with first game on OAHA ice.</p><p><b>Playoff draw</b> in Eastern Canada for the Memorial Cup:</p><p><b>Series A</b></p><p>Ottawa and district vs Maritimes in a best-of-five series; dates March 23, 25, 27 in Maritimes; March 29, 31, in Ottawa.</p><p><b>Series B</b></p><p>Winners of series A vs OAHA champions in a best-of-three series; dates, April 3, 5, 7-If Maritimes win, all games will be played on OAHA ice and rest of series on Ottawa ice.</p><p><b>Series C</b></p><p>Winners of series B, vs OHA champions in a best-of-five series. Dates, April 10, 12, 14, 17, 19-If Maritimes wins series B, all games will be played on OHA ice. If Ottawa or QAHA wins Series B, games will alternate with first game on QAHA or Ottawa ice.</p><h2><b><i>Western Playoff Dates Announced</i></b></h2><p>REGINA&mdash;Hockey monguls in Western Canada, scanning their schedules today find they have about one month left to complete their regular league play and playoffs before entering into inter-provincial playoffs.</p><p>Al Pickard of Regina, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, announced western junior and junior provincial playoffs dates will commence late in March.</p><p>Both senior and junior playoffs will operate on a point basis, with eight points needed to capture the best-of-seven series.</p><p>Western senior finals are scheduled for April 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 19, with the Dominion final starting April 20 in the west</p><p>Western junior finals will be played April 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 17. The Dominion finals, to be played in the east, are scheduled to open April 21-<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Eastern Canada Allan, Memorial Dates Are Fixed

<div class="byline">By LLOYD SAUNDERS</div><p>REGINA, SASK.&mdash;</p><p>It takes a good hockey observer to point out a future National Hockey League star. Some claim the task is easy but for our money it isn&rsquo;t. It definitely isn&rsquo;t tough to spot a future star who is a natural. But oftentimes a very under-rated hockey player may blossom into a star the next season. Every club in the National Hockey League has had scouts on the trail of a good hockey player but when they saw him in action cut him adrift when he failed to impress. The Bentley brothers, Max and Doug, are prime examples of what we mean. Thus a scout or representative of a National League club, is a very important cog in the moulding of a potent machine.</p><p>One of the old time scouts in the west and possibly one of the best known is Hubert &ldquo;Hub&rdquo; Bishop. Hub has been around the various rinks a long time and his is an interesting story. Hub as he is known to hockey players, fans and friends everywhere was born in the town of Inkerman, Ontario. While still a youngster Bishop moved to Chrysler and like all youngsters of his age engaged in hockey and lacrosse.</p><h2><b>Attended Ottawa U.</b></h2><p>After his early life Hub entered Ottawa University and here turned his hand to managing hockey, rugby, track, baseball. He had the distinction of managing the team that brought out Rev. Father Phil Cornellier, now rector of the Seminary at Ottawa.</p><p>In 1915 Bishop was elected secretary-treasurer of the Ottawa City League, a loop that boasted names like Nagle, Buck Boucher, Clint Benedict and the late Eddie Gerard, all of whom turned pro.</p><p>The next year saw Bishop at Wilkie, Sask. Here he managed baseball and hockey clubs but had to leave soon after to serve in the Canadian army during World War I. In 1917, on discharge, Bishop moved to Calgary to manage the St. Mary&rsquo;s junior squad of that town. The team developed the late Foley Martin, considered by many as one of the best players ever developed in the west. An interesting sidelight to this team was the fact that two players later to become Boston favorites&mdash;Tiny Thompson and Dutch Gainor&mdash;failed to make the club that year.</p><p>Hub served as sports editor of the Calgary News Telegram during his stay in the city-He learned his trade from another famous hockey mogul, Tommy Gorman, who at that time was editor of the Ottawa Citizen. In 1918 Bishop went to Saskatoon where he lived for many years-First off Hub became associated with Bob Pinder&rsquo;s Saskatoon Crescents who later became known as the Sheiks. It was on the directorate of the Sheiks, that Bishop made the trade of Aurel Joliat for Newsy Lalonde. Joliat was a valuable player but the Sheiks were in need of a player-manager and the acquisition of Lalonde met with the approval of everyone concerned-</p><h2><b>Baseball Fan</b></h2><p>While interested in hockey, Bishop was a well known baseball official and was associated with the late J. F. Cairns of the Saskatoon Quakers Baseball Club. Bishop is a close friend of Beans Reardon of the National Baseball League and the two still keep up a steady correspondence. Reardon later became umpire-in-chief in the big time. Bishop also was official western writer for the &ldquo;Sporting News&rdquo; and once made the front page with an article on Red Donavon, a pitcher who had a habit of over-training.</p><p>After pro hockey folded up on the prairies. Bishop helped organise the Northern League of Saskatchewan. He was its first president and served in this capacity for five out of the six years. He was elected to the S.A. H.A-but only lasted a single year, due probably to having opposite ideas on Shamateurism then prevalent-With Johnny Walker, now scout of the New York Ranger squad, Bishop helped organize the Saskatoon Quaker trip to Europe, when that club played successfully in thirteen countries.</p><h2><b>Appointed Scout</b></h2><p>In 1935 Hub Bishop was appointed full time western scout for the New York Rangers-He served in this capacity for three years before moving to Regina to become chief scout of the Cleveland Barons under Bill Cook, friend of Hub&rsquo;s. Cook and Bishop were pals at Ottawa University, Saskatoon and New York. Bishop appointed Hobb Wilson, Gail Egan and Joe Mathewson scouts while with the Cleveland club.</p><p>Hub is married and has four boys and a girl. Pat is named after Lester Patrick, Bill Cook is Pat&rsquo;s godfather and Dr. Eddie Nagle is godfather of Billy, the second boy. Hub thinks his best deal as a hockey scout was when he signed Gordon Knutson, now playing with the Regina Pats. Knutson is one of the most promising puck stars in the game today.</p><p>More than one club thought Knutson would sign with them but Hub signed the youngster for the Cleveland Barons-Chicago Black Hawk interests. With that background, we think Bishop is most certainly qualified to rank as one of the game&rsquo;s top scouts.</p><h2><b><i>Talent Finder</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10210/8236141-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="581" height="906"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HUB BISHOP</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>THIS WEEK&rsquo;S QUIZ ANSWERS</b></h2><p><b>1. Philadelphia Quakers</b></p><p><b>2. Nick Damore</b></p><p><b>3. 53 inches</b></p><p><b>4. Gus Mortson</b></p><p><b>5. Boston.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hub Bishop Qualifies As Game’s Best Scout

<p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>yl Apps, captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, is a great athlete, <b>a</b> great sportsman, and Athletic Commissioner for Ontario to boot, but despite all that he fails alarmingly when It comes to the getitie art of diplomacy.</p><p>Syl gave proof that he would never qualify for one of those sets of morning coats and striped trousers complete with flower in the buttonhole, forsooth when he remarked recently that the 1941-42 squad of Leafs was the best team ever to come out of the Queen City. Syl has been playing pro hockey for 12 years, so ened with addition of Max should know whereof he speaks Bentley. Max has been a great&mdash;even if it means getting dirty help and is a hockey player, looks from his current team mates.</p><h2><b>CUP WINNERS &lsquo;42</b></h2><p>&ldquo;I would say that over the 12 sent squad has potential strength, years I&rsquo;ve been with the Leafs the By that I mean that last wear we 1941-42 Stanley Cup champions won the cup on ability, but very were the best I ever piayed with,&rdquo; much desire. We skated the Syl offered. &ldquo;While I think the other teams into the ice and the 1940-41 team was as good, we desire to be champions coupled won the cup in &lsquo;42 and you can with the best team spirit of any hardly rate a champion back of a club on which I ever played, the runner-up. Before the Army broke cup was won.</p><p>This naturally, called for some to work harder this year to word about the 1946-47 club win. There are no soft spots in the which he captained to the Stan-league. The other clubs have ley Cup championship last April. strengthened and every game is a</p><p>&ldquo;The present team is as good of work to win. After all, as last year&rsquo;s championship team many of our boys are only in and certainly has been strength-. their second year of NHL hockey while the 1940 team was made up of seasoned but still very earnest youngsters who had only one idea to win. With that desire they also had ability and experience.</p><h2><b>ANYBODY&rsquo;S RACE</b></h2><p>&ldquo;This present team, going into it&rsquo;s second year as a unit, has ability, a good bond of fellowship, but hasn&rsquo;t yet felt the keen desire to win that they had as rookies last year. I&rsquo;m not saving they aren&rsquo;t trying, you can&rsquo;t win games unless you are. They&rsquo;re fighting, but the other teams are also fighting, and with more strength than they&rsquo;ve had over the last few seasons.</p><p>&ldquo;Actually, any team in the league could win the play-offs. For that reason I say that, from now on we&rsquo;ll have to work just that much harder to win and remain on top. We&rsquo;re playing for keeps, but &lsquo;so are the other fellows. Don&rsquo;t forget, there are six of us on the ice but&mdash;also six of them. There&rsquo;s a lot of pride attained by winning and it&rsquo;s not going to be easy from here to the play-offs, or in them. If we play our hardest, we&rsquo;ll win. But it&rsquo;ll be a lot of work.&rdquo;</p><h2><b><i>Brave Man!</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0530/8236217-1-eng-US/c0004-052.jpg" title="C0004-05" width="548" height="899"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SYL APRS</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Syl Apps Picks ’42 Maple Leafs As Best Toronto Six Of All Time

<p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ONCTON, N. B.&mdash;Gordie Drillon, at one time a National Hockey League Star with Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal CanadienS, returned to Moncton where he started his junior hdckey and it was reported that the former pro player would make a comeback with the senior Hawks of the Maritime Senior League.</p><p>Drillon, a bit portly at 205 pounds but showing flashes of his former speed, worked out with Hawks. It was reported he would take a forward position.</p><p>Drillon, a native of Moncton played junior hockey here before his big-time debut with the Maple Leafs. Now he is resident of Charlottetown. Last year he was playing coach of the Charlottetown Legionnaires who captured the Maritimes intermediate crown.</p><p>Several weeks ago he announced his retirement&mdash;to which most Seaside hockey addicts replied, &ldquo;maybe.&rdquo;</p><p>Before signing with Hawks he had offers from Vancouver and from North Sydney Victorias of the Cape Breton Island Senior Hockey League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Drillon Reported Set For Comeback

<p>LONDON, ENG.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Situation normal&mdash;everything snaful&rdquo;</p><p>That&rsquo;s about as good a description as any of the current state of disharmony existing in the Olympic hockey world. Amid all the talk and clamor in the world&rsquo;s &ldquo;good will&rdquo; series of athletic events, the latest possibility is that the Olympic puck series may go glimmering, and a. &ldquo;World&rsquo;s Championship&rdquo; senes be substituted.</p><p>The whole situation has been typically snafu&mdash;a condition becoming more and more prevalent as far as Olympic competition is concerned&mdash;for weeks now. First it was the turmoil over the choice of a Canadian team that could pass the rigid amateur test, and then the fight in the United States between the Amateur Hockey Association and the Amateur Athletic Union.</p><h2><b>BRUNDAGE STILL TRYING</b></h2><p>Walter Brown&rsquo;s A.H.A. entry has been approved by the Swiss Olympic Committee, but Avery Brundage&rsquo;s thwarted A.A.U. is seeking to have the International Olympic Committee toss out the opposition and let his band of &ldquo;simon pures&rdquo; board the glory train.</p><p>Many observers have suggested that the best plan would be to pull out of the Olympics altogether, and hold a world title series. Favoring that program, if the International Committee tampers with the A.H.A, entry which has arrived in Europe for the Games, was George Dudley, secretarytreasurer of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.</p><p>&ldquo;If there is any interference from the International Olympic Committee,&rdquo; said Dudley, &ldquo;I am in favor of withdrawing all hockey teams from the Winter Games and conducting our own world championship.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>WORKING TOGETHER</b></h2><p>The C.A.H.A. works in close cooperation with the A.H.A. whose team has been accepted by the Swiss organizing committee as the United States representative. Brundage has been empowered to withdraw all American teams from the Games if the A.H.A. team is allowed to play. The United States Olympic Committee has sent over its own team, on whose behalf Brundage will appear before the International Olympic Committee next week.</p><p>&ldquo;Unfortunately this has gotten agreed was an &ldquo;amicable&rdquo; dis-beyond an ice hockey controversy.&rdquo; Brundage said after the finish of what both he and Brown discussed. &ldquo;It has become a challenge against the organization of the Olympic Games.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>&ldquo;PROFESSION ALS!&rdquo;</b></h2><p>Brundage has charged the A.H.A. is tainted with &ldquo;professionalism&rdquo; and is under the domination of commercial interests.</p><p>Both the C.A.H.A. and the A.H.A. are recognized by the International Ice Hockey Federation as governing bodies for the sport in the two countries.</p><p>&ldquo;The Canadian Hockey Association and myself personally, are very much opposed to the strict Olympic oath,&rdquo; Dudley declared in reference to the vow of amateurism that all Olympic athletes must sign.</p><p>&ldquo;It was touch and go whether we would go to the Olympics on that account,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;The situation in Canada is such we can&rsquo;t carry on hockey with only players who conform to it. However, we agreed to compete so we selected a team that could comply to it. It&rsquo;s not the best we have.&rdquo;</p><h2><b><i>Like His Father</i></b></h2><p>LONDON, ONT.&mdash;The University of Western Ontario Mustangs bowed in the opening game of an intercollegiate intermediate hockey game recently to the stronger Toronto Varsity, but one bright spot on the Mustangs was the performance of the club&rsquo;s young goalkeeper.</p><p>For playing between the posts for the London collegian is a young man with a great goaling name. He is Billy Hains-worth. son of the great George. Like his dad. Bill is performing in spectacular fashion and if he remains in the game he has the chance of bringing back the Hainsworth name to the National Hockey League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Urge Olympic Boycott; Play Own Puck Series

<div class="byline">&#x2026;by Graczak</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="C0004-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0627/8236296-1-eng-US/c0004-062.jpg"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hockey Cutups

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0449/8236327-1-eng-US/c0004-042.jpg" title="C0004-04" width="592" height="278"></div><h2><b>January 28 to February 3</b></h2><p>28&mdash;Frank Eisenzoph, Houston left wing, 1927.</p><p>29&mdash;Morris Hamilton, Tulsa, centre, 1924; Joe McArthur, Houston, centre, 1926; Bobby Thorpe, Springfield, right wing, 1925.</p><p>30&mdash;Bill Shaver, referee, P.C. H.L., 1901.</p><p>31&mdash;Rene Trudell, Rangers, right wing, 1919.</p><h2><b>February</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Mike McMahon, Houston, defence, 1917.</p><p>2&mdash;Les Hickey, Buffalo, right wing, 1921.</p><p>3&mdash;Pete Kapusta, Providence, left wing, 1924; Alex Milne, Minneapolis, defence, 1921; Lynn Patrick, New Haven, coach, 1912<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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